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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
NATIONAL HONOR

WHEN President Roosevelt signs the reve-
w nue. bill he viii send to congress a mes
sage saying that he refrained from a veto Of
the measure despite his objections to its
obnoxious cocoanut oil tax.
He will say that he felt he could not,
merely because of thai one provision, sacri-
flee all of the other important tax reforms
and revenue increases contained in the bill.
He will ask congress to reconsider the oil
tax. He will point out to congress that the
oil tax is a d~ishonorable tax in that it violates
both the spirit and letter Of the Philippine
independence law. He will ask that congress
do the fair thing by resembling this destruc-
tive tax and standing by the solemn pledge
that has been made to the people OF the
Philippines.
When the President has spoken we shall
see whether congress fears selfish lobbyists
more than it respects American honor. Con-
gress should pass a joint resolution eliminat-
ing this tariff-tax.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
JOKE ON THE JOKER

TT would be a good thing if practical jokers
everywhere could read what happened
to the gentleman in East Aurora. N. Y, who
thought it would be fun to play a little trick
on some newly-married friends of his.
His friends were just starting on their
honeymoon. So this chap notified the state
police that the car they were riding in had
been stolen.
This is an old gag, among practical jokers.
guaranteed to cause the victims of the joke
a good deal of annoyance and humiliation;
and in this case it worked perfectly.
However. when the perpetrator finally ad-
mitted that it was all a joke, the police failed
to see anything funny in it: and then took
the joker into court, where he was promptly
fined $50 for being a nuisance.
The world would be a ~pleasanter place if
that sort of thing happened to practical jokers
more frequently.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
WEALTH DISTRIBUTION
FIGURES PRESENTED
j. T. Watkins

Dy j. L.. watkins.
Completion Of the Union Pacific
railroad in 1866 proved rc the build
ers that if they only had a presi-
dent that knew nothing Of civil
government they could easily get
possession Of the patrimony belong
ing to the people Of the United
States.
The Union Pacific railroad was built
under the Credit Mobilier swindle.
The United States gave the builders
every alternate section for miles on
both sides Of the railroad from
Omaha to San Francisco, 1876
miles, making a territory of more
than $4,000 square miles, one and
one-third times as large as Indiana,
and S55, 900, 900.
IN 1868 they nominated General
Grant for President, a man who
knew nothing of civil government,
and elected him, and in 1872 they
nominated him again and elected
him.
In 1876 Tilden and Hendricks
were elected by an overwhelming
majority and were counted out and
Hayes and Wheeler declared elected
by the renowned eight to seven.
To show the condition of the coun-
try in the early seventies, Charles
Dickens visited the American con-
gress and went back to England
and told the English people the
American congress was a drunken
rabble.
The proper authorities inyesti-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
DECLARES BOARD
IGNORES VOTE

By Mrs. H. Kahn.
No doubt every one is tired Of
reading about the Real Silk strike,
but 1 must add a few words. 1 am
not an employe of this company,
but I know only too we'll Of some
of the deals received by the en-
ployes.
When the labor board handed
down it's decision in favor of the
so-called E. M. B. A., why did it
utterly ignore the National and
Fulton mills, which have no E. M.
B. A. or any other company union2
BY the way, Mr.. Goodman, I
have known you personally for a
number of years and read Friday
such naughty stories about how
much cheaper you can get your
work manufactured in other cities.
Why, Jack, how car you?
I know you have enough money
to buy victory for yourself, Mr..
Goodman. AS a matter of fact, you
r trying to buy this whole town,
and the people in it-body and
soul.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
A PIONEER PASSES

