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A Pdrd0nable Curiosity

NNE member of the delegation
" fingered a little after the 9TH
er sand said Mr.. x. I want you to
solve a problem which has long
been troubling me. When is the
proper time to rock the boat? If
prosperity is piping hot, We are all
told that no man should jar the
existing and excellent state Of the
nation. When a turn comes for the
worse, there is again counsel that
destructive criticism is out of place.
After things reach rock bottom,
everybody tells us that it is the duty
of a good American to sit tight and
smile and pray for better times. AS
soon as any uplift becomes evident,
there is a cry for silence and team
work. Please tell me when is the
proper time to rock the boat?"
But the great financier gathered
his charts and papers together and
left the room to indicate that the
interview was ended He made no
reply and his demeanor showed that
he thought the inquiry was frivolous.
But to me it seems a fair cues
ton. At least, it is a reasonable
point of Interrogation for those who
do not like the boat and believe that
some better craft is visible upon the
horizon. And they think that the
best way to secure passage upon this
more seaworthy vessel lies in scut-
Ting the old Scow.
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SATURDAY MAY 10. 1888.
MOTHERS DAY

IN celebrating Mothers day tomorrow, we
u shall not blink the charge of going senti-
mental. Well write that mother Of ours an
airmail letter telling her she's the greatest
ever and if we can spare the money we'll wire
her box Of roses, bless her. But we have
better idea even than that.
Let us make tomorrow a day Of remem-
bering not only for one woman but for all
the elderly mothers Of the land
How many of the three million or 50
American women past IS have that simplest
Of mortal needs, security? The United States
Chamber Of Commerce estimates that nearly
two million persons Of that age are without
sufficient financial resources to maintain
themselves at the minimum level Of subsist-
ence'
At least million women, then, must look
to their government for food and shelter in
their declining years.
One-half the states still punish their elders
for poverty by sentencing them to barren and
degrading alnshouses The other half has
adopted old age pension laws. Federal aid
would make the pension method universal.
Let us swear that the sun of another
Mothers Day shall not set upon single
county poorhouse in this republic.
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Some of the propositions sub
mitted by Mr. Dudycha in his eX-
animation were matters requiring
exact knowledge and the responses
we're extraordinarily interesting.
For example, from IS to 95 per
cent of the freshman group disbe-
lieved the statement about Friday
the 18th being unlucky, or break
ing a mirror, or the value of find
ing a horseshoe or tapping on
wood But this was accompanied
by the belief in prenatal influence.
Also, so per cent of the freshmen
believed in telepathy and consid-
cradle number thought a child who
was left-handed ought always to
be taught to be right-handed.
BY the time the students had be-
come seniors there had been a con-
siderable addition to the number
Of minds demanding proof, and less
credulous in relation to supersti-
tons.
Apparently, the education did
convert some students away from
naive beliefs and superstitions.
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dustrial and agricultural production are in the
process Of getting written into law.
That means a change as tremendous as
any that has come to us since we won our
independence from Great Britain.
1t means that American soil no longer will
nurture the picturesque and reckless autocrats
OF the past-the Jim Fishes, the Jay Goulds,
the Bet-a-Million Gates ands the Sam insults.
Such industrial wars as the ones Andrew Car
negie waged, such financial battles as the Hill
Hartman struggle early in this century, are
out Of the picture henceforth
A closely integrated and infinitely complex
society like ours simply can not stand them.
such things are inevitable in a society rest
ing on capitalism in which the profit motive
Is the only thing that lights the fires under the
boilers. Unrestricted capitalism can not oper-
ate in any other way.
II we now are demanding that the welfare
OF the nation as a whole be taken into ar
count from top to bottom of the business and
financial structure-which is precisely what the
developing program at Washington amounts
to-we are not going radical; we merely are
Trying 70 adapt capitalism to the requirements
of modern society.
There lies today's great opportunity This
country, first to prove that democratic govern
ment could work, now has the chance to prove
mat the escape from the evils of capitalism
need not lie in revolutionary reputation of
capitalism or in revolutionary reputation of
democracy.
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A PROFITABLE PURGE

