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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
A Sick industry

The cotton mill strikes in the Garolinas and Ten
nessee are symptoms which show that the textile in
dustry is sick nearly unto DEATH in the opinion Of
Ethelbert Stewart United States commissioner OF
labor statistics close observer of United States in
dustry for nearly fifty years
The textile trade he holds, is as badly of as the
coal industry and lin the hands OF men more com
petent to solve it In The face Of the record in coal
this seems harsh tang to say of anybody but Stew
art seems to prove his point
First among causes for the industrys ills he lists
womens fashions The first dress he bought for his
wife fifty years ago contained twenty-seven yards of
goods, he said, while two and one-half yards is
considered sufficient. The day of cotton as dress
goods material is passing, he says
Secondly, overproduction This is due partially
to greatly improved machinery, and partially, as con-
coded by cotton men themselves to the almost uni
vesal practice at least in the SOUTH of day and night
work
Thirdly importations which amounted to $66000,-
OGQ worth in 1927. Stewart is careful to make the
point that these imporatons made on the basis
of quality Americans rightly or wrongly prizng fine
foreign cotton materials above those made here Also
he adds. more and more foreign countries are max
ing their own cotton goods tending to reduce our ex-
ports
Fourthly. the method of selling which, Stewart
says simply dazes intelligent men, The cotton
mills sell their products to commission men, who re-
sell them in turn at any price they can and collect
their commission regardless of the selling price.
Many manufacturers do not even know their costs
of production, he said
All of those factors combined have dragged down
the price of cotton goods to from one-thrd to one
half of what they were in 1920. And this in turn has
dragged down the wages of labor and increased the
working hours wages being only from two-thirds to
three-fourths of what they were in 1920, with the
northern mills at least making little more than half
time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10

we're exceedingly minute. They write To gain some
idea of the order OF magnitude Of the quantities IN
volved in this dense fog assume that one cannot see
beyond 100 feet.
"A block OF fog feet wide feet high and 100 feet
long contains less than one-seventh OF glass OF
liquid water
This water is distributed among sixty million
drops"
In average fog, it would take 2,oOO oropIetS'
placed side by side. TO span an inch.
In light fog there are about 1000 dropIetS 10 the
cubic inch In heavy fog there are about 100000 al
though in some cases. the number may be ten or TWEEN
" times great
1t should be remembered, however that the drop
lets a-og very minute. Occasionally there are
a million dropletS TO the cubic inch. But even IN such
the empty space is 10000 times greater than the
amount Of space occupied by the fog droplets
The determination of the size OF fog particles Is an
interesting experiment 1t is determined by viewing
through the fog what is known as point source OF
light that is light shining through pnl1ole in an
Opaque screen.
The fog particles diffract the light and cause the
formation OF rings of colored light
Experiments have shown that the size OF these rings
of light depend upon the size Of the fog particles
Consequently, by measuring the angular diameter
OF the rings it possible calculate the size OF the
particles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
Canon Chase Says;

CPEAKING of Mary Ware Den
~ nett's The Sex Side of Life, "
Canon Chase writes:
THE pamphlet does not correctly
speak of sex desires as a longing
for motherhood and fatherhood, but
as an opportunity for an unsur-
passed joy and the very greatest
pleasure in all human experience. ;
Why did Mrs. bennett misstate this
to her children?
ASK mother how it compares
with the pleasure of nursing her
own baby and she will tell you the
pamphlet criminally is deceiving the
young she is trying to teach.
ASK a fine athlete how the act
compares with the JOY of winning
an athletic contest ard he will say
that the writer of such advice to
the young is not only incorrect, but
must be abnormal"
Now ask you to compare this
statement of the good canon with
what Mary Ware bennett has to
say on the same subject. And re-
member that the canon's bulletin
is freely circulated, while Mrs. Den
nett has been sentenced to pay a
fine of $500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
Holds No Medals

