THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
NOVEMBER 5, 1903.
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Are we going to make a platform to
please one man?
Whatever may happen next year in
the democratic convention, it will not
'. be long before the populists and other
independent voters will become a great
party, if protection is accepted.
If protection is right; let us stand
by it, especially if there is any rea
' eonable prospect of success.
With the republicans and the pop
tilists advocating protection, there can
be no doubt of success. If Mr. Bryan
' wants to adhere to the democratic
, party because It is advocating revenue
tariffs, he can do so; but in doing fo
he will have to support a party that
supports the gold standard and all
that this means. Whatever course
Mr, Bryan pursues, the argument be
tween republicans and populists will
be with reference to the money ques
tion; the tariff will be left out.
One great point to be gained next
year is to bring the money question
to the front , '
With protection indorsed, populists
can debate with democrats in the
south on the tariff question. In the
south the republicans are weak and
they will be glad to have help from
the populists on the tariff issue. For
the purpose of bringing this .issue to
the front they will be willing in many
localities to indorse populist candi
dates, although In so doing they may
have to indorse greenbacks and all
ihat this means. Where such combina
tions are made, tariff and money will
be I he paramount issues.
With protection indorsed, populists
can debate with republicans in the
north on the money question alone.
There will be nothing else to talk
- about as between populists and repub
licans because they will differ about
nothing else. But as between popul
ists and democrats (in the north) pop
ulists can' debate as to protection and
money, because Uey will differ on
both of thesj;"" issues. "-.
I am not advocating fusion with re
publicans or democrats. I am only
stating what will probably happen, if
the popuJists indorse one of the prin
v ciples of the republican party, namely,
protection. Heretofore the populists
have fused with the democratic party.
The result of this fusion was that the
' populists had to Indorse tariff for
revenue only. This prevented an in
come tax from coming to the'front, be
cause, if there was to be tariff for
revenue, there was no room for an in
come tax for revenue. As proof of this.
Mr. Bryan has ; never advocate! the
income tax much, since lie was in
doreed by the populists in 1896; and
in 1900 the Income tax was left out of
the platform, which shovc that In the
democratic mind there wait not very
much of a desire to tax wealth. In
Dr. Snoop'
Rheumatic Cure
Costs Nothing if it Fails.
Any honest person who sufJers from Rheuma
tism is welcome to this offer. For years I
searched everywhere to find a specific for Rheu
matism. For nearly 20 years I worked to this
end. At last, In Germany, my search was re
warded. I found a costly chemical 'hat did not
disappoint me an other Rheumatic prescriptions
had disappointed physicians everywhere.
I do not mean that Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic
Cure can turn bony joints into flesh again. That
Is impossible. Hut it will drive from the blood
the poison that causes pain and swelling, and
then that is the end of Rheumatism. I know
this so well that I will lurnish for a full month
my Rheumatic Cure on trial. X cannot cure all
rases within a month. It would be unreasona
ble to eipcet that. But most cases will yield
aithiu ISO days. This trial treatment will con
vince you that lr. Whoop's Rheumatic Cure is a
ower against Rtieumstbtu a poieut lo:e
(gainst disease that in irresistible.
iiy oiler 1 made to convince you of my faith.
My faith Is but the tmtcotu of experienceof
teluul knowledge. I know w hat it can do. And
I know this so well that I will iurulsh my rem
Kly on trial Nmply wiite me a postal fr ray
(KKjk on Kliciunatliuj. I will then arrange with
l druggU In your vl liitty so that you can se
curest Ixtttle f Dr. Htooi.'s Ktiruntatlc Cure
to nuke the test. You may take it a full month
tft trial. Jf it sucixrd the nut to you is XhO.
If It tail UiU'U udne and mine alone. It
a 111 bm left rnttrtdjr to you. I ntratt that ex
avtly. If you ) the trial I not wuUiaeiory I
don't rpct a peony from you.
I have no samples. Any inert sample that can
ttcel ihrtiiU KlmimatUra wuil lm lntctt to
the verge of daw. I um no ' h drug lor It
t Usuvcnm ! lake them. You toun tit the
(ttuM) nit of the Wood, My rriiu-ly dues il.st
tun lo the u't ilifliciilt, i.lMKtste i-h. It
I1 rur4 the eldrtt tr that 1 tier rt, and
lu all t my rrlcnee. In all of my 3.Mu,
tiir IttwB'l anttther tvutvdy thai would cr
cue c hrvult' r la leu,
WtU me and I will ind yiu the Ui. Try
ny ttmtdy fi a month, Krlt can t harut you
ari)wy, II It tails Ihe l Is mind.
