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Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-17
Some Good Thinking.

Mr.. Gompere is. leader of organized
labor. He has shown considerable
ability in leadership, and is no doubt
an intelligent man. sHe is in the
forefront of the fightH against trusts,
He is among those WHO demand dras-
tic legislation against them. Now it
would be we'll for Mfl 5ompers and
laboring men generally to stop and
do little thinking Bfore they push
things too far "a LAZY against trusts
must be made general in it's opera
tions 1t must strike at all trusts
great and small, The objects of leg
itimate business trusts is to lessen
the cost Of production and cheaper
the product to theS consumer. But
there is trust and 4 perfectly legiti-
mate one, as matterk stand at pres
ent, the object of witch is to main
tain high wage RATE for the we,rker.
This certainly must enhance the
price of the producGto the consumer
A relentless warfare ION all trusts, car
ried to successful issue, must mill
tate against organized labor, for a
trade union howevet lofty and praise
worthy its purpose&s neither more
nor less than a labor trust. A gen.
eral law against tEusts would Ger
tainly cover laboH combinations as
we'll as business Combinations. al
classes must be treSted alike by til,
law. The toilers Of the land hav'
the right to combiIe for the contro
of the labor market just the same a
capitalists have TIE right to poo
their issues The NV cannot max
fish of Ole and fowl Of the other. I
is we'll to think OYER these thing
carefully and not at rashlv. The ef
feet of our protective tariff syster
has been to give the American work
ers the highest wage rate in th
world. This has enabled labor Ill
ions here to become Strong enough t
maintain the rights of labor. In n
other land on earth Is labor SO Col
stantly employed atgood pay as
this country. Nowhere else on cart
is the laboring man and his family S
we'll fed, clothed and housed as
the United States. These condition
: have not been brought about b
democratic Or populistic Legislation
If there is anything Ethe America
laborer ought to "vieW with alarm
is the democratic jaakass and tt
populistic kicker.-Devils LAX
Inter Ocean.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-17
Wh News.

Last week the indications were
that the Beers b Id everything their
Own way, and lhe capture of the
whole British ices at Ladysmith
Was only quest ton of a few hours
This week Ne ks says British re-
Inducements arb reported to have ar
rived and the Outlook is far more ia
vorable to the British.
In the Philia apines it was reported
that Aguinald4 was surrounded, but
when they sup posed they had him he
was like the vdt titable hea--not pres
ent at roll cal /. His secretary has
been capturedf fand number of his
close followersI His power has been
broken in the bland, but the chief
captivity.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-17
Slim Chances.

Sheldon will be blessed with the
presence of detachment of the SAL
walton Army: "Here's chance for
De la Bere to refdrm.-Fargo Argus.
The Argus roo med with the Army
for SO long without pere eptible i'm
provement that |the chances seems
small.-Sheldon Proyre,s.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-17
JUST a Dollar.

Just little COLLAR, on its mission
sent, makes ut Of people glad every
time the coin y spent. You pay it to
butcher for meat to make you
strength; he takes it to the grocer
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-17
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from whom it, goes at length, some
pretty bit of cloth or lace his better
half to buy, Of helps to get her winter
hat to make hpr rival Sigh. The dry
goods man sends on the coin to pay
his market bM, and though the coin
is often spentt it stays a dollar still.
and every time tits spent at home,
some act of god is done in "boom-
ing" local I'M dustries, ere setting of
the sun. But if you take that shit
ing coin and break the local chain
the chances IRE that from afar twill
not return again. If lonce it passes
out of town. the butcher and the
baker, the grocer and the dry goods
man, the cook aud the undertak er,
the carpenter, the carriage wrig hit,
the blacksmith, everyone will lose
the chance Up touch that coin ere set
ting of the SYN. just keep the little
coin at homg just keep it movi1 g
we'll and evety time it changes hands
somebody's goods twill sell. That
single dollar lshas thus wondrous
power, to ND Ike somebody better a
dozen times hn hour. 1t pays the
bill aud wards off ill, aud ne'er its
power relaxes, to soothe the doctor
buy the coal Iand pay for clothes and
faxes nOYa vmons
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-17

pendent races, eaucasy them to The
standard of maphood and liberty
that we ourselves eljoy, The race
thus true TO its duty Fan have no fear
of the future, for it aaks nothing of
the future that is uos' for its good,
that is not for the benefit of all man
kind" "
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-17
Should Furnish Health Certificates.

