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LINCOLN NEBRASKA Electricity SOCIAL VALUES A Distinction That the Independent Is Still Unable to See Harbors Always Delong to the Whole People " Editor Independent: I notice that the editor repeats his question to sin gle taxers as to social values. Per mit me a word. In my opinion the editor fails to dis criminate between such values as. at tach to a thing which is the product of human toil and social values that at tach to land. In one instance it is la bor bestowed upon the raw material to make an article of utility that gives it is value. This thing, being the prod uct of toil, it follows, if exact jus tice Is maintained and all have equal access to the raw material (nature's resources), that the toiler has the right to name the conditions upon which he will part with the product of his effort.- It cannot be construed into injustice, if two or more men.hav ing equal access to the resources of X ' " I 11.1 M nature, inauuiaaure auy aruciea oi utility and then freely exchange th5 products of their toil, one with thi other. The injustice can only . appear when the one secures the source 'of supply and then names to the pro ducer the term3 on which he may produce.- The editor, I think, makes another error when he says that the goods in mercantile houses would become val ueless in the event of the disappear ance of the community. As long as any person is left, the product of hu man toil, except it be a useless ar ticle, will still possess a utility valve (as distinguished from exchange value) though such value may somewhat di minish, since the larger the society, the greater will human wants appear; while in the absence of the community land values would entirely disappear. Now, social values of land are ex clusively those values that attach to land in proportion as this land is de sirable for location, such as harbors and all natural advantages. Now these values are not in any conceivable sense of the term the product of human toil, except so far as the whole of the com munity prove enterprising. If, then, they are natural values and rightfully belong to all mankind, by what rule of justice or equity can one person claim them? Land cannot be increased or diminished in area. It must al ways remain the same in extent. But the productivity of mankind is illimit able. A man might be totally divested of every form of wealth that human toil has established, yet could live and finally prosper in his way, if left free? to apply his labor to the earth. On the other hand, give him the wealth of the human family, but separate him from the earth, and his death from want will only be. a question of hours. It therefore follows that those who control the source of supply Includ ing the means of using nature's re sources and conveying the finishel product to the market control the welfare of mankind. Now I have never known a single taxer who was not also a greenbacker. The single taxer recognizes the im portance of leaving the medium e? exchange between mankind absolutely free. But he also sees the greater im portance of having the source of sup ply also free, for if the source of all wealth, the earth, is monopolized, it matters not what the medium of ex change may be, the real master will be the man who has the monopoly of the earth. A gentleman once said to Henry George: "If I control the me dium , of exchange I can make it em barrassing for you." "True," said George, "but if I own the earth and tell you to move off, what will you do?" asking questions, permit me a few. AO v V, 11 tllUb 1V1 iXi KJL LC A upon the products of human toil tends to check, hinder or prohibit the pro duction of them? If such is tru-?, would not the converse also h trim that is, the removal of the tax be a stimulation to production? If pro duction were stimulated, would it "not create a greater demand for labor? it there were a greater demand for labor would It not rise in price? Is 5t not true that the market value of any thing is fixed by the demand for that thing In relation to the supply? Is it not true that land values attach ex- - rtitetrol tr- frt in nrAnAnf !xr . A-1-. . demand for It. and not primarily t what may be hidden in it? For in-r fitanpp thft irnld mi-no xehlrh ' the edi tor mentions, is not valuable simply because it is gold, but because men want the gold. ; Now. if only one man demanded the use cf the land where the gold lay hidden, the chances are .1.