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The independent., 1903-12-03

shore Of a great lake has no value, be-
cause its quantity is unlimited. But
gallon of water in the center OF des-
ert where no more can be obtained,
may be of very great value. The utll-
ity on the shore OF the lake and in the
heart of desert of gallon
of water is the same. Many
things of little utility have very great
value and many things of great utility
have little or no value. A small piece
of crystallized carbon, called a dia-
mond has very great value, but very
little utility. Air has the greatest
utility, but no value al all. No one
will give anything in exchange for it
because the quantity is unlimited. Air
becomes of value just as soon as its
quantity becomes limited In the great
cities it has now, in some places, val
ue. A room that has plenty OF air
will rent for more than room where
the quantity of air is limited. The
same is true of light. Daylight is OF
no value out on these plains, but down
in New York city, room having
plenty of light is of more value than
one with little. 1t all depends upon
the limitation of quantity.
On such self-evident truths as there,
the quantity theory" of money is
based. They are accepted by all econ
omists of authority the whole world
over
Some people get into very thick
fog in their thinking by assuming
that the value of gold never changes.
The value of thing is what 1t will
exchange for in other things. A thing
that no one will give any other thing
for has no value. AS II will exchange
for greater or less amount of other
things It's value rises or falls When
gold Will exchange for large amounts
of other things. It's value rises. When
1t will exchange for only small
amounts, It's value falls. When one
dollar In gold would exchange out
here In Nebraska for ten bushels OF
corn. as II did for one time, II was evil
dence that the value of gold had risen,
and again whom a dollar OF gold would
exchange for only two bushels OF
corn. Il was pretty good proof that the
value OF gold In relation 10 corn had
talIcn.
These questions have been discussed
here In the west for the last twelve
years. bat the people os the east have
had no opportunity 10 become ac'
Qualnted with the science of political
economy. II IL not taught Ia tbs
The independent., 1903-12-03

The daily papers keep the people SO
completely misinformed concerning
this isthmian canal business that 1t
may be well to recall few facts. In
the first place the commission OF en-
gineers appointed to make a selection
of route reported, with one excep-
ton, in favor of the Nicaragua route.
The legislation that eliminated in the
Spooner bill was first passed by the
house in the form known as the Hep
burn bill and provided for the con-
struction of canal by the Nicaragua
route. There were only two votes in
the house against 1t. When the bill
got to the senate, that cool, silent in
triguer, Spooner, got hold of it and
when it came from the committee to
the senate it had the $40,000,00O boo
die attachment to it with selection
Of Panama. There was a fierce fight
in the senate over the matter and the
advocates of the two different routes
were about equally divided Finally
the bill passed the senate with the
compromise attachment providing for
selection of routes by the president.
When this bill went to conference the
house conferees we're opposed to 1T as
well as Senator Morgan, who was on
the committee from the senate. There
could have been no agreement reached
had not Senator Morgan given up.
The bill as amended passed the SEN
ate by only six majority. Hepburn
never gave up and is still fora the
Nicaragua route. Senator Morgan is
wholly responsible for the passage OF
the bill giving preference to Panama.
The other day he made the following
statement in the senate in regard to
his action:
1T was this expectation and the
faith had in the president that he
would obey the law, as he insists
that every other good citizen shall
| do, that caused me to agree in
| the committee of conference be-
tween the two houses to the pass
age Of the Hepburn bill as 1t was
amended on the motion of the
senator from Wisconsin" s
The house has never voted directly
| for the Panama route. The question
arises whether the house will submit
to the new arrangement and allow
$10,0OO,000 to be paid to the republic
of Panama when the bill it passed
specified that it s.. ould be paid to the
republic of Colombia. Is the house
any more use than fifth wheel to
wagon?
The independent., 1903-12-03
7. II. TIBBLES, Editor.
G. q. DE FRANCE, Associate Editor.
Ed. EAGER, Iusiness Manager.

