Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 176, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 December 1923 — Page 4
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THE MESSAGE ■qIRESIDEXT COOLIDGE’S message is a rocking horse. * It goes through the motions but does not move. The present remedy for present ills is to refer them to somebody. Do foreign debts and foreign financial difficulties bother us? Refer them to the war debt commission. Do governmental expenses bother us? Refer them to the budget doctor. Do Government tariff receipts bother us? Refer thejn to the tariff commission. Do the shipping problems on land and sea bother us? Refer one to the interstate commerce commission and the other to the shipping board. Does railway labor bother us? Well, the message says, the railroad labor board satisfies neither employer, employe nor public, but let us refer labor to it. Does the condition of war veterans bother us? Referred to the American Legion with the proviso that there shall be no bonus. Does the coal problem bother? There is the coal commission which rockinghorsed while Pinchot settled the last strike. Is the Government service a hodge-podge? There is a special joint committee report which, in part, the President approves. Is reclamation bothering us? A committee of experts is studying it. Is the farmer having a tough time? Referred to the war finance corporation and the interstate commerce commission with the warning that “simple methods by the farmer himself are the only real source of restoration.” Looking ahead to election next year, the message provides when the voters complain or ask what has been done about their ills there can be made a universal answer, “Yes, we know about that and have referred it to a fine commission which will investigate and report in due season.” As for present action: Immediate remedy, there is none. Reading fails to disclose a constructive suggestion. It has motion without movement. McCRAY IMPEACHMENT TALK EESS than a month ago Hoosiers, with citizens of other commonwealths, were looking upon the Statehouse affairs of Oklahoma with an attitude of curiosity and pity. To have a Governor impeached for wrong-doing in office is not an ordinary event in American life. Today certain legislators of the Indiana General Assembly are discussing the advisability of impeaching Governor McCray. Thirty days ago the suggestion would have been greeted with astonishment. That impeachment of McCray would have to await the regular session of the General Assembly, which will not convene this winter, is answered by the prediction that a special session “probably will be necessary soon anyhow.” The State’s debt is climbing so rapidly and the funds for benevolent institutions are becoming so low, a called session, in the forecasts of some, is quite possible in order to meet the financial crisis. What a mess! The outcome is a matter for the State to consider. Party politics should be swept aside in weighing the merits of such an extremely serious procedure.
IT’S YOUR VICTORY HAT little team of unbossed Republicans in the United States House of Representatives has bucked the old guard j line and broken it. It's your victory—not theirs alone. They were fighting for a principle. The principle is that any Representative sent to Congress by the people of any district in Indiana or elsewhere has a right to rise in Congress and state the will of the people whom he represents. Hitherto that has not been so. The most your Representative had the right to do was offer a measure in writing. The measure was referred to a committee of insiders—the chosen of the old guard. If the committee of insiders liked the measure it was reported out of the House and your Representative could discuss it in the House the number of minutes allotted him, to be determined by party leaders. If the committee of insiders disliked the measure it was pigeon-holed. Your Representative was denied a chance to present it in the House. The terms of surrender of Nick Longworth, old guard leader, provide that House rules will be liberalized so that vour Representative will no longer be bound and gagged by the bosses. Hereafter, he should be responsible only to the voters of his district. That’s why this is your victory. Your Representative should know you know who is his new boss now'. A STRAW IN THE WIND mHE South Dakota Republican presidential preference convention has indorsed President Coolidge, who favors the world court, by 50,379 votes over Hiram Johnson, court foe, who received only 27,340 votes. Then rising, the convention made it unanimous for Coolidge. On the same day, Tuesday, the Democratic convention indorsed William G. McAdoo, avowed friend of the League of Nations and supporter of the world court, by 39,018 votes, as against 5,072 votes for Henry Ford, whose position on the league and court is somewhat equivocal. Those isolationists who claimed the 7,000,000 majority received by Harding in 192(f “constituted a mandate from the people” not to cooperate with the other nations in putting the tottering old world back on its feet and starting it down the road toward peace and prosperity, had better vhink again. If they believe in signs, here’s one. IF CONGRESS isn’t almighty careful it may w'ake up some fine morning and find itself in jail for contempt of court. V. A HORSE at Lynn, Mass., kicked an automobile to pieces and there was not a looker-on with the heart to say him neigh. IF CANADA and England will kindly help us to enforce the Volstead act we’ll be much obliged. We sure need all the help we can get %
