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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07
Helning Industry

Any factor that will enable local indus
tries to keep men employed should be en-
couraged, not fought.
This is the proper attitude taken by the
civic clubs of the city in regard to the ques-
ton of permitting the manufacturers to pur-
chase and use natural gas. That is the atti-
tude they will take before the puolic service
commission on the question of granting
license for the distribution of that product to
the factories.
The great and permanent objective is
public ownership of the gas system and when
that is finally achieved, the natural gas sys-
tenn should be included.
1t is unfortunate that greedy interests
are preventing the public ownership by all
the tricks and devices known to big bandits
in business.
The big gas monopolies run from New
York and Cleveland, own the bonds and
stocks Of the local gas companies. These
concerns, operating in many cities, do not
dare to permit public ownership in city of
this size. A successful operation would put
them on the spot in too many other localities
where they are practicing their gentle rob-
berries and less gentle larcenies.
The same interests which are fighting
public ownership in Indianapolis are fighting
the proposal to bring natural gas to the fac
tories. Public ownership advocates and pro-
ponents of a natural gas supply for fac
tories have a common enemy, if not COM
mon cause and their cause may be common.
One of the tricks of those who are fight
ing public ownership is to confuse the sincere
advocates of that object and divide them.
They are doing that now.
Two things are certain. The people de-
mand and may finally achieve public owner
ship of this utility. The factories need
natural gas supply at once. Both objects can
work together and the chances are much bet
ter with group of local factory owners than
with bunch of brokers and fnanciers from
other cities who grow rich by manipulation,
intrigue and worse.
The local industralists say that the sup
ply is necessary for their prosperity and that
it means continued employment for many
citizens. Anything that gives job in these
days must be welcomed and embraced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07

Prohibition in Porto Rico is failure and If the
people of the island are permitted to vote on the
question they will abolish it, according to Felix c.
dova Davila, resident commissioner of the island in
congress
The eighteenth amendment does not apply to
Porto Rico but the provisions of the Volstead act
have been extended to it. The people in 1917
voted dry
More liquor is sold in Porto Rico than in any
place proportionate to its size, Davia says. 1t is
impossible to check smuggling from nearby wet Brit
ish territory. The island needs 100000 in taxes
which legalized liquor would produce but which
goes to booteggers; and the island does not need
prohibition because the people are temperate Con-
gress will be asked TO authorize another vote.
Porto Rico, which we acquired by conquest, of
course occupies a different position that the rest of
our territory We have moral right to force Porto
Rico to remain dry if it doesn't want to be dry
We sympathize with the islanders in their desire
to make a change and to rid themselves of the boot
Logging evil, with which the mother country is all
too familiar But suspect Senior Davila is reckon
ing without the dry hosts of this country and their
votes in congress.
To our dry zealots the right of alien people,
who have come into our possession" without being
consulted, to regulate their own manners and morals,
means nothing
God-given duty to tell their brothers how to live
So Porto Rico, predict will have to keep prohi-
btion for little while longer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07
Smelling in Canada

NTINING and smelling operations
Iva of the International Nickel
Company are carried on at Copper
Cliff, near Sudbury, Ontario, where
a copper refinery also has been
built.
The company has two nickel re-
f1neries in operation-one at Port
Colborne, Ontario, and the other
at Clydach, about nine miles from
Swansea, Wales.
The Clydach plant was built ia
1902 by the Mond Nickel Company,
which is now 8 subsidiary of the
International Nickel Company of
Canada.
GAS the platinum metals are pro-
duced from ores mined primarily
for the nickel-copper content, !"
American Chemical Society report
continues, mining and smelling
costs are largely absorbed in the
recovery of these two metals, so that
the raw materials for the platinum
refinery are obtained at very low
charges. Highly efficient processes
and operations in the Acton refinery
permit low production costs.
I'm the Acton plant a furnace
department and a wet process de-
partment have been installed to
treat the products from Clydach
and Port Colborne, respectively
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07
A Coal Experiment