-1 A. 1 1 I. x 1. a . max ie migui secure it iree ui any tax. So the price he might have to pay for it would not be regulated by what he took from the earth, hut. hv the demand for that particular site. Tf this value attaches to land as the sole icaun ui.iuc unjnuu iui it. auu 11 iu: 11RP. of ih earth 1s rle'htfiill v ; the heritage of all men and if there are some spot3 of its surface more desir able and therefore more valuable than men to occupy these more valuable sites, is it any more than justice that those, .who are dispossessed should have something to say as to the te rims upon which the users of , it may so use it? t .' If this value attaches to land :s the result of the demand for It, is it not true that land values are in tU) centers of population? If so, would not a tax upon those values, instead of upon the , products of toil, relieve the already overburdened agricultur al classes; of their present burden of taxation? Is It not true . that in all ur cities large tracts of land are held out of use for speculative purposei ? Is it any advantage to the people at large that this land should be held out of use? Does this unoccupied land en hance the value of the property sur rounding it? Does it beautify th city? Does it employ labor? Is it-not true that our present system of taxa tion Is equivalent to fining a man for being enterprising and offering a pre mium on Indolence? If not, what else can we call it when we increase taxes as improvements are made and de crease them as the property is al lowed to go to ruin? -'If the single tar principles were applied, would it nut result in forcing idle holders of idle land to improve it? If that were done, would it not create a demand for la bor and the products of the farm? And would not this great demand for la bor cause a rise in its price and make prosperity permanent? These questions misrht be extends! indefinitely, but I will close for the present with the single statement, for which I challenge contradiction, that since the majority of the Ameri can people are Jiving in rented homs they are - already paying the single tax, in addition to other taxes, th only difference being that the land lord is the collector and beneficiary and we propose that the public shall be. L. J. QUINBY. Hs Couldn't "rigger" An old farmer writes a private let ter to The Independent in which .ho says that he has been having trouble with a mullet head all on account of the fact that the said mullet head did not know the multiplication table. He says he showed the man the article by Dr. Lyman. Abbott, which appeared in The Independent in which the state ment was made that if a man begin ning at the birth of Adam had saved $100 a day for the 3C0 working days in each year until now, he would not nave a sum equal to the Vanderbilt fortune, and the man declared that it was an a pop lie. The farmer says that ha submitted to . him the. following fig ures: From Adam until now, y rs . . C00O Multiply by 300 days for each year. 300 $100 per day. 1800000 100 $180,000,009 That is twenty millions short of thii amount the old man Vanderbilt owned when he died and he by some means accumulated it all in one lifetime. Th farmer says that the mullet head hav ing denied the accuracy of the. finuros he did not ask him by what means such an enormous amount of wealth came into one man's hands during one short lifetime. The disgust that the farmer ex presses for this mullet head applies equally to the two by four congress man who struts about Washington and imagines himself a statesman while he votes for the laws and policies under which a man can accumulate $200, 000,000 in one short lifetime. See the pigmy with an air of wisdom which is expected to duly impress the rustics and listen to him while he denounces all men as wild-eyed lunatics wnu make objections' to great accumula tions of capital or point to the danger that lurks in a system that will soon make nearly the whole populatioa hirelings whose very existence depends upon subserviency. Watch him as he contemptiously