The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1919, Page 2

Bo, 000 PERSONS “IN AMERICA -“"""" CAN’T READ OUR NATIVE TONGUE at! t.and a half million persons in[racy which sends an army,to preach hited States’ over 10. years~of | democracy wherein” there was drafted out of the first 2,000,000 men a -total beard, jcar card, sign, booklet or, letter |,of 200,000 men who could’ not- read "their orders or understand them wach or read the’ letters a cannot. réad’ a newspaper, , bill- ih the American language. “Five and a selon of them ‘cannot read’ any- thing in any language. ‘These astounding ‘facets demand: the itmediate consideration of the nation. The war has demonstrated some of the daigets from ‘large numbers of for- * elgh born persons who have not been assimilated, or Americanized. It has also brought to light, thousands upon | thousands ‘of native born Americans who cannot read or write. ‘These illiterates ‘nd aliens outnum- ber all.the people in Nevada, Wyom ing. Delaware, Arizona, Idaho, M sip, Vermont, Rhode Island, Nort Dakota, South Dakota, Oregon, Maine, Florida, Connecticut and Washington Combined. They exceed the'total popu- lation of the Dominion of Canada. As voters, their ballots will outweigh the influence of greater New York, Phila- delphia and Chicago in national af- fairs. Such people must be educated at} “leabt sufficiently to read the consti- tution of the United States and Amer- ican ‘newspapers and to know some- deliveréd, them from home? “What should be said ofa danas: racy which calls upon its citizens:to the wisdom of forming;a consider _Seut league of nations, of. passing judg- jot i or | Ameri never spoken?” AMERICANIZATION Senator Hoke Smith has just intro- thing of what it means to be an Amer- ican. This problem is national. leads in_illiterates. in non-English ; speak and one-fourth per cent of the people of thé east south’ central states are il- NATIONAL PROBLEM The south | bill The north leads} ing. Seventeen tion ment upon a code which will insure the freedom of the seas, or of sacfl | ficing the daily stint of wheat'or meat | for the benefit of the Rotmanians: or | the Jugo-Slavs when 18 per cent of | the coming citizens of that democracy |do not go to school! What should be said of a democ- which permits tens of thousands native born children to be taught ‘an history in a foreign guage—the Declaration of Independ- enge and Lincoln's Gettysburg speech in German and other tongnes? “What should be said of a democ- racy which permits men and women to work in masses lan- where they seldom hear a word of’ Engtish BILL ~ duced in the senate and Honorable William B, Bankhead in the house, |the Smith-Bankhead Americanization nate bill 5464, house bill 15402. bill directs the secretary of the interior through the bureau of educa- to cooperate with the several states in the education of the above Hterate, but 15.8 rer cent of the peo- | mentioned peoples and in the prepara- ple in Pass read, speak or write Engiis per cent of the people of the south At-;end in 1926. lantic states are illiterate and so 13.2 ner cent of the people of Lawrence } and Fall River, Mass. New Jers ie, N Sixteen , ; A state, cannet | tion of teachers for the work, The appropriations begin af once and secure the money, acts through its chief school officer and ) shall not participate until it has re- These civic and economic “seconds” i quired the instruction of illiterate and h are.beyond all help from print ings or advice in the English 1 Their ‘ignorance and inaccessibility to { languag essential public information . stant drags upon progr The secretary of the graphically painted the the nationally accusa has asked in his recent letter to ioe ls rel president: E: are con-| ye rior has | for hy | no in situation ni speaking ars of age, minors in the Ame | Sugar syrup ta All w You've probably ‘heard a this well: evn Bat, of making ‘cough Syrup al it have on eter used: it hen you do, you will understand* why thou- sands of families, the kop over,” feel that-they: could hardly ke jouse With- out it. “Ite simple and. cheap,-but the way: it takes hold of a cough will-quickly earn it @,permanent place our hore, *Into @ pint bottle, pout 2H ounces of Pinex; en. add plain granulated the pint. Or, it +molasies, honey, desired,” use. Sar ie or corn syrup, instead of siljgar syruj Either way, it tastes good, neve