Without inte4tion to cast slurs on
the memory of Governor Briggs, or
the abilities of SGovernor Fancher,
the Times hopessthat the next repub-
lican will nominate man
for governor whose physical health
will allow him to discharge the du-
ties of his Office without absenting
himself from the state for long per-
i lis Of time during his official term.
st, Thomas Times.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-17
Cori Wanted.

The Republic Ian would be glad to
accept few bp pshels of corn on sub
scription acco unit. Highest market
price allowed.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1899-11-17
This is True.

A writer On life iusurance-or what
he thinks b life insurance-take
strong grounds against the assess
ment beneficial companies. And yet
we can count the bene6ciaries of
these benevolent or;aers by the thous-
ands in ounown neighborhood, town,
city, county, state, and in fact all
over the entire country Scarcely a
day passes where there is death Of
an adult Reported, that it is not rec
orded, "the deceased had policy for
$1,000 in the benevolent associatio Il
which will be great help to his fam
lily. The association also cared for
the lemains5And relieved the grief
stricken wife of all the funeral cares. :"
And yet thefe are people who de-
nounce these beneficiary organiza-
tions because they are not regular
That is-they do not collect and keep
as their ownss$l4 for every one paid
back to the policy holder. The arti-
Gle in the Minneapolis Tribu ,e which
calls for these remarks goes on to
say, "the assessment societies have
meanwhile died by hundreds" Ad-
NIT that's true-did they do lots of
good while living? They did not ac-
cumulate large surplus by over
charging thespoIicy holder, but like
fire insurance. collected from patrons
enough to pay losses and a small
fixed sum for expenses. Insuran &c
in the assessment companies costs
less than half it does in what's calico
a regular, and is equally as safe, gooc
and reliable while it lasts. And il
comparison to the whole number ot
companies where one assessment so
ciety dies, three old liners can be
named, each Of the three latter rob
bing their patrons out of millions o
dollars they never ought to have col
i lected. The history Of life regular
insurance companies in the United
States is-with but few EXCEPTIONS
"regular scheme of organized rob
bery"-worsethan the worst trust al
anti-expansionist ever conceived
Fargo Forum.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-12-02

ms five OF our men. We have 10 EN-
ploy Kafiir labor. KafIirs are n9tori.
ouSly lazy, and they require constant
supervision or they win quit work al
together. With every fiye KafFlrs one
white man Is employed. One hole
drilled with hand driH is considered
a days stint for a Kafiir. Although
our employees do not get aa much pay
Individually rs the miners hefeabonis.
yet labor costs ~ much more. because
one Of the copper country miners vii
do as much work as lvs KhHirs.
''In Dom PauI's domain the natives
are restricted by stringent Laws.
When native Is employed In the
Transfaai be Is given a pass upon his
arrival, and be ia legally compelled 10
work for a specified length Of time
II be deserts his employer ne ia ar
rested. When . native i seen on the
streets or Highways any white man
has 3 right 70 demand an inspection
~ hls pasg II he does not grgduee
IL. or there II ground for belisring
that be has rot obtained permission
from the employer To iesxs his work
be Il taken into custody"
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DEATH RATE OF WAR.
600 of Her own People nBd TO-
100000 Africans and Asiatics.

