September 6, 1000
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT?
BRYAN'S ISfilS
Pettloy i tie -:tterrage of the In
vertebrate, who, lacking the courage
to cppoa error, seeks tone plausible ?
iC-e ZOr fcdypOrUCg
Man's opinion of what U to be is
half with and half nrircnment. At
arte paicta iicy with a dollar mark
Ufore It, militarum equip It with
a sword.
Ctsr axa destroyed a Spanish feet,
tut can they destroy that self-evident
trcth. that rorerwsecta derive their
jtst powers, not from superior force,
but from the consent of the jry verted?
He is the lt proph-t, who. recog
niucg the mnSpoteaoe of truth, coso
preh&d soa clearly the great forces
which are working on the progress,
tot of one party, sot of one nation, tut
If we adopt a colonial policy and ! f raia aoexnue iuw
par the roar which Incited the i w,fc wotuM fut UP? the bead
relation of 17T e must raufSe the cS n American soldier and Justify &
tow of the old UU-rty U !i and com- j war f inquest upon the ground that
nvir. ;n &ipr ta we praise the 1 w democratic party Is
patriotism of o-ir forefathers. ! ln r of the expansion of trade. It
j would extend our trade by every legitl-
Ini-riali.a fcaa Wb dcribed ss : mate and peaceful means; but it is not
Th- V:te Man" Burden," but. since J?1"? to merchandise of human
it rr'j,fe tfce wealth -producer beneath j "00-
an inrrsing weight ot tax, it might , , , . 77 . ,
with rsor propriety be called The ' Jnn embodied an argument In
l'oor Man Load,- j tfa lotion when he asked. ' Can
aliens make treaties easier than friends
Tv frtnt of imperialism, be they i can mke IiWf7" 1 believe that w
inter or Kiun t-e Wt to the i r DOW in a better position to wage
.ibjta of taocarcby. This 1 the one ! successful contest against imperial-tr-
c f which the citizen, of a republic J ltm thiUI we ou!d have been had the
my tot partake. It is the voice of ! treaty been rejected. With the
the -rpfct, not the roioc of God, that : fce teal3 at all depends upon his own
Lids us t. I volition.
Is it sunlight of full citizenship to , treaty ratiSed h eleu-cat Irsue i;i
ecjojed ty the pcopie of the United . presented between a government by
Uf. and the twilight of semi-citl- i consent and a government by force,
2kthfp en tired by the people of Tor- " n1 Imperialists must bear the respon
tn Rico. hil the thick darkness of ! slbiiity for all that happens until the
!;.' 1 tiil vasaiae coders the rhii- j question Is settled. . -
If iox dreita of the tplendors of a ' !t not spent its substance in riot-re'eroreaeo-j
empire encircling the j OU8 living. It Is not ready to retrace
fk;te, e chsli ! eouect to aid in
hnr.f!tig eriurir.g happiness to a
I osrcrjtii (op. onrated to
the jrurpo of fs&iiitaSalEg a govern
B:.t of the p.fple, ty the xeopie, and
for the xeop!e.
U&roin said that the safety of this i return from reliance upon the will of
nation was not in its Ceeu. armies, its ' the people to dependence upon the au
foru. but in th spirit which prizes lib- ' thority which flows from regal birth
erty aa the heritage of all men. la all j or superior force!
!.-. everywhere, annj ht warned his
cu5tryci'.n that they could cot de- j In addition to the evils which he and
trcr this tplrit withcut planting the the farmer share in common, the la
of despotism at their own doors, j borins man will be the first to suffer
j if oriental subjects seek work in the
Many ray de to do in crowds ! United States; the first to suffer if
hat thtr would not dare to do km i American capital leaves our shores to
icJividaal. but the moral ehaiacter !
f an art i not determined by the
autsi-er of those who join it- Force I
can defend a right, but force has never
jet treated a right.
