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March 20, 1902. THE NEBRASKA: INDEPENDENT.

Lincoln, Neb.(Mention this paper)

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"because the taxes are all expendedupon the land." Is that true? Aren'tthe taxes all expended upon the mau?If so, why not tax the man?

"Where there are no taxes there 'ano ground rent." And no civiliza-tion, no education, no commerce, nomoney. Mr. Fillebrown's epigrammaticstatements of cause and effect are likecertain curiosities of language wordpuzzles which read forward or back-ward ju3t as well. "Taxes are thecause, ground rent is the effect." Stateit the other way and it can be provenwith equal ease: Where there is noground rent. tLcre are no taxes; thera-for- e,

ground rent causes taxes. Whereground rent is scanty, taxes are scan-ty; where ground rent is abundant,taxes are abundant and for a goodreason: The people are able to payabundantly.

The editor is not ready to concedethat land values must be "constantlymaintained by the collection and out-lay of taxes," but insists that the de-

mand for land gives and maintains itsvalue. Ed Ind.

cannot be gainsaid, and that is the factthat as between land and other prop-erty there is a difference in this; Mostother forms of property are capable ofindefinite (but not unlimited) repro-duction; with land, except in a verylimited way,, this is not possible. Butalthough land surface cannot, exceptin an exceedingly limited way, be ex-

tended, yet as a factor in agriculturalproduction at least the soil itself canbe and i3 every year being reproducedby the labor of man. "A man whofarms It for thirty "years," says Mr,Fillebrown, "has to provide three setsof horses and plows, upon which hemay be taxed, while one set of land,meantime, is PROBABLY just as goodas ever." (Capitals, ' ours.) In thematters of mere surface arrangement,doubtless the "one set of land" is bet-ter than. ever; but the elements of soilnecessary for the production of farmcrops, Mr. Fillebrown certainly knowsthat the land would be sadly run downunless the farmer exercised great carein replacing the elements he takesaway each year.

"Tax the land," says Mr. Fillebrown,

Our Spring Trade has fairly opened, andfinds us fully prepared in every department.

Never have we had a more complete stockthan we have this seasen.

We cordially invite the public to call andinspect our lines.

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Meeting of Leading Populists at Lincoln Significant.All Favor Early Convention and Educational

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when she came to serve the soup toher fastidious guests, that a greatnumber of these dainty little animalshad unfortunately- - chosen this par-ticular potful of soup as their happyhunting grounds. Too much horror-stricke- n

to utter an excuse and too lateto cook another dinner, she could donothing but dish out to her unre-quest- ed

company this highly orna-mental and fragrant soup. To hersurprise, however, all ate heartily andwita a will, leaving neither soup norcockroaches, and they even intimatedthat that kind of soup might well bea feature of their daily menu. Thenext day when again preparing thedesired dish, she naturally took properprecaution to save her family of cock-roaches from further suicide by care-fully covering the soup and had thesatisfaction of serving it without thegarnishments of yesterday. With longfaces and loud voices, however, theFrenchmen, every mother's son ofthem, expressed their disappointmentby exclaiming, "Where are zee leetleanimals?" This goes to show how in-

advertently tastes are sometimes ac-

quired.A similar curious feature is pre-

sented in the origin of the pungentsmoky taste of imported Scotch andIrish whiskies. Everyone will admitthat to the refined taste this smokyflavor is decidedly objectionable, andyet it has grown dear to the tastes ofthe Britishers, a habit all too readilycopied here by the rather abundantimitators of foreign fads expensivethough it be. because the imported ar-ticle pays atax of $2.25 per gallon andthe home-mad- e only $1.10.

When whisky was first-- distilled, ina primitive way. many hundred yearsago in the British isles, the methodwas necessarily crude, and the maltedgrain was roasted over open peatfires, probably the only fuel then avail-able. This Is what imparted thesmoky taste to the product, and would,perhaps, have gladly been eliminatedat the time if they had known how.Not being able to do so, they becameused to it, until now it is consideredthere, not a necessary evil, but a pre-requisite of genuineness highly valued.Not only is the old method of openpeat fires carefully continued, but thissmoky flavor is said to be often arti-ficially produced by the less scrupul-ous imitators of Scotch and Irishwhisky through the surreptitious ad-dition of a few drops of creosote, aproduct obtained from tar.

