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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1907)
jtftp fm v ' r 'WWrfW' '" iDP '' C The Commoner. OCTOBER 25, 1(07- 15 p";tnip- FREE SCHOOLS OP GRIMB Tlio results of a special Investiga tion prosecuted for six niontlis past by a committee of -which Professor Charles R. Henderson, of iho univer gity of Chicago, is chairman are be fore the public. Its largest general ization' sums up the prison practice that it finds followod throughout the country in these words: 'Forco a man into idleness and give him thieves and degenerates for com panions." Well does the report characterize this as a "satanic recipe for manufacturing 5rlme;' but it goes on to demonstrate that this is the policy literally and systematically followed in this country. Especially are the county jails in the United States "a national shame." "The very structure of the typical jail is wrong," says the report. "From ocean to ocean one uniform plan 1ms been slavishly copied from bad mod els a cell or cave of cells surround ed by a corridor." In most cases this corridor is the only spot where the prisoners a'ro permitted to walk or take exercise, -and ibis must be necessarily in an atmosphere full of taint both physical and moral. As the report points, out, "No man builds a pig pen Or a--hen coop on such a plan; much less a residence; the modern barn or- chicken house has an outside court for daily ex ercise." Boston Transcript. . . STATE AND FEDERAL KATE CONTROL- " TKestatp railway commissioners, in their'natiorial convention in "Wash ington last week, got' upon firm ground in their protest that "the besi interests of the people would nOt:be served to place .thQ en tire re sponsibility for rate- control" in the federal government "' TjlYQuj)bf as 'he "bommisVibneri say, no general "reduction .of .rates has followed, action by the federal au thorities, it will not' be denied that in the equalizing at rates, the efforts to suppress rebating ,and in other ways federal action has accomplished no little good in interstate com merce: . ' But the commissioners are right, and President Roosevelt is wrong, with respect to traffic which moves wholly within .a single state. Condi tions vaty too widely in different states for the interstate commerce commission or any other federal body to deal intelligently with them. Each state possesses the power to. name the conditions under which a corporation shall do business'within it, and the state is 'best capable of knowing what those conditions should be. In behalf of Its citizens,, and of its own authority, 'there is every induce- It's Easier to cure, than endure those dreadful sick or nervous iiqo4aches. It's- all In knowing; how. In just xv few minutes without any other euects nut ust to cure the pain Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills will re lievo yoa of your suffering. If 'It's any. pain, anywhere, or from any muse, Just take one of Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills and in a very fdw- minutes you will have no further thoughts about cither pain, or plllsand -can go about your "ousK-'Jss or pleasure, free fro in -suffering, or distress. "For years spells of nervous head ache would lay mo up for two or three days at a time. I have no more such diivB. I take one Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pill; and in twenty minutes it-is ubij- ment for the state to ascertain tho conditions rightly. Destructive legislation, if there were no remedy for it, would bo as harmful to the people of tho state; as to tho trans portation compaiiies. But thoro' Is no desiro on the part of tho people to injure these companies r and If, b mistake, tfuch legislation Is en acted, both the state courts and the federal courts are required by tho constitution to declare It void. Tho more our dual form of gov ernment is studied In tho light of tho president's now theories, the more perfect Is its adjustment seen tQ be and the more apparent tho ne cessity for stato and federal co-op6r ation, each retaining and exeroifeing its full powers. St. Louis Republic. DUPES OP THE BOSS The strongest and most unscrupu lous man can not carry on. his, gamo unaided, says a writer in Collier's. In his ruck lie men who have served his purpose for a day and been thrown aside. Eyefllling as.tjic big sinners are, these by-products claim attention for a moment when tho crisis comes that reveals 'thm as guilty tools. Quay died in 1904, a member of the United States senate from Pennsylvania, cynically defiant of his critics, contemptuous of the men who had tried to convict him as a criminal. Since his death, the roll of tragedies traceable to his regime has increased to nine. Tho last man to commit suicide, just tho other day, as the result of such connection was George W. Delamater of Pittsburg. Wealthy, a bank president at Mead ville, a state senator, and ambitious politically, Delamater was given the republican nomination for governor by Quay in 1890. Quay forced his name on the convention, then took no further interest in the campaign: Delamater wrecked his bank trying to buy victory. Criminal proceed ings were brought against him; then Quay abandoned him, and for years ho led a hand-to-mouth existence in an alien community. Four Pennsyl vania state treasurers have died in disgrace, an auditor general died of worry, a