The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-08-13

"N&O w SoAt,A CGHtCu al Mdulld
and denied the right of employment
by the military and the Taft govern
ment is sad indeed. There are a large
number Of them helpless in foreign
land having no means of getting home
until their friends send them funds.
Think of young ladies, unprotected in
that seething den of immortality!
These young ladies went to the Phil
lrpines animated by the missionary
spirit, but they had no great mission
airy society, long experienced in TAX
ing care of those it sent out, to look
after and provide for them The
main complaint was that they were
sent into interior towns and the gov
eminent refused to provide subsist-
ence, forcing them to live on rice and
the food that these Asiatic people
were accustomed to and that they
could not do it.
&SSSSSSa
Congressman Littauer. Dave Mer
GERS special friend, is Harvard man
and was playing the role of "the edu
Gated man in politics." but he was
caught in the act of using his position
as a congressman to get contracts from
inc government He was going to do
great things for Omaha if Dave was
elected. 1t is well that Omaha is rid
CT them both. Their political careers
are ended.
The announcement that the Great
Western road will sell 1,0O0-mile tick
or eCA NH; hn
transportation of any person, is said
will result in the reduction of pas
senger fare all over the west to 2
cents mile. The Independent has
long held that such reduction would
result in increased revenues to the
roads on account of the increase in
travel, but greed has so destroyed the
common sense of the magnates that
they would never do it. The New
York, Ontario & Western road cut it's
passenger rate from three to two cents
a mile in 1898, and the result has been
steady and noteworthy increase in
passenger earnings ever since-an in
crease in revenue and not merely an
increase in passenger traffic; showing
that tie reduction had the effect of sol
far stimulating travel as to much
more than overcome the loss from fare
reduction. And the Ontario & West
Ell n is very poorly situated for passen-
ger traffic. When the government
ts kes over the roads fares will be re-
dueed even lower than that. Let us
all 10 what we can to hasten that day.
$SS&
Rockefeller has taken in the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron company and the |
u en- who created it and managed it's |
business for the last eighteen years
have all been bounced. AS The In
has often said, this sort |
of thing can't go on for twenty-five |
years more without some sort of |
change. If unchanged, in that time
Rockefeller and his compeers will own
the whole world.
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Before the Cuban congress adjourned |
all the treaties with the United States
were ratified except the Plat amend
ment treaty. Those Cuhans doubtless
wanted to see whether the other end |
of the bargain was going to be kept by
the ratification of the reciprocity trea-
ty for which purpose the president
will call special session of congress
on the 9th of November. Those Gu
Lans know thing or two.
&S$$S$&
When a trust manager wants to be
imperions and crushing he
always speaks of the federation of la
hor or any labor organization as an
irresponsible body" which assumes"
to represent labor. Whenever an ex-
Iloiter of wage-workers begins to talk
about the federation of labor "assum-
ing to represent labor, if just were
done him he would get a right
handler" square in the mouth.
S>S$$&
Not in the last five hundreds years
has such scene been enacted in the
British house of commons as was seen
upon the final passage of the Irish
land bill. Irish leaders, tories and
liberals united in supporting the bill
and congratulating Mr.. Window, the
author of it. The Independent has Of
ten said that no man could tell what
the final result would be when any
law was passed, that often the result
was the very opposite of what the
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