The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 16, 1919, Page 4

a Saree So pomcananeaceninen a Sea THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Eautered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN, = = = ss 8 ‘Biiter Foreign Representatives G, LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, URICAGO,” + 8 CDETROFE Marquette . 8 ww 8 Kreage Bldg Pa BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK, ety ered te Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ¥ Associated Press is exclusively entitled to thé use The for publication of all news credited to it or not credited im this paper and also the local news All rights of publication of special dispatches hereim are reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION BUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year.......... epee 7.20 Daily by mail, per year (In Bismarck) - 12 Daily by mail, per year (In state outside Bismarck) 5.00 Daily by_mail outside of North Dakota...s+ THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER, (Established 1873) i> SMOKY DAYS The blue haze of pollen clouds gives a dreamy expression to the landscape; golden rod and asters add the first touch of color to the modest shades earth has worn since harvest days. Presently the hardwoods will blaze in yellows and reds. Song birds are mostly silent, feeding in flocks and discussing their departure for the south. Or- chards and vines are laden. Spring seems long ago. There will be chill rains in the next few weeks, and days when the progress of the seasons will be suspended and nature will sit, unchanging, like old age, waiting in solemn happiness for winter. The stars are not misty as they were in May, but keen against the purple vast of night. The hint of frost isin the air. Watercourses have run low.’; ¢ Summer cottages are blank and places of sum- mer frolic are empty and still. The best of out-door days are at hand, but only the elect are called to leave paved streets and be- hold creation in the mood of fulfillment. Spring, the laughing damsel; summer, the smiling woman; and now autumn, the gentle mother. y HOARDING There is a good deal of difference between hoarding money and saving money. Hoarding money is merely laying it up. It be- comes an obsession and serves no useful purpose either to the individual or to society. Saving money is buying the securities of use- ful enterprises or depositing it in savings banks where the money is loaned for constructive pur- poses. France through the expressions of its high commissioners of finance, is just awakening to the fact that there’has been too much hoarding rather than saving among its people, and that this is particularly true in the rural districts. While this spirit has stood the country well in periods of stress, yet it has retarded its industrial and transportation development between times. The French people are intensely patriotic, and when the government made.the call for money to pay the indemnity to Germany in 1871, gold came into Paris by the car and train load—all the result of tin can and stocking hoarding in the rural districts. This was also true at periods during the late war. The tendency towards hoarding is one of the after-manifestations of intense poverty which rural France endured before the revolution. In France today, even in the cities, there is very little paying of household and commercial bills by check, which has a tendency to keep cash out of banks, the collective sum of which might be used as a credit for constructive enterprise. When cash is deposited in a bank either as a checking or savings account it can, within certain legal reserve, be paid out into commerce and in- dustry in the way of loans in one form or anather. It is in turn paid out for payrolls, and after a very brief period of outside circulation it finds its way back into the banking system again to repeat the process. The issuing of checks by the householder to the tradesman, or from one business house to|lacking only a few of the essentials of sound states- another, permits of ‘a more liquid form in the cur- rency system than by the use of cash; for an ex- change of checks is an exchange of drafts on in- dividual credits in bank. : This briefly is the banking or money circulat- ing system of this country. It is the means by which we have so quickly developed so large a country and in such a large way. Frenchmen who visit this country for the first time marvel over the fact that we have done so much in such a relatively short period of time. It is all in the fact that our banks have edu- ‘cated us to save rather than hoard money, and it has been accomplished by advertising. The first bank advertising in this country was on the part of rural banks, and was done for the purpose of getting money out of hoarding and into banks for safety, convenience in paying accounts and building up and assemble large credit sums for large enterprise. Hoarding is to no purpose. Saving promotes production and serves a use- ‘ful purpose. : € | ‘The:kind of excess-profits tax th e consumer. 