EVEN if it so happens that the
- Brooklyn pastor can not qualify
as one fitted to give expert testi-
mony, I must admit the same about
myself. I hold no medals. But years
ago I got a pewter mug for winning
the tennis championship CT the
north entry Of Thayer hall.
And in spite of that vivid and
joyful recollection l still will cast
my vote to string along with Shake
Speare and with Shelley.
If Canon Chase is right, then Ro-
neo was a fool and Juliet no bet
ter than abnormal. And Ruth who
cleaned should have tended to her
sheaves and left Boaz alone.
And father Adam, who could not
possibly have been corrupted by
Mrs. bennett Cknown to the press as
the old gentlewoman'D seems TO
have given up Eden because Of the
love of woman. But in those days
there was no intercollegiate football
and the A. A. U. was nut yet
founded
If Canon Chase is right, all lyric
poetry would better be burned by
the public hangman and there will
hardly be an opera left fit for per-
Torrance before any who can't abide
r1iSstatenents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
HEALTH SUPERSTITIONS-No. ST.
Red Flannel Once Used as Remedy

and prevents the transmission Of
ultraviolet rays to the skin The
bureau of standards of the United
States government has proved that
the ultraviolet rays pass more easily
through open weave fabrics and
that it makes but little difference
whether the thread is Of a cellu-
lose acetate, cotton, wool or silk,
and indeed Wheeler the color is
black white, red or green. or even
a Scotch plaid.
Unquestionably the average hu
man being associates the red color
with warmth, and red flannel I'M
derwear was for many years con-
sidered to be the only suitable COW
ering for winter weather.
Red is the most important color
in medicine and in magic, because
it suggests blood. Long before mod
ern scientific medicine, medicinal
plants were picked for their colors
as we'll as for their properties.
The beautiful red berries Of the
mountain ash were called st. Johns
blood and associated with magical
powers. Whenever a human being
became severely sick, he became
anemic, pale and white.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
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May 10
TTOW the lack Of rapid means Of
I L communication helped the
American colonists in their struggle
for freedom is graphically illus
trated by the Revolutionary war
episode Of which today is the ami
versary-the capture of Ticonde-
roga by Ethan Allen on May 10,
1775.
This isolated, but important,
storehouse OF British supplies sur
rendered to the Americans before
the garrison stationed there knew
that war was in progress. although
the battle Of Lexington had been
fought more than three weeks be-
fore.
The strength Of Aliens attack lay
in the fact that it was such COM
plete surprise, for his army con-
sisted Of less than 100 Green
Mountain boys"
Benedict Arnold, who later was to
become a traitor played a valiant
part under Allen in the attack
The next day Allen sent note to
the Governor Of Connecticut, tell
ing him in his whimsical fashion Of
the prisoners he had taken: Il make
you a present Of a major, q captain
and two Heutenants in the regular
establishment Of George III. I hope
they may serve as ransom for some
Of our friends at Boston
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
Mussolini and the Bambinos


Nussolinis word is law in Italy What he says goes
in almost everything, from matters Of state to what
people may read, speak, eat and wear.
But the mighty Benito is being defed successfully
in at least one thing. italian refusing to
comply with his demand that they bear more chill
dren so Italy will have population of 100000 by
1850
The birth control movement Is spreading, we are in
formed by Professor Gaetano Solvemin Fifty thou
sand fewer babies were born in 1927 the year after
Mussoni issued his edict and 10000 fewer last year
Solvemini says Italy's problem is one of over
population ana that more babies would compncate
the problems of poverty and unemployment. This
may be a factor in the declining birth rate.
But we suspect that the basic reason is that italian
mothers do not lend themselves to the dictators
dreams of conquest and empire and decline to become
machines to produce his cannon-fodder. Memory of
the World war is fresh in the minds of Italian
women
Few will blame the mothers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10

