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child. On the children today the
state of the future must depend for
its permanency and its develop
ment.
Few people realize that the first
bureau of child hygiene was estab-
lished in New York City as recently
as 1908, and that Detroit, Buffalo,
Nashville and Los Angeles followed
in 1910. Today twenty-eight states
have separate bureaus for child n.y.
giene.
Moreover, this movement has been
stimulated by the activity and sup
port of hundreds Of national and
local organizations.
Child labor is studied and con-
trolled through the national child
labor committee, itself an out
growth of the New York child labor
committee established in 1902.
The number of children employed
is decreasing regularly. Today a
federal law and innumerable state
laws attempt to give protection to
the child against economic exploit
tation,
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REASONS Tf nzSBIs

LIVERY time we see Senator Caraways name in
~ the paper, and it's been there lot lately, we
wonder whether he might be the author of the we'll
known Caraway seed
We've never been able to get the point OF view
OF man like CaraWay, who challenges somebody
to repeat sllr upon his character
When the fellow calls you "liar" once that ought
about it.
If Caraway is interested in those poor people
Gown IN Arkansas he will take himself out of the
oeoate from now on, or the rest of the country will
be so TED up on CaraWay it couldn't possibly imagine
anybody else being hungry.
QUT we haven't been able to visualize Caraway as
- man-eater since he cross-examined Grundy in
that investigation some months ago.
We distinctly recalled that he went after Crundv
hammer and tongs whereupon Grundy prepared for
action and Caraway backed up.
There used to be at least one statesman in each
branch OF congress who thought it was up to him to
demonstrate that the south was the peculiar incuba
tor for hot babies, who wore their honor conspic-
uousy displayed and were jealous to vndicate it, Sah
One Of the hottest of these was our old friend
Champ Clark, big-hearted fellow, but whose heat
ing plant was big enough for an auditorium.
Every once in a while he became engaged in an
affair of honor with a congressional brother.
IN one of these affairs the house Of representatives
4 narrowly escaped being the scene Of killing with
Clark holding the Gala lily
He and Representative Brunm of Pennsylvania
were engaged in a comparative estimate of the DO
ntical wickedness of their respective states.
Finally Champ felt that he could make his point
plain by the Use of hardware, and, knife in hand,
started for Brunm, who manifested complete indif-
ference to Clarks advance which was stopped by
gentlemen who wished to avoid CORY combat
Then it was seen that Brumm had gun and In
tended to fire broadside whenever the proximity
Of his colleague convinced him that it the proper
thing unal all the circumstances
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We've HIT Bottom

T HAVE no word of encourage
L ment for spectators, but for
the straightforward investor, my
advice is, "go ahead" We have
touched bottom as far as domestic
trade Is concerned.
Foreign trade will continue off in
many lines, but this will be COM
pensated for by the unusually large
program Of public work about to
be launched, as we'll as the necessity
Of refilling drained markets at
home.
When spring breaks, this depres-
sion will break. Next summer will
find most Of us busy and some OF
us overworked.
There still will be a disagreeable
amount Of unemployment, however
because of necessary readjustments
Some lines of business are def
nitely on the down grade because of
innovation and improvement. That
means the continued dismissal of
workers who will have to be placed
elsewhere.
And readjustment is called for on
the farm, as well as in the factory
Some of Our crops must be cur
tailed, because some of the markets
are slipping, for one reason or an
other.
But the tide has turned.
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The Board Nobody Knows

