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The independent., 1905-02-02

to enter, should be owned In common
and all those things where competition
can enter, should be owned by individ-
uals.
No competition can be possible with
a public highway, whether 1t be on the
seas, the rivers, or On land. Therefore
to allow a public highway to become
private property is surrender of one
of the principles of. government, and
one upon which all society and civili-
zation rests. A railroad which is a
public highway and is no more suscep-
table to private ownership than river
or pathway over the sea- A govern
ment that places its highway in the
hands of private owners, has abdicated
part of its sovereignty and is no longer
fit to be called government. 1t is
impossible that such a condition can
long endure as the people Cf the United
States are rapidly finding it out.
The populist proposition is logical
That of the republican party is illogi-
cal, full of miserable makeshifts and
contradictions Along the populist
way lies security of government and
property. Along the republican way
lies uncounted dangers, dissatisfaction
and open fields for robbery. Complaints
are coming from every part of the
United States. The only way of relief
is to take the populist plan and enact
it into law. 1t will be done in the not
distant future.
The independent., 1905-02-02
Government Ownership
%%%%&%%

The Independent has frequently told
its readers that socialism is antagon-
istic to government ownership. Some
men who go around advocating govern
ment ownership imagine that they are
socialists. The following clipped from
the Appeal to Reason VIII show what
the socialists think of government own
ership:
When Kansas Socialist wakes up
in the morning and finds that the re-
publican governor has sent message
to the legislature telling it that the
only hope Of escape from the rampant
corruption in Nhe state printing con-
tract is state-owned printing office,
and that the only escape from the
clutches OF the Standard Oil company
is state-owned oil refinery, he begins
to realize the truth of Engel's analysis
OF the capitalist system, when he said
that following corporate ownership
would come capitalist state ownership" !"
After reading that, reflect a little
upon the hypocrisy and deception of
the Debs' platform which contained
every demand of the populist platform
on government ownership. The cap
peal to Reason" supported Debs and
that platform. Two deceivers smiling
behind the same mask.
The independent., 1905-02-02
4 NOTRE DAME LADY.

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continue II will on cost about II cents week
to guarantee cure. Tell other suffer rs OF II,
that Is all ask. If you are interested write now
and tell your suffering friends of it. Address
Mrs. n. Summers, Box 1859 Notre Dame, Ind.
The independent., 1905-02-02
Widow and Orphan Stockholders

A society under the title of Associa-
tion for Maintaining the Rights of
Property has appeared in Washington
by attorney, to fight any rate regula-
ton by congress. The attorney says
that rate reduction means the cut
ting down of dividends, and right there
is where that attorney is wrong. An
honest management means that direc-
tors and the privileged few who get
up private car lines, or who are given
discriminating rates will have their
income from these swindling and rob-
bing schemes cut off, which does not
at all mean that dividends on stock
and bonds shall be reduced. In fact,
dividends could be largely increased if
the contributions to republican cam
paign funds, the pay of lobbyists, the
salaries Of high priced attorneys, and
the passes to thousands of railroad
workers were cut off, and rates be ma
terially reduced also.
This attorney declares that sthe rail-
roads carried the equivalent of more
than 1892 million tons of freight dis
tance of 100 miles for 1853 cents per
ton" That is one side of the ques-
tion. The other side is that they car
ried many millions Of tons of freight
at $40 a ton for a hundred miles. The
editor of The Independent paid bill
Of that character himself. Tens of
thousands of others were robbed in the
same way. 1t is that sort of discrim-
ination that the people comp. in Of.
II determinations were stopped and po-
The independent., 1905-02-02

The Chefoo liar seems to have
changed his residence from China to
st. Petersburg AMI has gone to work
with more yigor than ever.
The independent., 1905-02-02

There is one difference between the
American Grand Dukes OF the United
States senate and those OF Russia. The
American Grand Dukes sometimes get
indicted, but the Russian Grand Dukes
never.
The independent., 1905-02-02

The question simply stated is: Shall
private parties own both the railroads
and the government or shall the gov
eminent own the roads and put the
corporations out of the government
business?
The independent., 1905-02-02

