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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
MIRAGE OF CONQUEST

IT is commonly reported that Mussolini is
Il preparing for his African venture because
Of economic neceSsity-because Italy needs
the markets, the raw materials and the room
for expansion which conquest of Ethiopia
would make possible.
A recent article in the Business Conditions
Weekly of the Alexander Hamilton Institute
however, suggests that italy does not have
nearly as much to gain from this venture as
is generally supposed
Ethiopia is not a productive country Ex-
cept for coffee, it produces barely enough agri-
cultural commodities for its own people. Not
much is known about its mineral deposits, but
due to lack of transportation facilities the cost
of exploiting such deposits would be tremen-
dous.
The country has such a low standard of
living that it will be a woefully poor market
for many years to come. Enormous amounts Of
capital-whch Italy admittedly lacks-would
be needed to make it a great cotton or rubber
producer
These facts suggest that the conquest of
Ethiopia may we'll cost Italy great deal
more than it can possibly be worth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
GIVE THEM A NEW DEAL

IT is to be hoped that the appointment of
l. Lawrence w. Cramer as governor of the
Virgin Islands will mark the end of the
wretched little political storms that too long
have plagued the little isles like tropical hur-
ricanes.
This depends upon Washington more than
upon st. Thomas. Remote control has kept the
tempests blowing.
Our guardianship of these islands and their
$4,000 natives calls for something better than
Tammany ward politics, Ickes- Farley rows
and nose thumbing. President Hoover called
the islands IAN effective poorhouse" 1t is more
important to wipe out the stain of that epithet
than to save some politico's face.
We believe the new governor, if let alone,
can do this job. He has been lieutenant COVER
nor for four years. Suppose the politicians
give him a chance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26

actions are what you let yourself in for when
you establish a Dictatorship.
A dictatorship comes into being because the
people generally are tired Of tebate, division
and delay They demand acti7n-action Of
any kind. so long as it be direct and un-
equivocal.
The dictatorial clique takes office under
that compulsion
Whatever happens, it must act. 1t can not
mark time, it can not compromise. The one
supreme law of its. being is that it must do
things, and do them with drastic quickness
and thoroughness.
In some ways this is an excellent prescrip-
ton. 1t enabled Mussolini to restore order to
a chaotic industry. for instance. and enabled
Hitler to bring his country out from under
some Of the worst injustices Of the Versailles
Treaty.
But as time goes on, and the problems
susceptible Of speedy solution are cleared up.
the necessity for action remains. The dicta-
torship may face-as it does in both Italy and
Germany economic problems of infinite COM
plexity which can not possibly be cleared up
in month or year; no matter, it must act
it must do something it must convince its
constituents that it is performing the func-
tons for which it was given power
And so Italy, whose government is carry
ing q staggering deficit, must prepare for
war that will immensely increase that deficit;
and Germany must push ahead with the one
phase of NaA policy that is calculated to In
crease its troubles rather than diminish them.
That is the law under which relationships
operate. In the long run it is the best Of all
arguments for continuing to put up with the
waste and inefficiency of democracy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
FIREMEN AGAIN PRAISED
FOR FIRE RESPONSE
BY Jimmy Cafauros.

BY Jimmy CafaurOs.
The light of day had broken some
time before. I lay there in bed
looking across the cool school yard
at the brick high school building
In the early morning light the win
dows shone and glistened Ike mir
rors. The fact is that they had
just been washed couple Of days
before. This is an annual occur
renee during vacation time.
Some time I lay there in a half
drowsy, half-awake state. I had a
vague notion of a siren in the dis
lance. 1t grew louder and louder
1t came on and on. ever whining
and screeching-more blatant and
more high-pitched. 1t came down
Meridian-st and stopped suddenly
in front of the house. This was
startling. I looked again at the
three tiers of windows in the high
school building and they were a
mass of flame.
1t can not be, I thought. The high
school can't burn like that. It's
fireproof. Then another thought
came rushing headlOng into my
brain. 1t must be our house and
that is the reflection of the flames
on the high school building.
BY this time the neighborhood
was a melee of shrieking sirens
screeching brakes, frantic, yelling
women, shouting men. And ever
the flames went roaring higher and
higher on the bright windows OF
that school building. Before I knew
it 1 was in the street.
Almost a block away the Roose-
welt Theater was a fury Of flame.
Now there are persons who remark
on the ease of a flremans existence
But ease or no ease they are as
necessary to a community as the
means of transportation, communi-
cation, food stores, filling stations.
But if the f1remen had not come
when they did, and had not done
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
DICTATORSHIPS

