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A GR4ND CHANCE.
Darin; the coming month there will
occur at Lincoln the most exel ting trial
la the Mstory of the state. The Ira
peaohmeat trial will be the leading
toplo of conversation, discussion and
pecu'atloa.
Neit to the dailies. The AILUnce
Independent prvm to tk
btt 94 fuliul tcfMi tUt grmt trM.
'nm the time the trial epvn till It
clows, we will dsvott from & to 12 col-
umtu per wk to the lmjwat haient.
This fives or cUb rtrs jat the
hoNi thry have hue a lonklog fvr, Aa
active worker can go out and take
f ftwa Ira to thirty suWrlWrs a dy o
the slrwngth of our Imprhtnf nt
um aliMHK rU"wly a iu4 will rrfui
i Uk U aalM he It already taklnif sv
dally. IUscs we urge up nur elub
ra)rt fe ph the twit sow. The
trial will fetfla la Wa oyc The siclw-
Mt Is rUlai The to sikimmhI
U to 'Vatclt the rti tlds."
f 4 Kf MaipUi epS aa4 pre law
tut.
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vr. Ka a rMiitilMa wl the Mist
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Take Ike ALUANCalNUKI'KkOCiiT.
A CRISI3 18 C0M1S0.
In Sunday's Bee appeared a lengthy
article from the pen of John J. Ingalls
the "irrldescent dreamer" of Kansas.
While the article is characterized by
foolish satire acd senseless ridicule of
the reform movement, it contains some
remarkable sayings. Indeed a a whole
U is a remarkable article. The writer
is like the commander of a vessel adrift
In a dangerous sea. lie acknowledges
that his craft is near the dangerous
roek; be predicts thst a terrible storm
is likely to bresk forth at any minute;
he has no compaM or gaiding star by
which he may steer his srsit Into safer
waters; he ridicules all the Mgnal
lights, and warning bells as false; hi
merely drifts along firing off signal
rockets and watching them soar aloft
and burst with evident enjoyment.
The following are a few of his most
striking remarks.
Theadmln:stratlon of President Cleve
land ha b.cn placed in power as a pro
tect against exUtl- g social condlt ons
The congress In pytupathy with him is
the expression of profound, widespread
and Implacable discontout with the
eivliJzitlO'i of the i inet-enth century,
under which it Is alleged that the rl
have been growlrg richer and the pour
poorer. ...
. . . I I 41.,. MHnliit n
une aiarmmp? ibc mo , oivih
among farmers. It has been an axiom
that the saieguaras oi connutuviuuoi
I'bertv would be found in a muliltude of
mall freeholders of land bui the farm
ers ar more exasperated with present
conditions than the wage-women, in
cities They are not conservative.
Tbey have thrown off party narne.
Tney form a compHct body In many
locrlltles, wnicn aaus euuruiuumj w
the momentum of the tuovement ior
social reorganization, to which the
labor associations and the ananhl ts
and soii-iUst aspire. Obviouaiy tne
question of social radicalUm can no
longer do wnistiea ojwo iut wiu.
Congress and the administration are
thus confronted with more complex,
grave and momentous quftlons than
have been ptest-nton V tne America-"
people sine Llnco n's Inauguration. It
Is a transition period. The old iafeues
have been settled The war of the re
bellion, its passions ad resentments
are like a volcano that has burned out.
Scoriae and lavs aboun but they will
never kindle. The nation Is supreme.
Slavery and secession are dead dogmas.
Kvnn the race Dn Diem is prBcucnuy
extinct The neero must take bis
chances with the rest There will be
no more "force bills, nor civil rights
legislation.
There will be no mora political cam-
naiens fought in the United S ates up
on the attitude of the democratlo party
durlntr the war. nor its r-la'lons t-
slavery and secession, or recontruct on
or tho resumption of specie payment, or
the disputed su cofsion o ion. ine
dead past has buri- d its dead. Social
and economic questions are a ne rni
The Industrial Issue is the Aaron's rod
that has swallowed all the rest.
