THE NElillASKA INDEPENDENT
Dec. l, 1898
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THE TRUST OCTOPUS.
COMBINATIONS THAT ARB FORMING
EVERY DAY DESPITE THE LAW.
A Tbl Dellgbls loeobale
Commercial fionsplrtMileo HI'
Trasls prl l In lht-A ton
orvallvo A(brMf.
la epit of tbe fact that there ln
federal law prohibiting trast, now
odm are being formed every day, and
those now la exiatenoe hit an mw
gate capitalization of $2,703,708,000.
Tlit tendency to conceutrate special In
duatrie and bring them sudor tbe dam'
(nation of monopolistic corporation
gather force atoadily. Almost every
branch of the niannfantnrfng business
now bai It combination or trout, which
control! both output and price. Com
petition J croshed ont by the big flr
gatlon of oupltal. Tbo email uiunufuo
turer flndi that bo In ant cllbor join tbe
combination or go to tbo wall, and in
Biny case be doe Dot even bave
chance to join tbe oomblnatlou,
Wltbin the last six month article
of Incorporation have boon taken ont by
mora than 100 oompanloi of abnormal
capitalization, which art dnlned to
"take over" and concentrate the bul
nm at acatturcd companie In the tart
one fluid of ludostry. And thl in the
face of the fact that the United Htattt
auprome court baa now pronounced
, eren tbe railroad combination known
'a tho Joint Trafllo association to bo a
Ration of tbe fuller b1 antitrust law.
ltaU are multiplying irtudi faster
theuuH to dissolve them oun be
trough In tbe court. It 1 only a few
wek io that the grout Federal Hfecl
company, with a capitalization of 200,
000,000, wo Incorporated In Now Jer
ey, JieccntinoetliiK have been held In
thl city by tho binding manufacturer
of aoliJa and chemicals with a view of
forming a 150,000,000 acid trust. Tbe
allvor plate interest have just combined
under tho nutiie of tho International
Silverware compitny, with a capital of
$30,000,000. An American Malting
company ba been organized with $30,
000,000 of capital, Then there are the
American Thread oompuuy, capitalized
at $18,000,000, and the Knit Uooil
oompauy, with $:!0, 000,000, both recent
organization. The Tobacco trust I now
aaltlng in floating a new corporation
the Continental to control tho fao
torio making plog tobacco, capitalizing
It at $70,000,000. Ono of tho lurgut of
, all trust i in proces of formation by
owner of the great flour tullla In thl
country. A capitalization of $160,000,
000 i proposed for it.
Kew Jerrey and Wet Virginia are
ooneplcuou among tbo elates that in
vite groat combination of capital by
liberal Incorporation law. More large
industrial companie, commonly denom
inated trout, have been Incorporated in
Mew Jersey within the last few your
than In all of tbe other state combined.
Tbe Standard Oil company, being the
moat conpiouon, farrcachlng and pow
erfol of tbe trade combination, natn
rally command flritt attention in tbe
enumeration of trust. It Ik the typical
trust, although specifically and peromp
toriiy forbidden by law from being a
trust. Thl combination control petro
leum oil rcflucrlc in all tbe principal
northern citieaof the Unitod rituto, and
it produce about 05 per cent of thl
eountry'a total output of refined oil. It
embrace 40 or 60 entailer companie
t and control the pipe line laid for tho
trausiiiittiiitf of oil to tide water. It bu
for year aUulutcly controlled tbe nmr
kot price of petroleum.
