The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 10, 1917, Page 4

Ran ERNIE ESA ne NN NOTE ; sco BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNB THURSDAY, MAY, 10,. 1917. @utered Pestoffice, Bismarck, N. (SUED EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY ON RAY A} SUBSCRIPTION RATES, P, FABLE IN Maily, by mail or carrier, Daily, by mail, one year in North Dakota ...... ecseoees £.00 Daily, by mail outside of North Dakota, one year .. 6.00 Daily, by mail outside of North Dakota, three months. 1.60 Daily, by mail in North Dakota three months ........+cceee Weekly, by mail, per year Member Audit Bureau of Circulation roe OLDEST NEWSPAPER eTaTee OLDEST WEATHER REPORT. For 24 hours ending at noon May 10: Temperature at 7 a. m.. . 39 Temperature at noon . 64 ‘Highest yesterday .. 68 Lowest yesterday . 40 ‘Lowest last night Precipitation ... Highest wind velocity Forecast. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Friday; not much change in temperature. t ‘Lowest Temperatures fargo - 36 ‘Williston, 34 Grand Forks . 33 Pierre 44 St. Paul . 38 Winnipeg 32 Helena 38 Chicago .. 40 Swift Current 44 Kansas ‘City San Francisco Meteorogolist. FIRST DISTRICT CONTEST CASE. Republicans of the First district are not letting any grass grow under their feet. Gunder Olson, national committeeman, and members of the Republican state central committee in the First district have issued a call for a meeting of the First dis- trict committee at Fargo, May 11. | This committee will make com- plete arrangements for a convention. There is no reason why the Repub- licans should wait until Governor Frazier issues his proclamation for an election. If the Non-partisan league has its way, every attempt will be mace to eliminate party ac- tivity in the selection of a congress- man. Members of this organization are anxious to eliminate all parties and run candidates without any par- ty designation. The Republicans of the First dis- trict.are notigoing to be caught nap- ping. Whatever action Governor Frazier takes, the Republican sup- port will be concentrated upon one man. It is an excellent opportunity to try conclusions with the Republi- cans and Socialists as contenders. The followers of the red flag cannot hide their identity in the First dis- trict congressional contest. Results will be watched with more than ordinary interest, for it will af- ford an early test of the league's strength in a district reported to be one of the strongholds of that organ- ization. THAT ARBOR DAY SPEECH. Packard’s pick and Langer's ora- tory characterized the Arbor Day celebration last week. This combina- tion promises to immortalize the event, as the attorney general ad- mits: “America will know forever that North Dakota is for Aye and Aye one of the brightest jewols in her brilliant crown.” The extract is from the official pa- per of tho administration. It should gO, thundering down the ages. State Superintendent Macdon- ald should see to it forthwith that all copy-books used in the rural schools are indelibly marked ‘by the wisdom and oratory of this young Pericles of Morton county. But to continue: “We have come together this morn- ing, not to do homage to the wills and allurements of this earthly world, we have not COME TO TALK ABOUT WAR ‘OR ARMAMENT, but we have come to plant these elm trees.” What is war? What are armaments in comparison to the importance of the servants of North Dakota clothed in garbs of shining righteousness? Oh, No! war and armaments are as nothing. Quoting again this Lochin- var of the West: z “T will just digress one moment to say the people of North Dakota have confidence’ in US all and that today, as one travels (on state mileage) over this large state, one cannot help but feel that the officials of this state are not distrusted, that they are not looked upon as unworthy, but that there is a widespread, uni- versal feeling that the affairs of the government are in good, safe hands; that the administration, headed by our noble governor, is on a good, sub- stantial basis;' and that there is a feeling of satisfaction that everyone { in this state capitol building (not ex- | cepting even Steen, Steele and Rob- | imsen) is there primarily to serve, i mot himself, but to serve the people of this state.” - THE TRIBUNE aments in comparison to that “wide- spread and universal feeling’? ‘Why speak of war and armaments in the same breath with the triumphs of the attorney general's office? Perish the throught? In the words of the immortal Job: “No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.” NEW FLAGS. There probably will be a lot of new flags in the world when the war is over—and there is much meaning in the probability. There is talk already to the effect that Great Britain is figuring on turn. ing Palestine loose as a Jewish re- public. Already there is a new flag over Russia; at least a new flag in meaning, and possibly also in design. There is no telling yet how many new Slavic flags there may be, Spec ulating as to exact numbers is bad business while the guns are roaring. But the sure thing is that all these flags will float over free nations when