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the retail price. On wooden hose retail.
ing for 80 cents the duty is IL cents.
On 25-cent cotton hose the duty is %
cents "A dozen, and the trainers of the
Payne bill would raise it to 81 cents.
On wom.a's cotton dresses retailing at
$40 the duty is SOS. Neither the COM
mittee on ways and means nor the com
mittec on finance recommends u lower
duty.
These are interesting figures for all
who have small incomes. The wage
earner with Il family who makes about
$1,000 q year finds food the largest item
of expenditure. Next comes rent,
usually, and then clothing. 1t uses up
about 10 per cent of his income. If he
could buy for himself, his wife and his
children clothing which would he
cheaper either because less was asked
for it or because it was of better quality
and hence lasted longer, he would have
more money to put in the savings bank,
to invest in life Insurance, or II buy
more home comforts. If there were no
duty on tapestry rugs he could buy for
$40 one which would now cost him So.
The senate has reached the cotton
schedule. Now is the time for il To do
something tangible for the wage earners
If there are senator's who are interested
in cotton or WOODEN mills, and the profits
which they are making under the Ding
ley law. those senators should forget
their personal concern in the matter
and vote on the side of the consumers.
A downward revision of the clothing
schedules would reconcile the men and
women consumers to any sins of com
mission or omission congress may be
guilty of i'll connection with the other
schcdulcs.-St. Joseph Observer.
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Found Nearly Dead

Almost dead from lack of water. ex-
posure and torturing pain. DR.. X. l..
Niagoon a well known dentist OF Ely.
was picked up lear Osceola Saturday
morning by Oscar Elsmore. freiShter
and taken to OSceola. where lie has
since been under treatment. Tomorrow
he will be brought home on the stage
from OSceola.
DIR. MagoOn left here on Friday OH a
motorcycle 10 attend to professional
machine suddenly threw him with
result of breaking a wooden leg which
he wore and badly bruising the flesh of
stump. Unable to walk and realizing
the necessity for reaching shelter and
aid, the injured man started crawling
along the road from the scene Of the
accident. He was unable 10 make but
about four miles, when he became ex.
hausted, and for twenty hours lay help.
less. without food or water. awaiting
some Il TO pass.
Elsmore's arrival Saturday near noon
was none to oOn MagUOn's lips and
throat We're so swollen that it was with
difficulty that beer. taken from a barrel
which the freightcr broke open, was
swallowed. At OSceola il WAS found
necessary to cut the trouser leg from
the injured limb of the man. it having
become so swollen from the original
bruising and the subsequent injury
from dragging over the rough road.
The story of the accident was brought
IL the city last evening by Charles W.
Cabey, a well known mining man Of
OSCc0la, and has accustomed much alarm
among the friends of the dentist. who
fear that blood poison may he developed
i'll tn" injured leg with fatal results.
The leg had hardly recovered from an
injury sustained u couple Of weeks ago,
when on Il similar trip to OSccola.
MagOOn was thrown from his machine.
breaking the wooden leg he wore nj the
time but not 81 badly that he was no.
abb" I" patch it temporarily and ron.
tinue his trip on his whccl.-Whitc
Pine News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-06-11
DEMOCRACY THE
ONLY REMEDY

Mr.. Thomas l.. Hisgen. presidential
candidate last year of the So-callcd
Independence party i tardy in an
uouncirg the discovery that the fight
for reform in national uffoirs must he
waged hereafter between the two great
national parties. Last years disappoint-
inent of the Socialist party. the vote of
only So, 1873 given Mr.. Hisgen and the
:i3.Sil votes which We're the sum total
OF the Populist strength given Mr.. Tom
Watson sufficiently show that the Dco-
pie Of this country are not wandering III
search of new organizations through
which to express their will NJ the polls.
The tariff issue is fast becoming
dominant enough to bring about Il
new alignment of parties. On that
issue. il the Democratic party proves
wise enough and aggressive enough to
force il, we are likely to lose some
leaders and SOME voters to the repub-
lIvaI while gaining from them more
orccful leaders and many times more
voters.
On the tariff the Republican party is
not going to he anything but Il party
of monopoly protection. 1t will re-
main the party of Capitalization, with
small respect for the reserved rights of
the states.
The Democratic party caunot escape
from its traditional policy of tariff for
revenue, with moderate incidental pro-
lection for the encouragement of
American industry and labor in cast,
where such encouragement is obviously
expcdient. The Democratic party would
die ignominiously if it should turn il,
back upon the JciferSonian principl,
that the state governments as well "A.
the national government must he main
tanned in the highest efficiency. neither
encroaching upon the rights and power,
of the other.
Upon these fundamental difference,
between the two great parties the po
litical contests of the near future vii
turn. Men who oppose government
favoritisIn for monopoly and desire tn,
preservation of the rights of the state,
will throw away their votes If they Civ,
them to any other political organization
than the Democratic party. In view o
what is going ON in Washington. it i
evident that no man who is in carncs
in demanding real tariff revision car
hope to get it in any other way than b,
voting with the Democratic party.
The S22. 900 votes cast in the las
presidential election for minor candi
dates were thrown away. In the con
test between the tried principles of SAT,
and right government and the yagaric
of oppOrtunism and special interests
every patriotic citizen will make hi,
vote express his convictions OIL the grCa
issues. In the Democratic party; lru,
to the principles it inhcritS from il.
founder. lies the best hope Of the nation
ST. Louis Republic.
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4 Race With The Sun

