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VOL. X.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1899. .
NO, 36.
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STATEMENT
Bow Overproduction will Impor
rish At.d Finally bo the Buln
of the World.
j 80 NOW HE STOPS THE PAPER
AnlncreaielathaVoluma of Monoy
; Will Bring bo Belief to
the People,
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Oppoidto I'upulUm.
. Editor Independent!
t K- You seem to he unaware of the fol-
f lowing fact. 1. That employment
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ana production uepend ujion con
gumption, and conttumpt Ion ujion the
per cent of product left in the liuutl
of tlio masses; hence the smulier thin
per cent the les employincnt'aiid tin
ductlon and the harder tho time for
, all. 2. I hat each new machine two.
duclng more with les hand, reduce
per cent of the product which is re
eclved and can be cotiMumed by those
keeping employment, 3,Thmt the
idle become on con mu mem on soon as
their paving are exhausted and cred
it in gone j for whatever they consume
l at toe expense of other whotte con
turning power im reduced by a much
M these pauper consume, 4. That
the introduction of, machinery in one
country forced its Introduction in all
eountrie. Find, because the cheapest
bund labor I greatly more expensive
than the highest jxihl muchlne labor,
ami much Jei satisfactory. Heeoiid,
because the wealthy of the hand labor
countries welcome machinery ow
mean to enslave and rob the worker
of nearly all they produce, Third, be
cause the capitalist fighting for U'
premocy are forced by thl light to In.
yotst their money to develop the re'
source of the hand labor countries
by mean of machinery a fust aa
chance for profitable investment at
borne diminish. Fourth, becauwe the
, v manufacturer are forced to try to get
owdeis ror all kind of machinery to
"develop the hand labor countries with
and because tho employe of machine
, ".ountrle always looking for cheaper
v wtwor open uicmseive lactone and
- mine In tho! hand labor countrle.
- .A a connequence of the above fact
all nation will be reduced to their
tome market, tt (toon a tho natural
; resource of China are developed to
aome extent by mean of machinery.
men tle majority or workmen will
4 Imj Idle, not only in thl country, but
In all highly .developed and deuHely
populated countrle, Such general
Idleness will not only cause more idle
nes by reason of reduced consump
tlon, but force a . reduction in the
world' farm area.
Nor in thl all, for the cheap machine
rarm product or the new world and
of Australia 1 now slowly but sure
ly forcing the Introduction of farm
machinery on the continent of Eu
rope. Thi will deprive three-fourths
of lwth farm worker and farmer of
all mean of support, and ennui- such
a dcpopuJatlon till the food Importing
countries of western Europe will have
a surplus of food and raw mnterlalH.
Reduced) farm popuhitioiv must throw
more millions of ludutttriul worker
into idleness and the world's farm
area must ntmlii le reduced according
I S lo reduction of HpulatIon uutil by
-continual increase oi idleness ami tie
crease of eonsumnters nil employment
tt.t.l ,IM4,lllA,Jiltl .Stl.1.l t.fllU . I...
alwiidnncd except to satisfy the needs
V few menbers of a few trust who
would own an uninhabited world, If
-capitalism Is not overthrown by social
TV, im.
listing lived twelve year in Ne
yf braska and lfliig still in term ted In
,"v' Nrbrnka property, I nberlted for
the paper ever sinew li'.Hi, liecau it
UNd to fuvr en-opratiiut ami some
t'nn eveu' socialism, and nil the time
came out strongly for the. miitlht
plunk In the Omnhu pltitforiu, but
your ttitMSrrsntetl nttm'U onxM luilsts
m sorlillitin IiomII nts to notify yoa
to stop the in! r t lvitii ' Hir
sh I'urty opMwieg eiMiHrntl.n an I
defending eoni-UllvMi, wlileh rMiiSt
not in s!srrv bttt la the rxteritiltmtioii
of humsnlty itself, tnthlug el th u
a stumbling Mock to humtiit ntwiu I
Uon ami hsppln, all ih umre
( Utfnni lfn H nti,pt-f.lr a
1 rvtoriM nrr and srty.
