The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-03
INDIANA PRESS OPINION.


The Dingley bill has not yet had fair
show to demonstrate it's character. The
Republicans believe that under normal con-
ditionS the act will justify their confidence
in it.--Terre Haute Express.
Municipalities will make more in the sale
of franchises. or, better, by demanding a
certain per cent. of earnings. than they
VIII In attempting an ownership with QueS-
uonable anagement.-Evansville Journal
The Populist party has drifted from a
silver dollar worth 40 cents to a greenback
dollar of unlimited issue, worth less than
3 cents. There is but one step more to
highway robbery and neutrality-suspicious.
burg Review.
The Democrats are beginning to find out
that Mckinley is perfectly competent to
hold down his job to the satisfaction of the
country. These same friends of ours, the
enemy, used to call Harrison grandpa's hat,
Lincoln an accident, and Grant the 10
DaViess county Recommendation Union.
1t is difficult to estimate in dollars and
cents the benefits derived by the business
interests of the United States, and, indirect
~, by all the people from the election of
William Mckinley. There is no doubt, how
ever, that the country is richer to-day by
many millions than it would have been if
Bryan and free coinage had triumphed in
1S96-Wabash Plain Dealer.
An examination of the work of the new
Of foreign countries do not seem to have
awaited anything more in their effect upon
our commerce with those countries than
they did in their effect upon Congress. No
attention was paid TO them by Congress-
and it seems that commerce is now paying
no attention to them.-BluiftOn Chronicle.
There is an abundance of gas left yet
and the question now before the people of
the region is will they surrender to oil and
other companies for a song what is left
of the gas, thus reducing the amount of
fuel, taking it away from home factories
and industries, and eventually destroying
the value of existing activities, contracting
the. extent of home markets and pushing
back the progress we have made to it's
original standing? News
The useless waste of natural gas now
going on in the oil field should be stopped
at once. If the law now on the statute
books OF the State is not sufficient then the
Legislature should be called in special ses-
sion to enact one that will accomplish this
result. Millions of cubic feet of gas are
going into the air every, day, and perhaps
thousands of dollars worth of the most
valuable fuel ever discovered are daily go
ing to waste. This is a needless waste, and
certainly some way can be devised to pre-
vent it.-Middletown News.
The i'll effects OF the devices used in candy
shops, cigar stores and kindred places for
trying the luck are manifesting themselves.
The youth are absorbing a fondness for
gambling in small way with them Boys
who have not reached ten years Of age are
Boosting of beating the wheel in the pur-
chase of candy. The smoker plays the wheel
for his cigars in the hope of getting more
than he pays for. The girl puts the nickel
in the slot to get two or five packages of
chewing gum instead of one. All these de-
vices are fostering that spirit far too prev
alent among Americans, the desire to get
something for nothing.-Elkhart Review.
Take the farmers of Delaware county of
to-day, with their comfortable bank &C
counts, their houses heated and lighted with
natural gas, no cutting or carrying in wood.
no carrying out ashes after the fire has
burned low, but every room heated to May
day temperature the year round, and no
sousing into an old wooden tub of cold wa
ter for bath. We now have barns heated
by natural gas; the sheep horses, cattle and
chickens are kept warm and comfortable
during the coolest days of winter. Their
food is cooked in great kettles made in
furnaces heated by natural gas. Great wind
pumps carry water through the houses and
the hot-water tank will serve to bring the
temperature to your liking.-Muncie Times.