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About The Nebraska independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1896-1902 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1898)
Dec. r, 1898 " Tlim gBKA5KX7NDk'JNDjgNT7 A gentleman wbo write that beJ much Interested In th article on credit money which appeared In lout week' iNiiKi'KNDKNT. ask for lomi further IHttntratfon of bow credit mono la ere. ated. IVhftimone of the beeti the tory toh by Tom John won In the Iioom of representative in 1894. He ald (let it be understood that he I a great Iron and tel manufacturer) that in the paolo of 'UJ, when the bank rofueed to furnish anjr credit at all and when hi cuetomer could not pay their bill, he found hi Arm muot clone it work for want of money, or In om way tnanu focture something to take It place. Ho heeallud hi workmen together and pro poeed to buiue thorn note of the com pany In place of money, They accepted the proportion, The note were taken by the merchant In payment of good, und the busine went on, Now these note did the money work and wore the money thing. It wa pure credit money, HARDY'S COLUMN United Sratoe Seoator-32 tol-WoahJ lie OopOHod Chanire of Heart Jfc look more and more n though Thompson would be our net enaor, He want to try baying congreeeaod and getting the con tract for lighting the elreet of Wahlugton ae be bo done Uucolii, The average cost of electing a aenatorl 1 1 00,000 and Thompson can come up to that with a mile 01 Jianna ooip, late In large cltie. Free passe for eunb people were alwaye relused, bat 1 wae politely told that anything myself or In m I ly wanted, would be i?tve cheerfully. Hero I a direct reversal of the right. The poor can't get t.ni,Jund folk able to pay never eiiould have tlnm. Hail road are built with the right of erniiient domain, a overeigu, klnly right, and hy taxed and burden levied 011 the en tire commnuity, furor granted by them to Individuate, cannot be defended successfully, la hie first message to the leifielature, uovernor Jlolcomb referred to a recent constitutional amendment adopted by the people of 'ew lork, prohibiting the humane to, or accept ance by, the (liferent ihietiv official In that etnle, of free pue to travel on railroad, Kee Inaugural Addr, 185)5. unite 60, Ifeurjcd alrnllar leai. lotion for Nebraska and closed with the following word: "I am ol the opinion that the very general leenance ol passe lo m'JivPluui I perniaiotr In lu Influence, ba a ten- dance to debauch the public mmd, and eboald be oppoeed to the eame extent, a the poeion of tree transportation by thoee of official Hie, la either ln- tame there must naturally follow a corresponding reduction In the net earn lux of the railroad, and an incidental Increase in the coet ol transportation, to the Individual citizen not o favored. I can ece no difference In principle, In diecrlmlnatlon )u passenger traffic, than ia freight traffic. The eyetem I wrong In principle, and 1 respectfully recom mend to your cartful consideration, the propriety ol enacting a law, to prevent the Issuance: 01 iree transportation, ami It nrocpfauce by official, or pnrson In privute life, en ve the bona fide employe ol t he railroad comnanle," Hut the legislature of 18&5 paid no heed to I hi good advice, Mkelythey I " rod on pnsee themeetvc. One thing l eure tuey oopropriatei rive cent a mile to pay their traveling pene, Tha money eh arp would oppo the tree coliina of nil ver H'J to 1 Just a they do now 10 to 