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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-21
Obstructionists

President Hoover is trying to speed up congress.
That is good idea There is much to be done. Many
important bills are in danger Of snuffing out in the
legislative jam.
But to blame the senate Progressive Cemocratc
coalition is absurd. 1t is true that the tariff dghG is
responsible for the delay 1t is true that the coalition
holding up the tariff bill. 1t is not true, however
that the coalition is to blame for that
The administration itself has created this situa-
ton If the Republican old guard, which dominates
the house, had passed the kind of tariff revision and
equalization pledged by Hoover in the campaign and
requested in his message calling the special session.
the senate coalition would have pushed through such
bill almost automatically.
Instead, the house G. O. P. reversed the Hoover
policy and wrote the highest tariff extorton bill in
history and the old guard controlling the senate
finance committee followed this unWise example
1t has taken the senate coalition six months to
ndo Of the harm done by the rule-or-ruin Re
publican leaders
And that is not all. Unless the Republican leaders,
whom the President is appealing for speed, get
into their heads that the coalition and the con-
Of the country are not going to stand for
general tariff increase, lot more time will be ex-
pended before the tariff bill is in shape to send to the
President.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-21
FORGET Most MaXimS

XXTE are fond of quoting a
w few of Washington's maxin1s,
particularly the one about avoiding
"entangling alliances but most Of
them we are prone to forget.
They simply do not fit the jazz
age, the post inpressionist school
of painting, the sobbing spasms we
call reform, the half-baked panaceas
with which we propose to salvage
humanity.
We know a lot Of things that
Washington did not, such as how
to drive automobiles, turn on the
radio, build skyscrapers and out
wit dry agents, but mainly they be-
long to the superficial side Of life.
He had philosophy that would
fit the problems Of any age, because
it went to the bottom Of things.
Our philosophy runs to such
questions as whether Voltaire's
candidate should be excluded,
whether John T. Scopes should BE
fined for teaching evolution, and
whether some offenses against the
eighteenth amendment should be
REGARDED as casual"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-21
Dignity in the Man

~NE wonders what Washington
" would think Of some OF the
arguments we find so impressive,
some of the issues we consider para
mount, some of the measures we
look upon as necessary to national
development.
He could talk very lucidly about
big things, but was comparatively
inarticulate with regard to little
things.
Most of the controversies which
disturbed other men did not appeal
to him as worth while.
Most of their chickering's, backblt-
ings, plottings and intriguings he
passed by as unworthy Of attention.
Such matters as he did consider
it necessary to discuss he ap-
preached in a calm, judicial way.
You can't imagine Washington
transforming In the modern politi-
cal style, shaking his fist from the
platform, calling his opponents
crooks, and resorting to the stage
tricks that have come to play such
part even in the halls of con-
gresS.
There was dignity in the man, and
that dignity went far to win him the
respect and confidence he enjoyed.
1t was not the dignity of a snob,
but of one who had thought out his
problems clearly, who was sure of
his ground, and who had little doubt
as to the success Of the plans he had
formulated if they were carried out.
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IT SEEMS TO ME By HF FRO2%

His is the coolest blood which
ever flowed in any fish since this
great world began.
But when they drained the lake
something happened. For moment
Fred was trapped and fluttered des-
perately upon the ice, oppressed by
an alien universe and atmosphere.
With the screen Of water gone, he
heard the honk of taXicabs and saw
in passing some of the talleSt of our
tall buildings.
Then he houndered back to what
remained of his kingdom and was
gone. He's lurking at the bottom.
The neat and tidy world in which
ne lived has been rent asunder.
Fred knows by now he is not
the most powerful of all living
creatures. No longer does he
charge upon the water bugs
with one fine swoop Of confidence
and courage. Fred escaped with his
life, but his spirit is bent and
broken.
A lot of hard thinking is going
on at the bottom Of Central park
reservoir. BY about noon next Fri
day morning, I ratr expect Fred
to come out with the announce
ment that he has found a new
religion.
Copyright. 1890. BY The Tines
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WASHINGTON MONUMENT
Feb. 21


