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16 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. DECEMBER 11, 1902. WHEN OTHERS FAIL CONSULT SEARLES & SEARLES Main Office Lincoln, Neb. : wmmm w SPECIALISTS IN Net-vons, Ch route and Private Disease. WEAK MENUS' J All private diseases nddli 3 orders if men. Treatment by mail ; consultation rree. Hrpbiln cored for life. Alflormio: female weak nets and Disease ot Women. 171th Medicine, fcnsbles ns to roarantee to core all cases enrabto ef the none, throat, chest, stomach, liver, blood, kin and kidney diseases. Lost Manhood, Night Emissions, Hydrocele, Varicocele, Gonorrhea, Gicet, Piles. Fistula and Rpctat Ulcere, Diabetes and Bright' Disease, UIOO.OO for case of CATaitRH, KHKUMATIHM, DY8PKF8IA rSXFHlLiia we cannot cure, ucuraDie, Electricity Str ictu rs & G I e Rt Sod "withoSViaw uttin. Consultation FRfcE. Treatment by mall Call, or address with stamp I Mela Office Ors. Searles & Searles I R&va LIINCOLIS INSBRISKA THE ARMY REDUCED Cold Comfort THE SECRETARY OF WAR RE PORTS A REDUCTION IN THE AMERICAN ARMY OF 16,000 MEN. ONLY 13.480 IN THE PHILIPPINES No Danger of an Increasing Standing Army, Which Was Once Such a Political Bugbear. Secretary Root's annual report shows that the American standing army has been reduced by more than 16,000 men within a year. The net strength Jan uary 1, 1903, will be 59,866, which is the minimum under the law. The im proved conditions in the Philippine islands is shown in the fact that the army, which once numbered 30,000 men, will hereafter number 13,480 men. 0ly two years ago the partisan press was filled with awful predictions of A STANDING ARMY 100,000 STRONG and a form of imperialism which must eventually make a monarchy of Amer ica. The American people are not built on the plan which makes a des potism possible. They want an army of strength sufficient to maintain order and protect our possessions, but they rely upon the volunteers who rally at call 1,000,000 strong for any sudden grave emergency. THE BANKERS' RESERVE LIFE is a home company. It is an American company. It has the lowest death rate of any American company. It in sures only American risks; that is, only persons residing in healthy sec tions of America, it offers to them the very best, most modern and most attractive policies in the life insur ance market. The Gold Bond policy now attracting most attention is a tribute to the American financial sys tem. B. H. ROBI30N, PRESIDENT, believes the American dollar will al ways be worth 100 cents, and there fore the company guarantees that ben efits under these policies shall be good for gold. Next year the Bankers' Re serve will write $5,000,000 at least and will pass the '$10,000,000 mile stone on its way to the $50,000,000 goal, which is in sight for 1910. With assets equal to $5 for every $1 of lia bility; the cordial good will of Ne braska and the west; the best policies yet devised and a field force of ex ceptional strength, the people will not be disappointed who believe in the fu ture of this progressive, substantial company. For particulars, territory or terms, address, BANKERS RESERVE LIFE, OMAHA. & HAIR SWITCHES. FINEST HiaUit HAIR, ORDINARY COLORS. To any lut an envious man it Is welcome news to hear that his neigh bor is prospering, even if he himself is not doing as well as his efforts would seem to warrant But when he knows that the exceedingly prosperous one is profiting at his expense, it is rather cold comfort to hear the news. Nebraska farmers who voted against any increase in railroad taxes by elect ing the republican state ticket ought to be overjoyed at the Increase in freight rates soon to be made, and especially so when they read the fol lowing, from the New York World, re garding the enormous railroad profits for the year ended June 30, 1902 before any raise in rates was made: The interstate commerce commis sion's preliminary report on the rail road business of the country for the year that ended June 30, 1902, furnishes further proof that prosperity is