Americans seeking ways to end the chronic chaos
In the countys soft coal industry with its attendant
unemployment and human suffering will watch with
interest an experiment being made in Great Britain
Conditions there are similar to our own and vari-
Gus measures have been tried to put the industry on
its feet with little success Coal is important in the
British economic structure exports providing cargoes
for outbound ships which return with the food and
raw materials Britain needs
In recent years there has been a decline in demand
due to competition of fuel OIL better methods of
utilizing COAL and other factors Mines were closed
and men thrown out of work. with thousands reduced
to the starvation level and existing only on the So
called dole. Labor troubles followed. Measures
fostered by the government failed to revive the in
dustry.
Last year parliament passed the British Coal
Mines act now being at into effect This legislation
fixes production quotas, regulates prices establishes
uniform working day, and creates a coal mines
national industrial board The operators are said to
be willing to give the law fair trial
The United States government at various times
In the past has interviewed in mine labor troubles in
this country and the situation has been studied by
committees of congress and commissions which have
made recommendations for legislation which never
were followed
At present Secretaries Doak and Lamont are en-
desvoring to arrange conference between coal opera
tors and mine union officials to end current labor
difficulties and discuss the situation generally Be-
cause of the attitude Of operators. many Of whom
have refused to confer, little of Importance is in
prospect result of this effort.
Whether the government will attempt more drastic
If the present attempt is fruitless is not
known. 1t certain, however, that demoraliza-
ion Of basic industry like coal mining, witty thou
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07

According to this report proteins
minerals, vitamins and roughage
are adequately available in other
foodStuffs, and need not be sought
alone in whole wheat bread.
Only in such countries as India
and China, where the diet is little
diversified, are nutritional or eco
nomic advantages to be secured by
consuming whole grains rather than
highly milled grains of wheat.
Wheat now ranks as one of the
cheapest foods. Per capita consump-
ton appears to be increasing in the
world at large. but not in the United
States or in Great Britain, Canada
and Australia.
Potatoes, baked greens, green
corn, boiled rice and boiled maca-
roni contain 20 per cent of carbohy-
drates. Green peas, artichokes, par
ships and canned lima beans con-
tain Is per cent Of carbohydrates.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07
Just Every Day Sense

BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

"A CERTAIN doctor and his wife who live in Nror,
y York City decided that they were not banny
together and wished to be divorced According r.
al STANDARDS OF good sense, long as the two of
neIn hao agreed to separate, they should have raen
aC ADerCy 10 go before some tribunal and have their
marriage dissolved. 1901
But no! Not in enlightened and Hbertv-Ioving
america Instead 1T was necessary that one should
prlng charges OF misconduct against the other The
doctor, who had his business reputation tn consider
in court. ~
The wife, being just as careful of her personal
reputation, did not enjoy the idea of having her
name dragged through the mire Yet one of them
must confess to having found the other in a COM
promising situation, to obey the peculiar demands
of the law.
A might have been expected by the time the
\ details of how to get the divorce had been
settled the two were angry with each other that
accusations OF the meaneSt sort were hurled back
and forth. The lawyers found themselves with a
good deal Of evidence to untange the greedy public
read with relish the ugly charges and Snickered
with glee
The pleasant result of all this is that both hus-
band and wife have come out with no reputa-
tons at ALL
Divorce is bad enough, but the way we are COM
peled TO get them IN this country is nothing short
OF disgrace The laws in states are posi-
lively archaic and belong to feudal days
The idea OF having all ones intimate affairs aired
before the public is particularly repellent to all
sensitive people. And the thought of forcing a man
to charges of gross miSbehavior, of which he may
be innocent, is even more So
We do not publish all the intimaces of q romance
sary to open to the public all the unpleasantnesSeS
before the divorce?
Our probing into personal privacy is not only
stupid, but barbarous.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

