Aug. -23,1902
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
A CHALLENGE
Chairman TPaber sad Tic Chairman Scott
Iou'ja Challenge to Chairman Lind
say for a Series of. Joint Debate
Between M. F Harrifcfften
and J. If." Baldwin
The following letter was mailed to
Chairman-Lindsay of republican etate
central committee Monday, but to date
no answer has been received. Doubt
less Mr. Baldwin is a very busy man
and thirty meetings might encroach
upon his time. However, within the
past few months he has been acting
attorney general, acting governor, act
ing mayor of North Platte, manager of
Dave Mercer's campaign, to say noth
ing of his duties as attorney for the
Union Pacific and Bide assistance ren
dered Colonel Brown and the tax bu
reau, and, being as the Omaha Bee .
says, a non-resident he might with
propriety give less of hi3 time toward
performing purely ministerial duties
and help enlighten the people of Ne
braska upon the question of taxation.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 23, 1902. Hon.
H. C. Lindsay, Chairman Republican
State Committee, Lincoln, Neb. Dear
Sir: The paramount issue in the
present state campaign is that of rail
road taxation. The matter is being
very generally discussed in the press
of the state and thereby coming to be
better understood. Our committees
desire to have this question thorough
ly presented to the people and to ob
tain their verdict thereon. We declare
that the assessment made by the re
publican state administration is entire
ly too low and it 13 a flagrant injus
tice upon the people of this state. Your
state administration contends that the
railroads are taxed high enough. We
know of no way in which the merits
of the matter can be so well brought
out, and the people have so good an
opportunity to get at the truth, as by
a series of joint debates. In mere
newspaper controversy many things
may be said on either sidf which over
state the facts and would not be said
in a joint debate. Where both sides
are represented the statements are
more likely to be accurate. We have
entire confidenc in our position and be
lieve that we can convince the people
of the state that on this great issue
alone the republican state ticket ought
to be 'defeated.
Of course the most acceptable way
would be to arrange for a series of
joint debates between our candidate
for governor, Hon. W. H. Thompson,
and you. candidate for governor, Hon.
John H. Mickey. (Our information
however, is that Mr. Mickey does pot
profess to be a public speaker and that
he was nominated with the under
standing that he should make a quiet
campaign and -we suppose your com
mittee would think it unfair to have
him pitted against so well qualified a
public speaker as Mr. Thompson. Hav
ing this in view we offer another sug
gestion:) Hon. M. F. Harrington was
chairman of the committee in the
people's independent convention that
wrote the populist platform and he
urged the nomination of Mr. Thomp
son upon that platform.
Mr. Harrington went before the su
preme court to assist in compelling
the railroads to pay more taxes. It is
generally recognized that he made an
effective presentation of the people's
Bide in that case. Your side of the
contest was led by Hon. John N. Bald
win, the general attorney for the U.
P. Railway company, who played the
dual part of "friend of the court" and
Acting Attorney General, conducting
the case in behalf of the railroads and
state officers as against the people. In
addition to performing Mr. Prout's
duties Mr. Baldwin was also present
at the conference wherein it was de
cided that Mr. Mickey should be nomi
nated and he should, therefore, be
competent to represent your $ide of
this controversy. We take tt then
that no other man will typify more
clearly the platform upon which your
ticket asks election than Hon. John N.
Baldwin. He Is an accomplished and
eloquent orator; the debate between
Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Harrington would
be between two gentlemen who are
well qualified to discuss the questions
and who would discuss it from a broad
and intelligent standpoint. Each will
represent the views of his party in this
most important reform and probably
no two gentlemen could be selected in
the state whose personal views would
more clearly portray the actual posi
tion of our respective tickets in the
matter of railroad taxation.
We propose to you then that you
unite with us. in arranging a series of
five joint debates' between these gen
tlemen in each congressional district.
This would make thirty meetings in
all and no doubt such a discussion
would bring out the people of the state
very generally for the purpose of
learning the right and wrong of the
matter now uppermost in the public
mind. Yours respectfully,
B. R. B. WEBER.
Chairman People's Independent Party
State Central Committee.
C. B. SCOTT,
Vice Chairman Democratic State Cen
tral Committee.
prints, the opening line being: "Paid
Highest Railroad Tax In the United
States.- K. C. & O. Railway, Now a
Branch ot the Burlington Route, Last
Year Paid Taxes Equal to Nearly 3
Per Cent of its Full Cash; Value
Then followed a statement of -taxes
paid In each county through wnich the
line runs. We quote the amounts in
order that our readers may verify
them, if they care to do so:
County , ' v Taxes paid.
Jefferson ......... ? , 147660
Clay , V.....'. 5,085.11
Adams .... 4,232.28
Kearney K. . . ; , 4,743.55
Phelps ; V-58.32
Harlan . . . . 4,533.71
Fillmore . 4,176.94
York 6,626.10
Polk 580.23
Baiie 1,331.10
CAMPAIGN FUNDS '
Total. 193.38 miles. ...... .$32,843.99
Per mile ... 164.62
It will be noted that no year is defi
nitely stated, but the inference. Intend
ed is that the K. C. & O. paid $32,
843.99 in taxes in the year 1901, pre
sumably taxes for that year, in the
absence of other .testimony. However,
the same figures are given in a former
bulletin whieh says that the amount,
was taxe3 for the year 1900, but paid
in 1901. Accordingly, if this bulletin
is correct, the K. C. & O. taxes for the
year 1900 were nearly $33,000..
