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Jn&iana Jlaihj M\ roes
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
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act of March 8, 1879.
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By mall, 60e U month, fL2S for three months, 82.50 for six months, or $5.00 a year.
SORB, we’re going to have anew courthouse some day. But when
will wepay tor the one we now have?
nnnawriaji also appears to have a stubborn council that just
will not'Undertake to regulate the clock for anybody.
Two Political Markets?
Looking at the matter wholly from a political standpoint, it is not diffi
cult to understand why the county of Marion is listening to a plea to turn
the courthouse yard into a market house.
The politicians who control the county business have for many months
looked with longing eyes on the political machine that the city has built
up through control of the city market place. It is only natural that a cer
tain amount of envy creeps into that gaze.
Therefore, when there is a misguided demand for the creation of a
market place under the control of the county, it is not strange that the
county officials should take the opportunity thus offered to create a mar
ket machine of their own.
There is no denying that the county market project is supported by
some producers who honestly desire opportunity to market their wares,
which opportunity iB practically denied them by the city in its zeal to
protect the peudlers and politicians who are waxing fat in the city market.
But the establishment of two politically controlled markets will not
right the market evil. It will merely enhance the advantages of the poli
ticians at the public expense and for that reason the project of establish
ing a county market should be abandoned.
What Is needed is not another market place, but a cleaning of the
old. Those who are advocating the establishment of a county market
under conditions that would make It no better than the present city mar
ket, would accomplish much more if they would devote their energies to
forcing the politicians in control of the city market to let go of their special
privileges and transform the city market into the Institution which It was
first intended to be.—a place where producers and consumers may meet
each other face to face. \
Zoercher Corrected
Phil Zoercher, appointed by Gov. Goodrich to fill the place on the
state tax board which should be filled by a democrat according to law,
has been repudiated by the other two members of the board, and Just when
he was going good as a “defender” of the law, too.
Mr. Zoercher was probably the only man in Indiana who was willing to
pose as a democrat and at the same time defend the indefensible Goodrich
tax law. He was willing, for the consideration that goes with the job, to
travel over the state and expound.the virtues of the law against which his
party intends to make the 1920 campaign fight. He has been doing the
same to the very best of his ability and by all the rights of common decency
should have the support of the tax board members, If of no one else.
But in the course of his ridiculous defense of the indefensible, Mr.
Zoercher ran across a great deal of opposition to the scheme of his fellow
workers to make every householder list the number of pillowslips in the
house and pay taxes on them while others with $5,000 automobiles avoided
taxes by keeping the title to the said automobiles in the name of the wife.
Mr. Zoercher realized that this scheme to make the poor man carry
the burden of taxes was unpopular. He tried to dodge it by the assertion
that the additional listing, requiring information as to pillowslips, etc., was
only to be filled out in event of disputes between the assessor and the as
sessee. For a few days it looked like Phil had quashed a good argument
against the tax law. •
But the other members of the tax board, whose skins have become
too tough to be punctured by the thrusts of the poor man, had other ideas
on the subject.
So they gathered in the regal chambers of their autocratic power and
framed a letter to all assessors telling them not to listen seriously to Phil,
as Phil was only making a noise like a defense of the tax law anyhow, and
was not speaking officially.
In short they allowed their colleague and doughty defender to Rtand
before the public corrected, gently slapped on the wrist. In other words
they completely repudiated his statement about the lack of necessity of
listing the pillowslips.
Mr. Zoercher will probably continue to defend the tax law in the fu
ture as he has in the past. His salary seems to depend on it.
But the people who foregather for the purpose of listening ot Mr.
Zoercher stultify himself will remember that Phil was wrong in regard to
the pillowslips. And knowing that he was wrong in this matter of minor
importance they will be amply justified in doubting his ability to give them
correct information in matters of graver import.
