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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
March 14, 1901
RAILEDAD ROBBERY
)ikrMU Wooae Man CMmu rfln
mrm A I aye Crying for Mor.
Ei-Attorney Onera! Smyth and Mr.
Harris rton appeared I tort one of tbe
)rlslatire eotssetittec and. made a
plea for lcwr rat. Mr. Harrington's
rtEara were Mliisltted io writing
froa wtkb the followtjg was taken:
Tbe argumxt made acainst reduc
tion 6f rat by the railroad companies,
tie railroad lotbyULs. the pass dla
rsr and pats grabbers who ride
d4 bead" ttm! at tbe expense
of the propV is tbat tbe railroad cor
roratjGEjt are sot making any money,
trtea at tb ptnl rates, and tbat It
would & vcjuct to lower tb rates. I
prvpo to sbow by tbe best authority
ia this country tbat railroad rate are
groarly extortionate. Pool's Railroad
Kansal ., la tbe recogcired authority
on tb mileage, receipt, expenditure
aa J profits of railroad corporations.
On It Invest era la railroad securities
rely. It Is too bad tbat tbe expense
la s?rh that It cannot be la the bands
of every otrr. But tbe average eiti
x.a will not pay S!0 for a book which
cooUts principally of statistics. Tbe
f rurra which I t ball uote aa to rail
road profits are all taken from the
la teat edition of Pool's Manual, being
to taaoe of 1VW and which gives the
profits of tb railroad corporations
for the, year ll. The Elkhora rail
road, which la located principally la
Nebraak had an Incorae la the year
'1K of J3,S4S,4f.. It expenses for
attorneys' fee, manager's lalary, of
Het blp, train ir.en. section taen. shop
xcs. agents, bejpers. operators, and
all expenaes of every kind was 12.
41I.C5i Jr Its taxes in addition to
this accounted to JiV3.1o.Jo. So that
tbe total of ail expeaaes and taxes In
cluding the building of new bridge.
sr r l Pi&m nwr vftfl vw
cars, new -agis Improving tbe road
and paying wag and everything
cospkte. was f2.C10.i-32.S3. Hence tbe
feet profits were 1174,CC.TS. On the
gros receipt this wa a profit of 23
per cent. To pat it plainly, when a
merchant, a shipper, a gtockxaaa or
laraer pays tbe Elkbom railroad $100
la freight. v7 pays the taxes and all
the icprovetaents. new engines, new
ears and all wages, and tZZ of the
Slfro pzid Is absolute clean profit to
tb company.
Take the lnioa Pacific Railroad
eoxcpany. Tbevery bert part of its
line and It taost profitable portion Is
ia Nebraska. It rt:ns through a rich
and thickly populated country la this
state, and then for hundreds of miles
through a pr country, so it Is quite
clear tbat It earnings la Nebraska
alone would be much more profitable
than Its average earnings all over the
yttrst. Tbe grots earnings of the
I'nioa Pacific railroad ia tbe . year
was GZ$JiiZ23. Tbe expenses
cf all kind were 13.iS7.rr I .S3. Ia the
tern expene that year were In
cluded for betterments and extraordi
nary repair. $C0,0!7. But even with
this tremendous expenditure for new
lmpraTementf. wbich taads the road
more raluabie to it owners, tbe net
profits were tUt'lJiZIZA. From this
we should dadact for taxes f 1&87.37.
leaving a clear profit of J2.712.050. IX.
To put it so tbat every one caa under
stand ft, this mean that when a farm
er, a shipper or merchant pays f 100 In
freight to tbe Union Pacific Railroad
company til of tbe 1 10 Is profit for
tbe company.
The Chicago. Burlington & Qulncy
Railroad company extends over many
states. Some of tbe states In which It
is operated .are more densely settled
than Nebraska, while several of them
are more sparsely settled thaa Ne
braska. The total income of tbis com
pany for tbe year was $13.29.
