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1T SEEMS TO ME BY H BFUTS

der in being willing to continue as
minority prime minister. 1t could
be said for him that certain condf-
tons of injustice were not wholly
his fault.
This was no experiment in Social
ism, because the Liberals and Con-
servatives could turn Mr.. MacDon-
aid out whenever they wanted. In
any far-reaching issue he was sure
to be defeated in the house of COM
mons.
But it seems to me that he erred
greatly in not forcing just such a
defeat. 1t would have been better
tactics to have gone back to the
country for a stronger mandate.
This can not be obtained now, for
the radical groups in England are
split wide open.
am not among those who believe
that every necessary social change
must or can be brought about by
8 o'clock next Monday morning.
And yet I feel that there is death
and dissolution in watchfu1 waiting.
Progress may be slow but it ought
to be perceptible.
First Tear Down the Ruins
CURELY Ramsay Macdonald did
~ not give service to the idea of
universal and international brother
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hood by preserving the British en-
pire as he found it. Other min
listers might very well have been
more harsh in handling the Indian
problem. But it was sin enough
upon the conscience of q Socialist
that Ramsay Macdonald endeav-
ored to keep a rebellious and I'M
willing people tied to the apron
strings Of the homeland.
BY now it should be evident that
the England which was before the
World war can not be again, and
should not. Not all the kings
horses can bring back that old i'm
perialist vision of Rudyard Kipling.
In this Macdonald was a great
deal less than frank and fearless.
He tried to temporize and keep an
old sagging barn up on its timbers
as long as possible. A push would
have been better.
I am afraid that the prime min
lister really is at heart a liberal. He
means well. He wishes we'll. But
he breads to put a far-reaching
policy into action. This sort of
compromising is generally ineffec-
tive.
Only the other day a great British
landowner complained that out of
every hundred pounds he had to
pay eighty i'll taxation. Still, it is
hard to weep for his plight, since
England contains so many millions
who do not have to worry at all
about taxes, since they have not
even the residue of twenty pounds
to worry about.
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They Dug Own Pit

IF Tammany leaders hadn't been
Il too scared, or mad, to realize
what they were doing, would they
ever have dug such a pit and then
fallen into it?
On its surface, the proposition
looked all right. If rotten condi-
tons justified a probe of the Demo-
cratic administration in New York
City, why not probe of the Re-
publican administration in certain
upstate cities?
That was the big idea with which
Tammany leaders went to Governor
Roosevelt, and he couldn't see the
catch in it.
After the Governor had consoled
Tammany by opening the way for
it to take a whack at Republican
cities upstate, the Republicans
merely offered q bill authorizing the
investigation of all cities that evil
dence might warrant.
That, of course, crabs the act,
since there are about as many
Democratic cities liable to attack
as there are Republican, which still
would leave the Seabury investiga-
ton standing head and shoulders
above the whole performance.
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M. E. Tracy
SAYS:

Worse Than All, We Haze
Let G a M b ling Ran the
Whole Sh0aO IN Business
and Everything Else, and
/ America Is Chained to a
Monte Carlo.
.NTHAT week it has been, with
w the revolution collapsed in
Cuba, the Labor government fallen
in England, the Roosevelt Tam
many row seemingly patched up in
New York, the conviction of Luke
Lea in North Carolina, the kidnap-
ing and gang war on every hand.
Crime and politics, politics and
crime-you can't blame people for
getting weary of it all, throwing up
their hands in sheer bewilderment,
and turning to frivolous things for
consolation.
The situation has grown too vast
and complicated for even the best
minds to grasp. That is the one
big trouble with it. In every line
Of human endeavor, we have built
towers of Babel and our brains
are confused, even if our tongues
are not.
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Not Too LateI
ID AMSAY MACDONALD wa

