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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31

To encounter James E. Watson of Indiana, the
Republican leader in the senate, and John j. RaSkob,
chairman of the Democratic national committee,
agreed upon point of national economic policy is
If We know our Dana-news.
Watson says, THE fiv--day week without reduc-
ton of wages must become universal and permanent
in America Raskob says, I'VE should have FIVE
Gay week for workingmen which means all of us"
We do not suggest that Watson or any other old
guard Republican will dos anything to extend the
shorter work week, that Raskob will align the
Democratic party behind the program in the next
session of congress.
But it Is interesting, meanwhile, to observe the i'm
mutabe economic and political forces which have
swept the WatSons and the RaSkobS into the path
sound and enlightened policy.
The hve-day week now is put forward as the pro-
gram Of twenty-five railroad labor organizations
embracing some 100000 workers Never before in
history has the ve-day week been advanced seriously
for an entire national industry
The American Federation Of Labor has Endorsed
the program in every convention since 1925 and now
more than half million affiliated workers under
The short week contract in seventeen crafts.
The best way to remedy unemployment is for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31

"THE old-fashioned spanking"
4 read in papers, was defended
yesterday by professor of sociology
as the most effective and, perhaps
even the least cruel of punishmenta
for disobedient children"
The professor recommends, how
ever, that "the child be induced to
lie down of his own accord for the
punishment, instead of being
dragged across his parents knee, to
avoid making him victim of brute
force"
That may be sound psychology,
but I wish the professor would give
some details of the manner in which
the child is to be induced to ascend
the gallows under his own momen-
tum.
Frankly, I doubt whether it can
be done. 1t is very difficult to get
child to lie down for even so pain
less an experience as a nights sleep,
and I am quite skeptic of the pos
sibility of arranging for any CO.
operation from the culprit in the
matter of spanking.
Indeed, if the good professor
suggestion were feasible, ! think he
should go further. Why not in
duce the well-trained youngster to
take over into his hands the bust
ness of punishment?
The parent Of such a model child
then might sit back and read on
undisturbed after handling the err
ratio infant hair brush or a strap
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31
Miserable Sinners
THE church Is engaged. as I SCI

TINE church Is engaged, as I see
L it, in quite different propa-
ganda. On the basis Of an inves-
tigation extending over a couple OF
weeks have come across no SER
mon which was not devoted to the
def1ation Of the ego.
Over and over again the minis
ter ascends the pulpit for the pur-
pose of telling his flock that they are
all miserable sinners. Out of the
reports on more than forty sermons,
I have found only one which ex-
pressed any delight whatsoever in
the achievement Of any living man
or woman. One minister praised the
paddock campaign.
But on that Sunday, according to
the papers, every other clergyman
in town was engaged in viewing
with alarm Society Revels Assailed
by Pastor" Pastor Sees Youth Mis-
led by Elders" ''DenounceS Modern
ists,'' breaches on Sin"-here are a
few headlines picked at random.
AS far as can gather, all were
talking of the various imperfections
and misdeeds of mankind. God was
not mentioned In passing, but He
must have seemed to the average
congregation a figure remote and
feeble as compared to the devil,
whose triumphs we're SO generally
celebrated.
The devil must look forward to
Sunday, for his library Of press
clippings wakes each Sabbath.
While It Is true that Re does not get
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31
The People Respond

