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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-13
ELK GRAND LODGE So. 600 IN RED
EDITORIALS
Negro Lynchers

PRESS DISPATCH &. told Of
the lynching Of coli q by
a mob Of colored people 4 =
Shreveport. La, recently.
lynching. the eleventh Of the We,
followed the pattern Of the tenth
lynching sShich took place in Miss
issippi just one week before. In
Mississippi a group of ignorant
whites beat a. aged Negro to bis
death with a strap.
According to the press dispatch
es from Shreveport the Negro vic
tim deserved lynching about as
much as most Of US deserve the
British open golf championship. He
is supposed to have been drinking
and to have forced his attentions
upon a oolored girl against her
wishes. He Is not reported as hav-
ing criminally ATTACKED her or ev-
en- as having attempted such an
attack. He Is said to have forced
her into an automobile, started the
car and then lost control Of It.
When the car rolled into a ditch
the girl was thrown out and be-
came unconscious.
For this group of Negroes
grabbed him. tied his hands. strip
ped him. tied him to d tree and
beat him to death with pine knots.
The sheriff. as usual, made no ar
rests.
WE HAVE COME to a pitiful
state Of affairs. when we who have
been the victims of lynch law for
generations, turn at this late date
to forming lynching mobs for the
punishment Of members Of our owp
race. God knows the law Is sew
ere enough on Negroes for them
never to worry about adequate
punishment FOR q crime.
These Negroes In Louisiana have
placed their stamp of approval up
on lynching. Whenever the poor
white crackers" happen to lynch a
Negro after this, they can argue
with perfect logic that lynching is
justified, that their Negroes APP
prove such punishment VINO can
answer them 2 The Negroes Of
Louisiana cannot say 3 "mumbl-
ing word. AS though Southern
whites did not have clubs enough
with which to beat Negroes about,
the black mob at Shreveport has
pressed another club Of oppression
into their hands. They have put
an official 20. K" on lyncning as
a punishment for crime.
It is doubtful If any more das-
tardly blow has been struck at the
Negro race than that delivered by
the black mob in Louisiana. There
is truth in the statement that, ''the
worst enemies of Negroes are the
Negroes themselves"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-13
DIAL OFF YOUR RADIO!

When the voice on your radio indecent epithets
applied to the Negro race, do three things:
FIRST-Tune that program
SECOND-JVrite immediately to me sponsor of
the program and protest
THIRD-Do not by products advertised by The
firms qohch selling TO inSuh you on The
air.
You the sole Judge of what insults you-nobody
compel you listen radio programs. Turn
off your set and advise your friends to do likewise
NeT0N rAIx 1T1rpi
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-13
IL Drown Crossing
River To Baptizing

TExARKANA, Ark. = Eleven
Negroes enroute to a baptizing ce-
remony drowned Sunday when the
boat in which they were crossing
Old River, Is miles northeast of
here, collapsed.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-09-13
Hospital Supt.

TULSA, Okla. (ANP)-Dr. B.
A. Waynes was appointed super
intendent of the colored county
hospital on East Pine Street, re-
Gently.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17