In accordance with the uinnduto of
tbe federal oourta the Standard Oil truxt
etarted to "liquidate, but thl him
now been ostensibly In progrcN for
year. Tbo trurt certificate aro being
formally cauoeled, and tho trustee are
assigning to the owner the legal title
to tbe atoek which were formerly beld
in trust. The big oil combiuatioua are
aa follow)
Capital
' BUmlnrd Oil company,, ,t,..ti.M'M.itl
Aumrlcnn Cotton Oil (wiuipnnjr,,,,,, !lu,.Vi,u
Kutliiiiul l.liiMtfil ml (Mimiwiiy. N,ux),uO
1'nH-t.ir UmuUo cuiupaujr 4,tu,i0
Tula! MpltiillMUoB..,,.,, .., li),ti.O,u
The blggent tut of all o farai
atock capitalisation (hind for btgnei-
baajiml bn f.uiiiud In the ttnto f
Nw Jt ru'y it In called the IVlcml
flm l cohiih ay and lie autliot ixed enpi
lal Mm k 1 .'00,1)00,000. The objeel
ol till oulotwal m ipuiutliiii are ternvly
outlined tu tbe atlivlv of lnoiirHiratloti
a lullowtt
"Mining wf all kliuUj nmnufurturtng
of all kiodii IrKiiKi'iirtatlun of good.
luenliaudU or piM(iger vwu laud i t
Watari bulbllug bou , ruiturri, r
U blp. btwt. lailttwdt, tngiuva,
cat or oi in r riuiiuimi, barf (r
dock coo ruutuiett maiutalulug ami
priUng NilrtNitli (oibvf tbau itlinU
ltbln the Male of pew Jvtwyh ateaiu
ehtp lluca, liiiva oe oiuvr lio fur
tn,oilli aul lb urvhM, 1m
tfvietii ir tale i f Umk"
Tbie la rao to Ulmte thai tUm
eaiittug iudutiiive will tt ntbr na
dt tbe lUlutlug wing i f IUI tiu
aire ecrpuf atiuti, riui Mf of the tail
aiuii iH4y tbat bate twomue
ettii4 la ! au4 iiuti eiupBke
laay U oltib4 fiout the lut Muw i
tti 0m4 M Kf .,, ,
H vtu,4
P-S4a4 SmM tt. ,,,,,,,,, .(,,,
lunula ) XMarjif ... .
tts otMM twM44at4 it
KIM ,.. .
$m ttl Utaitj.,
UalaOitiwbH vkMOa
'!' ...,
(WM fwai 4 litt
hMt4jlH eti wnsr .,,.
ea ow.(i
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IWt aaallatMl..,, ........... MI,SWval
Oe it tke tuoat bh-UII rtllt4 aud
laJemUl f4Hlmtluwi la U era 14 M
uaey ;oie Ixmii the taibieslt
rwd, wkbh, ty e Isvit eed eaiefally
SMl-t aa-iant, llmlle Ike prudao
tt tf aaihiie oval e4 lie
ptive, lloueaily lltat have Na aJha
thwe that smo t4 the pill H the
pmd ) tve44 the riIMtlu J
" 1
otted to ibem and bate not etrictly
maintained tbe price agreed npon. Thl
compact among tbe compitniee waa ae
cured in tbe flnt inntance by J. P. Mor
gan, and in the denial tbat thl compact
bad any legal exiitnnne originated the
phrao, "An agreement among gentle
nea," Tbe producer and oarriere of
blturolnoo coal alo bave their pool to
regulate output and price. Following
are tbe namea ol the principal coal com
bination i
Anthracite eoal pool..... iwe.ouo.ow
Bitamlnotu t pwl IB.OUO.MJO
4'iidw toal and Iron W.OW.Ow
ConwlliJaU4 Coul eotopuay (Mary
Utiil) 10,250,000
Colorado Ooal and Jroa Uuvsloprnonl
agmpatiy... ................. ...".. e.nw.w
Total capitalisation. ,.MM,V,M
la almoat ovory American clly of Im
portance there la a gu trout, ana in
certain aectlan of tbia country tbexe
truxt control theilluminuting gua com
panlo of wbolo alatea,
The following now uiooKgreguiQ
amount of capital concentrated In the
tarlou trnata of tho countryi
Hit oil lrut, ,,,,,.,,,,,,.,..,,.
