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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
In Defense Of Youth

may oe going at too brisk a gait
the young may I've taking the bit in
their teeth a trifi,s too readily and l.
admit / have bayvled them ont un-
mercifully many times, but say, man,
they continue to Americans to the
core and when called upon in the line
OF duty they'll be there. They'll
change. Then the be-rouged, belip-.
sticked. bobbed fiapper with chiffon
hose. satin slippers and sleeveless,
reckless dress weighing on ounce, in
the dead of winter, and furs in
August, will Groom Jazz lullaby or
the Wabash Blues to fat rascal of
a baby as 1t tugs at her breast, with
all the tenderness of saint and with
as much of the heavenly instinct of
motherhood as was ever displayed
by the most platonic prude or peni-
tent Puritan.
And what about these insolent cads
with beli.bottomed, baggy trousers
dragging in the mud; long top nots
slicled back, with vaseline: incipient
moustaches, sideburns a la 'valen-
tino, ralSish caps on one side OF their
irresponsible Heads. outlandish ties
and all accoutrements provocative
of disgust? Ali me-. they are the
same stripe of devil-may-care chaps
that fell from the sky with burning
planes In Heinie's land: that starved
and froze, that smoked and sang and
swore in the lousy. muddy dugouts
OF France; that carried the Stars and
Stripes Of Glory, impatient to go over
the top; that fought like hell at Cha
teau Thierry and Belleau Wood: and
thousands of whom now rest under
little white crosses where the pop
pies grow in Flanders fields
No. no, they may be cake eaters
and jazz babies now. but when occa-
sion comes these boys and girls de-
velop in day and arise to any need.
and in two decades they'll be the
staid and sedate parents OF other
Americans as true as steel in even
better and mQre enlightened America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
DOWN GOES THE FARE

NE the interesting results of the between the
NJ nterurban the bus is the return of dme
excursion The rates are low the
odtme but they lower than anything to which the
public has been accustomed for years.
It will be interesting watch the results of this by
nterurban companies how successful the
will be- how take advantage Of them
ard whether the companies make money from them
AS usual the public benefits from competition When
competition go up despite all attempts at regua
competition they go down, despite all
guments by experts that it can be done.
We don know how the nterurban companies figure but
there may be something in the theory that full be
operated at low of fare profaby than almost
empty ones a a nigh rate.
Quantity production may be the solution in the trans
portaton business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02

growth has not been stunted as a
result of IT,
Nevertheless. legally. a child not
attending school is a truant- II
makes no difference whether alb
sent to page in the Indiana Legis-
lature or to earn a meager pittance
as an idustrial slave.
In this case the law performs an
act of buffoonery. But IL should be
enforced impartially whether guilty
parents are august solons or
drunken wretches who keep their
children from school TO work for
family support.
The incident is the result OF a ma
tional disease-the itch to regulate
all human conduct by laws. which.
when strictly enforced. ares absurdi-
ties. Less regulation. OF all sorts.
and more impartial enforcement
would increase respect for all
statutes from the individual citizen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
In New York
BY JAMES WI DEAN

NEW YORK, March 2.-Warfare
goes on between pigeon raisers Of
the lower east side almost every day.
Pigeon cotes are placed on the roofs
of high tenements. The nucleus of
each flock is group OF fine-bred
homfng pigeons which never fail to
return to their own cote.
A man is in attendance at each
cote during all hours of daylight.
When he sees lone pigeon in the
air he releases his flock. The pigeons
soar up to the lone fiier and in their
cwn way induce 1t to join the flock.
When the flock returns home the
stray pigeon comes along.
Trouble begins when two pigeon
keepers send up their fiocks at the
same time. The two fiocks merge
with each other and sometimes only
the true homing pigeons of one
flock return to their home cote, the
others. being Of gregarious nature,
going with the bigger flock.
Then words fly between the rival
pigeon raisers. And sometimes fists
and bullets.
The police have records Of hiding
crooks using homing pigeons to car
ry messages to and from confeder-
ates.
Orchard st. II the most colorful
spot in all New York. believe. It Is
one Of many of the East Side streets
lined with pushcarts, but 1t has the
most interesting display Of wares.
Walk along one block and in these
two-wheeied carts you'll see dis
played bright silk scarfs, second
hand shoes and clothes, candy, cakes
used and broken hardware OF all
sorts. new and mended chinaware,
vegetables, fruits, bread, cheese,
electric irons and curling irons, new
and old books. translating diction-
aries. table delicacies from foreign
lands and other articles, too numer-
GUS to mention.
The whole blends into a mass OF
brilliant color in which move
bearded patriarchs. squat ugly wom-
en-, spruce young men and beauti-
full young girls.
Here Is the drama OF the new
Americans taking their first step, to-
ward gaining the riches OF their
promised land.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
BY NJ. e. TRACY