The Independent is prouder of this
country because it is the land of lib
erty than any imperialist ever can be
because it Is "a world power"
The independent., 1903-12-03
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One of Lincoln's most distinguished
lawyers says that "a populist is one
who says today what every one will
say five or ten years afterwards, and
mentime he must go it alone
The independent., 1903-12-03

schools and colleges except In per-
funtory way, and the newspapers Of
that section absolutely refuse to print
articles upon the subject.
The independent., 1903-12-03

ANONYMOUS communications will not be
soticed. Rejected manuscripts will not be
returned.
The independent., 1903-12-03

A Grand Rapids, Mich, grand jury
the other day indicted seventeen city
boodlers in one lot. When this rage
for the worship of Mammon and the
discardlng of all the ideals, when gov
ernment by the consent OF the gov
erned was discarded and the doctrine
of force took its place. The Indepen-
dent declared that II would be fol-
lowed by moral degeneration and so
1t has. The last four years has been
q great time for boodlers and swim
dlers. aud disastrous one for morals
$<>>S$~S
The corn product trust got severe
jolt the other day on Wall street and
It's stock went shooting down the to-
boggan somewhat after the fashion
the steel common set awhile ago. This
trust ia capitalized at $4,000. 600.
What knocked the foundations out
from under II was the published state
ment oE an Independent company In
llllnola engaged In the same business
showing that u put out a little over
one.thIfd al much goods a. the trust
and II was capitalized for only a..
100000. which went 10 show that ot
The SIC. .0oo, 900 stock of tho corn prod.
oct traat. seT.ooO.oOo was water.
The independent., 1903-12-03
THAT CUBAN TREATY
N/~~~<~
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II the men who objected to the Gu
ban treaty and reduction Of 20 per
cent of the tariff on sugar had not
attempted to use the arguments of the
old tariff grafters they would have
had some success among thinking
men. They raised the cry that the re-
duction on Cuban sugar would "ruin
the industry of raising sugar beets.
That is such a worn-out thing that
no one paid any attention to it. II
they had confined themselves to the
statement that the reduction on raw
sugar would result in just. that much
| increase in the profits of the sugar
trust, for refined sugar would not de-
cline fraction of a cent after such
treaty had been made, they would
have got a hearing. When they COM
blned the two statements they made
themselves ridiculous. The fact is
that the only Americans who will be
directly benefited by this reduction
will be the owners of the sugar trust.
They will get their raw sugar that
comes from Cuba as much cheaper as
the amount of the reduction in the
tariff and sell their refined sugar at
the same old price. There may be
some benefit To other American pro-
ducers from increased trade with Gu
ba. There Is no doubt that q solemn
promise was made to Cuba by promi-
nent men In the republican party that
such a reduction in the tariff would
be made IL the Cuban constitutional
convention would adopt the Platt
amendments.
&sSS>>>SSS
The twentieth century. with 1900
years OF culture, preparation and ex-
pcrienee behind It, is turning out
more absolute failures than any OF
the centuries OF the middle ages.
There are hundreds of girls applying
for places In the eastern cities who,
after having been surrounded by COM
mon schools and newspapers all their
lives. cannot write correctly a simple
letter applying for situation. What
ls the matterf In the middle OF tho
last century glrl who had worked
ior her board and attended school la
a log school house for three winter
terms OF three months each could In
| that
The independent., 1903-12-03

There IS a good deal of denuncia-
tion of American. girls who marry
impecunious dukes and counts. But
what shall be said of the European
princesses, some of them married, too,
who continue to elope with dancing
masters and coachmen? The Europ-
can girls who know these dukes and
counts seem willing at any time to ex-
change them for good looking fiddler
or coachman.
The independent., 1903-12-03

When making remittanees do not leave
money with news agencies, postmasters. etc.
10 be forwarded by them. They frequently
forget or remit a different amount than was
left with them, and The subscriber fails to get
siopei credit.
Address all communications, and make AL
diafts. money orders. etc. payableto
ILe nebraska Independent,
Lincoln. Neb.
The independent., 1903-12-03
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There is one thing certain: If an
attempt were made to take over all
public utilities and the government
own and operate them, there could
. not possibly any crater failure re-
suit than the long continued attempt
to control" them.
The independent., 1903-12-03

The Chicago dailies are ascribing
the crime and degeneration Of that
city to- the reading of dime novels.
The Chicago dailies themselves print
more criminal news in a week than
gets circulated through dime novels
In ten years. The way the-1ast mur-
ders have been written up and illus
trated tends to make heroes of GRIM
inals instead of making them detest-
ible.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-06-10

