The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 14, 1920, Page 4

we sary 3ISMARCK TRIBUNE Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second ing. pee lionel Fina:| This talk about the dignity of labor is all very . ANN Ape eS well, but it is hard to be dignified while hot-foot- on Foreign Representatives Ki ing to keep up with h. ¢..1. fi LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY | eROIT 3 Kresge Bldg. ; ITH . Ne, ba ENS AND Eu Fifth Ave. Bldg. EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced in this column may fel may ave both jecussed im + Jusively entitled to the use oi Tit ds credited th it or not otherwise paper and also the local news publishe oublicatiow’ of special dispatcheg’herein are not express the opinions of The Tribune. The’ sented here in order vhat our readers may sides of aire issues which are being dit the press of the day. FRANCE’S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS ON. RATES TUYABLE ID AOVANGE French foreign trade for the first four months t) Per Year... ..+eee 4 of 1920 indicates substantial progress, although ; ee {in Pedros i } 5.00) the adverse balance of 5,893,761,000 francs for Daiky by wei vatside of North Dakota.........--- 6.00] the period is still tremendous. It is, however, ; TATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER 19.3 per cent lower than for the same months in (Established 1 1919, when the trade deficit reached the total of 7,311,582,000 francs. ‘ Exports amounted to 4,760,796,000 francs, an ;increase of 196 per cent over the 1,606,436,000 N EXCELLENT TICKET assary to secure a compromise ticket francs in 1919. Imports were 10,654,557,000, “One that wéuld hold the eastern] against 8,918,017,000 francs in 1919, an increase G. O. P. column and also prevent a|of only 19 per cent. ranks among the western constitu-] Large as the 196 per cent gain in exports ap- much pre‘convention acrimony had] pears compared with the 19 per cent gain in im- up between the camps of Johnson, | ports, it is somewhat misleading because of the owden/to make possible the ncmina-| small volume of last year’s ‘exports and the large me of them. quantity of imports. The true position is more hd Coolidge, in point of ability, serv-] accurately reflected in the two totals in their re- tion and experience in state craft are| lation to each other rather than in the gains. Ex- ‘tes. These men will do more to re-| ports for the four months were 44.6 per cent of ence throughout the nation than most | imports, indicating that France is still negotiat- | mer mentioned in connection with'| ing 55.4 per cent of her purchases abroad either bn. by adding further to her foreign debts or by fur- arding aside from his experience of ther increasing the prodigious volume ‘of her irg through years of successful news- | P@Per currency. : hing has been prepared through the] If to this trade deficit running at the rate of of practical politics. He is not .a{ about 15,000,000,000 francs a year be added the it a practical man of affairs. He| probable deficit of 5,000,000,000 as reflected in ‘overnmental problems that confront] the budget for the coming year it should be more ‘ nd has the’ability to guide this na-| readily understood why France is maintaining so ij | the present crisis. stubborn an attitude in the matter of collecting record’has been one of party regu- from Germany as large an indemnity as possible. » he Broke with Senator Foraker fol-| Before the San Reno and Hythe conferences of Stdndard Oil expose which was de-|the Allied Supreme Council a provision for the gs‘credit. Ohio found him a true and| expenditure of 22,000,000,000 francs for recon- vant. He has served four years as a struction work in the devastated regions had r, two years ‘as lieutenant governor} been written into the French budget. After the ) (is new. serving the fifth year of his] conference had resulted in a modification in the 3 United States senator from Ohio. |Probable amount of indemnity: France could ex- is © 9. ssions on public questions have been’ pect this proposed reconstruction expenditure was ie shown an exceptional grasp upon| reduced, because it had been balanced in the bud- ‘si: of the nation. Senator Harding is not| get by a like amount:of revenue expected from n political intrigue. There was..no|Germany. But even with this saving the budget \diture of money in his behalf during} deficit will not be eliminated. peo vention fight. : The most inexpert. observer should easily ap- ! race treaty he has stood for the Ver-|-preciate the: difficult financial position of with reservations. He was for the| France, with her huge trade debt and budget de- ( idments and his opinion on this issue | ficit due to reconstruction expenses. Her troubles ius s. ol generally with that of the rank and|are the direct result of’ the war having been of sricans, fought almost wholly on French territory. In vevais CJolidge, the law and order governor of | recognition of this, and in view of the fact that the Bay State, is an excellent running mate for| we, in common with all France’s allies, recognized Harding. His great gift of expressing in fine| that war was not fought for France alone but for diction the issues has won for him a name among | all of us, the justice of the French claim for first the best statesmen of the