Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 18 October 1935 — Page 6

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1BS5.

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THE POST DEMOCRAT

A Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the 10th Congressional District. The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County.

Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the Postoffice ,ii Muncie, Indiana, under Act of March 3, 1879. PRICE 5 CENTS—$1.50 A YEAR

110 North Mulberry Street—Telephone 79 GEO. R. DALE, Publisher '

Muncie, Indiana, Friday, October 18, 1935. Cash Awards to Subscribers The Post-Democrat is giving away twenty-four cash prizes ranging from one hundred dollars to five dollars. Scan the page containing the advertisements of twenty local business institutions on the page, pick out the misspelled words —but turn to the page, read the rules and get into the contest.

The secret of Sampson’s strength was not in his hair after all, but in the immense amount of breakfast cereals he consumed. Ask your grocer for a package tomorrow.

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The Survey Goes On There is an old legend of White River which says: “When Columbus discovered America in 1492, after Queen Isabella, of Spain, had pawned her crown jewels in order to finance the expedition, the first man he met after setting foot on the shores of the new world, was Paul R. White, who had just began a survey of a river, afterward christened White River, by Columbus, in honor of Paul.” We, of course cannot vouch for the truth of the legend, but we do know, that notwithstanding the fact that this was 443 years ago, the survey is not yet completed, and Paul is still at work. One reason assigned for this prolonged survey, is that Paul has completed at least one survey each year during the 443 years the work has been in progress, but due to the fact that there are 40,000 engineers and members of various civic bodies in Muncie, each one of whom waits patiently for Paul to complete a survey, and then rush to him and ask that he change his plans, has caused much of the delay, as Paul is noted for saying “yes,” and when asked to change his plans, he accommodates them by making another survey. In the meantime the river continues to smell until it reaches its zenith during the months of July and August each year, when, according to the best authorities on smells, it reaches the stage where it would stink a hyena off a gut wagon. It has been suggested that the mayor might pawn a few of the “crown jewels” connected with his administration, and use the money in the purchase of a new yacht for Paul, in order that he might pass the remainder of an exceedingly long life which has been devoted to surveying White River. After all, what more could a man want, than to sit quietly for the remainder of his life in a fine yacht, enjoying the grand scenery of the river, and incidentally watch the floaters go by ?

An Apple a Day It was published here this week that Frank Ball’s large commercial orchard just north of the river produced abundantly this year and the harvest has been packed, ready for market. It is said that after he sells enough to keep him over the winter he will reserve a couple bushels of real sour ^ones for the politicians. He has one sour apple tree in his orchard that has been dedicated to politicians. Politics is a headache to Frank Ball. He hopes that the sour apples will be a tummy ache for the politicians. Frank Ball is essentially a glass maker and though he is a Republican knows that his glassware will be in demand all over the world, no matter what party wins in any election. We never heard of his taking part in petty political maneuvering and have respect for him accordingly. Here’s hoping that he will retain enough apples (which probably cost him a dollar apiece) to keep the doctor away for many a day.

The latest bit of political gossip that refuses to go down, is that Lon Bracken, present city attorney of Muncie,, will be a candidate for mayor at the next city election. Lon is a good fellow, a gymnast of rare ability in politics, a semi-oc-casional Democrat, and would make an admirable candidate, for either party. We note that Mayor Bunch threatens to go on the radio, and to tell the facts about some of the projects he has in view, against which, there is considerable opposition from tax payers. One of the greatest troubles “Doc” will encounter in addressing the tax payers over the radio, is that none of them will believe him. Pegler Takes Hoover to Task In hia column. “Fair Enough,” Westbrook Pegler on September 21st took Herbert Hoover to task for his hollow mutterings about the Constitution. In part, Mr. Pagler wrote: "Herbert Hoover’s low rumbling appeal for the United States Constitution had a very incongruous sound, as though a rooster had mooed or a duck had warbled. He is about the last man from whom I would expect to hear a defense of the Constitution unless he were meaning to be funny. . . . “Looking back over Mr. Hoover’s administration as President and the administrations of his two immediate predecessors, I distinctly recall that the Constitution .and the authority of the United States were first brought into popular contempt by them. Wiht the arrival of prohibition the Constitution and the authority of government began to suffer in the opinion of the people. Under prohibition an amendment to the Constitution was made the excuse for the most brutal violations of the constitutional rights of the ordinary people ... At the slightest show of resentment the agents of the Constitution might slug him on the head, and if the agents got excited they might kick his wife in the stomach before the eyes of the children. That was the sort of thing which the Constitution came to represent to the people during Mr. Hoover’s many years in Washington as cabinet member and President. And never, to this very day, has he been heard to utter so much as a syllable in disapproval. As a result the people developed a very cheap opinion of the Constitution . . . People who had never consciously violated the Constitution in any other way, violated it thousands of times over the prohibition years and took pride and delight in their defense of (he authority of the United States- government. They even sympathized with professional criminals. They loathed the brawling, grafting political vermin who were sent out by Mr. Hoover and his two predecessors to make a pretense of enforcing the daw . . . Mr. Hoovr is right in one respect—the Constitution certainly has lost dignity . . . but there is no man on earth or under it who has more individual responsibility for that than Herbert Hoover.”"

