i THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
March 30, 1899
f-A GREAT. PJIOBLEM.
MOST STUPENDOUS REVOLUTION IN
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
A Calm View of tha Traat Iriarlp1ea
oad Morals laared Sarlae th
Feepl Do Mot GatThlage to Do
Determined.
The following dispassionate yet force
ful treatment of the inbject of trusts
appeared aa tbe leading editorial is a
recent issue of the New York Journal
of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin,
tbe oldest journal of ita cluss lu tbe
country and the recognized organ of tbe
' Dullness interests, particularly whole-
aale and jobbing, of New York
From advance sheets of The Com
mercial Year Book, abortly to be isiued
from tbia office, we are able to present
a eumniary of approximately complete
atatiatica of tbe trust organizationa in
tbe United States. We here una tbe
term "trust" in ita broadest popular
ante, aa covering not only consolidated
corporations, framed for directly mo
nopoliatic purposes, but also alliances of
Independent organizationa acting under
a common understanding for the pur
pose of leaa directly regulating or de
eating natural competition, tbe latter
being bat a small proportion of the
whole At tbe end of last month tbeae
combinations numbered 803, with tbe
following aggregation of capital stock
and bonded debt, compared with a year
previona
laue km
Jlnniber of organlM
Hons 668 00
Common slock .14,247,618,11 3.ftN0.767,410
Preferred stock. ViO.m.m m,7M,m
Total I took 15,118,404,181 S,m,m,M
Howled debt TM,8Hb,U m,mm
took and bonds. IS.SUS.Stt.Ma W,B,iMl,M8
Tba detail Inclndod in these totala
have In some casus been difficult of
procurement, and in some instance es
timate have hud to be adopted. W
therefore cannot in all casea claim pre
cise accuracy, but from tbe care that
baa been exerciaed in tbe compilation
w feel justified in claiming a close ap
proximation to exactness In the totala
above set forth.
It will bo seen that at tbe end of
February these 833 combinations bad
leaned a total of ft A. 1 18. 600,000 of cap
ital atock and $714,881), 000 of bond ob
ligations These figures show an in
crease over thuae we published a year
ago of 70 per cent In the number of
institutions and 00 per cent in tbe com
bined atock and bonded debt, which in
dicates the extraordinary rapidity with
which tbe movement baa spread within
tbe last 13 months What proportion of
tba entire uiuuufacturt-s of the United
States baa punned under this now form
of organization may be inferred from
tha fact that the cmuus of 1890 valuea
tba entire capital then employed in tbe
manufacturing and mechanical indus
tries at ft(l.636.000.000, which includes
all the minor or retail work done by
amalL individual proprietors. This
means that the total capitalization of
these combinations is equal to about 00
per cent of the entire manufactnring
investments of 1800 About tbe only
important branch of indnatry that has
escaped the trust invasion is that of
textiles, and if we eliminate that de
partment froci tbe total for lBUOlbe
present capitalization of tbe monopo
listic industries will bo found to about
equal the valuation of the last ceusua
Tbeae fact will Indicate with approxi
mate clearness how closely onr indus
trial system baa approached to complete
absorption nnder monopolist controL
Tba process of transition has panned far
beyond tbe stage of possible arrest i it ia
virtually a completed accomplishment,
except in a few industries which hava
hitherto seemed unsusceptible of con
solidated management, but which may
be drawn later into tbe maelstrom.
The change ia the moot stupendous
revolution ever accomplished in the
history of the world's induatrial growth.
Ita sudden iiuks is as remarkable as Ita
magnitude It has come with none of
tha careful deliberation that usually at
tends tha investment of great aggrega
tions of capital It has been guided by
no precedent experience It ia uo grad
ual reanlt of it natural evolution It la
an abrupt on ton rut of resistance to an
unusually severe pressure of the natural
regulatory fore of competition It ia a
reversal of all that economist bav ac
cepted aa fundamental axiom of trade.