9 | are established by the shortage of living quarters. RENT PROFITEERING The landlord who gouges is the super-profiteer. He can’t be escaped. We must have shelter, and if exorbitant pay- ment for that shelter is demanded, we must pay. We can become vegetarians and wear our last year’s clothes, but we can’t sleep outdoors, Profiteers in food and clothing handle com- modities that are “expendible’; they operate within the law of supply and demand, eluding regulation by passing the buck as much as pos- sible. The profiteering landlord merely demands all that he can get, and his defense is that his rates He intends to get all he can while the getting is good. But ways are being found to curtail this form of profiteering. In New York, a municipal rent committee, acting in co-operation with the courts, has come to the relief of exploited tenants. When complaint is made of excessive rental charges, this committee investigates and fixes a fair rate based on valuation of the property. If the landlord refuses to accept this rate, he is helpless because eviction proceedings are blocked and action brought against the landlord on the ground that he endangers life by driving a family into the street. The law is stretched, of course. But no judge has been found ready to give a profiteer the best of it. In Atlanta, Chicago and other cities a plan which is perfectly legal and sound is being per- fected. There will be a re-assessment of apartment houses, basing their value for taxation on the income from rental. where. The mere announcement that it was go- ing into effect would lower rents. Reduced to its simplest form, Bolshevism is merely a lazy man’s envy of the prosperity of a hustler. The more the senate knocks the treaty, the more we are reminded of that misguided old lady who tried to sweep back the sea. The valor of privates who do the fighting earns parades and receptions for the general who watched the fray from a distant hill. Maximilian Harden says the Germans think the former crown prince pretty. That’s nothing. They thought the kaiser a strategist. WITH THE EDITORS | LET’S HAVE THE ISSUES The president at Bismarck gave a reasonably clear and full interpretation of Article X, of the league of nations covenant. That interpretation is the nearest he has come, in our recollection, since the beginning of his speaking tour to pointed debate on the very pointed issues which are now before the senate. This very simple system can be adopted any-|* BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE TIMER. ——S | POETS’ CORNER | %. < FROM A FRIEND OF FOLEY’S Box 347, Huron, South Dakota, Sept. 8, 1919. Editorial Department, Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck,, North Dakota. My Dead Sirs: : As a friend’and admirer of J. W. Foley, I am enclosing herewith a poem, This poem of course hasn’t any- thing to do with Mr. Foley. I would merely cqnsider it an honor to have it appear in a publication for which Mr. Foley himself has written so much. . You are welcome to this poem grat- is if you can uge it—in which case you might be able.to send me a marked copy of your paper. If the poem is not available, perhaps you might get the time to return it. It is my contri- bution to profiteering. Thanking you, and with kind re- gards Very truly yours, P. S—I first met Mr. Foley at Northwestern University about four years ago, when he gave a program of his poems there. I regard him as one of the finest men and one of the greatest literary geniuses that this country has ever produced—J, H. D. The King of Beasts. J. H. Doyle, The friends of the league cannot but wish the president would continue and expand this method of pointedness. Otherwise, when the glamor of the presidential visit to the several communities has passed, the people will be, as they are now, more than ever at sea on the real points at issue. The president has established the reputation of an idealist. The senate, on the other hand, is struggling under the handicap of a reputation for playing the political game with. sordid disregard for the higher conceptions of service to humanity. This gives the president an immediate advantage in the ears of the people. Just now he appears to be exploiting this advantage rather than to be de- bating the points at issde. The heart of the American people thrills at the note of idealism. Any man with a plan to make a better world and a better nation, as against the negative, reactionary juggler of petty issues which the public usually is not interested enough to fol- low, is assured of a cordial welcome and