The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 17, 1920, Page 4

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LOGAN PA COMPANY YNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW york BURNS AND BMIitth Ave. Bldg. ech atc Pe sy Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use ween lication of all news credited iy it or not otherwise ted in this paper and also the local news published herein. a mama yj All rights of publication bf special dispatches herein are also reserved. \ —<—<—<—<_—_ EMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year........--5- $7.20 Daly on > Ter: year (in Bismarck) 1.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bi ) 5.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota... ++ 6,00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) oe SEEING AMERICA The American who visits Europe spends con- siderable of his time in leisurelg¢ looking for the Curfew Bell which dd not “ring tonight,” or for the cottage by the sea in which David Copperfield wrote “Charles Dickens,” or for the site of the Battle of Ballahooley. He get's a good deal of emotional satisfaction, historical interest and literary stimulus out of these localities and surroundings. They serve him for a long time as pegs upon which to hang]- his memories, and when he begins “When I was in——” he has a fairly vivid impression of the dramatic setting of his story. At the very least, he knows he has lingered through The Tower, The Louvre, and the Great Cathedral and has a thrill of interest when they are mentioned. But when he tours America, what does he do? He starts upon a schedule which compels him to automobile two to three hundred miles daily, with no time allowed for accidents, meals or look- ing at anything except the road ahead. He arises at daybreak and dark finds him rushing round from hotel to hotel, seeking a place to pillow his head at five bones per pillow. His whole interest is centered all day on “Dan- ger! Sharp Curve Ahead,” Oshkosh, 173 Mi.” “Stop at Robbers Roost Inn,” “Kokomozoo. Slow down to 60 miles. Speed Trap Ahead,” “Detour BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE _ FRIDAY, SEPT. 17, 1920 “I know everything except myself,” said. the celebrated vagabond, Villon. ni THE MORNING AFTER A fat pay-envelope. Much wine, women, and song. Awful headache, ‘rebellious stomach, general misery. It is a bit from the social history of nations, as well as individuals and, usually, it is something to be heartily laughed at—by the other fellow. The great war brought upon the sixty million people of Japan undreamed-of prosperity. New factories sprang up everywhere and the labor shortage was such that for the wérkman to de- mand was to get. Prices on exports flew sky high. Millionaires were created by the score. Every- body went to profiteering, the capitalistic classes, the middle classes and the labor classes having learned to “pass the buck,” with some plus profit in the passing. r The men of money built and invested as if the rest of the world were dead for all time. The masses spent their money on the equivalents of autos, $7 silk stockings, $20 shoes, summer furs, diamonds, and ‘so forth. There was a Ponzi on every street corner and a get-rich-quick concern in every block, with eager suckers so thick that things just boiled. Millions of people, inured by necessary thrift to feeling satisfied with the ordi- nary comforts of life, went-mad over the chance to splurge in luxuries. Next morning, or, rather, several months ago, there came upon Japan..what’s called “business depression.” Stocks: tumbled, the Jap dollar be- came emaciated, thousands of firms failed, many millionaires resorted to suicide, silk and cotton factories closed, steel works closed, mines closed. And winter will come upon millions of idle work- ing people, in the cities alone. When the mass purse is fat, when the mass stomach is full, the government in Japan seems all right. The mass, freezing and starving, turns to revolution of government. The millions of ~~ YES, INDEED!--HE CAUGHT SOMETHING (M Gols To CatcH SOMETHING,~ MUR A story. of Jimmie | Cox’s late: man, Judge,.an’ make it a rule to pay for everything 1 eg) ‘London Blighty. Had No Press Agent “Shakespeare had no scenery worth mentioning.” “And he had no press agent, either,” said Mr. Stormington Baynes. ‘Other- wise there would have been on linger- ing doubt as to who wrote his plays.” —Washington Star. Might Accidentally Traveling Salesman (at Yapville Junction)—Is the 5:15 Hable to be on time today? ‘Ticket Agent—I’ll say she. is, broth- er, considering the fact that accidents will happen.