The most desirable features of boththe Scotch and American malt whis-kies are combined in Iler's Pure MaltWhisky, made by the Willow SpringsDistillery. This is positively the onlymalt whisky bottled and placed on themarket by its bona fide distillers, andsold under their substantial guaran-tee of purity. Strange as it may seem,the history of the contents of everybottle sold can be traced back to theoriginal package, duly stamped by Un-cle Sam's officials; to the governmentbonded warehouse where it was storedfor aging for a specified time; to theexact day when it was first depositedthere and to the exact number ofpounds of the different kinds of grainused in its manufacture.

While te e'ditor is taxing horses andplows every year, tirae is wiping outevery ten years what of his horses andplows are not taken in taxation, sjthat a man who farms it for thirtyyears, has to provide - three sets ofhorses and plows, upon which he maybe taxed, while one set of land, mean-time, is probably just as good as ever.

The editor certainly can feel. If hecannot see, that it is not enough forland to have a value, but that suchvalue has to be constantly maintained,by the collection and outlay of taxes.The Queen of t Spain has '

bought herland and paid for it. We say let Lirhave it, only let her stand her shareof the cost of maintenance of thatvalue, and not ask her American sub-jects to do it all. ' The single taxersays,, tax the land because the taxesare all expended upon the land. Taxesand ground rent have close resem-blance in every feature. Taxes are thecause, ground rent is the effect. Taxesare the fertilizer, ground rent is thecrop. Where there are no taxes thereis no ground rent. Where taxes arescan', ground rent is scanty. Wheretaxes are abundant, ground rent Isabundant. The ground rent of a com-

munity is, roughly speaking, one-ha- ff

of it the result of public expenditureand one-ha- lf the result of private ex-

penditure, but all taxes (public ex-

penditure) are transmuted into groundrent a change of name without achange of nature.

For a homely illustration the cookturns the drank of her coffee mill; thewhole coffee that was in the hoppercomes out ground coffee, but it is coffeejust the same. The Minneapolis mil-ler lets on the water that turns thecrank of his flour mill; the wheat thatgoes into the hopper comes out flour,wheat in a more subtle form. TUc-peopl- e

turn the crank of a great tixmill; the taxes that go into the hoppercome out ground rent, no tax qualitylost, no missing rent ingredient added.

Or again a more, pertinent illustra-tion: This constant round of taxos.and ground rent is the blood circula-tion of the body politic. When theheart throws out the life blood throughthe arteries, if that blood does not re-

turn through the vains the patientdies, not of heart failure, but from lossof blood. When this public heartcharges the arteries of the land with'ground rent, if that ground rent does-- :

not return, the body politic is pros-trated or enervated by loss of blood.

Again, the myriad springs and rivu-lets of the great Mississippi valley arecontinually delivering themselves inone great river to the sea. Suppose,that some day you should read inthe weather bulletin that nature haddecided to suspend the regular returnof these waters in clouds, and rain,and dew to their,, point of departure,how long would it be before the Mis-

sissippi valley would be as parchedand dry and shrivelled as the Desertof Sahara?

Do these reasons, few among many,seem unreasonable to the editor of Tii-- 3

Nebraska Independent?C. B. FILLEBROWN.

63 Essex st., Boston.(Leading a blind man into the light

is certainly a praiseworthy occupa-tion, but the leader should take carethat the light be mellowed and soft-ened and subdued, so that the poor,'weak eyes of him who is led may be-

come gradually accustomed to seeing.Better a rush-lig- ht for this purposethan the dazzling glare of an immenseelectric arc. Mr. Fillebrcwn's argu-ment is indeed brilliant, but instead ofmaking the single taxers' positionplain, it will have the effect of puz-zling many who are really anxious forinformation. After all. his rule "abouthorses and plows" seems to apply onlyto plows, and he skilfully avoids stat-ing that if there were no populationhorses would have no value, becausethere would be no horses. Horses andcattle might exist in the absence ofhuman population, but they would bevalueless, because value is "human es-

timation placed upon desirable things,capable 'of being exchanged, the supplyof which is limited."

