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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-22
Times Readers
Voice Vices

To the Editor:
AS I am constant reader of your
paper there are very few articles,
especially your editorials, that es-
cape my notice.
There is an editorial in today's
paper which have read with con-
siderable amazement under the
heading Of 1.-THE Forgetful Farmer"
1t is an unfair statement, whether
it was intended to be or whether it
is based on ignorance of the facts.
The reference to the investigation
of trading in grain futures is mis-
leading, to say the lea st. Farm or
CARNATIONS have conferred their
heaviest fire, for many years, on
grain speculation, fully recognizing
its evils. They are engaged in fight
ing gambling in fooo stuffs and all
who are familiar with the develop
ment of farm commodity co-opera-
tive marketing know that one of
the most potent factors in the de-
velopment Of cooperative market
ing has been its promise of the
elimination of food gambling.
There is no foundation for stat
ing that the farmers are not inter-
ested in the administration of the
Packers and Stockyards' Act. I do
not believe you are qualified to state,
at this time, that the transfer of
this administration to the Bureau of
Animal Industry will prove Cetri-
mental. I wonder whether you are
aware that even before the trans
fer the administration of the act
was far from satisfactory to the
farmers and had been the subject
OF many hearings on various phases.
1t may later develop that the trans
fer made things worse; until it does
it would be we'll to withhold such
comment. 1t is apparent, of course,
that the bureau was not established
to handle such matters as the ad-
miniStration of this important act.
We are hopeful, however, that it
mya be broadened in such a way
that conditions will be improved.
When it develops that the bureau
can not do justice to its Job, you
may feel sure that farm organiza-
lions will take note of it and act
accordingly. II
The representative of the Amer
lean Farm Bureau Federation is in
touch with the railroad valuation
situation. 1t is quite likely that
farm organizations will be heard
from along this line at the proper
time. / presume you are aware of
the active part farm organizations
have taken in many recent rate
hearings. If you are not, the record
is open.
Newspapers, protesting friendli-
ness to the farmers cause, often do
that cause great damage by I'M
founded editorial utterances. had
expected more intelligent discussion
of the farm problem from The IN
dianapolis Times.
Assuring you I appreciate your
fearless stand on public and pulit-
ical questions, 1 am
INDIANA FARM BUREAU
FEDERATION,
w. H. Settle, President.
Sept. 20, 1927.
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What other Editors Think

been closely identified in politics. The appointment
by all the rules of the party game should have gone
to Albert J. Beverdge the partys nominee by pri-
mary vote. But the Jackson-S Stephenson machine
decided that Robinson should have it. Robinson ac-
cepted and played along with Jackson until the Gov
ernor became involved in nasty scandal. Now
Robinson is seeking to desert the very men who are
responsible for his appointment in the Senate. His
hands are smeared with the same dirt that has
involved his former political budcs We doubt that
he will carry out his threat of suing The Times for
libel. We know of no better way for him to make a
public ass of himself 1t was silly thing for him
to do to make the demand on The Times, hut if he
goes through with his announced intention of suing
The Times the whole State of indiana will enjoy a
huge laugh at the senator's expense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-22

Three men are dead in Kentucky
The reason is that somebody kicked
or stepped on somebody's dog last
winter. There was shooting scrape
at the time, but without fatal re-
suits.
Last Sunday two of the interested
parties revived the controversy by
engaging in a fist fight.
A third party. operating on the
Irishman's theory that "there has
got to be peace if have to lick
everybody" sought to end the diff
Guilty by drawing a gun. He sue
ceeded. for when the scrimmage was
over everybody concerned had
passed out of the picture.
The curious part of it is that nc
one seems to know what became OF
the dog. But that is true of life. We
are always getting tragic results
from trif1ing causes and trifling re-
suits from tragic causes.
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portland Republican,