TIME seems to move fast, on the North
American continent. The day before YES
terday is antiquity; an empire can be built in
a generation, and a mans lifetime can span
changes that take centuries elsewhere.
You can hop in a car nowadays and drive
anywhere in the west that once was wild
without the slightest danger of anything worse
than running out of gas a long way from a
filling station.
And yet it was only the other day that
Major General Hugh L. Scott died; and Cen
eral Scott fought the Indians across that
limitless stretch, and knew the western trails
in the days when a man risked his scalp to
follow them.
His life was a long one-he died at the age
of 80; and, yet. as the lives of nations go, it
was short enough. and the changes which he
saw and helped to bring about simply empha-
size anew a fact that We sometimes forget
that We are. after all. a very young nation.
and that our future is ahead of us.
The things that have happened to us in
the depression years sometimes make US think
and talk as if We had reached an extreme old
age. We look back on a golden era, and We
trace the evolution of our industry and our
social system as if We were a very ancient
people that had somehow reached the end of
a very long trail.
We have come to some sort of fork in the
road and We carry on as if We had got to
the end Of all things.
So 1t pays us to look back and see how
short our national career has really been.
General Scott went west, a young West
Pointer. in 1876. Custer was newly dead at
the Little Big Horn; the west was afame
with angry tribesmen; the country had not
even finished the job Of c~ivilizing and paci-
flying its western borders. 1t was, in other
words. still on the threshold Of its youth.
Now that far-off time was less than sixty
years ago. Since then we hardly have had
time to do more than lay the foundations for
our future.
We could make no greater mistake than
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05

when the present governmental set
up no longer functions efficiently.
May I ask G. H. Davis to be Spe-
ciflc? Wherein has President RooSe-
welt, acted as a benevolent despot?
I do not believe that he has.
In what manner has the Consti-
tuition been disregarded or the con-
stitutional limits been infringed
upon by the present Congress,
courts, or administration officials?
Please stop dealing in g%eneralities,
Mr.. Davis, and stick to things which
you can prove; or, are you choosing
to emulate DR.. Writ?
1 will admit that the present adj
ministration has sought to place the
true government Of the people in
Washington where it belongs, and
not in Wall Street where it has
functioned in years gone by. Per-
haps Mr.. Davis objects to this pro-
cedure. Are the Wall Street bank
ers and brokers, perchance, the
masters and creators that G. H. Da-
Wis had reference to in his letter?
My faith and support continues
for President Roosevelt and the
present administration. I am hop
ing they will succeed in bringing our
country quickly out of the depres-
sion, despite the opposition to the
new deal coming from radicals,
Communists, and the reactionary
special-privileged group which is
afraid it will lose special privileges.
Let is hope the Constitution will
function as a bill Of equal rights for
every one and not as a shield for
the selfish activities Of a limited
group.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
Capital Capers
MAY DAY brought no riots to Washington,
wi unless it be riots of color.
GEORGE E

May DAY brought no riots to Washington,
I'VE unless it be riots of color.
Brilliant red and white marques added a
bright touch to the White House south lawn
where Mrs. Roosevelt entertained at a picnic
for members of the Senate Ladies Luncheon
Club-ninety guests.
Vivid yellow irises glowed on the desk of
Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes.
Silver-haired Governor Paul Pearson of the
Virgin Islands wore a suit which was (o quote
Southey) blue, darkly, deeply, beautiful blue!'
Ambassador Saito of Japan took a little ride
among the couleur de rose cherry blossoms (of
which, strangely enough, he is not yet tired
wearing a cinnamon brown hat and socks to
match.
A Venetian crimson tie encircled the neck of
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chap
man.
The ebony-hued mustachios of Senator Luiz
de Munoz-Marin. liberal leader of Puerto Rico,
were dipped into a glass of Scotch instead of
his usual DaiquiriS Guiz prefers Scotch while
in Washington.
Gold-wasser sparkled at the German en-
bass. as Herr Doktor Hans Luther, tbs German
ambassador, entertained at a reception for the
Teutonic colony.
CMARTLY attired in dove-colored fannels
- with a dappled lining, Judge Harry Payer,
eX-asSiStant secretary Of state and and counsel
to the RFC, departed fashily for his home in
Cleveland.
Olive-skinned Pablo Campos-Ortiz, Mexi-
can counselor, returned from a six weeks visit
in Mexico City, sporting a sapphire-hued hand
kerchief.
a Chinese-white shirt was worn by spec
tacled Minister SEE of China, who never favors
Mandarin red.
Governor Blanton Winship of Puerto Rico
breezed into town, bearing a colorful anecdote
with him. Just before leaving The island, Gov
ernor Winship ga years ODD signed an official
proclamation calling or all inhabitants to rally
round in an homage to old age-"Homenaje a Ia
Vejez."
His c~erulean blue uniform packed in moth
balls, Colonel Emanuel Lombard of the French
embassy, left for New York to greet the sword
Of General Lafayette CARRYING on the lie de
France) and present it officially to the Lafayette
Exhibit in Manhattan.
Glossy in sapphire-blue evening clothes, the
retiring ambassador Of Brazil, Senior de Lima
e Silva, was an honor guest at a dinner given
by Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman.
Mr.. Fred Sackett, former ambassador to
Germany. was glimpsed in the Mayfower lounge,
a symphony in checked cravat and beige coat,
reminiscent Of his recent visit to his old Ken
lucky home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
DUPLICATE TAXES

