Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 241, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 February 1924 — Page 4

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CHILD LABOR LAWS r t SERIES of articles concerning the outrageous child labor situation has been appearing in The Times. Roy J. Gibbons, who wrote these articles, has done a graphic job. But he could write an article a day for a thousand years and not begin to tell the whole story. For— In this ‘‘land of the free” there are one and a half million child laborers under 16 years of age. This figure was given by the United States Secretary of Labor in his annual report a year ago. If anything, the situation is worse now. A civilization can always be judged or measured by its treatment of its women and children. In the matter of child labor, our generation is medieval. From sentimental viewpoints, the situation is pathetic and outrageous. From an economic viewpoint, child labor costs the Nation many times more than it pays in blood-stained dollars. Long continued hours of toil, at the time when bones, muscles, nerves and brain of a child are in process of development, retard the development. The ultimate result is to breed a race of physical and mental weaklings. James J. Davis summed it all up when he wrote, ‘‘There is not a single defense that can be urged to this awful system, and every instinct of humanity prompts its abolition. But, beyond the instinct of humanity, ordinary wisdom and prudence of any government will prompt it to conserve the physical, mental and moral fiber of its growing childhood.” Forty-two out of our forty-eight States (Indiana included), at last count, had adopted child-labor laws. Some are rigid, others feeble and indifferently enforced. Only twenty-two States are humanitarian enough to require the physical examination of every child applying for an employment certificate. The United States Supreme Court in 1922 declared unconstitutional the national child-labor law, as an invasion of a function belonging to the police powers of the States. Two remedies are open: f First—Uniform child-labor laws by all the States. Second—A constitutional amendment g;ving Congress exclusive power to deal with the child-labor situation. This amendment will inevitably come, it’s just a matter of time. The period of delay will measure our generation’s degree of heartlessness and indifference to weak and unprotected youth. INTERESTING, BUT T -1 HE meeting of McAdoo’s friends and political supporters at * Chicago Monday was interesting chiefly because it was unique. But it was not conclusive as indicating that McAdoo is available as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. It was not necessary to hold the Chicago meeting to demonstrate that there are thousands of McAdoo supporters throughout the country, whose loyalty has not been shaken because their leader’s name was dragged into the Senate oil investigation. Pledges of support given to McAdoo by these friends at Chicago cannot be said to be an authorized expression of the public sentiment of the country.

AN AWARD FOR SERVICE mT IS human nature to think that the person who makes the loudest noise is the most important in the community. But occasionally something happens that makes us realize noise is not necessarily connected with service. The awarding of the cup offered by civic clubs for outstanding public service to Miss Edna G. Henry and the election of Miss Henry to honorary membership in the Community Fund organization is such an incident. Miss Henry has been working quietly for years and accomplishing things that have made Indianapolis a better place in which to live. She has mafle no fuss about it. For a number of years she has been an irfvalid in a wheeled chair. Her work has continued. The Dispensary Aid Association was organized by Miss Henry. She has been president of the American Association of Hospital Service Workers. She has conducted classes in sociology. She has done innumerable other things to make conditions better for the unfortunate. SENATOR shot in battle between prohibition agents and bootleggers. Dry tactics go before grand jury. Plenty of plain citizens have been shot before, but nothing has happened. Ain’t Senators useful, though ? NORTHERN Pacific Railroad asks public forest lands worth $80,000,000, in addition to land grants worth twice the value of the railroad. Why not? Sinclair and Doheny got theirs for merely asking. NOW we know why bootleggers have so little fear of the law. Daugherty’s Department of Justice is intrusted with interpreting and enforcing the prohibition statutes. THE FARMER who won’t diversify is going to have something done for him, anyway. Mr. Coolidge is to raise the duty on wheat 50 per cent and a bank president and a railroad president are to head the $10,000,000 agricultural service corporation. When in doubt, raise the tariff!