AddtcM lr. tfitH ti, lki u Latin. HU.
Mlfl ir Bi t rhrnh ar ottcn tunrd by one
r lo t !. rs. At U druriuts.
the south, where the democrats have
had control, Bryanism and populism
Lave teen on the ;rane since 1896 and
Cievelandism has been coming to the
front. This is because those who gov
ern public opinion in the eouth want
free trade or tariff for revenue and a
gold standard with bank money, rather
tnan republicanism which means pro
tection, with a gold standard and bank,
money. In the south, however, the
race problem is uppermost in their
minds, and they will not vote a re
publican ticket . because they think
that it means negro supremacy. In
the south there is not so much icter
est in national issues as in the aorth.
But with a new party in the field, in
the south, not heretofore identified
with the old issue of negro slavery nor
with free trade which has always been
closely connected with negro slavery,
there is a great opportunity. I don't
believe that the Idea of free trade or
a tariff for revenue only would ever
have taken root In this country, if it
had not been for the institution of ne
gro slavery, which was the cheapest
labor in the world, and which made
protection unnecessary for , the south
that is, the slave owners who gov
erned the south and north. Free trade
or tariff for revenue only took deep
root in England about the same time,
not on account of slavery, but because
English statesmen and the leaders of
public opinion thought that England
could, with free trade, become . the
greatest manufacturing and commer
cial nation of the world. This had
great influence on public opinion in
this country and made it more easy
for the owners of slaves in this coun
try to convince the American people
that free trade or tariff for revenue
only was the correct policy, when in
fact It benefited nobody (in this coun
try) but the owners of slaves in the
south and some democratic politicians
In the north, who wanted , to get into
office on the issue. Grover Cleveland
is now one of many northern states
men who is trying to be elected presi
dent on the issue. There have been
many heretofore since the days of An
drew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.
Now that negro slavery is dead In
the United States (or soon will be)
and that England is about to change
her fiscal policy, "populists- ought to
slop and think a good many times
before they advocate tariff for revenue
only. The motive for protection in
Great Britain is different from what
it is here.- In England they want to
keep their vast empire together, which
her' leading statesmen now believe can
be done only by having tariff duties
on all goods coming from the United
States and other great manufacturing
and commercial nations (food perhaps
excepted) and free trade or nearly so
between Great Britain and her colon
lei. This, It is easy to see, will nable
England to hold her colonies, and,
perhaps, prevent Canada from com
ing to us. It may even prevent us
from making a reciprocity treaty with
Canada. But whatever the conse
quences . either here or in Great Brit
ain may be, or whatever the motive
may be in England we are not advo
cating protection for the purpose of
keeping our empire together, because
we have no colonies of any conse
quence which we desire to keep, much
less to hold against their will. What
we want protection for in this country
is to prevent, competition between our
free labor and foreign slave labor.
We, as a nation, should stand by our
selves and have a national tariff that
btiits our own purposes and Interest,
whether It suits other nations or not.
As long as the manufacturing and
commercial nations are competing for
work, business and trade, it is the
duty of each nation to look out for
itself.
I am not tdvoeatlng protection be
cause It is eternally just or expedient,
but because it Is infinitely better
more Just and expedient than a tar
iff for revenue only and because we
are obliged to make a choice between
the two. If we tako tariff for revenue
only and re joet protection, then duties
on all goods that we can produce will
be very low aud foreign goods of this
class will come Jn aud our "artisans
and laborers" will be obliged to work
tor the same wages as prevail abroad
if there la slave labor abroad, then
cur workmen will get no more than
foreign slave. And. as to goods
which we cannot produce, the duties
on these will bo vry high and our
workmen will have to pay very high
prices or m without. On the othr
hand. If wo take protection, then our
Ani'Mlcan workmen ran, to a certain
extent, regulate wnRf'S. At lnt they
will not b compHled to alnk to the
lvei of foreign slave laborers. The
union, on such goods as we produce,
ran l made high enough to make tip
tr the dlffnrnct between wage
abrmid and hrre. This will prevent
forflitn capital from employing al.ive
'rf'r aud hrtnjctnx In ilu;p good,
unless the foreign capitalist pays th
dut . If the foreigner dos tM. ike
duties will diminish his profits jpn
goods sent here and add to the revenue
of our government and thereby dimin
ish the taxes on our American people.
