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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
Tariff Revision
mil owners.

Delay in introducing the tariff bill in the House
is evidence Of the strong conflict of opinion over the
measure. House leaders are endeavorng to satisfy
as many as they can of the influential groups demand
ing higher duties 1t will be possible to dispense only
few of the favors sought however if revision is to
be of the limited sort President Hoover demands.
Influence of the leaders and the administration will
be taxed in the effort to avoid general upward re-
vision Pennsylvania and New York delegations and
those from other industrial areas. insist on higher
duties on articles manufactured their states, and
the demand from back home is so strong that it may
outweigh party considerations in showdown.
All but few of the LOO witnesses heard by the
House ways and means committee in its preparation
of the bill presented arguments in favor Of increased
tariffs on articles in which they interested.
Arguments against general tariff revision at this
time are sound. Rates the highest in the
counrys history and take from the pockets of con-
sunlers after the tax pyramded amounts estimated
as high as s4O0OOOOOOO annually. The country gen.
orally is prosperous with present schedules Retalia
ton from many foreign countries seems sure if the
dixie is made higher and this seriously might njure
foreign trade.
The administrations ayowed purpose in any re-
vision to benefit agriculture and the very few
features which in genuine need of additional pro-
lection Congress will do we'll to remember this and to
resist efforts of selfish interests to make the new
measure a grab-bag.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
Entangling Alliances in Journalism

The daily newspaper is an institution OF general
as distinct from class circulation. BY its very nature
therefore, must be single in purpose to be effective
Its mission is to serve all the public and not Just part
Its range OF influence in direct ratio to its freedom
from entangling alliances.
The history OF newspaper failures is thcky dotted
with those which have violated that principle
Why?
Simply because it Is not within the range OF human
nature for a newspaper publisher successfully to
serve two masters.
Take a concrete case:
Suppose you owned both newspaper and gas
company Could you be impartial in your editorial
attitude toward the gas rate that your community
pays?
For the same reason that brother of man on
trial is excluded jury service outside interests
whether they be social financial political must be
excluded when one goes into newspaper publishing.
The effort theI~- :, OF the International Paper
and Power Company % inject itself into American
Journalism contains The germ of its destruction.
The International Paper and Power Companys
major interest, by It's testimony, is power. To
it, accordingly the great truth viii apply-where its
t.easure is, there will lis heart be also
The public nstinctively will recognize that.
And the public wiz write its own answer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
A Vanishing Serenade

Every now and then this fast furious ruthless old
world rolls over one of our pet traditions. Just now
it seems that the elimination of the street parade by
the big circuses is usherng into everlasting oblivion
that monarch of circus melody-the steam calliope
We can forego the gorgeous street parade that
present-day traffic has forced the big shows to dis
hand wagon with its cargo of fine fast circus tempo
but doing without caliope is a different matter.
A circus without steam calliope is like Christmas
without the old fat fellow in the red suit the country
store minus the cracker barrel When the last steam
CaIliope has pulled and painted its diScordant way
down Main street. We shall experience feeling of
depression equal to the time when first de-
mure blond beauty receiving the professional atten
tons of our favorite barber
The putting. wheeling monster of our affection
never was IN tune, but that is of minor importance.
The caIlope players musical repertoire consisted
solely OF Silver Threads Among the Gold stars
and Stripes Forever" and the Merry Widow Waltz "
but even that is Of small consequence.
When We were very young and could valuate cor
rectIy it generally was agreed among the gang that
TO be president of the United States was higher
honor than to be the caiope player, but some of us
doubted it in secret.
The old steam callope has new cousin in cleo
trically equipped instrument now in by the big
circus bands But the real circus flavor is missing
there is no discord
The old calliope. still in use by of the small
parading shows is a glorious thing comparable in
splendor only to the ole steam fire engine and any
one who pronounces oalIope" without the accent on
the first syllable is an unmtigated hghbrow!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
Communism" in Textile Strike

