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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-02-14
OrIut-res. To st"cIme,

Tl's past year was a very active one
with cattle exporters, the volume Of
business being the largest in the
history Of the trade. The New York
Journal OF Commerce, in speaking Of
It, says: Tho number Of cattle
shipped from this country during the
year exceeded the figures for 1895 by
nearly 100000 head, while the total
value Of such exports showed a gaiu
ot upwards Of 100000. Boston
heads the list as an exporter OF cattle,
the shipments from that port aggre.
eating 1888 head, valued at 3d.
9i7,295. New York stands seco nd
with shipments OF l2l ,563 head, rep
resenting in vnluo sl2,DSS,05l. Bos,
tons record is the largest for any port
in the United States with one ex-
ception. which occurred in 1891, when
l6l, 900 head wero shipped from
New York.
An idea Of the increasing impor-
lance q our export cattle trade can
DO gained from the followers figures,
which show the exports OF live cattle
since 1889:
1889. 2O5,1sG; 1890, 39i 1896; 1891.
37i,679; 1902, 3oi,Go7; 1909, 1887;
1894. 3s7,952; 1896, 20S.022; 1896
46S, 395.
The United Kingdom is practically
the only foreign market TO which live
cattle can DO exported from tho
United States at present, but it Ia
probable that n considcrlL.c aU.ount
Of beef from American cattlo
slaughtered In Great Britain tnds IL.
way TO continental markets.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-02-14
PRODUCTION OF WEALTH.

~Ihe immediate mission OF the Re-
publican party" remarks a Republic
can organ, sis to start up idle factor.
les, to encourage investment and pro-
duction, to furnish work at good
wages 20 unemployed labor
An excellent mission, but how Is 1t
to be achieved? Simply by the exer-
else OF the taxing power OF the gov
eminent. Nothing could be easier.
Taxes are to be levied on things that
the people need, for the benefit OF the
men With factories who n convince
the leaders OF the party that they
should be helped. BY the simple
process OF placing a tax on articles
manufactured abroad, the people are
compelled to buy at home and the
home manufacturer can charge the
value OF the article plus the tariff and
thus be encouraged by huge profits
to keep at work. These profits, Of
course, for the public welfare he will
divide with the men he employs.
The production OF wealth is merely
a matter Of putting a governments
fingers into the pocket Of one citizen
ard transferring the money there to
the pocket Of another. Prosperity
can be made by forcing all citizens q
chip IN and pay fer the running Of u
factory which another citizen would
like to run, if big enough profits are
assured. Hundreds OF prosperous
citizens. with millions, can be pointed
out who are living proofs of the
effectiveness Of the tariff hi a pro
meter OF prosperity. With a bounty
on goods and a premium on idleness,
factories will be shut down, now and
then, by wicked combines. but the
taxing power Is unlimited and ;le
favored manufactures never suffers
for prosperity while the substance Of
his fellow citizens, who must buy
from him at HE price, holds ont. lie
can live in a castle, ride ill 4 coach
and have money to burn.
But if it is the mission OF a party,
through the control Of our govern
ment's taxing power, to start factories
and keep labor employed at good
wages, why this indirection and tho
trouble and annoyance OF making up
discriminating duties? Why not
have government factories for the I'M
employed?
II We must have paternalism, let us
have straight, honest, ~up-to-date
p~aternalism, freed from the ancient
folly and wrong Of monopoly privi-
leges. Let us be rid OF the tax-mads
millionaires and give the money to
the unsupported laboreB.-St. Louis
Republic.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-02-14
WRONG END 70

Tho Des Moines Register offers u
remedy for low priced corn. 1t Is to
open the mills and factories. As
usual, the Register bitches the horse
on behind the cart. There is only
n thing preventing the mills and
factories from opening, and that IS
that the people who buy the products
Of mill and factory have no money.
And they have no money because corn
is t"n cheap and money too dear.
Tho Registers policy has Iegislated
the value out OF property into dollars,
and the dollar is now more valuable
as Il dollar than it is in the shape Of
property. Now, il the Register will
fix il so as to make corn and other
farm products return o profit to the
producer, the mills and factories will
open OF their own accord. But The
factories can open up right now and
run day aud night if the owners so
desire. But the selling OF the manu-.
featured product is another matter.
Corn is not low because the factories
are idle, but the factories are idle be-
cause corn and other products are
low. IL the Register could grasp
this distinction. it would forsake the
error OF its way. But it cannot, und
it will go right on hitching the horse
to the tail board OF the cart and
wondering why it does not secure an
easy ride.
Get the horse before the cart.
Give us n policy that will bring a
rising market for farm products, and
the mill and factory doors will fly
open with such :orce that the hinges
will break Omaha World-IIerald.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-02-14


