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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-23

exposed to the air from the time it leaves the COW
until it enters the bottle.
new balloon-type Of tractor tire which is said
to increase the rate Of blowing by 81 per cent and
to make a saving Of % per cent in fuel costs.
All-steel barns shipped in parts from the factory
and erected on the farm, in units designed for "a
80 or any other standardized herd or flock
Thus, the mechanical experts have it all figured
out how farmer can cut his labor costs and in
crease his production at the same time.
So far, however, none Of these engineering wiz
ards has invented machine which will enable the
farmer to find market for the tremendous surplus
crops already hand or machine that will lift a
mortgage.
Until somebody invents machines of that nature.
it seems that the others might just as well wait.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-23
UTILITY REFORM

Financial leaders once denounced those who
thought holding company practices should be re-
formed. Now they are taking the leadership in
movements to do just that
Harry M Addinsell, president of the Chase
Harris Forbes Corporation, which has done an ex-
tensve business in distribution Of holding company
securities recently told group of investment bank
ers that far-reaching improvement in practices is
necessary to strengthen the credit standing of
utilities.
The same note is being echoed in the trade pub
LEGATIONS of the utilities themselves.
Addinsells advice is sound and shows frank
acceptance of conditions. Voluntary reform can be
accomplished much more rapidly than legislative
reform and probably will be accepted with better
grace by those affected.
Yet the time has not come when we safely can
decide to leave this matter entirely in the hands
of the utilities and their bankers There is too much
danger that self reform will stop short of complete
protection for security holders and utility customers
While it is gratifying to know that the industry
NAV mend its ways without being made to do so,
still it is the part of wisdom to look realistically at
all it proposes and to reinforce its efforts if neces-
sary
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Just Plain Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

1T may be difficult for some of us to feel merry on
l. Christmas or to hope for a Happy New Year.
With fear in mems hearts and strife the EARTH
the 1882 Yuetide season looks like flop.
Yet upon second thought we know this is not
true. We can not finish a year, however disastrous
without reminding within ourselves the emhers of
faith hope, and love that Christmas keeps alive
This year, least of ALL America ignore the pro-
founder significance of the festival.
We shall repeat again the lovely words, peace on
Earth Good Will Toward Men" How often we have
spoken theml How little we have sensed their
whole beauty!
We suffer today-the whole world suffers-be-
cause men have not clothed those words with mean
ing. We have folded them about our souls for a
short space as we would wrap about bodies some
radiant holiday garment, and have then put them
aside with our other spiritual treasures, our gold
our frankincense, our myrrh, for another long
twelvemonth.
nOEs it not seem sad that all the most precious
- of our sacred beliefs we fail to utilize in our
daily living? We save their magnihcence, their
glory for short period and try vainly the rest
of the time to solve our problems and ease our sor-
rows with worldly sophistrieS.
1t is pleasant, at least, to speculate upon what
civilization might have been if Christians really had
believed the angelic message waited SO many CEN
turtles ago to the shepherds on the fields OF Bethle-
hem. 1t is tragically absurd that We miss the finest
essence of the faith which we profess.
Without good WILL there can be no peace on
earth; without peace EARTH the Christ Child will
have been rejected of men,
Yet how the world longs for peace These bur-
dens of hatred and war are almost more than we
can bear. And the remedy for our salvation is so
smple-too simple. indeed. for rulers and diplomats
to understandable forgive our debtors, to beat our
swords into plowshares and to love our neghbor as
ourselves.
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A MORAL FOR LAWMAKERS

