The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 26, 1919, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D,, as Second Class Matter. ne Editor GEORGE D. MANN, _-.- -_- = = Foreign Representatives G, LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, eh tae. en orlie . ey Jee lee ie resge . arauetie “PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK, -' - 1. -__ Fifth Ave, Bldg. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein, - All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year : + $7.20 Daily by mail, per year (In Bismarck) +» 7.20 Daily by mail, per year (In state outside Bismarck) 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota. 0 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER, (Established 1873) Ek ————— HOME STOCKS AND BONDS Stocks and bonds seem to be claiming much attention nowadays but as yet we've failed to see any reports on the most important ones of them all, such, for instance, as the following: DAD, LTD.—Stock in Dad, Ltd., dropped ten points today upon receipt of news in the family circle that he had refused a five spot to Sister Mabel to spend for a new hat. A slight bullish tendency somewhat discounted the prevailing gloom, however, when it was reported that Dad had given the baby a quarter for stick candy. MATRIMONIAL BONDS—Another issue of matrimonial bonds by the family is expected with- in a short time, same being vouched for by Sister Clara and Charles Dawson, her fiancee. Unlimit- ed confidence is expressed in the deal and in the standing of these bonds but it is hinted that the financial resources are limited. The concensus of opinion, however, is that this new issue of matri- monial bonds will prove valuable to all concerned and will pay large dividends in happiness. CELLAR STOCKS—Much mystery surrounds the recent large increase in Dad’s cellar stocks. So large has this increase been that some pertur- bation has been expressed over a possible over- supply. Dad, on the other hand, insists that the demand will always exceed the supply. The gen- eral tendency among the neighborhood is bullish regarding these stocks, several of Dad’s pals hav- ing already tried to bull him into giving them the key to his cellar. HE’S STILL WITH US Every once in a while some citizen pauses in his daily rush and inquires of his neighbor: “What’s become of Bryan? Haven’t heard of him for ages.” Don’t you worry about the Great Commoner; he’s still with us and still talking at so much per talk. We recently attended a chautauqua session at which William Jennings was the chief attraction of the day. About ten thousand other folks attended too, and proved by their patience in waiting for, and by their enthusiasm in welcoming Bryan, that he still had a considerable spot all to himself in the public heart. Bryan has lost considerable of the fire of his youth; he does not carry so exalted an ideal thru his addresses as when we heard him last; but otherwise he is about the same Bryan he always has been, and his hold on the imagination and affection of the mass of the American people re- tains its strength year after year, regardless of whether Bryan is in office, just out of office or just getting up steam to run for office. Bryan has had the most spectacular and con- tinued career of any living American. He has won more victories and lost more elec- tions than any other living leader. He has held his hold firmer on the public heart, and, at the same time, more thoroughly convinced the public that it doesn’t want him as a leader, than any other man. Strange. how some public men gather unto themselves and keep the affection of the public, while they may never secure the confidence of the public in their ability as an executive. Roosevelt aroused enthusiasm among all his adherents, and intense hatred among his enemies. Wilson inspires confidence but absolutely fails to arouse either enthusiasm or affection. But for Bill Bryan, you have real hearty affec- tion. But for Bill Bryan, you have real hearty affec- tion. MORE PROFIT FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS "The small and individually owned business can and’should be made more profiable. There are many small business conducted by the very best of citizens and rendering good ser- vice to their customers, but they are not profitable and in many cases are being conduced at an actual loss. All this through the lack of just a little cour- age and knowledge of a very few simple principles in the matter of cost distribution, and which could be brought out by the average bookkeeper of most any large business, where these principles are a matter of common, everyday knowledge. The profit from any business, large or small, ‘is after. every element of cost of doing business ] been subtracted. : store proprietor, for instance, Who dats ~ + @ Horace NENT: Aa ’ BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE is merely getting a living out of his business is not making any profit out of it. He should charge up his living, as a salary, the same as if he were working for someone else, and as a part of the cost of doing business. The same is true of the wife, daughter or son who may spend a part of their time behind the counter—they should draw a salary. The money invested in stock and fixtures should be charged up at the rate of six per cent as a part of the cost of doing business. Money invested in a business is entitled to wages the same as the people working for it. The depreciation of store fixtures, equipment and store decorations should be charged off at not less than 10 per cent a year. ‘ The merchant for instance who, does not do this is giving away his store equipment, a part with each sale. These general principles of cost distribution and a few more are well known to the average large business. And there is a large and profitable opportunity in these cities for a young man or woman familiar with the accounting of a large and well ordered business to establish a bookkeeping service that will serve many small businegses. This service should not be one of an