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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-29
Who'll Pay the Taxes?

I 000, 900. Should he die soon, the
government would get yer 500, 000.-
900 from this estate. Should he die
after the tax bill has become a law.
the government would get about
$50, 900 ,000-a gift Of $50. 900. 900 to
his hears. and q corresponding loss
to the United States.
But the bill isn't yet done benefit
ing him. There is now a Federal
"gift tax" designed to prevent
estates being given" to the heirs
before death, and thus escaping the
inhe itance Tux. The bill abolishes
this.
Profits Tax
And the bill isn't yet donel Most
Of the corporations in which he and
other business men of his magni-
tude are interested have piled up
large Surplus profits" which pay
a flat Federal tax Of 1914 per cent.
If these profits were now divided
among stockholders. the later would
have to pay on them the heavy in
come and s~upertaxes, running up to
~ pCI CGIls ny CCPAAA bAO RAOAANo
undivided. the total tax on them Is
12h per cent.
In the Ease OF only one Mellon
Company, the Gulf Oil Corporation,
these surplus profits amount to
about $7S, 900, 900. Suppose Mellon,
as a large stockholder, is entitled
to $40, 900, 900 OF these. II paid him
in one lump now. he would have to
pay approximately $4,000, 900 to the
Government.
If the tax bill passes, and the
profits are then divided. Mellon
would have to pay only approximate
ly 50, 900, 900 to the Governments
saving on this one item OF 50, 900, 900.
and a loss to the Government OF
81, 900, 900. And there r many
such companies.
Nor is the bill yet done with bene-
fitting him. The tax on works Of
art, the tax on jewelry. the tax on
yachts, all are removed. They
mean much to men of Melons class
and little to Littleman.
II might also be stated here that
the fact that multimlllionaires are
supposed to pay up to as per cent
Of their income in taxes now does
not mean they actually do. accord
ing to Professor r. M. Patterson OF
the University OF Pennsylvania.
BY means entirely legal. he says,
II, is thought that the tax on big
incomes is reduced to e point where
they now pay about 1882 per cent
and If the tax bill passes they will
pay about 9.41 per cent?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-29
The law and the People

fr- F the people continue to demand
NJ liquor, it will be almost impossible for
<S<9b government to prevent it from reaching
3 market" says Assistant Secretary of the
k teasury Andrews, who is in charge of prohi-
ton enforcement.
General Andrews thus comes close to
speaking a truth that is as old as law itself.
That truth is that no law can be enforced until
the people are willing that it should be en-
forced. Thomas r. Marshall in his "Recollec-
tions," in discussing something entirely differ
ent from prohibition, remarked that the law is
not that which is written on the statute books
but it is what the public thinks should be the
law.
The problem of the prohibition crusaders
In Indiana and elsewhere is a big one. Their
Job consists not only in enforcing the law but
in selling prohibition to the people. When the
demand for booze ceases the law viii be en-
forced. Until it does, bootlegging viii con-
tinue. Judging from the amount of holiday
drinking that is evident to the most casual
observer, the demand is not shrinking very
rapidly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-29
Manager Progress

7HLANS are being made to increase the
membership Of the city manager cam
8aign committee and to follow this increase in
embership with an educational campaign.
hanging the form Of city government, even
for the better, is a big undertaking and it re-
Squires persistent effort.
Let us have an educational campaign by
all means. City manager government should
be presented to the people Of Indianapolis in
5such a way that everyone will understand it.
But something more than an educational
3campaign is necessary to bring about the
kchange. There must be definite and concerted
3~action on the part Of everyone who favors
business government and the abolition of po-
Ethical rule by and for politicians. Undoubtedly
"a vast number of Indianapolis people favor
&city manager government. What is needed
Rnow is definite action to bring it about.
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cam in free, our American manufacturers
would have to make one like it for 81 or lose
our business. With the present high tariff they
dom have to. They have 10 cents extra leeway,
and just SO they make their toy sell for $1.69
they can underbid the Germans or the Czechs.
So this invisible burden Of profits to the
home manufacturer is piled on the toy if you
buy an American-made one, and the visible
import tax is piled upon it if you buy a foreign
made one.
And this item for toys, aggregating $780,
100000, it is estimated, is only one fraction of
the total we pay in our all -the-year-round orgy
ofgenerosity for the privilege Of having a high
tariff Congress and a higher-tariff President,
who every now and then thoughtfully raises a
tariff schedule that the law overlooked, thus
compelling us to give still more to the manu-
facturers.
The Peoples Reconstruction League, a
progressive organization in Washington which
is studying the tariff, estimates this year-round
gift of ours at $2,18O,O OO, 900 in invisible, in
direct payments beside the $547, 0O0, 900 col
lected on imports by Uncle Sam this year.
Cant this thing be carried too far? The
Christmas spirit is one thing, but the perennial
sucker spirit may be something else again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-29
Too
Much for Toys!

