THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
May 12, 1898
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THZ WEALTH MAKBKS and LINCOLN
INDEPENDENT.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
BY THE
IfirlRnRnrlgnt PublishinCJ Go.
r-i 1- 10
At 1120 M Itrttt,
LINCOLN, - NEBRASKA.
TELEPHONE 538.
"1 $1.00 per YtiAi? in Advance.
AddrM sll comniuulpalloui t. and makt sll
Craft , money onlen. tie., psyalil to
TUB INUKI'BNIiliNT I'UH, CO.,
Lincoln, Nts.
General Woylor is still Invading tho
United States vlii a typowritor in South-
ro Spain. .
Notice Is hereby glvon that Admirals
Sell ley and Sampson are expected to live
' up to tliulr suggestive names.
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ou The Queen Itogont of Spain Is entitled
j to the sum brand of sympathy which
OU aba bo been meting out to Dm starving
5? mothers In Cuba.
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01 Americans so she could thrash us to a
finish and now she Is howling for Europe
JjjJ to help her let go,
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tr) nines the above was written It is re
on ported that the Exposition managers
"V bad a meeting in Oinuhu yesterday and
Jj reconsidered their former action by
00 agreeing to allow f.lo,()UU cash pre"
tu tnlums for the live stock department.
i This a wise and just decision.
ex "'"J wijeiii m 1 lie inicago mnrseis
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foj touched f 1.80 per bushel on Tunsduy,
and July wheat sold for f 1.21. Jtoth
r(fl have gone down since and simulation is
frl conceded 10 bellie cause ol the sensa-
tlonal advance, , ilio farmers of Jiobras
ka will not receive any such prices for
their wheat.
Illanco has informed Havana that
Rosin him pnritiiriul unit ihtul r.ivul II, m.
I ft "r - 'j
L, ton, Mobile and other coast cities and
I baa given his army officers a bauquet to
i celebrate the achievements of KpuulHh
ftsma km Sk ILluiliu.iMrif li.Llnf.ii.r.ii.il.it.
jkm KB Mint u irjniim? ui niiniiii'i iiaLlly
ae is almost equal 10 ui. v. Anniu.
of the Htate Journal,
Tba school fund now in the state treos-
in orer's bands for apportionment among
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tne scnoois 01 me state lias already
bpaased the 400,0()0 mark and this
ea splendid showing is causing much favor
in able comment. Honesty and economy
eIn the administration of state business
H,ie bearing good fruit and the people of
ttNebraska are reaping the benefits. In
ioatate treasurer Moscrvo's office reform is
rjpractioed in fuot as well as in theory,
in
t One of the results of the war is a
225 per cent advanccln print paper, with
e,prospecta of going higher. Sulphur
sis used In making print paper for
rCblcaching purposes. Most of the sul
pbur come from Mt Aetna in Sicily.
etSpnln has declared sulphur contraband
tof war and no sulphur laden ship can
''get out of the straits of dlbralter
Jbound for America, Consequently sul
wphur has doubled in price within the
a past two weeks.
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j A handsome design for a monument
cto Congresman McKeighan, specially
ndeslgned by a Huston firm, Is 011 exhi
bition at Ited Cloud. The monument,
If built from this design, will be fifty
Jfeet high, and fourteen and a half feet
Uquare at the base, the estimated cost
Hieing $s,000. It Is said the McKeighan
inounumrnt committee will meet soon
jsnd aect-pt the design. It Is to 1
uhoped the rommlttee will tt nothing
tjf the kind. Wlllism McKeighan wus
t plain man of the j-rople. He llve.1
ijlil a wh! house, lie shared ami suf
aVervd the ovrrty of the Nel.ru.Us
"frontiers. He fought the Isttttes of ih,
J-omuion peopU from the ssl ikIum.I
ttivuss to the marble halls at Washing-
ton, but he never Im-aiiiA anytlilug
but one of the plain "oplc. If hi Hp,
VhoM fire has to ofu-n imdtml the
iuluiU of surging thHUitd lata oui
if lowing purMMH, com Id (hU usm
h rvKMillti 1I Speiullng fljcht
kousaud dollars tf the com 11 u 11 h
(ds'a mwtty uhh a lUwtun deslgtMH)
uoauutsiil fifty frt Ugh Ut mark hU
last rvsthif lse in Ih UrpuLlleaa
ZV'allty may Husgtne wart th;
fwttuld tur. It Is filling that Ms
?! shoU Us maikv.) ty a g rU ful
jmm.iiIs la hu rstu It srrvttl, Ills
mi tUting that tltfWt thuutaatl db
m ssuukl ! sat f'KT ths isr)i,
t mhiU IkuMiMHils ( AiMer(fi ais
husIs aM) laiMtsiiU nf thlidmu
Jir tvtit i.f whwdluf by aa !
