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After Prohibition, What? Serious-minded citizens who want the fundamentals of this nation preserved must begin to plan on what is to happen after prohibition. There can be no question as to the failure of the noble experiment. From every point of observation can be seen evidence of the evils that have come with the futile effort to suppress the use of alcohol by constitutional amendment. At present, it plagues the solution of pressing industrial and economic problems. It diverts thought from questions that must be settled soon if this country is to remain true to its traditions of liberty and freedom and democratic government. It has made corruption common in government. It has not reduced crime, nor to any appreciable degree, the amount of drinking. The fact that there will be a meeting at Tomlinson hall on Thursday night, sponsored by prominent citizens, to protest against prohibition is significant. Three years ago no business man would have dared face the fanaticism of professional dry leaders and the boycott that would have followed such participation. That the meeting is to be held suggests ‘how quickly sentiment is gathering against the failure of prohibition. Opposition to the evils of intemperance has not lessened. Common sense is suggesting that failure be recognized and plans be laid for something that will be more effective. That is the big question. Prohibition is doomed by its own futility. It would, however, be tragic to merely blot out the present law if there is no well-formulated scheme to replace it. Once again the suggestion is made that drinking be made unfashionable and the bootlegger impossible by government manufacture and distribution at exact cost. No one would then have any motive to corrupt government or to engage in making poisons. Drinking would disappear from the homes of the classes that have furnished leadership before, and furnish it now by making law violation popular and fashionable. Take out the profit from this business and there will be no liquor problem. Child Health Day President Hoover has proclaimed May 1 as National Child Health day. We v.-ould like to visualize that day as one in which all the nation’s 45,000.000 children would be dancing about maypoles, chanting happy verses about the virtues of spinach, carrots and certified milk, and other good things for children. But we can’t On the desk lies a dispatch that beet workers of Colorado, a large proportion of whom are children, just have had their wages cut 25 per cent and are desperate. Sugar is good for children, but not for beet workers' children, 28 per cent of whom are said to die before they are 18. Another dispatch tells us that 70,000 more children worked in 1929 than in 1928, and that new census figures will reveal another increase in 1920 We learn that 1,060,858, according to last census, spend their time between 10 and 16 in gainful employment, that 40,000 of them are millhands, 11,000 are shop workers, are miners! President Hoover says that. 6,000,000 American children are nourished Improperly; 1.G00.000 have damaged hearts; 382,000 are tubercular, 300,000 are crippled, 50,000 are partially blind, and 14,000 are in total darkness; 342,000 have impaired hearing, 1,000,000 have defective speech, 200,000 are delinquent, 450,000 are mentally retarded, 500,000 are dependent, 10,030,000 lack the things that go to make perfect childhood Do we need a child health day? We need 365 of them every year

A Against Barbarism Fails The Ohio criminal syndicalism law is a flagrant terrier to social criticism in the Buckeye state. It has been used in the coal fields to intimidate labor organizers by holding the shadow of the hoosegow over them. Several outrageous convictions have been secured under the law. They were overruled by the higher courts, fortunately. Eminent Ohio liberals, among them distinguished attorneys, set out to have the law repealed, after it had been denounced by the high courts of the state. But the patricteers got out in force, under leadership of the Daughters of American Revolution, the Sons of the American Revolution and the Franklin County Reserve Officers Association. Though reported favorably to the house by the committee in charge, the repeal bill was defeated by a vote of 102-10. By blocking criticism and peaceful agitation, Ohio thus Invites the very action it aims to prevent, namely, forceful revolt. Another Democratic Platform Senator Walsh of Massachusetts has outlined a better platform for the Democrats in the 1932 campaign than the one advanced by Chairman Raskob last week. As the principal speaker at the annual Jefferson day dinner of the National Democratic Club in New York City, Walsh stressed the economic issues which Raskob is inclined to steer away from. In congratulating Raskob on his service in forcing general discussion of platform issues well in advance of the party convention, and including prohibition as a major election issue, he pointed out that the progressive wing of his party feared he was trying to make the Democratic party as safe for big business control as the Republican party. Therefore, it is particularly fitting that the keynote of the Jefferson day dinner, coming so soon after the Raskob statement, should speak for the worker* and farmers, who are the chief victims of this depression. Walsh’s indictment of the Republican administration was too sweeping and partisan. The administration is not responsible for the economic depression, ► produced by causes beyond its control. But Its mis-