As to goods which we cannot produce,
these will come In free of duty and
the prices of such goods will be low
to our workmen and all others. Such
is the difference between protection
and tariffs for revenue only, which
should always be remembered, when
we are called upon to choose between
the two. They are directly antagon
istic, because protection means no du
ties at all free trade as to all com
modities which we cannot produce
and high duties on all commodities
which we can produce; while tariffs
for revenue only mean high duties on
an goods which we cannoT produce
and low duties on all goods which we
can produce.
Protection is patriotism. A tariff
for revenue only has no regard for the
country except to get money out of
the pockets of the people and put it
into the public treasury, without re
gard to the ability of the people to
pay or the benefits received. It is tax
ation according to consumption of for
eign goods, which, in regard to goods
we .cannot produce, is not only very
high, but no higher for the million
aire than the ordinary workman no
higher to the man of wealth than to
the man of no property. With regard
to goods which we can produce, al
though it may reduce the price, it
also reduces the price of wages and
often prevents our workingmen. from
getting any work or wages at all. As
a system of taxation nothing could be
more unjust. But with respect to pro
tection, we have a system of taxation
which not only has regard 'for the
public treasury, not only looks to the
various classes with respect to their
ability to pay taxes, but it considers
the situation of our country with re
spect to all other countries, especially
the great manufacturing and commer
cial nations, and it seeks to prevent
any of these nations or their people
from injuring our industries, our la
bor or our capital. It seeks to build
up and strengthen the nation and to
make it able to defend itself against
all foreign nations, especially those
nations that wouTd break down our
manufactures or trade.
JNO. S. DE HART.
, Jersey City, N. J.
Thanksgiving Proclamation -
By the President 6t the United
States of America: A Proclamation:
The season is at ' hand when, ac
cording to the custom of our people,
it falls upon the president to appoint
a day of praise and thanksgiving to
God. During the last year the Lord
has dealt bountifully with us, giving
us peace at home and abroad and the
chance for our citizens to work for
their welfare unhindered by war, famine-
or plague. It behooves us not
only to rejoice greatly because of what
hes been given us, but to accept it
with a solemn sense of responsibility,
realizing that under heaven it rests
with us ourselves to show that we are
worthy to use a right that has been
entrusted to our care. In no other
place and at no other time has the
experiment of government of the peo
ple, by the people, for the people, been
tried on so vast a scale as here in our
own country In the opening years of
the twentieth century. Failure would
not only be a dreadful thing for us,
but a dreadful thing, for all mankind,
because it would mean loss of hope for
all who believe in the power of the
righteousness of liberty.
Therefore, in thanking God for the
mercies extended to U3 In the past,
we beseech Him that He may not
withhold them In the future, and that
our hearts may be roused to war
steadfastly fortood and against all
the forces of evil, public and private.
We pray for strength and light, fo
that in the coming years we may with
cleanliness, fearfulness, and wirdom,
do our allotted work on the earth In
such manner as to show that we are
not altogether unworthy of the bless
ings we have received.
Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roose
velt, president of the United States,
do hereby designate as a day of gen
eral thanksgiving, Thursday, the
twrnty-flxth day of the coming No
vember, and do recommend that
throughout the land people ceaoe from
their wonted occupations, and In their
several home and places of worship
render thanks unto Almighty God for
HU manifold mercies.
In witness whereof I har hereunto
set my hand and canard the seal of
thn United State to bo aflktd.
(Signed)
TIIKODOliR UOOSKVKl.T.
lly the rrrstitrnt:
JOHN HAY, Secretary of Stale.
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CATARRH.
If Left to Run Its Course Unchecked, . It '
Often Causes Death.
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out" the entire system. The stomach,
and lungs are affected by the drop
pings that fall into the throat and are
swallowed during sleep. Dyspepsia,
inflammation of the stomach,' bron
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The blood also becomes contaminated
and carries the poisons to all parts oZ .
the system. Frequently in the more
advanced stages, the bones cf the head,
become decayed and the air passages
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so foul and offensive as to be un-be-rable.
The expression, "tjotten with
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Stuart's Catarrh Tablets strike at
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ana none of the offensive symptoms o,
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Inz them."
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SK0KE YOUR MEAT WITH
A BRUSH.
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so long in many parts ot the country that
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hack o the old method thon ol returning to
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shrinkage is often one-filth, and this runs
into money when yon consider the amount
of meat the average farmer usunally smokes.
Our Modern Meat Hmoker Is practically con
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ends the process. .You run no danger 1n
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