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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-17
-. CHICAGO GRAIN
SHRINKAGE OF WHEAT STOCKS STARTS
RuYING MOVEMENT EARLY. 3

Chicago, Jan. 17.-Shrinkage of stocks Of
wheat at all important centers led to buying
movement today that counteracted an initial
tendency toward weakness May wheat opened
with loss Of ssc at $1.15, but advanced to
$1.15H. The early loss was occasioned by a
sharp decline in cable quotations. Minneapolis,
Duluth and Chicago reported receipts of 374
cars, against 272 cars last week, and 40 cars
year ago p
Under the influence of selling by pit traders
who bought earlier, the market weakened May,
which touched 81. Is @115A on the bulge, sold
off again to $1.15, rallying under moderate COM
mission house demand to $1.15ss at the close, a
net loss Of nc.
s1:l4@1 .leM;. No. hard, Sligo; No. 8 hard;
81, al. ID; No. northern, $1.1Si2; No. 2 north
ern, $d1a@L ia No. spring, si.o6@l.15.
$115&; July. 9sAc; September 91Rc.
Corn opened easy in absence of active demand
with May of hc at 44Mc. The tone improved
slightly on restricted receipts and may reacted
to 44Ac. Local receints were AS cars.
42Ac. - '-e
Close: Corn, January, 42c; May, 44% @44Mc:
July. 45B @45Ac; September, 45Mc. 49,. .
Oats were affected by the tone Of other grains
May oats opened Bc lower at 3ONc, rallying to
olc on ra1r local trade. Local receipts were 100
cars.
Cash oats, No. 2. s1@s1 Ac:. No. 8. soa4c-
Close: Oats, January, 301ac; May Biz q
81 Nc; July. 81 &c.
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THE EMPERoR's VIRTUE
Kansas city Star.

The Japanese diet has adopted resolu-
tons attributing the capture of Port Arr
thur to ..the emperor's illustrious virtue .
1t was a fortunate day for Japan when
the emperor quit the use of profanity and
plug tobacco.
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LIVERPOOL GRAIN, Jan. 17-spot wheat
March, 6s 11asd; May. es 1o%d; July, SIS 105sd.
Corn, spot, easy; American mixed, new, IS
11hd; American mixed, old, As 10hd; futures
quiet; March, 4s 3D. May, 4s ND -
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WHEAT MOVEMENT BY ROADS, JAN. 1e.
Received Observation-Disclosures, 20; Omaha, co.:
st. Louis, 8; Great Northern, 112; Burlington,
8; 500, II. - - '
Shipped Cars-Milwaukee %; Omaha, a.:
St. Louis, IA; Wisconsin Central, 8; Great
Northern, &c., Burlington, /. -
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NEW YORK FLOUR AND GRAIN, 3an IL
Flour, receipts, PASS brls; sales,. 500 brls:
steady but inactive. Wheat receipts, 1850
bu; sales, 100000 blu. Opened off under lower
Liverpool cables and prospects of larger Ar
On light northwest receipts and bull support at
Chicago. May, $1.15ss @1.15N; July, $1.O21A a
1.O2%; September, 94Hc. Rye, nominal. Corn,
receipts, 100, 075 bu; dull and featureless. Oats,
receipts, $4,000 blu; nominal r.
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PROVISIONS

CHICAGO PROVISIONS Jan. 17.-Innuenced
by liberal arrivals Of live hogs the provision list
was off 21ac thruout. Packers We're sellers with
May pork at $1270, lard at $685., and ribs at
$3.50.
Close: Pork, January, $12.45; May, s127o.
Lard, January, $685.; May, $6S71a; July,
S6.97A@7. Ribs, January, $8.45; May, $672h !;
July, $6.S5. ...T .E',
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FIVE TO Ten OFF
FOR THE HOGS
LIBERAL RECEIPTS AND THE
QUALITY BETTER.
Beef and Butcher Cattle Generally
steady-The Quality Not Very Good
Bulls and Veals steady-The Sheep
Market Quoted Stronger for the
More Desirable Grades.

