Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 May 1890 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL,: MONDAY, HAJ 5, 1890.

THE DAILY JOURNAL MONDAY, MAY 5, 1800.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JUUlUfAXt Can be found at the following places: IX) NDON American Exchange in Europe, 449 Strand. . PARIS American Exchange in Paris, SS Boulevard des Capuclnes. YOEK-Oilsey House and Windsor Hotel. PHILADELPHIA A. P. Ktmble. 3735 Lancaster - avenue. CHICAGO Palmer House. CINCINNATI-J. P. Haw ley & Co., 1M Vine street. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deering. northwest corner - Third and Jeffereon streets. BT. LOUIP Union News Company, Union Depot and Southern HoteL WASHINGTON, D. C Biggs House and Efcbitt Hoase. The passage of the anti-trust bill by hoth branches of Con cress is very gen erally approved throughout the country, and is a triumph of Republican statesmanship. ' The reports from tho larger points of distribution are to tho effect that trade has been very flattering, considering the conditions; still, country retailers are cautious buyers this'sprin p. WnEX tho New York Ilerald says that Grover Cleveland was recently "tho ruler of C0,000,000 of people" it doubtless means that ho was the chief executive of the laws of tho United States. After England, Germany and France have grabbed all the territory in Africa and thoroughly "civilized tho natives will the inhabitants of the Dark Continent bo any happier than they were? That's a mighty warm climate to wear clothes in. Afteu all of his talk to the contrary, Governor Eagle, of Arkansas, finally admitted that tho men who stole the Plummcrvillo ballot-box were those who murdered Colonel Clayton. Ho must havo very conclusive evidence to lead him to express such an opinion. Following close after the appropriation of $100,000 to relieve the flood sufferers along the lower Mississippi tho House has passed a resolution appropriating 31,000,000 for the improvement of tho river, and to be immediately available. This means, of course, tho restora- ' tion of tho levees. Henry Watterson, of the Louisville Courier-Journal, is traveling about the country of late, and in tho intervals between business and pleasure delivers the Democrats chunks of frozen truth, among which is a prediction that tho Democrats will lose New York this fall if they do not get together. For months tho Democratic press has been mingling indignation and tears because the Republicans in the House were doing nothing for tho soldier. Now that It has passed tho Morrill' bill, they complain that the measure "was railroaded through according to tho caucus programme.7' Thero is no use trying to pleaso these people. . . The account of a meeting of prominent Democrats in a Maryland out-of-. the-way town, who declared for Mr. Cleveland for President and Governor Campbell, of Ohio, for Vice-president, .must be intcrestingreading for Ex-Gov. Gray, who is said to entertain the conviction that he holds a first-class mortgage on that nomination. ,TriE Chicago Journal sees in tho discovery of four hundred fraudulent votes in one ward in tho recent election tho reason why tho city has been going Democratic of late, which t is a system of fraudulent registration and repeating. It asks vhat is to bo done about it. The answer is that it can be largely stopped by vigilance. The Indianapolis correspondent of tho New York Times has learned that the Farmers' Alliance is very strong in Democratic counties in this State, and is being encouraged by Republican leaders. He further observes that if ten Democratic counties elect representatives of tho Farmers' -Alliance instead of straight-out Voorhees Democratic candidates, tho Alliance will probably "name tho next Senator from Indiana." Tho correspondent has changed his tunc. . ..Complaint is made that tho McKinley bill , has increased the duty on burlaps. It has changed tho duty from an ad valorem to a specific one, and has put iute on the free list. Largo quantities of burlaps have come from Calcutta and Dundee, Scotland, where tho weekly wages in jute-mills, compared with those in tho United States, aro as follows: America. Dundee. Calcxittu. Preparers.... $3.00 Hpinners...'... .5Q Heelers 7.50 Wearers. .... G.ro Mechanics.. . '15.00 1'oremen 1S.0O $2.00 11.75 2.7s .fo 8.00 $ .302) .90 .01 .90 .0691.60 .7031.23 1.1 03 2.2V Totals $58.50 $24.50 , $-1.1837.46 Are there wage-earners in the United States who desire to have tho country supplied with goods by people who receive from SO cents to $2.24 per week as wages! Do they want these goods, made by such cheap labor, to como in free competition with thoso made by American labor? Some of our free-trade contemporaries in this part of tho country seem greatly concerned over tho reports that many farms in Vermont have been abandoned, end that some of tho Jand is cheap, and

they charge it to protection. Tho truth is that with tho reduced cost of transportation tho Vermont farmer cannot compete with tho West in raising wheat, corn and cattle. Further, much of tho land that was cleared and partially tilled for a time is unfitted for tillage, being rock-bound and sterile. The abandoned farms are devoted to tho production of hay and to pasturage. Still, if these troubled people will consult tho reports concerning tho value of farm products, they will be surprised to find that Vermont farmers are selling as many dollars' worth as ever.