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‘All I Want Is Just to Live’, Says Poorfarm Heir to Wealth

MjrtH , S V. sketched ALL I NaJAMT __LIFE. Tb DO 15 70S' LIVE.' SAVS By ROT GROVE NBA Servlet. Writer mg Ky., Feb. 20.—‘‘All I want in this world is just to live—just to live and chew tobacco?, I reckon, and maybe buy a stamp when I want it.” Gustave Salomez, shifted his hat to the back of his head, leaned back in his chair and thought.

Editor’s Mail The editor is willing; to print views of Times readers on interesting subjects. Make your comment brief. Sign your name a* an evidence of good faith. It will not bo printed If you obiect. Theological ‘Sample’ To the Editor of The Times The communication of Joe Saunders on the “Divinity of Christ" is interesting as a. samplo of much of the theological discussion now appearing in the press. Mr. Saunders assumes evidence of Christ’s divinity rests solely cn the fact of the "virgin birth.” The fact that Mary was not and Joseph was of the Davidic line had no relation to the nature and character of Jesus Christ. That is determined by other evidence than that of Jewish genealogies. Those religious leaders who have difficulty in accepting the dogma of the have no difficulty in accepting the doctrine of the divinity of Christ. They believe in Christ's divinity as firmly as we do if we accept their own testimony as to what they believe. L. E. MURRAY. La Follette To the Editor of The. Timet Your editorial regarding Senator La Follette and his clean up efforts was the best political editorial of the twentieth century, if I may call It political. Every word speaks a volume of truth for the whole United States. - - • RASMUS JENSEN, 1125 Wright St. From a Republican To the Editor of The Timet It secerns to rhe that the Democratic press is taking the wrong "tack” to make a Democrat win this fall. Two years ago we Republicans in my vicinity- decided best interests of Marion County called for the defeat of certain nominees on our ticket. The magnitude, of their defeat- indicates that the revolt was. county-wide. The only hope of the Democratic press this year is. tu have Democratic ballots cast by many Who voted Republican in 1920. These, are men and women of intelligence, who welcome constructive criticism, but the criticism now indulged in by the Democratic press and a few pin-head Democratic Congressmen is going to drive these voters hack to their "first love.’’ No one anywhere is deigning to throw a life line to A. B. Fall. He is already condemned before the bar of public opinion. Neither is there any one who has the intelligence to be a discriminating voter who regards Coolidge, Denby. Roosevelt, Gregory or McAdoo as having the least taint of the oil scandal besmirching them in any way. One side hunts an accusation to which the others retorts, “Y'ou’re another." Both equally right: both lamentably wrong. Elevate the plan of your discussion and criticism and I believe you will get results worth while., I am .a Republican who no longer believes that all honesty is formed beneath a Republican hat band. E. P. M CASLIN, 5901 Dewey Ave.

Heard in the Smoking Room

HE train stopped at the Southern railway station and a— Southern "Genelem” entered the smoker, broad-brimmed hat, pointed whiskers and all. The older map in the smoker were criticising ha younger generation for bad manners. The Southern "Genelem” nodded to another Southern ‘‘Genelem” saying: “Mornin’ Colonel Bob. What yt>u say is mighty true, sir. A young man