As the editor sees the light, the fun-damental difference between singletaxers and populists lies in their re-

spective views of what taxation reallyis. The single taxers seem to thinkthat society is entitled to take, foruse in society's work, only that valuewhich society gives the land, indnothing else; and that any other formof taxation Is robbery. The populistsbelieve that government is a neces-

sity; that civilization could not ex-

ist without some form of it; that eachindividual ought to contribute towardthe maintenance of that governmentaccording to his ability so to do; andthat no form of taxation is robbery,whether on land or anything else, solong as each contributes his just share.It is human" nature to view with somadisfavor contributions to any - fun 1

over the expenditure of which the in-

dividual has little or no control, andthis feeling is intensified when thereis ample reason to believe that hiscontribution is larger proportionallythan that of somebody else. But itcannot be shown that taxes would bepaid any more willingly under the sin-gle tax plan than any ' other.

One contention of the single taxers

ing Cloths, TowSha, Mousselines, Luzerne Mous-seline- s,

Imported Fancy Mercerized Ginghams andothers, at. 48c

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Populists Enthusiastic(Continued from Page One.)

pic's party should be maintained as adistinct and separate organization andthat it has yet a vast field of useful-ness to occupy and that every honor-able effort should be used to increaseits strength and make its influence forsood, felt throughout the state andunion; therefore,

"Resolved 1. That we will most earn-

estly repel and repudiate every at-

tempt to disorganize the party and toabsorb its membership, by any otherpolitical party.

Resolved 2. That we declare it tol m "conviction that sound policya d patriotism alike demand the con-

tinuance of the people's party as adistinct political entity and that allhonorable means should be employedto increase its membership andstrengthen its ranks.

"Resolved 3, That as heretofore wefavor party with all otherpatriotic political organizations whichbelieve in and are honestly attemptingto accomplish any of the essential re-

forms advocated by the people's par-ty, insofar as such can behad upon an honorable basis and thecontinued and separate existence ofour party, but we will resist any at-

tempt to disintegrate the populistparty.

"Resolved 4. That it is our judgmentthat a party press association shouldlo organized and maintained in thest-'t- of Nebraska, and that a thor-ough system cf exchanges should besdonted bv reform papers, to the endthat, rnembei-- s of the party in everysection of the state may be fully in-l- or

nd of party conditions in othersections: and we advise that a likerx-iL- be established and main-- t

i jU the United States and that it' o'-- l at least one yearly meeting inso central place at which a thor-cn"- h

interchange of views and an in-t- ;.

;'.i-'n- t discussion of measures andpriiMes may be had.

"Resolved 5, That we point withnride to the work already ac-

complished by our party which wouldi o! have been done but for its separaterxistenee and intelligent advocacy. We('ireot attention to the fact that therefro --

riany sound political doctrines inwhich we firmly believe that have notthus far been adopted by any otherpolitical party, and we pledge everyrenson?ble effort to the continuedmaintenance of independent party ex-

istence."Resolved 6. 'That we reaffirm the

vi?dom and soundness of the cardinalprinciples of the Omaha, St. Louis andSioux Foils platforms and we confi-

dently appeal to the enlightened judg--"- -t

of the patriotic voters of theJ" 1 States to continue the agita-tion for essential governmental re-

forms ed to carry forward the cam-ldi?- .n

of education so happily inaug-urated flt the beginning of the party.Wn believe the Declaration of Inde-pendence and the constitution contain1he e??ntial doctrines of this govern-ment. We are opposed to imperialism,and pledge an undivided and intelli-r-- t

opposition to the formation andlnornippMon of trusts and industrialcombinations and against a monied-l- vpmacy of our political institu-- iio'v."

'Iugh F. Mcintosh introduced the' dlowing resolution. which wasadopted without division:

"Whereas. A bill is now before theUnited States congress creating twojudicial districts in Nebraska; and,

"Whereas. Such bill proposes tomake the Platte river the line of divi-sion, between said districts, thus rec-onivh- ig

by act of congress a "SouthPlatte" and "North Platte" divisionof iuterests in this state a divisionwhich is illogical in its physical rela-tions and which does not exist in oursotI life. Therefore, be it.

"Resolved. That the people's partyf Nebraska, at this, it3 first opportun-ity, solemnly protest against any na-tional recognition of the Platte river

a proper division of Nebraska forbi'.rdness or judicial purposes."

("por motion of General Barry theother recommendations of the chair-man were left to the executive com-mittee with full power to act.

