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HE oft aa ee E+ < FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN - 3 * Editor Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN: PAYNE COMPANY CHICAGO DETROIT M tte Bldg. Kresge Bldg. meus PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK a a - - Fifth Ave. Bldg.) 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 ADVANGE Daily by carrier, per year «$7.20 | Daily by mail, per year (in Bismar 7.20 | Daily by mail, per year (in state outs ck) 5.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota............ 6.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) io FINANCING THE WORLD America during the war undertook the task of financing the world. Our loans to the allies were $9,689,272,567.79. Congress authorized a total of $10,000,000,000 in loans to the allies, and it is expected that within a short time the whole authorization will be utilized. Representative men of America, Great Britain, Holland, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway. . and Sweden have sent to their respective countries, to the reparation commission and the’ United States chamber of commerce a joint appeal for an international economic conference for the purpose of examining the situation in Europe and to “recommend upon the basis of authentic in- formation what action in the various countries is advisable among the peoples interested in re- viving and maintaining international commerce.” A wide variance of opinion between Europe and America as to the best means of solving the world’s financial difficulties is apparent in the memorials circulated. The preamble of the Buropean memorial contained these significant lines: “The world’s balance of indebtedness has upset and has become top-heavy and one-sided. Is it not necessary to free the world’s balance sheet from some of the fictitious items which, now in- flate it and lead it to fear or despair on the part of some and to recklessness on the part of others? Would not a deflation of the world’s balance sheet be the first step toward a cure?” This, some analyists believe, hints at a move for the cancellation of war debts between na- tions, or an invitation to the United States to CANCEL ITS $10,000,000,000 IN LOANS TO EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS. | A mutual cancellation of war debts affecting all nations’ involved in the world war would call for the greatest sacrifice by the United States. The United States is by all odds the great cred- itor in the war loan market. Since the armistice we have extended to for- eign governments, in an effort to’ alleviate th acute situation abroad, financial assistance aggre- gating $4,226,584,688.41. : America will agree with Secretary of the Treasury Carter Glass that “The United States could not, if it would, assume the burdens of all the earth. It cannot undertake to finance the requirements of Europe, because it cannot shape the fiscal policies of the governments of Europe. The government of the United States cannot tax the American people to meet the deficiencies arising from the failure of the governments of Europe to balance their budgets, nor can the gov- ernment of the United States tax the American people to subsidize the business of our export- ers.” : / : i Attention has been called in the senate to the fact that while England has succeeded in obtain- ing from the treasury department a, decision to defer the interest payment, she is engaged in spending huge portions of the money borrowed from the United States in the policy of attaining commercial and maritime supremacy throughout the world. England now owes the United States in interest on Idans $144,440,837, according . to Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, and in spite of this fact, as Senator Walsh of Montana points out, that nation is now engaged in “most ambi- tious and highly expensive projects to increase her air forces.” : In other words, England. is using our money to enter into direct competition with us for the world’s cammerce, while at the same time sha is building at our expense great military organiza- tions which are not ir keeping with the demo- cratic spirit of America, nor with the letter of the peace treaty. Republican House ‘Leader Mondell exprassed the sentiments of The Tribune when he said: “We should think long and carefully before we take/ the money of the people of the United States to provide funds for the people of Europe.” If England, as has been reported, has spent $350,000,000 on airplanes, she can afford to, and she should be forced to pay the interest on her: debt to the United States, and the American peo- ~ ple ‘should see to it that they are represented at Washington for the next four years by a business administration which will compel Europe to pay its just debts to the United States. There is no other escape from the present era of inflated currency, financial uncertainty and high taxes whose burden is pressing upon every Ameri- can citizen. A'STATE’S RIGHT? The Congress of the United States has passed a prohibition enforcement law. The~people of the United States elected: this congress to enact laws for the whole of the United States, not for any portion, nor for those states that wished to-obey those laws. But for the peo- ple of the entire country, including. New Jersey, Wisconsin and Rhode Island. The prohibition enforcement law is as much a United States law asthe income tax law, or any Other federal law. : The New Jersey legislature