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takes have intensified and prolonged the depression.. The administration, by Its public statements and policies, encouraged the speculative orgy which ended in panic. It repeatedly underestimated the extent and seriousness of the depression, and consequently crippled private and public measures of relief and reconstruction. It loaded the weakened country with a monstrous tariff burden, which curbed the consumers’ market and killed much of the foreign trade upon which prosperity depends. Walsh had no difficulty in proving the disastrous consequences of these administration policies. But he was not so clear or effective in presenting an alternative constructive program. Walsh and his progressive Democratic colleagues should be given credit for facing economic issues which the Raskobs of their own party and of the administration are evading. But Democratic progressives will have to do more than find fault, if they are to get very far. They must be more definite as to what they propose to do about unemployment, farm relief, tariff, power, taxation. On one of these—taxation—Walsh was fairly specific. He proposed a revision of federal taxes to shift the burden less upon wage earners and small business men and more upon the very wealthy. That seems to us fundamental. In this connection, he repeated the astounding government figures showing that the annual net income of 504 multi-millionaires is $1,185,135,000, which equals the value of the nation’s total wheat and cotton crops. Obviously, such extreme concentration of wealth restricts the purchasing power of the people, and destroys the mass market, without which mass production is a curse instead of a blessing. By adding tax reform to prohibition repeal, Walsh has put his finger on two national issues which are as fundamental as they are popular. But can he get the Raskob party managers to accept tax reform, and can h e get the western Democratic progressives to accept prohibition repeal? Probably not.

No Plot Needed It makes headlines and very interesting reading when an Indiana congressman charges that the grain speculators and the Democratic national committee are in cahoots to besmirch the name and belittle the work of the federal farm board. Ha! A plot! says the Republican national committee. But it must be evident to all that no conspiracy is required to prove that the federal farm board’s speculation has been bad, futile and very expensive business. In its efforts to “stabiliz?” the grain trade, it bought millions of bushels of grain. This surplus is worth a good deal less now, and still depresses the market. The board realizes these purchases were ill advised, for it has announced it no longer will buy wheat. It also tried to “stabilize” the cotton market, and now, through its agencies, it holds more than 1,300,000 bales—bales of cotton worth a good deal less north n when acquired. Protests against these and other operations of the board, from a Democrat and a grain trader, coincided in the newspapers, and the G. O. P. nose—sometimes very tender—scented a plot. No plot is needed to prove what every one already knows. Mayor Walker of New York may have acquired a fine burn in California, but it will be nothing compared to the roasting he's getting back home. They are renting the Empire State building at $1,000,000 a floor, it is said. These stories really sell. Dorothy thinks that Welsh rarebit refers to some new hold in the bunny hug. Boston, a strong hockey town, lost the hockey title to a Canadian team. Now it’s probably the Hubub ctf the universe. A Pittsburgh woman motorist who ran down the same man twice in one day is engaged to marry him. Bound to get her man one way or another

REASON by fr l Tnd/s ck

TT was with deep regret that we learned of the death A of our old friend, Nicholas Longworth, representative in congress from the Cincinnati district and Speaker of the national house a a a Longworth was the most popular Speaker who ever presided over the house of representatives, most of the Democrats, as well as the Republicans beirw his devoted friends, he and Gardner, the Democratic leader, being very intimate. a a a There's an element of irony in Longworth's passing. Ever since tire last election, which left the political control of the next house in doubt, Longworth and Gardner have indulged in a lot of good-natured discussion as to which one should ride in the Speaker's car after next March 4. Baa AND now It has been determined by fate that Longworth shall step aside and the Republicans will have to select another candidate for the speakership, and the scrambled condition of party ties makes one guess as good as another as to the name of Longworth's successor. B X B The Longworth heme at Washington long has been an important element in national politics for there the mest brilliant minds have assembled ’ and discussed national politics with -Nick and Alice," the latter, as you know, being the daughter of Theodore Roosevelt. # # U • Longworth proved his character by surviving an illustrious marriage, Alice Roosevelt being at the time the most celebrated young lady in the world, but notwithstanding this, Longworth stood forth on his own merit and reached the top. ' tt a a HIS tightest position was in 1912 when he was placed between two fires by the progressive movement. On the one hand he was the representative in congress of President Taft's district in Cincinnati and on the other hand he was the son-in-law of Roosevelt, Taft's opponent, but Longworth did not hesitate a moment. He supported Taft and Teddy applauded him for it. s a a The house no longer is the turbulent arena of former .years, when party ties were strong and passions ran high. This is the era of good feeling among representatives and the most popular member was the one who just has laid down his burden. 1

