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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30
The Steel Cornoration

Action Of the United States Steel Corporation in
cutting dividends and higher salaries to meet the
present business situation while refusing to cut wages
even to meet the competition Of its smaller wage
cutting rivals-may be the sign Of a better day IN
American industry.
1t is particularly encouraging for the reason that
the board Of the steel corporation pretty well repre-
sents Americas financial well industrial leader
ship. good deal of hard thinking has been going
in this country since the stock market debacle of
1929 and Tuesdays decision by the steel directors in
dicates that they have not been untouched by this
process.
The salary adjustment, it now is understood is to
apply only to employees receiving $1,000 or more
Thoe in this lowest level reduced very slightly,
while those in the upper brackets are cut as much
as IS per cent And is further understood special
Consideration will be given the personal situation of
men and women in the $1,000 to $4,000 class, with
some exemptions from the general cut.
Every day some person rises up to remark that
capitalism is on trial in America. One day labor
leader says it, another day political leader says it,
another day banker There must be something
in it.
If it is true the capitalists who control the United
States Steel Corporation seem to be moving in the
right direction to meet the test. 1t takes no long
memory to recall day when such group as that
which met Tuesday to decide the course Of United
States Steel would have thought of wage cut first,
instead of last.
1t is impossible to believe that when the depres-
sion has been weathered. industrial and financial
leaders will fail to recall the lessons left by the
present hard times. Four years ago United States
Steel enjoying earnings Of such size that it de-
clared 40 per cent stock dividend
If earnings again reach SO favorable place, is
it too much to hope that the corporation, instead
Of passing the around among casual and in
side stockholders, may see the wisdom of building
up wage reserve sufficient to ride out any future
industrial crisis? Not if they share the growing be-
lief that capitalism actually is on trial
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HEALTH SERVICE

, mentioned, there comes finally the
question of food poisoning and food
infection.
The development of transporta-
ton in the handling of food has
brought problems of food contami-
nation that are of the greatest i'm
portance in relationship to health
and disease.
Previous to the publication of Up
ton Sinclair's book, 1.-THE Jungle, "
but little attention was given to the
cleanliness of food. Previous to the
time when it became realized that
typhoid fever, dysentery and SINH
lar infections were spread by con-
taninated food, little attention was
given to sanitary control.
Indeed, there used to be proverb
to the effect that every one had
to eat peck of dirt in order to be
civilized
Every one can remember when
milk used to be left in a bucket at
the family doorstep, when I'M
wrapped bread was tossed from the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30

bakery to the wagon and from the
wagon to the grocery clerk, when
vegetables were polished with saliva
and a dirty towel.
Our point of view, it can be seen,
has changed in regard to food clean
illness. Nowadays bread is baked
untouched by human hands,
wrapped in sterilized wrappers and
delivered to the purchaser in the
original wrapper.
Milk is collected under sanitary
conditions, transported with refrig-
Grafton, pasteurized and delivered
to the purchaser in a bottle that has
been boiled and sealed with bac-
teriologic cleanliness.
When any one complains of the
increased cost Of food today, he
should be reminded of the increas-
ing fastidiousness of civilized man in
relationship to food cleanliness.
Even fruits and vegetables are to-
day thoroughly washed and wrapped
in individual wrappers before de-
livered.
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LETTER TO BAKER
July 80

ON July 30, 1917, Andre Tardieu,
W French high commissioner to
the United States, made public,
through letter to Secretary of
War Baker, many important facts
regarding. the present strength of
France as a fighting unit.
He was inpelled to write, he said,
to correct what he termed inaccu-
rate information in American news
papers regarding the military con-
ditions in Europe.
He showed in his letter that
France, after three years of war.
was just as vigorous and powerful
as at the beginning.
Whereas, at the beginning of the
war France had 100000 men, she
had three years later more than
100000.
THE French army" he wrote
holds more than two-thirds of the
western front, that is to say, of the
front where the enemy has ALWAYS
directed its chief exertion."
In addition, he said, France had
completely re-equipped and re-
armed the Belgian, Serbian and
Greek armies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30
An Italian AffrOnt

Reprsals against Italy in order.
The Mussolini government, by royal decree No.
442 has barred the Importation Of American catfish
because of the possible effect native fish.
The italian government suspect, never sat
under a cottonwood tree the bank of sluggish
stream in midsummer and watched for the witch
ing Of the cork that shows nibble
Nor did it ever sit down to mess of channel cats,
rolled in flour cornmeal and fried to brown-in
bacon grease-partcularly the blue or white channel
cat, which is as good as black bass, and may be
shared without fancy fish poles, reels, flies, etc.
We are aware that some snooty and unpatriotic
Americans do not hold the catfish in very high
esteem. That's just ignorance They never have been
out in the Mississippi valley, or down along the
Atchafaaya when the trot lines were out
AS for Italy, we can retaliate. We can bar, by
presidential decree the Importation of Italian
sardnes.
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Maybe the Climate

