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The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated.
VOL. IX.
LINCOLN, NEBR., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1897.
NO. 26.
He
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NATIONAL
mm
Would Stop Corrupt Legislation
la the Interest of
Corporation!.
THE PEOPLE WOULD RULE
It Would Moan Enormous Baring
In tb Operating
Expenses,
SiUUfiM lory III Other Countries,
For several week we have been pub
4,,-, Helling jroill Hie epeeunnw wi luwiumn
It 4 U'lituiin. IiU uriuiimnU in favor of gov
I! I I. - .1 ..I IH., ...... I.'
4t eminent owncrshit) of railroad. Hum
1 11 1 nj up the u viirit ucm of government
ownership Mr. Watson way:
I 'kit, It would give a (loath blow to
"the feign of corporation " Tim poo
pi Wjll be bo ftgttln.
Hecond. J t would stop corrupt logiela
tion lu their behalf. Tim motive would
be gone.
Third. It would unshackle Trade and
commerce from "tlx trunt" and "the
ring," They cannot operate without
the aid of the railroad.
Fourth. It would (top discrimlnu
tlon against oorUiu persons and cer
tain place, Tim motive would begone,
The poet office trout nil alike, Ho
would the government railway.
, Fifth. It would stop speculative rail
road building. The government would
iny out a now road where needed ' and
nowhere els.
Hlxtb. It would to a great extent
destroy the tyranny of capital over
labor and render strike well nigh ob
solete.
(Seventh. It would enable the cotton
planter to exchange product with the
iorn planter 011 fair terms, which would
hmve a profit to both. At present the
railroad Impoverish them both,
Klghth. It would remove the cause
of the hatred of the people for the road
ii ami Harmonize uu imere-,, ,
V '" Ninth, It would equalize all avoca
tion and i shippers; and would' Take
awny the power the romi now have to
destroy a bueine, a auction, or an Indi
vidual. Tenth, It would put Into the hand of
the people a weapon with which they
could destroy any combine among capi
tal 1st in any article of commerce.
Eleventh. It would av enormou
en in now paid in fancy eularinN,
Twelfth, it would save the 8,000
lives lost every year for lack of safety
appliance.
Thirteenth. It would bring about ab
solute free trade and cheap traffic be
tween all sections of this great country;
do troy "the ool;" knock the pine from
under the stock broker; put an end to
tliH insolence with which so many offi
cial treat the publie;remove the lovernge
Knirlish capital has on our labor and it
product; (five a death blow to this infttr.
rial "booming"of town and cities at the
expense of the country, and for the bene
fit of a few capitalist over many labor,
ers. It would tie a giant stride in the
direction of equality and manhood
rights, and to the destruction of our
ulnae system of Kcial privilege.
Fourteenth. It would stop land grab
hing and would restore millions of acres
to the public domain.
Fifteenth. It would, to a great extent
atop the building up of town at the ex
pens of the country, and would entirely
slop the epeculative "boom" winch at
tempt to build a city whore commerce
do not call fur It.
Sixteenth. It would remove from pub
lic life, from journalism, from politic,
and from bualnee, soiu of their most
Corrupting Inlluenee.
r' Seventeenth. It would remove one of
the bulwark of plutocracy uud knock
one ot the main prop from under that
den of thieve knoau a Wall street.
I.mlileeiilli, The railroad corpora
turns are gathering into their elittthea
the coal supply. Mm I co 11 supply, the oil
eupply, the grain levator and the tine
tier supply,
ike only way It check the remorlie
,, apt. twin w tilth tbU policy will estab
lish, I to have the govertieteiit ptieaee
iiwll of the public road. Th tlm i
pie will be niaalers til Iraaepurtation,
Miid I iiu iiinaler tf the situation.
