Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 45, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 July 1929 — Page 4

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On the Eve Tomorrow there will be fireworks, perhaps a few speeches in small places, picnics and vacations. Every one will be happy, or will try to be happy. Every one will celebrate in some form or another. Tonight, it might be worth while to give over ten minutes to thinking. And it will be more worth while if the thoughts be directed to the real reason for the holiday and the celebration. Just why will you light the fireworks? What does the Fourth of July mean to you? It Ineant something to the men who signed their names to what they knew would be either a death warrant or charter of freedom. Those who declared that men had the right to create their own government and rule themselves had no illusions. They understood that, if they failed on battle fields, they would be hanged as traitors. They took the chance. They rebelled because they had been taxed Oppressively. They bad come to know the tyranny behind the tax. so that the resentment continued even after the taxes bad been withdrawn and modified. They had obtained, through oppression, a real knowledge of what it means to be ruled without consent. Have you today a government that is really founded on the consent of the governed? The forms arc here. Tbit as long as trickery and fraud and corruption stealthily seize the places of power, there is no free government. As long as minorities can impose their will upon majorities, self-government does not exist. That is one reason why it is very important to have honest elections. That is one -reason why it is Aery essential that no political influence prevent a thorough investigation of the charges of fraud in Lake county in the last election. Government by gangsters, through the use of imported Negro votes from Chicago, is hardly to be preferred to that of a British king ruling by hired llcssions in uniform. That declaration <>!' the founders should be a call to every citizen of this Indianapolis to examine closely the workings of the Coffin machine, to take it apart and see what makes it tick. For if a boss can control through manipulation. secret, influence, vicious bargains, the handling of elections by paroled prisoners, the reA*olution Avas in Aain. Tonight is a good night to think it over. Hai e you deserved to inherit the results of the Declaration? Have you done your share to protect the victories Avon by men who understood what liberty and self government rpally mean ? Concerning Taxes News of a treasury surplus of $185,000,000 for the fiscal year which ended June 30 has revived talk of further reduction in taxes. That was inevitable. It would be good politics for the Republicans if they could lower taxes, for that means money in the pockets of the voters, which is a most persuasive argument when they go to the jpolls. It is good politics for the Democrats to demand tax cuts. That sounds well to voters and is calculated to embarrass the Republicans. And the Democrats are not in power and therefore would not have to shoulder consequences of unwise fiscal policies. But lower taxes probably are not warranted at this time, despite the excellent showing of the treasury. Fortunately, there seems to be little disposition on the part of the administration or its leaders In congress to alter the revenue laws. “Nothing doing.” said Senator Reed Smoot, who has an excellent knowledge of the government’s fiscal affairs, whatever may be said of his views generally. The treasury is noncommittal. The White House Is giA'ing “careful study” to the possibility of tax reductions, but calls attention to uncertain factors which must be determined beiorc a decision is reached. It will be recalled that shortly before President Herbert Hoover took office a deficit of $97,000,000 Avas feared, and congress and the executive departments were asked to keep expenditures at a minimum. Their efforts helped. The surplus, however chiefly was due to windfalls, to revenue which the treasury had not expected to receive. Income taxes were $220,000,000 more than had been anticipated, for example, principally because of payments on profits made from the unusual stock market situation. Meantime, the cost of government was $150,000,000 greater during the fiscal year just ended than the year before. It will increase again this year and again next: that is conceded. The government, in addition, is committed to huge unusual expenditures, such as those for farm relief, flood control, cruiser construction, inland waterways improvements and public buildings. The $185,000,000 surplus will not lie in the treasury to meet future bills, but will be applied to reduction of the public debt. A further element of uncertainty lies in the effect proposed tariff changes will have on prosperity and re\enues. The treasury is convinced, with six months of the calendar year behind it, that prosperity is well-estab-lished and will continue. There are abundant facts to justify this view. It remains true, however, that the present good showing in public finances is due to unsual conditions which might easily change, and that income and expenditures are approaching too closely to justify a sacrifice in revenues as things now stand. Rheumatism is a lot of bother, but it's about the only thing we have to hold the older people under control, _ i -■.4 f