Roth meetings were well attendedaid the most enthusiastic held byeither of the parties in a number ofycivs. Populism has taken on newnergy and there is every evidence

''"t we rnav look for a revival ofmanifested in the early '90's.

Beth democrats and populists werepractically unanimous on the ques-tion of. on.

Just received a belated shipment of fiue Imported SwissNovelties, 32 inches wide, in white on black, blackon white, white on lavender, white on pink, whiteon baby blue, white on gray and black on yellow,exceptionally fine quality, per yard.

Polka Dot Novelties Lavender and white, black andwhite, black, white and pink, specially adaptedfor waists, at.

A wonderful attractive line of choice Shirt Waistiugsand Wash Dress Goods, printed or woven in themost up-to-dat-

e colorings and patterns, includingthe celebrated' Hungarian Madras. The assort-ment of colors are beautiful. The immense varietyof novelty and select patterns gives the buyer anadmirable opportunity for selection, at per yard.. . I5c

of five for three reasons: First, we donot have to pay an agent his wagesand traveling expenses to secure .thesubscriptions. All that expense, whichis usually heavy, we avoid by thismethod. Second, we will use the mon-ey to build a home for The Indepen-dent an-- ' quit paying rent which nowcosts us $65 per month. Third, wewished to make it easy for our friendsto sell the cards. Those are the plainreasons why we are selling "LibertyBuilding Subscriptions" in blocks offive at the low figure we are. We havebeen as liberal in our offer as possi-ble. It costs more money to publlsaa paper devoted to the defense of theplain people ihan to publish one ad-

vocating the cause of plutocracy. Themoney power would gladly furnisnmaterial to fill all our columns free ofcharge if we would accept it. Theywould be liberal with their advertis-ing patronage and generous to a fauUif we would indorse their legalizedrobberies. That's why plutocraticsheets cost so little,. Shall we give youthat kind of a paper? Never! Wewill print the truth and sell the paperas cheaply as we can. Invite yourneighbor to try it for a year. Askhim to compare it with the hand-me-dow- ns

and ready made stuff furnishedhim by the organs' of plutocracy.

Here is the roll of Liberty Guardsand what they have done to date. Letus add your name to the list:

No. cardsordered.

James Harvie, Webster Neb 5Dr. J .N. Lyman, Hastings, Neb.. 5A. W. Dutcher, McCook, Neb 5W. S.. Dean, Delhi, N. Y 5W. J. Thompson, Palava, Tex 5R. I. Davidson, Delevan, N. Y..... 5Geo. H. Masonhall, Homestead,Okl. 5

Jerry Hayes, Dickenson Centre, NY 5

John Shortledge, Barada, Neb 5L. M. Swan, Stella, Neb 5C. A. Skoog, Holdrege, Neb 5Paul Nelson, Pelger, Neb 5

J. Higgins, Cambridge, Neb 5J. F. Ericson, City 5J. N. Limbacker, Manhattan, Kas.. 5J. D. Vaughn, Ft. Calhoun, Neb 5

Joshua Jones, Broones Island, Neb. 5Theodore Lohlberg, Oakland, Neb.. 5D. F. Reece, Oxford, Neb 5

Turner G. Brown, Arapahoe, Neb.. 5O. R. Pitney, Inavale, Neb 5N. H. Bedford, Meek, Neb 5E. E. Warner, New Castle, Neb.... 5J. H. Dufree, Ashburn, Ga 5J. W. Brassell, Alexis, Ala 5H. L. Keene, Canton, Mont 5L. G. Todd, Union, Neb... 10J. F. Vandrala, Ravenna, Neb 5L. D. Austin, Moulton, Neb luS. C. Faddi3, Jefferson, Pa 5W. J. Gardner, Bracken, Mo 5N. Cochenour, Roseland, Neb 5W. W. LaMunyon, Rising City, Neb. 5L. B. Harrison, Bancroft, Neb 5G. A. Y. Reeds, Burkemont, Ore... 5C. W. Kinch, Lexington, NebD. H. Fries, Nehawka, Neb 5A. W. Halleck, Clarks, Neb 5

J. C. May, Buck Horn, Wyo 5S. Jones, Patterson, Mo 5E. R. Woods, Burwell, Neb 5

Asa Turner, Solomonville, Ariz 5E. E. Warner. Newcastle, Neb "

