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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-11-05
Independent School of Political Economy

posed that the government make a
list of say one hundred of the prin-
cipal articles of commerceNand find the
average price of certain quantities of
them, government officials would
watch the markets and whenever the
average prices were found to be fall
ing more money would be issued.
think that that might be done and
that 1t would be a great Improvement
on the present system; yet, it is not
perfect, it Is too complicated, and
prices do not rise Immediately with
the expansion OF the currency.
The rate of interest is the indicator
Of the scarcity or excess of money in
circulation. AS soon as the need for
more money is felt interest rises; and
as soon as the need is supplied in
terest falls to its former rate, and il
more money continues to be issued it
will fall still lower. Does not this
fact point to the possibility of reg
ulating the amount OF money in circu-
lation by regulating the rate of inter-
est. If 1.-The whole volume of money"
could be fixed at constant ratio to
the whole volume OF exchanges, the
rate of interest would never vary. for
the rate of interest only varies when
the ratio is changing. Attempts have
frequently been made to regulate the
rate of interest by passing usnry laws,
forbidding lenders to charge more than
certain rate, but as such laws neith-
err lessen the demand for money nor
increase the supply they have always
been evaded. The government can
regulate the rate of interest by fixing
the rate, and sui plying the demand at
that rate. and by SO doing they will
not only prevent usurers from obtain
Ing higher rate, but they will at the
same time give scientific money,
that will always maintain the same ra-
ito to the volume of exchanges. III
there Is anythne I'm this theory that
is not In harmony with Del Mars
teachings would like &c have IL
pointed out. More than that. can
quote passages not only from Del Mar.
but from numerous other writer's. that
will strengthen my position. but as I
have taken up considerable space
must let that go for the present.
JAS. y. PATTON.
1885 ST.. Fresno. Cal,
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be reform of land tenure or Of tax
ation-can be attained only through a
change of tax laws to shift the burden
from useful exertion to the specially
privileged landlord. However, | dis
tinctly stated that the best reason for
the single tax was its justice in dis
tributing social burdens to holders OF
special privileges SO as to absorb the
latter for public use, equitable access
to use of land values being the result.
Mr.. d. assumes an impossible posi-
ton when he denounces landlordism,
yet denounceS the only method ever
devised for it's destruction. He takes
another impossible position when he
says that land values are the result Of
a competition of many different indi-
viduals for the use of particular
piece Of land, but not of the presence
and needs of the community as
whole. Either this is childish trifiing
with words or a hopeless confusion OF
thought, since one-half his argument
kills the other half His effort to
make a distinction between the COM
munity and the individuals composing
the community is simply nonsense.
So far as | can decipher Mr.. DIS po-
sition, he seems to profess to speak
in favor Of labor-of the producer.
AS the only aim and purpose of the
single tax Is to give to labor (useful
effort of hand or BRAIN its entire prod
uct, untaxed by government and UNI
tolled by monopoly, for labor's own
use and enjoyment, we presume Mr..
D. must have a plan to give labor
more than its total product, though
1t is generally thought there is no
more to give.
That the single tax will do this Is
admitted by all the reputable econ
omists of the world and by all ex-
ploiters of labor, the latter admitting
1t by their bitter and malignant oppo-
sition. Evidently Mr.. d. does not dis
tinguish between capital used in pro-
duction and monopoly used to toll or
tax production, yet such distinction Is
the beginning Of economic wisdom
w. Fl. r. WAKEFIELD.
Mound City, Kas.
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ers, a question that belongs in the
kindergarten stage of economic dis
cussiOn, and one never heard from one
having an understanding of the single
tax. Single takers believe there would
be no necessity for bonds and none is
sued under the single tax in operation,
that bonds are a scheme to tax the
many for the benefit of the few, or to
tax future generations for the benefit
OF the present one; that their only
safe basis is land values and power
to tax them and to tax labor. all of
which would practically disappear I'M
der the single tax. Certainly the
power to tax labor and its products
(same thing would no longer exist,
nor would the power to tax land val
ues except by the public for public
purposes. As it would take but 60
per cent Of present rent values to
equal all present national, state and
local taxes it is evident no bonds
would be needed, but If they were the
taxation resulting would be equitable
and not inequitable as now. Certain
ly railroads could not issue bonds to
cover value of their rights of way, as
they now do, nor coal or other mine
owners their land values, for all these
would be public values, not private
ones. Do bondholders pay taxes now?
Mr.. ID. seems to think they do not, and
know they do not, SO it seems very
puerile argument he makes-that the
single tax would let them escape what
they already escape. If it were posi-
BILE to assess and tax bonds, notes,
mortgages, etc, equitably, 1t would
not be any relief to producers, exper-
fence having demonstrated that the
interest would rise to include the tax,
q tax which only few strictly honest
Or unskilled In lodging would pay,
the others receiving the enhanced in
terest, but not paying the tax.
Mr.. ID. says | do not agree with
Henry George as to the'reason for the
single tax, but he reaches this conclu-
sion by careless reading Of my last ar
ticle, installing my quotation of 9TH
ers' position for my own. At the best
this is an unworthy bubble, since the
object of the single tax-whether it
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FIXING THE VALUE OF MONEY.
OF the many good things in Del
Mars works there is probably moth
ing Of more Importance than the
following: "He also showed that the
function of moEey was to definitely
measure value; and not merely pres
ent and local value but, tC some ex-
tent, also past and prospective value,
and value generally: that therefore
money was related to equity, or to the
maintenance of equitable relations be-
tween capitalists and laborers: that,
like other measures the most neces-
sary and essential characteristic of
money was specific limitations; in
other words, that to measure with
precision and with justice, the whole
sum Of money must be fixed at some
more or less constant ratio to the vol
ume of exchanges"
Mr.. Del Mar has studied the history
of money, and the science of money;
but he has not attempted to formulate
a plan for scientific money system;
ard how to fix "the whole sum of
money" at a constant ratio to the VOL
ume of exchanges" is problem that
many think it impossible to solve.
Still to those who believe in the
Reign of Law" as a universal prin-
ciple of nature, it must seem pos
sible.
Now, the volume of exchanges Is
continually changing, consequently to
preserve the ratio between the whole
volume of exchanges and the whole
volume of money would require sys-
tenn of money that would expand and
contract with the requirements of
trade. Such system cannot be based
upon any commodity for nc commod-
ity increases, and dminishes In guam
| tity In exact ratio 10 the whole volume
of exchanges, end no commodity is
always OF the same value. Some peo-
pie advocate per capita system for
limiting the amount Of money; that Is
| they advocate the issue by govern
ment of certain number OF dollars
for every inhabltant and as popula-
| ton increases 10 inernnan the elrcnln-
| ton In the same ratio can see two
objections 10 that plan. the first Is
that II Ii impossible To tell how much
money Is In circulation. My second
objection In that even II II could be-
carried out the plan would not be- a
good one because In progressive coun-
| tries wealth increases faster than pop
ulatlon, and the amount of money IN
/ circulation should be kept nj "a "Con-
slant ratio" 90 the volume III cv.
changes and that II very different
thing from keeping Il nc q constant
ratio To the number ~ the lnhahlt'
ants.
Another plan that has been proposed
~ 10 regulate the amount Of money II
circulation by the prices Of the prln.
olpal articles of exchange. II Ii pro.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
GILLILAND IS FREED
CoosA CONVICT UP FOR LIFE IS
 PARDoNED.
He is Weak-Minded and Was Con- victed of Killing Man Who
 Slapped His Child--J. Fl. ~N Winter Paroled.

