DECEMBER 3, 1303.
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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
A MtRTIfRTEH EGOISM
: The socialists are famous for ob:
Rrure term3. Their ism is said to be
"egoistic" as opposed to an "altru
istic" theory, which, being translated
We can understand why editors and
lawyers and doctors do the same. Ev
ery man of them knows that his bread
and butter and preserves extra would
be menaced by telling anything
Into the vernacular means that social- against the interest of the powers that
ista believe every man (with the rar- be; so consciously hypocritical or un
est1 exceptions) acts in harmony with consciously foolish, all of these
what he believes to be his own self- "moulders" work ceaselessly to blind
interest, rather than through any love the eyes of those who produce wealth
or consideration for his fellow men. only to.be robbed of It through the
In fact, they contend that he is com- operation of laws which are heralded
pelled to do this; that in any conflict as the acme of legislative wisdom.
between his material interests and his We ought to thank the socialists for
ideals, the average man will respond this delightfully obscure term, "per
to his material interests. verted egoism." We need not pay much
Of course, with such a theory, there attention to the words themselves,
inust be some explanation ' of this but what they stand for is worthy of
phenomenon: Millions of. mSnr .wo- thought Every plutocratic newspa
men and children toiling many hours per in the land is working overtime
each day for the barest necessities of to keep up this "perverted egoism.
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lifesome of them starving wh)le
some few thousands live without work
surrounded by wealth In lavish pro
fusion. The socialists are called upon
to explain why these millions give.up
the wealth they produce and stane
And that the plutocrats themselves
understand the power of the press, is
well shown by their immense sub
sidies to insure a- free circulation of
such papers among the wealth produc
ers. Papers like The Independent are
and deny themselves and permit the compelled to fight over every inch of
lion-producing thousands to live a life
of Idleness and luxury. Their an
swer Is that these thousands dominate
the government and that they 'per
vert the egoism"' of the millions;
which is another way of saying that
the idle thousands by some hocus poc-
us cause the toiling millions to believe
that their lot is Inevitable, the result
of natural causes, over which man
has no control, or else is the direct
fault of the toiler and starver himself
he being addicted to drink, or the
tobacco habit, or is lazy and shiftless,
etc. '.,,,'.'-' " . . .
It Is needless to add that however
much there may bo In socialism that
Is'either absolutely objectionable or vi
sionary, there Is an element of truth
in this "perverted egoism" explana
tion.. For example, the socialists
point out that the controlling factor
today in perverting men's egoism Is
"public opinion;" that this is now
more powerful than any other force;
that men respect and obey "public
opinion," but pay little attention to
future rewards and punishments to
accrue to. them in the world to come
In other words, their fear of public
ostracism and 'their love for public
plaudits is more intense than their
hopes of heaven or their feais of hell;
and this fact is amply sustained by
the testimony of, the clergy itself, es
pecially when it speaks frankly of the
decadence of church-going among the
wage-working masses.
Now,, this "public opinion" U manu
iactured by , officers of government,
educators, editors, lawyers, doctors,
and the preachers themselves all of
which, with a few exceptions, look to
thd wealthy thousands for their sup
port. Being manufactured by the ben-
efleiaries of wealth holders, it Is nat
ural that -"public opinion" should be
made to. favor those who pay for it.
Henco, with rare exceptions, we find
ineBe moulders of public opinion
preaching the gospel of content, "let
well enough alone " "keep on letting
Well chough " alone," and "for God's
Bake keep on letting well enough
alone." As their own bread and but
ter depends upon making the proper
brand r of "public opinion." their
'egoism V requires them to speak and
write many things which their con
sciences revolt at.
Hence, we can understand the rea
sons why a preacher of the gospel of
brotherly love taught by Jesus Christ,
will roll over his tongue tho dainty
'morsel of "benevolent assimilation,"
rdestlny. "tU will of Hod," etc., in
supporting the republican party In Its
Philippine policy, with -it sultan of
,$ulti ami his Uvf and harem, with
t Hel Roaring Jake .Smith snd his
"kill all 'over Un' atrocities.