Anonymous comm Aications will not b.
soticed Rejected manuscripts will nes b
returned.
The independent., 1905-02-02

r. H. TlBBLES, Editor.
c. @. DEFRANCE, Associate Editor.
r. d. EAGER. Business Alanager
The independent., 1905-02-02

Roosevelt, by his representative,
went down to San Domingo and ex-
planned to President Morales his speak
softly-big- policy, and Marales inn
mediately asked him to have the Unit
ed States establish protectorate over
him and his island.
The independent., 1905-02-02

When making femistances do not leave
aoney with news agencies. postmasters, ETC..
TO be forwarded by them. They frequently
forget Q. remit different amount than was
left with them, and the subscriber fails to get
sropef cre1k.
Address 81. cxlmunica:ons, and make AZ
drafts, mons5 orders. ets, payable to
Che HsbraSks 5ndtpsndtnf,
Lincoln. Neb.
The independent., 1905-02-02

LIBERTY BUILDING. 1928 STREET
entered according to Act Of Congress Of March
3 is7p at the Postofice at Lincoln, Nebf sska. -
second-class mail matter.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
SIXTEENTH YEAR
SI.OO PER YEAR
when making remi.tances do not leave
money with news agencies, postmasters etc..
TO be forwarded by them. They frequently
forget Q. remit n different amount than was
left with them, and the subscriber fails To get
sropef cre1k.
address e;, cxlmunica:ions, and make AZ
drafts monsy orders. etf, payable to
Che nsbvasks 7ndepsndtnf,
Lincoln. Neb.
Anonymous comm, Aications win not b.
soticed. Rejected manuscripts win nss b
returned.
r. n. TlBBLES, Editor.
c. @. DEFRANCE, Associate Editor.
r. D. EAGER, Business Alanager
The Chefoo liar seems to have
changed his residence from China to
St. Petersburg AMI has gone to work
with more yigor than ever
$4,000
There is one difference between the
American Grand Dukes of the United
States senate and those Of Russia The
American Grand Dukes sometimes get
indicted, but the Russian Grand Dukes
never.
The question simply stated is: Shall
private parties own both the railroads
and the government or shall the gov
eminent own the roads and put the
corporations out of the government
business?
Roosevelt, by his representative,
went down to San Domingo and ex-
planned to President Morales his speak
softly -big-stick- policy, and Marales i'm
mediately asked him to have the Unit
eG States establish q protectOrate over
him and his island
&&&S$SS&
The whole democratic push in Wash
ington are praising Roosevelt and de-
caring that they will stand by him.
John Sharp Williams is engaged in
hitching up the democratic donkey
with the republican clephan. The eff
fectiveness of such team is doubtful
SSSSSSS&
The house is after j. Pierpont Nor
gan and his steel trust. A resolution
was introduced by Mr.. Little of Arkan-
sas and passed, to Investigate the oc-
topus and make a report. One thing
is certain There will be report, or
Morgan will have to shell out with a
good deal of liberality. That is what
that thing means.
&SSSS&
The Erie railroad is flooding the
country with appeals to all classes of
people to bring pressure to bear upon
congress to prevent that body from fol-
lowing out any of the recommendations
of the president about letting the inter-
state commerce commission fix rates.
The other roads do not work so openly,
but perhaps more effectually The elec-
tion of LaFollette to the United States
senate has given all the magnates the
blues.
&$$S%>%
There will be a strike, walk out,
a lock out or something of the sort
among the musical fraternity before
long if the women do not hold up bit
AT the world contest in London the
The independent., 1905-02-02
FARMERS, ATTENTION.

FARMERS, ATTENTION.
Do you wish tG sell your farm? II
so, send full description, lowest price
ard best terms. Or. if you wish TO
write to or call IN Williams & Bratt
1105 O ST.. Lincoln. Neb.
The independent., 1905-02-02

The whole democratic push in Wash
ington are praising Roosevelt and de-
caring that they will stand by him.
John Sharp Williams is engaged in
hitching up the democratic donkey
with the republican clephan. The ef-
fectiveness of such team is doubtful.
The independent., 1905-02-02

The house is after j. Pierpont Nor
was introduced by Mr.. Little of Arkan-
sas and passed, to investigate the oc-
topus and make report. One thing
is certain. There will be report, or
Morgan will have to shell out with a
good deal of libeIality. That is what
that thing means.
The independent., 1905-02-02


There will be a strike, walk out,
a lock out or something of the sort
among the musical fraternity before
long if the women do not hold up bit
At the world contest in London the
other day, the prize for composition
went to Majorie Slaughter, for piano
playing to Margaret Bennett, and for
the violincello, which heretofore has
been considered an instrument for men,
the prize was won by Gwendolin Grif-
fiths. After this defeat, the men musi-
clans began to fear that next year wo-
men will be taking the prizes for tenor.
barrytone and bass singing. s
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-28
Inc Aprn Frost.

