The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-22

Change Of Venue in Liquor Licenses.
To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journas.
In your paper of Feb. l6 you publish resoln-
tions from the Arcadia Temperance Union
in regard 10 the license laws of Indiana as they
now stand whereby change Of venue is granted
from onscounty to another in case of an appli-
can't for license being defeated before the Com
missioners' Court of his own county.
Justice to the mass Of the people of Indiana
most emphatically demands that the license
laws be so amended that the courts of each
county shall sole and alone. have any jurisdie
tion as to whether licenses shall be granted to
those whom her own citizens shall prove to be
unfit and unworthy to have license. In support
of what have said I submit the following
facts which are Of record and can therefore be
verified In 1879 fourteen OF the leading
citizens OF Montezuma united in signing re.
monstrance 70 the Commissioners Court of
Parks county, wherein was protested against
saloon lcenseu being granted TO one who we
proved had IN the previous year been re,
enor to known h had SOLD SOLD
to minors, had sold Sundays and
legal holidays. In fact, nearly all the prov1s-
sions of the Law We proved had been violated,
and therefore our Com missoners unani-
nous in refusing license. An appeal was taken
to tbs Circuit Court, where attorneys met
the case Change Of venue was then taken by
Mr.. Saloonist TO an adjoining county and not
withstanding the above facts were proven.
whisky jury granted license Nor was
this ALL For our temerity in thus daring to
to try to protect their homes and loved ones
from ''Sataus best friend and mans worst <ens--
N.Y." we were condemned to pay all the cost.
which amounted to near $l43. was in favor.
of appealing the case to the Supreme Court, but
my associates overruled me. My share cost me-
SIS besides time and personal expense. am
now old. poor and in i'll health, but | have an
other SIS aid finding il the sober, law abld-
ing people of Indiana have any rights IN the
courts or even in the protection of their homes
from law breakers and their aiders and ahettors
Par <IfncC nfv,a wfx Az, ocnt7f nf hn
people of Arcadia mould receive the support of
every good citizen oe Indiana.
MoNTEzUMA Feb. 18 VIM WOOSTER.
Some Suggestions ON a Home Market
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
The article in to-day's journal headed Crude
Ideas on Tariff" contributed by Mr.. F. M.
Wiley. ought to receive attention because the
falacies therein tanned, if proven to be such,
will go far towards opening the eyes, especially
of our farmers, who. as win attempt to show.
are directly interested in a home market, and
not in foreign one.
Statistics which are not denied show that
more than nine-tenths OF the product of the
farm is consumed in the United States. What
but the building up Of American industries
brought about the number of consumers of the
product of the farms
Now, if building tip home market is detri
mental to farmers; if bringing the market
right home to the door of the producer,
which ia the effect OF protection, IS
wrong, then free trade, which means to open
ali our ports to the product of the cheap labor
of the world. is right.
II Liverpool regulates the prices of American
products, then the more demand at Liverpool
the betier the price. Every mechanic and labor
er who leaves England lessons the demand
for farming products at Liverpool, 4
and, therefore. in addition to free trade we
ought To prohibit inning ration not to spoil
the Liverpool market If less than one-tenth
controls the market let us break down our fac
tories; let emigration be- encouraged so as to
lessen the demand ~ home and If possible re-
verse it. Let consume but ope-tenth and
ship to Liverpool the other nine-tenths. which
ought to increase the price in the same ratio
AS to the effect of Profession prices OF
articles OF American manufacture, 1t IL not true
proximafingiy more in every because of the
tariff: but suppose he did charge more. does
the manufacturer pocket the amount
charged the tariff schedule,
much bonus to himse1fi Does not the price OF
labor enter largely into the cost OF all manufact-
ured articles y, and do not American mechanics
and 1ahurers receive better wages than Is paid
elsew here on the giobef
Competition within oftsnl so strong "a 10
send prices down to less than the man ufacturers'
costs.
SO powerful for good results has the policy
OF protection become that IL has enabled us TO
compete even with England In quito a number
OF articles.
American ingenuity has developed because of
tho protection given to home industries, and
tho result is the invention Of various kinda of .
laborsaving machines which cheaper tho prices
OF articles
II the true policy Of America for Americans
was to be pursued thore would be no surplus
from tariff revenue. y Din. ID. LEvfSsoM
NoyLEsvfLLr, Ind, Feb. 81,