The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-04

If the man who headed the Rebellion had
more force without more wisdom, he would per-
haps bring again into popularity the verses De-
ginning "We1l hang JEFF Davis to sour apple
tree. Boston Record.
WE hear very much Boosting just now Of
young blood" both in business and politics. We
began to notice the absence of ''old brains from
both some time since. Which accounts. perhaps,
for good many things!-Dayton TO- Democrar.
CAPITAL is timorous. II cannot te taken by
the throat and made to yield at the command OF
labor. 1t can be driven into place of safety,
however, and this is precisely what an excessive
agitation of the labor question will result In.
-Philadelphia Record.
SECRETARY LAMAR and other Southern Demo
Gratis are reported as regretting JET Daviss re-
marks at Montgomery exceedingly. They VIII
not hurt any body except the South and the par
~ which has most of its strength in that Sec
tion.-Bostou Transcript.
The man or woman who can got two hours
added to the time which may be devoted every
day to self-improvement, to the better care OF
others. or to necessary rest recreation, is en-
abled to make great step forward in the race
OF life. -Philadelphia Record.
ONE Of the first effects OF the late South
ern demonstrations will be seen in stopping
Southern immigration and in Southern invest
ments. A man naturally likes to make his home
among men who at least respect the flag that
protects them.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
LABOR is certain to be the greatest sufferer
from its own mistakes. and it is the duty of the
newspaper press to demonstrate to 1t what 1t is
doing against itself. The truest and best friend
labor has to-day is the newspaper that gives 1t
friendly. truthful counsel -Philadelphia In
quirer.
Mr.. JEFFERSON DAVIS has pleasant way of
calling attention to what Northern men and
Northern capital have done in the South since
the war. and pointing with pride" to it as what
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much did you helps But it's all right now.-Bos
ton Herald
MEN should be left free to work as many hours
in a day as they wish. There has not been a
more reasonable suggestion made than that of
Senator Stanford of California-that labor
choosing the length Of his own work-day.-Lou-
isville Commercial.
BETWEEN intelligent, orderly and strong labor
organizations and their employers the just limit
can be ascertained and observed But no organ
ization, though it embraced all the men in all
compel employers to carry on business at a loss,
or even at a profit that the latter do not deem
sufficient New York Times.
ALL this Is emotional, sentimental. possibly
very pretty to those who can enjoy it. But the
thousands of stricken families of the North who
have never ceased to mourn the going out of the
bright light OF other days. caused by the Re
bellion led on by this man, to-day SO honored in
the South, can see nothing In this reception ex-
cept that which awakens the bitterest and the
saddest memories. Hartford Post.
IT is a fact that Prohibitionists do not receive
the support Of the whole temperance sentiment
of community, and for the present, at least, it
would be wise in them to join with the high-li-
cense men in lessening, as far as possible, the
terrible evils which both parties deplore. 1t
might be found in cities and towns that high IL
cense was not only the best temperance method,
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well.-W ashington Post.
THE idea which is entertained in some places
that all at once the wage-payiDg industries of
the country can give the present days pay for
eight hours of labor, is the supremest folly that
can be conceived Of That would be equivalent
those who are already working, and. to the
amount now paid as wages there would have to
be added the sum needed to pay % per cent.
more laborers-New York Sum-
The real crisis will come when the eight-hour
system has worked out its inevitable effects of
~ per cent of their present comforts and neces
saries away from the laborers. Looking not to
the immediate effects of the eight hour system,
but to its final consequences in deepening the
bitter discomfort Of the workmen. thoughtful
men cannot conceal the anxiety with which they
regard the future.-Chcago Tribune.
WE cherish the hope that instead Of lingering
amid the ruins into which they were plunged by
false leaders, the people of the South will ac-
cept the great opportunities and the material
prosperity which have come to them as the har
bngers of new destiny And we believe that
in spite of Davis with his unrepsntant spirit and
untimely utterances soon to be quenched for
ever in shades deeper than those from which he
has emerged like spectre of evil, this is the
real thought of the new South. philadelphia
Press.
MEN of the Irons stripe have squandered la
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and the reasonable movement for a reduction of
the hours of labor wherever it is practicable
will not be upheld. The country is weared out
with labor troubles and will not respond. There
has been altogether too much reduction of hours
in some places Some 900 men in the South
west have had 900 hours of idleness added to
their normal amount, and it Is necessary to give
that time for distribution before another and
more reasonable iDstallment is added. Brook
Ign Eagle
1.-THE labor element has been bitten by kind
of universal tasantula-it has gone dancing
mad" To think Of inaugurating great strike
at this juncture for the eight hour system. The
perversity Of 1t fairly takes the breath. Wild
at any time, since eight hours do not make
fair and equitable days labor, and since, if the
movement should prevail, it would cut off pro-
duction one-fifth at least, and add by that much
to the cost of living. it is especially Wild sense
less. and perverse beyond belief at this uncture,
when production and trade are already paraly zed
by the suicidal conduct OF wcrkingmen.-Phila-
delphia Telegraph.
ONE great evil has already resulted from the
establishment Of very high rate of wages in
cities while . much lower rate prevails In the
country. The proportion of the urban to the
rural population of the country is constantly in
creasng Country people are yearly focking to
large towns and cities in order TO obtain higher
wages. Many state that they no longer live
in comfort on farms because the price of every
thing produced in cities is so high Desiring to
live in comfort, they como to cities. where they
can obtain very high wages. The proportion of
urban to rural population is much greater than
it should be on that account-Chicago Times.
THE eight hour experiment has already added
to the dstrust which the general striking cpl
demic has created in all industrial enterprise,
and it promises to add much more, and to cause
that kind of waiting and fear which shrivels ND
undertaking and paralyzes a countrv's energies