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The Alaska prospector., 1907-02-07
A. r. HOFFMAN
Notice Of Forfeiture.
To Gus SnOnherg:

TO NuE 0pOn DeTY:
 You ar .c -Dy notified that tn C under -ignod have expcnd"d s2Oo in labor and i'm provemeuts on the claims known aS tn, nevicW, Cats Paw, Ruby No, and Ruby No. :. Situa ed on Knights Island, Alaska in ordr, to hold said mining claims under the pro visions of Sec. 2@2i oi the Rcvi, ed Statu'es thn United States, being the required amour t. hold said mimi claims for the years 1904 ')5 and 1906. And if within ninety (9o) day frnm the service ci this uOtic. or the com pie , pu uNlicHtiOn thcrcfnf, you fail or ref Sc to con. tribute your proprrrfion of said exprud ture aS co owner. yoVr one fourth in crest f. Sald claims will become the property Of tl , unT"r~gLed under and pursuent Of Iaid Se ,to ''!i of the Revised Statutes of the Unite States.
 Dated at Valdez this l7th day of Jan usry, lOsT.
 CHAs. SPoNBERG,
 CHAS. s ,NDBEKG,
 JAS. SIMPSON. Date ot first publication January 2i. 1907. Date of last publication April 25, 1907.
The independent., 1907-03-28
AMERICAS AMAZING PACE.

The exports of manufactures from
the United States in the sixteen years
following 1890 were three times the to-
tai amount sent out in the previous
seventy years.
In the ten years prior to 1909 the ex-
ports of manufactures from the United
States increased 1913 per cent; from
Germany rs per cent; from the United
Kingdom 40 per cent: and from France
25 per cent. In the last decade the ex-
ports of these goods from the United
States doubled, reaching in 1906 the
enormous total of $70O,000,0 900. In 1880
only Is per cent of the exports OF the
United States were manufactured artl-
cles. In 1890 they were Il per cent ana
in 1906 40 per cent.
In 1890 AZ per cent of all the exports
of this country were food stuffs; In
1906 these exports were only 81 per cent
of the total.
In 1890 SO per cent of all our exports
were crude articles for use In manu-
| featuring: in 1906 they comprised but
20 per cent.
| These figures help explain why the
| people Of the United States show no
keen interest in projects to increase
| their foreign trade by subsidizing ships
and offering other artificial stiinula-
tion. The growth In our exports OF
manufactured products is now SO SWIFT
as to be almost beyond belief,
The independent., 1907-03-28
PROFIT FROM TOBACCO.

Announcement is made Of a conyen-
ton of independent tobacco dealers,
jobbers and manufacturers, for Sep
tember Of this year. 1t is intended
or hoped to organize an association
strong enough to cope with the Amer
ican Tobacco company, which is now
onnipotent in the tobacco industry.
The redoubt which it is proposed 70.
assault is threatening one, but
land of rich. promise lies penihu II.
The American Tobacco company De
gan in 1890 with a capitalization OF
az nm 000 common stock and $10,-
000. 600 preferred stock. BY the var
ious devices known TO corporation
manipuIators it has added to the hair
dozen tobacco factories which IT then
controlled nearly all the tobacco rae
tories in the country and IN addl-
tion has gained control of various con-
nacted organizations, such as the
American Snuff company and the In
ternational Cigar Machinery COM
nanv The market value OF the STOCK
Of the company is about Sl0O,O0o,oVV.
The investor Of $3.50 thirteen years
ago has received s9,8S0 in DIVIDENDS.
holds securities valued at $24,ooV, ana
gathers an income of $1,000 year
from his original investment Inc
economies Of consolidation have Deen
realized, and have gone entireiy "
the profits of the trust. Inc topacco
| growers, whose senators ana repre-
sentatives are always called upon ps
| the trust tx defeat such measures o.
| .hn reduction of the tariff on Phliip-
pine tobacco, have been fartnest "
ali from gaining by the monopoy.
The independent., 1907-03-28
MY COOPERATION, YOUR TRUST

