OCTOBER; 6, 104
THE NEBRASKA iriDEPENDEWTV
PAQ3tV
Freight R.ates
Earning of Nebraska
Hvxllrorxds
Hon. M. F. Haurrington
Editor Independent: One of the most i
important questions involved in this
year's election in Nebraska Is the re
duction of freight charges. lLe pop
ulist and democratic parties bcth have
pledged themselves in their pidtrorms
and through their candidates to re
duce, the freight rates charge-i by 'the
railways of the state if given the power,
to do' so. To accomplish this we must
have not only the stale tickef Dut a
majority in both branches of the legis
lature. I think most of the people of
Nebraska are agreed thai frei'-pl iates
are too high; but in oruer to put the
matter plainly before every votci who
may desire to inform himsel' ou tue
question, this article is written. 1 be
lieve if the people see clearly the in
justice. that is being done the pjouue
ing, laboring and business intrcscs of
the '.state,-they will give us tre actcs
sary power, to" enact laws to bring
some relief to the public.
". When such a suggestion is inaie we
often asked- "What did you ickts do
when you were in power?" Jo begin
with, we have. had control of only tiuee
legislatures of 1801, of 18S3 and 1897.
these and none( others. In tho legisla
ture, o?.. 1891 we passed a till th ough
Loth tLe house, and the senate, oiakiug
a large reduction in freight , ra;cj in
UikAUiAi. -The, idSl. vrssijyjiai'A.rJyy
James E. Boyd then lue democratic
governor of Nebraska and a, gintieraaa
who supported McKinley and Roose
velt four years ago, and who, it i z said,
. will support Parker this year ,,ipou the
theory that Roosevelt and Parker are
"two peas from the same pod.
, z After the bill was vetoed it was
passed -over the veto by the house of
representatives but failed to receive
the necessary . vote in the senate. In
that body it received the vote of every
populist except Taylor, who r.ad been
purchased, by the railway companies
and had been run out of the state and
who has remained " out of the slate
from that day to this. In th' tegis'a
ture of 1893, we passed anothct bill
reducing freight charges and p. was ap
proved. This bill was attacked ny the
railroad companies in the circ-iit court
of the United States and it was held
that the reduction was too great As
a matter of fact; I am firmly cominced
that if an investigation had bren-nade
f iti that case as to what items had been
Included in the term - 'opera.tr.g ex
penses" the x law would' haver been up
held, But IhcrepubJicansJaad control
of. the litigation and we are ,not. re
sponsible for their failure to.- irake a.
just and proper defense of the law.
The case finally went to. the supieme
court, of the United. States and was
long delayeyd, and it had to oe ihere
decided on the record made at the trial
by the republicans. The fi
ter .of 189? and the final, decls on was
not handed down mtjl atter t;.e leg
islature adjourned. The final argument
before the supreme court occurred
alter we had secured control o' the
state government and C. J. Swyla and
William J.. Bryan participated ip the
argument. , Mr. Smyth did this as a
faithful attprney general and Air Bry
an did it without any compensation
whatever. He did it simply as a re
former who was practicing what he
preached.
Since this bill, known as tlv second
Newberry bill, was held non-enforcitle,
we htfve never had a legislative in
which we had a majority n cither
branch. But in the legislatui ? o' i?01
we had fcrty-'eight out of one bunded
members in the house and twelve out
of thirty-time members in the. Finaie.
A bill was prepared making a snb&tan
1 in 1 reduction in rates and the fusion
caucus invited me to make the f rai
ment in favor of the bill. I d.l iu and
at tho 'clone of the argument the six
iopublican members of the ci.rnn-.ittce
reported noaintt the bill and th'- one
populist on tho committee ropo-tia In
favor of tho bill. But our case v.as so
clear that when our bill eat; r L.iore
tho house of representatives wo got
enough republicans to break their par
ty chains to enable m to pass tin bill
through the house. But it failed la Hio
firnalo. The railroad had the I land
ing Iron set firmly In tho scr.ab and
tho republican majority hilh; tho bill,
insofar ns our course U eonnnuMl It
is an op' n !oolc. Wo are wilunMhat
Iho world sliall know It nml wo aro
proud of what wo have done.
Will Homo pitHon namo a republi
can legislature that over ja:rd a
freight reduction MM? Will noino r
unn tiaine n republican IcRlsla'uro that
over tried to pass a freight .odudlon
Mil? During tho more than thirty
year that tho republicans have had
undisputed control of the vtatc will
some person name' a single republican
state officer who ever urged the pas
sage of a freight reduction bill? Will
some person name a single republican
member of either branch of the leg
islature duririg the last .thuty-seven
years since Nebraska came into . the
Union, who ever even introduced a bill
for the reduction of freight rates in
the state? Will some person name a
single republican leader in Neoraska
who ever went before a legislature or a
committee thereof and made an argu
ment in favor of a freisht ccuction
bill? Don't all speak at once.
