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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
Waves and Taxes

Faced by an empty treasury, city and school Of
cials forced to face the task Of reducing wages
Of public officials and employees.
That there has been waste in government is adj
mitted Jobs have been created in prosperous days
for the purpose Of rewarding the politically efficient
But in general government has been about efficient
as private business.
The wage level Of those who really do the i'm
portant work in the schools and in city affairs has
been below rather than above, the average of wages
in industry The wages of the school teacher and the
policeman have not been exorbitant The men who
repair the streets and keep traffic going have not been
overpaid.
Unfortunately, the question is becoming not one
Of how much public employees will receive, but whether
they will receive any wages at all.
Real estate is breaking under the burden of unfair
taxation and can no longer stand the drag upon its
resources
The delinquents in tax payments in November
we're enormous They will be greater in May. That
means that there is steadily decreasing fund for
keeping local governments in operation and wage
auctions are apparently the inevitable method
Of carrying
OF course the situation is as absurd as it is
monstrous. Each move only adds to the problem,
instead of solving it, Lowered wages less pur-
chasing power and less purchasing power more
unemployment
The situation does suggest that those who control
Governors and legislators unwise to longer
delay a special session of the legislature to deal
frankly with the situation
The farmer and the home must be relieved
of part of the present tax burden, If income
taxes must be levied those who have incomes from
other forms of wealth
The shifting Of part Of the gasoline tax to other
is strongly indicated. The people can probably
o1d hntfn
schools Some Of these funds would enable counties
now trouble to continue the relief for the jobless
which is nearing the end because of lack of funds
cautious Governor, even if he had no plan of
his own, might read the signs clearly enough to call
upon the proper branch Of government to solve the
problem. Wage cuts and reductions in school terms
demand something than political pickering.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
Doak's Position

An editorial on government economy in The Times
iast week said In part; 1.-The secretary of labor pro-
poses slashing 10 per cent from such humanitarian
services as the chlldrens bureau womens bureau the
bureau OF labor statistics and the employment service
He is silent about $1577O00 included in the 1888 bill
Tor deporting aliens and additional 100000 for
this purpose in the first deficiency bill"
Secretary of Labor Doak calls our attention to the
TACT That his letter on this subject to the senate
preparations committee while stating that 10 ner
cent cut in the total for his department would mean
reduction to that extent of each individual service
did not advocate or approve any of the cuts.
The Times regrets the error.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12

Better relations with Russia may be only theo-
retic issue with the state department. politicians
but to American business men and workers it is a
bread and butter proposition
Any one reading the series of interviews carried
in this newspaper during the last week with Amer
clan business men the need of Russian trade must
be convinced that here is one way to escape de-
preston.
Russian trade has been the balance wheel of our
business for four years. if had been for Soviet
contracts in 1881, should have had to close our
plant and throw hundreds out of employment says
S. D. Wright general manager of the Atlas Car and
Manufacturing Company of Cleveland.
"Our business with Russia has been above bubble
When money was due. it was paid
The role of the American governments anti
Russian policy in destroying the legitimate business
of American firms and the jobs Of American workers
which the American government supposed to pro-
tect is revealed in the statement of Robert S. Alter
president CT the American Tool Works of Gin
cinnau
"Thc United States governments stand has forced
us and Others who formerly did huge business with
Russia virtually to close Our plants and throw thou
sands of men oft of work Alter reports
IF normal intercourse were established, there is
hardly doubt that enormous orders would be given
American manufacturers Prospects for huge orders
are in view for the near future and others de-
veloping.
Under existing conditions American manufac
turers not obtain financing in this country. But
German and other bankers borrow money in the
United States and use it to finance Russian business
for their manufacturers. Proper relations between
America and Russia would facilitate banking
cornnodations.
we sit. over here, refusing to make move to re-
store normal relations with that country and our
industries remain idle Workers who otherwise might
have good jobs are in the breadlines.
Certain of our industries are in the place where
Russian business is most necessary to prevent almost
complete collapse. The machine tool business is one
business upon which own government would have
to depend in case of war"
Or take the experience of Thomas A. Morgan, pres
ident Of the Curts-Wright Export Corporation, the
spsrry Cyroscope Company, and director Of a dozen
other American corporations
Il have known Russia for nineteen years, both be-
fore and since the revolution" he says. we have
nothing to lose and everything to gain by establish
ment of normal relations with that country.
When millions OF American workers gre COM
PEELED to live by charity alone and upward Of 100000
Jobs could be created producing commodities for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
DAILY
Cereals Are Valuable Diet Addition

