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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-09-28
Chairman Meters RaIIying Cry

Lincoln, Neb, Sept. 25.-To the Populists of
Nebraska: have just been notified that you
have chosen me chairman of the state central
committee.
The duties of this position have been placed
upon without my knowledge, and / did not
at any time want to act in that capacity. l have
been urged to accept the responsibilities of that
office, and I do so with the courage of my con-
victiOn that we are in the right, and that the
principles for which we populists have been
contending and the principles for which we are
still fighting shall be enacted into law and shall
be enforced by the government, both in the state
and in the nation
/ shall serve you to the best of my ability
during this campaign. When this campaign is
over it will be time enough then to announce
our plans for the future.
Every populist every democrat and all re-.
publicans who have the best interests of the state
at heart should cast their votes for Judge Will
liam G. Hastings, Louis C. Lightner and D. c.
Cole, because they truly represent the principles
for which the people Of this state contending
am personally acquainted with each of Them
and know them to be good men, well qualified
and worthy Of the positions for which we have
nominated them They can be elected.
o. w. MEIER.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-09-28

contrary there abundant facts to prove that
the middle class is increasing not decreasing
Moreover wealth is constantly being decen-
trazed in many ways and whether the decen-
trazation balances the Capitalization no one
knows for a surety and an estimate for or against
this proves nothing. Socialism at best is but
wild dream; put into actual practice it would
starve the world to death in six months or re-
suit In d despotism far worse than Turk or
Russian ever suffered.
Social democracy is as impossible as per-
petual motion State socialism is admitted by
most socialist leaders to be "damnable slavery"
Socialists can no more explain how value could
be fixed, except by arbitrary board than they
can set the exact date for the end of the world
will prevail. Indeed, good socialist informed
me only last week that it was crime to talk
against or try to destroy trusts
In Australia where we can already see the
effect of socalistic legislation we have the "goy-
eminent stroke" the meaning is that the gov
eminent employees do as few strokes as possible
and every railroad employee is up to his neck
In politics. Freight rates are from four to six
times as high as in this nation; wages are less;
the roads cost $4,000 mile more to build than
here and in one state Victoria, the net loss last
year due to this sOciastic operation of less than
4,OOO miles OF railroad was 100000. What
would the loss be if we had complete socialism?
Let the socialists inform us whether or not
under socialism, single man can quit work
when his needs are satisfied or must he work
on and aid in supporting the large family? Let
them try to tell us how they will fix the value
OF the labor check. How much more valuable
Will be the labor of the expert inventor over the
labor OF the mere machine tender which requires
little or no skill? Let them attempt this and see
how big hole they will fall into at once.
F. G. r. GORDON.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-09-28
Socialist Mistakes

Reading Mass, Sept. 23-To the Editor of
The Independent: Our friend Mr.. Obenchain falls
into the common socialist error OF calamity
bowling which is largely the stock in trade of
the socialist leaders. He talks of millions of
unemployed" when there only thousands,
and he makes the ridiculous statement SO often
made in the partisan socialist press that the
workers receive only oneifth of what they pro-
duce while capital gets four-fifths There are
no statistics or facts anywhere to prove such
wild talk The queer way the socialist statstician
has of demonstrating his ridiculous statements is
to divide the gross wealth produced by the num-
Der of wage hands employed figuring that the
factory hands produce the materials! What
rot!
The socialists of Massachusetts, were wont
to tell the dear public that the shoe workers pro-
duced $1:S00 to $4,000 a year and received in
wages only about $500. The facts are that this
nation produced 261,000,0OO worth of shoes in
1900 and there were employed $4,000 shoe
workers But the shoe. workers did not produce
all this value The cost of materials used in
the production of this great value was $780,
co., 900. The miscellaneous expenses were $780,
10000 and the salaries paid for clerks, super
intendents and foremen were $7,757,749 Adding
all these and the wage fund, we have fund of
$247S04,O00 leaving balance of $13,724,O00 as
the apparent profit Is per cent only not 80
as the socialist claims. But this $13724OO0
was not all profit as the census reports plainly
state use this illustration to make clear the
tremendous error that the average socialist makes
when he attempts to advocate his pet hobby
horse.
For years the socialists have asserted that
1t was only question of time, and a very short
time too, when the "once great middle class"
will have entirely disappeared and the nation be
divided into a great prOletarian class the one
side and few great Capitalist lords on the
other, then will come the downfall of capitalism
etc. etc.
AS a matter of fact there statistics
anywhere to prove their claim in this. On the
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-09-28

