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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04
A Food Trust

America has relied on competition alone to keen
the price OF food down to reasonable level and our
reliance has cost us dearly.
senate committee reports ian alarming tend.
ency toward monopostic control of the food Of the
nation by small group of powerful corporations
and combinations, and it finds the effect of onopo-
istic control" most clearly evident in the prices o,
bread and milk
The committee suggests remedy to meet this
situation except investigation by the federal trade
commission and the department. of justice to see II
antitrust laws are being violated and If no help is
forthcoming there, passage Of remedial laws"
presumably the laws the committee has in mind
are more stringent antitrust laws, an attempt in
other words, to enforce artificial competition where
none exists
Yet economists are telling us more and more posi-
lively that this Anticipated method Of regulating prices
has ceased to be effective
In the power industry which does not begin to I'LL
the place in human life that is filled by bread and
milk, we have abandoned the old idea and have
turned TO public regulation and to government COM
petition In an effort to keep this thriving monopolv
within reasonable bounds
Neither OF these methods has achieved marked
success but no is advocating return to enforced
competition.
Ahere Is every reason why we should apply these
more practical methods of control to the ndustrie.
which supply food to the people There is no essan.
ual difference between public utility MONOPOLY and
food-seiling monopoly.
1t is fundamentally important that the peonle o,
THIS country have enough wholesome food to eat and
Cney can not have 1t unless prices are reasonable
IL Is time for congress to shake itself from the
ruts OF ancient procedure and study the economic
SITUATION OF today and methods which have some
chance OF dealing with 1t effectively.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04

than truck loaded with only $4,000
pounds, but equipped with only one
axle.
When we read the weight re-
striction bills proposed, one clearly
can notice that no thought has been
given either to the facts established
by exhaustive government tests nor
to the experiences Of the more pro-
gressive states in highway conStruc-
ton and engineering, as California
and twenty-five other states, which
have Endorsed legally, and very par
ticularly favor the tandem axle
truck, knowing that 1t is the ideal
solution, giving the truck owners a
chance to carry pay loads, and yet
prevent injury to the roadbed.
It Is about time that some news
paper induce through a timely edi-
torial the legislature to consider
technical facts. The bills that are
UP now are nothing but a mess Of
nonsense, ever which anybody who
compares them with the provisions
set down by an up-to-date and SCI
entifically designed weight regula-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04

There are such conditions as alb
scess Of the lung or rupture of q
blood vessel In the lungs when
blood may appear in the Sputum.
Cancer, and such conditions as de-
stroy lung tissue, also may give rise
to this symptom.
Obviously the diagnosis Of the
cause is the most important step
to be taken in the presence Of this
observation. The examination must
be SC thorough as to establish be-
yond a doubt the cause Of this
symptom.
Then the treatment is directed not
to the symptom primarily, but to
the cause. The symptom itself is,
however, sufficiently important to
demand immediate application Of
the best medical advice that can be
had.
Everyone knows that 1t Is i'm
portant to get q person who is
bleeding promptly at rest in every
sense Of the word and this will be
one Of the first steps in connec-
ton with bleeding from the lungs,
as well as bleeding from any other
portion of the body.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04
To New York
THE uninna conhinatior, q.

THE unique combination Of high
Il pressure and high quality. cou-
pied with proximity to water trans
portation, which this source Of car
bon dioxide offered, led to develop
ment of a process for its manufac-
ture and erection of a trial plant.
according to DR.. Martin.
AS work progressed" he con-
tinues, many changes were made to
facilitate the publication Of this gas
under pressure, with the result that.
while no doubt many improvements
viii continue to be made, neverthe-
less there has been evolved a thor
oughly commercial method Of puri-
tying the gas sufficiently to obtain
high snow yields and to render the
gas free from doors.
After the gas is purified, It is
cooled, liquifled and passed through
Jets into snow chambers, and from
these chambers the snow Is removed
and put into molds, and there com
pressed into Ice.
I'm COMPRISING the snow to Ice.
the problem was to form a block of
ice that would be Of commercial
density and texture when 1t arrived
in New York, and which would be
sold some time as much as six weeks
subsequent TO its manufacture.
The best results were obtained
through COMPRISING the dry snow
TO a fairly high density"
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Without Limit
A T hrst. the flow Of carbon diox.

