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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-08-06
ENGLEHARD'S ERROR.

Editor Independent: II his very
able contribution to your edition of
July 16, entitled AN Analysis" Mr..
f. Englehard falls into the too COM
mon error Of assuming that single
takers hold land values to be social
CT public because due to society All
exchange values are due to society in
the sense of depending upon demand,
but the ownership of value depends
upon the ownership of that which has
the value. Otherwise the exchange
value of mans labor would belong
to society and not to him. Any claim
that society may make to value given
by it's presence to the labor or prop
erty Of any man can be offset by his
counter claim to value given by his
presence to the labor and property of
any individual society.
Land values belong to the people in
common because the land itself be-
longs to them and for no other reason,
just as the value of labor belongs to
the laborer because the labor power
is his. JOHN SHERWIN CROSBBY.
New York, N. Y.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-08-06
The Philosophy of Freedom
An open Forum for Single Takers

farm-though fertile--a long way from
civilization. But If he and other farm
ers had placed the single tax on the
unused farms nearer the markets Tin
Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, etc., he could
have secured just as fertile soil near
er the markets, and the difference in
land value-not paid in purchase price
would have been paid into the pub
lie fund annually, and paid out again
in public service in the shape of bet
ter roads, schools, fire and police pro-
lection, etc. And these must be Sc
cured and hence it is not tax; the
narket-society-no the farmer, max
ing the land value.
Ii Mr.. E. can increase the productiv-
ity of a piece of land by scientific
skill or industry, other farmers can
and will do the same, and this COM
mon ability as in the case of ma
chimes, make farm products plentiful
and consequently cheap, because OF
their great tendency to decay, and,
therefore, whatever the land would in
crease in value would fall equally on
each, and return equally to each, by
the single tax system in public ben
efits. Hoping that these few thoughts
will prove successful in removing the
eobwebs from Mr.. Els thinking ma
chinery, and thanking you for the
space taken, am yours for freedom,
TOM BAWDEN.
Editor Our Commonwealth.
Detroit, Mich.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-08-06
Farmers, Attention!

Do you wish to sell your farm? II
so, send full description. lowest price
and best terms. Or. If you wish to
buy farm, ranch or Lincoln home.
write to or call on Williams & Bratt.
1105 o St, Lincoln. Neb.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-08-06

Private ownership of land is wrong.
Private possession is right and nee
essary. Study the single tax, and
learn why.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03
WALL STREET AND ROOSEVELT.

The New York Sun, which is generally
understood in New York to represent very
correctly the views of the Wall street finan-
ciers who have been most prominent in
very large industrial and railroad promo
tons during the present era of prosperity,
is growing daily more violent in its oppo-
sition to President Roosevelt-an opposition
it has displayed in a quavering, nagging
sort of way almost since his term began.
OF course, 1t gives no particular reason
for this opposition. but the reason is not
far TO find.
Heretofore ii has mattered not very
greatly whether the occupant of the pres
idential chair were Democrat or Republic
can. it has been felt among the New York
bankers and fnanciers thatNwhenever a cri-
sis In speculation should arise their advice
would be listened to at the White House,
on the theory that they knew best what
was essential for the general prosperity of
the country. In some important matters
OF State legislation in New York they came
In contact with Roosevelt. while he was
Governor. and made the alarming discovery
that he had a mind entirely his own.
Thus they were uneasy when he was ele-
waited to the presidency. and they were
not long in discovering that there was
ground for their uneasiness. He brushed
aside their objections to his programme
of legislation for the regulation Of trusts
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03

The meeting of the Alaska boundary COM
mission in London to-day will revive in
terest in a controversy which has been
slumbering since a temporary modus VI
vendi was agreed upon three years ago.
The controversy grows out of a desire
on the part of Canada to acquire an out
let to the sea, and a fair construction
Of the British-Russian treaty of 1924 would
not give this Canada is contendng for an
unfair construction. AS our claim TO Alaska
was derived from Russia the establishment
of the boundary line depends the con-
struction of that treaty, but the conten-
ton of the United States is so clearly in
accordance with the construction of the
treaty at the time it was made and for a
long time afterward that there is little
doubt but it will prevail. The commission
which meets to-day consists of three Amer
leans, three Canadians and one English
man, and it is believed the American con-
tention is so clearly right that the seventh
member of the commission will side with
the American members.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03
SECRETARY sHAw,s ADDRESS.