THE business in marbles is booming boys
= having bought 100000 this year.
The buggy whip trade too. is having nice
increase
Fifty million dollars were spent for dancing
lessons in 1882 to 1884; the snuff industry is
having bit of boom, with 40 900 900 pounds
output the last eight months
And a New York woman who started a
business selling lessons on charm" reports
veritable landslide of demand.
These are some of the odd items of business
improvement which L. E. McGivena, publicity
director of the New York Daily News, sprinkled
into some rather more significant figures on
business improvement in talking to the Gin
cinnati Advertisers Club.
1t is Mr. McGivena's business to look on
the optimistic side of the picture, but even
allowing something for an inherent or simu-
lated optimism. his talk brought message
that is sound.
In a word, he held that business men have
wasted lot of energy in hating NRA and in
damning the administration which could we'll
have gone into promoting business. The con-
sumner, he said. is optimistic is buying. He is
over the panic incidentally, he pointed out
that improved wages under NFA helped bust
ness, and NRA codes eliminated chiseling and
unfair price competition
Mr.. McGivena held that the business man
who keeps looking backward over his shoulder
to what the charts, graphs, business sur
veys say of the PAST. is overlooking bet.
did not know all about the old rules of the
game; they just worked hard, boosted business,
and have made success in the depression years.
These are great times for dumb guys"
commented Mr.. McGivena, who argued that if
the business man would figure that = can be
done rather than to moan about how awful
everything is. he, too, could go to town, like
the dumb guys. The latter just go after busi-
ness and forget all the lt-can't-be-done rules
of the old orthodox group, he held.
Marbles, buggy whips and charm" may
not be usual business barometers but along
with a lot of other items on the CHEEKY side
they prove that business is 10 be had-and that
it is being had by the go-getters
Even more significant to us about the spirit
of the public was he comment of a broker
friend who has never had a lighter outlook
than deep indigo in year or two
"Hows business?" we asked, rather antici-
pating mournful reply about the admins
tration driving everything to the dogs.
well. it's looking better" he replied.
astoundingly Seems like the little fellows
realize that pork is higher and that lot of
other things are going higher, They're buying.
And that is setting the wheels in motion.
Looks like this might keep up"
Maybe this depression is about over, with
the dumb guys" really the wise guys"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS
FOR TAKING COLD.
BY Hiram Lackey.

BY Hiram Lackey.
Eat heartily Of concentrated foods,
such as cheese and white bread.
Avoid fresh fruits, leafy vegetables
and the fatty foods containing vita
min A. Stay at the table until you
are uncomfortably full. Always be-
gin eating before you are hungry.
Ignore the problem of elimination
Drink sparingly of water.
Work hard. Stay up until late at
night and get up early. Avoid rest
Spend your evenings in hot,
stuffy crowded room. A cheap, ex-
citing movie crowded with persons
suffering with colds is a splendid
suggestion.
Before going to bed, take hot
bath to open the pores of the skin.
After the bath go directly TO bed
without drying your skin. Sleep
with as few covers as possible and
preferably in cold draft If you
do this with an overloaded stom-
ach the results should be crafty
ing.
If you wish to make your newly
found prize a lifelong possession.
the way is easy for a fool TO find
and follow.
Go to a drug store and buy a
heart depreSsant among the patent
medicines for colds. This medicine
win keep mother nature from fight
ing your beloved cold. It viii lower
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17

| ing, food, rent-are the prices cut
in half?
1t is not the greed of the worker
that brings about loss of prosperity;
it is greed of the manufacturers and
stockholders. The more they get,
the more they want.
In 1929 a working man could make
from $25 to 800 a week according to
his trade and not work half as
hard as he does today for $1450 to
$4,000.
Today the manufacturer has the
advantage Of low cost of labor and
material and approximately twice
the production a day work from
each man. He has one man now
doing the work that two or three
men did in 1929, and production is
still high. Still they say they can't
make any money. How can they
make any money if the laborer can't
buy his salt on the wages they pay?
say put men back to work at a
decent wage; give the manufacturer
a fair profit and watch us grow.
The government has bank exam
liners. 1t should have industrial ex-
aminers to go over the books of each
| corporation and only allow a per-
| centage of investment. That is. on
$4,000 business after all expenses
are paid a certain percentage Of the
original investment should be made.
That would mean that the president
Of the corporation would not be a
millionaire off of the investment and
the workers, the men who made
the money for him, get $14.50 a
week.
Why don't ants fight? Because all
they want is a place to sleep and
something to eat and little pleas
ure. That is all the working man
wants, but he can't have it on s14.5O
week. If you don't believe it,
try it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
THE HUMAN SIDE

