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WHY NOT ASK the legislators to send their power of attorney to
Goodrich and let him ratify suffrage, thus saving the state the mileage as
well as the per diem?
THAT REJOICING which the headliner says was done when Lemcke
moved into the treasurer’s office didn’t emanate from the Sourbier or the
anti-Jewett political camps.
FOUR MORE YEARS of Leo K. Fesler In the auditor’s office unless —
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Why a Limited Session?
Ratification of the suffrage amendment, to which it is desired by the
republican party to limit a proposed session of the state legislature, Is
much to he desired, not only by the women of Indiana but by the men.
There can be no just criticism of the women of this state for their
attempts to accomplish this ratification. In their efforts they have the
sympathy and the support of the great majority of the people of Indiana
and particularly of the press of the state, which has generally supported
them in their fight for the ballot.
There is no doubt that the women are entitled to ratification of this
amendment. The voters of Indiana have conceded as much and the gov
ernor of Indiana ha.s promised them ratification.
When Jim Goodrich told the women of Indiana, last spring, that
he would call a special session of the legislature for the purpose of
ratifying suffrage he did not place any conditions on his promise. He
openly stated that there were other matters of importance to the welfare
of the state that required legislative action and he announced his in
tention of calling the session to deal not only with the ratification reso
lution but with these other pressing matters.
‘Then Goodrich failed to call the session and hs failed to keep his
pledge. None of the important, matters which he then declared justified
a special session of the general assembly have been disposed of in the
interval between the giving of his pledge and the final announcement of
his repudiation of his word. w
There Is vastly more work for the general assembly today than there
was last spring. The same conditions that caused Goodrich to admit last
spring that a special session was desirable exist today. In addition, there
is the chaotic state of the taxes brought about by the maladministration
of the state tax board which only the legislature can possibly correct.
There is the failure of the road building program demanding legis’laltve
attention. There is the necessity of providing for the headquarters of the
American Legion, a subject on which Goodrich has flouted another
promise. These things are in addition to the reasons that existed for a
special session last spring and they are of equal importance to the state
with the suffrage ratification.
Goodrich is, then, in the position of failing to call the legislature,
although he admits it should be called and it is his duty to call It Having
failed to do what is his obvious duty, he seeks relief from the relentless
pressure of public opinion, exerted on a public officer for failure to do
his duty. He seeks not only to side-step his admitted and apparent duty
but to turn the pressure that the women are bringing to bear on him to
force the redemption of his unconditional pledge upon the legislators he
is afraid to convene.
In other words, Goodrich says he will do his acknowledged duty when
the women of the state assure him that they can bind the legislature to
refold to do its duty by that part of the state which is not distinctly
'feminine.
It is a noticeable fact that neither Jim Goodrich nor any other of the
republican politicians who are now seeking to bring about this “condi
tional session’’ of the legislature has publicly given a single reason for
attempting to limit a special session to the consideration of suffrage.
Why does Jim Goodrich wish the special session to be limited to
ratification of woman’s suffrage?
Why do not the advocates of this proposal make public their reasons
for a desire to bind and gag the legislator?
There is only one plausible explanation of the proposal and that lies
in the fact that Goodrich and his gang do not dare risk possible investi
gation of their conduct in office, even at the hands of their fellow
republicans.
Goodrich’s self-promulgated desire to grant suffrage to women is not
nearly as strong as his determination to save his own political hide. And
save it if necessary at the expense of the welfare of the state, regardless
of his open promises, and with no consideration for the women of the
state who have trusted him.
Keep the Soft Jobs for Americans
More men are selling goods today on a salary and commission than for
other kind of payment. The man on the road, the clerk in the store,
; Bppt their commissions for efficient service as their due. "Why should
workingman do the same? There Is no reason why he should view
Job tjiat involves tips as the job of a menial. It is false pride that seeks
to draw'xa dividing line between a job with tips and one that is tipless. It
is the wrong viewpoint which holds that to take a tip is degrading, that it
lowers self-respect and stamps the man who accepts it as a servant. But
that is just the way that the American workingman does see it and as a
fesult it is the foreigner who Is holding down the soft jobs, the Inside
jobs, while the American digs ditches or shovels snow or holds down a
hard place in bad weather. For the foreigner has been brought up with
the Idea that he does not lower himself by taking tips, and he has the right
idea. The American, in his false pride, takes the other side and gets the
worst of it
Tips are merely commissions for good service rendered, part payment
for the work which a customer has had done. The clerk in the store will
take a commission In addition to his salary and not feel badly. Offered a
tjp he is likely to rise up in indignation. Yet both are the same with one
exception—the employer pays the commission, the customer pays the tip.
It all comes out of the same pocket in the long run.
