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Gfct larmcra' Alliance. mbtUk4 iTtry Saturday by Tex Allianct Publishing Co. Cor.Uth n4 M BU., Lincoln, Neb. J. man Miter i.M. TaoMrao ButinrM Manager "lath beauty t( the lillle . Christ wu bora across the mi, With a glory in his bosom That transfigures yon and me. As he strove to make men holy Let s strive to make them free. Since God Is marching on." 1 TariEou. 1av1 erowns cleave to deserts, And power to him who power exerts.1 "A ruddy drop of manly blood The surging sea outweighs. Emerson. "Be who eannot reason is a fool, Be who will not reason Is a coward. Bo who dare not reason is a slave." TO CORRESPONDENTS. Addrc all butlntw communication! to Alliance Publlahln Co. AsldrrM mutter for publication to Editor Fanarr' Allimioe. Article written nn both tidra of lb paper oaanut tut uard. erjr ions comiuuniL'Mtioiia, aa aruia cannot im um. TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Wo wish to nay to our correspondents that the fact that their articles do not appear in our columns is not evidence that they are rejected. Our space for letters is limited to about one pago per week. We receive enough each week to entirely till our paper. A large bun die of letters is now before us which. we hav e not even been able to examine, say log nothing about printing. In time it will be looked over, and such of it as is timely and valuable be inserted. Mean while much it of goes out of date, We arc glad to receive , short well-written article, and will use all we can. O. P. MASON, THEN AND NOW. We invite attention to two letters from 0. 1. Mason, written In the fall of 1887, when he was ono of the secre taries tut the bourd of transportation, and addressed to tho managers Of the U, F. and B. & M. railroad companies. It will tie seen that there is a very radi cal difference between Mr. Mason's po sition on the rate question at that time and the present. Then he was greatly in favor of a reduction of rates. He showed then that the local rates in Nebraska were not only enormously high per, but that they were out of all proportion to the rates in force in Iowa and Minnesota.' lie asserted that there was then no freight rate in this state that was justifiable compared with the rates of otherttates. lie denounced the rates then in force as "highway rob kcry" He said the Nebraska rates "amid not be defended," and compared their effects upon the industries of' this state to "tho gaping bleeding wounds of tho assassin's knife. e Since that date there has been no ma terial reduction In rates in this state. In fact, the average of rates are fully as high as they wcro then. What is Mr. Mason doing now? Ho is arraying every known argument he can invoke he is bringing his great ability in the nso of English words into play to pre vent tho passage of the very laws which in 1887 he warned Mr. Holdrege might como "with theienicmbranceof wrongs unredressed and appeals for right and justice unanswered." In pursuit of this end he outrages the laws of hospitality and social life by advocating partisan views at a social banquet and attacking a private citi.an in his absence. It may be thought that Mr. Mason is inconsistent in this matter, but that is not true. A place was obtained for Win as a secretary of the board of trans portation to enable him to serve the Lincoln board of trade. In its efforts to prevent discrimination against this city, and when he wrote those able and truthful letters ho was earning a hand some foe from that Itoard. At the pre ent time he is tho retained attorney of the railroad, and is earning another handsome fee in advocating directly the opposite doctrine. In other mcu this would b Inconsistency, but it coin ports exactly with the principles of O. P. Mason. f That he really.Ulicve what ho wrote in 17 is probably true, as the facts and arguments he then presented are un answerable, while his arguments at the preeot Uine are weak and fultile. Hut f what Importance Is it what such a an lmlieves? His great ability, Instead ef adding lustre to his character, has serve' to urnlh It. The talent which eaa be indifferently u-d to serve one's eountrv or to destroy it become a mark ef reproach. The man, knot a to be bl, who rait go from one extreme to thaoth rla hi advocacy of measures, without any change of fact or condi tion, lo hi tutluencwand the rv-peet f hi fallow nin at one and the tame bwtaut. In all of Mr, Jdaton's eeilou ewly one mailt U tlc4rniilthat of arlf latere!. Thl motive carric him aily through every potbl rb.ng U4 contradiction of conduct without tfc iotuHUrt Imputation or ehf of a , virtu. While it may kav wclot!ly Mfiyed hb 'ato a food vt'.on, the Kit h b no prtf of Klthor r boner 1hr 1 v doubt tht th Alliance eoukl un hU adveracy of a uiIiuum rate bill by a of.UU-ittiy tr$ fe, but the miruli of makta u ( l km eu if aiti'h U..I-it!y nu til mstvria, t4!y it vaid tk THE PARMxlKS' ALLIANCE, LINCOLN, NEB,, SATURDAY MAR 7, 16Q1. roads