nNE of the reasons local taxes have been
piling up-perhaps the most important
reasons that taxing authorities have been
created too freely.
First the city, then the county. then
drainage districts. school districts, sewer dis
tricts, and so on. On top of the taxes levied
by these subdivisions of government are the
federal taxes. In Mobile, Ala, for instance,
gasoline is taxed by four separate authorities,
including the federal government.
Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau's
proposed national tax conference this summer
may be the means for bringing some order out
Of his general chaos; it may set us on the
road toward a national tax system.
But this can not be done, we believe, unless
there is also a wide reorganization of local
governments.
In many states there are too many coun-
ties. In others the consolidation of city and
county would straighten out part of the mess.
There are school and drainage and other dis
tricts-almost all of them empowered to levy
taxes-which should be merged in some CEN
trail local power.
The movement toward reorganization of
local governments is heartening. 1t should
be pushed even further, particularly in the
south and southwest, in conjunction with the
move to institute a national tax system, with
fields of taxation divided among cities, states
and the federal government.
When this is done, taxpayers will receive
sons of the relief they have been seeking for
years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
SATURDAY MAY 5 1894
A LETTER FROM HOME

A FEW months ago they were saying that
a stock market regulation bill never could
pass congress.
Wall Street was ov~erweening in its conf
dence, despite the shocking revelations Of
financial racketeering by the senate banking
committee.
Today the fight Of President Roosevelt for
regulation to protect the investor is more than
half won. The house has passed a strong bill
and yet a fair bill that no honest broker,
banker or business man need fear-by an
overwhelming majority. Victory in the senate
now seems assured.
The President has received no greater
tribute than his triumph in the house. This is
not only because it shows that the public, the
great masses who voted for him, still stand
staunchly behind him, but because this par
ticular bill was selected for a test by the old
financial crowd in their attempt to break
through the Roosevelt front lines.
The latter have suffered a complete rout,
in spite of such a lobby as the capital has
not seen in many years.
The result in the house reveals the public
support of the President because hen that
body spoke SO convincingly it merely echoed
the people back home. This is an election year.
Congressman have their very sensitive an
tennae delicately attuned in the political ether.
Only eighty-four members dared to vote
against the President.
The New York Stock Exchange drummed
up a backfre from the home town banker, the
business man. the stock broker, and the in
nocent job holde who was scared into taking
pen in hand. Much ink was used in copying
the forms sent out far and wide by the lobby
centered here. In most cases the writer's knew
nothing whatever about the bill.
But along Will all these tons of mail was
the bonafde letter from home.
1t did the trick.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
THOSE GOOD DEEDS
OF OMISSION
BY Georre Gould Kline