South St. Paul, Jan. 17.-Estimated receipts
at the Union Stock Yards today: Cattle, LOO;
calves, POO; hogs, 1000; sheep, 700; horses,
20; cars 142.
The following table shows the receipts from
JAN 1, 1905, to date, as compared with the
same period in 1904:
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ST. LOUIS LIVESTOCK, Jan. 17-Cattle-
Receipts, $500; slow but steady. Beef steers,
$3@6; cows and heifers, $2.25@45O.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; lower. Pigs and
lights $3.75Q4.40; butchers and best heavy,
81. 65@4.75.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900: steady Natives,
$4.5O@5.25; lambs, $5.25@7. As.
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KANSAS CITY GRAIN, Jan.

1&dNoA6 VII OHA1N, Il.-C10Se:
Wheat, steady to lower: May, $1.05A; July,
SOC; cash No; hard, $1.06h; No. 8, $500
1.O4h No. red, $1.13 No. 3, $1.OS@1.11.
Corn, steady; May, 1925 @421ac; July, 42skc;.
cash No. 2 mixed, 42b @421ac; No. 3, 41Ac;
No. white, 421ac; No. g. 42c Oats, steady;
No. 2 white, BIZ @32c; No. mixed, 301a@
30Ac. ..' -, ". ~. ...--
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ST. LOUIS GRAIN, JAM 17.-Close: Wheat
weak; No. 2 red, cash elevator, $1.14 track
ssi1 1eAS n May, s11oA; July, s5Ac; No. hard
track, 44c; May, 4s@4sHc; July, 4s1hc. oats,
higher; No. cash, 31c; track, 31k@32Ac:
May, S1%c; No. white, 321h @33c.
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Flour, 1Oc lower. Wheat. easier; No. 1 north
ern. 81: 1901 1871; No. northern. $1.1O@1.1 1917;
May, $1.15M bid; puts, $1.14B @l.14M asked;
calls, Sligo @1.16A asked. Rye. strong; No.
l, SLY @s2c. Barley frmer; No: 2. 5sc; sample,
3S@56ac. Oats frmer; standard, 32@321ac.
Corn, frmer; No. g. 43@461ac; May, AN G44%c
bid; puts, AN @44Bc asked; calls, 44%c asked.
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"A TIP TO DELAWARE

New York Mail.
; Tip to little Delaware-an honorable
deadlock is better than an Hon, j. Ed
ward Addicks, u. s. S.
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NEW YORK PROVISIONS, ian; 15-Beef,
steady; prime western steam, $6s5@7.05.
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CHICAGO PRODUCE, Jan. 17-Butter, firm,
sl rm; at mark, cases Included, 22@Ic cheese
firm: daisies. 11h@11sAe;o twins, l1@1 he
steady; turkeys, 13c; chickens, 11Hc: Potatoes,
firm; Burbanks, 34@35c;. rura1s, 32@33c. Veal,
weights, 5@6c; 80 to 125-lb weights, 67a @7Rc.
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MONEY. REPORTS

Is MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 17.-Bank clearings to-
day, 81 ,966. 203. o. New York exchange. selling
Chicago exchange, selling rate, soc premium:
buying rate, Doc premium; London sixty dag
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MISCELLANEOUS

NEW YORK COTTON, Jan. 1.-THE cotton
market opened firm at an advance Of 4 to 5
points, and shortly afterward sold about 8 to 9
points net higher on better cables than looked
for, covering Of shorts and what seemed to be
some buying for investment account on small
receipts. The larger bears, however, seemed
not at all nervous over the situation, and later
in the morning the market, which had been
fairly active, quieted down, with prices selling
back from the best level Of the morning and
showing net gain Of only. to 2 points.
Cotton futures opened firm. January, 6ooc
bid; February, e.s3c; March. 7c; April 7.o4c;
May, 7.1oc; July, 7.2oc; August, 1890; Sep
TENDER, 1890; October, 7.29c; November, 7.34c;
December, 1850 lid. ..-
At midday the market was quiet and steady,
with prices Off net to points under pres
sure from bears. promoted by reports Of easier
spot markets. Spot, quiet. Mtddling uplands,
7.20c: middling gulf, 7.45c. -.
Cotton, spot closed quiet; middling uplands
7.25c; middling gulf 7SOc. Sales, 200 bales.
NEW YORK SUGAR, Jan. 17.-sugar, raw,
strong; fair refining. 45se:, centrifugal, 96 test,
5hc; molasses sugar, 4asc: Refined, firm;
crushed, 6.75c; powdered, 815c granulated,
6.O5c. Coffee, steady; No. Rio. sTc. Molassss.
firm; New Orleans. 20@37c
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LewistoWn (Pa.l Free Press,

