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Bootleg Gas Not surprising is the revelation that a successful effort to evade the gasoline tax was made but it is surprising to note the manner in which officials of the state handled the matter after they had obtained a confession of guilt. One concern, so it is now disclosed, employed the simple, if dubious, experiment of shipping in car loads of gasoline under false labelling and thus evading- the payment of tax to the state after it had collected it frciA citizens who supposed they were building roads, not secret fortunes. It might seem that when such a state of afTairs was brought to the attention of state officials that there would be warrants for arrest instead of a compromise settlement on the basis of such cars as were admittedly sent to the state in order to tax the people for the benefit of the private concern. The people might have expected indignation and such a sweeping inquiry into the entire business of that particular concern as would disclose all the facts, not only as to cars sent to one city but as to trucks sent out surreptitiously. It may be remembered that an ignorant country girl is now in the penitentiary for obtaining an orange and a banana through a clumsy and easily detected forgery. She has been there for nearly a year and a half. Here is a conspiracy to defraud the entire state. It reaches vast proportions. It was an admitted embezzlement of at least ten thousand dollars for that much was collected by the state. There should be at least an explanation, if not a warrant for every one connected with the transaction. To Curb Unemployment Now that the senate has passed the last of the Wagner unemployment bills, the house should act without delay. The Ideas incorporated in these bills are very old, having been put forward by many economists, accepted by many foreign governments and recommended in this country by the Hoover unemployment commission of 1921-22. Congress has waited too long already. The bills should have been law before the autumn depression set in, for they vould have mitigated some of its effects. One of these three bills provides for collection and publication oi federal unemployment statistics every month. Ours is the only large industrial nation on earth lacking reliable employment statistics which has been an added handicap in dealing with the present slump. The second bill provides for long-range planning and staggering of government public works, to take up employment, slack in hard times, and involves expenditures up to $150,000,000. The last bill passed makes a $4,000,000 appropriation for a labor survey, and provides for establishment of a federal system of employment agencies in coordination with similar state agencies, allowing for sectional transfer of excess labor. Failure cf the house to pass these long overdue measures would be unpardonable.

The Tariff Jam The log-rolling Grundy tariff bill is in a parliamentary Jam, from which it may not be extricated. Out of the confusion of party leaders, one heartening fact emerges. The rising cry of protest throughout the country cgainst this tariff grab has begun to frighten the old guard. Charges were made in the senate Friday that most of the old guard senators, who originally forced the bill, now want it killed, if that can be done without implicating them. If the Grundyites have heard the public protest and thus are being educated to the folly of the bill, they deserve the encouragement rather than the sneers of their opponents. The country is not so much interested in how the bill is killed, provided it is killed. If the old guard will not vote against the bill, but on the other hand is willing to maintain the parliamentary deadlock and keep the bill chloroformed in conference committee until congress adjourns, that at least would be far better than passing the bi’l The present deadlock arises becauses the house representatives on the conference committee are unwilling to compromise on the house form of the bill, and the senate representatives, under special instructions of the senate are not allowed to compromise. The senate bill carries the debenture form of farm relief and a flexible provision transferring from the President to congress the p>wer to adjust individual schedules on recommendation of the tariff commission. Both of these provisions, which were written into the senate bill by the Democratic-Progressive coalition. are opposed by the administration leaders of the senate and house and oy the President. Under normal circumstances, the present conference deadlock would be reported back to both houses for instructions, but this is not being done, because the administration fears that the house, under public pressure against the bill, might get out of hand. Therefore, .he administration Friday presented a Smoot resolution in the senate in such way that nothing at all will come before the house. The Smoot resolution, which comes up Monday, would permit the senate conferees to throw out the debenture and flexibility-through-congress provisions. If the Democratic-Progressive coalition is able to 'defeat the Smoot resolution, the present conference deadlock will be maintained—presumably until congress adjourns in mid-June. Technically, the bill would remain alive in conference committee until next March, when the second regular session of this congress ends. The effect of such parliamentary situation would be to allow tire senators and representatives to go into the November election without having committed themselves finally on Grundy bill, and likewise would allow the country to express itself indirectly at the polls on the tariff issue. , Although lame duck members of cony s will hold their seats in the winter session of congress, after they are defeated, an adverse election probably would force the old guard, for expediency sake, to leave the bill to The upshot of all this is that those consumers and