Now let us examine the report of the
interstate commerce commission for
the year ending June 30, 1900. At
pages 510 and 511 we find a statement
of fixed charg3 paid by roads in
Group VII., and among the roads
mentioned is the K. C. & O. The
amount of taxes paid, according to this
rfport, was $14,760 undoubtedly be
ing for the tax levy of 1899. Rather
queer, isn't it, that the taxes the very
next year should increase more than
$13,000? The assessed valuation was
exactly the same both in 1899 and' 1900
$3,500 per mile, and the levy for state
purposes was substantially ?the same
both years. It hardly looks reasonable
that the county and school districts
levies in the ten counties should be in
creased so heavily that the taxes for
1900 would be 122 per cent higher than
they were in 1899.
What is the explanation? Probably
the K. C. & O. paid its 1899 taxes ear
ly in 1900, and its 1900 taxes in De
cember of that year. The road may
have paid $32,843.99 taxes during the
year 1900 but they were not all 1900
taxe?. What are we to think did
Colonel Brown and his co-workers pur
posely publish the erroneous state
ment with malicious intent to deceive,
or did they fall into a grievous error?
It is evident that they did one or the
other.
The assessed valuation of the K. C.
& a for "1899 aad 1900 was $676,30.
An average levy of $2.18 on each hun
dred dollars o validation would raise
the $14,760 thv- road paid for 1899
iaxts; but it would require an aver
age levy of $4.85 to the hundred dol
lars valuation to produce $32,843.99
and that would be above the legal limit
in most of the districts through which
the road runs.
Will some reader of The Independent
fh" each tsr these; ten counties -go to the
county clerk's office and get an accur
ate statement of the tax levy against
this road for the years 1899,, 1900, 1901,
and 1902, if the last year is completed,
and send to this office? See how this
tallies with Colonel Brown's tax bulletin.
Continuation of Report Berlin UilVMk
Accounts of the "Various Consoles
With State Committee
Last week The Independent pub
lished part ef-the report of the chair
man and secretary of the populist state
committee showing the account be
tween the various counties and the
state committee. Chairman Weber re
ports that contributions are beginning
to come in and the outlook is that the
counties generally are getting awake
to the fact that funds are needed.
Following shows the net balance due
on August 15, 1902, for the counties
reported last week:
Adams $ 84.10
Antelope 30.00
Banner . . . ..i . , lQluO
Blaine " 9.50
Boone , 38.75
Box Butte 17.62 'j
Boyd ... 25.3S I
Brown 16.00
Buffalo 87.25 j
Burt 67.95!
Butler 62.00
Cass 134.25
Cedar 75.22
Chase 21.00
Cherry 37.25
Chsyenne 34.15
Clay 38.82
Colfax 85.00)
Cuming 45.50 j
Tola! reported last week $919.74
Continuing the itemised report for
the remaining counties, the following
explanation is necessary: "a" means
"old debt of 1900;" "b" means "as
sessment for 1901:" and "c" means
"assessment for 1902." Note the bal
ance due from-your county or your
precinct, and consider yourself a com
mittee cf one to collect funds and
clear up the. balance. Send to th-
chairman, B. R. B. Weber, Hotel Del
lone, Omaha, Neb
CUSTER a $52, b $44. c $44; total,
$140. Payments, a $41.20, b $13.50; to
tal, $5i.SG. Balance due, $85.20. Paid
since May 2, Elk Creek 2.23. Net
balance, $52.95. Precinct quotas: Al
derman $5.95, Ajisiey Si. 20, Arnold
$2.90, Berwyn $:i.fv5. Broken Bow
North $4.40, Broken Bow South $6.20,
Cliff $2.65, Custer No. 1 $2.45, Custer
No. 2 $1.20, Delight $3.25, Douglas
Grove $2.50, KUm $1.65, Elk Creek
$3.45. Garfield $2.45, Grant $1.10, Hayes
45c. Kilfoil .$4.95, Lillian $2.95, Loup
$3.70. Myrtle $3,10, Sargent No. 1 $5.15,
Sarnent No. 2 $1.35, Triumph $2.10..
Victoria $5.65, Wayne 85c,
Wester-
1 $1.30,
River
The Schuyler Quill has turned its
editorial columns over to four differ
ent Schuyler men who will take turns,
a week . each, in editing the paper.
Last week W. I. Allen wielded the fa
ber, or straddled the tripod (who ever
saw a tripod in a print shop?), or
whatever is the correct expression, and
he deserves congratulations for the
ability displayed. The Quill is a big
seven-column quarto and it takes some
hustling-to fill its columns and keep it
up to its high standard of excellence.
An Illusion
ARE THEY DECEIVERS?
Some DiaerAftancie in ! Statements
Made by the Kallroad Tax Sureau.
Bolletlns do Not Square With
Interstate Commerce Com
mission Report.
