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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
Inner Development

CTALWART, maybe, in the sense
- of tight and unyielding, but they
had little time to harbor ideas. They
could and did make clearings in the
forest, but they could not thin out
jungle growth within their own
hea ).
Those notions which we call
American ideals" did not come for
the most part from men engaged in
heavy labor. Bookish men of much
leisure established the goals for
which to strive.
I can't at the moment think of
any farmers poet of consequence or
remember with respects the thoughts
of any farmer philosopher. The
prophets of the world have been
idlers in the strict sense of the
word.
With the single exception of Spi-
noza, not one of them has carried
on a hard and arduous manual job
in connection with his teaching.
Certainly Christian teaching Is
built upon the theory that one must
first free himself from preoccupa-
ton with the grind of existence be-
fore his mind can grasp truths.
Jesus took men away from fish
ing boats and out of tax collecting
to find more depth of life in greater
ease and comfort. 1t was John the
Baptist who believed that character
must be developed by hardship, but
within the fellowship of Christ,
there was feasting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
First Blood

First blood in the senate tariff battle to the
coalition of Democrats and Progressive Republicans
The senate by vote of 81 to 81, Tuesday adopted
the resolution of Senator Simmons of North Caro-
lima calling the treasury to supply the senate
with information the income tax returns of cor
porations and individuals having interest in tariff
increases.
The treasury is to be asked to supply data on
gross sales, inventories, amount of merchandise
bought for sale and salaries paid to employees.
This information should be valuable in showing
whether those corporations which have been Plead
ing poverty in seeking tariff increases really in
such bad straits they claim.
Perhaps equally important, the vote shows that
the Democrats and the Progressive Republicans are
able to dominate the tariff situation in the senate
If they will stick together, it is likely we finally
shall get much saner tariff bill than the one the
finance committee has offered and the house has
passed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
Who Failed?

Back again in jail few hours after he had looted
hotel rooms bold bad burglar Is years of age, re-
veals life story that is more than interesting.
He gives ample evidence of the alertness of police
and constables For he has always been caught just
he has always been a thief
1t will interest those who believe that prisons
curb crime and criminals to know that out of
of them behind bars.
Over in a small city in Ohio, when he but
years of age he broke into a green house and stole
some flowers.
That was his first major crime. He may have stolen
a baby rattle from neighbor baby previously but it
is not in the record. He may even have burgarized
the family jar of jam.
But at the age of 9, he has been in charge of the
prisons Of the land. What prompted him to commit
his first theft of flowers may be imagined rather than
described. 1t may have been a love Of the bright
flowers and their beauty. 1t may have been that he
inherited too great share of original sin. But from
that day he thief.
They kept him only year or so before they sent
him to his home. But he back again, grocery
store proving too attractive More months of prison
regime. And at IA he is again free and again the
lure of bright things sends him into Office build
ing and again he is in cell
And after that, the story grows monotonous.
Bright shiny things and highly coored clothes we're
always stronger than his fear of more punishment.
And eleven of the sixteen years that have passed
since baby, he crawled into the greenhouse and
looted the flower beds have been under the scrutiny
and domination of wardens and guards.
Somewhere along the line, the conviction grows,
somebody failed.
1t would be interesting to know what happened i'll
this Ohio city when boy of was sent to a prison.
1t would be interesting to know of the conditions in
p the home of this boy, if there home 1t would
be interesting to know the atmosphere Of that first
reform school and the conditions under which he
lived after his first release
The boy failed of course, The youth failed later
and now the man fails
But does that finish the list of failures? Only the
police show clear record. They always caught him
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
HaDDy Warriors