Secretary Shaw has the faculty of put
ting a great deal of thought into brief space
and clear language. His address delivered
at Chicago last night before an association
OF business men did not touch on many
points. but these were presented in such
way to make 4 very distinct impression.
Regarding the present prosperity of the
country and the prospect of its continuance
the secretary argued that we are the most
prosperous people in the world because we
both produce and consume more than
others, and for this reason the continuance
OF prosperity rests with ourselves. AS long
as We continue to be the greatest producers
and the greatest consumers in the world
the cornerstone of national prosperity is Sc
cure.
The secretary touched briefly on the legis-
lation that has established the gold stand
ard and given stability TO our currency sys-
tenn. AS a result of this legislation he said
1.-The secretary of the treasury is directed to
exchange gold for any and every kind and
form of money coined issued by the
United States and to bond the government
to the last limit of his authority whenever
such action is necessary to the mainte-
nance of its parity" This being the the
secretary thinks "a man is a fool who
sends his money into hiding now" as thou
sands wisely did before the gold standard
legislation was enacted. The confidence be-
gotten by this legislation is an element of
incalculable Importance in the present gen.
eral prosperity. The only change, if any,
that the secretary would make in the cur
rency system would be to authorize national
banks. whenever interest rates would justify
1t. to issue volume of circulation equal to
so per cent of their bond-secdred circulation,
at a tax of per cent, the same to be re-
tired at will or by direction of the control
Ter of the currency, by the deposit OF an
equal amount of lawful money with any
subtreasury. He thinks this would provide
the requisite elasticity to our present cur
rency system by furnishing a means for
promptly increasing the circulation when
an increase is needed. and promptly retiring
it when the need is passed. The secretary
did not wish to be understood rs intimating
that this was the only way to secure elias
ITCHY of the currency. but he believes it as
good a way as any. though not admitting
that any change in our present system is
essential to a continuance Of prosperity.
Finally. as a means of extending foreign
trade with certain countries which offer an
inviting field, the secretary would extend
government aid in the way of substituting
lines of communication. In favor of this
policy he makes strong argument in few
words. The address was that of a business
man to business men without word of
politics in 1t. and ii was phrased in the
secretary's usual taking style.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03
Concerning Cantrell.
PHILADELPHIA Press.

Philadelphia Press. :.
II hardly think" said a prominent Phila-
delphia physician the other evening that
all the stories about Cantrell and his gang
of Indiana graverobbers and murderers can
be true 1t is clear, of course, that the man
and his companions are a bad lot but it
looks to me as If in telling such stories as
those about how men were killed for what
their bodies would bring at a medical school
were simply the Dragging lies which al
ways mark the lowest type of criminal when
he is fairly caught.
THE truth is that such deeds wouldn' t
be worth while. The pay is too small to at
tract even a very poor and desperate man.
OF course, ] don't know exactly what a
body brings in Indiana. but here we used to
give s. for the trunk and dollar apiece for
each of the limbs.
Another fact to be taken into account is
the small demand for bodies. / say the de-
mand is small because 1t takes so long to
prepare a body for dissection and then so
long properly to dissect It, One of the best
surgeons in this city, most rapid worker,
used to give a week to the preparation OF
one arm for twenty minutes lecture. The
dissection of a whole body by a medical
school is thus often a question of several
weeks, and so, in a city where there were
but two medical schools, the demand
couldn't possibly have been sufficient to
take care OF ali the bodies which Cantrell
says he disposed Of"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03
THE INDIANAPOLIS SOUTHERN.

