St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 42, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 5 May 1894 — Page 4

3nii open bent. WALKERTON, INDIANA. MAY 5. 1894. W. A. ENDLEY, Editor. Towns, like individuals, must show enterprise and a disposition to progress, if they would be prosperous. "Mishawaka is the first, town to claim an insufficiency of dwelling houses to rent this spring.—Goshen News. Walkerton is in the same shape that Mishawaka is. There has been no time for several years past that Walkerton has been fully up to the demand for houses to rent. There is something in the following suggestion from the Indianapolis In dependent: “How would it (io to shut off immigration entirely until we find work for the men already here? This kind of protection would mean something and be of infinitely more value than any tariff on goods.” Twenty-five hundred painters went out on a strike in Chicago last Monday. Strikes during times like these mean more than they do ordinarily. There is something beneath the surface of affairs in this country to-day that is difficult of explanation. Indiana, with a population of 2,192,404, has more newspapers per capita than its next eastern neighbor, Ohio, or its highly intellectual sister in the East, New York, and Massachusetts, remarks and exchange. Its cities are many and small, and as it is a state very close politically, each of its cities has its respective political papers.” In his lecture before the law school of Stanford university, ex-President Harrison used these words: “Do no! get into politics. Devote your entire time to your practice. If, after you have thoroughly established yourself, political honors should seek you, accept them if you see fit, but never seek the oilice.” This from the Christian Advocate is good: “Your really fine and noble gentleman and gentlewoman wear calico as though it were silk, and silk as though it were calico; eat from pewter as though it were silver, and from silver as though it were pewter. Like Hamlet, they lutve “that within which passes show.” "Editor Holderman, of the Nappanee Advance, is said to be a candidate for i treasurer of Elkhart county. Bro. I Holderman is no doubt abundantly qualified and deserving of the office, but newspaper men are proverbially getting left when it comes to seeking political preferment. The Independent hopes, however, that Mr. Holderman's case will be an exception. The Elkhart Truth says: Since November 1, Congressman Conn has called up 966 pension claims, has made 160 personal examinations of pension cases, and has assisted in securing the allowance for the soldiers of the Thirteenth district of an average of one claim each day either for increase of pension, restoration to the pension roll or original pension. This | record shows that he has not been ' neglectful of his duty to his comrades. | The Cincinnati Enquirer sees signs of a storm cloud of vast proportions ; gathering in the sky, and no one can tell how soon it will burst forth with distressing results. The Coxey craze i and the marching armies of the unein- , ployed, with thier faces toward the nation's capital, are symptoms of general ■ discontent among the wage-earners, em- . ployed or unemployed. Idleness itself is demoralizing, and when it is attend-। ed with hunger, when helpless loved i ones are crying for bread, there is no I estimating the extent of the dangers which threaten the peace of society. 1 Life and property are in great peril,' 1 and bloody riots may result from it ' , Dun’s Review for the week ending 1 AJpril 28 says: “When accounts of; great strikes and labor disturbances crowd all newspapers, it is idle to look for much improvement in business. 'The bituminous coal miners quit work last Saturday in larger numbers than ' was expected, and the coke workers at | once renewed, with greater unanimity, the struggle recently unsuccessful, i While these great bodies of men, be- ; sides the thousands who were on ! strikes in building trades, in silk, woolen and cotton mills, in Alabama iron works, and on western railroads, are refusing to work, there are other thousands marching to Washington who claim that they seek work in vain and that the government must give relief. Both classes are engaged in making business worse, because it was bad already. That every week ot idleness for so many men must appreciably lessen the aggregate power to pin Chase products of labor is evident-