cellulose or fiber, and mineral mat
ter. It's chief value for nutrition
depends on the starch and sugar
content, which make up SO per cent
of the product.
About Is per cent is water, II
per cent heterogeneous matter, and
: per cent each cellulose and min
sral matter.
For some years there has been
much agitation in favor of whole
wheat products with a view to eco
nomic causes or to the securing of
roughage and vitamins which it has
been claimed are lacking in white
bread.
The researches made in the Food
Research Institute of Stanford uni
yersity conclude that nothing would
be gained for the nations health or
nations economy by consumption of
wheat as whole wheat bread instead
Of white bread.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07
1T SEEMS TO ME BY HR EES4%

r HAVE found way to feel very
l. close kin to the high gods. The
notion that I, too, leaned out from
the gold bar of heaven came to me
suddenly as sat in the right field
bleacherS Of one of the big theaters
which provide a combination bill of
vaudeville and motion pictures.
The process of dedication &C.
CURED during the vaudeville portion
Of the program.
The stage was several miles away.
I could see perfectly and hear moth
ing as it was said. Curious little,
insect-like people moved about the
stage aimlessly. And yet there was
every evidence that they took them
selves seriously.
Still these were not ants, but po-
tentially men and women. They
had names-Kerrigan and Vane,
the kaufman Trio, Miss Minstrel
Company, or something like that.
From where I sat they we're in
sects. 1t seemed to me that it would
be no trouble at all to flip the three
strong men and the pony ballet
into oblivion with one finger. The
little finger would be the most suit
able.
And there were times when I
wanted to do it. Only the feeling
that I was too new a god to impose
doom restrained me. These per-
forming ants forever were working
to entertain. They ran on and off
the stage without apparent reason
and waved their antennae about
furiously.
Two Of the ants would stand close
together as if in conversation, and
every now and then one of them
would hit the other brutally in the
face,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07
SlapStiCk AntLand

T DID not know why, and my SYM
L pathies went entirely to the one
who was struck. It was difficult
not to interfere.
I rather think that some of the
seemingly extraordinary judgments
Of the high gods between mortals
must be explained on the ground
Of a somewhat similar imperfect
knowledge.
1t was just as well that I waited
before taking blind vengeance on
the vaudeville insects, because half
an hour or so after the blows were
struck by the seemingly aggressive
ant the conversation which preceded
the violence began to drift back to
me.
1t came to my ears during the
turn of the strong men and created
rather uncanny effect. At first
was puzzled, because I had never
known strong men to exchange any
words at all except the traditional
"aleyup."
Almost Immediately realized
that 1T was merely the hardness
Of sound waves which caused the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07
Delicate Process

NPERATIONS at the Acton plant
" require the care that is nor
mally associated. with the perform
ance of chemical analyses or deli
cate laboratory experiments. 1t will
be seen at once why this is so.
In an ordinary manufacturing
process, a certain amount of waste
is sometimes less expensive than the
loss Of time or the additional effort
which would be necessary to prevent
the waste.
But the Acton plant is operating
to separate gold, platinum and other
precious metals from the other
chemical elements with which they
are united Obviously, there is no
desire to throw away precious
metals.
After the first separation Is car
ried through, the leftover materials
are put through another process to
make sure that no precious metals
have been lost by accident.
The Acton processes are highly
complicated. The concentrate, as it
is called, from the Clydach plant, is
first reduced to granular form.
This then is treated with hot sui
phuric acid to dissolve the silver and
part Of the palladium. The silver
and palladium are subsequently
precipitated in the form of chlor-
ides.
The concentrate" from Port Col
burne is treated with hot sulphuric
acid and then with aqua regia to
dissolve the platinum, palladium
and gold. These metals then are
precipitated in turn from the result
ing solution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07
Views of Times Readers

Editor Times-I am wondering
what is. to become of the little boy
who stole 50 worth of old rusty tools
from blacksmith shop. I am won
dering if others do not. as I do, feel
that something should be done in
his behalf.
Is little child of 13, because of
his poverty and poor surroundings,
to have no friends in this world?
I should like to hear from others,
under the voice of the people, their
views regarding the matter.
1t seems to me that when one Of
a crowd of boys, among whom was
the Governor S son, shoots and kills
an innocent man with stolen cart
ridges and no punishment is meted
out, that this child's punishment is
unbelievably cruel and harsh.
1t is heathenish and criminal. I
should say the crime of giving a
child Of that Ags such sentence is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07
Economic Log Jam