could make up another purse. Without honesty, reputation or charac ter, the censure of posterity can have no terrors for him. Hut there Is a debt due to those who come after us, and It is the historian's duty to punish, though he cannot correct. ..We have somewhat carefully observed his course for some years, and in that time it has com pre henucd everything that an honest man should avoid. An advocate without prineiple and a hypocrite without de ceiving, we hand him down as a nega tive instruction to his successors for ever. . THE OMAHA STOCK YARDS. The Bee, true to its latterday monopo ly instincts has an article in its issue of the 28th, headed "a stab at home Indus try," in which it support the stock yards monopoly, at Omaha, and oppos es tho proposition for open yards in which competitors shall bo free. The yards are controlled by a close corpora tion Intended to give the big four prac tical control of the live stock Interests, This monopoly not only desires to eon- trol the trade, but by its rulee dictates what shall be done with the commissions earned by the buyers at the yards. The American Live Stock Association di vides its commissions with Its custom ers. Its customers are the Alliance men of this state. In opposing the bill to regulate this matter the Beo Is square ly antagonizing the Alliance of this state, which is a stock holder in tho A. L. S. A. The Alliance only asks fair play, "equal rights before the law," and that it Intends to have. 1 he bill now pending in relation to this matter should bo passed without delay. It contains no unjust restrictions, and strikes down no homo i nd ustrles. It strikes solely at the pernicious restrictions of a pernicious combine. WHAT DO THE WOMEN 8AY? There are two bills before the Legis lature that need au airing. They are Senate tile No. 74 and 7.5, and relate to the widow's share In her husband's es tate. They propose to change the pres ent law that gives the widow one-half of her husband's property and restore tho old law giving her the use of one third In all cases. We believe the wid ow's interest iu the property has some times been an impediment in the way of the mortgagee taking it, and so this bill proposes to limit her interest as much as possible. We wish the women would make a protest and make, themselves beard about this scheme. Will they allow this outrage on their rights to pass unrehuked? We do not believe the men in our legislature will pass it. Indeed we believe St has been proposed to amend it by allowing the widow half of tho property in case there are no children and the property does not ex ceed J .'O.OOO; but It is a shame to pro pose such a retrogressive step. Just think of it, wives and mothers! View the widow shorn of the love that pro tected her, of the strong right arm on which she leaned, weighed down with her sorrow, and tell us what you think of this sympathy of the legislator who proposes to step In and add to her bur den by robbing her of her property. Yes, robbing Is the word, for usually she has done her full share to make it, aud it is hers as much as it Is her hus band's by every law of right dealing. There are exceptions to this rule, and there might be law to cover these ex ceptions; but, as a rule, the joint earn ings of a married pair should remain the indivisible possession of the ono who is left alone when death separates them. Children's interests are just as safe in a mothers care as in a father's. Women today are learning business, and they should on that account be granted fuller rights in the property instead of less. Wo say protect the wives in their rights of property. Woman has been an unpaid laborer through all the years of tho past, but it is not in accord with the usual course of ourlegislatiou In these days to Ih taking step back to wards the dark ages of her slavery aud degradation; and we hope aud trust that no such law as this will be per mitted to pas by tho honorable, men who compose our legislature. S. l No. 74 Is a very cunningly drawn bill. It looks exactly s though it was drawn by a mail who wanted to cheat his w Iff. See, 8 provide an my means by which a husband may alienate real estate without hi wife's vousent or signature to a deed. Nee. 4. provides a means by whbha hubud cau mort gage an estate without a w ife' consent, and the mortgage hold good ngaiul the wife' dower. See. 4 deotroy the wife's dower right In property mortgaged for purchase money a agaiiwt the mortgagee. Aud so on and fourth. THE PENITENTIARY CONTRACT. We notice an Item in th Vvri famy 'v Mil rvl.it Sou Ut the above, bit lm-, It mt that Mr, Mr watt and hi com mit! art doing their full duty in (he !u l.tft',oii. and Mind up by saving that , 'if f ill tutiU-e I not doue It nil! Hot b lh fault of J. II. fctawai t," Now, we MtuU'Niantt it, m attempt tt,i vr ha uiadtr lowrd an lnpt!gtlo and the fault lit i who'.ly vith Mr , iwu- uulrt pr(hsH Mr, Muhr I U Warn fr It. W hat onto tery damaging fa t la this