T7HE2T THE FAEMEB WILL BE PROSPEROUS. The Forum for May contains an interesting article by Mr. C. Wood Davis, entitled "When the Farmer will be Prosperous," in which he undertakes to prove by statistics the date when the products of the farm will bring good prices. In 1874 the .products of the farm brought high prices, and, compared with that date, upon tho assumption that the population .of the country is 6o,000,000, the present surplus in excess of population is as follows: . Corn for 5,500,000 people, wheat for 14,000,000, cattle for 0,000,000, swine for 11, 000,000. Should the population continue to increase as heretofore, and production not increaso more than seems probable, home requirements will absorb all food products beforo 1900. The writer next undertakes to estimate the extent or the increaso of crops from data showing tho area available for production and a knowledge of the rate of increase and distribution of areas heretofore employed. During tho past five years population has in-. creased 13.7 per cent., tho area of corn 12.3, that of oats 29, cattle 20, swine 14, while wheat has decreased 3.4 per cent. The fact that seven-tenths of the increase in tho corn area occurred during the first two years indicates that the expansion of corn-growing is nearing its end. Statistics are introduced to show that in all tho North Atlantic States and in the lake group, which includes Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan, the increase of corn acreage has ceased. In tho States of the Missouri valley Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas the area of corn doubled in the five years ending in 1879. Of late the increase of new land devoted to this crop in that region, which is tho region of excessive corn-planting, is less than formerly, and the corn acreage there has nearly reached its limit. The process of converting corn-fields into dairy farms, meadows and orchards is now in active operation in that section, so that it is fair to conclude that the present acreage of corn, 27,000,000, will not be increased beyond 30,000,000 at the end of . tho century. The latest statistics from the South indicate that only a moderate increase can bo looked for in that section. Tho.only section where'increaso can be expected is in the Missouri valley, Arkansas, Texas and the Indian Territory. This review leads Mr. Davis to conclude that the increase of corn area during the next ten years will not exceed 5,000.000 acres, making a total of 83,000,000. At the present rate of consumption of corn,the yield from 83,000,000 acres will sup ply a population of 74,000,000, which may bo expected as soon as 1895. . . In regard to wheat the statistics show that the acreago in 1889 was 1,300,000 less than in 1884, and that thero has been a sharp decline, or a halt, in all sections of the country except tho Dakotas, where the increase during the past five years has been nearly 3,000,000 acres. Nearly all of the lands in tho Dakotas suited to wheat are now taken, unless a system of irrigation is undertaken. In deed, it is asserted by competent judges that wheat-growing has already passed its limit in the Dakotas, and that tho only, new soils suited to its production are in Oregon and Washington, and are covered with forests, which prevent the rapid expansion of wheat-growing. Mr. Davis ridicules the theory of an area of wheat lands of unlimited extent in Manitoba, asserting that the entire tract is less than 300. miles by less than 100 miles. With the increasing demand for wheat in Great Britain and the non-in-creaso of the India contribution during the past six years, and an increasing consumption in this country of 10,000,000 bushels annually, with a constantly de creasing supply, the writer predicts that the date of good prices is in tho near future. Ho calls .attention to tho fact that while the area under tillage in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Wis consin increased 4,087,427 acres from 1880 to 1887, tho area, of corn decreased 2,755,000 and that of wheat 2,290,340 acres. Similar calculations in regard to cattlo go to prove that tho rapid increaso of a few years ago has fallen to a inoderato one. An interesting fact, pointing out the cause of tho declino of prices and tho road to their recovery, is found' in the assumption that 3.15 acres per capita produces all the crops consumed at home, and tho tobacco, cotton and ani mal products exported, and that during the fourteen years prior to 1885, beyond the 3.15 acres per capita, thero was a surplus of 20,213,000 acres which were employed in growing products. During that period 8,183,085 acres of land were brought under cultivation each year, which, since 1885, has been reduced to 2,990,020 acres, reducing tho acreage in excess of home needs from 20,248,000 