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tf , u lct ( o. ; UtpubUcan
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l'IILliabed lIVot , Thurell. , I\t llie Cuunt , MOAt.
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RDtcred lit thl ! poatomcu at IIroken Uow , Heb. ,
A'8ocout.lollllUlell\l\U r ror tran8mlulun 'hron ! ! ! ! ,
tbo U. I'j. Ala1l8.
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Ulle inar Inad'lInco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1100
tJ-\'llIco In ( Jn I r 1IIock. Jl'onrth A TO. l'I
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1'hursday , August 17 , 1905.
Republican County Convention.
, .
'l'he repuuhcan coun t y convention -
tion is hereuy called to meet ill ,
Hro1ccn Dow , Saturday August
26 , 1905 , at 11 o'c\ocl \ < a. 111. for
the purpose of electing twcnty-
two dclegates to the state COIl-
\'cntioll and to nominate call1li-
dates for the following offices :
Cou nty J udgc , COUll ty Clerk ,
'rreasurer , 8u peri II tellclell t of
Public Instructor , Surveyor ,
Sht'rifTCoroner and ( or the transaction -
action of such other uusiness as
may corne ucforc the convci1lion.
. 'I'he basis of representation b
one delegate for each ten votes or
fraction thereof cast for President -
dent Roose\'elt at the last general -
al alection. 'l'he se\'eral townships -
ships are entitled to the following -
ing number of' delegates.
AIIAle . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS Haycy. . . . . . . . . . " . . J
}
Arllold. . . " . . , . . . . . . 10 Kllfull . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Ahlcrnoll. . . . . . . . . . . IS , . . . . . . . . . . . . .
lIer..yn. . . . . . . . . . . 1\ Luul'0
lIrokcnllow. . . . . . . Ji 1\1'rllu. . . . . . . . . . . . . ' )
'liff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II . : Ullclll . . . . . . . . . .211
Cllller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1/IUIllI'h. . . . . . . . . . . 5
IIclll/ht. . . . . . . . . . . 13 \ I&lurla. . . . . . . . . . . . 10
/
1I01l1/iafl l rovc. . . . II \ . .Kt..r lIl. . . . . . . . . . H
I IIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " " , eM Union. . . . . . . . II
I II , ' recl'1 \\ano. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Iralll. : . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Vuo,1 Uher. . . . . . . _ H
l arllehl. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Tutal . . . : l 7
It is recollllncnded that the
primaries be held Saturday , Aug. ,
] ' ) , and no Proxics be allowed at
the County convcntion' and that
t he delegates of the scral pre-
cinctM present cast t e vote of
their respective delegations.
D. M. AJ\ls Hrl Y ,
JOlt PJG\IAN : , Chairman.
Secretar ) ' .
UCPUIIlIC.\N PIUMAIIY.
'I'he r. . nhllcalll'leclurll uf Cnsl..r .
are her..hy lIulln. . " Ihat Ihe . IUWltflhhl.
IVI I hc hchl at Ruccc'I'I Mchoul hOIl [ ' ' ' , dlHUlct
2111 , Soll' nla ) ' A Ullust 1'1 ' , 1'1\)5. :11 2 u'clock I' . III. ,
for Ihc I.urposeul cll'cllmr clincli Ilelel.lIefilu
thl' Hepllbllcall ' Ollllt } . cUII\'l'nllon III 00 held al
IIrukeli 11011' . "IlU 1 26 , 1'1)5 , all < 1 for the IrallS.
actloll of HIICh other 111I5111I' " < \ a'l lIIay come hc.
forc thl ! conventlull.v. . H. 'l'u KNIIUI.I , .
CUIIIIU.
I
HI I'UlUf'AN 1'IUI\1Aln' .