a vocifer- ous popular response. Mr. Bryan rode on that wave of devotion to idealism for many years, manship and executiveship to make him the pilot of America’s destinies through a long period of years, And now is Mr. Wilson going to become an- other Bryan? Is he going to turn out a chronic preacher of vague generalities and a professional uplifter? He has an opportunity of surpassing that condition which Mr. Bryan never had. He has done things“and he has a program of doing more things. If he would defend that program with specific arguments as it might be defended, instead of couching his purpose in ten platitudi- nous “points” which, of course, everybody is in favor of, he would inspire more respect in his oppo- nents and more confidence in his supporters. Senators Borah and Johnson are standing on a flimsy platform. Outside of exaggerating the vul- nerable points of the treaty, of creating hobgob- lins of the imagination, appealing to hyphenate prejudice and waving the flag, they have a pitiful equipment with which to combat the idealism and the constructive instinct of the great American people. If Mr. Wilson would stick to the point and argue the issues directly and squarely, he could demolish that equipment or at least convince a great number of the people that he had done so.— By H. Doyle,Ph.D. (Huron, S. D.) Who's the most infamous man of our time, ‘Who's who in the gallery of arch- rogues today? Who is the culprit that’s blackest with crime, Who is the fiend that makes all our financial dismay? It is Prof. T. T. Ring! Oh no—he’s not ‘a professor! We merely stop with the “Prof”; But of gall he’s an-infinite posses- sor— While:he robs you, hishat he will doff! But his title he never dispenses—- Just plain I. T. Ring would not do; When it comes to his fake recom- penses, Then Prof, T, T. Ring’s our hoo- doo! This miserable wretch—I called him a@ man— But he’s not—he’s a rogue—and he’s yellow with greed! For he grabs and he steals every copper he can, This bandit, this fiend, with the conscientious creed! This Prof. I. T. Ring! But who is this wretch if academician he aint Who is this “Prof” of such infin- ite taint? Who is this pest of a Prof. I. T. Ring. that is loose, ‘When common horse thieves have been given the noose? Who is this Prof. I. T. Ring? He’s the butcher that sells you your meat, 18 He's the iceman that goes on his beats He's the grocer that robs you on food, He's the baker that ought to be sued; He's the clothier! whose surname is}. loot, % He's the shodman that gives you the booty He’s the Turk that gives you a shine, And plugs you for twenty instead of a dyme;. He's the man who sells when you buy— When you can do nothing but shy; He's Whe maar who buys when you sell, And you can do nothing but yell! He's the wholesaler shark, be retailer—hark! He's fhe heathenish trust, He's the packers unjust! He's the cold storage beast— They're all in the feast? it A TIP FROM HIS BOSS LITTLE MORE spetD AnD LESS CHATTER: ar “‘Heart of Humanity’ is in my opin-| ior the greatest moving picture drama yet produced,” said Axel Nielson, form- erly manager of the muicipal theatre at Red Wing, - Minn., and now in charge of this big photo show,. this morning. “It is a picture that grips you. Once seen, you will want to see it: again. It is an epitome of all the picture dramas of the world war, its opening scenes being laid in antebellum days, its most stirring episodes on the field of battle, and its finale. in the glori- ous days of peace which followed the signing of the armistice November 11. I am an old showman, but I must ad- mit that this picture ‘has me going’.” Let us soak him with a bing! Let us trail him, let us flail him; Let us-nafl him ,let us jail him! Then it’s bing! Bing! Bing! For old Prof. I, T. Ring Yes, it’s bingo! Bingo! Bingo! For Prof. I. T. and all his Ring! Minnesota Farmers Find Wild Animals Are Very Playful Wolves and Bears Chase and Tree Harmless Persons in. Gopher State Calumet, Minn., Sept. 15.—Former Sheriff John Hepting has come to the conclusion that there are.some things in Keweenaw which are worse than criminals and moonshiners:, Hepting left his farm alone, recent- ly. He was intercepted by three wolves. The animals, evidently hungry began their deadly circling tactics and EVERETT TRUE 1KEWPIES, SEA HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT HAVE ALL THAT JU) S.