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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31
MESSAGE
TO The MIENRS

Just before the assassination Of
Abraham Lincoln, Schuyler CoIfax
left Washington to cross the ton-
tinent. AS Mr.. Lincoln babe him
farewell, he said:
Il want you to make a speech
for me to the miners you may find
on your journey. | have very
large ideas of the mineral wealth
of our nation. ! believe it is rae
tically inexhaustible. 1t abounds
all over the Western country from
the Rocky mountains to the Pacific
and its development has scarcely
commenced. Now the rebellion
is over and we know pretty nearly
the amount of our national degt.
the more gold and silver NC mine
makes the payment of that debt
much easier. | am going to encOur-
age that in every way.
I'VE shall have hundreds of
thousands of disabled soldiers, and
many have feared that their return
home in such great numbers might
paralyze industry by suddenly fur
nishing a greater supply of labor
ers than there will be a demand
for.
81 am going to try to attract
them to the hidden wealth of our
mountain ranges, where there is
room for all. immigration which
even the wal has not stopped, will
land upon our shores hundreds Of
thousands more every year from
overcrowded Europe. | intend to
point them to the gold and silver
that waits for them in the West.
Tell the miners for me that !
shall promote their interest to the
utmost of my ability, because their
prosperity is the prosperity Of the
nation. We shall prove in a very
few years that we are indeed the
Treasury Of the World"
This was the last mesgag., al
most the last public u]tteraDcc that
came from the inspired lips Of MIR.
Lincoln. Those prophetic words,
uttered nearly half a century ago
still make the heart of a miner
glow.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31

troll.
One does not ncoi to be a iinan-
cier to understabi that.
II is a telling indictment of the
selfishness of'Wall street.
A prominent member of the
American Bankers Association re-
Gently said it was a matter of the
greatest regret" that the Aldrich
bill did not become a law. But
every worthy feature of that yea
sure, entitled to public support, is
found in the pending Glass-O wen
bill. To quote the World again:
This pending measure provides
an elastic currency substantially
in the manner of the Aldrich bill.
1t provides a mobilization of
bank reserves against their use by
stock market gamblers in creating
panic conditions and for their use
in preventing panic.
1t provides a ~rediscount system
like the Aldrich bill.
1t divides the country into reds
count districts like the Aldrich
bill.
1t extends these privileges to
state bank and trust companies. like
the Aldrich bill.
1t provides for limited farm
land loans like the Aldrich bill.
1t provides for foreign branch
banks like the Aldrich bill.
1t offers to member banks more
liberal profits, more liberal reds,
count privileges and more liberal
cash reserve privileges than did
the Aldrich bill.
But it is not satisfactory to the
bankers at large" while the Al.
drich bill was and is.
To sum up the whole matter
Wall street wants no currency leg,
islation that may or must weaker
its own control over the money
market.
What Wall street wants is tc
strengthen and fortify its present
financial power and keep the west
tributary to its Golfers.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31

of wrecking business it has stimu-
lated trade and caused increased
activity in many of the industries.
This is clearly shown in the follow
ing clipping:
In a New York dispatch to the
Cincinnati Enquirer it is said that
trade and industry have passed
through the first week OF the new
tariff law without recording any
decrease in activity" Indeed. the
volume of trade is at least equal
to or even ahead of that for the
same period of last year, which
was a season of pronounced activ-
ity." Many people professed to be
very apprehensive as to free wool,
yet we are cow told that since the
passage of the tariff bill a broader
demand has developed. in the
raw wool market. and that the feel
ing is much more cheerful, says
the News.
There is little idleness in the
wooden industry, indeed, many of
the textile mills are short handed.
Building operations have expanded,
resulting in an increased demand
for hardware. Crops are moving
satisfactorily, and consequently
railway traffic is heavy, and gross
earnings are large. 4 few indus.
t~riesrare responding more slowly
but the general outlook could hard,
ly be better.
Certainly no one is disturbed in
regard to the new tariff. 1t is ad.
mitted that there are some adjust,
ments yet to be made but no one
doubts that they will be made cas-.
lily. II should be remembered thai
for more than u year the country
has been facing a certainty of tar.
if revision downward. Yet through
this whole period, covering a Presi.
Dental campaign, business ha:
gone on with only tie slightest
disturbance. The protected indus
tries themselves seem to be in a rea
sonably contentcd mood. Ever
President Wood of the American
Wooden company says that free
wool is of inestimable value to the
cloth maker" and is certain hi.
company will be able Ito compete
success! ullY with similar manu-
faCturers abroad"
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BUSINESS GENER-
ALLY INCREASES

