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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02
Two OF KIND.

The antitrust conference which was
in session at Chicago on the anniver-
sary Of the birth Of Abraham Lincoln
passed stirring resolutions to the effect
that the American republic was In
danger Of destruction by the power Of
the trusts; and It sounded the note Of
alarm to all patriotic citizens to work
and vote against the political party
that stood as sponsor and apOIOgist for
the trusts-the republican party.
On WashingtOn's birthday there
assembled a conference Of anti-imper-
ialists in the city of Philadelphia,
where the declaration Of Independence
was signed, and adopted resolutions
quite as alarming as those Of the anti
trust conference. The anti-imperialists
declared that the policy Of the Nc
KinIey administration, If adopted and
carried out, would be the overthrow Of
the American republic; and they urged
all patriotic citizens to oppose this
policy and work for the overthrow of
the party in power which stands spOn-
sor for and advocate Of this un-Ameri-
can and unconstitutional pOlicy-the
republican party.
These conferences we're not pOpUlist
nor democratic conventions, but were
representative Of all political parties.
They show that the people are awaken
ing to the dangers that are threatening
the American republic andf free govern
lment-trusts and imperialism
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02
The Porto Rican Tarin.

Porto Rico is an object lesson. In
the proposed tariff legislation for the
island our politicians are illustrating
their capacity to govern distant lands
and other peoples. Mr.. Mckinley has
advised the establishment OF free
trade between the island and the
United States. He could have done
nothing else. No ordinary humane
man feeling the weight Of responsible
ity for government could reach any
other conclusion than that. which the
president expressed in his annual mes
sage.
The people Of the island are suffer
ing as they never suffered under the
rule Of Spain. The stories that come
from there Of the effect Of our rule
must cause every sympathetic Amer
lean who hears the well-a1thenticated
tales to blush with shame. We and
Spain, since the annexation, have com
bined to close the markets Of the world
TO Porto Rican coffee, tobacco and
sugar. Meantime the devastating
tornado Of last summer came to the
aid Of the parslyzing tariff. Simple
humanity demands that We should
open the markets of the United States
to Porto Rican products and relieve
the people Of the island from tariff
charges on such Of our products as
they need and import.
The president recommends this,
protectionist as he is, and congress,
through the committees Of both houses
proposes to say no. They propose
that the suffering Porto Ricans shall
pay full Dingley rates on al dutiable
goods imported from other countries,
aud . per cent Of those rates on i'm
ports from the United States. In other
words, it is not proposed to govern the
island for the benefit Of the people
but to export it for the benefit Of our
protected interests.
Is it any wonder that the Porto Ri
cans are beginning TO regard Us with
unfriendIy feelings? The other day q
leading man OF the island, then in
Washington, was warned against talk
ing too much and for vigorously work
ing against the policy Of congress
toward his people, and be was finally
admOnished that the island might be
given back to Spain. "My dear sir
he replied, 81 could get 10000 sigma
lures in Porto Rico to q petition pray
ing that the island be returned to
Spain."-N. Y. World
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

Secretary Gage calls ex-ConsuI Ma
erum an ass and Secretary Hay, In
substance, says he IS a liar. But the
photographs Of the consular envelopes
and the stickers marked with the init
ials Of the British censor at Durham,
sustain Macrum's statements Consul
Hollis, at Lorenzo Marques, cOrrobor-
ates the statement that the British
censor at Durham is familiar with the
American consular code. The truth
win ont and VIII damn the tory policy
Of the Mckinley administration.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02
Length OF Life.
Charles Kingsley.

