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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24
A Wall Street Cure

pus;ross seens to be learning at last to diagnose
its troubles accurately. The Magazine OF Wall SreeV
has an article in its current issue noteworthy for its
common sense discussion of todays economic prob
lens.
Little or nothing is being done to create markets
for the production which is being encouraged says
this conservative publication, and continues mo
substantial recovery from the depression nor any
lasting revival of business profits is conceivable I'M
less we attain broad distribution OF wealth.
I'm any general and enduring prosperity great
majority of people must be participants even
justified expansion will not be possible unless buying
power is restored by relief of actual unemployment
and its concomitant--the fear which besets those
currently employed"
The article suggests that as beginning en-
blowers make conservative survey of business for
the next three months, possibly six months and
then announce to workers that for given time no
further lav-ofs or wage cuts would take place
AS further solution the article advocates aoop-
ton of the five-day week, long step forward, even
if its reasoning this point is trltle hazy' IL
advocates the sort of five-day week that takes
money from the pay envelope of one man TO give
employment to another, and thereby defeats TO a
large extent the end sought, for with the pay roll
simply spread around and not increased, little can
be bought except food and shelter, and little slim
ulation of industry can result.
The article gets back to sounder ground when II
concludes that the people OF this country must De
able to live on standard permitting purchase OF some
socared uxuries as we'll as necessaries if any pros
perity is to endure.
If employers generally do a little thinking along
these lines and then start to work saving themselves
from hard times, they yet may supply the leader
ship for which this country has been waiting vainy
during the last three years
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24
The New Bank

INDIANAPOLIS will be the home Of one OF the
branches of the new federal home loan banks.
1t is fortunate that this city is selected In the
first place it will give employment to about MY
clerks It will furnish tenant for one of the bank
buildings now vacant because of suspension II VIII
bring numerous supplcants to the hotels
Finally it may center public attention on the record
of Senator James Eli Watson in connection Win the
passage of this BILL This is inevitable after the sup
porters Of Watson are asking for his re-eecuon on
the basis of his vast influence in obtaining the branch
bank for this city
The record of Watson this measure was par
tiauv written by Senator Couzens of Michigan when
he charged Watson with double crossing and insin-
ceritv esrousing the measure only when he confided
to his friends that he had been told that shift OF
position from opposition to support would orng MN
10000 badly needed votes in November
The first attack on Watson in connection with
this measure was made by radio by Ward Hlner'
candidate for Governor on the Liberty ticket He
charged on authority of the head OF local oullo-
ing and loan company that Watson was blocking con-
sideration of the measure He charged very empnaU-
cally that it was Watson who for weeks in opposition
to the wishes of Hoover, refused to permit the meas
ure to come before the senate.
There is evidence that the change OF position
of watson noted by Senator Couzens, came after nu-
r,erous insured telephone calls from this city. So
if credit is due any one it should to the citizens
who spent their money for telephone calls to the
senator. citizens with enough influence to brighten
the shifty and shifting senator.
The intent of Senator Watson to capitalize his
beIated and reluctant support of the measure Will
unouestionably invite a most thorough inquiry.
The people are entitled to know exactly what he
contributed to the enterprise, when and how it was
given and what weight the activities of other citizens
had in the matter.
When it is all exposed the 10000 stockholders who
hope to obtain relief for frozen assets may not be as
gullible as the senator expects.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24

He eventually had several
Strokes" suffering paralysis of
various muscles, and finally died
on Sept. 81, 1881, after a severe
stroke on June 9.
Post mortem examination of his
brain revealed some cysts in the
brain and the relics of several
hemorrhageS.
He died at 81 years after an ex-
traordinary life, of which the medi-
cal aspects are not the least inter-
eSting.
Except for the serious conditions
that have been mentioned, his only
disturbances were occasional merry
GUS headaches"
There is much to be learned in
the relationship of the health of
great contributors to craftsmanship,
art and science to their accomplish
ments.
Scott became a great man despite
his lack of health. What modern
medicine could have contributed to
his life and happiness remains a
matter of conjecture, but it is not
unreasonable to suppose that he
could have been spared much SUI
fering.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24
A Fair Trade

Chile's proposal to swap some of her surplus
nitrates for some of our surplus wheat and other
commodities strikes as highly constructive
Without discredt to herself, Chiles foreign ex-
change machinery has broken down. The same
thing has happened to three four dozen other
countries.
Thus, in immediate need of wheat with which to
feed her people, and not being in position to
age the foreign exchange necessary for its purchase
Chile has offered nitrates to the United States in
lieu of cash. She would make it a straight barter.
The United States, it so happens, still has its
hands a considerable quantity of wheat in farm
board bins 1t is sheer surplus-left from other
years.
The exchange Of some of this wheat, distinct
liability so far this country is concerned, for
Chilean nitrate an equally distinct asset would
decidedly sensible thing to do.
Surplus wheat only can depress the price Of the
incoming crop. Every penny wheat says costs the
American farmer from seven to ten million dollars
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24
Peoples Voice

