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I THE ONLY STORE
1 OF ITS KIND
I IN THE WEST.
Hi rpHE only place where you can find what you want
D * • in. our line.
H THHE only place that sells goods on their merit. .
H " fiT ® ma e our own Prict5SWe sell at a profit.
H * XTTT"3iJ have bargains in surplus stock. We guaran-
H V tee every article as represented. '
_ HFT are estahlishing a trade for the hereafter , not
H W only for to-day and tomorrow , but for years to
H come , by conducting our business in a straight , legiti-
H mate manner , giving full value , dollar for dollar , and
m backing up just what we say.
m "XKT iave one ° r * King's celebrated Optometer's
m V V and can fit your eyes wi th spectacles correctly.
H TXTE charge nothing for piercing ears with a new
m VV painless process , its very funny ; makes any
B one laugh.
H "TXTE are having a big sale on Gold Watches , which
M VV we sell same price as silver.
H 2 ? * * It will bo impossible to describe all we have for sale , so drop in and
H convince yourself that there is no place like it on earth.
H MAIN AVENUE , - COltNElt SOUTH OF POST OFFICE.
I J. A. YanShoik ,
M AGENT FOR THE
I Singer Sewing Machines
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M ALSO KEEPS ON HAND A FULL LINE OF
I Repairs and Supplies.
H Office , in McMillen's Drug Store , • - - McCook , Nebraska.
R . Ska B VI f $ y _ _ _
I I am now located In Hie store room
I lately vacated l > y Mrs. T. Nells , on
I Main Avenue , where I will be pleas-
I ed to see all my old customers and
I many new ones. My stock will he
I larger and liner than ever , and my
I prices as low as the lowest.
I H. H. BERRY.
1888.Fall Season.1889.
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The fact that my efforts in the past to produce
none but of the highest standaid of excellence
have been appreciated by friends and customers ,
as shown by my large and rapidly increasing busi-
- * ness , has encouaraged me to still greater exertions
for the Fall and Winter season.
UK fill 4- " / * ! " - " 01 % "
For gentlemen wear , is now complete , and it will
give me pleasure to have you see my stock , which
is as large and handsome an assortment of new
goods a s can beshown by any of the best houses
in larger cities. 1 am better prepared now to exe
cute all orders promptly , and give the trade styl-
i ish and perfect fitting garments.
L. BERNHEIMER ,
; McCook , Nebraska. MKRUII ANT TAILOR ,
j .OF McCOOK , NEBRASKA.
Makes First Mortgage Loans on farm Property.
OFFICE IN FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING.
A CAMPBELL , Phcsiocnt. B. M. FREES , 1st Vice President.
- v O. HOCKNELL , Secretary. S. L. GREEN , 2d Vice President.
* F. L BROWN , Treasurer. '
i blAuliJj TRUlil Mi Bill olriDWj , ;
- ELA/TON & CO. , Proprietors. \
I ' EQUIPMENT UNEXCELLED IN THE CITY. j
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l"S- . C. ALLEN & CO. : ! J. C. 'ALLEN & CO. > : V ' f !
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i l Dry Goods and Cloaks . * 1
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> .f : ; : ' WINTER GOODS , that we bought in the Eastern Markets for CASH. * „ ml
' \Jf We will sell them VERY CHEAP to our customers. We can only " Mi
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buildup and increase our trade by giving the people j !
: ' FIRST-CLASS GOODS AT BOTTOM PRICES. ; . |
- > Compare these prices with what you have been paying * : < -e § | j |
Double fold Tricot , , - - $ .50 worth $ .75. Ladies' Kid Gloves , all sizes and colors , $ .50 worth $ .75. gi
Cotton Flannel - - # - ' 08 $ " 12 Ladies'Kid Gloves , all sizes aud colors , .75 worth 1.00. ' 'r '
. flies'Kid Gloves , all sizes and colors , L00 worth 1.50.
Scarlet Twilled Flannel , - - - .20 • m
. . S Ladies' Kid Gloves , all siaes and colors , 1.2j worth 1.7" .
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46-inch Wool Henriettas , • - .50 .75. Ladies'Kid Gloves , all sizes and colors , 1.50 worth 2.00. i
54-inch French Broadcloth , - . - 1.45 " 2.00. Ladies' all wool Hose , - - - .35 worth .50
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TliKse are a few of otlt low prioo9 this week. We are making speuial inducements for your trade in all departments.
These priceH are about 25 per cent lower than any place in the city.
