Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 November 1923 — Page 2
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THE FIERY CROSS Friday, November 23, 1923
Business Directory
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS Davis Electric Co. Fixtures, Supplies. The right kind of work by men who know. 100 service. No job too large, none too small. 747 Massachusetts Ave. Circle 3129.
1-11-23 PLUMBING R. W. Liebenderfer W e s t e r n Service. 3417 W. Michigan St. Belmont 3G07. 3-20-23
CROSS AGAIN ERECTED OVER ADA KLAN HALL
MUNCIE, IND. CIGAR STORE Banner Cigar Store 107 West Main St. K. H. Lyons, Prop. Retailers of High-class Cigars. Tobaccos and Candies. Pocket Billiards. 100 Service Guaranteed. Muncie, Ind. 4-28-23
RESTAURANT The Hamburger Restaurant 113 W. Main St., Edwin Miller, Prop., 1007o Food served by a 100 man, day and night. 4-6-23
ADA; Okla., Nov. 20 The fiery cross again proudly stands above the Ku Klux Klan hall on North Broadway. After a sojourn of a few weeks under the care of the sheriff's office,
it has again made its public appear
ance and stands ready to tell the world when the Ada Klansmen in their hall assemble. The cross was erected by Fred Gay, on orders, he states, from the sheriff's office. The charges for the erection are to be borne by the sheriff's office and not by the county, according to Mr. Gay.
BONUS HOPE DEALT A STAGGERING BLOW
Program Recommending Decided Reduction inJTaxes Hurts Chance of Realization
-LOAN OFFICIALS MEET YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio,. Nov. 17. More than 200 building and loan men from Columbiana and nearby counties, forming Group 7 of the Ohio State League of Building and Loan Associations, met here recently.
MARION, IND. CHIROPRACTOR Dr. O. G. McKeever, for 100 serv
ice in adjustment of your spine or any part of your body. Eventually, but do it now. 483-5 Glass Blk., Marion. 1-15-23 ANDERSON, IND. GROCERIES W. Woolnnis' Grocery For nice poultry, dressed or on foot, country butter and ice cream, and a full line of fruits and vegetables; fresh and cured meats; also notions. We strive to satisfy. We deliver. Phone 1708. 1202 W. Third Street. Open on Sunday. N. C. 1-1-24.
For Estimates on Ilonse Wring and Lighting Fixtures Call LINCOLX 5242 B. E. W. ELECTRIC CO. 36 Virginia Ave.
Phone Randolph 6239 Dexter Garage and Filling Station E. C. SAL A Prop. Gas, OH, Accessories and Repairing STORAGE Dexter A W. 21st Sts., Indianapolis
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Due to a growing demand for copies ot a speech delivered by Elmer -De Witt Brothers, president of the board of trustees of Valparaiso University, it is herewith being reproduced. The address was delivered
quenched therein) has become a srar-
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the more putrid with the lapse of time.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 17.
A(lvorat.(i nf the soldiers' bonus
measure in Congress are beginning! in Chicago on June 28th of this year
to realize that the letter of Antirew W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury.
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to Representative William R. Green, of Iowa, acting chairman of the ways and means committee, recommending a program for reduction of federal taxes by $323,000,000, has dealt the bonus cause the hardest blow it has received since the late President Harding vetoed asoldiers' bonus bill in the last Congress. The reaction to the Mellon program has surprised even administration officials who are committed to it. Letters and telegrams indorsing the Mellon suggestions continue to pour into the White House and treasury
department and to the offices o members of Congress. Biiius Advocates Fearful
Fear now possesses the bonus ad
vocates that Secretary Mellon's let
ter ultimately will lead to the defeat of the proposed bonus bill, provided
President Coolidge follows the example of his predecessor and vetoes the measure when it comes to him. It is admitted on all sides that a bonus bill will pass in both branches
of Congress, but there is grave doubt now whether bonus supporters can muster sufficient votes to pass the bill over a presidential veto. Leaders in Congress who are in Washington virtually admit that the fate of the Mellon proposal is in the hands of the people themselves. It
is a question now just how strongly they will respond to the suggestion for lowering taxes. If they start a backfire on their representatives in Congress, the belief is that many senators and representatives now on record as favoring a bonus measure will harken to the voices of the
7,000,000 taxpayers of the country rather than to the lesser group of former service men, who are clamoring for additional compensation. Situation "ot Pleasing
The situation is not pleasing to a large number of members of Congress who had hoped to ride into office again next year on their votes for a bonus bill. Until a week ago they believed that the way would be cleared for the 4onus measure, and that all reference to taxation revision would be avoided. Now they are facing a new dilemma, one that apparently is fraught with grave danger to their political future. Even under the most favorable cir
cumstances, the majority over an executive veto would be slim in both
Drancnes oi congress. with an aroused public sentiment in favor of tax reduction along the lines proposed by Secretary Mellon, this slender lead is apt to be swept away in
the face of disapproval from the
White House.