mat tc, id utH a tloroueh ltUg IU sad report U laads, we glv thm tetfcv 'ifc our ad-uttjuud bberality, THE STATE UNIVERSITY. Every little while something; oc curs to show that there U still a good deal of misapprehension, with occasionally not a little of mis statement regarding the .Nebraska Mate university. In many cases these are doubtless due to ignorance of the facts, while In others they are ap parently inspired by prejudice. There are periodic atteuipU it create the feel ing that tho university Is an expensive luxury, and ligure are given to prove the assertion. Let us now see what are the facts. In twenty-two years tho uni versity has erect !d eight buildings, viz.; Four halls for class rooms and labora tories, a boiler house, a farm house, a farm barn, and an experimental build lug. Tho first hall was built - without expense to the state, from the proceeds of tho sale of lands, and the last named above was built out of government funds, The six other, buildings cost about 12Q,000, certainly not a great rum for twenty two years. The aver age annual expense of the university, aside from buildings, has been about 40,(X)0 per year since its opening. Of course it was much less than this In the early days, when the students were few, while now it is about double this sum. This sum has not only paid saluries and current expense for fuel, repairs, etc., but it has supplied books, chemicals, specimens, and apparatus of all kinds, and for all' departments, from agriculture and mechanics to literature and the classics. That the money has been carefully spent the libraries, laboratories, and museums bear unquestionable witness, A part of this, moreover, has been borne from funds which came from the govern ment, so that the people of tho state were not taxed to that extent. 'Ihe university tax of of a mill on each dollar of valuation has been spoken of as an "extraordinary tax," but is it so when we reflect that It Is for the purpose of affording freo education to any boy or girl iu the state? By law tuition Is free, thus enabling many a poor man's son to obtain a thorough education. Is it an "extraordinary tax" for the man who has a property valuation of $1,000 to pay 37 cents for the benclit of the young people of this commonwealth? Tho son of a rich man can go to Harvard, Yale, Colum bia, or Princeton, and pay the tloOto $200 per year demanded by these insti tutions for tuition, but the boy from the poor man's home cannot do this, and it is only in rare coses that the farmer's son or daughter can provide for such expenditures. The free State university Is his only hope. That the young people of this class do largely take advantage of these opportunities s shown by the statistics recently collected by a committeo of the alumni. It appears that fully 55 per cent of the young men and women aro children of farmers and others who gain a living by manual labor, Forty-two per cent of the young women, and 48J per cent of the young men are the children of farmers. And here just a word about tho preparatory department which some criticise, and would at once cut off. To do so would sever the bond connecting tho country school with the university. As It is now, tho boy from the farm may enter any department of the university through the preparatory department. To cut it off would In many cases seriously Interfere with hopes for obtaining a higher education. In another way the university has shown careful management of its re sources. Fifteen or sixteen years ago it bought a tract of land near tho city, for a college farm, which la still used for experimental purposes. Tho origi nal cost was about $20,000, and the ad ditional expenses since will not bring it up to more than $25,000. ThU tine tract has so increased in value that for years it has beeu eagerly sought after by speculators. 1 ho university has positively refused to part with any portion of it, feeling that it would eventually add from half a million to a million dollars to the endowment, bo sides leaving a tract stilllcieut for ex perimental purposes. Hy care lit guard ing this property,- university w ill In time Is'come as wealthy as tho older In stitutions of the eat. Three thousand youug ptople, ht the lowet estimate, have already received more or leu liwtruetiou In the uui verslty. Nonto of these have studied for but a few months, w bile other have spent 1 or seven years. Last year forty received degree upou the conn pletlon of course of study. The youug people go out to all part of tho state, and thus carry the Icateu of education and culture to It rnuattat bonier. The article lu a late number of the Uw eutitled, "An Lpeula Luxury," condemning the university friu alimM eny staudpoittt, seem to us to li ery unretuviti.ible. If tha unhrrslly w located at Omaha probably there would tm "niarteau student from Omaha" In lu cWe. hpit aglut Lincoln wtt o hate inspired th article, The Nac nnUtnlty at a l.lilctdti liHtltiiti ; it Uu atati I tint