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4 THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT. JUNE, 1893. THE ilLIASCE'lIFlSlW Consolidation of th racers illtactSebrasli Independent PUBLISHED EtEBT THCMDAr BT Tei Alliance Pcblkhiko Co. Oor.llU ul M 8. Lincoln. Keb- aaaon or piBaoreas. m. a. Mum a 7 ea'y. w.mvmua, Treae, B. & UTTtWI Suescesttion Onb Dollab fee Yeab JSV I. Mciiiir..:.::.... Advertising Mf r N. I. P. A. OURAVEAACI WEEKLY Circulation far tha 62 WNlu, Ending March 30, IMS, a3,a4 copi Pabllabere Anaxoanoemeot. fh anbaerlptlon price of the ALU4"0-IiJ- nm, Faper will bo promptly discontinued MMPrtl lime paid for uuless w re SlV sorters to ooatiaue. Aonrrs In soliciting inscriptions should be vary careful that all name are correctly Khed and proper poatoffle given. Blanks tor nsturn rtp&i( return enwlopei, ta. cm be bad on application to thla effloe, llwVTi .ln r.ur name. No matwr how often you wrlui ui do not neglect this lmpor Tkntraaiter. Hvery week we receive letters artth incomplete addresses or without slgoa rnresand li la sometimes difficult to locate kOaAVoaor addons. Subscribers wishing to ehanire their poatofflce addreea must alwaye aire their former aa well aa their present ad tress when change will be promptly made. Address all letters and make all remittances Populists will do well to beware of the A. P. A. It Is "a scheme of the plutocrats to keep public attention away from the real issues. There was never such need of push ing populist principles to the front as now. The financial panio is opening the eyes of the people to the real Issues. Push the work. Those who now fight in the ran of the great Industrial revolution can be proud of the memory while they live and after they are dead can leave it as a legacy to their children. We have in stock about a hundred copies of A. B. Flack's little humorous pamphlet entitled "Stein up Politics." Mr. Flack is a Nebraska write? and there is good sense as well at genuine humor in his writings. This pamphlet Is well worth the price, 10 cents. Send to the Alliance Publishing Co. Nebraska, populists should take heart. The days of "the ring" are numbered. Publlo robbery is growing unpopular. , In the great court of pub llo opinion the republican state officials have been pronounced guilty. Our peo pie should make their battle cry in the coulng oompalgn, "Stand up for Ne bras lea and down with the robbers." . The Rocky Mountain News says: A proposition is pending in Nebraska to allow Moaner, the defaulting president of the wrecked bank at Linooln, to es cape the penitentiary by his friends paying $190,000. Would not this be a travesty on justice? If rich thieves may thus openly purchase immunity from punishment of men who have not the means to buy justice. Moshkr, the republican bank wreck er, while under arrest, lives at ele gant quarters at a hotel. Bill Smith, the poor thief, Ilea in a noisome cell In a Jail. Mosher got away with several hundred thousand dollars aud took the hard earnings of widows, orphans and men who live by dally toll. Bill Smith stole a side of meat for his starving wife and babies. Mosher will probably go free and become a respected citizen, because he has money. Smith will go to the penitentiary and his wife will take tn washing or go to the poor-house. This is justice! Public opinion is awakening. The three leading articles la the Arena for Jane boldly take the ground advocated by the populists on three great Issues: The first advocates the free and un united coinage of silver. The eocond advocates a decided increase la the elrculaUlag medium. It ti under the suggestive hrnd. "Save the Amcri caa Ron, It shows that every no. traction of currency ia tha world's his tory has resulted disastrously to the people. It shows, that the curreney has be contracted ia America la in alarming exfeiat. And It shows the vil consequence already accruing from such eoatraetioa. It I. on of the troafwt article) that has ever been written oa tha moaay question. The third article is oa tha scandalously low prioae allow to wotnea wage earaers and aJrocaW IU populist prloelpl f equal pay for tutl work, whatever ta Ta sea of the loading attga thus out b4dty ta fever of the poa!Uta tahsa by the one despised popuUU li sug(ostlv V say the Utt. The mums! tbepettpUUnarchtajf aa, A GJtEAT OBJEOr LESBOS The following dispatches contain a great and impressive object ieason fur the American people; Fostobia, O , May 38. Ex Secretary of the Treasury Charles Foster startled the business world this morning by making an assignment for the benefit of his creditors.