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Among many of the letters received
at this office containing orders for
blocks of Liberty Building cards we
select a few pointed remarks as fol
lows: - C. W. Thigpen, Cortez, Mantee Coun
ty, Fla.: I would not be without The
Independent for anything.
J. M. Dooland, I. O. O. F. Home,
Springfield, O.: I am glad to know
that I will have a party that I can
vote with if the mouey sharks of the
east nominate such a man as David
B. Hill. If the democracy takes such
a man I hope W. J. Bryan will pull
out and fight them openly. .
Geo. Koch, East Sandy, Venango
County, Pa.: We are populists and
admire your splendid paper.
; L. W. Hubbell, Francesville, Ind.:
The Independent is the paper no oth
ers need apply. Give us the latest
and all about the tory camp and Brit
ish recruiting, supply and military
post maintained under old glory. I
wish that the tory sympathizers and
the secret alliance with John Bull
may soon be made so manifest and
plain to the American people that the
whole nauseating mess may become
such a stench in the nostrils of true
patriots that the whole putrefying
mass may be soon buried so deep un
der freemen's ballots that hobnobbing
and catering to . royalty and imperial
ism and to our arch enemy may never
again be able to gain recognition un
der any guise at the hands of the re
public, D. J. Ring, Brooklyn, Pa.: I take
your paper with Bryan's and am well
pleased with it. The last week's pa
per was worth at least one-half of th
subscription price for a year. Wish
every voter in the United States could
read it and The Commoner.
O. Colby, Arlington, Neb., farmer,
stockman and fruit grower, member
of reform engineers of America since
1840, orders a block of Liberty Build
ing cards and comments as follows:
"Allow me to say I was a little child
trotting around upon the soil of New
England when John Adams and Tho
mas Jefferson were still here. And as
my grandfather was a revolutionary
soldier and captured an enemy of his
country while on sentinel duty, and
as I even now well remember the old
man's appearance, voice, and bearing
and the patriotic words which he often
uttered, and as I have always trained,
in the patriotic ranks of liberty and
was in hearty sympathy with Burney,
the first abolition candidate for presi
dent, and as I voted for Cassius M.
Clay, the next abolition candidate, in
1844; and heard, read and studied the
liberty literature of those times as
well as the pro-slavery literature. And
as I was familiar with the writing of
John Adams, William Lloyd Garrison,
Wendell Philips and nearly all the
speakers and agitators of those times;
and later with the speeches of Lin
coln, Wade and others of similar
thoughts and feelings, it is natural
that I should now take an interest in
your Liberty Building enterprise. So
I enclose you three dollars ($3.00) for
a block of five, two of which you may
apply on my subscription to The In
dependent and send me the balance.
Perhaps I can get three subscribers.
If I should not get them, the cards will
not be returned. You have the money,
use it for your country's good. I ad
mire your motto, "The Truth Always."
But allow me to say, I am sad, more
than sad, that the publication of such
a paper as The Independent is now
needed. And allow me to say, I can
not help comparing in my mind the re
marks of Senator Allen, In retiring
from the senate, with the utterances of
Hill of New York and Hoar of Massa
chusetts and others of like ilk in re
ferring to the voters of our country,
to state? representation, etc. I confess
I, am not a little disgusted with the
conceit of those men as well as their
lack of patriotism. Surely our coun
try and humanity have little use for
such men. I feel their utterances to
be an Insult, while those of Mr. Allen
were polite and gentlemanly. What
n contrast. But I am saying too much.
I will simply add I am with you and
with all the friends of liberty to stay."
Joseph M. Cox, Louisville, Neb.:
I like The Independent very much for
I-am an old greenbacker and all such
like The Independent. These prin
ciples I have contended for ever since
S. F. Norton's great speech. I have
hoped to live to see them enacted Into
law, but I am now 73 past and I have
despaired of seeing that glorious time
on account of the party prejudice
among the people; but for the good of
our children I hope the good work
will go on until the right prevails.
Jens S. Jansen, Sturges, S. D.: I
am about the only populist left in our
precinct of 55 voters 30 republicans
and 25 populists and democrats. All
the other populists are now socialists.