100 cereal breakfast foods which
gradually have invaded the field
formerly controlled by whole wheat
and oatmeal served hot.
A list prepared by DR.. Bailey of
the Connecticut agricultural expert
ment station includes five barley
preparations, 20 corn products, q
oat derivatives, IA rice products, So
wheat preparations, II wheat bran
preparations and 81 miscellaneous
products.
When cereals are finely ground
they leave the stomach more rapid
ly than when they are in their
crude form.
The modern prepared cereal is
much more easily digested than the
Jumps Of oatmeal which were part
OF the breakfast of an earlier day.
Cereals are abundant in starch,
include a small amount of protein,
all have about the same mineral
ingredients, and their vitamins, ex-
cept for the germ of the various
grains, are not important.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
Interesting Pictures

LIVERY man who loves to watch
II big ship ride the waves, who
loves the romantic call OF loco
motive whistle on the night air,
who loves the purr of gasoline
engine, will find the book fascinat-
ing.
While not written for a juvenile
audience, the book should make
real appeal to boys of junior high
school age. High school students
will find it excellent.
My own feelings is that it would
make a fine birthday present for
any boy between the ages OF IL
and 80.
A fine feature of the book. calcu-
lated to appeal to young and old
readers alike is the illustrations
These number seventy-one. They
include pictures Of the early steam
engines built by Watt and New
comen.
Pictures of early locomotives are
particularly interesting. There -
Putting Billy" one of the first To-
comotives to be used in England.
also George Stephenson's product,
1.-THE Locomotion," the first steam
locomotive on the Stockton & OAR
lington railroad.
Other pictures show early Ameri-
can trains, The Best Friend" and
THE West Point" The "West Point
carried car piled high with bales
of cotton between the locomotive
and the car in which the passen-
gers rode.
This was a safety-first measure,
designed to protect passengers from
pieces of flying castiron in case the
boiler of the locomotive blew up.
Growth of the steamship is SINH
larly traced with series of pic
lures of historic Importance, show
ling the Clermont, popularity called,
''Fulton's Folly" Colonel Stevens
Phoenix" and other famous pio-.
neer ships. srs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
HAIG's FAMOUS ORDER

ON April IL, 1918, Field Marshal
~ Sir Douglas Haig issued an
order to British troops on the front
in the Lys sector to fight it out
to the end"
THE safety of our homes and
the freedom Of mankind depend
alike upon the conduct of each one
of us at this time" his general or
der read.
Despite the great tenacity of the
outnumbered British soldiers in the
Lys sector, German storm troops
pushed them back after q day Of
terrific fighting.
German bulletins claimed their
men had reached their detectives
for the day and said that they had
entered Neuve Eglise.
American troops on the Toul sec
tor captured thirty-six German
prisoners in a trench engagement
of unusual severity.
Germany announced a submarine
blockade of Spain, following the
signing Of commercial agreement
between that nation and the United
States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
IT SEEMS TO ME BY H FR9z2S

"THE further disabled veteran
l. was from the fighting on the
western front, the more money he
averages each month from the fed
eral treasury"
The quotation is from the open
ing of a news story by Talcott
Powell, of the World Telegram. And
it seems to me to throw great
deal of light upon subject which
has been vastly misunderstood and
misrepresented.
Both sides have contributed to
the confusion which surrounds dis
cussion of the bonus, or, If you will,
adjusted compensation.
Disciples of federal economy have
made speeches in which they as
serted that it was monstrous to
insult the brave boys by offering
them filthy money for their sacri-
fees. I agree thoroughly with those
dictionaries who insist that these
disciples are merely taking a round
about way of saying, "INdon't want
to pay so much income tax"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
Early Struggles
IN a day when We take mower s.