Washington, D. c., Sept. 24-To the Editor
OF The Independent: Apropos of the discussion
on free passes raging in Nebraska perhaps it is
too late now to secure passess delegates to the
conventions; but another year they might be
secured by an agreement among the voters that
no passhoder should be delegate to any con-
ventlon. Right now might be good time while
the subject is up, to make the necessary arrange
ments.
An address should be issued to the voters
OF each party separately signed by responsible
men in that party asking them to vote in their
primaries that it shall be a party law hereafter
that no person who has within three years held
pass shall be delegate; and if such person is
elected the committee credentials shall shut
MIN out and seat his alternate. If the alternate
also is passhoder, let the qualified members
OF the delegation fill the vacancy If all the
delegation is disqualified, let the delegations
from adjoining territory appoint delegates from
the territory to be represented.
Inc resolutions adopted in the primaries
should set out this plan, and provide that the
returns OF the vote on the resolutions should be
sent to certain agreed men of standing in
the party, who are not members of the COM
mittee and that if a majority of the voters of
the party in the state are for it, this rule shall
mold good for the state and for delegations to
national conventions; and that if a majority of
the congressional district or of the county are
for it, then it shall be the rule in that district
or county, regardless of the rest of the state.
The adoption of such party law should NOT
be left to conventions or central committees.
they will not do it. The real party is the voters
at large; conventions and committees are their
agents, and have no right at all to override srch
action as suggested above.
MARK FOSTER.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-09-28
SEPTEMBER 2s, 1905

would come out of the owner as owner and not
out of as tenant.
But Mr.. Ligan asks: Would not the $500
which pays and the $3.50 which pays and
the 500 which pays in rent be shifted to con-
sumers? Yes But it is SO shifted now and the
taxes besides which A, and pay. Of course,
the $3.50 has to be made out of the business.
which A, and C run. THE difference is that
under the present system of taxation it is paid
by consumers through A, and to land own
ers; whereas, under the single tax system, it
would be paid by consumers through A. B and
e to the state and the taxes which A, B and C
now pay could be abolished.
Here is another way to express it: Since
ground rent is about equal to the expenses of
government national, state, county and munich
PAL as extravagantly as it is now run, we may
assume that A, and pay in taxes licenses
and tariffs another $3.50. This, added to the $3.50
OF rent, makes $1,7O0, which is now shifted to
consumers. Let us abolish taxation and take
ground rent to pay the expenses of government.
w. E. ALEXANDER
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Letters From The Pe0p1e
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brief letters on current topics and practical re-
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500 words. There many subscribers to The
Independent who give in simple language
helpful views as to the ways and means Of improv-
Ing social political and economic conditions in
this country. Letters must be typewriter writ
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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-09-28
Answers MIR. Ligan's Question

