Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 28 January 1898 — Page 6

WEEKLY JOURNAL.

ESTABLISHED IX ISIS. Successor to The Rccord, the first paper in Crawfordsville, established In 1831, and to tbePeopic'n Press, established In 1844.

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r, H. B. McCAIN, President. J. A.GREENE, Secretary. A. A. MeCAIX, Treasurer.

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FRIDAY. JANUARY 28. 1898.

TIIK Maryland legislature is in a deadlock over the Senatorship. The impression grows that United States Senators should be elected by the peo pie direct.

THK exports from United States in the year just ended were larger than in any year in her history. How do the Democratic croakers who were insisting that the Dingley law would reduce our markets abroad, account for this?

THK Senate has passed a resolution making the bonds payable in silver at a ratio of 10 to 1. It ought to pass a resolution now making a yard stick 18 inches. From time immemorial the bonds of the United States have been payable in gold.

farm products conour export trade is

TIIK prices of tinue good and enormous. The figures for 1897 show that the United States furnished more than one-half of the wheat required by European importing countries. Our exports of American wheat and tlour aggregated 182.000,000 bushels out of the world's shipments of 320,000,000 bushels.

WITH the "middle-of-the road" Populists protesting against further cooperation with the Democratic party, the Eastern Democrats declaring openly they will no loDger support Mr. Bryan and his single principle of free coinage of silver at 10 to 1, the prospect of further unanimous action by those who supported Bryan in 1890 is very greatly reduced.

WoiiD comes from the sugar sections of Louisiana that the year 1897 has been a profitable and satisfactory one. •iThe crop has been larger than in the year previous, and has almost equalled that of 1894, which was the banner year in the history of the State. Although the tonnage of the cane was below the average, the yield of sugar increased, and the grade is better than in 1896. The crop has brought an increased price, insuring a good profit to growers, with the result that 6ugar lands have advanced considerably in value.

THK railroad statistics for 1897 tliow a favorable contrast tothose of preceding years and are good evidences of the statement that 1S97 has been a year of returning prosperity. The Railway Age presents figures showing that but eighteen companies in 1S97 were involved in bankruptcy, having only 1,537 miles of road and an aggregate capital of 892,800,000, as against 34 roads in 1891S with 5,441 miles of road, and a capitalization of $275,587,000, and 74 roads in 1893, with 29,000 miles of road and representing capital to the enormous amount of $1,718,000,000.

THK recent political fights in Ohio and the outspoken expressions from all parts of the country in reference thereto show that the Republicans of the United States are thoroughly loyal to their party organizations. Reports from Ohio show that the attempt of a few dissatisfied Republicans to thwart the will of a great majority of the people in the senatorial election has created such intense indignation and public excitement as has not been known since war days, and that 99 per cent, of the Republicans of that State protested vigorously againnt disloyalty to the party, while from outside the State the expressions have been equally vigorous

THK remarkable increase in the consumption of sugar in the United States during the past twelve months points to the field which the beet sugar enterprise in this country has to fill. The sugar consumed

duriDg

1897 was

2,090,260 tons against 1,960,086 tons in 1896, an increase of 130,177 tons or 273,354,000 pounds. There were last year only 41 347 tons of beet sugar produced in the United States, 289,000 IODS of cane sugar, 5,000 tons of maple sugar and 00 tons of sorghum sugar, making a total of 330,650 tons of various kinds of sugar produced in the country, and leaving 1,760,006 tons to be imported, most of which comes from Europe. There is no doubt, however, but that from this time forward the annual increase in the beet sugar product will be uirge and there is no reason why it should not finally include the entire amount now imported from Europe and elsewhere.