IN a day when We take power so
4 much for granted, expecting en-
gines and motors to function quietly
and efficiently, it is interesting to
read of the struggles of the pioneers.
Hodgins and Magoun tell their
story in detail. In fact, that is the
books method, to unfold the story
of power through the lives of the
men who did the pioneering.
The book abounds in picturesque
descriptions. For example. 1.-THE
1859 was mechanism with the disN
position, but without the strength.
Of a smallish mule; to apply it to
locomotion would have been like,
applying a cough to the mains1 of
a Dutch East Indiaman."
The authors go on to tell how
Watt began to experiment with the
steam engine. Watt then was me-
chanician at the University of Glas-
gov.
I'm 1853" they continue. cit fell
to Watt to repair the model of a.
Newcomer engine which had been
attacked by one OF its FREQUENT
spells of dizziness and fainting.
The engine belonged to the
natural philosophy class, and had
baked suddenly at its task of max
ing evident to students the wonders
of the new world of science"
And so the reader follows Watt
through all his experiments. his
difficulties, his troubles, and his
eventual triumphs.
The book makes no attempt to
discuss the economic or sociological
side of the Machine Age. It setS
out to tell one story and does that
with success and charm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
Questions and
Answers

What does Bill Hay say when he
announces Amos m Andy, Here.
they are" or Get up?"
He. says, Here they are" very
rapidly.
Who is the. Governor OF Texas?
Ross Sterling. %
What nationality Is the nnme
Nadia, and what does it mean?
1t is from the Serbian and Slavic
and means hope.
What is the population and area
of Java?
The population Of Java is 37433-
76O and the area is 5O,811 square
miles.
What is the correct prOnuncia-
ton Of radio?
Ray-de-o with the accent on the
first syllable and the a long as in
day.
If person is convicted of a crime
in Boston, would he be sent to Sing
Sing prison? %
No. Sing Sing is a New York
state prison for persons convicted in
that state only. 3.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
Not Just the Soldiers

A ND yet I see no reason why a
N particular group should be sin
gled out for disbursements, regard
less of individual needs. Many vet
Grams are among the jobless. In the
ranks of those who suffer acutely
can be found hundreds Of thousands
who served in the army during the
war. But the bonus proposal makes
no attempt to draw any distinction
between the HAYES and have-nots.
We are in grave danger Of Great
ing within our democracy a Fascist
group which is to constitute a
super-government. II the legion
and the Veterans of Foreign Wars
have but to ask, then congress be-
comes a rubber stamp and that old
joke about making the world safe
for democracy" grows into an even
more bitter jest than usual.
The legion contains so many per-
sons of varying views and attributes
that 1t wQrld be silly to draw an
Indictment against its entire mem
hership. Still, I do not think 1t I'M
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

nNE Of the established traditions which we might
~ be better off without is the fashionable "honey-
moon trip, which is almost sacred rite
among the well-to-do
1t may be a surprise to a good many dry Amer
leans to realize that the honeymoon had its inception
IN the drinking of intoxcants A long time ago it
was the custom to drink mead, a liquor made with
honey for thirty days after marriage. This de-
veloped INTO our present idea that some form of a
celebration should follow wedding
Romantic as it may appear, the honeymoon trip
must have bad psychological effect upon both
bride and bridegroom. For slowly and gradually.
the honeymoon IS ended, marriage must settle down
to drabness and love becomes practical
SO we have come to regard marriage as a vaca-
ton rather than as permanent mode of living and
we overlook the fact that honeymoon is not period
but state OF mind.
DEING human, and therefore wont to behave lit
~ tie like sheep who follow leader thousands of
couples spend money taking a marriage trip that
much better would be spent in getting settled into
home.
And can you think of anything more barbarous
than newly married pair gadding about railway
stations, among crowds of people SubiectinE them
selves to the artificial necessities of the average
Pullman, or even of doing mad jaunt over pave
ments crowded with other hurrying automobiles only
to end up in strange hotel ROOM as alien to both
as would be another world?
It's wonder the frayed nerves of the average
bride survive such an ordeal.
AS we grow poorer and more civilized, we prob
ably shall discard the large SNOWY that have
been popular so long. and perhaps give up as well
our belief that must begin married life by leaving
instead Of going home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
Orgy of Emotions

