"OUR" PROSPERITY.'
IT RESULTS FROM THE PUBLIC'S SUfi
I RENDER OF PRIVILEGES. ?
How Channcer Tkrowi Bnnin?t at
Himself and 1U Class The Help
's 1rss Misery ot the Wor-tess jlVork-
r Moner Transportation.,
Special Correspondence.
A mpii of enormous influence whoso
patriotism takes the form of aspiration
for further ownership and control of his
country each year celebrates his birth
day by an after dinner speech directed
to the solving of all industrial, social
educational and ; political questions.
These speeches ara beforo a lurgo club
in Brooklyn, whose gne.-it he is, and
they are printed and occasionally sent
out with others of bis to professional
men throughout the country.
' He says many good natured things and
Ids story telling and optimistic philos
nnhios mingle pleasantly with his mod
est mention, Ingeniously incidental, of
himself as a generous, well beloved em
ployer, a friend to all deserving em
Dlorees and a good churchman. Clergy
men receiving this fine reading matter
naturally Quote from the author,
and doctors and lawyers seize on the
stories, if not the thoories, so that if for
any reason this speochmaker wishes to
ma If a hi amnions popular and his name
a household word he has choaon a good
mpav
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1 From his pamptuets can im k'uicu
that, starting with a university educa
tion, the remainder of this patriot is
self made. He has become a stockholder
in great enterprises, a railroad presi
dent and a senator elected, as he states,
without opposition. Hi3 social career
has been so successful that some college
has given him the honorary degree of
doctor of laws, newspapers often call
him by his first nuiue with "our'1 or
'tho genial' prefixed, and he is much
in vogue for after dinner speeches for
business men and peoplo of leisure and
for after supper speeches for the work
ing cluss! He being such a knowing
ninn and renrewntativo of a knowing
class, we might search in his pamphlets
for possible suggestions as to how we
may all acquire the prosperity which
lina rome to him and them.
The genial philosopher advises work
TnthHT than worrv. instancing as an ex
ample of the longevity that comes of
work the case of Commodore Vander-
U1L who at 00 wus worth $20,000,000
and at 83 by frugal living and adapta-
tinn to work had acquired $ 100, 000,000.
Snrelv such singularly remunerative
work must huVe had a worry dispelling
influence. And how true it is that work
and no worrv Is the key to health and
happiness! Aboutall that is good inlife
comes of good work, and all manner of
fnnrtional diseases leading to organic
illaeaaa and death lliaV MOW OUt of
worrv.
,' There was a strong man like minded
nmnwhat to the genial speechmaker.
with health and happiness so marked
that sickly misfortune and all, the
pathos of life shunned him. He was one
ia whose presence one reeis ue ainu-
ewmnlated through opportunities iot
getting possession of the proceeds from
other people's work and frugal Hring.
The directors. lor instance, i i-uu
Wrible strike of millionaires against
miners, reported by Henry D. Loyd,
were this very genial philosopher and
patriot, the one hundred millionaire,
his sons and their New York millionaire
friends, men whose names are house
hold words. These were talking and
writing as now of charity and religion,
of law and order and rich men's duties.
At. Spring Valley, where tney naa
"brought families from several countries
by promises of steady wore ana noie,
they litorally robbed the families of all
their former savings and suddenly and
wantonly closed the mines and stores
utrainst them, ignoring all questions as
.-hTi work would beirin. When news
f Mm Annmed town reached Chicago,
the millionaires waged a campaign of
slander to stay the band of charity and
had the governor send tne muitia oi
Illinois against quietly starving fam
ilies who, as Father Huntington found,
did not even complain, bring dulled by
misery and not comprehending.
The $100,000,000 mentioned was ob
tained largely through monopolies of
our carrying trade, and most phenom
enal successes depend much on that,
and that is why the pamphleteer pro
tests powerfully against those who
would have all rival roads combined
under public management But he
states that the combinations, frowned
on hv the public, of 11 roads in the New
York Central and six in the Lake Shore
linn, under millionaire control, has re-
tiitnd in numberless economies, and he
cannot understand a certain groundless
prejudice which some sections of the
country seem to entertain for railroad
men in politics. f
The class of people represented oy
this railroad president and senator have
largely in their control the means of
communicating intelligence, and hence
for some years to come, as now, tne
most widely advertised speeches and the
most generously circulated literature
will be permitted with gratitude to
that class and praise of their business
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT-
A THOROUGH TEST.