KUiJ and trim., .,.... ,.,......,..,
Coil eoniblinia... .,..,
Ttia ait truxtx, .,....
tlavwmyr'a auuar Iruxt,,,
Clartitt and Odjwmio, ,,,,,,,,,,, ,
Oontrol or Hi llpliwi... ........
1KI,000,000
iai,7Wo
l,T7l,0U0
iilciiluiha truat,
Klmslrlil combination........... IWVt.t)
ItlMMtlluiiMiu trwiU.,....i. ........ l.lW
Orand total W.7l.70,aw
It would bo difficult to entluiate the
actual value of tbe property reproaonted
bytbievaat maw of bond and atock,
When an individual manufacturer or
miner iuIIm hi property to the promot
er of a "combine," bo naturally put a
very high valuation upon it. When the
combine tboh orgauiAi into a (mat and
iuce it acourltiea or fueourltJ
to bo fold to tho public, it oaually give
about "three for one in paper, o that
tbe originally high valuation ie treblea
in the capitalization. 'Thl make
"enough to go round," and it only re
main to get the iliure "Hated" on a
dock exebuugo and "rig tbe market"
until they are unloaded on tbe publla
Lonloii Herald.
LADIES-lt will puy you to wrltito tho
W Inooaket !-. wnoao iioveriiaiin ui4
appeura on I be Kth page. They em
iKiv bundreda of ladle at 1 their own
bomea, nil over tbe country, nudtnr
dully nddlnu; to tlielr force,
Head their ndverllaemeiit.
JAPAN TO RESIST RUSSIA.
It Prapurlng to Drlra tba Oiar't Troop
from Curaa.
Viotobia, U. C, Nov, 80. Tbe
ateamer Olcnogleba arrived here with
new from the far Eaat, Japan ba
decided to rcelat Bunaian aggreaaion.
Bbe I preparing to drive the czar'
troop from Core, and to thl end
large detachment of troopa are land
ing in tbe "hermlt'a kingdom." New
la alio at hand from Tien Tain that a
large number of Japaneee aplea have
been captured by tbe Ruaalan at Tort
Arthur and ahot. Meven Japaneee, all
officer of tbe Imperial Japaneae army,
were taken, and drawing of the prin
cipal fortification ware found In tlielr
poiuwNalon. Only a day elapaed after
their capture before they were
marched out before a firing party of
Uuaalana and aummnrily ahot.
The rebel la Chung Klang, accord
ing to advice by the Olenogle, aro In-
ereiulng In power dally. Tbe Tung
Llan and I low Chow railway i com
pletely under their control. They have
compelled well-to-do people to provide
them with money and provlalona, and
are making weapon day and
night. Merchant in Chung Klang
have wired to Shanghai and other
const porta, atopplng tha ahipment of
good. The rebela are dally commit
ting atrocities of every aort and kind.
One of their leader, Yil, went to the
governor of Lung Bhu Chuln and de
manded a large sum of money, wa
refilled and the rebela, 3,000 atrong,
plundered tho town, killing hundred.
Two day afterward thoy went to
Tung Mniig and demolished all tha
Ikuikvs of tho Christiana, massacring
thuao who tried to escape with shock
ing brutality. They then doc I a red
that they bad gone to tbat city espe
cially to opposv foreigner and Christ
Una. Others, they said, were not to
be molested unless tUy offered resist
aneo. Two French priest and a mission,
try of tha C M. 8. bad gone to the
msglslrato'a yemen for abetter, and
lata In the afternoon the rebola went
to tha magistrate and asked that they
he delivered up. Tho magistrate re
fused, but they afterward releatod
and allowsd the rtUl to entsr the
yemen to take the mlsslonarU, The
Methodist drew a revulm and ho waa
at ouoe killed. The two I'reueH prtosla
were bvuud and esrrlod away aa pris
oners. The rtWla then rotlrod ta
Wang CHtt Tung, They are, It Is eald,
totting and murdering Christian
alutuet dally,
KKI.MMHirTHKI.MMl tH'T. The
(ih.Ui I t.'t bin 4 ( eliMHig out Its en
tire sl.sk. .vr)lslag tat lima r
tliipihl la I rWo It evil it unt aa ril.Hv a
ivmiIiIsw l si la Iha grvaivat imrlsa
lly ta onto m7 im as) tsise; lit nvn a
au4 lv nwtaieg, mriaisis 1141a
fM t. I'xa't tuwo lbs tkatti.