Charles GiIliland of Coosa County was yesterday freed from the Alabama peni- tentiary, where he was serving life sem tence for murder.
 The Governor was moved to take this action, first because mercy was petitioned by many good people and citizens of Coosa; second because he personally knew the prisoner to be of weak mind. and third because the weak mined pris- oner killed the man who had slapped his orphaned daughter.
 It was represented that Gllliland was devotedly attached to his orphaned daughter, who was of tender years. The man killed was 8 son-in-law of Gilliland. He was convicted in 1s91
 The Governors endorsement of the pardon was as follows:
 This man is personally known to me. He has little strength of character and indeed he is hardly more than a child. The deceased slapped the prisoners little orphan girl to which he was devotedly attached the more so perhaps because of her tender years and orphaned condi- tions. The trial judge, now president of the Board of Convict Inspectors recon. mends a pardon as do very many good citizens of Coosa County. He has already served the State six years and is getting along in life. Let pardon Issue"
 A parole was granted J. H. Winter who was convicted in 1902 of selling liquor without dicense in Cherokee County, Winter was serving sentence of eigh- teen months. The Governor said in allow ing the pardon:
 ''rhe trial judge and the solicitor think one year in the penitentiary that he has already served is a sufficient punishment for this old man, now about 70 years of age and recommend that clemeney be extended him."
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Spanish Giving.

