Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 May 1925 — Page 6
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A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master.—Mai. 1:13. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.— Shakespeare. Let Us In On This Plan j I IN open and frank statement of the situa-i-**l tion from both sides of the present fight for control of the Citizens Gas Company is due the people of Indianapolis. The gas company is more than a private corporation. It is a public utility and as such is bound to give the public the facts in a case of this kind. An outside corporation, presumably acting for some third party, is seeking to buy half the stock of the company at a price far in excess of the market price. The stock is held by a large number of persons in Indianapolis and the company is controlled by a board of trustees, who vote all the stock. It is not clear why a corporation seeking to control the company should offer such a jprice for the stock. It is not reasonable to believe that a business institution sufficiently large to handle a transaction of this kind would pay more than the stock is worth in order to obtain it. At least, it would not pay more than a fair price unless it expected to make the stock worth the purchase price and more in the near future. The gas company, since its change in management some time ago, apparently has been an increasingly successful institution. Rates still are high as compared with pre-war rates, but there have been some voluntary reductions and the public has been led to believe that further reductions are not impossible. Certainly the company is a prosperous institution well worth owning. Indianapolis citizens can not help feeling a little reluctant about seeing an outside concern obtain control of the company. We know nothing of the intentions of this concern, but we believe that in fairness to the public and to the concern, whatever it may be, that is seeking to control the utility, all the 7 cards should be laid on the table. We have had so many unpleasant experiences in connection with public utilities in and out of the courts that ho one can be blamed for wondering what is going on. Prairie Schooner Naval Experts to making our naval base at |U| Hawaii impregnable is now heard in precisely those quarters where you would most expect it. Among those who know least about it. Alarmed at the ease with which the islands were taken by the attacking fleet during the recent maneuvers, Chairman Butler of the House naval affairs committee intends to ask Congress next fall to authorize the expenditure of a maximum total of $40,000,000 on them Army men say it is vital to the national defense that this should be done. Naval experts, men who have devoted their entire lives to the subject, say the same thing. But not so everybody. For instance, Representative James T. Begg of Ohio is quoted as saying* ‘ * Unless authentic information is furnished showing there is immediate danger of attack in war, I can see no justification for such an elaborate expenditure. • * # No fortifications can be constructed today which are strong enough to withstand modern impA merits of warfare. JThat was amply demonstrated in Belgium.” Congressman Begg may be one of the ablest naval strategists that ever trod the deck of a prairie schooner, but we believe w >
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can safely rely on the common-sense of even our youngest readers to gauge the value of such piffle. It takes years to dredge harbors and build defenses such as Hawaii and Panama must have. Yet Representative Begg, and no doubt some others, would wait until the “danger of attack in war is immediate ’ ’ before they would set the cumbersome machinery of Congress moving to provide funds even to make a start on this several years’ job. Why, before a bill could even be framed, a strong enemy could occupy the islands and use them as a base of operations against our west coast and sweep our Pacific shipping from the seas. No less absurd is the comparison of Belgium and Hawaii. The one was a land d-tVnso, the other a sea defense. Heligoland—Germany ’s Hawaii—successfully stood between ill Britain’s might and the German mainland throughout the war. And all the allies combined could not force the Dardanelles against the Turks, and thus end the war simply be cause the allied ships were no match for, and could not reduce the fortifications along the Gallipoli peninsula. Hawaii should be made impregnable or it might as well be dismantled. If not impregnable, there is always the danger of a more powerful enemy capturing it, seizing whatever stores and munitions we have been foolish enough to risk out there, nad turning the whole works on us. . And if anything is to be done, it must bo done now, in peace and not—as some of our deep-sea-going Congressmen from the Mississippi valley would have it—after war becomes an immediate certainty.
Bad Boys in the Wheat Pit tY/ HO threw the monkey-wrench into the W wheat price-boosting machinery just as it was getting into third speed? The Department of Agriculture, aided, it is said, by the Department of Justice, is making a study of the “bear raid” which brought about the collapse of mid-March. The government is seeking the culprits who sold wheat when it passed the $2 mark, and if possible will prosecute them. Undoubtedly, the sudden drop ofl(v, T heat from $2 a bushel to as low as $1.35 brought tremendous losses to millers and to Chicago grain dealers, who hoped that wheat would go to $2.50. But the Government’s sudden frenzy over the “bear raid” is one of the most amusing features of Washington’s amazing activities of the last few years. There was never a word of complaint as the manipulators boosted the price of wheat to $2 and more. No, that was all based on “the law of supply and demand.” It is only the men who puncture dthe balloon who have aroused the Government’s ire. Last week one George Marcy, late of the Armour Grain Compary, visited the President. He complained bitterly over the unfairness of the “bear raid.” One wonders what Mr. Marcy would have had to say if he had happened to be on the right side of the market on March 13 when wheat dropped 16 cents, instead of the wrong side. Mr. Marcy has been in the wheat pit forty years, and like many others was counting on the wheat boom to continue. It stopped suddenly, and the boys who are believed to have stopped it may be punished. The fact that such a group could deflate the boom so drastically would seem to support the charge that the boom iteslf was artificial. The government night look into that, too; it might.