Ilia letrnst livo alt tkeato
all tho tit, K- a l tt.
Hd t lir I It
O0000000000000000000000
TBEIIIIOLf.VS SECOND HAND STORE.
OUtl I Nltwt, ISiirtlt tl IStaitotltmt
rfxl eitttk tl K a4 rWa4 llasd hiv aa I Haagwt 4 ternl
turt Tiswar. Uiior tillf t, Tvaaia, a4 TWia, at kiot
i.rtt, Um Nht rwMt la , ta a-s, a-tk a-t dd
U.al l,Hti reetljr ald4. lH.t:i lmU Tai
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
BAD CAMPAIGNING,
That Is Wliat an Old Poo out at Arovaboo
Thinks Is the Matter With as,
Arapahoe, Neb., Nov. 124, 1808.
Editor Independent? -
The smoke of tbe last conflict ie clear
ing away nod many are looking around
to eee wby result were not different.
Many theories are advanced wby about
18,000 of our voter etayed at home on
election day thereby bringing about tbe
the conglomerated result of fusion state
officer aud a republican legWature.
What have we gained and what bave we
lost? What we have lost cannot be -tlrnated
and what we bave gained re
main tp be eeen. Tbo greatest appar
ent loss at present la tha loan of W. V.
Allen to the United Statea senate, the
beet senator that every represented
the grand old state of Nebraska In the
IJulled Htatee senate at Washington..
Like Abraham Lincoln, bale from the
common people and ble cullouHod palm
never slip from the poor mnu'e band.
With two ycure of an economical elate
ttdmlnletratlon and various reform legis
lative enactments with which to go bo
fore tho people and ask that tho admin
istration of state off 11 Irs bo lelt in honest
end tried band for tbe neat two year
at least was something that appealed to
tbe better Judgment of thinking voters
and would have brought such a defeat
tofliecohertsof Murk llannn as No-
11.1.1 ....I.. .IUI..I...I..M
poleon euuereu as we umue ui ninnwi
If our campaign bad been carried out on
radical lliia of reform and our forces
distributed in the right places, When
the populist party was organized at
Omaha the gathering that gave it life
was composed of farmer and laborers
oi tho different bread winning linen. In
this past campaign we bave followed too
closely the footsteps of the old portlee,
They male their campaign in the cities
and village and leave the country peo
ple to toko cure of themselves. Now os
niir lanrest vote comes from tho road
district, our campaigns in the future
should largely be carried on in those die
tr,,t1' . .....
Tl, remit brought about br the re
!,, i.locilon iloesuot Drove that the
quantitative theory of money Is dead or
dying hi the least but tbat every voter
wbo did notiro to tho polls and vote
r..ii(ii(.(l that enouoh of tbe voters would
iro to sunoort aitood honest adminis
tration and never vote accordingly.
Tho dufcat of tbo reform lenlslature was
due to over confidence among the rural
population, One county precinct that 1
now cull to mind should have cast DO
votes, but only cast lift. This precinct
would If all had voted, given 00 populist
votes, but fl It was one gave 20. What
Is tnitt In ibis Instance, is a very (cooil
kv 10 to tbe country vote, Now lot
every true reformer put bis future efforts
wbere they will dome mostgoou. ij
tho time the next campaign begin in
earnest every school district In the state
hould be orgunliecd, ana 11 ibis oe aone,
Ihe ni'xL time tho voters of rw-braska
Imvo n ebunco to soeak. the aold stand
ard will be burled so deep In political
oblivion that It will be settled lor an in-
turotluie,
J. 12. W. liK liAliliH.
New organa at very low price. A
large stock of aocond band and some a
little short worn at vonr own tirlce. We
ore closing out business, Violins,
auitnr. books, etrlnea, everything in
tbe music line, oil lor sine ni nrsi cosi
orlcea at Feriruson Music Co., 1140 O
street, Lincoln.
