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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10
Turn the EDGES In.

Dear little girl, if you would sew,
Have near each needful thing
Y our needle. thimble, scissors, thread
Your buttons on a string.
Prepare your work with greatest care
IT'S best ere you begin.
And ii you find the seams are rough.
Just turn the edges in
Dear little girl. If you would grow
Like flowers in the spring.
Have near the tiny thoughtful deeds,
That early sunshines bring;
Sweet temper. patience, love and trust,
The race will surely win;
And if good resolutions fray,
Just turn the edges in.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10
Things. You Never Hear.

A boy who SwimS may say he's
swum; but milk is skinned and sell
dom skum, and nails you trim, they
are not trum.
When words you speak, those words
are spoken; but a nose is tweaked.
and can't be twoken, and what you
seek is never soken.
If we forget, then we've forgotten:
but things we wet are never woGten.
and houses let cannot be lotten.
The goods one sells are always
sold; but fears dispelled are not dis
pold. nor what you smell is ever
Smoled.
When young, a top you oft saw
spun. but did you see grin e'er grun,
or a potato neatly skun?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10

together with a number of slotted
cylinders. The latter are normally
placed so that the slots are concealed
in the walls of the car, but move
ment of a lever revolves them to ex-
pose the slots, which then serve as
1oopholes or portfolios, through which
rifles and revolvers can be thrust for
firing. AS the majority of hOld-ups
occur at night, the special purpose of
the movable light carriers mentioned
above will at once be apparent The
same lever which operates the port
hole cylinders reverses every lamp and
throws its rays on the outside of the
car, leaving the interior in almost to-
tai darkness. Thus the robbers are
exposed, and can be disposed of by
the messengers without the latter be-
ing seen themselves.
The inventor is John w. Vaughan,
of Granite, Okla.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10
Cinnamon.

Cinnamon is the bark of little tree
belonging to the laurel tribe, which
grows profusely in the forests of Cey-
lon, where it doubtless originated
Sugarcane is cultivated at the present
day in all the warm regions of the
globe, but it was first grown in south
ern Asia, whence it spread into Africa
and later into America. The Glove
came originally from the Moluccas
The hop plant seems to be a native OF
Europe and western Asia, and at the
present time it grows wild in -Europ,
from England to the Mediterranean.
Answers to Last Weeks REFUSES.
All is not gold that glitters.
2-Beggars cannot be chOoserS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10
ICE IN THE TROPICS.
WRITER SAYS 1T is PLENTIFUL
ON THE EQUATOR.
Its Presence Simply Question of the
Operation of Natural law-Both
Snow and Ice Shrink and Expand as
the Seasons Wane.

it must be almost inconceivab1e,
even to many people who have been
to the equator, that within the swell
tering barbarism of the tropics there
are places where there is any guam
tity of ice and snow. Natural Ice,
moreover and not the dirty apology
for it which is manufactured, and re-
garded now as a necessity by the
white people who are gradually crowd
ing into the languid warmth perennial
ly filing the equatorial portions Of
the earth. Right on the equator there
is both ice and snow covering wide
districts, where, as on an English jan
uary midnight, the air bites shrewdly
and it is very cold" The law that as
we ascend the air gets cooler and
cooler about degree for every hum
dred feet, holds good in the tropics
as well as in temperate climates, and
thus it is merely a question of the ex-
istence of sufficiently high land any
where to insure the presence of both
frost and snow.
AS matter of fact, if we look at
spherical map of the earth, or a globe,
the line where snow lies perpetually
rises in a great curve, which begins
at the sea level within the arctic cir
cles and rises and rises over the equa-
tor to a height of between $4,000 and
$4,000 feet. In the British Isles this
line passes but a few hundred feet
above the tops OF the Scotch noun
tains, and it strikes the Alps about T.
900 feet above the sea. The Alps and
the Caucasus, the Pyrennees and the
Himalayas and the desolate arctic
wastes are always covered with ice
oh foir aier1f n
above certain ATTITUDES; but in all
these extra-tropical regions the snow
and the ice shrink and expand as the
seasons wax and wane, the snow OF
the arctic extending during the win
ters over wide areas in the temperate
regions. while from the high noun
tains the snow fields invade the deep
forests and the cultivated areas in the
valleys every time the winter sets in.
The occasional oscillation of the snow
lines on the mountains, and in the
winter spreading over the arctic SHOWS
and ice, have each of them far-reach-
ing effects upon the vegetation of tenn
perature climates, which affect the for
ests as well as the flowers that grow
under them, for they are both covered
up with snow, or frozen out, for many
months in the year.
It is on account of this circumstance
that we get, in the great ranges north
and south of the equator, what are
termed Alpine f1orae, or plants, the
welfare of which depends upon their
being covered up in deep snow for half
the year, their structure having be-
come specially adapted to it. At first
sight we should perhaps expect that
the snow and ice upon the mountains
in the tropics should oscillate in the
same way, but, as a matter of fact,
it is perhaps the most marked char
acteristic of the sweltering tropics that
they continue to swelter, without let
or hindrance, throughout the year, the
seasons being simply marked by hts
| of hot drought and fits of equally hot
rain. E. S. Moore in Pearson's Mag
azine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10
LIQUID MEASURING Device.

