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pudiate anything that saVors OF government IN pus-
ness"
Whether the policies Of the farm board sound
or not certain factors in the situation clear Ad
mttedly the farming industry is depressed and suf
ferng from an economic disparity with business and
industry
The problem debated by congress for ten
years. and after various proposals rejected the
present law finally enacted The farm question
was the major issue of the 1923 campaign and the
farmers definitely were promised relief
One of the things promised was limited revision
Of the tariff to aid agriculture This has not ma
teralized The Grundy tariff bill will hurt rather than
help the farmers. The same groups opposing the
farm board have turned the tariff into instrument
for their gain The spectacle of these benefcaries
of government protection SO bitterly condemning a
similar device for the farmers is absurd.
The farm board has been functioning for nine
accomplish major economic REIMBURSEMENT, affecting
than third of the population, in that time. 1t
is experiment and has made and will make mis-
takes.
1t is unfortunate we believe that a situation has
arisen where business and agriculture at logger
heads. Can business prosper if the farm purchasing
power is destroyed?
Chairman Legge of the farm board, Secretary Hyde
and others have chedd business for failure materially
to assist in solution of the farm problem in the past
decade and have suggested that if leaders have bet
ter solution they should put it into effect.
What, we wonder, will this solution be, if the
farmer is to be deprived of whatever benefits he might
gain through the farm board and is to be mulcted
through the tariff?
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MOdeStv FOrbidS

Senator Fess of Ohio in his lonely defense of John
j. Parker for the United States supreme court, ac-
cuSed us of putting human rights above property
rights. We plead guilty.
He also accused us of being the source" of the
opposition to Parker and to supreme court usurpaton
of powers. We thank him for the compliment but we
can not accept such unmerited credit.
The Source" Of this protest is that body of public
opinion which is determined that the supreme court
shall cease overriding the laws of congress and the
Constitution for the benefit of private interests The
source of this protest is that body of public opinion
determined to stop the elevation of mediocre political
partisans to the supreme bench, where they OPP
press the people through court-made law.
This public protest was long in starting but now
that it is here it not be laughed off and it can
not be sneered away.
The defenders of Parker facing movement
whose is wide and deep as the peoples love
of liberty.
Senator Fess should not make the mistake of over
estimating his Importance or our own in this great
struggle.
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I 90 f ar

TINE little fter-dinner joke had
i tragic consequences. Employers
of labor began to maintain in all
seriousness that no applicant Of 40
or more could possibly suit the pur-
poses of anybody who was conduct
ing a growing business.
To such an extent did the gospel
of youth come into popularity that
the admission age was lowered even
below the standard set by the
facetious physician.
Only a few days ago I received a
letter from stenographer in search
of work who maintained that any
girl of more than % was regarded
as a little too ancient for an Office
which desired to create an impress
sion Of snappiness upon the GUS
toners who happened in.
Naturally, you will understand
that it was not mere unselfsh zeal
which dictated my rebellion against
the prevailing requirements.
At fl I was hardly willing to take
a chimney corner seat and spend
my declining years in entertaining
grandchildren with "reminiscences OF
the days when Jimmy Walker was
considered way uptown.
Out of forgotten book by Ring
w. Lardner I drew some consola-
ton. I know that the book is for
gotten because, after an extensive
search in the secondhand shops, il
became necessary to procure a rep
lea through the use of photostate
copy obtained at the public library
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MACHIAVELLPS BIRTH
May 3

ON May 8, 1869, Niccolo Machia-
~ velli, an italian historian and
statesman, was born in Florence,
Italy.
At the age OF % he became
first secretary Of the Ten-a gov
erning organization-and held the
position for fourteen years. His
experience on errandS of diplomacy
gave him an excellent opportunity
to study the business of govern
ment, which was to influence his
later writings.
When the republic was over
thrown by the Medici, Machiavelli
was put to torture and baniShed
for a year. On his return to Flor
ence he turned to writing politics.
His chief works were 1.-THE
Prince" and the ''DiscourSes, -
and what he set forth in them has
been adopted, to some extent at
least, by political science today.
He insisted that in politics it was
right to deceive to accomplish q
purpose. He is wrongly criticised
for his cynical maxims in these
works, but they represent his de-
auctions from facts actually &C
quired by close study. He had
little faith in aristocracies.
He was the first to present the
idea of a United Italy and he
showed in 1.-THE Prince" how that
could be brought about.
AS one historian has said
| Machiavelli has taught the world
to- understand political despotism
and To hate it,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-03
The Rich We Have Always With Us

