APRIL 23 1903.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
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Independent School of Political Economy
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lrtFI A4 AD CHist,precious metals
lULL ny a,3. ist, money fz;
Hist. Monetary crimes, 75c; Science
money, $1; Hist Money in America,
$1.30; Hist money China, 50c; Hist
money Netherlands.soc; Cambridge
Press, Box i6o,M. S. New York.
Do vou 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.
Members of the school, both actual
and prospective, are asked to be len
ient with The Director. The Henry
Georga Edition is making considera
ble additional work, which prevents
preparation of some book reviews
which were expected to be ready for
this week. Subscribers who do not
wish to read books should never
theless have their names enrolled and
be ready to take advantage of the
opportunities next fall.
In a short time The Director hopes
to give a review of the "American
Farmer," by A. M. Simons, editor of
the International Socialist Review,
Chicago, which treats of socialism in
a way to appeal, to the farmers. A
prominent eastern socialist regards
this as one of the best books published
on this phase of socialism. .
The Director wants several names
yet of those willing to pay postage
one way on Henry George's "Land
Question" in exchange for privilege
of reading it. No deposit required.
IWrite postal card today.
, In a letter to The Director, The
Cambridge Encyclopedia Company
eays: "We are getting out a History
of Yachting in French levant, price
$26 net; and all our energies are cen
tered on the coming cup race." Whew!
If our friends would only get out a
History of Walking 57 Blocks to Save
Street Car Fare, in American cotton,
price 30c, The Director might - hope
to purchase. v
SINGLE TAX.
The Director is pleased to acknowl
edge receipt of a number of valuable
books on the single tax. Bolton Hall,
the well-known author,' send the fol
lowing: , "The Single Tax," by Louis
F. Post, editor of The Public, Chicago,
paper covers, 102T pp.; "The Story of
My Dictatorship," by - an anonymous
author, - preface by William Lloyd
Garrison, paper, 133 pp.; "Natural
Taxation." by Thomas G. Shearman,
paper," 268 pp., including index; "The
Condition of Labor," by Henry George,
paper, 157 pp.; "The Land Question,"
by Henry George, paper, 87 pp. Mr.
Hall says:
"My attention has just been called
to The Independentof March 5 and
the column headed "Independent
School of Political Economy," in
which reference is made to your plan
plan of circulating books.
"I take pleasure in sending you,
under separate cover, five books for
your school. They are paper bound,
and while not so lasting, there is one
advantage over the cloth bound books
in that the postage will be less from
member to member." Bolton Hall,
Trinity Building, New York.
And Frank , Vierth, Cedar Rapids,
la., publisher of the single tax
monthly magazine "Why?" sends a
copy of Post's "Single Tax" and "My
Dictatorship." The Director is sin
cerely grateful to these gentlemen for
their kindness and is ready to start
tha books out on their journeyings.
The postage will be from one to three
cents oh each book. This The Di
rector will pay in sending to the first
reader; this reader in turn to pay
postage to the next. They are "free"
booksno deposit,-no rental fee. Any
member Is entitled to read them. Any
subscriber of The Independent is en
titled to become a member, without
pavment of fees of any kind, by sim
ply asking to be enrolled. Write a
postal card today. Ask for any of
these books you desire to read.
LOYAL FILIPINOS
Tha Manila American Hm Doubt Upon
tha Snr-Jeet A Play That tha Police
Suppressed .
Not long ago the editors of the Ma
tula American were fined for lese
majeste in criticising the Taft govern
ment, but the paper Is still published.
In a recent copy it gives an account of
the suppression of a play that was
running in the Rizal theatre at Ma
nila. It seems to be a Filipino pro
duction throughout, entitled "Hidil
Aco Patay," which, translated, means
"I am not dead." In describing the
play the Manila American says:
"While there Is not a line in it that
would apear revolutionary on its face,
there is a double meaning to almost
every word in the play. The heroine
is a young woman who Is costumed as
FiHpina Libre.' The villain is made
up as an American, soldier, and what
the heroine does not say about that
young man is not worth saying from
a revolutionary standpoint. The play
is cheered from beginning to end, and
it is easy to see from the expression
on the faces of the audience that it
understands well the revolutionary
sentiments expressed by the players.
The final scene is typical of the whole
play. The rising sun, the emblem of
the crushed 'Filipino republic,' is seen
to rise behind a stage setting repre
senting a mountain. , As it rises the
orchestra plays Aguinaldo's " march.
