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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-03-02

fellow men. There is too much insan-
ity in the reform world-ill-digested
ideas and "fy-on-the-wheel" persist
ency in their advocacy to the exclusion
of rational thought and sensible pro-
cedure. In the use of the word In
sanity | do not mean to infer that
those who persist in this and that idea
to the exclusion of every other per-
sons idea, is insane nor verging on
insanity. but the action of such peo-
pie is insanity in it's effect on progress.
1t lacks balance and runs away with
real progress at one end and clogs it
up and, holds it back 1T the other.
I'm single taxer, full-f1edged, and
believe no permanent good can come
from anything that government may
do, which leaves out the collecting OF
public revenues from land values, and
thus permits private individuals TO
collect them for private enrichment
without rendering an equivalent in
something useful to mankind. The
land values of New York, alone, is
shown to be more than three billion
dollars, almost three times greater
than than the value of the improve
ments resting on the land, and an alb
sentee landlord, a fiunky eX-American
who has become Henglish, don't yer
know" VIM. Waldorf Astor, confis
Gates more than ten millions from the
people of that great city, for the use
of lands on which. he never did use
full days labor in his life. That ten
million dollars which ne forces his
tenants to send to him across the
ocean helps to make UP the so-called
balance of trade our prosperity shout
ers point to with SO much glee, but it
should go into the treasury of the me-
tropolis to pay the public expenses OF
the city and Aston should be left to
earn his living.
Let our farmer friends size up thai
amount Of land value inaide
OF the limits of New York city, and
estimate how many acres Of agricul-
tural land it would buy, and perhaps
they may he able to understand to
little extent, at least, who would pay
the bulk Of the taxes under the single
tax. Why, my dear Mr.. Tibbles, that
$3,000,000000 valuation Of New York
city lands, is said to be greater than
the value of all of the lands west of
the Mississippi river-the whole west
ern half of our country. The single
takers know that the working farm
ers would immensely profit by the
adoption of the single tax, but the
farmers who work the farmers would
have to go to work in some other ca
pacity
Now these are radical thoughts and
believe in them sincerely and am
ready to aver their truthfulness wit.
Ill of my powers of persuasion, but
I'm not going to quarrel with you be-
cause you can not accept them intoto,
)r even in part. If you are willing to
give us hearing and voice in your
publication, which you have abund
intly shown you are, we can go with
you in whatever you think is best, SO
ong as it leads towards freedom and
Justice to all, and l know of nothing
you advocate that leads away from |
hese great fundamentals.
L. P. CUSTER.
st. Louis, Mo.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-03-02
LEG NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE
c. R. Steward first name unknown will take
notice that on the 2lst day of February 1905. w
Il. Stevens a Justice of the Peace of the city
OF Lincoln, Lancaster county Nebraska. is
sued on order of attachment for the sum Of
$3.50 in an action pending before him
wherein Lincoln Storage Company is Plaintiff
and G. r. Steward. first name unknown is De-
PENDANT that property of the Defendant consist
ing of one organ and stool has been attached
under said order Said cause was continued to
the Sth day of April 1905 at 8 o'c lock A Nj
LINCOLN STORA GE COMPANY
Plaintiff
BY H. A. LINDLY
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-03-02
Stephen Brock,
l14O O. Street. Lincoln, Neb.
Lincoln, Neb.

To Independent Readers
Mr.. Stephen Brock is known to the publishers of
The Independent. He is competent watch maker
and engraver. Watches or jewelry sent to him will
be safely returned and the workmanship will be
found the best.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-03-02
Watch Repairing
And Engraving