ROBBERY ON THE RAILED ... ...
HIGHWAYS ... ... ...
The railroad rate question is so im
portant' and comprehensive that any
one feature of it is sufficient for an
article of this kind. For the putpuse
of, this article I take the Uniou: Pa
cific railroad and I include ucth the
main 'line and all branch lines. The
total, value of that railroad property
is shown by the statement hied by it
with the state board of eowilizalicn
this year and a certified copy of which
statement I have obtained rrom ;he
auditor's oflice. It shows thai the :cai
value of the Union Pacific in Vebraska
including branch lines and huiviing
its, rolling stock and terminals uti all
other ' property owned " by It in Ne-
Tnmi3rr$mmfT 191
the. Union Pacific did not file a state
ment of its Nebraska earnings but con
tented itself with giving the tarings
of the entire system. But vc;jone
knows they were greatly in, excess of
what they were the year before., 'A
year ago last soring the Unior- Pacific
did file with the auditor a statement of
jjolh its gross and net earnings 1j, Ne
braska. I have liicewise a certified
copy of this report. This report mows
that the net earnings of the Un'nii par
ciiic in Nebraska for one year amount
ed to $5,271,138.01. This is the amount
of money earned by this railroad com
pany, after paying all wages of at! its
men and after paying for coal ana re
pairs, and salaries of attorney : and
doctors and lobbyists and after mak
ing their contribution to th iepub
lica campaign fund and other expenses,
whether legal or illegal.
, What does this profit mea?;,Hcre
is a property In which is hiverftfd a
little over- nineteen . million cf dol
lars and yet it earns profit-for its
jowners'of more , than five miliion' of
dollars a year. It meana that the Union
Pacific railroad property In Nebraska
has earned for' its owneis after jjwying
all expenses more than two p. r cent a
rnoalh on eFery dollar -invested lh 'the
property. . These are the- plair "fig
ures; these are the unvarnlshru facts.'
The Union Pacific is charging the far
mers, stock men; -. profession ' men.
business men and the laborine ''.cnto
l lie- 6 cx i6Tl t tgii
ger rates high enough to maintain the
property and equip it and epair it
and improve it and pay all wages and
other expenses and furnish corruption,
lunds and still pay the owners of the
property more than two per cent a
month on the entire investment in the
road, both the main lines and bianch
lines.
Where is there a business hcus-e in
isebrasica that realizes two per cent a
month above all wages and expenses
on the capital invested? Where is
there a farmer or cattle ma-, in the
state that makes any such money?
And who pays this two per cent a
month to the Union Pacific railroad on
the entire investment in its propeity?
It is the people who patronize the rail
road. It is not the pass grabue-s who
ride deadhead like North Carolina nie--gers.
It is the farmers." the stockmen
the businessmen and the labonng class
of the state who have to pay cither
directly or indirectly the exorbitant
freight charges and passenger rates
which enables this railroad -ouipany
to pay this enormous rate of inter4
est upon its investment.
How has this Union Pacific railroad
managed to levy this extortionate toll
upon the people of Nebraska and up
on their business? They do it throdgi:
political supremacy. They cental uic to
campaign funds.' They manipulate, par
ty nominations and help elect republi
can tickets. Thoy have in tho Mate
scores of railway attorneys wbo do
their bidding at every turn. They nave
a largo number of doctors win re, olve
ironi them some busliurs and plenty
of tree piuscsi. Thoy have political ar
m 10,1 ranging from twenty-fHe to up
wards In emy county and this aimy
Kts annua! and trip passes for them
Hi'lvcH, their families and th.vr poht
leal hectors.
Thoho railroad attorneys, tlu rail
road doctors, three railroad iV.itlc.il
THE OLD FOLKS AT NOME
Are Never Without Peruna in the House
for Catarrhal Diseases.
prounty, Ca.jL., writeij:
''God bless ycu for what you, have
dona for mo. Tho rhoumatiiin has all
tli?:vppearcd, and to-day all cxeldim.,
'ITo-rV,oil you look!'' I , tell them yes,
and I owe it all to Dr. JIartm'an for hLs
goexd ndrico to me.; To-day finds" me
as free from paia ts I ever was The
rair.y season' hah' feet in here, but the
change hasn't affected r,vj t it used
to. I am "very thankful that I have
found out that you can and vilt help
the suffering ones that will follow your
advice, Several have a:;kcd me what
cur.-d me, and I tell them. They get
tho medicine then. We keep Peruna
in the house. My daughter has two
sons, and they keep welt and go to
school, acd they take the medicine
f very day.
" My wife was troubled with a p&Iri
in her side for years. Now Site is taking
rour medicine and hi real smart. -1 will
.do all I can-for you and for. those -who
need your advice,". - V
Mr. Jna. .0. Atklnaon, Independence,
Mo., Box 272 WTiter .-, ; .