Where is the dividing line between
cooperation and a trust? In the light
of current events this question takes
on significance The Omaha coal deal
ers thought or at least they claimed
that .they were cooperating The Ne
braska lumber dealers now on the grid
die insist that their worst crime IS
brotherly cooperation. The Standard
Oil company now making poor head
way against federal indictments in
Chicago has never acknowledged that
it is a trust. Neither did the grain
trust until compelled by court TO
own up. The Omaha people have
Jury verdict to the effect that their
style Of cooperation involved a crimi-
nal quality. Standard Oil and lumber
interests are in the shadow of like
charge. The question presents itself,
NAV not other self-styled cooperative
efforts be indulging in the same error?
A Standard Oil newspaper has already
suggested that justice requires the
prosecution of the organized cotton
planters for conspiracy in restraint of
trade At a time when the law seems
really to spell terror to the trusts 1T
NAV be advisable for the scores OF CO.
operative efforts to increase proflts IN
the name of cooperation; the close cor
| poratiofi Of labor III San FRANCISCO DIS
well as the agreements of merchants TO
blacklist the dead beat, to inquire serl-
ously of their relations to the anu
| trust lAws Is our movement co-opera-
/ tive and yours trust? Or IS the
movement of many cooperative ano
Of the few trust, on the theory thal
men do not commit treason by nations
The independent., 1907-03-28
floods SarsaparilIa
Insist on having Hoods. Get it today.
In liquid or tablet form. 100 Doses 81.

trio who can speak with authority hes
only for railroad divisions but Tor he
small number Of political divisions, lof
the railroads penetrate every populous
community In the United States ana NJ
practically every one they maintain
their political organizations and ~ far
AZ possible constitute themselves the
dictator OF public affairs.
trhe president, fortunately. has De
come Injured to this sort Of predding bs
his long battle for national rate les's-
lation. It is not much over year
since he was being assured that thN
transportation interests were on the
Verge OF ruin at the hands OF congress-
Now 1t Is the state legislatures thaS
threaten to extinguish them YET, II
tbev will take notice, little has peen
done as yet except to pass laws re-
o,,i,fng them to charge for cartyins
messengers, even passengers OF poiieie@i
influence. to make provision to preVeh'
their charging influential shippers less
than the eSLdDl1SIlGu iatS " =
and to require all passengers 10 pe
carried at not more than two Genus o
mile which is above the former aver
age charge, reduced rates ana iree
fares considered. These things desira.
ble as they are to the public 90 noa
appear calculated to reduce lailroau
; earnings. haeore
The railroad men are crying peloIs !
they are hurt, In an evident eIIorl " ~
buff the public out Of the notion ~
enforcing a fair measure OF regula.iol,
IT is admitted that they nave reason
to fear anti-pass laws even Whefe sucn -
laws increase their passenger earnings, Il
for the reason that such laws open ..ie
wav to freight rate regulation Bu'
the courts have held that state reguia-
tion of freight rates cannot be per
,nitted to reduce railroad profits pesoN
a reasonable level; that one state can,
not make it's rates so low as TO ea
up the profits of an interstate roo.
earned in another state. The ralifoao'
need have no fear of losing anything
10 which they are justly entitled, par
ticularly if they finally learn sens
enough to cease Haunting red f1agss u
the public's eye.
The independent., 1907-03-28

Another illusion fades with the aa-
,,,;ssion nv . BOSTON newspaper that
80 Determination is a thing not un-
known there. There are twenty-five
Thousand negroes i'm Boston, many OF
whom were no doubt tempted HrSl
into that raucous climate py ehe
thought that there at least ali men are
equal The cradle of liberty, the nome
Of most of the associations Tor sus
tanning the rights of the negro IN the
south and the oppressed or every raeo
whether in the Congo, the Philippines
or BROWNSVILLE Texas such place
couN hardly turn the cold shoulder 10
n rare lust out of slavery. But Mr.
Rergcngrin. who has studied the mat
ter for the Transcript, sums up ms
observation with the statement. one
may affirm that there is a color line III
Rosion. that race discrimination pre-
walls markedly, especially In tncatres,
churches and hotels, and that II IL
slowly gaining ground" This In not,
either because the managers oil such
places have any feeling against tne
negro. but because his patrons onlecs
Ia any such close associations between
the races. s ~.
After all, II seems, nehihu ~
ans,neled exterior Boston human ma
,,,r. h approximately like all the rest
- thr human nature with which We
are aeouainted They love the down
frodden and the different. but wish u
,nve them al distance, Perhaps othel
atsyuistlc nostonase have had tn
shasteninr experience Of the Bosiof
white woman who invited a sonther'
,,nammy" 10 dine with her. II sup
s,ose abe remarked. "that your uls
master never invited YOU 70 eat ~ ~
same table with him "iAw. 49,
honey" rrted the old negfess viii
snme heat, 'sc'cAe not: Mafss George
was quality. they was."
The independent., 1907-03-28
THE TROUBLE IN RouMANIA.