fHtUM4a (taut(al Ul sslria aka
aWf rvMiuaM MKtiha fuM m
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KANSAS TAX VALUATION.
Down la Kansas the people have
trouble over the valuation and tax bus
iness. Since the panic of 1893 property
values In Kansas have shrunk prodigy
iously. Assessed values have shrunk
even more and the time has arrived
when something has to be done about
It. Governor Leedy directed the labor
commissioner to make an Investiga
tion of actual Bales of real estate and
I assessed values of the some. It Cover
led fifty counties for a period of six
months. No account was taken of
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mortage or Blienu saii-n, uim uwjr
bona fide transfers of property. Over
7,000 of these sales were classified. The
sale In ten average counties were
taken for special examination. Upon
these the labor commissioner's special
report says:
"As the tax law contemplates that
'each parcel of real property shall bo
valued at Its true value in money,' the
assessed valuation or the aliovo 70,100
acres should equal their selling value,
or $1,100,447. Instead, wn find that the
assessed value of this prorxirty, as tnk
en from the record and verified by the
Individual description and Comparison
of each transfer, for the total 70,150
acres Is $333,004, or 27.7 jmt cent of the
real or selling value or the properly
As the lure Is the unit for taxation
purposes, the average selling value an
Here for the ten counties Is $17.00 and
the average assessed value is $4.73 an
acre. 1 lie total amount of taxes charg
ed against the above lands Is $10,880.80,
averaging 1ft cents and 5 mills against
each acre. The range of selling values
an acre Is from a minimum average
of $4.05 In Comanche comity to a max
linum avernge or $;.Bfl In Wyandotte
county, while tho per cent or vnl mil
lion to true value ranges from a min
linum average of 17.4 per 1 1 L in
VVyaudotle county to a maximum av
eragn of 41.0 per cent In Mitchell conn
ty. J he average tax levy for the ten
counties Is 32.7 mills jmt dollar valua
tion, ranging from a minimum average
levy of 24.3 mills In Mitchell county
to a maximum average of 44.7 mills
In Cumunche county, while the mini
mum individual levy is 17.2 mills,
found in uusscll county, and a mux 1-
mum Individual levy of 58 mills Is
found in Under county,"
It would appear from this that the
reel selling value of land in Kansas Is
between three and four times the ns-
,-ssed value. In Nebraska perhaps a
I slightly higher valuation prevails,
ranging from four to five times the
assessed value. This shrinkage of val
ues in assessment which has Im-cii so
much denounced by writers on revenue
is largely a matter of self-protection.
The tendency everywhere is to go in
debt for county, municipal, school dis
trict purposes. This pushes the tax
levy everywhere to the limit not only
of the statute but of endurance. Peo
ple have found themselves nimble to
pay taxes the last five years and pub
lic sentiment has everywhere forced
assessments at lower figures. It has
been simply a mutter of sclf-preservo-
ti-4;i mini
tion. The new revenue bill introduced
and debuted for two days In the low-
er house of the. Nebraska legislature
at the, hist session proposed to force
the assessment of nil property at ac
tus I value by means of strongest pen
alties. At the same time it proposed
to cut down the limit of levy for state,
general purposes from live mills to one
mill. The trouble with It as a practi
cal revenue measure was that reduc
ing the limit of state levy was a seJf
enforcing measure while raising the
assessed valuation Is a matter of puli
lie opinion. If public opinion did not
happen to act promptly tho state
would ls left unable to pay running
expenses.
