February 20, 1902
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
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KEEP YOUR B! HOD GLEAH
To answer several inquiries at once,
it may be said that the address of any
member of the congress is, if a senator,
"senate chamber," if a representative,
"house of representatives." A letter
s-.o addressed will be immediately de
livered either in the house or senate
or at the "residence of the member as
he may have directed the postofflce
authorities.
Choate, the American ambassador to
the English court, at a reception the
other day humbly kissed the king's
hand. No doubt the royal condescen
sion (the king did not allow all the
blessed privilege who attended) will
be greatly appreciated by Hay and all
the imperialists in this country. Think
of the indescribable honor of allowing
a plebian American citizen to kiss the
king's hand!
If the sort of Christianity preached
by Paul to the Romans had been of
the warlike kind that we hear in the
plutocratio pulpits of today, Paul
would never have had the glory of
martyrdom. The old Romans would
have flocked to his church and cheered
him until the marble walls resounded
to their enthusiastic shouts. They
never would have considered it danger
ous doctrine.
Governor Taft complains in his tes
timony before the congressional com
mittee that he cannot live on his sal
ary of $20,000 in that expensive coun
try. If that is the case, how can he
expect the people to live who have to
pay it, working at $15 a month? If a
carpet-bagger can't live on $20,000 a
year, he had better stay at home and
let the Filipinos govern themselves
without his assistance.
The Congregationalists built a
church at Nome within the artic circle,
the furthest north that any church was
ever built. When the day of dedication
came they found after the utmost ef
forts that they could not raise money
enough to pay for it. There was a
deficit of $200 and things came to a
standstill. At that juncture a Roman
Catholic and a saloonkeeper stepped
forward and furnished the money, and
the church was dedicated.
Do correspondents ever stop to think
what work they put upon the editor
when they write: "I send you a marked
copy of a paper by this mail?" That
means an hour of exhausting work for
the editor if he ever sees it. That pa
per goes into a pile of exchanges two
feet deep. If the editor hunts for it,
It will be the one at the bottom or next
to it every time. If you want the
editor to see an article in another
paper, cut it out and send it in a
letter.
Governor Taft furnished a witness
that nullified all his own testimony in
regard to the pacification of the Fili
pinos when he submitted that alien
and sedition law. If the Filipinos were
In favor of their own subjugation and
government by carpet-baggers there
wouM be no necessity of a law that
made the reading of the Declaration of
Independence or to circulate "a hand
bill, newspaper or other publication
advocating independence," a criminal
offense. In this case acts speak a
great deal louder than words.
It is announced that John L. Web
ster will soon make another speech
in which he will attack the Declara
tion of Independence with a rehash of
the arguments of Stephen A. Douglas
and Jefferson Davis. It would be much
better if Cheap Wheat Johnny would
read the speeches of those men to his
audience for they put the argument in
much better form than he will ever be
able to do. But Johnny will not do
that for fear that some of his hearers
might surmise that he is not such a
true follower of Lincoln as he swears
that he is.
There are a lot of protectionists who
" vk t.-. - tinvj k, luputuj WILLI Li J rj
Cubans on account of the suffering
that they endure on account of high
tariffs who have no sympathy at all
with the American producers who arc
forced by high tariffs to pay twice as
much for their goods as the same
' goods are sold to foreigners. A little
sympathy for the farmer who is forced
to pay twice as much for his imple-
owning aristocracy of Russia or the
English landlords ' who r own millions
of acres of the Boil of the Argentine
republic, would show more patriotism.
The republicans of Iowa had a ma
jority of nearly a hundred thousand.
But there seems to have been, a hitch
somewhere as they elected a man gov
ernor, Cummins by name, who seems
to be very much of a populist. He says
that "capital in the trust associations
should measure the actual value . it
acquires." That "consumers have a
better right to competition than pro
ducers have to " protection." If that
and the demand that he is making for
a revision of the tariff can be branded
"republicanism," every mullet head In
the state will vote for it. If they had
the faintest suspicion that it was pop
ulist they would brand it as anarchy.
The process of consolidation goes
merrily on. Wednesday's dispatches
told that -the Merchants' National
bank of Chicago had been absorbed
by the Corn Exchange National, and
that a Baltimore syndicate will close
its options for the consolidation of the
Market street, Sutro and Sutter street
railroads in San Francisco. On the
same day the insurance combination
announced an increase of 25 per cent
throughout the United States east of
the Rocky mountains. And J. P. Mor
gan & Co. distributed a $10,000,000
dividend to the underwriters' syndi
cate which "financed" the steel trust.