A l. frrs enlnsife with to a v tht
tuth ft'Ul stul silver should W Irtiun
ttUixt, tbttt tt stti vt fr !
a ir if ile wmi ami U tthinir but
ttit.Wiv and mh A t uti ; but rt t-
tloM id flew ftiilMft Mvtitd st litis Ul
(lay m snolKrf nllxTV tlu time t
, b tMitor el4s), YH cUtm ftv
eiitMtf uUI brt" prwii), 1 bt
ta mHMiUI Iwsm It tan'!,-
ttt ldjr tstrlelli'U of lte dl
!aitf macaiawy with li d.lty
SWt Uuilr NIUlltM.
V. rlii auiy tll m imii
f i al Heg m sad I iUi'ra
trout bains la W tntd l t t.t,
ami aew tntrprl, tli
situ4t im lrel sa k as th mmk
is fvi MtU a amsll wi rewl m(
I 4,liMtH a veal ha umUt
cvy(ith ) tat last W lsUe.1,1
lecaue of labor displacing machinery
and the tierce iutcrminatlon struggle
for market. i
You ay we want more money to do
business and Increase trade, and that
doubling money double price. Hut
doubling money and price cannot in
crease trade, for doubling price calls
xor twice a mucn money to do the
same business.
You cluim fanner would consume a
great deal more. Thl 1 ojraln wronu
for taxes, interest and freight rate
would rise, what the farmer have to
buy would double In cost, and price
or land and rent would go up in pro
portion; thu preventing a i much
greuter consumption, because nearly
everyone would, have to ave more to
pure ha e dearer land for himself or
eiwuren. Tiie farmer would not
greatly Increase their consumption
but the working classes would have to
decrease their Immensely, because
wage cannot be raised through tlm
effect of labor displacing machinery
and tlx: International struggle for
markets,
You say there would 1k a great ex
yiinslon In agricultural area giving
more employment, If thi happen It
must greatly reduce price for farm
products, while what the farmer buy
would mostly remain high or not low
er In proportion to hi raw product.
This would bankrupt nearly every
farmer, and most certainly those who
bought land on credit after the rise
In price of fui-rns took place, for farm
prices would drop with the price of
product.
J he trust are the unavoidable re
sult of competition, for under it the
inurket belong to tho one who sells
cheapest. Cutting price are met by
cutting price. Adulteration 1 met by
adulteration until further cutting of
price Is ruinous and more adulteru
tlon is impossible Competition being
exceedingly wasteful in money, labor
and materials, because the biggest
pockctbook wins, and financially dun
gerous, the only safety lie in co-op'
eratlon by the formation of trust, and
yet your paper attacks the effect, but
light for the preservation of tin
cause.
Concluding, I wish to say that pub
lie ownership of railroad, telegraphs,
telephone, express companies, sav
lug banks, ga light, street car line,
waterworks etc., cannot bo of lasting
benefit to the people If comiK'titloni i
not replaced by socialism; for as soon
us the condition of the masse im
jwove through amH reform, wages
v.vuhl In a few year reduce price of
farm products ly exclusion or lurm
area, in case 'of much cheaper rail
freights. Till last argument mut oe
understood as meaning that tho so
cialists are not anxious to get all thee
needed reforms, but only a proof that
competition must in its nature de
stroy the value of every reform, and
prosiHrity and human happiness are
less and less possible under the selfish
struggle for uprcmiey.
Kan Diego, Cal., Dec. 7, 1898.
Thnt render of this paper may see
what soclulism Is as eloquently de
scribed! by one of that way of belief,
the above letter Is printed In full. It
Is one of the best statements of social
istic philosophy which hns fallen into
the bunds of this editor for a long
time. The wonder of It I how a man
who can write so well can fail to see
the fallacy of his own reasoning. The
doctrine that machinery, science and
Improvement Is the curse of the world
Is no more fallacious than the Idea
that an attempt to Introduce the com
mon ownership of all property would
bring relief. The argument I that
tiuwhinery Is the eaiwte of so muinh
over production, that the world will
tlnally 1ms reduced to starvation, There
will le so much cloth thnt the people
will have to go naked, so many shoes
that they will have to go barefooted,
so many bouses that they will have to
sleep In the wtssl or highways (he
the harvester, strain atui cum no
(H.wer, the pinning genny ami in
iMiwrr Ikmii, and go ba W to th tm'
Uirte wsvs of our rvtnot tivrtrs.
!i;tory ihsfs l"'t trll us that the ri-
mint pvopi f r U-ttt-r oft U for na
hlitery v4 lnetll than they r
Mow,
TK lh sUtrmenl that "tiusts ar
h lHtmld4td ritt of etoiiprtb
t.m,M lh trutK U thl trusts at
ke MS4ddU tuU ( ta dlru..
