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The Expected Happens. No one should be surprised at the refusal of the scents of Clarence Geist, the water baron, to consider any reduction of rates to the people of Indianapolis. True to the training in the best of Shylock traditions, they answered the demands of the city and the South Side Civic Clubs for justice with the arrogant statement that they were quite ready to fight through all the courts to retain the pound of flesh they once obtained and carve out a few more slices If passible. They threatened the city with higher rates if a fight was staged. Therefore, it is submitted that no consideration need be paid to Mr. Geist who shows none for the people of this city. Whatever fiction of law and jugglery of figures may be attempted by the company, the fact raised by Mayor Sullivan that in five years the company has paid as dividends on is common stock “the stupendous and unbelievable sum of $4,535,000” remains as an indictment of its larcenous heart and its outrageous extortion. All that Geist pretends to have paid for the five millions of common stock was $4,000,000 so that in five years he has "had back all his money and nearly as much in interest as he would have received from government bonds—with less risk. The water rulers assert that the property is worth many more millions than is represented by its bonds and common stock. That means that they demand the right to fix rates on money never invested, that they still cling to the idea that they have the right to collect on the basis of high wages and high prices for eteel and cement and copper. Instead of more meetings and bickerings there should be quick action and a valuation of that plant on present day prices of labor and commodities. The pretense of further deliberations for “compromises” merely mean delay of justice Mayor Reginald Sullivan laid down the lines and littered more than prophecy, and declared that the people will no longer submit to utility extortions. He warned that there may be an end of the public service commission. He might have also warned that at this time this city has plenty of unemployed men who would be quite willing to construct anew system if the owners of the present one decides to maintain Its present policy of taking the last drop of blood from the people.

Industrial Statesmanship The action of the 1,500 general chairmen of the iwenty-one railway unions in their Chicago meeting was well described by President Daniel Willard of the Baltimore & Ohio as “the very highest type of industrial statesmanship.” Banishing threats, the representatives of the nation’s 1,500,000 rail workers evolved a plan that is unselfish and creative. They* proposed to discuss a voluntary pay roll reduction for a year, the savings to be applied to stabilizing employment and rehabilitating the carriers’ physical property. If the reduction were 10 per cent, as suggested by the management, half of the $250,000,000 saved would be used to rehire jobless workers and the other half to buy materials for increased efficiency. With this contribution from labor the railroads would have in prospect an $875,000,000 “dole” for the coming year. But unlike the proposed $500,000,000 government loan, and the $125,000,000 consumer contribution allowed by the interstate commerce commission as freight rate Increases, the suggested $250,000,000 contribution by labor would be applied where It is needed most from a humane and social viewpoint. It would relieve unemployment, stimulate buying in the lower brackets and insure safer service in the transportation system. In the last decade the property investment of the railroads has increased $6,000,000,000. This has been contributed largely by labor that suffered wage reductions in 1922 and since has suffered from the introduction of labor-saving machinery. Inability of the carriers to earn their 5% per cent on this tremendous investment spells inevitable deflation. Labor should not be deflated alone. If labor voluntarily deflates itself by an additional $25,000,000 annually, that contribution should be applied where It will do the most good. The rail workers’ proposal is the first that seeks to apply the new economy upon a large scale and to a basic Industry. It Is not mere patch-work. It is a tangible contribution toward the rebuilding of our national house of prosperity.

W. B. Mathews If an adequate history ever is written of men who have performed valuable and heroic public service with little recognition or reward, some of its brightest pages will tell of W. B. Mathews of Los Angeles, whose service to the people of his city and to the nation Just has come to a close. This man's life was so bound up with the great Los Angeles experiment in public power development that it is hard to imagine development of the southwest without him. At the head of the legal staff of the city's bureau of power and light he for many years fought the good fight against private greed. The importance of his part in securing for the people of the west the protection from private exploitation at Boulder Dam, so vital to their future, scarcely be overestimated. His last failing strength was fcpent In this work. But those who knew him will remember him longest for his fine personal integrity and rare kindness. When men like this are lost from the public service, the cost is beyond counting. Bridge Vs. fylitics If a luncheon and dinner table census of conversation could be taken this week it probably would disclose that the contest in progress between one Culbertson and one Lenz is claiming a far greater Phare of interest at the present time than the President's proposal to increases taxes, his policy in Manchuria, or the controversy as to whether his oneyear moratorium on intergovernmental debts shall be approved. Yet the problems with which Washington is wrestling are, not any harder to understand than the Intricacies of two rival systems of bridge playing, and they have infinitely more to do with the life of each American individual. The tax policy affects a man's income, perhaps his Job. What happens in Manchuria will mean peace or war, life or death. In the question of intergovernmental debts is involved the economic future of the world. More than anything else, the indifference of Americans to matters of vital public policy must be accounted for by the feeling of futility which has come to surround both government and business. The American people are allowed to play saly a

