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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-12

CHICAGO, to be sure, always has
~ had lawless gangs and many
murders. Long before prohibition,
1t had crooked police and political
leaders, working hand in glove with
underworld figures.
The advent of the illegal booze
simply played into the hands of
these gentry. They were not long
in making the most of their OPP
portunities.
AT first the running and
whisky distributing business fell into
the hands of fairly small neighbor-
hood gangs. But organizers were
not wanting, and three or four
years after prohibition had begun
Chicago had been divided into two
parts. each provided with its booze
and all the other unlawful pleas
ures ii desired-by a powerful gang.
The Nsrth Side was in the hands
of group of plug-uglies captained
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-12

INDUSTRIAL alcohol also was
L proving problem. Certain
plants had permits to make alcohol
for industrial uses, and it soon be-
came evident that a lot of this was
finding its way into various bev-
erages.
The government tried various for
mulas to make this alcohol unpala-
table, but the bootleggerS had their
chemists, too, and they were able to
counteract practically all these
formulas
The near-beer plants-or, more
strictly speaking, some of the near
beer plants-further complicated
things.
To make near-beer, you first make
real beer and then de-alcoholize it;
and the bootleggers we're not long
in finding ways of shunting large
quantities of this real beer in their
direction before it got de-alcohol-
lied properly.
Most spectacular of all phases of
the Illicit liquor business, of course,
was the underworld gang.
Most of the large cities developed
booze-running gangs during the first
decade of prohibition.
Nowhere, however, did the gangs
become as strong, as insolent in their
activities or as incredibly blood
thirsty as in Chicago; and a brief
discussion of the Chicago gangs
shows the typical American under
world structure, as it has existed un-
der prohibition, at its most amazing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01
The Voters Chance

The one chance that the voters of Indiana have
this year@to select their own Governor or express a
preference for President is to make themselves SO
emphatic that the politicians can not refuse to obey
them.
When the primary law was repealed by a thor
ough understanding between the leaders of both
parties, the intent was to enslave the state politically.
The primary had its faults but the present system
Of nomination by convention means that the people
are robbed of their right to rule themselves.
The delegates to the national convention will be
chosen by the party leaders, who will have their own
ideas and prejudices. The people will have no chance
to assert themselves. They have no opportunity to
register their wishes.
The same is true Of candidates for Governor.
There are a large number of aspirants for the nomi-
nation on both tickets. Thus far other aspirants
understand that they depend largely upon the &C
tivities Of leaders in the various counties who may be
able to line Up delegates to the state convention and
not upon the desires of the rank and file of voters.
They explain the absence thus far of any definite
programs for the solution Of the many grave problems
Of state government.
In the hunt for delegates the strategy seems to
be different than in the hunt for votes from citizens.
A public appeal to the voters demands some reason
for a candidacy other than an ambition.
The people might have some chance if they take
IWe IIOuDle 10 go TO all Lne pOlltlcal meetings and
ask asprants for this office where they stand on such
important questions as the control of utilities and
the income tax. These are real issues. They are
things that the people want to know about.
The present tax system is confiscating the farms
and the small homes. 1t means bankruptcy for the
state government and the units of government. Many
counties and cities are already in difficulty.
The rich with large incomes from untaxed in
~tangibles are busy. They can be depended upon to
know exactly where every candidate stands on this
question. The people who need relief should make
the same inquiries.
The utility problem is even more basic. The
state will decide in the next election whether it is
10 be ruled by its people or continue under utility
domination and corruption. Candidates who dirt
with these influences must be uncovered. The people
can do it.
When you go to a political meeting do not leave
until the man who asks for your vote Endorsement
makes it perfectly plain what he will do if he happens
TO find himself in the statehouse.
The candidate who lodges or trims should be
avoided, The people can make that plain to the
delegates who go to the state convention.
The people have lost their real weapon in the
repeal Of the primary, but they can defend them
selves with the old-fashioned hammer and tongs if
they care enough about it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01
World Conditions

