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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-29

burdened with The heavier cost OF
living withou, any Offset, as they
have the beneht Of q fall in prices
Of commodities, when that occurs"
Without accepting his figures as 10
relatives rises in cost Of living and
in wages, let US bear in mind Mr.. Rob
ats statement that prices Of com
raodities have undoubtedly been
borne upward by the imitation What
imitation? Why none other than that
5sS millions of gold and silver coin
and national bank notes injected into
the circulation since 1898 an increase
OF more than 80 per cent in five years.
Isn't such change Of front. with
cut word Of explanation, the most
urblushing effrontery? Nevertheless
il is a sincere tribute 10 the wisdom
OF the populist position. ..e
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-29
ruru1poM AID ORPHAN

The untiring vigilance with which
so Associated press and the hired
critters OF the great d. llies work,
should command the admiration Of
an The inventive Genius is as great
., their never-Anding activity. just
Al present they have started new
ssbsroe. somewhat resembling an old
me worked for so loLg that the peo-
ME have tired Of il, but which did
most excellent service for years. The
oid scheme came to be known as the
evidow and orphan racket" When
any attempt was made 10 resist the
eytorions Of the railroads they always
talked about the widows and orphans
Who owned the stock and that their
rights must be protected. Now they
SAY that the laborine man owns the
railroads A long dispatch was sent
out by the Associated press declaring
tfat there were million owners Of
railroad stock in the United States.
The wsce-worEers had invested their
swings in railroad stock and the in
ference Was that the railroads no
longer were owned by the Goulds,
ysaderbilts. Hills and Harrimans, but
were owned by the wage workers. and
ffese great mognls were simply trus-
toes. operating the roads for the ben
eft Of the poor wage-vorkers They
did not 60 quite as far as Baer and
openly claim that they were the trus-
tees Of God. holding the wealth for
tlf glory Of His name, but they came
YTy near % IT, Every household Of |
the land win be flooded with that sort
q literature in the .Iture until the
tLeme is worn out and then they will /
sming something else. That is The
sr Of stuff the people OF this ooun-
IT, have been fea upon for yenty-1ve
years and more Of the same sort Will .
b. furnished in the future. !
The dailies say that there are a mil
Ion separate owners Of railroad stock.
What Of it2 There are $1,000. 600 peo-
1b ia this country and 5000 of them
JEn 20 per cent Of the wealth.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-29
rNBLCsHING KvFRoNTrRY

Tie unblushing effrontery Of repub-
Ian politicians is worthy Of pyschol-
Gieal Investigation. The Independent
eaLnot understand the mental make
W Of a man who seven years ago con-
tended with all the strenuity Of a
blight and vigorous mind against the
Qualitative theory Of money, and who
VIII today. without any explanation
as 70 why he changed his mind base
ali bis argument upon the very foEn-
dation he denied seven years ago.
The speech Of Ellis H. Roberts.
treasurer Of the United States, upon
he Effects Of the Inflow OF Gold.
before the American Bankers meet
lns at san Francisco Thursday. is a
case in point.
Independent readers need not be told
'he republican arguments in the cam
Nlgn Of 1896, Everything. save gold,
lien responded to the laws OF supply
sla demand. A big crop Of wheat. or
slghir demand for it. or both. meant
a iall IN the value of yheat-other
'lihgs remaining as beforehand a fall
IL The price Of wheat (Which is sim
ny The value Of wheat stated In
WINS Of money!. A scanty crop or
u1afy foreign demand would drive
'4sat prices up Both republicans
aug popallsts agreed upon this. But
We republicans contended that the
1Ns o. supply nd demand could not
'"'s 'Ae value Of gold. because gold
= .Ae standard you know Gold was
'laai.E as immutable a. God. There
s-sat any difference but the letter
4a'a lhase Of The question was dis
F's4 sy the popullsts 10 contend-
=" iat NATURAL laws have no extep-
e Aa Increase ia the supply Of
aAQa. without 4 corresponding /
.'f%a a the supply q other things
~ Inevitably hriur about a faH Ia f.
value 70 sold This would not b. .
lve however a.. for ssam' .
=, a NE ase % an enormous crop |
sl''a because gold Is a lasting .
N Practically impsriahahle, and I
output q very small per-
va oi he total stock In The pa.
% mankind while roiaiss -
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The shlphHllAlne trust fAso0 a
TIE third affair 90 be Kind reeents
81 lFee dIng il haFs been TIE
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HAYDEN BROS.
The Reliable Store

