The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 3, 1920, Page 4

° ' PAGE FOUR’ {HE BISMARCK [TRIBUNE BLE PT WA. Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second : Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN . . . . Editor Foreign Representatives G LOGAN PA COMPANY CHICAGO DETROIT Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. j PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORE $0 eas - Fifth Ave. Bldg. chisel iS The cpascciated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for ab feation of all news credited to it or not otherwise f edited in this paper and also the local news published All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are llso reserved. goal hc sca MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per, year........ A $7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck ~ 1.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck) Ae Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota..........+ THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1878) THE GREAT SACRIFICE Many great sacrifices—made that humanity may benefit—go unheralded and almost unnoticed. Men and women have given up their limbs, yea, their lives that other men and women might benefit. And a great many of these sacrifices are made within the realms of the medical world. Look at Dr. F. H. Parker, in charge of the lep- er colony on Penikese Island, Mass. He and his wife are practically isolated on the island. Now he is credited with having cured two young men who have been confined to the leper colony for three years. And Dr. Parker, with his wife, has, given up almost everything we think worth while—friends, relatives, and the world at large—that he might render a service to-the great mass of people. This man “without a world” is entitled to {now that America appreciates. , Every married man develops the habit of listen- ing without knowing what she is talking about. PROFITEERS “Let vigorous measures be adopted to punish clergymen. speculators and extortioners. No punishment in my opinion is too great for the man: who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.” This might have been said this morning by some housewife who had just paid 28 cents for a pound of sugar. But, in reality, it was none other than George Washington who said it. Leading statesmen, who like to quote Wash- ington as proof that he would have done exactly. as they do if he were in their shoes, have never been heard to quote him on the subject of profit- eers. ” He minced no words. He called: profiteers “a ~ tribe of black gentry,” who “work more effect- ually against us than the enemy’s arms.” ~~ “It is much to be regretted,” he added, “that each state, long ere this, has not hunted them down as pests to society, and the greatest ene- mies we have to the happiness of America.”’ Which of the major parties would have accept- ed George Washington had he come to the con- ventions with that sort of plank? It is not difficult to fancy certain living states- men, patting, Washington on the back, and say- ing: ' ’ “Your plank is just the thing, Mr. Washing- ton, the very thing! But can we afford to an- tagonize * * *?” And Washington probably would_have stopped _them right there, and answered: ‘We can afford to take any stand that’s right!” : Why believe that man is descended from mon- key. A monkey doesn’t wrap itself in hot clothing in the summer. een | BABE AND OTHER KINGS With his daily triumphs there must come to Babe Ruth? the home-run king, moments of sol- emn reflection. ; It must occur to him that in other days to some the cheering stands will echo less welcome sounds. “Whatsa matter, Babe, losin’ the old pep ” “Where’s the old battin’ eye, Babe?” “Ain't you got no more home runs left, Babe?” “You're slippin’, Babe!” Such is the way the ‘people eventually handle their heroes, Babe Ruth. You’ve probably been too busy lately knocking out home runs to read what history has to say about ungrateful peoples who have razzed other kings. Napoleon, once the darling of France, fled Paris after Waterloo, while hooting mobs raged through the streets. True, about 20 years later, Paris gave Napoleon a great ovation on his return from St. Helena, but he was dead then. \ “People are fickle,” said Machiavelli, the states- man, in his advice to kings. And our old friend, - Shakespeare summed it all up in the immortal >. words he put into the mouth of Cardinal Wolsey: Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man; today he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; tomorrow blossoms >= And bears his blushing honors thick upon him: The third-day comes a frost, a killing frost; And—when he thinks, good easy man, full surely ~ His greatness is ripening—nips the root, And then he fall, as I do. ‘ What a tragic day that will be when the crowd discovers that the cunning of Babe Ruth’s bat has . departed! The words will cut like an assassin’s dagger to the heart of the home-run king. The city of Sacramento is selling out its stock _+. of-law books at twenty dollars a ton. Wonder if they weigh ’em in the Scales of Justice. BISMARCK DAILY. TRIBU 5 BRAINS Advices from London say that twenty-five clergymen starved to death in England last year. The Reverend Billy Sunday has retired in af- fluence, after a few years of picturesque pulpitry. The chances are that any man of the twenty- five starveling was more “highly” educated than, and fully