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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19
By N. d. COCHRAN

~ YER $4,000 employees of the
t ] Government live in Washing.
ton. Many Of them live in
apartments. During the war, when
there was tremendous increase in
Government employees and hence a
big increase in the, demand for nv.
ing quarters, rents increased rap,
idly.
The situation became so bad that
Congress had to step in with legis.
lation to protect tenants from rent
gouging. There has been little i'm.
provement since the end OF the war
but landlords have been demanding
that Congress take hands off.
Tenants plead with Congress to
continue the rent commission and
complain that rents have been stead.
lily increased. There have been
many evictions. Business organiza-
tons are supporting the demands Of
landlords. Business in other cities,
especially real estate bodies, is
coming to the support Of the Wash.
ington realtors.
The tenants have little support
except their own efforts.
The Washington situation has q
general interest because Of the issue
as t, wheel her business shall be self
governing or shall submit to regula.
ton by political government.
Business Not Organized
If business in Washington were
Ilwell enough organized to be self
governing and to protect the public
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19
Cant Business GoUe1m ITSELF?

against exploitation, its protest
against regulation by Congress would
be more convincing.
II the real estate business itself
were thoroughly organized it could
quickly discipline and bring to time
any members of their organization
who brought discredit ON the bust
ness by gouging or other unfair
practices 1t could prevent pyramid
ing impossible.
Every business should haVe its
code of ethics and should be strong
enough to effectively punish viola
tons of the code. Once the public
feels It win be protected by the
business itself 1t win prefer to take
advantage of that protection by do
ing business with members of the
business organization or union Elk
pulsion from the union then would
make outlaws of violators of the
code and hurt their business
That would make membership in
the organization valuable.
Better Business Bureau
Some branches Of business have
seen the value of protecting the
public against unscrupufeus MEM
bers of their business Throughout
the country the better business
organization, by calling attention to
fraudulent or deceitful advertising,
and by insisting on all merchants
living up to the code lived up to the
honest merchants, has placed mer-
chandising on higher and sounder
plane.
The growth of the better business
organization has been development
of merchants toward self-govern-
ment. Political government is glad
enough to let alone business that
intelligently governs itself.
OF all organizations, the bar as
sociations are in best position to
govern themselves. They know the
law. and they are in position to pro-
tect the public from crooked lawyers
by having them disbarred. They do
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19
Executive

r. r AYOR SHANK, in a speech in
IMI Chicago recently, declared
Ill that more ability is demanded
for the Office of mayor in Chicago
than for the presidency of the United
States.
He wasn't throwing verbal violets.
He was only emphasizing that the
administration of municipal affairs
in Chicago demands unusual
executive talent.
That is undoubtedly true. The
same requirement applies to every
large city-even to Indianapolis.
Nevertheless, ability is the last
consideration urged In determining
the choice of mayors. The i'm.
portant qualifications are candidates
political, social and religious con
nectdons. Consequently municipal
affairs are often efficiently mis-
managed.
When a private corporation, with
affectionate regard for dividends
seeks an executive to manage It's
affairs it hires the most capable man
obtainable. Ability-not color OF
hair, social, political or religious
leanings-is the necessary qualif.
cation. AS a. result private bust
ness is efficiently managed.
What has political oratory got to
do with laying pavement OF
digging a sewer?
All problems in municipal adj
ministration are essentially business
problems. It's imnaterial whether
the city's chief executive is a Re.
publican, a Democrat or a Seventh
Day Adventist. The essential thing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19