THE need for building industrial security
reserves on nationwide scale during
good times is proved again by evidence in the
suit to test the conStitutionality of the new
railroad retirement act.
Part of the evidence is a series of case his
tory studies, made for the United States de-
partment of labor by DR.. Carter Goodrich, OF
1000 rail workers families. He records their
earnings during 1888 and their precarious life
on disasters edge.
The stories they tell are of educational
opportunities abandoned. health needs ne
elected. and of lives stripped bare of even the
most inexpensive forms of recreation and So
cial life" the report says. Frequently they
describe the crowding OF families into inferior
accommodations. and few Will fail to record
the use Of shabby clothing or TO note the items
OF a rough and meager diet. Even these
economies. moreover. we're not enough to
maintain the solvency Of this unusually stable
group of workmen."
Railroading is one Of the few of the coun-
organized and among the better paid normally.
Yet when depression arrived short time" be-
came almost universal" In 1882 two-thrds
had lived on less than 81 500. one-tenth on less
than $500. only IS per cent on as much as
81 $50. Cash savings were exhausted: one
half OF the families allowed insurance to
lapse; more than one-half went into debt
If among these "aristocrats of labor the
depression forced "a slow retreat from rela-
tive security toward restitution" what OF the
workers in the unregulated and unorganizeo
ndustries2 OF seasonal and marginal work
ers? OF the millions who lost their grip on
any job and became wards Of charity or pub
lie relief?
The task OF caring for the unemployed. the
injured. the aged is now generally recognized
as something which can not be evaded safely
or wisely. Social insurance is the most efficient
and cheapest way 70 90 the job.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17

tees report. Holding companies whether en-
ployed in the banking. public utility. or rail-
road field, have been catastrophe to the
American public"
All too often, the holding company Is
nothing more than device by which clever
promoter can gain control of widespread
properties through use OF other peoples money
1t may be very nice for the promoter, but it
has very little social usefulness.
Majority sentiment in the United States is
likely to agree with the senate committee in its
demand for strict federal regulation Of hold
ing companies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
NEVERTHELESS, HERE'S
YOUR LETTER

By LOWery.
The cartoon in Fridays issue was
backwards, it showed Coffin putting
his o. K. on Pritchard whereas it
should have shown McNutt putting
it on Kern or Minton. Why not be
fair? Are you ashamed Of Nc
Mutt? 1t should be an honor to
the Democratic party so use him in
some of your cartoons.
If you can't stand it, give another
a chance now and then. We all
read your paper and would be glad
to see a different type cartoon now
and then, probably drawn by
Protestant.
I'll bet this never finds the Mes
sage Center for feel like most Of
the articles are chosen but this is
my first try and I'm axious to see.
If amp portion of it is against your
rules, leave those particular words
out and print the remainder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17

BY R. F. Norris.
This year for the first time,
utilities are required to file spe-
ciaI annual report with the state
public service commission, show
ing financial transactions with
holding companies.
In the special report Of Indian
apolis Power and Light Company
there is information not hereto
fore given the public of how hold
ing companies make money out
of their controlled companies,
even though the controlled COM
pany may not show earnings.
According to this report the
Indianapolis Power and Light
Company paid the Management
and Engineering Corporation,
another company owned by the
same company that owns all the
common stock of the local light
company, for management or
supervisory fees the sum Of $221,-
340.47 which was ga per cent OF
operating revenue for the first
nine months Of 1888 less certain
expenses paid direct.
AS its gross income for the year
amounted to $8,698,91311 we must
conclude that the total for twelve
months amounted to 1926, 20924.
This is IS per cent of the amount
the company paid for state,
county and local taxes, and almost
half as much as it paid for coal.
AS the company paid S343, 805.61
in salaries during 1888 it appears
to me that this sum should at
least employ sufficient engineers
and managers to run an electric
plant without paying an additional
$326,20924 for management or
supervisory fees to a company in
Chicago. Without other explana-
ton it appears that this sum
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
ROOSEVELT CALLED
GREATEST MAN

By E. Fletcher.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is today the
greatest living man in leadership,
and no doubt the best loved man in
the world.
On March 4, 1882, this country
faced the darkest crisis it had ever
known or dreamed could be. Mil
lions we're starving regardless of
what his opponents might say to
the contrary.
These millions consisted of fan1i-
lies who had always been honorable
and industrious. Their patience was
exhausted and anything might have
happened during a crisis had it not
been that these persons hopes were
placed in the ability Of that great
man who had promised that no
man, woman or child in this coun-
try should go hungry.
During the early stages Of his
plans, he told the country that if
the plans failed, no doubt it would
have much greater radicalism to
deal with
The people of this country usu-
ally change situations that are I'M
favorable by ballot, as was demon
strated when they registered their
opinion in the 1882 election.
The administrators plans are
workable and will work if carried
out in an unselfsh way by all con-
cerned, and if not carried out, the
masses of this country will turn
to some form of government such
as Communism or the men in
charge of governmental affairs will
have to declare a dictatorship in
order to avoid a Red government.
The easiest and most sensible way
out is for the selfish interests that
are trying to block the plans of the
administration to realize that the
millions, one might say, 81 per cent
Of the population, who have Moth
ing whatsoever, are not going back
to the starvation period again.
If present plans are foiled, the
masses either will vote into power
a Communistic, Socialistic or some
very radical form of government,
or they will, in an unorganized form,
raise so much hell that a dictator
ship will be declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17

