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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-06
VETERANS MAY SERVE

WAR veterans organizations. says dis
w patch from Washington. are preparing to
take a terrific crack at war profits during the
coming year.
Revelations made before the senate NUM-
tons committee in recent weeks have hit the
veterans where they live. Through such or
CARNATIONS as the American Legion and the
Veterans OF Foreign Wars, the ex-soldiers are
resolved that these revelations be kept fresh
in the countrys memory-and that the next
war we get into will provide far simmer pick
ings for the merchants of death.
The entire question opens to the veterans a
field of very great usefulness. The things we
have found out about the profits Of the NUM-
lions business are enough to shock any citizen;
to no one can they be quite as shocking as to
the men who actually did the fighting.
Properly directed. the indignation thus
aroused can be an exceedingly good thing for
the country.
1t will be a great many years, probably, be-
fore the human race discovers the secret of
foregoing war The imperfections of human
society and of human nature keep us from
realizing the beautiful dream of universal
peace. But We are entitled to expect that,
when war comes. its dreadful weight shall rest
on all citizens alike.
To pay men $50 a month for offering up
their lives and to make billionaires out of the
men who supply them with their weapons is to
make a mockery out Of every principle Of
democracy.
Probably it is a dim recognition Of this fact
that has made the bonus sentiment so strong
among the veterans organizations since the
war
The demand for the bonus may be quite as
unjustihed and selfish as its opponents main
tain: nevertheless. it arises against this back
ground of war profits. and it is rather hard to
persuade the veteran that it is wrong for him
to ask for a few hundred dollars when he
knows that the makers of shells and guns were
enriched by the hundred million.
Get this feeling Of injustice directed into
the right channel. and the veterans organi-
cations can DO a work Of unparalleled use
fitness.
II We must 60 to war, in the future. then
we must so; but we are justified in insisting
that it be for principle. and not for enrich
ment of the munitions makers.
Let the veterans hammer away on this
point. in season and out Of season. and We
shall have a new reason for feeling indebted
to them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-06
Pork and Hog Price Spread Discussed

but figures of the bureau Of labor
statistics for Aug. Is, 1884, high
point in the recent increase in
pork and hog prices, show that
prices at that time were 81 per
cent lower than prices on Aug.
Is, 1929, and 3 per cent under the
1880 to 1888 period, the four years
of depression.
1t is true that the prices which
the farmer has been receiving are
low, but so have been the prices
which the consumer has been
paying.
Of interest also is Mr.. Highlen's
statement that the city house
wife should not be paying more
for pork chops than she did in
the period from 1909 to 1914"
This shows clearly the representa-
tives of livestock groups, unless
they have had broad experience in
problems of the meat industry,
which includes all divisions, live
stock, packer processing problems
and retail meat dealer problems,
fail to take into considerat ton that
the standard of living is much
higher and that the packer and
retailer paid far more to their
employees the last five years than
they did in 1909 to 1914.
For instance, the persons who
cut those pork chops in the retail
meat shop in 1909 to 1914 received
a wage of $12 to SIS a week. The
retailers rent was $25 to $40
month. The employe, with his $12
to SIS a week, could rent a fat
for S12 to $14 month. He could
purchase a pair of shoes from the
finest leather for $3.50; a tailor
made suit Of the finest material
from S18 to S25, and so on.
Today the retailer pays wage
instead Of S12 to SIS a week, S35
to $40 week, and all other ex-
penses are from 200 to 300 per
cent higher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-06
SATURDAY. OCT. s. 1874.
THE WHISPERING BRIGADE