The current issue Of the Forum con-
tains an article signed by DR.. ". r.
Thayer, in which the opinion is express
ed and supported that during the cen
tury now closing the length Of life Of
the average man in the United States
and in the more civilized portions
Of Europe has increased from q little
over thirty to about forty years. A
multitude Of causes, mostly physical,
have contributed to this result. Fore
most among these should be placed
whatever may be included under the
general term sanitation, improved
methods in medicine, and the more
regular habits Of living which are the
direct outcome Of industrial life on a
large scale. These are some Of the evil
dent means by which life has been
heightened. Inventions which have
made production cheap and the trans
portation Of all products cheap and
easy, have had an influence too great
to be computed. And no doubt much
has been due to general Improvement
in methods Of government, although,
in the main, there has been much less
progress in practical government than
is commonly supposed But, whatever
governments have done Orleft uRdOne,
the fact 70 be insisted on here is that
the average man Of to-day lives almost
ten years longer than his grandfather
lived. Indisputably, therefore, the
year 1900 finds conditions more con-
ducive to longevity than existed a cen
tury ago. This is true beyond ques-
ton for the masses ShO feel imme-
diateIy the effect Of plenty, hunger and
cold.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02
What she rnId Him

The pastor Of a church IN Washing
ton, on leaving his study, which is in
the rear Of the church, saw a little
girl, friend Of his, talking to a stran-
ger. "What was that man saying to
you, Madge?" asked the minister, as
he came up to the little girl. "Oh, he
just wanted to know if Dr.. G. was the
preacher Of this church" aAnd what
did you tell him?'' Il told him." she
said with dignity, shat you we're the
present incumbrance."
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

publicans. They contribute enormous
sums of money to republican campaign
funds and use all their power to assist
republican candidates. Their friends,
partners, assistants or employees occupy
the high places in the party, I'LL its
conventions and direct its policies.
The present attorney general Of the
United States-a corporation attorney
before his Observation-Disclosures to en-
force the laws against trusts. He de-
clines even TO try to enforce them.
The president supports him in his re-
fusal.
When single trusts are pOcketiDg
twenty, thirty, forty, fifty and eighty
million dollars a year profits; when
congress passes a bill giving the money
trust more power than it dreamed Of
obtaining when Andrew Jackson
strangled it, the average citizen had
better begin to consider means Of pro-
tecting himself. A man with 100000
or so has no more than a worm against
one Of the Millionaire combinations
Rocky Mountain News
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

There are candidates for Cover nor
on the Populist ticket in nearly every
section Of the state, aud the county
that has not q candidate for congress
is almost the exception. But when it
comes to the Office Of secretary Of state
Maj. II. n. Boyd, Of Bellevitle, Repub-
tic county, stands almost without q
competitor, 50 far as We have heard.
He is known all over the state and his
loyalty to the party is unq0estioned.
For years he has been a strong support
er Of the peoples cause and prominent
men Of the party quite generally con
cede that this recognition Of his services
is nothing more than right. His knowl-
edge OF public affairs fits him for the
place. which is one Of the most import
ant ia The state, and the prospect nov
is that he wiz have a clear Geld in the
convention
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

The transport Hancock arrived In
San Francisco last Friday from Manila,
having on board the bodies Of 5O4 Off
GERS and soldiers who either died of
disease or by Filipino bullets in the
Philippines. This is the fourth trans
port that has recently returned from
Manila with its CHASTITY undertaking
on the outward trip a fresh cOnsign-
ment Of the strong American youth fOI
the harvest Of death.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02
rhe Grnrth of Trusts.