The etiquette between the outgoing
and incoming Presidents is exact and
rigid. Mr.. Mckinley will go to the
White House and drive to The Capitol.
simply Il citizen, sitting by the side OF
President Cleveland. On the way to
the Capitol the President lifts his hat
to the cheering crowds occasionally,
although the new man does most OF
the bowling. But coming back keeps
his hat ON, having then exchanged
places with the simple citizen who
drove down sitting on his right and
President OF the United States.
On the return to the White House a
luncheon is given by the outgoing to
the incoming President, Mt which the
first named is host and the guests are
the members Of the two cabinets nnd
their families. When this is over, the
outgoing President takes his leave.
the incoming President e5cortins
him to the door OF the mansion. But
this may not be the last time he en-
ters 1t. On every occasion that an
ex-President visits Washington his
first obligation is to call at the White
House. He is Immediately received
no matter how much engaged the
President may be. Tho head usher
acts as his escort and he is paid more
personal attention than any guest
who ever enters the house.-Illustrat-
ed American.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-02-14
ARGUMENT.

1t has remained for u distinguished
advocate OF the gold standard to dis
cover the real explanation OF the
Indian famine, says the Detroit Trib.
une. AL other explanations arc
bogus and are in the MIXTURE Of Il
violation OF the New York Commercial
Advertisers copyright. After hum.
mering his head IN the pent up ugoDy
OF thought for several hours the
editor OF that altogether interesting
partisan sheet has decided that the
Indian famine is tho direct result OF
the silver craze.
Fate Is pursuing the free silver
lunatics,' he says. @During the latter
half OF last years campaign the price
OF silver Went down, down, down and
the price OF wheat went up, up, up.
Now the people OF India, the greatest
consumers OF silver for monetary pur-
poses in the world, are starving
Being u still necked and naughty
generation, the advocates OF free
silver will likely us not contradict this
but We do not understand how they
can do it i'll view OF the Commercial
Advertisers facts. 1t is us plain as
day. There is n large amount OF silver
coin III circulation in India. There is
4 large and constantly increasing
population. BY reason of the droughts
the great wheat crop was Il failure,
and there is nothing for the natives to
eat. Thefore it is self evident that il
1t had not been for the silver there
would have been no drought, there
would have been 10 large and con.
stantly increasing population. the
wheat crop would not have been q
failure, and the natives would all be
rs tat rs woochucks in October.
1t was our original intention to
prove that the drought and the
population and the failure OF the
wheat crop were the direct results OF
the closing Of the Indian mints to
silver, but in the face of the Com
mercial Advertisers reasoning we
have not the courage to do it.
Hereafter it must be considered nm
qxiom OF politics that while one man
alone on a desert island, maintaining
Il bimetallic standard. would pine and
droop from starvation. two men on a
desert island, maintaining the gold
standard, would wax fat and opulent,
and upon their return to civilized
lands would be enabled to buy Il seat
i'll the United States Senate, # their
fancy so pleased.
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4 Grcat Chance to Wake Money.

i want TO tell you Of my wonderful
success. Being n poor girl and need.
Ing money badly, l tried tho Dish
Washer business ard have cleared
ECO ct"fy moT:h. Its zorro money
than l ever had before uud | can't
help telling you about, for / believe
any person can do ms we'll as | have Il"
they only try. Dish Washers sell on
sight; every lady wants ono. Tho
Mound City Dish Washer Co, St.
Louis, Mo, will give you oil ncces.
sary instructions, so you can begin
work nj once. Tho Dish Washer
does pplendid work; you can wash and
dry tho dishes IN two or ,hroo MIN.
utes without putting your hands in
tho water NJ oil Try this business
aud let w know how you succeed.
E%LiZAHsTu &,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-02-14
TWIN RELICS or nAKBAIiISM.