Reports from correspondents of
the n. Y. Commercial indicates
the trade volume last week did not
decrease and that it continues in
excess of the healthy period at this
time last year. Collections are
prompt and from nearly all sections
come reports Of confidence in con-
tinued prosperity. Prominent in
features of the trade situation are
the urgent requests for goods TO
meet current needs, particularly in
dry goods, this branch Of trade be.
ing stimulated by seasOnable wea-
thcr. Commitments for the fut-
ure arc being made steadily but
there is still some hesitancy over
the changed conditions following
the new tariff. This is reflected
prominently in the drug trade
where uncertainty exists over price
revisions due to new duties. Tn.
satisfactory conditions still prevail
in the steel market, the imminency
OF price reductions keeping con-
sumers out Of the market. The
volume If railway traffic is larger
than last year, the movement Of
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31
WALL STREETS POSITION

That Wall Street and the bank
r generally oppose the admins
tratiou's currency bill, known as
the Glass OVENS bill which passed
the House by II large majority, is
generally known. but the reasons
for their opposition are not so we'll
understood. These reasons are
summed up as follows by the New
York World:
They do not want currency re-
form, they do not want bank re-
v removed from Wall street
control, they do not want or want
the country to have any of the
great financial advantages and safe.
guards, provided alike by the Al
drich end by this hill, so much as
they want a central bank, which
the Aldrich bill slune provided:
as much as they want such n bank
under their control as that bill pro
yided; SO much as they want a voi-
untary bank membership in the
new system which the big bankers
use to maintain their con-
troll over the country's banking
credit, as that bill alone provided.
Il is now q matter Of the greatest
'egret" that they did not rush the
bill through when they had a con-
yress more nearly under their con-
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31

terms SO that he may M longer be
classed with men with whom politi-
cally he has nc sympathy. The par
ty will endeavor to worry along
without him. As a matter of fair
play and political decency he should
have left the party long ago.
The question naturally arises
whether Hearst, who in New York
has declared himself no longer a
democrat, is still a democrat in
California. This very question
would imply political gymnastics
impossible to anyone but MIR.
Hearst or Colonel Roosevelt. Either
Of these gentlemen could accom-
plish this feat without effort.
The democrats in California
would do well to settle this ques-
tion for themselves. Hearst has
never been a supporter of the
democratic president. On the con-
trary be has lost no opportunity to
stick his knife into the back of the
president. Let the democrats treat
the attempts Of Hearst to control
the party, or even to claim mem
bership. as the gross impudence it
is.
Any man who seeks the demo-
cratic nomination or election as a
democrat with the direct support
IF Hearst should be treated as a
political traitor.
The publisher should be taught
that there is more than three
thousand miles between the poll
tics and policies of the democrats
of California and those of Hearst.
Sacramento Union.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31
ABANDONED BY HEARST

William R. Hearst. has abandon
ed the democratic party to it's fate.
In the our of q speech in New
York the publisher announced
that he could not find a place in
the party where he could feel COM
Portable.
AS he puts II, he has reached the
conclusion that there is no place
in the party for a radical or a
democrat. He leaves us in doub BIT
as to which classification he claims
for himself.
President Wilson must feel
gloomy at this rank desertion at a
time when he is confronted with
problems in Mexico, Cuba. the
philippines, in addition to the min
or matters in connection with the
currency and a few other domestic
problems.
VI course the editor, through his
numerous papers. will still be in
a position to give the president and
abandoned party the benefit Of his
advice, ever il 1t does come in the
form of criticism. Possibly it will
be ell the more valuable in that
form.
Heart mas not been a democrat
for years, If he ever was. He has
been the heaviest load the old DON
key had to Gerry, in fact. be would
have been a burden for the ele-
plant Of the @. U. p.
II is fitting TINT he should with.
from the party in definite
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31
HENDERSON BANK
ASSESSMENT