eaten theory that they were possessed of an “inherent” right to send me to jail for telling the truth. It has been the function of this newspaper for many years to strip the wolf of its sheep’s clothing and to expose pompous frauds who believe that the possession of a bankroll and a lot of supposed influence renders them immune frbm criticism from any source. The Post-Democrat should be read by all, both friends and enemies. I recommend it highly. Don’t miss a single copy, whether you like it or not, and if we are inadvertently unjust to anybody, we will promptly acknowledge it and make prompt amends. There is only one instance of record where the PostDemocrat took its medicine and looked pleasant. This newspaper had a large street sale in Anderson some years ago when the klan took possession of Muncie, Anderson and practically every other city and town in the state. - » > , • An active correspondent in Anderson supplied the PostDemocrat sprightly letters describing the didoes of the ku klucking brethren of that community. A young man active in the Anderson klan was charged with having been arrested and fined for bootlegging. A brother of the accused man, also a klux, was the guilty party, not the one mentioned in the Post-Democrat, and the correspondent got confused in writing the names. It was an accident, but nevertheless there it was, in black and white so when the indignant kluxman brought an action for criminal libel against me in the Anderson city cour all I could do was to let nature take its course and leave it to the judge. . . A warm snot for that city judge will always remain in my heart. He fined me five dollars after carefully consulting the statues and discovering that a five spot was the lowest possible amount that could be assessed. A current report that the accuser had a still in his basement and had been operating an illicit “beer camp” along the river near Anderson may have filtered in to the judge, and have influenced him in charging me the minimum. What he said, though, was the balm in Gilead which took the sting out of the fine. He remarked that he hated to do it, because Anderson people liked the Post-Democrat and that he, himself, liked it because fearless newspapers should be encouraged by all good citizens. There was the one and only judgment of a court from which I did not appeal. I paid the fine and felt like I had got my money’s worth.

treasury. The continued practice of spending money, which has not been provided is rapidly creating the largest indefhtedness of unpaid bills for the civil, city of Muncie that has ever been known.

Tax Board's Problem

The appropriating ordinances which total nearly $47,000 and which await the approval of the tax board, if approved, it will merely be the authorization of I. O. U’s against the city since the general fund is void of any unappropriated balance and therefore, there will be no actual money with which to pay the amounts requested. The first tax board hearing conducted on special appropriations for the park department payrolls was postponed because no one from the city administration appeared before the

would have been merely Red rebels if they had been defeated in the Battle of Saratoga and other battles in our war tor independence. Ham and all of his admirers seem to have revolted from our present form of government. It is a peaceful revolution, however and seems to have for an objective merely the defeat of the Democratic party next

year.

But Mr. Fish received the pub licity here that he craves and we rather more than expect that his extended remarks, quoted faithfully by local dailies, was carefully prepared and typed by one of his secretaries and presented to the newspapers, so we will dismiss “Ham” for the time being, in the hope that that citizens of Muncie will follow the example of his Washington associates, and not

commission. Later, the postponed [ take him too seriously.