, We can understand why coll- snd
vnlvemlty professors will tcavh. and
write the twmi absurdly grotesque
the ground to gain in circulation, and
are put to all sorts of inconveniences
by the government officials (under the
guise ' of ''rules and regulations").
Such a paper cannot grow without
the aid of Its subscribers who have
had their eyes opened, whose "ego
ism" is no longer perverted by the
skilfully told lies of . the plutocratic
"moulders of public opinion.", .
Reader, cannot youald in extending
the Influence of a paper whose motto
is to, tell "the truth about every
thing?" Send for a package of five
educational subscription cards, each
Of which' Is good for a five months'
subscription. Carry them with you.
Sell them to Tour neighbors at 25
cents each. Remit the money after
you have sold the lot "or can sell no
more. It costs you nothing to try,
except a postal card,
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Special Holidays Combination.
We Pay the reight.
We will deliver the following flO.OO combination, to any towns
in the state of Nebraska, freight prepaid by us, any time during the
month of December, 1903. Reference: First National Bank or The
Independent. .......
50 lbs. Best Granulated Sugar ....$1.00
4 lb Fancy Mixed Candy .50
4bs Fancy Mixed Nuts. 50
5 lb Fancy Bulk Currants............ .50
1 lb Bakers Chocolate., ...7...... ... .50
lib Fancy Bulk Coooanut. .25
lib High. Grade Tea....... .50
5 lbs Gilt Edge Coffee , 1 .00
4 lbs Fancy i Crown Raisins......... .50
6 lbs Choice Pru nes t 50
41bs Fancy Apricots.....;.......,......,...... .50
4 lbs Fancy Nectarines. . ; .,r ......... , ' .50
4 lbs Fancy Muer Peaches.'... ..v. .50
6 lbs Fancy Japan Head Rice. , .50
2 Cans 16 oz. Cream Tartar Baking Powder. . . . .50
3 Packages 10c Baking Soda .25
3 Packages 10c Corn Starch. .'. . .25
3 Packages 10c Gloss Starch.... ............... 25
1 lb Pure Black Pepper. .25
12 bars Good Laundry Soap .50
3 Bars 10c Rising Sun Stove Polish ...... . . .... .25
All the above for. $10.00
Order for customers outside of the state 0 Nebraska rxl on Tine of railroad
.entering Lincoln add 75 cents to pay part of freight. ..."
Branch & Miller Co.
Box 2962. Cor. 10th & P. St., Lincoln, Neb. What we advertise we do
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The Standard Oil company arogantly,
defies the government of the United
States. It refuses to give the informa
tion required by law concerning Its
capitalization and other details. Will
the brave president dare to try to en
force the law against Rockefeller?
Well, hardly.
A great many sermons were
preached in Chicago last Sunday on.
the career of the youthful criminals
who murdered eight people and com-;
mitted many other crimes. The min-
isters laid the biame of their deprav
ity upon everything except the right
thing. Some of them even laid the
blame on the education of the lower
classes. If they had cast a glance at
their Sunday morning papers and
noted the pages devoted to giving no
toriety to these detestible villains and
thought for a moment upon wnat the
influence of such literature would be
upon the young, they would have had
no difficulty in arriving at the cause
OMR A8 BAD AS THIS OTHER
When a partisan frenzy seizes a pop
ulation, it has characteristics that dif
fer somewhat from all other frenzies.
It, In some respects, differs from a re
ligious frenzy, but has many things
in common with that sort of Insanity.
