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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-08
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 3. 1888
IIOOSIER BANKERS

indianapolis banks we're ready to do business
yesterday. The big Federal Reserve banks in the
metropolitan were not.
Indiana justly may be proud Of this. It's bank
ers evidently have their business in far better shape
than some of those former titans Of finance in the
east, whose merest statements few years ago
would shake the markets of the world
Had these big financial institutions been ready
Hoosers today could be getting service from their
own banks 1t was natural that the local banks
did not reopen. They were too shrewd to do so
and let Indiana money go pouring out east to
oil the wheels Of Wall Street. So they are watch
fully waiting and keeping our money at home
where it belongs.
Public confidence has been shaken sadly of
late in all bankers because of the scurvy conduct
of few high powered confidence men in the pro-
tesslon who got their names in the newspapers. 1t
is quite true that there are bankers who ignored
the faith which their depositors had in them and
used their duciary position to sell worthless stock
When a man CANDLES with his own money he
may be fool, but when he secretly CANDLES with
the savings of poor folk he is the meanest kind of
criminal 1t is unfortunate that the doings of these
robber-barons of finance were so sensational that
the public began to think that all bankers were
like them.
Yet for each of these there are a score of bank
ers who have Invested themselves quietly of their
personal fortunes and their salaries that their
depositors might suffer as little as possible
No brass bands turn out for this kind of thing
nor do the newspapers carry headlines This brand
of banker never thinks OF talking about his sacri-
fees because he considers them merely his duty.
The people already are beginning to discriminate
They realize that there good men as well as bad
in banking. Only zany condemns the whole
Christian philosophy because many who profess it do
not live up to It, 1t is just as silly to damn our
whole economic structure, based on the ideal of
mutual trust because some bankers are revealed as
we'll dressed pirates.
Judging from the record of last week, Indianapo-
lis bankers have earned the right to public conf
dence. In the whole United States they were
among the few who able to reopen yesterday
but could not, because of laggards elsewhere.
An army never can move faster than its slowest
units. Indiana must be patient with New York But
when the times comes to strike the depression canp
and march Jericho it we'll may be that the bank
ers of this state will sound the trumpet call that
brings the walls tumbling down
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ECONOMY AND ECONOMY

The conservative superintendent Of the National
Education Association, meeting in Minneapolis have
voted to abandon their supplant attitude and turn
militant defenders Of the nations free school system
They have organized to fight openly those
selfish groups" bent creating peasant class
in the United States" They offer to join with pub
Acspirited industrial, financial and political leaders
to set the nation back on a sound program of re-
construction and restore the forty-fve billions of
national income lost through selfish and dishonest
management"
Peasant standards are not necessary in our
country" the superintendent declare, either in
educating children or in other areas of life"
These educators should be listened to- Even In
lean years the free schools and essential social serv
ices can and must be carried on While certain
extrayagances can be curtaled it is not necessary
to shut down rural schools and kndergartens, make
teachers work for $40 a month"; and turn youngsters
into the streets, later to become charges on the
communities.
Taxes must be reduced. The major wastes lie
not in the schools, but in duplicating governmental
functions in overlapping political subdivisions in
too many politicians at the tax trough in other
fragrant inefHciencies.
The Governors meeting in Washington with
President Roosevelt should seek to evolve better
economy program.
There is much blindness laundering and sheer
insincerity in the almost hystercal campaign against
public expenditures now sweeping the nation" Presi-
dent Glenn Frank of the University of Wisconsin
said recently Real economy will mean national
salvation; bogus economy will mean national sui
eide. Indscrminate budget slashing may set us
back socially for generation"
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Within Ourselves