A T first, the flow OF carbon diox-
4 Aide gas was regarded as a great
nuisance, DR.. Martin continues. But
the situation changed with the de-
velopment Of the process for util-
izing carbon dioxide snow as a re-
frigerant.
With a rapidly developing mar
ket for solid carbon dioxide, both
in this country and abroad" he says,
"the value Of this gas that has been
blowing away became apparent, par
ticularly since the total open flow
Of the present wells was found to
be capable Of producing more than
900 tons Of solid carbon dioxide
daily.
"On production In the Quebrache
field diminishes from year to year.
as Is usual In al oil fields, but the
flow Of gas appears to be without
limit.
"The best indication of the DOS
sible life Of the field as to gas pro
duction Is found in its past history.
THE production at Quebrache now
is more than fourteen years old.
and the rock pressure has not d.
n1inished.
I'm fact, one of the wells blew
Wild from 1916 to 1927, discharging
probably 1000 tons of carbon dog
1de a day, yet there was no appar-
ent dtminution in flow on this well
or drop in pressure on adjacent
wells"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04
Another impeachment

COvERNOR MURRAY'S chances
VI of being impeached are not at
all bad, as he himself admits.
OF the six Governors previously
elected since Oklahoma became a
state, two were irnpeaciled and
busted, while impeachment proceed
tngs were instituted against three
more, one Of whom was saved by a
single vote, from being ousted.
Impeachment has grown so COM
mon in Oklahoma that no one pays
much attention to it, while some
people regard it as a real, If not an
essential, feather in the guberna-
torial cap.
Jack Walton, one of the i'm
peached Governors, is running for
mayor of Oklahoma City, while
Henry Johnston, another, ran for
United States senator In the Demo-
cratic primary last fall and Is ex-
pected to do so again two years
hence.
Sophisticated fasteners may
laugh at Oklahoma, but before 60
ing into actual Mysteries, they should
look up some of their own court and
penitentiary records.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

can usually be found issuing from
the spot concerned by a careful
examination.
Whenever blood seems to come
from the lungs, 1t Is important to
make a complete physical examina-
ton to find whether tuberculosis is
responsible.
In such cases the examination
should include a careful inspection
of the naked chest by competent
physician, an examination with the
Stethoscope, the use Of percussion
and also the use of the x-ray, for
such evidence as 1t may afford.
There are cases of heart disease
in which difficulty Of circulation OF
the blood through the lungs may re-
suit in coughing up blood from the
lungs.
Here the study of the chest must
include a most careful examination
of the functions of the heart.
There are, of course, other con-
ditions in which the sputum may
contain blood. IN pneumonia, the
lungs become engorged with blood
and the sputum is likely to contain
rusty red material.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04
A Vast Difference

THERE has developed a sharp
l. difference between the stand
ards of conduct which we tolerate
in politics and those which we de-
mand in every other phase of life,
This is particularly true Of our
newer states and cities.
One finds it hard to reconcile
such institutions as the University
of Oklahoma with such antics as
have taken place in the Oklahoma
statehouse.
Oklahoma City has library con-
tanning 100000 volumes, which puts
it in the class Of such cities as
Cleveland, yet Jack Walton may be
the next mayor.
Throughout the country. people
are developing splendid amount o;
civic consciousness, until it comes
to politics. Maybe, that's the
trouble. Maybe an appetite for i'm
provefnent has caused them to
think more about what they can
get out Of an administration than
the way they get it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04
A National Scandal

