The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1919, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUN ___Class Matter. GEORGE Dy ANNE 15 Sie Jone « G.. LOGAN PAYNE COMPA: Special Foreign Representative Fifth Ave. Bldg. CHICAGO, Marquette FK BOSTON, 3 Winter St.; DETROIT, Kresege 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- erein. rights of publication of special dispatches herein also reserved, MEMBERS AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier per year .......- $7.50 Daily by mail per year (In Bismarck). ie . 7.20 Daily by mail per year (In State outside of Bismarck) 5.00 by_ mail outside of North Dakota..... «-- 6.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. Established 1873) <i> TAXATION Experts in taxation have been summoned from — to force revenue into the state treasury in defiance ‘of all economic laws. A very large percentage of bills in troduced have been tax bills. It is no easy matter to shift the burden of taxa- tion from the shoulders of 85 per cent of the popu- | lation of North Dakota to the shoulders of 15 per cent, otherwise known in the league caucus as “big business” and the city dwellers. State Auditor Kositzky in his debate with Prof. W. G. Roylance, Townley’s taxation expert, points out the practical difficulties of such a revolution- ary idea. When such a seasoned tax collector as Mr. Kositzky sces brcakers ahead for even a league measure, there seems a slight chance at least that some of the level headed legislators— if the specie can be found among the majority— may see the viciousness of the multitude of rev- enue measures that have been produced during the taxation hysteria ofthe last few days. Evenjin the remarks;of Townley and Governor Frazier there is a note of weariness over the flood of bills that has swamped the legislative mill. These leaders of the new utopia fear that the ma- rf jor measures may be lost because of the friction generated by what Mr. Townley refers to as the “little bills.” * The appearance of Frazier and Townley at the caucus Tuesday evening indicates to those beyond the charmed circle that the legislature has bitten off more than it can chew comfortably. There i ig no legislation so intricate as that: which. affects taxation. “In fear of overlooking. something, the q ; league has taxed everything in sight and is look-| ing for*more. “S\There seems to be no escape from all kinds of ‘socialistic experiments. Socialists loyal to their | vagaries of government are in the saddle. They i propose to ride their Pegasus straight into a “gilded utopia,” painted so graphically. by Walter Thomas Mills. a Before the legislature adjourns, if the present Pace is maintained, the North Dakota revenue 4 its will provide for the absorption by the state Of all income. «Nothing but the tremendous preponderance of public opinion can check the speed of the social- istic joy ride in which the state is now, indylging. Public cpinion is indifferent now. It ‘may awake some day and erect. a stone wall against rabid socialism and sweep the men from the seats of sauthority who are now taking the first steps to- ward the abolition of all private property. The socialists at the helm desire to confiscate private property and if all the tax laws now con- templated are passed, the result will be little short of confiscation by taxation. But the fever must run its course. On with the dance. Let taxation be unconfined! j The Jeague has endorsed a one million fund for returned soldiers. If that fails, the soldier. boys still have Rep. Harris’ flirtation bill to look for- ward. to. BILL UNVEILED We have the following cablegram straight from Amerongen, Holland: : . “The veil which has hidden Wm. Hohenzollern’s daily life has been lifted. The former kaiser em- ploys his day in the humdrum fashion among country gentlemen who do not frequent society.” We're right glad that vail is lifted, for it re- lieves our doubt as to that bloody Hun’s ever being properly punished. Forsooth, the humdrum day of a country gent who isn’t in society runs like this: At daylight, you put some $4-the-100 wheat- scraps into some apparently barren hens whom you’ve boarded for six months, knowing that if you ever do get eggs they’ll bring in 30 cents the dozen, with the final consumer cussing you for even that price. The rest of the morning you spend humdrunmly in plowing for summer wheat, knowing that ‘a lot of miscellaneous bread-riot- PUA cates Rated a ili err Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second - r| society. \the “two Eds” were left holding the