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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-17
Business Prospects

President Hoover in his latest statement on buai-
ness conditions, is handicapped by the lack of
reliable federal unemployment statistics. He doubt
less would be the first to admit that his survey is
only a very rough approximation to be accepted with
reservations
His earlier statements have not turned out we'll.
BY describing the present situation as crash -
by comparing it with the crashes of 19071908 and
1920-1922" and by estimating the present dis
tressing" unemployment at 100000 the President
and his cabinet advisers finally have come around to
the view of those who challenged the earlier official
denals
But even Hoover's latest statement contains as
sertons which both his friends and opponents are
finding difficult to explain
THE undertakings to maintain wages have been
held" would be rather hard to prove unfortunately.
To say that unemployment amounting to distress
is i'll the main concentrated in twelve states, is not
hopeful as it appears the surface. 1t is only
another way of saying that industrial unemployment
5 concentrated in the industrial states, and that all
Industrial states are in distress.
The Presidents belief that since early January
employment has been slowly increasing and the
tuation is much better today than at that time" is
ard to square with the United States bureau of labor
tatisticS index.
The latter shows employment during the last
.onth recorded not as improving, but virtually
,atic. Compared with the october employment
ndex OF 983, the weekly index for the month Jan.
20 to Feb II remained fixed at 80 plus.
February was even worse than January, accord
ing to American Federation of Labor figures, showing
Tor all trades unemployment increase during the
month from 20 to % per cent.
Value of building permits fell from $l53,000,O00 In
anuary to $127OOO0OO in February, and during the
anne period Glass ! railroad earnings fell from
100000 to $40 100000.
The President, however, is doubtless accurate in
MS prediction thatwith the opening up OF seasonal
employment-the worst should be over within a
month two
The question remains: What will. the President
and congress do now to prevent recurrence OF this
slious depression next winter? The obvious first
tep is immediate passage of the Wagner bills for
federal employment statistics and federal employ
nent exchanges and for longrange planning of pub
lie work
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-17
REASON By FR kzRBFs

TINE outstanding achievement of A. L. Erlanger,
Il who died the other day, was his dramatic pro-
ducton Of Ben Hur.
General Lew Wallace, author of the world-famous
book long refused all offers looking to its presenta-
ton play but yielded when Erlanger convinced
him that it could be done properly and reverently.
When it came to making the contract General
Wallace went to Benjamin Crane, then practlcing
law at Charlottesville, in partnership with Albert R.
Anderson later to win renown upon the federal bench
Crane never thought of theatrical law but he went
to work a contract and in due time accompanied
General Wallace to New York
When Crane presented the contract, Changers
legal spiders gasped and asked to look it over After
several days they returned saying it too tight but
Crane adamant and Erlanger signed it and then
his New York lawyers said that Crane had taught
them how to draw theatrical contract. Among other
things that contract reserved the motion picture
rights though motion pictures then we're undreamed
of.
WE are in the habit of thinking that the only
w great lawyers are those who come from great
cities and represent great corporations but in nine
cases out of ten those lawyers came from the coun
try and nine cases out OF ten there are lawyers still
in the country towns they came from who could hold
them level in any where they were given the
opportunity to prepare.
Whether he halls from New York City or
possur Trot the LAWYER is unbeatable who is
right and has mastered his case gone over it from
end to end with fine tooth comb, found the principle
involved and assembled the decisions.
Such a lawyer will put to flight regiment OF
.amouS counSelors.
WE believe it was Daniel Webster who at the
w height of his fame had law suit against an
OBSCURE lawyer who never had another case but in
that contest the obscure lawyer mopped up the floor
with Daniel who then gave to the world the classic
Beware of a lawyer with only one easel"
But to return to General wallace-he was one of
he most picturesque and romantic characters this
country ever knew, a brilliant daShing figure in
ended the days OF chivary, but delayed in trans
mission and dropped down in Indiana country
town.
He was soldier and dreamer; the people Of two
hemispheres turned he passed by and he wrote
book the world viii read forever.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-17
Gingko

DR. MERRIAM then proceeds to
- tell how once when he was
conducting a party of biologists
through the gorge, one Of the party
brought him a slab of rock in which
there was the impression Of a
Gingko leaf.
81 pulled apart the layers on
which the impression was made" he
writes, land as they separated,
clinging to the print, we saw a
brown fragment of a leaf with one
edge lifted and moving in the wind.
"The structure was that Of
Gingko, time bronzed and shriVeled
but a leaf and not merely the
trace Of its form upon the rock.
my eyes turned to the bluff from
which the fragment came. Beyond
the layers of sand and mud in
which the leaf had been entombed.
rose cliffs of lava, stepping up and
up to the rim of the gorge.
II looked across the chasm the
river had cut, and then saw again
the remnant of the Gingko hutter-
ing in the breeze. Since last the
wind had stirred this fragile thing,
a mountain had piled itself upon it.
Floods of melted rock had sealed
it in. And then the river, saving
for ages through the mass, had
made easy its liberation by the
hammer of a student seeking 10
know the truth about the past"
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TT SEEMS TO ME By HR RE022%

