Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 74, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 August 1923 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times EARLE E MARTIN. Editor-In-Chief ROY W. HOWARD, President. ALBERT W. Bt'HRMAX, Editor. O. F. JOHNSON, Business Mgr. Member of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers • • • Client of the United Pre6s. United News. United Financial and NEA Service and member of the Senpps Newspaper Alliance. * * * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published' daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos.. 25-29 S. Meridian Street, Indianapolis. * * * Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere—Twelve Cents a Week. • * * PHONE—MAIN 3500. ,

“HAPPY ENDING” FOR TAXPAYERS SOU like a “happy ending,” the movie directors sav. So Director of the Budget Lord is taking precautions to see that you get the thrill of a happy ending, in tax paying. Director Lord anticipates now the government* will have something like $30,000,000 less this year than will be spent. You are supposed to be struck dumb, to worry yourself sick. But next June 30, when the fiscal year ends, by some more hocuspokus. Director Lord will pull a “surplus” out of the air. He will show the government has spent less than it has taken in. Then we will have a happy ending and much talk about economy. How do they do Last year they did it by predicting the government would have far less revenue than it actually got. By that simple device a predicted deficit of $800,000,000 was turned inth a surplus of $300,000,000. This year, Director Lord predicts the government will collect $43,722,760 less in taxes than last. The taxes collected this year will be on a complete twelve months of business prosperity. Last year’s taxes were on six months of prosperity and on six months of normal business. The government should get $50,000,000 more in taxes than it got last year, instead of $43,000,000 less. Consider a part of the revenue record for July, the first inoiith of tfiis fiscal year. We got $7,000,000 more from the tariff than in July of last year; $5,000,000 more from income and profits taxes and $8,000.000 more from miscellaneous internal revenue. The game is something like this: If you were sure you would have a salary of $3,000 this year and you would have ,to pay out $3,000, you should convince yourself that you were only going to get $2,000. Then you would have convinced yourself you’d be SI,OOO in the hole at the end of the year. You could then worry yourself into a fine fever if you liked. But next year you’d find you got the $3,000. assured you all {he time, and you’d come out even. Then you’d have a happy ending. * . STOPPING OPERATION LEAKS PERATION efficiency is one way of combating high cost X/ of utility service and high rates to consumers. The Union Traction Company of Indiana in its magazine Safety reveals the interesting fact that the company used only 163,996,000 pounds of coal in 1922 as compared with 248.060,000 pounds in 1919. / The figures are headed “What Coasting Helped Accomplish.” “Coasting the cars down grades and up to stops by the motormen is a very great help in power saving work,” the magazine says. If some other utilities would give as much attention to stopping operation leaks as they do to demanding increased rates, higher rates might not be necessary. THE MYSTERIOUS RABBIT jY’TOVERNOR McCray presumably is looking for someone to ’ take a place on the public service commission to succeed Glenn Van Auken. about to-retire. A public service commissioner should be a man of sound common sense, a man not easily swayed by the theories and technicalities of engineers employed to confuse the issue and to persuade the commission new property value is present where there is none before. Expert witnesses are too much inclined to emulate the professor who pulls a rabbit out of a hat. The kind of a commissioner needed is one who will not believe the rabbit was in the hat all the time.

PROGRESS OF WOMAN ISS ELLA H. SNYDER has been appointed assistant postmaster of Indianapolis. She is said to be the first woman ever to hold this position in a city the size of Indianapolis. This is just another example of the recognition now being given women in business and public affairs. Miss Snyder has been secretary to every postmaster since 1902. She probably knows more about the N job she is to fill than any person living. A few years ago the mere fact she is a woman would have made Miss Snyder ineligible in the eyes of the powers that be to hold such a job. Her appqintment is a sign of progress. SPENDING STATE MONEY. EDITOR ROBERT BRACKEN is to be congratulated on his AV move to enforce a check on State expenditures. Recent occurrences in connection with State finances have revealed how easy it is for shortages to occur and to continue for a long time within the knowledge of only one individual. It has been the custom for some departments to draw from the treasury through, the auditor’s office lump sums for the meeting of pay rolls and expenditures. In this way little check on the disposition of State funds was possible as the money was spent. Such a way of doing business was slipshod, to say the least. Itemizing State. expenses should be offensive to no one and at the same time it will enable the public and officials to know what is being done. NOW is the time for all good men to try to head the party. • • • LIFE at the Statehouse is becoming just one shortage after another. \ • 4 • • SUGAR prices are still high despite slight drops. Wonder how much the farmer- gets out of the original beets or cane. • It PRESIDENT COOLIDGE pitched hay the( day before he became chief executive. The President’s job is becoming so strenuous such preliminary exercise may be found useful. • • • THE “somber, strained” Jack Dempsey of Shelby, Mont., is no more, say sport writers at Saratoga Springs, who are wondering what caused the change. The soothing propects of yellowbacks, perhaps. I • • AN alleged mail car robber has been sent to Ohio for trial because the car he is supposed to have robbed was in Ohio while the remainder of the train was in Indiana. What would have happened had the car been just on the line!

