THE ALLlAMCE-INDEPENDENT.
NOVEMBER 23, l&tt
family support have been for five
months out of work, or that the same
loss has been borne by all by reducing
the working hours and each worker's
earnings two-fifths.
If it is fair to assume that the cloth
making business is no more depressed
than otber lines of productive labor,
these figures furnish us a basis to esti
mate the present extent of the loss and
suffering caused by the 1893 goldbug
panic. Two fifihs cf the wage earners
of the entire country living in enforced
Idleness for fie months, producing
nothing, and using up their previous
canty savings or supported by charity,
is the size of the picture to date; and
the end is nowhere in tight yet. Their
enforced economy, with eviction, star
vation and disgrace confronting them,
has made it Impoesible to sell them
roods; so business men by thousands nnd
thousands nave wwb uhjh
wall, and everybody alaost is either
compelled or thinks it prudent to cut
down expenses, to slop buying a great
many goods and services. Eaforced
economy is paralyz'ng business and
spreading and multiplying poverty.
But poverty makes the working classes
more tradable, and when business
tarts up again, wlA lower wages for
the workers, the land and money
monopolist will have very much
greater power, and the people very
mach less. It isn't necessary for our
rulers to bother with the eontrol.of
agricultural lands at preheat, bscause
by owning the railroads and the money
they have power to tax farmers ab rat
as they please now, enougn certainly to
keep them working like slaves for half
a living.
THE RalLBOAD KING RATIFIES.
The political scribes, Pharisees and
hypocilteshada merry time Monday
evening in Lincoln. They praised their
gods of gold that the common people,
created to serve them, were still under
tbelr feet, and they nsed up and com
pounded all the language they possess
In ridicule and defamation of the men
who have risen up against them. The
und'gnifled Governor of Nebraska in
his hilarious speech called a 1 who have
fought against destroying half our
money base, which must double the
value of the dollar, "rascals who wanted
to pay honest obligations with dishonest
dollars." This is the favorite utterance
of the real rascals, a lie that beats all
previous lies in unblushing, brazen
audacity.
On one of the transparencies was in
scribed: "Mtxwell Is t Be Pitied." To
be pitied because be would not defend
the Republican statehouse and Asylum
thieves, be made a tool of the railroads,
and divide with them the spoil!
Another transparency read, "Ne
braska Turned Down Repudiation."
This is a malicious, slanderous fling
at all who voted for the restoration of
silver and the undoing of that greatest
of national crimes, perpetrated in 1873,
the act of congress craftily pusnea
through by the money losnhg fraterni
tv. which added at lean seven thousand
millions to the burdens of the debtors
and to the property of the creditor
class, the crime which to this day has
done away with popular sovereignty
and settled in power the money oli
garchy. But the smooth-tongued lawyers, as
usual, ascribed all virtue and wisdom to
the painted prostitute of the corpora
tions. It was enough to nauseate every
intelligent listener , "ut a majority of
the people are not sufficiently intelli
V gent to discern between truth and false
' hood, between honest men and hypo
crites, between political good and evil.
IN DEATH NOT DIVIDED-
J. V. Wolfe, wno was called to his
old borne in Indiana the day after the
election, oa account of the serious ill
ness of a ulrter, returned Wednesday,
and his many friends in Nebraska will
be pained to learn of the death both of
his sister and her hunb ind, on the same
-t i l nni ..
uay, am only SlI noum apart, xaey
died at tbelr home In Martinsville
Indiana on lat Sunday. Dr. S. A.
Tiiford the husband bad been a practi
cing physloian in the town for over
forty years. They had lived together
for nearly that length of time and had
raised a family of eleven children, ten
ot whom are llflng und were at the
bedside of their parents to the last.
They were both burled in the same
grave on Tuesday the fuueral serloi
being conducted by llnlr olj faster
Cider Treat, assisted by Elder Crlm.
Th7 had both Wen Members of the
ChrlslUa Church since before their
marriage.
