The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 3, 1918, Page 4

ni ‘at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., a: Class Matter GEORGE D. MANN - : : : - G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, Special Foreign Representative NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO, Marquette Bldg.; BOSTON, 8 Winter St.; DETROIT, Kresege Bldg.; MINNEAPOLIS, 810 Lumber Exchange. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news pub- lished herein. A All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. All rights of are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier per year,......ssseeeesseeees $6. Daily by mail per year...... Daily by mail per year (in state)... Daily. by mail outside of North Dakota..... SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In North Dakota) tor publication of special dispatches herein 2-2 ssss One year by mail.. $4.00. Six Denths by mail 2.00 Three months by mail....... 1.00 Youtside of Ne One year .. é $5.00 oe mouth . ry ee months City Carrier Service eee bbe THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Batablished 1878) > THE NEW REVENUE BILL To get back to that tax business that Congress, Secretary McAdoo, and the rest o fthem have heen pulling and hauling about so much lately—How about it? What kind of a new tax do’ the people want? This without regard to what McAdoo, or Claude Kitchin, or anyone else in Washington may want. 5 The people want a new tax bill, and no mistake. Tt has been plain from the start that enormous ‘‘ex- cess profits’? taxes, so called, hitting the little stockholder and the big stockholder alike, were bound to fail. It has been plain-that they only pen- alized efficiency and initiative in business without gaining their one objective, i.e. without putting the main cost where it belongs—on individuals who can best afford to bear it. a The proper kind of schedule—the kind the country looks to Congress for this time—is one that will work on the principle of the graduated personal in- come tax solely and exclusively. Of course there will have to be some sort of a safeguard to catch the slacker who says: ‘‘I’ll just pile up those profits inside the corporation, in the form of cash reserves -or something, forthe time being,’’ This safeguard may again be..cajled.an, in Sabian tax. But it will have to draw the line! shapply and distinctly between the man who owns 5lyper cent’ of those pilegyt gnd the man ‘who enly owns the right to.two per cent of them. aot Whe eae ok Then\thi ust be'a provision.ta hit purely, ‘war profits’’—the ‘difference between what a given: cor-|, poration makes this year, under war conditions, and what it made several years ago, béfore the: war was thought of. THIS KIND OF PROFIT IS MIGHTY, ‘The Ses a Wpiter, J UNPOPULAR. " The congressman who can go before the. people and show that his thought along these lines is geared up with their. thought is the man.who is going to have'their confidence. The same congressman, try- ing to protect the big incomes—not corporate in- come’, ily, butthe divided: or utidjvided per- }Ryndd of fhillionsiked—is apt to'be out of running. Or hetis. apt tq be likewise out of the running if the folks back home get the notion that ‘he hasn’t; beensthinking: about: or working at this problem at all. ‘i TRY REINDEER FARMING The government hopes to balance an increasing reindeer industry against a decreasing cattle supply so there may be enough meat for us to eat. + _ Just recently Alaskan reindeer passed the 100,000 mark. This is practically all gain since 1902, when the government first began manifesting a decided in- terest. in stocking Alaska with meat-producing reindeer. Attention is called to the millions of white moas-feed land which will graze countiess numbers of reindeer if more séttlers could be, persuaded to leave their hum-drum existence inthe states and move northward. Growing reindeer is the easiést thing on earth, Alaskans say. All one has'to do is to guard them from wolves; they forage for their food summer and winter. 