Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 163, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 November 1923 — Page 4

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THE TENANT EN THE WHITE HOUSE a NYWAY, folks, the Republican nomination isn’t going to go begging. When Hiram Johnson, Senator from California, shied his lid into the ring in Chicago the other day, it meant just this, and not much mores It meant that if Cal Coolidge, our present tenant in the White House, wants us citizens to renew the lease for four years, he’s got to bid for the place against not only a Democrat, but also at least one other Republican. Which is a healthy business condition, so to speak, from the landlords’ point of view, and we’re all landlords this time —for once in a blue moon. Asa matter of fact, the real estaters tell us that when LaFoliette, and Borah, and Pinchot and the other “progressives” get their bids in, they will make Hiram’s offer for the place look kind of threadbare. He may have to raise the ante, which is exactly what we hard-boiled landlords want. The White House is about the choicest old residence on our list, and vie want it to go to the right kind of folks. Not only must they be God-fearing, law-abiding people who take baths at least every Saturday night, but as Hiram himself points out, their “philosophies of government” must be right. To quote Hiram some more, there are “the ultra-conserva-tive, materialistic, stolidly and stubbornly resisting any claims and vigorously contesting every human advance,” et cetera. We’ve had that kind in the White House, and we were lucky to get them out with the plaster still left on the wall, to say nothing of our antiques and rugs. Then, there’s, quoting Hiram again, “the other, mindful of existing rights, but recognizing conditions and mankind’s gradual progress, is idealistic and forward-looking.” That kind’s good tenants, and we’re looking for such. So the Johnsons want a four-year lease on the White House? Well, Hiram, well file your application and consider it. In the meantime, you might send in some good references, showing that you’re “idealistic and forward looking” in the matter of helping Europe back on her feet, and in solving the farm and railroad questions, and in dealing with the tax and tariff prob* iems. Tell us you’ll protect us from the Supreme Court, and send along a written promise as to your position if another Newberry case arises. And now, will you guard the public resources ? Finally, promise never, never to let A1 Lasker get away with that ship subsidy. > Yes, we have your application, Hiram. HIRAM SCORES A POINT r—~l BELIEVE that the voters of our country should be given }_ 1 j a chance to choose their nominee for President of the United States rather than leave the job to a lot of hand-picked representatives of a bunch of self-appointed party leaders,” said Hiram Johnson, candidate for the Republican nomination. And he continues, “Believing as I do, I propose to enter •very State where there is the direct primary.” With this sentiment it should be easy to agree, whether or not one be in sympathy with Hiram’s views on our foreign relations. the Republican tariff policy, the ship subsidy. In standing four-square for the principle of the direct primary in every one of the forty-eight States, Hiram is consistent, for it was he who led the successful fight for direct legislation, the initiative, referendum and recall of judges in the famous campaign in California in 1911. Hiram says that all he wants is “a free ballot and a fair count,” and that while he will be delighted to have a favorable verdict at the hands of the people, he is prepared to accept even an adverse response “with equanimity and philosophy.” That’s the proper spirit, Hiram.

AX APPEAL TO THE HEART "T""| DESERVING appeal is being made this week for funds in Marion County, outside of Indianapolis, for the American Red Cross. To girc a mite to such a worthy cause is as worthy an object as any that benefits a citizen in his own community. The Red Cross gives more than food, money and relief to sufferers who in an emergency are confronted with starvation, disease and bodily discomforts. An evangel of Americanism—the workers of the organization bring to other nations the spirit of the Man of Galilee from America. That is worth while. It is an appeal to the heart. And, as such, the response in the county is expected to be another proof of the generosity and unselfishness of Americans for a worth-while cause. AX ENGINEER OR BANK PRESIDENT did you wish to be when you were 15? Ideals of boy|W j hood or girlhood often are reflected in romantic glories of every-day life. * Whether to be an aviator, a detective, a fire truck driver, or what, is a big problem in life of many a boy. A girl is often fascinated with the thought of being a nurse or a kindergarten teacher. It is interesting to note the hope of one Indianapolis boy. To Charles Cochrane, the “one-half” of the only pair of twins at school No. 9, the idea of being an engineer some day is the ambition of life. Prince of Wales wanted to be a cab driver when he was a mare boy. Tears of observation change views unconsciously. But who would deprive a youth of the romantical dream of life in which adventure lures and delights? SECRETARY WORK says he regrets that he cannot open the doors of the fact finding commission to the public. He may feel differently before spring. HOTEL MEN want Republicans to adopt the two-thirds rule for their conventions. They say the G. 0. P. machine is too well oiled and “everything will be over before it gets started.” EIGHTEEN thousand bales long staple cotton raised on one Government reclamation project the past season (the Yuma, Ariz ), yet Secretary Work says Government reclamation’s a failure. O. C. MERRILL, secretary of the Federal power commission, owes his job to the people, yet he, too, has taken to the hustings in a series of attacks on Government ownership of electric power. Looks Mke a clean-up some of these “bigbusiness” lads are after.

