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The system of paying
by check was devised
by all men-for any
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any business , either
Jarge or small. It makes
no difference whether
we pay out $10 or $10000
month. . A checking
account will serve your
needs.
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Anrono sending a sketch and descriptiont maY
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pntentablo. Commnnlca- I
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Un trlcUy cono entral. HANDBOOK on Patents .
Sent . free. Oldest npency for securingpatenu ! !
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Pntent taken tbrouch Munn & Co. receive
tpccial notice , without charge , ill the
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Miss Elsie M. Sherman enter-
. -'tained . a number of her ! lady
. friends at a six o'clock sev n
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. , . course luncheon last Saturday M- , -
* ning at wliicb -time she made pub
. lic the announcprapit : ( tf f her en -
( rairement . to Mr .Clarence. J . ] \Ic
ClplbnrJ " ! ' , of Fullprton. Nebr the
weddinii ; to tyke j > lice ; \ Vern ] Jt. j.cday
Dec. 29. The decorations were
carnations . smiliix ! and ferns and.
the colors green and white. . - , "
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Would the s : : ' rcr . c court hold to its
I opinion that kidnaping was not \ a
i } crime if tho victim was : ; a member
! I of tfie R - public.n party and a repre
3cntatvc : o * the epnitaHt'ars ' ? I elf"
not JCI ! C'f bat I the $ J. < JbO offered by
the 'Appeal would induce any man to
undertake I he abduction of Mr. : Tay.
h > r. as for .seven = years the state of :
Jl-ntueky had a standing reward 01
li-si.OOO : for the capture of the inur
df'ivrs of ( Joverhor : Goebel. for which
: rini.1'tylt r had been indicted by the
I Franklin county ) grand jury in Janu ,
ary. 11)00. ! )
Similar to Othcr Howards. "
But I did expect that" the offer of
this reward in the manner and with
the I language ; ; used would attract pub
lie attention to the kidnaping decision
of the t supreme court. ( I felt that if
this dN'ision.mndloning : the kidnap ,
ingof" poor and defenseless working
men by rich and powerful capitalists ,
was understocd by the American pco
pie a wave of protest would sweep
the country and force the supreme
court to recede from its position as
had been done before notably in the
famous Dred Scott decision , and will
undoubtedly ; be done again.
This Taylor reward was circulated
througth the mails in a manner in
daily use by banks , private detective
agencies anti horse thief associations ,
sheriffs and : marshals. I have here
three 1 postal } cards mailed by national
and state banks offering rewards for
the 1 arrest : - of men whom these banks :
al1C' . e to have committed crime. The
card which I offer for the inspection
of the t -r5-rf. it will be noted bear ?
upon fh ' 'n-c ' : : or outside = of the card
in large : letters , figures ( and characters ,
the following ! language ; : : "B. B. Bond
produce do-Ucr ! , wanted t for issuing
forged bills ) of lading : $2 , " > 0 reward will
be paid by l the First National } bank. :
Nashville. Tenn. . for Ills arrest and
delivery to Nashville authorities. . "
First Instance on Record.
It will be observed : that t this lan-
guage : , to quote this court's decision
on our demurrer to the indictment.
"is calculated to impress the readers
of th . language with the thought that
Bond was guilty of the commission of
some crime for which he would be
prosecuted by ; the Tennessee author ,
ties if captured } and returned to them. "
It can further be said following the
court's line of reasoning , that this lan
guage was obviously intended by the
First National bank to reflect inju.
riously upon the character of B. B.
Bond and from its terms and the man-
ner and style in which it was. dis-
played : on the postal card is ? ; calculated
to
to have that effect.
The other cards contain similar lan
guage and display. This is character
istic of thousands of cards which daily
pass through t the mails of the United
States , and yet : in not a single instance
has any ; effort been made by the gov
ernment lo rul the mails of this ob
jectionable matter and protect those
of its citizens who are fugitives from
justice.
My arrest and : conviction \ the first
instance on record wfiere a man wai
prosecuted : : fcr attempting to bring tc
the bar of justice an indicted fugitive
charged : with tho crime of murder.