more of this than they ola years
ago, but they haven't made a COM
plete job of it yet.
The number of crooked bankers
Is relatively very small but there
were enough of them in the early
days to make strict governmental
regulation of banking necessary.
Needed Regulation
When the railroad business was
young it ran wild. Not many years
ago most judges rode on passes, and
railroad Aawyers scattered passes
among the politicians with a lavish
ENTHUSIASTICALLY members of Con
gress and State legislatures. But
the railroads are better off today
witk masses practically abolished All
the same they needed a lot of gov
eminent in the regulation of their
business before they began to learn
the fine art Of self government
Undoubtedly the time will come
when tenants went have to look
beyond the organized real estate
but it hasn't come yet That it will
organize is inevitable. No business
in which a majority are honest win
forever stand for a minority that
discredits the business.
When anys~business OF profession
| is intelligently organized it will
learn. that in protecting the public
from injustice it is protecting itself.
Then it can guarantee itself to the
public And this goes for labor
unions as well as for business
unions
In the meantime society, or tho
Government, must step in in one
way or another to protect the help
less, which generally means the un-
organized majority. In the rent sitf
alton governmental regulation IS
necessary to correct abuses and will
continue to be necessary until or.
ganized business in Washington can
guarantee itself and each individual
member organization
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19
MEN IN THE CHURCH

inflow have another proof of the changing world and the
In changing status of women in modern Life
Dr. Lewis Brown, who is about to observe his
anniversary pastor of ST. Paul Episcopal Church declares
responsive religion today than
Dr. Brown gives the for losing interest
the fact that many going into business and that they
negectng church, using Sunday merely day of
and recreation Meanwhile more he says going to
church
Does this that have gone into business
have time for religious activity than they had pre-
vousy9 Or does merely growing
plainly the need of spiritual well being than they did in years
gone byR
Probably the latter explanation the Per-
haps coming that the job of making money is
not the only man-sized job in the world
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paign.
1t is by such factional strife that
we prepare to pick the officers Of a
$685. 100000 civic corporation with
$4,000 stockholders.
sThe efficient administration Of the
affairs of that corporation Is OF in
terest to every citizen. But efficient
municipal administration is not the
issue that has worked the factions
and city politicians into a lather.
They are concerned with control
of the offices, not public welfare.
city government is only the foot
ball OF factional strike and partisan
politics.
Indianapolis needs fewer self
crowned political bosses and more
nonpartisan executives. About the
only part of the city government
that is nonpartisan now is the city
tax.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19
Licenses

T1 HE Indiana Music Teachers
Association advocates a State
- board Of examiners and re-
quirement that all music teachers
in the States be licensed. The pro-
posal will be pressed for legislative
action.
State boards Of examiners-and IL
censes-are now required in phar-
macy, medicine, nursing, optometry.
embalnling, dentistry and engineer.
ing. Proposals for them are pend
ing for naprapaths, chiropractors,
podiatrists, beauty specialists and
BARRIERS.
| Why not for music teachers?
Music teaching is undoubtedly
dangerous to public peace, dignity,
health and welfare. Perhaps the po-
lice and sanitary powers of the State
should be invoked to protect against
INSCRIPTIONS quacks in the voca-
ton.
Unquestionably the State should
reg1late professions in which hui
man lives are directly at stake.
However, there is no sound reason
for wrapping the cloak Of official
authority and sponsorship around
every struggling vocation.
A State license wouldn't make the
sour note Of music teacher less
aciduious--nor is it more efficacious
in many other licensed professions.
State boards OF examiners and Ii
censing are usually demanded not
by the public but by ASSOCIATIONS for
their private ends. They are designed
principally to club individual crafts
men into line--and they uselessly
cumbersSthe machinery OF govern
ment, already sufficiently compli-
Gated
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19
Telephone Talk
BY HAL COCHRAN