To refute these heresies, readjust
the relations of the cltlz-n to the state,
appease the cravlnar for i hange, allay
discontent, reconcile emp1 yers and
emp'oyed, arrei-t the tendencies to
dangerous accumulation without im
pairing the rights of luamaua s, to
preeerve personal iioerty anu m inue-
pendence of the state, is a task t at
will test the statefmanshlp of Mr
Cleveland and his aasoola'es who have
done bo much to preclpl'ate the crisis
they are now required to meet
The export of geld and theaporoach
inar exhaustion if the treasury are
svmptoras that cannot be dhregttrded.
8oonr or later a nnanciai cran is in
evltable.
Panics have their periodicity; 1837,
1857. 1873 were years memorable for
calamity. Another convulsion Is due
Conservative and cantlous business
men are preparing for it already
There are indications tbat It is not
far off. and when it arrives it will re
oulre a seismometer to measure its
effects.
We ar approaching the crisis pre
dieted by Mscaulav, when our surplus
peculation, having no lonner a vast
fertile area of free lands over whi m to
diffuse Itself, would become concerted
in cities and test the compttlblllty of
liberty with civilization.
The future of parties canrot be pre
dicted, for politics is not an exact sci
ence. Its problems are comp'icawa,
iu forces ob-cure. it etatl-ticn not tab
ulated. The unexpected continually
happens. An alliterative phrase may
turn vlctorv to defeat, ana the mtwt
trlvlaMncldent may change disaster to
triumph.
The last paragraph shows the trifling
and superficial character uf John J
Imralls' philosophy. He seems to have
no realization of the great laws in con
formlty with whl'h soel'ty moves for
ward toward a more perfect state. To
him all In the realm of p dltlca is mere
ly the result of chance and accident.
If Jha J. Ingalls were a ao:il phi!
oaopher Itulaad of a speotaouHr-pollll
co-llterary attraoiloa, he would know
that a grand breaking up amre-form
a' lea of parties Is bound to eomXln the
near future la obedience to Vn-at
soo at and m ra' force working udr
great natural law.
The coming trUls of which he speaks
but mark the Wglsolng f tw
break, ta the pdlth'e of th future,
'alllttratU vhraHrs will have no
more loSti-at la dotormlalng th
fate uf pll lol ptrlUs thaa the dad
Wavts whloh are spt along la a
A erUU la earning. A rsvolutloa Is
comig. A htr Jy, a day ol JmvU,
an4 huaisa h'cv'hrrhtHwi iarwitilftg.
IN another oi utsa wilt K f uej the
report of the hwuwt oniatW which
laet'rfU'd the et tr uf hf twry la
ttHtio Uk H.peaBtlfe l'l
ton's tauaur bill. h repof shows
that Mr. F-ilfcx had a Ian futl
onMrtU with aav f tw KJUi
IkjIw The iBslauaUaA tJ
afaiat him by Me rphlloa tap ra
wre sstlre'y ttajvut,
TEE CLOSE OF THE 8ES8I0I-
The regular session of the 23J Ne
braska legislature Is a thing of the
past. '"Its last days were Its btjst
days When we say that we pay It a
compliment not many legislature ever
deseived. Tco often the last days of
Nebraska legislatures hve been days
of defeat for righteous measures de
mand, d by the people; rays of sorrow
and disappointment to those who bat
tled t for right and justic; days of
schemes and steals to drain the treas
ury; days for stripp'ng the state house
cf all its looe iurniture; day vt rowdy
ism and debauchery on the part of
members and employes.
But the last week of this session has
been a red letter week for the plain
honest peop!e of Nebraska. It U true
there has baen wec'ping and swearing
and gnashing of teeth, but it has been
done by the railway corporations and
state house boodlers. Contemplate
the achievements of that last week:
The passing of the freight rate bill.
The impeachment of the state offi
cers. The cutting of appropriations.
To accomplish these things the
friends of the people bad to stay in
LI' coin two weeks beyond the sixty
day limit at their own expense They
had to contend against and oVer-come
the mighty corporations that have ruled
the state from Its infacy; the gang of
c rmorants that have plundered the
people till they thought they bad a
vested right to do so; the machine of
the greatest party ever known in the
politics of the state.
At the beginning of the session these
obstacles seemed insuperable. Now
that they have been surmounted, the
people rub their eyes, a ad wonder if
they areiawake. They can hardly real
ize the truth of it.