The abSent-minded grocery clerk
measuring a quart of molasses or
vinegar for a curtomer and failing to
close the faucet until another quart
or so was wasted would soon make
away with the profits of the business.
We are not prepared to say whether it
was this condition of affairs or acct
dentally hearing the expression SLOW
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10
Hydraulic TurntabIe of Nuts.

A bit of rye straw, walnut and
two hazel or acorn nuts-such is the
apparatus required for our turntable
Cut the surface of the walnut oppo-
site the pointed end, as in the illus
tration, take out the kernel and then.
one-quarter way from the pointed end,
bore two sloping holes with diameters
exactly equal to your straw. Next
take two nuts and make two round
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10

holes in each OF
them, the first in
the top parts, op-
posite the point
ed ends, and the
other, smaller, in
the side, and
empty the nut of
its meat with q
piece of wire or
PIN Now unite
the small nuts
with the walnut
by a couple of
straws about five
or six inches
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10

space above the envelope, the padded
end of the plunger strikes it and af-
fixes it to the paper, the spring con-
troIled plunger resuming its normal
position as soon as the hand is re-
moved.
Willis E. Newton of Oakland. Cal,
is the inventor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10

long The engraving viii best explain
the relative position
In the lateral holes, or those on the
side of the smaller nuts, place two
small straws about an inch long. This
done, close up all the little crevices
between the straws and nuts with
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10
Ireland lis GETTING better.

A great decrease has been noted in
Ireland in the number of prisoners
sent to penal servirude during recent
years In 1892 there were All. in 1901
1o2 and In 1902 270.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10
Order of the Fly.

One of the usual methods in which
king nowadays signifies approval of
good work or distinguished service is
to confer upon the doer of it some
order or other. This is not modern
custom. 1t prevailed among the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10

the numbers added up in any straight
line, horizontal, vertical, or diagonal,
will equal "a.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10
Here's An Old Friend.

Cut out these numbered squares.
arrange them as they are, and in six
moves so place them that the sum of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10
The Life-like Bird.

You have probably seen some of
these well-balanced birds in the toy
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-10
Two WeII-Known Proverbs.

What well-known proverbs do these
REFUSES make?
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29
Su oerfaufet,.

Gultipirte ~Sarnten unb wilbe8 0ano in Ell
ner sott, fatbolii6en NuIiebluug su IterS,
Morriion county, Minu., I'M @arteu WiH=
neiotos 9sle9eu. inter annebnlbaren Seoin=
onuesn III faufeu. Sober. Ser cine Turm
faufen ullo li9 Elm e%iutrG9liheS Neim grim
ben nil. bat basu iebt cine CUTE @eleaenbeit,
% Der Nnbraus mod ni6t itarf mar uub bas
2aub SIT eitem ausemeieneu Breiie sefauft
perben fam. Wfau itebe ni6t 81 larse nit
benz Gaufeu on, ionberu meroe ii6 birett
miiuOIid ober idriftli6 on
Sos. s. @reII,
5=ba Yiers, Morriiou 60, Winn.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29