Because Of this, the old-time
magical doctors cured him by Civ
ing him -coIored substances. SO
red wines, like port, claret and
sherry. were considered to be far
more eficaciouS Tor anemla than
white wines.
When the women witch doctors
wanted to cure tumors, they tied
red cord or string around the
neck or around The swelling, and
when the old Scotch doctors came
to treat patients with tuberculosis
glands Of the neck, they were
likely to find the neck encircled
with piece of red flannel.
Whenever a person broke out
with red spots, as in scarlet fever
or measles, he usually put on red
clothing.
In the fourteenth century every
one who had smallpox and money
was put into a room with red bed
curtains and hangings.
As an indication Of the wholly
symbolical and magical nature OF
the custom, the use Of red hang
ings was5 common both in England
and Japan and has arisen indie
pendentIy among both peoples.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10

HUNDREDS Of FilipinoS give
L L away their property when the
sun goes into eclipse.
Don't laugh. Under similar cir
cumstances, you might do the same
thing.
Superstition is a by-product of
ignorance. People are forever try
ing to explain what they do not
know. Other methods failing, they
fall back on belief in the super
natural.
Sometimes they fall back on be-
lief, without even this excuse.
In the year 1000, western Europe
was thrown into paroXysms by fear
that the world was about to come
to an end for no better reason than
that it was the year 1000.
In 1914, many sincere and other
wise intelligent Americans disposed
of their possessions, robed them
selves in white and mounted roofs
because Mr.. Miller told them the
world would come to an end on a
certain day in April
When the world failed to fulfill
Mr.. Miller's prophecy, he went over
his figures and said that he had
made a mistake and that. the day
Of doom would be in October.
With such sublime faith as passes
understanding, a large portion of his
followers repeated the performance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
Cleanup Week-Delayed

Ordinarily the fact that an Indiana con
Germ had received d contract for a large num-
her Of trucks would be appauded as an act Of
good business. But there are some incidental
conditions surrounding this transaction that
should excite some curiosity.
For very long time the highway commits
sion refused to purchase any Of these trucks
Then the control Of the company changed. And
the new owners were wise enough TO employ
as one of their representatives member Of the
state budget committee
This committee rules state finances. 1t can
control salaries 1t has the power to give and
the power to take away. 1t is the most power
full body in the state.
Now this concern seems 10 get the happy
breaks It is true that no state contracts for
trucks bears the name of the budget commit
teeman His part seems to be the maintenance
of hotel rooms within the shadows Of the State
house where he can confer with state officials
on state matters and report to his boss wh'
sells trucks to these state officials
If is matter of some curiosity, or should
be. that the commission, in asking for the legal
bids for trucks does not find it necessary to
definitely fix specifications The bids are asked
in the most general terms Dealers in other
trucks may be somewhat at loss to guess as to
what is desired. The firm which employs the
budget commissioner seems to have no such diff
fcultes. 1t gets the business
The incident may be worthwhile if it again
calls to the attention of Governor Leslie that
cleanup week" in the state highway com
mission is long delayed.
There is still the matter of the member who
received so he admits, a gift from concerns
from which the commission purchases vast
quantities of material. Surely he should show
his consideration for the reputation of the COM
mission, his consideration for the Governor
b .ring to place that body above suspicion.
And if il be conceded that he should re-
sign, that other member who whispered OF
certain type of car that he get from the budget
committee, whispered it so loud in hotel lobbieS
that he was overheard, should be fired and not
permitted to resign
The revelations of tire purchases from
concern which he represents suggests that
more than a disintectant will be needed for the
commission, if it is composed OF members whose
ideas and ideals run along these lines.
Spring is here. The housewife is doing her
annual job The merchants and the Rotarians
are singing Of cleanups and new start.
The Governor ought not to delay too long
There may come d time when it viii be en-
barrasSing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
Mrs bennett Saws;

THE sex attraction is the deep
l. est feeling that human beings
know" writes Mrs. bennett on page
nine Of her pamphlet. 1T is far
more than a mere sensation of the
body. 1t takes in the emotion and
the mind and the soul, and that is
why so much Of our happiness is
dependent upon it."
And may I ask you on this evi-
dence which seems to you the clean.
the healthy and the normal mind,
I have said before that the bennett
case went deep into the roots of
communal psychology.
The defendant was convicted be-
cause she dared to say that love
was beautiful. Some reformers hold
that this is true. but that the fact
should be kept quiet in the presence
of adoleScents. Canon Chase some
what more logically holds that it
shouldn't be said because it isn't
true. At least he holds that love
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
/ / OLL1V1O L ~ 1VAL BROUN