- % SUI continue to tell you about things which we have
5 90 not "l,h to tire You but goods are Of such
s'00 merit that we cannot help talking about them
you 70 ZEE these goods then
necessities 80 ~ cls goods that means We d, In MI H.
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oar clothing for Men and Boys is the Best.
our Prices Tor this Clothing are the Rest

dg er so ovtrcoss in number Of different nub
t1 lou can ret
same art % ~ better a. ysfons $500 The
present for,cr,
& & and $500 on which making aepeca price 81 5000
4iu come show
eho 70 bu9 Just yet We will youn 80 ~ "'' ~
om pfo
hnee ftns md
sh IS now upon when little
we can tase y.
miscellaneous articles ior home S ~ ""'""''
pipe Kitchen Saws
Fire Sboves p,r, pi,r.
DC
iI"As t.s.,l5 Iron Handles bc
30x3 Stove Boards ... lsc GA pans ''''''''' w
Always your the house tat will atsf, Won ~ a
your money. ~ " ' you Z" Fe'una
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-18
THE MAGAZINES

In his comments on the Northern Sc
curities decision in the May number of
The Review of Reviews, DR.. Albert Shaw.
the editor, is disposed to criticize the de-
cls1on both ON account of the embarra S.
ment Which it is likely to create in the
business world and on account of what he
regards as an unfortunate inclination on
the part of the judges to assume the air
OF having accomplished good days work
IN breaking up a railroad combine, while
between the lines there seems to tho
editor Of the Review to be "a strong in
v1tation for others to go and do likewise,
and smash combines generally The
special features Of this number are illus
trated articles on 1.-THE Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition by Frederick M. Cr1n-
den; on Giant Ships for Our Oriental
Trade" by r. N. Stacy; on 1.-THE Right
Honorable George Wyndhan, M. p,
Champion of the Irish Land Bill by w.
T. Stead
Gunton's Magazine devotes consider
able space to the merger decision and
concludes that it Is a bad thing It
recognizes the logical conclusions Of the
court based upon the law but declares
that ''the law is a bad law conceived for
a bad purpose" It thinks also that con-
fidence in the president has been lessened
because he sought to inforce the law. 1t
Is a strange reason for lack of confidence
in an executive officer.
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LITERARY NOTES

Miss Marie Core1lfs. THE Murder Of
Delicia,'' has been included by. j. b. Lip
pincott company Of Philadelphia in their
series Of select novels Miss Corelli's pre-
face to that sad story is one of the ferc-
est and most justi1able onslaughts upon
brutal and worthless husbands in print.
The American Book company, 52i-523
Wabash avenue, Chicago, have issued
1.-THE American Standard Bookkeeping,
High School Edition. by G. c. Curtiss,
IA M. The author has had forty years
experience as a teacher of the science of
bookkeeping and accounting. Price 81.
Mrs. Humphry Ward has daughter, a
charming English girl, who has no incli-
nation to literary work
The Harpers want IT, understood that
w. D. Howells is editor of the Easy
Chair department of Harper's Magazine
and not editor Of the magazine. Mr.. How
ellis, in consequences Of the ignorance of
some people, is pestered with masses of
manuscript addressed to him which does
not belong to his department.
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Bryan Will Bolt.