Miss Sophia Miller came up from
Minneapolis early last week, and
attended the graduation exercises
of the high school.
During the past week THE GA
zETTE has turned out some exception :
ally handsome stock certificates for
the Redwood Falls Lake, Park and
boat association.
Frederick H. Aldrich has secured
a divorce from Sarah Aldrich on the
grounds of desertion, the decree of
the court having been filed last
Friday. The plaintiff was a resi-
dent of Seaforth at one time, and
was also a conductor for the Twin
City Rapid Transit Co., with head
quarters in Minneapolis. The de-
sertion occurred a couple of years
ago in the latter city.
Lords amusement company and
vaudeville exchange of Minneapolis,
which concern furnished the attrac-
tions for the celebration here last
July Sd and 4th, will probably put
in tent show at the park on July
4th next, and under the tent give
a minstrel show by negros, who
will be artists in the line of singing,
dancing, etc. The proposition is to
have the band and base bali boys
remain at. home, furnishing music
and play ball, and give those who
desire an opportunity to picnic
along the banks of the lake, and
take in the games, the minstrel
show, and listen to the band.
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THE CITY
sHoRTITEMs GAzETTED.

The New Ulm Steam Laundry has
placed their agency with Arnold &
Ralston, the Granite Block barber shop
Give them a trial. 43-2t
Miss Winifred Fife left Saturday
for St. Peter, where she will reside
with the family of N. Elliott in the
future. Miss Fife was one of the
high school graduates for 1903.
Prof. A. J. Jones and wife left
Thursday for Minneapolis, where
they will remain for two or more
weeks. Prof. Jones will spend a
portion Of that time looking over
high school examination papers.
O. W. Mcmillan has been in Sea-
forth during the past week, con-
Quoting the affairs of the Bank Of
Seaforth, while Case Allen, the
cashier, was in Rochester, receiv-
ing surgical and medical treatment
for an eye trouble.
THE GAZETTE is under obligations
to o. F. Conway for a copy of the
special edition of the Los Angeles
Times-setting forth some OF the
beauties of the great Los Angeles
event-the feast of flowers. The
edition is a superb piece of work
from the engraver and printer.
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SUNDAY TRAIN.

SUNDAY TRAIN.
Leave Sleepy Eye Arrive Redwood Falls
12:15pm 1925 p. m.
cave Redwood Falls Arrive Sleepy Eye
2:1O D. m 500 p. m.
DEPARTURES OF TRAINS.
No. 50, daily except Sunday -. 1O:4O a. m
For Chicago, st: Paml MlnneapGhn s; W W3ns.
town, Huron and Pierre. Parlor car, kasota
to St. Paul and Minneapolis. Sleeper, Man
kato to Chicago
No. "a. daily except Sunday. 500 p, m
Connects at Sleepy Eye with trains east ano
west between Waseca and Tracy Makes
connection with Omaha at Kasota for Sioux
City and Omaha.
ARRIVAL OF TRAINS.
No 81, daily except Sunday 1000 a. m
Connects with new train, No. 8, from east
No, IS, daily except Sunday 80: :4:35 p m
From Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis Wlnons
and all points east and west
W. B. KN1sKERN, A. c. JOHNSON,
Chicago. Winona, Mimi
". s. BRAMMER. Agent. Redwood Falls. MINI
MINNEAPOLIS & st. Louis Railway.
Time of arrival and departure of mail and
press traius from Redwood,
EAST.
No. 10, daily except Sunday, ~: So p: m; /;
for metropolis and St. Paul, connecting WITT
through trains for Chicago and the east, st
Louis, Hot Springs and the south. Des
Moines, Omaha and points west. Througr
dining and sleeping cars.
No. Is. daily including Sunday. :. 80 a. m
Madison to Minneapolis and st. Paul.
WEST.
No. IA daily except Sunday. 800. lis p m
For Hanley Falls and Watertown.
No. 16. daily, including Sunday. 80. 1918 p n
ST. Paul to Madison.
FREIGHT TRAINS.
No. IS, going east Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays 4. 90 y. III
No 76, going west Mondays, Weduesdays
and Fridays. .........s:@o d. IL
A. b. MEYER Agent
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-06-10

