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MARCH 5, 1301 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. truth about everything," are much more likely to find it in the columns of The Independent than in the dailies, or even in "the speeches of the presi dent of the United States. The truth about the matter is that In all the reign of the Spanish in the fniiippme isianas,ine peupie iucie were never in half so horrible a condi . tion as the imperialists of the United ' States have placed them. To keep the - whole race from - extermination this government has had to donate them millions of money and now the propo sition is to give them practical free . trade with this country. ." Every subscriber can become a "; member of the Independent School of Political Economy. . Write a postal " card today if you are interested. DIKTBICH'8 "COFFEE" That "astute", statesman who as sists Bartley's partner' in "represent ing" the state of Nebraska in the up- ' per house of congress he of the -laconic and fetching campaign speech:" "Come up, boys (hie) and have some thing on me;" he of the later ton xuOt, 'In statu Quay" has a 43-page "speech" in the Congressional Record! ne except, in running their, automo-. of February 14, one of those "leave to . print" sort a heterogeneous collec -tion of leaves torn from public docu ments and railroad time-tables. Senator Dietrich has made the as tounding discovery, that "during our 28 years of free-trade coffee we have lost in revenue ' on- Brazilian coffee alone "the enormous sum of $304,809,- fil anA rnnAa tho RmriliftTl treaSUrV richer by practically that amount of money." His bank training makes him exact, it will be observed. Most men would have lopped off- the 84 cents. Note, however, the essential ' "In 1872 we paid Brazil 1 5 2-3 cents ; in 1873, 14.9 cents; in 1874, 19 cents, and in 1875, 15.2 cents per pound, show fee' to ' the "American, consumer, , but coffee ; constantly advanced in price." That is true as compared with 1871, when the price was 9.4 cents; but how is it today ? Brazilian 1 coffee is sell ing in New York at 5 1-2 cents per pound."1 1 '"V. ' Can you spare 10 cents a month for economy? Rea( the article on the first page and write a postal card to day. WS'WS DOSE OF SOOTHING SYBUP The supreme court has cleared the way to suppress the trusts and con gress has appropriated the money to 1 ' . J A ! .:t S 1 prosecute tuem. a tusuuguisueu law yer says that the logical effect of the lottery decision is: "Congress has the absolute right to say when commerce in any giv- ; en commodity shall be free or . prohibited and it would follow that between these extremes it can i permit such commerce upon condi ; tions which it may impose to con serve the public interests and neither the conditions nor the nco tives that actuate them can be re ' viewed by the judiciary." The Littlefield bill would have fur nished the legislation necessary, but the president put his foot down, and that bill is dead. We will see whether, the dose of soothing syrup that the republican leaders have prepared in -the recent legislation will prove to be strong enough to put the people to sleep.' Congress can absolutely pro hibit the transportation of trust goods 'from one state to another. The Little field bill contained that clause and the supreme court says that it is con stitutional. An exercise of that pow er would bring the trusts "up to the snubbing post" in short order. THE POWER OF A TRUST ' If a military dictator should Issue an order that some city should collect and pay over to him $17,000, there Would be heard the tramp of. armed men and the clang of sabres on the streets inside of 24 hours, but when a trust issues suclhan order the unthink ing people pay the money over with out a protest and then go to the polls and "vote ."er straight" for the trusts to continue in power. That Is what the Standard Oil trust did to the city of St Paul, Minn., , and the citizens paid the money and continued to "vote 'er straight" . ' r Suit for personal -damages - was brought against the Standard Oil com pany in St Paul by a man who claimed the improper sale of kerosene.' The case was clearly against the company, and compromise was effected on the basis . of $10,000 damages. The J next day the price of gasoline went up from 15 cents av gallon to 18 in that partic ular district, and remained up for nine days. . During that time the company got $17,000 - extra, or just enough to pay the damages- and attorney fees.; Then the- price dropped down to 15 cents again. . . ; Of course, this $17,000 was - taken from the pockets of the poor families that .use gasoline stoves and the hard working mechanics using gasoline en gines. The rich use very little gaso- Send That Mail Order to HAYDEN BROS. . We mean the one you are fixing up now or thinking about. Make it up from the catalogue of any house in America. Hayden Bros, will fill it at the same prices or less and guarantee to give you better qualities and to save you time and freight charges. Hayden Bros, handle only standard, dependable, guaranteed merchandise.