Happy Mothers, with Yew Babes!
M. , la Bolton Glob
O aH7 BMKkn wltk jour tabes.
Bow dan rou t io
'Waaw round r moralB MOtkm ar
Waaa Misery mk JM ,
ev m y bMt k Bfe, 0 kcarut
WkM otfcBTt, like to kurK,
An fetoodinc o' tk awful thought
that eeatk I aot tk wor-.?
Wkca golden head ar ratar4 safe
VcatDM rart bappr brtaat.
Ok. do yoa taiak of thea wko 4eem
Taat tabic ad ar bltF
O ra va aaa your little oaaa
Ja fcsvwU la tkclr alcea,
W, 4 ra think of ! of wo
STharo other woaiaa m-myt
Oh, aa to bend o'er cradl4 brada.
aw ama jroor hearts but braak
w tktak of them taat hour!? pray
Tbatrbabet aiar aerervtker ,
O ham Mother with your babe 1
Yoarjojr but ena taunt .
To thorn wtaoM little one ar heir
Of Ha and Wo and Want!
Oo4 beta the Bother who mutt eo
Thalr babte ttarr and dtel
Oed helafenot,r mother (Ud, -
Who paa aucb mt then by I 4
A
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A Uraat lchni by lb Oraat Dhocnr,
H.H.Haaff.
Ho. J. Bukrows, Editoe Farmers'
JLluaxce Sir: I had the pleasure this
day of a personal interview with Mr,
Elackstooe, who as your readers know
h president of the Alton railroad, Hals
the president of great rallroad.and the
oaly ra'Jroad by the way that was built
oa honest and economical principles of
o nuch rail, right-of-way and rolling
stock for so ranch money, and which too
is the only road not now obliged to go
Into Wall street, New York, or Lom
bard street, London.and borrow money.
Then, too, your readers should all
know that these are the ruling reasons
why the Alton road now standi out and
demand two cent a mile as the rate
between Kansas City and St, Louis and
between St Louis and Chicago,
Te put it ibo:t. The Alton road to
day stands opposed to and duties the en
tire combined forces of all the other
Western roads, and for that reason all
those roads, and the eastern roads also,
boycott it.
It is because f these things that we
as farmers are doubly interested in see
ing the Alton succeed; and my object in
writing Is to engage your attention and
that of your readers to my proposed so
lution of the railroad problem by the
farmers themselves. Now, if the Alton
would glvo ns all we demand from Kan
sas City to Chicago (and it would do
that) then my plan gets a big boost at
at the start.
Sow, for the "plan." Let the farm
ers of each township organize a separate
railroad company for each township, or
several townships combined. Let tbem
agree on the mot available route al
ways pointing towards' the Missouri
rim from the west. Let them avoid
all towns and cities as much as possible
and thus settle the question of right of
way among themselves. There u not
room in this article to go into detail, but
soflo it to say, that f York township
agonizes the York Railroad Company,
and owns six miles of right of way (two
to four acres to the mile) and if the
farmers club together and do the level
fradinf as tney do our highways in
Illinois, the entire roadway can be built
for not exceeding W, 500 per mile (except
heavy grade and steel bridges). I esti
mate that not less than forty farmers to
the mile on either side of the right of
way making eighty farmers on both
sides, can be united to this great work.
What is 1100 each to any farmer owning
19 acres, lie can save it in one year
if our road will agree to give us Iowa
rates on freight and two cents per mile
on passengers (and we can have that
agreement sure).
More yet by building and running
such road we settle toe entire rail
road question, because, if those eighty
farmers join and agree to give all tbeir
business for say twenty years to (their
own) road, there is no alternative but
for the others to follow suit. Our town
ship railroad company would be com
posed only of farmers and such others
as they by vote might choose to allow
to bold stock in tneir company. The
road would be forever out of debt.
Kach township railroad company would
compel the individual members to live
up to the agreement with the leasees
who run the read, so that if a designing
parallel road should lower prices it
would not bankrupt our road. We
would forever stand, as the Alton rail
road does now, "out of debt," and
backed by eighty good fanners to the
mile.
Steel rails new cost 128 per ton. A
rail weighing 0) pounds to the yard is
big enough. Plenty of good railroad
men tell me so. The tie will coaHl.'.'oo
per mile So that if we do the grading
inere is no troume in our securing a
road; for as it runs only over farms we
have no expensive rih' of way to
bother us.
Mr. itiackstone allows me to put two
or three question about which he I in
doubt.
Hrt "If any road should Join your
movement would not that be the sig
nal for . a combined attack oa it and
yon frovi all the road in the and?"