It will be remembered that The In
dependent has until lately held to the
opinion that the facts and figures
stated by the railroad tax bureau
would be correctly stated in the bulle
tins "issued under authority of the
railroads of Nebraska," and that the
only thing to be guarded against would
be the effect which large figures have
on the average man. But a number of
things have arisen recently which
have caused The Independent to be
lieve that Colonel Brown, and his asso
ciates do not hesitate to make state
ments which are purposely intended
to deceive. 'T am not taking much in
terest in those tax bulletins any
more," said a Lincoln newspaper man
to The Independent the other day,
"since Frank Harrison and Colonel
Brown are doing most of the work.
I know Harrison and 'I know Brown
and I have but'little confidence in what
they print," Z 1
Some weeks ago a bulletin was pub-
orifl a f tor-TV QT IT
Seated in a passenger coach in a
train standing at the depot, one some
times imagines his train has started,
when, in fact, it is the train on the
other track an optical illusion most
persons have experienced. It is the
same with wages paid railroad em
ployes. The engineman who averaged
$3.48 a day in 1900 got only 4 cents
more than he did in 1893; but in 1900
he succeeded in moving the equiva
lent of a ton of freight 3,305,534 miles,
while in 1S93 his ton-mileage was 2,
413,246 miles. Accordingly, for some
thing less than $15 additional wages
for the year, he pulled the equivalent
of a ton of freight 892,288 miles. In
other words, he did 37 per cent more
work. The wage figures given are
averages for the United States, and are
too low for Nebraska, where the aver
age daily wage of an engineman was
$3.83 in 1893 and $3.90 in 1900.
The average traffic movement ac
complished by railroad employes was
139,143 ton-miles per employe in 1900,
as against 107.129 in 1893. Here the
average increase in efficiency is nearly
80- percent greater than in 1893. But
there ia no Increase of 80 per cent m
the wages. Hence, the seemingly for
ward movement of wages is an optical
illusion after all. One gets an in
crease of 10 per cent and ia obliged to
do 30 per cent more work for it. And
worse still, he is obliged to pay 20
to 40 per cent more for living expenses.
c $24; total,
Will Colonel Brown and his tax bu
reau associates explain to an anxious
public about the tax paid by the K. O.
j & O. railway? Their bulletin claims
that last year this road paid $32,
843.99, or $164.62 per mile. The inter
state commerce commission's report
for 1900 shows that for the year end
ing June 30, 1900, the K. C. & O. paid
$14,760 in taxes. Who told the "which
that is not?"
A tip to the Atchison Globe: What
has become of the old-fashioned editor
who used to print the story about like
this: - ; .
Willie McKeaghn climbed a corn
stalk to see how the corn was getting
along, and the stalk is growing up
faster than the " boy can climb down.
The boy is plumb out of sight. Three
men have undertaken to cut down the
stalk with axes and save the boy from
starvation, but it grows so fast that
they can't hack twice in the same
place. The boy is living on nothing but
JOTTT.rprr' wnjbng already thrown down
villo $3.15. West Union No
West Union No. 2 $1.15, Wood
$4.65.
DAKOTA a $18, b $16, c $16; total.
$50. Payments, a $5, b $3.95; total,
$8.95, Balance due, $41.05. Precinct
quotas: Covington ' $5.32, Dakota
$4.iS, Emerson $4.20, Hubbar d$6.16,
Oniadi $5.04, Pigeon Creek $2.59, St
Johns $8.19, Summitt $6.16.
DAWES a $17, b $16, c $16; total.
$49. Payments, a $19.50, b $10; total,
$29.50. Balance due $19.50. Precinct
quotas: Antelope $1.40, Chadron $8,05,
Craig 90c, Crawford $5.90, Evergreen
$2.65. Leonard 55c, Orange : $1,70, Ta
ble $1.35, Whitney $1.30.
DAWSON-a $35, b $30, c $30; total,
$95. Payments, a $35, b $3.10; total,
38.10. Balance, $56.90. Payments since
May 28, $14. Net balance, $42.90.
Precinct quotas: Antelope $2.22,
Blaine $2.40, Buffalo $1.44, Cayote
$3.48, Cozad $4.02, Fairview $2.16, Ger
man $2.52, Gillon $2.94, Gothenburg
$3.60, Grant. $4.56, Hillside 90e, Holmes
$1.02, Kennebec $2.46, Keystone $2.10,
Lexington 1st $4.44, Lexington 2nd
$5.88. Lincoln I6c. Logan $2.58, Over
ton $6.60, Platte $1.26, Ringgold $3.66,
Willow Island $3, Wood River $4.86.
DEUEL a $7, b $S, c $8; total, $23.
Nothing paid.
DIXON a $27, b $24
$75. Payments, a $2.50, b $27.90; total,
$30.40. Balance due, $44.60. Paid
since May 28, Ionia $1.75. Net bal
ance, $42.85. Precinct quotas: Clark
$1.32 Concord $3.48, Daily $3, Emer
son $4.62, Galena $3.24, Hooker $3.36,
Ionia paid, Logan $1.86, Newcastle
$4.26, Ottercreek $2.70, Ponca twp. $3,
Ponca 1st $1.50, Ponca 2nd 96c, Ponca
3rd $1.68, Silver Creek $2.04, Spring
bank $3.30, Wakefield $5.46.
