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We do not retail. If this harness interests you, show it
yminlcak'i', We will be glad to near irotn you.
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A Word IV'fi Yow About
Subscription Cards
InirliiK the 111011II1 of Muy we nrranned for n dubblim rale
whereby five new mil wrll'crs eonlij rot The Independent for 0110
year for $'U0. Thin Is only fin rents for eueh new suliHcrlher.
shortly after nrriiiiKinn HiIh clubbiim rule many subscriber wrolo
iih and KUKKOHied Unit live cards lie Bent lo each subscriber, as
both lime and expense would lio raved In that woy, and everyone
would (lien liave an opixut unit y lo help In the Kood work of ex
tending 1 bo eircnlalloii and Inllueneo of The Independent. Ac
cordingly live cards were unit, lo every subscriber.
At. tliKl Annual I was fixed as tins limit, when we would receive
tbese cnrdH for yearly hu1;h rliiionH. Then by roipieHl of many
of our readers I he I in 0 waH ox'endod to Keptomher 1. Now wo aro
recelvliiK ninny lctlerw nsldna; wlu-ihor them) cards will Hlill be re
ceived. AIho we are aaked whether two or throe carda or U-hm than
five will le received at the raU; of tin tenia for each.
The loiters are too numerouH lo rIvo Imlivldual reHponao lo find
further wo niuat treat all our HiibHcrllierH alllte. We could not kIvo
one u better rate than nnolher. Wo h-ive, however, coucliub'd Hint
any or all of the carda now ut wo will accepl al tlm rate of CO
cents each. We will do Ihla whether we roee'vo them In cluhs of
five or whether we receive ll.em tdiiKly. Thia, however, applies
only to !ic carda aent out under our apodal offer heretofore and
will not apply to carda went out hereafter. TIioho aent out here
after will be tin cents on condition that they aro returned in clulm
of five. It. coals uu al out 00 cents for each auliHcrlher lo puhllah
the paper. Hut. we are not after large profits, We want 11 lurn
circulation.
We hope, therefore, to receive all the cards thai aro out. with
the names of new sMhacrliiers on thoni. Send them alonn as faHt
ss you pet them. The winter months are coining: on and all your
neighbors will want, to read The Independent. We will aond you
aaniplo copies upon request. Send us the balance of the cards
with new fliibacrilierH.
THE INDEPENDENT
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"The Free Pass Bribery System"
Is the Title of a New Book
BY
GEORGE W. BERGE
M itx tit le, i udh-rt tcii tli is book UlUthf. whole dramatic story
nf the briberi infl iwni't1 of f ive free railroad puss. le story
Mhttxttmuttiiiri furls Mint dispeople should ktww. It reads
lib' mi e.vcitiiKi ii'trd. In, vivid Ian gaaje it portrayn how the
riiiliwids, llmiii'ik the free puss bribery system, have procured
tlir giiiuriuiisiil arriiij from the people ;kit pcuHS-ltoldiug of
liiinhhure filtered into a eompinwy with the railroads to ie
fat tlu- jimile's will; how the puss-holders have been in, fact a
minnA sqiiait fur the, rail roods to protect the railroads in
their Mtortitinnte. freigh t and passenger rates cliarged the peo
i'f ;( Uu fitisx-lwtders ore controlled by professional lobby
ist who herd thtm os a sheep herder watches over a lock of
dini;hmr thexe lobbyists, through the passes in the pockets of
thtffiirhih, rriii iii ze 11 tid control the legislature, state officials
IH'I'x, and nil dtij and county officials; how the pass bribery
s'jitriu makes vou spirit tors, prejnrers and grafters of all who
wire muter the. sintem.
Ihe ftillou iiiij are titles to some of the chapters:
THE FREE PASS SYSTEM IS A CONSPIRACY.
TREASON OF OLD TIME PASS HOLDERS.
THE SEDUCTIVE INFLUENCE OF THE FREE PASS.
PASSES AND PERJURY.
PASS BRIBERY LEADS TO GRAFT.
STATE INSTITUTIONS IN GRIP OF PASS BRIBERY SY8TEM.
THE FREE PASS HOLDERS A POLICING SQUAD FOR THE
RAILROADS.
HOW FREE PASS AGENTS ORGANIZE AND CONTROL THE
LEGISLATURE.
Tit e book in popular la ngwage gives the reader alt the fit ltd
amen tal objections to th is virions system. Mr. Bergn has given
the tptestio'n exhaustive study and mi one is better able to write
upon the snbject than he, is. ' "Death to the free pass bribery
system," watthe keynote of h is campaign, in l&4 when he was
candidate for governor ofWehraska, Tltesred that he then scut
tered has not only ink it root bat is already bearing fruit. The
people begin to see that this bribery system, must, be destroyed
before they can again assert their influence, in government.
The book should he in every library. Krery reader of 1 h In
dependent should have it. Every student of politic should
litve it. It is the only book ever written upon the subject and
everyboily will wan t to read it. It contains mure tlutn 300
pages bolt ltd in heavy cloth.
The Price of the Book is $1.00, By Mail, postage Repaid.
ToTnEWCW 0 LD S U BSC R I B E HS TO THE INDEPENDENT
Inen $1.00J BOTH $1.50
Tho Book is Now Ready for Delivery. Send in Your
Orders at Once
Address, THE INDEPENDENT, Lincoln, Nebraska,
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