"TONSIDERING the political and
" economic crisis in Germany,
the action of several countries in
going off the gold standard, and the
feeling of uncertainty and anxiety
in the business circles of our lead
ing customers among the nations, it
might have been expected that the
1881 export trade in chemicals
would show a much greater drop
than the import trade" Wilson says.
"Such, however, was not the
case" he adds. THE decrease in
imports vas somewhat greater both
in percentage and in actual dollars
than that in exports, though for
eign conditions perhaps may be le-
hected in the fact that the differ
ence was not Sc great as in the
previous year, the decrease in ex-
ports being larger than in 1890 and
that in imports somewhat smaller.
THE balance of trade in favor Of
the United States is slightly higher
than in 1880, showing a continual
ton of the tendency that has been
In evidence over many years.
Analysing the 1881 foreign trade
returns for chemicals and related
products, we find that all the sub
groups under this classification, as
was to be expected, suffered losses
as compared with 1880.
For most of them the rate of de-
crease was much the same as the
average for all chemicals"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01
Imports and Exports
"THE outgoinc trodo ~,

THE outgoing trade in chem
n icals, moreover, has fallen Off
considerably less than the incom-
ing, exports losing only about me
third in the two years, and imports
about 43 per cent" he continues.
But the chief index to the standing
OF chemicals in our trade world and
the comparative extent to which
they have suffered is afforded by
setting their record alongside that
OF other groups of commodities.
In compiling its foreign trade re-
turns, the government distinguishes
ten broad classes of commodities.
Out Of these, the group covering
chemicals and related products has
suffered a loss in imports during
the depression smaller than any
other group save one, and its loss
last year as compared with 1880
was also lower than all others save
one.
TN the export trade, the falling
off was lower for the chemical
trade than for any other, both last
year and during the whole depres-
sion.
1.-The difference, moreover, was
such as to make the trade in chem
icals stand out n%oticeably, as the
percentage of loss was considerably
below the average for the other
seven groups"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01
Starving the Schools

The recent meeting of National Education Asso-
citation superintendent in Washington brought out
in disquieting tones a situation confronting the
American school system. The closing of $50 schools
in Arkansas, turning $4,000 pupils out of classrooms,
indicates the depression's effect upon schools closed,
colleges placed on short rations, educational budgets
pared to below the subsistence level.
This is dangerous and it is unnecessary. We still
are the richest nation on earth, worth about 800 bill
lion dollars.
OF our estimated national income in normal times
of ninety billions, we spend only two and a half bill
lions on public schools. 1t is pertinent to remind our
selves that we spend more than two billions annually
on tobacco; nearly the same on soft drinks, ice
cream, candy and chewing gum; one billion on thea
ters and movies; nearly as much on jewelry, perfumes
and cosmetics; half a billion on sporting goods and
toys.
For every dollar we spend on schools, we spend
$2.61 on these luxury items. Out of every 500 of
national income, we spend $2.74 on schools, but 1888
on passenger autos.
The American luxury bill is at least five times
greater than its public education bill.
Compared with other nations, we spend little of
our great wealth for public purposes. Great Britain
uses % per cent of her income for public purposes;
Germany 2O.1 per cent; France I'll per cent; Japan
144 per cent; the United States 1O.4 per cent. Yet
our per capita wealth and incomes are far greater
than those of any of these nations.
The trouble. apparently, lies with our wrong en-
phasis and with a taxation system that does not tap
the real sources of our great wealth.
1t is automatic that the price of democracy is
education, that the quantity and quality of our de-
mocrscy is in direct proportion to the quantity and
quality of our education. With machines giving us
more and more leisure, we must absorb this in the
schools, or pay the price in crime, degeneracy, de-
terioration and, hence, autocracy.
We can not afford to starve the nations schools.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01
HcPH

