Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 289, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 April 1923 — Page 4

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UNITE / nations of the world must unite or perOR I ish,” warns Lord Robert Cecil, our distin- 1 PERISH JL. guished British visitor. “Another world war will mean the destruction of western civilization. The antithesis to war is international cooperation. The League of Nations offers a remedy.” Lord Robert, like a lot of other folks, wonders why we are not in the League of Nations. Let him get his answer from former Supreme Court Justice Clarke, who says that the only serious obstacle in the way of America's entry into the league is “a small group of able but ambitious men—some of them very old —who are characteristically prodigal of the lives of others.” Right now this small group is very busy asserting that the League of Nations is not a political issue in the United States. They tell us that the league is dead, and then proceed to kill it all over again almost daily. But, as Justice Clarke points out: “The churches and the women's clubs and the great newspapers will have something to say about it, and the farmers and the labor unions will have something to say about it, and I predict that our 4,000.000 young soldiers and the League of Nations’ Nonpartisan Association will have a great deal to say about it.” We do not say that the League of Nations could set up an Utopia. Probably nothing could. But the league is one means of settling international differences without resorting to the old method of brutal warfare, and right now the league seems to be about the one definite rival for war that is held out to peaceloving citizens. FREEDOM in California folks are busy now trying to OF i I get repealed a foolish criminal syndicalism SPEECH act, passed during the frenzy of the war, which denies men and women the right to think and talk as their consciences advice them on political and economic matters. Up in Michigan they are having trouble with the same sort of a foolish act, framed to make it unlawful to discuss at meetings political ideas that are radical, whatever that means. A group of these so-called radicals, are being tried for their thoughts, but juries will not convict them. Naturally not. Free men and women will not send to jail • other free men and women merely because of independent or unorthodox ideas. We rise not to defend the enemies of our Government. but we do hold, as Chancellor David Starr Jordan of Stanford University put it in California the other day. that ‘mere talk is part of our inalienable right. We should insist that no one be sent to prison unless he has committed an overt act — violence or incitement to violence.” THE REAL W ISINTERESTED people who attended the AIM OF I I trials of Archbishop Zepliak and his dozen • LENIN JLy of clergymen at Moscow and who have got far enough away from Lenin to feel safe, are testifying that the trials were solely for the purpose of killing off Christianity in Russia. The prosecutors paid very little attention to the political charges, but asked each prisoner if he had taught the catechism to children. Upon the prisoners answering that they had so taught and intended to continue so doing, a Bolshevik law making it a crime to impart religious teachings to any one under Ift years of age was produced. It will be the most remarkable thing in all the world’s history, if, after abolishing property holding, Lenin abolishes religion and gets away with it. Submission to such a proceeding by a people of nearly 200,000.000 souls will indicate a degree of soddenness that the civilized world has not imagined could be possible even in Russia. When a mother not teach her child religion or anything else she pleases, look out! WEARING f N FT. WAYNE a city judge has quit because OUT I he is overworked. In Indianapolis efforts JUDGES _A_ have been made to obtain a second police court because of the multiplicity of cases. The Federal courts have been turned into what amount to police courts and are grinding almost continuously. Prohibition is the cause. The majority of cases in all these courts are booze cases. These conditions raise the question of whether prohibition is a success. It certainly is not entirely so now. It will be many years before the question can be answered. INCOME /\ \ an income of SIO,OOO a year, the income tax TAX IS |I is $456 in our country, $478 in Canada, $416 HIGHER in France. $1,128 in Great Britain and $7Ol in Germany. On incomes of SIOO,OOO a year, the tax in Britain is $43,450, while the four other countries average about $30,000 and none of them very far from the average. Britain is putting the screws on tighter than the rest of us. Naturally, she 11 reduce her national debt at a faster rate.

