The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-08-27

The position always maintained by
The Independent on the money ques-
zrfon was never more clearly SAFE"
q "a even in these columns, than by Dei
S7Sar IN his History of Monetary crimes
1page 16) which is book that snouiu
Ae In the hands OF every populis.' a.
ter showing that gold Is most IL
Suuently found in placers ana SLY -
lever. and that when a placer .eiu y
discovered many thousands OF men
rush to the place all OF whom con
NygOrk at once and thus throw lniMenoe
quantities of gold into the circulalion,
while silver is only found IN veins
Ewhere only a few can work at a tinie'
Eitus rendering it impossible 10 pro-
Sduce such sudden changes In the Voi-
Falme OF money, ne says.
IT would not have 1t inferred from
these remarks that l prefer silver 10
zrold for a general measure or Value:
IL general or universal measure OF
value Is a chimira invented Dy lne
fhankers of Threadneedle street 10 lois.
their metallic scheme upon the Woriu
and render their city the center VI
system of cosmopolitan barter a IA
fional measure of value. consisting Vi
silver metal C'free coinage') system
q little better than one o, Told metal
No metal. as such, can measure Vaiue
WITH nrecision or equity. This is what
snNEY alone can effect; and if there
was no question OF policy IN tne ma.-
ter. I should advocate monetary 15o
tenn Independent Of both metals. nu,
the monetary question is praclicai
and political one. We cannot ignore
history. law and practical politics, the
& rost that can be done is to reform IL
n in the interest Of the government, that
ID to say, of the people
While The Independent holds frmly
g to the populist theory OF money, II
b las recognized that it was question
a ~ notifies. and for that reason alone
and not from any economic reason, j
has advocated the free coinage OF Sill
q yer.
n The Springfield Republican calls at
4 tention of the republican papers which
Il seek to give all the credit Tor the
passage of the government lrrlgatloi.
hin 70 President Roosevelt to the fact
Il that General Miles preceded the pres
ident twelve years in the advocacy OF
that measure General Miles IN an
B article in the North American Review
Of March, 1890, entitled Our UnWa-
{ tered Empire" urged the passage OF
! such a law with so much eloauenct
81 and logic that the article was maue
the basis Of speeches in congress Whef
the bill was before that body.
SSS
The recent decision of Judge Rogers
at st. Louis legalizing the black lis
Is another step toward the degradation
of the courts to Subservient tools O
capitalists. 1t shows that the court!
are willing to contradict and overturl
their own interpretations of the Law
whenever it is to the interest of larg
accumulations of wealth to do so. TIL
courts have held constantly that tn
boycott was Illegal that it could no
be employed to injure firms Or a.
individuals business. In Great Brit
ain, and it is from there that GU
courts get their precedents and thel
inspiration, the jails have been file
with persons charged with boycottins
The sending out of black list
i which prevents a man from obtainin
employment at his vocation, is simpl
boycott and nothing else The dec
sion of Judge Rogers therefore is tina
the capitalistic class can boycott, BIT
8 the men who work for wages canno
Is ii not about time that these wage
q workers ceased to cast their ballot
3 for the party that puts such judges {
Rogers on the bench?
SSI
The Springfield (Mass.) Republics
seems to take seriously the fake new
paper story to the effect that all fo
eign corporations doing business
II Nebraska will be required to inco
porate again and pay fee gagged
\ the amount of capital stock. T
Republican should know that the sta
administration is republican and C
lie depended upon to do nothing viii
+ would cause the Standard Oil or a
other foreign corporation any grief
&S$$$$
The hold that the "reorganizel
have on the south may be surmis
from the following insulting paragra
ccncerning Bryan which appeared
the Atlanta Constitution, which d
Ding the last two campaigns claimed