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PUBLIHHED EVERY THURSDAY.
Entered at tbe Post-ofllce at Valentine.
county. Nebraska , as Second-clasn matter.
8TAT2 OFFICERS
EZRA P. SA.VAGE , Governor.
C , F. STKKLR. Lieut. Governor.
GKO. W. MAUSH , Secretary State.
CHAS. WESTOK , Auditor Pub , ACCCS.
WM. STEUFER Treasurer.
FRAUK . PKOUT , Atty. General.
GEOHOK FOWLER , Com. Pub. Lands and Bldjr.
LEE HAUDMAN , Librarian.
U. 8 SENATORS
JOSEPH II. MILLAKD.
CHAS. H. DIETKICH.
CONGRESSMEN
ELMEK J. BURKETT. Rep. 1st Dist.
DAVID H. MEKCICR , Rep. 2nd Dist.
JOHN J. ROKINSON.FUS. 3rd Dist.
WM. L. SPARK , us. 4th Dist.
A. C.SHALLKNBERKEK. Fus 5tb Dist ,
WM. NEVILLE , Fus. cthDist.
COUN IY OFFICERS
W. C. SHATTVCK , Treasurer.
C. S. REKCE , Clerk.
W , R. 'JOWNE , Judije.
L , N. LAYPOUT. Sheriff.
A. M. MOKRISSKY , Attorney.
ETTA BROWN , Sup-'riiitemlent.
LEROY LKACH , Surveyor.
ALFRED LEWIS. Coroner.
COUNTY UOMMLSSIONEHH
W , E. HALEV , 1st Dist.
ALEX BURR. 2nd Dist.
L. LAUFER , 3rd Disl.
"Charles II. Faulbaber
Brownlee
Breeder of
Reu'st'd Heretords.
o
Hyam , No. 74,538.
at head of herd.
Young bulls from 6
to 18 months old
for sale
HENRY AUGUSTON
Blacksmith
Brown lee , Nebr.
Does general blacksmithingathani
thnes prices for cash.
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PAT HETT
Valentine , Nebr.
Good , flard Rock for sale in any
quantity.
H ; M.CRAMER ,
City Deliveryman.
Trunks , valises and packages hauled to and
from the depot and all parts of the City.
J27 Telephoue 12.
W. A. KTMBELL
Barber
First-class Shop in Every Respect
EMI de Quinine Hair Tonic , tioldeu Star hair
Tonic , Herpicide and Cokw's jaudi uff Cure.
Try Pompeian Face Massage Cream
fcEROY LEACH
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County Surveyor
YaleiitiMe or Woudlake
GKHKBAJU WOUK PBOITLATTKADEU TO.
JG HN PORATR
Bie e. Xebr.
Tubular wells and Eclipae wind
mills.
A. M. MORRISSEY
i
f Attorney at Law
Valentine , X biv
A. N. COMPTON
Physician and Surgeon1
Office at Quigley & Chapman's
-'Drug ytore. NightThi - Don-1
oner lesideuce , Cherry Mreet. '
Edward S. Fur ay
Physician and Surgeon
Qfflce Fraternal Hall or El
liott's Drug Store. (
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JF. M. WALCOTT
ATTORNEY * ABSTRACTER
1 Valentine , Nebr.
.fractlcca in District Court and U. S. Land (
Office. Real Estate and Hanch Property
. tinngljtand sold. Bonded Ahfltrarter.
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Job Work ,
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TIME TAIILE
mam
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EBiNo. . 27 Frt. Dally 233 P. M.
No. 25 except Sunday 9:40 A. M
No. 3Passenger Daily 12:49A.M.
EAST BOUND
No. 28 Frt. Dally GW : > A. M.
No,2P except Sunday 5:00 P.M.
wo. 4Passenger Daii4:47A.M. .
SOCIETIES ,
K. of l . ChERRY LODGE NO. 1C9 meet ? Itt
aud 3rd Friday of each month at 8:30.