With the corporal itiu osawg Hi
MMire of eupply. Rd nImi the ptitilic
rind, th mnerniii"Ht ne t IIim poplw
ifti itlike JitlwrrieM In riat lh 'mll
1114 ciiiubmalHiH ul WfHllh, tf priuleu,
f M )ri umii v, mid of l''lld Mdnn
i mliH h rv m Him iron bitnd of
th iirciittlUtua,
II tha giwretliiit ill l" lii ruu lha
tola ! Iha prvra-et rule t nt prtiltu
Mia aanlhita li tka wipU uil. a.iual.1
lit tha nt-olitniH) lf aii.-h futief atlnri
n 1 hail id I Huee.ey IVm, M iuaUMtw.
vi lloti.iHNi r tr lir mii4
1 it 4 tb t l. rliut Itani, nl ha o
!,, Iuur ha i4 m.iHlh or
i, rjr ' M"" witti I nfix
iH HulilliU". II t bat MMIllphttd
ll.a l.ir-ilH ml Ik rl't Hit lH,
lia amnllfal aaiharW dr t,( h
aMpvtintiiUiti Mrvwily d. 1 1 ha urk,
tka Urt hIiim r Ui t tr4
H flt "agtvliUl" Wkina) "lla4tv"
.ilt.ttWd
tlniattmiailt larktl iull da
.l(S IkM ! Nt V k Il4iaa l
I ,i.(Hiri Id kt wik,
It ll'd d'l . lllt tk "lr pa '
va, th ' pll pa,li-aj rf" tlM.uMd
ctlll, K Halrfr l ! k p.'UalU.K, and
I tr riy th tMptUiW til
the railroad wrecker, the lobbylut and
the railroad politician,
Mr. C.W. Davi ha estimated thone
aving a follow:
Saving from consolidation
of depoUandelaff I 20.000.000
Saving from exclusive une
of ehortest route 25,000,000
Having In attorney' ul.
arte and legal expenses 12,000,000
Having from the abroga
tion of the pus evil 30,000,000
Having from the abroga
tion of the commission
eystem 20,000,000
Having by dispensing with
hign triced manager
and stuffs,,.,. . 4.000,000
8ivlnif bydiMbandimrtraf'
' Do association 4,000,000
Having by dispensing with
prcsldmils, etc 25,000,000
Having by abolishing all
but local) office, solici
tors, etc 15,000,000
Havliuf by flve-ieventh of
the advertising account 6,000,000
Total Havings br rouNou of
bettor administration,.,: 1100,000,000
Jlimrln mind this enormou Having of
one hundred and elxty million of dol
lar per year doe not contemplate any
reduction whatever in ircigiit and pa
NuiiKerrute. Assuming that the gov
eminent would chargo ail much for the
service a the corporation are now
chartrliiir. the savlnif above mentioned
would pay off our entire national debt
and thus knock tin foundation from un
dor our national bunking system in lee
than ten year.
After getting the railroad paid for
they oould be run at cosr; tun the two
pie would save three hundred and fifty
million of dollar per year in addition
to the one hundred and sixty .million
already mentioned.
The total saving would thu be more
than five hundred million of dollar
per year; a um of money double the
value of our cotton crop.
The lainp of experience I the beet light
for any discussion, rue lesson 01 actual
experiment I worth more than argu
men t and con lecture,
The MOMtolllce ytem wo considered a
ridiculous scheme by the Duke of Wel
lington and bis aristocratic associate.
It required all the pluck and patience of
the bumble preacher, uowland Mill, to
demonstrate that the Duke of Wellinu;
ton was a pig headed old mo bock.
He did itthouitb.
Hteamboat and railroad themselves
had to run the gauntlet of Ignorance
and prejudice before they were allowed
to becomo the advance courier 01 civil!
zation.
Tb hoit ulway fight a new corner to
tbo ion; a strange dog ha to cringe and
fawn hi way among native canine; a
new face in the village ha only of late
year ceased to be a red flag to the local
bull; and In the tame manner, and from
the same cause a reform ha to battle
for it life.
Every uew idea ha to content Itself
with being regarded for a while a a us
plclous character.
Fortunately for u the experiment of
public ownership of railway ha been
tried and ha been completely RUcceMsful,
The amn of experience thu Hunt our
way and we should be lct afraid.
In uermany the government own the
railroads, charge les for tlio orvi:j
than our corporation charge us, yet
clear 11,500 per mile annually on
the Investment.
In thla country so much of the reven
ue of the road are wasted in the illegi
timate way already mci!lod that the
owner of the proiierty get only 2,400
ht mile in profit.