acres, in 1885, to 12,888,000 acres at tho end of 1888. Estimating the increaso of acreage, from 1888 toM894, at 3,000,000 a year, thero will be, at tho end of 1891, taking into account tho increase of pop ulation, but three acres per capita. Moreover, should the American people continue to require 3.15 acres per capita," it will necessitate additions of G,000,000 acres a year to tho crop area. Where can bo found available arable lands, of moderate fertility, to meet theso everincreasing requirements? If tho com putations of the Department of Agri culture' aro fairly accurate, domestic consumption will absorb tho entire product of cereals, potatoes, hay, etc., leaving only cotton, tobacco and animal products for , export, within fivo years from January 1890. Meantime, prices will steadily advance. Upon the basis of a population of 72,000,000 in January, 1894, 220,800,000 acres will bo necessary to supply tho

home: demand, and cotton, tobacco and

animal products for export. Making allowance for tho increaso of tilled lands,, thero will be under cultivation 223,000,000 acres a deficit of 3,800,000 acres. That i3 tho date when tho farmer may eipect prosperity. At the present rate of wheat-growing, tho statistics Mr. Davis presents lead him to conclude that within ten years it may be neces sary to import largo quantities of wheat for our own consumption. In conclusion, the writer says: Does not tho evidence adduced show that TlAfnTA thi riinln a 1t1f inpnt nil ihd prod acts of the farm will be required, at . i !ii goou prices, mat lanas win appreciate croatlv in vnlti on1 that the Aninriran fanner will enter'upou an era of prosperitv, me unlimited continuance or wmcn is assured by the exhaustion of arable lands! INDIANA AT THE WORLD'S PAIR. If the annonnrpmf-nt that the Gov ernor has selected Hon. E. fi. Martindale, of this city, as ono of the Indiana mm . a commissioners for tho worlds fair is premature wo trust it will prove truo later on, as no person in tho State is better qualified to fill tho position as it ought to be filled than Judge Martindale. The world's fair will afford a great opportunity for a display of Indi-1 ana's products and resources. Tho location at Chicago is almost as convenient as if it were within the State limits, and offers all the advantages of an Indiana fair without any of tho responsibilities. There can bo no doubt that the fair will attract a vast con course of people from all parts of this country and, many from . abroad, and it should be made the occasion of tho most complete exhibit of Indiana's progress and resources ever presented. This should embraco not merely its material resources, but its social and educational progress and its present status in all that goes to make a great common wealth. The statistics of the forthcoming census will supply much valuable material in this direction, but this information can be greatly added to . by timely and judicious effort. Tho discovery of natural gas has given a great impetus to manufacturing, and at tho present rate of progress it will have attained surprising proportions by 1893, when the fair will open. Already Kokomo has produced the largest sheet of plate-glass ever made, and the ornamental glass-works in that city aro shipping goods to all parts of tho country and even to Europe. Muncie, Marion, Anderson, Noblesvillo and other towns are making similar progress. Never beforo in tho. history of tho State was there so much activity and enterprise in developing its mineral resources as at present. Scarcely a week passes without new and important discoveries of natural gas, coal, building stone, glass sand, fire clay, petroleum, mineral water or some other valuablo product of the earth. All these should bo.fuUy displayed, with accompanying descrip tive charts, as, also, tho soils and agricultural products of the State. Thero should be a model school-house, a map showing the location of churches and schools, a model in largo proportions of the soldiers' monument and the Statehouse,' full exhibits of our manufactures, photographic views of notable features, etc. It will not do for Indiana to fall behin'd other States in her exhibit. In fact, being so near tho fair, she should be among the foremost. To insure this our commissioners should bo wide-awako men, alivo to tho importance of tho occasion and abreast with tho times in every respect. The commissioners are ap pointed by the President .upon the nom ination of the Governor, and if Gov. Hovey succeeds in finding another per son as well fitted for , the position as Judge Martindale he can be congratula ted on securing au excellent commission. THE WALL OP THE IMPORTERS. The importers .of New York and Philadelphia havo bpm holding meetings to denounce the McKinley tariff bill and tho custom-houso