D AMSAY ACDONALD was
IN stanch and fearless in his OBJ
position to the war. In postwar
days he did his bit in the promo
ton of disarmament. But it was
all too little.
More vigorous and eloquent lead
ership readily could have done twice
as much to lift the burden of a big
navy from the back of a land so
sadly beset with industrial stagna-
ton.
1t is not my notion that the sun
is about to set forever upon the
British Isles. Indeed, I feel that
here is a people ready and capable
of making the finest laboratory ex-
pertinent yet known in the field of
cooperative democracy.
Macdonald had his chance to
show to the world the possibility Of
bloodless revolution. He missed the
chance. Some one else must take
it up. 1t can be done.
Copyright 1881. BY The Timesl
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Chained to Monte Carroll

GO we come to martial law in the
~ oil field, prohibition in the cot
ton field, and God knows what.
Neither can it be dismissed as a
temporary efervescence of radical
ism.
Back of the stew and turmoil,
looms the sinister figure of I'M
bridled greed and uncontrolled am
bition.
With business as our god and
success as our goal, we have as
PRED to unjustifiable ends, have
rolled up fortunes and made COM
bines out Of all reason.
Worse than all else, we have let
gambling run the whole show, max
ing legitimate business hopeleSsly
dependent on sheer speculation.
AS matter of fact, American in
duStry is chained to a Monte Carlo
of Gargantuan proportions.
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Mans Persistence

THE history of aviation is a STIR
u ring chapter in the history
OF civilization. It is a monument to
the persistence of homo sapiens.
AS the authors of the book say:
"This book is essentially a record of
failures. More than half its pages
are concerned with attempts at
flight which ended in every possible
Formulation between disappoint-
ment and disaster.
But the investigators who secured
only negative results nevertheless
deserve recognition.
Each one of them patiently, al
though unconsciously, eliminated a
possible angle of approach until the
correct line of advance was at last
clear.
"The material for few studies
would indicate so forcefully the re-
lentleSs persistence Of men.
1T is record that should con-
found the present prophets of pes
simism, who, in recent years, have
admitted very little basic improve
ment and still believe that the linn
its of its development have been
reached.
ut is quite obvious that the air
plane is peculiarly one of history's
moody children; since Archytas of
laramie opened It's history with his
wooden dove in the fourth century
before Christ, the progress Of aero
nautics has proceeded in spurts,
between which there have been
years, decades or centuries that
have seemed almost entirely barren.
I'm what direction history will
indicate that this book be revised.
only time will indicate"
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The Funny Prison Board

Nick Sudovich, beer runner by occupa-
ton, gunman by profession, Capone aid by
enlistment and murderer by proxy, is to be
hurried back to the land he left nineteen
years ago to gain fortune in this country.
The trustees of the state prison at Michi-
gan City have decided not to wait until No
vember, when his minimum sentence ex-
pires, to turn him over to the federal authori-
ties, who have already sentenced him to de-
portation.
With the Governor in attendance at their
meeting, the members virtuously decided
that Nick is now an expense to the state.
One of the members, whose speeches are
a matter of comment by the Wickersham
committee, made farewell address to Nick.
He solemnIy told Nick that he had failed to
live up to the ideals of America and must go.
The smugness and servility of the men,
bers Of this board suggest that whoever is
elected Governor two years hence should be
publicly pledged to Immediately GUST every
member and try to install some appearance
of self-respect in that institution.
The cold fact is that this murderer who
is now hastily sent away from this country
was given a thirty-day parole in July in
order that he might attend the orgies and
revels put on by Al Capone, public enemy,
in Michigan hotel.
The truth is that the parole was recon-
mended by the warden of the prison and
signed by the office of the Governor. The more
significant fact is that the warden by infer
ence and the Governors office directly shift
the responsibility to each other.
The big crime of Sudovich was not his
violation of law. If that had been the case,
he would have been deported upon his con-
viction in the federal courts. He offended
when he boosted to his fellow-prisoners on
his return from his temporary release that
he had celebrated with Capone.
1t is significant that neither the Governor
nor any member of that board questioned
Nick as to the truth or falsity of his boast
that he had been the guest of Capone.
1t is more significant that no member of
the board questioned Warden DAILY as to his
reasons for recommending the release of
killer and booze runner for month.
1t is significant that no one of these board
members attempted to discover the reason
for the signature to that parole by the
Governors office or tried in any way to save
what self-respect the board may have by at
least suggesting that it is bad for discipline
to give killers paroles and refuse them to
minor offenders.
The incident stinks. To pirate about the
failure of Sudovich to maintain American
ideals is a traveSty.
Since when did it become an American
ideal to turn loose on temporary parole a
killer, corruptionist, gangster and dive
keeper?
Since when did it become an American
ideal to hide the facts about such an incident
and cover them with silence instead of plac-
ing directly the blame for such an act?
Sudovich should have company on his
trip.
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un 10 Date