Lewisburg, Tenn, Sept. 20.-To the Editor
OF The Independent: / have just noticed Brother
G. Ligan's question to Ralph Hoyt in The hide
pendent OF September 7. He asks If factory
located ten acres of land for which he paws
$500 rent, and A sells to B. wholesale mer-
chant, and BIS rent is $780, and sells to C,
retail merchant, whose rent is 500, how can we
prevent the $3.50 rent from being shifted to con-
sumers If the single tax were applied?
Doubtless Mr.. Hoyt will make satisfactory
reply but we are more that we see a star
when we know that others also see it." So |
send you the following answer:
In the first place, all political economists
OF note agree that tax on rent ii. e. ground rent)
cannot be shifted from owner to tenant or to
consumer; while tax on labor products is neces-
sarily and inevitably shifted. But we do not
nave 70 depend upon authorities to prove the
point when the phenomena are so easily
analysed.
First let us consider why tax on labor pro-
ducts is, in the nature of things, shifted to con-
sumers. 1t is because men cannot afford to en-
gage in the production of those things at loss
and unless they sell their products for enough
to get the tax back and profits besides, they will
cease producing until the demand of consumers
is strong enough to cause them to pay the price
with the tax added.
But there are no land factories We cannot
say that if taxation is increased on unimproved
land that men will quit making land. On the
contrary, the exemptions of improvements, while
greatly relieving the owners of improved land
IIoH euC uuIuCu VI IdAdllOil Will u0c0SS1IdC0 an
increase in rate on that value which is left-the
unimprOved value This will fall heavily upon
unimproved land there being nothing upon it to
exempt; thereby making it more difficult to hold
unimprOved land out of use. Owners of unim-
proved land will, therefore, improve it or sell it.
Since the profit of owning unused land will be
taken by this tax, will buy land except for
This will tend to make land naturally abund-
ant; whereas, under the present system of taxa
tion it is artifcially scarce. Then if the owner
who, il Mr.. Ligan'S superstition rents to for
$500 undertakes still to retain or collect his $500
and make A pay another $500 to the state A
would have the alternative of saying to his land
lord that he could get cheaper land. So the tax
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-16
THEY ALL BOUGH7
Earty of Six Indiana People Who
Were Here last Week Eli
Bought Land.

AS announced in the News last week,
a party of six land seekers, .accotnpanfed
by J. R. Vinnedge, were III the city
from Plymouth, Ind. These people
were SO well pleased with Rusk county
that they all bought good sized tracts
of land which most of them will put to
immediate use.
These people are all men oI exper-
ience and means, as We'll as iT1uence
and their coming to Rusk county will
mean much for the future. They are
so strongly impressed with the advan-
tages possessed by Rusk County that
they will advise their friends to interest
themselves here.
All land men say that under present
indications there will be many land
and home seekers in the county this
fall probably meSe than any autuinli
since the county was organized.
Another feature that is pleasing is
that the later land seekers are reople
of greater resources than in the past
which indicates q more rapid opening
Of the country and the construction
of better buildings, as well as a more
rapid development Of dairying in the
county.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-16

Boys suits and overcoats at Lees
Philip Armstrong of Bruce was a
visitor in Ladysmith Tuesday.
T. F. Armstrong went to the Twin
Cities Wednesday on a business trip.
T. F. Armstrong, Jr., was at Eau
Claire Saturday on a business trip.
Dudley Names went to Milwaukee
Wednesday to attend the state fair.
Rev. Frank Cooksley went to Ca
tawba Thursday to conduct funeral
service.
Mrs. NJ J. Winter Of Black River
Falls is visiting at the Tunison home
this week.
E. 0. Edwards Of Weyaumega was
in the city Wednesday looking over the
situation.
William Umbach of Fern was among
the country people in Ladysmith
Wednesday.
A O. Scott of the town of Atlanta
was a business visitor in the city
Wednesday.
The Misses Rose and Helen Arm
strong went to Rice Lake Wednesday
to see the fair.
G. Metcalf Of Osakis, Mimi, was
among the land seekers this week. He
was here Wednesday,
George Shorts son and brother-in-
law drove through from New Lisbon,
arriving yesterday.
Miss Parsness, the millinef, has re-
turned for the fall season and has re-
opened at Worden's store
lees Big Department store has
ladies' furs just what you want and at
right prices. Come and see them:
The Rt. Rev. Schinner of Superior
was in the city Tuesday looking after
the interests of the Catholic church.
Harry Kopp, of the Pioneer store
clerking force, was among the sick
Thursday. The clerks say that too
much apples did it.
S. B. Krauss and family returned on
Tuesday from two weeks trip to
Vernon county where they visited old
friends and looked over familiar scenes.
Ladies fall and winter cloaks use
sending away for them when you can
get them at Lees Big Department store
at lower prices for quality. Come and
see them.
Scott Coleman of Fern was in the
city Thursday. He says that the frost
Tuesday night did but slight damage
in his part of the county, the corn fields
between Fern and Ladysmith were not
perceptibly affected by the frost. Fir.
Coleman says that his town is doing a
large amount of road work this year,
having $6, 900 to use for road purposes.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-16
TOGO's FLAGSHIP SUNK KILLED BY LIGHTNING
Son of Charles Erdman Loses His
Life in Town of
Grant.