To tUt 1 reply; "We would hall such
aa attack, far it would make the people
olid fcr rtulroad reform, and would
provo what we aow claim, thai they are
ta principle oproaeu 10 too Ml inter-
eat of IM public la their present man
acwsneat. And aa to lbs Alton road I
aay. tf U had saca a backing it could
aot fail-
Second, Mr. B. ak "Cannot you
tamer aow eomUno la your several
tale and is rates to as to uUlaa
ttally ert-ottijiliih. the refuim do
sanded." Te that I reply pulatlag to the N
Utha kgmUtm whet lb railroad
Uujhi w tor Bir Bi(r. 1 xiat
to ksjuaa warn a rtutira caret
'a Ul hy attempt at railroad
Mat. puiitl to Iowa where the legto
lelttfw, a thvm Wg itut,Ui s cent
la the We uj U tWtartd
mim eWaad, and with tk at Mar
t , j rt that to turner
setU this toned rarvad vteatUta, and
etc1 it tight, and t it ;! at
-4t4 . hutid at I one ru4
V, wtwil wttitiw to fepfwrt It. 4 m
at . w toH bo t a asiUfa i
ewtkoetaM md l4 .ad t'u
i- t t Mm to ia.
, y, I ret'ly a aiwrt Wild tush
j ntzA of rW Kr the Nrthet ami
ar t rrtok'SJ ia that fitide are
i itto 1 wit ltaMSt rated at ,
t J tf W-."m lnj.tte4 f I ha
i;l tiw!kitliMll ', If
tj:ltM4 ru. f rv4 ff tt.MI
mi! T think tnf out rn cm tfclt
the water will begin to ooze and drip
n hnc Athr ftftllnwr that WTO
shall enjoy a "Cherokee'' flood if the
dear tkmlo and .V aaoer gonws ana
Attuvr Kivlr.v.tollare l.ui't "Come to
jadguent, good Lord," speedily and at
once. f ;
We can build such a road two of
them inside of two years. One
through Nebraska and one through Kan
sas. As you, Bro. Burrows, suggest,
the former ourht to hit the Wyoming
coal fields. (Why not) And I suggest
that the latter Lit the salt fields at
Hutchinson or at Ellsworth or some
other point .... t .
I am not among those who think that
K tunas has enough railroads now.
build 110,000 per mile railroads and we
nead one every fourth section all over
the land.
If as farmers, our own roads can
strike the salt beds and the coalfields,
we can pay for these roads every year
we live.
Of course, Mr. Blackstone knows
end sees, that to give them a lease of
the running of our farmers' roads
means no more favort from the through
lines like the Q (Burllnrton), Santa I
.wiA Miuutni-I Hf. That mfltnideath
to Gould or the Alton, and be tees it so,
sure.
Rrn Rnrmvi I rannnt nlannrate. It
is too near July 4tb, and I am going up
to spirit iane, iowa, to mux h w ju.vw
farmers. So, good bye, tor a while.
Meantime 1 viva ran thla a a text. The
running exuentes per 100 miles' of a
tnirty-car irigni tram are bdu
no more. That includes all wages, coal
PUU Uli VUt uvk awiuvute v ihv v
bed and track.
Again, the Kock Iiland rosd cbarge
on iu liae from Chicago to Peoria, 100
mile, from 2, to 8 cents per 100 pounds
(that line runs alongside our Illinois
canal); while the same road charges to
III irivfitrm) a anna diatanM
and not at heavy grades (100 miles) from
It to v cents per ivv pouou, iur uie
klml if frnirtit. lnmbt-r. ffraln. C&ttle.
bogs, etc. Yours to serve.
n. u. iiAArr.
South Omaha Typographical Union, a6g.
Solth Omaha, Neb,
To all frltndt of organized labor:
At a meeting of the South Omaha Ty
pographical Union, the following pre
amble and resolutions were adopted and
copies ordered forwarded to all labor
organizations throughout the state, and
the co operation of all friends of Union
labor Is asked to bring the proprietors
of the Dmtri Journal to terms which
are only fair and just.
Whebeas, We, the members , of the
South Omaha Typographical Union,
No. U00, of South Omaha, Neb., feelinj
that a great injustice is being done to
the Uaui Tribuni, Weekly Kaplt, Brigham
Job office and the Daily Stockman, of
this city, on account of the Droveri Jour
nal refusing to recognize our Union by
employing nonunion printers, thus
avoiding the paying of Union wages,
and the scale adopted by the South Om
aha Typographical Union, which is a
decidedly reasonable one, and also em
ploying "rats" and keeping out Union
men who are banded together for mu
tual good, while at the same time they
havebeen and are now enjoying all the
benefits and privileges to be derived freni
such a Union, be it therefore
Ketolted, That all Unions or Labor or
ganizations, of whatsoever character,
and all persons who believe in the pro
tection of the laboring men, do hereby
withhold their support from said Inomi'
Journal until such time as the ottlce may
be declared fair and Union men given
employment and the scale of prices paid.
Be It also further
Remind, That the live stock commis
sion men of South Omaha be asked to
ignore the Dromt Journal and the action
it has taken knowing that they are fos
tering an office that is the abode of "rats"
and cheap labor. It Is again
Metolted, That all farmers, feeders or
shippers, and especially the Farmers'
All! iance, the member of which are
banded together fer like good and self
protection, refuse to accept from the
publishers or commission men said
Droxeri Journal, thus dealing a blow to
that paper that will ultimately wipe it
out of existence or bring about the de
sired result; and
Ketolved, That all sister Unions and
Labor organizations unite in the action
taken by the Typographical Union, and
that job work of any and all descriptions
be taken from that paper and given to
offices employing Uxien workmen and
pnying Union prices. Again It is
Resulted. That the Droter't Journal he
declared "ratted," the employes being
looKea upon as --rats" ana tuo proprie
tors as advocates of cheap labor and
pauperism,
Resolred. That these resolutions be
printed, and that copies be sent out to
every feeder and shipper in Iowa and
Nebraska whose names can be obtained,
and also that each commission firm l
personally interviewed and the matter
fully explained.