and governor want to nullify that prohibition enforcement law. Fed- eral Judge F. A. Geiger pleased the “wets” of Wisconsin by placing a state law supreme over: a federal law. Rhode, Island, too, would put itself outside the union as far as obedience to the pro- hibition law is concerned. , \ Has this country come to a stage when each state may decide for itself whether or no. it will obey a federal law? If so, this is no longer the United States; they are 48 separate and inde- pendent states. If this is one country, if the fed- eral law is supreme, if congress represents the entire country, it is high time that New Jersey, Wisconsin and Rhode Island find it out! “An English medium says that beer is popular in heaven. Possibly some departed spirit gave her the wrong number. EDITORIAL REVIEW a et titties Comments reproduced in this column may or may not express the opinions of The Tribune. They are pre- sented here in order that our readers may have both sides of important issues which are being discussed in Ys th€ press of the da; \ ALL IN THE FAMILY Messrs. F. W. Cathro and W. H. McIntosh are the principal owners of the First National Bank of Bottineau, and owing. to the poor crops in Bot- tineau county for the past three or four years, it is possible that the bank got “topheavy” with loans. At any rate Mr. Cathro dropped out ‘of the active management of that bank to accept the position at the head of the Bank of North Dakota, and later on his banking partner, Mr. McIntosh, has been put at the head of the appraising depart- ment of the Bank of/North Dakota. ' His business is to appraise lands, where application has been made for loans from the state bank. On looking the matter up we find that up to a certain time loans had been made in Bottineau county. Or in other words over one-third of all the loans made by the state bank in the state are in Bottineau county,:the home of Messrs. Cathro and MclIn- tosh,. while the other two-thirds is divided up among the other 52 counties of the state. We un- derstand that under our law each farmer who asks for a loan from the state bank, must deposit with his application $25, which is retained by the state whether he gets a loan or not, this one thing alone has cost the farmers of the state many thousands of dollars, and up to the present time only a small percentage of them have been given a loan, nor can many of them expect a loan at any future date—Devils Lake World. THE AMERICAN LEGION’S BIRTHDAY One year ago today the first post of the Ameri- can Legion was organized in this city. It was named in honor of General Pershing, though since then, in observance of ‘a rule adopted by, the na- tional organization against the use of the names of living persons, the title of the post has been changed to “George Washington.” There were present that day 287 veterans of the great war, half of whom were enlisted men, and more than a third of them had been wounded in battle. From that beginning has within twelve months come a great national organization, 1,600,000 strong, with between 8,000 and 9,000 posts. It is a deserved compliment to this’ initial post that its constitu- tion was at the St. Louis caucus held in May adopted as the pattern for the American Legion. On this first anniversary Washington regards with pride the fact that here originated this or- ganization of soldiers of the great war, and also contemplates with gratification the fact that as a result of the efforts of the delegates from the District this jurisdiction is represented in the legion as though it had in congress two senators and representatives. Thus the American Legion has accorded to the District of |Columbia its full “national representation” which its citizens are now seeking in grant of the political rights which they have been denied. The American Legion is now recognized as a potent factor:for good citizenship in this country. The principles on which. it is founded are sound and wholesome. In the time to come the legion will be an influence for the best guidance of the people of this country. It looks to the future rather than to the past. Its membership em- braces all walks of life, all classes and groups of people. It is perhaps the most democratic and representative assemblage of American men and women now existing. Its growth within the year to more than a million and a half is in itself a proof of the need of such a body to stand for the welfare and interest of those who represented the United States in the world war. Washington, the birthplace of the American Legion, celebrates the first anniversary today with confidence that its representation in this remarkable organization will always be worthy of the capital and true to the principles upon which it is founded.