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roras of r.:o::EY Selratlfle Basis As a Remedy for Exlst- .... lag Financial Ills, Etc , .'.. Frimative man in the exchange of pro ducts knew of no system in exchange ex cept tedious - and uncertain system of barter. Partial civilization has adopted a system by the use of a recognized "unit of account' To secure uniformity in the unit, the government can be the only recognized authority to institute such unit. The congress of the United States Yw iiThrtr.tr rt t Vi ' mtnef if nt.iin ia tlia only authorized body to establish such a unit. ,-. . . . ... The first coinage law, that of1792, es tablished the "unit of account". as the dollar, and authorized the coinage of this unit, using: silver as the material upon which should be impressed the "fiat of law." This unit bore upon 'its edge the" words, "O n e D-o-l-l-a-r, o-r U-n-i-t." The last part of this coinage law, expressly" states that the unit, or dollar shall be the "unit of account" in which "all accounts in the public offices, and all proceedings in the courts of the United States shall be kept, and had conformity to this regulation." Ap proved April 2, 1792. Nowhere in the first law or any other law passed - by the congress for the coinage of any "unit of account" down to 1873, was there any intimation that this unit had any commodity value whatever. Commodity value in the unit was net 'intended, if it had been there was no necessity of a Change to "unit of value" in 1873. It was in tended as a medium to facilitate the payment of debts either public or pri vate, among the people of the nation. It was an act by all the people, through congress, for all the people individually and collectively. The spirit of the sys tern as expressed by law, that in every transaction or exchange of products there were two factors in the deal. One was the "creditor" and the other the "debtor Hence the legal tender quality imparted to the unit. This principle is the only possible one, that is, or can be correct. Therefore under this principle suppose A has a commodity that B desires. B says to A, "I want that article." A, in reply, says he does not want to part with it. In this case B may be in ' possession of ever so many, units or dollars, and his units have no power to secure the desired pro duct.; Therefore there ia no creditor or debtor as yet between A and B, and the units , or dollars have no purchasing power whatever. Again suppose A says to m. - you mav nave mv commodity ior Ithe sum of rive of your units or dollars." B thinks this too many and refuses to accept A's proposition. Again there is tno creditor or debtor. Neither has A's commodity any purchasing power. Sup pose B accedes to A's demand, the In stant he says hewill take A's commodity at the agreed number of' units, that in stant he has created a debt. ' A now is the creditor and B the debt or. 1 It will be seen at once that the element of time does not enter into the relationship of A as a creditor to B a a debtor, B may ask of A the privilege of deferring the satisfaction of the debt until some future time, and also may contract to satisfy or contract the debt ,. with increase or- interest. Still so long as the debt is not satisfied by the de livery of what the law says shall be a "legal tender" for all debts, so long B is debtor to A, the creditor. Suppose that immediately after B says he will take A's ommodity, he tenders or delivers to A t i five units of account or dollars, t it instant the debt is satisfied, and A ; v-aos to te creaitor, ana a ceases to De debtor. In other words, the units of ac- count between A and B have been re deemed, by destroying the relationship of creditor and debtor. It will again be seea that there is no intimation of any value whatever' either in A's commodity ot B's units of account or dollars. Sup pose that A and B are manufacturers of Home commodity that the government needs for its uses, or that they are ofii- ,cers of the government serving on a saHry. H : ' When they furnish . the government desired supplis, or services at a stipu lated salary, in the one case a , certain number of units, or dollars, is contracted as payment for such supplies, and the same as to salaries. - The ' law says ' "the unit of account lie or private. As the government , of Se-United States is the people, the peo pl through their -coinage laws, operat in : through the proper officer, can, and gaould make a legal tender of the number of units contracted for, to satis- 4V.a A i 4-y-v twk flim?:riflfl 41a oim Flies or performed service for a salary, n such case, as a public debt, the per son who furnished supplies or performed fWvice for salary, is the creditor and the government or the people are the debtors. When a tender of the requisite number of units or dollars ia made, the 25c. 