An English magazine says that if an
aerial mnchin" were Capabl" Of tray.
cling ut any rate up tn l.OOD miles an
hour "a traveller i'll il. starting west
ward from London AT "A speed uf 600
miles an hour, would arrrSt the pro.
grcss Of time. If he started at 10 a.
IN. should hc find his uncnding day
in%on"tnoue he could reverse his dirrc.
ton and get u quick succession Of
nights of some six hours duration. but
he c"nld regulate iii" length by the
speed Of his machine. Suppose b
Travelled from London one night AT 70
o'clock westward at II speed of 1909
miles per hour. He would soon expert.
cncc the sensation Of seeing the sun
rising in the west where il had 1T Il
short time before.
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est number OF idle cars was reported
since the late depression began and
2S4.lll idle cars at the end of the pre-,
ceding month. The number of cars
handled in all parts of the country dur
ing April by thirty.onc demurage bu-
rcaus and a service associations is re-.
ported as 2,5?3,Sll. compared with l..
$40. N and 2.57j.Sai for April, 1905
and 1907. The total for the four months
of the year, 9,099. O67, while about half
II million short of the corresponding
1907 record. was about l per cent larger
than the number handled during the
first four months of the preceding year.
Traffic on the railroads is the true in
deS of the country's prosperity, and
there are n large number of idle ears
on the sidetracks. The only redeem.
able feature of the present situation is
the item of building operations. While
there is no doubt regarding the real
value of stock and bonds the money of
the country is being put into real estate
1iIu "aShiilScNb pOituIheS' >p!utInllS
real and tangible. As the amount of
cash in the country is practically un-
limited, great good will ultimately ~,
suit from its having been turned away
from purely speculative channels. A.c-
cording ~ L. II. Hartman and j. j..
Hill. the end of the present depression
in the East depends upon the wheat
crop in a great measure. III the West
We'll sent along. crop or no crop
Baker City Democrat.
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BUILDS UP PRIVILEGED CLASS

y veteran. Washington correspondent,
summing up salient features of the
change in White House administration.
says that the Taft regime will be dis
tinguished by Il new era of bath tubs
and good clothes
The meaning behind this writer's
Righteousness is that class distinctions
are TO be more sharply drawn. If
America lacks II real aristocracy now
it Is to have Il f~our-ycar privilege of
every tyro knows, the only foundation
for a so-callcd artist )cracy in II republic
like this is the possession of wealth.
Trace history rs far blck as You like
and you will find the beginnings of
~aristrOcacy founded on property hold
ingS. 1t might he stolen land or it
might he money wrunS from scrfs-no
matter. Wealth created n privileged
class. And the privileged class lordcd
1t over the common people.
We Americans have always boosted
freedom from this sharply-drawn dis.
tinction between the classes and the
masses. Theoretically we are right.
Does not this glorous republic give
equality of opportunity: Do we not
guarantee freedom from a]ristocratic tax
gathcrcrS!
That is theory. IN practice we are
building up II privileged class through
a robber tariff. We allow artificial
m~OnopOlieS to close up normal chan.
nels of production and thus destroy on
p%Ortunity. And we allow monopolists
to not only kill competition but to make
pay outrageous prices for
lifc's necessities.
The result? \ class of idle rich tn,
members Of which fancy thomsclvc!
a~ristocrats. Money comes 50 easily thai
new cxtravagances are invented that
are not only useless to society. bu'
harmful to individuals. The cuin
munity's moral tone is distinctly low
cred by the idleneSS and frivolities o
these social parasites. They ncither
toll nor spin and they show II bad OK
ample to the rising generation.
\ robber tariff is directly responsible,
for most of the predictions accumula
tons of wealth that are spawnin,
feeble imitators of an old world arts
tocracy. With a tariff scientifically al
justed to give protection only whcr
it is necessary. or with n tariff for re
venue simply, these Swollen fortune,
would he much fewer. And those that
already exist would be whitfield dowl
10y II generation Of spendthrifts.
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A HOUSE CLEANING
THAT DID GOOD