served to remind me Of this untor-
tunate Mother Goose fellow.
Still, to me, Humpty Dumpty al
ways has been one of the most in
spring tragic figures of all time. No
doubt he could have gone on quite
little longer if he had been con-
tent merely to pace up and down
the narrow pathway on the top Of
his high wall.
He wanted more Of life, and he
reached out toward the horizon, and
slipped and fell.
|, In the first second he travelled
sixteen feet. AS he fell he brushed
against the treetops, and the leaves,
which pounded upon his back,
seemed to say, "Atta boy, Humpty
Dumptyl" There was such singing
in his ears that he hardly felt the
blow which came before the silence
and the darkness.
Mature of death-accidental;
cause-multiple conclusions" wrote
the court physician, who came with
all convenient haste.
Cant anything be done about
it?" asked the king, who arrived a
little later. GLANDS, or something
like that?"
1--WE might" said the court ply
sician. But say, listen, Your Maj
esty," and he beckoned the king to
come closer, so that not even the
generals could hear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-17
What An Incentive Means

There are dozens of ways OF classifying the people
vets and drys modernists and fundamentalsts, paci
fists and mitariSts, conservatives and liberals and
so on; but of the most obvious, al-nclusive di
visions is one seldom made.
II is the division that you get when you classify
people according to their views the deSiraby OF
owning their own homes.
In the one camp where dwell the home owners,
you will hear much talk about the economy Of max
ing payments on mortgage instead OF paying rent
TO a landlord. You will hear, also, of the joys OF
home ownership; the joys of yard and garden. the
pleasure OF having house all TO yourself, the hap
piness that comes from ownership Of your own roof
The other camp will be quick to scott at all OF
these points It's adherents will tell you that the
Quickest way to make yourself poor to saddle your
self with mortgages interest payments taxes and the
like They will point out that the apartment house
dweller has his fires built his walks shoveled and
his ashes removed by janitor whom some one els
paws: and they will add that tending lawn or max
inr a garden is more like hard work than fun.
You know all about the arguments on both sides.
Probably you've shifted back and forth between
camps. off and on. for years And We wouldn't take
sides for the world. But here's a new angle on the
thing contained In a letter which young home
ovrsr recenty wrote to the editor of the Lakewood
20, Post Part of 1t is worth reprinting here, as
follows
when fellow like me suddenly begins to get an
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-17
REGULATE Power

It ALWAYS has been the contention Of power COM
NAMES in opposing regulation of interstate power
transactions that such transactions played small
part in the industry
However the National Electric Light Associations
own figures for 1923 show that s92o,00ooo0 kloWatt
hours of electrical energy were exported which was
1913 per cent of the total amount gener1ted
Now the federal trade commission, investigating
the subject upon orders the senate reports that
the total amount Of export power in 1929 was much
larger While it is not ready to announce figures or
ercentaqes the commission has stated that tentative
totals for 1929 indicate that considerably larger
srccntase of the total kowatt hours generated were
,ent across state lines"
Neither state nor federal agencies have power al
present to regulate such transactions.
In another inquiry into the financial structure
Of holding companies. the trade commission just has
disclosed that of these groups makes SUI per cent
proft on charges to - operating companies LOT en-
gineerinp and management assistance and otner
services. Holding companies do different sort OF
interstate utility business and also have been beyond
the scope of regulation.
These pieces of timely information emphasize the
importance of the bill which Senator Couzens just
has introduced for reorganization of the federal power
commission and extension Of its authority over al
interstate transactions relating to power.
r1r1es. the federal government acts to estab-
Iish such authority the power industry will be beyond
control.
T. already is the most closely co-ordnated inous-
49, n the country. It's companies interlock and
intertwine everywhere.
"Power" Is a significant name for this phenomenon
of the modern age. 1t means much more thah eiec-
trical energy
The next few years will determine just how much
it does mean in relation to government
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-17
Private Matter
"NXTHAT is it?" whispered the
Wv kio0 of+ar occurring tho