NN Feb. u, 1885, the Washington
" monument, a huge shaft in the
form of an obelisk, was erected in
Washington, D. c., to the memory
Of the first President.
1t is the highest masonry struc-
tuue in the world-slightly more
than 555 feet-and was built at an
expense of $1,187,710. The interior
Of the shaft contains ITO memorial
stones donated by various countries,
states and societies An elevator
carries sightseers to the little room
at the top, and there are also stairs.
In 1901 the senate park commits
sion said that the monument stands
not only as one Of the most stu
pendous works of man, but also as
ore of the most beautiful Of human
creations"
President Cleveland told friends
that by looking at the calm marble
column in times Of stress he was
able to gain his equanimity.
once when an irate caller warned
President Coolidge he would meet
with chaos if he persisted in follow
ing certain course of action, the
President looked out the window
and reminded his gliest the monu-
ment still was standing.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Make Sure You Get Vitamin A

by the use Of cod liver oil or other
preparations rich in vitanlin D.
Vitamin A is the other vitarnin
in which cod liver oil is rich, and
this vitanin is believed now to be
more important than vitanin D in
relationship to the building up OF
our resistance against infection.
British investigators have at
tempted to use preparations rich in
vitamin A against all sorts of in
fictitious disorders.
Special preparations Of the vita
min have been prepared which are
said to be anywhere from 10 to $50
times richer than cod liver oil In
this substance.
When animals are kept on diet
poor in vitamin A, but rich in vita
min D, they develop a condition in
Inflammation of the eyes called
xerophthalmia. If they then are
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ly can have been called forcibly to
his attention.
Dead gnats he knows and flies
which lie quite still at his approach.
Still it would be shoddy thinking
for him to generalize from such ex-
periences. The truth about a gnat
may be fallacious in the case of a
bass.
In fact, I am afraid that Fred
may have been seduced into delu-
Sions quite shocking in their mag
niflcence. Holding as. he does the
power of life and death over the
smaller and alien creatures in his
ocean, who knows but that he has
made the leap and conferred on
himself divinity.
Flies pass, but Fred endures. The
sky is much too high above the sur
face Of the water for him to catch
a glimpse of distant worlds and
learn the dissonance of true hu1nil-
ity.
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fed with carrots the disease is con-
trolled and disappears.
1t is believed that the vitamin A
content of foods is associated with
coloring matter called carotin,
which can be found in the leaves of
spinach, carrots, cabbage and SINH
lar substances.
In the body Of the child before
birth practically all Of vitamin A is
found in the liver. in the early
months of growth the liver is very
large and it tends to become smaller
up to the time when the child Is
born.
It is important, If the child is
to get sufficient vitamin A, that
the mother eat sufficient Of the sub
stances producing this vitamin in
the early months.
The experiments that have been
described are an indication of the
tendencies Of research regarding
vitan1ins during the current year.
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Rotten Government