An item is going the rounds of
the state pi ess to the effect that
the state tax commission is boost
ing" the assessments of the banks.
Among the banks named in the
item is the Henderson Bank and
S44 900 is given as the valuation
placed upon it by the commission.
II the item is as far from the
truth in regard to the other banks
as it is 10 the Henderson Bank, its
author must have taken a big dose
of dope before writing it. The
fact is that the Henderson Rank
was assessed at $ln0, 900 by the as
SCISSOR and reduced to $4,000 hy
the tax commission. This valuation
is subject to the 10 per cent raise
which adds $4,000 to the assess
ment OF the bank as fixed by the
commission, making the assessed
valuation $8S, 600 instead Of S44,'
900 as given in the published state
ment. This is q reduction of $l2,
900 from the valuation given tC
the assessor. This reduction !!
the result of the rules adopted b!
the tax commission for the assess
ment of the banks.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31
BREHE',

Albert Brehe and Miss Dora
Walthers were married last even
ing at the Episcopal church by
Rev. f. II. Price in the presence
of the members of the two fam
lilies. The groom lives at Hylton
and the bride has lived mere for
several years. Trey left last night
for Salt Lake on their wedding
trip. They will make their home
at Hylton.
The Independent extends con-
CALCULATIONS and wishes the young
people happiness and prosperity.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31
WHY He ATTENDS CHURCH

While a great many Of our read
ers may not be church gocrs and
those who are may not get the
benefits from it that Congressman
Weaver Of Oklahoma rays he gets
in the following article, we think
his reasons for going to church
are worthy Of reproduction because
OF the sentiments expressed. The
article was written for one Of the
large magazines and rpau into the
congressional Record by one Of MIR.
W%eaver's colleagues. Il has been
widely copied:
20 to church because find
peace there, that peace which De
Quincy described ms resting from
human labors, a Sabbath of REFUSE.
a respite granted from the secret
burdens of the heart, as il stood
at a distance and aloof from the
uproar of life; as if the tumuIt
and fever and strife were suspcpd.
ed; as II there brooded over me n
dovelike and haIcyon calm.
20 to church because love the
music that hear there. the mighty
roll OF the great organ. mingled
with the marvellous s. mphonies Of
that divine slringcd instrument.
the human voice, untwisting all
inc chains that tie the hidden soul
of harmony.
go to church because | delight
to hear the teaching of the preach
err whose soul is dedicated 10 God.
field is as vide Ms Gods
universe, whotc theme is the dos
'lny Of man and whose words are
oracle of fate. Marvellous is
spell Of Che preacher 20 whom
has given genius and conse-
and the power Of il~lustro.
ION drawn from the old. sacred,
immortal book, and from tho mir.
'cIes OF nature, no less revealed in
crlmson.tippod flower turned
70 oy the plowsharo Of Robert
turns upon the soil of Ayr than in
ne long reaches Of the star grit
20 TO church because "the way ,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31
BUSINESS ANO THE TARIFF

When the new tariff bill was I'm.
der discussion in congress, many
dire predictions we're made BY re-
publicans that it would wreck the
business II the country and breed
panics These predictions were
taken up by the benchciaries Ct the
Payne.Aldrich law and a supreme
effort was made 10 cocrce congress
on many of the important sche-
dulles.
The new law has been in opera
tion but a short time and instead
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31
COST OF THE PANAMA CANAL

Up to date the Panama Canal
has cost $314,37O.978. The total
cost when completed will be within
me original estimate Of S875,00o =
gCO' Engineering has cost sISS.
3i6'O9., and of this nearly sSS-
600, 900 has been spent on tho Cpi,,
ora cut. Sanitation-a fundamon,
al necessity il the canal WINS on".
to be built-has cost $IG,25o 9
Inc sale OF old material, tho wo,L
uone Tor outside companies. and
water rentals from Panama b ogo
yielded the United States ab"nt
%lo' 200, 900. America"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31
FREE JUSTICE