The countrys great farm relief experiment Is IN
full operation The last 100 million Of the half BILL
lion dollars authorized by congress for this effort Is
appropriated.
Being about TO spend 500 million dollars, the ques-
ton is: What has this powerful agency-the federal
farm board-accomplished2
No one knows for sure, and that Is exactly the
point
Leaving out Of consideration, for the moment, the
question Of the real benefits Of the farm board-and
this newspaper believes 1t has been inefectual-the
fact remains that it has fostered. financed and con-
solidaed an immensely powerful force in this coun-
try The country thinks Of the board in terms Of the
cotton and grain speculation it has engaged in.
But, back Of this lies the chief objective Of the
board-the encouragement of cooperative marketing
Of farm products In this respect the experiment
is truly an excellent one. The board has given the
cooperative movement new life.
And, having done this the next question is: Toward
what objective will this force be exertedP Will col
lapse when federal funds are withdrawn?
Also in organizing these farm producers, has the
government Disseminated against the middeman, the
brokers? Or against us, the consumers?
No one knows for sure and. again, that's the point.
We know the boards efforts to stabilize grain prices
have been Intellectual.
We know It holds millions of bushels Of wheat
which must, at some future date, be disposed Of,
probably at loss.
We know that the boards agencies hold 100000
bales of cotton that eventually must be disposed Of
probably at loss to the government and who knows,
at a loss to the industry?
Cotton men have asked congress to investigate the
economic effects of the federal agricultural marketing
act The petition offered at an nopportune time
but it should be granted.
When the drought distress is past, when other
issues of the moment have been settled or shelved
there1l still be the farmer.
The country has been experimenting to help agri-
culture, and it must know whether the experiment
should be continued, amended, or ended.
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: DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

ter of the child begin to be formed
not only at it's birth, but indeed long
before its birth; in fact, even be-
fore the birth of It's mother and
father.
The physician had not learned
the possibilities of prevention of the
infectious diseases of childhood, nor
had the intimate relationship be-
tween malnutrition and the likeli-
hood of success, health, and happi-
ness been established.
In the intervening period, the
child has had much attention. In
Roosevelt's day, stirred by cam
paignS prosecuted by many period
icals, the whole nation awoke SEN
timentally to a drive against child
labor and against exploitation of the
adolescent for the financial gain of
the parents.
Soon the attitude developed that
the child is not the material prop
erty of the parent to be exploited
at his will.
The state itself, representing all
the people, has some interest in the
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SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Afiliation Of Famous Medical
School With Columbia Uni
versity Hailed as FORWARD
Step.
INCORPORATION Of the New
L York POSTGRADUATE Medical
school and hospital, the Oldest in
stitution in the United States en-
gagged solely in the teaching of post
graduate medicine. into Columbia
university. is regarded as an i'm
portant step forward by tbs nation
medical authorities.
The school, as its name indicates,
is not interested in giving the initial
medical training, but only in giving
additional training to those who
have already obtained their medical
degrees. It is a school for specialized
study and intensive research.
President Nicholas Murray Butler
Of Columbia in an address declared
that the afTiliation marked another
long step forward in the develop
ment and strengthening Of provision
for medical study and research in
the city of New York"
The agreement between the two
institutions, effective July l, 1881.
said DR.. Arthur F. Chace, president
Of the New York POSTGRADUATE
Medical school and hospital, makes
the postgraduate an integral part
of the Columbia university teaching
system and, in the future. the center
Of a comprehensive program of
postgraduate medical teaching
sponsored by Columbia.
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Our Greatest Handicap

FROM noon editions, we learned
Il what the pope had said. If a
majority of his auditors didn't find
out the same way, they still are
ignorant.
IN spite Of all the educating,
comparatively few people can IN
derstand any language but their
own.
International broadcasting will
not get very far until that condi-
ton is corrected. Neither will any,
thing else which depends on inter-
national understanding.
The present-day world suffers no
greater handicap than the simple
fact that so many Of its people are
unable to talk with one another.
NO one can travel across this
country without realizing how much
a common language means to peace
and progress.
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National Center
DR. CHACE expressed the belle