(iranting greater discretion to the
state luiard of equili.atioii is an abso
lute necessity for an equitable distri
bution of state tuxes. At present near
ly every county bus engaged In the
tax-shrinking business, making its as
sessment as low as it possibly can and
get enough to pay county exjHMises.
The jieople must elect state Isiards
whom they can trust and give them
enough discretion to correct thee
wrongs. A reasonable mutual tax on
corHratlous may be the means of de
riving a considerable additional reve
nue for stale purposes. No injustice
would dune by requiring them to
pay for their Corporate iwer guar
anteed by the state. These two fea
tures ought to he th starting point
for changes In our reveuue laws.
Till K A1HIUTISM.
It U hihly patriotic and commenda
ble on the part wt ths millionaire nim
and women of America who are offwriug
their yachts aad their wealth lu !(,
IMS) tuts to tin- govttituivitt lor thn uw of
thtir f.'uutry. Ill aUo patttotk and
e itmuivaitshW In Ids sons id our aotvd
una u oftVr lltstr roual ixrvire
as (tttUwrs 111 ths army and all
(boa tariou a. tioa :r drvif ol
UvorabW aisatioa ta irvM asd palptt.
Hat wbsa ths lets pntt get tkrous
UuJtsg 'is, stiat U tkr Mt
tisiy id lh nlata iimi ' rita who
ka ao jraral or tortus Ut siv, ahu
alt ao lor an ulTUial hiiio wortk
tkusaas'U id UiUoirs a ar, hat k
gtrr ats all l y Koaldwisa' a aakt
and aiaivhiSii ta tk Irwat to lit
(Im( if as4 U. hr ki fMsatry's kusof
aad Itesftkijr Hdall awl kt tail vat
ttf the risrly gill id Iks ifc aiaa
kaglvM irasJIy aad m htlid
U MlMMMaii Ta Vaad(tftUs,
Atlttra as 4 UuahU dvf va vdit, ksl di
tkf ilsf v wtaea as ak Isatsa a
aiukr of alfw ad tlUlra la laes
Iasfut4iwl a rarioiM etUtaa,
kds k i'fita i kw Uls Ha tka allar
i kla oaaU's kaaor, asd ta luaks
v r -tSM-i
another people free? His name is legion
and for that very reason the scroll
fame may not contain the record of bis
deeds, but none the loss his is the true
patriotism.
Tirr.
mm 1 1 11 Ti mill . . 'il . . A
Aaaio it. iiuiington in writing a bssm;u
oiuiu rom jvtmriinjr, ,ur mo vu.uoBU
Times-Herald of May Oth, says that trees
. . - I A . Jt - t A it... A. 1-. 1 O f O
were piantea aoou ihh ion, 1010 u.iu
that Arbor day wuslutor established by
the governor, Bterling P. Morton. If
the remainder of the article is equnlly
asaccuraie as xn. n.mnrsau.e -lavo-
montlt will hardly be worthy of preserva-
tion by tho state historical society. Kho
fur'ther'deposes and says that Nebraska
people aympnthisea witntiie aoutu our-
ing the rebellion and Incited the Indians
to outbreuks, and that the Foderal
t roops waged war upon the Indians and
had orders to kill women and children-
In her romancing about the old fort she
declares It was surrounded by a ditcii
and had a drawbridge, but she utterly
fails and neglects to say whether the
ditch was called a moat or whether they
filled it with water hauled from tho Mis-
souri river in barrels. Tlio fort wus to
have been rebuilt, according to this relia
ble author, but when (len. YV, T. Sher
man made a tour of the west after the
war aud rodo Into Kearney Uty, ho was
greeted by hisses uud yells from the rob -
els who lived there, and, tho writer
thoughtfully adds, it hurt his feelings,
1'lils latter day historian should bo
sought out and hired to quit Imposing
on Innocent old papers like tho Times -
Herald. Of course it doesnt know
whether Nebraska se"d"d during thn
rebellion, mid if Addie says so it would
consider tho statement as sufficient, rind
yet, even thn Times-Herald ought to
know who founded Arbor Day and was
afterwards Cleveland's secretary of agri-
culture, but was never governor of No-I
branka. If tho Times-Herald wants a
real picturesque Nebraska liar it should
oisui neirotiat ions with V. K. Anniu at
Washington or .foe Johnson, of Lincoln.