In the clodng days of the session
there whs the usual rush of bills, and
claims. Of course in that rush a few
bad bills and unwarranted claim
managtd testes! through.
Dut they were few, and weigh almost
nothing when compared with the great
measures passed, and big steals pre
vented. For once in the history of the state,
the session ended decently. There was
of course some hilarity and some prac
tical jokes, but the wild midnightoca
rousal of former sessions was unknown.
When, at 8:30 Saturday evening, the
gavel fell for the last time, the mem
bers sent up a parting cheer, gave each
other a brotherly hand-shake and hur
rled away to their homes to resume
their duties as priva'e citizens.
Oa Sunday morning scarcely a mem
ber or an employee was to bt found in
the city.
CLEANING THE AUGEAN STABLE8,
Nearly one year a?o Mr. J. V. Wolf,
then chairman of the Independent State
Committee, issued a ctrcuUr calling
the people to action In which he de
scribed the cleanlBg of the Augean
stables by Hercules. In view of the
exposures that have been made, and
the work of cleansing now in pr gress,
Mr. Wolfe's illustration will be read
wl'h a greatly increased Interest:
Mythology recorus ttiat lucre was
once imposed upon Hercules twelve
different tasks, any one ol wntco was
supposed to be beyond his strength.
Hercules, like the Independent party,
was then young, and his strength un
tested. The object was to kill the
young giant. His Brst encounter was
with two huge serpents. These h
easl'y killed by queezlng the life out of
them witn his bands. Anoiner, ani
the uot familiar tak, or 1 bor, was to
clem out, "In a single day," the stables
of Autteas. King of Elis. The King's
hordes at d herds, bad ieen connn- d iu
th' m for many years, and they had b
come very ft thy. Th King, of course,
COKgented to the work as he thought
all the benefit? would accrue, to himelf
and the full aoco upllshmt-nt of the
ui'dertak'mi Imp ssitle in so snort a
a time. No conditions however were
put In the contract a d, no me hods for
ttsacoomplishmentshut out. II-rouKu
weul at the o k. The rivers of Pent us
nnd Alphrtu Moved cl se by. 'I be
walls of the King's court were the only
barriers that prevented the watr of
hoih river from ruhlog throogh the
King's stables Tb young Hercules
noon leveled a plao (n th walls ud
the waters of both rivers swept thrmig
and the tak was accompli ed with
tlm to spire.
Fellow Independents, and h'net
ve.nr f ail partio, we have th a fall
a II rculeao ta-k t erfortn. We have
at Aegean lUhW to o ne, and to
o'd serpents to susnsU. a d the I no
lltoeult motitf us. Hut If on so youth
ful could perform twelve such ta-k.
and rn uf them iah feau r, can
pot thei ' Oinhlnwt strength, and I m
of the hoHi rW-r uf N- hratia, aJ
the nation aHHimjU1 on? T Utlo
al at M of tb s'H and the. nation
mut twi cleaned. Tn uk uf thw old
parlies have- h e-n oecupj lof th hi foe
mm years and they am fall f tt th
and rtttienneaa ta h vrv raft r. d
th fcU ketjIng utlof 5 endanf rtag l
very tl' of ue fr istlttitt. Ih
tk uf UaiilPg, and raaUr.g U
ours.
A REVIEw or THE 0AI&
ta rontpHane with a sufgeatba
wbh-h t as iw to va free several
svurvr, w hat determined Hi wrl a
ret'ly to the B'aMhroo f U'le lod
by Me, ltrrws ruv lime ago. aa l a
f enral sUiait of ttr aa
thAt Udlvld .al. It m' mvr la mt
ast Uo, It will pi sat hh We
I the fely, tba' aU ca
jiidV Aftr that we will dUaiUs
th suh-vi a fa as fre uur
voluutas.
CAUTION TO ADVERTISERS
April 1st, 192, the Farmer's Alu-
asce the official organ if the State
Alliance and the Nebraska Ikdepex
dsst, a state organ of the People's
party were consolidated, the resulting
paper taking the name Alliance In
dependent.
Lately some parties formerly
connected with the Farmers
Alliance undertook to start a
oew paper bearing that name.
Threatened w th an injunction, tbey
added the word Leader to the name.
