The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-02
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

gentleman of Indianapolis, in look
ing over some old papers of his deceased
father, found several Cancelled promissory
notes executed in 1854 and 1855, all Of
which were made payable in gold This
was the era of wildcat banking and fuct-
uating currency, and these old notes
showed that cautious business men of that
period adhered to the gold standard =
Indianapolis Journal
Of course the anti-tarif people claim
that the recent heavy sales of American
steel rails in England, Japan and other
foreign countries is proof that the iron
and steel trade needs no protection, and
this may be true now, but it must not be
forgotten that if the iron and steel works
had not been built up by protective pol
icy we should now have no steel rails
either to export or to use at home. -Phila.
Ledger.
The Wildes salary reducing bill is said
to be thorn in the side of the Republi-
can party. The Legislature, or a majority
thereof, is not disposed to pass the bill,
and it is extremely doubtful that Cover
nor Griggs would approve it if it came be-
fore him for his signature, but the people
favor it. We hope every member in the
Legislature will support and work for the
bill as it is in the interest of true economy,
to which Governor Griggs pledged the
party in his speeches when he made his
canvas.-Monmosth Inquirer.
There may be grounds for doubt con-
corning the report that General Lee has
actually resigned his Office, but there can
be none to the fact that he is very uncom-
Portable in it. Nor is this at all surprising.
He is good American, who loves and re-
spects his country, and naturally insists
that it should be respected abroad. Think
of an American official in foreign coun-
try having to stir up the powers at home
on such a question by such threat
When this picked official thus complains,
Mr.. Cleveland's failure in his course
toward Cuba is shown to be complete
Washington Star.
Claiming that opposition to the biennial
sessions amendment is trick of the race
track gamblers, the Newark Adveytise,
says: Zone evidence of this fact is the
united opposition to the amendment by
the newspapers of the State that were
either favorable or extremely lenient to
the race track interests when the gamblers
had possession of the state government,
and had race track starter in the speak
er's chair of the Assembly. But the game
won't work. The emissaries of the race
track and policy gamblers, whether in the
guise of labor advocates or any other guise,
will not be able to sidetrack the anti
gambling amendment by bogus opposi-
ton to the biennial amendment The Re-
publican party of the state promised to put
in the constitution prohibition of race
track and lottery gambling. The pledge
was kept year ago, and it must be full
filled this year.
Genuine improvement in business does
not come with rush, like the breaking
of great dam. The growth for some
weeks past has been more encouraging,
because in nearly all lines it has been
gradual and moderate. The rupture of
the steel rail and other combinations in
the iron business has brought out a vast
quantity of trade which had been held