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' - For the purpose of revenue the people through the, proper channel authorize an officer to. collect , certain taxes in the form of a certain number of units or fractions of the-unit 'ThisJax, so celled, has no value either as a commodity or as moonshine. -It is imposed by(the repre sentatives of the people, upon . the peo ple, as a contribution to satisfy debts contracted by ' their authorized officers.' Suppose that A . and B as citizens are assessed a certain ' number of ! units of accourrt, or dollars, as, a; direct or indi rect tax. The whole people, or the gov ern nent is the creditor, and A and Bare he iebtors, to the amount of units tax- d. When A and B tender the f proper collection officer the number of ( units re quired, the debt ia cancelled and the re lationship of creditor and debtor, is dis solved, and the units of account so ten dered are redeemed, for taxes. .The theory and practice that any of the legal tender units, either silver or paper, must be redeemed in gold, is the theory by which the people of all nations are being enslaved. If a paper unit dollar which is a legal tender has the same debt : pay ing power, where is the necessity of what is called redemption in any form, aside from the fact that when any debt is sat isfied the unit of legal tender is at once redeemed. When taxes or o(her govern ment dues are imposed the payment of and by any form of legal tender satisfies the debt, and the unit is redeemed' for taxes. The unit so redeemed by the government, may, and should be again paid out to satisfy -some debt incurred for supplies, salaries or interest and principle of the public debt. Whep co paid by the government it starts on ran other round among the people as a debt paying instrument. . : If by act of congress the officers are authorized to refuse to receive such legal tender units for any portion of, govern ment dues sush as duties on imports and interest on ' the public debt, then the act of congress has fobbed the ,uni of account of so muoh of its debt paying power, and the consequent result is tha the unit so discriminated against depre ciates, not in valne, but in its function, that of the power to pay so much oi Eublic dues. The whole people are rob ed in the interest of a few. . . In the whole question of tax,, direct or indirect, there is no intimation" of any commodity value in tha unit of account. Thus from 1792 down to 1873 there wa no thought or suggestion of ' commodity value in the unit of account or dollar As the hereditary .! ideas derived fron long usage among. nations that gold and silver was the best material to impres the fiat' of Iaw iponr and to secure uni formity in size and weight in each silvei unit, and multiples of the unit expressed on gold. The first coinage laws estab lished the silver unit of 41 G grains in weight when coined. ' Also with certair inscriptions thereon and fractional part in weight and minor coins. , There is nothing to show that congress ir tended that such silver unit should havo any , certain commodity value as compared , with - other commodities Therefore the unit could not in any sense be a measure of ' values . of othei commodities. ,. Congress without doubt realized ' the fact that the lav of supply and demand when not neutralized by vicious legisla tion, that all commodities even to the quantity of silver in the unit, was tht regulator of all exchange. Therefore it is plain that they saw the -necessity ir using silver as a material for the unit oi dollar, that all commodity value should be eliminated from the . quantity of sil ver used in the unit. . ; It could not have been a commodity value of 50 cents or any other fractional part of the whole unit and at the same time a debt paying power of 100 cent or a dollar. V If it did, which was which? Possible some may think the two values, so called (?) ought to make the unit 150 cents in value. ; Such a conglomeration' could not exist while it was recognized as th? unit. Therefore congress eliminated the commodity value of the material and gave it a debt paying power of one dol lar. . In the coinage of multiples of' the unit, such as $5 or units, $10 - or units, using gold as the material, the same principle applied down to 1873. , This article will be ; continued next week still further the great ' crime per petuated upon the people by the act of 1873. . ; , , W. F. Wright. ; Stupendous Power ' t The railway is nmre than the high-' way of commerce. v It is, in , fact a the breath of life to every form of In dustry. Therefore these sentences from the report of the Interstate Com merce Commission a body of men not given to, overstatement :or sensational ism, cannot but Impress. every one, who produces or consumes anything in this country: . " "Any railroad company, can .charge for its service whatever it pleases and as much as it pleases, without any real power iu tne Interstate Commerce Commission or any other tribunal or FOR NEXT THIRTY DAYS. . . 