refuses to discuss these questions with any opponent chal lenging him to a joint discussion. No tice how he smiles whenever a corpor ation magnate condescends to.Jook at him. That man is a bigger fool than the one who did not know the multi plication table. The Rights of flan Editor Independent: Being an ancient republican and abolitionist, I know and recollect the doctrine taught by U3 from '53 to '66. ' It was then the declaration pure and simple. "Free and equal" was the war cry, and we always closed our speech by saying: "The gates of hell should not prevail against it." Now the facts are, whether man was created by omni potent and supernatural power or came by spontaneous generation, he has inalienabla rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We ad mit that one generation could not leg islate for all time to come, nor are the same laws adapted to all people or nations, but the Inalienable rights of man remain the same, and that governments derive their just powers from and by the consent of their sub jects. This theory of government by the people does not preclude the mak ing of laws to regulate elective fran chise based on common sense and knowledge , of government affairs, based on majority rule of the compe tent must govern. : The divine right of kings was fought out in 1776 on the bloody; fields of Bunker Hill. Lexing ton and Saratoga, and in 1812 on Lake Erie and at New Orleans, and written down by the author-hero of the Amer ican revolution.. Whoever undertakes to reverse the question of the right of governments by the people and for the people opens the gates of hell. I am for the Declaration. L. G. TODD. Union, Neb. c " . : Buy and Try a Box Tonight While you think of it, go buy and try a box of Cascarets Candy Ca thartic, ideal laxative, tonight. You'll never- regret it. Genuine tablets stamped . C. C. C. , Never sold in bulk. All druggists, ioc When writing to advertisers do not fail to mention The Independent. If our; advertisers don't treat you rigb; NEAR THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED One Third of the Liberty Building Postals Necessary to be Sold for the Construction of Liberty Building Disposed of in one iVlonth HAVE YOU SENT IN YOUR ORDER FOR FIVE? All Who Have Tried Find It an Easy Matter to Sell thfe Postals to Neigh ". bors.' Some Have Sold as Many as Four Blocks . . In its history The Independent never announced a proposition to its readers and asked them for their assistance in pushing it to a success that met the enthusiastic support that has been given for the construction of a Liberty Building. We have received sufficient requests for blocks of five . together with the sale to the state committee ti cover more than one-third of the 2,000 blocks we offered for sale. Of the 10, 000 cards necessary to be sold 3,500 have already been subscribed for. So far only one block has been-returned by any reader of The Indepsndent un sold. There are a considerable num ber, however, not yet heard from, but every mail brings the mo3t encourag ing reports and results. Several have ordered the third or fourth block of five and have found it easy to dispose of all of them. If you have not yet ordered a block of five we would ba more than pleased to have you do so. There is no more effective political work that can be done than to help in crease the circulation of The Inde pendent in your neighborhood. One loyal friend at Sparta, Tenn., writes:. "I enjoy reading your paper. I can feel in its columns the back-bone Of its editor and the unafraid beating of his outspoken pulse. Wish we 4had ten thousand more like The Indepen dent." ; Perhaps it is not possible to have "ten thousand more like The , Inde pendent," but w ith the assistance of our friends and subscribers it is pos sible to increase the good it is doing by ten thousand times by increasing its circulation. Men who read The Independent soon come to understand the operations of organized greed and soon see what complete control the trusts and aristocracy have of the re publican party. They see the prophetic words of Abraham Lincoln being ful filled. In a speech at Peoria, 111., in 1854, Lincoln predicted the growth of imperialism exactly as it has grown. He said: "Little by little, but