WHATEVER its faults may be. America
w remains at peace and offers to its citi-
Eens about as wide a range Of individual lib
critics as any country on the globe. For that
reason it Is hard for Americans to understand
lust why certain things are happening in
countries like Italy and Germany.
In Italy. for instance. MusSolini continues
to prepare for war which, unless the econ
omists are completely mistaken. can not pos
sibly give his country any prize worth the
money and risk involved.
In Germany, the Nazis break loose with
new reign Of terror for the Jews. and add to
their own troubles by extending their drives
10 cover Catholics as wen-including number
OF Protestant religious leaders also, Just 10
make sure that no one is overlooked.
To an American. the actions Of these two
relationships do not make sense. It is hard
10 understand why talented and intelligent
men-and the rulers Of Italy and Germany are
all Of that-win go out OF their way to seek
trouble; why they will embark on actions
which can MT fail to multiply the problems
that assaf them
What We overlook Is the fact that such
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
REDUCED FARES, AND PROFITS

COME time this fall the Interstate Com
Omerce Commission will hear arguments
about the rate which American railroads may
charge for passenger transportation. re-
port prepared by Irving L. Koch, examiner for
the commission, suggests that the current basic
rate Of SO cents a mile is unreasonable, and
that rate of cents a mile in day coaches
and cents in Pullmans would be much better.
The ordinary citizen may well wonder if
such reduction would not be in the best in
terests of the railroads themselves. A number
OF Western and Southern roads have adopted
flat 2-cent rate. and. as result have melted
healthy increases in business.
At a time when the railroads are fight
ing tooth and nail to win passenger traffic
back from the buses and autos, a reduction
in fares might prove the best weapon they
could lay their hands on.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
LET'S FIGGER

THE House Ways and Means Committee
Democrats have tentatively approved an
inheritance tax schedule. Estimated yield:
100000
Our national debt has passed $4,000 OOO-
600. Estimated size of the debt at the end of
the current fiscal year: $4,000, 100000. Ap-
proxmate annual interest charges against the
national debt: s9OO,OOCOOO
Keeping these figures in mind, let us re-
call what President Roosevelt said when he
asked Congress to levy inheritance taxes:
Because of the basis on which this pro-
EJsed tax is to be levied and also because of
the very sound public policy of encourag ing a
wider distribution of wealth, I strongly urge
that the proceeds of this tax should be spe-
cifcally segregated and applied, as they ac-
crue, to the reduction of the national debt. BY
so doing, we shall progressively tighten the
tax burden of the average taxpayer, and, in
cidentally. assist in our approach to a balanced
budget"
Now, let's do some fggerin To make out
problem simple. let's take for granted that in
some magic manner enough revenue will be
produced from all other sources to balance the
budget and pay the annual interest bill: so
assuming we'll plan actually to segregate all
inheritance tax revenue and apply it against
the national debt The problem now is down
to long division: $4,000 100000 divided by
se5OOOOOO equals 1864. So let's not lose hope.
For the inheritance tax will wipe out our nat
tional debt-about 1876 years and 20 months
hence.
Well celebrate in A. D. 2272
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
Honesty and Promises

the unconstitutional seizure of
powers by the present Administra-
ton is one Of the strongest safe
guards of a free people, and the
publication of such daStardly at
tacks Gas this one by Herbert Lit
tle) upon the integrity of the Fed
eral courts ought to meet with the
unanimous disapproval of every
citizen.
A government which begins by
the unconstitutional seizure of the
rich mans gold usually ends up
with the equally obnoxious and
equally illegal seizure of the poor
mans silver.
The question which confrontS
the people today can not longer
remain partisan one. The issue
is between the people themselves,
who, by the Constitution, have the
right to change this instrument of
government, and an executive
who, already heady with unwonted
powers, continues to usUrp from
the people, both rich and poor,
the powers which the people
should always retain.
I am convinced that the people
will, in the end, have more conf
dence in the intellectual honesty
of Federal judges than in the
ephemeral promises and unprin-
cipled eXpediency Of political
demagogs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
LABOR PARTY PROSPECTS
INCREASING, HE SAYS