0rorditione in the commission have become SO in
tolerabe that it presents one Of the rottenest e"O
tons of government ever have heard Of"
That is Senator Couzens' indictment OF the federal
power commission after hearing testimony OF commits
sion experts at the senate investigation
It is an extreme indictment. But we are inclined 10
aorea with it. Moreover we venture the prediction
that when the public belatedy begins to understand
the brazen negligence with which the power commits
sion has failed to enforce the law and to protect the
neoules interests from the power corporations the
poiticans are going to hear about this issue until 1t
hurts.
There is limit even to that public indifference
which is the brief salvation OF cynical officials here
is an issue which touches the voters in their pocket
books q sensitive spot.
William V King chief accountant Of the comnlls-
sion. detailed to the investigating committee how
power corporations by hook and crook, IN season ana
out have worked to undermine the law and 10 piocS
the efforts of commission officials who have been try
ing to carry out the law And the Corporations nave
been getting away with 1t.
Here is one instance, according to King: When ne
sent to A house committee in 1928 a confidential
memorandum setting forth certain dan1ning facts
about the financial operations of eight corporations
and the need for increased commission personnel to
keep line on such activities the report was With
drawn at the instance OF power companies
The report was returned to the commission the
dynamite removed from it, and harmless substi-
tute sent to congress
Among the instances given by King OF the COR
porations practice of kiting valuations was that OF
the Northern Connecticut Power Company. The COM
many put value Of Sl0500O0 its water rights, but
when the income tax people suggested that pay tax
on this sum- officials protested that it was fictitious
and not subject TO tax"
The testimony OF King and OF Charles A. Russell,
solicitor of the commission, is final proof Of the need
for reorganization of the commission reform Of its
technical personnel and methods, and stricter water
power act.
The present commission consisting OF the secre-
ares of war; interior and agriculture should be sup
planted by full-tne commission, provided in the
couzens' bill.
The present commission hs5 been in session on an
average OF only about five and onehalf hours year,
10 regulate bon-dolar industry. Thus active con-
troll has reverted to the executive secretary F. E.
Bonner.
Bonner, according to the testimony OF his associ-
ates has tried to destroy the accounting division Of
the commission upon which the vital work OF valua-
tons depends ard in many ways has served the in
terests of the corporations
Asked why the commission had not gone In anf
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THEY drained the reservoir in
l. Central park and found a fish
four inches long. AS yet there is no
indication that this little bass is
other than solitary. I'm worried
about him. It is not good for bass
to live alone.
How did he get there in the first
place? Possibly he came through
a pipe or out of a raincloud. 1t
may even be that once he had
parents galore and that they per-
ished under the pace which New
York sets for bass anC men.
Still, as things stand, it seems to
me that he is in a tough spot.
Crusoe had his Friday, but Fred, the
fish, had never seen footstep on
the sands Of his domain. Such 1so-
lation may tend to make him NOR
bid.
Saints and her1nits, of course,
have gone into desolate places and
prospered with no company save
their meditations. But they were
sustained by faith in the existence
of some higher power. It is I'M
likely that Fred is sufficiently ad-
vanced in the scale to reach any
such concept.
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REASON By Ff EzRBFs

1T might be beneficial to the supreme court of the
United States likewise the inhabitants thereof, if
the would heed the rising protest against de-
csions which, by fiction another, permit great
wealth. particularly that which is invested in public
utility corporations, to reap exorbitant profits from
the public
does his work with machine gum also the big bandit
who does his work with judicial decision.
And We trust it is not treason to remark that pres
ent day crime is due in great degree to the way in
which organized avarice puts across its program OF
public exploitation.
The square deal is the only enduring foundation
for nation whose people know enough to realize they
not getting it.
vt is interesting to note that this girl Communist
in New Jersey was willing to go to jail, but bitterly
resented the idea that she be spanked by her father
There's no glory in that OF you may recall,
which suggests that the restoration OF the old
fashioned whipping post would be great deterrent
for major crimes.
Much has been said in praise of Mr.. Hughes be-
cause he gives up practice which brings him half
a million dollars year to accept the position OF chief
justice at $20,500 per annun.
The truth is that Mr. Hughes, having made all
the money he wants rather would have this judicial
honor than all the money in the world.
Most men who gain great wealth reaHze that IL
takes something more TO make life worth while.
optimst is one who still has faith in the Kellogg
"A anti-war treaty after the spectacle the nations
are making of themselves at this London conference
Instead of trying to anlputate the arms and legs
of the god of war they match wits to try to put some
thing over on each other.
General Chang, the exiled lord of China, has
Just annexed his twenty-ifth bride which that
his exile is not necessarily lonely.
We are not impressed by the anti-prohibition
movement started by the rich young men of New
York Cleveland and Chicago for it is protest against
high prices, rather than yearnng for the welfare
of
The best thing the house of representatives has
done in long time TO rise and cheer little Pauina
Eongworth on her fifth birthday.
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Tough Luck