All who had any part in raising money for the
Community Fund have every right to feel glow OF
satisfaction in the accomplishment of a task that
seemingly was impossible.
The huge size of the fund raised this year would
have discouraged a less determined or harder
hearted group of citizens than those who declared
that the greater need would be met -
Men of wealth opened their purses, but more heart
enng is the fact that those who fortunate enough
to be employed during a period where many are in
enforced idleness showed that their hearts are
open to the cry distress and that feeling
of sympathy and kindliness inspires the vast ma
jority
Not the size o. the donation but the spirit in which
it was made the true standard and in this crisis
many to whom the gift will be real sacrifice gave
The story of the widows mite" is retod and repeated
lust as 1t ever will be repeated until the curse of pow
erty is lifted and the need of charity passes into
Saner civilization.
The great cry which brought forth the shower OF
dollars was the picture of enforced dleness the
part of many of our citizens and the probable dis
tress that will occur
That places heavy responsibility upon directors
Of the Community Fund. 1t places upon them the
duty Of so distributing these contributions that every
possible dollar goes to the direct relief of the hungry
the naked and the impoverished until the emergency
is met
If there have been donations for purposes that
could be either suspended or curtailed. if there has
been waste in any of the organizations it Is the duty
Of the directors to see that these are eliminated.
The first consideration should be for the hungry
and the distressed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31
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HALLOWEEN
October 81

an Oct. 81, Halloween, or All
" Hallow's eve, is celebrated. 1t
takes its name from All Saints day,
the observance of which was insti-
tuted in the seventh century to COM
memorate the conversion of the
Pantheon, or temple of all the gods,
in Rome, into a Christian place OF
worship.
The traditional obSerVances OF
Halloween are survivals of an
cient Superstitions and pagan fes-
tivals. The tradition Of supersti-
ton Is that this is the time when
supernatural influences prevail
and when spirits walk abroad.
Many of the familiar customs OF
Halloween-the games and pranks of
children and grownups, together
with the ghostly tales by the fire.
light-spring directly from these be-
nefs.
A book published in 1911, called
THE FESTIVAL" mentions a custom
obsolete even at that time. I'VE
rede," it says. in olde TYNE good
people woIde on All halloween days
bake brade and dele It for all crysten
soules."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31
Popular Conflict

OK editions of Nautilus essay
- we're published during his life. A
number CT formal replies were pub
ltshed and the debate ragged with
fiery vigor
But the Edinburgh Review for
April, 1910, felt moved to say:
THE excellent work of Mr.. Nal
thus, though 1t certainly has pro-
duced a great and salutary impress
sion on the public mind, appears to
us to have been much more gener-
ally talked of than read, and mora
generally read than understood"
Like every popular conflict, how
ever fundamental or simple, the
Malthusian controversy has been
hopelessly muddled from the begin
ming" says Professor Brown.
early critics and opponents of
Nautilus, after the manner of popU-
lar critics, attacked not his main
proposition, but some Of the conse-
quences which they saw flowing
from it.
Some even were led so far away
from serious discussion and sound
science as to put into practice the
immemorial- first axiom Of jury
lawyers. When you have no case,
abuse the plaintiffs attorney-and
in this case Nautilus was his own
attorney"
Goblet made himself prominent
among early critics by inventing the
sobriquet Pafson' Nautilus"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31
G, O. p in Bad Way

TINE national administration is
l. completely stumped. President
Hoover takes refuge behind his off,
cial position, while Secretary Mel
Ion, who usually can be depended
OH to give most any fellow Repub-
lican in Pennsylvania a helping
hand, remains discreetly silent.
The rumpuS raised by Pinchot
only furnishes one more illustration
Of how rapidly and completely the
Republican party is falling apart.
Things are worse in Massachu-
sets, where party managers forced
show of loyalty to President Hoo
yer and prohibition by nominating
Colonel William M. Butler for the
senate, only to find themselves con-
fronted with the prospect of a
Democratic sweep.
So, too, things are worse in sew
eral western states, where progress
sive Republicans have refused all
offers OF assistance by national Re-
publican committees, rather than
take the risk of compromising them
selves in the eyes of their constit-
uentS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31
Pinchot Is THE Issue