The irar is the Impersonation . of
forte. It dta not deliberate, it acts;
St doe not decide, it executes; it does
not reai-un. it thoou.
MlhtarUm is the very, antithesis of
democracy; they do not grow in the
s soil; they do not draw their nour
ishment from the same source.
Wnea the deire to ste&j becomes un
rtucLroilabJe ia an individual he Is de
clared to b a kleptomaniac and is sent
to an ajylum; when the desire to grab
land becocie uncontrollable in a na
tion we are toll that the "currents of
d"it;cy are Cowing through the hearts
of men" and that the American people
are enteriag upon "a manifest mis-
Pletarch said that men entertained
thre sentiments concerning the an
cient gods: They feared them for their I
strength, admired them for their wis- ! There is no place in our system of
dom. and lored them for their justice, t government for the deposit of arbi
Jeifersoa taught the doctrine that gov- 1 trary and irresponsible power.
eraments should wia the love of men. I
What shall I the ambition of our na- s Three-quarters of a century ago.
tion; to be k4 because it is just or j
to be feared b-cau it is strong?
To borrow a BiMt quotation. "A
houe divided against itlf cannot
tand. I'araphrasJns Lincoln's dec
laration. "I cxay add that this nation
can-not endure haif republic and half
roioay half free and half vassal."
Our form of government, our tradl-
tioss. our present Interests and our fu- )
ture welfare, all forbid our entering I rates of imperialism In this country
upon a career of conquest. 1 dare not say a word In behalf of the
v I Boers.
If XCrXOud men are withdrawn from !
the ranh of the producers and placed ' 11 I not necessary to own people in
aa a burden on the backs of those who order to trade with them. We carry on
remain, it must mean -onger hours, j trade today with every part of the
harder work and greater sacrifices for world. and our commerce has expand
thoe who toil, and the farmer, while 1 more rapidly than the commerce of
he pays more than ?.ls share "of the j auy European empire. We do not own
of the army, nas no part in Japan or China, but we trade with
army contracts or ia developing com- j their people. We have not absorbed
panjs. ani hi sons are less likelv to I the republics of Central and South
nil the portions in the army than the America, but we trade with them. It
sons of those who. by reasoa of wealth I has not been necessary to have any
or political prominence exert Iu2u-1 political connection with Canada or
enc at Washington. I the nations of Europe in order to trade
G-eat pioh'eas are solved slowly. with them.. Trade cannot be perma
but struggling humanity marches on. ; nently profitable unless it is volun-
atep by step, content at each nightfall
if it can pitch Its tent on a little high
er ground. It was God himself who
placed la every human heart the love
of liberty. He never made a race of
peopie so low in the scale of dvilixa-
tioa OT Intelligence thai It would wel-
come a foreign matter.
That the leaders of a great party
swoad Ciaim for any president or con-
gress the right to treat millions of
pope a mre possesions.- and deal 1 1 am the Conqueror? Or shall our na
w;tli L.en unrestrained by the const!- , tion so act as to enable the American
tution or the bill of right, showa how : people to join with the Filipinos m
far we have already departed from the r-.iaM tn ,
ancient landmark, and indicates what
w ?ippiiw n uu aauoa aeiio-
erateiy eaters upon a career of em
pire.
letiny is not a matter of chanee,
c-it.er 01 croiee: it is tot a
thing to be waited for, rt is a thing
to be achieved.
?j one can see the end from the be
ginning, but every one can make hia
course an. honorable ae from begin
ning to end. by adhering to the right
under all circumstances. Whether a
man steals mceh or little may deoend
tipoa his opportunities, but whether
.ail we keep the Phtliroinea and
amend our flag? Shall we add a new
tax the blood- tar, Mars to Indicate
that we bare entered upon a career
of conquest? Or shall we borrow the
yellow, which in 1836 was the badge
I of cold and greed, and paint Saturn
. . .!... .v..
with ita chrna onri
rpoiiation? Or shall we adorn our flag
with a milky way composed of a mul
titude of minor stars representing re
mote and insignificant dependencies?