DODGE a $63, b $52, c $52; total,
$167. Payments, a $10.75, b $14; to
tal, $24.75. Balance due, $142.25. Pre
cinct quotas: Ames $2.10. Cotterell
$7.35, Cuming $12.88. Elkhorn $3, Ever
ett $5.81, Fremont 1st $16.24, Fremont
2nd $6.86. Fremont 3rd $11,90, Fremont
4th $13.16. Hooper $11.48, Logan $2.87,
Maple $1.20. Mills Farm $1.20, Nicker
son $4.76, North Bend $7.56, Pebble
$8.82, Platte $5.11, Pleasant Valley
$5.32. Ridgeley $7.91, Union $7,07, Web
ster $10.22.
DOUGLAS a $317, b $256. e $256:
total, $8.29. Payments, a $136.83, b
$22.50; .total, $159.33. Balance due,
$669.67. Card contribution $5, J. H.
Peabody, 4th ward. Precinct quotas:
Chicago $7.84, Clontarf $1.40. Douglas
$5. 46, East Omaha $2.38. East Omaha
N. $8.33, East Omaha S. $3.15, Elkhorn
$.".88, Florence S6.S6, Jefferson $7.49,
McArdle $5.39, Millard $7.49, Omaha
1st ward $59.51, Omaha 2d ward $97.79,
Omaha 3rd ward $56.98, Omaha 4th
ward $43.96, Omaha 5th ward $46.14,
Omaha 6th ward $75,60, Omaha 7th
ward $36.12, Omaha 8th -ward $57.12,
Omaha 9th ward $38. Platte Valley
$9.59, South Omaha 1st ward $46.83,
South Omaha 2nd ward $42.35. South
Omaha 3rd ward $39.34, South Omaha
t 4th ward $10.50, Union $6.23, Water
loo $10.15.
DUNDY a $S, b $8, e $S; total. $24.
Payments, a $12. -h $8; total, ,$20. Over?
paid on,old hed.t, $4. . line op 1902 as
sessment; $8.
FILLMORE a $47, b $40. c $40: to
tal. $127. Payments, a $24.75.- b $23.27;
total, $48.02, . Balance due,: $78,98, Pre
cinct quotas: Belle Prairie $3.95, Ben
nett $4.35, Bryant $6.05, Chelsea $4.40,
Franklin $5.15. Geneva City $4.65. Ge
neva twp. $5.35, Glengary $6.40,, Graf
ton $5.95, Hamilton $3.50., Liberty
$4.15. Madison $4.10, Momence $5.15,
No. Exeter 13.25, No. Fairmont $2.1Q,
So. Exeter-$4.40. So. Fairmont $2.40,
Stanton $2.F0. West Blue $2,05.
FRANKLIN a $27, b $24, c $24: to
tal, $75. Payments, a $30.75. b $3.20:
total, $33.95. - Balance, $41.05. Paid
since May 28, Antelope $3, Blooming
ton. $2.40. Farmer $3, Lincoln $2,60,
Marion $3.70; total, $14.70. Net bal
ance $26.35 Precinct quotas: Ante
lope nal?.nce $1.55, Ash Grove $2.20.
Bloomington paid. Buffalo $1.35, East
Bloomington $2.65, Farmers paid.
Franklin $1.60. Grant $2.40. Lincoln
paid, . No. Franklin $5,35,. Oak . Grove
$1-70, Salem $3.80. Turkey Creek $2.35,
Washington $1.95. "
FRONTIER a S21. b 18, e $18; to
tal, $57. Payments, a $13.82, b $2; to
total,', $15.82 Balance, $4148. Paid
since May 28, J, H. Bayston. $4. Net
balance, $37.18. precinct quotas: Al
len $1.19, Clearwater $l)5,Curtis $2.99,
Earl- $2.10, Fairview $1.75, Garfield
$1,90, Grant $1.33, Harrison $2,45, Hqr
rell $1.12, Knowles $1,33, Laird $2,56,
Laws $1.33, Lincoln $1.54, Logan $1.47,
Lower Medicine $1.6S, Moorfield $41.96,
Muddy $2.52, North Star $1.89, Osburn
$1,75, Plum Creek 56c, Russell 42c,
Sheridan 49c, .'Sherman 77c, Stockville
$1.S2, Weaver 98c, Zimmer $1.61.;
FURNAS a $33, b $28, c $28; total,
$89. Payments, a $12.40, h $8.15; to
tal, $20.55. Balance due, $68.45. Pre
cinct quotas: Arapahoe $5.74," Bea
ver - City $7.T7, Burtons Bend $3.85,
Edison-. $3, Eureka $2.87, Lincoln $2.59,
Logan 11.36, Lynden $4.97, - Maple
Creek $1.82, Medicine Creek $7.63, New
Era $1.89, Oxford $4.69. Richardson
$2.38, Rockton $3.43, Sherman $2.17,
Spring Green' $2.59. Union $2.80, Vin
cent $2.45, Weaver $1.33, WJlsonvllle
"GAGE a $64, b $54 e $54; total,
$172, Payments, a?$4.30,-b $2;. total,
$6.39. Balance. $165.70,, ' Precinct
quotas: 1 Adams $543, Barneston $8.28,
Beatrice 1st $7,56, Beatrice 2pd $6.84.