Twice a year. the farmer yells
for help, though much louder at
harvest than at seed time.
If work in other lines is slack.
he gets it. If not, he doesn't. The
consumer pays in either case.
Farming, in the United States Ia
not a vocation that can be reduced
to a uniform daily output.
When the sun crosses the line in
March, it is time 20 begin planting.
When it recrosses the line in Sep
TENDER. crops should have been pref
ty well gathered.
Farmers can take things pretty
easy during the winter. II they
make as full use of their land as
they ought. they need two or three
men to help each of them in the
spring, and six or eight in the sum-
mer.
This represents peak load for
the labor market, and one which can
only be supplied through a lot Of
idleness and drifting.
Along with the manufacture of
automobiles. chartering peace ship
and trying to buy Muscle Shoals,
Henry Ford has given the subject
some thought.
He says that the problem of farm
labor could be eased by establishing
factories in the country and shut
ting them down when labor is
needed to SOW, or reap.
He says that most factories need
to be overhauled twice a year. any
way, and that, whether they do or
not, most Of them find 1t, necessary
to slow down once in a while.
He says that It is only good
sense to combine this chronic condi-
ton of factories with the farmers
need.
He says, too. that most workers
would be benefited by. few weeks
in the field each spring and fall, and
that, besides it's economic advantage
such a change would make for bet
ter physical and mental health.
Why isn't Henry Ford right?
Why doesn't this farm labor prob
lem present an opportunity to use
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02

RS, MARGARET CORwIN,
I'M College Ave-. caught a wom-
G an burglar In her apartment
Friday night. The intruder made
no effort to escape and was turned
over to the police.
In city prison the woman-appar-
emily an amateur offender-con-
fessed to two thefts, besides the at
tempted burglary.
She came to indianapolis two
weeks ago. she said. Her money
was soon exhausted-and the pinch
of adversely was felt. In a store,
temptation in the form OF an eitsily
stolen purse threw itself in her way.
She took the purse.
After that her better nature and
her worse fought until she was
caught In the apartment There
conscience won, she said, and instead
of running. she stayed to take her
medicine.
Probably the story OF the conflict
and final permanent triumph-of
her better nature over her worse is
true. s tr.-e,
Very few persons. are all good or
all bad. With few exceptions the
all good have died extremely young
and most OF the wholly bad come to
an unpleasant end early.
However. 1t is rather noticeable
that among transgressors Of crimi-
nal statutes the good self is seldom
victorious over the bad self as long
as the latter brings home the bacon.
1t usually takes a drab night in an
uncomfortable cell to bring con-
science to full bloom.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02

Meanwhile Presidents Com
mission Tries to Find
Answer.
Answer.
Times washtnot9r Bureaa.