as intellectual as, Mr. Sunday. The chances are that,each strived to do his ministerial duty in fully as great a degree as Mr. Sunday did. hy is one starved and one surfeited? Is not the difference entirely in the angle of the appeal? ‘ The World is emotional. And sensational. If you can feed its emotions, it will reward you. If you appeal to its mentality, you may starve and welcome. : 4 We pay Charlie Chaplin a million a year to ex- cite our risible emotions. The teacher to whom we entrust our children’s training gets a million from us in just about a thousand years. Very few of them live to collect the full amount. Sir Oliver Lodge, exploiting the supernatural sensation of the hour, receives fifteen hundred dollars for a few remarks, but Sir Oliver Lodge lecturing to us as the eminent scientist he is would receive fifty dollars, perhaps. John McCormack can pack any auditorium in the country to titillate our ears, but if he tried to teach us something, the hall would be full of emptiness. : : We pay Bud Fisher more than all the members of all the Academies. Bernard Shaw does indeed appeal to our men- tality, but he does it with a laugh,:and he uses the medium of the theater. He makes “a show” of himself. d . 4 Socrates, Solon and Solomon couldn’t be elected to the legislature and yet we wonder why our pol- iticians are not statesmen. | We refuse to think. We want to be “shown.” Thrill us, fill us with some sort of emotion, but do not ask us to exercise our brains. If you do, well, there are the twenty-five dead | ee % re 5 Or SO SHREWD TRICKS “IN SMUGGLING Ingenuity..Perverted in Trying to Avoid Payment of Duties Bully for Kansas! Another record wheat crop. If we don’t abolish war, war will abolish us. The fuel famine may prove to be like the sugar shortage—a lack of revenue only. ‘ The man who always disagrees with you is of-} fensive enough, but the man who always agrees}, ~ “on Gems. with you is intolerable. wt PAAR SG a. A Chicago doctor ‘says folks should have two CLEVER SCHEME FRUSTRATED Fi vacations a year—one in summer ahd another in, a : q Cust Inspect Fi 10,000 winter. Show this to your boss. Laan hein a Kae AE Worth of Diamonds: Concealed In Fountain Pens,and Tube | of Taoth Paste, “I often ‘wonder ‘what would hap: EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced in this column may or may aldes of spore issues which are the press of the day. . in carrying it on along honest and ac cepted lines.” So spoke one of th best-known men in the local jewelr; trade; the remark being inspired hy the recent frustration of a‘very cleve scheme for smuggling diamonds past the customs inspectors at this port. In this case, an attempt had been made to smuggle in, $10,000 worth of these gems—13 separate stones—by conceai- ing them in the barrels of two foun- tain pens and in a tube of tooth, paste. “Of course,” the jewelry merchant went on, “if a man has any tendency. toward smuggling, the present price of diamonds and, the high import du- tles levied on them afford him plenty of temptation. Under .the present tariff an importer of! diamonds must pay one-fifth of their value to the government If they are cut, and one- tenth of it if they are brought tn rough. Consequently, if.the man with the fountain pens and the tooth paste had been successful, he would have saved from $1,000 to $2,000 in duties, depending on whether his ‘Stones were cut or uncut. I Many ‘Clever Schemes. “But, even In the old days, when the lower import duties made smugg}ing less attractive from a financial ,view- point than Tt seems to be now, ail kinds of schemes were tried to beat the customs. Some of them worked for a long time, but sooner or later there was a slip-up somewhere, “In one interesting case that came to my attention the man involved had been under ‘suspicion! for some time, but the treasury department officials had never been able, to ‘get anything; on him.’ They were morally certain that he was smuggling in diamonds. but ‘that was not enough to convict him, and they never could catch him WOMEN’S PART IN THE FUTURE What part are women destined to play in bring- ing to realization the words of Browning: “God’s in His heaven; all’s right with the world!” / Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt believes it will be a big and a good part. She so predicts after having: come into contact with influential women from many lands at the Geneva gathering of the Inter- national Woman Suffrage Alliance. Women, she says, will do much to neutralize the destructive conflict between the two extremes of reaction and radicalism. They are not in favor of “red” radi- calism or of revolution because these strike in such a deadly way in most cases: against that which is to them most sacred and dearest to their hearts. The women of Europe revolt, as a rule, from the social and political philosophy of a Lenin. They are equally against the old autocracies with their scorn of women’s voices in affairs. They are for progress along the saner and safer lines— for progress is undershot with the Christian, ideal. Woman suffrage has made. arnazing headway since the war. That is true of the United States and of many European countries. In foreign lands there is said to be little fear that there ever will ‘be any step backward ih the matter of woman’s participation in politics, but Mrs. Catt admonishes her sisters that it is up to them to vindicate their worth and usefulness in shaping the future