TTT 1 mi ] ' o 1IT" 1 Tl 2 J3 ITT J. 9 Tl i. ir < ir I
The Highest Grade of Coffee in the World. Sold only in 2-pound cans and in bulk.
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( B. F. Jap Tea at 60c , worth 90c. }
o Our Specialties : &SSwieeseo ;
( Monarch Canned Goods.
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J. C. ALLEN & CO. - : - J. C. ALLEN & CO.
WHOLESALE. RETAIL.
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IW1MI1II1I I UMiliflM | | | Tl l.M. WI nHIIIN.M.IIWI III. I WW .1
k-ntred ? Sixtjmillions of population in the
United Status , so funis I could iee in ni3" trip
across it , free , contented and happy. In tlio
greui empire ol Eii hind ihcro are seven hun
dred thousai d of men without ability to earn
their living ; seven hundred thousand out of
lorty million of population I know your life
is not easy. Most of us have undergone th"
hardships of the frontier. Most of us know it
is no easy task to make a home out of earth
and air and water. Most of us have hud some
experience with the frreat round sea of prai
rie heie when there was nothing but the bison
skimming its sea. Most of us know the strug
gles by uhich you came up , from the time
when your possessions could be mustered al
most under the name of "hope" and nothing
else to the time when jour possessions amount
to home and your surroundings amount to
civilization.
Our friends tell you of the tariff issue , and
most of them. I take it , that have discussed
the question here , come squarely to the prop
osition and saj that they are free-traders , that
they are in favor of wiping out the present
laws which stand guard over .ne commercial
institutions of the United States. Ttiey say to
you , "Let us have free raw material ; let us
sell in the cheapest market or let us buy in
the cheapest market and sell in the deurest
market. " Well , we will examine that a triile.
Let me ask you a question about this free raw
material just for a second. What is "f reu raw
material ? "
Is it something that comes without the toil
of man from the hand of God , and is at once
acceptable to your service or consumption ?
Did any man ever go out in the morning and
sharpen an old dull t-evthe : .nd mow what wool
he "wanted for his year's supplj ? Did any
, with the tirst
man ever go out and gather
lrost , his yearly supply of salt ? Did an.i man
ever go out when there was a rise in the river
and pick up what lumber he wanted for the
j ear's iuipiovements ? Did any man tluit had
a Eiekly huh to his wagon ever go out into the
timber and shake down tusupply of hubs and
get one in that way. liehiin every one of
these things which our friends call "free raw
material" stands a human being , and this rep
resents his labor , doesn't it ? It represents his
hope in life , his capital , his toil. Now they
say. take off sgg3aBjii"i
terial. but do thej say take it off the manu
factured aiticle ? If free trade is a good thing
for the raw material , which represents labor ,
ami perhaps nothing else , ought it not to be a
better thing for the mannJMCtured article ?
The man who stands at the bottom of the game
or life has to do with raw material.
We of the iroutier and agricultural sta'e of
Nebraska , minus such manufactories as will
consume the surplus raised upon our farms.
we need all the aid we can get. don't we ? You
realize it < lay by day , night by nightseason b.\
season. You realize it when the time conies
that j ou have got to rake and scrape for some
the north
means to protect yourselves against
crn blasts and b ows. Now then. 1 submit il
Dt-Htection is a good thing for the manufact
ured article , it is likewise good for the raw ma
terial , as our friends call it. and I submit that
there can be no true policy that will involve
the sacrince of that which , if it has any effect
whatever , is to the advantage ol" the toiler ,
when at the same time they lefusetomakere
iuctioiis or remove duties from the manufact
ured article. For instance , take wool. The
state of Nebraska , as a matter of fact , does
not raise an extraordinary amount of wool.
Hie United States , in the aggregate , raises
hree hundred million uoumlsof wool , worth
tbout one hundred million dollars , the yearly
nitput. Wo aretheiirth orsixth wool produe-
ng power of the world. WegrowaboutKIper
sent , of the wool which our manufactories
smisume. There are engaged in the manufuct-
jro of woolen goods in the United States so inc
hing over a million of people , it is estimate ! ,
riiere is employed in it a vast capital. The
tutput of our manufactories , woolen and
itbcrwiso , supplies the entire wants or the
) oople , with a very small exception. These I i
icople otigagcd in this industry , and other in- '
lustries. consume 02 to P5 percent , of all the <
aw material produced in this country 02 at ]
east 02 per cent , or everything that is raised j
is the farms of the United States goes into the <
muds of these people engaged in niauufact- ]
tries. Stop right , here with me amoment. and J
3giiSq'pigB3a ; > sgg3aBjii"
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j follow this argment around. Our friends say
I to tlio farmer , "Sell in the highest market ;
buy in the cheapest market. " Now. anybody
would be a fool who wouldn't buy in the cheap
est market and sell in the hisjnesi market , and
people are expected to jump at the proposi
tion presented by the orator. They are ex-
i peeted to assume one of the propositions ad
vanced , without any proof of the argument.
