FEBRUARY 16, 1905
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Th New Wild Cet Money Is thi3 canai being built? 13 it for the
Editor Independent: I have received I oeneni oi me wnote peopie, or ior mo
the bundles of the paper and have dls- ceneflt or some lavorea contractors
riht1 thorn mnstlv throueh a fr end speculators wnu nav mrwu ima
-who has promised to'trj aBd make up burden upon the people for their per-
a. club. I have also read my own
through quickly and promptly given
it away. Several time3 I have written,
but have found articles covering the
ground far better and with more
knowledge of facts, but I have thought
of something that people in general
do not think of, and which has not
been made prominent in any of the
articles or editorials. It is the condi
tion that will follow the gold standard
on the .flexible assets currency.
When the gold standard is fully es
tablished there will be no other stand
ard money, and there will not be a suf
ficient quantity of money.
There will be a substitute. The sub
stitute for money will be the proposed
flexible asset, wild - cat, tank credit,
which trulv and curtly, is 'bank debt.
Then the gold will be retired from cir
. culation and hoarded in the bank3.
That is the wav it was back in the
. fifties. The specie was hoarded in th
banks. The wild cat bank rates, bank
credit (debt) were loaned out on real
. estate and persona' security and this
deb was payable in lawful money.
The bank notes on broken banks wer.3
worthless. Each tank put its notes out
through a distant bank, not in a sin
gle bank, but many banks at great
distances from each othe. And when
after a long interval, some men sue
'ceeded in gathering-a quantity of the
note;s .of a certain bank and traveled
a long distance to that bank to get
the specie he arrived, in many in
stances, a day too late. For the bank
eettine wind of it closed its doors and
removed its specie. In other instances
WW thfiv , were taken by surprise
they failed for want of specie on hand
But it was a condition that all the
standard money v as insiie the banks
. and nothing but credit money was in
circulation except a littie silver for
change. - '
Exactly so Jt will be when the banks
have got all they want. You don't
blame the banks for getting what they
want do you? But if Roosevelt gets
an idea of this, what will happen?
Will he say, like Jackson, "By the
eternal, the banks have too much pow
er." Well, they ht.ve too much power,
and - they have tco , much influence.
It js the influence of the banks that,
favors the retirement of the old green
back and the redemption of the old
standard dollar. l is nothing but the
influence of the banking power. The
greenback ought to be doubled, trebled
and quadrupled in issue. But first the
exception clause of the legal . tender
ought to be repealed. The old stand
ard and unit dollar ought to be in full
coinage all the time, but it ought first
to be a full legal tender by having the
.exception clause against il as lawful
money repealed. - .
Now we must get back at .the old
serpent. If the banks are able to call
in all the gold, verily , the banks have
too much power. Giving the banks
whatever they demand for fear .of what
they may threaten, is liko sacrificing
the king's daughter to the dragon.
But this is all wrong, we knew a
brave president to slay the dragon
Or rather a brave and. fearless popu
lace who will slay him with the ballot
And what can the banx do with a
power of gold when the government
uuts money into circulation that ; is
-good by law to pay all debts in dues?
They know that they couii do nothing
and so they oppose it as a matter of
life or death to them. , Nobody blames
A U V.,,4- Vt ft Tri 1 1 k n TY AcMni rl f
I lit? ill, UUl YVUat 111 mc i UOIUVUL uu
P. H. D.
,. Pasadena, Cal.
sonal benefit.
Men that we elected to do us justics
in legislation have done this work, for
us. These things will continue until
the people take the control of all these
great enterprises atd refuse to enter
tain, a personal favored - few. "When
people elect their United States sena
tors and leave out millionaire trust mag
nates, railroad presidents and corpor
tion contractors, and al3.i elect their
supreme judges, leaving cut- corpora
tion lawyers and have no millionaire
senators or members of congress nor
political supreme judges, then we may
expect some legislation for the people.
