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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
A Professor Gets the Facts

Some college professors have been paid fancy
salaries to spread propaganda for the private in
terestS and have been exposed by the federal trade
commission. Professor William E. Mosher Of SYRIA
cuse university is not of these Nosher instead,
has conducted a survey to obtain the facts
In newly published book entitled Electrical
Utilities" Mosher attempts to give the plain unvar-
nished truth about the power industry
The truth, as Mosher sees it, is that real crisis
exists that state control has broken down because
Of interstate monopoes, and that unless something
is done the country will find itself at the mercy Of
powerful holding companies beyond reach Of the law.
Mosher lists the suggestions that have been offered
to save the people. These include:
Federal regulation and control interstate trans
mission Of power.
Public competition by government operation OF
Muscle Shoals, Boulder Dam and the ST. Lawrence
river hydro-electric resources.
stricter state and federal laws controlling the in
dustry.
Complete government operation of all power com
panies.
Forcing power companies to bind themselves by
federal state contracts to keep rates at reasonable
levels.
Nfusher says that government operation is a sue
cess in Canada and gives rate comparisons with
American cities, proving electricity is sold more
cheapy there. He believes, if necessary government
operation can be made a success in this country.
Mosher further says power rates in this country
can not come down as long as secret financing meth
DDS are tolerated and power companies allowed to
audit their own books and fix their own systems of
valuation.
This newspaper for years has been telling its
readers what Professor Nosher now says in his book
Like the professor, it has sought to disregard the
propaganda and obtain the facts Once these facts.
generally realized the domination of the private
power combines will be broken and the people will
enjoy the advantages of cheap power they so rightly
deserve
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
HEALTH IN HOT WEATHER.

The patient with mild form of
diabetes gets along better than the
one with a severe form of the dis
ease. Diabetes must be particular
ly careful Of small infections.
An infection such as boil which
is not especially serious to a non
diabetic may quickly assume suffl-
Gent virulence to cause death in a
diabetic.
Dr.. Adams points out that the
ideal occupation of person with
diabetes is one which will permit
him to have regular hours and
which will not demand violent
physical exercise.
Persons who travel much or who
are engaged in heavy physical work
are not able to take care of their
diets and their insulin as well as
those who have less active occupa-
tons The ideal life for the Ola
bette person is of course to live at
home and to be able to eat all of
his meals there.
A significant observation is the
fact that diabetes is not a poor
mans disease. The person who re-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
'Speed' Causes High Blood Pressure

uuires insulin finds that it costs
from 50 to SIS a month for his sup
ply of the drug. The person with
diabetes usually has to have special
fours, foods, chemicals for tests Of
the eXcretions, and a certain amount
of attention from physicians and
nurses regularly.
These things are all fairly ex-
pensive and the diabetic is better
off if ne keeps himself fit TO earn
his way than if he is dependent
wholly on others.
Diabetes is a disease which bears
no trihing. If it is treated badly
or if the patient is Indifferent as
to his care, the results are prompt
ly unfortunate.
The disease is, in its severity Of
reaction, an indication of the care
that is being taken to combat it.
Here again, man is invariably the
victim of his own ignorance and
perhaps Of his stupidity Medical
science has provided the knowledge,
but human beings do not choose
to avail themselves fully of that
knowledge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22

TOR almost seven years insulin
Il has been available to the per-
son with diabetes. AS a result of
education in the use Of this sub
stance the lives Of diabetes have
been prolonged.
Now Dr.. S. F. Adams asserts that
patient suffering with uncompIi-
Gated diabetes may live as long as
his non-diabetic neighbor of the
same age. The diabetic must, how
ever, control his existence carefully
and any slip in his technic of liV-
ing may bring him bad health and
even early death.
In the first place the diabetic
who wants to live long must be
intelligent. He must learn to rec
ognize the symptoms Of danger
and to avert them in their incipi-
ency.
He must live constantly with his
diabetes in mind. Therefore, a care
full slow thinker is better off under
these circumstances than is a care
less intellectual giant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
Politics and Judges