- His assignee Is J. B Gormley, a prominent banker of Bucy- rus and a warm friend of Mr. Foster's. Tha liabilities are given out by Mr Foster as being $600,000 and assets about the same. He made the assign ment during the night and the papers were filed at Tiffin by Mr. Scott, his attorney. At an early hour this morning the bank of Foster & Co. was closed on an attachment for 3200 in favor uf the Isaac Barter Milling company, and at the same time the wholesale grocery house of Davis & Foster was closed by an attachment for $1,200 in favor of O. T. Brown. The assignment of Secretary Foster was the signal for the assignment of a number of concerns in which he was interested. The brass and iron works was one of the concerns to assign. The liabilities and assets of this company are included with the personal statement of the secretary. The Mambourg, Calcined and Crocker Window Glass companies, three ooq cerns that have been backed by Mr. Foster, will assign today. The extent of the failure is so great that its significance can scarcely ba realized. A half dozen of the promi nent industries will go to the wall and hundreds of people be thrown out of employment. . , . J be loss to business men wno are depositors in Foster Sc Co's. bank is one of the deplorable features of the crash. The assignment of JJavis & roster, the wholesale grocers, will probably be the direct causes of the failure of a failure of a number of grocery concerns throughout the country. It is said that the firm has $125,000 unpaid accounts and notes due it. The deposits of the bank at the time of its last statement was about $175,000, but it is imposfible to ascertain what they are at tho pres ent time. Ex-Secretary Foster gave out the following statement to the publlo this evening: "Words cannot express the deep distress and humiliation I feel. If I could bear all the burden that my failure will entail I should feel a sense of relief. When I returned from Washington I knew that my indorumentt for the win dow glass company and the brass and iron works company were very large, so large, in fact, as to induce me to fear that I would have to suspend at that time. I however, prevailed upon a friend to give a large amount of help and felt confident that T could malntuin my self and finally come out all rlnht. The concernt owed me more than J euppostd, and to add to my misfortunes the Fostoria Light and Power company, of which I am a large stockholder and indorter, proved to ba in bad shape financially. Then came the unfortu nate financial condition of the country. Kverv one that I owed wanted his moneu, and no one would lend. Pay men ts for glass instead of btlng made in cash were made in paper. Hales, in lact, came to a nana still I struccled. seekinir everv dobsI- ble means to tide ever the situation, un til I am compelled to assign. I did not give up the struggle till today. It will take tbe aeslngnee some time to make up the schedule of my affairs. I can see plainly in settling my affairs through the courts the house compell ing my assets to be reduoed to cash, large eacrlfices will be made. This be ing so I can not give encouragement that my fiesta will 6e pd in ?u!L I nave given mortgages to two wo men, who relied upon me to invest their money, It being about all the property they have, amounting to about $4,000. The agreoratlng amount of llablll ties, Including bank deposits, my Indi vidual debts, the three glass compan ies tbe brass and iron works company, the light and power company, will be about $6p0,0UO. The assets on pane will more than cover the liabilities." A run was started on the People's bank at North Baltimore, which Is par tially owned by Governor t eater, and it was forced to close its doors about noon M, B. Waldo, the manager, states that the bank is solvent and will open to morrow, and baa money to meet all the demands. The Merchants' bank of this city, in which Governor Foster is a shareholder, stood a run Immediately after Foster's bank closed, and all fear was allayed by a receipt of $115,000 from Toledo bank by express at noon. The embaraiaed institutions are in fearfully bad shape and will notpay out more tnan ' cents on tbe dollar, A M; Day, Governor Foster's private sec retarv, who had all his money in these enterprises, is penniless. He is pros trated In bod from the blow. J. W, I Wilkinson, his partner in the banking bouse, is ruined and will save nothing from the crash. New York. May 20. The Foster failure caused no astonishment in Walt Street. In certain circles it has been InowH for tome time that the firm was in a tight place tor money. One banker said that Foster had been caught between seed time and harvest. CLKVttAND, o May 27, la the course of a tetograra in rospocso to an offer of space fur a statement made by an aftrrnooa paper, Oovear roster aad; "My failure simply illustrates IA i)ll $f permitting one s self to oe in ditt btand tl tntch of rmtonnbl inict tti fur rtlUf when tie hour of aiflcult ktrrminf cemti. My otlns w large ly aV rllk terromd mmty, iVmfl denoa tn the tnaiateao of sound finan cial ooodtltoos la rewattal tolrtUmate leading. That ownfMenco has for aottte U bto shakes ia the ability or ra parity ot tha rovemmeitt to maintain gold payaa&t is avldonW The eoua try iwiiauss stnortaoua raurc wale a are at the rmmani ot the fttveratntal. aad it should say aad aut ta terms a ad ways mat will satisfy lb eoaatry, lUioot ambiguity or