RAILROAD IS BLAMED FOR HIGH RATES Overlook Common Good in Operation on Purely Money Making Basis, This is the third of a series of articles on the agricultural question written for the Indianapolis Times by Herbert Quick, former editor of Farm and Fireside, and himself a West Virginia farmer. This article is on, “Railroads and the Farmers.’’ By HERBERT QUICK SHE first great slice out of the farmer’s melon is taken by the railways. It is freight. I have an orchard in West Virginia. Before the Esch-Cummins law was passed. I used to he able to sell apples and peaches—and tomatoes from my cannery—as far away as Cincinnati. Now the freight rates are so high if I shipped to any point as far off as that, either I should get nothing for the products, or the consumer would be charged prices he would refuse to pay. The North Dakota farmer who shipped a car of potatoes to St. Paul and got back, after freight was paid, the sum of nine cents only illustrates tjie same point. It is the same in all heavy farm products. The Esch-Cummins law allowed railways to charge freights high enough to pay dividends on a huge assumed valuation. The rates were advanced In exactly the manner which vrould have been adopted by a man who wanted to destroy the farmers. The advances were horizontal. No effort was made to discover what commodities could carry the Increased load. This seems incredible, but it is true. Farm Commodities Heavy The farmer ships heavy commodities in the main. The only exceptions of any consequence of which I can think at present are butter and cheese. But wheat, cotton, all the grains, livestock, fruit, vegetables—all these things are heavy and cheap. They cannot hear high freight rates. Putting high freight rates on them means, first, ruinously low prices to the farmers and, second, high prices to the consumers. On the other hand, the farmers buy the heavy stuff from the factories — coal, fertilizers, lumber, fencing, farm machinery, lime, vehicles. All this comes to him loaded with the hori-zontally-advanced freight rates under the Esch-Cummins law. Mere common sense would have dictated to those advancing the rates, if they had to be advanced, some ought to have been made much higher and some even lowered. A farmer pays perhaps 25 cents freight on his suit of clothes. He could afford to pay five dollars on that. If he could ha,ve had his old rate on fertilizers. It would pay any wise railway company to haul fertilizers to any neighborhood needing them free of freight, rather than not have them used. A transportation system ought to be run for service to the Nation —for service to city and country. It ought to be run to build up the greatest and happiest Nation the land can support; and no people --an be happy and proserouH unless those who till the soil are in a state of well-being and well doing. , Pnrely for Money

Oar railway system has always been run purely for money making. When a country Is new, the only way In which a railway system can prosper Is the way of upbuilding the country. I have seen a generation of that sort of railroading In the Mississippi Valley when I was a hoy. In many ways the railways were corrupt and unjust and oT>rroslve: but In the main. In their ways, often short-sighted, they strove to build up the country, and th<w did It. There are railways which might lower their rates to levels which agriculture could stand; but the rates are fixed alike for all of them by the Interstate Commerce Commission. They are fixed so the overcapitalized, badly-built, badly-run, badly-located roads may have a chance to make their had Investments good. What Is the way out? The way out Is to look on the railways just as we do on other businesses, so long as they are run for- profit. Nobody suggests Congress enact a law to guarantee any factory, or any bank, or any store, or any farm, dividends, or even expenses, on badly Invested or overinvested capital—or on an assumed value. Such businesses have to take their losses. Worth What They Flam They are worth exactly what they can earn dividends upon, and no more. So with many railways. In justice the capitalization of the poor ones should be scaled down so as to put them on an equality with the best roads, and rates lowered so as to allow them to earn returns on those values only. The great railway problem Is the deepest .almost, in our life. Can a great life be lived by a great people on a great continent when that life is dependent on land transport? No other civilization of history has done it. We have, yet to answer this question. If any thought of the public service had been given to the development of transportation, the railways would have been built to connect with every available waterway. For water rates where there is good depth are profitable to boats at one-tenth the rail rates. • Instead of co-ordinating with the waterways, the railways, because they