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Aviation and Safety Next Monday anew era of transportation opens m this country, when a combination of airplane and Pullman will carry passengers from coast to coast in two days. That means time saved for the thousands who vill travel in this manner. Time saved is time added to human life. Because of swift transportation, instant communication, radio, moving pictures, the life of every inhabitant of the world today is measured in terms of experience, a thousand times as long as that of Methuselah. The one question that will bi asked on the opening of air travel will be “Is it safe?* The numerous tragedies in the last few weeks in flying might well raise a doubt. There will be, for a long time, very many who will travel more slowly and prefer to remain upon the ground. Yet every such tragedy can be traced to one of two sources. Either the machine developed defects or the pilot became incautious. Traveling from Indianapolis to St. Louis yesterday on one of the planes which will be used for passengers, Casey Jones, the president of the company, calmly slept. For years he has been the most cautious of aviators. He slept because he knew that he was safe. Up in the pilots’ seat were two skilled men. Any sudden disability of one pilot Avould result instantly in the taking charge by the other. Three motors propelled the machine. Each had been tested before the plane left the ground. Any one of the three was of sufficient power to keep the machine aloft until it could be safely landed. That Avas the reason that Casey Jones could sleep while eleven other passengers looked with increasing wonder at the Avorld beneath and marveled at the modern miracle. The other eleven also obtained a new 7 view ol the world, an entirely different conception of its beauty, anew knowledge of geography. Two and a half hours to St. Louis, time for lunch and a return in the same length of time opens the way for many changes in industry and commerce and living. The fact that the two pilots were in constant radio communication with the air ports Avas assurance that there was no danger of sudden storms ahead. And a Harvard graduate acting as courier answered any question, concerning the plane, geography, the operation of the machine, the distance traveled or the altitude attained. Very soon the fear of air travel will disappear. It will go as the first fear of the locomotive and the automobile went. It will go when the two sources of danger, the disability of the pilot or the disability of the machine, are prevented by precautions. Tire transcontinental line will be but the first of many such enterprises. Tomorrow the world will be on wings. In the last few years cows have done their bit for farm relief by improving in milk-producing qualities 15 per cent. But of course you can’t compare congress to a cow. A man recently testified in a British court that he hasn't had to overhaul his car in twelve years. If he got away with that, the courts in Great Britain must not be so efficient after all. A professor comes out with the statement that bulls are the only creatures that close their eyes when they charge. How about the proprietors of summer resort hotels? A town is beginning to grow up Avhen the editor begins to notice young people sitting around pretty late in the chop suey parlor. The professor who advised students to be snobs and “to speak and act like gentlemen” probably doesn’t think much of the gentlemen he meets nowadays. It would be a dull life if one couldn’t enjoy the luxury 7 of an occasional mistake. A town in Kansas recently celebrated “Tonsil day.” Do you suppose the residents felt their necks?

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Diet and Chemistry

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THE chemical compounds which comprise protoplasm, the substance which makes up the cells of living organisms, are all very familiar substances. The average reader may doubt that he is familiar with so scientific a subject. But thanks to the popularity of conversation about

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and animal tissue. Since we have chosen tt> call the substance of living organisms protoplasm, another was to state the situation would be to say that our food consists of protoplasm. So obviously, when we discuss the chemical content of our diet, we are talking about the chemical constituents of protoplasm. Perhaps we should have placed water at the head of c-ur list of the constituents of protoplasm since it ranges from 65 to 97 per cent of the total weight of protoplasm. Water is an indispensable constituent of protoplasm. That is why water is an indispensable part of our diet. As the water in the protoplasm is used up, we must furnish anew supply by drinking water. There is only a small amount of mineral salts but they are vital. The three other constituents have been listed in the order of their chemical complexity. The carbohydrates are the simplest of the three. Fats come ne>/, while the proteins have the most complex chemical organization. There are also minute traces of other chemical substances. Plants, for example, contain vitamins, chemical substances which are essential in our diet and cause disease when absent. * The chemistry of the \itamins is a difficult subject about which there is much yet to be leakied.

M.E; Tracy SAYS:

A Paid Lobby in Connection With the Tariff Probably Is More Victorious Than It Would, Be in Connection With Most Other Things. AVIATION has taken twentythree lives during the last eight days if one includes the world and six if one includes only the New York district. Mechanics dismiss it as a streak of bad luck, experts think it is due to carelessness and the man in the street is inclined to hold the craze for stunt flying somewhat to blame. Whatever the cause, let us not forget that while this series of unfortunate accidents was occurring, the air mail was running on schedule over a score of routes, trans-con-tinental service was being established and thousands of pilots and passengers were riding in complete safety. tt jt tt Child Delinquency CONCEDING that child delinquency accounts for much crime, what accounts for child delinquency? Easy enough to pick up boys or girls and send them to the reformatory, but if we’re seeking first causes, why not dig a little deeper? Hoav far can society go, or how much can it hope to accomplish in nroA'iding substitutes for the broken home and irresponsible parents? B tt tt 6-Year-old Killer YOU remember the 6-year-old Kentucky lad who killed his playmate and was sentenced to a reformatory. He obtained a rehearing and now stands committed to the state children’s bureau. In the background is a father who showed-what he thought of the case by getting drunk while it was in process of adjustment, losing his taxicab license and paying a fine of $250.00. b tt tt Beggar Boys for Hire IN New York, another taxicab owner has just been sentenced to a prison term of three years, for renting his 7-year-old son out as a professional beggar. In New Jersey, a mother awaits trial on the charge of manslaughter, because she left her 14-year-old daughter die Avithout calling a doctor. tt Carillons and the Tariff MOST any kind of a tune can be played on a carillon, provided it is big enough and of the right sort, but this probably is the first time that one Avas ever used to produce a tariff argument. A representative of the Park Avenue Baptist (John D, Rockefeller Jr.’s) church, New York, has appeared before the senate sub-com-mittee to explain why carillons should be placed on the free list. tt tt tt Same Old Argument HI.S explanation was not only unoriginal, but brought forth the same old answer. In reply to his contention that first-class carillons could not be made in this country; that there Avas no necessity for protection, and that a duty only imposed hardship on American buyers, two carillon makers declared that he was all wrong. They said that just as good carillons could be made in America as anywhere else; that the business was suffering from foreign competition, and that a 40 per cent duty was none too much. tt tt tt No Worry Over Consumer General winfield scott HANCOCK once said that the tariff was a mass of local issues. He might have gone father and added that it was a mass of group, or even personal issues. Though the tariff touches most of us at one point or another, it does so very lightly. Only big boys are hit hard enough to yelp. There are more big boys on the selling than on the buying end. That is Avhy Ave hear more noise in favor of protection, why there is a paid lobby at Washington, and why consumer interest gets scant attention. unless some big boy gets pinched as a purchaser. tt tt tt Probe the Lobby SENATORS Walsh and CaraAvay think the paid lobby should be investigated. Thousands of people agree with them. A paid lobby in connection with the tariff probably is mdre vicious than it AA’ould be in connection with most other things. The tariff is too dull, complicated and tiresome for sustained public interest. Few bother to keep track of what is going on, much less make themselves heard, unless they have a big chip in the pot. The ‘Third House’ THE tariff has resulted in the creation of a third house at Washington which, because of the money and influence back of it. is able to exercise tremendous influence in other political activities. Though unofficial in character, this third house has become an integral part of the government to such extent that -it can often determine public policy, dictate patronage and secure the enactment of laws. It ought to be dragged out in the open, its members identified. its sources of revenue revealed and its activities exposed.

diet, he is well up on the subject. The fi\ r e constituents of protoplasm are: 1: Carbohydrates. 2: Fats. 3: Proteins. 4: Mineral salts. 5: Water. The reason Avhy these substances form the subject of the com-ersation about diet is obAious. Our food consists of plants

Daily Thought

And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.—Ezekiel 16:50. u # St ALL that the wisdom of the proud'ean teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortune.— Goldsmith, _

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BY DR. MORRIS FTSHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. T is THEN one becomes overheated W for any reason whatever, moisture appears on the surface of the body and the evaporation of this moisture tends to lower the temperature of the surface. For many years it has been thought that one of the chief purposes of perspiration was to rid the body of poisonous material. Among many Oriental people sweat baths are regularly employed as a means of keeping the body in good physical condition. In order to determine exactly what the condition of perspiration may be, investigators in the Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia, have made a collection of perspiration

“•you are in a bad slump,” Avrites X M. K. L., “but fortunately the remedy is easy. I think I can guarantee you that falling in lo\ 7 e will solve all your difficulties. But, remember, you must fall in love suddenly, if it is to do you any good. Don’t put this off from day to day. It is important that the matter should be attended to immediately. “Incidentally, my prescription is that you should exercise due caution not to fall in love permanently. I am assuming that you have no intention of writing any more novels or of ever Avriting poetry. Permanence is rather useful for poets and novelists, but for column conductors nothing should ever become set. “A variability of mood and point of view is essential. And so, as' I have said, won’t you please go and fall in love quickly and violently for a short time. It will make you much more readable.” n tt a Refuses Assignment 1 WON’T do it, and that’s all there is to it. This is asking too much of a columnist, even if he has been dull. As things stand I go to all sorts of trouble to find themes to write about. I read books and attend shows and fish in Hale Lake, all for the sake of copy. “But I refuse to fall in lo\ 7 e merely to get a column for Monday morning. Think how estranging it AA 7 ould be to say to anybody: “Would you mind if I were violently in love with you for a little while because it would help me out Avith my newspaper job considerably?” And. besides, there is another difficulty Avhich M. K. L. has overlooked. She doesn’t seem to have any conception of the nature and the strength of masculine chiA 7 alry.

