June 15, 1899
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT,
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The best way to save money often is by spending itwhen
the opportunity comes for money saving are plentiful. The
most striking evidence of this fact, is being demonstrated in
our sale of men's suits at $7. w 'twould take the entire side
of this paper to tell you of all the food.- points and the MUr
points, than you'll find in clothing sold elsewhere. Weve
suits of worsteds, suits of cassimeres, and many other kinds
of suits that will suit those who are looking for suitable suits
'that suit. Some of these suits are worth $11.00, some worth
$12. so, none of them can be duplicated at anv store in this
section of the country, for the same price. "The Nebraska
u (nr thom Some storef thev tell us sell them for
$IV50, all we ask today, and all we will ask any day is $7.50.
All these suits are made for our trade and are made up
fcorrectly and in the latest style. Some people invest first
rA ,ntr.cMfTat latpr. Are vou one of those people? Do
( Vou jump at conclusions? If you do don t you don t al-
ways light on a solid, foundation? Make sure of one thing
' 'anything that you buy at tne ieorasKa is uri-ua uj
class and at the head of the class, all new nothing old old
"'f age is honorable and old whiskey valuable but old clothing
has no good points except to help along fire sale and
.bankrupt stocks no place here for anything old, but old cus
tomers these always welcome at the ' -
PL13AMIC 5IENTION
meat; they will make them their bus.
tmndinen hIho, and tha curators of their
' own Holds, uad tbe diggers of their own
-vineyard; nor will there be anything
that they will not do at thclroommands,
'.' as if tbev were slaves bought with
money. They will appoint your duugh
; ton to be confectioners, ana eooks, and
" baker, and these will be obliged to do
' all sorts of work which women slaves,
' who are in four of stripes andtormonts
1 MUbrait to. Tbey will, besides this, take
t away your possessions, and bestow
I them uponthHireunuclm, and theguarde
of their body, and will give the nurd of
lyour cattle to their own sorvantsjand
ito say briefly all at once, you, and all
9 that Is yours, will be servants to your
fcing, and will become no way sujierlor
to hie slaves, and when you suffer thus,
r.n Bill hu.-i.Ll. Dm llllt'. In mlnil rif whfit. I
uoweay." I produce this so that the
llreader may know that I have not a false
4 the Jews took the etep from the divinely
appointed ruler to the king, tbcy were
plucing themselves io a position to be
barrassed by political Jnalouidi's. At
this time governments among men were
lmterf)ct. They did not consider what
It meant to place their civil rights Into
the hands of a king who in all prohabiU
ity was directed by political jealousies.
Now I still have another quotation.
It is regarding this king of the Israelites,
the first king that thoy had. The quo
tation is as follows:
"Wheu the high priest had spoken
thus he did not persuade 8n.nl, bis fear
was so prevalent, that he could not give
Jredlt to.an apology that was very Just,
o he commanded his armed men who
. stood about him to kill him, and all his
kindred; but as tbey durst not touch the
bigb priest, but were more airald oi cih
obeylng Ui.d than the king, be ordered
Doeg, the Syrian to kill them. Accord
ingly he took to bis assistance such
wicked men ns himself, aid slew Ahluiuel
ech and all his family, who were in all
Vj th'ee hundred and eighty-five. Knul
-M also sent to Nob, the city of the priests,
and slew all that were there, without
eparinif either women or children, or
J utiy uiuiT ugo, win uumi , umjr mure
. . 1 . . 1 1 1.. 1 it. .
1 . ,' was 0110 son of Ahimeluch, wlio.e uamo
- was Abiather. who escaped."
, This last quotation is from Josephus,
"'. ! and 1 reproduce it that the reader may
-s eoe what power the nrst king ol civiliz
tion poHSHseea. When I say the first
king of civilisation I do not make refer
nce to the early Egyptians. We are
trying to find the foundation of class
legislation. The people ol Israel ak for
nltlnir Am! wliun ihwv anrpunilwp..fl tliMii
5 civil riitbts, they surrendered their liber
Mies. Hut did they know the import of
t absolute monarohy, when they anked for
the king? Certainly tbey did not. While
I tbey had asked for the king that they
might be led to victory lu war, they did
1 noi consiuer wnai u meaui woen naui
slew the priests of Nob. Think of it,
.when the people surrendered to one man
the right, first to make law, and next to
construe the law, and next to execute
the law. In our govrrnni'nt, w bate
three branches; first the li'iiilutivi next
ths judicial, and next the exmutive.