160-104 E. LAKE ST.. CHICAGO. HOUSE A!ID SANITARIUM nun? Before Buying; Secure Our Price. ; We also carry A COMPLETE STOCK OF QRA5S and GARDEN SEEDS ' THE MEBRA8KA SEED M - 1311 TARNAM STREET, OMAHA court to limit the amount- of such charge - for the future when, complaint is made. . , ... "Vast schemes of : railway control are now lh process of consummation and the competition of rival lines is to oe restrained py tnese combinations." Only the other day a Wall Street nrgan -announced qufte as a matter of course, that there was hope that W. K... Vnderbilt, one man out of the city's 3.500,000, one man out of the nation' 70,000,000, might be graciously pleased In the near future to remove the dis criminating differentials by means ot which he and his associates, all-citizens of New York City, have been crippling that city's ; commerce and assailing-its position and its prosper ity. And a part of today's news is the story of the reaching out of the Penn sylvania for the Chesapeake and Ohio another step toward the completion of the vast project by which less than laif a dozen men. in fact three men .Morgan, Vanderbilt and Rockefeller- ' will have power to decide In a large measure who shall prosper and who shall not prosper throughout this re public, in all its cities, towns, villages and. farms. v These facts of stupendous power concentrated and concentrating in a few hands power' that is, as the Inter state Commerce Commission well savs. uncontrolled by any public authority which can be efficiently exerted leniand the attention of every citizen. rhey constitute the essence of tne ?reat problem . of monopoly. New i'ork Journal. ' ! . I j After the Railroads ; A petition from Haigler, Neb., dated January 1, 1900, and signed by lrj esidents of that place and the sur ounding territory, has been receiver! it 'the' of rice of the state transportation board. It recites a . long list of ai- criminations which the B. & M. road s ; alleged to have ueen, practicing against the town, and aslrs the board co take action in the matter. The pe tition is-well worded and presents a strong case if the facts ' are true as stated.-'-" .. ' --::'-"- " - Among other things it ; is charged that the passenger service at Haigler includes only one train per day each way, while at places of the same size, situated twenty miles on either . side of that town the passenger trains each way make daily stops. This system si declared to be driving trade from Haigler to both of tne other towns, Benklcman, ieb and Wray,"Col. , Complaint is also made that the mail service Is also very unsatisfactory ' , . The state board of transportation submitted its findings In the complaint ecently filed by B. F. Sandman, ot Harbine, Neb., in which the charge was made that - the Chicago, Itock Island and Pacific railway compauy had practiced discrimination against Sandman as a grain buyer "and shipper. rue complaint was supplemented- by two petitions signed by many farmers living near Harbine. The hearing of tne matter occurred on January 15. The board finds tnat the railroad eompany.whether through discrimin ation or shortage of cars failed to fur nish Sandman with as many cars as were asked for by him for grain shipments .during October, November and December. ' it also finds that ti" company's agent notified the com plainant on December 30 that no more cars would be provided for nU 'use, " . ,'.' An order has been Issued v by 4 the board directing the railroad company hereafter to supply for Sandman's use the number of cars required by him, unless a; shortage of cars -should, at any time, exist; and "in such case to furnish him cars in proportion to the amount of grain in sight and ready for shipment, as compared with . the amounts held by other dealers. Shall Wc doit? , The difficulties that loom up before one the moment he begins to consider a colonial policy are Innumerable. Ex Secretary Boutwell 1 recently asked the following pertinent questions: ' "Are we to compel millions to submit to' our authority, and exact allegiance from them, and then deny to them the right to travel and to labor in tne country to which, they belong Are we to extort f rota them contributions of money In peace and exact service of them in time of warand yet den v to them the privilege of visiting the capital of the country they serve?" ; If we do not do that then 10,000,000 of Asiatics will be admitted to our country to compete ; with the - wapo workers. ; Mr. Boutwell seems to think that that cannot be prevented under the scheme of annexation. He says: 'These promises of; security to the laboring populations ' are vain. The acquisition of these islands,, in what ever form the acquisition may be made will be followed by freedom to travel, freedom to laDor, freedom to- pursue every industry, freedom to practice every art, and in the next generation, if not earlier, freedom to take an equal part In the government of the country. At this point I int?rject an : observa