At present there -s none, neither will
we be burdened with a tariff tax that
the people have never understood
Many have been made to believe that
tariff revenue is paid by the foreigner
and the high protective tariff is to stim
ulate high wages fcr the benefit of the
laboring man, all of which is false.
; D. W. HUGHES.
Yates Center, Kansas. -
The World's Largest Diamond
"The largest diamond ever discovered,
weighing ' 3,032 carats and valued at
from $3,500,000 to $4,000,000, has just
been found near Pretoria. Before this
discovery a stone weighing 971 carats,
or nearly half a pound, sent to Lon
don from the Jagersfontein mines in
South Africa in 1893, was regarded as
the largest.- Thia stone is still in proc
ess of being cut in Amsterdam.
The total value of all the diamonds
in the world has been estimated by
George F. Kunz, the foremost expert in
America, at " $1,000,000,000. As the
United S'tates government since 1867
has exacted duty on diamonds and pre
cious stones valued at $240,000,000, Mr.
Kunz believes that not less than $500,
000,000 worth of diamonds is owned in
this country. Credulous persons might
think the value of those lost by ac
tresses was even greater than this sum.
It remains to be seen whether the
American millionaire will outbid tne
crowned heads for, ownership of this
newest, biggest, pound-and-a-half dia
mond. ,
Pays Full Fa.re
Editor Independent: I feel that an
apology is due from me for not more
promptly renewing my subscription for
The Independent. I, just today, dis
covered : that my subscription , expired
on the 26tlrof last month. -
I have received notice from Mr. De
France .that The Independent is. going
to club with Tom -Watson's Magazine
but by way of helping on tne good
work I prefer not to take advantage o
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scription price for both publications
Please renew my subscription for
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Yours in the interest of the right,
E. B. WHITMORE.
Rochester, N. Y. .
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Get Busy Mr. Hoisemao. It's 16 to 1" today is bMUImMHr to breed draft end
coachar, Don't wait until tbe othar fallaw "fatbara tha eraam. - -n . jr i'1"
good ana" of lams. Ills "Peaches and Craam" are ripe. It$m elneh' that you will save
(1,000 there and get batter stallions.
lams' "Sensational Blaek Boys" are "whirlwinds" In a "show yard.v mey won ev
ery lsf, 2nd sod Championship sweepstakes prize (oyer all) on Parcharons, Haitians !
Coaohers at Nebraska Slate Fair 1904. lams reserve stallions were noi snown ior prizes, uuo
of bis special train of 100 stallions ree'd 8-18-1901 were shown at the
HOME OF THE WINNERS
Buyers say: Hello. N. Y.. I'm Tete of Calif. Say' lams has the beet lot of stallions and
most I ever saw, cheap too. Yes, see those 10 two-year-old 2,000 lb "Black Boys."-Blppora
Jam?' stallions are chelce roods. VTlm Gehta? Hans of O. I'm Zeka of Mont. See this barn
of 40 2,100 lb. three-year-olds. All "topnolchors." Bure, aot vos aoi viae-as-a-vagua siamuu.
lams has one "horso show" more big as dot "Itoyal" nnd be saves me mora as ?J,uuu. nnro
ting. No studs like dot In Ohio.
Mr. 111., I'm Peabody, of Colo. Jams has the greatest and largest esiapusnmeni oi iss
class stallions owned by one man In U. r?. "Hnmmara.too." isee inose aiuwiu vyr-uw,
lined tip. Hluo Klbbon Woys. None to compare with them, In bone, big size, quality and fin
ish, at "International." You see stallions at lasna Just aa yoo read abonr.
Mr. Mo. I'm Socklasa Jerry" of Kana, This dally horse show or lama' Deals any siaw
air I ever saw. It's en "Kyo opener" to any man to see lams' stamons. ne seas itpnoicmn
at $1000 and t!500.