W Der Undergraduate bat Sar=
men in Sen Sowns Sudman, 9iers
unb Worriu, Worriion County gu
Greileu pom 81, 600 bis $4,000 su
uertaufen. 8er canabii6es 9anb
faufen Mill, iolte itd nod ienem tn
Iliinaboie umiebeu. Soldes fam
biais unb gut beiorser merben bur9
ben 0anoasenten Srant Mii6te, 9ud=
man, Worriion 60. Winn. 2.6mt
~ 9elb 81 uerleiben auf Sarm=
lamb gu niebrisen 3insraten. Spredt
Dor in Der &idmonb Sanf su Gid=
monb, Wiun. Sat
H Gin gutter @robl6mieb fur
Safe George uerlanst. Sin gutter
Blab fur ben ri6ttsen Monn. &e=
fettirenbe m0sen iid menben an Sos.
6. 8reitbe6, aafe@ eorse, Minm. GA
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29
&eriudte es iu b%erGeimliden.

gS lit bic ate @eIdidte Der Wtore
mub beraus" nur In bielem Sale lie9i
fein Serbre6en por. Sine Trau fiblt,
baB lte beruntersefommen lit bat &iif:
feni9mersen ober unperballi9teit,
bentt, bos lit ni6ts unb ludt es 81
perbeimli6eu, bis tie idlieBlid gu
Iammenbri9t. Nebmt eleftril6en Stt-
tiers iofort. gs bat eine Geputation
fir Masen 9eber= unb Mierentur unS
mirb @uer oanSes Spitem pom neuem
belebeu. Oie l6limmite Sorte bieIe,
Granfbetten miro balb ber 9eiltrafl
tes electric 8itters wei@en miiien
Mur sos. uub sarantirt pom apotbe.
Ter 8. s. Subn.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29
5rilr AhTd1irn.

oils bic Srau !Suber zines Saeei
aafftebt, finbet tie bas 8ett hires Mar:
nes leer unb auf benz Na6ttii6 elmer
3ettel fplsenben Snbalts lieeen: raiebv
Srau, 9u BAIT in Seinen @pbltbGtig:
teitspereinen bisber INNER Striimpf,
fir Die afrifanii6en Milben eeftridt
tpabrenb IS mir an Striimpfen feblte
9eute panbere iA na9 Qfrtfa aus
Giellei6t fommen Die BON Dir eeitrid.
ten Striimpfe mir bort gu quite"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29

&ector S9urman pom Cornell 9el
oteler Sage In einem Dor BEN Stuoeu=
ten IN erer Witourier Stoatsunperii
tdt 9ebaltenen @Ortrase frant ui'b
fret erfldrt: @tr t6nnen bte gbilip=
pineu niGt bebalteu. gs eibt nur
bret WOslt6fetten. gntpeber mil
len mir bte Snle1n oils golonten be
b1Iten, ooer MIR muiien lte Dem Suu
be als IelbftdnotSe Staaten elmer
leiben, ODER aber lie 9du5li9 freise
ben. Sic ais golonten gu bebalten,
gebt nidt on; bic gauge @eIdidte bet
Snleln benefit baS. Wtr pouen fei=
ne offene Wunbc an unierm Staats
topper BADEN. sic unierer Union ais
Staaten einSuOsrleiben, sebt nod noe
niger an. 0a8 onerifanii6e 8o1t
niro es ntemals buloer, baB Tim
Msiuionen pom balbbarbartl6eu SMUT
tarern 9letG9eiteut Derben. Sbueu
Oas Stimntre6t I'll perleiben, bteBs
Ote gauge ame,lfantI6e Yolitit nm:
itilpen. SIS bleibt uns olio ni6ts
anbers ibrts, als tbuen no9 GINGER
3eit ibre unabbdnsisteit gu seben.
OaB mir tie ni@t ciutliitren fonnen,
benefit Die bisberise Sbdtisfeit unIe=
rer S6uuebrer unb 8eamten auf BEN
Snieln.-Oemne6 babeu mir uns in
ben Pbilippinen etneu glepbanien auf:
seballt, Der uns nod Sabre lang uiel
81 l9affen uernae
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29
5(uTere DiruIfhntru.

so abame: rMlir pabt bas ni9t
baB Sic 10 biel 8eieqf9aft baben. Gil
befommen ia an einem Sag mebr 8e'
fu9 als i9 in elmer @o9e!"-
6 b If n: rSa, Mabame, tpenn Gil
Elm bis9en liebenstpiirbiser fein ipiir,
ben, bann bdtten sic audi 10 biel
Sreunbe nie i1."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29
3abnarbeit.

