Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 229, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1923 — Page 4
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DEAD "T""Y"OW shall Decoration day be observed? OR ' l—i Should and can the spirit and method in LIVING? _jL which it is to be kept be fixed by law? These are questions before the Legislature of Indiana in the shape of a bill to prohibit any forms of amusement on the 30th of May for which admission is charged. Within the memory of men and women now living, Decoration day was born. At the beginning it was regarded as almost a holy day, but no law made it so. Its universal observance sprang voluntarily and gladly from the united hearts of a reunited people. No enactment was needed to protect it, for thousands of young men had laid down their lives unselfishly to free thousands from slavery and to save the Nation. They had won and their spirit of unselfishness was emulated throughout the land. Then came the World War. And with a patriotism and unselfishness and bravery equal to that of their fathers and grandfathers, our young men of 1917 and 1918 crossed the ocean by the million and fought and bled and died in order that the world might be made safe for democracy. They did their part; they won the fight, but we who stayed at home have not done our part. With a selfishness as short-sighted as it was greedy, we as a nation deserted the struggling nations of Europe when, torn to shreds by years of warfare, they needed our help—needed it almost as badly as they did when the hosts of Germany were bearing down upon the defenders of popular government in their last stand. But that is not all. # We have not only refused to lend Europe a helping hand clear aeross the stream; we have given assistance grudgingly to those who went to the front and suffered all the hardships of war. At the same time we have gone about our own money-making ways and permitted thousands who waxed rich and fat on war profits to go uncaught of justice. Therefore, confronted with such flagrant selfishness toward the living, our Legislature of Indiana contemplates enforcing a tribute to the dead. And the worst part of it is that the act proposed, removing amusements from Decoration day, can not accomplish anything real, and every member should know it. Down in their hearts they must know that they are blowing at the wrong end of the horn. They must know there can be no ~eal observance of Decoration day which does not originate in the iearts of the people instead of in the compulsion of an arbitrary and unreasonable law. They must know that the law which they propose to pass strikes at the amusement of the working man. Why doesn’t the bill make Decoration day a gasless holiday and stop its desecration by the thousands who can afford to neglect patriotic duty and drive to the country? Those who have declared they will vote for this measure know that such a thing could not be. They must know also that the bill is simply a contrivance intended to fool the folks at home, among whom there is a strong and reasonable desire that Decoration day be observed in a real spirit of devout gratitude to the Nation’s dead. America would be better if she regained some of the devout patriotism which followed the civil war. Perhaps she may do so. Let us hope. But she will never do so through the dictum of any enforcing act which any law-making body may pass. SHEEP * -vRICES of tailored clothing will increase 12 AND \S to l”) per cent soon, due to scarcity of workGOATS men and the rising price of wool.—L. A. Banner. secretary National Merchant Tailor Designers’ Association, in convention at St. Louis. The Harding administration has done or will soon finish doing all it can to help us. The McCumber-Fordney law is a godsend to the sheepmen because of the tariff on wool.—Frank J. Hagenbarth, president, National Wool Growers’ Association, in convention at Spokane, Wash. • • • Well! Thank heaven we have found out at last one thing the McCumber-Fordney tariff is good for. It will help further to enrich some of -our struggling millionaire sheep raisers, including half a dozen F. S. Senators who voted for the high wool tariff; and will provide a little more profit for our tailor friends. For you can depend on it if a manufacturer’s materials cost him 5 per cent more he s going to charge 10 per cent more for the finished product. This comforting discovery so intrigues us we are compelled, with the conventional apologies to Mother Goose, to burst into more or less poetry: “Baa, baa, black sheep; have you any wool?” “Yes, sir; yes, sir, three bags full—- “ One for the tailor who covers your back, “And two for some G. O. P. campaign jack.” L ’Envoi: And the sheep jumped over the moon. 1920 Census Shows 3,517,625 Widows in the United States
QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave., Washington. I). C.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps. Medical, legal and love and marriage advice cannot be given. Unsigned letters cannot be answered. but all letters are .ronfidential and receive personal replies. Although the bureau does not require it. it* will assure prompter replies if readers will confine questions to a single subject, writing more than one letter if answers on various subjects are desired.—Editor. How many idows are there in the I'niied States? According to the 1920 census, there are 3,517,625 widows in the United States. These figures cover widows over 15 years of age. What are the meanings of the names: Edna, Kufus, Joseph, Donald? The meanings of the names are: Edna, pleasure; Rufus, red-haired; Joseph, he shall add; Donald, proud chief. What is a good sltainpoo for dry, dark hair? The following formula is good for dry hair and is a favorite with brunettes: Sulphate of Quinine, 20 grains; fluid extract of jaborandi, 1 ounce; glycerine, 2 ounces: cologne, 4 ounces; bay rum. 4 ounces; rosewater, 20 ounces. How may an author protect the movie rights to his manuscript? Movie rights are not protected unless specifically reserved. In submitting the manuscript for publication, you should stipulate with the publishers that you wish to reserve the movie rights, and in taking out a copyright, movie rights must be reserved. The publisher takes out the copyright, and the rftivie rights are reserved to the