—Buffalo Express. | State Politics ‘ ‘ EUMGAEEited North Dakota’s state campaign is getting off to a slow start. Botn sides are waiting until threshing and haying are completed hefore they start to garner votes. It looks like three distinct campaigns in North Da- kota—a separation in behalf of na- tional issues. Harding and Coolidge’s campaign properly will be looked after by a si- amon pure Republican organization e untainted by bi-partisanship of the ‘Townley-Lemke organization which, is no respector of parties; it merely wants the votes regardless of prin- ciples, party labels or convictions. Now VuL Jusr CAMOFLAGE IT A LUTTLE Everyone is welcome to step right up and vote for Art’s Utopia and no ques- tions will be asked and if necessary or requested there will be plenty of | organizers around to mark the bal- lots. The Democrats, nationally speak- ing, are conducting Cox’s campaign independently of J. F. T. O’Connor’s political canvass. There are a num- ber of Democrats in the state who are not especially pleased with the campaign utterances of Cox. In Butte, for instance, he made a direct bid for the radical vote and while in North Dakota flirted more oy less with the same element. Harding's Minnesota address made an excellent impression in North Da- kota. His able discussion of the ag- ‘ricultural problems, commended him to the North Dakota farmer who be- lieves that the application of sound business principles and complete co- operation between the country and city forces are most necessary for success and ‘that there is no real short cut to an industrial milennium. * st con-coxion. Japan are going to be a very interesting study for Americans during the next six months. The Trib h i i e Tribune has started a series of articles BY A FARM THE NONPARTISAN LEAGUE CHAPTER. V THE BURDEN OF TAXATION daily papers, turn to the advertising columns ‘of houses and flats for rert,| The Independent Voters Associa- and you find that in almost every | tion is applying itself with consider- case the owner will not rent to fami- Hee Ge SReIAL Hitae lies with children. “No children al-j} egt centers upon the law which will lowed, or “only couples without chil- ER’S WIFE: on the Nonpartisan League written by a farmer’s | wife whose family has enrolled in the league. Her reasons why the league failed to provide an Ever since man emerged from his cave dwelling and began to be civil- ized the burden of taxation has been} restore to the various local banks all dren wanted,” read most of these‘ad-} Public money and limit the operations vertisements. What, then, is the man f the bank to strictly rural credit banking. This drive on the vitals of with a family of small children going ie to do? He cannot ‘compel the land- owns his land and has no one to shoulder his taxes but himself, #0 any ‘unjust increases in taxation faJl the league state banking ‘system has a nightmare to him. Elections have been fought and won on this issue alone. What wonder, then, that when the league organizers promised “the farmers to, reduce taxes, they (the farmers) were taken in by their: logic? p But, has * thé. league lived up. to their promises in this matter? I do agrarian utopia in North Dakota are based on her own personal: observations and bittey experi- ences. They merit careful reading. iss to Popopolis.” He never stops to view the house where Haw- thorne wrote the Immortal Declaration, or to visit the hallowed spot where DeSoto first met his wife, Minnie, or to ponder upon the birthplace of John D. Dempsey. Wonder if the Oklahoma’ oil man who took out $5,000 insurance to protect his daughter from upon him, and upon him alone. What a fallacy for any one ‘to think they can tax the land speculator and put him out of/business without putting themselves out of business at the same time.. Those farmers who joined the league thinking thus to reduce their taxes have had a rude awakening. (To Be Continued.) lords to rent their houses to him, and is consequently compelled to accept any old shell that.offers him shelter. Children have delicate constitutions and when not housed preperly suc- cumb to. every disease which comes along, and many. die fi less exposur i aroused the league to fresh efforts. The officials of the bank are pouring imprecations upon the heads of the state bankers and enlivening the dull period of the fall campaign. * Little of a new or sensational na- rom “this need-| ture developed in the J. W. Brinton libel suit and about the only definite If he is compelled to stop for an hour, while the car is being repaired, he says “Let’s go to the movies.” It never occurs to him that America not believe anyone can honestly say his taxes have been reduced by the present administration. In place of | \ this, everyone! is complaining about taxes: ‘They declare taxes are higher kidnaping can collect if an eloper runs away with her? Surely, we, who are trying to do| admission from the league was from our duty to our country, by raising |, W. Cathro who under oath admit- its future citizens, have a hard, long} ted that large balances were carried long road ta travel. We must deny] py the Bank of North Dakota in banks to ourselves the little luxuries which} outside of North Dakota. Under the those who shirk the responsibilities | imitations of the preliminary hearing % i | 2 r PEOPLE'S FORUM Editor The Tribune: * hee It is reported that Harding was once a base- ball pitcher, Right or left-handed? This is im- portant. : than ever before. The only. way 1, farmer can~figure his taxes are re-| duced is by including the benefits de- rived from state hail insurance, and by doing this he can say his taxes are reduced slightly. But why should ‘state hail insur- ance be incljided when, we figure our taxes. Should this mot be figured ‘separately in’ justice to those who have not accepted it? While hail is liable to occur in any locality, not all farmers insured their crops before the state went into hail insurance, nor do they since. Many withdraw from their protection every year. So let us be honest and figure this sep- arately. has any shrines or altars, or that anything his- torical, or romantic, or interesting ever occurred this side of the Atlantic. 