February 21, 190L
TAX THE MLUB
Tfc po$mllt pTi&ciplm U: Tax tc
doIUr x4 cot tfc tsa. Whj? Be
uum ttre 1 Ionic in Uxia the dol
lar &4 ftote at ail ia taxfc the man.
Tak oz of tie bMiooalr-r. He inar
ova railnAia rusals through trtn
tat. Lav Laa Jo-rated la many cf
tit, own tmciiit worth nlllioca of
So: Lara. To rotct h! property and
!&!cU a -r&o artsy cf policemen,
jutfz and jarl tn esc ployed whose
aalarle are paid by taxation. Tte la
boric taaa who 15 In fela little cot
txe &tver eoata tte rovemineEt ny
iMc tor pollcesaes. judge or Juriea.
aile the tilllo&alr ronUnUy It
Ma rriee perfeajaa more than a thou
a&d tif them. On many ccatioct be
eaila for the eerriee of the array or
t&tUti axd the ataie i pat to rreat
pce on hla account. To tax thete
to men in the aarse way. one requlr-le-r.
the coatast help of the corem-i-ett
asd it jttdtea. Jsriea. policemen
and often the military ana. while the
other uercr coeta the o"rnmeat a
cect, ! snaaifeetly the groaeeet Injus
tice. Ore rclTf from the gorem
taect a thoiid time a much and
KhouJd pay taxee fa proportion. The
ocly way to nak the billionaire pay
hi 3"it proportion i to collect an in
come tax. Bst a Autocratic supreme
cocrt. by oce msority. aaya that Is
tintoarutution!, although all the
J3dc from John Marshall down aaid
otherwix.
IBJtlOATIOJ wiTMOlTfOIT.
Tte yoerTirpit c-jild. without iu-crrwri-JR
taxation one rent, open up
tte aId region of the wt and make
a market tor rz any fact ore Are time
fml a atl our toasted foreign
trtde. In thi regioa eoald be made
happy hemes for millions of self -aup-portitc
American eitiren who would
be consumer in tery large amounts
of all er rsanufartured goods. We
repeat that this eocld fee Cone withotr.
a wet cf eipeete to the taxpayers of
this nation. Why not do It? It Is
ae'l known that there ire millions of
jurr cf land Is the arid regions that
telonjC t the OTfrsaL That land
now ia uuerly wcrthleta. The gor
rnasfat baa beea offering to gl It
away for the last thirty year If any
body would go and lite on It. No one
will take It even a a gift. Let the
government s&e it credit to put up Ir
rigation rfserroir, -t water onto
the dry acre and then Invite the set
tlors to come, provided that they will
pay the rort of irrigation. See to
they will Sotk there in unnumbered
thoas4. Tbere would not be a fa
cart acre left in fire year, if men only
t . j 1 ... 9 il..tl..
r XIJ 19 P7 4.i MI IUM VI UIIMUUil
to get a title to the land.' Any man
cf roe men aense know that to be
true. I2".t the it r.o hope of uch a
ttfnj:. The government may pay ub
id.e to the milHonaire. tut to make
free home for farmer, cerer. Not at
lot wh:l th cjl'.rt heas ma this
ration.
THE MILK WitlTI rUG.
The attempt to estatliih Imperials m
Ja thi free and peaceful republic pro
dace many different and cnexpected
a'tuation eome Lra-"rie, some parhetlc
asd many that are comlcaL New
r-cLes tti office from Washington
thit the attempt to enlist mea
ia tti p-'Nue-loTlcg republic for a war
c-f con'juet aralct & people trying to
etablih a free and Independent re
pabli have amotsted, o far, to prac
tically nothing. But the president ha
gore ahead cd appofcttd all the offi
cer. Fo we have a situation that
equals that in. cne oZ Hoyt's comic op
erae. We hare a major general, three
brigadier general, twenty folonel.
aixty major, two hundred aad forty
captains, four hundred and eighty first
and econd llentecant and fire pri-
veie for their command. There are
tier army corps like that. When they
form a line at the laacg-aratkra of the
president and emperor of the Phllp-
pices on the 4th of next March, they
will cake act a sight a the world
never taw before. That night all the
theatre cf Washington shocld have
a performaa-e of The Milk White
FUc" It CiI3 be appreciated as It
tieer before.