AIISI illM XAfJMN."
Tho war department at Washington
has evidently secured the services of sev-
ral exiH-rt press agents. As soon us
news came of Dewey's victory, Secretary
Alger rubbed his hands together and
began to congratulate himself In a loud
voice saying: "Hehold the wisdom of the
war department and give thanks that
such wise men are sot over you to rulo."
Tho plain fmitls that the deportment
did not know where Dewey was or what
ho intended to do and tho reason hs nc-
complished such a desperate undertak-
Ing and achieved his remarkable naval
victory was because ho was acting upon
his own judgment and could not be
ranched by contradictory and foolish
orders from the war department.
And now a board of strategy has been
organized at Washington ."hich will
attempt to direct operations on sea and
in the field by long distance telegraph
and of course it will be a howling success.
Such things always ure, as for instance
the Mct'lollan campaign of unpleasant
memory. Hut the exasperating fenturo
of such things is that when a really
capable officer gets beyond rea'di of the
board aad wins a battle be is robbed of
the credit of planning the movement and
the press correspondents at Washington
send out columns of rot lauding the
efficiency of war officials. Had Admiral
Dewoy been defeated in his desperate
venture of sailing into an unknown bay
under the guns of tho fof ta aud over the
hidden mines of the harbor to attack
suerior numbers, does any one suppose
that the board of strategy would have
admitted that lie was obeying its orders?
Would it have shouldered the blame for
a ditfeat as it claimed thn credit of a vie
tor;? If that board of strategy has its
way aad its orders are literally obeyed
it will come to bo known as a board of
tragedy before this war is settled.
Thn proposition to pass a postal anv
lags bank bill is good, but It may lie
doubtful whether it would be immediate
ly effectual as a war measure for raising
funds. The quickeat, cleaiiSHt aud most
effective way of providing finds for the
war is to author! tho Issue of $ I IH),
000,000 hi treasury iiobHi. There Isu't
a man or a ftrm in America who will not
Kindly tuko I liens notes for anything
nded to carry on the war. FiiuUnd
hersell use the notes to nuf t extraor
dinary imiimni. Thsy lsr no Interval.
They may tm railed la when the nation
wills It. Nobody ohfecU to them noepl
Ihs boad shark,
Ths iMitt'tMUNT has rHviv4 bund
so'tis portrait id Senator A Ilea through
ths iHiurleay id a will kaowa attorasy id
Madtsoa, wka Is aa admirer id Its rWa-
lor and a warm lrUnd id Ikis psfr,
Ths portrait U hf U, does la ladia
Iwk aad aal wdors, b Mrs. Jo, pklus
I, Hull ul Norfolk, aad ta not nuly a
Inking hkaM but Is lh ItsUkwd work
olaa arttal, Il m aaally lr4 aad
ill fcsuwlwrl adora Iks othes ta e,ti
y silk Iks portraits ul Uufsir
ItoL-omn aad llos, V. J, Prysa, Tfc
tM'Mi'tr ta s l.r ubllgalioas totka
donor aad tka arltal aad ta Iksl Uy
will at Us Ikaakstot Ika lainr sua
Wrrl, TkaatiM'kawa of Nbr r jwtlty
iadMjaaatattkeatioad Ika f iaioa
Ma4ut la WatMatf tMr dvpait
atat rat bally wilkoal tea preatlaata
aaj tdfcr Is a a M t fttta rat MHsJala
aaarasajdlorall Ike troaUe aa4 at-
I pense of making a creditable livestock
of exhibit. This is one of the materia! in
I terests of Nebraska and in fact the en
I tire Trana Mississippi country; in one
I sense our most material enterest. With
lout our livestock, our grain products
worth ba a(( mu(;h ag h
l I f