U,n wimtitU. Th tt3'' la
h tiniutloii t a tt'ul U ta I
riM-tUiN wf tttiuel,tittn, A trul im
M.MpwtlitiiMi rsssol Ut at la in
Uuwr. II lUt lh w.iieilHt
'f kt fr lb jstiMi ta
f trust. ta eH.iwrjr ta ld
vadval Ms fitspieatly jt44 t
a rsits wf tril al Ku k
twM W destroyed. A tft M-l
W and tr ra tiuUi Uj-o a it.
In aiMiVtt, A (,!; ri U !
people will breome so that th-y "ul " l" '-' ru.,- ...r.
' ... ,. .In semi wttirvutloii stsl pile up ulvl-
cau neither buy nor consume any-
... ... . tU-ml of '.'tio per cent for the hunk,
thing. If these hlt.gs were true, then J ' u u Jft
the proper remedy wouUt 1 tode.troy i tur,Mltktie (h U(U,
would disorganize every trust in the
United State in lesa than, five year
except those that are fostered by re
bate from the railroad or are forti
fied behind a patent. The dkxrtrlne
of populism put into force would de
stroy them also.
It will be seen that socialism i
ba.;ed upon the same theories advanced
by the gold bug dally press. They
both believe in over production and
that an increase in tho volume of
money would bring no relief. Mr.
Storm wlH find1 the writ! njg im the
gold bug press much more to hi Ilk
lug than that of the Independent.
The dlstres in tho world is not pro
duced by machinery, but by the ab
sorption of the product of labor by
taxation, interest and tne over charge
es of cjuusl public corporations. A r.
(Miction of one-half Ju all of these
chtirges could be cffeetcxl by red'uolng
me ptircnusing power or money one
half.
1 Im t can be effected by douo
ling the amount of money in circuit
tlon. If the men w'ho now get the
millions paid every year by labor for
Interest, freight and ioseiiger tariffs
and taxation, vet only tolf us inue.li
as they do now, the other half must
of necessity remain in the hands of
tne producer. Every man who pro
duced would get twice aw much a h
doc now ami the usurer end corpo
ration would get one-half less than
they do now. huch is the doctrine of
populism, and Mr Storm 1 right in
thinking that the independent i not
-elar,ist paper. Mr. Ueonro Howard
uiijson, a gentleman of the purest
Christian diameter, undertook to
make this paper a socialist orirnn un
der the name of Wealth Maker, lie
bravely fought for those principles
until tne puier wo many thousand
dollar In debt and well nigh extlnc
tlon. Thl editor then? took it and
made it a populist paper and the sub
serlptlon was nearly quadrupled U
less than a year. It Im remained
populist paper ever since.
buppose 1 hat there wa no foreign
trade and ell our energies were devo
ted to the Improvement of our own
country? Would that bo a calamity?
With the machinery that we have and
Improvement yet to come, we could
nulld a cotniortablo lions for every
family, enlarge our universities and
colleges, beautify and odorni ouir cit
ies, build auditoriums, make a piano
ror every home, carpet for every
floor, works of art for all to enjoy and
do a thousand other things. All this
and more we will do when this awful
dm in of interest and other fixed
charges arc reduced to what is hone-it
and right. It will lie done, and popu
lism will bear the bravest part in tlu
fight that will bring it about.
Mr. Morni uys that the Independ
ent si-em to be unaware of the fact
tHint production! deiieiwl upon con
t .motion, lie nuiwt have been ft very
careless reader or the column of tin
ixuht. Woore of tlinea it has .been
pointed out that when the price that
the farmer received for their product
was so low that after they had paid
their fixed charges, little or nothing
was left, they could not buy, and if
they, being one-hnlf of the population,
could not buy, the merchants couM
not nell. It the merchant could not
sell, the manufactory io the east
would huve to close and the workmen
timed uimhi the streets. Thnt Is one
of the standing propositions of the
populist party
Mtippoxe for one iliiy only the New
York dnilies would print the truth
olxMit tho conditions of the inhabit
ants of that city, Suppose they
should' tnke a census of tho starving,
the houseless, the disireed, Supiswe
they should describe the pltwhlng
want In the thousand of home where
father ami mother are at ill strlviing
with heroic cmleavor U keep the fam
ily toother. Can any man doubt that If mtMle, Mould Intmediutely Ih re
It Mould result In an hoiM-st.einkavor ! I"1" herri tt prejudicial to the trade
to Iet1er the coudUkmM there exili
ng? Where then reside the power
hl'ti-ttihttl nidgirea,
I there not h'it hrr for ttn
Mho Moititt bring aUiul better CoihU
tktiva? LiinI by t) stprr am! itMg
Mittrs that Mrit on tlt ibs of fr
fur ttt. That U th tndy sy m hat
of biti.ttliuf tit f t lustt tu th sxt.