Rumors of a new coal combine were
also In the air.
The Independent is curious to know
whether the morals of republican edi
tors run as low in other states as In
Nebraska. Here is a sample of the
degeneracy of the Nebraska kind.
There is published in Lincoln a daily
called the State Journal. It has a
rule of long standing never to men
tion the name of the Nebraska Inde
pendent in , its columns. When ever
this paper makes it so hot for them
that they have to make some reply,
they refer to it as "the popocratic or
gan" or some such phrase. , A short
time ago a correspondent got an ar
ticle in The Independent without the
editor's knowledge, assaulting one of
the most trusted and honorable men
in the populist party. In the same edi
tion there was an editorial taking ex
actly the opposite view. Now this
republican editor for the first time
uses the name of this paper and prints
it in bold type crediting the views oC
this correspondent to the Nebraska In
dependent. If there is a republican
editor in other states who will do as
vile a thing as that we should like to
know his name and the title of his
paper. The Independent does not be
lieve that outside of Nebraska there
is another as vile a thing as the man
who runs the State Journal.
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
Among the numerous eulogies of
Abraham Lincoln printed on his
birthday in the republican papers, the
following was in the Omaha Bee:
Abraham Lincoln met the high
est standard of patriotism. His m
love of country and devotion to
free institutions were profound
and intense. He had also an un
failing faith in the survival ol re
publican institutions and in the
grand destiny of his country. An
eminent American statesman, con
temporary with Lincoln, said there
cannot be any exaggerated esti
mate of him. No one will be dis
posed to question this who is
familiar with Lincoln's history.
From its humble beginning to the
hour of martrydom the, career of
Abraham Lincoln proclaims him
one of the greatest, noblest and
most heroic characters the world
has known.
The only fault with that is that it
was not brought down to date. Mr.
Rosewater should have added: "But
the party which Lincoln led to victory
and by whose agency chattel slavery
was abolished in the United States,
has repudiated every fundamental
principle that Lincoln advocated. The
Declaration of Independence that he
revered and which was the inspiration
of his whole life, the party has re
pudiated and its leaders now make ex
actly the same arguments that Lin
coln's opponents did, when Jeff Davis
and Judge Douglas fought him in his
campaigns. Like the old Spanish In
quisition, which in the name of Christ
practiced the most inhuman cruelties,
the republican party of today uses
the name of Lincoln to overthrow ev
ery principle for which Lincoln lived
and died." If Mr. Rosewater had writ
ten those words at the end of his
eulogy he would have written history
up to the present time.
A Record Breaker
What is believed to be the largest
mail order for groceries ever received
by a retail grocery store in this city
was received by the Farmers' Gro
cery Co., on No. 10th St., a few days
ago. A single customer of theirs sent
an order for a bill of goods for use on
his farm or ranch consisting of sev
eral hundred items from matches to
sugar and enclosed with the order a
draft for $400 in payment. The goods
were shipped promptly and the cus
tomer promises his continued patron
age. It is as safe to buy goods by
mail as over a counter when you
patronize an established store, such
as the Farmers' Grocery Co. . of this
city. If interested see their ad. on
THE SINGLE TAX. , .
The following clipping was sent to
The Independent with a request that,
the editor would state any 'Objection
he had to the principle involved:
The Australian tax amend
ment does not seek to impose any
kind of tax, nor does it permit the
people to adopt a land tax, for
that would be a tax on land area.
What it would permit is a tax on
the value of land that value
which is properly, known as a so
cial value, because it is a value
given to land by the community.
The improvement value of land
would not be taxed.
The community or population gives
value to everything, and if it is right
to tax the full amount the value giv
en to land by the community it is cer
tainly right to tax all values given by
the community to the full amount. If
that is not so, The Independent will
be obliged to any man who will tell
him why it is not so. There is an im
mense amount of merchandise in this
city of Lincoln. It is the community
that gives it value just in the same
way that the community gives value
to the town lots. If the population
should suddenly disappear, the mer
chandise in the stores and the town
lots would be equally valueless. The
editor has asked this question a thou
sand times of single taxers and while
he stands ready to be convinced, not
one of them ever attempted to make
reply.