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"Before people found out that I had a million 'doilars coming they wouldn’t think of \me" —his eyes grew' moist —"hardly pay any attention, but now they Just pester around. Gad. they’d even carry me if I’d let them. "I’ve hid for thirty-two years and, if people don’t quit this a bothering me, I’ll pull out and hide for another thirty-two." “Couldn’t Kick a Dog” Salomez, 71, former inmate of the Middlesboro poor farm, has fallen heir to a million dollars’ worth of French and Canadian real estate. Positive identification was established through a peculiar V-shaped tattoo under his arm—a family mark. He has been known here as "Steve White.” "Sure, I knew I had it coming all the time,” says Salomez. “But-ah-ah—l don’t want It. I think more of real friends than all the money on earth. "Old John Brown over there la the only friend I ever had,” and he nodded his gray wrinkled head in the direction of an old negro who has been his Inseparable buddy for twenty-five years. "Yes-s-s," trembles the darky’s voice, "Steve here had been living with me for three whole years. When I see ho was getting old and couldn't get around much, well—what's mine was his. “You know, it’s like if a man goes ’long and makes friends with a dog and the dog toilers him home and you tak© him in and give him something to eat, well—you aren’t going to have the heart to kick out the dog. What’s the use of living without a heart? “Oil, for a 'Thousand” "I met Steve when he was across the street painting, years ago. He came in the store where I was clerking and got something and we talked a while and we have been friends ever since. He didn’t seem to want to he around anybody else. "He’s aiw'ays welcome at my place. The wife washed his clothes right along with mine and he eats what we have. Then they, come, and took him away to the poorhouse.” V But when Mlddlesbopo heard Steve could have a milllonf’or the asking they let him leave ‘the poorhouse and he went back to Jdhn Brown. “He never said anything about his business,” Brown continued. “Talked of Canada but never until this thing come out did he show me the mark under his arm. "Never talked of his money, but, boy, if I had just a thousand dollars, I’d think I had all the money they was in the world!” i ■ nn- *. * A Thought To do good and to communicate forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.—Heb. 13:16. ** • ✓ mO feel much for others, and "little for ourselves; to restrain our selfish, and exercise our benevolent affections'! constitutes the perfection of human .nature.—-Adam SmPh.

of today hasn’t the forethought, sir, to remove hla chewing gum when he says to his sweetheart, ‘Will you be my wife?’ But I recollects a story on you, colonel, in the old days, when you proposed to a sweetheart of yours, sir, who was sewing and dropped her thimble. Gallantly you picked'it up, shifting the quid of tobacco from one cheek to the other, and threw the thimble in the fire and spit in her lap, sir.”

ONE OUT OF 12 CHILDREN EMPLOYED More Than 1,500,000 Boys and Girls Labor, Mostly on Farms, By ROY J. GIBBONS vi.'\ Service W riter ASIIINGTON, Feb. 20.—M ore Iyy than 1,500,000 children are L— ■ employed in the United States today. This statement is based on figures returned by a score of the country’s larger cities, Such statistics show an average increase of 40 per cent over the year 1920 in the number of children granted permits to work. Last 'census returns listed 1,060,858 between 10 and 15 years as working. Os this number, 78,063 were between 10 and 13 years. Subsequent increase is attributed to removal of safeguards provided by the nullified child labor laws. One Out of Twelve Work Investigation establishes: That, for the country as a whole, one out of every twelve children between 10 and 15 is at work. That in ten States more than 10 per cent of children between 10 and 15 are at work. That more children are employed in agricultural pursuits than in any other line of work. That child workers leave school at early grades. Os 19.000 children examined during operation of the first Federal child labor law, 26.9 per cent were unable properly to sign their names. Conditions are summarized as follows by child welfare workers: In Coal Mines Pennsylvania—ln the anthracite fields Federal child welfare investigators found boys of 14 working in the breakers. Newcomers thus employed who cut their fingers are known as “red tops.” Maryland —During the summer on truck farms young children are worked long hours under insanitary conditions. California —Young children work long hours on fruit farms. These children are deprived of schooling. They follow the crops with their parents in motor caravans. Michigan—Children as young as 4 years old work from sunup to sundown during the summer on beet farms. Texas —Very young children work in the cotton fields. Georgia—Boys of 14J£ work at night. New England States —Young children sacrifice eyesight and health working at homo making cheap jewelry and at other incidental tasks requiring close application. Canneries Are Exempt Mississippi—Boys and girls from 5 to 14 shuck oysters and peel tihrimp. Canneries are exempted from the State law. North Carolina —Boys and girls of 14 work eleven hours a day in cotton mills. Boys of 12 work in mills and factories when schools are not In session and when necessary to the support of their families under special permit. t Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Michigan and Virginia—Canneries are exempted from the night word law in thege States ns regards the employment of children. Nevada, South Dakota, Texas and Utah —These States place no prohibition on the employment of children at night. Third Degree Yourself! OBEYING ORDERS Can you da exactly what you are told without question of mistake? Here is a simple test; see how well you can do it. Just do what the sentences tell you; that ts all. It should not take you over a minute. Ready? GO! 1. Block out the “g” in tiger. 2. Put a dot below this line . 3. If Memorial day coma in winter write the word "No.” If not, write the word “Yes.” 4. Write the letter which follows the letter which comes next after C in the alphabet. Answers: 1. Tier; 2. ; 3. Yes; 4. E. (Copyright Science Service) PARALAUGHS| A radio expert in Majdboro, Mass., broadcast his engagement announcement. That’s the way love makes you feel. Boston, the seat of learning, will have a Ford plant, which will make some seats # of learning. Mr. Yevadokimoff has the loudest voice in Russia, nmybe developing it by pronouncing his name. Coolidge’s program is more exciting than a vaudeville program. Tex Rickard loses his title as world champ light promoter. Congress promotes bigger fights than Rickard. They are reading the papyrus found in Tut’s tomb. We can hardly wait to learn the price of coal in those days. Perfume production is increasing. Maybe more is being shipped to Washington for investigations.