CAST risri OtT
The IPinoi Ste-1 company has Jot
raetaied a contract to farnlah the gov
ernment of Astralia 17) ton of
t-l rail ia cpea competition with all
?he tnassJUctarer of the old world.
Tbee 17.t tot f rail are to be de-l3T-re4
at Melbourne. Frets Chicago
to M! Vr.i it a journey f 2.'.
1Y land xnd ever 10.0 miles by
Th' fr-$f hi a tl o IT) ton
tjf v- srlll of course base to be pi Id.
zt it cjft te heavier tfan it would
on lirtiis! rail carried all the way
to Xlyir&' lj sea, without resMp-rr.-ct.
from Syxjihamptoa.
. There is ct tling connected w'th
,th maiscfaetere of ee4 in thl coun
try that xjo pap caa fisd exit. Why mt
tbe mrmJactnrer o can under
bid alt the mintr'artcrer of Europe
fcate a tariff of ft M pr ton to protect
Jthera from the eco petition ef the pan-
pr labor of Europe?
Is a private Irtter from a man who
iaoi tte inside workings cf the
jxarlp-alator at Washington as veil
a any other man in the United States,
he cays: "You do not seem to fully
appreciate what the claim put forward
that the United States should control
the power of Cuba over debt really
mean. There are outstanding over
four millions of Spanish bonds that it
Is well known the Cubans, if left to
themselves, will absolutely and for
ever repudiate. They were issued by
the Spanish government to pay the
cost of wars against Cuba. These
bonds have been pretty freely distrib
uted among congressmen. To hare su
pervision over Cuban debts,, means
that these bonds are to be paid in part
at leaft. That Is the whole thing in a
nut she!!. That Is what the claim is
put forward for. It Is a bondholders
deal, and you know that the bondhold
ers have always come out on top for
the last quarter of a century." The
Independent commends this bit of spe
cial Information to Its readers. , The
great dailies will not mention it.
According to the 'official announce
ments made by the officer In charge,
the old veterans will be placed at the
tail end of the procession at McKin
ley's inauguration, the officers of the
new army and the five privates that
they nave coaxed to enlist will take
the head of the line. Nobody will be
permitted to ride except Mark Hanca.
who will sit be3lde the president in the
one carriage allowed. All the rest
have been ordered to walk. Oh! the
gold lace, the shoulder straps and the
epaultsts! Won't It be a wonderful
show? How the plebians will ba
cowed! Three thousand new made
military officers, all feeling the Im
mensity of their own Importance! That
will be the end of opposition to im
perialism. The "old soldiers" are get
ting to.be so few in numbers that
their votes are not a threat against in
sult any more. That Is the reason
that they are put In the rear.
It has dawned on the benighted
minds of a few of the mullet editors
In this state that one of the political
chaplain employed by the legislature
(at the coct of the taxpayer) to do
their praying for them, is making a
mock of religion. The other day he
thanked the Lord that the members
were able to visit their homes without
any cost to themselves, the Inference
being that they all had railroad passes.
This prayer has been published In a
great many eastern papers as a sam
ple of the devotions of the republican
party In this state. As long as the
papers make that statement The Inde
pendent will cot object, but when they
come to intimating that the people of
Nebraska generally believe in that sort
cf devotions. It puts In a protest.
Under republican government in the
state of Indiana 3,435 persons are al
lowed to sell liquor without "paying a
license, although the state has a li
cense law. Every one of these liquor
dealers are active workers for the re
publican party. Every minister who
supports that party in the state knows
of these facts, but the authorities have
never been known to be denounced
from the pulpit by the men who sup
port the republican party, for permit
ting this condition of affairs. They
call the party In that state the "God
and morality party." The Indepen
dent has no remarks to make on this
subject.
