Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 52, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 July 1925 — Page 4
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Enlightening Figures rpHEFENDERS of the high protective tariff [L>{ invariably profess that their chief concern is the American workman. Only by keeping out foreign commodities, they say, can 'the wage earners in this country be provided with plenty of work at good wages. The implication is that workmen are the chief beneficiaries of higher priced factory products. The census bureau’s report on file comparative value of manufactures in 1923 and 1921 is a complete answer to this contention. These figures show that workmen get only from one-fourth to one-third of the increased values. Stockholders in the protected industries reap the major benefits. Between 1921 and 1923 the average wage of American workmen went up from $l,lBO to $1,255. The average value of each workman's factory output during this same period went up from $2,635 to $2,950. Consumers, of course, paid the difference. They have been told time after time that they pay the higher prices because of the higher wage scale. This is clearly disproved. v The revelations by the census bureau may embarrass efforts to retain the present high rates when Congress assembles next winter. About That French Debt EY/jE r VE said a lot about being fair to Ger[W many. And we’ve spilled some of our nicest words praising Britain for her really remarkable come-back after the war—involving, among other things, the refunding of her $5,000,000,000 debt to ns. Now let’s consider France. She owes us about $4,000,000,000 and Britaip $3,000,000,000. 'Why jiasir’t she paid ? Germany, you may recall, did not suffer invasion. She kept the war on foreign soil—mostly French. So when she recently started to pay up, she had no big repair hill to meet at home. Ditto-. Britain. Not an enemy heel was plante&cn her shores. She, too, could use her surplus wealth to meet her foreign obligations. But in France it was different. The war left 7,250,000 acres of land unfit for use, 5,000,000 acres of which being in farms. She had 893,792 buildings destroyed, 22,900 factories smashed, along with 5,081 schools and 3,311 churches. Somebody had to repair this damage. French refugees began to pour back home as soon as the war was over. It was imperative that the region should be made habitable, and the farms tillable, as soon as possible. Thq French said the Germans would have to pay. But the Germans did not pay. So France had to borrow' the money from her own citizens. Today 95 per cent of the land and 91 per cent of the buildings have, been restored. work has cost France 74,206,000,000 francs. Normally this would be over $14,000,000,000, or twice her present total indebtedness to both. America and Britain. Is it not fair to assume that France, long ago, might have started paying off her debt to us had she had —like Germany and Britain—no devastated region to repair? It is the fashion nowadays to ride France for not having refunded her debt to us. And
Making the Discovery That New York Holds Circle Theater Orchestra and Conductor in High Regard Rv IVillAf T> Hlfirninn T j xi. _
By Walter D. Hickman OAVE carried back with me ■ from my delightful daj-s vacation in New York, anew and high regard for some things that surround me every day in Indianapolis. Several times when I was introduced to people in New York they would say, “Yes, you c<ome from the home of Booth Tarkington” and on more than several occasions this was said, “You live in the city that has the wonderful theater orchestra, the Circle Orchestra.” They were speaking of the regular Circle Theater Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Bakaleinikoff. Symphony orchestras are not rare in Nw York. That we know but New Yorkers who travel have dropped in at the Circle for the purpose of hearing' this orchestra. To gain such a reputation as this is an honor. It lifts the Circle Or- , chestra from a private enterprise to ’ one of civic importance. I know the , directors of the Circle .theater and I realize that in‘creating and maintaining this expensive symphony orchestra, these gentlemen are guided with more than cflfaunercial interest — an interest Which is actually civic. In fart, the commercial side olf the question, does not enter into it. When a. city is oLen remembered as the residence of a great author and the birth of a wonderful theater orchestra, it seems to me that it is time for some of us to do a little gbouting for jfly, and I am doing jest that little, thing here. It would-have been ea ay for Mr.
