The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 2, 1918, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Class Matter Se MANN Bpecial F eign Wa tative Fifth Aves, Co CHICAGO marquette STON, 8 Winter’ St.; DETROIT, Kresege NNEAPOLIS. flo ‘Lomber Bx MINNE. MEMBER O} SOCIATED 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- herein. aa rights of publication of special dispatches herein wale rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also re MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION pee ey "RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier per year $6.00 Daily by mail per year. Baily by mail ont Hien N wth Dak ) jako J 5 UBSC ;CRIPTION RATE! by.mail UBS North Dakota) Six months by mai! Three months b; Six months . Three months .. One eee Three months . One month ... “THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. (Established 1878) <> WILL THEY FALL FOR IT Economic questions overshadow any others in this campaign. ‘The socialist candidate for gover nor, Lynn J. Frazier, has at no time discussed the issues. There has been no keynote address. The; governor has been gumshoeing about the state talking platitudes and dodging the conclusions forced upon his managers, Townley et al by-their | espousal of House Bill 44 masquerading in the! garb of proposed constitutional amendments. It is expected when the psycological moment ar- rives that the league members of the: supreme bench will give the amendments a place’ on the ballot. Then ‘the organizers will prime their “tin lizzies” and carry the news to the farmers with the argument: “These amendments were good enough for the supreme court why need you fear to endorse them.” Of course thoughtful citizens know that even though the supreme court permits these amend- ments to go before the people in November. such a decision carries with it-no-endorsement of the amendments or their value as economic expedi- ents. The farmers should.bear in mind that any de- cision of the supreme court favorable to the amendments’ brings ‘no weight - to - them. They nevertheless will be'as vicious and as undesir- able as though the honorable court had ruled them off the ballot. Not being’ in the cénfidence of the honorable court, The Tribune does not know whether the, de- cision will-place the amendments on the ballot or rule them off. It knows how it would bet were it wagering on the kind of decision. Anyway, it is just as well to settle the point right here that whatever action the supreme court takes, is no argument as to the merits of these amendments. “Buy a Bond” is a fine postscript for any letter you may write during the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign ONLY ONE CONDITION If Bulgaria is sincere and wants peace she has only to read President Wilson’s address made in New York Saturday. In matchless logic, it sets forth the only terms upon which the enemy can hope to meet the allies. The United States is not technically at war with Bulgaria and President Wilson made no ref- erence in his address to the request for an armis- tice which according to press reports has been granted upon the terms laid down by Great Britain. Bulgaria must first lay down its arms and next} she must forever renounce conquests under the direction of the HUN. She must be ready to sub- mit the entire question of the Balkan future to a League of Nations to be settled on the basis of justice so empathatically enunciated by Woodrow Wilson. If Bulgaria’s action is merely a feeler for Ger- many, the acid test of President Wilson’s terms should soon apply the remetly. There need be only an honest application of those principles to smoke out the HUN ruse if any exists. The stage was well set for President Wilson’s .address. _News from across the sea was. reassur- ing and public confidence in the final outcome ran high. This then was the inspiration of the hour and the nation now has_spread upon its records one of the greatest addresses ever delivered by any chief executive, a state document that mas- ures up to those-of Lincoln and Washington. Of course through all the ‘uncertainties that surround: these overtures for peace, only one ground is possible that of an open, just, clean de- cision—a-. victorious peace. President Wilson has revived the “idea of a League of Nations at a most auspicious moment. He has lifted it from the realm ‘ of doubt and clothed it with such attributes that none can mis- understand. Under his interpretation a league of nations must become an integral part of the peace terms. In no other way can peace be guaranteed and the nation rid of the HUN war lust. ‘The handwriting. on.the walls of Potsdam Palace spells. Unconditional Surrender. 