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

country" Rob F. Hall, Columbia university student
leader Of the Kentucky crusaders told senators in
Washington. The reasons are to be found, first in
the fact that since the war workingmen's sons
and daughters are going to college, and, second in
the depression that brings suffering into sharper
relief"
This student movement is encouraging. The
awakening of American students to the wrongs about
them has been slower than in any other country in
the world. While our campuses drowsed or caroused
those OF other lands have seethed in political ferment
In France it was the students who led the Dreyfus
protest. In Spain they led the republican revolt
against the last of the Bourbons In China they
formed the nucleus of the revolution.
In Cuba, Venezuela and other Latin countries thew
have gone to jail by the in rebellions against
relationships Elsewhere they have helped to make
as well as to study history
Now there signs that out of the depression
there may emerge in America student body dedicated
to social industrial and political reform
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
Get the Rabbit. This Time

Announcement by Public Service Commissioner
Cuthbertson that he intends to arrange for reduc-
ton OF telephone rates similar to those obtained
from the water and electric companies" sends a
shudder of fear down the spine of the telephone users
They know
The only service rendered is the calling of at
ention to the fact that telephone rates should be
lowered.
But reducing them in similar to re-
auctions of water and electric rates" means raise
for many people.
Once man went rabbit hunting He came back
with the stub tail of bunny. He shouted in gee Of
course, his family had no food But the hunter was
happy.
That is the way Cuthbertson hunted for rate re-
auctions.
When going cunning for telephone rate reduc-
os, may it be suggested that this is the time to get
the rabbit, not its tail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
Wealth Must Move

ITO survive, capitalism must pro-
l. vide for constant dissipation
of wealth. Periodic destruction is
the only alternative. Great interest
bearing fortunes can not be allowed
to go on forever without killing the
goose that lays the golden eggs.
Wealth is dynamic. It's value de-
ponds on movement. Movement is
impossible without continuous re-
distribution. The idea that it can
be permitted to coagulate in pools
for any great length of time, with
out becoming a menace, is contrary
to plain arithmetic.
Theoretically, IS laid away at
compound interest for 500 years
should grow into more than two
billion. Who supposes it would?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
IN assigning a subordinate political

N assigning subordinate political
l. position to John N. Garner, re-
gret to say that I overlooked two
virtues in the Speaker of the House.
He has color, and he is good show
man.
BY means of dramatic and effec-
tive speech, he has convinced most
of the newspaper correspondents
and millions of readers that he
saved the credit of the United States
and brought back into line herd of
congressman who had gone on
stampede toward ruination.
But an examination of the facts
as stated by Mr.. Garner himself does
not support this prevalent theory.
He said in his address that he al
ways had been opposed to sales
tax and continued, I am now OPP
posed to a, sales tax; but, gentlemen,
If find it impossible to balance this
budget and restore the confidence of
the world and our own people in our
government would levy any tax
sales or any other kind-to do that"
And later he declared under pres
ent circumstances "the worst taxes
you could levy would be better than
no taxes at ALL"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04

students of dental disease long have
since discarded this conception.
People who keep their mouth,
scrupulously clean may have cav
tiles, while others with visibly dirty
mouths have none.
A survey of the subject made by
a group of Wisconsin Investigators
indicated that mouth washes are
not dependable protection against
dental decay.
For while it was thought that
the chewing of hard food was a
valuable measure, but today it Is
believed that such chewing is help
full only to the gum tissue and has
little, if anything, to do with per-
manence of the teeth.
There are many theories that
concern the general chemistry of
the body so far as acid or alkaline
diets may be involved.
Some of these theories place most
of the emphasis on vitamins A. c
and D, and other theories put most
OF the emphasis on the calcium and
phosphorus in the diet in associa-
ton with the vitamins.
1t is difficult to correlate the body
chemistry as the basis of dental de-
cay with the fact that certain
teeth, for instance the molars. de-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
Just Every Day Sense
TODAY IAN Unhappy Mother speaks to
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON


through this column.
This morntr-," her letter begins "I found a lar
of home brew set my premises. The father, who
has been out of work for many months, is away
searching for job So it was my best loved Oldest
boy who is guilty of this act
And why? He always has been a good serious
quiet boy, extremely Industrious The pride of his
life are the nice things his former employers have
had to say of him.
His sole dissipation is meeting his sweetheart once
a week. and on her he must turn his back most of
the time because his pockets pitifully empty.
"Of course know why he did it, though I
did destroy it, He is willing to run this risk for the
few nickels and dimes it provides. He sees others
doing it on every SIDE Why should he not do like
wise?
80 he reasons because his heart is bitter And
my government that gives protection to the speak
easy is making a criminal out of my beloved son.
What griefS would not endure to take this menace
away from him, to divert from him this temptation
Rather than his hopes frustrated and him
self destroyed before he is a mature man. would it
not be kindly deed if I slipped up to his room
and turned on the gas while he sleeps? Would my
God condemn me for that?"
THESE words are sacred, because they are wrung
l. from the heart of who sees her first
born son weighing the possibilities of crime against
the possibilities of starvation. inscrfbe them here
as sacred, and let or woman take them
lightly
What indeed. are we doing to the boys and girls
OF this generation by SNUG hypocrisy, by our
utter indifference to conditions that disgrace
to any people2
Our public men, doing homage to the dry law,
and with Biblical quotations their lips, put thugs
like Al Capone in prison
For what reason? Not because he is a desperate
and danger. but because he refused to split with
Uncle Sam on the earnings from his magnificent
racket.
suppose If Mr.. Capone had paid his income tax
on his liquor business he still would be free man.
Do we need any other fact that this to damn prohi
bition forever?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-It is to be hoped
that when Indiana voters fill the
Office of Governor this year thew
will choose a man who will not
boast, as he enters upon the last
year of his term, that he saved the
peoples money by vetoing an old
age pension bill.
The 1881 general assembly nassed
pension bill, and for a time il
seemed that from the hearts Of
needy old men and women there
would be lifted the CHASTITY fear of
spending life's sunset in a POOR
mouse. But veto killed the bill.
Those who favor the inhunoan
poorhouse system will be ont NJ
luck this year for an opposing ar
gument based on the cost of mem
sions. In January. a committee NJ
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States Endorsed. the nrin-
clple OF old age pensions. Mem
bers Of that committee were mon
representing businesses in the bill
llon-dollar class, surely the last to
FAVOR anything likely to increase
taxes.
Therefore, it is reasonable to as
sumo that any who oppose pension
ing the aged in the coming primary
and election, using the cost as a
basis will be ignoring facts. It has
neen Shown repeatedly, by irrefut.
able statistics, that the pension
system Is cheaper than poorhouse
j. PIERCE CUMMINGS.
36Ol Kenwood avenue.
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stand up and give testimony of
their love for temperance.
And though the point has been
mentioned many times before, there
is no earthly reason why the house
should be forced into "the worst
taxes you could levy" as long as
the road to wholly desirable excise
on beer lies open before them.
AS it happens, there is still an
other form Of taxation which would
yield large revenue and be so
extremely popular that people would
flock to pay it under no compul-
sion whatsoever. Moreover, it is a
form of levy frequently employed
by our Puritan forefathers Some
of the dormitories of Harvard uni
verSity were built through funds
secured in this way. 1 refer, of
course, to public lotteries.
But naturally the Board of Pro-
hibition, Temperance and Public
Morals, would not approve, and so
that's out. In addition to raising
money, a series of federal lotteries
would add to the excitement and
the joy of life. But that, suppose,
is just another and a fatal argu-
ment against any such proposal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
Menace in Security

THIS incident is worth more
l. than a passing thought. 1t
reveals the basic fallacy of our eco
nomic system. 1t is safe for capital
to draw interest only as long as
those possessing it spend the inter-
est. Otherwise, capital soon wrecks
its own opportunity.
If you told the average man that
S. could not be kept at compound
interest for five centuries without
becoming a menace, he would laugh
in your face. He has been sold the
idea that investments, especially
small ones, can and should be MADE
safe for ever. He thinks of depres-
sion, failure and bankruptcy as
avoidable evils, yet they alone have
made it possible for us to live with
the theory of unspent interest on
unlimited wealth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
(Copyrigt. 1882. BY The Times)

From whence does most Of the
sugar consumed in the United
States come?
The sources vary considerably
from year to year, but roughly the
sources Of supply are, domestic pro-
duction, 20 per cent; imports from
insular territories and possessions,
38 per cent, and imports from for
eign sources, chiefly Cuba, AZ per
cent. Approximately SO per cent Of
the beet sugar consumed in this
country is produced in continental
United States.
Does a person have to be an officer
of the army or navy to be buried in
Arlington National cemetery.
Any soldier or honorably dis
charged soldier may be buried in
Arlington National cemetery With
out regard to rank or grade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
The Beaver HELPS