repreut. Ana tho eipen8e of mttkiDg ,
creditable livestock exhibit is much
Leav,er than thftt cf an othfip ,
n,,,,,, i tho face of all this the board
of directori have dL.ci(()d that cheap
meda)() w, be 8ufflciunt rocompense for
our stockmen who will spend thousands
0f dollars to make a creditable exhibit,
while H0WJwater will reeelvs irrftl
thousand dollars for advert hi-
,K,r an(, hh town ftnd hUnmlu 0Ujep
,ier8 are doinir as much withnnf
noney conMidortt,ion but Uie Ji(w tnUHt
bo extrUvagantly paid for booming Itself
aud tH proprietor. Another fifteen cent
modal should be secured for the live
Ltock department, and presented to
ut,Mf,y tl reward for being the biggest
UOg on or off the grouuds of the Trans-
Mississippi Exposition
COUNTY KOITION PIMCON T1NIEO.
The Lancaster county correspondence
has been discontinued and tho county
edition has been merged into the win to
edition. 1'aid subscriptions to the coun
ty edition of the .Indkhcnoknt will be
1 credited 011 the state edition ut the rate
of f) cents per year until their ex pint
tion. The present war with Kpaia is in
part responsible for this change. Con-
tributors of local news will bo paid for
1 their correspondence which has been
printed, or the small amounts duo them
will be credited on subscription to tho
regular edition of the Inkki'K.ndknt, at
their option.
TIIK CCIIAN (,'MMATK.
Iii many a northern home this week
there Is deepest anxiety over the pros-
pert of a cumnuien In Cuba. Many a
Nebraska mother will reud with trem
bling heart the news that Nebraska's
soldiers have been ordered south. The
fear Is not so much of Spanish bullets
as it is of swamps and yellow fever
arid the terrible "rainy season" In
Cuba that is just beginning.
It is a matter not only of hope und
comfort to aching hearts, but of reu-
son und common sense based on ex-
p'-riencc to get the udvicc and opinion
""" w' " qualified to speak on the
."tj' t. W. T. Horniuly, chief nutur-
aIit "f Hie Smithsonian institute, bus
l'nt several years in the jungles of
I"''5" and Dorneo and Is authority on
tropical climate. He suys in regard
Hie climate of Cuba:
"A" Uiis lulk (t danger in Cuba
of the rainy season, yellow fever, etc.,
i greatly exaggerated, because the
Spanish urmy has lost so heavily,
many uninformed persons fear that
the country would be as fatal to newly
arrived Americans as it wus to green
Spaniards. The Spanish trops I caw
were wretchedly fed and clothed, and
absolutely no heed Is taken to enforce
the most obvious sanitary regulation!!,
Then the food, clothing, medicines, ev
crything the men should have to live
upon, Ih furnished by contractors, who
stand in with the officers, and simply
starve the poor soldiers Into disease
uud death. The Spanish women ha ve
il saying, 'When our sons go to Cuba
or the l'hillippincs they never return.'
Many a Spanish mother whose non is
coming near the time when he must
do service iu the army, is praying that
Cuba und l'orto Kieo may be lost to
Spain before her son goes away.
"After live years of living iu the
most malarial jungles on earth, in the
midst of miasmutic swamps, drinking
swump water and often having to cat
unaccustomed and badly cooked food,
I only had one touch of jungle fever,
and that only laid me up for six or
seven days. I owe my excellent health
to two or three precautious. I never
slept on the bare ground, nor In the
ruin, and always under shelter. I ul
Miys wore light HanneU next to the
skin, and never slept in damp clothes.