this war is over. That is the best of it all. There will be new flags and new liberties. It is the liberties that count. What a wonderful world this will be when every flag floats over free people! Doesn’t that help make you glad that your country is helping to bring that day to pass—that inspiring day of world-wide liberty? A NATION IN SERVICE. America is a land of universal ser- vice now. The nation stands mustered into service, The new selective service law is a law under which those needed in the army are to be selected. It is a law under which the govern ment is empowered to pick out cer- tain men fitted for a certain duty. So far, this law provides only for selecting men for military service, But military needs are not all the nation’s needs. Other needs are equally pressing. We read of a startling shortage of men to build ships. We read of a shortage of men to till land. Why should not the selective ser- vice idea be made universal? Why should we not be 100 per cent effect- ive and 100 per cent efficient? Every American is at the nation’s service. Why not selection for all industry? Mr. Wilson Will Take Care of Him Mii'7 a p eee A bn, My, 4, Mn, a re CMON FEWLERS LET STICK'IM " Powell on Intolerance (Second Installment) Is this uot evident, that if your or- ganization will attempt to misinform and mislead the consumer, is it not far to presume that you would and are now misleading thé producer? “D" feed,-wheat is now a nation- wide topiG'¥our speakers have talk- ed: “D"ged Wheat to our farmers, yet our faritiers have sold no such thing ‘as-’D”" feed wheat. You well know the feed grades are “A”, “B”, Why not select men to build ships just as we select them for the army? Why not the same effective selec- tion. for agriculture? Why not a nation in service? By. its own free will the great pop- ulation of America is united in its de- termination to serve the nation so as to win the war most quickly and de- eisively. The most effective organization, al’ down the line, is needed, if that i: to be done. America has the men, the money, the land, the raw materials, for every- thing. Let all be selected for most ef fective service and set to work at once. The longer disorganization goes on the longer will ‘be the war. Let America get down to business on the universal selective service principle. eo CONTINUE ACTIVITIES. One of the most interesting dis- closures of the conferences between American officials and the represent: atives of Great Britain and France is that Germany is being kept fully in- formed as to the movements and character of cargoes of vessels bound from American and other ports to England. Recent experience has established that wheat and coal ships are being singled out by German submarines. The number of such ships sunk in the submarine zone during the past three months is out of all proportion to the total of ships attacked. This proves ‘beyond question that German spies and German agents in this country, as elsewhere, continue their activities. That the United States is honey- combed with German spies and that during the past two years they have Perfected the necessary roundabout channels of communication with the German admiralty is beyond ques- tion. The task of weeding them out can- not be prosecuted too vigorously by the government. It is going to be as big or bigger job than it was in England. That President Wilson is fully alive to the dangers of the situation is shown by his recent order estab- lishing the censorship of all mes- sages leaving the country by cable, mail, telegraph, and in the case of Mexico, telephone as well. It is probable that the President would not have delayed as long as he did in issuing this order, but for his disinclination to interfere with communication between this country and the neutrals, But whatever may be the irritation of neutrals because of the order, ir of small importance compared with the vital necessity of safeguarding in every way possible the food and mu- magnanimous? the story of-war and erm- nition ships bound for the ports of our European allies. “Oo” and “D", “A” grade is wheat welgh 47 pounds, “CO” 48 to 44 pounds, “D” 35 to 42 pounds, the pre- sent price of which is $2.02, $1.90, $1.76) and $1.59, respectively, per bushel F. O. B. here. Your speakers tell the people these grades will make flour that will make just as good bread as No, 2 Northern wheat will make. Yet, you know that any miller in our state. or anywhere elsé would lose his repu- tution furever if he attempted to foist flour uporiihis customers made wholly from these grades. Our millers are how using. avixture containing 20 per cent from those grades; however, they fear the results that, may come from any material increase over this per- centage. © Our livestock is a mixed breed, poor, medium and fair grade. Very few of | our farmers have any idea of what in- tensive or diversified farming is. Did r hear the league speakers tal's * CREAMERIES NOT RUNNING Do you kuow that out of some two hundred creameries in North Dakota some 116 were closed in 1916? Do you know that cream buyers in the cities bid above market in the early spring to get