Lewlstown (Pa.) Free Press.
Scott Miller has met with another mis-
fortune While helping to load heavy
casting at the Lewistown foundry re-
Gently Scott had his wooden leg broken
by the casting falling on it.
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THE. FLOUR MARKET
PRICE TENDENCY EASY-DEMAND FAu
SHIPMENTS MODERATE.

The market is easier and prices shade
off. Demand is fair and a seasonable business
Ia being done. Large-sized orders are not plenti
ful but in the aggregate sales are satisfactory
and shipments hold up well.
Shipments, 49, 623 brls.
First patents are quotable at $6.35@6.45; sec
ond patents, $6.15@625; first clears $5.15@5.25
second clears, S2@2.7O.
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.OndaE. Ian. LIZ.

sral: Average quality somewhat better than g, On
Gpda from Eess fs from to sG
to $44s;; and heavy I, from $ 70 t. s44s Top
hoft se S0! a2 ao b weEhss 5 go lbs
f. 21s lbs, $42s S. 2os lbs s4S5; g. 2le
20; S. ISL II iDs 49, r. is lbs, 'Ds
Underweights and Roughs-52, 1874 lbs, 81; 10,
1ot cA r., Ss2s; moderate. Beef and
quality Of offerings common: Bulls and veals
lower. Mich cows and springers, excepting
7?ss i7s 5s $751; go 'i osS u.s. s. sSs 0s
So lbs 81 io1 1os sSs5 es s276; g. lob lbs
gss s5 5a 1' ss ss2 81; s2s Hs FL ps
5s:ss:F Hs3's r: is: III :'s
yeti bs' s45 s75 '' lbs: to % s. s lbs
stS S4s and IEssdinE Is e2s 1s 10
f.: 2? $s g. l g. IS ST. Is. SIS zss
Stock and Feeding Bulls: ;tes - sssstfl
Mich Gews and sprlnsssss-
and calf, $24; L COW, $22; n r3ytstssis. ( siajf
SIS; 1 COW, $3.50. go =
| SHEEP-Recepts rather Ets1,fF sss-Frs
quoted steady to strong on 5.-stTiz.ss Gatis1
grades; common kinds, quiet ISLE: Ks GOO
ewes and wethers Of good qua 49, -
500. These prices were considered strong
| Killing Sheep and Lambs-6 lambs So lbs
$3.50; g lambs, 90 lbs, $6.4O; 60 western weth
ers, 118 lbs, $40; 124 western wethers. IL:
lbs $50; PIG western ewes, lib lbs, 81. so
2 ewes 145 lbs, $40.
| Among the shippers on the market were: J.
Wiberg, Lindstrom; J. Hegerle, st. Bonifacius
i g.. Rolf, Maier; w. johnson, Chisago City
A. Faulkner, Hutchinson; Sandman & Co., Glen
coe; Damman & Co., Plato; G. P. May, Nor
wood; 81. Haasken, Cologne; II. Shen, Lake
Cnle; G. P. Schwab. v. Imholt, Clear Lake
A.. G. Nord, J. P. Eutt. st. Michael; Pau
Games, WEIGH; DUFF Brothers, Big Stone City
| WEIGH Brothers. Odessa; F. Behrends, Apple
tom; T. H. Thomson, Milan; johnson & Co.
Bird Island; G. stuebe, searles; T. A. Young
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haHr0aus entering Inc yards reported re
ceipts for the day by loads as follows:
Chicago Great Western, 4; Milwaukee, %; st
Louis, Z; Omaha. 10; Great Northern 90 Quincy
=; 500 Line. p; Northern Pacific, 8; Rocl
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THE DAYS REPORTS
CLOSING CASH PRICES