'i'btit three branches Haul wasempow
rvi rUh. If he prvferred to extcute one
if hi ubiiwts. he had the uower to do
i. he enseution ol the pritwls uf Nub
,s fdV sample o pim lug ton much
rluto cms nmn s hniKls. Ahlinol.
id not have the riht to demand a
i bf th jur;;lisaad aovoumwl. And
l H'Oil aid to his servant, tHteg, to
d Ahe-mlwh was bfiimd-o, and
t without even a shnwing til ttl.
iy as to hthir be was KUilty,
a was fair sampls tf vlmm ImiU
h, that is, i4 placing tin niueti into
)baad til a ('. When ths Jow
h wvr all wr to on man, thoy
tttruod ovff th powsr t amlilbg
4 tn itlu4 ), It avvtr rutr. h
w nnuds that ahea Hiul tu ar
. uIm as kinrf, at tbod ol bis
it would sn..ut auoibrta his .!,
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TIIK XNDICP1SIWIQNT
justice In so doing and lufrlnge on the
rights of other classes, Let theBixtb
nominate a farmer.
Hut would it pay the Sixth to nomi
nate a farmer if that fanner is not well
versed in thesrienceof politlcaleconomy,
and is not actuated In the least with t he
nature of law. That would n6t bn the
right policy. We must have n man who
hits a good idea of law, and also well
versed in the science of political ecou
omy. , .
Hut there is still another reason why I
prefer a farmer. You may take the two
clauses of men and the farmer is la a po
rtion to be more acquainted with the
hardships of the laboring classes than
the lawyer. Ilnrd times hit the farmer
flrt and the flnnncial stringencies hit
him the hardest. It Is said that poverty
Is the futhcr of Invention; l( this be the
case and the farmer is blessed with pov
erty before the lawyer, why would it not
be the cuse that the furmer could Invent
bis way out the quickest? It the proverb
is trne, my conclusion is true.
Kut are we going to nominate a man
who Is Infirm with age? It is thought
that a man does not understand the
philosophy of good judgment nntil he
reaches the age of thirty-five or forty
years. This is a very good rule. The
old in nn is the engineer in the politics of
tho United States today, but I believe
that that rule' is taken too far. It I
mistake not I can take either scriptural
or English history and conclusively
prove that the most efficient men that
the world has ever bad, have been men
of power in youthful manhood. " McKIn
ley bad a fair sample of that In bis cabl
net. There was not a more able man in
the United Btates than John Hherman,
yet, when John Hherman went into the
cabinet, it was next to an impossibility
for him to remember a man's name over
night. He sat as the secretary of stete,
but was secretary only in name. That
time the good old rule was overdone
and John Hherman though an old and
experienced man waH releaxed.
But there is still another thing. You
may take most any man you choose to
take, and you will find that man has
procured bis knowledge and good judg
mentfrom conditions. The man of one
hundred years ago was educated in dif
ferent circumstances than Is the man of
today. II you will look, you can see
this change in your own lives. We are
too much inclined to get into one no
siion and remain there. The world is
better today than it was yenterday; It is
advancing; bewure that you do not get
that position that it seems that all men
get, t.nd just sit down. Tha United
States seuate Is composed ot men who
are too ancient for the people. Their
idess of their boyhood are so exagger
ated that they are behind the present
order of society. We are in newl ot
something a little more modern in the
Unitd Htates senate. The most pow-r-fuj
men that the world has yet ho-1, have
been men who have exerted their influ
ence from the age of twenty five to forty
years, (live ns a man in congreM who
has enough physical strength to stay oa
duty. Now 1 have not taken the space
to prove to the reader that these asser
tion r pM.iliely true, but if It be
iHHwtuiary 1 can do that. I hoe that
the people ot the Mixta district will um
their good Judgment la the sotectiou ol
candidate lor mingmut.