cream coming their way, xfter which they settle. cl ket, ‘feeling assure H keep coming, and"did you ever hear the league speakers ‘tell our people of this outrage, or muke any attempt to restore confidence in their own, coop- erative creame Has it occurred to you that the present price of flour is due to our own people’s demand for hoarding purposes? Putting cash wheat at a premium of about $1.00 per bushel, do you know that if the hoarded flour now in farmers’ hands were put on the market, the price would drop out of cash wheat? This same thing ap plies to sugar; everybody wants su- gar, they seem to feel there will be no sugar or flour to buy. One of my tomers sent in for 500 pounds of flour and afterward 1 found he had 1,000 pounds in his attic. Is this suply and demand? — Your speakers say it is the] stock gamblers and millers. Why, my dear governor, don’t you kuow that if you take the farmer speculators. millers and co-operative elevators away from the Minneapolis charmber of com- merce there would be no such institu- tion? Did it ever occur to you that the elevator or miller who does not ..| products (this applies to all other farm y! food supply patronize grain brokers through 4 chamber of commerce is the only gambler in the deal? The miller pro- tects himself on every car of wheat bought. and again, on every flour sold. He may have 100,000 bush- els of wheat in his elevator, yet it may be owned by a dozen different people ona buy for future. Did you ever hear the leagne speakers tell the facts in regard to these truths? No, 1 the league speakers encircle the truth and tell about some mysterious being or organization that is trying to choke the farmer, Just now, it is a proposi- tion of the increased cost of merchan- dise, ‘through the extra traveling salesmen. Do you know the consumer does not pay this expense’ If you were. at the head of a whole sale or manufacturing concern, you would no doubt figure on a minimum « for the selling of your goods, auld. you not? And after thorough investigation and experimentation, if you found the cheapest possible meth- be an addition of from 5 to T per cent, y hir-} but recent reports are less favorable y them,| The es Then you would want ; gave an addi od of selling your output was ing salesmen, you would empl ‘would you not? real salesmen, and naturally your salaries paid, would vary with the ability to sell. Does the consumer pay these salaries, when, if you employed another method, it would be neces- expense of | ¥ | sary to add the extra cost to the price of your goods? DEMORALIZATION OF BUSINESS Where did you get the idea that our people would. benefit through the de- ralization of the business inte Do you know that the peopl afeguard depends upon the competi-, tion among manufacturers, wholesal- ers and: retailers? Do you know that one concern in’ this country through misrepresentation, and ‘thereby’ the creation of suspicion and envy, has for years been putting forth extraor- dinary efforts to eliminate this com- petition, and: ‘issit sonable to pre- sume that an organization built upon | fraud and deception, it, when they had gained the;advyantage sought. pro- the people or would they, on the er hand, ‘rob the people? * In a speech recently, Mr. Drake, (1 understand Mr. Drake is a brilliant man) stated that. in his opinion the government would ‘put a price on , Which would forever put a stop ation and the chamber of com- » in Minneapolisi This is one of strong arguments.of your organ- Now, I know you are a man of intelligence and therefore must know there can be no manoor set of men in one country, possessed of the wisdom to know what a reasonable price would be for wheat. . Excepting as a war measure, the government could do so temporarily, through co-operative ac- tion with several other nations, CAN GO JUST SO FAR Did it ever oc to you that the producer can carry this agitation so fur that suddenly the whole proposi tion would bump up agaiust wall?) What stone wall? Why, there are one hundred consumers of wheat ot! products) to one producer, Ts it un reasonable to presume the consumer cannot ¢ distributing agencies, or organization through which they could tell the producers what they would pay? Pray, tell me, who would have the advantage? With the Editors ay wecccoe--. SPRING WHEAT (New York Times) It is well known that the loss of 10,000,000 seeded acres in the Winter wheat States demands the largest pos- sible increase of of acreage where the seed is planted in the Spring.