"XXTHAT is it?" whispered the
w king, after assuring the
prime minister that it actually was
a private matter
Il could fix him up" murmered
the court physician,
Zine and dandy" said the king.
"Shush! Your majestyw Kissed
the doctor, placing a restraining
hand on the arm Of his sovereign.
Bodily, the problem is simple.
The garfunkle intraligamentary
glue operation would fix him right
as Alright as a trivet."
paste him together, you mean?"
"Well, that's near enough for q
layman. From just looking at him,
you never could tell the difference.
That's the physical side of it. But
the mind, there's something else.
He's had a great shock.
Il could put him together again,
but I give it as my professional
opinion that he'd never be quite
normal. I mean, doubt very much
whether you could ever get him to
go up on the wall again"
The king gave low whistle.
Exactly" said the court physi-
clan. at wouldn't look well, would
it? After all, we have the state to
consider. How would you like your
subjects to know that living on top
of high ideal is mighty uncom-
Portable business?
Wed have to conscript him, and
he'd fall off again at the first op-
portunity. Still, it isn't for me to
decide. That's up to you"
Miss Jimson!" roared the king,
and his secretary ran forward
Take a statement for the United
Press. Ready?
Humpty Dumpty sat on the
wall. Humpty Dumpty had great
fall. All the kings horses and all
the kings men couldn't put Humpty
together again."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-17
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

safe to live close to ones neighborS.
The disposal of sewage, the provision
of pure water and safe food, the
solving of the problem of transport
alton, the study of housing condi-
lions all concern the safety of city
life.
Death rates for various diseases
apparently change according to
whether one lives in the city or in
the country. The rates for practi-
cally all infectious diseases are
higher in the city than in the
country, except that typhoid fever
is higher in rural districts.
Typhoid fever is a condition
definitely associated with bad
sewage disposal and bad water sup
ply.
However, the difference in rates
today between city and country is
not nearly so great as it used to be.
The average difference in rate is %
thousand more for the city than
for the country.
In 1901 child born and continu-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-17
HEALTH SERVICE
Country Still Healthier Than City

ing to live in the country had a life
expectancy at birth ten years
greater than that Of a similar child
in the city. However, when the
children grow to reach middle life,
the differences decrease and at the
age of so the advantage of the coun-
try over the city was only 40 years.
BY 1910 advances in sanitation
had changed this figure, SO that the
advantage in favor Of the country
child had been reduced from ten
years to 7.8 years.
The factors that seem to make
most of the difference are pollution
of the air in the cities, the preven-
ton of sunlight, crowding, food and
water supplies, and the speed Of
existence.
No doubt, the body of man will
change and will be able to accom-
modate itself to the artificial living
conditions which he seems to
choose by preference through the
ages.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-17
CONGRATULATIONS to Hoover

The Haitian settlement is one OF the quickest anu
most brilliant examples of diplomacy in our history In
method and aim it represents reversal OF n1teen
years of Yankee Imperialism there.
Unwilling to take on his shoulders responsibility
for ,ndo,ng the diplomatic and administrative blum
ders of preceding administrations, Hoover appointed
commission to investigate and advise him. That IL
itself was enough to show the breakdown Oh the staVc
department and marine regime, which is subject to
the President, but upon whose adVlce ne aPp@ie"U'
no longer could depend.
But there was little the commission could aSceI-
tain in its investigation which not known ALREADY
and admitted by all-that Haiti demanded with threat
Of revolution. the withdrawal of marine occupation
and the puppet Borno government and the re-eStan-
sohnent of civil liberties and representative govern
ment
Therefore we pointed out when the commission
sailed two weeks ago. that academic investigation was
not enough that quick action necessary to prevent
revolution Such proved to be the case, and so was
reported to the President by the commission soon after
its arrival.
To meet the emergency, the President gave the
commission power to clean up the mess. 1t did SO
with the help of Haitian independence leaders and
despite the trckery Of Dictator Borno
The settlement is not ideal, but it probably is the
pest that could be obtained now, and is rugged def
of office in May without being allowed to perpetuate
his rule through hand-picked accomplish the indie
fendence groups choosing the temporary president
A nonpartisan business man, Eugene Roy.
Roy is pledged to call popular elections as soon
as possible" and then give way to representative gov
eminent.
Although the formal agreement does not specify
that elections must be held this year, there is such
informal understanding similarly, although immediate
withdrawal Of the marines and the United States high
commissioner General Russell, is not specified, this
reform is implied as soon the representative native
government is in power.
TWO weeks ago Haiti was the enemy of the United
States and on the verge of revolution AS result
our government condemned throughout Latin
America.
Today the danger Of revolution has been re-
moved and the United States is popular in
Haiti and Latin America than in many years.
We congratulate President Hoover, the commission
and the Haitian patriots who cooperated TO achieve
this.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-17
Gandhi Puzzles Them

