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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
DECEMBER 11, 1902.
WHEN OTHERS FAIL CONSULT
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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
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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.
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Nebraska add 75c to pay part of freight charges.
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20 lbs. Choice Prunes 1.00 Vf
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10 lbs. Fancy Muer Peaches 1.00 Vf
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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-
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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
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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.
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