The Nebraska Independent
JANUARY 24,1907
2
The Kidiacyo
Vfcca tfcay cro vcif tor
pid, cr ztox&icnt, tho vfcoh
oystcra suffers. Don't nsj
fcct tfc-m at thb this, but
fceed tho wanting of ifca
cchhg fcac!:, tho bloated
face, the cdlov complexion,
tho urinary disorder, end
tcjpn treatment at on3 vitb
Hood'sSarcapariila
vh!ch contains tho test end
edfest curctivo cufc:tcnccs.
i For testimonials of remcrkafele carei
Ctsi for Book on Kidneys, No.' A.
. . . . c. L Hoo C., Lowell, Jto,
FIGHTING FOR RATES
DENVER'S HXIIANATIOX RE L ATI SO
TO CAR SHORTAGE.
LONG:: HAULS :ARE - FAVORED
PECULIAR SET OF TARIFFS APPLY
TO COLORADO.
Good Cmi He Shipped From Kt
to Count nnd Bnek to Denver
At f.eiiM Than for Direct
" Shipment,
DENVER, Col., Jan. 21. Interstate
Commerce Commissioner C. Prouty be
gan an investigation here today of al
leged violations of law by railroads af
fecting Denver and other Colorado
points. Three cases are under exami
nation. Two of them are upon com
plilnrsTrtredtby" th OUffc&ant-sV trafflo
association ' of "Denyerj'" and the third
fiLT-jtntkHbwgei J.- kindei,-;a
Denver manufacturer. : " J ;
The railroads cited to appear, so far,
axe the New York, New Haven &
Hartford; New York Central & Hud
son River; Baltimore & Ohio; Penn
sylvania; Pittsbuig, Cleveland, Cin
cinnati & St. Louis; Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern; Michigan Central;
Erie; Chicago, Burlington & ' Quincy ;
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chica
go & ... Northwestern; Chicago, ' Mil
waukee & St. Paul; Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe; Atlantic Coast line; Den
ver & Rio Grande; Rio Grande West
ern; Southern Pacific; Missouri Paci
fic; Union Pacific and Wabash.
Violation of the Law.
The complaints allege violation of
section four of the interstate commerce
act, which forbids the charging of a
rate for a short haul, which shall be
higher, in the aggregate than for a
longer haul under similar circumstan
ces and conditions, and also the re
quirement that the shipper on the
longer haul hall not pay a higher rate
per ton per mile than on the shorter
haul in the mme direction.
Generally the allegations are of un-
j Just discriminations in tariff rates on
I classes and commodities and unlaw
! ful combinations by the roads made
! defendant.
i A dozen attorneys appeared for the
j vailous defendant railroads.
! George J. Kindel was the first wit
s iic.ss called. His testimony was a tech-
i r.icnl expose of rates on cotton plere
goods and other commodities, illus
trated by diagrams and maps, show
ing the discrimination against Denver.
Kindel Offer Etldenee.
Mr. Kindel filed & number of tables
'. with the commission, according to
which then; Is discrimination against
Denver In many commodities from
eastern points. Those tables illustrated
different methods of figuring out com
parative tariff rates. Home of the
tabic showed that certain commodi
ties could l.e shipped from eastern
points through Denver io Kan Fran
tlco or Salt lakc and back to Den
ver nt a rat than direct to Den
ver. 1 le t4ugjrw',,'d that thl might ex
plain in part the shortage of cam
throughout the country. The witness
mid that nil h a.ked was equality tit
rme. He did nru ttk for lower rates
for Denver provided the city could be
treated equally well tut other torn It
tie. Attorney J. F. VnlK for the Dn
vir ft Itlo tlninde railroad, cro-x
i:;,'iet the uitnr In an effort to
hf that th rate over hi railroad
ttm out eeKflVi.
The attorneys for the other railroads
also asked a few questions of Mr. Kin-del.-
A. J. Spengel, a furniture dealer of
Denver, complained of the rates on
furniture. He said that as president
of the chamber of commerce, he had
prepared a brief on the railroad ates
which was presented to all the west
ern railroads. Nothing came of this,
although the railroads promised to
take the matter up. He said that they
did not ask for a specific railroad rate,
but that they wanted to get into com
petitive territory on an equal basis
wRh other places.
