Aug. 28, 1902.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
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THE WORKING CLASS
What the Present Kr of Prosperity lias
Done for Tham.-Tha Cauiti of
Universal Discontent.
Why any wage-worker In the whole
United States' should support the re
publican party with its tendencies to
concentrate wealth In few hands, Its
wars of conquest, its encouragement of
trusts, its grants of special privileges
to the rich and its oppression of the
workers is something that will never
be satisfactorily explained. What The
Independent has said a thousand times
of the plans of the money power to
aggregate to the few all the Increase
In production that science, education
and invention has made possible, is
abundantly verified by all the honest
investigation that has been made. Sev
eral references have been made to the
statistics published by the Massachu
setts bureau of statistics. Let any one
read the following conclusions drawn
from those statistics by the Spring
field Republican and then judge for
himself whether a just share of the
production of wealth, under this re
publican system, goes to the workers
or not. Labor is better paid in Mas
sachusetts perhaps than in any other
state. Is the condition here described
the best that wage-earners can ever
hope to attain? If this is their condi
tion in an era of "unprecedented pros
perity," as the republicans say, what
may they expect when the bubble
busts? The Republican says:
"The income and livelihood of typi
cal workingmen's families are instruc
tively portrayed in the 15 family budg
ets recently secured and published by
the state bureau of statistics of labor.
Some of the general results of this in
quiry we have before noted. Examin
ation in some of the details may be of
interest. What the income of the av
erage family is, how it is earned, how
expended, how the family lives these
are matters which the published tables
of the bureau throw liht upon. The
largest . Income reported of any of the
152 families is $1,674, most of which is
earned by children above 14 years of
age and by adult members of the fam
ily, the head of which is in poor
health. This family of seven persons
lives well in a house surrounded by
land and fruit trees, and saved $265
from the year's work. The smallest
income reported is $362. which stands
against a family of four adults, two
children under and two over 14 years.
This family lives in a poor house, with
poor surroundings. The ,raan of the
house is a currier, who suffered from
slack work and sickness. He earned
only $192, but managed to pick up
$170 additional by taking lodgers and
boarders. The other members of the
family contributed nothing to the sup
port beyond care of boarders. It ex
pended $726 in the course of the year,
leaving a deficit about as large as the
income. Presumably it was an excep
tionally unfortunate year, and savings
had been made previously which were
heavily drawn upon.
"There are many Instances In these
tables of income, to which wife and
children contribute, which fails to
meet expenditure; and taking the 152
families together there is little saving.
The average income is $814 and the
average yearly expenditure is $798,
the average size of the families being
4.8 persons. About two-thirds of the
number report income in excess of ex
penditure, and the rest save about 5
per cent whose accounts balanced
lived beyond their means. This ten
dency of the average workingman's
family to live clos up to income is
perhaps the most striking feature of
the budget exhibits, and it appears to
approach a rule that the better the in
come is the less is the saving. We
give below the budgets of three fam
ilies selected somewhat at random
from among those which have no de
pendent children, and which are small
er than the average. These three fam
ilies had no sickness during the year,
and their bread-winners were pretty
continuously employed. Here we
should find savings, if anywhere. Fam
ily No. 20 is that of a stone mason who
earned the whole income aside from
$150 received from lodgers. Family
No. 95 is that of a weaver whose wife
also worked In the factory, and con
tributed nearly half the income. Fam
ily No. 31 is that of a carpenter who
is its sole support. Following is the
budget statement for the three:
No.20. No.95. No.31
Persons 4 2 3
Income $1197 $830 $688
Expenditure
Rent 300 78 216
Furniture 30 18
Fuel and light 86 45 75
Groceries 234 230 182
Meats and ice .130 104 130
Milk 31 22 22
Clothing 125 90 100
Personal- . 50 30 15
Education 10 . .
Papers, magizines . . 12 8 13
Religion, charity.. 20 15 10
Societies, unions.. 14 10 23
Insurance 57 13 13
Amusem'ts, travel. 15 12 15
Travel to work 18
Sickness, iiinerals. 20 .. 15
Total expenses 1153 676 829
Saving 44 .154 141
Loss.