The contract having been let for the
building and for a part of the equipment
of the Indianapolis Southern Railroad, it
may be taken for granted that the con-
struction of this railway, which has been
so long hanging fire, will be pushed
through to completion within year. In
fortunately, there is no provision in its
charter or franchise looking to preserving
the independence of the road. but the fact
dianapolis is comforting. Their local in
terests are so large that it is reasonable
to- suppose that for a good many years at
least the road will serve the purpose
of giving Indianapolis an independent con-
nection with the coal fields. This. together
with the fact that trolley roads, which are
likely to remain permanently independent
of associated railroad control, will soon tap
the coal fields, should serve to put In
dianapolis in a very independent and envi-
able position as manufacturing center.
1t is scarcely possible to overestimate the
that will haul coal to the city from the
nearby fields without any of the limitations
put upon the associated roads by the neces-
sity Of equalizing rates with Chicago, Louis
Vile, ST. Louis and various other manu-
featuring centers. 1t should give US the
natural advantage that belongs to us by
reason of our proximity 70 the source of
fuel supply. namely, much cheaper fuel and
consequent increased ability to compete
with other manufacturing centers in the
markets that naturally belong to Indian
apolis.
| Indianapolis has been for more than two
years now without Independent freight
| carrying road in any direction and. con-
| sequently. entirely without competition in
her shipping facilities. True. the agent
for this road that makes life a bur-
\ den for the shipper by persistently beg
| ging for freight, but he can make no con-
| cessions whatever in the matter of rates,
which are fixed for Indianapolis shippers in
New York. Japan or Jupiter. or some other
| place equally interested in Indianapolis
prosperity. Thus. while the new road will
| be but a coal and iron road. it will, If
| independently handled be able TO give the
| city very valuable relief In the direction of
| cheap fuel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03

San Francisco Newsletter.
President Roosevelt puts his finger on the
sore spot when ne says that the best means
of prevention is the swift and sure punish
ment of the criminal, the speedy operation
of the courts OF justice. No one can find
fault with this idea. Again We are con-
templating the obvious. But 1t is clear that
justice Is not swift and sharp; it is not so
in California any more than in Indiana
and there does not appear to be any practi-
cal possibility of making it So The whole
legal machinery is clogged and impeded
by the necessity of judges being politicians,
or at all events having political connec-
tons. JudgeshIps are held on too precar-
ious tenure, machine politics intervene
too much. Efforts are directed to the
sitting, not the forwarding of the interests
of justice, and the bar looks with approval
upon the efforts of criminal lawyers to
nullify the statutes. Here is where the
trouble really lies. But whether the moral
sense of the people is sufficient to recognize
and rectify 1t is doubtful, and until this
question is decided, lynching will still pro-
coed as the lesser of two evils.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03

Arouse Much Opposition.
Portland Qnd.) Commercial Review.
Thomas a. Yount proposesa bill for the
consideration of the next Legislature in
which every human being more or less will
be vitality interested. Yount would put a
safety catch on liars. He would limit the
output. He would curtail the production
of falsehood. The world of liars would
reach dead level under his law, for he
would restrict all liars to five white ones
day. Yount Is a veteran, draws a PEN
sion and is well to do. He is sixty-five
years old, a man of books and retirement,
and withdraws to himself and to study in
a hovei on the outskirts Of Alexandria: He
formerly was a North Manchester resident.
Should his bill go into effect" said a
well-known local liar, yesterday, lone Of the
greatest emoluments. prerogatives and priv
shorn off close TO the hilt. 1, for one,
will fight the bill. Five lies day. for
sooth. What does Yount expect us to talk
about He would rob the fisherman and
take the words out OF the mouth of the
hunter. He would muzzle the golf beginner
and even the humble solitaire player would
take a seat in mum row. Gossip would
cease. Weather stories by the old inhabi-
tant would be told under penalty. The
ordinary liar would be kept busy counting
on his fingers in order to make certain
would wear gags to prevent possible invol-
untary statements that might verge upon
the line laid down by the Yount bill. The
biggest watermelon man, the high corn
garner and the big pumpkin story vender
would be out of business.
Mark Twain's old saying, When in
doubt, tell the truth would put us on a.
horrible basis of mutual frankness. Then
a man must either tell his lady love the
facts as to her freckles, snub nose, rasping
voice and big feet, or everlasting hold his
peace like a chump. 1t would be tough
But the worst part of the whole business
is the fact that the Yount law would COM
pei all to tell the exact truth about your
self. That's the rub. Five lies a dayi
Hump! What would a man do for talk
after breakfast"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03