II war is an evil. il is at the same time
luxury, the greatest Of Injuries, men
paying for it more than for all other
luXuries combined. Progress Is bat
tie, and is usually accelerated by bat.
ties. The new life is fed by death.
Europe kills 100000 of her own PEG.
pie and 10000, 600 Of Africans and Asia.,
les every hundred years. The institu.
tons OF Christian nations are fortified
by the blood OF their own people. These
economies of the universe seem TO Us
poor moTtals bad economy. The slaugh-
ter Of 20,OO0,0G0 men leaves dcsolate
double that number OF women and
children. Then, again, 10 kill these 90.
100000 men costs, according 10 fair es-
Inmates. e3,000. 100000. Wholesale as
has been the slaughter, II has cost the
powers ESQ TO kill each man, and. as
for the victims. not one In ten knew
for what cause he fought or why he
should be killed, further than the
pounds or pence per month wage. The
willingness for war on the part OF the
American people was not fer the indul-
gence Of a vulgar trial OF strength or
brutal encounter. but a natural and al
most unconscious impulse to rescue the
oppressed and lift up the downtrodden.
Bancroft. the New Pacific.
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directors of it's business enterprise
makes itself really and truly felt. With
these trusts. as with every other trust
that deserves the name. il Is hard TO
provide legislative machinery which
will absolutely secure its fulfillment.
The ability to handle any trust is the
result of a long process Of legal and
moral education. We cannot make a
law which shall allow the right exer-
else of discretionary power and pro-
hibit its wrong exercise. But IL is pos
sible TO modify the existing law in a
great many directions, which will
hasten instead Of retard the cduca ton
al process. Thus far most Of our statu-
tory regulations have been in the wrong
direction. We have attempted TO pro-
hibit the inevitable and have simply
favored the use of underhanded and
short-sighted methods of doing things
which must be done openly If they are
TO be done well.
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Then it was only 10000 men that were
sent when five times that number and
more were needed. But there again has
England always failed. Never has she
fully appreciated the full resources of
her colonies until her lack Of apprecia-
ton had cost her dearly.
Had England accepted the dark
ening shadows of war at their true
worth, and sent a strong army in time,
the American nation, to whom she now
looks for sympathy in another dark
hour caused by her lack of foresight,
would not have been born in l77G.
Another terrible lesson from which
England has failed TO profit was the
Sepoy mutiny in British India. From
1s49 to 1851 discomfort of various kinds
had been rife in India; from the time
that Lord Dalhousie, then governor
general of India, compelled the titular
king of Delhi TO exchange the fortress
of Delhi for the royal palace of the
Kootub, dissatisfaction with British
rule in India had been steadily growing.
1t was not dissatisfaction that passed
unnoticed, for ii was freely commented
upon by men in a position not only to
know Of what they were speaking, but
to recommend remedies as well.
But instead OF remedies. or prepare
tions to prevent catastrophe, there
were continued petty aggravations for
the native subjects until finally the
mutiny that had been prophesied came.
and England and the world were
shocked by the terrible massacres
which England had taken no steps to
prevent until it was too late. Even aft
er the mutiny had begun il was not I'M
til four months later that an army Of
10000 men was dispatched to Indin
to put down a rebellion that cost
England hundreds of lives and a
two years war before the effects Of her
negligence were repaired so far as the
recstablishment of British rule could
repair il.
Again. in ISIS. England had another
opportunity TO learn the much need
ed lesson when she sent q small force
against an army of Zulus In the same
territory in which she has been reap
ing the fruits of her repeated negli-
genee so recently. Even the small
force which she sent was dispatched
grudgingly, after repeated appeals by
Lord Chelmsford who, after the ar
rival of the requirements, had but
an army of 10000 men. composed
about equally of British troops and
native auxiiiaries. with which to meet
In battle an army of $1,000 saYages on
their native battle grounds. The re-
suit was a partial humiliation of the
British force before a competent COM
mandsr and brave troops could bring
victory cut of defeat.
More thsz once has England had
the opportunity to learn this much
needed lesson Her negligence I'm 1889
led 20 n massacre Of more than s0eo
whites in Alexandria. When England
eent Gordon into the souaan to bring
order out Of chaos in that much dis
tnrbed fef-ito-y she sent him single
handed with orders to rescue the
Egyptian garrisons from the follow
sxs Of the naahdi Tbs result wa
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-12-02
ENTERTAINED BYA HEN.
The Fowl Lays an Ers In Public ard
Her Owner Promptly swat
lows