NOR is it necessary for us to
L Y rely wholly upon the folk in
Washington. Even when the ex-
ecutive and legislative engines stall
we can begin to learn the prin-
cipleS of cooperative effort.
Workers of all sorts must appre-
ciate the necessity of fraternity.
hate to see actors standing around
and saying that the producers
are not doing this or that, when it
would be so distinctly possible for
the actors themselves to band to-
gether and put on plays.
I have been in newspaper work
for twenty-five years, and I never
have seen newspaper men get
together on anything except may
be an annual dinner. All of us sit
around and wait for some magical
healing ointment to be poured
upon the top of the head by some
prophet striding suddenly into the
marketplace.
And the truth is, that we should
not waste time in foolish dreams
OF dictators, white hopes and Won
der workers. Wherever two or
three are gathered together, we
can begin the building of the new
world.
1t is spring, and those crocuses
of which I spoke are lifting up
their heads. If poor, dumb
flower can do that, why not the
actor, the newspaper men and
every fellow worker?
And if I've picked the wrong
flower, the moral still goes.
(Copvright 1888 BY The Tines
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part from ancient methods which
have proved outWorn. But it is
possible that he may grow nightly
in office. Here and there among
his close advisers are one or two
who will counsel the newer way.
1t is true that the unofficial
cabinet is bit too large for COM
fort. Instead of a single Colonel
House we have many mansions.
And they are SO diverse that it
must soon be plain to President
Roosevelt that he can not live in
all of them. I hope he enters the
right door. When he finds it, let
him indicate it plainly with a
chalk mark.
And I do not believe at all that
it is the part of reasonablenesS for
all radicals to be in fierce op-
position to the new regime right
from the jump. I do not think
that even Democrat should be
criticised for his acts before he
has acted.
think that radicalism can be-
come too doctrinnaire. One of my
revolutionary friends seriously
contemplated voting for Herbert
Hoover, and when I asked him
why he answered, Il think that
four years more of an administra-
ton like that would give us such
terrible times that the coming of
the cooperative commonwealth
would be fastened"
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Times Readers
Voice Views

Editor Times-The criticisms of
disgruntled Republican members
Of the legislature should not worry
Governor McNutt or the present
administration. Their fulmina-
lions are as sounding brass and
a tinkling cymbal."
Too many Of our Governors
have been mere fgureheads. Some
plain grafters. The same condf-
tons prevail in most Of our states.
Legislatures, lacking strong lead
ership, have degenerated into log
rolling conglomerations of palm
itching grafters who care nothing
for the peoples interest.
Now that Indiana has. at last
elected an honest, outstanding
Governor, whose character and
intelligence give him the qualities
OF real leadership, the people of
this state, no doubt, are pleased
to see things done without unnec-
essary loss of time.
The American people like a real
leader who has the welfare Of the
people as his uppermost intent.
But the soreheads who have been
accustomed to associate with the
you scratch by-back-and I'll
scratch-yours" kind of politicians.
OF course, do not like the kind Of
leadership that puts the people
first and the grafters nowhere.
N. S. CLAYSON.
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SCIENCE,
Noble LO' Debunked
BY DAVID DIETz

CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH of
~ Jamestown, explorer, coloniz-
er and Indian fighter, whose life
was saved by the youthful Poca-
hontas, was responsible for the
myth of the noble savage"
That is the conclusion of DR..
Elsie Murray of ithaca, N. Y,
who has been examining the writ
ings of Captain Smith.
She believes that Rousseau, De-
fore, Swift, Montesquieu and all
the others who sang the praises
of the natural man." and the
golden age" and started the
ack-to-nature" movement, got
their notions from the old cap
tain's literary ventures.
The noble savage" school of
thought is one Of the most inter
esting in the history of philosophy.
1t dominated the entire eighteenth
century, and, though pretty we'll
debunked by modern anthropol-
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r UNDERSTAND that spring is
l. here. The crocuses-if the GRO
Gus Is the flower I think it is
are pushing up through the earth.
And so are the deserving Demo-
Gratis.
And now we have a new Presi-
dent and a new cabinet and new
leaves on the trees, and some
where IN Florida a rookie out
fielder is being hailed as a second
Ty Cobb
Since it is spring and the sap
rises, I'm for all these newcomers
the leaves, the Democrats, and
the rookie down il Florida. I'm
not convinced that he is a second
Ty Cobb, nor do I see any second
Ty Cobbs in the cabinet, with the
possible exception of Miss Fran
ces Perkins. But they may fool
me. I wish them we'll.
I think every new President
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--
Bite From Spider May Be Serious