In Austria Uungury the government
own the railroads, chargn less for the
service than our corporation compel us
to pay, yet clear iJ'JJ on each mile 01
road.
In Hweden, Holland, Kelnium, Russia,
ndia, NewHouth Wales, Victoria, t'upe
'olony, Egypt, China, Japan, Denmark,
Portugal, Italy, Oueensland and .New
Zealand the government own most of
the railroads, aud operate them with
entire ucct.
Not only do thee government roads
make more money thau our wlnlecharg
lug smallsr rates, but the lost of life i
lll'liuusoly leas.
The railroad in the L uitm Mate kill
or Injure 011H pasMeiigHr out of 11,141
carried, and ou employee out of every
thirty, lu (Iwrmaiiy 01m paiiigr out
of l,MU,M.i7 is killed or Injured, aud oue
employ out of every I 'M.
lu Austria UuiiKttrv oue passenger out
ol 1.20I.IUJ m killed or Injured, and
on employe out of every 'J'J'i, In India
oil pneUtr out of 'JU'J.Kll is killed or
niurvil; and 01m employ out 01 every
Therefor the rnilroud of the I lilted
HtntMi kill or injure more lima thrtw
line a man imauger lhaothar
thn eoiiiilrea roinbiuiMl, mid more than
hrw tune a uitny iiiplotNi,
In tieriiittay the avrnna paaaeimey
.ire is una h ill h4 timu la th I utted
MkIm. ii fuu tide ona huu livd Imle
ur i. In Auairi. Iluiiy itth
umra tliu una-hl. Villi Still r l Ion
iHiUlur li d"IUr and ailvi-iiU
lu-lu only oulurlli of lull! la
hero, thai jot ttttt rid ltn luiiM lor
B'tf SI.
Is t rsui th f. i'rl.'U iHrt
eg lh rus k HMUf etru t h" mh el
rusirxls la, mu- th (ltaiti
tie th ti U at ai. ifl.d pre at il
tud l k hMaaa),
lu I'esUu I Mr, ildlma In. i.-d
it iiiut uHrhii, and h l an I
riKld'Ni Pl It M1M.. M4fllH
I lis mil jl Im ' I uH.n, 1 iirpur
t Ik H tM prtitttMy bW !
trni, I he fl, fc.iar, lhl i h
llUlnlmil Mr III llii Ulr.f
Ji tu k a hid and nr it ui t
mM iu U m rty mnk jithia
I Ikl dwettMtlo,
lliamarvk iip h Mm alt iN'lo;
ad It k.re lii kWrahi hl
'raia Intuaki kt rd; rm I k
ri itiiHUa,
I t a.l4 lb aatat u
four great railroad worth 152,000,000,
It I a Higniflcant circumstance that
while In England Itself, the corporation
till own the rood, la all tlm colonic
and dependencies of Great Britain's in
plre im has opposed corporate owner
hip aud encouraged state ownership,
In every oue of her eastern oolonle the
colonial government owns and oerate
tlm road. England doubt les felt the
evil of the private ownership at borne.
and did not care to extend the system
la hi Fayetteville discourse Mr. At
klnson argued that Tlioina Jefferaon
opposed govern mental ownership of
railroad. Inasmuch a Mr, Jeffron
had been dead some year before the
first railroad wa built, the argumeu
would appear to bo rather weak.
Hut Mr. Atkinson will discover, If be
trie, that Mr, Jefferson and the other
(treat patriot of hi day favored a com
prehmislve ytem of national turnpike
road, These road were to the com'
nierceof Jefferson' time what railroad
are to our. Every reason which Iwl
Mr, Jefferson to favor national owner
ship of turnpike would lead him, if alive
now, to favor national raib ond.
There I absolutely no difference in
principle between the two system.
When Jefferaon bought 757,000,000
acres of land from .Napoleon JlouaimrUi,
he Htaittfcred the world by his boldness,
and a storm of Abuse broke over hi
head here at borne.
Time vindicated hi Hound judgment,
and the centre of population of this
great republic now lie lu the Loulsana
purchase, which wo then a howling wii
denies.