THIS is no time to shudder in
Il the chimney corner, or try to
save nickelS for rich men who have
more dollars than they know what
to do with.
This is time for virility and i'm
agination, even at the risk of mis-
takes, a time for audacity and dra-
matte leadership.
Instead of firing few govern
ment clerks, the army and navy
should be recruited to full strength
Instead of endeayoring to balance
the budget by inconsequential econ
omies, the income tax should be
doubled, especially in the higher
brackets.
Instead Of trying to reduce the
public debt, money should be made
available for every kind of improve
ment and project.
Instead Of attempting to softsoar
people with optimistic predictions
that have grown threadbare, spokes-
men at Washington should be bru-
tally frank.
The situation calls for strength
If not ruthlessness. It's like a log
jam that has to be dynanited.
What the nation needs, especially
from those in charge, is an example
that will restore its courage and not
confirm its fear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07
The Wrong Cue

IN order to guard against slip
l. up the friendly ants rehearsed
the scene in advance. 1t ran some
thing like this:
August! August!
B-You're a little wrong on your
months. This is July.
A punching hirn)-You fool!
August is the name of the waiter.
The delay which retarded the
progress Of this poke to our ears
impaired it's effectiveness a litNe.
The rest was more sprightly.
August, bring some chicken
en- casserole and combination salad
for myself and the two ladies. Oh,
I have forgotten my friend. What
will you have?
Bring me some pigs knuckles.
At this point A hit B for the sec
ond time and again called him a
fool.
A-Why did you say, Bring me
some pigs knuckles?"
B-Why did you ask me so
pretty?
A-Oh, I've forgotten my friend.
Won't you have something? You
must join us.
B-Sure. Bring me a dish of
ham and eggs.
Again blows were struck, and
again A inquired ferociously as to
the cause TO the slip-up.
A-What made you say, Bring
me a dish of ham and eggs?"
B-Well, why did you go and
coax me?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07
Questions and
Answers

In what part of the heavens is the
Southern Cross constellation and
how does it point to the South Pole?
1t is situated near the Arctic cir
Gle, and therefore is never visible
in northern ATTITUDES. It consists of
four bright stars, to which fancy.
aided by Christian associations,
gives the cruciform shape. The
two brilliant stars which mark the
summit and foot of the Southern
Cross have nearly the same right
ascension and the constellation
therefore, is almost vertical when
passing the meridian so that these
two stars act as pointers to the
South Pole.
What NEUROLOGICAL character was
called Dixie?
1t is the name Of the Greek god
dess of justice.
Where was Owen D. Young born?
He wac born in Van Hornes-
vile, N. 7.
When and by whom was the Uni
versity Of Salamanca, Spain.
founded?
Founded by Alfonso TX of Leon
IN. 1890, and refunded by st.
Ferdinand of CASTLE in 1912.
Are there many wild lions and
tigers in the world?
Lions were formerly much more
widely distributed than at present.
They are found now throughout the
continent of Africa, but have been
exterminated in the more civilized
regions; in Asia their habitat ex-
tends south from Mesopotamia and
Persia to India, but in India only
q few remian in the wild hills near
Kurrachee. Tigers are widely dis
tributed throughout Asia, being
especially abundant in, India, though
absent from Ceylon, and also from
the plateau Of Thibet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07
Grain GAMBLING