THE free trade theory has cursed America. The protective theory has blessed America. If the free, trade theory were now put into operation it would bankrupt America.—Senator Shortridge of California. tt u n I do not believe that ten years from new dictatorship in Europe will have strengthened itself, nor do I believe that European dictatorships are in the end to damage European history—Ramsay MacDonald. s a a At least 5 per cent of the pay roll of the United States is eaten up in inefficiency by preventable noise. The loss is so large that the figure would seem incredible—Donald E. Laird. (Forbes Magazine.) a tt a The country has grown to such an extent that, relative to total wealth, the present amount of security issues and the present volume of speculative credit may be a less serious burden than half the corresponding amounts a few years ago.— Henry Hall. (The Nation.),

Yours for a Nice Quiet Fourth

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from people with various diseases and have analyzed it chemically. When the perspiration first appears. it is slightly more acid in its reaction than that which appears later. This probably is due to the attempts of the body to maintain its normal reaction under various circumstances. Thereafter the perspiration contains more alkaline material, as can be determined by measuring the reaction of perspiration protected from the air. Because heat treatment is frequently used in such diseases as inflammations of the joints and in rheumatic disorders, special efforts Avere made to find out whether the perspiration contains any different substances under these conditions. It was found, however, that the

If a man ran a daily column In a newspaper and was just terribly in love with somebody, he couldn’t even drop any hint on the state of affairs. That 'would be called bandying a woman’s name about. Two or more can play, and no net or apparatus is required. A man who bandies a woman’s name about is known as a cad, and nobody will talk to him except at such times as he has interesting experiences to relate. Anybody Avho is half a man would much rather be a dull ana dreary column conductor than the most interesting and brilliant cad in the world. I’m sure that’s so. And even if it isn’t so, people don’t, necessarily take on brilliance and interest just by becoming cads. Cads could be quite stupid. On the whole, it seems to me that the judgment of the Avorld is much too severe with them. The intentions of the cad may be the best in the world. Perhaps he just blurts out things because he is indiscreet or in order to make conversation during some painful lull in the party. a tt a Trying to Help Out MAYBE the party at which he is a guest isn’t going very well. Unfortunately he does not know how to sing or play the piano. And people never have cared much for his card tricks. And so he tells something he has no business to tell. Almost instantly the cheeks of the young people round about flush with interest and excitement. Yawns are stifled. Gay comment runs about the room. Everybody is happy. The cad has become a public benefactor. And at this point he is gravely tempted. The laughing people in the room ask him to make some more revelations about himself and

Knowledge is a fine thing, but if it goes toward making an intellectual snob it defeats its purpose.— Booth Tarkington. tt an The talkies, even at their best, fall between two stools. On the one hand, they are not the scenic and pantomimic shadow movies of the past and, on the other, they are not the flesh and blood of the theater. —George Jean Nathan. (The American Mercury.) S3OO Settles Love Suit Bu Times Svecial ANDERSON, Ind., July 3. A breach of promise suit was settled in Madison circuit court when Judge Carl F. Morrow entered a S3OO judgment for Miss Jessie Popplewell against John Down ham, Anderson. The plaintiff sued for $3,000, alleging Downham promised to many her last Christmas eve. She occupied part of his home here several weeks prior to the scheduled date of the wedding. __

perspiration does not change during attacks of arthritis or rheumatism. In the case of Bright's disease or disturbance of the kidneys, however, it was found that the perspiration does contain more protein material in the form of nitrogenous products than under normal conditions. This, of course, explains the value of sweat baths in uremia or in cases in Avhich the kidneys are disabled by Infection and inflammation. Perspiration consists largely of fluid with some fat and fatty ariris and some protein materials, as well as a small amount of mineral salts. The human body is a marvelous mechanism, tending largely to selfregulation. and the studies that have been made of perspiration indicate another method by Avhich it maintains its physical equilibrium.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America’s most interesting writers, and are presented without regard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

