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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
Colonial Slavery

I'm those good old days when re-
L ligious liberty, free land, or the
love of adventure called men to
America, there were many who felt
the urge to come, but who lacked
the money for their passage.
There were others in jail who
were willing to accept Punishment
if they could get out.
Both classes were compelled to
sign bonds that they would work
for a term of years without pay in
exchange for their transportation.
These bonds we're accepted by
ship captains as payment for pass
age.
On arrival at the designated col
ony, the captains sold the bonds
for what they would bring, and
those who had signed them became
virtual slaves of the purchaser for
five, seven, or ten years.
With the growing need for Ia
Dor in America, the b~ond-servant
brought a continuously higher price,
while the supply of criminals and
volunteers grew less and less ade-
quate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

In general, the various causes of
heart disease may be listed as the
congenital, which means that the
heart is abnormal at birth; the
rheumatic type, which probably is
due to some special infection; the
Syhilitic type; the type that is due
to hardening of the arteries; the
type due to chronic high blood pres
sure; the type due to disturbances
of the thyroid gland; the type due
to fatigue, and a considerable num-
Der which apparently have some
unknown cause.
At present, rheumatic disease ac-
counts for one-fifth of all deaths
from heart disease, and anywhere
from one-fourth to one-half of all
patients treated for heart disease.
OF patients studied at post-mor-
tenn, about half are found to have
damaged hearts as result of disturb
ance of vessels which supply the
heart with blood.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
0VerDrOdUCtiOn
Remedies.

IF you have read during the last
l. two years or so the talk about
mass production and its effect
upon economic life, you have got
ten the impression that overproduc-
ton came into existence since the
World war and is to be charged
directly to the advances in machine
technology.
Therefore, you might be surprised
to note one book in the Seligman
collection, published in England in
1912. It's title is Not Over-Pro-
duction, but Deficient Consumption,
the Source of Our Sufferings."
SO, it would appear, way back in
1912 they were arguing the prob
lens of production and consump-
ton. The new" economic era is
not so new after all.
Miss Darthula Wilcox, in charge
of the Seligman library, who ar
ranged the exhibit, commented:
1--WE have about $50 volumes in our
collection on depressions since the
seventeenth century, and they are
practically all the same.
Every of them declares theirs
is the worst depression that ever
happened; they all say it should
teach the world something; they all
offer the same penaceas, and they
all blame it on the same causes.
"They always blame the tariff
and the poor laws, or what we call
the dole, and ever since the indus
trial revolution, they all blame
chronological unemployment"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
Prohibition Again

Ouch news as swept the country
- Wednesday is not necessary to
remind us that kidnapping has been
revived in an organized, malicious
way, or that it has a definite con-
nection with the racketeering, gang
rule and blackmail which have de-
veloped around the illegal liquor
trade.
kidnapping is just another form
of extortion which has plagued the
country ever since the eighteenth
amendment and VolStead act placed
such enormous revenues at the dis
posal of organized vice and taught
people how they could beat the law
with money.
The tribute that has been levied
on the American people during the
last decade is i~ncalculable. There
was never anything like it in our
history, and it is taking on an
uglier form with each passing day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03

bankruptcy administration and to check continuously
on the operation Of the law.
The abuses under our existing bankruptcy law are
notorious. They should be corrected. Doubtless the
trend of reform suggested by Solicitor General
Thacher, an outstanding bankrupt authority, and sup
ported BY the President, is in the right direction.
But the entire matter is SO complicated it should
be investigated thoroughly by the congressional COM
lnittee to prevent half-baked legislation. This is par
ticulsrly true as applied to the conditional discharge
of bankrupts.
Many, if not most, of the existing bankruptcy
abuses could be eliminated if the present judicial ma
chinery were operated aggressively and intelligently
Any system will depend on the men operating it.
We need judges who will recognize their respon-
sibility and who intelligently will supervise the selec-
ton and work OF their Subordinates, the referees, and
the receivers and trustees and their counsel.
In this, as in other administrative and judicial
matters, reforms can not be achieved merely bv nass-
ing another law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-Having been q
reader Of your paper for about
twelve years without missing a copy
except on vacation, I wonder if I
could ask this question: Isn't there
a law against robbers? If so, why are
the biggest robbers of all allowed to
keep on robbing the poor folks? I
mean utility companies.
Does any n know of a bank
robber who ever gave back what he
got, unless made to do so by the
law? And he will continue to get
more az long as he is free. Why is
there not a law to force these COM
panies to lower the rates? We are
not asking to return what they've
already taken, but we surely would
like to see a stop put to any further
robbing.
I certainly think The Times has
been doing a wonderful thing in its
drive. Here's hoping for results
soon. E. F. B.
Editor Times-Press reports con-
corning Governor Leslie's proposal
to award contracts to firms within
the state of Indiana should be an
example for the members Of the In
dianapolis sanitary board to con-
slider in awarding contracts. The
fabrication and erection of thirty
two new digesters at the city reduc-
ton plant has been awarded TO the
WalSh-W idener COMPANY of Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
Notwithstanding the fact that an
unemployment condition ACTUALLY
exists in the city, bread lines and
soup kitchens having been estab-
hshed by relief and charitable or
PLANTATIONS, the sanitary board con-
sidered the almighty dollar above
human rights and awarded this
work to an out-of-state firm.
The local shops bidding on the
digesters are well equipped to build
this class of work and, with the
thought in mind that should a local
shop be favored with the contract.
a number Of Indianapolis men would
De given employment covering a
period OF nearly three months.
The whole procedure on the part
OF the members of the sanitary
board is an insult to the shop own
ers and workers of the city. Incl
dents Of this nature very seldom
are forgotten. A. j. CONWAY.
1911 North Talbot street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
M. E. Tracy