CIT was a delicate compound, not
so good as 1 was to discover
later at the TELEGRAPH, but still a
revelation, and 1 was devoutly
thankful to be sitting at that hour
in the Inglaterra with such drink
ct elevated my contentment to an
even higher pitch, and, with de-
tached amusement, l recalled the
fact that further north prohibition
was now in effect.
"Unquestionably the cocktail ON
my table was a dangerous agent,
for it held in its shallow glass bowl
slightly 'incrusted with undiSSolved
sugar, the power of a contemptuous
indifference to fate; it set the mind
free of responsibilities, celebrating
both memory and tomorrow; it gave
the heart an adventurous feeling of
superiority and momentarily van
quished all the celebrated, the eter-
nal fears"
I wonder what they put into Mr..
Hergesheimer's Daiquiri. 1t seems
to me a rather optimistic and ro-
mantle account Of the effect of a
single cocktail.
One of the reasons why was
reconciled to prohibition at first
was the fact that I invariably felt
cheated whenever I read any loving
essay about rum.
In the theater, too, again and
again I saw some character raise a
glass to his lips and Immediately
begin to sing about young love in
May if he happened to be the hero
or fall down flight of steps if he
were cast as the low comedian.
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Peoples Voice

Editor T1mes-No doubt you have
heard parking troubles until you
are disguised with the whole thing
but I have a few words to say on
the unfairness of the whole syS-
tenn.
Yesterday my husband drove into
Indianapolis and parked on Penn
sylvania street, near the ConSoli-
dated building and was in there on
business about fifteen minutes
When he came out, some one had
broken the lock off the car and
attempted to steal some clothing
that he had just gotten from the
cleaners.
However, he got back too soon
and frustrated the attempt. But
the lock and door handle was broken
off, so he went to- a garage and had
it repaired, obtained the bill and
went to the insurance company to
report the attempted theft.
He parked the car again on Yer
mont street this time and went up
to the insurance Office. He was in
there just forty-f1ve minutes and
the insurance adjuster came out
with him to look at the car and
there the indianapolis police tow-in
car had hold of our car starting
away.
Now there is one-hour parking
limit on Vermont street and he had
only been there forty-five minutes
and had ample proof of the fact,
but did that make any difference to
the police? Not bit.
He was forced to pay them for
his own car right there or they
would have taken it away. That is
nothing more than theft. The in
surance company took the matter
up, but there will be nothing done
about it, as usual.
wonder if the people of Indian
apolis realize that we people who
live out Of town and come in to
do our shopping are not going to
come in when we're treated like
that. There are plenty of other
towns in driving distance that have
just the same merchandise as the
stores Of indianapolis, where the
patrons will receive courteous and
just treatment.
1t is plain to be seen that the
parking garages and parking lot
owners have put enough pressure
IN hear where IL would do them the
most good to force the motorist to
come into their places even for a
three minute stop.
I will say goodbye to indianapolis
and when you change your parking
laws we will come back to trade
and until then We will go else
where. MRS. L. L. P.
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Relief or ReCovery2

A FTER comforting with Pres
IA ident Hoover, Red Cross
Chairman Payne reiterates his
opinion that relief for the I'M
employed is local problem.
Maybe it is, if breadlines, soup
kitchens, and family baskets rep
resent what we have in mind.
But maybe we are talking too
much about relief and too little
about recovery.
Whether the former can be dis
missed as local problem, the latter
can not.
Ever since this government was
established, politicians, particularly
Republicans, have harped on what
it could and should do to help
business.
If they had right to take credit
for the prosperity preceding 1929,
consistency demands that they
tackle the job of restoring it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30
Printers Are Right

THE Allied Printing Trades
l. Council of New York has
adopted resolutions calling attention
to the continuance and increase of
unemployment and requesting Pres
ident Hoover to summon a special
session of congress for the pur-
pose Of authorizing bond issues to
provide for such a variety of pub
lie projects and Improvements as
will make it possible for all adult
citizens to get work.
Though that may be going rather
far, it's in the right direction.
There just doesn't seem any way
out of this mess, unless the federal
government turns banker for a sea-
son.
We must mobilize capital and
provide credit if the idle are put to
work. Who, except Uncle Sam, is
ready, or in position to do it?
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Reasons