tion: If the Presicvt's : claim that these islands are now n our jurisdic tion is a valid one, and if Judicial "de cisions are of any value as precedents, the inhabitants of -Porto Rico and tne Philippines are citizens of the United States and already ' entitled - to - the freedom of which I - have spoken." J - Fzltliful Until Death .. Alike o 1 those who think that the "problems of life are simple and easy of solution , and to those who argue that the age of romance is past, we commend a study of the two stories in the news of the day' telling of the two women la . New York Mrs, Morrison 71 DDDDD and Mrs. Gordon who welcomed death in defending ' their worthless hnsbands. ' Mrs. Alida -Morrison, dying of , a pistol shot that could not have been accidental, conceals the fatal nature of her wound from the doctor until the, last, and murmurs with her clos ing breath," "He did nott mean to do it" Mrs. Gordon, testifying in tne band's innocence, falls senseless and dies from excitement over the ordeal she has gone through. " , In each case the death brings forth to light the secret of a double martyr dom, of the sacrifice of a woman's life, willingly given to shield and save the man whose life had made a mock ery of the sanctity of marriage and a degradation of the name of husband. And yet their victims were faithful even unto death. What is the secret of woman's .fidelity and of woman s sacrifice, of which even such strange instances as these are rather the rule than the exception? New York Journl. " .- " . Bryan at Washington Washington, Jan. 22. (Special Cor respondence.) Last Friday when W. J. Bryan, .without the glamor of official position or surrounding, , walked through the capitbl, an exhibition oi thee regard in which he is held by the men who followed his standard in '0t was given which could not but Impress the observer. Coupled with this was also a- something which was ' not granted him In the last campaign and which some of the narrower of the republican politicians In Nebraska, are not even yet willingly admitting is his due. This was the evident respect that with which, even his bitterest political, opponents among the repuu lican leaders accorded him. The inci dent was doubly interesting to a Ne braskan who for the first time saw W. J. Bryan in the east, and a hundred details of the greetings given him by political friends and foes impresse ' themselves indelibly on the writer's mind because of the comparison of the bearing of the man. It was the same W. X Bryan who greeted United States senators congressmeen and great party leaders with the same reespectful at tentlon he is accustomed to give to his thousands of friends on the streets or Lincoln and in Nebraska towns. Some body has said thatdt Is but a mattev of comparison with surroundings that show men to be larger or smaller than others. That riiayi.be true, but if it is, W. J. Bryan shows as large by comrarison with the great national leaders in such an informal handshak ing as that of last Friday as he does beside the friends and- neighbors wno know him so well in Lincoln. As one man said of this when it was under discussion afterwards. 1 It was after a conference with sev eral of the democratic and populist and silver republican leaders In a room on the third floor to which he went direct ly on his arrival from his hotel that Mr. Bryan came down to the second floor and walked into the corridor leading to the Senate Marble room. The door keepers, messenger and attendants all knew him and for each one he had a word of greeting and a hand shake if opportunity was given. Just as he reached, the Marble room a Nebraskan met him and as it seemed there was a little addition to "the cordiality with which the last comer was greeted. That might have been a reasonable error, however,, to suppose so, but the impression was made however. Then 1egan the impromptu reception, as the two tried to make their way across the room to a seat where a minutes conversation could , be , had. Twenty seconds perhaps was . necessary to traverse the few feet of space, and in that time a dozen senators and a host of visitors in waiting and others pressed around to get a word and a handshake with .him. In the Senate chamber adjoining a hot debate was in progress over the Allen resolution of Inquiry, concerning, the rejection of a representative of the Boer Republic by . the present- administration. Sena tors heard that Mr. Bryan was in' the Marble Room and came out singly and in pairs to greet him. Several of the leading republicans among them being Senator Elkins. The . same cordial, frank, and open greeting was given to all. and the in cident showed that since four years ago the republicans have learned to respect xhe character and ability of the man whose power they have felt and whose blows they dread. D. H.. BRADLEY. Sharpies Cream Separators Profit able Dairying. , MTOXEY DID IT And Now the Cowjirdly A&inlnlstratlon Cars Want to Lay All the Blame on 8n u tor Hoar The administration press has been proclaiming of late that the speech of Senator : Hoar, which they say was cabled to Hong Kong, was the cause of the war.; The official report of Gen eral Otis shows the falsity of th whole story. The V Missouri Valley Democrat and Journal of Commerce sums up the whole ' evidence ; in the following terse article: s , In hie official, report of rAugust 31, The BEST PLOW en Earth at any Price. Gnm- bard a glM all .IS-io. ail. ruasas. n MSS.ftO. Hand for K fra C Castar-Conl f Sulky. Saa TTaraaa, ate. writ, n tarwUh 9Um. SI.H ana cot ready far Bnrinr extra. MAftiOOD PX.O W CO., B Alt. nt, Vulj fists f salary la Mm (nita ssUiaf ut H teiw. hava f X l.