M. V. NlCnOLSOfl , MAItnXCHKISTKNSEN ,
C.C. KofK. & . S.D
VALKKT1XKL.ODGEXO.2051.0. O. F
Meets Thursday night each week ,
AMOS KAMJALL , j , T. KEKLEV ,
M , G. "Sec'y.
LO1 > QK A. F. 4.
AJM.A'O 1O . Meets SstTu suayeacb inouih
T. u , UOUNBY , W , VV , THOMPSON ,
W. M. Sec'y.
A. O. U. IV. &O.7O. Meets 1st and 3rd Muu
dty 01 each month.
w. A. PKITVOKKW. U. G , DUNN ,
M. W. Hecurdei.
liO\Olt IfcO. HO. Meet *
2ud and 4ih Moifdaj each month.
jKNNllsPliTTIJOHN , VV. A.i'ETlYCKi Wt
U. oi 11. Kecoruer.
JI. XV. A. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays each
nioalh.
.M. V . MCHOLSON , W. E , H LEY ,
V.r .
UMO.AO , 5 < H * Meets
ever > t > atun.a. > u i h
J. A.UUKNUACK , E. D , CLAUK ,
F , M. Sec' > .
IIOY'AL , XUliillliOICS.-Meets 2nd am.
4th Wednesdays each mouth.
MAKV QUIULKY , MINNIK DANIKI.S ,
Oracle. Kec
and Daughters of I'roteeiioi.
JLodge > o , O. Meets 2nd and 4th Fridays each
mouth.
A. E. I'KTTYCREW , W , A. PKTTVCKKW ,
Pies. Sec'y
itoyul Highlanders , Devoii Castle Xo
2ttl. Meets 2ud Friday eaca mouth.
ED CLAUK , . & . HALEY.
1. P. Sec'y.
MOLL PRICES FOR FEED.
.Iran , bulk 75 per cwt $14.00 ton
aborts bulk 85 per cwt $16.00 ton
screenings 70c $13.00 "
Chop Feed . . . . 1.05 | 20 00 "
Corn 95 * $18.00"
< 'hup corn 1.00 " $19.UO "
Oats 1.20 " $2300"
ETTA BROWN
SUPF , PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Examination Third Saturday of each
mouth and Friday preceding.
IALENT1NE NEBRASKA
I Paint ,
Wall Paper ,
Calcimine.
Brushes ,
Pure Linseed Oil
Varnishes
AT
Christensen's.
oses & Hoffacker.
Sii e N'ebr
V on right or IP ft
O sl'oulrttr oJ I'Ors-
e *
O on 'eft ' Jw. . II on left side. H on left thigh
8. X. Moses.
rJglit shoulder
O -Hi d hip.
SEQUAH (3267)
Dark brown , Foaled Nov. 24th ,
1889. Sire "Nimrod"
(1066) ( ) , by
(867) ) . Seqnah's dam 289 Lady-
"CJomet" (151) ( ) , by "Eclipse" (191) ( )
by uSt. Giles'(687) ( ) by Wildiire"
bird F. S. Vol. 7 by Restless T. B.
Sequah's G. dam by Larrywheat
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T.B. ) .
He will stand for season * of
1902 at Sherman's barn.
J. W. STETTEK.
Owner. ' i
A TARIFF COMMISSION
It Is a Scheme to Delude Voters
Until After 1904.
COULDN'T ACCOMPLISH AUYTHING
A Deadlocked Commi lon Wonl i
Just Salt the Republican Machine
Mr. Babcock la a Fair Sample oi
the Republican Tariff Reformer.
Do Yon Like Him ?