tin lion, and rry member of U leg's. laur i mt a mrrv vltUvn of thi tl, should deUv 10 e II fo forward la th rnnn r of lu futue it ha id proiuMng y e ntrd, IT'Oc by ouo the now UlUaud en bv on ih uonul school M!U ate irlogid to 0 rtVuii ft obscurity. A MULTIPLICITY OF CONFER ENCES. At the meeting of the Southern Alli ance' at Ocala, some parties joined in calling a conference to form a national party. This did not suit the Washing ton junta, and they succeeded first in postponing it, and then in belittling it to a committee meeting at Washington, under the immediate eye and manage ment of Macune and Terrell. This com mittee meeting amounted to, nothing. It was not representative in its charac ter, ahd attracted little or no attention. Iss than a dozen persons attended it. A new call is now bwued for a confer ence to be held at Cincinnati, May l!th. Tho paternity of this call is unknown. We regret to know that names were ap ponded to it without authority by their owner. Mr. Powers did not authorize the use of his name. Mr. Hcecher, of N. Y.. writes us that bis name was forced to it. How many names were thus used it is impossible to determine, and we do not care. We have little hope of good results from these confer ences. Too many separate and distinct hobby riders go to them, each deter mined to sacralice every body's hoblw but his own. The plan proposed by the National Alliance at Omaha, to organ le the units and ignore the societies, is tho one that gives promise of the greatest success. It proposes six planks upou.whicb a great many people agree It proposes a practicable and easy plan for assembling a national nominating convention in IHV2. It uses all reform organizations to carry forward the work, but gives none of them representation or control. A convention assembled in pursuance of that plan would be pre eminently a people's contention, and raiffht do a grand work. Schemes and plans and candidates may be "set up by organized societies and committees; but under this plan to organize the units they could not. We care nothing for men, parties or societies. We want to see a people t independent national con vention In 1892, that will nominate a peojie' ticket, without any fusion or combination with any party whatever. Such a ticket will sweep tho country. "Organize the units." A CITIZENS' REFORM TICKET. ' That the city government of Lincoln needs a thorough overhauling and reno vation any man with the least penetra tion must know. Individual property owners work tho council for the im- provment of their property street rail ways and electric light companies seem to own the city minors of jobs are in the air, and the fingers of thieves are in tho people's poekctsv A political ring controls the ollices, and thus perpetu ates the rule of corruption. How is a re form to be accomplished? Only in one way. A citizen's ticket, made upof good honest business men who have the confi dence of their fellow citizens, must be placed in nomination, and the voters must support it, without any regard to party ties. This U the only way, Di vide as usual on party lines march up like sheep as usual and vote for a party name and a few of the political bums will make their sharp trades, and the corrupt element will tetain power. It doesn't make a particle of difference in our city government whether a man Is a democrat, a repullcan or an Independ ent. The only questions that concern the people are Is he capable, is he hones If the people of Lincoln have not had enough of a boodle city government, let them just stay by tho old party arrange ments, and the dance will go on. If they have had enough, let a number of reputable citizens join in a call tor a citizens reform ticket, to run upon a platform of purity and honesty, and they can get rid of the boodle gang, and in no other way. WHAT IS ROBBERY? In a lato article about farm mortga ges the Itee unwittingly gives us its idea of what constitutes robbery aud plun der. It says, referring to tho average rate of interest paid by tho farmers of tho south and west: "Ten ier cent Is the maximum rate, both in the west aud iu the south, aud it rauses upward until iu some cases it touches 40. It is a humiliating reflec tion uM)u our financial methods that men are compelled to pay more man 10 per cent for money secured on property a substantial as auytluug that cau b offered. A safe investment I tearing interest at 10 per emit is Osgood mptvu- ment jt capital U juttified in atking or tabar in utUmptina to proi ide. Kvery- thiuir above that ttgure U robbery, o- cured In a spirit of plunder by the exer cise or migui agamst rignc. u u en tirety jul that the lawmaking power should be directed iu all its force agaiust the continuance of such crimi nal methou of banting. 