IN time, one of the trees broke
l. through the roof of the cave. but
made hole too small for the wom-
EN- to climb through.
Then Tsitctincko told them to
md the image of the beaver in the
basket, and order it to come to life.
The beaver climbed the tree and
enlarged the hole. Then the two
sisters climbed the tree and so
emerged the world. One took the
name of Iatik, meaning bringing
to-hte. The other took the name
OF NactSiti, meaning "more-of-
everything the baskets"
Then the two sisters began To
quarrel as to which was the older.
They agreed that the distinction
should go to the one on whom the
sunrise first fell. Iatik brought to
lie the image of maybe from the
basket and sent it aloft to shield
her sister from the light of the ris-
ing sun, thus winning the contest.
But the sun tinged the skin OF
1atlk, upon whom the rays fell and
she became red. Naotsiti remained
white, thus dividing makind into
races.
Alter the sisters quarreled, Naot-
sill was extremely lonely. At this
time the serpent approached her
and tempted her to run off with
him to the rainbow for companion
ship.
Naotsiti bore two children as a
result of this alliance, but Utctsiti.
who had other plans for populat-
ing the world, was so angry at this
that he refused to lend his aid any
more to the earth. AS a result, sin
and mortality were introduced into
the world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
60 much work has been done in
- recent years on the causes of
dental decay that physicians and
dentists are beginning to have a
real insight into the subject.
Dental decay is no respecter of
persons; it affects the rich and the
poor, the young and the old. 1t may
be found in those who are other
wise healthy and those who are suf-
ferers from chronic disease.
Between 80 and IS per cent of
children between 10 and 20 years
of age have dental carries.
In q survey of the subject, DIR.
Martha Koehne has reviewed the
most prominent opinions of leading
investigators. There is, of course,
first of all the idea that good or
bad teeth are inherited.
However, marriages are not made
from health points of view and
though heredity may play some
part, it is not possible to determine
that part exactly.
For a while the slogan-"A clean
tooth never decays"-was believed
to express the truth, but serious
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
GERMANS RENEW DRIVE
April 4

IN April 4, 1918, the German
" forces on the Picardy battle
front renewed their offensive in
great force, attacking the French
near Morisel and Grivesnes and the
British near Hamel.
German official bulletins again
claimed important victories, but al
lied bulletins admitted only minor
reverses and said there was little
fear that the new offensive would
be repetition of the defeat of the
British Fifth army in March.
Great German activity on other
sections of the front indicated that
another major drive was to be
launched soon.
Armenian troops, hastily organ
lied after the Russian withdrawal
from Turkey, stormed Erzerum, in
f1icting heavy losses on Turk forces
there.
American troops in the Cham
payne sector repulse6 heavy Ger
man raid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
ORIGINAL | egend

THE Smithsonian scientists point
A out that it is interesting to
md the serpent introduced into
this Indian legend.
They are certain that the legend
is not an imitation of stories which
the Indians might have heard from
early white settlers, since the legend
is typical Indian one and appar-
emily very old.
1t has no similarity to the Baby
lonian legend except the introduce
ton of the serpent as tempter.
Iatik, the legend continues, Gre
ated the gods which her people
we're to worship. These included
the spirits of the seasons, who re-
main prominent in the Indian wor-
ship, associated with the four points
Of the compass.
They were Cakak, the ferocious
spirit of winter who ruled on the
north mountain; Montyema. the
life-bringing spirit of spring who
ruled on the western mountain:
Mayuteuma, the happy spirit of
summer, who lived on the southern
mountain, and Cruisphitya, the
death-bringing spirit of autumn set
to rule on the eastern mountain.
Since spring was the time of ma
lures awakening, and autumn the
time when the summers vegetation
died, it is easy to see why the In
dians regarded the two spirits OF
these seasons as they did.
An extensive study of Indian 1e-
gendS is being carried on by the
bureau of American ethnology. one
OF the departments of the Smith
sonian institution.
A recent visitor at the bureau
was DR.. G. Daryl Forde, professor
OF anthropology at the University
OF Wales, who made a particular
study of the serpent legend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
Questions and
Answers

How old is Kate Smith, the blues
singer?
Twenty three.
What is the middle name of
Charles Chaplin, the movie actor?
Spencer.
When did Adelina Patti die:
Sept. 81, 1919.
What is the English counterpart
of the United States medal of
honor?
The Victoria cross.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
A Necessity Is Taxed

NTHILE the whirr of taxes and
w the taking of taxes are still
in the air, suggest that one item
in the revised program should be
opposed by those who wish to ex-
empt necessities. 1 think that a 10
per cent tax on cosmetics imposes
burden upon the working women
of America.
I say this in all seriousness. In
agricultural communities powder
and lipstick may be associated with
orchdaceous folk in limousines. All
city jewellers know better. 1t is
a tax which will fall directly on the
girl in the Office and in the factory.
Perhaps congress thinks that
women should not use powder and
paint, but I think right at the be-
ginning we ought to make up our
minds whether tax program is to
be framed for revenue or for
punishment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one Of Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-
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, 1932-04-04
DepreSSionlS | eSSon