G. A. Jackson is in Utah, looking
up mining interests.
Mrs. Henry Kuck is receiving
treatment at ST. Luke's hospital, in
ST. Paul
Henry Winter went to st. Paul
last Thursday to spend a dav or
two with his son, Willie, who is
now in that city.
Mr.. Carter, the cartoonist on the
Minneapolis Times, spent a few
days with the family of H. NJ. Hitch
cock during the early portion of last
week
Mesdames Gold and Wallace en-
tertained in honor of Mrs. A. H.
Tasker of Albee, South Dakota. at
The Oaks, the home of the form
err, Monday afternoon.
Andrew Cook left for Minneapo-
lis Wednesday to be present at the
commencement exercises of the uni
versity, where brother graduated
He will visit at Faribault before re-
turning.
Miss Agnes Hitchcock has re-
turned from St. Thomas, N. D.,
where she has been teaching during
the past school term Miss Hitch
cock will remain with her mothe r
during the summer.
The third band concert of the
season occurred last Thursday
afternoon and was listened to bv a
large crowd of people. The con-
certs will be given every Thursday
evening until further notice.
Friday was the first hot day of
the season, and it really commenced
to seem as though summer had ar
rived. The thermometer was play
ing around the eighty mark most of
the day. The evening turned cool.
Lamberton is preparing for big
celebration on July 4th. It's big
attraction will be the Hon. J. f.
Jacobson of Madison, who is to de-
liver the Grafton of the day. Games,
races, etc., together with fireworks
in the evening, will held make up
the program.
Warden Wolfer of the Saltwater
prison announces that he has dis
posed of every pound of the binder
Irvine product for this season. Ev-
evy bit of it goes to farmers and
none to the dealers this year, con-
dition that has not been obtained in
former years. The factory will be
kept busy to its full capacity until
August, to bill orders from farmers
now on hand, and no more orders
will be accepted. The output this
year will amount to more than seven
million pounds. Next year an effort
will be made to increase the output
to nine million. The factory will be
kept busy during the fall and win
ter with view to making as much
twine as possible.
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Charles A. Luscher and wife re-
turned from their outing at Lake
Washington on Friday last.
Hon. 0. B. Turrell and wife
quietly celebrated their 10th we'd
ding anniversary on Wednesday Of
last week.
Otto E. Dornberg. who is an as
sistant at the Laird Norton Yards,
has been enjoying q week S visit
with relatives at Blooming Prairie.
Stone masons and carpenters re-
port an unusual spring, and the in
dications are that there will be
enough work planned in the several
structures to keep them going dur
ing the entire summer.
Mrs. w. H. Wallace, Mrs. A. H.
Tasker, and Miss Title Gold, to-
gether with the children of the
former, drove to Renville last We'd
nesday and remained there on a
visit with relatives for several
days.
The Wheat Belt Land Co. of ST.
Paul has changed it's name to the
Southern Planting Co., according to
amended articles of incorporation
filed with the register of deeds dur
ing the past week. The company
has some real estate interests in
this county.
H. E. Miller gave the first party
of the season at the pavilion at the
lake park last Friday evening. The
party was given in honor of his two
eldest sons who leave this week for
North Dakota, where they will take
charge of one of Mr., Miller's farms
for the remainder of the summer.
The party included in the neighbour
hood of 80 young people, who were
taken to the pavilion at $50 clock,
and remained there until midnight.
Dancing was the order. Light re-
freshments were served.
William H. Wallace of this city
was elected a member of the board
of trustees of the Hamline univer-
sity at large meeting OF the trus-
tees and conference visitors held in
the Hamline university on Tuesday
afternoon of last week. Mr.. Wal
lace succeeds M. w. Savage as a
member of the board, and being a
graduate of only few years ago
his selection is highly honorary.
The trustees reelected at that meet
ing were Judge Hascal R. Brill of
St. Paul, Hon. j. T. Wyman, S. S.
Thorpe, E. F. Mearkle, Perry Har-
rison and James Quirk, all of Min
neapolis.
The Citizens State Bank of Wa
basso has filed it's articles of incor
poration with the register of deeds.
The capital stock of the new insti-
tuition, which gives Wabasso it's
second bank, is $4,000, and this is
divided into $50 shares $500 each,
all of which has already been sub
scribed for. The stockholders and
incorporates, including the num-
Der of shares held by each, are A..
J. Weldon 5, N. J. Franta %, Leo
Aftermath 5, George Braun 10, Geo..
Goblirsch 5, A.. w. Mueller 10, F..
W, Hauentstein of St. Paul, who is
to be cashier of the new institution,
16, Frank F. Weber 5, J. R. Nc
Phee 5, Cornelius Starken 5, John
Arends 5, Herman Kumerow 5, j..
H. Roth of Lamberton 5, Otto j..
Schmid 10, A. J. Goblirsch l, A. G..
Gleason l, J. B. Schmid 5, A. G.
Anderson 5, and A. G. Ochs 20, the
latter three being from Springfield,
and all the others, whose addresses
are not given, hailing from Wabasso
and vicinity. The first board OF
directors of the new institution are
N. J. Franta, A. W. Mueller, George
| Braun, A. G. Ochs, A. J. Weldon,
! Leo Aftermath and Geo. Goblirsch.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-06-10

