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14 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT MARCH 9, 1903. Independent School of Political Economy ANOTHER DONATION. Henry George denied the correct ness of the Adam Smith school in as suming that the central law in politi cal economy is human selfishness, and laid down as his central law that men m Heir struggle for existence always seek to accomplish their purposes with the least expenditure of energy, whe ther that purpose be conceived in a spirit of selfishness or benevolence. Thla, of course, is correct if w'ft're strict the definition of "selfishness." A noted actor In one of his plays takes the part of a benevolent gentleman; who preaches the philosophy of self if m-es. With him, his apparently;' ir.ofct benevolent and unselfish act i3( Inspiied by selfishness he gets more genuine pleasure by doing what the w orld ' calls "unselfish" acts. ' ' V . A gentleman dQwu in Massachusetts, , who modestly prefers, to keep; in! th? background, sends a two-dollar bill to help along others who have not- the1 opportunity he has to read the stand-' ard works of political .economy.' I iThe Director will forthwith . invest nthis In some "free book" to follow after Mr. Shandrew's. donation. Our Mas sachusetts friend says: . .-. Editor Independent: I am glad to note the strenuousness of The Inde pendent in its "push" for. a . broader educational base for the average voter to stand upon. : In doing this work it is opening the all. , This "strenuosity" of The Inde- pendent is decidedly of the right sort,' being tempered by reason rather than "pugnacity," and there is no "blood letting" nor sorrow to follow the sturdy blows given for the uplift of all who will "hearken back" to its fundamental teachings. . ' V Having free access myself to the substantial benefits offered by the In dependent School of Political Econ omy the thought came to me, "Why not help some one to the place you would take, if it were not .for your free opportunity; as the more there ROW HUM FIRE TRUCK Ladderman Frank Smith Meets with a Serious Accident While Answering an Alarm ! While on the way to a fire the sud den jolting of the hook-and-ladder truck threw Fireman Frank Smith from his position on the running board. He struck the pavement head foremost and was still unconscious when brought to the hospital. It was feared by the house physician that he had received internal injuries which might prove fatal. Smith is stationed at the Central Fire Station, corner Fifth and Valley streets, Burlington, la., and in re ferring to the accident, he said to a reporter: "My whole system had re ceived a violent shock which affected my nerves fearfully. The doctor said I had nervous prostration. I would often start trembling out of a trou bled sleep, covered with a cold per spination, and imagining something horrible was about to happen. There would be times when my whole body would be numb and then again there would be terrible cramps in my limbs. "For a long time after leaving the hospital I was so weak that I could not walk across the room and my strength steadily lefused to return. I could not eat and the tonics and ap petizers they gave me did me no good. I was too sick to go on duty and the doctor said it would take a long time to recuperate. I was discouraged and dishear'teried. "Then a friend persuaded me to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People They gave me strength, quieted my nerves so that I could get a refreshing night's sleep, my appe tite came back and I soon began to feel better. In a short time I was cured and how I feel perfectly well and strong." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People have a double action on the blood and on the nerves. It is not claimed that these pills are a cure all, but the very nature of the rem edy makes it efficacious in a wider range of diseases than any other. It is a scientific preparation designed to cure diseases through a direct action on the blood and nerves. At druggists or direct from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schen ectady, N. Y., on receipt of price, 50 . . V . .1. 