The complaint filed by H. G. Prick
against Andrew Carnegie states that
the profits Of the Carnegie Steel com
pany in 1899 we're 81, 100000 and that
they will run from 100000 to s42,-
100000 in 1900. The original invest
ment in the steel works, mines, rail
ways and other properties belonging to
the company was 100000.
The profit last year was more than
the amount Of the original investment.
The profit this year viii be four times
the whole original investment.
The Standard Oil company is now
paying dividends at the rate of S80,OO0,-
900 a year. Recently the company ar
bitrarily increased the selling price Of
oil from nine cents to twelve cents a
gallon. The quantity of refined oil
which the company sells in this cOun-
try is about 85O,O0O,OOO gallons a year.
The increase of three cents a gallon in
the price adds s25,5OO,OOO a year to the
profits Of the company on the oil sold
in this country, in addition to an in
crease of s15,O 100000 to $4,000, 900 a year
on the oil sold abroad. The total in
crease in the profits Of the company by
the increase in the price will run from
100000 to s45,OOO,OOO a year. That
immense sum is entirely new profit in
addition TO the profits Of the company
at the old price. The total profit Of
the concern is now placed at about
s1OO,OOO,OOO a year, Of which 100000
is paid out in dividends, the remainder
being set apart for the present.
The surplus wealth Of the ROckefel-
lers and their associates is so great
that they have combined with the
RothschiIds to control the copper out
put Of the world. The profits of the
combination last year from the rise Of
six cents in the price Of copper are es-
minated at s25,OOO,OOO. The Standard
Oil people, incidentally, have bought
the surface railways and the light com
panies supplying New York City.
i The increase in the price Of oil which
Melted the Standard company from
100000 to s45,OOO,OOO last year, was
made simply because the company con
trolls the oil output Of the country,
and, in agreement with the NobeIs Of
Russia, the oil output Of the world.
The Standard company and the NObels
have divided up the oil territory Of the
world and can charge any price that
suits them
at the present prices the profits Of
the RockefeIers from oil, copper and
other known investments viii exceed
100000, 900 during the next ten years.
/ The meat trust, the sugar trust, the
coal combine and other great monopo-
lies, each in its sphere, is taking many
millions out Of the pockets Of the peO-
PIE. About 100 Of those combinations
now control most OF the necessities Of
life.
Many Of them, like the Carnegie
company, owe part Of their success to
the tariff which places the home mar
kets at their mercy. Outside comPeti-
ton being closed of, consolidation
into monopoly is only a matter Of
money concentration and the destrue-
ton OF the little fish by the big ones
As the two great political parties
have aligned themselves the trust pro
notsr and the trass magnats are re-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

Bimetalism is as old as civilization
and from the dawn Of history both gold
and silver have been used as money in
a ratio varying only slightly from that
OF the present In 1850 B. G. Abraham
purchased the cave Of MaehpeIah of
Ephron, the Hittite, for 400 shekels Of
silver, the current money with the mer-
chants The amount IN our money
could be s256. silver shekel being
worth 81 cents. A gold shekel was
equal to S96O-a ratio Of exactly fifteen
to one.
In the royal library Of Ninevah, by
recent discovery and the translation Of
the cuneiform characters, there has
been found tile notes, bearing date Of
% B. c. issued BY the government
and redeemable in gold or silver on
presentation at the kings treasury.
Here you have paper (tile) money rep
resenting gold and silver money. This
system prevailed under the Assyrian
Monarch Asshurbanipal, and the Wis
dom Of all ages justifes bimetslism.
Let them laugh who Wilt is only
the 6ray Of the donkey or the grin Of
the ape Those were not times Of crude
ideas and a low civilization Egypt,
Chaideas Ass5ria and Babylon we're q
aiza CIVILIZATION, greater aud more re-
zlaIa5is in many respects than that
50 s present IS their monuments
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02
The WORLD.s AGE.

Who VII say the world is dyingl
Who VIII say our prime is pastI
Sparks from Heaven, within rs lying,
Flash. and VIII fash till the last
Fools who fancy Christ mistaken;
Nan a tool TO buy and SELL
Earth failure. God-forsaken,
AutsroOm Of Hell.
Still the race Of HerO-spirits
Pass the lamp from hand 20 hand;
Axe frOm axe the Words inherits-
wife, and Child, and Fatherland."
Stiu the youthful hunter gathers
Fiery JOY from void and wood
He wiz dare as dared his fathers,
Give him cause as good
While slave beEails his letters;
While an orphan pleads in vain;
While an infant lisps his letters
Heir Of all the ages gain;
While a lip grows ripe for kissing;
While a moan from man is wrung;
Know, by every want and blessing,
That the world is young.
Charles kingsle,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02
Abont Dining Csrs.