bag. ‘the four corners of the earth to devise new ways| E forgotten to wipe your $11 cow-hides on the door- mat. Gosh-all hemlock! you wind; up your hum- drum day with no hankering whatever to frequent If this is what that cablegram means, the Ho- henzollern is getting his, and the allies’ proposi- tion to hang him indicates an unseemly disr2- gard for economy in rope. THE TWO EDS AGAIN ' One of the nice little bills evidently cooked up by the two Burleigh county “Eds” is one intro- duced in the senate Wednesday prohibiting the withdrawal of names from recall petitions. Bis- marck citizens will remember the recall started on a city commissioner of Bismarck some months ago. When the signers realized that they were being used as political pawns they promptly with- drew their: names. It was the general feeling at that time that Whether the league passes the bill denying a voter the right of changing his mind may not matter to the “two Eds,” but the humor of it all must impress the citizens of Bismarck who know the “two Eds” so well. dy Here is the clause which would prevent a man from withdrawing his name from a petition after he found that his name had been secured through misrepresentation : “After said (recall) petition is filed with the city auditor, no signer of the said petition shall be allowed to remove his name or cause to be removed his name from said petition.” The “two Eds’ don’t want to take any chances. Someone page the author of the bill. Diplomats have a robust hunch that charity be- gins at home. . The kaiser avoided the wicked cootie, but not the wicked fleém, 4 The best argument in favor of our continued isolation is the fact that Europe wants us to drop it. Appar tly congress figures that it doesn’t mat- ter what »ecomes of soldiers now that the axe is ground. You may break, ycu may shatter the Hun if I think this is the great- est country in the world for a youn man to get into any kind of business, as everything is in a very primitive! state, and with American methods, fi genuity and energy the possibilities However, now is not ‘the time for anyone to do anything When a stable government is ¢{what a crop failure is. Their yield is ‘practically the same every year, the good Lord seems to have a regular schedule for rains, and they are al- I have ridden for venty-five miles through one solid) It surprises one to ride through this’ development. and| not see a building of any description | jon the cultivated lands. |miles there is a settlement of the || land owners and they keep their stock (LETTERS FROM | “SOMEWHERE” IN FRANCE| 7 FROM SIBERIAN FRONT. Rusian Railway Service Cor, Vladivostok, Nov. 20;* 19 My Dear Friend: interesting: and... kind field of grain. are unlimited. American ability and capital develop heard so. much about the awful cli- you will, but the same propaganda comes from him still. The next question.‘is whether Germany's col- cnies are to be a ward of civilization or a reward of victory. _]/——_?.$€$§€\<aauaues | WITH THE EDITORS | a D THE SOLDIER AND UNEMPLOYMENT The present industrial situation in the United States has given rise, along. with other things, to discugsion remarkable-alike for contradictions in alleg@d ftdtements! of fact and for conflicting opinions~based: upon ‘those statements: It*is an- nounced, on the one hand, that unemployment is rapidly increasing in: many of the populous sec- tions cf the country, that the.influx of discharged soldiers is placing labor in the market faster than employers ‘can provide for it, and that, should demobilization continue at the present rate, dis- astrous consequences must ensue. A recent report had it that 40,000 discharged soldiers were idly walking the streets of New York. There have lately been parades of unemployed veterans in several American cities. On the other hand, the heads of the principal industries cf the country, Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States steel corporation, being the latest'to deélare, himself on the subject, assure the country that there is no reason for pessimism, because business, alrtady rapidly re- adjusting itself to peace,conditions, will soon de- mand all the help availabje. : The truth about the matter seems to be that all that is pressingly required is the making of provision for temporary employment of the home- coming legions, jand many thoughtful people en- tertain the hope that the temporary arrangements may, in a majority of cases, be such as to lead tens of thousands of workers into vocations which will insure them permanently against the sharp industrial competition of