1 , twenu that would in- creaee nrimary money o that gold would not advance In purchaeing power 41 It doe how. Our population 0 on hie twice while our gold money I doubling once, Twenty -five year from todn our population will be double what it I now and gold will have Increased only ball, In 1050 we ought to have four time the primary money we bare now, iufc we won't have only double In gold. Wo gold muet go up, or rather property And labor must go down atlll lower, Money ehark want an advancing dollar. That f the rei-on they are willing to loan money at three per cent for they know they can buy more property with it lu ten year than now. bclieva that the people should rule; they are democrat, lint they era not iJCIIIOcrill. A eocleliet believe In a yfem of civil policy that aim to wnre a fe conatrellon of eoclety, initrftmtt of wcttltb and a mora muni dletrlbtiibm of Ilia proliict ol tr through the public collective owiwrfclifp of lend and capital (a fliUigumbe4 frooi properly) atwl th puWia aollectJvt innoflgempiit of all Induefrlc, J'pu net do not itt en the wny witn m clallete, but m fur they Imlteve in the public collective ownership of cep. tain induitfrif, It ''fi to m Juetl mt far tiiry ere oclttlif, JSut t,t emirm j'opullwla are) not rloclal)), Andrew Cornrgla I a JOpublicati, yet 1 doubt If Uf "fmfpru iU govern mcitt of a retiubHc"! 1 doubt bl publicenuii but not bb Hepulilicati-. letii, &fot flepublicHna r repub!)' cane, but it all of them ttrc fnauy of the Jredei ara not, (Irovnr ('b'Vfmi J a democrat m I J, Marling Mur ium yet the tnrmff would doubt lee pwer en ttutwrnfic govcrniwiit (wifli hmiwW Mm HiiUH-rtH 1 eo li laltif , a iyeo-jn-t ne-wooi ariM!rat, jjoMj are JJemoerwl tu tmihet ara demo crnte, priMloJcttl a It niy wmiui, ijiHiUMta nuim at democracy, "a fov. Miiment by fb (ojl", w may find boV of belief Ut tb eyf4'i of civil iMJlty to b edop(4d, t)it one wWiir 1 fidlvidualim, 00 the other, collcctivlums and between tb two a blemlfng of tb two main idea, liel) vbliieliei I defined "tha therry of aociai iii HHMitUM uimif 01 ine la- dlvbliinli umt theorefbi oerehv, Oiu wf ut MOflalietti," tOlIc)lvlm, or Kiwieliem, in "Urn AiH'Mim that the pole a a whole nhould own or con trot fha tili)il ftii'I mean of or" rl union, (nm't Ut illv)dallm," I iidivldualieii run muA I plain, every. dny anarchy I collecfivieni run toed IV ('otofnuiiiKm. or ttia mot exlrrme ao iflaliem, 'h,U ar Ut m avobl'd ami tb J'copl'n 4opf4 the golden mean beiweea. tb two irtmr for tt prtnclpleej K fa mum lmllvlduallet at4 collective J', U tbongb tb prltwlpttl twl of pop jieto lean lowera wiM"!tivm, yiiylyjiUlovli PER CENT On all men's, boys' and child ren's Suits and Overcoats; best chance in the world to get re liable goods cheap lJ when they could only pay three cent per mile traveled, and they did not ap oropriate money to pay traveling ei jiimee of the Mate officer, 1 1 behoove the 18!)'J lealMlatur to be a little mote conNitat than it predeceeeor, Jf the general public know bow much their buey ta offlcere are peetered by polbl i,.,j- wSumA u,a mot eirelr tuuWi ticlttti and friend who want aftanc I -jj(,( f nt itutlo., Tb old py" p ing and T. ll rVJll, uV?Z i,7. v I thi gontr of mucli ol their nm;accordingtova ue, For oiMommM ft4 uulne, and prove wonty year the republican . t fBj))f f Utmf hot;ornUJ mn. If there I any one thing that look dad and (llbonet in politic It f pre tending to be one thing before election And then talking and acting directly