'I'hl ! rCllllhllcall cl..clUlllllr nlrlleld 10\\1I'1hlll
are herelly callell tUlllcel at thll 'SIVI'1 Vallc ) '
, School hOIl'le. Satllrla v IIIlUKt I'J. ' 1905. , .tl :
I
o'clucI , I' . nI" to clecl Hlx delell'alc'l III Ih. :
COIlIlt } . convcntlull : lIl1rulell 110AIIIlIIst 26 ,
allll fur the tran'llclloll uf KliCh othcr bIlSh..RK
aR IIIlY COIIIC before the IIIl.tllIll.
PAUL II \ . COIIIIII.
HCPUIIIICAN PIHMAUY.
' 1'111 : rCllnlJllcall elecl\.rll o ! IIrokclI IIl1w tllWII'
"hip : tru hcr hy cal":11 : tll mellllI ; IIrllllllrYt at the
cUllrt .hou II. 'talunlai' : j\U i\IRt \ I'J. 'I'.AA. at : :
lI'clock p. III" fllr the 1'"tlIOSI ! II ! eleCllll1r Ihlrt } ' .
aarht dllewtc'I tu thll COllllty cUllvellthiu allil
for Ihe Ir IISacllllllllr Kuch ulhllr IJllflilleKR aM
may cum. . Iwfllre the cuuvelilluli.
U. M. A IW"ICKChalruau. . ( ' 011I11I.
IH l'Ullr.ICAN l'IHMARY.
'l'he r"llIlhllc:1I1 elcctors ur ell rr tOI\'ullh" , . are
hcrch ) ' call..1 lu mcct at the ll1ck'lIIC 1 11I111
houAc III cllrr tOI\'IIRhlll , Jo'rlllay AUIrUNt 111.1'1115.
at J II , III. fur thl ! t'lIrl'"lIe IIr tleclhur clllhillele.
lI'.tcs III allelld th. , CUll lit ) . cllllnullull tll h. .
held at IIrukclI Uuw. A II II lI'It 2t1th , I'JU5 ' , tlllll\I'u
lu nOllllllatiou : \ l'uHllly 1/cl.t / allil III trallK..cl
IIlIch olhcr bulu"K aM lIIay CIlI1lI ! hclure KIIIII
.caIlCIIR. W. J. HIC ! ! , COI1lIll.
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Iml'UUr.ICAN 1'IUMAUY.
Notice 1M herel. } . Illvell thlt the Relluhllcall
eleclof4l1f Wlloll IH\'cr Ilreclllcl alu calle < 1 to
mcet at Ihe tlll\'l1 hall 011 Satllrd. . } . . AIlItU5lI' } .
1905. to elect rUllrte1I dell'lt..telllu allell" the
RelulJllcall , COli II I } ' CUII\'I'IIIIIIII tll he hcld III
1Irokell Uow 011 Malllr"aII I'II'I ( 'l . ,
A. 1"UHIM , COUllllltt"I'ulall.
"IHMARY CAT.r. .
'I'hc rClubllcall'olel M u ! I\I'rlll ! IIrecllict are
hcreh } ' callc.l tu mt. : ! III callCIIM at Ihe KlIllbl
IIchool holl\e al 2 u'clock I' . III. A UItURI 191h 11\15 ,
for the . l'ur\10So of eleclhll ! ' IIllIe delellate ! ; to Ihe
CCllot ) COOVI"llIolI allll tll trall'lact Huch nther
huslllSII all IIIIY Ilral.crly com I ! bellln : Ihe mcet ,
11111. W. II. Illn'AJ' { , Cnllllll.
IUWUIItICAN .PIUM" HY.