On hard 15 No northern northern
o 44c.
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firm; receipts $3.50; official price, extra cream
cry, 90c Cheese, firm, unchanged; receipts,
8,06S Eggs, strong, unchanged; receipts, II, PAL.
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OMAHA LIVESTOCK, Jan. 17,-cattle-Re.
ceipts, 400; steady Native steers, $4,000
5.55: cows and heifers, s2.6o@375; calves.
$4.5O@4.65 pigs $3.5O@4.25; bulk of sales,
$4.45@4.55.
sheep-Receipts $500; steady. Ewes, s4.2
@5; lambs, $6.25@7.4O.
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KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK, Jan. 17.-cattle
Receipts. 10000: steers, slow, cows strong;
native steers. So. 5O@5.75; native cows and heif-
ers. $1.75@4.5O; calves $3@7.
Hogs-Receipts. 1900; weak to Sc lower; bulk
of sales, $4.45@4.70; Digs and lights, $1,000
AGO.
sheep--Receipts. 5000; steady; muttons, $3.50
@575; lambs, :617 so.
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NEW YORK OIL, Jan. 17.-Petroleum, quiet
refined all ports, 1857 .4Oc.

CHICAGO LIVESTOCK, Jan. 17.-CattYe-Re-
ceipts, 1000; steady; good to prime steers IS 65
@6;25; poor 70 medium. ss.75@545; stoekers
ers, $2@5.15 Gamers, $1.25@2.50; bulls, 500
4.25; calves, $3@7.25.
1oc lover: mixed and butchers 81 1 of
to choice heavy, $4.6O@4.75; rough heavy, $40
@g4.50; light, $4.35@455; bulk of sales, $3.50
@46O.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000; sheep and lambs
steady; good to choice wethers, $5@5.6O; fair
1866. 60; native lambs, s5.75G7.75; western
lambs 81 75GD7 80 = =
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;ales. shares =. High Low. Bid: Bid.
." est est. liam. Ill Jan. IS
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SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK, Jan. 17.-Receipts

SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK, Jan. T.-Receipts
Cattle, LOO; hogs, $500.
Hogs-steady. Sales-62 1913 lbs, $3.50; 60,
2e2 lbs, $40; So, 800 lbs $4.55.
Is, 1924 lbs, $40; 16, 1,420 lbs S. Cows
and Heifers-10. 920 lbs, $40; H. 1,o16 lbs,
So. so; TO- 1,1s0 lbs $a.25. Stockers and Feeders
Pc, 1874 lbs, 1925; g. 7S5 lbs, $3.50; 81,
93S lbs, 1918. Yearlngs-1O, 675 lbs, $3.50;
II, 500 lbs, $3.40; &c. COS lbs, $500.
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lther s-5i : Z
g on 1;e'1,;5 !,
quiet l.y. -,
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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-11
THE POLITICAL BOSS TRUST

The Pittsburg Leader recognizes and fifty
enounces municipal machines as one OF tie
most pernicious groups of the trust family. It's
picture OF Pittsburg politics is picture OF poll
les in nearly every considerable city:
sThe schism in the ranks of the repub-
lican party here is not one that can be healed
by political deal. 1t came originally from
a sense Of public outrage over the enormities
of disagreement of the Finn machine Al
though defeated in every campaign since tho
first with one exception), the crowd OF lead
ers and camp-followers which comprised this
organization during its days OF political de-
bauchery have retained control OF the title
and machinery of the republican party 1t IS
their only asset, except consuminate nerve
and a gambler-like determination to await
the turn OF the cards In the hope OF sue
cess The people of Pittsburg, regardless Of
this leader or that, careless OF factional
claims want decent government. The ANAL
gamation Of factions under leadership which,
when formerly in power, helped to burden the
town with debt and shame is no relief. It
only means the return to public Office Of the
same old gang of hungry crib-eaters; the old
system of rotation in Office with its favOrites,
the return of the vice syndicate the contract
ring and that cruel and unmerciful leadership
which counted nothing but the chance to ac-
cumrlate wealth and escape defeat
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-11
THE TRANSFERS STRIKE.