INTlOW that Baby has eaten most of the
~ paint off his rattle and Little Sisters
doll is giving hints of approaching dissolu-
ton and Father is beginning to lose interest
in the train Of cars that Santa brought Little
Brother, We feel free to take up this subject of
toys. We couldn't do it earlier without arDus-
ing a suspicion of our motives.
But the unpleasant fact is that we pay too
darned much for our toys.
This is the way it works: A toy from
Germany, or Czechoslovakia or one of the
other ancient t~oy-making countries, is i'm
ported into New York. Before it enters our
country it must hurdle the high wall of the
protective tariff by paying 70 per cent duty.
d That is, if the value of the toy is 81, it must
Ypay 70 cents to Uncle Sam.
The importer passes along this extra cost
to the retailer and the latter hands it you with
the toy.
That isn't the whole story. If the toy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-29
PAYING
TIE PIPER

7ND1ANA'S expenditures for
State government increased
IL 76.S per cent from 1917 to
1924-from s42S to 1851 per cap
ita, according to United States
Census Bureau data. During the
same period the average for all
the States Of the Union shows an
increase of 114.7 per cent.
The near-statesmen In Congress
point to these figures and say that,
though the Federal Government
has cut expenses to the bone, State
and local governments are indulg-
ing in a saturnalia of unbridled ex-
travagance and are putting an in
tolerable burden on the taxpayers.
The argument sounds plausible.
But while Mr.. Per Capita of In
diana is digging up S7.57 for his
State government he Is also pay
ing yer S13 for the support of the
Federal Government-almos twice
as much. Obviously Washington
does its share to make the tax bur-
Gen irksome. And the extrava-
gance of State and local units
doesn't justify Congress from aban-
doning attempts to cut further
Federal expenditures.
Taxes are high. Everybody adj
mits it. However, they will never
come down If local. State and ma
tional governments merely point
their fingers at each other and say
hes to blame"
The money to run a township,
a county, State or the Nation
comes from the same source-the
taxpayer. He pays all the pipers
out Of the same pocket. And he
will get relief when the total taken
is reduced, regardless of which
branch of Government effects the
saving.
If Washington will worry about
unnecessary Federal expenditures in
stead of pointing the finger of
scorn at other taxing units it will
find enough to do.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-29

and with our eyes fixed upon the
triumphant goal Of the future.
Forgetting the things which are
behind" Yes, forget the dead and
forgiven sins Of the past. Forget
also your past failures and defeats.
Brooding over past mistakes and
break-downs clouds our future with
hoplessness and despair. Don't stop
to brood over these things. There
is no time for such brooding. We
need to be running.
Forget also your past successes.
There is no time for ~jubilation over
victories already won as the great
victory lies yonder At the final goal
still before us. II is quite a com.
mon thing for men to be so enamored
with what they have done in the
past that they r absolutely dis
qualified for the service of the
present hour. The man who habitual.
ly lives in the past, glorying in its
successes, has reached the end of his
progress.
Let us begin the new year as
though it was a new life we were
beginning, with nothing Of the old
remaining, but it's sweet memories
and the wisdom it has taught us.
Copyright, 1925, by John r. Gunn)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-29
REFORM AGENCIES
AND UTOPIA