There are occasions when a Spanish host warmed to the cookies of his heart by the congeniality and personal magnet ism of a guest. will give to him what ever he particularly admires among the household gods. In Spanish-speaking, Spanish Spanish-lost coun- tries this giving is understood to be a sort of compliment with string tied to 1t. The guest-"Ahi What lovely porcelain: I have never seen it's equal. Some rare work of the Middle Ages?" Do you like .it?" says the pleased host. Tt is yours" They shake hands. slap each other on the shoulder and renew old friendship. But the host knows that the present will never leave Eis house: and the guest understands that the gift is not his except in the meaning.
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DEATHS AND BrRrHs.
Weeks Record of Montgomery
 Health Dwpartment.

Weeks Record of Montgomery Health Department.
 The following deaths were reported tc the ofice of the Montgomery Sanitary Department during the week ending yes. terday:
 August 8. T. B. stubDs. age 60 years paralysis of heart.
 August Il, H. c. Hanson, age 64 years; typhoid fever; body shipped to Macon Ga.
 August H. Mrs. Joseph A. Mitchell, age 55 years; gastric carcinoma; body ship ped to Verbena.
 August 13. Mrs. Lizze Munch; certif- cate not filed.
 August 14, infant of J. R. Crowley. age one day; pulmonary congestion. s August 14. Mrs. l.. J. Difiiey, age 75 years; Lagrippe.
 Negroes.
 August 8, infant of Carrie Kendrick August g. Mary Jackson, age % years anasarca; body inferred in Connolly cem- etery. August g. infant of William Haney, age six months; infantile convulsions. August 9, infant of Eliza Brooks. August 1O child of Annie~ Clements, age six years; unknown.
 August TO- child of James Milligan, age IA months; stomach trouble.
 August 10, child of KoDert Cannon, age six months; entero colitis.
 August 10. child of Robert Walker, age 14 months; marasmus. August F, Flora Willis, age 90 years; old age.
 August F. Fannie verdell. age 1s years; typho-maIarial fever.
 August F, Thomas Fitzpatrick. age 6S years; dropsy, Brights disease. August F. infant of Bob Jones, age five days; spasms.
 August F. child of Sampson Smart, age seven months; pertussis-teethlng.
 August F, child of Polly Wells, age two years; cholera infantum.
 August 13, Lottie Harris. age 8 years; dropsy.
 August 13. Bennie Copeland. age 1s years; phthisis pulmonalis.
 August If, child of John Nilsson, age
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Whistler,s Comment.

The London Chronicle. explaining that some artists talk to sitting models to keep their expression animated. says that one painter pursuing this plan ask ed a girl model to whom she had been sitting of late and received the answer:
 Mi. Whistler
 And did he talk to your"
 "Yes. sir.''
 What did he sayf"
 He asked me who I'd been sitting to, same as you do; and told him I'd been sitting to Mr. -, slr.''
 Well. what else?''
 "He asked me who I'd been sitting to before that, and I said I'd been sitting to you, sir"
 What did he say tnen?'
 He satds What a d-d cFewr"s
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rhe Flv in ths Ointment.