If your watch needs repairing care
fully pack it in cotton and send by
mail. l will examine it free Of charge
and let you know what repairs are
needed and Wat they viii cost. You
can then say whether | Sail proceed
and repair it for you. If the expense
should be more than you desire to
pay the watch will be returned with
out charge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21

unusual work Is referred to. "the story of the fox and the cat who met in the forest when the King was hunting.
 Well. l only know how to do one thinR." said the cat modestly. Its my only trick"
 "'You don't say sop replied the fox. patronizingiy. Why. I can do no end of tricks
 The cat stared at the fox enviously and was suddenly aroused by hearing the horns of the Kings hunters and the barking of the dogs. The cat ran up the tree. and. sitting on a branch. watched the approach of the cavalcade with serenity. fl
 "I thought you could do only ono thing cried out the distracted fox as he ran away.
 CT can.' the cat answered. But this happens to be my trick
 Then the cat had the satisfaction to see the dogs. after barking about the foot of the tree run after the fox
 Now, like the cat," the woman says in conclusion, T could do one thing It was amuse children"
 She devoted herself to acquiring in teresting stories for children. She even sang and danced for them. and dressed herself up like a child.
 The result was such delight on their part that their mothers were always anxious to engage her for parties. She had all she could do, and has doubled her fee for next year.
 As there are always more children growing up. and the mothers all have q high opinion of her, her employment Is not likely to be exhausted soon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
WAS THE CROWD RIGHT

At a bathing resort In New York a
 young man, one of the kind who thinks 1t is smart to rock a boat, capsized
 small boat in which were three young ladies and then swan to shore, leav-
 ing them to their fate. When he reached the shore he was set on by both men and women and nearly beaten to death. We do not say that he didn't deserve all he received, but The Chi- cago Tribune, speaking of the occur renee, says: The crowd that mobbed one of these offenders had the right idea"
 Perhaps the crowd did right, but did The Tribune reflect on the significance of its language? If a negro in the South is mobbed for committing an in- famous crime. does the crowd that mobs him have the right idea? If not, why not? The very essence of lynch ing is that the people take the law into their own hands. If death results the crime is greater, but the spirit Is the same. If the crowd that mobbed the boat-rocker had not been inter- fered with by the police. they would in all probability have killed the man. Would they still have had the right idea In the estimation of our Chicago contemporary? If not. again why not?
 It sometimes happens in the South also in the North and East-that @ spe- cially brutal and dGmnable crime has been committed, and the people are reused to such a pitch of fury that they lose respect for the law and i'm fict summary justice on the brute. When "a man deliberately upsets a boat and endangers the lives of helpless women. then leaves them to save them selves If they can. the crowd witness ing the deed set on him. beat him fearfully and in all probability would take his life but for the officers. Did the crowd in each case have the right idea? Again, why not? Perhaps The Tribune can tell us the difference be- tween the two cases.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
IaMyer,a Fees.

The vast majority of lawyers do no better than make a fair living. and, if an average could be made, 1t would be found that a large number must earn ridiculously small sums An estimate @ recently made showing that there are not five lawyers in New York who make $100.o00 a year. not ten who make s75.00O. not fifteen who make $50, ,000, and not twenty-five who make s25.000. Is probably not far wrong. Above all things" a successful lawyer remarked not long ago. never take lawyers word about his salary. He doesn't mean to prevaricate, but the appearance of prosperity is so large a part of his capital that 'bluffing' about his income Is O natural habit. I can tell you what make in a year, but I shouldn't expect you to believe 1t. and I shouldn't wish you to believe 1t. be- cause 1t would probably be uncon- sciously exaggerated"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
A SKILLED LABOR FAMINE.
The Lack Due to Unions Minimizing
 Apprenticing.