plS t,l it they IkiMttr th ll
HotiM im KH'tf tirftiiw mv vt im i. I
b fouiHl to rvtivt ttsof sUrttit leu
of tlt,ittwtiU ,mi the o ttwwl amt th
iftl n r it-ut dttttb'iub ma the vthrr.
tar ! i nau4 mm m.
la racti Jsa. I skVy
lUUt aa ooid4 t ! aa tlhl
tttey tr ?! fcakhhs th
rly oerid r th id IUUta W
UU rbWa w Wr4 stl atuMtat
TaaivtildtalUttteMst H,vskms
ihh a tt4.
It. fm Js MUoU
flsUt' W4 ttliMri4 t usKas
K. Wt. I'alud ut . T
fvMiuitists t thalr Wt fvf
iVrta Ik .
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The Paper Money of the Colonies
was a Legal Tender for all Debt
Publlo and Private.
NOT REDEEMABLE IN COIN
And wai a Great Sucoeea In Giving
Prosperity and Growth to
; tho Colonial.
; Sevan Million Coin Deht.
In 1703, by oct of parliament,' the
colohles were forbidden to issue or clr.
culute paper money In, February, Ib74,
the London lsjurd of trudo paused re.
olutlon approving the act of parlia
ment and Dr, Benjamin Franklin, be
ing then In London, wrote ain answer
to those resolutions and strongly advo
cating the colonial paper money s,y
tern, III answer oeeuple fourteen
page of tho second volume of Frank
lin's work by Jared Sparks. The
whole scries of books comprise ten
volumesT I quota the following from
trunklin own writings, conunenclmr
I'-M" , ui. i, in ucTenne of the
coioniat paper money system, a fol
lows! "New Kngland, particularly, In 1CU(J
(aljout the time they began the use of
imper money) had Jn all its four
nice Dut one hundred and thirty
churches; in 1700 thev were flvn I nn.
dred nnd thirty. The number of farm
ami Dunning there 1 increased in
proportion to the number of ni'ivnli
arid Wie goods exported to them from
England In 1750, before the restraint
look place, were five times as mueh n
uerore tney had paper money.
'Tennsylvanla, before It made anv
paper money, wa totally stripped of
Its gold and silver, thoiurh thev Im.l
from time to time, like the neighboring
eiiiimiew, agreed to take gold and sil
ver coin at higher and higher nomi
nl values in hones of drawi
into, and rctaindng it for the internal
uses of tho province. During that
weak practice silver got up by degrees
to H shillings 9 pence per ounce, and
Wngiish crowns were called six. seven
and eight shilling pieces, long beore
paper money wa made. But this prac
tice of increasing the denomination
was found not to answer th end.
The ibhlance of trade carried out the
gold and silver a fast a It was
brought in, the merchant raising the
price of their good In proportion to
the increased denomination of the
money. The difficulties for want of
emh were accordingly very great, tins
ehief part of the trade being carried
on by the extremely inconvenient
method of barter; when, In 173.1 pi
per money was first made there, which
gave new life 'to business, promoted
greatly the settlement of new lands,
whereby the province ha no greatly
ik leased In Inhabitant, that the ex
ports from hence thither Is now more
littn tenfold what it then was; and
by their trade with foreign colonies
hey hnve been able to ob'jnn great:
quantities of gold ond silver, to temit
hither in return for the matuifuet Jies
of ihis country.
"New York ami New Jersey have
also increased greatly during the same
period with the use of paper money,
no thnt it doe not apenr to tie of
the ruinous nature attributed to it by
the lsiard of trntle.