I'll bet II telephone only could
tell of the things that it hears in a
day. we'd all gladly listen, then
question as well, as to what lines of
chat people say.
But phones never talk; they are
talked to instead, so let's eavesdrop
on diff'rent folks patter. Let's
weigh well and think Ger the things
that are said in the course OF most
any days chatter.
Hello, / want Main seven-six-
eighI-five-J. And then there's a
wait for a spell. Come on, Central,
gimme that number today" The
caller is sore, you can tell.
A wee little voice gets q number
through right. and finally a man
shouts, "Hellor' The wee voice re-
plies: Hurry home. dad. tonight. /"
That's a stunt that all fathers
must know.
Then mother sits down in a com,
Portable way and calls up a neigh
bcrhood friend. They chatter ard
gossip full hour away. yet moth
ing is said, fl the end.
AS, yes, Mister Telephone, yours
is plight. There's nothing to do
but to listen. But when you can't
tell us what's heard day and night,
just think az the things that we're
1nfssln'.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19

-1EP RE EN- 1T TIv E
WILLIAM r. WERNER of
Indianapolis will usher a bill
into the Legislature to prohibit
serving lunches or meals in rooms
where other lines Of business are
conducted. 1t is aimed at the drug
store lunch service.
II the bill passes, some one must
determine what constitutes a lunch.
To some people, q hearty repast is a
glass of carbonated water, a dyspep,
STA tablet, three pounds Of bonborls,
or a large chew Of tobacco. All of
which every drug store handles.
That suggests the question: What
is a drug store?
It's ancestor was the old apoth-
ecary shop, in whose musty interior
prowled a bewhiskered pharmacist
with a light sprinkling of calomel
behind his ears.
The place was a laboratory where
were compounded nauseous medici-
nal concoctions. It did not soil its
hands with merchandise
Now, however, the mortar, pestle
and prescription case have practical
ly vanished. Soda fountain, cigars,
kodaks, candies and magazines are
featured. Drugs are an obscure
sideline
The drug stores present charac-
ter has evolved from its fight for
existence. If the pharmacist can
profit more by reaching his hair and
dispensing sodas and sandwiches
than by rolling pills, he will do so.
1t win be difficult for a statute to
buck the law of economies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19
FOURTH IN WHAT?

INDIANA ranks fourth in education among all States
eordng statistics quoted by Donald DuShane editor Of
the Indiana Teacher" in the current issue.
The basis Of comparison entirely of
ords and the cost of educating the pupil
NOT ONE WORD Is SAID ABOUT STANDARDS OF
LEARNING MOT A WORD ABOUT THE MENTAL EQUIP
ArENT OF THE TEACHERS OR HOW MUCH THE PUPILS
LEARN UNDER THEM
The term educator, applied to public school off,
Gals accountant business manager, 'snan-
cial expert, Judging from the statistics mentioned
It longer one who mentally and intellectually
gifted in the direction of intoxicating knowledge wisdom
the minds of our school children.
+ is not admirable thing that Indiana Is fourth
cation when the ranking has to do with educaon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19
Ton, Sims Says

Aviators usually stand a. nerve
test before going UP very high. but
landlords don't need one.
The dollars of the family are not
carried in the wife's name as often
as the 'rense.
Right in the middle Of the cry to
elevate the masses comes the news
that more airplanes will be made.
Many divorces are caused by two
people who are in love with them
selves getting married.
No man reaches the end OF his
rope until it burns his nose.
Sitting on a tack is short but TO
the point.
The most popular restaurant
drink is soup.
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19
ConDention

T7PAIR OF Republican city
i Al conventions .scuffled in the
LII Courthouse Saturday after
noon. 1t was the elimination OF
days OF civil war in which injunc-
tons and counter injunctions ex-
ploded in hostile camps.
Fifty special deputy shertffs and
brigade of policemen were pres
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19

enL TO prevent Tue
figurative b ra W ]
from becoming a
physical riot.
The doAble bar
relied affair was 8
gorgeous exhibition
of faotionalism run
amuck. The stake
for witch they bat
tied was the city
craftsmanship Of the
Republican p a r ty,
1t was the prelin-
mary wiggle Of the
m II n i cipal cam
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19
Ask The Times

You can get an answer to any ques-
ton of fact or information by writing
TO The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau, 1929 New York Ave, Wash
ingtou. d. O., inclosing 2 cents in
stamps for reply. Medical. legal and
marital advice cannot be given, nor
can extended research be undertaken.
sonai reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered. ALI letters are confden-
tial--Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19
What Determines Value?
AN EDITORIAL