author by agreement with the publisher. Wliat is the rating of the Fordson (factor? The Fordson tractor has a rating of twenty horsepower. Whore was the statue Venus de Milo found and by whom was it created? Venus de Milo is thought to be the work of Alexandres, the son of Menides of Antiocheia. The statue was discovered in l&zO on the island of Milo, in the town of Milo, by a peasant. Let George Do It By BERTON BRALEY LET George do it! You've lieard the phrase Twisted around in a thousand ways; Meaning, “The job is not for me. I haven't time, or I cannot see The Btnse or reason in what you plan. So let George do it. for he s your man 1“ And George does it—he doesn’t stall Or shirk and dodge it or whine and crawl. You can rely On George, that guy Is there to do it—and do it all! AND who is George: He's the goof absurd. The easy mark and the patient bird. Who thinks that duty is not a whim. But something w orthy of strength and vim! And the weisenheimers. too wise to drudge. Say “Let George do it"—and never budge. And George dees it. He doesn't say. “Oh. I'm too busy to work today!" Believe me. bo. Old George will go And do that job in the proper way! YES George does it. the poor old dunce. Till the wise boys find out ail at once. That George, the willing and eager chump, is giving the orders around the dump. “I.ft George do it was what they said. And George did it. and forged ahead! “Let George do it —but say. old scout. Don't be too -o c.. y when he's about, But->use your knob I Upip the job Or Gi irge v.ill do it—and throw you out! (Copyrtgi.i. iP23, NEA Servieel
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EARLE E. MARTIN. Editor-in-Chiet.
Couzens Declares Government Ownership of Railroads Appears to Be the Only Solution
Tho Indianapolis Times regards this article from Senator Couzens on Government ownership of railroads as significant, comniff as it does from an industrial man who has studied tho transportation question both from tho point of view of a larg;e shipper and also as the director ox the largest municipally owned street railway system in the country in Detroit. By JAMES COUZENS. UmHE most outstanding un--L solved problem affecting the United States at this time is undeniably the matter of transportation which involves car supply, more lines, and more terminal facilities. “I have an entirely open mind on the way to solve the railroad difficulties. I do not crave for Government ownership and operation, neither do I encounter any fear of the Government having to do the job, because I am satisfied that if the Government has to do it. it will certainly not be any more expensive to the public ( than it is now. “Personally. I should prefer that the Government did not have to take over the railroads, but we have found no effective solution and. therefore. It looks to me as though Government ownership was the only solution. Does Not Mean Operation “This does not necessarily mean Government operation because if the railroads could properly expand and develop and the Government could control by regulation, the management, we might be able to-got along CAN RUSSIA !N” _ ; HER WEAKNESS AID ' -GERMAN PLANS? BY EDWARD THIERRY VK4 Btafl Correspondent NEW YORK. Feb. 2.—“ Economically. Russia Is weak. Financially she is fiat. Philanthropy can not re store her and only public finance can."
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This is the picture painted by Allen T. Burns, member of the commisd ion on Russian Relief, just returned from a four-months tour of investigation. Burns, noted for his civic and sociological work in Pittsburgh, Cleve land, Rochester. Chicago and New York spoke with the strict emphasis that he had neither
A. 1. BURNS comment or opinion on Russia’s political and military aspects. His conclusions, otherwise, are ♦ hose: "Communism exists mainly in name. The power of the peasants is becoming supreme. The peasants’ passion is peace; they do not want wo r. "Restoration of agriculture is the biggest thing before the republic. M. Ohioherin. the foreign minister, agreed with that.” Burns declared that step by step j the peasants wore forcing a change in communism. "Russia normally Is 90 per cent agricultural,” he said. “Industrial workers created communism. Now there Is scarcely any industry; workers are either Idle of flocking back to the lard.”
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JAMES COUZENS without undue interference of politt cians. would like to point out, however, that there are many worse interferences than the interferences of politicians. There is the interference of the hankers, who must get their ‘rake-off regardless of public service or the
Prince Andrew of Greece Says Europe Will Soon See Gi;eat Wat
By ALEXANDER HERMAN NEA Service Staff Writer. NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—Europe will soon be embroiled In another great war. In the wake of th * ■ O' nd desolation of the last great, have arisen new hates and rivalries which have whetted the appetites for new strife. And there can be io staying these until they have been satiated. These are the views of Prince Andrew of Greece, soldier and statesman, brother of the late King Constantine. "It’s the greatest tragedy of his tory,” he said in an exclusive interview with NEA Service. "Despite the terrible havoc wrought in the past eight years, the world will not learn. "I don't know if It ever will. “As long as one nation has the coal and another has the iron, and neither is good without the other, there will be continual conflict. For years it may smolder, only to flare up when the provocation arises. "Look at France and Germany—more embittered now tiian even In the hatefu! days of the seventies. “The way out? “A United States of Europe, per haps—but that is hardly possible to day. There is no foundation to work on., There are too many national differences, too many dissident groups under present conditions to be welded together. "The whole problem seems too great for any human solution now." Prince Andrew looked out of the window of his room in the Hotel Am bassador. Eight floors below lay Park Ave, New York’s most exclu sive street. Day workers from the East Side were jostling members of the Four Hundred out walking with their pedigreed dogs. “Perhaps the solution lies there," the prince said wistfully, "in a com plete democratization of the world. I hope so.”