Even if the Japanese-C Chinese truce negotiations
prove premature, world rejoicing is in order.
For it is significant that Japan sought a diplomatic
road Of retreat only after the United States had out
lawed Japanese conquest, after the small European
nations had forced the big European powers to permit
a special session Of the League of Nations assembly,
and AFTER Soviet Russia began to move.
We would not detract from the unexpected and
remarkable demonstration of Chinese defense power
and national morale during the last month. Despite
all the heroism of China,s small army at Shanghai,
however, Japan would win in the end, through sheer
superiority of military equipment. if the fighting con-
tinued.
Hence the Importance Of world pressure as a de-
termining factor.
1t is all the more remarkable that world opinion
has registered in spite Of the unwillingneSs Of the
British tories and French imperialists to cooperate
with the United States to outlaw the fruits Of Jap
anese aggression.
If the United States had begun in September, in
stead Of waiting until January, to make clear to Japan
that we would not recognize any settlement imposed
on China by force or in violation OF the nine power
and kellogg treaties, much of the horror and futility
of FIVE months of ruthless war might have been
spared.
II course it is not yet certain that Japan viii
Withdraw. After i've months of trickery and pledge
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

ar all odiouS comparisons, the one made bv the
pronloltlonlSt when he links drinking with muir
der is the worst. And you may count upon him to
do 1t. Why not repeal the homicide lsw?" he shouts
when repeal is mentioned. ut has not stopped kill
ings."
How much more effective his point would be if
ne used the ordinance against chicken stealing in
stead! Because to infer that the taking or even the
selling OF a cocktail is comparable with murder shows
fanaticiSm rather than sense.
The destruction Of life has been regarded as ra-
Their a fearsome thing, even when civilization was
young, whereas the destruction of alcohol is a COM
p%aratively recent iGea.
Drinking may be a bad habit and a major evil
but to make it an accessory before the fact which
under the present law it undoubtedly is, only can be
called outrageous.
HUMANITY, we must remember, existed before
4 l. law. Legal concept always has been established
by man for the regulation of his own behavior. And
the more laws men make, the more criminals they
manufacture.
If we could wipe off our books right now about
one-half OF our codes, crime would diminish accord
lngly. Hence, by freeing the bootlegger, we would
have room to house the murderer, who, broadly
speaking IS about the only individual who should be
locked up.
The truth is that the decent American is getting
pretty tired of supporting so many husky ~jaiIbirds,
so many wardens to guard them, and so many police
men to run them down. He realizes that when we
began viewing every act except going to church and
to the Office as a misdemeanor, we brought financial
disaster upon our heads.
And what exactly, let us ask ourselves. is crime?
A man kills another - is murder. Yet a
battalion of men kills another battalion of men-and
that is heroism.
An individual wronged, Stays in anger. We saw to
him, Vengeance is the Lords" We, representing the
state. STAY in cold-blooded elaboration and say to
ourselves, ours is not vengeance, it is Justice"
The law which was conceived to protect the indi-
vidual has become a sleuth, bounding him down. And
liberty is a hy-word, mouthed by ,demagoges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01

turns to his work, he begins to COM
plain promptly of pain.
His usual response to the Situa-
ton is to rush off to a drug store
for some bicarbonate of soda.
If bicarbonate of soda is used in
large amounts, it either stops diges-
ton entirely or forces the glands OF
the stomach to give off more acid
in an attempt to neutralize the
soda.
Any time a man gets into this
type of condition the best measure
that he can follow is to see a
physician, who will aid him in re-
establishing his digestive routine
through proper diet and elimina-
ton.
Under such circumstances, self
drugging is more likely to lead to
permanent distress than to be of
benefit.
The physician is likely to pre-
scribe a diet with a sufficient
amount of bulk, with a sufficient
amount of fruit and green vege-
tables to make the digestive tract
self-regu1ating as it should be.
NEXT: Mental attitude.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01
Says:

It's Time for an OLd-FGsb-
toned Campaign IN Which
Politicians VIII Get Stuff
GENTLY Excited to Sag
What They Mean Once IN
O. While.
NEW YORK. March by COM
IN mon report, the great co-opera-
tive era at washington is about
over. One final effort in behalf of
the tax bill, we are informed, and
then the good old partisan song and
dance.
Are you disappointed? Would you
prefer to see the politicians go
waltzing into the campaign, pre-
tending that there are no issues
worth getting excited about, while
whisperers do the party work back
stage?
Why a two-party system, If dis
agreement and plain talk are out of
order?
Assuming that an emergency
made it necessary for congress to
unite for the adoption of certain
relief measures, does it follow that
such a method would solve all our
problems?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01

Chemical Industry Shows
Good Record IN Weathering
Depression.
THE chemical industries ara
Il weathering the depression in
excellent fashion, according to Otto
Wilson, Washington statistfcian.
Wilson sums up his views for "In-
dustrial and Engineering Chemis-
try" official publication Of the
American Chemical Society.
THE chemical industries success
fully have met the test of two full
years of depression, and have shown
that the immense expansion of the
preceding decade was soundly
based" Wilson says.
He points out that the industry
has made a particularly good show
ing in foreign trade.
I'm 1881, while the total foreign
trade Of the country was being cut
IS per cent as compared with 1880.
the foreign trade in chemicals and
related products was falling off only
"a per cent" he says.
I'm the last two years, covering
approximately the period of dull
times, the United States has seen its
commerce with other countries re-
duced SO per cent, but in the buying
and selling of chemicals the loss was
only 38 per cent"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

all forenoon in a chair, smoking
anywhere from twenty to fifty Gig
arets or three cigars; rusheS out to
a quick lunch or sits in some res
taurant at a conference, during
which his mind is more concerned
with business than with food; his
dinner in the evening is likely to be
heavy and to be accompanied by
alcohol, and he may work far into
the night, trying to make the figures
in his books come out wen.
1t is not surprising that under
such a program his elimination
should be poor, and that, as a re-
suit of an overloaded intestinal
tract, he should develop a listleSS
or irritable temperament.
Not infrequently he tries to get
rid of his intestinal difficulty by
large doses of strong catharticS,
which merely irritates his condition
still further and make ever nor
unlikely the establishment of a
satisfactory digestive routine.
When tired business man leaves
the quick lunch counter and e
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01

of events. the Smartest contempt
raneous fashions no longer come
from the suave settling who does
nothing particularly except partic-
ularIy nothing; they come from the
man of affairs"
I never have been one to refuse
good advice, even when bluntly
spoken, and Beaunash's words
opened my eyes. Naturally, Beau
nash would not be the sort of per-
son who would point. But if he had
leveled a foref1nger at me as he
wrote, 1 could not have felt the &C
cusation- any more directly.
I realized that I was all wrong,
and had been all wrong for years.
The life around about me, the gay
and gaudy display of New York
first nights, had entered my soul.
Probably the process had been going
on season after season, like yeast in
a mash. . I had become a settling
by inches.
During the dark change be-
tween scenes two and three, when
the action of the play shifted from
"the boudoir of Genevieve La Verne"
to a mountain cabin on Pixies Peak
at dawn" I kicked off my spats and
threw them into the aisle. I hard
ly could wait for the stage sunrise to
go on with Beaunash'S expose and
find out which way salvation lay.
Perhaps I lost my place, but, at
any rate, when I looked again I
found such fabrics as crash, CAB
ardine, linen and twillette are tip
top to be worn either as complete
suits or as odd knickers to accom-
pany the Norfolk or the Chester
jacket"
II y Il
Clothes Without a Convert
T INEN was the only one of those
IL substances with which I was
acquainted, and I decided that it
might prove too expensive on ac-
count of the convert charge. Twill
lette made a stronger appeal. It
sounded shaggy and ~forceful.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01
Bubble Blowers

