JANUARY 14, 1001
14
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
HOW CURK BUYS 1 BOND
I
Which Guarantees His Family an Es
tate, if He Dies, and Himself a
Home, if He Lives.
Mr. Clark, aged thirty-five, is man
ger of the elevator in the town of Sa-
. . i j
em. Tne position pays mm a guuu
Salary, enabling him to support his
family and lay aside about $200 per
year. Though he is now living com
fortably, he realizes that he must de
vise some way of providing an income
for hia declining years.
His idea is to buy a farm. During
a period of meditation as to whether
or not he shall purchase a certain quar
ter section of land which is for sale at
5.000. he is interviewed by a represen
tative of the Old Line Bankers Life In-
6urance company of Lincoln, Nebraska,
who endeavors to interest him in Life
Insurance.
Hardly does the agent get well start
ed, when he is Interrupted by Mr. Clark
who tells him of his intention to buy
a farm. He states that he is about to
make a small payment on the purchase
price and will, if the agent can offer
anything better be an interested
listener.
"Well," said the agent, "suppose you
buy a farm worth $5,000 by paying the
small sum of $175.25 annually without
interest, for twenty years, the con
tract for same containing a clause spe
cifying that, should you die at any
time, the party from whom you buy
the land will cancel all deferred pay
ments, and give your estate a clear
title; or if you live to the maturity of
the contract, give you not only the deed
to the land, but pay you as large a per-
centage of profit as you could reason
ably expect to make from the property.
Would you buy a farm on those
terms?" ' J
Of cauiSe Mr. Clark was interested,
and since the Company secures each
and every contract issued with a de
posit of approved securities with the
State of Nebraska, he expressed a will
ingness to become a party to such an
airreement.
"Well " continued the aeent. "if you
will pay annually to the Old Line Bank- on February 22
ers Life Insurance Company or we
' braska the sum of $175.25 they will, if
you die at any time, pay to whom you
. may name the sum of $5,000. If you
live twenty years, they will give you a
cash settlement consisting of the guar
anteed reserve and an estimated sur
plus, amounting to $5,491.25.t You will
readily see that you receive $1,98G.25
more than you pay in, which is better
. than four per cent compound interest.
Then, too, having the assurance that,
should you die. you would leave a com
fortable estate." Mr. Clark bought the
Insurance, and what Mr. Clark did you
can do.
" Permit our agent to explain" a con
tract to you. If you do not own all
the land you care to farm, ask for cir
cular No. 1 which shows "How Jones j
Bouhgt and Paid for a $6,000 farm.
If you have a mortgaged farm, call for
' Circular No. 2. which shows "How
Samuels Paid a $2,000 Mortgage."
For further Information address the
. OLD LINE BANKERS LIFE INSUR
ANCE COMPANi. at Lincoln, Ne
braska.
THE ST, LOUIS MEETING
A. Socrettlon From ft St. Louis Goatle
man Kcardlnff the Best Method of
Building up tho FopulUI
Organization
- Editor Independent: I- am a fol
lower of the late lamented Henry
Ccorgc, but I also believe in the piin
ciples, &a a general proposition, enun
ciated. by the people s party, at Oma
ha back In the ws.
. The general principles of the party
may bo outlined in four separate dec
laratlons, as follows:
First Direct legislation by the peo
tile through the referendum and in-
' Illative.
Second The Ismianco or money a
governmental function and should l
cxerclso-d by the government to the
exclusion of every private Intcrrst
Third Public ownership of public
titllltle. Including all mean: of trans
portation and communication, as rep
resented In our railway, electric and
steam, and lb telegraph and tele
phone nystf itu of tho country.
Fourth The land In the herltafcrt of
" all th people nnd cannot be alienated
by om generation a nguint the
rlfthU of a mcceedlng generation, and
atl lamia should lc held' aubjeii t
stub -oi riunriit.il policy it hall
nerve to eliminate, gambling In land
vahiet. otVrwUe known n gjiecuU
tbm In land, I, e., the buying and sell
Inn of land ft Investment properly
for profit only, the factor of occupancy
end ti having no part In tuh Iran-
action.
'place dSrevt legliUWon flnt be
cause it is political and not economic
reform, and, in order that a people
shall be enabled to bring about eco
nomic reform for the better distribu
tion of wealth and the overthrow of
monopoly and privilege, it Is neces
sary that the people be free to enact
such laws' as serve the purpose aimed
at. In Russia it is beyond the power
of the people to have economic reform
until they can secure a constituitonal
government, , for which they are con
stantly waging war of some kind or
another on the present oligarchy of
power, and economic reform is lost
sight of. ; .
