THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
NOVEMBER 19, 1903.
The Philosophy of Freedom
An Open Foruai for Single Taxers
By arrangement with The Macmil
lan Co., The Twentieth Century Press,
17 East ICth street, New York, has ac
quired the exclusive control of the
paper edition of Mr. W. J. Ghent's well
known work, "Our Benevolent Feudal-ls-m."
A new issue, tne fourth, of 2,
000 copies, is now on the press and
will be ready for delivery early In No
vember at a popular price.
Editor Independent: Our late elec
tion In Ohio proves a condition of In
dustrial slavery. The powers that be
have for a generation taught the
worldngman th:t it, is a prime object
of government to furnish employment,
and they who ar9 creating the na
tion's wealth have never' debated the
question, "Why Is it necessary tht
anybody needs to be furnished with
employment?" There was nothing in
the democratic platform that every
American citizen could not freely in
dorse, and the campaign made by the
opposition was that of a masterly
evasion. But the ever ready argument
w threat used during the last month,
of mills and shops closing in the event
of democratic success has not lost its
power of persuasion. The producers
o' this country fear the loss of their
Job more than did the chattel slaves
the south, and a small coterie of
trust magnates are In position to tie
up the affairs of business on twenty
four hours notice. Cleveland having
been elected br a party that de
nounced protection as a fraud, there
was a continuous panic during his
term, and he seemed unable, if he were
fie disposed, to point a solution for un
employed labor. Shall we therefore
consider that the party now In pow
er has a monopoly of all the virtues
and that production must cease with a
change of public poncy? Yet that is
the claim in substance of those who
have control. It looks like partisan
rancor run to seeu; the superstition
of ages manifested in politics, to be
reminded that we dare not challenge
the existing order of things. It is it
self a confession that state-craft has
reached a very low ebb. "Let well
enough alone" is the phrasing of a
Captain Kidd, the shio-jobth of such
as George P. Baer, who claims an
ownership of the earth by divine ap
pointment And here is the crux of the whole
matter: Whoever owns the land vir
tually owns the people who are on it.
There is no escaping the fact that
all labor Is in Its last analysis always
land labor, and the first condition of
equal rights is that there be equal
terms of access. In the exclusive pri
vate ownership of the elements pro
vided by nature, there is seen a wide
distinction between those who have
and those who need, and with the rise
of population and Improvement In the
arts, the disparity increases because
of enhanced land values. Even now
nine-tenths of the whole people are
landless, exist by sufferance and la
bor only by permission oi those hav
ing the privilege and power of exclu
Bion. No political party is held directly re
sponsible for this system. There
never was a time when land values
have not existed, but being due to
the growth and Indus y of society as
a whole, a large number in every par
ty have arrived at the conclusion that
this value belongs to the government.
While as an issue, the single tax can-
SIIOKE YOUR HEAT WITH
A BRUSH.
The new method of fmoklni? meat h
c ne to Ktft jr. It tm slrtndy com sni Mtt
m long In mmy i-n rti oi iht country tlmt
there is no lonjirmny ntrr thmi-lt ol rolni?
lisck o the old inrUuul tlmn oi rt'turnlnjr to
I lie oM ftiMnil tx c rl. hen you irrokc
your Bleu l with our Motli-ni Mttit hirokfr,
you rrotnpllNh all tlmt rouhl rcMMy t
cone by the old tin IhoU, tntl wmiO tn tlmt
the old y riovt not srrorotlUh. The im-l
In better iTolwtr! Hff lnt ilrt sy tntt spaIiim
the nUscV ol remit n1 lnrM. It tucirs
belter, II looks truer, and It will hrint ntore
money, the ol.l tieilod o! uimHii dries
out ih ntrst and inhicesihe Hhl. The
hrtnkart Is ottrn one filth. anl ihta runt
Into monry whrn you roiutdcr the amount
ol to rat the avrrr" Isrwcr unlly tmokr.
Vat Modern Meal Hooker l j rm tu alli -r.
drnwl ll.jittd unoke tilth fan be
la minute with a lruh or t onye.atol ti.
ett'la Ihe truce. Von ion no dantrr In
loln ty Pre or the t and ae Nlh tin.
tntliuouey. Cur Mt)rrn irt fnultrr I
ul u In t)tiarl buttles only, ne U.Hle in
eov rrTo tu atu IU. ol meat fccguUr il e,
It j iut i-rlre, teK',
Ct l.rytlila la the Vtt I Is.
RilGG
Tho Druq Cutter,
1 oetltuo, 15.1 V ft., 1 loroln, Sell,
not be intelligently broached during
the heat of a campaign, a full and fair
discission will revecl it as a natural
law by which the labor question and
the problem of an equitable distribu
tion may be solved.
F. H. AUGSPURGER.
Trenton, O.
THE SINGLE TAX IN A NUTSHELL.
1. Land, the material universe, and
environment of the animal man is,
in the natural order of things, the com
mon property of all men.
2. With the advent of civilization,
arises the necessity for secure posses
sion of land for the holder's exclusive
use.
3. Since any parcel is as much the
property of one man as of another, the
holder should, to prevent injustice, pay
his fellows a sum proportionate to
the desirability of his holding.
4. The question now arises as to
the method of distributing these pay
ments or using them for the common
benefit. This question is answered by
the needs of government, which arise
simultaneously with dawning civiliza
tion and the necessity for the exclu
sive possession of land.
