St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 52, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 20 July 1895 — Page 4

&lje independent. WALKERTON. INDIANA. JULY 20, 1895. W. A. ENDLEY, Editor. The Pullman company has increased the wages of its employes ten per cent. Little shallow minds are always picking flaws in their fellow men. They always see the faults but rarely the good points of mankind. The man who opposes water-works has mighty poor grounds for taking such a position. No sensible reason can be advanced against the enterprise. With this number the Independent Closes its twentieth volume and the ninth year under the present management. The paper was never more prosperous in its history than now, and the increase in the business of the office, while not of a mushroom character, is sure and substantial, which is better. The Chesterton Tribune refers to the banquet recently given by Pulaski King to the newspaper craft of LuPorte county in the following highly complimentary manner: “A few old fossilsand printer’s devils were given something to eat at Michigan City, Monday.” The editor of the Tribune should be taking something for his case. Gov. Altgeld is after those members of the Illinois legislature who are guilty of taking bribes for their support in voting for various measures that came before the assembly. The governor as determined that every guilty man shall be brought to justice, if such a thing is possible. The governor will be doing society in general a great good if he succeeds. Too many corrupt politicians go scot free. More arrests and convictions of dishonest legislators are needed for the good of the people. It is reported that at Chautauqua, New York, the seat of the great educational and religious movement, is to have a large brewery adjoining the grounds. One hundred and six acres Adjoining have been purchased by the American Brewing Company, of Chicago, Milwaukee and Toronto, and it is the reported intention of the company to erect a beer garden and brewery thereon. Mrs. Kate Hunt, of Buffalo, who owned the property, will receive $30,000. The assembly tried io purchase part of the property this spring, offering $15,000 for 50 acres, but Mrs. Hunt refused the offer. Great indignation is felt over the sale. Those whooppose water-works must certainly do so because it will cost a few dollars in taxes. What other reason can they possibly give for antagonizing such a valuable and necessary improvement? There would be some who would not receive direct benefits from water-works, at first, but eventually every property-holder would be a sharer in the advantages of such an enterprise. That portion of the town the most thickly built up and where fire has greater chances for destruction should be first protected. No one should take exceptions to that. But there is not a tax payer in town that would not be greatly benefitted in a general way by water-works right from the start. If you have the interest and general welfare of the community fat heart don’t oppose this project, but put your name to the petition and then vote in the affirmative at the election. It would be a step that you would never regret, mark that. Our neighboring town of Plymouth k affords a good example of what a little enterprise at a critical time will do towards advancing a town’s interests. Plymouth six or seven years ago was apparently on the wane. Its real estate was depreciating in value, vacant houses were quite plentiful and rents were falling in price. Its men of capital, who had been in the habit of giving public enterprises the cold shoulder, began to see that something had to be done to arrest the downward coarse of the town’s interests. They accordingly advocated and gave their support to public improvements. Water-works were built, two or three factories established and other improvements added to the town. An immediate change for the better took place and Plymouth commenced to go ahead. It is still advancing and will doubtless now continue to do so. It has good prospects of makmg^oue ot the best little cities in the state, and all on account of the public spirit and enterprise manifested a few short years ago.

Walkerton got the Three I railroad by a scratch. But it will not always . get public improvements in that way. About everything that the town has came to it voluntarily, because it couldn't help it. Let’s break the record and build a system of waterworks. The great debate on the money question between Harvey and Horr began in Chicago last Tuesday. This discussion is attracting great interest all over (he United States. It is expected that, many abstruse questions on the subject of money will be made clear by this discussion. The Chicago daily papers are giving the debate in full each day. It will hurt no one to read it. The journeymen tailors of New York City are preparing to go on a strike soon. The object of the strike will be to secure better wages and conditions, but they will also take advantage of the opportunity to wipe out thesweatshop system, if possible. The sweatshop system is an injustice that has grown to large proportions in most cit ies, and it will be a matter for general rejoicing should it be abolished. Should success crown this movement in New York other cities may follow suit and down this evil. The silver craze is dying out.—Albion New Era. If you mean that bimetalism, the placing of silver on a parity with gold at a legal ratio, is dying out, we don’t see where it comes in. The silver question has been a very live question for years, is yet and will continue to be until silver is restored to its proper place as a primary money on an equal footing with gold. The best minds of Europe and America have made a study of this question and believe that bimetalism must come as a remedy for evils in the currency system which can be cured in no other way. Bimetalism is no fallacy, no craze, but a vital question in which the great masses of thinking people are deeply and earnestly interested. This life, a philosophical contributor to the Frankfort Crecent says, is full of strange things. The strong, instead of helping to bear the burdens of the weak ones, push them aside in the battle of life and rush on without giving their neighbor a second thought. Too many feel a contempt for the weak. We almost despise them because they can’t accomplish that which is easy for our stronger nature to overcome. With all of our strength, still we are weak and have our own infirmities. How much better it would be did we go through life as brothers, helping each other. To him who has fallen behind in life’s hard battle, a word of advice, a kindly smile or a warm grasp of the hand may turn defeat into victory. We are all dependent upon each other; as in union there is strength, let us live as one great family.” Neglect. Ed.lndependent: Please permit me in a brief way to call the attention of your numerous readers, many of whom are members of the various churches in Walkerton and vicinity to the fact that there is too much neglect this dry, warm weather in church and Sunday school attendance. This ought not to be so, for our Master tells ns in his word to watch, pray and work till he comes. He may come for some of us shortly. “Who knoweth what a day may bring forth.” I know there is always a falling off in the warm weather, but the Bible says, “Neglect not the assembling of yourselves together.” Again, “How shall we escape if we neglect,’’etc. If something new comes along we all go, young and old. That is right, if it be for a good purpose. But let us not neglect our churches at home. Yow see I be lieve in protection. Protection of our churches, our schools, our homes, our business enterprises and all the honorable pursuits of our city. If a prominent Christian business man (of which we have many in our fair land) should come here this warm weather with the view of locating his family, I fear he would think church work was at a low ebb. Let us one and all arouse ourselves and correct, as far as possible, this tendency. Flourishing churches and Sunday schools speak well for a town, while dead, cold formal ones speak vice versa. Now let’s all commence next Sunday. If your own church has no service at present find a place in some other. You are welcome. If you are not a member of any church come anyway. We want you, we need you. I, for one, will do my very best tor preach sermons this hot weather that will keep you awake. Come on, come on, old and young, let’s huve a revival in church attendance. Bev. J. W. Riley. in 20 minute* by Dr. Miles' Pau» Pilla. “Onct* cent a doan."

What cowards doth the pursuit of the daddy dollar make of us all. Mount Vesuvius and Mount Etna are said to be in eruption. Eruptions are of common occurrence nowadays. Indianapolis claims a population of about 175,000. Indiana's capital city is getting pretty well up in the pictures. At Goshen recently Judge Adair dismissed I lie contempt, cases t hat, had been instil tied against. Thus. A. and Mart. V. Starr, because of some criticisms of (.he Goshen News, of the courts action while Judge Van Fleet was on the bench. The News says of the dismissal that. "Judge Adair' held that the answer was good; that it. was in the province of newspapers to criticise in a just and impartial spirit the acts of the court where public interests were involved, and said that there was no law in Indiana that would define the acts complained of an offence. He suggested further that if a judg^ felt himself wronged by any publict^ tion and desired to seek redress, M miglit <l<> H. 11H any other citizen the privilege of doing—in ncivilHctiOll for damages.”

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