Tips play as big part in America as they do in Europe, and they never
will be abolished. It Is estimated that there are 50,000 taxicabs in the
United States. A man is required to operate each one of them and these
criverg earn an average of $45 a week. Some of them make as high as
$75 a week and the biggest part of their pay comes from tips. Foreigners,
most of them, because the American does not like to take tips. The barber
who shaves j'ou is a foreigner much of the time and he has an inside job
under good conditions and which does not require him to soil his hands.
He makes more than S3O a week because he does not scorn tips. He sweeps
the streets for a while, or pushes a banana cart around, then he discovers
that the American will not have a job which Is partly paid for by tips and
he leaves the street sweeping and the banana peddling for the American
and takes the soft job himself.
Why Is it that most of the porters and bellboys in the hotels are for
eigners? Again the answer is tips. The head porter at the Waldorf-Astoria
in New York City pays SIO,OOO a year for the job. He hires the other
porters at a fair salary and he makes them give him all the tips. And he
is rich!
It is a mistaken idea that accepting tips lowers’ a man. It does not
make him a servant. All of us must perform some service to earn our
living. From the president of a bank down to the man who sweeps it out,
ail down the line, a service is being performed and is being paid for. Any
work that is paid for is honest, and tips are, but part pay for the work.
The man who doesn’t work for his money is a criminal of some kind and
uteals it
Let our Americans —clean, bright, honest—change their mistaken ideas
and make the foreigners get out of the soft jobs and take them themselves.
And watch out for the German in the soft jobs. Already the large cities
are full of these Germans—posing as Swiss, Italians, Greeks, Poles, any
thing but what \hey really are—and soon they will be in every town and
hamlet, hunting the soft jobs. Don’t let them get them. Save the soft
jobs for Americans.*—W. D. Boyce in the Saturday Blade, Chicago.
Here the Reader
Says His Say
PRESS HELPS RED CROSS.
Editor The Times—The members and
Officers of the Marion County Tubercu
losis association desire to express to you
*nd through' ywS to the other members
of The Times staff, their sincere appre
ciation of the constant co-operation that
The Times has given throughout the
1919 Red Cross Christmas seal campaign.
Without the constant help of the press
in Mariqh- county very little real anti
tuberculosis work could be accomplished,
and so we fee! that we have the right
to express l to you not nly our own ap
predation j?ut the thanks oi all the citi
zens of the county as well.
-■ • Sincerely- - yours,
• ;• v Mary a. meyeks,
" .Executive Secretary.
HE’S A STRAPHANGER.
Editor The Times—This Is New Year’s
eve, so I would like to ask you a few
pointed questions. I have Just flnisheo
reading that Inspiring ad~~of the Indian
apolis Street Railway Company of yes
terday-, and I wish to Inform you that
I have been hanging out on an iron
bar of mornings when the thermometer
was hovering around close to zero, on
my way to work pn • the “pay-as-you
hang-on” cars.
Now, Mr. Editor, 'do you think l
should hand the conductor two nickels
after this for a ride on the rods, or
would that be overfeeding and have a
tendency to gorge the poor, overloaded,
underfed and much criticised animal?
Or would IV2 cents be about the right
fee for the almost exhausted, half-dead
beast of burden. Say, Mr. Editor, I few
like I was a poor hobo, beating his way,
when I aip riding to my work on a zero
morning on an East Michigan'street car.
But maybe I am Just an ungrateful pa
tron.
Way back In 1900 I worked In this city
for $8.25 a week, now I’m getting $17.88
and It takes from $3 to $3.50 to purchase
what a dollar purchased in 1900, so you
can inform the stockholders of the In
dianapolis Street Railway I am do
ing Just like they, getting along the best
way I can. I hare enough to eat, a few
clothes to wear, a bed to sleep In, so I
guess I can not complain
419 East Ohio street. B. DANNER.
COMMENDS GARY VIEW.
Editor Tbe Times—Judge Gary, execu
tive head of the great steel works at
Gary, Ind.. has defined his position as a
great employer of labor. In substance,
it is this: The “business,” meaning the
building, machinery and other equipage
necessary to the production of a prod
uct, is the property of the stockholders.
With a plant constructed and fully
equipped for production and a manager
selected to direct the manufacture and
sale of this product they are now ready
to produce.
It is well understood that no matter
how large, how modern or complete the
factory may be it Is perfectly inert as to
its ability to turn out a product. The
iron ore in the mine, the mining ma
chinery, the ship to bring it to the man
ufacturing plant, etc., are all In them
selves impotent under the best manager
obtainable to produce a product. These
things are but the tools with which
human hands and brains can execute the
designs of the manager. He, therefore,
goes into the market as he sees it and
buys labor enough to man his plant.
