The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 22, 1920, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE. BISMARCK. TRIBUNE a ASA IST TD NS Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN . - : - Foreign Representatives Editor G. LOGAN PA’ COMPANY Marquet Bid eage Bid 5 ge Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK ° - - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. pa eR The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for lication of all news credited to it or not otherwise ited in this paper and also the local news published rein, All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. _——— MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN Rekesrt ee Daily by carrier, per year......... ak ismarck) 500 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota. THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) MONEY IN‘ THE BANK That there has been a decrease in buying is true. But there has been no dwindling in buying power. The money has been going into the bank! There were (July 1) 20,380,350 depositors in U. S. national banks, the greatest number ever re- ported. That’s real prosperity for you! More than one of every five Americans, men, women, children, have savings piling up in national banks. Add to this imposing roll all those millions de- positing their savings in state *banks, savings banks, building and loan associations, and you have something to boast of. This means that the thrift advice has been ac- cepted for all it is worth. No other path leads away from the road of ruin. Strengthening the buying power, by increaseing production and de- creased spending, insures a continuation of pros- perity. Even if Germany hasn’t a navy she still has her schooners. MEETING THE DEMAND The downward trend of prices is encouraging to the small purse, pleasing to the man who feels he ought to get 100 cents for his dollar. Even former extravagant buyers are glad their spree of spending is over. But there is fear that the pendulum may swing to the opposite extreme, fully as bad for the public as reckless spending. This would, of course, end in huge over-production, unemployment, ‘panic, bankruptcy, and the bread line. The thing to do, as the Journal of Commerce, New York, points out, is— 5 “The demand of the public should be promptly met with moderate reduction of price’ levels and encouragement be given to buy, buf to buy norm- ally and steadily and with judgment.” Re-enactment of the law of supply and demand is needed—badly! Prices of the recent past have been figured on the visible supply and joy-riding _ demand. That the nation is by this period is evi- denced by the widespread price cutting move- ments in retail trade. Wearing apparel rapidly is‘getting down to the real supply and normal de- mand basis. Ending the car shortage will bring food and fuel to the same basis. What already has been done in house building spells the finish in rent gouging and feverish speculation in dwell- ings. i All in all,.it looks as though the profiteer has had his day. Caskets are about the only thing that continue -going down. | . CAR LOADING , Car loading figures compiled by the commission on car service,of the American Railroad associa- tion show’ large increases over last year, in spite of outlaw ‘strikes. f bers For 12 weeks from March 21 to June 12, re- ports show 8,264,485 cars of revenue freight load- ed,\as compared with: 7,708,927 for the corres- ponding period by the same railroads in 1919. One of the leading factors in shortages of food, fuel and building materials has been the muchly abused “car shortage.” Because there-weren’t cars at the mine, coal could not be hauled. Lack of cars kept food locked up in storage houses, on farms and in elevators. Building materials could not be transported because there were no cars. The results: Scarcity, of food in the large con- suming centers; insufficient fuel for homes and factories; and an abnormal drop in house build- ing, which will continue the house shortage and high rent difficulties through another winter. The answer, shippers and railroad men insisted, was “more cars.” But there was another answer. It was: and unload cars; faster; keep ’em moving. The latter answer, being the one more quickly put into execution, is the winning one. Cars are being delayed less than before. They are not be- ing held up at either end as long as they were. The shipper gets his output into the car and away as quickly as possible. The consignee unloads without unnecessary delay. By doing this they virtually build more cars over night... . Load j ails NaS If “Teddy” could only see the name of Roosevelt on the Democratic ticket! With both “bucks” bucking within her border the Buckeye state can’t pass the buck. Mexico is on the verge of another revolution. They should at least give Uncle Sam time enough to recognize the-present occupants: — 00] army, however, from southern territory. ‘ BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE CHINA TALKS PEACE Representatives of the South China rebels have gone to Shanghai to discuss possible terms of peace with the North China-government. The problem facing the Shanghai conference is the familiar one to America of state rights versus federal sovereignty. China’s civil war, in its essential meaning, is similar to the American Civil War. The Pekin government wants to exercise complete control over the great provinces of China, especially in financial matters. The provincial governors of the south have always been semi-independent in the management of local affairs. ‘They refuse to recognize Pekin’s federalizing