They are expected to resolve upon the mere
assertion which is supposed to be a logicftlsc-
quitur from the other , "sell in the highest mar"
ket ; buy in the cheapest " Now , I will agree
with this audience that to buy in the cheapest
market is best. England is supposed to lie the
cheapest market in which to buy that is the
offer held out by the gentlemen arguing for
the free trade proposition. Let us see. Sup-
pirse we do buy there. Suppose we reach over
the heads of all except eleven or twelve mil
lion people of the United States and buy in
England. There are eleven or twelve million
producing farmers , agriculturists. They are
producing raw material , and they reach over
the heads of the people who now consume 02
at least , from that to 95 per cent , of what the3'
produce , and sell it in England or try to
Now , you are doing this under the rule that it
is your duty to sell in the highest market , but
you remember the other alternative was that
you should buy in the cheapest market. Well ,
that rule that provides that you should buy in
the cheapest market and sell in the highest
market will become the rule to the man to
whom you offer your produce , won't it ? He
comes under the injunction to buy in the
cheapest market and not in the highest market.
Will he. under these circumstances , be the pur
chaser of your produce ? Let us see. That is
a question of fact , indeed , never to be assumed
as conclusive. Let us see. There is Russia.
India , Australia Austral Asia there art-
three countries that manufacture , grow , pro
dnce the quantity tin t is already consumed bi
England. She takes in that portion of our pro
duct which we do not sell at homo. She takes
our product , minus 02 per cent. Do you expect
the time will ever come , under the rule of buy-
in _ in the cheapest market , when she will take
any more ? liecause. if > ou were the cheapest
market , she would have taken 02 per cent , of
.iour produce , instead of takings percent as
she does now. Where does she supply herself ;
She supplies herself in Australia , in Uussia , in
India. Will she cease to do that ? She will
never cease to do it until you bring yourself
under the rule , namely , offer her a cheaper
product for the supply of the forty million
mnuth8 or England. Can you do that ? Are
you willing to do it ? Are you willmg to accept
that alternative ? I submit you never can I
submit you never can , and it is not the part of
wisdom lor you to undeituKe it until you real
ize what so * t of a state of facts you bring your
self into competition with. The lands of Uus
sia. India and Australia , from which the sup
ply of bread-stuffs taken by England , outside
of meats , is procured , costs the man who pro
duces the product nothing , and his laborcosts
him from five to six and twelve cents a day.
Would you meet that condition here ? If you
can. then enter upon the first term of the prop
osition and buy in the cheapest market.
For the sake of argument , although I deny
it as a fact , wo will concede that is England.
Hut this is of no use unless you can make the
circular transaction unless you sell in the
dearest market , and that is already demon
strated that you cannot.
Afteryou have bought whatever you hnve
to buy from England , what becomes of the
ro-ty-eight million people of the United States
that are dependent now upon their toil or their
money for a living ? What becomes of them ?
They have made their living by supplying
your wants , and you have made your living by
supplying theirs. Now you have stepped
icross the ocean and houghtof a foreign pow-
lt , an alien , an absentee. When jou seek to
sell to them in return for what you have
nought , the surplus product that you nave
jroduced. they turn upon you with thesamo
irgumcnt that has led you into this blunder ,
fhey say. "Offer us your product as cheap as
ve can get It , " but for you to offer them your
iroduct as cheap us they can get it elsewhere
s to submit yourself to voluntary ruin. You
some back and iou have failed to sell your
iroduct offered in exchange. You seek tosell
t boro and what has happened ? The looms in
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I which was woven the commercial glory of the
1 country are closed , the gieat wheel ? that beat
1 out the great records of iron and steel , the
great factories where all the illimitable wants
of men were met by mechanical invention and
genius are closed. They lived upon you and
you lived upon them. The one turn in the bar
gain is broken and these men are powerless to
consume your product because you haveie-
fused to consume theirs. Is there any escape
from that argument ? Hut that is the result to
which the gentlemen invite you. \
What does it cost to run a Government ? It
has got to lie rather expensive nowadays.