A SIGNIFICANT HINT
Rosewater is very anxious that the
trial of Meserve should be postponed
until after the next election. He gives
a very significant hint to the judges
of Omaha that it would be inappro
priate to allow the trial to come off
at the next term of court. He says:
While a speedy trial is granted
by the constitution to every per
son accused of crime, there is no
reason why the trial of Mr. Me
serve should be rushed. He is at
large and cannot suffer serious
loss or inconvenience by reason
able delay.
As far as a constitutional right t)
a speedy trial is concerned, that will
not trouble any republican. The con
stitution and the Declaration of In
dependence, as every one knows, hav
been thrown into the waste paper
basket by bigger men in the party
than even Mr. Rosewater. The "white"
man has no rights that the republican
party is bound to respect. That was
settled long ago and Mr. Rosewater
only re-echoes the voice that comer,
from Washington. We shall see how
effective the hint given to the courts
at Omaha will be.
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NOT WASTING ANY TEARS
Most of the railing against trusts
is directed toward that class of com
binations usually denominated "In
dustrials," but The Independent has
all along been calling attention, to a
danger equally as grave the consoli
dation ot banking institutions. If
there is danger in any line of manu
facturing falling into the hands of
a few and becoming a monopoly, there
is ten-fold danger in a banking mo
nopoly. For years there is no doubt
that through bankers' associations the
great institutions have acted practical
ly as a unit in expanding or contract
ing credits, but only within the past
few years has there been a general
movement toward the actual consoli
dation of banking houses. What the
end will be is not hard to predict.
After all the great institutions have
become one, then will come the break
ing "down of the smaller banks
throughout the country and replacing
them with branches of the great cen
tral institution. Populists have been
predicting that this would come to
pass and have been called "fanatics,"
lunatics, etc., as a token of apprecia
tion. There is not overmuch satisfac
tion in seeing things go to the devil
in a canter, even if it does give a
chance to say, "I told you so;" but
The Independent shall not waste many
tears over those small bankers who
have been moving heaven and earth
in a political way to compass their
own destruction.
The Brooklyn Eagle says that the
United States "is historically and
sympathetically in very close relations
with Great Britain." The Independent
would like to inquire of the editor of
the Eagle what "history" he has been
roading. Was that "historical smy-
pathy" manifested by Washington,
Adams, Hamilton, Jefferson, Jackson.
Madison, Lincoln, Seward, Grant or
Sherman? Are Paul Jones, Decatur,
Perry shining examples of "historic
sympathy" with Great Britain? Will
the Brooklyn Eagle please inform the
public what history records the facts
to which it refers? When it comes to
writing nonsensical rubbish defying
the records of all mankind a demo
cratic gold bug editor is among the
most efficient.
, The editor of The Independent ex
amined a file of a New York daily pa
per printed in 1872. It was interesting
to notice the change in what may be
called "personal" matter. In those
papers the men and women who were
noticed were almost exclusively schol
ars, authors, artists, great educators
and philanthropists. In these days
thqjmilllpnaires and their doings take
up all the space and the scholars and
authors have ? to v take back seats if
they get any at all. The editors of the
dailies seem to think that the people
are more interested in the dinner par
ties of the rich, their yacht3, their
horse fairs, dog and, cat, shows, than
in the fovements of the scholars and
thinkers of the country. Are the edi
tors right? 4
Dewey said: "The Filipinos are
more capable of self-government than
the Cubans, and I know them both."
Teller forced the government to give
the Cubans a chance to try, but the im
perialists still . declare that the Fili
pinos are incapable of self-government.
The policy that they insist up
on is that of the fond mother who told
her son that she wanted him to learn
how to swim,: but that he must not go
near the water until he knew how,
for he might be drowned. The truth
about the matter is that any decent
sort of government that the Filipinos
would establish for themselves would
be "ar better than any one that wili
ever be set up there by carpet-baggers
from America appointed in payment
for political services.
A while ago it was Bryan who was
the cause of the war in the Philip
pines and were it not for him the
Filipinos would all lay down their
arms and become, loving "subjects" of
the United States. Now it seems that
it is Professor Schurman and Senalor
Hoar who are the cause of the death
of our brave soldiers in those distant
islands. Why the president don't or
der General Miles to round up and
shoot these traitors who are causing
all this trouble and bloodshed is one
of those things that this editor can't
find out. . It is true that we would have
to go to the cost of electing a few
United States senators, university
chancellors and other officers after
the shooting was over, but that would
be nothing in comparison to the cost
of this continual war in the Philip
pines.