The Reason Not Hard to Find.
There must bo some reason why I
alone of the thousands : of men who ,
according to the rule of this court and
the opinion of the district Attorney and
his assistant have committed substan
tially- : the same act sjiould } be singled
out and marked ! for prosecution.
The reason is not hard to find. So
ciety today ; is divided into two classes.
On the one side we find the work peo
ple - men , women and children who
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have no means of obtaining a liveli
hood but bv their hard labor. On the
other hand we find a relatively small
group of men who own the land and
the tools which these people must have I
access to if they ; are to live. It is the 4
primary : if not the sole purpose of the J
men who own this productive proper-
ty-to obtain as , large profits as possi 4
ble while on the other hand the work :
people strive constantly to increase
their wages. This creates a class con-
fii t. t.
The Conflict Began : With Civilization. '
This conflict began with civilization
and has come down under varying
forms to this , day and will continue :
with increasing intensity so long as a
small group of rich men are permitted
to lay upon the masses , to quote from
Pope Leo. "a yoke little better than
slavery. " Discussing ever present
problem of labor and its compensation.
John Adams in 1770 observed :
It is of no consequence by what name
you call your people whether by that of
freemen or slaves. In some countries the
laboring roor men were called freemen. I
in others slaves but the difference was (
imaginary only. What matters it wheth- ,
er a landlord employing ten laborers on ,
his farm gives them annually as much i
as will buy the necessaries of life or ( .
aiYes. . them those necessaries at first (
h d ?
Coming down to the civil war pe I '
riod"e , find that the Charlestown .
Baptist association in presenting a I . : .
memorial to the Georgia legislature in
1835 discussing this ever with us prob. !
lem of labor gave expression to the
following conclusion : .
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It amounts in effect to this - whether the
operatives of a country shall be bought J r
and sold and themselves become property I
as in this state or whether they shall be- c
come hirelings and their labor only be-
come prope'rty , as in some other states. i I
Slavery of the Working Class. I I 1
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tations i ) . , clearly reflecting the opinion '
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riods that t the master class ; recognized
no difference between the chattel
slave and , the t wage hireling. . In 1S05 (
Karl Marx : , the founder of scientific'
socialism , summed up the labor prob-
lem in the following striking - sentence :
In point of fact , however whether a
man works three days of the week for
himself on his own field and three days
for n thlng on the estate of his lurd or
whether he works in . ' ' , work- :
thp factpry or ' - ,
shop six hours daily f of * hirrisfclf I and six
hours dally for his employer- comes . to'
the same thing.
This surplus value over and above
that which-is required ' by the slave
the serf " and the wage worker to main
tain his physical existence is i the por-
tion which the ulast < , r. the feudal lord
and the t capitalist have , ta ! : I'II 1 by force
of arms in the first case , by ownership
of land in the second ! and by PWIl ( t'-
ship' of tools and cunnhurly J devised
laws and court decisions iip the 1 last t
ins ; anec.
The slave master : built up a.civiIinci
political system ; t which protected his '
right of property in the bodies of his ,
slaycs aud the , , " { 'alth they prodii'-ccl. (
One does not have to go very far back :
in the hltu1"of : ; ' this ! country to i'.nd :
confirmation of this statement. . Prior
to 1S0 ( ; the t laws enacted : by ! congress :
and by ; most of the several states '
backed : by the t decisions : of federal I and
state courts , had for their object tho t
protection of the t slave master in his
right of ownership : ; of men. women and
children. The man who dared raise i
his voice in protest against the ex
ploitation of the black : man was brand '
ed as a : traitor to his country. If In- . .
attempted to speak he was thrown in
to jail and if he attempted to print : i
newspaper voicing his sentiments Jsls ;
press was destroyed and he ' was mob
bed and umr prC'd.