Rich peopIe should not worry too much about
Grlndys billion dollar tariff bill. True, it is going
IN NAV havoc with business and cut down profits
when high priced goods are returned unsold But the
rich at least have the consolation that the proposed
law is not going to increase their cost of living much
Indeed the tariff on many luxurieS has been lowered
and some have been put on the free list.
The old guard politicians have looked out for their
campaign contributors. Everything is arranged to
make the working people pay most of the proposed
billion dollar tariff tax.
Instead of scaling the rates upward as IN the case
of the income tax the Grundy bill goes easy on the
expensive grades of materials and piles the tax on
the cheap grades used by working people.
The clothes of working people are made OF
little pure wool and much shoddy. So the heaviest
Grundy tax is on the rags TO make Shoooy' Inc S'o
suit will cost $S5.
Take sweaters and knit goods. On expensive grades
the Grundy rate is go per cent, the medium
grades. p per cent and on the cheap grades, los
per cent.
So with women's hats. Mrs. Millionaire gets off
with SIS per cent on her expensive hats Medium
grades are taxed g. per cent. but girls who work in
stores and factories and workers wives, when they
buy their hats will be gouged II per cent
1t is the same story for house furnishings, china
ware and indeed most of the things in daily use-the
cheaper grades are taxed most.
Working people pay the bulk of that billion dollar
annual tax They had to put it on all the cheaper
grades of everything used That is the only grade of
goods the people can afford to buy And it takes
a lot of extra nickes and dimes and dollar bills on
a lot of articles to make up that thousand million
dollars year.
BY the same token, however, it takes lot of poor
folks vote to elect congressman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-03
Labor Takes Hand

T ABOR leaders have asserted for
~ a long time that Moscow was
pouring money and propaganda into
the United States with which not
only to stir up a class war, but de-
moralize certain important trade
unions.
Commissioner Wha1en gives labor
leaders credit for inspiring the in
vestigation which resulted in the
seizure of documents, some Of which
he just has made public.
Putting that aside, it is logical to
assume that trade unionism would
be the first object of assault, be-
cause it represents the one element
of industry and society which Com
munism must have with it to get
anywhere.
Trade unionism, organized as II
is on the principle of squaring per-
sonal rights to the machine age
through collective bargaining, rep
resents the one great stumbling
block to red propaganda and no one
realizes this more keenly than the
Communists themselves.
All of which makes the asSump-
ton logical that their first efforts
would be directed against the Amer
lean Federation of Labor and that
officials of that organization woulc
be first to feel their activities.
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The Mail Pilots Courage

Consider the things that keep life from being dull
for the air mail pilot.
Pilot Harry A. SEWERS flies the. night mail from
Cleveland to Pittsburgh The other night he was
flying over Warren, O.. when ice began to form on
the wings of his plane, weighing him down badly.
Then came hard snow storm. His plane became I'M
manageable at a 2,000-foot altitude and went into
a spin.
SEWERS wore parachute, and he tried to jump.
The centrifugal force of the spin kept him from doing
So He and the helpless plane shot down together.
Finally, 200 feet from the ground he got out. His
parachute barely opened He landed with thud
and was knocked unconscious. but not seriously
hurt.
Thrilling? Undoubtedly; but every air mail pilot is
always prepared to face something similar. You
might think of that the next time you hear plane
whirrng head-think of it, and give salute to
a brave man.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICE
'Meddling' by Doctor Aids Childbirth