Dr. M. Kozel, National Military
Home, Kansas: I must say that The
Independent Is a good, sound paper of
solid sensible reading. More than
any other it contains valuable reading
which the people ought to know, espe
cially republicans. They need it the
most, but would they read it? Not
much.
W. C. Deiterichs, Rockville, Sher
man County, Neb., orders a block of
five and says: "I was on the populist
ticket for county clerk last fall, but
was defeated; nevertheless I am still
a full-fledged populist."
R. H. Shapland, ex-county judge of
Wheeler county,. Bartlett, Neb., refers
to our issue of April 10 and the state
ment regarding Bishop Fowler and
says: "As I have always taken you
to be a truthful man and wishing to
advise in what is right, I ask you to
give absolute proof regarding the
statements you claim the bishop made.
Our minister here disbelieves them
and I should like to have proofs in
your next issue as we cannot afford
to misrepresent any one." Owing to
the large number of letters being re
ceived every day at this office, -and
owing to the fact that letters regard
ing subscriptions must first take the
ordinary' round through the business
department before reaching the editor,
Mr. Shapland's letter has not received
the prompt attention it deserves. Had
he written this on a separate sheet it
could have been attended to sooner.
The letter has been referred to Mr.
T. H. Tibbies, the editor-in-chief, who
is now taking a vacation at his farm
in Cuming county. He will doubtless
furnish Mr. Shapland the information
requested.
J. D. Smith of Ord. Neb., and John
Moles of Fairbury, Neb., both send
The Independent a clipping in which
appears a statement made by Governor
Savage while in Kansas City that "the
political principles of William Jen
nings Bryan are no longer those of
the solid south, neither are they the
principles of Nebraska. Bryan's prin
ciples are dead and with their death
he has lost his hold on the south."
The good brothers should not worry
beci.-.se Governor. Savage expressed
himself thus. He has a habit of talk
ing through his head. gear. It wasn't
so very long ago that he is sa'id to
have told a reporter that Bartley
would put back into the state treasury
the amount of his shortage. It wasn't
so very long ago that he told with a
flourish of trumpets how he intended
to make the ' railroads pay their just
proportion of taxes. It wasn't so very
long ago that he was a candidate for
governor and in the fight to the fin
ish. Bartley has not put back any
thing. The railroad assessment has
not been raised and Savage is not a
canaiaate ror governor now. His
judgment as to whether the political
principles of Bryan are dead or alive
in the solid south is not worth much.
His knowledge of the solid south, In
recent years at any rate is confined
principally to what he learned in Jan
uary when he went down there to buy
a ranch on the Red river immediately
after he pardoned Bartley.
M. L. Yeoman, Independence. Wash
ington: You hit them just right. You
cannot convince a mullet head.
R. D. Parsons, Chambers, Neb ,
"alias Uncle Ralph," says on account
of my age, Infirmities and the bad
weather am not quite done with .the
last, block of cards. Had I the means
of getting around would get a lot of
new readers for the best paper In
America.
May 15, 1902,
ger cut down to less than 2 cents?
Excursion rates will account for part,
but by no means all. It is probably
not too much to say that the giving of
free passes cost the railroads 25 mil
lion dollars in that year. That is to
say, if those who traveled on free
passes had paid a uniform rate of 2
cents per mile it would have produced
a revenue of 25 million dollars.
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
Notes on the Statistics of Bail ways For
1893 Savings to be Effected
The railroads of the United States
in the year 1898 carried 501.066,681
passengers. Each passenger was, on
the average, carried 26.70 miles. The
total amount collected by the rail
roads of the passengers for this ser
vice was $266,970,490, or at the rate
of a trifle less than 2 cents per mile
(to be exact: 1.973 cents).
These five million passengers trav
eled all told during the year 189S a
distance equivalent to carrying one
passenger 13,379,930,004 miles. At the
rate of 2 cents per mile, the income
would be $334,498,250, or nearly 68 mil
lion dollars more than the railroads
actually received.