TOR the first time in some ten or
Il twenty years I definitely have
been shocked by piece of writing
about sex. And yet I am going to
ask your permission to print it. I'm
doubtedly the three paragraphs are
not obscene in the eyes of the law
for I draw the quotation from a
widely circulated bulletin published
by the International Reform Fed
Grafton.
Moreover, the author is Canon
William Sheafe Chase, clergyman,
and lifelong crusader for censor
ship on plays and books.
Indeed, I beg you to be indu1-
gent with the canon and not Judge
him too harshly, 1t is well known
that denunciation Of things held
to be pornographic often will in
flame reforner to a point where
he quite unconsciously violates good
taste.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
Bonus for Agriculture

TINE debenture scheme is based
L on the idea of paying a bonus
on exported farm products in the
form of negotiable paper. This ne
gotiable paper can only be used to
pay the duty on imports.
The farmer does not export his
products, wherefore, he would not
get the negotiable paper to begin
with Neither does the farmer i'm
port much Of anything, wherefore
he could not use it.
The bonus he is supposed to re-
ceive through the debenture scheme
would go to the exporter in the first
place and the importer in the next.
Who believes that the exporter
and the importer would not rig up
some kind Of scheme to get the
benefit of what was appropriated for
the farmer?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10

is not to be compared to the ecstasy
of winning your "Y' by throwing
the hammer in a dual meet.
This, of course, is a pretty broad
subject and I do not see how it can
be decided in a debate between
Canon Chase and me. In the first
place I do not know whether he
qualities as an expert witness, for
in the record books there is no men
ton of the races he has run.
However, I contend that if Mrs.
bennett errs she has erred in COM
pany with Shakespeare, Milton,
Wagner, Shelley and the author of
"The Song of Solomon" Respect
fully I urge Canon Chase to turn
to that part Of his Bible and decide
fort himself whether the scriptural
poet is talking of lacrosse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
No Silver Slipper

ONE, too, will be the old verities
" celebrated in the legends.
The prince in the story did not
wake the sleeping princess, but
rather. left her to sweet slumber s
anethesia and went upon his way
to pitch horseshoes at neighboring
palace.
And wasn't Ulysses naive to fill
the sailors ears with wax lest they
hear the song of sirens? Had
Canon Chase been on that bridge
he would have summoned all hands
aft TO play deck Switchboard.
And yet the question raised by
Canon Chase is not one to be lightly
dismissed. If love is but minor
thing, then the world has been
wrong headed from the beginning.
OF course Canon Chase may say
that he has no desire 10 minimize
that love which is Of the spirit. 1t
seems to me that soul and body are
subtly interviewer. What God hath
Joined together let no dogmatic par
son put aSunder.
Canon William Sheafe Chase Is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
Much to Be Learned

TTTHAT we do not know is, and
w always has been the chief
basis of superstition. 1t still amounts
to so much more than what We do
know as to leave lots of room
In spite of our boosted wisdom
and progress, no man has yet
climbed the highest hill on earth,
or gone more than $50 feet beneath
the surface of the sea and lived to
tell the tale.
On Wednesday, Lieutenant Soucek
made a record by ascending nearly
eight miles in an airplane.
Compared to what has been done,
this is remarkable. Compared to
what remains to be done, it is
nothing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10

not the first pessimist to insist that
nature has tricked us all into a
sorry mess and that sex is the
fundamental bIunder Of creation.
I that case Hamlet was quite right
in urging a nunnery upon Ophelia,
but the canon is almost the first
critic to insist that the melancholy
Dane was altogether normal.
But is it really true that Nurmi
knows more of the JOY Of life than
Bobby Burns or any of the Bonnie
FRINGE Charles? History would be
the poorer if Canon Chase is sound
i'll his contention
Id hate to hear that Antoy act
uaIIy asked for waivers on Cleopatra
and finally traded her for a left
hand pitcher and q utility infelder
from the Three-T League.
iC0-vrlgh+ 1920 fo~ Tho Ttr7or1
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
Farm Relief Battle