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small part in the selection of a President. When they elect a congress, it is prevented from taking office for thirteen months, far too late to act on some Issues that governed at the polls. And as for business—it is little wonder that when bankers and industrialists from whose rule there is no recourse to the voting booth tell the senate and the people that depressions can never be ended, that unemployment can never be solved—it is little wonder that Americans turn from this prospect in despair. That does not mean that they have no alternative. It would be comparatively simple to cast off the restrictions that stand between the electorate and its government; end proposals already are pending for intelligent planning and study of business to counteract the counsels of despair. It is entirely a matter of intelligent interest on the part of those people with Intellectual capacity sufficient to grasp a partner’s bidding signals or play a no trump hand in triumph. Our Pet Exceptions. It’s just human nature. "Faced with these deficits as we are, It’s perfectly obvious that there have to be rigid economies all along the line from the White House to the county mail carrier. But we believe there is one exception to this necessary rule of economy. We believe the exception should be the United States navy”—says the New York Daily News. Says the Scripps-Howard newspapers: “The President proposes to spend less for activities connected with labor, while more should be spent at this time as a measure of relief.” We all have our pet exceptions—that’s where the human nature comes in. And the sum total of exceptions is the difference between economy and no economy. Every bureau thinks it ought to be the exception. Every newspaper thinks its policy should be exempted from the pruning knife; every senator and every representative, likewise. Nobody ever invented a way to make cutting expenses pleasant. Back in the days just following the Civil war, Salmon P. Chase coined a famous line—“ The way to resume is to resume.” Little as any of us like it, it begins to dawn that the way to balance a budget is to balance. And if that is done, a lot of exceptions are going to suffer. Freedom of Research The hearing of charges of censorship brought against United States department of commerce heads by Dr. Ray O. Hall, ousted economist, brings again to the fore a condition that ■ might become serious, if, indeed, it already is not so. This is the right, now limited, of government experts to absolute freedom of research. Regardless of Hall’s case, it is well known that government experts often are held under the thumb of political expediency. Hall wrote the commerce department’s annual report on “The Balance of International Payments.” His comments upon the effect of the Smoot-Hawley tariff on foreign trade and prohibition’s effect on American-Canadian tourist traffic were deleted. The Wickersham commission’s prohibition report was tinkered with and its Mooney-Billings report was suppressed. Unemployment figures from the census bureau have, according to charges, met similar fates. The right of government experts to make public statements or speeches is curtailed. The question is not always simple when it applies to an official report. A way out can be found by the simple expedient of allowing the expert full pay, but —ln case of disagreement—allowing the political head of the department to append footnotes to his report, disavowing responsibility or contradicting the expert. If the expert in government is to mean anything except an added expense, he must be absolutely free to find the facts and to tell them. If democracy is to succeed, we must have more experts in government. Experts with strings on them are mere puppets; their findings are not fact, but propaganda. Chicago is staging its fourteenth grand jury investigation of its sanitary district “Whoopee Era.” With the new title and a chorus of comedy gals and an assortment of political comedians they ought to put it over this time. The president of Wyoming university is staging a one-man crusade against petting. But the students are still neck and neck. In fact some of the co-eds are so fast they're several laps ahead. New York is organizing to put on grand opera at popular prices. Probably on account of the depression the artists can sing lower. Census reports say France now has a population of 41,835,000. In which case, of course, 50,000,000 Frenchmen can't be wrong.