ONK of the most satisfactory commer cial features of 1S07 has been the in creased demand abroad for corn During the month of December nearly twice as much'corn went to Europe as in the corresponding month of 1890 The people of Europe are slowly learn ing that corntis Jgood for man as well as beast. The total exports of corn last year amounted to 180,000.000 bush els, or nearlyi70,000,000 bushels more than in any previous year. In the six years preceding 1897 the average an nual exportatione of corn was only 60,000,000 bushels. It is clear, there fore, that the various efforts which have been made to bring this king of American cereals "into favor with for eigners are beginning to bear fruit There is no country in the world that can in any wise compete with United States in growing corn, and if we can establish a large and increasing mar ket abroad for the product, it will bring our farmers untold wealth What is most needed to insure a gen eral demand for corn abroad is knowledge of preparing it for the table. Of the large amount of corn meal sent to Ireland during the famine mat.y years ago, much was wasted, as the poor people could add nothing to it but water and did not even know how to prepare hoe-cakes.

Ir must give Mr. Bryan cold chills to find that the New York Journal, which was his radical supporter in the cam paign of 1896, is not only going dead back upon him, but printing on its editorial page, in double-leaded type, such articles as the following, from Mr. Arthur McEweu: "As a Bryan Democrat, I have to confess that I grow weary of Mr. Bryan. And this is important, because 1 find myself in constantly increasing company. With these other Bryan Democrats, I am coming to believe that he is not large enough to be the leader of the cause which is known by his name. He is showing narrowness, or irrational obstinancy, either of which should be detrimental to his ambition and must be hurtful to the immediate prospects of the movement he represents. The persistence with which he clings to 10 to 1, as if it were not the only solitary tenet in the Democratic creed, but the axis of the revolving cosmos, betrays either Mr. Bryan's incapacity to comprehend Bryanism or a dogged disposition that refuses to acknowledge what is presented to his eyes and those of every other intelligent man in the country, whether for or against the platform of the new Democracy

SAYS the Louisville Courier Journal: "It will be noted that a large number of those in office, whether federal. State or municipal, are persons who have been in office always—or at

leBst

the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. If they fail of election they seek an appointment, or if they cannot get one office they try another. Occasionally, when all chances at home are exhausted, the patriotic citizen who is unwilling that the country should be deprived permanently of his services, will emigrate and seek a constituency that has no prejudices against him. This does not always work, but it sometimes does. As a rule, one who has been long in otiice never abandons hope of getting some place somewhere and somehow. All this does not prove that it is a good thing to build up au office-holding class in the country, but merely that it may be done whether the civil service law be repealed or not. Those who are clamoring for its repeal on the ground that it creates a class of office-holders should not be bending their energies to perpetuate the same class in another way. It throws doubt on their sincerity."

TIIK course of currency legislation in Congress is now being watched with great interest. The probability that the Republican claiming a scat from Oregon in the Senate is not to be permitted to occupy that seat makes it somewhat uncertain as to whether the Republicans will be able to control the Senate in the matter of financial legislation. It is, however, thought that a sufficient number of sound money Democrats may ba found to co-operate with the Republicans, and if this hope Bhall be realized, the currency question will be quickly settled by the adoption by members of that party of a system based upon the proposition laid down by President McKinley in his message to Congress, in which he proposed the retention in the Treasury of the paper money which is redeemed in gold, and the issuance of additional national bank circulation by permitting banks to increase their notes up to the par value of the bonds deposited as security for circulation.

TIIK Omaha World-Herald, Mr. Bryan's personal organ, faithfully follows the cue indicated by that statesman to the effect that there are still no signs of prosperity in the country. This is one trouble which Mr. Hearst of the New York Journal, which lauded Bryan to the skies in 1896, and some other "traitors," find with the ex-can-didate: that he cannot see the prosperity about which everybody else is talking. It is surptising how men will bother about such a little thing as prosperity coming to a few score million peopla. It is a fact that the Ne-

braska exposition is making prosperity its great feature, and Nebraska, too, is Mr. Bryan's own State but then such little things as these are hardly worth the notice of men so philanthropic as to devote their entire time to visiting other countries aud studying their economic problems for the 6ole purpose of benefiting the people of their own land.