DR. Henry Fairfield Osborn,
~ president Of the American
Museum of Natural History, is one
of the chief advocates of the theory
that the human race originated in
Asia. He believes that mankind is
far older than many other authors
ties will admit.
One of the things which Dr. Os-
born hopes will be established even-
tually by DR.. Roy Chapman An
drews' expeditions into Mongolia Is
that mankind arose in Asia.
DR.. George S. Duncan of the
American university, who also holds
this theory, advances ten reasons
for it. They are:
l. The Java ape-man remains
are the oldest of the sort known
and Java once was a part of the
mainland of Asia.
2. The finding in a cave near
Peiping of some teeth thought to
be more than 100000 years old.
3. The discovery of stone imple-
ments more than $4,000 years old
in Mongolia.
4. The discovery of ruins in Mon
golia believed to be of extreme an
tiquity.
5. Two species of anthropoid
apes, the orang and gibbon, exist in
Asia.
6. Most Of our domestic animals
and cereals came from Asia.
Z. Mongolia is the Oldest dry
land on the globe.
8. The great size of Asia.
9. Asia is located centrally to
other lands.
10. The oldest remains of animals
related to the anthropoid apes and
known as primates have been
found in Asia.
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Questions and
Answers

Does pateuriZation remove all the
nutritive value from milk?
Experimental evidence indicates
that pasteurization does not 'injure
the chemical or nutritive values of
milk to an appreciative degree. 1t
is possible that vitamin G, which
protects against scurvy, is injured
or destroyed by pasteurization, but
that is of little Importance, except
in the feeding of infants.
Is there a sentence in the Bible
that speaks of broken cisterns that
can hold no water?"
In jeremiah, 2-1S there is a verse
which reads For my people have
committed two evils; they have for
saken me. the fountain of living
waters, and hewed them out els
terms. broken cisterns that can hold
no water"
How many enlisted men and Off
GERS were there in the United States
army on the first day of May this
year?
On April 80, 1881, the enlisted
strength of the United States army
was 1!8,449 and the number of Off
GERS was 1850.
In what group of islands is Ia
hiti and who owns it?
Tahiti is one of the Society islands
a group owned by France.
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at the calendar it isn't New Years
at all, but Fourth of July, and so
nothing can be done about it.
I never had the strength OF char
acter to get any good out of drink
ing. It's a fallacy, of course, to
think OF a chronic drunkard or a
chronic anything as a person of
weak will.
Indeed, as a matter of fact, his
will is so strong that he has been
able to marshal all his energies into
one channel and to make hime IF
thereby a specialist.
In all my life 1 have never met
but two determined men. One took
cold bath every morning, and the
other got drunk every night.
Copyright. 1881 BY The Tines)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30
A Pretty PaSsl

NATURALLY enough. the grow
IN ing tenseness Of the situation
is illustrated most wildly by the in
creased boldness of criminals, thugs
and racketeers.
The latter don't even respect
children in their struggle for the
right to graft or gamble these days
as was proved in New York Tues
day.
A police force of twelve or fifteen
thousand is hopeful" of finding the
constituencies scamps who shot
those five little kids for no other
reason than that they happened tc
be in the line of fire.
Speakeasy keepers report that the
beer barons will find the culprits anc
mete out the proper kind of pun
ishment if the police fail.
A fine state Of affairs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30
Wall of a Novice

T TRIED earnestly enough, but
4 these experiences never were
duplicated for me. No songs came
to my lips, nor comic tumbles to
my feet.
Nor did I ever participate in Mr..
Hergesheimer's "contemptuous in
difference to fate" 1t was not for
me in one cocktail-no, not in
many.
Occasionally it was possible to
reach a stage when 7 became acute
ly conscious of the fact that Ar
menians were being massacred.
And later I have known very
persuasive drowsiness. But as for
contempt and a feeling of superb
ority and a freedom from the
eternal fears, never found the
right bottle.
Whenever a host says, Here,
drink some more Scotch and liven
up" I have the same sinking feel
ing I used to get when one Of my
former city editors wrote in the as
signment book opposite my name,
GO up to the zoo and write me q
funny story
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SAYS

II We Hove o. Government
Which Can Promote Busi-
ness and Provide Work the
Time Has Come to PROVE 1t.
NEW YORK, July 90 - United
L ' States Steel cuts the quarterly
dividend rate on its common stock
from s1.75 to 81 q. share. In addi-
ton, it proposes to reduce the pay
of salaried officials by 10 per cent.
The move generally is interpreted
as an effort to maintain the present
wage scale, and is beyond criticism
in that respect.
United States Steel stock dropped
seven points, however, and other
prominent issues suffered a synnpa-
thetic decline.
The Hoover administration re-
af1rrns its opposition to wage
cutting. So say we all, but to be
effective, the opposition must in
clude something more than afirma-
ton.
Wage cuts can not be prevented
by reducing salaries and depressing
the value of securities. They are
negative remedies and though they
may reveal a fine spirit, they won't
get us anywhere.
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Trouble Ahead Unless