Hello. la. I'm Louie ol Minn. To see lams Champion Percheron, Belgian and Cwacn
Stallions. They are the "hottest proposition'' (to competitor) l ever saw. jams umne
competitors "Uoller" and he "Butte In." Sells mora stallions each year. Saved mo 11000.
Mr. Jnd.,l'm Hogg of Tex. 1 came 20C0 miles to see lams' 6100-lb pair of "Peacnee ana
Cream" They are a "Sensational Pair" Better than the pictures. Bimpiy immense. iama
is a hot advertiser. Ills horses are better than he advertises. Mr. Unbeliever.
$100-WILL BE PAID Y0U-$1OO
if you visit lams and do notnd every stalement In ads or catalog true. Horses good as picture
iu catalog. Now will yon be good, Mr. Knocker?
Doc, I don't wonder at lams' competitors wanting his horses barred irom international
"Something Wolng" when lams makes horae ahow. lie always has "Kippers ana in snow
shape;'
Tom. Mr. Utah bought that 2,000-lb 3-yr-old at 51,200 ot lams. Better tnan one my neignDoi.
paid $3600 for.
Kitty, ain't Iain's CoachcrS "Swell?" lams lianaiei only tne "tops", coacners mat 100a
over the house and step high as a "red wagon."
Georgia dear, buy a stallion oUami.. They are 50 per cent bettet than one our neignoo
paid those Ohio men 4,000 for. (Then I can wear the jdiamonds.) lams has
149--Black Pcrcherons, Belgians, Coachers--149
90 per cent bracks; 50 per cent ton horses. lams speaks th8 languages, buys direct from breeders,
pays no buyer, salesmen or interpreter. Has no three to ten men as partners w snaro
profits with. Ills twenty-two year successful business makes him a safe man to do busi
ness with. lams gunrantecs to sell you a better stallion at sji,ouu ana 9i,uu man are oeing
sold to stock companies lor S2500 to J4000 by slick salesmen, or pay you $100 for trouble to
see them, you the judge. lams pays horses' freight and buyers fare, gives CO per cent breeding
guarantee. Write for catalog. .
References: St. Paul State Bank ana citizens national wan k.
FRANK
St. Paul, - -
lASViS
Nebraska
Percheron and Shire Stallions
M hen you go to buy a horse stop at Lincoln, Nebraska and see Wat
eon Woods Urof. & Kelley's Percherons and Shires. CO head on hand,
i'end lor beauti.ul photographs ot latest importation, and price list.
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1905. In reply to your circular" offer-
ing .Watsons Magazine ai ciuDDJng
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same for The Independent to help keep
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New York.
ThtU F&.ke Panama Canal
Editor Independent: In its great
enthusiasm to become great in, the eyes
of the world this government has un
dp.rtaken a task that involves an ex-
cense of from three to four hundred
millions of dollars and situated nun
dreds of miles from our shores in a far
off foreign country this same enter
prise in the past came near bankrupt
ing one of the richest natioiis of the
earth, but through its shrewdness sold
their right of way to us together with
their scrap pile of rusty, antique ma
chinery at. the moderate sum of $40,
000,000, since which time they have
employed expert engineers to survey
their new purchased route. These en
gineers have made a receni report un
favorable to this plan and recommend
what is known as the sea level route.
"Their estimate of : cost being, ,at least
$300,000,000. STibiild the change be
. made then the $40,000,000, already paid,
Is squandered together vIth . present
expenses, near a million more. Men of
experienced knowledge claim if this
canal Is ever finished it will never pay
expenses of constant repairs and cost
of operating, leaving out all prospect
of dividends. Thea for whose benefit
Always at It
Editor Independent: I never let an
opportunity go by when I think that
there is a chance to get populist prin
ciples before anyone. I paid for the
first two clubs of campaign subscribers
I sent in. Some of those who received
them have paid me back and renewed.
They were all democrats. There are
others who want the paper and will
take it as soon as tl? :; are able. Money
is scarce here and will be until the
spring crop is got off. That is the
great crop here. S. J. CROW.
