THE NEBRASKA
INDEPENDENT-
Novemberie, 1890.
6
RIDICULOUS CLAIM.
Vhmt Ketoral Laira Tan Operate
WMU Traits Are In Pull Control.
Most of the witness1 who bare ap
peared before the industrial commis
sion representing the trusts have taken
the view that these combinations caD
bo relied upon to conform to the uatu
ral laws governing commerce and in
dustry without the intervention of leg
islative enactments. This was the at
titude of Francis Lynde Stetson, who
testified in behalf of the Federal Steel
company. Federal laws, he declared,
would be harmful to the public inter
ests. The usual course of competition
will surely regulate the prices of com
modities dealt In by the trusts. It Is
Burprlslng to find men of high degree
f Intelligence putting forth this plea
seriously. The natural laws of compe
tition will assurely work out a bnlanes
between supply and demand and main
tain a normal range of prices, but only
when unhampered by unnatural con
41tlona. A trust Is the embodiment of
such conditions. It is a specific effort
to crash competition. There can be no
competition where the trust Is Ideally
organized. . The history of these
growths is that they constantly tend
toward aggrandizement, ever growing
larger through the absorption of small
er concerns. Hew, 'then, can the "laws
of competition" operate when there Is
no field? If the sugar trust has secur
ed control of all the raw material and
f all the processes of refining, what Is
to prevent the arbitrary regulation of
the price of sugar by the trust?
Were the trusts controlled solely by
philanthropists the natural laws might
VinvA a rlinnrn to work out the micr-
gested results, but philanthropy and
the trusts are far opart As Comp
troller Dawes said the other day In
Boston, it Is human nature for a man
or a combination of men engaged in a
great business commanding the trade
to seek the largest possible prtfflts. If
by adding a cent a pound to the price
of sugar the trust can add, $20,000,000
a year to Its net Income, no qualms of
conscience, no respect for the dear
people, will Intervene to prevent. The
only natural law able to operate In
i. - i .1... ' i a m i
bucu a cuse is umi vi uccesBiiy. j.uo
people will use ouly as much as they
absolutely need when the price Is high.
If this is what Sir. Stetson means by
his reference to the laws of nature as
distinguished from the laws of man, he
is scarcely aiding the cause of the
trusts by his argument The people
wuilil mtlfi nrof.il tn MJtnfApnii tlirtun
elements by a few federal and state
statutes vigorously and honestly ap
plied. Washington Star.
NEW JERSEY'S TRUST LAWS.
Amaalng- Dlncloaarra Made Before
. Intloatrlnl Commlaalon bjr Ryan.
The amazing disclosures made to the
Industrial commission by Dennis B,
Byan of Jersey City In regard to the
flagrant violations of the New Jersey
corporation laws will be presented in
strong form to the proper authorities
f New Jersey. This course was de
cided upon by the Industrial commis
sion In executive session.
, A completo abstract of Ryan's testi
mony before the commission will be
prepared by Secretary Sackett and for
warded to the attorney general of New
Jersey. This is as far as the com
mission has power to go.
Ryan has promised to prepare and
forward to the commission a complete
list' of the corporations for which he
received a fee of $3 each to act as a
"straw man" that they might get char
ters In New Jersey. He reiterated to
members of the commission his state
ment that he had been acting as a
"straw man" for Peter Whitney of
100 Broadway and E. Arden Nobblett
of 1 Nassau street, New York, and for
these two only.
Ryan verified the list of the illegal
trusts and corporations published by
the New York Journal and declared
that that list was not nearly as long
as the facts warrant. He will go to
Trenton and prepare his list from the
records in the orUeo of the secretary of
state there. The Industrial commis
sion will embody Ryan's list of wildcat
trusts In the report of bis testimony
to be sent to the attorney general of
New Jersey.
Representative L. F. Livingston of
Georgia, a member of the industrial
commission, said:
"If Ryan's testimony Is true, I can
not understand how the New Jersey
J ofllclals can fall to revoke the charters
Af the queer trusts and corporations
, exposed by hlra and prosecute their
promoters. What congress can do
about It I do not yet know, but it can
at least read the full particulars of the
shameful affair.