How Rich Young Men Use Their Mnoey George W. Vanderbilt became 21 years old last week and received over $10,000,000 as the first installment of the Vanderbilt fortune, accumulated by blundering ancestors. He will get more millions later. The inheritance is exempt from recently-enacted tax laws. “No job for me,” Vanderbilt told newspaper men. “I shall travel, hunt big game and have fun.” That was an honest statement. It is probably better to travel and have fun than to play around at any imitation job, as do many super-rich young men. But young Mr. Vanderbilt, with all the swagger of $10,000,000, voiced ideas on taxation that are illuminating, if no^, interesting. “Take the money from the wealthy—then where are you. The rich are no longer rich—they can’t hire the jobless and alleviate the problem of unemployment.” The big game hunter’s blast unwittingly hit a target that he did not suspect—the stale and sterotyped argument that if the wealthy are compelled to contribute a fair share of taxation they will have to sacrifice their business, and that this will react disastrously on workers who will be turned out of dismantled plants. Were the young gentleman forced to pay a large slice of his inheritance as taxes, he might be kept out of danger in the wilds of Africa and forced to get his fun out of a self-respecting job. And that goes for any number of frivolous, time-wasting and hell-raising men and women who daily give the lie to the absurd claim that to possess wealth is to possess a social conscience.—Labor.

“This Is Too Easy” The State Finance Corporation, on the second floor of the Wysor block, was stuck up and robbed again Wednesday afternoon shortly before 3 o’clock. A stubby youth held a gun on two employes and two customers, while his companion in infamy calmly gathered up $890. , , The same pair stuck up the same loan company at about the same hour, about two months ago. The casual youth with the-gun remarked to the employes that they might look for them back any time, “because,” he said, “this is too easy.” The two daylight robbers then sauntered out and disappeared from view. They probably forgot to tell the loan, company officials just exactly what day and what hour they expect to return, but it has ceased to be exciting any more. It has got to be a habit. , ^ . . , ,, The loan clerks have become so used to looking into the muzzle of the same blue steel gun, and the robbers have become ko accustomed to watching Muncie’s sixty-eight policemen industriously chalking up automobiles, that all parties concerned are becoming bored with the monotony of the ^^'t is agreed by all that the stick up boys should not be quite so abrupt in their actions. They might telephone from some adjacent business room that they were coming. That would give the money changers time to get theri bank roll neatly tied up, thus relieving the robbers of the labor ol gathering up the loose bills and also giving them the opportunity of clearing the lobby of innocent, bystanders, who are not used to gazing into the dark interior of a shootin iron. The same pair of robbers are said to correspond exactly in description to the two men who held up an Indiana General Service company clerk about 11 o clock one morning recently and relieved him of a large amount of company money that he was taking to the bank. The rumor has not been verified that sixty-eight more policemen are to be appointed and that the car markers will be supplied with two crayons, one to make figures on tires and the other to make a cross on the backs of the robbers as they saunter past with the proceeds of their monotonous occupation. . , ... The robbers might become angry though at such discourteous conduct and vent their fury against the red eyed law by wandering down to the police station and rattling on the window. Three in a row in broad daylight by the same robbers has become somewhat trying on the nerves of the police and the rather sneering remark that “this is too easy,” leaves everybody wondering just exactly what the stick-up man meant when he said it. Unconfirmed reports from the battle front of Ethiopia, indicate that the Italian army has abandoned the use of mustard gas, and is now using vast quantities of garlic, instead. What has us all messed up, is to know what becomes of all the dated coffee,taken back, if not sold in ten days.

It might be well at this time to pause and discuss the Post-Democrat, and its value to the city of Muncie and the county of Delaware as a factor in the dissemination of news and editorial opinion that is read widely and is highly esteemed by the citizenship in general. The Post-Democrat is probably one of the best known weekly publications in the United States, because of its prominence attained by reason of the manifold legal entanglements of its editor occasioned by the newspaper’s insistent fight to preserve the liberty of the press, the right of free speech and uncontaminated court procedure. Invariably the Post-Democrat won, after hard and gruelling fights in many tribunals, including county courts, state supreme courts, federal courts, the United States Supreme court, and in one instance was free from prison sentence by presidential pardon, when the editor, then mayor of Muncie, was wrongfully convicted by the perjured evidence of inveterate enemies of fre speech. On another occasion, a governor of Indiana, who had no reason to be friendly with the editor, interfered, after the final court had declined jurisdiction in a case involving the right of a newspaper to criticize a biased judge, and caused his pardon board to cancel a degrading term of imprisonment on the state penal farm. In the one case a Democratic president was the final word in disposing of injustice and in the other it was a Republican governor whom I had blasted repeatedly for his close communion with the Ku Klux Klan, who refused to sanction unmerited castigation of an editor who spoke his piece. It should be borne in mind that these conflicts, which could easily have been avoided if the Post-Democrat had taken the easy road and had trodden the orthodox path, were deliberately courted and fought to a finish, not for personal acclaim, but to encourage a tongue-tied public, and teach its readers that they had a legal right to make audible their hidden grievances against judicial autocracy and the oppressions of official misfits. ^ . Many times, you will remember, enemies of free speech, who were also enemies of the Post-Democrat, sought to obliterate the truth by attempting to suppress it. They didn’t exactly call the Post-Democrat a liar. They fell back on the unbelievable dictum that the truth is no defense when truths are applied to dignitaries in office. None of you believe that, no matter how many learned judges should to declare it to be so. Judge Lon Guthrie, the Republican occupying the circuit court doesn’t believe it, nor does Judge Claud Ball, Democrat, of the Delaware superior