Die Ooctoreu Sopt s. Sobenp werbeu
wGbrenb zines iebeu fommerbem WonatS,
in na69enannten Sowts on ben au9e9ebe=
men Oaten CUR Gerri6tuu9 Der alierbeiter
3abuarbeiten pertreten ieiu: Sreeport ant
Is. Sebruar Nbaup anr16. nnb H.. Glear
Qafe am Is ; Clearwater on, 10. urs 20. ;
&i1monb am 20. unb 27.; Sob Sprin9
dm %. Sebrtar.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29
AiuHIid1rr lrrth1tr1.

6 / b: rSante, 9u fommit ia
felber, i9 bente, 0ein &ameel fonmt?"
$ ant e: uMetn &ameel9"-
6 / II b: Sea, ia, papa iagte boG
borbin: N9, beute fommt ia ntebe1
bas San1eel BON SQnte!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29
Drr fiD1tcunidIte,.

8efannt er: uWGrum ieben
Sic 1i9 ni@t betm S6retben?"-
Sunger 9 6 ter (na9ldiTO:
uI9, ib fdreibe ia nur eben etnen flets
men Gtndtter."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29

6 (auf benz 9eimtpeg bonn sbea>
ter, gu ieiner 5rau): ~9u, Satbi, 10
pie Der 2obengrin perb' ids audi
mad'n! @enn 9 no6mal fraeit, BAL
l. BEL Der Na9t pom Wirtbsbous beinns
tpmm', ipo i bertomm', NADIA seb' I,
pie Der 2obengrin, einfa6 pteoer bort<
bin, no i berfommd btn!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29
Sbuuebrer =NrIfnuaen.

Die Eriifung fir Sdulebrer= Staats Ger
tittfate wiro am s., 6. unb Z. Sebriar in ct.
Slonb, Sanf Centre unb New 6apnespiue
9ebaltet iperoen. Saul abIeS,
Ssba County. S6ulluperintenoent.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29
Gin urpEes Gel1ri,ruiB.

rNun, liebe Sreunoin, muB ih Dir
nod bas grobe GebsimntB mittbetler1.
bas t6 i'm Srdn56en ~erfaGren babe
unb bos tetn Meni6 piTen barf!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29
Sutc Sferte.

Wein ueu9ebautes Sotel, eutbalteub Is
@aitSimmer, per ebeu nit @aiierbei;uns unb
arf's mobernite unb bette arsgeftattet hermit
gum SerfaIfe aigeboteu. Saufluiti9e pollen
lid wenben au SbeoborSDi6en
7:4t SeutralbaIs. Sreepnrt. Miuu
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29
Ohnr 3tueifrl.

l1nterofft5ter: n@as iinb
Sic, Ginidbriger?"-n gbemiter; Diff
itent am 9emii6en 2aboratorium. -
Il II terpffisier uN9 10! Sn
10 'ner Wa16an1talt!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29
KOSt&LammerSen
Giseutbiimer bes 5. ape1le
TletibmarfteS.

gle Sorten iaiionsemdbes
Sleii9 unb itets cine quite
Iuswabl Slide oil Sanb.
auf ben Saubel unb Ibias
in Seaf nnb S6weinefleii6
uerben mir inns su bieier
Sabresseit q a II J beionbers
perle9en. Dur bas allerbeite
81 bem uiebrisiten Greiie se=
gen reele Seoienung bus lol au6 in
bieIem Sabre unier Wotto ieiu!
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29
mnSrrue DiruIfh ntru.

s reunbtn GINS 3immer trez
tenb): nMber &lara, 9u mablit bier
i'm Wobn3immer ben &affee?"-
&lara: nSu, in Der Slide BARI i9
IS ni6t tbun, bort ma6t bos gerGuin
unIere 80bin nerb0s."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29
@eun ner Menid fih in 8esua OIL