Eu1 ASHINGTON, March 2. -
|WI While a presidential in
~ vestigation commission and
the United tSates Senate are trying
to find the answer to recent ad-
vances in gasoline prices. averaging
cents gallon here. for example.
the Bureau OF Mines has discovered
that production last year was the
largest in the history Of the nation.
Production totaled S,959, $3.50, 220
gallons in 1924, exceeding by 1903
735,077 gallons the previous high
record set in 1923. Daily average
production was 1925 per cent great
err than last year.
Motorists Make Record
While refneries were working
overtime to supply the demand,
motorists and other large users of
gasoline also were establishing a
new consumption record. The Ameri-
can demand for gasoline last year
was breaking consumption the pre-
vious year Thus. despite Increased
consumption. increased production
added to the surplus, or reserve
supplies.
At the beginning OF the year there
were 1914, S99, $50 gallons on hand as
storage stock. and at the close OF
1924 there were 1.179.503.1S5 gallons
in reserve, an increase OF 104, 500, 535
gallons.
These figures. in the opinion of
Senators who have been trying to
force real congressional probe into
gasoline price-fixing. do not indicate
condition to warrant 80 per cent
boost virtually overnight
Supply Leads Demand
To the contrary, Senators say. the
figures show that the old law of
supply ard demand should have
worked the other way. with supply
big jump ahead OF demand.
The usual traffic jam in the Senate
at it's close prohibited full-fiedged
congressional inquiry. but Senators
are hopeful that the Presidents COM
mission during the long vacation Of
Congress will unearth some real
facts and data which. will enable
Congress to enact legislation next
December effectively to regulate
prices. With this thought in mind.
the Senate passed a resolution re-
questing the commission to make a
thorough inquiry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
JARDINE AND THE FARMERS

IGNORED be the public who dares tell his people
the truth This to be quality of William M Jar
dine, the secretary Of agriculture
He insists that 10 per of the farmers troubles be
cured by legislation and he is for that legislation
The other 80 per be remeded by the farmers
themselves and their associates the business of their
muns and he for organization and education to do that
He reactonary who against the 10 per cent Of
legal remedy needed and conservative who would do moth
ing and let the 80 per take Of ITSELF but aggressive
leader, who believes in doing things.
Only, the first thing to find out what be DONE and
to have the courage to tell the truth about it. ,s
That what you expect of in anything else. 1t
ought to be commoner in politics and government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
FARM LABOR

some Of that practical efficiency
which our business men are so con-
stantly talking about?
Why should our factories continue
to crowd and jostle each other in the
big cities and make it impossible for
workers to get Whit of fresh air.
except through bond issues for
parks
Why not take advantage of the
billion acres Of land we are not u.s.
ing and at the same time so arrange
things that the farmer can get help
when he wants II?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
BY HAL COCHRAN


3 My kingdom for a single word
that has eight Ietters in it. For
then. the task 1--we started will be-
through. have hulch I'll get
the word I'm seeking, any minute.
All, yes. for cross-words have
fallen. too.
Each night board my street car
and take my pencil out. MY think
ing powe4s are quickly put to test.
nevers have discovered what the
stunt is all about. but I've fallen for
it. hard, just like the rest.
A man who's sitting next me
starts suggesting this and that. 1
argue that word ne gives is
wrong. We fill out many spaces
then we don't know where we're at
Why do they make the longer words
SO long?
At hast the kind conductor hollers,
"Carbarns," very loudly. We finish
in the twinkle OF an eye. TIE
COMFY is the fellow who should
really feel quite proud. for Car
harms" was the WORD that we were
uj,v MN
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
Oratory

m REPRESENTATIVE KENNEY
Xxi proposed Friday a five-minute
IL limit for members in debate
on measures before the House. The
rule was adopted.
That will be an excruciating gag
to ambitious silver-tongues who
would like to make the session re
vertebrate with forensic thunders.
Five minutes won't allow extended
flights of oratory. A Cicero, Ed
mund Burke. or Daniel Webster
couldn't clear his throat In that
time. However the rule win expedite
transaction OF business In the House.
Oratory has practically vanished
from public life. The British Parlia-
ment. Congress and the General AS
sembly all testify to its decadence.
Even E'om the courts-long it strong
hold - eloquence has disappeared
or degenerated into commonplace
verbosity.
Why the decline in the art that.
from the time Demosthenes put
pebble In his mouth until Bryan took
up his cross Of gold, swayed human
destinies?
Probably newspapers and short
hand reporters are. to blame. They
tore the protective covering OF per-
sonal magnetism from public speak
ers' words and reduced them to cold
type. Much oratory thus stood re-
vealed as very skinny thought
dressed in sonorous phrases.
We may regret the passing of the
art but. after all. It is ideas not
words that contribute to human
progress. To spend thirty minutes on
thoughts that could be expressed in
FIVE minues may be oratory, but 1t
wastes time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
Preventing Fish Slaughter