a few others. Truth should compel him to say: “There isn’t any more.” But remember he is the center of interest. He has tasted attention. It is easy for us to criticise in cold blood and say that he has done enough harm for one evening Avith the simple and faithful analysis of his triumphs. So far he has been indiscreet, but for the mast part truthful. Naturally we must all allow a certain scope for his particular interpretation of events. But at the moment we are visioning, the young man has told everything he knows and his audience wants more. tt tt a The Lies Begin THE result is inevitable. The cad begins to lie. He bandies about the names of girls w 7 ho actually were at home listening to symphony concerts upon the radio. And now the poor young victim of circumstances has changed his rank. Previous to his experiments Avith invention, he was just a cad. Now he has become an unmitigated cad. On him the game laws are all off. But one resen-ation must be made. If the young man happens to write his revelations down instead of telling them aloud in company, then he is not a cad at all, but a frank and fearless literary artist. If I ever had the privilege of choosing, I don't know but that I’d rather be a cad. He at least keeps his amateur standing. At the very most, he has talked for his cocktails and his supper. No royalties will accrue to him from his revelations. And by the Avay, M. K. L., left one point vague in her suggestion. Perhaps the prescription which she has suggested for a lagging columnist may not be so hard after all. If she means no more than unrequited love, I shouldn’t have any trouble in falling in that direction. iCoDvrieht. 1929. for The Times'

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REASON

-By Frederick Land is-

Congressman La Guonlia H ~ Bad Tonsils Removed Dic - ing the fir cess <\f Congrek So Hr Wouldn't Miss o>| Speaking Hay. THE French chamber of deputii, ' threw a fit because we expef \ France to keep her word and pay $400,000,000 on the first of Augus in settlement of the bill she hf 7 y owed for more than ten years, fi ; the surplus war materials sff&p bought from us after the war w: over. France reminds us of the gran' opera star who has an eruptioa?:*. of artistic temperament when askc for money by the boarding hotifj!* keeper who fed her when she wj penniless and obscure. tt Jt S John H. Bankhead, who is rul|| nine against Toni Heflin, is a mil lionaire coal mine owner, so tn<v interests of the common people will be safe, no matter who wins. a tt a A Wabash river mussel yields a pearl worth $50,000 and the mussel gets about the same proportion of the proceeds that the farmer gets out of his products. a tt a The word is that the former kaiser will scorn the German republics willingness for him to return. Bill has lost his authority, but the old mustache still is sticking straight up! tt tt tt Premier Ramsay MacDonald's action in sending cables to the dominions of the British Empire, asking how they stand on the recognition of Russia, makes one Avonder how long the American revolution would have been postponed, had MacDonald's predecessor. Lord North, shown the colonies the same consideration. George Washington taught John Bull all the. manners he ever learned. a a a REPRESENTATIVE LA GUARDIA had his tonsils Removed during the recess of congress, so he would'! miss one single speaking day. tt R tt The deserved * silence to whieh Arthur Sehreiher, the stowaway of the Yellow Bird, has returned should deflate the ambitions of all who have been anxious to follow his example. a t> a New York City’s publir schools closed last Saturday, turning more than a million children loose for two months. For most of them it will be a A’aeation upon hot streets, but you couldn't drag them to the country as a permament proposition, t: a tt The pa tiers carry pictures of Marion Talley, all dressed up and sitting on the tractor on her n£w farm. We haven’t seen anything which so reeks of the soil since Coolidge had himself photographed, pitching hay in a stiff shirt and high collar. Marion hopes to be able to raise one picture to the acre. o a a Doubtless these two gentlemen of Topeka, Kan., who were held up and ,' robbed of $14,000 by the dashint' brunette have by this time joine<\: the large majority who are said tov prefer blonds. *v t: tt a Jack Dempsey declares that h 4 will return to the ring and fighn Schmeling, the German contended in order to keep the championsßS in the United States. There’s nothing Dempsey Avon’t do for hi®| country; he’ll fight for it in the ringj in time of peace and die for it the ship yards in time of war!

—T qOAVf- IBITHE = Am

UNION ADMITS IDAHO July 3.

TODAY is the anniversary of the admission of Idaho to the Union, At an election in November, 1889, the territory of Idaho ratified a Constitution and then petitioned congress for admission to the Union, Congress passed the admission ac(| and on July 3, 1890, the President* approved the bill. Territorial Governor George Xil Shoup automatically became thd| chief executive of the newly commonwealth. At a special election! in October, 1890, Shoup was continued in office and to him belongs the distinction of having been the last territorial and the first state Governor of Idaho. Idaho is one of the largest states in the Union, having an area 'of 84.313 square miles. It was at one time part of the northwestern territory, Congress created the territory of Idaho in 1863. With ’the exception of great sage brush plains in the southern part of the state, Idaho is. coA’ered with ranges of mountains and deep valleys. Its name comes from a Fshoshini exclamation “E-da-how,” with the accent, on 4he second syllable.'