The stone' mason housed his family
well. He expended one-fourth of his
income in rent, which is twice as large
a proportion of income as the average
family expends for such a purpose. He
evidently has his life well insured, is
not forgetful of the claims of religion
and charity, or ofmaking some pro
vision' of newspaper and magazine
reading. But,, aside from rent, evi
dences of extravagance are not promi
nent.' Still the saving of the year was
only ' $44. On the other hand, the
weaver and his wife, on an aggregate
income of $820, saved $154r and ex
penses for food and . clothing Ehow
that they lived better in these partic
ulars than either of the other two fam
ilies. But they lived in a poor little
house, which, however, is described as
having been well furnished. The car
penter, with two to provide for be
sides himself, enjoyed a considerably
smaller income than the others, and
came out of the year $141 behind in
come. His rent is proportionately
larger even than that" of the mason.
If it had been 124 per cent of income,
according to the average, the year's
deficit would have been reduced to
less than $10. There is reflected, in
both the mason's and the carpenter's
families, a disposition to live a little
better in appearances than income
justifies. A good house in good sur
roundings is preferred to accumula
tion of savings. Expenditure for books,
papers, travel, recreation, etc., is very
moderate, and due economy certainly
does not appear to be outraged in the
matter of clothing, and apparently not
in the case of food.
"A classification of families by in
come shows that those of smallest
earnings under $450 made an aver
age saving per family for the year of
$45.50. But families of from $450 to
$750 income averaged an excess of ex
penditures amounting to about $25
per family. As Income passes $750
and up to $1200, there is an average
saving per family of $30, and not un
til income passes $1200 does the fam
ily saving begin to amount to very
much."
The most astonishing thing that this
writer ever met in all literature is the
concluding paragraph. . What is the
remedy to the state of affairs so graph
ically pictured? It i3 almost beyond
belief that an article like that could
end with this sentence:
"A simpler life on the part of the
rich would do much to moderate the
strain of the existing situation."
Either from an.. ethical or economic
standpoint the remedy, proposed is
ridiculous and preposterous. Suppose
the rich lived In the simplest and
plainest manner and piled up their
wealth thereby "to greater proportions
than now, what good would that do
the workingman? Would it not rather
increase their misery by reducing the
opportunity to labor? Or from the
ethical standpoint, what right have the
rich to take all the profits of produc
tion even if they do consent to live in
a plain manner? The rich get their
enormous wealth by special privileges
granted by law, by franchises, by tar
iffs bv rnmhinntinns that rlpstmv
competition and by such means as
these the cost of living of the wage
worker is greatly increased. They
take from labor what it creates with
out just compensation. To rectify
such wrongs as these, the Republican
suggests plain living on the part of
those who take from labor what justly
belongs to it! That shows what ef
fect a plutocratic environment will
have upon men of the high character
of those who edit the Springfield Republican.
MAJOR GARDENER'S RETURN
HEADACHE
At S drug stores.
25 LWt 25c
Hero Among: the Filipinos. Som Strange
Writing: for one of Roosevelt's
"Savagas" to do.
In his Hartford speech the president
assumed that the Filipinos were all
savages and If left to themselves
would Immediately begin to slay each
other in uncounted numbers. He did
not say that they would eat the bodies
of slain, but his language would lead
hfs hearers to think that they would
do everything else which savages
were ever known to do. His manner
implied that such were the facts and
that they were acknowledged to be so
by everybody. There is a Filipino pa
per printed in Manila, owned and
edited by Filipinos, called the Manila
Democracia. President Roosevelt's at
tention is called to an editorial that
appeared in that paper July 16, 1902.
Instead of finding evidences of sav
agery in it, he will find an ethical
standard set up to which he, President
Roosevelt, might well aspire. The ar
ticle was suggested by' the return of
Major Gardener to America and in
relation to the official report which he
made concerning the military opera
tions in the province of which he was
civil governor for which he was court
martialed. It is as follows:
"The return of Major Gardener to
the United States is announced. He
will undoubtedly return with the
weight of a mishap on his soul, but
also with 'front erect and conscience
at rest,' as he has accomplished his
duty; and he goes back to America
with the blessings of a whole people,
which is thankful to him for his no
ble campaign in favor of the interests
of humanity and justice.