of the world’s destinies. One thing is beyond dispute: The late war could not have been fought to victory for the cause that won if it had not been for the tremend- jous service rendered and the equally tremendous sacrifices made by the women of the warring coun- tries. It is a story quite beyond adequate recital —what the women did, what they endured and what they availed for the moral fiber that, made’ with the necessary evidence. He al- Instead of trying to do justice to the story, MeN] jnore ashamed of themselves for bene of the world chose the next best thing; they re-} unable to land him.) solved to requite their sisters as well as they could] “Finally, the local authorities got for the service they gave. It would be a stulifi- ba i AUS a See en Me rons cation of manhood now if this new chivalry should] ing diamonds in a. large way, and they be recalled in least part. immediately instructed those, agents But one mote legislative ratification is needed Bea any Sena peUDOy in this country to enfranchise women on equal irsuet some slip the suspect was terms with men. It would seem that the governor | tipped off. to what he was up against. of any American state, whatever his personal view sett tek wo gaa = oe of the virtue of equal suffrage, would gladly do| sized swith a fictitious name, to the what lies in his power to help'make acknowledge- | collector of the port here, giving what ment of the war ministries of American woman- hood. Gratitude for these ministries is not, and should not be, a mere excuse for extending suff- rage to all women, but it might well be listed as seemed to be inside information on given, together, with the number of a contributory cause toward bringing about an} totter actually told in.what part of a pen if/lialf of ‘the'ingenuity which is worked: with accomplices-and, when ‘he not express the opinions of The Tribune, Th¢ " sented here in order vhat our. yeaders may, fave both expended in doing or trying to dg being discussed in crooked things fy business were spent |* the stateroom and other data, but the | the suspect and htg operations. Not equality which the fundamentals of justice and} certain trunk: the diamonds could be only was the name, of: the ship on which he would? Feach this country fair play demand.—Minneapolis Tribune. found. See ea — SLOW BUT SURE WHY Planting of Nut Orchards Would Be of Benefit, A movement Kas-just been started to impress upon the people’ of the | United States the vital part thet nut trees of all kinds must have tn any sound national. or state tree-planting program in this country. Back of It are‘men who have achieved remark- able results through’ sclentiffe expert- mental work In: nut culture; and who fre now striving to awaken the farm- ers of the country In particular to op- | portunity. It is well known that nuts, | which are excediingly rich ia protein and fet, have too long been ¢disregard- ed as an item of the staple let. Nut trees In great numbers along the national and state highways, nut trees on the barren hillsides, nut orchards of varieties especially adapted to cli- mate, prolific in bearing and of good savoriness into the bargain—-such a program, scientifically handled, will one day, according to the belief of au- DE, AT/o, < Buying Soe Y pe) Coe, vices Lim, poe i, LM rE ERED, the nation’s vanishing food supply. Such figures qs these are cited: “A ‘{ttle nut orchard 200 miles square will supply one-third. enough food to feed 100,000,000 citizens. Thus. 25,000,000 acres. of nut trees would more than supply the whole people of the United States with thelr two most expensive food products—protein and fat.” / COULD NOT AFFORD BREAKAGE Why Indians of North’ and South America Were Forced to Become Weavers of Baskets. Many of the Indians of North Amer- ca-at the present time are experts in wenving water-tight baskets of reeds and roots. In South America they are woven from the native palm fronds. The Indians of South Af- rica are skilled basket weavers and fare nated among the different tribes » for their cunning disposal. and adapt- ability of whatever substance ts most convenient. \ In nomadi¢ Indian races it became an acute necessity to possess un- breakable cooking and dining uten- sils, so the resourceful housewife In- stead of burning all of ‘her twisted grass bundles began to find in them the possibilities she craved, for as yet in her movable cupboard were no pieces of pottery. Basketfy predated pottery for ages, but. when, the two were interlinked a great advance was made in house-, hold | economics. Found Paste Gems. | was not until oné thne, when a rather “All of the details were so accurate | elderly woman filled the fole of the that it was an casy matter for the lo-| friend of the chief accomplice and had cal officials to follow them up. The} # fainting spell, that the game was discovered. She was taken to a hospl- suspected trunk was located, and opened, and, sure enough, there lay a| tal for treatment, and there the dia monds were found on her person.” big collection of stgnes. The customs COST OF GROWING TOBACCO men were elated, but when the maf- | ter was sifted down it was found that Figured by Kentucky Experiment Sta- tion After Canvass of the gems were-paste and that, ‘the man could not be held. on. a. major) 81 Farms. charge. He was released after cer- tain necessary :ceremonies had ‘been completed, and promptly left for the hotel in which he made, his home. Lexington. Ky.