- All the estimates thus far made point to only a very slight addition there, or even to a decrease, During the debate in the Senate last Wednesday about the ir,, McCumber. of North Dakota sai i If the wheat acreage planted... this spring produces normally, the crop Will be 850,000.000 bushels. leaving a surplus of 200,000,000 bnshels for our allies. Some of this ‘will be in the mills within three months. so there is no dan- ger of a shortage unless some dis- aster strike the crops. The senator must know that al- ready there has been a disaster in the winter wheat fields, from which or- dinarily about! two-thirds of the en- tire crop is trkeu. There cannot be “normal production” in that ~ part of the wheat a has added something to this expected e is no probability that at of last r, Which was much below the ave ‘There will not be more than bushels in all, instead of of unless farmers in the Northwest large- ly increase t} pring acreage. They are not doinz t Some time ago there were indications that there might es. of crop experts then m of 3 per cent, in Mr. followed by one showing. decrease of 17 per cent. In Minnesota, on the other hand, 7 p ent, has been added to last year’s acreage. And so the Spring wheat area may be even less than it wa a year ago. It is not too late to sow wheat in the Northwest. The acreage there possible. — Senator McCumber shon!d ise his estimates and predictions. He should urge the farmers of his State to use every available acre. If they and, other wheat growers in that part of the country need help, finan- cial or other, it ¢an'be obtained: for them. All the Mtatesicand: the whole world have an. interest. jin, the coming crop of American Spring wheat. Need Men of Mature Age Chicago, May 10.—Examination of the final candidates for admission in the four army officers’ training camps in the central depattniént was begun today with thé 'fofma)°dpening of the camp but five Ways ‘away. Officers. as- serted .that every.-effort would’ “be made to obtain matured aspirants for the reserve corps in the remaining days. Large numbers of men who have ibeen certified are barely over the minimum age, #0 years and 9 months, and the vast majority are less than 30, while comparatively few approach ‘the maximum age of 44. CARLOAD OF WINE SEIZED AT HEBRON ‘Hebron, N. D.. May 10.—Morton county may have another Hebron wine case, Yesterday morning lecal officers seized a carload of wine shipped here from Galifornia and ther phoned to States Attor L. H. Connolly and Sheviff Oscar Olson at Mandan. In- structions were given to hold the wine until the offi arrived. HORN CLOUD GETS TWO YEARS IN FEDERAL PEN (Tribune Special Service) Fargo, N, D., May 10.—Joseph Horn Cloud, brought before Judge Oharles F. Amidon in the United States dis- trict court late yesterday afternoon, entered a plea of guilty to the charge of stealing a horse from the Standing Rock Indian reservation, and was sentenced to two years in the federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Henry Demarce, arraigned shortly after Horn ‘Cloud, on a charge of in- troducing liquor on the Fort Totten. Indian reservation, entered a plea of not guilty and was remanded to the Ramsey county jail at Devils Lake to await trial. BAND CONCERTS TO START THIS WEEK (Special to Tribune.) Valley Cit: D., May 10.—Muni- cipal band concerts to ‘be held in the park during the coming -season will start Tuesday evening, May 15. See “The Pixies” May 16th. IN- AUTOMOBILE DEPARTMENT— Miss Hazel Mead is doing some bile registration department of the secretary of state's office for the Au: tomobile Mutual Insurance company. NEW GRAIN COMPANY— a caarter to the Maddock Farmers’ Grain Co., whose directors are M. A. Wisness, Hans Rangein and Gunder Hesla. PAVING PROGRESS— ing district No, 1 is nearing comple- tion. The concrete crews are now working on Main, between Fourth McCumber’s state, but now the re- sults of inquiries made by a fur jour- nal point to a reduetion of 7 per cent. there. And in South Dakota the first, estimate of a 7 per cent. loss has been we of all the work that remains and Fifth streets. The ditulithic top coat will be spread within a week. AH that can hold up the early com- should have been doubled, if that was | special clerical work in the automo-} The secretary of state today issued | The laying of concrete base in pav-| t i 1 | BY A GARDENER. Without moisture no garden would amount to anything. This does not mean sprinkling with a hose, for there are summers in which ho sprin- kling is needed if the top soil is kept well mulched. In hot, dry spells of considerable duration, the moisture from near the surface may be evap- orated, Then get out the hose, or if the garden is small and you have plenty of time, use the sprinkling can. Don’t sprinkle every evening, some people imagine that a little water every evening is what-a garden needs. A little sprinkling does more harm than good.- If you sprinkle do it thoroughly. Remember the ground, not the plant, needs the water, So try to get the water to the surface near the along each row, ‘Let the water flow through these until every row is well watered. A wooden trough, made’ by iplant’s stem. And drench the| nailing two long boards together at ground. right angles can be used to get water A well hoed garden never needs| from hydrant to garden. A garden kept well hoed will need less water than one seldom hoed. After every sprinkling and rain stir up the top soil to a depth of an inch to provide the necessary dust blanket. more than two or three sprinklings, even during a dry summer, if done well, If you have no garden hose, dig a little ditch into the middle of your garden, and then- smaller ditches to be done in the first district is de-| crops of wheat may be expected. So lay in procuring the ties with waich| far as Mr. Field himself is concerned to relay the capitol street railway.