All signs point TO a substantial revival
of the mining industry in Nevada. The
lull that has followed the wild excite
mcnt of u few years ago has brought
about a better condition. The sharks
and "~wildcatters' have been driven to
earth and Legitimate mining bids fair
to have full control. On this subject
the Mining record says:
The orgie of promotion, which was
brought about by the combined inhu.
enccs of the prosperous business con-
ditions. and the wild excitement at
tending sensational mining develop.
ments, is a thing of the past. with n
resulting increase OF mineral output.
as well rs many regrets as souvenirs of
the experience.
The development attained such
weight that it fell of its Own weight.
even though the business depression
helped TO puncture the imitation. There
mas been u repentance on the part OF
those VINO hlindly took any offered
bait which appeared inviting. and
there IL repentance on the part of thos,
who have been made to suffer for tn,
INSCRIPTIONS work which they did. il
consequence of the opportunity present
ed to unload eats and dogs. or II othe,
old thing that the laws permitted then
to incorporate. Publicity laws and
federal indictments have been the direc
result of the boom, and it is to be ex
pected that at least there will be NOR,
care exercised and less daring sailin,
close to the rocks than there was he
fore.
The better element in mining wei
come to the house cleaning. and the re
turning to saner and more substantial
promotion and investment. And as /,
the case of former experiences of
similar nature. they are wondering an,
hoping that the public will take IN,
lesson well to heart and not again h,
caught, blindly following the music o
the band, designed to lead them ont %
the path to success and fortune"
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La Toilette and others

In all probability La Toilette Of Wis,
consin will he the only Republican in
the United States senate who will vote
against the Aldrich tariff bill.
In all probability. La Toilette will ~
one OF the very few Republican congress
men and senators from the middle west
that will be their own Successors.
The rates proposed by the PAYNE
Aldrich hill are higher than those il
force now. and for this, in the face Of
the many promises To reduce the tariff.
the people Of the country. even the Re
publicans will not stand. Tonopal
Bonanza.
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Headquarters for Visitors

The committee in charge Of the cclc.
bration the 18th and 9TH Of July have ar,
ranged to decorate the BRADLEY Opera
Hous" and keep it open both days 81
that visitors may have acoOl and shady
place Ia rest whenever they desire.
Heretofore there has been complaint
that the ladies visiting Elko had no
public place where they could gather
and he comfortable and visit. II will
also be arranged 50 that seats can be
had in all parts Of the town. Rigs have
been engaged to haul the crowds to and
from the base ball grounds free. sun.
day evening the ith, Il patriotic union
service will he held in the opera house.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-06-11

4 West Philadelphia husband had
lust comfortably seated himself for
MS oitcr'dinncr cigar the other ovo.
ming. when tlis good wife arose and
took tho parrot from The room. This
done. she picked up u couplc Of
Envelopes and approached tho old
w&n, all Of which o%ccasioncd that gent
{. siderable surprise.
Vary" said he. what In tho world
IA y"t take that parrot out of the
r,om for?"
= was afraid that You might act
~ Il bad example, answered wiley
th1t do YOU moan?" demanded
,i:s wondering husband.
mean" answered WHEY. handing
i0i.Cr the envelope. tina, I have Iust
@ "i'cd my dressmaking and mil.
bills"
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JUST A MERE BAGATELLE

