The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-06
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BY a Reader.
If the motorists of indianapolis
aren't disguised by now, it certainly
is time they were getting that way.
Whether you've bought your 1884
license plates or not the hysteria
created by the enforcement officials
of the city and state over the pur-
chase and use of plates comes very
near being a panic.
Every year since we can remem-
Der, autoists we're informed that
they must have the new plates by
Jan. l. And every year in the same
period of time, many motorists
never got them mad many arrests
were going to be made and so forth.
Actually this years farce is just
a repetition. Perhaps today will
find several motorists in the city
prison, awaiting trial and fines for
violation of the law.
The possibility is, though, that the
day is damp and many of the erring
motorists will slide by
There are others of us who believe
that if we can not observe the law
by producing 1884 plates, we might
as we'll leave our cars in the garage
for a couple Of weeks until we can
afford to make the purchase.
But there is another side to our
story. Don't forget, state officials,
that there are thousands Of us in
the state and that means that thou
sands of gallons Of gasoline are not
being bought this week. And, state
officials, you figure out what that
means in gasoline taxes.
By Times Reader.
In thinking over the great NRA
program that President Roosevelt
has sponsored and which has been
received with so much enthusiasm
by a vast majority Of our people, it
seems to me that there is only one
thing lacking that would end the
present period of depression and
that is a dependable market for our
farm produce.
I have a plan that I am sure
would be a cure for the farm pro-
duce market and am sure my plan
would help every one from the small
farmer up to the big industries.
My plan is this:
Every man and woman who now
is employed and those who would
receive employment from the effects
of my plan, would contract to buy
from the farmer, not from the spec
ulator, ten bushels of wheat at 81
a bushel, ten bushels of corn at
80 cents a bushel. five bushels Of
Irish potatoes at $3.50 bushel two
bushels of sweet potatoes at 81 a
bushel, and twenty-five pounds of
dry beans at 10 cents a pound.
The total purchase would amount
to S33. Then turn half Of this pur-
chase owe to the Community Fund
instead Of the cash money as we
have done in the past. Half Of this
purchase would run two people
through the hard winter months.
I will take myself for an example.
My wife and I could get by on half
of the articles and feel that We also
had furnished some other couple a
large part of their food for the win
ter. This would give the farmer
S33 to buy many of the things that
he would need for the winter. The
farmer would buy his supplies from
my employer. This would give my
employer a market for the things
that will have to make to supply
the farmer with the supplies that
he has bought with the money I
gave him for the food that I laid
up for my winter use.
Therefore, I have gained more
by spending the money with the
farmer simply because my job will
last that much longer and it viii
give work to the couple for whom
helped buy the food and he also
can buy the same amount of food