not only a theory but a condition. The gross earnings of the roads from all sources amounted to $1,771,754,200 an average of $8,736 per mile. Their gross operating expenses amounted to $1,106,137,405 an average of $5,645 pr mile. Their net earnings were $665, 616,795 an average of $3,091 per mile. As compared with the previous year the railroads of the United States in creased their net earnings by the handsome s.:m of $51,395,421. With their freight yants blocked with mer- ch'jndis; wri h is delayed because cars caaiiot be made fa;-t enough to over tax.! the or ormjus growth in the vol umes cf tnuf.e, the raiboads will prob ably f hrw j.lill l2i.f- net earnings for In cirrent yt-ar. Nor does the wage advance of T.O pr cent, even if event ually exvencied to all lines, interfere with that pleasant prospect for the host of railroad shareholders.. The net amount to be realized by the advance n freight rates is variously estimated, but vo estimate puts it at less than enough to fuhy offset at least the ad vance in wages. The contract between the ebb and flood tide of business is very accurate ly reflected in railroad earnings. lencc it is interesting to note that five years ago (1897) the net earnings amounted tr, $338,000,000, using round fgures--or not u uch more than one- half the amount :usc reported for last year. r?i S W W '" " uur anec a w 3 ox. 24 inches, 9t.1!i 3)4 ox. M inches, 3.25 4 ox. 28 lnche, 4.00 3 ox 20 inches, BO. 90 3 ox. 22 inches, 1.25 8X os.321ucr.es, 1.40 Rtailt At teats for postage, all short item, three straods. Send Minnie lock of hir. We tu match perfectly ny hair. All orderi filled promptly Money rerunaea ir aesirea. lim it rated Catalogue of Switches, W I OS. Curls, Bancs, PomDidoura. Waves, etc.. free. We send switches by mall on aoorvval. to be paid for when received, If aatisfactur. Otherwise to be returned to us l? mail, la order sac. writ as ta lh!e rH-ri. This offer oar ant be made agaia. ikii i tu spicriii TV rn . TBK OLD, KEI.IAHIK HUH UOOIH IIOISK, IIS 14 DKAKUOKS 8THKET, I UKAUO. 4 OS (is OS OS (is OS (is OS tS V (Its iv (is (is (is (is (is (is ( (is Mi Christmas Combination. WE PAY THE FREIGHT. !J For orders from customers outside of the state of . Vf Nebraska add 75c to pay part of freight charges. Reference: First National Bank or The Independent. S$f 75 lbs. Best Granulated Sugar. .11.00 M 20 lbs. Choice Prunes 1.00 Vf 25 Bars Good Laundry Soap 1.00 iy 10 lbs. High Grade IVaberry Coffee 2.00 jf 10 lbs. Fancy Muer Peaches 1.00 Vf 2 lbs. High Grade Japan Tea 1.00 KV 2 ld-oz. Cans Best Baking Powder 50 lf 6 lbs. Fancy Japan Head Rice -50 Vf 6 Packages 10c Corn Starch .50 W 6 Packages 10c Gloss Starch 50 W 3 Packages Good Soda, 1(5 oz 25 1 lb. Pure Black Pepper 25 3 lbs. Fancy Mixed Candy 30 1 Bottle Lemon Extract 10 1 Bottle Vanila Extract 10 All the above for $10.00 Send P. O. or Express Money Order or Draft. We will deliver the following: $10.00 combination to any town in the state of Nebraska, freight pre paid by us, any time duriDg the month of Dec. 1902. I (is (is IN ds Cor. ioth and P Sts. Lincoln, Neb. what we advertise: we do. 7 'S'a m Ss -saWSfc Sl SssWfc JjP-fc -a-fc bbbV 4-4bMsssV'sbB sVlll4l 4KJL aMsfr-ctS 4SBsasa 0- X..'--i,',l.'..s. .n.s. " Plenty of Room The election shows plainly that the battle ground between the old parties has shifted from the central and west ern states to the east. The old posi- i ! Y. I. j. 1 ' i l j , . I tiuu nas ut-fii resiuiea, wun me west solidly republican and the south solid ly democratic. Thus New York again becomes the pivotal state, and both the old parties will endeavor to so ar range their platforms as to carry that state. This means the complete elimi nation of Bryanism from the demo cratic creed, and it may also cause the elimination of Rooseveltism from the republican creed if the president should show that he is in earnest ic advocating trust regulation. Under such circumstances there ought to bu room lor a progressive party, radical enough to propose effective means of checking monopolies