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DECEMBER 8, 19C4
Vfe Nebraska. Independent
" v Only Postponed
. Considerable writing has been don
In the financial journals, concerning
the delay in the financial depression
which has always followeTsuch spee-
. lllatlrvn and fnAttltW - V - i- - i il.
- r v .uukiuu aa uao uiaiiveu tue
last five years. White ?ome of them
are inclined to think that it is - riot
coming, none say so.outright. The fact
is, it is not due until 1906 or 1907. It
has always taken ten years of boom
ing and inflation to' produce the result
: and .that sort of thing did nof bursi
upon'us until 1896-97. One thing that
has put it off is the crop conditions
in this country and Europe. The re-
p'orts from London and the contfuen
show that the greatest distress is' pre
vailing there -thousands are" in
, starving condition and hundreds , cf
thousands are out of jpork. Iri ' the
United ; ,States it is different. Last
year we sold over,' $100,000,000 worth
, more cotton than usual. Not that we
sold more pounds, but the very high
price brought that much more money
This year, on account of the failure t
crops In Europe and the war in Asia
we are getting big prices for all farm
products which is pouring many hun
dred Millions more of money into this
cbtiritry. A good many writers arcs
taking these things rnto consideration
The Springfield Republican says;
: The country may have succeeded
only in postponing and not ' in
averting . permanently the - full
' measure of . reactionary conse--quence
fairly to be expected of the
speculative excesses of. recent
e years. , :'i ;;""v,:" I
It is agreed that these excesses were
greater than any . that have precede
the panics and financial depressions at
any time in' the last fifty years. .
... Nesting the End
. The awful powet of Rockefeller and
the "Standard Oil crowd" Is just dawn-
" ins on the American people. Rocke-
ieiier nas irom one to nve axreeims iu
the following railroad systems: N
' Delaware, Lackawanna & West-
Burlington & Quincy; .Northern
Pacific; Union Pacific; Southern
Pacific; Chicago & Alton; New
York Central; Missouri Pacific;
Texas & Pacific; Chicago & North-i
western; Erie; Chicago, Milwaukee.,
& St. Paul; New York, New Haven
: & Hartford; Denver & Rio Grande;
1 "Delaware & Hudson; Rock Island;
Illinois Central; Mexican National;-c
Manhattan; Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit, and Santa Fe. -
He also has directors in the follow-
'lng trusts: "
United States Steel, International
Harvester,. National Sugar Refining .
company, Standard. Oil, American
) Sugar Refining company, AMs
Chalmers, New Jersey inc, Cuban-American
Sugar. American.
Coffee, American Brass, Ingersoll
Sergeant Drill. Berkshire Cotton, . .
Lackawanna Coal, Lackawanna
Steel, Sloss-Sheffield . Steel, Amal
gamated Copper, Anaconda Copper, ,
Colorado Fuel and Iron, Copper
oneen. Consolidated Gas. Broklyn
Union Gas. Western Union Tele
graph, . American Surety - Audit
company, United States Realty and
Construction, George A. Fuller
company, Lawyers' Title Insurance
company, , Bond and Mortgage- .
Guarantee company, Union Type-,
writing, International, Mercantile
Marine. " :
Does any reasonable man believe
that this ' republic can endure for 25
.yxAra . .with, thatisqrf of a power in it
ancrnirectin&-its-pono3 iej7
ting very near the end 61 the jti
ent stage of "civilization. . Stomethliig
else will take its' place. What
it 'be? ' .r7
SMne Old Scheme ;
The democrats have been watchi
with anxious eyes the referendum bi
lot on fusion. As soon as they "foul
that the populists were opposed
any iurtncr mix-up3 witn otner ps
ties, they began to announce that t
df mocrats . were down on fusion " a
always had been. They declare thd
on t , have anything to tio with poj
ulists. The Lincoln News had a great
display head under" which it told how
the democrats were going to havl
things their own way in . Nebrask
hereafter. But it wound up the story
with these words: "The democrats will
plan to reorganize the party along
strictly democratic lines with just
enough government ownership1 aril
gtuerai raaicansm to iurnisn an at
tractive haven . for the conservative
member of the allied party."