IK the United States should decide not to accept Hawaii's offer of annexation, the fate of the islands would not remain uncertain for any length of time. They are now waiting to be annexed, and if the American people reject them, there are other wideawake powers waiting and anxious to snatch them without temporizing. It i6 hardly .conceivable, however, that the people of this country will be so blind to their own interests as to act in this manner. These islands, as has frequently been said, are the key to tho Pacific, as they are in the line of all shipspassing up and down that ocean and they will be of vastly more importance to this country when more direct communication shall have been established between the two oceans by means of the Nicaragua canal. Opposition is being urged by some statismen on the ground that the annexation of the islands will destroy or cripple the new beet sugar industry. It is impossible to understand why a moment's study of the situation does not eliminate this feature of the discussion. The beet sugar industry and the sugar industry of Hawaii do not in any way interfere. Sugar beets are now being raised with profit in various sections of the country, nowhere more so than on the Pacific slope, and the California factories have had to compete with the full force of the "Hawaiian 6ugar industry, the treaties of the United States with t,hose islands having, for years past, admitted their sugar free of duty. The condition, from the beet sugar standpoint, will not be changed in the slightest by the annexation of the islands.

How do the croakers who insisted that the prosperity immediately following the election of President McKinley was only a temporary affair account for the steady and continuous growth of activity in business success in that extremely important branch of the industries of the United States, the iron trade? It is a full year now since the improvement which became apparent immediately following the rejection of the silver proposition and the adoption of ppotection and sound money, and this improvement still continues. Dun's Review of last week, commenting upon the condition of the iron trade says: "The iron furnaces in blast January 1 report an output of 20,808 tons weekly, against 226,024 weekly, December 1, with an increase of 12,481 tons in the unsold stocks held by furnaces. While this shows a consumption of 5234 per cent larger than that of last year, there would be discouraging indications of consumption, but for the fact that several furnaces were stopped for the holidays, and these, with several others, have started since January 1, while the demand for finished product does not diminish The Pennsylvania Railroad has ordered 100.000 tons steel rails, and a new railroad in Maine 12,000 tons, and other orders for cars, railroad supplies, plates, bars, and structural material are unusually large for the season."

TIIICRE is no better test of business conditions than the reports of the railroads. When times are bad their earning fall when times improve their earnings increase. Here is that evidence of prosperity in this new year 1893 as furnished by railroad reports: 'Earnings of all railroads in the United States reporting for December, $43,364,279, indicate substantially the same rate of increase, exceeding last year's by 10 5 per cent., and the earnings of 1892 for the same roads by 1.6 per cent. 'Since 1S92 was, on the whole, the most prosperous year thus far, comparisons indicate, notwithstanding the lowest prices ever known, that the volume of business is larger, and, in spite of some cutting of rates, the earnings of railroads are larger than in the best year of past history."

Mn, BUY AN says he wants to give the Americann people an American financial system. It would seem rather that he wanted to give them a Mexican financial system, or, in other words, a Chinese financial system. The American people have in the past, and always will, seriously object to being dragged down to the low level of Chinese or even Mexican "prosperity," which Mr. Bryan affects to so much admire.

EVEN the yellow New York Journal has discarded Mr. Bryan and his the ories, but it is authoritatively stated that the silver champion retains the entire and unqualified approval of the Honorable but sockless Jeremiah Simp son. .-SvttS

JAPAN has not yet returned to the silver standard despite the advice of those apostles of free coinage, Senators Pettigrew, Mantell, and Dubois, who visited that country in benalf of the white metal last summer.

The Journal Co., Artistic Printers.