court.

If either of these judges should ever be guilty of the misconduct and oppressive tactics indulged here in times past, ALhiciLtheJCostJlemaci^tJjrmce^p^fo^v^i^Lhoper-the-Po&t-

Muncie, Ind

To the President, Sir: I have refrained, until the present moment, from advising you of the real cause of the present unsettled condition in the world, threatening universal carnage and which has already caused an unprecedented flow of printers’ ink in our fair land and in climes be-

yond the sea.

Last January in a thoughtless moment, I retired from office, for

Oct. 18, 1935. i war on T. Jefferson and A. Lincoln.

I am receiving letters of congratulation every day from Mane to Palo Alto, Californy for keeping the Libherty Leggers out the cabinet, bijt modesty forbids me from referring to additional accomplishments of our administration. Hoping to see you soon and promising to meet you in the White House early in January, 1937 with another four year program prepared and with a rough draft of a message ’ to the new Democratic congress in my hip pocket, I re-

the instant forgetting my duty to | maint Y ’rs truly, G. R. D.

mankind. The retirement was due in part to the inadvertence of my fellow citizens who voted for a change of administration, but would not have done so, you may be well assured, had I not been restrained by an obnoxious law which prevented me from appearing in person in

WELL OF ALL

(Continued From Page One) Mr. Parkinson, then a member of

SehriSS ST^rthe" bai'- i tb. city councii. was there on inlots for the free and uncontaminat- j vitation by reason of his being a ed electorate of my community. ( member of the sewer and drainage To you, Sir, I am now extending j committee of the council, profound apologies for deserting | In the first place the alleged from my post of duty at a crutical • plan proposed by the city to do the

Democrat would not hesitate to tell about it and if I know either one of these judges like I think I do neither one would issue a citation for “contempt” and fall back on the moth-

time in the history of mankind and for the thoughtlessness of my fellow townsmen who forgot for the time being to follow their usual custom of coming to me for their marked ballots, thus by their inavertence plunging America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Brown county into a sea of doubt and uncertainty. I might mention a few of the major calamities that may be directly attributed to my thoughtless act. Dust storms in the west and violent tornadoes in the south have been very destructive, the malicious cut worm has come forth from his lair to whet his claws on the unprotected cabbage plant and the fierce boll weevil eateth the hired hand’s overhauls in the gloaming. These local disturbances have disjointed our domestic tranquility and old wmrld diplomacy has gone haywire, having lost, I may say without egotism, the balance wheel necessary to keep the wheels in its head from revolving too rapidly. Mussyleeny, feeling safe to cut loose, began mussing thin£ up with Hily Solassy and King George quit the restaurant business and is on his way back to Athens, Ohio, to start a shine parlor. Me and Wilson made the world safe for the Democrats and now democracy is climbing a tree in furrin lands and here at home Ham Fish and ‘Erbert ‘Oover are sowing the seeds of discontent with the patriotic idea of plowing every row of Democrat pustmastets under and raising two crops of Republicans, where but one grew be-

fore.

Before I quit, nobody had ever heard of the constitution, but it is now the world’s best seller, having been set to music and is played on every radio in the land to the tune of Over the Garden Wall and Sweet Addaline or two. May I pause for a moment, Mr. President, to shed a tear the size of an English walnut, over the multitude of woes that may be charged up to me for playing seven up on election day last November and not keeping my mind on my w r ork ? However, rest assured that your administration still has my fullest support. I have asked for nothing but the privilege of naming your cabinet, shaping the policies of the government and a job as janitor in the new supreme court building, where the judges will always have close at hand some one who will decide their cases for them when the catfish are biting on the Potomac. . . Although I SkYJL BlfeflLSlipU.Mhit*.. your cabinet is doing a good job of it, although the Liberty Leg has set up one of its own that has histed the black flag and declared

work under WPA auspices, does not contemplate the construction of the disposal plant, and the city would have to put up $177,000 in cash with nothing but a sewer to show for it after the work is com-

pleted.