'l'he republlcall cl..ctorll or 1llIlall IIrl'clllc
are hereb } ' C.1I1.,1 tn IIILoct 111 callClI1I al the Ox'
fOI < 1 schol1 hllll " Hatllnl. . } . , AUilIIst 19th , at J i
o'clock I' . III for Iho J1urllo e of cleclhllr Iu duh ;
.
lI'ateR lu Ihe COllllt } cOllvelilloll , ' " bl ! hehl al
IJrokelllow AIIlIlIRt 211. : IIHI fllr the trallllactlull
nr 811Clt olhcr bUNllICKfi a III. . } . Cllllli : bdore the ;
CUllvelltioll. l . N. IlItlltUcOlllmlt \l''mlll 1
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Thl ! HUllublicans ur Weslenille Ilrecillct arc
hereby calicil 10 nwellll weRten'llI . AIIIlIIRI
I'lth , 11)05 at 3 o'clock I' . III. for Iho j1utllOse uf
clcctlnll fOllrtcclllllllllllatc > I 10 alien" tlte Call II I } '
Con\'elilion to " " helll : u Urulel'n Huw , AUI/IIMI
261h. 1'J\I5. to nOllllnal1l a l"IYnAhh } tlclcel allll :
tranuclliuch olhcr bllllh"'lIrI all ilia ) ' proper ! } '
cUllle beforu 1111111I. c. . l . CAHN" . COlli.
lU l'UIlr.ICAN I'HIMAHY.
'l'he rl'Pllblicali el ctorll uf TOUI' townRhh :
are ! holebY callell tll IIIc..t III callCUII at th
WelRh 8cbuol houKe. Salllnlay AlIlI'ut 1'I.l'JIX
at Jo'cloclt I' . m. 'ur the IHlqlO'l III 4l clllli : I
delclI'Ue8 tll the SIIPen'IKor COllvolltloi" an < 1l (
delclatc8 IU tlI6colI'elllluIlI0 be ht'hl . alllro.
kell 11011' , Atlll'lISI 26. I'JlJS. allll to IInmlnall
towlIshll > "OicerR a 11\1 fur thll trallliaclloll 01
IIlIch other bUHlncK9 a8 lIIallroller ! } ' CUllle be
fur. : said lIIecthlll. W. 1\1. DA\'I. . . . l'onlm
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ANNOUNCI MI'N1' : .
'I'll Ibe.RcllulJllcallrl a ! CIIltcr"IIIY. . I here
by ; lIIIIUlillce m'sclf all a culIlIl1:1lu ; : for the
ollice of Hell'hler of UeCllH subJccl to thl ! de
clsloll of Ihe Hellubllcall NUllllliathl1l COII\'OIl ,
Uon\lIllusl 261h , 1'105. Juu IC"\ , .
ANNOIT NC.I M ENT.
I bereby annoullco lIIi'sclf a can < 1ldato fa ,
the omce of Htll'l6ter of Hee < 1e , aubJect tu Ibl
will or the HUllIbllcall . COllnt ) COII\'entiou I
8holll < 1lhe part ) hI' ' ' fli tu hOller lIIe IVlth Ih
llOlIlInltloli : alld I alii ell"lell I wIll Illve III )
enllr. : tllllt : and allentloll 10lhe bllSlllCK8 alii <
work or the onlce.
JAMItl ! CIIITTIC" . CIlia , NelJ.
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F. W. tlAYES , :
Jeweler and Optician !
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West Side Square , 1
. Broken Bow , '
Nebraska. :
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.ccouoc.oc1 COCOC1OC
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.yers 1
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Fced YOUI' hair ; nourish ir ;
give it somcthlng to live on.
Thcll It wilt stop fulling , und
will grow long and heavy.
Ayer's HaIr VIgor Is the only
flair Vigor
huh' food you cnn buy. PorOO
yenrs It hns been doIng Just
what we claIm It wilt do. It
\\111 not dIsappoint you.
. . My IoAlr IIlrll In lu vrry lIonrt. IIl1t nfter
1111111Ayor' . 1I lr VII"r" .1o"rlllll1e 11111'1(1111
In IIrllw. , , " .Inllw II It ' .1111..11 . ' "clet , " ' " ! C.