They bave been ualng blank contracts
taken from this company's office in
which the name of this company ap
pears. Their advertising agent nas
represented himself as being the agent
of The Alliance Publishing Co.
In view of thoe facts we feel it to bo
our duty to warn all advertisers against
deception in this matter.
The Alliawce Independent Is the
only newspaper published by this
company. Neither J. M. Thompson
nor A. J. Rlgby has any connection
Ith this company. F. W. Ferrli is
not an agent of this company and never
has been.
The Alliance PuBUsmro Co.
LE3ISLATITE EMPLOYEES.
In the history of our state, legislative
employees have in one way er other
bean the source of much loss to the
tax payers, and not a little scandal, so
much so indeed that they had come to
be generally regarded as a sort of
necessary evil.
It gives us sincere pleasure to Bay
that the employees of the present legis
lature are a notable exception to the
rule. In behavior and in compotency
they have shown themselves worthy of
the highest compliments. There has
been an entire absence of rowdyism.
The employees have not spent three-
fourths of their time loafing, and gossip
ing. Tbey have sot undertaken to
domineer over the members in an effsrt
to drain the state treasury by drawing
pay for extra time. The scandals of
former sessions have been entirely
wanting. The work In every depart
ment bus been well and promptly done.
We would be glad to make personal
Bientlon of every employee, but want of
time and space forbids. We wish them
all success, hope tbey may profit by
tbelr experience, and that some of
them may in future, return to fi'1 places
as members in the honorable bjdies
they have served so faithfully.
THE MEANEST MEMBER-
There is one opinion In which the
independents of the house are pretty
generally agreed: That McKesson of
Lancaster is the meanest man in the
house. He will stoop lower, and go
farther in con'emptlble partisan trick'
ery than any other republican member,
Wh' never the corporations, or the
state house-boodlers want a particular
'y dirty job done, they are sure to pick
on McKesson. As a representative he
has done great injury to Lincoln and
Lancaster county. Most of the inde
pendents go home with the feeling that
if Lancaster county returns M Kesson
to the next legislature, she ought to
reot ive no favor at the hands of the
farmer members. If the enterprising
citizens of Llucoln are wise they will
remember this two years from now.
Mr. Lease's Case-
The impeachment proceedings against
Mr Lee-e were undoubtedly brought
by the republicans as an act of retalia
tl ja. Some charges are made that on
the surface appear serious, butit will
be well for all lovers of fcir play to sus
pend judgment till he has a chance to
be heard. If he is proven guilty cer
tainly '0 independent would undertak-
to bhleld him for party reasons. As a
matter of fact his conviction could not
reflect In the least on the new party,
for all the charges are based on acts
cMmed to have. hn committed while.
he was a republican state officer.
HOUSE ROLL 33 SIGNED.
Wednidy evening Governor Crounse
put his signature to the freight rate bill
and tt btetme a law. It is also
oietty certain that he will sign senate
file 2.0. the street railway bill, although
must pressure Is being brought agalot
it. All other bill have been signed.
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It Is curious bow some men who have
mad great sacrifices to aooomplUh a
gnud woik will 'fail dowa" when vie
tory U la sight. lk'prena'lv Keck
ly taeunuloumieiaiBpt. No mw
tvriif the h"U has dona more to rx
p the repuh ieaa states ofrUMr or to
rure thlf irDpeathweat. Yt whe-a
hrt time came for the Us and tuot Im
pxrust step, ths at potatmeat of te
lmHMh'tiattni tuws he stuuihU
f -trtjr tato the trap uf th" ststo t ffi
rers a d vovd for a commit tew tha
aould kv M ade th imta heat a
fiv. F.rtuaWly foe htm, ! t
foe all others who waat t J l,
doe th hn was ruhd a ad the
rtiht klad uf a Katnitu-s) app4ted
ItHHrnli I fh.f undep ths man
ajrttt atuf Lr sad H-e4 M dola
4 work tor the wopl'a eauw la
I reatUr aouaty.
THE RIGHTS OF EMPLOYES.
There are phases of the judicial pro-
ceedlnga in ths cae of the railroads and
locomotive engineers at Toled-, O , for
which it appears there sre no prftceints.