Beatrice 3rd $8.12, Beatrice;4th $9.90,
Beatrice 5th ; 90c, "Beatrice 6th $3-06,
Bla-kely $4.59, Blue Springs $5.13, Cla
tonia $2.34. Elm $4.50, Filley $2.97,
Glenwood - $5.04, Grant $3.51, Hanover
$3.87, Highland $849, Holt $3.60,
Hooker $1.89. Island Grove $3.96, Lib
erty $8.37, Lincoln $5.31. Logan $4.95,
Midland $4.05, Nemaha J3.69, Paddock
$7.29, Riverside $3.78, R'ockford $4.95.
Sherman' $4.05 Sicily-$5,49, Wymore
$9.99, Wymore South $6.12. Wymore
(country) $3.87. -
GARFIELD a $6, b $6, c $6; total,
$18. Payment. '50er Balance "due,
$17.50. Precinet quotas: Calamus 54c.
Drv Creek $1.17, Erlna 90c. Highland
$2.88, Midvale $3.60; Rockford $7.11,
Willow Springs- $7.38.
GOSPER a $15, b $14, c $14: total,
$43. Payments, a $S-.40, b"$2.40: total,
$10.80. Balance, Z. 20. . Paid since
May 28. Brace $!, Elk Creek $3.75,
Bethel $1, Elwood $7.70, Harrison $1.50,
Highland $r.40, Robb $1.25, Turkey
Creek $2, Union $2.50; -undistributed
$2.30; total, $25,40. "Net balance, $7.80.
Precinct quotas: Brace balance $1.0S,
East Muddy $3.12, EJk Creek paid,
Bethel paid, Elwood paid. Harrison
balance, $2.18, Highland paid, Lincoln
$2.64, Robb balance $1. Turkey, Creek
paid. Union paid; West Muddy $2.40.
GRANT a $3, b $4; c $4; total, -$11.
Nothing paid.
GREELEY a $22, b $20, c $20; to
tal, $62. Payments, a $22, b $20; total,
$42. Balance, $20." Paid since May
28, Parnell 24c.
HALL a $44, b $38. c $38; total,
$120. Payments, a $44.50. b $12.60;
total, $5740. Balance dire', $62.90, Paid
sinee May 28, collection by Bayard H.
Pavne $24.90. Net balance, $38.
HAMILTON a $39b $34, c $34; to
tal, $107. Payments, i $39. b $34; to
tal, $73. Balance dues, $34. Precinct
qriotasr Aurora-lst $2.31; Aurora 2nd
$1.92, Aurora 3rd 93c, Aurora 4th $2.40,
Beaver $1,23. Bluff $87c, Cedar Valley
48c, Deepwell $2, Farmers Valley $1.86,
Grant $2.22, Hamilton $2.43; Monroe
$1.86, Orville $2.70, ; Otis $2.46, Phil
Hps $1.65, Scovill $1.92. South Platte
$3, Union $2.85, Valley $1.95. .
HARLAN a $24. b $20. c $20; total,
$64. Payments, a $19.50, b $9.50; total,
$29, Balance due. $35.' Precinct quo
tas: Albany $1.75, Alma $6.50, Ante
lope $2.85, Eldorado $2.25, Emerson
$2.45, Fairfield $1.20, Mulally $2.70, Or
leans $3.40, Prairie Dog $1.70. Repub
lican City $3.40, Reuben $1.70, Sappa
$2.60, Scandinavia $2.10, Spring Grove
$1.75, Turkey Creek $1.35, Washing
ton $1.60.
HAYES a $5, b $8, c $8; total, $21.
Payments, a $5, b 50c. Balance due,
$15.50. Paid since May 28, Antelope
85 cents.
HITCHCOCK a $13, b $12. c $12;
total, $37. Payments, a $6.50, b $1:
total, $7.50, Balance due, $29.50. Paid
since August 11, $5 hy A. L. Taylor.
Net balanee, $24.50. Precinct quotas:
Beverlv 72e, Blackwood $1, Cornell
$1.62, Culbertson $25, Driftwood 63c,
Eden $1.08. Freedom $1.98, Grant $1.44,
Logan $1.08. Palisade $1.98, Pleasant
Hill $1.08, Pleasant View 99c, Ridonour
$1.89, Riverside $1.44, Starkey $1.17,
Stratton $3.60, Trenton $4.23. Union
SL53, Upper Driftwood $2.25, Webster
54 cents. . " "
HOLTa $37,' b $32. c $32: total,
$101. Payments, a $64.25. Balanee
due, $36.25. Paid since May 28,i In
man $2.65. Net balance, $34,10. Pre
cinct quotas: Atkinson $3.12, Cham
bers $L89, Cleveland 60e, Conley 87c,
Delolt $1.32, Dustin 30e. Emmett 75c,
Ewing $3,136, Fairview 78c, Francis $Q,
Grattan $4.26, Green -Valley $1.68, In
man paid. Iowa 95c. Lake 90c. Mc
Clure 75c, O'Neill 1st $1.41, O'Neill 2nd
$1.29, O'Neill 3rd S1.26. Paddock $1.20,
Pleasant View 45c. -Rock Falls 93c,
Sand Creek 75c, Saratoga $1.08, Scott
8c. Shamrock 54c, Sheridan $1.65.
Shields $2.25. Steel Crek 78c. Stuart
$3.90. Swan 48c, Verdigris $243, -W.11-lowdale
40c, .Wypiin $1.