, "Of counw Ryan Is not the only man
who can expose the dangers to the
nation and the abuses of the New Jer
sey corporation laws. There must be
numerous other men who have been
used as Ryan ?lias Nor is It reason
able to suppose that Whitney and Nob
, blett are the only promoters In the coun
try who are taking advantage of the
New Jersey authorities. I hope the
commission has just started along this
line of Inquiry "
1 McKlntej-tam. ' -
The word "McKlnlcylsm has come
to stay. It expresses a great deal. The
people will use It when they want to
give rout to their hatred of un-Amer-
icnnlsm. It will stand for all time In
' American politics as Worlcrlsnr stands
In war. The people will call attacks
upon their liberties and rights "Me
Klnleylsm." and all the world will
know what they mean, for "McKIn
leylsm" will always convey the Idea
. .... . .t ...a , 7 tiuiivnu 1UV vuliniiiu
tlon" ond need a form of government
that assumes r.ll sovereignty and rests
upon a large military' establishment.
"MrKlnlcylsm" covers the whole
scheme of a government for the people
by a supreme authority In Washlng-
ton.-Kansas City Times.
GREENBACKS THE BEST.'
The Only Scientific Method of Pro
viding: the Clrenlatlnir Mediant.
Away back In the seventies we had
the honor to support Peter Cooper on a
platform tlmt we helped to write. The
older we grow the more inclined we
are to the opinion that greenbacklsm
comes nearer being right, so far as the
money question Is concerned, than gold
and silver, and we are more than con
vinced that within the next few years
the fact will become manifest to the
people. We are rapidly approaching
a crisis that means much to the people
of this republic. The National Bank
ing association has for years been the
power behind the throne, and within
a very short time what remains of the
$.'140,000,000 of greenbacks yet nnre
tired will be burned np and. national
bank notes Issued in their places upon
the bonds of the country. No particu
lar contraction of currency will result,
but an evil greater than contraction
will follow on Its heels namwly, cor
poration control of money. In other
words, It will be a concluding stp te
perfect the money trust
When a few people have it In their
power ts Issue money and eontract the
volume whenever such course means
profit to them, the people of this na
tion will get the worst of It. Money Is
the Hfcblood of commerce, the life giv
ing fluid of civilization, the medium of
exchange and the Incentive to man to
labor and acqalre. It is a necessity to
our civilization. Congress has the pow
er to coin money and regulate the val
ue thereof. The bank combination
uses it to that extent. Wheat and meat
are regarded as actual necessities of
life. A man can do without either and
still remain healthy and happy, but a
man walking our streets without a dol
lar In his pockets realizes the necessity
of money in this order of civilization.
Speaking of this, Harvey says: "When
a thing is a necessity to society, It Is a
matter to be studied by all, yet it Is
left to a class of people like the nation
al bankers who deal In it for the profit
there Is In the business. When a thing
Is a necessity, there should be a nor
mal quantity of It Suppose we had
laws, encouraging the hoarding of
wheat until society was Inconven
ienced. Would you not be In favor of
repealing those laws? And If there
were not wheat or corn or pork enough.
would you not be in favor of raising
more of It, doing away with such
laws as prevent the production of these
necessities?" Money is a great neces
sity in order to facilitate exchange and
will be until the world becomes suffi
ciently educated to accept labor cheeks.
Yet, In face of all this, we go right
along, gradually encouraging the mon
ey ring In putting up Jobs to control
the volume of money through bank Is
sues, demonetization of silver and cur
tailment of gold coinage by refusing to
pass laws making it a crime to use gold
for any other purpose than money.
The only scientific money. In our way
of thinking, Is the "greenbacks," and
It Is a pity the government doesn't ex
ercise its right to Issue them Instead
of delegating the power of Issue to na
tional bankers. George's Weekly.
"Nothing- to Learn."
Chairman Loud of the. house com
mittee on postofflees and post roads
and Superintendent Bradley of the rail
way mall service have finished their
European tour of Investigation Into
the workings of Dostal affairs abroad.
'and apparently they have accomplish
ed the feat of running the gantlet of
the most advanced methods In the
world without succumbing to a single
new Idea. They express the opinion
that we have nothing to learn from
European practice In postal matters.
Well, perhaps we have not. In Eu
rope you can deposit nioucy at any
postofilco and draw it out in nuy
amounts you please at any other office
In the country, wherever you happen
to be. You can pay your debts and
make remittances of all kinds through
the postal savings banks. In some
countries you can insure your life
through the postofflce. You can col
lect your bills threugh It. If you are
a farmer's wife and make a tub of
butter, the postoflice will Make your
butter from your door, carry it to the
city, deliver It to a merchant, collect
the money for It and pay yon the cash.
If you want to find out the price In
advance, you can send a telegram 500
miles for half what It would cost you
to send one ten miles here.