1t now begins to look like the Republicans would
have to completely clean house in Indiana, abandon
all hopes Of eecting a single person on the State
ticket next year. This opinion prevails
<sjonn., Iyo,,o. and there is nothing else to do
;. :, ~ But why not make the cleanup
aT D0CH thorough and complete; not just with
Parties the Republican party, but with the
Democratic party as we'll? One party
is bad the other The only difference is, the
Republicans are in and the Democrats out. .>4
If the people are to get any benefit from a So
called cleanup, the cleanup must take in the Demo-
cratic party as well as the Republican party. The
leaders and the organizations of both parties are
rotten, and we contend that If the Democrats were
be about the same. Both organizations toadied to
Stephenson. but it happened that the Republicans
outgeneraed the DEMOCRATS and got the offices and
are in power.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-22

Apropos, the present political situation in Indiana
one of the outstanding lessons to be drawn for it all is
the fact that chickens come home to roost. 1t is
foolish to believe that the record which
Co,,c men make. good or bad, will not come
Home to marty Of which an indv;duai = Tr s,,e
Ro0st ber can escape the responsibility
There may be redeemng grace about
the recent exposures, If they will make men under
stand that they cannot for any great length of time
put over anything. They may hide behind locked
DOORS in darkened rooms, and conduct nefarous
and lnsavory business. but the record which they
make is so indelibly written that cannot be erased
If the record is bad one, it comes back to haunt
those who made it. We cannot escape the inevitable
consequences of our conduct Men must pay the
price. Emerson said that the law Of compensa-
ton is unacceptable. Justice rules supreme and de-
mands an accounting from snose who prostitute the
sacred principles Of government and society.
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(Lebanon Reporter)

3enator Arthur Robinson, who has been allied
with Jackson, Stephenson ct al in the political COM
bination that has all but wrecked the Republican
party in Indiana, has mounted the
"A Eoo7 platform and with gesture of sens-
e.. toria dignity demanded that The In
sSn dianapolis Times retract certain state
Senator ments in which The Times accused
the senator CT being member of the
Jackson Stephenson machine OF course, The Times
did not retract instead 1t reiterated its charges and
politely told the senator to crack his whip. Nothing
would please The Times more than to have Senator
Robinson file suit for libel The trial in such
would afford The Times excellent opportunity to prove
It's charges and incidentally increase its circulation
Senator Robinson was appointed United States
senator by Governor Jackson, with whom he has long
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-22
Why the E * a.
Weather.? A HstssEsiss. p
ACTION CENTERS OF WORLD
WEATHER.

Nowadays when the weather OF
any part of the world appears to be
badly out of joint meteorologists are
likely to look for an explanation to
the "centers of action" 1t is a re-
lnarkable fact that, although these
interesting regulators of weather
have been known to science for
nearly half a century, they have
never acquired popular renown.
Their Importance in the economy of
the atmosphere was first recognized
by French meteorologist, L. Teis-
serene de Bort, who was trying to
find out why the winter of 1879
80 in central Europe was one of the
most severe ever known. He drew
charts of the distribution of atmos-
pheric pressure, which showed that
tn high pressure area that normally
lies near the Azores in winter was
shifted to the eastward and lay over
France. In consequence of its dis
location the mild southwesterly
winds that generally blow from the
Atlantic and give much of Europe
mild winter climate were replaced
by cold winds of continental origin.
The azores high" is one of the
centerS Of action the "Aleutian low"
and the Iceland low" are others,
and there are half dozen more.
They are persistent systems of high
or low atmospheric pressure, which,
instead of travelling rapidly over
the globe after the manner of ordi-
nary cyclones and anti-cyclones,
shift but slightly and slowly from
certain locations. Some of them
exist throughout the year, others
only for season, and they all un-
dergo changes in sizU and intensity,
with a tendency to offset one an
others ups and downs by sort Of
"seesaw" process. Anomalies in the
weather Of regions far away from
the centers themselves can often be
traced to their variations.
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The Richmond pictures occupy
the long east gallery at the John
Heron Art Institute and painting
by Frank v. Du Mond is hung at
the end of the room against the
north wall. 1t is a large canvas in
brilliant color-so brilliant that the
paintings on either side Of it seem
extremely dark.
1t is true that when impressionism
first found its way into the galleries
high keyed picture of the new
school would often put an entire ex-
hibition out of countenance, and
though in this case the L Mond
painting fails to depreSS any but its
Immediate neighbors, it is because a
feeling of light and life and color
is evident throughout the entire
group, all modern painters having
learned from the impressio@ists.
Du Mond has selected an oriental
subject and has accorded it an "Ori-
entail Splendor." Figures in green,
and tan, and deep clear blue are SUD
ordinated to a standing figure in
the foreground clothed in lavendar
of vibrating tone with red about
her head and shoulders.
There is a background OF sunlit
field in glowing yellow and a strip
of cobalt sea. Tree trunks-narrow
strips of dark-cut the bright pat
tern an ola pale shadow falls across
the foreground. Skillful brush work
is found in the handling OF the
various textures and Of the smiling
faces.
Robert Reid's "Peonies," a deli
cately toned study in pale pinks and
green's, is an entirely different type
of figure painting from the Du
Mond picture. Carefully harInonized
schemes of color and subtle drawing
are characteristic of all OF Reds
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4 Painting BY Frank V Du Mond Is Attracting
Much Attention at the John Heron Art Institute