uaoertalsltv, TIUT UOLD rAYMlNTI WILL ME MAIM TA1XU. Thus (MM gbjvl ItMMwa tolk another Thus 004 at tr awubsr arts la "great financiers'' of the nation swallowed by the great octopns which they have served asd defended. Only a few weeks ago every paper In the lacd toll under startling headlines of "McKlnley's Ruin." Thegjgreat apostle of high protection made an assignment, went into bankruptcy. Why? He was the victim of a credit system. He borrowed money. He en dorsed heavily for friends. The money was invested in productive enterprises. Tbe enterprises couldn't stand the drain of usury. He shouted: "America for Amerl cans! Down with English free-trade." But he voted to adopt th English system of finances, lie voted for con traction of tbe currency. He supported the single gold standard. He whooped It np for the "honest dollar." He assisted In putting the industries of the country In tbe tolls of the money power. He advocated a financial system which has plastered the farms and homes ot the people with mortgages; which has built up industries ca borrowed capital; which has made public bond-age the basis for public improvements. He simply fell a victim to the mon strous system he helped to Create and defend. High tariff couldn't save Mo Klnley. Hume market couldn't help him. And now comes Foster, Harrison's secretary of the treasury, the little fellow who has been rattling around In the place which great men had been wont to fill. He was Wall ' street's own tool. His financial condition "was well known in certain circles." He was over head and ears In debt and the money Kings knew it. At their command he under took to reverse history. Ha undertook to prove that tbe currency had never been contracted, that we have more money per capita than we ever had be- rore. ne undertook: to prove tnat ail his predecessor! in that great office, all the great leaders In congress, all the great statesmen and historians of tbe country for the past quarter of a cen tury were cither tools or liars. To accomplish this he iseued a special treasury report purporting to give financial statistics. And the plutocra tic press of the country shouted "amen;" and the hired mouthers of the money power told It on the stump and on the street corners. They 'all said with oue voice: "Behold! we have more money today tnan ever before. The secretary of the treasury says so, and who can dispute such authority?" And when the bankers wanted to make the Sherman law odious, and presented tbelr treasury notes for re demption, Foster redeemed them every one in gold. And when they wanted a new issue of bonds to buy more gold, Foster went to New York and conferred with them secretly and arranged with them to have fifty million of new bonds Issued. But Harrison said "no." Then he tried congress and congress said "no." , . Foster was In the (trip of the money power, and he thought bis only salva tion lay in serving that power. Can any intelligent man read Foster's statement and fall to see true cause of his failure? It was the natural and in evitable result of doing business on capital borrowed at high rates of in terest. Notice the many expressive phrases used In his statement: "My indorsements were large;" "Concerns owed me more than I had supposed." ' Every one that I owed wanted money, and no one would lend;" "Payments for glass Instead ot being made in cash were made in paper;" "My business was largely done on borrowed money;" etc. Foster was on the wrong side la the great game of money-getting. He was a borrower, an interest payer. Now he is a bankrupt. Wonder is sometimes expressed that tbe manuiaoturers, merchants and busi ness men generally; do not join tbe farmers in the reform movement. The reason is evident. They are nearly ail doing business on borrowed capital. "The borrower Is servant to the len der." He is a slave. Se has lost his financial Independence, and with It has gone his political independence. "Confidence is essential to legitimate lending," says Foster. The manu facturer or the business man who Is working on borrowed capital feels that he must maintain "confidence" at all hazards He dreads a change above all things. He knows he must renew his loans or "go to the wall.'' In nine cases out of ten he doesn't think or see far enough ahead to realize the drift of things. To save himself is his one great object. Foster sees no salvation for the bor rowing class except in unconditional surrender to the money power. The farmers are the only class left In America that have any degree of politi cal Independence. They are borrowers It is true, but they borrow for long peneas ana nence are not immediately at the mercy of the mouoy power, Tha manufacturer or business man who bor rows from month to month can not say his soul U his own. He la an abject and pitiable slave. Bankruptcy it the orjy thing that will free him, or bring hlra to realize the condition ot the country, Simitia similibus curanter. "The hair of the dog ia good for the bite," Existing evils mutt work out their own cure by their own dreadful con se quences. Let the organised farmers take fresh courage. Tha warnings they have sounded are being justified, their pre dictions verified, their claims vindi cated. The men who have ridiculed, abused, and denounced them are now furnishing obttM-t lessoos of thtr own folly. ' me eartoquai is twining, u will wreck the fiaaoctal system of the couatry. It will cause untuUl suffering. Hut it will rre the American pnirlu, and open the way for aa advanca ta a higher clrUUatiua. 