The whole trouble is that from the be- lginning of time woman has been encour- aged to make herself difficult. enigmat- ical. insincere. 1t has always been ex- pected of her and the more complex she appeared the more fascinating she was deemed. But with the new era of wom- an a great deal of this has changed more will change. Men are learning to expect in women the masculine quail ties of truth and sincerity. It is the wise man who appreciates simple direct ness in a woman; the foolish man. who doex not know the difference between the true woman and the false, will learn in time also Kate Clyde.
 Rar Harher
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Blessed are the people with small hearts and small minds.
 Oh. heresy!
 Not a bit of iti Allow me to tell you that they are the people who get through life comfortably. If you don't believe U study human nature. and 1T you wish to study hunfan nature 70 to . summer ho- tel. It will make clear many things to you, show you the inner machinery-the working of the belts and pulleys.
 Take the girls especially. There are three stages of them--the undevcloped. the developed and the never to be deveI-
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Of their own coTn-she must conform to fort, and, as a con- their ways.
 sequence, are with
 out the real joy which comes rom siv- ing oneself to others and receiving in rec turn from them.
 am speaking of the true old maids now, not of the women who remain un- married through a loss or from choice; the women who remain single because they are too small to excite any feeling of companionship in any mans heart the fates deliver me from them!
 Wall, really, l am getting serious. Who would have thought 1t possible? Forum ateiy these attacks do not come every day.
 Above all things. I worship sincerity would rather any day meet sincere devil than an insincere angel. IT woman is selfish or mercenary and ad- mits 1t can positively like her. It's her point of view, and it's all in the point of view, you know.
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First Official stenographer.

The first official stenographer of the United States. Thomas Lloyd, is to he honored Angst g, when the stenographers association of the United States will place a tablet in his memory in St. Augustine's s church yard at Fourth and Race streets in Philadelphia, where the body of MT, Lloyd has rested since his death in 1887. This pioneer shorthand writer was good deal of 8 man. He not only reported WasElington's first address, and the offi- cial proceeding of the First congress. but was an author and served as a captain in the Revolutionary war. MT. Lloyd wrote several books, including ''The Congress sional Record: or, History of the Proceed. RanraaentativeS ."
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the spirit to wif c cold iDIoodef marriage and q brilliant position for herself nor tho largeness of mind to suffer a nd amount to some. thing.
 One Is often . consequence of tho other in this worlt If she has to suf fer she only shriv. els up premature ly. She is one ol those who enjoy neither the musis of the dance nol the music Of tn, soul; who are per. petuaIly thinkini
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q Married the One Thas was Rich. 7

merely pretty She will adore pink be- cause 1t Is cheerful and dance grace fully to waltz music and wear her dia- monds and lean back on sott cushions and enjoy all the material comfort And she will be happy-yes. happy-because she knows nothing else. And that is why the wise mother marries her daugh- ter young and lets her imagine herself in love with her fance when she is only tn love with his attention to her.
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The Riaht sort of airl.

But now and then girl breaks through this. Life comes to her with It's full force. She blossoms out like a gorgeous flower in field of prim daisies, through lover who has died. through great sor- row. through books, through contect with superior minds. and then her troubles be- gin. She cannot live in a world peopled by those like her. There are too few of them. She must exist in the midst of q crowd of, to her. cackling. insincere wo- mankind. and she must, outwardly at least. conform to their ways and to their standards. The men she meets ordinarily are made for the other women, and unless she teaches them all over again to re- wise their ideas on woman they will be no comfort to her. There are other men, Of course. but they. too. are in the mi- nority, and minorities meet more seldom than maJcritles. So. you see. it's a hard life for her. and her only hope is in hav- ing streak of genius somewhere about her-the ability to raise herself to a posi- tion where she can afford to choose her friends and be herself.
 Then there is the third class-the never to be developed. the unes the world terms old maids. A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

'Dtu. 0OuAtoS tthC . veg etable, doesn't it? Well, it's much on that order. Taken in the raw or un-
 developed state .
 young girl Is just
 tbout the most pliable I,,ink im- aginabie. Even the young American
 girl Supposed to be so independent) has her weak point and that, my dear
 friends. Is her love of power and mon ey. The thrifty
 parent cultivates this. The sweet
 young thing Is told how Minnie So- and-So. without
 ha1F f.ar sgxrsss fnns<4
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the poor man now that they have fallen in love with the other one!'
 How much better this is than the girl who appears all devotion in the presence of her hance and who when with her girl chum looks discontentedly at the small diamond in her engagement ring and exclaims pettishly, 'Oh, wish I had a rich man!''
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An unstable Foundation.