When we consider that the rate in
many places is 5 cents per mile; that
it is 3 cents" in Nebraska and over a
goodly portion of the United States,
then arises the question, How was the
average income per mile per passerx-
In 1898 the railroads carried all told
879,006,307 tons of freight an average
distance of 129.78 miles to each ton, or
114,077,576,305 ton-miles (in other
words, that many tons one mile). For
this service the roads received $876,
.727,719, or at the rate of a trifle over
three-quarters of a cent for moving
one ton one mile (.753 cents, exactly).
The average seems low enough. But
did you ever stop to think that an
average Is made up of rates higher
and rates lower than the ayerage it
self? Look at some of your freight
bills and reckon the rate per ton-mile.
You will find them running all the
way up to as high as 8 and 10 cents
per ton-mile. It follows, then, that,
there must be rates much lower than
the average rate. Did you ever have a
ton of freight hauled for you a dis
tance of 130 miles for 98 cents?
A HOST ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK
Heavy Rainfall in all parts of the State will flake
the Sale of Liberty Building Postals
an Easy Work
THE TIME TO SELL A BLOCK OF FIVE
Undoubtedly the practice of giving
great corporations a secret rebate, re
sults in bringing down the general av
erage to the low figure above men
tioned, just as the prafitice of giving
passes reduces the average rate paid
per mile for passenger fare. The pack
ing houses, the Standard Oil trust, and
similar institutions get a rate much
lower than the average.
If it be true (and it undoubtedly is)
that the tariff is the mother of trusts,
then railroad discrimination must act
the part of god-father. Without
doubt the Standard Oil trust could
never have so completely crushed its
competitors, had it not been for dis
crimination in its favor in the matter
of freight rates. The same may be
said of other so-called trusts.
Government control of the railroads
has thus far proven to be little better
than a howling farce. Some may at
tribute this to inadequate legislation,
or failure to properly administer the
laws, or both; but the fact is, the
trouble is fundamental. A railroad is
a public utility; it must exercise the
governmental function of eminent do
main in order to be built at all; It Is
a public highway just as truly as any
other public road. Private ownership
of any public utility is essentially
wrong, and no amount of governmental
supervision, or control can right the
wrong. Nothing short of public own
ership will solve the problem.
Much of the present day trouble
comes from attempting to follow under
changed conditions certain economic
principles which were undoubtedly cor
rect when they were first enunciated.
The reaction which set in as a result
of monopolies granted by the king,
finally developed into a system of eco
nomics of which Adam Smith is the
exponent. He believed in non-interference
by the government, and that
competition would alone properly reg
ulate trade. Undoubtedly he was right
in his day. But he never saw or
dreamed of a railroad, a telegraph, or
telephone, electric light, or electric
cars. New problems have arisen as a
result of the rapid strides in the in
dustrial world since the days of Adam
Smith, and the attempt to solve these
problems by Adam Smith's formula of
non-interference has been a miserable
failure.
The later economists fully recog
nize the distinction and difference
which exists between public utilities
and private business. Even a mullet
head will admit that there is a radical
difference between operating a rail
road and running a bakery, between
running a laundry and ODeratine a
telephone system. Competition reg
ulates the business of baking and sell
ing bread and the business of launder
ing clothes; the "non-interference"
policy works all right with these
lines. Perhaps some legislation may
be enacted as a police regulation, say
to prevent adulteration of bread or to
render better the sanitary conditions
of the laundry; but so far as attempt
ing to fix a maximum price for bread
or a rate for laundering shirts and
collars and cuffs, no legislative body
ever thought of such a thing.
Why should the state attempt to fix
the rate which railroad companies
shall charge for carrying freight or
passengers? Why should it attempt
to fix the price of telephone rentals?
Primarily because it is conceded that
these lines of business are different in
their nature from ordinary private
business. It is found that the "non
interference" policy is a failure with
these, but so firmly engrafted on the
public mind is Adam Smfth's competi
tive idea, that whatever interference
is attempted is usually along the line
of attempting to enforce competition.
Witness the recent attack on the
merger of the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern railroads, the anti
trust laws of Nebraska and other
states and the United States.
It might as well be admitted that
when any business requires a great
deal of legislation and meddlesome in
terference on the part of government
in order to compel competition in that
line, that that particular business be
longs to the class which should be
owned and operated by the public.