—Washington Star. BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY, MARCH: 1, 1920 BEER AND LIGHT WINES DOGGING Republicans in the rouse who will not be p share, the responsibility of conducting reaper a of a republican House of Representa- indorsement. tives look wilh concern upon, the; + ———= movement now under democratic aus- pices for liberalization cf the national | act to enforce prohibition. They real- ize that it is a’situation not to be whistled down the wind. Assured that there will be many | candidates for Congress on the démo-| cratic ticket advocating amending the law to permit of the use of beer and possibly ‘light wines—but beer un- doubtedly—they are taking into ac- count the Bpssibility of such candi-! dates attracting independent, and even republican votes to the point which might elect. a democratic House, ‘no matter if;the democratic national platform does not indorse the move-} ment. Violent Reaction Evident No one who gives the'subject any thought at all can fail to note the, vio- lent reaction which has set in against the Volstead act.in the Hast, and in the large cities and certain of the more populous states of the West. It is noticeable likewise in some sections | of the south. One can bring the mat- ter home by hearing the everyday | talk of neighbors and the community | generally; in the street cars, in cas- ual conversation most anywhere. | People who’ are dead set against the saloon, against the promiscuous dispensation of liquors and who would cut off a right hand before casting a} ballot for the return of the old iniq- uities, will, nevertheless, be heard voicing gently a wish for the restora tion of beers and‘light wines. They cannot be classed with the “wets,” as the term-is generally applied. They! might be described as “moist in spots.” / But there i: id to be no question that there are “a lot of them.” Will they have the courage to vote as they now talk? Makes) Politicians Anxious At any rate, there is evidence ofj a sufficient amount of this sentiment | to cause the politicians to begin to} take cognizance of it and to speculate ; upon its effect in the congressional} elections. One of the prominent re- publican managers, an avowed prohi- bitionist and as_ straight-laced a churchman ag ever echoed “amen” in the front pew, is described as worried pretty nearly sick over the signs of the times in the reaction sweeping the states sending big delegations to the House. | It is not the thought of a clean- cut issue between the democratic and | jrepublican parties. on prohibition which perturbs the leaders. It is un- ‘believable to the politicians, looking jinto the future with the cold, calculat- ing eye of the practical politician, , that ‘the democratic national’ conven- | tion will have the temerity to go to the country on a wet platform. There would certainly be a bolt from the |party, Jed by. Mr. Bryan, they say. But the point is this: In states} where the democratic party thinks! that light wines and beer are popu- lar with the mass of the :voters the party organization,may squi i isuch a policy, encouraging individual | candidates. New York and New Jer-! sey democrats “have already taken the initiative in this direction, The un- official demoératic convention of New York has practically indorsed it, while the New Jersey denfocratic state or- ‘ganization, from top to bottom, is committed to’ it outright. Infection in Other States Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illi- nois and Wisconsin, with their large delegations in the House, together with .Massachusetts, Maryland and Missouri, including large urban pop- ulations, are expected to furnish good ground for the growth: of sentiment favorable in liberalizing existing law, !without going to the extent of repeal- ‘ing it. The question confronting the repub- jlican leaders is whether democratic I candidates for congress are to be al- j lowed to have a monopoly in reaping the harvest thus cultivated, or wheth- er some republican candidates may STEPS OF NATIONAL CANDIDATES (N. 0. Messenger in the Washington Sunday Star) ermitted to go in with scythe, and binder as well, with the ,)olicy, at least, other eandidates on | zs 5 .~ tacit consent of the republican er- i the coming campaign’ for the election janization, though without platforr At least one republiean candidate | has solved the question for himself, without asking “by your leave" of the | party organization. Mr. /Vare of | Philadelphia has announced:on a plat- form of light beer, If the party organi- | ion does not agree to;avink at the repul n ticket in dist: yhere the sentiment js known to be] verwhelmingly) for Hberalization of ;cide: the the law may take the matter in their own hands, The. principal..fear ‘vhich haunts republican party managers at this time is:that out/ of the state of un- certainty’ and’ mystery in which the democratic presidential candidacy is at present enveloped’ may come an unwelcome surprise, in, the choice of a candidate‘who might appeal strong- ly to the popular imagination, over aml above all consideration of plat- form declaration, which in point of fact may not differ radically from the republican platform, Reinforced by he sentiment which might back con- nal candidates on their indi- vidua] policies appealing to popular favor, a menacing vote could be rolled up. Court Independent Voters \ That the more astute democratic managers are intent upon making their biggest drive for the independent vote—and the women’s vote—is the conviction of républican leaders. In that enterprise they detect the great- est danger to, their own party ticket, especially if the head of it is chosen from the old, line republicans, All signs, it is agreed, point to the subordination of strict party lines to independent thought to ian extent greater in this election than possibly ever before.. The portents are noted in every quarter, and are recognized and realized by the veriest laymen in politics. The personality of the candidates, their appeal to the popu- lar imagination and their attitude on supposedly; popular questions will de- c ballots..of untold thousands in the November election, all observ- ant political leaders agree. 4 FOR LUMBAGO Try Musterole. 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