steadily as man's march to the grave, we have been giving up the old for the new faith. Near eighty years ago we be gan by declaring that all men are created equal; but, now, from that be ginning we have run down to the other declaration that for some men to en slave others is a 'sacred right of self government.' These principles caii not stand together. They are as op posite as God and Mammon; and who ever holds to the one must despise the other." In 1857. at the same place, referring to the same subject, he said: "In those days our Declaration of In dependence was held sacred by ail. and thought to include all; but now to aid in making the bondage universal and eternal it is assailed and sneered at and construed and hawked at and torn, till, if its framers could rise from their graves, they could not at all recognize it." Already the FREEDOM OF THE PRESS guaranteed by the constitution has been seriously crippled through the imperialistic rulings of a third class assistant clerk in the postofflce department. One large publication un able to circulate in free America has found greater FREEDOM OF THE PRESS beneath the folds and protec tion of the flag of the greatest mon archy on earth. Americans have stood idly by while "little by little, but steadily as man's march to the grave" the forces of imperialism have trampled upon one of the most sacred privileges guaranteed to American citizens. Already through the . power of the Associated press the .national administration practically ruin by false representation and . malicious criticism every citizen or official who dares to denounce its imperialistic policy. Their plan is to . destroy all who will not indorse and join wjth them in the plunder of foreign, coun tries and the destruction of liberty at home. The Independent defies them. It will not join with them. It appeals to the plain people for their patronage and support, and will fight the best, fisht that it can against the encroach ments of organized greed. Will -you join in the battle? What we need most is a home. At present we are located in a building which we rent. In the midst of a cam paign or other inconvenient time we might be compelled to move. To that extent we are at the mercy of land lordism. What we desire to do is to buy a little spot of mother earth from which we can fearlessly champion the cause of good government and defend the plain people from the aggressions of organized greed, and from which we cannot be driven by the-order of some plutocrat. We want to construct a "Liberty Building," dedicated to the defense ofthe liberties of the plain people. In time of peace we wish to prepare for war. ; We need a building 30x142 feet, two stories high, of. the most , economical construction. , We will use it without plastering, heat it with ordinary heating stoves and be thoroughly happy and. at. home to and for all our friends and patrons. We will get along without the luxury of steam heat or hot air furnace. , The plan adopted to accomplish the undertaking Is to sell "Liberty Building Postals" in blocks of five for $3.00. Each postal is good for a year's subscription to The Independent to ue sent, to any address in the United States or Canada. What we ask of our friends and , patrons is their, co-operation in disposing of. 2,000 blocks of 5v 10,000 cards.. We have made the price low to make it easy for them to dispose of the cards.; When you ask your neighbor to buy one of these cards you are not asking him to con - in reality offering to sell him a year's subscription to , The independent at 40 cent, less than he could buy the sub scription direct. We can afford to make thi3 low rate for these cards in blocks of five for three ! reasons i First, we do not have to pay an agent his wages and traveling expenses to secure the subscriptions. All that expense, which is usually - heavy, we avoid by this method. V Second, we will use the mon ey to build a home for The Indepen dent anA. quit paying rent which now costs us - $65 per month. Third, we wished to make it easy for our friends to sell the cards. Those are the plain reasons -why we are selling "Liberty Building Subscriptions" in blocks of five at the low figure we are. We have been as liberal in our offer as possi ble. It costs more money to publisa a paper devoted to the defense of tne plain people than to publish one ad vocating the causo cf plutocracy. The money - power 'would gladly furnish material to fill all our columns free of charge if we would accept it. They would be liberal with their advertis ing patronage and generous to a fau'.t if we would, indorse their legalized robberies.