ambition. The insurgent troops have been unable to march|_ on Pekin. They have driven the main northern The southern delegates at Shanghai have considerable military prestige to their credit, but their army hasn’t won the war. Nobody has done that and nobody is likely to. It is necessary, therefore, that a compromise result be reached. The best interests of China de- mand it. Gi The model of the American commonwealth should be well studied by the Shanghai delegates. The federal and state systems of government, ex- isting one within the other, form America’s uni- que contribution to the science of free govern- ment. Great Britain is studying federalism for adoption, and the new German republic has ac- cepted the federal principle. China’s self-interest requires the establishment of federal home rule for her provinces, too. Not by years but by disposition is wisdom ac- quired.—Plautus. A forgotten powder puff or a stray hair pin has given the divorce courts much to do. The most significant: thing about the London-|. derry roiting is the revealed need of target prac- tice. ‘ It is getting so that the length of a skirt doesn’t signify any more than the degree of the wearet’s nerve. Train service is rapidly getting back to the pre- war standard. At any rate they are using the same old cars. EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments) reproduced in this column may or may not express the opinions of The Tribune. They are BS sented here in order vhat our readers may have both sides of important issues which are being discussed the press of the day. ooo THE WILSON-COX INTERVIEW Governor Cox, Democratic candidate for the place now held:by Woodrow Wilson, has had his interview with the president. - s Concerning the meeting, the result of which, was awaited with the keenest interest throughout the land, the president formally states in part: “I found what I indeed already knew and what Governor Cox has let the whole world know in his speeches, that he and I were absolutely at one with regard to the great issue of the League of Nations, and that he is ready-to be the champion in every respect of the honor of the nation and the secure peace of the world.” ; To be “absolutely at one” with the president on the League of Nations, when taken in the light of the unswerving attitude of Mr. Wilson for a full year, can mean only that Governor Cox, if elected to the presidency, will seek yith all his power to carry out the Wilson’Wish and will regarding the covenant which the United States Senate re- jected. - It can mean. only that the Democratic candidate stands for Article 10, “the heart of the covenant,” and will be.as ardent as Mr. Wilson has been in insisting that the Senate swallow: that article with the rest.of the covenant. But, mark the closing words of the brief state- ment issued by Governor Cox following the inter- view: i “What he (President Wilson) promised I shall, if elected, endeavor with all my strength to give.” That would seem to be about as strong as lang- uage could put it that Governor Cox will submerge whatever dissenting views he may have regard- ing the covenant of nations and will do his utmost to write the Wilson will into the Peace Treaty. If this be a wrong construction, the Democratic candidate presumably will make known the fact of the error, but meantime he seems to have given blanket affirmative to various singularly pertinent queries put to him by. Senator Harding. ‘ The Republican candidate asks his rival with the utmost fairness to staté categorically if-he is for Article 10; for an American mandate over Armenia; for g yielding to Mr. Wilson as the un- disputed master of ceremonies of the campaign; for the Wilson formula regarding settlement of the Adriatic controversy; for the proposal that Thrace should go to Bulgaria instead of to Greece; for an unqualified acceptance of the league, and for the huge army and navy which, in the judg- ment of Senator Harding, would be required by this country if it were tied up by the commit- ments that President Wilson has insisted shall be underwritten. As Mr. Harding says, the American people wish to have these questions answered in plain, un- mistakable English. They have a right to know so that they may decide understandingly whether they prefer to stand with Governor Cox and vote for him, or whether they elect to take the other side of the line and support the Republic#in candi- date.—Minneapolis Tribune. Te 1 We Mth n SSS Sas is the hand of Esau.” GRAVE ISSUES 10 BE SETTLED IN FALL CAMP Senator, Notifying Harding of Nomination, Tells Him That No Campaign Was Ever More Serious—Cites International- ism of Wilson Administration and Mexican Problem CONFIDENCE: IN -HARDING Marion, 0., July 22.—Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, speaking for the notifi- cation committee; formally notifying Senator Warren G. Harding of his nomination by the Republicans for the presidency, told Senator. Harding in his. speech that. never before were graver issues to be settled in a cam- paign. Senator Lodge’s speech in part was as follows: Senator Harding: yy We are assembled’ here’ as a. com- mittee representing the states, .ter- ritories and possessions of the United States to make to you formal an- nouncement of your nomination for the office of president of the republic on June 12th last, at Chicago, by the Republican, National convention. Awalt Declaration. We await this declaration un- troubled by any doubts and with] the most entire confidence. All who ‘are familiar with your character and career and most especially those’ who have taken part with you in public service