The protectionists themselves do not
seem to be able to agree on the person
nel of the tariff commission they an
so anxious to see congress authorize
One school thinks n nonpartisan com
mission would be most available am
another school will only approve of ;
bipartisan commission. It is difficiii
to see how any commission can be Se
lect.d that would report a satisfactory
bill or amendment to the present Ding
ley law unless it agrees politicall ;
with the majority of congress that ha
to finally approve the changes/ 5
commission was composed of one hal
prot ctiouists and the other half taril
refo.uicrs it c .uld never agree oi
tlK > eh. , : : os that should be made. Ii
fact the prot.-ctionisrs desire no chang
unless it will increase the presen
rate's. Elistory shows that the Repu
Means have always reformed the tar !
upward. A nonpartisan commission .
hardly possible if those appointed ar
skilled in the intricacies af the tariff
for any 0:10 who has investigated it.4-
complications must have a decidec
bent either toward protection or tarif.
for revenue or free trade.
If such a commission consisted of fivi
men. two protectionists and two tarifi
reformers , and the fifth member was se
lected as a nonpartisan that is , neither
a protectionist nor a tariff reformer
what would result ? The nonpartisan
member must agree on a report which
either the one side or the other consid
ered desirable or no majority report
would be forthcoming , or if he could
not agree with either side a deadlock
would result.
Is not a deadlock what the Repub
licans desire ?
Can you find a Republican who does
not declare that the principle of pro
tection must be preserved in any modi
fication of tlit1 present tariff law :
Those Republican congressmen whc
have been elected in the western states-
by constituencies which strongly fa
vored abolishing the protection to truss
productions have declared , while prom
ising relief from the exactions of th
trusts , they still adhere tu protection a.
the most fundamental doctrine of thei ,
party. Is nct the commission plan pro
posed to prevent action until the excit <
inent subsides , or to trust that other i-
sues will in the meantime1 ariseand th
thoughts of the voters in the tariff .n
form constituencies can be concentrat
cd upon them to the exclusion of larii
reform V
The h'ght for supremacy in the nex
congress will be settled by the electlo.
of a fip\.ker. : and the only cnnclklai
so far montloneil v/ho his shown an.
sign of tariff ivf.-rm sentiment i ,
Chairman Bilcoek : , niirt his reputatl (
for it rests on the bills lie introduc <
to amend the stocl and iron schedit.
As Mr. Babcock dd not domr.nd th.
these bills should he considered by tl
ways ami means committee , his reput :
tion as a tariff reformer iv.cts on
very slim foundation , ai.d it was th
common L.iik of political circKs ii
Washington that he only introuueec
the bills to be on the record in the ri"h ;
direction , without any idea of takin-
any decided stand in behalf of such re
form and in fact did not favor it. '
His election by the ultra protection
majority of his party to the important
position of chairman of the congres
sional committee to manage the cam
paign and the fact that all the docu
monts issued by the committee made * ; !
bold stand for extreme protection
make it clear that tariff reform will
fare badly In his hands.
All the other candidates mentioned
for speaker are strong protectionists.
It is impossible therefore to over
come the facts that point to the tariff
commission a means to gain time
and postpone consideration of tariff
reforms until after the presidential
election.
He Hear * II1 Master' * Voice. 3
Before and After * '
What is the matter with llepublicaii
management of the United States treas
ury ? A llepublicaii victory and a big
plump hi Wall street follows. If the
Democrats had wow , it could not have
been worse. Before election Secretary
yhaw poured the money intoWall
Street ; when the election was over he
changed his plans and closed up the
treasury doors with a snap.Is Secre
tary Shaw short of the"market ar.d
helping the .besr campaign and thus
feathering his own nest " ? It certtinly
tools * lifce Jt *
VrfATCH THE REPUBLICANS !
The Fan Will DetfB When Tber At.
tempt to Revise the Tariff.
At last tbe tariff is going to be re *
formed "toy its friends" not right away ,
but as soon as it really needs it. Some
of the duties which protect the "bad"
trusts most come off.
A beginning may be made with the
duty on anthracite coal , which Secre
tary Moody says was "smuggled into
the Dingley tariff bill in a sneaking
and cowardly manner. "
Undoubtedly the president in his mes
sage to congress will recommend that
this smuggled duty be taken off , and ,
as the duty on soft coal protects the
coal trust or trusts far more than the
duty on anthracite , he must , to be con
sistent , recommend that all coal be put
on the free list.