of the spinal segments are frequent, that they constrict important nerves and arteries, and that chiropractic treatment corrects the displacements and relieves the pressure. What is the Protestant and Catholic population of the United States? Aooort’ing to the statistics given by the Year Book of the Churches to- 1923-1924 there are 79,141,849 Protestants and 18,260,793 Roman Catholics in the United States. What is the longest railroad owned by an Individual and the longest owned by a company in the United State*?, The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad, owned by Henry Ford is the longest road owned by an individual, and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the longest owned by a singe company (not 'a system). How can whitewash be removed from a celling that one Is going to paint? Soften the whitewash by wetting It liberally and repeatedly with a solution of two pounds of potash in five gallons of water and when softened, remove with a scraper. From what were the St. Bernard breed of dogs developed? They came from an unknown origin at the hospice of St. Bernard In the Alps, whose monks have
maintalned the breed through centuries for the purpose of giving aid to belated travelers, or rescuing those lost in the snowstorms. They are also used to test the practical billty of a snow-covered track or the safety of an ice bridge.
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DEATH DOES NOT DELAY D GER was killed a couple of *■ * days ago when his truck was demolished by a traction car at a crossing In Maywood.. His
companion was Injured and the interurban was derailed. Six months ago two persons were killed -and four Injured—an entire family —ln a crash at the same spot. Asa result of that accident the tra 011 o n company faces damage suits a ggregatlng $83,000. The crossing Is a notorious
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death-trap. It has olaimed a dozen victims. Two lines—traction and railroad—lntersect the highway at that point, and view of the tracks Is obstructed by buildings and shrubbery. Following the tragedy last fall. State and railroad officials conferred several times about safeguarding the crossing. Lights and safety devices were ordered installed. Nothing was done. The safety project stmply gathered dust and faded from sight. The latest ’atallty has once more aroused authorities. The coroner will recommend Installation of signals and safety devices. Probably State and railroad officials will again confer. Then perhaps the project of guarding that crossing can again go to sleep. After It has been responsible for about a dozen deaths there Is no doubt that a grade crossing Is a death-trap. Investigation and recom men dawon’t pull Its teeth. Signals, watchmen and other devices will. Why should the Installation of wuoh safeguards at the Maywood crossing be delayed longer? Death doesn't delay.
CRUSADES AND CRUSADERS SHE foes of tobacco met In Indianapolis this weak. Both the No-Tobacco League of Indiana and the national organization have held their conventions here. Lady Nlootlne was severely trounced. No doubt obacco Is harmful to some people and Its use should be curtailed. A well-seasoned pipe may peel the paper off the ■vail, tarnish the silverwear, and orack 'the foundations of society. And It is not Inspiring to see a lad, about the size of a long drink of water, puffing a clgaret. But even at its worst the tobacco habit does not lnolte to riot, crime and murder. Very seldom does a man run amuck under the Influence of a chew of tobacco and murder wife and babes. A , smoker In an automobile Is no more dangerous to other traffic than a waffle fiend. But now that the Demon Rum Is dead In spots—though he era In other spots—probably the filthy weed will be attacked with enthusiasm. Then coffee. Life In America Is Just one crusade aftoi another. Crusadlr- Is the national dissipation. If all the crusaders —Instead of scattering their efforts against Inconsequential Items of private conduct and Individual taste—would combine In a real crusade against some acknowledged ageold evil they would make It Jump the fence. BY THEIR"" WORKS I MONO the applicants for naturalisation before the IwJ court at Gary reoently was a 70-year-old Italian, long a resident of this country, but unable to speak a word of English. He was admitted to citizenship. I Simon-pure 100 per centers will probably shudder to see the high privilege of oltizonship conferred on such a one. A resident of this country many years without learning the language Is not presumed by the vociferously patrlotlo to have the making of a good American. Tet the old Italian, who clings stubbornly to his native speech sent seven sons Into the American Army In the World War. All he had except his tongue he offered to the service of his adopted country. Teaching the alien born to speak English Is a major part of every American program. No doubt It Is Important. One country. one flag, one language. But its. Importance Is over-em-
