The independent., 1905-08-10

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Lincoln, Neb, Aug. s.-To the Editor of The
Independent: ALI the governments in the world
have improved during the last hundred years 1t
is very easy to see that our government has
improved in many respects. It is equally easy to
see that many more improvements should be
made
All our laws should be soaked with equal
Justice and benefit for every individual. Govern
ment justice should be more permanently fixed
for every citizen, and we should have officers to
enforce all laws to the last letter.
Special favors from government are very Cif-
ferent from special fav3rs from individuals. The
unmarried man has just right to give his earn
ings to any single individual If he has wife.
he cannot dispose of his farm, with clear title,
without her name on the deed; SO the husband
should not be allowed to make legal will with
out his wifeS name The wife should be made
the only legal heir of the husband and the hus-
band the only legal heir of wife. The marriage
relation is dearer than father, mother sister
brother. Mothers are just as reliable to for
children as fathers in case of either companion
dying
Corporations have no just right to treat in
dividuals differently, charging one higher price
than another. 1t appears the railroad companies
realized that it was unjust to do such a thing,
and that was the reason they secretly rebated
a part of the freight charges to the favored few,
so the people are as secret as possible. Now
the best remedy for these unjust dealings would
be to make the rate Of all freight and all passen
think best to keep all freight money they receive
and charge all officers, lawyers and politicians
the same per mile that farmers pay. The mem
berS of congress and of legislatures are paid for
big travelling expenses. That money has been
put into their pockets and bribers paid their
railroad fares.
Another black spot in our government is the
general failure of our officers to enforce our laws
pertaining to intoxicating liquors, tobacco, gamb-
ling and prostitution. Women are the chief suf
n
places, the laws would be much better enforced
and if they were permitted to vote, better officers
would be elected. In England the qualified
women vote as well as the men and women gov
ern there when necessary.
Our treatment of China has not been just. We
are pleased to learn that the Chinese government
is planning to meet us in the same paths of
meanness.
Mad dogs and rattlesnakes licensed to run free
in our streets would do the people but little harm.
compared with saloons and tobacco shops. The
men of Lincoln pay more money for liquor and
tobacco than they do for food and clothing for
themselves and families.
The sale of every thing that 'orks injury and
no good should be prohibited by law and the
law enforced.
Delinquent taxes in this state is black cloud
hanging over us. Justice demands that all taxes
should be collected in the year they are levied.
Everything should be saleable-furniture, houses,
live stock and land, without redemption. A mil
lion or two of unpaid taxes now hanging
us. IaXoS on many city lOtS nave not Doon PAID
for fifteen or twenty years Many of them are
not worth the pile of taxes.
The grain elevator trust is being ripped open.
The best remedy is to give farmers the same right
to build elevators and the same rate for ship
ping freight. There places in the east where
they grind almost many bushels of wheat as in
Minnesota. Farmers could ship direct to the mill
owners and grain dealers could take out no big
profit. 1t is much better for producers to sell
direct to the consumers Grain dealers and rail-
road companies have objected to letting the far
mers store and ship their own grain. The pres
ent antitrust law will undoubtedly humanze the
grain dealers, if fully enforced
change should be made in high protec-
tive tariff Something should be done to compel
the manufacturers to sell as cheap here at home
as they do in Europe Farmers sell their pro-
duce cheaper here than they do over there.
Wheat corn, cotton, meat and other farm pro-
duce constitute over half our exports. There are
foxx irano &c Of that charactor Far