424 C3. All expense of all kinds were
f2S.JiS.Cja.. I. and of thia more than
f ll.CO0$C4 was expended by the com
pany la the purchase of new cars, new
engines and tbe ttpair of Its rolling
stock, and tbe laying of new track,
new ties, building new bridge-, reduc
ing grada and otherwie improving
the property and making it -lore val
uable. To g?-t tbe total outlay we
should add to the expenses above men
tioned tbe amount paid out for taxes,
which were f 1.&SS.&2J.37. This make
the total expenditures ffiS.123.t65.0S.
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To put this so that it may be
easily understood it means that when
a stock man, farmer or merchant pays
$100 in freight to the Burlington rail
road more than 135 of It is clear profit
after paying all wages and other ex
penses and paying taxes, and after
paying more than $11,000,000 by all
the patrons of the road In the aggre
gate for tbe betterment and repair and
maintenance of the property. ':t
.Here, then, the three large corpora
tions of this state receive as profit
oa each $100 33 per cent on the Elk
horn. 35 per cent on the Burlington
and 43 per cent on the Union Pacific.
The average for the three companies
would be 37 per cent. The total re
ceipts of the Nebraska railroads for
the year 1SS9 was over $27,000,000.
This will be ascertained by any person
who will go to the auditor's office,
and this statement is based upon a
statement compiled by the auditor. It
Is safe to assume that the other busi
ness is as profitable as the freight
business. Passengers at 3 cents a
mile surely are. and It Is & notorious
fact that the price paid by the govern
ment for hauling the mail Is extor
tionate. The entire receipts as I have
stated were $27,000,000, and estimat
ing the profits at 37 per cent of this
we find the profits for the year of 1899
to be $9,890,000. This Is a profit of
$9 for every man, woman and child in
the state, each year. The average fam
ily Is five. So that for a family of five
persons the railway profits in this
state each year Is $45.
Ia Holt county, where I live, there
are about 15,000 people. This num
ber of people at $9 each amounts to
$135,000. Hence the people of this
one county are paying the railroad cor
porations in profits $135,000 each year.
The amount Is appalling, and when
ever the people get to understand it
they will Insist that the government of
the United States shall own and oper
ate the railroads of the United States.
Tbe bill under consideration, and
which was introduced in the senate by
Mr. Weber and in the house by Mr.
Sprecher Is most conservative. The
reductions made are not unjust to the
railway corporations. Even with
these reductions made they will make
several times the profit that other peo
ple make In legitimate business. The
friends of this measure desire to frame
a bill which, when passed, if it should
be passed by the legislature and ap
proved by the governor, would stand
any assault that might be made upon
it in the courts. ' '
Tbe railways are charging, as I have
pointed out, higher rates today than
ten years ago. During that time the
engines have been increased very
much In size, and a better class of rails
has generally been laid. An engine
today hauls much more freight than
an engine hauled ten years ago, and
hence tbe labor cost of hauling each
car Is less. The number of men em
ployed oa each section of railroad is
less than It was then. As the road 3
have got older and the road beds have
been Improved they have needed fewer
men, and in this way the cost of la
bor has been reduced. Frequently
they have trains so heavy that they
are hauled by two engines. In this
way they save the wages of a con
ductor and two brakemen. Generally
speaking. In all lines machinery has
been Improved and the public ought
to get the benefits of at least a por
tion of tbe benefit that accrue from im
proved machinery, larger cars, better
engines and heavier rails, for the pub
lic pays for all these improvements.
Hence freight rates ought to have
been materially reduced, and can be
materially reduced without Injustice to
the roads.