efficiency expert, business doctor or even an expert accoun- tant, but rather to open a simple set of books, post them or show someone connected with the business how to post them, draw off the trial balances every month and offer suggestions in the way of cost distribution and economies. A simple set of books is not only the memory, but the meter of a business. It will not in itself stop leaks nor make addi- tional profits, but it will stimulate thought to this end and often point the way. The young man or woman establishing'a book- keeping bureau for small businesses would not only find it profitable to himself, but more so to those employing the service. Such a service would be of real social value in promoting general business good order and conse- quent community prosperity. Seceliiieaiinadementnthemmmnde | WITH THE EDITORS | HIGH COST OF CHEAP ROADS In the experience of the state of New York may be found a timely warning for those who have the responsibility of fixing on types of permanent roadways for. Minnesota. The laws of New York provide that, once a road is taken over as.a part ca errr aT | SPEED BUGS, PAST AND PRESENT Ce ccaRrseiEastinnarie ecraen nape ceueneenaenenen eae aaa LOOK JULES , 4ES CRABBIN Your act! cow ABOUT NouRS, HEH! HEH! HEH! — Robinson Advises Workmen’s Compensation Bureau to Go Slow in Enforcing Statute (Continued From Page One.) hazard which does not exist or waich has no concern with his business is mere confiscation, and i make .a party pay for»,every trivial hazard where the premium would not more 'than pay the cost of administration, that is a pestiferous nuisance. Patent Objections. The most patent objections to the North Dakota statute are these: 1. Its subject. is not expressed in its title, as required by the consti- tution (Sec. 61). 2, It is drastic and onerous and it may ‘be: so administered as to har- ass the citizen” and confiscate his property. ‘ of the state system of roads, the state is thereafter responsible for its maintenance. The result has been a general effort on the part of localities to get as much roadway as possible for a given amount of money, and to pass that road- way as soon as possible over into the state system. The result has been to load the state with a large mileage of cheaply constructed roadway, whose re- pair and rebuilding has become a serious burden. Bonds are now being issued by the state to pay for road surfacing that has wholly disappeared; and for the building of new roads to take the place of those prematurely broken down. ; A cheap hard surface roadway may be one of the most nearly worthless investments a commun- iyt can make. It may become, as it has to a large extent in New York, a perennial bill of damages against property owners. In twenty years the dif- ference in upkeep between the best and the poor- est roads will build a mile of the best road ;. while under heavy modern traffic, the poorest road will have wholly broken down before the end of that period.—Minneapolis Journal. MR. TOWNLEY SHOULD RESIGN A'jury in Minnesota has convicted A. C. Town- ley, head of the Nonpartisan league, of disloyal utterances in conspiracy to block the late war. Of course, Mr. Townley will claim that he is not legally guilty nor morally responsible; it is nat- ural that he should appeal and try to clear his name. But while he is appealing one of two things should happen. Either he should resign from the Nonpartisan league or the league should be avoid- ed by honest, loyal men and women. It is too easy to get loyal men to head any honest endeavor to improve the economic and political conditions of the farmers, to warrant ore whose loyalty is seri- ously in dispute to continue at the head of an organization of American farmers. That having been said it should also be said that the need for some organization of American farmers to improve rural conditions is highly nec- essary. Co-operative activities, legislative enter- prises, and mutual agreements for mutual im- provement are needed among American farmers more than by any other section of the community. The farmer is too much of an individualist. He is too suspicious. He is too much inclined to think he can beat the game of life with his own brains, when organization is the only key to success in the modern world. So some kind of a league of farm- ers to study farm problems and to act upon the result of their study in business, in politics, and in social work is sorely needed. But the usefulness of the Nonpartisan league will pass if it does not 3. It is an act of general nature and it does not have a uniform opera- tion, as required by. the constitution. It is made for thé.cities, and not for the country. Sees iy 4. It creates an, administrative bu- reau and gives it legislative and ju- dicial power. That. Ohio, Expert. To give effect; to ;the.act and to supplement it: by irate Tegislation it was necessary forthe bureau to hire an Ohio expert and to pay ‘him $3,600 to determine the degree. of hazard and the rates to be exacted from each class of employers.according to their payroll, As @e statute’gives no ba- sis to determine the rates, the ex- pert made out a schedule on some ba- sis of his own, and this the bureau approved. Without discussing the question as to whether or not the fourteen hundred rates are good, bad or indifferent, it may. well be urged that it was for the legislative body to determine and classify the hazards and the rates, so as to,make it pos- sible for any employer to read the law and to determine the amount of his lability. Here is so much of the act as delegates, the. rate making power: rege “Section 7. The Workmen's Com- pensation Bureau shall classify. em- ployments with respect to their de- gree of hazard and shall determine the risks of the different classifica- tions and shall fix the rates of prem- ium for each of said classifications sufficiently high to provide for the payment of the expenditures of the ‘bureau, the payment of compensation according to the schedules establish- ed by this act and for the mainten- ance of adequate