op poeltauftcr election. John Thureton 111 il rpceelj before Xlio leglelature four year ago tatid that he wu in favor of (re coinage 0 to 1 of all the A merlcun product of Mlver, )lealotated that be rather mm gold go to a premium than proHperlty to a dmcount. Only two year later he wa4 one of the etrongeet republican gold bug who took the tump for Mckinley, Every doctrine field by the republican party, while we were member I dear to u a ever, 1'urther than that all import ehould be taxed the theflrxt twenty party had nothing more to do with the gold etundard than It did with the man fa the moan, It won the com moo man' party then but today It I the rich 4nan' parly. Millionaire know it, truet and corporation know it. Hllver wa kicked out for the olepurpoe ol tucreimlng the purchuing power of the dollur. Itl true, time are a little better, that I, by the inoet rigid econ otn.v farmer are buying a little more, tboNA who have not loet their farm by mortgnge ale. Hut farmer and me hanic have to live on ehort ration yet, 1'rie' are elill going down or rather gold I etill going up. Furniture and carpet can bo bought for lei money today than ever before and the eame can b uid of moet other mer chaiidleo. Where protection and truet are in partnerehip u on window glue It U the other way. It i Ketting to be uear time, if It be true, that Hryan and il vcram dead and buried, that the money ehark will demand an enlnruiv man tot the gold dollar. Then uothlng wlllbeNound only the big dollar. The preeent K'dd dollar will be the fifty cent dollar, i'.very gold bug republican will ote lor It, ett Ing paeeee, they would rl up etoo the impoition, umctai waete much preciou time in clone), and with correspondence, trying U) got thing of value lor not hing, ami a v ail them to banger on, who ought by all mean to pay for anything they receive, Jle'iueel come o thick for poewi, that often the 'not Influential men are refueed, Iti bumflitttlng for etate official in be turned down in thi way by a railroad lawyer or manager, and lexpree the belief, they would all gladly favor a law, topping the nuleance, and tying up their bund, no they could tell friend it I unlawful for them to aeit In getting paeee. J hen too, official would b re lieved of etiHiilclon, W have among u a Mhrewd, well paid cine of men, who NolebiiNine I, tone that the law aeked for by the xtople are not paxed, ami if any are pueeed, they mut e that they are not enforced, but r'her that the court enjoin them, 'Jhene earn unecrapulou echemer are the leading free one dlefwnwr, No honor able official enioy beinit eecretly cloeetrd with ucii enema-Mof mankjnd, but under the present arraoaemeut It cannot a; way be avoided. Abolishing free pawe lt me wc, did not the laet populiet and silver republican convention adopt res olution otrnlriMt free poeee. I wonder If official from these two oartle will keep bend off thi winter, and work la good faith for a law, forever prohibiting thi unpiet favoritism, 1 he people have sworn vengeance on parties that do not live up to their platform professions, WHAT IS SOCIALISM? Iielore thi column reachoM the remicr the treaty of I'url between the United '.ate ne i Spain, will undoubtedly have tst.ni "Itfiied, Cuba, I'orto Itico and the i'hilippiue ielniid will be Riven over to 11s, for the pay men t of JO.OOO.OOO, U Is not (or the purpose of (roveruing t hose Island ourselves, but t hut hpiiin shall withdraw her army and let them govern themselves, la one year every