The hopes Of higher duties under
the incoming Republican administra.
tlon Is nervIng the manufacturers To
combine and raise products and lower
the wage rate. In addition to the
new life given to the old trusts or
ganized under the Mckinley robber
tarlif law, a number Of new COM
blnahons are already I0rmcd since
the election or are in course OF in.
cubation. This is OH the line Of what
is known as Republican projection
to Amencan labor" Now, il the
golditc party is not the father OF
trusts, and il the capitalistic com
oInes have no reason to expect aid
from the Mckinley administration.
why Is it that there is now. in every in
dustrlal line, a marked activity in the
organization and reorganization OF
unlawful combines? a new cordage
trust has already been formed; a
sandstone combine has beenorganiZed;
The print paper manufacturers have
arrived Mt I'm agreement to pool i'll
tereste; the window glass trust has
recognized i'll Il stronger and more
dangerous form than ever; the lock
makers trust is in the field with m
advance i'll price Of % per cent, and
combinations big and little are enter
ing into the spirit OF plumber that Las
been given new lifo by Republican
success. But wages-ah, well, that
ID another matter. Tho gold stand
ard must necessarily produce a re-
duction III wages, or, what Is the Same
thing, Il lesscning Of the opportunities
to labor, with the corresponding 70.
suit OF several men looking for ono
job. Great il protection aud the gold
standard! IL tho country don't get
it's surlcit Of these "twin rciics ui
barbarism' before 1900, the State
Register will have missed its guess
Illinois State Register.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-02-14
Mnr,r rhl. or Quick.

saw in your paper that a l3 year
old hoy made Sl.25 the first hour he
worked selling the Perfection Metal
Tip Lampwick. l ordered a sample
aud went TO work and The frat week I
cleared sl0, the second week / cleared
BIO. l expect to run up 10 s25 a week
in the near future. rs the Perfection
Tip Metal Lampwick makes such a
beautiful white light and docs away
with smokey ohimneys and bad odor
and saves oil, II is easy 10 sell. II you
wish 10 try IL send IL two cent stamps
to Mise a. NJ. Fritz, Station g., ST..
Louis, Mo, and she will send you
sample Quilt, this 10 q good way TO
mako money around homo.
Miss TINA w.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-02-14
How the ,o,. Ma. .eun'r

tn, Senate and House OF Repre-
,entatiYes met in joint session We'd
nesday and counted the electoral
votes OF the various Stutcs for Presi-
d.nt and vice-P President. Ths pro-
ceedinss Of the joint session were as
follows:
Shortly before 1 o'clock the mem-
bers OF the Senate left their seats and
walked across to the Hall OF Repre-
Hentatives.
Their approach WAS heralded blythe
entrance Of Colonel Richard j.
Bright, the Sergeant at-Arms.ot the
Senate who announced -the Senate OF
thu United States The solemn pro:
cession then fled in, preceded by
Clerk Coz, Of the Senate, and Vice
President Stevenson. and took seats
in the first four rows to the right Of
the Speakers deck which had been
vacated during recess. Members OF
the House remained standing while
tho Senators took their places.
An assistant Of Cox carried a red
cherry steel clasped box. in which
the returns Of forty-tive States re-
posed.
Vice-President Stevenson, who is
by law President over the JOINT ses-
sion, took his place by the side OF
Speaker Reed.
Tellers, Lodge Of Massachusetts, and
Blackburn OF Kentucky, on behalf OF
the Senate. and Grosvenor OF Ohio.
and Richardson OF Tennessee, on DO.
half OF the House assembled to the
clerks desk Immediately below the
Speakers table and prepared to
count the vote.
Vics-P President Stevenson assumed
the gavel and announced the purpose
OF the joint session. He unlocked the
box and broke the seal Of the re-
turns OF each. State MS it was reached
The formal certificate of Alabama
was read in Full by Blackburn, after
which the reading of long certifics .es
wa dispensed with on mot N Of
Sherman, the tellers sin-.y an
nouncing the results aft. ascertain
ing BY inspection that they we're in
due form
The tellers made the announce
ment in rotation. Grosvenor an
nounced CALIFORNIA; vote but it was
not al unadulterated pleasure to him
as n OF the nine votes went to
BrI an,
Representative Murrey, who talked
OF challenging the vote ST South Caro-.
lima made no attempt TO interrupt the
count. At 135O the vice:President
stated the count had closed and di.
rected the tellen to announce tho re-
suit There was a basty consultation
by the ~tellers, then in strong voice
Lodge announced HThe state OF the
vote for President and Vice-Presi-
dent OF the United States rs found by
the tellers Isl. Whole number electors
447i Of which q majority 1924. VIM.
Mckinley Of Ohio has received 271
votes for President aud W. J. BRYAN
OF Nebraska has received l76 votes.
The state OF vote for Vice President
ID: Carrot A. Hobart has received
2l electoral votes, Arthur Sewall 1i9
and Themes L. Watson 81 votes"
Lodge handed tho result to Vice.
President Stevenson, who rose aud
repeated the detailed vote, adding til,
constitutional announcement that
William Mckinley md Garrett A. Ho.
bart were elected President aud Vice,
President respectively for the term
beginning March 4. This closed the
proceedings which lasted fifty
minutes and had been devoid OF in.
cident and applause
The Senators then marched back to
their chamber and the House nd
journsd.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-02-14