ndininistrativo bill. Of course. The interests of the importers are those of foreign manu facturers. ' Many of them are members or agents of foreign houses, while all are closely identified in interest with foreign manufacturers. It is natural that they should denounce measures framed avowedly in tho interest of American industries, and necessarily, to a greater or less extent, in opposition to their business. The free- trado sentiment of this country has been created. and the free-trado party . organized largely through the efforts of foreign. manufacturers and American importers. Their money has paid for circulating tons of free-trade literature, and is at tho bottom., of tho present activity in disseminating discontent among the people. For years pas they have had a standing offer iu a number of American colleges of a gold medal as a prize for tho best essay in favor of free trade. From beginning to end the movement is in foreign interests. If American man ufactures can bo broken down and the control of tho American market, by far Jthe best in tho world, turned over to foreign manufacturers, they and their agents on this sido and the importers of foreign goods would reap a rich harvest. They would bo great fools if they did iiot favor'' free trade and denounce all legislation in favor of American indus tries, but they ought not to be such fools as to expect tho American people to think ; them disinterested. One of tho meetings of Importers referred to adopted a resolution thanking a Senator for the .earnest fight he was making "against J tho arbitrary and un Amer ican clauses of the McKinley admin istrative! bill," and for "his noble effort in our behalf." This bill is intended to break up the fraudulent prac tice of undervaluations by foreign manufacturers and importers by which tho government is swindled out of a largo amount of revenue and tho Amer ican market glutted with smuggled goods'." Tho importers' opposition to the bill is its best indorsement. Honest importing is a legitimate business, though the loss tho country has of it in articles which wo can manufacture our selvCs, tho better; but smuggling and commercial pirac3' should bo broken up. Another meeting declared that "tho pro poed increaso of duty will briug the importing trade practically to a stand-

still." No doubt that would be a great

calamity to foreign manufacturers and their agents and representatives on this side, but tho country could survive it. Tho American Congress should legislate for the American people,ind not for the interests of foreign manufacturers or importers. . ' THE ANTI-QERRYMAKPERINO BILL. t Tho report of the committee on the McComas anti-gerrymandering bill furnishes a series of unanswerable argu ments in favor of its passage. There are but two points in the case first, the constitutionality, and, second, tho advisability or policy of, the measure. Of the first there can be no doubt. Con gress has the same power, to regulate and control the election of its own members that it has oTer the election of President and Vice-president. Members of Congress aro federal officers, not Stato officers. Congress has repeatedly exercised its power over congressional elections in other ways, and its right to regulate tho manner of districting . the States is beyond doubt. The fact that it has never been exercised before is no argument against exercising it now. Tho necessity of such legisla tion is i as little open to question. Congressional gerrymandering has become an evil of scandalous proportions. It has been, practiced by both parties and in various States. Thero is no probability of its ever being prohibited by the States, and, as every gerrymander by one party is used to justify another, and perhaps a worse one, by the other party; the evil will perpetuate itself , and grow worse. It should bo abolished altogether, prohibited once for all, and Congress alone has power to do; it. A congressional gerrymander in one State is a fraud on all, since a Representative dishonestly or unfairly elected legislates for tho whole country. A gerrymander in . In diana is as much an outrage on the peo ple of Massachusetts or Minnesota as on those of this State, and a gerrymander by Republicans' is as clearly a fraud on the , entire people as ono by Democrats; Tho whole busi ness should bo stopped. The McComas bill is not a partisan measure. To say that it is, is a virtual admission that one party or the other expects to profit in the next election by a gerrymander now existing or in contemplation. Tho ob jection against ' passing an anti-gerry mander bill at this time would be equally good against passing it at any other time. It is always in order to do right, and a growing evil cannot bo reformed too soon. Tho Journal hopes the Mc Comas bill will pass, and that every Republican-member from Indiana will vote for it. The extensive election frauds in Chi cago, following close after the exposure of those in - Jersey City, show the unity of tho Democratic party and tho simi larity of its methods.