the congested! centers. There is opposition, and very pronounced opposi- tion, in some quarters, to further demobilization until the present slack shall have been taken up; on the other hand, there is something like clamor e@|and everything in these settlements. g The: object. of this is to live together t!for protection against bandits‘ 1| marauding’ bands. tem for signaling frgm ‘one ‘setlement ‘to another by lighting’ a fire signal s located ateach settle- ion of%Siberia;is all Cossacks—they do not ‘do*thérac! work of tilling the sail. but-hire Chi- nese and’ Koreans. “The! Russian! and: particularly the Cossack is anything but well acquainted’ with work. “They ‘have wonderful deposits of coal—here at! Viddivostok’ there’ is. a low-grade bituminous mine, which has a capacity of about ten. million tons hould really, speak of this rything ‘here is so letter-of July 8, was received whil TI have delayed .answerin, it thinking possibly conditions might shape themselves over. here so that could write you something of interest. I hardly know: what.to write in reply. té such an jnteresti mate of, Siberia, ‘but the facts are it is nota severe winter climate as is North. . Dakota.’ here is the most ever experienced. Today it,,is nice and warm with bright sunshine, in! fact really perféct. temperature gets down to 40 and 50! below, but it is perfectly calm and we from: the, Northwest, having exper- ienced the low..temperature_and. with the winds, would ‘think it was. really \southern California weather. The -railroad isa gréati institution. It is, run, more, as, a benevolent asso- ciation, than as a means of transport? It' takes care of everyone. do’ not believe that’ one-half the *peo-| ple who ride on the passenger trains pay fare, and as many passengers Tide on freight trains as on any other: | fact, box-cars areused regularly for class passengers. The track, power and. equipment is in very good condition, but the meth- od of operating it is a joke to Ameri- can. railway men. methods the lines could be made to pay dividends that best paying lines in the United States poor, so far as returns are concern- ed. Every railway official is rigged out in some sort of flashy uniform, usually having a saber or two strapped on themselves, and of course as many badges as it is possible for them to letter as yours.| : Farther west the for the result, of the last election to know what you did with the non-par- tisan league,’ sincerely hoping that they would be put out of business. }, situation over here re- miui¢h of the Nonparti- in that@it is absolutely sry mati wants. to be a) its: tobe. in a position | sized grab from the| per yeay ( ‘They have been organ: izing governtRents every day or! two for the past; threé’months and you hear of a new one almost every day. I do not believe these peg able_ to). orgainzey some strong military assistance: now being declared, it is a big guess what effect it will have on this coun- try. The Bolshevikis are simply third. a thousand miles west of here there is a large body of lignite, an open -pit mine—there are! No steam ‘shovels ‘or) pawér machines,| as’everything’ is done*by ‘hand labor, and by Chinese. West of Lake Biakal are more. wonderful, there being more coal from there to Moscow than there is in the United and Alaska combined, but few mines have been developed. This condition is true of the whole coun- try, its mineral, lumber and agricul- tural possibilities have not even been About ten per cent of the locomotives on the railway are I think in a few years they will all be changed to coal or There are also wonderful oppor- pounds). * ‘About third and fourth gone wuch further in socialism: and would make the anarchy than the league has. but n° further than the league would go if} T have made two. or thre trips in Siberia and it 1s a most wonderful! The agricultural passibili- ties are ahead of ‘anything in the United States, but of course is in a very primitive state of development, scratched over. wood burners. It is a guess with us what effect For Piles A Free Trial of Pyramid Pile Treats ment Will Be Just Like Meete iug a Good Old Friend. Have you tried Pyramid? If not, why. don't you? The trial is free just. mail ‘coupon below—and_ the results may amaze you.» Others are praising Pyramid Pile Treatments as their deliverer—-why not you? Mail coupon mow or get'a Wc box from any druggist anywhere. Take no substitute. FREE SAMPLE COUPON PYRAMID DRUG CoMPANY. 