—Intimate informa: Once there, he had, his wife ‘peel 91 tion concerning ‘the cost of producing tobacco in Kentucky, gained from a careful survey in 81 burley-producing farms in Payette, Scott, Jessamine and huge porous) plaster from, his back, Under; the plaster ‘were the real -din- Woodford counties and 88:farms in the “black patch,” principally in’ Christian Why Flies Make Dear Milk. Many dire things have been blamed. on’ the activities of, files~.but It re- mained for an Ohio farmer to dem- onstrate by actual experiment that the pests were résponsible ‘for a de- creased milk supply. Owning 20 cows, ‘He: devised ‘a’hdme:built: fly ‘trap, and after it had been In ‘operation a week, calculated: the difference in milk pro-| duction. “He was obtaining eleven gallons.a day more than when the flies| were unrestricted in) their pernicious activities, This man built a lean-to, through which the herd passed? Across it in the middle were -flexible curtains fit- ting closely about the cow, .which brushed the. flies off. The dairyman following closed both doors, leaving the files. to cluster on a. window, where they were quickly shat to death with a fly powder.—Hartford Times, monds. county, the chief dark tobacco pro- “In. another case the officials. were also morally certain that a certain.man ducer, 1s given th a report made pub- lic by the ‘state experiment station. was. smuggling, “but ere again, they were unable to get the evidence neces- Having considered man and horse labor, land rent, use of barn and sticks sary to convict. ‘This man, however, and machinery,‘manure and fertilizer, spray materials, fire and hail insurance and coal and -wood, the report says that the average cost of producing one pound of burley tobacco was 36 cents; the average cost of producing an acre $206; the average yleld per acre 1,141 ‘pounds. The cost of horse labor $19 an acre. # In the dark tobacco section the av- erage cost of producing a pound of the weed was found to be 16 cents, and the average ‘production cost of an acre Was finally captured through no-fault is own, his system came to light. t was simplicity itself. He would cache the diamonds in his stateroom. the number of which was: always known in advance to the chief accom- plice, and leave jthe ship. »The accom- plice always booked ‘enstbound pas- sage on the saine steamer and in the same room, which: he got through a friendly clerk in’ the office of th: steamship company. He went aboard as early as possible, and. did— the gems up into an Anconspicuous bun- Why Ear Screens Are Valuable. Persons who are in-the field to pat- ent new articles with the hope of mak- ing their fortunes should consider the eat sereen. The need for. some sort dle. Shortly before the ship sailed! 148, of protection to. keep the. ears from a woman would come to’ bfd him serving as«racepiactes foprdust,, sand hon. voyage.) She stayed:on the. ship | Some 60,000,000 Pounds of seattdel ‘and soot is brought "m3 Yoretbly to until the final whistle blew, ‘and then. In the resultant exeitement and | ‘ustle, returned to the dock without ittracting undue attention. * ho eared the cmpseted ct one’s attention’ during: these windy days. Muffs have long been used to conserve,the warmth of the ears; the Cleanliness: of their devious’ passages might betnsured by a_ shield of light gauze fitting snugly over ‘the external appendages and effectively ‘screening out’ the swirling dusts. Women pre- tect their ears with puffs of hair; they have veils for their faces. Per- haps men would buy ear screens. are grown in Peru annually. a | The cost of: living in the British iN het | Tgles, it is estimated, increased 152 onde, Tt! per éent above the level of 1914. ~ Why Sacrifice Is Great. There's a staying power in the sacri- fices of men. Others may die through lack of vision, but not the man of sac- rifice. He compensates poverty of ma- terial things through riches ‘of convic- tion. Others may give the world dol- lars. He gives it the’ vision born of his soul that makes the increase of the dollar possible. In. spite.of hope he may dle in poverty, but-through his overty countless others become rich. It’s something to be looked forward to only by great souls, for only the great- est souls can toil on without appre- ciation or reward sure In the fact that they become benefactors to men. WHAT'S THE MATIER WITH ~ THIS MAN ¢ HE SEEMS TO BE How Indian Girl Won Fame. The part played by Wiscensin’s cit!- zens of Indian descent in the World war ‘a3 won for them a deserved tribute of widespread admiration. Few people are aware. of the creditable achievement, on retord at ‘the state historical Hbrary -of a Wisconsin In- dian girl in the plmsanter field of con- structive civilization. .Naney Skenan- dore was born at Onelda, the Indian reservation near Green Bay, in June, 1861. In 1890 she graduated from a Connecticut training school for nurses and practiced her profession until her death in‘1918. In the church.entrance at Oneida is a bronze, tablet to her memory which states that she was the first Indian trained nurse in the United States.—Milwaykee Journal. Yes, HE'S SxHAUSTED} AND, HE MADE MS TIRED, ——]'"Too, TALKING ABOUT HIMSELE : It is estimated India will grow: near- ly 400,000,000 bushels of wheat this year. : } The first year of peace has seen a growth of -$200,000,000 in exports from the United States to. Asia. < thorities on the subject, help in a, large measure to solve the problem of