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Gov Larkahbc In hi aw book,
The lUllroad Qaestlun, js: It may bo
eunnJeatly asrte4 to a', stuck an I boo 4
lofi ttion hat erf aWd 'rout five to sit
thousaad million of dollar of acllllou
railroad capital.
,
TtiK Indj odent any a party of
refvrui, and wht! It advtt heet
ut?alof an J Jn'-to to all, this ran not
dlirv'y rvbt dlibon'tt and urprln
c! pit 4 im o Iruia getting I ttulw rk
Titfc Ait.uxi il?umu ttiiir b
slow to vaJauta tn eU t UaJort
or m1" &J4er of It. t j tru more
ht , biit will aonv kitu li)ly up
hu dlhtt'y In any m be u'gH
or la the tuln4 aud tottumU o U
ly tiMKwtaW,
Mr. Justice Brewer of the United
States supreme court last January de
livered an address before the New York
Sta'e Bar Association at Albany, in
which he took occasion to say that the
rights of the railroads "stand as secure
In the eye and in the custody of the law
as the purposes of justice In the thought
of God." And he is a man to be de
pended on to protect the holders of six
thousand millions of water Injected Into
the stock of these throne-usurping rob
bers. Justices Field and Brown can
also be counted on to help him protect
the railroad kings.
Did you ever reflect that it doe no
good to tax the railroads? The burden,
whether great or small, is transferred
to the people, put into the freight rates,
and is borne by us all. A monopoly
carries with it power to absorb all wealth
and escape all burdens. Even the cor
ruption funds used to control legislation
and to defeat the Maxwells And elect
the Brewers and Fields and Browns and
Harrisons are supplied by the plundered
Detfnle. We are made the Instruments
to rivet our own fetters and to build up
the wealth and extend the throne of
our enemies.
THEvarlous grants of land made to
railroal companies aggregate no less
than 300,000 square miles, equal to four
and one-half times the area of New
England, or six times that of the state
of New York, or equal to the total area
of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana,
Michlaan and Ohio, says ex-Governor
Larrabee.
C. Dunlap, General Superintendent of
the Chicago, Kock Island A Pacific Ry.
Co., has provided a.series of excursions
to begin over tho above road the 2nd
Tuesday in December, and continuing
every second Tuesday each monthuntll
further notice. Ths objective point is
the Rock Island ft Texas Town Co., at
Boyd, Wise county, Texas. The pur
pose of these excursions is to enable
those who have never visited the
' Sunny South" to do so this winter.
The Rock Island Co., owns thousands of
acres of farm and prairie lands in the
nouth, described in their ad. in another
column, also town property. Those
wishing to secu' e cheap homes either in
town or on the farm are requested to
write to their local agents, Cbas. M.
Harvey, L. P. Young, or W. T. Moore,
Lincoln, Neb , who will. furnish them
with all necessary informatlen regard
ing these properties, free of charge.
Address them in care of the Bock Is
land & Texas Town Co., Lincoln, Neb.
OmS of Carrying Ball read
The tone system of railroad rates,
which is so successfully operated tn
Hungary, ha mad a deep impression
pon James L. Cowles, well known in
railroad circles. He sayss
Distaste cost praotloallr nothlfif in the
-transportation or freight or or paaaengers, ana
therefore dletance sheuld b disregarded In
la discrimination at rata. To rat now
eaarged for thaahortast distance tor anr par
ticular sanies is the rat that (bo old a adopt
ed for all distances. Whea ono a train starts
from Boston to Ban Franolaco, there isn't a
anaa living that can tall the dlffarrao la cost
ef. runninf that train, whether a passenger
laa re the train at the first station ont of Hot
ton or roe taroogh from the Atlantic to the
recta eoan.
Mr. Cowles farther says that there is
aot $10 difference between running a
train from Chicago to New York, full
of passenger or empty. It does not cost
$400 to hanl a train bearing 600 passen
gen from New York to Chicago. One
dollar per trip per passenger would, in
hie opinion, pay all expenses, including
reasonable return for capital invested.