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AWFUL CONDITION.
Herron on aa.Evtl Principle
gnli Wn Free OnrielTe,
Heavens, what lawlessness aud wick
edness, tyranny and fraud, the defense
of law and order require! What mon
ster thieves are divinely appointed to
protect the rights of property! What
shameless liars are commissioned to
defend the truth! Does the Lord God
ever laugh grimly, I mean? :
This spiritual principle is terribly il
lustrated by the orders of the govern
ment to General Otis to allow no news
sent from Manila that would "hurt the
administration." For the "honor", of
the administration the president of the
United , States has for months been
Dlavintc a miserable confidence game
on the American people. The nation
ha a hnotl iit'H lt'wlth according to the
ethics of a pickpocket piety. The peo
ple who toll have Had tne enormous
burden of the Philippine war forced
upon them by the governing plutoc
racy, but have been officially told
everything that is not true about that
war and nothing that Is true. The
pious hypocrisy of the administration
has brought us into the deserved con
tempt of the world. Even those who
believe in expansion are ashamed and
baffled by the sort of loyalty required
to support "the administration." More
over, some of us believe that this whole
war of conquest is from beginning to
end a black treason of the nation by
the government. The principle of its
conduct Is identical with the -principle
Involved In the condemnation of Cap
tain Dreyfus "for the honor of the
army,", j.
There are three
orll nrlneirIJ.
who rct in nnr recovery from the
snnprstitlon that a thing Is sacred
merely because It exists. Unceasing
nhnnee Is the price of growth and free
dom. That which is today sacred Is
fan - The form of to-
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day's liberty Is tomorrow's despotism.
PmnMnn tiRPti to emohasize In so
many ways, notning is bbl-icu
Its usefulness. The only thing eternally
A CITY WHERE MUNICIPAL OWNER
- SHIP IS SUPREME. ' :
remedies for this
and Christian virtues. In subtle ways, 'tinman soul and Its free-
the nnblic will be influenced to repay
generously with franchises that class
which has shown itseir so capaoie oi
developing resources. We shall continue
to hear and read that wont is waning
for the worthy and that highly organ
ized, highly discriminating, automatic
machine charity, administered through
firm and polished boards, is the perfect
complement of the magnificent system
which at the beginning of the age of
invention has brought such unexampled
prosperity. The leading disseminators
of these doctrines will be the bloated
little class most interested or those who
aspire to join that class, those wno are
dazzled by the brilliant appearance of
that class, or those who see tnat pov
erty's prison doors will open to them if
they do not help to Keep tne prisoners
from escaping. Others will disseminate
the doctrine by passing it along witn-
eut examining it, knowing nothing.
Few valuable businesses can now ds
carried on against the wishes or tne
monopolists; for added to their noiu
on wage earners, salaried officials and
nrofessional men they mae ana un
make firms, and towns by their freight
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Sizing for holding the view that thisis iatiom TueT have for years been
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BO( tne wan w t.w - nro-nnized In a banking com Dine wnicu
the man worked in a rauroaa ome.
. and a combination of his road with an
ther necessitated his discharge with
about half the other office help. The
president of his road may or may not
been a friend to deserving em
ployees. The presence or absence of that
ontiment was evidently immaterial
No business acquaintances happened to
i .d of the man's services, and
tva not acnuain ted with him thought,
as he had thought of others, that if
m.tetent and worthy he would not
orm-lr Tl nnicklv eaw that he
mast push out after work and as quick
i th coolness of. strangers in
transre towns. He felt condemned with
Mt a trial as lazy, incompetent man.
An ha traveled an unutterable hoine-
.tntmiffn nossessed him and sickening
... it hnrm had come to his tender
Ava a v7
family in hia absence. As one nnaccus-
mi to walkina on dizzy heights sud
denly confronted with the necessity of
crossing a deep cnasin on a narrow sup-
nnshes everywhere a plan which if car
ried out will evidently gradually sup
press the circulation of all paper
money except that bearing tne tanner s
atamp, the emblem or tne triDuie paiu
to plutocracy.