cashier in the treasury com mitted suicide, the cashier of the wrecked People's Bank of Philadel phia committed suicide, the cashier of the International National Bank of Allegheny sought in a self-made grave refuge from shame. All of these men were, in some way, Quay's tools. They served him in. his pur? pose to control the finances .of. tho state, and through that' ch ami el, the politics of the state. ThdyM'acked the supreme nerve of their leader. Threatened disgraqo did not stimu- late them to fight back jpoliticswas a chess game, they said, in Pehnsyl-' vania, and Quay was a fine player. Perhaps. But how reckless jof the pawns. There are mJn of promise whose ambitions quicken at .the flat tery of notice from the local boss. In Pennsylvania, history lietf a, lesson for them. :Cincinnati Citterns Bulle tin. - - - -I' ' M Ttf It rWUw Ekftftiafo lb torus 8rttemt4 ft mftteottreAtaftr. 191 UnSUltlS rTCJWtt tIbmikHu witboutUioouiUjrof moeWtw and you canxif 0 a "lored onft'rrour chofe ot tb flNMf dlftmaau. wiUrti nib.M roa to ranks fenuiUr! MI ww money, X umall imttt frtjrm'vnlV rr iei ana otiurr article or nJirwtfrRit.! IUT 1 .5sJm5I.?.T , .. .ft"- i Infection. If jtmmtoimuimbnhtmlllt9imiW' MW.tMtltf.Mu9ll2 Stall S!.,CMtfl,fH.1 um Ui I eqodinoMMjrijajnwnU, HrHN'Cttof TH;.f SI 50 bob TMtolrs Magazine and THE COMMONER mmmmmmmmummmmmimmmmmmmmHmmmmmtmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmtammmmmmtmtmmammmmmmmmmm REGULAR PRICE $2.ti. Both One ear for Only -" - i i .i tOfi TAYLORS MAGAZINE U th Cf..t Southern M.piTn. Tin wnontlliy of tti editor lp chid, ex-Governor Bob Taylor, itamp it, dominate! It and diffc rntUtf it from all other periodical. It It not politic!, but literary, and it dirTuici tunihinc, hope and rurtinei in every family it cnleri. This combination furniihef a mental feait for every man, yroman and child, and the eott, II -50 for an cn lire year, fa within the reach of all. THE COMMONER, 52 timer, and BOB TAYLOR'S MAGAZINE, 12 timee, all for 11.50. Send today. Don't delay, let you forftt. Address THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebr.. im The Omaha World-Herald umm AIJI,Y ISfrlTISD l-t "T NDW8Y t msiHOCitAirlC, Our Special Offer .i Publlshcm' Prlco Dully Worlrl-llcrnlil ,....'. M.OB ,' DHliy IVorld-IIcrnltf, Except Hunrtny...' . -. t .;;; ,t . .. . . 3.00 1 Scml-Wcckly World-llornid SO Our Prlco Yn. Tho Commoner , 9-1.00 a.s 1.25 SIJ2ND SUHSCIUPTIONS NOW TO THE COMMONER, Lincoln, "Nebraska . m w -i-t- TTTT HERE'S A BOTHERSOME. iPUZZLE . Here is people are a new Dazzle anhprne; "goinjj. crazy 'f.'.pver!,. . , '. 1 2 ' 3 4-5 G 7 80 10 11 12 13 tl, 14 - -1U t'Jl MRS. RUH RECORD... . fJt you arc' not- satisfied with iflnsfl ?it .box, your druggist wiu return- your 'money. .' 25 dpses, 26 cents. Never sold In bulk. Fifteen girl -members of a- walking club start out to "walk for seven days. The rule of the club Is ijiat they shall walk three abreast each day an'd on no two days shall any thre, or 'two walk trWotlTr 1" f" p"' row: The problem is to, show tipyr ttfeV were arranged each dayv6f 'the seven and how they arranged on thd seventh day. Ex. Buy a Home in Nebraska FINE FARM LAND VERY?XJHEAP. FOIt SALE A number of onc-qunrter, one bnlf and whole sections of farm laud In Perkins "'county,-'NobraHka - ,f This land is nil rich, prairie ,lnjd, every acre of which can bo cultiVated.','rlWSoil Is black loam v and very productive. f , The country Ik Jiealthfui, tlic land beautiful, and ' ' ' united to diversified farming. i '-- There nro well Improved farms, good neigh Vft v . rr iorf good s:hojolH, good churcliefi, aud a good ! : - .;Wn. nil in fllglit of ihlH andf . , ' t " , This land is located from one tfl, tfve miles from ,:.' a thriving tpwii on the BUrJiugtpu, .railroad. - " There are three other good .towha In l'erklns "' " county.' .: 4H J3USUEL9 OF CORN TICR AHB WAS J'VriAlRED LAST tJAU ON LAXf6 ADJOINING i m ? this land: .r RAIbED ON THE SAME KIND OF LAND IN TIIK SAME COUNTY IN UXW. fc ALFALFA GItOWS IN PROFUSION NEAR BY ON TJJE SAME IINP OF-LAND. ' For cadi year during the. past three years tho cropi raised on land In Perkfns county sold for more thqn the COST PRICE of Uiesnme Innd. Fann this land one year and Its present selling price would, be doiibjcd. j . It Is as productive ns tlie best land In Iowa or Illinois. Sell 20 acres-in those states and .your money 'will buy n .annrter section of the land I mi) offering for sale. Excellent water at a depth of 40 feet. No bolter country oh earth for raising all kinds -of stock. (Wh, barley, and rye are profitable crops. ' Do you vnntn, farm -while, fthfs Ian'' is within youi? renh'?,,' Ohenp farm Innds will soon be n thing of the past. A quarter section of this land will make n nice nest egg. ' I am offering this land frir less than one-fourth what the same kind of oWUl) fimtsnai 'tit ) " K c ) art. ' ! n, r ' 1 '! i t E.-' itfi &o .a 'J- ' 1 "4r I rit; - cnliMhfielllne for CO miles distant I ran verify 'every statement made above. If Interested call on me or write for prices und detail descriptions. Asau Investment or fpr a hpmejt w.111 pay you '' td investigate. ' ro-6pcratlon 'with other agents Atidross - w- --.- x. s. al.i-e;in, r me! 2 ...- BoltcItel. . . Vm - r LINCOLN, 'NEB. Room" 3fto, Fraternity BIdg. t 1 iBiOMcaawtoyiq.iy VAll Natlopjl,. i,"r,w,Ba5k, Lincoln, Neb.) ,V M n .' lit lVfc