When a body of workmen contract
with the manager to operate his plant
they become related to him in a way
which, in common justice, makes him
morally responsible ns to conditions of
light, heat, ventilation,, etc., in the sac- !
tory and he thinks he is very largely re
sponsible in seeing that they secure com
fortable housing for their families. He
recognizes they are largely more Ignorant
than himself and over and above, the
wage he pays them for operating the
plant he feels that they become a charge
upon his care and protection, Just as he
feels responsible to the stockholders for
the care and protection of the building,
machinery, etc. His moral attitude to-
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1920.
All the Rage
Velour Hats
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that we are 1 " *
selling at $8 \ A Jr /
are the best \ JL R
values In In- < % i it
dianapolis. Velour Hats last several years. They will be much
higher next year.
Felt Hats $2.50 $3.50 up to $7
High Grade Caps $1.50 to $3.00
“The Store for Values”
h£?-Krause Bros ° P ££
Only One Square East of Pennsylvania St.
wards bis men is similar to that of a
good farmer toward his horses and other
animals that are a part of his equipage
for making the farm pay. Or that a
high-minded slave holder feels as to his
duty towards his slaves. Mr. Gary does
not put it upon the selfish grounds of
expediency that he should look after the
welfare of his workmen. He clearly rec
ognizes a moral responsibility in the
matter which does him great credit.
This feeling, which Mr. Gary has for
monarch has for bis people, and a good
onarch has for his people, and is alto
gether commendable. “The German
kaiser” took a deep interest in the phy
sical, educational and moral welfare of
his people, and the German people pros
pered and became highly efficient under
the management of the then kaiser.
Well, this may be all there is to this
questlou as to the relations that labor
and capital in the inherent nature of
things ns ihey now exist in this country,
should maintain toward each other. If
there seems to be another side to the
story that looks anything near as plausi
ble as Judge Gary’s view of it, I leave
it to other and abler of your renders to
make it known to ns.
A. J. KINNEAR, Martinsville, Ind.
kHEADIWKE Ucoks
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What Is that subtle something that
gives style and gentility to the appesr
ance of one woman, and is so utterly
lacking In another who is equally well
dressed? Some say it Is tbe way the
clothes are put on and worn, but others
go deeper than that. It is ail a matter
of taste. Mrs. Vernon Castle says that
taste involves a study of one’s self, and
not of the shop windows. The fasliicn
uble garment for any woman is the be
coming garment. There are books at th
library that will help you to be well
dressed. There is “A Manual of Dress,"
“Clothing for Women,” by L. I. Bnldt;
“The Study of Fabrics," by Turner;
“The Dress You Wear and How to Make,
It,” by Mary Jane Rhoe, and “Needled
craft In the School,” by Kwansoa. These
are only a few of the books on taste
and ethjes in dress that yon would be
inter** ted In. Let the library be you
modiste.
UncleAM
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A Column Conducted Under Di
rection of Dr. Rupert Blue of
U.-S. Public Health Service.
i Sam, M D.. will answer, either
ID this column or by mail, questions oi
general Interest relating only to byg u ne.
•aultatlon and the prevention of disease,
u will he Impossible for him to aiiewer
questions of a purely personal uature. ar
to prescribe for individual diseases. Ad
dress :
INFORMATION EDITOR,
C. S. Public Health Service.
WASH ! N'tITON. n c.
"HOI KEIIOLI) PETS AN DISEASE
CAKKIEKS."
That household animals, particularly
cats and dogs, are regarded ns possible
curriers of disease, when they have ac
cess to sick persons with infectious dis
eases, has been recognized by health au
thorities all over the world: but it hns
remained for the military authorities
at Dover, England, to issue an order
requiring the killing of ail cats in the
barracks and regimental quarters.
This order was Issued as a result of
an investigation Into tbe cause of a se
rious diphtheria epidemic in an orphan
age at Dover, where the health officer ob
served that a number of ents were kept
as pets.
He had their throats and noses
swabbed with a view of discovering if
tbe infection was being transmitted from
these animals to the boys end girls.
Among tbe nine cats. th* bacteriological
findings dbclosed the fact the* four were
carriers of the diphtheria bacillus.
ANSWERS.
Q- I —ls It possible for a person to have
inflammation and enlarged gall Madder
without having gall stones? If so, can
it be cured without an operation: also,
what are the symptoms of same?