COME day a historian will write
~ the truth about this era.
When he does, he will describe it
as an orgy of emotions, a contin-
uous sob, souse in smush.
Prejudice, appetite, sentimental
ity, have run the world ever since
the kaiser set it an example.
Military efficiency results in pro-
hibition, war for humanity winds
up in the yell for cash bonus, and
the peace movement finds Japan
taking what she wants from China
without let or hindrance.
So, too, that good understand
ing among nations" by which we
set such hopeful store, finds every
government barricading itself be-
hind unScalable tariff walls and
wondering why trade slumps.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
Dangerous Precedent

DON'T be miSled by good inten-
IL tions. Everybody admits that
we owe the soldiers debt of graft
tude, and that the country could
stand a reasonable amount of infla-
ton
But is that any reason why we
should rejuvenate the old green
back movement" under new
name? Paper money is paper
money, regardless of the purpose for
which it may be issued. When is
sued for the relief of one class,
other classes in need merely have
been given their cue
Pay the soldiers with greenbacks,
and you have only set a precedent
for paying other crowds and cliques
the same way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
BY DIR. MORRIS FTSHRETN
u DIV MO1Nh1S FASHbEAN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association, and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.

DUR1NG the last twenty years
- the American breakfast has
changed. There was a time when
it included q variety of foods which
were taken in large amounts.
Today breakfast for most people
includes, if they eat anything,
fruit, cereal, coffee, egg, and occa-
sionally a small strip of bacon or
ham.
Women seem, however, to have re-
duced breakfast merely to fruit
juice and coffee, and those who re-
duce may even eliminate the fruit
juice.
Under present circumstances, ce-
reals have developed a place of in
creasing Importance in the break
fast menu.
A committee of the American
Public Health Association has listed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
Views Of Times Readers

Editor Times-I am a veteran
reader. of The Times. Have read
with increasing interest views of it's
readers, have sympathized and ridi-
culed, commended and condemned.
The Times is bang-up newspaper
and is gaining quite a reputation
here as a reliable source of facts
and figures. May your circulation
increase.
Casting no insinuations against
Mr.. Town or his article of March
l, am persuaded to ask did you
read M. E. Tracy's column on the
same page the same day, and the
Digest's national poll on prohibi-
ton? Now does the nation pro-
pose to continue examining a law
down the Threats of the people that
has proved such miserable fail
ure?
Ever hear of 5000 school children
being taken out Of school because
there were no funds with which to
pay the teachers, before prohibi-
ton? Did we ever hear Of so many
cities, towns and counties being on
the rocks? Does having prohibition
agents scattered from Vancouver to
the mouth of the st. Lawrence river
keep liquor from coming across
from Canada? A fiat sentence of
death wouldn't keep the bootlegger
from handling it, or distilling it.
Fifteen thousand dollars is a
goodly sum to spend erecting or re-
pairing a brewery, and, to quote Mr..
Town. placing their faith in a
bubble and grasping at a straw"
Really, they're placing their faith
in watts and waiting for the whistle
to blow.
Fifty million Frenchmen could be
wrong, but 100000 unemployed
Americans should be reckoned with.
w. D. CAMPBELL.
Connersville.
Editor Tfmes-The biggest laughs
ever have gotten out of your
paper:
That Leslie is declaring martial
law on poor innocent workers be-
cause they are trying to organize
and earn a living wage so they can
feed their families.
That some senators think this
country is dry. Boy. that brings a
great big chuckle.
That the people Of Indianapolis
got 1-cent rate cut on water. Wait
until their meter goes over the
minimum.
Another is the World war bonus
The boys were good enough to fight
for cheap politicians. but when they
need help, they don't get It. There
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12

