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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21
Leggee VS.. Barnes

The case OF the farmer long has been out
standing national problem The last three presden-
tial campaigns had the question for principal issue.
But after this decade of indecision farm relief
program finally was enacted.
farm board was set up, supplied with govern
ment funds to foster advise and finance cooperative
organizations of farmers This machinery would
control marketing, distribution and, to a certain eX-
tent production, and, through these, influence the
price received by the farmer. These co-operatVeS
were to handle the bulk of the various son products
Almost at the beginning of its labors, the farm
board has encountered trouble. The successful &C
con,nlishnent of its task means something of
luton Inevitably some private enterprise will suffer-
Grain dealers, spectators and exporters will be
displaced to degree if the boards project for mas
ter grain cooperative to handle so per cent OF the
wheat crop is successful. The same thing will hap
pen to some mddlemen dealing in other commodities
A controversy has developed. between Alexander
Legge chairman of the farm board, and julius Barnes,
a director of the United States Chamber of Com
merce-and a wheat exporter. The chamber has is
sued statement which, altogether carefully phrased.
in effect is an attack the boards policies. Some
one seems to have aligned the chamber with the grain
dealers and SPECTATORS who threatened with loss of
profit, are beginning to howl.
The controversy is complicated, but the fundamen-
tai issue is made clear in letters Chairman Legge has
written to the chairman Of the Chamber OF Com
merce and others. Says he, las We understand the
agricultural marketing act, the main purpose is to
build up farnerowned and farmer-controlled coop
eratve organizations to the end that the farmer may
exert greater influence in marketing his products
And in another letter:
while the changes in the agricultural marketing
program may necessitate some adjustments on the
part of some of those now dealing in agricultural
commodities, any improvement in the return to the
farmer not prove other than helpful to the other
industries of the nation" And further:
1.-THE board has given public assurance on several
occasions and does not hesitate to reiterate it
that it welcomes any responsible persons views at
any time but this of not be interpreted
obligang the board to submit its proposals to any
particular group before action"
The farm board and its chairman, it would seem,
have determined what their assignment is, and in
tend to go through with it. If certain individuals
and groups suffer in the process of improving the
condition of agriculture and the country generally it
is ,nfortunate-but necessary for the greater good.
The farm problem must be solved, and it can't be
solved by lodging it. Chairman Legge and his COL
leagues are to be commended for facing it squarely
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21
Snitten

IF 1t had ever been my privilege to
L know and be in love with Hip
podrome chorus girl, I should have
liked it very much. To be sure,
there was current theory that the
young ladies of the towns largest
ensemble were, perhaps, a shade
less glainorous than their conpan-
ions in more intimate theaters.
It must be admitted that from
a seat out in the right field bleach
ers the girls of the ballet all looked
very much alike. All excellent, ]
hasten to add.
But to swain 1t must have been
peculiarly thrilling to see the
darling Of his heart march down
into the great pool just before the
final curtain.
The water rises to her waist.
Above her head. The rest is silence,
and a few bubbles. And then to
find her slightly damp, but still
safe and sound, few minutes later
at the stage entrance in Forty
third street.
In a distant and impersonal way
I was quite madly smitten with all
the diving girls. 1t is difficult for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21
The Lobby Racket

