Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 107, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 September 1923 — Page 4

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3 THE ONE-CROP MAN ' SHE one-crop farmer always has his troubles, it seems. He is even less successful as a statesman than is his brother of the diversified method of planting. The latter, by his dirt expedience, fits into the verities and varieties of politics quite snugly, at times, and still is able to give profitable attention to his dirt. The former, on the evidence, still is a one-crop man when he enters the political game. He lets the dirt go hang while he deals with votes and their aims. Take the case of Governor McCray of Indiana as an instance. He waxed rich as a stock-raiser —raised the finest cattle in Indiana. He thought, dreamed, talked and worked stock until he owned 15,000 acres of fine land, had great herds of the finest breeds and was a millionaire. Then politics. Some eight years ago he tried for the gubernatorial nomination. The machine was against him. The primary law made expenses high and he spent thousands of dollars in a fruitless effort. But he did create a sentiment that later gave him the nomination and election. Once in office, herds and lands back home did not receive the same attention as heretofore. He couldn’t be statesman and farmer at one and the same time. He was a one-crop man and politics was the planting and harvesting at hand. Today he is financially embarrassed and he admits it is largely due to his neglect of his farms while perforating his civic duties. One crop was his teaching, his habit and his custom. He couldn’t get- away from it. In politics, it was all politics, and the farming business went flooie. There is a moral in it. CHANGE FOR COOLIDGE P" RESIDENT COOLIDGE should lose no time in acting upon Governor Pinchot’s suggestion that the Interstate Commerce •Commission be directed to study immediately the freight rates on anthracite coal. The Pennsylvania Governor is putting his State public sendee commission to work on the same job and a joint inquiry by the State and Federal commissions seems to be called for. The inquiry should be begun at once. There is time yet in which 40 head off advances in the price of this winter’s coal. Nearly every investigation of coal prices has resulted in the conclusion that too big a part of the cost has been for transportation. If the government can reduce this transportation cost the excuse for raising prices this winter will be gone. Among witnesses obtainable probably in the consumers’ behalf will be the independent anthracite operators. They maintain railroads charge too much for hauling and that their own protests are ineffective because the greater part of the anthracite industry is owned by these same railroads. The railroads charge themselves (as operators) a high rate and it makes no difference in the ultimate profits. The same rate, however, cuts down the profits of the independent or non-railroad operators. So there is reason to believe the independent operators are in position to help bring down the price of anthracite by bringing down the freight rates.

INDIANAPOLIS’ VOLUNTARY GIFTS iTr| NASMUCH as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, 1 * j my brethren, ye have done it unto Me.” In passing the $50,000 quota for Red Cross relief to our brothers of mankind in distant Japan, Indianapolis without solicitation of campaigners has shown that the charge of commercialism in American life is not substantially true in the hearts of men. Cynics who view the world as a constant degradation from progress, who find the modern youth immoral and thoughtless and the position of America one of selfish isolation, would do well to pause in their criticisms. Japan, the potential enemy, feared in trade as well as in war, Is amid the ruins of the greatest natural disaster in modem times. Shantung is forgotten. The ill spirit between nations is forced aside by the all prevailing goodness in the heart of a nation that turns all else aside to aid a stricken brother. Indianapolis has not forgotten the slogan on the dollar. CURES FOR ‘* AUTOMOBILITIS ’ ’ ENDIAN A POLIS automobilists are watching Detroit, which has inaugurated a system for testing the capabilities of those desiring to become drivers of automobiles. The first day’s examination found that 60 per cent of the applicants were unfit to be awarded licenses. They were rejected because of mental deficiencies, color blindness, deafness, inability to read signs at a distance, ignorance of the English language and other kindred reasons. Analj sts have been at work on the automobile records in Connecticut and they find that 50 per cent of the accidents were directly caused by or involved drivers of experience and known capabilities. So, there you are. Such tests as those in Detroit, and their like in Pennsylvania, as well, will not wholly prevent automobile accidents, but they will be of great aid. The Connecticut figures prove that even the capable and experienced driver is not above taking the chances that are precarious, if not always fatal. Correction of the dangerous and violent forms of automobilitis can only be accomplished by heroic alteration of the mental attitude assumed by drivers the moment they get their feet on their accelerators. They must be influenced to take their responsibilities more seriously and to understand they are licensed within the law, not outside, above or beyond it. They have no rights superior to or apart from those of their fellows, afoot or awheel. Road right-of-way belongs no more to them than it does to others, and their imperious honks of impatience, arrogance or menace are entirely without authority. Only dp they possess the privilege of operating their cars with due care and full regard for the safety of themselves and those about them. With these truths borne in and exemplified, something generally and individually valuable will have been attained. There will not be much problem left then except that created by the jaywalkers. He can be cured quite easily once the rampant driver ta umder control.