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| M. E. Tracy SAYS: In Spite of All The Fine Talk, There Is Still a Lot of Prejudice in This Country Against Foreigners. NEW YORK, April 13.—Thirtyfive thousand Mexicans left California during the last three months and it is expected that as many more will have done so by midsummer. Unemployment furnishes only part of the explanation. Several recent developments have tended to create I a feeling among Mexicans that they are not wanted in this country. First, immigration authorities have been staging a drive against aliens subject to deportation. Sec- ; ona, a bill now is before the California legislature which would cre- ; ate separate schools for Mexicans. , Third, there has been more or less j discrimination against Mexicans in ! providing work. No doubt Mexicans have exaggerated or misunderstood the meaning of these activities, but their reaction is not without warrant. In spite of all the fine talk, there still is quite a lot of prejudice in this country against foreigners, especially against foreigners who lay track, dig ditches, hoe the garden and wear overalls. When times are flush, we are glad to have them around, chiefly because we shrink at doing the dirty work ourselves. When times are hard and we need the work, even though it is a little dirty, we make no bones about intimating that their room is preferable to their company. Foreigners would understand the situation better and take it more philosophically if there hadn’t been so much fine talk. In Our True Colors THE same rule goes for others besides the stranger without our gates. We have talked a great deal about what we have done for the Filipinos, but somehow, it hasn’t convinced them that independence wouldn’t be a happier lot. So, too, we have talked a great deal about the beneficence of our advent in Porto Rico, but the nationalist party now is issuing bonds to be redeemed five years after the island has become a- republic. And the Virgin' islanders, who shouted so gleefully when the Stars and Stripes was raised over their dominion fourteen years ago, now threaten to migrate in large numbers. The Grundy bill looks like a more faithful symbol of * how we really., feel toward the world in general than do some of those idealistic utterances which we have the habit of exuding when it costs nothing. tt tt tt U, S. Artist Out in Cold STILL, we. are not without liberality in certain aspects of progress. Though insistent on protecting industry and labor at all costs, we prefer foreigners when it comes to art. Such infant enterprises as United States Steel, or the Aluminum Company of America can depend on a tarif! to safeguard them from foreign competition. We leave no stone unturned to insure them a good price for their products. When it comes to the American singer or musician, however, we leave just as few stones unturned to see that the foreigner gets three times as much. While looking upon the Mexican laborer or Russian pulpwood as a menace, we are perfectly content with a situation which virtually discourages our young men and young women from getting into art. n tt tt Hard on Homs Talent IF congress really wants to do something worth while for development and improvement of American life, it might begin with a study of the artistic situation in this country, particularly as that situation is reflected in private galleries. public museums, grand opera and the concert stage. It would surprise some people to learn where the “treasures” come from and who gets the money. It also would surprise them to learn what other countries are doing to protect their artists, especially in the field of music, against outside competition. More than all else, it would surprise them to learn under what handicaps their own sons and daughters have to labor to get even a hearing, much less anything like a fair run for their money.

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BOLIVIA’S BREAK April 13 ON April 13, 1917, Bolivia severed relations with Germany and the German minister and his staff were handed their passports at La Paz. The Bolivian note denounced the attacks of German submarines on neutral vessels as violations of international law and of The Hague conventions. It recalled that the Bolivian minister to Berlin was on board the liner Tubantia when that vessel was sunk in neutral waters in 1916. The note declared that German subjects and property would enjoy all liberties guaranteed by law, provided that they did not commit any act of delino.uency, either collectively or as individuals. , •