BY Parlor Pink.
When employer and employe fail
in arbitration, it does not always
develop into a tie or deadlock. The
employer merely has to beckon and
his puppets in public office call in
the National Guard to do their duty
as strike breakers.
In Terre Haute the strikers stub
bOrnly refused to give in, even
when confronted with the increas-
ing odds. They do realize that they
failed to accomplish the necessary
preliminary work.
What is this preliminary work?
On the old party ticket the
strikers elected a lawyer to the may
or'S office. In the sheriff's office
they elected another old party poll
tician. When this lawyers term
expires he must look to the own
ers of industry for favors, therefore,
he must favor them now.
Labor failed to realize this. The
Democratic and Republican parties
look to industry for campaign con-
tributions Therefore, they must
favor industry now. Labor also
failed to realize this, so when the
deadlock came these valiant friends
of labor $50 they said in their cam
paign pronises) called in the Ma
tional Guard to break the strike.
Labor also helped to elect our Won
derful Gov. McNutt, who put the
final o. k. on the National Guard
orders.
This is the preliminary work
which labor failed to attempt. This
is an expensive lesson, but next
election will find labor behind la
Dor party. Come on, labor, the vot-
ing booth and then the picket line.
Get smart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
REASONS
BY MAUD COURTNEY wADDELL

BY MAUD COURTNEY WADDELL.
There is the loneliness Of solitude, =, !,
The oppression Of uncongenial folk
and scene, II
Words and actions that provoke a
stifled scream.
There is the Flooding, Italian gar
dener
With face of Dante. and shoulders
of Hercules,
Who works on day after day beneath
the trees.
Torn between emotions Of beast and
Ethereal vision.
There is the little seamstress. pale.
With stringing hair drawn tight
Who knows all longings-all defeat
While she feverishly stitches on
dainty seams, II
And fashions lovely bridal veil Of
lace and grace.
That catches and holds all sunlight's
sparkling CLEANS. -
And there is man and woman
Shorn Of all their pretenses and
masks,
Who hold all deep mysteries, Z
Filled with the excitement Of lifel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26

his name because of the personal in
terest he had in my family and my
self. I was employed by the COM
pany for IA years and held a po-
sition Of trust. During the de-
preston was informed my services
would no longer be required. I was
with good many others, thrown on
the streets. I solicited employment
from the plant superintendent and
also the paymaster, but neither
would pay any attention to me.
At last appealed to my former
benefactor, j. r. bingham, with the
result I was reinstated. There was
man who knew something of the
milk of human kindness. There
was man who would give one an
honest hearing. His place as an ex-
ecutive Of the company will be hard
to fill and his example, if followed
will be for the. betterment of Kingan
& Co.
To his sorrowing wife and son. his
brother and relatives, extend my
sincere sympathy in their irrepara-
BILE loss.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
FRIDAY. JULY 20. 1895.
GRIST FOR THE BISHOP

A GREAT many members Of Congress seem
TO have forgotten that this country ever
experienced prohibition They seem not to
remember that the noble experiment was
fastened Oh this country for nearly Is years.
largely because Of the abuses that developed
around the old liquor traffic.
A thoughtless inclination to return to the
old barrelhouse days was apparent in the
way House members shouted down restric-
tions proposed for the Federal alcohol control
bill. and in the way they ignored the studied
recommendations of Joseph Choate head of
the late FACA.
IN its brief life. dating from shortly be-
fore repeal to shortly after NRA's invalidatlon,
the FACA performed notable public service
It directed the regeneration of an industry
which some had thought could never be made
respectable.
Congress, it would seem. should have a
high regard for the views of the man chiefly
responsible for this record. Yet one Of Mr..
Choate's recommendations. that the sale of
hard liquor in the bulk be prohibited was
reduced in congressional debate to the level
of a lobbying struggle between the bottle max
ers and the cooperage industry. The barrel
makers Won
OF course the burden Of the fight against
bootlegging rests not upon the Federal gov
eminent, but upon state and local govern
ments. But the Federal government has a
strong moral responsibility to cooperate with
the wet states in the enforcement of their
laws, and. under the repeating amendment, it
has a specific legal responsibility to keep the
liquor traffic out of dry states.
We trust that the Senate. when it con-
siders the Federal alcohol bill will think more
seriously than the House has of the Federal
governments responsibilities. To fail to do
so would be TO encourage Bishop Cannon
and DR.. Clarence True Wilson to start re-
modifying their legions
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
NAvIEs AND COMMON SENSE