It ia an uutieltbrraled revolt against
tha moat etawnttal force in the regula
tion of production, distribution aud
value, the nataial law of competition
It amount to conipli'U disruption of
tha relation between tbe iudnitrial
force and t-taaav of aociely It I aa
itiegetshinvat of the voluntary ex
change twtwera the producing aad
auetcbaatlog interval, and the creation
tf Miclueiv product ug orgaBitatiua
for each tadiulry la which atl other
malarial later tunet yiU abjevttoa
ledaatrr at Urge I c tfaaieed lata a
yataia of feadatieed rorpoteltotMi each
s el whWh ajy eUeulel power J
wtthla HepvlIUabof prvdavtloo.
walk takea la tb at, tba aytteia '
toaetttete twlf tba tutvt Had
power ta the tt Tbeae iaaoatlu
poa tba atd ut(l.HU el iBilttetty
tbuaab f4uMkill aSevtiag tb
Iteva Irvo talk apputtaBllle
f ia4MUltai tele IttlW awvaat wl
ba-aUlt Mi! Igatoia the taw a
M ta4 a ad a II a eitly to
taad4 tti et tba ree Thu be4
d fmtif baa fred U par
pa ImI without fueetbdbti evr
aialr with ttjratt fva4eieiu.t l.r
tW . I He v ttt tb wlallea
4 feat ltttia a4 wilt Mil to '
rd M U ptW to raiWeWf bka
Ue twtliia 4 t tjtleut r ta
Aabw t
la Jtv t tba e It m14 a t
av ud ftiUe that tit
awuat tsspuiMai tUes aiuwad or lietwvd
al feawM4tai IWIieU NM o
bv4 tele Mil 4 4114 leap lat lb
Ui Tba teaeae U al tt a iMa
Ve eepttttoeat Tbe praatf i
Iff MMiUMl bWt baa a4 t
lnduatrialifta willing to embark on this
ventnre wa undoubtedly trying and
threatening, ho much ho that it ned
not be considered surprising if those
who were nattering most should be
found willing to rink tbe alternative of
an nnpromiaing venture, and still more
an experiment that preeented at first
eight eome alluring attractions. But
that the whole body of industrialize
should aimultanoualy forsake known
and well proved method for a re vol a
tionizing reconstruction can only be re
garded as an unparalleled craze of ven
ture among men who have always
proved signally sane.
Tbe change, however, U now a fixed
fact. It plucea nearly our entire indus
trial ayateui upon the monopolistic baaia.
Thut is a venture unparalleled in tbe
biatory of material civilization, and not
merely the manufacturing interest, but
the atill vaater intereata thereon de
pendent, can but await tbe outcome
with an expectancy that must grow
more intenae aa the trial progresses
Home things are claimed for tha new
condition which many are disposed to
concede. Undoubtedly tbe great expan
afon of machine production, for in
stance, calls for the employment of
much enlarged capitals bat it surely
doe not follow that tbl principle may
be logically or safely carried to tbe
length of giving to each industry one
aole organization und
m
a aingle mam-
enca to having
apltals. Equal-
moth capital in preferen
aeverul large computing capital. Equal
ly it must be granted that tha conaoli
dation of a number of competing capi
tal into one concern should be attended
with important economic in manage
ment, bat It U not to be denied that
uch concentration of management
will be subject to countervailing offaeta
from tbe atactica of tha atimulu of
competition i from tba uncertainty
about tbe management falling into the
bent poHsible bands: from tbe discour
agement to invention which alwaya at
tend monopoly, and from tba possibil
ity that tbe administration may be in
trusted to "friend" rather than
pert. Aud, above all, it cannot be as-
umed that any saving from these
economiea will go to consumer rather
than proprietora, when a very large
proportion of the common atock repre-
aenta not actual capital invested, but
assumed earning which will naturally
be demanded by the stockholder.
Among the thing to be determined
by tbi experiment are the following:
First. Whetber, with tha vast con
stant increae in tbe national capital,
it will be found possible for tbe monop
olies to long protect tbemaelvea against
outside competition.
Second. What will be the recourse
aongbt by tba great and wealthy dis
tributing class who will find themselves
at the mercy of the trust and whose
services the latter will probably ulti
mately seek to dispense witbt
Third. Will tbi superseded class of
middlemen employ tbeir large mean
in resort to manufacturing in competi
tion with the trusts?