His Defiant Autumn" the prop
erty of the Indianapolis Art Asso-
citation, hangs with other paintings
from the permanent collection in
Gallery TX. 1t, like "Peonies." has
a tapestry-like quality of surface.
One of the fine Landscapes in the
Richmond collection is white
Water Valley by t. G. Steele.
This was painted in 1899 and is
an example of one of Mr.. Steele's
most interesting periods. The at
mospheric envelope that he knew
so we'll how to paint wells, distant
hills and trails across a peaceful
foreground where cattle loiter on a
winding path. Blue greens are skill
fllly blended with green gold, and
there is a strip of warmly toned
light sky. Forsyth's self-portrait is
solid, vital piece of work and an
excellent likeness. A strong light
falls on one side of the face leaving
the other in deep shadow.
The artist wears hat set rakish-
ly aSl2nt and holds a c1garet be-
twee, his lips. \ Tans and browns are
used in the hat and the keen blue
ness of the glance is repeated in the
necktie. Mr.. Forsyth has made a
number of portraits of himself, and
this is particularly successful.
The Art Institute building is fire.
quently used by organizations and by
individuals when entertaining.
Sculpture Court and the long gall
leries provide accommodations for
many guests and offer an interest
ing background to scenes OF gayety.
Teas, lectures and musicales are
held here and it is well known as a
sectional gathering place for con-
ventions.
The staff of the museum through
contact with the Indianapolis Cham
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-22
High-Priced Faith

Faith is apt to grow difficult as
the cost rises.
E. H. Boush was injured so seri-
ously while working with crutches,
This incapacitated him for wori;
and entitled him to compensation"
under the State law.
Then a disciple of Aimee Semple
Mcpherson came to town, claiming
to heal all manner of Affections by
divine assistance.
Mr.. Boush attended the meeting
and was one of those miraculously
healed, throwing away his crutches
and walking from the platform in
the most approved style.
Being thus restored to health, he
was no longer entitled to "compen-
sation" and the company stopped it,
whereupon he appeared with cane,
lamenting the fact that his cure had
been temporary, not permanent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-22
Emancipation Day

