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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
THE TRAPPING FEET

A RE We about to hear the tramping feet of thou
n sands of children along the paths that lead to
industryS door?" asks the National Child Labor
Committee in its annual report
The question, even at this season for childhood
JOY, is in order.
The report discloses that in September in New
York City 1923 permits for ful-time work were
granted to children IA and Is years DID, compared
with only 800 in 1884. From North Carolina comes
a report that by the end of August children under
16 drifting into the textile mills in spite of
efforts of the state labor department to persuade
employers to hire only adults. The Indiana Indus
trial Board reports "a noticeable increase" in chill
drens age certificates and in industrial injuries to
minors This past summer the California Assembly
passed resolution urging diligence in enforcing the
school code in view of the fact that child labor in
this state exists at an appalling rate"
: What picture in land where nearly II mil
lion adults walk the streets in idenesss
America resents the curse of child labor and
Snows it must be treated nationally. During the
brief two years of industrial ethics under the codes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14

employers were glad to join in crushing It, But now
that the Schechter decision has pinoned the Fed
eral arm, certain lawess elements among employ
ers, apparently, are swinging back to the practice
Of hiring children because their toll be bought
more cheaply.
The present situation recalls the sudden upturn
in child labor abuses that followed when the SUI
preme Courts 5-to-4 decision in the Hammer
Dagenhart case ruled the first Federal child labor
law unconstitutional in 1917
Unless" the child labor committee, there
has been complete change in human nature we
may expect that the of good times will bring
an increase in the number of children employed"
Pending before the states is the Child Labor
Amendment. Only "a states have ratified. If the
Federal government is stopped by the courts from
outlawing this disgrace then the states must give
Congress specific power to act. Only ~ more states
needed.
AS Phillips Brooks says, civilization of any
country marches on the feet of its children" Let
US stop their march through industry's gates
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14

average hens egg. 1t was laid by a
singlecomb Rhode Island Red
owned by S. T. White of Corvallis,
Ore.
Q-How much was expended on
public school education in the
United States in 1888, 1884, and
1895?
A-The National Education Asso-
citation estimates the total expend-
itures for public school education
in 1888 as S1,889 $50 900; in 1884 as
S1,799 100000; and the probable
amount for 1885 as $1,842, 581 900.
Q-Where and when was pretty
Boy Floyd. who was associated with
the Dillinger gang, killed? Was he
married?
Ale was shot and killed on 2
farm about miles north of Eas.
Liverpool, O., Oct. %, 1884. He was
married twice. His first wife di-
vorced him and his second wife left
him, taking their small son with
her.
Q-Where was the movie, The
Call of the Wild" produced.
AIN Hollywood, except for To-
cation scenes made y or Mount
Baker. Wash
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
Questions and Answers

Inclose a Scent stamp Tor reply
when addressing any question Of fact
or information to The Indianapolis
Times Washington Information Bureau.
Legal and medical advice can not be
given, nor can extended research be
undertaken. Be sure all mail is ad-
dressed to The indianapolis Times Wash
ington Bureau, Frederick NJ. Kerby,
Director, 1913 Thirteenth-st. N. W..
Washington, d. C.
Q-What was the value of farm
property in the United States in
1910, 1920 and 1890?
A-1910, s40,991 ,449 900; 1920, ST.
923. 652, 900; 1880, S57,245, $4,000.
Q-What is the total national
wealth of the United States?
A-The estimate for 1882 was
s247. 300, one, 600.
Q-What is the record size for a
mems egg?
A-What is believed to be the
largest hens egg came into the pos
session of the Poultry Department
of the Oregon Agricultural College.
It weighed IL ounces and measured
81 by IL inches in circumference,
five times the circumference Of an
ordinary egg. 1t was about Az
inches long, or twice as long as the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
SATURDAY. DECEMBER IA 193s
DECLARATIONS OF WAR

M OFE than two thousand LOCAL officers from IN
oaha counties and townships showed bv res
oluUonS at their convention yesterday that thew in
'e'u " resist abolition of their jobs and power
Ahey served notice that they intend to Use their
united lobbying powers on the Legislature to nre-
'eH' consultation of local units They denied that
cohsohdation would reduce taxes and thew accuse
'iie SCate administration of being over-manned
mere we have declaration of war One side ;s
on record to defend the status quo. the other e
committed to legislation which would change it.
Inc sincerity and industry of MANY of these
community officials who are fighting for their ,ohs
can not be questioned. We know number of them
VINO through the depression, have given faithfr,
ana intelligent service out of proportion to their
meager salaries.
Inc some thousands of local officers have ar
cused the Governor of trying to set up dictatorship
IN winch there would be no local authority On the
other hand, political scientists in many leading
states agree that the local unit should be en1arped
IN accordance with easy transportation and rand
communication
1t will be a hard problem for the General Assem-
Oily ana one that probably will not be solved with
out rancor The situation suggests the need for the
gradual introduction of reforms, not Wholesale
tearing down
We have obsolete units which should be eln,i
mated and too many public employees who should be
looking for private work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
is 1T SUNSHINE?