kidnapping Is Just Another
Form of ErtortiOn Which
Has Plagued the Country
EUer Since Prohibition
Gaze Millions to Organized
Vice.
NEW YORK, March 3.-Kidnap
IN means literally to nab, or
snatch a child. It comes from the
slang of thieves who made child
stealing a regular business. This
crime became so common at one
time as to fill all England with ter
ror and was to play a ~regrettably
large part in providing labor for
American colonies.
Many more of our so-called native
stock are descended from kidnapped
ancestors than from the pilgrim
fathers. You don't hear so much
about it, but that's due to bad his
tory on the one hand, and false
pride on the other.
No one ever will know the num-
Der of children who were waylaid
and sneaked on board ships bound
for this side of the Atlantic during
the last quarter of the seventeenth
century and the first half OF the
eighteenth, but it must have run
we'll into the thousands.
The practice developed as a by
product of the bond-Servant scheme.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
Black Record

TT was at this point that kid
L napers stepped into the picture.
snatching children, forging bonds
and turning both over to unscru-
pulous captains for a mere pittance,
Many a lad was shanghaied for
SIS or $40, while many a mother
went to her grave without know
ing what had become of her boy.
1t is a black record, and there
are reasons for being grateful that
there it is not more complete, but
we know enough to realize that
there was a time when kidnapping
held more %terrors, especially for the
common run of folk, than it does
today, in spite of the many shock
ing occurrences.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03

ONLY recently has scientific
~ medicine begun to realize the
great frequency of heart disease and
it's Importance as a cause of death.
So nttle did this realization ex-
list in the past that no deaths from
heart disease recorded in New York
for the period 18O4-1808, although
obviously many people must have
died from such cause.
There are, of course, various types
of heart disease. The organ may
be damaged by poisons that have
circulated through the body, and
have injured the muscle.
It's nerve control may be involved.
The blood vessels that supply the
heart with blood may be hardened
or otherwise DISTRACTED.
Sometimes infections attack the
valves of the heart or its lining.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03

later years. At the moment. I am
thinking of the case Of Samuel
Seabury, who made a speech in
Cincinnati. Many of us consider
him an honorable gentleman and a
highly efficient investigator. Al
though his foes have ragged against
him, not one has found anything
on him.
But o they are jubilant and
prepared to tear him limb from
limb. On the basis of his radio adj
dress. MIR. Seabury's detractors are
circulating the ugly rumor that he
wants to be President. Even his
friends turned pale or blushed, &C
cording to the nature of their vase
motor system. It is almost as if
the whisper ran, "Seabury's got a
tin box"
People avert their gIances and
nudge one another before crossing
to the opposite side of the street.
There goes" they say, ga man
who wants to be President" And
as they walk away quickly there is
the sound of shuddering.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
Not in Mixed Company

ATOW, that's all wrong. Every
IN day some gentleman who was
a little boy once upon a time, finds
that he was misinformed by his
teacher. The advice ought to con-
tain the admonition, "You can all
have the desire to be President of
the United States, but never let
anybody catch you at it. Lock the
secret in your heart. Don't speak
of it,"
AS things stand now, we encour-
age little boys in an ambition which
very well may disgrace them in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
G TODAY So
[/N IS THE NJ
WORLD WAR \
&G4 %HGE
RUsso-GERMAN PEACE SIGNED

March 3
ON March 3, 1913, heavy German
~ assaults on the French lines
in the Champagne sector of the
western front were beaten of after
several hours of sharp combat.
1t was one of the heaviest en-
gagements of the year. Allied OBJ
servers believed that German divi-
sions recently brought from the
Russian front were used in the at
tack.
An Austrian attack on the Italian
front in the Frenzela valley was
stopped by an Italian barrage.
German planes dropped several
bombs on P~etrograd, killing three
persons and injuring five.
The treaty of peace between So
Wet Russia and Germany was
signed formally at Brest-Litovsk.
TrotSki, Russian foreign minister,
turned in his resignation because
of the harshneSs of the terms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
Questions and
Answers