HOOKER a $1, b $2 e $2; total, $5.
Nothing paid,
HOWARD a $32.fb $28, c $28; total,
J88. Payments, a $47.95. b $28; total.
$75.95. Overpaid on old aecount $15.95.
Due on 1902 account. ?28. Paid since
May 28. SDrinsr Creek $2.20. Net bal-
anee, $25.80. - Precinct quotas; Cleve
land $1.35, Cotesfiejd $2.84, Danne7
virke, $2.49, Dannebrog $2.73, Fairdale
$1.29, Gage Valley $1.56, Kelso $2,10,
Logan $1,65. Loup $1.98, Posen $2.91,
St. Libory $2.58. St. - Paul $2.97. St.
Paul $2.94, Spring Creek $246, War
saw $1.29. -- .
JEFFERSON a $39. b $34. p $34;
total, $107, Payments, a $20.90, b
$4: total, $24.80. Balance due. $82.10.
Paid since May - 28, Richland $5.76,
Net balance, $76.34.' Precinct quotas:
Antelop $3.28. Buckley $5.60. Cub
Creek $3.44. , Endicott - $3.92, Eureka
$6.88. Fairburv No. 1 $6.64. Fairbury
No. $10.32. Fairbury No. 3 $4,40,
Gibson $4,80. Jefferson $2.56, -Lincoln
$448, Meridian $542, Newton - $4.96.
Pleasant $7.64. Plymouth $S.40. Rich
land paid, Rock Creek $4.80, Washing
ton $3.44.
JOHNSON a $30, b $26. e $26; to
tal, $82. Payments, a $30. Balance
due. "$52. Precinct quotas: Helena
$6.18. Lineoln $4.80. Ma nle Grove $3.82.
Nemaha No. 1 $2;82 Nemaha No. 2
$4.68. Nemaha No. 3 $5.28, v Spring
Crek No. 1 $5.58. Spring Crrek No. 2
No. 2 $1.20. Todd Creek No, i $3.42,
Todd Creek No. 2 $2.46, Vesta No. 4
$2J4, Vesta No. 2 $1.38. Western $3.
; (To be continued nest week.)
It is a noticeable fact that in all
of Colopel Brown's bulletins he has
carefully avoided any reference to rail
road taxation in Kansas. The inter
state commerce commission report for
1900 shows that Kansas roads pall an
average of $255.03 in taxes per mile as
against $198.86 per mile in Nebraska.
No wonder the colonel overlooked the
sunflower gtate. Yet down there they
have a tax agitation as fully developed
as here. - ,
Fruit Farms
120-acre fruit farm in northwest
Missouri, where you can raise good
fruit and always have a market for it
Land is worth $45 per acre without
the trees, and there are 7,500 of the
best selection of apple trees just com
mencing to bear, and they are in fine
condition, estimating these trees at
the low price of 75c each you hayo a
farm valued at $11,025, but it eau be
bought It taken now for $9,000, $1,000
cash, balance any time with optSonaT
payments at 6 per cent, secured by the
land only. Other, improvements are
good.
We also have an 0-aere fruit farm,
same locality, same terms. Th?se are
bargains and should te looked up at
once.
CAREY, BLAND & CHASE,
Lincoln, Neb.
Courts v. Advertising.
It is reported that . the railroads of
Nebraska are spending $50,000 adver
tising the amount of taxes they are
paying In an attempt to prove to the
people that' they are paying more than
their share of the burdens of govern
ment. To the man behind the hpe,
this looks like a very peculiar pro
ceeding and many naturally wonder
why it should become necessary for a
person or corporation who is being
unjustly taxed for a greater amouni
than the law contemplates, to adver
tise this fact in .order to secure proper
redress. An injunction and a proper
court of equity would seem Jike the
wiser and more available plan to right
a wrong which has in it the real ele
ments of justice and virtue. N. J.
Ludi in Wahoo Democrat.
'It is more than likely that the fig
ures mentioned by Bro. Ludi are too
high. Probably $30,000 would be the
outside figure expended in preparing
the tables and doing the advertising
probably less than that, when we take
into consideration the fact that, most
Of the country papers get nothing but
some additional mileage which the edi
tors will not be likely to use before
December 31. 1902.
The procedure adopted, however, is
the correct one for the railroads. If
they can hoodwink the people . into
believing that the railroads are paying
their share now, or more than their
share, and get them to eject the re
publican stale ticket, they will be cer
tain that, the railroad assessment for
1903 and 1904 wili not be raised ma
terially above the 26 million mark.
If the fusion state ticket is elected
they know that the railroad assess
ment will be raised to not less than 40
millions ar.d that is why they are
willing to spend $30,000 in advertising
in order to defeat the fusion ticket.
It's a good business proposition f or
the railroads, because if the fusion offi
cers are elected railroad taxes will be
increased something like $465,000 a
year, while the taxes of others will be
reduced about that much. The farm
ers of Nebraska will pay more than
half of all the taxes, and they would
be benefitted most by the increase in
railroad taxes; but if they feel like
electing the republican ticket just to
help out the eastern stockholders of
Nebraska railroads, it is their privil
ege. Going into court to avoid a tax levy
has never been very successful for
railroads or anybody else. It isn't
Jike defeating a freight rate law, and
the railroads know it. Hence, their
change of tactics. Bro. Ludi may be
sure that no money would be wasted
on advertising if there were any way
of keeping down their assessed valua
tion by going into court.