'I'"1 1 " i". 11111 '""JiJ 1 W"'a lr anything were bv44 U show the arrogance of the railroads the stand taken ta regard ta World's fall raw has dispelled that eeed, They have roads it simply Impossible fur a poor naa a visit tha fair, Hy their rap City and greed they have rallud doa oa tlr brads the anathemas of the whoa pubile. Their motto evidently Is "The fair was made toswsll tha eoffern of the railroad kings. Tha poopl b 4-4" THE JOURNAL'S EIDIOULE The State Journal speaks of the comisg railroad convection of June 23, as a ' wind convention,'' and refers to the idea of building a , railroad from Bismarck to the Gulf as a "wild and woolly proposition." Exactly as we expected. Who ever heard of the Journal falling in line with any movement for the emancipation of the west from bondage to tbe east? For any plan to arouse western sentiment, and organize western forces for politi cal ends it bas no'hing but ridicule. The Journal says: 'In the first place the people of the states interested would not favor the expenditure of the state's money for such a road xocpt in the immediate vicinity, perhaps, of the route pursued which would make it a purely sectional interest owing to the distances to be traversed from the remoter points to the line before it could be availed of " Perhaps by the time tbe great "North and South" Is built and put in opera tion, the people of the western states will have learned something of their rights and power over railroad corpora' tions. Perhaps they will have learned that they can make every railroad in every state crossed by the great "North and South" a feeder o' that road. Why not? Suppose this great trunk line to be built through Lincoln. What Is to hinder the state legislature from giving every other city in the state an almost equal benefit by regulating rates between Lincoln and all other points in the state? Or suppose the existing corporations should object to being made the servants of the people In such a capacity; there is nothing to hinder the legislature from passing a law per mitting the north and south trunk line to run trains over every road In Ne braska to gather up freight and passen gers. Then the corporations might go out of business if they wanted to There is no reasonable doubt that the state has power to compel one corpora tion to let another corporation use its tracks at a reasonable rental. Then the Journal sees an insurmount able obstacle In the way of raising money to build the road. It points to that artiole in the state constitution which forbids the state's going in debt beyond $100,000. Of course the Jour nal couldn't think of raising money In any other way except by the issue and sale of bonds. What's the matter with paying cash for the road? Nebraska is robbed of enough every year in the way of extortionate railroad charges to build her share of the road. That por tion of the road which would He In Ne braska ought sot to coat over $5,000,000 at the outside. That amount could easily bo raised by taxation inside of three or four years. Besides after all the western states my not have to build this line after all Perhaps the voice of the west may be heard in congress. Perhaps the north and south line may be the first great experiment in "government owner ship." Even the "populist cranks" don't ex pect to build this road the 28th of June, nor within a month or a year there after. The convention has been called simply to discuss a measure of great interest to the people of these great western states. That is exactly tbe reason why the Journal ridicules it. A GREAT CONTRAST. The following a verbatim copy of a letter received by Governor Crounse one day last week: Crete, Nebraska, 1893 Dear Sir: I thought I would write you a few lines to let you Know the position 1 am in. I became converted and now stand on the true rock, Christ Jesus. I am troubled about a little offense. I made about one year before I became con verted and now the spirit brought it to my mind because God's words in tbe bible says, "there is nothing hide that snail not be manifest;" anotner to one, "there is no Becret that shall not be made known." Besides that he says, "confess your sins one to another." Of course this la a case of not direct one in dividual therefore you are the one that will cover it. My case is this: I took some coal out ot tbe box car a Lincoln at the asylum switch, it was two ot us. We both are converted now, Please wont you put that of both of us in tbe place where it will reach it again. I