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'rf . ' The Commoner. Dc. i39i9a '3 1 : V . ,$ - to 4 EZa:t. (ys r 1J. Wt- &, ' S t r FREE ELECTRIC BELT OFFER UHYU TfUll nununtnia iBBamBVu; FftEEWEARIMI 'wJflHwS' TRIAL yoiroirn tome, we furnish the rentifne andnly HKlUKLBkRa ALTKRSATWO CUR Kit ST KLKCTHIC BKLTBto ny reader of this paper. He ojr la adtiaret very law wrtiMtUTCrurto. CASTS AlMBSTr10THINw--pw 'with most all otbor treatments. Caret whea allotaer ee trie belle, appllaaeta tad martlet fall. (JCICItCCKK for Mere lam 80 allmeata. Only ear care for all nertese dkeaaea, weakneeaea and dlierder. For cerapleto nenled eoi fMctttlal catalogue, cut this ad. out and mail to tin. EARS,, ROEBUCK & CO.. CHICAGO. CREAM SEPARATOR m ill 3S FREE This Is a eenuine offer made to introduce the Peoples Cream Separator in every neighbor hood. It is the best and simplest in the world. We ask that you show it to your neighbors whohave cows. Send your name and the name of the nearest freight office. Address PEOPLES SUPPLY CO., DCPT. 177. KANSAS CITY. MOV A Mexican Christmas Tho fad In ( hrlstraas presents this year Is Mexican Blankets, l urlns, Drawnwork, and i ut olns Jowrlry. Our purchases are madQ ou a basis of 30 cents on tho dollar, a. oxlcan. Goods sent on approTal. Wrltofor catalogue. 1 0. Box 403, Old Mexico Trading Co. El Paso Tex. YOUR EYESIGHT Is priceless. Guard t carefully; tho lentt ailment may moan blindness. lou can be cured In your own homo without pain or tho knife, r end mo a statement of your case and recolvo my professional opinion and grand UlUBtratcd'hnok frnn. Dr. F. Gro. Curta Shukort Blag., Kansas city, Mo. w.y : i '.. :wo 95?-S:- tv&i. ft Sbii- - BSftZroi UfMlKa VaFlllcan,'"' IUU Chrlitau " glftof aHeauUfal Diamond. Yon bare only to make a alo ttoa ef a rlnr, orooefa, locket, itud, earring, cuff bat ton or a Watch. Wo f.nd li tnr vnnv .t. amlnatloB, If t pleaaes you. pay one fifth of the price and keep It, Bend the balance In 8 equal monthly paruienU, We rWe a written guarantee with etery diamond, make exchange at any time, or cheerf oily refund money It goode are not tatlefacry. Write for eaUlogue. It thowethou and. of beactlfulthlnga for Chrlitmee within the reach of all, through oar Liberal Credit 8; iUm. Our prlcea are from 10 to 30 por cent, lover than local dealera. L0FTI5 BROS. & CO.. ,ill&W.." Dept.8-0, 89 to 69 Bl.te SL, Chlcli'l?, 'v. B. X THE FAVORITE I I LUDWIQ I I .3 PIANO. I . JJwarded medal Paris, 1900. Gttdprsed by Jfrtists, musicians, Zeachers, and 35,000 Phased Purchasers, These well known instruments,' cele brated for -their Quality, Tone and Finish can be ob tained by dealer in any state at most moderate and advantageous terms. LUDWIG & CO., Mfgrs., Southern Boulevard, New York t . " Send for catalogue and prices. " Matthtws Piano Co. General Agent for Iyincoln, Neb. (Continued from Page 12.) ity in our monetary system. Banks are tho natural servants of commerce, and upon them should be placed, as far as practicable, tho burden of furnish ing and maintaining a circulation ade quate to supply the needs of our di versified industries and of our domes tic and foreign commerce; and tho issue of this should be so regulated that a sufficient supply should be al ways available for the business inter ests of the,, country. It would "be both unwise and unnec essary at this time to attempt to re construct our financial system, which has been the growth of a century; but soino additional legislation is, I think desirable. The mere outline of any plan sufficiently comprehensive to meet these requirements would trans gress the appropriate limits of this communication. It is suggested, how ever that all future legislation on tho subjp ' should bo with the view of en couraging the use of such instrumen talities as will automatically supply every legitimate demand of productive industries and of commerce, not only in the amount, but in the character of circulation; and of making all kind'i of money interchangeable, and, at the will of the holder, convertible into the established gold standard. I again call your attention to tho need of passing a proper immigration law, covering the points outlined in my message to you at the first session of the present congress; substantial ly such a bill has already passed the house. CAPITAL AND LABOR. How to secure fair treatment alikf for labor and for capital, how to hold in check the unscrupulous man, wheth er employer or employe, without weakening individual initiative, with out hampering and cramping the in dustrial