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business men in the country who have been working so hard to kill this bill already have accomplished something. They have thrown fear and indecision into the hearts of some of the old guard and have converted others. A fortnight ago the higher tariff advocates of both parties were determined to enact the bill at all costs; now they are wavering. The issue transcends party and sectional lines. It is not the limited revision that Hoover asked for. It does not help the farmer. It hurts the manufacturers who originally hoped to profit. It hits every man, woman and child in the country by taxing food, clothing, shelter and necessities a billion dollars. Worse, It has started a tariff war in which thirtythree foreign nations threaten reprisals. Such a tariff war will close foreign markets, and by strangling our exports will close our factories and increase unemployment. No wonder that even many of those in congress who at first voted for this bill now are maneuvering to prevent its final passage. Victoria and George V Britain is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the ascension of George V to the throne. British monarchs now have little political power, but their reigns may symbolize and identify important movements and tendencies in British affairs. The reign of Victoria unquestionably constituted the high-water mark in the development of the British empire. Britain reaped the reward of having been the first country to introduce machinery on a large scale and to gain the advantages of the industrial revolution. She poured forth goods from her factories in great volume and marketed them throughout the world. She remained relatively free from the expense and bloodshed of foreign wars. In diplomacy she pursued a policy of splendid isolation. Under Disraeli the spirit of empire was revived, and new territory secured. That already possessed was reorganized and imperial control tightened. At the turn of the century Britain unquestionably was the great world power, though Germany and the United States were gaining on her. The short reign of Edward VII (1901-1910) marked the turning point in the destiny of the British empire. The country was prosperous. During the latter part of his reign it was ruled with real intelligence. But Edward and his ministers abandoned the policy of isolation. They began that flirtation with France which led England into the abyss of 1914 and spelled her ultimate ruin. The main responsibility must rest on Sir Edward Grey, but Edward VII took an active interest in foreign relations. He was strongly anti-German and even more vigorously proFrench. Twenty years of George V have witnessed the greatest decline in British prestige and prosperity | which history records in any comparable period of time. The chief cause was the folly of Grey in not checking the World war, when it lay easily in his power to do so, and in his entry on the side of France and Russia. The World war left Britain in greater economic distress than at any other period in modern history. Two of her best customers, Germany and Russia, were ruined temporarily. British goods were boycotted in parts of India. Her factories have operated at a low ebb. A million or more of able-bodied men have been unemployed steadily and have been supported at great expense on government allowances. In addition a great national debt has been accumulated. Such is the record of Britain under George V. Such is the “debt" she owes to Viscount Grey. And Grey took the fateful steps in July and August, 1914, against the advice of all his major ambassadors— Bunsen in Austria, Bertie in France, Buchanan in Russia, and Goschen in Germany. Britain is not out, but she is down. She may rise, but never again to the glories that were hers in May, 1910. Autos and Railroads Although the automobile has hit the railroad a severe blow by taking away a big slice of the passenger traffic, it has furnished enough additional freight traffic to offset it. Figures released by the Alexander Hamilton institute show that the number of miles traveled by passengers on Class one railroads in the United States dropped from 38,000,000,000 in 1923 to 31,000,000,000 in 1929, while passenger revenue fell in the same period from $1,148,000,000 to $874,000,000. On the other hand revenues from freight, mail and express have risen. Just another illustration of the old truth; the railroads need not fear any form of competition if it serves to increase the general prosperity of the nation.