Then the fun will begin , as it always
has begun when the Republicans have
attempted to revise 'the tariff down
ward , and indeed by revising it up
ward.
The trusts will send agents to Wash
ington. These will appear before the
ways and means committee or perhaps
before a tariff commission which the
president will recommend. They will
loudly proclaim the direful results that
will follow even the slightest lowering
of the robber duties. Each trust agent
will gravely inform the commission or
their commission ( for heretofore the
protected manufacturers have had
their own way in all things ) that his
particular industry will be ruined ,
simply wiped off the earth , if the tariff
is touched even by friendly hands. lie
will produce carefully prepared tables
showing that in his industry day wages
are twice as high in this country as in
Germany or France and GO per cent
higher than in England. lie will put
up a pitiful plea for "protection to la
bor" and "American wages for Ameri
can workingmen. " Ho will not explain
how a tariff on goods what the trusts
have to sell will protect labor what
the workingmati has to sell ; neither will
he explain why wages are higher in
free trade England than in protected
Germany or-Trance , or why our trust
products , made by hteh priced labor ,
are sold in foreign countries in compe
tition with goods made by cheap labor.
These details will not prevent him
from making most positive assertions
that the tariff protects the worklngman
and free trade would ruin him.
After a year spent in taking testimo
ny from the protected manufacturers
the only ones who usually appear be
fore such a committee. the commission
will , unless the agitation for revision
becomes very acute , calmly decide that
the tariff protects labor more than the
manufacturer and that it is not at all
the mother of trusts , either good or bad.
In this way one or two years , ' time
will be gained by the protected manu
facturers , and perhaps by that time
another war will be launched and will
divert the people from the tariff ques
tion. , . , , f
It is hard to beat the protected trusts , '
Preparing : Hln
Pre.iliietitl.il Nominee * .
The Republican newspapers arc quite
busy bringing forward candidates for
the Democratic nomination for presi
dent and finding fault with those that
are considered active candidates. This
is a good indication'that the Demo'-rat- i
ic candidate will have a good chance .
for election or the Republicans would
not bother their heads , about who lie *
will be. Whoever the candidate is will
be acceptable to at least two-thirds of
the party , as it requires that majority
in the national Democratic convention
to nominate. To nominate the Repub
*
lican candidate only requires a major-
ity. Will Mr. Roosevelt be acceptable
to the majority of his party , or , if a J"
majority favors him , as now seems like
c
ly , will the minority accept him and
vote for him ?
fi
A Ba < T One.
Barbed wire , being the production of
$
the steel trust and selling in Europe v
for two-thirds less than the trust sells
it to the American farmer , would seem
to fix the status of the steel trust as a s
bad trust. If the Republicans are sin
cere in their expressed determination to ?
remove protection from bad trusts , the !
steel trust productions would be a good
place to begin by lopping off the 40 pel * cf
cent protection the tariff law now gives
them.
t
Civil Service Up to Date. c
Mr. Addicks. the gas man. has been \
invested by the administration with the' o
boss-ship of Delaware , and the federal 1c 1
offices will be parceled out to his politi c
cal strikers. President Roosevelt cer
tainly is making some queer deals for a r
civil service reformer. If he does not t
look out. he'will. while making friends t
of the gas trust , lose tbe support of T
I
STEEL BILLET CASES
Duties Assessed Not on Actual
Prices Paid.
OUSTOM3 OFFICIALS' DECISION ,
I
Steel and Other Tm t Gremtlr Bene
fited Thereby Revelation * In Onr
Cnstomn Hovxc an to Home and
Export Price * In Germany Lead to
InTentlRratlnir Committee Tkere.