Editor TimeS-I have been a
reader of The Times, or The Sun,
for more than thirty years and am
asking for the privilege of saying
a few words in regard to the pres
ent depression.
Conditions which have existed in
this country in the last five or six
years can be gagged accurately by
the number of persons unemployed
during that time, which have in
creased gradually, until more than
nine millions have no regular en-
ployment. During all that time the
party in power has refused to make
single effort Of real Importance to
relieve the situation.
Even the last congress was I'M
able to pass any adequate relief
measures for the working class be-
cause of veto, or threats Of a veto.
The present administration fig
ures that all that is necessary is to
keep the people from starving until
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24
The Elephant

Americans becoming dizzy over the yes-and-no
G. O. p. plank on prohibition the no-and-yes speech
by Hoover; the mono speech by Curtis; the damna-
tions of Ella Boole and Bishop Cannon; the halle
iuiahs of wild Bill Donovan and Daniel Poling's
allies begin to resemble the six Sighess men of John
Saxe's poem.
1t was these men of Indostan, you'll remember
who went TO see the elephant
(rhough all of them were bind)'
That each observation
Might satisfy his mind
The first, who happened to fall against the ele-
phants side at once began to bawl: God bless mel
But the elephant is very like a wall" Each of the
Others as he grasped various parts of the mysterious
creatures anatomy, opned that the elephant resem-
bled spear a snake, tree, fan, rope.
Like us trying to figure out what this G. o. P. ee
plant really is
So these six of Indostan
loud and long,
Eae his opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong.
Though partly in the right
And all in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24
MAYA Indian Cycle

A CCORDING to DR.. Spinden, the
L n Maya Indian astronomers con-
Structed peculiar time cycle of $50
days, which later was built into
many Of their calendars.
They are able to predict eclipses
from a table containing multiples
of this cycle.
DR.. Spinden believes that knowl-
edge of the Maya eclipse symbols
will lead to a better understanding
OF the Maya written language.
There still are many battling prob
lens to be solved with regard to the
Maya empire.
Apparently, there was an "old
empire" which f1ouriShed in Guate-
mala, western Honduras, and the
southern half of British Honduras
until about the fourth century A. D.
At that time, a migration started
into the Yucatan peninsula and the
new empire" was founded. This
hourished until the arrival of the
SpaniardS.
No satisfactory explanation for
The great migration from the old to
the new empire has been given. One
theory is that intensive cultivation
Of the land wore it out and forced
migration to prevent starvation.
Another theory is that epidemics
or plaques made the move neces-
sary. Scientists from a number of
institutions now are working on the
problems involved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24
Just Every Day Sense
By Mrs. walter Ferguson

| 70 me now no wrong or lndScretlon that a human
Il creature commit land it is significant that
most divorces are won the grounds of nothing
more than discovered indiscretions is deserving of
this punishment That mans child should grow
from babyhood to manhood unacconipanied unwit-
messed by one of the parents responsible for his life
This is the true perversion of divorce"
The above sentence is contained in an article in
the current Harper's. 1t is fine human document
because it approaches the divorce question from the
intelligent and unSelfiSh viewpoint-its effect upon
the child.
Certainly a strong evidence of inherent feminine
cruelty is found in divorce records. The ruth
lesSness with which women snatch children away
from their fathers, condemning the former to half
lives and the latter to continual loneliness is the
blacklist mark upon modern woman's record.
MOTHERS make very theatrical scenes when their
1V1 babies are torn from their arms. Yet some of
them infict the bitterness upon their husbands
We like to pride ourselves upon the strength of
maternal love- but appear to think that paternal
affection is very casual which provs creatures of
limited Imagination, if not actual ignorance.
For it must be a terrible thing for a man to be
deprived of the intimate loving contacts with his
children during those sweetest years of their lives
when memories are created and loves enriched and
characters made.
The adjustments of marriage may be very diff
cult, but those of divorce are far Sometimes
children never can manage them. And certainly
any woman who breaks up her home often because
of trivialteS, and assumes all the responsibility Of
bringing up a child must overestimate her power.
Yet ours is the that weeps over East Lynne
and gets roses on Mothers day. =
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24
Questions and
Answers