phasized. It Isn’t their speech, the way they part their hair, or their altitude toward garlic that determines the fitness of alien born for citizenship. The real test is inside not outside. They prove themselves by their works not their conversation. Seven sons in th3 army is a better citizenship test than ability to recite forward and backward the “Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." SPENDINGFOR NONESSENTIALS rrr]R FREDERICK j. bayllWl a P reacher > told a conL. . I ference of brother churchmen in Indianapolis Wednesday that America spends more money on dogs than it does on preachers. If that be true. It may or may not be a damning indictment of America’s alleged civilization—depending on the point of view. No doubt the ministry does not offer the financial possibilities of bricklaying or other purely manual vocations. But that does not necessarily imply the decadence of American civilization. More is spent in this country for chewing gum than for education, more for gasoline than for churches, more for cosmetics than for hospitals. Statisticians and uplifters revel in sqfh comparisons, but they are really meaningless. , Would America be twice as well educated if it spent twice as much money on education? If the number of ’churches was doubled and preachers fixed their own salaries would the country be any more spiritual? St. Paul, the evangelist, carried the gospel to Greece and Rome. More than any other man he was responsible for the early spread of Christianity. For which he never received a dollar in salary. Throughout his ministry he supported himself by working at his trade—tent-making. The money cost of education, humanitarian, and cultural agencies is less important than the results. If such agencies are maintained on a scale adequate to the country’s needs, it makes little difference whether people spend their surplus Income for gum or dogs. It’s their money. "Why shouldn’t they spend it as they please?
Old Age To the Editor of The Times; ERMIT me to congratulate you on your editorial in The - Times a few days ago in support of the old-age pension. The time is ripe for something to be done to alleviate the distress that exists among the aged people of the State. Men who have helped make Indiana what it is today, who have paid their debts and reared a family, and are considered good citizens, deserve something better than the poorhouse. Just think of it: Two old people that have lived happy through years of toll, that, in the sundown of their lives, can see their finish in the poorhouse. If England can pension her aged, with her growing population groaning under a burden of taxes, equal to the children of Israel under Pharaoh; and we, the richest Nation on earth, are content to sit idly by and say to the aged "Any port in time of storm” Is good enough for any one in distress. It would appear that selfishness predominates among our people—so much so that they care but.little what becomes of their poor old father and mother. It’s a fact that a man 70 years old can’t get a Job anywhere. May God give you courage to fight for the old-age pension. You can accomplish a great deal and bring Joy to the hearts of many. ' Wilson Rutlidge.
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trouble Is that an orchestra is always an orchestra But it doesn’t have to be. But not so with Dee Mattison. He knows that an orchestra can be different. And so he has made his orchestra Just that T-different. • He knows the value of lights, and what it means to a musical picture. He knows what personality means to
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Shortcake By Hal Cooliran This strawberry season is appetite teasin’. I’ll bet you’ll agree on that point. I’ve eaten and eattn and fed on this treat, till I've near thrown my jaws out of joint. No man ever tarries o’er luscious red berries. What wonderful tid-bits they seem. What more could you ask, than to sit to the task, of devouring some berries and cream? And then, for relief, it is my firm belief, that you always can tickle your eye by slttin’ and grinnin', and shortly beginnln’ the eatin’ of strawberry pie. Oh pappy, how happy a fellow can be when this fruit’s at his beck and his call. BUt, when they are serving the berries to me, give me shortcake—the best of them all. Just picture the dough, that with brown is aglow, and the berries all squashed up Just right. And here’s where I stop, ’cause I guess that I'll hop out and get me some shortcake tonight.
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this act stand etUL The mo vie Is’ “The Man Without a Heart.” At the Palace today and Saturday. * t • Other theaters today offer. "Thdj Best People” at English’s; “Th™ Golden Horse’’ at the Lyric; Lena Daley at the Capitol; “My Son’’ at the Circle with Tech Night being observed at the Circle; “Adventure” at the Apollo; Shirley Mason In “The Star Dust Trail” at the Isis; “The Charmer” at the Ohio and “Introduce Me’’ at the Colonial. Tom Sims Says Dempsey may fight in Europe. Gibbons and Tunnuy believe they
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