The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-13

CURRENT COMM N

Butte Miner-When j t Comes to the To-
cation Of the capital and the various public
institutions the people Of the state at large
will take a hand. and their good Judgment
will prevail. But that rumor Of the pros
pective division OF the state and the loca-
ton Of two state capitals is good. II is
gaudy, but not neat, and calls for a chrome.
st. Louis Globe-D emocrat-The rumored
transfer Of Secretary Proctor from the war
to the TREASURY department is not calculat-
ed to call out the plaudits of the people.
Outside the department. of state the amount
of versatility in the cabinet is hardly great
enough to stand much spreading.
New York World: The immense volume
Of information and advice given out to the
public regarding the necessity of hygiene
for brain workers suggests the dreadful pos
sibility that there may be a lack of brain
for hygiene workers.
st. Louis Republic: There are 2 1900
fewer people living on the farms and in the
villages of Massachusetts now than there
were in 1860, but there are l,O32,COo more
people in the cities than there were at the
same date. This is another illustration of
how 4 high protective tariff develops the
market garden industry.
Boulder Age: Representative Day has
introduced a bill concerning the county
printing. The particulars of the bill have
not been published. but it probably requires
all county printing. including bound books
and records, to be done in the state. It
should be entitled: IA bill for an act to
enable two or three book-bindeYies in the
L ctofa 10 farm n Ar,rck o.,I o.,nh <La ~...-A..
printers and the people of the state" The
movement emanated from the business Of
fee of the Helena journal and embodies the
worst features of the protective system, and
it is surprising that an intelligent democrat
could be seduced into fathering it, even un
der the fallacy that 1t Is in the interest Of
labor. 10 be consistent, Mr.. Day should
add a section requiring all public officers,
including legislators, to wear no clothing
except such as is made in Montana and to
eat no food except such as IS grown in Mon
tana. 1t is certainly very odd that men
who hate the Chinese people 80 much can
be so easily humbugged into adopting the
Chinese policy.
Northwestern Railroader: In more than
II state this winter there il likely to be
legislation enacted to compel railroad COM
panies to equip their trains with safety
brakes, and the law which was enacted in
Iowa a year ago is the general model OF
which such bills nov being introduced arr
formed, IS it is also the basis of what il
known IS the Henderson bill in the nationa
legislature. That the railroad companies
of the country shouid be opposed to IN,
legislation on the subject, seeing the i'm
mense initial expense which the changes
will involve is not remarkable; but we tax,
the liberty Of doubling if such opposition
to a bill which permits u reasonable tim.
for tbs equipment ID wise. No far-seein,
railroad managers to-day doubt that tn.
safety devices must sooner or later b.
adopted or that they ought to be adopted
1t is quite true that most companies have
not at this time the money to spend or
improvements Of such magnitude; but it il
also true that the motives which impel tn.
public to demand the change are 80 stronl
that no arguments of q financial nature cal
long Withstand them.