How many members has the
United States supreme court; by
whom are they appointed?
The chief justice and eight as
Sociate justices comprise the
supreme court. They are appointed
by the President and confirmed by
the senate.
Is the United States still paying
pensions on account of the War of
1872?
The last report of the director of
the United States veterans admin
istration shows five widows, one re-
married widow and one daughter
drawing pensions on account Of that
war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24

after the coming election. However,
they may have guessed wrong.
The damage done in this country
since the tariff of 1922 is too great
to be repaired in few months
time. The economic structure must
be rebuilt entirely. As foundation
Tor this, the load will have to be
taken off the farmer so that he can
get back on his feet and once more
become a customer of the factory.
Ihls can be accomplished only by
a radical reduction Of robber tariff
rates, wartime freight rates and
double taxation, the latter being
caused by so-called prohibition and
by extravaganza and graft in the
public service.
10 give prosperity good start,
one-half Of the soldier bonus should
be paid, at once, with new treasury
notes issued by the government.
This would provide the necessary
currency expansion and, therefore,
credit expansion, which is needed
badly, according to all financial ex-
pertS, except few crooked politi-
clans who are working for the rich.
AS a further aid to prosperity.
congress should place tax on legal
lied beer, thereby saving the tax
payers hundreds, Of millions of
dollars, and putting millions of peo-
pie to work.
The best possible thing this gov
eminent could do for the cause of
true temperance would be to substi-
tute good healthful drink called
beer for the present poisonous pro-
hibition liquor, which is being sold
TO men, women and children alike
and which has been a constant
menace to the health and Character
of our young people everywhere. and
has caused wave of crime and
lawlesSneSs many times greater
than ever was known in any coun-
try In peace time. OLD TIMER
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24

There Is Something Wrong
With q System That IN
UoIves Such an Enormous
Difference BetWeen What
the Farmer Gets and What
City People Pay.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-If hogs
L bring cent a pound on the
hoof, while hams cost Is cents
pound at the meat market, what
should farmers do?
Strike" say some, "and starve
city people into paying better
prices" That sounds all right, un-
til you recollect that city people
buy hams, not hogs on the hoof.
It's the spread that causes trou-
BILE, and the spread can't be cured
by dumping cream in the gutter, or
throwing vegetables over the fence.
City people have been hit as hard
as farmers by this depression. Many
of them have been going without
things to eat about as long as they
can stand it.
They don't need any farmers
strike to remind them that retail
prices are higher than they can
pay.
The farmer can raise hogs and
cure his own hams, but city people
can't. No matter what the price of
hams is, city people must pay it,
or go without.
Putting aside all questions of
charity, there is something wrong
with a system which involves such
an enormous and unnecessary diff
ference between what the farmer
gets and what city people must pay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24
Overlook Markets

TOO many of our farmers have
4 gone specialist, not only with
regard to what they raise, but with
regard to where they live. There
has been just as much unintelligent
herding in the country as. in the
city.
You find one great section given
over to this crop and another given
over to that You find that the
proximity or availability of markets
cuts little figure.
You find wheat growers using
condensed milk and cattle growers
shipping in string beans for their
tables.
You see loaded trains and trucks
moving across the landscape with
fresh vegetables that ought to be
raised within few miles of the
market for which they are destined.
Our system of food supply and
distribution is just a hash of absurd
notions and impulses. That, more
than anything else, explains why
farmers get so little and city people
pay so much.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24
Why Such a Setup2

VOU can take the setup as it is,
Il and prove that brokers, pack
ers, jobbers and retailers are not
making too much, but what about
the Setup as is? Why have we per-
mitted ourselves to become the vic
tins of such a setup?
Why are one cent hogs sold
within ten miles of a given town,
only to be peddled through its
markets in the form of 16-cent
pork a few days later? Why are
we hauling live meat across the
country, only to haul it back in re-
frigerator cars? What has caused
the packing and slaughtering house
business to be concentrated in a few
places?
Nothing in the world but a craze
for mergers and consultations.
Nothing but blind faith in the idea
that efficiency goes with size. This
depression owes a lot to that idea.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24
AMERICANS ADVANCE
Aug. "a


NN Aug. "a, 1918, American troops
~ stormed German positions on
the Scissors Rheims roads and ad-
vanced for more than half a mile.
They held their ground despite sew
eral furious counter attacks.
British forces smashed through
the German lines at Bray, took the
town and carried the top of Thiep-
val ridge. They occupied ten vii
lagos during the operation.
French divisions continued their
hammering at the retreating Ger
mans and made important gains
near Crecy.
1t was announced that the Dutch
steamer Gasconier had been sunk
by submarine of the coast of Bel
GUM on Aug. 81.
Six lives were lost. The ship was
operated by the Belgian relief COM
mission,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24
Here Is One Reason