and conservative enough not to attempt the impossible task of abolishing all private owner ship of property. Minnesota Forum, Since the strike began on the Union Pacific, that road has lost three of its most efficient officers by resignation, namely, Superintendent Dickinson, Master Mechanic Barnum and Super intendent of Motive Power Higgins. The efficiency of the road in the past was owing largely to the superior abil ity of these men in their various de partments. They had long been con nected with the road and no doubt had no sympathy with the Burt manage ment, so they quit. They have all se cured equal or better positions on oth er roads. Mr. Burt's ideas about "piece work" is costing the corpora tion dearly. The strike is still on. Silver and Mexico There are certain men of the bond holding class in thte country who are exceedingly anxious that Mexico should adopt the silver standard and so the creat dailies are filled with stories of horrors produced by the silver standard in that country. So far as the people of Mtxico are concerned com plaint about the fall in the price of silver corr.e3 altogether from those whose business means the drawing of wealth from ihe country. The import ing housr, complain because they must pay gold abrorW for the goods they buy and sell them in Mexico for silver. Whf n a larger quantity of silver is re quired to fjual a given amount of gol.l these firms have to increase their silver sell. Dp prices or reduce their profits. The natural result is that the Mexican pcc;ie decrease their purchas es of foreign made goods and buy goods made at home. Home industry MfiMaWsflsttMseKm 0 1 as as m "Si Genuine Leather. Freight Prepaid 150 Miles. Safe Delivery Guaranteed. $28.50 bins this oak frame couch. Best quality guaranteed steel spring work (no cords or webbing), patent buttons and bestjuality machine buffed leather. Freight prepaid for 150 miles. Sent on approval. SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE FURNITURE, HARDWARE AND CARPETS RUDGE L GOi 1 1 18-1126 H Street, Lincoln, Nebraska. it B:.-3 I?. thus is stimulated. The foreign holders of national and railway securities are those who are chiefly alarmed about the fall in sil ver. They are anxious to draw all the le venue they can out of the coun try. The Mexican importers, whose business is to sell foreign goods and draw revenue out of the country in that way, make up the remainder of the alarmists. Whether their influ ence provis to be strong enough to for:e President Diaz to place his coun try on a gold basis remains to be seen. Th.- division in Mexico between thosa who favor the gold standard and thosT who do not is the same as in all other countries. The money lend fj, the holclpr of securities and the im porter of foreign goods, generally speaking, want the gold standard, while the producers of the country, whose p vocation it is to make wealth, prosper under the silver standard. "Taxes are simply one-sided trans fers of economic goods or services de manded of the citizens, and occasional ly of those not citizens, but who, nev ertheless, are within the reach of the taxing power, by the constituted au thorities of the land, for the meeting of the expenses of government, or for some other purpose, with the inten tion that a common burden shall bo maintained by common contributions, or sacrifices." Professor Ely's definition. The great coal strike has vastly in creased the general interest in the question of what to do with the trusts; and Wilshire's Magazine, with its motto, "Let the Nation Own the Trusts," comes in for a proportionate increase in popularity. The news stand sales have grown enormously, and still further growth is certain, a3 this magazine .though it is standard size, is now being sold for five cents a copy. Julian Hawthorne, novelist and essayist, and Charles Ferguson, au thor of "The Religion of Democracy." have recently associated themselves with its editorship. Best Low Priced Hotel n the City. RATES, $100 per day and up. Hotel Walton 1516 O St LINCOLN, NEB.