I'or (HinttroMMs kivs us statesuiaa.
A man ol physical strength:
A lal iiu r.
K man ot good Judgment:
A tnea equal to Ihs timve:
A man who la straight In business
trauaiuUin:
A loud rnnipalgner;
A itmo sho w cttuoervaUve:
A nmn who Uomt sot waudor tilt onto
a hundred and one political lheor:
A uia hu eonHlr Ibat rrpoc.
thin are iiwaary, yet should Uu
thir plm-wn:
A Msa who U Bono!, and eouikirs
the Bvitsre ! Ihs ix-di.l prvviuu to his
us Mrinnl nmiiitluiti
Ant hIi.iv tvrt thing do give
as a Hiiuuun,
ai th e Jomm.
I', H. Yha lit, lUkd M K.rtiu. jr
pr'-s h Ik lrw asl bhIiihIU.I roia
! of il MlnKrior tu lh rl lduin.
it t I tbat lbs riitim u
lsU,n.r la k e ' us ilm, W, J,
OUR FUTURE GREAT RIVAL
(VatiaaoJ frunt Arwt f
ssssatiistsra bma la Ike tWa-t M!mw
lei the t4M mima the ri (hl)
iMiBdii U tU suMMtlg ia
f4ouil stbs &lBiarw ialadB
UdsAtrtMi, awM in )k t ui.t,.
tNNtix4i raki i4J.attt,isiut ta aT
aa4ta ftOAiii, latk il tks
ab'e. , "
Cotton, as already indicated, is suc
cessfully growu in the southern ceotlons
ot Ilussia, and its conditions and pros
pects as a suitable crop have been ma
terially improved by the introduction ot
American cotton seed carefully selected
with reference to locality, soil and clim
ate. The Statesman's Year Book ' for
1899 says on this subject:
"The cotton crops in Turkestan which
covered in 1M8H. U14.1 15 aeres, and
yielded 825,148 hundredweight of raw
cotton, one-ball of which was the Amer
ican and tne other halt the local cotton
tree, attained In 1895 to 400.800 acres.
chit fly In Ferghana (351,000 aero), and
yielding over 840,000 hundredweight of
purided cotton (SI,080,00 Hundred
weight ol raw cotton), Khiva and Bok
hara supply annually about u2J,000
hundredweight. Attempts at raising
cotton have also been made in traus
Cauousiu, the crop ot 1891 attaining
a,U00 hundredweight In Klfsabethpol,
and 200,000 hundredweight In ISrivan;
9,8:t:i acres were under cotton trees ia
1892."
The approaching completion of the
trans-Hi berlao railway naturally brings
up the questiou ot its ecouomlo Import
ance (or the country it traverses. As
already shown, the population of Hlberla
amounts to about 10,000,000 people.
This figure alone sulilces to show ol
what development tbe country is yet
capable in view ot its enormous material
resources, As a matter ol fact, coiouixa
tlon more or less systematic bas begun
but receutlv. after the government un
dertook its rmulutiou and direction
Immigration, which during tbe eighties
amounted to but ten to twenty thous
1111H ner vunr ti iva Imnn utendllv iwellinu'
since 1892. and reue.lied about 200,000
in tbe year 1890. It is thus clear that
Hiberia contains an uvallablo area (or
the cultivation of cereals, for almost all
of these Immigrants are agriculturists
aud continue their occupation on the
new sites. The a nest Ions then to be
answered In this study will naturally be
tbe following:
First, Whut is approximately the area
available (or the cultivation of different
cereulH?
Bocaiid. What may be the probable
increase In the production ol cereals, due
directly and Indirectly to a completed
railwav?