INHERENT sections of the
II country may have different
methods of handling political COR
ruption, but none is free from it.
It has become not only nation
wide scandal, but nationwide
problem. No doubt, we always
have suffered from more or less of
it, but today we are suffering from
more.
Something has happened to blind
an amazingly large number of men
and women to the desirability of
remaining honest in public Office.
One would like to believe that this
Is due to inherent defects in their
character and that the public
merely made mistake In selecting
them, but too many have gone sour
In office after leading long and
spotless careers in private life for
such conclusion.
Something has gone wrong with
the general attitude toward politics.
One can sense it not only in the
actual corruption exposed, but in
the vastly greater amount that is
known and tolerated, and above all
else, in the loose way people excuse,
or even defend it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04
Four in LImeIight
THERE are four DemocrI

THERE are four Democratic
l. Governors in the linelight-
Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York,
Albert T. Richie of Maryland,
Huey p. Long of Louisiana and
William H. Murray Of Oklahoma.
There are three times as many
trying to get there, some of whom
may succeed before June, 1882.
Governor Roosevelt has the inside
track and can keep it if he doesn't
go too far trying to sidestep the
issue of corrupt politics in New
York City.
Governor Richie sings a good
tune with regard to the eighteenth
amendment, but 1t lacks variation.
It's getting as monotonous as the
one the old COW died on.
Governor Long is locally known
as "Hooey," which gives him some
thing to live down.
Governor Murray thinks he's a
second Abraham Lincoln, which
gives him even more to live down,
If he isn't impeached before he has
time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04
REASON BY FREDERICK 1aSE44S

MAYOR THOMPSON Of Chicago certainly nlavs IN
Ava luck The division Of the Republican forces
opposed to him, caused his nomination and now the
entrance into the field of Bundesen as an
candidate, will divide the Democratic vote and nrob
ably elect Big Bill.
Big Bill is no shrinking violet.
We recall night when listening to him ar q
chicago banquet and his remarks consisted entirely Of
review Of what he his father and grandfather had
done for the city OF Chicago.
ME nlustrious Mr.. Capone has reached stage Of
Il exquisite refinement
Inc nrst day he Yves in court he wore diamond
ring with blue suit, but changed the ring for blue
one the following day when he put on gray.
We hope the house Of representatives at Washing
ton Is forced to revise its rules, majority may at
all times do business =
AS it Is now a committee chairman may kill a bill
py refusing to call his committee together.
It's all right to limit debate but it's absurd for
majority to adopt rules which deliver the whole
membership into the hands OF three men.
One of the farcca elements about the effort being
made to redisrc Indiana is the great soicitude to
avoid placing two congressman in the same district 10
they would have to fight it out to see who should
survive
The object should be to represent the people not
save any congressman's job
before he dismissed that statehouse barber for
~ letting his razor Slip Governor Murray should
have paused to reflect that in the last few years some
three or four Oklahoma Governors have slipped"
We hear lot about reducing taxes in the different
legislatures Of the country but none Of them will
do It,
They never have and they never win
We've heard about tax reduction all our life but
we've never any Of 1t; it's been Just converse
ton
We could cut out one-third OF our Office holders
and never miss them, except on pay day.
There thousands Of them that jtlst ale around.
the only time when they're not sitting Is when they're
lying down.
But the legislature win not reduce the number Of
ofacers; that's not politics. - ~
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A BLoODLEss VICTORY
Mach

"A OAOOOAECC N4NAOlS4
March A
|NN March 4, 1776, the Ameri-
~ cans, under George Washing
ton, occupied Dorchester Heights,
now South Boston, in one Of the
most surprising maneuvers In the
Revolutionary war.
Throughout the winter Of IT'S
76, want Of artillery and powder
prevented Washington from doing
anything more than simply keep
ing up the siege Of Boston.
However, when General Knox
succeeded in dragging fifty cannons
on oxsleds from Ticonderoga TO
Cambridge, distance Of 200 miles,
Washington decided to take the
aggressive.
He easily seized Dorchester
Heights and placed his cannon
into a position overlooking Boston
on the south.
He then gave General Howe,
Bfitish commander, his choice Of
withdrawing his forces from the
town or having it battered by the
cannon.
Howe decided on the former al
Tentative and ordered his men to
embark March II for Halifax.
The following day Washington
entered Boston IN triumph. The
British had left it, never to re-
turn. Congress yoted Washington
gold medal to commemorate his
bloodIess victory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04
Horror