The federal government enters 1888 with deficit
of approximately 81 ,25O,OoOO0O, six more months to
90 before the fiscal year is ended and recent figures
showing Uncle Sans red ink entry mounting at
the rate of more than 100000 a day.
Total receipts for the fiscal year through Dec 10,
saws treasury report, were 4O2, as against
expenditures of $2O19 166,417.
Despite a small gain over the preceding month,
November revenues from the nuisance taxes" en-
acted last summer totaed only $26860000 as against
estimated average monthly receipts of $37,5OOoOO.
For the first five months of the present fiscal
year-despte new taxes and increases made in old
ones-Uncle Sans internal revenue collections
showed big decrease, as compared with the year
before.
The moral for Lawmakers, not only in Washing
ton but in state legislatures and other bodies seems
to be that increased taxes do not always produce
increased revenues. Beyond certain point-wflich
is reduced greatly by existing economic conditions
the law of diminishing returns applies
All of which emphasizes the Importance of econ
omy-the curbing OF waste and extravagance-as a
major factor in the problem of balancing govern
mental budgets under present conditions
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TECHNoCRACY ON THE FARM

Borrowing idea or two from the Technocrats,
the farmer soon may turn to mechanical production
on an increased scale in effort to reduce labor
costs and compete under new economic conditions.
New developments in this line, just announced by
manufacturers include:
A sugar beet topper that plows the beets out Of
the ground grabs the entire beet plant and carries
it to the choppng knives. 1t is claimed this device
will cut labor costs rs per cent and obviate necessity
for transient labor.
A new type of tractor that weighs little more
than big draft horse but has the sustained pulling
power of four draft horses. 1t costs no more than
the average small motor car, does belt work. and
supplies power for binders other machines htched
to it,
machine which brushes grades and polshes
1000 bushels OF potatoes a day, being somewhat
similar to a recently invented machine which
brushes the fuzz from peaches.
A combine mixer" with which the milk never Is
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A Chancellor Us All

RUT there something
II Hoover seleseem His debt message to is
imbued with candor which would been quite impossible him
date before the FIRST Tuesday following the first Monday
November
I'm little afraid that it is frank any who expects
elective cfhce aft the Ides of March
And document
nothing contentious particularly decisive
Hoover that the time has talk things with the
tons of the world.
1t is strange that this should much fear and resentment
most Democrats Republicans
prehend the Before the defaults December
knew what the nnconeTences driving thought did
All the nt-csnceatonSts against form Of debt
mission and review They that such would
on OF weakness and might encourage European nations to with
hold payments which rghuy The argument that
should shut they would
Now # course longer point in talking about the
risk Of defaults when
headed in this direction Some of editorial writer's
solve international economic problems little
Britain and "Ungrateful France"
But this Fundamentally
France and England the proposition
necessary Englands of calling attention her position
that would
France decided that the best bring
to make the payment.
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Chill Is Symptom of Scarlet Fever

This is the second Of four articles by
DR.. klshbein on the nature and treat
ment of scarlet fever.
IRON two to four days after a
person has been in contact
with some one who has had scar
let fever, he will have a chill and
complain of severe sore throat.
If the person affected is a child,
he is likely to be nauseated and
VoTnit.
Promptly the pulse becomes
rapid as the fever goes up. The
fever may rise as high as 1O2 to
104 degrees. There is severe head
ache.
Then bright red spots about
the size of a pin point appear,
usually first on the neck and
chest, and then rapidly spreading
over the rest of the body.
The face is flushed because of
the fever. but the eruption seldom
Is severe on the face.
After two or three DAYS the
rash or eruption begins to fade.
and in about week the skin ap-
pears to be normal in color. Then
ten days to Two weeks after the
disease first appears the skin be-
gins to peel. Great patches Of
skin may come of the hands and
feet, but over the rest of the body
the skin comes OF in small scales.
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At Least It Started Something

beginning believe spite
France and in spite of Premier eloquent plea
there power realistic
the
England paid under protest and protest
France didn't ALL attracted
Tt well President OPPOSE
ton to cancellation think would be good thing drop the word
1t has too much shock impact Let's
When revision is say-"But
scaling the debts them
upward" The simple to that You're
But as things stand have chance something
without
general default Ard
thing than certain money Importance which may
be exaggerated, President
We have chance
and economic stability There's nothing and world to gain
Mr.. Roosevelt speak
by The Times
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Roosevelt Has Ideas
THE United States made a Sc