The city would have to issue general obligation bonds for the purchase of materials and the halfdone job would be performed by relief labor. The contract agreed upon last year between the city and the government contemplated a completed sewer and disposal plant without a nickel’s expense to the city. If the idiotic plan suggested so solemnly as being the bright idea of local experts, should actually be carried out, as no one in his right mind expests, Muncie would be the proud possessor of a slip-shod intercepting sewer with no place to go, and a general obligation bond issue of $177,000 that would go places and do things to the taxpayers of Muncie. STATETAX (Continued From Page One) be lost to the tax board commissioners if Parkinson should have motor trouble and fail to get back in time to make these explanations. Perhaps, the controller will submit his problem to the convening auditors and comptrollers and learn whether money can be spent in excess of money received without somebody “holding the bag.” Ask, But Receive What? A portion of the money contemplated to receive from the proposed bond issue has already been spent. The police department has purchased new automobiles and equipment several months ago on the assumption that the bond issue would be fully authorized, sold, and funds received. Construction is well under way on a new building to replace the city barns on Hoyt avenue. The police department continues to employ one third more members than the 1935 budget will provide for. The expenditures for street cleaning, garbage and trash hauling, has already exceeded the allotted sum and a request to double the amount has been authorized by the council awaiting approval by the state tax board. The city dog shelter was reopened although funds for its operation are not available. It has been announced during the past week that the city owned building, badly needing repairs, which was formerly used as a “pest house” or isolation JiaspiLaL__wjU- Le_xeQp£XLad^.aa.- awidow and orphans refuge. While the principle is worthy, yet, the money required for operating the home is not available in the city

hearing was held and although objections were raised on the part of the tax board commissioner, it was announced that the approval was granted. The same condition was evident at that time inasmuch as no unappropriated balance existed in the park funds. Actions of this nature regardless of whether money is or would be available places the state tax board in harmony with expending money without money to spend, such as is being done by the city administration of Muncie. Some day there will be a reckoning and the taxpayers of Muncie will realize the extravagance being shoved on to them now. STATE COPS (Continued From Page One) their duty.” The state policeman who went to the hospital to have his head patched up, declared he was cracked on the bean with the butt of a pistol while the argument was going on in police headquar-

ters.

The local policeman who gave State Policeman Taylor the wallop, says he did it with his bare fist, with..one blow, which is some accomplishment, one would say, and may give Joe Louis concern, considering the fact that the man was taken to the hospital with a scalp wound. While all this was going on, the stick-up men who actually held up and robbed a loan company ambled peacefully away, or it may have been that they stayed to enjoy the spectacle of the local police arresting state policemen instead of them. Just what the state cops were doing here has not been disclosed and it is declared that the argument in the police station hinged somewhat on the refusal of the state police to disclose the object of their mission here. Question of Who’s Who It seems that the matter is not a Closed issued by any means. Mayor Bunch and his chief of police seem to be standing behind the acts of their department, so Governor McNutt gnd nis chief ot police will be expected to take the word of thbir own officers, iolesa substantial evidence is shown that they were in the wrong. Under the state reorganization act, state policemen were given full grant and authority to take cognizance of crimes and misdemeanors of all character anywhere within the borders of the state, as witness the active performance of Matt Leach and his force in rounding up the Dillingei gang. Formerly state policemen were limited in authority to coirecting violations of motor vehicle

laws.