The reorganizers of the democratic
party are the organizers of defeat for that
party 1t becomes, clear that reor-
good a showing as the Bryan democracy
has in the last two presidential campaigns.
There is now no reason to- believe that
any considerable number Of the genuine
radical, democratic democrats will support
the democratic ticket If the reorganizers
control it. The declaration Of the Omaha
World Herald is significant. AS between
Roosevelt and a candidate dictated by the
trusts, Bryan and his followers will be for
Roosevelt. Nor will this detection be
mere soreness; it will be matter Of prin-
ciple. President Roosevelt is far more
radical than any man the democratic re-
organizers would think Of nominating. He
is distinctly not the creature Of the trusts.
Bryan could not afford to stultify his rad
icalism by supporting as the nominee Of
his own party any candidate for the presi .
dency who was Numerically opposed to
everything that Bryan has stood for, and
consequently, what his party has stood
for for eight years. Free silver is not the
whole of Organism or of the tenets of the
radical democracy. The radical democracy
is protestant against certain political
and economical conditions. President
Roosevelt by reason of his sincerity, his
plain, unaffected Americanism, his un-
questioned devotion to the good of all the
people and the enemies he has made is
much nearer to the heart Of the radical
democrat notwithstanding his belief in
the protective tariff policy than any demo-
crat Of the traditional variety can be.
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tho something Undoubtedly could be done
yet. but the coming Of another spring
prepared to take UP such work as the
Philadelphia association is doing. These.
vacant lot gardens fit, in perfectly with
amy large scheme of city charity. The
manned, the convalescent the chronic
inNalids, the aged poor find them a god
send. They supply an opportunity for not
too much work Of a pleasant kind to per-
sons who find it Impossible or almost SO,
to get any work under ordinary cond1-
tons. Even In the most prosperous times
it is a great problem with charity work
ers how to find places for the handicapped
classes mentioned, persons Of willing
spirit but weak flesh.
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A Notable Charity.

The Philadelphia Vacant Lots .Cultiva-
ton, as described by the Press of that
city, is charity worthy Of imitation. It
is an Improvement on the Pingree potato
patch method Of relieving distress during
the hard times, and it is to be regretted
that every city has not followed the po-
-tato patch up with comprehensive gar
dening scheme such as they have in Phil
Eadelphia.
The association which conducts this
philanthropy borrows from benevolent real
lit divides these tracts in quarter acre
eegardens which it lends to poor people,
smostly old men and women, invalids and
bmaimed persons, who are not equal to
more than two or three hours work a
Aday. The association advances to the
E4'pensioners'' the seed, the fertilizer. the
few simple tools required and directs the
the crops Of potatoes peas, cabbages,
sbeans, tomatoes. onions and corn. The
xpensoners really earn the crops, not
withstanding the assistance, because the
returns are sometimes six times the capt.
tai invested by the society, tho they dc
not pay rent directly. Yet in sense
they do pay rent, for they improve the
land, clean and beautify it, often con
yerting the most unsightly dumping lots
into fertile and trim gardens. There is
no doubt that we'll ordered, well-culti-
waited vacant lot is Better for any neigh
borhood than rank growth Of weeds and
a decoration Of tin cans and other debris
In it's first year the association borrowed
twenty-seven acres Of land and invested
$500. With that assistance 95 families
earned $4,000 worth of vegetables. The
next year on forty acres Of land and with
money aid to the amount Of $2,266, crops
worth $1,000 were raised by 140 families
In the third year 249 families cultivated
seventy-two acres and raised a cror
worth SASH with financial assistance
amounting to $780, This year over 2Ot
acres are being cultivated by 500 garden
Gers. So popular has work in these gar
dens become with the aged and those Of
poor health that only so per cent of the
applicants can be cared for by the asso-
citation.
It may be too late to undertake q
similar work in Minneapolis this year
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AT THE THEATERS
7BlJou-"VVhen the Bell Z