Fourth. Ho with tbe producer of raw
material, who, so far a respect tha
borne market, will hava but one custom
er, for whose aingle want they will all
be competitor, will they be disposed
to join cause with the displaced or
dominated dietributor in establishing
competition against tbe monopolies T
Fifth. Can the trusta fulfill tbeir
promise of cheapness to consumer and
yet earn dividend npon their inflated
atock issues T And, if not, what will be
come of those promises T
Hixth. If tbe liberal working cap
ital with which the trust are now
prudently protecting themselves should
disappear in catering to speculative
operation in their stock and in satis
fying the clamor of stockholders, what
would be the deposition of the banks
to extend loans to institutions consti
tuted and expoeed to Vw dungers aa
these are? Would the banks, in such
case, become tbe backer of monopolies?
Seventh. With the trunta pledged to
low price on tbe one band and to divi
dend on wateied itock on the other,
what will be tha position of labor under
the new system? If the trust' restraint
upon production create a redundancy
of labor, what will be tba t-ffect npon
wage? Will the onn of monopoly la
the long run fall npon tha back of tha
workingman?
Eighth. How will tba monopolies
protect themselves sgainst competition
from foreign factories where price arc
not artificially regulated? IV they ex
pect to hava the tariff raiaml to suit
their convenience? If not, how call
they eacapa tba effocta of external com
petition? Moreover, if a resentment in
public opinion should to shape politic
a to bring about reduction in tba
tariff, would not tb purpua of tha
monopolies U neotrslueU and their
imagined advantag b dUaipalad?
Ninth I there any protabitily that
attliuata reaebtiueata aiiuinif tha dla
t tribaling and raw material producing
cUeav tuny Indue tbvtu ta vsuMarag)
' auib a cbag la oar tariff policy I
Tenia, A It I tha pfv4eo4 par
po of tb luoiuipolte ta UieiuUta
price a a fall profit paiag bal
what will twrutu of tba Urge iacraae
la vxtr eiport t-f maaafttr wtatvl
b arteetj during reveal year frvM
cUia r er grwwiag uriU ta fur
Uer at tb tuweet palli fkaal
Kievtailk W a br4 au4 fl tvutbt
atiiati ta prvlevl piU rvtuimtiU
wit. Bwttg aa tiBioa tf tar M
Ua atarkel vMMBeatt wita vr
tMelty M ptdtkta, Willi tba la
ftvae la r 'ly ul laVur aa4 wlta
lbs aatetatltevl gala la tb aimmat
af MitUl seekiag eiui'tortueal?
Twelflb -Ar tb Aelta f4vew
el 4ul at labuf bW 4 Uiag
belt la teatlaiHI I t lb uafiea' vt
! eviMtH4lKa
Tbea I tutUaM bUb tb MW
t;lIM wf iUlltlWM baa rvf
ly Ha44 a4 M a Mi4itl
peii4 Iber wat tPt apy tb aait-a j
ailati tl U Auiwtkaa pi la U
, raa valy bvp lb tUr tewtf wl4
kvsiBiaia It akiwi;iy btvab
' twKit tfllttg Mdeai
EATING THE HEAIiT.
eVANT OF SUFFICIENT CURRENCY DE
STROYING SOUTHERN FARMERS.
Tha Hetulees and IMtlfal Coadltloa
or Cottoa Urovrere "Confldeace"
Proved a Drokva Stick Hammoad
ad tha Hoform Clob.
Our readers have no doubt heard of
the Reform drib, which baa its head
quarters on William street, next door
to Wall, and many of them donbtlen
have seen the "sound currency" pom
phlet which it ha been fanning since
the beginning of tbe campaign in 1896
The pnrpoae of the Reform club in
establiahing its department of pamphlet
was to defend the single gold itandard
and oppose the reatoration of bimetal
liain, and during the campaign of 1800
and afterward its publication were all
directed to proving that the supply of
currency wu ample; that prosperity
existed everywhere In the country, and
that low pricea of product were mitl
gated or offset by tbe increased pur
cbaalng power of tbe dollat Tbe writ
er employed by tbe Reform club were
Instructed to deny every contention
tnade by tha promoter and defender of
limetallism, and to thi they devoted
Ibcmaelve with great energy and in
"er
dustry They insisted that tbe national
bank ayatem waa tbe most perfect that
bad ever been devised; thut tbe enr-
rency system wonid be perfect when
tb gold standard wa established I that
people who bud nothing to aell conld
not expect to nave money ; that no
mat tor how much currency the govern
oient might issue or bow uiocb ailver
might be coined, those who were with'
out money would continue to suffer for
tbe lack of It. and that the talk of bard
timea and enrrency famines wa aimply
part of tbe scheme of the "crazy ailver
itea" to depreciate the currency and
"rob labor of it juttt reward. "
Nauseating us wa tbi iteration and
reiteration, tbe stream of It continued
to flow from tbe Reform club. Those
who read these publication were told
that nothing whatever wa necessary to
the restoration of prosperity if pros
perity was indeed lucking but tbe res
toration of eoiiflduiite. That wu the
one thing necesmiry to do ilow waa it
to be doueT liy defeating tb Demo
crats, ty supporting the "sound mon
ey" candidates Do that, said tb Re
form clnb, and confidence will be at
one restored. That I all that i neces
sary w nave bud prosperity nnder
our present system, and we will have it
again as soon as the business interests
of tbe country are assured that a depre
ciated currency will not take tb place
of "sound money" nnder tbe gold stand
ard.
