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mile miles * awayAbout awayAbout away awayAbout About the city runs the th first 1lrst belt beltline beltline beltline line railway built In America and andthe andthe andth the seven acre acr Union itation station with withelevated withelevated withelevated elevated tracks accommodate accommodates * 40 40trains 40trains 40trains trains at once Every 24 hours 82 82mallsby 82mailsby 12malls malls-by malls by mails-by mails - - by air rail rail , , , and truck- truck truckreach truckreach truck truckreach - reach the city elty , and It average averages * a aconvention aconvention aconvention convention a day-five day five day - flv days out ot of otevery ofevery ofevery every week Ur the year round One Oneauditorium Oneauditorium Oneauditorium auditorium seats seata 10000 10 000 What a achange achange achance change since Henry Ward Beecher Beecherpreached Beecherpreached Beecherpreached preached here her * In hi his . email small churchand churchand church and nd edited his farm paper paperlGet paperi paperl paperiGet I IGet Get up early any morning and andyou andyou andyou you see some 500 trucks coming commg Into Intotown intotown intotown town from all directions hauling haulinghal's haulinghogs haulinghoes hal's hals hogs ' cattle catUe calves and sheep to tothe tothe . the largest stockyards east of at Chi Chicago Chicago Chicago cago Among world train grain markets marketsthe marketsthe marketsthe the one on * here ranks sixth and a as . a acash acash acash cash mart It leads In the th United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStatesSome States StatesSome Some (40 40 840 ( factories tactories make many manythings manythings manythings things from tram Insulin Insulln and Inner tubes tubesautomobiles tubesautomobiles tubesautomobile automobiles * and canned food to tobirdcages tobirdcages tobirdcages birdcages and popcorn machmes machines machmesOne machinesOne machinesOn One * shop can make 5 500 bicycl bicycle bicycletires bicycletires bicycltires tires every day Another makes makeschainschains makeschainschains makeschains chains-chains chains - chain * that went with Ad Admlral Admiral Admiral mlral miral Byrd to the AntarcUc Antarctic chains chainstor chainsfor chainsfor tor for the first Wright plane tor for the thedirigibles thedirigibles thedirigible dirigibles * Micon Macon and Shenandoah Sbenandoahfor Shenandoahtor Shenandoahfor tor for battleihip battleship hoists and elevators elevatorschains elevatorschains elevatorchains * chains for tor 40 foreign torelgn countriesDoorbell countriesDoorbell countries countriesDoorbell Doorbell ringers all over the na natlon nation natlon tlon tion sell silk hosiery made here herewhile herewhile herewhile while another product is advertised advertisedby advertiiedby by a singing barber who fills the theair theair theair air with saponaceous rhapsodyArmored rhapsodyArmored rhapsody rhapsodyArmored Armored cars for tor Ur the . shah .hah hah of ofIran ofIran ofIran Iran trucks to haul pipes that car carry carry carry ry oil all from tram Mosul to the Medlter Mediter Medlterranean Mediterranean Medilerranean ranean ham hams * and bacon tor for the theworld theworld th thworld world s . breakfast brepktast brepkfast - they ongmate originate ongmatehere originatehere originatehere originatehereCenter here hereCenter hereCenter Center far for Literature LlteratlU"e LlteratlUe LiteratureIf LlteratlU"eIt " If It wastebaskets gav gave up their theirdead theirdead theirdead dead what a place a treat great publish publishIng publishing publrhIng Ing home house in Indianapolis would be beto beto beto to trace trie * Indiana s . literary careerl careerlIt career careerIt ! It has ha * bought and published many a amanuscript amanuscript amanuscript manuscript which brought tame fame to toa toa toa a hitherto unknown writer Not only onlyHoosiers onlyHoosiers onlyHoosiers Hoosiers but writer writers * from tram all over overthe overthe overUr the Union bav have been launched by bythis bythis bythis this house Long ago It ft started Mary MaryRoberts MaryRoberts MaryRoberts Roberts Rinehart . , whose first 1lrst work work'The workThe workTir 'The The ' Circular Staircase other otherhouses otherhouses otherhouses houses had Ignored Lately It pub publIshed published published lIshed Oil 011 tor for Ur the Lamps of China Chinawluch Chinawhich Chinawhich wluch which brought fame tame to Alice TIs TIsdale Tisdale Ti Tidale dale Hobart . . . Look over its lists 11.ts 11ts . old and new newand newand newand and you are ar astonished at the mil million millions millions lion lions . of books book . issued inued from thl this . mid midwestern midwestern midwestern western plant Charles Major s . sWhen sWhen When Knighthood Was Wu In flower sold more copies than did "Uncle Uncle "UncleTom "UncleTom's "UncleTom's UncleToms " Tom Tom's Toms ' , Cabin " This flrm . firm . putting on onwhat onwhat onwhat what James Jame tames . Whitcomb RUe Alley Riley , . caned called called"Its calledIts " 1b 1ts , literary Uteral'7 Uteral7 ' overalla overalls " . published pubUshed ev- ev every every ev every - ery book the famous Hoosler Hoosier poet poetever poetever poetever ever wrote and nd all without ever a awritten awritten awritten written contracti contract ! ! It introduced Harold Har Har- Harold Harold - - old MacGrath to the world with with"The with"The with"The withThe "The The " Puppet Crown , " and nd Meredith MeredithNicholson MeredithNicholson MeredithNicholson Nicholson with "The The " Main Chance * ' and ' "The The 'The " ' House of ot ' a Thousand Can Candles Candies Candies dles dies " . Other t1 tiUes titles tles are remindful of days daysgone daysgone daysgone gone by Here Brand Whitlock Whitlockbrought Whitlockbrought Whitlockbrought brought ' . 