blood vessels and prevent absorp-
ton.
The sting Of the bee, wasp, or
hornet produces pain and swelling,
but serious illness only when
considerable number of insects
have stung one person at the same
time, or when the person stung is
especially sensitive to the poison
of the insect.
A bee sting usually is less
poisonous than that of a hornet.
The pain Of sting from a bee
or wasp may be alleviated by the
use of lotions or ointments con-
tanning menthol or carbolic acid.
1t is we'll to make sure that the
wound is kept clean. Sometimes,
to prevent absorption of the
poison, it is well to have a ply
sician prescribe a suitable
ccthartic.
Obviously a person who is ex-
tremely nervous or who suffers
with extreme pain should have
sedatiyes for relief.
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An incident that has occurred in Washington
at the beginning Of President Roosevelt's admin
istration is significant.
Hunger marchers were about to parade to the
district building to air their grievances The cap
ital ctys commissioners, in panic, rushed to the
White House to find out the new Presidents at
ttude on parading radicals. While riding up an ee-
vator in the White House, Mr.. Roosevelt quietly
dictated this statement to his secretary:
IF the parade can be conducted without inter-
ference with normal traffic, see no reason Why it
should not be held"
Thus simply the new President disposed of the
problem of demonstrations that had caused his
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Every Day Religion
BY DR.. JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

about? 1t is an intricate problem,
but one thing is plain enough;
If war is a necessity, as some ar
que, we see now that it is also a
luxury, as costly as it is CHASTITY.
We are paying the piper who
played the tune for the hideous
dance of death in the World war,
and his fees are high. We can
not shoot gold and silver bullets,
much less burn up billions in
values, and not be the poorer
for it.
Still, if we learn the lesson
which all the poets and prophets
have tried to teach us, perhaps
it is worth it. The human mind
is almost impervious to ideas, and
that makes all progress a bloody
business.
If we are poorer and sadder, let
us hope that we are also wiser,
with a clearer sense of verities
and values. At last we may learn
that righteousness is common
sense, and that brotherhood is
good business.
WET, from another angle. all
- human advance has been due
to our desire to live beyond our
incomes. We want the best things
and puzzle out all sort of inven-
tions to get what we want. It is
not simply self-interest; for it is
not merely better food, clothes
and houses that we want.
More than all these we want the
luXuries of the heart-love, liberty
truth, order, beauty-and we fret
If the are missing from the house
Of life. We live recklessly above
our incomes to win the boon we
seek.
In this sense we shall go on
living beyond our incomes; for
we are at our best when we live
grandly, like spendthrifts, in be-
half of the best.
1t is this type of extravaganza
-"magnihcence,' the old writer's
called (which carries man be-
You'd himself, and makes him
throw away even life itself to gain
those expensive luxuries-truth,
beauty, love.
Copyright. 1888. by United Features
Syndicate. Incl
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predecessor sleepless nights and brought endless
public criticism. OF course these radicals had the
constitutional right to parade. Their rights were
limited only by the needs Of normal traffic
That Washington police a few minutes later
brutally attacked the paraders and dubbed many
Of them into ambuances is not so significant as the
fact Of President Roosevelts sensible utterance.
That, and not the police assault on unarned
citizens, should form the guiding principle CT every
American city. For the law to provoke lawJessness
and violence in these times is especially dangerous
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Que tiOns and
Answers