The New York Central and Lake Shore
roads are carrying passengers on their
"exposition flier" for $31, of which $S
go to the Wagner company.
If Mr. Cowles know what he is talk
ing about, the public, which gives these
oompaniee their franchises and then pat
ronizes them, is being swindled. The
country la becoming very sensitive on
the railroad question. Their adminis
tration has of late been so disgracefully
careless and the combinations so wan
tonly extensive that the demand for
public ownership is growing louder ev
ery day. It is the only way oat. New
Nation.
hade of Patrick Hearyt
Mr. Cooper of Texas, Democrat, in the
house: "Representatives of America, be
hold the picture that Is preaented to as
today. The United States again pe
titioning and supplicating at the throne
ef England, begging Europe for confer
ence and concessions! Such obsequious
and serril conduct la enough to make
the cheek of an American mantle with
name. It U enough to make the ashes
of Henry and Washington and the pa
triots of the revolution cry oat from their
hollow tomb.
"Tbl government that placed the Ood
les of Liberty a poa her high perch, hold
ing the scales of Justice tn eqaal poUet
this government that smote the rock of
the science of government and let the
living water of aual rights, personal
liberty and national independent fill the
channel that flowed to all the nations of
ths farthi this gTrmmeut that traced
pnwtr to Its lodg want and found it la the
vole of the iev!U, now Uggliig totter
ing luouarvU to suur it to 4tt a final
eUl pulley I American manhood most be
waning and our nattietal Independence
and laaUiutiuti fact decaying."
TaM eUl dUUie;
twotU'tt w euur U)iuti ar .liver
tronbiae.
THe ch u t ii d for mmitnM U
Mi Ntrmait'e, Hi hnuh Nloio
Hi , Uimi a.
ri Nurtlw.wtiu llae to t'hlcaiM.
ft rw, r'eet treat. Uftwe Mi
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State Central Committee Notice.
SUte central committeemen will
please send at once to headquarters
names of all Independentcounty officer
elect, also names of all Independent
officers who hold over. It is important
that these names should be sent- In at
once. By order of
Executive Committee.
J. A. Edgerton, Sec'y.
The state executive committee ot the
People's party will meet at the Llndell
Hotel, Lincoln, on Tuesday. Nor. 28th
at 7:30 p.m. It is detirab'e that all
other leaders of the party who feel so
disposed should be present as matter!
of great Importance will be disousted.-
There is a general demand for a state
conference in December or January and
at tbli meeting U will be decided
whether or not such a conference will
beheld. By order of
Executive Committer.
JA. Edgerton, Sec'y.
There are yet a number of old debts
handed down by last year's state com
mittee to tho present committer, which
must be paid by fore the opening of next
campalga. Money must be sent in to
pay these debts and must be tent in at
once. By order or
Executive Committer.
J. A. Edgertow. Sec'y;
Notice.
The next meeting of the Sherman Co.
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Uiiion
will be held at fcoup City, on Saturday,
Dec. 2nd, at one o'clock.
James E. Murray,
Sec'y Co. Alliance.
jA Farmer on"j. Sterling.
Stark Valley, Neb , Nov. 13, '93.
Editor Alliance-Ihdependemt:
J. Sterlbg Morton, secretary of
agriculture, addressed the national
board of world's commissioners of
Chicago and in the course of bis re
marks took occasion to speak with
levity of the Grange and Alliance.
When we learned that the portfolio
ef agriculture had been assigned to Mr.
Morton, we believed that Mr. Cleve
land had selected a s'urdy veteran who,
while perhaps possessed of but little
knowledge of practical farming, was
gifted with a sufficient fund of good
sense to post himself when he found he
was lacking in information, and whose
business training would qualify him to
manage the business end of the depart
ment. We also supposed that coming
from a farming district he would at least
recognize the dignity of the farming
profession. As it is the statement is far
behind the times. The agricultural mind
today appreciate keenly the necessity
of Individual development and self reli
ance, in fact, its first step on realizing
that necessity was the organization of
the Alliance, with their reading circles,
their debating clubs and allthoce things
which lead to general development and
a line of thought that extends beyond
the confines of each respective farm.