FARM IS TYPICAL OF HOME, SAYS COOLIDGE Agricultural Conditions Have Shown Improvement, Declares Wallace
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CHEVROLET SALES AND SERVICE General repairs oa all ears. Kw and used cara en fJT payment. When otherr fall call ns. , - CALDWELL GARAGE PHONE IRVINGTOX 1S31 37M K. MICHIGAN STREET
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PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 17. The National Grange has continued to flourish because it has kept constantly in mind the thought of The farm as a home. President Coolidge declared in a message read by Henry C. Wallace, secretary of agriculture, before the National Grange meeting recently. The president in his message characterized the grange as '"one farm
organization which has survived
through many periods of adversity and prosperity," and continued: "Why the Grange Flourished" "It seems to me that one of the reasons why the grange has continued to flourish is that it has kept constantly in mind the thought of the farm as a home and is represented in its mehibership by the various members of that home. It has recognized the need of a full
home life and a wholesome rural life
and has never failed to present these as things most to be desired. At the same time it has recognized the fact that a satisfactory home life and rural life must be based upon reasonable reward for labor on the farm. "The progressive conservatism of the grange and its sensible way of considering farm problems and presenting farm needs has given it a
position of influence in the nation and has led those in positions of respon
sibility to listen to the views of the
grange with consideration and re spect."
In opening his message President Coolidge extended to the grange his
congratulations upon its success! and steady growth," and in closing asked Secretary Wallace to express "my very best wishes to both officers and members wherever they may be." Adequate Marketing Service Secretary Wallace followed the reading Of President Coolidge's statement with a discussion of the work
of the department of agriculture, describing the development of an adequate marketing service, affording prompt world news of crop prospects and production, and explained the aid given the farmers' co-operative marketing movement.
"I know that agricultural conditions are improving," said Secretary
Wallace. "There is a better market situation for many farm products and increase in the buying power of the
farmer's dollar. Most of the agricultural staples have produced large crops and dost of the-states show increased agricultural production
this year."
and before the graduation class of the John Marshall Law School. The subject of the address was "What Shall We Do to Be SaveH?" The address follows: I am not an evangelist, nor the son of an evangelist, and claim no greater
civic virtue than that which should animate every patriotic American citizen. The outstanding prototype
of this interrogatory was given a personal application, and carried the implication that something must be done that the party interested might'
inherit eternal life
In his commentaries on American
law, Chancellor James Kent says
"States or bodies politic are to be
considered as moral persons, having a pnblic will, capable and free to do right and wrong, inasmuch as they are collections of individuals, each of
whom carries with him into the serv ice of the community the same bind'
ing law of morality and religion
which ought to control his conduct in private life."
There are crises in the lives of na tions as well as in the lives of indi
viduals. Civilization is now passing through one of its greatest dynamic periods since Its birth. Government
by the people is being tested as never
before. It is being clearly demon
strated that representative govern
ment protects the rights and liberties
of its people only in proportion to
their common understanding of its
principles. The Citizenship Commit
tee of the American Bar Association
in its report for 1922, said that the common schools of the country will save the country. The significant
fact in this statement is the implica
tion that the eountry is already lost
-lost as to adherence to the political
ideals upon which it was founded.