The people,. of these United States,
in some degree, are in the same posi
tion of subjection to undue power in
the hands of an "oligarchy of monopoly
and privilege, which, through politi-'
cai machines and election laws framed
by those machines, and through the
manipulation of police power, ia en
abled to thwart the will of the masses
and prevent even moderate and rea
sonable reform and therefore they
must free themselves from such dom
ination before they can hope to bring
about the economic reforms they know
to be necessary and just. So far as I
am personally concerned, I believe
the, land question Uo be the most im
portant of all questions, but I defer
to the preponderance of populist sen
timent which finds voice in a belief
that the financial question is the most
important, hence I place the declara
tion on that subject first of those on
economic reforms and second in the
list of declarations, and the other
two, third and fourth, for the same
reason, the question in which I am
most interested, being the last In the
quartette.
Now, subsidiary to these general
principles, a series of minor demands
m'.ght be incorporated with good ef
fect, but I would advise that the plat
form be made as short as possible,
consistent with terseness and completeness.
I have gone into this matter in the
form set forth for the purpose of mak
ing some suggestions to the readers of
The Independent, who contemplate at
tending the conference at this point
on Fehrnarv 22. Thnsp nrnmntinu lhA
j f - . - - o
conference have in view the reorgani
zation and the rehabilitation of the
people's party on lines of absolute in
dependence of other political organ!
zations. I will not enter into any
extended argument to show that, with
this object and only this object as
the guiding incentive and announced
purpose of the conference it will
prove a failure. It should be sufficient
to convince any reasonable mind that
Mr. Bryan's leadership has not in the
remotest degree been discredited
among the rank and file of the demo
cratic party, and until it is so discred
ited by his desertion to the plutocratic
influences now seeking to control the
organization, which I do not antici
pate, the efforts to create a diversion
from the hosts he leads, is worse than
suicidal, for it will discredit those en
gaged in it. Then again, the machin
ery of elections being in the hands of
the two dominant parties throughout
the country, no third party could get
a .fair count, if its vote should be so
large as to threaten the Interests of
either. Of course, this is no excuse
for abandoning the movement to build
up the party anew in the interests of
the people as a whole, if there is nolh
ing else to do that will prove more
efficacious in accomplishing the ends
sought. But I propose to make some
suggestions in advocacy of other
methods of procedure, which I be
lieve will provj to be wiser and more
effective, without abandonment of the
principle of independent political ac
tion and without the necessity of dis
carding a single principle for which
we stand.
I propose to the populist leaders of
the country that they invite, through
the mediumshlp of The Independent
and other party papers, and those
otherwise friendly to the cause of
progressive government along Ihe
Hues mapped out, all who believe In
the principles enunciated, to meet at
St, Louis on February 22, und form a
people a democratic party to operate
within, the lines of the present demo
cratic organization with a view to cap-
luring the organization and commit
ting It to the principles we declare
for, ThU can bo accomplished, I nm
ure. by forming a d M net and n.-n-
at ate organisation and operating
through th primaries for the election
of uelegaten to etum-ntloiia roinmiltrj
to our principle,
Wb should It t It b known to Ihe
wi-rld that wo are opposed to ihe phi
tot rut lc element In the party with
which we hav been operating Ihe
past right year the element which
land for everything fathered by the
republican party, tho only difference
between them nd lho of that party
being a pretcnled delr for a chungo
In the Imilenro of tariff taxation, or
rather a modification of the rate how
New Spring Goods
Will Be on Display J
Next Week.
Visitors to the conventions to be
held in Lincoln next week are. all '
welcome to make this large store
. . THEIR HEADQUARTERS . .
Lincoln, Nebraska.
r Ttr "r tot v nr "jp -x
prevailing, which is of no material
interest to the great producing and
consuming population of the land, and
that we intend to either force the
party to stand for true democratic
principles and the rights of the many
as against the privileges of the few,
or break it down and eliminate it as
a factor in the affairs of the country;
th?t our test for loyalty of professed
adherents of this wing of the party
shall be the public espousal of oui de
cided principles and that we propose
doing all we can to commit the party
to such principles at the forthcoming
national convention, and in the event
of failure, through the preponderance
of plutocratic influence in the conven
tion, that we propose to call a separate
convention, then and there, and place
in nomination candidates for presi
dent and vice president, and go be
fore the country as the only truly rep
resentative democratic party of the
country.
I firmly believe that, while Mr.