%EV. EDWIN w. DUNLA-
liz Wy, indianapolis pastor.
IL told his congregation Sun
day that agencies Of reform will
not reform this world"
Certainly they are trying hard
enough. We have an imposing
number of anti-organizations try
ing to force Utopia down the
throat Of a reluctant citizenry.
Anti-Saloon League. an~ti-vivisec-
%tionists. anti-cigaretters, anti
bobbed hair. lipstick and bare
knees. Anti-this and anti-that.
All of these organized reform
agencies furnish jobs for paid Sec
retaries ana paid agitators. But
somehow they don't make much
progress toward Utopia.
In spite OF them the Nation.
judging from crime statistics and
such data, is getting no better
fast. That ought to discourage
some professional reformers-but
it doesn't. They keep right on
leading a horse 20 water and try.
ing to make him drink-at so
much per diem.
A nation can't be pulled up to
a higher moral and ethical plane.
1t must push itself up by the slow
growth Of public opinion. 1t would
be an interesting experiment If
all the special reform agencies
would close their offices. Prob
ably the American people would
press onward and upward just as
rapidly without them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-29


dour told the old king himself that
he would be remembered only for his
bum furniture. That nearly floored
the old boy himself but he got rid
Of his gal" by a clever method.
After the vanishing scene Of Pompa-
dour was staged, the king a la Bobby
Clark remarks with much ease,
Mighty clever. these Chinese"
Am just trying to tell you thai
the fourth annual edition of The
Music Box Revue is now on view
at English's with Fannie Brice,
and cCIllough, Ledov9, the
Runaway -Four. Wynpe Bullock.
Lottice Howell and many others.
This Music Box is one Of those
tuneful and beautifully colored crea-
lions of the st.Ige with several large
dashes of comedy on the part OF
Miss Brice, Clark and Mccullough
and several others.
The revue will be remembered for
its beautiful song pictures, some
marveiously beautiful dancing on the
part of Ledova. some clever singing
mixed with beautiful song pictures
by the Brox Sisters, and above all
some we'll hammered comedy
There is no strutting of the form
unclothed. but a deliberate attention
to prove that a revue may be ia
nous without exposing the human
form. The girls presented in this
revue are beautifully draped. 1t is
a relief to see a revue in which the
dressmaker ian old-fashioned express
sion) may properly be given some
credit.
Among the prize winning scenes
Of beauty may be listed the follow
ing:
L. "Rock-a-Bye. Baby" sung by
Lottice Howell and with the aid of
many others. This scene shows
that the song picture has reached
perfection in this revue.
2. The finale of the first act, called
"Bandanna Ball." sung by the Brox
sisters and presenting a painting in
sudden color which nearly makes one
rise to his feet and applaud.
3. THE Weeping Willow Tree" a
study in an enlarged idea of a fan
suddenly becoming the branches of
a willow tree.
4. "Tokio Blues sung by the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-29
EYES
DIM?

LORE than one-third OF 2,O44
l\Ui Gary Qnd.) children under
Ky school age. recently given
eye tests by Federal investigators
working in conjunction with the
Eyesight Conservation Council of
America, were found to have de-
fective vision.
The results Of the survey appar-
emily confirm the alarmists who
proclaim that blindness and defec-
tive vision are growing apace-
due to the strain and abuse of eye
sight caused by movies and other
modern conditions.
The prospect is disquieting. We
would hate to lose our sight Just
now when feminine skirts are
growing shorter and feminine
calves gambol more joyously on viii
lage green and downtown streets
than ever before.
But probably the alarmists who
say eyes are growing dim + over
pessimistic.
The keen vision of the aborig-
ines and the people of olden tines
is mostly fiction. Tests show that
the average Indian has poorer WIS.,
ion than the average white man.
And scientists say the reason so
few people could read and write in
ancient times was because most of
them had defective vision that pre-
cluded the use of their eyes for
such fine work as reading and writ
ing.
We use our eyes as never be-
fore-which emphasizes faults of
vision that in a simpler age would
have passed unnoticed. Despite
the fact that a large fraction Of
the population now wear cheaters,
the human eye is not growing dim.
1t is standing the strain OF civillza-
ton better than the human heart.
liver or morals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-29
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
STOP-AND-G go SIGNS
DON'T GO
GAYLORD NELSON