Third. What are the possibilities of
exports for the dilferent Hitmrian pro
ducts, particularly wheat, to Europe and
more especially to eastern Asiar
Official estimates ol the Itusslan gov
eminent given some twenty years ao
put tho cultivable area as high a 208,
000 English square miles or 112.4 per
cent of the total arei for western Hiberia
and 053,700 square miles for eustern
Hiberia. Yadriutzeff. one of the best an
thorlties od Hiberia, while reproducing
these figures in bis work on Siberia,
makes, however, the significant stute
men t that these estimates have but 1
"relative value." Hince that time the
knowledge ol Hiberia among Itueslans
has lucreasud. with tbe effect that the
cultivable area i being estimated lower
every year, and according to the most
recent calculation constitutes but 8 or 0
of tbe entire area. As will be seen from
these figures, it Is rather premature to
accent definitely any data until the
results ol the official survey now going
on shall be given to the world. This
work is proceeding rauldlv.
Humming np the figures given for tbe
cultivable areas in the different parts of
Hiberia, we get a total of about 423,000
English sou are miles, ibis total would
still be equivalent to the combined area
ot Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska
and both Dakota. .
, Assuming the present tide of Immlgra
tiou to go on undiminished for the
coming twentv-flve years: furthermore
that all this immigration h to be mode
up ol ugricultural elements; then the 00
cupution 01 tbe available cultivation
ureas would go forward at a rapid rate,
provided tbe present standard ol allot
men t is continued by the government
during tbe entire period in ri'iestion, as
can he easily established by simple oil
culatiou. Supposing tha agrloulturul
population to have doubled at the end
ol 25 years and the cultivable area to
have Increased 25 tier cent wo may cal
culate tbe Siberian harvest, with tbe
present methods of cultivation remain'
iug statiouaryvat from about 400,000,.
000 to 500,000,000 poods (1 pood 30
pounds hnglish.)
In this connection it may be stated the
Czar of Kussia through bia minister at
Washington, made a proposition to the
preiddent of the United mates in No
voiuber, 1890, lor a conference between
representative ot the United Htad
UusMlaaudtbe Argentine Kepubllo the
three great wheat produciug couutries
ol tbe world lor the purpose ul muking
au agreemeut to fix the price ot wheat
lor the market ol the world.
The UuhhIhu minister's memorandum
recited the I nets of tbe deciiue in the
price of wheat which had reached tbe
iowent level in history and threatened
disaster to wheat prodniwr nsd pro
pod united action ot the thre govern
ments to secure a price profitable to the
farmer.
At the time this proposition was made
Orover t1evlaud was president and J.
sterling Morton secretary ol agriculture.
ihs Mortonian politieal philtMopfay no
well kuown to eiiUoim ul Nebraska
dominatsd the tleveinud rablnst aud the
(itr's propiMiitioa was rviivt-d with
aluu'iliimut and ridu ul. To ilortou
was hivvm tns tink ol replying tu lbi
tiirlurv ol Kim-la on th 1 q'"
tua sad on rwa iinsuin with atiat Uh.
light ties su4 l Arbur IhIks piln.d
IiiiumII totll'k ! app ylug bis t
theory ul Lain 1 lair or tl.s dvvii
tuts lbs lilu.ltiKwt .i (ha ptoluetlnii
sud 1 r e i. i.et. Ilia M.iriuu tei
urmg dote u, 0, Mua, lm rwvmi
Uu evri Irtnii tl OUs of lb drtmrt
sifnt m to thiunia sa l puUuhv.L i
t4ltHlotg lor rv(iHkii(iti.in l"fi, but
aitir arim tut tta MuniUr ilnf uuis
m.nittn tia is a lii ii
U Nf U Ijawat It l k t ! bu
il guiif huh nt to atiiu(it, by sttut
nr tsi.isaiu k! artvuitMU. tu Mwrndm
be tt4 Us ! tvoiivi.uns. Bur va
HMrMWH'kt rv(T, iti. u i i r mitigia
Ifes iirieni ul ll.w Uw, eiiWtmii4
w hut B la that aitiB dlrv4 K tbs
rvlaieia tl ti''1 lu d""'d tha sW
rrll 111
! br a auWMMt that rwaVrvsee il
tt h .rrhUiii sttabtriM whsk
purl efvl4' buhi.I tsru likt bim tht
Btare ul ttr Iw wbtoli Iks aisor
aadw aiU-iM. d I bliv that
tkat lbs kteiufiU4 nwialran saa,
if Bantam m any war. Uewia am
Mai ef la Iks UtoswaikKial karkls
wmmIi IMpfhvts! wkssklaadwlks
tiou in an international conference can
repeal tho laws of gainful trade, willed
were based upon an enlightened selfish
ness, aud adjust themselves to foreign
as well as to domestic exchanges. Tbe
price of wheat will continue to be regu
lated by the relation ot the world's sup
ply ot wheat to tbe world's demand for
wheat in all markets ol the globe. Very
resro ctfully yours,
(Signed) "J. Htkiimno Moiiton,
t "Secretary."