By the time the march Is finished and
the audience has ceased cheering, the
sun has reached its zenith, and re
mains stationary. V Then the 'Star
Spangled Banner is played. This is
done solely to comply with the law
recently passed by ..the commission
permitting Aguinaldo's march to bo
played, provided the national air of
the United States is played immediate
ly afterward. But there Is no cheer
ing while the 'Star Spangled Banner;
is being played. However there is
no dearth'of hissing and cat-calls and
other demonstrations of. disapproval.
And all of this has been done right
here in the city of Manila,' not once,
but many times, during the past
month. And yet it is claimed by those
who claim to know, and who should
know, that the revolutionary senti
ment ha3 finally died out among the"
people of the3e islands." , '
Eighty Orlaning Skeletons
A single vessel of the Spanish fleet
sunk at Manila, when raised, presents
the ghastly spectacle of 80 skeletons:
The Reina Christina, flagship of Ad
miral Montojo, went down under the
fire of Admiral Dewey's guns. She has
now been raised, and the grinning
skeletons of 80 of her crew, who were
sunk with her, - greeted the horrified
gaze of those who descended into her
hold.
And yet each of these skeletons rep
resents what was a man when the
ship plunged beneath the waves. V".
"A man with warm blood in his
veins, with love of life, with home
and wife and children, it may be,
awaiting his coming, but waiting in
vain. A little incident this, in war,
scarcely worth mentioning, but in
dividualized, how horrible! Bosto j
Traveler.
"Timpli Hall"
It should be understood by those
who desire to criticise somebody be
sides Mr. Rockefeller in connection
with the offer of two-thirds of the
money required for a "temple hall"
connected with the university of Ne
braska that the board of regents have
nothing to do with the matter. Some
time ago the chancellor having been
informed that the northwest quarter
of tie block fronting the university
grounds, which is about the only , va
cant property adjacent to the campus,
was for sale, bought it with his own
money and subsequently gave the re
fusal of the purchase to the regents.
The regents agreed to take the ground
knowing that it would soon be needed
for such a building as has been pro
ved and the legislature authorized
its purchase later in an appropriation
bill. In the meantime, Mr. Rockefel
ler, who is an old acquaintance of the
chancellor, being informed of the mat
ter, made his offer. If the remainder
of the sum is raised by friends of the
university the regents will not be very
apt to refuse to use it. If not, the
property will be' held by the regents
until the money for the building,
which is much needed, is provided in
some other way.
But the action of the regents was
taken in the matter without any
knowledge of any movement to raise
the money in any other way than
the usual way by an appropriation
from the university funds when the
condition of the temporary fund is
such as to allow such an expenditure.
A hundred thousand dollars would put
up a very handsome and spacious tem
ple hall and as soon as the money is
available it is the policy of the board
to erect it. The Journal confesses
that it would as soon have the whole
or a part of the fund come from Mr.
Rockefeller's surplus as from any
body's. It will be honest money as
soon as it gets into the hands, of tUe-J
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university authorities In a lawful
manner. Does a person with the sort
of uneasy conscience exhibited by
those who talk about the inappro
priateness of a building contributed
from the Rockefeller accumulations
care to take the trouble to trace the
ancestry of the ten-dollar bill in his
purse? So he got it honestly, the
money is good enough for all his
practical purposes. State Journal.
Certainly a very ingenious defense.
Isaacstein, the burglars' "fence,"
could not conjure up a more plausible
excuse. Oh, yes; Isaacstein got the
goods "honestly;" he paid Red Mike
good cash money for them. Isaacstein
couldn't be expected "to trace the
ancestry" of those jewels possibly
tx-ey once belonged to some harlot,
but he couldn't help that he bought
them of Red Mike and that is a suf
ficient mercantile genealogical tree for
Isaacstein to keep. , .
So far as The Independent has ob
served there is no disposition to cen
sure either the regents or chancellor.
If the people of Nebraska approve the
idea, (hey will "dig up;" but if they
have too much spunk to be treated
like tenderfeet by the man Who has
fleeced them, it may take a world of
coaxing on the part of the Temple
Fund committee to get the people to
"stay in" on the Rockefeller "Jackpot."
The height of Impudence is when
a merchant uses rubber stamped sta
tionery to write to the editor of the
local paper complaining about the
editor . accepting advertising from
merchants in another town. .