development of the country Is a problem fraught with great diffi culties and one which it is of thw highest importance to solve on lines oC sanity and far-sighted common senss as well as of devotion to the right. This is an era of federation and com bination. Exactly as business men find they must often work through corporations, and as it is a constant tendency or these corporations to grow larger, so it is often necessary for la boring men to work in federations, and these have become important factors of modern industrial Hfp. nnih iHrwic. of federation, capitalistic and labor, can do much good, and as a necessary corollary they can both do evil. Op. position to each kind of organization should take the form of opposition to whatever is bad In the conduct of any given corporation or union not of at tacks upon coinbrationrf as Rimh upon unions as such; for some of tbs most far-reaching beneficent work for our people has been accomplished through both corporations a"hd unions. Bach must refrain from arbitrary or tyrannous interference with the right3 of others. Organized capital and or ganized labor alike should remember that in the long run the interest of each must be brought into harmonv with the interest of the general pub lic; and the conduct of tarh mnf n. form to the fundamental rules of ooeaience to the law: of inrft-trtriuni freedom, and of justice and fair dealing tuwura an. Jacii snouid remember that in addition to power it -must strive after the realization of healthy, lofty .and generous ideals. Every em ployer, every wage-worker, must be guaranteed his liberty and his right to do as he likes with his property or his labor so long as he does not In fringe upon the rights of others. It is of the highest importance that em ployer and employe alike should en deavor to appreciate e&ch the view point of the other and the sure dis aster that will come upon both in the long run if either grows to take as ha bitual an attitude of sour hostility and distrust toward the other. Few people deserve better of tho count- tfc.ni Those representatives both of capital p . , j I Subscribers' Advertising Department! trf Tho "Subscribers' Advertising De partment" has been established pri marily for the convenience of tho sub Ecrfhrrs of Tho Commoner It seta aside a depau merit wherein they may communicate with one another for the sale or cv hange of various ar ticles, such ar, hooks, real estate, cat tle, poultry, corns, stamps, seeds, etc. In short, it Is aii "exchange" depart ment The price of advertising has been fixed at G cents por word por in sertion. This is the lowest advertis ing rate made in tho paper. Advertis ers in Tho Commoner roach an averago of 700,000 readers a week. The mall order business is becoming greater every day. By taking advant age of this department many a reader of Tho Commoner may build up a profitable mail ordor business. If you have something to sell and do not know how to advertise it, send us a description of it, together with your price. Wo will arrange your advortiaemont In tho fewest pos sible words. Tho utmost caro will bo exercisUd In excluding irresponsible advcrtlsora from tho columns of Tho Commoner. Address all communications to Tho Commoner, Lincoln, Neb. ood carpentors always wanted. Da a bdlct car pentur by nld of Hoof framing chart and leallior round book on framing, t-end '. fli, u. for tl.W to publisher. O. M. ( .shorn, Lincoln, fiebraaka. i T7or cnlo 1C0 acres, good soil, all tillable. Tiro miles from Wllmar. Mlo from station, t-10 per acre. Terms easy, Kalluro crops unknown. U, Zimmer man, Kaymond, Minn. and labor and there are many such who work continually to bring about a good understanding of this kind based upon wisdom and upon broad and kindly sympathy between employ ers and employed. Above all, we need to remember that any kind of clasi animosity in tho political world is, if possiblo, even more wicked, even morn destructive to national welfare, than sectional, Taco, or religious animosity We can get good government onlv upon condition that wo keep true to the principles upon which t"Ms nation wa founded, and judge each man not as a part of a class, but upon his individ ual merity. All that we have a right to ask of any man, rich or poor, what ever his creed, his occupation, his birthplace, or his residence, io that he shall act well and honorably by his neighbor end by his country. Wo aro neither for the rich man as such nor for tho poor man as such; we are for the upright man, rich or poor. So far as the constitutional powers