port to Russia prejudice should be aside and facts
looked in the face"
The facts are the side Of these hard-headed
American business men, who were among those SELL
ling sl50000,oOO worth of goods annually to Russia
until our governments anti-Russan policy destroyed
that business
Last year American sales to Russia fell of so per
cent while Germanys trade with Russia increased So
per cent. Since then our sales have fallen 95 per
cent and Germanys has risen liz per cent.
: The irony of it is" as Morgan points out, that
Europe is financing her Russian trade with American
money. And while the financial pages of daily news
papers tell you what is happening to these European
securities Soviet Russia has not defaued on single
dollars worth Of commercial orders"
BY its failure to restore normal relations with
Russia, the Washington government is increasing
American bankruptcies and American breadlnes That
is the testimony of American business men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
Gross MiSCaICuIation

DEOPLE the world over, but
Il especially in the so-called
civilized parts of it, have been con-
sulting their feelings, rather than
their brains, have been guided by
their hopes, hates, desires and fears
Or t m S m has become a
philosophy, the singing of such re-
Trains as Happy Days Are Here
Again" has been elevated to the
level of magic incarnation,
arithmetic has been subordinated to
greed and elemental rights to the
Whim of reforr1erS.
There never was a similar length
of time in which so many Important
undertakings failed, or so many
major events were miscalculated.
One can not review what has hap
pened since 1914 without being
staggered by the plumbers and mis-
takes of our supposedly best minds.
Politicians couldn't see the war
coming, bankers couldn't see the
depression coming and prohibition
lists couldn't see the bootlegger COM
ing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

uSCtIttttHg OOOh on OWtF ,
Traces Careers of Its Pho
neers and Their Epochal
Discoveries.
DOVER is the basis Of 5he
Il Machine Age. the power of
steam that drives locomotives across
the continents and ships across the
oceans, the power of exploding gaSo-
line that propelS automobiles over
the worlds highways, and the pow-S
er of electricity that lights the in
candescent lamp and operates ma
>chinery of all sort.
The story of the pioneers OF
power, the men who shaved and
toiled to build the first steam en-
gines, the first locomotives, the first
steamships and the first electric
machinery is told in ''Behemoth, the
Story of Power" just published by
Doubleday Doran at $3.50.
The authors are Eric Hodgins and
F. Alexander Magoun, already well
known to the reading public for
their excellent books upon the sub
ject of aviation, Sky High: The
Story of Aviation" and "A History
of Aircraft"
In "Behemoth, the Story or
Power" they have written a book
of exceptional merit. They have
done distinct service in assembling
between the covers of one book, a
great mass of material which other
wise could be found only by extern
sive search of many books, journals.
and old records.
And they have written the story
with so much facility and charm,
that it reads with all the interest Of
a novel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12
Taxes and More Taxes

BECAUSE Of def1ation, taxes
- automatically have risen in this
country by 80 or 40 per cent. yet
those running the government can
think of nothing but more taxes.
They could put tax on beer in
few hours and take for public use
hundreds of millions of dollars which
now are going to finance an illegal.
trade.
They could give the country a
healthy degree of imitation by care
full and gradual expansion of the
currency, but that problem has be-
come involved so hopelesSly with the
demand for cash bonus as to make
it a menace.
1t sounds plausible to obtain in
f1ation by the issuance of two billion
dollars in paper money for the ex-
elusive use of veterans. It sounds
like killing two birds with one stone.
But if we are going to meet our
Obligations by such a method, why
not go right down the line? Why
not give the unemployed their share.
pay off government bonds and, if
the necessity arises, meet the gov
eminent pay roll.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-12

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
eSting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.