VOU can count on the fingers of one hand
u the number Of hrst-class cities which
have come through the depression with sur
plus. which have reduced their 1885 tax rate
by as much as 10 cents. which have accom-
plished this with their credit unimpaired and
their services uncurtailed.
Indianapolis is one of those few cities.
Every resident, no matter what his political
faith, is proud of that record.
Small wonder, then, that the Coffin ma
chine, which seeks to elect Walter Pritchard,
Is hard pressed for issues No one is in the
least surprised that Boss" Coffin's henchmen
are resorting to a whispering campaign so silly
that its charges and promises should be
printed and issued as new edition Of the
Nonsense Novels"
These stupid and INSCRIPTIONS individuals
are circulating among people who have suf-
fered by the depression, promising more poor
relief II Judge Pritchard is elected. Ridiculousl
They know that the mayor has nothing to do
with poor relief. That is the function of the
township trustees.
They are spreading tales Of favoritism, I'M
der the present city administration, to persons
of a particular religious belief We thought
the nightshirt and dunce-cap brigade had
disappeared from Indiana, but apparently
there is a handful of these imbeciles still left.
And Boss" Coffin has never had any prejudice
against using imbeciles for his own purposes.
We have carefully investigated these
whispers Of religious favoritism and there is
not an iota Of truth in any of them. Any in
terested citizen can easily check up on them
himself by inquiring at city hall. The records
of appointments are open to the public.
The citizens Of Indianapolis are far too
intelligent to be hoodwinked by such balder-
dash. They realize that a city is business
and they want business administration.
Mayor Sullivan has given them just that.
The next four years Of recovery will be fraught
with multitude of complex municipal prob
lens. The community will be expanding. Old
businesses will be growing and new ones will
be coming to town.
Indianapolis is now on a thoroughly sound
economic basis. It is ready to leap ahead Of
other communities, which have been waste
fully and foolishly operated. 1t is prepared to
give real service to growing commerce and
industry.
The Coffin machine has thoroughly dem
onstrated its utter inefficiency and unrelia-
bility in the operation of city. Judge Pritch-
ard himself is a pleasant and honest man, but
he can not free himself from Coffinism. A
stream never can rise above its source.
There is just one man in whose hands the
affairs Of Indianapolis may be SAFELY
trusted. He is beholden to no boss. He is
willing to sacrifice large slice of his personal
income to take the job
That man is John Kern.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-06
EXPECTS MINTON WILL
HEED M'NUTT ADVICE


HEED M'NUTT ADVICE
BY E. ]. MeIoy.
Sherman Minton'S statement that
in event of his election to the United
States senate he will not resign in
favor of Paul McNutt, like other
statements he has made, should be
taken with grain of salt.
Minton's statements have habit
of not being sincere. Aside from that
his promises so invariably take on
different forms that it is difficult to
identify or connect them.
Speculation as to Mr.. Minton'S
future actions, however, is scarcely
necessary. In order either to serve
full term or resign in favor of Mr..
McNutt, Mr.. Minton must first be
elected, and in view Of his political
tieup with the Governor, that is not
likely to happen. Scarcely any man,
regardless as to his qualifications,
can expect to be elected to the sem
ate with a milestone such as Cover
nor McNutt tied around his neck.
That Mr.. Minton is not of senate
rial timber is a fact we'll known
throughout the state, and comment
is unnecessary.
In the event of the unexpected,
Mr.. Minton's election, much depends
on what happens to Mr.. McNutt
in 1886.
1t is common knowledge that the
Governor has his eyes focused
longingly on the White House. 1t is
well known that he plans to try for
the presidency in 1910, and, in the
event that the Presidents political
support shows any signs of weak
ness it is rumored on first hand in
formation that the Governor will
oppose Roosevelt in 1886.
If he can not attain that height,
it is altogether possible and prob
able that he might be satisfied with
the vice. presidency, although it
would scarcely satisfy his vanity.
Should the Democratic convention
prove unsympathetic or should the
election result unfavorably, there is
no doubt in my mind that Mr.. Nc
Mutt will persuade Mr.. Minton to
forget his campaign pledges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-06
PLEADS FOR TRUTH
ABOUT ECONOMICS
By Hiram Laekey.