.DR. CHACE expressed the belief
IL, that the medical program
being developed under Columbia's
leadership will make New York City
the center of graduate medical
education in this country, and at
tract physicians from all parts Of
the world.
Linking the postgraduate study
Of medicine with university facili-
ties for research will strengthen
the work Of the practicing ply
Sician, and shorten the period be-
tween new discoveries in medicine
and their general application, he
pointed out, asserting that, though
medicine had made great scientific
advances in the last twenty-five
years, the benefits had not been IS
widespread as they might have been
if the need for the continued edu-
cation of the physician had been
recognized better.
The af1liation, Dr. Edward H.
Hume, executive ce-president Of
the Post Graduate, explained, is a
4SSk(CAAOO W a NOltA4ALu44Uy uCuldltu
that the medical profession regard
itself more fully as the servant of
the social order.
Whereas" DR.. Hume said, ''the
training Of students to become
doctors has hitherto occupied the
major attention Of medical educa-
tors, the tide is swinging distinctly
to a concurrent emphasis upon the
continued education of the man in
practice.
1.-THE demand for this comes from
three directions: The university,
the profession itself and the com
munity."
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sion dating back as far as 1922, but
more especially now. We have had
many drives for relief. We are hav-
ing in Washington an argument as
to the relief for the unemployed
and, in general, for the depression
Of the present day.
Possibly no single thing will re-
lieve the situation, but there is one
thing that I believe will be of the
utmost help. This one thing Is to
modify or repeal the eighteenth
amendment. We do not want sa-
looms, but why not let the govern
ment make and distribute alcohol,
beer and wine and put it on the
market for reasonable price to
cover all cost? BY doing this we
will get rid Of all bootleggers.
Since the eighteenth amendment
our taxes have been doubled and in
many cases trebled.
Since the eighteenth amendment
we've been paying more for sugar
and most dried fruits.
Since the eighteenth amendment
the farmer has been slipping fast.
He has been paying more for every
thing he uses than he ever paid
before.
If the government would handle
this proposition instead Of the
bootleggers, we would make our al
cohol and beer out of grain raised
by the farmer, instead Of making it
out Of sugar. I do not know of any
thing any better than this propo-
sition to open industry to the unem-
ployed and market about 80 per
cent more corn, 70 per cent more
rye and 30 per cent more barley.
If anybody can suggest any bet
ter idea for immediate and perma-
nent relief for present conditions
than this, then I would be mighty
glad to hear about 1t, for this is the
time we need it.
ADNA M. BRIDGES.
Editor Times-I, too, am a reader
Of The Times, also an ex-service
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81 49,
d0IATF S1TE9e|
ANNIVERSARY
JOHN HUNTERS BIRTH
Feb. Is.

Feb. Is.
NN Feb. 10, 1923. John Hunter
~ a celebrated English physiolo-
gist and surgeon, whose researches
led to important advances in
surgery, was born in Glasgow,
Scotland, the youngest of ten chill
dren.
He received his medical training
at Chelsea hospital, in London,
where his progress in surgery was
so rapid that, in the second session
he was able to instruct pupils in
disSecting.
In 1853 he applied for appoint
ment in the British army and i'm
mediately was made staff surgeon.
After serving through the Seven
Years war, he settled in London,
where, in 1785. he built his famous
museum in which he studied crea-
lures from all over the globe.
at the time of his death his
museum contained 1858 specimens
and preparations illustrative of hu-
man and comparative anatomy.
Hunter is famed particularly for
his cure of aneurism, a form of
tuuor. -
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Pressing Need
TN Great Britain as wen a.

TIN Great Britain as well as IN
L the United States" Dr.. Butler
declared, "the matter of making
suitable provision for the needs of
graduate students in medicine and
for medical practitioners who desire
to strengthen or advance their
knowledge in some particular re-
spect has become pressing.
Under the arrangement Just ef-
fected, the trustees of the New York
POSTGRADUATE Medical school and
hospital will remain solely respon-
sible for its financial conduct and
support.
It's work in the field Of higher
medical education passes under the
control Of Columbia university, and
becomes an integral part Of the uni
versity's work.
"The whole field Of graduate study
in medicine as cultivated at Column
bia, whether at the medical center.
at the New York postgraduate
medical school and hospital, at St.
Luke's hospital, at Mt. Sinai hos
pital, at the NIontef1ore home, or
elsewhere, will come under the i'm
mediate oversight Of an administra-
tive board on graduate studies in
medicine, whose work will be closely
related to that of the medical fac
| ulty and which will be under the
Jurisdiction of the university coun-
Gil.
ut Is expected that the members
Of this new and important admins
trative board will be appointed in
the near future.
"It is significant and full Of prom
Use that the initiative for this asso-
citation came from the New York
POSTGRADUATE Medical school and
hospital itself, all the members of
which have entered into the new
relationship with heartiness and en-
thusiasm.'
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CHICAGO MOI So Bad