lust now President Hoover IS
~ having a hard time with farm
relief.
The senate has ignored his recon-
mendations, while the house appears
inclined to support them.
AS for the public, it is rather more
interested in the squabble than any
thing else, never pausing to think
that it will pay the freight no mat
ter who wins.
Farm relief, as capitalized by pro-
fessional gospeIers, seems to have
created another of its numerous and
unnecessary rows.
What the gospelers want and
what they have wanted ever since
the movement began siXty-tWo years
ago, is a direct subsidy so that thay
can go back to the six million
farmers and say here, see what we
have gotten for you
Stripped of the verbal smoke
screen which has served no purpose
so distinctly as to confuse the pub
lie, that is what the debenture
scheme amounts to.
1t is worse than a subsidy, because
while it would extract hundreds of
millions of dollars from the public
treasury, it does not guarantee that
the farmer will get them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10

tribute to the sad comedy Of life, "
William r. Castle Jr., assistant
secretary Of state, addressing the
Canadian Club at Montreal.
"As a practical legislator, when !
can not get what I want I take
what I can get. I would take the
equalization fee now if could ge'
it; but I know 7 can not get it
any more than the senator from Ar
kansas Senator ROBINSON can gel
the debenture plan. "-Senator Wat
son, Indiana.
Z z
mol American films must not
disappear from the French screen
Let US also have great French
films!"-Francois Coty, French per
fumer and publisher. CTime)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
Daily Thought

There is a sore evil which I
have seen under the sun, namely,
riches kept for the owners there
of to their hurt.-Eccl. 5:13.
YXTEALTH is not his that has it
w but his that enjoys it.-Frank-
lir,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN,
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Associatio nand Of Hygeia, the
Health MagaZine.

1eSuCldLlO manu- VI GyStldB luC
Health Magazine.
GONE people believe that while
~ clothes are cooler than black
ones, and that red clothes are
warmer than any other color.
The symbolism associated with
colors is one of the most fascinat-
ing aspects of the whole problem
of magic and superstition. Almost
everyone knows that among most
peoples, white is associated with JOY
and black with sorrow.
Among certain peoples of tropical
races, the reverse is true. Red in
this country means danger, but it
is also associated to a considerable
extent with pleasure.
The exact facts regarding the
relative GOODNESS of clothing Of
various colors have not been alb
solutely established.
To prevent oVereXposure from
sunlight, persons living in tropical
countries or places where there is
much sunlight, wear garments of
closely woven white fabric.
This has high rejecting powers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
Grow Big Surplus

MEANWHILE, the farmer would
1VA be encouraged to produce a
surplus because Of what the de-
benture scheme promises.
What is worse he would be in
duced to produce a surplus OF staple
crops instead Of diverSifying.
stead Of diversifying.
The bonus he is supposed to get
would go to the exporter and the
exporter would have to sell it to the
importer in order to convert it into
cash.
This would merely afford a fur
Their opportunity for manipulators
to work the farmer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10

seneca along the
southern e d G e
of the Grand
Banks of New
fOundland in
1915. This re-
gion lies in one
of the most fire.
quented of the
steamer lanes.
Speaking of q
fog which &C.
Cured May 8,
1915, they say
that in this Jog
there were about
10000 droplets to
the cubic inch.
But. the 6rOnletS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10

"THIS type Of craft (seapIanes)
L doubtless will graduate into
giant flying boats that may carry
as many as 400 or 500 passengers.
When this day arrives the plane
may compete on better than even
terms with great ocean liners. =
Senator Robinson, Arkansas.
american world position must
not be used to deceive the weaker
nations into accepting make-be-
lieve disarmament agreement which
will never be ratified by the United
States. Representative Britten, Il
unois.
I'VE have our fanatical drys and
our fanatical vets and both con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
NJ. E. Tracy

President Hoover Probably Is
the Best EQuipped Man Who
EUer Entered the White
House, but He Is Just q Man,
for All That.