"The colonies are dependent gov
ernments, and their people, having
naturally great rescct for the sover
eign country, and being thence Im
moderately fond of its moil 's, manu
factures nnd tmiierfl nitles, ciuinot Im
restrained from purchasing them by
any province law, Iiecuiisc such a
uihI interest fit itrunm. It n-eui
hard, therefore, to draw all their re.d
luotiey from them and then refue
them the Hr pi i il-(,' of uIm; pa
p r luotoud of it. lUtik lull uml
Istiikem note are daily used bee a
a medium of trade, nod In lirge ilctl
Ingn, p4-rhit the greater mrt i
tin mat-ted by their inean, and yet
they hate no Intrinsic value, but i est
en the credit of tho that u them
ier bill in the ruinate d-i ot
r-Mn-ti govwrnment tl.re
Tltry Uing -syatd li eh ujx'1
sttfltl by the iir4Mer U ll-l-l t vlf
ruutkUiM- thai eaisnot at'eml 'S
eidtiny t"ll, for ttt rraH iil ulnv
iih utrt.ul, their rh IMnff ilrtv
fn-ui h.iit by lb IttitUh. Hut lh.
Ktfd tender UUig Hllttitel l l ll
.s.e I isther itf4trr ,lt.oi.t.;e tt
the jvrr, sli b ie no! t al
th truwt.U of r'i V ft peil. al4'
lst,k or UVvr t dvMWifcl l!e Utt-tie
RiKiilif. whruetrf he UM vetwt' t
Ui ol ttwt la la i I ", l 'r
. tat Is otdigtHl t btk th blil
Kt tlsl fftrn ttl wf th rtitM- Itn
IkntmWtiii last etery uU tk
ptmlue U -Wilful to k !n !
Ik UU f rrlt antoatf
njhU.il itvsilv eitl l lht lo
at boot
l wilt t br t f.we, it
tu ut t ot W, I ratdkt . la tw
Uf wwmh ot li . ! e
k.oisl ptr woto! in l
Hptl tendcf t py all db I tt
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SAME
OLD
ENEM
respective colonial province and wo
not redeemable In coin, and wa
great success in giving prosperity to
the colonies. The colonic found bv
dt'drrees that they could not get
start In prosperity nor continue there
In without thl kind of paper money
necanse tney could neither get nor
keep amy gold or silver money to be
ot any avull among ithemselvc, either
to ne usea as money or ror the re
demption of paper money. But by
making tneir paper money a leiral ten
tier to pay all debt they found that
the coloiHul governimenit could circii
lute (ill that wa needed of it to give
great prabperMy to all the people with
out uny waiting for the comiimr or
staying of coin. It would have been
a blessed tbing for this country had
it never permitted any paper money
to circulate at all except upon the
strict term abovo quoted, I wish
tliut every reader of the Independent
Mould briny the foregoing statement
of Dr. Franklin to tho notice of nil his
nelghlNM-s,
About two year after Dr, Franklin
Mrote the foregoing atonement, to'vlt,
In February, 1700, ho M'a examined
orally in the British house of commons
on American colon 1ml affair. The ex
niniiHitlon trtartletl the rending' world
with hi masterly knowledge of hit
man affair. It occupies thirty-right
ixigcs of volume four of Ids works be
fore mentioned, and from it I copy the
follOMllllgl I
"(pies. What was the temper of
America towards (J rent Britain before
the year 1703?
"An. J he best in the worltl. They
stibnilttitHl willingly to the government
of the crown and paid, In th?ir courts,
obedience to the act of parliament
Numerous a the people ore in the
several old provinces, they cost yo't
nothing in fort, citadel, garrison or
a nine to Keep tnent n sunjeec on.
They Mere governed by thl country
at the expense of a little pen, Ink uiul
paper; they were led by a thread, I Dry
had not only a respect, out an nf.ee
Hon for Great Britain; for If livvs.
Its custom and manners, and even a
fohdocx for itm fashion. v
''(Jut1. And hove they not still the
same respect for parliament? ,
"An. No, It Is greatly lessened.
"IJueH. To wlint cause is that ow
ing?
Ans, To a concurrence of cause:
the restraints lately laid on their
trade, by which the bringing of for
eign gold and silver into the co'onies
mus prevented, the prohibition of indu
ing paper money among theimvdvc,
and then demanding n new and heavy
tax by stamps, taking OM'ny at thn
same time trials by jury, and refusing
to receive and hear their petition..