BIG LOADS ARE ‘HELL’ TO CARRIER Broken Arches and Other Ailments Often Are Penalties, This is the third of a series of articles revealing working' and home conditions of 1,138 Indianapolis postal employes. A reclassification wage bill increasing their salaries is now before Congress. EUGENE ALLEMAN ARRYING forty to one hundred pounds of heavy mail each day, 288 letter carriers at the Indianapolis postoffice believe that they deserve more than $1,400 to SI,BOO a year. Christmas rush of mail means all of that, too. Folks, when they open up their letters, or magazines and newspapers, don't realize often what the service means to the man with the gray cap bearing the insignia of the United States Government. “Heavy magazines and catalogues are hell to the letter carrier,” one tired postal worker told The Times reporter today. Retired Carrier Sweeping Streets “I have to work my mail often from a mail box in three different trips just because of the heavy weight. "No, we can’t place a letter on the porch even If the person is waiting for It. We must place every piece in the mall box. Then my job la through.” According to several Indianapolis carriers, broken arches, hernia and spinal and lung trouble are often penalties of the letter carrier who trucks around on his back a cargo of mail daily. One former letter carrier, retired because of the age of 65, is now sweeping streets for a living. Although he has contributed 2V* per cent of his pay for his own pension fund, he can only receive $720 a year. The Substitute’s Pay Sufficient funds are now on hand, $40,000,000, to pay $1,200 a year for every retired postal worker And he is never withdrawn from sendee until he is getting old- and when his duty to the Government has brought him title for a Just reward. How about the letter carrier substitute? For every carrier, at one time there probably was a letter substitute. And yet the substitute must report to the office every day, eiher in the morning or at noon, subject to Immediate call for a part day's work, a full day or even several hours. For this Indianapolis substitutes receive 60 cents an hour, not enough to keep them alive In the part time service. They are asking 80 cents an hour. And since they can’t engage in permanent. steady employment, the request seems reasonable, doesn’t It? The Government postal wage is breaking the standard of the American home, one letter carrier's wife says. Her statement will be published next.
What Editors Are Saying
Safety (Richmond Item) Here in Richmond we believe that public sentiment stands squarely behind every rule which our police are enforcing, for public safety. True, a few grumble at what seems to them to be needless caution and severity in restricting people who believe themselves to be careful drivers. But those critics don’t realize that the privileges they want, for themselves, would be abused by others. There is only one way to stop this constant and awful sacrifice of Amer lean lives. And that isto put teeth Into our laws for the protection of the whole public. One reckless autolst, unless forced by law to be careful. can endanger the lives of a dozen naturally careful and captious drivers. -|- -ICheerful (Muncie Evening Press) Cheer up, Indianapolis. Water may be expensive, but air is still free, even though the quality of it is considerably contaminated by smoke. -I- I -IDangerous (Frankfort Evening News) It begins to look as though the dirt farmers of the Mangus Johnson type are less dangerous to the public than the white collar variety, such as I. Newt Brown and Warren T. McCray. -I- -I- -IG ratifying Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel) The indictment of Governor Warren T. McCray by the Marion County grand jury was, in the face of the preliminary representation already submitted, inevitable. The Incident nteurally has embarrassed us as a State, but It Is highly gratifying that no effort was made to suppress or hush up the questionable activities of the chief executive. It would have been the part of greater dignity If the Governor had seen fit to resign before now.
A Thought
The wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whoso waters cast up mire and dirt. —Isa. 57:20. INT at the existence of wickedHness in a light, easy and agreeable manner, so that nobody's fine feelings may be affended. — Thackeray.
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Potential Presidents
SAMUEL M. RALSTON Lawyer. Born Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1857. Admitted to Indiana bar 1886. Governor of Indiana (Democrat), 1913-17, Elected United States Senator from Indiana for term, 1923-29. % ♦ " /qOM SIMS" - -/- Says R. COM MELLES, famous French hygienist, says ho can’t see why girls wear silk stockings. We can. Silk stockings are worn for more than two reasons. Millions of reasons, and every one a man. The chief reason for silk stockings is trim ankles trim men. A blind man is the only man who can’t see any use for silk stockings. Average man can see why girls wear silk stockings with one eye Bhut. He often looks that way. A hypocrite is a man saying he can’t see why women wear silk stockings. A liar is a man who says he likes cotton stockings better than silk. An optimist is a man buying his girl a pair of silk stockings. A pessimist is a man buying his girl a pair of cotton stockings. You have heard the expression “the shank of the evening." That's what shanks in silk are. A well known dancer has married again. Famous people seldom just marry. It is always "again.” An actor has had six wives, a dancer three husbands. Three or four of this kind really equal one. Irene Castle married an heir and they can build heir castles.