The Governor of Alaska in his an
nual report says that the outstand-
ing achievement of the year affect
ing and of enduring benefit to Alas
lxa was the enactment of legislation
by Congress to protect and conserve
tire fisheries. Strict regulations now
control and Will continue to control
this colossal industry. Report of the
Secretary of the Interior.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
TESTS

Tine THOUSAND freshmen the Pennsylvania State Col
Nj lege this year took psychological determine their
general knowledge They required 230 ques
tons in forty minutes
Results little surprising in view Of results college
girls have been making in scholarship competition with men,
students test made an average score of 1885,
and students TIT.
Many will this bit of INFORMATION something
that will give them good laugh Let themhe laugh lately
has been much on the side Of the other sex.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
BY JULIAN WETZEL
Of the keystone Press


r-1 HERE may be a rotten egg
in every basketful What If
LI there Is? The average is
good. The trouble is that the
average housewife breaks the good
ones and stirs them into her angel
food cake without a second thought
las a matter OF course. but the
rotten one causes some commotion
in the commissary department. be-
lieve me.
There are scoundrels In the Ma
sonic Lodge-and the knights of
Pythias, the Odd Fellows. the
knights of Columbus, the B'nai
Birth and even in the church.
The reason why there appears to be
SO many is that we single outs the
rotten ones and play them up in
scare heads on the front pages Of
newspapers. When a preacher goes
wrong it Is pie for the ungodly, but
the percent of ministers who de-
part from the path of righteousness
Is infinitely small Notwithstanding
the sarcastic Islander of infidels and
the blasphemous caricatures Of the
calling we are asked to tolerate on
the stage in such plays as Rain"
Black Sheep
There may be one black sheep in
every family. but the black sheep
gets so much publicity that we are
apt to jump to the conclusion that
there is one white sheep In every
family and all the rest are black. I
think the facts are that for every
Kentucky Ave. bootlegger. west side
tough, dance hall sheik and auto
mobile thief there are ten young
men helping to support their
families. learning trades, getting ed
locations and treading the straight
road to ultimate success.
The fact that young man is
sweet and kind to his mother or
supports his sick sister is not con-
sidered news, but il he comes home
drunk and kills them both he
makes" the first page under a
black head with his picture and a
diagram OF the premises with a
cross where the deed was done.
do not think the world is worse
lit Ia merely different, Things
change. We old timers crab about
conditions. because the newer
generation does things differently
from the methods in vogue when
we were young. We want them to
do things our way-and they refuse
which is their right. But every
age Is sufficient unto itself--every
age produces men and women
capable of coping with every
emergency which may arise. The
law OF self-preservation has not
been repealed and these young folks
win carry on; albeit they will look
back from their maturer station in
life and chide their young in pre-
cisels tho sans manner we are
'>rnxxinG' ours.
FInppers md Mothers
~ OF America may be 'feeling
our oats~ A little too strongly h
-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02

The financial operations of the
Federal Government are of the
greatest interest and Importance. to
the people, and yet no other phase
of our governmental affairs Is so
little understood by them This un-
fortunate condition seems to be due
to the fact that Treasury bookkeep-
ing has long been obsolete and I'M
intelligible.-Rep. Hull (D) Tenn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
The Democratic

SIMS A school for
parrots has been
started in Texas. Teach them to
talk. Hope 1t eliminates the static.
Prince of Wales Is going to South
Africa. II he sees summer. on the
way. he can tell her we have de.
cided- to keep spring. M
The paper says a swindler caught
in Chicago Is wanted in Los Angeles.
but hasn't Los Angeles enough of
them?
News from Turkey. Doctors have
found man with his heart on the
right side. This will make the
Greeks mad.
A mad married man tells us the
preacher should have asked him
ANY previous military service?'
Auto makers are seeing which car
can do 1000 the fastest. but 1t isn't
that far to any golf links.
Deepest spot IN the Atlantic is
27.965 ieet. What an excellent place
to drop a saxophone overheard.
Oxford Miss man shot at bas-
ketball game. Shooter may plea he
thought the man was a referee.
In italy, they are digging for a
buried village. We know where they
can find a dead one without digging.
The only way to save our pedes-
TRANS is to let them start dressing
like traffic cops.
A barber tells us he is finding
bobbed hair short cut to wealth.
And. of course. the first breath OF
spring is spring onions.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service. Inc,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
MUSCLE Shoals Crime