4 . Germany today. is importing thousands of reindeer from Sweden, paying 28 cents a pound for the car- casses. \ With a dwindling cattle grazing area in the United States it may be in the near future that we will have to depend upon our Alaskan empire for our steaks, chops and roasts. Then we will need reindeer at other times than Christmas eve. BARGE AHOY! New York has just sent its first freight to Buffalo over the new $155,000,000 barge canal, and practical- ly utilization of the great inland waterway is as- sured. The estimated capacity of the canal is 10,- 000,000 tons of freight annually, the equivalent of 500,000 carloads. Without doubt the barage canal will be of great assistancg in getting wartime freight from Lake Erie to the seaboard, and so too, the strain on rail- Toads in other parts of the country would be cor- respondingly lessened if our inland waterways pro- gram had not been halted years ago by the selfish greed of railway owners, Please, Mr. Garfield, send around some of your heatless days now. Every American loss Over There should call for greater American effort here. ‘ ‘We must retain Belgium,” prays Admiral Von Tirpitz. Old Von sure has another guess coming, hasn’t he? _ Than the hum of the wheat binder and the pound- ing | ofthe shipyards’ riveter there is no sweeter music in patriotic ears. June—month of roses, brides, rare (also raw) days,and( mary. it on your calendar: Last chance to pay your income tax, June 15. than the cannon. . THE BISM ARCK TRIBUNE sons, they who faced the camera more frequently} Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second It-is estimated that enough gasoline is used every Sunday in America to run all allied ambulances, trucks and tanks Over There one week. ~ Before driving that rivet in the good ship Gunston Hall, President Wilson had plenty of practive driv- ing nails in the coffin of German world power hopes. Now it is apparent why coat lapels were invented —the resting place ideal for buttons of honor—Red Cross, Liberty Loan, War Chest and Thrift Stamp army. American tourists (in Khaki) going over to France and Great Britain now receive a: warmer welcome than those who used to go in fine spun linens with bldated pocketbooks. 4 | WITH THE EDITORS | OTE RS RA RDC NS SEAN i STEARATE EAL THE BIG ISSUE. The big and only real issue in the coming elec- tions this year is that of loyalty. Are the men we vote for pure Americans and do they train with loyal Americans? That is the question. Will they back our boys in the trenches with all their power, in Congress or legislature. Your ballot this year, as never before, is a solemn league and covenant to be sealed with your blood.—Han- =| nah Moon. “ABSOLUTELY FATAL.” The 47,000 signers to the petition to call: for. submitting the ten amendments to the state con- stitution involving the same changes as were em- bodied in the famous House Bill 44, are occasion- ing some questioning in the ranks-of the old time 'républicans, many of whom hold that. all is lost save honor, and they had none of that to lose. The Bismarck Tribune, in‘a news story, figures that as only the radicals among the Leaguers would sign these petitions, there must be at least 60,000 Nonpartisan voters in the state. The war, figures The Tribune writer, has taken 10,000 vot- ers out of the state and as these have been tak- en in great part from the cities, that weakens the opposition to the League there. The democrat are allowed 10,000 votes, which seems plenty, in view of the candidacy of S..J: Doyle. The vote cast for governor last election was 107,665. In view of this, that 60,000 Nonpartisan League vote looks like a “dangerous voting strength” to The Tribune. Brother, dangerous is no.name for it. In. many instances it ‘will prove absolutely fa- tal.—Lidgerwood’ Broadaxe. AN EMBARGO ON FREAKS . (From the. Rocky’ Mountain News.) lew York ,Tribune quotes a well! known st back“from’ the fighting front, regarding the eighth plague upon France—the American ‘‘in- vestigator’’—and he suggests that ‘‘we keep at home most. of. the ‘commissions’ and’ ‘investigators,’ such las are cluttering up France,’ and give their room on the ships to fighting bee ean | ‘A writer of eminencé,in the current issue/of the Saturday Evining Post, dealing with the wonderful work being done by the American Red Cross, has} the same complain gecord, 'Self-styled commis- sions, bearing credéntials from the American state department and letters from politicians and con- gressmep, bob up. all the time and make demands upon the Red Cross organization under pains and penalties. So-called investigators are ‘‘doing the trenches” on a hurry up schedule, anxious to be away in order to turn their experiences into copy or platform utterance, and insigt upon having pre- cious gasoline and motors for their ‘‘grand tour.’’ The writer of the article in the weekly states that the French authorities are weary unto death of this influx, and put up/barrage after barrage in an effort to stop it, but the American Chautauqua is a difficult person; to. stop short, of physical force, Perhaps if the Creet‘bureau: at; Washington would put up the bars there would’ be a: quick falling off in the number of notoriety seekers and sob squad artists and professional sociologists and their kind. The French people, will welcome the American sight- seer after the war;.for the present they want the American fighter. - 5 Bess veil SMITH ON CONSUMERS’ STORES The’ Plaza Pioneer tells. of one subseriber’s idea of a cooperative consumers’ farm| It is a very timely Here it is: Mr. Cady from north of. town was'in last week with a new idea. His idea is that: the townspeople should start a cooperative consumers’ farm. He proposes to sell $40,000 worth of right to buy butter, eggs, produce, grain, and he will sell such things raised at 10 per cent margin of profit, without freight. The town people will pay $10 a year for the privilege of purchasing produce at this farm. Mr. Cady promised to invest $10,000 of the $40,000 in the farm and equipment. In this manner townspeo- ple will be assured of getting their produce at.a rea- sonable profit. With regard to the surplus of, $30,- 000, he says, ‘‘what he does with that is none of the townspeopde’s d—— business.’’.. He will spend it for educational, political purposes or anything he thinks will benefit the townspeople. 4 | Mr. Cady claims that the reason people in town are growing poorer and poorer and the farmers are growing wealthier is because the farmers are rob- bing the townspeople; they have been buying too much hay at $20 a ton and too much wheat at $2 a bushel, too much oats at $1 a bushel, too many eggs at 40 cents and too much butter at 50 cents. He be- lieves in cutting out the middlemen and have the consumer get his produce directly from his own farm, at least one he thinks he owns. For a small additional fee of $16 he will also furnish all towns- people with information how to vote. He claims that business will never be good, no matter how good crops we have, until the townspeople know how. to vote right. This department can easily be cared for by the hired. men during the long winter evening and will incur no additional expense to the Con- sumers’ Farm company. The Pioneer wants it un- derstood that we are opposed to Mr. Cady’s plan That “utter disregard with which the kaiser holds|for the same reason that we are against Townley,’s the lives of his soldiers’” doesn’t apply to his six|plan, : f meri 1 4 ‘ TH Developments in E NORTH DAKOTA ‘POLITICAL GRIND. Flickertail Campaign as Viewed by Impartial Observer in Front Line Trenches alier. ‘Candidate :for, Republican “Nomi. | nation ‘for Representative in Con- (Stes, First, District,; ‘ i a \Choice of Minot conférence. May, i, 1918. . Indorged ‘by Independent: Voters’ Association. PLATFORM: Win the war first. * 4 If you were repairing your house and it caught fire.your would stop repairs and fight the fire. The | world is on fire. Conditions are abnormal. Economic laws are not working. We have all had to revise | our opinions about the war; we may all have to, revise our opin- ions after the war. : I am willing | to. go far in progressive legisla- tion but believe many of the 80; , called reforms can wait until after we have won the war. If elected , I shall offer the president my vote on .all measures to help win the war, and shall offer my voice in | praise of the statesmanlike man- ner in which he has stated to the ; | world the cause. for which we | fight. ‘Independently Republican, ‘but patriotism above party always. _ Shall support any*sane measure to solve the economic problems of the farmer." ‘Should like to be the representa- | tive of no one class but of all the! ——$—$— $< $<? (N. B.)—This is the first of a series of personal presentments of policies and platforms to,be made by all can- dffiates on invitation of The Tribune. Memorial day brought a brief hiatus in the North Dakota primary,.cam- paign. By common consent everyone “laid off” politics on this consecrated anniversary, and the week-end finds the campaigners only returning to their stride. : Nao While the campaign may well be termed “heated,” it is a still, white ehat which has given off.few friction and amusing satire on the consumers’ store scheme. Me nenele | sparks to date. Much quiet work is being done on both sides, presumab:y with effects which will become more generally apparent when the ‘ballots are counted June 26. The two priu- cipal actors in this biennial gladiator- ial oombat—Governor. Frazier anc State Treasurer Steen—to the naked eye are less concerned than any of their sohorts. Frazier, has returned from a speaking tour {n the south cen- tral portion of the,state with little. to gay as to his reception. ‘State Audi- tor Kosftzky, who accompanied his chief, is a trifle more loquacious, and he asserts “the farmers are more de- termined than ever to’ stick.” Kar! neglects’ to state whom they: ‘are: de- termined to stick. ‘ +e 8 John Steen’s