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Ing trig Because of ot its early conspicuous conspicuoussuccess conspicuoussuccess conspicuoussuccess success with fiction ( fiction especial especially ly is associated in many minds with withthe withthe withthe the publishers But its contribution contributionin in other lines Unes aside from trom its law lawand lawand lawand and educaUonal educational publication publications * shows showsscores showsscores showsscores scores of ot titles Utles on subjects tramBackward fromBackward from tram fromBackward Backward Children ' to The Chi Chinese Chinese Chlnese nese nesetoo -too too - too many to list here hereGreat hereGreat hereGreat Great Chemical LaboratoryCarved LaboratoryCarved Lakeratery Laboratory LakerateryCarved Carved on the stone front tront of a agreat agreat agreat great laboratory at Indianapolis are arethe arethe arethe the same lame chemical symbol symbols * used usedby usedby usedby by ancient alchemists-who alchemists who alchemists - - who took tookthem tookthem tookthem them from trom the Chaldean - who whothought whothought : thought the earth s a metals were re related related related lated to the planets I ! I Hence such old oldplanetary oldplanetary oldplanetary planetary names for tor drugs as lunar lunarcaustic lunarcaustic lunarcaustic caustic and saturnine polsonYet poisonYet poison polson poisonYet Yet look into this thi * plant and see seewhat seewhat seewhat what Incredible strides chemists chemistshave chemistshave chemistshave have made since the dim distant distantage distantage distantage age of Ichcmy alchemy quackery , , and andphilosophers andphilosophers andphilosophers philosophers stones I ! IIn In this temple of at scientific re research research research search and In the giant production productionplant productionplant productionplant plant attached to it where machines machinesroll machinesroll machinesroll roll 500 000 pills p1lJs a day and grind grindtons grindtons grindtons tons of at strange things from dande dandelions dandelions dandelions lions to bovine stomachs and liv lfv livers lfvera livers ers era you meet a thinking brigade ot of otchemists ofchemists ofchemists chemists , . pharmacists baeleri baetert baeleriologlsts baetertologists bactertologlsta ologlsts ologists and medical investigators investigatorsrepresentmg investigatorsrepresenting investigatorsrepresenting representmg representing the best scientific scientificbrains scientificbrains scientificbrains brains of ot many lands from trom Ene Eng Eneland England England land to ChinaHow ChinaHow China ChinaHow How to turn new ideas theories theoriesand , and discoveries about medicine Into Intopractical intopractical intopracUcal practical use is the business of ot this thisvaat thisvast thisvast vaat vast industry It worked with the theToronto theToronto theToronto Toronto Insulin committee and with withthe withthe the Harvard Pernicious AnemJa Anemia AnemJacommittee Anemiacommittee Anemiacommittee committee to put their drugs quick quickly quickly quickly ly into doctors handsHere handsHere hands handsHere Here is not only pure research In Inmany inmany inmany many things , , from toad poisons to toChinese toChinese toChinese Chinese herbs berbs , , but such mass pro pro- production productlon production - - duction ductlon problems as packing mJI mil mJIlions millions millions lions of doses of ot ground liver in cap capswes capsoles capsules swes soles instead of vial vialsIn vials vialsIn . In plain English here In IndIana Indianais is an astonishing example of ot how howI howhighly howhighly bowhighly I highly organized efficient businentakes busineu business busineutakes businesstakes takes up where science leaves leave . ofT ofTJenner oftJenner on ' Jenner learned long ago how to tovaccinate tovaccinate tovaccinate vaccinate against again * ! smallpox smalJpox , , , but It Ittakes ittakes Ittakes takes huge capital and Infinite skl11 skill skl11to skillto skillto to make enough vaccine and supply supplyIt It fresh tresh to the whole world . , when whenand whenand whenand and where neededYou neededYou needed neededYou You can think of many such ex examples examplea examples amples amplea from trom common disinfectants disinfectantsto to diphtheria anUtoxtn antitoxin antitoxinBut antitoxinBut anUtoxtnBut But for tor .uch uch such . uch mass production of ofdrugs ofdrugs ofdrugs drugs chemicals and medicine medicines * we could not check or control in intecUous infectious infecUous tecUous fectious disease and epidemics de despite despite despite spite the great discoveries of ot Koch KochPasteur KochPasteur KochPasteur Pasteur Lister Sir Ronald Ross RossSchaudinn RossSchaudlnn RossSchaudinn Schaudinn Schaudlnn Von Van Wasseimann Wasselmann and andEhrlich andEhrlich andEhrllch andEhrllchNor Ehrlich EhrlichNor Nor could mankind benefit benent from fromthe fromthe fromthe the findings ot of a Hopkins a Mendel Mendelor or an Osborne as to vitamins nu nutntlon nutrition nutntion tntlon trition and the prevention of ot nutrj nutrf nutrjtlonal nutrftional nutriUonal tlonal tional disease nor dare to hope In Inface inface Inface face of ot tetanus diabetes dlabetel and ane |