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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
Some people are very "sot" in their way. For instance,
ire cite the negro preacher who, in spite of every argument,
insisted "dat de arth do move.
Of such are the persons who con
tinue trading with tom-dick-and-harry,
no matter what business ar
gument is advanced for a change.
At best, we are all creatures of cir
cumstance. Our surroundings in
fluence to the largest extent our
reasoning powers and our actions.
In the face of these facts, however,
it is well for us not to forget our
God-given heritage of reasoning.
Mankind ought to be the chil
dren of reason, for to them alone of
all created things is given this di
vine attribute in its fullest.
Therefore it is not violating
common sense to ask in a commer
cial sense the question
"If reason called would you
listen?"
On our side of the argument
Reason says we have absolutely the
grandest display of clothes styles
for men and boys that the season of
Autumn, 1903, has produced.
Reason goes farther. It says
we have all Nebraska and the en
tire west beaten in the matter of
price. Not only do we have the choicest assortment of men's
and boys' clothing that can be bought in the world's markets
but we have these garments priced lower than any competition
dare meet. Reason says for you to prove or disprove this
statement. In doing so, a visit to the store is best. The- next
best is to send for our catalog and judge at your home by de
scription and sample. If you have any care whatever for your
personal benefit you will do one of these two things that Rea
son dictates.
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Copyright, 190, Kohn Brothers.
It is easy to visit our store especially so during state
fair week.
It is still easier to get our new
fall catalogue at your home. A
one-cent postal card request will do
this.
After you have visited this
store and compared all others with
it, or after you have received the
catalogue and tested the claims
therein by the goods themselves,
we want you to remember this as
sertion in this advertisement:
The Armstrong Clothing Co.,
of Lincoln, Nebraska, can supply
your clothing needs in better style
at lesser prices than any other cloth
ing store in the west attempts to do.
That's a pretty broad statement.
And yet we have the goods at prices
to back it up. In the newest style
men's suits and overcoats we have
unapproached values at $7.50, $10,
$12.50 $15, $18. There are cheaper,
there are dearer. Any of them rep
resents more value for the money
than the cost comes to.
In boys' and children's clothing
this statement holds eq ually good.
Make this Store Your Headquarters When in the City.
In Men's and Boys' Hats and Caps are equally strong.
In Men's, Boys' and Ladies' Furnishings no house excels us
Ilea son says to visit this store. Reason says if you cannot
visit the store, write for the catalogue. Will you listen to the
voice of reason?
ARMSTRONG CLOTHING CO.,
The Good Cloths Merchants of the West. 1221-1227 O St, Lincoln, Neb.
THE COOKING SCHOOL
Flahwlf Editor of Tho People Dou a
Mlant at Make-Believe Frying of Fih
The Independent's controversy with
he Weekly People (S. L. P.), New
York, has now reached a stage where
eome good may be accomplished, not
withstanding the editor of The People
persists in discussing an academic
Question after the fashion that men
discuss politics on the street corners.
L'rder the caption, "Frying the Fish,"
The People of August 22 devotes a
column and a half of editorial space
to answering The Independent's "Fish
end Fishers" in issue of August 6.
The People starts with this propo
sition: "Labor is the sole producer of
wealth." This The Independent has
rot denied. What The People said be
fore is that "labor is the Bole producer
o; all wealth VALUES." And this The
Independent did deny, holding that
"v.ealth" and the "value of wealth"
are two different propositions.
Defining the verb "produce" to mean
to "lead forth" or to "bring out of,"
and "producer" as the one who or
the thing or force which "leads forth"
cr "brings out" wealth of course, The
People's last statement, is correct
"Labor" is the only producer of
wealth. Looked at from a mathemati
cal standpoint, however, a "product"
Is the result of combining factors. La
tor, then, is the active factor; natural
v sources, the passive factor; and the
product could not come into being
without both factors. However, this
has nothing to do with the value of
wealth.
The People's next proposition Is that
"wealth has two values 'use-value
and 'exchange-value'." Now, by what
authority does this socialist paper re
pudiate and amend the philosophy of
the first pope of socialism, especially
as its editor professes to be his Ameri
can successor? Dr. Aveling Interprets
Marx as hold to the doctrine of three
values "value," "use-value," and
"exchange-value." "The value of a
commodity," says Aveling, "is the
amount of abstract human labor em
bodied in It" "Use-values," he says,
"are Intrinsic to, and cannot exist
arart from, commodities; they form
the basis of commerce, the substance
Oi wealth . . . and are the material
,ural resources," and moves to f.ubstl
depositories of the THIRD kind of
value exchange-value." "Exchange
vulue," he adds, (is) "the ratio in
which use-values exchange."
The People consumes considerable
space and tinn objecting to The Inde
pendent's definition of "labor": "Ex
ptnditure of human energy in over
coming the form or location of nat
tute the word "labor" therefor. That
is quite on a par with socialist and
republican logic in demanding "a dol
lar worth one hundred cents!"
