Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 230, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1921 — Page 6

Jttffcma Jlato STimeo INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351 MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. .. „ /Chicago, Detroit, St. Loot*. Q. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising offlcea jj< ew York, Boston, Payne, Burna A AROUND the city hall, Henry Fleming seems to be gone but by no means forgotten! OF COURSE, it was a lawyer who interceded with Governor McCray in behalf of Albert Spurlln! IT wtt.t. REQUIRE a record of a great many convictions to atone for the laxities of last year in Judge Collins’ court. SINCE Dan Smith has been discharged on a pool selling charge one may wonder why there were nine continuances previous to the denouement THE ACTION of the House relative to the bill to abolish the public service commission Indicates that there are a few others in favor of its abolishment besides those “destructionists” of whom we hear so much. Corroborated The report of Mr. Tracy to the county council yesterday in which he points out the waste of the taxpayers’ money In the janitor service at the courthouse is worth while for two reasons. It is an authoritative statement from a nonpartisan source to the plain effect that while there is a broad general demand for economy in government there Is also a complete indifference to waste of public money on the part of county officials. It marks perhaps the first effort on the part of any civic or governmental agency In Indianapolis to curtail any one of the many political perquisites that have long gone with political control at the expense of taxpayers who do not pay enough attention to politics to avoid being mulcted by politicians. Mr. Tracy’s report is, of course, a complete corroboration of the charges which have been repeatedly made in this newspaper concerning the waste of public money at the courthouse. It Is Interesting to note that he says nothing in his statement to the council that has not heretofore been made plain in the columns of this paper. No longer may the county officials hide behind a wail that charges of waste are “partisan." Mr. Tracy charges unnecessary waste and unbusiness-like methods and his charges are based on an investigation conducted by the municipal research bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. Gradually it is being demonstrated in this community that one of the most overworked defenses of criticism of public officials is the assertion that such criticisms are wholly partisan. Kissing in Public The Paris social. and literary world has decided that kissing in publio should be forbidden and forthwith a prominent actress who kissed her dinner partner is excluded from a case. One person alleges that real lovers never embrace openly, while another thinks public kissing is inelegant and the third urges that American laws practically forbid public kissing and thinks France should follow America. Americans generally do not know much of this subject and It is true that American men never kiss each other. It is said kissing is both unsanitary and often undignified and, of course, public kissing is taboo, excepting in certain cases governed by well-regulated principles. Primarily, blue laws forbid kissing on Sunday. , The right parties only should engage in the enterprise. The kiss should be preceeded by proper sanitary precaution, tooth cleansing, gargling, moutH washing and lip stick application. It must be followed b;, an apology, a proposal or an exit. Common sense If not statutory enactment in America indicates each party should thoroughly disinfect the lips afterward. Indeed, it is almost the duty of the all-time health officer or all-time public nurse to respond soon after the necessary noise is over to give first aid. It is well that France is awakening. Probably the example of the American boy in khaki will not be wholly lost, for who ever knew a soldier to kiss any one in private or public excepting, of course, some close relativd? Schwab's Sacrifice The attitude of C. M. Schwab, the millionaire steel manufacturer, before the Walsh committee when he Insisted he got no money for his eminent services to the Emergency Fleet Corporation has revealed, aside from the details of the audit, a remarkable human interest feature. Schwab is reported to have broken down and cried before the investigating committee and was much affected by the accusation, which, when sifted down, was only a question of auditing, for plenty of witnesses testified that the funds he used during the war were never charged to the Government and that he paid his own personal expenses always. Strong men, when at a very nervous tension, often break down and cry at small incidents. However, It is another thing to work one's best, without reward, during a war, and then to be accused of graft afterwards. Schwab was a dollar-a-year employe and under him were thousands of men employed at approximately a dollar an hour In wages. The dollar-a-year employe desires more than anything else to be credited with the same patriotic motive that induced voluntary enlistments in the Army. He was often too old to enter the Army but had displayed marked ability in private life and his services were indeed very valuable to the Government. It is stinging enough to receive the doubtful interpretation of acts when under investigation, without any other penalty. There were mistakes made during the war, due to inexperience, to incompetence, and, at times, to wrong motives, but it is hardly necessary now to make mistakes in estimating the character of the men who won the war. Water Powers Asa shadow of coming events, the Indiana Engineering Society recently heard an excellent paper, in Indianapolis, on the use of water power to generate eleotricity. The idea is not new, but the necessity of such action is daily becoming more apparent. The paper suggests two places where the Wabash River could be utilized and intimates It would furnish power for the entire State of Indiana. This is taken only as an example of possibilities, with smaller places that could be developed. An example of what can be done in this regard is the Keokuk dam over the Mississippi, which generates an immense amount of electricity and has withstood the shock of high water and spring floods. It even supplies electricity to places in Indiana. To the present generation the burning of the forests —the waste of clearing the land for cultivation seems incredible, but in the future the failure to utilize nature’s resources in the streams will look equally queer. Some day immense dams will pour the water, great machines for generating electricity will be moved by the pressure and the current will be distributed throughout the country in place of the shipment of coal, which now occurs. Those days are not far distant, either. Encourage This The Young Men’s Christian Association expects to put on a campaign for additional members on the 3d and 4th of February and it is probable that every office and store in the city will be visited by solicitors asking that eligible members take the advantages of the association for the year. This institution had not intended to conduct a campaign for new members as the benefit to be derived from the association really speaks for itself and Is sufficient more than to justify any one joining. However, the campaign was put on with the idea of drawing in people who have not hitherto enjoyed the association. This is a very worthy cause and it is trusted that Indianapolis will continue her support. Those who are cohducting the campaign are donating thetr services and should jfce received In the kindly spirit witk which they are working. M m