THERE is something wee bit attractive
- about that plan for a national nl-win
week" put forward by a group of intenec-
tuals in Paris.
Under this scheme, all Frenchmen would
set aside one week in each year ito purge
themselves of their latent evil and go in for
a fine week of pure malevolence, calumny,
hate, envy and sin"
Towns, cities, and provinces could desig-
nate the most yillainous citizens in their
Jurisdictions and hold them up to public
eXecration.
Such a scheme, like a heavy thunder
storm, ought at least to clear the air a little
The great amount of rancor and bad feeling
that automatically is generated in the breast
of each citizen in the course Of the daily
routine might get a chance to discharge it.
SELF
After such period, it might be little
easier for us to practice those ideals of
neighborliness and charity to which we for
ever are giving lip-service
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.M.:E.TracySays:

TINE federal government gets bids on cement
L. for Boulder dam-ten of them, all alike,
with the price up 20 cents a barrel. Secretary
Harold Ickes regards this as representing too
much cooperation and calls on Attorney
General Homer Cummings to investigate.
The state of Illinois has similar experience
with bids on cement for road work, and Cover
nor Horner wonders whether it would not be
wise to build publicly owned plant.
Assuming that we have a cement trust, or
at least an agreement to control production and
fix prices among the various manufacturers, is
it out of line with the policy now being adj
vocated?
Assuming that the cement people have pooled
their interests, eliminated unfair competition,
adjusted production to the demand, and estab-
liShed such prices as would guarantee reasonable
profit and better wages, have they done any,
thing more than is being suggested for all major
industries?
AS I understand it, the administration virtu-
ally has told industry to regulate itself to be
prepared for government regulation that in
either case, prices must go up and wages ad-
vance, and that this can not be accomplished
without removal Of unfair competition.
In other words industry is being told to get
together, for sterilization of production, prices
and pay
OUCH a set-up is irreconcilable with free COM
- petition or anything approximating it. The
problem it presents is one of fair prices, fair
I
Barring government regulation, each industry
must decide what is fair, and it can not do so
without a working agreement based uni
formity.
Controlled industry, with allotted production,
the minimum wage, prescribed working hours,
and suspension Of antitrust laws undoubtedly
would tend to stabilize conditions. Whether it
would increase the drive and energy from which
We have benefited so much is another story.
At all events, We might just as we'll kiss the
great indoor sport of competitive bidding good
by. You can't have that without competition.
MYTH stabilized industry, a barrel Of
w cement, a ton of steel or an eight tube
radio set is going to cost about much f. o. b.,
no matter from whom you buy it.
The great difficulty is to figure out Just how
much barrel Of cement is worth in bushels of
wheat. or the fair value of a radio set in COM
parison to a bathtub.
Competition will change from a battle within
each industry to one among all industries, as
recently was illustrated by the drive to substitute
cigarets for candy.
How much Of this fixed and dependable in
come should man put into home as COM
pared to life insurance, or into life insurance as
compared TO automobiles-that will be the great
problem of life with controlled, stabilized in
dustry.
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are nevertheless, to my notion, the
only individuals who really appre-
ciate or truly understand the dog,
who is, in spite Of some Of his fool
ish friends, noble and dignifed
animal.
PSYCHOLOGISTS might be able
Il to explain this urban aberra-
ton as sort Of depressed desire for
primitive fundamentals. The dog is
the last link with primordiaI exist
ence and as consequence is loved
most fondly in penthouses.
Let me explain. The farmer never
makes a toy Of mis- dog or his wo-
men. He pays both the compliment
of allowing them to be useful mem
bers of his social order and his
family life. Nor does he inflict his
silly ideas of human behavior upon
an animal that is not human.
He lets his dog be a deg, which is
not only the gesture of the true
gentleman, but proof OF profoundeSt
understanding and love.
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Mother
BY F. o. RUsHER