The reports of the great damage in
the South from the frost of the mid
die of April were grossly exaggerated
so far as we can learn. In the Edi-
tors grounds the only damage was
the smuggling of the string beans and
a few Irish potato tops, neither Of
which were killed. Tomatoes We're
not hurt at all, nor was the corn. In
the peach orchard and plum orchard
there is twice as much fruit as the
trees should carry, and we will simply
wait to see what is going to fall be-
fore doing some thinning. When the
peach season opens we think that it
will be found that the great peach or
chards in Georgia will be on hand
with their crop, as usual, for all the
reports of serious damage 1t takes a
great deal Of dry cold to kill peaches
after the blossoms have fallen, the
fruit formed and the leaves half eX-
banded to shelter the fruit In fact,
in all of our experience in the South
we have never known the peaches and
plums to be destroyed when the
blooming was kept back until the
middle of March. There may have
been serious damage in Maryland and
Delaware where the cold was more Sc
we're and the trees just in bloom, but
we would like to have reports from
that section.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-28
ROUTE G,G1z

SOUTHERN RY. TRAIN, leaving
Raleigh $40 a. m, and Durham 1885
a. M, arrives Greensboro IL noon and
Lynchburg 3;45 p. M; connects with
=. & O., leaving Lynchburg 4:10 p. III.
daily (will wait 80 minutes for connec-
ion, IL passengers are reported) and
arrives Va. Hot Springs 10.} p. M,
cincinnati 8 a. m, Chicago $3.50 p. m,
st. Louis 6:2S p. m.
Parlor Car LynChburg to Clifton
Forge.
Pullman Sleeping Cars, Clifton Forge
Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago and
st. Louis, connecting at these cities for
Ill points in Northwest, West and
Southwest.
S. A. l.. TRAIN, leaving Raleigh
1850 a. M, and Durham 1905 a. m,
arrives Richmond ASS D. M, and con-
lects with G. & o., leaving 10:45 p,
n, with Pullman Sleeping Car to Gin
innati and Cincinnati to Chicago and
st Louis.
For Rates. Tickets Pullman Reser-
yations and detailed Information. APP
ply to your ticket Agent. or address
W. o. Warthen, d. z. A, G. & o. Ry
Richmond, Va.
II. w. FULLER, q. p. A.
c. f. DOYLE. General Manager.
Feb. 10. 1905.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-28
Bids for Coal and Wood.

The Secretary of State desires to
purchase for the use of the State two
hundred and twenty-five (225) tons of
coal and forty-two (42) cords of wood.
One hundred and seventy-fve (175)
tons of good steam making coal is TO
be delivered back of the Supreme
Court building.
Fifty (50) tons of hard coal to be
delivered i'm the basement of the Gov
ernor's mansion
Ten 10) cords of twenty-four CAD
inch seasoned pine wood to be deliv-
cred at the back of the Supreme
Court building
Twelve (12) cords of twenty (20)
inch seasoned oak wood and twenty
600 cords of twenty 600 inch sea-
soned pine wood TO be delivered in
the basement of the Governors man
sion.
All to be delivered by August LIST.
Sealed bids viii be received at this
office until IL nj. June 18th. Bid
ders will give name of the coal offer
ed and weight Of the ton.
The right to reject any and all bids
is reserved.
J. BRYAN GRIMES,
Secretary of State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-28
What the Grange Has Done.