The single taxers say that their sys
tem would greatly benefit the farmer
by "reducing his taxes." They also
say that land should be taxed to its
full rental value. Now the rental value
of good farms in eastern Nebraska va
ries from; $2.50 to $4.00 per acre. If
every farmer who owned one of the
fine farms should have. to walk up to
the captain's office and' pay $640 taxes
every year, Henry .George himself,
good and great as he was- could not
make ,tliat farmer believe that his
taxes had been reduced... He might
talk to him a year and point out th :t
all indirect taxation had been removed
and that really he was paying less
than before, but 1 the v farmer would
not believe it. At $3.00 per acre rental
value his taxes would be $480. He
wouldn't like that much better, when
he comes to reflect that he now pays
from thirty to forty dollars taxes.
Mr. W. E. Price, formerlv insurance
commissioner for Nebraska, has bpon
selected as manager of the city agen
cies tor Lincoln and Omaha bv the
Old Line Bankers' Life Insurance Co.
of this city. The company is one of
the best in the country and has en
joyed excellent patronage and growth
since its organization and the indir-a .
tions for future business are all that
could be desired.
Medal for Nebraska Fruit
Mr. E. F. Stephens, the well-known
Nebraska nurseryman, has just re
ceived notice of an award of first
premium for his exhibition of apples
at the World's fair at Paris. The let
ter notifying him is as follows:
New York, Jan, 1902.
Mr. E. F. Stephens, Crete, Neb.
Sir: I have the honor to send you
herewith the bronze medal awarded
to you in Class 45 (apples) at the
Paris exposition. The diploma will
follow in due course. Kindly ac
knowledge receipt, and oblige. Yours
truly, B. D. WOODWARD,
Ex. Assistant Commissioner General.
On one side of this bronze medal Is
noted Exposition. Universelle. Inter
nationale. 1900. E. F. Stephens. On
the other side Republique. Francaise.
Yours truly, E. F. STEPHENS-.
FIVE POINTS IN POPULISM
The Greatest of Economists Sanction Them
nil They are on the Only Line of
Advancement
The populist position regarding the
industrial world is summed up In
Professor Ely's resume of the result
of the last century's experience and
the tendency of present opinion:
1. Private enterprise in the com
petitive field.
2. Government ownership in the
field of monopoly.
3. Right of private organization for
all legal purposes.
4. Government regulation of pri
vate industry to protect the life.
health, education and general welfare
of workmen.
5. Government arbitration, if need
ed, to settle labor disputes.
Under the first head, let us take tho
making of bread as an example. Com
bination among the baker's is not only
possible, but is often actually accom
plished, and for a time the bread buy
ing public is compelled to pay a higher
price for bread.' But the monopoly.,
if it can be dignified by that name, Is
short-lived If the price goes too high,
outside bakers find it prontablfe to
ship bread into the monopoly-ridden
town or city. And the good house
wives themselves enter the field to the
end that the old-time rate of "three
jCor,.ten',is soon current again.1; Gov-
ernment bakeries are not desirable
and here is where the populists and
socialists hitch.
Under the second head, let us taife
the railroads for our illustration. A
railroad is not whdlly a natural mon
opoly, but partakes of the nature of
both natural and artificial. In its op
eration It conforms to the law of "in
creasing returns," that is to say, up
to certain limits the business done
may be increased without a corre
sponding increase in the expenses of
operation. In other words, nearly
any railroad in the United States could
do double the business it - now does
without doubling the expenses. It haa
a natural advantage as to its road bed.
No other company can operate trains
on the same track (without, of course,
paying such a rate as the owner com
pany might see fit to charge) and in
many instances, owing to the contour
of the country, it is impossible to
parallel the first line even were such a
course economically desirable, which
is seldom the case. In order to build
the road it is necessary that the com
pany exercise the governmental func
tion of eminent domain and condemn
and take private property ostensibly
for public purposes, but, under the pri
vate ownership of railroads, in reality
for private purposes. There is no
competition whatever at all points
where the railroad is the only one, and
no opportunity frequently of avoid
ing the payment of whatever the com
pany chooses to charge for its ser
vices. Even at places known as "com
petitive points" there is very little
competition between the lines a fact
so well known as to need no extended
discussion.