A GAIN I don't know what he
IN means by Character" but I
am in complete disagreement with
the theory that anybody is better
off for suffering.
Pain and hardship limit the hu-
man horizon. Anyone in agony in
evitably must turn inward. No
creative effort of importance ever
has come from a man with a tooth
ache.
Few people are not much good to
the community at large until they
have attained workable happiness
on their own account. Love thy
neighbor as myself" implies that
the individual must develop high
degree of ego satisfaction before he
is fitted to be an agreeable compan-
ion TO those about him.
If any self-scouring ascetic offers
to me the same bounty he provides
for himself, I am not likely to be
thrilled by the deal.
Although I have not always found
work delight, I am ready to agree
mournfully, that some sort of activi-
ty is generally essential to life.
But it need not be hard work,
Rather it ought to be engroSSing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
T linking
HUMAN relations present so diff

HUMAN relatlonS present so oil
l. L ficult a problem because Of the
complexity of the human organism.
Psychologists have stated truly
that no man ever thinks the same
thought twice. 1t may seem like
the same thought, but the fact that
it has been thought once before in
PRODUCES a new feature into the
situation.
In certain ways, the human or
ganism at any moment is the sum
total Of all that has happened to it
during its existence.
One of the greatest strides in the
understanding of human nature was
made by DR.. John B. Watson,
founder of the theory of behavior
ism.
DR.. Watson, formerly professor Of
psychology at Johns Hopkins uni
versity, pointed out the necessity Of
studying human behavior, that is,
human reactions.
He proved that much of a mans
character can be explained upon the
basis of habits formed in early
childhood.
A mans outlook upon the universe
may be colored by the fact that he
was scared by cat at the age of 2.
But many psychologists have felt
that Watson carries his theories too
far For Watson would carry mech
anism to the last degree and make
out that man is a machine.
For example, Watson denies that
there is any such thing as thinking.
According to Watson, when you
think you are thinking, you are only
talking to yourself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
Manual Labor

DOSSIBLY each one of us should
L do something with his hands. I
suppose there is a special sense OF
fitness which goes with manual dex-
terity. But a crisp shot with a
mashie can give this elation just as
readily as chopping down tree.
In breaking even with H. B. Swope
Jr. at ping pong last night, I got
as much satisfaction as would have
been mine if I had plowed a corn
field. And perhaps it was just about
as hard work.
Speaking again of "Our fathers,
the current preacher who is on my
mind continues, ito get tools, to
build homes, to clear and till fields,
to establish government they had
to wrestle with great powers. Every
resource within them was called
upon. All in all life was hazardous.
To be certain of even meager food
and comfort they had to be up early
and late and work hard. Through
it they often became stalwart char
acterS,"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11

livery Monday morning 1 enjoy
T. my weekly irritation by look
ing over the reports of Sunday SER
mons. Invariably I find two or
three in which the complaint is
advanced that civilization is "mak-
I ing us soft" Why shouldn't we be
soft? What kindly benefit have peo-
pie ever brought into the world?
Precisely what the parsons mean
when they complain of soft world
I don't profess Ito know. If they
mean that civilization brings with
it a diminution of physical proves
I can't agree.
There is no proof. It's my belief
that civilized man could take the
pioneer out and trim him at every
thing from golf to catch catch
can wrestling.
The man who lives close to ma
ture invariably will see the heels of
the fellow who has had the advan-
tage of expert training and COACH
ing. The city chap can beat the
head off the untutored farm boy or
mountaineer nine times out of ten.
Within a week some rifle officer at
training camp reported that the
city recruits show much better than
the country boys and these marks
men we're not Chicagoans either.
Our father" says a current
preacher, achieved a character
through sufferings Of hardship and
agonieS."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11

improve labor conditions increase production ane
prosperity, and eliminate industrial strife.
For eighteen years it has had contractual rela
tons with Hart Shafner & Marx probably the larg
est clothing manufacturers in the world, without e
strike.
Those 900 American citizens have constitu-
tional right to join in lawful union They have
constitutional right peacefully to invite others tc
join with them.
The Kirkpatrick injunction infringes that right
BY so doing it encourages the dangerous belief that
American workers not protect their rights through
peaceful and constitutional methods.
We do not question the motives of the employers
who applied for such injunction of the judge who
granted it. We do question the wisdom, the justice
and the legality of the injunction.
We hope the Amalgamated will fight the injunc-
ton, if necessary through the highest courts Of the
land
This is a test case of the peoples liberties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
Aids the Farmer