Q-Give the location and length
Of the Moffat tunnel How long
was it under construction?
A-The tunnel pierces the Rocky
mountains at the Continental Di-
vide, in Grand and Gilpin coun-
ties, Colorado. The bore is 32,150
feet long. Construction began in
1923 and the tunnel was opened to
traffic in February, 1928
Q-Giye the dates of the Jewish
New Year and Day Of Atonement
in 1888.
A-Jewish New Year, Sept. 81,
and Day of Atonement, Sept. 30.
Q-Are there any gold deposits
in Michigan?
A-Gold was discovered in up
per Michigan many years ago, but
there have been no recent dis
coveries Of Importance. The only
known deposits are those that
have been worked over.
Q-Is "Tarzan" a real or flcti-
tious character?
A-Fictitious.
Q-What is "bimetalism"?
A monetary standard much
discussed as a substitute for the
gold standard in which the
standard money is both silver and
gold, and coinage of both metals
is unlimited. Payments may be
made in either, and both possess
full legal tender value.
Q-From what countries do ru-
bies came?
A-PrincipalIy from Upper
Burma, Siam and Ceylon.
Q-Who patented the first cleo
trio clock?
A-The first American patent
was issued in 1858 TO NJ. G.
Farmer
Q-Name the capital of Lithu-
ania?
A-Kovno.
Q-Give the area and popula-
ton Of Vatican City.
A-Area, 1887 acres; population,
528.
Q-What is the legend about
creation of the thistle?
A-The Greek legend is that
Earth made the thistle in mo-
ment Of grief, that she might ex-
press her love for Daphnis, shep-
herd and musician, poet and
hunter, when he had passed be-
yond the knowing Of it. In the
north it is associated with Thor,
the thunderer.
Q-Why is the United States
not a member Of the League Of
Nations?
A-Because the United States
senate refused to ratify the treaty
Of Versailles, which had the cove
nant Of the League Of Nations in
corporated in it.
Q-Is a whale a fish?
A-WhaleS are mammals.
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CNAKE bites and lizard bites do
~ not affect any considerable
number o. people in this country,
although such cases DO occur, par
ticularly in the southwest.
On the other hand, not a few
people occasionally are bitten by
spiders or scorpions or stung by
bees, wasps, or hornets.
Most spider bites in the United
States are due to the spider called
the shoe button" spider. the
"hour-glaSs" spider or the black
widow" The insect is called shoe
button spider because the body is
black and button-like.
1t is called black widow because
of the peculiar habits Of this in
sect. The female frequently eats
the male after it has served its
purpose.
When a person is bitten by the
black widow, he has sudden, Sc
we're pain at the spot where bitten,
and, associated with this cramp-
like sensation in the muscles
near the spot.
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Recovery Is Needed
THAT point of view seemed

THAT point of view seemed to
Il me more callous than logical.
doubt that the man with the
most pain is precisely the patient
who picks the wisest physician.
There Games a point in the agony
of any long illness where the sick
man will give his case over to any
quack who happens to be handy.
America has been critically sick,
and I want to see recovery. If we
are reasonable human beings, we
have sufficient data on hand
already to prove the iniquities and
the inefficiencies of the system
under which we live. Enough
people have been touched by fear
and hunger and homelessness
already.
I do not think that salvation
lies in a continuance of torture.
If America has not learned it's
lesson by now, then I'm afraid the
hope of our ever coming of age is
dim indeed.
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ogists, still flares up occasionally.
Captain Smith, so DR.. Murray
informs us, was the original
Trader Horn of the Americas. -
Apparently he had much in COM
mon with Baron MunchaUsen.
Here is his description of the
Susquehannock Indians y the
spelling is his, too:
Such great and well-propor-
toned men are seldom scene; for
they seemed like Giants to the
English, yea and to the neighbors,
yet seemed of an honest and sim
pie disposition.
Their speech, ne continued, is
the strangest in all these coun-
tries, for their language it may
well beSeeme their proportions.
sounding from them as a voyce
from a vault"
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PiecemeaI Measures Must Be Dropped