Just Every Day Sense BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

wARTHA,” said a proud mother, “is doing very IVI well this year. Besides her regular junior high school course she is taking one music and one French lesson a week, and Miss Simpson is tutoring her in the math she missed last year. Really, I hardly have time for anything else, what with getting Martha off to her appointments.” Martha is 12. She is rushed dizzily from one task to another, and in her effort to be on time she is constantly taut and nervously unstrung. In short, Martha is being what we call educated. Each of her teachers, spurred on by a dutiful mother, is concerned with how many facts can be crammed into her small skull. No doubt she will turn out a brilliant young lady, according to modern standards, with perhaps a degree from Vassar, But what of the real Martha —the spirit that dwells within the slight body—the soul of Martha that must sometimes cry aloud for peace? # * n THE girls of this generation have the worst possible training for motherhood. We are rearing too many Marthas. The poor little things never have time to sit with quiet folded hands, thinking the long thoughts of cihldhood. They have little time for natural play, because their lives are regulated entirely by adults. Where are they to learn the serenity and fortitude that came to women of an earlier generation who had time to contemplate the abiding truths of life? The feverish rush that our kind of civilization makes inevitable harms the children most of all. And a large part of the education we give them is utterly useless for living. We need another Jean Jacques Rousseau, the man who flashed like a meteor into the garish and artificial civilization of the eighteenth century and who fought for a more natural education for the children. It may seem absurd, but in many ways we are exactly as superficial and tawdry aa the French of Rousseau’s day. V

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The Loss of Faith in the United States Is Appalling and it Is Reflected in Action as Well as Words. NEW YORK. Dec. 15.—Apparently, the big idea at Washington to hold somebody responsible for something—Hoover for the moratorium, bankers for foreign bonds. Democrats for a revenue program and so on. A good enough game, if next year’s election were the only thing in sight, but who believes that? Here it is, Dec. 15, and we didn't get the money—millions of money, which half a dozen of the greatest governments on earth had promised to pay. The immediate loss is of no great consequence, even though it may raise our taxes $1 for each man, woman and child. What counts is whether these governments can pull through, or whether they are headed for bankruptcy. n a a It’s Human Nature W'E are not dealing with an algebraic equation, but with the volcanic forces of human nature. We know about how much gold there is and who has it. We know that it is a pitifully small amount compared to the paper obligations. We have seen values fiutuate in this country during the last five years without rhyme or reason. We have seen one government after another suspend gold payments and try all kinds of experiments in an effort to stabilize its currency and credit. tt tt a Nothing for Granted THE man is blind, deaf and dumb who fails to realize that we are dealing with a situation which is 90 per cent psychological and in which 'politics, economics, tradition, and prejudice are confused hopelessly. A general restoration of confidence obviously is essential, but how? Certainly not by frittering away time with cheap partisan claptrap. We don’t know whether bottom has been struck, or not, and until we do know, we have no right to take it for granted. nan Keep an Eye Peeled SPECULATORS still are able to make money, as was illustrated by what happened in Japan last Saturday, but those who work for a living see little improvement, or prospect of improvement. People not only here, but abroad, have been very patient, but it would be foolish to expect too much. Admitting that the chance for a Red revolution has well-nigh passed, it still is possible for angry and impoverished millions to be sold quack remedies. The time is not auspicious for anything save steady, serious attention to business on the part of those in control of public affairs. nan Loss of Faith Appalling I HAVE lived with two generations in this country and, frankly, I never have heard the kind of talk I hear today. What the most rabid soapbox orator shouts has grown insipid compared to what some supposedly sane and respectable people whisper when they get off in quiet corners. The loss of faith is appalling, and it is reflected in action, as well as words. This hoarding about which you hear occasionally, is no dream. Millions of dollars actually are being withdrawn from circulation to be put in what the owner considers a “safe place.” While the majority of capitalists, financiers and business men are striving honestly to restore confidence—some of them at the risk of everything they possess—a frightened minority is spoiling much of their effort. nun It's a Real Peril THIS is a condition that congress should keep in mind. It does not take a very large crowd, or a very long time to start a run on a bank, and the same thing goes for every phase of economics, no matter how big. We have an infiltration of pessimism in America which already has reached dangerous proportions and which thrives on the kind of politics being played at Washington right now.