The dispute in Venezuela was about
two surveys. By one survey an asphalt
deposit belonged to the trust and by
the other It belonged to another com
pany. The other company proposed
that the matter should be settled In
the courts, but the trust preferred to
settle It with warships. It therefoio
ordered warships to the nearest point
and they came as fast as steam could
drive them. How the commanders of
these warships felt when they found
that they were .under the orders of an
American trust and were to fight fo;
asphalt instead of liberty, has not been
reported by the daily papers.
Tiis Whits Man's Burdan
What Is the white man's burden?
Does destiny demand ,
His back be laden higher
By every dusky hand?
Am I my brother's keeper
Or keeper of his land?
What Is the white man's burden?
Is It the mountain flood
Of treasure, vain to vanquish
The tides of patriot blood.
While our supremest jewel , .
Is trampled In the mud?
What Is the white man's burden?
That weights upon his sleep?
To bear the hundreds dying?
To see the thousands weep?
Oh. wanton war that haunts him
Oh, seed th& be must reap!
What 1 the white man's burden
The burden of his song
That once was "Peace and justice;
The weak beside the stronr?"
He falters in the singing
At memory of the wrong.
What thought our vaunt of freedom
Must evermore be mute.
And the trading of men's vices
Drag both below the brute;
Go bribe new ships to bring it
The white man's burden loot!
Robert Underwood Johnson, in New
York Evening Post.
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Current Comment
There may be something in the per
sistent stories that King Edward is op
posed to the Boer war. If he is, the
present English ministry may be
shortly overthrown and -a new policy
adopted.. As all know, : the existence
of the ministry depends upon a ma
jority In parliament. The. moment an
adverse majority appears, the ministry
will resign and a new election will be
held. That came very near beins: the
case the.- other day. A majority
against. the ministry, is often obtained
on some trivial affair not connected
with the general policy of the govern
ment at all. ' Gladstone was thrown
out of power on a vote on some ques
tion connected with a brewery, which
was entirely of a local nature and had
never entered Into any of the discus
sions of the members " when seeking
election. That sort of business is only 4
a political, trick in which the English
politician is about as expert as any
other kind of a politician. The'ma-
ority had been elected on a program
lor home rule for Ireland and having
changed their minds -and gone over to
the other side, they would not vote
against home rule, but would vote
against the government, on some'trlv-
i&l question, which would produce the
same result. .
All the royalties and the queen her
self was opposed to Gladstone's pro
gram, and although a . majority had
been elected to carry it out, these
ords, dukes and royalties set about
getting that majority away from him.'
They did it by society influence. They
did not talk polities ' to these Glad-
stonian members, but they invited
them to garden parties, put them in
prominent places at public functions
and above all, royalty smiled upou
them. Little by little the Gladstonian
majority melted away and at last on
some trivial question an adverse ma
jority was obtained and Gladstone was
put out of power. Then the whole
policy of the British government wan
changed.
If King Edward is really opposed to
the Boer war, it will not take long for
him to get Lord Salisbury's majority
away from him. He need never say a
word about politics. Indeed it would
not do for him to say a word.' There
would be an uproar from one end of
England to the other if he did. It
would have about the same effect in
that country as it would in this, if the
chief justice of the supreme court
should doff his robes and take the
stump for some presidential candidate.
But King Edward's particular asso
ciates can drop a word now and then
to the effect that he Is very much op
posed to the war. In court functions
the" master of ceremonies can play
upon the flunkyism of members of par
liament. No one living in this country
and who has not visited England can
have any idea of the social power of
royalty. This writer once had an -invitation
to a "smoking concert," we
believe that is what they called it. It
was at a time when the wearing of
watch chains was all the fashion.
Seats were reserved in front for the
Prince ot Wales and his immediate
friends and attendants. Every man in
that audience had ' a ' watch chain" on.