Turn-pikes and toll bridges under
private ownership have almost become
a thing of the past. Public owner
ship was soon found to be better for
the public generally. But even those
who admit the reasonableness of the
principle of public ownership as ap
plied to railroads fear that the im
mense cost will render such owner
ship Impracticable if not impossible.
The 185,000 miles of railroad in the
United States is represented by sub
stantially 11 billion dollars of stocks
and bonds, the figures for 1898 being:
Stock $ 5,388,268,321
Funded debt 5,430,285,710
Total $10,818,554,031
This makes an average capitaliza
tion of $60,343 per mile of line... Of
these stocks and bonds, however, cer-
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.." Funds are Received From the Sale of Subscription Cards
ity upon the agricultural crops. In
Nebraska when the farmers are not
prosperous there is but little prosper
ity for the rest of its citizens. They
are the backbone and support of every
industry in the state either directly or
indirectly. There is no line of busi
ness that suffers more from crop f ail
ure than a weekly newspaper having
farmer patrons. As soon as crop con
ditions are bad the farmer looks for a
place, to cut down expenses. He dis
penses with every luxury and too fre
quently includes newspapers among
the .' luxuries. If he does not discon
tinue his subscription to the paper he
consoles himself with the thought that
the amount he owes on subscription is
For a few days during the period of
high winds and dry weather prevail
ing throughout all the western states
there was a general feeling of uneasi
ness and fear of another - short crop.
Discouragement was everywhere. For
tunately during the past week can
tinuous and heavy rains throughout
the entire west has changed it all to
cheer and happiness. The ground is
thoroughly wet and there could hardly
be a failure of the small grain crops.
The outlook could hardly be better.
This change in conditions : is not ap
preciated by anyone more than by
The Independent. ' Four-fifths of all
its patrons are farmers and depend
directly for their living and prosper-
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small he will put off payment for an
other season. The publisher is at a
distant; town and cannot call and call
again to collect and therefore as a rule
is last', to receive his pay. During
years $ .short crops thousands of read
ers pursuing the same policy of de
lay make much trouble for publishers.
But enough of our trouble from fright.
We only wanted to suggest that we
have pur full share of the world's
worry. , ;
To - those who have blocks of five
Liberty Building postals not yet sold
we wish to suggest that now is the
most opportune time for disposing of
them. See your neighbor and invite
him to subscribe. He'll find the paper
interesting and after he has read it
six months will thank you for calling
his attention to it. Do not delay the
sale as work on Liberty Building can
proceed only a3 rapidly as funds are
received from the sale of subscription
cards. .. V . -:
If you have not sent for a block of
five, why not. do .so now? We are
anxious to push the work of construc
tion to completion and get safely lo
cated before the fall campaign opens.
Proper organization and education
means a complete victory. The best
educator is a weekly paper honestly
and fearlessly, edited. It is read in
the evening when the day's work is
done and-when the man's prejudices
are least aroused. There Is no more
effective . campaign work that can be
done than to help increase the circu
lation of The, Independent. Hundreds
of our readers have sold blocks of five
and there is no reason why you could
not-do ; the same. Let us add your
name to the list. Here are those who
have ordered a block of five during
the. past week:
Previously acknowledged 3711
To state committee 2500
S. J. Botts, Ord, Neb... 5
V:'S: Wells, Dyke, Okla. Ter 5
John A. Robertson, Joy, Neb 5
A. W. Howard, Rutland, la 5
C. A. Skoog, Holdrege, Neb........ 5
B. F. Evans, Winona, Mo 5
W. W. Shortridge, Amos, Ore ...... 5
J. H. Hinkle, Cornell, Neb 5
F. M. Massie, Nehawka, Neb 5
E. .0. Brown, Clay Center, Neb 5
W. T. Quigley, Drakesville, la 5
W. H. Wright, Avoca, Neb 5
Nicholas Effle, Walnut, Neb 5
O. M. Michener, Osceola, Neb.. 5
S. A. Keil, Bancroft, Neb 5
Henry Stevens. Genoa, Neb... 5
A. C. Archbold, Hillsboro, Ore . 5
H. L. Scott. Holton, Kas 5
Pat Hoye. Wood River, Neb....... 5
J. T. Calkins. Friend, Neb.. 5
G. - E. Gilbert, Ashland, Neb 5
Wm. C. Howze. Plainview, Neb 5
Seth Welborn, Van Wert, O ..5
J. L. Lautenschlager, Swanton.Neb. 5
T. M. Green, Norton, Kas 5
Wm. Sullivan, sr.,,Hartington, Neb. 5
W. J. Campbell, Amboy; Wash ..... 5
Sid .Foree, Plattsburg, Mo 5
W. F. Kellogg,' Edgar, Neb '. . . 5
Cyrus G. Gurnsey, , Neligh, Neb .'. . . 5
F. M. Chase, Charlotte Center, N.Y. 5
Wm. Sullivan, sr., Hartington, Neb; 5
Grand total sales 6371
tain railroads in their corporate ca
pacity hold $1,521,386,255 of stocks and
bonds in other railroads, which, taking
all the roads as one system, would
make the total liability about eight
and one-half billion dollars. Henry C.