One of the great evils with which
the advocate of freight reduction have
to contend is the railway, pass. ' Pub
lic officials are Influenced by these
passes who could not be bribed in any
other way. On my way home from
Lincoln last week I sat at the rear end
of tbe last coach. The train consisted
of a smoking car and an ordinary pas
senger car. I noticed the very large
number of passes being used, and when
the conductor reached me I handed
him my ticket and Inquired of him
how many fellows 1 was paying fare
for oa tbat train. He replied that a
fellow in tbe smoking car and myself
were the only persons who were pay
ing fare on the train. 'This might
have been, and I suppose v.as, an ex-
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at Mitafcidtty to an, bnmi Conut
ceptional case. But it is a matter of
common knowledge that a tremendous
number of people, and . particularly
politicians, are carried jfree by the
railroads. This burden must, be
shifted upon other passengers and
upon people who ship freight over the
road. The cost to the company of
carrying a man on a pass is just aa
great as to carry him when he has a
ticket for which he has paid. Some
one must bear the burden, and of
course it Is not borne by the man who
pays nothing at all. If the pass evil
was wiped out this bill would pass
promptly and be approved. The pas
senger fares which ought to be paid
by the "dead heads" in itself would
cover the entire reductions made by
this bill, and much more.
I trust that the legislature will rise
above the pasteboard passes in their
pockets and pass this bill,, which at
most Is no injustice to the railway
companies, and which will grant some
relief to the people of the state who
have been plundered by excessive
freight rates for a generation. Re
spectfully submitted.
M. F. HARRINGTON.
VERY K AMD GROWTH.
ROMANCE OF COMING STATE
OF OKLAHOMA.
Its HUtory Is On of the Mifcrrols of
This Great Nation Already Equal to
Tea Neradaa -Ahead of District of
Colombia.
The story of the coming state of
Oklahoma promises to afford an ex
ample of rapidity of growth unmatched
in the history of any other common
wealth in any age or country, says the
Washington Post. Hitherto, when an
instance of unparalleled progress has
been wanted by way of illustration,
the city of Chicago has been cited with
full confidence that it could not be
matched. That confidence and the
stupendous facts on which it rests will
still remain, but Oklahoma will occu
py in the list of states the position held
by the western metropolis in the list
of municipalities. Both are giants In
infancy, with unlimited facilities of
growth and an assured prospect of in
creasing greatness. Just as Chicago
has grown in area by annexation of
the adjacent towns, villages and farm
ing lands, Oklahoma is destined to ex
pand by taking in the Indian Terri
tory. Governor Barnes' latest annual
report upon the condition of Oklahoma
reads more like a tale from "The Ara
bian Nights" than the sober reality
which we know it to be. On June 1,
1900, the census enumerators found
398,000 inhabitants in the territory
and the 400,000 mark has been passed
since that count was made. That is
about equal to ten Nevadas and more
than 33 per cent ahead of the District
of Columbia. The governor states
that the assessed valuation of her prop
erty In 1900 is, In round figures, $49,
000,000, an increase of $6,000,000 over
1899, and within her limits there are
still almost 6,000,000 acres of public
lands subject to entry. The $49,000,000
of taxable valuation represents $135,
000.000 of actual value of property.
The products of her farms, mines and
factories in the fiscal year aggregated
$75,000,000. She has 100,000 children
enrolled in her public schools, with
2,000 in the higher educational insti
tutions. Her public school enrollment
is double that of this district. And
there is something marvelous in a
2,000 enrollment in institutions for
liberal education In a region that was
a wilderness eleven years ago. At
11:59 a, m. on April 22, 1889, there
was not an inhabitant in Oklahoma,
all the squatters having been expelled
by the United States troops. At sun
set of that memorable day Oklahoma
contained 50,000 inhabitants. At 2
o'clock in the afternoon of the open
ing day a bank with $50,000 capital
was established in a tent at Guthrie,
a town born a few minutes earlier.
The sowing of 100,000 acres of wheat
began that day and towns by the score
were staked out before sunset. The
next day schools were established and
churches were in process of erection
not very stately structures, but mag
nificent attestations of the spirit of
the pioneers. On May 22. 1889, just
a month after the opening day, a con
vention assembled in Guthrie to form
a provisional government. One year
after the opening President Harrison
signed the bill which created the terri
tory of Oklahoma. The census of 1890
showed a population of 61,000. In ten
years those figures have expanded to
400,000. Who will venture to fix a
limit to the progress and prosperity
of Oklahoma when, with the superb
lands of the Indian Territory annexed,
she takes her place in the family of
states?