-r Hart sil 18S9, only recently published, General Otis explain what he did ron receipt of McKinley'e proclamation. He says: "After fully. considering the Presi dent's proclamation and the temper o; the Tagalos with whom I was daily discussing t political problems 1 and the friendly intention of the . United States government towards: them, i i concluded that r there were1 certain words and expressions therein, suci as "sovereignty, ."right of, cession," and those which directed Immediate occupation, etc. though - most admira bly employed and tersely expressive of actual conditions, might be advantage ously used by the Tagalo war party to incite wide spread hostilities among the natives." : The . general then ex plains that the objectionable phrases would be Understood by the people or the islands ,to mean a future "political domination like that from which they had recently been freed," and under standing the situation as he did ho knew it would lead to war. He there fore felt justified in going to the ex treme length of altering this of ficia1 proclamation of the President nd Com-mander-in-chief of the armies; soften ing or eliminating the irritatintr phrases and otherwise changing tlx whole, tenor of the Instrument so as to make, it Conform to . the pacific condi tions which he and other prominev officers of the army and navy had pre viously assured the leaders of' the Filipinos would, be - the policy of our government towards .them. It is one of jthe most remarkable incidents . ? in the history, of our nation, wherein -a commanding general assumed all th risks of being court-martialed for dis obedience of orders, for the sakp of peace with' a frienrily " nation. The amended procla mittion' .was accord ingly issued. It gave entire satisfac tion, and would have prevented . war, because it contained assurances , ot ultimate Independence. . - But unfortunately a " copy of the original proclamation bad previously inen sent to General Miller r at Hollo who, spoiling for a fight, and having no conscience to trouble binvJmmedi ately caused ft to be printed and cir culated. The explosion followed, as General Otis kflew it would,, and In full accord with .the trust-dominated administration programme. ; The ad ministration hi now seeking to cover Its tracks and 'throw the blame for the war on Senator Hoar and other patri otic Americans who opposed the ' rape of , a nation f or ; the : benefit of a few trusts; but they will not escape the just retribution of their inexcusable and intolerable wickedness. The American people have a rod in pickJe for them. - :' ' ''-. I Champion Toe Kisser Editor Independent: Who Is the champion toe' kisser of America? ' He first kissed the toe of Wall Street Second The toe of high priest of America, Ireland. Third The toe of the whiskey power of the United States, army canteen and all. . . , - Answer William, the. Exalted. How so? BecauseMf it had not been tor these powers he would not have been exalted. .V, This trinity ' of. corrupt powers found thf man' who yielded himself a willing subject of the com bined corporations. -I don't like cor porations. I. S. HANTELL. . Elmwood, Neb. - ' A BRYAN OVATION Debators and Representatives Flock ' Around Him Upon His Adyent to .," Washlnjrton , Washington, Jan, 19. (Special Cor respondence.) The arrival of William Jennings Bryan In this city this morning was the signal for an ova tion. Everywhere '. eager throngs pressed for one glimpse of " the man of, whom so much has been read and told for the past four years. On his arrival at the Capitol building sena tors ; and members crowded to greet him, and those of all' parties who had not met him, sought to be presented to' him. At the hotel where he stopped hundreds' sought admission to his rooms. Tomorrow evening he goes to Baltimore to deliver the first of his series of speeches in the east, and a large number of Washingtonians will accompany him. ;, , i -The earnestness -with which admin istration apologists defend Mr. Gage in his pet bank scheme calls to mind the attitude of Hon. Wm. McKinlev, M. C, in 1888, on the same question when In a very vigorous speech on the floor . of the House, he attacked the President as being tesponsible