LABORITES IN BRITAIN ARE IN HARMONY All Classes and Kinds of Voters Work Together for Common Cause, By JOHN W. RAPER LL classes and kinds voters who believe that Great Britain —..1 is not being governed in the interest of the great mass of citizens arid who have no hope that their welfare ever will be advanced by any of the old parties, are found working together in the Labor Party. These voters have learned the futility of group action and understand the value of concerted move ment. Each group has been willing to set aside its own little pet theory and remedy and join hands with all the others in the effort to move forward, no matter how small the step may ly. The voters are divided into two large groups, Socialist and non-So-cialists, and each of those two groups Is composed of many other groups. Altho these two groups represent opposite views, they vote together. Distinct Party I Probably a majority of the Labor ’ Pary adherents are Socialists, but this lis by no means a certainty. Some | Socialists with whom I talked thought, I though not decidedly, they were in i the majority, others doubted it. Some non-Socialists thought it possible the Socialists were in the majority, but said, “However, the Labor Party is not a Socialist party, epen though It may favor some measures which you Americans may think is socialism. But after all, what difference does it make whether a man is a Socialist o- not, so long as he is trying to prevent capital from placing an unfair burden upon the masses?" The Communists have an entirely separate distinct party, but they support labor. The Communists have two members in Parliament. Labor Party leaders say. “We have nothing in common with the Communists. They tag onto us to injure us. They would gladly wreck our party." The Scotch have a Labor Party of their own, but act with the English. Want Home Rule The movement for home rule in Scotland is a thing not heard of in America, though it is widespread. There is no desire on the part of any of the Scotch whom I met to leave the British Empire. They are as loyal to the empire as the English are, but there are tens of thousands who want Scotland to manage her own affairs without any voice from England or Wales. Next—Conservatives are not greatly alarmed by labor's program. Labor believes in moving discreetly.

Hoosier Puns By \V. M. H.

GERTIE—I had the best luck coming down on the street car this morning. A man gave me his seat! FANNlE—What’s the catch? GERTIE—ReaIIy; He said he didn’t have time to take his morning exercises and could do them very nicely while trying to hold onto a strap. -|- -|- -IMATRON (Orphans' Home) —What shall I w-rlte to your Aunt? DEBORAH—Oh-Oh! jest tell her, how’s her new- false teeth eatln'? .1. .j. 4“Why do so many of the women leave the movies for the stage?” “Being women, naturally they can’t get along Indefinitely without talking.” -I- -I- -IINCOME TAX EXPERT—N o w we’ll also deduct my fee. CLIENT—I see—your fee—Jlrniny! I. T. E.—Which just covers the net, so you’ll have no tax to pay this year.

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Pinchot says he will go through with coal troubles until cat is skinned. We mtSy be this cat. •* * * Auto hit a man np.med Solinski in bos Angeles. Our guess would be the auto thought he was a Pole. * * * People who don’t like stock actors will enjoy learning one was jailed for speeding in Oregon. • • • Chicago agents have seized 1,694,640 bad eggs. Grand opera will open in Chicago soon. * • • People liking turtles better than cops will enjoy learning a turtle nearly drowned a Delaware cop. * • * About 6,000 cases of beer were seized in Philadelphia, but the weather is getting cooler now. • * * Thousands of auto drivers will enjoy learning a truck knocked a train off the track in New Jersey. • * • Major General March has married. Now he will learn how it feels to obey orders.