Sumo Hops for II tin, ' ''.
Bof t coal abound all around Nebrnxka
yet transportation rate on a ton of
aonl Into unv of these town exceeds It
cost at tke mine. Filley Republican.
Wbeu a republican editor begins to
take tbat away, then there la aome hope
(or blm. Tbe transportation problem
baa puzzled muny good men in al! parties
bat there seems to bo absolutely no way
to control them In their extortionate
eealings with the public other then by
and through government ownership.
We mean by this, that congress should
formulate and pass laws providing for
tho purthaeo and opera tiou ol railroads
by t lie general go veru men t tho an me as
It controls aud operates tha United
Htate mails, and providing that where
railroads would not sell, tbe government
should build aline atrost to take its
phu e. There U 110 mun with a degree of
luiruees who could object to this, but td
cotireethelnrgo capitalists and wealthy
railroad inagnatee are dead set muhiiisi
it becauHo they kuow full well It would
put an end to the excessive and unjust
transpoitation rates hicb are robblug
tbe K.oplu ngnt ami lull, in pine ui
tu lnu able to net coul at what would be
a bur price, the consumers are foreed to
nay about double what iny euouiu ie
rauao tue greeny nnu rui'riuu ,
road owners and luaiioger bave abso
lute control of all mean ol trans porta
tinu. lourtlaud Herald.
Tka XmtmX Koaaae Poos.
The raiiera paiere hat got anew
tbiug In Hud (4ult about tH'Uo ruing
KaiuH l'i ulita. A New York papc
Mm "tHitltitf the past eonple of year
the IVi'uli'l fsriuri of lhat ttate have
got out f debt, aud now lhal they
are out of dM they are holding on to
thetf Wheat t t blsbi-f price, thl
meant nctvaet t( living ft tu
tuuiait i f I -tend. It I an nuhv ly e u
nliavV." It I ludtwtl Um Ul Ibal
Kama iVtulUI tsiiud th'4 New
Yutkof. I irit they ga in aud eapluie
the tui gwirauirul and ts-leoo m
ailiM. isv ttf aute dtte ttnlil the
il 1 1 i4 the iUU U the tt U the
t'alea end ta Ittm arouu I and I
eat (4 dt t l biu ) and laaih at Ihe
wofld. It It iv.lly Mi Ud, doej'l v
lae.Nw 1(4.
It pay r4 Mie
A ffl Afflfi
I I LU LJ I JLJU LI I II II IU I
B
Ohas. P. Kel
logg & Co.,
Chicago
Hamilton, Oar
han & Co.,
Detroit
Straus, Qlaser
& Co,,
Chicago
Arons, Wein
man & Co,,
New York
Swigart,
Greenwald
& Co.,
Philadelphia.
Ken
104-106 North 10th St., Lincoln
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NX
THE EAGLE GRAPHOPHONE.
, THE LATEST MODEL.
Simple and Inexpensive.
PRICE, $1000.
i
Wby not Include una in tour ('brislnias purchase?
Tho Columbia Graphophono, 526
Clockwork motor. Runs six records with one winding.
T, I'nlntiiltla (ironhoiihoiie Is Inriier
and so subslaullnlly made that It lll last a l.f time. It la "rMtiTe la apin-ar.
an.e, b. lng neatly eased lu a rabiuetol polished wwid, provide with a baudle lor
eouveuieneoia eurryitig.