Rut. if h neonle will aeciae to re
sume their right to their carrying trado,
their riirht to the issuing of their money
and to such industries as are needed ror
their own employment it will not tnen
be a few boastful monstrosities who
will be possessed of all this phenomenal
private prosperity, but public prosperity
will bealthfnlly enncto every womer.
One by one we discover these tnings
and connsel one with another. iet ev
ery one inform himself and speak wise
ly or these matters to nis neiKumuo.
Ella Obmsby,
New Salem, Mass.
Govrrnnieat Railways.
Under government ownership the
people are only changing the managers
dom. Our institutions ana customs ie
not uncred merely because we happen
tr have them.
ThP next remedy Is the complete
ennallzatlon and democracy of power.
Tho nwnla must be their own govern
Tn Ant. Power must reside in the broth-
nirwt legislation must take
tho nlace of representative govern-
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ment. There is no miaaie grouuu vcr
twrpn democracy and tyranny,
Lastly, we must get over the worst
of all superstitions - the superstition
that it Is dangerous for any man to tell
the truth exactly as he sees it. There
is no safety for the truth, or for any
thing else, save in absolute liberty for
each man to see the truth, institutions.
laws and God for himself and to speas
what he sees with utter fidelity. Noth
ing In the universe is so wlckeq or
wanton as the invasion of the citadel
of a man's soul by any kind of force or
authority. Yet who of us does not
meet threat and who of us does not
menace the liberty of our brother the
mompnt a word is spoken that crosses
the existing order? Where are the real
ly free men men who are servile to no
one and to nothing, but wno win see
truth for themselves at all hazards
and live it at all costs? For them the
prists and travels: for them
history tolls: for them the world's dis
inherited wait and stretch worn hands
nf hnns r.eoree D. Herron in Jxew
York Journal.
nnddernfleld. England, FarnUbe Its
Residents With Transportation,
Gas. Electricity, Stoves, Fnel.
Houses and Even With Beet.
In his pursuit of big things the
American is apt to neglect the cities of
medium size in Great Britain and. to
concentrate his attention on London,
Glasgow, Birmingham or Liverpool
This is a mistake, for among the cities
of 100,000 or 200,000 population there
are instances of municipal enterprise
not excelled by any metropolis. Such a
one is Huddersfieid, a Yorkshire town
of 100.000. situated in the midst of the
British textile industries.
Every municipal monopoly is under
city, management lhe waterworks
have been satisfactorily maintained ror
years. In 1872 the gasworks were taken
over, the object being to reduce the
price of gas and increase its use by the
poorer classes. To this end tne depart
ment introduced penny in the slot me
ters, which have been so well received
that about one-fifth the population is
now supplied in this way. , When this
meter is used, a stove is supplied and
"fixed" free of charge. ISot a penny
need be invest0'!, except for the 30 feet
of Kas sold for 2 cents. This is a great
boon to the poor, who hnd it very aim-
cult to save enough to purchase fittings
outright- Stoves alone may bo rented
for 10 per cent of cost price per year,
and the department has its own stores
containing styles to suit the poorest or
the most fastidious. The price of gas
has been steadily reduced, until now it
ia 2s. 9d. (66 cents) for lighting and 2
shillings (49 cents) for heating and
trade purposes. Indeed, the city has
been so considerate of public welfare in
every way that practically the whole
population consumes municipal gas.
How does this compare with some of
our cities St. Paul, for example, where
not more than one-fourth of the papu
lation use RHS?
The workingman and the taxpayer
have cause to rejoice as well. The hours
of labor have been reduced to eight
Huddersfieid was the first city to adopt
the eight hour programme. About $20,
000 ia annually used to decrease taxes,
and yet adequate amounts have been
set aside for depreciation, renewals and
amortization of debt. The object, how
ever, is not to make a profit, but to
lower the price as rapidly as possible.
the poorer classes abundant fresh air
and sunlight The city also maintains
public halls, a municipal hospital and
sanitarium, a public library, art gal
lery, refuse destructor, sewage disposal
works and a technical school in addi
tion to the schools maintained by the
school board. Markets and slaughter
houses are owred and controlled by the
city, annually yielding a considerable
revenue. And finally there is a mu
nicipal cemetery, which shows a profit
of some $7,000 per year.