The verdict given by the general
public that the Great Rock Island
Route has the best dining car service
in the world, viii not be disputed by
patrons who have used this line. ThOus-
ands Of letters testify to this fact. A
better meal cannot be secured in any
hotel or restaurant in the cities Of New
York or Chicago than is served in the
Rock Island dining cars. A la carte on
all cars; a splendid lunch served on
Colorado trains for so cents.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02
President Mckinley invited Andrew

President Mckinley invited Andrew
Carnegie to a political conference re-
Gently, and it seems that the president
IS trying to placate the iron king who
gave 100000 to the republican cam
paign fund in 1896, but has lately been
against Mckinley and his imperial
policy. William don't care to loose
that kind Of men-they are too vaIu-
able and are needed in his business.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

show. The Greeks copied from these
sources, the Romans from the Greeks
and present civilization from that Of
the Romans. Should the civilization Of
to-day disappear under the gnawing
tooth Of time what have We to compare
to the pyramids? The theory that bi-
metaIism is out Of date viii not stand
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

The following appears In a recent
issue Of the Oberlin Herald: ''lf the
fellow that found my -four, beans and
endgate will return the beans and end
gate We viii be satisfied, but if he won't
give up the beans bring the endgate to
the Herald Office and he may keep the
-four and beans as we want to do the
fair thing by him.-W. L. B."
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02
a Family supportine bear.

The Humane society Of CleYeland has
captured a bear which for over a year
has been supporting 40 persons. The
animal belonged to band Of Rypsies
and drew sI5 a week by dancing and
doing tricks at q theater. Upon this
sum the entire tribe subsistsd.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02
49, - % Three YaIe 20.

WashingtOn-Att the banquet in this
city the other evening Senator Depew
told an interesting little story Of three
young men who, having graduated from
Yale about forty years ago, started for
their homes in Michigan, Kansas and
New York to begin the battle of life
with the agreement that if they we're
successful they would hold a reunion
at the college ten years later, but it
was not until the other night that they
met at his house in this city. They
were Justices Brown and Brewer of the
Supreme court and Mr.. Depew himself.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

The Porto Ricans welcomed the army
Of the United States in the war with
Spain Now, forsOOth, they must hum
bly, petition for their constitutional
right Of American markets. But no,
the sugar and tobacco trusts must be
protected even if Porto Ricans starvel
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

Peoples Party ssnstoriai Convention.
A delegate convention Of TIE peoples party Of
the Thirty-ufnth senatorial district Of Kansas,
win be hsld IN the city Of Colby, On "Wednesday,
April 8, 1900 at one O'Clock p m, for the p1rpose
Of nOminating a candidate for state senator
The basis Of rspressntatiOn at said convention
Is two delegates at large for each county, and
one additional delegate for each 10 votes, OF
major fraction thereof, cast for Hon n. B. Ne
COrmiCk for eongressman at the election Of ISIS
The several counties VII be entitled to the fol
loving reprsssutation-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

Free coinage Of silver IS dead" is an
expression often heard, yet republican
senators had the tact to tack on to the
gold financial bill a free coinage amend
ment by international agreement as a
little atangle-fOot" to catch and hold
free silver voters.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

The Colby Tribune took a dose of
jalap last week. The Western News
paper union, of Kansas City, which
furnishes the Tribune with patent
insides, put of on the republican sheet
a whole page Of the most pronounced
demO-pOpulism imaginable, including
a large cartoon Of '.Imperialistic Nc
Kinley EnthrOned-7 This is surely a
patent that the Tribune does not take
kindly to.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02
- -. - In.nmn,.-

A novel remedy for insomnia is to
try to picture another person asleep.
It is claimed that the more clearly the
other persons sleep is pictured the
stronger becomes the subjective feeling
of drowsiness-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

Juries are instructed always to give
the benefit Of the doubt to the accused
The constitution is on trial and give it
the benefit Of the doubt and the verdict
viii be against Prosecutor Mckinley
Not a party to imperialism
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02
Nh. stanIer Get. SO = Day.