The Lack Due to UniOns Minimizing
 Apprenticing.
 New York Commercial.
 While strikes and the agitation of labor questions continue to be menace to industrial prosperity and progress in this country. far more serious prob ployers today is the purely economic one of an adequate supply of skilled labor. As as general statement there Is an actua famine of skilled la An exception here and there either as to locality or in a special line of manu- the rule" A long continuation of this result not only in positive deteriora- tlon in the quality of American prod ucts. but also in check to our indns- trial and manufacturing growth and in promising fields for investment.
 It is a most alarming fact-one that has only recently been disclosed as the result of a painstaking investigation and that cannot be refuted--that many millions of American capital are today lying idle and unproductive simply pc cause its owners prefer not to risk its that are already suffering from this skilled-labo famine. It Is still more alarming that the present situation in the next five years, Indeed. in some lines of production 1t Is growing slowly but steadily worse. And chief cause for it all lies at the door of unionism- labor which systematically and persist entity cuts down the number of appren- tices in practically all the trades This may serve to keep the present genera tion of artisans well-paid and prosper ous, but 1t threatens to fill the unions with unskilled labor in the future and thus to work serious injury to their own cause.
 Whatever is pessimistic in this view of the situation Is fully warranted by the facts. The optimism of our immi- grafton officials on this point Is with out Justification. They only deceive themselves when they declare that the artisans coming from foreign countries our home deficiency and thus preserve normal balance These officials are misled by their own records. For in stance, about six hundred thousand port last year (flscaD; of these approx imately 150.00 were registered as hav- ing trades; about 30,000 of them pro- fessed to be "tailors." But how many American standards? Probably not one in hundred! They were chiefly piece workers" sewing machine operators and sweat-shop hands-not 'Jours' who of first-class tailor's cutter and re- turn 1t In three or four days artisti- cally finished and get skilled work mans price for 1t. And this defect runs through the whole line of immigrant ar tisans-from goldsmiths and lapidaries down through the blacksmiths, bakers and barbers.
 It may not be wise to return to the old English system of binding out" articles of apprenticeship. But the time Is ripe for intelligent and practical ap- premiership legislation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
It b with great pleasure we publish the following letters, IS they ccnvino- ingly prove the claim we have so many times made in our columns that MrS.
M,aMary Nmmick

Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass, is fully quail. fiedto give helpful advice to sick women: Read Mrs. Dfmmick's letters.
 Her first letter: Dear Mrs. P'nkham:-
 have 1een sufferer for the past eigh1 years with trouble which first originated from painful menstruation-the pains wero excruciatfng, with inflammation and ulcern- ton of the womb The doctor says l must have an operation or cannot live do not want to submit to an operation If can pod. ply avoid it. Please help me."-Nrs. Mary Dfmmick, Washington, D. O.
 Her second letter;
 Dear Mrs. Pinkham @
 You will remember my condition when | last wrote you, and that the doctor said l must have an operation or could not live. received your kind letter and followed your advice very carefully and am now entirely well. As my case was 90 serious it seems Q miracle that am cured. know that owe not only my health but my life to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and to your advice. can walk miles without an ache or c pain, and wish every suffering woman would read this letter and realize what you can do for them."-Mrs. Mary Dimmick, 59th and East Capitol Streets, Washington, D. c.
 How easy it was for Mrs. Dimmick to write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass, and how little it cost her-a two-cent stamp. Yet how valuable was the replyi As Mrs. Dimmick says-itsavedh her life.
 Mrs. Pinkham has on file thousands of just such letters as the above, and offers siling women helpful advice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
Executives stand By the Law.


 There can, no longer be doubt that new era Is dawning in the South when the majesty of the law receives such prompt vfndication as 1t did at the hands of Sheriff Chandler of Gadsden and Governor Jelks of Alabama. Five negroes were in jail at Gadsden charged with that most terrible of crimes, of which every unprotected white woman Tn the rural communities of the South stands In terror. and q mob of 200 men had gathered to lynch them. The sher- If promptly appealed to the Governor for aid. and the Governor just as promptly had company of militia on the ground to protect the jail and dis perSe the mob.
 that respects womankind Is filled with horror and indignation. and when he thinks of what might happen to his own loved ones he is driven mad with a savage desire to kill such beasts. Thus we can all sympathize with the in- stinct that has caused so many lynch ings in the South and not few in the are in the rural communities of the South, doubtless there woul1 be more lynchings here than there. for we have not the patience with the negro that they have.
 But, while confessing our own weak ness on this question of iynching, we can express all the more admiration for officers who vondicate the law The mob Is nasty. the mob makes mistakes law is slower, but 1t is sure Its relcnt- punishment that It's untrammel11 cper- ation will bring about will act as greater deterrent of this crime than mob violence ever could.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
American Club. All wrong.

