The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-06

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| Constitution contemplates, that Justice
shall be administered freely and without
! purchase. completely and without denial,
| speedy and without delay.
Justices Court.
/ It seems it would be expedient to extend
the jurisdiction Of this court. Litigation
| over small amounts should originate in this
court. and from which an appeal to the
Circuit Court should be final. Suits in which
petty sums are involved should end in the
( Circuit or lower courts, and be barred from
the Supreme Court. No justice can be done
to litigants when small amounts are in
volVed, If they are accorded a hearing in
/ two courts.
Without celebrating upon the necessity.
/ or dwelling in detail upon the plan, | would
4 recommend the creation of a committee, 10
have charge of the revision of the judiciary
of the State, to formulate a bill for the
same, TO be presented 10 the next General
| Assembly.
During the past year repeated violations of
/ the penal laws of the State against the waste
OF natural gas by the Standard and other
! oil companies were permitted to so unpun-
/ ished- Some demands were made for an ex-
ira session of the Legislature, to the end
that more drastic legislation might be en-
| acted. The State could not bring suit for
! temporary injunction or restraining order
| without giving bond. The State has been,
and is now, seriously hampered in its eff
forts to suppress Roby gambling, because
the general statutes governing injunctions
| do not permit any restraining order or tenn
porary injunction TO be granted TO the State,
or any private ullSdnt, without DOnQ Tx. =.
| 1894. Sec 1l6O. The only possible exception
to this law is the statute of 1895 (Acts 1885,
Page 92 in relation to unlawful racing
In most if not all, the other States, an eX-
press waiver is made by the code, providing
! that in injunction proceedings instituted by
| the State no bond shall be required of the
! State. This is only just. The only cases in
! which the State can bring injunction suits
are to abate public nuisances, to protect
public property and to enforce the laws. The
/ Governor is given no authority to protect
bondsmen, and as regards the rights OF the
| State, the requirement or ln1uncuon Donds
means denial of justice.
The State owns land in nearly every coun-
ty. Some Of these lands are heaVliy uInDeTeu
| with valuable timber; some contain minerals
| of inestimable value. In case OF waste on
public lands by tenants or trespassers, the
| State should have the right, through the
| attorney general, instantly 10 enJoin waste
or trespass without the necessity of giving
may defeat the rights Of the State,
/ therefore earnestly urge that lm1ne-
date action be taken by the Legislature on
this subject. [ recommend that the attor-
ney general be given authority, IN the name
of the State of Indiana, without bond, 10
been or shall hereafter be begun, where the
State is interested in the result OF the ac-
Agriculture in the Schools.
Article VIII. Section l. of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Indiana, stipulates that
among other things, TT shall be the duty
of the General Assembly to encourage by
| all suitable means moral, intellectual,
scientific and agricultural improvement y
President Washington, in his annual mes
sage to Congress, Dec. :, 1896, recommended
the establishment of national university
in which, among other things, the science
of agriculture should be taught. 1T will
not be doubted" he said, that with refer
ence to individual national affairs, agrl-
culture is of primary Importance. In pro-
| norton as nations advance in population
md nj
truth becomes more apparent, and renders
the cultivation of the soil more ana more
an object of public patronage hon James
Wilson secretary Of agriculture. in his an
nual report for 1898, cOmmendS the teachlnS
OF this science in the schools. lie says
There is a growing interest IN the educd7
tion that relates to production, and all
classes of intelligent people favor 1t. More
knowledge by the farmer of what he deals
with every day would enable him TO control
conditions, produce more from an acre ana
contribute more TO general welfare. .
NoInng is being done-in most of the COM
mon schools of the State to cultivate ana
lead the mind to inquire into ana store up
facts regarding nature, so that the young
farmer may be directed into the paths that
lead to education concerning his Ire work
Wilson said: The young farmer OF the
South should study soil rather than dead
! languages he should learn of the plant IN
| preference to ancient history, and the reed
] ing of animals before giving time TO belleSee
lcttres. The study of the movement OF
moisture in the soil will pay better than the
study of Oratory Barn-yard poulty offers
greater rewards for its intelligent care than
county Offices &c
| distinguished citizens, among whom was
! Hon. A s. Hewitt and Hon. W. Il. Dodge;
| was appointed to inquire into the congeSted
condition of the city, to ascertain the reason
why so many were crowding into the metrop-
oils, causing idleness and want Ihey re-
ported that at the foundation OF TINS deploT-
| able condition was the discomfort with farm
ing which led to the migration of country
people to the city. In their printed report
cone of the great underlying causes for
the discomfort that exists among the farmers
is the fact that, as a class they have no
special training or education for their bust
ness. The methods that gave success in the
past fail to do so at present. The soil mas
been depleted over a wide range of territory.
The active. energetic young men needed on
leaving it, because they have but little edu-
cation or training fitting them Tor the ousl-
The report suggests that the remedy is to
begin AT the foundation and in the public
schools" Continuing, the report says;
"There is a solution for this most distress
ing experience through which we are pass
ing in this most remarkable transition
period There is not the slightest doubt
that we can and shall enter upon higher
development in agriculture in our country
than we have ever known. There is no doubt
of contented prosperous and happy homes
again upon soil that is to-day Watered with
tears. There are many evidences to believe
that the blessed way of deliverance is to be
through the pleasant pathway OF greater
| knowledge which has always brought its
blessings to everything to which it is APP
piled. There is a general recogni-
ton throughout the civilized countries that
agriculture, the basic foundation upon which
the life of the people must always depend,
is impaired. With this clear recognition to-
day the light and power of science are be-
ing turned on to help in its upbulldlng, the
attention of public educators is being
aroused and our institutions of learning,
with their splendid equipments, are turning
their attention more and more in the dl-
rection of building up an educated, trained
and skillful class of men and women III
agricultural knowledge as they have mere
tofore done for other interests.
New York and Nature study.
The New York Legislature last spring APP
propriated $780, eco to carry forward the work
of nature study. During the last twenty
years marvellous advances have been made
in the introduction of the science Of agri-
culture into the public schools of Europe.
NJ. Marcy Oyens, the head of the Dutch
Board of Commerce and Industry, the pres
ident of the Agricultural Council, says:
Every guilder spent in the promotion of
agricultural teachings brings back profits
hundredfold." Every franc spent in agri-
cultural teaching brings a brilliant return,
says the Belgium minister of agriculture,
in his message to Parliament last year. NJ.
| Iisserand attributes the great progress
made by French agriculture since 1870, in
| a large measure, Ito our schools, our pro-
fessors. our experiment stations and the IL
| Iustrious men of science, whom the admin