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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07
LIQUOR PRICES

WE have been urging as national slogan
w after repeal. make it smart to be legal"
The President in his proclamation asked for
a popular boycott Of the bootlegger. There is
a general sentiment in the country in favor
of outlaw1ng Illicit liquor now that the legal
beverage is obtainable
But this sentiment is not apt to translate
itself into action unless legal liquor can be
obtained at fair prices. The day Of high
priced bootleg liquor is gone. During the
months Immediately preceding repeal it be-
came not only plentiful but very cheap. 1t
is against this cheap liquor that the legal
product must compete.
Obviously effective competition would be
impossible if the government were unwise
enough to lay down prohibitive tax. Some
months ago there was danger of this. Latterly,
however, officials in Washington seem fairly
well agreed that high tax would be mis-
take. The President speaks of a reasonable"
tax
But even reasonable tax can not keep
legal liquor down to reasonable price for
the consumer if there is pro1teerng either by
the producer or the middIenan. If they are
so foolish as to try to gouge the public much
Of the business will turn back to the bootIegger
and the cheaper product.
Therefore the initial prices charged for re-
peal liquor are very disquieting For instance,
posted prices for whisky range from $2.75 to
$3.50 quart.
This has brought threat from the federal
alcohol control administration to act under
the MIRA codes to force down prices unless
there is a speedy change in the situation. AL
ready members of congress are talking of an
official investigation of liquor proflteering.
The liquor industry by its abuses brought
prohibition upon the country. Hasn't it learned
its lesson yet?
Let the liquor industry not make the mis-
take of supposing that it is the only alterna-
tive to prohibition, and that since the voters
are through with national prohibition the
liquor industry therefore is free to do as If
pleases. There is another alternative. That
IS abolition Of the private liquor industry and
creation of an absolute federal-state noon-
opoly
The tremendous vote for repeal was a vote
to get rid Of the illegal liquor racket and
crime If the legal industry, with which the
voters now have replaced bootIegging foolish
Iy profteers to the point of reviving boot
logging, the public soon will demand that gov
eminent take over the industry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07
LOOK IN THE WOODPuE

& NEW party has arisen in the west, and
4 n at first glance at its program one would
think it ought to become the savior of man
kind in America. But, like many other prom
Using ventures it doesn't seem to ring true to
ones sense Of proportion.
Under the name of National Party" its
leader, hotel man of Oceanside, Cal. prom
lSes practically everything to everybody except
the buttons off his own shirts. He would do
away with depressions; he would abolish cap
italism and taxes; he would disbar debts and
bills and lawsuits the rich and the poor.
In short, all would share alike and would
have most of the time for leisure.
The program of this National Party looks
so good to us that we have an idea there's a
selfish reason back Of it-and that is perhaps
an attempt to bring more National Party adj
vocateS out to the glorious bathing facilities
of Oceanside.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07

A CITIZENRY imbued with the spirit OF
n '76 is needed, if the country is to cope
successfully with gangsters, according to the
International Police Chiefs Association in re-
cent convention.
The police chiefs ask, in effect, that every
citizen put himself on the spot" and ban
ish all fear of testimony against gangsters.
And citizens, on their side, plead with po-
lice all over the country to afford every pro-
lection to the person daring enough to take
such risk.
1t undoubtedly is true that scores Of citi-
zens who could give evidence against racket
GERS and gangsters are held back from such
action by fear of consequences. And right
fully so.
No man or woman cares to invite shot IN
the dark, just because he did his civic duty,
especially when he suspects that policeman
is likely to look the other way because the
shooting was done by some one in good"
with the big boss.
Give our citizens protection and they will
do their part But the police have been far
from diligent enough in their pursuit of
gangsters to give US the confidence we need
to step up to the wintess stand and tell our
stories without fear of deadly reprisal
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07
Low Blood Pressure Is Prevalent

ton of a physician, who bases its
use on a careful study Of his
patient.
There are, Of course, some people
who incline, by the very structure
of their bodies, to have low blood
pressure. Slender, narrow-chested,
low wasted people, whose hearts
are on a lower level and whose
blood therefore is pumped around
sharper bends than occur in the
blood vessels Of people Of different
types, are likely TO have low blood
pressure.
AS a class, people with low blood
pressure live longer, but life without
go, without the JOY Of living as
ISOLATED with health, is not alto
gether a blessing.
The person with low blood pres
sure has one advantage over the
one who suffers from high blood
pressure. His doctor is likely to tell
him 10 drink what he wants to
drink and to have good time by
eating foods he enjoys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07
THURSDAY. DEC. 7. 1893.
LIQUOR CONTROL