THE United States made a set
l. tIenent with all debtor gov
ernments. That settlement is evil
denced by specific contracts.
Debtor governments now notify
the United States that they can't
carry out those contracts.
Are we going to repeat the per-
Torrance, or call for new deal?
I believe that President-E Elect
Roosevelt has some very good and
very distinct ideas on that point.
I believe that the recent cleo
ton justif1es him in insisting on
a clear field for putting them into
effect.
I believe that he has done the
statesmanlike thing in refusing to
take position which was bound
to handicap him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-23
THE SHARE-WORK PLAN

More than 100000 employers are being urged by
Chairman Walter C. Teagle of the nation share
the-work committee to join the movement along
with some 1880 firms now participating. Teagle
estimates that 100000 men have been kept on nav
rolls by this plan.
Those who demand social justice can not be en-
trely satisfied with this movement Yet those with
human sympathy not oppose it. 1t is a COM
promise, and it has its dangers But it is born in
good will, and the relief it offers is the best sort of
relief-jobs.
Under the plan, workers with steady jobs shall
work fewer days, that those without jobs can get
on the pay roll Obviously the total wage is not in
creased and labor pays for most of the philanthropy
The jobsharer takes less the jobless man gets more
Economically, there is little to recommend this
plan The basic need today is for larger total wage
to increase mass purchasing power Without that
mass production gluts markets and depression con-
tinues The share-work plan does not increase mass
purchasing power and may result in decreasing it.
1t is possible that from this plan may emerge the
permanent short work period But for the present
it would force the workers. the least prepared for
more burdens to the duty of relief.
Psychologically, the plan has much more in its
favor. A man with job is whole man, even if
his job is only half job 80 long as a worker is
tied into society by of job, he has courage
and hope. Few who have not wandered the streets
looking for work realize the spiritual torment a
voorhees, man endures.
Many dangers of this plan can be avoided. It's
greatest danger Mr.. Teagle himself Sees in warning
that worker at near the subsistence level wage
should be asked to share his job.
Employees" Mr.. Teagle writes to Secretaries
Chaplin and Doak at Washington, whose present in
comes are no more than adequate to maintain them
selves and their dependents will not be asked to &C
cept reduced income as a result of participating
in this movement
The plan should not depart from this principle,
or it will make matters worse.
Beggars can not be choosers, and apparently rich
America has sunk for the time, to this status. In
an emergency, we can not choose between good and
bad, only between bad and worse.
Under the comfortless axiom that half job is
better than none this plan be accepted as tenn
porary relief measure with the hope that it will not
be abused by employers.
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Tons of Rain

TINE sun, in the words Of DR..
l. William I. Meyer, professor
of astronomy at the University Of
California, is a gigantic light
and power plant" DR.. Meyer gives
some interesting statistics about
the sun in a bulletin just pub
lished by the Astronomical Society
Of the Pacific.
1.-The warm rays Of the sun
evaporate the water from the sur
face of oceans" he says. These
vapors rise to a mile or more,
where winds, generated by solar
energy, carry them inland and
here they condense and fall in
the form of rain or snow to form
rushing mountain streams and re-
pleniSh reservoirs to be used IN
generating power.
During a heavy rain, an inch
Of water may fall. On one square
mile this would weigh more than
10000 tons. If the seasonal rain
fall for locality is 80 inches,
1000 900 tons of water fall on each
square mile from a height Of a
mile or more"
He also gives us some interest
ing data on the suns light. The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-23
SCIENCE
Sun Is Our 'Mainstav'
BY DAVID DIETz