Raymond, the Chicago Tribune's
Washington correspondent, in speak
ing of the late campaign in Ohio, says:
"Senator Hanna's personal pop
ularity was so great, and the
meetings. , he addressed were so
pronouncedly republican,' that he
would have been applauded if he
had advocated a scheme for the
propagation and encouragement
of typhoid fever.' V
When there is such a condition
among the people, sane men can only 0 the degeneracy of the youth of the
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bide their time and wait until the
craze is passed. There is not a par
ticle of doubt that Hanna could have
got an unanimous indorsement from
his followers In Ohio for a Bhlp sub
sidy scheme that every one ol them
would have voted to give millions of
dollars, and taxed themselves to pay
it, to any great syndicate of multi
millionaires that Hanna would have
named. That a subsidy to ships, paid
out of tho government treasury, could
not In any way benefit an Ohio farm
er, wage-worker or small business
man. would have made no difference to
them. Thev would have "voted 'er
, - w
straight" anyhow.
But It will bo impossible to main
tain that sort of frenjty any great
land. There was not a pveacner
among the whole lot who had cour
age enough to attack the depraved
daily press. . v
The Alabama supreme court has
rendered a decision that knocks out
the law disfranchising negroes on ac
count of color. , We would like to see
a northern court that , would hand
down a decision so much against pop
ular clamor and public opinion as that
was. The supreme court of the United
States has always been a political
court and has never yet rendered a de
rision against tho party In power;
When the party in -power was pro-
slavery, the court was pro-slavery.
When the government was In favor
length of time. It will disappear and 0f greenbacks tho court favored them.
If hard times should como along with
its disappearance, the same shouting
crowds would be. junt as willing to
tear Hanna to pieces and ttaraple him
beneath their feet. In such an up
heaval, sane men would take no
greater part than they did to the pre
ceding craie. and they will be the
ones to whom the people will turn
for flnil leadership. The whole re
publican scheme of trusts, taifU, ship
aubuldles, railroad corporations and
graft will have no worse results than
When Wall street captured tho gov
ernment and it was against green
backs, the court was against them,
and so it has been through all Its
history. Men every wnere will take
off their hats to this Alabama court.1
If we had that aort of courts every
where we would have a different ort
of a government.
statement upon any subject whkh
might enlighten the tolling millions, "a propagation of typhoid fever.
and thus open their eyea and rcleas
tbeta from their "perverted ccoUm." 1 patronise our aivtrtUera.
'Competition' In the telephone ser
vice In Nebraska City does not teem
to work. They have an Independent
company there which was to "com
pete" with the Nebrstks Telephone
1 company, 700 ou r.ompany nss rauea
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Did You Ever. See a (
Boy's Overcoat
That Fitted Right? P
you probably
never have. Per
hups you have
wondered why.
It is Mme you knew
the Big Clothing
Store maks
specialty of fitting'
boys from 12 to
20 years with the
same care and
exactness that we
fit grown up men.
Nothing could fit
better. Here is s
long Overcoat in
regulation or bel
ted shapes black
or Oxford grey
very manly, very
stylish, very du
rable, very cheap
at $10.00, but our
price is only
"fS 00.
Send for samples,
write for catalog.
Armstrong Clothing Co.,
The Boys' Big Store.
1221-2 7 OSt., Lincoln, Neb.
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Hs rates from $1.75 to $3 per month.
The grocers and butchers all ordered
the 'phones taken out, but they soon
submitted and. had them put back.
Now. the business men have to have
two 'phones, and pay the old com
pany more than ever before. That
gold bug town, will perhaps learn
something after a whllo and go to pop
ulism for relief. In that day, the city
will own all the telephones and ev
crybody will bo served at cost.
After the firit of January a verdict
against a railroad in a district court
court will not be worth very much.
There will be always an appeal to th
supreme court and the old-time rec
ord of revsiialai will be beaten.""
Charlei Weston, state auditor, Lo
i lu the land of a sheriff out la
Wyoroiui for violating the banking
laws. Is alo president of the North
western State bnk of Hay Springs,
Neb. The cah!er will lave to run
that Institution for a while without
Mr, Wettoa's assistance.