5. Admitting that such payments
should be used to defray governmen
tal expenses, we have next to ascer
tain the amount the holder should
pay, and whether he should defray all
expenses or share the burden with the
landless Jaborer.
6. The land having a value, at
taching peculiarly to land, and not due
to the improvements in or upon It,
this value should be contributed to the
common fund, since, as the people own
the land jointly, any value attaching
peculiarly to it is theirs. If after thd
payment of a sum equal in value to
this annual "rent," there yet remain
expenses to be defrayed, the landless
man may be asked to give his fellows
a portion of the results of his labor.
7. This payment by the landholder
to his fellows for exclusive possession
of the common property, 1 the natural
tax, now diverted Into private pockets
at the expense of labor and legitimate
capital, to the emolument of . huge
"trusts" and unearned individual for
tunes. In short, this simple proposition, so
simple that a child may see it and yet
of the essence of justice, Is the much
debated, often maligned "single tax."
FREDERIC MONTGOMERY.
.Clinton, Mass.
SPECIAL KiAhKtT LETTER
FROM NYE & BUCHANAN CO., LIVE
STOCK COxMMISSION MER
CHANTS, SO. OMAHA,
NEB.
Cattle: Three days this week
brought moderate receipts with a low
er market. Corn-fed beef is 25 to 40c
lower than 10 days ago." Wednesday
the prices firmed up anu we believe
low spot has been reached for this
time.
Vv e quote choice corn-fe . steers ?4.S5
to 5.00, fair to good short-fed $4.25 to
4.75. Western beef steers $3 to $4.
Choice heavy feeders $3.50 to ?3.70,
medium $3 to $3.40. Common grades
down to $2.40. Yearling steers, choice,
?3.25 to $3.75; others $2.90 to $3.25.
Good fat cows and heifers $2.40 to $3.
Stock heifers $1.90 to $2.50. Canners
$1 $2. Milkers and springers $20
to $, . Steer calves $3 to $4. Veal
$3.50 to $4.50. Grass bulls $1.50 to
$2.50.
Rf v oc 'sheep liberal. Market
steady Wednesday when a break
of 10 to 15c came.
Killers. Feeders.
Lambs $4.50-4.75 $3.90-4.00
Common 3.00-3.40
Ycarlinga 3.50-3.75 3.15-3.35
Wethers 3.25-3.50 3.10-3.2U
Ewca 2.30-3.00 1.75-2.30
Hog receipts fair. Market sti'd de
clining. Range, $1.30 to $4.60,
11)3 Eva Cold Mini
Headers of The Independent will re
member th advertisement of the
Mint Exchange (Ltd), oMce Chicago,
Calumet, Mich.; Nelson, 11. C, etc.,
which appeared torn months ago of
firing stock la a company organized
to operate th Uva gold mine In Itrlt
tsh Columbia. Those who bought the
mock will be? pleased to hear the fol
lowing report from an officer ot the
company It mean that the Kva I
rtwnething mure than a paper mine:
IMUor Independent: We are Jtmt
In receipt of a telegram from John
Knot, atiprrintendrnt of the Kva
mine, whkl, rcAl aa follows:
Tie tnup amounted to otinera'.
Katlroated to value Kf.K). The total
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856 McVlcker's Theatre Building, - CHICACO, ILL.
tonnage amounts to 703 in 499 hours."
The above report Is exclusive of
ine concentrates, and means that $C,
500 haa been recovered in free sold,
bolng the amount of bullion realized
exclusive of the value contained In
the concentrates of which we have
received no report. The average
amount of or treated per 21 hours Is
33.S3 tons. Time. 20 days, 19 hours.
Average tT ton. $9.20 in free fold.
Our representations have been that
for a full month's run, we would real
Ire from eight to t?n thousand dol
lar. If, however, we flmr on the
above hash, a full month's run would
have given tia over nine thousand
dollars In bullion, exclusive of con
centrates. Just as soon m we pt a rcntplole
Matrment of lat montn's operations,
It will be forwarded to you.
It It safe to fit ore on a monthly
production cf from fight to ten thou
rand dollars with a probability f
lamer productions If concentrates are
Included. We b.'lleve that the pro
duction will avtrae from eight to
twelve thousand d'ltrs, that Is, In
cluding sll nlft rrorrHl.
ANtmr.w r. noi:Nni:u;i:u.
Calumet, Mich.
Good Groceries Cheap
Friends of Thor Independent will
confer a favor by senllns an order
for groceries to Branch & Miller Co.,
whoso ad. appears on another pape.
The goods are first class and a prcat
bargain. Fend your order today, tf
you are not satisfied you can havo
your money back. Mention Tho Inde
pendent when you write.
$16.40 CHICAGO and RETURN $16.40
Vis.
ROCK ISLAM) SYSTlin .
Pates of sale. Nov. 2. and 30. JVe, 1,
Good for return until pee. . Kor In
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address. P. II. HAHNKH, ( A.
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Thi t'nld Ftate irrand J'iry at
Omfu tart rlntm the honor. If hotr
It t telng the first J'trv In th
I'Mted Fifties tht ever tndltel an
I'D I ted pitatem semtor. The republlfin
prtv of thN state will anorded,
without contest, the honor f ha leg
nt such a creature to the United
Siatis senate.