In the early days of the Grange
movement the Editor of The Practical
Farmer was a member of that organi-
cation, and would still be a member if
there was any Grange organization in
his State. The Grange has been q
great power in the Improvement of
the social conditions on the farms in
many places, and through it's influ-
ence the enactment of some recent
laws for the benefit of agriculture was
largely promoted. We are willing to
give the Grange full credit for the
great work it has accomplished and
is still doing. But when we read in
cur Ohio contemporary that In every
State where the agricultural college is
an agricultural college of use and inn
portance it is because the Grange
influence of that State has insisted
that it be So we know of more than
one agricultural college that is an
agricultural college of use and i'm
portance in States where no Grange
exists, and where the college has
forced to the front and has won the
endorsement of the farmers who were
at first hostile to it, and we know
of colleges in Grange States which
have not yet taken so high a rank. In
fact, it is curiously true that in most
State Legislatures the business men
and lawyers who are members of the
Legislatures can generally be depend
ed upon for more liberal appropria-
tons for agriculture than the MEM
bers who are farmers. There is hard
ly an agricultural college in this
country which has not had to fight
against the tendency of farmers who
can see no future for their sons in
farming, to oppose their sons getting
an agricultural education, and there
is no doubt that where the Grange is
alive and active it has been great
help in overcoming this prejudice
against agricultural education among
farmers. But there are colleges which
are real colleges of agriculture which
have been made such by far-sighted
men, not farmers, who comprehend
the great need for the education of
the men who are to till the soil and
to become investigators and teachers
of agriculture. The Grange deserves
great honor. but the men who have
won over the farmers of the State to
the support of their colleges are no
less deserving of credit. since their
fight has been won without special
organization.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-28
THOMAS DAvIDsoN's MAxIMs.
Summing Up the Results of a Kindly
Philosopher On Experience
I'm the Life that We Live.


William James writes for the May
McClure's an appreciation of the late
Thomas Davidson. in which are en-
bodied the following twenty maXims
drawn by the philosopher from his
own experience of life:
Rely upon your own energies and do
not wait for or depend on other peo-
pie.
Cling with all your might to your
own highest ideals and do not be led
astray by such vulgar aims as wealth,
position, popularity. Be yourself.
Your worth consists i'm what you are
and not in what you have What you
are will show in what you do.
Never fret, repine or envy. Do not
make yourself happy by comparing
your circumstances with those of more
fortunate people, but make the most
of the opportunities you have. En-
ploy profitably every moment.
Associate with the noblest people
you can find, read the best books. live
with the mighty, but learn to be
happy alone.
Do not believe that all greatness and
heroism are i'm the past. Learn to dis
cover prices, prophets, heroes and
saints among the people about you.
Be assured they are there.
Be on earth what good people ex-
peCt TO be III heaven.
Cultivate ideal friendships and
gather into an intimate circle all your
acquaintance who are hungering for
truth and right. Remember that
heaven itself can be nothing but the
intimacy of pure and noble souls.
If the world despise you because You
do not follow it's ways pay no heed 70
it. But be sure your way is right.
Do not shrink from any userul or
kindly act, however hard or repellant
it may be. The worth of acts is meas
ured by the spirit in which they are
performed
If thousand plans fail be not dis
heartened. AS long as your purposes
are right you have not failed.
Examine yourself every night and
see whether you have progressed in
knowledge, sympathy and helpfulness
during the day. Count every day a
loss in which no progress has been
made.
Seek employment in energy, not in
dalliance. Our worth Is measured
solely by what we do.
Let not your goodness be profess
sional; let it be the simple natural
outcome of your character. There
fore, cultivate character.
If you do wrong, say so. and make
what atonement you can. That IS
true nobleness. Have no moral debts.
When in doubt how to act ask your
self: What does nobility command? ?
Be on good terms with yourself.
Look for no reward for goodness
but goodness itself. Remember heaven
and hell are utterly immoral institu-
tons if they are meant as reward and
punishment.
Give whatever countenance and help
you can to every movement and in
stitution that is working for good. Be
not sectarian.
Wear no placards, within or without.
Be human fully
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-28
Soil Surveys.