A CCORDING to these scientists
L n VINO seem to have proved the
thing by actual experiment, corn
stalks, if put in a sealed tank into
which the household waste is al
lowed to drain, will produce gas
capable of running an engine, or
furnishing heat.
After that, the fiber of the corn
which has not been injured, can be
removed and sold to paper mills.
1t sounds as though chemistry
were doing its bit for farm relief.
This would be a merry world, if
we had nothing to do except inter-
est ourselves in constructive achieve
ment, but there is too much of the
animal in man for him to be content
with the even, nonotonous grind of
| that.
So we have Palestine and Man
churia to worry about, with preach
ers of heavenly bliss stirring up
Islam, and preachers Of earthly bliss
stirring up Russia, not to mention
what the bandits and politicians are
dCi4.g 20 stir up China.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
Don't Help Weak Eyes With Exercise

normal eye is exposed to too much
glare or sunlight.
Massage is useful to strengthen
weakened tissues and to encourage
blood supply, but massage Of the
eye-muScleS and of the eyeball is
most delicate procedure and
may do great harm in the presence
of infection.
Massage should not be undertaken
by any one but an expert and in the
presence of acute inf1ammatory
disease always must be ruled out.
AS the attempts to strengthen
the eye by exercises after throwing
away the glasses, experts in refrac-
ton, who measure the difficulty of
the eye in meeting the demands
that may be placed upon 1t, say
that the method is useless as rule
and dangerous in most instances.
1t is true that muscles may be
trained to advantage, but weakened
tissues must be spared and one Of
the advantages of eyeglasses, like
q crutch to weakened limb, is to
give support and spare the weak
ened tissue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
HEALTH SERVICE.

systems, and he groups them under
the cold water cure, the training to
strong light, massage of the eyelids
and eye, and exercises of one type or
another.
Cold water has been Wanted as a
cure-all since the beginning of his
tory. 1t has value in relieving in
fammation although hot water does
as we'll or better. Cold water does
deaden the sensation Of pain in the
nerves.
1t will not cure infections of the
eyes or of any other portion of the
body; it will not strengthen the
muscles of the eyes or aid eyesight
and it is foolish to rely on cold
water cures.
Somebody suggested that the eye
could be strengthened by looking
directly at the sun, perhaps with
the idea that one might thus de-
velop through imitation the natural
strength of the eagles eye.
The glare of the sun is dangerous
to the eye and cases of snoW-blind-
ness and eclipse-blindness are ex-
amples Of what happens when the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11

A Lurid Light Is Cast on the
American Jury System By
the GdStonid Trial Out
come.
SAYS:

TINE trial at Gastonia was
4 brought to halt by one of the
jurors going insane.
The juror in question was Joseph
G. Campbell, middle-aged news
boy.
He was not only known to be &C.
centric, but proved it while under
examination. That, however, did
not appear to the learned counsel
on either side as a cause of dis
qualification.
The state accepted him because
of his previous record as juryman,
while the defense appears to have
been intrigued by his declaration
that he was "deep-water Bap-
list"
1t is intimated that Campbell may
have been upset by the introduc-
ton of an effigy of the late Police
Chief Aderholt, for whose murder
sixteen men and women were being
tried, but the razzing he is reported
to have received at the hands Of his
fellow jurors might have helped.
They appear to have been much
quicker in recognizing his peculiar
tiles than the dozen or so great
lawyers, and just as willing to take
advantage of them.
After court had adjourned the
evening meal was over, and the jury
had retired to its quarters, it was
the custom to mix humor with the
graver duty of sitting on murder
case by sewing up Campbell's trouser
legs, turning his shirt wrong side
out, and tying knots in his under
clothes.
Putting aside the fact that more
than one poor devil has gone ber-
serker with less provocation, does not
the whole performance cast a lurid
light on the jury system?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
Welfare