A LL-AMERICA football selections this year show
pronounced veering to the South and the
West. The discussions of the various pickers agree
that it isn't so much matter of coaching any more
but matter of material AS Bernie herman of
Minnesota stated recently you must have the cards;
and cards, in football are the players.
Some observers contend that the sunshine of the
South tends to produce bigger and better football
players.
We do not agree with this Outstanding STAN
ford players who have taken their team to the Rose
Bowl twice came from the East and prepared at
Kiski a prep school in Pennsylvania
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
OTHER OPINION
Button, Button
Hammond Times]


You may remembmer the old
game, Button, Button, Who's Got
the Button? The person who got
the button was the goat.
A modern craze of button, but
ton" has been going on of late years
in the special and class tax move
ment.
One of the first and biggest but
tons" was sewed onto motorists
when the gas tax went like case
of measles from coast to coast. The
insurance industry has come in for
It's turn with various special taxes.
The electric companies have them.
There are special food and other
taxes and many laws and proposals
on up to the share the wealth
plan which is just another class tax
idea.
The chain stores are in for it now
in many states with special class
taxes on them, levied or proposed.
The trouble is that there are
plenty of buttons" to go around
Politicians pockets are just full OF
them and they would rip them of
their clothes, if necessary.
Maybe you haven't been passed a
button" yet with class tax on
your business, but you may get one
any day.
Think it over the next time a tax
is proposed that will hit only the
other fellow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14

capable of giving any real informa-
ton about the plan or any facts
connected with it. 1t is not exactly
prudent for one of this kind to de-
nounce a plan which has been de-
clared sound and workable by such
a prominent economist as Roger
Babson. There are reasons for the
feeling that it would be too good to
be true, but never could there be a
sincere objection to it if it will do
what is claimed. Instead of de-
nouncing something good just be-
cause it seems too good, why not
investigate the facts and help
humanity toward a goal we all
must admit is to be desired?
Too many have the idea that the
5000 a month is strictly a pension
to old folk. This is not the case.
This 5000 is for them to use in a
distribution plan that will create
employment, larger sales, and a
continuous turnover in financial
channels. It is the tax idea con-
nected with it that looms as a
scarecrow to the uniformed. This
plan will, of course, require a 2
per cent transaction tax to start it
working, and then as it progresses
the volume of increased business
will make it possible to reduce this
tax, as we'll as other taxes. This
will be brought about by the aboli-
ton of county and state institutions
for the care of the aged.
The morale of millions Of Ameri-
cans will be raised to degree I'M
known, because of the security that
will be theirs in old age. The social
security measure passed last session
of Congress is nothing more than
an insult to the American people. It
may be gesture in the right direc-
ton, but that is all it is. just
gesture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
A TRIPLE SUGGESTION

COc1ALITE friends of Mrs. Ellen French Wander
~ bit Fitzsimons probably sending her orchids
for her public declaration that she will defy the
United States government by planting potatoes in
the beautiful front lawn of her Newport mansion
Mrs. Fitzsmons is both Newport society leader
and member of the Republican National Com
mittee
We suggest she go one step further in her farm
ing operations. She could raise COW. From it's
stomach she could make some genuine tripe
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14

McGroarty Social Security Bill. The
government is not asked to adj
vance any huge sums, to guarantee
the old-age annuities under the Nc
Groarty bill. Neither does it give
something for nothing. The transac-
ton tax earns all the necessary
funds on the pay as you go plan.
AS for the ones who are afraid of
the 2 per cent tax, if things go on
a while longer like they have been,
they and their children and grand
children will be paying more than
that. There is one sure thing, the
Townsend Plan will not make things
any worse
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
"SAIL BOATS"
BY MAUD COURTNEY WADDELL

Floating virgins in white
Youthfully slim, oh-so prim,
Whose partner is the ardent wind
Lightly you glide and smooth
Both graceful you bend and sway:
see young lovely maidens
In swift joy tripping away
To dance in their happiness
On the gallant arms of love,
While rowing clouds above
Roll on to disappear
Though you sail by sans fear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
SIGN OF THE TIMES

ELABORATING a press dispatch from Adrian
Mich, Rep Earl c, Kitchener who when Con-
gress is IN session sits in the House chamber at the
Republican leaders table directing most of the crtt-
cism of New Deal spending promised meeting of
TownsenditeS Thursday night ito work for passage
of the Townsend plan at the next session of Con-
gresS"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