we cite what Britain has done, and even Germany. But let’s be fair. Despite some frankly foolish behavior, there is much to be said for France. At least she is as much to be pitied as censured. China Through a Keyhole “There Is now a 10-year-old Chinese boy In a Shanghai hospital who was brought there following an accident In a local cotton mill, with his upper lip tom to ribbons, his lower jaw almost fractured and most of his teeth knocked out. “These injuries were received because just BEFORE GOING OFF DUTY AT 4 A. M., AFTER AN ELEVEN AND A HALF HOUR NIGHT SHIFT, he lost his balance and fell against the machinery. “The boy, we are told, is dull and listless, plainly showing the effects, of having worked at this rate SINCE HE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD, which is his record. “He said he had worked all night without any stop for food and had had nothing to eat until after four in the morning. He has been receiving $5 to $6 Hex. ($2 to $3) a month for his work.” mHE above is from the North China Herald of June 6, organ of the foreign settlement of Shanghai. It was conditions sue li exo these in the Anglo-Japanese cotton mills there that led to the strike, that led to the demonstration, that led to the killing of unarmed students resulting in the nation-wide agitation in the Celestial Republic. To make it typical of the situation out there, the self-same issue of the Herald is otherwise devoted to scathing denunciations of the Chinese for taking part in the agitation. The paper calls it a “rebellion” and publishes an appeal “To the Peaceable Chinese of Shanghai,” exhorting them to side with the foreigners. “Sooner or later thd rioters and the strike agitators will be beaten,” the appeal concludes. “Until they are, life will not be pleasant for any one, Chinese or foreigner. "But that will not deter the foreign authorities from standing firm and doing their utmost to crush revolt and restore order and good government- “ How long this threat to your peace, your welfare and your safety is to last depends largely on you.” Gocl of us all, what hypocrisy! Quit objecting, bend your neck to the yoke and “life will be pleasant” again. The tot’s face will be patched up, he’ll go back to the night shift and his $3 a month, the foreign proprietor will buy himself another yacht, his wife anew string of pearls and all will be well in this perfectly jolly old world! • • I ■pT] ERE is a glimpse, as through a keyhole, of li the situation in China. This mind you, is in what is known all over the far East as “The Model Settlement,” always held up to the Chinese dS a sample of the white man’s culture and headquarters of Christianity among the heathen. China herself has child labor laws which compare quite favorably -with those of this country or Europe. But the mighty foreigners there laugh at these laws, as witness the mangled tot now in the Shanghai hospital. And when the municipal council of the “Model Settlement” itself proposes the discussion of an ordinnace to improve child labor conditions, even a little, in Shanghai, bossed though the council is by the British, it CAN’T GET A QUORUM. At Washington in 1922 eight powers signed a pact to give China a square deal. As sponsor for the Washington conference, the American government should at least try to induce the other seven powers to live up to the agreement.
Lieber and the others to have given up the better music idea when the jazz and rag craze hit the country. But these men knew the lasting beauty of great and good music. I firmly believe that jazz music has its place In the entertainment field, but I am as equally convinced that a symphony orchestra is just as essential. / I know a man who at one time admitted that he did not. care for what he called “high-brow” musio. One week the Circle Orchestra played ‘The Blue Danube Waltz.” He discovered that the reason he didn’t like “high brow music” was that he was acquainted with only one brand of music. Since that time, this man has bought a phonograph and when I need to hear some of the finest recorded orchestral music, I walk over to his house for an hour of genuine pleasure with him. And I believe that this influence of the Circle Theater orchestra is one of the noblest and finest things we have in the State,. The symphony orchestra is more than a fixture with the Circle Theater. It has been kept intact at an enormous cost, so staggering at times that I wonder what new demands of the musicians will make upon the future of the symphony orchestra. Another thing I like about the Circle orchestra and that is the way thht Bakaleinikoff applies melody of individual meaning to the movies shown, at this house. He does it so well, that tls music is now looked
upon as an index to the character of the picture presented. I always had the highest regard for the way the Circle Orchestra has created and maintained Its orchestra. New York recognizes the worth of the organization. And it is well for us of this city to pause and reflect upon the value of the things we enjoy every day. • • • LETTING SO* TLOFF TALK A LITTLE BIT Have received in interesting statement from Nikolai Sokoloff, conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, who has Just returned from Europe. You will remember that Sokoloff was here last season with his orchestra. Sokoloff has the following to say: “There is a tide in the affairs of art, as well as the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune, and that tide is turning America-wards. “I found nothing in the publishing houses of England and my personal inquiries among European composers who were in London, revealed nothing. Even Stravinsky, most prolific of composers, has published nothing for a long time. There is absolutely no creative work being done. , "American composers, on the other hand, have been hard at work during the past year and a number of big orchestral works are being written, some to be published within the next few months. “But that is not the only turning
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RIGHT HERE IN INDIANA By GAYLORD NELSON
RULES FOR A LONG LIFE A"“IBFtAHAM MALOOF, born in Syria, but long a resident of the United States, died at his Indianapolis home the other day at the ripe old age of 103. Throughout his long life he never
tasted liquor nor used tobacco. ! To his abi stlnende and frugal habits he attributed his unusual collection of years. Almost every centenarian has his individual ■' recipe for lon- ' gevity. Peruna, Tanlac, buttermilk, vegetarian diet, abstlnf ence from nlcptine and alcohol, are all recommended. But no rule is infallible.