BY F. o. RUSHER
LIES greatest gift, LIES greatest
treasure, Life's all in all,
Greatest blessings, days Of JOY.
Thru her we recall.
What a pal! Her sacrifices
All year long.
Each daily task, large or small ~
She does with song.
Every dawn, and at twilight:
She guides us right.
BY her bedside, talking with GodJ
She prays each night.
What greater JOY could we behold,
Than her sweet smile?
1t takes mother, her faith in prayer
To make life worth while.
She understands our every care,
Although we fret.
Our childhood ways, our old schoo!
days,
She'll ne'er forget.
Let us tell her, how we love her,
We never will have anotherI
In all our struggles, she helps US on,
Let us always remember mother.
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PURE FOODS AND DRUGS

THE Federal Food and Drug Adnninistra-
l. TONS monthly report indicates that I'M
der the new regime the department of agri-
culture is making a renewed effort to protect
consumers.
During April, large seizures we're made of
foods unfit for human consumption. of de-
leterious drugs, Of improperly labeled goods
of medicines for which false curative powers
were claimed.
Recent studies of past enforcement of these
protective laws clearly imply that more should
be done to protect buyers from impure and
adulterated drugs and foods. The new admin
istrations experience in enforcing its aot un-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-05-13
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hvgeia, the
Health Magazine.

by fixing her mind on subject,
could influence the character OF an
unborn child.
Today there are people in Ger
many who believe anenia and
jaundice can be cured by cooking
sleeps lice into jam. There is a
superstition that the way to avoid
childbirth pains, is to open all the
doors windows, and boxes, to pull
out all the drawers, and unite all
the knots around the house.
They think paralysis can be cured
by putting the patient to sleep in a
stable where donkey has slept.
Beliefs depend on. environment,
education, and reasoning. The sim
plest type of reasoning is sympa-
thetic. such as belief that yellow
flower like dandelion will cure
jaundice, that heart-shaped flowers
will cure disease of the heart, that
the way to get strength is to use
the bones or organs of strong ami
mails
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Job for q Lost Sheen
4 FTER a certain amount

a FIER certain amount of cogi-
n tatlon, l have hit upon a func-
ton which I may fulfill in spite of
the fact that I have no official con-
nectlOn with any organized group
or party. I Lave decided to be a,
boat rocker if can make the grade.
The notion old not come to me
out of thin air. I must score an
assist for a friend of mine who re-
Gently attended a conference with
one of the leading lights of the
financial world. A little group
waited upon him to complain about
the manner in which a bank with
which he is affiliated happens to be
operated.
He heard them with deep interest
and even sympathy, and when the
spokesman of the delegation had
done the great man answered in
spirit Of Cancellation:
Il have no doubt, he said. that
many of the charges which you lay
before me are true. I gravely re-
greet the irregularities which SOC
CURED in the institution which you
| have mentioned We all deplore
them. The gentlemen who erred
have gone.
I ask you to be patient with the
new management, which I can as
sure you is as clean as a hounds
tooth. But most of all I urge upon
you the patriotic necessity of not
printing any Of the things which
you have told me I think we can
all agree that this is no time to
rock the boat"
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Turing the several years that
~ I have been engaged in publicly
expressing what probably was worth
less opinions, I have learned one
significant fact about human nature
in these United States.
The good American is an easy
going person. He will stand for a
great deal of criticism. He will let
you find fault with the way he con-
ducts his business and his morals.
He doesn't resent anything you say
about his wife and his children.
You may insult his country and
SANDER his creed.
But you "dasn't" say anything
about his dog. And not Just his
dog, mind you. but any dog. The
canine is the only living creature in
the whole length and breadth of the
land that is regarded with utter
reverence.
And city people are twice as dog
minded as country people. BY dog
minded I mean absolutely hypno-
tized and completely drowned in
sentimentality. This list must, of
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It Seems
to Me
: BY HEYWOOD BROUN :

