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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

very fine, taking the country over. This,
combined with the fact that new wheat re-
gions are rapidly developing, not in America
alone, but, unfortunately, in vast territories
where labor costs next to nothing, so that
prices cannot be held up, and more than ever
the American wheat raisers must look to
American consumption. Plainly enough,
America has more than enough wheat-growers
at this time. What is needed is wise legisla-
ton that will naturally restore and maintain
the balance of manufacturing interests. We
cannot sell wheat to the Old World if the Old
World has a market that offers lower figures
than we can. 1t is not desirable that we seek
to underbid the s~emi-savage competitors if a
better method can be discovered.
1t ought to be plain enough to any intelli-
dependent and more prosperous were we able
to sell nearly or quite all of our products at
home. The embarrassment of the present
time would not be felt had we more men en-
gagged in manufacturing and a less number
in the business of wheat growing. Could we
divert the millions we now send abroad to the
encouragement of American industries, so
that by that much the pressure would be
raised from the over-competition between
farmers, we would by that much be relieved
from the low prices now prevailing. There
would be proportionately fewer farmers, and
by that per cent. as many more actively en-
ployed Suppose we buy not q
yard of cloth woven abroad, but apply the
money to building up American mills, would
we not then have more consumers at HON
and proportionately fewer farmersG And
would not this naturally and beautifully en-
nance the value of farm productsY Any meas
ure that ENDS to such a contamination is to
be commended. 1t is a good plan to give our
patronage and encouragement to the men who
buy American bread and pay American taxes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

A '~FIRE-PRooF" thirteen-story fiat Aas
burned in New York city, not partially,
but wholly to the earth, and the greater por-
ton of the material of which it was made
has gone back to the elements. Il has been
demonstrated that perfectly fire-proof struc-
lures cannot be built. At least, they are not;
and the conclusion is that it is a good deal
safer to be nearer terra firma than in any story
above the third. A building thirteen stories
high is a good deal more likely to take fire and
burn than is one less high, covering the same
ground space, for the reason that there are
so many more chances of fire. 1t follows
that it is correspondingly unsafe to live in
such a building, and some kind of enactment
should come in to protect giddy humanity
from erecting INC occupying such death traps.
The evil has not yet reached its limit, and
structures of the kind are now planned in
New York city to be not less than eighteen
stories high, provided with easy, n~oiseless ele-
v%ators, incandescent electric light, hot and
cold water on every floor, and all the conve-
niences calculated to tempt people to occupy
the various floors nearest the stars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09
Why Mr.. DeRuiter Was Rejected.

Indianap oils Daily News.
However dissatisfied with Mr.. Kitz the voter
might be, he yet saw in Mr.. DeRuiter a man
who was supported by agencies under whose
direction the trustees Office would have become
merely a Republican political machine, or, it
may perhaps be more proper to say, a personal
political machine. For there is a tend
ency to separate the idea of Republicanism from
the personal agrandizement Of a clique of city
politicians. The journal has a few well con-
sidered words on this matter.
1t has come to be believed that there is a select
coterie, which meets and parcels out things among
themselves and their friends at will, expecting the
compliment voters at the primaries, the delegates at
the conventions and the voters again at the elections,
merely to meet pro forma and latify what has been
done for them by the estimable gentlemen, who polish
official leather and have come to mistake themselves
for the masters instead of the servants of the people.
This fairly explains the indifference of many.
If it is n mere choice between one set who will
take all that can be squeezed out of the people
and another, thousands Of voters will not care
which succeeds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

figures show a greater proportion of stay-at-
home Republicans than Democrats; and so
the Democrats usually profit in what are
called "of" elections. The problem is how
to call out the largest possible vote at the
minor elections and in the off years. 1t GER
tainly is not by the nomination of candidates
against whom there is decided opposition,
whether that opposition be always well
grounded or not; neither is it by the emphasis
of methods which tend to degrade a political
campaign into a pot-house squabble.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09
LOW WHEAT.