opening guns are to ‘be fired in the big mass meeting at Minot. Minot is inthe heart of a sec- tion where Steen ‘is best: known, anc where the league has done its great- est slipping. The.turn-out should be bis and his SeceptioH eon Te, he degree to. ypich: these expecta: tions are realized ‘will be highly pro- phetic, The, Steen managers are not anticipating disappointment. . Steen consistently refuses ito talk politics, but will discuss crops. He has the sort’of temperament’ which declines to be excited, and he.assumes, when on duty at the capitol, t an innocent bystander, man,. howeyer, -has proven campaigns that he cdn shake off jihat stolidness and carry a‘stiff fight into ithe .enemy’s camp." 4 f ites Bee Beas 4 The suwostitution of Berndt. ‘Ander- son of Churchs Ferry for William Ely of Grand Forks has not: weakened the independent ticket. “ We’ were to have -had a copy of: Ely’s letter explaining hfs reason for withdrawal, . It has.évi-| dently gone astray in ithe mails, and ‘is of little importance, ‘anyway. The thing is that Anderson accepted the nomination for state treasurer on short notice and that the independent organization, is so_well perfected that within 48 hours ‘it had, sufficient namés'on Anderson’s nominating peti- ions to get his name on the ballot... “We don't pretend to have, the,ma, hing like it,” sald one ¢ independent campaign, managers. was noticeable that our nominating petitions came in on forms written on ordinary copy paper, or foolscap. or old printed forme; .they came in in groups of five, ten and twenty, while on the other hand, the league peti- tions were the usual carefully stereo- typed forms, everything as regular and neat as a pin. Ours were a spon- taneous expression of popular approv- al; theirs were-the result of thorough machine-work.” ‘ * It is a notable fact that the inde- pendents are getting the money—a rather essential factor even ipa prim- ary campaign ,w] ere corrupt @rac- tice act prohibits slush funds. Organizers and, volunteer, representa- tives of the independent association have been reporting regularly at head- ,| ment that. John Andre; quarters during the ‘last week with | “PUTTING THE GRIN INTO THE FIGHT” New Select: oWhere’s the vest? Look OUT FER THAT _ | SHAKE, PAT: DDR substantial stacks of checks» and cur- rency. The chécks were not poste-dat- ed, but represented ready money. ‘Signs of prosperity are becoming more common about headquarters. There are indications that supporters of the movement are ready to back their con- victions with cash. The league, of course, is under no’ necessity of rais- ing a special campaign fund. Its war chest is admittedly well-upholstered, and the Townley faction is in a posi- tion to pay fancy prices, for imported speakers, if. it, chooses ito, go 80. se 8, Much importance is attached by-the antis to the fact that the Kensal’ Pros- ress, formerly a very strong league organ, has switched to the indepena- ents. Editor Wasson in;a.strong and lengthy editorial, gives his numerous reasons, the chiet.of which is Townley. He’ claims no quarrel with the league, but: reiterates his: faith in a farmers’ movement, controlled OY ‘farmers. r 4 Fargo isdaily,edifie’ by editorial jibings of its dailies anent the Gate City war council. Everything from boycott. to,blackmail has ‘been: hinted at,.and’ the real’ issues, inthis cam- paign. appear; to have been. lost sight of. Walt ,Taylor; , of: the, LaMoure Chronicle resents the Fargo: Forum's dmplication that he- has -,sold: out) to, the league, while it,is gerwood Eroddaxe has done that very thing, and, that he. is to manage in addition to the Broadaxe a Wahpeton paper which the league recently has taken over. The league appears to be acquiring ‘by purchase more papers than are deserting, for principle or other reasons, to the opposition. The league’s proposed Grand Forks daily, however, appears to have gone a-glim- mering, and its one daily organ has so. many troubles peculiar to itself that Nonpartisan capital appears to be timid about further investment in this particular form of enterprise. ae Editorially The Nonpartisan Leader, official national organ of the league, announces . the | corviction ; of,two league organizers in Goodhue county, ‘Minn., on: charges of disloyalty, with the caption: “A FLEETING, VICTORY FOR THE »CONSPIRATORS.” | The Leader editor, in a lengthy screed, pro- ceeds to prove to his own satisfaction "bank o&'New ‘York tothe grand ier: when t “big business”. or the interests” near kept press” or some similar bogey told fibs about what Randall and Gilbert were supposed to have said. It reminds one of the Kate Rich- ards O'Hare trial in\ Bismarck, when Mrs. O'Hare’s