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MARCH 3. 1904, 10 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT r ? i i ti nt If THB BUBSO-JAFAWESK WAR The uselessness of the daily papers to the man who wants facts was never made more apparent than s.nce the Russo-Japanese war broke out. In the cities the colejdea has been to get up a sensational line or two ev ery hour or so and spread It across a whole page n red ink to increase the street sales and for the regular edition print columns of surmises guesses and articles by "war experts who knew no more about the situa tion than any other - citizen. The editor of The Independent has worked hours In goin over the re ports In ttw dailies in order, if the thing were possible, to give a succinct anU accurate account of what reahy ha3 happened since the war broke out. He has run across the results of the work of several other writers in me dailies and high-priced weeklies who have been attempting to do the same thing and they are all failures. Ev ery item of news that has been sent from the seat of war has been con tradicted over and over again." The official reports that come from St. Petersburg, sent out by the Russian government, do not seem any more reliable than those from the war cor respondents. . The Japanese government has ac complished something that no nation ever did before. It has completely concealed from the knowledge of the world the movements of large squad rons of the navy and large armies. It has been able to do this because of the patriotism of every Japanese subject. The newspaper editors of Japan are jvst as loyal as the men in the ranks. They will not print news that might be detrimental to their country, although they might enrich themselves by so doing. In this country a commercial and sub sidized press, the. ideal of which is thai money-moking is the greatest thing in the world, would not hesitate to print the movement of troops no matter what the result to the country might be, if it could only get on the streets first with a sensation, a thousand times The Independent has declared that these men have no pa triotism, no country, no pouuer. m Japan it is different and that is wnat makes that little nation mvmnuif A far as The Independent can sift he r-nntradietorv dispatches, the mfh r.Ptns be about this: Japan after declaring war by the withdrawal rtf w minister from St. Petersburg, made a naval attack upon I'oit Ar thur and sank or disabled three Rus ... .int. wnr shins, the effective work be- in& done by torpedo boats, and then retired without damage or the loss of a life. Shortly afterwards, two Russian warships were blockaded in the port of Chemulpo, Koiea. The Japanese admiral sent in word that if these ships d'd not leave port he would come inside and attack them there. As these Russian warships would have a better chance of escape in the open sea than in a harbor, they came out and the Japanese sunk them both since that, there have been sev eral attacks on Port Arthur by . the , Japanese navy, the last on eDiuary 29. when two more Russian warships and a torpedo boat were disabled or sunk. Where the Japanese army is no one knows. It is said that 60,000 Japanese troops have landed in Korea and are nushinsr north toward the Ydlv river which is the boundary between Korea and Manchuria, but is is very doufci ful whether that is true or not. The latest rumor is to the effect that the JaDanese have blockaded Vladlvostock from the sea and Invested it on the lan.; side by landing a large force in a bay Just to the soutn. Japan has impressed Into service nearly all ita ocean-going steamers and many othr v?ssels. All that is posi tively known is that some 200.000 troops have been takn aboard and ' Hit bhips have sailed. Where- they DEAFNESS CANNOT IU2 CUIIKI) with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh Is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to euro It you must take internal remedies. Hairs Catarrh Cure Is takeu Internally, and tt liln'itlv on the blood and muc ous surface. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is cot a quack medicine. It was pre scribed by one of the lut physicians in this country for years, and h a Mi.ulir nrenorlntlon, It Is fomnofpd of the best tonics known, combined with the bet blood purifiers, acting aiirctly. on the mucous surr.ires. The port t combination of the two Intrd U whit produces such wonderful wtults In curing Catanh. tf.-ad far V. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props.. Toledo. O. flrtM bv druccUts. Pr c 7Sc. Hall Family PU!s are the heat are, and where it was intended to land the troops, nobody outside the Japanese government knows. All that can be said is that it is probable that Vladivostock has been blockaded, for the Japanese transports' now ... sail without a naval convoy. The Russian navy ha3. been swept from the east ern seas without the loss of a single hie. That is the most astonishing thing in the history of the world. This war . cannot seriously affect America in any way if common sense is exercised at Washington. Our trade had been practically ruined, with China before it began on account of the low price of silver which, pre vented the Chinese from buying our goods and the occupation of Man churia by , Russia. The trade with Japan may be slightly increased. THE MEW YORK POST It la not at all to be doubted that The Independent is carefully read ev ery week by the attorneys, tue nirea literary chaps and the managers of the money power of the New York papers. In tho edition of. the New York Post of Saturday, February 20, the following appeared: A WholePeople Cowed Th Press Csptured and Coward Hirelings Only Can Writs for It. ' The above startling headlines, placed by the Nebraska Indepen dent over some "editorial corre spondence" from New ork, in duced us to read further, only to find that we are the "hirelings." It seems that this Ithurial's spear of an editor tried to get into the columns of the metropolitan press a long letter explaining and de fending the principles of the pop ulists. Here follows his damning revelations: "Some people here who have a very high idea of the honesty and inegrity of the editors of the Evening Post insisted that the article should be sent to that naner. I told them that it would ntver appear, but to satisfy them. I sent it to that paper duo. it was thrown in the waste basket." , Now. we cannot deny the charge. Our waste basket is large, and never gives up Its secrets, tsut u we did decline to print tne editor's letter, we were Justified, on hi3 own confession. It is he hinvsell who explains: 'To make it (the letter) go I ac knowledge that I used a little lit- . erary strategy." He has had many vivid experiences in the west. In every gathering," as he saj3, "I have been ursed to tell tales of the Indians and life on the plains, - sc I threw .in a little or tnat at the beginning and end, as an in ducement to get the average resi dent to real the rest " But what this follower of "dim trails left bv the savage enemy" failed to take into account was, not the craven cowardice of ine Hirelings o? a nlutocratic nress. but the decn-rooted obiection of editors to . being "worked." Had the Nebras ka editor s letter dealt frankly as it seemed to promisowith "dim trails it m'ght even have brought srace rates. But that "literary strategy" was unworthy of a fear less and straightforward populist vc try, arduous as tne task some times seems, to keep our pcpnlisls and our wild Indians distinct. Thorp nr two thine verv noticea blt about that urtlde In the Pofet. One is that the headlines are larger than the von uses over Mis own ar ticles und the Bctund thins Is the adroit manner in which ihU abb and tili.i-.reri literarv hire-line been tho while- question, I tie ankle which the Vast refused to nubllsh was mint ed In full In this naner and our lead er can Judge of tho style atid ability or the article, in excuse lor not m-intinc It was that it did not deal trunkly with 'dim trails," and did deal frankly vlth a statement of pop ulist principle.! winch uo rosi cai vitllfied. lnNtcnroficntH an de nounced for a whole c-k In succes sion Tho art Ule uroves thrt thnive whlrh the rdltor of The Uvlf"-nd nt made nL.iltiMt tho lYmt ami other New loik d M'y pnpera, nmily, tb.it W.wo ttr will nol puiuHh u line mimical lo iht nwmev lower. Th editor tf Toe !ndepnd lit know 4 from his R -. I it Ion anion? them or l wrt-ka that there It scarcely a man In the whole rtt v d.ir v a wold arr.!nt the r.r nt orp mtlon. The aime nn-MUrf h brought to bear Well, well! Cheer up! Get busy lams' peaches and cream are ripe. They were sensational "show horses," "live whirl winds" at the Nebraska State Pair (He hd a snap.) lams had a whole barn full of prie wiener there, lams won first oa four-year-old Percherons in class of thirty-two (an easy vic tory). Also championship sweepstakes Percheron stallion sver all, and many more prizes. In fact all the principal prizes in Percherons, Belgians and Coacber. Then lams kept his great 51 ,000-pound show pair and the best stallion in every class out of the Nebraska show yard. lams' best horses were at the Nebraska State Fair for exhibition aod were not shown for prizes. None of the special train of 100 stallions received Aujrust 23, 1903, were shown at Ne braska State Fair, and among these he had the first and second prize four-year-old Percherons at largest French horse show at Chartres, and many Percberoa winners at leadiD? "horse-shows' as well a& winners at leading "horse-shows BELGIUfl and GERflANY. lams is justly entitled to the name SWEEPSTAKES STUD VISITORS and BUYERS throng his barn at Nebraska State Fair and saMr ''HELLO, , TOMt I'M from Illinois." "I'm ELY trom Mtoouri. Fay, IAM DijS ITUE BWBOMMnOWI EVER SAW. Yes, we thone four H.OOO-pound two-year-olds. IAM8 18 A HOT ADVE-RTJSJiK, but be has horses BETTKR THAN II U ADVKRT18KH: nicr than pictures." "J1KLIX), MR. nvr ininu mwi l'U 'WW frnm flhin. this la the BEST BlRIACi OK STALLIONS I EVER SAW; they are mare peaches and creum. See those six 2,200-pound three year olds-all alike, too. They arc ALL-WOOL AND A YAR1 WIPE, ke, they are sure "THa WIDK-AS-A-WAGON SORT." "Say, MOTHER, look! This la 1AMS' GREAT KHOW OF HOBfcliS. His horses are all black and big, ton lellows; none on tlie grounds to compare wUhhia. Ho al ways haV the BKHT." "Well, tamanthy, here is 1AMS' SHOW HKRI). WVY wants .to see This hordes. We came from California to see IAM8 5,100-POUND PAIR OP STALLIONR THAT'S TH KM; better than the pictures. They are sure the greoteHt pair ineU 8 sod WORTH GOING 2,000 MILF8 to see." "Hello, Lonie. here is IAM8' J9HNPJ?.W STAKES PERC Hk'rON stallion OVER ALIj. lie lsa 'HUMMER. " "Bay, IOC. I do n't won dr at HIS COMFETITORS wanting this horse BAR1 KD out of show ring. He lis a SURE WIN NER anywhere. IAM8 always has GOOD ONES and has their i In ' ?!'" l?eiJT,r,? those Ilfinols mon buying that 2,200-pound three-year-old, aTOP-NOTCUER W:" BETTKR than twenty of my neighbors gave tV00 for." "Ki ty, see those fine COACH-EKh IAMSV "Georgie, dear, theyjire lovely; they can look Into i!