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'AUGUST 12, 1904, The Commoner. 13 ssriaM Kwl.i;3vt asVal JLESaW R5bY h sf sW rflr BIS awl ?'! Do, You Want To Dress Stylishly Do yoa want an jMl-wew mm or overcoat made for you, and to fit yew, from the newest fash ionablo fabrics? Do you want to be absolutely satisfied before you pay for the garments ? J)o you want a pair of All-Weol Tallor-Made $5 Trousers Free ui .u3i iu you iur uoinjj usaiavorr Tlien read carefully -and act promptly on this Tallor-Made $10 Suit Offer We will send you samples of all-wool Clay Worsteds, Thibets, Serges and Cassimeres, in black. blue, brown and fancy mixtures, 1 f MtlXjl A 111 ! B iiuin mum nc vtiu iiirtnc yuu ,i suit or overcoat for $10.00. the equal of which you cannot buy. for $15 anywhere else, ana give you an extra pair of $6.00 All-Wool Trousers without charge. providing you will hand ten sets of samples (which wc furnish you free), to ten men who will belikelytobuysuits on our exceeding ly libera! terms. Don't take our word for it. 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The- Wabash is the ONLY line landing all passengers at its own sta tion main entrance World's Fair grounds, thus, saving time, annoyance and extra car fare. All World's Fair maps show Wabash station main en trance. For all information address, HARRY E. MOORES, G. A. P. D., Wab. R. R., Omaha, Neb. THE OLD LINE BANKERS LIFE of Lincoln, Neb., can use two or jthree more good men in northwestern terri tory. If there are any clerks, sales men or traveling men would like to better their condition it would pay to write concerning one of these positions. Patent Secured sssssrssjas l UIUIII OliUIUUlt'y Bend for guidebook and what to intent. JJncst publications lwuedfor free distribution. JL'atcnta secured by us adrertUod rreo in Patent Hocord SAMPLE COPY irREK. Xrant, WllkensCo., Dopt. F, Washlnnton, D,0, r KFRMTBOOK shows In NATURAL COLO: .nd accuratclv describes 218 varieties of fruit. Send for our terms rl distribution. We wantworewlMBicH. Stark Ilro's.LonlsIaax.Ko. PIUOTUft S25.000.00 made from half aero UlUiitiln Easily grown In Garden or Farm wiiiuh.uu Rootsand seeds for sale. Send dc jorpo3tage and get booklet A. Q. telliner all about it. Mcdowell, GrriSENQ Garden, Joplin, Mo, "Dq you know what kind of a build ing a tannery is?" asked the teacher. "Sure!" responded the boy who bad been tanned with a shingle. "It's another name for woodshed'' Chica go Daily News. - , . wo may come to government owner- ship of the railroads in this country, I out u we do, it will ncyor bo by ownership by the states. The rail roads are no longer state Institutions except in name. They have become traus-contintental systems and must remain so. People- will never put up with any system that shall divide these systems again into separate lines, thus destroying that unity which is so es sential to rapid and cheap transporta tion. The country suffers already too much from conflicting laws passed by the various states in regard to cor porations. The trust problem and the railroad problem can not be solved on lines of states rights. They must be met by federal enactments, if at all. Mr. Bryan's idea that the rail roads could be owned by the separate states, and then a board composed of representatives of the various states could deal with the joint traffic of the lines, is not a satisfactory solution of the difficulty presented by owner ship of the railroads by various states. We do not believe that government ownership is necessary in the United States, and we do not believe it will be favored by the people, rf the rail roads will themselves, in the interest of fair play and of public protection, favor a policy of the widest publicity of their affairs and of a reasonable government regulation of rates. Wall Street Journal. Government Ownership. If the question of whether the gov ernment should take over the rail roads of the country could ever be submitted to a popular vote in this nation it would overwhelmingly carry; not particularly becauso there is any great desire on the part of the peo ple to undertake this quasi-public function, but simply and solely be cause the railroads, by their indefen sible and unpatriotic acts, havo so exasperated the people that they would favor the plan as a matter of self defense. The railroads of the country today hold the people in a despotic grip. They charge whatsoever they please for the carriage of freight and passen gers, they build up one town at the expense of another, just a3 the sel fish interests and investments of their officials dictate, they debauch and cor rupt not only our politics but our professional men. Here in Nebraska we have had suqh numerous and striking examples of the power of the aggregated railroads that public sentiment is pretty well crystallized in favor of the govern ment owning them. There is scarce ly a business man in the city who has not felt the iron hand or the road, reaching out each year to grab more of his legitimate profits, simply be cause they feel the need of more money. In the last ten years the cap italization or bonded indebtedness of the railroads has been doubled with out any corresponding increase in mileage, but simply and solely be cause there were excellent opportune ities for stock jobbery and big rake offs. The people are left to foot the bills in the shape of highly increased rates. In order to entrench themselves against legislative restriction, which has proven a farce and delusion with federal judges selected by the rail roads to enjoin all laws enacted, the roads have undertaken to run our pol itics, In each state they select the dominant party for their favors, and as the dominant party is usually in the hands of a machine, or at least of an aggregation of selfish politicians, they are all the more ready to accept the proffered aid and to promise in re turn Indulgences in the shape of "prop er" legislation or shaved taxes. It rtnes not matter what political party is concerned. The roads are ready to do j business and the politicians meet thorn around tho corners. Just now it prcsonts tho spcctaclo of the railroads, forced to face a Just assessment of thoir property before tho state board of equalization and wrested in tho republican state con vention of their usual power to nom inate governors and United States senators, conspiring with tho reform party leaders to take tno state away from tho republicansand the reform party leaders are looking as pleased and tickled as though they had drawn a prize. It is safe to say that if the ranroaus wish to mako a bargain with tho fusion leaders the bargain can be made, because party success and not tho people's real welfare ia tho politician's ideal of government. The cry of paternalism and social ism, of Interference with legitimate business, will be raised whenever pub lic ownership is broached. We will bo told of tho great dangers attaching to putting railroad employes upon tho government payroll, in spite of the fact that the postal department ex periment has proven false all theories of the great political power this would give the party in control. These cries and arguments are losing their force; municipal ownership Is proving their absurdity. The first great task before tho peo ple is to loosen the grip or the rail roads upon the mon they send to con gress and to the legislatures of the states. Most of them aro recipients of railroad aid if not absolutely picked out by the roads, and against their inertia and disinclination to act a tre mendous force must be exerted. It will come in time, just as all reforms have, but tho task is greater than even that involved in getting the Australian ballot, which was adopted by this country after practically all other countries employing the ballot had put it in force. Lincoln, Neb., News. Bryan Sounds Tho Toscln. Already has Wm. J. 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