C. C. Vaughan, President.
F. E. 11a liT, Secretary.
Howe and Traitor Collin.
Editor Fakueks' Aluaxce: Church
Howe should use his influence with
Railroad Thayer to prevent the appoint
ment of Traitor Collins as one of the
World's Fair commissioners.
Howe's house roll No. 6, Introduced
the 4th day of the session, providing
that the saloon license money should so
Into the couuty school fund, parsed the
house and fouud its way into the hand
of a senate committee of which Traitor
Collins was chairman.
A IhoM familiar with legislative pro
ceedings know.when a bill Ut Introduced
In the senate and read the first time it
goes Into the hand of the clrrk of the
senate, and wnn read the twond time
and referred to a commit, the clerk
turns the bill over to the chairman of
th committee, taking hi receipt tor
tne uiii,
I'nder rreiture of Independent miu
bers of the house who had worked for
th bill and wer aatlcu to hav
It pM th senate and bwcoui a law.
Ilw toward th clo cl the sexton
followed hi hill to th tenet, and r
(Krtd that It had go a lain ihw hand
uf traitor t ulltu. aud thai when t'oUtu
w akd aUmt it he dnid all kao-dg-e
of tk bill-thought he had aeter
hadttitiut when ctulroid with Ike
receipt k hat gitea Mr It thought k
niut hav kt It. Thus died Itauee
Kollt, Chunk liows pet, tu(
(feat a Ra atth twenty yat' leg ta
tiMriot hou!d luhoduvw a Wsl
th toutth day il th twuiua. and the
fad to get it avte4 inttt la. It U
ttiife tbitt tiattuf 4dU h,d be
nduivrd by I'. foantor Madra
aed IVMh M Worlds t r iwwif
.4r Iff year Ue "esuttU-ait yrf
been rwrd.t lhM wlta wet
i traitor In th ff;. It will evai'akte
; ltie to U ttaditkm a iuv i whst
iuv uUlet hutH iaotii) yt '. 14 iU
laierv It k il 4 aV im ki taa,iw
t.! 'I rw C'tti.-:e t a hi tt
killed, or tf Ti at iUkif w4 hi
h4 1 traiiot t vUib. at thu pr
tlei'i l rMge vt ktU Kwll li t
-i et.ee raw, ',butvk, yet UM
THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE,
A Partisan Con to Seed.
Editok Farmers' Alliaxcz: Ic look
ing over the school law just sent out by
the state superintendent of public in
struction, A. K. tiondy, I find on page
82 an act passed in 1873 wiU th date
affixed as follows:
Approved February, 1879. Amended
and approved February, 1883. Amend
ed and approved, 1883. Amended and
approved, 1887.
On page 100 1 find an act passed by
the Twentieth session of the legislature.
How do w know it was passed at that
session f Well, kind reader, because
just beneath the act we find the date af
fixed as follows: Approved March 31,
1887.
Then follows aa act on same page:
'To provide cheaper text books and for
district ownership of the tame."
This law providing for uniform text
books any teacher will tell yon is one
of the most important ever oassed by a
Nebraska legislature, and will result in
great and lasting good to our whole
school system. Ihe benefits that will
accrue to the country schools on account
of this law ar beyond computation,
and the saving of money to those who
are trying to educate their children will
surprise even the friends of the measure.
W ben was this important law passed f
Well, Supt. Goudy fails to sav when
this act was approved.
Can it be tnat be does not know that
this law was passed by the legislature
of 18U1 f and that it was one of the party
measures oz tne infant independent
party? Or does be know and ha be sup
pressed the date of its approval from:
partisan motives? for fear of sticking a
feather in the cap of the Infant. If the
latter then Superintendent Goudy is the
perfect personification of a psrtistn
gone to seed, and he deserves nothing
but th contempt of those who believe
tnat statesmen and not partisans should
control the destiny of our state.
Ua pair 103 1 Dud an act to authorize
the state superintendent of public in
struction to appoint a deputy, to define
the duties of the same, aud to fix the
salary of said deputy. This act was
passed by the legislature of 1801, bttt
pernaps oupc. tiouoy did not know it.
The independents bad trood reason
to believe that Supt. (ioudy was the
naruest worked state omcer. I hey also
knew that the 0. O. p, did not (eir
the education of the masses. The office
of the state superintendent of public in
struction, compared with the other
state officers and tbelr munificent ap
propriation, was starved, and its incum
bent overworked. This wront. perpe
trated by the old parties, the Indepen
dents proceeded to right by passing the
act on page 103. To show his gratitude
Supt. Goudy should hare given them
credit.