LOCAL GOVERMMENT-

A. I.. Mason Throws Li 14!11 011 Its Source ul WHSIO anil How to J«t Kill of Them.

At the recent meeting of the Indiana State Board of Commerce some new and good ideas on county, township and municipal government were brought forward. Mr. A. L. Mason spoke in part as follows: "\our committee on municipal affairs, pursuant to its instructions presented to the last Legislature a bill authorizing the Governor to appoint a commission of three members to ()pn sider the revision of laws governing towns, cities, counties, civil and school townships in this State. The bill was introduced by our member, Mr. John W. Linck, of Madison, and passed the House at an early day, but was quickly and with great unanimity killed in the Senate. The measure was not noticed by the public press and excited little or no interest. It is believed that the interest of the people in this State in the subject of reform in our local governmental institution, can only be aroused by the production aud preseutation to the public of suitable literature on the question. The newspapers of the State, now so apathetic to any general measure of reform, are not necessarily opposed to it. But there must be a general campaign of education. The best informed men in various counties of this State are well aware of the inefficiency of the pres ent System of local government. They recognize the extravagant expenditure and poor returns which result in many instances from our system of township trustees and county boards. But there is no general understanding or appreciation ot the fact that there is a better system of local institutions which could be adopted here in Indiana without any amendment to our constitution. What is needed is a programme. If we had at our disposal a single magazine or newspaper of general circulation throughout the State, devoted to this particular work of laying down the programme of reform and of supplying the arguments in its behalf, we could await the meeting of the Legislature with more hope. "Under our present system of county boards and township trustees, there is one principal source of extravagance. 11 is that the same persons who expend money and incur liabilities, levy taxes and approve the payment of bills. Suppose, for a moment, that the county legislature, consisting of a representative .from each township, was charged only with legislative duties, chiefly the fixing of tax rates in the, county for the ensuing year, as well as the 1 appropriation of money for expenses. Suppose, too, that the county auditor act as comptroller, whose duty is, before the commencement of any fiscal year, to prepare and submit to the county board a list of appropriations which he recommends to be made for the ensuing year. Let the power of the county board be restricted to reducing the estimates of the comptroller or of approving them as made. On the strength of these estimates let the county board pass an ordinance, making the specific appropriations for' each item of county expense. Further, let al' contracts and public work of the county, of every nature, be put in the hands of a county board of public works, which has nothing to do with the county legislature and can expend only such money as has already been appropriated for the particular purpose by the county legislature. Let the charities and public institutions of the county be under control of this board of works, with no power to expend money except that which has already been appropriated by the county legislature. In this way the levying of taxes and the expenditure of money are separated and placed in different hands, each body being anxious to make its own record and watchful of the other. Whenever the same man or set of men have the power to levy1 taxes and expend money which is raised by the levy, the door of temptation is opened and public extravagance begins."

A Husinoss Charge*

On Monday Ernest F. Wilhite purchased the cigar and tobacco business of Fred Sinnamon on south Green street and will conduct the business on a large and more progressive scale. Mr. Wilhite is one of the energetic and capable young business men of the city and will conduct one of the most complete tobacco stores ever in the City.

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THE Shakers of Mount Lebanon, a community of Bimple, honest, God fearing men and women, have prepared the Shaker Digestive Cordial for many years, and it is always the same, simple, honest, curative raedine that has helped to make the Shakers the healthy, long lived people that they are. The Shakers never have indigestion. This is partly owing to their simple mode of life, partly to the wonderful properties of Shaker Digestive Cordial. Indigestion is caused by the stomach glands not supplying enough juice Shaker Digestive Cordial supplies what is wanting. Shaker Digestive Cordial invigorates the stomach and all its glands so that after awhile they don't need help. As evidence of the honesty of Shaker Digestive Cordial, the formula is printed on every bottle. Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to SI per bottle.

HOW TO LOWER TAXES.

A .Man With Mime

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Notions of County

Otlices Worth Considering.