"It may be a result of quixotism or
of Latin education; we will. not stop
to investigate the phenomenon of the
collective conscience by which it un
animously approves the virile attitude
of Major Gardener, while it condemps
with good reason the military, 'zeal'
of another major, Major Waller; what
we will say is that the cult of justice
is not the exclusive patrimony of a
certain civilization, . but the soul of
modern cosmopolitan ideas, the basis
of our contemporary education.
"He tried to be, or, rather, he
showed himself to be a man of the
metal of Deroulede and Delorme; but
it seems that the conventional sys
tem of administrative justice is pre
paring him for the painful 'via -crucis
of Dreyfus. We do not know what
shall have been the- sentence of the
court which has tried him; but, whe
ther it Is favorable or not, the public
verdict is given: Gardener, con
demned or acquitted, is always, for
the Filipinos in general and for the
Americans who are honorable and
friends of justice, the governor of
Tayabas who - valiantly denounced
criminal facts which may remain un
proved for. the red . tape and syste
matic justice., and therefore escape
from the action of conventional law,
hut for which, before social justice,
whose only code is an honorable and
--clear conscience, are punishable of
fenses, which cover with shame their
authors, and enhance the man who de
nounces them. r 7 '
"There exists a sort C of idealism
among our people, born from its asso
ciation with a people which is tradi
tionally Idealist; .but this sound ideal
Ism; which does not exclude a positiv
ism which must not be mistaken with
the absolute lack of ideals raised on
the top of an abominable materialism,
this .idealism is probably the principal
factor of the future progress of our
people, and a fine proof thereof is this
spontaneous tendency in favor of .a
noble crusader of justice, persecuted
by that other systematical justice
which does not always accomplish the
high purposes for which it was In
stituted. "It Is always blamable and, unworthy
to flatter the powerful, as well as to
adulate the masses of the people; but
we find in the present case a positive
fact which makes It our duty to give
the lte to the detractors of the Fili
pino people, and to point it out as a
lesson to those who have assumed the
responsibility of guiding the destiny
of this country.
' "The case of Major Gardener shows
us a noble example of civism, al
though he does not belong to our race.
Everybody knows that he is supported
by the Filipino opinion, but this ought
not to suffice. It is good to show our
sympathy for such acts of nobleness
and civic valor; but, in fact, this is
only platonism, without results.. It
is necessary that from this cult of jus
tice, these examples which we are
given, there should start an effective
modification of our character, and that
we should adopt in our acts the same
attitude as that of those who uphold
the ideal of justice."
ANSWER TO MR. TAYLOR
AFTER KIM AGAIN
Henry Waterson Files an Amended Am
war to the Claims of the Old
Staffed Prophet.
It is about time some one told the
truth about Cleveland and Henry Wat
terson seems to have done it in the
following article that recently ap
peared in the Courier-Journal:
"In his recent manifestation of po
litical activity, Mr. Cleveland may
have been a disinterested man. If he
was he made a serious mistake in sup
posing that he could contribute to
democratic harmony. But we do not
think he was a disinterested man. On
the contrary, it is our opinion that he
never drew an unselfish breath in all
his life; that he goes out after all
there is in sight; or he does not go
out at all; that he blocked the way of
all sound money democrats in 1896
and that, hoping for a nomination
then, he would not reappear upon the
scene if he did not hope for it now;
and that all his pretentious posing as
a retired sage and patriot is but the
crafty and spectacular performance of
a man who has been like his younger
prototype, Theodore Roosevelt a can
didate for office ever since he came of
age
"AVe detest him not because of any
thing he ever did or said to us, but for
what we have seen him do and heard
him say to others. He Is an artful,
selfish, ignorant and vulgar profes
sional politician, having had amaz
ing good fortune and being possessed
of rare skill in the pursuit of his own
ambition and desires. His reappear
ance upon the scene at this time could
have no other purpose than to help
himself in some form or other. It
could have no other effect than to in
flame and divide. .
