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The independent., 1903-04-02
THE MOST POWERFUL MAN

The most powerful man in tn ,
United States is not President Roose-
welt, but John D. Rockefeller. Roose-
welt cannot impose tax on the peo-
pie by his own order and Rockefeller
can. The taxes of the United States
are collected, for the most part, by
increasing the price of goods consumed
by the people. Every time you buy a
pound of sugar or almost anything
else, part of the price is the tax you
pay. Whenever Rockefeller wishes to
tax the people, he raises the price OF
certain kinds of goods and gets the
money. There is none to say him nay.
Then Rockefeller's "politicap power
is greater than that of the president.
With the men under his control ali
over the country, if he wanted a Gu
ban treaty he would get it without
all the labor and bother that the
president has gone to, only to be de-
feated in the end. The Standard Oil
senators would see to it that the treaty
went through all right.
Rockefellers power continually
grows. 1t is not hedged about with
constitutional limitations. Standard
Oil is, of course, the greatest source
of the Rockefeller wealth and power
and the greatest contributor to his
income of 100000 a month, but he
also controls the consolidated Gas
company, the Brooklyn Union Gas
company, the Standard Gas company
the Mutual Gas company, the Kings
County Electric Light and Power
company, the Edison Illuminating
company, the New Amsterdam Gas
company, the Richmond Light and
Power company and the New York
The independent., 1903-04-02

Gas and Electric Light, Power and
Heat company.
John d. Rockefeller is also the con-
trolling factor in the National Transit
company, owning the Union Pipe
line and the Union Tank line, the New
York Transit company and the light
erage business in connection Herewith
at the port of New York. Incidental
ly Mr.. Rockefeller has enormous in
terests and big refineries at Constable
Hook and Long Island City, including
a line of tank steamers.
This by no means is the limit of
Mr.. Rockefeller's influence, His in
terests in New York traction systems
are far greater than are popularity
supposed, and there are few nickelS
handed to the conductors of the sur
face or elevated roads that do not fur
nish a portion of his princely income.
His holdings in the Manhattan Ele-
vated, in Interborough Rapid Transit
the Belmont company. the Harlem
River and Port Chester railroad anG
in the Staten island system of troll
leys are very extensive and there are
good reasons for believing that he has
been gradually securing a comfort
s.,@1 ia,
sit. At any rate he is credited with
having dictated the elections of both
Jacob l.. Greatsinger and Edwin NJ.
Winter, the two most recent presidents
of that system.
OF stead railroads entering the city
of New York the only one in which
Mr. Rockefeller has any very great
interest is the New York, New Haven
& Hartford. His holdings in roads
that do not reach this city-St. Paul,
Missouri Pacific, the Missouri, Kan
eas & Texas, Iron Mountain and MANY
of the roads classed as Gould proper
ties-are large.
He is also one of the largest individ-
ual stockholders in the United States
Steel corporation. He owns a string
of banks and controls credit.
This man, whose continuously in
creasing capital will control more and
more of the industries of the United
States, who will control more and
more senators and representatives in
congress is a robber and an extor-
TONER He rules by the power of ac-
cumulated wealth. The dose of sooth-
ing syrup administered by congress is
not the medicine to administer to a
land pirate like John D. Rockefeller.
To be ruled by robber, extortioner
and pirate like John D. Rockefeller is
worse than to be ruled by king.
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The independent., 1903-04-02

The national bankers control only
one-third of the banking business and
about one-third of them have domi-
mated all financial affairs for the last
forty years. The state and private
bankers have been the cringing slaves
of the few dominating national bank
ers and have obeyed without ques-
tion every order issued from Wall
street and voted as they were di-
rected. The result has been that
many of them are bankrupts, others
through their desperate efforts to save
their fortunes have landed in the peni-
tentiary while these few national
bankers have accumulated fortunes,
a great part of which has come
through the ignorant and slavish
obedience of private and state bank
ers to the orders they have received.
Many of them at last begin to see
that they have been used as tools
and are now doing some thinking for
themselves. The first conclusion that
they have arrived at is that they all
acted like idiots in 1893 when they
Obeyed the order to absolutely refuse
all credit and thereby ruined their
customers, and all of them, bankers
as we'll as farmers and merchants,
were involved in ruin.
They are also beginning to reflect
upon the special privileges that ma
tional bankers enjoy which are de-
MED to them. The national banker
gets currency to loan out to the full
amount of his capital, less his office
furniture and things of that sort. He
gets government deposits and pays NO
interest, Is to S5 per cent of which
which may be far more responsible
institution, gets none of these special
privileges. Then as banking is all
confidence" from whatever point you
look at it, the name national bank
goes long ways with many deposit
tors. They have an idea that de-
Tcsits are safter in national bank
than they are in state" bank.
Notwithstanding all these advant-
ages, this clique of ruling bankers
: were not satisfied, but inaugurated a
scheme to take away from the smaller
bankers what business they had,
through the branch bank plan. At
this point the state bankers and small.
er banks, for the first time, refused to
obey orders. Since that time they
have been thinking" They have got
far enough along to be open to con-
viction.
The independent., 1903-04-02