nation. When Cool-| consideration in whatever reparation payments idge received a degree of doctor of laws from Am-| are obtainable cannot be confuted, no matter how herst college the president complimented him on| thoroughly one may be convinced that the old teaching the lesson of “adequate brevity.” Those | Style diplomatic chicane has been reinstated in who have read his speeches will be impressed by | Europe—Sun and New York Herald. their masterly condensation. When the police of Boston sought to win recog- DO WE WANT FAMINE? nition of their union by striking despite their oath| Must America suffer real hunger next year be- of office, Governor Coolidge took a stand which} cause of national indifference to the problems of won national approval. } : food production? More pay and less work is the This from one of his speeches clearly indicates | mirage which is ‘drawing labor away from the the man: farm and turning it into the factories and: mills “Do the day’s work. If it be to protect the|of the great industrial centers. Many farm boys rights of the weak, whoever objects, do it. If|have left the farms seeking part time jobs with it be to help a powerful corporation better to|big pay in the cities. The farmers can not get serve the people, whatever the opposition, do that, | the labor they need, and with all the good inten- Expect to be called a stand-patter, but don’t be a| tions in the world they are compelled to reduce stand-patter. Expect to be called a. demagogue,|their acreage. - ea but don’t be a demagogue. Don’t hesitate'to be| There has been a great deal of talk about this as revolutionary as science. Don’t hesitate to be|lecreased food production, but few people seem as reactionary as the multiplication table. Don’t|to have faced the true seriousness of the situa- expect to build up the weak by pulling down the|tion. Says one expert, writing in The Rural New strong. Don’t hurry to legislate. Give adminis-| Yorker. tration a chance to catch up with legislation.” “Next winter there will be less food in the Harding and Coolidge present a fine combina-| country than at any time during the war, unless tion and should prove a winning ticket next fall.|We have the most favorable season ‘and better - conditions for farming. Our reports are all one SUPPORT THE CLUB way. Farmers are not hiring labor largely, be- It would be a civic disaster to allow the effi-|cause they are absolutely unable to obtain help. ciency of the Commercial club to be impaired by | The average farmer is planning to do what he can the lack of an adequate budget. The drive is on | With his own labor and with the labor of his fam- for $10,000 to carry on the work of that organi-|ily, and stop there.” zation. It is impossible to function properly} The labor problem is not the only one the farm- without a progressive club. There must be one|er faces. The railroad 'tieup has cut off his nec- organization that can start the ball roiling as it|essary supplies. Fertilizer, seed and machinery were in the various movements that make for a| Will reach him too late in many cases to save this better, bigger city. The most efficient agency to| year’s crops. A decrease of 250,000,000 bushels initiate enterprises for the benefit of the city is]0f wheat in the United States alone\is estimated & progressive Commercial club. for this year. Europe is still having troubles of The board of dire¢tors and other officers can-| her own and has been unable to bring up her pro- not produce results unless there are sufficient | duction to former levels. funds at hand. Bismarck is indebted to its ‘Com-| Famine in America is almost unthinkable. But mercial club for many projects successfully car-|0 one can prophesy the full seriousness of the ried through. A city without a good live progres. | food shortage ahead of us.” So long as the after- sive Commercial club means a city without en-|0on movie performance in the cities are thronged ergy. with husky youths who scorn farm labor and seek Get behind the club and boost not only -with| city jobs with ‘short hours and high wages, the your dollars but your earnest cooperation. problem will remain unsolved. Those idle youths Se are not alone to blame. They are typical of the Poland is doing her best to quiet the fears of | attitude of many other groups of eitizens. The those who thought Germany would control Rus-| guilty and the innocent will suffer alike if idle- sia. ness, extravagance and greed become national ideals instead of industry, thrift and generous ‘ The era of. everlasting peace will ‘begin’ soon | Service —Aberdeen: Daily American. ——_—____ after cannon fodder: decides to do its own think-|: BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE ee HARDING TouR NOMINEE ~ For, “PRESIDENT. oy eee I Oto qanceceeecesUKKMMMUUEUE Hult tencasenseeute tn WHEAT CROPT0 EXCBED RECORD OF LAST YEAR Agricultura] Department Esti- mates North Dakota Crop; Below Ten Year Average The Agricultural Department est- mate for the 1920 wheat crop of North Dakota, .is 73,472,000 bushel; according to A. J. Surrat of Grand Works, field agent of the United States bureau of crop statistics. This is nearly twenty million bushels greater than the yield of last year but is thirteen million bushels under the average for the last ten years, The wheat acreage is 6,915,000, a re- duction of 