REASON By F land?s Clv

RENO, Nev., voted in favor of the repeal of the Eighteenth amendment, but the result does not indicate the real wet and dry sentiment, as the lady voters thought they were voting against matrimony. a a a The prince of Wales was wise to consent to accept the presidency of the Professional Golfers’ Association, succeeding the late earl of Balfour, for he will have much more power in that position than he ever can hope to have as king of England. a a a RUDOLF PRIM!-, the composer, has gone to Paris, saying that it is impossible to work in our high tension atmosphere Friml should have stayed here and taken quarters in some young lawyer's office, for there he would have found complete detachment from the world. a a a Just now when all the people are trying to reduce, all of the towns that have reduced are taking the hide off of the census officials for reporting the fact. It is . surprise to have the department of commerce report that. Lindbergh successfully has passed the semi-annual examination for pilots, for something has seemed to be radically wrong with that fellow's flying for years. a a a THE other night a stroke of lightning put out the toren of the Goddess of Liberty and here we’ve been told it was put out ten years ago by the Volstead law. a a a Egypt, enthusiastic over the discovery of another big batch of mummies, is dickering with a British company for the grave robbery concession. Egypt is the only country on earth where they mine the dead. a a a The other day the former kaiser took his private “hre engine and helped extinguish the blaze in a neighbor's house at Doom, Holland. The fancy regsfia of a volunteer fire department chief ought to appeal td him is i steady proposition.

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SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

Venus and Jupiter Will Glow in Sky Tonight Like Celestial Twin Lamps. THE heavens will present a sight of unusual beauty tonight. The western sky in the hours Just after sunset will—if thy sky is cloudless—disclose a charming spectacle. Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest star-like objects in the sky, will be only a more than a degree apart. They will glow in the western sky like some celestial twinlamp. The phenomenon is know'll to astronomers as a conjunction. An apparent near approach of two celestial objects constitutes a conjunction. Venus is, on an average, 67,170,000 miles from the sun. Jupiter averages 483,200,000 miles from the sun. It will be seen at once, therefore, that actually Venus and Jupiter must always be separated by some hundreds of millions of miles. But as the two revolve around the sun, it is possible for them to be in the same sectors of their orbits, so that when viewed from the earth, the lines of sight to them pass close together and as a result the planets appear very near to each other. * * M Race THOSE who have been watching the western sky this month, have noticed a celestial race. Venus and Jupiter have been the contestants. Both planets have appeared in the western sky after sunset. Venus, however, has been lower or nearer the horizon than Jupiter. But both planets have been moving to the east so that each night they were higher in the sky than the previous night. Jupiter, however, has been moving very slowly, while Venus has been moving rapidly. The result is that Venus has tended to overtake Jupiter. The conjunction which occurs tonight marks r*e moment when Venus succeeds in overtaking Jupiter. The two planets will be fairly high in the western sky when the conjunction occurs. Venus, the brighter cf the two, will be to the right of Jupiter. Both planets will be very bright. Venus will be more than fifty times as bright as a first magnitude star. It will be possible to pick up the two planets as soon as the twilight begins to deepen. It will be particularly interesting to watch the change in the appearance of the sky as the twilight fades and the stars begin to appear, first the brightest or first magnitude stars, and then the stars of smaller magnitude. As the sky darkens, the light of the two planets will become brighter and their hues richer. mm* Jupiter AFTER the conjunction, Venus will continue its eastward race, appearing much higher in the sky each night. Our sun also possesses an apparent eastward motion due in reality to revolution of the earth around the sun. The result of this will be that the sun also will appear to begin to gain on Jupiter, and so Jupiter will set earlier each night. In other words, as Venus appears to rise higher in the sky after the conjunction, Jupiter will appear to drop lower. By the end of May, it no longer will be possible to see Jupiter. The sun will have caught up to Jupiter and so the line of sight to Jupiter will pass too close to the sun to permit us to see Jupiter. The sun will pass Jupiter on June 17 and thereafter Jupiter no longer will be an evening star, but a morning star. However, it will remain too close to the sun to be seen until about the middle of July. N After that time, early risers will be able to see the planet in the eastern sky in the hour or so before sunrise. The motions of the planets is a complicated subject. It is not easy to distinguish between the apparent motions of the planets and the apparent motion of the sun on the one hand, and the real motions of the solar system on the other. But the layman who forms the habit of watching the shift in planetary positions not only will find that he has acquired a most enjoyable hobby, but after a few months will be surprised to find that he has acquired an excellent understanding of celestial mechanics.