Probably the governor and his chief of police had not been informed that Muncie had seceded from the state, and was a law unto itself. Mayor Bunch may take the radio to expose this latest manifestation of infamy* while he is in the exposing mood. HAMFISH (Continued From Page One) Insurgents, then the radicals laugh. “Although one of the most serious men in Washington, no one In the capital takes him seriously, least of all the correspondents. This is a great trial to ‘Ham,’ as he is known about the city. He is a persistent and zealous publicity seeker. “Whenever he has anything to say, the press is never scooped. He sees to it that all the correspondents have plenty of copies, and when he talks he never stints publicity. *‘Once he went to see the President, was closeted with him two or three minutes and then distributed to the reporters a twelvehundred word statement of what he had told the chief executive. Mr. Hoover and his small army of secretaries being very jealous of White House publicity have never forgiven ‘Ham’ for putting that fast one over on them. •Fish’s shortcomings are really very sad. He is so well meaning and one of the few gentlemen in the house. During the ridiulous Red hearing, he alone of the committee was courteous and dignified in his conduct toward the Communist witnesses. “A friend of Fish’s once diagnosed him as a ‘victim of misspent youth.’ He pointed out that in his school days Fish was captain of the Harvard football team and that he had followed this harrowing experience by serving three terms in the N(fw York state assembly. Such excesses, the friend insisted, were enough to impair permanently even as good a man as Fish.” Get Their Feet Mixed ,.^F.er§.isjQne thing mat Ham and his Daughters of the Revolution sponsors seem to forget, and that is that the Revolutionary war was fought by revolutionists, who

Republican Patriots. Independent Republicans here refuse to subscribe to the theory that patriotism and love of American institutions is peculiarly an attribute of the Republican party. The father of the editor of the Post-Democrat was a lieutenant in Company K of the Twentieth Indiana regiment of infantry in Ihe civil war. The kid swapped many a punch with the Republican boys at school for calling him a rebel because bis father was a Demo-

crat.

It was silly and childish of course, but not more so than efforts now being adopted by grown people to wave the flag instead of the “bloody shirt” of a former generation. HOW TO TAKE (Continued From Page One) than without wheat and other food and clothing,” and in h s solemn tones he adds that “if you really want to be neutral, you have to go all the way.” It is apparent to the best informed observers in the National Capital that there is bound to develop very speedily a great sentiment to fill European war ordeis —which are already of sufficient volume to he wanted by manufacturers and producers. “Why shouldn’t we have the trade” one hears. Or, why not have the prof'ts out of war! That is likely to become a burning issue and one not easily disposed of. But it is of recent history that the Allies bought aud paid in advance for American products dud shipped them in their own boats to Europe at the beginning of the great war. American shipping interests wanted their profits and got them. Americans “just had to” travel on foreign ships and tne German submarines got them when they were crossing on the Lusitania. Question of Neutrality Taking the profits out of wai admittedly means a big loss ot dollars add cents to business and financial interests in the United States. Under the act of Congress and the proclamations of the President we are starting in to take our losses, figuring that such a course will keep impetuous youths, and the war spirit subdued so that we will not enter the present and the “next war.” If we have intestinal fortitude to stick by the present program we will not be drawn into Ihis European mess. L looks easy right now, but the longer the Italian-Ethiopia war continues, even though it may not spread, the harder it will be to keep down the war fever. And that fact, even though obscure right now, must not be minimized if we are to keep out of war. o Smart men bite, too. All it takes is baiting the hook with a different kind of flattery. —: o College Degree for Son of African Chieftan * Peter Koinange, son of Koinange Wa Mbiyu, a chieftan of the Kenya Colony, Africa, titular head of the Kikuyn tribe of 1,000,000 fanners and herdsmen and senior chieftan of 2,000,000 more in neighboring tribes, has received his diploma from Ohio Wesleyan University, says The Literary Digest. Since his family is not rich, the fntnre ruler had to earn his way through college by cooking, making speeches, and working in a camp during the summer vacations. o

M< yTO*' StS tisifct* * OIL RIGHT? By The LITTLE ENGINEER

J^ID you ever notice how people vary their diet with the season? In the summer they eat lightly and sparingly, in the winter — more heavily. This is due in the main to the requirements of the body and in the interests of efficiency, economy and comfort. So what? Your cat’s diet also requires a seasonal change—and not only a seasonal change but in addition the correct diet at all times. Don’t feed your body cheap and unwholesome foods — likewise don’t feed your car cheap, unwholesome lubricants and fuels. As your system becomes clogged and sluggish, so will your engine under such treatment- -hence the term “auto-intoxi-cation.” Your ear’s diet is usually prescribed by the Big Engineer who designed it and invariably he will tell you. “Use a good grade of gasoline and a quality lubricant of the right grade. A quart of good oil of the right grade is worth 9 pounds of carbon remover.”

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