Edwin P. Shattuck thinks it pity that the Pres-
dents is being banded about in connection with
the sugar lobby. SO say we all. But it is a greater
pity that the lobbyists didn't have this bright idea
fore they started trying to capitalize acquaintance
with the President
Shattuck is the lawyer hired by Herbert c. Lakin,
president of the Cuba company, because of his alleged
White House influence The senate lobby investigation
committee has sheaf of Lakins letters Boosting of
ShattuckS alleged contacts with the President on the
sugar tariff. Now shattuck denies to the committee
that he ever discussed the subject with Hoover.
The committee is doing a good job in throwing
light on the activities and pretentons of the Lakins
and Shattucks Before it gets through congress and
the country should have pretty clear idea OF what
lobbieS are and why and how they operate
Just how common variety of lobbyist oper-
ates is revealed by the committees p 'ary re-
port to the senate yesterday those juuding
organizations, the Southern Tariff As ION, the
American Taxpayers League and the National Coun-
Gil of State Legislators These the organizations
rather, the names-under which j. A. Arnold COL
lected than million dollars for lobbying pur-
poses from supposedly intelligent American business
men.
Those easy business men, who thought they were
getting something for their money, will be surprised
to learn from the committees report that these three
and kindred reputed organizations" are ALIASES"
under which Arnold operated, ostensiby to influence
congressional legislation, but in fact for the purpose of
making living for himself and small group asso-
ciated with him."
After describing the activities of Arnold and his
socalled organizations reprehensible in the high
est degree, though specific statute, penal in
nature may have been violated" the committee made
the obvious recommendation that this is the type
of lobbying against which the public ought to be pro-
tected by appropriate legislation"
We seem to recall sundry loud criticism from in
terested groups that the senate Is investigating the
country to death"
more accurate description of the situation is that
the senate committee is about to investigate the
lobby racket to death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21
REASON By Ff aAsDiS

GONE friends of President Hoover complain because
~ a cartoon of him, drawn by Washington artist,
was placed on display in Washington art exhibit,
but the President has shown more by laughing
it off and expressing desire to see the picture.
These friends should regard their distinguished
fellow citizen very fortunate, so far ampoonng
is concerned in fact the most fortunate President of
modern times for he has borne charmed life up to
date, having gded along almost untouched in this,
the greatest era of political good feeling since the
days of James Monroe.
That the people should feel free to make merry
with their chief executive may be in harmony with
that which to shield the royal ruler but
always has appeared to be incident, inseparable
from the attitude of the American for since the days
of Washington, he has found amending delight in dis
cuSsing the occupant of the White House informally
as ii he were next door neighbor.
VXTASHINGTONS dignity was of no avail in pro-
w tecting him from the most savage assaults of
political opponents, and while We of this distant time
regard nm as our nearest approach to Greek god
account of his indispensable and unselfsh service
his contemporaries frequently assailed him with
viciouSness which now seems unbelievable.
In fact when he put aside the presidency and re-
tired to Mt. Vernon, one implacable newspaper foe
congratulated the country that "the menace had
passed from public life.'
After him, Adams, Jefferson and Jackson drew
the CALLING fire of the opposition, Jefferson being de-
nounced as revolutionst and infdel neither of
which he came within thousand miles of being, while
Old Hickory in constant turmoil and under end
less abuse, not only from opposing voters but from
the senate OF the United States.
INCOLN suffered most, the cartoonists pausing at
IL nothing which could inflame the country against
him. many of their pictured hbels being unspeakably
cruel and constituting treason against the who
was engaged for four long In fighting enemy
in front and numerous traitors in the rear.
The luminosity Of foreign foes constantly fired
by English and French cartoonists the worst of those
being the artist of Punch, the London funny Sheet
whose pen continued to drip venom until Lincolns
assassination when the offender crawled in repentance
to that great mans bier and rendered apology in an
eloquent poem.
VOU will recall the horrible pictures drawn OF Nc
l. Kinley the same being regarded possibly hav-
ing aided in prompting his assassination, while Roose
Welt awoke avalance of cartoons his teeth and his
alleged marStic spirit causing pictured SANDER to
work night and day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21
Acknowledging Justice