"No real democrat can regard Mr.
Cleveland other than as a marplot and
wrecker. Between him and Bryan we 1
would support Bryan ten times over;
between him and Roosevelt, we would
support Roosevelt. Of course the sug
gestion of his candidacy is a kind of
absurdity. But net in his opinion nor
in the opinion of the wealthy nin
compoops behind him. He means busi
ness, and they mean business, and
their business is destruction to dem
ocracy. "That he and Hill came together
meant merely that each expected to
get the better of the other. They are
a pair of professional politicians,
naught else. It was an unlucky oc
casion to Hill, who did have some
thing to lose. But, as a matter of fact;
Cleveland has always outplayed Hill.
"Harmony should not be looked for
in that direction. Real harmony lies
elsewhere. Mr, Cleveland, if he be for
once in his life a disinterested man,
can only muddle things. But if he be
'out for de stuff',' as is his habit and
character, he yet has the capacity to
kick the mud in the faces of all who
follow him. Hence we draw the line
on him."
Watterson doubtlessly speaks for
hundreds of thousands of democrats
when he says that ' he would- prefer
Roosevelt to Cleveland. As far as the
populists are concerned every one of
them would. Cleveland and Hill have
both made fortunes-Cleveland a very
large one by managing the party in
the interest of commercial greed.
Cleveland gave Morgan his start as a
world-wide financial mogul when he
sold him $166,000,000 bonds at 106 at
the very time that they were being
quoted on the market at from 117 to
118. These quotations were frequently
read on the floor of the senate at that
time and attention called to them. Hill
exempted the rich, or tried to, by his
fierce fight In the senate against the
income tax. What measure did either
of them ever advocate in the interest
of the people? They have always been
unreservedly for the trusts and banks
and the corporations.
Trust Prices
An acetylene light is a positive lux
ury in the smaller country towns and
even farm houses may be lighted by it.
A Colt ten-light generator , costs an
American citizen $55 at the factory,
ancj carbide to keep it running costs
$70. a ton.; But the heathen foreign
ers need light, and they get the gen
erator for $40 and the carbide for $55
a ton "all on account of Eliza," Eliza
in this instance being the republican
protective tariff. 37 per cent more for
the generator and 27 per cent more for
the carbide because you are an Ameri
can citizen and live in the .land of the
free and the home of the brave. If
you lived in darkest Africa and wore
nothing but a feather duster and ;a
ferocious grin, you could get more
for your money from the American
trusts. ; ' .
Mr. Bolt Discusses Mr, Taylor's Plea to
Mr, Bryan Tha "BailntH In-'
teres U" Bogey.
Editor Independent: In The Inde
pendent of July 24 is a long article by
Mr. Newton M. Taylor, addressed to
Mr. Bryan. I have no authority to
answer him for Mr. Bryan, but in the
course of his remarks he says: "The
people have therefore lost interest In
1 the - coinage question. 'They have
ceased to discuss it and do not want
to hear it discussed."
Now that must include me, as I am
one of the people in every sense of
the word; first, because I wa3 born
in this country; second, because I
work and toil and earn my living
with my big red hands." And I want
to say right here that Mr. Taylor has
made a mistake in my case in nearly
all the propositions that he advances.
He says that anyone who sticks to the
Kansas City platform in its "entirety
is an enemy to progress," and yet he
is opposed to either free coinage or
the Fowler , bill, both of which are
progressive,' both seek to increase the
volume of money, one by encouraging
industry, the .- other a3 a reward to
banking interests, for past favors, but
Mr. Taylor; wants to stand still right
where we are. ' If that is progress, Mr.
Webster has given a wrong definition
for the word. ' ,
From a perusal of his article I
should think he is a David B. Hill
democrat. He says there are some
planks that should be ' dropped from
the democratic platform. After, read
ing the planks he would like to see
dropped and taking stock of what is
left. I find the principal one is, "I am
a democrat." ' '
He speaks of ' "disturbing business
interests by a chfinge in existing tar
iff laws." .