MO one with common sense can
L observe what is taking place on
every hand, without realizing that
we are headed for real trouble if
something isn't done to stop Or turn
the present drift of events.
On top of the vast amount of I'M
employment which gave us plenty
to think about last winter, wage cuts
are growing more common and
strikes are increasing.
During the first six months of this
year 447 strikes, involving $4,000
workers, were referred to the federal
labor department. That represents
an increase of approximately so per
cent over the same period last year
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Neanderthal

TINE remains Of the Neanderthal
L and Cro-Magnon cultures, wea-
pons, utensils, and art objects, as
well as many skeletal remains, are
found all over Europe.
The widespread nature Of these
findings is one of the chief argu-
ments for believing that mankind
arose in Europe.
Very early skeletal remains are
extremely few. Europe boasts of two.
There is the skull and jawbone
found at Piltdown, Sussex, England.
Anthropologists consider this a sort
Of Freeman or "dawn-man."
Technically they have called him
Eoanthropos. 1t is estimated he
lived 100000 years ago. A few bones
of a somewhat similar type were
found at Heidelberg. Germany.
The oldest near-human skull is
from Asia, however. 1t was found
in Java. Anthropologists refer to
1t as that of an ape-man and have
named him "Pithecanthropos."
CoOC III I1444Cd ID
strengthened by the finding in 1921
of skull in Rhodesia. Rhodes
man." as he has been named by
the anthropologists, had a more
primitive skull than Neanderthal
man.
1t is also pointed out that the
two types Of ape which most nearly
resemble man, the gorilla and the
chimpanzee, are both found in AZ
RIGA.
The oldest known remains of am
thropoid apes have been unearthed
in the Fayum valley in western
Egypt.
The oriental institute of the Uni
versity of Chicago is making a study
in Egypt. It's investigators have
found flint implements indicating
that civilization began there $4,000
years ago.
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SCIENCE
Asia, Europe or Africa?
Which Was the Cradle of
the Human Race?
Try DAVID DTFTZ

A THREE-CORNERED battle is
IN raging in the world of science
over the cradle of the human race.
Some say it was in Europe, others
in Asia, still others in Africa. Emil
nent anthropologists can be found
to support each point of view.
The one thing they all agree upon
is that the new world is truly new,
as far as mankind is concerned.
Man, they agree, made his first
appearance in America about $4,000
years ago. 1t is believed that man
entered the American continent
from Asia by way of Alaska.
DR.. Ales Hrdlicka of the United
States national museum, one of the
worlds foremost anthropologists, be-
lieves that western and southwest
ern Europe was the birth place OF
mankind.
He bases his opinion upon the
fact that many of the earliest skele-
tai remains have been found in
Europe.
Excavations and searching of
caves have revealed that a race of
men, differing more widely from
present-day man than the various
races of man differ from one an
other today, inhabited most of
Europe from 10000 years ago to-
about 10000 years ago. This race is
known as the Neanderthal race.
About 10000 years ago, this race
was replaced by the Cro-Magnon
race and later other races which
resemble those of today.
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America at CriSiS

1T should be obvious by this time
l. that the American people face
one of the biggest problems in their
career, that they are up against
something more than a temporary
interruption, and that they must do
more than taking care Of the I'M
fortunate until it blows over.
This waiting for some outside or
supernatural agency to come to the
rescue only makes matters worse.
If we have a government which
can really do things to promote
business and provide work, the
time has come to prove it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30

T HAVE been rereading Joseph
L Hergesheimer's "San Cristobal
De La Habana." And I was struck
by the following passage:
"The moment, now, had arrived
for Daiquiri. Seated near the cool
drip of the fountain, where a slight
stir of air seemed to ruftle the
fringed mantone of a bronze dane
ing Andalusian girl, fingered over
the frigid mixture of Don Bacardi,
sugar and fresh, vivid green lime.
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Daily Thought

For that which befaIeth the
sons Of men befalleth beasts; even
one thing befalleth them; as the
one dieth, so dieth the other; yea.
they have all one breath; so that
man has no pre-eminence above
beast; for all rs vanity.-Eccle-
Siastes 3:19.
Mortals are equal; their mask
differs .-VOltaire.
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Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter-
esttng writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this Daper.-The Editor.
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XXTHEREAS the medicine of a
w previous era concerned itself
largely with disease and the con-
troll of disease by drugs, modern
medicine gives as much attention
to diet as to any other single factor
in the control Of the human body.
Modern medicine is concerned
with appetite and with digestion. It
has learned to control many diseases
through control of the diet and to
influence the appetite and the body
structure by the use of foods prop
eriy prepared.
In addition to all of the at
tributes of foods that have been