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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-03
THE RAILROADS HIT BACK

NNE Of the most interesting bits of railroad
~ news Of recent years is the announcement
that the Union Pacific road is about to put into
service new stream-lined, notor-driven train
that can clip off an average speed of ninety
miles an hour on long cross country runs.
This is interesting not only because of the
new transportation convenience it promises
but because it shows a large American railroad
preparing to strike back at the competitors
who have been putting all railroads in the hole
lately
Instead of sitting back and weeping about
the competition Of bus, automobile ard
airplane, directors of the Union Pacific are
getting ready to give those agencies a little
competition on their own account.
1t is pretty safe bet that other roads will
be following suit shortly. Then we shall see
whether the prophets Of doom have not been a
bit premature in chanting the swan song of the
American railroad.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

s23, 000 On March l. 1882, the railroad
paid its chairman Of the executive committee
sl35OOO year its vice-chairman, s76,5OO, and
its president, 100000.
These amounts represented 10 per cent
reductions from the salary levels Of 1929
Perhaps anticipating congressional action,
the r. F. c. ordered general reduction Of
these salaries, prior to approving the loan.
1t cut salaries of $1,000 or more 60 per cent
and ordered so per cent slashes for salaries of
$4,000 to 100000 Most important of all. it
extended these reductions to affect all future
would-be borrowers.
That is a welcome decision. We only regret
that it was not done sooner. For two years
corporations have obtained huge loans from
the r. F. c. on the grounds that such loans
were necessary to avert bankruptcy.
Yet, most Of these corporations and rail-
roads have continued to pay excessive salaries
to the men at the top" while the rank and
file employees have been reduced ruthlessly.
report to the Interstate Commerce
commission discloses some interesting facts
about the salaries of railroad presidents. The
report, as of March l. 1882 reveals that Presi-
dent Atterbury of the Pennsylvania railroad,
whose company has helped itself generously to
R. F G. loan money, is paid $l35O0O year
President Willard of the Baltimore g. Ohio
gets $120O00 a year and presidents of other
roads receive similar high amounts
Since last March there have been further
reductions in these salaries, but they still are
badly out of proportion to the amounts paid
the rank and file Of railroad employees.
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SATURDAY. JUNE 3. 1898.
STARVATION WAGES

THERE is good news in the American
Il Federation Of Labor report revealing
wholesale price rise of 48 per cent since April
April 100 per cent rise in auto and steel
production since April /.
But buying power Of the American masses
still is perlously low.
The federation announces that 12,73OOOO
were jobless on May l. and adds that Mays
gains are less than Aprils The workers in
cores, the stuff that must start and keep the
wheels Of business going, is 43 per cent Of
the 1929 average, deficiency Of So 5000 600 900
a month On May 20 the workers incomes
were 43 per cent below January
Buying power is depleted not only by IN
employment, but also by starvation wages.
Federation reports from widely scattered re-
gions reveal:
Alabama cotton mill hands working for
$144 on a twelve-hour day.
Arkansas lumber workers getting Sc for
sixty-hour week or 10 cents an hour
Georgia road workers being paid 10 to 30
cents an hour.
Chicago packers getting as low as So
weekly; Peoria brass and aluminium workers
as low as SO a week
Sweatshop women and children getting as
low as 81 and SO a week in Pennsylvania New
Jersey and other states.
The Roosevelt administration offers the
only cure in sight. BY means of the industrial
recovery bill, hours will be shortened to absorb
the jobless, wages will be increased through
wage boards child labor and other unfair
practices can be called off, and $3,3O000O,000
worth of government credit can be pumped
into the nation through public works.
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All Of Which I Vas