| he has every reason to expect a In paving district No. 2 the steam] bumper crop, for he was fortunate in shovel is working on street excava-| obtaining, at a very fancy price, some tion on Ninth street between Ave-} excellent seed. nues A and B, and on Avenue B be- ———e tween Bighth and Ninth streets. Curb] ENJOY FINE FEED— — forms are being made on Avenue B| ‘Governor, ‘Lynn J. Frazier, Secre- between First and Second streets and| tary N. A. Mason.and Adjutant Gen- on Second street between Avenues | eral T. H. Tharalson, enjoyed:a fine A and B. feed at Camp Frazier.,last evening. They attended at :the: special invita- tion of Major Wright, and. they en- joyed a menu including roast beet, fried potatoes and other good things which might have graced the table of any high class hotel. Camp Fra- aier they found in fine shape. The boys are comfortably ..oused in tents with board floors which are partly walled with planks and provided with stoves. The location of the camp is excellent, and all of the soldiers en- trenched there are enjoying the best of health and waxing strong and hearty. The governor and ‘nis party looked into every nook and corner of the camp last night, met all of the boys and had’a fine time. City water was piped 'to Camp Frazier yesterday, and the task of toting water in pails, which none of the boys relished, no longer is necessary. TRENTON WANTS STATION— Business men and other citizens of Trenton this morning petitioned tre state railway commission to com- mand the Great Northerg to provide a new passenger and freigat station at that point. CROP CONDITIONS GOOD— J. A, Field, who has farmed his place a few miles east of Bismarck on the Red Trail for forty consecu- tive years, is looking forward to a good. crop this season. While in Bis- marck ‘this morning he expressed the fear ‘that some farmers who have planted ‘light wheat will be disap- pointed, but he regards the weather of the last few weeks as ideal for the germination of wheat and be- lieves that even wit poor seed fair Keep Business Going! . For Our Country’s Sake Our country prosperous can pay our war costs, as they come, and have enough left over to aid our Allies. i Our country unprosperous, with business halting, money hoarded, through fear or false economy, will be hard pressed to keep food on the fable and clothing on the back. KEEP BUSINESS GOING! Ii a patriotic slogan. Keep money in circulation. Keep employment for everybody. Keep wages good. Keep on making money that we May have money to spend for war sacrifices. The worst thing that could happen to the world these. days would be a business depression in our United ‘State ’ War in itself does not cause business depression The billions of dollars of ‘money td be’ expend preparations will be put into circulation in our own country, and this in itself will create new wealth for use in the world ‘struggle for humanity. F . ; The one thing that might halt business now is an unpatri- otic psychological feeling of panic and a false idea of patri- otic economy. : ‘ Patriotic economy means the elimination of waste and ex- travagance. It means the conservation of our food: products, our. natural wealth, our health, our energies, our labor, our very lives. It means putting more effciencey in everything we do so that each unit of money, energy and intelligence i utmost. : Poet economy does not mean lowering of et étandard of living, which would make us less efficient physi- cally and eal, nationally and individually, and would Kill-the spirit and the will to do the truly self- sacrificing things :to be done. apes Cities and communities must go on with their civic improve- ments. Road building and public works must proceed. Rail- roads must renew their equipment, Factories must be kept going to their full capacity. Labor must be employed. Homes must be kept up. Merchandise must be produced, distributed ‘and used. : ‘War duties and war expenditures must be in addition to peace duties and peace expenditures. The more we do the more we can-do. The more money we spend the more we will have in our pockets to spend. Money creates money. In a word: The natural, sane life of the country must pro- ceed as though we were not at war, in order that we may have the necessary prosperity to promote the war to a quick and successful conclusion Business is going—in the East, the West, the North, the South. The country is prosperous, Last month’s increase in business was very large. Banks may wait in their opera- tions. until the government, bon ds are assimilated. People may pause temporarily in their outfitting to arrange to meet the new conditions. But the unloosing of billions of dollars will unloose-a flow of prosperity absolutely necessary to sustain the world’s burden. Governments set the pace in their expenditures. Individuals must not lag behind. Seven billions of dollars to pay is only $70 per capita in the United States. Yet seven billions of dollars put into work at 6 per cent—a fair estimate of the producing power of money—will create 420 millions of new wealth.