will pay my bill to lie took the same II worth. Plea forgive me and that for Christ amen. 1 ours respectfully. Goveraor Crounse turned the two dol lars over to the treasurer to be placed la the "conscience lund." Here are two fellows doubtless labor log men who each stole a dollar's worth of asylum coal because they needed i to keep their families warm. Yet when their consciences became quickened they could not rest till they had con fessed the trim and made good the loss. What a contratt there Is between the action of these men and the action of tha boodler who stole thousands of bushels ot asylum coal, and robbed the state of thousands of dollar in other crooked deals ia c-ianectloa with tha asylum and penitentiary oall-house! Tha former humbly rxmfeae thttr crime aad try to make the restitution. The latter bramaly deny their guilt and defy tha state to puaiah them er r ttr ItelosMM. Th(iy no doubt laugh at thM two poor pentteata as sontltia tal weaklings, Aud publlo oplaloa has become so warped and orrf ted that thes big boodltr ttav the ova $jm palhy ot thousands ol people wlo pro tmut lo U ohrtttlaail ft such carl, tiaaa rvad tha Vv letter aad blush for shame, if Indeed they hare any sense ot shame. What we need today ia a revival of true religion, aqulckeningofconsiences a restoration of the old-fashioned ideas of duty, public opinion must be puri fied and elevated. We want preachers of the gospel who will denounce crime and criminals regardless of position or politics. We want church members who will not only permit the preachers to do this, but wbo will demand it of them. Then no man will be allowed to buy immunity from punishment with a portion of his stealings. Then n5 man can gain and maintain a high position in society merely because he possesses wealth which be has gained be dis honest methods THAT UORTH AND SOUTH RAILROAD CONVENTION- In pursuance of the resolution ia- troduced by Senator Stewart and adopted by the UgUlature, arraDge ments have been made for a'convention of western states to discuss the great north and south railroad scheme. . The convention will be held In Lincoln, June 28. The delegates will be ap pointed by the governors of the states Governor Crounse has heard from South Dakota, Minnesota and Kansas and expects to hear from several others, all of which will be represented Jerry Simpson will be among the dele gates from Kansas. Governor Crounse has not appointed tbe delegates for Nebraska yet He says he Intends to consult some of the leading indepen dents, and pat friends of the move on the delegation. The convention will meet at the state house at 2 p. m. This meeting is one of great lmpor tance to the west. Its object is one of vast and immediate importance. It Is amove which should receive every possible encouragment of populists, a large number of whom should be present at the meeting. The conven tion will of course be nonpartisan, yet it must result In advancing populist ideas. The Alliance-Independent of this city appears this week -with the typograoh' Icfil union label at the head of its edi torial columns. More offices will use them as soon as they can be secured from Indianapolis. The label indicates that all matter run is set up by strictly union labor, and it is a standing recommenda tion for any paper using It. Weekly Unionist. A western railroad president is recently reported as saying: "If pub lic opinion in the west still continues so hostile to the railroads as it bas shown itself in the past few years, it will be necessary to organize to protect our interests." It always seemed to us that the republican party answered that purpose very well here in Nebraska. Perhaps the aforementioned railroad president meant after the republican party Is dead, v TO BRIDGE CONTRACTORS On page 8 of thii Issue Appears an ex tended notice 'to bridge contractors from the county clerk of Furnas county We call especial attention to this notice for the reason that the publication of it has been delayed two weeks on account of the letter being held in the Lincoln post-office for additional postage. THE ALLIANCE AID. The alliance aid Is simply an insur ance degree in the F. A. Si I. U. it is something new in this state, but it is well worthy of Investigation. We be lieve its general adoption would . do much to make the alliance a permanent Institution. NO DECISION YET. Oa Monday at 2 p. m., the supreme courtroom was filled with an expec tanticrowd, but the august court failed to appear. At 3:30 they sent In a bailiff to say that the court had adjourned till next Mon lay. This Is generally believed to indicate that the court is divided. The Idea is gaining ground that a verdict for cob vlctlon may be rendered, THE VANDERBILT POODLE. I'm tbe VsnderbtU pet poodlte hear me? Just a dog, like all the other doga, Ilarklng at the publlo who come near me; But observe my "toga " Took a hundred nrty thmiaand dollar Railroad dividend la buy aad place R outid my nook thla poodle craUo collar, KlDjly In tui grace. And I shine, 1 