spol, ‘and gives: you a full pint. o! better cough remedy than you coud buy ready-made fof three times its cost, it ‘is really wondérful how quickly. this homemade remedy conquers a cough— asually in 24 hours or leas. Tt seemsgo aerate the throug h every air passage, a fidarse or tight lifts the he heals -the- membranes, ind gives almost immediate relief. Splen- iid for throat tickle, hoarseness, croup, sronchitis.and branchial asthma. Pinex is a highly concentrated com- sound’ of genuine Norway pine extract, and has been used for generations for” chroat, and chest ailments. anol disappointment by asking ¥ Your iruggist for 4 ounces of Pinex” with ‘all directions, and don’t accept anys ‘hing ee, Guaranteed to Bive sheoluts satisfaction or money promptly refun Che Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. These 8,500,000 when taught, to read will be an immense new- market for every form of merchandise. They will mean 8,500,000 new readers of -news- papers, perlodicals, farm journals, bogks in general and advertisements of ‘manufactured products. At. pres: | more hent they can’t make use of any prod- rican for at least 200 jours per money money shall be; used only ies or training teachers and | shall be used for ory questions he! buildings or equipment or for support ious or private schools. h state receives money in pro- “What should be said of a world- | portion to the number of her illiter- leading democracy wherein 10 per cent ; at of the adult population cannot read the laws which they know? “What should! be @ presumed to} of such per: The provis ns of the 1 of a democ-} details of administration: nd persons unable to speak Eng- as compared to the total number sin the United States, act conéern Coe ptilite Al Counterfeits, | Imitations. and “ _ciildren Cry for Fletcher's - The Kind You. Have Ribas Rett: nd: which has been in ube for over thirty yeafs, has borne: the signature of and has been. made under ‘his pére sonal supervisiod ‘since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this, * Just-as-good’? are but Experiments that trifle witz and endanger the health of Infants’ and. Children—Experience against ORIA. What i is is a harmless s CASTO R IA It is pleasant. It contains tw and Soothing Syrups. egoric, neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic. substance. Its €ge-is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it hds een in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, ‘Wind Colic and-Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and adtural asleep. Tho Children’s Panacea—The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA Atways Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought THE CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORK CITY, oills. TheOldest and || Lar est Bank | ‘in eo sectionof MONEY? DO YOU OWN YOUR There is a great differ- ence between receiving money and owning it. It is of little lasting benefit to you to receive a good salary if practically all of it goes to pay current Practice economy; do not mortgage your salary ahead of time; open a Savings Account in this bank and deposit regular- dy a definite portion of your earnings. way you will own more -and more of the money you receive each month. We welcome ‘Savings « Accounts from One Dol- lar upwards. and _ pa compound jnteregt, In this 4% Hléarn this strange, difficult tongue. uct of the printer's labor. They can't read even a moving picture title or a Victory loan poster. MEANS DEATH TO FALSITY The elimination of illiteracy, means the elimination of falsified merchan- dise, and the reduction of cheating by manufacturers and retailers who rely upon illiterate groups for their main support. Secretary L: “It take tious man to lift hin an-environment. Easily he becomes aj; victim to the shrewd, predatory pa- drone or boss. He falls into debt and becomes mortgaged* to ignorance and squalor for years, His ideal of Amer- ica: has suffered a change. ‘And vis this freedom? he says to himself, as with tired back he bends to his .work, without hope that the burden will be lighter tomorrow. He can not: read signs which warn him of: danger. n not read of the opportunities ity, and country offer.. In+his own land perhaps he had_no chance to Jearn.in his own tongue. In‘t land’ he: is too tired, too hesii Is it any ‘wonder if to this dissatisfiedd stranger the voice,of one who speaks to- him in the language of home has ‘authority and carries far? And if this voice.preaches discontent and violent ‘discontent, as the one; sure path to sbetter sdays, is it strange that he ‘should lisen? Who are the men who ‘Master this’ new world? “Plainly the ones ‘He ‘knows, from: whor he has suffered: “Do ‘these same mén* control everything ; are there no sweet places of refuge? He can find no one to make him: see the greater America: The whole of this’continent is to him the cramped apartment, the dirty ‘street, the sweatshop or the fac- tory..