1 he eanttru loauer and the western borrower are iudiimable to each other. Neither ak more than the other U willing to grant. Tha evil of the pnut mortgage yteui reaUles In the third party or middle man, who take Id pound ol tleah out of both par tic and tin Iw equally well ou their fortune aud mUfoluuu. Ho U tho man that the Is tukr ought U be gunning for." (The Italics are our ) There are tmni trry lutervatlog aduiiMlou In the eMract, nd lhy rv directly opponed to the Ivor of th H"c' tr4i'hlcgt ou th ruone uuutiou for aral tear pt. Fir!, the current banWr't po litical economy, which the Itae ha Wan advocating, tract) that capital smptoys Uhor, Tas lle in (he above uaruty aduui that UUf rmpioy capital The IW ha lrmtou.l oppoiel any Saw Istnb-rtiig with the subject of interest. In the above it ays "tho lawmaking power should be directed m all it9 force against" excess ive Interest exactly the doctrine we have been teaching. We have also repeatedly stated that it was not the eastern capitalists who were asking or receiving high rates, or were putting a financial boycott on this state, and threatening to withdraw their funds if financial legislation was at tempted. The Bee now 6ays the same thing viz: that it is the third party, the middle man, "who takes his pound of flesh out of both parties, and thrives equally well on their fortune and mis fortune. He is the man the lawmaker ought to be gunning for." Is the above a mere lapsus linguae on tho part of the Bee, or, Is it getting ready to imitate Its democratic con gencr the World-Herald, and put up at its editorial head, "Independent in politics?" THE ONLY WAY OUT. We need a constitutional convention In this state. The present constitution is entirely inadequate to our necessities. Good enough, perhaps for a state of 100,000, population, It is a straight jack et for a state of 1,200,000. It is being evaded and violated every day, and will of necessity continue to be so more and more, as the state grows in population and wealth. We have numerous execu tive officers which the constitution pro hibits, and we need more; we need an elective board of railroad commission crs. Under the present constitution wo cannot have a board that is satisfactoay to the people. In many other particu lars the constitution needs remodeling. The system of amendments now in vogue is clumsy and unsatisfactory, and multiplies issues and complicates elections every two years, Let us have a constitutional convention, and fix ah organic law that will not need amend ing for at least one decade.. It will take at least three years to get tho work of such a convention in force; so we hope the legislature will provide for ono without delay. LOOK OUT FOR A JOB. II. H. No. 803 is a speculator's job. Some speculators of this locality desire to have an appropriation from tho state to aid them in improving a park; and have got up a scheme for draining Salt Creek on the pretext of improving the drainage of some state institutions. Pessibly there may bo some merit in the proposed scheme, but the state does not need at this time to put its linger into any private enterprises. The fine Italian hand of Mr. Hathaway may be seen in this matter. It is said that a purse of $5,000 has been raised to put the job through. Lookout. THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY HILL. We hope the bill Introduced by Mr. Shrader - appropriating $:)0,000 for a laboratory building on the agricultural farm will pass. The Hatch bill which passed congress in 1880, appropriates $15,000 annually for the use of states erecting such laboratories on their Agri cultural farms. By expending :!0,000 for such a building we will secure the expenditure of that amount in the state within two years, and $13,000 per year annually thereafter. This is a move to directly promote the live stock interests of this stats, and It Is eminently proper that a farmer legislature should inau gurate it. ANOTHER BOGUS ALLIANCE SCARE. Our telegraphic dispatches herald tho formation of a gigantic grain and live stock trust, and attribute the same to the Alliance. Tho Alliance is not in it. Only fools who are utterly ignoraut of economic laws, or knaves who are work ing fools for money, propose such a trust. The disastrous failure of Ma cune's similar scheme in Texas ought to make all Alliance men wary about tak ing stock In any such concern. But these statements mostly havo their ori giu iu the imaginations of associated press agents. COSTS OK THE CONTEST. Independents cannot uffotd to roto for any steal in the matter of costs for the contest. The purtie to the coutest should have actual expenses uccessarlly incurred, aud nothing more, lu com puting these expenses compensation for services of attorneys, stenographer, etc., should le placed at just the figure private parties would have got the same labor for, and not a cent more. We want uo klud of a wwludle lu this mat ter. The lndcMudeut cannot afford to make any record that will not bear the fullext scrutiny, CAPTAIN REAL. Caplaiu Heal of Fillmore county wa a welcome caller at OuroOlce tat Tue day. The captain U a ulern of tho war, and one of the bct eltieu id hi county, a