chicago Spectator is credited with having made
million dollars by obtaining corner" in corn
operating in the Chicago Grain Exchange. he
bought so extensively for future delivery that he
temporarily forced up the price 10 or 20 cents a
bushel within two weeks He had obtained cop+roI
OF such large part of the prospective supply that
those who had sold were forced to paw off at g.
higher figure
FINALLY, Of course, such transactions-in wheat
ana cotton, as well corn-rest on the possibi1tv
OF actual delivery of the commodity In reality
however, they are carried on largely on paper. The
SPECTATORS or gamblers, buy and sell grain or cot
ION thaV they never own, and never expect to own
Inc man VINO made million dollars and others
IKE hlm' produce nothing The prices they are able
70 establish are without relation to the intrinsic value
Of the product
Farmers who produce thee crops and consumers
VINO finally buy them are the ones who suffer The
pIoHGS OF the gamblers come out of their pockets
just as the profits of the gamblers in the Wall stro+
Ooon came from the little fellows who had been
enClceo INTO the market Farmers complain and
small wonder, when the sale value of their cron ie
hXed by manipulation particularly when short SELLING
takes their profits
Inc corner IN corn is pretty good proof that the
existing regulations designed to check such gambling
are inadequate, if proof were needed. The federo1
sI@lA 4uCureS act does little than REQUIRE re-
pol'S 10 the department of agriculture on transac
'i0"S, Oh "hlch taoulations and observations are
based; the department has no control over tbe vol
ume or nature of trading
Business control committees set up bv the ex-
changes themselves have been ineffective Can,b1ivc
mas thrved as always in the face of efforts to sto If
u is TOO much to expect the exchanges themselves
70 eraocate the evil for it has persisted in the face
OF popular complaint for many years.
Legislation ranging in scope from stricter federal
control OF exchanges to their complete abolition will
De considered in the next congress- The time seems
propitous for its passage
mat reform will not prevent reproduction nor
SoiVe the farm problem, but it will help some.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07
The Rules, REGARDLESS

XXTE Americans choose to be
w technical rather than sincere.
That is our great weakness, whether
in law enforcement, or providing
work. We're just bound to play
the game according to Hoyle, even
if everybody loses.
Millions of men tramping the
streets; billions of dollars rotting
in vaults-how long do you suppose
1t can go on without bloWup-
AS to charity with which we pro-
pose to gloss over the mess, it will
create parasites and professional
beggarS just as surely as the Vol
stead act has created hypocrites
and crooks.
This country faces an emer-
gency just as truly as it did in 1917
and the emergency calls for Just as
heroic treatment.
We didn't pinch pennies and cut
budgets when we started out to
fight Germany, and we can't do il
in fighting the unholy alliance OF
gang rule and depression.
Neither did we change our form
of government, but we did throw
over a lot of pgecedents temporary
~, and we need to do the same
thing now.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07

far greater than the crime COM
United by the little fellow. And the
Governor, whose son came off so
easily, sanctions the unheard of
penalty by his refusal to do any
thing.
While the Governors son may
have had nothing to do with the
theft Of the cartridges, or the killing
Of this man, was he not associated
with those who did kill and stealP
We can not gainsay the trite old
proverbs, I'VE are known by the
company we keep" and, Birds of a
feather flock together"
Had I been in the Governors
place and my son had escaped so
easily, I surely would havs shown
leniency to This poor little 1r1endless
waif. But in this state poverty and
youth and lack Of opportunity seem
to have become a crime.
A FARA4EN's WIFE.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-07
SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ-

Nea0 Process Enables Canada
to Supply Large Part of
Worlds Demand for Plati-
mum Metals.
THE development Of a new
Il process for the separation OF
platinum and related precious
metals from ores soon viii enable
Canada to supply a large part Of
the worlds demand for the plat
mum metals.
! The precious metals. according TO
The Ottawa correspondent of tho
American Chemical Society, are be-
ing obtained as by-products from
the nickel and copper mines of the
International Nickel Company Of
Canada.
These mines are located in the
Sudbury area Of northern Ontario.
an area from which 90 per csnt Of
the worlds supply of nickel is OBJ
tainel.
The International Nickel Com
pany has installed its plant for the
refinement of the precious metals.
not in Canada. but in Acton, a
suburb OF London, England
1t is understood that the Acton
plant has a capacity greater than
the present world supply OF plat
mum metals.
The so-called platinum metals in
clude palladium, rhodium, rutten-
ium, iridium and osmium. The
Acton plant also will recover a Ger
tain amount Of gold and silver as
by-product from the Canadian
! ores.
The Acton plant, it is said, will
be able to refine about 100000
ounces of these precious metals
each year.