The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30

state to pay from $1,000 to $4,000
back taxes with penalties of which
they did not owe one penny, ano
would have been able to show that
the present Indiana law is abSo-
lutely unconstitutional had the mat
ter been brought 20 a showdown.
If we are to have lot of pub
licity in this matter, why not have
all the facts?
In this matter, Mr.. Editor, you
have taken an attitude inconsistent
with the policy of The Times and all
due to the fact that you have been
misinformed and misled. Better look
into it a little further.
AN IDIANA OIL JOBBER.
Editor Times-A reader of your
paper recently has commented upon
depressions. No doubt, as this is
written, there are few people
throughout the world today who de-
sire no light on this question of
great Importance.
The great powers of the world, in
their frantic search for means to
stabilize their governments, in this
dark hour, have almost become hys-
terical!
In speaking of a question of this
nature, it is best to refrain from ex-
aggeration. Truly, it would be far
from exaggeration in stating that
the business horizon today is OBJ
Scured as never before! Many causes
of such a condition practically have
proved that they were fundamental
to the success of industry, thereby
creating a situation indeed critical.
This condition can not be confined
to America alone. Tt is universal
However, this nation with it's 7,O0O,-
600 unemployed men, faces a Situa-
ton that demands the attention of
men with courage and skill--men
who dauntlessly will face the situa-
ton with no personal or selfish de-
Sires. 1t is enough to say that, as
is evident, America today is making
the greatest fight of her whole his
tory.
1t is a known fact that prosperity
can not be stabilized in the world,
or in one nation, unless the working
man has employment. Prosperity
depends upon that alone. Unless
people feel secure in their work,
there is some hesitancy in spending
money.
If capital and management are
concerned deeply in this grave
problem, they have as yet shown no
means of relief that can be relied
upon. Their efforts thus far have re-
suited in only temporary relief. The
time will come when humanity can
not exist on that.
IN looking at the situation from
all angles, it seems that there has
been no failure. If, however, there
has been a failure, it has been the
failure of man to obey God. It is
not a difficult task to sum up the
religious value of the people of to-
day. Many show an outward form
of goodness, but they deny the
power thereof.
Others are trampling through the
spilled blood of Jesus Christ-going
the broad and easy way" Perhaps
it is true today that the greater per
cent of people do not realize the
significance of the great sacrifice of
our Savior.
1t was the shed blood of the lamb
that made the difference between
Cain and Abel, and between the
Israelites and the Egyptians. 1t is
the shed blood of the lamb of God
that marks the difference between
the saved and the lost now, and that
will differentiate between the song
of the redeemed in heaven and the
wall of the damned in hell here
after.
Surely, it must be said that the
sin Of man is held responsible for
the distress of the world today.
RAYMOND e. WISEHART.
Muncie, Ind.
Editor Tirnes-T There seems to be
considerable difference in the bank
ing laws Of our states, or at least in
their enforcement. Some days ago