friends swore very Pos- itively that ‘Mr. O'Hare did not say the very things which the government witnesses swore she did say. In each case, it is very apparent that some- ody lied. The noteworthy thing is that thte league is no longer content to rest in silence under the charges of disloyalty. ee Karl Kesitzky is safd to have borne duwn rather heavily on the traveling gentlemen on his recent speaking tour,’ Bismarck commercial travelers have been supplied with excerpts ot his remarks which-were anything but complimentary. The travelers, of course, are back of John L. George, their: grand councillor, who is a can- didate for Kositzky’s job. There are some 2,300 of these gentlemen’ in the state, and, unless they should be in- terned for the period of the war, a8 ‘Mr. Kositzky is alleged to have urged, they undoubtedly will make a showing in the present campaign. ‘Even Karl, having followed. the good work done by the travelers in every patriotic campaign’ waged in this state, would dislike very much to see them, intern- ed or otherwise handicapped, and if they display the same efficiency in, olitics that they have in patriotism, ar. Kositzky undoubtedly will have reason to worry. Kositzky, won right handily two years ago from Karl Jor- genson, who had ibeen state auditor for several years, and who had a big following in the state. That proved the Bismarck gentleman some cam- paigner‘in his own right, and the con- test between George and Kositzky continues to be one of the most inter- esting features of the ‘big show. Incidentally, it is said that the league feels ‘inclined to make peace with Pat Norton and accept him once more into the fold, having become convinced at this early date that Sinclair of Ken- mare is' no; pacemaker for the long- geared Irishman from Hettinger. : FAIR PLAY. FRONT SEEMS LiKE 100 FOURTHS O'JULY ‘AT ONCE, SAYB BOY N Minot, June 3.—“I am at the front and sometimes it sounds like a hun- dred fourths of July all going at once,” writes David H. Rowles, formerly an employe of the Elks Home in Minot, now serving with the U. S. army in France when writing to local friends. Continuing he says: “I live in a dugout here. ‘Recently'a shell hap- pened to hit close in front of our door. We had a heavy curtain for the door and when ‘the shell burst it made a number of holes in the cur tain, The curtain pole we had fasten- ‘ea’ fo ‘curtalf #0 was ‘cut right in two while’ my rafiiddat, hanginp tide the dugout on thé’ wall, hatf'3”Shrapnel fhoue in the tail, A ptéé2 ofWhell al- go strick’ my ‘videnicK’s oui Other piece wi coat, Three piécey Me! and one piece went through it. There were three’ other ‘boys in the dugout at the time ‘and we were all lucky to escape.” °° . FAIRBANKS AT ORPHEUM TONIGHT Bens ie tbrilere ithe Douglas ‘airb as agpeared in, none save Proven ‘to be’ mob bso ing; more entertaining: or—more _tliril ng thai the ‘Triangle’ pictuté, 2'Manhattan Madness.” Prém ‘the titnéothat Fair- leaves’ his’ Nevatldo#Mich for he Whirls ‘away with the’ ete, there is'‘suspencé,’ mystery: and battle of wits and hard muscle that keeps one riveted to the seat. Fairbanks’ athletic prowess is:tested to the ut- most, and ‘no risks are too great for him ‘to take. ‘Beautiful Jewel Car- men is the girl he is after. Also i cluded in the cast’are Macey Harla long a recognized performer of vil- lains on the speaking stage, and Dor- othy Gish, that ravishing, little film beauty and artist. This picture « will positively be shown tonight only. Go early if you wish a seat. Coming tomorrow. Eth- el Clayton in “Stolen Hours.” There is nothing worse than bad, foul smelling breath; get rid of it, for your friend’s sake.anyway. Holister's Rocky Mountain Tea will clean and vurify your stomach and bowels; your breath will ‘be sweet, your dispositiow improved. your friends increased. 35c. Tea or Tablets. Breslows. PATRIOTIC CHILDREN’S DAY EXERCISES The annual Children’s day exercis- es of the McCabe Methodist Episco- pal church willbe held Sunday even- pal church were held Sunday. even- gram was a splendid patriotic dem- onstration, and Colum ia as the cen- tral figure was assisted by Sunday school scholars, day school scholars, army and navy lads, Red Cross work- ers, refugee children, Boy ‘Scouts, Iit- tle patriots, tiny tots, and a chorus of young. ladies. Special recitations were also giv- en: “The Soul of Old Glory,” Ruth Sordnets my in the Breeze,” Fannte Nichols; “The Men ” Unelt tig in The Service, he program closed with a gr parade of the flags of our ‘allies ae fi \~ (ComPounD) For Piles or Hemorrhoid External or Internal, Blind oe Bleeding, Itching or Burning. 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