REPUBLIC BEGINS TO KNOW ‘CAL’ President Emerges From Shell and Reveals Self as ‘Regular Fellow,’ BY FRASER EDWARDS United Press Staff Correspondent |7=n EMPORARY WHITE HOUSE, WILLARD HOTEL, WASHI—INGTON, Aug. 7. — After a casual acquaintance with Calvin Coolidge as Vice President for two and a half years, Washington today began to really “know” the man who has become President. Generally regarded as cold and silent, Mr. Coolidge, in the four days he has occupied the presidential chair, has begun to emerge from his shell and reveal himself as a “regular fellow.” He’s not a “hail fellow, well met;" he’s not boisterous; far from it. But once you do mbet him, you find a cordial friendliness all his own. The United Press correspondent ducked under that, barrier of reserve, by acting as a photographer’s assist ant and penetrating the presidential suite in the temporary White House set up in the New Willard Hotel. Photographer Ls Tardy A photographer who had been tardy In getting a picture of the new President, sent in a plea through "Ted” Clark, the President’s secretary. Despite the press pt official business, Mr. Coolidge showed his human side by agreeing to sit for the late arrival. The reporter was to hold a newspaper opened wide on the shadowed side of the President's face as a "light kicker." “Let’s get busy, young men,” said the President with severity as the photographer and his drafted assistant entered. "I’ll do anything if you do it quickly.” he added, and a twinkle was noticeable In his clear, blue eyes.

Taking courage, the photographer said he wanted to “shoot” thp President seated at a desk. The President glanced around the colonial paneled living-room of the suite. There was ro desk in sight. “Come on." he said. "we'U get the desk from the next room and drag it In here.” President Lifts Desk Without hesitation, the President of the United States took a grip on the corner of the desk, Mr. Sherrill, his military aide, grasped another, while the photographer and reporter took the other end. “Hey. look out for that glass door." cautioned the President as the Grange quartette of furniture movers passed between the rdpms. For half a dozen poses the Presi dent sat at the desk while the photographer "shot" him from every angle and the assistant “kicked” the light upon Mr. Coolidge’s stern New England features. When It was necessary to move the desk to get a better light, the President always took a hand or moved It alone without waiting for help. ’’l’d like to get you on the telephone now." said the photographer. “But there ls no telephone in the room.” Quick Decisions “We’ve got too many telephones around here anyhow." said the President. “Just cut one of them off thft wire in another of the rooms.” It was done. The President's voice and tone are gentle, but he does not say “please” when he asks for something he wants. Apparently he ls going to get it. Then the photographer wanted to get e picture of the President standing with the American flag, the President’s flag and the flag of the Governor of Massachusetts as a background. But the staff on the presidential flag which had Just been presented to Mr. Coolidge was too long. It could not be stood erect in the room without doing damage to ,the ceiling. After a glance at the staff the President said: “Take that brass cap off the bottom of the staff. Then it will stand up without knocking down the plaster.” A single screw held the brass cap in place. There was no screwdriver in the suite. There was not time to wait for the house carpenter to come up. Offers Penknife “Here," said the President, drawing a little gold handled knife from his pocket, “use this as a screwdriver." “You'd break that. Mr. President," said the reporter, and produced an old bone-handled knife that had seen alj sorts of service. But when the screw came out the brass stuck. The reporter tried to pull it off and so did the photographer. “Give it here,’’ ordered the President, reaching a strong, slender hand that had been recently toughened by pitching hay on a Vermont farm. One tug and off came the cap. "Send my wife in here.” said Mr. Coolidge when the photographer wanted to take the President and the first lady together. The President explained gently to Mrs. Coolidge the photographer “was up against it” and must have their pictures. Mrs. Coolidge smiled and readily consented to sit. Throughout his “ordeal” the President “kidded” the photographer when he stumbled over chairs and rugs in his nervous haste to get the various poses.