@enn Der Meni9 fi6 in SeSus aui
giien unb Srinten itrens mad bpgie:
nilden 9orldrtften ri6ten moute,
pirbe CT lebr balo barber in 8erle:
senbeit seratben, mas ct i6lieBli6
unsetraft senieBen barf. Seaniist
er lt@ gum 9Ol9en ieines Ourites nit
faltem 8aier, lduft ct @efabr, Sup
BUS 81 betonmen; in ber &ubmtl9
lauert bic Eubertuloie unb Mbisfep
lit Slit. User piel Wsblipeiien iBt.
betommt lei9t appenoisitis. mdbreub
Suppe bic Srt9bt'i6e Nterentraut
belt onlodt, Das Ginhtsil6 gilen
1T nit Sdla9anfollsefabr pe,tripi!.
nahreno Sdweinef leildgenuB nit
SrtGinolts brdut. @emiiie i9wd6en
oos Sgitem unb &nden uno &edsreien
fabren 2dbmuns berbet. Oes Nau
den i'm NGsemeintn miro ais unge
juno ueri6rieen, tos giaaretteueou
den ais fatal. Ser @enuB Don She
ober &affee lOu Teruentranfbeiteu er
seusen, unb Ster bpspepttl6 MAIDEN
Som Metutrinten befommt man oaa
s3ipperlein, turs es e~riitirt taum Elm
@etrdnt ober Elm @eri@t, beiien 81
nuB nns arnten Weniden ntdt @e
fabr brd6te. I'm gang mad Gor
idrift gu leben, mIBte man meDe,
eilen, triuten nod rauGsu unb rur
lteriiilit1e 2uft e~inathmen.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29

9 u9baIter gum PrtnaipaD:
sd mD6te beute Nu6mittag germ gum
8esrdbntB meiner S6piegermutter
9eDen."-P stpal: SD audi"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29
Drrrd1trnrur AuHuIr11,tn.

e a fer: uSte &ragen ftnb gu
neit."-8 erfGuer: rs tpp, sSSbr
Sals lit gu eng"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29

gaa. erTpurte Cri,tkgeln.
g a gum Relner): rWonte
sSbnen E~rtntselb geben, bod bo Sie,
tpie Sic lasten, Mntialtoboliter finb.
rnrb ids leiber unterlaKen."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29

Setbere i@war5e unb %cDlortrte &leiberitoffe.
Mfdntel Safen, Gapes, 5ftrts. llnter5erg,
Stritmpfe, GDriette, 9aubl6ube, Teppi6e,
Gugs. Draperten, Yel5mantel, Yel5mife,
gel5z8oas unb Scarfs.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29

SStr baben uns entfeblpfeu, bas NIT Se9inm
Des nenem Sabres aae 2Sintertpaaren ~nerfanft
perben mifen. Senn Jbr neue @aaren bill
Tiger baben supat, ais ,pp;u Ste ndmliebem
Sualitdten ipnitmD n~erfauft uerbeu, Damn Sebt
3u $ arrtipn's 8, beppr Sbr Fault.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29

allies btes uirb gum Cpfer 9ebradbt. bis
ueitere StDtt3 9e9eben ,pirb, pber bis Der
Sprratb bebentenb b~erab9eiett lit. Spart
Cure SDlars, Dimes uab Stidfels umb
Nennies, inbem Sbr fanft bel
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-01-29

ni6t perfeblen. Niemanr ipQte auBer
N6t lailea, bob in unierer Gllempaa=
renbanolun9 jegt Sareains pferirt >per=
Sen, bic man pDroent in ct. GlDuo tir
cine nnmDsli6feit belt. Sur bic all
lerbelte Waare gum
The independent., 1903-09-17
Theo. NoeI Company,
Independent Dept, vitse-
Ore Bidg.. Chicago, III.