W. k. Whcrlock, manager for Dnu
Stuart, told II Gazette reporter TINT
They were trying TO arrange II hive
bird shoot. aud II successful all tho
crack wing shots in tho United States
would participate. lie eaid there
would DO at least two dnys OF spor,
offered to those who anticipated com.
ing lilo also said that hc expected
lb.OOo or 10000 people to witness the
lnill aud other attractions which were
on tho taps.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-02-14

Lille Smith md Pauline Bertsch
have been absent several days on
account OF sickness. For rapid adj
sancemont in spelling, Mollio Short,
Willie aud Eddie Williams arc de-
serving Of special mention.
RosE MoLAuGHL1S,
Teacher.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-02-14

The old and vol established buei.
mesa Of General Merchandise known
as Arnbeim'e. Stock, fixtures and
real estate IL desired.
Address.
4. ARSnEIM,
2.8.lm Cn.lin' Nevada.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-02-14
Collection Agcncy.

lnaofsed by tho Leading Firm, OF tns
Coast.
What isl
The INTERSTATE COMMERCIAL
N COLLECTION AGENCY.
Sendi your slow accounts to them for col
octiOn.
once, 'iO fith Street. Sacramento, Cal
Don't delay. Call nj once und let Va have
FOUR business
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-02-14
school Report,

Following is a repor! Of the Central
Ruby Valley School for the month
commencing January IL, and ending
February .. 1897:
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-02-14

The Reno Gazette says it ia reliably
informed that the Walker Lake
Reservation, nov under the control
aud management 81 the Indian Agent
at Pyramid Lake Reserve, Nevada
Agency, is to DO separated from the
jurisdiction Of said agency aud place!
under tile control and management
OF Tue Superintendent OF tho Carson
Indian School. 1t appears to tho
Gazette that this move il tho begin.
ming Of II plan TO place all tho Indian
reservations in this State under Tn.
chr" and supervision OF the school
"SI".'---". -. ...S hndiGIi service, MS
has been dOno IN many cases in
California, Oregon aud Washington.
thus doing away with the agency part
OIL tho business. II tho policy il
carried out, ii will result in the
ab0lishmoht Of the Offices Of tho two
Indian Agents in this State und bring
disappointment TO the worthy uppli.
cants who aro seeking these positions:
but that tho Indians Of the rcspoctiye
reservations would be benefited
thereby can hardly be Questioned.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-08-07

A Carleton holds that the school districts
that have adopted free text books are not
OBLIGED. under the law, to purchase high
school books.
The contract for grading eight miles
~ roadbed between the Rocky Fork
branch and the Globe coal mines has been
LET The coal company will build the
Grade and turn it over to the Northern
Pacific, the consideration being that the
latter company shall lay the track and
operate the road.
At the state university grounds at
AIissoula the work of eXcavating for lne
main building and the science hall is pro
crossing rapidly and the contractors for
the stone work will begin to haul their
material this week. The excavation will
be finished by August 6, so that the stone
work may be begun at that time. lie
soyer work for the university buildings
is nearly completed and the water mains
are being put in as fast as the large force
of men at work on this job can do it.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-08-07
DEATH Turks IN HAGAR's WELL.
The Annual Pilgrimage to Mecca Re-
garded with Apprehension.