One ship with 500 dead soldiers! But
Beveridge showed nugget of gold
which he said was found in a Philip
pine creek. Is the compensation suf-
ficient?
The independent., 1903-04-02

potatoes ever had, but they had no
value No one would give anything
in exchange for them. Mr.. High, of
Iowa, will see that in this case at
least that there was very great
difference between value" and the
"life-sustaining" quality. To desig-
nate both, by the same word produces
confusion, SO modern economists call
one utility and the other "valne.'
Some Of the old fogies among them
continue to say value in use," which
is using a phrase of doubtful meaning,
instead of one word Of clear and dis
tinct meaning.
With these things in mind, it will
be seen what childish drivel 1t Is to
talk about a "fifty-cent" silver dol
lar. The value of silver dollar Is
estimated by what 1t will exchange for,
and every one of these drivelers knows
that silver dollar will exchange for
just as much as a gold dollar, that its
value is now, and always has been,
exactly the same as gold dollar and
that not one of them will take less
than 100 cents for any silver dollar
which he may have.
AS strange as it may seem, just such
"drivel' as that has often been heard
in the United States senate, SO one
must not be too hard on the poor, un-
educated followers of men who are
constantly described in the great
dailies as scholars and statesmen. But
it makes a man feel like swearing
whenever he thinks about it
S$S$S
1t is authoritatively announced in
London that Mrs. Maybrick will be re-
leased next year. She was convicted
by the charge of judge who soon af-
ter died in mad house. She was ac-
cused of poisoning her husband with
arsenic. 1t was proved In the trlal
that he was confirmed arsenic eater
and would often take enough in one
day to kill half dozen men. Extra
ordinary efforts have been made by
this government to secure her pardon,
all of which failed. 1t having turned
out that she is a material witness in
a case involving million or two, the
British government has resolved to
set her free. Appeals to justice and
mercy were of no avail, but as soon as
money was involved, the British acted.
That is in accordance with the ma
ture of the ruling Britisher.
SSSSSSSS
Try one of Branch & Miller's COM
bination orders for groceries. 1t will
save you money.
The independent., 1903-04-02

Try one of Branch & Miller's COM
bination orders for groceries. 1t will
save you money.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-02
Farm Lands.
MINNEToNKA PROPERTY

$1,000
bered, near Spring Park; also three acres, 800
feet shore. 10 minutes walk Of station; Will
netonka, contains So acres, and timbered;
these are very choice and just been placed on
the market. P. p Swensen, 514 Bank Com-
nlerce building.
BOARD FOR TWO IN PRIVATE FAMILY,
Lake Minnetonka. Beautiful, quiet place to
rest in. 3971, Journal.
GOOD CAMPING GROUND, FINE BATHING
beach, on Robinson bay, near station on the
Milwaukee; rent moderate. Gale & Co., New
York Life building.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-02

LoTs-A. D. EADs, 41s GUARANTY BLDG.
CUT this list out. and save 1t.
$5O-Lots Emma Abbott Park.
$12rDupont N near 34th.
$125-Fine lots Washburn park.
$15O-Emerson N near 34th.
$175-Thomas av N near 26th.
$2OO-Hurnboldt N near Goth.
$2OO-5th st NE and 23d.
$2OO-Hamline near College.
S2OO-Two lots, Red Lake Falls.
S225r21st av and SD st.
$250-Oakland and Park avs, 38th.
$250-Girard N, near 21st, water, sewer.
$275-Penn near 21st.
$276-Girard N and 23d.
$3O0-Near Cedar and 34th.
$35o-Doub1e corner Dupont, 34th.
$360-Two Girard N near 32d.
$35O-Colfax. N. near 27th.s. 4I.
$35O-Double, 9th st NE, oath.
$375-Gtrard near 10Th.
$400-Lyndale s, near Lake.
$450-Fremont n near 32d.
$50O-Double 26th N, Morgan.
$5O0-Lot Ogden, Utah.
$0oO-LOt Highland Park.
$T5O-Lot Highland Park.
$S0O-Two lots Western av.
$80o-Hillside av n.
$s5o-Two lots Girard N, 32d.
81, 5O0-Three lots near Lake Isles.
Other lots. houses lands sale or exchange; lis
your real estate; write me what you want.
A.. D. EADS, 419 Guaranty Building.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-02
REAL EsTATE-EXCHANGE