Questions and Answers

How does the United States compare in area with Canada? Canada has 3,684,723 square miles and the United States has 3,026,789 square miles. What is an inferiority complex? A feeling of being inferior in some respects to one’s fellow beings. Did Marie Dressier appear in the photoplay “The Vagabond Lover,” featuring Rudy Vallee? She was Mrs. Whitehall in that picture. Are children with one parent in common half-brothers and sisters ot stop-brothers and. sisters? They are half-brothers and sisters. Step-brothers and sisters are the children of a couple each of whose children are bora of a separate uniem

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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Sinus Trouble Hits Indoor Workers

This is the first of two articles by Dr. Fishbein on infected sinuses. By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. THE public has learned that there are sinuses, or air spaces, surrounding the nose, and, associated with this knowledge, according to Dr. Lee M. Hurd, there has developed among neurotic types a fixation on the sinuses in which there is not only headache and pain, but also a slight mucous discharge to lend strength to the picture. On the other hand, there are some phlegmatic individuals with obstructed breathing in the nose and a profuse discharge who wonder why they always feel tired, have no appetite, who wonder why they have pains in the joints and limbs, and who have not realized that the nasal condition is primarily responsible for the trouble. According to Dr. Hurd, the mucous membrane of the nose becomes deranged either by a bad diet which is deficient in vitamins, by sensitivity to various protein substances, or by some disorders of the glands of internal secretion. The changes that take place in

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T CAME almost within hailing dis- -*• tance of having a chance to read my own obituary. This is a possibility of which many have dreamed. And Arnold Bennett wrote one of his best books on this theme. He called it “Buried Alive.” It didn’t, in my case, develop as far as that. When I first heard about it the shooting already was a couple of hours old. Frank Knight appeared with me on a radio broadcast to give a savor to my farewell appearance. It seemed to us that we got away with our little duologue very nicely. Indeed, there was an impulse to mark that exit with a minor celebration. But Frank Knight had to stay on the job until midnight. And so I said: “I know a place around the comer, and I’ll come back and get you in three-quarters of an hour.” * a Some Confusion WHEN I returned somebody In the studio said: “I’m glad you're here. The place has been in an uproar with telephone calls.” I thought to myself: “Why, that’s surprising. I didn’t think we were as good as all that.” But before I could make a false move toward accepting fan messages, which were never offered, the explanation was made by the girl at the switchboard. “There's a rumor around,” she said, “that you have been shot and killed.” “When was I?” I wanted to know. “Did it happen before or after the broadcast?’ I did really feel we weren’t as bad as that, either. “You were shot,” she said, "by some gangster along about 10 in the evening. And the paper has been calling up to find out whether it’s true.” It seemed to me a little unimaginative on the part of any news editor to get into a flurry. When I was a radio broadcaster I used to feel, somewhat after the manner of the theatrical tradition, that the show must go on. But I wouldn’t push that to extremes. If shot and killed at 10 I would not have insisted upon filling my fifteen-minute engagement with the microphone at 11. * a a Too Versatile T TOW could I be both de-ta :.nd rl broadcasting?” I said sharply to an inquiring acquaintance. “Yes,” he admitted, “I thought it was peculiar.” And there was nothing funny in it for my mother. I don’t know what sort of vicious malice inspired somebody to call her up and say that I’d been killed. With that brief statement the anonymous informant hung up and left my mother with the difficult task of trying to locate a wandering son loose in a large city late at night. My mother doesn’t know the telephone numbers of very many speakeasies. But when she celled the

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the mucous membrane make it possible for germs to invade them easily and then the infection has begun. If rats are put on a diet that is deficient in vitamin A, the mucous membranes change and infection of the sinus occurs. In cases when there is sensitivity to various food substances, the mucous membranes swell and are much more likely to be invaded by germs. In the same way, disorders of the glands of internal secretion are reflected by changes in the mucous membranes. If the underlying cause is removed, the infection may be brought under control, but in the vast majority of cases correct treatment involves not only control of the underlying cause, but also treatment of the infection. If the vitamins are insufficient, they may be supplied through giving a well balanced diet. For the sensitivity, it is necessary to make diagnostic tests, which will indicate the special substance to which the person may be sensitive. Disorders of the glands of internal secretion must be investigated carefully. There are some cases, for instance those in which the thy-

paper, the staff undertook to help her out. There may have been a buzzing in a good many back streets, although I was engaged respectably in losing my all in a bridge game with a judge. But for my happening back to the radio station my mother would have undergone a longer period of worry. Even when the paper told her that the story wasn’t true she still felt the need of a personal denial. And, as she said to one of my