of the na tional government touch thtse matter of general and vital moment to the nation, they should bo exercised in conformity with the principles above set forth. CUBAN RECIPROCITY. I 'hope soon to submit to the senate a reciprocity treaty with Cuba. Ou May 20 last die United States lcom its promise to the island by formally vacating uuban soil and turning Cuba over to those whom her own people had chosen as the first officials of the new republic. Cuba lies at our doors, and whatever afects her for good or for ill affects us also. So much have our people felt this that in the Piatt amendment we definitely took the ground that Cuba must hereafter have plospr nnutioni relations with us than with anv nfimr power. Thus in a sense Cuba has be come a part of our international po litical system. This makes it necos sary that in return she should be given pome of the bsneflts of becoming part of our economic system. It is, from our own standpoint, a short-sight? 1 and mischievous policy to fail to rec ognize this need. Moreover, it is ui worthy of a mighty and generous na tion, itself the greatest and most suc- cessrui republic in history, to refuse to stretch out a helping hand to a young and weak sister republic just entering upon its career of Independence. We ehould always fearlessly insist upon our righti in the face of the strong, and wo should with ungrudging hand do our generous duty by the weak. I urgo adoption of reciprocity, with Cuba not only because it is eminently for our own interests to control the Cuban market and by every means to foster our supremacy in the tropical lands and waters south of us, but algo be cause we, of the giant republic of the north, should make all our sister na tions of the American continent feel that whenever they will permit it wo desire to show ourselves disinterested ly and effectively their friend. A convention with Great Britain bn.j been concluded, which will bo at onto laid beforo the senate for ratification, providing'for reciprocal trado arrange ments between the United States and Newfoundland on substantially tho lines of tho convention formerly nego tiated by the secretary of sj.ato, Mr. Blaine. I believe reciprocal trado re lations will be greatly to the advantage of both countries. ARBITRATION. As civilization grows warfaro bo comes less and less tho normal condi tion of forolgn relations. The last century has seen a marked diminution of wars between civilized powers; wars with uncivilized powers aro largely mere matters of international police duty, essential for tho welfare of tho world. Wherever possiblo, arbitration or somo similar method should be em ployed In lieu of war to settle difficul ties between civilized nations, although as yot thO WOrld has not nrnrrrf.nn.Vl' sufflciontly to render i't possiblo, or necessarily desirable, to Invoke arbi tration in every case. The formation of tho International tribunal which 3its at Tho Hague is an event of good omen from which great consequences for tho welfare of all mankind may flow, ft is far better, where possible, to invoke such a permanent t";unal than to create special arbitrator for a given purpose. It is a matter of sincere congratula tion to our country that the United States and Mexico should havo been the first to use tho good offices of Tho Hague court. This was done Inst sum mer with most satisfactory results in tho case of a claim at iasim hpfwoori us and our sister republic, rt.fs earn estly to be hoped that this first cas will servo as a nrecedonr. for nrhnra in which not only the United State j, but foreign nations may take advant age of the machinery already in exist ence at The Hague. I commend to the favorable consid eration of the congress the Hawaiian fire claims, which were the subject of careful investigation during the last session. THE CANAL. The congress ha3 wisely provide that we shall build at once an isth mian canal, if possible at Panama. Tho attorney general reports that we can undoubtedly acquire good title from the French Panama Canal company. Negotiations are now pending with Colombia to secure her assent to our building tho canal. This canal wili bo one of the greatest engineering feats that has yet been accomplished dur ing the history of mankind- Trw wl- should be carried out as a continuing policy without regard to change of ad ministration: and if RfcmiTri k i,, under circumstances which will make It a matter of pride for all adminis trations to continue the policy. The canal will be of great benefit to America, and of importance to all the