EOR the difficulties between this
Il humble cobbler and Yale uni
versity epitomizes in many ways the
problems of human relations.
Human engineering is the most
difficult branch of science. 1t would
be better perhaps to say of the half
sciences, for it is as yet far from
being an exact science.
The intellectual world has not
succeeded even yet in making exact
sciences out of the foundation
upon which 1t must be based-psy-
chology, sociology and political econ
ony.
In most fields of engineering and
science, the detectives are plain and
obvious.
The research worker in a medical
laboratory seeks a remedy for some
specific disease. The chemist seeks
a method for improving some known
product or substituting a better one
for it. The aviation engineer is
working to build bigger and better
airplanes.
But what is the objective in the
fields of human relations?
1t is easy to answer, human well
fare" But it is ; Ut so easy to ana
lyze what that means.
The Declaration of independence
declared that life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" were the Gin
alienable rights" Of man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
Disaster in Making

A T one time it looked as though
L n Moscow and Peiping might be
able to reconcile their differences.
VIII iiieeeslier they lack the necessary
degree of enthusiasm, or whether
trouble makers at the front took
matters out of their control, some
thing appears to have gone wrong.
Possibly a few weeks of skirmish-
ing may serve to satisfy the urge
to fight. On the other hand, a
storm may be brewing that will
reach far before it subsidies.
TO all intents and purposes the
shooting in Manchuria represents
about the same kind of stunt as the
passenger on the Graf Zeppelin en-
gagged in when he smoked a cigaret.
The Manchurian situation is ex-
actly like a balloon filled with n.y.
drogen, and if one of the sparks
now being scattered around happens
to land in a vital spot, the world
will have not only big, but unex-
pected, disaster.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
Times Readers
Voice Vie70S

Editor Times-I don't know what
YOU will think of me for writing to
your paper about this matter, but
I surely would be grateful to you
if you would print a warning to let
the busy housewives know about a
crook who is going from house to
house, supposed to be representing
well-known Indianapolis store,
and taking orders for mems and
bows shirts. Many of us in the
suburbs bit on his scheme, but from
now on I am turning down every
body who has anything to sell by
house-to- house canvassing.
He had an order book with the
name and address printed on it, but
the duplicate slip (you will find in
closed tells nothing, and 1 didn't
notice it until after I had made a
one-third deposit.
The same day six agents called
on me. The last one represented
himself as a college student trying
to earn his tuition by getting sub
SCIlpJlOIlS 1OI LIdSdHh4CS W"
didn't bite on that one, as I got
stung about four years ago that way.
This is the first complaint ever
wrote, but our patience is getting
thin, with so many agents and
statesmen running loose.
I want to take this opportunity
to say I love your honest, clean
paper, as you give the public a say
in it. More power to you.
While I am writing, wish to ask,
Is there any way to keep the school
books from being changed each
year? 1t is hard on poor people
who have several children in school.
MRS. D. P. M.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
Questions and
AnSzOerS

Where is the largest government
aerodome located?
1t is Kelly Field, near San
Antonio, Tex.
When playing poker with one or
more cards wild, what is the highest
possible hand?
Five aces.
What is the membership of the
National Grange?
100000.
What is the premium on a S. gold
piece dated 1911?
It commands no premium.
How old is Lindbergh?
He was born Feb. 4, 1902.
Is end a synonym for result?
Yes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
Chemistry Expands