toll you, at the parties Of the princely papa who ve In atyle; Not adoot all the high-nosed "amarMss" Uarea to growl or emits. Mbrtreaa aaya, sma peopls aiS their bom. And ahjert to doga In swa a draas, Kat loos wrourhwi) who, that's sane eupptwM Ratlrt4 pups um4 le Mors than thla, aaya WUluaa (Utat's mf master) Kara ye, worker who pay all the freight; 1 ant king, aad see not your dtaatr, sMara my wealth ta great. Kweat ye, slaves of hmtas, the wealth I've lata. Aad the legal tights I e gathered Valid favosa throoa that atsd aaahakca Iter at aervs my pup, .MsuiMia lt ,'want aiaaat. lo t.itativ. You will gt f.h and pur 4s at OiUwold'e, MO South tUavoath trtt Tea North torn Itae to Chicago. ate, last trains, office ilxi Low rate. VI Bs, MIR RALLIES. A Saries of Great PopaUst Revivals Ar ranged for by the State Committee. v SENATOR ALLE5 TAXES THE FIELD An Appeal to the j Populists of Nebraska to Renew Their eal and Enthosiam. Allen's Apmoiatmeute. Apjpoln The time is ripe' for a grand revival oi populist enthusiasm. The vote-field is yellow for the harvest It is time for every true reformer to be at work. Confusion reigns in the ranks of the old parties. After thirty years of al most continuous supremacy, the repub lican party has been driven from power thoroughly corrupted and. demoralized. The democrats, though completely victorious at the polls, are showing themselves utterly incompetent to grapple with the great problems which are pressing for solution. Since their accession to power they have done nothing but engage in a scramble for office. Banks, business men, and manufac turers are failing in every section of the country. A general panic is immi nent. Yet the only remedy proposed by the leaders of either old Dartv la unconditional surrender to the money power. In Nebraska both . old parties are hopelessly divided and demoralized. The corruption of the republican party has been thoroughly exposed. Though the state has been robbed of tneusinds of dollars, no one has vet been punished for the crime. The better element of the republican Dartv is powerless to free itself from the con trol of the corporations and corrupt leaders. The democratic parti oa the other band is rent with factional dissensions. The mass Of its voters and a few of its leaders are in favor of free coinage of silver, and railway regulation. B at the men who control its conventions are unalterably opposed to these things. " Tbe time is ripe for a general break ing up and re-formation of political parties on new Issues. ' The people's party is the only organ ized force that is ready to take ad van- ' tage of the situation. If there was reason for a grand rallying of reform forces three year ago, how much more is there now! .. :,t Recognizing these facts the Indepen dent State Committee have arranged for a series of mid-summer rallies. Senator Allen will fill ten appointments in June and probably that many in each succeeding month. He will ba accompanied by other speakers of slate reputation whose names the committee are not yet prepared to announce. The following is . the committee's notice of appointments. SENATOR ALLEN. The state central committee have made arrangements far Senator Allen and other prominent speakers to speak at the following places. Tecumseh,, June 12. Beatrice, " 13. Geneva, " 14. Red Cloud, " 15. Franklin, ' 16. Alma, "17. Indianola, " 19. Holdredge, 20. Hastings, " 21. Clay Center, " 22. Lincoln, " 23. All of the meetings will be held at 2 o'clock p. m. Local committees will make necessary arrangements. G.W.Blake, C. H. Pirtle, Chairman. Secretary. Populists should turn out en masse to hear Senator Allen discuss the Issues. Hut tney snouia not oe satisnea wita, merely turning out themselves. They should by all means indue their old party neighbors to turn out. How are they to bo woo over to our causa unless 1 1 .. 1 . SK .. me can oe urougat vj near our.apea iters and read our literature? These meetings will also furnish a rare opportunity for friends ot our canse to secure new subscribers to our reform papers, and to sell reform books. The Aluanck-Indepkxdent would he glad to have friends volunteer to distribute sample copies and take sub scribers at these meetings. DO YOU WAHT A SEWIIO MAO USE? If you do, why pay 110.00 for a high priced machine, at least half ot which will go to the agents aad middle men, whoa you can get just aa good a ma chine fur leas than half tha money? for IJ0.00 THt A LLUtfC-aH NOR PEN DENT will turaUh tha elegant new Columbian machine and a year's sub script loi to tha best reform paper la tha west. If you haven't tha money to pay fop a machine, rata club of 60 suhecrlb era, and g t a machine free. Missouri faclfio at offering the vsrr ktwt rate for round trip ttakew to tha World's fair, food for rwtura until November la Kxl A'so aaa placed oasaio summer tourist tlofceU at ih visual low rata a can bi Verified by call lag atof!Ua 1201 O st. Liaoota. Ne, J. II II MULtR, a T. A. or It. O Tuwnsmu, a I', A t. A. tit Louts,