Considering the lender resources and
thmall population of thotday it seem
that Mr, Jefferson wa wildly rasa,
To buy the railroad now would be
slighter task than to buy Loulsana then
Just a Mr, Jefferson' chief motive in
purchasing Loulsana wa to forestall
danger which threatened our future, no
the etronirest reason for purchasing
th railroad I to forestall the peril
with which corporation ownership of
national road and national source of
supply threaten the future of our conn
try.
Tlm rule of the people will die if tlm cor
poratlon I not checked.
HANNA, WILL BE RETURNED.
Enough Ohio L(lltcr PJedgtd to in'
ure hi( Return.
The official vote la Ohio for th re
pective candidate for governor at the
tnte election ia tlm recorded:
IiUHhuell (rep,), 42U.810; Cbapma
(dem.), 401,715; Hollidny (pro,), 7,5S;
Coxey (people'), 0,254, Dexter (nat'l
dem.), 1,001; Watkin (aoo, lab.), 4,242;
Lewi (negro protective), 470; Liberty,
8,107.
Husliiieir plurality, 24,101.
The rote la Ohio for President McKIn
Icy and other candidate for president
waa: McKlnloy. 625.001: Ilryan. 474.
8H2; Iirynn (people's), 2,015; Levering
(pro.), Z.71U; Matchette (oc, lab,),
1,165; Palmer (nat'l. dem.), 1,58.
McKlnloy plurality, 51,100,
1 he senate na seventeen known re
publican member, eiirhteon known dem
ocrat and one fusion republican, elected
ou the democratic ticket In Cincinnati;
total thirty-eix, the bouse ha fifty
elicht known republican member, forty
seven known democrat and four fusion
republicans elected on the democratic
ticket in Cincinnati; total 100.
On joint ballot the republican have
five majority. If they get the fueion re
publican the majority will be twelve,
)f the known republican three nave de
clined to ay how they will vote for Lnit
ed Htate enator. the Manna men
claim all of the other known republican,
which if the claim Is well founded, would
give Mr. Ilanna a, majority of two on
joint ballot.
THE ISSUE Of CREDIT MONEY.
Shall the Oovernment Surrender Thia
Tremendous Power to the Bank.
It I admitted by gold inonoine tal
lies and by biiiiettuiiats that a paier
currency is a ineiwmty. The most Inter-
ting and most important iuestlou
cniiuw tid with a si stem of II name Is,
who ehnll suiiply thu imum" or credit
money? $
Thsre is two mode proposed, rni h of
hk'h ha it advocate, Tlm regular
luiiioeracy rlaiiit thai lb malion of a
rrwdil money is Im tdmul to h Hir
oiiiiii iiniiiey, and that it I a (Miner
hieh ranuot Im trauafrrd or fariiid
out lo ii'iiidiila r asaiHiHtiona Cimi
nrs iiiuat proid lor I ha roieag ul
yuld aud silwr ami aiual tuppWineut the
com with wltatev- mut take it t Ur
lu the rirvnlaiinH. Tha opp.iaMUm to
ha daimtir, by wl.auvvr nmna
iittH (rum l.irmuli.ia ul h niii.ru
uhui uaiil an iUhu tht tiiHHrtiHM
ruiiMMvl ttt llalial4 akiiul.t laj
Hllt'ile ttl U a Mute til VimiUtw H4
MdKii, I. if lha u ul whHh they atmul I
w aii.i. til e t I an leinaai, hy
rUiH thai the mm iI yoiaraUMMtt
ru-y is viiiiiiitilliag the umviti u
lha rMa ! ul l4akM4 ttetiew,
I ha au(f lit Ikiaaramiiaitl t iu tl il
a aii a hgiii'oaie luaiitia id tMkie'
.iaii pi a .t til iliim, and It at h
Uaw ul rm-bl a .y van waty m pruiw
1 he pfi(-f
lhal r.n
if itUnnv4 Ivy lh Htar
(ill sa l alliaf.