A S the only fish in the pond, he
N must be afflicted with decisions
of grandeur. Undoubtedly he thinks
that he is Hannibal. Perhaps he
also undertakes to assume that he
has combined Caesar and Napoleon,
retaining the best features Of each.
It would be hard to give him a
good argument on this point. Every
inch of the waters belongs to him.
He has more right than Alexander
to weep, because there are no other
worlds to conquer.
And there again sympathetic
commentator must take note Of
Fred's tough luck. These would-be
tears destined to attract no ones
attention this side Of Peters portal.
And what about Fred's ethics?
Surely no one can hold 1t against
him if he fails to love his neigh
Dor. without some fellow fish on
which to try the experiment he
hardly can be expected to make ex-
cursions into charity.
On the other hand, one can not
hold him guiltless of sin because he
neither bears false witness nor COW
cts anything which is his neighbor's.
To be sure, there may be water
bugs and other insects of the lesser
sort, but these Fred kills for sus-
tenance. Only the most captious
moralist would think Of holding this
against him.
Never, I assume, has he had his
picture taken while posing triumph
antly with q days catch in the fore
ground. There is no record OF his
having made any assertion that the
f1y which got away weighed a good
twelve pounds.
e
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Moon

TINE moon would be represented
Il by seed one-fourth the size
of the grape seed, revolving around
it at a distance Of three inches.
Besides our earth there are seven
other planets revolving around the
sun. These would be represented in
our model by objects ranging in size
from one smaller than the grape
seed to one the size Of a cherry.
The one closest to the globe would
be thirty feet from it. The outer
most one would be two thirds Of
mile away.
Some Of these objects would have
smaller ones revolving around them.
for just as our own earth has one
moon, some Of these plants have
more than one moon.
Astronomers call the sun with its
eight planets and their attendant
satellites or more the solar system.
Accordingly, the model which we
just have made would be one Of the
solar system.
Now suppose We start to put the
rest OF the universe in our model
Our sun, astronomers have proved,
is nothing more nor less than a star.
1t differs in appearance from the
stars because our earth is so close
to it. To put it the other way
around. every star is a sun. Stars
appear so small because they are
so far away.
If we take another globe to rep
resent the nearest star We will find
that if our model of the solar sys-
tenn is located in New York, We
must place the nearest star in Lon
don. And remember that in our
model 100 feet represents 93000,-
COO miles.
The nearest star is twenty-five
trilllion miles away.
So far apart are the stars that
if we kept our model to scale, and
used the whole surface of the earth
for 1t, we would have room for only
three or four stars, and there are
forty billion stars in the galaxy.
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Washington Spirit Needed

THIS country never needed the
i Washington spirit more than it
does today-the spirit OF candor, in
feXibility, grit.
He was a stern disciplinarian. He
not only dared to recognize oftenses,
but punished them. Another man
would have pardoned John Andre,
but not washington.
He expected to pay what he owed,
and he expected other people to do
the same.
A promise in his eyes was some
thing to be kept, duty something
to be performed, an obligation
something to be fulfilled.
But he was not a tyrant. He
asked nothing from others that he
was unwilling to give himself; ad-
vocated no cause that he could not
justify in principle, and imposed no
rules that we're not necessary to the
immediate purpose.
y q
Washington was not liberal in
the sense of letting the mob run
things. Neither was he a liberal in
the sense of wanting the govern
ment to run things.
He and Jefferson disagreed over
the theory OF Capitalization as OPP
posed to state rights, but both
feared political tyranny.
Both were individualists in the
larger sense, and both recognized
personal responsibility as the safest
bet for social, political and eco
nornic progress.
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M. E. Tracy
We Could Learn q Lot By
Studying Washington's
Methods, Especially When
Under Fire.