Now comes the report that the two senators
from this state have agreed on candidate
whom they will recommend to the President
for membership on the federal court of appeals.
They may have chosen a very able man. He
may be qualified TO fill the place and add
knowledge and dignity and confidence to the
court.
But the reasons for the agreement suggest
that the senators have a very low ideal Of the
courts, and especially of these higher courts.
Back Of the sponsorship Of one senator IS
said to be friendship of many years Back of
the agreement Of the junior senator IS
the explanation that he was driven to
assent by the knowledge that he had no
chance to place his own partner in the place
and that the other outstanding candidate for
recognition was the partner Of Arthur Gil
Hom, whose candidacy against him in the
primaries was not only vigorous but memoir
able for its denuncation and exposure.
So the senators get chance to pay debts
One Of friendship and one of vengeance.
Such a genesis is not likely to add greatly to
the confidence Of the people in the purity of the
courts and their freedom from entanglements
of partisan politics.
The bar association of this state is somewhat
alarmed At the situation it relates to elective
Judges. They have found that the courts, in
GLIDING those Of higher authority no longer
command universal respect. They know that
the delays in decisions, the failure of criminal
enforcement, the technical blockades to justice
in civil matters, have focused public attention
upon the manner in which the judges are Sc
lected.
They are also convinced that the judiciary
has fallen foul Of party politics and that the
iudceships are no longer distributed on merit,
but are the subject of the same pickering bar
gains that go with the election of counciImen
and Governors.
The bandage is quite likely to slip from the
eve Of Justice and her scales dip when candi-
dates trade with bosses for places on the bench.
Such at least is the suggested belief of the
lawyers when they soIemnly appoint commit
tees to make drive for better judges.
If politics are to be divorced from our jul
dietary, the separation should be complete and
final. One way might be a constitutional
amendment providing for separate elections
with no party designations.
The only other alternative is to drive out
of business those politicians who have so low
an ideal of courts as to use their power to in
fuence them That may be the more direct
route.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
The French Will Pay
route.

The French finally have decided to pay their debt
to us. This is a fortunate thing. 1t will remove
source of irritation between the two countries which
has been productive of much i'll will The French have
accused us of being a Shylock among nations We
have accused them of seeking to dodge their Just
debts and of being ungratetul for aid in the
World war.
The chamber of deputies approved the Mellon
Berenger agreement after eleven days of debate, dur
ing which Premier Poincare made brilliant fight
for ratification He spoke thirty-seyen hours and
exhausted himself.
Foreign Minister Aristide BRAND led the fight in its
last hours when Poincare unable to be present.
The governments victory was by a narrow margin of
eight votes. The French senate also must approve
the pact but little difficulty expected there since
the government has a comfortable majority in the
upper house.
The text of the bill approved by the chamber,
authorizes the president of France to ratfy the
Mellon Berenger agreement. Efforts to attach
clauses making the payments contingent on the receipt
of reparatons from Germany were defeated
The American house of representatives has rati-
fed the settlement but the senate refused to act III
advance Of acceptance by France. 1t is unlikely that
the administration will encounter difficulty in get
ting the approval of the senate, which is necessary
to make the agreement operative.
The agreement as negotiated calls Tor payment
of a principal of s4o250OOOOo in sixty-two annual
payments. The s40O00OOOO due this government on
Aug for war supplies sold to France is included in
the general debt Congress had empowered the Presi-
dent to delay this payment if in the meantime the
debt agreement approved.
The French have complained at the terms insisted
upon by America They in reality lenient, and
could not have been much more so unless the debt
we're cancelled. which the American people never
would have consented to.
Senators have said the settlement was on the basis
of so cents on the dollar Secretary Mellon has
figured that the present worth" of the debt on
per cent interest basis is only $751; $1,000 Since
the debt prior TO the funding agreement s4,23o
77700o the present worth represents cancellation
Of 81 54s, 40S0 900 or 6025 per cent of the debt.
Surely this is about far the American tax
payers who put up their billions to support the war
should be expected to go.
It Is to be hoped that the French during the long
period they required TO pay money to this country
co not and the burden rksonls There no doubt will
be complaints, but the feeling between the two
ziss should Be much better than if payment
6ssyed longer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
Going Up

Predictions that the final accounting would show
largely increased government expenditures during
the fiscal year ended June 80 are borne out in fig
ures just released by the treasury
Total expenses chargeable against ordinary re-
ceipts $3848463189 an increase of $2O4943 519
All departments of the government spent more the
largest increases being $33226oOO for the navy and
900 for the army The postal deficit was $751;
100000 an increase of $1O54330OO.
It is expected that similar increases will be shown
during the current fiscal year. The tendency of
government costs is definitely on the upgrade, ard
has been for several years.
1t is unlikely that this tendency can be checked,
at least for some years to come. The government is
committed to huge expenditures for flood control farm
relief aviation cruiser building public buildings, in
land waterways and other projects for which money
must be supplied.
There was surplus of $185OoOOOO for the fiscal
year. despite the larger expenditures due principally
to greater income tax payments from profits stock
exchange transactions. So Uncle Sam is solvent and
has money IN the bank
It is not surprising, however, that President Hoo
yer has discouraged talk of further tax reductions at
this time
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
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ANNIVERSARY
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SIEGE OF ATLANTA
July %