- Whether it be the Tammany frauds in New York, tho wholesale disfranchisement of colored voters in the South, ballot-box stuffing in Jersey City, or false registration in Chicago, that party is always and ev ery whero tho representative of political fraud and the enemy of honest elections. The National Educational Association and Council of Education will hold their next annual conventionsatSt. Paul, Minn., July 4 to 11. It is expected that there will be twenty thousand teachers present from all points of the Union and Canada. The railroads have agreed to sell tickets to St. Paul and return for ono lowest first-class single rate for round trip, plus $2 member ship fee. Among the prominent speakers to be present are Bishop Quintard, of Tennessee; Miss Frances E. Willard, Judge Gundy, of Louisiana; United States Sena tor Blair, New Hampshire; Dr. W. T. Har-I ris. United States Commissioner of Educa tion; Dr. Hancock, Ohio, and Rev. A. E. Winship, Boston. The official bulletin, giving details,' can be had by addressings. Sherin, secretary, St. Paul, Minn. It is possible that Mr. Crawford, tho wellknown newspaper man who wrote the Cleveland interview on the subject of Mr. Dana, will publish a statement regarding the interview and its cautiously-worded repudiation by the paper that printed it. If what is claimed for him is true, Mr. Cleveland did a very contemptible trick; a trick, by the way; that is not uncomuon among politicians and other publio men who have inadvertently made asses of themselves and think they have a divine right to ride on to glory over the ruined names of unknown reporters whose reputa tion for truthfulness is their bread and butter. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Dom Pedro is Writing for tho scientific magazines. :f Queen Christine, of Spain, is thirtyone, very pretty and very popular. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett ia said to have made $500,000 writing novels. President Harrison will be present at the dedication of the Garfield monument at Cleveland, Memorial day. Ethel Speague, daughter of Kate Chase Sprague, has decided to relinquish her idea of adopting the profession of an actress. Lii'E is not worth living in England. A youth named Kobrt Heard has just been sentenced to six wec&s hard labor lor kiss ing a girl. Rev. Dr. Martineau, at tho ago of eighty-five, has written a book urging people to reject modern Christianity and come back to Christ. The Countess of Paris has a long nose. large mouth and small eyes. She likes costumes that smack of. xnasoulinity, and her favorite is a widely plaided skirt and plain round bodice with a turned up collar and gentleman's necktie and pin. An American who"inventod a type-writer is now in London, irroducing it. He sent the Prince of Wales one of the machines, and his Royal Highness took it into his head to learn the art. He is so charmed with the idea that ho has ordered several machines for his secretaries. Count HARTENAri'best known as Prince Alexander of Battenpurg, and of Bulgaria, who married tho pretty opera singer. Mile. Loisinger, is in great favor at the Austrian court. His infant son , was recently christened under tho name of Louis Alexander, the Grand Duke of Hesse standing as godfather. t i Paul Blouet, popularly known as "Max O'Rell," tho anthor of Jonathan and His Continent,'7 said fare'wbll to this country Wednesday, after a .sojourn of several months. Ho carried away with him $20,000, 10.000 of which was the proceeds of the sale of lii A book aud $10,000 for tho lectures ho has delivered. yDr. McCarthy, surgeon on tho United States sloop-of-war Yantlc, was happy when that useless crafti was ordered home by Admiral Glierardi. Xcfws had reached

him at Havti that a relative hod died leaving him a legacy of 100,000 which was on deposit in New York. But on the .way north tho Doctor was taken with pneumonia aud died. ' PaiNCE Augustin Itureipe, who has been imprisoned in Mexico for criticising tho President, is the grandson of Emperor Iturbide. His mother was Miss Alice Green, of Washington. The young prince was adopted by tho ill-fated Emperor Maximilian. He was educated in the United States, and is at present an officer in tho Mexican army. As he is only twenty-four, it is not likely that he will be delt with harshly. 