When we' realize how far we hav
drifted from the political traditions
and civic virtues of the founders of
onr Republic, and how little of their
altruistic vision remains, we appreci
ate the danger in which we are in
volved. This is no time for pesei
mism, but it must be conceded that we have reached a point at which
we must about face or be led into irretrievable ruin. The physician diagnoses the ailmeut before he determines the remedies to be applied. To answer the question, which is the subject under discussion, we must take into consideration some of the menaces with which we are threatened. Homogeneity is essential to the stable union of a people under any form of government. It is indispensable to the perpetuity of a government founded on the will of the people governed. Solidarity can be at
tained only by unity of language,
unity of purpose, unity of ideals, unity of hopes. We are a nation of immigrants. During the hundred years from 1820 to 1919, there were received in the United States 33,200,103 immigrants. The number of representatives of the leading racial and national groups now in the United States has been estimated as follows: British 10,-
000,000, German 9,250,000. Scandinavian 3,750,000, Italian 3,000,000, Jewish 3,000,000, Polish 3,000,000, French 1,600,000, Czecho-Slovak 1,000.000, Lithuanian 750.000, Spanish 700,000, Hungarian 450,000, Dutch 400,000, Greek 300,000, Finnish, 300,000. Many Elements Injected More than one-third of our present
foreign population came during the sixteen years from 1900 to 1915. During the eleven-year period, 1904 to
1914, over ten million were received,
Millions of these could neither read nor write in any language, could not speak our tongue, were physically
and mentally dwarfed and Knew not
the meaning of free institutions nor
of representative government. The
highwater mark was reached in 1907
when nearly 1,300,000 were landed. Most of the people who have arrived
during the last thirty years are sep
arated from us by radical racial
differences, as well as social and po
litical experiences, thus making them extremely difficult of assimilation by
our social and political institutions
Owing to the racial differences men
tioned, we have already passed be
yond the point of saturation and
great precipitation has taken place in all our large cities. As a result,
there have been Injected into our social, industrial and political systems many elements and influences inconsistent with their orderly operation and progressive development. Many extremists advocates of anarchy, apostles of absurdity, champions of chaos, devotees of debauchery, disciples of destruction, propa--
gandists of plunder. imrxgyors of perfidy, worshipers of wassail have sought shelter and asylum here for
the sole purpose of fomenting trouble and revolutionizing, the estab
lished order of things with no thought of harmonizing their actions and their ideals with ours. They vil
ify our ideals, contemn onr customs, belittle our institutions, deride oar history, revile onr heroes, ridicule
our noblest efforts, sneer at our culture, impngn our motives, scoff at onr officials, denounce onr system
of government, defy our laws, nil onr charitable Institutions with their derelicts, and clog our courts with their multitude of delinquents. The most dangerous aliens ate given absolute freedom of onr country, to carYy on, unimpeded, their propaganda movements which strike at the very foundation of our government and aim -to disintegrate the social fabric of the nation. We
accord them the constitutional right
of freedom of speech, though they are
no part of us and should be allowed
to speak only on sufferance." TBrouga
them onr boasted melting pot (the fire of patriotism having been
35,000 Agitators From governmental sources we are
advised that 35,000 agitators, mostly
aliens, representing approximately 500 different organizations, societies
and groups, are active in spreading their propaganda of discontent and defiance of law and oder in the United States. Most of this propaganda is hostile to our government, our traditions, our ideals, our cus
toms, our political philosophy, and our religion. There are over 600
radical publications in the United States, and tons of literature in the
Lforms of circulars, hand bills,
pamphlets, etc., are distributed,
largely among the foreign element of our population. Leaders among them
claim the support of more than 5,000,000 of the 20,000,000 wage earners employed in about 15,000 indus
trial plants in the United States. As
a result, many aliens are educated to
oppose our government before they
know anjthlng whatever about its
form or purposes. A few trial trips of the Leviathan, loaded on its out
going voyage with those apostles and disciples of malcontent, might be utilized to great advantage. Our con
stitutional provision guaranteeing freedom of speech and freedom of
press is not intended to protect aliens
who seek only to destroy the governmentand supplant our social, in
dustrial, and political institutions.
They must be taught that they speak
and write at their peril.
Statistics show that, in the United States, there are thirty-six racial groups, forty-one different languages other than English, 1,300 foreignlanguage papers and periodicals, and 4,300 foreign societies. Jn New York City, as shown by the last census,
thirty-five languages are spoken by
large groups that compose her dis
cordant population. Thus, there is a
Hebrew and Yiddish group of 946,-
000; an Irish group of about 800,000; Italian, 803,000; German, 690,000; Russian, 221,000; Polish, 161,000; Swedish, about 60,000; Norwegian, about 40,000; Spanish, 32;000; Roumanian, 26,000; Greek, 25,000; Mag
yar, 7t,000. rnus, new xorK contains three foreign cities of nearly 1,000,000 population each, two o them with alien language, literature, and customs. To the body politic, every one of these groups is like an abscess, a tumor, to the individual. The immigrants who have gone to
the farms of the country and thus have escaped the iniquities of city life have never caused us trouble. The clay of the soil makes for good citizenship. There is patriotism in the free air of the farm, the perfume from the meadows, the golden sheen on fields of waving grain, the low of tattle and the song of birds, the
little red schoolhouse in the valley and the church on the hill, the beauty
of the landscape and the arching sky.
Would Live Off Public A predominant characteristic of
many later immigrants is the desire
and ambition to live off the public, without an equivalent in service.
Long before they land, regardless of
their financial condition, they know
where to find the public hospitals,
free dispensaries, county agents,
alms houses and philanthropic insti
tutions.