It may well be doubted whether this
production gave adequate opportunity to-
Carlo, tho much Of his current reputation
has been based upon the role in which
he was applauded esterday. That he
possesses eminent merit, however, is OBJ
vious. Not even the local triumphs Of
Mrs. Patrick Campbell can be recalled to
his disparagement
Carlo has distinction. But it is tenn
permanent that fits him chiefly to his fame.
Hardly had he come on the stage, as a
mentor of the wayward, a savior of the
misguided, when robust beneftcence was
suffused turnout the scene. Genial fra
ternity commanded the action before
Carlo had begun to wag his tail.
It Is undeniable, nevertheless, that his
artistic instinct sometimes erTs. The
dramatist had presumed that Carlo would
discover a wounded nobleman bleeding
upon the snowy plateau Of Saint Bernard;
that tn, t. the n accompanying monks would en-
trust this task to Carlo. But, adopting an
Interpretation uncommonly original, the
distinguished actor jumped blythely across
the victim and barked with glee at one
OF his own ldisconsolate companions. Yet
TINS note, II unexpected, rang true to the
underlying key of cheer and charity
The play is English apparently, tho Sir
Lionel is addressed~as my lord. He proves
ne is Sir Lionel by a miniature he carries
In his Waistcoat pocket. Until the matter
was referred to by travelling lawyer, Sir
Lionel, then sketching at an Alpine hotel
had believed he was Lionel Duray, poor,
If virtuous, painter. Why this impover-
1shed artist has been sought in marriage
by an adventures is deftly suppressed
But she, has already changed her mind,
when, learning that he has become Sir
Lionel and wealthy, she strives to make
him marry her and cast off prettier girl
that has a future only
Hence follows the destruction of one
| mans eyes with yitriol; a treacherous muir
der by the adventuring matron; the prob
lem performance of the noble dog Carlo;
the matron's accidental self-destruction;
and much more of moment Among the
novel developments are the failure Of a
deserted husband to recognize his own
wires voice, and the cozy comfort with
which fainting lady is tucked away in
side bed already occupied by the mur-
dered victim of the hellish plot
Excitement WHITES this essential trae-
edy. 1t even has five acts. The murder
and an earlier threat to kill are arranged
1ngen1ously. so that the gallery is wholly
charmed. A milk dealer Of heavy London
humor accomplishes his comic purpose
The scenery, along broad lines, is none
| the less attractive.
| H. B. Curry
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THE NEW SPELLING

Red Wing Republican The Mime
apolis Journal recently began to re-
wise the spelling of the English Ian
guage, along lines suggested by spelling
reformers, and writes thru, and '.tho.
The next step will be to write ..slu, p
"enuf,' 'tuf, 2 .plou,'' ETC. If all the
silent letters were eliminated from the
English language there would be saving
of one-f1fth in ink, composition and paper,
but it is doubtful If the papers could be
made to shrink in proportion.
Anoka Herald-It looks rather odd to
see such spelling as thru and tho
in that valuable paper, The Minneapolis
Journal. It seems that TIL & J ourn a /
has undertaken a spelling reform At any
rate 1t will save time. Here's hoping
that 7 h e j o n a. will succeed In con-
verting the state press to the standard
Waconia Patriot-The phonetic system
of spelling advocated by few papers
will never go into general use for the rea-
son that the people will not submit to the
distortion and despoilation of the beauty
of spelling which has attained It's present
perfection thru the efforts of the great
est photographers Of the day.
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Tulloch charges are mere glittering gem
eralities, and he does not intend to pay
much attention to them. The charges, in
stead ,of being general. are remarkably de-
tailed, and the fact that they relate to
,offenses committed three and four years
ago should not prevent an investigation.
They have to do with particularly Of
fensive form of corrupt officialism, and
deserve to be thoroly investigated. If
persons who do nothing are put on pay
rolls and public money is paid out so reck-
,lessly as was either done or attempted,
according to Mr.. Tulloch,s testimony, the
tyestigation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-18
Fair Play in Mississippi.

Down in Mississippi there is a political
campaign on that Is of interest to the
whole nation. One Of the candidates for
the democratic nomina ton as governor
demands division of the school funds on
the basis Of taxes paid by the two races.
He represents movement that has an
peared in every southern state, but has SO
far failed in all Of them, we believe. OF
course, If the negroes are to receive no
more of the educational funds than they
contribute, they will never be educated.
Along with this opposition to education
there has been Of late much mob violence
and "Whitecapping'' in Mississsippi. but
that this violence is not approved by the
best Judgment of the state is shown by
the, following quotation from the adj
dress to the grand jury Of the Lincoln cir
cult court delivered by Judge Powell:
stand this foolish hostility to the negro.
He. is here without his consent, and here
undoubtedly he must remain in large
numbers. He has been eliminated by our
constitution and laws from all political
control. He asks not for social recogni
ton. He only asks the poor privilege
of working for his daily bread in peace
and to indulge in hope that the coming
years may bring something better to his
posterity We of the white race have
all the offices of power, from governor to
constable and the negro is simply the
creature of our mercy. 1t strikes me that
for US to opress where we should protect
to debase where we might lift up, is I'M
manly and unworthy Of the proud race to
which we belong. Stand by the nobler
traditions of your race, and let it be un-
derstood once and for all in Lincoln coun
ty that no man or set of men are SC
powerful that the strong arm Of the law
cannot reach them, or so lowly that the
broad shield Of the law cannot protect
them
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year $4,000 Gaelic