COMMERCIAL
With the close of the New York au
tomobile show last Saturday night the
year 1907 is really begun. The show
was a great study in mechanics; here
after the subject will be one of finance.
It seems possible, to judge from de
scriptions of the new cars, that a per
son who-treated his 1906 model well
may be permitted to use it in 1907
without, being"-troubled by the street
gamin's derisive cry of "ice;" for the
outlines of the body of the new cars
have not been radically changed.
Whether one can fare as well in social
standing is more of a question, for the
new cars are equipped with changes,
not to say improvements, that will tend
to keep a ba.ck number out of the con
versation. There are some new forms,
Including a seven seated touring car
and a runabout with special equipment
for dodging policemen. Then there are
the usual improvements in motors and
steering devices, schemes to save
cranking the motor and improved
brakes. Those to whom money is a
burden will take no special notice of
the fact, that automobile prices this
year are keeping well ahead of the
course of commodity prices in general.
Those who are not so fortunate but are
trying to appear as if the opposite
were true will merely have to shut
their eyes a little tighter.
Life insurance will never, be a strict-3XinettiBatT-business,--4nsistei-
a. re.r .
former - Jatelyy.T -until",, .'the: coTOmhssion
paid agent is eliminated. The Massa-"
chusetts legislature has taken up this
'idea so far as it applies to insurance
for wage workers. To devise a form of
life insurance on the industrial plan
that will avoid the making of multi
millionaires out of people's penny sav
ings, as has been the ca.se with Sena
tor Dryden and his company, and that
,wll .also save' the great expense of
soucuoih ana cooecLors, is uie sum m
bills which are to be discussed there
this whiter. It. is.. thought that a system
of savings - bank : insurance may ;be
made a success, but it is all a question
of human nature. People will always
buy clothing and bread without being
urged, but whether the value of life
insurance has come as yet to appeal
to them so strongly as to make them
hunt up an insurance office and ask
for it is a question. Fire insurance has
become as. staple as wheat, and yet the
old line company -that-tries to get busi
ness by making cheaper rates by elimi
nating the commission agent, has yet
to come to the front.
The general subject ot convict labor,
and the question of the powers of con
gress under the interstate commerce
clause of the constitution, come jointly
into interest in a bill fathered by the
union labor interest which passed one
house of congress last week. The iota!
annual value of the convict, mado
goods sold in the entire country iy
about $33,000,000. Approximately fcal of
this amount is marketed In the plate
where it is prod.JCtd, and the .oth Ay
half in other states: Now a state nv-iy
prohibit manulaciure by convict labo1
within Its own jurisdiction, thus pro
tecting Ha labor from the competition
of its ovn convicts, l:ut tt cannot pro
ven r the sale of merchandise mads
in the prisons of other states. Under
the supposed, authority of the inter
state crnmerce c2use tho house of
representatives last week raised a bi!l
providing that convict icade goods
I rafs-carted into aoy etata or territory
or lemalning therein lov ue, consump
tion, hfda or istorasoj hah' bo subject
to tlit; laws of the utate governing that
ciag or goou- This in effect gives, tho
states th rlfrh to prohibit tho tia!
of convkt . ma(! jdsi from ethej
states.
BR0WER MUST STAND TRIAL
DeeUlon In ev York ie U
Aft-nlnftt Hint.
NEW YORK. Jan. 21.' William A.
llrower, Jr.. president of the Washing
ton Llf- Insurance company. mul
pUtnd trial on Irull. tincnt returned
against ' charging perjury and
forgery under a ,d-t hlon handed down
today by .Justice Newherger. The de
cision denies u iituiUm for dhmlMul of
the Indict .nent.
The rm.e grew out or the imi report
of the company tiled with th state In
sura nee- department In which MOO.QOtf
worth ol polit ies had been ehsrrd off
the rt'Po i n having 1j.mI and the
dny aft r the r,tort h.ol hi n tll.t
wire i.nfered In iht toKs of the
rflrr.rfjsi'.
THE LAWYERS ARE DEFEATED
HOUSE REJECTS REPORT OF JUDU
CIARY COMMITTEE.
SENATE ON THE LIQUOR LAW
COMMITTEE OX JtDICIARY FAVORS
TWO STRINGENT BILLS
Phillips of Holt Present a Bill to
Require Railroad . to . Give
.' Publicity to AH Pass
Holders.