DARENTS can think Up more ways to worry about
their children! Yesterday happened to be in
the company of two, who were upset by different
apprehensions.
Elizabeth, the 17-year-od daughter of Mrs. Jones,
wasn't making good grades in school and seemed
to have her mind too much dates and dancing.
Her mother conjuring up about one dozen dis
asters per minute which were certain to overtake
the girl because of her disregard for the serious
side of life
Mrs Browns fears took opposite tack Her
Frances too studious; always sitting around
with her in book; taking interest what
ever in boys; she didn't even care about clothes
AS you may have guessed, Mrs. Brown harbored
social ambitions for her Frances, while Mrs Jones
gazed longingly toward a distinguished scholastic
career for Elizabeth That's the way it usually goes
careful survey of mothers convinces that most
of like that Never content to accept our
children they are, We must always be making
them over according to some unnatural pattern cut
according to our fancy
Indeed one of the hardest things in life is to
take long look at somebody you love-as you love
your child. Yet if mothers did that oftener per-
haps might understand that it is not possible to
change a sit-by-the-fre into an aggressive social
leader The effort may even have disastrous conse-
quences.
The Martha type can never be Mary. and why
earth should she, since the world must hav,
both kinds of women?
Frivolous Elizabeth Jones, young happy, careless
of serious matters will probably grow into fine
woman, marry well and bring up decent children,
while Frances Brown, who loves the studious occu-
pations and exists most of the time in a dream
world, need be none the less happy in life of the
intellect
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
On Resolution Writers

Editorial, New York Daily News.1
In any meeting, Right or Left, the
men with the most positive ideas
and the loudest mouths write the
resolutions which are finally adopted
as the sense of the whole gather
ing. So the resolutions are almost
always more burningly one-sided
and biased than are most of the
men who voted to adopt them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
SAYS SECURITY BILL DOESN'T
GO FAR ENOUGH
Rv Gleen w. Sharkey

BY eileen w. Sharkey
1t is very apparent that the Town
send Old-Age Revolving Pension
Plan will be much more of a prob
lem at the coming session of Con-
gress than it was at the last. Every
congressman knows that he is 60
ing to have to give it real considera-
ton and that thousands of his con-
stituents will demand an unevasive
answer as to his stand on this ques-
ton.
There yet are those who look upon
this Townsend Pension Plan as toe
fantastic for serious thought. These
same individuals would not be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
~ Il
ASSERTS LAND POLICY
NEEDS REVISION

BY E. B. Swinney, Los Angeles
Land gambling is most alluring
game during prosperous periods be-
cause it holds out hope of quick
and large returns. This was partic-
ularly noticeable during the war,
when land values advanced by leaps
and bounds. The tremendous de-
mand for food supplies and other
labor products reflected in a CORE
spending demand for land the use
of which was necessary to the pro-
duction of these things.
The country became land crazy.
The boom grew like SNOWFALL,
affecting all kinds of land, until val
ues became inflated beyond the abil-
ity of labor and capital to carry on.
Then followed the crash, causing
losses of billions in real estate and
mortgage investments. Business be-
came paralyzed, factories shut down
and millions were thrown out of en-
ployment.
This condition has continued for
more than five years while land
values gradually have been reced-
ing to a level where labor and CAPT.
tai can once more resume operations
on a profitable basis. The wheels of
industry again are beginning to
turn, and we now have started on a
ride for another fall, as rents and
land prices have started on the up
grade.
Our present land policy is our
gre test economic affliction. It
needs revising along the lines sug-
gested by Henry George, for we shall
never enjoy real or permanent pros
perity until we have eliminated
gambling and racketeering in the
natural resources
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
CAN ENGLAND KEEP CONTROL
IF BOYCOTT FAILS?

IF BOYCOTT FAILS?
By John Kennedy
Dear old John Bull, who set about
some 20 years ago to make the world
he now dominates safe for democ-
racy, suddenly has been awakened
to the fact that he also has made
that world an ideal place for die
tators and their radical nationalism.
So he now gathers to those sacred
halls Of peace at Geneva his chos-
en- delegates from those favorite
weak puppet nations, many of whom
owe their mythical sovereignty to
the unholy Versailles Treaty which
also gave John Bull direct control
and economic domination over the
larger part of the valuable virgin
territory of the world.
And today he calls upon these
puppet princes of peace, some so in
all, to vote economic sanctions
against Mussolini and his nation
simply because Italy was forced to
use the brutal methods of war to
gain enough virgin territory that
they might not starve to death for
the want of natural resources, which
John Bull continues to hog for the
benefit of those proit-mad capital
lists who run his social setup.
But if John Bulls boycott fails,
and armed conflict follows, will
those puppets stay within the fold?
How long would it take Hitler to
unfurl his Swastika flag ON that bat
tie field that he might regain a
lost en1pire2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14