The ways of hen are often original
and sometimes mirth.provoking. and
Plymouth Rock did novel aud anus
ing things, 10 the JOY Of carload of
passengers. on recent trip from Brad
dock to Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh
Commercial Gazette tells the story.
Carrying a hen proudly, man who
was evidently foreigner got on troi-
ley car at Braddoek.. He was drowsy
and not quite sober, and he crossed his
legs, set the hen on his lap and went to
sleep.
Four miles out of Braddock The hen
suddenly woke from its own reyerie
and cackied.Z Its owner opened his eyes
and found himself and his hen objects
of interest. He was annoyed. HUT the
passengers had more or less excuse for
staring;I they had discovered a fresh
egg resting snugly on the mans lap.
No one could speak the mans Ian
guage, but every one was bound that
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he should know what had happened.
Twenty index fingers pointed TO the
hen and 40 eyes were turned in the
same direction. Finally the stranger
lifted the hen tenderly and the secret
was revealed.
Then he was wide awake. With his
left hand he held the egg aloft. that all
might see; with his right hand he
aifeetionately stroked the hen. Every.
body smiled. All at once II seemed tc
occur TO him that refreshments were in
order. He grinned al his fellow passen.
gers, tapped the shell on the edge of the
seat 10 open a wsy 10 the interior and
swallowed the egg.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-12-02
ENGLAND'S
1UNLEARNEDzL
Why Her Colonial Wars Have Been
Costly Affairs for Her.

Gordon's death after q brave defense
at khartum and another massacre
that startled the entire civilized world.
But England has had experience
enough with the Beers at other times
to have taught her to avoid such
fix as she has been in. When the
Beers settled in Natal in 1888 and had
driven the sayages out of the land
after massacre in which the Beers
had lost many of their leaders, England
stepped in with such harsh demands
that any fair-minded person might
have known they would have produced
war. Yet the only force which she had
sent to back up her un just demands WIS
so small as to be practically useless.
At that time, had not reenforcements
arrived in the nick of time, defeat for
English arms would have been certain.
The war with the Beers which cul-
minated at Majuba hill was but an
other example of England's lack of
evitable, a lack of foresight which
cost England defeat and many brave
lives.
Many more examples OF the same
kind could be pointed TO during Eng
lands wars with the native chiefs of
Africa, and yet with all of these. great
and small in results, she has not
learned the lesson such affairs should
teach. With almost certain war be-
fore her for several months before the
actual outbreak of hostilities, she ar
ranged for but meager reenforeemeuts
for her garrisons in South Africa.
True. the law of diplomacy may have
prevented her heavily reinforcing her
garrisons in Africa, but there was
nothing TO prevent her arranging ar
the dispatch of requirements with
IN few hours after hostilties had
begun. As II is her little garrisons
have had to defend themselves and the
territory which they represent against
overwhelming odds
While the English Tommy has been
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-12-02
CLAIMS WIFE AFTER YEARS.
mer sailor Marries the woman
of His Choice.

With the marriage in Cincinnati Of
James Gilmer. business man Of Kan
sas City. and Mrs. X. A. Ferron. OF ST.
Louis, ended story that rivals any 6c-
ton. They were married in Kansas %
years ago and GiImer. who had been
sailor. secured his brides consent TO
one more voyage and started from San
Francisco. His ship was wrecked OF
Africa and his wife, hearing that he
was dead, after three years. mnrrie-i X.
a. Ferron. 4 divorce, on the ground OF
dssertion. was secured as preeautiun.
After a year Ferron died, and the Nid-
ow moved 70 ST. Louis. Recentiy.
through correspondence with the var
department il was learned thai Gilmer
was still alive and reunion was eject
ed. elmer. who was shipw renlzed on
an island for three year.. had rsssraed
TO Kansas 10 find that his vife as iis.
ing happily with her Eew hus6assA lie
left her uaaisturbed.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-12-02
UNVALL the long history of Eng.