We thranh over this old straw merely
to call attention to the fact that a
change aoema to have come over tbe Re
form club in the mutter of currency re
form One of ita recent publications is
from the pen of Mr. M U Hammond,
who takea for bis subject "Tbe Southern
Farmer and Banking Reform," and
deals with it in a way that showa ha is
entirely familiar with tha nnbappy con
dition of affairs that exists in the south.
Though "banking reform" is a part of
tbe title of his subject, be deuls with
enrrency reform, and it would have
given a clearer conception of his pur
pose if he bud employed that term.
But the point to which we call at
tention is that the Reform club, through
the medium of Mr Hammond, admits.
so far as tbe south is concerned, every
contention of those who favor bimetal-
ism aa the means of increasing tb J
money supply Ueretofore, when The
Constitution, as a part of its argument,
has been compelled to describe the ap
palling condition of the southern farm
ers, due to a lack of a medium of ex
change, it boa been denounced by the
Reform club coterie aa a croaker, a
prophet of evil and the condition of tha
unfortunate cotton growera ascribed to
tbriftlesNneH or to idiotic method in
the management of their bnaineea, and
then figures would be given showing
that there hud been a steady increase in
the volume of money in circulation,
followed by the stereotyped declaration
that nothing was neceaaary but the res
toration of confidence Our reader no
donbt have a very lively remembrance
of thee things, for It has not been so
many months sgo when tb gold news
paper were full of them.
But the publication of Mr Ham
mond' article by tb Reform club
how that ther tunet ta lingering of
th gold wombiper Th article is lu
lh tutor of a demand for a credit
currvticy In not form adapt4 to tb
&! of agricnltaral coiutunnttlm
Now, Th Constitntion. while la favor
of th reatoratloa of blmetalliaiii. ba
for year advocated lb rrpvalof tb ID
par cent tal ta atat banks and th re
toratloa to th pevpl of th right ta
Uo lu'tr on their crodil this ta
b guarded by JadU'lou UI b'gUl
tUa Tbea. whea tbesoalbera bankers
toawatioa met ta Allaai and adopted
reaulUttoa ta fVo ol allowing bank
to lata axle va their a !. Th tVa
tllaltoa) tvute. that plaa, bat prwlut
ed that ua a ItiHbotl Wuttld bit. I ua
tour ia la eye tf Mlera baaset.