To the writer of this article which has
In the main followed the facts aud argu
ment of the treasury department report
two or three conclusions of groat inter
est to the Nebraska farmer appear In
evitable: 1. That the development of Asiatic
Ilussia as an agricultural rival of Amer
ica will, be much more rapid than pre
dicted. '
2. That Hie Russian system of gov
ernment railways and lower standard ol
living ol Russian wheat growers will
counterbalance the advantages ol higher
education in the American producer.
3. That we shall lose to a very great
extent tbe Kuropcan breadstuff and
provision market in the next twenty-five
years and be compelled T this as well
aa other uvcesMities to devise an eeono
mlo system of production and distribu
tion at borne. A. IS, Bnei,nojt,
Improved By The Burn-Out
Tbe Merchants Dining ball located at
lltli and V streeta in this city, which
hns been closed since the 20th of May
011 account of a fire, has again opened
with an entire new dress. The sums
management continues, and their old
customers are coming bock ready to
testify lhat there is no restaurant io
Lincoln that sets up a lOo meal that
equals the Merchants. Try meal and
beconvinced. 11th AT.
CONSTITUTIONAL' LAWYER
Kditor Independuht: A'
In my former epistle I mentioned .Mr,
Theodore Roosevelt's, abuse ol popuilsfi
In an article of bis io tbe R iview of ; Re
views for Hiptombsr, 1800. I will
now give some samples of that abuse.
Mr, Roosevelt snys!
"Thrift, Industry and business energy
are qualities which are quite Incompat
ible with true populistio feeling. 4; Pay
ment of debts, like the suppression of
riots, Is abhorrent to the populistio
mind. Such conduct strikes tbe populist
as immoral,"
Again: "Havages do not like an inde
pendent and upright judiciary. They
want the judge to decide their way, and
if he does not they want to bubead bira,
The populists expurlunce much tbe
same emotions when they realize that
tbe judiciary stands between them and
plunder." j
And again: "They are also very sus
picious. They distrust anything they
cannot understand; and, as tbey under
stand but little this opens a very wide
field lor distrust. They are apt to be
emotionally religious. II not they are
then at least atheists of an archaic type.
Refinement and comfort they are apt to
consider quite as objectionable an im
morality, A taste for learning
and cultivated friends, and a tendency to
bathe frequently, cause them the deepest
suspicion,"!
We know that what we do not know
would make a circulating library. Rut
is Mr, Theodore Roosevelt a Qualified
critic? I quote again from his article:
"Now, In tbe event of Ilryan having
more votes than McKinley that is, in
t he event ot the conntry showing strong
Bedlamite tendencies next November-
it might be that a split between Hewall
and Watson would give a plurality to
Ilobart, and In such an event it is hard
ly conceivable that some of the electors
would not exercise their discretion by
changing their votes. II tbey did not
we might then aguin see a return to the
early aud profoundly interesting prac
tise ol oar futbers and witness a presi
dent chosen by one party and a vice
president by another:"
In populiitiio Nubraeka, children take
Civil Government In the tenth grade.
Any child half through that grade is
familiar with this passage In the consti
tution: "Thii president of the senate shall, in
the presnnee of tho senate and bouse ol
representatives, open all the certificates
and tbe votes shall then be counted. .