So one has a right to expect from
society more than a -fair compensa
tion for the teryrcr which he rende.s
to society. If he secures more it is
at the expense of some one else. It Is
no injustice to him to prevent his do
ing injustice to another. To him who
would, either thro dsn class legisla-
! tioa or In the absence or the neces-
aary legislation, trespass upon the
! rights of another th.e democratic party
says. "Thou shalt not."
I - . . t . . i a . - M it..
1 eis republic is not a prodigal son;
Its steps and, with shamed face and
trembling voice, solicit an humble
place among the 'servants of royalty.
It has not sinned against heaven, and
God grant that the crowned heads of
Europe may never have occasion to
kill the fatted calf to commemorate its
employ oriental labor in the Philip-
pines to supply the trade of China
and Japan; the first to suffer from the
violence which the military spirit
arouses and the first to suffer when the
j methods of Imperialism are applied to
our own government
Shame upon a logic which locks
up the petty offender and enthrones
grand larceny. Have the people re
turned to the worship of the golden
calf? Have they made unto themselves
a new commandment consistent with
the spirit of conquest and the lust for
empire? Is "thou shalt not steal upon
a small scale" to be substituted for the
law of Moses?
Awake. O, ancient Lawgiver, awake!
Break forth from thine unmarked se
pulchre and speed thee back to cloul
crowned Sinai; commune once more
with the God of our fathers and pro
claim again the words engraven upon
the tables of stone the law that was,
the law that is today the law that
neither Individual nor nation can vio
late with impunity.
when our nation was small, the strug-
gks of Greece aroused our people, ard
Webster and Clay gave eloquent ex
pression to the universal desire for
Grecian Independence. In 1896 fell
parties manifested a livery interest In
the success of the Cubans, but now
when a war is In progress in South
Africa, which must result ln the ex
tension of the monarchical idea, or in
the triumph of a republic, the advo
tary.
In commemoration of the fact that
France was our ally in securing inde
pendence the citizens of that nation
1cirA1 with th. Htlzfms of th ITnHrl
i Stat In ntxrine- In-Kow York harhor
an heroic statue representing liberty
enlightening the world. What course
shall our nation pursue? Send the
j statue of liberty back to France end
borrow from Eneland a statue of Wlll-
I statue of liberty enlightening the
j orient?
What is our title to the Philippine
islands? Do we hold them by treaty
for by conquest? Did we buy them or
did we take them? Did we purchase
the people? If not, how did we secure
title to them? Were they thrown in
with th;e land. Will the republicans
say that Inanimate earth has value,
nut mat wnen that earth is molded
by the divine hand and stamped with
the likeness of the Creator if becomes
a fixture and passes with the soil? If
governments derive their just powers
I from th mnvnt nf th tmA
a
OUR FIRMEST ALLY.
The sultan of Sulu, whose harem and
.American people. New York Journal.
is impossible to secure title to people,
either by force or by purchase.
I can conceive of a national destiny
surpassing the glories of the present
and the past a destiny which meets
the responsibilities of today and meas
ures up to the possibilities of the fu
ture. Behold a republic, resting secure
ly upon the foundation stones quarried
by revolutionary patriots from moun
tain of eternal truth a republic ap
plying In practice and proclaiming to
the world the self-evident proposition
that all men are created equal; that
they are endowed with inaleienable
rights; that governments are Insti
tuted among men to secure these
rights, and that governments derive
their just powers from the consent of
the governed. Behold a republic in
which civil and religious liberty stimu
late all to earnest endeavor and in
which the law restrains every hand
upliftetl for a neighbor's injury a re
public ln which every citizen is a sov
ereign, but in which no one cares to
wear a crown. Behold a republic stand
ing erect while empires all around are
bowed beneath the weight of their own
armaments a republic whose flag is
loved while other flags are only feared.