By Hiram Laekey.
Last Sunday I visited an adult
Sunday school class in a wealthy
indianapolis church. I feel that it
Is my duty to know the thoughts of
all classes. The teacher discussed
President Roosevelt's mechanical
methods Of solving the greed prob
lem in the class struggle.
In his seemingly fair discussion of
the Sel1shnesS of the employees and
employers, it was easy to see where
the teachers sympathy lies. In
that sympathy he can find the chief
obstruction 10 the restoration of
economic justice.
It IS true that the greed Of en-
ployes viii be our future problem.
because slavery makes tyrants. And
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mind?" Mrs. Eddy says-"Mind is

mind?" Mrs. Eddy says-"Mirld is
God"
Again, on Page 465 of this text
book, in answer to the question,
What is God?" she says: God is
incorporeal, divine, supreme, in
finite mind, spirit, soul, principle,
life, truth, love-" using the proper
noun in each instance.
1t is not in accord with the teach
ings Of Christian Science to use, in
the deific sense, any of these seven
synonyms for God as common
noun or in the plural number. No
where does Mrs. Eddy define mind
as spirit, soul, principle, life, truth,
love-" using these words as common
nouns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-06
Grey Visitor
BY HARRIET SCOTT oLINICK

BY HARRIET SCOTT OLINICK
Death came walking in my garden;
Found my wealth Of flowers there.
Cleaning gold Of black-eyed susans5
Asters with their purple stare.
Death came walking in my garden;
Walked and killed without a
sound.
Now the rich blood Of my zennias
Lies in splotches on the ground.
Blue bells of my slender larkspur
Will not ring again for me.
Sharp winds howl and tear to
ribbons
All the leaves upon my tree.
Death came walking in my garden;
Came as still as . grey mouse.
stand and view the desolation.
VIII he come into my house7
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-06
AUTHORSHIP OF
LETTER DENIED

Editors NOte-Margaretta Ger
agility, 709 East st. Clair street,
states she was not the author of
the letter which appeared in the
Message Center Wednesday with
the name of Margarete Clarity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-06

Travellers leaving Germany are not allowed
TO take more than ten marks with them. Ger
many, instead of initiating its money, has in
stead inflated its opinion of it.
With President Roosevelt planning another
s2oOoooo.o0O public works program. we'll have
to admit he's giving the unemployed the
works.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-06
THE SPANISH REVOLUTION

u EVOLUTION again sweeps Spain. And
~ aow-as five other times since the over
throw Of the monarchy in lssi-the fight Is
to save the second republic. But for the dgst
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-06

Soviet and japanese soldiers shot at one
another across the Manchoukuo border, but
both nations were caught off guard. So thereu
be no war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-06

Brigadier General William Mitchell says
dirigihles like the ill-fated Akron. which is al
right if We have few more like him to initiate
the bags.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-06

Winter is just around the corner, but you
can bet it won't be as elusive as prosperity
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-06

It IS easily seen from the lore
going figures that the consumer is
not paying as much for pork now
as he did when hogs were selling
for $40.
Much has been said lately about
the increase in the price Of pork,
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The Message Center

(Ttmes readers are tM0Sted to ecpresS
their UGetoo IN these columns. Make your
letters short, 80 all can hare chance.
Limit them to $50 toords or Iess.I
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-06

By John A. KotaI. Executive Secretary
National Association Of Retail Meal
Dealers.
noted with a great deal of in
terest an article which appeared
under the heading, Indiana in
Brief" in the Sept. 4 issue of The
Indianapolis Times. 1t quotes Lee
R. Highlen, director of the Indi-
ana Farm Bureau livestock mark
citing department, on the subject
of retail prices of pork as related
to hog prices. The last paragraph
was of especial interest to me. 1t
read:
During the last few years the
retail prices of pork have been
practically as high as when hogs
were $40 a hundredweight, yet the
farmers received prices that grad
ually we're bankrupting them. The
present economic distress will not
be removed until farmers receive
a profit above the cost of produc-
ton, and the present prices of
hogs do not return that much"
The department of agriculture,
however, has issued figures which
show that the spread between hog
prices and pork prices show rela-
lively little change from year to
year. Unfortunately the figures 1
have are only for the higher
priced cuts of pork, but they show
the price trend rather clearly. 1
have chosen Sept. l, 1880, because
it was one of the last days that
hogs sold at $40 hundredweight.
Percent
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Phone Riley SOL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-06

POLICEMEN in Washington frequently are
L disturbed by the intricacies of international
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
WIDER 18TH ST.
|. ASKED IN BILL