The cry Of communism raised against the southern
textile strike is hystercal, false and dangerous It
is repeated in the United States senate by Senator
Overman who evidently does not want a investiga-
ton of conditions in his state
The great body of the strikers is descended from
the kind Of folk who fought the battle Of Kings
mountain in the Revolutionary war only few miles
from Gastonia. the present strike center
They have toled for years, men, women and chill
dren day and night tlfy-fve to sixty hours week,
for wages which will not average more than SIS a
week in many mills and won't reach $40 anywhere.
In addition to that northern efficiency experts be-
gan to speed them up. trying to get cloth pro-
duced. without increase in pay.
This was the last straw. An organizer OF the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union found them ready in
their desperation to abandon their suspicion of Yam
KEGS and "furrners" and proceeded to organize
unions. When it appeared that this was a fruitful
ground he called in ether organizers, one at least Of
whom was communist.
Instantly the mil owners raised the cry of COM
munism and sovietism To determine its speciols
faIsty. one needs only to recall that the same cry
was raised formerly just loudly against the Amer-
can Federation of Labor and against nvestigat-
ing bodies of the Federal Council of Churches and Of
the Southern Methodist church headed by such a
communist" as Bishop James Cannon.
An observer for tie Scripps-Howard Newspapers,
who has been in the strike regions says that he heard
no word of communism uttered by the organizers,
save warnings to the strikers not to believe the horri
BILE things uttered against the organizers.
The only part actually played by communism in
the strikes appears to De that of DOGGY raised by the
mill owners.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
The Senator'S Disagree

Once more Indiana gets into the spotlight
through the disagreement between its two
Ilustrious senator's over the Endorsement Of
Heflin. spokesman for the Ku-Klux Khan.
Watson, denying that be had been the he
horse Of the khan as suggested by Hefhu re-
fused, as did all other Republicans TO vote for
resolution demanded by Helm, denouncing
The rough tactics given him in an eastern city
after be had delivered a TRADE against the
Catholic church
Robinson remained true to his old associ-
ites and hackers and voted for the khan propa-
gandist.
Hefn is quite sure that the violence Of the
audience in the east, which diSproved his reck-
less and ruthless efforts to arouse religious
hatred, is a denial Of the right of free speech
Robinson can come back to Indiana and tell
The real be-borses Of the Khan that be alone of
his political faith remained true to the Evans
dictatorship
II is deporable, Of course, that any com
nuuity pays any ettention to Hehin, who comes
TO Indiana whenever the boys raise the neces-
aary $500 fee,
It is more depiorable that any senator tries
TO arouse hate and prejudice.
it IS significant that Robinson becomes
aroused to the danger to free speech only when
the hooded order meets mobbed opposition. He
showed no such alarm when the Khan rode in
terrorism over this state when it suppressed
by force any criticism, when its tyrants on the
bench Jailed IFS critics, when its Stephensons
were suppanting orderly government with the
secret rule Of the Khan.
The vote is nos important as revealing the
attitude of the senators toward the hooded or
der of hate. Robinson remains true to its ira
ditions.
There was, of course, no question Of free
speech involved. There was one of orderly
government; state affair and not one Of ma
tional Importance.
No unit of government was involved. A
man who appealed to mob passion was an
swered by a mob.
Robinson, the senator from Indiana, in
dorses the Hefin appeal to hate by his vote.
Watson has become wiser since the khan has
lost its prestige in the state.
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Beast of Burden
r WONDER if many readers ap-