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Carriages, Buggies,
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liver, Lotly want a new buy cr carriage for Fourth of July, ami to affortl
t vtryUly a clunctt to hav out, we have iirrantfnl to luv a fcvu.tl on
thrm until July 5th, aiut will nuke thj tiice within thtt retch o( all, V
carry the Urgent stock of gooU in our line In the t.ttc. Our t)lr are all
Ute ami ii-to tUte, IxhiW our yowli ovrr, ami at the H'd.tl price, we are
making unt cannot fail to l.uy. Keinrmtwr, tlth it a SPECIAL FOURTH
of JULY SALF, ami will continue until July 5th.
BILLMEYER SADLER
208-S04 80. 11th St., Lincoln.
The person having th greatest
number of votes as vice president sha'l
be vice president if such number bn a
mnjorlty of the whole number ot electors
appointed, and if no person have a ma
jority, then from the two - highest num
bers on the list, the senate shall choose
the vice prenldent," etc. XII . Amend
ment. These children know that a plurality
ot tbe electoral ooliege does not elect a
Vlee president. " TZ"ZT
Mr. Roosnveltls mentioned as the next
republican vice presidential candidate;
and yet he does not know (unless he has
learned It within the last thirty-three
mouths) tbe process by which that old-
cer Is elected ysb this man was a civil
service commissioner (or six years oudr
tne old party regime,
(loveruor Roosevelt, If you come to
our state we will treat you like gentle-
men. wilhuii V. Iwivant.
Ilartlngton, Neb,
KITCHEN HELPS
I believe that every woman should
have appliances that will really lighten
the labor la ber kitchen. Many of these
are not expensive aud any one who bas
a little ingenuity oao arrange them,
Perhaps you cannot afford one of tbe
very convenient kitchen cabinets that
are so widely advertised, but set of
brocket shelves securely fastened to tbe
wall above the flour chest, Is a boon to
the housewife who must go back and
forth Irom tbe pantry to tbe kitchen
with every cup full ol flour or teaspoon
ful of suit or soda she uses, These
shelves may be used for the baking
powder, salt, mixing spoons, cake pans,
pie tins, and other things uwd on bak
ing dny. A brass rod placed In front of
the shelves with a cretonne curtain run
on It will keep out all tbe dust.
Uteusllsof granite and porcelain are
lighter to handle than those made of
iron, and if well tared for will last tor
years,-
A double boiler Is excellent (or cooking
rlee, oatmeal or other cereals without
danger of swelling, but if you cannot
get It, a tin bucket with a closely fitting
lid, set in a kettle of boiling water will
answer the purpose nicely; tin tomato
cans or largo baking powder cans are
nice for steaming brown bread; a meat
chopper, raisin seeder, can opener and
kettle cleanser occupy Important places
among kitchen Utensils.
Housekeepers are often annoyed by
the soiled spots that are sometimes
found upon clothes that have been cure
fully washed. It is likely that they were
made by coming in contact with the
clothes basket, line or pins, and these
should be washed every week, Do not
Imagine that the suds through which the
greater part of the clothes have been
washed will answer. Prepare a clean
suds of pearline and hot water and
scrub the basket Inside and outside with
It. If cotton rope is used for a clothes
tine It can be washed without any
trouble, and tbe clothes pins should be
thoroughly cleaned before tbey are used.
Always have a place to keep these things
where tbey will be protected Irom the
dust.
If your Irons are rough put a little salt
011 a paper and rub them upon it. This
will prevent their sticking to. anything
that is starched, and make tbein smooth.
A gasoline stove Is almost a necessity
during tbe summer months. It does
not keep the kettles and pans black,
costs less for fuel in most localities and
saves a great deal of time, for one can
prepare the food for a meal and set It on
to cook; only enough attention is needed
after that t ) keep it from burning.
K.J.C.
Oerlng, Neb., Feb., 1, 18M.
Nebraska Independent, Lincoln,Neb.