Il raaiial U Uiapls. h (k t.ifl
til t)MitMaia ailVi" a4 faital h
raiitui k aa I traary ! la
liri mm ka baa .tMtwula, .ylhy
haaka t h Itaak aa la lf Ik
lurraaaf a I Kay aiiald eaiy Ik ittiHt
and would nontrol the volume of money
to make the profit a largo a possible,
Tlm profit realized from supplying the
circulating medium are enormou, and
would be Indefinitely lnereaeed If every
thing but gold waa eliminated from clr
dilation aud tlm bank were allowed to
fill the vacuum. To subsidize ONsocia
tlon of rich men who are not engaged
lu any productive industry to supply
their debt and grow richer by appro.
printing to their own use the fruit of
others' toll leanoutraue which can be
redreeed only through the government's
reclaiming to Iteelf tlm function of Issu-
iuir whatever ciiculate a money.
Th profit resulting from the Issue of
currency by the soverign power are en
joyed by the whole people, If the banks
are subsidized to do this work they put
Into their own pocket thneutire benefits,
ill sovereigns ol the Unltod Htate
should be warned in time to defeat tlm
scfieiries of the enemies of our institu
tion, Those who are clamoring for sound
money are Industriously working to
surrender to the bank the right to
issue the currency.
' The opposition to silver coinage
and the Nettled and deliberate
purpose to disfranchise treasury
note) and greenback and all form
of government paper, and enlarge the
power of bank and give them absolute
control of thc,fluniictM, i the con ten tlon.
While many are tlirhting for bauk su
premacy there are but few who have the
courage and frankness of thauncey lie
iew when asked what wa meant by the
phrase, "sound money." he replied
"(Jold and the Elirllsh system of bunk
note' All who believe in gold and sil
ver and a itovwrn men t currency should
without hesitation vote the reform
ticket, Cincinnati Enquirer,
A FAIR COEN CROP,
Tb Aysrsgs for Nebraska Is Twenty
nlnt Busbtls psr Acts,
The November report of the statistician
of tlm department, of agriculture, .gives
22.7 bushel as the average yield per
acre af corn according to the prelimin
ary returns of the department's corres
pondent. The corresponding prellrnin-
ary estimate last year waa 27.3 bushel
and that of lHUo, SW.Z bushels.
The average yield lo the principal corn
states i a follow: New York 82.5,
Pennsylvania HO. Ohio 212.0. Indiana 28.
llliuoi .11.5 Iowa 20, Missouri 25, Kan
sas 10, Nebraska 2U. The average per
cent, of quality I m.a a compared with
BHA 10 1800 and 95.3 In aM5.
The estimated avenge yield per acre
of Irish potatoes i 04,0 bushel as com
pared with 80.M lost year. Tlm average
per cent, of quality is H1.3 against 8D.2
n Hovemuer tant.
fOI'UtlST DOt'TKINK mTKEAIUNO,
Principle of I'uldlo Ownarshlp of Fublle
Utilities Itspldlr Uulnlng In rarer.
The New York World ha gone to con
idorable expense to compile statistics
in relation to the increaalng growth of
public opinion in favor of municipal
ownership of natural monopoliea. The
result of the Investigation shows a
greatly and continually increasing de
mand for public ownership. The World
ay:
Municipal ownership or control by
conditional leaee of public service that
are iu their natare monopolies wuUir
supply, street and house lighting, street
railway, and the like la the Issue that
I forcing itaclf to the front in all Amur!-1
::nn cuius.
Fact are the indispensable basis of
intelligent discussion. Without stop
ping here to consider the open quastiou
of whether or not on ground of public
policy it i wise or expedient to enlarge
the area of munioipul enterprise, the
first large fact that confront us Is that
within the poet ten year th scops of
municipal enterprise ha been greatly
extends)!.
1, Wator N ork. W lieu the war
closed 54 s-r cent of all th water work
In th Failed Htat were prlvatu proi
rties. No on now think of oliju'tli;
to munleipal ownership of water work,
that it 1 MiM-ialistio or obnoxious to
American principle of government, but
tuty year agn the objection waa
raisad, exactly a it ia now, agaiuat th
municipal ownership ol aas, electric or
street railway erv !, Even a late a
l-i m) oaly 4'J.U is-r nt, ol the
aater work ol the country were public
ly owned. Today the balance Is aot
lienvily with inuuiilpul water work,
oaly about &;l ir cent ol tlm water sep,
ply I'liiiil ul the I'uitixl Htate beiug
iiibliciy uenoii.