GONE people, especially on the
~ outside, doubt whether we
have so much peace and progress
here in America. That's because
we talk so freely about our
troubles.
The United States has a rather
bad reputation abroad for precisely
the same reason that Chicago has
a rather bad reputation at home.
It is the American habit to tell it
all. It is the human habit to re-
member only the rough stuff.
Whether through zeal for reform,
or desire to be first in everything,
no matter how raw, Chicago has
more than lived up to the Ameri-
can habit of frankness regarding
rough stuff, and other cities have
been only too glad to let her run
away with the show because of
the favorable light in which 1t left
them by comparison.
Well, we've all been living in a
FOOLS paradise, Chicago included.
She is not the wickedest town in
this country. She is not even a
good second. Such nice, respectable
places as Boston, Philadelphia, San
Francisco and Los Angeles all out
rank her when it comes to being
bad enough for the police blotter.
In fact, Chicago makes only sixty
seventh place in the lawlessness
free for all.
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Times Readers Voice Their Views

Editor Tirnes-In The Indianapo-
lis Times Of Jan. 8 appeared a
story Of alleged brutality of city
detectives in obtaining the con-
fession of one George Mears, &C
cused Of wounding two policemen
on the night Of Jan. 6.
All detectives know that confess
SionS obtained by dureSs, fear Of
physical violence, or by promises of
favorS are invalid. What detective,
knowing this, would ruin his case by
such methods? What could be gained
by beating an innocent man into
confessing a crime and in so doing,
relieve the real criminal Of all
such suspicion?
In the first place, the detectives
are anxious to apprehend the guilty
man. Second, they went to obtain
conviction, and no one knows better
than they do that third-degree
methods will defeat their purpose.
These detectives are also human
They have sons and daughters of
their own. They have just as much
human sympathy, kindness, and
compassion in their natures as is
allotted to mankind in general.
The desire for decency and fair
play is just as prominent char
acteristic in the detective as in any
other class of men. They would
ind no more pleasure in beating a
helpless prisoner than would the
editor of The Times, or Mr.. Aver
age. Citizen.
It is common practice Of attor-
neys and criminals to attempt to
discredit a confession, which, if adj
mitted in evidence, is a formidable
weapon for the state. In attempt
ing to reupdiate a confession, they
grab every suggestion of duress, in
Cinaidation, or undue influence as a
drowning man grasps a straw.
An attorneys diligence and zeal
IN behalf Of his client often leads
him to frame the most ludicrous
and fantastic Of tales. His purpose
is obvious. He is bidding for pub
lie sympathy. He is preparing his
case in advance for the jury's con-
sideration.
A newspaper article, such as The
| Times printed, is a signal triumph
for the cause Of the attorney or
defendant. The detective usually is
the center of these plots and he
soon learns to listen to these tir-
AIDES with good-natured tolerance.
The attorney is endeavoring to
carve his own niche in the hall of
fame. He must win cases to be sue
cessful. These tricks often are re-
sorted to.
The defendant can be excused for
his false statements in his own de-
tense. Self-defense is the drstelaw
of nature. We all would do the
same under those conditions.
However, the newspaper reporters
detailed at police headquarters
know that the brutal third degree
in the indianapolis detective de-
partment is entirely myth. At
least, a newspaper should attempt
to present the truth of the matter.
1t should employ men a little
less gullible than the layman who
hears only one side of the question.
The cause Of justice has been in
jured intellectually by The Times
article.
PAUL TAYLOR.
Editor Times-The thing I'm.
known to man, as I see it, is prohi-
1 bition. We now are. and have been
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A Poor Start