What was true in the 1 ! two revolu
tionary periods which marked : tit ! ? ( \'i \ j- : .
appearance } of a I Iwlitkd : ! svsremtu : 1 !
on kingcraft ; : : : l:1 ! a jioHliral : system :
based en chattel ) si-ivory l ! is true t- da\ (
Marked Fcr Prrsrculicn. :
The men and tlfe newspapers ! : ! : iliat i \ t
have espoused 1'ie ( ' : : np of men. ! wom -
en and children who \ \ " 01'1i:1 : the I fidi/X : :
factories and mines of this nation ! : are
marked for persecution , as were the
Revolutionary and abolition \ : ! 'ditollte I
fore them. For ten years ; : ns editor of I
the Appeal to Reason 1 have : been ! In i :
constant conflict with the ruling das : I
and the men who hope to pick up the t
crumbs which drop from the tables of
the great captains of industry , on
whose will employment depends , not
alone in the industries , but in the gov
ernment , and municipal service.
Postoffice and Courts Versus Appeal.
The postoffice department was first
employed to hamper and harass the
Appeal to Reason in its work of edu
cation and enlightenment. The most
absurd rules arid regulations were spe-
ciail.v . formulated to ' apply , as Third
Assistant Postmaster General Madden
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wired to the Girard postmaster : ; "tri
the Appeal to/ Reason. " In every In- '
stance where our right to the mails :
was questioned the Appeal won a sig
nal victory , because we strictly obeyed
the spirit and the letter of the law.
Then the aid of the courts was : in
voked : to accomplish what the postof .
fice department had failed ! to do. 'P h"
courts today , as prior to 1800. are : with
ttie owning and ruling ; : class. : Daily
this fact is becoming more apparent. 1
One has only to refer to the long list : i
of decisions In which the interests of
labor' an capital are opposed to . . . veri
fy this statement. The blacklist has
been legalized and the boycott : out
lawed. The injunction has : : been usen (
with telling effect in labor contro
versies to terrorize and crush the men
who work : , while it has proved ineffec
tive and of no avail when directed
against great capitalist interests . as
President Roosevelt pointed out when
he was engaged in hi ; ; battle with the
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great packing industries. I
The people Missouri in their ca- ,
pacity as sovereign voters recently } i
elected a governor and legislature : on j
a [ platform demanding < > lief from rail
road extortion. A two cent fare bill
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was enacted into law. This law was '
upheld by the state supreme court.
The railroads went to the federal
courts which with the stroke of a pen
nullified the will of 3000.000 people.
So closely allied has become the fed
eral judiciary of this country the
great corporations that even now
there is pending congress a resolu
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tion demanding investigation of the
acts and conduct of the federal judges
who liavc prostituted their high office
to the profit of these corporations
three-fourths : of which . according to a
statement made by Governor Iladley
are either illegally organized or un-
lawfully conducted.
Fighting Industrial Dcttpot.i m- .
For years the Appeal to Reason has
been wagiugnlmost single handed : a '
fight against the oppressive and intol
erable industrial ! " I and political coudi-
tlons : which confront this ( 'ouutry.Ye 1
frankly admit having ; : been unsparing ! : ,
In our criticism of the acts of public
officials and the courts of this land. :
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We \ have dared to tell the truth , and it
is because of this thnt I face this
court tpday a convicted I felon in the . . f
cj'es of thousands of men and women ]
whose respect I covet. i
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Whence came this prosecution ? The
Kansas City Journal in November. - .
1907 editorially stated that the > de
partment of justice at the instance of
the : president of the United States had
been instructed commence procee - (
ings against a Socialist sheet at Gi (
rard , Kan. I do not know the Tour-
nal's source of information but am ini ( i
clined to believe from facts now in my : : J
possession that this prosecution of the' ' s
Appeal to Reason has been directed ;
from the attorney general's office in f
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Dry Creek Cracklings.
Dry Creek was well represented
at the Crookston dance Thursday
Everybody reports an enjoyable
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Miss : Dora Grewe spent Friday
and Saturday in Valentine attending
tho teachers annual association.
Berthia and Josephine Ryschon
and Pearl Brown spent : Sunday
afternoon at W. F. Bullis.
Mary : Eyschon and Josephine
Miller of Trookston drove out lo
Ry cbon'8 Sunday afternoon.
