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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
7
The Daily Journal lists subscription rates including Sundays and weeklies, with prices by carrier, mail, and club discounts. It lists agents and street sales points in Indianapolis and cites distribution outlets in major cities such as York, St Louis, Washington, and Columbus with specific newsstand locations.
A string of editorial notes covers topics from William Jennings Bryan advising Indianapolis voters to the ethics of using labor on tramps. It critiques stock market conditions, pope politics, and Te XITI cardinal talks, and discusses lynching, river bridges, and southern race education. It references Cardinal Gibbons, the Vatican, Kronstadt fortifications, and Mayor Knotts of an unnamed city.
The speaker, a mn legislator, was active in securing district benefiting laws, willing to log-roll for them. He opposed saloon interests to raise city revenue via higher licenses, yet resisted threats and gave no quarter. Quiet, businesslike figures often achieve results.
The article argues authorities should grant a railroad franchise before privileges are granted and favors a direct line to Chicago. It warns against surface tracks delaying grade crossing removal and factory development, urging a grade that avoids crossing danger and minimizes residential property damage while guiding route and construction.
A Marion Journal dispatch reports manufacturers forming a union of employers to defend open shop policy amid labor unrest. The Manufacturers' Association of Chicago echoes a defensive plan against unjust strikes, arguing for employer control and mutual protection, aiming for industrial peace nationwide.
The passage argues that strong organization on one side and weak on the other leads to labor trouble. It contends that if one side believes any demand can be forced and any strike succeeds for trivial causes, conflict grows. It also notes that awareness of a well organized opposing side will prompt members to resist unjust demands, fostering industrial peace.
A report from the Bureau of Statistics now in the Commerce Department states that sugar imported for the year ended June 3 reached 5 217 077 004 pounds. Domestic production adds about 600 000 000 pounds, totaling roughly 5 817 000 000 pounds or 72 pounds per person. Beet sugar growth shows significant factory expansion, led by California and Michigan, with nine other states contributing smaller outputs and a push toward a permanent industry.
A 1866 address by President Andrew Johnson to colored troops is cited to emphasize that liberty means industrious, virtuous citizens who work and contribute to society. The piece notes contemporary reactions and threads other brief items, including remarks about Keach, Holtzman, Mexico tips, and Caleb Powers' trial in Kentucky.
A collection of light quips and jokes from various papers. The piece satirizes miscommunications and social foibles, noting jokes about marriage misunderstandings and a comet with two tails. It blends humorous snippets from New York Sun Cleveland Plain Dealer and Chicago News, ending with a playful image of a Spanish war tune played nightly.
A Philadelphia Press column recalls a light exchange about the Fresh Air Fund and summer labor. A husband’s doctor is humorously called his biographer as he works on his life. A brief portrait notes Young Short at five feet two and his tall partner, six feet one, with a swift farewell.
A Natl and local power struggle unfolds as Indiana Silver Club and other Democrats await W J Bryan's guidance before backing Indianapolis municipal slates. The machine faction reels, Bryan loyalists resist reorganizers, and public figures including Dr L N Howard Edwin St George Rogers and Taggart maneuver around French Lick talks amid push to influence the 1900 era party alignment.
Abraham Isaak, a noted anarchist leader from Chicago, visits Philadelphia at the home of George Brown and Mary Hansen on Fairmont Avenue. Isaak, about fifty, downplays reports of plans against Emperor William and outlines a tour to New York Boston and several industrial centers, including Fall River Providence Buffalo Cleveland and Pittsburg before returning home.
In New York, health rumors about J Pierpont Morgan ripple through Wall Street. A financier’s temperate habits are described, noting Morgan eats two chicken sandwiches and spring water at his private office, arriving after 11 AM and taking fifteen minutes for lunch.
Clergymen urging mobs to reverse court decisions are urged to note Savannah reports of a Dodge county lynching. The mob, claiming the accused did not know his alleged victim, acted as if no other name existed. The piece condemns mob justice and questions the mob's ability to identify targets.
New York Evening Sun reports on Chicago Employers Association uniting all trades to resist unjust strikes. Frederick W. Job describes organizing methods, cost of living statistics, and defense plans including open shop, arbitration, and a defense fund to sustain credit during disputes. The effort, led by John G. Shedd, aims to extend similar associations to other Illinois cities.
A Chicago businessmen leader argues unions threaten capital and promotes an employers association to curb strikes. He cites boycotts, legal action, and coordinated efforts with banks to deter labor warfare while detailing plans to expand such associations to Alton, Freeport, St. Louis, and New York. He claims unions use force and shadowing tactics, defends prosecuting violent acts, and envisions peace through united employers controlling strikes and preventing walking delegates.
Governor Van Sant cites Minnesota saving $140 000 in its first year under a three member Board of Control and argues Illinois could gain from a similar system. The piece discusses unifying state institution management, potential economies, merit laws, and whether the university should stay under regents.
Dr Mond, who opposes a death notice, describes a gas process using coal dust and disintegrating steam to produce fuel gas. He testifies before a Parliamentary committee on allowing mains to key industrial towns. Municipalities with gas works oppose competition despite the potential boon of low cost fuel.
The Georgia Legislature rejected a bill to curb child labor in mills, opting instead for a vagrancy act that criminalizes able-bodied adults living off their children’s labor. Enforcing it could curb abuses by negligent parents and unconscionable employers, protecting vulnerable children.
The Danville crowd in ML is accused of lying to the coroner about a missing person as the mob made no attempt to claim evidence or identify suspects.
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