Behold a republic increasing In pop
ulation, ln wealth, in strength and- in
influence, solving the problems of civil
ization and hastening the coming of
an universal brotherhood a republic
which shakes thrones and dissolves
aristocracy by its silent example and
gives light and inspiration to those
who sit In darkness. Behold a re
public gradually but surely becoming
a supreme moral factor in the world's
progress and the accepted arbiter of
the world's disputes a republic whose
history, lihe the path of the just, "is
as the shining light that shinetb more
and more unto the perfect day. "
Imperialism would be profitable to
the army contractors; it would be
profitable to the snip owners, who
would carry live soldiers to the Phil
ippines and bring dead soldiers back;
it would be profitable to those who
would seize upon the franchises, and
it would be profitable to the officials
whose salaries would be fixed here
and paid over there; but to the farmer,
to the laboring man and to the vast
majority of those engaged in . other
occupations it would bring expendi
ture without return and risk without
reward.
The democratic platform describes
the situation when it says that the
Filipinos cannot be citizens without
endangering our civilization. Who
will dispute it? And what is the al
ternative? If the Filipino is not to be
a citizen, shall we make him a sub
ject. On that question the democratic
platform speaks with equal emphasis.
It declares that the Filipino cannot
be a subject without . endangering our
form of government. A republic' can
have no subjects. A subject is possible
only in a government resting upon
force.
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The ONLY DIRECT
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Two trains daily from Nebraska to
Denver and Colorado points. -Two
trains daily from Nebraska to '
San Francisco and' California
points.
Three trains daily from Nebraska to
Salt Lake City and Utah points.
Two trains daily from Nebraska to
Portland and North Pacific Coast
joints, with direct connections for
Tacoma and Seattle.
Buffet - Smoking and Library Cars
With Barber Shops and Pleasant Read
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Palace Sleepers, Dining Cars, Meals
a la.. Carte. Plntsch Light.
E. B. SLOSSON, Agent.
slaves are maintained by taxes on the
TRYING AN EXPERIMENT.
Working; a Plan to see If a Goldbug Faper
Will Print, Under Any Circum
stance, an 'Argument.
The best writers and economists in
the United States have often tried to
get a truthful statement of the position
of bimetallists into some of the great
gold bug dallies, but as often as they
have tried, they have failed. Articles,
written in the most excellent English,
complimentary to the editors and beg
ging leave to reply to editorial state
ments, articles interrogative, statisti
cal articles and every scheme possible
have been worked to get to the readers
of those papers with a sound money
article that was sound, but they have
all failed. It seems that a citizen of
Lincoln has tried it once more. He
sent the following article to the Bos
ton Journal. A' good many are wait
ing to see if that editor is like all the
rest. If the Boston Journal publishes
it, The Independent will make its edi
tor a present of a Bryan photograph
button put up in the highest styla of
the art photographic. The article is
as follows: -i;
LINCOLN, Neb.,yAug. 23. Editor
Weekly Journal," Boston, ' Mass. Dear
Sir: By chance ,x!haye received a
copy of your paper' and am much
pleased with its freedom from abuse
and misrepresentation. We bimetallists
have grown so accustomed to ;havlng
republican writers arrogate to their
party all of the intelligence, all of the
honesty and all of. the patriotism in
the land that I feel like taking off my
hat to an opponent who can be fair.
I have read your editorials of Aug
ust 17 and I wish you would answer a
cople of questions for me. You say:
The savings banks depositors of New
Hampshire have about $54,000,000 laid
aside for a rainy day. It is unlikely
that many of them look with favor
upon the idea of haying the value of
their savings cut in two through the
practical application of free silver."
Of course nothing but higher prices
could produce such an effect, for un
less prices did rise the value I. e. pur
chasing power of money could not fall.