-;' That's why plutocratic sheets cost so little Shall we give you that , kind of a papsr? , Never! We will print the truth and sell the paper as cheaply as vwe -can. Invite your neighbor to; try it for a year. Ask him to compare it with the hand-me-downs and ready made stuff furnished him by the organs of plutocracy. Here is the roll of Liberty Guards and what they have done to date. Let us add your name to the list: , . No. cards . . ; , ordered. S. J, Boies, Hough, Neb;.......... 5 C. M. Lemar, W ahoo, Neb ......... 5 A. C. Caskey, Oregon, Mo. ......... 5 F. L: Buel, Hickman,. Neb.. 5 Joseph ,Burr, Leotl, Kasi. 5 Arthur. Gwynn; Palmer, Neb 5 R. D. Parsons, Ameia, Neb 5 W. .DeVoe, Brooklyn, N. Y. . ...... i. G. W. Ben jamin, Trenton, Neb 5 J. Higgins, Cambridge, Neb 5 P. J. Fox, Amsterdam,-N. Y. ...... . 5 C. A. Skoog, Holdrege, Neb 5 J. F.-Dodd, St. Paul, Neb.. 5 A. W. Pomeroy, Germantown, Neb. 5 JosephTE., Spencer, Beemer, Neb... 5 H. D. Rogers;- De Witt, Neb 5 H. L. "Shelton, . Wauneta, Neb 5 A. B. .S. cyder. Folks, O. 5 G. A. .Will, Ithaca, Neb . ....... 5 Otto. Trittschuh, Middletown, Ind.. 5 W, S. "tfadley, Arlington, Neb 10 J.' M. Smi tli', Baker, Neb ..10 H. L iiittle, Stegall, Tenn 5 G. Hickel, ;Ashland, : Neb 5 Chancy; Cooper, Leland, 111........ 5 Wm. Alexander, Elba, Neb 5 J. C. Stocking, Wahoo, Neb 30 iG. W. Ferbrache, Sutherland, Neb.. 5. L. M. Calvin, Ough, Neb,. 5 Paul Nelsoix; Pilger, Neb 3 Vaughn, Foster, . East Bethel, Me.. 5 A. C. Caskey, Oregon,- Mo. i Matt Sterup; Gresham, Neb. 7. J. A. Moline, Ogallala, Neb 3 Eugene Munn, Lincoln, Neb 5 Wmi Neville, Blue Vale, Neb W. H. Toy, Lincoln,; Neb. 5 Jonathan Higgins, Cambridge, Neb. 5 S.. Hunziker, ? Guide Rock, Neb... 5 M. M. Halleck, Ciarks, Neb.. .. 5 Mr. H. F. Canon,. ,Tecumseh, Neb.. 5 Dr. W. P. Cunningham, 336 West 14th st.tv New York city.......... 5 H,B. Lorain, rUpland, Neb 5 Hi L, Watts, Marshall, Ark 5 T. W. Grahberry, Long Pine, Neb.. 5 J. B. Wolfe; Tamora, Neb ......... h W. F. Wagner, Bertrand, Neb ..... 5 J. S. Freeman, Columbus. Neb. .... S J. H. Harper,5 Shubert,.Neb... 5 Cornelius Horan, Rulo, .Neb. ...... .10 J. R. Lind. Negunda, Neb . 5 W. .H. Ground, Prosser, Neb...... --5. Wrri. Surman, Carlinville, III...... 5 J. E. Jamison, , Battle Hill, Va . .... S C. Sorensen, Dannebrog, Neb ...... 5 A. H. Stegall, , De Land, Fla 5 J. C Andre, Logan; Neb .......... f A. L. . Caskey, Oregon, Mo........ 5 F. G. Welch, Cedar, la. . B. F. Ormsby, GrangeVille, la...... 5 J. M. Smith, . Baker, Neb; ; ..... T Wm. Thomssen, Grand Island, Neb. -V J. M. Elrod, Madison, Neb. .10 J. A. Greenlee. Betrand Neb. ..... 5 u. ii. Jenry, Chadron, Neb......... W. E, Mullikin, ' Somerset, Neb 5 W. C. Brown, York, Neo. r J. C. Dietfick, York, Neb. 5 A. W. Halleck; Claris,-Neb........ 5 R. C. Snyder, Eaton, c, . . . . . ... ... 5 Abner De; France,.. El Reno, O. T... 5 J. M. Jamison, Valparaiso, Neb .... 5 L. W. Hubbell, Francesyille, Ind.. 5 Mrs, E. J. Harkelrcde, Wassie, O. . 5 Peter Sauber, Aurora, 111. .... . ... T, W, C. Brown.' Brairiard, Neb. . . ... . 5 H. C. Stoll, Beatrices Neb. Vs. .... . . 6 J. H. Cronk, Ord, Neb i ....... ...... 5 M. N. 4 Shoemaker,' Union, Neb.-. . , 5 O. T. Baughn, Tobias, Neb ........ 5 D. C. Butler, Kingsley, Ore. .... . . . 5 Lewis Rickard, Wood - River, Neb. . 5 B. N. Cleveland, Fremont, Neb .... 5 W. W. Smith, Peru, .Neb.. o E. O. Smead, Kearney, Neb. . . . .... . .. Sands Brownell, 3alem, Ore........ 5 C. "Sorenson, Dannebrog, Neb. 5 Wm. Surman. Carjinville, 111... . C. T. Bride, Washington, D. C... . 5 Marshall ,Mayo, Rio, 111.'. ...... 5 Julius Smith, Salem, Neb. .......... Z Mamie Fenton; Dawson,. Neb. ..... 5 Win. Graves; Rulo,; Neb 5 E. R. Woods,", Burwell, Neb. ....... 5 S. A. Hauston, Pickaway, W. Va... 5 Thos. O. Clark,-Baltimore, Md vC Alfred Anderson, Stromsburg, Neb . 5 A. P. Sheenden,- Willmar, Minn. . . 