Vary aiKiiifliaat, h.iear, U the bu t
hut III Mm I'hlel lti imblie Ownership
haa bwoiiie the rule by a lure luitim ily.
if 1 1. n't v largxal nlu in the I nn.
Miair nulf uiiia are wow i,wulnl
iui pnf ateHiipitiiiwa) .ir lbir iipply.
a4niry, Nan t raaeUao, New r liana,
(iihdh, IVaver, ludumapulie, New IU-
va, i'ttlaraoa, f ramtm aud Mmpliis
ha ihs"4 Iroia iila Ui iiiililie na
araliiii ul al.'f aurk hat laefri
rapid siaaa liHl, Tb etraiiglh of tha
i h'ii-f l howa br Ik la. I Ihal whila
tfiKl i itha aad Iom hat vhaiia. lf.nn
4 1 lie ! privataue mialtip, imly leant y
Iii4 la Ik rtra aaaaa. I lie
of.ln l id ih etiuairy hrlr ia as H
.i T U lavnr vl imble 1 tia. pl.mla
UvlM il hMtd all Mtkvy aUVs la
t pri.rvni- .iy pablu titer nvt
mhIiii ul Wr apply laal 1 h-ye
rtti ia Ikat stale tiuly Ikirly-
eM priiate aaiaal 1 1 1 iit.iw wurha
Nl a Sinai ai ii'iir la M
salt Uuii Hy a ety kaaevaf ta luratl
tar lt a pilvate tumi aay. la Ih Mild
aeniMii t4 laUa n Ih inker kaad,
Ikara I titt a lhiadeawtit pnvalely
an. aa iiiasla. ! ( awl has
tialy uaV ublii in 8Y prtvat
Elaots. New York state Is almost a tie,
aving 172 public, to 170 private water
plant. . t
, The set of the stream, however. I so
strongly public ownership of water
plants tbat within ten year at th
present rats of progress there will not be
un important city or large town left In
the country that will not own its water
works. Aud it Is well known tbat in
very city where honest management
has prevailed the public water plant has
yielded a considerable revenue to tlm m
cat treasury.
2. Uaond Htreet Liiibtinir. Twelve
American cities now own aud operate
gas plants, them ost notable examples
being Philadelphia, Itluhmond, Wheeling
and Louisville. Over two hundred
American municipalities have experi
mented with public electric lighting
plant. Included In this number ar the
citieMof Chicago, Detroit, Jacksonville,
Fla.. Little Hock, Ark., Day City, Mich.
and Dunkirk, IN. i.
I'hiladulpuia na plant experiment
is said oy trie opponents oi municipal
ownership to have been a failure. It 1
admitted that its mnnaireincnt by Irre
movable trustee has been bad. Yet go
ha been furnished steadily and I today
being furnished to Philadelphia consum
er at 25 cent per 1,000 feet cheaper
than to New i ork consumers, in law
the net balance of receipt from the pub.
lie uu service of Philadelphia wo SI 1 5,
853,0!), and the city used $031,000
worth of free iras beside, making a total
net profit to the city of 764,317. And
if tlm rullodelphlan bad paid fl.ito
thousand for their go, as did New
Yorker, they wonld nave paid S7HH,,
OHO more for It than they did. So, grant
ing that it management baa not been
nun, ih hiiuuiu win m, ii.ii wi,i.b.
true tbat for the year 1895 the publicly
owned gas servioe of the IjuakerLity
saved to its people In on way or an
other a arrand total ol ll.70y.loo.
CblCttKO became tbs owner ol Its elec
tric lighting system In 1887. Today
the city own 2,254 are lamp, of 2,000
candle power. Their average cot, in
cluding all Items, 1 S90.40 per lamp per
annum. Chicago is. at the same time,
leasing 200 lamps of exactly th same
bower from electric lighting com pan ie.
and pays 1137 per lamp per year for
them. Here, then, In the same city, it
plainly appear tbat municipal owner-
hio save to tha taxpayer.140.70 on
every lamp. On the 2,254 lamp which
Cbicairo own it saves, therefore, over
f.O OIlA a tt.nl nalMiiliaril An th tiajiltf
of th price it Is actually paying for tlm
lamps it leases from private corpora
tions.