- Right at your doors here in Omaha we can give you the best possible values and service. Thousands of western buyers are now doing their mail order buying at Hayden Bros. Let us hare a trial order on any goods you need." You take ho risk as you can return the goods at our expense and get your money back il not satisfied. The Commercial 'National Bank, the Merchants' National Bank, any bank or business house in Omaha, any commercial agency, railway or express com- npany, or its'postoffice authorities, will tell you as to Hayden Bros.', responsibility. tsena m that order now to ' " ' Hayden Bros.' Wholesale Supply House, OMAHA. ..' biles and there are very few of them in that city. .. ' y " ... The Independent publishes this item to show the unlimited power to tax that is exercised by a. trust. It is tax ation without representation in a worse form than King George at tempted to 'impose upon this "country1 and against which our forefathers re belled. Their degenerate sons don't, rebel. ' They just pay the tax and say nothing. Worse than that, they go to the polls every year and vote for the trusts to tax them some more. i.The Independent will give a five-dollar bill to any man who will furnish a better name for a man who does that sort of thing than 'mullet .head.!' ; ' " Learn the truth and be ready to. combat error. Join the Independent School of Political- Economy. - Write a postal card today. v; " ' 1 v : I X 1 : : WAR IN WEST VIRGINIA ' The war in West Virginia (for when armed men by the hundreds engage In a battle where the field oT- conflict - is. strewn with dead and wounded, it can bo truthfully called by no other name) is the legitimate -result of government by. injunction and is just what every thoughtful man has- expected. The armed resistance to government au thority by the miners will find no sym pathy or encouragement from law abiding people and none but the most ignorant would have undertaken" to fight the "United States government, though that government was repre-' sented by an autocratic and. tyranni cal judge. Nevertheless the blanket Injunction issued by Judge Keller was provocative of war. It included in its scope John Mitchell and there -who were not within 1,000 miles of the jurisdiction of the court and prohibited acts which were included in the natural rights of man. The injustice and tyranny of such action of course was stimulative of open rebellion. If peaceful and le gal methods fail to exterminate this method of government by injunction, no. man can doubt that in the end there will be a general armed resist ance to tyrannical . orders issued by plutocratic judges concerning acts that have never before been regarded as coming within their jurisdiction. The position of the judges in this matter is the beginning of anarchy. The con stitution of the United States pro vides for a trial by a jury of all the crimes which the judges insist on trying without a jury. If the judges lead the way toward anarchy by de fying the constitution which they have taken a solemn oath to maintain and defend, it can only be expected that the multitude will follow the example? The populists of Nebraska when the first injunction of this nature was is- 0J1 am rw Make Yourself at Home m mm " r ' - mm w I it !0 nayaen tsros. wnen LlJy in Omaha. ; . . . Every accommodation free. Whenever you come to market don't fail to visit Hay. den Bros.' Wholesale Supply IIouso, Omaha (opp. postoffice). We carry everything you eat, wear or use and will beglad to figure with you on your supplies. Our shipping department will get your goods out to you promptly and in the best pos sible shape. Get Our Prices on Clothing. tr 'o'tS at reasonably low prices. See Haydens' grand showing of finest furniture now on display and sale. ; ; pros 9 mil. r 4,000 Per Gent for Underwriters. $10 A MONTH FOll TEN MONTHS NETS YOU , ; $4,000 Stock In One Year. This -special issue of Underwritten or.Ground Floor Stock is very f limitedryou must npply today, to get in. . . . , , . Wo are acting as fiscal agents for a company about to be incorpor - ated i for the purpose of operating upon some enormously rich gold Claims in Idaho. : This stock positively will be selling at $1.00 in 1904, and the ground floor investor can now buy it at 1 cents. . Remember the bonus stock. This is a giltedged investment. ( Stock will.be selling at 10 cents April 15thand will go rapidly at that price. This proposition will in-, terest you. Write for particulars to the fiscal ageQts. THE MINES EXCHANGE, Limited, Box E..112 Clark St., CHICAGO, ILL. . OTHER OFFICES : ' 115 5th St., Calumet, Mich. 106 Palladio Bldg., Duluth.Minn. Nelson, B. C. ' Camborne, B. C. Ckanbrook, B. C. ' r , ; Salmon, Idaho. J, sued foresaw the anarchy to which it would lead and Father Snyder intro duced a resolution in the state conven tion denouncing the departure in the administration of justice from alM.he precedents of the past Under this new procedure, the judges have assumed the authority of the unlimited mon archs of 200 years ago. The decision of our Nebraska su preme court in the case of McLucas vs. St., J. & G. I. R'y. Co. may be good law, but it is rather incongruous in view of the private ownership of rail roads. The court holds that adverse possession does not run against a rail road right of way, because It is a pub lic highway and the public has an in terest in maintaining it McLucas Bros., cattle dealers of Fairbury, had occupied part of the railroad right of way for stock and feed yards for more than ten," years, and set up the claim of adverse possession when ordered to move. The United States had granted a 200-fcet right of way through gov ernment land, but where it was se cured by condemnation only 100 feet was taken, and because of this ' fact misunderstandings arose as to where the right of way lines really run. If private ownership of the railroads Is to be the continuing policy, then it is high time that this "quasi-public'-' nonsense cease.' A railroad Is no more of a public necessity, except in degree, than a farm or a, blacksmith shop. And to say that it is a privately owned public highway is a contradiction of terms. It Is high time that' the people find out "where they are at." The taxing of the city of St Paul, Mfnn., by the . Standard Oil trust a sufficient sum to pay the cost of a law suit, which was an extra tax above what it usually levies upon that city, is nothing out of the ordinary at all. That is just what every trust does when it takes the notion.. The dose of soothing syrup that congress has administered will not cure a dis ease of that kind. ..