The possibilities of Muscle Shoals
are so tremendous that IL this Con-
gress deeds away this great power
the greatest one outside of Niaga-
re- Falls east of the Mississippi River
for a pittance, that action. y be
lieve. win some day be called the
crime of the Sixty-eighth Con-
gress.-Ssen. Howell (R) Neb.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02

The increase OF Americans signed
% American vessels before shipping
commissioners from 120.146 doth ma
tive born and naturalized) to 1888
brings the percentage of American
seamen so shipped and reshipped to
56.3, the highest for many years.
The continued decrease in Chinese
and Japanese signed on is in con-
trast to the natura increase in the
number OF British and German en-
ployed Report Of the Commissioner
Of Navigation
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?

due to the fact that there is al
ways considerable amount OF
overlapping of the primary colors,
as the light does not come from
single point, but from the various
parts of the suns disk. which has
an angular diameter of about hah
a degree, and to the fact that indigo
as a locor distinct from blue; and
orange, are likely to be ignored as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02

Probably it is a
petty matter for
a truancy COM
plant. and It is
natural he should
be wroth.
Paging I'm the
Senate - while it
may be sweat
shop toll in a con-
taminated atmos-
phere-is a valu-
able experience
for any youngster.
Probably I h e
child's moral and
4 - . all anfrI "a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02

The way to rec ain and retain pub
nc confidence Is by Gaming 1t. The
American people love and admire
those who do big things and help In
doing them. but they have neither
patience nor respect for those who
just stand back and criticise or la
bor1ously and spitefully obstruct-
Rep. Stengle Cd New York.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02

@ARRY @. LESLIE. speaker Of
lH the House. the other day de-
nounced outside influences
which he declared seek to con-
troll legislators votes. Unless the
,nractice ceases he threatens to dis
close names and do other hor1id
deeds.
"These outside influences at work
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02

While we have invited the execu-
tive and the budget master to make
recommendations. Congress retains
control of the purse. Indeed, that is
one Of the most cherished principles
Of parliamentary governments
Senator Ashurst D.). Arizona
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
Telling 1t
to Congress
Then Give Us PLANES!

The old slogan used to be, the
battleship is the backbone OF the
Navy" New inventions have
brought about new results, and
while the battleship may be the
backbone 1t will never be called on
to perform any service in battle
until after aircraft has played its
part. and IL the enemy feet or air
ships is superior to ours, then the
so-called backbone will not be able
to function very long.-Rep. Nc
C1intic CD Okla.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
Child Labor Laws

1t is eminentIy unjust that State
moved to the adoption and enforce
ment of child tabor laws of higher
character should be required to en-
counter the rivalry in industry Of
another State which makes no ade-
quate provision in the laws to pre-
vent the exploitation of children
Justice requires that a common
standard be established. Sen.
Walsh Cd Mont.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
FiIininos Seek Freedom

The United States. diffe ing from
imperialistic nations. did not come
to the Philippine Islands for pur-
poses Of exploitation and oppression
but for the purposes OF liberation, to
bring us the freedom that il as dear
to the weaker peoples as It Is to the
great and powerfsiI.-Mr Gabaldon.
Delcsate from the Philippines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
Stin Use Water

The excursion business on the
water shows practically no diminu
ton In spite Of the increasing use Of
automobiles for outing purposes
Report OF the Commissioner CT
Navigation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-02
Tom Sims Says

Aerial defense probe has ended.
It's words for ten weeks placed end
to end reached no conclusion.
Navy says our aviators are all up
in the air . Aviators claim our Navy
is all at sea- That leaves our de-
Tense up a tree.