The independents showed by their ap
propriation for the stiDDort for the state
university, and by all their acts that
they can be trusted to manage all our
state institutions, and that they are in
favor of first-class educational facilities
for the laboring masses.
J. bTEBBiyg, Sheiton.
Proceedings of Franklin County Farmers
Alliance.
Franklin County Farmers' Alliance at
Its regular session held at Macon, June
20th, 1801, adopted the following reso
lutions:
Whereas. Believlnir that the state of
Nebraska badly needs laws to regulate
freight rates on a fair equitable basis
that the producer may realize some of
the profits of bis production, and be
lieving that the Newberry bill which
was passed by our legislature and ve
toed by the Alien -Governor Boyd, would
give the necessary relief, Therefore be it
Re' 0'. red, That we earnestly request
Governor Thayer to reconvene the Sen
ate and House of Representatives in a
special session at the earliest possible
moment to re-pass tne said dewberry
bill or s bill similar that will give the
people of Nebraska the needed relief in
freicht rates, and that it mar co into ef
fect before the shipment of the present
growing crop; ne it lurtner
Resolred, That this resolution be for
warded to Governor Thayer.
tiesottea, x nat we neartily approve of
the course pursued by the maioritv of
the Independent members of the last
legislature, and especially do we ap
prove of the bold and fearless stand
taken by our Senator Hon. Wni. F.
Dysart. We therefore extend tho hand
of fellowship to brother Dysart and say
unto him, "Well done thou true anil
faithful servant."
Resolred, That we adopt the Cincin
nati Conference platform.
Resulted. That we areatlv deDlore the
prevalent erroneous idea among busi
ness men mat we are organized for des
troying their occupation. We will an
tagonize no legitimate business or call
ing. We are organized to oppose class
legislation and to resist the insatiable
gteod of corporations and syndicates.
These are as detrimental to the business
man as the farmer, hence we are light
ing me ousiness men s enemies ns well
as our own. We fervently hope that
the business men all over the scats will
realize these facts, and like the men of
Franklin treat u as friends.
JOHS Dl'IiEK, See. 11. Ml'RKAY,
Campbell, Neb. President.
(We omit from the above some matter
of local interest, and resolutions about
the celebration of the 4th, as it was too
late for insertion in our lost issue
Talks on Nationalism.
tly Kdward nellamy In The Kew Nation.
Nr. Smith who ha joiutU tne Nationalist,
sect banker who ha hr4 that nation
aum propose to dlipent with a circulal
IntmtOlua. U. You are going to get along with
out money in th good time coming, I
hear, Noum fur men of my trade,
h
Shith I'm) for th men, but not for
their trad.
it Com new, H it actually a fact
that you at'rtously look forward to a
stM of thing her below ha people
will ft along without money!
H.Mot MUrdiy,
It Wait, well, 1 heard that you had
osu ttifh Idea, but Idee lar 1 would u t
hav believed it. ttcept en ynr owa
statement, thai any t tf . out.ul
of aa ayluiu, U.Wxed it hwIU1 to
etuh uioney. 1 upp ther U
out tort of method la ry tueda,
and a )mu d.ali w lw b violent, I
wuh joud tell m how you rt)M u
go aWut it la atwlih aiwaey . t k ea!y
way yu raa prevent id and tht
lr-u wag uwnt M tuokey I W dump
si) t&et 1 t th rrd In th AtUathi
. and tha ptt a guard over
vry aiRw ta th world, to thai ai
ar I oL-me4. t tup) vtkif
tik iht t yjur p!a.
kt-.Vtalsil. it kv Idea r
throwing twf ( tueta',
tl.t , t t dend m law
trwsg nfh. ;iii yeaaiti Imhi
aad rlU-(ahujrtatfv'gw
14 k f U, la rrt ! Irt-ut ,r
BM'.aasi utwnet hi atviatf r V'tt.
j Nr f --d r Ml v h . V ke take a
a tug n,
rof ?n!. tier will W
slif v i a th ut)ti Ik
r f tit b ,rwul sat t !r;uj!
LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1801.
money without any legislation on the
subject.
BAb. that's it, then! Yon count on
a great moral reform a sort of a uni
versal monetary total abstinence pledge.
It's a grand conception, but it won't
work. The prohibitionists are rational
compared with you. People cu get
elong without whiskey, but not without
money. The tone for alcohol is a mere
whim compared with the auri sacra
fames.
8. Tour suggestions are very inge
nious, but none of them had occurred
to ns. W propose to neither destroy
gold or silver, to forbid their circulation
as money or to discourage it by mor
al means.
B. Then how on earth do yoa ex
pect to prevent the use of money?
S We don't expect to prevent it;
money will be disused because it will
become useless. Why are you willing
to give a man a piece of your property
or do him a service in exchange- for a
ten-dollar gold piece? Is it not because
you know that :ne coia will enable you
at any time to obtain the property or
service of other?
B. Of course.
8. Supposing you knew, on the con
trary, that the coin would not enable
you to obtain anything either in the
form of goods or service, would you
take It?
