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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

Following are the officers of the
house Speaker, NJ J. Clancy. of Wa
n Clay county; chief clerk. J.. w.
Cone. of Minnehaha county; sergeant
at arms. F. D. Moscup. of Lincoln
county. The senate officers are as fol-
lows: Secretary, L NJ. Simmons. of
Mitchell: g at arms. @. NJ o.
born, OF Miner county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-03
TYPICAL COSTUMES OF COLONIAL TIMES.

to gett something and then to rctrnc tor England, Wcn
will breed dissoucon, and overthrow OF the panacon
These if they marry to the PUBLIC 1armofs to DC
transported the charges OF the Company; Is otherwise,
then those that takes them TO wife to pay the said Com
pany their charges Of anspoacon and it never litter
time to sendc them than nowe This scheme was approved
by the London Company and maidens and wives were sent
in accordance with request OF the Governor. IL shou
he said however that even before this action had been OIL
ciay taken there had already ninety young women
to Virginia in the early part Of 1919 his however was
due to the far-sgtcd craftsmanship OF Sir Edwin Sandys
In 1921 the London Company again took the matter OF
sending maids Virginia, concerning which the following
entries made in the records Of the London Company
"The Third roll for sendinge 1naydes to Virginia to
be made wyvcs web the planters there did vere much de-
sire by Of wfone have sprange the greatest hin
Of the OF the Plantacon in that most OF
Them esteeminge Virginia not place OF habacon but
uney OF ojourninge have applied themselves and
their abors wholly the raisge OF present profit and ut
tery neglected oncy staple Comodes but even the
vere ofmansie regard whereof and to prevent
30 great Inconvenience hereafter Whereby the planters
minds may be the faster tycd Virginia by the bonds OF
yyycs children, hath bin taken to provide them
rounge handsome honestly educated maydcs whereof sixty
already sente Virginia, being such as were specially
recommended the Company for their good bringnge
np by parents friends OF good wor1 Wc maydes
be disposed in marriage to the most honest and IN
uou planters who to defraye and satlsfle to the
Adventurous the charges OF their passages and PROVISIONS
such they and the Adventurous Agents there shall
agree and in OF them fae through mortality it is
ordered that poporconabc addon shalbe made upon the
In the furteranc Of web Christian Accom- diuers OF
The said Adventurous had lnderwr divers good OF
money under whereby the whole Some OF that Roll
did already may appeare by the subscrip
tons.'
A party, in writing from England at this time said
1--WE send youa shipment, one widow and eleven maids
Tor wives people Vrga there hath been especial
care had in the choice Of them, for there hath not one OF
them been received but upon good commentators.
TN case they cannot be presently married desire that
they may be put with several ouseoders that have wives
until they be provided with husbands There nearly
fifty that shortly to come, and are sent by our
Honorable lord and treasurer the Earl OF Southampton and
certain worthy gentlemen, who, taking into consideration
That the plantation flourish till families be planted
The independent., 1907-03-07

Book ! on Dyspepsia.
Book 2 on the Heart.
Book 8 on theKidneys.
Book 4 for Women.
Book 5 for Men.
Book Con Rheumatism
The independent., 1907-03-07
A DISPLAY OF WISDOM.

The managers of the Nebraska roads
nave begun to number their days and
apply their hearts to wisdom. Instead
OF carrying the new passenger rate law
into the courts, they will obey it as
cheerfully as they can on the first hour
1T goes into existence. This probably
means that by Thursday morning at
the farthest the people of all Nebraska
will be permitted to ride anywhere
within the state at the new legal rate
OF two cents a mile. No doubt they
VIII seon be able to travel rs far ffaai east
as the Atlantic seaboard at the same
rate, but that is another matter. The
acceptance of the new rate by the
companies doing bnsiness in Nebraska
is the important thing at pre- sent.
This eGulse lot only shows new
and gratifying respect for EW and
public opinion, but it is in the highest
degree prudent from business stand
point. A fair trial viii be given the
new law, and no attemlt will he NE de
to go back to the old figures unless
actual experience IL such az to warr2y.
an appeal 20 The courts. IL is the
opinion of many experts thai this viii
never be necessary, and 171st cast Of
the base of the Rocky mountains two
cents per lnile viii speadijy become
the basis of ali passenger rates
This, with the en- ec,Teuient of suit
able antf-pass law, will end olse entire
section of the railroad question. 1t will
leave the way clear for the sclut,en Of
the immensely more difiicu's and i'm
portant problems connected with the
charges for moving freight. 1t is 20
cheering indication that peace between
the people and their service corpora
tions may be secured without ior2
and eXhausting warfare.
The independent., 1907-03-07