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NORWAY’S INDEPENDENCE May 17 ON May 17, 1814, Norway, which for 400 years had been united with Denmark, was granted its independence. Denmark, because of adhesion to the cause of Bonaparte, was compelled, after the triumph of the allies, to purchase peace by abandoning sovereignty over Norway. Crippled in her resources and almost bankrupt, Denmark was obliged to sign the treaty of Kiel in 1814, by which she should resign Norway to Sweden and receive in return, by way of indemnity, some portion of Swedish Pomerania and the island of Rugen, which she subsequently exchanged with Prussia for Lauenburg. Ultimately, the union with Sweden was made with the understanding that Norw’ay should retain its newly promulgated constitution and enjoy full liberty and independence within its boundaries. These conditions were agreed to <fnd strictly maintained. Norway became prosperous and developed a large commerce. This led to a demand for separate consular service, and, after several years of dispute, the Norwegians aeclared the union with Sweden dissolved in 1905. When the treaty of Karlstad confirmed this decision. Prince Charles of Denmark was chosen king of Norway. Who was Vice-President of the United States daring the adminis- ; tration of Woodrow Wilson? Is he | living? | Thomas R. Marshall, wfi* VicePresident. He died in Washington, D. C-, in 1935.

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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Vitamin D Valuable for Stock, Hens

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hyeeia, the Health Magazine. THE average human being who reads about the special virtues of vitamin D for prevention of rickets, for aiding growth of bones, and for improving the body generally, is likely to think that vitamin D is a medicinal substance limited to the use of human beings. Few people realize that one of the most extensive uses of vitamin substances is in aiding the growth of animals, in developing the egglaying properties of chickens and in stock and poultry raising generally. In fact, this use is so important that much of modern research on the subject has been devoted primarily to the needs of animals rather than to those, of man.

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Editor Times—Mr. Tracy, who writes for your paper, gets so awfully excited about conditions in Soviet Russia that one would imagine he was a direct descendant of the late czar and had lost an inherited fortune. Mr.,, Tracy ,is not alone in his class; there are dozens of editorial writers and newspaper critics who mix up a conglomeration of something or nothing about Russia and after ten years no two people have the same opinion about it. It might be well to inform Mr Tracy and his kind that we are not vitally interested in the affairs of Soviet Russia, and we would be pleased to relieve as bad or worse conditions in China, India and several other countries, but it is a hard matter for us to believe the cause of this disturbance is religious persecution. Whatever the condition or cause may be, it is about time to get off foreign soil and center attention on Indiana. If any one can blame conditions here on religious persecution, Communism or any other ghost, I would like to see the color of his ink. For the last several years, as I remember it, all officials in this state have had the sole support of all the church followers, and we have hundreds of families here in Shelbyville without incomes for the last four or five months, and today a large number of them are without a bite of food in their homes. This is not Russia nor China, and I am speaking of Indiana, after ten years of unrestricted religious influence. The United States government recently compiled a sanitary and health budget for a laborer and family of five, figuring $2,100 annually as the minimum. Mrs. McCormick finds it impossible to get by on $162,000 a year. The laborer in this vicinity is forced to take less than half the amount the government figures as necessary and he does not owe any apolqgy for being broke now, after walking the streets all winter, and his future is more dark than ever, in spite of the fact tfiat Mellon tells us the country is breaking all previous prosperity records. We are informed the income of the United States last year was $90,000,000,000, approximately $75,000 for each man, woman and child in the country. We see it going into the hands of the official family, just as it did in Russia, and from Mr. Mellon’s method of reasoning Russia never was more prosperous than at the very day of the explosion. Neither was there a time when religion had a firmer grip on the nation’s throat. What could we exoect in Russia? The government fell down on the job, the religious people managed to keep salvation on the free list, but failed to keep duty off pork and beans. The hungry mob, to survive, was forced to act without tools or training. If we don’t like conditions in Russia, let us get busy and keep it out of Indiana. J. J. DOLAN. Shelbyville, Ind. Editor Tirrte*—Why this unemployment cry? Is it necessary?. After due consideration and looking i back over the years gone by. one must admit that unless' something different is done or brought about by the business men and manufacturers unemployment is a necessary evfi and alwmjr* will be. Why is this? The answer can W* found ottly by taking up the ques-