It is generally conceded that our present system of county and township government, county government is cumbersome and expensive. There fore taxpayers will be interested in plans for simplification and reduction of expenses. At the recent meeting of the Indiana State Board of Commerce Will H. Craig, editor of the Noblesville Ledger, read a paper ou "Defects of County and Township Government in Indiana" He said in part: "We need a Legislature that will not only not pass any laws, but will spend the en tire session in repealing and revising the cumbersome and bulky statutes that are already on the books. That there is need of reform in local government is evidenced by the general complaint of extravagance, corruption and inefficiency in the administration of local affairs. Laws that have been passed and patched up along the years for half a century are "not adequate to meet the demands of the modern, business era. It isstiange that reforms originate with the people themselves, and that the lawmaking power is the last to be impressed with the necessity of better ideas of government. "There are two ways in which our local laws aDd government can be made simpler and more efficient. First, by a revision of the laws by a commission: secoud, by a constitutional convention. If no radical legislation is to be had in either of these ways, then all new laws should tend to simplify the machinery and lop off useless attachments. lu conclusion Mr. (Jraig discussed "Local Centralized Government." He said he believed the centralizing of power in the hands of the mayor in cities was the proper theory of local government, and could see no reason why it should not operate beneficially in county government as well. "Of course." he continued,"this plan would not suit office holders and those who expect to be office-holders, but it would secure much more competent men than counties generally have and at much less expense. It would also fix responsibility, and parties would be much more careful in the selection of candidates for the important positions. Officers are being multiplied and responsibility scattered. If centralized authority and fixing responsibility in the national government and in city governments are wise and effective why would they not also be proper in county government? We could abolish all the county and township officers of the county and vest the government in a board of commissioners and a Circuit Court. Sufficient salaries should be given to members of this board to induce the best business men of the county to aspire to such positions and they should give all their time to the work. As most of the work in the different offices is clerical, the board could easily appoint good and efficient clerks to do the work, just as most officers do now. The same clerks could work in different offices as the work at different times might require. The auditor's, treasurer's and recorder's offices could all be worked together or by the same force of clerks. The clerk's and sheriff's offices could easily be thrown together and the clerk aud sheriff should be appointed by the Circuit Court Judge and be under his control. The school township should be preserved intact as the unit of the school syBtem, and managed by a board of school trustees like those in towns and cities. The township trustee should be dispensed with and the work of the civil township be turned over to the commissioners. The Indiana practice of supporting paupers has been a training school for dependence and indolence. Suppose we take Hamilton county as an example. The following are the salaries of the different officers: Clerk, 82,700 auditor, 83,000 treasurer, S3 200 recorder, 81,900 sheriff, 52,500 total, 312,300. With a proper system adopted to conduct the business the work of these offices can be done for less than onehalf the amount named. Township expeuses could be largely reduced, as under the present law trustees are responsible to no one on earth. And then, by having a board giving all its time to the business of the county, it would save thousands of dollars in the purchase of supplies and secure more efficient and satisfactory service in all the country government."

ltill Is Out.

Wm. Sbular was released Sunday morning from the jail of Gov. Mount, who decided to give him another trial. Shular is still under the surveillance of the Sheriff, however, and the first time he violates his parole he is to be returned to" prison without referring the matter to the Governor.

After His Rneiuiex.

Noah J. Clodfelter has interspersed his railroad promotings with poesy and will issue in a few days a satire which he states is by far his most able literary labor. It is said that he pays his regards to Crawfordsville parties in a very vigorous style.

The Journal Co., Artistic Printers.

HOME MONEY TO LOAN

At Per Cent

W also represent* twenty of the largest in Bu-ance companies. Prompt, and equitable settlement of losses. Voris Stilwell.

Given Away!

To our customers, the best meat roaster and bread pun on earth.

Hampton Sc Faust, The Ca-li Grocers. Darlington. Ii d.

A. N. CAVE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW And Notary Public,

pari igton. 1 ti cl.

Robert W. Caldwell ATTORNEY-AT-LAW

Office at rear of Citizens' ltnnk. Prompt and careful attention given to all legal business in this and adjoining counties.