People’s Voice

Editor Times—lt is my opinion that men like Chief Kinney, Captains Petit, Johnson,' Helm, Lieutenant Shine, and some others on our police force, are as good aslany on the Royal Canadian Mounted, but the shooting by a policeman last week of a Negro woman, who was later “held on a charge of vagrancy,” taken with the murder of a colored boy, against whom there was no charge, by a policeman, bring us close to a condition existing under another city administration, when police made the streets unsafe for Negroes, entered homes without warrant, dragging Negroes from their beds and created a reign of terror. At that time no innocent man was murdered or woman shot. Indiana papers almost have boasted that public sentiment prevented the punishment of lynchers of Negroes. Yet public sentiment that condones the shooting of innocent Negroes by police in Indianapolis is not much better. Indeed, every race riot from Atlanta to Chicago has been grounded in police brutality to Negroes and a public sentiment that approved. When riots have come—and gone—there are casualties on both sides and public sentiment has not allowed a real healthy race riot to strike twice in the same place. On behalf of a thousand members of the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, of every shade of politics and religion, I appeal for a public sentiment that will purge the police department of men who have no regard for the lives of innocent Negroes and petty offenders. G. N. T. GRAY, Pres. Indpls. Br. N. A. A. C. P. How much snow equals an Inch of rain? When very wet and ticky, even or eight Inches of snow equals an inch of rain, but when light and feathery, two or even three feet are required. Under normal conditions ten inches of snow produce one inch of water. Where is Cape Cod? It is a long narrow L-shaped sandy peninsula in Massachusetts, which extends between Nantucket Sound on the south and Cape Cod bay on the north, sixty-five miles long, varying from one to ten miles wide.

roid is deficient, in which it is possible to supply the deficiency through proper preparations. People who work indoors in crowded rooms where the air is bad and the temperature too low or too high are more likely to develop infection of the sinuses than those who spend a good deal of time outdoors. A constant discharge from the nose, particularly a discharge of pus, is one of the most certain indications of infection in the sinuses. Sometimes when discharge from the sinus becomes blocked, there is swelling of the forehead, dizziness and even ringing in the ears. There are several sinuses, each of which must be studied individually by the physician to determine the extent and nature of the infection. Such study involves a thorough examination through the nose of the openings of the sinuses into the nose, washing of the sinuses to obtain the discharge, transillumination in a dark room, which indicates whether the sinuses are clear, and the use of the X-ray, which indicates whether there is thickening of the walls of the sinuses or any amount of material present in the cavity.

Ideal* and opinion* expressed in this column are those of One of America’s most interesting writers and are presented without resard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this oaoer.—The Editor.

friends whom she got on the phone; “Heywood isn’t at his house. He must have gone out to some night club. But I’ll keep calling him. He’ll surely be back home by l o’clock.” How little do our parents know the younger generation! tt a tt Satisfaction NATURALLY, I was as much pleased as anybody that the shooting was spurious. And yet, aside from the worry caused to ethers, it was a satisfaction to learn that a sudden and dramatic taking off would be of interest to papers and a few associates. There’s a certain irony in it. People who don’t care much whether you’re alive or dead, can drum up an interest when your status becomes less selective. After learning about the rumor I made a brief review of my past and my prospects. I decided that I’d like a postponement for maybe five years—maybe ten. I’d like to take one more try at a novel. iCoovrlsht. 1931. bv Ths Times)

Daily Thought

For wrath killeth the foolish man and envy slayeth the silly one.—Job 5:2. Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it can not reach—J. Petit-Senn. What is the population of Canada? The stimated population is 9,786,800, according to the 1929 estimate.