Now the Philadelphia American's ta-
Die or index numbers, wwen is ac
cepted as authority on such subjects,
shows that on July 1, 1897, the general
Index number of 99 articles was 76.33,
while, on April 1, 1900, for 98 articles,
it was 107.55, a rise of 31.22 points or
40.9 per cent In two years and nine
months. Admitting the correctness of
these figures, and they are based on
Bradstreet's, was not the value of ev
ery one of those savings bank dollars
reduced some 32 per cent? .Their val
ue was not cut in ,two, perhaps, but
was it not cut in three and nearly one
third taken? Did not those depositors
encounter the very effect which you
warn them will follow free coinage?
Now question 1 Ought not consist
ency to have compelled you to warn
these depositors of this shrinkage of
one-third in the value of their sav
ings? Moreover, should McKinley be
re-elected and should famine, or . war,
or great gold production or some other
agency cause prices to recover from
the unprecedented fall of the past
three months and to continue to rise
at same rate, would not these savings
soon be entirely "cut in two" and the
depositors thereby greatly wronged
(according to your theory) under re
publican rule and without the aid of
freesilver? Ought you not then, from
your standpoint, to point out to them
the depreciation which their savings
have undergone and which, according
to Roosevelt, they would continue to
undergo during the era of prosperity
which he . says his election would
cause?
Another thing Cheaper money and
higher prices always go together. So
when you threaten the money hoarder
with cheaper money, do you not at the
same time promise higher prices to
the business man? And is that not
just what the business world wants?
Notice how eagerly the commercial
agencies report a rise in any line and
how quick they are to overlook or to
explain away a fall. Rising prices,
wnen aue to neaitny causes, are desir
able. When they begin with and in
clude the products of the extractive in
dustries, mining ard cgriculture, upon
which all other industries depend, they
always foretell prosperity. Falling
prices, except wnen due to improved
methods of production, are forerun
ners of disaster, as the whole business
world knows. Now, the editorial in
question says the result of free coin
age will be cheaper money and hence,
Dy necessary .inrerence, higher prices
Yet in the next column you say its ef
fe. t will be disastrous to general busi
ness, that it will be "like a cyclone
and a deluge rolled into one." Your
words are forcible enough, but how do ,
you reach that conclusion? Such a
disaster, It seems to me, would be
caused by and accompanied with a
most violent drop in prices.
Yet you" threaten bank depositors
with the stiff est kind of a rise. I do
not see how two such opposite effects
can proceed from the same cause.
Question 2 Kindly, tell . by what
course of 'reasoning you reach the
to my mind contradictory conclu
sions that free coinage will raise prices
for the depositor - and still result so
disastrously to the business man.
Question 3 If the depreciation of
money and higher prices, however
caused,, during the period above re
ferred to resulted in better times for
a while, and who doubts it, would not
a permanent lowering of the value of
money I. e. a permanent raising of all
prices result in permanent prosperity?
You admit that free coinage would
have the hrst effect, why not the sec
ond? I ask these questions wholly in good
faith, and I feel that you will answer
them in the same spirit.. ItL writing
this I have no desire to down you in
an argument. My sole object Is to
have a little light thrown on these
questions. We cannot both be right, If
1 am wtofr I wunt tf get right just as
quick as I can, and I presume the same
is true of you.
Enclosed find stamps, and, as I am
not a subscriber . to your paper will
you kindly send me a copy containing
your reply if you answer this through
its columns?
A RED HOT CAMPAIGN
That is the Sort that Berge ia Making ln
the First District Big Audience
1 and Great Enthusiasm
Large meetings and well pleased
listeners have greeted the Hon. George
W. Berge in his congressional cam
paign of the past week." At Hum
boldt republicans and fusionists were
alike favorably impressed witn nis
non-partisan address to the old set
tlers. At Pawnee City he spoke upon
the issues, following Mr. Burkett who
had spoken on the day previous with
out defining either the policy of the
republican party or stating his own
position upon a single issue. In strong
contrast Mr. Berge presented the fu
sion beliefs and the reasons for them
with a candor, sincerity and power
that compelled serious thought,
touched patriotic feeling and won re
spectful attention from every auditor.