What more socialistic town? Begin
ning life in a municipal artisans' dwell
ing, the young man rides to his work
on a municipal tram. He gets his gas
if pWtricitv from the city. His wife
rents a gas stove from the city, pur
chases her produce from a municipal
market and buys meat that has oeen
prepared in a municipal abattoir. Both
use the public baths, enjoy the city s
nnrks and send their children to the
city's claveronnda. Their house refuse
ia removed by the city. When sick,
they go to the city hospital or; if unfor
tunate, to the municipal lodging nouse.
Their mail is collected by a city tram,
And in a thousand other ways their
daily life comes in close contact with
the city government. At last they are
buried in a city cemetery. This may be
socialism, or it may not be. One thing
u .artnin viz. that the citizens are
satisfied and approve of every munici
pal enterprise. New York Journal.
October 26. 1899
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Anti-Fly Dope, to keep oB flies on horse
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FTJNKE OPERA HOUSE, 12ta ana u mo.
It
port feels the head swim nd the heart of tb(,ir highways, for these railways
beat dangerously, altnougu ne are th
iireronslv,
that ! only safety is in self control.
this man attempting to cross the
.i... r.t tinpinnlovment suffered the
eflfect of anxiety paralyzing the sympa
thetic nervous system, 'lhe Diooa ceus.
th mnscle cells and nerve cells were
unfed, for the system failed to carry on
its processes. , ' ' .
The mental and physical decay of the
would be worker and the ruined lives
of his dependent family are too painful
to detail. , . ,
The moral character and the physical
health of young people especially de
pend on work. But work is not await
ing all young people aa they leave
schools and colleges. An' instructor in
formed in facts known to trades unions
hesitates to cultivate young enthusiasm
, t.h world a work. He feels uncom
fortable and apologetic when a declaim
ing pupil repeats "if you want a field
of labor, you can find it anywhere."
1 When worthy work comes to be re
jected or thanklessly accepteA as mas
ters accept the labor of cheaply bought
laves, young aspirations fail and often
the common virtue dia
Innocent men. Dreyfuslike, well
meaning men by millions, are con
demned to be prisoners of poverty, with
out even hope's, inspiration ileft Will
our colonels of commerce, our generals
of finance, favor a plan for their honor
able release and rehabiliment and the
closing of prison doors to such men in
fntmrnT . '
1 There are important personal reasons
why they will not To release the pris
oners would be to compromise thoir
nvn lntrcst& Besides ite not to their
taste. For the statement that fortune
jr ti on 000.000 are accumulated vj
any man's own work and frugal living
im nnn fiction Hucb fortunes are av-
are the people's highways, and one of
the greatert jurists that this land ever
produced has said that "a public high
way cannot be private property." And
the pwple have the right to control
their highways and maintain them on
!,. nrinfinles of eounlitv One of the
great advantages of national ownership
is that the bonded debt necessary to ac
quire these roads could be placed by
the government at from 1 M to 3 per
cent less interest annually than the
bonded debts of these roads are now
placed under corporaie management,
and this great reduction of interest
would be an important factor in cheap
ening the cost of transportation upon
the products of the people. But a great
er advantage, a more overshadowing
of government ownership, is
that then we would be able to shake off
the grip of these monopolists irom tne
throats of the people. Hon. M. L
Lockwood.
Eternal Tlllane.
We are going to have two or three
years of great commercial activity
nnrtnif the time people are busy getting
rich the already rich will be planning
lo destroy the. republic ana iauncn
monarch or dictatorship based npon
militarism. Better keep your eyes open
dnritiir the coming year The bees are.
making honey now. but the day is com-
in. whn the hive la to do rouoeu.
"Eternal vigilance U the price of lib-
erty.'Geofge,a WeeKiy.