B. Naturally, I wouldn't.
S. Very good. That will be the situ
ation under nationalism. All produc
tion will be carried on by the nation,
all publie service will be maintained by
It, and priyate services, such as medical
treatment, houre work, etc., can only
be obtained by application through the
public administration. You will there
for have to apply to the nation for
whatever goods or services you need;
gold, silver or money of any sort will
not, however, be received by the
the nation, or in anyway recognized as
a tender. According to the plan of
nationalism, the relation between the
nation and the individual is not a com
mercial but a moral relation; not a re
lation of exchange but of reciprocal du
ties, the duty of maintenance on the
part of the nation, and of service on the
part of the citizen. As a citizen, you
are entitled to an equal share of the to
tal national product for the year in the
form of a delizite amount of wealth, to
be utilized according to your wishes.
Money is simply Irrelevant to such a
relation. It has nothing whatever to
do with it. The present form of society
is based on the value of things, net cf
men. Nationalism considers only the
man. What dees the value of gold or
silver indicate as to the desert of its
pjssessor? He may have stolen it, in
herited it, found it by chance or obtain
ed it in a hundred ways having no cer
tain relation with right and justice.
Under nationalism, a man who, desir
ing to obtain somethiag more than his
equal share as a citizen, should offer a
ton of gold, would simply be stared at;
1 doubt if he would even be arrested
for attempted bribery.
B I should think that at least he
would be arrested on that charge. .
8. -Well, possibly he might be, but it
would be difficult to convict biin of
having offered a valuable consideration.
B. But surely the intrinsic value of
gold would always remain, even if its
value as money were taken away.
8. No doubt, for ornament and . In
the arte, gold will always have some
value; but even for these purposes it is
chiefly sought and chiefly prized be
cause its money quality lends it pecu
liarly tne effects of luxury and ostenta
tion. Once permanently destroyed Its
value for money, as nationalism will do,
and the demapd for it for ornamental
purposes will very greatly fall off. Gold
ornaments will pass out of fashion.
B. Well, granting, for the sake of
argument, that money might be dis
pensed with if nationalism were brought
to patp,what does the admission amount,
to? Nationalism is impossible.
S. We will discuss tnat some other
time. The subject is a large one. But,
certainly, if a co-operative industrial
organization of the people upon the
basis of the national organism and the
economical equality of citizens be at all
possible, the disuse of money must fol
low as a logical result, simply because
there would be, in that case, no func
tion left for a medium of exchange
Many of the critici of nationalism, like
yourself, have referred to the disuse of
money as the most absurd proposition
of the nationalists program. That Is
simply because they have uot stopped
to think. The disuse cf money will be
a necessary and inevitable result of
nationalism, which will require no law
for its enforcement.but will necessarily
lesult from the new industrial and so
cial conditions. We do not aim to
make new laws, but to establish new
conditions which shall dispense with
the need of laws.
PLANS FOR A CASINO AND PIER.
Venice to b Reproduced on a Small Scale
in Lake Michigan.
One of the novel buildings at the Ex
position will be the Casino and pier.
The Casino, which will stand out In the
lake 1,000 feet from the shore, is intend
ed to reproduce Venice on a small scale
in Lake Michigan. Burling & White
house of Chicago have completed the
design for this structure, and the archi
tecture is of course of Venetian order.
The Cnsino will be built on piles and
connected with the shore by a pier Q
teetwlde. The base dimensions of the
Casino will be 180x400 feet. The build
ing will consist of nine pavilions, two
storle in height, and, with the excep
tion of th central on, 80 fett above the
surface of the water. The ceuterpavll
Ion will be I) feet hltfh. There will le
commublcatlon ltween the nine pavil
ions both by goudoln and bridge. Com
pletely (unrounded by water. thltruo
lure, with it fleet of Wis and numer
ous water wars. U etpeeted to hav a
decidedly Venetian favor. Surround
ing the central pavilion will run a gal
lery hfty tit ftt wide. Th plr con
necting the Catino with the hor will
form a broad r romenad. At th wtt
end of th pkr will !&d th thirteen
column doigned by bcultor Ss.tnud
ens, to resrewot lb thirteen orig nal
State. In frost of th t atiao ill h a
harbor for mU p!ur f mtt. At
ighi tat katUtr wtllU lighted by la
randetceat lamp tank beneath lheur
!- id the water o rioat. I h uui
riaUl lite t mi oa will t cf widad th
;'. will U covmd wuh t1. A
ttriking twmUssitoa el high rvlorlng-e
will tfttd. Ik roatravl fvr 16
evBitruittoa of th pier and t'wino ha
N Wl,
AlnaattM.
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Blight ofWealth Centres.
VICARIOUS SACBinCE OF THE
MAM.
THE RICH RICHER AND THgPOOR
POORER.
How Competition Saps the Country in
Order That a Small Percentage of This
Great Republic may Accumulate
Property Indefinitely.
Th Xew Nation. -
It begins to look as though it were an
economic law that onto him that bath
shall be given, and that from him that
hath not shall be taken away even that
which be hath.
One per cent of the people of this
country own 50 per cent of the wealth
of the country, The ninety and nine per
cent are not so sure of their SO per cent
as they might wish.