American eoldisr should be withdrawn, uuliss it be a few war ships to keep other nations on. STOP FREE PASSES nit Thsl'uur Men Must I'sy at Only (! Kr luil Ui far uf the III' h DUn, It ar out rar, It wear out rails, U wear out roal, yee, and It wear out noble bumaa being, to haul a great number of favorite In of vharga, And who pay for all thi wear and labor. lriun escaping, ome one must pay lor It all; and no one will deay, that the poor and Ih people without Ititlti ear, who ar awer trvated i Uvor, iitutt Hotouly par what their traitspor tatioa I worth, but thry must alwnv pity mot tbaa I riaht, tn mn u Ih Iihmm-4 on th lr pane crowd man la tht elate, auii a tri e pu lu liM pi st, or lilseuhst irion an rolluiiw.l that he ul,J tk ohm II he eould k It ill riM bu kend and ear, he I proud tMH'uUMi people draw lor vnlitrivs, totv euoiHi r iMi-hum, .( u tiumliler viry y, itiil py lor hi riiriU, ThrU only tin idtt (hie coatru riv, IVtor ehould at U gnttM by publht .r p.if4tl.u .i ur uh, least id all in the tronfr aotlH-r it n eomiiHiHliy, To eatuly ui)ll aboHt tlie tlr aioiti (hi due, I ksr, .. ,t Iihimi, ir'l tog! pa- lor wwrlhy or. ami tor mwenit uii i j uto',w in ekoal.1 kvs l Mmiyi idttaU A IVrltnr Who ! nut Mhe lb ledepen- lebt' llliiliion of thai Celt, Kilitor Independent; 1 am mucli interested In your edi torial entitled "HoclalUm", which dp peered in the Jndepiidcnt lust week. Undoubtedly every true ponuliKt will agreed with, you that a populist and American citien we ehouhl laii;J firmly by tlioac grand principle ca iiiieliitcd In our tmlioual platform, and that we ehould not n led away from these principle ami take up tb the ories lolvanccd by vwoimry pcriMoi, Vet I cannot egrce with yoa that "the iiiefiiix i of the parly are not ociaU 1st." 'lhe Frenchman who declared thit "Innguiige wn not given man lo con. cee I hie thought", or word to that effect, evidently fwsaw tlta Kngllirt lauguitge a It appear In our modern ncwLpapcr. Jn an rnnient but most iihwImi ciMieavor to sinuilify mnttet, liiost ncwspnjier seem lo have adopt ed the rule of llitor Joins over In Iiumi, Mliose one rule for llio K"uiduii"o of lU comiKisllor wa, "(ipliallu nothing but Jesus Christ and John June," lnst-iid of eimpllfying mai- ters, thi under rapllalintioit bus re- kiilo'd la len.li'ilng the ilieuniiig of mn 11 y word olsi uie, jfrunt you that t'opullst era not and piolMiluy tinker will Iw Hoelnlislm Hint is to myi Hi llirnitier Of the Populist ( or People'! pin I r will probably never eflUhtte wlt'i I lui Nx'liilmt pnrlyi yel ell I'opuilst iiuiloulitt'illy are not only tun uiMs but also reiublleen and demoeiMt. , republu'en f Hi a email ri Is "otiet Mho fuvors or prefer 1 lit government acbool of tb Koutfi are example of inoivhliialism, rubfa ownereriiu or railroad, telegrapba, telephone, ef,, can haroiy be aab to be ludivuiu'ii' lm; yet you y twpuliert I "Urn oppoaf f of eoidaflsm," J'erhafa th iu cialiet party would otetat putiia rail. fond 00 a different pfa rroin wbt th I'opulint ptirfy imnnm, hut that I a matter of rtetail, not principle, Th iifiddOM'iilal ia bublla owierblj .... ... 1 collect I vfm or ocia!)m applied to reilrmwl in eoidrtnliHl.UuflUm Ut l divlduallem. 'J he JVotda' iary would eooly tut- clallsm in natural monopydl', but ft would allow tb person employed 10 efiloy Indivlduellem In their prlvafa fr r. 1 cannot atfree that "uoiut- liwn I 1b only fim-ts in tbf country that 1 In veryfb)ng anlagooUtis (0 idalfet", Tbera la MlUfnv, exeett anarchy, that I afttagonletla m every- thing in aoclafiamv m J'opoiiei are hot anarebfata, J(publlca iwp"r ami mttUtm to tba muirurr iun.wn,iv ktandlng. J!tit I agrea that tba I'opu ilst twrty baa gofes far ewugh fnvad th y!