Adams,., statistician to the interstate
commercjDommission, assuming 4 per
cent to be a fair rate of interestand
remarking that in 1898 the railroads
paid $321,574,090 to . holders of stocks
and bonds, exclusive of Interest and
dividends paid to railroad corpora-,
tlons, says that the roads were then
worth $8,039,352,250.
Suppose the United States should
buy all these roads and pay 8 billions
for them. Even for such a wasteful
thing as war the United States can
float bonds at par bearing as low as 2
per cent interest. Hence, bonds is
sued in purchase of valuable property
ought to sell as well, and beginning
with the roads just as they are, the
same cost of management, same rates
and all, the interest could be paid each
year and" one-fiftieth of the principal,
so that in fifty years the roads would
be wholly paid for; at the same time
a substantial reduction could be made
in the rates each year as the interest
payments grew smaller or extensions
of the system could be made if consid
ered necessary in lieu of any reduc
tions at first. In fact, the present
rates average low enough, and would
be low enough were it not for the fact
of unfair discriminations.
But the cost of management could
be decreased.- In the items for 1898
about 70 millions could be cut out
without affecting the service. Salar
ies of the general officers amounted to
nearly 10 millions; suppose we cut
five off that; cut out the law expenses,
5 millions; insurance. 3; advertising,
3; outside agencies, 13; commissions,
2; rents of tracks,, yards, terminals,
buildings, etc., 18; and 21 millions for
switching charges, car mileage, and
hire of equipment. Probably other
items might be found, but these named
could well be dispensed with.
.The gross earnings of all railroads
in 1898 were $1,247,325,621. This sum
includes nearly 35 million dollars paid
by the United States for carrying the
mails and about 26 millions for car
rying express.' Under public owner
ship both these items of income would
be eliminated, but in the first instance
the United States would save that
much, and in the second the substitu
tion of a complete system of parcels
post in place of the express companies
would bring in more revenue for the
United States than what the express
companies now pay the railroads or,
better still, result in a great saving
to the people in the cost of transport
ing small or valuable" packages.
Total operating expenses in 1898
were $817,973,276. This item, as we
have seen, could be cut down to about
748 millions without affecting the ser
vice. Under public ownership the only
"fixed charges" would be" the interest
on the bonds and 2 per cent of the
principal to be paid back' each year.
The railroads paid nearly 44 nr'.IIous
in . taxes, which of course would also
be eliminated, and a sufdofent vtuc
tlon could be made in inn rates to off
set, this without affecting the result.
In round numbers, then, under pub
lic ownership the gross income ought
to be, under conditions similar to 1898,
about 1,150 million dollars: the oper
ating expenses about 750 millions,
which would leave 400 mlllious to pay
interest, part of the principal, and
construct i.ded liacs Not & dollar
need be raised by. taxation other than
charges for the services rendced.