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Already numerous henhouses are lighted with carbon arcs cr with other ultraviolet ray producing apparatus. Some henhouses have been equipped with special window glass and skylights so the hens may have the benefits of the ultraviolet rays from the sun. Poultry and stock feeds have been enriched with vitamin D concentrates. Because of the sense of taste and smell of the human being, which makes him particularly finicky regarding the drugs and medicines that he may take, products have been developed for human consumption which successfully disguise the taste of the cod liver oil and which eliminate the oil and provide only the vitamin concentrate. The animal is not so particular and it is possible to prepare feeds with less costly substances.

tions of machinery and production. The demand today is speed and more speed, the home is sacrificed because of speed, lives are lost or ruined because of speed, men are thrown out of work by the thousands because of speed. From 1919 to 1927 the number of wage earners in industry increased only 3 per cent, while production increased 50 per cent. In 1900, 200 men were reouired to shovel at one job which today is done by one steam shovel in less time. Before 1919, glass tube blowing was done by skilled i glass blowers; today one machine takes the place of 600 of those men. Before 1919 one man could make about seventy-five electric light bulbs a day; in 1920 an automatic machine was built which produced 73,000 electric light bulbs every twentyfour hours and today each of these machines now displace 2,000 men. In every line of manufacturing, new machines are putting thousands of both skilled and unskilled men out of work. The demand for speed demands greater production, and greater production demands more powerful machines and each machine is the direct cause of thousands of families going hungry and men walking the streets begging for an honest day’s work. Because men have been replaced by machines, they are hopelessly lost in the vain struggle for life, they fall by the wayside, many of them, as drifters, idlers, dependents, criminals, all victims of man’s inventive genius and the demand for speed. If idle hands are the devil’s workshop, idle hands are just as truly his tools. Empty, unsatisfactory leisure time, in a fruitless search for work, makes fertile soil for the seeds of the destructive forces of society. During the summer months a short spurt in the building trades gives a man a job. Then comes winter with its usual layoff. During the summer, the man has only a few months’ work and is unable to save enough to care for his family during, the winter, and year after year it is the same old story. A man without a job for any length of time is faced with two propositions—one is beg to get aid and bread for his children and if he receives aid it

i yCnowl&urßible? § 1 FIVE QUESTIONS A DAY" K § .ON FAMILIAR PASSAGES K was. 1. Whose sleep does the Bible call sweet? 2. Who was the emperor of Rome during Jesus’ ministry? 3. Who “went to seek his father’s asses and found a kingdom?” 4. Who asked, "Am I my brother’s keeper?” 5. Whom did Brownirg quote in writing, "Our times are in his hand?” Answers to Yesterday’s Queries 1. Os the promise to Noah that there would never be another flood: Genesis 9:13-17. 2. When Elijah v/as in the desert, ravens brought him food; I Kings 17:2-7. 3. Nimrod: Genesis 10:8, 9. 4. Cain, who killed his brother Abel; Gensis 4:8. 5. “The Sabbath Vas made for man,” Mark 2:27.

A recent report indicates that fish oils, outside the cod liver oil, are a valuable sources of vitamin D and are likely to cost one-third to onefourth the price of cod liver oil. Stock and poultry may obtain their vitamin D from yellow corn and alfalfa. Such feeds can be supplemented, according to a recent report from ihe department of agriculture, by the use of pilchard oil produced from California sardines, which is as rich in vitamin D as cod liver oil; from tuna oil, which also is rich in this vitamin; from salmon cil, which is one-half as rich in vitamin D as cod liver oil, but which is weak in vitamin A. Here again modern chemistry and industry combine to take advantage of discoveries made primarily for the control of human health.

is naturally scanty aid, just enough to keep body and soul together, the other is to become a criminal and steal the bread which he much rather would earn if he had the chance. Prohibition may be the cause of a great many people going wrong, but this machine age in which we live is the greater cause. Give men work and they will not steal. Give men work and business will be much better. Give men work and money will be more freely circulated. We can overcome the Communists’ troubles if men are given the right to earn an honest living. The question is not, shall we repeal the prohibition law, but shall we give the millions out of work a chance to work and Jtht eby earn an honest living. Someone must find a remedy in this age of speed to help the working class come in to his own. All the average working man demands is a right to work. He doesn’t warft to be a millionaire, he wants only a decent living. ROBERT E. A. CROOKSTON.

