The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1919, Page 6

PAGE 6 NEW METHOD OF TREATING FLAX MAY MEAN MUCH Textile Trade in East Much In-} terested in Possibilities of Our Straw New Bedford, Conn., March 19.—The “Mercury” prints the following inter- esting artic A new dis , | ‘overy which will mean a revolution in the nations textile! industry, in which New England so largely figures, has Ween made by the | National Bureau of Standards in the} treatment of flax. Supporters of this latest develop- | ment, including linen men in Boston, | say it would make it posible to p duce flax fibre more cheaply than cot- ton in this country. ew England j ¢. - = & including Massachusetts, it is claimed |fighting forees in the war. has every ity for growing flax; Alexander Ramsay. straw and the added advantages] ~ Seo which is made from flax fiber. Experts are amazed at the simpli city and rapidity of the new treatment, and a strong impetus Is looked forward to by the linen industr, It would mean a glorious activ for New Jand and a power of unestimated sistance for the solution of the labor problem. With the linen and indus. tries in full swing in this section, a period of unprecedented prosperity Refore would result. At present the amount} the vy. of linen produced here as well as Hai ed out the United States, is extremely 3 ss : ‘ slight in comparison with that abroad economists have for a long time been We raise little lax most o whieh is| interested in plans for making the val used for seed. i , {ue of money more stable, New England itself is particularly) The great increase in gold produc well adaptted to go ahead with this! tion which began in the ‘Nineties had program ‘per schedule, owing to its! undoubtedly lowered the value of the already established textile industry. | gold dollar and raised commodity ‘Two treatments for recoverine f {cas fiber from straw have been used. One process is to submerge the Straw in a pond or river for 15 to 25 days until the natural decomposition rots away the gum which b the fiber to the University, Suggests cotton the war began, variations in, me of money had been recogniz- as the eause of serions evils, and scape the universal comm. ues that seareity ‘a values, and abundance depress- es them. ous plans to stabilize the pur- pithy stock. It is owing to the odor} sver of money haye been pro- from this process and the necessity | ;, aling with this, Such of men working waist deep in putrid] > miational gf water that the American farmer aban-| monopoly. of fil mining, in doned the production of flax. which the British Empire and the The other method is t 1 the | hited States would be the chief par- P to eight m of the flax on a meadow for gf weeks, subject to the weather, turning it often so as to pre- vent over-rottin This process, tho je, requires great skili which our own farmers could not devote. Ye tax on gold mining, to regulating the output variable tax on the coinage ied to control the volume of gold monc The plan to which on purchasing the committee power has given chief The new treatment is a chemical | atention, however, and whfch it be- process under which the gum i S| jieves to be the most promising basis solved from the flax straw in less | o¢ qiscussion, is that which was w than one hour, without injury to ed out by Aneurin Williams, M. P., s claimed this process ier thige the fiber. It and othe’ can be operated at Boy ee oa al Now that the war is over there will without et Reem! ettiod ec bel aC | surely arise great problems of cur- flax fiber b, methc Pro} rency, Among the chief of these will more cheaply than cotton. jbe the problem of more stable mone- Ea ape eee ne | SHY units, If a scientific solution eud@and mae = Ba the United | of this problem is not found, an unsci- eld and ne ic jon is a i Al- Siicee Barean 0 Seandi@ds, the ‘tes enti slution is apt to be tried. Al schemes for currency changes Twhich would be fraught ood a te prepared in the changes ‘in price” level hh the world has so long suf- < in the purchasing her than in the ins of gold ; fixed unit of cmiasgueadine.ae/a tikeds anie| < of an unstable dollar are nfusion, uncertainty, i} injustice, discontent and dis: | J le ° Ash Your Dealer | Correspondence. | ; for Wo: a | Reinigg! 