What was the population of In
dianapolis in 1920 and what is it
now?
The 1920 population was 314, 1874.
The last census was taken during
1880 and the figures we're 1854, LOTS.
The population has changed little
in the last two years.
How can / obtain a compensation
for my war veteran husband?
We would suggest that you in
Quire Of either the American Legion
or Veterans Of Foreign Wars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
Shock to Sentimental

vt is strange that a man experienced
l. in politics thus should shock
public sentiment. The rule is well
established that every preconvention
campaign should be carried on by
men with their faces averted from
Washington. You will find plenty
of them running at a rapid pace
and in the right direction, but they
are running backward.
And if any candidate ever shows
up in the convention city, he always
takes pains to explain that he has
come to spend the weekend with
his girl, who is playing in a bur-
lesque show, or that he got off the
train under a misrepresentation while
intoxicated. He must give some
honorable reason and never confess
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
Millions for Corruption

NEITHER can we hope to get
IN very far in suppresSing it,
until the main source of it's rev.
enue has been removed-the mil
lions upon millions of dollars which
are derived from the liquor trade
and which enable the vicious ele-
ment of every community to cor
rupt officials, retain lawyers, ex-
ercise power in politics and protect
themselves in other ways.
The gangs must be smashed be-
fore the extortion can be stopped,
and that is impossible, unless their
supply of money is cut off.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
Under Masks and Aliases

TT seems to me that the rules
= should be liberalized. Men should
be allowed to go directly after the
presidency if they wear black masks
and crawl on their stomachs. AS a
matter of fact, the latter expedient
recently has won favor in several
high quarters.
An even better scheme to avert
self-conSciouSrless and shame would
be to leave the whole matter I'D to
blind chance. My idea would be
particularly useful to the Demo-
Gratis, since the finger of suspicion
has been leveled at so many of it's
leaders in the matter of their as
pirationS.
The name of every one of them
who has been mentioned as a pos
sible candidate should be written
down on a slip of paper and placed
in a hat. Any hat will do. 1t need
not be a brown derby.
From that hat a backward child
Of 2 shall be allowed to draw one
name. If no such child is available
w a compromise and use a voter
who believes that the Democratic
party actually maintains the tradi-
tons of Thomas jefferson.
II the name drawn happens to be
that of Franklin Roosevelt, the slip
is torn into small pieces and the
lottery continues until it makes
some sense.
I trust no one will suspect that 1
have any personal ak to grind.
When you say that to me, smile.
l have no ambition to be President.
I couldn't be President, because-I
believe in entangling alliances, the
dole, and the old-fashioned saloon.
Copyright. 1882. BY The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
Gr0zUing of Roses

Do you know the happy adventure of growing roses in your
home garden? Success with roses is not hard for the amateur if
a few rules are followed. Of recent years nearly everybody who
pretends to have any sort of a garden, has from one to a score or
more of rose bushes.
Whether you already grow roses, or whether you never have, and
want to start, our Washington Bureau has ready for you a COM
prehensive, but simply worded bulletin, written by a practical rose
grower with years of experience, that will give all the Information
you need for success. If you want your table and your living rooms
flied with beautiful roses this year, fill out the coupon below and
send for this buIedn-and start the happy adventure.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those IT
one of Americas most inter-
esting writers and are Dre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.=The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
What is the purpose Of thu
American Institute of Banking?

AIIItIIcdn 1nSLaLuLt OF bdnkIng.
1t is the educational section of
the American Bankers Association
that provides instruction to bank
employees. Courses of study in bank
ing law and practice, and in ele-
mentary economics are offered by
correspondence, and by local chap
tiers. Certificates Of the American
Institute Of Banking have become
the recognized standard Of Ameri-
can banking education.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03

Diplomats trying to prevent fighting in China
should take a few tips from the managers of cham
pion prize fighters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03

Two ring-taled monkeys have been added to a
radio stations staff. Won't the crooners be jealous!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
DAVID DIETZ-