I have some business interests in
volved which, demand a change In
those laws. Chief among which is a
demand that American manufacture's
shall sell to me as cheap as they sell
to foreign countries. He says, "If
there are good reasons for keeping up
the free coinage fight then we will be
with you. I have been a steady reader
of The Commoner, for the last few
months and I do not remember to have
seen any such reasons."
I feel sorry for Mr. Taylor. I al
ways feel sorry for any one that is
suffering from 'hysteria, poor eyes, or
slow comprehension, and Mr. Taylor is
surely suffering from one or more of
those ailments. I, too, am a. reader of
The Commoner, in fact, have been a
constant reader since number 10, vol
ume 1, was printed, and I have seen
short paragraphs bearing on the sub
ject in unmistakable language in near
ly every number. He says; "The price
of gold is depreciating." Perhaps he
is misled by the fact that trusts have
advanced the price of many things
we must have, which might look to a
man suffering Vfrom - the ailments I
mentioned .'before, ; as though : money
was cheaper. s
He writes "about "changed condi
tions" which remove the need of silver
coinage. I have been looking around
for those changed conditions, the prin
cipal ones appear to be a few more
millionaires, a few more paupers, a
few more children kept out of school
for lack of suitable clothes, a few
more children in factories, a few more
women in sweat shops, a. few more
mortgages, a few more suicides, and a
few millions more of public debt. Are
these the changed conditions he had
reference to? Or, perhaps, he meant
to call attention to some of the large
trusts or great strikes of the presenc
day.
He says: "Mr. Bryan has, admitted
that an abrupt change in our standard
of from 25 to 50 per cent would pro
duce a panic." Last year our produc
tion of gold was $70,000,000, about 31
per cent of all the money in circula
tion. Where is the panic it is al
leged Mr. Bryan predicted? Now "I
am from Missouri," and Mr. Taylor
"will have to show me" when and
where Mr. Bryan made that statement.
He says: "The people have decided
by two elections that there is no nec
essity of the enactment of such a panic
producing law." A review of the cam
paign of 1896 will convince any candid
man that the people did not-understand
the issue; the campaign of 1900
sows 7,000,000 republican votes for
which the party paid $30,000,000, some
thing over $4 apiece. Which shows
only that the . people were bough off
for four years more.
As to his support 1 of "the income
tax, inheritance tax, public ownership
of public utilities, the election of
United States senators by popular
vote, the initiative and referendum,
Philippine independence, the strictest
national regulation of trusts, the bet
ter regulation of railroads through a
stronger interstate commerce law,"
and his opposition to "the Fowler
banking bill, and ship subsidy bill."
I cannot repress a haunting fear that
if it came to a show-down on any of
these questions, Mr. Taylor would find
it would "disturb business interests"
and had better be passed over for the
time being. This twaddle about dis
turbing business interests is disgust
ing to me. Business interests, during
the last few years, appear to be noth
ing, more than a deep laid and well
execut3d scheme to wring the money
from the hand3 of the people, even to
the uttermost farthing.
Tf Mr. Tavlor would read Flavius
J, Van Vorhis' article on the front 1
page, in the first columns, of The In- j
dependent, issue of July 24, he might I
find food for reflection, ana 11 ne can
answer the question asked therein
his writings will be much more inter
esting than his wail to Mr. Bryan was
GEO. B. BOLT.
St. Louis, Mo. ,
Railroad Taxes in Polk County
6ur railroad, friends have under
taken to prove that In this state they
have been paying 15 per cent of the
taxes. It may therefore be interesting
information to the people here to know
that "while those figures may apply In
some counties they are very wide of
the truth in Polk county. Here in
1897 the total tax roll of the county
was $71,809. Of this amount $4,219
represented the railroads" share, or
five and eight-tenths per cent. In
1901" the tax roll of the county was
$63,854 and the railroads' share $3,409.
Thus the railroad tax was reduced to
five and three-tenths of the total.; And
while 'the property tax of the resi
dents of this county had been reduced
12 per cent, in four years, that of the
railroads had been reduced over 19 per
cent. These figures can be substan
tiated at the county treasurer's office
by any person who will take the time
to look the matter up.
