The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-06

OF ificonsiderate recklessness that has no
parallel anywhere in the history of business
eKperience.-Pendleton Republican.
The Senate may not meet President Nc
Kinley's wishes by the adoption of financial
legislation, but the country will know where
= place the blame.-Elkhart Review.
We have too many statesmen like that
Ponnlist who, after making the welkin roar
in behalf of the referendum, wrote to a
newspaper to ask what the referendum
meant.-Clay City Reporter
These frequent announcements of increase
of wages must be anNoying to some people.
Were we in the midst of a campaign they
could, of course, be charged to that ac-
count, but now it seems that there is no
other reasonable excuse except that busl-
ness is imprOving.-New Castle Courier.
A bimetallic circulation can only be Sc
cured by adopting and maintaining the bet
ter metal as the standard and by ,oining
on government account and so limiting the
coinage of the cheaper, as that its parity
may be maintained by the pledge and guar
antee of the Observation-Disclosures"
News.
If it be true that the old adage "wilful
waste makes woeful want applies to use
of natural gas then in some future day some
OF the towns and cities in the Indiana gas
belt will suffer on account of their ex-
travagant use and in many instances reck-
less waste of this fuel Of nature.-Gas city
JouI nal.
The whole Indiana gas belt is stirred up
over the alarming waste of natural gas, and
public meetings are being held to adopt
measures to put stop to it-not by the folly
of converting the Legislature in special
session, but by creating public sentiment
that will demand and secure the enforce
ment of the laws. That is the right course.
-Rushville Republican
Michigan City has grown rapidly within
the pasN two or three years, nOtwithstanG-
ing the hard times and what is the most
gratifying is the fact that it is a steady,
substantial growth and not a boom whose
bubble is in danger of being pricked, to be
followed by a reaction. The prospects of
the coming year are more promising than
ever Michigan City News
The reason that the Indiana congressman
and many other congressman believe that
there is a demand for the repeal of the civil
service law is that they mistake the clamor
of the officeSeekers for the camor of the
people. The officeseekers are not all the
population of the country and the fact that
they sometimes seem to be is an optical IL
fusion for political effect for the time only.
-Martinsville Republican.
1t is an interesting fact that the first year
of the presidential term of President Nc
Kinley is signaIized by the expectation to
Europe of American tin plate, whose manu-
facture in the United States was brought
about by the high protection given to tnat
industry Dy the law DedIlllS HlAilC anu
framed under his management as chairman
of the House committee on ways ana
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
Every business man in the United States
is grateful that Congress, which will con-
vene Monday is not a menace to the busl-
ness of the country. There will be no revo-
luton threatened or talked of along tarln
lines. Whatever may be said or done with
the money question will be in the dlrectlon
of sound money and no patent scheme Tor
making everybody rich or money cheap Will
disturb public confidence in the integrity
of the Nation.-Fort Wayne Gazette
Mr.. Billheimer, the Indiana man recently
named as consul at Zanzibar, has concluded
to accept the place. The controlling reason
is said to be the fact that the fishing is
good there that gentleman being an expert
angler But as the place pays $2,I0O per year
and gives him a chance to make a great
deal more as agent for commercial houses;
and as the cost of living there is small, ana
the only clothing required is to be clothed
in ones right mind, it is possible something
else beside the fishing influenced Mr.. Bill
heimers observation-disclosures Item.
If the people of the Indiana gas belt had,
months ago, realized the Importance of
stopping the criminal waste of natural gas
by undertaking, personally, the enforcement
of the act of 1893, the existence of the supply
years. The supine indifference of the men
the value of whose property, and whose
livelihood to some extent, depends upon the
gas deposit, is simply incomprehensible. The
gas, blown into the air, is like the water
that is past but there yet remains 4 vast
scrupulously husbanded. = Wabash Plain
Dealer.