NEW YORK. May 13.-Mr. F. r.
L A. writes to me in what I take
to be utter seriousness to complain
that I did a serious injustice to Mr..
Easley in a recent column. "You
never have been a square shooter"
he asserts, politically or hunor-
ously and naturally you viii not
reply to this"
Both the writer and several
members of his family distinctly
heard Mr.. Easley's exclamation over
the radio" he adds. He did not
say. as you reported. Damn it ALL
Where the hell does it hitch up?'
He did say, My God! Where Is the
damned thing?'"
In simple justice to F. R. A. and
to Mr.. Easley, I am delighted to
make this correction.
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NEW SOCIAL ORDER EMERGING

CLOWLY but steadily the pieces of that gi-
~ gantic jgsaw puzzle at Washington are
falling into place; and as they DO it begins
to be possible to get an idea Of what the out
lines of our new society are going to be like.
Those words, new society" DO not go be-
yond the facts. Almost without realizing it,
we have swung of from our old course at
something like a right angle.
If we have not swung nearly as far as some
radical leaders would like, We certainly have
swung great deal farther than any one
thought possible as recently as six months ago.
Whether we like it or not We seem to have
put rugged individualism in the grave and
patted the earth down smooth. W. are
switching from an unrestricted capitalism to
a controlled economy.
The social responsibilities Of the men who
employ labor and control money and guide In
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BY W. H. Richards
Contrast Bath Helps to Keep Feet Fit

DLINY the elder was visiting his
l. friend Pomponinus some 1000
years ago. The latter complained
his wife was troubled by sneezing
too much.
THE best way to stop sneezing is
to kiss mule" Pliny said.
And when his friend said that he
suspected the paternity of his child,
because both he and his wife had
gray eyes and the child had brown,
Pliny confded that a gray-eyed
woman could bear a brown-eyed
child by eating rats.
Moderns laugh at these ancient
superstitions, but many little less
grounded in fact persist to the pres
ent time.
George J. Dudycha Of Ripon COL
lege, in examining a group of STU
dents of seven midwest colleges
about superstitions, found that 81
per cent were unwilling to believe
that if an eXpectant mother sees a
person with a birthmark her child
will have a birthmark.
But Is per cent of the students
believed that an expectant mother,
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NIT to the rule of bankers and big
business corporations, but that a
new government must and shall be
established in which the basic means
of life will be owned and operated
for the good of all the people.
Farmers, trade unionists, political
left wing parties, unemployed coun-
ellis, leagues and unions, all COM
bined their forces and declared for
complete revolution of industry
by peaceful means if possible, but
not hesitating to fight as may be
necessary.
Revolution is not only coming,
but is already here. That the CAPT.
talist press suppresses the facts
about an event Of so much moment
only shows how badly the people
need press that will print the
facts. Socialist papers will do so.
By E. B. Nisbet.
May I express my sentiments in
regard to an item I saw published
in your paper stating that the In
diana bakers are intending to raise
the price of bread one to ten cents
a loaf?
What do they take the people
for, when they can't get employ
ment? Bread prices are too high as
it is. I bought six one-pound loaves
for Is cents when wheat Was selling
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So They Say

Roosevelt is a great man, not only
because he has great mind, but
because he has wonderful technique
in handling men.-Paul Claudel,
former ambassador from France.
During the last ten or twelve
years the governments of Europe
and America, with but few excep-
tons, have been manned by men of
mediocre ability-Colonel Edward
M. House of Texas,
If we adhere strictly to the the
DRY that competition must continue,
regardless of the fate of the pro-
ducer, it may become SO keen as to
deprive him Of any return on CAPT.
tai invested and deny living wage
to his employe.-Silas H. Strawn of
Chicago.
American owned and operated
ships are an American sales force
that sees to it that American wheat
and other farm products are trans
ported and sold in foreign ports
Rear Admiral Frederic R. Harris.
I'm free as a bird I really think
I'm freer than most birds-Lilian
Harvey, movie actress.
Liberals would like to rebuild the
station while the trains are run
ming; radicals prefer to blow up the
station and forego service until the
new structure is built-Rexford G.
Tugwell, assistant secretary of ag-
riculture.
We want to get business back on
it's own feet-and off the govern
ment's feet-Daniel G. Roper, Sec
rotary of commerce.
The talking picture today is the
most American of all art FORMS
Albert Warner, movie producer.
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A MORTGAGE MORATORIUM