RRITAIN'S abandonment of the quota
- system of naval limitation is not the sem
sational departure some quarters seem to
think
Some seven months ago Japan dropped the
quota principle, formally and officially,
thoroughly and completely. She did so when
she strapped the Washington Treaty which
called for an Anglo merican-Japa ratio
of 5-5-3.
Britain, however, by her gesture, has called
attention again to world peril which can not
be too often emphasized. Next year will bring
to an end the whole existing system Of con-
troll over the size of the principal fleets.
On and after Jan. l, 1887, the sky will be
the lmit-for size of fleets, of ships or par
ticular types. One would have to be simple
minded not to see the vast peril contained in
any such situation. For, unless the great naval
powers can scrape together enough common
sense among them to put an end to it. there
will be trouble as surely as tomorrows sun
rises
But the British suggestion to wait until
1912, and then hold a limitation conference,
Gees not seem at first blush to offer much hope
During 1897. 1888 1889, 1910, 1941 and 1912 the
dangerous race will be on. America particu-
larly stands to be the loser. Her program
merely to achieve present treaty strength will
not be completed until 1912 whereas Japan. to
mention only one other power, will have
achieved treaty strength by the end of 1885,
BY 1912, therefore, she may have a fleet sur
passing ours And, given Japan's use of power
in the recent past, such a fleet does not sound
any too reaSsuring for the future.
The existing ratio system, says Sir Bolton
Eyres-MonSell, British First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, has worked out well. 1t has saved the
world much money and kept the peace IN
less way can be found to continue it in spirit
even though discarded in fact, the outlook for
averting a naval race seems dark indeed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
THE WEEDS PROBLEM

INDIANAPOLIS has its summer problem
= once again. Weeds are growing on corner
lots and motorists are completely blinded at
dangerous .roSS-StreetS.
City residents whose homes are on corners
and where weeds are growing rampant should
have them cut Immediately as a measure of
cooperation with the safety drive going on
now. Not only are the weeds unsightly. but
they constitute a serious menace.
If Mayor John w. Kern is sincere in his
safety drive statements. he will order city Off
cials to set busy at once in cutting the weeds
OH vacant corners
It's time TO act.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
By Grier NJ. Shotwell

By Grier NJ. Shotwell
I have read, both with alarm
and disgust, the article written by
Herbert Little. so-called Times
Special Writer" under the head
line, "Anti-New Deal Judges
Mostly Republicans"
The insinuation which an
article of this kind carries is of
the most insidious character and
reflects upon the integrity and in
tellectual honesty of every judge
before whom phases of the New
Deal have passed.
Either the writer, Herbert Little,
is Woefully ignorant of American
tradition or is one of a number of
persons with unknown motives
who are deliberately attacking
the fundamentals of the Amer
lean system of government. After
all, in this republic, the power to
change the form Of government, if
necessary or desirable, rests with
the people, and unwarranted
usurpations of power, regardless
of character, involve a destruction
of the powers of the people them
selves.
That the courts of this country,
without regard to geographical
location, racial antecedentS, or
political leanings prior to appoint
ment, have fearlessly pointed out
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
TINES THANKED FOR
AWARD IN CONTEST