, A Crime Breeder
Apart from the almost incredible de
pravity shown by these people of Kan
sas in allowing the school children to
flock about and watch the burning of
a negro at the stake, taeir lawlessness
in the taking of human life is not pe
culiar. There is a lynching almost ev
ery day, on the average, in some part
of the United States. The lynching
statistics of several years past, for
tunately, do not indicate that the an
nual average is at present Increasing;
but the bad effects upon the country
are of a cumulative nature, and the
tendency to resort to lynch-law is
more deeply seated throughout the na
tion as a whole than it was ten years
ago. At about the same time as this
Leavenworth affair, a negro was
lynched in Florida for attempting to
wreck a train. Last November Colo
rado was disgraced by the burning
alive of a brutal negro boy sixteen
years old, whom the authorities had
duly traced and arrested as the per
petrator of a horrible crime. The sor
row and suffering caused by such a
crime as this negro was guilty of can
not be lessened by torturing the crim
inal. Vengeance of that kind is whol
ly illogical and serves no useful pur-
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Lincoln No. 6
This Cultivator is
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A FEW FEATURES v:
A PERFECT spring that will balance the
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A DROP HITCH insures direct draft, no
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A HIGH ARCH, allowing late cultivation.
ADJUSTABLE handles, enabling you to
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SHOVELS are Soft Steel, the highest
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pose. It doest not deter other men of
like impulses from .deeds of violence,
because such men, as a rule, are neith
er morally nor intellectually respon
sible, but are the victims of mad im
pulse. The law should provide for
some very direct and summary mode
of trial for such cases, to be followed,
when guilt Is proved, by immediate
execution never, of course, in public.
Lynching is absolutely inadmissible. It
makes the mob more and more intol
erant, and less and less regardful of
the sacredness of human life. Thus
the Florida lynching of the middle of
January on the charge of attempting to
wreck a train is an illustration of the
ease with which mob-law passes from
the punishment of actual murderers
to that of men believed to have
planned or plotted a deed that might
have resulted in murder. Some lynch
ings within the past year have been
for causes rather frivolous than ser
ious. The whole tendency is deeply
deplorable. It does not stop crime,
but breeds it. From "The Progress of
the World," in the American Monthly
Review of Reviews for March.
Formosa's Revenue from Monopolies.
Mri Goto Shimpei, head of the civil
government of Formosa, says that dur
ing the six years which have elapsed
since Japan obtained possession of
Formosa she has Invested 140,000,000
yen ($70,000,000) of public money In
the island and it is now yielding a
revenue of 16 per cent on the capital
sunk. The main part of this revenue
Is obtained from the opium tax, the
camphor monopoly and the salt mo
nopoly, which yield 4,000,000 yen ($S,
000,000) each. .Three. years ago, when
the present governor-general went to
Formosa, the revenue was only a lit
tle over 5,000,000 yen ($2,500,000), but
there is every reason to think that
it will soon amount to 20,000,000 yen
($10,000,000). According to the finan
cial scheme originally mapped out, the
central government was to furnish 2,
000,000 yen ($1,000,000) annually for
twenty years In aid of Formosa's ad
ministrative expenditures. Chicago
News.
An Animal That Soeretes Camphor.
Prof. O. F. Cook of Washington re
ports the surprising discovery of cam
phor as an animal secretion. The ani
mal concerned ia a myriapod, resemb
ling a worm, or small slug. It lives
In the humus of moist, undisturbed
forests. When handled it gives off a
very distinct odor of camphor, and
ejects a milky fluid which possesses
the smell, flavor and taste of ordinary
camphor,. . Professor Cook thinks the
camphor Is , secreted instead . of the
prnssic or hydrocyanic acid found in
other myriapod aa ! a mean. of do
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The Brute.