Same Old Germans Still
When the Germans violated their treaty with Belgium and overran
that little country In their mad dream of world conquest, they snapped
their fingers and Bald treaties were mere scraps of paper, anyhow. More
than four years of war, during which the civilized nations Joined hands to
convert Germany to the belief that treaties between nations are not scraps
of paper to be torn up at will, apparently did not succeed. Germany's
professed repentance was all a sham. She is the same old Germany still.
The treaty of peace which she signed Is only a scrap of paper to her and
she has not yet got rid of her dream of ruling the world. The men who
have seized the government of Berlin belong to the same gang that broke
their word in 1914 and are getting ready right now to break Germany's
word with the allies as given when the peace treaty was signed. It Is
too early to tell whether this revolt Is on the square or whether Ebert
and his fellows are a party to it in an effort to get out of the terms of the
peace treaty. When you deal with the Hun you are dealing with a
treacherous customer who has no regard for his own laws or constitution
or contracts with others.
Those who declare that the allies stopped too soon when they agreed
to the armistice are not so far off. Having failed to keep the war going
until Germany was so soundly beaten she couldn’t play false again, the
next best thing was a league of nations In which the whole world seived
notice on Germany and others like her that all the cards must be laid
upon the table in future dealings between nations. Such a league was
formed, but the United States senate so far has kept the United States out
of it. Without the moral support of the United States and her represen
tatives in the league it is not powerful enough to he effective. As long
ag the United States has held aloof the German has not been afraid of
the league of nations. With the United States in and reedy to back it up
with all her power, Germany long ago would have settled down into an
honest effort to get on her feet, go to work and pay her debts. It isn’t at
all certain now that while the senate fiddled with the peace treaty and the
league of nations Germany hasn’t been quietly fomenting trouble for the
allies In Asia Minor and everywhere else she could, hoping that If anew
conflict were started she would find her chance to tear up the peace treaty.
Germany never has intended to abide by the treaty if she could squirm
out of it. The new revolt may be a typical German step in a plan to do
this.—W. D. Boyce in the Saturday Blade, Chicago.
bWhaf, Indeed!
% Chairman Will Hays of the republican party on April 9, 1919, said:
"There is one thing that I can not help feeling strongly about and that
is that It Is the business of the congress elected last fall to be at work
on important matters of legislation. The senators and congressmen elected
last fall received a mandate from the people. They are morally charged
with the task of reconstruction, so far as legislation affects reconstruc
tion.”
It has been nearly a year since Mr. Hays prated of the “mandate of
the people.”
The congress has been in session the greater part of that time.
What legislation has It enacted that affected the "reconstruction, **
with which the senators and representatives were "morally charged?"
RISK’S PLATFORM AND SOME
BULLSEYES HIT AND MISSED
—An Editorial in The South Bend News-Times —
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While we are holding no brief for any
democratic candidate for the gubernato
rial nomination in Indiana —McCulloch,
Isenbarger, Niblack or Risk—we are
frankly impressed by a letter by the lat
ter, James K. Risk of I.ebann and La
fayette, to Democratic State Chairman
Sallee, some parts of which we incline
to give our indorsement even though we
may not be disposed to indorse the can
didacy of the author. Mr. Risk is very
naturally in bad with a lot of dem
ocrats iu Indiana. In the fact of his
record, fraught with long years of ef
fort to reform the democratic organiza
tion, upon the coat-tail of which the
bulk of the party appears to hang, he
evidences a great deal of nerve in enter
ing the race for governor at all. Even
though with the passing of time much
for which he has stood has come to pass,
proving that he was in most respects
right, it is, indeed, expecting too much
of poor, weak human nature, to an
ticipate surrender of those whom he has
fought, and is fighting still, or that they
will do anything to elvate him to the
highest office in the state’s gift.
Rugged is the road of the pioneer
of new ways. Even the forests have
seemed to despise the first settlers. The
man who reaches out and pursues un
trodden courses must, as a rule, be con
tent for his reward with the conscious
ness of having done a good work—this,
and whatsoever may be vouchsafed to
him when he gets beyond this vale of
tears. Still Mr. Risk is suggesting, at
least, as we see it, exactly the course
the democratic party needs to pursue, and
some of the principles that it needs to
adopt, if it ever hopes to become a vital
force in Indiana again—regardless of
whether its leader is Risk. Niblack, Isen
barger, McCulloch or any one else.