who, t kaowlag tb aitaaltoa la tb
agrWaliafal tefio da aot teaiit tb
t itreut aewt of aota a tueaetit k4 r
U,t
Carteswy aie Mr Hamilton I
pfiat vv ar taae4 aiy tr aaitl
la, a4 tbea tatBlest Srut 44 li
M tb ta bow it e ft-W ta H4l tb
e.U 4 Id BfiUalluul U Tb
teelt U tbal fitly tb ielk Iuwm
Jbb4 IUea e tb taKI tf ttakktag
(m till lea whil lb fertuer ImIwM
ta w al I Utr ptvtlt lata lb banks
4 tht Uy ai ktl aa la lb vtt
Ml lUtSilwxud teiy f4fetly ttail
tb 4ettM4j M "at"! a.ny tafcub
tteeej la ta jrtalll lew.ua a e
U ai l tbll babbete, a tall
i tb Mdiaary tali atwoMl ff ttwdit
ll U Ikte taU U4 aa wt4mf i of
tkia.ib Jtiy llrtttueu wf vi4it
SkUb tb aaalKMa UtbUal M it
mand for a depreciated currency. These
magnates would have had much more
repose than they have enjoyed during
the past quarter of a century if they
bad translated the demand for "more
money" into what it really and truly
means
Mr. Hammond puts bi finger on the
sore epot in tbe south. After emancipa
tion bad awept away tbe available c&d-
ital of the south and when local and in
terior bnyer hud taken the place of the
factor at the aeuports on whom tha an
tebellum planter bad depended fox
fund tbe mall farmer who took tfas
place of the old planters "were compell
ed to resort to indirect means for ob
taining credit. " They had no commer
cial standing and could not borrow
cash, eo they were compelled to mort
gage their cotton crop for tbe food and
upplie neceaeary to ran them until
the crop were gathered, Thi wa the
beginning, and necessity ha brought
about it continuance.
The farmer, owing to their own lock
of credit and to the lack of credit notes,
have been compelled to make cotton
tbeir medium of exchange. A currency
ystern well enough in ita war for
dweller in citie but infamous in ita
" vviv vua iniaiUUUO IU AM
affect on the agrieuitnrai ciasaea ha
reduced them to the necessity of re-
wm MiuvMwwv KKH O ft V llUjJJ A U1U
cus, but from which there can be no ea-
cape, except in Individual instance, nn-
til onr currencv .vstem h. hn 1
in our enrrency system Ma been sn
thnrnnirhi. rntr.mA !. .11 .u
ajae- ivtwuMUU VMU Ht VRU BIJUA fj
ita benefita. From tbe very neceasitica
ui iuo case peouie must nave some rue-.
alum of exchange. In old time it wa
tobacco, Indigo and the pelts of wild
animals i In tbe south today it is cot-
fifl anil tnat la awl, m... ...il......
to increase in spite of th fact that each
Increase carries disaster in ita wake.
All tbia bu been going on for vear.
and avery demand of tbe former for
w - -
mora money" for an equal chance in
tb matter of currency has been met
in th money centers by denunciation
and by loss of sleep on the part of tba
gold worshipers.
Tb Constitution has described tha
situation in th south aa pitiful and it
has been criticised for it by those who
ar either willfully ignorant or selfishly
blind. Mr Hammond, who seems to
know all tbe conditions, justifies every
statement The Constitution has ever
made. II says that tba situation was
so serious and so disheartening tba pres
ent season that the tenant farmers in
many suctions deserted their own crops
In tha field in order to ears a little
money by picking cotton for other
Could anything more clearly ahow t
results of a scarcity of money?
Mr. Hammond also agrees with The
Constitution In saying that tba contin
uance of the all cotton system is not
due to the obstinacy of the growers
They would be glud to diversify their
crops if they could get out of "tbe
clutches of the present credit system. '
Leases and crop liens do not contain
any contract for diversification They
call for so many dollar' worth of cot
ton, and tbe lower tbe price falls the
more cotton does the unfortunate debtor
bav to pay Mr Hammond admits
that th 10 per cent tax on tbe circula
tion of state banka haa practically
"sealed op tha sources from wbicb tha
southern cotton growers could hope to
secure loans, " and be adda that tbe de
mand for "more money which has come
from the south and west" in tbe last 20
years has been due to a real need and
haa not been based so much on ignor
ance aa som of our city financiers bav
supposed
As a remedy for this credit system,
which is slowly eating out the heart of
the south and destroying its most nec
essary income, Mr. Hammond nrges that
a bank be authorized to issue notes
against its general commercial assets to
the extent of 40 per cent of its capital
at once, and ultimately to the extent
of 80 per cent of ita capital, and. sec
ond, the establiHhmentof branch banka
The article of Mr. Hammond, inter
eating in itself, takes on new interest aa
coming from so strange a source as th
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Some of
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flientS tb whole financial question is treated ia a thorough.
logical manner, and we recommend it to onr people
aa the most complete work on th subject ever writ
ten. Nothing better can befoand for tbe educational
work of tbe campaign now opening for 1900
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CRETE NURSERIES'
Established 1872
We offer full line of Nursery Stock, Fruit Tree and Plants, Ornamental Tree,
Shrubs, and Rosea. Evergreens all siss 8 Inches to 8 feet. Refer to thousands
of customers and bearing orchards. That our Fruit Trees are productive ia showa
by tb crop of Fruit we have grown.