Bring on some more "official bulle
tins" and we will make the people's
side of this tax case so plain In Polk
county that the taxpayer who rests In
ignorance does so from choice. E. A.
Walrath, in Democrat, Osceola.
Trust Prices
Axle grease maybe you use stale
lard or talow, but the chances are
you doii't. Snowflake -axle ! grease in
gallon cans costs your dealer at the
factory $5.40 a dozen, but the trust
sells it to tne native of Greenland and
Timbuctoo at $4.50 'a dozen. No, the
trust is not engaged by the American
missionary society to help educate
the heathen by furnishing them axle
grease at less than cost; but the re
publican protective tariff explains why
the American must pay 20 per cent
more than the foreigner.'
A CONVERSATION
Mr. Lakin Hears a Populist and a Repub
lican Discussing Matters Political
Over In York County.
Editor Independent: The conversa
tion below took place over In Arbor
ville, York county. The republican is
an old soldier, but a Stark supporter.
Republican Our party is going to
make tariff changes in the interests
of reciprocity; but you will have .to
wait until after election.
Populist Just look at the magnifi
cent (?) results of the present tariff
laws. Your party will never change
these laws. It is the way you have
been doing for years you have prom
ised to do so until the people do not
believe what you say any more in re
gard to the tariff you won't change it.
Republican There are many harm
ful and greedy trusts which we are go
ing to regulate, but you must wait un
til after the next session of congress.
Populist When you republicans are
with us populists you pretend to us
that you want to top those trusts,
yet when you get among republicans
you talk this way: We must not
touch the trusts for if it was not' for
them we would lose the election, Ydu
pretend that you want to do away with
the trusts, and even had a bill in the
last congress against the just to
fool the people it being well under
stood that you would not pass It.
Republican The war in the Philip
pines has been conducted with won
derful humanity to the. people over in
those Islands, and our people should
be ashamed to censure anyone who is
wearing the uniform of our beloved
country. You pops have all along
found fault with the republicans about
cruelty to the Filipinos.
Populist Why, didn't the president
punish Hell Roaring Jake Smith and
say he had disgraced this beloved
country of ours? Root and some of the
rest of those fellows at Washington
tried hard enough to deny that there
was any truth in the stories of out
rages, but when the people learned
about' them in spite of your blood
thirsty pack at Washington, you soon
found a scapegoat. Say, by the way,
what do you think of W. L. Stark as a
congressman?
Republican You ask me what I
think of W. L. Stark as congressman
well, I am a republican, but you
have asked me a plain question about
Congressman Stark. He is the best
congressman that ever -went from this
district; he is no class or party man,
but has worked for the interest of all
the people while in congress.
Populist Well, what do you think of
E. J. Hainer as a congressman? What
did he do for the people?
Republican Hainer did not amount
to anything for the benefit of anybody
except Hainer. Well, I will have to go
now. You 'may be right and you may
be wrong but we all have our views.
I will bid you good day.
. W. M. LAKIN.
R. F, D. 2, Aurora, Neb.
Agricultural Instruction
A number of the faculty of the state
university will give instruction at the
state fair in certain subjects pertain
ing to agriculture. The instruction
will be given by means of practical
demonstrations. It will be carried on
in a large tent directly west of the
cattle barns. Each demonstration will
be held at a special'hour on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday of fair week.
Each of the following demonstrations
will be given twice daily, the time
for each being limited to fifteen min
utes. MORNING. .
10:00 o'clock Judging beef cattle
and hogs.
10:45 o'clock Judging . dairy cattle.
11:30 o'clock Examination of horse
for soundness.
12:15 o'clock Budding and grafting
fruit trees.
1:00 o'clock Judging seed corn.
AFTERNOON
2:00 o'clock Judging beef cattle
and hogs.
2:45 o'clock Judging dairy cattle.
3:30 . o'clock Examination of horse
for soundness.
4:15 o'clock Budding and grafting
fruit trees.
5:00 o'clock Judging seed corn.
The public will be admitted for fif
teen minutes preceding each demon
stration, but not while any exercise 13
In progress.