In Wheeling, W. Va the private gas
works were bought by the city many
years ago. and paid for by the sale oi
bonds. Ail the bonds bare been re
deemed out of tha profits on trim with
out levying one dollar on the people, and
the public service l now yielding a
yearly net Income of about f 25,000 to
the city treasury, beside supplying the
people with irae at 70 cent a thousand
Tbe book of the city for 1800 show that
beside supplying gas to the people at
the price uamud the City iiH Diirnoa
$0,000 worth in its own public buildings
for wbicb it paid nothing. Tbs fUS.UUU
pront made on It ga receipts more
than sufficed to pay the entire cost of
liithtlnir the city' street with 450 arc
IlKhta of 2.000 candle power each. It
thu appear that Wheeling I able to
furnish itself with electric light at about
$50 per lamp, or lee than one-half tbe
charge made by private lighting corpor
atlon to other citie.
The number of cities that have found
It to their interest to substitute public
for private ownership of go and electric
lighting are too numerou to mention in
one short article, but enough ho been
shown to prove conclusively that public
ownership ol these, a well as all other
monopolies, tend to improved service.
and also to a betterment of tbe condi
tion of the musses of the people. Where
all share equally in tb bounties of na
ture and the natural advantage accru
ing to a community there can be none
very rich, noitherfcan there be any very
poor. '
Mark llanua'e Malhwls.
Oue of Mark Kaunas newspaper
champions dencrilie tbe method which
the big bomlle bos tins adopted to
make hi calling and election sure,
"Hi first move will tie to have no
federal appointment made In the tat,
o lar aa he can control the matter, uu
til after the senatorial question i set
tled," In short, olfleiol brltiery
"Neither ill h Tinit the general
miiii bly to be ortraaiged until theeeiia
torial question ho Im ll aolvtnl." lu
other words, ottlrl.il bulldozing. He.
side then prvcautiou, "a mild system
of eepiuiiAkie ol every republican inem.
( cd th lMieltur ha baadopti."
Whn Him letfinUtur metfU, say Ih or
line, "Mr, 1 1 m ii ii t will know, throUah hi
ntfi'iit, etut'lly nliit'li men lie run de
ls ad upon, Inch iihmi want a reward
lor their vote, and when niea will be
pnrtMHt i ih propiMWMl bull, il lUay
d.tre.1' Il all lliwa iUm. td fofee and
l.rd-rr lad I Ike b dt lhrtteu tl lie
dinrou, "ileiiKMiral wilt m suHiided,
Mad, Il IMfaible, Hi l ed 1.1 Vole l.ir Mr,
lUaaa. I ! tttiw haiiiuiigiy i n lid'
. Voik Wurld.
f hIMta Mara 1l
Evrui. Ala, Nov. lThre
ball grow a t hil lra Umt lhtr lltv In
tha burttUi' t an iM frame Imiumi a
mil from WM ihtk, Ale, iittdy
algbi Itieir iiateat, lul Urtiwa
and wlfj, waul t.t yharvh and bwked
the hou,
Alf I Itralhar 4ia l
Wllult, N. I harlv At
r, brwhy tt rtlar.r tl ar Uu
elt A, A!ar, I l.i U ...tn W mwI
ataaUf at aal)t. SU
Oat yowf avlghbof ta sabetrtW.
ANOTHER GREAT TRUST
Will Oornar tad Control tha Milk
Supply for Greater New
York.
PBIOES WILL BE RAISED,
All Large Dealers Bare Ag riad to
Enter the New Comblna-
tlon. .
Will be no More CoiupetitUm.
According to statements contained in
the New York World there will be in
corporated in New Jery within a few
days a corporation which will have an
innocent enough sounding title but
which the people of New York will come
to know aa the milk trust.
Talk of tlm formation of this trust, to
control tlm output of milk fa tbs Great
er New York territory, lias been current
for some time, but it promoters fort-
most among whom Is John D. Ollmor,
who has been named the Biscuit King
Wausehe organised tb cracker trust
culled the New York Biscuit Company
have don their utmost to keep tb pub
lic In tbs dark.
Tb Milk trust, wbicb la backed by aa
English syndicate of which Mr, Oilmor
wo the organiser, has secured an option
on tbs plants and business of practically
all tbs large milk dealers in the Greater
New York, and Is now ia a position, if it
takes up It options, to control tbe
trade. .