" Your Temedies do alt thr,t youclira
Tor them; and. eren moro. Catarrh can
not exiat whero Peruna is taken Reword
ing to directions. ' Peruna completely I
uretl my wife and I of catarrhal troubles
f twenty-five years standing; In' my
';nnda as a traveling man I ant a walk
rig advortisereont of Peruna." '
lienchmen; are the enemies of Nebias'
la.' They are enemies of tho govern
ment of the state: they make free
government impossible; they destroy
popular rule. They are guilty of trea
son to the commonwealth It is through
this corporation-owned, political ma
chine that the Union Pacific and other
railroads maintain power tc plunder
the people by charging exorbitant
rates. The railroads of Nebraska a:e
not owned within the state Wiiile
Lhe Union Pacific in Nebraska is worth
only about nineteen millions cl doilars,
yet as a matter of fact it i3 paying
dividends on bonds and stocks amount
ing to about six times its actual wcith.
This excess above its real value is
commonly called by financiers 'watered
bonds" and "watered stocks. ' Tnese
millions that are dishonestly taken
from tho people of Nebraska inal-e the
people poorer and make the holucrs of
these watered bonds and Uou-s in
Now York and London, that much rich
er. It is! a dishonest transfer cf wealth
produced by sweat and toil in Nebras
ka to holder of watered b.;J.s and
watered stocks in financial reiittis.
It is a transfer unjustly of our
money to tire fraudulent owneis of
fictitious securities who despite ih and
who lauRh in their sleeves at how
simple wo aro to boar thou? oxtoitions.
How shall we resort bo the men who
ilvo In Nebraska and who keep up and
maintain tho system that is tMih fieec
in our own people? Thoy are with
us but thoy aro not of us. ThMf B)iu
pathles and Interests aro with the
scheming manipulators of watered
bonds and watered stocks. Wc uiiRht
to call them let mo bo first to ipply
tho name Tho Foreign Garrison In
Nebraska.
The forelRr. garrison In .WbrasUa
are now m6vln heaven and arth to
clod Mickey and a majority in both
ttraiuhe of the leKiidatuie. it is high
Mfi.ahdNRS.Scfiw,
Mrs. Alia Schwaudti
nborn, Minn.
writes .
"I have been iroubl
with r'icuma
ty-five years.
ttetu and catarrh for it
Could not sleep day i
nlzht. Alter
having used Peruna
tan sleep and
UK
hoihw't bothers me n
If I ever am
i of sickness
LiltaLLLU Willi iinV it.
- r r j . t ...iji. 11
Peruna will be the
ileinc I shall
use. My son was culfe of catarrh of
the larynx by .PeruiW'Mrs. Alia
Schwandt. or"
Why Old Peeplc ore tyc!a!!y Liable
to Systemic C tirrh.
When old ago comes d l Catarrhal dia
cages come also. Syst p v. catarrh i
almost universal in old
This explains why Per; i a become
so indispensable to old ivi!o. Peruna
is their safeguard. Peri. a tlie only
I remedy yet devised that Wa theso
case eiaclly. . - 41
i Such cases csnuoi b tret I IstrJiyly
nothing but an cfTectire y! VB tern-
edy could carer them; Thi. exactly
what Penmate." -v-- r. '
YAt you da not receive promArad(
isfactory results, from tho vise cA?ritns. ;
Xulb statement of your case-and vr. Wlllf
iep!cased' to giro you his yalutC-X ad- ;
vice gratis. ' ; s '' - i ' "".. 1 :
' Address Dr. Ilartman, Tttkle- ot '
Tho ITartman SntrHum.fVIpBh,' 0.
lime that whose who iiTe in neoraskat
and whose interests are in. Nebraska
should join together , and thiowr; tne
foreign garrison overboard.
M. F. HARRINGTON.
Texas Watson and Tibbies Club
Editor Independenf: We have' or
ganized a Watson club here and our
people seem to be very enthusiastic.
Our county will be thoroughly organ
ized in a few days.
Being a native Texan of 43 years
standing and my business being of
such a nature that I have to travel a
great deal over the state, I am in a
position to be pretty well up on the
political situation. My candid opinion
is with a united effort on the pan of
the populists, Texas will poll tho larg
est vote for Watson that has ever
been polled by them in this stale. Let
mo be:? our people to read our papers;
keep posted on the political situation,
and there will be no trouble to win out.
J. It. STRLRS. Fficrt'tary. '
State Populist Convention
Putnam, Texas.
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Nebraska:
elegant robes or coati made from
the horMt or cattle hided you sell
to local dealer? Write for par-
Ucular or aend your bides to
I THE LINCOLN TANNERY
Mtsry Molm, Pree. JiJ-jiS O Strttt
LINCOLN, NEUR.
fur coiti nd rohti la itock ir iU.
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