IMAGINATION can paint a more
l. fearful picture than actuality.
And all of us rise an hour and a
half before it is necessary in order
to avoid the nameless fate.
Naturally, I have formed shad-
owy conception Of these neither
regions.
I think that If I l1S abed and
thumbed my nose at the man who
knocked upon by berth I present.
" would find myself in a deep pit
four or five miles removed from the
station.
From that point it would be
necessary for me to carry all my
baggage. Yet this is not enough.
At times I'd walk that distance for
Just another hours sleep.
There must be other shames and
torrents. Perhaps the track walk
erS, the construction men, the
freight hands and the engineers
gather around the car in which the
rebel fingers, and as he emerges
each one of them points a finger Of
Scorn and says, in rough and
rowdy chant: Sleepy headI Sleepy
headI"
OF course, I also want to know
just what purpose Is served by
tumbling passengers into the aisle
so long before they need to be cor
poreally presentable.
Yesterday the porter got me up
one hour and a half before the
Twentieth Century was due. Now, I
can dress in less than that.
And 1t is my belief that most
travellers sleep on trains somewhat
after the manner Of firemen on
duty, and each one needs to do no
more than slide into one or two
available garments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04
Times Readers Voice Their Views

Editor Times-After reading the
various bills proposed to regulate
the motor truck weight on the high
ways of Indiana, one IS amazed to
note how little attention their au-
thors must have paid to modern
truck equipment and its mechanical
design.
In none Of the bills the writer has
seen any consideration given to the
truck with tandem axles, designed
to distribute the load, to absorb the
shocks and to protect the roads.
United States government and army
tests have shown that 10000 pounds
carried on a tandem axle truck Gre
ates less impact to the square inch
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04
IT SEEMS TO ME BY h FFo4S

A BOUT the time that I first was
"A informed the policeman would
get me unless I stopped my bawling,
a porter raped upon the berth to
say that I'd be carried to the
yards If I failed to dress ir1Ine-
diately. These terrors are twined in
the average mind.
I have been arrested once, and 1t
wasn't bad at all, so that's out as q
menacing catastrophe. But I've
never been carried to the yards
VINO has? Not one Of my friends
or acquaintance.
People have explored darkest
Africa ana flown over both poles.
But what happens In this nameless
inferno?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04
The Gates

DUT this is not all set down in
ID bitterness. While losing sleep,
I gained a great deal. That last
one hour and thirty minutes served
to re-establish old loyalties.
Recently heresies have come into
my mind. New York being absent.
I have been seduced by mountains,
deserts and giant cacti.
But in summation Of all towns
within q three-week journey I am
convinced no city offers such glorious
approaches as those which lead to
our own magical city.
Surely, neither Chicago nor Los
Angeles nor Cleveland has any
chute 50 thrilling as the span Of
Palisades and Hudson by which one
slides before he touches home.
And other railroads. too-for I
must be ifnpartial-offer well-con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04
SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ.

MericO May Gust Our Iceman
With Her Great Supply of
Carbon Dioride SnoiO.
.NEExIcO, long recognized by the
4SA average American reader as a
source Of oil, and sometimes a
source Of revolutions, may take its
place as Americas chief source OF
refrigerants.
Fast trains from Mexico may re-
place the familiar delivery truck OF
the ice man.
According to q report to the
American Chemical Society by DR..
James Wexford Martin of New York.
Mexico can furnish the United
States with an almost limitless sup
ply Of carbon dioxide snow, the
worlds newest refrigerant.
He says that a publication process
has been worked out by Professor
Ralph II. Mckee OF Columbia uni
versity which makes 1t feasible to
use the Mexican supply Of carbon
dioxide.
The supply comes from certain OF
the Mexican oil fields.
About fifteen years ago an oil
company In drilling Just south OF
Tampico, Mexico, in the state of
Vera Cruz on the hacienda OF
Quebrache, was surprised-and dis
gusted-to bring in a well Of nor
infiammable gas under high pres
sure, but containing practically no
on,'' DR.. Martin says.
Subsequent wells brought in
commercial amounts Of oil, but in
all the wells large quantities Of
carbon dioxide had to be blown
of continuously to obtain salts
factory oil production.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04