He mentioned Mr. Burkett's reiusai
to debate the questions of the day with
him and asked without an answer from
his audience if the republican candi
date had stated his faith upon any.
one or tnem. we cnaractenzeu me
republican campaign as one of subter
fuge and evasion and of refusal to de
fend its party acts or to "announce its
party policy. "Can they," he asked,
"justify their attitude toward Porto
Rico upon any American principle 7
Dare they tell the people their Phil
ippine policy? Under republican lea
dership is the. Filipino to be a citizen
or a subject? If a citizen, tne repuDii
can party would place the balance of
power in an alien race 6,000 miles sep
arated from the United States. It dare
not advocate such a measure and sub
mit to the people's verdict upon that
issue. If subjects, It would violate
the fundamental principles of the v re
public, it would destroy our lofty Am
erican ideals, it would overmrow our
organic law. Republicans, democrats
and populists will alike repudiate sucn
a measure and the leaders wno aavo
cate it."
Mr. Berge closed the week at Prince
ton where he addressed an audience
which tried the seating capacity of
the large school house. The meeting
was little advertised and four miles
away a large Bryan club was being
organized at Sprague, yet interested
farmers stood at tne windows ana
doors to hear the eloquent advocate
of the principles of Jefferson and of
Lincoln. For an . hour and a half he
spoke, receiving an attention which
was broken only by outbursts of ap
plause. In the clearest language he
defined the trust and fixed the respon
sibility of Its growth upon the admin
istration,by whose favor it nas in
creased a hundred-fold in three short
years. He showed the danger of trusts
and illustrated his statements with in
stances which every farmer could veri
fy. And then he compared their out
spoken arraignment in the fusion plat
form their equivocal and embarrassed
mention in the republican platform.
"The people," he said, "will know how
to choose between the party that con
demns a wrong and promises to rem
edy It and the party that dares not
oppose it because it fears to offend
it."
In terms of the most, convincing
power he showed the injustice and the
shame of the administration's policy
in the Philippines and denounced im
perialism as convicted before the world
by the spectacle or unristian England
spending six hundred millions per
year to crush the Boer republic and
only six hundred thousand to relieve
poor India where thirty millions of
her adopted children are perishing
with famine. The people of England
are too great and two good to stand
such a condition. The people of Eng
land like the people of America hate
injustice and refuse to profit by fraud
It is the work of the military leaders
of Great Britain; it is the bitter fruit
of an infamous institution. The re
publican speakers dare not defend it
before the people and so they beg the
question and say that imperialism is
a bugaboo. If no issue, if only a buga
boo, by what warrant does Governor
Roosevelt charge democrats with dis
honesty and cowardice because they
denounce and oppose it?" He spoke
of the responsibilities and the oppor
tunities of the United States in con
nection with the Boer war. When be
fore in the history of this country d(d
we ever refuse sympathy to a strug
gling republic? Never, until an un
holy policy in the Philippines sealed
the lips of the people of the United
States. The United States should at
tempt no armed intervention. It need
not. But it should express its sym
pathy with right and by that act place
the imperial injustice of England upon
moral trial before the world. Mora
force made the republics of South Am
erica and now keeps them safe from
the aggression of kings. And it would
save from extermination a brave Deo
pie in South Africa and restore them
to their rights among the nations.
The Farm
fThis department will be run in the interest
Nebraska Farmers, and short communica
tions, not exceeding 200 words, are solicited
from Dractical men and women on matters cer
taining to the farm, itock raising, fruit growing
dairying, poultry, etc -
THE APPLE CROP.
Secretary Goodman of Missouri and
Secretary Barnes of Kansas have each
been to great trouble to get reports
of apple prospects for their respective
states. The reports are very complete.