WILL EXCHANGE SOME FIRST CLASS FARM
lands for merchandise stocks, or improved city
property, sell at great bargain. D. o.
Pease. 206 Nicollet av
FOR sALE-oR EXCHANGE FOR CHEAP
house, my fine home in Kenwood, new and up
to date; cost $500 to build; easy terms Il
desired. Owner, 507 Phoenix.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-02

THREE BARGAINS. o
$195-Your choice OF two perfect lots on o
Emerson av s, between SD and 34th o
20 ste. o
8 $1e5-A very handsome lot in Oak Park on 0
o Newton av, between 10th and 18th avs o
o N east front. Q
8 4e5-A large, handsome east front lot. 8
10 bOx122 feet, on 2bth az s. near 36th Q
10 st, two blocks from Minnehaha ear o
20 line. Q
8 THOMPSON BROS, Q
10 101 4th st s.
10 o o o o 90 o o o o Q
FOR sALE-A BUSINESS LOT, b0x14o FEET
on Main st, Crookston, MINI. Sewer, water
and steam heat connections. Site suitable for
wholesale or retail business. Price and terms
reasonable. Apply to N. Rapin, Crookston,
MINI. IS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-02
COWS, DOGS, POULTRY. ETC.

~~~~e~-~~~~~-~~~~
wANTED-FoSTER MOTHER BITCH, GOOD
size wanted to rent or buy about July 8; any
breed Will do. Frank B. Eorman. 1850 Irving
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-02
AGENTS WANTED

~~~~~~~~~>~~>-~~r~~~-.
AGENTS EVERYWHERE TO SELL THE YAM.
kee Bag Holder among farmers; Big demand;
good pay Davies Bros. 4 Co.. Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-02

. 90 o o o o . o o o o o
0 TEN PER CENT CASH AND MONTHLY
o payments. We sttll have goodly list
0 Of houses In different parts Of the city
0 on these remarkable terms. Send or
o call for list. w. w. CLARK, 313 Nicollet.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-02
HORSES, CARRIAaEs-wANTED


ROOM AND BOARD FOR MAN AND WIFE OR
two gentlemen; telephone 1915 u main; walk
u ing distance
ROOM AND a0ARn AIr On a1II 60, 81 -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-02

WELL FURNISHED ROOM, EXCELLENT
table aud service; telephone; large LAWN, good
location; references required; also gentleman
roommate. 40 9th st s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-02

HEAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Improved.