A S to Gandhi, it is the same old
Z question of whether to lock
up leader who threatens revolt
and run the risk of increasing his
influence by making him martyr,
or let him alone and see what hap
pens.
The British government is physi-
cally able to stop this strut, OF
course, but that does not prove that
it would be the wisest thing.
Governments must think of the
future as we'll as the present and
must count on public goodwill as
the most important factor.
The problem of Gandhi is not
how to deal with him at present,
but what effect any particular &C
ton will have five, ten or twenty
years hence.
The Doheny case is dying echo
Of the oil scandals which broke out
six years ago, and which left us
rather shocked at what might have
happened but for their exposure.
Regardless of whether Doheny is
convicted. enough has been &C
complished to warn plutocrats and
politicians not to try it again.
One oil magnate landed in Jail,
one lost his job and two became
voluntary exiles, while enc former
cabinet member has been convicted
and two more have gone into obliv-
ion
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SZZZETXSSSn
STdoAk l5 TIt4e
ANNIVERSARY.
.+t4-lt2]4r
EYACUATION DAY

EVACUATION DAY
ON march II. 1875, the British
" evacuated Boston. This vic
tory for the colonists, one Of the
greatest in the Revolutionary
war, was accomplished by Wash
ington without the shedding Of a
drop Of blood
All during the winter Of l775-76
Washington, lacking artillery and
powder, was unable to do more than
keep up his siege Of Boston. But
when General Henry Knox succeed
ed in dragging fifty cannon on OK
sleds all the way from Ticonderoga
to Cambridge, Washington decided
to take the initiative.
Accordingly. he seized Dorchester
Heights (South Boston,. trained his
guns down on the British vessels In
the harbor, and ordered General
Howe to withdraw his forces.
When the British general saw
that the odds were against him he
ordered his men to embark Tor
Halifax, March II.
With the British went about 1000
Tories. the name given those AmeriF
cans who opposed the war ant
wished to submit to the king.
On the following day, washington
made his memorable, triumphant
entry into Boston
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actual kick out of going to very ordinary job the
fact deserves mention. And when the same fellow
begins to work seriously to get raise out of the boss
instead of a rise out of blond stenographer that
fact also belongs in the book. did get raise Six
months later got another, and I didn't ask for it,
either"
The change that the writer of this letter describes
came, he says, because he was buying homeland
was therefore, obliged to keep his to the grind
stone economic to the limit and tend strictly to
business He had to give up his Kitchen gin" parties
and his poker games, and he and his wife had to
substitute hamburger with onions for tenderoin with
mushrooms but, in the end, they found out they
we're having lots fun.
All of which, Of course, is only another way of
saying that life doesn't taste just right unless we
have definite objective in it. The purchase of a
home for many thousands of people, provides that
objective It's hard work and it often pnches pretty
hard; but sooner later they discover that they're
getting kick out of it,
That's an argument that the opposing camp has
a hard time meeting
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-17

TT is the grip, after all. The chief
L chief trouble with an ailment Is
the fact that it is so engrossing-
to the patient, I mean. Still, even
though I lie upon bed Of tribula-
ton, I know perfectly well that you
don't want to hear about my syrnp-
toms.
I still can remember back into
the days of health and of how IN
sufferably boring it was to hear OF
other peoples pulse and thermal
readings.
Fortunately, Alfred Lief has sent
me a citation from an opinion writ
ten by Justice Brandeis of the SUI
preme court. It has a pertlnence
at a moment when Grover Whalen
is staggering to such an extent that
his gardenia seems like a sunhoWer
in q cyclone. When the gods ar
rive, the half-gods go.
would appeal from the philoso-
ply of petty official, swollen with
his little blackjack triumph, to the
point of view of one of the best legal
minds in America. And the qualit1-
cation 'legaI'' is hardly necessary.
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Times Readers
Voice Vices

Editor Times-We see much in
the papers recently about newspaper
editors being cited for contempt of
court because they had the "guts''
to criticise the acts of some judges
whose conceit easily is understood by
the public as a lack Of brains.
The newspapers are the brains of
a community and also the watch
dogs Of our public officials and
should be free to criticise the public
acts of all officers without fear of
being hailed into court on contempt
charges. When court says that
truth is no defense, that court is
not only untrue to American ideals
Of justice, but is in direct contempt
Of Christianity, and should be re-
tired to a quiet place among tomb
stones of some political graveyard
If I am nominated and elected to
the next legislature, I will fight for
a bill to remove forever the shackles
from Indiana's press.
w. H. MONTGOMERY,
Democratic Candidate for the State
LEGISLATURE.
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MYTH Scarface "Al" Capone out
w of Jail, Mahatma Gandhi like
ly to be arrested, the Doheny case
drawing to an end in Washington,
the case Of Russia's attitude toward
religion before high heaven, and a
way opened to clear up the Haitian
mess, this promises to be an inter
estting week.
Scarface al" we are informed,
will enjoy the services of a we'll
trained, well-disposed and we'll
equipped boyguard on his way back
to Chicago, which seems no more
than the occasion calls for, since a
contingent representing rival gangs.
equally well-trained, equally we'll
equipped and thoroughly ill-disposed
is reported on its way to meet him.