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West of Postoffice ia jlisted_in the nurses’ jrepresents the Provident Inpurance H Princess Pat is here bidding goodbye to an officer of the Princess Pat regiment, one of the.most heroic. of the Canadian The princess has just. become Lady A THE DOLLAR Professor Irving Fisher, Noted Economist of Yale Gold Dollar of Variable Weight as Solution of U. S. Currency Problem Those whose incomes are fixed, by previous contracts or by custom suffer If the cost of living doubles ‘eal power of dollars to purchase ng is ewt in two. In such a case the man who receives payment for a debt contracted in a fixed number of dollars suffers as though he were with the cost of living unchanged. At the end of this war millions of people in the United States will own bends, war savings certificates and insurance, the total value running into many billions of dolla All of these sums will be iaaddition to the billions of sayings inthe form of bank de- posits or in the form of mortgages or Any variation in the unit in ) savings are expressed affects the sts of the owner of those sayings. With millions of people to be affeet- ed and hundreds of billions of dollars stipulated in contracts — other fixed or understood, it becomes a ma ter of grave concern as to what the “dollar” hese contracts and under- to be. X needed is to stabilize, or standardize, the dollar just as we have already standardized the y: equivalent in value to a certain amount of commoditie: The United States Bureau of Statistics collects price quotations which show that, with our present unstable dollar, a given group of important commodities costs, now more, now less than a dollar, depend- ing on fluctuations in supply and de- mand, including especially the supply nd demand of gold. The figure which indicates-how the price level rises or falls is the “index number.” The gold dollar is now fixed in ght and therefore variable in pur- power and therefore variable The heavier or the lighter the gold dollar thé more or the less will be its purchasing power, It follows that if re add new grains of gold # the dol- lar just fast enough to compensate for the loss in purchasing power of gold, we Hl have a fully “compen- sated dolla iy Hensler, Washburn and other towns. R. ‘H. Bagnell returned from So. St. Paul several days ago, where he went with a carload of hogs. Miss Agnes Etherington, who en- training corps from Sanger last fall, has just return: ed from Detroit, Mich. Traveling men making this terri- tory will be pleased to learn that the Sanger hotel is tobe re-opened very soon. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Digby, who formerly had charge, will again man- age it. Our loca) road contractor, Charley Dunahey, has secured a large con- tract in Mercer county and will com mence work there in a few weeks, The Center Republican, which is joue of the vefy best. country news: papers in the state, is about to change ownership. Sanger people are sorry to have Mr. Thurston leave the field but wish the new owners the best of success, Joseph Feuling has purchased the Frank Chase house in this village, and intends to make extensive improve- ‘| ments. J. J, Walker, of Bismarck, state {agent for the Central Life Insurance iCo., spent the past week in Sanger on_business. Dr, L. A. Sherk, who located in San- ger last October, coming here from Pennsylvania, has had a large prac- jtice. Hardly a day passes that he not receive a call from Man- dan, St. Anthony or Stanton, and this j with ihs local practice keeps him very busy. Warren,Miller, nephew of A. Le Bigelow, has recently returned feom camp in Georgia, to assist With the \farm work. Sanger young people have bills out. announcing a St. Patrick dance for tonight. The, Wilton orchestra will furnish the music. Robert McVey of Bismarck, who Co., spent a few days in Sanger the Past week. Mr. Barchinger of Center. and Mr. Egbert of Fargo, representatives of the Ford Motor Co., called upon the local garage man Friday, Rev. W. J. Conard, pastor of the Congregational church, spent several days the past week on the South Branch, where he has been dolug mis- sionary work. Horace Beardpley, who has repeat! edly taken first prize at the state poultry shows for Barred: Rock chiek eng, Is receives many orders at this time for his f cific coast. a in tows their new PHONE 349-K jae ‘an int drills purchased ae tile Piacalng © ei really paid only 50 cents on the dollar} rd- “stable dollar should always. be fancy birds; soihe orders yoming from as far west as the Pa A number of farmers from Yucca last week to receive BisManch paity Thtstivn tertainment to be given in the audi torium in the neat future. Friends of logal boys, who have geen seryice in France, are pleased to learn that. they, will soon be among us. Ole Aune, Raymond Foardman and Willard Ellis are some of the men who recently arrived in New York. ‘ George Digby returned from Lin- ton, where he had been visiting-his sister. George. has” rented a large farm in that vicinity. and expects to move there soon to commence spring work. Miss. Hattie Jenkins! of Solon ar- rived the past week t6. visit her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Culligan, Chas. V. Day and H? J; Reinke of Price were in town Thursday on busi- ness. A number of‘farmers in McLean county are taking advantage of the splendid river roads and are hauling their grain to Sanger. TRENCH PIANOS MADE AN ISSUE Atlanta, Ga., March'19.