The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-18
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

1T is not creditable to the science and general
knowledge OF tue nineteenth century that a
Iatal epidemic, AFTER fair warning has been
given, should he allowed to take Its own course
without opposition, or even that 1t should have
permission to make periodical tour about the
Worid.-Chcago Tribune.
IT Is too much the habit of all labor organize
tion5 10 become bold in their demands as their
strength increases, without regard TO rights or
equities. Just now the public sympathizes with
the telegraph men, but they must not become
too defiant, too exacting and 100 exOrbitant in
thelr demands or the current Of opinion may
change against lhem.-ChicagO Herald.
IT must he obvious that the policy of alter
nately running mills TO their fullest capacity
ana shutting them down is at besta spasmodic
ana unsatisfactory method of carrying on in
dustrla operations. The high profits made dur
ing "A prosperous period are swallowed up In the
reaction that follows, and serious loss is laid
upon both manufacturers and their wOrkmen.
New York Herald.
IN spite of some delays and some mistakes,
fafr progress lin civil service reform has been
made thus lar The various rules and regula-
tions adopted to govern examinations and APP
pointments have seemed judicious, in the main,
ana the earnestness with which the commission
efs nave applied themselves to their work mas
SHOWN the country that the reform effort is "A sin
cere one and that the experiment Is TO have the
most favorable trial its friends can give it-New
York Tribune.
THE telegraph operators of the country are
as booty, very intelligent young men. They
should appreciate the gravity of the response
putty tney are assuming in refusing to work on
present rates. The general tendency OF prices
in the leading commodities of trade is down
ward, and they should weigh well the chances of
success or failure. They should scrupulously
avoid making any unreasonable demands, for
the public will be impOrtunate in calling for
Geographic service.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
THE matter of pooling is growing more and
more complicated every year. 1t is hard enough
to come to an agreement between a few roads,
and whenever a new competing comes into
existence, of course there has to be a new deal,
the diff culties increasing with each division. BY
the time two or three more new east ana west
lines are completed the obstacles in the way of
pooling are likely to become practically insu.
perable. The pool is evidently but temporary
makeshift. 1t offers no permanent solution of
the railroad problem.-St. Louis Globe Demo-
crat.
"CHoLERA," in some isolated sporadic cases,
appears almost every summer i'll Northern sea-
board cities, partly because typical cases of the
disease are not always epidemic, and
partly because, like other maladies, yell
low fever, for instance, cholera shades off inn
pereepttby into other Diseases Solitary cases
In London, therefore, mean nothing, nor should
the incidental appearance of cholera in this
country excite panic or alarm. With modern
facilities for disenfection and isolation the
spread of the disease ia altogether unlikely, and
it will probably be stamped out upon its first APP
pearance.-Philadelph Press.