At last there has appeared i'm actual
figures in tho New York Tribune the
correct and duly authenticated and
sncredly expert treasury table showing
Just what protection costs the man who
pays about Si5 for u suit of clothes.
The figures are intended to relieve the
anxious citizen. He is to learn that IL
is u mere bngatcllc which he PAYS for
the privilege Of living under our glo.
rions system Of getting rich by taxing
each other. Why, the protective tax
on hit 80 suit is only $I.7Gi But that
Is FOR summer wear. His Sii winter
suit, or overcoat. costs him the nncon.
sidered tri1o of an extra $j.Gi. on nc.
count OF the tariff. How ridiculous nre
his grumblings in view of this plain
tale from the statistics? II he wants To
buy u Rl5 cook stove, none being i'm. |
ported, lc has to pay the manufacturers
just u beggnrly ID per cent al valorcm-
1910 and II would bc AN M.
patriotic American who would not bc
glad and proud to part with that sum 70
how superior va nrc to the miscr.
able free trade nations that are ruined
by getting their nrcessarics and com.
forts too cheap.
WOODEN underwear costing $I.3 mt
retail is imported to some extent. Tho
inty Is Oh cents. or over nn%c.ronrth Of
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Jenkins Company Found Guilty

The case of the United States against
the w. /. Jenkins C,nptny. which has
been going ON in the Federal Court h...
fore Judge Van Fleet for the past two
days. was finished Yesterday afternoon.
The case WAS finally submitted TO the
jury NJ three o'clock and AT the end of
fifteen minute the jury returned with
a verdict Of guilty"
In this case the company WAS churg-
cl with having maintained a fence en-
closing SON" three hundred acres Of
government land near II Of its ranches
in Eiko County. The evidence in the
case showed that this fence. together
with natural barriers III the shape of
rocky bluffs formed IL perfect or nearly
perfect enclosure. The piece Of ground
in question Vas shown To u, good
meadow land upon which a fair crop Of
wild hay could be- raised every year and
which had the natural resources of
artificial irrigation. The government
held that the action of the company in
fencing this land had prevented variou,
individuals from locating upon the
property and proving up "A homestead
X. L. Jenkins, agent and general
manager of the W. Z. Jenkins Com
pany. was present during the trial oi
the cas-. and took the witness stand in
its defense. Judge Murphy. of thi,
city. represented the defendant com
pany in the action and T.. =. AttOrnc,
Platt appeared for the government
Carson News.
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4 Family Nix

In the early part of the last century
there lived in AN old New England town
II Mr.. Church. who in the couisc Of his
pilgrimage through this vale of tears.
WAS hcrcft of four wives. all of whom
wcr" buried in the same lot. In his old
age II became necessary To remove the
bodies I - new cemetery. This mclam.
choly task the much bcrcaycd widowcr
undertook himself Int in the process
the bones of tn" lamcntcd quartet br.
came hOpelrsSly mixed. Priding him
self Of a New England conscience. Mr..
Church would not undertake the pain.
ful circumstances. permit the use of The
original hcadstoucs. hut procured new
ones. II Of which bore the following
inscription: Here lies Hannah Church
and probably "A portion of Emily" An
other: Sacred Ia the memory of Emily
Church. who seems t. l., mixed will
Matilda Then followed thcS" lines:
Stranger, pause and drop a tear.
For Emily Church lies buried here.
Mixed in some l%crplexing n
With Mary, Matilda and probably Han,
nah.
Philadelphia Ledger.
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AnImaIs al New York Znn.

In the total number of mammals
birds. reptiles and ainphlblans G.O3D.
On exhibition, The New York IOolug.
zeal park stands today at tho head ui
All the geological parks and gardens
of the world. Berlin Omc next. with
n total of 3.li9. The area of the
New York Geological park IN land and
water embraces 2Gt acres. or walks
and roads there arc about eight miles.
and Of fences l0t, miles. Tho main.
tcEancc force Of tho park. constantly
on duty. embraces III persons. The
number of visitors IN 1907 was 1913.
0lG-ncnfly Oncthird OF tho entire
population Of tho metropolis of tho
American continent. or this number
II r. estimated that n quarter or n mil.
lion visitors were from outside Of New
York city.
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Japan Building Two WarshIps,

Japan Is rapidly making arrange
mcnts for tho building OF two add
tional ba,tlcships. Tho keel OF one
was laid AT Yokosukc during July. and
the keel Of tho other will be laid nj
Kurc before the end Of the year. The
displacement Of these ships will be
20,SOO tons. their speed 20 knots, their
armament ~ l2.inch guns. The old
Fuse. Tho second battlcsliip on the jap
ancso navaf list IN point Of antiquity
has bGcu condemned 10 become n TAI
get fOr gun practice. ..
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Order TO Show Cause
In the Matter Of the Estate 81 JOSEPH \.
WILSON. Deceased.