Growth of Gnsltab Postal Banks,
One of the moot remarkable instances
of the encouragement of national thrift
is that furnished by the postomce sav
ines banks in England As a financial
inntitntion the postal bank is less than-
half a century old in the "tight little
Salami. " havinsr opened its doors in
September, 1861. At the end of the fol
lowing year there were 180,000 ac
connts. adrreeating about f8, 750, 000
nn.1 in thn five ensuinz years the total
sum deposited avenged about $35,000,
000. From 1868 to 1375 the average
stood about 90.000,000 and from 187
to 1880 it reached the great annual av
eraeeof tl 43, 000, 000.
Great as was this phenomenal growth
in deposits with corresponding increase
in the number of dpwitors, it was not
nnril Mr. Fawcett became the head of
the postoffiee department that it achiev
ed fully the aim of its promoters in be
ing an institution that conld gather up
every unemployed penny in England
and make it the huclens of further sav
ings. Mr Fawcett threw him?elf into
the cause of popularizing the people's
savings Dank with an energy and zeal
that, supplemented by ton practical
methods and sagacity, launched the
postoffiee bank upon that grander era.
the evidence of which is furnished in
the magnificent buildings, covering five
acres of ground, now rising at West
Kensington, dedicated by the Prince of
Wales this year. Mr Fawcett interest
ed even the children cf England in sav
ing by providing the penny stamp sup.
by which the schoolboy might accumu
late the minimum deposit of 1 shilling
by pennies at a time.
The system as developed ty awcett
was loirically and economically com
plete, and the results are shown in the
tf.idv and enormous growth of the
bank ever since. In the years between
1881 and 1833 the depits row to an
average of $200,000,000. in 1800 they
rose to $335,000,000 and in 1897 reach
ed nearly 1350.000.000 The annual de
positors between 1896 and 1897 reached
577.000. In all there are more than
7,000.000 depositors, with an average
deposit of something over 80. Chi
cago Tribune.
it
A Striking lllaatratlo.
A five minute conversation over the
telephone line between Moscow and St
Good PoBalUna.
If the people determined at the polls
that rauroaa "iX VThlrneU of Petersburg. 400 miles, costs only 80
cease. : that would be the ?J'I'J "VrUan- the line is not owned
trust My remeay tor - nrnnp,tlo-8L ,
public ownership or an f "IUI "
monopoliea -George Tred William '.patch.
-St Louis Post-Dla-
is cheaper in some other cities, cut
the density of population is very, very
low, being only seven per acre, which
makes it necessary to have an unusual
ly large number of miles of pipa The
interest and maintenance cnarges are
rorresnondinalv high.
The city did not allow electric ngni-
ina to fall into the hands of a private
rmnnanv. but constructed its own plant
in 1893. From the hrst electricity nas
been very popular, and consumption
has been stimulated by the same meth
ods as in the gas department. All nt
tings and apparatus are rented on very
reasonable terms, showrooms are main
tained, and the price for cooking, heat
ing, motors and trade purposes fixed so
low 4.5 cents cer unit as xo mvue
extensive use. For lighting the price is
12 cents per unit
The manaKement of the tramways
shows the municipal esprit de corps at
its best Huddersfieid was the nrst city
in Great Britain to operate its street
railroads, and it was forced to do so be
cause no company would lease its lines.
Believinz that adequate transportation
fofiiitips wrtb necessary for the best
development of the city, the council de
cided to begin operation, aitnougn
might involve loss. Such, indeed, was
the case until within the last year or
two. when there has been a snrplus.
Huddersfieid has often been pointed
tn as an illustration of the failure
mnnif-innl operation, but in truth the
city ought to be praised, not blamed,
A lpfirit is not a desirable factor nor
to be sought for, but a large profit
not the sole object of an efficient city
government. Xo one will deny and
citizens of Huddersfieid the last of ail-
that the tramways have been worth to
the city all they cost Further, the fail
ure to make a profit is not due to lack
of good management, but principally
to the nature of the city The city is
very widely scattered, there are many
hills, wages are above the normal, hours
are short, eight per day; fares are low.
all of which goes to increase the expenses
of operation. That the system is great
ly used and meets a want is shown by
the fact that over 4.300.000 passengers
are carried annually, equal to the pop
ulation of London. Every man, woman
and child rides upon an average 43
times per year, a wonderful record for
a city of 100,000 population.