MONDAY
The senate asked the railway commis
sion and state auditor to obtain from
railroads freight schedules in force Janu
ary 1, 1907. Phillips of Holt introduced
a bill changing the passenger fare on
railroads from three to two and one
quarter cents, and another bill requiring
railroads to file annually with the coun
ty clerk a list of names of persons who
receive free passes for persons or prop
erty and the reason such passes are
issued. The attorney general was au
thorized to sue the State Journal com
pany for failure to print legislative bills
within the time required by contract.
Three bills were passed, one defining
adultery, another relating to peremptory
challenges of the state in criminal cases
and a third giving the governor power
to remove the superintendent and two
assistant physicians at the Lincoln hos
pital for the insane at his discretion.
Representative Redmond's bill appro
priating $:i,000 for the orthopedic hospital
for crippled , children in Lincoln to be
used for running expenses until the funds
for the coming biennium are available,
was ordered to a third reading in the
house.
On motion of Chairman E. P. Brown
of the house judiciary committee, the two
bills, H. R. Nos. 47 and 48, providing
that a reversal of judgment in criminal
court shall not he majiR nn a mp tech
nicality when justice has been done, were
rJar.l m 'ai;AHnt-i)t. -
uu fccuwcu.uiu over a recommen
dation of the remaining members of the
vunumii.ee mat tney oe inaettnitely post
poned. The hOUSe killed H.'R Nn hv irm.
8ti"sr- of Nemaha, to repeal the statute
piuviumg a oounty on scalps of wild ani-
1 1 1 0,1 3.
In a flisnisRinn nf tho qHUiwIa v.
w-. vuv ukkliuuu V L
house committee on medical societies to
mo uui relating to Christian scientists,
while no direct action was taken, it was
made plain that .standing committs are
to--givc--the--fullst possible- faring -to"
ad persons interested in bills; What
was thought - to-; have been -tr refusal of
the committee to grant a hearfng wa's
found not -to have been the action of the
committee.
The legislature convened yesterday
and both houses took up the work be-
tore them with considerable vim. The
house, always ready for a scrap, in
dulged in a little tilt with the lawyers
of that body and the legal lights were
snowed under, the house reversing the
Judiciary committee report In opposi
tion to two bills by E. P. Brown of
Lancaster. The bills provide that a
reversal of judgment shall not be given
in a criminal case on technical error
when it appears that substantial jus
tice has been done in the court below.
The bills were placed on the general
file by order of the house. Tonight the
joint committee to consider railroad
legislation and some progress toward
formulating a bill ta confer power
upon the railroad commission .may be
mad..
Two and Fourth Cent Fare.
Phillips of Holt, is willing to brave
the charge that he is splitting the dif
ference with the railroads. lie has in
troduced S. P. No. 177, making two
and one-fourth cents the legal price
for riding one mile on a ralUad train
in Nebraska. The present rate is three
cents and there are three bills before
committees that provide a two cent
fare.
Senator Phillips has a!so Introduced
an nntl-free pass bill, or a bill Intended
to give publicity to the names and ad
dresses of persons who receive free
transportation for r.i"UH or property.
Ills plan Is to require the railroad to
fU an annual statement with the
county clerk containing tho name of
all peixMiw within lite county who have
received fire parses for persons or
property and tho reasons such piMe
were k I ven. .Senator Phillips .ays hi
hill stand singly and alone, that It
will bo get. 1 If (he anti-fret pan bill
become n law because that bill In
likely to contain a long list of peron
to whom the road may legally give
passis. Ho say hi publicity bill will
also b good If no antlp.i Mil In
adopted,
(oHBiliwiiwNNl 4 tMPHitoirMl,
Hanrm of t'herry Introduced th nrt
pioi-oed contltuilotial amendment In
the mi. ate. It tt, N. J63 utid pro
vide that the peimuneht seho. fund
may be InvMeJ hot only In I'uKtd
b'Utte and tate tecurtth utid county
It is of but little use to try to doctor the kid- ;
neys themselves. Such treatment is wronr.
for the kidneys are not alone to blame for their
weaknesses or irregularities. They have no
power no self-control. They are operated and
actuated by a tiny shred of a nerve which is
largely responsible for their . streDgth, or weak
ness. If the Kidney nerve is stronj and bealtby
tbe kidneys are strong and healthy. If the.