Mae Miller who works in Yalen-
tire spent.a couple of days with
her parents on Dry creek last week.
Those receiving perfect attend-
ance cards at the Dry Creek school
were ; William Spratfe , Oscar and
Gussie Graeff , Edith and Clarence
Kellog ] , Leona and .Hannah Janssen
Edward Brown and Frank Ryschon.
Those neither absent nor tardy ,
Leano and Hannah Jassen , \V ill-
iam Spratt. Edith Kellogg and
Gussie Graeff.t
Albert Brown and Dad Millet-
were Valentine callers Satuiday.
Joe Ryschon went to Rose Bud
Wejnesday.of ,
, C. Miller and daughter : Loretta
.spent Monday in Crookston.
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We are having fine weather at
this writing.
, J.'E. Hend ricks is doing a good
coal ] business in Eli now/
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.J . E. Ricketts departed last
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Tuesday for his home in Missouri.
Chas. Nelson and son Alex were
in Eli after a load of coal Friday.
W. D. Ricketts and son were also
after . a load of coal the same day. r
J. . E. HVndricks and part of his :
family ] took in the masquerade ball
in Cody Thursday night.
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Harry Springer took out a load
of coal Saturday.
Arthur Wickman is how work-
ing for Henry Quible.
" GRANNY CARTER.
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. . the eminent English authoress ,
writes about the English Suf-
fragettes. She tells why they
resort to the violence that lands
them in jail. _
Save a little of your indigna-
tion for the chapters of The
Beast and the Jungle" that are '
to come. Judge Lindsey hasn't
. really started . . to get to the heart
of his story yet.
DECEMBER EVERYBODY'S
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- Special display 1 by
George Elliott.
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LOW EXCURSION RATES
National Corn Exposition ,
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Omaha , Nebr. ,
Via the Northwestern Line. Tick-
ets on sale Dec. 7 , 8 , 9 , 14 and 16 ,
return limit Dec. 20. For full ,
particulars ax ply to any ticket
agent of The Northwestern Gin ( , .
Notice to Creditors.
In .ne c "Vmnty-Coiirt within and for Clierry
county. Nebraska.
la iliH n-attfcr , of Hie .estate of John Ford
lecea. ed.
To the crpditors of said pstate : I
. You art IIl n'hYnotltl ll. That , \ WII \ \ sit at the
C'luntj r „ " u Hllllll1 i In .Valentine In said county
> n the IMtli dny of Decenil ( ' . - 1909 at 10 o'clock
a. in. tll receivE - and examine rl ) " mis against
snld : 1 estate , with a view to their : adjustment .
allowance The time limited for t lie prps . nfa-
ti'iti nfi'lrflms against said estate is i -ix m . . nths
' om the24thdacof June A it i 1909and ! ttu
time limited for PHV " . . . I ot d-i . " ls is one year
from said 24th : day of Jim1 , 1009. ! :
- " - - Witness . my hand an-1 the pal 1 of said
SEAL < ' ( nlnty I oiir'1 Ii" 2nd rinvini ; ! n-oenfu
-v _ , 1909. . JAMES C. QUIRKY. ! I
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Special attention given to farmers' teams . .
and sale business. Rigs to , hire' : ; !
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: $ . ecrr esponcia ( : prices. But if you want a reputable serviceable Machine , then take '
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U. S. Weather Bureau , Report.
WEEK ENDING DEC. i , 1909.
Daily mean temperature , 35s. : . . . .
. ' Normal temperature 29s. :
Highest temperature 51 ° .
Lowest temperature 21 ° .
Range of temperature 30 = : .
Precipitation for week .50 of an inch.
Average for 21 years 0.21 of an inch.
Precipitation March : 1st to date 18.39 inches. I
Average for A _ 1 years 20.74 of an inched. . .
Jon j. McLEAS' : , Observer.I I
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Shorts , sacked 1 05 20 00
Corn , sacked 1 25 24 : 00
Chop Corn , sacked L . 30 . 25 00
Chop Feed , sacked .1 40 . . 27 00
Oats : , sacked 1 4528'00
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