TINE authors, who are graduates
Il of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, divide their book
into six sections. These deal with
the various types of devices which
men have built in their attempts
to conquer the air,
Section one deals with Balloons
and Parachutes," section two with
'Navigable Balloons and AirShipS,"
section three with "Ornithopters,
that is, with attempts to fly by
means of Tapping wings.
Section four deals with hell
copters, section five with gliders and
section six with airplanes.
This last section contains an ex-
cellent discussion of aviation in the
World war and in the postwar
period.
The final three chapters re-titled
"The Effect of the War on Avia-
tion," Significant Flights Since the
War" and 1.-THE Present"
The book contains an appendix
which will prove of particular value
to all those who have occasion to
look up facts connected with the
history Of aviation.
This appendix includes a "Con-
densed Table of Records" large
and well-chosen photography, and
Chronology of Flight"
This chronology is a particularly
fine piece of scholarship, listing the
important dates in aviation from
400 B. G. to the present.
1t occupies twenty-five pages. The
last items in this chronology must
have been added the instant before
the presses started turning out the
book.
The final item is 1881 (July u
Post and Gatty complete circum-
navigation of globe by air in eight
days fifteen hours f1fty-one min
utes, with flying time of four days
ten hours eight minutes"
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Too Much for a Symbol

nN the whole, it is probably true
~ that democratic England has
been too patient in the preservation
of the monarchy. 1t may be pointed
out that in many respects a parlia-
mentary system is far more respon-
Sive to the popular will than our
own.
I realize that the king of England
possesses little actual governmental
power. Nevertheless, he remains as
a symbol of caste and class. Any
brand new turnover in Britain
should leave out even this vestigial
remnant of divine right. Besides
that, the king is a fairly expensive
luxury.
Partisans of things as they are
may assert that the prince of Wales
is an excellent ambassador of good
will and hustling salesman for
the South American trade. But it
is at least conceivable that these
functions could be carried on by
somebody other than a member of
the reigning house.
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It's Going Too Far

TINE Louisiana anti-cotton plant
l. ing bill is what you might c0ii
a radical experiment in legislation.
1t leaves nothing to the imagina-
ton, much less to the bill of rights.
The planting of cotton simply is
prohibited, providing states growing
rs per cent Of the crop take similar
action.
In the light of an economic neces-
sity such methods may look fine,
but what about them in the light of
principle?
1t is true that the federal govern
ment is not involved and that the
parallel to Volsteadism is not exact.
It is true, also, that the objective
is money, rather than morality. But
when all is said and done, are we
not going pretty far in carrying the
law into a mans garden patch?
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Everything'S BefuddIed

ONLY ignorance and fanaticism
" appear sure of their ground
You can find plenty of people who
know exactly what should be done,
though they can't read and write.
So, too, you can find plenty who
have invented a cure which they
want to peddle.
Outside of the illiterateS and doc
trinnaires, however, there is wide
spread befuddlement.
Those ordinarily opposed to CAPT.
tai punishment are ready to cheer
when a gangster is shot. Big cor
porations that stand to lose money
by it are inclined to praise Alfalfa
Bill" Murray for shutting down the
oil wells.
Some of the worst reactionarieS in
this country want Russia recognized.
And so it goes.
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APPROVE NAVY BILL