J. W. Cox, Louisville, Neb.. 5CI A. Skoog, Holdrege, Neb 5

W. F. Kellogg, Red Cloud. Neb 5G. W. Beauchamp, Wichita. Kas... 5

Frank Reger, Dunn's Station, Pa.. 5R. W. VanAlstine, Neb. City, Neb.. 5

J. A. Hogg, Shelton, Neb 5

P. J. Cox, Amsterdam. N. YA. J. Best, Decatur, Neb 5

J. E. Lamb, Mariaville, Neb. 5

W. A. Roberts, Greenfield, Tenn 5

Silk and Mercerized Fabrics, such as Mercerized Ox-

fords, Mercerized Madras, Blendheim Zephyr Ging- - Q rhams, etc., in exquisite styles and colorings, at. . . Z3u

There is no event that has causedmore enthusiasm among the populistsand Bryan democrats' of Lincoln thanthe meeting of the two committeesheld this week. Not. in the last fiveyears has there been manifested asdeep interest and as much enthusiasmamong those conversant with politicalaffairs in this state. It reminded theold warriors of meetings in the earlydays of the party. All seemed anxiousfor the contest and favored an earlydate for opening the battle. Sometalked for a convention as early asJune. Others favored the first of July.All favored beginning the battle now.Victory is in sight if all do their part.Many called at The Independent officewith words of encouragement and tookaway with them blocks of five LibertyBuilding postals. They all agreed thatno better campaign vvork could bedone than to help to extend the circu-lation and influence of The Indepen-dent. Why not join with them in thegood work. If you wish to try we willsend you a block of five cards. Youcan pay for them after you have soldthem. It will .cost you nothing to try.Shall we send them?.

Others who have tried have foundit easy to dispose of them. Readwhat this man says:

SOLD FOUR BLOCKS.Holdrege, Neb., March 14, 1902.

Editor Independent: I herewith sendyou a money order for $3.00 in pay-ment for the last cards which I re-

ceived yesterday. I find them easiersold than I expected, so I think I canstill sell another block of cards. Itjust took me about ten minutes to sellthe last cards and I sold them to someof the best farmers of my township.I have sold them every time before Ileft town and all to farmers but one.Yours truly, C. A. SKOOG.

We have many more letters like theabove, but cannot take room to printmore. .All bring words of encourage-ment.

What we need most is a home. Atpresent we are located in a buildingwhich we rent. In the midst of a cam-

paign or other inconvenient time wemight be compelled to move. To thatextent we are at the mercy of land-lordism. What we desire to do is tobuy a little spot of mother earth fromwhich we can fearlessly champion thecause of good government and defendthe plain people from the aggressionsof organized greed, and from whichwe cannot be driven by the order ofsome plutocrat. We want to constructa "Liberty Building," dedicated to thedefense of the liberties of the plainpeople. In time. of peace we wish toprepare for war.

We need a building 30x142 feet, twostories high, of the most economicalconstruction.

We will use it without plastering,heat it with ordinary heating stovesand be thoroughly happy and at hometo and for all our friends and patrons.We will get along without the luxuryof steam heat or hot air furnace.

The plan adopted to accomplishthe undertaking is to sell "LibertyBuilding Postals" in blocks of five for$3.00. Each postal is good for a year'ssubscription to The Independent to jesent to any address in the UnitedStates or Canada. What we ask of ourfriends and patrons is their

in disposing of 2,000 blocks of 5.10,000 cards. We have made theprice low to make it easy for them todispose of the cards. When you askyour neighbor to buy one of thesecards you are not asking him to con-

tribute or donate anything. You arein reality offering to sell him a year'ssubscription to The Independent at 40cent less than he could buy the sub-scription direct. We can afford to makethis low rate for these cards in blocks

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The Income Tax(Continued from Page One.)

Our reputation for carrying the largest and best selectedstock of Household Linens is well known. This reason wehave far surpassed our former efforts, and are now preparedto show a most complete and varied assortment of German,Irish and Scotch manufacture. -

65c75 G

04 and 72-inc- h Mercerized Damask in new and floraldesigns, looks equal to fine damasks, special valuesat 75c and

72-inc- h Unbleached and Bleached Satin Damasks, spe-cial values at 85c aud

Extra fine quality of Bleached Satin Daniasks, 72 incheswide, in beautiful patterns, at

though perfectly honest. If a busi-ness man or firm is actually makinglarge profits and there is really an in-come over his living expenses, thiswill soon be invested in securities orreal estate, which will produce an in-come in the shape of interest or rentor dividends, in which case there willbe something to be taxed. No manor set of men should be taxed, untilthey begin to have incomes in theshape of rent, interest or dividends.Salaries ought not to be taxed. Thosewho work for wages ought to have achance to get ahead. They ought tobe encouraged to get into the com-pany of those who are living and lay-ing up money on the labor of others.