reserves and surplus by the North Dakota. Workmea’s Compensation Fund to‘-the end that such fund may be kept at all times in an entirely solvent’ condition. * * * * “Every employer subject to this act shall pay annually into the Work- men’s Compensation Fund the amount of premium determined and fixed by the Workmen’s Compensation Pureau for the employment or occupation of such employer;’ths ‘amount of which premium to be so, paid by each such employer to be determined by the classification rules and rates made and published by the ‘bureau;” * * * Legislative Powers. You will note the act delegates to the bureau power to classify employ- ments with reference to the degree of hazards, to determine the rates of the different Jclassifications and ta fix the rate of premium, and it gives no basis to classify or to fix the rates. Hence, to conjecture and determine the rates—a thing the legislature should have done—the ‘bureau called, an Ohio expert and paid him $3,609. The fbureau might well have paid for that legislative work, $10,000 or -$29,- 000. It was in a position to ‘be lib- eral with all its employees, as the act gives it an appropriation of $50,000 with a carte blanche “to employ such assistance and clerical help as it may deem necessary and to fix the compensation of .all. persons em- ployed.” ‘ “Hazardous” Occupations. Now let us consider the title of the; act. Under our constitution the title is always a matter of grave import- ance. It must express the object of the act so that it may ‘be known with- out any reference to the act itself. The title declares the act to be “for pee rid itself of Townley and all he stands for. Town- ley should naturally seek a vindication. But he should not handicap the league while-he is seeking Liti<-William Allen.White,in.The Emporia Gazette, arb ANAS EN TERE “ANXNBODY WITH EYESIGHT WHO q TRAMPLES Flowers SNWILL: COMMIT ALMOST, y ANY CRIMES IN THE CALENDAR !!! i h f ote ee BY CONDO Pl Mie reat ue SSSR A FV SOT INTO the benefit of employees injured and dependants of employees killed in haz- ardous employment.” It refers to all employees, without exception, who may be injured or killed in ‘hazardous employment, ‘but the act itself refers only to a certain class of employee and it give to the word hazardous a meaning which is new, novel and un- known to the English language. Ac- cording to Webster, hazardous means filled with hazard, full of risk; hazard- ous employment is one which is un- usually dangerous; but as these words are used and defined by the act “haz- ardous employment means any em- ployment in which one or more em- ployees are regularly employed in the same business or establishment, ex- cept in agriculture ,domestic ‘service and steam railroads.” It seems agri- culture, domestic service and steam railroads are not hazardous, and so they are excepted from the operation of the act. Under the statute the employment of chambermaids, wait- resses in a ‘hotel or restaurant or that a girl in a store is hazardous, while there is no hazard in domestic service or in agriculture. Thus iby giving to the word hazardous an outlandish, ridiculous and absurd meaning, farm- ing and every agricultural pursuit is exempt from the operation of the act and it is made an act for towns and city folks only. ‘Such a meaning is not indicated by the title and so the title does not express the object of the act. Indeed, the title is acually misleading and decepive. Of course these are matters on which it is possible for the judges to differ, Dut they seem to indicate that the bureau should, go slow in trying to put the act into operation or to make any expenses under it until the supreme court has passed on the con- stitutional validity of the act and the vig, unpublished, cumbersome and drastic rate schedule. JAMES E. ROBINSON. WEST COAST IS GUARDED NOW AS : NEVER: BEFORE (Continued from Page One.) aim to have 14 first-line ships in 1923, while. our Pacific fleet will have at least 20 superdreadnaughts and bat- tle cruisers in that year. At the same time ‘both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets will be rounded out with the proper proportion of scout cruisers (of which ten were authorized in 1916 and a similar number will he ‘built before 1923), of destroyers, in which ‘branch the American navy leads the world, and of submarines and auxiliary craft of all kinds. During the next six years Japan only proposes to build two new bat- ‘tle cruisers, three cruisers of medi-|' ‘um type, eleven large destroyers, six- teen medium destroyers, forty-eight submarines and_ six special service ‘boats—eighty ships in all. In the next threo year alone, the United States will build 156 vessels and complete a large number now under cons‘ruction. MONTANA BANK HAS NEW CASHIER The appointment of Mr. C. A. Clark as cashier of the First Na- tional Bank, Lambert, Mont., is of special interest. The young man graduated into the place im- mediately upon finishing a course at Dakota Business Col- lege, Fargo, N. D. Another Montana man, Mr. S. C. Sparks, had a similar experi- ence recently, securing a posi- tion as asst. cashier of a new bank at Fallon, Mont., upon completing his D. B. C. course. Scores of northern bank officials are former D. B. C. students. For information about summer courses, address F. L. Watkins, 806 Front St., Fargo, N. D. i ‘GUTICURA HEALS ITCHING BURNING On Two Months Old Baby's Head and Face. Lost All His Hair. “(My baby, only about two months old, had a very sore head and face, and he lost all his hair. His face and head were fullofsorceruptionswhich caused itching, burning, and loss of sleep. “The child suffered for six weeks before I wastold to useCuticura. Iuseda half a cake of Soap with one box of Ointment and he was healed.” (Signed) Mrs. G. Siegmann, North Walnut St., Marshfield, Wis. Cuticura For Toilet Uses Cheap soaps, harsh soaps, coarse, strongly medicated soaps, aterespon- sible for half the skin troubles in the world. Use Cuticura, and no other soap, for all toilet purposes. 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