know beyond a peradventure that you are a patriotic American, imbued with the spirit of the great leaders of the past, of Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt, whose ser- vices to the American ‘people have become forever memorable in our history. You will, we are certain, be ever! faithful to the finest of thé Republican party and at the same time, we are equally sure that you are wisely tolerant and open- minded, in sympathy with the best movements. of the time, looking forward to the future and its needs. You have abundantly shown your un- wavering conviction that the govern- ment of the United States should be one of laws and not of men. and that the three’ branches, of government should all work together for the common purpose of advancing the welfare of the people. The mak- ers of the Constitution intended to co- ordinate the three great elements of government and strove to guard against either usurpation or trespass by one branch at the expense of the other two. Domestic Problems. Domestic and economic questions of extreme complexity and difficulty must be dealt with at once in such a way as to meet the needs of the time. We shall not attempt to discuss these questions in any detail because we know that you will declare your Politics in regard to them in accord- ance not. only with the life-long principles of the Republican party but also with the opinions recently declared by the ‘Republican Conven- tion at Chicago. Our immediate duty of all Republicans and all true Amer- icans who are thinking of the prob- Jems and perils of the present and of the future is to give you such com- plete support that«when you take up the duties of the office for which you have been nominated, you will find a House and Senate in full sympathy with your purposes and ready to aid you in every way. Mexican Question. At our own doors we have Mexico in a state of disorder and disintegra- tion to which our government, has un- happily, most liberally contributed. We rightly insist upon the supremacy traditions], that}. AIGN, SAYS LODG —~s Monroe doctrine, which was declared in order to guard the safety of the United States and save the New World from the wars and misfortunes of the Old. We justly demand the abstention of Europe from any inter- ference with American questions, : but this doctrine of ours brings with it not only its benefits but its duties. The condition of Mexico, owing. in. large measure to. the shortcomings .of ‘our. government,<could not well be worse. We not only owe it to, ourselves to:pro- tect there, as all over the world. Am- erican rights and: interests so long neglected, but to reach out a helping hand to the Mexican people to the end that law and order may be established in that country which has been plung- ed into anarchy and cursed with con- tinuous civil war. It is of-the highest importance to the United States, that Mexico should be both prosperous and peaceful, ‘ ‘e Defense of Freedom. In defense of freedom ‘and civiliza- tion and to vindicate our own invaded tights we entered upon the’ war with Germany and although we were tardy In* taking part in that great. conflict we came upgn the field of .action in time to turn the scale for right and liberty. <Not content to bring the peace which-all desired after. victory was won, Mr. Wilson undertook to make us members of an alliance with foreign powers indefinite in extent and zontaining provisions which threaten- ad the independence, sovereignty and safety of the United States. This ef- fort on the’ part ofthe president was arrested by the action of the Repub- licans of the Senate. We know that you were in full accord: with the be- lief of your Republican colleagues EVERETT TRUE Reid ta The National Repeblican “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hand that the League of Nations as propos- ed by Mr. Wilson and upon which he and: his. party: still insist ought never to be accepted by the American peo- ple. We haye been and are quite ready to join in agreement with other nations, for the extension of the | Hague Conventions; for the upbuild- ing and edification of international law and the establishment of a world court of justice; for international con- ferences in regard to’ non-justifiable questions, and for arrangements, to bring: about a general reduction of armaments. But’ when'we. are called | upon to become an integral part of a permanent alliance of foreign. pow- ers, to put ourselves in a position where the youth of the countrycan be summoned by foreign nati fight and die in’ quarréls” ndé : their own, ‘to permit foreign ‘interference with our domestic questions :and with the’ Monroe Doctrine, and to sit in’ an assembly where, our vote is not. the equal of that of every other country, we absolutely decline the proposition. We stand for the policies of Washing- ‘ton, and the doctrine of Monroe and against the internationalism and per- manent alliance with foreign nations proposed” by the president. world nceds us ‘as they needed: us in 1917, we shall not fail’in our duty, but we ¢an help other nations far‘better if we are free and. untrammeled. Such has been thé policy of the Republican party as represented in the Senate and ‘such its policy will remain. A Heavy Burden. No national campaign for the presi- dency has ever involved graver issues than this one. Upon you, sir, will rest the great duty and heavy burden. of executive authority. We look to you in full confidence to. lead ‘us: and the the darkness and confusion which the war has brought wpon mankind. into the light which’shines spon a nation where peace reigns and the love of justice, of law and of order rules in the hearts of the people. Then we can RAN By. Condo WELL, LLL TELL You, MISTER TRUE, WE WILL WAIT TILL 2 CAN SEE-A LawvYER FRIEND oF Mine — We NEVER CHARGSS MS LEGAL ADVICE — ——=] “THEN ASK HIM WHAT HIS OPINION IS OMA PARASITE THAT PRIES PROFESSIONAL ADVICS OvT OF PeoPCS On THE STRENGTH OF ACQUAINTANCE SHIP Et in the American Hemisphere of the | loftier # heights ‘to | If .the; people‘of our beloved countty out from | again. take ‘up the work of. advancing the United States along the broad road that leads to success. Then in- deed we shall not only rise to still of achievement for ourgelves but be enabled to render the “largest and finest service to hu- manity. 