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OCTOBER 21), 1903. 8 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT Cije Uibrasha Independent Lincoln, tltbrAshi. IIBf.RTY BUILDING. 1328 0 STREET Kntfrnl amntipir to Act of CotiKtfMuf March j, ts Ml th l'oti.n:ce at Lincoln, Kebratka,aa anond-clata mail maitrr. PUBLISH M EVKRY THURSDAY. HI TKKYill VKAR. $1.00 PER YEAR Whrn making rfniiltaucM do not lcat iciiey Willi new aRmcie, potmBler, tie., u Ik forwarded by thtm. Thry frequently Icirgrl or remit a, different amount thaa w left with them, and the aubicrilier faila to gel io'H iredil. Addrewi all communication, and maka all Siatt. nioiny orrirra, etc., pnvuble to tb tltbrasks Indtptndtnt, Lincoln, Neb. Anunymoua communicatloni will not b Bollted. Kejecled iuauuciiita will not U returned. T. II, TIHiil.Kf, FdlUir. ('. U, l. HIAM t, Atxtutt Krtllor. 1. 1), I' A(.KH, llimlutixi Mummer. From conversations with several re publicans up In the northern part of the slate tio fact was elicited thut a pood nisti.y men in thet parly look upon M! key as a worse affliction than n vermiform appendix. " Our old friend over In Iowa, H. A. Feist, nays that the populists over there "are doing some reorganizing on their ovn liook." The way they have fcone at it In to net our party press Into the hands of populists everywhere and Mr.. Feist. Is doing his share in that sort of work. The republican editors of Nebraska for years haye sat up nights invent ing epithets to apply to the criminal ity of fusion. The republicans and democrats fused on the only candl late for a state office In New York :hls year, but there has been no de nunciation of that act y these same republican editors. wvvvvv The distress and suffering In Mace donia which perhaps surpasses any which has occurred In the world In ' the last 500 years, has at last moved the Twentieth Century club to appeal for assistance to In a slight measure at. least relieve it. Thousands of wo rsen and rhlldre? are dying of starva tion and suffering from wounds which have never been dressed since the fiendish Turks Inflicted them. Perhaps the most rabid advocate of protection would object to putting up a tariff between New York and, say, Texas, for an example. But If it would be bad policy to destroy free t!ade between Texas and New York, why Is it not alto bad pillcy to pro t'.blt fre trade between Cuba and New York? They are both about the same distance from the metropolitan city. If New York makes money by having free trade with Texas, why would It not make money by having fiee trado with Cuba? The Indepen dtnt Is free to confess that It Is an other one of those things that no pop - can find out. 'he Old fJuard of populism Is a body of men, tht like of which was never before known in the world. Old and pray, as many .f them are, feeble and almost nightie are dome, but still they stand at their posts am will fire iwf( mj fr ea,n ()f ,,1m "llKhts out" U sounded for the lut time, I.lk the French drummer boy, thry liave never learned to sound a Ti treat, nd if aoine one eltt. sounded It vrr so loud, they Wouldn't ven I now what It meant. Of mi. h stuff It I, 0. Todd. mho lives down In Ca eotinty, He U HI (tending In new utTlpUti fur The lndeMid nt. Th old ailUaie men wtu all rrtuew ler htm. TDK OLI FOP FA KM KB He lives In the sand hills, up in Custer county. ' He has lived there and raised cattle for twenty-nine yian. A large grove surrounds his houue rot ton woods, interspersed w'th. ev rgreens. From a spring on a side hill, the purest of water Is piped to 1 is house, his barns, his cattle sheds and his hog lots. Bevies of epiail wander unmolested around his house and through the grove. "I never ate a quail," he said, "and they have al ways had free access to any part of tie place. Last year one of them got hi.rt and my wife put In a nice little ccop and fed it until it got well. It went in anil out as It pleased and this Bi-mmer It raise! a brood of Its own." The Poland-China and Berkshire hege looked fat and happy. The Pclled Angus, Durhams and Herefords lolled the days away. "Do you see that kng cedar pole," he asked. "I cut that twenty-nine years ago and hauled it over hre. There Is not a rotten spot In it. It has been put to Various uses ever since." That was his horn.. But he had ttken an active part In the gejvern ment of his county, stale and nation during all the years. He always found sf.methlng worth going to the polls and voting for every year. The dlfft-: cult points In political economy he well understood and some of the pro fiffirs who pretend to teach that sci ence would come off badly damaged In a contest with him if they should at tack the quantity theory of money or attempt a defense of the trusts. I,ong life of Uncle Swalme. Ho has lived a life that will make his last years his happiest years. There are many more pop farmers like him scattered ovr Nebraska. They have applied tne science that they have studied and in these years of prosperity they have prepared for adversity. They have ro mortgages on their farms and the banks hold no "cattle paper" against them. The Independent wishes to say to the faithful ;.ie; who have written so kindly to the editor and are so enthusiastic In regard to the good work that this paper Is doing, that there are at least a thousand letters on the editorial desks to which It has been Impossible to make replies, on. account of the pressure upon the time of the editors In fighting this state campaign. But don't cease to write. Every one of those letters have been read and many of them have furnished new inspiration to go on with the light. After this campaign Is over there will be more time to read and more room for letters from our enthusiastic correspondents. ' SAM FARKS Ray Stannard Baker deserves great credit for the admirable manner In which he has s..own In the November number of McClure's Magazine- how ridiculous Is the current belief that a certain, heretofore unknown Individ ual named Sam Parks has caused the re-cent tie-ups In the building trades ('own in New York. Under the caption, "The Labor Boss the Trust's New Tool,' Mr. Baker shows conclusively that Parks Is slm Ilj an effect not a causo at all. That Sam Is really a man of ability In Ms line, and a peeulla-ly efficient grafter, Mr. Baker does not deny; but on the re ntrary goes to some pains to relate instances showing the Mirewdnesg of the walking delegate of the house smiths' and brldgeworkers union, an organization ef some 4,5io members. Mr. Baker flnda that In 1VJ7 the housemnlih revived 2.MI a day; and in r.u ne receives f t.r0 a tUy, On the surface this li duo to Parks, who U tredited with, the present effective OTrnnUntlnn ti the Ironworker, and litis "ha made life better worth lly. Ir.