Mr. Risk has advanced about the first
real platform with an appeal to It that
we have seen. He Is not content with a
line of wholesale ralllpry against the
Indiana tax law. Just because it was
passed by a republican legislature, and
signed by a republican governor; per
haps, with a few amendments, throttling
the Iniquitous tax commission, and
smoothing out some other kinks, the best
tax law Indiana has ever had. We have
no more nse for the democratic denun
ciation of the new tax law. for the main
reason of such denunciation, than we
have for the majority in the T’nlted States
senate and its opposition to the league
of nations; opposition merely heenuse
the league was brought about under a
democratic administration, and by Wood
low Wilson, Mr. Risk has at least sug
gested to State Chairman Sallee’, some
other things for the democratic party to
think about besides taxes.
And among those suggestions, the main
one that sppeala to us, and which we be
lieve would make something of an ap
peal to the masses of people. Is the one
that we get into the bandwagon of
progressive states: reinstate the dem<-
cratic party in Indiana as the progres
sive movement that Woodrow Wilson, in
spite of the party, made of It in the
nation. Mr. Risk puts it pretty well
when he says that the main reasons for
the lack of democratic spirit in Indiana
is the lack of alcoholic spirit. We have
too many democrats, and too many dem
ocratic leaders In Indiana, who have been
trained, and have learned to think, only
In channels that run amber with beer
and bronze with bonze.
Naturally the president who signed
the District of Columbia dry bill, ap
proved the federal prohibition amend
ment and passed If on to the states, at
tacljed his signature to war prohibition
law- though vetoing the Volstead cn
forcemcnt act—l* in had with democrats
of such caliber; likewise Bryan with his
.erape-Jnice. Daniels with his dry navy,
and Baker with his -‘rive mile limit;" but,
just as Mr. Risk asserts, there are other
Issues, good for an intelligent democra
cy, besides championing the peeves of
the sot*. He wants a progressive, con
structive program for the democratic
party, rather than a reactionary, destruc
tive program. He is not charging this
latter nealnst hia opponents, bnt he
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1920.
strongly insinuates that it is the party
as a whole that is in need of some such
rejuvenation—encouraged by a “new
birth” of mental perspective in the old
managers.
Understand it again! This is not in
tended as an indorsement of Mr. Risk’s
candidacy, not falling to indorse him,
does it mean that we favor any of his
opponents in preference to him. It is
merely a semi-approval of the vision that
Mr. Risk seems to have of the revitaliz
ing needs of the democratic party. We
do not agree with him for a moment
that all the democratic party has ever
done, even in Indiana, is all wrong. It
has done as well as the republicans, and
better, in proportion to the opportunities
of administration that it has had. We
deny that It was the failure of the Ral
ston administration that turned the state
back to the republicans in 1816, after i
Gov. Marshall had suatched it from them
in 1908. The republican victory in In
diana in 1916 was due to the pro-Ger
manism of the German-Americans and
the mollycoddling of them by the re
publicans ; this and the liquor vote turned
over to them by Albert Lleber of Indian
apolis, wholesale liquor dealer. More
constructive legislation was placed on j
the statute books by the state assemblies |
of 1913 and 1915, under Gov. Ralston I
and the finances of the state wore better j
handled, than ever before or since—and j
we say this notwithstanding that his im
mediate predecessor, Gov. Marshall, now j
vice president and aspiring to the preal- I
dency, seems to set so much better on j
Mr. Risk’s stomach.