11 per cent from’ the acre- age of last year and the condition on June 1 is reported at 85 per cent. Increased cost of farm operations, searcity of labor and a_ backward spring are the chief factors in re- proportionate reduction is in the western counties in some of which it is as great as 20 per cent. Among other things ‘Mr. Surrat says: : “The fact that grain crops have been sown from 10 days to two weeks later than usual, coupled with situa- tion, makes a more conservative view of the crop outlook advisable at this time than indicated by the present conditions of growth. Thus the com- Parative statement issued in this re- port.” Mr. Surat says that on June 1, 85 Per cent of the barley had been seed- ed, and that practically all the oats had been seeded. The odts acreage in the state Placed at 2,472,000 acres, the cond: ST. PAUL RAILROAD MAN SPENT. A LOT OF MONEY, HE SAYS “I have spent a lot of money try- ing to get rid of my troubles, but: nothing ever did me any good until I started taking Tanlac,” said Otto Sel- bitschka, Edmond street, St. Paul, Minn., who is employed in the Great Northern Railroad shops. “For three years,” Mr. Selbitschke continued, “I suffered from stomach trouble, my appetite was so poor | could not eat any breakfast at all, only drinking a small cup of coffee, and I often became so nauseated | could not’ even retain that, and at my other meals I hardly ate enough to keep me alive. The little I did manage to force down would puff me up until I would be in misery for hours afterward; I also had dreadful sick headaches and at times I would get so dizzy I could barely keep from falling.. My right shoulder hurt me all the time and was so stiff I could not raise my hand above my head. I could sleep hardly at all and in the morning felt so tired and worn out I could hardly get out of bed and just had to force myself off to work. “I certainly wish I had started tak- ing Tanlac sooner, for I began to get better on the very first few dose: First the neauseated feeling left » and my appetite began to return anc I was less troubled with gas. I con- tinued to improve until now I am completely over all my troubles. I eat anything I want without feeling the slightest bad after effects my headaches have. stopped and I never get dizzy any more. The pains and Stiffness have left my shoulder, J sleep well and always get up in the morning feeling simply splendid. In fact, I feel just fine all the time and I owe it all to Tanlac.” Tanlac is sold in Bismarck by Jos. Breslow, in Driscoll by N. D. and JJ. H. Barrette, in Wing by H. P. Homan, iy in Strausberg by Strausberg Drug 0: x a | SUCH A HEADACHE ee ttt ttt ttt ttn tettn tion at 86 per cent, with a prospec- tive yield: of 59,526,000 bushels. . The production last year was 38,400 000 bushels and the 10-year average is 63,158,000 bushels. The barley, acreage is 1,313,000 acres; the condition 85 per cent, with an estimated production of 34,553,000 bushels, compared to 14,950-000 last year; and an average of 15,560,000 bushels for 10 years, ‘ The rye condition is placed at 70 per cent, indicating a. production of 9,807,000 bushels, compared.to 15,- 560,000 bushels, last year. and the average of 8,451,000 bushels for 10 years. ARE YOU HUNGRY FOR A REALLY GOOD PLAY?; “The Courage of Marge O’Doone” It is a genuine( tingling thrill you hunger for—some rare, red blooded adventure cut in huge chunks from the flanks of life in the raw; spiced with romance and sprinkled through- out with suspense, or, in plain words, | p; you are looking for the prize photo- play. of the season, the one that has all the zip and zest that you have looked for so vainly, your hunger will be -satisfied tonight when “The Courage of ‘Marge O’Doone” will be shown at the Eltinge theatre. “The Courage of Marge O’Doone” was written by James Oliver Cur- wood, one of the most popular of present day novelists. It has ‘been made into a big special production by Vitagraph with a star cast of well known players, headed’ by Niles Welch and Pauline Starke. It is a big, dramatic, fighting photoplay sto- | ry. The arena of action is that most ; thrilling, vigorous and romantic of all the world’s stages the wild, white wastes of the frozen north. There are primitive men, gritty and) bear fights and the long lonely trails that break the hearts and sinews of men; there is that red-blooded ro- mance and adventure of the great story right where it belongs, right Where it is‘bred. It is a masterpiece of dramatic writing ‘made into: a Photoplay. It opens in the. arctic, and it ends there after a succession of breathless, thrilling and unusual episodes that keep the pulse pound- ing -and anticipation whetted as it sweeps along to a swift, smashing and unexpected climax. GIRLS BALL CLUB LOSES TO LEGION BUNCH, 5 T0.3 The girlies played good ball, but not good enough. And the American Legion team emerged victor over the American Athletic Girls’ baseball team 5 to 3, in a game played at,capital park Saturday evening. The girls’ team had four men, pit- cher, catcher, short-stop and_ third- se, and they were good. But _cent- er-fielder, May ‘Novak, showed real class. She made three pretty catches way out in center and she also took] a healthy swing every time she was at bat and hit the ball every time She was the crowd’s favorite. Jim Morton started pitching