~ lRAFFIC at the intersection
OF Pennsylvania and New
~ York SITS. the other after
noon was in a quandary for sew
eral hours and collisions werA naf-
rowly averted. The silent cop
guarding the corner was out OF
order. 1t posed for east and west
traffic then held the pose.
That's a rather frequent occur
renee with automatic traffic
signals in Indianapolis.
Recently ore of the green eyes
of a Meridian St. silent policeman
failed to CLEAN for more than a
week before efforts were made to
revive the optic. And several times
during evening rush hours all the
automatic signals on Meridian
from Ohio to St. Clair have stalled
on Change"
The automatic traffic signals
greatly simplify traffic regulation.
In general they are alnlosI as eff
cient as semaphores cranked by
HuiAdn dScllCys dAAnN III Nh-J
can't cuss careless motorists or
cast admiring eyes at passing
goloshes.
But they are not infallible. and
they do get out of order. They
can't clear the intersection in an
emergency to give fire trucks and
amLulances their legal Iigl't of
way.
There is nothing more dancer
Gus to traffic tina automatic p
and-go signals that don't go. They
lull drivers TO a false feeling of
security that doesn't exist. Abso-
Lutte assurance OF safety at an in
tersection depends on the motor
lists exercise of prudence. Th4re
is no substitute for that. IL he
relies too implicitly or the silent
cops he may start cross an inter-
section and wake up in the New
Jerusalem
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-29
Was Iheo Blent a Wise Girl in Her Love Affairs?
WEEKLY BOOK REyIEw

George kept w their secret meet
lngs- George was only making S35
a week in the bank owned by Theo's
father.
Theo was brave enough to picture
married life with George but she
made one terrible mistake-she
thought that. her father would thaw
out and welcome she and her hus-
band home.
But father said this as he tied up
his millions from his daughter: IF
you get tired of it, or can't cut o
self down to the forty-dollar-a-week
standard. the door will always be
open for your coming" provided
that she comes alone.
Then the battle started. Theo
found that to think and live on s35
a week salary was nearly impossible.
Pride prevented her from returning
home. She attempted to learn to
cook. She became one Of the many
millions of American women who do
their own work.
But Theo had trouble to think on
the $35 a week scale. Her old
friends left her. She was an out
cast in a new world-a world whose
language was foreign to her.
Begins to Fade
But George had the knowledge
that the woman he loved was be-
coming a shadow on account Of the
worry and tha neu life liz ,,ro.od
her to take her fathers offer-to re-
turn home alone,
Theo, of course, misunderstood the
sacrifice that George was making.
Then the separation became so dra-
matte that the story becomes one
of those moving and powerful things
which lifts it way up in the scale of
literary entertainment.
And this thought comes out OF the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-29

been worked out in the act OF.
Nathanson's Entertainers. Primarily
it is a modern orchestra with the
newest melodies but they have rome
farther than that. BY the ingenious.
use Of back drops and slides the
orchestra depicts the very picture OF
the piece they are playing.
Neal Abel in his own way tells
stories. and that Is enough, every
thing he says has a laugh In 1t. His
speciality is stories of the South.
Stafford apnd Mile. Louise have a
very colorful act. the chief appeal
being some plano numbers and some
Spanish dancing.
Kennedy and Peterson have their
own brand Of hokum which they
offer with no apologies and which is
amusing.
Bill includes a photoplay. what
Fools Men," with Lewis Stone and
Shirley Mason, also a news reel.
At the Palace today and tomor-
row.-(By the Observer)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-29
Fannie La Pompadour Tells Louis XIV That
He Will Be Remembered for Bum Furniture