—A year age when the 21nd Division was in t 5 ing at Camp Gordon here :tm enierpris: ing piano company. wrote to div headquarters that it had Iv both as a’medium of instruction and as a subject. Public, private and paro- chial schools are included. Under highway legislation the state plans a highway commission and a system of hard surfaced roads_to link un_all county seats in Indiana, Radied) changes,in the method of ap- praising property*for taxation will re- sult from another néw law. Advocates said the new. tax laws will work moré equitably. Property hereafter must \be listed at 100 percent of its value. Sep- arate departments of state to oversee banking and insurance business also were created. Several state departments will com- bine under one head by the new “con- servation” law, Changes to simplify the method of registering voters also were made. Among proposed amendments to the state constitution started on their way. a-budget system for the state; ig Power to the governor to veto single items in an appropriation bill, and authorizing the general assembly while in session, to submit constitution- al questions to the state Supreme Court and thus avoid long and expen- sive litigation later. Among proposed laws which failed were drastic amendments to the pro- hibition law, child Jabor and social welfare measures, and a bill which would have “legalized” motion picture ENVER IN SWITZERLAND AND HE’S WELL HEELED (N, B.A. Spegial to The ‘Mribune) WEDNESDAY, MAR. 19, 1919 the principal factors in lining. ‘Turks with: the Germans inthe war, is in exile in Switzerland, whence he fled with his money bags when the Geneva—Enver Bey, who was one of] breakup for Turkey came. BISMARCK You Can Enroll at This MODEL OFFICE PRACTICE school under guarantee of a sat- isfactory position ag spon as competent or your tuition re- funded. Send for particulars. When you know more about this college and what it has done for hundreds of the most successful business 1 men and women, you'll attend,” Write G. M. LANGUM, Pres., Bismarck, N.D. Business Directory of such strength and lightne could be car deeetinto the first’ line trenches to helpwhile away the hours on inactive sectors. Officers at the camp made facetious rem about the Ingeamens, one major whimsically suggestelng organization of the ‘307th Trench Piano Battalton.” A local newspaper published 4 humorous account. of the incident, pic: turing each husky fifivate of the S2nc going over the _ top: with a “trench piano” strapped to his back. Powde: puffs, rouge and lip sticks might be added to the soldier's knapsack te . make trench life more bearable, the writer suggésted. _ It caused many a laugh at the camp. The S2nd soon went to France and took part in some of the hardest fight ing of the war, On, August 2, 1918 German aviators dropped into thei trenches in the Toul sector copies oj the identical story with this solemr comment attached : “What are you fighting for, Samm; While yeu are fighting and risking your lfe, the folk back home insteac of baking you up with their last dollar and last drop of blood, are spending their e inventing trench pianos an¢ lip sticks instead of inventing sub marines and airpla id Major Quim| felfon of the S2nd ir a letter to a friend here says the mer of the 82nd fairly fought for the Ger man leaflets qud had the hearties' laugh of their overseas career. There was nothing to show how a copy of the local paper's story was transmitted tc Germany. INDIANA PUTS BAN ON TEUTON Indianapolis, Ind., March 19.—Suf- frage, workmen's compensation, public highways, taxation, and the German language are subjects of new laws passed by the Indiana — legislature hich has just concluded its session of xty-one“days. / Women were given ‘presidential suf frage under one act and an amendment | to the state Constitution giving women was. initiated. states already are studying |, the new Ixw relating to workmen's compensation, which ‘applies to al’ working people and, broadens the law in effect for several years. After a stiff fight the German lan- guage was eliminated: from the first eight grades of all schdols in the state COUGHS AND COLDS QUICKLY RELIEVED Dr. King’sNew lew Discovery uscd since Crant was President Get a bottle today shows on Sunday. Other» measures which MMiled would have fixed hours for women in industry, allowed re- turned soldiers a/bonus, and controlled sale of “blue sky” stocks. 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