By George Gould Kline.
The Times is to be congratulated
for some things it does not do.
It does not attempt to deceive
the public by headlines misinter-
preting its news items.
1t does not prostitute its freedom
to express its views by denying an
equal freedom to its readers.
1t does not assume the total ig-
norance Of its readers by tossing
catch phrases into the editorial
scales, adding a few conclusions and
announcing the result with a parti-
san fist on the scales in plain sight.
1t has not defended the lying,
cheating, trickery and greed of I'M
fair competition, sweat shop and
child labor, as attacked by the NRA.
1t has not defended that attitude
toward the victims Of the depres-
sion which was expressed in the
well-remembered words, lust sweat
it out" and sit might be worse"
It has not opposed efforts to re-
lieve the unfortunate on the ground
that it was not a federal obligation
and the national debt should not
be increased except in time Of war.
1t has not defended grand scale,
loaded dice gambling with the coun-
try's wealth, nor the unloading Of
worthless foreign securities on small
banks and investors for a commits
sion.
1t has not opposed efforts to pre-
vent the Samming Of bank doors on
the peoples savings.
It has not opposed the control Of
the dollar, and Of credit, by the ma
tional government. instead Of by
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
THE DAVISES HOLD
OPPOSITE VIEWS
By Charles 5. Davis

BY Charles 5. Davis.
A letter written by Charles Hail
Davis appeared in the Message Cen
ter April %, and since then a num-
Der Of my acquaintance have
questioned me concerning this let
ter. I wish to state that 1 do not
hold the same views as expressed
by G. H. Davis.
The supposed educator, DR.. Writ,
utterly violates my conception of
honor and fair play in his betrayal
of the hospitality and confidence
of his hostess and fellow guests.
Six reputable persons have sworn
under oath that William A. Writ
"a Writ TO the wise is sufficient
accused them falsely,
G. H. Davis seems somewhat con-
fused in his political philosophy.
In accusing the present admin
istration Of trying to arrive at four
separate and individually distinct
ends, he makes himself absurd.
Surely he realizes the government
can not be Socialist. Communist
and Fascist all at the same time.
Congress, the President, and the
courts always have been on trial
before the people of our republic;
yes. even the Constitution itself.
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Wall Street, nor opposed moving
the government back where it be-
longs.
1t has not pretended that period
ical depresSions we're inevitable con-
sequences Of the laws Of nature,
nor has it offered 100000 paupers
the consolation that it was the I'M
alterable will of God.
To enumerate all the things The
Times has not defended would be
to enumerate all the ruthless, vile
and immoral practices, SC far I'M
covered, by which the cunning
cheat the ignorant and unwary, and
the strong rob the weak. On be-
half of the hopeless ones and the
simple ones Who are now grateful
for six feet Of sod, and in memory
of all those who have taken their
own lives, we can justly thank one
newspaper in indianapolis for what
it has not done.
And may we express the hope
that The Times will be welcomed in
every home in Indiana where there
are true believers in a stronger,
more militant and useful Church Of
Christ.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
STILL WORKING DOESN'T
APPROVE STRIKE

By a Loyal Employe.
The knitters at the Real Silk mad
good jobs and made more money
than the average working mar in
indianapolis, and yet they walked
out. Instead, they should nave
been down on their knees, praying
to God for having so much for
which to be thankful. We who still
are working are not doing it for our
health, but because we need and
thoroughly appreciate our jobs.
AS far as the management pro-
tecting its workers is concerned, that
proves how fair and square the en-
ployes at the Real Silk are treated.
WI all have a right to our opin-
ions, but I wonder how some of
the trouble-makers can think they
are right. I can not imagine any
thing more yellow" than for q.
bunch of strikers attacking one man.
Not only that, but it isn't safe for
the working girls now.
How can any one find anything
honorable in such conduct?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
OFFICE A

BY a Reader
I desire to call attention to the
Importance of voting for county
commissioners and of placing the
right men in the Office. They r to
the county what the mayor is to the
city.
The candidates names appear we'll
toward the end of the ballot and
often we r SO engroSsed with other
offices that we do not vote or are
negligent in voting or do not give
serious consideration as to the men
we are voting for.
The county commissioners prepare
the annual budget, award con-
tracts for supplies and equipment,
manage several county institutions,
play a prominent part in road work,
administer the old-age pension law
and generally supervise various
branches of the county's business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05