2 He rushes through the most enchanting scenes with one eye on the speedometer and the other on the arrow-pointed marker indicating 207 miles to supper and bed. He reaches home close to nervous prostration and instead of telling what he has seen and felt and visited, he says, “Sa-ay! one day we did 350 miles on 15 gallons and we hit the top of every hill at 45 miles per hour. Oh, boy! some vaca- tion!” An apple hanging on a limb was just a bit of fruit to him until the land’ was voted dry; he viewed it then with different! eye. £1 A EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced in this column may not express the opinions of The Tribune. Th are re- tate Be diss ‘of Spt ents ‘whine Pug atbed or ues wi the press of the day. “ Taxes Have Doubled. By doing this we find our taxes have doubled in the last two years, and nothing can gainsay it. All the talk in'the world will ‘not help us out when it comes to comparing our tax- es for the years preceding the league administration and as they are at present. Maybe there are good and suffi- cient reasons for this increase, every thing is much higher now than ever before, but why should the Nonpar- tisan league claim it has reduced taxation? For the life of me I do not 3ee how they figure it out; when‘con- ditions prove the contrary. Farm lands taxed higher than ever before. I have heard this was done to put the land speculator out of business. But does it? No tax can be made high enough without direct confisca~ tion (which is unthinkable) to put the speculator out of business. Why? Because he merely adds this extra tax to his rental and in this way the farmer pays for all this extra tax. Rents Are Boosted. é For instanc During the years preceding the lonpartisan regime and their tax boosting, land could be rented for hay and grazing purposes for $25 per quarter section. Now we ‘| are asked $100 for the same land. We used to give one-fourth of the crop for rental. Now we must give one-third. So the farmer and ten- ant always pays. the tax increase no matter who owns the land. In the cities it is the same. When the tax- es increase the rent also increases. Houses that used to rent for $20 to $25 per month now bring $40 to $50 The farmer cannot’ escape. He ANOTHER TYPICAL COX OUTBURST The decent Democratic sentiment of the coun- try is both shocked and alarmed at Governor Cox’s public utterances and public conduct. Our neigh- bor the New York Times, for example, frankly la- mented in its editorial columns on Saturday the irresponsibilities of Cox’s loosely hinged tongue. Of one incident the Times had this to say: THE RUMMAGE SALE Did you ever attend one? Here on a table is old Brown’s silk hat that he wore to church many years and now that he’s gone it has been sent to be disposed of for the,benefit of the church. And there on the counter is an old china pug dog that used to. guard the mantelpiece in some- body’s house. And on a, rack hangs the Prince Albert coat that’ some fellow wore when he was married and which his wife kept as a treasured thing through the years; now she has given it away because the sentiment that attached to it is dead and has fluttered away like last year’s leaf. They are handy institutions, these rummage}. sales, enabling one, as they do, to give away for good purposes what he no longer needs or wants or cares for. He holds on to such things a long time and then one day he gets tired seeing them around and away they go to the rummage sale the second-hand store and the rag. shop. But the rummage of minds and characters most people hold on to and cherish forever. To their dying days they keep old and wornout prejudices and fight hard for them. ' They hold and feed cankering hates and envies as things of great value, worth treasuring in their hearts. / They keep fast to habits, knowing they are bad,}| But in all news columns on the very same day but lacking the will or the courage to throw them| that irresponsbile Cox tongue, in another out- off. burst, was demanding the penitentiary for men They cast off only good resolutions and inten-] whom he had recklessly and: falsely accused of tions because they interfere too much with com-| corrupt practices in this election—men who had fort. just been vindicated in a careful and searching The next time you gather together your old| investigation by a Senate committee before which clothes for the rummage sale and you have packed | Cox himself refused to go to substantiate a single it all in one bundle, suppose you say to yourself: | one of his unfounded charges. “Let’s see, what have I left out? What else is} So it is useless for the Times, it is useless for there that I ought to get rid of? What passions, | any decent Democrat, to hope that if Cox reflected prejudices and ‘habits are littering up my mind|on some of the things he says he might not say and character ?” them. The truth is that the Cox type of thinker You will not be able to get rid of this rummage) and talker could reflect a long time and never ments, draperies, coverings, whether as easily as you can dispose of your old clothes, realize that what to him is just shooting off his] ¥0°l, silk, linen, cotton or mixed but once having taken stock of it you will know| mouth is to the American people, with their fine ate “Diamdnd Dyes”—no other kind yourself better. The first step to self-improve-| sense of rectitude and their scruplous regard for; —then perfect’ results aré guaranteed ment is to become acquainted with your defects, truth downright blackguardismemNew. York $| EME ata acer eat OE “With time and opportunity for reflection Governor Cox probably would not have said what he is reported by the correspondent of the World to have said at Butte, Montana, that ‘wherever you show me a radical move- ment I will show you a government that has been unjust and oppressive.’ “There are-many radical movements in this country. The members of the I. W. W., the. Communists, the Socialists, of late the Bolsheviki, have been preaching and some of them acting radicalism in this country. Their — radicalism is not the result of ‘unjust and oppressive government’; it springs from quite different sources. There is much radi- calism in the neighborhood of Butte. Gov- ernor Cox would have very great difficulty in demonstrating that it is the fruit of govern- ment injustice and oppression.” “Diamond Dyes” No Risk}Then! , x Don’t Spoil or Streak Material in Dyes that Fade or Run_ Each package of ‘Diamond Dyes” contains directions so simple that any woman can diamond-dye a new, rich, fadeless color into worn, shabby gar- ¢ Druggist has color ‘card. 30 8 iy How-many people have narrow ¢s- caped being bitten or have been an- noyed by the hordes of stray dogs which are running loos2 around onr streets? 2 Cannot some method he devised to end a situation which is rapidly be- coming intdlérable? I am to]q-that the city ordinances forbids policemen to kill. dogs that. are without license tags, though the time for getting tags has long passed. They. must take them up and keep them three days. Could not the ordinance be amended to allow them greater freedom in combatting this situation’ Many of the dogs have license tags, but are allowed to run all over town. Ought not every dog be ordered muz-| _ aled? It is about time to-hear of]. ____________.» —% some child being bitten by one of > of parenthood take as a, matter of course. our children may be.clothed and fed. who are denying’..themselves these things that their children may not suffer? renting homes because of our chil- dren I say it is too much! Must we have palatial homes for denied a place to rest their heads? May God sink as low as that! FLORENCE BARNER. these dogs ‘running.loose on the streets. A, CITIZEN. LETTER TO THE EDITOR Editor Tribune: Have all the landlords entered into 4 consniracy to banish children from the earth? 1’ confess it looks very much like it to me. Pick up any of our large EVERETT TRUE _ BPEEORE KOU SO IN THERE I WANT TO CALL NOUR, ATTENTION TO A UTTLE [MATTER OUT WERE § Had Family Pride The Judge—So you claim you rob- stealing all the cash out of the reg- ister? By Condo CRAWL ABOARD THERE AND PLLOT YOUR OLD BARGE VPA Gw FECT So SOomMsSBaoDY ELSE CAN PARK HERE, Too! ‘And now, when ‘we are barred from! articles and our pedigreed cattle and hogs, while} on the stories and the returns are to our little children, earth’s angels, are| he used to stage a fight on Bishop forbid that we should} will pe made to prove that Townley ) and private letters will be published. arr bed that delicatessen store because} {zations, you were starving? Why didn’t. you tain, “merely the you take something to eat insteail of |’; h The Accused—‘Cause I’m a proud] ton has done to date is to give the it was impossible to go into extended We must, even go without] proof of any of the charges or counter some of the necessities of life that} charges. Whether Brinton’s charges will be How. many parents''do you knoW/ more completely aired at the next term of district court is problemat- ical.. In the meantime, Brinton and his associates are syndicating their charges so much per story for the revelations of the in- iquities of Townley and Lemke: The modest sum of $18 is the price placed Lemke and Art Townley.’ An effort has “gobs” of money and that much of the farmers subscriptions have been diverted by league leaders for their own private ends. Telegrams The Brinton-Waters expose has not made any considerable impression in the ranks of the Anti-Townley organ- Little.that is new has been fellingof the sordid ry has been"changed a little. Lan- ger used much of the matter in his campaign speeches and all that Brin- voters a close-up view of the league’s dirty linen. Their expose may win over some of the leaguers, but the manner in which these men broke with Townley hardly inspires any great confidence in the body of vot- ers. The quarrel is largely personal in its nature and involves none of the | fundamental principles for which the ‘Anti-Townley have fought. organizations ee se John Bloom of Devils Lake, the Nonpartisan league fish commission- er, announces that he contemplates the establishment of a Democratic weekly paper at Fargo. He is so- liciting true and tried Democrats to furnish forth the subscription list. There are nearly 200 toy factories in the United States. MOTHER! “California Syrup of Figs” Child’s Best Laxative Accept “California” Syrup of Figs only — look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harmless phy for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Children loye its fruity taste. Full direétions on each bottle. Yonsmust sayee@alifornia.”