The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-17
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Editor Times-Mr. Tracy, who
writes for your paper, gets so aw-
fully excited about conditions in
Soviet Russia that one would i'm
agine he was a direct descendant of
the late car and had lost an in
herited fortune.
Mr. Tracy is not alone in his
class; there are dozens of editorial
writer's and newspaper critics who
mix up conglomeration of some
thing or nothing about Russia and
after ten years no two people have
the same opinion about it.
It might be we'll to inform Mr.
Tracy and his kind that we are
not vitality interested in the affairs
of Soviet Russia, and we would be
pleased to relieve as bad or worse
conditions in China, India and sew
eral other countries, but it is a hard
matter for us to believe the cause
of this disturbance is religious per-
secution.
Whatever the condition or cause
may be, it is about time to get off
foreign soil and center attention
on Indiana. If any one can blame
conditions here on religious persecu-
ton, Communism or any other
ghost, I would like to see the color
of his ink.
For the last several years, as 1
remember it, all officials in this
state have had the sole support of
all the church followers, and we
have hundreds of families here in
Shelbyville without incomes for the
last four or five months, and today
a large number of them are with
out a bite of food in their homes.
This is not Russia nor China, and
l am speaking of Indiana, after ten
years of unrestricted religious in
f1uence. The United States govern
ment recently compiled a sanitary
and health budget for a laborer and
family Of five, figuring $2,100 an
nually as the minimum. Mrs. Nc
Cormick finds it impossible to get by
on $162, 900 a year. The laborer in
this vicinity is forced to take less
than half the amount the govern
ment figures as necessary and he
does not owe any apology for being
broke now, after walking the streets
all winter, and his future is more
dark than ever, in spite of the fact
that Mellon tells us the country is
breaking all previous prosperity rec
ordS.
We are informed the income of
the United States last year was
500, 900, 100000, approximately $4,000
for each man, woman and child in
the country. We see it going into
the hands of the official family, just
as it did in Russia, and from Mr.
Melons method of reasoning Rus
STA never was more prosperous than
at the very day Of the explosion.
Neither was there a time when re-
ligion had a frmer grip on the ma
tons throat.
What could we expect in Russia?
The government fell down on the
job, the religious people managed to
keep salvation on the free list, but
failed to keep duty off pork and
beans The hungry mob, to survive,
was forced to act without tools or
training. If we don't like conditions
in Russia. let us get busy and keep
it out of Indiana. j. j. DOLAN.
Shelbyville, Ind
Editor Tin1es-Why this unem-
ployment cry? Is it necessary.
After due consideration and looking
back over the years gone by. one
must admit that Unless something
different is done Or brought about
by the business men and manufac-
turers unemployment is necessary
evjl and alwaEy viii be.
Why is tEis2 The answer can be
found only BY taking up the Ques-