Heard in Smoking Room

’VE TALKED myself dry," I | said the undertaker who had L i been entertaining the crowd In the smoker with stories of professional experiences, a<s he got Tip for a drink of water. "Speaking of funerals,” remarked the man who took his chair, "I heard an odd one from West Africa. Down there the freight steamers calling at the various ports pick up crews of natives of a certain negroid tribe and use them as deck hands and surf-boat paddlers.. These n;tfives come from Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Ivory Coast. They are knoVn as Kroos. They spend tlyeir lives traveling up and flown the coast and they speak a picturesque pidgin-English. “Sango, a Kroo boy, died aboard a steamer during the coast voyage. The corpse had been made ready for burial at sea when the head-man of the Kroo gang approached the captain of the vessel. .

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

270 m SIMS I I Says

THE average young fellow’s version of “Love on another” is “Love one or another." * • * A bathing beach mosquito would starve to death in town. * * * Nothing is harder on a woman’s complexion than her enemies. * * * Never let the flies eat with you. In spite of their good breeding they have no table manners. * * * If a golfer walks around the links for his health, any mail carrier ought to whip Dempsey. • • * Every now and then you hear a man standing around lying about how truthful he is. * • * It’s so hot, even a road roller ran away in Chicopee, Mass. * * * Mrs. Yorke of London says a nice girl is a girl who can blush, but doesn’t say what about. -* * * “Parted by Three Armed Men" — Headline. Which is how many arms good parters need. • * * Greek general planned a coup d’etat. We don't know what coup d’etats 'ire. Furthermore, it’s too hot to look them up. A June husband tells us two may live as cheaply as one, but .not as quietly. ' * • * Many beer smugglers are being seized in Detroit, and here’s August and September yet. • • * Liberty, where are you? South Dakota man got shot just for wringing a crowing rooster s neck.

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Crossing Gates To the Editor of The Times Having read ot the many crossing accidents has made me wonder often why the same means are no* taken in this country that are taken in England. At every crossing in England they have a series of four gates—two close on each side across the tracks when (raffle is in motion. A bell signals the approach of the train. The two gates on each' side then close the crossing. They are solid Iron bars, not a single bar as is used here The gates automatically leek with a loud “click” to a center post which is placed in the center of the crossing. Another interesting fact is that children cannot get on the tracks, as they are fenced in, and a fine with imprisonment is the penalty of being caught walking the tracks. As far as the- writer of the letter in Friday’s papef is concerned, he nußt remember that many people, when startled or shocked, lose control of their brains. We ail have brains, but many have others do their thinking, and these gates would help some. The red flasher on each gate is seen by the engineer when the tracks are closed and by the traffic when the crossing is closed, so there is no chance of an accident either way. Perhaps this gate system is in use In this country- If so I have never seen it and I have traveled all over the States P. T. BLACKBURN.

Observations

Mexico has been without a supreme court since June 1. Now, who will say that country ls not fit and fine? Horses are dying of the heat by scores in South Dakota harvest fields, and look at the price of wheat. Also, France’s airplane policy has put the fear of heaven in the British ers. Senator Couzens of Michigan says in effect he ls opposed to near-beer because it ls too far from it. Wouldn't it be fun to start a run on a Berlin bank? Five American women received divorce decrees in one day in Paris. We hadn't supposed there were that many still married over there. Foreign lecturers are now refusing to come to this country because, they say, we are sensation mongers. Good! Their loss is our gain. Let the German mark take heart. It isn't much lower than the Democratic vote in Minnesota. ‘ Mb’s Pet Learns ’Em. “And did my little pet learn anything at school today?" “I learned two kids better’n to call me ‘Mama’s little pet!’ ” —London Mall.