1t is said that the suspension of work In
the anthracite field is sending thousands Of
miners to the South. This is good thing
for the South, where skilled labor is sadly
needed. and it is good thing for the MIN
ers that remain In the anthracite field.
For great many years-indeed, until the
immigration laws preventative anthracite
operators followed a clearly defined policy
of importing foreign labor with a view to
having great many more men in the field
than there was work to be had, thus de-
pressing wages. This superabundance Of
labor has been hard problem for the lead
ers of the United Mine Workers to deal
with. but the operators seem to have solved
the problem for them by the present shut
down.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03
AGUINALDO GIVES ADVICE.


MANILA, Sept. 2--Aguinaldo. the ex-
revolutionary leader, but now pronounced
supporter of the policy maintained by the
United States in the islands. has just atl-
dressed letter Of advice to his country
men.
In this he urges them to forsake their
besetting sin-sambling; to improve their
methods of agriculture and TO attend the
public schools so generously provided TO
furnish them educational facilities.
The board of inquiry into the charges of
cruelty, formulated against Major Robert
l.. Howes through Major Hunter, has
finished hearing testimony and adjourned.
Ii will later consider the arguments offered
on both sides of the case, at the close of
which the records will be sent TO Wash
ington for final adjudication.
A party of ladrones have assembled in
Iaguna and have caused much annoyance
TO the peaceably disposed inhabitants by
their depredations. Three provincial con-
stabuiary are. according to reports, keep
ing in close touch with the marauders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03

NEW YORK. Sept. Admiral Dewey has
cabled article to the current issue
OF the Navy Periodical, says a dispatch
from London, in which he gives the
strength of the fleets of Great Britain.
France and Germany. as settled for their
summer maneuvers. compared with our
small feet assembled at Bar Harbor.
Our immense coast line and our rapidly
increasing world trade" says the admiral.
demand a navy. We must have IL for our
own protection: and IL rests with the navy
league TO instill this idea into the minds or
ali classes of citizens until the pressure or
public opinion gives such a navy as Is
needed for the country's prestige or
safety"
The British fleet, that which is In homo
waters alone. forming but a fraction OF the
British navy. and which would be avail
able as an evolutionary squadron. includes
thirty battleshlps and thirty cruisers. The
home French fleet includes sixteen battle
ships and eleven cruisers, and the home
fleet of Germany eight battleships and nve
cruisers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03

and proved strong enough TO force his
measures through the Senate, despite the
well-remembered commands of Rockefeller.
He found a way to block the attempted
railroad monopoly in the Northwest, and
he forced on the anthracite railroads a set
Element of the coal strike that was not to
their liking
This man, utterly devoid of dema gogy.
but with a marvellous capacity for judging
what is for the best interests of the people
and unlimited courage and resource to
back his judgment, is neither fool to OPP
pose the necessities of industry and COM
merce. nor tool to be used by those that
gamble in the ownership of Industrial and
transportation enterprises. He stands for
the great body of men engaged in the &C
tuai work and business OF the country,
and his official actions reflect their views
and aspirations with marvellous correct
ness. as is amply demonstrated by the
unanimity with which Republican con-
ventions throughout the country have de-
clared themselves in his support and the
feebleness of the Democratic opposition to
his measures. The Wall street contingent
is. numerically. not drop in the bucket.
and recent events have shown that it cuts
comparatively little figure even in the bus
mess of the country. All it do is to
put UP big campaign fund, but all the
money Wall street could scrape together
will not prevent Roosevelt from succeed
ing himself
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03
Christian Science Hotel.
New York Commercial.