-.To;the, sweep, of the. great land and its many beckonings his eyes are closed. And in his isolation and ignor- ance and disappointment there is fruit- fol nesting place for all the: burtful microbes that attack society. From every huthanttarian ‘and busi- ness viewpoint,-it fs of the utmost im- portance to -alt with- messages, educa- tional or commercial, that these eight and‘a half millions be taught at least sufficiently to read a poster or a news- paper. Every user of the printed word, writer, manufacturer, merchant and advertising man should jmmedl- ately express his opinion of the impart- ance and immediacy of this legtsla- tion, to congress. ‘The passage of the Smith- ‘Bankhead Americayization bill depends entirely upon whether the following commit- tees are sure that the sentiment of the ‘people through the United States is back ‘of, the measure. EDUCATION AND LABOR—Senate Hoke Smith of Georgia, Claude A. Swanson: of Virginia, Henry F.' Hollis ‘of New Hampshire, Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona, ‘Andrieus A. Jones of New Mexico, Kenneth McKellar of Tennes- see, William E. Borah ‘of Idaho, Boles Penrose of Pennsylvania, Carroll S. Page of Vermont, George P. McLean of Connecticut, ‘Willianr Si; Kenyon of j Iowa. EDUCATION—House ‘William J. Sears of Florida, Benja- in C. Hilliard of Colorado, Horatio ‘laypool of Ohio, W. B. Bankhead of Alabama, Charles H. Brand of Geor- gia, Thomas L. Blanton of Texas, Je- rome F. Donovan of New York, Caleb Powers of Kentucky, Horace M. Town- er of lowd, Edmund Platt of New York, Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, Fred- erick W, Dallinger of Massachusetts. Harry H. Pratt of New York, Allfert H. Vestal of India CHICKEN PIE SUPPER. ,Big chicken pie’ suppef at’ First Presbyterian church, Tuesday even- {ing February 25. Price, 60 , cents. Everyone urged to attend. vt. DAHOTA BUSINESS TUESDAY, FEB.. FOREIGN HABITS WOODROW MAY HAVE ACQUIRED WHILE GLOBE- . TROTTING AND PEACE (MAKING mr SAY> (it's Quite: WILL HE ACQUIRE AN APPETITE — [ROR Te! FAVORITE ITALIAN DISH? Gi Washington, D. C. Feb. 25.—During the week agitation for an immediate lifting of restrictive freight rates on butiding materials has been most de- termined. Representatives: of the ; Sand, gravel, stone and slag indus- tries, and the cement manufacturers have appealed to the division of pub- lic ‘Works and. construction develop- ment of thé department of. labor for assitsance in the presentation of their case before the railroad administra- tion. Many of the contractors and huild- ers reporting> to.the department of labor insist freight rates, more than|{ any other factor, are holding hack the more extensive building * projects, especially in the central west. They submit that if’there is to be an early resumption ‘ofgeneral. building and construction. work. freight rates on sand, gravel, stone, slag and cement, must be reduced and: such shipping restrictions as were inaugurated to prevent the diversions from war use of building materials; must be with- drawn. X Despite present obstacles, building authorities express cpntidence: that’ the spring and summer will. witness an unusual amount. of private build- ings, especially on such projects are were forced to suspend during the war and waich were then neetted to accommodate business. and tactory ex- pansions. These needs now are more pressing’ than ever . many of;them cah: he deferred nO} longer, regardless of construction costs. The division 6f public works and construction development of the de- partment of Jaboh has been asked’ to cooperate with several national huild- formulating and advertising: through- out the country “a_repair ans elean- up” macafpign. up” campaign for early spring. It is submitted” that neglect of ‘desirable repairs during the