Dear Sin . I purchased from you or
through your paper, laat September,
one of the machines you recommended
in your paper called tbe Independ
ent 1 never received the tea years
warranty with, it as tha pepar stated,
I would like for you to see that bey
make this alt right or explain wby
they won't, as I see they have sent the
warranty to others. I like the machine
splendid, it doea good work. If I bad
the warranty tbey recommend tb
machine, 1 think there la at least two
of my neighbors that would purcbsae
a manhlna of vou aa they tare trlel
the Singer and thought it not worUi
the money tbey asked for it llope to
hear from you boob In regard to this.
I remain, Truly
ADDIB M. OO LE.
Harness, Whips, Robes.
peciaJ. J.JLJEa 2
HAVEMEYER ON TRUSTS
WismxoTotf, Juno 15, Henry 0.
llavemeyer, president of tbo American
utfar Refining company, was exam
ined by tbo Industrial commission to
day ia connection with its Investiga
tion of trusts. Ills testimony related
almost wholly to tho sugar industry,
and he opened with a vigorous attack
upon tho customs tariff, which bo de
clared was tbo "mother of all trusts,"
becoming ouch by providing "an inor
dinate protection to manufactured ar
ticles." ThU attack was made Io a
written statement, which bo read
"What tho sugar refining business
has paid or ia paying represents noth
ing more than an adequate return up
on tho capital invested," bo said,
"What Con gross should have done
was to have put as internal revenue
tax upon Amorlean production of on
gar," The representations made in
Congress , concornlng the trust,
he dsclsrod, were untrue, and if
It were a fact that tbe people Buf
fered from trusts tbey must blame
the protective tariff beyond the eighth
of a cent protection given. He ad
mitted the company did all possible to
advance it own business interests,
lie did not think the eorporstlons
were under obligations to the differ
ont states, but that tbe reverse wax
true.
"Capital and labor," he stated,
"would all adjust themselves if' lot
atone," The only way to prevent
competition, Mr. llavemeyer testified,
was to keep prlees at a minimum not
necessarily in the interest of the con
sumer, but as a nuttsr of business,
lie referred to the trust laws of some
ot tbe states as a premium on dishon
esty, and specified the Missouri law,
"There were always two el asses of
people in a community," ho said, "the
Industrious and those who wanted to
live off them."
In answer to the questions by Mr.
Jsnks, Mr, llavemeyer said tho Amor
icau company was capitalised for much
less than it was worth.
"Hut tot tbo elamor against trusts,"
he said, "it could be sold for three
times its capitalisation," ' Yet he
thought the , refinery could bo dupli
cated for 133,000,000 or 140,000,000,
"The present capacity of the trust,"
bo said, "is 45,000 barrels a day, and
the output 80,000."
lie thought the trust wax refining
about GO per' cent of the sugar refined
in tho United Wtxtos,
Mr, llavemeyer spoks freely of tbo
methods of tho company la preserving
and extending its business, Of tbe
earlier enterprise he said be did not
fight the Harrison refinery at Phila
delphia, "Hut we had to fight Sprsck
lee when be oame into the field with
bis enormous plant We bad to do
that or suspend dividends. We wont
into tho fight and we kept it up until
we got tbe refinery."
Tbo late drop in the price of augar
had been caused by tbe starting of
now refineries, which bad threatened
to tako SO per cent of the businsss.
"It was a part of our policy to put
prices down, and let the opposition
take tho result whatever it may be.
Every sale made by the opposition
displaces so much of tbe American
company's product," he said. "We
must protect our own business.
Mr. llavemeyer then went on to say
that what tho comyany did it did not
do for motives of philanthropy that
it had its own shareholders to pro
tect "Anybody can buy our stock," ho
continued, "and as a consequence the
public owns tho slock. Hut I doubt
whether any one would want any of
tbo stock of tho independent refin
eries." "How many stockholder have
you7" asked Professor Jenks.
"About 11,000,- he replied, and
addedi "Enough to tako Cuba and
they would tako it if they could."
Tbe latter remark was made la a
light vein. Ho stated as his opinion
that tho Cuban sugar should be
brought In free of duty and that this
course would bring refined sugar
lown to three cents a pound.
Hpeaklug of tho coffee business Ml
Uavemeysr said he was In tbe bus I
boss and in It to stay.
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