(alili id In demanding pub lic ownernblp of pnWia niibtie, p- ful aavlng fainka, U,, Tba plafforn baa nleirfy of aocialiam, but ttiii mn eh, It wa wWly avoild the "eochil and eturtuniilii liwrty tii f ba fn gwerninent railway mtut canoy tre, cannot It, Tliera I only om word that ly dcfgfHite that beppy medium I be tween anarchy nd numuuumm, re tween extreme Individuelmm ami trenifl collecf.iviem or v!lftliem, wbfen tba rcople' jxirfy (mniia' thai word la populism, M t 11 ft'i'ifa it, AMvrt r, iie, nh conclusion that fh bov writer arrive at i ell right, 11 n cn It thi eyeletrt where a franchise is operated in a clfy tinder publla own erahip, "populism," l!ut It I mriuin IV no o!ial)sm tin leu all tha wteJ ord wrff'-r of aoclallsflt cult are 0114. taken eUiit what avadalisut In, They dvocnta tha coiomon ownership or everything, They any that If wearing apparel I exempted, it would 1 Mi entering wedfe-e that would dtro th wImI system, jJetw a mni wfrking for a city and receiving a sit lit ry with which n I free lo do 4 b ili-iifce and tha common owner ship of everything and nothing wlib wblcli be could do a be pleaeed th"'e I too grent a diversity Ut be called or t.h seme name, 1,0.) vxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxi SPECIAL SALE in Ladles' and Men's Shoes. mm a Men's all wool Fleece Under wear, same kind as you will pay 76 cents for all over ; Special 37 CeiltS Each. 0000 I So KXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX& weaknee of attempting to cuetail the OfIll! j trely t Titer Ut vumt a'tflwin' dividual" fn purely pHvat matter. lartwee a and a govern- but tin rtodeliat ? t.l SUCH VALUES. MM m as we arc oliering would raiu the diVnitv of the American Dollar. Wc gelfcomeatrain Quality at come-acafn price. Tbfa SPECIAL SALE WILL CLOSE TUESDAY, DECEMBER SIXTH, AT 8 VtM' FARMERS' WIVES or any other bolli- who wish to work CAN EARN LOTSIOF MONEY working for ulu spur time at borne on our cloth, Wi.ffr you a good chaue to make plenty of epemllug money eaeily, la b isiire hour, Head 1 for cloth and full direction for work, and eommeiice atone, Cloth frUtt anywhere, Ablri Hlimmfcvt l u., 111 II, Huslae, Mtf l'-l. WHY YOU SHOULD Com fo m lor your winter outfit, we beep xuclt a choice rariety of th it of everything, Value considered, our yrim will sever fail to av money for you, DRESS GOODS BARGAINS, S pic Vicugna cloth, regular Q 10c, al price, av yard,, 4 plwxr Novelty yarn f uncle, regular l'o value, kale price, per yard 10 piece wool ftllll iug and novel tie, regular ', al prl, peryard tmmk novelty dree good, regular fOc, sal price, yard H piece novelty dree good, regular one, sale pre, a yoni. 9HHtttHttl$itHtHt lie 19o 35o 450 tip tor Ufant of n r pul.lti" Put a U.