The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-17
PRESS EXPRESSIONS.
Necessity of Continued Relief-The Legisla-
tive Grant Approved.

Necessity of Continued Relief-The Legisla-
tive Grant Approved.
New York Graphic.
Millions upon millions of dollars worth of
property are now being destroyed by floods,
all of which could have been saved had a
1.-THE of the amount washed away in a single
day been expended judlciously. Such expen-
dtures cannot be undertaken successfully
by the separate States, and not at all by pri-
| vate individuals or by corporations They
| must be undertaken by the national govern
| ment if at all. Instead of further enriching
| the whisky distillers the tobacco men and
other already too much favored individuals
| by reducing their quota of the burden Of
| taxation, would it not be better TO keep on
collecting at the present ratio and to use the
| money in setting engineers to work to guard
| against such foundations as are of almost Pc
| riodic occurrence?
| Cincinnati News.
Let us have no Ginx's baby here A great
effort has been made, noble effort to save
| the suffering and distressed in great emer
gency Society has saved Ginx's baby. The
hardest part is precisely that wherein soci-
| ETY. was lacking as to Ginx's baby. 1t is the
| sustained effort, equal to the entire emer-
| gency, up to the height of the occasion and
equal to all demands, is the hard wearing
| part of the task. Those who have been res
cued, saved from the hunger and cold and
rain are to be kept from starvation cold and
rain until thep can help themselves.
Richmond Palladium.
The Indiana Legislature did we'll yesterday
| in promptly grant, aid to the sufferers by
| the flood in the State 1t is an extraordinary
| occasion, and the necessity is so pressing that
| there is not time to gather from individual
| contributions necessary means TO save from
great suffering and possible starvation the
| thousands of our citizens who have suddenly
| been driven from their homes and deprived
| of all means 10 provide for their immediate
wants. We think the people generally will
! commend the action of the Legislature.
| Richmond Independent.
| The tenderest cords of humanity's heart
strings have been pulled during the past few
days The recital of the sufferings of the
| flood, the want and deprivation occasioned
| by the thousands of ruined homes touches a
spot not reached by ordinary calamities.
| There seems TO be q universal desire to do
something to aid the unfortunate ones, and
it takes shape in almost every direction.
| New York Herald.
If there must be a great overflow annually
it is perhaps better that it should take place
| in February than in the agricultural season.
as was the case in 1875. Disastrous as the
present flood has been, the fact that it has
| reached its maximum earlier in the year
| than any previous rise of similar proportions
is hopeful for the agricultural interests al
fected.
New York Times,
Under the pouring rains of the past ten
| DAYS this vast tract has rio itself of an
incalculable amount of water which in sum
mer time would have been to a considerable
extent retained by the earth. But the pres
ence of the primitive forests could have had
but little effect in staying the deluge.
| Madison Courier
There are thousands OF acres of waste lands
| in all the States bordering on the Ohio which
are never used for any purpose, and which,
in being planted with trees, would serve the
double purpose of diminishing the destruct-
| iveness of the floods and, in time, pay a large
interest on the money invested.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
| When the water subsidies there will be a
large demand for men to put matters in
shape and no man able and willing to work
will seek in vain for employment
| Evansville Courier.
The Legislature did noble thing in voting
an appropriation Of $4,000 for the sufferers
by the great food.