Questions and Answers

What American general sent the signal to his troops in the words “Hold the fort for I am Coming?” William Tecumseh Sherman, on Oct. 5, 1864, signaled over the heads of the Confederate army from Kenesaw mountain to Allatoona, eighteen miles distant, “Hold the fort! I am coming.” Os what material are the radio crystals made? The National Radio Institute says that the three best and most commonly used crystals are silicon, galena and iron pyrites. Galena is perhaps more sensitive than the others, but will stand less load. Silicon requires more pressure for contact, will stand a greater load but sensitivity is not so great. Iron pyrites is very much like silicon in its characteristics. Is a police dog of a definite breed? The name police dog does not indicate any particular breed of dogs, but merely a purpose to which dogs of various breeds can be, and are trained. Shepherd dogs of Germany, France, Russia and Belgium, and purebred dogs of other breeds, cross breeds and mongrels have been trained and used as police dogs. How much do polar bears and black bears weigh at birth? Polar bears from 18 to 20 ounces and black bears from 12 to 16 ounces. Daily Thought For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.— James 1:20. Anger is a short madness.— Horace.

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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Leprosy Rapidly Losing Its Terrors

BY DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hvgcia, the Health Magazine. RECORDS in the Bible and histories of epidemics indicate there was a time when leprosy was among the most feared of all epidemics. Today it is unimportant as a cause of either sickness or death in the United States. In 1926 only one person under 20 years of age died from this disease in this country, and in 1927 and in 1928 no one under 20 years of age died of leprosy. Nevertheless a considerable number of cases may be found in any great population, and there are constantly from 200 to 300 persons with leprosy in the Federal leprosarium in Louisiana.

IT SEEMS TO ME b,

WILLIAM N. DOAK, secretary of labor, reports that during the first six months of this calendar year 42,236 immigrants were admitted and that in the last fiscal year 18,000 aliens were deported. And he supplements these rather startling figures with a postscript in which he complains that too much consideration is being shown to the strangers within our gates. The turnover seems to Secretary Doak too slow and too small. At any rate, he says in speaking of ‘ extreme radicals:” “The deportation of these alien enemies of the country requires greater effort than in the case of any other class. Their activities are carried on in such an insidious manner that necessary proof is difficult to uncover. “Even in cases where guilt is clearly shown, deportation proceedings are hampered by every possible resort to the courts and by persistent propaganda on the part of unAmerican organizations of American citizens.” u u Some Signs of impatience IT seems to me that it is Mr. Doak himself, the cabinet member, who is manifesting an extreme radicalism. One has a right to infer from his language that Mr. Doak regards the courts of the United States as a nuisance and that he would much prefer to be able to proceed without being too much concerned with the legal rights of persons under peril of deportation. Moreover, it is well to remember that in certain instances being turned back may be the equivalent of a death sentence. Several agitators have been shipped to lands where their radical beliefs constituted cause for execution. In such cases, and in many others, it is no more than reasonable that the accused man or woman should fight to remain. Nor does it seem to me that fair-minded Americans should be called unpatriotic if they insist that the closest sort of scrutiny should be exercised in such cases. At least, if that is un-American, Mr. Doak may make what he pleases of it as far as I am concerned. Eighteen thousand men and women and children deported in a single year! That is a very considerable number, and in many instances the uprooting carried with it the seeds of tragedy. I am not among those who insist that the government is always wrong, but the law of averages itself would seem to indicate that less than justice was done in dealing with someone of the many thousands. Certainly there should be no complaint against the difficulty which Mr. Doak deplores. It ought to be difficult to deport a A individual because of his opinions. Indeed, I would have it impossible. U tt U Old-Fashioned Hospitality IF it is true—and it is—that many aliens do not like our government it may also be pointed out that Mr. Doak’s own department does not precisely play the part of the warm and kindly host. Among the secretary of labor’s suggestions is the recommendation that a law should be enacted to provide for fingerprinting all those who are naturalized. In other words, Mr. Doak would have us say to the new citizen: “We now welcome you into the family. You are one of us. You share with us the great fsritage of that liberty

A Tough Row to Hoe!