5 A. S. Bennett," Forge Village, Mas3. 2 H C. Stoll, Beatrice, Neb .......... 5 A L Caskey, Oregon, Mo . 5 Jas. A., Haley, Philadelphia, ; Pa. . . 5 F. M. Hayes, Rensselaer, Ind ...... Z A.i C. Cameron, Brownsdale. Minn . . 5 L. E. Hallstead, Petersburg. Neb. . 5 Chas, -M .' Bowen, Bath, N.-;"Y.V. . :.. 5 O. Z.. Zook, Hillsboro, Ore . . . . ....... 5 P. B, Neai, Madison, N. C. . ... . . . . . 5 J. Miner, . Friend, Neb . 5 W. E.' Billeter, Aihsworth Neb '5 R. C. Snyder, Eaton, O.. ........... 5 J" M. Elrod, Madison, Neb ....;. . . . 5 Peter Johnson, .Gordon, Neb. ....... 3 J. W. Rdqth, Londonville, O........ 5 Geo. Gillett, Burwell, Neb. ...... ... u J. E. Guthrie, Comstock, Neb. . ..... o E. S.: Gilbert, Weeping Water, Neb. "$ Louis - Berry, Pawnee - City Neb. ... 5 S. G. Halle, Clearwater, Neb...... 5 J. P, Bridges, Mt. Airy,. Ga........ 5 Mrs. Ellen Rice, So. Dayton, N. Y. T. J. N. Diffendal, Finksburg, Md. . .HO J. L. Brouse, Stratton, Neb. -...... 5 C. W. Kinch, Lexington, Neb. . ... ." 5 S. G. Mower Falls Cityi ' Neb...... 10 Albert Beals, Omard, Mich ... Wm. Hancock, Loup City, Neb... Jl I D. P. Pugh, Imperial, Neb......... -5 C. J. Jackson, Nolanville, Tex.... 6 J. W. Bray, Falls City, Neb. ..15 Wilfred Lebert, Archer Neb. . ...... 5 W. . E. -Freeman, Cashing, Neb. . . ., 5 L. E. ; Hallstead, Petersburg, Neb . , ': 3 S. Hunziker, Guide Rock, Neb.'... 5 J. W. Bray, Table Rock, Neb " D. E.. Burkey, Giltner, Neb. ....... "5 Lewis Reynolds, Union, Neb...... 5 J. -F. Abbott Upadilla-, Neb. ....... S Mrs. Eliza Sovt'ards, Ashland, Neb.. 5 J. M.-Babb, Clayton, 111 5 Jas. O'Fallon, Mead, Neb..... . C Wm. Scott, St. Paul, Neb. . ......... 5 C. J. West,, St. Paul,. Neb........... 5 Joseph Wittwer, Salsm, Neb ....... S jC. W.' Duncan, Pilger, Neb......... 5 D. W. Haskins, Geneva, Neb. . . . .... 5 Lewis Frey,. Fairmont. Neb. 5 L.. O.-Leflingwell, Frankfort, Kas. . 5 A. W. Cox, Bladen. Neb.. ....10 B. A. Dean; Juniata, Neb.......... 5 Michael Hoferer, Wamego, Kas.... c J. Miner, Friend, Neb. ............ 0 L. Brickard, Wood River. Neb..'..-.; T H. B. Lorain, Upland, Neb. . . . . . . . 5 Dr. W. P. Cunningham, New York. 5 H. F.. Canon, Tecumseh, Neb . 5 Total ;S22 To state committee ' of - Neb . . . '. .'.2500 Grand total 3322 HOW THEY DO IT The Plan of the Ittiilr;td to Tk nil the ropl Produce Snre VVbRt Will -! MaiiitHin K.ltence One of the greatest obstacles In the way of getting a fair amount of taxea out of western railways is that th'iy are capitalized for a much larger fiura than ; tKey ought to be. When a de mand is made for taxes in proportion to the taxes paid by other forme, of property the managers of . the roads point to small dividends and ask if the state Intends to burden-owners who get little or nothing out of their property. ' The truth is. that the bonds, resting on most of the western roads repre sent the entire cost of construction. If the preferred stock and bonds be taken together, they stand in thq aggregate for more than the cost of construction. When western roads and' a good many eastern ones-pay the interest on their bonds they are, in fact, paying good interest on all the actual cash put into them. When they also pay dividends on -preferred stock they more than pay interest oh all the act ual cash put into them. - v V.- The local managers of the lines aro forced to try to keep clown their taxes. The roads are controlled by financiers who want to get dividends on watered stock as well as on cash . invested; Wall street brings a heavy pressure on the managers to keep rates up and expenses down. . If the railways of the, United States were honestly capitalized it is highly probable that 85 per cent of them would be charging lower rates to the public than at. present and would be paying satisfactory dividends' to their owners.' Overcapitalization, however, der mands that rates shall be maintained at the : highest possible rate, so that an actual market value, based on earn ing capacity, shall be given to the masses of stocks and bonds based vc. the lines. " ' v - ' The people thus are 'made to pay tribute, so far as it is possible to ex act tribute from them, on the basis of inflated capital; At . the same ; time, the managers of the roads, in, response to Wall street