Tongue Tips
De Wolf Hopper, operatic comedian: | “The leg In s.lken tights was a thing of symmetry The naked leg on the stage is not beautiful, but disgusting, for it takes as granted that wo want our sensations raw and brutal. As, a matter of fact, we don't want them that way. Humanity has struggled j through the alchemy of fire and blood and death for thousands of years to! exalt, its nature Into a soul. And we have the naked leg thrust at us. Faugh!” Senator Brookhart. Iowa: “The Government has established a national banking system based upon the commercial idea only. There Is Viot a national bank in the United States that operates to meet the demands of fanning.” Capt. E. E. Beach, ex-Navy officer, Iceland Standford University: “War prevention is going to be accomplished finally by the direct and immediate action of the people themselves at the ballot boxes." Dr. W. .T. Mayo, Rochester, Minna sofa: “While sentiment contributed { largely toward prohibition in this j country, prohibition was not possible until a supply of pure water was at hand. The Panama canal, viewed in the larger sense, was built by Gorgas. Without his development of a supply of pure water and the elimination or sources of Infection, the project would have failed, as It did In the hands of De Lessepß and the French company.’’
Heard in Smoking Room
,<]—I ES, we have hills a-plenty in Iy' our town,” said the Kansas L___J City man as he cleaned his corncob over the smoking-room cuspidor, “but they are a real benefit to society in general. They have developed a very fine breed of chivalrous and polite gentlemen to whom we point with considerable pride. Take the story told by a woman as an illustration of what. I mean. Probably some of yoii know about the Ninth St. hill. It's a corker —great coasting place in winter for the kids, and all that. Well, one of our citizens, on a winter day, skidded, sa.t down and at once began a wild slide toward the bottom of the hill, gather-
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ALL LINES OF BUSINESS OPTIMISTIC Economic Outlook for 1924 in Healthy Condition — Expansion Warranted, By JAMES T. KOLBERT (Copyright, 1923, by United Press) HICAGO, Dec. 6 —All lines of business and Industry will par--1 ticipate In a broad forward movement during 1924, leaders in representative industries told the United Press today. The United States is in a healthy, economic condition, they said, and the foundation is solid enough to warrant marked expansion. William Wrigley, Jr., chewing gum king, believes all business will show more profit next year than for 1923. • “We did more business this year than in 1922, and I firmly believe we will do more in 1924,” Wrigley said. “All lines of business will do likewise. Shelves In the stores are bare. Retailers have been carrying on a hand-to-mouth basis. The consuming power is Increasing and this means heavier buying all along the line.” An Accurate Barometer The Wrigley products are a reasonably accurate barometer of general business, he said, and all indications are for better business. Phillip D. Block, president of the Inland Steel Company said. “The prospects for the first half of 1924 are very convincing of good business conditions. The steel Industry of the country is now operating on a 75 per cent basis with increasing demand for all kinds of steel products. "The railroads have enjoyed a very large volume of traffic which will encourage them to continue the purchase of their usual requirements of equipment. The genera] stocks of steel throughout the country are unusually low. The building program for the new year is very prpomising. Labor is well employed. The farms have produced normal crops. The purchasing power of the country is large. The financial situation is sound and money working easier. All these conditions point to a healthy and active business for next year.” Swift Ls Optimistic Louis F. Swift, president of Swift A Cos., packers, said: "The stability of American business during 1923 in the face of the disorganized conditions in Europe has been a matter of wonderment to tne world at large. It has emphasized more thoroughly than perhaps ewer before, the tremendous natural advantages of our country and the resourcefulness of American business stability. “Asa Nation, we find ourselves with no accumulation of surplus stocks, except in a few Industrie*, and with very little unemployment. “This situation, in view of the experiences of the past year, is encouraging and warrants confidence in the prospects for the futurp.” O. E. Bradfute, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, said that the cash income received by farmers In the crop year ending June 39, 1924, promises to he $500,000,000 more than the preceding year and almost $2,000,000,000 more than during the low of 1921 22. The Increase means actual cash Income, he said.
Family Fun
No-Limlt Honeymoon “Father has promised to pay all the expenses of our honeymoon trip, dear.” “That's splendid. We'll never come back.”—Boston Transcript. Read to the Minister “Yes, sir, I always goes to church when you preaches.” “I am glad to hear that, but why when I preach?—why not every Sunday?” “I’m always sure of getting a fcood seat when you preaches, sir!”—Paasing Show'. Martyr An American sat in a Roman barber shop while a Roman barber worked on his face. The razor was dull and he felt like an early Christian In the Coliseum. Bleeding freely, he began to wave his hands and emit what he thought were Italian words which only hasten 1 the barber and the flaying and the Weeding. Then he thought of an Italian word he really knew and shouted: “Pianissimo, you son-ofja-gun, pianissimo!” “Dam!” said the barber. “What for you no spik American before 9 I tink you Franchman in hurry.”— Argonaut.
ing speed as he went. Halfway down the hill, he collided with a woman. She struggled a bit and then Involuntarily sat down in the sliding man's lap. She gripped him and he gripped her, and together they continued the flight down the hill with increased velocity. After a most exciting toboggan to the very foot of the slope, they came to a gradual stop near *ho Savoy hotel, and what do you suppose that map did? Calmly he released his hold on the woman in his lap, raised his hat gracefully, and politely said: “ ‘Pardon me, madam, but you will have to get off here. This is as far as I go.’ ”
Will This Wise Man Follow the Star?
