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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-01
AS MIR. FOSTER SEES TT.

John Foster, member of the com-
 mission of British experts who recently
 visited the United States and studied
 industrial conditions here makes some
 interesting statements in the Nine-
 teenth Century. He says that skilled
 labor in Great Britain is superior to
 that of the United States. The Ameri-
 can manufacturer, therefore, does not possess any advantage over his British rival in this respect. It is due to no shortcomings on the part of English ar tisans that British manufacturers have been beaten by their American rivals in the race for industrial supremacy.
 The chief reason America is bounding Foster, is because the American man. ufacturer, the employer of labor, the director, is infinitely superior to his British prototype. MT. Foster gives an interesting description of the origin and firms in Great Britain. These firms were founded from thirty to sixty years ago, mainly by superior artisans, 'men who sprang from robust, unpampered common people. Their grammar might have been shaky, but they knew every
 thing about every department of thel
 works" They were long sighted, in-
 dustrious men, having little concern fol
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-01
MORE HOpE FOR IRELAND.

There is much hope for Ireland now adays. In addition to the land bill, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, MT. Wyndham, and the authorities in Dub- lin have an important project in hand, which may be of vast benefit to Ire land in the immediate future. This is nothing less than the utilization of the peat, which is deposited in such enor- nous quantities in different parts of the island, as fuel for household and steam-raising purposes. Experiments have been in progress for some time, and firm at Dumfries is already man. ufacturing fuel from peat. The Irish government intends to set up or aid a manufactory on a considerable scale, and MT. Wyndham is exhibiting much interest in the scheme. The peat, when taken from the bogs, will be compress ed and dried, so as to get rid of the water. It will then be pulverized and mixed with proportion of coal dust and crude oil, with little clay to act as cement, and then compressed into briquettes, which will be burned like coal. An experiment made on these lines on very small scale some years ago was completely successful, and it is plain that if similar results can be obtained with machinery new indus try will be established which must give profitable employment to an immense | number of persons. The new fuel is to
 be tried for naval purposes, and it is
 expected to prove almost as good a
 substitute for coal as the crude oil with
 which the British Admiralty has been
 experimenting successfully for the last
 twelve months.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-01
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERI-
 CAN OPERA.

In advocating the encouragement of American operatic composers I do not by any means wish to imply that sub
 jects taken from American life are to
 be chosen, or that a new style, essen- tially American, is to be evolved As before stated, the development of art does not lie in the direction of nation alisn. Even in Russia, where it is the logical policy of the government to pro- mote distinctively national art which shall draw its material from Muscovite history. and where, for several other reasons also, such encouragement finds certain justification. the composers
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-01

The Russian government has sane toned the new naval programme which is to be carried into effect next year, and the designs for a new type of bat tleship have been completed. These ships will be six in number and of 16,- 900 tons displacement. and are all in- tended for service with the East Asiatic squadron. They are to be ready for sea in 1906. They will carry four 12-inch and twelve S-inch guns, besides large number of smaller weapons. They will be the largest and most powerful ships ever built for the Russian navy. Before the programme can be carried out the slips on the Baltic will have to be heightened and enlarged. The czar, wi1o takes a great personal interest in his fleet, has examined the plans and ap~ proved them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-01

The late Gustavus F. Swift had much affection for his old New Eng land home. He offered to find a place in his establishment for any young man from Sagamore, Massachusetts, his native town, or from Bristol county. He promised, moreover, that he would promote them to executive positions in advance of those born elsewhere, but he required that their intentions should be honest and that they should be in- dustrious and keep out of bad com pany. As result of this chance more than a score of young men went there from his town, and it is estimated that over two hundred moved from Bristol county to Chicago MT. Swift kept his word in looking after them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-01
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each tn' sersion. Five Cents Word for full week (seyen times).
 Display advertisements. per inch, one Tn, sertion, $1.20; each subsequent insertion, 4u cspts; one eek, $3.20; one month, SlO; one year. $40. .-
 Obituary Notices. in prose or verse, ID cents per line. Notices of Births. Marri- ages, Deaths. and Funeral. 50 cents each' Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 own immediate business (ail matter to pc unobjetcionable), and their contracts do not include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-01