Even our Judges in the criminal courts be-
coming disguised with the pint" laws and
other similar absurdes of the habitual criminal acts
Speaking before meeting Of the state crime COM
mission of Michigan at Grand Rapids, Judge Leonard
D. yerdier denounced the whole innovation add
ing-machine justice" and monograph sentencing"
Such talk indicates some urgings of good sense in
our judiciary 1t offers some promise Of relief from
the hystercal school of crimnology which has cap
tured many Of our legislatures in the last few years.
Having for a century failed to make any significant
improvements in a thoroughly bad way of dealing
with criminals, we have come face to face with
crisis in crime control. AS usual, we have taken
refuge in the great political superstition and have
resorted to direct legislative remedies.
Severe punishments having proved ineffective in
depressing crime in the past we presume to remedy
the deficiency by making the penalties more drastic
The results have been exactly what might have
been expected from the lessons Of the past and the
welknown facts in the situation. Longer terms have
led to a pilng up OF prison population to provoking
unrest among the inmates, to encouraging degeneracy
and incorrigibIity, and to Indictment Of riots and
mutinies.
While the legislators for the most part, rest con-
tent in their "dogmatic slumbers, many judges are
beginning the light Some are arguing for
abandonment T. the keystone of the whole arch of
conventional criminal jurisprudence namely, that the
purpose of the criminal law and the function OF the
sentencing judge is to make punishment precisely fit
a given crime.
They are coming to recognize that this procedure
must be supplanted by an attempt to obtain a type
of treatment to fit an individual criminal for freedom.
1T the same session of the Michigan crime COM
mission Judge Clark E. Higbee argued forcefuy for
an approach to the problem of crime repression along
the lines of eugenics and psychiary He pointed out
the fact that crime increase has been greatest in those
states which have relied most upon judicial savagery
and least in those which have made the greatest
progress in applying science to the treatment of
criminals
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21

one may eat in the vast majority of
places.
It now is realized that milk con-
tains most OF the Yitamins in suffi-
cient quantities to aid human life,
although it Is weak in vitamin G
and vitalnin D. 1t provides certain
mineral salts, but is weak in iron.
Throughout the world milk forms
a valuable portion of the human
diet, but in many places it is modi-
fled to considerable advantage. Thus
the acidophiluS germ when added
to milk produces souring which
changes the taste and produces
tremendous numbers of the acido-
philis germs which tend to control
putrefaction in the intestines and
in this way apparently to aid health
and life.
The principal protein in milk is
casein, which serves as body build
err. Milk sugar and the calcium,
phosphorus, and other minerals in
milk are of great value.
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Curtain
TN the same spaces where ele-

TN the same spaces where ele-
4 plants roamed, stenographers
will sit duly recording the fact
that some missive about a ship
ment has been noted and will re-
ceive prompt attention.
Has there ever been, I wonder.
an elephant ghost? That would be
an attraction indeed, huge gray
form galloping down the deserted
corridors of an Office building late
at night.
Yet, if this spectre is ever to APP
pear when I'm around, I rather
hope it will not be Jenny, the big
beast who was taught to waltz. A
Waiting elephant ghost would not
be so good for man whose nerves
have played him false upon occa-
sion.
But, If the elephants of the old
Hippodrome are to haunt the new,
they will probably do it in a body.
Of all the members of the animal
kingdom, they seem to be the most
communistic.
If ever it becomes necessary for
me to walk those dread corridors
at night, I'll bring along in my
pocket a bag of psychic peanuts.
Copyright. 1929. by The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21
Milk Is Nearly Perfect Food

When milk comes to the table it
should be without odor and should
have q pleasant taste. When milk
has an abnormal flavor or odor, it
is usually due to something abnor-
NAL about the feed of the COW or
something about the place in which
the milk is produced.
Under such circumstances, the
milk should be rejected and an in
vestigation should be made as to the
source and method of production.
In their outline, Doctors Crum-
bine and Tobey consider not only all
processes associated with the pro-
duction of good milk in this country
and abroad, but also the various
ways in which milk may be modi-
fed in its use for people who find
difficulty in taking milk as such.
Remember always that milk is
the most nearly perfect food. It
will pay any individual to make
extra effort to adapt it to his own
diet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21
The Dry Farce

Once more either the impractical or the farcical
method of enforcement of prohibition becomes APP
parent
Those who believed in the noble experiment and
who had hope that the present administration would
be effective in enforcement of the law undoubtedly
perplexed as they wait developments of the raid OF
ten days ago in Clinton county when an industry
of trust proportions was uncovered.
The dry raid disclosed the fact that still with
a capacity OF $50 gallons of whisky day had been
in operation for some time in this state.
The machinery required, officials estimated, had
cost some one about $4,000 That investment
pares most favorably with that of any other enter
prise in that part of the state
The officials took charge of five tons OF sugar be-
ing delivered as the raw materials for days opera
ton. =
There were arrested two sleeping employees said to
draw small wages. and the drivers of the trucks
who were delivering the raw materials.
daily output of $50 gallons, even at wholesale
prices brings in tremendous sums of money during
a month.
!, 1t is most evident What the sleeping youths and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21
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THE COVENTRY ACT
December FL