Daily Thought

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.—Matthew 19:24. Riches, honors and pleasures are .the sweets which destroy the mind’s appetite for its heavenly food; poverty, disgrace and pain are the bitters which restore it.—Bishop .Horne. Has “Tcss of the Storm Country” ever been produced on the screen? Yes, twice. Mary Pickford starred m both productions.

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MAY 17, 1930

M. E. Tracy SAYS: ■

The Average Citizen Has Been as Dumb and as Hypocritical as the Average Politician About Prohibition. A PPARENTLY, we have come to a point where a candidate of any party for any office who states his convictions with ordinary can’dor, especially on prohibition, is regarded as little less than a Rift from the gods. Otherwise, why tbe hue and cry over Dwight W. Morrow? It is no reflection on the man's courage or ability to recall that he has said nothing but what millions of people have been saying for the last few years. What causes him to stand out is the pathetic fact that he is one cf the first candidates for an important office to say it. His demand for repeal of the eighteenth amendment is peculiarly refreshing when contrasted to the overpowering habit of hypocrisy and pussy-footing which seems to have enslaved the country. mum Idea Not Original BUT let us have no illusionment as to the real situation. Morrow is not voicing an original idea, or leading a hopeless fight. Unless we disregard every recent test of public sentiment, the wets command a good majority, especially in New Jersey. Unless we disregard recent eli-ction returns, voters have become so immune to the desirability of frankness with regard to prohibition that it means very little. Congress would on tbe in favor of Volsteadism by four to one except that millions of wets had ignored prohibition when they went to the polls. Neither would President Hoover have won over A1 Smith by such a margin. 9 * m Dodge the Issue IITE Americans probably have * * talked more about prohibition, during the last five years, thaft about any other Issue, but we haven't voted on it, even when given, a clear opportunity. In 1928 we sidetracked it for prosperity, hoping that Hoover was not quite as dry as he looked and doubting whether Smith would be able to pep up business. Five times we have elected anew house cf representatives, and onethird of the senate since the eighteenth amendment and Volstead act were adopted, and on each occasion we have found such good excuses to be guided by some other question as to avoid a lineup on prohibition. One can not help wondering whether Morrow will not be ditched by a similar complex. m m m Voter Is Hypocrite MORROW is running for the Republican senatorial nomination in New Jersey, as a straightforward wet. He is oposed by Frelinghuysen, who would like to carry wine on one shoulder and water on th* other, and by Congressman Fort, who seizes the occasion to come out as a dry. Frelinghuysen is an old war horse in New Jersey politics, and Fort is a staunch supporter of the Hoover administration. Under such circumstances, those Republican voters who want an excuse to evade the prohibition issue easily can find one. If they follow the fashion that has prevailed during the last ten years, they will. When you come right down to brass tacks, the average citizen has been as dishonest, hypocritical, and dumb with regard to prohibition as has the average politician, and each has helped the other to sink a little deeper in the mire of pretense! m m m Storm Is Brewing MEANWHILE, and no matter who we elect, the natural effects of failure, exhaustion and disgust are slowly, but relentlessly, bringing this “noble experiment” to a close. The Anti-Saloon League finds it harder to get money each year, while the trickle of hooch not only across the borders, but from Internal sources, grows into a veritable torrent, and the graft made possible by rum running furnishes organized vice and crime the means with which to corrupt every branch of law enforcement. It requires no prophetic instinct to realize that a storm is brewing in these United States and that Volsteadism is at the bottom of it. We can put off facing the prohibition issue squarely for some little time yet, but the longer we put it off, the more definitely it will become interlaced with the issue of lawnessness and corruption, and the more we will have to do when we undertake to clean it up. Wisdom suggests that we have come to a point where there should be no quibbling when such men a* Morrow offer themselves.