year $4,000 Gaelic books were issued by
the Gaelic league committee, besides
10000 copies Of propaganda pamphlets
and leaflets. Irish music is a feature In
the revival.
In 1877 the Society for the Preservation
has since then secured the teaching of
Irish in the public schools and colleges in
Ireland, there being chairs Of Irish es-
tablished in such higher education insti-
tutions as the Royal university, Cork
and Galway colleges, in the Catholic
training college and Irish is used for in
struction purposes in Irish-speaking dis
tricts. Vast numbers Of the society s
books have been sold in Ireland. Many
Irish public men express belief that the
old Gaelic tongue will ultimately displace
English over the greater portion Of Ire
land. It requires a long stretch Of the
imagination, however, to believe this.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-18

Twor or three years ago when there was
in Minnesota an epidemic of smallpox of
such mild nature that it was called
Cuban Itch" and otherwise disguised to
evade quarantine, the health authorities
Of the state warned the public that. it was
certain that the longer the disease re-
NAMED the more virulent it would become
In the severity of such, cases of smallpox
as now exist in Minneapolis and st. Paul
this prediction finds it's veriication. While
in Minneapolis in 1901 there were $50 cases
of smallpox there were no deaths; during
the first four months of this year there
have been seven deaths in 1853 cases. If
the disease should again become epidemic
the smart euphemisms of two years ago
about Cuban itch, will not seem SO smart
as they once did.
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THE SOURCE OF SUPPLY
New York Times.

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A Good Sign.

That was an interesting debate yester-
day between Mr.. T. B. Walker and the
Rev. G. D. Thompson Of Lincoln, Neb,
on socialism,. The mere fact that such
a debate has taken place is significant Of
"a changing view of the public mind re-
garding the economic organization of So
,ciety A few years ago the public made
no distinction between socialists and an
archists, and it would have been at the
peril of his reputation for sanity If Mr.
Walker had then appeared before a meet
ing of socialists, even, as he did yes,
terday, to champion individualism. The
truth is that 1t is now realized on all
sides that society Is far from having at
tanned perfect system of production and
distribution. Conditions in the United
States, consequent upon the occupation
.of a new country, have differed so greatly
from those Of Europe, that at times in
the past there has been general feeling
that it was impossible to improve much
upon what 1ndividualism has done in this
country.
Now there Is much questioning, much
investigation and readiness to concede that
social conditions can be improved vastly
on their economic side. This does not
mean that socialism is coming in and in
dividualism going out. It merely means
dissatisfaction and unrest, and out of
them will come progress. The changes
will not be revolutions; they will be re-
forms. No program will be adopted. From
time to time society, progressive society,
will take steps to make this better
world for all the sons Of men. Surely
when we read that IS per cent of the
skilled workmen of London, the very CEN
ter of the worlds industry and commerce,
are unemployed, and are told that in that
city a thousand men may be seen strug-
Cling to reach a gate where sixty are to
be hired, we can not sit down and declare
that our social organiza ton Is perfect.
So long as the world has an incalcuable
amount Of work to do and the capital to
do it with and yet willing men stand idle,
something is wrong. When as many as
$50 evictions occur in New York in a
single day, and dozen persons live in
one small room in Pittsburg, we cannot
feel that we have done all that there was
to do for the improvement Of society.
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vestigation has been rendered unsatisfac-
tory because a large number of the ply
sicians had no record Of the case except
in their fee books. In only one case was
the fee record omitted. We wouldn t have
mentioned this mater If J. a professional
publication had not done so first.
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American Medicine tells about a famous
invalid who for fifty years sought out all
the famous doctors of America and Europe
looking for a remedy that was never
found. The man was a sufferer from a
very mysterious disease, and physician
sought to learn something about it by coll
.1ecting data from all the doctors the in
valid Of fifty years had consulted. The IN
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