George j. Erdman, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Erdman, living at Tere-
sta, about four miles southeast Of
Ladysmith, was killed by lightning
Tuesday night. H..
The storm started between s and 8
O'Clock with considerable wind and
ceased for d time when it came again
with greater precipitation. 1t was
about one clock when the lightning
Struck the house in (which Mrs. ErdA
man and the children were sleeping,
Mr.. Erdman being away at the Mil
waukee fair.
The lightning struck the chimney,
doing some damage to it and the walls
and floor, but not setting the house on
fire. The boy was not hit by the
lightning but was SO affected as to
cause death.
He went down stairs and told his
mother that he had been struck by
lightning and fell upon the floor. He
was placed in bed and a messenger
was dispatched for physician. DR..
Stephenson went out, but before he
arrived the boy was dead.
George !. Frdman was 13 years old,
bright and excellent lad of splendid
promise. He was in good health before
his untimely and lamented death. His
parents will have the active sympathy
of the community.
The funeral was held at the Lutheran
church on Thursday afternoon and the
kemains were laid away in the new
cemetery.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-16
Battle Scared Moving Fort Is Blown
up by Fire and Her own
Munitions
Munitions.

Toxic, Sept. r. The navy DEPART
ment announces that the battIeship Mi
kasa has been destroyed by fire and the
explosion of her magazine caused the
loss Of 500 lives, including men of other
ships, who went to the rescue.
The fire started from an unknown
cause at midnight on Sunday night Sept.
10. Before the officers could be rescued
the fire reached the aft magazine, which
exploded, blowing a hole in the port
side of the vessel below the waterline
and causing the ship to sink.
An investigation is noW being held to
determine the cause of the fire.
The Mikasa was flagship Of the Jap
anese navy, flying the flag Of Admiral
Togo, the commander-in-cnief. She
was present at all the principal engage
ments during the war and was on sew
eral occasions reported severely dam
aged in action. In the battle of the Sea
Of Japan she led the fleet into action
cA1AG IJO1 lACS1ItC wa 411SIiLlOIlCo Ill COIL-
nection with some Of the most stirring
events of the famous sea fight.
|. In this battle the Mikasa was the
heaviest loser of all the Japahe8e ships,
having siXty-three killed End wounded.
She approached nearer to the Russians
than any other battleship.
The Mikasa was also the flagship of
Admiral Togo after the great naval
battle fought off Port Arthur on Aug.
10, 1904, on which occasion the Japan
csc flagship also suffered the most, but
continued in the fighting line. On that
occasion the Mikasa had four officers
and twenty-nine men killed, six officers
and twenty-nine men severely wounded
and four officers and twenty-nine men
slightly wounded.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-16
Died At Rnsk.

While picking. b1ackberfies, Sept 6,
A. G. Potter, a resident of the town of
Rusk, died Of sudden heat failure. He
had picked his ba33ket full of berries,
and not feeling wen ha1 started to re-
turn home, but only. vent a short dis
tance where he waS found by others of
his family on their return short time
later. a, y.
E. G. Potter was. ben in New Jersey,
March 23, 1929, llvi4g to reach the age
of rs years, S months ind "a days. He
years, and had gained the respect and
esteem St Ai5 many psighbors. He,
leaves to mottrn him a widow and eleven
children, nine of whom were present at
his burial.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-16
THAT PROPOSED CHEESE FACTORY
w. S. Jordan Is Here to Considef
Planting Factory


w. S. Jordan, brother-in-law to S. B.
Krauss and O. C. Sabin, came to Lady
smith with the krauss family on their
return from Vernon county, and will
consider the question Of planting 9
cheese factory in the city.
Mr.. Jordan is practical cheese
maker and appreciates the situation
here. If enough cows are assured to
the service of suHh factory and will
give every assurance Of continuous and
vigorous operation.
Here is an opportunity the embracing
of which would mean market for milk
the year around.
Our farmers should come forward and
meet the issue now and be ready for
the coming season. It should be re-
membered that many additional settlers
are coming to the vicinity and that the
future demand for milk and butter can
not be calculated from the past. A
cheese factory or creamery-we are
coming to both in the near future
would stand as an assurance of stable
and profitable demand for milk and
cream. Talk the matter up and secure
the advantage offered.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-16
RUSk SHOWS RESUL
Finer Showing Made County the Northwest than
by Fertile Soil