Brox sisters and adorned with a
magnificent touch of majestic beauty
with a haunting touch Of the Orient.
5. wild Cats" a dance number
which Is as wild as it's title.
6. Come Along With Alice"
sung by the Brox Sisters, a brilliant
and beautiful rendering Of the old
story in a modern way OF alice In
Wonderland" Here Is a scene which
is a gem.
The comedy scenes would prob
ably be listed this way:
l. Fannie Brice, Jack Pear
son, Bobby Clark and others in "The
Kings GAL" a smart and sassy
burlesque on the old boy himself.
Louis XIV. maker Of bum furniture.
2. THE Kids First and Last
Fight" a prize fight scene that
takes first prize because Bobby
Clark is present.
8. There may be a difference
Of opinion upon the comedy merits
of Adam and Eve" played for the
most part by Fannie Brice and Bobby
Clark, the Eve and the Adam. And
the apple had a whole lot to do with
the plot. Ask me no more
4. THE Honor System" just
a trif1e but shows that even a po-
liceman may lose his pants. They
still call such a scene comedy.
5. Fools Rush In" in which
Bobby Clark wrestles with a live
bear while Bobby thought it was a
fake bear.
6. Russian Art" with art ever
present, a travesty upon the $40 a
seat Russian craze, done by Fannie
Brice. The climax is a WOW on
parentage.
There is so much that may be
listed as beautiful and as comedy.
especially the beautiful side Of the
ledger.
1 am sure that you will find The
Music Box Revue a beautiful at.
tempt to entertain with a sufficient
amount of comedy to keep Fannie
Brice. Clark and Cullough busy.
/ recommend this revue as a real
buy regardless of the seat tax.
At Englsh's all week.
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Praise for
Claude

Statesmen of different parties
and beliefs unite in amity when
1t comes to appraising "Jeffer
son and Hamilton" by Claude
G. Bowers. Franklin d. Roose-
welt wishes it's facts could be
learned in the newspaper edi-
torial rooms as well as in the
homes and schools Of America"
John w. Davis, Democratic can
didate fer President in 1924,
says: mo lover Of American his
tory and'no student Of American
politics can afford 10 overlook
it." 1.-THE best story of the
origin Of Jeffersonian democ.
racy that has been published
stirring as life itself and full
of color" writes former Senator
Albert j. Beverage, and Sena-
tor William E. Borah says of
it: More fascinating than fic-
ton and more instructive than
the most profound treatise on
government" Houghton-Mifhin
Company announce that the
book has Just gone into its
fourth large printing!
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Mr.. FIxIT
Asphalt Principal Paving
Material Used by
City.

Let Mr.. Fixit pursue your complaints
with city officials. He Is The Times
representative at the city hall. Write
him at The Times.
Asphalt is the principal paving
material utilized in indianapolis
street construction, MI. Fixit
learned today in investigating a re-
quest for information.
DEAR MIR. FIXIT-How do
asphalt and concrete compare in
street contracts awarded recently? /
understand most property owners
get asphalt.
TAXPAYER.
The report Of the board of works
for the past four years will show
S1.61 miles Of streets paved with
asphalt and PISA miles of con-
crete paved. With forty-fve
miles, concrete leads as a paving
material for alleys.
TO MRS. F. o.. A SOUTH SIDE
BOOSTER; Mr.. Fixit suggests you
aid in obtaining that library near
School %, by submitting a petition
signed by as many property own
ers as possible to the school board
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-29
BY Walter ID. Hickman
: HE other day two women were
talking on a street car about

talking on a street car about
- a girl called Theo Blent.
They spoke as If Theo was an In
dianapolis girl, a neighbor or some
thing, but when they mentioned New
York ] was sur that Theo was not
Of this city.
The two women on the street car
had different ideas regarding Theo,
the daughter Of one of New York's
richest men, in marrying a cashier
in a bank.
The penalty of such a marriage
vas to be ordered out Of her fathers
home without nary a cent. The con
4ition that Theo might return home
that she should get rid of her hus-
band.
The two women or the street car
failed to agree on Theo's choice. I
became interested in the discussion
and kept one of my two very large
ears open to find the name OF the
book wherein Theo existed.
I discovered that Theo Blent is
the chief character in Basil Kings
new novel, 1.-THE High Forfeit" Pub
lished by Harper and Brothers.
I went to the book department of
l.. 8. Ayres & Co. and received a
review copy of this book, because I
wanted to meet Theo.
The Real Test
Theo was one of those rich girls
who had brains enough to want to
marry a real he-guy and not a So
cial cake-eater. So she fell in love
with George Pevensey when it was
the thing to do to take wounded
soldiers into the home.
For several years after society be-
came forgetful Of the price that some
fellows paid for fighting, Thee and