- The dofference between that scheme
and -the one they have always played
on the populist, Is one of those things
that na pop wiir ever be able to find
out and the; old scheme, ' their votes
show, that they are down on. " j
The Chnrch a.nd Liquor Dealers '
Mr. Henry Keatirg, secretary" of tho
Nebraska- Liquor Dealers' association;
and C. E. Phelps, editor of the Pro
tector, the organ of the association, in
a signed article in the Omaha "World:
Herald., say; "The li juor dealers
throughout the state did give -Governor
Mickey their support, f.nd for good
reasons."- That ought to fatisfy ariy
tody that when The Independent-declared
duVirig "the campaign that -the
liquor selling interests werg support
ing Mickey, it told the truth as it al
vays dees Will this declaration1 t.y
the liquor dealers aim in the least the
halo around the head of the saint who
lives in that governor's mansion front
ing the state house grounds? Will any
church denounce him? Will it prevent
church members from always lining
up with the liquor dealers in elections?
j , Speed The Day y
, The New York '. World gives more
evidence every day of its intention to
become a republican paper. ; Last week
it announced that President -Roosevelt
bad made ''an excellent beittnning" and
set out in separate paragraphs, under
a headline, "Heading the Right Way!
"wise and creditable" things' which
the ''president had done since election.
Now if the rest -of the Wall street
gang will go over to the republicans,
there may. be a chance to- form a' party
that will jmt up a real fight against
trusts, bank domination, and corpora
tion rule.,. May God speed the day.
when they, will all go into the repub
lican party.,
Vengeance Never Pays
From conversation with a score or
so of populists arid a study of the elec
tion returns, it- is evident that several
thousand popujists voted the republi
can ticket at the last' election. The
populists with whom the editor .has
talked all said practically the same
thing. They " wanted to wreak ven
geance upon the democratic party for
its perfidy and give a withering robulte
to those populist leaders who forced i
fusion upon them with Fr.rker demo
crats, and to do it. instead of voting
their own ticket and for principles that
they have denounced for the last twelve
years.
If they had stuck by "their own na
tional ticket and polled a big vote. for
Watson, and the democrats had cast
as they did do every democratic vote
in the state for Parker and Wajl street,
vhat a difference there would have
been, in the political situation today?
In their effort to wreak vengeance, they
injured themselves and their party.
Vengeance is mine saith the Lord,"
and everybody would do well to leave
it to him. .
Hon. Thos. E. Watson
For eight years while Tom Watson
rested from the . fight, the editor of
The Independent ceaselessly fought on.
Now Watson, fresh with vigor obtained
from years of rest and study, takes the
field. Watson is still a young man.
only 48 .years old, full of enthusiasm,
trained in economics by long years of
study, and in public speaking by con
stant practice before' tho courts as a
awyer. He has a reputation that is
frorld-wide as a distinguished writer
and the field lies open before him. The
fir is already quivering with his rhet-
jric and biting sarcasm. Soon from
qcean to ocean those wholove liberty,
honesty -and unrlghtness will be an
swering to his call. The old Alliance
fght will be but a skirmish to the bat
tle that will be fought daring the rieit
four years. Fall in, boys, fall In.
The Independent is getting a. good
many letters of which the following is
a sample: -Putnam, Texas. My sub
scription to The I ndependent expired
the 17th, but please don't- stop my
paper. I will pay up bye and bye. 1
can't afford to do without The Inde
pendent and It is dearer to me than
money." The management is -glad In
such cases to send the itaper until
is convenient to pay, but there - mut t
be; a great many who are able to pay
who neglect. The expenses of the
campaign make it necessary to insist
that all who can forward their money
inimediately. Refcrm ptipers dppend
upon their subscriptions to pay ex
penses while the plutocratic papers pay
their "expenses from trust advertising
and look upon -air they get for sub
scriptidns as ciear profit ' ' ?
The republicans and democrats tf
NewvYork city are' putting their be&M
together ; to devjse a5crieme to get
Judge Packer back on the bench. A
ncn-partisan dinner has teen called at
which the details will be arranged
Three Tammany judges will retire next
year on account of age and it is hoped
three more authorized by the next leg
iflature. The salaries of these Tarn
many judges are f4,500 a year greater
than the place on the supreme bench
which judge Parker resigned to be
come Belmont's and Bryan's candidate
for the presidency. The two old twins
will doubtless fix the thin.; up all right
Plutocracy always, takes care of ; its
supporters In both old parties. Go and
vote 'er straight some more. Don't
fail to be "regular."