4 Miss J uliet Corson is said to bo a very interesting woman apart from her culinary equipment and celebrity. Tho3e who do not know her presuppose that her conversation is limited to boil and roast, whereas tho kitchen is only an incident in her discourse. She is something of an invalid, suffering greatly at times, and has acquired from physicians a great deal of that hygienic knowledge which appears in her book. Vladimir de Pachmjlnx, who last Saturday completed his series of piano recitals in New York prior to his departure for the West, is a remarkable player. He is one of the best interpreters of Chopin's music in the world. At the piano ho , is thoroughly self-possessed, works off the most difficult passages with tho greatest ease and will occasionally look at his audience and smile, as much as to say: "Don't I play that beautifully?" There is said to be a plant in Arabia with flowers of bright yellow and with seeds which are like black beans, and these dried and powdered and taken in small doses, cause a person to dance about and behave like a lunatic, till ho becomes exhausted and falls asleep. When he awakes he has not the smallest remembrance of his

ridiculous behavior. Tho plant is called a 'laughing plant." William Dean Howells lives in a delightful apartment-house on Commonwealth avenue, Boston. He is devoted to out-of-door, rambles amid : the pleasant suburbs, and to long walks throught the' crooked streets of the old part of the city. Mrs. Howells has great talent for painting, some of her pictures and drawings being exceedingly artistic in design and displaying raro taste in execution. Since tho death of their eldest daughter Mr. and Mrs. Howells live quite a retired life. A charming coterie, however, of personal and literary friends, havo made Boston attractive and pleasant this winter lor the novelist and his family. . There was a vindictive old Sioux, Who killed all his wives except tioux. When asked by his daughter, "What means all tWs slaugLterl" Ho said, "Quit! or the next will be ylouxr Light. THE STATE PRESS. The tariff is a tax on the English manufacturers. Peru Kepublican. Nothing will be gained by along-winded discussionupon the tariff bill. It will change no vrjtes. Republicans should perfect the bill as far as possible, and speedily make it a law. Plymouth Republican. Tur. question of equal suffrage seems to be on 5 that will not down. Almostdaily it appears in some form before legislative or political assemblies. This is one of the questions that must be solved ere a great while. Fort Wayne Gazette. The idea of Congress in elections over which it may exercise control is a fair ballot and an honest count. There would be no hardship in that regulation; no fairminded, honest man would take exceptions to it. Shelbyville Republican. The Democrats are agreed that "the currency question should be settled." They are out now. When they were in the currency nor any other question was settled by them. In fact, everything was pretty well unsettled. Muncie Times. Congressman Breckinridge should not be allowed to sit with our law-makers until tho murder of Clayton is cleared up, and not then should a thorough investigation leave even a blush of complicity against his name. Clay County Enterprise. The dynamiters should go the fellows who sneak around after night and depopulate the streams of Indiana with "giant powder." Any true sportsman who knows of such violations of the law should not . hesitate to report them. Greeneastle Sun. Tin: Democratic papers that are calling the farmers "mortgage dupes," "blind protection fools," and other outlandish names may honestly believe the farmers do not read aud think for themselves; but they , will lind they are mistaken. Porter County Vidette. . The farmer calamity manufacturers of tho Democratic press are in suspense, lest their stock in trade become a drug on the market. It would only take a rise of afew cents more on tho bushel on corn to take the last grain of hope from them. Seymour Republican. Ex-President Cleveland was invited the other day to the bauquet ol the "The Piano and Organ-makers' Association." The ex-President doubtless cares very littio for the "piano," but since the W orld and Sun havo kicked in the dash-board ho is doubtless anxious for somo new "organs." Warsaw Times. The Tribune is very decidedly of the opinion that if by tome change of circumstances in the supply of gold and silver, respectively, the value of silver which is now put into a dollar should be increased by li5 cents, we should no longer hear of so much anxiety for free coinage. New Albany Tribune. The Democratic effort to prejudice the public against tho census of 1800 by insinuating that the returns will be made to subservo partisan purposes in the interests of the Republican party under whose authority they are being taken, is reprehensible iu the extreme, and shows the desperate straits to which the Democratic party is driven for material with which to prosecute tneir wariaro against tne party in power. Richmond Telegram. If the farmers of Wabash