AMpAVtVUs &
D o 90 b o o o . o o o o o o o o 90
o TEN PER CENT CASH AND MONTHLY 0
Q payments. We still have goodly list
Q Of houses in different parts OF the city
o f on these remarkable terms. Send or o
Q call Tor list. ". ". CLARK. 31s Nicollet. Q
Q Q Q 90 Q 90 o % o o 30 o 90 o
Simplest. quickest and cheapest plan. 1863.
Journal.
DO You WANT NEW RTsTDENcE. COM
Paetey moderP nslg s hardwood finish , sss
WILL BUILD HOME FOR YOU ON AMY LOT
N the city; small cash payment, balance on
monthly insta sta n "; voorhees, ~.
so2 sIta2r Z SARea1s, 8 n & & g
gdess Ct Il firstly Ip od
sent sssh m handle sGa
9 trade. The gerkey Company, 81 New . .
90 o % 90 o q 90 o q q Q 0
81, eoo-vEAY GOOD HOUSE, SEVENTH WARD
$4,000, s.room modern house; Plymouth av.
~ 'ss 8:
sss M VII ne St sts arae e e. ]
provements all in street and paid for,
$1,000 for 2O3o Queen av N; 7rooms; city water,
barn; full-size lot; good walks; very cheap.
built BY the owner for his home, with the
best Of building material. with all modern
conveniences except heat, which can be
arranged for, close to three car lines, near
church III, and school the price and
sood reasons fo Eo s1lsins'
$500 45112s -Girard az S and s1st ST.:
$5oo-45x1 12 az, between s2d and Ssd I.
~ between g? "a ans S sss
| 81, 200-90x11 sc Columbus av bet. 32d and 33d.
pa e. NEAR S SUE st. az
l,2oo-45x11s- Portland near SD.
81 ,2oo-45x12s--Colfa near 25th st.
| $176-45x12a-West side of, Lake Harriet.
ssoS-4S112s- Chicago az, bet. 5i SIS and SD I'D
1920 buys coy little home Of eight rooms;
cellar, city water; nice mantel; built fer
rees ny % 9Th az
and Emerson; terms easy.
buys large lot 4ss15o 5sst to an d alley
| residence Of IL rooms; hot and cold water
porcelain BATH nickel plumbing, closet
Seis nantes and crates sss fui
divided into finely htted laundry, vegetable
cellar &c date and g Street ess sxsysnn fully
s1s, 600 Corner 1st av and 18th st; doubl,
| house o and cottage; well rented; lot, b5'
SEE MY LARGE LIST OF MEDIUM AND Low
Il PRICED HOUSES. REMEMBER, IF
Il DO NOT HAVE WHAT YOU WANT
WILL BUILD OR HAVE BUILT Fol
YOU ANY STYLE OF HOUSE, IN ANY
LOCATION IN THE CITY, ON EASY
TERMS.
:: J. A. WALTERS,
New York Life Building.
100 ACRES IMPROVED, sEReENT COUNTY
n. D., three miles county seat; 100 acre
plowed; all can be; large house. barn, vel
windmill; guaranteed bargain, $23 per acre
II. ]. Clark Wells, MINI.
D o o. 90 o o o o o
A SNAP.
8 $775-A good six-roon house In hne condi-
tion,,. three blocks from Emerson av-,
10 car line. Look at 2518 Humboldt av
0 n. Can. sell for $500 down and $40
o per month.
Q THOMPSON BROS,
o 101 4th st s.
o 90 o
Sl0oo-vERY CHEAP COTTAGE, s117 PLEA
ant az. six seven rooms; take Nicollet =
N = car; also three new houses at Walton Par
Edmund G. Walton. 800 Hennepin av.
. NO. sos 18th Az s, MODERN HOUSE, ExcEP
heat, in fine repair; look this fine house up al
submit offer.
l,:t7 $1,000, fye-roonn house and barn. on Eme
son av N; city water, wet sink, lot 45x15
| 1oee
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-02
FIRST BABY ON RECORD
BORN IN AN AUTOMOBILE
SrECTAL BY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
nEKALn AND TIE ST. LOUIS REPCRLIC.

STEtTAT, Bl CABLE THE NEsW YORK
HERALD AND THE ST LOUIS REPrBLiC.
Paris Aug. i.-Coprisht. 1ao3.)-An auto
mobile driver was driving along the Avenue
| Cambetta on Wednesday morning. when he
observed n poorly-ciad woman on a bench,
moaning.
The chauffeur stopped his automobile. The
woman complained OF suffering greatly, and
the automobile started for the hospital. but
the woman's cordit:on became 30 critical en-
route. and the kird-hearted chauffeur found
himself with two passengers instead of
one. The additional one was baby boy
Mother and child were \cared for at the
hospital
The automobile accident TO Prince Philippe
Carrlan Ch!may on Monday was n serious
one. He was travelling by the way OF AK
Les Bains TO Belgium. and tried to pass
motor cyrlist. He had n side slim and
dashed into tree. The machinist was
killed instantly and the Prince was himself
badly hurt
The Due de In Trcmoille was also slight
~ injured while driving his carriage. An
automobile came into collision with his car
rage and upset. hurting the leg Of the
Duke. The coachman was seriously hurt.
Comte du Luart. when driving an auto
mobile at Lewars. knocked down a lock-
smiths wife. named Fousset. Death was
instantaneous
NJ Jules Scnaussegros, a municipal Coun-
cillor OF Royat. while crossing a terrace
opposite the Kursaal. was struck down by
an automobile driven by NJ. DelavaI of
mont-ferrand. He was picked up dy-
Ing and expired during the night The
Mayor of koyat has since issued an or
dinance limiting the speed of automobiles
passage through towns to mans walking
pace.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-02
KAISER'S HOSPITALITY TO
AMERICANS RIDICULED

SPECIAL. ny CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD AND THE ST LOUIS REPUBLIC
London. Aug. 1.-fCopyright o3)-Jrd.r
the heading Hospitality Indeed?" the II.
Illustrated London News saws:
The Kaiser continues to WOO America
with undated ardor. Mr.. Cornelius Van
derbilt. the millionaire has been treat ID in
Germany like a crowned head
Some Ill feeling appears 70 haze tecn
excited in Germany by these festivities
Mr.. Nanderbilts pedigree Is not highly es.
teemed by the Prussinn n-istocrrcy He
Us described as member Of he New Yorl,
Four Hundred corporation unknown TO
the Almanac de Gotha' but this does not
matter to the Kaiser.
IF the whole -Four Hundred should WIS.,
II Germany in a body. IL would be his
policy to entertain them as IL they were
all descended from Charlemagne Any
Senator. Congressman. State Governor,
Judge or Colonel may count on the same
magnificent hospitality. Even Tammany
would be received with open arms. The
noble company of free lunchers should
make all haste TO Germany for the au-
tumn holidays and round Of official feas,a
The Kaiser Keeps open castle. and they can
order what they please"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-02
LADY COOK REPORTED
TO BE ENGAGED AGAIN