I'm Dec. 81, 1910, Sir John Gov
" entry was manned for his re-
marks rejecting on the moral
character of Charles II of Eng
land.
Owing to Coventry's jest in the
house of commons on the subject
of the kings amours, Sir Thomas
Sands and others, by the order OF
Monmouth, and Git was said
with the approval of the king
himself, waylaid Sir John as he
was returning home and slit his
nose to the bone.
This outrage led to the passing
of the famous Coventry act, de-
claring assaults accompanied by
personal mutilation felony with
out benefit of clergy Cthe priv
ilege of demanding a trial and
punishment by an ecclesiastical
court, which could not infict the
death penalty, when accused OF
crime before temporal court.
Today also is the anniversary
of the landing of the Pilgrims at
Plymouth, Mass, on Dec. 81, 1920.
On Dec. 81, 1852, Confederate
railroads in eastern Tennessee were
destroyed by Federals.
And on Dec. 81, 1887, congress
passed another gag" law TO stife
debate on slavery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21

the drivers did not own the still and had no re-
sources with which to purchase the daily quota of
five tons Of sugar.
Behind the enterprise were other men, The dis
tribution of the output must have been highly or
ganized and comparatively safe since no one was
caught who participated in that part of the enter
prise.
1t should have required but little detective ability
or leg work to discover who made the purchase of the
machinery which had been installed
1t should require but little effort to disclose the
real purchaser of sugar in five ton lots
1t should require but small acumen in investiga-
ton to discover the men who are reaping the huge
rewards from this outlaw industry
The dry laws will always be farce as long as
those who profit largely from the industry are ap-
parently safe from punishment and the only ar
rests the unimportant of the organization re-
quired to operate.
The grave factor in the situation Is the dsrespect
for law and authority which is bred by the apparent
inability disncnaton Of the government to reach
the big fellows
That dry Indiana houses even one industry of this
size without protest suggests lamentable lack of in
tereSt on the part of officials.
The people who vote dry at election may some
day begin to ask for reasons and explanations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21
Questions
and AnSzCers

What is the value of a 2-cent VIC
let Landing Of Columbus" postage
stamp of the 1893 issue?
1t Is cataloged at l cent If can
celed, and 10 cents If uncanceled.
Is the New York Herald still being
issued?
The old New York Herald, estab-
lished in 1885, has been combined
with the Tribune, and is now known
as the New York Herald Tribune.
Is Ruth Roland now playing In
the movies? Is she married?
She will soon return to the screen
in a film version of Cornelius VAN
0erbilt Jr's. book, Reno" Her last
appearance was In 1927 in The
Masked Woman" She is married
to Ben Bard who is playing In
vaudeville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21

WHEN they tear the New York
w Hippodrome down and start
skyscraper in its place. / trust the
builders will look about carefully
to ascertain whether any elephants
have been left on the premises.
It might be we'll, also, to make a
search to be sure that all the girls
who used to disappear into the tank
have by now come up again.
I was no child, but almost fully
grown, when New York's biggest
theater first opened It's doors. At
the age of 10 or whereabouts 1
hardly could be naive enough to be-
lieve that the young ladies who i'm
mersed themselves at each perform
ance were actually gone for good,
sacrificed to thrill a matinee audi
ence.
Somebody explained to me that
a device like diving bell was uti-
lized for this superb illusion. But
the manner in which the contrap-
ton worked was not clear to me at
the time, nor is it even now.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21
Medicine