New York Commercial.
Why Christian Science hotel should not
succeed is a mystery. The press reports
to the effect that the proprietor of one
such hostelry has been sued by his mana
ger for salary would seem to make sue
cess certain. 1t is all question of the
mind. II the manager and the employees
only think they have been paid and think
hard enough, there is a great saving at the
start and other hotel proprietors will grow
green with envy of their lucky rival. Then,
if the guests will only think themselves
well fed. the problem of how to run a
hotel is solved. Simeon Ford would give
considerable FOR the secret.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune.
Walking about one DAY in the land of shadows
Charles Dickens Unexpectedly encountered Mr.
Pecksniff
My dear fellow" said Mr.. Dickens, 81 hope
you entertain no i'll viii toward me on account
OF the unenvable notoriety seem to have given
YOU
sir loftily replied Mr.. Pecksniff you owe
me no apology. The name OF Pecksniff Will be
remembered long after the name of Dickens is
forgotten.''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03

Our old friend. Colonel Aguinaldo. who
has been out Of public view so long. turns
UP with the good advice to the Filipinos to
drop gambling and cultivate agriculture
and the English language. 1t is gratifying
to learn that he Is now a firm supporter of
the American policy in the Philippines.
Some OF his former adherents in this coun-
try have not yet learned that the war is
over
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03

NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-The Rev. Pat
rick j. Murphy. c. S. r.. has resigned from
the Paulist order In this city. having been
released from the obligations OF the New
York archdiocese by permission OF Father
Deshon. superior OF the Paulist order, and
Archbishop Farley. Father Murphy has
affiliated with the Davenport. Ia. diocese.
and Bishop Cosgrove OF that see has ap-
pointed him professor of history In his
diocesan theological seminary. Father
Murphy's resignation is the elimination OF
a controversy which has lasted more than
a year. Ii II said TO have been brought
about hnalls by the part he took ~ The
Jane McCzM SAA case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03

During President Roosevelt's visit to Sy-
Hacuse on Labor day he will be presented
With an elegantly bound album containing
the photographs OF the 200 members of the
Syracuse Chamber OF Commerce The
donors of this unique gift probably expect
the President will devote Sundays and
holidays for some time to come in studying
the pictures.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03

New York's law for the regulation Of
barber shops has many excellent sanitary
features. and would be a good thing if it
were not loaded up with a state examining
board and a lot of that sort of thing, which
killed the barber bill introduced in the last
Indiana Legislature. With the right kind
of a law, requiring clean hands and steril-
lied utensils, the patrons Of the shops
would be apt to see that it is enforced.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03

men at Kane. Pa, have decided to resume
work. Notwithstanding the general agree
ment to suspend until the stocks of glass in
the country are sold. The trouble about
these monopolistic agreements is that they
ofYer a big temptation for somebody to
make money by violating them. and usually
somebody is wise enough and independent
enough TO seize the opportunity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2-The secret serv-
ice has received a new counterfeit so bark
note on the Mechanics National Bank OF
New Bedford. Mass. The series is Of 1889.
check letter 3D." charter No. 743, Bruce,
register; Wyman, treasurer Of the United
States. IL is a good photograph on plain
paper, no fibre; numbers. seal and panel OF
back tinted with thin cclors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-03

1t Is announced In the senior Reach organ
that Polster has sold his Indiana-avenue
saloon and will remove to farm. The
Journal has suspicion that Wicked Part
nsr Polster will resume business at the old
stand as soon the campaign is over, but
IL rather robbed Reach Of a talking point
b have his chief lieutenant actively en-
gagged In operating a wineroom.