T DullcllH
 American clubs are few and small" said a social philosopher. because they exist on a radically wrong principle. This principle Is that club life Is an extravaganza, whereas the right prin- ciple of club life Is that 1t is an econ omy.
 London is the club city of the world. Why are London's clubs so splendid and so popular? Because a man can dine. drink. smoke and amuse himself in them almost as cheaply as in his own house-far and away more cheaply than In a cafe or hotel.
 Hence, in London. every man desires to join good club. for a London club Is an institution that actually saves its members money. But here in America our clubs are conducted extravagantly, and 1t is an extravagance to belong to them Only the very prosperous Amer ican can afford to be club man."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
A Profitable Rusiness.
The Washington Post says;

IHt WdSHIn8LOn POst sHys'
 One woman who looks forward to a long and idle summer without appre- hension has gone to Europe to travel. She has a letter of credit ample for her purposes. and will be able to re- main abroad until November.
 All this good fortune is the result of making a speciality of herself when she started out to earn living sev- eral years ago. She had very small capital She could initiate children wonderfully. and her quaint little face was not unlike a chiid's. She had, moreover. the faculty of interesting children greatly.
 T remember" she says, when her
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21

on the field of battle is so unreasonable and unjust that we are surprised at 1t. even from Roosevelt. It leads The New York Times to say:
 The engineering force on the lsth- mus and the men employed on the ca nal have been, as it were. led into a trap. In our eagerness to mako the dirt fly" we did not take the necessary measures to protect the health of the stan or of the men. Having the right to feel that they were neediessiy ex- posed, and were in danger of disease from sources of infection that should have been closed or removed 1t will De the general opinion, we think, that a de- cision to leave the canal and return to the States Is not at all the same thing as running away from the firing line in battle. The application of the stan dards of war to the business of ditch digging Is a little too severe for this industrial age
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21

them of self control We are not quito sure that after the people give this matter serious consideration, that it will create a strong political combine There are other able men in the Dem- Ocratic party in this State, men of the Dick Clark class. who could steer the ship of State with distinguished ability Is this class of statesmen, re- tired for life in this State and can races? If such is the case Alabama has reached a deplorable condition and count. we, however, trust that some men who rise above small things, will yet come to the front and intelligently discuss with this people the State is- sues.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
A We'll Deserved Tribute. Mobile Register.

The Montgomery Advertiser has de of Jefferson, is it's choice for Governor, being the man who will best meet all the conditions which now present well deserved tribute to the doctor as legislator and as acting .governor There is no doubt of the fact that pr; in office. and that he has a wide ex perience pc ' that that would be of great val, ue to the State were he made its chief executive. If the contest were 70 turn for Epo the N office. it would be easy sail ing for the doctor, but the issue Is likely to be railroad freight rate !leg- must mus confess that on that issue MT Conner has a long start of the doctor. despite the fact that the ooctor an- regulationist.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
FRIDAY, JULY n, 1905.
A CAT HATER.

writer who is spoken of by con tamporary as "a learned professor of biology" is trying to organize a cru sade of extermination against cats. sIn the summer no bird near civiliza- ton Is safe from the marauding fe- aine," he says. What he wants in every city is a supply of cat-traps like those which in one year killed 30,00o cats in Hamburg.
 We are somewhat curious to know where this professor lives. rather extended period of observation on our part fails to strengthen the charge against cats. Doubtless they some- times catch birds; in fact we are sure of it. but all the cats in a city will not kill as many birds as one boy will if turned loose with his gun. It may be set down as a safe general proposi- ton that cats catch and deVour birds because they have no other food. We think The Boston Globe gives a very plausible explanation of cases where birds are thus destroyed, when it says that what the professor says should be a warning to those people who, mov- ing from the city on the approach of warm weather, forget or deliberately abandon their cats, which are sudden ly thrown on their own resources to pick up what living they can. Such persons should be taught. if necessary by sharp fines. that property in ani- maj life carries with it the responsi- bility of humane treatment"
 That is sensible and proper. If a cat is left without its ordinary food. and no place to obtain it. there is no call for surprise if it catches birds or anything else that it can eat, just as a man would do under like circum- stances. This is no excuse for declar- ing general and indiscriminate warfare on one of mans best friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21