Sixty-fve years ago today the President OF
the United States issued warning to the
Southern States that he would, unless the war
ended eventually set free the black man from
human slavery.
The event is celebrated today, especially by
the sons and grandsons and greatgrandsons of
those who were then in bondage, as the begin
ming Of their liberty.
The real significance of the day lies in the
fact that President Lincoln, knowing public
sentiment waited until there should be the
victory at Antietam before he sent out what
was at best feeler to test sentiment in the
North and disorganize the sentiment in the
South.
Those who are perhaps discouraged with
some of the conditions of today may ponder
on the fact that even the great Lincoln was
not sure that men who did not own slaves had
( been convinced of the moral wrong of slavery,
SO brief time ago.
That it was morally right for one man to
own another, if the color of the slave was
black, was disputed only by the few who pro-
tested against it and drew to themselves the
contempt which goes to fanaticism.
The world in seven thousand years of his
tory had not reached that point Of view where
it could condemn property in human beings,
where it saw the wrong of the strong over
riding che weak.
So men were put upon the auction block
and sold. The child of the black man and
woman had exactly the status of the colt OF
the pasture. 1t belonged to the master, who
i could sell il he chose, and whose wealth In
creased with each birth
It may be worthwhile to remember this to-
day, if you are pessimistic and discouraged.
There are still vistas of liberty to be at
tanned There are yet new interpretations to-
be placed upon human freedom.
It was not the cruelty of slavery that
aroused resentment. Had the outcome been
lett to the slaves, they would probably have
preferred to remain in their enslavement pro-
tected by their owners and treated with kind
ness that is not possible when they became
competitive in fields of industry.
Slavery was ended because it was morally
wrong, not because of the crack of whips or
the auction blocks.
No man is really free who is held IN bonds
Of fanatcism and bigotry.
No man is really free who has not thrown
off the shackles Of hate in his own soul. 4
Some day we will discover that the condi-
tions which perpetuate hate and bigotly and
$ fanaticsm are as immoral as were those which
made slavery an institution.
a The world moves fast these days Slavery
y Is but sixty-fve years in the background. Real
prcedom may be much nearer than we sup
pose.
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:, You can get an answer to any CUES
ton OF fact or information by writing
Bureau. 1922 New York Ave, washing
toni D. C.. inclosing cents in stamps
for reply Medical, legal and marital
research, be undertaken. All other ques-
tons viii receive personal reply. I'M
signed requests cannot be answered. All
letters are NATURALIZATION.
Why did Napoleon Bonaparte
divorce Empress Josephine?
Because she failed to bear him an
heir, his council of ministers advised
him to divorce the empress, and
marry a descendant of the Caesars,
Princess Maria Luisa, daughter of
the Emperor of Austria. One rea-
son why he consented to the ar
rangement was to shield his plebeian
birth.
How many newspapers and maya
zines are there in the United States?
At the beginning of 1927. the num-
Der listed was 20,530.
Why do so many people go to
Paris to obtain divorce?
Because it is possible to obtain a
divorce in Paris within a short time,
as there are no definite statutory
requirements as to the length of
residence within the jurisdiction.
The French courts have, however,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-22
LazC and Justice
By Dexter Al. Keeznr

man owned piece of land against which there
court Judgment which had, been held to be
invalid. He brought suit to have the judgment dis
missed and wiped off the court records. The court
in which he brought the suit refused to consider it
on the ground that SO long as the Judgment was
invalid there legal basis for suit to dismiss
it, The man appealed from this decision, contendng
that although the Judgment was admittedly invalid
it might serve to make the property more dfhcut to
SELL He said that he should be allowed to clear up
the matter by having the Judgment dismissed instead
Of having it remain as possible source of future
barrassment
HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE THIS CASE?
The actual decision: The Supreme Court of Ar
kansas ruled that the proper procedure was to dismiss
the judgment. The court said an invalid judgment
against person or property might easily become a
source of future embarrassment, and that person
faced with such judgment has right to have it
dismissed
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by HARRY ATWOOD

President Constitution Anniversary AS
ISOLATION.
One of the outstanding achieve
ments of the men who wrote the
Constitution and founded this re-
public was their avoidance OF class
consciousness.
They established a condition OF
government and industry freer
from class consciousness ard class
agitation than the world had known
up to that time. No qualifications
except age and residence were
placed upon the presidency OF the
United States or any other public
office within the confines OF the
republic. There was not the faint
est hint of class consciousness or
class action in the Constitution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-22
Linked by Distant Events

We are not only dependent on
each other as individuals, but as
groups, and even as nations.
The health and welfare of people
often is and often has been affected
by very distant events. The Black
Death is supposed to have origi-
mated in eastern Asia, and to have
travelled half around the world be-
fore Devastating western Europe.
If the League Of Nations &C
complishes nothing else, 1t will
more than pay its way by what it
can do to rid the world of COM
municable diseases through cooper
alive effort.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-22