The Kansas City Star suggests
that the state furnish lawyers for
all litigants for the same reason
that it provides judges and ~juries.
1t argues:
Questions Of justice and law are
now determined by men learned in
the law and paid by society, the
judges. The other men learned
in the law and paid by private in
terests, the attorneys, are in the
courts chiefly to confuse the
judges, to delay the trialss.and take
up the time of the courts. With
justice free, the privately paid at
torneys would be supplanted by
public court commissions of mon
earned in the law. Such commits
sions would have two main duties
the first, to examine every suit
presented for docketing, reject the
demonstrably unmeritorious suits
and file others on the docket.
The second duty would be to pre-
sent the facts in the case nj the
points of law involved. to aid the
judges in declaring the justice
of the matter. Or two commits
sions could perform for each court
those two regulated but separate
duties.
The saving in this would be pro-
digious-beth in money and time.
Fictitious or malicious lawsuits
would practically disappear. AS
wealth would not enable n man
or corporate interest TO purchase a
better advocate than another, jus
tice would be equal.
There would be no large Tor
small) group of influential and IN
tellRctual men with a personal in
terest in promoting business for
the courts and in controlling the
rules of court procedure. Conse-
quently, technical rules and costly
delays would disappear.
IL the same intellectual power
that is now employed for confusing
the administration of justice and
for delaying it were employed for
simplifying the administration Of
justice or else were turned into
constructive useful channels-then
society would receive an auxiliary
benefit from justice free.
The unanswerable principle in
the demand for free justice is this:
No man should be permitted to pay
for injustice. No man should be
forced to pay for Justice
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31
No. i&i

Notice OF the E~stablishm.,,
,.ahn uisttlct IN the State OF NJ aSiit!onal
nnoMn as me Elko Land District M 10 be
Sa,Sna q tne Land Once Thereof 'he Lo-
Notlce Is hereby given that by Ac, o,G Eko.
approved October 3. 1918, N wns .S.vi congress
addttionall land district be creaict IS.sI that an
NShaGa, 10 embrace the lands rontSin"S laieof
FOLLOWING described boundaries. snneu In the
NJ the common corner between .ominencing
ty-elRht and thirty nine east ran.. "sshlps thir.
north. Mount Diablo base and Tnssit,p Ity-seyeu
~ ~ nOIth boundary line of the Statc q, eng
eda; lhtnce south On the dividing Ina W New
townships thirty-eight and thirtS nj. uetNetn
It's intersection with the third stan5ass, eASt. 10
norm. sAid parallel being the diTijinyA parallel
Mn, niaSSSSS mtesn and sixteen north q
third standard parallel north To- he Jns sabt
ton OF the Ruby Valley guide mestSI. in'ersec-
the dividing line between townships n, icing
anu hltS'slh east: thence south alone saIs,yn,uNe
Valley guide meridian TO It's IntsrSsa ll huby
the nrst standard parallel north. beIna y With
NiIihs IlhS between ranges nye and Sir ~
OF S9uht DIabio base line: therce eas, an
sAlu hrst standard parallel north, betwss,S .oI.
ranges I'VE and six. To the east non, 49, SAID
OF TIE State OF Nevada: thence norm al. Ihe
east boundary line of the State of SsS.S.s we
notIh boundary Inc OF the State of Ney,ss.
line OF the State of S.y,g. AiI
the point of beginning. The city OF EiTo 70
county OF ElkO, il hereby designated aS ~ we
OF SAID land once. hu. the distTIr' 49, sue
known as the Eiko laEd district. In ,nstn ue
81 slld Act OF Congress. the land ONO. a, EIlu
nevada, viii be Opcned for the tranSaciirn Ao
public business on January /. 1914, ma ~
Register aud Receiver of the land once al ESns
son ,itN. Nevada, will transact no buSi,sssS AZ
tanning 10 the lands included within tSs 49,.
described boundaries after December a, JS,s
Given under my hand ut the city OF WashinS
ton, District OF columbia. this eleventh Ss.
October. n. ID. 1918. VI
Clay Tallman.
Commissioner OF the General Land once.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31

is dark md am far from home
and because the church is the polar
star TO light my pathway in the
rayIess night.
! go to church because the
church ministers not only to the
spiritual but also The material
needs of life, and because it is
there that the charities tina, soothe
and heal and bless are scattered
Mt the feet Of man like flowers.
go to church because in that
atmosphere vice and crime wiihet
and die.
90 TO church because ! hear
the teachings Of the philosophy OF
Jesus. the incompatible man; and
II you say His teaching is philOs-
ophy aud not religion and that he
was u man and not n God, then
the philosophy Of that man has re-
deemed the world from saNagery,
and blessed mankind with Christian
civilization, and. TO my mind, il Isl
thing worth while to hear. >
| 20 TO church because ! find
there consolation and hope; because
I see there the dawn and not The
sunset. and it is better for man.
if the hope Is bascless end the Wis
ion but an elusive phantom 10
cherish a dream so glorious ana
beautiful than to be weighed down
and crushed with the quaTrieo
mountains Of a world without hope
md without God.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31

grain continuing heavy. Whea
export. are large, but those Of
corn at a low record. almost at the
vanishing point.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31