Wln.teWT i Ue I might huvo to do
without, tuo changes of flannel under
wear, Is'sldes that 1 had oil, were al
ways at hand. Take from the to six
grains of quinine every morning Iu a
cup of hot coffee If you have It; If not.
then in hot water. Have your shuts
to til you, even if you must buy them
yourself, though the Culled Male is
f iirnUhliig its troops with an excellent
marching slim-. With then precaution
and a dose of tme light luxatiie t lot-in
h week there need t no mora feir
of fever In Cut than Ihrr I In Mu
a..url.M
Mr. Mortllas, a C11W11 born, and fu
soma years an ultsnl surgeon in the
l ulled tMrtta ), me lit tha VU
tin Ihw pi tut n lee In ths tropics,
" I he Mini - 11 It U raited
mil of t iil U to tubaua ths nut
halloing MSM.ii of the )ar. Il t
II Ilia gr itrtslly aU-ii the middle tf
Uy and UU l.i th mi.UU if jv
WtoWr, It unually rains In tlt f(.r
toit and Motietillte lit fll U trry
heavy and 10 p tiled by uh Ikuw
iter and iHktutu( aa una ar kauwa
uultida Ika lr"pU. It gieilly lp
at aant!, wM U U wapskWy grand
la la lo,tt rlfevla, I rarsly avar kaa
kauwa It lo tala at hlakl. It la tkla
oalU. talay aeaswa tkat ia 'If
and lfr la Ika frvwtaa' ytU n
and Kiakra war atfr and lol-a
ripa wkl Ikay ara. ly awllsf wall
cooked food and eschewing over in-
dulgence in the fruits of the country,
usually tempting to strangers, always
sleeping under some sort of shelter,
and not on the bare ground, the green
Ynnkee from New Hampshire hills
may laugh at the bogy of the 'rainy
season' and the yellow fever. It is
well for the unacclimnted man, the
first three months of his stay, to take
from three to six grains of quinine ev
ery morning, and a mild purgative,
ay.
Iwice a week. You nrnv be as wet
as possible, if you are on the move,
but when you stop, change your wet
clothes for dry ones, socks and all
You will never have this fever if you
follow these easily remembered rules."
HOI,UTEI.Y NO BONDS.
We print a communication from Goo.
A. Abbott, of Falls City, ono of tho clour
est headed populists in the state, upon
tho present bond situation. In this caso
1
however, we think he Is at fault in con
ceding tho possibility of a bond bill pass
ing congress. It never ought to be con
ceded tor a singio moment, inore are
enough senators on the unti-bond side
of tho financial question to beat the
tr00,000,000 bond bill in tho senate.
They ought to do it. They ought to
have thoir backbones strengthened for
ths fight by tho people whom they rep.
resent. Letters ought to go from every
state and congressional district to
Washington demanding that tho men
there stand true to tho people's cause.
If there uro any then who prove untrue
et us know who they are.
There is very littie use of splitting
hairs over the distinction between bonds
pa,yubIo in silver dollars or gold dollars.
This is a fight against bondage and
gainst bonds. Lot us bo truo to tho
main issue. So long as the corporation
crowd rules ut Washington tho treasury
department will pay their bonds in gold
"no matter what the contract is." We
have President McKinloy's own words
for it. When populist principles prevail
at Washington we shu.ll pay in money-
ust as good money us the every day
American gets and 110 bettor. This is ul'
there lis in tins game, no long as
bond holders rule this nation they
will pay thomselvos in any kind of
money they choose regardless ol con"
tracts. They huvo done it and they
will do i;. Tho fight now is to cut
off the perpetuation of the race of bond-
holders to stop issuing bonds.
This is our fight. We must succeed in
it. It overshadows tho Cuban question
as Tikes l'eak overshadows the hill of
the pis-mire. If wo can prove that u
great nation can go to war to free a
struggling people and not add a singio
dollar Lto its bounded debt it will bo
greater than a hundred Manilla buy
victories. It will mark tho opening of a
new financial era. It will mean not only
tho bonds, but tho end of wars. In such
a fight as this there should be no such
word as fail.
OI HTKADF, WITH SPAIN.