THERE is just one issue in Penn
Il sylvania, and his name is Git
ford Pinchot.
To let one crowd tell it, he is no
less than a Daniel come to judg-
ment," and already has begun to
sprout wings. To let the other tell
it, that's all a sad mistake and the
wings are horns.
Pinchot says he is a Republican,
though thousands of Republicans
are ready to swear he Is not. Any
way, he received the Republican
nomination for Governor, which,
under normal conditions, is equiva-
lent to election in Pennsylvania.
Conditions are not ordinary in
Pennsylvania this year, as most
politicians have discovered, espe-
cially Republican politicians.
In the first place, Pinchot is dry,
which was sufficient to start a wet
bolt.
In the second place, he displayed
an unholy passion for poking
around in the public utility feed
bag when he was Governor, which
was sufficient to make some Of the
bic boys very lukewarm.
In the third place, a good many
people don't like him on account of
what they call his "old maid" ways
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31
How Patriots VIII Vote

Cabinet officers and other administration Repub-
canS appeal to all patriots including such Democrats
as are patriots to give President Hoover Repub-
lican congress so he can carry out his program.
Patriotic Democrats tried the same tactics in 1918
and with show of reason for we then were mixed
up in big war. They asked for a Democratic con-
that would help President Wilson carry out his
program
What patriots will do this year isn't accurately pre-
dictable but 1918 they resented the suggestion that
patriotic action by congress could come only from
Democrats-and they elected Republican congress
People don't warm up very much to such partisan
appeals. If there is anything to the argument then
the Constitution is all wrong in providing for con-
gressional elections every two years.
Besides, a change now and then won't do any
harm, and may serve to get congress- and the Presi
dent too out of rut. And there many patriots
in party there In the other.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31
Cast Your Ballot

This nation owes its security ard its sta
bility to the interest taken in its government
by its citizens.
All men are equal at the ballot box. Inc
man of millions and the jobless man are
equal when they enter the election booth 10
register their desires as to the kind OF gov
ornment they want
Political machines rely very largely upon
The Indifference of the average citizen. Ihey
encourage the feeling that it is not worth
while and that vote is worthless. They un-
derstand that votes by all citizens, rejecting
the principles, the intelligence and the eco
nomic thought of all the people, forever
would Danish machine control, with its graft,
its special privilege, it's extravagant waste OF
public funds.
This year the man without job is more
concerned than the one who is protected and
safe. It is all he has left. Undoubtedly there
will be efforts by desperate machines in every
county to corrupt his judgment and make
him forget that some Of his troubles, not all,
come from injustices in government and lack
Of that equality which existed at the begin
ming of this government, when there was a
real equality of opportunity and nearer
approach to equality of income.
You may be very sure that the man who
wants some special privilege from govern
~ment not only will vote, but attempt to IN
Auence the votes of others. The great ma
iority want nothing from government but an
equal opportunity and economic conditions
under which they may work out their own
destinies without carrying privileged per-
sons upon their backs.
There are real issues in this campaign,
especially in this county, where the last gal
liant and triumphant fight is being made
against Coffinism
In the state there is the quarrel with in
efficiency which now is described by the
chief executive as ''carelessness.
There also is the great question of a con-
stitutiona convention which will give the
people chance to write Constitution that
meets modern needs and conditions.
Make up your own minds on these questions
and then vote for the things which will be
best for you and best for all the people, for
men in office who, in your opinion, best will
serve the great common good.
Do not vote ticket because some friend
may ask you. Do not vote because news
paper, The Times included, believes in a GER
tain course of action.
Think it out for yourself. Then be sure
to cast ballot. A large vote is the best pro-
lection of our liberties and our future.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31
REASON BY FR f5aN1Is