SPECIAL ny CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
Irta.-p AND IrE ST. JDtIS REpIHl,IC
l-"ndon Aug. I-copyrght, 1s03J-Ac-
cording TO the weekly Whitehall Review.
there Is yet again a rumor Of an exciting
American alliance. The lady in question is
the Dowager Lady Cook-Miss Tennessee
Claflin that was-and the man a wealthy
Duke. whose name the Review for the mo-
ment is-bnund not TO reveal He is one OF
the wealthiest men In Europe, with half a
dozen castles. including a palace on the
Riviera.
Lady BaEot received many lovely Jewels
as wedding presents. Lord Bagot loading
his fancee with gifts. among other things
being an almost priceless pearl ring, as well
as a pearl necklace and a tiara OF diamonds
There we're also some fine emeralds
Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan sent a diamond
head ornament, which was greatly admired
IN Miss Beckett, daughter OF Mr. Ernest
Beckett. on her marriage to Count Otto
Czcrnin last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ogilvy Haig have left Lon
don on an automobile tour of different parts
Of England
NJ. Phoklewsky. Charge d.Ararcs of the
Russian Embassy. will entertain during
Cowes week. among others. Consuclo Ouch
ess of Manchester and Miss Yznaga.
United states Ambassador and Mrs
ChoHte have not yet found a house In the
country to suit them, and probably will not
leave London during the summer
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-02
APPEAL FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS
TO CANCER RESEARCH FUND.

| SPECIAL. ET CABLE To TIE NEW YORK
| HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS REPuBl.ic.
London. Aug. l.-tCopyrisht. l9oS.)-Mr.
| Balfour on Thursday made. before an audi
ence of less than fifty persons. an appeal
which he hoped would reach the 100000
inhabitants OF Great Britain.
The appeal was on behalf OF the cancer
research fund, to which only 2l3 people have
said. there was hardly single person In
the British Isles. either IN his own person
or in the person Of somebody dear to him.
who was not directly interested in the sue
ccssful result of the Investigations which
the fund Is intended to further.
Only about half Of the 10000 which the
committee required had SO far been sub
scribed
Mir. BaIrour hoped that the future could
he looked TO with the knowledge OF an as
surcd financial basis. which would be the
best guarantee of ultimate success. He
called upon the public not 10 show impa-
thence mt thu slow march OF discovery upon
Il matter which had. after all. deiied the
greatest physicians of the world up 10 the
present lime.
The Premcrs use OF the phrase after
ALL" was, by the way. taken exception to
by a commentator who notes that MIR. Bal
four has dev. loped an irritating mannerism
of speech which few parliamentary debates
escape There was one of these n few
years ago who never omitted to introduce
a fresh sentence with the extraordinary
every well. then. now Mr.. Speaker"
Mr.. Balfour has not got as far as TINT.
but the times he used the words after all
in his short speech Thursday could not
have been numbered on the fingers of both
hands
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-02
BARTLETT ERECTING HIS
STATUE OF LAFAYETTE.
SPECIAL DY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK

SPECIAL DY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS REPt-BL1c
, Paris. Aug 1.-(Copyrlght. 1903 MIR. Paul
Bartlett. the American sculptor. is busily
engaged in getting his Lafayette statue
erected on the Place du Carrousel.
The plaster of Paris cast Is being taken
down and replaced by the bronze casting
which arrived from America a few months
ago.
The papers say Mr.. Bartletts intention Is
to work "a Ia Amcricainc." effectlng COM
plete erection IN few weeks This will he n
good example for Paris. where this sort of
work generally drags on for months.
me iirst autumn salon opens at the Petit
Palais early In November. The committee
intends to make the salon not only Il first
class picture and sculpture gallery but a
fashionable lounge so comfortable. indeed.
mat society people VIII have no excuse to
hurry out Of town. because nothing Is go
ing on In November. Tho central big hall
VIII be a winter garden. where tea will be
served. while an excellent orchestra will be
provided. The whole place will be heated
ana Illuminate with electricity until day
light falls. Over 200 rising artists, besides
"orid-famed French painters. will exhibit.