Ten dollars a day for his wife's ser
vices in inspecting state institutions
seems to have avaiIed little to Govern
or Stanley. He is inspecting them
himself now. This would seem to be a
useless waste Of his time if the pre-
viOus inspection was worth the price
paid for it.-Smith Center Journal
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

The proposal Of the administration
to hereafter try and execute all Flip
mo gueriIlas as bandits is the most out
rageOus piece Of business in the whole
war Of criminal aggression. This policy
was never adopted with hostile Ameri-
can Indians nor followed even by the
British in the revolutionary war.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

Democratic Congressional Convention.
A democratic congressional convention for the
Sixth Congregational district is hereby called to
meet at Colby, Kan, on Monday, April ? 800,
at elven O'Clock e. m, for the purpose of nOni-
mating candidate for congress for said district.
The basis Of concentration viii be as follows.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

All the hostssses Of the best set in
New York write their notes on khaki
paper, prepared from material author
lied for military clothing by the var
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

What do you think of a president
and a congress that unblushing pro
poses a policy IN direct violation Of
the constitution?
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

Any tariff between the United States
and any territory over which it has
jurisdiction Is unconstitutional
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

The congressional committee recommends that
the county conventions be held In the several
counties to elect delegates to said convention
on Saturday, March "A, 1900.
CHARLEs II. saw TEB, Chairman.
J. B. BEAL, Secretary.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

Its recommended that the county conventions
to elect delegates to said convention be held
Saturday. March a.
W.P. HARRINGTON, Chairman
BEN Z. BAkER. Secretary.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

Estsrhszy, the notorious excel Es-
terhazy Of Dreyfus trial fame, is now
in the Transvssl fighting for the Beers
g command at Magersfontein.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

Peoples Party Congregational COnventiOn-
There VIII be a delegate convention Of the
peoples party Of the Sixth congressional dis
trict held at Colby, Kan, Tuesday. April 3, 1900
at ten O'Clock a. NJ for the purpose Of nominal
ing candidate for congress to be voted for at
the election on November s, 1900. The basis Of
representation VIII be one delegate at large for
each county and one delegate additional for
each $50 votes, or major fraction thereof, cast
for Hon. n. B. Mccormick in 1885. The several
counties VIII be entitled to representation as
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

When yo1 want 8 ane tailor-msds
Norsted or serge suit see the Wizard.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-03-02

G. H EanEOEs, Chairman. Hill City, Kan.
". J. BAREEs, Secretary, HOzie. Kan
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ID. FEBRUARY 2. -.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-04-05
RULES AGAINST CRUELTY.

The Anti-Cruelty society, of which
Mrs. Theodore Thomas is president.
mas formulated set of rules, since
adopted by many coal dealers. and
which provides against the overlooking
or beating of horses:
The maximum load shall be one and
one-half tons for one horse, four tons
for two horses, and six tons for three
horses, and shall only be used when
the horses employed are exceptionally
strong and the roads in good condi-
ton and free of ice, snow, and mud
For ordinary horses, or long hauls
or over roads badly paved, slippery. or
heavy with snow, sand or mud the
shipping clerk must load according IN
the capacity of the horses and the con-
ditIon of the roads
Blind, manned, feeble, or infirm
horses must not be employed in this
yard at all.
Drivers are strictly forbidden TO
peat stalled or balky horses at anv
time, and are instructed in such cases
10 get the help of the first unloaded
team which passes to start their horses
again.
In driving up and down inclines
which are too slippery for horses To
get a proper foothold the drivers must
get help from unloaded teams when
going up, and must chain one wheel as
brake whenagoing down, when the
load is too heavy for the horses N
manage without help.
Horses must, be watered at proner
intervals to prevent unnecessary snf-
lering from thirst. '-Chicago Journal