1 . an fl iuuu) per uua, si, uu&es lur .au. are to get the benefit the better for us all!" I resolved that this was a good thought and I fend you two do! lars (a3 a "starter" to set the ball in motion I hope) for a free scholar ship in your school if it Is accept able for that purpose or you can ap ply it any way you see fit to help your good cause which to my thinking is the -best and most sensible' "mission ary cause of the day. Evens if the time is short to 1904 for much progress to succeed in riv eting the attention of voters to their needs will be a great point gained from them. I expect only "mullet heads" who will never stay put any where. I don't write this expecting or desiring you to publish it nor do I do this for the sake of publicity. I would,; however, be pleased to be en rolled as a member, though I don't expect to draw books. . "THE LAND QUESTION" As the days go by The Director be comes more and more convinced of the ultimate, success of the school. Mr. C. F. Shandrew, of Germantown, Pa., with whom the editor has had several good-natured rough-and-tumble tussels over the single tax, has Kindly donated a cloth-bound copy of Henry : George's "Land Question," the volume also Including "Property in Land," and "The Condition of Labor." Thi3 is our first "free book." No ren tal fee will be charged. Any member of. the School (and any subscriber for The Independent can become a mem ber free of charge by. simply sending a postal card indicating his Wishes to become a member) may have the privilege of reading this book if he will pay the postage. Here is the' plan for this book. The Director desires at once the "names of six or more whov wU read the book and pay postage on it to the next reader. A schedule will be made showing who is to read it first and to whom he must send it at the end of the two weeks' period. Then if each will be prompt, the book can go on its mission of teaching the single , tax as long as it lasts and as long as there are members who wish to read it Be prompt about asking, if you de sire this "free book." , r i- ' PROF. ELY'S NEW BOOK. 1 -Perhaps of all the writers on politi cal economy and sociology, ' none is nearer than is Prof. Ely in accord with the principles enunciated in the populist national platforms except alone the matter of money. In a gen eral way Prof. Ely preaches the doc trine of a modified Individualism. He goes beyond the laissez faire doctrines of Adam Smith, yet does not rush to the other extreme the collective own ership of all the means of production and distribution. Adopting the lan guage of John Graham Brooks, he is the leading exponent of "the new con sciousness of difference between a really private business, like a gro cery store, and one that has ceased to be private, in that sense." To populists who are conversant with the clear thinking, but careless writing of Ricardo, and with the equally clear thinking, but faultless diction of Alexander Del Mar. the ideas of Prof. Ely on the money ques tio nappear foggy. But this does not detract from the worth of his books as much as one might think, for his position of the questions of land and transportation, monopolies, trusts, etc., is presented and maintained in a manner pleasing to populists. The Director learns through The Macmillan Company, New York, that the next volume to be added to the Citizen's Library, published by them, will be Studies in the Evolution of In dustrial Society, by Prof. Richard T. Ely, LL.L., author of Monopolies and Trusts, Outlines of Economics, etc. The manuscript is now in the hands of the printers and may be expected at an early date. Notwithstanding the vast amount of literature that has been written on the subject 'during lecent years, there has long been a strong demand for a clear and comprehensive work on so ciology and political economy, of a handy size and at a price within the means of every ono. No one is better qualified to do such a work by reason of his intensely scientific and practi cal mastery of the subject than Prof. Ely. In the present volume he covers his field both from the historical point of view and also from that of the stu dent of particular modern develop ments. The crying demand of the times is for les3 theorizing on social and eco nomic problems and more practical adjustment of living facts and the laws that underlie the marvelous re cent growth of industrial society. It is jus the kind of knowledge that will i t Jo? it ' - fie&nf A??. ' I . - 2 1 ' Mrii-r'i'iWh'ifrii'i Thf Is Another Wide, Low-Down, Thick, Dutchman'of a Black Percheron 4 iws uia, wi ,s,uuu "uumoad," (44696). He is a Sure Diamond, Im ported and Owned by Frank lams, St. Paul, Neb. Our illustration ii from " Thf Unm nf iho w,v . k i A . , . , haWe importing establishment of imported draft and coach stallions in the United States; that of Frank Iam, St. Pant, Nth. "laws'. Diamond," (U696), Black Percher on, 4 ears old, wt 2000 lbs He is an extraordinary stallion of big, 14 infh bone ltfthatPaSi5Dishi A hM, hil.'W i 3 lines, i f model drafter with two good ends and a place for his dinner. He is the highest-headed ISSi.T?8- Bi!"10? fhown JP !ar.8 t0 the PubIic-' He will make your h "'W 8tr!f eat to RW him SO. He is a whole, ehm in fast motion. He is a royal bred w&Hij-ancestors trace back for over 100 years. - He will get drafted with big size, finish and sensational price getters. He was a sweeDstake n'riy win ner in his class at the largest "French fJse stov." He is a Sof the many good flK11?? Porting barns. lams is selling Toppers" at fl OWd $1,400 with a biding guarantee of 50 to 60 per cent Freight and fareThoie Sn-lh.1? byM paid b Iam' He haa 70 black a" 3 to 6 years old 1 700 2,500-lb. imported and home-bred registered llloi onlJimas dollar. 