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THE.NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT,
DECEMBER 4, 1901
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Mtkem Grand Display of Holiday Goods.
Our Stocks fof the Holiday Trade are unusually large and attractive, being entirely new and of the
latest productions. No old stock carried over from last season. We cordially invite your inspection.
Chen's Holiday Furnishings.
Monday morning we will place on tale our line of Christmas Goods, suit"
able for Men's Christmas presents, such as smoking Jackets, Silk and
Wool Mufflers, Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs, Neck Ties, Suspenders,
' Gloves, Sweaters, Fancy Shirts, Traveling Bags, Suit Cases, Fancy Socks,
t Night Robes, etc. We suggest, that in order for you to have the benefit
of the full lines to select from, that you make your selections as early
as possible. Gentlemen's Smoking Jackets, the handsomest line we
hare ever shown, made especially for us, by an eastern factory, making
specialty of Smoking Jackets, and who confine their line to us exclu
rifely, at 110.00, 18.95, 18.00, $7.50, t7.00, tG.00, $5.00 and. 13 95'
Gentlemen's Silk Mufflers in all styes and colors, either in the Harvard'
Beaumont, Full Dress or the Square, beautiful assortment to select from
, at $2.00, 11.50, $1.25, $1.00, 75c. 50c, and 25 O
Gentlemen's Linen Handkerchiefs at 00c, 45c, 35c, 25c, and 15o
Men's Pine Dress Gloves, lined or unlined.at $1.50,1.25, $1.00, 75c and 50c
Men's High Grade Silk Neckwear, a beautiful line and handsomest in the
city for the money, at 50c and ... , 25o
; Gentlemen's Fancy Shirts, in soft or stiff bosoms, the new fall and winter
styles, at $1.50, $1.25, $1.00, 75c, and 50c
j We undoubtedly show the best values, in Suit Cases, Traveling Bags'
etc., in the city. Our prices will range fully 2o per cent lower than else
where Our Portrait Offer
Don't forget that our Portrait Offer is still open. By securing one of
. the Portrait Trading Cards, and purchasing goods to the amount of $5.00
' in any department excepting Picture Department, you can get a life size .
portrait of yourself or friends. These portraits are 16x20. Made by an
entirely new process of photography. They are worth $3.00 and can be
obtained after purchasing above amount and upon payment of 98oto the .
photographer.
Cloak and Suit Department
GRAND FUR OPENING-Friday and Saturday, December 5 and 6. -We
take pleasure in announcing that Mr. R. W. Sumner, representing
William H. Miller & Co., of Detroit, manufacturers of Fur Garments, will
be at our store December 5 and G with a large assortment of Furs. The
reputation of this firm's goods i3 that they use only the best quality of
materials, the best workmanship, and made up in the latest approved styles
Mr. Sumner, who has conducted former fur openings here, is an expert in
this line and can give you any information in regard to furs or fur gar
ments. The goods can be delivered at this sale or orders will be taken
and careful estimates iven of any style garment in any kind of fur one
may want. Every garment will be guaranteed, both as to fit, durability or
genuineness. Twenty per cent can be saved on prices, by purchasing at
this sale. William II. Miller & Co. make the Automobile style, Reefer
front combination Jacket, or the Box Front and Tight Fitting Back Jack
ets. They make from Seal Skin, Perisian Lamb, Otter, Beaver, Minkf
Krimmer, Wool Seal, Electric Seal, Astrakhan and Nutria Beaver, Jackets
and capes. For Scarfs and sets, they show natural Squirrel, Sable Fox,
Isabella Fox, Red Fox, Beaver, Mink, Krimmer, Black or Brown Marten,
Ermine, White Thibet, Natural Opossum, or Sable Opossum.
During the two day Fur Sale we will offer 150 Short Cloth Jackets
at ONE-HALF OFF
We will offer 50 odd styles in Suits and skirts, that were $10.00 and $12.00,
during this opening for $(J QO
Select your Christmas presents now. We have a large assortment of
Robes, Dressing Sacques, Wrappers, Silk or Wool Waists, Mackintoshes
and Umbrellas, Children's Cloaks, Ladies' Petticoats, Silk or mercerized.
We carry an immense line to select from.
Sole Agents for Butterick's Patterns.
5end For Samples.
Lincoln. Nebraska.
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Paraphrasing Captain Starr's ex
pression. The Independent is always
willing to furnish any information it
can, but it cannot undertake to equip
th seeker with brains enough to un
derstand. This fact is mentioned in
connection with the following editor
ial paragraph from the Lincoln Daily
Star of December 2:
The editor-in-chief of the secret
service is hereby called down for
continuing to allow the circulation
of silver dollars coined since 1873,
each one of which must be a coun
terfeit, according to the following
statement clipped from the Ne
braska Independent: "It (the act
of '73) dropped out the silver dol
lar from the list of coins which
might be minted." A few years
ago this statement passed cur
rent in the west because the sub
scribers had no silver dollars an
cient or modern, by inspecting
which they could disprove it. Let
every reader examine all of the
silver dollars which pass through
his hands during the next week
and see if they have been minted
since '73. If they have, and The
Independent is at all reliable
please excuse the "If the dol
lars are counterfeit, but In order
that you should not suffer a com
plete loss we have made a special
arrangement to receive them at
half price on subscription to the
Star.
It is rather difficult to decide off
hand whether the imbecile who penned
that paragraph supposed he was writ
ing a funny item, or whether he
knows so little of the financial history
of this country as to supose there hs
been tio silver legislation since 1873.
