The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-28
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pose 10 turn the elements OF nature 10 the
uses of men for gain would now be lost
without the chemist who can make ac-
curate analysis. With the practical tests
of the chemist there need be no blind ex-
perimenting. Experiments there will be.
but there need be no ignorance regarding
the elements with which experiments are
made. The practical chemist is consulted
at every step by the manufacturer. who
must know what are the constituents of
the materials with which he proposes to
work. He no longer experiments with
shales to ascertain if they will make
the fuxes he needs to reduce ores, but
sends samples to the chemist. If the
chemist had been called to the aid of the
not be comparatively bare of the hem
lock. oak and other banks used in tanning
hides into leather Year after year the
great acres of land covered with hemlock
| We're denuded and so per cent. of the tan
ming qualities of the banks were lost: Now
the chemist Is consulted. The maker or
tanning extracts sends small bottle of
his liquids to the chemist for analysis, and
that shows him whether he has the best
or whether something must be added to
it. The chemist can claim the credit of
all real progress which has been made in
making metals like aluminium The ex-
perienced chemist may not be able to pre-
sent the formulas at once which will make
| 1t possible TO produce aluminium so that
but he can tell an experimental with the
fusible clay whether or not he can make
aluminium. A few years ago a man came
to this city and said that he had pro-
cess that would turn clays into alumni
| mum so that the metal would be as cheap
he told me the degree of heat he could
| develop in his furnace, | knew that he
had only one-third enough, and that all
| the money he would spend in experiment
would be lost After a years efforts he
| abandoned his experiment but not till he
had wasted considerable money. If ne had
been well grounded in chemistry he would
| not have made such a mistake"
A lawyer: THE chief cause of the strong
| contrasts in the enforcement of the criminal
| laws of Indiana is that anomoly which
| makes the jury the judge of the law as
well as of the facts or evidence. In civil
| cases the Judge gives the law. but in crimi-
| nal cases the juror constructs the law for
| himself, and can take the Interpretation of
a lawyer who is engaged in the case, or he
| can read the law and interpret il for him.
| self Being the judge of the law and the
years for defrauding county out of thou
sands of dollars as an officer. while another
scarcely scar SYM more than than petit larceny One man
| can hold out and prevent the death penalty,
| as was done notslong since in a neighboring
county, because the jury makes the SEN
tence. The extortions practiced in criminal
| cases venued from this to other counties
| are chargeable to the judges. who. in their
1 little business assign a needlessly large
number to both sides of the cases, and these
| fees Marion county has to pay
A railroad man: 81 know most of the
| members OF the Commercial Club who are
advocating elevated railway tracks. and
| 1 am surprised that sensible men should
| be in favor of the project, which every
| practical railroad man have heard speak
| of it condemns as impracticable or i'm
! possible. because of cost. There would
| practically be square miles of elevated
track for sldings and switches. to say
| nothing of the main lines. How could
| heavy freight be handled without immense
cost when it must be raised fifteen or
| twenty feet to be loaded? What would
i become of the factories which now have
| cars run alongside them TO load, when
| elevated sdings would cost tens and even
| hundreds of thousands of dollars? Mr..
| Fortune has entered into calculation of
| the value of the time lost by those who
| wait for passing trains. but he seems not
/ to have thought of the cost of square
| miles OF elevated track. Three hours are
| lost waiting for the passage of street cars
| where one rs wasted in waiting for rail-
| road trains to pass Will Mr.. Mason join
| in 2 demand for elevated street-railway
| tracks,
| Ex-Alderman Thalman: "We are not
running our wooden mill. but we may in
September. No one will run wooden mills
| now except to fill orders. 1t may be bet
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| passed. it is known that the party in
| power cannot agree upon a bill. 1t can't
| be worse than now, and that is some con-
| ISOLATION. If the Senate bill passes, mills
| will start on orders. but no one will go
| ahead and make for the market until he
! sees how large the imports Of wooden goods
will be Wool never was so cheap..S cents
| less than 70 cents for And even with
such low wool. one dare not make goods
without ord prder Ind and pay the present high
cent. and free wool can't begin to make
up b t frand hc of the Gst sid
| der the ad valorem system OF duties Con-
enable the American manufacturer of
woolens to compete with the European"
General McGinnis: If any man hauls
down the American flag, shoot him on the
| spot We all applaud that sentiment If a
| miscreant shoots the President of France,
why should not the incensed people take his
| life then and there2 Why should not men
| who should be caught placing bombs upon
| railroad track be shot. for the reason
| that a mad dog would be shot? There must
be a better enforcement of law for the pro-
| lection of life and property II may be
| necessary TO make offenseS acts which are
| not so regarded now. Great danger turks
| i'm the practice of dema gogues arraying one
element against another and in teaching
| that those who accumulate property do so
by robbing the mass of people. That is a
| dangerous heresy because il breeds the
| iealouSies and hatreds out of which comes
the spirit of lawlessness and anarchy"
Justus G. Adams: I'VE are making brick
from habit more than anything else: about
half as many as usual. and at prices which
afford no profit. But for the sewer build
| ing we should not sell half we do. Better
times? Hope springs eternaP-isn't thai
the way ii runs? We hope. IL we didn't
what would become of us? The man who
| has a place where he is sure of even a
small salary. paid every week. is better of
in the long run, and now he is much better
| off because the employer has 10 hustle about
to get money TO pay the employee. I'd like
to be such an employe these times.
the stock of national banks. They have tc
make a statement of their condition. and
that is used as the basis of taxation. The
national bank pays twice as much tax as 9
State bank doing the same business. If al
| property were assessed as Is the nationa
I bank the valuation of property in Indiana
| for taxable purposes would be doubled.
A real-estate man: 1T can see no sense
in compelling the construction OF concrete
sidewalks in the suburbs while the side
walks OF some of the principal streets II
rough and full of holes. There are side
walks within two squares of the courthouse
which are disgrace 10 the city.
II. c. Adams: mo. sir: no short stories
for Sunday readers, revived and re
dressed old yarns. no current sayings, n'
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