pressure, seek to pay taxes only on the basis of the actual cost of building the lines. They want to leave out of account the peculiar powers and .monopolistic privileges granted to the railways by. the public. The public replies that if those priv ileges and powers enable the railways to gain large revenues they, are prop erty that properly is. subject to taxa tion. The railways must not charge rate s based on immense stock and bond issues, on the one hand, and pay taxes based on a fraction of the actual cost of building the linesron the other. Tho people would get a "whole lot the worst of that arrangement. These are soma of the reasons why the assessed valua tion of railways and similar corpora tions should: be based on the market value of the stocks and bonds. .: ' Only .a few weeks ago Justice Brew er of the United States supreme court held, in a. very important case, that assessment of railways baSed'on the market value of stocks and bonds is a fair and equitable assessment. Den ver News. , IS CANCER HEREDITARY? Dr. Bye, the. Eminent Specialist,' on the treatment of cancer, Kansas City, Mo., states that in his long years of extensive practice in the treatment of carcinoma has proven beyond a doubt that the disease is hereditary, . having successfully treated as many as four or more members of one family suffer ing from the disease. The Doctor ha.r printed a valuable book, profusely il lustrated, which is sent free. Parties afflicted or ; having friends "afflicted Should write him. Address Dr. W. O. Bye,; Kansas ' City, Mo. What They Could do "Let us ttry to comprehend: this power. Two of our rich, men can pay the entire indebtedness of the United States and have money left for steam yachts and to break the bank ofJMoiite Carlo. 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Mentibn This Tin rl ti )MiiH pitcMicK iYPEW Utmw - -KJUJjl""""' BITR SIMPLE, DURABLE ALWAYS RELIABLE A dollar of service for every dollar of cost. That is tne , m record. Illustrated book free. The- Smith Premier Typewriter Co. Cor; 17th and FarnamSts., 0maha,Neb. THE USUAL FALSEHOODS AstocSatocl Press Keports oii (lie Nebraska Stiuljird OH Caao IJrought by At " " torney -General &mytU .' ' ; Nebraska's - supreme court has dls posed of the la$t case brought against the trusts of that state by the late c-mocratic attorney general.' The de cision,. as usual, was in favor of : the trust that the parties complained of were not members of a trust. -Sioux Falls Press. - -.' . ..-;'... ' ' ' "As usual'?-'"the : 'great' iiews-gather: ing concerns manage, to get the hows so garbled .that ' no' correct conclusions can , be drawn. They invariably man age to .create an impression favorable to anything: H"ohe by the republican party and unfavorable to any party opposed- to it, The Press is - not to blame for. forming an erroneous bpin ion of bur supreme court--the fault lies with . the newsgathering . monopolies Former : Attorney . General Smyth, a democrat, began a number of suits in the supreme court to enforce the Ne braska. anti-trust law. . . Chief among these were ,Uie cases of State vs; Stand ard Oil Co: and State vs. ArgoIanu facturing; Co (a part of 'the starch trust). ' The supreme court Is composed of one democrat, one populist and one republican; Mr. Smyth was. opposed by the strongest attorneys in Nebraska la the Standard Oil case, notably Sena tor Thurston, J. M. Wool worth, ,W. D McHugh and others. Every step of the ground was contested to the bitter end, but Mr. Smyth had the Standard Oil -case won .practically when - his term of office expired. . f - The wave of the "full dinner pail" submerged Nebraska, and a full 'com plement r of. republican state offieers were elected; and the state "redeemed,", excepting , the ; supreme .ourt. 1 Mr. Smyth's successor, was a partisan re publican, a good pettifogger in justice court, but wholly . incompetent--and worse-rto represent the interests' of the people of Nebraska, lie naa'tne opportunity of a lifetime to make himself famous by getting a victory out of : the hard . work done by. Mr. Smyth. But .he simply, allowed the case to go by default. Referees had been appointed by the court to hear the testimony and make and report' findings of fact and con clusions