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Ton c an pvt an answer to any q a ration of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave„ Washington, D C., inclosing 2 cents in stamps Medical. legal and love and marriage adrice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken, or pa pers. speeches, etc, be prepared. Unsigned letters cannot be answered, but all letters are confidential and receive personal replies.—Editor. 'Vhst is the botanical name of the “mifit" or “smoke” tree*? Cotinus. Which side won the victory in the battle of Jutland? Although this was the greatest clash of sea forces in the world's history, it brought no decisive victory. The British lost three battle cruisers, three cruisers and eight destroyers. Germans reported the loss of one battleship, one battle cruiser, four cruisers and five destroyers. The loss of life on aome of the vessels was very great: nearly the entire crew of the Queen Miry perished. What is the origin of the saying. “I know on which side my bread is battered?” Its origin is not known. It is to be found in ‘‘The Proverbs.” an early collection of colloquial sayings first printed in 1546, Which are the largest islands in the world, and their sizes? Greenland. $27,000 square m.les; New Guinea. SSO.OOO square miles; Fame®. 214 000 square miles; Kaffir]

i hand, 236,000 square miles. Australia j is no longer classed as an Island, but as a continent. \\ here did Paisley shawls get their name? They were manufactured in Taisley, Scotland. W hen do women reach the acme of mental ability? At forty-five, or five years earlier than men. according to statistics of famous men and wome..n. Mutuality By BERTON BRAT.EY iiTHE world is a small place after air— I A trite remark as you may recall. But nevertheless that threadbare phrase is so And it's certainly great, beyond a doubt. As hither and thither you roam about. To meet somebody who knows somebody you know! ffUUHATI Tou know Jones? Bill Jones. If my friend? Well say. will miracles never end? Why. gosh. I'VE known him since ever so long ago:’’ Then you and the stranger feel like chums. For a sense of intimate friendship oomes. When you meet somebody who knows somebody you know THE ice is melted and stiff restraint Is one of the things that was. but ain t. And your heart ia glowing a constantly warmer glow; For next to meeting a friend from home There s nothing cheer fuller as you roam. Than meeting somebody who knows somebody you know! 'Copyright. 1923. NBA Service. Inc.)

The Indianapolis Times EARLE E. MARTIN. Editor-in-Chief. FRED ROMER PETERS, Editor, ROY W. HOWARD, President O. F. JOHNSON. Business Manager.

INDIANAPOLIS TAX BURDEN MOUNTS Census Bureau Report Places Hoosier Capital Third in List of Nation's Cities

Individual Payments More Than Double in Past Two Years, According to Department's Schedule for 1921, By JOHN CARSON. Times Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 13.—-Just what your tax burden is in Indianapolis as compared with other cities is shown in | statistics made public by the census bureau. Indianapolis is the twenty-first city in rank of population.

Only two of the sixteen larger cities reporting had a heavier tax burden for. each person in 1921. In no one of the j cities reporting for both 1919 and 19211 did the taxes increase for each person ! as they did in Indianapolis. With the exception of Seattle and | St. Paul, no city in a comparative I population rank with Indianapolis ! carried so heavy a tax burden. Bureau Makes Survey These are the actual figures for 1921 as obtained by the census bureau. It is the first time an opportunity is had to compare the conditions in In ' dianapolis with those in other cities. The bureau is now making a survey of the cities for 1922, and probably within the next six months the report will be ready. During 1921, the census bureau ! shows, each person in Indianapolis j carried a tax burden of $46.56. That ; is, if the total tax collected were j spread evenly over the city and each j person was compelled to carry an } equal burden, it would have been ! $46.56. The census bureau officials say this “per capita” tax is the best, measure of tax burden. During 1949 the tax burden for each person was $24.50. This shows an ' increase of almost 100 per cent in the tax burden for the two years, an increase greater than in any comparative city. In 1921 Seattle had a tax burden of $56.61 for each person and Boston had a burden of $49.60. Cities with less tax burden than In dianapolis and which have a greater population were New- Vork, Chicago. Philadelphia. St Louis. Los Angeles. Pittsburgh. San Francisco. Buffalo. Washington, Cincinnati, New Orleans. ! Minneapolis and Kansas City. Cities | not reporting were Detroit. Cleveland. 1 Baltimore. Milwaukee and Newark. Tax I/w in Louisville In cities ranking near Indianapo- | ' lis In population the tax burden was much less In Columbus. Jersey City, Rochester. Denver, Providence, Louisville and Des Moines. : Graphic picture of the conditions in Indianapolis, showing the com para - | live burden and the increases from j i 1919 to 1921 are given in the follow- j ! ing table: City 1921 1910 Seattle $56 HI $43.23 ! Boston 49 66 42 20 j Indisnspoli* 46.66 24 60 Pittsburgh 45 AT 36.51 ! I,os Anrelee 46.46 31.39 Minneapolis 42 97 26 44 * New York 39.29 37 05 ; Buffalo 38 25 35 44 . Cincinnati . 36.66 27 71 i