' 1'1014 .e01l11 f,1011I11,1 , relllllio III. . , , ! ler hellig
ulllillU wiliollu , IIIIV lintr. "
Mu . J. II. 1"u'J.II. " : Colorlldu8lrfnG' , tol. : . .
fli ( ) O n hntllo. J. IJ. A1 < :11 : CII. .
All ' "h , . . . 1 lw..11. . . M. . . . . . .
'Irllg fo r _ , . . . .R . . . . . .
Short Hair
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A NNOI1N'll II-N'I' :
I herebi' alinOllllCO III HrU a clllllliiale fnr
( 'minty clcrlc of Cu tnr county. Kllldt-CI 10 thc
will IIf Iho HtlIuhllc..u Coullty cOlivelllloll.
Sholl\ll \ the COll\'entioli nOllllllate 11I0 an" I alii
. ! lcclC.I Illh..llI'e lilY lalthlul an" b' : 1 tudcavorK !
Inlh. ! flliurn a'll ha\'c III the Ila'll Iohervu the
I'lIhllc. 'I'hanldlill III } ' conAlltuenti lor their
hearl } ' alltluIll'rl'clallve RIII'POrt Inlhl ! pas' I
alii rcspectfullY. . ( :1'0. : W. Vewc . } ' . 2.t
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ANNOUNCI.M : I NT.
I hercby anllounce . lIInelf a calldldal ! ' fur the
tlllice of CUUIlt } clcrk lIubject Iu till' will uf the
Hepuhllcan Cuullty I 'oll\Oelilluli. 1 wlqh 10
thank thll'le III III ' frlclldfl who hav" alrcatly
1110"ll'tI III ! ! thclr lIuPllOrl. an" 10 tllatc thai
IIhOllhl Iho part ) ' scc lit 10 1I0nor IIIl' with the
1I01ll1l1lt101l , alill thc Icoille or CIIRlcr CuunlY to
clcct I1IC , that I wlliliu 3ft I aIWa'H have done
III the pallt. h'o lilY ulldlvlllt'd attcnlloll anll
t'lil no' to Ihe hU'lllle R ollhe office.
JOII.I'IUMAN.
NNOUNCI MF.N'I' .
IIHOKI\N lIow. Nhm'llca ! , AIIIlII'lI . lG , lQ.3S-'l'o
Ihe rCllllhllcall , "oter : ! uf CIlRI. . . cUllllty : UPOII
thl ! IClIllllllallun of I\Ir. Chittick ahollt tIVO } 'earH
all,1 a half aII'll 11'callle ) 'Ollr Depllty RCRIRlcr
ur IIl'cIIR. I ha ve tried to scrve the pllhllcdllriliti
IIIIR 11erlocl to Ihl ! he"l o ! III ) ' ahllll } ' anll ha'lIlIr
IIvc,111I ollr cnllilly for 2' ' ) ycarH , cm hllr herc'
whell urly Ie. . ) 'carll ohl all < 1 ahva11 uphllldlllll'
the Uellllhilcan l'rlncll.leR 'alll\ \ ! fen < 1 lI'u\'eru , '
IIIl'lit. IlJelleve 1 have a rhrlll tn aile th" 110111'
Inatlull of U"lllster ( If UCCIiH and.IVIII annOllllCC
1II'l\elf a call1llaate frollllllY 011I hUllle.IItcrnoll
I'loclllCI , : Uld will altlde chcorllllh' by ) 'oor < 1c.
.
clsloli. Your ) ) etlllt } HCI/IR.cr ,
21 J. 'I' . WOOl > .
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A Dcad Hobby.
'rhe Beacon last wcel < devoted
a column or more discussing the
county indebtedncss. 'l'his is
the same hobby the Beacou has
discussed e\'ery callI pa ign si nce
the pops were di lodged se\'eral
) 'ears from the county offices.