Secretary Goodman says: "Conditions
have not materially changed since last
report. Rains have been abundant in
most sections, and apples have made
a fine growth, many apples being as
large now as they were at picking
time last year. Generally speaking.
the fruit is in good condition; much
better than usual. The crop of the
state will average about half a crop,
and that will mean a good many ap
ples. Orchards have been injured in
some localities by canker worms,
grasshoppers, drouth or from the ef
fects of the cold February of 1899. We
can safely count on only one-half of
the crop to be merchantable, and
hence we may expect fair prices."
Secretary Barnesv report for Kansas
is about to the same effect, with re
sults as in the Missouri report.
PACKING FRUIT.
What a difference there is In the
way fruit is packed. Recently we at
tended a fruit auction in Chicago, in
company with C. W. Wllmeroth of
Newhall & Sons. There were many
packers of fruit on the floor, from
many growers. "Note the styles of
packing," said Mr. Wllmeroth. "If a
man packs his plums well, his pears,
peaches and all other kinds of fruit
will also be found to be well packed.
Now, look at that brand," pointing
to some boxes. "None of the fruit is
well packed. We will see how it sells
when buying begins." A little later
the sale began, and the last fruit sold
was that of 1 the man who had not
packed properly. His peaches, plums,
pears and everything were left until
the last, What Is true of that Cali
fornia grower, whoever he was,' will
be true of growers ln this section. It
doesn't pay to pack indifferently.
Western Fruit-Grower.
CORN FODDER.
The question of cutting, storing and
feeding corn fodder is not one of great
importance in this country as in some
states; yet In this country there is
little doubt but it could be fed with
profit by our farmers. In putting up
fodder it should be kept from expos
ure, to the weather as much as possi
ble. If it Is exposed it looses much
of its nutritive value.' There is a
great loss where put up and fed as is
the usual practice in 'this country.
Fodder cut and tjtytyIC standing in the
field will take Irifinore or less rain and
a little damDnAs'and a verv little at
that, will rob the? leaves of all nutrl
tion, and fed whole in racks or scat
tered on the ground in" the feed lot,
one-half or two-thirds of the stalks
are wasted. - Ifaput up properly and
converted Into "stover" there is prac
tically no waste, the cattle cleaning
up the entire crop.'"fnJ
CORN COB CHARCOAL.
Hogs at all times of the year need
charcoal, not merely as a corrector of
derangements of the stomach, but for
the mineral matter found in the corn
cob which furnishes material for the
bones. Corn cobs are found in abun
dance on every farm, and all that is
needed is a little fire, a little skill and
a little work to convert them Into
charcoal.. The following directions
from Theodore Louis are as good as
any we have seen and from as good
authority:
"Dig a hole in the ground five feet
deep, one foot in diameter at the bot
torn and nve reet at tne top, tor tne
charcoal pit. Take the corn cobs.which
have been saved In a dry place, and
starting a fire in the bottom of this
pit, keep adding cobs so that the flame
is gradually drawn to the top of the
pit, which will be thus filled with the
cobs. Then take a sheetlron cover.
similar to a pot lid in form, and over
five feet in diameter, so as to amply
cover the hole and close up the burn
Ing mass, sealing the edges of this lid
ln turn with earth. At the end of
twelve hours you may uncover and
take out a fine sample of corn-cob
charcoal." ' ,
After the charcoal is burnt, add salt,
and put it in a covered box and allow
the hogs to have free access to It,
without waste, every day. They know
how much they want better than you
can tell them. Wallace a Farmer.
Experts say the wheat crop of Cali
fornia this season is going to fall far
short of the estimates made six weeks
or two months ago. This shortage Is
said to be due in some localities to
several days of hot weather that swept
over the state about the time wheat
was what Is termed "in the milk." In
other sections insects have worked on
the roots of the plant till it reduced
the sap in the stalks and affected the
grain. .