public officials. in future tines of
public sse:.inelenec he nay have t,lis.
power gain. What .ori Of characte5.
this occasional li-l may be is mat
ter Of vital m e.4ient
His testimony before the Interstate
commerce commission last week was
not reassuring. It confirmed the
stories previously afloat of juggling
with railroads, the very keystone II
commerce, as if they were so many
swords to be swallowed. 1t showed
that the men to whom we have
granted the privilege Of managing our
highways have forgotten their legal
and moral obligation to the public.
III granting concessions to highway
men to prey off the public promised to
pay better than keeping the high
ways open and safe to the public, the
concession has been granted. And in
Mr.. Harrimans case the concession
seems 20 have peen granted by him
self TO himself
If any i,oid hone thaf IN m les
standing of how others looked upon
such conduct might open Mr. HaIri-
man eyes to the enorlnity of his Of
lenses, Mr.. Harriman's own statement
1oiloWlng the hearings will be suf-
Hcient to end them. This continual
reform agitation simply SHOWS the
anlmosity that exists today against
men and corporations that have made
a success" he says. THE interstate
commerce commission could produce
far better results if the members
would try to cooperate with the busi-
ness interests of the country instead
of antaganiZing them There seems II,
be a tendency among all unsuccessful
people 10 assail those who are sue
cessful."
Long manipulation of "soulless" cor
porations has evidently reduced Mr.
Hartman to their own quality. He is
oblivious of having done wrong. He
Worshlps the god success. and success
to him is good whether won in a good
or in bad cause, by fair means or foul
With reference to him the public is in
the plight of an Israel with a mad
King Saul. The only defense seems to
be to bind him with laws and watch
him SO closely that even the exemplar
of a higher law" cannot afford to dis
regard them.
The independent., 1907-03-07
SENATOR sPOONER.

Had John c. Spooner held his grip
on Wisconsin politics, freight rates in
that state would be 20 per cent higher
than they now are Passengers would
be paying cents mile instead of
212. Railroad taxes would be but a
fraction of what they arc now Freight
rate determinations and pass bribery
would be rampant. There would be no
direct primary and a coterie of busi-
ness interests would be in charge of
public affairs now as before Spooner
made his losing fight against LaFol-
lette
Had Spooner had his way in con-
gress there would be now no rate law,
no pure food law, and the record of
the fifty ninth congress for progress
sive legislation would be as short as
now it is long.
Thinking on these things the public
will be able to control it's grief over
his coming departure from public life.
In fairness to Senator Spooner this
however needs to be said-that his
conduct in public life seem to have
been guided by real convictions. He
had a profound distrust Of the ability
of the people to manage their own af-
fairs or to deal justly with vested in
terests Hc was a man whom the
large interests QellSnIeu 10 nave III
congress. but he served them from
principle, not for pay. He refused in
public life to compromise himself with
a law practice as Bailey did: he served
no private interests of his own by his
conduct in tho senate as do the Platts
and Koans. One reason for his leav-
ing the senate was the desire TO turn
his great abilities in his later years to
work that would bring an adequate
peeuniarv reward other men make
the senate serve themselves. This
Spnoncr would scorn 90 do. Another
reason for his Withdrawal may be tho
fact that his denomination next year
In the Wisconsin direct primaries
would be difficult. II not impossible.
With all respect for his ability and In
teEritv q people free 90 choose their
own representatives are inclined 10
choose man who win represent them
and who viii not. wen though from
principle. represent interests that
sock 20 exploit them,
The independent., 1907-03-07
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT

Taxes based on ones ability to pay
| is one Of the reforms toward which
the world is tending 1t was only d
few years ago that it would have
been denounced as an impertinence
for the government to have sought to
pry into the profits of a railroad COM
Dany, or other corporation.
But times have changed, and with
them mems ideas on the accountable
ity of wealth to the government and
The people. Publicity is now the watch
word in relation to such affairs as a
means >of curbing the Capitalization
OF wealth and of holding large inter-
ests responsible for their share of the
burdens of government. Immunity
from taxation is no longer an invio-
liable privilege of wealth and it is no
nowadays in enlightened
countries for the ax-gatherer to pos
sess himself of knowledge Of the pos
sessions or income of anyone liable
for taxation
The independent., 1907-03-07

ment and quiz them as to the means
by which they arrived at their measure
OF the assessment value of the rail-
|~roads. holding that in that capacity
they stood in something of the position
Of judges ard witnesses in courts of
law. There might be error in their
conclusions, but mistakes did not af-
feet the case of the railroads as it got
into court.
From the courts opinion it is evI-
dent that members of the state board
are to be given some latitude for the
exercise of their own Judgment in
reaching a valuation. and that they
are not to be bound by confusing and
mystifying compilations of statistics
furnished by the railways
Evidently the board believed" says
the court that the figures furnished
by the roads were too favorable. and
were intended to keep the taxes as low
as they could be kept. Evidently also
the members, or some of them used
their own judgment and their own
knowledge, Of which they could give
no very good account OH cfoss-exam-
ination, but which they had a right to
use, If honest, however, inarticulate
the premises 1T would seem from the
testimony, as might have been expect
compromise and We're believed by some
members to be too low as they seemed
to one too high. The result of the evil
dence manifests the fruitlessness of in
Quiries which, as we have said, should
seem to deem the claim that other
property in the state was greatly un-
der-valued, and about every other con-
tention in the case, upon which the at
torneys made 50 much noise in this
not have been gone into at ALL"
Very lightly indeed does the court
state is disposed of eurtly in the SEN
tence, Various Arguments We're adj
dressed to us upon matters Of detail
which would afford no ground for in
reference by the court. and which we
do not think it necessary to state at
length
To preserve their professional repu-
tatiens the railroad attorneys of Ne
braska can well afford to throw upon
the managements of their roads all re-
sp9nsibiity for the prosecution Of this
suit, and perhaps it was simply for
gctfulness on the part of the latter
that there has been marked change
in the disposition of courts 10 be
swayed by railway interests that has
led to the rebuff the railways have
received in this state.
The independent., 1907-03-07
w. w. cox.

w. w, Cox, who boiled salt on the
edge of the present site of Lincoln IN
1867. has passed away. rich In years
and good deeds. True To the instincts
of the typical pioneer -h- left eastern
Nebraska after IL had become settled
and wealthy and spcn. his last Laws in
one of the newer counties and near 10
the only frontier" we have left in his
state. The services rendered 10 the
public by Mr. Cox wcfe varied and
valuable, lie not only performed with
stout heart his share OF the phvsica,
labor required to subduc the wilderness
but he gave so enthusiastic n rcporf
Of the conditions IN the new west that
hundreds If families were drawn Ia
this region through his influence In
his later life u vas his joy % write
down the neishhorhond history of Sew
The independent., 1907-03-07
HUMIIIATING DEFEAT,