war is costing the country millions of dollars in the rapid depreciation ‘bf buifdings. It is now Relea for building repairs to-the end at buildings ‘and dwellings) now available may be brought up to maxi- mum efficiency and utility. It is un- derStood this campaign will be backed, by several national organizations with the department of labor cooperating. Reports from several states show'a deepening interest in road building programs: which are’ reflecting bene- fits in the building’ and construction industry. '-Oklahomao, for example, has a‘ $50,000,000 roads project ‘before the legislature. In‘ utah, there is be- fore the ligislature a $2,000,000 road program, while Salt Lake City, in that state, is to vote on a $1,500,000 bond issue for county highway improve- ments. department of labor say state proj- ects inspire confidence in private builders and accelerate general busi- ness conditions so that where an ex- LOWER FREIGHT RATES ASKED TO . . STIMULATE BUILDING. INDUSTRY | ing and ‘real estate Organizations ontN. J., plans a $1,000,000 hotel, and an proposed“'to make an * organized cam-| hem. Building authorities reporting to the; Cleveland, Ohio, tensive state construction program is crops at good prices. Business College cver a quartet: of" eat Go. ‘Thousands of D; *B, C.- graduates since, have developed" into men and women holding re- rege Righ-salatied Positions, better opportunities are the dudent of today. YOU PROFIT. BY TH SCHOOL’S REPUTATION FOR SENDING, ‘OUT COMPETENT HELP. D, B.C. GRADUATES ARE. ALWAYS ‘IN DE MAND. - Leg uerell you why.) White for 1 intormation ta F. 1. Wating; Buy a lot for a home, garden plot or a.farm _ early and reap the benefits of increase in value. We offer some remarkable properties at t_fair hrices and_on reasortable HOME BUILDING The new year—1919—is to-be a year of pros- perity ahd development in Bismarck and vicinity. Business is waking up'in anticipation of bumper (Fake advantage of your opportunities, a . —_ MIGHT HE PREFER: _MAPANESE FOOT woopRow, I NEVER Done NOTH N* HE MAY“ASTONISH TH CAPITAL BY TH FRENCH STYLE OF SALUTE HE’ SURE ANNEXED A LOT O| Sans) “OVER THERE * Z ! under way, there, also, private huild+| ing begins to pick up. | In the thousands of letters, ques tionnaires and reports, received in the department of labor during the last month, from building interests the country over, there is onep roposi- tion on which there is complete agree- ment. None suggests that the future of the building industry will bring anything other than unprecedented ac- tivity and prosperity, All agree tie present labor surplus, which\ is caus- ing some anxiety, is temporary and that within a year i twill have heang ed to a marked shortage. Many build- in\gauthoritigs urge the present labor ‘surplus as one of the circumstances favorable to immediate building and construction work, ‘These also assert wages are not excessive in,the build- ing industry if labor renders its max-|! imum service for the wages paid. Among the notabie building ‘proj- ects brought to the attention of the department of labor this week are the following: In New York city, the Daughters of Jacob plan a $400,000 home for aged; B. F, Keith's New York: Theatre Co, plans a $400,000 theatre and store building. A. reliable estimate, places a value of $29,000,000 on private building proj- ects now contemplated in Chicago, Ill. The Home Financing Company is to build, in Chicag6, a\warehouse and cold storage and power plant to cost $5,000,000; Griswold’ & Wallser a store” pbuilding “to cost, $400,000. In Joliet, TH., a forge company will bulla |: a $140,000 plant. The Caldwell Syrup Pepsin Co., in Monticello, Ill., plans-a $100,000 plant. ‘Bhe Hotel Realty Co., in Trenton, with Pepein, bowels, do as promised. PRICE AS ALWAYS In spite of great! increared’ laboratory Tendeney to Constipation? USE THIS LAXATIVE! i Dietitians ‘advise a ‘careful diet,” but that is tfouble- + some to most people; - physical culturists advise “certain ¢xercises,” which is good if one‘ hes both the time and the inclination, “Doctors advise diet-and exercise and medicine. The questiomis, shell it be a cathartic or purgative med- icine? Ora mild, gentle laxative? \ Thousands have decided:the question to their, own satis- faction by using a combination of simple laxative bh pepsin known to; druggists as Dr .Caldwell’s Syrup, A small