And so one might go on, illus
trating the, whimsicality of social
value, and how it wanders up and
down, hither and yon, in response to
about every human appetite and
faculty.
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~
EV7 HO does not indorse the doc
IWI trine that man IS entitled
- to the social value of what
he produces?
But what determines that social
value? 3
What do Babe Ruth, or Charlie
Chaplin, or Mr.. Dempsey produce to
warrant their incomes2
Yet, who kicks when such high
lights pass the President OF the
United States. so far as salary is
concerned?
There is evidently factor in the
social value of things besides neces-
sity.
Appetite, inventiveness, desire,
fashion and caprice seem to have a
part in determining it.
A savage prince might pawn his
birthright for glass bead, but not
the modern American business man.
He demands a diamond, or place in
society, or a fiapper's smile.
With the exception of few es-
sentials, values constantly change.
What was comparatively priceless
yesterday becomes fairly worthless
tomorrow, and vice versa.
A Roman matron became rich by
raising brown thrusnes for Caesars
table.
~ NE hundred years ago men
III were making fortunes in the
LII production of finder boxes.
Along came the phosphorus match
and put them and their industry
out of commission.
Mr. Ford has won wealth by man
ufacturing a small horseless car
Iiage, and Mr.. Rockefeller through
oil. Neither one nor the other was
known to our great-grandfathe
Today the hairdressers are getting,
meal ticket by bobbing it. To-
morrow they may be getting a bet
ter meal ticket by selling it back
in wigs and transformations.
Fifty years back, stone cutting
was one Of the aristocratic crafts,
but the advent of steel and concrete
has well nigh destroyed it.
The social value Of what a man
produces is dependent on the age
in which he is born. 1t is also de-,
pendent on whether some shrewd
inventor, or promoter, doesn't come
along and change the fashion.
Two generations ago, they
wouldn't eat tomatoes, and the
farmer could hardly give them
away.
In Revolutionary times, the New
Englanders wouldn't eat haddock.
but no wthey consider it as good
as cod. and try to make toher peo-
pie think 1t IS the same thing.
II the cotton growers could get
women to lsiIgthen their skirts six
inches They would be q market Tor
many THOUSAND more bales.
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RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
By GAYLORD NELSON

Is executive ability. How often do
we get that under present CON
tditions2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19

What are some Of the prominent
species Of the fora OF South
America?
Bromelias, cactuses, orchids, ferns,
lilies, palms, grasses, countless
species OF large trees, creeping
vines. bamboos, moss and lichens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19

species Of the fora OF South
America?
Bromelias, cactuses. orchids, ferns,
lilies, palms, grasses, countless
species Of large trees, creeping
vines, bamboos, moss and lchens.
What IS Mary Roberts Rhine
harris address?
2419 Massachusetts Ave-, N. W..
Washington, D. G.
What are the pictures on the
new 1928 issue of currency?
81, Washington; 50, Jefferson: SIS.
Lincoln; $40, jackson; $40, Cleve-
land; $50, Grant; 500. Marshall; ST.
600, Hamilton; $4,000, Madison;
$4,000, Chase.
What does dolce far niente''
mean?
Sweet idleness.
How much mail do Senators and
Representatives receive each day.
It has been estimated that Sen
ators average seventy pieces of mail
a day and Representatives 100.
How did Alaska get it's name?
From an English corruption Of
the native word ''al-ay-ek-sa," prob
ably meaning 'The Great Land or
Mainland"
Who uses Jefferson Davis old
desk in the Senate chamber?
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississip-
pi now occupies it.
Who was Sherlock Holmes, and
where did he live?
He was simply a character in Con-
an Doyle's fiction stories.
Where is the word reverend
mentioned in the Bible?
The only place is the III Psalm.
eth verse;. 'sae send redemption un-
to His people: He hath commanded
His covenant forever; holy and rev.
erend in His name
Are there any Indian tribes that
eat only. the internal parts of ami
males?
Practically all Indian tribes eat
the internal parts of animals al well
as their flesh. but there are no
tribes which discard the. nesh and
eat only the intestines nd vital
organs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19

