The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-27
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Victory for Tolerance
ANeW Army
Krim'S Misfortune
Patriotic Tariff
BY nj. e. Tracy

y
terday came in the refusal Of the
northern Baptist convention, now in
session at Washington, D. c., to be
dictated to by fundamentalists.
Let 1.-THE cynic attribute this to
such causes as may please his fancy
but I think it was the voice of an
earnest, sincere multitude crying for
the right to live and let live, the
spirit of Roger Williams calling
across the ages.
The victory, my friends, is not for
modernism, or any other ism, but
Cor tolerance which, when all is said
nd done, remains the highest form
of religion.
Men have always found 1t hard to
be firm in their beliefs without, at
the same time, wishing to coerce, or
exclude those who disagreed, but
how we venerate the few who were
able to do so.
Roger Williams never swerved an
iota from his convictions, but he
had the dauntless faith which en-
abled him not only to take all creeds
to his bosom, but to demand for
them the same privilege he asked for
himself.
The northern Baptist convention
has paid real tribute to his memory.
l. l. l.
Coolidges order for the enrolment
of State and local peace officers as
Federal dry agents remains the
storm center.
Congressman Britten Of Illinois has
introduced a bill which would OBJ
literate it, the Senate is disposed to
make a sweeping inquiry, and most
politicians, regardless of party or
faction, are trying to see how they
can capitalize the fuss to the best
advantage.
Whether this order is legal, it GER
fainly represents a definite expan-
sion of executive authority.
Whether it was intended for use
only in one or two counties of Cali
fornia it implies a power that could
be extended throughout the Nation
Whether it is desirable from the
prohibition standpoint it is so con-
Mery to the principles on which this
byernment has functioned as to be
generally regarded in the light of a
| .bombshell.
For the moment at least, its bear
ing on the dry law is completely
overshadowed by the bearing 1t
seems to have on the regulations of
State and Federal authority.
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ADD Ell Krim lost mainly because
he wasn't up-to-date, because his
people lacked education, because he
did not possess modern equipment.
He had the instincts of a patriot,
: but it takes more than that to win
war.
AS Napoleon said, "God fights on
the side of the strongest battalions."
The march of civilization is COM
pounded on intelligence, though in
this particular case little American
capital was mixed with it. If France
had paid us what she owed when
due, she would have found it very
hard to carry on a campaign against
the Riffs.
It is~to be presumed that this
item will be given its deserved con-
sideration when the debt settlement
comes up.
l. T. T.
The high protective tariff has al
ways been touted as a boon to the
worker as a bulwark of increased
wages and better living conditions.
This idea was given something of
a Jolt yesterday when representa-
tives of the steel, textile and alumni
mum workers visited Washington
MAr the purpose of inducing Congress
- investigate their respective trades
It was brought out, for instance,
that 100000 workers in the textile
trade, which is highly protected, re-
ceive an average of $3.50 a week.
They couldn't live on that, Of course,
if women and children did not work.
IF the tariff system is designed
to make possible decent standards
Of living" said w. Jett Lauck,
then the highly protected textile
industry Of Passaic and vicinity is
the most colossal shame of hypoc-
risy ever perpetrated on the Ameri-
can wage-earner."
II 1
A wonderful Institution, the tariff
We have learned many things by it
because of it, or in spite of it, and
now it seems destined to furnish in
formation with regard to one more
thing.
Pathe- News has announced that
it is shipping films to this country
which were taken by Byrd at the
North Pole and is claiming their ad,
mission duty free on the ground
that we own the pole.
If those in command of the tariff
decidedfour title is good, Pathe- News
saves $12.
If they decide otherwise the
United States loses her claim to a
much sought and twice discovered
though probably valueless spot on
the earth's surface.
Patriotism compels me to hope
that the decision will be made by a
bunch of high protectionists and
lard boiled collectors.
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