We have received the Fourth Re
port of the Bureau of Soils of the
Department of Agriculture. 1t is a
bulky volume and is accompanied by
an equally bulky case containing va
riegated maps of soil areas in va
rious parts of the country. The va
rious soils found have been given
names corresponding to the first
places where similar soil was found
The report has a large number of
pretty illustrations showing the char
acter of different sections and the
crops adapted to them, as has beer
found through the experience of the
cultivators in these sections. But for
the fact that certain cultures have
been found adapted to the various
soils through the experience of the
farmers themselves, the soil survey
ors could not have told anything about
what the various soils are valuable
for In fact what results of value are
to be had from this plating of soil
areas, except to show where certain
soils exist, it is hard to say. The mere
plating of areas of Cecil clay,
Cecil sandy loam,' Porter sand,
Porter Loan and dozens of Other
fancifuly named soils gives no in.
formation to the farmers who are oc-
cupyng these lands and who We're
we'll aware of their character and
familiar with the crops adapted to
them long before the soil surveyors
went through the neighborhood and
plated them in parti-colored maps.
The fact that certain kinds of soil in
all the various sections are adapted
to various crops which are not suited
to others. mas long ago been found
out by the farmers themselves, and
if they had not found it out the soil
surveyors could never have told them.
J. is possible that some day these sur
Heys may form the basis for accurate
studies of the soils through actual
experimentation on them. bEt so far
as the soil surveys themselves are
concerned they are merely semi geo
graphical descriptions of various parts
of the country and accounts of what
farmers have found out in regard to
them without any aid from the Blu
reau of Soils. What is needed is work
on soils with crops and manures, such
as Prof King did, and which the
Bureau of Soils refused to publish.
Kings work was worth a wagon load
of reports such as this one at hand.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-28
Talks with Farmers
Prof. w. F. Massey, in Practical Farmer

The mono and di-calcium phosphate
contain what is called the available
phosphoric acid, the phosphoric acid
in the former compound being termed
water-soluble, and in the latter CT
trate- soluble Acid phosphate is GER
tainly acid. The mono-calcium phos-
plate is used in a certain baking
powder to liberate carbon di-oxide
from soda, thereby leavening the
bread, which it can only do by virtue
of its acid properties. There can be
no question about the acidity of a
mixture containing this compound.
The acidity of acid phosphate is not
great One hundred pounds of acid
phosphate would require not over 20
pounds of pure limestone or II pounds
of pure lime. OF course this might
have some effect on soils inclined to
be acid / have found that acid phos-
plate dilninishes the change of or
ganic nitrogen to nitrateS in some
soils. This may be due to its acidity.
On other soils, the acid phosphate
causes a decided increase i'm the
amount of nitrates produced, thus
showing that some soils are deficient
i'm phosphoric acid for the organisms
which cause nitrification."
Our friend will, we are sure, pardon
the use made of his letter. The editor
- not CilGuilSL EuOu6i " dCNAGC bAAN
fine points drawn. The chemist may
know all about the changes that take
place in the factory or the laboratory
in the making of chemical compounds.
But what really takes place after ma
ture has taken the article into her
great laboratory in the soil we do not
believe that any chemist has as yet
discovered. Different soils may have,
as our friend suggests, directly oppo-
e;t offa cr11 anplfna tinT1 pf
the compound he so learnedly de-
scribes, and we doubt that any chem
list can foretell in advance what the
effect may be on a given soil. What
there is for the chemist to find out is
whether there is any carrier of phos-
phorus better than this mOno-di-tri-
calcium phosphate. The laboratory
tells us that the tri-calcium phosphate
as it exists in the rock is utterly in
soluble in water But practical expert
ments i'm the field have shown that
when this pulverized rock is applied
to the soil plants do use it, and since
plants cannot use any food in the soil
until ii is i'm solution in the soil water,
this tri-calcium phosphate must in
some way become soluble in the soil
without the intervention of any acid,
but the carbon di-oxide of the rain
water, or perhaps the humic acidity of
tire SUI lloClLs II 10 CNluCitt lIie1t NiiEilA-
lists as we'll as other people, have a
great deal yet to learn i'm regard to the
soil laboratory, for nature often plays
the mischief with the chemists analy-
sis when she gets hold of the materi-
ais. If the so-called Soil Bureau would
make a study of the soil i'm the fields
instead of sending young men to
tramp over the country and make
parti-colored maps that are not worth
the paper they are printed on, some
progress could be made.