r WONDER if many readers ap-
/ preciate just how arduous is the
existence of a. column conductor.
mot so bad today some friendly
reader may say as his glance falls
on 1T Seems to Me" or that is
Just terrible
But remember it is easier to tear
down than to build up. Next time
YOU read this portion of the paper
as you loll over a hearty luncheon,
think twice before you sneer. Pic
ture. I pray you, the thought and
effort which have gone into the lit
tie sermon which you so coolly dis
miss as perfectly terrible" My
friend, it took you barely five min
uteS to read that column and almost
twice as much time was required in
the writing.
With that scrutiny of not more
than ten minutes YOU are disposed
to dismiss and condemn something
which may have consumed at least
nine minutes in the life of a crea-
tive artist.
OF course, on the rare days when
long contributions come in it might
not take quite as much as nine min
utes. Still it's lot of bother to get
the paste of the fingers and all that
must be considered IN figuring out
the difficulties Of this essential &C.
cupation.
"Essential?" you say in some sur
prise.
How on earth do you suppose a
columnist would make living if he
didn't have a column?
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like sponge in taking up water. But this idea is
wrong.
The only appreciate effect of the presence OF the
other gases OF the atmosphere on the moisture is that
of slowing the rate of its spread or diffusion.
Temperature and temperature alone. to within a
negligible amount determines the quantity OF vapor
per given volume necessary TO produce saturation.
of course any definite percentage or fraction Of sat-
uration.
The reason why temperature is the controlling fac
tor in the amount Of water vapor which the atmos-
phere hold be understood if it is remembered
that liquids consist Of molecules in vibration
An increase in temperature means an increase IN
molecular vibration. At a higher temperature, the
molecules moving faster and possess more energy
1t is not quite exact to say that evaporation has
stopped when the saturation point is reached.
There still is an interchange OF molecules between
the surface of the liquid and the atmosphere But
what is happening is that many molecules Of water
are falling back onto the surface OF the wate- as are
jumping from it into the atmosphere.
AS result, the net change is and for all prac-
teal purposes may say that evaporation has
stopped for the time.
When the air is saturated We say that it has
reached the saturation point
Since the air contain more moisture at high
temperature. the higher the temperature the more
moisture is needed to bring it to the saturation point
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
Call for Honesty

WHATEVER the spiritual influ-
w ence of such a force may be
its economic and political influence
is driving toward single purpose
and that is such a reimbursement
among the peoples as will afford
adequate protection to the lines OF
trade. travel and communication in
which it is rooted.
It leaves no great call for states
men to be original All they need
do is honestly interpret the impulses
hopes and desires to which it has
given birth.
We no longer are dealing with ma
tural entities, with self-suficient
states, with inherited prejudices
that no one dare question, with diff
ferenceS considered inSurmountable
The last century has opened I'M
suspected possibilities not only for
western civilization, but for all the
rest of humanity,
1t is only a question of time. and
a very short time at that, when
Asia will be threaded with hard-sur-
faced highways. over which rubber
tires and combustion engines will
carry a message of economic eman-
cipation with such vividness as even
heather minds can grasp, while
voices raised in New York. Paris or
Melbourne will be heard in the far
places of Africa.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
HEALTH SUPERSTITIONS-No. 80
Wedding Rings Don't Cure StyeS

and similar objects are used for
charms.
So far as styes are concerned
they are merely infections Of folli-
cles in the eyelids. These infections
result from the presence Of germs
which get into the follicle and set
up irritation in the same way that
pimples are produced on the skin
generally.
The cure for the stye is the re-
lease of the matter that is in it
and the application of antiseptic
substances that will destroy the
bacteria,
Not infrequently the application
Of heat is helpful. because heat
causes an increased flow of blood
to the part Of the body concerned
and thereby aids the destruction of
the infection from within.
So far as the use of the gold ring
is concerned, one might just as well
use the formulas that children use
to conjure away the rain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
Old Order Passes

DEING a follow up of unffocial
- achievements and ideals, as il
always has been. statecraft must
give heed to this new and ALIEN
bracing drift.
This world We live in is not the
world of Pitt, Napoleon, or even
DiSraeh.
1t is the world of Morse, Edison,
Marconi and the Wrights; of talk
thrown across seas; of movie rec
ord that leaves no doubt as to what
actually occurred; Of better food,
clothing and shelter for every one
if the road can only be kept open /;
of industry as opposed to dogma:
of achievement as opposed TO guess
work.
Who imagines that the old order
could be made to ct such situa-
ton?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
World Dresses Alike