Why They Did It
The stockholders of the Rck Island
railroad have just doubled their capi
tal stock, by raising it from 75 million
to 150 million dollars. This was done
because the earnings were so large.
Did you suppose the company would
reduce the rates charged for ship
ment? Well, if you did you are fooled.
The vast dividends declared by the
Rock.. Island in the past - six years,
have created much comment. The
directors thought It unwise to make
public such vast earnings, so they
take the simpler means of just voting
themselves double the amount in
stock. Thus they would get Just as
much money in the aggregate, yet the
per cent Is not so large, and does not
create such comment. By this means
every, stockholder gets his shares dou
bled and the dividends will be just
as large. After voting themselves this
vast fortune, it will be in line for the
Rock Island directors and stockhold
ers to set up aa extra howl about-being
overtaxed in Nebraska. R. B.
Wahlquist,' in ' Democrat. " Hastings.
The capital stock was $60,000,000 up
tQ March 31. 190, and the road's earn
ings, after paying operating expenses,
taxes, and Interest-on the mortgage
bonds,-left 12 per cent for the stock
holders a 1 per cent a - month In
come. Funny, too. that the Rock Isl
and's reports : to the state auditor of
Nebraska show that the road was oper
ated at a loss in this state.
Farmer "Mickey"
It is evident that Banker Mickey
("Farmer" Mickey the republicans de
light in calling him) never makes a
loan unless he has ample security.'
The editor of the Central Farmer of
Omaha was over at Osceola the other
day, and he copied the following list
of articles from a mortgage on file in
the county clerk's office which Mr.
Mickey had compelled one poor fellow
to "list as collateral to secure a loan
of only $37f ,." , ;
"A farm granary, 10x12 'feet;- a
frame summer kitchen, 6x8 feet; "one
pair stairs; one cow stable (lumber
and straw) ; of a chicken stable, 70
fence posts, and the platform of a
well" to which was added a clause re
quiring mortgage on the crop as soon
as It was planted, and .the following
items were accordingly added: "Two
thirds interest in 30 acres corn, 9 acres
of oats and 10 acres, of rye." W. II.
Smith, in Seward Independent-Democrat.
"You will notice one of Mickey,'s
characteristics right there," aid a
Seward county man to The Indepen
dent the other day as a copy of the
mortgages was being-inspected, "you
see th-3 mortgagor had not planted his
crop when the first mortgage was made
and he agreed to give a mortgage on
his Interest in 40 acres of crop. But
when it came time to give the mort
gage, he had in 49 acres, and Mickey
made him cover the whole business.
That's John Mickey always forcing
the other fellow to a little mere than
he agreed to do. Just think of it. And
all for a $37.20 loan, too." .
Emigrating Americans.
According to the Dominion land
office at Ottawa, no less than 25,000,000
acres of land in the Canadian North
west are now owned by citizens of
the United States. It is stated that
5,000,000 acres have been acquired this
year, and about one-fifth of this area
has been taken up by bona fide set
tlers from the states. The-rest, or
4,000,000 acres, has been sold to land
companies which are now reselling at
a profit to the tide of emigrants pour
ing northward over the border. From
January 1 to June 1 no less than 21,
077 American citizens settled in the
province of Manitoba and adjacent ter
ritory, and the movement is still heav
ily under way. A single Iowa, neigh
borhood Is mentioned from which have
gone 40 families within a few months.
Some farmers In Iowa and adjoining
states are mortgaging their farms for
money to invest-in Canada and Da
kota lands, indicating the existence
of a speculative craze in connection
with., the movement. This promises
trouble later on. Springfield Republi
can" . .., -i . 1 . -:' - ; '
Trust Prices ,
Ever use any plain fencing wire?
Your dealer pays $2 a hundred pounds
for it at the trust factory. Foreign
dealers get it for $1.37 a hundred.
All on account of the republican pro
tective tariff. Our "Infant industries"
need the money. That's why they make
you pay 45 per cent more than they ask
the foreigner. And they are not mak
ing any presents to the foreigners
don't worry about that. There's profit
enough at $1.37 a "hundred. .
