Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 303, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 May 1924 — Page 9

FRIDAY, MAY, 2, 1^24

POLITICAL HORIZON' UNTROUBLED 8Y NI’GRAYOONVICTION Democratic Camps Calm, While Shank-Jackson Turmoil Riles G. 0. P, That portion of the political firmament in which are to he read the s.arns indicating tendencies in the race rot- jronernatorial nominations lias undergone little change as the result of the conviction of Warren T. Mct’rav and his subsequent sentence to the Federal prison at Atlanta. The Democratic camps, while not

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Industrial Electric Power Rates are Cheaper Here Than Elsewhere &

Merchants Heat & Light Company has already shown in these Columns that Residence Lighting Rates and Commercial Lighting Rates are Lower in Indianapolis than they are in Detroit. This isn't a process of “picking on’’ our sister city, because its Lighting Rroes are made by a Reputable Public Utility, are supervised by the Utilities Commission of the State, and are undoubtedly satisfactory to its Consumers, but because some people have publicly compared the Prices for Electricity in the Two Cities to the Detriment of our Home Town. The same critic said that Industrial Power Rates in this city are higher than in Detroit. That claim will have to be Demolished, lest the owners of some Fine Industry, now Figuring on coming to Indianapolis, believe it and stay away. Detroit is one of the Great Manufacturing Cities of the Nation. Its Electric Service Company has a monopoly of its Field. It must have a producing capacity of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Kilowatts. It has its own Problems of Labor Costs, Coal Costs and Distribution. Its rates are undoubtedly justified in their own territory, but Prices of Electric Power Are Cheaper in Indianapolis What does that Mean to Industry Here? The Muscular Energy of Man is the Most Expensive Power that Exists. Mere Man Power, Mere Brawn, Mere Muscle, applied to Production, is a Waste of Energy. That was why man Hitched a Horse to his Plow instead of dragging it himself. He saved his Brawn and used his Brain to Guide the Horse. When the Age of Machinery came along, man still used his brains to guide the Horse Power, whether it was supplied to him by Old Dobbin, or by a Steam Engine, or by a Turbine at the Waterfall, or by an Electric Generator. The Rule of Production in this day and generation is an average of One Horse Power to the Man. A Horse-Power, in talking of steam, and a Kilowatt, in talking of Electricity, do not mean exactly the same thing, but- are nearly enough alike to be spoken of together. Each of them is the amount of Mechanical Energy necessary to give the man a chance to use his brains in production instead of wearing out his mrwcular energy to little purpose. The Industrial Cities which get their HorsePowers or their Kilowatts Cheapest will Endure Longest in Competition and Flourish.

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inactive, are comparatively calm. McCulloch, Cravens, Crittenberger and Durgan arc generally conceded the leaders in the primary race. But with a majority of votes, over all other candidates necessary for nomination. and with eight candidates in the field, managers are directing efforts toward getting convention delegate votes lined up. Turmoil in G. O. P. Campaign It will take 647 votes to nominate in the Democratic convention. The total number of delegates allowed is 1,232. The Republican situation is centered in turmoil. Shank and Jackson claim' there is no other contest, rxcopt their own. They declare the reputed Toner support is a “paper support." and that the alleged crowded Toner bandwagon is a myth. Toner leaders, however. declare while Shank and Jackson arc “going round and round," voters- disinterested in the Klan question are flocking toi Toner. Say Support Is Mythical Ed Bush's workers, declaring Toner's support is mythical, are claiming these voters are coming to Ed Bush.

Reports from outlying counties would give Jackson a larger vote than Shank, although Shank workers declare nothing can defeat the huge slate of Shank delegates to the Republican convention. A vote of 776 would be needed to nominate. Reports thtit Governor Branch ; might be offered as a compromise if | there is a convention have been sideI tracked in the discussion of his

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Indianapolis Is One of These Cities Take a Kilowatt to the Man—the Power to go with the Brains and the Guidance in production. Translate that into a Shop with a 10-Kilo-watt Demand. That means a Ten Man Shop. The Electric Power used in that Shop, 2,500 Kilowatt hours for the month, costs in Detroit Eighty Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents a Month, net. In Indianapolis, it costs Eighty-Eight Dollars and Eighty-Two Cents, a little more for this sized Shop, but a difference of Eight Dollars and Sev.jn Cents. The difference equaling Thirty-Two Cents a Day, again equaling Three and Two-Tenths Cents a man per day—an Industrial Stand-off between the Two Cities compared. Take a Twenty-Man shop, with 20 Kilowatts demand, using 5,000 Kilowatt hours of Electric Power per month. In Detroit that quantity of Electricity costs One Hundred and Fifty-Eight Dollars. In Indianapolis it costs One Hundred and Sixty-Seven Dollars and Twenty Cents, a little more for t,hig sized shop again, but a difference of Nine Dollars and Twenty Cents in the month, or Thirty-Seven Cents a Day, or less than Two Cents a Day for each man kept at work —again an Industrial Stand-off. When we come to the Thirty-Man Shop, with a demand of Thirty Kilowatts, Indianapolis begins to gain. In a normal month such a shop uses 7,500 Kilowatt hours of Electric Energy. In Detroit it would pay $225 net per month for it; in Indianapolis, Two Hundred and Twenty-One Dollars and Eleven Cents, a difference of a little more than One Per Cent in Favor of this City. A Forty-Man Shop, with a Forty-Killowatt Demand, averages 10,000 Kilowatt Hours of use in the month. This costs in Detroit, $293 per month, net; in Indianapolis, $272.18, a difference in favor of this city of a little more thin Seven Per Cent. An Eighty-Man Ship, with an Eighty-Kilowatt Demand, averages 20,300 Kilowatt Hours of Electric Service per month. In Detroit this costs $563 per month, net. In Indianapolis the price is Four Hundred and Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Three Cents, a difference in favor of Indianapolis of Nineteen Per Cent. These figures interest every Industrial Manager and Worker in Indianapolis. Wherever the Horse-Power which the Worker’s Brains Control costs Least, there will be Competitive Industry, Growth and Industrial Progress. Such a City Is Indianapolis

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eligibility. The statutes hold no man can hold the office of Governor longer than four years consecutively. Branch has eight months to serve before anew term starts. Because of the manner in which he entered office, yiere may be room for an interpretation of the statutes which would grant. Branch's eligibility. Branch’s close friends declare under no circumstances is he a candidate.

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