WHEN A GIRL MARRIES A New Serial of Young Married Life

CHAPTER CXXXU. “That Chinese restaurant wa a nifty place, wasn’t It, girlie? West seems to know the city pretty weU for a chap who’s been down in Mexico so long, doesn’t he? Wonder if West got his check this morning. Would you ring and ask? No, I guess I won’t. Not yet. What time does the second mail come, anyway?" Jim Interrupted his nervous pacing up and down the floor to Ore this broadside of questions at me. It was the morning after his party to celebrate the winning of a fortune in his Salt Water Oil. The check which he had confidently expected from his brokers by the first mail had not arrived, and, naturally enough, he was Impatient to hold In his hands the slip of paper that represented his newly won fortune. I gave the refectory table an extra rub with the oiled cloth I was using, and then I replied with calmness I hoped woulfi serve to calm him a bit. “Oh, it'll come any minute now. little hoy. You might 'phone downstairs and see if It’s in already. I'm kind of anxious, too—there ought to boa letter from Terry, or even one from Betty.” Without waiting for me to finish my sentence, Jim limped over to the telephone. A minute later he turned away in irritation. “Mail’s in—nothing for ns." he muttered nervously. “Now where do you think that cheek can be?” “I don't see why yon worry so, dear,”

PUSS IN BOOTS JR. By David Cory

You remember in the last story a knock came at the door just as the little old woman who kept the sky clean of cobwebs was talking to Puss. “Who can that be?” she said. “It la getting late for callers," and then she went over and opened the door. And there stood the Man In the Moon. “What brings you hore?" she asked. “You should be up In the sky country lending to your lamps In the moon.” “There is no moon tonight," he replied. “The sky is covered with clouds and the rain will soon be coming down." “WeU, what can T do for you?” she sskod, pnshing a chr.lr forward for him to sit on. And Just then he saw Puss Junior for the first time. “Gracious me!” he cried, “If this isn't my little friend pussy In boots.” and the Man in the Moon got up and shook hands with Puss Junior. Oh, the Man in the Moon Has a silvery spoon And a bowl of shimmory po’d. And every night when the sky Is light And the dew Is sparkling cold, lie fills his Jars with the diamond star*, Like a robber brave and bold. And Just then it began to rain, and some acorns dropped on the roof with a rat-a-tat-tat. And the wind blew down the chimney and scattered the ashes from the hearth over the floor, and the

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I replied. “Yon know it** coming. What harm would it do if you didn’t get It till tomorrow?” “Tomorrow?" enapped Jim. “I’d go crazy waiting and any one with half a grain of sense would know that. Suppose the brokers aren’t good? They might declare bankruptcy—the stock might tumble and they could welch on me. ril never have an easy moment until that check's in the bank.” “Well, the letter might get lost In the mall—go astray or something. I keep thinking that's what happened to Betty’s letter—” “Say, Anne, for pity’s sake, quit dragging in your fool nonsense about Betty,” cried Jim in irritation, he didn’t try to (vuiceal. “You’d think she was your friend, instead of mine. Don't you suppose if there was anything to worry about I’d be doing the worrying? Betty's all right, but you and I may be In a pretty fix if that check doesn’t come before the day's over?” “Nonsense, dear. Don’t be so nervous," I began lightly, but Jim's expression made me a bit uneasy, and I added: “But I’d like to know why you take It so seriously?” “You would? Well, I’ll tell yon. Last night I sent out a check paying oft the last instalment of a nasty debt that'* been hanging over the Harrison estate for years. It was for a bit over $3,500and 1 think we’ve ha much as $7.25 in the bank.” —Copyright, 1921. (To Be Continued.)

icandles flickered and flared, and then the lightning flashed and the thunder rolled. "Dearie me,” exclaimed the old woman and she picked up her broom and swept tho floor, for she was a neat old lady, let me tell you, and her home splckand span. “It’s a bod night," said the Man in the Moon; “can you lend me an umbrella ?" So the old woman gave him one, and then ha wished them goodnight and went out into the darkness, but bow he ever found his way back to the sky country Is more than I can tell. Perhaps he flew up on the back of an old owl. At any rate, he reached the moon safely, for the next night it wss shining as brightly as ever when little Puss Junior looked up to the sky as he was making his way along a country road that led to the town of Banbury Cross, where lived an old lady who owned a white horse. She had Liberty Bonds end Thrift Savings Stamps and Japanese shades on her best parlor lamps WeU, it was getting late, and as the town was still some distance away. Puss crept Into a haystack and was soon fast asleep, and In the next story, If a little black spider who loved apple cider doesn’t tickle his ear, I’ll tell you of another adventure he had in the town of Banbury Cross.—Copyright, 1921. (To Be Continued.)