-pul,'i so lih it) uoiie who i a nieiiiu-r a ih.iit i'nl party wtiieii line r'tom ii in liitilie "llepulilU rtu ' as II ullielitl ile- ItfiiNtion, i'oubsi revor lh govern- lui'iit of a rrpuldit'i thry ere most I' ll, ut ii iiul.lu .ins, fr llu are iiteut. ly loy tl to a republican form of g". eiHiniht, I'ut tloy r not lirpul, li en h, itteiih IuhI, A lieuuM tdt U "a friend to ert n- limitt by in p-opl' 1 l lsii i u Mm of ifiiti linn-ut In Mhli tt tin I (iiptrlnn iMfttft r I terctsr! bv Ih I l.!," I'oiiiiim ar fiiri,. lit oipiiniirlii by th -,j.l Ihry (tnnly Removal Sale. I'll. I t UMI tliHI ANTI-IMI. s m-4 CUM 1 VtSH rsu, Cl.S.O, , l,l i.,,, ttt sst Ik. 1 hi M.i.tt , .1 ,, ... I ! I' t'ftl i.ilii '' I- 1 Ut I ! tlllllli.ll. TbltlK' rimrmftcy will shortly rmov to a new location la ids .r'ttiila Opera Itnus IdiM'k, Itftb and ( I, where I hi y will op. the fliiK.t pulnli d tlrug sluin lu Iheeily, MoatiMhilea iln ount ol IP! pr int will b mad o vty aiti I In ilm tor during thi removal ! ilxnreiol a tuul Mtltig ol U'l n uts on ewry ibdlar, ad that mi i.e ,.st, most 'iii h i and up to d'la druif eloie a II rity, liver jibing la ltidri( or lioxliciu bee, toilet ait). I . nolioH-l r 11 dUiuiat-Hit rat lir good a a ddUr tlwehite. Coins m and lir toiifl(, I Rtas1 Pharmacy. HOSIERY SALE 'J0 do, wom.-n'e heavy wool I lose, bin lulled and bbn k, reg, tf'lu, al price 1 I U 1 doen lloy' heavy rildwd how, Q a !heapat I'", u! price 3" ibueii Hoy' leather Hloi kltiK 0(t regular 'J'', ale price ,.,, ullU ti) dofn men' hall hose, htm k and f (f 1UU broeu, regular JW Vt uir prle,,, PRINTS k MUSLINS Special Low Prices. AO piirefavorit fuiiey print, reg, 1 I QA fie, ale price, t yard ft'l plM Hln.is'iii' iirnv, black iQ irt and f.iiet,., reg, W.i, sryid ..tI UflU l.ti'MI ynrd ti-ruooi blue, lnii entlis, from U in f yd lu a fj 1 A. ptmw.worlh lint,! price, yd , I 1 U Onebel Aiiiletsoii (, Musba, leg, rt A 4V', iie riM, isr rd U U "1U J( pleere I'epp II Miloi, rrg, Hi", eat pre-e, per Jnrd ., J l pimv I.IMisdiiln, IdnaellH.), Me, al piH,pr rd ., .50 C 1-2C just ii;c;i:ivi:ii Atioiii. r i.t ff lint! (in at? I'ratllt r. .430 .830 UNDERWEAR Home very exceptional value during thi eale, The garment are very desirable; tie price are unusually mill, 1 cae Men' gray Merino Hhlrta and A A lrwer, rgular U'm, tale prlee,ea:b 1 7U 10 do. Men' gray Merino Hhlrt and OA A drawer, reg. 4')c, ! pile, acli....,.i 91 2f doxen Mmi' wool fancy ehlrt and drawer, reg, fiOo, sale price, each. 13 dozen Men' Hanltary Hhirt and Drawer, ail wool, regular 1 1.1.5,(5 1 1 A ule price, eiu:ti.. .......,. pi tlU UdU' J-rm y IMAM VmW and runt, f C A regular a On, sulu prl, eaeli 1 UU 10 do. Ladle' fine Jeraey Hibbed VeU 00a and 1'aate, reg, yftn, aale price, iah,..a2uU 13 do. Indies' fin Merino Teata and i QA Pant, regular 60u, l priue, eaili YuU Itdie' flu Jersey ItibM VU and I'aut, reg, price (1, .! priee, each., Children' Merino Vest and I'anta, aale price it, 8e, Km, lajt trm, iHc, Vie, , reg, Hp, 1 (lc, 1 ai( J lie, 1 7e, Me, yrte, MOo. I A liiRCKST I'lHfOUNT n rbildren' C. lUli, Vest en I 'aul,all woijl.nonshilnlmlile SHOES SHOES Winter Weather Shoes The kind that rold weather woa'l utratm Hood, warm, substantial Hhoes; neat fit-llnu-aiid th prlrtH are lower tbau th mereury, I adies' Kid HhiMsi, pUI o. email le oaiy, to cioM out, a pair., l.adlwi' k' unn rou and bo Calf, le and button, tiU'eitriM, rtKiiiar J OA and I J 'J l prii, a pair tMttt IMF 0) U W Mis' Kid and drain Kho. hmdaud prinif hl, Miular price l.lf A and,' nei f 1 .art, ai pruw, a pair,, loi' hlowe, assorted lot, for iiuiy, r pair., 75o (HM'MMtUtlHtltlMll 98o $1.00 Ma' bo rail Ui, Mtsi.i.in (tit, itAAfl otid wiair hhtm, r g. f 3 fed .,., $bt)0 lla I ordov I , lowks ik uur 1 iu f nit, to io, jt CQTA ltir, only ,., ....,.., ,.,.,.,. $d.UU A Irtfys ii ty id t hit Irtu a Im I Hom, I.h.I ' warm limd slitsa sli) r. Mm wool liiu, ( It, a I art lir. FRED SCHMIDT & BR0., A t i '.. A A A i A i A A A A A A i A A i A A A , A A A A ., I! it Ml "il