The Anti-trust league, in protesting to the President against the appoint ment of Henry Clabaugh to the chief justiceship of the Superior court of the District of Columbia, charges Judge Clabaugh with being "the creature of the Eastern Railroad association and with having ''his robes of office lined not with ermine but with the fur of the fox"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-01

The ups and downs of life are illus trated in the case of Peter de Villa, the discoverer of gold in the Klondike re- zion and once fabulously rich, who is now earning livelihood by mailing boxes at the Ben Lemont winery at Santa Cruz, California. He has suit pending for the recovery of one of the richest mines in the Nome region, but has no means with which to prosecute it, and the case is likely to go against him by default.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-01

A western paper shows cartoon rep resenting a member of the Mississippi River commission standing in waste of water and asking those who pass him on house-tops where the river is.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-01
SPECIAL SALE OF Trunks 6 Leather Goods,

We have in stock 125 Trunks and 150 Suit Cases and Bags, which we must dispose of in order to make room for large shipments now en route. LOT No. 1-Includes our stock or Iron Bound Trunks, heavy cornered and good locks. Formerly $6 to $S,
 NOW $4.00 LOT No. 2-All our heavy Iron-Bound Trunks, Bass Wood Box, extra heavy corners. trays, linen lined. Formerly $1O to $15.
 .p NOW $75o LOT No. 3-Leather and brass trim med, bass wood boxes, linen lined, trunks formerly $15 to $20
 NOW $s.5O LOT No. 4-Includes our stock of Lea ther Dress Trunks, 42 to A inches long, extra heavy leather, bound, bronze trimmings, trays. Form erly $20 to $50,
 NOW $500
 Leather Goods. LOT No. 1-Dress Suit Cases, bride leather, steel frames, linen lined, copper rivets. Formerly $6 to $7.50 NOW S4.50 LOT No. 2-Sole leather, Irish linen lined, steel frames. Formerly $s to $10, NOW S6.5O LOT No. 1-Traveling Bags, with sew edin frames, leather lined. For merly $6 to $7, NOW 400 LOT No. 2-Extra heavy sole leather, sewed-in frames leather lined. For merly $7.50 to S10 NOW $50 LOT No. 3-Traveling Bags, hand sew ed, extra fine Maffitt leather, pig skin lined. Formerly $12 to $15, NOW $9.00 DrQ0hsA(Q: gbapsI serntY sca;s saYest
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-01

Dr. Cyrus Adler, librarian of the Smithsonian Institution. tells Of an in- cident which, on the authority of Pro- lessor Solomon Schechter, took place not long ago in the British museum. "An English provincial, who had visited London for the first time, went to see the British museum collection. It was cleaning day. and the museum was clos ed to visitors. The Englshman stormed he was a British taxpayer and yet was excluded from the national collec- tions! A polite official informed him that the staff was absent and that the museum was not open to the public. That was no kind of excuse for him. Where are the members of the staff anyhow?' demanded the irate taxpayer. At last the official, in despair, said: One of the mummies' in the museum is dead, end as mark Of respect, the cu- rators have gone to the funeral i" The taxpayer departed perfectly satisfied.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-01