'l'he claim that the county was
$40,000 in debt in 18')0 , when the
pops were elected to office has
been stated so ofteu by the Beacon -
con that it may be in to belie\'e
it. But it does not make the assertion -
sertion any near true thau when
first stated.
'rhe facts are that in the pioneer -
eer days of the count ) ' before the
homesteads were subject to tax
the expenses of the county ex-
cecded thc cash receipts. But
the imlebteduess did not exceed
the credits.
'l'he pop administration , which
run through a period of ten .years
had the beuefit of the land taxe
an the delinqucnt personal
property tax , on which one of
thell' sherifT' grew rich in col-
lccting. More than t.tQOOO in
delinquent taxes were collected.
[ el ub1icans now till all the county
otllctswith butone exception , but.
the money raising power has beeu
in the hand of a IOpulht boani
forthe past liftten ) 'ears with two
I
l or three years excepted.
1')0 the republicans had a
majority on the county board ,
lml as the populist board had cut
the levy to scven mills iu the
fall of 1901 , after their defeat and
i used up all the availahle funds
: including the sinking fund an increase -
: crease iu the le\'y was made nec-
[ es ar ) ' to meet the expenses.
: Again in 1904 when the republicans -
licans were again in the majority
; they not only cut the levy to
: eight mills , but paid a deficiency
- of fi\'e thousand or more whicl1
r had been contracted by the popu.
: list board in bridge c ntracts aud
paid $10,000 back to the sinkinc
1 futut , which the pop board had
appropriated.
! Instead of leaving the count )
' in debt $20,000 as the Deacol1
states the republican board can
celled $15,000 of pops debts ant
has to its credit between $3,00 <
and $4,000 in cash subject t <
transfer i46OOO si nl < llg fum
cash on hands besides $ .tQOOO ir
cash of other funds.
R Had it not been for the polit
icalmaneuvering of the majorit ) '
at the last session every della
RI of the present indebtedness 0
C the county would have been pro
4 vided , llut in order to make ;
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I'olitlcal point tb y refuged to
provide for the si t1lOu9and dollar -
lar bridge indebtedness which
was contracted last year that was
lIIa e necessary by the excessive
rains. Bitt that would not have
been nccessary had not the Rc-
pnblican board used dIe )1104 ) levy
to pay the bridge debt contracted
the year previous by th pop
board.
Hather than to make provisions -
ions , by trall fering the cash of
} I ) 02 and 1903 and sufficieut
amount of the sinking fnnd , as
has been the rule to meet the
I
outstanding accounts carried
from 1 t)04 , t he board chose to let
the 8OOO li ( idle in the county
trcasmy that they might make
a political issue against the rc-
publican party.
Had it beeu repuhlican board
in control instead of a populist
board every dollar of the outstandIng -
standIng- accounts would have
hecn 'paid and the creditors would
now have had their cash , .
Sa ) ' . Rate. Built Welt.
'l'he Railway Age in discuss
iug { he rate question says "Noth.-
iug but the most intricate and
scien ific adju'3ttu nt of rates
with cach other , so skilfully aI'-
ninged as to overcome the inequalities -
ities of distance and tbe disadvantages -
vantages of location , has given
to the great prairie states , lllill
ois , Iowa , Nebraska , Kansas ,
Wisconsin aud Minnesota , .and
to the wheat fields of North and ,
South Dakota the marvelous prosperity - .
perity they have attaine and the
position which they occupy IU th
Illukets of the world. 'fo build
across the channels of their coni-
lIlerce the impediments of , co -
stantly increasing distance from
tbe market would be to render
desolate aud barren the gardel
pots of American agriculture.i ,
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Standard Cattle Co. -
AUCTION SALE '
Saturduy , Sept. 2 , Saturday , Sept. 9 , Snturduy. Sept. 16 , 'at
Hecla , Nebr.-on the B. ' " M.