Widening Of Thirteenth Street
N. w., one of the most heavily
travelled streets in the city, would
be authorized under the terms of
bill introduced in the House to-
day by Representative Mary r.
Norton (D) of New Jersey, chair
man of the House District Com
mittee.
Mrs. Norton's bill would give
the District Commissioners au-
thority to widen the street be-
tween Monroe Street and Spring
Road. It is now a 4O-foot road
way in that section and the
Commissioners, who asked that
the bill be introduced, want to
widen it to so feet
Mrs. Norton said the land
which must be condemned for
the improvement should not cost
more than $4,000. Total cost
OF the project was not given.
The commissioners have said the
present asphalt and crowned
roadway is unsatisfactory but
should not be improved until
the street can be widened.
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
BALLOU IS GIVEN
LEAVE AGAIN

Four leaves of absence in as
many months is the record estab-
hshed since December 6, 1898, by
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superinten.
dent of District public schools.
Only yesterday, at the regular
semi-monthly meeting of the
Board of Education, DR.. Ballou
asked for his fourth leave for 10
days "for a rest" His request was
granted.
On these leaves, DR.. Ballou
attended the meeting at Cleve.
land, Ohio, of the National Edu.
cation Association, for one week:
attended to official business at
Rochester, N. Y, and attended
the convention of the Commission
of Investigation of History and
other Social Studies of the Ameri-
can Historical Association at
Princeton, N, ].
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
NOW READ ON
CHAPTER K.

81 love you, Pppn. Don't say haven't known you
long enough and can't be am Time doesn't
matter think of you day and night. You to
for me little. You glad when you're with me-
II glad I do love you It's been glorious going
around with you I'd be crushed if anything hurt
you but, Bill I'm not quite seventeen. I'm not ready
take life seriously.'
You said only the other day we feel as much now
we re going to feel"
II think that
"Pppn, I've strange feeling you love someone else.
Your keeping yourself for him. There's not another girl
in the whole world that wouldn't have kissed Only
all this time. And had to take it. You're not angry,
you?"
"It lovely.''
He caught her. With tears in his eyes, kissed her again
"There is else, Pippin?''
81 don't know, Bill. Yes, think I'm in love-terriby
in love but he doesn know anything about it. He's much
older and looks child. I've known him long,
long time He's far away He meets hundreds of
girls He's the type go crazy about You see,
Bill what chance I'd have with like that. Please
don't tell living soul.'
The boy gave Short unhappy laugh.
Wouldnt be odd, Pippin if lose you and you lose
him and the two of go lonely and cheated all through
life 90
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
Starlings Move
Out as Spring
Approaches

Whether they learned Con-
gress was to adjourn early or
decided spring was on it's way,
Capitol starlings are migrating
to unknown parts in the North.
Behind the departing flocks
fingers a small rear guard
which, Capitol officials hope,
soon will take after their
feathered brothers; a few rusty
automobile horns swinging in
the wind; and thousands Of
blank shells underfoot. relics Of
many a bloodlesS battle.
Visitors no longer scurry fur
lively from beneath columned
porticos and automobiles are
again parked close to towering
walls of the House and Senate
wings. Briefly. Capltol Hills re-
turning to norInalcy.
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
D.C.HEADS SLOW
ACTION ON
RELIEF
Will Make Decision After
Budget Hearing; Direct
Responsibility Seen

Definite action on proposed
changes in the control of local
welfare and relief units will be
taken by the District Commits
sioners soon after completion Of
the hearings on the District
budget, now in progress on Capt.
tol Hill.
This was learned today from
Commissioner George E. Allen,
who yesterday announced a plan
for the Capitalization of control
of relief work.
Under Mr.. Aliens plan the
Board Of Public Welfare would
become an advisory rather than
an administrative unit and the
control Of relief would be placed
in the hands of the Director Of
Public Welfare, who would be
directly responsible to the Com
missioners.
At present the Commissioners
are devoting all their time to
the budget hearings and have had
no time to perfect plans for the
new relief setup.
In the meantime the District
heads still are awaiting a rec
ommendation from the Board Of
Public Welfare as to a successor
to George S. Wilson, Director Of
Public Welfare, who has applied
for retirement March 20. Under
the law, the director is appointed
by the Commissioners on recon.
mendation of the board.
The Washington times., 1934-03-08