- Public ownership of the rail roads,
when first made an "issue by the peo ¬
ple's party, was jeered at by both the
old parties, and men who believed in it
were popularly supposed to be wild
eyed, long-haired fanatics. But the
growth of sentiment has been gratify
ing. Were it not for partisan insanity
(and that term is none too strong) it
Is very probable that if the matter
could be left to a direct vote of the
people, the public, ownership of the
railroads would carry by a good, com
fortable majority. Practically all of.
the nearly a million railroad employes
would surely favor it, if they really
understood that public ; ownership
meant civil service rules and a per
manent position as long as good ser
vice should be rendered, j
It Is reported on good authority that
the Iowa-Nebraska-Beaumont Oil Co.,
with office at 1014 O st., Lincoln, Neb.,
will soon begin paying quarterly divi
dends, approximating 25 per cent per
annum. This will be good news to
the considerable number of share
holders in this county and state.
. "HOT FAR ENOUGH"
Mr. Young- U not Satisfied to go a Step at a
Time Want to go tha Whole
Distance at Once
Editor Independent: I .think your
paper is all right as far as it goes, but
it does not go far enough. You advo
cate the government ownership of
railroads. It is right the government
should own the railroads. Not only
that, but all-private monopolies and
public utilities. Nobody gets what
is right from a railroad except a min
ister. And as a rule a minister gets a
good salary. He could afford to pay
the exorbitant prices which they
charge where a poor man could not.
But while the railroads rob the people
the trusts do likewise for the neces
saries of life. The articles of food
and shelter increase in prices and the
wages decrease.
Now if the government owned all
the private monopolies just as you
want them to own the railroads, would
it not be a good thing for the people?
Why does the government own the
postoffices, public roads, public schools,
etc.? You do not want to see that eo
into private hands, do you? What
would the Spanish-American war have
cost if Carnegie or J. P. Morgan owned
the navy or army? And do you think
that if the government controlled the
meat industry that our soldiers would
have eaten dog meat during the war?
Would the democratic party have de
stroyed the trusts if they w ere' put In
power?
Why did the democratic party advo
cate sixteen to one in '96 throughout
the entire country and in 1900 only
in the south? If it would be right in
the south, why would it not be right
in all the states? The democratic
party has hit the ceiling and broke in
two pieces. We will not be satisfied
until the government owns all the
natural and private monopolies and
public utilities. Not until the laboring
man gets the benefit of his labor. We
want a system that will not turn a
poor man in the poor house when he
gets gray. But a system that will
pension him when he becomes unable
to work. We" want to see all people
have something to eat and drink. And
not a class that are too lazy to work,
yet take the cream and hesitate to
even give us the skim milk.
DELL YOUNG
Huntington, Ind.
(What does Mr. Young regard as a
"private monopoly" and what a '"pub
lic utility?" The Independent advo
cates public ownership of the rail
roads because the railroad business is
one in which there is an irresistible
tendency toward consolidation and
monopoly;-because no railroad could
ever be built by private corporations
or persons if the government did not
confer upon them the authority to ex
ercise the right of eminent domain;
and because the government should
not delegate its sovereign powers to
individuals or private corporations.
Every monopoly has its foundation
in some sort of special privilege. A
special privilege may come through
public or private favoritism. Railroads
enjoy public favoritism; so do trusts
like the steel trust and all others where
the protective tariff has any effect
upon prices of such goods as are con
trolled by them; but the Standard Oil
trust is the greatest example of a
trust built up on private favoritism.
Its immense growth is directly attri
butable to secret rebates given it by
the railroads. The meat trust s powe;
comes through the same sort of pri
vate favoritism. The tariff on meats
might help the trust to extort 2 cents
a pound from consumers, but it takes
from 4 to 10 cents, ana does this be
cause the railroads give it secret re
bates that prevent any competition to
speak of by independent packers and
butchers. -'..
Most assuredly The Independent doe3
not want to see the postoffice, the pub
lic roads and the public schools go
into private hands. On the other hand,
it does not believe there is any cry
ing need for the : government to go
Into the meat-packing business, the
flourlng-mill business, or operate gov
ernment bakeries, etc. The golden
mean between two extremes is what
The Independent favors. Mr. Meier's
article in another part of this paper
strikes the key-note. Ed. Ind.)
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