Webster, Fla. ,
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Bertrand, Neb. . "
Passed On
Editor Independent: I am sorry to
announce the death of George D. Eppe,
on January 26, a' member of the New
Hampshire populist : state committee,
and for ten years a member of the
state committee. An honest, true an5
faithful man. .
DORRANCE B. CURRIER.
Hanover, N. II.
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. GEO. W. BE ROE, Attorney.
IS THE DITHICT COURT OF LANCASTER
COUNTY, NFUKASKA.
NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANTS.
Selden J. RullCson, Plaintiff, . '
Margaret H. Gates and J. L. Hates, her husbnti'l,
first name unknown, and Walter A. Wood M.
& R. M. Co ppMny of Omnba.
Ietenl snts.
Mararet H. Gales and J. L. Gates, her hns-
band, firit name unknown and Walter A. Wood
M. & R. M. Company ot Omaha, will tske notice
that on the 7th day of April, 13C4, Selden J.
Rallflaon, the plaintiff above named, filed his
petition In the District Court of Lancaster
Coimty, Nebrnfka. against said defendants, the
object and prayer of which are to quiet title
in plaintiff to lot twelve (12) irregular tract, be
ing situated in the Northeast quarter of section
filteen(lo). township ten (10), range (7) Enstln.
Lancaster County.Nebraska; Bald irregular tract
is dlscrlbed by metes and bounds as follows:
Commencing in the Northeast corner of section
fif:cen(I5), township ten (10), range (7) East ot
the Cth P. M. thence running West eight rods,
thence South fifty rods, thence East eight rods,
thence North fifty rods to place of beginning.
contaning two ana one-can viy.,) acres more or
less.
Plaintiff in bis petition avers that he has since
June 22, 1888, each year himself cultivated said
premises; that he has made valuable Improve
ments upon saia premises; mat irom tne year
1888 to the present time be has paid the taxes
upon said renl estate, and for more than ten
years immediately preceding the filing of his
Pfctltlon has been in the open, exclusive, notor-
Lious, adverse and peaceable possession of said
premise.
riaintin prays tnaiau oisam ae:enaamsmay
be decreed to have no interest in said real
estate that said defendants be iojever restrained
from asuerting any Interest, claim, or title, In
and to said premises, and that title be quieted
In plaintiff, and for general equitable relief.
. . i i ...... i . . - , .
tuu are m)"iieu iu nnrt emu pcitvuii uu ui
be ore the 20th da7 of March, 1905.
SFLDEN J. RUL1FFSON, Plaintift
By george V. Bergb, his Attorney.
GEO. W. BEROE, Attoraay.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF LANCASTER
. coux, JtiiKa8K.A.
NOTICE OF SALE.
In tbe matter of the estate of Conrad Schmidt,
deceased.
Notice 1 hereby glten that iu pursuance of an
order by lion. A. J. C ornish, one of the judges
of the District Court of Lancaster County, Ne
braska, made on the 31th day of January, 190.for
tbesale of real estate hereinafter dlscrlbed, there
will be sold at the East Door of the Court Honse
in the citr of Lincoln. Lancaster County. Ne
braska, on the 28th dav of February 1905, at ten'
puDiic venaue tome nignest'
o'clock A. M. at
bidder for cash the
following described real
estate, to-wlt: Lot nine (9) in block tmrteen(13)
of Cahn Metcalf & Far well's Subdivision1 of
the North half(N. ) of the Northeast quarter
( N. E. i) of section twenty-three (23); township
ten (10), range six (6), East of the 6th P. M., In
Lancaster County, Nebraska. Said sale will re
main open one hour. Said real estate will be
clear except taxes for 1904
. KATE 8CHMIDT TROUT.
Administratrix ofthe estate of Conrad Schmidt,
deceased.
Dated this 6th day of February 1905. .