DOLITICAL weather changes quickly in politics,
L adversely coming hurting out of the sky with the
deadly swiftness of a West Indian hurricane.
little while ago when Ruth Hanna Mccormick
defeated Deneen for the senatorial nomination it
seemed assured that she would be the first to
be elected to senate.
But now is not such certainty for she is fight
ing the greatest combinations of adverse forces of
any candidate in the running this year.
In the first place she is opposed by a dry Repub-
she is being secretly undone by the Deneen forces
and now she is opposed by Mayor William Hale
Thompson of Chicago.
THE opposition of Thompson is the best reason yet
l. advanced why Mrs. Mccormick should win, and
the late General Bragg said of Grover Cleveland
it is altogether possible that the voters of Illinois
may "love her for the enemies she has made"
Thompson's letter calling the Negroes Of Chi
cago to vote against Mrs Mccormick is the baseSt
of all appeals, is any appeal to any race nation
atty or religion to vote unit.
The politician who seeks to soldify such blocs in
national life is a traitor to the common good.
When the World war came we thought as peo-
pie that we were through with the grouping of
tionalites and races, that all such base politics
thing of the past and that henceforth we all were
to be Americans without artificial distinctions
DUT the armlstice soon was followed by dsillu-
ID sionment and the same old hyphenated societies
reformed and the same old bunk was handed out to
them by cheap politicians seeking their political sup
port.
Chicago is a perfect bedlam of foreign bocs and
Thompson comes to bat and seeks to further So
idify the Negro vote.
The coored brother should tell Thompson and all
other politicians where to head in for the welfare of
the depends its independence of professional
politicians and Its ability to win esteem Of the public
by its manly, independent attitude in government
II continue to divide up along the line of color
and nationality. the time viii come when we shall
geological garden.
The members of the blocs are not to blame, for
they never would assume hyphenated Americanisn
II 1t were not fVrs cheap politicians many Of whom
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31
Questions and
Answers

Is there any value in United
States Continental paper money?
Nunismatic dealers offer 5 to 25
cents for United States Continental
paper bills Of any date and denomi-
nation, when in good to fine con-
dition."
Is there duty on honey entering
the United States?
The duty on honey is 3 cents a
pound.
How can suede jackets be washed
Wash them in warm pure soap
sudS to which household ammonia
has been added, about one table
spoon to a gallon of water. Rinse
lightly and stretch to the desired
size to dry.
Was Jimmy Fox of the PhiIa-
delphia Athletics ever a catcher?
He was catcher for the Athletics
in 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1923.
What Is the food Of penguins?
Small creatures Of the sea, fish
and crustacea, which they catch by
swimming and diving, often to great
depths.
When should geraniums be slipped
for winter blooming?
About April or May.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31

American employers to accept the hve-day week
says Carleton H. Palmer, of the nations largest
employers, in reviewing three months experience
under the order In his own business.
Sales for the first three weeks of October were
per cent above the corresponding period of 1929
Unit production cost smaller.
The st. Paul city council is considering an ordi-
nance which would establish the fve-day week on all
municipal construction projects Minneapolis already
has such a law.
The United States bureau Of labor statistics re-
PORTS the drift toward fewer hours of universal
throughout industry in the United States
Catalogued from weeks news, these are but few
scattered incidents sympomatic of the latest revolu-
ton in American economic thought. The idea that
machine production must be kept In relation to mass
purchasing power is rooted in American thinking.
AS stated by the recent Scripps- Howard editorial
conference;
Business leaders and economists who were first
to advocate the eghthour day and higher wages see
the need for further shortening of working hours
at sustained wage, to give labor its shares in the
increased productivity Of the machine and to spread
Jobs and money among more consumers"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31
New Methods Aid Chilblain Cure

as high as the patient can stand,
whereas, the praffin wax bath may
be maintained at temperature OF
100 degrees for at least twenty
minutes without complaint from
the patient concerning the heat.
ChilblainS seem to be bene-
flied, moreover. by the use of ultra
violet rays. Application of the rays
usually bring about improvement
in the condition of the circulation
and apparently is beneficial to the
skin in the area concerned.
The basic question involved In
ill these cases, is, Of course, the
condition of the health of the pa
tent which causes him to develop
the chilblains.
Hence it is important II i'm
prove the circulation in the tissues
by regular exercise and massage,
and to improve the general health
by proper amounts of the neces-
sary foods and proper amounts OF
sleep and rest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31
Leadership [ lacking