00 gian, Frenchman, Britisher, or Italian (not to go | would be a sort of insult to the boys, but it would | ¢A BOND FOR EVERY BLESSING!” —Uncle Ichabod. In another column of today’s Tribune we pub- lish “Uncle Ichabod—His Slogan,” a Cooke poem, which is something more than a poem, at this junture. | Kresege| every blessing!” might well be adopted by each of us, and if conscientiously followed, the,result will surprise Mr. McAdoo. , “A bond for every blessing!” Think of it, you complacent Americans, 3,000 miles from the near- fest seat of war, confident of the ultimate triumph, of the allies, and assured of safety and satiety in the meantime: You have life, you have health, friends, your blessings are almost’ unndmbered. Contrast your lot with that of the average Bel- any further) and you will begin to.realize. When you do, don’t forget Uncle -Ichabod! “A bond for every blessing!” Why, your very opportunity and er you’re all through buying, you owe yourself an- other one! | : WITH THE EDITORS’ IF-THIS BE POPULAR GOVERNMENT readable section of the Forum with the week’s news boiled down, are going to have their political vision warped by news items that do not uphold} Governor Frazier, Langer and the rest of the; Townley tools. Why bless you, ‘it we were conducting the Doyle} jcampaign we wouldn't want any better material to} jsend-the boys than the Fargo Courier-News. H chronicle how Frazier and Langer‘ and their coun- | cil of defense forced the teaching of German to} little children in Cass county; it-~would show how} Governor Frazier moved heaven and hell to pro-! tect Walter Thomas Mills, the apostle of Socialism, | the man who has not yet repudiated the St. Louis} _ Uncle Ichabod’s slogan “A, bond for. you have your family, your home, your job, your'| : ability to buy a Liberty Bond is a blessing! So aft-| i The Fargo Townley organ is much perturbed for} fear the soldier boys in France. who get that very/ i | | | | wee ALEXIEFF AND SEMENOFF - - : Leee NEW RUSS REPUBLIC platform of the socialists that denounced the war, and put stones in thé path of its successful prose- | cution; the man at whose. feet Kate. Richards) O’Hare sat and imbibed ‘knowledge, who boasted | that she owed her wisdom to Mills, she who called | the mothers of the soldiers of North Dakota | “brood sows.” In this same Courier-News they would réad laudations of Lindbergh, the man who denounced | the Red Cross, the soldier boys “army mother;”’ they would see every agitator, every. . fifty-fifty loyalist defended; they would snicker over ~ the} defeat of Congressman Norton by a majority that was clearly pro-German. Yes, all. these,things and many. more. would they read in the Courier-News ‘to convince them “that popular government ruled in North Dakota.” And we can hear the boys saying in trench ver- nacular: “If that is popular government, then‘ to hell with popular government.”—Mandan Pioneer. | HOW TO BUY NEWSPAPERS When buying a newspaper the new owner should be on the safe side and announce to the public at once where the money to make the purchase came from and how far he remains under financial ob- ligations to interests in the background , If Ar-|,; nouncement on Wednesday of last week that C. W. Fiegenspan. a Newark brewer, had loaned him sev- eral hundred thousands of dollars with which to buy the paper. With the senate about to investi- gate the propaganda and political activities of the brewing interests, the Brisbane announcement was doubtless “better late than never,” yet the fact remains that there’s nothing so good as publicity | in season in these matters. Newspaper ownership Should not be masked. The recent German government control of the New York Mail and now the exposure of the brewery interest in the Washington Times are regrettable! incidents calculated to impair public confidence in| the press. Contrasted with these cases the immed- iate public avowal that a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. had bought the New York Evening Post was an admirable example of frank- ness and honesty.—Springfield Republican. The Moon always was and now is a republican paper.. But since Townley stole the republican col- umn on the ballot on which to elect men to further his socialistic policy we are not supporting the| so-called republican party. We stand four square for S. J. Doyle for governor, Fred Bartholomew; for congress, Dr. Porter, John Reid, Joe McGauv- ran and C B. Hammond for the legislature. These are all demoncrats. Doyle is known to the editor for years. He is broad-minded, a good debater and even back in 1911 had the reputation for doing his own thinking. For this reason alone he will make a better governor, than the present incumbent. Yes, the Moon has gone democrat for this cam- paign :—The Hannah Moon. we GOD SAVE Us, FyEtvowk : , Such is the plea and the. grounds upon which the Times-Record is asked to support a bunch of socialists, who, by some system of legerdemain i ben ‘formed to govern.Siberia, thur. Brisbane had done this many months ago f pee | are © Press rere ary Senge. -GENERSI ACEXIEPF | ‘GENERAL SEMENOFI? General Al: ieff, former commander-in-chief ofthe Russian armies, is the head.of:the nw central govrnmnt of Russia which has North Russia and the other smaller pro-ally republics of Russia Its captal is Samara. Genexgl S Sem- enoff, the famous Cossack leader. is commander-in-chiefcf the armies of the new anti-German and anti-Bolshevik government, which, according-to ‘Aicx ander Kerensky, will lead Rassia back to a ee Oe ee urn, three days, and they“ did‘very Freedom. 