OUR forefathers had little to fear
~ from the accumulation of
wealth through interest because, as
they said, it was only "three gen.
erations from shirtsleeves to shirt
sleeves"
With the modern bank, trust
company and expert management,
we can not depend on the factor of
individual weakness for relief, but
the flaw is there and every so often
there will be a break.
This depression is just a warn
ing of how financial structure
based on the accumulation of
wealth through interest will liberate
itself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Says

Five Dollars Laid Away at
Compound Interest for 500
Years Should Grow Into
More Than T1Uo Million.
Who Supposes 1t Would?
NEW YORK, April Al. D.
IN Stotler and r. E. Collins of
Baton Rouge, La, get into an argu-
ment as to whether the new state
capital will last 500 years. Unable
to agree, they lay a bet of two
dollars and half, Stotler taking
the affirmative and Collins the
negative end. Then they call in a
lawyer to draw up a contract.
The contract sets forth that the
five dollars shall be deposited in
local bank at compound interest for
the next five centuries and that
heirs of the winner shall receive the
accumulated amount in 2,432.
Experts have figured that the &C
cumulated amount should be two
billion, eighty-four million, six
hundred ninety-five thousand
dollars and twenty-five cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
FaiIureS Clear Stage

N7E fail to realize how heavily
w we lean on failure, bankruptcy
and depression to clear the stage
every so often, or what jam we
would be in if they did not.
We never have admitted honestly
the reason for the ruin of so many
business enterprises, or the frequent
SlumpS in trade.
We have a system by which a
million dollars could be made to
enslave the world within ten gen
erations if it worked, but it does
not, and never will work for more
than a few years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
Speaker Was Stampeded

Speaker Was Stanpeded
A ND SO contend that it was
L n not La Guardia who was stam-
peded, but John Nance Garner. The
Speaker and those who adhered to
him in the fight against the in
surgents went plump into a proposal
for the worst kind of taxes, because
they were panicky. They accepted
a contention which probably is not
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
1T SEEMS TO ME BY H B50E@e

true and certainly has not been
proved.
In all sincerity, perhaps, but
with incautious haste, they swal-
lowed the statement of certain econ
omiSt politicos that the sales tax
constituted the sole road to SAL
walton. The worst possible taxes
may be better than none at all,
but surely they should not be i'm
posed until experiment has been
made with levies more just and
equitable.
L would deny to no politician the
rewards which he may reap through
an understanding of dramatic val
ueS. Thus Speaker Garner scored
heavily when he asked all those in
the house who were willing to bal
ance the budget, to stand up and be
counted. 1t gave the impression
that he was lone patriot, inviting
sinners to repentance.
In the Cool of the Evening
DUT in cool fact La Guardia and
II the rest never said that they
were against budget balancing.
They merely fought against Singh
larly vicious way of doing it. A
way, indeed, which Mr.. Garner him
self admitted was repugnant to him.
In other words, a sturdy opposi-
ton managed to save the Speaker
and the nation from plunging into
error. A gentleman who became ar
ticulate at the eleventh hour now
is headlined above those who bore
the heat and burden of the day.
It is just a little as if a man
who had been on a two-weeks spree
should invite his sober friends to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
Daily Thought

II Is more blessed to give than
70 receive. Acts 20:s5.
True charity. plant divinely
nursed.-Cowper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
Estates DANGEROUS

THERE is little danger in the
l. amount of wealth a man can
accumulate during his life, but there
is great danger in passing it on and
allowing it to grow automatically.
There is little danger in interest,
provided it is spent by those who
receive it, but there is great danger
in allowing it to pile up by itself.
We must make an ever sharper
distinction between earned and I'M
earned income, between created and
inherited wealth, if we would be
safe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
SCIENCE
Serpent as Tempter Revealed
IN Creation Legend of Ke-
reSdn Indians.
BY DAVID DEFY

Serpent as Tempter Revealed
IN Creation Legend of Ke-
reSdn Indians.
THE serpent in the Garden OF
Il Eden had nothing on one In
New Mexico, according to a legend
unearthed by scientists of the
Smithsonian institution.
The newly discovered serpent
legend was found in a remote In
dian village in New Mexico, from
the keresan Indians of Acoma, one
OF the Rio Grande pueblos.
The Indian serpent story differs
from the old Babylonian story in
all details except the role PLAYED by
the serpent in tempting man.
According to the legend of the
Keresan Indians, the human race
started with the creation of two
women who were left in a dark
place under the earth, called
Cipapu.
There they were visited by a spirit
called TSitctincko, who said that he
was sent by their father, Utctsiti.
who lived in the fourth sky above
and had made them in his own
image.
Tsitctincko brought them a bas-
ket containing seeds and tiny
images of different animals.
He instructed them to plant the
seeds of four kinds of pine trees
and wait until one of them had
grown tall enough to break through
the room of the cave.
Then they were to climb the tree
and so emerge upon the surface of
the earth.