w sary Of George Washington's
birth. Custom demands that it
should be observed.
Some people regard this custom
as useless, and they are right. to a
certain extent.
We have allowed it to deteriorate
into a parade of lip tribute.
The vast ma ority accepts Wash
ington as just one more hero, while
cynical minority busies itself find
ing flaws in his character.
The only worthwhile tribute We
could pay the man is lost in the
shuttle.
He dealt with many basic prob
lens under difficult conditions-held
an army together against its incli~
nation, beat the cheap politicians,
who would have ruined him, at
their own game; supplied a totter-
ing country with backbone merely
by keeping his head.
We could learn lot by studying
WasIington's methods, especially
when under fire, but that is the one
honor we do not render him.
Too dry, too uninteresting, too
lacking in thrills, SO much easier to
call him "the Father of His Coun-
try" and then go to the movies, or
a cabaret.
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Questions and
AnSzOerS

What form of government has
Finland?
1t is a republic.
Which Is the oldest branch of the
military service?
The army.
What are some of the taller races
of people?
Among the taller races are the
Scots, IroQuois Indians. Scandi-
navians and Polynesians.
Is the Aqua CaIiente race track
in the United States?
No, it is at Aqua Caliente, Mex.
What is a perfect crime?
1t is popularity understood TO be
q crime committed in such a manner
that the perpetrator can not be dis
covered or his guilt established.
BY how much does the birth rate
in Italy exceed the death rate?
The latest figures for Italy show
a birth rate of 27.2 per 1000 and
death rate Of 1919 per 1.o00
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Model

pUT while the astronomer has
~ been extending the limits Of the
universe, many of us have been
restricting the limits of the universe
for ourselves.
In fact, we almost have crowded
the universe out of our lives. We
have found the lights Of the city so
bright that we have lost track of
those marvellous lights which hang
above the city.
We have forgotten the stars.
This is unfortunate. For II we
eliminate acquaintance with the
great heavens overhead from our
lives, we have permitted one of life's
richest treasures to slip through
our fingers.
We need knowledge Of the facts
OF astronomy. We need it to get a.
proper perspective upon life, to
understand the relation of our earth
to the RESI- Of the universe.
Let us imagine, therefore, that we
are going to construct a model of
the universe. (This is the COMPARE
son my friend asks for).
Let us start with the sun. We
will take a globe, one foot in diane
ter, and use that to represent the
sun. We will find then that the
proper object to represent the earth,
if we adhere to the same scale, is a
small seed about the size of a grape
seed.
Let us imagine the seed revolving
around the globe in a sort Of fat
tened circle. We then have a model
to scale Of the earth revolving
around the sun.
The actual distance from the sun
to the earth is 100000 miles.
Therefore, in our model 100 feet
represents 100000 miles.
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After Me

TIRED, of the reservoir, can not
Il sustain himself with any hope
that when better bass come into
being he will receive his due share
of belated laurels.
Quite likely he has the not I'M
natural assumption that in his line
he both first and last. after me"
he says, with a weary smile, "the de-
luge!"
But it is even possible that this
imperial bass has not yet hit upon
the notion of a day when there viii
be no Fred. The fact Of death hard
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN,
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health MAGAZINE.

TIME medical literature Of the
Il world is replete with reference
to vitanin A, which seems likely
for the current year at least to
assume a position of major i'm
portance formerly occupied by vita
min D.
It will be remembered that vita
min D is the vitanain most promi-
nently concerned in the prevention
and treatment of ricketts,, and 1t
probably has assumed its position of
major Importance because it is Gre
ated in the body by the use Of ultra
violet rays.
Hence, every one is able to de-
velop his vitarnin D as needed
either from the sunlight, from the
artificial sources of ultraviolet, or
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which they carried and some
strapped to their backs.
7 notice that some one objects to
firemen living outside the city limits.
I believe a fireman has the same
right to live outside the city as any
other Of the higher city officials.
The fact this man took pains to
mention two specific cases gives me
the impression he likes to tell tales
out Of school,"
A TIMES READER.
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ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter
eSting writers and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.