APPROVE NAVY BILL
Aug. %
ON Aug. 20, 1917, the navy de-
~ partment'S estimate of $780,
100000 for new destroyers to COM
bat the German submarine warfare
was approved by President Wilson.
Under the speeding-up plan each
destroyer will be produced in about
half the time it took before the war.
That is, it will take from ten to
twelve months to build a destroyer
instead Of from eighteen to twenty
months.
AS this bill was being approved,
German submarine sank the Bel
gian relief ship Kongsli off the
coast of Norway.
On this date also Captain Giulio
Lawrence Of the Italian aviation
corps established a new worlds
record in a flight from Turin to
Naples and return-920 miles. The
flight took him ten hours thirty
three minutes.
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Regarding the positive tax cut
asked by the spokesman of the
board of trade and the Chamber of
Commerce, asking government Off
Gals to cut salaries, I wish to say
that I am an Indianapolis police
man and am speaking for the rank
and file.
First, why not ask our utilities to
lower gas, water, light and tele-
phone rates? Why not ask our pork
packers to cut the price of meat, Sc
that we can buy meat which is
costing 40, SO and so cents pound,
at 10, Is and 18c a pound?
I also wish to state that police
men and firemen received So day
during the whole World War. We
did not grumble then, though it
cost us every cent to live. Manu-
facturers and business men were
making money then, and we were
just getting by. With living ex-
penses still rising after the war,
little by little we got an increase in
our salary.
I would like to see the loud speak
ers advocating salary cuts live on
what we are making. Why not tell
the taxpayers the truth? I do not
own an automobile, yet I am called
upon to help pay thousands Of dol
lars for traffic regulations from the
accident prevention bureau, on
down to speed cops, motorcycles,
traffic signals, traffic department,
more judges, bailiffs, stenographers,
more deputy sheriffs, state police
force, street widening and repairs.
We are called upon to pay mill
lions of dollars to cope with the
crime wave, and millions of dollars
for trying to enforce prohibition.
Now cutting our salaries will not
pay the mans taxes who ho~-7't the
money to pay them, and will not
give him a job, from my way of
thinking. Our whole ancient tax
system will have to be changed to
meet the modern times.
FRED G. HESS.
Editor Times-Some civic organi-
cations in Indianapolis and some
city councilmen should be ashamed
of themselves for advocating lower
wages among 1000 city employees to
make reduction in taxes. Wage
cuts will not help out in this time
of depression.
Instead, the wage level should be
kept high, to keep competent help
to help solve these problems. The
council points out that by a 10 per
cent reduction in the city pay roll
it will be able to pare of some
$4,000 from the city's $8,0O0,00
budget, all of which would be very
small percentage Of the total
amount and would amount to a
very small reduction in the tax
rate.
Councilman Fred C. Gardner
complains about some stenographers
in the city hall drawing $1,000 a
year. Does Mr.. Gardner realize the
responsibility that some of these
StenographerS have?
He also states that some of the
typists in his own business are paid
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only $40 weekly-not a decent living
wage, even though the buying power
of the dollar is greater now than it
has been for some time.
If 7 were in his position, I would
be ashamed to admit publicly that
paid some of my help such a
meager salary. How can a girl live
decently, pay room and board on
$40 a week?
Cutting the salaries of the city
employees isn't the answer to lower
taxes. The city council should go
somewhat deeper than the monthly
payroll if it desires to lower taxes
in indianapolis.
w. AFFORD.
Editor Times-The advance guns
for the sale of tickets to the uni
verSity football games have been
fired. My own college has advised
me how I can buy tickets to all its
games.
Just now the universities of In
diana can perform a heroic service
and teach a lesson in self -scriflce
by giving all the profits of the sea-
son to be used for the benefit of the
unemployed, or the needy.
suggest that Purdue and Indi-
ana universities, and all state insti-
buttons, do this. Other schools
could follow, and probably would, if
shown the way.
The individual can help, too, by
adopting this plan. I usually go
to three or four football games
each season out Of town-Blooming
ton, Lafayette, South Bend and
Champaign. This year I shall not
go to one.
1 figure my expenses to each of
these games is, at the minimum,
SO. BY this self-denial, I shall
have $40 to help my less fortunate
neighbors. believe the poor need
this money now more than does
the football racket. T. B.
Editor Tfmes-In 1895 to 1897 the
Republican party called it a panic,
ana now they say this is a depreS-
sion. There were soup houses and
bread lines in the seventies and
they exist today.
If the reader will stop to think
he will remember that the Repub-
lican party has been in power since
1860, with the exception of eight
years of Grover Cleve1and'S admin
istration and eight years of Will
sons, making total of sixteen
year under the Democratic party,
with the senate and congress being
against the party, giving the Repub-
licans control for more than fifty
six years.
If every voter will think Of his
or her welfare they will give this
matter thorough study before go
ing to the polls again to vote. The
Republican party is not the party
for the common people. May you
all stop listening to think before
you vote.
CHARLES A. LEFFLER.
] st. Paul. Ind.
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We Change Quickly