Our tariff laws are made in fulfill
ment of two Scriptural texts , "Tho
Lord-helps those who help themselves , "
and "To him that hath it shall be given
and from him that hath not it shall be
taken away , even that which he hath. "
These laws tike from the poor and
give to the rich. They tax millions of
poor consumers and turn the proceeds
over to thousands of cormorant trusts.
These trusts go to Washington and
make tariff laws. If they do not own
enough congressmen or senators ,
through contributions to campaign
funds , they buy a few more in the
open market at Washington. Prices
are not unreasonably high.
That the trusts have made the tariff
laws about right for themselves is
clear from the action of the United
States general appraisers on Is'ov. 7
atlirming the action of General Ap
praiser Jewell in the steel billet pro
test case of A. Milne & Co. , Naylor &
Co. and George 1 > . Douglas. The
merchandise was entered at about 70
marks (18) ( per 1,000 kilos (2,204 (
pounds ) , advanced to 97 marks by the
customs authorities at" Philadelphia
and appraised at SO marks by Colonel
Jewell.
The Iron Age says that "the board
was unanimously cf the opinion that
the steel billets in question were hon
estly invoiced at the prices actually
paid therefor , but inasmuch as the Ger
man makers fixed the value for export
less than for home consumption it
was compelled to appraise It at the
higher price paid by the purchasers in
Germany. "
Thus the Republican officials have
found that the protected manufacturers
of Germany are selling goods for ex
port far below the prices charged .at J
home , but they are still denying that J I
f
our own protected manufacturers are |
engaged in the same mean and under
handed business. Our manufacturers ,
who own the Republican party , are
interested in keeping our foreign bil
lets , and hence in having imported bil
lets assessed at the home prices so that
the duty ou them would be increased
by the penalty for undervaluation (1 (
per cent for each 1 per cent increase in
appraised over invoiced value ) if not
because of increased rates.
Such being the facts the Republican
officials easily discovered that there ,
were two prices for German billets.
They cannot make the same discovery
about our protected manufacturers be
cause they are interested in keeping the
facts dark. It makes all the difference
in the world whose ox is being gored.
Some interesting results will follow in
the wake of our investigations of Ger
man export and home prices. A two
column article from Berlin appears in
the New York Journal of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin of Nov. 14 ,
entitled "German Steel Exports and
American Tariff. " The writer tells us
that the revelations made by our cus
toms officials have profoundly inter
ested the Germans , and that an investi
gation of the German kartels or trusts
aud their methods has been ordered ,
and that it began on Nov. Ii. Minister
Posadowsky has summoned the man
agers of the powerful iron and steel ,
coal aud coke , sugar , cement and other
kartels and sale syndicates to appear
before him aud to explain the discrimi
nations practiced by the kartels against
German buyers.
The writer tells us that "within thc-
laat six months there have been ma
terial reductions in prices authorized
by the syndicates for home markets , al
though the difference is still very
large. " As an example of this differ
ence he says that "export steel is sold
for 1 Go marks ( $10) ) per ton. while the
domestic price la 1)3 marks (323) ( ) . "
All of this reads very much like oui.
own home news , or rather it reads lik-
the statements In the Democratic cam
paign book , which were stoutly denied
by the Republicans during the last cam
paign. The Berlin correspondent also
says :
"The export price libts for steel and
irou products arc not published. The
methods of the Westphalian Pig Iron 1
syndicate , the Siegen. Lorraine , Lux <
embourg and Silesis'.n steel and iron <
syndicates , the Ilalbzeug verbaud , the <
drawn wire kartel and auxiliary bodies
are kept secret so far as export trade is
<
concerned. "
Thia also sounds familiar to us. We i
remember that the Democrats found it
so difficult to obtain export prices on '
our goods that they offered a reward of 1
$100 for an export discount sheet of a ]
single firm.
Putting all of these fucts together
any fnir minded man must conclude
that Hie results of high protection are
very much the Maine in one country as
in another. One of the results is cer
tainly rt multiplicity of trusts , and au-
otht-r is lower prices for export than
for ( Iitui8tic trade.