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treatment of the men who operate the railroads. “Then you know every manufacturer’s organization or organization of other groups jumps in to fight any raise in rate or the adoption of any rule or regulation which in any way affects their business. "Every one wants the railroads to succeed at somebody else's expense. "The personal interference of socalled prominent citizens in governmental affairs frequently tends to demoralize Government business, because a policy has grown up in this country where men of prominence and influence expect to have thenwishes complied with, and I am sorry to say that many public officers and so called politicians are influenced by them and the newspapers because they have not the stamina to stand up against the pressure. ‘Silent’ on Ownership "The President said in his message to Congress on Dec. 8, 1922, that ‘Government operation does not afford the cure.’ I note that he is silent on the' subject of Government ownershin. Perhaps the President would agree that that would affect the cure. "The President says It was Government ope r a lion that brought us to the very order of things against which we now rebel and we are still liquidating the cost of the supreme folly, but I note the absence of proof to sustain that conclusion. "We have had three periods of railroad operation, the first one of
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PRINCE ANDREW •MAIN GUY’ PAYS FINE Youth “Borrows” Uncle’s Merchant Police Badge. In what police described as an effort to be the "main guy,” Russell West. 17, of 1325 Madison Ave.. borrowed his uncle’s merchant police badge without consent, and flashed a gun and the badge on the girls at a "hop,” telling them he was an officer. City Judge Pro Tern. Lloyd D. Claycombe fined him $lO and costs and suspended a thirty-day sentence on the State furm on a charge of carrying concealed weapons.
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complete liberty and special privileges to the railroads, of rebates; second, the period of Government regulation, and then the war period of Government operation. “It is an interesting pastime of business to throw mud at the Government in all of its activities, yet I am safe in saying that a comparison of the methods, failures and successes In private industries w r ould show up worse in comparison with governmental activities. “Capital will not continue to invest In railroads under management and present rules and regulations governing income. “I make no defense or criticism of the way the Government handled the railroads, but T do say that, in spite of the fact that I am a Republican. T cannot” condone any statement that the tak-’ ing over of the railroads by the Government during the war was ‘supreme folly.’ Credit Due Government "Every one knows that the railroads had fallen down, that their credit was shattered and that something had to he done and I know of no other agency than the Government who could put the credit behind the railroads and carry the commerce of the country to help during the war. "Undoubtedly many mistakes were made and inefficiency permitted, but what private agency could have assumed such responsibility without a moment’s training and have gotten away with it without making mistakes?”
Public Opinion Living on Ten-a-Week To the Editor of The Times Was reading about the group of young women charged by their employers with shoplifting and of their dismissal by the presiding judge. I deem this fair and considerate, although I am not in favor of anything that has a tendency to uphold an offense committed in violation of the iaw. Tn our present day if is not reasonable to expect any one to live on *lO a week, and any employer of adults knows it is not possible on this wage to live up to the -standard of morality or lead a life of honesty. There are midde-aged people who have overlooked their opportunities in life and are at the mercy of the public in that they must seek employment where it can be had. They do not earn a decent living wage yet are living in the greatest and most prosperous nation on earth. What about the down and out old man who pitifully exists and is among the also-rans? Let your light so shine that_ they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven. ALBERT HEATH. Men’s Hotel. Salvation Army.
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HARDING says Uncle Sam pays as he goes now. Wish Sam would stay. • • *■ Illinois minister has married 3,001 couples and is still at large. Man in Alaska got Cuba on the radio. Which isn’t so much. We got central on the telephone. * * t Great Britain is getting behind with her crisis facing.
t t f Giant cobra in New York zoo has shed its skin. They will skin anybody in that town. • * • All France has gotten out of the Ruhr is coal minus. • • * Census shows the United States has 63,424,000 hogs, which leaves only one-third of us who are not. * * * What’s in a name? A famous opera singer is named Gigli. fc t • Rest assured that even if Turkey does fight England it will not cut off our Turkish baths. • • * Sam Gompers spent his seventy-third birthday working, which may explain why he has reached 73. • * • • Mount Clemens (Mich.) aviator fell four miles and was uninjured, but it is a dangerous habit. • • • Five sailors almost drowned off Sandy Hook because the nearest land was a mile away and under them. • * * I he difference between a nightgown and an evening dress is two yards in favor of the nightgown. • • • ( beer up. About $13,000,000 less gum was chewed last year. • • * Next couple seeking divorce will be corned beef and cabbage. • • • \ ery tew people like lettuce and yet it has a good heart.
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