lNNE can make every allowance
" for the demoralizing effect OF
/ hard times and still leave the un-
happy condition of the Republican
party unexplained. One can see il
pulling through with Slight mar
gin in this election by virture of the
Momentum gathered in past victor
les and still recognize the presence
of dry rot.
The Republican party lacks lead
ership, conference and purpose. II
not only has settled down to tree
sitting attitude, but is quite uncon-
scious of the fact.
The stock argument, as expressed
by Secretary Mellon the other night
and ss it has been shrieked from a
thousand platforms during the last
month, that the only way to get out
of this depression is to re-elect Re-
publicans, proves nothing so vivid
ly as barrenness of intellect.
I'VE got you into it." the SPELL
binders say in so many words
which means that we know better
than anyone else how to get you
out"
And to prove the sterility of all
the talk, it is accompanied by lack
of purposeful action, or inspiring
advice,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE -

methods developed in recent years.
One involves heating of the area
by use of a bath of melted paraf11n
wax. It usually is best first to
cleanse the parts with hot water
and massage them gently with some
simple ointment.
People with tendency to chill
blains should wear WOODEN socks and
perhaps even thick shoes or boots in
cold weather. The feet or hands
may be warmed by the use of an
electric pad, heat lamp or by i'm
mersion in bath of melted paraff1n
wax, with a temperature of about
100 degrees.
By remaining in this paraf1n
bath, the pain disappears and the
circulation in the tissues is improved
greatly through retention of the
heat.
One of the reasons for the use of
melted paraffin wax instead of hot
water is the fact that water of a
temperature of ITO degrees is about
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31
Fireworks Followed
DROFEssoR BROWN turns t

DROFESSOR BROWN turns to
l. Godwin's political Justice" for
sample of his optimism.
I'VE find paragraph" he says.
ito the effect that the time may
come when we shall be so full Of
life that we 10 not need sleep and
so full Of living that We need not
die; the need of marriage will be
superseded by the diversion of de-
veloping the intellect; we shall be
angels.
And then: Other Improvements
may be expected to keep pace with
those of health and longevity.
There will be no war, no crimes,
no administration of justice, as 1t is
called, and no government. Besides
this, there will be neither disease,
anguish, melancholy nor resent
ment. Every man will seek with in
effable ardor the good of all
ut was a-perhaps unworthy-de-
sire to puncture this gorgeous bub-
BILE that brought forth, in 1898, NAL
thus first essay on The Principle
Of Population.
And so, Nautilus wrote his essay.
And then the fireworks began, fire
works whose sparks are still to be
seen against the intellectual skies.
"A modest country parSon, Mai
thus called down up his head a
stream of vituperation sufficient to
sink navy" says Professor Brown.
This quiet rural scholar and
parson was accused of defending
smallpox, slavery and child murder:
CT denouncing soup kitchens, early
marriage and parish allowances; OF
having the irnpudence to marry
after preaching against the evil of
families; Of thinking the world so
badly governed that the best actions
do the most harm-in fine, of taking
from life all its joys and virtues"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-31
.RY DAVID DIETZ.

4
Nautilus Stirred Embittered
Argument With His Views
on Population.
MORE than 1870 years ago.
1VA Thomas Robert Nautilus. En-
glish country parson, started an
argument upon the subject Of popu-
lation which stin is fiourishing to-
day.
The Malthusian theory. as it is
called, is still very live topic.
Briefly. 1t states that the growth Of
population tends to outrun the sup
porting power of the earth, and is
checked by war, famine and other
disasters.
In this connection, 1t is interest,"
ing to note a suggestion from Pro-
fesSor Ezra Brown that Nautilus first
was led into the field by a very
human desire to debate a too optim-
iStic bubble.
Every entirely human being has
a well-spring of sympathy for the
Athenian citizen who said that he
was going to vote for the other can
didate because he was tired Of hear
ing Aristides called the just" says
Professor Brown.
Nearly every one who is COM
PEELED to listen to an optimist or
who finds himself unwittingly read
ing one has feelings akin to those
of that disillusioned citizen of an
cient Athens.
ITO sensitive persons, perhaps the
sweetest of sports is the puncturing
of optirnists; Nautilus was of that
gentle strain.
William Goodwin, famous English
political economist and author, blew
the bubble which annoyed Nautilus.