THOsE great multitudes that
L have resisted our religion and
statecraft are fast succumbing to
our machinery and SCIENCE.
Whether for good or i'll, this age
of materialism enjoys a much great
er degree of success in making con-
verts than did the older and more
distract ideals.
One has to go no farther than the
pictures in current magazines or
Sunday supplements to appreciate
what is taking place and what it
signifies
Two generations ago, there still
was a profound distinction in dress.
especially between the eastern and
western nations.
Now Chinese or Turkish 1egis-
lative assembly looks much like one
in Italy or America, as far as
clothes are concerned.
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destroy growth, strangle it and cause
it to fall away from the body Ac-
tually. this method will cure a Wart
occasionally by shutting OF the
blood supply to the wart.
Therefore, in many places warts
are cured by tying a hair from a
violin bow or thread around the
base of the wart.
Many old ladies try to cure the
cramps in their legs by putting
tight carriers around the legs, which
is exactly the wrong treatment,
since the cramps not infrequently
are the result Of poor circulation of
the blood.
The Wedding ring carries with
it also the idea Of binding some
thing together. There are many
strange forms of sex magic asso-
ciated with the use of the wedding
ring.
It may be used for a charm in
the same way as amulets images
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u. S. PARCEL POST
May o

TODAT is the anniversary Of the
n start of parcel post in the
United States. it is difficult to real
ize that this vast and complicated
system was begun just II years ago
today, and the only in an expert
mental way.
On May 3, 1912, an appropriation
bill was passed providing S75O,O0O
for a survey Of the problem. Par
eel post packages were not accepted
in the mails until the first of the
following year.
Parcel post is not, however. a
modern thing. The ancient Egyp-
tians, Assyrians and Persians had
a similar system worked out to
highly efficient degree
A document written in 270 3. c.,
and found in the Nile valley. affords
an interesting glimpse Of the post
Offices Of the ancients. Careful notes
were kept Of the day and hour of
each messengers arrival and of the
number of packages he carried,
Service was restricted, however,
to kings and state officials
Marco Polo wrote, too. Of a high
ly developed postal system in China
from the earliest ages, which in
cluded the handling Of packages.
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Good Enough2

THERE are times when the
Il thought of this terrific train
Of human endeavor gives me pause.
I feel the responsibility keenly and
upon looking at my copy I exclaim:
This piece which I have written
is not good enough. I can not en-
dure the thought that spruce tree
was sacrificed for this
Brilliantly written? Well, may
be, but today I have caught up in
my thought nothing Of permanent
value
And at such times it is my i'm
pulsive practice to strike a match
and burn the copy to a crisp. Or
at any rate make it crisper. Then,
with my feet in the ashes, I begin
again and try to get into my work
some touch of true mastery.
Sometimes 1 burn as many as
ten Or twelve drafts and the final
copy is not complete until the Gin
ders have crept up to my waist.
Copyright. 1929 by The Tines
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lifted From Jungle

TT is of such innovations that
Il Colonel Leopold S. Amery is
thinking when he tells parliament
how rapidly the British colonies
have progressed and how definitely
their progress can be traced to i'm
proved facilities Of trade, travel and
communication.
The effect of such facilities is
bound to be more pronounced on
backward people than on the So
called civilized world.
1t takes less time to introduce
improvements than it does to dis
cover and perfect them,
Savages are going to be lifted
from the jungle to a comparative
state of civilized life in less time
than it took our forefathers to ad-
vance from the OK cart to the au-
tomobile.
Men are driving Fords in Africa
whose fathers carried goods on their
heads.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02