Between 1920 and 1929 more than $40, OOO,-
900, 900 worth Of foreign loans were f1oated in the
United States.
These figures bear out we'll enough the con-
tentiOn of the communities relative to the eX-
tensive investment of capitalistic countries in
overseas areas. 1t is also most certainly true
that new areas for further colonization and eX-
ploitation are now practically at an end. Like
wise; foreign markets are likely to become more
and more restricted.
Wholesale f~otations of billions of dollars of
foreign bonds are also probably a thing of the
past. Even in the United States investment in
foreign bonds has all but ceased. If capitalism
depends upon ever expanding foreign markets
and greater expectation of capital abroad, then
the outlook is dark indeed.
The fact is, however, that it is finance
capitalism, directed by the great investment
bankers, which requires foreign investment and
exploitation for its continued existence. The
great moguls Of predatory finance have been
behind the export of capital. 1t is probably
true that the contraction of foreign markets and
investments may spell the doom of finance
capitalism.
THIS is something however, which one who
Il wishes to save capitalism should greet with
great shouts of joy. Finance capitalism is the
undying and implacable enemy of any new
capitalism" which may be based upon adequate
purchasing power and the interests of con-
sumers. The death of finance capitalism is the
only thing which can breathe the breath of life
into our p~aralyzed industrial capitalism.
1t is this finance capitalism which is respon-
sible for the fact that over $4,000, 900, 900 of our
investments abroad, exclusive of war debts, now
are in default. The whole story is told in its sad
details in Max Wunklers Foreign Bonds: An
Autopsy"
The same group is also responsible for the
fact that our social income has been diverted
from proper eWard to workers and farmers into
speculative profits for the few who can not con-
sumo any large part of their gains and, hence,
are unable to keep the wheels of industry turn
ing.
Industrial capitalism, however, does not re-
quire foreign investments of markets for its
very existence. If the masses are given a decent
share of the social income, they will have enough
purchasing power to provide a sufficient and
dependable home market.
But any such distribution of the social in
come requires economic vision and statesman
ship upon the part of those who control our
economy. Thus far, this does not appear to be
forthcoming. 1t is this point which the COM
munists should seize upon if they wish to find
the most vulnerable aspect of contemporary
capitalism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05

BY a Man.
Who are the organizers of the
r~eactionary organization called
the Associated Business Builders?
No need to question their aim as
it is very plain. The gauntlet is
thrown down.
When a man works to further
the ends of employer organiza-
tons, such as the Chamber of
Commerce or manufacturers as
sociations, he is called an organ
izer. When he works to further
the ends of employe %organiza-
tons such as American Fedora
ton of labor unions, he is called
a dangerous, paid, radical agitator.
Why do the words of these labor
organizers fall on such fertile ma
terial? Surely the workers in In
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/ whoIy diSapprove of what you sag and will
defend to the death your right to sag it-Voltaire.

gated and found that 3 per cent Of
the population had 80 per cent Of
the wealth or in other words, 8 per
cent Of the people had nine times
as much as 81 per cent of the popu-
lation.
The few plutocrats got possession
Of the timber, coal, iron, zinc,
copper, lead; in fact everything the
government owned and they have
gradually got possession Of the
wealth Of the country until now
l per cent of the population has
81 per cent of the wealth or l per
cent of the population has % per
cent more of the wealth than SO
per cent of the people have.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
Associated Business Builders on Pam

dianapolis have such a high
standard of living that such talk
would not interest them-I Won
der? If employers have no respon-
sibility to the employees then that
responsibility must be assumed by
labor unions or the government.
We now hear the cry, Business
does not have to stay in Indian
apolis. If you mistreat it, it can
go to build up some other city
free from these a%gitators."
If low wages and misery is the
price that we must pay to keep
business in indianapolis, that
price is too high. Better log cabins
founded on happiness in a wilder
ness than slums founded on
misery in a big city. Old man
lassez faire still is struggling.
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Song for Love
BY ELLEN BETTY

He kissed me!
For just a moment, then, the world
stopped turning,
The very breeze hung breathleSs,
then, with yearning.
Oh. 1 shall not forget
No matter what may come to me,
In guise CT pain or ecstasy,
From now till life'S sunset;
This thought will follow down the
years,
To lift my soul and stay my tears
He kissed mel