5 a Pe It feels" good to see’ ‘everybody PEOP. LE’S FORUM dj glad to help. when he bought the Washington Times it would|+¢. ANDREW EB SAUER, not have been necessary for him to make the an- EVERYBODY HELPS. Route No. 1. Washburn. N. D. Everybody is helping‘ to win the | BUY W.S. S. war. We have a threshing outfit, and It is deliciously palatable, ‘agrees men are hard to get;s0 we go to.town| with the weakest stomach, contaihs and call on the pankers..and mer-; the most soothing, healing, strength- chants, to help. | MF’ Jobn Reuter, | ening ingredients. Nature’s gift. to banker of Underwood, helped one day! make you well and happy—Holiis| er’s Ahis week, and Mr.-Jim-O'Brien, cash-| Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents, Tea fer of the First National _9ai yf Ww Jos. Breslow. EVERETT TRUE NOW, LOOK HERE, DON'T [==4} WHY, NO, CAN'T xou ‘REMEMBER OF Reda CHAT -T GER You'Re UKE SOMS MORS PEOPLE 2 K Ow —> WHEN YOU_GST INTO A TIGHT PLACE You Have’4 VERY POSR MEMORY, BuT A MIGHTY Soop. FORGSTORY mM 7 i Ly have extracted millions of dollars from the farmers of the northwest to place them in power and who intend to put through a new, constitution next January with the sky the limit. -God : save us all._— Valley City Times-Record. \ oe aceventitl to MESSAGE FROM WILSON T0 BE OFFERED HERE Dr. George. W. Nasmyth | Will Speak’. at , Auditorium as. * Delegate from ‘Chief NOTED AUTHOR. LECTURER Speaker. Has Traveled Exjenaive: xly in Lands Now at War ~jand is Auth ity. ; ir. George W. Nasmyth of ‘Boatbn, Mass., will speak at the Auditorium on Wednesday evening, October - under the auspices ofa committee named at a meeting of the Bismarck clergy in conference with tieid secretary of the national commit- tee on moral aims of - ~ wag, Dr. Nas- myth will speak on “What’-we are Fighting For, -or the problems of the. world reconstruction ‘involved: in the winning of the war. ‘Dr. Nasmyth for the past’ year an more has been executive secretary to Dr. Harry A. Garfield federal fuel ad- ministrator, and he is in close touch with administration officials, and, es- pecially with the presdent. He comes to Bismarck £o\emphasize the presi- dent’s- policies in the prosecution of the war, and particularly to interpret his proposal for a league. of nations as the ultimate goal for which America fights. “Dr. Nasmyth,” said Rev. Talbott to- day, “ig eminently fitted to do this, not only because of his relation to the ad- ministration, but because of his inti- ‘mate_ knowledge “of. the countries at war, and also because he is now sec- retary of the Massachusetts-branch of the leagué to enforce peace, of which organization former President Taft is the chairman.” Dr. Nasmyth has’ spoken’ in more than a hundred American vities dur- ing the past few months on these vi-| § tal war issues, always to large and , || appreciative audiences. He is an ora- j tor of rare ability and is well known ‘around the world as a leader in the movement for the league of nations, The meeting here will be under the joint auspices of the nationa commit- tee on the moral, aims of the war and the committee on. public information appointed by President Wilson. Rev. George Buzzelle, réctor of St. George’s, yesterday was elected chair- man of the local: committee, ‘and he has’ selected as his aides ‘Rev. H. C. Postlethwaite, Dr. F..B. Strauss, Rev. W. J. Hutcheson, George F. Dullam, J. C. Taylor and G. E. Allen. The meeting will open to the pub- liz, and it is predicted that the Audi- torium will be filled for the occasion. BUY W. 5. ». COTTON CROP CONDITION. ‘ ‘Washington, D. C., October 2.—The condition of the cotton crop Sept. 5, was 54.4 per cent of normal. tt we CARD OF THANKS. We desire to render our most sin- cere thanks to the people of Sterlin, jand_ vicinity, and especially to tke members of the Sterling Local No. a por the Farmers’ Union, for the sym- pathy shown us n our time of bereave- ment and sqrrow for the loss of our beloved son and brother Joseph Le Roy, on the battlefelds of France. T. B. LOOMIS and Famly. BUY W, 5. S.~ Minor Scales. There’ are two forms“of the minor le, viz, the melodic and harmonte! if Hi cal The. former’ is simetimes: called the | vocal minor scale, because it is easter ‘to sing than the harmonic. 'The latter ‘has an gugmented second between the j Sixth and seventh degree, and this is | difficult to sing until one has acquired ja certain degree of proficiency. The {harmonic minor scale is more used in fustrumental than“In vocal mesic, | { (SINGLE Ta Parag F. Guy “Talbott, | ; EXPOSED farmers Can nHaye Shell it We Get the Kernel.’ iH Proposition snowed Under by 808,187 to £6,497, In. State of Missourl:~ ‘The sifger coated. ‘Single Tax doe-. trine “proposed. for. adoption. in’ the form of a constitution: al nimendment, to oe voted on this fall, -under, the ut- rehotive title “exemption: of farm: im: arovements,” Is, exposed in {ts true ‘ight in a story of the fight made by. the furmers in Missourl: against: the snactment. of the Single ‘Tax. Thy story discloses that in” Missourl: the single tax; ad it alivays Woes, had the support of the weilthy ‘interests, the aolders ‘of vast . personal ‘property possessions, whor through the ‘medium of the single tax, shift the burden’ of taxation’ from themaelyey’ onto ‘the and. In Giscussing’ the: doctrine the fol- towing is quoted from,..“Progress an, Poverty,” n- hook. by-Henry George, the © original single tax advocate, pages 403 and 404, ns follows: 3 41 do not propose either to pur- chase or to confiscate private property in tand. The firat would be unjust; the second needless, Let the individuals. who now hold it still retain, If they want to, possession. of what., they.are. pleased to call THEIR land. - Let them: continue to call It THEIR land, let them’ and sell and be- queath and devise ft. We may safely leave them the shell, if we take the KERNEL. It is not necessary to confiscate land; it is only hecessary to con- fiscate the rent. In this way thd state may. become the universal landiord ‘without calling , herself? 40." ‘Thus, as Henry George aipieanes It, the whole purpose of the Single Tax is ownership of land by the state. The point of the single tax,- as ap- plied to the North Dakota politic: situation, is found in the fact that the @octrine. was set forth in House Bill 44, supported; by Govefnor Frazier, and opposed by Mr. Doyle. In thfs analysis of the Single Tax 1 letter ig quoted; written :by "Jewell Mayey Secretary of the Missourt:State Board of Agriculture, Jefferson ‘City. Mo.,. who was.in. charge..of the, pub- lielty campaign in Missouri when. the fight. was staged ‘there in’ 1912.". Ip part, Mr. Mayes: stiy ate “Saddle Tax on:Farmsre, “The -year:. 1912." witnessed’ the -at- tempt. to saddle the single tax onto Misgour!. formes ‘ ‘Pot couttry neh met one aay ‘in Kansas City ‘at the office of the late Sénator George .Falloon, early. inthe 1 simmer, and :thep aid;-there "ie; de- cided to, call a tate, convention’ at the capital to Jax: the: peoplé. the th about the’ propagabda, which eyi- dently: was’ being “Hnatices: by“ Joseph Fels, ‘millionaire so and single tnger. “The: state: conve AY ‘ ' | ‘ NA the nin Jefferson |. creating the Anti- Single- Tax League,” which: was organized,in-ench congres- sional dikulet and “¢very county: for ng public nieelings and distribyt- Funds, were raised for state. and county. purposes, and a state headquarters, opened; in:‘Kansas City, a-vigorous and: st conducted therefrom. Farmers Take Stump. “Farmers who had never made-a speech: took the stump. and many a flery oratom was. created over night. Sentiment “and ‘passion ran high. Single taxers traveled over the state. finaticed by the Fels’ zB" instances the - so arous®d. public opposition to the dan- ger point. “Single tax wad Studied in every home: Single. tax “hooks were bought and read. Anti-+ Single, Tax. booklets atid, books, were: written and: printed. Many lecturers ‘against Single "Tax toured the state. Many newspapers gave more space to fighting the propia- gands than they \used in political effort. “The State was ‘aroused to fever, heat at the thought of placing ‘all:the. burdehs of taxation on land, ‘The faw farmers who ‘ha dheld io that social- istic faith atrakened (o the serioushess — of the situation and tumed against the Single Tox. “Intereste” For It. “Some of, the, corporations and cer- tain big ‘interests’. started out very, very’ favorable’ to. the Single Tax, Certain public men ‘who had: contrib- uted to ‘The Fels Fund Fellers’ hur- ried to cover. Candidates for’ public office, who had ,previously gone on recordinfayor of Single Tax, rushed to either denounce it or withdraw from their races. Te “Poll-workers, withont | pay. were ar- ganized at every country Polling plate In Missouri. Armed with samples of the style of the ballot, with ‘Constitu> tional Amendment No.- Six’ marked ‘No’ practically ¢very Missourian was advised and counselled before eitering the polling place, 1 ‘Snewed Under. “At the polls, in November, 1912, the rote for Single Tax wag 86,647. The vote Against Single Tax was 508,137. All the © constitutional amendments were defeated, r aig eth going down in ® General: In, Newspay To keep -e, ra es fresh for seven “or eight weeks oF so wrap them caretally in pieces of clean newspaper. Wrap them tightly, pack them ina stone- ware jar, and keep the jar in a cold place. The €zgs_ must be. Perfectly, fresh when pit away. .” t cy