If the democratic party desires toelect the next house of representatives,there will be more prospect of successwith a graduated income tax as theparamount issue than "tariff for rev-enue only." JNO. S. DE HART.

Jersey City, N. J.

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Previously acknowledged 982To state committee of Neb 230J

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BLIND LEADING THE BLIND

An Kminent Single Taxer Replies to TheIndependent's Criticisms

Editor Independent: An admirer ofThe Nebraska Independent has calledmy attention to your note appendedto a letter of C. F. Shandrew in issueof February 6, headed "Whose Land IsIt?" and asks if I will not try to ladthe blind editor into the light, whichI blindly proceed to attempt!First Do not let him strain hiseyes in an effort to be too far-sighte- d,

but, starting in today to take in tax-ation gradually enough of ground rentto pay the expenses of government,economically administered, leave tothe greater wisdom of future genera-tions the disposal of the "innumerablemillions" of surplus.

Second Do not let him be so short-sighted as not to see the fact and therule about horses and plows. If thzvwere no population plows would haveno value, because there would be noplows. The plow follows population,not population the. plow. When there!is population to want a plow, a 'plowis worlli what it costs to make it, plusa little profit, but the rule is that Thegreater the population the less (not

An Acquired TasteDuring the Napoleonic wars, a num-

ber of French soldiers, campaigning inGermany, were quartered with thebaker-mast- er of a little town, who hadto provide for them a3 best he could;no small task for the conscientioushousewife to cook for a lot of gour-mands from France.

On one occasion she had preparedwith special care a generous portionof soup, which she knew how to makeso well, and in order to keep it hotuntil meal time, placed it in the bake-ove- n,

but unfortunately neglected tocover it up. Everyone knows howcockroaches abound in bake-shop- s,

and to her consternation she found,

Iler's Pure Maltgives more pleasure to merepeople than anv other whis-key on the market. It is pre-scribed by mare physicianson account of its high medi-cinal qualities, and particu-lar drinkers agree that of a!lmalt whiskies Iler's is thepurest, smoothest, mellow-est and best. This whiskeyhas been on the market for

"thirty years and more peo-ple are drinking: it everyday. If you will try it once,you will begin to realize howreally Rood and satisfactorya whiskey can be.

The Schiller Piano has always been the favorite with people wishinga really good Piano at a moderate price. In short, it has not a

single equal at the price. Their success alaug;' this line. '.lias, in-

spired the company to attempt something higher. new1 HighGrade Schiller is the result. This, like the medium grade, is thebest yet produced for the money. The price is necessarily somehigher, but just as low in proportion to quality.

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Write for description and prices to' the ,'.

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FROM NEBRASKA.Enclosed please find postoffice order

for all arrearages and subscription toSeptember, 1902. I have been a readerof The Independent continuously since1890 and would not drop it for manytimes its cost, in fact, it has become ahousehold necessity, because nowadaysa paper that dares to have convictionsand the backbone to express them isindeed refreshing. While I am notconvinced that fusion (nationally) willever accomplish much in the way ofreform, I am satisfied that BrotherTibbies is rangulne of results. . Bethat as it may. Time alone will tell.

continue in the future as in the pastto pull the mask from the face of hy-pocrisy, expose the plots to enslavethe masses and set them forth in alltheir naked hideousness, to kindleanew the love of liberty In every heartand stimulate to action every man wholoves his country more than he doeshis party and humanity more than thealmighty dollar. May it continue tobe a. beacon light to expose the rocksand reefs toward which the ship ofstate is drifting. May its timely warn-ings be heeded before all of libertyshall be lost. J. H. Cronk, Ord, Neb.

Enclosed find subscription for . Ne-braska Independent, the best weeklyin the state. I take seven other pa-pers, a daily included, but The Inde-pendent is the grandest prize of all.

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