IT is entirely too soon to pass considered
4 judgment on the merits Of the Indiana
liquor control plan. It must be tried for weeks,
even months before it IS tested thoroughly.
No one is entirely satisfied with its provisions.
IN the nature Of things it must be COM
promise
Rural dry communities undoubtedly will
feel that the control scheme is too liberal.
Wet urban centers will be Iked because they
will think it is not liberal enough. Governor
AIcNutts problem is to handle the liquor prob
lem so that it Will not be too unsatisfactory to
both extremes.
We believe that he is wise to limit sales
for the time being TO drug stores. Indianas
druggists are substantial self-respecting bust
ness men. They VIII not allow the establish
ments which they have been years in building
to be turned into speakeasies and common
taverns.
If a few of them show a disposition to
violate the law the Governor has every oppor-
tunity to punish both swiftly and sternly.
He may remove their drug store permits. He
even may go farther and revoke their phar-
macists' licenses which would put the Of
tenders out Of business forever,
one disquietng tendency has manifested
itself already. Many restaurants and cafes
are violating the law by serving drinks
stronger than wine and beer This must stop.
The present regulations must be obeyed and
if changes are needed they must be made in
an orderly and legal manner.
Public opinion can do much to eliminate
law violation. 1t no longer is fashionable TO
encourage bootegging. The individual who.
by his patronage, encourages bootlegging is
not only robbing the government of sorely
needed taxes, but is guilty Of mighty poor
craftsmanship. The vets have won. Let
them take victory with temperance.
1t is smart to be legal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07
It Seems
to Me
by HAYWOOD BROUN

NEW YORK, Dec. THE day
~ VIII come" writes Bruce Bar
ton in his weekly inspiradonal edi-
torial. when. compared TO the
word professor, the word banker
viii be a term Of endearment"
Mr. Barton is agitated because Of
the brain trust, who is not identi-
fed IN the inSpirauonaI editorial.
recently made a speech in which ne
suggested that the profit motive
need not be the backbone Of
happy society.
Bruce Barton is definitely shocked
by the suggestion. And the speech
reminded him of an experience of
his own. He was coming in from
the country on a chilly morning.
with a cold in his head ana a tenn
perature Of 101 degrees. In the
morning paper he read that Sec
rotary lLcAdoo had taken over the
Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph companies. This didn't do
Mr.. Barton's temperature any good.
He began to see spots dancing on
the wall, and disturbing visions
filled his head.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07

(Times readers are inUited to cypress
their Vie1OS in these columns. Hdke your
letters short, so all can hare chance.
Limit them to ESQ aoords or less.)
BY John F. White.
The Times Saturday, Nov. Is,
printed in the Message Center"
under the name of j. R. Collins,
what seemed to me a vicious attack
on the city's proposal to take over
the Citizens Gas Company through
a national government loan. The
letter said that "the leading citizen
who engineered the Butler Fairview
deal is the same gent who just now
is engaged in putting over the CiJi-
zens Gas Company grab"
Unless Mr.. Collins has more proof
to offer than appears in his article
he is more likely laying himself open
to be charged with malicious in
nuendo, bordering on the ibelous,
than he is offering evidence to con-
vince any one that grab" is behind
the effort on the part of the city to
enter into the final arrangements to
acquire the Citizens Gas Company.
These acts on the part of the city
officials are but carrying out the
original intent when organizing the
company as a benevolent trust, and
as supported by. a series of court
orders up to that of the supreme
court of the United States, after at
lacks by stockholders who tried to
grab the company from the city,
and which, by the way, is the only
attempted grab" visible to the
naked eye in the whole transaction.
1t would be interesting to have
Mr.. Collins name the leading
citizen"-if he knoWS-WhO is en-
cheering and is to be the beai-
ficiary of this grab" which is to
make Sam insult turn green with
envy. And what is it that is to be
grabbed" Following the law and
the court decisions the city off
cials-out in the open and without
any visible leading citizen" urging
them to promote a "grab''-are full
Inning VIC VI 45444o4 COFC44c"44G, W pay
the stockholders par value for their
shares, plus 10 per cent dividend,
and thereUpon assume ownership Of
the plant for the city.
Is the 100000 common stock
and the 100000 preferred that
the city is to acquire the coveted
grab" Mr.. Collins depIores, or is
it hidden thought in his mind,
of which there is intimation in what
he says, that the city forego its
right and its obligation to assume
ownership and allow the stock
holders to grab" the plant, as was
the original intention? Interested
persons first have tried to wreck
the original contract, by which the
city was to secure the plant. and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07
OUR NAVY