By Mrs. L. NJ. Pecsok
I wish to thank you for the check
received as prize in your recent con-
test; also for the Certificate of
Award, which I value almost as
much.
I am glad to hear you are con-
sidering conducting the same con-
test next summer. May I offer a
suggestion that next year the con-
test be open TO pictures of babies
under 2 in one class and pictures of
older children, say 2 to or 10 in
another class. That would widen
the scope of the contest greatly, like
wise the interest and make judging
easier.
I would also like to extend con-
gratulations to the first prize win
ner and to the discriminating judges
who made the selection.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
PAYS TRIBUTE TO
JOHN r. KINGHAN
BY a Former KinEan EmpIOye

BY a Former Kingan Employe
Our papers Of July % announced
the death Of one of our best citi-
zens, one who was admired and re-
spected by all with whom he came
in contact. I refer to John r.
Kinghan, late chairman of the board
Of directors of Kingan g. Co.
This was sad news for Indian
apolis and especially for the en-
ployes Of Kingan & Co. Mr.. King
han was always interested in the
welfare Of the employees regardless
of their position. not only in mat
tiers connected with the daily rou-
tine of the plant, but also in domes-
tic affairs of many employees was he
approached for advice which was
always gladly given. Many an ad-
mirer has lost a friend. No one
was dismissed, without good reason.
when Mr.. bingham was active head
of the company.
I am one who viii always revere
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
PROTESTS WEEDS GROWING
AT STREET INTERSECTIONS

BY Mrs. Grace Jenkins
After witnessing an accident at
English-av, Gray-st and the boule-
ward, 1 have decided to ask if some
thing can not be done about the
weeds growing on the corners there.
They are a constant menace to mo-
florists.
Because I live in that vicinity, ]
find it necessary to drive through
that intersection every day and sew
eral times I have narrowly escaped
being caught in the same predica-
ment as those people were.
A motorist driving from the bou-
levard across English-av, which is
preferential street, is forced tc
pull on to English-av before he car
see around the weeds. In this way
the front end of his car is in the
lane of traffic before he can see
oncoming cars.
I notice that police insist on ar
resting the drivers of cars which
pull out Of the boulevard, regardless
of the fact that the drivers view
is INSTRUCTED.
Can't the city afford to have those
weeds cut down?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
So They Say

The schools and colleges are do
ing more for real freedom of the
land than the scores of blazing
patriots who infest legislative halls;
calling for oaths of devotion to
the Constitution or whatever the
patrioteers think sacred. = Bishop,
Francis j. Mcconnell Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church.
Well. vacations are more or less
of a luxury, anyWay.-Senator Will
liam E. Borah.
I'm a ridge runner, but I don't
like to be called a hillbilly or a.
scissorbill.-Mrs. Mary E. Mahnkey
of Oasis, Mo, visiting New York.
A writer doesn't write for the
moment. He writes for eternity
Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist.
There must be found a way TO
live in peace with forms Of gov
eminent and organized society that
are quite different from those in
which we ourselves believe.-Dr<
Nicholas Murray Butler, president,
Columbia University.
Ethiopia is a poor country, but
We shall show the world how
united people can fight to preserve
its Observation-Disclosures Halle
Selassie.
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what they did, the way they did it,
it is fair bet that large portion
of South Meridian-st would be
ruins now.
Firemen are to property what po-
lice are to people.
Many brave lad totes the in
sigma of the I. F. D.
Let us encourage them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
BABY WINNER WILL
GET PIG WITH PRIZE

BY Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Williams. Reelsyil1e.
Many thanks for the check you
sent our son, Raymond, as reward
in the picture contest. We hope TO
buy him a pig with the money. In
this way he can make more as the
months roll by.
Thanks again to The indianapolis
Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-26
CALLS ATTENTION TO
TIMES PROMOTION ART

BY C. F. Schlegel Jr.
We are devoted readers of The,
Times, but like to see the truth
appear. My 1O-year-old nephew
carries a rival paper, and called
my attention to the fact that boat
could not sink in IS minutes, with,
no other ship around and then a
photo taken Of it sinking
And then showed me the sames
picture, and the boat sinking hap
pens to be the German cruiser
Bluecher. 1t was sunk in the North
Sea battle of 1915. A correction of
error might help to put the younger
generation straight.
YOu're correct. =;