On April 9, 1888, April wheat sold in Chi
cago at 99c to 81. On the corresponding day
of the week for this year, April wheat in
Chicago brought but 753-Sc to II 1-2c. In18S3,
May wheat was worth$ 81. 03 rs to 81 05 IA. May
wheat on Monday last sold at SO 1-8c. This
makes a decline of more than 20 cents from
last years quotations. A very. marked and
very serious difference, representing millions
of dollars. To many the secret is not under
stood. Supericially there seems no good
reason why wheat should not be worth nearly
or quite as much now as a twelyemonth past.
But there is a reason for this, and a good one.
Had it been within the power of 'bulls" to
maintain prices they would have done so.
A desperate effort was repeatedly made to do
this, only to fail in every instance and to be
followed by a further decline.
AT the time of the harvest, in 1888, there
was still on hand from the crop of 1882 not
less than 65,877, 155 bushels of wheat, which,
added to the yield of 1883, as estimated from
official sources, made a total of 4S6, OBJ, 655
bushels. From this is to be deducted 3d.
900, 900 bushels for seed for the
crop of 1884, leaving 434, 600, 900
bushels for export and home
consumption. The mean population of the
country for this crop yearis sc, III, $50, which,
according to the average for eighteen years
past, would consume 247, 81, 800 bushels
per year. Two-thirds of the crop year has
passed, so that up to date we may presume
that 166, 00O, 900 bushels have been disposed
of in this way. There then remains 26S, 900, 900
bushels to be accounted for since the time of
the last harvest. The net exports since then,
up TO March l, were equivalent to rs, 1853, 260
bushels, leaving, substantially 100, 900, 900
bushels still on hand. During the remaining
third of the crop year we shall consume
80, 900, 900 bushels, so that there will be
los, 000, 900 bushels left to carry over to add
to the new crop. But during the four months
between March l and harvest we may export
rs much as we did during the same period last
year. OF ABOUT Go,VUu,VOO DuouelS. IHIS
would leave still so, 900, 900 bushels to be added
to the new crop, or about IA, 600, 900 bushels
more than was on hand at the same period in
1888. The export outlook is far from
encouraging. To-day's cable reports show
that in London g%ranaries alone there
are 454, 900 quarters more of wheat
than at the same time last year. The London
Standard, impressed by what must be patent
to every observer, says: at is obvious that
the wheat trade is overdone, and it is conse-
%quently important for London and Liverpool
money-lenders to know who holds this extra
ordinary mass of grain"
The present outlook for a big yield is proba-
bly, as good as was ever known. The acreage
is large and the condition of growing wheat is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

THERE is quite an element in the Demo
cratic party which cannot be labeled and de
livered at will. That element is growing
larger year by year. When the Democratic
ringsters attempted to illegally redistrict the
city hundreds and thousands of Democrats
either remained at home or voted with the
Republicans, and thus administered a signal
rebuke to the evil men and methods Of their
own party. AT other times a large proportion
Of Democrats have refrained from voting when
they could not consistently support the party
ticket. 1t was so on Monday. Mr.. Kitz did
not and eould not poll the strength of his
party. But, while this fact is both true and
creditable as to the Democratic party, it is a
much larger fact as to the Republican party,
- that whenever there is a light vote the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

Mr.. SAMUEL TILDEN and Miss Mary Anderson
ought to sympathize with each other. The first
named giddy coquette, having been betrayed
into a mo-" in the feminine sense. which, as
everybody ought to know, means yes, is humili-
ated todiscover that his tactics are misunderstood
by the party he is flirting with, and that he is
not likely to be asked again. Miss Mary, on the
other hand, is obliged to "'fess up that no noble
Duke has ever asked her to be his'n, and that
she has had no chance to say no. If the two
could be brought to offer sweet consolation to
each other a painful situation might be relieved
and the country allowed to turn its mind to other
matters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

has not only a good official record, but is well
regarded by his men. And out of these 719
examinations $50 were held in indianapolis.
Only 159 examinations we're necessary for all
the clerks who make their headquarters other
than in this city. Possibly, the "com-
mission" could have found out the reason In
dianapolis clerks were the principal complain
ers against Colonel French if they had cared
to inquire, instead of being content to cast a
slur upon the Indianapolis boys. That these
examinations were not required because of
lack of competence is proved by the figures.
The average of examinations in this division
was 80. 49-a very good relative grade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

THE Journal calls attention to the card of
Mr.. Woodland in regard to the connection of
Thomas c. Campbell with murder trials in
Cincinnati. The journal certainly has no de-
sire to be unjust to Mr.. Campbell or anyone
else. The statements complained of were
made upon the authority of an alleged inter
view with Mr.. Campbell, published in the
Cleveland Leader and widely copied, and of
which we had seen no denial, The journal is
glad to publish his population of the inter
view as a matter of justice to Mr.. Campbell.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09
G