]. There is something quite pathetic in
the contemplation of the humiliation
conveyed to the attorneys for the rail-
foadS IN the text of the decision of
the FEDERAL supreme court in the rail
road tax case from this state. The
airy manner in which the court seems
TO nave brushed aside such reasons
Tor tax evasion as the railroad at
torneys had not already abandoned
suggests that the case was hardly
more than game Of bluff from its
inception.
Really it did seem, from the great
quantity and variety of noises the
companies made in this state when
they started out to resist payment.
that they certainly must have some
very substantial principles of law up
their sleeves which might ultimately
be exploited in Justification. Railroads
have in years past been so uniformly
successful in all cases wherein there
was room at all for question as to
the result of litigation that one could
hardly imagine that the railroads at
torneys, with professional regulations
to sustain, would ever go into court
without something in the nature of
assurance of the possibility of success
But perusal of the decision of the
supreme court shows that the railway
lawyers were banking too much on
traditions, and upon conditions that
seem no longer to prevail, for the
court did not hesitate to pretty plain
~ designate all of their contentious
as Nacuous yefbosity. in it the court
says about as plainly as SO dignifed
body could permit itself to say that
oh Of t,
Increased assessment was due to CO.
ercion through political clamor is not
air, pure and simple, as is also the
claim that the Increased assessment
was fraudulently made. because out
of proportion with the assessment
of other property in the state and be-
cause of the methods of calculation by
which it was reached
I'm mighty few words the supreme
court disposes Of the charges Of fraud
and duress, by simply SUGGESTING thai
the trial court disposed of that con-
teuticn and that there is no reas,n tu
disturb It's findings. In fact il finds
that the charge of fraud, even II ade-
quately alleged. was very slightly
pressed in the argument and totally
fails on the facts. There Is something
0f the semblance nf rebuke Ia the
courts discussion OF the fraud charges.
"Such charges" II says. ''are easily
made, and Il Is to be feared, often ore
made without appreciation of the re-
sponslhility incurred Ia making them.
Before the decree could be reversed Il
would be necessary 20 consider serious.
~ whether the constitutional question
un which the appeals are based was
not 40 pleaded ~ part nf the alleged
fraudulent scheme that u ought a. ~
unless the schemp was made
out"
ON top ~ thin rather slprlsive Nndiug
The court declared that the railroads
should not have been permitted ta pu'
upon the st1Nd the meNhers ~ ghf
state board Of equalization and aassss.
The independent., 1907-03-07
Spring Ailments

Pimples, boils, eczema and other
erupdons, loss Of appetite, that tired
feeling, fits OF biliousness, indigestion
and headache, are some of them.
They are all radically and perma-
nently cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
This great medicine thoroughly
cleanses the blood and restores healthy
functional activity to the whole system.
1t makes people well.
q / / have been Using Hood SSarsapa-
rilla as a spring medicine for ten years,
and have never found anything better"
John Flemings, Campbell Hall, N. Y.
Accept no substitute for
The independent., 1907-03-07
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Insist on having Hoods. Get it today.
In liquid or tablet form. 100 Doses ST..

II Is proposed to save another seven
millions or enough to pay the in
creased salaries OF postal clerks and
city and rural carriers, by cutting
down the railroad compensation in
other directions, one measure being a
percentage reduction on all routes ac-
cording to the weight Of mail carried
The independent., 1907-03-07
rARRrmAS.

Nebraska hrs an importa interest
In r. VI. Hartman He controls onss-
NTH the railroad miieAwe ~ The stafn
What power over its welfare goes with
dervsand Al times / has amounted
"a the power Of naming ana directing
The independent., 1907-03-07

ANT MINT j. raaransced 10 ol cdFi rolrun
cch ne mind. tileeaainr of riliey eNGfXxA liz
"a days OF money refanadoslss OF ttaeuo are
The independent., 1907-03-07
onls one ~nnouo a,n,,r~

That j. LAXATIVE HNuN0 0nln,na
similarly rareh remedies ~esss~flss.rs -
eeive. TIE tfsi nud original 0s,ld Tahiet
j. q WHITE PACKAGE with black sn.s
-.1 era fhN signature ~
The independent., 1907-03-07
Weak Kidneys, Weak Nerves
so A PHYSICIAN WRITES