Nelson
Some centerarlans have been weaned on plug tobacco and moonshine. Noah, an historic drunkard, lived, according tb the S :rlptures, to be 950 years old. Thomas Parr, an Englishman who died at 152, ate. drank and was merry all his life. He guzzled ale and never took a bath. Metchnikoff, the celebrated zoologist and bacteriologist, proclaimed he had discovered the fountain of youth in buttermilk. But his own span of life extended only a little beyond the normal three score and ten. Probably most people dig untimely graves with their teeth and appetites. Observance .of simple rules of health would doubtless lengthen the average life span. But there is A bigger goal In life than the century mark. The value of a human life is estimated by Us breadth not its length. EARNINGS OF OF PRISONERS RS PROSPERIXE STERRETT, an Indianapolis woman with four Small children, received a check for $1.25 from the great State of Indiana the other day. That sum represented the net June earnings of her husband confined in State Prison for wife and child desertion. An act passed by the 1925 Legislature provides that r.et earnings of prisoners serving sentences for desertaln shall be turned over to their families for their support. So Mrs. Sterrett gets $1.25. Humanitarians, uplifters. and social welfare workers enthusiastically supported the law and urged its passage. They argued It marked a real advance in penology and would solve a difficult problem, the care of prisoners’ families. It was a beautiful dream. But $1.25 a month won’t provide very many necessities, comforts or luxuries for a wife and four little ones. It won’t even begin to answer the question of how they will live while husband and father serves his sentence. It proves that a man who can’t or won’t support his dependents out of jail can’t do It in pCson. The lncidert Illustrates the futil ity ot much of our humanitarian, social reform legislation. Many such measures, appealing to the heart not the head, are passed with a hurrah and a few tears. Then they fail to work. UNIFORM^ MARRIAGE LAWS IRS. EDWARD F. WHITE, reporter of the Indiana u——i .1 Supreme and Appellate Courts, at the Indiana Bar Association meeting Thursday, decried the lack of uniformity in the marrige and divorce laws of the various States —and urged a Federal law governing the state of matrimony. Such a law could only be enacted after adoption of an amendment to the Constitution. Undoubtedly a tangled mess of marriage and divorce laws are in force in this country. Forty-eight sets of lawmakers, legislating on the subject, have addled the state
of the tide. America is showing a keener appreciation of the art 6 and is organizing groups which make it possible for musicians and artists to live without the worry of financial support. “This is not true in England, where there are as fine musicians as there are anywhere In the world. The London Symphony, for example, is a cooperative affair, and if concerts/are not patronized, members of the orchestra have no pay. Unfortunately, musicians have to meet their creditors on the same basis as any one else, so they are forced to desert the ranks of art and accept popular engagements, where they are sure of an income. ‘'Many London writers are chiding musicians for this desertion, but men are forced to go where they are supported. ‘The arts are not being supported by the people of culture, and while these same writers claim, that English people of culture are very poor and have no money for concerts, S noticed that they spent fr.oulous sums on the Derby and other popular sports. It resolvos itself to the well-known fact tha. people can usually afford what they want most. “Fine old homes, some dating back to the Tudors, some of an earlier period, have been bought, or are being rented by the new-rich, who are making painful attempt* to ‘do them over’ In modefn style. It ia realty very tragic."