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PRESSURE -OF EARTH’S , CRUST CHANGES ROCKS Gr§at Movements Such as Earthquakes and Volcanic Action Bring New Types Into Existence.

By DAVID DIETZ. Science Editor of The Times (Copyright by David Dietz) mHE great movements of the earth's crust which lower sea floors, bring mountain ranges into existence and cause earthquakes and volcanoes, have an effect upon the rocks themselves. This is what we naturally would expect. Consequently we find a third type of rock coming into existence. The sedimentary rocks, it will be remembered, resulted from the wearing away of the primary or fire-har-dened rocks, the debris being deposited as sediment in the ocean where in time it was cemented into new rock formations. New Type of Rock Now w@ find changes in both igneous and sedimentary rocks, creating anew type of rock known as the metamorphic rock. The word “metamorphic” is formed from the Greek word meaning to “transform.” Hence a metamorphtc rock is a changed or transformed rock. The chief agents which accomplish the transformations are presure and temperature. The presence of moisture also has an effect. The rocks are subjected to tremendous pressure in the great earth movements. This pressure also helps to generate heat. Sometimes rocks are pushed deeper into the earth where they are heated as a result of the higher temperatures deeper down in the earth The heat and pressure tends to make the rocks more compact. It also causes changes in the character of the minerals forming them. Some Split Easily A frequent result of the intense pressure is to cause the rocks to assume a s'-rt of laminated structure so that they split easily into thin sections or layers. Granitic rocks or pedimentary rocks composed of granitic sediment

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are changed or "metamorphosed” Into types of rocks known as gneiss. Basaltic rocks axe metamorphosed into a type known'as schist. Marble is a metamorphic rock. It results from the application of heat and pressure to limestone. Another type is slate. Slate is shale or clay. We should expect the oldest rocks new found upon the surface of the earth to have gene through many changes and to exist now as meta.aorphic rocks. This is the case.., Great beds of gneiss and schist" are found in Canada which geolpgisis identify as among the oldest rocks found on the earth's surface. Next article in Series: The Record in the Rocks. Family Fun Not Poor Cook The other day a kind friend Sent this department a jar of kumquat marmalade. We took the label which came off the jar and fastened it onto the covered glass in which we keep our paste. Next morning we noticed that some one had eaten half the paste. We make this public explanation In order that the person who ate the paste may not gain the impression that the woman who made the marmalade is a poor cook.—Youngstown Telegram. Daughter’s Intended "It's a secret, but I'm going to marry a man very much in the public eye.” “What is he—a Congressman?” “No, dear; he's a waffle-turner-In a quiclvlur.ch window.”—Film Fun. Dad in a Fix > “Gosh darn it I can’t remember whether I told Stella I’d meet, her at Fourth and Fifth at 6. Fifth and Sixth at 4 or Sixth and Fourth at 5.” — Judge. . ■