1t is remarkable how Mr.. Frank H. Hurd,
who is regarded, and justly, as one of the
ablest free-trade advocates in the country,
overreached himself in his argument against
the restoration of the duty on wool in the
House on Monday. As reported in the debate
Mr.. Hurd said "he opposed this motion be-
cause it proposed to restore the duty on wool,
and thereby increase its price. y y r The
question thus plainly psesented was, ought
the price of wool to be increased by legisla-
tionY' @That is to say, the higher the duty on
wool the higher the price, and, as a converse,
the lower the duty the lower the price. And
Mr.. Hurd said that in the lowering of the
price of wool, which is to be accomplished by
taking and keeping off the duty, or a portion
Of ii, there are three classes interested-the
consumer of wooden goods, the manufacturers
of wooden goods and the producer of raw wool.
Let all this be conceded. Mr.. Hurd, now
ever, proceeds to say in his argument:
"From l847 to 1860, farmers got five cents
per pound more than they did during the
period of higher protective tariff. In England,
when a proposition was made to take the duty
off wool, it was antagOnized by the wool grow
ers, but the result had been that the price of
wool had steadily advanced. He believed if
wool were put on the free list to-day, with a
corresponding reduction in tho duty on wooden
goods, the result would be a large increase in
manufacture, a large increase in the number
of operatives employed, and at least IS per
cent. increase in the price paid the farmer.
Now, here we cannot follow Mr.. Hurd. In
the first place he asserts that the re-
duction of the duty on wool will re-
duce its price, and then he asserts
that, during the years of low tariff, the rrice
was five cents higher than under a high tariff,
and he believes that if wool were put on the
free list the price would be Is per cent. higher
than it is now with a duty on it. We confess
this sort of logic is staggering. The duty on
wool should be lowered so as to reduce the
price of wool, but the effect of reducing the
duty is to increase the price! If low-priced
wool is the boon Mr.. Hurd says it is, in which
the consumer and the manufacturer of wooden
goods are so deeply and vitally interested, why
in the world not keep on the tariff, since Mr..
Hurd asserts that the effect of a low tariff be-
tween 1S47 and 1860 was to make wool 5
cents more a pound than it was under the
higher or war tariff, while to place it upon
the free list entirely would enhance the price
Is per cent! We have heard of and seen the
magician's bottle out of which could be poured
various kinds of wine; but this tariff scheme
of Mr.. Hurd, by which a reduction in the
duty is to give both a reduced price and an
advance of IS per cent. is too much. Such
logic will be confusion to the simple, straight
forward sheep farmers of Ohio, Indiana, and
other States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

SENDING hand-bills by the thousands among
the intelligent Republican voters of Indian
apolis the day before the election, filled
with organic rawlings, is a method of politi-
cal management the brilliance of which was
proved by the result of the balioting. 1t
would have been greatly better, and would
have added to the material wealth of the
country, if the waste paper had been dumped
into the nearest paper mill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

THE annual report of the Superintendent of
the Railway Mail Service for the year 1888
shows that in the Sixth Chicago division
there are 799 men, and 800 examinations were
held. In the Fifth indianapolis division
there are $50 men, and there were 719 exam
nations. That is, with 40 less men in the
division, Mr.. French imposed upon his subor-
dinates 419 more examinations than were
found necessary in the Sixth division by Cap
tain White, who is an efficient officer, and who
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

SUNDAY base ball does not seem to thrive at
Fort Wayne. The judge of the Criminal
Court there has ordered the grand jury to
bring indictments against the managers of
the club that played a pay-game last Sunday,
and to include in the indictment the financial
hackers of the club. The judge probably
hasn't seen the picture of the statue of a base
ballist on a pedestal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

THE difference between a newspaper and
again demonstrated yesterday. The Journal
printed more than two columns of special
dispatches giving the result of the township
elections in about half the State. One of the
other three English-speaking prints had par
tial reports from fourteen counties, a little
more than one-seventh of the State, and the
other from sixteen counties, one-sixth of the
State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

THE entire Republican ticket was elected
on Monday, excepting the township trustee
and one constable. The majorities average
about 27j. Two years ago the Democrats
elected all their officers by an average MAORI
ty of 847. A Republican gain of 1882 on a
two-thirds vote is quite satisfactory. The
Democrats should organize another parade,
and employ a brass band.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

ONE of the lessons of the election is that
the Republican voters Of Center township
cannot be dragooned by the cat-calls and
<'hewgag' business which belongs to the age
Of immature journalism, but in which %self-re-
specting newspapers, and those who respect
the intelligence and conscience of those to
whom they speak, have long since ceased to
induloe-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

THE Journal publishes another compre-
hensive list of township elections held last
Monday, from our special correspondents.
Like those given yesterday, the general aver
age of the result is decidedly in favor of the
Republican party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

