FEBRUARY 9, 1005
PAGE 11
&6e Nebraska Independent
uess conditions cl the country? Are
they not such that money piles up con
stantly in the hands of a Wall 'street
gang composed of a very few men? Are
not business conditions such as to de
stroy competition in most of the in
dustries of the country? Do not the
railroads give constant rebates and se
cret rates, all of which go toward sus
taining the system of concentration of
wealth? What do we want to do except
to disturb and overturn such condi
tions a3 that? " .
-The Plutocrats Vnea.sy
A little while ago a few short
montb.3 ago we were "capitalizing
prosperity the gold standard had -been
established and prosperity was to ever
hover over us. . The labor unions were
to keep on making successful strikes
and raising wages, the promoters were
o go on promoting and gather in mil
lions from 'every deal, the trusts were
beneficent ins tions coming from
an inevitable evolution of society and
Morgan, Rockefeller, Hardman and the
other seven fellows were to have in
comes of many millions ?. year to give
away the glory of God and the perpetu
ation of their fame as humble followers
of the lowly Nazarine. But there seems
to be a change coming over things.
The trusts are being attacked, and the
doctrine that they are beneficent in
stitutions is repudiated. Even New
England. is' howling for t lowering of
the tariff rates, a w on rebates and
discriminations in rates has been be
gun. Magazines are printrhg populist
literature and it li circulating by the
mllion copies. Demands are being made
to stop the accumulation of all. the sav
ings of the peooi? in Wall street and
using -them as a basis for financing of
trusts, and all sorts of strange things
are going -on in these United States, all
cf. which have a tendency to make the
plutocrat uneasy.
Man Mustbo Free
There are a few lawyers, judges afld
writers who are ueginning.to see'tnings
in the light that The Independent has
been trying to t resent them to its
readers. One of them aftor' considering
the great accumulation of wealth in
I few hands and the processes that have
brought it about, s&ys:
The parting of the ways is at hand.
Straight ahead lieo a continuation of
present conditions with even fewer per
sons 'in - control of evnr-increasing
wealth, more and more centralized and
mnnnnnlizprl. Tn th- left Hps the rnarl
to state socialism. These roads, may
seem to lie far apart, DUt within (he
distance any clear eye can carry, the
two roads meet. '
The truth is tb.it the republican par
ty for years has been rotten with pa
ternalism and socialism, while all-the
time it has been denouncing them, just
as it proclaimed itself as in favor, of
"one dollar as gcod as every other
ooilar,"-while it was all the lime en
gaged in establishing, a system in
which there were nine kinds of dollars
and no one of theia as good as another.
, This .nation must 'own eery monop
oly and preserve competition every
where else, or it must go to socialism
ancl then to anarchy, s, for socialism
would end in anorchy. We need not
follow the present system nor turn to
socialism. There is anotner Way and
Jr. is clearly poinrea out ny the funda
mental principles of populism. Man
must be free and not a creature of the
"slate," under orders from birth to
death. He must have an "opportunity"
work out for himself, under his own
guidance, his own destiny. Destroy
every monopoly through government
ownership and ha will have that oppor
tunity. Now Stop Crying "SocleJism"
, Dr. C. F. Taylor wrote a letter to the
Appeal to Reason and the International
Socialist Review, asking the editors of
those papers, if they favored the gov
ernment ownership of the telegraph,
railroads and other public utilities. Mr.
Wayland of the Appeal to Reason re
plied: Socialism stands for the public own
ership of the mean3 of production and
distribution, democratically managed.
Government ownership does not stand
for such a program.
Mr. A. H. Simons for the Interna
tional Socialist Review replied:
The socialist party all over the world
has always stood for the nationaliza
tion of industries. But, a3 before, It
has not considered their nationalization
while capitalists control the govern
ment of sufficient importance to lay
any great emphasis upon it.
Will the plutocratic press now stop
calling populists socialists?
A Question of Honor
While the editor of The Independent
has a kindly personal feeling toward
G. W. Langworthy Taylor, professor of
political economy at the state univer
sity, he has never yet been able to
agree with Prof. Taylor upon any
proposition, economical or financial. A
recent article of his in the State Jour
nal on the state oebt is of such a char
acter that It doe3 not seem possible
for anybody to agree witti him. Prof.
Taylor takes the position that there
is no dishonor connected with the enor
mous state debt because the state could
at any time borrow enough to pay it if
the holders demanded payment. Prof.
Taylor seems to think that there is no
dishonor in legislature after legislature
committing perjury as they have done
in this state. Every member of the
legislature takes an oath to support
and defend the constitution of the state
and that constitution declares that the
srate shall never contract a debt over
one hundred thousand dollars, except
for the purpose of repelling invasion,
suppressing insurrection, or- defending
the state in war. Those legislators
have created a debt of nearly two mil
lion and a half dcliars. Every one of
them violated their oaths. Is trtiere no
question of honor there?
The populists undertcoit i:o redeem
the honor of the state cy paying off
$600,000 of the debt. "Honor"" is the
only thing involved. The questioa. of
"credit" has never been raised. "
A Courtesy
"Receiving a courtesy.' That Js
what the members of the legislature
call the reception of a pass from the
railroads. What is a courtesy? Pri
marily'it means tc (latter, to pay court
to. Why-do the railroad , managers
flatter the members of the legislature?