, t ! :
. On the above dates the Standard Cuttle 00 , will sell
by auction to the highest bidder for eash , the followi)1g
cattle : 650 yearlings , heifers and steers , 500 to 6CU cows
and calves ( cnlves unbrandnd ) 250 two-year old heifers .
I1Qd a large number of three-year old teers , three-year
old spayed heifer" , two-year old steel'S an'd two-year old .
spayed heifers , numbering in all 7,300 head.
. 'l'hese cattle are all dehorned and have been bred by ' .
the Company on their Sand lrills Ranch 'from pure bred
Shorthorn and' ' llereford bulls und are of excellent q ual- . . . . .
Hy. :
At the same place and dates this company shall also : \ .
offer a nUJ 1ber of their saddl ( ! hors s , wind mills , drink- . i'
. . ing tanks and stan ing fences on their property. ' . . _ . _ , . .
. L'he train from the east over the Burlington leaving :
Omaha t 11 :10 : p. m. arrives at I-Iecla 10:30 : a. m. next . .
ay and these sales will commence immediately after . . _ . t : 1.
the arrival of tIle train. Arrangements will be made : . ' . ' .
for the accommodation of buyers after each _ sale and par- f : . ' , '
. - . : ties are requested to hnve bank references for { JUl'r : "
. hases mnde.
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IW. E. HIrE and G. E. TRACEWELL. Auctioneers. . :
.
mined by t'he sur.veyor's rod ,
mcasured out to"lJe industry of
the country ei : . by U.-e mile ,
will not only. arrest the commercial -
cial d velopement and agricultural -
tural growth of the country , but
will require such readjustment to
1 untried conditions as cannot fail
to be productive of the most serious -
ious and lasting harm to the railways -
ways and to the people. .
1'be burden of the above argument
.1 .
, : , , " : ! ! " ' ' ' ! ! ' ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' ' ' ' , ' ' ' ! ! ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " I'"II ' ' ! . " , , ' , , ' " . ' : : . . " ! ! " " , ' ! " " " " . ! . ' . . : " . . ! " " " I1J"'l1IIJ ' ! , .
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-i What , j : pan Asks.to End ' .War.
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. . It is und rstood th t th .t\Velve p ace proposed -
' . . ed by the Japanese are : . ' : .
, I. Recognition of Japm's : preponllerance of influence in Korea.
, , ' ' ; ; \cssion : of ! - , ' frout Port Arlhu ; to Ha'ruiii. ' . I
' 3. 'frnn sfer of aUlhority ovcr . Port. Arthur allIl I.iao 'fung .I > eninsula. f.
: t\ Cession of Saghalien. ' . '
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5. Granting of fishing privileges at the mouth of the Amur. i
< 6. The e\'acuation of l\1nnchmia. .
{ 7. 1he : granting . ( \'i1ege3 at Vlal1h'ostok. !
- \ " 8. 1 he Iransfct. of IIllcfnecl wL\rshlps. , ; .
; j 9. Ihnilation of Ruslia's nt\ : ' strength in the far East. !
; 10. Remuneration for the cost of the war.
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\ 11. Recognition of the independence of China. . ' ,
< 12. Rcturn to Chiua of Russian mining privileges iu Manchuria. J
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< I'"rj'I"iij.I'U'Irp.U"rU' ' : ! ! ! ' ' ; ' ; : ' ' ' ' 'iij.I.U''iij.I.u'rIm ' ' ' ; ; : < J:1l'ln.n : ' : ! I I " "I'Jr..III"iJ ' ! : ' ; . ! : " \ U"'iij.I."Il'lF' ' ! ! ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 11" I. "
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In these ringing words' . ii : I
Earling , president of the Chicag ' 1
'l\1ilwaulce & St. Paul Railway"
sums up the threat which the
proposed ahti-railwa ) ' legislatioq
holds o\'e.r the farmenrand lI1an\t
factures of the middle west. His.
views on federal rate-lII king are
expressed in an article which ap-
Iears in the May 20th issue of
Harp r's Weeld ) ' . . . .