j New Orleans 36 20 25 37 ! San Fran-la*?o . . 36.06 27.16 Philadelphia . 35 31 25 26 I Chi-sgo 32 07 24.54 I Kansas City 30 24 27 62 I St I.ouis 28 06 21.41 i Washington 24 71 18.02 The figures on tax burdens cover i only the money paid In general prop- | erty taxes. In Indianapolis a poll 1 tax was also collected while In some other cities the poll tax idea has been ‘ abandoned. Likewise in some other ' cities there is a special property tax i which was not applied In Indianapolis. i These items, however, are negligible. J The Census Bureau Insists the total , general property tax is the best ! measure of tax burden. Comparison of the tax burden in In j dianapolis for 1921 with some cities slightly less in population, was as follows: St. Paul. $47.66; Indianapolis, $46.56: ' Dps Moines. $44.51: Providence. $39; | Jersey City, $38.17: Denver, $36.88i ! Louisville. $31.63; Columbus, $25.60.

In the Editor’s Mail

An Obliging Conductor i To the Editor of Thr Timm The story in Monday’s Times "Os Whom Do You Borrow Carfare?” brought to mind an incident of my younger days. When I was a young woman I was employed by a firm who opened up for business at 8 o'clock and insisted upon every employe being there. T rede on the same car city bound every morning, and the conductor a splendid young chap, seemed to take a personal Interest in all his passengers. One morning after the car* had started I | remembered T had left my purse at j home. I rushed to the rear platform | and asked the conductor to stop the I car. He said, “Oh, that's all right, j you can hand me the nickel some j other time.” "But," I said, "what > will I do for carfare this evening.” He smiled and handed me a second nickel. Still I wasn’t satisfied. “I haven't any lunch money,” I said.

Poor man. He got a weary, faraway look on his face, dug down in his pocket, brought up a dime, took my hand, opened it, laid the dime therein, closed my hand and walked away. He was through. MRS. C. O. F. For Safe Auto Driving To the Editor of Thr Timet These are my rules for safe driving: ! First; keep your car In perfect condi j tion, especially the brakes. Know j your car and be at ease yourself. Be familiar with all law’s, ordinances, j rules and customs of the streets and I roads. Bea judge of distances and I speeds of those you come in contact ( with. Don’t feel that others are go j ing to use the same care, but be prepared to act quickly should they not, uaing as your guide the first railroad rule I learned, “In case of doubt or danger, take the safe side.” However, you can put the whole idea in two words, and make them your slogan. "Drive sensibly.” F. J. BOSHER, | ' 549 Marion Ave.

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I Jam Lynch. De Valera's chief of staff, who died of wounds suffered when he resisted arrest by Free State troops at Clonmel, Ireland.

London Goes to Pittsburgh for Smoke Tip

By Vnitrr! \>ic* NEW YORK. April 13.—Ixtndon. city of fogs, will study Pittsburgh, city of smoke, for tips on how to make the British capital as fog free as New York. Sir Arthur Rurkman and William Jones, London combustion emissaries, sniffed the clear atmosphere of this harbor on landing Thursday and took train for Pittsburgh. "We believe,” they said, “that the economic future of the world depends on Invention of a practical artificial anthracite coal. London Is about to spend $590,000 a year to rid Itself of soft coal smoke clouds and we are going to see how they meet the problem In Pittsburgh.”