When the prince came in he! had nc
watch chain. Within five minutes there
was not a watch chain to be seen In
that audience. Within a few days net
a watch chain was to be seen on the
streets of London.
What is called "the human equa
tion" has very much to do with gov
ernments. However honest a judge,
lawmaker or an executive may be; the
little affairs of every day life affect his
judgment to a greater or less degree.
These members of parliament having
always lived In an atmosphere of royal
flunkyism are particularly susceptible
to royal influence. The queen was
opposed to the Boer war, but she was
a woman and very old and could not
bring to bear the social influence that
the King can. The fact that she was
opposed to the war has been given out
by the king's consent. That is one of
the great forces that he can .use in get
ting Lord Salisbury's majority away.
The persistent stories that she made
some sort of a statement to King Ed
ward and her grandson, the Emperor
of Germany, and extorted some sort of
a promise fronrthem concerning a set
tlement of the dispute with the Boers
has not been denied even by the most
radical jingo newspapers. If King Ed
ward allows that statement to be re
peated, it will have a powerful influ
ence upon many members of parlia
ment. The result may be that some
day on some Insignificant question that
arises in parliament, a division will be
called and the government will find
itself in a minority. None of the con
servative members will have to cast
a vote against the prosecution of the
war, they will not have to do anything
that on the record will show a change
of policy toward the Boers, but all
the same-it will have that effect. That
is the way the English have of do
ing it.
A private letter from Washington
says that the rush for appointments
and the fight for place has brought a
rabble there, which in numbers and
activity were never known-before. The
scenes at the White house and around
the hotels and halls of congress are
disgraceful beyond description. Noth
ing like it was ever known at the Cap
itol before. Senators and representa
tives who wear a . republican brand
are followed about constantly with a
perfect horde of applicants for places.
Bribery, intimidation, slander, piteous
appeals every sort of thing that the
imagination and greed of man can in
vent, is brought into use to secure ap
pointments in 'the army, on commis
sions and the thousand other places
that have been created by the repub
lican party since it got full control, of
the government. Men throw aside all
honor, all manhood, all regard for de
cency and fight for places like hungry
wolves. The writer thinks that a de
moralization will follow this in the
public service such as was never seen
before. That will not only be the case,
but it will have a reflex action on so
ciety at large that must be most dis
astrous. Such scenes as these were
frequent around, the courts of Rome
preceding its decadence. In the middle
ages, a court was the exact -copy of
what is now going on at Washington.
The whole daily press has been so
completely captured by plutocracy that
not a word is said in the news or edi
torial columns about these thin-?:-.
There is no opposition press to purify
politics any more. Ine democratic
dailies have laid down and quit. No
matter what disgraceful thing may
happen, they haven't a word to say.
But here is the populist part that 5s
going to stand up and fight for right
and decency to the end of time. There
is no lying down about a populist.
Things In China are all in an uproar
again. . , The Chinese government has
replied to the powers that -it is abso
lutely impossible for it to comply with
the demand for the beheading of so
many princes of the Toyal blood. It
will agree to banish them and decapi
tate a few others of lower rank, but
that Prince Tuait and one or two oth
ers cannot be decapitated. It is evi
dent that the Chinese government has
not the power to do it even if it so de-r
sired. , These.-men control the army
and the mass of the Chinese people. If
such an effort -were to be made, the
dowager and emperor would be cap
tured and carried further into the in
terior .of China and edicts would be
issued in their, name.- The result
would be that there would be no gov
ernment at all to negotiate with?
On top of this news comes the story
that Count Waldersee has determined
to make an extensive invasion of the
interior of China and has Ordered the
troops of other nations to co-operate.
It is said that upon the representation
of General Chafee the government at
Washington has refused to. take part
in this expedition. The Independent
was nearly convinced against its will,
but now it has the same opinion still,
that the European nations do not want
to settle this matter at all, but are de
termined on dividing up China among
themselves. Everything points in that
direction. This expedition under Wal
dersee is the beginning, of it.. If the
other European nations take a stand
against it and refuse to have anything
to do with it, it- might be evidence
against the division of China. We
shall have to wait to see. -.