Kidney nerve tfoes wronff you feaow it by the
inevitable result-kidney trouble.
This tender nerve is only one of a great system
of nerves. This system controls not only the
kldnevs. but the heart, and the liver, and the
stomach. For simplicity's sake Dr. Sboophas
called this great nerve system the Inside
Nerves." They are not the nerves of feelinr
not the nerves that enable you to walk, to talk,
to act. to think. They are the master nerves
aad every vital organ is their slave.
The one remedy which aims to treat not the
Kidneys, alone, but the nerves which are to
blame, is known by physicians and druggists
everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Restorative (Tablets
or Liquid). Ths remedy is not a symptom
remedy it is strictly a cause remedy. While it
usually brings speedy relief, its effects are also
lasting.'
If you would like to read an interesting book
on inside nerve disease, write Dr. Shoop. With
the book he will also send the "Health Token" -an
intended passport to good health. Both the
book and the Health Token" are free.
For the free book
and the "Health
Token " you must ad--dress
Dr. Shoop, Box
Racine, Wis. State
which book you want.
Book 1 on Dyspepsia.
Book 2 on the Heart.
Book 3 on ttoeKidneys.
Book 4 for Women.
Book 5 for Men.
Book 6 on Rheumatism
Dr. Shoop's Restorative Tablets give full
three weeks' treatment - Each form liquid or
tablet has equal merit Druggists every where.
honds, but also in registered school dls-,
trict bonds. It does not stop here but
also provides that the funds shall be
invested In any securities that the leg
islature may by statute designate.
An effort has long been made
to change the constitution so as
to permit the investment of state
funds in school district bonds, An
amendment for that purpose was
once defeated at' the polls, .not "receiving--the
'n'ecessaiymsrjorlty, of all votes.,
cast at the election. The matter of permitting-the
legislatnrer-trr; designate'"
what securities shall be bought is dis
puted, some contending that such a.
change in the constitution would be
opening the way to unsound invest
ments. Anti-Manor Hills,
The senate committee on judiciary
not only recommended - two bills
directed against the liquor traffic yes
terday, but in each instance the com
mittee added amendments intended to
make the bills more stringent. The
bills are H. F Nos. 6 and 7, by Root of
Cass. One provides that packages of
liquor shipped shall be branded in
large plain letters "Intoxicating
liquors." The other provides that the
place of manual delivery and collec
tion for intoxicating liquors shall be
deemed the place of sale. The latter
was amended to provide that any
agent or salesman taking orders in a
city or. town where no saloon licenses
hav e been issued shall be deemed mak
ing a sale. This was further changed
to include parts of a county outside
or cities and towns. It had been re
ported that a public hearing on these
postponed to permit some people from
bills would be held and it was once
Omaha to be heard. Yesterday, tho
time advertised, no one appeared be
fore the .committee cither for or
against the bills. Tho committee spent
considerable time over tho bills. Th
question of lnicrr.tattt commerce was
raised and It was admitted that tho
I 111 to prevent sales In communities
that have no saloons may not prevent
the shipment of liquor from another
Mate to such communities but that It
wltl prevent the sale nnd delivery
simultaneously us I now done In many
country communities by agent who
carry Intoxicating liquor with them
anil canvas the country for sale.
Root of Chhh Introduced four more
Miu ant ,'ndir.g or addtn to the i.inv
law yenieiday. 8. 1 No. 17a permit
a vote to le taken for or against
tkeiise, In a city or town or outside of
t it lea ml town, and If the vote I
Hgainit then, none shall be H-uied
for five year. Another bill by Ht. S
P. No. lit. provides that county board
may l.u lu-t ne under county option.
etv llrwlMMwe lllll.
The probb its confront In th p.j!
of I Ml go county to governing the over
l'o of the piatte river hi cau"t
lleprejentuf Ive Knotth of K.U. In
draft a Mil that h will tntroduee o-rt
verlng th rut I re drainage problem.
The men euro, t rieli;nntel particularly
fr the rvM f of the p..pl II v iitc a knur
the piatte valley thoutrli It will u( ty
to the v muIk Tto rB H at i'teent
u