Physical decadence among the people of the cities in England is alarming the military authorities. Sir James Crichton Brown, one of the most noted physicians in England, says that out of 11,000 men who volunteered at Man. chester for service in South Africa only 5000 were accepted as physically fit, and of these only 1,2oO came up to the standard of what soldier ought to be. Colonel Burrett, the English inspector general of recruiting, in his recently published report, says that of 75,750 men examined last year more than 22,- 900, or 29 per cent, were rejected for various ailments or want of physical development.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-01

in the world. 1t is city Of nearly
5000 people, where the Duluth &
Iron Range railroad has its round
house of over so stalls, car shops,
in which all of the ore cars are man
ufactured, and it's repair shops. The
five docks, averaging over 1000
feet in length each, having an aver
age height of nearly So feet, and a
capacity Of 1913, 100 gross tors (2,24O
Of ore, extend out into the lake, and
are so arranged that ships bound
for the eastern shelters can be
loaded with the greatest of ease and
dispatch Last year 1904, 799 gross
tons Of iron ore was shipped from
this port, the greatest record ever
made by an iron ore port This
product was carried in 1,l50 car
goes. The 1903 season promises
even greater output, the docking
capacity now being enlarged. From
Two Harbors 81, 128, 900 feet of Inn
Der, board measure, was shipped
during last year, and including the
the passenger and excursion yes
sells over 1850 vessels entered the
port during the same period.
Two Harbors is the receiving
port of all the coal used by the Du-
luth & Iron Range railroad, the
Vermillion range mines, and most
of the Mesaba range mines, the rail
road company having seventy loco
motives at it's command at this
point, thirty of them being of the
mastodon type. 1t also has one of
the finest hospitals in the State, it
being under the exclusive direction
of DIR. j D. Budd. who is a men,
Der of the present legislature. 1t
has seven churches, a Y. M. c.. A.,
a commercial club, a free public
library, two banks and two news
papers.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-01
After spending a couple OF hours
taking in the sights Of Two Har-

After spending couple OF hours
taking in the sights of Two Har-
bors our train was divided into two
sections, mastodon engine at the
head of each and we commenced
our journey up the winding track
and heavy grade for Ely, the most
northern point on the Duluth &
Iron Range railroad, and only few
miles from the Canadian line. We
arrived there shortly after noon,
and spent two hours visiting the
Chandler, Pioneer. Zenith, Sibley
and Savoy iron mines, all Of them
now controlled by the United States
steel corporation. There are ten
shafts in these various plants, the
depth being from 600 to 300 feet,
and at that depth, the miners say,
there is practically an inexhausti-
bic supply Of iron. The hosting
engines are continually at work
pulling up buckets of ore weighing
several tons, and dumping the con-
tents on dump cars, and the latter,
pulled by mules, are emptled at the
head of huge piles of ore that will
commence to move on rails as soon
as navigation opens. These differ
ent mines are all located in the
heart, or within a short distance of
Ely, rustling mining town. They
employ 1900 men alone, and with
the employees OF a large saw milling
company having plant a few miles
north of the city, keep things lively
and suggest the phase of getting
there, Eli
1t was after two clock when our
train left Ely over the same line we
traversed to reach Ely. We saw
Tower, named after Charlemagne
Tower, in the distance, where there
are mining plants in operation, Sou
-..~,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-01
"TRUE BLUE" A SUCCESS.

In the opera house on both Tues
day and Wednesday nights was
presented by home talent, under
the auspices of the Redwood Falls
Cornet Band, the war drama, "True
Blue. This same drama was pre-
sented in this city about four years
ago, butts second presentation did
in no wise dampen the ardor of the
theatre going public, for on each
night there was a crowded house.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-01
TlHE LIBRARY OF MODERN ELoQUENcE

stands without peer Nothing like twas
asGXB ever attempted before. Edited by one of
the greatest of Modern Leaders of Men,
Ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed, assisted by corps
of editors famous wherever English is heard,
MODERN ELOQUENCE is the masterpiece
of one who has lived close to those who have
made and are making the history of our times.
In these volumes the reader runs the whole
gamut of eloquence, from laughter to tears, from
pathos to ridicule; keen satire is mingled with
unctuous humor the strong, trenchant utterance
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-01

of action with the droll
fancies of ehumorist.
We see the speaker,
we hear the laughter, we
surrender to the spell
of the words; we can
feel the tense silence as
the speaker mounts in
his sublimest flights,
then hear the outburst
of applause as the
audience catches the
speaker at his climax.
One sits at the ban
quet board where the
greatest after dinner
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-01
Hon. Thos. B. Reed
EdifOr=in=Chief
ASSOCIATE EDITORS