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A Regular Prince BY BERTON BRALEY Perhaps you are fond of the British, Perhaps you’re the opposite way, Or possibly doubtful and skittish At things that they do and they say, But most folks unite in agreeing Beyond any manner of doubt, The Prince is a real human being The Prince is a mighty good scout. The smile of the lad is so winning, The heart of the lad is so warm, That right from the very beginning The whole world has bowed to his charm, A diplomat, gentleman, sportsman. Whose clothes are a treat to the eye, A decent and kind-to-all-sorts man, A Prince —and a regular guy. And though Prince of Wales is his title, A "Whale of a Prince” will describe This healthy and zestful and vital Young son of old Albion’s tribe; His charm—there is none to surpass it— Is one to delight and convince; Old England's imperial asset, A regular guy—and a Prince! (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)
Indiana Sunshine
“Squirrel whisky” of the old treeclimbing variety was tame compared to the modern kind, the latest brand of which “fish whisky,” -was imbibed by Harry Tiasort. South Bend police pulled him ou* of the St. Joseph River. They say his plunge was inspired by seeking relief from a few drinks of the latest brand. An unusual proceeding took place w’hen eleven lawyers W'ere used on a Daviess County jury. It became necessary ror the court to pronounce a certain person, an inmate of a Texas infirmary, of unsound mind. The regular jury was not present, and as It was merely a matter of form, eleven lawyers and the court bailiff were pressed Into service. A tent, a wagon and a boxcar were the only abodes ever furnished by her husband, is the divorce complaint of Gemie Rice of Terre Haute. According to her assertions, her husband compelled her to move from place to place continually. It seems a covered wagon held no romance for Mrs. Rice. When he was a boy, fifteen years ago, a man, whose name can not be divulged, "swiped” a pair of pants from a Dunkirk store. Recently he returned to pay for the stolen clothing. He found the store had been disposed of and the owner deceased for many years. He is wondering howto make amends. On Sister’s Joy-Ride “Is It dangerous to drive with one hand?” "You bet! More than one fellow has run into a church doing it!”—Judge.
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THURSDAY, DEC. 6,1923
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When You Knock To the Editor ot The Times The citizen who sneers at all public officials indiscriminately and who is ready to believe evil of them on the first rumor may think that he is a good citizen, but he isn’t. He is just as bad a citizen as the one who shuts his eyes against all evil and insists that even plain facts of wrongdoing are excusable. The truth is that the attitude of the citizen toward the public official ought to be neither plain optimism nor plain pessimism. It ought to be intelligent discrimination. It ought to start out on the assumption that the official is honestly doing the best he can and give him the benefit of the doubt. It ought to be ready to boost where boosting will help, and it ought to be ready to knock, and knock hard, where the facts show proof of wrongdoing. A scattered fire of knocking is trivial, weak and indeed hurtful. When the time comes to knock, when the citizen knows he is right, he ought to knock without compromise and insist bn retribution. And the rest of the time he ought to boost. His motto ought to be: “Don't knock unless you are sure your knock will turn out to be a boost in the long run, and when you knock, knock hard.” M. R. CALVERT, 1511 Prospect St.
Science
Many experiments are being made with helicopters and the perfection of one of these models will mark the next great advance in flying. A helicopter is an airplane that rises straight up from the earth and alights without the necessity of a large level field. It starts and comes to rest in a manner somewhat similar to that of a bird. One of these models has been completed from plans drawn in 1843, many years before the first airplane and at a time when a man who spent his time with “flying machines” was supposed to be insane. The plana were drawn by Sir George OSayley. The design of the finished helicopter, made from those plans, is similar to recent machines of that type. Piofessor Langley, who invented the first airplane, died disappointed and ridiculed, after unsuccessful tests. The Wright brothers, shortly afterward, demonstrated that his principles were correct and astonished the world by flying with a heavier-than-air machine. The general use of helium gas for dirigibles and of the helicopter principle for airplanes will make flying as common as riding In autos, and both of these advances are in sight. Jack, the Trifler “Jack told me I sang like his pet bird.” “The mean thing! The only bird he owns is a parrot.”—Boston Transcript.