for the acts of the tnen democratic Secretary of . the Treasury In placing fifty odd million dollars in pet banks instead of paying off bonds and stopping interest. If any of our republican friends doubt as to whether President McKinley sympathizes with Secretary Gage in the bank deal where over one hundred and twenty ; million dollars is loaned without interest, let him read Con gressman McKinley's speech on the subject Inl888 and be convinced. - ' ' -. . . : GOVESNMENT CROP REPORT Under the Gold Standard ; There it a De crease in the Supply and a Fall in ' ' -.!' Price. J ' 'v- The final government ' crop report given out Saturday afternoon makes t he total production of wheat in 18tjy, 547,303,840 bushels; tne area harvest 44,592,510 acres, ah average yield of 12.3 bushels per acre. Total yield of corn 2,078,143,983 bushels, area 82,108, 587 acres and yield per acre 25.3 bushels. V Yield of oats 796,177,713 bushels, area harvested 2,634,138 acres and yield per acre 30.2.' The average farm price on December 1' is reported at 58.4c for wheat, 30.3c for corn ami 24.0c -for oats. -. The barley ? crop. . is estimated at 73,381,563 bushels, rye at 23,861,741. bushels. - buckwheat at 11.094,473 busDeis, potatoes at 228,783, 282 bushels and the hay, crop at 56,655, 756 tons.- "-';: y ':' ' x '-;; : In 1898 the production of wheat was 675;14S,705 bushels, of corn 1,902,097. 933 bushels, of oats 780.906,643 bushels of rye 25.04&000 bu'tls and of barley 55,792,000 bushels and; the averasr farm price wa very much higher, Bargains in Ladies' Winter Cloaks la-adies' Long Capes worth 4, 5, and $6, ) your choice for . . ...... Ladies Long Capes worth $6 to $8, your choice for . . . . . . . Ladies' jickets. one If you need a cloak now or know that you will need one next winter, now is the time to buy and save money. , illLLER & PAINE Will some of these gold stndard people please tell us why when we have a de crease in the supply that prices have continued to -fall?. Will they continue to deny that. under the gold standard prices of farm products continue to fall? :- ' : : ".- This' result is just what bimetallists foretold. It continues to be an unan swerable ; argument for ; the necessity of an increase in the volume of money either by the free coinage of silver or by the issue of legal tender paper money, by the government. : i . Some Plain Truths . The effort that is being made by the administmtion to prevent necessary information from reaching the Senate and the House to' guide our law makers in the rormulation of legisla tion and the people of the United States In casting their votes, is such a flagrant violation of all the principles of good government, that Senator Teller has felt called upon to do some very plain talking on that subject Jn speaking on, one of . these resolutions asking for information, he said: "The words we put in to inform us, if he does not think it incompatible with the. public interest are words simply of courtesy, and nothing elst, and the resolution goes to the Presi dent with exactly the same force, and no more, with the words out than it would 'with the worus in. We could not compel the President of the United States to send us information. There is no way .in which we can do that. Yet, of course, if we found that he was withholding that which we thought ought to be sent here, we could im peach him, and we could impeach him just as well with those words' out of the resolution as with the .words in. We should keep in' mind all th time that we direct these officers simply because, It is supposed to be a little more in accord with our dignity to say to .a cabinet officer, 'You do this,' and we request the President when we ad dress him personally .- because it ft more, dignified and proper with refer ence to his high office that we should request of him." , : . Economists "The trouble with these 'old school' economists," said Dr.(P. L. Hall tne other day to a group of friends, that they have no correct ideas oa 'value.'- All the so-called mystery about the question is easily cleared up if one can learn to distinguish be tween 'utility' and 'value.' " ' ' "That is true," Wilbur F. Bryant as sented, "and one of the most damnable heresies is the idea of 'intrinsic value.' L There is no such thing. The . verv- terms used contradict each other." t "I'm not so sure about that," replied O. C. Weesner, "now for instance, iron is malleable and malleability is part of the intrinsic value of iron. I would understand the term intrinsic value to mean that." "Oh," said Mr. Bryant, "malleability is a quality of iron and makes it adaptable to certain uses.. This adapt ability when put to use by man gives iron 'utility.'" , - "It's like this, Weesner," : said Dv. Hall, "intrinsic means inherent some thing within the thing; hence! intrinsic value would mean value wi thin the thing. Now, value . is human estima tion placed upon things which may be exchanged. It is sheer nonsense to say that human estimation resides in any thing except the human mind. The value of anything may change for var ious causes without In any manner, affecting the qualities of that thing." "I made a speech out at Palisade last fall." ; he continued, "and after the meeting was over and I had gone to the hotel, a man came Into the of nc-i and said: 'You are the gentleman who made the speech here tonight.' 