J ustU-e Browa of the supreme court of
the Ucited Bute is quoted as saying that
he did not think there exists any prece
dent by which the legally of tne action
of Judges Taf t and Ricks could be ascer
tained. He thought the point raised an
extirely new one. J udge Clements of the
interstate commerce commission charac
terized the action of Judge Ricks In
placing men la custody for throwing
up their situa ins as remarkable, and ex-
presd th opinion that there is no pre
cedent for the summary action of either
of the judges. Another member of the
commltglon, Judge Veasey, could think
of no law bearing directly upon the points
at issue, though he thought the federal
udges may have found sufficient author
ity fer their action in the interstate com;
merce law. "I do not think employes of
railroads or other corporations," said
Jude Veasey, "have no right to cease
work or resign their positlono, but the
law contemplates tbat they do It in a
reasonable manner, so at not to violate
any of the laws which might apply to the
protection of life or property,"
It must be obvious to everybody who
can take an impartial and unprejudiced
view of the matter, that if courts can say
under what condition and circumstances
the employes of railroad companies may
not quit Buch service they have equally
the right to impose restrictions upon the
companies in the matter of discharging
employes. The courts canrot do justice
and mske any discrimination. The re
marks addressed by Judge Rl ks to the
engineers and firemen who had left
their employment do not imply
any obligations on the part of
the corporations toward their
employes, and It is this one-sided aspect
of the case though It should be Bald that
the remarks of Judee Ricks were alto
gether admtnltory which has been the
chief cause of criticism of the count's
action. The right of employes to quit
the service of their employer was not de
nied, but they must do so at a time and
place and under drcumst ances that would
not involve damage to the employer
or Injury to the public. If this
be admitted it U clearly necesary
to maintain also that railroad
companies may not discharge em
ployes except under conditions and cir
cumstances that will not work injustice
to the employes and jeopardize the in
terests of the public Only in this way
can equity be secured. It must be con
ceded that there is force in the conten
tion of the attorneys for the engineers
and firemen that the law does not re
quire the private citizen to continue in
any vocation. His labor is his capital
and he may dispose of it at his pleasure.
He may not Interfere with the labor of
others, but bis own right to stop work
when be pleases is not questionable.
This issue is sure to bring prominently
before the public mind the question of
such government control and regulation
both of the corporations and their em
ployes as will prevent conflicts tbat Inflict
Injury upon the public. Legislation Is
needed that will compel those engage!
In a service of a publlo character to sub"
ordinate private considerations to the pub
lic Interests.
If the assumption is correct that the
courts can say when and under what cir
cumstances an employe may quit the
service of his employer, it carries with it
the right to say what compensation he
may receive for the services ren
dered. For Instance, if the conditions of
life change, in such a degree that the
compensation that furnished a livlihood
for the employe yesterday was not suf
ficient for the purpose today, and the
court could Bay to the employe "you may
not quit the service of your employer at
the present time because it would leave
him criooled from lack of a sufficient
a "
number of employes to perform the ser
vice you have been performing;"
the same law, If based on equity,
would allow th court to decide
that as the conditions of life
have i chanced a to render the com
pei.satlon of the employe Inadequate to
support lite tn a semiy manner, tne em
ployer must Increase the employe's com
pensittoa to a plnt equivalent to the In-
ereaed cost or living." t n assumption
that all that Is due tne workman is em
ilovmeflt. t a fallacy as licrulcloua a
anything could b-. Trades Itevtew,
LEGISLATIVE REVIEW.
This week we publish a general re
view uf the woik of the session from
the peanif our entertaining ststo-house
correspondent.
Next wk we wltl publish a general
editorial review of the work done dur
ing theelon.
We si p. ct son to puhlUh a tabulated
stalrnv-et uf the appro priations. The
work uf preparing tt will take some
time. hnM we cannot say how aoa It
elll bo ready,
phi ' I"' ii' 1 1
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of uur premium knives and rasors.
ffcey am hreutlra. We are . rdy
tu td lhe preml' Bs out a ft a
they a vara d- V would like ta
ireaia freto luoe wkore-t-tve thee
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LEGISLATIVE ENDORSEMENT.
On the first page of this Issue will be
found an Indorsement of The ALU-ANCE-Independext
by the Independ
ent members of tha legislature. It i a
token of esteem and confidence which
we prize very highly. We believe It
expresses the real sentiment of the
members. It Is signed by nearly every
independent member. A few had gone
borne before it was circulated.