Heretofore, the tone of American
cities has been kept up by the constant influx of the rural population,
but for the last thirty years the submerged and decadent classes of Eu
ropean populations have been poured
into our cities in such quantities as
not only to overcome the stabilizing influence of the normal increment from the country, but' also, with the franchise, to become a positive menace to our free institutions. This menace is none the less real merely because many of the immigrants are able, honorable, and desirable people and in time become law abiding, industrious and helpful citizens. However, even at the best, we differ from them so radically In customs, methods of living, habits of thought, urge of ancestry and political experience that under the most favorable circumstances, several generations will .be required properly to assimilate them. The undesirable elements among them were a menace to the countries which spewed them upon
us and they are even a greater po
our representative form of government. Let us not deceive ourselves. We must use our heads as well as our, hearts. Wo can not reform all
the derelicts of the world by taking
tnem Into our household, nor relieve all the distress in the world by inviting the destitute to our table, nor can we right all the political, religious, and social wrongs of humanity by encouraging participation with us in the blessings of free Institutions. Whatever your motive, you
wrong the child by giving him an
edged tool which he does not under
stand nor know how to use. The franchise in the hands of the ignorant citizen who does not comprehend our institutions is potential injury to himself and a positive detriment to the community. He is a mere pawn in the hands of the demagogue.
Charles W. Eliot, president-emeritus of Harvard University, says: "The larger the country, the more heterogeneous the population as respects race, religion, national urge, linguistic severance, and historical experience, the greater the power exercised directly by ignorant and inexperienced voters, and therefore the greater the dangers to which the American democracy will find itself exposed."
trlbuted according to nationality of origin as follows: Poles, 2,845; Russians, 1,640; Italians, 1,434; British, 1,271;. Germans, 1,071; Austrians, 734; Swedish, 580; Norwegians, 205; Canadians, 188; Greeks, 179; Danish, 151; Hollanders, 137; Roumanians, 120; Belgians, 74; Turks, 38; French, 29; Swiss, 29. Naturalization does not mean Americanization. We have cheapened American citizenship until it hss tie.
come worthless. We have forced it upon the alien In oar midst, almost without his consent and before he has any appreciation of its significance or responsibilities. We have placed our limitless natural resources and developed opportunities at the feet of all the peoples of the
earin regaraiess or race, color, or creed, and have begged them to come and take them. Such a situation does not prevail in any other civilized country. The nationals thereof have the first refusal of their respective natural opportunities and resources, and enforce that position with stern and unvarying uniformity. (Continued on Page 3)
Naturalization Not Americanization,
In Cook county, Illinois, in 1922, 12,431 aliens were naturalized, dis-
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Paper Hanging Painting Cash or Terms F.-M. GRANT 2247 LANGLEY AVENUE Phone, WEbster 0512
tentiality for evil here, because of
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Crowds and Crowds AUTOMOBILE BARGAINS Down go prices Down go prolits Largest assortment of late model cars of all makes in town. Sedans, Coupes and Sport Models. SALE TEN DAYS SALE
guaranteed cars money nacK If not satisfied. Easy paymentsTrade. . - STANDARD AUTO SALES CO. Hudson and Essex Dealers. P. B. Smith J. W. Berry 322 N. Delaware St
AUTO INSURANCE AT LOWEST COST H. W. DeHAVEN MAIN 1138 WASH. 0643
J. J. HASSELD CHOICE MEATS
Phone Webster 3164
2704 East Washington
Two Real Song Hits "Barney Google Has Joined the Ku Klux Klan," a parody with a punch. Words only, 10c per copy. "You, You, Tell Her." Sam wants it explained to his wife a regular riot. Words only. 10c per copy. Agents If you sing, you sure can Eell these two parodies andthe sheet music. White Publishing Co. Lock Box 1042 Indianapolis, Ind.
Quality Printing
Legitimate Prices
HENDREN PRINTING COMPANY (Incorporated)
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 4S5 Century Bldg.
MA in 0466
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serrlce when you use Itadio CoaL No elinkers; very little ashes. Holds fire orer night. Call us for high-grade coal. LANG COAL CO.
Louisiana and East Sts. Indianapolis, Ind.
Drexel 3186 Brookside 7117
FURNITURE
that makes the HOME a cheery, livable place at prices you can afford to pay. NEW and USED for every room. No sales, no baits, no . false advertising, but HONEST VALUES all the time. PRICES LOWER SUITABLE TERMS SQUARE DEALING
BAKER BROS.
223 E. Washington Street
Opposite Court House
Furniture Sacrificed We have several odd pieces of Furniture "which we will sell for cash at a low price, some new goods at a price you would be glad to pay. Room-size Gold Seal Rug, $14.00. Simmons Day Bed, com-" plete, $17.50. A good 50-pound mattress, $8.50. Genuine linoleum rug, 9x12, $18.00. Ask to see cash goods on sale. North Illinois Street Furniture Go. 417 N. Illinois St. Lincoln 6016