Your Child's Curiosity About the facts of life and sex is a natural, normal, healthy curiosity. It is Implanted by nature. And It rests with you, as an intelligent parent, whether your children shall learn the facts of sex and birth in a decent, nealthy manner, or whether they shall obtain distorted and filthy ideas from the gutter In the one case you have started your children toward the read of clean firing and intelligent comprehension of the sex question; in the other case, their lives may be warped and perhaps rained Our Washington Bureau nas ready tor you a copy of its bullet TEACHING CHILDREN THE FACTS OF SEX that wifi tell you just ho wto go about satisfying the normal curiosity that your children develop on this subject. Fill out the coupon below and send for it; CLIP COUPON HERE Dept 121, Washington Bureau The Indianapolis Times, 1322 New York avenue, Washington. D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin TEACHING CHILDREN THE FACT® OF SEX, and inclose herewith 5 cents in coin or loose, uncanceled United States postage stamps to cover return postage ar.d handling NAME STREET AND NUMBER CITY .* STATE I am * reader of The Indianapolis Times < code no.)

APRIL 13, 1981

SCIENCE —BY DAVID DIET 7

Chemists Make Extensive Research Into Varnish and Paint Problems. j TV/TORE than 100 chemical laboratories, scattered throughout the United States, are devoting their time today to the study of paints and varnishes. The development is comparatively recent, for while paints have been known since the days of the ancient Egyptians, there were hardly any research laboratories in this field up to twenty-five years ago. Most of the research institutions have sprung up within the last twent\ years. The problems of the paint and varnish industry are recognized today as chemical problems. The chemist has produced new pigments, many of them synthetic, and new types of paints and varnishes which are quicker drying, more resistant to weather, and otherwise superior to older products. Probably the earliest recorded paint job is that of Noah’s ark, for we are told that when Noah finished the ark, he pitched it within and without. Ancient Egyptian ruins indicate that paints were used to decorate temples and tombs as early as 2500 B. C. The Assyrians, the Greeks, and the Romans all made use of paints. The ruins of Pompeii are noteworthly for the elaborate decorations on temples and houses. The ancients, however, were restricted to earth colors, such as red iron oxides, yellow ochers, and such other colors as might have' been made from lead or copper ores and mercury vermilion minerals. The ancients applied these colors with some albuminous medium such as the white of egg. | tt a tt Aoout White Lead OILS are used in the preparation of paints and varnishes today. Prepared paints are manufactured by-grinding pigments in oil. To this, some substance is added to thin the mixture, usually turpentine or mineral spirits. A dryer, that- is, some substance which accelerates the drying of the oil, also is added. Cobalt, lead or manganese are used in making the dryer. Varnishes are made by fusing resins with drying oil and adding some thinning material like turpentine or mineral spirits. Dryers also are added to varnishes. More than a thousand materials coming from all parts of the world are used today in the preparation of various paints and varnishes. Among the most important are those used for the manufacture of white opaque pigments. The best known white opaque pigments are made from lead and zinc. The ancients knew how to make white lead, as is evidenced by a passage in the writings of Theophrastus, who lived from 373 to 287 B. C. He wrote: “Lead is placed in earthen vessels over sharp vinegar, and after it has acquired some thickness of a sort of rust, which it commonly does in about ten days, they open the vessels and scrape it off. What has been craped off they beat to a powder and boil it for a long time.” The production of white lead pig ments today amounts to about 150,000 tons a year. About an equal amount of zinc oxide also is manufactured each year. Zinc oxide, when used with white lead, gives a much whiter color and overcomes the tendency of the white lead to become chalky. a tt u Florida Sands THE chemist has developed a number of other very useful ar.d valuable white pigments. Among them is lithopone, a mixture of about 28 per cent zinc suphide and 72 per cent barium sulphate. Lithopone is used in the manufacture of oilcloth, linoleum, interior fiat ■wall paints, and for similar purposes. Another interesting white pigment, is titanox. It contains titanium Much of it today is manufactured from certain grains of minerals found in the sands of Florida beaches. It is estimated that millions of tons of the necessary titanium minerals are available for future use Examination of a handful of beach sand will disclose a number Os heavy black grains. These, for the most part, are titanium minerals. and form the raw material fur the manufacture of titanox. Titanox is useful because it is nor affected by hydrogen sulphide fumes. Consequently it is an ideal paint to use in industrial localities where there are fumes of that gas to contend with. Another type of pigment used today is a finely divided metallic powder. Both zinc and aluminum are used in this way. The United States navy uses a paint manufactured from zinc dust to paint the bottoms of ships because of its anti-corrosive properties. Both zinc and aluminum paints are used upon iron and steel surfaces to prevent rusting. Aluminum powder makes a brilliant, quick-dry paint, which is finding many uses in industry.