SionS With Us Often IN TIE
Past, With the Same Old
Remedies.
A SCIENTIFIC approach to THE
N problems of the present depres1
sion requires a thorough study ofS
the ~depreSsions of the past, them
causes and their cures. |
Science, according to n dehni-
tion-the one, by the way, I learned
in high schools the orderly claSsi-l
ication of knowledge.
Realizing the need for knowledge
Of the past, the rare books depart
ment of Columbia university has
prepared an exhibit titled "Depres-
sions the World Has Lived Through"
The exhibition is to be seen at
Schermerhorn hall, Columbia uni
versity, New York.
The books exhibited constitute a
part of the Seligman library of eco
Monies, purchased in 1880 by the
university from Professor E. r. A.
Seligman. They cover the eight ma
jor d~epresSions which have afflicted
the western world since 100.
A study of them seems to indi-
cate that, machine age or no ma
chine age, there is very little new
under the sun. The books reveal
the same sort Of problems, the same
sort of public reactions, and the
same sort of proffered remedies.
Hoarding existed in the panic of
1884 as well as today. one of the
books, published in 1884 is titled
Excessive Saving, a Cause of Com
mercial Distress, Being a Series of
Assaults Upon Accepted Principles
of Political Economy" The author
was Uriel H. Croker.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
IT SEEMS TO ME BY BEUSS

that he was seeking the Office. The
voters won't stand for it.
Unless the presidency falls OF
an apple tree and hits you on the
head or trips you up on a lonely
road upon a moonlight night, you
are supposed to return it to the
rightful owner. You must not reach,
and you must not point.
You can't even be cheerful in the
event of a nomination. The sucs
cessful candidate is supposed to
weep and explain that this unfor-
tunate accident has spoiled a fish
ing trip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
Daily Thought

For the fashion Of this world
passeth away.-COrinthians 1881.
Vanity is the foundation of the
most ridiof1IoI1c and conference.-the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medica
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health MAGAZINE,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-17
ASKOV HIGH SCHOOL
NOTES

Sickness has two more victims, the
Misses Yngve and Petersen. sMiss
Yngve is to be relieved of her school
work for month. Miss Sunwall is
performing her duty of teaching the
seventh and part of the sixth grades.
Miss Petersen, besides instructing the
Danish classes, has charge of the
study hall three periods a day. Mrs.
V. A. Anderson, the principals wife,
is assuming her duties in the study
hall.
The Askov boys were defeated by
North Branch in the basketball tour
ney held at Hinckley. The scarlet
and white uniformed boys fought to
the last ditch but finally gave in with
the scores of "a to 30.
March II, AskOv VS.. Sandstone high
school boys played an interesting
game. AS the whistle blew Sandstone
was ahead by the score of 20 to Is.
Another tournament is planned,
which will be held in the high school
gymnasium. Five teams will take
part including four high school teams
and one eighth grade team. The pre-
lminary games will be held Thurs
day evening, the final game Saturday
evening. Three sets will be played
each evening. See the details i'm the
want add column.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-17
NEWS
CLIPPINGS FROM
OTHER PAPERS

Pine City sub-county declam-
atory contest for rural schools will be
held in the Pine City high school
study hall Friday, March 25, at 3:45
p. m and each rural school in south
ern Pine county may enter one con-
testant. The winner will take part i'm
the county contest at Sandstone
April 1.
SandStOne-Sincet the franchise for
the furnishing of electric current to
the village has expired, it was decided
at the last council meeting to call a
public meeting where the sentiment
could be had as to its renewal. Much
talk has been going the rounds in vii
lagos and cities throughout the state
as to municipality owned power plants
and the village fathers here are with
open minds.
MOra-A small garter snake was
found in the basement of the Mora
Bakery one day recently and this.
thinks the Mora Times editor, is a
good sign of spring.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-17
WASHINGTON LETTER
CONTINUED from Page -

leaders regarding the proposed APP
pointment of William NJ. Butler as
chairman of the Republican National
Committee. Butler served in this
capacity solely because he was an
intimate friend of former President
Coolidge. He was appointed a Senator
to fill an unexpired term but was de-
tanned popularity among his Senate
colleagues. The theory is that his
management of the 1882 campaign
will bring Coolidge followers into line
for Mr.. Hoover and force much needed
funds into the Republican campaign
chest. Some of the Butler critics
point out that Coolidge is bound to
support Hoover and that nothing
would be gained by restoring Butler
to his former post in the Republic
can high command. 1t is stated that
the job was offered to Postmaster
General Brown but he turned it down.
The policy of finger-printing of new
government employees has created
furOre in Congress and in labor cir
cles. The Civil Service Commission
issued an order, effective last July,
requiring the nger-printing of APP
pointees 1t was the extension of the
idea originally adopted for prohibit
ton enforcement in order to prevent
infiltration of criminals into the law
forces. Protests have reached Con-
gresS that even the most respected
citizen is reluctant to take Federal
appointment because of the belief that
fnger-printing places him in the same
category with criminals.
Organized labor has taken firm
stand in this matter and protested to
Congressional committees. The Amer
lean Federation of Labor regards it
as a potential black list and system
which is capable of drastic abuses by
bureaucrats. One of their chief OBJ
jections is that the adoption of the
nserprinting policy by the Federal
Government would soon spread to
private industry and thus give the
police a whip-hand over all working
men and women. The resentment
against the practice is growing so
that Congress may force the Civil
Service commission to change it's
tactics.