13000 BUSHELS .Apples
In on season. 17 to 24 bushels of apple on single tree; 700 bushel ol Cherries
In on season 35, bushels on a single trees; 670 bunches of grapes on a siogl
vine. Extreme car to bav all carefully packed and true to name. We help oa
all loaaea Bend for printed illustrated Cataloa-ns to
mSSSHSr- E. F. STEPHENS, Mgr., Gete, Neb.
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NEBRASKA GROWN? SStS?
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"Do you eoHKh at Biahtf"
"Hereyon a pain In eldi-f
"Do yon take cold enellvT"
"le your appetite variable
"Hare you it'tonee In elder"
"Do yon euuKh antll yoa Ka?"
"Do yoa ralee frothy Biab-rlalf
"Do yoa euueb on noag to bedf"
"Do yoa eouKb In tbe mornloKf"
"AreyoB low eplrlted at timber"
"Do yon spit Bp .reilow natter?"
"le year oounh I bort and barklnaf
"Do yon eplt op little che.r lumper'
"Hae you a dleguetf'ir fatty foodef
"le there a tlckllna behind the palab-f"
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"le ibere a bnrnioa pnln In tbe throat?"
"Hereyon a pain behind tbe bread bone?"
"Do yoB cough worse sixht and morning?
INSTITUTE.
WKVf TORK Lira) ML DO,,
OMAHA, NKH,
vine: a description of all the leading:
classes and varieties of nursery stock
adaoted to the west, consistinc of
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will cost vou. 1 help tffilt re.
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The "Money Chart" la tbe most complete work oa
th money question published. Wewill mall a copy
of tbia book fre to aoy peron sending oa new
subscriber, or npon receipt of 16c.
iMDEriCNDENT Pel. Co.,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
"Warren Money Chart" Is tbe moat profound,
forcible, and convincing work that tbia great reform
movement baa produced. It la amacing to aee tbe
number of unanswerable facts that tbe author haa
succeeded in crowding into so small a com pa. To
tb advanced atndent of political reform it ia indla
pensible; wbil it aim pie form and style make It
equally valuable to th beginner. L. C. Dateman,
Anburn, Maine, Nat'l Educational Committeeman.
Lincoln. Neb.. Sent. 15. 1808. In "Monev Chart'
J. M. Thompson, Bee'y Neb. State Cen. Com,
Tbe teacbinga of "Money Chart," if followed oat,
will bleaa tbe nation and destroy tbe power ol traitor
oi our country, ani lultiate tbe brotherhood of i
IS. W. Uhisbach, Carroll, 111.
E GOOD TO YOUR HOME BUY A
Lincoln Steel Range
and ploaa your dearwlf and family Warranted tb
Bioel perfect cooking atov mad. Wa aa th very beat
old rolled patent leveled steel, and tin every Rang
with aabastoe and steel, which make It Impoaaibl to
set fir to yonr floor. Tbey ar bandaoma, attractive,
p-to-dat la pattern and delgn, lull a irk trimmed.
win barn any kind ol luL will hut a life
time. Mad on honor, sold oa axrit. Tbia
la why w eall them the "Btrr oa i4BTa.M
If your dealer do not haadl thee a
snake a great nletake. Writ to a aa
w will provide a way lor yoa to bay oae at
reasonable price,
Budatiff Broe. Mfr. Co.,
LINCOLN, WEU. MAKERS
ratroals boaie ladatryad Nebras
ka. rWryoa toVtato Omeare, lUaka
aad Eipreaa CuW of UboU, aa4
tboaaaad ae aC oar Itaagwa. HiawiaJ al
ee tw a ire tlotai a 4 kbastaaraat Uutlia
10.000 TRIIS IN OUCFUHD
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Treao. (Iraro Tl, fralt haaia
rttoe, rrergreeaa,
ntM ( TVfgraeaa, ., at ar
lawyer im) builneti mea
ho ire particular .taut tht
wf artnee o( their itttiortfry
houKI Ime their order ht
thit cUt o( rriniina at tha
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