TINE Battle Of Atlanta, which
4 led to the capture Of Atlanta,
Ga, by federal troops on Sept. l,
was started on July %, 1864.
Because Of its strategic loca-
ton, Atlanta became, at the OUT
break of the Civil war, one of the
most important cities in the Con-
federacy. It was rallying place
for recruits, a depot for supplies,
and the center Of manufacture for
arms and ammunition.
For this reason it was the OBJ
jectiye of General Sherman when
he started his famous march to
the sea.
After one preliminary skim h
outside Of Atlanta on July 20 the
siege Of Atlanta began on July %.
Hood, the Confederate general in
command, made bloody but unsuc-
cessful attack or Shermans eX-
IRENE left under command of Nc
Pherson, who was killed in the
battle.
Loss Of federal troops in this bat
tie was estimated to be 10000, while
the Confederate loss was nearly IS, -
900. Hood again attacked on July
%, and, as before, was repulsed
Meanwhile, Sherman had con-
tinued his bombardment of the
city and on Sept. it was evacuated
by Hood and his troops and the fed
erals took possession the next day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22

not the privilege Of either one to
say, We do not interest each other.
I guess that I'll be on my way"
The human ego being as fragile
as it is prevents such simple and
blunt frankness. But at least Mrs.
c. and Mr.. K. should be permitted
to wander off without offering an
excuse of any kind And even that,
1 believe, is not being done.
If all the guests arrived at the
same moment, much time would be
saved for the essential business Of
the evening. But before a party
can be reduced to its lowest and
happiest common denominators, it
must be assembled
This is dreary business Each
time there is played that painful
comedy called The First to Ar
rive He is tall young man with
sandy hair, and you never saw him
before in your life.
Still, you can't be sure that he
is in the wrong house. There is a
good chance that he is somebody's
good friend
I'm afraid I'm pretty early is
the conversational lead assigned to
him
mo, it just happens that all the
rest are very late" should be the
hosts rejoinder
Copyright, 1929, for The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22

trees supply the lumber that is used for the con-
struction Of most houses Wood is used also in the
manufacture of paper and in countless other ways
-Four. Most houses are heated in winter by the
burning of wood, coal or gas. When We burn wood
we release the great store of energy which the tree
obtained from the sunlight during its lifetime When
burn coal petroleum, or natural gas release
energy which plants accumulated from the sunlight
of millions Of years ago
Five Certain small plants have other and quite
different relations to human beings and their actvi-
ties of the greatest consequence to man These
particular plants, the bacteria, so minute that
they can be seen only by use Of the microscope"
Here are five reasons why everyone should be in
terested in the science Of botany There others OF
course One is that beautiful and that cur
appreciation of nature increases with understand
ing.
If we understood q flower completely woulI
understand the universe completely. Tennyson, the
great poet wrote:
Flower in the crarnied wall,
pluck you out Of the cranries,
hold you here, root and ali, in my hand,
Little fower-but if could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all
should know what God and man Is"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22

a LII my life I have been going
IA to parties The gay round
began when I was or and We
had ice cream and cake and kiss
ing games. For time I feared that
1 might become an addict, because
in the beginning I did like ice cream
and cake
Later I realized that it was not
a true craving which impelled me
to ask for second helpings. All of
us ate the ice cream out of a GER
tain neurotic desire to be occupied
to warm the party up, to keep it
going.
A little later, in the years before
prohibition I went to beer nights
and then, when liquor was banished
by law, to synthetic gin parties.
I don't want to be classed as a
propaganda for the Anti-SaloOn
League, but it does seem to me
that this dependence upon ice cream
or alcohol argues something wrong
with the party system as admins
tered in this community.
When two or three are gathered
together, the grace of sympathy,
understanding and entertainment
may descend upon them. This can
happen to ten, with luck to twenty,
but beyond that lies mob rule.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
Dream of the Reds

A S if knowledge of crop condi-
"A tons in Canada and lack of
knowledge of them in the United
States were not enough, a strike
breaks out in Argentina, which
threatens to tie up not only ship
ping but many other lines.
The strikers have been granted all
they asked. but what they asked
does not seem to be what they want.
This paradox becomes clearer
when one realizes that communists
are supposed to be in control.
Communists want nothing so
much as disorder and commotion.
Whether it's a strike in Argentina,
a demonstration against the Boy
Scouts in New York. or a move for
control of some oriental state, their
predominating idea remains the
same.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
Laugh Doesn't Hurt

DROFESSOR GODDARD'S rocket
Il also blew up, which caused a
good laugh without hurting any one.
But let's not take it all out in
laughter. A new type of rocket
promises far more than an old type
Of engine, even if it never hits the
moon.
There is a good deal between us
and the moon that we know practi-
cally nothing about.
Rockets, if equipped with the
proper instruments, might tell us
something.
At all events, the Smithsonian In
stitution is willing to spend some
money on the experiment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
The Wheat Problem