The Independent will do a little bet
ter toward Its subscribers than the
Star offers: It will give two dollars
for every standard silver dollar, ber
ing date of 1874. 1875, 1876, or 1877,
presented at Libertv Building any time
within the next year.
Father Hardy in his column this
week says that his "faith in govern
ment ownership of railroads and other
monopolies is badly shaken" when he
looks over the unreasonable tolls paid
the railroads for hauling the mails.
It is a fact that the government pays
the railroads an unreasonable sum for
the services they render, but that is
because the railroads have so many
congressmen and other officers elected
to represent them. In Nebraska at
our last election five railroad servants
were elected to congress, wearing a re
publican label simply to catch votes.
The Burlington has two of them, the
Rock Island, Elkhorn, and Union Pa-cifle-Elkhorn
combination, one each.
With public ownership of the railroads
this unreasonable toll for hauling the
mails would cease, and the railroads
could not possibly be more in politics
than they are today. After all, suppose
the United States does pay too much
for hauling the mails how does the
service compare with what we might
expect if the express companies per
formed the work? Could Father Har
dy send a letter to San Francisco for
two cents? Hardly likely. Would his
letter be delivered with the same
promptness? Not at all probable.
Granted that the government pays a
much higher price for everything con
nected with the postoffice department
than would be paid if a private concern
had the running of it. the fact remains
that the patrons of the postoffice are
much better served by a government
postoffice than they would be by a pri
vate one.
The Springfield Republican has dis
covered that "every college commun
ity is encompassed by superstition
mvths and legends of various sorts."
The Independent has often called rJ
tention to the vat amount of super
stition anion" educated people. Some
times it has been moved to declare
that if or.f wrntd to live in a com
munity where fll the people were
sane, lie mil M g i itn a farming re
gion. Arviivl ! in. oln about overv
tnird person or
ghost mind-rea
meets believes in
ii'g, faith-healing.
astral bodies, not to mention signs
and omens without- number.' Pome
times the editor of The. Independent
has been so pestered with them that
he was constrained to cry out: "Oh!
for a place wP.tp the people are sane."
DANGEROUS CITIZENS
Those Nebraska populists and demo
crats who stayed away from the elec
tion this year and pouted because they
could not have everything exactly in
accordance with their ideas of things,
would do well to paste in their hats
this little excerpt from Professor Ely's
Taxation in American States and Cit
ies: "Thucydides said he was a dan
gerous citizen who gave no atten
tion to politics. When one consid
ers the tremendous importance of
taxation, one feels inclined to call
him a dangerous citizen who gives
no attention to the principles of
taxation."
Withing the next two years a few
old cows should have the valuation
of the Nebraska railroads placed on
them for taxation purposes, now that
"Our Man Mickey" is on deck Thom
as A. Donahoe's "True Populist" in
Kearney New Era:Standard.
Never fear, Mr. Donahoe, if the leg
islature does anything at all with the
revenue law (which The Independent
doubts) it will be along the line of
imposing heavy penalties on the as
sessors for undervaluing property
but the state board of equalization
will still be a court from which no
appeal can be taken. The farmers may
reasonably expect to pay much heavier
taxes the next two years, while the
railroads escape with about present
valuations in fact, they ought to ex
pect it they voted for it.
Wilson, in his National Budget, tells
us that poll taxes caused the insur
rection of Wat Tyler in the reign of
Richard II.
Imperialism comes to the, surface
yerv frequently to vex an 1 injur? the
people of this country. The Iron Age
pays: it. so nappens tj?t at present
the price of ovr goods is about. 2." per
cent higher for domestic consumption
than the export prices. We had an
inquiry for export prices, which we
quoted. The order now comes to he
shipped to Honolulu. ' Is it fair to
consider the Hawaiian islands entitled
to export prices? Our own opinion is
that they have become a part of the
United States, and should be consid
ered domestic territory as much as
Alaska. Also, we understand our tar
iff applies to this territory, so that
they are prohibited from buying out
side, and we are thus enabled to get
domestic prices." The Iron Age wait
ed until after the election to make the
formal statement that goods were sold
to foreigners cheaper than they were
to American citizens, but when its
patron lost a sale on account of the
"appurtenance" decision of Justice
Brown, it got up vim enough to tell
the truth.
"A man is taxed, not to pay the
state for its expense in protecting him.
aud not in any respect as a recompense
to the state for any service in his be
half,' but because his original rela
tions to society require it." Report
of the Massachusetts commissioners.
The Boston Home Market club is for
a tariff commission. As that organi
zation is the most rantankerous high
tariff association in the whole United
States the prospect of tariff revision
through that kind of a performance
is about as promising as that Matt
Quay will resign his position as re
publican boss in the state of Pennsyl
vania, and become an advocate of good
government. This plan of a tariff
commission is a disguise too thin to
prevent any one from seeing through
it. The tariTf beneficiaries do not
intend to allow any revision unless it
is one to revise the rates to a stili
higher plane.
Some enterprising citizen will one
day tesi; the constitutionality of the
absurd "labor tax" which is now lev
ied, without rhyme or reason, upon a
portion of the population of Nebraska,
in spite of the fact that the constitu
tion provides that "needful revenue"
shf.11 hi raised by "levying a tax by
valuation." Professor Ely calls at
tention to the fact that in Illinois
such an assessment is NOT a tax, and
therefore constitutional; while in Ne
vada it. IS a tax and unconstitutional.
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