URING the have lost double the that
- spent the allies
Guided We have allowed ourselves suffer defeat after defeat
stringent have been
able to balance the federal budget much the farm situation
relieve unemployment
Pecemeal laid which deal with
the basic problem the idea baking legislation be-
The inability private enterprise local to handle
hope
policy shaped
fdence credit revival industry the
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
81 Dr.. MORRIS FIsHBETN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

There may also be sensations
Of heat and cold, called hot
flashes; perspiration; severe sweat
ing; restlessness, and sometimes
disturbance of the action of the
bowels and kidneys.
In exceptional instances, in
something less than 10 per cent,
there may be progress Of the con-
dition to the point of death.
Because the insect is small, the
bite is small, usually a red spot
about as large as the deal Of a
pin.
CCORPIONs, in contrast to
- spiders, are not numerous, and
their bites are rather rare. When
a person is bitten by a scorpion,
it is customary for the doctor to
inject anesthetic solution around
the bite, including also some
adrenalin solution to construct the
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THE world is weu-nigh bank
4 rupt; only one nation on
earth is free from debt. In every
land we hear of debts, deficits,
defaults, until we are almost
afraid to pray as Jesus taught us:
Forgive us our debts as we for
give our debtors"
All nations are burdened with
budgets which will not balance
and taxes that climb higher.
AS of nations so of individuals
at the feet of each Of us yawns
an abyss of ruin.
Why is it so; what is it all
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So They Say

Japan has been and always will
be the mainstay of peace, order
and progress in the far east
Yosuke Matsuoka, chief delegate
to the League Of Nations as
Sembly.
The French and the Germans
practically are civilized, so it's not
much fun travelling there
Clara Bow, film actress, on return
from abroad.
I believe my best course, hence
forth, is to shut up-George Ber-
nard Shaw, Irish playwright.
If the one-day- of-rest-in-seven
biblical rule were enforced it
would give many people work
Frances Perkins, appointed sec
rotary Of labor in Roosevelt's cab
met.
Back of every case of overpro-
lection, babying, oversolicitude,
too much mothering, overindul-
gence. there is a certain amount
Of rejection-a desire of the
mother to be rid of the child
DR.. David Levy, chief psychiatrist
of the Institute of Child Guild
ance.
During good times, nobody would
consider laughing at a banker
Sam H. Harris, theatrical pro-
Queer.
1t is time that the world learn
that, by the side of the Paris that
amuses itself, there is the real
France that labors, suffers, strives,
and aspires. - Professor Raoul
Allier, president Of the French
Protestant Theological Seminary
in Paris.
Let us not ask for a return Of
our former false prosperity, but
for return of integrity and honor
and responsibility and duty among
us.-Bishop William T. Manning
Of New York
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Daily Thought

But let man and beast be COW
cred with sackcloth, and cry
nightly unto God: yea, let them
turn every one from his evil way,
and from the violence that is in
their hands.-Jonah 3:9.
XXTHO makes the fairest show
NNmeans most deceit.-Shake-
speare.
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ought to get break in the be-
ginning, at any rate. I never
have liked any recent President
all through his term, but they
have all been Republicans or
Democrats, and it is pretty hard
to love anybody like that during
four solid years.
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They Smoked Pipes

THESE gigantic savages, Cap
l. tain Smith continues, were
clothed in the skinnes of Beares
and WOLVES, from which the
cares, nose, teeth, and paws still
dangled."
He describes one as having the
head of wolf hanging on a chain
as a sort of jewel.
Another wore a string of beads
weighing seven pounds, while a
third wore green and yellow
snake in place of an earring.
These Indians smoked pipes
g which, according to the captain.
were almost yard long and were
"prettily carved with a Bride or
a Deere, or some such devise at
the great ende, sufficient to beat
out ones braines."