-t bait In a material lenie-for r.'H.i Nw Yorkers." To this fn H due lh hold Par! ha on hi fellow workmen. They know U U Rafter - but they know thlr wage ha.e Ih., When a Man.., , Bends in to our mail order department, orders a particular kind of a suit or overcoat he fancies notices the way it is made, puts it on his hack cine times out of ten he's the best satisfied pur chaser of clothing in your locality. The same man, if he visits Omaha and Wants Another Suit or Overcoat Comes Straight To This Store. What do you suppose brings him ? It's the wear he's gotten out of the clothing he'H about to cast aside. A satisfied customer growing, lasting business: where one is, the other mutt be they are never separated. If a mistake creeps in we promptly right it. We guarantee our clothing. It deserves it. Write for our new Clothing Catalog for Men and Women. &m&a C-fclfcffl ffq '"-iaa- 4 COR. l5th AMD FARNAH. Increased, as they view it, because of Parks, and they prefer $4.50 a day un cer a grafting walking delegate to 52.50 under no organization. And one must possess a superabundance of ethical sense to blame them very rruch. But Mr. Baker finds that the cause of graft Is much higher up than Sam Parks. He discovers that Parks Is simply an Instrument In the hands of tht George A. Fuller Construction company, a corporation capitalized at 20 millions, which in turn Is an in etrument In the hands of the United States Realty and Construction com pany, capitalized at 6(5 millions, and that back of this is the Standard Oil company, represented by Jsmes Still man; the United States steel corpora tion, represented by Charles M. Bchwab and E. C, Converse; railroad Interests represented by Cornelius Vcnderbllt and John W. Gates; bank ing and other big financial Interests represented by James H. Hyde, vice president of the Equitable- Life In surance company, James Speyer, Aug ustus D. Jullllard, C. O. Haven, and others. - The Fuller company "is the trust Idea applied to the building industry." It brought Parks from Chicago and has used him aa an Instrument for bieaklng down competition. The trust r.ever has a strike except when It Is profitable to have one. Its competi tors are continually harrassed by strike. Park3 and organized labor get the blame the subsidized press si e to that. There are a number Of useful les sons to be lea: led from a earrful reading of Mr. Baker's article. One of these is that the socialists nre rcck e.ning without their host In their at tmpt to build up a "class const lous" proletarian party. Appuvntly thfse l.oiiHCtfnilths are Just as cowardly re Eurdlng their 11.50 jobs as the "middle clasw" proprty owner Is over the lit tle property he owns. If the Fuller ce.mpany want. these 4,500 hotue rmltha to vote the republican ticket vhllrt they are drawing I50 a day Here Isn't much doubt a to what tht jr would do. They'd swallow their "elas roiwciousncas'' and vuto Vr straight The revolt from the defeneration rsitainl by the worship of Mammon has Urn begun flm In Fnglnnd. 1UU U bringing the accusation that society in England is rotten at the top and Mm. Russell declares that it. is drunken and vicious at the bottom. No wonder that such sociologists as Prof. HolW entertain the gravest fears for Eng land's future. On this side of the At lantic the same sort of degeneration In becoming more uid more apparent as the days go by. TUB IWDKPF.NDE.NT AW RIMTATOR For a number of years Harvard uni versity has placed a subscription for The Independent through an eastern agency, evidently Intended for the !' Liary of that Institution. Thai Tub Iitdependent Is read and appreciated by the students of Harvard Is evi denced by a recent letter from L. C. Marshall, a department of economic, Ohio Wesleyan university, Delaware, O., asking that a copy of The Indepen dent be se;nt to the library or th.it university. Mr. Marshall says: "As a graduate of Harvard unlvcrsitv, I enme to know your publication, The Independent, and have looked over Its flies with much Interest." Last year he was called to the department f economics In the Ohio Wesleyan. He now desires The Independent in his new field of work where "the pwiiil student bedy will have access to it and bo an object of special attention and etudy" by his students. The Independent Is glad to !'!'' this department upon Its coinpl inen- titry list, and would do the .same for any other educational in.-t!i'i':..ii making application. The Dulep' "I""' t'tists that Prof. Marshall's m -S- ' r rray profit by reading If, and lh v '!''' may feel free to write t rill. !! "' at ythlng In It, for the adm ' n nt of the science of polltlcil eoi-'ciy. The Independent ncktiouh't ; celpt from Dr, 1. P. Itur lh k. )'' "on, I. T., of a pamphlet Ivm-: eegent reasons why the Ind i'i 1 tory should be admit ted in stain" without being tied ' 1 hnma. The doctor h one "f ullwt national cotumHteene u i territory, mid a good oiki-r f t Her caUN Itrt tlMe!l. lie ' a a name fr lh. t-rrttr "Jefferson," whk h mould " nlar, or Thlehom.. nn Hci hi' h would balan e til"'!; ' b ins. t .')- ! i o. t a