NOR do mean to suggest that
L I sat alOOf and uncontami-
mated by all this. To be sure. I
never had the patience to wait for
SO large profit, but, with the rest.
| felt the citation Of a sense OF
financial shreWoness.
And as the tape would mark the
eighth, the quarter, five eighths and
1000 shares ct 3 a new high) I
wondered to myself, How long mas
this been going on?" Nor did I
have the slightest inkling that it
was not to last forever.
Mr.. Hoover hardly was the only
one who looked forward with con-
f1dence to couple of limousines. in
every garage. The lessons 1 mad
learned at Kari Marks knee We're
Tor the moment all forgotten. The
new capitalism was in full swing.
They were watching over us.
They were not completely al
truistic. None Of us was sufficiently
naive to believe that. We were
practical men, and naturally We
understood that Mr.. Morgan and
the others must get theirs first.
But, since the golden dollars grew
upon low bushes, it was understood
that the rights of cleaners would
be respected. 1t was a fraternity.
and even the novices felt that they
were soundly intrenched in the
order.
And when the walls came tum-
bling down the small gamblers and
professional men and elevator
starters and newspaper columnists
and bootblacks looked at one an
other with white faces and said:
They're sure to do something now.
They've got to-"
We were frightened troops wait
ing for the sound Of hoofbeats.
Sheridan was fifty miles way and
riding rapidly in the opposite di-
rection. The bourgeoisie were being
soaked again.
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|M. E.TracySa

A an academic proposition, there is very
n little to be said about the publicity of in
come tax returns, but people will do wrong if
they accept it as a cure for defects in the law.
Absence of publicity has had very little to do
with the matters by which large operators have
avoided paying an income tax.
In majority of cases. they have done neither
more nor less than the law permitted, and they
would have done the same thing in the face of a
general broadcast.
We are dealing with very badly drawn sta
tute rather than with dark and deep-laid plots
made possible by the inability Of Tom, Dick, and
Harry to read the returns.
In boom times, it looked like very bright
idea to collect an income tax on capital gains.
Shallow thinkers jumped at it as a good way
to soak the rich
When the tide turned, giving the rich oppor-
tunity to take advantage of capital losses, it did
not look so bright.
7. P. MORGAN went right on paying an income
y tax in England, regardless of his capital
losses. 1t was not publicity that made him do So
but the law.
AS he frankly told the senate committee, he
would have done the same thing in this country
if our income tax law were like that of England.
but he would have paid much less than he did in
boom times
Mr.. Morgan has not been caught doing any,
thing that the average man would not do under
similar circumstances, or was not entitled to do
under the income tax law
Nothing has been developed with regard to
that law, or its Interpretation which those fani-
liar with it did not know.
Like many other laws, it was designed to fit
one situation
We assumed that prosperity, as measured bv
constantly increasing amount of capital had
come to stay and that we were tapping a reliable
source of revenue when we classified capital
gains as income
Simple justice, Of course called for deduction
OF capital losses, if capital gains were to be taxed
but We paid very little attention to that side of
the picture, because We closed our eyes to the
possibility of losses exceeding gains.
IN other words, we assumed that depressons
l. had become obsolete and that We could de-
pend on continuous uninterrupted rise in the
business tide.
We still are chasing the same rainbow in
theory, if not in fact betting on our ability to
invent a system that will produce eternal sun
shine and rigging up schemes to borrow on the
the prospect
That is and always has been our great weak
ness, especially in the field Of legislation We
are not content with planning. but want to be-
lieve that our plans are foolproof 1t was on
that basis that We rushed into prohibition and
1t IS on that basis that We are rushing out Of it,
President Roosevelt has set a much needed
example in candidly admitting that he doesn't
know whether some Of the things he is trying
will work as well as he expects.
II we fSfA been less cocksure we would have
thought Cole before jamning the eighteenth
aemndr to the Constitution or taxing
capitst small income.
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WE MISS MUCH IN LIFE