When the Berlin conference OF 1870
recognized the independence OF Rou-
mania ii was stipulated that dlHerehcc
of religious professions should not pe
made a disqualification for the exer-
cise Of civil and political rights Inls
a dn,ittod to citizenship the 100000 jews
Who formed about one-tifteenth o. the
total population. 80.
rrhis grant of civil rights was as ~.
lie successful in putting the jews Oh
Roumania upon sale IooLHs as Waa
negro enfranchisement successLu -
coiving the race problem in America.
Tha Roumanian Christians have been
rarely able to extend their doctrine
If brotherhood to include the Jews.
pareecution has been continuous ano
Tn 1902 under discriminating laws ana
,h,s;cal violence the lot of the jews III
Roumania became so unbearaDle inas
| they began to flow into the Unltea
states in great numbers. Most OF tnem
were ignorant and nearly all were y l.i, ~,
| out means of subsistence. rms devci-
lsopment bestirred Mr. Hay, tnen ser
| tary OF state, to propound a ooc.iiile :
| which becomes of interest in view o.
| The fact that tomorrows news is pret-
tv sure to say that shiploads OF Rou-
manian Jews are beginning to nee 20
| the United States, new practically me
only refuge open to them. Mr.. hay
conveyed to the Roumanian govern,
ment that its domestic policy toWaIu
the Jews was affecting the American
government in a substantial way, III
fact. to a sufficient extent to warrant
American protest and interference
America did protest with some tempo
ary effect, and the flood OF JEWISH I'M
| migration was checked
But the old butchery is now on AGAIN
| in full blast America has a practlca
interest In the matter aside from 9
sympathetic interest, for Secretary
4 Root may have occasion to add some,
thing to the remarks Of Mr.. Hay. II
is a fair guess that the agents OF ths
immigration carrying steamship com
panies are right now in Roumania pre-
pairing the conditions to demand sucf
actions. The steamship lines complain
that immigration business has peei
slack of late.
The independent., 1907-03-28
THE COURTS WILL DECIDE.

The views Of the Springfield Republi-
can on the permanency of the water in
the railroads are probably tinged by
the existence of large amounts of this
stock in the hands of it's New England
constituency. 1t says:
In the accounts which come from
Washington of the presidents projected
campaign for further government regu-
lation of the railroads, the statement is
repeatedly made, as it was before con-
gress adjourned, that on one thing the
president has made up his mind. That
is, that the stock-Watering of the past
cannot be remedied. Mr.. Roosevelt
realizes that the watered securities
have largely found their way into the
hands of innocent investors, and that a
retroactive law would probably hurt
them more than the really guilty par
ties. In this sane view of the matter
the president is distinguished from the
radicals like Senator LaFollette.
OF course, if it will not do to disturb
the values fixed on the roads by the
fraudulent transactions of the past,
stock watering will be the fashion until
it is stopped by general and effective
legislation These enactments have not
vet been made, and probably will not
be until all of the companies have a
chance to go through reorganization
and the pretense of stock sales to Mas
sachusetts widows and orphans.
But fortunately, while the exact sta
tus of these exploited corporations has
not been made clear, the supreme court
Of the United States has decided that
charges must be based on the value OF
| the service and not upon the face Of
capitalization The great task before
the courts during the next ten years
| will be the fixing Of the returns that
|. will be allowed for public service. Some
decisions having the effect of "retroac-
/ tive law" are inevitable unless the su.
preme court retraces it's steps.
The independent., 1907-03-28

One of the sternest lessons of the
San Francisco graft situation is Tor
the labor unions. 1t Is no more TO
the discredit of all labor union MEM
hers that prejudiced labor union votes
made Ruef the boss of San Francisco
than ii is to discredit of all demo-
Gratis that blind partisans of the dem-
ocratic party assisted In this calam-
ity. or of all republicans that unthink-
ing republican partisans made Dur
ham possible in Philadelphia. Pig
con holed" party partisans are told
often enough of the evil they do. The
San Francisco situation should open
the eyes Of union labor leaders TO
their danger of doing the same thing.
II was not sufficient reason TO vote
for Mayor Schmidt and his grating
SUPERVISORS that he and majority
of them were members of labor
unions san Francisco wageworkers
suffered proportioaately more than
ANYBODY else from the high prices for
gas. telephone and transportation
charges which the venailty OF labor
union administration made possible
stbor men w.Fv betrayed along with
the ress ii the people BY this union
labor manned plunder machine. ~ I
b. replied that union labor detiner'
ately accepted these things Tor tns
xakr az benefits which IL reeeived IN
| return for their support In ordinance
giving them an unjust monopoly y
The independent., 1907-03-28
A REVENUE PROBLEM.