The whole tone of the industrial sit
uation shows that whole sections of this
land and whole classes of society are
gradually becoming impoverished. An
other generation of legislation upon the
lines now in vogue in the American
commonwealth will fasten upon us an
aristocracy of wealth unprecedented In
history. ,
No one need go beyond the daily rec
ord of the press to be convinced that our
civilization is in an advanced stage of
decomposition in an Industrial and com
mercial sense. A despatch from Water-
bury, Ct.. contains this significant para
graph: "An important and interesting indus
trial transformation has been taking
place in Connecticut during the past few
decades. That change has been the con
solidation of numerous small manufac
turlngconcerns throughout the common
wealth into large corporations situated
at industrial centres. The streams all
through the rural sections of Connecti
cut are dotted with unused dams, de
caying water wheels, and rotting mill.
Desolation reigns now where small man
ufactories were formerly situated. Th
result is that the number of industrial
establishment of the state has been de
creasing, although the output of manu
factured product has at the same time
been expanding. Another consequence
is that the cities and large towns have
been developing at the expense of the
more rural sections, The country town
has been the chief sufferer from the as
similation of the small industries by the
larger ones."
The Southern Pacific railroad mana
gers evidently have faith in tbeir ability
to shape legislation to their liking. They
selected Charles N. Felton as their can
didate for the United States Senate from
California. He was elected last week.
The legislature of that state is now in
vestigating the charge that the 121,000
drawn by the Southern Pacidc road was
distributed during the closing hours of
tne balloting to members of the legisla
ture. Mr. Felton denies any guilty
knowledge of "boodle" during the can
vass. He has been in Washington fre
quently of late as a Southern Pacific
lobbyist, and may be considered an at
torney for that corporation upon all is
sues.
The Southern Pacific has absorbed
over thirty railroad corporations by
purchase or by forcing down the stock
of rival stock companies. It controls
the steamboat traffic of the Pacific coast
as well as every line ol railroad con
necting San Frannieco with the rest of
the world. It looks upon all the section
west of Ogden, south of Portland, Ore.,
and north of Los Angeles as its peculiar
property. It oflered a palace-room
car, with bathroom, bedroom, kitchen,
barber shop and drawing room, to Mr.
Harrison upon his western trip.' It will
not pay its government bonds when due,
because the plant can be reproduced for
less than the government lien. That is
business. It costs a farmer on this road
one bushel of grain to get another to
market. The road has often given spe
cial freight rates to San Francisco job
bers, but if a merchant lands his goods
at Los Angeles by a rival line of steam
ers he finds the railroad freight rates at
bankruptcy figures. This is one method
by which one per cent of the people have
got hold of &0 per cent of tho wealth of
the country.
Here is another way it is done: In
18S0, the Standard Oil company built
pipe lines from the oil regions to Balti
more, Philadelphia and New York.
The trust entered into a contract with
the Pennsylvania Central and Erie rail
roads, whereby the railroads agreed to
charge GO cents a barrel on barreled oil
and 53 cents for hulk oil in tanks in con
sideration of the Standard guaranteeing
to the Pennsylvania railroad 20 percent
of the entire transportation of oil. This
contract is admitted by the Standard
Oil company. Now, under that con
tract, it costs a competitor of the Stand
ard Oil company Stl cents to get a bar
rel of oil to the seaboard, while it cots
the Standard Oil company but 04 cents.
Still another way it is done: The Na
tional Cordage company's plant at Kliz
abethport, N. J., was burued the other
day, on which thore was an insurance
of t'.'.uoO.ooo. The company is a trust,
and was thus able to advance prices, so
that Its loss by lire was practically cov
ered. Thus tne insurance is somewhat
in the nature of net profit,
A fourth way it is done; Phil Armour
recently went on the board of trad and
bought all of the pork in sight aud '.'oo,
OtH) barrels of futures uior than was
opposed to l in existence, aud then
raited the prio from 1 10 a barrel totl).
30, clearing tWo.ooo by th deal.
An Act to Fi th Number of County
Commiiloni and Districting
Ce uniita.
R Hint!id h ItfltUtur tif IU
StuttXitrnt4;
StcTtu 1, That section fifty thre
tVii of ar.kl on it led rhtptertfghtven
(1st of ta complied statute of Nebras
ka h o intended m to read a follow.
fctc. 54. il oaiu:doiir I The board
of rouuiy evibutuuBr, U ail coua
ti hot having mora than on hundred
and tneaiy B ibouMnd iWVOMt la
kaUtaat. shall coniut tif thre 1S1 per
, and la remntiet hating Mr than
ob hundred aud twenty et tauad
iHViiii't iahabitaat, kd cou:i vl
(It il prri,
iV,tti, liat to fountl hating
l tk ea hudrd a4 twenty t
thiuaat il.'UH""! pvuUit Ma
h ba i!i iNuiuii.un when li
k tftkM effevl, Ik tat UUiUentt of ld
- Md fal!u I k.M tkd v'uly
tuva urn unlit th i( trtta l la
Irv lor wkKfc e rtJ,
I'tfvUled. 11 It ei-ICI la
'uiy ti if le ifca hun
dred il iwenl v tktsd !U1W
lakahtual. tl at an l
lertWiM a It wkethet ttwtr u!V
Wiatd kad it t tt r ! r '
ill nnn tetionet. t vital nkWr 1
NWMk.p tf ft.U'a Vvug tats!
to M.n. .vUv tt,A Vvt l
the same time as to the n amber of com
missioners desired. Whenever In coun
ties not under township organization a
petition or petitions lor tne submission
of the question, signed by not lea than
two hundred electors of the county,
voting at the last geceral election, shall
be tiled in the office of the county clerk.
not less than thirty (80) days beur the
oate 01 any general election, it shall be
the duty of said county clerk to cause
said question to be submitted to the
voters of said county, at such election,
and give notice thereof in the general
notice of such election.