county have mortgaged their farms to raise money they have done so or tho purpose of making permanent improvements cr purchasing additioual land, and that far the mortgage, instead of being an index of insolvency, is proof of thrift and prosperity. The hundreds of new farm residences, the improved machinery, with the reduced cost of harvesting grain, tho largo' barns for the protection of stock and implements and tho storing of wheat, oats and hay, which one finds on nearly all the farms in Wabash county, show where the borrowed money has been expended, and there are few farmers but are tho better off for having made these loans. Wabash Plain Dealer. THE ORIGINAL PACKAGES DECISION. There is a strong feeling everywhere, except in tho liquor trade, that the United States Supremo Court strained the interstate-commerce-theory pretty hard to make it cover unrestricted traffic in the original packages of liquor. Pittsburg Dispatch. We cannot believe that the Supreme Court hns in effect nullified the temperance legislation and delied the temperance sentiment of the country, whether embodied in State prohibition, local option or high license. That tribunal has usually been conservative in its interpretation of tho Constitution. Chicago Inter Ocean. We are inclined to believo that thoso ambitions individuals who propose to start up in tho liquor business in Kansas, under the guie of "agents," will be brought up with a sharp turn and will discover that the Supreme Court decision is nor, after all, such a violent interference with the police powers of a State. Kansas City Journal. Under this decision every articlo of interstate commerce can be imported iato any State. No matter if a State prohibits the importation of oleomargarine or dressed beef, theso things under federal protection can be sent and sold anywhere in tho original packages. So, the farmers of tho country are as much interested iu this bench law as the Prohibitionists are. Atlanta Constitution (Dera.) What is to follow the decision romains to be seen. Tho proper course will be for Governor Humphrey to call a special session of tho Legislature aud at once resubmit the amendment. A constitutional provision that is wholly inoperative should not be allowed to remain upon tho statute books, and tho result of a resubmission of the question cannot now for a moment be doubted. Kansas City Times (Dem.) Tin: real purpose of the prohibitory law will not be injured or thwarted by this decision. That law was framed to close the saloons. It was aimed at the saloon system the local dram-shop, with its tippling and treating, and crime-breeding and crinietholtering propensities. The law will still

bo quite as effective acainst tho saloon system as it would have been had the late decision never been made. Iowa Register (Hep.) There is nothing in the recent decision which interferes with or will prevent severe repressive taxation of draui-ahops or their destruction by absolute prohibition where public opinion makes that practicable. The saloon, is as vulnerable as ever. Practically, tho only change in the situation is that if the Prohibitionists desire to prohibit the drinkers, they must do fso directly and not over tho nhonldcrs of tho sellers exclusively. Chicago Tribune. The decision is simply a declaration by tho highest tribunal of tho land that a State cannot exclude what is regarded by other States as an articlo of commerce. When, however, that article has onco been delivered to its consignor within tho State, the federal jurisdiction ends and S'.ato jurisdiction begins. If this is the correct view, and we believe it is, prohibition will not seriously sutler in consequence of this unique decision. Atchison (Kan.) Champion. - - The decision of the Supremo Court of the United States in the Iowa case, denying the right of any State to interfere with tho importation from another State of packages of intoxicating liquor, is the heaviest blow which ; prohibitory legislation has yet received. Jit tixes an impassable barrier beyond- which the enforcement of restrictive laws cannot be carried, and it must of necessity cripple and handicap the exertions of fctato and local authorities. Boston Journal. Why does it mean that prohibition ia doomed any more than that license is doomed? It the decision kills the. one ir. will kill the other. If the rignt to import into a prohibition State mean stiie right to soil in that State, it means the fcunjo thing in a license State. If it means that thero isn't a State in tho Union that -won't bo howling for a law to prevent importations of liquors. Prohibition stands on tho samo footing with license in this case, and any law that can be passed to protect the one will also protect the other. Oh no, prohibition is not doomed jet awhile. Leavenworth Times (Hep.)