dose "gives @ free, easy movement of the It is the best substitute for nature herself. In fact, | since the ingredients are wholly from the vegetable kingdom it may truthfully be said it'is a natural Isxative. Its positive but ‘gentle action cn: ‘the bowels makes it an ideal remedy for constipation. be taken with perfect safety until the bowels are regulated and act again of their own accord. The druggist. will refund yqur money if it fails to herba ‘The dose ia small, and it may Dr. Caidwell’s )YRUP PDEPSIN $20,000,000 for Cincinnati. tractors e estimate there is’ $10,000,000 ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR! rte 1 4 end absorbing war taxes we: hav main- FREE SAMPLES—1¢ you" have ‘never used tained the price et ~which~this: family a ative has been sold b: Dr. Caldwell’c Syrup Pepsin send for a free trial bottle to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 468 Washington 9%. Monticello, Ti. Tf there are babies at Nome, sate afer in! copy scl De: Caldwell’s ‘book, “The Care of Bal ee SS q = a j $475,895 against $21,000 for 1918.° In worth of bufiding projects’ in ‘Cinctn-! Manhattan the January 1919 figures | nati now ready to get under way. are $1,151,050 with alterations esti- Minor. - pyblic imprevements in mated to c8st $682,215. Kansas City, Kans., Bridgeport, Conn, The Cincinnati Post has started o|Globe, Ariz. Newark, 'N. J., Minot, >} Dak., Madison, S. Dak., Bryan, “Oho, Decatur, Ill., Youngstown, Ohio, and Cedar Rapids, loWa,total $3,011,009. improvement movement. j Architects and con | Tf you fee} dull, digzy- “headed, back aches, and feel “all in,” go to your neighbor and ask her the secret. of- -her health. Usually she will tell you that it was by taking a temperance * tonic dnd nervine, known as Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. All women who suffer from feminine disorders are invited to write the, - . a'n¢ubby of the Invalids’. _ Hotel; Buffalo, N. ¥:, for free confidentiat consultation and sslviog RO. chargé being made for this high professional service. 'This will enable every woman.:to benefit by the advice of the distinguished corps of ‘physi- cians which Dr. Pierce has: gathered about him ‘in. his celebrated Buffalo institution. Small But. Effcctive Was the little Monitor that met the Merrimac at Hamp- ton Roads. So too are Doctor Pierce’s! Pleasant Pellsts efféctive in Bilious and Sick Headache, Constipation, In- digestion, Bilious Attacks, and all derangements ‘of. the liver, stomach and bowels. always fresh,and reliable. Put up in sealed ‘glaay vials, Purely veertanle The favor orphanage to cost $200,000 will be i built in Trenton. SENS Bethichem, Pa., is to have a $1,000,- 000~ hotel. An office building and film exchange in Pittsburgh will cost $200,000. Philadelphia will build a $200,000 school and a rubber company will build a $500,000 plant in Bethle- In. Burlington, Wis., the Burlington Brass Works is to have a $300,000 warehouse, In Twin City, Minn., one builder is getting underway. with 300 residences to cost from $1,500 to $15,000 each: The ‘Harley Davidson Motor Co., is to build in Milwaukee, Wis., a ‘$100,000 plant. St. Louis, Mo., is to have a ‘$200, 000 store and ‘apartment building. Washburn College, Topeka, Kansas, will build @ $125,000 dormitory. The Sperry Flour Co. announced it will start the erection of the first unit’ of a plant next month in Ogden, Utah. The project cost is mate at $1,000,000. Under authority of a fona issue will build five fire stations, estimated cost, $500,000. Plans reported in Brooklyn and Queens, New York, show a gain for January, 1919 over the same month in 1918. Buildings in Queens to cost; terms, $28 Bismarck Realty Co.: Tel. 314 212 Bismarck Bank Bldg. The fellow that can talk, has the edge , on the fellow that’s deaf and dumb; and the fellow in business, who ADVERTISES, has. - it all. over the fellow in busihess who doesn’t. re’ : i Printers’ Ink is invincible! It will come pretty close:to:making grass grow on the bottom of a porcelain bathtub—if properly : ‘ BACKED UP; and the way to back it up is to play square, render service, and keep. - ~ pushing for trade thru the newspapers! . Travel the Newspaper Publicity.route and youl] THRIVE—if you DESERVE to thrive! No guesswork aon it!:_It’s cer- tain as gravity. The Bismarck Tribune Is The Leading Newspaper of This Section of the State va ”