This great social disturbance shows little
sign of abatement. That it should exist at all
under our boosted splendid civilization puzzles
business leaders sociologsts and moralists alike.
The ministers of Chicago quite generally took an
other turn at it in their sermons last sunday,
but their remarks leave painful sense that
they talked in the air SO far as any present prac-
ticable result is concerned
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-11
ENFORCING PROHIBITION

The old question whether an impracticable OF
nwise law should be enforced or allowed to re-
main dormant is in issue in Kansas and Missouri
Governor Hoch Of Kansas apparently taking ms
,ue from Governor Folk, who is bent on entorc-
ng Sunday closing of saloons, even in ST. Louis,
S going to revive the prohibition law OF his own
state. The Kansas City Times takes the ffrma-
i've of the question:
perhaps general enforcement OF the
prohibition law in Kansas has a side to IL
that does not usually come in for conslde-
ration when an executive contemplates his
duties to the public, but at least there Will
be a general disposition to encourage Gov
ernor Hoch in his enforcement OF the law
in Topeka. The capital city ought to re-
spect the laws enacted in the capitol. 1t
may be, too that the governor is merely ex-
perimenting with Topeka on the theory that
if he can close the joints Of that place he
can enforce the laws in the other counties
Aside from the question of public sentiment
in Kansas with reference to the prohibitory
law-which question involves the other one
that the people might not have elected Gov
ernar HOch except on the belief that he
would treat the law as his predecessors had
treated 1.-THE fact remains that in every
nation and every state the laws should be
enforced to the end that they may be re.
pealed If they are unwise or unpopular.
Kansas has been injured by the insincerity OF
its prohibitory status. 1t is nominally a pro-
hibition state, but all it's large towns have
saloons which pay fines in lieu OF license.
Thus the law is not only disregarded, but
those presumed to execute the laws become
participants in it's violation"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-11
MAY II, 1905

Commenting on Attorney General Moody's
ecently published opinion that the constitution
oes not stand in the way Of efficient control
eeislation. the Chicago Record-Herald interprets
he opinion quite in accordance with views already
expressed by The Independent:
HE does not believe that the decisions
of the supreme court in cases bearing upon
the general question warrant the notion tnat
regulation of commerce which IS not drect-
ed toward the use of water Ways-ports III
tho technical sense-but is confined in its
direct operation and effects to land transport
alton alone is within the purview OF the anti
preference provision. The preferences Tor
hidden, it is clear to him, are only those
which relate to the water way and are direct
in operation and effect At any RATE ne
does not believe that the clause, no matter
how loosely and literally construed, stanas
like stone wall in the way Of advocates d
reasonable and equitable regulation OF rates.
The power of congress to fix maximum rates
being. in his Judgment unquestionable, Mr..
Moody can not admit that rate intrlnslcaiiy
inst and reasonable becomes unlawful Wnere
II involves departure from the rigid, uni
form charge per ton per mile. 1t is to be pre-
slmed that the authority to prescribe just
and reasonable rates implies the authority TO
take into account natural differences as Wen
as varying conditions growing out OF the de
velopment of the country, and the very rule OF
unreasonableness, the final test applied TO all
rate legislation, would seem not only to JUS
tify but to require due reference by con-
gress, or any agency acting in its name, 70
the conditions surrounding any given rate
case In fine, the anti-preference clause IS
held not to amount to an absolute prohibl-
ton Of regulations resulting in a varying
charge per ton per mile
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DR.. ]. A. Mlburn in the Plymouth Congre-
gational church said:

DR.. ]. A. Milburn in the Plymouth Cong1e-
gational church said:
Zone of the important moral positions
that the settlement of the present strike
will help to determine is whether the Amer
lean citizen is going to be in the future what
he has always been in the past, his own man
or an economic slave. The American work
ingman, actuated not so much by his own
will or by the sense of his own self-interest
as by the coercve methods of the labor
unions and the cowardfy and base oppor-
tunism Of party politics in city and state
and nation, when confronted with the prob
lens of the strike, is moving with huge and
swift strides to an ignominious bondage
The well known Unitarian, Rev. Jenkin Lloyd
Jones. gave excellent advice except that it will
hardly be followed:
ut is time for employer and employe in
Chicago to cease hostilities, to confess their
sins and to acknowledge the confusion
brought about, not by one mistake but by
hundreds of mistakes, not on one side, but
on both sides. Let them hasten to make
amends by brotherly overtures to any wise
tribunal constituted on lines mutually agreed
upon and prepare themselves to abide by such
decision Let him who is without sin cast
the first stone"
The Rev. Frank G. Bruner of the lakewood
Union church, not only saw. but said that neither
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-11
MORE ROCKS FOR ROCKEFELLER.

The seige of Rockefeller by the press con-
tinues. The Chicago Tribune observes that
while many advocates of the acceptance of Mr..
Rockefeller's money for educational and religious
purposes have arisen, nobody except the oil kings
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-11

,siness associates and lawyers nave uelenueu
q methods by which his money was made
And then the Tribune continues:
Ellis money has many friends. he, APP
parently, has none except those on MS pay
roll Mr.. Rockefeller's discovery OF the de-
testation in which he and his business meIn-
DDS are held has touched him to the quick, u
is reported He has ceased to enjoy mis-
favorite game Of golf. He has become melan-
choly and irritable A Cleveland pastor
predicts that il his gift were to be rejected
he would 60 broken hearted to the grave
DOUBTLESS he has been panied. ne mas
never been sensitive to criticism. he mas
been regarded as uncommonly thick skinned.
But the thickest skinned man could hardly
feel Jolly after learning he was universally
disiked. From his youth up he has regarded
money getting as the chief end OF man. Up
on the upbuildng of his fortune he has con-
centrated all his remarkable energies all the
mowers Of his mind. He has not been scrupu-
lous; but he has been successful. He Is sur
prised to learn there are many people VINO
don't think money the greatest thing IN tue
world no matter how it was got. 1t hurts
him to find that his immense fortune, instead
of a pedestal has turned out gibbet. But
he will not break his heart about It. He
is the most powerful factor In American
finance He is the richest man In the world.
One Of his tastes can find in these facts q
balm for all wounds, consolation FOR al
woes"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-11

The Rev. r. A. White, of the Peoples Liberal
church, points out the many unwise things mat
those who assume to be the wise ones OF eaftn
can do and are doing in this unfortunate ousi-
ness:
aThe strike was in its beginning unjustl-
fable. 1t began in sympathetic strike and
broken contracts The continuance IS I'M
iustifable Every true friend OF labor knows
the strike was mistake. Labor dlscredlts
itself with it's best friends by waglng LABOR
war without just cause On the other hand,
the employers have done some unwise things.
It was unwise to bring ignorant southern ne
groes here to break the strike. When the
strike is over the city will suffer from them.
Proclamations that the unions are TO Do
whipped into submission and destroyed are
not WISE Those who make them cannot de-
liver the goods"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-05-11

Kansas, which he Is causing to bleed afresn,
pursues him with her traditional spirit. Inc
star puts Rockefeller wrong in the concrete:
"Here is something quite concrete bear
ing upon the oil situation in Kansas: Kan
sas oil that brought $1.1S barrel year
ago now brings thirty-seven cents This re-
duction has been caused by the Standard Oil
company by way Of crushing the life out Of
the independent operators who have dared
to assert the right Of fair competition. It IS
not necessary to 60 into the ethics OF this
kind of business II Mr.. Rockefeller were
to reduce the price of oil to five cents
barrel and bankrupt every operator In the
Kansas field outside of the Standard, ne
would find champions and apologists among
people who are fascinated by the purity OF
his private life, and his profound piety."