W. K.WALLACE

A.sent for tl»o Connecticut Fire Insurance Co., artford^ American Fire 3 nsuruuee Co., of \°.rK' Insurance Company, of I hilaaelpnia. London Assurance Corporation, °i J^onuon, Grand Ltapfds Fire Insurance Co., Of Michigan. Office in Joel lilock with R. K. Bryant5

South Wash. St., Crawfordsville.

ABSTRACTS OF TITLE

Attention is called to the removal of my Abstract Books and business from the Recorder's office

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my new location, No. 107

south Green street.. Accurate find complete abstracts o! title of all real estate in Montgomery county. Ind., furnished at reasonable rates. Money to loan.

THOS. T. MUNHALL, Notary Public and Abstracter.

K. It. STKWAUT. .1. HUNT.

NOTICE FARMERS.

We will be in Crawfordsville ami make OUP' headquarters at Tannenhaum'g clothlnv store on Wednesdays and Saluidiivs of each week to buj cattle, hotrs and sh«op. Will pay highest marker, prices. Will also handle1 stock cattle and sheep.

STEWART &• HUNT. Leave orders at Tauneubaum's.

A CLEAN TOWEL

FOR EVERY MAN,

A Sharp Razor

For Every Puce.

-AT THE-

SIM ELDRIDGE

Green Street Barber Shop.

A GOOD SQUARE MEAL,

Is appreciated by your horse as well as by yourself. J* Remember this when you come to town and put up

with

Davis & Davis

PIKE STREET.

ALBERT W. PERKINS,

A I O N E E

in North Green St.

With A. .S. Clements, Insurance Agenl, Crawfordsville. Ind. All orders by Mail,Telephone or Telegraph will raceive prompt at­

tention. Mr. A. S. Clements will also receive' orders and arrange for sale. Write for dates before advertising sale. Telephone 257.

Indiana,Decatur &Western

Tin- Only Line Running

Reclining Chair Sleeping Cars

—-1{ KTWEEN—

Cincinnati, 0.&Jacksonville, Hi.

Without Change. Passing Through Indianat "lis, Ind., Decatur, 111. and Springfield, 111. To and Krom Quincy, 111.. Hannibal, My., and

Keolcu k, la. without leaving the truin.

A. DIRECT AND SHORT LINE BETWEEN

INDIANAPOLIS

AND

ST. LOUIS

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Through Sleeper and Parlor Oar Service.

H. B. E.PEIKCE, JNO. S. LAZARUS, Gen'l Manager. 5 Qeu'J Pass. Agent Indianapolis, Ind.

Maksii fii

Change of time Sunday. Nov. 14, 1897. OOINO EAST: No. 2, N. Y. aud Boston Lira.,daily .2:32 a.rn. No. 6, jluist Mail, datly 8 43 a. in. N°- 4.*AtlanticKx., daily 3:15 m. No. 10, M. Wayne Ac, ex. Sunday 6:27 rn No. 14, Local treinht, ex. Sunday...10:05 a m. ?Except that No. 4 will not run Sundays between Peru and Toledo. §And No. 6 will not run Sundays between

Peru and Detroit. GOING WEST,

No. 11, Decatur Ac., daily ex Sun. 8:43 a.m. No. o. Pacific Ex., daily 12:31 ni No. 7. Kansas City Ex, can.bali, d'y .3.52 p'tn. No. 1, tast Line Mail, daily Q:io n.m No. 3 St. Louis Limited, dally 11:30 p.m. No. 75, Local Freight, ex. Sunday .11:50 j).n:.

On trains 2 and 3, through Kansas CityBuffalo. chair lias been added Trains 4 aild will ue •flyers,'' carrying through sleepers and vestibuled chair cars between Kansas City ana Buffalo. Also, the now Wabash parlor cars, which will serve meals. No. 7, through sleeper and free reclining chair car

RI THOMAS FOTXEN. C. S. CRANK. G. P. & T. A.. P. & T. A., ot. Louis. Mo. rafavott.« Jrd ??Cei Ijiihr House Ulk"" Ball telephone 119. Harrison 307.