The People's third proposition is
that "Exchange-value depends upon
the amount of human labor (is there
any other kind?) crystallized in an
article, and socially necescsary for its
reproduction." Doubtless it also "de
pends" upon many other things but
the question is, What is "exchange
value?" The People accuses The Independent
of using "a diffuse phrase to express a
concrete idea," but overlooks the beam
it. its own eye. Who ever saw a
"crystal" of "human labor?" vho is
the judge of the proper number of
these "crystals" that are "socially
necessary for (the) reproduction" of
an article of wealth? "Society," we
hear shouted from every side by eager
socialists. Very well; and how does
"society" go about the work of as
certaining the proper number of these
venderful "crystals?"
The fact is and The People knows
it that an anlysis of its own "diffuse
phrase" leads irresistibly to the con
clusion that "exchange value" depends
v-ron and is nothing else than a men
tal estimate or appraisal of the force
cf demand. Socialists, driven away
from the cost of production refuge,
seek to hide behind the walls of "cost
of reproduction;" finding there but
scanty shelter, they modify this to
read the "sociahy necessary" cost of
reproduction not the actual cost.
Afked to explain how "this "socially
necessary" cost of reproduction is as
certained or determined, they answer
vaguely that "society" does it but do
not explain how.
Proposition four: "Price and ex
change value are two different things,
though at times they may happen to
coincide. Price depends upon the oscil
lations of the market, due mainly to
supnly and demand." Good! More
"diffuse phrases." Why not tell what
"price" is? Let us ask Dr. Aveling:
"Price (i3) the expression of the
value of a commodity in terms of gold.
. . . Price is the money form or money
n&me of the labor materialized in a
commodity. . . . And price is a purely
ideal or mental, not a real or bodily,
form." ("Students' Marx" p. 23.)
Apparently, then, nothing could be
'priced" unless it contain those "la
bor crystals" which constitute the
"socially necessary cost of repro
duction." What Is the "socially
necessary cost" of reproduc
ing a painting by one of the old mas
ters? How can we calculate the num
ber of "labor crystals" which are "so
cially necessary" to "reproduce" the
eld Roman coins in the British mu
seum's collection? Is it possible that
these things have no "exchange-value."
but nevertheless command a
"price?"
One could compile a list of thou
sands of articles of wealth, things not
absolutely necessary to bare human
existence, but which, nevertheless,
have aided man in his progress, which
are absolutely incapable of reproduc
tion. They" were produced by the ap
plication of labor to natural resources.
They have "use-value" (utility); they
have "exchange-value," unless the
"labor crystals" in some mysterious
way have been dissolved by the lapse
el time; and they certainly command
a "price." The People's expert "fish
fiyer" might try his skill in "cooking"
these according to the socialist recipe.
How humane and how convenient it
would be if we could keep the flies off
our stock these days. Quaker-Fly-Away
will do it for sure. See their
advertisement in this paper. Write
the Monarch Mfg. Co., Council Bluffs,
la., who make it, for full particulars.
Harlan County Lands Cheap
No. A37. This is a rolling farm of
480 acres; 200 acres under plow; 240
acres in pasture and 40 acres of good
prass land outside of the pasture.
Buildings all frame and In just fair
condition. Price of the entire piece,
$7,000. This is good alfalfa, wheat
and corn land.
Also No. A38. This is a 320-acre
farm 6 miles from Orleans; 7-room
house with large bay windows and
perch on three sides, in good condi
tion; barn 32x40; 15 acres in hog yard
and good hog house; 20 acres in alfal
fa; 40 acres in good timber; 80 acres
in good pasture, watered by spring
and creek; remainder under plow.
Small orchard apple, cheery and plum
trees with an abundance of small
fruit. This land is slightly rolling.
Price $20 per acre. Weber & Farris,
LincolnNeb.
SPECIAL MARKET LETTER
FROM NYE & BUCHANAN CO., LIVB
STOCK COMMISSION MER
CHANTS, SO. OMAHA,
NEB.
Low prices checked receipts and
this week so far the run has been mod
erate at South Omaha. Market is 10
to 15c higher than a week ago. The
feeder demand is increasing. Buyers
are running prices up on one another
and making a brisk market Prospects
of good corn crop improve with each
nice day. Wednesday Chicago had 27,
000 cattle and 10 to 15c lower market
We quote best corn steers $4.80 to
$5.30, western hay-feds $4.00 to $4.25,
lest feeders $3.60 to $4.00, fair $3.15
io $3.50, cows and heifers $2.50 to
$3.25, canners $1.50 to $2.00, bulla
$2.00 to $3.00, calves $3.00 to $5.00.
Our sheep market has been steady on
killers and strong on feeders, so far
this week. Ewes are selling at $2.50
to $3.00. Feeder wethers $3.10 to
$3.25, yearlings $3.30 to $3.40, fat
sheep and yearlings $3.50 to $3.60,
feeder lambs $4.00 to $4.50, fat lambs
$4.50 to $4.75.
Hog receipts light Range $5.25 to
$5.65. Market 10c lower than yesterday.
Ex-Senator Smith of New Jersey
pays that the delegation of that state
will be instructed to vote for Grover
Cleveland and that the Tammany lead
ers have all assured him that that or
ganization is solid for the founder of
Pierpont Morgan's fortune. The all
powerful interests of the Morgan fol
lowing will be for Cleveland. The
$900,000,000 that Cleveland made &
present of to the Morgan syndicate In
the sale of bonds ought to make them
ardent supporters.