The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-09-13

Tho Christian Union says of the
journalism Of The period:

j
Journalism Of tho period:
Much d H. oriticiam O the dai-
y prsss = nsithef wisonorj justified
BY tho fhc1A Is = the buiness of
iouralim 10 report The doings of
the world Much that gets said is
foolish; and much that getu done is
bad; but the reporter = not to
blame for the story he has to tell.
He will give . different tale when
there are different fnotA There
win be better papers When there IS
abetter world Simple, unvaznisl-
ed reports 81 vice and crime doubt.
less do moro good than HARM They
expose ruf1anism and warn the
community TO be on Che look out
Like the gaslight in cities, they
make crime more difficult and more
certain Of detection, and convert
every honest citizen into . protec.
tive policeman. The more light the
less danger. The more informa-
ton the less villainy.
Prsseeslea 6 Lie On railroads.
The Boston Globe snys of the
Lemont holocaust:
1t is obvious that power should
be given to station masters to en-.
force the rules Of the road against
engineers and conductors. It will
not do to lesve the parties whose
negligence is most likely to cause
accidents uncontrolled IN the exer-
else of responsibility. There should
be Q rule that no train ean leave
station till the official announcement
that the track is clear is communi
Gated TO the duly authorized agent
Of the road, without whose permis-
sion no engineer or conductor
would be allowed to move on. The
use OF the telegraph, whenever
trains are behind time, seems alb
solutely necessary to insure safety,
ard train -dispatchers should be in
receipt Of exact information as to.
the location of trains IN order to
guard against danger of collision.
The Lemont disaster also shows the
Importance of q double track, and
there is no reason why a great
trunk road like The Alton should
not adopt this means Of preventing
such catastrophes, which are always
likely to occur if all the appliances
for protection to the safety of pas
sengers are not adopted
Basine1s Oatlook.
The financial editor Of the Phil
adelphia Ledger regards the out
look for business throughout the
country more favorable than it was
four months ago Speculation
has received . check, and q good
| deal of indebtedness, foreign and
domestic, has been liquidated. The
banks are stronger than they were
q year ago, prices Of speculative
stocks have generally fallen, and
the stock gamblers follow their
game with less ardor The Ala
bama indemnity of 915, SOC, 900 is
to be paid in September, when $780,
O0O, 600 in gold viii be paid out of
the Treasury in redemption of
bonds. With the restOration of
good government in the South, and
some limit to the much abused
debtcreat;ng power of cities, towns,
and counties in the North; with
steady persistent progress toward
that much desired contamination, q
currency convertible into gold at
the viii of the holder. and with the
present tariff and tax laws left
pretty much as they ara, for the
| time Of the next Congress ct least.
this country may easily escape from
| it's present troubles and enter upon
an era of prosperity equal TO any
thing It has experienced IN the last
decade.