30 hmd of the stallims have just been brought from hTs farm to his sale baxns and har.ot been picked pyer. lams potivflv has all of higTm and choicest horses on hand. They must Dositivelv all h cnW in In 18 -.gm- and lams positively guarantees to show you stallions that vm. a ai . . ... - " ' n.ioii ui uuv ur F ."" lug wtw) iuem. you im luaoe: and if vnn nan rv i ,. , not- wnn will raif,ai. k - " i !.. ur e'vo oanaaoie. sensational enZi Za"' . bs ue "in nypnouze you with 1 lams' big businass; his i 21 years of experience at St Paul, buying direct from breeders in Europe, without aid of interpreter (a savin? of 20 net llL a? rectto users of stallions, ton, pays no KanL, A SJ' uses his own money, has his own farms and ham,. Here are ten Tracts why vou can buy a first-class registered stallion of Frnk lams at one half the . nrL TSa'SI guarantee that every bank in his town will say is -0100 06 ;amS has i "Ilor sc Show" every day better than can be seen afany state ?air U will be the best jnoney you ever spent as an educator to see lamhlrses ill' hi! two horses worth going 1,000 miles to see. ' lle Write lams for the finest catalogue on EARTH. It a COKK fc'P o-u i i family will cry for it, when you see it. t-UKKLR. The whole lams' sales today were: That extra 3 year-old Black Perchpmr, cm .d quirer," wt 1900 lbs.; a show colt; and the great Percheron SS 1 t Ee; Bess," wt. 2010 lbs.' They went 'to Anna, I U c R lUndZn Th?TnST by?hi W ?6bralk-a ben;heyAWan first'cI Morsel ?S on the d S lhe Lowell Townshm RrAPdmor Aoenn oi w t r.n t X. Mr . uu"r. 2000-pound BLACK BOyT Thi savea more than f 1,000. "The Antelope Live Stock Asoc ation T" RaT ka. of 13 men), bought a tnn.nnt.hp, nf o " 1 j nTclar MIMras- JACKwS 7&SW CRACKER they say lams' Barns is the place to see th ood ones and'S IZ is nositivelv GILT EDfJF.. b nes' ana &et a guarantee that enable us to reach the right position to do this, that Prof. Ely has set him- seit out to furnish. Scientifically, it will undoubtedly be regarded as the author's best work, or second only to Monopolies and Trusts. While spe cialists in the subject will find its perusal most advantageous, it can also be read not only with profit, but also with enjoyment by all educated persons, even though not economists: On the whole, it will certainly be a valuable contribution to the advance ment of economic science. Prof. Ely, in the first partrof the work, gives a general survey of the evolution of industrial society, divid ed into chapters as follows: I.- The Idea of Evolution in Society. II. Evo lution and Industrial Society. III. The Economic Stages. IV. Economic Classes. V. Rece'nt Tendencies of In dustrial Evolution. VI. Statistical Results. The second part is devoted to special problems of industrial evo lution, in the following order: I. Competition. II. Rivalry and Success in Economic Life. III. Social Progress and Race Improvement. IV. Monop olies and Trusts. - V.- Municipal Own ership of Natural Monopolies, with a note on the Establishment of a Par cels Post and the National Ownership of the Telegraph, Telephone and Rail ways. VI. Concentration and Diffu sion of Wealth. VII. The Inheritance of Property. VIII. The Evolution of Public Expenditures. IX. U. S. In dustrial Commission's Report on La bor. XX. Industrial Peace. XI. In dustrial Liberty. XII. Widening and Deepening Range of Ethical, Obliga tion (or Ethical Application). XIII. Social and Ethical Interpretion. XIV. The Possibilities .of Social Reform. The work coricfudes with an ap pendix and a carefully selected bi bliography, t; Do you want to understand the aims and objects of the single tax? If you do, you can obtain literature on the subject free of cost by writing to the Brooklyn Single Tax, League, 1467 Bedford ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. - riFI- MAR S Hist-Proclims nn-talsW; Hist, moncf ULL ?ln O i; Hist Monetary crimps .75; tci. yeoen eM at. Mnnoy iu America fl.fcO: Ulst Money China .R0; Hist. Money Ketherlands .50 Cam' bridge Press, Box 160 M. S. N. Y. Readers of The Independent should write for the spring catalogues now offered free by advertisers. Buying by mail is as safe and more economi cal than buying over the counter. Try; it and always mention The Indepen dent when writing. . ,