A,- The gall bladder may be inflamed I
and eularred, even though there are no
gall stones. The inflammation may be a
simple catarrhal one, or it may be pu
rulent; that is filled with pus. Treat
ment will depend on the type of Inflam
mation present. When there Is pus. a
surgical operation Is required. Prom
inent symptoms of gall bladder trouble
are tenderness on pressure, fever and
perhaus Jaundice. The condition do-
Snoe Money Deportments
JANUARY SALENOW ON
Coats —Suits
Our entire stock of richly appearing and becomingly j pk
attractive styles coats and suits, plain and fur trimmed, j
in the favored browns, blues and blacks, and in models £mffl \ j j
that are the newest in design. - * i j ' ! jMk
$15.00 value, n0w.... $ 7.48
$20.00 value, now $ 9.98 tP^y/
$30.00 value, now $14.50 1 * p||HF
$35.00 value, now $19.50 \ |JjjP
$40.00 value, now $24.50 s Lawl IS'
$45,00 value, now $29.50 W
$70.00 value, now $39.50 VVc:.
$90.00 value, now $59.00 UL I L
SIOO.OO value, now $69.00 |§aft|gi
All Alterations Free Jl\j
This Means Another Having of $2 to $5.00 Jr
Domestic Specials
CHALLIES, neat, floral and Per
sian designs, suitable for comfort
covering, regularly 20c 4 EZf*
grade, Saturday Sale lul
CANTON FLANNEL, unbleached,
heavy fleeced, twilled back for
children's and infants' wear, reg
ular 29c value; Saturday 4Q A
Sale ly<l
BLACK SATEEN, 36 Inches wide,
satin finish, for bloomers, petti
coats, men’s shirts, boys’ waists,
etc., regular 69c grade; JQ
Saturday Sale Tvv
ROMPER SUITING, 32 inches
wide, assorted stripes and plain
colors, for rompers, play suits,
dresses, etc., regular 49c OtZg*
values: Saturday Sale.... V?
COTTON BATS, 79x90 inches, 3
pounds, only one roll required for
comfort, all pure cotton, regular
98c kind; Saturday
OUTING FLANNEL, bleached,
heavy fleeced, for gowns, paja
mas. children’s and infants’wear;
regular 33c value; O j" g*
Saturday Sale AvV
mandg the attention of a first-class phys
ician or surgeon.
Q —Would goitre make a person nerv
ous and cause pain aronni the heart, and
very rapid heart action? What would
you advise? Should it lie operated on?
A.—Goitre is often responsible for thf
symptoms you describe. The disease da
tnsnds careful treatment by a good
physician and you should at once place
yourself under good medical care. Tn
certain cases an operation gives good re
Saturday Specials
OLD CROP SANTOS JA
COFFEE, a pound
MRS. RORER’S OWN M
BLEND COFFEE, a lb.-.^OV-
Bargain Table
R, M. C. CROCHET COTTON,
white or ecru at less than today’s
cost; special, 834? box; a ball
BV3C
No Phone, C. O. D. or Mail Orders
Handkerchef Specials
WOMEN’S HANDKERCHIEFS,
slightly soiled from display; 25c
kind in linen, silk and 4
Swiss. Choice Idv
15c kind, in white or 4
colors, 3 for 25c, each AvV
10c kind, 2 for 15c,
each Ow
sults : in other cases it is well not to
operate, bnt to rely on absolute rest to
remedy the condition. A physician should
decide.
Would Not PutTjp
Hands, Shot to Death
MUSKOGEE, Okla.. Jan. 2.—The dec
laration: “I put up my hands for no
man," brought a bullet that caused death
A PRACTICAL “GOOD WISH”
BUT THE READERS ARE GETTING A REST
Hosiery Clearance
BURSON SPLIT FOOT STOCK
INGS, in out sizes, no seams u.
hurt the feet, irregulars 9!Zm
of 50c grade OUV
OUT SIZE FLEECED STOCK
INGS, made with elastic ribbed
top, also some regular sizes In
the lot, up to 50c QQ/*
CHILDREN’S STOCKINGS, In
small sizes, broken lots of black
and white, all first 4
quality, 25c grades
WAYNE KNIT PURE THREAD
SILK STOCKINGS, full fash
ioned, double lisle garter top3, in
white and colons, irregu- AD a
lars of $2.00 grade •fCrv?
HEAVY COTTON WUNDER
HOSE FOR WOMEN, In black
only, strictly first quality, 60c
grade; special, a
pair ODC
BLACK SILK STOCKINGS, full
fashioned double silk garter tops,
strictly firsts, $2.50 £4 m m
grade, special 91f v
to A. A. Akers, a local grocer a few
nights ago, when a bandit entered
store and commanded him to elevate his
arms above his head. The robber llre4
one shot and lied.
Akers died in a hospital less than an
hour later.
TO STAIN' A FLOOR. ' i
VThen staining a floor, the stain suouldj
be applied In the direction of the graLJ
of the wood, to give an even appears
TWO OF A KIND.