“ 'Sango, he done go die,’ said the head-man. ‘He now be ready for water. Will you stop dem ship? It will be all right for dem God palaver. Me savvy it fine.’ "So the captain stopped the ship. The corpse was brought up on deck, also Sango’s personal effects, a box containing an assortment of trinkets such as found in small boys' pockets. The Kroos gathered around and the burial service was conducted by the head-man, who said: “ ‘Sango, you done go die. We go put you for water and dere you jsit down till dem big Massa for topside (heaven) go call you . Wen your mudder born you, you bring nutting. Wen you go die you take nutting. Dem box for we. Oberside!’ "Here th'e funeral was abruptly ended by tossing the body overside, while the head-man walked away with Sango’s effects.''

RAPER SEES COLLIES IN HOME LAND Scrubby in Appearance, but Work Well Under Training, By JOHN W. RAPER. ANYWHERE IN SCOTLAND—In my visits t 6 villages and in riding through the country on train and in auto I saw no collies that could be compared in appearance with the American collie. . Those I saw had poorly shaped collie heads, poor coats and were under the weight of the well-bred cbljie at home, but they showed in handling sheep and cattle the Intelligence for which they have been credited. I-asked J. C. Dalgliesh, the provost of alashiels on the Tweed, if I had looked at the dogs with an Americanprejudiced eye. Mr. Dalgliesh is Scotland's most eminent authority on dogs and is well known by dog fanciers in Cleveland, where he was the judge at a collie show several years ago. “No, you are right about it,” he said. “But you should understand that we breed two classes of collies here, one for show purposes and one for work. You never see the former running around here with the freedom he has in the United States. He is kept in the kennel or in a yard. He looks like the collie to which you have been accustomed at heme.” Collies Drive Cattle I can imagine no greater treat for a dog-lover than to watch a collie handle stock here in Scotland. I saw one man and two dogs take forty head of Highland cattle right through the center of Glasgow about 8 o’clock one evening. Highland cattle are small animals, with long bangs hanging well down on their foreheads, tremendous horns for the sjge of their bodies. Big. i wild eyes give them a sort of ferocious , look, but farmers say they are quite j gentle and easy to handle. , The cattle were coming down Battle J St. had to cross Buchanan, one j of the liveliest streets in Glasgow, and at a point close to the theater district. Buchanan St. was fairly well covered with street cars and autos (not so many of the latter as in the American city, of course) and I stood on the corner to watch what I expected would be a rare mixup. Real Brain Power? But there was no mixup. A street car broke the herd in two sections, but one dog looked after the front section, keeping the cattle moving until they were across the street, when he whirled and ran like a streak back to the other section. The cattle j in tb latter were well bunched, with ' their dog on one side and the driver 1 on the other. Two of those In the rear turned ns though they intended to go back ] home, but by that time the returning; dog was barking at . >ir heads and they continued with the bureb Then i dog No. 1 hastened to the cattle away j ahead and marched along w*h them j Several times while I watched autos j approaching and others (?t>ing in the | same direction threatened, I thought, j to cause a stampede, but there was always a dog at their head at exactly the right minute. So far as I could see. the driver was giving no signals wtih his long stock, and he neither shouted nor whistled. The dogs appear to move Instinctively. to turn around>t the very Instant any of the cattle behind them failed to march in order. NEXT: Mrs. Smith, If you think housekeeping Ls hard work In this country, just read next how few of your ordinary conveniences the Scotch j woman has to work with.

A Thought

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hldeth his face, who then can behold him?—Job 34:29. + J’ 'l* T jIOTHING can bring you peace 1M jbut yourself. Nothing can * |brlng you peace but the triumph of principle*.—Emerson.

Family Fun

At Her Word "My dear, you have nothing decent to wear, have you? "No, Indeed,l haven't; not a thing. I'd be ashamed to be seen anywhere." "Yes, that's just \vhat I told Bllffkins when he offered me two tickets for the opera tonight. I knew that if I took them they’d only be wasted. So I Just took one. Well, I must hurry l .”—St. Andrew's Gazette. ± -I- -IOne for Darling George A pretty girl became engaged to a poor young man who migrated to Canada in order to make a home for her. The other day a girl friend said to her: “Are your thoughts always faithful to that gallant young fellow who is toilng so hard for you over there In Canada?” "Oh dear, yes,” exclaimed the pretty girl. 'When other chaps kiss me, I always close my eyes and try to think is poor darling George.”—Argonaut •!■ -!• -k Sister Always Ready "There's something I’ve been wanting to ask you for weeks.” “Well, hurry up. I've had the nswer ready for months.”—Boston Transcript. -I- -f- fr What Upsets Daughter "What is the matter? You look upset!” “Yes, just imagine! Our maid-of -all-work Is ill, and so my poor, rheumaticky old mother has to do all the scrubbing by herself!”—Kasper (Stockholm). Doubled Our country’s foreign trade has doubled In ten years, gloats the economist of a big New York bank. It hasn’t. What's happened is that prices have doubled In ten years. Measured in bushels, tons, bales and the like, our foreign trade has been plugging along about the same as usual, year in and year out. When most of us think we’re witnessing great Industrial growths, we’re really seeing only the inflation of an elastic dollar.

