The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-18
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

THE governments treatment of John Roach is
worthy OF great country 1t is proper enough to in
sst upon receiving full value for public money paid
out but the of the Secretary Of the Navy
inspired more by desire injure the contractor and
oiscredt Secretary Chandler than by disposition to
oeneht the navy There is strong probability that
Whitney will make martyr of Roach before he gets
through for the American people like fair play, and
Roach isn't getting it.-I4owen Courier.
THE labor which this country needs and which it
must have in order to be prosperous is that which is
well housed we'll fed and decently clothed. II must
be labor which is well paid that its wages will
able to become the greatest consumer OF products
of the farmers of the Vest and of the general in
dustries of the country. The wage people in every
employment, the farmers, and those whose incomes
depend upon daily effort the army of consumers
wages, business will be prosperous, THIS is a fact
which those who degrade labor by importing under
contract seem to forget-Boston journal.
A GREAT commercial nation dealing with other
commercial nations and bound by its resources its
energy and by its very necessities extend it's inter
course the whole world which handcaps itself in
the wide struggle of trade with currency of
tain value, including fixed amount of government
paper payable in either OF two kinds of coin
of which is already debased and liable to still greater
depreciation will suffer for its folly The suffering
will be greater, obstinate complicated and
depressing the longer the cause of it is continued
The real way out of the trouble have got into is
not only the repeal of the silver act but the pay.
ment of the forced loan represented by the legal
tender notes-New York Times
THE people of this country will not stand working
men alone controlling the price of labor but they will
regulation of its wages, and that the workingmen
one side and the employers on the other two equal
factors in production. When the market calls for
reduction of it is the employers place to
the reduction and the employees duty to accept it
after inquiry has satisfied them that it is just proper
and necessary When the market iustfes an increase
the united employees should move IT, and the employer
should grant it if inquiry proves that he ought to.
Each thus looks to his interest, allows the other
equal right with the option of arbitration in case
of disagreement-Louisville Commercial.
ONE of the worst evils of divorce laws IS their
lack Of uniformity. A lawful marriage becomes I'M
lawful by crossing q State line. When we consider
how serious and great the interests involved
among which are the legitimacy of children and the
inheritance of estatesit strange that greater
efforts have not been made to bring the conflicting
statutes into harmony. As matter of the
national legislature cannot interfere in the purely do
nestle affairs of the States but would possible
indeed, quite practcable-for the States to work
some common plan, and toward end in leg
islation regulating marriage and divorce. Conflicting
laws these questions productive of evils,
bringing ruin innocent parties and producing IN
fragrant scandals.-National Republican.
THE labor strikes of this country have been very
labcr.) With their old employees refusing work no
matter what the cause, large corporations are
tempted TO till their places with imports AT first it
would seem to be good stroke of business. An ig-
norant Bohemian or Pole in central Europe be en-
gagged for very low wages. and until he gets smat
terng of American notions he may be contented and
fathu but he soon learns what the general average
of American wages is and insists upon being paid &C
cordngly In the end he proves far more mischev-
Gus striker than the workman whom he displaces In
stead of being cure for industrial discomfort, inn
portat1on serves on y to aggravate the evil and
der 1t still more serlous.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
THE plain truth is that the banks have not large
fund of gold. Their customers have and they want
to keep it, They have trusted the banks, because the
banks have seemed disposed and able to perform in
good faith their obligation in gold all money
hitherto intrused to them If the banks do mean
to stick to that understanding and to do it resouely
though it may cost some inconvenience, and involve
the opening of separate accounts for silver then the
sooner they let the commercial community know
that fact the better Certainly they must understand
that nobody is deceived when they pretend to be
maintaining gold payments but are in fact lending
to the Treasury the gold which they receive. Neither
the community, nor, unhappily, the silver fanatics
in Congress will be for moment deluded by such
performance.--New York Tribune.
ONE of the methods of depressing lawlessness, cur
rent particularly III the West which is wrong in prin-
ciple and troublesome in practice is the augmenta-
ton OF local police forces by armed detachments of
private guards called with but Slight warrant, de-
tectiveS II the municipal constablery is not ample
the entire forces of the State under the Governor are
responsible for order, and be promptly called into
action If the trouble is of such extent to defy the
available force al command of the State the Constitu-
ton provides way in which, if need be- the entire !
military force of the Nation be called upon Sure
V with such reserves it be neither necessary nor
proper, except in temporary of immediate ext
gency, to call upon private bodies of armed hreings
II IL De tact as IS not unlikely that private corpora
tlons organize effective police than the regularly
constituted authorities, it is humiliation but not
one which justifes the continuance of such illegit
mate methods Boston Advertiser.
THROW down every tariff barrier that exists and
keep up the rate which absolutely necessary
should do, and which intend to do and we can
not compete with the pauper paid aborers of the Old
World. The tariff has nothing whatever to do with
the business depression that is general all the world
over, for free trade countries and tariff countries
common sufferers, the worst being the former. In
fact where the policy of free trade is most vigorously
observed there is industrial depression the worst and
where it is least observed there is industrial depress
ion the least. No country is to-day enjoying mercan-
tile prosperity; but taking the condition of the entire
body of our people into consideration, those of
other country that the shines upon onehalf
prosperous as those of the United States II free
trade is the benetcent boon it is claimed to be- why
have its benefcent effects not fallen upon and been
enjoyed by England, the home and chosen temple of
free trade and why is the country of the tariff the
most prosperous of all.-Philadephia Inquirer.