" 1 ha\'e seen this western
prairic country dcvelope as to the
railwaJs have opened up : ts re-
" ' Mr. Earli . " 1'h
sourccs , S3) ! ; ng.
com pa n ) ' 1 represen t ha ! ; al ways
been Idcntified with its develop-
mcnt. ' 1'hcrefore I may be pardoned -
doned if I look wit h no small
dcg'rce of apprehension upon the
thrcat of SeriOlI ! ; impairment of
th' . ntcrests of this large and
1 tportant section of the country
which it distance tariff would inevitably -
evitably make. "
I After an illustration of the effect -
fect of federal rate maldng upon
I the grt. at lumber industries of
upper Michigan and' .Wisco siu
Mr. Earling forcibly states the
threat against .general prosperity
thus :
"Under the distance tarifT s's-
r tem , with the consequent increase
I ill transportation ra es which
.
must result from government rate
malcillg , the mill which is nearest -
est a particular marlet will have
an ah'antage in every other mar-
ket. In other words , the result
I of fixing transportation rates on
a d ist a nce basis vill be a change
- from the present broad , general ,
, competitive markets to narrow ,
I' restricted local markets , with the
f incvitable increase in the cost' to
- the consumer.
1 "Freight tates that are deter-
seems to fear that a federal commission -
. mission will not be able to make
! rates eqitable to ! he western
t'rade and that the western states
wilt be injured by 1 * equalizing
process that would : adopted b >
a federal commission. This may
be true , but as freight rates are
much lower'east of the Missouri
river thau in Nebraska , it seems
to us that equalizatiou \ of
rates would cans a reduction
rather than n'increase in Nebraska -
braska , rates. ' 'Tn'e . conservative. .
people of the west do not desIre a
rate that will prevent the railroads
( rom making a fair profit on
their business , but what IS demanded -
I . manded more particular is that
11 shall have an qual show nd
.i lat one class 'or c rtain ones of a
class shall not be granted special
ra es over his competitor. , A
tate that is just to the transportation -
tation companies and just to the
p oducer is what is demandcd ,
- - - - -
To Ted Municipal Ownerahip.
. If the recommendations in the
reRort of Joseph L. Bristow as
special commissioner ot the
United Satates goyernment on
the Panan a railroad , are adopted -
ed the United Statat will begin
a very interesting experiment in
government railroad ownership
. on the isthmus.
. Mr. Dristow'sreport shows that
nder the present operation of
the Panama Railroad pompa y
a monopoly exists with regard
t'o transportation across the is-
thmus. The railroad operates a
steamshi'p line between Colon and
New York , and has refused the
use of the isthmus to any competing -
peting line on the Atlantic side.
1'he gulf ports , New Orleans ,
-
-
I
Galveston , Mobile anll Pensacolil ,
have always complained bitterly
of the refusal of the Panama
Railroad Company to give them
facilities by way of the isthmus ,
whicb refusal , they claim , has
greatly injured their commercial
development.
On the Pacific side the railroad
has a contract with the Pcific :
Mail Steamship Company which
gives that company a monopoly
of the traffic from all Pacific
ports north of Panama. Th
steamship company oper tes v s-
sels only to San Francisco , and
consequcntly the other Pacific
coast ports are deprived of
through rates. The railroad has
. . ' . . I .
.Slml .1' lar contracts gl vll1g a mon-
'op ly of the Pacific business or-
igi'nating south of Panama the
Pacific Ste m Navigation Company -
pany and the Compauia Sud-
A mericana de Va pores. Merchants - .
chants in Chile , Peru , Boliva and
Ecuador complain that this monopoly -
opoly is detrimental .to commerce
between these countries and the
United States. 'l'he rates from
these countries to Europe ar
much lower than the rates to
t
New York.
Mr , Bristow finds that notwilh-
standing its almost unas : ai1abl
position and an occupation of an
unsurpassed territor ) ' for m r
than fifty year : > the Panama. !