When war lsigins commerce ceases.
The ports of the United States were
oflicinlly (dosed to trade with Spain
on April 23d. Between war bulletins
it will be of interest to know just what
the extent of this trade is.
According to the ofllciul record a of
international commerce published by
t.hei United States Treasury depart
ment, the total value of the merchan
dise imported and exported by this
country in our dealings with Spain
during the fiscal year 1807 umounted
to $14,544,718. Compared with the re
turns for the fiscal year 1890, which
were recorded ut $15,023,012, these fig
ures show a decline of over a million
dollars. This fulling olT Is particularly
noticeable la-cause of the fact thataur-
ing 1897 our commercial transactions
with mo.it of the l'uropeeu nations
were materially augmented.
Our trade with Spain, although
subject to minor lluct nations, npx-ani
to have la-en gradually shrinking for
about fifteen years. It attained Its
maximum development In issj, when
the combined luisrts and exwrts
reached 11 value of $24,725,i:i2, or more
than flu.uiHi.tNio in cm-i-mm of the prt
ent figure. The returns for 1SU7, with
Ihe single rxcrpWoti of those for 11)5,
which fell to flt.bul.m, wcru the low
est reord"l since t"t7S, twenty years
ago. The average value -r annum
for the last flu years, li'Xt-lsuT.
aimitiuted t $ lo,S 10,5ns, as against
I'.io'i.tul f,.r the Ave years immed
UU-ly preceding,
Ths heavieftt sllitfU article of Impor
tation from hilii has Iweu the articles
grouped In tba rutoui Iiomm rrpoiU
a "fruit and nuts," IMr linporu of
the from P pal tt hate fal.-it from
la.ina.tuH In Mi t $JJU ta l"T.
I he eUM,t for this I thsl III ppl
of tin I'altetl Males hale goatt to
gronieir Ihrir imii raisiMs, orrittfv.
Iriotui, ris and stnoi-.l, Catlfofaia,
tlvfMI and UI id 4 Ii4 rmsilml
rw-rile aad MUaa vl i' Ik Aiua-ri-van
IttaiVrl.
Ika kMtM,lbm wf wtaes has fallsw
fn.iw $?lt,4t ta l U i.i,lt la
lf. tka Uiriba wf ttskala
wtara la vf rtsirt awwtty h9 tka m
i4 Ika AbmiU'w arUUamy wka 4
far aMi'af Ika frusy araaf 1tm
Ik UUwiuf tl-a i4 tkla awalry
ft Uowlnl wttMM,
Th lrm ir I hi t fnow Mta
kaa dmUaeil frem a tala id trv,l
la IM ta HUH t lit?, TVs ady
articles imported from Spain in which,
our trade has increased is cork, which
has grown from $253,442 in 1888 to
$529,392 In 1897; and goatskins which
were valued at Zll in 1888 and at $05,-
386 In 1897.
Cotton is our own principle e port
to SiMiin. Our shipments to her porta
averaged $8,000,000 a year for tho past
ten years and Btill remain at that flg-
- ure. Spain is about the poorest coun-
try in Europe as a market for Araor-
lean brendstufls uie total value OI
our exports in 1897 having been only
$225,477 and in 1888 $1,290,788. la
meat products we shipped to Spain In
1807 a total value of only $7,4 1 2. Our
export of wood (Including lumbc )
and wood manufactures rose from
$703,710 in 1888 to $023,940 In 1807.
Tho value of the merchandise we
send to Spanish ports is nearly three
times greater than that of Jie goods
we reveive in return. During 1897, for
instance, our export to Spain were
valued at $10,912,745 and our import
from that country at only $3,(531,973,
leaving a trade balance in our favor of
$7,2H0,772, and practically tho same re
lation of imports to exports Is main
tained each yeur. In the live year per
iod 188H-1H02, Hie average Imports per
annum amounted in value to $5,271,257
and the average exports to $13,034,147,
while iu 1H93-1H97 they fell to $4,257,842
and $11,083,04(1, respectively, showing
that tho decline In the valuo of the
trade, has nlfccted imports and export
In about equal degree.