of matrimony until It Is a nervous wreck. New Hampshire has fourteen legal grounds for divorce, New York one. ‘ In South Carolina Couples stay married until death doth part —there is no such word as divorce. In Nevada the matrimonial yoke is put on and off as easily as a complexion or any other article of apparel. There Is as much diversity in the minimum age requirements for marriaige in the various States. A Federal law. of course, would end the confusion. But would it actually improve conditions? The majority of people in Nevada remain permanently and blissfully wedded, despite the State’s liberal divorce code —just as in South Carolina or New York. Why should they be compelled to give up a law that apparently suits them just because a few movie stars and other casual matrimonial adventurers take advantage of it? Couples will happily unite or more happily separate, no matter what the statute book says. Love, alive or dead, will And a way. Marriage, in thig country, suffers less from the lack of uniformity of the laws than from human nature. Even an omnipotent Congress at Washington can't make human nature uniform. COUNT OF THE CITY’S NOSES SHE Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce is undertaking an exhaustive survey to determine the present population of the city. Increase in telephones, newspaper circulation, gas users, water consumption etc., since 1920 will be studied in arriving at the estimate. According to the United States census bureau estimate the city now has a population of 358.819. The directory publishers give It 371.745. In any event there has been a substantial Increase since the last census. Os course that is very pleaelng to civic pride. However, population figures in themselves mean very little. They are merely a count of noses, not achievements. Community greatness can not be measured by the number of inhabitants. The Important thing Is not how many Inhabitants, but what sort of inhabitants and how they live. An ant-hill Is populous, but unimportant. Its fame ex-' tends only a few yards. There are a hundred cities In the world with larger populations than Indianapolis—half of them less well known. A city’s importance is measured by its civic, commercial and cultural accomplishments the quality not quantity of its people. Athens, in the classical age, was not largo. In the days of its greatest glory Its population did not exceed that of many an obscu.e Chinese village today. But Athens furnished intellectual and artistic inspiration for all succeeding ages. It is not important how many Indianapolis has added to its population since the last census. Is it a better place to live and raise a family, does it offer greater opportunities to the average man, materially. Intellectually and in the pursuit of happiness, than in 1920? If not it hasn't advanced even if it has grown in population.
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The music season is not complete unless Ona B. Talbot brings John McCormack to town. She will do that on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 13 when the famous tenor will sing again at the Murat.
Mom ’n Pop By Hal Cochran A I— - *"1 COUPLE of pedestals soar to the sky, and their occupants make us all glad. You’ve seen them, of course, in your little mind's eye. Let's consider them — mother and dad. We all owe a debt that we never can pay, but at least we can make just the best of It, by showing our thanks in our acts, day by day—and they’ll have $o imagine the rest of It. Right now is the time you can do little things that will show that, as daughter or son, you are happy for acts that real happiness brings to your parents, whenever they're done. * Our lives, after all, are too short to repay our folks for the things they have done for us. 'Tls best that we do one good act day. What’s the answer? It really means fun for us. Say, where is the daughter or son who'll deny tb; t there’s everything due Mom ’n Pop?" Let's start off today to repay—you and I—let’s start it, and then, never stop!
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THE FRONTIER OF SCIENCE Changes in Energy of the Sun Have Marked Effect on Earth Temperature
Weather Predicted Ahead of U. S. Department by Astronomer.
B> David Dietz SEA. Service Writer P" ' 1 DIRECT connection between I A I weather conditions in North America and the amount of heat radiated by the sun has been worked out. This is today's most important news from the frontier of science. It Is important because an eventual complete understanding of the connection between the sun and our weather will enable us to forecast the weather as much as a year In advance. Dr. H. H. Clayton, former head of the Argentine Weather Bureau, shows that a change in the amount of energy radiated by the sun affects the barometer and thermometer readings in Northern Canada on the same day. The effect is felt along the Atlantic coast at Boston and New York about three days later. Strangely enough, a decrease In the energy radiated by the sun Is accompanied by an increase in earthly temperature. Just why this paradox should exist is not known. Asa test of his theory. Dr. Clayton has been making a forecast of the temperature of New’ York City several days In advance for the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. The institution reports that on the average he comes very* close to predicting the actual temperatures which later occur in New York on the day specified in his forecast. Pp| HE great American banana 111 Scientists are talkL J ing about it .now. It Is not. as one might expect, a scientific investigation of the once popular song about the alleged banana shortage. It’s a discu-ssion precipitated by the finding of fossil banana seeds in a coal mine In Colombia. Certain scientists declare that this proves the banana originated on the American continent. But Dr. W. E. Safford of the United States Department of Agriculture disagrees. Safford says that the banana was unknown on this contient when Columbus arrived here and that the home -of the banana i<s the MfUay Archipelago. • • • CIENTTSTS have known for a long time that mineral matter valuable to the human system was removed from many vegetables by cooking. Recent experiments conducted at the University of Wisconsin, however, show that the losses are much lower when the vegetables are steamed. j Professors C. A.*Hoppert and W. H. Peterson carried on the research work. I
TOM SIMS SAYS
If she had married the man she wishes she had maybe he wouldn't have been the man he is. Always make a lot of noise at a party and they will ask you to come buck again. A little chloroform sprinkled on the coat lapel will attract rouge and make it stay. Write your letters before your cation. If you enjoy the trip you won't have time to write. Being alone is dangerous. It makes you think. Money is like booze. The more you have the more you think you need. Nature leaves man unprotected. Gold fish stay m swimming ail the time without getting sunburned.