There are three criteria of stomach that is up
to its job; mind free from fog, abdomen free
from discomfort, and sleep free from dreams-Dr
T. Wingate Todd, Cleveland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
Squaring
The Circle
With
McCREADY HUSTON

NEXT to being Indiana's most
successful popular writer Of
the new generation one would pre-
fer to be her father, which is what
George Weymouth is. The author
is Margaret Weymouth Jackson,
who lives on farm over at Spen-
Ger and writes short stories and
serials for the magazines Of large
circulation.
George was editor Of Farm Life"
and it was in his magazine that
Margie Jackson got her start He is
now associate editor of the "Indi-
ana Farmers Guide" published in
Huntington, but he does his work in
indianapolis
George Weymouth may win the
ribbon for Indiana authorship ia
therdo:n because his son Fred's
wife, Martha, is beginning to ap-
pear in the magazines.
Margie has the secret of success.
She steadfastly refused for num-
Der of years to go to New York at
the request of her agent and make
personal appearances before her
editors. She had a notion that the
mental picture they had of her, in
reading and buying her stories, was
a much more valuable trade asset
than an accross-the-desk acquaint-
ance. She was more than 100 per
cent right. Except Harrington,
Margie probably has marketed more
fiction than any current Hoosier
writer.
George, her father, is one of the
brightest minds in Indiana agricul-
ture. He goes back to the days of
Opie Reed, in Chicago, and has all
the charm and wisdom of men of
that time. I suspect that much Of
Margie's good sense in the writing
business stems from George. While
many of her contemporaries famed
for while and then fickered out
she goes along like Old Man River.
She writes good story about peo-
pie she knows, stays close to the
soil and is not interested in the
bright lights.
The traffic policemen may have
their faults but they also have
much provocation. The other eve
ming at Illinois and Market, a de-
crepit machine, regular junker,
was first in line at the intersection.
The light was green and the engine
of the antique was chugging away
laboriously while traffic was piling
up behind. 1t was in the midst of
the home going traffic rush.
The policeman was blowing his
whistle but the man at the helm
of the wreck just sat there. He was
blind or deaf or just unconcerned.
Finally, the policeman walked over
to him and shouted:
do I have to write you letter."
The weary old machine got un-
der way.
From the Port O. Poets Press at
Greencastle comes a slim volume OF
verse written by Fan Boyd Heiney
and called 1.-The Dreamer and Other
Rhymes" One thing that distin-
cuisines the book is the foreword in
which the author states that his
reason for writing is that he likes
to see his name in print.
Such frankness is refreshing.
We've read most of the verses in
MIR. Heiney's book and liked some
of them. But what we'd like to
know is where he got his name. Is
Fan something he thought up or
really a name with nativity?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14
DAILY THOUGHTS

The ungodly are not SO; but are
like the chaff which the wind driv-
eth aWay.-Psalms i, 4.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14

The way to learn how to do thing better is 70
study how it has been done before. That's the way
to study historyby noting evolutionary processes.
--HensV Ford
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14

THE happiness of the wicked
j. passes away like torrent
Racine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-14

their UieWS in these columns, religious.
CONTROVERSIES eTcluded. Make pour letters
short. so all can haze chance. Limit
them to $50 aoords or less. Your letter
must be stoned. but names a0iU be
aotthheld ON reouest)
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The HOOsier Forum

acholly disopprove of vhot you say-and aoiU
defend to the death your right to sag it.-Vooire.
Evening star., 1935-09-16
DROP BOXING JUDGES.
N. B. A. HEAD URGES
Foster Will Ask Convention to
Leave Decisions Solely to
Bout Referee.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
I OUISVILLE, KY, September 10
Edward C. Foster of Providence,
r. l., president Of the National Box
ing Association, will recommend to
the associations annual convention,
opening here today. that the practice
of appointing judges to determine
winners Of boxing bouts be discontin-
ued and the decision left entirely to
the referees.
He made this announcement
shortly before the first business ses-
sion got under way.
Judges stationed at fixed posi-
tions view fight from different
angles" Foster pointed out. What
one sees. the other doesn't because
they have different physical views of
what is happening
MY recommendation Is that the
referee and only the referee be the
judge OF boxing contests. He is in a
position to see what is going on at all
times and If he Is qualified for his
position should know more about box
ing than any judges who may be ap-
pointed"
Gov. Ruby Iaffoon and Mayor
Neville Miller were billed to deliver
welcoming addresses to the dele
gates.
Evening star., 1935-09-16

A new ring is being constructed at
Fordham road and Massachusetts, ave-
nue. extended, in Spring Valley, un-
der the direction of Dean NJ Rathbun
and George P. Plummer, joint chair
men for the event, and a fine course
will be ready for the Virginia, Mary
land and District horsemen and
women who take part.
Rathbun and Plummer announced
today that 90 classes will comprise the
program and valuable trophies are to
be presented in each competition.
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