1t is OF but little use to try to doctor the kid
neys themselves Such treatment is wrong
for the kidneys are not alone to blame for their
weaknesses or Irregularities. They have no
actuated by tiny shred of nerve which is
largely responsible for their strength. or weak
ness Il the Kidney nerve is strong and healthy
the kidneys are strong and healthy. II the
Kidney nerve goes wrong you know it by the
Inevitable result-kidney trouble.
This tender nerve is only one of great system
OF nerves. This system controls not only the
Kidneys. but the heart. and the liver and the
stomach. For simplicity's sake DR.. Shoop has
called this great nerve system the Inside
Nerves" They are not the nerves of feeling
not the nerves that enable you to walk to talk
to act to think. They are the master nerves
and every vital organ is their slave
The one remedy which aims to treat not
Kidneys alone. but the nerves which are
blame, is known by physicians and drugGy Is
everywhere as DR.. Shoop's Restorative (Tablets
or Liquid. This remedy is not symptom
remedy-it is strictly cause remedy. While it
usually brings speedy relief, its effects are also
lasting.
II you would like to read an interesting book
on inside nerve disease write DR.. Shoop. With
the book he will also send the Health Token"
AN intended passport to good health. Both the
book and the Health Token" are free
For the free book Book on Dyspepsia
and the HeaIth Book on the Heart.
Token" you must adj Book on theKidneys.
dress DR.. Shoop. Box Book for Women.
9940Racine, Wis. State Book 5 for Men.
which book you want. Book son Rheumatism
DR.. Shoops Restorative Tablets-give full
tablet-has equal merit Druggists everywhere
The independent., 1907-03-07

For the free book
an d the H eaIt b
Token /" you must adj
dress DR.. Shoop. Box
9940Racine, Wis. State
which book you want.
The independent., 1907-03-07

DR.. Shoop's Restorative Tablets-give full
three weeks treatment. Each form-liquid or
tablet-has equal merit Druggists everywhere.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-14

is now extending beyond, and natur
ally has observation-disclosures indirec;
effect upon stock market values
chiefly the industrials. 1t is quite evil
ldent that any eurtailment of manu-
featuring profits would quickly affect
the common stocks of these proper.
ties; and since many OF these still
contain large proportion Of water
1.-THE shrinkage would naturally become
more severe. This explains why bank
ers are discriminating more and more
against this class of collateral. The
railroads are, OF course, much more
Substantial class Of investment. They
are not dependent upon a single indus
TRY for their support as are many of
+, the industrials, and what they may
| their traffic can be compensated for
in others. 1t is a matter of easy de-
monstration that railroad traffic is 4
much more stable element in business
than the sales or profits of any iner-
camille or industrial corporation OF
course, the net profits of our railroads
are more or less threatened by the
enormous increase in expenses, which
puts them in poor position to meet
any contraction of traffic, Neyertho-
less, railroad securities have had an
extraordinary decline; quite sufficient
to avert any serious panic; and even
should dividends be reduced many Of
them would ultimately prove profit
able investments at present prices
although it needed cause no surprise
If they recede to still lower levels
before the close of the year The
bond market continues in a very UNI
satisfactory condition. Here, too, are
the possibilities of profitable invest
ment with little danger from loss of
revenue; but the general exhaustion
of buying power is evident and shows
that the country has not yet had the
of accommodating suffi
cient supply of new capital.
The outlook of the market Is ex-
tremely uncertain. This is not good
time for buyers to get into debt. and
conservatism is strongly urged in all
stock market operations. For the
present at least, ! continue to advise
my friends to try and keep what they
have got instead of trying to make
more through hazardous risks.
HENRY CLEWS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-14
SOMETHING LIKE AN ECHO.
His Was Alright But He Could Go
Him One Better.

nam VIC IbNtACT.
Cousin Jonathan, having waxed
rich as Chicago packer Of food
stuifs, had come TO England to buy
a castle and responsibility. His cas-
tie, like everything else which was
his, licked creation
The day he entered into possess
Ion, he showed his new English
friends over the grounds. and called
their attention TO a remarkable echo,
which he said. he had created him
self by rearran cement Of the rock
cries and hillocks, says Illustrated
Bits
Stand under this rock and
shout" he proceeded, "and the echo
will answer four distinct times, with
an interval OF two minutes between
answers
One OF the visitors was seen to be
smiling.
II don't see anything marvellous
about that" he said quietly. You
should hear the echo at my little
place In the Highlands Before go
Ing to bed, which | always do pun
ctnally at IL y. m. stick nv head
out OF the window ana yell, Time
to get up. William" and the echo
comes like a clap OF thunder and
wakes me UP at 7:15 next morning.