The form of ballots shall be respec
tively: For three (3) commissioner;"
"for live (3) commissioners;" and the
same shall be writen or printed upon
tae regular ballots cast for officers voted
for at such election, and shall be
counted and canvassed in the same
msnner.
If the majority of votes cast at said
election on said proposition have writ
ten or printed thereon the words, "for
five commissioners. " thereafter said
county shall have five 3) commission
em and it a majority of the ballots cost
at said election have thereon written or
printed the words "for three commis
sioner'' thereafter the said county
shall have three (3) commissioners.
Ballots on which appear both "for three
commissioners'' and "for live comniis
ssoners, neither being ttricken out.ihall
not be counted as caul on said propo
sition. Th commissioners shall have the
qualifications of electors, and shall' be
elected in their respective districts at
the annual general election.
Skc. M. (Districts.) Kach county
not under township organization hav
ing not more than oue hundred and
twenty-five thousand (123,000 inhabi
tant, shall be divided into three dis
tricts numbered respectively one (l).
two (J) and three (3); or into five (3)
districts as provided for In section fifty
three (33) which shall be numbered re
spectively one (1), two ('.'). three (3),
four (4) and five (5); and in counties
having more than one hundred and
tweuty-tive thousand (123,000 inhabi
tants, shall be divided into five (3; dis
tricts, numbered respectively, one (1),
two (2), three (8), four (4) and five (3),
and shall consist of two (2 lor more vot
ing precincts, comprising compact and
cuuungtious territory and embracing
as near a possible, an equal division of
the population of the county, and not
subject to alteration, ofteuer than once
in three years; and one (1) commis
sioner shall be elected from each of
said districts by the qualified electors
of the district, at hereiubefore provided.
The district lines shall not be changed
at any sessiou of the board unless all
the commissioner are present at such
session: Provided, That in counties of
one hundred and twenty-five thousand
(123,000) inhabitants or more, and in
counties where a majority have voted
ioruta jj commissioners, it snail be
the duty of the commissioners, orsuper
vlsors of such county, at the first meet
ing after the publication of state or
federal census, or after an election de
ciding to have live (5) commissioners,
to divide said county into five (5) com
missioner's districts, as provided for in
this bill; Provided, further. That the
three (3) commissioners of such county
whose term of office will exoire after
said election, shall continue to repre
sent the district in which they reside,
after the re-districtiug of such county,
until the expiration of the term for
for which they were elected; And pro
vided further, That the general elec
tion next after the division of the coun
ty into (5) five districts, one (I) commis
sioner shall be elected for each of the
two (2) remaining districts. Of the two
(2) persons elected in such districts, the
person receiving the highest number of
votes shall hold bis oflice for the term
of three (3) years, and the person re
ceiving the next highest number of
votes snail hold his office for the term
of two (2) years; and each commissioner
elected thereafter, in pursuance with
the provisions of this section, shall
hold his office for three (3) years and
until his successor is elected and quali
fied. Provided, That in counties hav
ing more than seventy thousand (70,000)
and less than one hundred and twenty
five tnousand (123,000) inhabitants, the
county commissioners shall be elected
by a vote of the entire county.
Sec. 2, That section fifty-nine (39), of
article one (1), of chapter eighteen (18),
compiled statues of Nebraska be amen
ded to read as follows:
Sec. 59. (Chairman shall sign war
rants.) In counties having three (3)
commissioners, the commissioner whose
term of office expires in one (1) year,
shall be chairman of the board for that
year and in counties having live (5)
commissioners, the board of commis
sioners at its regular meeting in Janu
ary of each year, shall elect a chairman
of the board to serve for the ensuing
year, and such chairman shall sign all
warrants on the treasurer for money to
be paid out of the county treasury.
Sec. 3. That section tifcy-three '33)
fifty-four (54) and fifty-nine (50), of ar
ticloone(l), of chapter eighteen (IV)
and section twenty-tivo(22), of chapter
twenty-eight (2S), and all other laws
conflicting with this act be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Approved April lth, isoi.
Call for Judicial Convention.
The Independent elector nt th i,k
Judicial district are hereby called to
meet In delegate covention at Eddy
ville.Dawson County, Neb., Aug, 21,
ISpi, for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for Judge of said district; to
elect a Judicial Central commit ti .mi
transact such other business as may
properiy come wore the convention.
The basis of representation will be one
vote for every one hundred voter or
major fraction thereof cast for C. N.