Bryan would not commit himself to
such a movement before the conven
tion, for obvious reasons, he would
be with it if the "reorganizes" should
prevail, and with him would come a
large following that at the very start
wcud insure us the election machinery
of the party in many states. Under
such conditions "of procedure, there is
scarcely a doubt that the old pluto
cratic wing of the party would be
wiped out and the progressive wing
take its place as one of the two domi
nant parties of the country, and in
190S, genuine democracy would sweep
the country.
Let a distinct and separate organiza
tion, with the principles enunciated
as the test for membership, be formed
and the people's party will become
regnant with power for good at once.
It appears to me, at this time, as
though the plutocrats, by the use of
money and trickery, will be able to
control the convention and eliminate
"Bryanism," which, to them. Is an
other word for "populism." and that
there will have to be another "walk
out," hence, If wo go Into the field
under the manner of true democracy
as suggested, there will have been
prepared in advance a vehicle ready
and waiting for the secedera to climb
Into without delay nnd while the t pir
lt moves them, and, In my Judgment,
they will get aboard without hesita
tion, with W. J. n. In tho lead.
If there should bo a revolt and the
Bryan supporter are forced to so
cede the designation "democratic par
ty need not necessary bo adopted, If
law In twune of tho ktate prohibit
tho printing on the ballot of more
thin one parly caption, IncorjioraUng
one or more of the name word. I
behove, however, that mi h a tdittnte,
In MisMourl, wit overthrown by tho
mipromo court, unconstitutional.
In tho caai of primary rletlin.
thero I no prohibition aasiltut lh
mm of the name word a a p;uty rp
thm by any number of organization.
th only requirement being tha ion
joining of an alJltlonal word In nr
der to deslsnato ono from lh other,
a, for Instance-, i ocular democratic."
"straight democrat hM "Jfferonlan
democratic." etc, therefore, vr would
tura no difficulty placing la tho field
our "people's democratic" ticket and
f refused a square deal to report to
mass conventions and send contesting
delegations with a view of being seat
ed' in the regular body or forming a
part of the seceding forces in the sep
arate convention
As the peoples party passed out of.
habilitation and was eliminated as a
potential factor in the political af
fairs of the country through the dem
ocratic party's back-dcor of prom
ised advance into the fields of gen
uine progress, . let its leaders face
about and reverse the process of elim
ination, and march back Into re
habilitation and power by the same
identical entrance.
The writer, holding an official po
sition with one of the great monop
olistic corporations of the country, is
forced to sign a fictitious name, and
will be prohibited from attending the
conference in any other capacity than
a simple on-looker, hence, if the sug
gestions made have any weight with.
those in position to place them before
the conference, it will remain for
them to do so without further advice
from me.
FOrULIST-DEMOCItAT.
St. Louis, Mo.
Live Stock Insurance
The Phoenix Mutual Live Stock In
surance company hag oaid vaII(i a
large list of losses during the past
few months, all of which have oc
curred from natural causes or acci
dents, such as fire insurance policies
would not cover. Three-c'ourths of the
money paid on fire policies is money
thrown away on live stock. The fol
lowing is a sample of the main re
plies to checks sent out for losses.
Bradshaw, Neb., Dec. 13, ll03.
The Phoenix Mutual Live Stock Ins.
Co., Lincoln, Neb. Dear Sirs: I heie-
by acknowledge receipt of ch?ck for
$20 as payment in full on loss of calf.
Please accept my thanks for prompt
payment. Yours truly,
F. O. SWANSON.
All losses have been promptly paid
and Jhe company starts In the second
year with a nwit surplus in the treas
ury. For full particulars write tne
home offlce, 116 bo. 10th St., Lincoln,
Neb.
Good agent wanted in every township.
Special Bargain in Lancaster Prop
erty
f.10 aires 5 miles jtoutheasl of Col
lege View, highly Improved, f uo 1
and cross fenced, living water, miuII
pond flocked with fish, furnbhe no
for Ice houe; tills is an Ideal latni
for fstoek and grain; M acred in wheat.
2 mlki from station. Prit 1l2 pr
acre. Cheapest farm In comity,
H-ttere tract, hkhly improud, cheap,
doc to l he isr lino,
12 houa.-a ami tottiise In Limoln
on eaj term; havo other farm lu
state, atui (arm in KittifUit, OKUhtuu
aud tb'oritla. Wilto or t all nn
II. J. KK.Nr, Brow Hell Block.
I.ltuohl, Neb.
it will lo time profitably njent for
you to read rarrlulH th pj; n, c,f
Fred Hchrnldt 4 lira In thu t,u,
When ordering. pjea invntlvQ lh
IndrpelidcaU