Tlir Germans are investigating these
tariff trust evils. WbycAnnot our con
gress investigate these same evils ,
whic-n : ire greater in ibis than in any
other country , because we have the
highest and worst tariff law ever put
on statute books ? There is no reason
excel t liat the trusts , which own.tb *
paity iis powrr. don't want these
tlmj ! J iiivpsti'-rated. unions by a par
tisan industrial commission warranted
not U flud anything , to harm the party
iU power , P Q W.
Business Notices.
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Notices under this beading C cents per line
NI
etch Insertion. Among reading matter. 10cents
per line eaclxinsertlon.
All kinds of heavy hardware and
wagon wood stock at E. Brcuklanders.
20-tf
50 head of horses for sale or ex-
-.hnnge. Searby Bros. .Crookston ,
Nebr. 37 tf
Ranch for Sale or Lease ! ! .
16 quarter sections , good range , hay
water and timber. Will run 300 head
of stock. For information address , box
no. 154 , Gordon Nebr. or I. M. RICE ,
Valentine , Nebr. 42-tf
Cat this out and semd.
We need money. Those who call and
pay up all back subscription and A year
in advance to the VALENTINE DESIO-
CRAT during the next two months we
will make a straight rate of one dollar
per year. Clip this out and send it
with a years subscription in advance
together with what you now
Only good to Dec. 16 , ' 02.
Two fresh cows for sale.
44 tf M. P. Bnosius , Valentine Nebrl
Penbr ok Vps.
All's up side down with care.
Corn buskers 4 cenns a bushel.
F. Grooms went to town Friday.
J. S. Grooms went to town Saturday.
Mr. Owns is fattening a carload of cat
tle.
Gean Hutchison went to town Fri-
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day.
day.BORN
BORN To .J. S. Grooms and wife
a baby girl ,
Mr. Brown has 30 head of fine shoats
fattening.
Again the bums have struck the
community.
Miss Kandall visited Sunday with
Miss Hutchison.
Mr. Haley and family spent Sunday
at Dave Hamars.
Miss Jennie Conger came down from
town Saturday.
Charlie Billings is husking corn for
John Grooms Sr. . .
Good sound corn in'this community
30 cents a bushel.
Eoy Kuskie enjoys a north'-east.
breeze now days.
Mr. Brown went to Valentine Sat
urday on business.
Mr. Hittle lost 7 head of stock fro m
the corn stock disease.
As this is our first we hope this will
not find the waste basket.
Mr. Kosa and Miss Maggie Congor
were in Sparks Saturday.
Mr. McCrea of Valentine came
down to Mr. Brown's Saturday !
Uncle Sam's uniform seems to have
struck the east end of the country.
' Mr. Rubberneck and Mr. Gnmcrack-
r were in these parts looking for cat
tle.
Mr. Byder from down on the river
was npon the table Sunday enjoying a
breeze.
Mrs. Whetstone who has been on
he sick list for some time we are glad
to I learn is improving.
Highland Literary Society will reor
ganize Friday night Dec. 5. Come
one and all and enjoy a good time.
WANTED- the neighborhood of
Penbrook , a-dentist , to workonrthe
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teeth of the wind and the jaws of
'
death. „ , , - . " , , .
Report of school district No. 47 for
the month ending Nov. 21.Number
of days taught , 19 ; number -pupils
enrolled , 36 ; daily - attendance , ,2t > ;
cases of tardiness 12 : time lostby
samei hours and SO'/jninutes. Roll
of Honor Albert jS agfclj , Katie arid
Joe Boltz , Geo , and Julia. " Nollette ,
Marie I , Clara , Audie' and''Valentine
Stasch' , Frances Satterleei'.lRdsa Kor-
lawski.Gertrude Schafer , AvaHowe ,
Dora Morgan and Jobn.KrejawVki.V
CYNTHIA RUTIIUR , Teacher.
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