What is Mary Roberts Rhine
harris address?
2419 Massachusetts Ave, N. w.
Washington, D. G.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19

How did Alaska get it's name?
From an English corruption Of
the native word al-ay-ek-sa," prob
ably meaning 'srhe Great Land'' or
Mainland"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19

Who uses Jefferson Davis old
desk in the Senate chamber?
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississip-
pi now occupies it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19

Who was Sherlock Holmes, and
where did he live?
He was simply character in Con-
an Doyle's fiction stories.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19

How much mail do Senators and
Representatives receive each day.
It has been estimated that Sen
ators average seventy pieces of mail
a day and Representatives 100.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19

What does dolce far niente''
mean?
Sweet idleness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19
BY NJ. &. TRACY

Dy M Ii = INkAO :
EU7 HO does not indorse the doc
IWI trine that a n,an is entitled
l- to the social value Of what
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-19

Are there any Indian tribes that
eat only. the internal parts of ami
.,,.1oco
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Drug Stores

T~7EP RE Sc N II TIV E
Tx WILLIAM F.. WERNER of
Indianapolis will usher bill
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-11
CAPITOL WILL
=, REOPEN AGAIN
Ed Daley to install His
Players Here.

Easter Sunday will mark the in
stallation of a ne wand quite novel
policy in the Capitol.
Ed E. Daley, local Snowman, has
taken the management Of the
theater where he will project a COM
bination policy Of musical pieces in
addition to motion picture features.
A company Of thirty players has
been assembled. A new play will
be given every week commencing
with the Sunday matinee perform
ance. The shows will start at $50,
1880 and 9 p. m.
Heading the cast is Lena Daley.
Billy "Bozo' Mack is the chief
comic. Other principals include Lew
Denny, straight man; Dorothy Alex
ander, soubret, and Inez Marvin,
ingenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-11
FIRST YEAR
next BILL OF
BERKELL co.
Third Week of Season viii
Open With Comedy
Success.

1.-THE First Year." described as "a
comic tragedy of married life" will
be next weeks offering at English's
Of the Berkell Players. Written by
Frank Cravens It was ar instant hit
in New York where IL was produced
by John Golden, with Mr.. Craven
and Roberta Arnold heading the
cast.
The title has something to do with
the now familiar adage thai "the
first year is the hardest" so far as
newlyweds are concerned. Before he
tried his hand at play writing,
Craven gained fame as IN actor In
very human comedy roles.
With some Of her pet illusions
shattered and her dreams dispelled
by the stern realities Of life aboard
the storm tossed matrimonial bark,
Tommy fuckers bride has a quarrel
with him. packs her trunks and
scampers back to mother.
Milton Byron, Edythe Elliott, Ida
belle Arnold and Larry Sullivan will
be in the cast.
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throughout the United States and
Canada and foreign countries this
fall. An elaborate entertainment has
been planned by the officials OF the
organization, of which Adolph Zukor
Is president and Jesse Lasky. vice
president. and who will preside at
both the New York and Los Angeles
conventions together with Sidney r.
Kent, general manager, and other
officials"
The Berkell Players at English's
this season are now enjoying their
best and most profitable season as
far as the beginning Is concerned.
The first week was the largest open
ing week in the history of the organ
ization and "The Masquerader" held
UP wonderfully this week in spite of
the fact that this is conceded to be
the toughest week in the show bust
ness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-11
BOUNDING
UND
HEATERS
with -
Walter ID. Hickman

living birth" mentally to a
vaudeville playlet is no easy
y job. To be a papa" or a