On Wednesday, 8:15 p. M, east
ern standard time, the sun reached
its 'farthest SOUTH" the winter
solstice. Winter is here, officially,
and the days are starting to get
longer again.
In ancient days, the winter
solstice was observed as a holiday.
Today, we no longer worship the
sun. But as Professor Edwin B.
Frost, the famous American
astronomer, once remarked, if
modern man decided to worship
an inanimate object, he could
make no better choice than the
sun.
Living in crowded cities and
spending much Of our time in
doors, we forget how dependent
We are upon the sun.
Were the sun to go out, the
earth would be plungediinto dark
ness, relieved only by the feeble
light of the stars, for the moon, of
course, shines only by reflected
sunlight.
Within a few days, the tenn
= perature would be so low that all
plant and animal life would be
frozen to death. Before many
days, the ocean would be frozen
solid, and, soon after, the at
mosphere itself would freeze,
forming first layer of liquid air
upon the surface of the earth and
then a layer of solid air.
We are dependent upon the sun
for our food and fuel, for plants
can not grow without the energy
of sunlight, and coal and oil are
only the fossil remains Of plants
which grew millions Of years ago.
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the teeth, the

OCCASIONALLY the teeth, the
" hair and the f1ngernails also
are affected by the destructive
process. An interesting symptom
of scarlet fever is the appearance
of the tongue.
Because of it's bright red appear
ance and because the tissues of
the surface of the tongue swell so
as to show tiny pits, the tongue of
scarlet fever is called a strawberry
tongue.
Scarlet fever in many instances
is a fairly mild disease. When,
however, it is complicated by Ger
tain forms of invasion Of the kid
neys, it may be a most serious
and destructive disease.
Until recently there was no GER
tain method Of confirming the
diagnosis of scarlet fever, no
certain method of determining
whether a person who had not
had the disease was likely to be
infected on exposure, no method
certainiv useful in treatment ex-
cept to put the patient to bed and
to protect him against complica-
tons, such as is the general
method Of treatment for all in
fictitious diseases.
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Questions and
Answers
Q-What is Kolinsky?

Q-What is Kolinsky?
A-The fur of an animal of the
weasel family, indigenous to ST.
IBERIA and China. The under and
top hair is short and rather weak,
but regular, and the color gen
orally is tawny yellow, but it is al
most always dyed to initiate other
members of the weasel family. It
also is known as red sable, Siber-
ian mink, Tartar. sable.
Q-Give the name of the new
Lindbergh baby?
A-Jon Morrow L4ndburgh.
(Which Presidents have left
the territory of the United States
while in office?
A-Roosevelt visited the Panama
Canal Zone and went to the city
of Panama; Taft crossed the bor-
der into Mexico and dined with
President Diaz at Juarez; Cleve-
land, on fishing trip, exceeded
JIG HOuA4OdgS VI Lie OnlGeQ
States; Wilson went to the peace
conference in Europe; Harding
visited British Columbia in Cam
ada, and Coolidge went to Cuba.
Q-What does kositia mean?
Att is a Slavic word meaning
Pewter"
Odd TheIma Todd appear
with the -Four Marx Brothers in
Monkey Business" and Horse
feathers?"
Ayes.
Q-What is the minimum vot-
ing age of men and women in the
United States?
A-Twenty-one.
Estate the number Of times
and the years that Grover Cleve-
land ran for President?
Ale was elected in 1884: de-
feated in 1888; and elected again
in 1897.
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M. E. Tracy Says:

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-As I see
IN it, President Elect Roosevelt
is under no obligation to Co
operate" with President Hoover in
carrying out the latter's program
of debt revision.
On the other hand, he is under
definite obligation not to do so
if he has ideas OF his own, which
there is every reason to suppose
he has.
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made himself as one of them.
But they turned toward, now one,
now another, and looked narrowly
at him with distrust in their eyes,
saying: art thou not the inn
keeper at Bethlehem"
Then, suddenly. the scene
changed; the angel voices were
hushed; even the green grass be-
meath him faded, and he found
himself upon watch tower set
above the long, straight canals of
Babylon. 1t was night and the
stars were crystal clear, and three
men stood beside him and gazed
at the sky through glasses, turn
ing betimeS to books before them
in which we're figures Enthusiastically
devised.
He said to them: 'My lords, I
know the marvel you have found.
You are the magian princes who
have discovered the horoscope of
Christ"
THEY turned to him with glad
4 ness and said: "At last the
travail of our minds is satisfied,
and the philosophy of many years
fulfilled-we have seen His star"
But as they talked with the
dreamer they, too, looked askance
at him, as had the shepherds, and
they put to him the self-same
question that had perplexed him
on the hills Of Bethlehem.
And he was at loss to answer
them; for he did not yet know
the Interpretation of his dream,
and why he was made to feel that
he had no right to keep them
company.
And what is the Interpretation
of the dream? It is that one may
enjoy Christmas-its silvery can
delight, its antique carols, it's
brightness and beauty-as a fes-
tive spectacle, an esthetical indul-
gence, and miss its revelation. Or,
like the innkeeper, one may keep
the Spirit Of Christmas outside
the busy inn of the heart, where
our real interests have centered,
and send Him away to some out
house, some grotto in the mind.
With aching heart he offered a
prayer: 90 Master, not there in
that clubhouse of my life, but here
in the warm center of my being,
come Thou myself within my
very life.
Though my life must be turned
upside down to receive Thee, come
Thou within, and make my heart
the cradle of Thy presence, until
all am and have and do are
Thine"
Copyright, 1882, United Feature Syndicate,
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ROOSEVELT is TAKING RIGHT
COURSE IN WAR DEBT MIDDLE

This is a late day to assume
that the Hoover solution is the
only one available, or that every
body ought to jump in and help
him put it through during the
last two months of his term.
The debt situation contains
nothing that warrants stamped
ing the President-elect in such
way.
Those nations that have "de-
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Every Day Religion
BY DIR. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

A FRIEND of mine had
"A Christmas dream, in which
he found himself among the
shepherds in Judea, listening to
the angelic choir. Very plainly
he saw the curved and shining
galaxy of the heavenly singers,
and heard their song, like circles
widening round upon a clear blue
river.
Joyously, he urged his way
among the alarmed shepherds and
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sun is 100000 miles away. Yet
the intensity of sunlight on the
earth's surface is the equivalent
OF $4,000 candles placed at a dis
lance of three feet from the OBJ
server.
The light of the sun is equal to
that of 1850 full moons. It is
eleven trillion times as bright as
that of Sirius, the dog-star, the
brightest star in the heavens.
If we could get up to the sun it.
self, we should find that every
square inch of the suns surface
shone with a light equivalent to
about 100000 candles.
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It Seems to Me:
BY HAYWOOD BRoUN

DAY by day in every way Herbert Clark Hoov-
IL er is strengthening my impression that the
only good President is an ex-President To be
technically accurate, Mr.. Hoover has not yet
quite reached that class, but he is what you
might call an acting ex-President.
never thought that he was cast adequately
in the old role of the Great Engineer, but in his
final scene, in which he plays the role of the
Departing Guest Mr. Hoover has crowded more
wisdom than IN, al the rest of his tanIIre of
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office the White House carry with
them arTeng quality They have almost the solemnity
deathbed that Mr. Hoover
ing how Maine viii what be done hold Iowa in line
at night worrying about the
Saloon Legion He look editorial
writer in the face tell him He need not Yes
Mr. Hearst petite visiting delegations of Boy Scouts
In fact think that Hoover is in splendid frame Of mind
for that long buggy 1t that with the
best the world Franklin Delano Roosevelt the
back and say Better luck, time old fellow"
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Considering that Postmaster General Browns
silk topper cost the United States an extra 81 ZOO
for auto with ample headroom, it will not be
surprising if President Roosevelt asks cabinet
post applicants please to state training, experience
and clearance in formal attire.
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ferred" payment should be al
lowed ample time to think it over,
while those that have met their
obligations are in the clear.
1t generally is understood that
the amount of money due right
now is not the issue.
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The era of the $4,000 extravaganza is ending,
observes a Broadway character who produced them.
He should stroll into legislative halls in most any
state and get new inspiration.