Der of Commerce, is kept informed
of the conventions meeting in the
city and an invitation is extended
to each body to visit the exhibitions
either in a group or as individuals,
Many out of town persons thus in
vited, avail themselves of the OPP
portunity and are cordial in their
remarks of appreciation.
Teas have recently been given in
Sculpture Court by the Local Coun-
Gil of Women and by the Indianapo-
lis branch of the American Associa-
ton of University Women. The Local
Council of Women entertained the
visitors and delegates of the Wom-
ans Auxiliary of the National Asso-
citation of Post Office Employees.
The University Women had for
their guests Indianapolis teachers.
There were special programs on both
occasions. On Oct. 20 the Indiana
State Teachers Association will hold
sessions both morning and afternoon
in the court.
Indianapolis theaters today offer
Fulton and Parker at the Lyric;
Florence ODenishawn at Keith's;
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" at the
Colonial; Beau Geste," at the
Circle: Charlie Davis at the In
diana; 'Hula," at the Apollo; Exam
dy Kids" at the Mutual; new bill
at the Isis; movies at the Rivol
and MADE Pompadour," at the
Ohio.
All theaters have made arrange
ments to announce round by round
the Dempsey-Tunney fight tonight
many of them using the service OF
the Indianapolis Times and the
United Press.
The Indiana ballroom will use g
radio and a loud speaker to an
nounce the fight by rounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-22

$150000000 power and nitrate properties on the Ten
nessee river But the federation leaders may be
following will-o-t he-wisp.
Can the American Cyanamid Company make fer
tizer? Certainly The federation leaders point out
in their prepared articles that the company using
the same process it would use at Muscle Shoals is
already converting thousands of tons of nitrogen from
the air annually The air nitrates are manufactured
at the company's Niagara Falls plant, whence they
are shipped to Warmers, N. J., To be made into am
monium phosphate IAN extraordinarily high grade
fertilizer"
And what becomes of all this fertilizer? Does the
American farmer get it2
Strange it may SEEM" explain the federation
leaders, nearly all this hgh-grade fertilizer being
shipped out of the country Japan has been getting
most of it, although Cuba Porto Rico and Java have
also received considerable quantities. The amount
exported last year was $4,000 tons"
1t would appear that there is something even
stranger here than the federation leaders admit.
If such fertilizer is so greatly needed by the Amer-
lean farmer, why in the of isn't he getting
the company's present productP Those who really
believe the political hokum that Muscle Shoals should
be considered fertilizer rather than as power
plant will insist perhaps. that the present product
costs too much. But Japanese consumers seem able
over thousands of miles of ocean. And money is
scarcer in Japan than in America
The truth is, the Presidents Muscle Shoals
commission pointed out in 1925. that the American
farmer at saving of rs to 43 per cent on prices
will never concentrated type Of fertilizer without
lengthy, determined and costly educational campaign
in his behalf Considering this, together with the
higher cost Of rail water haul, the American
Cyanamid Company sells where it can
And, even were the American farmer educated to
the use Of concentrated fertilizer there every reason
to believe that material manufactured by cyanamide
process would be unable to hold the market The
cyanamde process is obsolete according to many ex-
pertS. 1t uses too much electrical power The total
world production was only 174250 tons in 1926 Using
the newer and more economical synthetic ammonia
process, process involving comparatively small
amounts of electricity, German plants alone produced
402,500 tons in 1926.
Muscle Shoals should be developed, not as fer
tiizer property, but power property And 1t must
be oper ted by the people for their own benefit not by
private capital for private profit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-22

The guests must have smiled amu ly when two
cowboys from rodeo show shot up Chicago hotel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-22

No, you're not boosting home industries when you
ask for local anaesthetic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-22

An Oklahoma city held a, turtle race. Anyhow
that's better than betting on turtle horse race
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-22

This is the tenth of Mr.. Atwood's
series on the Constitution. Tomorrow
articles will tell sublime incidents IN us
framing.