revelation to politicians. President Ilarri ton's Solid Strength with the People. . , .. . Washington Special in Boston Transcript. . The perplexities of politics, the. eccentricities of parlimentary movements and pleasure of polite intercourse each has had its inninss duriut? the last few aavs. Tho friends of three distinguished citizenshave been quietly testing the sentiment of tho politicians iu and out of Congress on the presidential race, which comes jumping along on the chariot of time at no snail's pace. In two brief vears the lines of battle will be forming, ana in anticipation of the preliminaries leading up to the national convention tho political leaders are look ing about to ascertain the drift: of publio opinion. It is noticeable in the conversation of the most sagacious of the Republican party, that President Harrison has a solid foundation of strength among the best classes of the people, which is a new revelation. The attempts to criticise the administration have resulted only in a demonstration of tho weakness of the grounds of complaint. There never has eon an administration which has moved along in the even tenor of its ways, guided by a more sagacious head and steadier hand. When the acts of the President in matters of administration or appointment are analyzed, tho parties who havo been most disappointed are compelled to admit tho justice and wisdom of his acts. The Doctrine of notation In Office, Oliver T. ITorton, in May Atlantic. It is the cry of foray, not the watchword of reform. It is au excuse, not a reason. It is the sign and symbol of a predatory raid, the rallying banner of landless resolutes enlisted to an enterprise that bath a stomach in it. Looked at in any way. rotation is a perpetual recurring menace to the stability of our government. It is strnment of frand. It is a constant temptation to politicians to use public salaries as a fund with which to pay private debts, thus compelling the people to furnish the means for their own corruption and to defeat their own will. It wrecks the lives of tens of thousands of young men by offering, as a bait to cupidity, high wages which outbid the market. It makes ia'o expectants of the industrious, starves the few it feeds, and lures the mass to vagrancy. It subverts the true ideal of office, transforming publio servants into private henchmen, and partisans into camp followers. It degrades skilled labor, and makes the government an alms-bouse. It breeds parasites, markets citizenship, and suborns publio opinion. To sum up, it makesof administration a chaos, of politics a trade, and of principle an interest. ' Rotation is not an "essential element to secure the perpetuity of free institutions." . Congressman Breckinridge's Ueharior. rWladelpLia Press. The attitude Congressman Breckinridge is trying to assume in the investigation into the murder of Colonel John M. Clayton and the robbery of the ballot-boxes in Arkansas does not impress the country as either sensible or dignified. He appears to imagine that it is his duty to act the part of a great big bully, who has to tell the investigating committee what it can do aud what it cannot do. The country would be much better satisfied, also, if, instead of constantly repeating a wish that the committee would find out who killed Clayton, he would go to work and help it discover the guilty persons. If he were a man with the delicate sense- of the propriety of things, he would see that it does not become him, with the stain of murder on the seat he occupies, to make himself quite so conspicuous. A little more modesty would lit him better. Not Exactly Culpable Greed, : Nebraska Journal. It is very possible that at least a dozen Kepublican Con gressmen would be returned to Congress the coming fall from Southern districts if the votes were honestly counted aa they were cast, lint this greed for an honest count should not be mentioned as a reproach. Most anybody would like to have an honest count if it resulted to the benefit of his own party. The Republicans will not feel themselves very badly maligned by this charge, probably. . , There Jferer Was Any Hope for It. Springfield Republican (Mag ) Instead of giving the woTkingrnen a secret-ballot law tho Ohio Legislature throws out an inconsequential and useless "Labor day." Of this Democratic body, which adjourned Monday, a member of .Governor Campbell's staff says; "It will co down to history as tho most unsatisfactory official body which ever met in this old Statehouse." That does not look well for continued Democratic supremacy in Ohio. All Caunot Hare TLeU Own IVaj, Sza Francisco Chronicle. After all tho discussion that has taken place on the subject of the tariff it ought to be unnecessary to explain that the piattex of agreement on a schedule of import duties must be. In every instance, a matter of compromise; that is to say, it must be give and take, 'bo as to produce what is deemed to be the greatest good to the greatest number. r v Civilizing Influences In the South. Bochetter Democrat. r There will be an assured permanency and growth in the new prosperity of the South when less attention is paid to bulldozing, and when tho peoplo give honcbt and nntrammeled thought to their furnaces, factories, workshops and mines, and to Chat policy of protection which has made possiblo the busy scenes which arc witnessed -within them. Strong on Paw-Paws. Philadelphia Ptcrh. So Senator Voorhees boasts that pawpaws will bo ripo before the federal election bill can bo pasfedf Well, that is all right, Voorhees is stronger on paw-paws and other mushy things than ho is on m 0 mm i Democratic Statesmen. Peoria Transcript. Peoria is a little different from Indianapolis. In the latter city a man 6at in the City Council who wan also an inmate of the penitentiarv. In Peoria one i citting iu tho Council who should bo iu the penitentiary. ( His Train or Thought Interrupted, llocbeattr Democrat , : Mr. Cleveland aeems to have been ao disturbed by the recent unpleasantness that his tariil-reform pen has falleu mto innocuous desuetude, .

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