XXTHEN Navy Secretary Claude A. Swanson
w tells President Roosevelt that the United
States should proceed promptly to strengthen
its naval defenses, since more than decade
of sincere work for armament reduction has
gone for naught. he voices an attitude which
undoubtedly has the approval Of great many
Americans.
At the same time by calling attention to
the navys present incomplete state, he en-
phasizes the fact that We not really have had
a naval policy since the end of the World war.
We have not had policy, that is, in that
we have not had a definite goal or definite
program for our feet. On the one hand, we
have insisted that or navy be classed as one
of the two strongest in the world; on the
other. we have been content to let it fall below
treaty standards.
The result has been that the navy has
gotten along as best it could, an organiza-
ton that pleases neither the pacifst nor the
mintarist Prior 20 the Washington con-
ference of 1922 our avowed aim was to build
the greatest feet on earth and maintain it in
fighting trim. In ships built and building we
wait for the new vessels TO slide down the ways
and we would be pre-eminently the greatest
naval power in existence
But we didn't do it. OF all forms of human
folly,.a naval armament race is the most ex-
pensive and the most dangerous; and we
averted such a development by throwing away
the magnificent new ships that were half
built and by voluntarily accepting a rating
lower than We could have had
Now. says Secretary Swanson, the time has
come to tighten up our belt anew. And be-
fore we can decide on his program properly,
we need to restudy the whole problem and de-
eide Just what We want our navy for and what
We expect it 10 DO.
If We have given up all hope of further
cooperation from other naval powers-if We
feel that future naval agreements are imposS-
bic. and that we shall have to stand absolutely
alone henceforth-then it is UP to US % do as
the. secretary says and make the feet ready
for anything that can happen.
But if there still is a chance of continuing
the agreements Of the last decade. and Of
avoiding the expense and danger of naval
competition without Gripping our foreign
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07
Shock Troops of SoUiets

A BUREAUCRATIC machine has
N been set up in Russia, and
under its sway a good many things
take place which are not to the
liking of a few Russians and a very
great number Of Americans. But
not even the most severe critic Of
the Soviets ever has successfully
put over the charge that the Rus
slams are loafng They probably
are working harder than any other
people in the world today Even
the energetic Bruce Barton prob
ably would be called old Lazy
bones" in Leningrad You see, the
Russians, like Bruce Barton, are
animated by "a vision Of happiness
and security for their families
Only they don't happen to see it
in terms of the profit motive.
But the truth is that, with q
vision or without it, man is the
doggondest worker Of all the ami
mails. The beaver builds dams and
houses, but then he quits and sleeps
or plays contract. The beaver
doesn't bother to paint the dam or
cover it with ivy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia.
the Health Magazine.
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

He feels sickly and he is likely to
say that he feels low
Just how long low blood pres
sure endures in any individual is
dependent, of course, on num-
Der of factors. Sometimes the pres
sure may rise as the result of a
good deal of rest and recreation and
improvement in the general diet.
Sometimes an extra cup of coffee
or tea will step up such blood
pressure to the point where the
body feels better Sometimes it is
desirable to make a study Of the
basal metabolisn, or rate Of
chemical change in the body, and
if that is found to be exceedingly
low, to administer small doses Of
thyroid to which the low blood
pressure will respond with a rise.
However, thyroid is a danger
Gus medicine and never should be
taken except under direct instruc-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07

WOU'VE heard much about high
L blood pressure. But do you
know that more persons have low
blood pressure than have high?
This condition has existed since
the influenza epidemic of 1918,
according to insurance statistics.
But, according to one authority, it
is due not only to the epidemic, but
to many other factors.
Among them are the decreased
popularity of exercise. walking par
ticularly, and the extraordinarily
strict diet in which many women
have INDUCED m recent years.
High blood pressure is much more
serious as a menace to life than is
low blood pressure The chief trou-
Bile with low blood pressure is that
it takes a good deal of the kick out
of life.
A person with low blood pressure
is weak and tired much Of the time.
He has little interest in what is 60
ing on.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07

DID you know that plans are
II under way to spend several
million dollars upon the construc-
ton of a series Of floating airplane
landing fields straight across the
Atlantic?
The things look perfectly grand.
The idea Of stopping at mid
ocean restaurant for lunch. Of
walking about an enormous plat
form extending for miles on top Of
the waves, and then Of winging
ones way on to Europe is tremen-
dously aIluring. It's exactly as if
one were living in the imagination
Of a Jules Verne.
But what's the sense Of trying to
get to Europe in eight hours so long
as we don't want TO have anything
to DO with Europeans? In fact, il
seems a little more than silly to go
to the trouble Of setting up trade
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07
A WOman's Viewpoint