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You can get an answer to any question of fact or Information bj writing to the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 N. Y. Avenue. Washington. D. C., Inclosing 2 cents in stamps. Medical, legal, love and marriage advice cannot beg Wen, nor can extended research be undertaken, or papers, speeches, etc., be prep ired. Unsigned letters cannot be answered, but ail letters are confidential, and receive personal replies.—Editor. What doe* it mean to say a man is “paired’’ on & vote in Congress? In parliamentary practice "pairing" is an arrangement by which two members who intend to cast opposite votes on a question agree that both will absent themselves for a limited time, thus leaving the relative strength of their parties unchanged. The first Instance in the United States occurred in 1840. What are romeos the grounds on which wills are broken? Mental incapacity, undue Influence, duress, omission of some necessary legal formality such as sufficient num ber of witnesses. What degrees has President Coolidge? A. B. from Amherst, and L. L. D. from Amherst, Tufts, Wiiliamß, Bates, Wesleyan, and University of Vermont. How can one turn a hydrangea blue? It Is said that putting a couple of pieces of alum at the roots will have this effect. How may oil stains be removed from leather? Dab the spot carefully with spirits of sal ammoniac, and after allowing it to act for awhile, wash with clean water This treatment may have to he repeated a few times, taking care, however, not to Injure the color of the leather. Has there ever been a time in history when brother and sister married? Yes; for example. In ancient Egypt, where the divine birth of the Pharoahs was so believed that the rulers could not marry except in their own families. How is the name of the actress Nazimova pronounced? Na-zee mo-va, with the accent on the second syllable. How many cases ol sardines were canned on the Atlantic ajid Pacific Coasts last year and what was their value? Atlantic Coast, 1,776,878 cases, value $5,750,109; Pacific Coast, 728,979 causes, value $3,361,480.

ITALY NOW COCKIEST IN ALL EUROPE | People Regard Mussolini as Greatest Roman Since Napoleon Boneparte. By w: H. PORTERFIELD, Times Staff Correspondent. ITT) USSOLINI Is the greatest y j Italian since Napoleon!” Standing on the Tuscania’s deck the other day I asked a high government official of Italy his opinion of the dictator who now rules his country, and without a second’s hesitation my friP-nd snapped out that reply. “Tho greatest since Napoleon.” There you have the voice of modern Italy, cockiest of all nations of Europe today. Napoleon may have been Emperor of the French, but your Italian of 1923 claims the great Corsican as his own. Population Passes France With a population which has already passed that of France by several hundred thousand; with the lire holding Its rate of exchange better then the money of any other European combatant; with a country industrially booming from the Alp* to Aetna and from Trieste to Turin, | across the hip of the boot, Italy under Mussolini is just ready to “take on” anything that runs, walks, sw-lms or files, for money, marbles or dough nuts.

No one can visit Italy for even a few days without being Impressed with the air of enthusiasm which pervades the country. Across the Adriatic and Aegean lies poor old Greece litenally shot to pieces, the very antithesis of her powerful Mediterranean opponent. Greece, too, is i tier a dictator, Colonel Plastlr&a, only he Is unable to dictate very much. True. the revolutionary committee of which he' is the head just now has completely cowed the royal family, and young King George Is pitifully worse than a figurehead, permitted to emerge for a few hours daily from his dingy, tawdry "palace” in Athene “to bake the air,” but the plaudits of Athenians are all for Plastlras. “Afeer’d o’ Nothing” Italy is "nfeer’d o’ nothing.” ard there you are. The most powerful, populous and united Mediterranean nation Itching for more power and prestige pitted against the weakest of them all. Conditions were bad enough in Greece after the burning of Smyrna, when a million refugees embarked for their already overcrowded “homeland.” Unless the rest of Europe Interferes, perhaps Greece as a nation is, after 2.000 years again to be swjollowed up by the great power whose throne rests on the Tiber.