Mrs. G. G. Ward and two chill
dren of Brownton are visiting with
the family of John Ilett.
Tony Hoover came down from the
west last Thursday afternoon and
assisted the local club in playing
against Vesta Friday afternoon.
Mrs. @. Fred Thompson enter
tanned a number of ladies OF the
city at launch party last Wednes-
day afternoon, the guest of honor
being Mrs. A. G. Weiss of Duluth.
On the return Of the party Mrs. W.
D. Finn gave q luncheon to the
members.
A young man-Milton Albert
Melges-made his appearance at
the home of j. H. Melges on Wednes-
day morning of last week He is
the second boy to arrive in that
family, and Julius is convinced that
some girls father will some day
have to pay for the coal.
Crystal lodge, Daughters of Re-
bekah, entertained a number OF
members from Morton at meeting
held last Wednesday evening, when
the degree was conferred upon one
or more candidates. The degree
work was done ia a clever and &C
curate manner. Refreshments were
served.
Information reached here last
Thursday to the effect that Mrs.
Catherine NJ. Offerman, widow OF
the late Matthew Offerman, had
been or was about to be married to
a resident of Faribault, whose name
could not be learned. The couple
are expected here on their weddin g
trip this week.
| Wood Lake is making extensive
arrangements for a two days car
nival on June 18th aud 18th, where
there is to be a series of ball games,
trap shoots, etc. Two bands have
been engaged to furnish music for
the occasion. Wood Lake proposes
to make the event something that
will excel most any old Fourth OIL
July celebration.
Hutchinson Independent; Frank
King of Redwood Falls is certainly
phenomenon in athletics. He cap
tured first place in every event he
entered, eight in all, making tota
of 40 points for his team. He is
possessed of fine physique, great
endurance and is an all round man
good in the sprints, jumps ano
heavy work. He is an athlete
carefully groomed and trained, the
| like of whom is not often found in
hign school sports.
The marriage of Gustav A.
Schuck, progressive young farm.
err of Lamberton township, to Mrs.
Leona J. Kremer, residing in the
same township for several years
past, occurred at Judge Evans
Office last Thursday. The couple
left on the afternoon train for their
future home near Lamberton. The
bride will be remembered as the
widow of the Norwestern railroad
operator who was drowned in the
river at North Redwood a couple oil
years ago. Since the drowning she
has resided with her parents near
Lamberton.
Under instructions from Presi-
dent Marvin Hughitt, the Omaha
company has abandoned the move
ment of Sunday excursion trains Of
all classes and has restricted the
movement of all trains, both passen.
ger and freight, to the lowest pos
sible minimum. The reason for
this action on the part of the presi
dent is due first to the desire tc
give every man in the employ O
the company full days rest, and
second, to save expense. President
Hughitt figures it out that one train
wreck on Sunday, due to some fail
ure on the part of an overworkeC
train crew, costs the company more
money than can be earned in {
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-06-10
Chicago & Northwestern Railway.

LOCAL TIME CARD, REDWOOD FALLS.
Subject to change.
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SUNDAY TRAIN.
Leave Sleepy Eye Arrive REDWOOD rams
10.15nm 1925 p. m.
cave Redwood Falls Arrive Sleepy Eye
1:1O p.m 500 p. m.
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NEWSPAPER WAITS.

Clerk-These tiger-skin rugs are 500.
Mrs. Youngnlisses-And are you sure they are
''importedP
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rs she so precise as is claimed?" we
ask, indicating the young woman who
has been pointed out to us as the most
absolutely correct young lady in town.
81 should say" replies our friend.
why she is such a stickler for the
proprieties that she won't go buggy rid
ing with anyone except the new ento-
mologist down at the college"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-25

Stella-Why did she refuse jack
Beila-Because he couldn't support her IN
the style she was unaccustomed So.-Puck-
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Jennie-Come and sit in my pew this morn
1nnie-I can't. Nv hat isn't trimmed for
that side Of the church.-Life-