TINE use of ucorice for me
4 dicinal purposes goes back to
the earliest history of civilization.
This, according to Drs. HouSeman
and Lacey, is because the "licorice
belt" includes the cradle Of ctvlli-
zation' within its boundaries.
Licorice is listed as a drug in the
oldest Chinese medical books. To-
day it is used more as a drug in
China than any other plant, with
the exception Of ginseng, an herb
with an aromatic root.
In India licorice is used as
drug and its use is prescribed both
by Brahmanism and Buddhism.
In Brahmanism licorice Is one
of the important drugs Of the '"SaS-
ruta,' a pharmaceutical text re-
vealed to Sasruta by Brahnin HIM
self, who had composed this book
before he created man." the report
states.
I'm the Buddhist religion, some
of the Oriental mysticism regarding
the use of licorice Is even more
strikingly preserved.
On the morning of Buddhas
birthday an infusion Of the Hcorice
root is poured over the statue OF
the god three times amidst great
pomp, while the priests chant mys-
teal incantations and the worship
ers pray.
1.-THE fluid, which drips from tae
statue, is collected carefully and
treasured for its curative proper
ties.
Recent excavations in the lower
gris-Euphrates valley have yielded
tablets which tell Of the use OF leo
rice.
1.-THE uses Of licorice as a medi-
cine are practically identical in
each of these ancient civilizations,
and they also correspond very close
ly with the way in which the peaS-S
ant classes Of Europe use lcorice
today"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21
The Weather STAYS

THERE is one old standby Of the
l. news which Mr.. Bickel failed
to mention, and which not only
plays just as prominent a part to-
day as it did fifty years ago, but
will continue to do so.
That is the weather.
You can't keep weather OF the
front page. especially when nature
snaps her finger.
Whether it is ships wrecked in a.
fog, people frozen to death in
Peiping, heavy wraps in Havana be-
cause of cold showers, a sleet storm
such as has just swept northern New
York, or such storms in the mid
west as have broken down the air
mail service for a week, you can
depend on old man weather to play
his part as a source of news.
One thing that makes weather so
interesting is the fact that we don't
have to worry about changing, re-
forming, or Furnishing it.
Thousands of years Of experience
have taught us that no matter how
bad it is, or how ruthlessly it up
sets our plans, there isn't one thing
We can do.
The weather leaves no room for
anti-saloon leagues, associations
against prohibition, lobbying at,
Washington, jobs for lame ducks,
or crusades.
Weather is news, nothing but.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21
Houdini

A ND in that same Hippodrome
IA tank which will be scaled down
now to mere washstand or a tub,
it was Houdini's pleasure to be scut-
tied in a trunk. Upon his wrists
were shackleS, and when they had
him neatly packed, all sorts of
locks were clamped down to make
his feat more difficult.
Houdini was great Snowman, as
well as the king of magicians. Be-
fore they put the lid down he would
make a little speech, saying that If
he were unable to extricate him
self in ten minutes, he hoped the
nearby attendants would dive down
in a forlorn attempt to bring up
trunk and prestidigitator.
Gravely I suspect that Houdini
knew well enough some method to
get out within the time limit.
otherwise, he would have been a
fool to go down.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-21
This Generation Wiser

GONE day, perhaps, science will
~ discover means of tinkering with
the weather, and then it will fall into
that category of troubles which cease
to be interesting because they offer
so much opportunity for preachers,
politicians and self-constituted pur-
yeyorS of human welfare.
You know how hard 1t Is to enjoy
story when you constantly are
wondering what kind of movement
1t was designed to promote, or how
much it will cost you by way of
increased taxes, not because of the
loss involved, but because of the
remedy some nincompoop Is bound
to propose.
When our grandfathers read Of a.
neighbor carried home drunk, or a
ruckus in the village saloon, or chill
dren starved to death because of the
money that went for booze, they
never guessed that the basis was be-
ing laid for an eighteenth amend
ment to the Constitution.
When our fathers saw the first
f1ivyers they never suspected that
they were beholding the forerunner
OF traffic system which would turn
half the cops into semaphores, and
give the criminal the greatest run
for his money he ever enjoyed.
This generation is wiser.
1t has seen too many plots form
and thlcken not to be suspicious.
That is why the weather appeals to
it as q source of news,