! first series covering the period from
1868 to 1875, and the second period
1918 to 1923.
In the period from 1868 to 1875,
forceps were used in 051 per cent
of the cases, the infant was turned
in O.45 per cent, the Caesarean op-
Grafton was not used at all, and the
instruments were not used in any
instance to cause childbirth to be-
gin.
In the second period, forceps were
used eight times as often, that is, in
as per cent Of the cases; the child
was turned in approximately the
same number of instances.
CaeSarean operation was per-
formed in 1.3 per cent of the cases.
and instruments we're used to begin
childbirth in "a per cent of the
cases.
Thus, what might be called inter-
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REASON By FR RzRBF5

T Uneasy lies the head of the American govern
- ment, even though it does not a crown, and
should gaze long and lovingly at his inaugural pro-
ceSSion for after it march the invisible battaonS of
turmoil.
Little more than one year ago Mr.. Hoover was
ushered into office by an avalanche and he faces
enough veXations to undermine iron man.
Then it seemed all down HILL but today he faces
farm relief prohibition tariff the naval pact and the
world court.
NATURALLY it is CALLING to one whose fiber has
not been toughened by the give and take of poll
tice, to one who had his patience cultivated by
the inherent compromises of craftsmanship
1t finished woodrow Wilson, as you may remember
Mr. Hoovers senSitiveneSs was exposed by that let
ter he wrote to the president of Ohio college, pro-
testing against the obstacles which were placed in
his pathway for at that time he had not encountered
anything comparable with the troubles which his
predecessors had borne in silence
Prior to the presidency he had been accustomed
to drive great enterprises straight through he could
mature carefully his plans then direct others carry
them to successful conclusion but while the PreS-
dent of the United States may plan he not direct
the congress to do anything.
WE must counsel rather than command, and if
w his suggestions occasion the most puerile oppoSi
ton he must smile and appear to ponder the absurd
If it were private project he could fire the whole
crowd but in the White House he must massage those
whom he yearnS to skin.
In the old days he could tell the help to build dam
or bridge or open mine. and they would do it. but
ii he sends to congress the plans and specifications OF
colonial mansion congress is like not to revise the
whole thing and send him back hot dog barbecue.
The rugged qualities which make the engineer are
at with the India rubber qualities which make the
diplomat and We suspect that Mr. Hoover often wishes
he might fly theNexecutive COOP put on flannel shirt
.corduroys and bhots. enter wilderness and tackle
=. Job, free fro1h. the tyranny OF triviality.
nk doesn't want dial phone
dough without that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-03

Editor Times-What are the blind
of Indiana asking of their sighted
fellow-citizens
The blind of Indiana are asking
their sighted fellow citizens for two
things: First, to be treated by the
public Just as any other normal
American citizen is treated, and,
second, to be given opportunity to
earn an honest living and not to
be considered as either a wonder
Or a freak. Intelligent blind men
and women are normal, except that
they do not see.
We feel that these demands are
both reasonable and natural. But
the public is not to blame for these
conditions: it is rather the fault OF
the educators and those who head
special industries for the blind pro-
vided by the state.
While in school, the sightless boys
and girls are given the regular COM
mon and high school education, but
are made to believe that all they
have to do after graduation IS to
step out of school and demand a
position as finished musician, a
first class piano tuner or an expert
enced bcoom-maker.
Disappointment is the inevitable
ultimatum, and if they are Obliged
to 90 into workshops operated ex-
clusively for blind men and women,
in almost every case the heads OF
various departments are ignorant
and have not been trained to su-
perintend those who do not see.
These sighted foremen or Tore
ladies. whichever the case may be,
should be just as thoroughly trained
to oversee as the blind workers are
to work. There IS a great deal more
of vital Importance to being head
of a department Of blind workers
than drawing a salary.
Is it then any wonder that the
progressive blind men and women
of the state are asking the public
to help them to help themselves?
MORRIS B. FIELD.
Chairman legal affairs and pub
licity committee, Welfare League
for the Blind.
Editor Times-Referring to your
editorial in the issue of March IL
quoting from George Bernard Shaw
on the liquor and labor problems
In your comment you say, let Ford
Edison and Rockefeller & Co. devise
some economic and social system
that win make the existence Of the
4 laboring man endurable without re.
sorting TO an alcoholic debauch.
These you mention are all excel.
lent men. but are engaged in othel
york TIleE are hardly qualified 70
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-03