The result of Spain's policy in deal
ing with Cuba during the past years
has been to almost entirety destroy the
largo and luJvantageous trade enjoyed
with that island. The restoration, of
pence and free government to that is
land will beyond doubt, lead to the de
velopment of a vast and nat ural trudo,
exchanging of breadstuff's und meat
products of the western farmers for
tho sugar arid tropical productions of
Cuba. So far us Spain herself is co
cerncd our trade with her is one of tho
smallest items In our foreign com
merce. I'l llMO HAH Ml 1'IIOIM TION.
McmlsTs of the Nebraska legislature
huvo received from the inter-stnto
commerce commission a f ypc-wrltten
letter from which tho following cx-
tract is taken:
"If you are interested in tho regula
tion of the) railways by the govern
ment let me ask you to read the first
50 pages of that report by which you
will clearly see that this commission
is, owing to recent decisions of tho
supreme court of the United btntcs,
practically without power to enforce
tho provisions of the liitcr-Smte Com
merce Act, und will learn iu what 10
HjieetH that act must be amended to
' arry out its original intent. Ho far
un ri'KUjiiLioii 01 raws is concerned mo
public has no protection iu the courts
or any where else.
"I a wise you believe In these or sim
ilar amendments I trust you will us
your Influence in that direction and
I shall be glad to hear from you per
sonally to the end that I may suggest
in what manner you can bo or tho
greatest assistance.
licsis'ctivelv yours,
EDWAKI) A. MOSKLKY,
Secretary."
Tho last sentence In the first para
graph of tho above extract deserves
to be framed and hung up over tho
dining table of every western farmer:
"As far as regulation of rates is con
cerned the public has no protection in
the courts or anywhere else."
It has taken ten years of high salar
ied commissioners and nppropriatons
for etceteras to find this out. How
much longer are the jieople going to
permit the corporations they have
created and given powers of eminent
domain to uulify the people's will?
That's the question.
In tMlt) Kansas jsipulists endorsed
the entire dciius-rnt lc electoral ticket
and elected thctn. As a result the vote
of Kansas was cast for Itryitu and Sew-
all, Watson not receiving a single vote.
I'he democrats of Kansas enibrs. the
isipiillsl. stute ticket v tiii li Mas also
ecled. As the lino- npprouches for
another stat.- campaign in Kmuas tho
llellllM llltil- kllltc t-Ollllllittl-f hmih- an
luldress to the HptiUU kihIii (hat
they did liol lieliele that Ihrv tan dt
liver the ilt-miM-riitie lote for a statn
tii'kcl this year nnlt-ss Itiry are irlvru
two places on t fi r ticket Ci'inpllaiice
with the deliits'intic sdilrt-Ks liiMiUra
the wlitidrawal or turning down of
two of I tie present h.iiI Ute oftl-
ter. It diss uoi appe,ir ttial any of
ttit-111 will withdraw . tht couiett
timi will Imir In fitce tin- tiielioi of
tilliiliig Omiu down. The lonveiilion U
ralleil o inrel Julie Hlh,
It U Mild Ihut Heuaior John I. Joiwa
of Nr.U hol.ts the haUnvo of ser
on ll.e M'ttle nitttiuo 1001O, litre. If
he Hit "t nd" the ivtHie lull will
hw ieHiitM Ium W with tsotd rlmiw, -If
he "lfrMlrl1M will Is r.
ilel for legal tit.r. t,r iuht
Ut Ut Is any .pl..i wkat J.dw t.
J.nif. will do Iw a ta like lkl No
maw us narlh know Ka Woutey qi
liwa Hooe Ikotoufkiv tha doha l
,Kme. No Mum ka 11 1 down las fx.
daiutMiUl rtwldea i.f aiowey mum
nearly thaw NrwaUtf Jewea wf ,Nea.U
Ikera la ef Ika war Utl
i.i Iks rouitk f July, Aa, U
is a aeisd f Uuiwla, aiiker,