In other parts of the world cases are more frequent than in this country. This applies particularly to Hawaii and the oriental countries. Leprosy is caused by a germ whiqh gets into the body by being carried from one person to another, either in soiled articles or possibly by flies or other insects. Men are affected about twice as often as women. When leprosy develops, it attacks the skin and the nervous system particularly, and produces serious ulcers and paralysis. ‘ Nowadays this condition is controlled by immediate and complete isolation in institutions of every one who is found to be infected. Such patients are kept in the in-

for which Washington and Lincoln strove. “Kindly step over to the desk and let the nice, kind secret service man fingerprint you before you take this opportunity to steal some of the silver spoons on the way out.” nun Making a Remonstrance IN other words, I make a mild remonstrance against the theory thafr the stranger within our gates can be expected to bubble with patriotism and pride if we treat him like a pickpocket. It would be more tactful, at the very least, not to rattle the handcuffs While the convert to our democracy is being asked to join in singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” But there is no point in my pretending that nothing more than a mild, liberal resentment against a few excesses is in my heart. I deplore every deportation which is based on what a man thinks. To me it is impossible to identify “the land

Times Readers Voice Their Views

Editor Times—For forty years I have worked in and around the coal mines, helping to provide warmth and fuel to run machinery. Ten years more, I worked part time on the railroad, and part time as a carpenter. Fifty years of hard and useful labor. And for this my usefulness to society, my reward by a great nation, the richest, and most civilized (?) today has forced me to stand in the “breadline,” begging for bread. As I glanced over the “line,” I saw young and old, men and women, some older than myself, and some I am sure have worked hard and

M TODAY jb& IS THE <,% a WORLD WAR \ ANNIVERSARY

BREST-LITOVSK PACT December 15 ON Dec. 15, 1917, a formal armistice agreement between the Teutonic allies and the Bolshevist government was signed at BrestLitovsk. The agreement read: “Between the representatives of the higher command of Russia on the one hand and of Bulgaria, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey, on the other hand, for the purpose of achieving a lasting and honoraole peace between both parties, the following armistice is concluded : "The armistice shall begin on Dec. 4 (Dec. 17) at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and continue until Jan. 1 (Jan. 14). The contracting parties have the right to break the armistice by giving seven days’ notice. Unless n >tice is given the armistice automar.eally continues.” The armistice provided that the signatory nations should not increase the number of troops on the involved fronts. The front line trenches, were declared to be the line of demarkation on the European front. The pact closed with the agreement that all nations involved would take immediate measures for re-establishment of cultural and economic relations. r

stitution until all of the lesions on the skin and on the mucous membranes are healed, and until the patient has been found to be completely free of all symptoms for a period of not less than six months. Every article found in contact with the patient, everything that may possibly have been contaminated by a discharge from any of the ftsions should be destroyed. Furthermore, the premises in which the patient has been living must be disinfected as thoroughly as is possible by persons expert in disinfecting measures. Fortunately cases of leprosy are so rare that they are promptly brought to the attention of public health officials, who take the responsibility for proper enforcement of hygienic measures.

Ideals and oninions 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.

of Lincoln” with heresy hunters and red-baiters. The old-fashioned patriots were more to my fancy than the newfangled ones. Many of the gentlemen who signed the Declaration of Independence would be surprised to learn that a belief in the inalienable right of revolution has now become an arch crime here in America. Free speech and free thought ought to mean more than the privilege of grumbling about the weather. I have no doubt that Mr. Doak could produce for me hundreds of alien radicals who would seem in my mind wholly wrong-headed. As individuals and personalities I could myself get along quite happily without them. But when he begins to load ships with bitter visionaries who have dreamed violent dreams we are sending along with them something of our own. We are saying: “Here, before you go, take this with you. It is our Bill of Rights. We can’t use it any more.” (Conyright. 1931. by The Times)

served this nation as the very best citizens; their reward was just like mine. Today is my first experience on the “line” begging bread, so please don’t blame me if I take special notice. Before entering the "soup kitchen,” I noted the entrance —what a terrible sight. I then scanned the building from the outside, expecting to see the Stars and Stripes waving above. I scanned the walls as I entered, but nowhere was that glorious flag to be seen; I asked myself, Has it been disgraced and hidden itself. “Today on the breadline never shall be forgotten. Tomorrow, I may not see things as clear as I saw them today. Some say a person can get used to anything, even hanging. I got my “dole,” which was three small loaves of bread and about one gallon of skim milk. There are nine in my family. My son, who was with me, had told me: “Now, Dad, don’t get into any arguments, you may come home with a bump on your head, or land across the street.” So I felt rather nervous until I had received and ex-