It also means" an act of civility and
respect. Why are the managers so re
spectful to a man- as soon as he is
elected a member of a legislature? Be
fore he is elected the said managers
would not speak to him on the street.
They would not treat him with any
more courtesy than the other thou
sands that pass rlong. Why do they
become so courteous all of a sudden, as
it were? Do theo fool legislators be
lieve the managers admire them per
sonally? Do they deny that the cour
tesy" comes to thtm, not on any per
sonal account, bui: on account of their
official capacity? "a courtesy, indeed!
But then they all do it, and will con
tinue to do It until an act is passed
that defines the giving of a pass as a
bribe. ThoJast day of the legislature
such a bill might be passed to take
effect eighteen months afterward. That
would not affect any pass now in ex
istence. Perhaps the present leeisla-
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ture might muster up patriotism "to do
a little something for posterity, al
though posterity never .did .do any-
thing for them.v
There seems to be a good deal of
plutocratic prosperity even in Omaha.
The papers report that "hundreds of
men applied to the building inspector
for work In tearing down the buildings
destroyed in the recent fire, but only
fifty could be given work." The pluto
cratic wave Is slowly working its way
westward from New York.
TMI0W8
Get Busy Mr. Hotscnmn. It's "16 to 1" today is "best time evsr" to breed draft and
coachers. Don't wait until the other fellow "gather the eream." "Hntl la." Buy a "plum
rood one" of lams. His "Peaches and Cream" are ripe. "Its a cinch" that 70a will save
1,000 there and get better stallions. ' -
lams' "Sensational Black Boys" are "whirlwinds" in a J'show yard." They "voneT
cry 1st, 3nd and Championship sweepstakes prize (oyer all) on Percnerons, Belgians atad..
Coaehers at Nebraska State Fair 190. larss reserve stallions were net shown for prizes. Nose
of his sptclal train ol 100 slallloDs ree'd 8-18-19l were shown at the
HOME OF THE WINNERS
Buyers sny: Hello, N. V., I'm Pete .of Calif. Pay lams has the best lot of stallions and
most I ever saw, cheap too. Yes, see those.lO two-year-old 2,000 lb "Black Uys."MKlppera'
lams' stallions are choice roods. Wle Gents? Hans of O. I'm Zke of Mont. Eeethlsbara
of 40 2,100 11). three-year-olds. All "topnotchers." Sure, dot vos dot vide-aJ-a-vagon- Bullion,
lams has one "horse show" more big as dot "ltoyal" und be saves me iuorews?l,0p0. nro
tins;. No studs like dot In Ohio.
"Mr. 111., I'm Peabody, of Colo. lams has the t-reatast and largest establishment of 1st
elasa stallions owned by one man in U." P. 'Hnroiners, too." Bee thoao 20 2200-lb 4-yr-olds,
lined up. Blue Ribbon Boys. None to compare with them, in bone, big size, quality and fin
ish, at "International." Yon see stallions at lams' Just as yon read abnt.
Mr. Mo. I'm '-tockless Jerry" of Kans. This dally horse show of lams beats any state
air I ever saw. It's an "Kye opener" to any man to see lams' stallions. He Bells TopnoUkers
at $1000 and 11500.
Hello, la. I'm Louie of Minn. To see lams Champion Pereheron Belgian and Coach -Stallions.
They are the "hottest proposition" (to competitors) I ever saw. lams makes
competitors ''Holler" and ho "Butts In." ; Sells more stallions each year. Saved me 11000.
Mr. rnd., I'm Hogg of Tex. I came 20C0 miles to see lams' 6100-lb pair of "Peaches and
Cream" They are a "sensational Pair" Better than the pictures. Simply Immense. lams
is a hot advertiser. His horses are better than be advertises. Mr. Unbeliever.
$100.WILJL BE PAID Y0U-S1OO
if you visit lams and do not find every statement in ads or catalog true, Horses good as pictures
in catalog. Now will you be good, Mr. Knoekr?
Doc, I don't wonder at lams' competitors wanting n ii horses barred irom International,
"Something Doing" when lams makes berse show. He always has "Rippers and In show
shape. ' ' . ' '
Tom, Mr. Utah bought that 2,000-lb 3-yr-old at $1,200 of lams. Better, than one my neighbor
paid $3600 for. . . .
Kitty,- ain't Jam's Poachers 'Swelir'" Iasns handles onty the "tops", coaehers that look
over the house and step high as a "rtd wagon." ,
Ceorgie dear, buy a stallion o lams. They are 50 per cent better than one our neighbor,
paid those Ohio men $4,000 for. (Then I can wear the diamonds.) lams has
149.. Black Percherons, Belgians, Coachers--149
90 per cent ttacks; 50 per cent ton horses. lams speaks the languages, buys direct from breeders,
pays no buyer, salesmen or-Interpreter. Hats no three to ten men as partners to share
profits with. His twenty-two' years successful business makes him a safe man to do busi
ness with. lams guarantees to sell you a batter stallioiAat $1,000 and $i,40O than are being
sold to stock companies lor $.'600 to 14000 by slick salesmen, or pay you $100 for troable to
see them, you the judge.' Iain's pays horses' freight and buyers fare, gives 00 per cent breeding
guarantee. Write for catalog.
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