ASJOAiAlL LII ONC :
Hon. Justin Mccarthy
Member of English
Parliament
Rossiter johnson
Author and Litterateur
Albert Ellery Bergh
Expert Collaboration
Edward Everett Hale
Author of "The Man With
out a Country"
Jonathan p. DOiliver
u. S. Senator from Iowa
John b. Gordon
Former U. S. Senator from
Georgia
Nathan Haskell Dole
Associate Editor
International Library of
Famous Literature"
James B. Pond
Manager Lecture Bureau,
Author of Eccentricities
of Genius S"
George MacLean Harper
Professor of English Litera-
ture, Princeton University
Lorenzo Sears
Professor of English Litera-
ture, Brown University
Edwin M. Bacon
Former Editor Boston
Advertiser Z"
p. CunIiffe Owen
Member Editorial Staff
New York Tribune
J. Walker ,McSpadden
Managing Editor Edition
Royale" of Balzac's Works
Marcus Benjamin
Editor, National Museum,
Washington, D. c.
Truman A. DeWeese
Member Editorial Staff
Chicago Times Herald"
William w. MatOs
Member Editorial Staff
Philadelphia Evening
Telegraph"
Champ Clark
Member House of Repre-
sentatives from Missouri
Clark Howell
Editor
" Atlanta Constitution
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-01

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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08
A Proposed History
Of
The Populist Press.
Populist Journalism.

Nonconformist list Of 1891. The edi-
tors of The Independent would appre-
ciate the courtesy of reply from the
person whose hands the marked copy
reaches, with the following informa-
tiOn:
Present name of paper, postoffice,
county, and state; present size and
whether "all home" or ready print;
day of publication; subscription price
by the year; approximate circulation;
volume, number and date of latest is
sue; present owner, present editor.
and present political policy of the
paper.
In addition to this, the editors Of
The Independent would appreciate the
history of the paper, following this
rlan: When originally established;
under what name; by whom as pro-
Erietor and as editor. Then note all
changes of name, ownership, editor
ship. and editorial policy, giving ap-
Troximate dates as far as possible.
If the responses to this warrant it..
The Independent may decide to COM
pie a history of populist journalism
fcr> the benefit of the reform press
n Getting which will doubtless be called
for st. Louis in February next year
BY following the general plan outlined
above, great saving of time will be
effected for the compiler Address all
communications to this project to
THE INDEPENDENT.
Directory Dept. Lincoln, Neb.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08

Twelve years ago the American
Nonconformist, then published at Win
field, Kas., prepared reform press di-
rectory which was published in the
columns of that PAPER. The Noncon-
formist was then IL years old and was
conducted by II. & L. Vincent; later 1t
vas removed to indianapolis, where it
finally passed into the hands of Prof.
C. Vincent, who some years ago
brought it to Omaha Later Prof. Vim
cent changed its name to the Central
Farmer, and quite recently it was con-
solidated with the Farmers Advocate
of Topeka.
A copy of this directory, clipped
from the Nonconformist of some time
i'll May, 1891, is in possession of The
Independent. by courtesy of Thomas
Davis, of Macon, ILL.,, one Of the Old
Guard There are the names of some
thing like 500 populist papers, a con-
siderable number of which are In ex-
istence today, Notwithstanding the as
sertion that the populist press has been
annihilated. 1t is the intention of The
Independent to use this list as the
basis for compiling an up-to-date di-
rectory of present-day populist papers
and as far as possible to trace the his
tory Of those named in the list of
1891 which have suspended. removed,
or changed name Or politics.
A marked copy of the issue contain
ing this notice will be mailed to the
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08
X A Word with the Farmer ~

