ed: the lumber, valued at $3,000, was bought in Minneapolis, and
the freight charges, which ought to be about $1,500, were $23,000. A
little clerk in Washington that belongs to the "ring" "fixed it" in
this way.

In the Indian Territory an Indian worked hard all summer, and in the
fall carried his grain to market, delivered it to an elevator, and
than the owner turned around and refused to pay him, and the poor man
had to go home without one cent. It was the worst kind of robbery. If
that man had been a German, or Swede, or a howling Anarchist of any
nation under the heavens, we would have protected him, but an Indian
has no rights in America.

A man who has been the private clerk of one of our highest Government
officials was appointed an Indian Agent. The Indians on that
reservation were having their lumber taken from them at a price much
less than its value, and notwithstanding their protests, it went on,
the Agent refusing to listen. They complained then at Washington, and
the Government appointed one of the most corrupt of men as an
inspector. When he visited the reservation he asked for the witnesses
at once. They asked for a reasonable time to get them together. This
was refused and they asked for two days, and when this was denied
they asked for one. In their dilemma and haste they got one Indian
near-by to testify. The Agent himself broke down this man's
testimony, because he had been at fault two or three years before, in
a way which did not affect, in the slightest degree, his statement
now, and the inspector at once returned to Washington and decided
against the Indians! It was a fraud and a farce.

3. In the helpless condition in which we have left him, he has a new
wrong now, because when he votes he is of political importance. If
you will read "Lend A Hand," you will find an illustration where the
Indians in North Carolina had become citizens and had votes, and
because those votes were cast against the powers that be, they were
willing to go all lengths, even to closing the schools, in order to
accomplish their purposes.

And this is to be more and more a vital question, as more and more
they are becoming citizens. We talk about "dirty politics!" Is it not
a proper name, when, in order to get votes, schools are to be closed
and children left in ignorance?

4. There is no earnestness of purpose in a majority of the Government
officials to protect him from wrong. To show exactly what I mean;
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