A unique feature is the letter box at
tached to each car, into which one can
d oosit his mail without extra charge.
except when the car is stopped for that
pnrpose; then 2 cents must De paw.
This is a great convenience to all. espe
cially those living in outlying districts,
for letter boxes are not so plentiful as
with us. '
The housing of the poor has always
received marked attention. The first
model lodging houso built by a city was
constructed by Huddersfieid as far back
as 1858. about 20 years before Glasgow
built a similar one Separate depart
ments are provided for men and women
nt A rents each Per nieht, and another
nortion of the house is allotted to mar
ried couples. A mechanics' home, in
tended for a better class than the no
madic lodzer. supplies accommodations
for 10 cents per night A grade higher
ara the artisans' dwellings, of which
there are 160. constantly occupied and
t.t orPBt Vwnt-fit to the working classes.
The city's health is as well guarded
as its industrial life. There is an ample
municipal bath, the charges varying
from 2 to 13 cents. Parks and recrea
tion grounds, where musical concerts
dnrimr the aummer, aaora
BANK NOTE DESPOTISM.
The Scheme to Completely Replace
Greenbacks With Bonk Money,
: During the war, when gold and silver
were at a premium, bank notes circu
lated on a level with greenbacks and
were never worth any more, the reason
being that national bank notes are pay
able in lawful money, and the green
back, being lawful money ana at tnat
time the cheapest money, was used by
the banks for the redemption of bank
notes. It is interesting now to hear
these same bankers, who redeemed bank
notes in paper when gold and silver
were at a premium of over 100 per
cent, talk about the dishonesty of
debtor, whether the debtor be an indi
vidual or the government, who would
redeem his obligations in anything but
the dearest money.
The bank note has been good because
it has had behind it the bonds and the
weenbacks issued by the government.
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If the green hacK is gooa enougn io
stand behind the bank note, it is good
enough to stand alono without any bank
note in front of it.
A national bank currency is objec
tionable because it is gross favoritism
extended to a few. . A bill jeported by
the house committee on coinage,
weights and measures in the last con
gress provided that the treasurer of the
United States pay out goia coin m re
demption of greenbacks ana treasury
85o
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Set oi Teeth
Best Teeth .
$5.00 and up
$5.00
$8.00
RIGGS, The Dentist,
141 So. 12th St., Lincoln, Neb.
Dr. O. C. REYNOLDS,
SURGEON,
Rooms 17, 18, 19, Burr
Blk- Phones 655, 656.
Lincoln.
Spectacles Fitted Accurately
All Fees Reasonable.
OFFICE, 226 So. 10th St,, Lincoln.
The Great Rock Island Route is
placing interchangable books on
sale at all coupon offices west o
the Missouri river, good on.
thirty -seven different rail-
reads and will be a great advantage
to commercial men and travelers.
The net rate is 2Jc per mile in Kan
sas, Missouri, Nebraska, Uklahoma,
and Indian Territory.
DR. M. B. KETCHUM,
SPECIALIST.
aeiuyuuu uj. giccuuoms j . -. -.t"OT71
notes; second, that the secretary of the EYE, EAR, XNUoI-,
treasury have authority to issue gold mrr-pri AT PATPA'RIJIT
bonds, drawing not more tnan a per xxxxivj-,
i-mt. to secure the gold to maintain
gold redemption; third, that national
banks be allowed to deposit bonds and
receive bank notes up to the par value
of the bonds so deposited ; fourth, that
the tax on national banks be reduced.
If this plan goes into operation, the dif
ference in its effect npon the individual
and the national bank may be stated
as . follows: The greenbacks are to be
retired and bonds issued, -his will
mpftn an increase in taxes to pay the
interest upon the bonds. The individual
who enjoys no special privileges will
find his taxes increased, while the na
tional bank that enjoys special pnvi
leges will find its tax diminished. If
the individual buys a bond at par. he
will lose the use of his money and must
content himself with the 8 per cent in
terest. If a national bank invests its
rita.l in bonds at par, it can deposit
the bonds and secure bank notes to the
face value of the bonds, tnus securing
a return of its investment, and in addi
tion to that it can draw 8 per cent in
terest upon the bonds. In other words.
t.h individual carts with his money
nil riraTOH interest while the national
hnnk trets its money back and draws
intprnst hesides. The individual must
tut Vii cake or keen it: tne nauonaj
hank both eats its cake and keeps it.