° 5 LOOK AY THAT MRS. TRUE) LOOK AY THAT MAN TSE aun Nor! io | *|“THE HEART OF HUMANITY” PICTURE EVERYONE WILL'‘WANT TO SEE TWICE Manager Nielson carries a troupe of twelve electticians, mechanics and other’ assistants, together with a sym- phony orchestra composed of individ- ual artists and soloists, under the di- rection of George Nolton, a composer of merit, who has ériginated much of the sincidental music for “The Heart of Humanity.” The picture, which opens a two day engagement starting with a matinee at the Auditorium this coming ‘Friday, oc- cupies more than two hours, . with a five. minutes. intermission. The sym- phony: orchestra* contributes hugely to the ‘enjoyment of the gripping screen drama. There will be but one per- formance each evening, beginning at |8:30. mia Hepting. shinned a tree. He was res- cued two hours later, About the same time a bear halted a pedestrian near the Cliff mine, not far from here. Bruin came upon the walker suddenly and kept ‘him at bay for 15 minutes. Then the bear dashed into the woods, and the man made up for lost ‘time. Britisher Has Odd Motor. An English engineer has developed a novel form of rotary motor having four cylinders that operate inside the blades of the propeller. The propeller blades are made of metal and the ex- haust issues fromthe ends of the blades. . In Cuba the Earthquake plant grows wild. It is said to forecast cyclones, storms, and especially earthquakes by changes of color. Rubber artificial eyes invented in France are said to have other ad- vantages in addition to being more comfortable to wear than glass ones, MANTEC em | WHY Do. You: NK CLUTTERING UP. I WANT THEM HANDY (N JUST +SUCH. EMGRGENGAIGS AS. THIS=—— SUPREME COURT TO SAY WHETHER TAX I§ PAYABLE $1,500,000 From Foreign Cor- porations Rests on Decision of Highest Tribunal Whether or not senate bill no, 40 passed at the last session of the legis- lature ig constitutional, and whether or not the state of North Dakota may col- lect $1,500,000 in taxes from foreign corporations on moneys and credits held in North Dakota rests with the supreme court following a hearing Monday, Senate bill no. 40 provides that all book accounts, moneys credits, mort- gages, notes, etc, held against North Dakota parties by foreign interests shall pay to the state a.3 mill tax. It is estimated that there is at least $500,000,000 so held. Attorney General William Langer 8nd Assistant Attorney General F. E. Packard defending the bill against ecunsel retained by the various com- ponies, contend: that all such debts are contracted in the state and result from transactions within North Dako- fa and the state has jurisdiction, The plaintiffs contended that notes, mort- gages held, for instance in St. Paul, are Minnesota \ owned and nontaxable by North Dakota. The contention is also raised that the bill restricts inter- state commerce in violation of federal rulings. * During the past three* months, the attorney general’s office has ne. fou the recordd on the books of the goun- ties of the state and has uncovel vast amount of foreign owned paper. In addition to the chattel mortgages, ‘}real estate mortgages, A. W. Catlson, who has been collecting the data=has received returns from grain -commis- sion firms to the amount of $4,000,000. The constitutionality of {the {income tax law und the excise tax) made against foreign corporations of 50 cents per thousand of business done in the state, are said to hang on the decision in the Senate Bill No. 40 case. The list of the counties and the amount returned for each by the attor- uey general’s office are as follows: Adams County—$46,612, Barnes County—$77,619. Benson County—$137,012. Billings County—§14,756. Bottineau County+-$168,632. Bowman County—$40,403. Burke County—$28,854. Burleigh County—$50,351. Cass County—$125,212, Cavalier County—$217,924. Dickey _ County—$181,598, Divide ; County—$33.118. Bunn County—$4,577. FEmong’sCounty—$2,865, Foster, County—$54,192. Golden Valley—$15,039. Grand Forks County—$126,833. Grant, County—$62,859. Griggs County—$72,1 Hettinger County—$1, Kidder County—$38,093. La Moure County—$94,635. Logan County—$50,212. McHenry County—$116,486. McIntosh County—$7,386. pekegze County—$45,207. Meckedn County—$77,765. Mefcer County—$56,924. Morton::County—$82,316. Mountrail County—112,005, Nelson County—$136,448, ‘Pembina County—$26,569. Pierce County—$62,575. Ramsey County—$230,530. Ransom County—$28,234, Renville County—$94,069. Richland. County—$102,167. Rollette County—$26,113. Sargent County—$77,880. Sheridan County—$202,411. Sioux County—$7,421. : Traill County—$32.166. Walsh County—$99,862. Ward County—$27,290. Wells County—$11,611. Williams County—$70,877. Stark County—$42.441. Steele County—$99,783. Stutsman County—$ Towner County—$02,04 oie es APPLY POSLAM STOP ALL WORRY OVER SK SKI Discourage at once the progress of any skin disorder by spreading Poslam gently over it. If you are distressed by eczema or other itching trouble re- member that Poslam supplies at once a soothing, cooling influence to agra- vated skin, that it stops the fiery itch- ing, that it exerts concentrated heal- ing power, ‘working quickly and ener- getically to rid your -skin of its evil condition. 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