More milk and butter can be made
from cows on pasture than when fed
soiling crops, but at the Kansas - ex
periment station it took 3.63 of pas
ture to support a cow 144 days, in ad
dition to about 3 pounds of grain per
day, while .71 of an acre in alfalfa and
other crops was sufficient when the
crops were cut and fed. The pasture
returned a profit of $4.23 per acre and
the land in soiling crops $18.08. But
whether soiling pays will depend upon
how much pasture land one has and
upon the cost of labor.
My experience with agents" and ped
dlers of all kinds has not been at al
extensive. ' I adopted a plan years ago
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Tot the latest styles in photos. All work up to date.
Come in and see our "Colodian and Platinum finish."
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that I am so well satisfied with that I
ntend to continue its practice in
definitely. T never buy anything from:
them, and do not even stop to listen
to their lingo.5 I just simply say thai:
do not want to purchase any of their
wares, and bid them good day. It ltf
astonishing how, well this works. Lelt
every reader of this paper try it thin
year, and see at the end of that tlmt
f you are not better off than when
you listened to a lot of machine talk
and spent your time looking at soma
article you could buyjfrom a reliabln
firm for a third less money. If you
want anything that your home dealer
hasn't in stock write to any one of 11
hundred reliable houses in any larg-s
city in the United States, and you will
be surprised how much cheaper they
will sell it to you than an agent. My
attitude toward the agent is one of
"You don't bother me, because I don't
et you." J. F. Codding, Westmore
and, Kas. ?
A writer on poultry topics com
plains that cold storage eggs are sola
for fresh laid eggs, and saye laws
should be passed to prevent it. Well,
the laws would be all right if they
could affect the situation, but they
could not. They would be like the
aws against profanity that are on tho
statute books in some of our stateH.
A law to prevent cold storage eggs
being sold as fresh laid egg would
be ln fact" a law against lying, and
that vice is so universal that every
egal weapon aimed against It will fall
short. The only method of checking
this practice is to properly Instruct
ths buyer as to his own Interests.
Unthreshed grain fo-poultry Save
some unthreshed grain for the poultry
n winter. It will save the thresher
bill, and the hens will even pay an
extra profit on it Wheat is best, but
rye, oats, etc., will do. iou need not
take the best grain, as the poultry are
not particular. Some that Is weedy,
dr of an inferior quality, will do. One
or two good-sized bundles of grain
for each flock of 20 to 30 hens should
be spread out daily on the floor. The
unthreshed sheaves of grain should
be stored in a shed if possible to koep
it dry and free from snow. When the
weather permits the poultry to be
out the grain may be spread on the
ground of the yard. L. 0. Folio, Min
nesota. "
In a published interview J. J. Hill
estimates the loss of wheat in Min
nesota and the Dakotas at 100.000,000
bushels, while the St. Paul Pioneer-
Press estimates the wheat crop of
the three states at 75,000,000-bushels.
Almost every week the Horseman
says it has given reports of the Brit
ish demand for American horses for
war and other purposes, and now it
seems almost certain that this demand
may reach at least 60.Q00 head for the
year 1900, a greater number than this
country has -ever before exported to
all foreign countries in any single
year. Many people, even horse breed
ers, will fall to comprehend the full
significance of this demand. It means
a draft from our present horse stock:
supply which we are poorly prepared
to meet. It means higher prices on
all grades-of useful horses, and that
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snort or worK norses win nave to pay.
wen ior sucn as tney neea to ao tneir
most ordinary work. ; , .m
H. C. YOUNG, ;
General Real Estate
Farms and Ranches.
' ' '''. '' " ' ; " . -
Good 600 acre stock farm near Lin
coln; living water; a bargain at $20.00
per acre. Improved half section, vury
choice, $30.00 per acre. Quarter sections
and 80s at bargains.
, Farm loans, payable any time, at 5 per
cent. ';'
H. C Young, Richards Blk Lincoln, Neb.
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