Here are the five British wrongt
only that were being practiced aeotimt
the colonies at the time or Ur. frank
lin's examination in.Febmnry, 1700. If
there had been other wroiiRs then lie
would have known them and stated
them. Notwithstanding the matchless
discernment by Dr, Franklin of men
and tliinirs, neither he or any of hi
colonial contemporaries had any such
hunce as all Americans now ha;e to
know the real power with which the
olrttiie had to cope and contend. I his
power was the few of great wealth;
owners and jobls'r in stocks, the one
central, supreme power that then, u
now, ruled parliament, the throna and
t he world; the British oligarchy, our
old enemy. And 1 now ciul the most
erious attention or nil Americans to
he sameness of work of this old ene-
mv of our from thence, the time of
lint examination, until now He wa
crhai somewhat discommode 1 by
our formal independence, yet, ne.-er-
thelcK. nothing daunted, he has al.
the time liecn pushing his work for
the most part straight forward.
The first one of the tlve wrongs
mentiimed by Dr. Franklin wis "tl"
restraint lately laid on their trr.de.
by which the bringing of foreign gold
and silver Into the colotde mu pre
vented." See what a marvelous slic
es our old enemy hast made of this.
Mtbouirh this country ha long since
twotue the chief source of the world
for gold and silver, yet m luivo no
goiii tr sliver ctau 4ien or nj h-m,
except the amount liomled t le de-
litered out of the country, witn ver
tit and a halt billion dollar more
with Interettt thereon, nearly tr ipiite
It ..f It to our old en. in v. And we
hate no gold or silver coin, imr hutt
te ny My of getting any but what
ur old enemy ran tako from us under
bis liotid at bis Mid. Thi is our true
Hind it Ion lu thi rect, all delusion
I ltd deception jiraelleed ujsm u to
rl the fitct to the eotitMry Hot-
tithlUIMlitlg.
The second MMng irtated by Dr.
"'ruiiMiii in his rximtruttloti ms 'i&
.n.lill.il ion of limklntf t-r iivo ey
ittioug ilirntlies. be ishst a sut.
r our oK iriny ha In 4 I of Ittts
irtdiildtloit. No Mtr Mwuo-y k tt as
vt kiie amt euTuUud In th ed
tie prttriitlty hss C tweil 1mic I 01
iivmUusI In thl country tsm IMI
tin tathU . There )i.mM t it mo.
ter aoiig Ahmiu'i at lh vxirrmi
are of oor old vurmv In ht et wt ttt
hfubtrM tt n.WUt th t,-S vl.s
t!at t of w a ti' Mvi'tMPtr a tti
, If of ir M"'ty ffoot
tti ttmt, tr , f ie lh lt aUt of
a I. me ftUtve hst fx m lott, it id
t.t U ittuUr la th roktiti stj r
noitr), W;l td f.,r all iUbt
. k. rnlrvnutld it 1 1 I vol t
ttt1 but r'vrrtotMiht dur. es t it
ht tplobtttV f MIMlUtto h4 I
,rvitv pt (S dd vi! t airlotau eof p Mi Drte, if l
m. !, ft O til debt t ! U ' l I tl4 MlMtW, liit
Nvtf oe t.t sMiUidy f e elt or i 1 1 td K. I !. a 4
t tbitf l., tw tvull Uie trfralvl4 lUatbert.
us with bonkruptcles at all n he hn
or devoured u with monopolie at all
as he ha, or oppressed ami paralyzed
our labor ait alt aa he has, nor could
he hove goWein Into the owncmhip of
any hurtful amount of American prop
erty. i
The third wrong that Dr. Franklin
states Jn his examination i the "de
manding new and heavy tax by
stamps." By reuMon of our Independ
ent organisation our old enemy could
not make headway with thl wrong,
bu t the present stamp duties are I ha
result of Jil other uccee altov
named, a they place us in the
straightened fi nunc lot condition that
ftirniishe the pretext for the Ump
tax.
.The fourtih wrong that Dr, Franklin
state I "taking away trial by jury."
For the reason above stated our old
enemy could not make headway with
thl wrong a vfHh th tliw two
luvtiicd, and doubtless had not any
such motive for it a for those two,
but more recently, being emboldened
and strengthened by those auccesse,
he enlarge hi overshadowing of our
high olllelnl funetlonnrlei ti the end
that he1 may break down the restraint
of our constitution awl usages and tax
whom ho wilt punish whom, he will
and use our government for hi nefar
ious purpose iiere and the world over.