If we may be permitted to say it, “we ,
point with pride" to the administration j
of Gov. Ralston. He made enemies of j
course. For instance, he didn’t continue
for some attorneys the cinch that they
had under Gov. Marshall, when it came
to the pardon or parole of convicts. lie
also offended a lot of political corrup
tionists in his party, by countenancing
Investigation of certain alleged election
and legislative frauds, the latter of which
never materialized, while the former re-
DOG HILL PARAGRAFS
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El lick Hclwangcr, who used to could
walk the foot log across Gander creek
with a Jug of licket* in each band, wn
almost pulled off into the creek jester- j
day by a bucket of-buttermilk.
* • •
Slim rieken* has bought himself anew
cap and be Is now- the same size from
head to Toot.
'• • •
The Excelsior Fiddling Band Is mak
ing extensive preparation to furnish
music for the Ice cream suppers during
the coming summer, hut they will not
be allowed the free rein they were last
season, when they kept passing their
saucers until there was not any Ice
cream left for any of (be guesta.
suited in deserved convictions. Gov. Ral
ston was to Indiana what Woodrow Wil
son has been to the nation, anew, pro
gressive, constructive force, leading his
party aright by serving the public first,
for which he is naturally being somewhat
damned —by those who regard public of
fice as a private snap.
Mr. Risk, if ho wishes to run for gov
ernor, might do worse than to take up
the Ralston administration right where
Mr. Ralston left it, and promise a re
sumption with improvements perhaps,
due to changed conditions, and having a
regard for new issues that have arisen—
but he ctyt hardly expect the democratic
party to step in solidly behind him on the
assumption that no good ever came out
of it, nor ever can, except with him at j
the helm. Democracy with all Its faults, !
and its limited years of active service,
still has more to its credit in the way |
of constructive legislation and adminis
tration, than has the republican party
with all its boasted superiority, and ex
cess of years in the active service.
Indeed, we desire to call Mr. Risk’s at-'j
tention to the fact, which he admits as to \
the nation, that the republicans went no
farther than the democrats in Indiana,
in proportion to numbers, whether In the
enactment of prohibition or the advance- |
ment of woman suffrage, neither In 1917
or 1019. We are for reform in the demo- j
cratic party, but in heaven’s name do j
not commend the republican party to u
as an example. We said, “we are for j
reform," not for “degeneracy.”
CONCERNING McADOO
We do not know whether former Secre- j
tary of the Treasury McAdoo is a candi- |
date for the presidency or not, but one
thing is 'certain, when he opens Ms
mouth he says more than any other can
didate. We read the platitudes of all
the candidates. All refer to the just dis
tribution of wealth between capital and
labor, but none tells how it is to be done.
We read of other candidates shouting
for “Americanism,” but do not define it
in a way which does not include alt
classes. Others engage In the use of
idioms, but none get down to earth,
none literally “light” anywhere. In this
connection it can be said of McAdoo,
whether right or wrong, he has the cour
age to take aide* In a controversy. He
is no trimmer in things. He daily forms
estimates of men and things and Is not
i afraid to express hts convictions. If
there was a middle of the way path iu
life he never would take It. It Is Just
not the McAdoo way of traveling. He
could not be true to himself if he did ‘
not occasionally “talk cut Iu meeting.” j
If he should be nominated the voters
would be treated to a campaign of frank
ness, and this would be a rarity.—Ex
change.
SPARE THE BIRD!
Birds are the greatest little food savers
In the world. They save billions of
pounds of food for Tinmans to eat. They
do this by preying upon food-destroying >
inserts, in fields and gardens.
The Kansas State Horticultural society !
has Just published some Interesting bird
facts. In that oue state alone 236.000,000
birds every year eat enough insects to <
fill 480 trains of fifty box cars each—,
24.000 cars of a minimum weight of 24.000
pounds to the car.
Kansas birds each year eat 676,000.000
pounds of Insects.
Each bird will average 100 insects a
day.
A flock of blrda In your garden will
keep plants clean of Insects.