TIL Philadelphia Times is publishing a series
of "White House portraits" They are so called
because they are pen pictures of men occupied
in looking at the White House, with a thou-art-
o-near-but-yet-so- ar-and- getting -further-off ex-
preston. The list of these afflicted citizens is
long enough to supply the Times with film for
its columns right up to the day of the presidential
conventions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

A REPUBLICAN majority of {, 800 in Cleve-
land on Monday looks well for October and
November. Ohio is as sure a Republican
State this fall as Vermont. To talk of Ohio
as a doubtful State is to talk political idiocy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

MATTHEW ARNOLD told a few things in
England about Chicago, and the papers of
that city are boiling over with as much indig-
nation as they do when their fast-mail farce is
sxnosed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

THE death of the principal witness in the
trial that resulted in the conviction of Korner
gives a chance to get in work for a new
trial. Now, that Wampf is dead, it will not
be hard to fix the murder upon him, though
this does not seem to have occurred to the de-
Tense until after his death.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

THAT part of the Republican ticket which
ran upon its merits, and was not handicapped
with the insane advocacy of the usual COR
ganic' slumgullionery, was elected. Mr.. De
Ruiter has reason to pray to be delivered from
mis- friends.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

THE exclusive returns from Gubser's Mill,
as indicated by the monkey ballot-boxes in
this city on Monday, are valuable indeed.
Nearly 4, 200 votes are accounted for out of
q. 500.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09
SPRING OVERCOATS


Yesterday was a raw and
gusty day; what to-day will be
even the weather bureau can't
guess. This proves our asser-
ton, that in this ever-changing
climate a Lightweight Over
coat is simply Indispensable.
Our Spring Overcoats are a
revelation to this market in
quality, style, workmanship
and finish. They are marked
at bottom figures.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

THE Central Labor Union, of New York city,
has ordered a strike of painters all over the
United States. A strike at this time would be
disastrous to all who engage in it. The average
citizen now insists in doing his own painting, u
and he is extremely slow who cannot paint the
whole town between 9 P. NJ. and daylight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

LENTEN devotees in New York have, for some
inscrutable reason, discarded the, English violet
and demand the genuine wild violet, which is
without fragrance, for decorative purposes during
the penitential season. AS a consequence,
florists have sent out into the woods and brought
in tons of wild violet roots to be transplanted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

THE day is past when America can hope to
get wealthy on grain growing alone. We
must have grain eaters who are not grain
prowers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

plOyed about the premises did wash their feet in
water afterwards used in brewingl Can the
men be expected to go through life without per-
forming their ablutiousl A little calculation
will show that, even admitting the facts as
charged, no harm could come from them. Who
knows what is the average of rats per vat,
whether one or a dozenl Certainly, one must
be regarded as a very low estimate and in no
wise prejudicial to the particular brand made by
Feigenspau, Mr.. Feigenspau could probably
show that the rat was a small one, or, being a
large one, that it had been in the vat some
time, during which time several successive
brewings had been made. AS for wash
ing feet in water, that signifies
nothing as long as the men
didn't battle in the beer itself. The question
naturally arises: What would the public expect
to find in its beerl 1t would be unreasonable to
look for a $40 pup or italian greyhound there.
No brewer could afford it. Some might argue
that cats could be used, but cats do not give a
rich flavor, while cat fur is no longer regarded
stylish. If Judge Morrow is anything like a
good citizen he will pay the $40, 900 demanded,
and say no more about it. Feiganspau is doubt
less doing the best he can, and will change from
rats to something else as soon as business allows.
CHICAGO is wrought up over the structures
made by Mr.. Matthew Arnold The charge he
made that a lady of that city had credited to him
the authorship of ''Tom Brown at Rugby and
1.-THE Light of Asia" is unquestionably an an
cient libel, adapted for the occasion. Whatever
criticisms the apostle of sweetness and light
may have made on the people of Chicago may be
taken for what they ale worth. His knowledge
of them must of necessity be very superficial, as
his stay there was of but a few hours duration.
That they did not turn out en- masse to sit at his
feet at a dollar a seat does not argue that they
are without culture. The same phenomenon
might have been witnessed in London or any of
the provincial cities of England. The fact is,
that the bland egotist is a trihe embittered be-
cause he did not get more of our ducats. This is
too bad; but kind friends did all they could for
him, dead-heading him everywhere he went. He
may not have re llized much in door-receipts, but
succeeded in getting away with every shilling he
took in.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-09

THE Republican ticket carried Center town
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