The State Fair Policy
The treatment accorded the press of
Nebraska by the management of the
Nebraska State Fair deserves serious
consideration by other bodies conduct
ing similar enterprises. In his letter
transmitting special press tickets,
Secretary Furnas says: "There are no
'conditions' whatever to these coupons.
They are good attached, or detached;
are transferable; good in the hands
of 'bearer;' good any day, or all on
any one day. We will be pleased to
have you attend in person, and view
the great exposition of the . products,
resources and possibilities of the New
West, especially of Nebraska. When
on the grounds, call at the office of
Secretary and obtain 'Freedom of
Grounds.' " "
Is it any wonder the newspapers of
Nebraska have done their level best
to advertise the estate fair T Many
similar institutions consider it the
height of financial wisdom to "work"
the newspapers for all the free space
possible and in return give a compli
mentary ticket hedged around with
all sorts of conditions, reminding one
of the , conductor on the Rio Grande
Western R." R. who was so close that
he wouldn't carry his wife'a photo
graph while on duty. The state fair
management has been fair and gen
erous in its dealings with Nebraska
newspaper men and it made no mis
take in this course; the newspaper
men have not .failed to do their part.
Life in the Northwest
If you have any idea of changing
your location, go into the Northwest,
where life is worth living.
It is the coming empire of this coun
try. Climate and elevation are found
In great variety and land will never
be as low priced again as it Is how.
For farming, fruit raising and grazing
no portion of our country equals it.
Irrigation mikes the farmer Indepen
dent where, irrigation Is practiced and
the finest irrigable parts of our coun
try are in Montana and Washington.
The towns and cities ae all growing
rapidly In the Northwest.
; Let me know what you want and we
will try to help you. There are all
sorts of places and kinds of land in
the Nprth western States . through
which the Northern Pacific runs. Don't
wait until it is too late to go. ,
Low settlers' rates are in ellect dur
ing September arid October. Write me
where you want to go and I will tell
you what it will cost. .
, , CHAS. S. FEE,
Gen'l Pass. Agent, Northern , Pacific
Railway, St. Paul, Minn. ;
Mention The Independent. - -
Trust Prices
It's a little dangerous hunting out of
season, especially since Game Warden
Simp kins and hla deputies arc scou r
ing tha, country high and low, unleis
you' are ft real "sport" and not "a reg
ular, old-fashioned ; hayseed. That
Duck powder,, in . canister, cost your
dealor 45 cents a pdund at the factory,
but the powder trust will sell the same
identical powder to-the rajah of 1 1 yder
abad for 37 cents a pound. Why?
Well, not to discourage hunting In the
United States, but simply because the
trust can raise the price to Americans
because of the republican protective
tariff. You pay 20 per cent more be
cause you are an American citizen and
not an East Indian. . '
HANEY'S FLY CHASER
The Oreatejt Discovery of the 20th
' Century
. It protects the cattle and horses from
flys, pests and vermin, A sure preven
tive, perfectly harmless, easily applied,
hot 'expensive." This article is a sure
preventive that kills and drives away
the worst of all pests, the Texas, buf
falo and horn flies. We can show posi
tive proof that this fly chaser will do
Just what is claimed for It. We can
add no stronger argument for its use.
It Is a liquid and may be applied once
or twice a day which will be found
to be amply sufficient. By using tho
sprayer, the application I3 thoroughly
made in a manner that is highly satis
factory and inexpensive. It takes less
than a minute to spray an animal.
This will last 24 hours. Haney's Fly
Chaser Is for the destruction of flies
and lice on cattle and horses. Its true
merits is found in the absolute effec
tiveness under all conditions, yet it Is
perfectly harmless to man or beast.
The flies at present are very bad
in all sections of the country. Fly
time worries cattle and horses and al
together is a season of considerable"
loss to the farmer in a financial way
as well as loss of temper. Every
farmer in the state , should have a
package of this wonderful article and
a sprayer on hand during the summer
months. A gallon can and sprayer
will be sent to any address, freight
prepaid to your nearest railway sta
tion upon receipt of postoffice order,
draft or express order fo $2.25. Deal
ers should handle this article. Manu
factured only in the United States by
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