When the farm bloc joined the manufacturers
in the Smoot-Hawley parade, the farmers were
warned that they we're counting disaster California,
particularly warned that her big exports of
fruits, vegetables and other specialties depended
upon friendly foreign market. The Californians,
however, helped to pile higher the bricks on the
tariff wall thinking that this made them secure.
Now for the aftermath. Argentina watched the
higher Hawley rates alfalfa seed corn beef
products and casein and realized they were aimed
at her trade. The other day Argentina came back
She voted Is per cent import duty the delivered
value Of fresh fruit vegetables and fish imported
under refrigeration. California was dealt bitter
blow.
Recently California staged a praiseworthy Pan
American reciprocal trade conference Latin and
Nordc orators swore to eliminate trade barriers be-
tween the Americas stretched hands across the Rio,
embraced each other as amigos.
The little tariff war between California and Ar
gentina looks like poor start.
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Things Are Looking Up

GONE folks are going to find
~ themselves just as badly mis-
taken about the United States as
they were about Chicago when the
depression report is completed.
For more than year now, Eu-
ropeans have been pitying us, large
ly because Of the comfort it af-
forded them.
Russians particularly have pro-
fessed to see the dawn of world
revolution in our sorry plight and,
perhaps, have backed the thought
with a little cash.
Another disappointment for those
who read only what they like, or
what serves their wishes.
Notwithstanding all the delays
and plumbers, we are coming out Of
the n1ire. You can see unmis-
taxable signs of it everywhere.
Stocks may go down again. but not
to stay, because the business they
represent is beginning to mend.
It is beginning to mend because
about every principal market has
been drained, because we have lived
off the shelf as long as We can.
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| NJ. E. Tracy
CAVC,
The Worlds Greatest Handi-
cap Today Is That So Many
of It's People Are Unable to
Talk to One Another.
SAYS:

r OS ANGELES, Feb. I3.-Listened
~ to the pope's broadcast while
taking breakfast in a Santa Barbara
coffee shop. Dishes clattered, the ir-
reverent gossiped and mattresses
called their orders much as usual.
1t was not only q weird compound
Of the sublime and ridiculous, but
extremely suggestive. There are
two sides to the proposition.
In one sense, control Of the mike
implies unlimited power. In another,
it implies utter futility.
The fact that q Bit of neighbor-
hood scandal generally is sufficient
for any living room crowd to turn
her of" has its significance.
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man, and I would like to take ex-
ception to a statement by writer
named w. A. Poe. would like to
know if w. A. Poe was in the army
during the war? And whether he
was drafted or enlisted?
I enlisted. But as it happens,
was one who was, as w. A. Poe says,
"vacationed on this side"
presume that the government
knew what it wanted to do with us
or we would have seen service over
seas. Also, the government saw
fit to give lis this insurace at the
rate Of $3.50 day for foreign serv-
ice or 81 day for home service.
I suppose If the money was COM
ing to Mr.. Poe he would say, 'I
really don't need this money, so
kindly keep it" The veterans Of the
previous wars were voted pensions,
regardless of whether they were in
action or not, so why not us? I
think we deserve it as much as the
soldiers in the Spanish American
or Civil wars. H. A. KCBEL SR.
Editor Times-Having been a
reader Of The Times for nine years,
was surprised to see the cartoon
On Cash Bonus-A Little Quick
and Easy Money" in your paper
Of Feb. 9.
1t Is an insult to our men who
braved death so this nations men
and women might realize freedom.
If this money is paid, it can not
be called easy and quick money,
because it has taken twelve long
and hard years to gain this con-
cession.
Many Of these veterans are
begging for some aid or charity and
will Of course welcome any amount
which will ease their needy fanli-
lies, but remember they did not
desert their country in time of need
and should not be called easy money
hunters now.
H. T. DURGGNS.
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magazine
%XTHEN Theodore Roosevelt
w called the first conference on
child welfare in 1909. the scientific
evidence based on accurate study
and experimentation that formed
the background for the Child We'll
fare conference Of 1880, called by
President Hoover, was not available.
Even at the beginning of the
twentieth century, the attitude of
mankind toward the child still was
uncivilized. Economists yet had not
calculated the value of the child to
the community in terms of dollars
and cents.
The sociologists had not yet en-
phasized the relationship of child
training to crime and delinquency.
The psychologists had not deter
mined that the nature and charac-