TINE small-town lad who thinks that life
the bright lights of Broadway ought to have
little talk with Captain Amander Q. Hayes,
who just has retired after spending a num-
Der of years in charge of the West Forty
seventh street police station in New York
City
IN that job, Captain Hayes was more or
less the overseer of Broadway. The bright
lights section was his bailiwick and every
thing that happened in the busiest and most
famous play spot in America was his business,
and when he retired he remarked that moth
ing much ever happened to me"
His job, in fact had been rather dull, and
all things considered Captain Hayes was
rather glad to get out of its monotonous
routine.
Nothing much happens to any policeman,
when you think it over" he added. They
just have tough hours and do what they're
told
And right there it would seem, there is an
ironic little commentary on the nature of ro-
nance and adventure
the complaint of every restless lad who is
tied down by prosaic job which he would
like to swap for bit Of real adventure.
The lad who follows a pillow or drives
bakery wagon or files invoices in freight
office or hammers a typewriter nine hours
day generally has the notion that romance is
something he could get hold of very nicely if
only he could slip into the right kind of job.
But romance and adventure are, after all
the commonest things in the world. The
only trouble is that most Of us fail to recognize
them when we see them.
Captain Hayes, supervising Broadway's
bright lights for year upon year, finds his job
boring and monotonous; nothing ever hap
pened to him, or to any other cop. he says,
and he's glad to be out of it.
And so it goes. An especially daring air.
mail pilot who pioneered in the early days Of
night flying over the Alleghenies, when that
particular Job was about the riskiest and most
adventurescme thing aviation had..fl -prav II,
gene tucker. Eleanor Cook. Judy by Mrs
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It Seems
to Me
by HEYMOOD BRoUN :

NEW YORK, June s.-"Thev"
L ' was invariably the word which
was used. They can't let the mar
ket go any lower" They have de-
cided to peg Steel" They've got to
do something now"
But they didn't. And vet even
today the little fellows who had
their brief dream of affluence and
success through rugged individual
ism and good tips can't quite be-
heve that the OLD gods are fallibla.
Back in 1929 I was a big odd-lot
trader. I sat in serious discus
son about the fate of the utilities.
we all agreed that even at $50 the
future OF this or that concern had
not been discounted fully.
l would gaze at the board and
remark: The earnings Of a COM
pany are a matter of indifference To
me. All I care about is its market
action"
And then I would call across the
room in a low, vibrant voice
George, buy me another ten of
American and Foreign Power
And invariably I added, AT the
market"
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A WELCOME EDICT

John CITIZEN, who has seen his none too
large salary reduced 20. 80 and even 40 per
cent is looking on the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation with a friendlier eye these days.
That government agency just has won
public applause by ordering all corporations
seeking Federal loans to make drastic reduc-
tons in the excessive salaries of executives
Unless they comply. no federal funds will
be forthcoming, the R. F. c. warns
The ruling followed the request Of the
Southern Pacific railroad for loan of
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T ALWAYS bought r

ALWAYS bought or sold at the
Il market" There seemed a GER
tam bravado in not haggling about
the eighth and quarters. After all.
this was 1929 and what did I care
about an extra S125?
/ sat up with the crash and hung
upon the laggard tape NV agonies
were, perhaps. little less than
those of others who stood about
with drawn faces watching the end
of the world. had put myself into
an extremely liquid position. I was
long ten shares of copper and
short twenty of a motor.
When the last missing district
struggling in with its belated re-
turns, I found that I had made
Sl2.35 out Of complete debacle.
And yet I never fancied myself
as a trader. "Gallipoli Broun" thew
used to call me around the branch
where I had my account. Invari-
ably 1 gave up Just one day too
soon. Ever so many stocks have
risen from IS to 80 points the mo-
ment I tossed my holdings over
board, Even in a boiling market
l was just so much ballast.
But weren't We all? What did
they" ever do for us when the
pinch came? I speak without I'M
due bitterness. The market never
did more to me than break the skin
All my hvid scars came out of the
poker game.
And yet, though I brought to Wall
Street no more than a couple of
white chips, even this meager par
tlcipation was enough to let me into
some share of the psychology of
the Mystic Order of the Shorn
Sheep. Even Mr.. Morgan's bland
contentment with things as thew
are hardly could match the agrees
Slve conservatism of the little fell
low with 4 points profit.
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First-Aid Packet Needed in Medicine Chest