Family Fun

Mercenary “TV) what do you attribute your great age?” Oldest Inhabitant: "I can’t say, yet. sir. There bo several o' them patent medicine companion bargaining wl’ me.”—Passing Show (London). This Ono for the Minister A great gathering of churchmen had been in session in Denver for about ten days, and the porter in one of the hotels made this remark to a traveling: rnan who had inquired as to the convention: “Yasauh, boss.” the darky commented. “dis bunch of preachers is sure different from most folks w)at comes to Denver for conventions. Dey blew into dis town with a copy of the ten commandments in one pocket and a $lO bill In the other, and we porters don’t believe that dey have broken either of them yet.”—Judge. Tommy’s Idea of Caesar “For what else was Julius Caesar noted?” “His great strength, ma’am. He threw a bridge across the Rhine.”— Chicago Tribune.

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Unappreciated Gold By BERTON BRALEY The golden rod Is blooming, It’s blooming far and wide, Its fragrance is perfuming The lovely countryside; It’s lining all the highways With beauty much extolled. It’s banked along the byways In masses made of gold. The golden rod is glowing, And it i& fine to see, And gentle winds are blowing The scent of it to me; But somehow, with each whiff, it Brings me to tearful grief. Achoo! Oh gosh, I sniff it! Where is my ha’dkerchief? The golden rod, codfou’d itl Is very fair to view. But when I ab abou and it— Achoo! Achoo! Achoo! It sets me frettl’g, fubi’g, And though you think it odd, I wish it WAS’UD bloobi g, The bloobi’g golden rod! Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc. When Mother Stayed My dear, you surely haven’t spent all the afternoon at the Scandall’s?” “Yes, they said such things about every one who left that I didn’t dare to come away.”—Toronto Goblin. GUARANTEED PAINT For all purposes; all QC color*. Per sailon Ii.OD National Army Store 4*7 Wmt Washington Strrct S Doors Kait of Writ htreet NOW OPEN Frohman Restaurant No. 2 A COOL PLACE TO EAT "Just Around the Corner” APPETIZING FOOD EXCELLENT SERVICE POPULAR PRICES 108 W. Maryland St. Frohman Restaurant No. 1 244 S. Meridian St,

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What Editors Are Saying School (Plymouth Dally Pilot) Young people are broadened and developed in high schools and colleges, if they are of the right material, so that they go out with higher purposes and more confidence, which results In more satisfaction in living and greater success. • • • Prices (Washington Democrat) The farmers of America wilj get, it is said, a half billion more for their giain crops this year than last. But how much of that have sugar prices taken and how much more will clothing prices take? • • Fiume (Lafayette Journal and Courier) The League of Nations is now busy trying to save its face following the vigorous snapping administered by Mussolini. The league had better wear a head guard and a baseball mask in its next game, which already is set for Flume, on or about Sept. 15.

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 14,1923

A Thought Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow w r e shall die. —Isa. 22:13. fqPTJ ODAY is ours; what do we fear? I Today is ours; we have it here! 1 * Let’s treat it kindly, that it may Wish, at least, with us to stay.— Cowley. Science The navigation of Interstellar space—traveling from planet to planet, as we now can go from place by airplane—ls one of the fantastic Ideas with which science occasionally amuses itself. A French scientist has figured that a thousand pounds of radium is sufficient to carry a person to the planet Venus In thirty-five hours, If a hollowprojectile could be made and fitted up with a power plant in the rear—and If someone would donate the radium. Long ago a scientist theoretically sent a man into a space with the velocity of light and an appliance that enabled him to observe events on the earth. At the speed of light everything seemed to stand still. Traveling faster than the speed of light, he overtook the rays that had left the earth farther and farther back in the past and saw events In reverse order, like a movie turned backward.