"XNTHEAT Slump Raises Flour
w Price" reads headline in
the New York Times. London
bread cost goes up as reports show
conditions are serious in Canada"
In the very next column another
headline announces that Lack of
Market Piles Up Wheat" and that
the rail embargo in Galveston is
caused by port congestion as for
eign demand falls"
Evidently, the wires got crossed
somewhere, but not so evidently in
the news room.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
Waiting for Other Fellow

TTHE wheat market has become a
l. rather large and complicated
affair. For a short time, at least, it
entirely is possible to have an
abundance of wheat with high
prices, or a scarcity Of it with low
prices.
Just now European buyers are
made hesitant by bad reports from
Canada, while American sellers are
made anxious to unload.
Bread goes up in London, while
elevators overflow in Galveston.
Such situation can not last, but
every one is waiting for the other
fellow to crash the gate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
Put Bet on China

because of the pressure being
Id brought to bear on both Russia
and China, it is more than an even
bet that war will be avoided.
Even so China likely is to win.
China is not only in possession Of
a new-found strength, but enjoys
the sympathy of the whole world.
Russia has chosen to isolate her.
self. The position she occupies in
this particular dispute is but part
of the price she eventually will play.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22

Ten Years Of Preaching, Flag
Waving and Theorizing
Have Left Russia Prac-
ticnUy Without q Friend.
SAY US:

old "PeppersaSs" simply refused
~ to be stuck up on a pedestal.
Instead, she Jared something loose
just before it was too late, ran of
the track, rolled down the side OF
Mt Washington and blew up.
1t was a foolish performance at
best. The idea of dragging out a
sixty year-old, Wood-burning en-
CINE TO make such a climb,
One man was killed and three
hurt.
No doubt, those who escaped mis-
hap had an interesting time, but
isn't there tragedy enough on the
serious side of life, without inviting
It for purposes of ceremony?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers, and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
Oppressed

Z WILL admit that I have seen
Il parties of 100 go with great sue
cess, but only when a process of
disintegration has set in. No joy
ever came from such an affair until
the sheep were separated from the
goats.
Things lag along as the man who
wants to discuss football is sitting
between the lady and gentleman in
tent upon talking about the future
of the American drama. The ten
sion is even worse if, by any chance,
they want to talk of love.
Once self determination has set
in, the party is all right, but there
is a fearful amount of waste motion
before autonomies can be estab-
lished. Mr.. K. has come, we will
say, largely for the purpose of seeing
Miss B. Sooner or later the meeting
will occur, but not until both have
gone through floods and fires.
Civilization is a monster demand
ing sacrifice. We all know that, and
such unseIdshness as brings pleas
ure to another is not unworthy. But
the sacrifice demanded by the social
usage of large parties Is not like
that at all
Mr.. K, whom We introduced at
the beginning of the parable, can
not possibly go directly to Miss B.
and ask her pleasantly, How are
your" Instead, he has TO stop and
greet Mrs. c. This Is called polite
ness, even though it may be painful
10 both.
We'll, well, how fine you're lcok-
ing. 7 guess you must have lost
forty pounds since I saw you at the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
No importance

NOTHING of the heart OF Mr..
IN K. is in this discourse and
Mrs. c. thinks it a matter of sim
gular Importance that she should
be pleasing in his sight.
But the surge of the crowd in the
narrower rooms happens to have
tossed them both into the same win
dow seat. There for little time
they must sit and pretend TO like it.
Presently he will go for a drink
and never return again, OF Mrs. G.
may remember that she has left
her lipStick in another room. 1t is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22

VXTOULDN'T it be queer if, after
w thumbing her nose success
fully at the western world for ten
years, staggering Soviet Russia
were to get her come-uppance from
China.
Such thing, however. is not be-
yond the range Of possibility.
Whatever else China may have
gotten out of revolution, she has
learned how to wage war
Whatever else Russia may have
gotten out Of it, she has lost her
credit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
Daily Thought

For when he dieth he shall
carry nothing away: his glory
shall not descend after him
Psalms 1911.
THERE is this benefit in brag,
L that the speaker is uneon-
sciously expressing his own ideal.
Hunor him by all means, draw it
all out, and hold him to Timer
son.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22
DIetz on Science ------------
FIO70er and Universe
No. Ala

COMBINES we are prone to overlook the i'm
- portance Of the plant kingdom. Yet animal life
would be impossible if it were not for plants.
Professor E. N. Transeau of Ohio State university,
up the Importance Of plants under five head
ingS He writes:
First Plants furnish all the food there is in the
world. Of all living beings green plants alone are
able to organize the simple materials found in the air.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-22

Country Without Friends
EIGHTEEN years of internal
T. strife have taught China how
to mobilize, maneuver and maintain
large armies.
Ten years Of preaching, fag-wav-
ing and theorizing have left Russia
practically without a friend.
Besides, there are the White
Russians-15O,0O of them in Man
churia alone, as it is said-not only
well organized, but with an indy
ing hate Of the Bolshevist regime
in their hearts.