Four Democratic Governors
Are in Limelight in Race
for the 1889 Presidential
Nomination.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla, March
" 4-In this normally Demo-
cratic stronghold people either are
Indifferent or antagonistic to the
Raskob pow-wow. AS q general
proposition, they don't think it can
get anywhere, or amount to any
thing II It does.
What they want to know Is who
will be nominated. incidentally,
that is what every one wants to
know. and what win do more than
any other single factor to determine
the result.
The nominee always has counted
more than the platform, not to
mention platform commitments,
such as Mr.. Raskob has in mind.
If he Is any good, he becomes the
platform. If he isn't, no platform
can save him.
Where you find one Democrat
discussing what the party should
stand for in 1882, you find 100 dis
cussing the e,ailable timber for
cancz1Sscs.
To begin with, they dismiss
members Of congress. The Demo-
cratic party hasn't nominated a
member Of congress FOR sixty years,
and there is nothing In the present
situation to suggest a departure
from this long-standing habit.
On the other hand, the Demo-
cratic party has shown great fond
ness for Governors Smith, Cox,
Wilson, Cleveland and Tilden.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04

IL ASAes 3NAO1SASA6 II 4OAAAOA1A4NS
Editor. Journal Of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
TT is a common belief that the
l. sudden expectoration of blood in
variably is sign of onset Of severe
tuberculosis.
The actual fact of the matter is
that there are many conditions
which can bring about expectora-
ton of blood, but the symptom
always must be considered fairly
serious.
In the first place, the physician
must make sure that the blood
comes from the lungs and not
from the stomach or mouth.
The blood from the lungs is bright
red and frothy and is coughed up.
The blood from the stomach is
usually dark and clotted and is
vomited.
It is, of course, possible that blood
from the lungs may be swallowed
and then rejected by the stomach,
making the diagnosis more difficult.
Blood that comes from the mouth,
the throat, the nose, or the sinuses
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04
Questions and
Answers

What was the maiden, name Of
Nine. CALI Curci7
Amelia CALI.
In what order should silver,
aluminium, nickel, copper and plat
mum be listed IN order OF their
electrical conductivityg
Silver, copper, aluminium, plati-
mum and nickel.
VINO were ~The Seven Wise Men
Of Greece?"
Bias, Chic, CleobllloS. Periander,
PittacoS Scion aud Thales.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04

But I always have wondered where
the inventor fingers who will find a
way to open the windows.
This should not be beyond human
ingenuity. Even the porter, who's
had a chance to practice, most gen.
orally brings to the task huge jack
before he can diSlodge the stubborn
easement.
And I'd like to have the baggage
racks much lower and much wider.
(Copyright 1891. by The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04

trived entrances for travellers to
Manhattan. Each visitor will find
his coming dramatized. There Is
superb theatricality along the Penn
Sylvania.
This is a wizards trick to speed
up to a little hill and have it yawn
and open. Darkness. A buzzing in
your ears and then the roar of the
great city itself.
Almost it is like being born, if
what read In books is true.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04

ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those Of
one Of Americas most inter-
eSting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this Daper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04

Snappy orange berets forecast for mems spr1ns
wear The stylists are assuming Of course. that in
the spring young mans fancy.
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Here, Mr.. Pullman

THE PULLMAN COMPANY re-
l. Gently has begun to advertise
itself in a series of well-contrived
leaflets. Many Of the proud claims
are Justly advanced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04

tory law can but smile-or, should
he weep?
Under one Of the proposed laws
1t actually would be impossible to
drive a Ford truck, equipped with a
tandem axle, when fully loaded over
the highways Of the state Of IN
diana. While the author, no doubt.
not knowing what it is all about, We
hemently would deny such inten-
ton. No Judge, proceeding by
strictly legal and logical reasoning.
could DO anything else but ban
such Ford truck from the roads.
OF course, such is Indiana legis-
lation. We must excuse.
A TAXPAYER AND TRUCK
OWNER.