LOOKS LIKE BUSINESS! The 3-1 R. R. Question in Full Bloom Again. Our Prospect of Getting the Road Now Seems Quite Flattering. Again has the matter of extending ' the Three I railroad from South Bend Io Knox been revived, but this time with apparently more earnestness and abetter prospect of ultimate fulfillment cl ~ie project than ever before. A meeting of our citizens and the leading officials of the road was held in Bender’s opera house last Wednesday evening, on which occasion matters connected with the extension of the road were discussed. Thompson Turner was chosen chairman of the meeting. Present were the following oflici ds of the road: General F. M. Drake, president; T. J. Shouts, general manager; Congressman H. K. Wheeler, general solicitor; J. W. Summers, right of way man, and Mr. Woodruff, chief engineer. Messrs. Drake, Wheeler and Shontz, respectively, addressed the meeting at some length, explaining various points of interest concerning the workings of the road, its volume of business, its advantages to (he towns through which it passes in the way of shipping, etc., etc. General Drake stated that the average number of cars handled daily by the road is four hundred. The business of the road is confined at present almost exclusively to freight, but in the event of an extension of the road to South Bend passenger, mail and express trains will be operated. Following the officials, addresses were made by Hon. T. J. Wolfe, A. H. Noble, Geo. H. Leslie and E. L. Sanders. The temper of the meeting seemed favorable to voting a township tax as a subsidy to the road. But whether the issue is to be a one or two per cent tax is yet an unsettled question. The feeling of the people of Lincoln township must be more fully ascertained before that mat ter can be determined upon. It would seem, however, that I the township can well afford to donate I a reasonable sum towards promoting this project, as the addition of the Three 1 railroad to the interests of the town and township will be of undoubted benefit to the people of this community. The benefit will not on- I | ly be temporary, during the construe- ! ; tion of the road, but also of permanent value. The officials have agree 1, in case this community lends a help, mg hand, to be reciprocal in the way of I employing all the labpr and teams from Walkerton and the township that can be obtained, during the building of the road. This of itself would be a matter of considerable importance. Another thing worthy of eon- I sideration is the fact that this road i strikes the extensive coal mines of Streator, Ilk, which would enable us to buy our coal much cheaper than at present. Still another point not to be overlooked is that the Three I is one of the best freight roads in the country and handles its shipping more expeditiously than most roads, from the fact that it serves as a feeder to so many great trunk lines, and being so near Chicago it handles vast quantities of freight direct from other roads, thus avoiding the delay of distribution ;in the city. The fact of it affording such excellent advantages in the way lof shipping makes it a road of more I than ordinary value to any . town. Walkerton, of course, has good railroad facilities now, but the Three j I would give us advantages in that line that we do not now possess. It । would certainly enhance our prospects of obtaining manufacturing establishments, it would be apt to make Walkerton something of a railroad center, and all these tilings would help the farming community around us. The Independent is a believer in railroads, and we do not believe that any town that has a bottom worth standing on is going to be hurt by ■ them, but on the contrary, benefitted. I This paper has always maintained ■ that the Three I would help the town, | promote its interests, and enlarge its possibilities, and while we do not | claim to be infallible, yet we are I [ confident, in ease the road is built j through our town, that the correctness of this view will be demonstrated. The republicans of Indiana won many surprising victories in the city elections last Monday. Democratic strongholds in some instances were overturned and added to the republican j column. Among the democratic cities j that, went republican are Fort Wayne, ! South Bend, Michigan City, Lal’orte ; and Plymouth.

. . - Trouble Over the Postoffices at den and Tyner City. Teegar Congressman Conn writes t 1 receiving n number of letters f/ 1 ^ * s garden ami Tyner with refr<^° m change of postmasters nt thom 10 ” 11 The Tyner City office is espee’ I'Luios. noying inasmuch as an eleer 11 ^ 1111 held Feb. 18th, 1893, by the d?°" Wlls patrons and voters of that c™' 01 ' l atic John E. Johnson elected p<A ec fUl ^ During the Harrison admid'* n, aster. the postmaster at Tyner wr-tM'nlion three different times and tUW 111 ’'^’! incumbent Mr. Elisha G. l commissioned May 17th, 189 flr 8OU " U8 cordance with an order of i ac ” master general ho will be ar 10 I ,OB t retain his office for four y(mi^°' v fd to iug the rule, “that postmaste! 1 followfourth class will not bo remov 8 °f the the expiration of four years before bene.y unless for cause showJ iueumrule, it is believed, dignifies !'• This' by placing it on a par with tl bo office , dential offices as to tenor.” C G l*resi is unable to do anything, so JI . Conn , the department adheres to, | ou ß. as ; quoted and no change may be he rule । unless charges of iucompet jxpected made and sustained. ■

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