republican state board made an In
crease e.es.sse CT 81 600 81 in the assessed val
uation of railroad property. In other
words, for every hundred dollars Of
increase made by the assessors. the
state board added less than dollar 10
the railroad valuation. Last year the
rate of state tax on Saunders county
was 71a mills, making total Of $685.
202.O7 in state taxes charged against
her. This was divided as follows:
Railroads .......... 4,lOS.T5
others ......,........ 22,O93.32
The railroads thus were charged
with 1876 per cent of the taxes in Saun-
ders county in 1902. This year the
rate is 91a mills, to provide funds for
republican extravaganza, making a
state tax charge against Saunders of
$35.O33.65, divided as follows:
Railroads ..................$ 5,221.H
Others .-.................. 29,811.1S
And this time the railroads are
charged with only 14.S per cent of the
taxes. The increase in railroad taxes
this year is 27.1 per cent; in farmers
taxes, 34.9 per cent. Same railroads;
same farms! And in county where
the pOpulists st yed at home, allowing
the republicans to capture the county,
because there was nothing to vote for
in the campaign of 1902" That corn
shucking election day cost them over
$7,700 in additional state taxes--to say
nothing Of count- taxes-and the end
Is not yet. Wait till the new revenue
law gets to working!
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08
People vs.. Railroads

1t is generally believed that the rail-
roads selectd John B. Barnes to rep
resent them on tn supreme bench, just
as John N. Baldwin and his railroad
oonferees selected Our Man Mickey"
some eight days prior to the republi-
can state convention last year, and
that the republican convention Of 1903
submitted even more mee'yly to rail-
road domination than did it's predeces-
sor. However this may be, one need
go no further than the official records
to- determine where each of the oppos-
ing candidates for supreme judge
stands in the grand contest between
the people on the one hand and the
railroads on the other. The agricul-
tural interests of Nebraska have never
asked anything but simple justice, and
they have always given heed to the
cry. Don't do anything to hurt the
railroads; they are good thing
they build up the country" Strange
to say the farmers have kept this in
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08
Where the Two Candi-
dates Stand A Leaf from
the Records.

mind to the extent of forgetting that
they themselves were of any moment
in the building up of a state.
Railroad interests never want JUS
tice. They are not looking for that.
They must have the under hold every
time. With farmers judge on the
bench, the railroads always get JUS
tice; with a railroad Judge, the farm
ers always get injustice--and the
railroads profit by it. One has only
to read the various court reports to
learn the truth of this.
John J. Sullivan, the populist candi-
date for supreme judge, is at present
chief justice of the Nebraska supreme
court, having served almost six ye3rs.
His republican opponent. John B..
Barnes-for some fifteen years rail-
road attorney-was appointed men,
Der OF the supreme court commission
to succeed Judge Sedgwick. AS COM
missioner. Judge Barnes writes opin-
ions in cases argued before the depart
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08
Why

Why does Roscoe Pound. dean Of the
college of law, by the grace Tor dis
grace) of populist and democratic re-
gents, receive from the Lincoln Trac-
ton company free transportation?
What possible advantage can he be to
the traction company, now that he has
resigned as member of the supreme
court commission? 1t is not difficult
to surmise why Judge Pound should
be given those useful little books of
yellow (free) tickets-but why should
Dean Pound continue to receive and
use them? A round trip each day
saves him So month car $36 a
year, or enough to buy fairly de-
cent tailor-made suit. Why shouldn't
the traction company buy him "a suit
of clothes, if his salary as dean is
inadequate, and let him pay his car
fare?
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08

that of the great corporations which
exploit MIN should pay the bill with
out grumbling whtn payday comes.
On which side of this contest are
you going to enlist?
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-08
Saunders County

Saunders county assessors in 1908
made an increa~e of $192,243 in the as
sessed valuation of the property of
farmers and business men of that
county, over the figures for 1902. The