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By NEA Service ANDUSKY, Ohio, Nov. 21. Perry Post of the American Legion, here, claims Commodore Robert G. Denig, U. S. N., retired, and one of its charter members, as the

oldest legionnaire east of the Mis-’ sissippi, if not in the whole country. Commodore Denig is living proof of the trutht of the famous slogan: “Join the Navy and see the world.” Not through a porthole, either. After being graduated from the Naval Academy in 1.873, at 22, Denig started on

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his world tours. He made several trips around the globe, along both coasts, around Africa and South America, to Panama, Honolulu and China, besides making other less pretentious tours. He served through the Panama revolution, the Spanish-American War, the Chinese boxer rebellion and the World War. Commodore Denig retired in 1908. can run where they please, and water runs only whore God puts It, killed off the water traffic. This was for private profit. It was not for the public good. The railways should be, made to transfer freight to boats wherever possible. Rates should be made to favor this Instead of to prevent It as now. The greatest Inland waterway in the world should run from the Atlantic through the heart of the continent through the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi, from Montreal to New Orleans. The Ohio and its branches should feed It. The Missouri should feed It at least as far as Omaha. Even at present rates this would add about ten cents a bushel to the price of wheat. In the interior, and would Increase the fanner’s share of prices on his other products accordingly, cheapen coal in a greater proportion, and make living easier In almost every part of the country. It would give the farmers something like a breathing spell. , Favors Government Ownership I wish I could see some way to avoid government ownership, but there is no other way. And the wish to avoid it is.after all, a cowardly one. Here is our situation: At least $10,000,000,1)00 Is needed to rehabilitate the railways: and to eleotrify them where they need it, and to provide waterways coordinating with them will take as much more, I suppose. These things we must have. The railways canhot sell stock for their share of this when in private hands; and If they remain in private hands the waterways end of- it may as well be bidden good-by, except for a few projects . But the United States oould do these things. It could get the money at low rates. It. could set up its great Giant Power Company. It could use all the equipment as a unit, as during the war. It could use all the terminals jointly. It could throw’ to the poor roads their share of work. It could make the railways and the waterways one system. And I think the Government that runs! the postoffice so well could do It at a saving which would be the salvation of the Nation. There Is no other way. If there were I should be In favor of It, I believe. But there Is not. The Government must do It.

Z Tom sims Says You know, Christmas takes a lot of preparation. Buy your bootleg now so it will be a month old then. Let your whiskers grow. Rub a little hair tonic on them daily. They will cover up Christmas neckties. You will get some handkerchiefs for Christmas. Now is the time to catch cold so you can use them. Get to work on your indigestion. Have a doctor look it over and patch it up for the coming holidays. Don’t throw away your old gloves now. They are good for a few more miles. You may get now ones Christmas. And socks—how about your socks? Tell everybody what size you wear so Santa Claus will bring you some. Do your getting mad early and avoid the rush. Squabble now to avoid giving her a Christmas present. Who will send you Christmas cards? That’s the question. You had better send out about a million. How about your enemies? Give them Christmas presents such as folding beds, saxophones and prunes.

A Thought

The eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee; nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.—l Cor. 12:21. • • • O degree of knowledge attainable by man la able to set him above the wants of hourly assistance. —Johnson.