1sbOr, grange, farmers alliance, ana
fir ally the populist movement, result
ed. At no time in the history OF any
of these movements Tin reality all one
aid the same), would the great ma
jcrity of their followers have refused
to vote the democratic ticket had they
been assured they could secure through
it the relief they wanted. Most OF
them cared nothing for party names.
but they knew what they wanted in
the way of legislation and admins
tration.
So when Bryan was nominated IN
1896 on platform that was sufhclently
pcpulistic for all except the most ex-
treme, he drew to him the support OF
practically all who had been engaged
| in third party movements. They be-
lieyed in him-and they do yet. But
they cannot agree now with Mr.. Long
that "the democratic party is purged.
cleansed and purified means
1.othing else than that it is rid of The
representatives of the great manufac-
turing, banking and transportation
companies who want to build up them
selves at the expense of others and use
the democratic party as a republican
echo The fact that Mr.. Bryan is right
row making the fight of his life to
control his own party, ought to con-
vince any clear-minded man that the
democratic party lacks several de-
grees of being ''purged, clearsed and
purified" 1t will never truly repre-
sent the agricultural interests OF
: America until every representative OF
: the manufacturing, banking, and
, transportation interests Is thrown
| over the transom" and deprived Of any
/. chance to control the policy of the
: party. When that is done in good
! earnest, the populist party's mission is
r at an end. And until it is done, the
4 lropulist party has a reason for its
s. se s.
The independent., 1903-09-17

to throw their strength to the demo-
cratic candidates and elect them, hop
ing for relief from republican robbery.
Logically the democratic party should
represent the great ma OF people en-
gagged in agriculture and kindred IN
dustries 1t can have no other mis-
sion and be true to the great majority
of men who form it's support.
Strange to say however, until 1896
the democratic party never did truly
represent the weli-being Of the vast
majority of it's followers. True, the
campaign of 1868 may be counted as
AZ exception to this-but the people
then did not understand the real sci
ence of politics as well as they 90
now. Horatio Seymour stood upon
platfOrm-somewha vague, to be
sure-which meant benefits to the
agriculturists, and, if elected, he would
have been true to the platform. 1t
may interest Mr.. Long to know tha-
the chairman of the democratic ma
tiunal committee that year, August
Belmont. was the American agent for
| European holders of our government
| bonds-and Seymour's election would
lave prevented those bofldholders
from robbing the American farmers OF
half billion dollars. So Belmont,
aided by Manton Marble, editor OF
the New York World, defeated Sey-
mour. The story is too long to tell
here, but Mr.. Long can find it in Alex
, ander Del Mars History of Monetary
Crimes"
, Beginning with the close Of the wal
: there were a number of men who saw
. clearly the drift of affairs and wht
: knew what a political party shonlt
Y stand for. Seymour's defeat in 1863
t lcaused by most damnable conspirac.
. In his own party, showed them tha
: they need expect no relief tom eitho
4 old party-and the greenback. unio'
The independent., 1903-09-17

we believe the time is now at hand
when the united peoples party should
declare itself emphatically opposed 70
INV affiliation with either Of those
parties Republican and democrauc)
and unqualiiedly in favor OF indepen-
dent national political action FER
aaps The Independent might help him
to learn:
Stripped of the high-sounding
pbrases in their platforms. intended
10 hoodwink the great mass OF voters
who never really have anything 70
sav as to how their government snail
sbo administered, every polltlcal parry
represents primarily the economic
well-being of men engaged IN certain
industries. Beginning at least with
Grants election, the republican party
| has persistently represented the well :
being of the great capitalists engaged
| in manufacturing, banking, transpor-
tation. and allied industries, usually
known as "plutocrats but never tne
aariculturist or landowner. The test
Of this is to observe TIE primary and
final effect of all republican legisla-
tion and administration-alW IL
the interest of the plutocrats. O'
course, the farmer and the wage
worker were led to believe they woulc
be benefited indirectly by making pres
erts to the manufacturers and bank
ers and transportation corporations
and the republican party Seen kept II
power by the votes of men who ar
robbed by its policies. :.
There is no room for the democratl
party as a representative Of the pli
: tocratic classes mentioned-yet thes
i Interests have found it to their ad
9 vantage to keep control of the part
& in order to be safe in the event. thu
d a sufficiently large number of th
/ formers and wage-worlers should df
t eide to desert the republican party an