About once a" month a statement is
published in the: dallies to the effect
that Mexico is going to adopt the -gold
standard. - Then .s every - mullet head
hugs himself in delight as if that wen-
going to put money in his pocket and
bring some great blessing to him. Sup
pose that Mexico should adopt the gold
standard. What result must follow
from such action? Mexico uses no
gold now. All her business is done
with silver. If she discarded silver
she would have to get gold to. lake its
place. Some of the millions--that she
would have to have would come from
her next door neighbor, the United
States. That would make1 gold scarcer
and harder to get here. a. What benefit
would accrue to the people of Nebras
ka from that? So far Mexico has paid
no attention to these, statements, but
last week the Mexican government au
thorized the statement to be published
that it had no idea of introducing the
gold standard. A Mexican greaser has
more sense any way than a Nebraska
mullet head. -
-. rrf
, . Thc London Standard has at last ,
found out that it ts the American fiscal '
policy that has made' trusts possible.
If the editor had attended some of the
institutes of political economy estab
lished in Nebraska sod houses at the
beginning of the., last decade it would
have found that out long ago. In
speaking of the steel trust the Stand
ard now says: "It remains to be seen
whether the American people will
much longer tolerate a fiscal policy
which renders such a combination pos
sible." The London Standard don't
like this fiscal policy" which has con
centrated the wealth of this country in
the hands of the few as much as it did
a few years ago when it thought that
the United States owed England about
a thousand million dollars which
would be made more valuable by help
ing to establish the gold standard in
this country. It don t think that it is
a good "fiscal policy" at all now. It
thinks that the steel trust may be
broken rip, however, because Mark
Hanna will squeeze it so hard for cam
paign funds that it will be ruined.
Thty seem to understand Mark's ways
over in England pretty well.
It is now agreed upon all hands that
there is to be an exti a session of con
gress. Theexcuse is given that con
gress must pass upon the Cuban con
stitution. What right this country has
to pass upon the constitution of a for
eign nation no one seems to ask. That
is not the; point that interests McKin
le3' and his followers. - The thing is
those $450,000,000 of Spanish bonds
that the Cubans swear they will nev
er pay. . With so many republican
statesmen having their pockets stuffed
with them, there is an absolute neces
sity for. an extra session of congress.
Mark Hanna's subsidy will have to be
attended, to ajso. With these two things
staring them in. the face it is utterly
impossible for the republican states
men to get along without an extra ses
sion which will cost the taxpayers a
great many . millions of dollars.
The enormous combination of iron,
steel and tin interests now practically
formed by J.'Pierpont Morgan has an
actual capitalized valuation of $S31,
000.009. There are ten ffroat Interests
in ' the combination, Tieaded by the
Carpegie Steel company. The total an
nual output of the consolidated inter
ests is 6,500,000 tons of which the Car
negies contribute . about one-half. The
Morgan-Rockefeller combine will ab
solutely control more than one-half
of the total output of the entire United
States. They own 50 miles, 122 ves
sels on .the lakes and nearly all the
coke ovens in the country. They own
more than one thousand miles of ore
carrying railroads; 1 they control the
natural gas fields; they control 70 per
cent of the steel rail output. They
will do 75 per cent or the business in
structurl steel and iron. .
They control the steel plate trade;
of sheets and tin plates they have full
control ; bars and hoops they control
They will make 90 per cent of the
tubes and pipes. Wire, nails and tacks
must now come almost altogether from
the trust.
The first payment that was made to
Carnegie was $25,0OCr,O00, one-seventh
of the assessed? valuation of the state
of Nebraska He has about $200,000,
000 more coming to him . which is .se
cured by a first mortgage bond on the
whole steel plant. If he should take a
notion to come out here and buy the
state of Nebraska some day, what
would the mullet heads have to say
about the fiscal policy that brought
this thing about? But Morgan md
Rockefeller bought Carnegie out ard
they now not only own all that he pos
sessed, but three or four times as much
more. Suppose, that they should take
a notion to buy two or three states.