The postoflice In this country will
not do any of these tilings for you, but
It will do more for the railroads than
any European service which Is still
obliged to deal with private transporta
tion companies would dream of do
ing. Terhaps that Is why Mr. Locd
thinks we have nothiug to learn from
Europe. Philadelphia North Amcrl
can. '
. Farmers' Interests Endnnarered.
The farmer will readily undorttand
that If there Is but one person or con
corn to whom he tuu sell his product.
such as bis cotton, his leaf tobacco,
his wheat or his corn, he M ill uot be
able to realize as high a price or as
much money as be could If there were
1,000 or 10,000 to bid and compete for
them, and thus the trust is enabled to
get Its raw material at reduced flg
nres. The workman also understands
that where there is but one concern In
his line he must accept the wages and
terms It offers him. and when for any
reason he offends them he Is aware
that he will be blacklisted. The work
man who strikes under the trust sys
tem quickly feels the power of the com
bine. Then the consumer must pay the
price arbitrarily fixed by the trust If he
cannot get his supplies elsewhere. The
price of raw material must of ne
cessity be reduced under the trust sys
tem. Great reductions have already
taken place In the wages of some of
the employees of trusts, while many
thousands have been thrown out of
work. W. C. Wetmore.
WISE WOODPECKERS.
flow They Drive Worm from the I a Ida
of a Tree. :
A Chicago professor who has been
in the Maine woods this summer tells
an interesting story of the intelligence
of a family of woodpeckers which he
encountered near the headwaters of
the Allegash, and which were most
uncommonly bright birds. As every1
one knows who has observed these
birds at all, they feed on the worms
which burrow into trees. Any worm
witn a fair amount of activity can
bore a gallery three or four feet long in
a tree in a single season, so to find his
prey the woodpecker has to make sev
eral holes in the tree in order to get
at his victim. This particular family
of woodpeckers, having some difficulty
la getting at the worms after they
had drilled a hole into his gallery.
proposed to save themselves unneces
sary work. And what do you think
they did? In the Allegash woods
grows the "Indian poke," a plant wltk
berries possessing an alkaline juice
particularly disagreeable to all animal
life. And so these Allegash wood
peckers, having made an entrance
lsto the domtitn of the borer, prooeed
next to drop berries of the Indian
poke into the opening. And so mack
does the worm dislike the odor of the
poke berries that he somes out .to get
away from it, and incidentally to see
who has had the impertinence to
cause him so much discomfort. He
never gets any further than the en
trance, becaufee Mr. Woodpecker is
waiting there, and that worm is gob
bled up so quickly that he never
knows what happened to him. This
seems like a good deal of a fairy story,
doesn't it? But Prof. Eastman J.
Clarke sayi he saw it with his own
eycB.
PRESIDENT'S PERQUISITES.
France Far from Liberal with Her Chief
Executive.
France, which assumes the respond
sibllity of furnishing the president
with his household needs, is not par
ticularly lavish In this respect. The
hlghPBt representative of the republic
receives free his heat, light, kitchen
utensils, linen, porcelain and glass
ware and a certain sum of money to
defray expenses of wear and tear. He
is entitled to eight damask table
cloths, one dozen each of spoons,
knives and forks. For company there
are added three more sets of about
eighty pieces. Then there is a special
service of 110 pieces. These, however.
are used only on special occasions. The
allowance of bed clothing would not
suffice for an American housewife. He
receives four towels for himself and
six for his family; these are not
changed more than once in eight days
unless he makes special requisition for
more. He is also the lucky possessor
of 1.0 dozen dinner napkins and thirty
dozen for tea service. His household
retinue consists of 'one housekeeper,
one chef, five cooks, four ushers, eight
lackeys, six clerks, one overseer and
one coachman. The president has to
provide his own private equipages, as
he is entitled only to three vehicles,
one for traveling, one to receive guest3
la and one for his messengers.
How to Lay Itrloka.
Estimates are based by the 1,000
bricks laid in a wall. It is customary
to deduct for doors, windows, arches,
etc., but not for flues, ends of Joists,
girders, window frames, sills or 11a
toU. In a goneral way, a four and one
half inch wall will require seven
bricks to the square foot; fourteen for
a nine-inch wall, etc. Tunnel and
arch brickwork is measured by the cu
bic yard. It requires thirty-eight
brioks, eight and ouos.uariar by (our
by two, with points one-third to one
fourth Inch wide, to lay one squar
yaid If !aid flat. If placed on edge, it
will take seventy-three, while if oi
end, 14!). Ornamental work, such as
cornices and beads. Is produced by
causing counts of brick to project
beyond the place of the rest. Is laying
walls, thn first prinoiplo to be observed.