IF authentic, the document made
l. public by Police Commissioner
Whalen Of New York leave no room
to doubt that a direct connection
exists between Moscow and Com
munist agitation in this country.
If spurious, great injustice has
been done the Russian government
ard its representatives abroad.
The issue thus raised should not
be left to guesswork and supposition
Either such connection exists, or
it does not, and we have come to a
pretty pass, if the point can not be
established definitely.
Agitation to stir up class hatred
is not new in this country.
We always have been afflicted
with small noisy element devoted
to the gospel of malcontent.
But it is something new if that
element is receiving funds and in
structions from political party in
absolute control of one of the
greatest governments on earth.
But it is something new, if that
element is receiving funds and in
structionS from a political party in
absolute control of one of the
greatest governments on earth.
Nor can that government excuse
itself by pleading that the party is
responsible.
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ference by the obstetrician was
carried out in 1875 per cent Of the
cases from 1863 to 1875, and in 1856
per cent of the cases from 1918 to
1928.
The striking fact is that the death
rate fell from IA per thousand cases
in the first series to 1.03 per thou
sand cases in the second series.
Hence, it is obvious that the mod
ern obstetricfan interferes more
often, but also to the advantage Of
the patient.
The modern obstetrician has a
more humane standard-when pain
seems to be intolerable, when ex-
haustion is great, or when for any
other reason interference seems ad-
visable. he does not hesitate to apply
modern methods for the aid OF his
patient.
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charms no more. 1t was an eggs
age since anybody had called me
to l side and whispered, I got a
T. L. for you. Gertie thinks your
ears is immense
II seen then that I wasn't no
longer a larYa and I guess maybe
it hurt at first. But it's like falling
hair or the telephone service or
anything else.
when you have lived with it a
while you don't mind Which is
just as we'll because there amt a
week passes when you wouldn't get
touched on the raw if they was any
raw left.
Like for inst. few wks. back I
was up in Boston, where I got a
young and beautiful sister -in-laW.
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Times Readers Voice Vie10S

the Job. They have money enough
to hire some one to devise the SyS-
tenn. but the chances are they would
hire a man who would make q Sys-
tenn for the exclusive benefit OF his
employers.
On the other hand, if they hired
a man full of the spirit Of truth"
and he, should devise a workable
system that would be fair to all,
there are many who would call him
a "bolshevik" and other hard names.
He might be sent to prison. If
the wage Garner in these days Of
machinery and mass production
ever gets out of his poverty and its
attendant evils, he will get himself
out. or hire a manager to manage
him out.
It is a fact that the unorganized
wage Garner can not help himself.
He has no resources left after he
gives to his employer during his
nine or ten-hour day, his time, his
physical strength, his mind, skill,
initiative, and whatever else is re-
CURED to keep him going strong.
At the end of the day he is tired
"all over"
Day after day, year after year
except for periods when he IS laid
off on account Of "over- production,
this daily routine goes on. Think
ing of the work he is doing for his
employer becomes a fixed habit;
crowds out everything else; gets into
his subconsciousness. He has be-
come near robot"
In this condition he is the victim
Of every kind of poison propaganda
AS an individual, acting alone, ne
can not hire a manager or any one
/ else to work for him, but by CO.
operating with twenty million Other
workers, they can hire manager
and thousands of assistants, the
very ablest men and women in the
United States, to give their entire
time and abilities TO looking aftel
his welfare, always on the job at
cost to each worker of less than
cents day.
There would be results. The ex'
isting organizations Of workers pub
hsh many high-class newspaper
and magazines, which, unfortunate
ly, circulate only among their owl
members. The existing organiza
tons must furnish the recruiting
agents for the organizations-to-be
men and women full Of the Hol.
Ghost. Their mission shall be Z
spread the truth and "the trutl
shall set chem free" The half ia
not beer told.
EUGENE c. BUTLER.
1919 Lawrence avenue.
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IT SEEMS TO ME By H FToS%