Professor Ely says: "All we can
say now is that certain industries, by
virtue of natural inequalities neces
sarily existing between the competi
tors, if left to the control of competi
tion, inevitably become monopolies,
while others find it seemingly impos
sible to escape from the control of the
competitive principle. While It is dif
ficult to draw the line between these
two kinds of industries they seem'
none the less to indicate the exist
ence of two separate industrial fields.
tLe monopolistic and the competitive,
requiring different principles of con
trol." '
IN A TIGHT PLAGE
SEED CORN
Fi?n Yer Experience In the Seed Corn Business as a 5PEC
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SEED OATS
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J. R. RATEKIN & SON, Shenandoah. Iowa.
SEED CORN
We hare won four-fifths of the prizes at the
Nebraska state fair for the past 18 Tears. At the
W01 state fair we won elf Ten firsts and nine
seconds all the prizes offered on field corn.
For descriptive priee list aud samples address,
with 2c stamp. .
M. H. SMITH & SON, De Soto, Neb
If your hens do not lay try our Grits.
We have several tons that MUST BE
DISPOSED OP and we will ship you
at our ton rates F. O. B.: 100 lbs. Pearl
Mica Grit, 76c; 100 lbs. Oyster or Clam
Shell Grit. 75c : 100 lbs. Limestone Grit.
65c; or all three to one address, $2.00. At this
price you can 6nip luuu mues.as tney go rourth
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THE TIFFANY COMPANY, Lincoln. Neb.
The British Ministry Caught In Their Own
Trap Ne Way for Them to Get Out .
The nublication of the official docu
ments in the German foreign office
has enlightened the world a good
deal on the disinterested love that
Lord Salisbury, . Joe Chamberlain and
that set have for this country. Here
is the document forwarded by the
British minister in this country when
he was trying to get up a coalition of
the European governments. against us
at the breaking out of the Spanish
war:
"The memorandum of the Spanish
minister, delivered on Sunday, appears
to me and my colleagues to remove
all legitimate cause for war. If that
view should be shared by the great
powers the time has arrived to re
move the erroneous impression which
prevails that the armed intervention
of the United States in Cuba com
mands, in the words of the message.
'The support and approval of tle civ
ilized world.'
"It is suesrested by the foreign rep
resentatives that this might be done
by a collective expression from the
?reat powers of the hope that the
United States government will give
favorable consideration to the niemor-
fiTirlnm of the Spanish minister of
Anrii 10 as offering: a reasonable basis
for an amicable solution, and as re-
mnvinsr anv srrounds for hostile inter
vention which may have previously
existed."
When this document was presented
to the emperor of Germany, he wrote
on the margin these words:
T resrard it as completely futile
and purposeless, and therefore preju
dicial. I am against this step."
Dr. Von Hollenben In forwarding it
to the emperor wrote on it:
"Personally. I regard this demon-
stratien somewhat coldly."
It is for that kind of friendship of
the British government that Hay has
allowed it to establish military sta
tions in this country and. make it a
base of supplies in prosecuting a
most indefensible and inhuman war
on two republics. It is about time
that Hay. Pauncefote and the whole
gang was kicked out.
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Clarence L. Gerrard;
Irrigation grown seeds will grow the
BEST CROPS. WHY? Send four
cents ior samples. . . . . . .
Columbus, Nebr.-
"H'SaapaTJtpJ9fsa1
ESTABLISHED
1872
CRETE
NURSERIES
ESTABLISHED
1872
From Ohio
Editor Independent: I am in thor
ough accord with The Independent,
but think that you and Mr. Bryan have
a hard iob before you. The American
people are generally indifferent as to
the administration of our government
and it is a question whether the
nrp pnoueh natriots left to save the re
public. If you will note the average
intelligence and concern of your fel
low citizens about national affairs you
will understand me. I am a demo
crat, but there are so many bad men
among the leaders, I have little nope
for the party. Mr. Bryan is too good
for it. and Grover Cleveland is not
good enough and there you are. I
wish you entire success with your pa
triotic paper. WILLIAM MEANS.
Yellow Springs, O.
More Than Honor
Stocks and bonds are more than honor.
Tf onr brother's blood is shed.