In orilor to gain the greatest resistance,
is to have the bricks of successive
courses overlap each other, so that the
Joint botween the two is overlaid by
the middle cf a brick. What U known
as the old English bond and which
gives the greatest strength oonslsts in
arranging the brlrks In alternals
courses of stretchers end hnadors, the
former bein? bricks laid longitudinally
with the wall and tho other transverse
ly. The headers serve to bind the sev
eral courses together.
A tii'n t out .Mine.
The Chilian roal mines, opened In
1SC5. poem to be nice places to work in.
The Beam of ccsl runs from (he shore
under the waters -f the Pacific ocean,
and the tunnels arc so clean that yen
could walk througn tr.em in a drcsa
stilt without making yourself dirty.
They are lighted by electricity, and
you can have a ride for a mile under
the ocean on an electric car at a speed
of twenty miles an hour. Tho mines
form quite a catacomb of well-llghteu
passages under the water. The out
put of coal is now 1,000 tons a day,
and 750 miners are employed in them.
tlelglan King; a Speculator.
The king of Belgium Is a born specu
lator. From his parents he inherited
three-quarters of a million sterling.
With this capital he began to specu
late, and showed his masterly skill as
a financier in his dealings in Panama
canal stock. By judicious buying and
selling he Is estimated to have made
four millions. Then ho was seized with
the Congo Free State hobby, which ob
tained such a mastery over him that
I his financial acumen was overpowered,
I and he tank his private fortune in it.
Whether It will ever return good value
for the money remains to be seen. .
CAILOR'S SUPERSTITION.
Some of the Thing That Bring Bad
Lack to a Ship.
Pets are believed to bring good luck,
and when. In the, recent war with
Spain, a man was struck and killed by
a bursting shell on the Texas, all the
sailors in tho fleet said it was because
the battleship was without a mascot.
The cat has a bad reputation among
seafaring men, most of whom believe
that she brings ill-luck to a ship. It a
cat falls overboard and is drowned
(she Is always rescued if possible), the
men will often leave at the next port,
believing the ship is doomed, and I
have beard men-o'-war men cite the
case of the old Kearsarge as proof
thereof. On her last voyage the frigate
carried a cat and a monkey. A violent
feud existed between them, and on
their' way north, one dark aad stormy
night, Jocko threw poor Tom over
board, running along the rail aad chat
tering like a fiend as the unfortunate
pet dlsapeared In the boiling waves.
The seas were running too high to ad
mit of launching a boat, and puss was
left to a watery grave, but not without
many gloomy forebodings, which were
realized boob afterwards, when the
Kearsarge stranded oa the fatal reef.
To fall dowa without any apparent
cause is a warning of death in the im
mediate future. An American cruiser
was lying off Nice a few years ago,
when a seaman fell prone on the deck.
Upon rising, he went to his bunk, and,
returning, placed a slip of paper, bear
ing his mother's address in the sand of
a messmate, saying he did not expect
to see home again. For the nose to
bleed only a few drops Is believed In
the navy to foretell death in as many
days or weeks as there are drops of
blood. You may hear a sailor sing at
sea, but he rarely whistles; whistling
Is supposed to bring a hurricane, and
is always hushed by the remark,
"There's a hurricane sailor bers."
Self-Culture.
ELECTROPLATING SHIPS.
Experiments with Copper on a Tag
, . Prove BucteMf al.
According to a report on the condition
of tho bottom of the tug Assistance of
the navy department, the electroplating
of iron hulls with copper appears to be
a success. The Assistance was electro
plated with copper to a depth of one:
thirty-second of an inch before it was
launched in 1S95, and when it was tak
en out of the water at the NorfolK
navy yard a few days ago it was found
that practically no electrolysis had set
in and that the bottom was about clear
of barnacles and other marine growths.
At no time since it was launched has
the Assistance been docked or cleaned.
During the four years It received a
number of hard knocks and was on the
rocks several times. It was found
necessary to patch over certain weak
spots as the result of these accidents,
and it was only la the vicinity of these
patches that any galvanic action was
found. Owing to its clean bottom, the
speed of the Assistance has not di
minished, while all the other tugs In
use in Chesapeake bay have been taken
out for scraping about bnce a month.
Experience shows that three months of
service in salt water reduces the speed
of a vessel about 28 per cent, so the
advantage of this copper electroplating
is at once apparent. The cost of the
plating is about 3 a square foot. The
saving in docking would be enormous,
as the expense of docking a vessel is
between $3,000 and 14.000.
Aa IoUr.ntlan Operation.