the A.
nave doju o
AustnI Land
be
length with heads M eight inches
six feet et-Uitha fine ems as S
hIonge- -andas a
askfo expect %
including
aHgfown county
None fine ever thar
ha feet rng With O remarkable weight
Apples the
Northern Wisconsin apples se within miles Of Bruce
akedo off
anda n
sromR
n
products. No odecrpio 10 them
alfalfa and the other products
in which doubt
country npoducemo things Rusk
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-16
village Monday.

VlHdSS MOAAdy.
Conductor Kelly returned Monday
from his southern trip where he had
been to improve his health.
Matthew MAR of Chetek, the Kim
ball company's wide awake agent, was
in the village Monday.
Mr.. Eastman, log buyer for Arpin's s
Hardwood Lumber company, was in
the village Monday.
j. T. Jacoby and wife came here
Monday night to make this their per-
nanent residence Mr.. Jacoby is a
wood-worker and Mrs. Jacoby is mil
liner and so they will both be valuable
additions to our town.
E. Taber of Bruce again took up his
residence with US Tuesday.
Justice of feace P. J. KasselA has
moved his office into the land office
building and will now share the room
with B, M. Apker. Land buyers are
now advised to beware for if you do
not buy land you are liable to be ar
rested, for they are bound to Go busi-
ness of some kind.
Nate Hand and wife of Ladysmith
were callers in the village Tuesday.
Tuesday the town board issued a
license to Nels Thompson of Barron to
run saloon in the building recently
vacated by J. C. McCullom.
Bennie King and Forest White at
tended the fair at Rice Lake Tuesday.
w. Lotasincki made a business trip
to Ladysmith Tuesday.
Chairman Pashilka of the t5wn of
Strickland, made trip to the county
seat Wednesday.
Joseph Day of Apollonia was in the
village Wednesday, buying up a few
blackberries.
Dudley Names of Ladysmith was a
caller here Wednesday.
Jno. Moller of Bruce was visitor
here Wednesday.
K A. Abbott Of Mosinee, Wis, un-
loaded his household goods here We'd
nesday. He is locating in the town of
Strickland
MRS. T. H. Apker drove in from
Strickland Wednesday.
Ed Elwood and family of Rusk drove
through the village Wednesday.
John Cox is erecting fine residence
on his lots in block &.
Mrs. A. S. ClossoI of Hamline, Mimi.
was in the village a few days this
week trying to dispose of some of her
property here.
Fred George has the foundation built
for his new residence that he expects
to have completed some time this fall.
The Banner Wagon company reports
that they are over-run with orders by
the jobbers of the Twin Cities and that
thhy will start next month to put out
The products and expect to be in g
position to fill all orders.
M. A. Anderson is building an addl-
tion to his home residence on Fourth
Street.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-16
DEATHS AT INGRAM.
Three Deaths Have Occurred From
Too Much Booze.

Too Much Booze.
Fred Arrowsmith of Ingram, acting
in the capacity of justice of the peace,
brought to the Stephenson hospital
Thursday transient who was there
in sad plight from too much liquor.
Mr.. Arrowsmith felt tElat in view of
Ingram's recent experience it was well.
to take this man to i place where he
would meet with an enforced SOLDERING
up. Ingram has had some unpleasant
experiences in recent weeks in this
line.
About month ago man was found
dead in box car at Ingram.
About three weeks ago a man named
John Guttenburg, hailing from Jeffer-
Son City in the southern part Of the
state, strayed from Ingram, loaded
with liqu8r. His dead body was found.
near the Track of the Ingram Lumber
company's logging road in badly de-
composed condition.
Abraham Hogan, another transient,
left Ingram under the same influence.
His body was also found in Main creek
where he had fallen from the stringers
of an abandoned bridge
With these cases fresh in mind
Mr.. Arr5wsmith thought that he would
take such action as was best calcu-
lated to preserve life. His methods
would entail no more ,eXpense-per-
haps not as much-as holding inquests
and burif1s and is more Humanitarian.