QUESTIO NS Ask— The Times A N S W E R S

You can get an answer to any question ot (act or information by writing to the Indianapolis Times Wastiincton Bureau. 1322 N. Y. Avenue ton. D C.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps. Medical, teg*;.' love and marriage advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken, or paper*, speeches, etc., be prepared Unsigned letters cannot be answered, but all letters are confidential, and receive pergonal replies.—Editor 1. What is thunder? '2. Was there ever fire arms found in any Catholic church in Indianapolis?—Mrs. Cantwell. 1. Thunder is the /effect of violent vibrations set up in ihr air by lightning (lightning is due to the sudden rise in potential .resulting from the rapid coalescence small particles into large raindrops! either by the sudden heating or as the result of an explosive effect, whereby alternate sudden compression and rarefactions are produced. 2. No. What is the open season for trout Ashing in the Yellowstone Park? ‘n From July 20. to Sept. 20. What is the best treatment for dark rings under the eyes and discolored eyelids? ’ Rub the eyes and around the eyes gently with ice# The ice may be wrapped in an old handkerchief and rubbed over the eyes. What is the Christian era? The period since the birth of Christ on which chronolgy is reckoned. Theoretically. Christ was born 1,923 years ago, but historians now believe he was bom some six or seven years before what is now known as the beginning of the Christian era. What is General Pershing's address? 2029 Connecticut Ave., N. W., Washington. D. C.; also War Department, Washington, D. C. What is the best temperature for milk to make churning easy and quick? | This varies with "the time of *the year. In summer the best temperature is about 60 degrees; in the winter 70 degrees is bettter. Is it correct to say “if I were.” or "if I was?” It is correct to say “if I were,” using the subjunctive mode. This is when the supposed case is opposed to the fact. What do snails eat? Snails are mostly plant eaters, or live on dead leaves, cutting their food by means of the long, slender rasplike radula or lingual ribbon. What is the duty levied on dra.\vlng instruments imported from Europe? Forty per cent of the cost of the Instruments. 4 What is the life-history of crickets? The eggs of crickets are laid in the autumn, hatch in the spring, and the Insect comes to full growth in the summer about the first of August. They live only about two months, the greater number of them being dead at the approach of cold weather.

Science

If a piece of wood is weighted and lowered to a great depth in the ocean and then pulled up it will no longer float. It is said to be “waterlogged.” This is due to the fact that all the small cavities of the wood have been burst in and Allied with water. The enormous pressure of the water at great depth does this. Most sailors believe that when ships and men sink thajr reach a certain level, according to their weight, and then remain suspended because of the pressure of the water. This is Incorrect; everything sinks to the bottom. Tlje form of the sinking body Is altered by the pressure of the water and it continues to go down. The process is {he reverse /Of an explosion and is called an "implosion. ” A glass tube, enclosed in a copper case, with the ends of the case pierced to let In the water, was lowered to a depth of 3,000 fathoms. The case was bent and the glass was reduced to fine powder.

The -Last- Tribute

Adventurers By BERTON BRALEY We marvel at adventurers of old. Who braved the dangers of an unknown world; W T bo sailed in cockleshells where tempests swirled. Fearless in face of perils manifold. We marvel, now, at dauntless- men and hold. Who race with death, who climb the arching skies. Or slash through jungles whence dread fevers rise. “Ah, these,” we cry, “are of heroic mold!” Yet during every moment we draw breath. Some dauntless woman bears her agony;: Descending to the very gates of death. That some new human life may come to be. Adventurers?—Mothers who give us birth Are greatest of adventurers on earth! (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)