Pippin swept about and i'm
pulsively threw her arms about
Bills neck.
Don't say a thing like that,
Bill. I couldn't bear to feel
I'd made you really unhappy"
His hands clasped at her
waist. They were both so
young, SO brimming with emo
ton. And now, with the dark
flowing down from the tall
PreSidio trees and the sunset
putting flame on the waters,
they were poignantly aware of
a deep, romantic sadness.
The boy said: "I thought
you meant to kiss me, Pippin."
She reached up and met his
lips.
He said, holding her: That's
the most beautiful thing ever
happened to me-"
Pippin Promises
And he wanted her to prom
ise he'd be second choice and
that at least she wouldn't take
anyone else until he returned
to the city again.
II promise. Bill, you're sweet.
I'll always be happy I met you.
I think I'll always have a love
for you"
"This tree looks out on the
Golden Gate, Pippin. It stands
alone. Early tomorrow morn
ing when we steam out I could
see you if you came up here
and waveo a big white hand
kerchief. I'd be so happy. Will
you, Pippin?"
II will. I'll love to-"
All night the foghorns barked.
Pippin awakened and peered
from her window through the
gray obliterating mist. Trees
in the gardens, terracing the
steep hills to the waters
swayed darkly but the bay and
The Washington times., 1934-03-08

the hills across the Golden
Gate were completely hidden.
"It'S sad. I won't be able to
see him. It's ghostly sailing
off in a ship in this gray driz-
zle that makes everywhere seem
like nowhere"
Pippin stole from the house
at half past eight in the morn
ing. Bills ship would round
out of the harbor at nine. She
had her fathers binoculars and
could pick out the name,
pennsylvania" AS the gray,
sleek battleship nosed through
the straits, she lifted her arm
and waved the handkerchief.
She stared through the glasses.
Someone leaned over the rail
and waved q handkerchief
back.
"It's Bill. I see him! Good
by Bill. Can you see me?
Good-by-good-by!"
Doubts Arise
She waved until her arm was
exhausted end his face dimmed
(Continu, d on 2nd Comic Page
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
Red LghtHas
Meaning for
MOtOrman

If you have ever wondered what
a motorman thinks about life,
you might ask Archibald Will
liams. Mr.. Williams thinks life
can be pretty grim.
Only yesterday. Mr.. Williams
thought life very fair, indeed.
After being out of work for more
than a year, ne got a job as a
motorman. He had never been
a motorman before.
Shortly after he brought his
street car out of the barn on his
maiden trip, Motorman williams
was going nicely up Fourteenth
Street and passed a red light.
Policeman E. A HorSley gave
Mr.. Williams a ticket.
Today, Mr.. Williams failed to
appear in court. A warrant for
his arrest was issued. And that
is why, somewhere in this snow
swept community, Mr.. Williams
is thinking how grim motor
mans life can be.
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
Lewis "Dodsworth"

Seeing "Dodsworth" on the
stage brings Sinclair Lewis into
clearer focus than he has been
lately. The book from which the
play has been made is several
years old and probably marks
Lewis own turning away from
the savage attacks on American
businessmen. DodsWorth, obvi-
ously, is worth 10 of his wife,
who goes in for culture repre-
sented by blood and suave love.
making. In Work of Art" Lewis
has studied the DodSWorth char
acter again, the businessman
who loves his work, and made
him even more attractive.
Walter Huston is back from
the pictures to play the princi-
pal part; for the first time in my
experience I found an actor less
visible on the stage than on the
screen, although 10 times more
delicate. My private award in
the production goes to Miss Fay
Banter, who played one of the
most disagreeable parts superbly.
The Washington times., 1934-03-08
AAA Cracks DOlUn'
On Code ViOLatOrs

Determination of the Govern.
ment to "crack down" on violat-
ors of recovery program regula-
lions became apparent today
when the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration cited three firms
Il. different parts of the country
for alleged violation of marketing
agreements.
Two dairies in Chicago will be
given public hearings March IL
on charges of buying milk from
farmers at prices lower than those
Set by the milk pact for the ter
ritory A fruit farmers cooper
alive association in Washington
State was cited for violations of
It's license under an apple mar
keting agreement.