Good, Dunked or Not Doughnuts and crullers—to say nothing of raised cakes and muffins—now is the time of year for them. Our Washington bureau has anew bulletin telling how to make all kinds—buttermilk doughnuts, chocolate doughnuts, date doughnuts, raised doughnuts, old fashioned doughnuts, plain doughnuts, regular crullers, maple crullers, old fashioned crullers, old fashioned raised cakes, Pennsylvania Dutch cinnamon buns, a dozen different kinds of fritters and another dozen kinds of muffins. The family will appreciate them and you will have anew batch of useful recipes to add to your cookbook collection. Fill out the coupon below and send for this bulletin: i CLIP COUPON HERE Dept. 155, Washington Bureau, The Indianapolis Times, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin, CRULLERS, RAISED CAKES AND MUFFINS, and enclose herewith 5 cents in coin, or loose, uncancelled, United States postage stamps to cover return postage and handling costs. Name Street and No \ City state I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times. (Code NoJ

-DEC. 15, 1931

SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

Cancer Is on Increase, hut It Is Not Contagious, Says Dr. Elliott C. Cutler, Noted Surgeon. TUMORS, the abnormal growths which include cancer, seem to be on the increase, according to Dr. Elliott C. Cutler, professor of survey at the Western Reserve university medical school, and noted surgeon. Dr. Cutler explains the exact use to which the medical profession puts the term, cancer. “Cancer itself in medicine Is a term restricted to the malignant tumors of tissues which cover other tissues,” he says. “Malignant tumors of the skin, of the lining of the mouth, or of the whole intestinal tract, thus are classified as cancers. Also structures derived from lining or covering tissues such as the liver, which grows out from the intestine, are called cancers. “The word cancer is derived from the Latin word for crab, which indicates that its use was suggested either from the difficulty of dislocating a crab from its nest or because of its many legs radiating away from its body like the secondary growing portions of a malignant tumor.” u tt tt Cancer Spreads IT is this secondary growth of the cancer which makes it so difficult to deal with. “Tumors in the malignant group not only grow locally, destroying the local tissues, but send out fine growths into the little lymphatic spaces in the body which eventually reach to other organs,” Dr. Cutler says. “In the case of certain tumors, cells break off into the blood vessels of the tumor and are carried elsewhere in the body. ‘‘Just as grass seed may be blown by the wind and settle in some distant spot, so these cells that break off and go elsewhere in the blood vessels make new growths of the same kind of tumor at the places where they are halted. “There are, unfortunately, tumors of other structures besides the covering and lining membranes which are even more rapid in their growth than cancers. “Such tumors are called sarcomas, are more common in young people, and arise in relation to bones or other parts of the body. “Asa whole, tumor is a disease of middle and late life, but tumors may arise early in life and if they do, because of the greater capacity of the youthful body to grow, are likely to be more serious. “Tumors are more frequent in females than in males, largely because a considerable proportion of tumors arise in relation to the breasts or the generative organs of the female.” n n u Not Contagious DR. CUTLER is emphatic In his opinion that bacteria are not the cause of cancer. “Cancer is not contagious,” he says, “it is not caused by bacteria or other infectious agents, and It Is In no sense a germ disease such as pneumonia or tuberculosis. “In all the thousands of recorded operations for cancer, there is no report of a doctor, a nurse, or any other person who has been in close contact with the patient ever having acquired cancer from the individual. “Experiments even have been carried out by inoculating cancer from one person to the next without the tumor growing in the second individual. These experiments have been performed by doctors upon themselves. “It is important that you should know this, because there have been cases where unfortunate people who have had cancer have been neglected because of the fact that they were thought to be dangerous to the rest of the family.” What is the shortest distance by boat from San Francisco to Manila, P. I.? It is 6,221 nautical miles, or 7,164 statute miles.

amined the bread, when I found one loaf just as hard as any police club, which I as a defense kept handy. Some day, when the true story of our present day conditions has been written, it will be a sad story to read. s. A. NELSON. Editor Times—l have been a consistent reader of The Times for a number of years and like the way the paper is put out to the people, not afraid to print the truth or afraid to hurt some politician’s feelings. In regard to charity at the present time, what the people want is work and not charity. No wonder they send out delinquent tax lists. If taxes were down where they belong, there would not be so much tax delinquency. If a man hasn’t work, or if he is working, the average man is just existing and that’s about all. It’s true that clothing, food, and rent are reasonable, but if you haven’t the dollar it doesn’t make any difference. So let’s hope that something is done for the working people, as we have suffered long enough. GEORGE WOLFE.