Railroad , Company bas allowed' '
its properties to run down , its
equipment i:1 ilntiquatcd , and it
has never even double trackcd its' '
short line. Instead of ac epting'
all the business offued it , an.d
lowering rates so as to bring the
greatest amount of remunerative
tonnage , the company has made
these monopolistic contracts \ \ Hh
I a few f vored steamship lines ,
carrying thcir offcrings at high
rates and shutting out the trade
of important cities on the Atlantic -
tic and Pacific coasts.-Kans s
Ci ty Journal.
Communicated.
BIWKItN Dow , Nebraska , August -
ust 13 , 1905.-Editor Republican :
Ratc making , in its broad sense ,
is almost as much of aconundrum
to the average man as the riddle
of the sphinx. With the ramifications -
fications and intricacies growing
out of greatly increased mileage
and the vast growth of commerce ,
it has ceased to be a matter of
I plain computation and has attained -
tained the dignity of a science.
In the first place , no rate stands
alone. So intimately connected
are the different tariffs , not alone
on one product but on the allied
commodities , that a change of
enc rat neccssitates a change of
a score , and in some cases a hundred -
dred of others. These changes
actually are forced on the railroad -
road companies , beause in rearranging -
arranging one rate others. must
I be re-arranged in order to a\'ert
the charge of "unjust discrimin-
'alion" and to offer no barrier to
the free movement of freight.
Taking as an example the
change in the fr ight rate on
potatoes to some central manu.
facturing point. 'l'he rate on
potatoes cannot lit > tampered with
unless the .freight on starch and . . . .
all the products manufactured
from the tuber also are adjusted ,
It can plainly be seen if this policy -
icy were not followed , eith r the
agriculturist or the manufacturer
would be unfairly dealt with.
'rhus there is no way in which
. .
one ra te can be selected and
changed without affecting scor s
of others.
It requires no imagination to
-
"t-a. .
see what the effect would be if 'Ii. ' (
a small , centralized body of men ,
such as the Inter-State Commerce
Commission , had control of the
rate making power for the coun-
tr ) ' . Without the local knowledge -
ledge necessary to a fair adjustment -
ment of rates , the Commissioh
would be flooded with complaints
from e\'er'y point of the country ,
Ery community seeking to se- > -
'curc a slight advantage over a I
competitor would avail itself of
the opportuni t.V to protest :
.1'hese . protests would cost little ,
and t III'Y mean. much. It is human - .
an uature to take a chance.
'
: Now , the Commission would
: find itself not only flooded with
protests , but with every change
pf rates would be compelled to
; revise entire schedules. Such an
, undertaking would be a physicial
impossibility for such a body.of
men , even if they were so omni $ : :
clent as to act intelligentl 'be
result would be a derangeni t of .
the freight tariffs of the n:1H : n ; ;
that would build up a dam to
halt the stream of commerce.
The logical result of all these
contlicting interests and the vast
amount of detail with which-
Commission would have to grap- ,
p'e , would be the distance tariff.
A distance tarifT , in my judgment -
ment , is what the farmers and -
stock raisers of Nebraska do no .
f
want. The products of the farm
and the range constitute Nebras-
ka's wealth and It is raw mater-
ial. Legislate HS you will , the
fact remains that Nebraska is at
the end of the long l.-aul each
way. Her products from which
she obtains her wcalth must be
shipped out. her manufactured
articles nius.t be shipped in. A , \ -
distance tanff or a per ton per
mile rate would do lUuch to destroy -
troy the prosperity now enjoyed
by the Nebraska farmer and
stock raiser , The products of
Nebraska farms and Nebraska
ranches must be sold largely beyond -
yond her own boundries and the
rae that will best accomodate .
the traffic by giving her products \
a low rate on a long haul , is the . . .
rate her citizens are most interested -
ested 111.