A very interesting operation was
performed in New York upon Kate
Farley by Dr. Brewster, a dentist of
Lefferts plaoe. Mrs. Farley has been
at the Memorial hospital for several
weeks with two compound fractures
of the lower jaw. The operation con
sisted of cementing the upper and low
er jaws together, so that the broken
bone of the lower Jaw may be held
firmly in place until the fractures are
healed. Until the healing has taken
place the woman will not be able to
open he.- mouth, so that nourishment
will be given her through tubas lead
ing through small apertures where
several of her teeth are broken out.
The primary part of the operation was
si mi! - " -p process used by dentists
in ma...... -w sets of teeth fcr persons
who have none. Dr. Browster first
made an impression of the upper and
lower teeth. From these impressions
he made a rubber splint which fitted
the Impressions of the teeth. He then
cemented this splint to tho teeth, clos
ing the jaws firmly together.
Setting a Good Kzainple.
The Earl and Countess or Meath are
setting a good example to Irish land
lords and others affected by the new
local government act, which has made
a great change in the rural districts of
Ireland. Many of tho changes may
not bo very palatable to those who
formerly "ruled the roost," but the In
evitable has to be accopted. The earl
and countess f.av an "at home" at Kl'.
duddery. their County Wleklow resi
dence, to which "all sorts and condi
tions of men" and women. Irrespective
of party or creed, received Invitations.
Members of tho Dublin corporation,
members of the rounty arid district
councils, etc., were amongst thorp bid
den to the feast. . A gathering of this
sort is distinctly novel in IrWsrd.
where class and mass do not commin
gle freely.
Window Gun rili.
Windows without guards, erpcclally
In nurseries or chambers or playroom:
occupied by small children, arc . ourco
of terrible accidents. In lart, they r
Invitations to fractured skulls ana ssi l
den death. All windows to w'.'.-, or',
Orcn have acees.4 fhonhl b proi?o:
by proper fastenjngs Inaidc e. J r. .'.
Iron gvrarda oa tho o-.'.tMs, .,,.
A Michigan Miracle
Speech Restored alter Nearly 13 Years,
J7w yptUanti Commercial, VpnlanU.Micb.
Many things appear miraculous
that are really the result of natural
laws, the working" ' which can rie
accurately predicted. A ktrikiug ex
ample of this occurred in a promi
nent Michigan family recently, and
there can he no qutwtion aa to tho
truthfulness of the narrative since It
iButlentud by Mrs. Harriet Becole.of
Ypsilnntl, Mich., a glster-lD-luu- of
Mr. Joshua Becole, who was Uov.
ernor of Michigan In 1683-4. Airs.
Becole said:
"In ISMS I suffered from aaeTere
Illness; during which my voire led
me and I did not speuk above a
whisper for nearly 13 years.
'I was treated by five local physi
cians and afterward consulted leading-
apeelnllsU of New York. They
diagnosed my case as partial paraly
sis, stating that the left side of my
throat was entirely paralyzed, the
right side partially so. For nearly
eiijht years 1 have suffured from a
setere stomach disorder and about
ayeur&co 1 decided to try Or. Wil-
Hum,' Ptnlr Pillis far Pnla P.'nltt
"My stomach trouble was relieved, my general health become greatly Im
proved and to mv surprise I regained control of my vocal organs. 1 have
used nve boxes of the pills and last November 1 spoke aloud for the first time
lo almost 13 years. 1 am now 71 years ofutfo aud have full control of my voiee.
(Signed) Mks. Hakrikt A. Beoolb."
"worn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of May, 1898, at VpsllantI,
Michigan. John P. Kirk, Notary Public.
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GREAT TABLET SALE 3 FOR 2 All Tablets, Pencil or Ink,,
whetheric, 2c, 3c, 5c, 10c, 15c 20c or 25c, three for the price of two. You
pay for two and get three. Special Sale on Mixed Paints. Great Re
duction on all lines. This Sale to Continue Thirty Days.
Hub Clothing Building
No. 104-106 North 10th Street
EVERYWEEK0riTSiURSiAYM6P.l1.
The Burlington have a Pullman Tourist
Wide Vestibuled Sleeper leave Lincoln for
Los Angeles without change and the price
of a double berth is but $5.00.
City Ticket Office
Corner 10th and O Streets.
Telephone 235.
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ROY'S DRUG STORE
Burlington Depot
7th Street, Between P aad Q.
Telephone 35.
UC TV ISCi forelock by buying
your coal NOW BEFORE THE RUSH.
We sell all kind at as low price art any
one. 2,000 pounds to the
ton is what we give
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