'Yes I answered. 'I was present, he contin ued, 'and I don't agree with some of your ideas. I am always glad to have people of; every political belief come out to hear me, said I, 'but I could hardly expect to have all my audience agree with me on every proposition.' fWell,' he answered, 'I think you are dad j wrong . on the money question: now, for. my- part, f want a dollar with a hundred cents of value In it.., I had noticed while we were talking -that people kept dropping into the hotel one and two at ft time, and it suddenly We have not very many left, Lut sucli aa we have we are determined to get rid of. third off flashed through my mind that man was one of the genus to be found In every town always on hand to pick up a political squabble, wax exceedingly warm and declaim in thunderous tones, I ; felt sure I was 'in for it.'nnd da elded to give him all he wanted. - " 'My dear sir,' I said,. 'there neve? was a dollar in all the. world that had value IN it.' 'Do you mean to say that a gold dollar has no intrinsic value 'T. he queried. 'That is exactly what; I mean,' I answered, 'for the very good reason that there is no such thing as intrinsic value.' He looked amazed. 'How do you explain that V at length he sked. " T shall make it just as plain as I can, said I. 'We will suppose that on all this earth there is only one man; that on all the earth there is but one thing that will sustain life, and that that thing is a loaf of bread. Now, that loaf of bread would have great utility, but absolutely no value, because'value is human estimation placed upoo things which maybe exchanged. There would be estimation; undoubtedly tu man would highly esteem the loaf fat its life sustaining qualities; but there" could be no exchange, because therw is no other man to exchange with. Consequently the loaf has no vahi yet great utility. 1 " 'Now, let us place anoi-er man on the earth. He Is hungry, but the first man is not. He has no bread, but the first man has. He has other things of more or less utility, but they will not sustain life. He wants that loaf ot bread. Man No. 1 has the loaf. Both esteem It. Man No. 2 is willing to giye certain of his possessions for it. Now. that loaf has value something it did not have before. Do you see th. point?' ' "He scratched his head a momentt and then said quietly, 'Well, I must say you are a r : slick one.' " . CHARLES Q. DE FRANCE. . Harry N. Pillsbury, chess champion o the United States and winner of the in ternational chess tournament of 189(5, held in Hastings, England, has prom ised the chess players of Lincoln to visit the city early in February and give two exhibitions of his wonderful skill at th game of chess. .Chess players of othet Nebraska citieaand towns who hare never witnessed the playing of a master would do well to attend. Champion Pillsbury gives a simultaneous exhibi tion in which he plays all' comers at chess and checkers, . sometimes as many as 35 to 40 games at'once, and he usually wins ninety per cent or Imore of them. The next evening he plays six to ten games of chess without seeing any of the boards, and at this kind of play h rarely loses a game. f The taxpayers of Nebraska will be pleased to note that the oil inspection department, conducted along business lines under populist administration, la becoming more and more a source of revenue to the state. Last week State Inspector Gaffln turned over to the state treasury 84,000 of fees which had accu mulated in hia hands during the first seven months of his incumbency. This amount, it will be remembered, is sur plus remaining .after all expenses ' of maintaining the department are paid, In other words, the department not only supports itself without cost to the tax payers, but also it turns over 5,000 to S7.000 per year to help reduce the state's floating debt. v The farmers and stock growers of Ne braska in 1898 sold nearly $38,000,000 worth of grain, $70,009,000 worth of live stock, 81.000,000 worth of miscellaneous farm products, half a million dollar worth of fruit, over $3,000,000 worth of poultry and eggs, and nearly t3,000,000 worth of butter and cream. These items are over $30,000,000 greater than the sales for 1897. The three great instruments of com merce money, the means of .exchange; the national highways, the means of transportation; the postofflce, tho tele graph, and the telephone, the means of transmission of intelligence are, and of right ought to be, public functions. 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