IF man is going abroad for
business or pleasure I think it
does not cut much ice whether the
ship is wet or dry, I don't see why
man should shape his trip just to
get morning toddy. Bishop
James Cannon, Methodist Episcopal
church, South.
II It
"The instincts OF youth are sound,
and would lead lad to the halter
soon enough; it is the cautious faith
er and the Jealous mother who ask
the boy, indignantly, how much he
is earning to let himself in for this
madness of love. will Durant,
Forum.
n
When We compare such women
as we have in China with the great
women of the west. I do not wonder
that our women fail to get equal
treatment with men."-Marshal
Feng YuhSiang.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02

VERY often readers write in to
' ask. "Why can't you be more
constructive in your criticism?
You're always destructive"
OF course, that isn't so. If I say
in my opinion Judge Burrows and
the jury made a mess of the Mary
Ware bennett case and established
a dangerous precedent for the en-
thronement of hypocrisy, I am not
being destructive.
If enough severe criticism we're
directed against the Judge in this
case he might be sufficiently en-
barrased to resign. In that event
it might come to pass that a more
enlightened judge would sit in his
place. Why isn't that constructive?
But chiefly I wish to reply to my
critics by pointing out that they are
seldom constructive in the accuse
lions they hurl at me. Does the
paper really pay you money Tor
writing that junk?'
Seems to me essentially de-
structive criticism. Nor has it any
utility. Everybody knows that. few
columnists die and none resign.
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1T SEEMS TO ME By HB BFooS

Of a mighty tree in some prnmeval
forest.
The whole process is wonderful
and complicated and I should like
very much to go into it at length
for your benefit, but there are one
or two things which happen in the
metamorphoSis Of the spruce tree
into a final Wall Street edition,
which I do not precisely under
stand.
The point l have in mind is that
the lunberiack. the paper manu-
facturer, the jobber Il suppose
there's a jobber because there al
ways is a jobber), the engineer of
the freight train, the man who
drives the motor truck, copy readers,
printers, pressmen ca few processes
will be omitted to make it simpler
for you)-all these, and the column
conductor as well, have been en-
ployed in the arduous process of
making st seems to me" possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02
Speeding Up Speed

T FILTERS are going from coast
IL to coast in thirty-one hours.
On Wednesday, a reporter for
the New York Telegram phoned his
story in from the cockpit of an air
plane.
Great liners are being built in
England to cross the ocean in five
days fat, while those that can do
it in four are thought to be just
around the corner.
Colonel Lindbergh says that a
regular air transport service to
South America will soon be an ac-
complished fact, while one between
England and India is in the making.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02

dealth Magazine.
IN many parts of Great Britain it
L. is commonly believed that a stye
can be cured by rubbing it with a
tomcat's tail. In many other places
the belief that a stye can be cured
by a gold ring is common.
The magic associated with the cat
of one sex or another has been
mentioned in previous articles in
this series. The magic associated
with Colds rings, and particularly
with wedding rings, is about as COM
piicated as any form of supersti-
ton.
This form Of magic may be clas-
sified as construction cure. Possibly
in the very first place construction
cures were symboIical.
The idea was that If you tied
something tight enough it would
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-02

Education and Commerce, as
Driven By Human Ingenuity
Are Making the World
Alike.
SAYS:

A T least $50 business men are
n now committing from Phila-
delphia to New York, which shows
the speed Of progress, as well as
travel
The first regular stage between
these two cities made its appearance
in 1858.
1t was not until nine years later
that a second entered the field ad-
vertised as luxurious, being a COW
cred Jersey wagon" and guaran-
teed to make the trip one way in
three days.
Shortly afterWard, patrons were
informed that for an extra fare Of
so per cent they could ride in the
flying machine" which had seats
on springs" and which would cover
the ground in "the amazing short
time OF two days"
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Vast PreIininarieS

VEN before the columnist sets
H his two fingers to the type
writer fn1any of them have more,
you understand. but practically all
newspaper workers are self-taught
operators arduous labor was per-
formed to make possible this brief
span Of banter or penetrating phil
osophy. Yet people take it at their
luncheon as if it we're no more than
buttered muffin.
Once this very paper over which
your eye skins and skips was part