MORTGAGE foreclosures are doing more
than anything else to turn peaceful
farm protest into a movement of revolution.
Inc new farm law is designed to bring partial
relief to the worst sufferers But it can not
spring into full operation at once-time is re-
CURED to appraise property check records.
transfer mortgages from private holders to
federal land banks at lower interest rates
Meanwhile, the holders of these MORTGAGES
have the power either to make bad situa-
ton worse or to tide over the victim until
he gets government relief.
President Roosevelt Friday, in signing the
law, made a direct appeal to these holders
Of farm mortgages He spoke not only to their
patriotism and sense of justice, but also to
their selfish interest.
Under the law they are to have the priv
lege of exchanging slow and doubtful paper
for bonds guaranteed by the United States
treasury. 1t is a new deal-and a good one
for them.
The President asked them pending full
operation Of the new law. to abstain from fore
closing Or making any effort to dispossess
ueDJOr farmers. Wnen the hoover ADMIN
istration made a similar appeal in connec-
ton with a senli-of1cial mortgage mora
forum, cooperation from the real estate
creditors was disappointingly small.
But if these creditors are intelligent, they
will understand that conditions are much more
serious today. Creditors can not expect to
retain any sympathy Of the public, or of con-
crasc and tba administration who ara noak
ing and unmaking laws, if they defy the
President by demanding their pound of flesh
Immediately.
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doubtedly has revealed this, as well as weak
nesses in the statutes.
Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture Tugwell
has undertaken study Of the laws and their
application.
Department of agriculture chiefs are doing
well in seeking more rigid adherence to the
existing laws
Such enforcement not only will afford
better, surer protection for consumers, but also
reveal any structural faults of the law.
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:: The Message Center ::

(Times readers are invited to express
their rietcs in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can hare chance
Limit them to $50 Words or less.J
BY R. R. Mann.
For a number of years the rail-
roads Of this country gradually have
been putting themselves out of bust
ness by overcharging for freight and
passenger service.
These railroads have no more
right to ask for help from taXpay-
ers' money than has any other bust
ness firm which has lost out by
overcharging for goods sold or for
services rendered.
Many lawmakers are very kind to
the railroads because they ride on
these roads free and charge the tax
payer so much a mile for each mile
covered.
If the railroads wish to survive
they will have to reduce their over
head at least IS per cent. This can
be done within few weeks time.
Freight rates, passenger rates and
wages should be reduced 20 per cent
and salaries from so to 10 per cent.
The salaries of railway executives
are entirely out Of reason. Hun
dreds of men in this country are
qualified fully to direct the opera
ton of any railroad for a salary of
$4,000 or less.
There should be revaluation of
railroad property which would bring
a reduction of 40 per cent. This
would save the railroads millions
of dollars in taxes. The recapture
clause should be and will be re-
pealed.
Unless the railroads adapt them
selves to peace time conditions they
can not hope to survive.
By W. H. Richards
I take The Times daily to keep
in touch with city. state and world
events, but have been disappointed
in not finding information about
the greatest event that has ever
occurred in the history of America,
where 4,200 delegates. representing
more than fifteen million organized
workers, met in Washington last
Saturday and Sunday and declared
a new declaration of independence.
1t unanimously was decided that
the workers no longer would sub
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A Woman's Viewpoint {:
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

course, include the suburbanites,
who are only city folks pretending
tc be in love with nature-a horde
of lesser Antoinettes frolicking in
their little Trianons, as it were.
Country people are the honest to
goodness farmers without bathrooms
in the house, perhaps. But they
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at $50 a buShel and now see the
price today bushel. People then
had work and money to buy with.
There are too many two-footed
hogs for the good of this country.
Too much self1shneSS and greed.