ll a a high minded, lad pcndeitt spirited gutlcuiu an IrUh man lu make the my Wt of Amer ican cUiien, We tnut U gonial prMit Ut oltm d l.ght In our p4th. ' EDITORIAL UNTAIRNKSS, the On ft'.'sV. of ILuting. criltctH a cuiiuuukUo hich i pi rnl la Lttt i.Ulbr 4"f TM Al tU Xt le Jug lu Nadm tolefvr that It an rdi torlal at il:!o. We had Hot tippottn! ihrlour brother I.rnda atpruw to luck uafatrftt. U3 0. P. M ASON ON FREIGHT ' f FREIGHTS OPPRESSIVE AJtt EX TORTIONATE, AS COMPARED WITH IOWA ASD HISS. WHAT MR. O. P. MASON REALLY THINKS WHEN NOT PAID BY i CORPORATION TO THINK OTHERWISE. Letter to the Union Pacific Railroad Company. ' Lincoln, Neb., July 23, 187. Mr. T. J. Potter Vice-President; Mr. T, I. Kimball, General Traffic Manager, If. P. L'ailroad Company. Gentlemen: I herewith transmit to you for consideration a comparative statement of rates of freight charges in Iowa and Minnesota, with the rate charged on the Union Pacific railway for a distance of 300 miles west of Oma ha. It will be noted that your rate on first class freight for all distances over 40 miles is much higher than in Minne sota or on the Burlington and Missouri River railroad In Nebraska, and as the distance Increases your freight rate In creases very much faster than tn Iowa and Minnesota, or on the Burlington and Missouri Kivcr railroad iu Nebras ka for 300 miles west of Lincoln or from Omaha; and your fourth class rate is still more apparent. The rate charged on fourth riass in some instances is very nearly three -fifths of the rate charged on first class, and the rate on fourth class should be 50 per cent of the first elass rate, If you follow the rule of most western states. And, ..when your first class rate is more than double that of Iowa, and when you go beyond 280 miles, nearly double that of Minnesota, moles a rery oppresshe and extortionate freight ia riff which the people of this state are required to pay, w hen com pared with Iowa and Minnesota. And it is believed that the balance of traflic for ;500 miles west from Omaha will compare rery favorably with the aver-. ago volume of traffic in Iowa and Min nesota on the whole system of roads in those states, so that it is not believed by me that the volume of traffic furnish es any rational or reasonable pretext for your exorbitant and oppressive charge. ' In fixing rates, it is believed that the charge made by the Burlington and Mis souri River railroad in Nebraska on first class freight is high enough, and that your first class rate on freight is oppressive and high. One dollar and twenty-four centt per hundred pounds for a 300 mile haul on your main line west from Omaha is oppressive and extortionate when compared uilh JoirtPaud Minnesota. You are respectfully requested to re duce your rate so that the same shall , in some measure correspond uilh the rales in Iowa and Minnesota: The people In this state have sufferred long and pa tiently a very high rate for the trans portation of freight by rail. Patience and endurance may not always last.asd it might be well to relieve them in some measure of the burden they now cany. Yours truly, O. P. Mason. Secy. Board of Transportation. LKTTfcR TO TUB GENERAL MANAGER Otf THK B. & M. RAILROAD COMPANY. Lincoln, Neb. Sept. 2, 1887. Mr. G. W. Holdrege, General Manager B. f .V. in Xebraska: Dear SiH:-Cousiderable delay was caused in answering that part of your communication to tho Board of Trans portation of the 0th of Aug. inwhich you say that " careful examination of the tariffs of the lines west of St. Paul will convince you that Minnesota pays higher rates thau Nebraska." by the difficulty of securing tho tariffs from the Chicago and Northwestern into Minnesota and Dakota Territory; but I have at this la'e day succeeded in obtain lugthew tariffs as well as the l.tkot 4 lo cal distance tariffs. This latter tariff Is the same as that of Minnesota, and very much lower than that of Nebraska, and 1 hereby trunMiiit to you, and sub mit for jour consideration, a tabulated statement of rates to point In Dakota territory aud Minnesota west from St. Paul, from Chicago to thoe p jiut named in the table, and the rate of tar iff to points In Nebraska equally dUtant from 4 'hint go with those named la Da kota Territory and Minnesota, and find the Nebraska rate uniformly higher, a You will not fail to observe that Mln neota and Dakota Territory pay le f fright per mile than U paid JvV brak. i. The ooly product of Impor tance shipped to Chicago front point wt of M, Paul lu M.ttupoU and Da kola l wheat, and the rata charged up on ht from point wet of St. I'auI in Miaaota and Dikot t from Ij b per c nt lua than talr vlarr'd ud paid la Nlr-ik.t for a like dinUue. lh rtr quo"!'' tWolO.lefcrrcwlth ktibmittrd eov rrvry tarb'ly of ftfclght, 'l i !.( and klud of m rehaitdw, all artU W ud laorfornivnufacttulug pvtrptt, agricultural implerrrta, wagta and 'uuiri of vvrry kind, hwte hold ool, futultur, salt, iue, ttruut, ciHtl d ftllploductfoiumc4