This is favoritism that ought not to be
tolrated in a aoverninent which recog
nizes the doc trine of equality before the
law The moment the government be-
t- mnf,r snRcial nrivileKes those
in a Dosition to pront oy iavonusm ir
crin to clamor for legislation immediate-
!!
ly in their interest, and as a resmi me
nontslitips of government are
n.l for tirivate ain and the true pur
pose of government forgotten. Wil
liam J. Bryan
are given
A MOUNTAIN TOURIST.
In search of a grand and beauti
ful scenery finds such a profusion
of riches in Colorado that before
planning a trip it will be well for
you to gain all the information
possible. , The Denver & iuo
Grande Kauroad puonsnes a series
of useful illustrated pamphlets, all
of which may be obtained by writ
ing to S. K. Hooper, General ras-
senger and Ticket Agent, Denver,
Col.
ClieaplUteiVlR. the Burlington.
Chicaeo $9:10. St. Louis, f 10:50. SaU
Jntes October d to 9th inclusive. Cheaf
rates to all eastern points, JNew York;
Boston, WasningUHi, rnuaaeipnia, xui
Portland. Seattle and Tacoma $T0.0a
Round trip tickets on sale October 14th,
15th a.id 10th, limit November lGtl
1899. Stop overs in either direction.
t.Cincinnati, O., 1 1-3 fare on the certifl
Mteplan. Date of sale October 10th t
19th, limit October loth.
Kansas City, Mo., mests oi raiiai
Darade $5.35 round teip. lickets on
sale September zimwociower im, now
DctoberOth. ......
St. Louis fair, IV2:m rouna trip. ic.
Its on sale October 1st to 6th, inclusive
limit October 15th.
AnDlv at the B. & M. depot or citt
i;..bt nfflii Yrnr 10th and O street fol
hill information and tickets,
U. W. liONNELL,
C. P. T. A.
Repudiation.
RpTrtidiatorsl Whv, certainly. Re-
nndiation is all right No one thinks
anything wrong about the outlawing
of a debt seven years old. There are
a hnndrMl reasons why the national
debt should be lifted by some genua
frm of repudiation to one for the pri
vatBoVht referred to. ine puum; uuuk
t hnrrtptm ns. but all of ns; not
MUV J . . - .
n nlone. fcut our children and grand
children yet unborn, who by every nat-
irol nw should not be born m ueu
Still we would not urge repudiating the
nationa ' "7"- TheKock Island Playing Cards are the
it iv. i -- - --- a ,.kest vou ever handled. Une back
national debt twice over in win be sent by mail on receipt of 15
and by compounding we have paid u .Q 8taniI)!,t money order or
three times over, it womu w k draft for 50 cents or same in stamps win
i.tht wnnld fix a time when interest apf-nre 4 wicks, and they will be sent by
wnnU rease. especially on a national express, charges prepaid. Address, John
the Aht itself could be Sebastian. O. P. A., C.R.I.4 P- Chi
Tmid When it irets so large that the cago,
energies of the whole people oi tne na-
4t
. . .. X A
tl.-,n ran onlv nav the interest ou it.
tha mwnr of interest or money should
not be held more sacred than the blood
and bone and sweat and Hie or tne peo
,!. nd interest should cease. Repudi
ation, of course. There are worse evils
thuii that for instance, suicide ana
irrv and alow obliteration of the am- noslace stamns or coin,
. .. . i TT I a - t i a' n a m
bition and aoul or tne people. van- Address, ionn eoasuan,u, r. a. uni
mnr Rairiater. . cago, 111. ' . 6 a
Tha Bock Island Wall Map of tha United
State
Is the best offered to the public. It la
very large and especially adapted to
school purposes. Every teacher of geog
riinhv and everv business office should '
have one. It will be sent postpaid to J
any address on receipt of fifteen cente in
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