$20. ) ,00 i.OOO under Mr. Cleveland's administra
tion for the year 1SSS-S9 The fiscal \ ear clo-es
June 30th. 1SS9 , for which the appropriations
are now about made. Two hundred and ninty-
tlve million dollars in round numbers three
hundred million dollars Wheie does the
money come from ? § 211 000 000 of it. if you
may trust the estimates.will come from duties
upon imports brought into this country. The
balance comes from the tax on the sale of
whiskey and tobacco. J211,000.ti00 is duties up
on imports into this country ? How much of
that do you pay ? If you analyze that amount
of revet.ue raised upon imports , you will find
that one hundred million dollars is la.d upon
diamonds , laces , beautiful plate , broadcloth
and such luxuries. One hundred million dol
lars is laid upon those Arc there any of you
here who have recently received a carload of
diamonds. ' If there is you have contributed
something to that factor and have paid some
portion of this revenue. We don't compete in
the production of diamonds , nor do we raise
the laces , nor do we produce the high-priced
• roadcloth. I
Filty-aix to fifty-eight million is raised by
duty laid upon sugar , and that unhappily > ou
do pay. Of the balance aoout fifty lour mil
lion dollars is laid upon mere textile fabrics
consumed by the people ot the United States.
What does that amount to per capita ? What
does it amount to if we do pay it ? It amounts
to ninety cents. Unless you area puichaser
of diamonds , high wines and if you had your
hide lull of high wines I don't suppo-e it would
mak'Miny difference you would pay the whole
national debt you don't contribute a cent
more to the expenses ot the government. Are
you willing to abandon the scheme of civilian-
tion ? Are you willing to let a great govern
ment run down and turn her Iooe upon the
sea of accident , or are you disposed to cling to
her as the most preoU.us thing so far produc
ed in the struggle of civilization ? Nothing so
consummate and complete , from the days of
savagery up , has been produced among man
kind as thi-government we call the republic.
If you are not willing to abandon her. then
this condition is inseparable as vour duty as
citizens , and that is th.itou maintain her. To
maintain her moans the expenditure of vast
sums annually. I say in .Mr. Cleveland's ad
ministration it amounts to three hundred mil
lion in round dollars. The cost of running the
United States was ninety-live million more
ttian it cost m running the four years of Mr.
Arthur's administration. One hundred million
dollars ot the people's money , that in compari
son with the expense of running thegoveru- _
ment during the last administration , calls for -
explanation. One hundred million dollars
gone and wc come here to talk about the man
ner in which the government should be con
ducted. If theie was a surplus to be left un
der thedemocratic administration there might
be some call for this clamor but where is the
-urplus ? Where is the annual surplu- ? it is
just exactli nowhere. It is nowhere ? It has ff
been appropriated , under the estimates of the
departments , by congress for the conducting
of the government , for which Mr. Cleveland
and his party stands responsible. But I say ,
and the question rests here , unless > ou are
willing to abandon the government it takes
SSO.000.000 to pay for the injuries sustained in
the efforts to save the country in war. Is there
any man. woman or child here 'hat wishes to _
abandon these wrecks , these remnants or a
crreat strife in which millions were broken ? Is j
there any man herewith the soul of a man ,
who says , "Let the government turn its back
upon the eighty millions necessary to protect
the soldiers and sal ors who suffered In de
reuse or the republic ? " IT there is. then he is
Tilling I suppose to elect an era oT Tree trade.
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ji < CLOTHINGwhich makes our stock com- ' . \ : '
: • i plete , consisting of Dress Suits , Business ; • •
ii * Suits , Work Suits , School Suits , Etc. , Etc. • = : _
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We received this week , from Chicago , the : : 9
j ; < largest stock of Dress Goods , Flannels , ' jj 9
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: ; < Caps , Etc. , we have ever carried. ; j ; jfl
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for CASH or PRODUCE at as low a price ; } . M
• ' as any house can sell. Don 't pay more for ; : \ < M
ii j goods than we pretend to ask. thinking j- ! H
you are saving " 25 cents on a dollar , " as ' : j j fl
< ' some of our competitors advertise. w jj /M /
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JOIIX F. BLACK.
Breeder or Impkoved Sheep.
7S "tWAfi3Pii Personal in-
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f& fc&JyZ tf iSW Addre him
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liiliilillir Nebraska.
EATON BROS. & CO.
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Horses branded on left hip or left shouder. j H
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"a 5' ig' Hayes county , and Beat- j H
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