Hardware Store
Centralized Business. r .
Almost the first thing.that Attorney
General Prout did when be succeed ed
C. J, Smyth was to dismiss the suit
which had been started by hit demo
cratic predecessor to oust the stareli
trust from th state, and to annul the
deed from the Ar go Starch company
of Nebraska City "conveying its prop-
erty to the trust. Nw the factory has
been closed, which Is In strict con
formity with the policy of all trusts at;
all times. The business is centralized,
-the big factories doing all the manu
facturing, while the smaller oues are,
locked up. If Prout had gone ahead
with the good work hegun by Smyth,
and enforced the anti-trust law of the
state, the Nebraska City starch factory
would now he ?n operation employing
Kores ef people, and adding thou
sands of dollars to the wealth of the
city every year. R. A. & T. B. Bates,
in Plattsmouth Journal. ;
Attorney General Smyth did his
sworn duty under the laws and was
hooted and jeered at by republicans
and democrats alike In Nebraska City,
with possibly a few exceptions. "He
Is foolish," they said, "he is trying to
ruin our factory."
Attorney General Prout paid no at
tention to his official oath. He did not
care to do his sworn duty. And strange
to say the Nebraska City republicans
and democrats, with few exceptions,
openly or secretly praised Prout Such
is the irony of office-holding.
Now, a different tune Is being sung:
Nebraska City people see their mistake
in blaming Smj'th and praising Prout.
Astute politicians, however, are do
ing their level best to counteract the
vireffects of the closing down of the
starch works by the trust. They are
a resourceful lot. too. 5 ' '4
As usual, when there is no other ex
planation, God Almighty is to blame.
Ho took' away J. Sterling Morton.
That's the explanation. -
Now, it is doubtless true' that Mr.
Morton's influence kept the trust from
closing this factory a much longer
time than is usual-for trusts, but the
time was coming when even he could
not prevent. And these, resourceful
politicians have no heslstancy in ut
tering the blasphemy of laying the
blame on Omnipotence.
But let us look the matter squarely
in the face. The corn products com
pany could give - the Nebraska City
plant fully equipped for operation to a
Nebraska City company and tell it to
go ahead. It could not run at a profit
any considerable length of time and
would be compelled to close down
sooner or later because of railroad
discriminations. The corn products
company could . , buy Nebraska corn.
ship it east, make it into starch, and
ship the starch back to Nebraska and
undersell the Nebraska City company
in every town in Nebraska beyond rea
sonable wagon-hauling distance of Ne
braska City--for the ' simple reason.
that the railroads would give the corr.
products company such low freight
rates that other companies could not
compete without loss eventually. The
trust question -will not be solved alone
by anti-trust laws there must be pub
lic ownership of the railroads.
SAD
tSORSE COLLARS
ASKY0URDealertosHOWTHM
fOUfe Dealer to SHO
BEFORE. YOU BUY.
lANUFACTUBtD 8t
HARPHAM BROS.C0.
Lincoln. Neb.
The Pleasure
of a Journey
to the east will be greatly enhanced
by making the trip via
B.&O.S.W.
Lowest rates St. Louis to New York'.
Stop-over at 'Washington,' Baltimore
and Philadelphia.
Three dally vestibnled trains,
hours to Cincinnati and Louis
ville. Extremely low rates ft'ill be made
Washington. D. C, in October ac
count Grand Army Encampment.
Write for particulars and "Guide to'
WashingtoL." , -
Over the Alleghanies.
Scenery Unsurpassed.
Observation Dining Cars.
F.e D. G ILDERSLEEVE,
Ass't Gen'l Pass. Agent.
St. Louis. Mo.
For Sale
Good profitable hardware business.
well established, $10,000 stock, in best
location in this city for sale or will
tt-ade for farm land or live stock.
'Splendid opportunity for anyone desir
ing to move to Lincoln for educa
tional advantages. - Parties have good
reasons for selling. For particulars
address The Independent, Lincoln,
Neb.
The Old Settlers' Association
Will hold their annual meeting and
picnic at the Chautauqua grounds,
Thursday, September 11, 1902, com
mencing at 10:30 a. m. A short and
interesting program is being prepared
Bring your well filled dinner baskets
and enjoy a day with the old-timers.
T. B. ESSEX, President.
' ,W. A. WAGNER, Secretary.
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 25, 1902.
rllner
Visitors to the state fair should take
advantage of the facilities and accom
modations offprori hv The Amstmnir
Clothing Co., to all who calf at that
store. It is one of the most up-to-date
clothing stores In the , west and you
will find Mr, Armstrong a most liberal-handed
and accommodating man.
Call at the store and see for yourself.
Trust Prices
Did your wife ever ask 3rou to buy
her an Enterprise meat chopper? . Do
you remember what you paid? Wejl,
did you know that if you were a resi
dent of Whitechapel instead of an
American sovereign that you could
buy the chopper for less money? The
manufacturer pells the small No. 5 size
to foreigners at 75 cents each; but he
Snakes the home buyer pay $1.04 for
Identically the Eame machine. Why?