When it come time to part from
she and her husband she kissed me
6 times, which was suppose to be
once for me and once apiece for the
Mrs. and Riddles.
well, I thought it was pretty
nice and got kind Of excited about
it till I looked at her husband to
see how he took it. To him it was
like as if she was kissing an OLD
cab horse on a bet for the benefit
of the red cross.
"And when I had left them and
they was alone together, instead OF
Topping at her throat with ter
rible curse he probably says, 'Janey,
you're a good game gall and she
gave him kiss that meant some
thing"
copyright. 1880. by The Times}
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DURING the give-a-job cam
~ paign, which closes today,
have been disturbed by the fact
that a number of applicants were
seriously handicapped by being 40
years old.
Naturally, I did not like to &C
cept the fact that two-score was
the dead line. Indeed, it is a palpa-
bly, artificial jumping-of place es-
tablished to some extent by chance
and facetiouS remark on the part OF
that great physician, DR.. Osler.
The achievements of DR.. OsleT
were many and important, but since
we are a nation of headline hunt
ers, he is remembered chiefly for
few trivial sentences.
Under the impulse of after dinner
enthusiasm, the distinguished doc
tor once remarked at a banquet that
all the important work in the world
was done by young men. He added
that anybody more than 40 might as
we'll be chloroformed.
DR.. Osler was himself well above
the extinction line when he made
the quip, and some of his most i'm
portant findings still were to come
He knew much about medicine, but
very little of the power OF catch
words in the press.
This man, whose name was IA
miliar to all scientists, but unknown
to the general lay public. aWoke to
find himself a first-page fellow. He
had, all unwittingly coined a new
phrase in the American language.
"Oslerize" became verb to indi-
cate the doing away with those who
had passed their prime.
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SCIENCE
EcIipSeS Reused Fear and
Stirred Superstition When
They Occurred in Ancient
Times.
BY DAVID DIETZ

ECLIPSES of the sun, because OF
- their dramatic and startling
appearance, always have attracted
the attention of mankind.
The solar eclipse of April % was
matter of scientific study for the
astronomer and Of popular interest
Tor the layman. But there was a
time when eclipSes we're greeted
with fear and superstition.
1t is not surprising, therefore,
that ancient literature should con-
tain many references to eclipSeS OF
the sun.
These have proved of great value
to the historian. For the aStrono-
mer can calculate when eclipses &C.
CURED in the past as well as call
culate when they will occur in the
future.
The Canon of Eclipses." for ex-
ample, prepared by Professor T. r.
Oppolzer in 1887 for the Vienna
Academy of Sciences, contains the
oaleS OF all ecllpSeS from 1907 B. G.
to 1852 A. D.
Among the most famous students
OF ancient eclipseS is DR.. j. K.
Fotheringham, reader in ancient
astronomy and chronology at the
University of Oxford, England.
DR.. Fotheringham considers a
reference in the Chinese annals as
that of the oldest eclipse on record.
The exact date Of the eclipse is diff
f1cult to calculate because of the
lack of data. It was either in the
neighborhood of 2159 B. C. or 1892
B. c. DR.. Fotheringham favors the
latter date,
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Prejudice in Saddle

1T is time that the old and Oft
Il repeated charges of direct rela-
tionship between the Soviet and
disturbances in this country were
cleared up.
On their truth or falsity hinges
the question of whether we should
recognize Russia, and not only that,
but the greater question of what at
titude we should take toward similar
disturbances in other countries.
Il
Of and on, there has been a lot
of loose talk about this matter. We
have heard about a BolShevist nest
in Central America, of collision be-
tween Moscow and a political faction
in Mexico, of the red terror in
China, and so on ad inf1nitum.
But when all is said and done,
we have not proved very much in a
convincing way.
BY and large, most of the talk has
begun and ended with prejudice.
Too many people have been say
ing what they thol ght would please
the crowd.