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About The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1899)
' * - - . ! * Conservative. a the following resolutions , which are now the charter of the league : "First. That our government shall take immediate stops towards a suspen sion of hostilities in the Philippines and a conference with the Philippine leaders , with a view to preventing fur ther bloodshed upon the basis of a recog nition of their freedom and independ ence as soon as proper guarantees can be had of order and protection to property. "Second. That the government of the United States shall tender an official assurance to the inhabitants of the Phil ippine Islands that they will encourage and assist in the organization of such a government in the islands as the people thereof shall prefer , and that upon its organization in stable manner the United States , in accordance with its traditional and prescriptive policy in such cases , will recognize the independence of the Philippines and its equality among na tions , and gradually withdraw all mili tary and naval forces. " If the objects of these resolutions are not immediately attained , the league is resolved to make them effective in the political canvass soon to begin. Trans lations of its literature into German and other languages can bo effectually used in the northwest and in the southwest , while there is a constant demand for the pamphlets , circulars and broadsides now on hand ; for speakers and assis tance for local efforts from all parts of the country. The league earnestly appeals for con tributions in aid of its work to its 80,000 members and to all lovers of their coun try and of human freedom. Contribu tions , small and great , will be acknowl edged by the treasurer , Francis A. Osborn , 48 Milk street , Boston , Mass. Washington , April 18 , 1899. The following well-known men are the officers of the Anti-Imperialist league : President , George S. Boutwell ; vice presidents , Grover Cleveland , George F. Edmunds , John Sherman , Henry Codmau Potter , H. S. Pingree , Samuel Gompers , John G. Carlisle , Andrew Carnegie , Charles Francis Adams , Carl Sohurz , Reverdy Johnson , Samuel Bowles , Edward Atkinson , James O. Carter , John 0. Bullitt , Patrick A. Col lins , Herbert Myrick , Theodore L. Cuy- ler ; treasurer , Francis A. Osborn ; sec retary , Erving Winslow ; executive com mittee chairman , Winslow Warren William Endicott , jr. , Jaines J. Myers Albert S. Parsons , David Greene Has kins , jr. , J. P. Munroe. If the govern CHOP STATISTICS. , . , . , . . , ment of the United States would spend an amount o money equal to the annual interest upon the twenty millions of dollars paid Spain for a job lot of islands and a few million of tropical savages , on an annual farm ensus for collecting reliable agricul- ; ural data , it would confer a benefit upon farmers. The present method is founded upon , fallacy. County agents who gather , ir are presumed to gather , facts as to rep acreages , conditions and yields are Corking , or pretending that they are parking , without compensation. Un- iaid employees are irresponsible. A much more reliable and efficient stimate of the wheat , rye , oats and . . , . . . corn , crop as well A Better Sys- , , tern than This. the cotton cr ° P' could be organized hrough United States experiment sta- ions. The government maintains one of these in each territory and state. Make it the duty of each station to re port the area of each cereal and of cot- ; on in each. The acreage being given , lie productiveness of the soil known nnd he climatic conditions and changes ) eiug published from week to week , hrough the growing season , every in- , elligeut farmer , and every consumer ould estimate and approximate more correctly the amount of cereals and cot- ; on in a crop than the division of ag ricultural statistics can under present methods. If the actual area of Minnesota or STorth Dakota which has been put into wheat is given , and the weather condi- ; ious as to temperature and moisture are afforded general publicity from day to day the amount of wheat to be turned off by those states can be approximated without much difficulty and made to lorne very nearly into harmonywith real results. The same information from states raising cotton could be utilized the same way. Experiment stations with weather bureau stations could furnish in that way far better means of estimating reps and do much more to enlighten farmers as to probable prices than can the present unsatisfactory methods. The committee UPHOLD THE appointed by STANDAKD."PP" GOLD STANDAKD. , President Morton to act on the resolution offered by Mr. Ingolls , consisting of Mr. Atkinson , Mr. Wells and Mr. Hepburn , met at the office of the League on March 29 , and prepared the following , which un der the power granted them by the cen tral council becomes the declaration of the League : "Resolved , That the National Sound Money League demands that a declara tory act of congress be passed , making all bonds , notes or other obligations 01 the United States payable in the lawful unit of value , which is by statute a dollar lar made of gold ; also an act of legisla tion giving the holder of any note or coin of the United States the right to demand redemption under suitable pro vision in respect to subsidiary coins o : less than one dollar each , in said unit o iralue or dollar made of gold or its mul- iples in other gold coin. "Resolved , That so long as the gov- rnmont continues to reissue its notes to -irculate as moneythe League favors leg- slatiou establishing a separate bureau of ssne and redemption in the treasury de- lartment , in which shall be held a sepa- ate reserve of gold coin in sufficient .mount to assure the prompt redemption if all the demand obligations of the gov- srunient. " Sound Money for April. OSTENTATION. OSTENTATION.more vulgar than ostentatious wealth. And nothing more certain than the tendency of newly or suddenly acquired riches to make dis play and in an irritating manner vaunt ts power. The people who do most to array the day laborer against all men who happen not to be day laborers are those silly possessors of money who are constantly ticking their pocketbooks under the mblic nose and insisting upon the sweetness of the perfume of their dirty dollars. Those who , after long years of toil and self-denial , acquire wealth , appreciate ; he fact that every dollar they possess represents toil and self-denial. Such never boast the value of cash nor make vain display or extravagant use of money. But the gambler who , in anight , wins a fortune at cards , or in a day gains one stock speculations , or the prospector and miner who stumbles on one in the mountains , is typical of a class who use wealth as an aggravation to legitimate labor. It is the pedantry of riches that makes hatred for the vulgar who possess ; hem. This saturnalia THE FEAST popular dur- OF FOOLS. . \.i . , , , mg the middle ages. It was intended to commemorate and honor the ass upon which the Savior made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. This most absurd and im piously frivolous feast was celebrated always on January 1 circumcision day. The office of the anniversary was first sung , or chanted , in travesty ; then , a procession being formed , all sorts of fantastic garments and every thinkable grotesqueness of manners with loud and absurd instrumental music followed. But an ass was the foremost fea ture , the italicised individuality of the occasion and from time to time the en tire procession imitated the braying of that sturdy animal. Can it be that the various Jeffersonian banquets whore the wine has been to the food as sixteen to ouo ; and whore orations have all been in imitation of the master brayer and the foremost feaster have been mere evolutions ? And does riding into fame and candi dature on free-silvor-at-16-to-l suggest asininity on the part of the rider or his worshipers ?