We will overlook the murder, if they
Dav us for our dead.
Money's worth is more than charac
ter. Tf one besmirch our name,
We will overlook the slander, if he
nav us for our shame.
Greed for gain, is more than life. If
workmen ask for higher pay,
We will shoot them down like cattle
on the open, broad highway.
Get you gold; and every snob on
Astrth before vou will bow down.
Get you gold; your way is easy unto
honor and renown.
Get you gold;' and at your coming ev
ery door will open, swing.
Get you gold; it is men's god and he
wbn has it is a king.
Hire a high-priced pew and be devout
in panoply and state.
Can we not serve God and. Mammon;
Is not Jesus out or. date?
Let your motto be: "For business we
live, not sentiment:"
And forget there's something higher
In the world man cent per cent.
J. A. Edgerton.
We offer full line of Nursery Stock, Trees and Plants, Ornamental Trees, Shrnbs
and Roses. Our tres and plants are not tied up in cellars like commercial nn
but WINTEBED With BOOTS IN KABTH.
the crops of fruit we have grown.
nurseries.
That our fruit trees are productire is shown by
Applfs in one season. 17 to 24 bushels of apples on sinle 2;
-5 rtnrt T' t. T of
Jj.UUU JDUSneiS trn. 7iX) busnels of Cheektkk in one season: 3 bushels on
a single tree ; 570 bunches of grapes on a single vine. Extreme care to have all carefully
paeked and true to name. We help on all losses.
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Send for illustrated catalogue. Please mention The Independent. 5c
I E F. STEPHENS, Mgr., Crete, Neb. fj
SEED POTAT
NORTHERN GROWN-Potatoes grown in the far north attain their
most perfect development. Our stock is grown by parties who make a spec
ialty of Potato trrowincr. and all our seed are smooth, regular in size and free
from scab. By northern grown we mean that all Early Potatoes we offer were r
. ....... P..n.r. XT Tt 4 V n all Ufa nnu tvora oprAwn lacf voarf
in Wisconsin. We will book orders at these prices till our present stock is
gone. We cannot make any cut in less than 25 bushel lots. Prices are made
sacked on cars, Lincoln. OUR FREIGHT RATE IS LOW.
EARLY OHIO.
These are the genuine Bed River stock
and the very best tha t can be had, $1.50
per bushel, $4.15 per barrel.
WORLD'S FAIR.
A large handsome White Potato. Sea
son Medium a good yielder $l.fiO per
bushel, $3.75 per barrel.
EARLY SIX WEEKS-
One of the best real early potatoes
grown. Our stock is lied River crown
and very fine. $i.(K) per bushel, $4.M per
barrel.
CARMAN NO. 3.
The best Large Late Potato grown. It
is a white, smooth good yielding, and
profitable late potato to raise. $1.50 per
bushel, 3.75 per barrel.
- Potatoes will be shipped about March 10th. We do not ship C. O. D.
GRISWOLD SEED CO. Box K, Lincoln, Neb.
REAL ESTATE BARGAIN:
32') acres 2U0 plowed
12U grass, good frame
improvements, A: (food ZJ
road to market.
-0oth.r goodb.rK..nf. Address VAN DECAR & BRADLEY
Write for list Of land and prices. st. Paul, Neb., or Wolbach, Neb.
ftf Pit xTtr1&?i
Smith Premier Typewriter
SIMPLE, DURABLE
ALWAYS RELIABLE
A dollar of service for every
dollar of cost. That is tne
record. Illustrated book free.
:The:
Smith Premier Typewriter Co.
Cor. 1 7th and Farnam Sts., 0maha,Neb.
OHIO STEEL RANGI
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$47.00
STEEL RANGES AT FACTORY PRICES.
The Ohio Steel Range, asbestos lined flues, made of cold rolled
steel, double cased, riveted together with Norway iron rivett. a
strictly High Grade range, 20x20 in. oven, roll top warming closet,
large porcelain lined reservoir, and warming oven under reser
voir, witn duplex grate1' for wood or coal. Sold on 60 days trial;
money refunded if not satisfactory. Guaranteed for 5 years. On
receipt of $2 we will ship this range to any address subject to ex
amination, pay your freight agent the balance or $40 and freight
charges.- :?-. - ..";-..
EARLY BREAKFAST STEEL RANGE CO..
' 1016 E.Adams St., Springfield, Ills.
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