TINE one justification for carry
Il ing the law that far is that we
have already permitted speculation
and manipulation to enter a mans
garden patch.
1t is not the hugeness of our
corporate enterprises, but the init
mate way they have come to affect
individual life that leads us along
strange paths.
With our economic structure so
definitely altered, we seem to face
no other alternative than to change
our political conceptions.
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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 uaper.-The Editor.
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WHATEVER happens during
w the next few weeks in Eng
land, Ramsay Macdonald will come
out of it tragic figure. Even
though his coalition or cooperative
cabinet tides the nation through its
difficulties, Mr.. Macdonald will be
stamped as a man without party.
And, rather worse than that, man
without clear-cut political or eco
nomic program.
1t is only fair to admit the sim
certify and integrity of the prime
minister. He may be damned with
the faint praise that he has done
his best. But that best has been
palpably inadequate.
To be sure, circumstances have
been marshaled against him. Like
other national leaders, he is in no
wise responsible for the condition
of worldwide depression. Moreover,
he has been franker than others in
admitting and seeking to alleviate
conditions of unemployment.
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SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

BY DAVID DIETZ-
If You Are Air-Minded Tt
WI Be Hard for You to
Miss Reading an Aerial
"Tredsure."
IF you are among the thousands
L who have lively interest in the
progress Of aviation you will want
to add a new book to your library.
1t is "A History of Aircraft" by F.
Alexander Magoon and Eric Hodg-
ms. CThe book just has been pub
liShed by Whittlessey House at So
Although written in language
easily within the grasp of the nom
technical reader, the book is a ver-
liable encyclopedia Of aviation his
tory.
AS reference book it fills a spot
on the book shelf which to date has
been vacant.
An excellent feature Of the book
is its lavish illustrations. Tt e in
clude the reproductions Of many
old prints as we'll as many recent
photographs, and range all the way
from a page from Leonardo da
Vinci's notebook to a picture of
the DO-X, the worlds largest and
most powerful seaplane.
Some of the prints of the early
attempts at flight are most inter-
esting.
One shows the ill-starred attempt
of the Marquis de Bacquevile in
the seventeenth century to glide
across the River Seine by means
of kitelike appendages attached to
his hands and feet.
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ment through the nation that would carry his meas
ure to victory and operation next winter
Here at least is plan in period of inactivity
and lack of leadership. The day is fixed by law The
is available. His plan may not be workable.
But it would at least start discussion that might de-
velop into workable plan.
Why not devote the day to the purposes for which
it was set aside as legal holiday?