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Knox County Coal Operators Appreciate The Necessity For Price Re-adjustment As far back as October, 1919, Knox County Operators, recognizing that the business world could not indefinitely forestall the inevitable period of liquidation, joined with tho bituminous coal producers of the states of western Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio and Indiana in refusing the miners’ demands formulated at their Cleveland convention, which provided for a six-hour day and 60 per cent increase in wages. A strike followed in November. The Federal government intervened, took hold of the situation, created a Coal Commission and referred the entire dispute for its decision. The opportunity to fight the issues out on their merits, to determine from a purely economic standpoint what the unreasonable demands of the miners actually meant to industry, to domestic coal users, was thus denied operating companies, collectively and individually. We Commend The Work Os Legitimate Deflation, We are in hearty accord with the fine work of liquidating prices of all commodities to permissible levels. Our hope is to reach a stable condition that will permit reasonably steady operation at a fair margin of profit. Knox county sales realizations for 1920 will bear out this statement. Coal prices, however, will never return to pre-war levels. And what is more, coal can not be mined and sold at lower levels than the average contract prices for 1920 as long as the present wage scale for coal mining prevails. The Three Big Factors in Labor Cost. Machine runners and helpers, loaders and day men —these three classifications of mine labor constitute 90 per cent, of the total force required to operate a coal mine. The 1920 wage scale paid this class of labor shows the following increase above the wage paid January 1916: Machine Runners, Helpers and Loaders 98% Inside Day Labor 167.6% Outside Day Labor 205.8% The average increase to the above classifications of mine labor since January, 1916, is 153.8 per cent. Engineers have received increases ranging from 149 to 185 per cent. Firemen from 191.9 to 196.3%. Even trapper boys are being paid an increase of 183.9 per cent. Labor costs represent 65 per cent of the total costs of coal mining. You, of course, understand what an average increase of 153.8 per cent, means in the uptrend of labor costs. But labor costs are not solely responsible for increased mining costs. Supplies necessary in coal mining increased from 10c per ton in 1916 to 40c in 1920. Read the following scale showing increases in miners’ wages for all classifications of labor from January 1916 to 1920. 1916 1916. 1920. 1920 Percentage of Increase.

Tick Mining Rate, per ton, Mine liun Basis $ -61 Machine Mining Rate, per ton, Mine Run Basis — Punching Machines: (a) Runner $ -075 (b) Helper 07 (c) Loader 305 .51 Chain Machines: (a) Runner $ 543 (b) Helper 043 (c) Loader 399- .485 Day Work, Punching Machines: Runner, per day 3.52 Helper, per day 2.84 Day Work, Chain Machines: Runner, per day 3.34 Helper, per day 3.34 Yardage and Room TurningMachine Mines: Entries 7 to 9 feet wide L4B Entries 12 feet wide 93 Yardage and Room TurningPick Mines: Entries 7 to 9 feet wide 2.07 Entries 12 feet wide 1.30 Inside Day Labor, per day 2.84 Spike Team Driver, per day 3.10 Motormen, per day 3.33 Trappers, per day 1.40 Outside Day Men, per day 2.24 Blacksmiths, per day 3.26 First Engineer, per month 93.73 Second Engineer, per month 81.25 Third Engineer, per month 75.00 Day Firemen, per month 72.20 Night Firemen, per month 70.54

The agreement containing the above rates of pay is to run until March 31,1922. Again we say there cannot be a material lowering of coal prices under the contract figures of 1920, as long as the wage rates paid coal miners remain at the present high levels. Knox County Coal Operators’ Association “Organized to Build Markets for Indiana Coal”

Tick Mining Rate, per ton, Mine Run Basis SI.OB 77 Machine Mining Rate, per ton, Mine Run Basis— Punching Machinesi (a) Runner •. $ .143 (b) Helper 133 (c) Loader 704 .98 92 Chain Machines: (a) Runner .074 (b) Helper 074 (c) Loader 812— .96 98 Day Work, Punching Machines: Runner, per day 8.375 137.9 Helper, per day 7.50 164 Day Work, Chain Machines: Runner, per day 8.137 140.8 Helper, per day 8.137 140.6 Yardage and Room Turning— Machine Mines: Entries 7 to 9 feet wide 2.144 44.8 Entries 12 feet wide 1.34 44.1 Yardage and Room Turning— Pick Mines: Entries 7to 9 feet wide......... 3.00 45 Entries 12 feet wide 1.884 44.8 Inside Day Labor, per day 7.50 167.6 Spike Team Driver, per day 7.825 152.4 Motormen, per day 8.125 144 Trappers, per day 3.975 183.9 Outside Day Men, per day 6.85 205.8 Blacksmiths, per day 7.92 142.9 First Engineer, per month 233.42 149 Second Engineer, per month 220.31 16L3 Third Engineer, per month 213.75 185 Day Firemen, per month 210.81 191.9 Night Firemen, per month ....209.07 196.3

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