What then? Would the mullet heads
still continue to talk about a dollar
worth a ; hundred cents and money
good in Europe and be happy? For
more than ten years the pops have
been telling them that their money
theories would end in concentrating all
wealth in a few hands. Do thejr be
lieve now ? If concentration goes at
the same rate that it has for. the last
ten years, five or six men will own the
whole United States and these poor
mullet heads will be told that if they
don't like it to get off the earth. ,
. HARDY'S QOLUMN
REMINISCENCES OF NEBRASKA.
The territory from which' Nebraska
was carved was first brought, to our
mind by the study of Olney's geog
raphy, early In tlje thirties. We re
member the great American desert.
which extended from the lakes to the
Rocky mountains and from the north
pole to the gulf. We remember the
scenes pictured there. One represented
Indians driving buffaloes over a, high
bank into a corral, made of poles. We
remember another picture, that of a
prairie fire, where Indians, buffaloes
and wolves , were running for their
lives before the flames.
The next we remember seeing sev
eral bales of buffalo skins, lying upon
the sidewalk in the city of Buffalo, just
brought from the Missouri river near
Council Bluffs. This was early in the
forties -
The next we remember was a letter
from an older brother, written after
his arrival in California in 1849. He
went the overland' route and describes
the country west of Rock Island. He
found no signs of white men except on
the Des Moines river, two priests and
two ferrymen at Council Bluffs, a
company of soldiers at Kearney and
Mormons at Salt Lake. West of the
Missouri he found buffalo paths run
ning to the Ptte river and Mormon
paths running 1 west. -
We ere much surprised at his
statement that the desert was not a
desert and that there was good, terri
tory for three more states between the
Mississippi and the Rocky mountains.
Another statement surprised 'us that
Fremont's pass was a broad, level
prairie with mountains on either side
just in sight. We had supposed it was
a narrow defile just wide enough to let
a mule or a man through.
The next was Greeley's description
of his stage ride to the coast, in 1S3S.
His mention of the tall grass, the gen
tly sloping "hills, the countless herds"
of fat buffaloes.. It was not stretching
the imagination to conclude if the buf
falo could live without the help of man
the ox could with a little of his help.
The flag of Nebraska at first repre
sented a grazing country. We were
told there would be no use for plows
ten miles west of the Missouri. f
In 1854 the hot political history of
Nebraska and Kansas commenced. The.
Missouri compromise law, which pro
hibited slavery north of the Mason and
Dixon line, which was the south line
of the state . of Missouri extending
westward, was repealed, Nebraska and
Kansas were lined up as territories
and opened to slavery. At once slave
holders commenced settlement in hun
dreds in Kansas and a few in Nebras
ka. But the free states, outstripped
the slave states; two to one, in sending"
settlers to the new territories. The
New England emigrant . and society
furnished their emigrants with Bibles,
Sharp'3 riffes and transportation mon
ey. Between 1854 and 1860 the two ter
ritories witnessed scenes of strife and
bloodshed.
May 30, 1854, the territory of Ne
braska was organized and included the
Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming
and Colorado. Colorado was first tak
en off. then March 3, 1863, Nebraska
was reduced to her present limits.
In March, 1S60, the people refused
to be admitted as a state by a vote
of 1987 to" 1S77. The chief reason given
was the expense of running a state
would be too great.
In 1864 congress passed another en-
nabling act, but the people this time
ignored the proposition without tak
ing a vote. A constitutional conven
tion met, but no constitution was sub
mitted. In 1866 the territorial legisla
ture framed a constitution and the
people adopted it on June 21, follow
ing. On the 28th of the same month
congress passed a bill admitting the
state, but President Johnson vetoed it.