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SALARY OF TEACHER IS INADEQUATE Today Observed as ‘School and Teacher Day’ of Education Week, By C. A RANDAU. Times Stall Coorrc-bpondeut "It is not too much to say that tbs need of civilization is the need of teachers. The influence which they create for better things, the inspiration which they give for higher ideals, are the chief contributing force to the stability of society and the march of progress."—President Coolidge. ASIIINGTON, Noc. 21.—Teach\a/ ers, it appears, are quite important. Measured in dollars, they are probably worth every one of the $B7l they receive annually. At the very least they are worth the S3OO per year some of them draw down, year in and year out. Whether they are worth it or not, that’s what they get, according to the reports of the United States bureau of education and the National Education Association. Lest the public get the opinion that this represents a tremendous bargain —that the public is getting a great deal for its money—the National Education Association adds to its report the statement that “over 54 per cent of the Nation’s teachers lack sufficient training for their tasks. Thousands are graduates of elementary schools, and nothing more. Nearly 25 per cent are less than 21 years old.” One day of the seven set aside as American Education week has been designated “School and Teacher day.” It is today, Nov. 21. The bureau of education suggests on this day all parents give consideration to the relation of education to civilization, to the establishing of better schools and to the training of teachers. Attend Part Time Nearly 1,000.000 pupils are today attending school only part tlrqe because there are not enough seats to go around. The per cent of children between the ages of 5 and 13 who are not attending school at all. or who ere attending only a few hours a day and a few months of a year, Is Increasing In many parts of the United States. Also, the proportion of qualified teachers in the schools, both in cities and in rural districts, has grown smaller each year during the past decade. The purchasing power of the salaries paid Instructors today is so much less than It was in 1913. the better type of teachers has found it more profitable to get Jobs as typists, clerks, waiters and waitresses. The Department, of Agriculture recently announced with a magnificent gesture the greatest product of the farms of the nation is its crop of children. Emphasis was laid on the number of children. Had the number of days these same children spend inside a classroom been tabulated, the report would have been leas flattering to the rural communities. 175 Da.vs Average Term The average length of the school year In cities of the nation Is about 175 days. The average In the country districts Is about 100 days. The average salary paid teachers In cities of over 100,000 Is about SI,BOO. The average wage In the "little red schoolhouse” 1* little over SSOO, some dropping well below S3OO. The average spent on pupils by Prates, counties and communities varies from $1,200 per pupil to as low as S3O per pupil. In this land of equal opportunity for all. It Is possible for one pupil to attend school 200 days a year and be taught bv experienced teachers, and for another to attend only thirty days and be taught by an uneducated minor.

Family Fun

Throws Better Tim, the gardner, had recently married and one morning while working in Ills mistress’s rose garden, she stopped to speak with him for a moment. “Tim,” asked Mrs. Sweet, "can your wife cook as well as your mother?” "Indeed, mam, an’ she cannot,” replied Tim, “but I never mention it, for she can throw considerable betther.”— Judge. One for the Nurse “The doctor says you may have something to eat tomorrow,” said the nurse soothingly. On the morrow she entered and announced; “Here's your dinner.” And she gave him a spoonful of tapioca, adding, "the doctor says that everything else you do must be in the same proportion.” “Nurse,” he gasped, “I want to do some reading now; please bring me a postage stamp.”—Everybody’s. Daughter’s Proof “You Just don’t love me any more!” “Why do you say that?” “The last three times yOu've left before father made you.’’—Judge. Little Sister, Artist Marjorie’s mother was entertaining the vicar the other afternoon While Marjorie was using her pencil in a corner of the room. The vicar inquired what she was doing. “I was Just drawing your picture," answered Marjorie, “but I don’t think it looks much like you. I’ll put a hump on it and call It a camel." —Argonaut. Consolation-Proof “I’m sorry to hear of your husband’s death. Did he leave you much?” “Nearly every night.Mrilm Fun.

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You can got an answer io any question of fact or information by aritinx to the Indianapolis Times’ Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Avc.. Washington. D. C., enclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and manta) advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal rsply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Editor. When should dogwood trees be transplanted? During the period of dormant growth; that Is. in the fall or early sprlng before the sap begins flowing. What ancient people used elephants in warfare? The Carthaginians. What was the name of the ship in which Lafayette returned to Franco after his visit to the United Btates In 1824? The Brandywine, named for the battle in which he was first wounded. "Who was the last Apostle and when did he die? The tradition is that St. John was the last apostle to die. He is said to have died at Ephesus, Dec. 27, A. D. 101. How do you account for the fact that each verse of the 136th Psalm h..s the same ending? The Psalms are the religious poetry or hymns of the Hebrews. It Is very usual for a hymn or poem to have a refrain at the end of each verse. For example: "Nearer My God to Thee,” “Just as I Am,” “Abide With Me” and numerous others. What may one do for leather furniture that has become sticky? Either sponge the leather thoroughly with a mild suds of borax roap. and v hen perfectly dry, apply thin coat of white shellac, or else clean the leather wlih some solvent such as gasoline. Why is it considered unlucky to spill Balt? The popular belief that It is unlucky to spill salt probably originated from Leonardo da Vinci's picture of the Last Supper, in which Judas Iscariot Is represented as spilling the salt. How can litne he removed from an aluminum kettle? Try the following: A solution of 30 grams of borax In one liter of water containing a few drops of aqua ammonia. May a Catholic be elected President of the United States? There Is no legal obstruction in the way of a Roman Catholic becoming President. Was there ever such animal as a quagga? This was one of the wild horses of South Affrica, intermediate between the horse and the zebra, and now extinct.

