The independent., 1903-05-07


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Clarence s. 'Darrow's Realism in Lit
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The Industrial Tribune announces
that on the 2Sth ult it moved into it's
new home in Corona, Long Island, and
asks exchanges to change address to
that place.
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The Chicago Record-Herald says
"a 20 rtoi MT VII that
news from the Philippines was CEN
sored and suppressed. The Indepen-
dent told it's readers that fact three
years ago.
Ground rent is value created by
the community. So is the value of ev-
erything else. Without the "cOmmun-
ity'' or population there would be no
values. If the community has the
right to make common property OF
ground rent, why not of every other
value that tue community creates?
]. Pierpont Morgan has offered
reward of $500 to any one who will
smash camera taking snap shot OF
him Any man who has had chance
to study his Countenance will express
no wonder that Morgan will be will
ing to pay most any price to keep the
people generally from having looh
at it in a photograph.
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Professor Cairnes summed up the
populist view of the writer's on politi-
cal economy in the following words:
Ricardo supplied the backbone of the
science; but it is not less certain that
the limbs and joints, the muscular de-
velopments-all that renders political
economy a complete and organized
body of knowledge-have been the
work of MILL"
The face value of the stock issued
by the authority of the letters Of
marque of the state of New Jersey is
q little over $73 100000 To state
that there is to be no hereafter to a
system like that, or to believe that it
will not end in the wreck of thou
sands, is to believe that the trusts are
endowed with powers equal to that
of the Deity itself.
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1GueldI Il uliSlOu anu OCCiCldl IeOO'
engaged in little farce last week for
the general amusement of the Ameri-
can public. Funston demanded ii
court of inquiry to investigate his
performances in the Philippines and
Root gravely replied it was not neces
sary. So the kettle has whitewashcI
the pot and the farce ended in gen
eral applause-by the parties engaged
in 1T.
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Another demonstration that has
been given of the correctness of the
position taken by the populists and
Bryan democrats, in regard to silver,
is the continued rise in price since the
Philippine bill was passed authoriz-
ing the government to purchase 2O,-
100000 ounces for the coinage of pesos.
Some of the gold dailies begin to fear
that silver will go above GA cents an
ounce and in that case the pesos would
be boarded, for the metal in them
would be worth more than their face
value. But they needn't fret on that
account. Whatever ratio is fixed