for the girls and the Legion team got four runs off him in six innings. Carroll then went in the box and. pitched fine ball, the legion team getting but one run off him. pau Buchanan twirled the entire game for the legion and George Smith caught him, , The girls’ team tied the score in the ninth inning, but the batter: who brought in the two runs batted out his turn, and the runs were ruled out. After the game a collection was tak- en up and the crowd witnessed a beautiful women, man fighting| little rough-riding, broncho rough- fighting. against‘ the elements. The ' riding. EVERETT TRUE By Condo TvE MADE A ROUGH S pF THE FLOOR PLAN, Uno le] Wele, WHERE © CUT DOWN ON BUILDING Fae Witu We Cost We'le HAVE TO DISPENSE WITH THE DINING nl hin MONDAY; JUNE 14, 1920 WALNUT. NOW CHEAP Is Taking Place of Oak for Furniture. Des Moines School Board Makes Interesting Post-War Discovery. Des Moines.—Desks and furntture In many of the Des Moines schools soon will be of American walnut, and the school board attributed the change from quarter-sawed oak to walnut to the war, The. secretary of the board says he believes he was able to get walnut because it was supposed to have become so scarce that everyone had ceased to look for it. Incidentally, the walnut to be used has a y d traveling history. It was originally cut and seasoned for the United States govemment for airplane propellers. It had been sold by the United States to France, and when the war ended France turned the wood back to this country. resold several times and was loaded for shipment to Chicago when the school board started out to buy quar- ter sawed oak to build desks and fur- niture, The oak, heretofore the standard for school furniture, was found to be too costly by the board of school commis- sioners, A few dealers submitted prices around $450 a thousand board feet and did not appear overly anxious for the order even at that figure. It was then that the secretary of the board heard of the shipment of walnut and investigated. He was im- mediately given a price of $320 a thou- sand feet and bought $10,000 worth of it. Since that time the board of com- missioners has purchased a considera- ble quantity of unseasoned walnut to be made into school furniture at prices less than the seasoned wood cost. The school furniture is made by manual training instructors who are employed the entire year around in the schools, and in this way the cost of manufacture is reduced to about one-half, Since it has become known that the school hoard Is buying walnut, the see- retary of the board says, the price is going up, owing to the increased de- mand, Boy Scout Saves Mother and Pet Canary at Fire New. -York.—Fifteen-year-old Melvin Peterkin carried his mother, hysterical from fright, out of their burning home at 6° $ Dennington avenue, Woodhaven, Quechs, and then, dodging past firemen, who would have inter- cepted him, rushed. back into the blazing;house and saved her pet, canary, ‘ : The fire, which started at 67 Dennington avertue, ignite® the roof of the adjoining building and was crackling fiercely in the attic when Melvin awoke. He found his mother, Mrs. Herbert Peterkin, in the next room and shouted to her to flee. She re- fused. The boy argued with her until the ceiling started to sag. Then he picked her up and, though she is twice his weight, bore her bodily to the street. Then he rescued the canary. The boy ‘!s a member of Troop 2, Woodhaven boy scouts. Povecvvcccovcccococccoo‘oojooo+e PROTESTANT INCREASE DROPS Gain in 1919 Only 56,000—Average for Last Ten Years Was 771,940, New “York.—The smallest increase in Protestant membership in 30 years is recorded for 1919 In statistics com- piled by Dr. H. K. Carroll, who pre- pared the first official census of relig- ions made public by the Christian Her- ald. The increase for 1919 was only 56,- 000, as compared with the average in- crease for the ten years previous of 771,947. The slump started, he sald, in 1918, which showed an increase of only 155,000 members. Among the reasons assigned for the decrease were the interruption or sus- pension of regular work-of many par- ishes by the war and the calling of pas- tors. from their pulpits by the concen- tration of efforts in centenary and other gigantic drives for funds. WILD FOWL FROZEN IN ICE Trapped by Sudden Change in Tem. perature Hundreds Die in California. Chico, Cal.—Frozen into the Ice on Goose lake, hundreds of waterfowl died {n a recent storm and dozens of birds were found on the windward side of the lake so securely caked In ice that they were helpless and could be picked up without resistance being offered. Large numbers of waterfow! were attracted to the lake preceding the storm by a warm spell, but with the sudden drop in temperature mud hens, geese and ducks were trapped without a chance to escape, and they were soon covered with an icy spray into which they were frozen. An Independent Operator, Madisonville, Ky.—A. D. Melton, farmer, found a vagrant vein of coal five feet thick on his farm. He has opened up a surface mine, gets all the coal he wants and will keep his neigh- bors. supplied. SUB TO CAPTAIN NEW YORK—James' E. Tedford, sophomore’ at Columbia University, ¢ame to the front, fast. He was a substitute third gaseman this spring. ‘He has been elected 192. captain. It was sold and < 3 rh en fy ag ry