In January, 1867, congress passed an
other bill, then repassed it over th'e
president's second veto. In 1871 a state
constitutional convention was called
and a new constitution framed,, which
was rejected by the people. The chief
objection raised was against the tax
ing of meeting houses. It was argued
that graveyards and school houses
should be taxed just as much as meet
ing houses, so that the community
that got along without these luxuries
should be relieved of that much tax.
In 1S75 another convention was
called and the present constitution was
adopted by a vote of 30,202 to 5,474.
Several amendments to the present
constitution have been submitted to a
vote. of the people, but the method of
voting and counting the votes pre
scribed by the constitution are such
that all of them failed to get the' nec
essary vote. The one increasing the
pay of the legislature was, however,
counted In. It was voted on in Novem
ber. 1880, and declared carried by the
legislature January, 1881. The three
most noted amendments that have
been submitted were those extending
the right of suffrage to. women, the
prohibition of the liquor traffic and
the increase of the supreme judges.
We first landed in Lincoln in Octo
ber, 1870, and one of the first things
that attracted our attention was" a
political meeting held In the new state
house, then nearly completed. Gov
ernor David Butter was the speaker,
He was a candidate for re-election. He
openly acknowledged that he . had
loaned state money to himself; that he
had also loaned to Mr. Tichner without
warrant of law, but that he did it be
STALL
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100 Black PcrcHcrons,
Imported and home bred registered stallions-and mares, 2 to 6 years old, weight 1,600 to 2,400
pounds, 95 per cent blacks. - lams has more thick, ton, black Percherons; more fioyal bred, kfov
ernment "approved and stamped" stallions ; more Paris and Omaha Exposition and State Fair
winners; more stallions to srut yon and big bargains than all importers of Iowa or Nebraska,
lams steaks French, knows breeders of La .Perrhe. Thia. with "1 TPHi-'xiei-inr. rrvks Mm
$:i00.00on each stallion bought in France, and gets the "tops" irrespective of cost. He will save
yon $500.00 on a stallion, because be bas no high-priced salesmen or buyers, no 2 to 10 partners
to share profits, and saves you the middle man's and company's organiser's profits by buying di
rect from lams' barns. Don't be a dam. Write or telephone lams and get an eye-opener.
HARDY TREES THAT BEAR AND GROW FRUIT
Large and Complete line of Nursery Stock,
- . . consisting of varieties adapted to the north- i .
west. Location one of the leading -fruit
districts of Nebraska., . . . . . . ...
BORDERS GIVEN PROMPT
, We pay all freights to points in Nebraska and Western Iowa.
We guarantee satisfaction - with our customers. Catalogue
i mailed free upon application. Adrress all communications to
MARSHALL BROS., Arlingtqn, Neb.
CRETE NURSERIES
Established '72
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We offer full lines of Nursery Stock. Fraifc Trees and Plants, Ornamental Trees, Shrub
and Roses. Evergreens, all sizes, eight inches to three feet. Refer to thousands of
rustomers with bearing orchards. That our fruit trees are productive is shown by
THE CROPS OF FRUIT WE HAVE GROWN. '
1 OOO Rllhllc. of apples in one season! 17 to 24 bushels of appies on single
. , DUM1C1 trees 700 bushels of cherries in one season-3V4 bushels on a
single tree. 570 bunches of grapes on a single vine. Extreme care to have all carefully
packed and true to name. We help on all losses.
v Please mention the Independent. Send for Illustrated Catalogue to
j E. F. STEPHENS, Mgr., CRETE, NEB. J
Eet-itllaHscl 1878
HIDES, FUPS, WOOL AND TALLOW
Write For Prices and Tags.
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The BURR
Write for Free Catalog.
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The Sure Match
is a high grade incuhator at alow price. Thous
ands in use. California red-wood cases and cop
per tank incubators at the price others ask for
common pine and galvanized iron, uur Drooaer
broods as well as our hatcher hatches. Hand
some catalog giving plans for practical poultry
houses, yards, etc, free. Write to-day. You
need it in your poultry business.