BECAUSE of our greater cities,
- the distance between farm and
table has increased for many of us,
but that does not tell half the
story.
Why should Long Island and Con-
necticut be growing up to weeds and
scrub, while New York buys milk,
green corn, and poultry from the
middle west?
Why should the land around Bos-
ton be growing up to a jungle, while
the Quincy market looks to Indiana
for chickens, or Texas for turkeys?
The time has come for city plan
ming to include nearby agricultural
development, for business and in
dustrial leaders to study the problem
of self-sustenance.
Farm relief, if it is to mean any
thing worth while, or permanent,
must include not only a revision of
the distributing system, but a re-
location and realignment of many
farmers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers 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, 1932-08-24
In Ancient ChaIdea

III fAilOlOill
THE Jesuit fathers have shown
l. that Greek astronomy had its
roots in the work of two Chaldean
astronomers in particular, Naburi-
annu and Kidinnu.
Naburiannu arrived at surprising
ly accurate values Tor the motions
of the sun and moon in 500 B. c.
These were improved by Kidinnu in
383 B. c.
The work of Naburiannu was pos
Sible, however, because the Chal-
dean astronomers had kept accurate
records Of eclipses since TAT B. c.
In that year the Canon OF
Eclipses was begun. But it is be-
lieved that the Chaldeans studied
eclipses at an even earlier date.
1t is surprising to think of careful
scientific work being done so many
centuries ago in ancient Chaldea or
in the old cities of the Maya In
dian empire.
We are accustomed to think Of
those ancient centuries as days of
superstition and ignorance. The
situation, probably, can be COM
pared in some degree to the situa-
ton today.
The world today contains astron-
omerS who can measure the distance.
to a far-off star. But it also con-
tains men who believe that it is
bad luck to light three cigarets from
the same match.
Great research laboratories are
devoted to investigation of disease.
But there also are individuals who
believe that carrying a buckeye in
your pocket will ward off rheuma-
tiSm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

. A HUNDRED years ago supersti-
"A tons were frequent, as indeed
they still are. Among other rene
dies tried for Sir Walter Scott fol-
lowing his Gripping by infantile
paralysis was to wrap him in the
hide of sheep which just had been
Stayed and to let him lie in this
skin, warm as it was on immediate
removal from the animal.
Throughout his life all sorts of
remedies were tried, including sea
baths, magnetism and what not, but
without success.
Sir Walter Scott triumphed over
his paralysis by sheer grit and de-
termination. In spite of his lame
ness, he could walk thirty miles in
day and once rode 100 miles in
twenty-four hours.
The other diseases from which
Sir Walter Scott suffered during
his life included hemorrhages from
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24
Daily Thoughts

Breach for breach, eye for eye,
tooth for tooth: as he hath caused
a blemish in man, so shall it be
done to him again.-Leviticus
24:20.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24

From the sublime to the ridicu-
lous there is but one step-Na-
poleon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24

In the same way, one may believe
IN free speech out of a passionate
idealism or sagacious cynicism: I
DO not want to be numbered among
the cynicS, and yet I realize the
enormous advantage gained by any
man or party in power which is
wise enough to say: Talk to your
hearts content. I don't care what
you say about me-"
Censorship and suppression in
Variably are weapons of groups
which do not feel particularly sure
OF their position.
Accordingly, I am presenting a
tWo-edged argument. People who
believe in the theories of the Com
munist party ought in all reason
aoleness to demand the right to
vote for their candidates in every
state in the Union.
And whether the radicals like if
or not, the conservatives should ioin
With them in this campaign on the
ground that it is better for a man
TO nave ballot in his hand than a
brick.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-24

ly, but the probabilities are that the
party will fall short of the total of
thirty-three, which it achieved in
1923.
Nor can this result be attributed
to sloth and carelessness on the
part of the Communists. In Ohio it
is likely that neither the Socialist
ticket nor that of the Communists
will be on the ballot, because 100000
signatures are required upon the
petition of a minority party.
Now, it seems to me utterly I'M
fair to say to anybody, why not
go out and vote instead of preach
ing armed revolution?" and then
make it impossible for him to eX-
press his will at the polls, by i'm
posing overstringent restrictions as
to representation on the ballot.
Not only do I think it unjust, but
it seems TO me very silly, even from
the point of view of a conservative.
Radicals, of all labels, owe a great
debt to standpatters. Reactionaries
always are doing perfectly asinine
things which encourage the growth
of dissent.