The only remedy for all these edkt
or for any f them i to make our
money all a legal tender to pay alt
debt iimd redeemable not In coin lint
In publlo due only, and then incrofise
the quantity of our money circulation
to any fueceswary exlnt a requireu
by the populist phut form, Amt in thin
manner irreat deliverance, . freedom
and prosperity can be attained unto.
All the leading trtotemenU of fint
and doctrine contained in thi letter
nod in my three other that have late
ly apjicared in the Independent are
proved to be true 1a my book Money
Chart. The reader will not know but
Mhat I state tbi merely to aell Money
Cluirt. But let the book be read
thoroughly and if it. Is found that I
misstate it contents, let my book and
me be discredited, disgraced and con
signed to oblivion.
In order that Money Chart may be
sold cheap to the million if they want
t, I own the copyright and plate ana
publish the book. I sell it at 15 cent
per copy, or if to lie moiled, at 18
cut )n 2-cent postage stamp, or nt
$5 cr hundred, purchaser p;tylnff
freight from Chicago. '-
(My other letter headed "Bulwark- of
Freedom," in the Independent of the
date of January 12, had my aig-'
nature,, omitted therefrom oy. the
printer, by mistake, po doubt.
I (M. WABBIS-N,
Lincoln, Neb.
rorsoxoua t lants. i
In order to supply the grciiit demand
by farmer atvd other for inifonnatlon
in relation to polsonoiu plant, the
United State UenurtnuBnt of eirricul-
ture will soon isue fanncW bulletin
No. 80, cnitifckxl Thirty Foisonou
Flunit of the UniMedl States." It I pre
pared by V." K, Chesttwit, aesmant
botnnlst.
Tii tliivution of botony hae diuring
the hint (three year becav collcctiig
ireneral and tptM.dflo informat'lon con-
ccrn.ing poisonous plutrts, audi ha in.
veMtiinited a niumber of coae of por-
oning which have been reported to the
division, lly comnviinumUiiK' witm the
phywician wbo hn t hutrge of coth case
accurate ft ml run dhta were oowtnea
with regand to many pkunitw.
Thl bulletin comttain description
of thirty, and illustration of twenty-
four of flue most Important polsonon
plant of the Uuhcd Ktatc. The
poioniiu character, Kntuiue wnere
foutwl, nnl ayniirtoma oi poisoning
are al briefly deNcribHl,
The bulletin saye thnt owing to a
lack of statistics it I Imisstsible to
form even an approximate estimate
of the dunnage done by sionoua
plants. A numlsT of ohlklren are
killed annually by the vnriott ecle
of Muter heudock. -Many cattle are
also killed. ' t
All jsisoir,tr plant are not equally
Injurious to all N-rwMui nor to all
form of life. Tlie jhiIhoo Ivy, for In
stuitt'e, ai'te uistn the kin of the ma
jority ot perwtiiM, but Mlt'tii vary tntf in.
lnity. Many eoiil are prolstltly
wholly linmun, ami It lut no appar.
ent external efTect upon animals.
There are a UtrK iwnolr of tin
on plant Mhioh are ctttrtlwly
little kttown. 'thl bulletin cttttsitler
those tmly wbh-h re wvll Vnon to
b siiutiMtti to datwroiM tteirree.
This Uiiletln U fur fre dlstribtrtkm,
sihI tiMiy ls obtained of ntetitrbr of
etottreem vr by ppry loir h th 1'id
ted States ttrHtrtiitr.itt of agrb'tiHiir,
l.r.KDY'ft 1-HT AtT.
tivtrrnor lily's ll ofllei! set .
tiH, sptirtieal of the IJ-eeitt leWtH
bill. ltMyer T that th lr tut
fottatltittiottMi, tx"eiMi It art Rxe
maximum rat ami then iWdcrt l"t
iHtttrr to h riltxtt ' t'ourt i f
Mklutlttn.
It.itrrtuir lely (oalrvily ilff'l
th Mil itiskiPir th ofhf ot i
wruileiHlrt of lur rteetit la
sst. Hurrrbmleil V,t' W'Nsll.
ttti term Mill exptrs. H Jwsirf :
sxl. Mill im a eitl.Ut fvr el-vi'o.
lie lis sttoceetM I dltf I A thlt
Mill Ming t lb if irrs.tay TV
it uutMtty ft on ttMv cn(ij
ttir.
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