The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-05
KARi0US SUBJECTS DISCUSSED

We have not calfed upon any farmer to
| stop raising cotton altogether. but SIM
| ply to devote some of mis- time and ener-
/ gy TO raising something else. Cotton does
/ not require work all the time. and be-
| tween working the cotton there is plenty
( Of time for work at other crops by the
! same mules and the same hands. What
! We want to see our farmers in Georgia
| and Carolina do IS to divide up their
| land and plant crops upon ii suitable TO
! the land. A certain patch Of ground will
| make excellent potatoes, another fine
! oats. another sugarCane, another is suited
! to fruit trees. another TO grapes, another
! should be fenced in for the chicken range,
/ another for the pasture for cows and hogs
| and not all planted in cotton indscrimi-
! nately whether suited to it or not.-Au-
! gusta Chronicle (dem.).
Even under our present adverse condi-
/ tons it would be possible to ship cotton
| from southern ports to Japan and offer
| our customers there better terms than
! they can get in Liverpool. The thing
| needed, however, is to push our Nicara-
| qua canal enterprise, and then, with the
| advantage of that short route to Japan,
| England would be unable to compete with
| us. When we get this waterway between
| the Atlantic and the Pacific $4,000, 600 con-
| sumers in South America who now give
| the bulk Of their trade to England VIII
| find it more convenient to seek our south
| crn ports and markets. and Japan. China
! and India will turn away from England
| and deal with uS.in OrdeI to reap the ad-
vantage of quick transit. low freights and
| cheap raw materiai.-Atlanta COnstitu-
! ton (dem).
There are now no partisan issues to
| distract the country for two years to
| come. and the question of a sound tinan-
| cial policy should enlist the interest Of
every good citizen regardless of his po-
( litical faith. It is the paramount duty
of all to turn partisan prejudices behind
them and come 20 the front to create an
impregnable national credit, and give to
our people a circulation that is not only
ample for all the varied requirements Of
Industry and trade. but that shall be
absolutely safe in the hands of the hold
er. That this can be done is not doubted
by those who look at the subject dispas-
sionately. and in the present lull In polit-
zeal storms we appeal to leaders OF all
parties who regard the prosperity of our
people as the first duty Of statesmen, TO
make common cause to give the United
States the high measure OF credit to
which it is entitled, and which would give
to all classes and conditions enduring
prosperity Times (dem).
Levi p Morton has fellow-feeling for
mIIlionaires. He knows that their lives
are filled with hardships and that for
men in hard luck nothing Is so accepta-
BILE as a good, fat office. He knows that
many of them are not given office be-
cause ii is generally understood that they
do not need rhe cheap salaries attached
and for the further fact that they are
likely to neglect public business in order
to attend to their own interests. He has
decided, however, to appoint Col. Z. A.
McAlpin adiutant-ge general. Col McAlpin
has not been connected with the militia
for six or seven years, he has not kept
pace with the Improvements which have
been introduced into the service, he IS
not regarded With favor by military men
fN-1 IA 1-.fv, t. v~af1I
aire and has a wealthy wife. Probably
Mr.. Morton makes this appointment be-
cause he thinks the salary Of $4,000 viii
be pleasant picking for Col McAlpin and
because he thinks that millionaires have
lust as much right to Office as other peo-
ple even if it is certain thai they will
neglect the public business.-Buffalo On.
W Enquirer (dem.).