Because the republican protective tar
iff enables him to do it. He makes a
profit at 75 cents each, but simply
gouges the American for 39 per cent
more clear stealing-because the tar
iff - keeps out foreign competitors.
-gerils-a3-airi market is. a .good thing.
Trust Prices
Perhaps you like to play high-five
or euchre. A pack of cards doesn't
cost much. Many of the railroads sell
great quantities of them for a vers
low price just for the supposed adver
tising it , gives them. But did you
know, cheap and all as playing cardu
are, that a resident of Hong - Kong
can buy a pack of Bicycle cards at
about one-half the price you pay ?
The Hong Kong dealer can buy from
the U. S. Playing Card Co. (trust) a
gross of packs Bicycle playing cards
for $12.35. Your dealer has. to pay
$25.65. That is 108 per een thigher.
Why? Oh, because of the republican
protective tariff.
Saline County. ,
The B. & M. in its comparison of
taxes paid and assessed valuation of
its lines, with that of Saline county for
the year 1893, made an unfair selec
tion of years. In 1893 there was an
attempt made to assess real estate in
Saline at a cash value. This caused
her people to pay such an exorbitant
tax that it was never undertaken
again. The Burlington should have
b no kick on Saline, for its first and
second best grain shipping stations
are within her borders and the nun
dreds of thousands in freights paid by
Saline county farmers, have made ;lt
possible for B. & M. stock to be worth
200 cash in the market. The B. & M.
does not pay more than its proportion
of taxes. Its assessed valuation is &s
low as that of other property in the
county, and its profits, on the business
furnished it by our producers, are very
large. C. J. Bowlpy, in Crete Demo
crat.
The state board of equalization that
year cut down the general fund levy
for state purposes against Saline coun
ty to rfa, mills as The Independent.
recollects it, but the railroad assess
ment had been made previously at
about the same figures as the year be
fore. The result was that because of
the greatly decreased rate of levy the
railroads paid much less taxes In Sa
line county for the year 1893 than any
other year recently. The county offi
cials of Saline failed to reduce the
county levy to the proper figures to
correspond with the greatly increased
valuations placed on farm lands, with
the result, as Colonel Bowlby states.
that taxes were so exorbitant that re
form assessments were never at
tempted again.
COOL COLORADO
THE PLACE TO GO.
Think of a. round-trip rate of only
$15.00 to Denver, Colorado Springs
(Manitou) and Pueblo. .
On certain dates in June, July, Aug
ust and September, via the
Write for books entitled
"Camping in Colorado,"
"Fishing in Colorado,'.' and
"Under the Turquoise Sky."
The Camping hook tells how, where
and at what cost parties of two, four
nd eix can eniov an inexpensive vaca
tion in that delightful climate.
E. W, THOMPSON, A. G. P. A..
,y Topeka, Kas.
JNO. SEBASTIAN. G. P. A-.
Chicago. III.
ROY'S DRUG
STORE
104 UHOIII SI.
We say "Roy's", drug store as a
matter of fact It Is EVERYBODY'S
drug store almost, Roy only con
ducts , it, buys and keeps to sell ;he
goods, and meet and force competition.
Our patrons do the rest We want in
remind you of seasonable goods, viz:
Garden Seeds, Conditl Powders, Lice
KHJera, B. B. Poison, Kalsomlne,
Paints, Oils, Varnishes, etc.
We make a specialty of all kinds of
Stock and Poultry Foods, etc. Don't
miss us.
Roys' 1 04 No I Oth
NEW PULLMAN SLEEPING CAR
SERVICE LINCOLN TO KANSAS
CITY.
1
Beginning. July 1, the Missouri Pa
cific will Inaugurate a Pullman Ca
Berries between Lincoln and Kansas
City, leaving Lincoln at 10:05 p. m.
and arriving at Kansas City at 6:05
a. m.
Passengers may remain in the sleep
er at Kansas City until 7:30 a. m. if
they desire. For berths and reserva
tlons, apply at City Ticket Office. 102S
O St., or Depot. 9th and S sts.
. . ... F. D. CORNELL. P. & T. A.
LINCOLN SANITARIUM
A Thoroughly
1 &W : l
quipped
ci entitle
Sulpho-Saline
Bath House
Sanitarium
14th and Al Streets
LINCOLN, NEB. I. j Establishment
All forms of bathi: TurkUh, Bnniian. Roman and Electric, with special attention to ths
application of Natural Salt Water Baths, for the trratmect of all acuta and chronic uon-coa-taireons
curable disease. Shatimntiim Stir Ttlnnd and Kamuii Disease. LAwt and Kidner
Troubia, and all forms of Stoma h Trouble ar$t treated nuccessf nliy. atarrah of the Stomach and
benennea ana many permanently
ethod as first ciTeu at Kaubeim.
asentic surcical ward and operating
rooms, offer, special inducements to surgical eses and ail diseases peculiar to women. Tfca
Sanitarium ia thoroughly equipied for treating all diseases by modern successful method. It is
managed by physicians well trained and of extended experience, specialists in their sereral
departments. Iraiuetl curses, skillful and courteous attondents. Prices reasonable. Address
L i n c o I n , S a n it a r i u m
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cured tr taking the Katnral Kelt Vtr Hatha ISchott 11
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