Indeed the whole thing IS a mon
strous stupidity. Here We all are,
citizens OF the earth, living IN our
particular countries simply because
we happened TO be born there, and
in the main wanting to get along
together. But how do We 60 about
it?
We poke guns at each other out
Of all our upstairs windows and hus-
tie more and more ornaments in
through our back doors and fill our
cellars with dynamite. And at the
same time We fix everything so that
if We ever do decide to be real
friends We can visit back and forth
with comfort and speed.
But no one except an idiot could
believe we can be friends until we
take the bombs OF the front porch,
at least.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07
BartOR Sees q Vision
.rTNHE following thoucht D

"yNHE following thought popped
Il into my mind: Suppose. in
stead Of taking over the telegraph
companies, the government had
taken over the advertising business
in which I was employed. would
/ be coming into town this morn
ing? Answer: I would not. would
send q note to the Office that I was
i'll, and I would apply for a thirty
day furlOugh. -
I challenge Mr.. Barton'S answer,
and I challenge il on the basis of
his own testimony. He seems to
have q horror Of any sort Of syst
in which a sick man may be eX-
Cused from toll, and the thought Of
q furlOugh for the ailing appears to
him fantastic In other words,
Bruce Barton loves work for works
own sake. Carl Sandburg once
wrote a poem about a man who
was terribly glad to be selling
fish" I think Bruce Barton gets
lot Of fun out Of pUddling adyer-
Using.
This is not cited as a complaint.
think that people who have the
capacity to get all steamed up about
q job are potentially of great use
fulness. Some Of this energy is
wholly wasted at the present time
because the Job may be one which
has little or no communal utility.
I came into town that morning"
writes Mr.. Barton, "beca'9e I was
engaged in starting a new business
in highly competitive field. I was
too sick to work, but I worked, any
way And by that kind Of work we
made our business a success. It's
the kind of work men do gladly
when they are on fire with a vision
Of happiness and security for their
families. 1t is the kind of work
men who are merely cogs in a
bureaucratic machine do not and
never will do"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07
BY. MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

barriers and constructing our splen-
did walls of isolation, and then
spending our money to build con-
traptions that will enable US to
shake hands across the sea, as 1t
we're.
=
IF the correct thing is to remain
/ rigidIy exclusive, aloof from any
actual contacts with the rest Of the
world. and TO preserve our national
integrity by refusing to nod to the
neighbors, then I think all that
money might as well be spent at
home. With another war in pros
pect this highway between the con-
tinents will be just something else
to blow up.
No intelligent man builds nice,
state sidewalk to the front gate Of
his enemy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07

politics, It would seem wise to get along "as is"
for a while longer.
For We can not forget one thing. If we
add to our feet, other nations viii 90 the
same. And no one knows what the end Of
that might be.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07
IRQbiLitH to Quit

z WAS in show once which closed
L at the end of a ten-day run,
On the last night the audience con-
sisted of two men and a boy, who
had been passed in by the press
agent. Along about the middle Of
the second act q dancer Sprained
her ankle severely. She had two
more numbers to do and she insisted
on hopping on in great agony IN
order to finish her stunt.
To the best of my knowledge this
painful tribute to the cause Of ART
didn't even have the inspiration Of
a vision Of happiness for her loved
ones.
I, who am we'll below par in en-
ergy, contracted a bad case Of flu
last winter because I insisted on 60
ing out into a raging blizzard to do
a five minute broadcast. My family
had nothing to do with it. They
screamed and yelled at me. Just
didn't want TO have to sit home and
hear somebody else doing my stuff.
A revolution might very well
snuff out both Bruce and me in the
first week, which would be a grave
error on the part Of the revolution
lists.
At least, I'm sure it would be
mistake to shoot Bruce Barton Ad-
vertising would be quite different IN
this world without profit. Instead
of taking over teas and tooth pow
ders, Mr.. Barton might be appointed
by the government to pOpularize
collective farms or to make people
machinery conscious. Mr. Barton
would be in heaven if he suddenly
found himself the boss advertising
man in charge Of all the Lords,
ThOnpsons and Thornases. Why, in
world like that Bruce would be
bHthely skipping down to work with
a temperature Of 10.
Copyright 1893, by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07
4 Pleasure
BY a Walkathon Fan.

BY NalkathOn ran
I would like to send a word by
way of your paper to those SO Bit
terly opposed to the Valuation.
can not see where there was
anything detrimental either to the
health or character of any of
those contestants. Where can a
poor man and his family go in
this city for the same price as
charged by the management of
the Walkathon and get as much
clean entertainment?
If the politicians of this city
would put more time into fulfilling
some of the promises made be-
fore the recent election to the
poor man and family instead of
taking every pleasure away from
them, 7 share with many others
the belief that our city would not
be known as the END of creation"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-07

Harvard students have been found to carry
an average of % cents in their pockets. Now
the Wellesley girls will hear about it and the
boys soon will be carrying no money at all.