THE real significance of the Sinclair cam
Il paign in California can not be appraised
merely by a study Of his EPIC" plan.
Consideration must be given to the record"
with EPIC" as only one incident in a long
list Of his heated enthusiasms.
No other man living within our range Of
observation, has been so prolific of Causes
causes that waxed and waned.
The best description we ever have seen was
written by H. L. Mencken many years ago.
In the third series of "Prejudices." published
by Alfred Knopf in 1922 Mencken Classics
Sinclair psychologically as tender minded"
Hence. his penehant for sure cures. Hence
his faith at one time or another in everything
from Fletcherism to the belief that odd num-
bers written on a sheet Of paper are full of
negative electricity, and even numbers Of posi-
tive electricity. And hence his instability, as
fad treads on fad. and the flaming belief Of
today gives way to the equally sizzling en-
thusiasms Of tomorrow. OF Sinclair, Mencken
writes:
i remember with great JOY the magazine
that he used to issue during the war. In the
very first issue he advocated Socialism. the
League Of Nations, the CONSUMPTION of wealth.
government ownership of coal mines, sex
hygiene and free trade.
In the next issue he added the recall OF
judges, Fletcherism, the Gary system the
Montessori method, paper-bag cookery, war
gardens and the budget system.
In the third he came out for sex hygiene,
one big union. the initiative and referendum.
the city manager plan, chiropractic and
esperanto
In the fourth he went to the direct pri-
mary fasting the third International federal
divorce law, free motherhood hot lunches for
school children, prohibition, the vice crusade,
expressionismus, the government control of
newspapers, deep breathing. international
courts, the fourteen points, freedom for the
Armenians, the limitation of campaign eX-
penditures, the merit system, the abolition of
the New York Stock Exchange, psychoanalyss,
crystal-gazing, the little theater movement the
recognition of Mexico, vers libre, old age pen
sions, unemployment insurance, cooperative
stores. the endowment of motherhood, the
characterization of the immigrant, mental
telepathy, the abolition of grade crossings, fed
eral labor exchanges proft-sharing in indus
try, a prohibitive tax on poms the cleanup
paint-up campaign, relief for the Jews, osteop-
athy mental mastery and twilight sleep. And
SO on, and so on"
1t is of such stuff that Sinclair is made.
And in it you find his weakness. His engine
is racing forever.
His present strength in California is due
to the vast desire of an economically sick peo-
pie for a cure, a people sick from the long
years of depression, and sick also of the states
reactionary political leadership Sinclair may
win, or he may lose. but one thing he already
has accomplished. He has made the standpat
Republicans. and the vested interests of Cali
fornia realize at last that let EN- eat cake"
attitude toward the under privileged in time
begetS a dangerous reaction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
Capital Capers
BY GEORGE ABELL