This is the fourth article in a series
of six on the family medicine cabinet.
TN these days when everybody
4 takes the chance of needing
emergency f1rst-aid treatment be-
cause of the use of the automobile
and wide indulgence in sports and
gardening, it is we'll to have first
aid supplies in the family medicine
chest.
Among the materials needed are
adhesive tape of various widths,
sterile cotton, sterile gauze ban
dages, sterile gauze pads, and a
scissors which should be kept in
the medicine chest exclusively for
such purposes.
You also should have the ready
made combinations Of a piece of
adhesive tape with tiny piece of
sterilized bandage that can be used
to cover small wounds after they
have been treated with iodine or
mecurochrome.
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AN OLYMPIAN OF THE ROAD

DAN OLEARY, famed as walker and
- known to hundreds in Indianapolis from
his occasional visits here, failed to achieve the
110-year-old record he had set for himself.
But he had made gallant bid when prema-
ture illness defeated him. He died Monday in
a California hospital. He was nearing 81.
In this era, when men are considered aged
at so, Dan OLeary was just one of the almost
forgotten" More than half century ago he
won fame and comparative fortune as a
walker. IN 1875 he wrested the championship
from the great Edward Payson Weston.
He had walked, for pleasure and profit
some 100000 miles-twelve times around the
earth-when his fatal illness overlook him.
OLeary, Irish born, but an American from
his 18th year, was philosopher as well as
walker-perhaps as a consequence
IF your mind is depressed" he said, your
feet stay behind" He believed in symmetry
and coordination foot too small is as bad
as little head"
The heel-and-toe art is not wholly lost.
Last year a little 39-year- old Englishman
did the 50,OOO-meter walk at the Los Angeles
Olympic games-about thirty-one miles-in
less than five hours.
OLeary's greatest feat was 100 miles in 18
hours, SIS minutes and 40 seconds. Until re-
Gently he took daily jaunt of twenty miles
or So"
AT going on 81 twenty mile exercise stunt
may be considered at least testimonial
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Half teaspoonfu1 in water, for
a sudden fainting spell, is a fairly
safe thing to give in most cases of
this emergency.
The widely publicized milk Of
magnesia and sodium bicarbonate,
or baking soda, are two preparations
which safely can be kept in the
family medicine chest and which
frequently are advised by physicians
for alkaline purposes.
SOME families keep paregoric as a
useful preparation in case Of cramps
that affect women at periodic inter-
walls.
Really, these and the others
have mentioned in previous articles
constitute practically all the drugs
that need to be in any average
medicine chest, because they are the
few materials that can be used safe
ly by most people.
Next: Shaving materials in the
medicine chest.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association and of Hygeia.
the Health Magazine.

Most people should know that
the proper way TO stop bleeding of
small wounds is simply to press
upon them with a sterile piece Of
gauze.
In case Of very serious wounds
affecting arteries, and thereby diff
cult to control, it may be neces-
sary to put tourniquet around the
limb.
The tourniquet should be fastened
just tight enough to stop the bleed
ing. An ordinary piece of rubber
tubing or a narrow towel tied and
twisted with a stick will serve most
purposes satisfactorily.
The family medicine chest may
also contain aromatic spirits Of am
monia, which sometimes is given
when a prompt stimulant is needed
following fainting.
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The greatest preachers and doc
tors, the finest lawyers and states
men. must maintain the dignity and
honor Of their professions in their
daily living. When they fail to do
this, the professions suffer and
confidence is lost for the indi-
vidual
Fortunately, the wives of our
Presidents usually are women Of the
highest character and intelligence.
But we can not avoid the conclu-
sion that they are on exhibition,
much as we may dislike the idea.
The eyes Of millions of girls and
young women are upon them, in ex-
pectation and trust.
So, today. Mrs. Franklin Roose-
welt. whether she may like it or no,
is something more than a woman.
She is a type. and, for this reason,
hers Is a grave responsibility.
with pastel coIored tuIle.
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So They Say

