The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-10-13

rapacity. And. the constant practice
they have of charging the government
for the annual use of postal car
a greater sum than the cost OF the car,
rs gut one evidence OF the uldlsputed
fact that the government dares not
deny them any anything thing. They almost
openly use the frank OF members
of Congress to add to the weight OF
mail matter during that annual per-
lod when tie mali is weighed 80 aad~
lust the average Hundreds OF tons
of Junk is thus handled during those
few days; and upon this frludulent
mail matter the average for the en-
tire year is based. The taxpayers
have to pay The congressman who
lend themselves to this swindie get
free passes, and other good things.
In express charges, freight rates,
telephone and telegraph tariffs the
public is plundered every day IN the
year: and the manner in which they
submit to it is one OF the maTvels
OF the age. No other people among
civilized nations are so cursed Win
corporation tyranny as ourselves;
and we never seem to think that any
remedy is possible Half dozen cor
poration kings can meet in the office
of ]. p. Morgan, and tax the life out
OF any town or city in the United
States. BY squirt of the zen they
can add hundreds of millions of dollars
to the burden OF the people They
enable the trust to STAY its rivals by
granting rebates, or special rates
which make competition impossible
They debauch public morals by their
methods of gaining what thay want
from governors. legislatures, judges
editors, politicians and members O
congress.
Deadly Principle Of interest
Napoleon once rose from a study
Of iygs33gss tdislfsSv Hifsstiss TIL, en- r.
NWI9TI consider the deadly prln-
ciplt Which lies hidden in these tables
/ m Eel that it has not devoured the
hun u race That. deadly pri.lciple is
~ pret Ny what has devoured SO great
psHf sof the human race. That deadly
priT&iple does devour portion
OF 4he human race every year
The big fortune, by the Law OF lts
uatyre, tends to grow bigger. Eacf
cOlq7eal accumulation represents VIVA
one Victor gained and ten .hoEsant
vicHpqs lost. For. In a fortune OF !;
fuEaed millions there can be no sucl
thik as fair reward for productive
lahfU Such a fortune. or anythin.
likHt, represents as a rule the, spoi
.of e successful marauder in til
Nj He'll where others had toileG, 5ucl
b Han lis a freebooter. and his hoar,
0ft 3}n costs the losers more lives. NOR
teaf6 more broken hearts and RUNE
.hcfhes. than are found in the tIac
of Actual war. When those Standar
UiWSkL ayes robbed the people 0
thirty six million dollars in one day
.thAy felt entitled to the admin alto
otSSTIthe business world On the the sam
d1l perhaps, hungry women stof
bR36d for hungry children, and wen
tQNfison for It. J. P. Morgan, Andrea
Ctknegie Charles Schwab, and oshe
Cqa4picuousa captains Of industry IN
cS&1sed their unweildly fortunes b
psck citing five hundred m1llion dollar
vkeh other less conspicuous person
c7 Ahded to the Steel Trust. No on
was punlsned a i M. -. sss sass.taas
libraries which carnegie has been e
tablishing all over the land, admi
sion was denied to one of the be
books of one of the best Russia
authors, because it gave vivid d
scription Of the condition OF IL
peasantry in Russia Hlmse a MOI
strous product of governmental IA
oritism and Protection no boo
which exposes and denounces cias
legislation can be satisfactory to tn
man who has in his Golfers so MAI
millions which. should have been lie
in the pockets of those whose hone
industry produced Them
With Standard Oil accumulate
Carnegie accumulation, and 9th
For over sixty years Mrs. Winslov
Soothing Syrup has been used