WE HAVE
Christmas Presents for all.
Guitars, Mandoline, Autoharps, Accordconn, from
$175
Pianos
StanJar J nuks, cash or easy
payments. PrVes j!'
ORGANS. A few bargains In Second lunJ Instruments,
New nJ fully warranted Organs, $33 to $75. cash or
easy payments.
PlCrUTUESSrvctal tale of fancy gilt frames with pictures
only ;vUautiful photographs nicely framed ani complete,
only 75c. Qirlstmas shopping Is not complete without a vUlt
to our store,
CRANCER& CURTICE CO.
207 S.llth Street.
We have purchased tthe cream of the surplus
stocks of five large manufacturing houses, and
are now selling these stocks at the lowest prices
ever known in Lincoln. We have no shoddy
Clothing to sell, but good, honest, up-to-date
Suits and Overcoats for, Men and Boys at from
fifty to seventy-five cents
ual value. Men's strictly
honest Suits, guaranteed not to
rip, as low as J
Men's $7.50, $8.50 and $10
Men's $18 and $20 Suits dt
winter weight guaranteed Pants at 75c.
strictly all-wool $3 pants at $1.97.
blanket-lined Buck Coats at 69c. Men's 75c
Underwear reduced to 44c. Startling bargains
in Overcoats, Ulsters, Shoes and everything
worn by men and boys. It will pay you to
come three hundred miles to this greatest of all
December Clothing Sales.
L..J. - - J
Olneaip
Clockwork Motor.
and more flnelv finished than tho Kagle,
$150 up
LINCOLN. NEB,
on the dollars of act
$1.98
Suits at
$11.95.
$4.95.
Men's
Men's
Men's
mm
Tbo Whiskered Popoeras.
Kansa bai just bad the pleatur of
announcing that ber debt are paid.
And Kansas it overncd by thoie wild
and woolly wbiHkerito, tbe Fopocrata,
who stand fomotblii but rain, anarcnj,
repudiation and nuMettling of bnslne
confldenco, if we retneniber aright.
ilouldsbnrfi Eutcrprlae.
WuHhiiiKton bat bad similar expe
rience In both Htates tbe Republican
robbud with unsparing band, leaving
their succuHior to foot the billa,- Star.
NcbruNku staud up to be counted in
the Jlst of states redeemed by Pop and
from Uepublioan thieves. Tbe Pop bave
redeemed the stato, restored her credit,
provided for tho school childron, and
filled tho pens with cx-offlclul of tbe
O. O. P. Omaha Nonconformist,
DR.
McCREW
IS TUB OAVt
8PIOIALI8T
WUO TSKATS AU.
Private Diseases
m Htm .a IHMr.. tt
MEN ONLY
F) Ymiis RiiMirliinoa,
U) Vein la Omslis.
llMk Krn, Coii.iilta
lioO Jfrn. Uo T"", cie
14 th and rrnaa 8ta
UMAUi, wa,u.
Important Chans Time Wlfltol
I'laie,
Coiieernlng Hundny, November 13th.
the .New York mid lloston Impress will
lnv Chietiu-o daily at Uh'M a. n.. In
stead of 10:il.1 tt. in., a formerly. Other
trains will h ave daily at i;55 j. in. and
10 S5 p. m., aa heretofore. The aamo
bitfh etnndiird o!lbrouh train aervU
and eiei'llent iulniiut villi nntin
Utlnwl, aa in the past. Noeitro, faiv
will tioehargtHl on any train. Hates ab
aya the lo.t, rtU-pliisT ear sime
may lo reserved lor any luur daio.
t hk'agu tauMPtitr station, Vaa Pun
strtaui I'neilie Ave,, on tbo Mmp.
t'lly tittst ultiiw tit Adams etreet.
GATARRU
tilt. tl'l. H..,Ti"l Lanes, r. !',
i,iu...ioNLY $3.00 a MONTH.
GIIROOtO
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