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NOTED FINANCIER SAYS NATION’S FARMERS MUST COMBINE COMMERCIALLY

Baruch Declares Rural Workers Must Join Hands for Protection, By EDWARD THIERRY (Copyright, 1923, by NEA Service) NEW YORK, April 13. These are the two tig tilings that must, he done to insure a continuation of prosperity in America, says Bernard M, Baruch, financier, economist and former chairman of the war industries boards “The farmer must organize com rnercially to market his goods cooperatively on a big business scale in order that he will have a fairer relationship established between what he produces and sells and what he buys. “Industry, labor and business are Organized to help themselves. The farmer remartis outside. For his own salvation he must organize commercially or he’ll get nowhere. He buys from organized industry, and he sells as a weak Individual. The credit and other legal machinery has been provided for his cooperative marketing, but he hits not yet been able to rise above internal quarrels between rival agricultural organizations to safeguard his own pocketbook. "Above all the reparations question must be settled in an equitable way; first, so that there shall be no situation like Alsace-Lorraine, which will surely end In another war; second, so that Germany shaft not be forced to undertake an Impossible payment; third, so that our farmers, workers, and business men will not be Injured by Germany's escape from a just settlement." German Domination Danger Baruch thus amplified his statement that a real danger now lying ahead Is In German domination of world . trade in case war reparations are j fixed at too low a figure. It would be \ more dangerous to America, he de | (’jaras, than If It were fixed at too high a rate. “Our own prosperity la not. the whole thing,” he said. "It is a ques tlon of honor, with which business Is - Inextricably bound. We are in honor bound to see justice to Germany as well as to France." Baruch believes that America must have a share in fixing reparations be cause It Is a moral obligation undertaken at the time the armistice was signed.

: ' - m BERNARD M. BARUCH

“It will be rather a grim joke on us," he said, “if we will not recognize this obligation, even from a selfish point of view. We ought not allow Germany to escape on the ground that she is too poor. If we do. we will find that It is ourselves who are poor —made poor by hard times—and Germany a commercial power ruling the world. Then Germany certainly will have won the peace. Nor should we permit Germany to be destroyed by over burdening her or stripping her of her territory. “Suppose American railroads and industries. manufactures, cities, States and the United States Government itself could get rid tomorrow of all fixed charges, mortgages, bonds and interest: Cost of production of everything would decrease tremendously; prices would go down. Thkt is exactly what will happen In Germany with too low reparations—with all fixed obligations practically repudiated by Inflation, with nothing to pay externally or internally exoept their own industrial taxes. Is Free of Internal Debt "Our country has in otir Federal budget alone annual fixed charges of $4,000,000,000. of which about $2,500.000,000 grew out of the war. How could we. or any other country, stand up against Germany's low cost of pro Auction when she emerges on anew gold basis that she Is bound to set j for herself if the reparation Is not fairly determined?” This danger threatening American

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Georgia Bootleggers Will Pay Uncle Sam Million in Taxes

By I nited Xetcs ATLANTA. G.. April 13.—Georgia bootleggers will pay the Government between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000 In tax penalties cn bootleg liquor they have sold, according to an announcement made Thursday by prosperity will probably be avoided, Baruch believes, if reparations are set at $12,500,000 000, which figure, not including the $2,500,000,000 already paid, he was the first person among world statesmen and financiers to declare to be a Just amount. W hen asked about the political farm bloc. Baruch smiled and said: “It is no different from any other Interest, but it is so unique for farmers to demand and get equality of treatment that it amazed everybody, who immediately read them stem economic and civic lectures!”

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J. T. Rose, eollecter of internal revenue for Georgia. Under a proxfision of the national prohibition law. which heretofore has not been enforced against manufacturers of illicit liquor, approximately 650 convicted Georgia bootleggers will be required to pay taxes on moonshine liquor they have illegally disposed of. The penalty under the prohibition law provides for a tax on the manufacturers and sellers of liquor and is based on the old standards of whisky taxation in pre-Volstead days. The penalties on the bootleggers already have been assessed by the revenue department. Rose said, an(L hearings on each case will he in the near future. Government sijfl poenas will be Issued requiring bootleggers to appear in court,