OPTIMISTIC Senior L. M. De Seuza Dantas,
~ Brazilian ambassador to Paris and dean OF
diplomats in the French capital, who sips daily
tomato Juice cocktails and thinks the coffee
market is improving, recently spent twenty-four
hours in Washington.
With him came his wife, the former Mrs.
Elise Stern of San Francisco, sister of Eugene
Meyer, publisher of the Washington Post. She
looks very chic, very Parisienne-a symphony of
black satin and pearls.
What will you have?" asked the hotel bar
man.
Nothing for me-" said Nine. Dantas.
I'm jus de tomato" said Envoy Dantas.
. He explained in excellent French:
Alas, speak no Engish Principally lazi-
ness. I've been in the diplomatic service for
thirty-seven years. and everywhere I've been able
to get away with French and Spanish"
Over the trimming tomato juice cocktail, His
Excellency discussed America. Brazilian coffee
French opera, and commercial treaties.
DantaS is SO, but seems 40. The hotel clerk
described him as short, stout gentleman with
a gray hat" Add polka dot tie, an engaging
personality and a sense of humor. He has seen
service in all parts of the world, including Ar
gentina and Russia-but the United States
Il never saw anything like it," he marvelled.
DO you recall Charpentier's opera Louise, and
that famous aria sung by Louise, which goes:
I am still completely gddy? Well, like her, I'm
still completely gddy."
The skyscrapers of New York. Mon Dieul
A few sips of tomato juice.
1T must have taken giants to build a city
like New York"
More tomato juice
Imagination is not sufficient to enable one
to visualize the United States. This is not a
nation-its a world! Absolutely different from
Europe One might be on another planet"
Dantas finished his tomato juice, concluded:
The United States is certainly the greatest
and most wonderful manifestation of the work
and intelligence of contemporary man."
Note-After viewing the Washington Post
launching with Publisher Meyer, and the Brazilian
ambassador and Nine. Araha, the visitors
boarded a train for the west. They will visit
Mrs Dantas' family in San Francisco, returning
to Paris the end of the north.
THERE is a new financial counselor at the
i Argentine embassy-a clever, witty individual
like most Argentines).
His name is Ceferino Alfonso Trigoyen.
A friend asked:
And how do you like your new duties?"
Well" smiled Trigoyen. Il can at any rate
guarantee to pay myself for my services at the
end Of the month"
CPEAKING of Argentines, Senior Eduardo
- (Rubio) Vivot yesterday celebrated his -
birthday. AS to age, Ruoio is like the Sphynx.
No one knows whether he is 25 or 40 The indie
terminate pink color of his hair gives solution
How many candles, then shall We put on
your birthday cake?" inquired friends.
Use your own judgment" replied Rubio.
They used single candle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17

and a good one. He is not and
never was associated in anyway with
the Khan. He served five years as
Americanization chairman of the
Department Of Indiana, veterans Of
Foreign Wars and was the organizer
and founder of that organization.
I just wonder where Mr.. Adams
was during the World war? If he
had made half the sacrifice in the
war that Mr.. Gresham did I am
not so sure he would think the war
was over.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17

your fever, tend to stop your head
ache and remove that general I'M
pleasant feeling which is an indica-
ton that nature is trying to throw
of your cold. This will enable you
to continue your regular work until
your cold becomes chronic.
Do not talk to a physician because
he would tell you to go to bed. This
might discourage you.
Follow directions until your body
grows stiff. Have your friends
place you in pine box and garnish
with flowers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-17
Hon. Holding Companies Make Money

amounting to almost $1,000 a day
is just one Of many leaks, known
to holding companies, of how to
drain profits from operating COM
panies and to cover up profits.
If this arrangement has been in
force during the life of the COM
pany six years and eleven months,
then we consumers have paid APP
proximately S2,5OO,OOO into this rat
hole leading to Chicago that
should stay in indianapolis.
This no doubt IS efficient man
agement for the owners of COM
mon stock.
We also paid the same company
$42,584.07 for reimbursement of
expenses incurred in behalf of the
Indianapolis Power and Light
Company.
There was still another item of
$8,432.55 paid to the parent cor
poration for transfer agent fees
and expense for issuing certificates
and dividend checks. Why could
not the work be performed by
good bookkeeper in indianapolis?
1t appears that we have paid the
holding company approximately
100000 of our money on an aver
age each year for management
and engineering services.
What would the Indiana Tax
payers League or tax bureau of
the Indianapolis Chamber of
Commerce have to say if our city
officers would contract with them
selves for this amount under
municipal ownership. 1t helps to
explain why we pay higher rates
for electricity than Anderson, Lo-
gansport, Richmond, Crawfords-
vile, Ft. Wayne and Mishawaka
and why some of these cities pay
very little or no city property tax
as result Of profits derived from
operation of municipal plants.