Indiana Sunshine

Citizens of Bloomington decided they wanted a community playground. So they got together, donated their labor and soon changed the city park site from dumping ground to a breathing spot for the kiddies. Even the women were present and served lemonade. One bushel of wheat for a year's work is the record'of a Shelby County farmer. He raised sixteen bushels on a ten-acre field on which he seeded fifteen bushels. The seventeenth child born* to Mr. and Mrs. Karnce Lemisku of East Chicago has been christened George. The mother is Russian and is 42 years old. , Now that winter is almost here, a Lafayette confectionery store proprietor is advertising ice cream sodas for 5 cents. For over a month "firemen at Greensburg have had nothing to do save play checkers and spin yarns. During that time not a single alarm has been turned in. Rumor has it that a certain Muncie man, whenever he wahts a soda or sundae, makes a tour of all the soda fountains it} town. They say he is hunting for new clerks as, according to him. they are over-generous with whipped cream and Other ingredients. Prof. E. E. Meyers of the art department of the West Virginia State Normal School recently visited Greenfield to get a series of original sketches of scenes connected ■A’ith the life of James Whitcomb Riley.j How They Track Father "Marjie, have you been smoking?” “No, mother.” “But your breath smells of tobacco.” "Father kissed me good-bye.” “But father doesn’t smoke.” “I know it, mother, but his stenog. does.” —lllinois Siren.

Franks Second Annual CRUISE DE LUXE to the Mediterranean Wonderlands Limited to 450 Guests By Specially Chartered o O GOr'VTUI A New Magnificent 1 1 Sailing From New York Jan. 30, 1924. Returning April 5, 1924* New York Naples Tunis * Madeira Alexandria Palermo Cadiz Haifa v Monte Carlo Gibraltar Constantinople Cherbourg Algiers Athens Southampton Strange New Scenery, Innumerable Shore Trips For Further Information See F. A. DOLL, Travel Dept Fletcher American Cos.

TUESDAY, AUG. 7, 1923

What Editors Are Saying

Hard Words (Frankfort Crescent-News.) According to the first report made of ! the poisoning of inmates at the Put* ! namville penal farm, someone had : been careless in the cleaning of a [ cream separator. That would, of j course, reflect on those in charge. Now announcement is made from j the Governor’s office that it was due i to the insanitary buildings and that more permanent and sanitary build--1 ings must be built. This, of course, will serve to divert attention from the carelessness of the management • and open the way for another scandali ous deal like the Pendleton reformaj tory unless there is some way for the ! taxpayers to prevent it. •I- -I- -I‘Combine’ (Marion Leader-Tribune.) Gasoline prices are higher in Indiana. Ohio and Illinois than anywhere else In the United Spates, although a there are refineries in all these States.! It is the insult of a combine. Profits on gasoline from the refiner to the consumer now average more than 60 per cent. The price could be cut 5 cents a gallon in Indiana and stil! leave the refiners and the retailers a handsome margin of profit. To 90 per cent of the men of Indiana the price of gasoline is a bigger item of expense than his taxes. -I- -|- -|- f Speed i (Rushville Republican) A movement is on in Chicago to send automobile speeders to jail instead of merely assessing a small fine or turning them loose. Jail is the only place for a speed maniac. Or perhaps a padded cell in an asylum would be more appropriate. Some people cuss the motorists to a finish, until they acquire cars of their own. Then they switch to the other extreme. 0,-1- + + Shotguns (Lafayette Journal and Courier) When Indiana enacts another blue sky law it might be an excellent idea to have a lobby composed of recent victims of the blue sky peddlers, guarding the legislative halls with sawed-off shot guns (o prevent any emasculating tinkering with the bill. They should be recent victims, too, for It is a discouraging fact that the lesson the gullible Investors learn seems to be as short lived as a Republican vote in Texas. | Fast A speed of 1,000 miles an hour is the goal of flying machine mefi. That, would be more than half as fast as the bullet from the United States Army rifle, which travels thirty miles a /ninute. Aviators will travel their 1,000 miles an hour and before many years. Then they’ll aspire to 2,000. The speed craze seems to be an obsession with the airplane industry im general. And it's holding back pop-’ ularization of the airplane, for what we need instead of speed Is a safe, fool-proof plane at Ford prices. We need a machine that will fly across the continent in safety, rather than one that can make the trip in a few hours.