Tecumseh will ,ffer for sale to the
best bidder on April 16 lighting bonds
for $12.75o. to draw 4 1-2 per cen. IN
terest. There is plenty of available
money in Nebraska to take up gilt
edge investment of this kind. IL viii
be of advantage to the state to have
these bonds bought by Nebraska pee
pie. as that will keep the interest
money In the state TO be spent here
and add to the volume Of business.
In making their bids the Nebraska
people will have TO take into account
the amount of tax they will have 10
nav on their bonds. True. the money
they expect to pay for the bonds is tax
able, but rs exper nee shows. II IL not
taxed and IN the nature of the case Y
cannot be. The Lincoln bidder who u
willing 10 take the bonds on the basis
that ID will net him 1 IL per cent in-
serest win bid enough below par 10 al-
low for the nearly IL per cent OF tax
which he VIII have TO ray To the city
county and state. The capitalist With
residence just outside the city hmits
who II willing TO n AXE the same net
r.tnr. wtl need 10 bid under par onls
enough to cover about s-3 90 ! PEI
cent tax. since he pays no city tax
city people cannot therefor hope 10 bny
the bonds. Herr ail uneonsrtousiy have
We provided prosxurv for the much lie
The independent., 1907-03-28
DR.. Shops
Rheum a tic
Remedy

But there are counties with small
er tax rate than Lancaster, whose peo-
pic can therefore make better BID Tor
the Tecumseh bonds than any Lancas-
ter county capitalist. Why does not
the county of the state With the low
est of all tax rates advertise its ad-
yantages and become at once Mecca
of security holders? All, yes, there
are counties in other states where the
bonds will not be taxed at all. The
1-2 per cent man who lives there can
Lid par The Nebraska cash must re-
main in it's stocking or else its owner
must move to some other state The
Tecumseh interest lnust &C east and be
spent tncre or come lack TO draw more
interest east.
The independent., 1907-03-28
AFTER
You Are Well From Rheumatism
Win You Pay( Your Banke0sioa

Not q cent in advance-not penny. remember,
until you yourself, can freely and unhesitatingly
say. j am well again
Should YOU begin the treatment will let your
Banker or Express Agent hold the money.
Will you under such conditions to be complete.
~ and entirely free from Rheumatism. e-pend
t10.00? That is what now promise KheumatlcS.
NY boundless neyer-endiny faith In DR.. ShOops
Rheumatic Remedy has led me to make and ful-
fill this remarkable offer. Positively no physician,
anywhere, has ever before said. / Will Cure
Rheumatism, else make no charge"
want to get-and must in some way get, every
body. everywhere to fully and completely under.
stand what myself now absolutely know about
this unsurpassed prescription. The remedy u
surely remarkable-then why notthe offer? Every
Druggist nearly. in America. whether located in
hamlet or city has been, and is now freely selling
at 81 90 per bottle DR. shoop Rheumatic Remedy
And yet strange to say, not one sufferer perhaps
in hundred, even knows as yet OF the remedy
and its power to battle against pain 10 sur, 20
awaken these unknOwing ones, to spread the
knowledge of what this prescription can do,
shall broadly publish this offer. these facts. un-
restricted and everywhere. Having no fear OF the
final outcome shall unhesitatingy tell OF my
plan to all.
Reader, you that are well and happy, do an act
of humanity. Tell some tortured and suffering
one that there is yet one way to health-one way
entirely free from risk. or of money loss
For complete cure charge $1,000, Tor must
strike fair-to-all average price. 1t IS true that
many will be cured with bottle or two OF my
remedy. but chronic, exceedingly deep-seated and
difficult cases, may require ten; twenty, or even
| a greater number. He. believe, who has actually
suffered the pangs of real Rheumatism, will hard
ly complain of the price when cured, because pei
chance, but two or three bottles are needed IN MS
| particular case
But to secure this No Cure, No Pay" privilege.
you must write me personally. Simply address M
/ Dr. ShoOp, Contract B. Racine, Wis. Box 594O.
Do not trouble your druggist, please about this
| plan. He has no authority, nor will he furnish
my medicine. except to sell it at retail, bottle by
4 bottle. Write me instead today for my Contract
/ b. agreement / will also send my Book on
Rheumatism free, or if you please. medical adylcs
/ and book on other diseases.
which book shall send your
Book on Dyspepsia, Book 3 the kldneys
Book 2 Oh the Heart BOOK FOR WoMea.
/ Remember, for Rheumatism use
The independent., 1907-03-28
All Run Down