n. W, IIcsSon and rhillip Snyder. the rxccu.
tors 81 HE estate 81 Joseph A.. Wilson. d.CcaS.
"h, having filed their petition herein. praying
lot an order OF sale Of u portion nf the real cS'
tate OF said tcCCdcnt. for the purposes therein
set l"rlh, II i therefore ordered by said Court,
That all persons interested in the estate Of said
deceased appear before the said District Court
on Thursday. the 18th day Of July, 4. -. tg4B Of
ten % clock In the forenoon 81 said day nj the
court house in the town AMI county Of Elko.
stat" OF nevada. To show cause II any there L..
why an order should not hc granted to said er.
~ccilnrS 10 sell the real estate set forth In their
said petition, or So much thereof ~ may be NJ.
ccSsnTy. NJ private sale: and that n copy OF this
order lee published for ut least four successive
weeks IN the weekly INDEPENDENT n nCwSpa.
Der. printed and published In the said town and
County Of Elk State Of Nevada.
Dated June Sth. iag.
GEo.S s.. BHOwE.
District judge.
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4 Quiet Salary

somebody III u Minnesota town wrote
Il letter To- the Minneapolis Journal oh
.iccting to "a local Clergyman because he
''ycllcd' - much. After considering
the matter the journal reaches the ron.
clnsion that if the minister yelled" in
proportion to his salary hc wouldn't
make ~ much noise rs mouse in Il bag
of feathers" The minister receives
$50 a year and his parsonage. From
this instance it doesn't seem a. though
IL man on that salary ought to make
very much IF a racket, but perhaps he
is clated because he has six or eight
children and nice dog Waterbury
American.
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Fosters Weather Bulletin
coryRIGlIrEp 10aN. nr ". n III.

COPYRIGHTED 1909, BY w. Z. FOSrER)
WASHINGTON. d. c., June ll.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
10 cross continent ID to Il, warm wave
IL to l6, cool wave Is to 10. This was
expected ~ bring unusually high
temperatures and dangerous storms.
Better watch far threatening conditions
June III, Il, Is. Very few places will
he disturbed by these severe storms
but all can afford 10 be on the outlook
i'll order that the few may he prepared.
The hot wave will take a southern
route. crossing the Mississippi about Is,
while the cool wave will cross northern
states and Canada. crossing meridian 90
about June 10.
Next disturbance will reach Pacific
coast about IS. cross Pacific slope by
close of 10. great central valleys 20 to
%. eastern states 81. Warm wave will
cross Pacific slope about Is, great cen
trail valleys 20. eastern states 81. Cool
wave will cross Pacific slope about II,
great central valleys ~. eastern states
%.
During this storm period temporal
lures will average about normal. nm
usually cool preceding the storm center,
not very warm accompanying it. nor
very cool following it. Pacific COAST will
get very severe weather not far from
June Is. Temperatures will average
above normal June II To July | inclusive
and this will b. good corn weather
where there is sufficient moisture.
Indications are that Very heavy rains
will fall, If 10 II, in the cotton states
near and east of the lower Mississippi
river and drouth will prevail elsewhere.
Not a good corn month: better for north
western spring wheat.
I'll COMET
Yes: the comet is coming and no man
can now determine what. il amy, effect
it will have on the earth. \ thousand
chances ~ one it will not affect the
earth, hut if ii should strike the earth
centrally. not much life would I've left.
llc lpLNDlpuS gusts ol the COMET WOUll
destroy animal life. cause vegetable
growthS to increase enormously, and
darkcn the sun or shut ont its light 10y
greatly increasing the cloud belts.
| am firmly of the opinion that these
very conditions obtained many thousand
years ago when Il noon. then Il comet
struck the earth. glanced oil. lost all its
water. clouds and gI,cS To the earth
being followed by that age of dark
ness generally believed 10 have existed
far back in the carth'S geological his.
tory when those immense animals and
vegetable grnwtilS existed and whose
remains are now found i'll may parts of
the earth. Possibly that great poem.
The Book Of Job WAS produced thou.
sands Of years before the time Of Abru'
ham, and that it describes some of the
scenes of thar age uf darkness" | am
also confident that the great dragon. 81
! inscparably attached to all that is
Chinese, represents the fiery monster,
our moon. which, after it struck the
earth, remained cncircling close To il.
Something similar i described in TIL,
Book Uf job