The independent., 1903-07-02

real principles underlying the present
movement in that country. All of the
radical demands of the Karl Marx
socialists have been dropped and re-
forms that are possible make up their
platforms. The writer of the letter
above referred to said that some one
had sent him copy of The Indepen-
dent in which the present demands Oh
the social democratic party were
summarized and said that the state
ments were correct. Those reforms
are almost identical with the prin-
ciples advocated by the peoples party
in this country. The collective owner
ship of all the means of production
and distribution of wealth finds no
place and but few advocates among
those who are called socialists III
Germany, although there are some
radicals of that kind.
SSSS
It is stated tat the legislature OF
New York repealed the law of Inn
prisonment for debt in all cases un-
der $780, It is said that hundreds OF
the poor on the east side have been
confined in Jail for the non-payment
of debt, usually where they had been
| induced to buy on the installment
| plan. Agents infected that rcrtion OF
| the. city, using their utmost powers
| of persuasion to induce the poor to
| buy articles upon small monthly pay
| ments. When the purchaser lost his
| job or there was sickness, then they
we're arrested and thrown in jail. The
I ,xL ats
/ poor in some of the great cities Is
more infamous than that of any
heather nation towards its subjects.
| Nothing worse was ever done by the
sultan of Turkey than is constantly
being done in the centers of plutoc-
racy in the great cities of this coun-
try.
&SS$>>SS
The west half of the Union Pacific
| Eridge over the Missouri river is as
sessed for at S25,000. The east half is
assessed by Pottawattamia county,
Iowa, for 100000 The bridge is
worth more than $1,0O0,O0O. The re-
/ publican authorities in this state see
te, it that railroads and all their ap-
/ purtenances pay but modfcum of
taxes. The wonder is that they as
sessed the bridge at all. To assess a
property worth s50c,000 at $25,000 is
a kind of treatment that the railroads
get from the republican authorities
and will continue, to get as long as
that party is in power. That is the
reason that the railroads elect re-
publicans to Office.
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There is anxiety among the great
banks and in Wall street generally
about the constant shipments of gold
to Argentina and Europe. The facts
about the matter are simply these:
Whenever we cease to export $500,
100000 year more than we import,
gold has to go. Our tribute to Eu-
rope, including what the millionaires
and other tourists spend over there,
such as interest on foreign invest
nents and rent on foreign owned land
is just about $500,0000 900 a year.
When we do not pay it in wheat, corn,
cattle, hogs and manufactured goods,
the gold has to go.
SS.S1
Before King Peter started for Ser
via he ordered an $4,000 gold crown
from a Paris jeweler. The last two
kings of Servia ordered crowns never
paid for them and pawned them to
raise spending money. That is about
equal to some of the tricks played in
the United States senate, only the
weasels who get seats there go for
bigger game. The governing classes
all over the world are hard lot.
/ &SSSS$S&
The editor of The Independent looks
forward to the gathering at Denver
July 27, with great deal of pleasure.
He hopes to meet there many of the
men who have come all the way over
the trail since 80 and talk of those
who have passed over the divide. When
we talk over the days when none OF
us thought Of anything but to dc
something that would make the world
happier and better, we will not men-
ton the traitors who sought associa-
tion with us for the sake of Office and
have since deserted. We will have no
curses for anybody, but heart to heart
fellowship with all those who have
proved true. 1t will be a glorious
time.
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