The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-12
INDIANA NEWSPAPER OPINION.

One of the best things to prove the value
of the Dingiey bill TO the American people
is the disfavor shown it by foreign nations
which want our trade for nothing Warren
Republican.
The present Congress should either pass
scme laws bettering our money system or
az point commission to confer with COM
mittees appointed by the Indianapolis mon
etary convention.-GreeL field Republican.
Bryan is still going around the country
and asserting as vehemently as ever that
the financial problem is not yet settled. But
one good result of the late election still re-
mains-the settling of Bryan.-knightstown
sun.
Tne Republicans of the National House of
Representatives are entitled to the greatest
credit for having prepared and passed a
tarlIt Dill within month after the COM
mencement of the new administration
Steuben Republican.
The slump in Indiana oil indicates that
John ID. Rockefeller is going TO give some
millions for something or other 1t is very
evident that he is not going to give ii
to the oil men-Montpeiier Leader.
In some counties of the State township
trustees refuse TO account to the commits
sioners under the new law. Such refusal
Is at least very suggestive of the need that
commissioners audit their accounts. A
trustee who objects to having his accounts
examined is not TO be trusted by his con-
stltuents.-Elkhart Review.
The greatest sufferer Under the new Ding
ley law will be the Sugar Trust. Its franz
ers were wise enough to avoid the criti-
cism and the scandal which attached to
the Wilson bill, and no man has success
fully charged or can charge that the pres
ent bill is framed in the interests of the
trusts.-Madison Courier.
Millions of capital are now awaiting the
aaff a<Nf[ -
actment will be a signal for activity among
the factories of the East in the beet-grow-
ing sections of the West. in the cotton fields
and factories of the South, in the manu-
featuring establishments of the Mississippi
valley, and on the fertile fields of the Pa
cific sope.-Elwood CalI-Leader
When the Democratic party for silver's
sake gave up the spare bedroom TO the
army of tramp politicians last fall. and re-
CURED the old-lners to sleep in the wood
house TO accommodate the strangers ii did
a thing which 1t now seriously regrets. The
newcomers without household of their
own are not in hurry TO leave, and. worst
of all, they insist on bossing about the
kitchen.-Frankfort News so - ... -.
If the present conditions of our roads
will not make our people see that some
thing is necessary TO be done nothing will.
For the larger portion of several weeks
they have been all but impossible and busi-
ness OF every Kind has languished in every
town and city of the county. Between now
and the next session of the Legislature the
subject should be thoroughly canvassed and
debated. ass 0ciationS formed and plans de-
vised for their betterment.-Gibson County
Leader.
Captain Gowdy has advertised all his per-
sonal property to be sold at public auction
before leaving for the gay Paree. This is
not done for the purpose of raising the nee
essary funds, as the captain is pretty we'll
nrONinP6 hos Tod
however, that 1t will not be necessary TO
keep cow at the French capital and his
pigs and wheat and farm products would
only be an incumbrance-hence he has dc.
cided to turn EN- into money.-Conners-
vile News.
One of the most cheering indications as
to the future of the nation is the steadily
increasing interest in the public schools.
Almost every Legislature that has met this
year or last, has passed bills intended to
increase and improve facilities for free pub
lie institutions. In all the cities and in
many villages new school buildings are
being erected and the course of study re-
vised, with view to better results, and
steps for compelling children to take advan-
tage of these free and beneficent opportuni-
ties have been taken.-Attica Ledger.
The cutting away of timber and under
growth and the understanding of land ia
ciitates the flow of water to the lateral
streams, which in turn feed the larger ones
ard cause floods. If this process goes on
steadily, inundations are likely to occur
every few years. The remedy appears to
be in the encouragement of forest growth
To this end, the planting of trees ought to
be facilitated. Arbor Day ought to be gen.
orally observed. Every person should make
a point of planting one more trees and
Lurturing them into prosperous growth.
Evansville Journal.
If reports are true the Indiana gas belt
glass factories will soon have glass sand
unloaded at the factory at a greatly re-
duced price. A syndicate of Indiana capi-
talists are negotiating for the purchase OF
thousands of acres of glass sand in western
Michigan. If the deal is consumnia ted the
consideration will be about $100, 600 and the
sand will be shipped by the train load to
points in the gas belt. At present the
freight rate on a carload of sand is almost
equal to the price of the article but with
the material as near as Michigan with di-
rect route over the Big Four to the gas
belt the freight would be small and would
be a big saving in the glass manufacture
A Journal.