The American farmers bave not given
Mr. Morton or anyone the power of
attorney to think or speak for tbem.
Would Mr. Morton deny the farmer,
that trade of all trades, the stronghold
of all trades, the right to organize? or
does he presume to say that the
farmers of this country are not
competent to- organize for the benefit
or betterment of their financial
Interests? Mr. Morton apparently
forgot that this is a country of
universal suffrage, that not only the
privilege, but the responsibility, of the
ballot devolves upon the farmer as well
as upon all other classes, and, further
more, that the farmer who attends only
to his farming is but poorly qualified to
do bis duty at the polls, and is ill fitted
to make a soleotlon between the candl
dates.
Does Mr, Morton imagine that it is
part of his duty as secretary of aqrioul
ture to say to the farmer thus far shalt
thou go and no farther? Such intente
Ignorance is displayed by Mr. Morton's
references to journeymen farmers as to
make them hardly worthy of notice.
He Is a poor farmer who cannot dUoera
the wheat from the chaff.
Mr. Morton Is a free trader, I suppose.
For years the farmers attended strictly
ta tbelr farming and voted for high
tariff. To a man today the farmers have
their Alliance and by an Interchange
of thought at their meetings
have pierced the protection bubble,
and are, at least the member of
the Alliance are, rt-clprocttylte
or free trader. BJt Mr. Morton la
evidently too little In touch with the
men he I uppoe4 to reprvvat to ajv
preoWte the fact. According to Mr.
Morton the faraiur should attend strict-
ty to forming, wbl the politician
to It that the farmer and the farm
are itOturly ttt, the bank are pro
erly nn, and the naUaloiig rt)
erly governed.
That time U past. We are watching
Mr. M''tn We would r lad to
tea-a what aulh"tlt hkuloMak
a though we wr o-'ulo t ! t
ng Lftker fur our orul4o.
J A IVRtru
Tee NMit turn llua ti Oitcajpo
l raw. '! trail, OWc U3?
EXCURSION RATES
-TO
Home Seekers!
Sf eking homes In a good country with
a mild and healthy climate, where the
lands are rich and productive, where
the rainfall is sufficient to raise good
crops, where all kinds of grain, veget
ables and fruit common to the Temper
ate Zone grow well, and can pe profit
ably grown for market, where building
material and fuel is plenty and cheap,
where all kinds of live stock and poul
try thrive and do well, where the
matkets are good, where a good busi
ness location la a good town or a good
stcck grain, vegetable or fruit farm or
a tract of land good for any f the above
purposes can bo bought at
Hard-Time Prices!
or little money down and easy terms
for the ba'auce. If something along
this line will suit you. write or call on
trie ROCK ISLAND A TfeXAS TOWN
COMPANY and see whit they can do
for you, as they bave a large list of
TOWN
PKOPEKTIES,
FARMS, aU3
FARMING LANDS
on the Great Hock Island Hallway ex
tending from Southern Nebratka to
P-rt Worth, Texas.
Tticy bave a fine lot of
Good Prairie Lands
which are principally located In Okla
homa and Northern Texas, including
the famous Wb-bita Valley. These
lands are as fertile and handsome as
the once beautiful prairlos of Illinois
drain fruit and vegetable farms. Grain,
fruit and vegetable lands lay in the
vicinl'y of Bovd, one of the Company's
bst towns, 28 miles north of Fort
Worth, Texas, in what Is known as the
celebrated Cross Timber, d country of
Northern Texas. These fruit and veget
able farms and lands are in tracts from
one acre up. The grain farms and
lands are In tracts from 80 to 20,000
acres.
Special Excursions
to these properties will be run over
the Great Rock Inland Railway on
second Tuesday of each month, com
mencing in D comber, 1803 One first
class fare for the round trip Tickets
good for 30 days. Round trip tickets
from
LINCOLN
TO
BOYD. TEXAS.