The Presidents habit of indulging in extravagant and fiorid language led him to declare. In speech to the doc tors at Oyster Bay that the people who flee from Panama will carry up here just such stories as the people who flee from the forefront of a battle carry with them The people to whom this country owes and will owe SO much arc those who stay down there and do not talk, but do their work and do 1t well.'
 To intimate that engineers and la boring men who give up their work to escape the deadly levers of the Isthmus are as guilty of cowardice and want of patriotism as is the soldier who deserts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21

St. Louis Seer Solves Mystery of Press
 ent TOrrid VfaitatiOn.


 St. Louis Special
 gigantic double spot has ap- peared on the face of the sun. It will six days and possibly longer. Local weather and temperature conditions may be affected, according to Rev Ira R. Hicks. He says conditions result ing from the sun spot have caused the extreme heat on both sides of the North American continent. Rev. Hicks says the sun spot now visible is one of the three lariNst on record.
 When 1 first saw the huge depres- sion in the suns surface 1t was on what we call the east l.mb of the sun." said MT. Hicks. Tt is moving westward over oyer the suns surface, The double spot Is about 175.0O0 miles in area and you can see just how big 1t Is.
 T predicted ten months ago that hot weather would be the lot of St. Louisians the last of July. I calcu- that announcement {"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
Afraid of H,. Anti-RaiIroad Views.

The Montgomery. Advertiser. a potent factor in Alabama ma. politics: 9nr nema mas cratic machinery, looking to the selec- Sn ton of to sst edtoTla ed %9a0n 1t declares that Russel M. Cunningham is a most proper and suitable man for the gubernatorial nomination: we have a personal high regard TOT Gov ernor Cunningham. he Is man or ability ability But we ESalH oDnion haSs eF e9te5 the distinguisned gentleman had 1t not been Tor that eleventh hour fling ,ss he made at the railroads. just at the mo governor ended. In other words Gov; ernor Cunningham jumped up behind Hon. B. B. Conner on his antl-railrcad hobby-he can unless some expression t9o f9 the e is ysn ns in out the sa@s class with Conner. If in this we are correct. then the railroad interest sr of battery which is pledged to depose
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
The Right Direction.

The movement to bring desirable immigrants to Alabama is in the right that it is hard to get enough work men nS. to to keep the bali a.rolling., There is a broad opportunity for intelligent. industrious. law-abidlng workmen m this State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
CUNNINGHAM FOR GOVERNOR.
Things The State Press are Saying
 About It.
 Strongly for Him.

The Montgomery Advertiser has ningham for Governor; Months ago county eentlman as its choice for the same reasons so clearly set. forth by The Advertiser in it's editorial, which appears elsewhere in todays issue measured up to the high standard set by the past able Governors Of Ala bama. Personally. he is one or the M are with and for him until the cows come home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
Saw Them on.

Congress- must saw off those gov ernment cotton reports. They, are only used by speculators and do no good to the planters, They have I peen n one has any confidence. in them, and they are decidedly useless.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
Up Against 1t.

The United States has gotten itself up against very near horrible irpos- sibility in the Panama Canal Our own opinion is that Uncle sam is stall ed. and the quicker Uncle sam real izes this and backs out, the better for dear Uncle Sam's finances ana family reputation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21

One Kansas man has shipped nearly nine million eggs during the present season. Some expert may now get busy and tell us how many gallons of egg-nog could be manufactured from that batch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
A Good Idea.
Ozark Star

OZark Star.
 It might be good idea for another ernor of Georgia, for the present cam. paign is getting so hot it might melt If some one doesn't throw cold water on 1t.