She is given books of travel to read. she is taught expensive accomplishments. she is imbued with taste for luxuries which cannot be gratifed unless she does well for herself. Over and over again 1t is dinned into her ears that love exists only in books and passes away rapidly if 1t ever does appear. Respect Is enough to marry on. she Is told. There Is noth- ing that money cannot buy-art. music. beauty and life-the great glittering life of the worId-and she Is left In happy ig- norance of the fact that music and art and the beauty of color itself spell love. We'll. If she can be kept in ignorance of the true proportion of things. and if she Is married young she will never change. her soul will remain petrified, half open to certain things and wholly closed to others. Music will never be a pain or a temptation to her, color will be
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

MANEGoLD's IRON BREW. It makes the old feel youngi Man egold's Iron Brew. At all fountains.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
eight mons; entero colltis.
 

eight mons; entero colltis.
 Record of Births. The following births were recorded during the past week: To MT. and Mrs. Warren B. Burton, a girl.
 To MT. and Mrs. D. H. Parker, a boy.
 Negroes. To Samuel T. and Laura Fellkner. a girl.
 To Nathan and Mary Green. a girl. To Green and Mary E. Washington, a boy.
 To William and Daisy Tut, a boy. To Nick and Georgia Body. a girl. To Carr1, Hendrix, girl. To Major and Maggie May Falkner, a girl TdiArthur and Lizzie Battle, a boy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
Candid Mrs. Jones.

You must have had an interesting love affair, Mrs. Jones'" sighs the sentimental young person.
 Yes, my dear child" declares Mrs. Jones, with decision, but didn't marry It. I had two men after me; one was rich, the other I loved. thought 1t all out and I married the one that was rich"
 But you didn't love the other one?"
 Yes, I did, but I made up my mind of a sudden that I had only one life and wanted to be comfortable in it. I do like my comfort and that's all there was to it.'
 Did you ever regret it?"
 Never! How could when had made up my mind!'
 How much better that is than the sickly. sentimental way some girls have of pretending that they no longer love
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
E CLYDE ]:

Classifies Women--Dn- fereneer Between the tJndevelcped. the De- veloped and the Never to Dc Developed A Y
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Lorenz Neglected in Mexico.

A correspondent of the Vienna Zezil writes that. notwithstanding the honors heaped upon Professor Adolf Lorenz m fine limited States, hardly any attention was paid to him in Mexico. He was not invited to demonstrate his method, and the local German as we'll as the Mexican doctors kept alOof from him. The Aus trian ambassador, Count Hohenwart' however. gave a dinner in his honor. good it's mighty good, and very bad when It's bad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
nalicioua Ice-crearn.

Delicious Ice-Crean. That's the kind we make. Pure fruit Ffiavors made with pure Jersey Cream. Trading checks given. Phone 55. Dowe's. --aAV-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16

women's Strap Sandals 20 per cent of. Knowles's
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man and was waited. as in fairy tale, from poverty and deprivation to life of ease and plenty, and how Gladys So-and- Sos nance gave her a diamond heart big as a pancake and that Gladys's ieweiry in a few yeaTs will be worth mentioning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
Cox College of College Park, Ga.

Offers excellent College courses. and profess sIonal advantages in Music. Painting and Elo- cution. at much less cost than the eorrespond- ing work in Boston and New York. The sixty first session begins Sept. 8th aug-2-9 Q
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-16
The Real old Maid.

The real old maid Is an old maid from the cradle, and don't you forget that. She is the tirnorous. small measured creature who has neither
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Atlanta College of Pharmac,

Atlanta College of Pharmacy.
 Free Dispensary: only college operating an actual drug store. Greater demand for our graduates than we can supply. Address George F. Payne. Dean. 2l W. North Avenue. Lt- lanta. Ga tu-thu-sat-sun ceive pupils desiring tuition for September on Tuesday, Sept. Ist.( teachinf four weeks at 3o5 Adams Street. Her regular class will be resumed at 3o5 Adams first Monday in Octo- Der. As only limited number of pupils can be received. an early application is advisable. Terms moderate. Mrs. Nj. E. Bragg