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FRACTIONS By BERTON BRALEY The captain walked the quarter-deck, A brawny deep-sea rover, He loved to quaff his half and half When he was half-seas over. He'd been a quarter-master once, But swiftly he had risen Until the captain’s quarters were Indubitably hisn. At school he was a quarter-back Ere he became a sailor. His father wanted him to be A landsman and a tailor; The boy remarked, “In that career I'd find no joy at all; A tailor is one-ninth a man A fraction much too small.” And so he walked the quarter-deck And sailed across the foam. While thinking of his better half Who waited him at home. But still he kept a half-an-eve Upon his half-breed crew. And noted from which quarter came The wind that blew and blew. A half-moon glimmered in the sky, The captain’s thoughts were stirred To dwell upon his new-born son Who was, it chanced, his third— I might go on for half a year About this captain's actions, But I can’t show his whole career, For I’ve run out of fractions. (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)

What Editors Are Saying

Discordant (Columbia City Post) There Is only one discordant note in Governor McCray’s Thanksgiving proclamation, and that reads as follows; "Our farmers have suffered sorely from unfavorable economic conditions during the last three years, but now are beginning to take heart in the belief that anew day is dawning and brighter prospects are ahead.” The Governor knows from actual experience that farmers “have suffered sorely,” for he was *fn position to fully realize the truth of the statement. • * * If (Hartford City News! The improvements of numerous residences in the city Is an evidence of a prosperous community. If this prosperity could be extended to the rural districts, there would be only one just cause for complaint—unreasonable high taxes. • • • Unnecessary (Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel) Farmers near Indianapolis have complained to the prosecutor about Sunday races at the Hoosier motor speedway. They probably argue that there are enough accidents on the main thoroughfares without adding to the list.

WEDNESDAY, NOY. 21, 1923

Editor’s Mail The editor is will in x to print view* of Tunes readers on interesting subjects. Make your comment brief. Sign your name as an evidence of good faith It will not be printed if you object.

Safety Councils To the Editor oj The Times I have read with Interest your editorial, “Where Accidents Occur.” I consider this the most Important question the Americans have before them. I firmly believe it is the duty of every organized body in the State to take up this all Important subject and handle it vigorously. Every town in the State and the United States should organize a safety council, to be composed of men and women in business and in Industry, and all who could be interested for the purpose of derising ways and means, pointing out and correcting hazardous conditions and practices. Impress the public with the importance of guarding against accidents. Every coroner in the State should make It a business to give ajl Information to the public in regard to accidents and he should have a safety committee of as many business men and women as would become interested to cooperate with him. Inquire Into the causes and cooperate with the safety council. These movements must be of a permanent effort, not spasmodic, for, to get satisfactory results, the movement must be kept alive. ALEXANDER SHANE. Two in Seat To the Editor of The Tim is I see accidents every day and really believe one of the biggest and detrimental causes of automobile accidents Is where we ajlow and tolerate four and five people to pile into the front seat of a Ford or coupe and expect a man to handle a car. There should he a law prohibiting more than two in the driver’s seat In a car. No man Is able to handle a car with more than two in the driver’s seat. No railroad company would allow an engineer to have any one around, while driving his engine. C. RENSCH. Pitiful (Columbus Ledger) Can you picture the condition of this great United States and of the great State of Indiana if— Henry Ford were President and Lew Shank. Governor of Indiana. Such a condition would place this Nation and State in a pitiful condition. t The average voter will tell you there Is no more chance of Ford becoming President than there Is for Shank to become Governor of Indiana. There is a chance of both such catastrophes. The man who sits back and says “Ford and Shank have no chance” is making a terrible mi' cake. It is the duty of every citizen to see that Ford and Shank, even if nominated, have no chance for election.

curred because of drafts and bills of lading arriving after shipments. Again, over 40 per cent of the banks in Indiana carry accounts with the Fletcher American National Bank, thus establishing an absolute guarantee of both a direct and economical service to the depositor for intrastate transactions. The collection department is only one unit in the powerful Fletcher American National Bank organization. Information regarding this department —or any other—will be gladly given.

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