InNE THOUSAND FIVE HUN
" DRIED chemists foregather in
Minneapolis after having accom-
| piished SO much during the last
six months that they can't tell it.,
except by separating themselves
into seventeen divisions.
Even so. they will have to initiate
congress and tell some of it by
leave to print" The progress Of
chemistry not only has out-stripped
the public's ability to keep up with
what is going ON, but that of the
profession itself, and is still in the
making.
Fifty years ago, chemist was a
chemist. Today, the most he can
do is putter around in a small sec
ton OF the science.
Two chemists-A. M. BusSWell,
chief of the Illinois state water sup
ply, and C. S. Boruff, his colleague
at the University of Illinois-have
been studying cornstalk fermenta-
ton.
1t does not sound particularly i'm
portant, or interesting, until one
reads what they have to say and
learns how many cornstalks it takes
to produce this nations annual crop.
At present, cornstalks are a liza
bility, rather than an asset, one of
the farmers worst bugaboos.
BuSSwell and Boruff, however,
have found way not only of put
ting them to good use on the farm,
but of making them pay afterward.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
North Carolina Terror

Violence and lawlessness are spreading in North
Carolina, partly because of the negligence of local
authorities.
There can be no justification for the terrorism OF
a Castonia mob Monday night kidnapping, beating and
threatening to lynch three textile labor organizers,
and the attempt of the another mob in
Charlotte to capture one of the defense lawyers in
the strike murder trial.
Have local authorities and police ceased to func-
under the eyes of the police. What the police
doing preserve order and to protect the labor rep
resentatives in their lawful pursuits? What they
doing to apprehend and punish the mob? What are
they doing to prevent the mob from carrying out its
lynchng threats next time?
1t just such situation this which led to
the murder of the Gastonia police chief, for which
sixteen strikers now are trial. That shooting fol-
lowed weeks of terrorism against the strikers in which
the police themselves were alleged to have participated
Now the unrestraned activities of these mobs make
it appear that the officers of the law con-
tributng, either directly through willfu and
criminal negligence, to lawlessness
Whoever is responsible, these conditions dis
grace to that state and to the entire nation.
In justice it must be said that Governor Gardner
and Judge Barnhill presiding at the delayed murder
trial. have been trying far to guarantee fair trial
Doubtless the Governor will realize now that local
authorities can not or will not restrain the antiabor
mobs. and do everything in his power to stamp out
the terror
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
Daily Thought

If iniquity be in thy hand, put it
far away, and let not wickedness
dwell in thy tabernacles.-Job
11:14.
MATURE has no promise for So
IN ciety, least Of all, any remedy
for sin.-Horace Bushnell
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
PT@HE advice to throw away ones
L. glasses and to secure perfect
eyesight by exercising the eyes is
another manifestation of the strange
ideas of anatomy and physiology
which sometimes seize on our public
to their physical detriment.
The idea was suggested by a doc
tor who thought that nearsighted-
ness was due to a stretching OF the
eyeball by certain Of the eye
muscles.
Before he had proved his point
and actually he never has proved it
"a half dozen commercial eXploiters
began to sell the idea in the form of
books and muscle training systems
and a good many eyes have been
ruined in the process.
However, exercising the eyes is
not the only panacea offered for
failing eyesight. A South African
physician has recently been at great
pains to collect lot of different
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11
SCIENCE
scripps-Howsrd Science Editor
Human Engineering is the
Most Difficult of All the
Sciences Studied By Man.
by DAVID DIETZ-

THE new Institute of Human Re-
Il lations, which is to be a part of
Yale university, can begin its work
before its new building is COM
pleted.
A small one-story shop used by
cobbler stands in the area which is
to be the site of the new building.
According to dispatches from New
Haven, every building within the
area has been RACED with the ex-
ception of the shop and the roof
and one side Of the shop have been
removed.
But the cobbler refuses to move.
He has declined to accept shop on
the other side of the street and says
that he will stay ur+u his lease ex-
pireS. The lease runs until 1882.
In all probability, there are legal
methods by which the situation can
be cleared up quickly and no doubt
the erection of Yale's Institute of
Human Relations will not be him
dered unduly.
But it is to be hoped that the
learned professors of the institute
will not drop the matter there.
This might be we'll tackled by
them as 9-st problem.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-11

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's, and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.