MUCH of the distress with which
1V1 we are afflicted goes back to
side-Stepping and evasiveness in
politics.
No one can say how much good
an honest, straightforward discus
sion of economic conditions would
have done four, or eight years ago.
1t might have helped some of our
financial and industrial leaders to
realize that they were blowing
bubbles.
Instead of that, we had addle-
pated optimism all along the line,
with every n promising to pre-
serve the delightful season of pros
perity, just as though it were real.
And we had the same kind of
shallow timidity with regard to pro-
hibition, with everybody trying to
sit on the fence, while b~ootleggerS
raped the nation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01
Am ! Dams lie Mouyement2

MYTH that I was in hearty
w agreement, although I was
not quite sure about wanting to
have a rafdne look. That sounded
a little like a concession to the soft
lings. However, 7 went on to COL
lars and learned, IF you care tup-
pence-ha'penny about being dams lie
movement, you will wear a loz
collar"
Now, I wear low collars, but I
am not at all sure whether I am
animated by the same motive. For
all my faith in Beaunash and my
thankfulness for what he has done
for me, I still want to know what
a thing is before I commit myself
TO caring about it, even to the ex-
tent of caring tuppence-ha'penny.
Perhaps I have begun my educa-
tional experiments in the wrong or
der. 1t may be that I ought to
learn the Romance languages first
and then go on with Beaunash.
Ccopyright. 1882. BY The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01
IT SEEMS TO ME BY EFoSS

I even seemed to remember a
snatch of verse which began, civil
lette and evening star and one clear
call for me-" I had heard my clear
call, and no sooner was the cal
heard than the resolve was made
that hereafter I would wear nothing
but simple twillette!!
But, of course, I could not stop
there. The change must be sweep
ing, and I had not far to go be-
fore I found a chapter on hats in
which I read: Tweed hats are af-
fected by many men, because they
have a raffine look about them
which hints of manor and motor.
The bright Tyrolean feather. i'm
pertinently stuck into the bow, con-
jures up st. Moritz in the Enga-
dine and st. Hubert, patron of the
chase"
AS a matter of fact, the bright
Tyrolean feather would suggest to
me rather that the wearer had just
signed a grooming contract, but hav-
ing given allegiance, I decided to go
through with Beaunash. Better, I
thought, to adopt the trick feather
than be a settling, although I made
the mental reservation that after I
had the hat I would avoid certain
rowdy parts of town.
"Such a hat" continued Beau
nash plainly checked or boldly
plaided, may be dented to assume
almost any form or angle. Indeed,
it may have as many dimples as the
back of a danseuse. The oldster
who is a precisian in dress and wor-
shipful of tradition turns purple
around the gills when a hat of this
type is worn in town, but what
would you? All of us can not idle
about the loggia of a country club"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01
Hoarded Convictions

A S a matter of common knowl-
IA edge, we have had too much
harmony for u own good.
The two major parties have
drifted too closely together to be OF
real service.
For a decade and more, the
country has suffered from nothing
so distinctly as lack of frank dis
agreement and robust debate.
The hiding of money has been
more than matched by the hiding of
convictions.
If honest partisanship was ever
needed, it is needed now, and not
only between the parties, but be-
tween factions within the parties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-01
1@ TO-DAY 50
N IS THE HH
(. WORLD WAR \
Gs92 %A1N
U. S. TROOPS IN ACTION
March I

ON March l, 1918, American
" troops in the Toul sector of
the western front repulSed a heavy
German raid. Heavy losses were
inflicted on the raiding party.
This action was one of the
heaviest in which United States
troops had been engaged.
The British armed mercantile
cruiser Calgarian was sunk by a
submarine with the loss of forty
eight members of her crew.
A treaty was signed between Fin
land and Russia providing for
evacuation of Finland by Russian
troops.
German troops continued their
advance in Russia and at Moscow
the Soviet government announced
that it was ready to sign the peace
treaty demanded by Germany.