A chronic menace to the health of Asia
and eastern Europe is the annual pilgrim
age of pious Moslems to Mecca. More
threatening than ever it appears this year
on account of the presence in India of a
plague far worse than cholera. lei Id ell
Kebir, or Big Beiram, as the Turks know
it, falls this year on the 18th of May, at
which time Arabia will be intensely hot
and conditions will be favorable to the
speedy propagation of disease. The in
habitants of Mecca live crowded together
and surround their homes with refuse and
filth and foul the water supply. If a dis
ease such as cholera or the bubonic plague
be introduced it straightway spreads like
wildfre. The constant cause is the drink
ing of cholera polluted water.
Among the religious ordinances which
to the Mohammedans are commands is
that of pilgrimage to Mecca. Every male
Mohammedan-wom don't COMMUNIST
some time in his life make the pilgrim
age. Any time before he dies will an
swer From Turkey, from belt of coun-
try extending eastward across Asia to the
farthest confines of Malaysia, and from
the whole of Africa, pilgrims set out every
year, turning their steps toward Mecca in
obedience to this command. Some fall
sick by the way, many die. From about
10000 to over 100000 each year attain
their end. Months and sometimes years
have been devoted to the task and suf-
ferings and hardships have been under
gone which it would be difficult to de-
scribe. Not long ago a cable dispatch told
of a pilgrimage of 10000 persons, of
whom more than one-half never returned,
having died by the way of cholera. The
proceedings of the pilgrims and the way
they live also tend to the spread of the
disease.
The chief source of danger in Mecca is
the famous Zemzem, the reputed "Hagar's
vel" where it is supposed she drew water
for her son Ishmael. At the best of
times there is but little water in the well,
and the pilgrims swarm around it. Ev-
cry one wishes to drink of and to battle
in these reputed miraculous waters. Each
pilgrim in turn, stripped 10 the waist,
stands beside the well while a bucket of
the water is poured over him. Of this he
eagerly drinks as it flows from the bucket,
the rest flowing over his naked body, and
streaming back into the well to be used
again His place is Immediately taken
by another and another, and so on, each
drinking the washings of the rest.
One day in 1898 there were 800 deaths
in Mecca, and there were 2,201 deaths in
seventeen days. When we consider what
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-08-07
HELENA PEOPLE SUICIDE.
Travelling Man Takes Strychnine-
Mrs. Cox Cuts Her Throat.

Helena, Mont, Aug Mrs. Caroline
Cox, wife of Register Cox OF TIE Helena
land office, cut her throat Saturday even
ing while temporarily out of her mind,
as a result of illness. She severed the
jugular vein and died almost instantly.
She was leading woman in charitable
and church circles and was a niece of
Treasurer Rossiter of the New York Cen
trail railroad.
While talking with one of his em-
ployers about some orders he had sent
in while on recent trip, Robert Cal
kins, travelling salesman for Bach, Cory
& Co. fell back in commissions and soon
afterward died He had secretly taken
strychnine. He was we'll known in the
northwest, having in years past been in
the stationery line, but being more recent
ly salesman of furnishing goods.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-08-07
The Oyster.

The oyster has no greater enemy tban
the starish. 1t appears difficult how.
ever, for fish to open the shell Of an
oyster, which requires a certain
amount of skill even with an oyster
knife; but the starfsh has a peculiar
method of leverage upon the opening
of the two shells which the oyster can,
not resist. Biologists used to think
that the starfish simply starved tho
oyster until it opened of it's own ac.
cord; but observation has shown thar
by the pressure it applies the bivaJve
speedily becomes a victim to its in.
genious enemy.