Mayberry. candidal for secretary of
ttat on th Independent ticket last
fall. Count! ar entitled to th fol
low lg representation:
Cutr 87, l)won 11, Buffalo 24,
Sherman 9,
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A WANDERER S LAMENT.
How a Foreigner Returned a Nlckl
He Borrowed From a Stranger,
He was taking a pleasure trip
through this country and was unused
to the ways of its citizens, which may
explain his action. He met a friend
on the street, showed him a card and
at-ked him to go with him to the ad
dress on it.
"What's the matter?'' asked the
rriend.
"Why, this gentleman," explained
the foreigner, "helped me out of a very
embarrassing position. You see
through carelessness I got caught on a
street car with nothing but a draft in
my pocket and be paid my fare. J in
sisted on having his card, and now I'm
going around to thank him again and
pay him the money."
"The nickel?"
"Certainly" .
"Don't do it." '
"But I owe it to him."
"It makes no difference he'll h
Angry."
And he was. He said the stranger
must have thought him mighty hard
up or close-fitted to comet-haeing after
him with a nickel, and he indignantly
refused to take it.
"But sir," said the stranger, with
surprise, 2 owe it to you. I don't
wihii to have other people paying my
street car fare."
"Offer him a cigar," whispered the
friend.
The foreigner promptly followed
instructions,
"Will you join me in asmoke then?'
he asked, putting away the nickel anc
taking out a handsome cigar case.
'Why, thank you," was tho reply,
and in a few moments the three wer j
smoking.
"Auk him to have something," si'g
gested the friend again.
Again the foreigner followe I in
structions, and they promptly ad
journed to a place where something
could be had. Here each man felt it
incumbent upon him to buy a "round."
Then the foreigner and his friend
started for the hotel, and the forme
remarked after some thought:
"Queer ways you have here."
"How so?" asked the friend.
"Why, he was too proud to accept
rive cents that was due him, but he
would take a cigar and a drink that
was not. And because he did me a
favor I had to take three drinks that
I did not want and smoke a cigar.that
I was saving for after dinner. If I
paid my car fare regularly that way
I'd be drunk and broke all the time "
A Deep Hole.
One of the most important scientific
explorations into the depths of the
earth ever undertaken is now in
progress at the Pennsylvanian town
of Wheeling, under the joint auspices
of the municipality atid of the United
States Government. Some months
ago the Wheeling Development Com
pany began drilling a well in the
neighborhood of the town in search
of oil or gas. It was determined to
bore as far as possible. The hole has
already reached the depth of 4,500
feet, which is within 100 feet of 'tho
deepest well in the world. In attaining
this depth adozen of thick veins of
coal have been passed, oil and pan
both struck, but not' in paying
quantities, and gold quartz, iron, nnd
ninny other minerals found. The
hole is Sin. in diameter. The di
rection of the boring operation has
now been assumed by the Geological
Survey Department of the Federal
Government, and they are to be
continued at the joint expense of the
local municipality and of the Govern
ment until the depth of the hole attains
1,760 yards, or one mile. After that
the Federal authorities will bear ail
further cost of the work, and, with
the object of ascertaining the temper
ature and magnetic conditions of the
interior of the earth, will drill as far
as human skill can penetrate.
Don't Do It.
Don't confide in anyone if yoa can
help it, says tho New York Evening
Sun. If you can't speak to someone
whose honor you have proved to be
above peddling stories of her friends
to enliven her conversation.
Remember she who tells tales of
other women will presently tell tales
of you, and supply as little material
as possible.
Don't receive confidence unless you
know your heart is deep enough,
your mind broad enough and your
brain sutliciently steady to keep it
honestly.
Don't be scrupulous about accept
ing the charge of your friend's di
amonds or her purse, while hesitating
not to drop hints of her inner life,
stories of her private history, whit-It
were meant for your ear only, ail
along your conversation with men
ami women. 1'erhnps you think by
this means to lessen their regard for
her; but don't forget that you are
cheapening yourself at the same
time.
Do not feel there U no obligation
where no promim? of silence has Ixf n
exacted. An implied confidence i
ever most binding to the upright
soul.
Never forget that a betrayed confV
deiu is a two-edk'fd sword tutting
tuth way, wounding the heart .f
on, kUying the honor ol it
other,
Hound Dining Table.
Round tahU are tvomittg mora
Jiid mor vttaltliahtsl In fashionable
favor aa tho rojr thap fur th
dinner board. ir omj liin th
mall, round cise hav lmt u. I ,
Mpjwr utrti, and now lb .nj!iV
Oti.ll ftvitaoll i li ii'lawitrj ti,
u td l, d.i.twr . It i n ; 1
fashion ravived, and artistic diitifr
eivt i.l I. '! 't, A ll.i 1 mt
U t prvttiSy Utd wtwit a!l the vow
radtAt from a rtmuott wnw-r, Th
tirvrr Uard dm klwlly nor
!)!, Ua. Jul m 1 1, 0141114 a
company front (' rt mi to j4.i ir
di.t mi mid t !!' m armth,
mrumii a in at the ut.t tfi.
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