Sure Hatch Incubator Co.. .
Clay Center, Neb. v
ire pay the freight. The Sure Hatch will pay your
A J .-J 1 '.."vis 'vriJ-t ThrM CTtO 4 1) iM
thousands of pleased customers
SEED CORN
PRIDE OF NISHNA is a bright yellow dent, 16 to 24 rows, deep grain solidly set on
small red cob, maturing- soundly in 90 days. It was grown in 38 states in lfW. Thousands of
farmers grew from 80 to 10U and 13) bushels of shelled corn per acre in all parts of the corn belt.
IOWA SIL.VKK MINK, white, is the full counterpart of it, with white cob. Price for either
variety $1.00 per bushel, bags free aboard the cars here. FULL descriptive catalogue Free for
the asking. A 56 page illustrated catalogue and BOOK ON CORN GROWING wit h samples of
seed for two red stamps to pay postage. ,
A Hilpa.o .1 U KATI-.KI'V Xr.
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that with our Great Western
monev this snrinir to buv this
SURRE at our wholesale price oit $97.50. You can hare the incubator (we pay the
freight) on 39 days free trial, make a hatch, and if not satisf actory .return It at our vx
pense. CDC AT TVCCTCnM in A TAl (K) eggs,) $7.50
it s the UitLHl fl
Hot water DiDing. no cold
ter. Safety lamp -ventilation and moisture reg
ulation perfect. You take no chances on it.
TELL YOUR HUSBAND we Bell everything
used in the home and on the farm at 10 to
40Jfc below other dealers. Our big catalogue
sent tor 10c postage. Special Vehicle and Iacnbutur
Catatofrues f ree. (We hava larjjer incubators, too.)
WESTERN MERCANTILE CO., Dept. Oaaba.Neb.
Tae Haaae taat Barea jmm Maaey."
IAMS imported more black Percherons from France in
WHO than all importers of Nebraska. Only man ia United
States who imported all black stallions.
IAMS HORSE SHOW
At his barns daily are "-hot propositions" to competitors
... Buyers remarks; "An up-to-dace horse show;" "most se
lect and largest stallions I ever -saw;" -'(flossy beauties;"
"widetsswajon;" "lef under every corner;" "see that
2,360-lb 3-yfcar-oid. "lar (rest and best drafter in the United
- States a ripper." -MtBis aved meftSOO.OO on a stal
lion last year, andl bought that 2,000-lb 2-year-old today
a top-notcher." "See that barn of 20 'Ton' Stallions,
. and 'they all look alike to meV "Iams pJ9 freiffht and
fara of his buyers and sells a $2,000.00 Stallipo at $1,000.00.
lams has on hand - ' 4
Glyidcs, Shires, Goachers
St. Paul, Howard Co.,
Nebraska, on B. fc M.
and Union Pacific Ry,
ATTENTION.
Established '72
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PAYS '
!.XRKET' V
PRICE tfes;
W n
. Neb; I j
918 Q St. Lincoln
Incubators
And BROODERS for Chickens, Ducks and Turkeys. 5 !
hatches anything that a hen cau hatch. ,
BURR INCUBATOR CO., Omaha. Neb.
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" PRIDE OF NISHNA," Yellow
' IOWA SILVER MINE," White
fiiti. NhMlulMlnah. Ia.. nam mtlh I ro
Clarence L. Gerrard?
IRRIOATION GROWN SEEDS, v
NOT KILN-DRIED.
SEND FOUR CENTS FOR SAMPLES
(-Columbus, Nebr.
New Departure
Round Incubator.
Heats up through the center; uses less r
oil than any other machine made; per- , '
. feet ventilation; equal heat; absolute
ly automatic. CATALOGUE FREE.
Trester Supply Co., EteIn
10SS. Ilth St. Lincoln, Neb.
Jr. Incubator you can make enough
elegant 130 FULL LEATHER TOP
UKIUVVUHlVIf
freight prepaid.
corners, no hot cen .