Tbe promoters of tb milk trust intend
to make it just aa ironclad a monopoly
as is tbs sugar trust and lik corpora
tions. In fact tbs agreement wbicb tbe
milk dealer have been signing show tbat
It Is to be run on almost precisely tbe
same lines a is tbe sugar trust.
This proposed milk trust bear no re
semblance to tbe various milk exchangee
wbicb have been organised In tbe state.
Tbey seek only to regulate matter be
tween producers ana the dealer.
Tbe milk trust proposes to become the
direct selling agent to the consumer, and
to raise the prices so as to exort an ex
tra profit of at least $'J,O0,748 year
from the people.
The Milk Importer tb official organ of
the trade says of tlm new organization
that, "The proposed plan for consoli
dating the milk business of the metre
poll tan market will assuredly be t suc
cess. At least loar-ntns oi tne total is
already under control, wbicb is sufficient
to warrant applying for articles ol In
corporation, The probability is tbat
these wul be secured by no v. 1."
I Implanon wbicb the promoters of
the milk trust have worked i tbe same
aa ha been followed by tbe biggest
trust heretofore created. Tbey deter
mined to purchase outright tbe business
and plant of every milk dealer in tbe
(ireuter New York territory handling
over fllty cans aday.
These large dealer as a rale have their
own creameries and machinery, ibe
trust promoters kaew tbat if they could
get them in they would have tbe small
dealer ia their mercy, as tbe small dotti
er, a a rule, have to purchase tbeir
daily aupply from the large dealer.
Ho tbey visited all the large dealere.
Mr. Oilm jr was the only waa known to
the dealers in tbe matter, but he eaid be
was backed by abundant Knglish capi
tal. lie uid that tbe syndicate which be
represented figured that it could pur
chose the busmee of ail tb large deal
er for $0,000,000, that it would puy
oue half in cosh and tbe other balf in
lock certificates.
Mr. Oilmor or hi agent gave to each
dealer, whose busluees he desired to se
cure, aa option agreement lor him to
sign, and iu the two months peat nearly
all tlm large dealer bav aigned.
Hy Ihuse option agmemeut th Inn
er agree to sell outright their plant
aud busiue to th trust and proiuoUr
or their aaaigus. In each ngrt-ment tbe
prh to be paid ha been fixed.
lb loiiowiug paragrapn i contained
Ih agreements;
"We and each of ua also agre I hat, lu
theeveutof such purth nan by you or
your assign, we will sot directly or in
ib lev II y engage lu tbe sale ol milk or
milk priwlui te ol any kind whalstwyer
except in Ih capacity ol your aguata or
employ, or a your Maeitfus. within
.Mill Hole Hi the City id ,ew ork, 1 ,,
l'r a pritKl ol luy year Iruni date,
We wul, tl ibaired. rin'iiii la Misemploy
ol youreefl or ol your assign lor a period
ol Hum jeers at aalary lu be mutually
agriwduptm."
1 but say juat a plainly a lauguaga
auaayihttt ilia lha lutoeiitm u lh
trust promoter ant ouly tu ur na-
lunnl he liuamea wl Ih big lulik
Imtlvra, bill to bind IIomii o In g i lulu
roliia.iioa ttllk Ih ltta Ibervttlter,
aad, i laci, lo utilu I haw a dialrtbal
tea Kfut.
il wtmUl mtull ia Ike ladeiwaiWat
lealwr ul today lmuMiMg Ike aaU tl
th irusl a a lev lm lur a a rm meal a, lual
a othet 4rar hat Utsim lar lor tt
hur Inial, h liibaevu Irael aad
k i.imiHilia,
U a IJilitia ta ( tbi opiua
agraiHt eat-a Utf ha alu lw
su;i.-l aptia lu si a au agt ntieai In pay
a FtiitmtMwloa In Mr, tMitmrv II Ik trust
IHTfiMtntefa ai kaaa) ke NslUeaa, la
ruuiiuiaaiua m.'i r tat id Ike puy
haea (irlita. lb daily eiMipiw ft
(t'uallkued oa li gklk 'ag,