N the spring-that is the condition OF
thousands whose systems have not
thrown off the impurities accumulated
during the winter - blood humors that
are now causing pimples, boils and
other eruptions, loss of appetite, bilious
turns, indigestion, and other stomach
troubles, dull headaches and weak,
tired, languid feelings.
Hoods Sarsaparilla removes all these
humors, cures all these troubles; reno
Yates, strengthens and tones the whole
system. This is the testimony OF thou
sands annually.
Accept no substitute for
The independent., 1907-03-28
YHB NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT

labor. it then becomes necessary that
San Francisco union labor be con-
demned in toto by all self respecting
labor organizations. For such action
classifies them with Ruef and the rest
of his graft organization, and MARKS
them individually and collectively as
social leeches.
The independent., 1907-03-28

state Senator Amis OF Arkansas se-
cured the enactment OF law prohipit'
ing professional race track bett'saS ihs
race track interests found a way 10
eyade the law. Despairinm of stopping
betting where racing goes on he has
nov introduced bill prohibiting horse
racing. Law that cannot he evaded.
ny refusing to obey legal restrictions
The Washington herald., 1907-10-05
KrOnprinz's Skipper Claims
Divine AdmOnitiOn.
HAS GIVEN UP HIS SHIP
When Big Liner Hit Iceberg in July,
he says, He Had Vision iu Whies,
lie Was Told that He Would Have
10 Resign s"ring Life-H-
perience Like

New York. Oct. Capt. August Rich
ter. known to thousands of American
ocean travellers, has given up his com
mand Of the North German Lloyd
steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm and quit the
sea forever, because, according TO his
friends. he was warned by heaven.
through the medium OF his ships collision
with an iceberg, to abandon seafaring.
The trip during which Capt. Richter IS
stated to have received a divine warning
began at Bremen on July .. Four days
later, when the Kronprinz was steaming
through 100 miles of fog on the Grand
Banks, she crashed into an iceberg.
Vision Comes in StaterOOm.
The PROV struck the iceberg a glancing
blow IN consequence of which and the
fact that the ice was mushy, the Kron-
prinz escaped serious injury.
It is said that the warning that he must
give UP the sea came 10 Capt Richter
that night in the form Of a vision while
he was resting in his stateroom-
His friends ridiculed the idea Of anv di-
vine inspiration. but Capt Richter pointed
10 the fact that some years back his
brother Hermann. then IN command of
the Saale, had run into an iceberg under
similar circumstances, only TO be SINH
larIy warned.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-05
HAS new ROUTE TO THE POLE
DR.. Cook Will Try to Find It by
Way Of Nansen Strait.
Expects 10 Subsist on Game Good
Part of the Way-Wihtering
Farther North Than PeaFy,

New York Oct A message was re-
ceived to-day by Herbert L. Bridgeman.
secretary Of the Peary Arctic Club, from
DR.. Frederick A. Cook. the scientist and
explorer, announcing that DR.. Cook was
prepared to make a dash for the north
pole by a new route. The dispatch was
dated Etah August g, and is as follows:
My Dear Bridgeman-I have hit upon
new route TO the north pole and will
stay to try IT. BY way of Buchanan Bay
and Ellsmere Land, and northward
through Nansen Strait over the polar sea,
seems TO me to be "a very good route.
There will be game 10 the eighty-sev-
ond degree, and here are natives and dogs
for the task. So here it is for the pole.
Mr.. Bradley will tell you the rest. Kind
regards to all F A COOK"
Dr. Cook. accompanied by John R.
Bradley, Capt Thomas Bartlett, and a
number Of Eskmos, left North Sydney.
y. s.. early in July en- the American aux
iHary schOOner-yacht John r. Bradley,
which landed the party at Smiths Sound.
Bradley returned 20 North Sydney on the
yacht October 1.
The expedition is pTovisioned for two
years. and fully equipped with dogs and
sledges for the trip. The party is winter
ing thirty miles farther north than Pearv
did two years ago.