of law. " Most of the testimony was in ; the form of depositions, and these ; referees,' upon . what ; The Inde pendent considers exceedingly flimsy grounds, ruled out the most impor tant . testimony and then reported - to the supreme court that as a matter of tact, the sate had not sufficient eyf dence to ; support its contention1 and that as a 'matter of law the defendant company was entitled to a judgment of dismissal. - The court gave ten days in which exceptions might be filed to i this report, but the attorney gen eral' stubbornly refused, to .file 'any. He was satisfied with the referees'; re port; it was against the siate and In favor of an infamous trust, and . that just, suited -.him. . i ' . The court could do ; nothing except to render judgmentupon the report of the referees.: It could not assume the role -of , court and public . prosecutor. The fate of the litigation was in the attorney -' general's hands j" and be helped out; the trust. The people of Nebraska are not entitled to any sym pathy, however, because th ey, elected him. They -voted for a-trutit attorney general ahd they got it. Irt the Argo rastheattorneygeneral tcok the blt didn't "want to make an ass of h! self," dismissed the ease. There w no dangernature had attended that pretty ..effectually. ... , Prohibit Passes The public business of every ??.. in the union suffers from the grant!: ofrrailroad passes and franking pr lieges over telegraph, telephone at express lines. It is not only a puL!1 nuisance, but a very grave (iam to ' every public interest. Why i suppress it? It is one of the easn -things in the, world to accompli.-:. Let the next legislature pass a bill run tainlng the following words: Be it enactedetc.: No public offn or person elected or appointed to pn lie office under the laws of the star shall directly or Indirectly ask. !. mand, accept, receive or consent receive for his use of benefit, or t the use of benefit of another, any fn pass, free transportation, frankin. privilege or discrimination In passes ger, telegraph, telephone or expre rates from any.person or corporatlor: or make use of the same himself or i conjunction with another. A per.so: who violates any provision of th" section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and shall forfeit his of fice at the" suit of the attorney eennrj i Any corporation or officer or arr. thereof who shall offer or promise r a, public officer or person elected n. appointed to.a public office any w : free pass, free transportation, frank ing privilege or discrimination sha! also be deemed guilty of a misd" meanor and liable to punishment, r cept as herein provided. No person or officer, Or agent, of a corporatlui giving any such free pass, free trar. portation franking privilege or dis crimination hereby prohibited shall privileged from testifying in relatlof: thereto, and he shall not be liable t civil or criminal prosecution tfcerefo if he shall testify to the giving of th same. Hss Republican Dyspepsia The Conservative seldom resent criticism. But it can not resignedly submit to being classed among th--1 democratic periodicals of Nebraska This journal owes no allegiance to th adulterated democracy of today in thi state. Democracy has been dilutr ! with populism until there is no health in it. and Is so highly flavored wm "the initiative and referendum" that it has a nauseating taste, which causes the goree to rise. The Conservative is not an exponent of fusion in Nebraska. The Conserva- tive protests against the libel of beinc classed as democratic under the "Ne braska 'standard, where populirt va garies are as sixteen-to-one a?a'n-r tho real principles of democracy. Jsterlingmorton's Conservative. No Surprise Many people in Lincoln have be?n surprised at the audacity of the c:tr council of that place granting two blocks right of way in one of their principal paved streets to a railroad company to lay a switch track.. But no one need be surprised at anythins: coming from, the outfit which helped get Bartley out of . the penitentiary In rtr-rtaiv to ni-vfiTif ti pirnnsA or tneir rottenness. Omaha and Lincoia city r governments could give the muc1- ( talked of Tammanyites pointers whei t comes to corruption in politics. GgjaeJalriiilujQ.PplK