Mrs. Cooke "Do you know, dear, I
like to go out occasionally and try
some other person's cooking." Mr.
Cooke "Well, I can't blame you,
dear." Yonkers Statesman.
Every woman Is a good actress UU
she goes on the stage.
Vaccination Statistics
Official medical, statistics furnish a
hard nut for those who are opposed to
vaccination. In Prussia and Bavaria,
where vaccination is compulsory and
the law Is strictly enforced, deaths
from smallpox have decreased since
1862 from 51.6 in each thousand deaths
to 0.7. In Austria, where vaccination
has obtained a foothold, but is not
rigidly enforced, the decrease is from
75.2 to 38.6. In Belgium the decrease
is from 79.5 to 18.2; in England from
25.6 to 2.9,. and in Sweden from Zb.y
to 0.5. The compulsory vaccination in
Germany is typical of the thorough
work in every branch of science and
sanitation which is increasing the
wealth, population and power of that
nation. Vaccination is not an absolute
preventive against smallpox, but it
much decreases the probability of be
ing attacked and much increases the
probability of recovery if attacked. By
vaccination is meant, of course, con
tinued vaccination or revaccination at
intervals of a few years.
Before Jenner's discovery epidemics
of smallpox ravaged whole nations,
and the dreaded plague itself was not
more deadly. Since vaccination became
general the number of deaths from the
disease has steadily decreased.
The Encyclopedia Britannica says:
"The most important of all the condi
tions tMidintr to affect the mortality
from smallpox, alike in the individual
and the community, is tne protection
afforded by vaccination. During the
first decade of life, if vaccination has
been fully and successfully accom
plished In infancy, the risk of death
from smallpox is nil; but should the
disease be caught which is improb
able will In all likelihood reveal
itself in the mild form of varioloid.
As regards revaccination, it has been
fniinri in all smallDox hosoitals that
the attendants 'and nurses escape the
disease when revacclnated. In the ex
perience of the late Dr. Waller Lewis
in th rasft of an averasre of 10.504 per
sons permanently employed In the gen
eral postoffice, JUOnaon, an oi wnom
had to be revaccinated on admission,
it wos found that in ten years not a
single fatal case of smallpox occurred,
and only ten mild cases were seen dur
ing a period embracing two epidem
ics." "
The statement that successful vac
cination in Infancy is an absolute safe
guard against death from smallpox
rinrine the first ten years of life Is a
strong argument in favor of the vacci
nation of children.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS toko a LOW Bote
of frelg-ht and tbe transportation charges will be a mall
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We know there is not a Riding Cul
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Steel used entirely tn the construction,
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teeth are adjustable and can be lowered as fast as
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HA UN'S PHARMACY,
1805 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.
' Sold by B. O. Kostka. Lincoln, Kebr.
Morning- & Berge, Attorneys.
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.
First. Notioe is hereby riven tbat on the first
dayof March. 1901. the undersigned in accor
dance with the laws of Nebraska, formed thetn
eelves into a corporation to be known as the
College View Bakery.
Second. The orincioal dace of transacting
business by this corporation shall be in the vil
lage of College View, Lancaster County, Ne
braska. Tbixd. The nature of the business to be
transacted by said corporation shall be a gener
al baking and bakery business, both wholesale
and retail, including baking, manufacture,
handling, selling, and buying such articles of
food and goods and merchandise as are general
ly manufactured and handled in that line of
business, and perform all other acta and things
incident and necessary in the conducting of
said business. '
Fourth. The amount of capital stock of said
corporation is the sum of $2500, fully subscribed,
$1500 of which is paid up, and the balance shall
be paid within fire years from the date of In
corporation. - -
Fifth. The corporation shall commence
business on the first day of March 1901, and end
on the first day of March, 1906.