506 Pyramid Bldg., Marshall, Mich, Kindly send me a Free sample of Pyramid Pilo Treatment, in plain wrapper. are anxious to stay as long as there is any good for us to do. On the ‘| other hand we are, of course, all thinking of home. Thanking you again for your kind letter, I beg te renvain, Sincerely yours, A YAN ‘THRIFT MUST FINISH WORK YANKS BEGAN (Continued trom Page One.) inventions of the age, placing it above the submarine and *therairplane and on a par with the telephone. He told how through the sale of: these little stickers Uncle Sam had during the past year raised in actual cash one billion, dollars, .and chow, where edu- cational campaigns were conducted, the allotted quotas were doubled and trebled, The New Plan. n of disposing of 19 contemplates the organization savings society in every in the Ninth federal re- ict; «community societies in every region where such organiza- not established, and the use or: existing farmers’ clubs, ag! cultural ‘associations, cooperative as: sociations, wonien’s clubs, fraternal orders and all other community o1 ganizations; the formation of socie- ties in all-industrial-and commercial establishments containing tive or more people. + The success. of the . plan depends wholly, upon, education and upon pa- lotism. There. ig ‘to be no compul- sion. “There will be! no formal allot- ments. Every voy:aiid girl man and woman Will; bevencouraged to buy as many thrift stamps.as.they can. There will, be impregsed upon them the fact that this is a duty they. owe to them- selves, their family, their community, their country.’ Uncle Same believes phat he can ae up'a great habit tt thrift amopg , te which -wi tnakeé thent ‘adhe povertal than ever before. Hi the plan shal id’ yy thé’ verdict of the: peepie2He:issrelyingyupon their intelligence-as-well-as-their patriot- ism to. put this thrift program over. (February 17-24 Thrift Week. February 17 to 24 has as government war savings soci ‘week: During this week each county is asked to organ- ize as large a. number. of war savings societies as possible.’ Dr. Bauer ad- dressed the chairman of the south- western counties at.a banquet at the Grand Pacific , Wednesday evening, and/he received the individual pledge of every chairman: for his county. John Lowell of Fargo, vice director for North Dakota. and J. W. Wendel of Minneapolis, special representative of the peace, which is now assured will have on our organization. remain here and we niay return. We companied’Dr,: Bauer tunities for hydro-electric plants, as the rivers of this country are the most wonderful drain such immense areas there would be:'no limit to the ‘powet ‘By: Condo but they raise most wonderful crops, and Siberia dlone.’ with proper culti- vation, could::raise more grain than the United States, Canada and Argen-! tine combined. They do not | know EVERETT TRUE AND’ THE [INSUFFICLENT PR PREPARATION — You KNOW WHA." 1 MEAN —— AND ALWAYS THERE IS THAT INTANGIBLE SOMGTHING |- ABOUT IT ALL = You KNOW wHaT ren Cry for: the Ninth district war loan organiza- tion, ‘assigned to rth Dakota, ac: The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over thirty years, has borne the signature of Oo ee Om BR 2 { All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good” are but Experiments that trifle wits and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. in other quarters for the immediate discharge of men no longer needed by the government for active military service. On the face of things, there is reason for the seeming corftradictions and excuse for the seem- ing conflicts in news and opinion. While it is true that the future is full of .promise for every kind rs will cuss you for extortion. Your afternoon|of labor, it is also true that a large percentage diversion consists in dusting the potato vines with| of the returned soldiers are unable, in many parts Paris green, knowing that what potatoes the bugs|of the country, to find any employment at all, don’t get will yield 30 cents the bushel, if nobody | while great. numbers of those who are offered work else raises any. In the gloaming you sit down|find it to be of a grade, or several grades, below _in pleasant retirement and milk the'cows for the|that. which they gave up in order to respond to second time during your humdrum day, knowing] the nation’s call. that a lot of Elgin gents who do frequent society ‘miay say your butter is worth 35 cents and that|States, civilian or miljtary; there is work in sight ‘the ultimate consumer .will cuss you on general|for all, whether the workers shall be employed , whatever Elgin says. As the gentle| individually as citizens or in units as soldiers. 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