INV ALL the long history OF Eng
I'M lands colonial wars there is
II u v hardly a case in which it can
be said that the breaking out of war
found England prepared for such a
contingent. The reason for this is
hard to find, and ii would seem that ere
this the home government would have
learned lesson, but il never has, and
its lack of preparation for such emer-
geneies, emergencies that could be safe
ly forecasted in most cases for years
before the outbreak of hostilities, has
cost England dearly in both men and
treasure.
From the American revolution to the
present war in South Africa history has
often times repeated itself, and still
the lesson is unlearned.
The war with her American colonies
was predicted by English statesmen as
early as 174s, when the question of the
right of arbitrary government as
claimed by Great Britain and denied by
the colonies first began to be agitated.
Year after year as the agitation grew
the probability of war became clear
er, and its possible consequences to
England were discussed with growing
freedom by English statesmen.
But with all the increasing probable
ity of war England took no steps to
prepare for it. Even stubborn, stupid,
thick-headed King George Ill, whose
personal character was the real imme-
diate cause of the American revolution,
and who refused to coneede even the
smallest point of civic liberty 10 the
great and growing colonies in the west
ern world, but insisted on rule by the
sword, refused to prepare for war even
when war was practically upon him.
1t was not until after the famous Bos-
ton tea party had thrown the eargoes of
English vessels into the sea, until after
parliament had closed the port of Bos-
ton and forced the colonsts into an ir-
reconeilable struggle, that King George
ordered additional troops to Anne RIGA.
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up to him and spoke to him. The chair
man Of the hospital. thinking II would
be nice for the lad to know who had
been speaking to him, said TO blni:
THAT lady who has been speaking 10
you was the princess Of Wales; would
you like to come up and make your bow
to her and speak TO herr The boy was
delighted and jumped of his chair. lie
was led up 10 the princess and she WIS
told Of bis wish, 10 which she very read
ily aeceded. The bow was made. and
then came the speeeh How are you.
miss ." speech which wss hardly ex-
pee.ed bat which was answered by five
minutes conversation, ard the boy re-
.urBed to his chair proud and happy.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-12-02

Hon. W. V. Sullivan. United States
Senator from Mississippi. in letter
recently written 70 Or. Hartman from
oxford. Msa., Gays The following;
"Por some time have been 8 sufferer
from eatarrh in its moal ineipieni stage,
10 much 20 that becaue alarmed "a 20
my general health. Bat, hearing Of Pc
rtl-na a. a good remedy. I gave il a fair
trial and noon began 70 improve. lis sf.
fectA we're distinctly beneficial. fsmoF-
Ing the Annoying symptoms. and was
particularly good "a tonic.
II take pisaturs In recommending
your great national eatarfh cure. Perm
o.. a. the best haze ever tried.
"w. Y. sullivan
Psruna cures. eatarFh wherever iorat-
ed. Psruua has no substitutes no RI.
vals. Inslsi upon having Peruna. Al
dress The Peruna Medicine Co. f0ium-
bus, o., Tor q free book or eatarfa.
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immortalizing himself by his heroic
fighting in Africa his friends at home
have been bewailing the loss of brave
soldiers and gallant officers; lament
ing the defeats that were sure to
come. and arranging slowly for tardy
requirements. But has all this
taught England the needed lesson?
DANIEL. CI.EN ERION
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LAZINESS OF KAFFIRs.
Natives Employed In Mines wi
Not work Unless closely
watched.

II. Ruoff, who left the Transvaal
last May for tour of Europe and
America, in regard 10 labor conditions
in the Boer country. lately said 10 a
reporter for the Detroit Tribune:
Zone of the miners In the copper
country will turn out as much work
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-12-02
EnrIlah E.nrn I.ItiIe.

Statistics just completed D The n
tome tax commission Of Great Britain
show that cut Of total az alt popuia-
ton of y. saG .0oO mere than lg.e60. ee9
earn less than $500 year. The income
tax Il collected at the rase 81 10 cents on
each s. above $50. and the total fax.
which last rear amounted 20 more thar
sio0. so 16o. uaa contributed by not
usors thar 900 900 people.
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His Abruptness Won.

A charming incident occurred during
the recent visit Of the princess Of Wales
TO the London hospital. A little blind
boy in Mellish ward was sitting on IA
chair and the princess, seeing him, went
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II. Glory Gone,

In one Of the finest cities Of our west
there lives a certain man who has been
prominent all bis life IN the work Of build
ing and managing thsatcrs. lie has been
too busy at this 10 have much time for
reading When his pile was made b."
started for Europe and visited the various
countries Among other cities he took ia
Rome. II CHANGED that he drove out in
the country and was shown The Coliseum
The guide told him II was thoater, The
old man was surprsed When he came
back be was asked about his tnp, he men.
toned Rome. Naturally he was ssked II
he had seen the Coliseum lie had He
didn't think much Of It. To quote his own
words: at vas blamed good house once.
but TIA IN ruins now Detroit Free Press.