Now Source OF HsdIum.
An Italian university proteseyI
TO have fornd raAium In oror
pRry dow.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31
THE DAILY INDEPENDENT

At thu Elko postonioe for transmission
through the mails NJ second-class matter
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-10-31
REPORT
OF H CONDI
henderson B anking
Company, Inc.

At EIko, In The State Of Nevada. in r..
Spouse to the Call Of the State Bank EE.
amIner for Report OF Condition at the
close OF business ending on the 2ist day Of
October, 1913.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-12
PEAL ESTATE
- MONOLOGUES m
No. 5.
WE COMPEL

With becoming modesy We assert that We are live wires: what's more we
months. o
Forty acres Of raw acreage we're purchased FROM the Zahau heirs in October.
we had 1t surveyed, made a score Of hts of the property until we rot oe that
suited us. Got that accepted.
We donated 81 feet for the raightening of Holman stma and +mn tho COW
N paved it 0 a width of A. feet. We are 10Y pettonmg for III ohng of the street
crete bridge over the Little Calumet river That bridge will be complete during the
of 1913
We let the contrctf for a complete sewer system that's built. The contract for
a mica nd a half of cement walk, curb ant gutter is let nd ill be quilt at once.
We are assured for immediate water service, the Northern Indiana Gas &
company has received the pipe for gas main extension we Iaye graded a mile
sreets, pettloned for and secured the opening Of Kenwood avenue and are now ne
ttionlng for the paving of nearly a mile of asphalt macadam~ streets.
We will curb thec count pavement on State Line street hay Kenwood aa
Tue opened through to Bunham avenue in West Hammond INC boulevarded: te EAST
sde of Holman street is to be parked with dense shrubbery to a width of "a feet in a-
cordance with plans by our expert landscape gardner, and a dozen I'M sidencs will
erected thsy year. The vey magnitude of thee operations must compel attention
Beware of buying property from the man who phs his property and goes to
seep on his blue prints. When you buy in a subdivision you take stock in the enter
prise as whole; Dom tie up with the man who sells ut a subdivision as a speculative
proposition The development If Kenwood is real Are you casting your lot with live
ones?
Roscoe E Woods, President Frank Hammond, Secetary.
omce-Hammond Savings and Trust Company.
Phone 80
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-12
A NEW LOVE

Faint hearted youths who fain
would ask for the hand of a fair one
in marriage heed no longer worry
and a few wrinkles. If Won
ven the courage to pop the
question see kthe aid OF the Rev.
Father Angelus, pastor of ST. Cecilia's
Roman Catholic church, in the pic
turesque little city of Englewood, n.
j. He is willing { do all the pro-
posing hat the youths wish. And il
a girl Of the modern school-those
who believe they should propose
would like to ask some youth to lead
her to the altar but hesitate, he will
do it for her.
Father Angelus admits he is a sort
of right hand aid to Cupid. He has
told foul thousand members of his
congregation that he believes in the
young marrying early, hat children
are better than automobiles and more
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-12
THE TARIFF.

Credit is given the democratic
party for fearlessness in introducing
tariff revision. The measure is now
before the country for inspection and
Congress for action.
A long wrangle over individual
cuts n slashes would only prolong
the agony The bill might as well be
accepted. 1t may be a bitter dose,
but it's no use contemplating it.
The expression, You can't make
an omelette without breaking eggs
hts the case exactly. The democrats
have unhesitatingly smashed the
eggs and they're on the fire. How
the omelette will turn out time alone
will tell.
II national calamity results. in
dustries being destroyed, concerns
driven away to Canada, mills closed.
payrolls cut and soup houses opened,
1t cannot be helped.
1t is sincerely hoped nothing of the
sort will result. If it does 1t will be
easy to locate those responsible. If
the revision proves beneficial, to the
victors belong the honors.
But don't waste time. Let what IL
TO be done be done quickly, SO that
things "a find a level and business
be resumed.