Fata and dogs, and little boys, some
! times, shoo birds away. They shouldn’t:
And big men kill au<-h Insect destroy
ers as quail. Killing off the quail Is coat
ing the wheat growers of the United
States 8100.000.000 a year. Qualls are
foes of the chinch hug Qualls are foes
of potato bugs. ,
Don’t kill s bird, advises the Kansas
society. “If the destruction of birds goes
on, in a comparatively few years insect
life will have multiplied to such an ex
tent that trees will be deprived of their
foliage, plants will cease to thrive, and
agricultural crops can not be raised.
Bargain Table Toilet Specials
lil fW A V *o SWEETHEBAT
6c wax lunch 4a. B £n . ■ MW M A Wm . w soap He
PAPER, 3 rolls for. IUC 83 M3 |k * V 50c F. E. I. TOOTH
-18 SCHOOL BJMjy ITii TOOTH 7, *
TABLET (limit 5). PASTE 25*
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PER CLEANER, 90, OP,, _ ~ ~ tbc MAVIS COLD
3 for Store Closes Saturdays at 6 p. m. cream 394
Pre - Easter Display #
L£k Fashions Latest Modes Are All Shown Here
- The styles for Easter and spring are beautiful as well as practical and "
emphasize the supremacy of American fashion authorities. jg
display includes all the charm of the new season fabrics expressed iRSEI! m
mall IP ’ n or *Si na l creations from the looms of the world famous style creators, - /
H| Suits Dresses Coats 18
if $28.50 to $19.50 to $19.50 to jf
M $85.00 $69.00 $55.00
ALL ALTERATIONS FREE—This Means Another Saving of $2 to $5.
Petticoats in Colors That Har-
monize Contrast
ingly With
Easter
Costumes
Fluffy or plain affairs that
will bo welcomed by women
changing to their sheer sum
mery frocks. An exquisite
showing of models at prices
women will be pleased to pay.
$6.95 to
SIO.OO
■- ■■ £
Flower Decked or
Simple Line
The New Hats
One after another they Spell
novelty and the element of the
unexpected. And each and every
one of them Is different —aa to
crown, or brim, as to trimming,
tilt or shape.
Each of thestf hats is priced at
tractively when one considers
the amount of patient handork
they havo required and the fine
fabrics which have been put into
them.
$4.98, $7.98
and SIO.OO
SILK POPLIN, 36 inches wide,
wanted shades for spring dresses
and skirts; lustrous /IQ
finish, a yard
BLACK TAFFETA, yard wide,
chiffon finish; for suits, skirts
and dresses; 60 ifi
a yard
FIBER SILK SHIRTING, beau
tiful color combinations; satin
stripes for men’s shirts and
boys’ waists; £ -4 40
special, a yard $ JL TCL?
BROADCLOTH, b 4 inches wide,
in navy and black, for women’s
and children’s (g 4 /fIQ
wear; a yard SJLTO
54-INCH NOVELTY PLAIDS,
new spring patterns, for women's
skirts and dresses; $0 QQ
a yard ,
COTTON POPLIN, 27 inches
wide, mercerized, heavy quality,
in all wanted plain colors for
women’s and children’s /IQf
wear; special, a yard a vt-
PIANO TUNER GETS JIGGS IN BAD.
THERE’S NO OBJECT IN TEMPORARY SAVING.
’S A SHAME, THAT’S WHAT IT IS.
Here Are —
DRESSES
for Confirmation and
Easter
Here are dresses for confirmation
as pretty as we can find, fashioned
of beautiful organdy and trimmed
with rows of the daintiest lace.
These are fine examples of our
standards of quality in that they
will serve as festive frocks for a
long time after the great day It
self—
At $4.98 to
$17.50
Corsets
The AU-Important
Factor in Women’s Dress
The new style requires new
form in corsets —corsets that
may be trusted to produce the
right and correct figures. This
can be had only in anew corset,
yet a good corset is far the
cheapest in the end.
We carry the following famous
brands —Warner’s, Royal Wor
cester, R & G, Thomson's and
P. N. Prices—
s2 to $6
Nemo Corsets
$5.50 to $9