$mjfoTter step high and fasti-real live 'WHIKLW1ND&' "Yes, Kitty, 1AMS HAS MORE REGISTEREp DRAFT and COACH STALLIONS than ANY ONE man in the U. 8., and all good ones Geor gle, dear, yon mnst buy yoor next stallion of I AMR. His horses are mneli better than the one you paid thcie Ohio men for, and 1AM8 ONLY ASKS 11,000 AND 1,KjQ FOR 'TOPPERb.' IAMS has on band i47BIack Percherons, Belgians and Coachers 147 00 per cent blarks; 50 percent ton horses. I A MS speaks the language, BUYS DIRECT trom breeders navs NO TbUYERB, SALESMEN or INTERPRETERS. Has no THREE to TEN men as ptomPUh. His TWENTY-TWO YEARS SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS: Meshlm a safe man to do fcuiflness with . Jun.s guarantees to sell you a better stallion at f l,J0O end Vm than are belnR- sold to stock companies for $2,H,0 to W.0CO by slick salesmen, or pay your fare and & PEE Da" FOR TROUBLE tosee them.YOU THE JUDGE. IAMH : PAYS frggM nd buyer's fare, gives 60 per cent breeding guarantee. Write for eye OPENER and CArALOGUK. References: St. Paul State Bank and First State Bank. v ,F8AM St. Paul, upon the man drawing a salary of ?25,000 a year, the common laborer and scrub woman alike. I talked with one man who has a salary I about $50,000. He said that he could not hold his position a wock if he ex pressed views" inimical to the money power. I talked to the "white wings" who clean the streets ana tney saiu the same thine1. I talked With edi torial writers on the great dailies. They bore testimony to the same fact. The' Post does not deny the facts. It makes objection to the publication of an article because the simues ana metanhors used in it were drawn from life on the plains. If anything weaker or flllier was ever written bv a $io, 000 a year editor of a great New York daily than the above article in the Post, The Independent will give a year's subscription to . the man who will produce it. A BISHOP'S VIEWS Bishon Soaulding in a recent ad dress among other things said: "Desnite our marvelous success and achievement, we have tailed to secure equal opportunities to all, which is the radical aim and master passion of democracy. More than 70 per cent of the wealth of the United States, it is reckoned, is owned by D pr cent of the families; while 29 pti cent of the wealth is all that is lelt for 91 per cent of the population; and the tendency oi mouscnai progress under the competitive system is to increase inequality of possession, if tne present r.;ctn ods continue a few ind.vldual i and trusts will soon control tlie moans of oro iuction and dlslnbiulou. and x this in an era in wnkh money is (he mlshUest form or ro ni in- llucnce .and dominion. To these few In 'HvuluaU and corporations will belong an authority ami pow er creater than nny history makca knownnil nUhonty and power which are twompntrjlo wltn i litiial liberty and popular iutitu- tions. capitii (iit'tatA even now. In a larK n,r,aure, the polli K of cur national, state, nn! numUi pal legislative Imh1I3, It f-tuthlcH the ni'iltiirtilllonatrr nud th trtista to tnnkw or to ovadw the l!wa. It wtitrlfl mo,4 i4 stnt or liii's o' putdu opinion, and . nine to give to iho liitireus of hub' tnaltam piiortiy ov-r lli riUta ot I'Uin. IUhon BpAnldlnir f to httvt' roriirt to Ih .inn lonrliMlni ifi'irtru ttia th puti.U prM V,ii tbp i-llloi of Tti ln.h'i 'tnlctit did afitr hp hn i'i. uon on Wall tlrftt a f w tks, an Nebraska. Excursion! Half Rates TO CHEAP LANDS i IN THE GREAT SOUTHWEST I have a large list of lands for sale in the state9 of Kansas, Mis souri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma. I can sell im provedfarms that will pay one half of purchase price from first crop.' And improved lands that will double purchase price from one crop. TIIE BEST RICE LANDS ON EARTH. Write for information stating in what state you are interested. JOHN CARR, 503 Richard Block, Lincoln, Neb- A. D. KITCHEN. Heal Estate and Rental Agency. 1222 O St.. Lincoln.- Neb. FARMS WANTED. If von want to hnv a farm, or If von want to sll a farm, see me. 1 have several buyers who want to buy. Ufet your larms wun mc. Kftr HOMESTEADER'S GUIDE TiT tun'.' n! vnliml.lH liilorinntliiti. Aff.' I if sua fuii intriu ti( ixiw tRft vulval I'inp ciiiiiu on mo ..Rosebud Reservation.. Porbe Locating Agency, Itonestcel, Houth Dikola. CATTLE x Un Com Sleek mission. SHEEP d'ye & Euchanan Co,, titllt r M A II , Ml!MAHK.i. I'fft I 1 nvlce lit all da. rtmenta. Write it iraws fir u.sa-t or rdttr Infnrnution. l.or g di-tsree lelej tuti