The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-17
THE INDIANA PRESS.

The vigor of the protectionist idea in this
country may be judged from the unexpect-
eddy large majority it is commanding in the
Senate.-Shelbyville Republican
Every sign of prosperity makes beads of
cold perspiration stand forth on the Popo-
cratic brow. 1t is a sad spectacle of in
creasing misery.-Goshen Tires.
We should protect our ships just as much
as we protect any other American industry,
and in just as many ways as it is possible
to protect them-ElWood Call Leader.
The price of American butter in Mexico
is Sc cents a pound in Mexican silver This
would be 25 cents in our money. This is
the difference between Is to l and our solid
dollar. 1t is a difference in bulk only to
the seller, but it is worse than that to the
buyer lie sees days work going for a
pound of butter and groanS in spirit-RuSh-
vile Graphic.
A law passed by the late Indiana Legis-
lature opens another leak in the school
funds. by providing for the buying of a
pen and pencil sterilizer'' and water foun-
tain" for each school, The estimated cost
is about $1,000 for an average county. In
two years there will be little left of this
fad but some junk and the record on the
expense account.-Rushville Republican.
For the first time in his life the unctuous
Tom Taggart has been placed in a position
where he had to say yes or no. Heretofore,
when asked whether he was for silver or
gold, he has smiled and said he was after
both, but the boys say that is a chestnut
now and refuse to be satisfied. Tom don t
look SO badly on the fence, but he cuts an
! awfulHgure trying to get down.-PlymCuth
News.
A prominent Democratic politician of
Westfield, with tobacco juice trickling
from the corners of his mouth, stopped a
Republican ana said to him, Hey, where is
that prosperity Mckinley was going to give
uS?' The other looked at him and replied,
1T would be a great monstrosity that
would bring prosperity to you" That reply
hit, the mark square, and there are others.
-Noblesville Ledger
Careful students of the newspapers of
the country find ample evidence of an in
creased activity in business and of a slow
but sure growth of prosperity. Newspapers
in every part of the country without regard
to party Views, unite in the assertion that
business in the various lines, commercial,
manufacturing railroad building and other
enterprises show a decided improvement.
New Albany Tribune.
The typical Hoosier-that is, that type
which the Eastern comic papers SO delight
to represent, is eyoluting. 1t is now his
need to have hats taken off to him. The
Indiana farmer who, when approached the
other day by a brace of three-card monte
men, excused himself for a moment to go
into the house after some money and re-
turned with a shotgun, is a strong example
of the actual and not the caricature type
of the rural Hoosier. He is a man who reads
the apers.-W Wabash Tribune.
Inc 1nuld1dpOtlS Sc6uIlu6l COupldiuS UldL
information favorable to gold monometal-
lism is promptly forwarded by telegraph
to all parts OF the world while information
favorable to the restoration of bimetal-
lism (sic) has to be gathered from other
sources. The So-called bimetallic informa-
ton should read free silver" and the rea-
son that the information the Sentinel so
much desires is not gathered up is a two
fold one. First, there is no information TO
gather, and second, free-silver countries are
terribly short on telegraphic facllities.-fort
Wayne Gazette.
A set of first-elass swindlers are going
through the country at present making life
miserable fer the township trustees. The
whole State of Indiana is overrun with
school supply agents who should be given
the cold shoulder or the grand bounce as
circumstances justify. The schools of the
country are already burdened with a lot of
truck in the shape Of maps and other par
aphernalia, which has been forced upon the
trustees in other years by the smooth and
industrious supply agent during vacation
time. The taxpayers have many dollars eX-
ira burden in this county alone by reason
of the purchase of supplies of this kind that
were Of no account whatever. Some of this
stuff remains in the boxes 1t was shipped
in several years ago and will never be used
except for kinding fires, stopping up rat
holes or for wall decorations. just now the
| FOSTERING BUSINESS is in the hands of agents
Gil sterilizers. 1t should be known by the