THE 6PUDZ FAMILY—By TALBTTRT
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The sun, a small slar in comparison wllli oihers. ejects 11s file as far an 500,000 miles in flame* like these shown. A nova, or new star, may throw out Its fire much farther.
You can ret an answer to an; question of fact or information by writins to The Indianapolis Time* Washington Bureau. 1322 Sew York Are . Washtnton. D C. inclosing 2 cents In (tamp* for reply Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requegts cannot be answered All letters are confidential.—Editor. How much has been paid in pensions by the United States to veterans of all wars, exclusive of the World War and about how much for each of the wars? A total of $6,836,182,860, has been paid in pensions to veterans of all wars In which the country has been engaged exclusive of the World War. Os this total $6,427,108,586 was paid on account of the Civil War. For the war of the revolution, $70,000,000 was peid In pensions: for the war with Mexico, 56,545,364, and for the war with Spain $126,673,359. The Indian wars are recorded as costing the smallest amount In pensions, $25,640,382. Next comes the war of 1812 with pension payments reaching $46,145,323. In addition the government has paid $67,557,368 in pensions for its regular establishments of the Army and Navy; $16.513.425 for unclassified pensions and $168,538 pensions for the World War that have been handled by the Pension Bureau instead of the Veterans Bureau. What is an ordinance? An ordinance is in general any law. but the term is usually restricted to (1) Acts passed by municipal councils. (2) Regulations made by an executive officer for
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ftho proper enforcement of a law. They consist usually of Interpretations of the law for the guidance of I public employes. t3) The decrees of | a constitutional or sovereignty con|vent!on imposing a fundamental law upon the State, ns for Instance, an ordinance of secession. t 4) An act passed by Congress under the Articles of Confederation. What is the pay of a letter carrier in the United States Postal Service? They enter the service at $1,700 per year and are advanced SIOO for each year of service until $2,100 is reached. What was the amount paid by the syndicate of bankers in their purchase of the Dodge Brothers automotive property? On May 7 a check for $146,000,000 closed the deni whereby a syndicate of bankers purchased the Dodge Brothers automotive property. This is said to be the largest amount ever drawn through on a check In a commercial deal. How many prisoners are in penal Institutions, according to the latest figures? The latest figures are for January 1, 1923. At that time there were 108.939 prisoners In penal institutions. What are the times for the various watches on board ship? First watch, 8 p. m. to midnight; middle watch, midnight to 4 a, m.; morning watch, 4 a. m. to 8 a. m.; forenoon watch. 8 a. m. to noon; afternoon watch, noon to ♦ p. m.: dog watches, 4 to 6 p. m. and 6 to 8 p. m. How must I care for my tulip bulbs so that they will give the best results? Dig up the bulbs after the foliage has turned brown. Keep them in a moist, cool place, such as the cellar, during the summer; a place where there Is a good circulation of air, and replant them In the fall, taking care not to have tho tops of the bulbs more than three or four Inches below the surface of the soil. At the time of planting mix bone meal with the soli. What Is the character of the land in Arizona? Is it very mountainous? The whole State of Arizona la mountainous, in the form of short. Isolated ranges, having a general northwest-southeast trend, and gashed by deep gorges and dry water courses.
whmere the people near by pllay the kind of music you like. Too .much Jealousy spoils the love. A woman is a person who gets so mad at you she cries on your shoulder. Many a man who was drunk the night before tells her he