Sixth. The highest amount of indebtedness
and liability of which this corporation can at
any time subject itself is the sum of $1,000.
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OBDBS TO SHOW CAUSE.
Za the District Coart of Lancaster County, He
braska; in the matter of tbe estate of Wil
liam Barr, deoeased.
This cause cam on for hearing upon the pe
tition of George W. Berge, administrator of
the estate of William Barr, deceased, pray i eg
far license to sell lot three (I) block one huod.
red forty-seven (147), in the City of Lincoln,
Lancaster County, Nebraska, for the purpose
of paying the debts allowed against said esta te
amounting to fonr thousand dollars ($4,000) and
the costs of administration, there not being
sufficient personal property to psy the ssia
debts and expenses.
It is therefore ordered that all persons Inter
ested in said estate appear before me at the
court house, in tbe City of Lincoln, on the 10th
day of April, 1901, at 10 o'clock a. m., to show
cause why a license should cot bo granted to
said administrator to ;11 the above described
real estate of said deceased to pay said debts
and expenses. .
It is ordered that this order be published in
the Nebraska Independent at Lincoln. Nebras
ka, according to law. ALBERT J. CORNISH,
Judge of the District Coniri.
Dated this 2Sth day of Vebraary, 1D01.
Moratna- A Berre. Attorneys.
NOTICE OF SUIT.
In the District Court of Lancaster County, Ke
. braska: John E. Lewis, Plaintiff, vs. T. S.
Dean, first name unknown, Defendant.
To T. S. Dean, first name unknown, non-re iii-
dent. Defendant:
You are hereby notified that on the 27th day
of February 1901, the plaintiff above named com
menced an action against yo in tho District
Court of Lancaster county, Nebraska, the ob
ject of which is to require you to specifically
perform a certain contract entered into by you
witn toe nainun wnercoy you agreea to con
vey to him Lots one (1), two (2), three (3) and
four (4), in block six (6), east , addition to Col
lege View, Lancaster county, Nebraska. Tbe
Plaintiff asks to have said eontract soeclflcallr
performad and tenders th amount of tbe pur
chase price with his petition, and asks tor gen
eral equitable relief ia tha premises. You will
be required to answer said petition on or before
tbe ith day of April.1901.
JOHN E. LEWIS. Plaintiff.
By J. Moinino A BaaoB, His Attorneys.
"Why not invite your neighbor to
subscribe for The Independent? It's
Cheap at one dollar a year.
Tho Western Mercantile Company. "
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.
To Whom it May Concern Take Notice
In accordance with the laws of the state of Ne
braska. t ' -
The undersigned have formed themselves into
a corporation for the purpose of doing business
in the state of Nebraska. The name of said cor
poration shall be known as "The Western Mer.
eautile Company.'' . . " -
The principle place Of transacting business
shall be ia Lincoln, Lancaster county, Nebras
ka. Bat branch houses and planes of business
anay be maintained elsewhere within tho state.
The business to be conducted by this corpor
ation, shall be that of conducting a general
wholesale and retail commission aud auction
business, for tbe purpose of purchasing and dis
posing of general mercb- idise Manufacturing
ail kinds of ladies and e&tlemens wares.
Buying, selling and exchanging real "es
tate, allkindt property, and the transaction
of other lawful business.
The capital stock of said corporation shall be
150,000, divided into one hundred shares each.
Where issued to be full paid, and non-assessable.
$25,000 of said stock shall be known as preferred
Stock, and the remainder shall be , known as
common or capital stock. The limit of said
corporation shall be for twenty years from the
loth day of January, 1901.
The officers of the Incorporation shall consist
of President, Vice-President, General Manager,
Secretary and Treasurer, and a Board of Di
rectors. -.:.-"-.'-
Omoaoa Vnmaa, Presid-mt.
Johw C. roxLBnwrDKa, Vice Pres. and Sea.
S. O. eoeroub, Treasurer, s