If you see a tennis player who
looks as if he is working very hard,
then that means he isn't very good.
Helen Wills Moody, tennis star.
All human progress has been
made by ignoring precedents. II
mankind had continued to be the
slave of precedent, we still would
be living in caves and subsisting
on ShellfiSh and wild berries-Vis-
count Philip Snowden of England.
Our Christian experience has be-
come stale and shallow, lifeless and
superfcial.-Dr Charles William
Kerr, moderator Of tn Presbyterian
general assembly.
If you want to get the real pic
ture Of a man, go with him on a
hunting trip-Fred Masse, Michi-
gan trapper.
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T DARE disagree with the first
L lady of the land in an opinion
recently expressed to certain of her
critics. 'I am sorry to offend" said
Mrs. Roosevelt in effect, but I
must live my own life"
The general sound Of the state
ment is agreeable, but for a person
in her position it is untenable.
Those who lead never can live
their own lives" in any true sense
Of the word. Destiny holds them
in a rigid grasp and it is only the
obscure individual who really
dares do as he pleases.
That, to all appearance, is right
and just. The individuals whom we
choose to occupy positions Of great
ness owe a debt to the public. They
must walk uprightly and furnish
inspiration for sane and good living
that viii become the standards Of
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told an interviewer that the main trouble with
it was that It was hard for him to keep awake
on those "monotonous" night flights over the
mountains.
Like Captain Hayes and most other men
who have faced real adventure, he was not
in the least impressed by the glamour of his
calling
Adventure is thing we all long for
Recognizing it when we find it seems to be
something else again.
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of cheap partisan politics. McNutt' s
stand is a symptom of degeneration
in Indiana decency.
speak as a Democrat, who
wishes for F1alston, Marshall, Mat
theWs or Hendricks.
BY r. A. Coleman.
In your paper this evening, / note
that the police here have been in
structed to arrest motorists who
have equipped their cars with radio
sets which can receive police broad
casts. From the article I note that
there is a maximum fine of 500
and maximum Jail term Of thirty
days.
This law, like many of the super
fluous laws in this city, is a great
big joke, so much Of a joke that
any high school boy would laugh
heartily should he consider how
ridiculous law Of this KIND is.
First, any radio may receive po-
lice calls. Through forced oscilla-
tions or harmonies, it is possible
to receive police calls on most good
radios, even if the radio set is not
adjusted to the main frequency.
This is like saying that I can
look up and down the street, but
I must not look at one certain
building. If I do, I can be fined
500 and even if I were fortunate
enough not to look directly at the
building, I might look in a window
glass some time and see the build
ing reflected in the glass, for which
I could be fined 500 or put in jail
for thirty days.
You can see how much of a joke
this is. AS law it is absolutely
rotten, except to get a few fines
from innocent people who do not
want to pay for lawyer to fight.
Second, the police broadcasting
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Pity the Poor Kulak

I FEEL very sorry for myself and
l. all members Of the middle class.
We are being liquidated forever. We
poor kulaks always are in the front
line trenches. They" rode off and
left us to the seventy fves and the
machine guns, but when we shout
'Kamerad!' the forces of revolution
CURLY promise us nice, clean wall
and a firing squad.
Our sins are grievous and many.
Possibly our repentance has not yet
gone far enough. but somewhere
there must be haven for us.
And if there isn't, I think we
bourgeois boys may get a little spunk
at last and rise up and make a nice,
clean world for ourselves.
(CoDvright 1893 BY The Times,
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d: A Woman's Viewpoint
!: BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON +:

those who look to them for counsel
and courage.
All leadership, whether political,
professional, or artistic, involves
something more than the doing OF
high task. Nor would I absolve
writer's, artists, or the near genius
from a certain moral responsibility.
=
THERE is no point in saying that
l. a mans behavior counts for
nothing, or that life is less sig
nificant than a book or a painting,
or any other splendid achievement.
If men teach one thing and fall too
far short Of that which they pro-
fesS to believe, their messages lack
substance and the world can not &C
cept them.
There is no sin so great as the
sin of insincerity, and insincere
leadership has brought mankind all
its worst woes.
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What? Mapping?

BY Anderson Fan.
WOUR indianapolis radio sta
l. lions are asleep and Rip Van
Wrinkle never had anything on
them. 1t takes a little radio sta
ton in Anderson to show them
how to broadcast, and that right
from the speedway grounds. Har.
har.