6 teteetees 4 H O NESS WORLD i DEPENDS ON FAITH AND ood MUCH BUSI- CUNHIDENCE.—The entire su- cial, religious, industrial, cou- mercial und business world is built upon confidence. It is the keystone of the arch, and when that is threatened or lost the en- tire structure totters, perhaps © falls. e ly the Customary affairs of daily life we live und move on contidence, We are confident that the motorman or the taxi driver will do his duty; conti- dent the policeman on the cor- ner will protect ‘us; confident that nobody will fall or hurl something out of a 10th-story window upon us. We have faith in others, and without that faith ; we could not perform our daily tasks. In the religious world the i H | | ; | L 000-88 OO whole structure ts °faith—faith in the promises given us, faith in our fellow men—and faith is confidence, In the industrial world the employee has confidence tn his fellow employee; the employer has confidence in his superin- tendents and: workmen, and workinen begin their day’s work with confidence:that their safety (s assured and that the engineer and fireman are “on the job.” In the commercial world all business: is built on confidence. Credit is confidendef business could not be transacted without confidence’ in’ the” integrity of others. Experience shows that @ very large. percentage of the menijand wonten' 1h the business world: can” be:tristej! We al- ways. hear of the one who goes wrong, but do not give passing thought to the thousands who go right. * When we view the. gigantic structure we -call business, with its intricate machinery, its deli- cate parts, its: nice adjustments and.its army of employees, we suddenly realize .what a_ tre- mendous. part confidence plays. The machine would stop, busi- ness would cease, if confidence fled. Oooo: SPREADING GOSPEL IN CHINA How Missionaries Secured Confidence of the People.by Aiding the Silk Industry. | A:noyel means 'of:spreading the gos- pel was: employed. in south China, where an association, has been formed for the improvement of:the silk Indus- try, The first alm of the association 1s°to rid the country of diseased silk- worms—a serious. undertaking. The Chinese are naturally. suspletpus of be- ing duped, and aré wary of pew meth- ods. This js. where the »missionary’s chance conies in, for the Chinese know the church Is.there for no ether rea- son than to help them. Accordingly the missionary pastor: posts: advertise- ments of. the new method, and Rev. E. C. Howe writes that recently he made a trip, carrfing with him 120,000 silkworm eggs which had. been micro- scopically examined, and found that be could create an interest in follow- Ing instructions, where business men could'not get a hearing. Those who bought the healthy eggs were:so elated over the results that immediate re- quests came in to the association for more—what the: society, désired, but could not bring about. “ate How a Whale Breathes. An eminent naturalist says concern- ifg the breathing apparatus of the whale: “The windpipe does not com- municate with the mouth; a hole is, as it were, bored right through the back of the head.’ Engineers would | do well to copy the action of the valve of the whale’s blow hole; a more perfect..plece of structuge;itis impos- sible to imagine. * Day “and night, asleep or awake, the whale works its breathing apparatus in such a manner: that-not .a’ drop of water ever gets down into the lungs. . Again, the whale must of necessity, stay a much longer period under water than seals; ‘this alone might possibly drown it, inasmuch as the lungs cannot have access to fresh air. We find that this difficulty has been anticipated and ob- viated by a. peculiar, reservoir in the venoys system, which reservoir is ‘sit- uated at the back of the lungs.”—Los Angeles Times. How to Utilize Wood Waste. The utilization of wood waste is one way recommended to cut down the high cost of living. Here are some ar- ticles made from sawdust and shingle waste which the New York College of Forestry is exhibiting In‘its efforts to show how the waste ofthe sawmill can be utilized’ to cheapen the cost of living: “Silk” socks, sausage casings, phonograph records, paper ‘milk bot- tles and tanbark shingles. The .“silk” looks’ like silk and feels like silk, but 1s much vheaper than silk. “The, sau- sage casings are wade by treating the wood with chemicais that turn It into viscose, and rolling this into thin films. How Spider Builds. Home. In the West Indies there {s.a spe- cles called the “trap-door” spider. It constructs its home with hwman in- genuity. It digs a straight hole in the ground and builds a door over the top. “This door fs so made that the spider can open and shut it quite easily. It is left open when the ten- ant fs away from hothe, but when pur sued or threatened, the spider retires ato Ité- dwelling and closes the trap- door after it. aE 2 Pa OOO OOO OOOOH: CeO On Oe OO OOOO OOOH OO OH or Or o-8-o-0 Aw v ee