AND RETURN, $J8.60.
For further Information as to rates,
Units and benefits of tickets sold to
purchasers of the RO.K ISLAND
ft TEXAS TOWN COMPANY'S pro
per tits add rets or call on tne
Iock ls.aijd &
Tetfas Tovii) Co.
At CHy Tii ket Office of Chicago, Rock
Island & racinc llatlway uompany,
1045 0 St, LI3C01N, SEBIUSKA.
2,000
-PAIRS OF-
Qbves
-AN
Mittens.
The thing we wish tooxll our readers'
attention to this week is our
Gloves and Mittens. We hare
THE FINEST
iSTOCKo
of three good la the city, not excepting
any la Nun art and woiktng,
ranging la price from
25C. TO S2.50.
PAPER'S
Clotlm."- House,
I 123 O St. Lincoln
THE ALLIANCE SM
B. K. 1NGRAHAM.
B, E. INGRAHAM & CO.,
Lincoln. Nebraska.
We are now prepared to quote
need.
GROCERIES. CLOTHING,
Rope, Kerosene, Barb Wire. Write us for anything you need.
ah wrresponaence auenaea to at once. We charge noth
ing for boxing or cartage. We can also quote you
prices on Colorado Coal.
B. E. INGRAHAM & CO.
JOHN B. WRIGHT,
F. E. JOHNSON,
Vice-President.
President.
THR
Columbia
OF IaINOOIaN, NBO,
Capital, $250,000.
First : National : Bank,
LINCOLN, NEB
Capital, - - -. $400,000,
Sur-prus. $loo,ooo.
N. S. HARWOOD,
President.
C. A. HANNA,
Vice-President.
P. M .
ARE YOU A COOK?
t3TAGENT8 I
WANTED. I
T
HE PERFECT COOKING MAT .VaSa
stoTf or ranges; Just the thlna for
on it. it rvguiatr tna neat perrectijr
Mine! buckwheat Bad other kinds
On Hide lit white mtttal Dllable and IndlitiruRtabie, the other side It Heneeraer steeL ad
Jng great strength. It U thoroughly are proof It prevent iroos from soiling bf coming
in cout&ct wuu ine name, it win prereuc orewx irorn dkkiuk too iaai on toe uemow
lu lb oven. It hood pars for lta-lf by savlog granite, tinware, etc.
ttrtall Price of 8 ngle Mat by mail postpaid,
Mat Dy mail poHipara,
a Pair of Maw, " "
V j. aa, aaa. aBBSBk a at m
LOGAN bUrrLY
MILLINERY
This is the Week of
in the
m s Grant
TKIMM6D
$1.38, $1.98.
FANCY FE ATHERS-In four lots, 19, 38 and
67c Your choice of any in the house
at 89c
RIBBONS-1,000 yards wide Millinery Rib
bons, 23o per yard-
This sale will be worthy your attention. Millinery was never as cheap, and we
want you to come expecting- to buy It cheap.
Oueensware Dept.
Goods to tho amount
f to any part
Broad's Depm'nf
Q 1124 0 Street,
("Strictly Cash." ,
P. A. IIAGBBUO.
you prices on anything yo
BOOTS AND SHOES,
J. H. McCLAY,
Cashl
Nat'l Bank,
C. 8. LIPPINOOTT,
COOK, Aas't Cashier.
Cashier. H. 8. FREEMAN,
Ass't Oaehter,
a
S5-R YeaR.
Then Bead the Follow teg:
natural km. You can OOOk anhthlng
ana wi i not ituorcn or ouru iooa. ua u
of griddle cakaa can ba baked to perfection.
m cu. I nTAMP i
V eta. 1
suets.
Taasa.
I
CO., Logansport, i'nd. i
.a. A UIAU eVBPeV
wini Sale !
Millinery Department.
$2.95. $4.95.
of $1 or over delivorod
of tho city.
Lheatn, Nob. I !I
CHASA. BROAD.
HftTS
Store,
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