The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-21

just as vast fortunes are eventually wasted
by spendthrift children, who did not pro-
duce 1T. The facts about gas will enable
its usefulness to be extended through many
years-Anderson Herald
The News notes in all of it's exchanges
encouraging reports of the growing wheat
crop. Clinton county farmers also express
surprise and satisfaction at the improved
condition of the wheat. and many who a
month ago had given up hope of having a
age yield.-F'rankfort News.
The only thing that now stands between
the people and better times is the United
States Senate. 1t is noticeable fact that
the less tinkering the Senate does with the
tariff bill as it came from the House, the
nearer the end of debate appears the
brighter grows the tinge along the horizon
where prosperitys day is surely dawninS.
South Bend Tribune.
Reports for the past few days concern
ing the growing wheat crop have been of the
most promising nature. Men who are known
as careful and reliable observers of such
matters say there will be at least a half
crop This is a most welcome contrast TO
the general belief a few weeks ago that
there would be practically no crop at all.
In fields where only a fair crop was ex-
pected the yield promises to be unusually
large. Where very poor crop was ex-
pected there will be a fair yield, and many
fields that were thought total failures will
pay well for the cutting.-Lebanon Re-
porter
The Indianapolis Journal is absolutely
right in declaring that the only way the
President can do his part in keeping the
implied pledges of his party lis to come out
squarely with a message urging the neces-
sity for currency reform and recommend.
ing the appointment of commission. III
he fails after doing his best ne will nave
done his duty, and the responsibility Ioi
failure will rest upon others But if he
a a with
in the interest of a tariff law or anything
else, the conservative, clear-headed voters
of the country will hold him partially re-
sponsible for the delay and possible failure
of the most important reform now before
the country.-Richmond Item.
AS much as we would regret to know that
Hendricks county had broken her long and
ime-honored record of no saloon within her
borders, it is debatable question whether
or not the licensed saloon is not preferable
to the wide-open policy of many so-caled
drug stores. whose only source of revenue
is that derived from the illegal sales OF
whisky and beer. If all such places could
be closed and no whisky beer had in
them we would say keep out the saloons,
but if beer and whisky must be sold and
drank, let it be done in accordance with
law. There is not day in the year bat
there are liquor-aW Violators in Hendricks
county, and the worst of it all is con-
Viction of the guilty parties cannot be Sc
cured.-Plainfeld Progress.
Sheep raisers of Jay county will think
twice before they again vote for a policy
which will ruin the wool industry and re-
duce the price of their flocks one-half, as
many of them did in 1892. We are informed
by the best wool dealers of Portland that
the wool clip in this county is about the
same as it was last year in quantity and
quality, and that the advance in price over
last year will bring to the farmers between
$4,000 and $1,000 more than the clip of last
soon as the importers of foreign wool were
satisfied that the duty on wool would be
restored, they FASTENED to bring all the
wool possible into this country, so that
when the season opened for the purchase
of the American clip, the warehouses of
the country were groaning under their
loads of cheap foreign wool.-Jay County
Republican.