This endorsement, it will be seen re
lates particularly to the policy of the
paper injregard to legislative matters,
and its general course as an advocate
of alliance and people's party princi
ples. This endorsement has no reference
to any controversy between this paper
and Its enemies. Still we do not be
lieve there Is a true and loyal inde-'
pendent In either house, acquainted uith
the facts, who condemns the co irse pur
sued by The Alliance-Independent
In defending itself against the attacks
of its would-be wreckers, even though
they profess fealty to our cause.
In return for this 'expression of ap
proval and confidence, we most sincere
ly thank the members, and wish that
their noble work during the session
may be appreciated and rewarded as it
deserves.
SCHILLING BROS. CLAIM.
The claim of Schilling Bros., for sup
plies, mentioned last week, was sub
mitted to a special committee which
reported as follows;
We have taken special pains to get
the prices, bo h by wholesale and re
tall, of reputable dealers In the city of
Lincoln, and also the catalague price
list of Chicago dealers for many of the
articles named in said bill, and after
allowing the Bald Schilling Bros, a
good strong profft for many of the arti
cles bought by them, even from the
dealers here in the city, after careful
scrutiny of each item charged therein,
your committee are of the unanimous
opinion that the claim should be cut in
the aggregate the sum of $443 60, and
tbat the sum of $1,870 88 be allowed in
full for said claim instead of $2,314 48,
the amount claimed by Bald Schilling
Bros. In regard to the inkstands
charged in said bill, one at $18 and one
at lib, your committee was informed
by D. Schilling, of the firm of Schill
ing Bros , that the one for the - use of
Speaker Gnfflen cost 113 50 and the
o her for the use of the chief clerk.
cost $11, and tbat the engraving on
same cost $2.50, but your committee ia
of the opinion that the prices are ex
cessive, but have been unable to get
prices on (he same, and hence have
made no change in the price.
nespectlully submitted,
J. N. Van Duyn,
G A. Luikart,
P. B. Olson.
The report was a opted.
The committee did not extend its in
quiry further than the matter of
prices, hence Mr. Allen's part in the
transaction was not investigated or
criticised as it certainly should have
been.
MENTION THI8 PAPER.
We would respectfully ask our read
ers who write in answer to our adver
tisements to mention The Alliance-
Independent. By so doing vou bene
fit yourself,' the advertiser, and this
paper the last most of all. We know
we have the best advertising medium
in the west, and by this means our
friends can help us to prove it to adver
tisers. We would like to say in this connec
tion, that we aim to admit to our col
umns only reliable advertisers. We
a'm to keep out "fakes" and "quacks"
Though we may occasionaly be deceiv
ed, we believe it is seldom. We would
respectfully ask our readers to report
to us at once if they find any advertiser
In our columns to be a fraud.
In our alliance deptrtmant will be
found a letter from State Lecturer
Falrchild, which every alliance mem
ber In the state should read. Brother
Falrchild is one of the most faithful
and patriotic alliance workers in the
state. He is engaged in the work be
cause he loves the cause. But he must
remain at home for the waat of money
to pay his expenses. The state secre
tary has to bave It for clerk hire, you
know; the state alliance must pay a
clerk to do the secretary's work while
he puts ia his time running a cewapa
papcr, and putting up jobs to wreck
The Alliance Indepkndknt. Isthla
''Equal rights to all, special privileges
to none?"
The legislature passed th hill taking
the control of the school tax lvy out of
hands uf the city council of Lincoln,
and giving It to the school hoard an
excellent measure,
i" 1 1. " . ... i J
Senator Packwoou's hill to force
rah road corporations to build transfer
switches Itaow ready to go Into tha
statu to books.
i' -i ; - "i
Mr. (Ui rtx't bill to prohibit com
hlwsatnonf lumber aaJ coal dealer!
Keaie a law,
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New subscribers are coining la tsry
rapidly vuosidvrlaf the teesoa uf tha
year,
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lkMT forgsl to w fit oa Ttu AlH
Afcv"tiatEtET wk jo4 write
to dm uvf advertisers.
Home Indwstrtee,
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mark at. So. iitfc St., t.uouia, Nb