Neither In literature, art or drama
is there one grand" imposing figure to
clay, 'much less one that ran be called
a genius. Joe Jefferson has retired
and Madam Janauschec c"ied the.o'th
er day in" a home for the aged. The
concentration of riches in few hands
has always marked the decline in thes
f elds as well as in all others. Where
U America's great poet today? Wheif
is its commanding genius in states
manship? Where is its g-eat writer?
Where is its great artist? The worlds
fair showed acres of fair mediocrit,
but not one stroke ofgenius. It showed
great skill in. creating wealth; but gav?
not a single hint of an equitable dis
tribution of wealth. It 'was always th3
dollar and never the man. ;
John Morley, the most dSstinguishe--;
statesman, scholar and writer of Eng
landa man whose reputation is world
vide glories in the fact that during
the twenty-two years he has been ? a
politics, eighteen years of that time hs
has been in the minority In one of
his books Mr. Morley sayp: "The his
tory of success is the. history of mi
norities." That is absolutely true. The
populist party has been ii a minority
in, this country, but the progress of its
principles - has been greater than any
man could foresee. In cities and in
states they have conquered in many
instances, notably In the construction
and operations of a government tele
graph system in Alaska. - ' .
The "regular" republican candidate
for governor of Wisconsin, according
to, the decision of the republican na
tional convention, vgot less than half
as many votes as the socialist candi
date for that office. If he had got
nineteen times as many more than J)e
did, still he would rot havj beaten La
Follette. Sometimes there Is not much
In "regularity," although some men
seem willing to blast .their reputation
to maintain it. - '
The Kansas City Star says "the rail
roads have no jlght to elect a senator
iu Missouri." We would like to- know
on what facts it bases such a con
clusion. The people of Nebraska have
conceded that right to the railroads for
nany years and so have many other j
states.' What "right" has -Missouri to
set up such a denial? New Hamp-i
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15,000 carloads of finest potatcc
grown on the continent In the Dc
Elder and Cache La Poudre Vails;
this year! - ' .
Here Is The Prcoi
Jonathan Huffer, 60 acres potato '
raised 610 bushels o acre.
J. S. Danleys, 60 acres potatoes raised
400 bushels to acre.
E. E. Umberger, 100 acres potatoe;
raised 400 bushels to acre.
Howard Briscoe, 40 acres potato: ,
raised 420 bushels to acre.
H. J. Parish, 65 acres sugar beet-;
raised 20 1-4 tons to -ere.
Allen Bros.. 40 acres sugar bef U
raised 20 tons to acre.
Jerry Mayne, 5 acres sugar beets
raised 23 tons to acre. r
J. E. Harbour, 12 acres oats raised 87
1 1 1 x
uusueis lu acre.
Seven million dollars paid to farm .
ers for sugar beets in Northern Colo
rado this year.
One million sheep and thousands ci
cattle being fed, on alfalfa and beet
pulp in Fort Collins district this year,
S'ome of the farmers are netting over
three thousand dollars this year fron;
40 acres of land. You can not beat
this sunshiny and healthy country 02
this earth. V, I
If a piece of ground which depends
on rain will raise 100 bushels, the same
piece irrigated will raise five times a
much. Twenty" acres Colorado irri
gated land will support a family in
ample comfort, and forty acres irri
gated is as large a farm as one man
can well manage. We have railroads
right through our lands, the best oi
schoolsi and churches, sugar beet fac
tories, flouring mills and everything
for the comfort and happiness of the
people. Our country is. well settled
with eastern people. "Some of the
most popular summer resorts are only
three or four hours' ride from this val
ley. ' Write us for full information anJ
excursion rates. :':-.-z. .
WOODS INVESTMENT
COMPANY- Ninth and PStr::fj
WiflrAiU I Infill flkr?Vf
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'A
sbire conceded that right to the great
railroad corporation that rules that
state and Senator Chandler who had
occupied a seat in the senate for many
years, challenged it. The people put
him out of the" senate pretty quick.
The railroads have exercl ted that right
so long that it has the force of law
and the Star is ir.aking a dunce' of
fself to deny it.
A lady writing to the editor saya (
that she was looking over some old 71
copies of The Independent and noticed :
that the editor in several places called 1 V
automobiles "devil wagons." She wants I
to know why such a term was applied
0 them a3 they are an invention of
great value. Well, in the fir&t place !, 1