The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 19, 1921, Page 2

PAGE TWO WAGE SLUMP IN ENGLAND IS INEVITABLE Cost of Living Is Dropping and Industry Demands Revision of Scale London, Feb. 19.—-Labor ents of various London newspapers us- sert the cost of living has declined in Great Britain ed that a reduction of wages is ine ble. They report decreases in wages already h curred in ses where sliding scales of pay were based on the selling prices of the goods produced. These wage cuts however, are most ly in trades which are poorly orgau- ized. There is a good deal of specu- lation @mong the labor writers as to the attitude of workers i highly or- ganized trades when they are called upon to accept a lower, wage, in ac cordance with previous nged plans basi of living. lires on the cost of livirg for working class families show that at the end of December the percentage was 16) higher than in 1914 a vi yeniber figure of 176, while for uary if was expected to reach 165, This, while aileviating the lot of the worker to some extent and as- sisting employers. will not solve the present acate wnemployment situation and many agreements have been come to during the past week or two where- by workers have decided to go on short time cr accept less money in order to avoid a total closing down of works. The Furness Iron masters and rep- resentatives of the men’s union have met and the latter decided to accept | a reduction of wages from 22 shillings and éight pence to 19 and seven pence a day, so that work may be resumed in the iron mines. The number of unemployed in Great Britain is given on Labor Exchange 859,000 while other author the total of people without work at 0,000. : Short time is soon to go into force in the government, dock yards and NOT AFTERMATH OF WORLD WAR Kansas City Police Chiet Says It Is Due to Lax Law En- forcement Kansas City, Feb, 19.—The nation* wide crime wave, an aftermath. of the passions roused by the at war, is an “aiibi.” pure and. simple, a myth concocted by inefficient police heads to excuse the prevalence of c,ime. This is the statement of Charles Ed. * wards, a former major in the Ameri- can Expeditionary Forces, recently appointed police chicf of Kansas City. Increased crime is.,attributed by Major Edwards in large,measuré to lax law enforcement, and strict and impartial law enforcement will w out the “crime ware,”; he asserts. Edwards, who*was a police captain before the war. says he is familiar with crime conditions both before end ince the war, afd insists that the ar has had nothing to do with ‘crime - increases. “Not one man in fifty who runs amuck of the police is an ex-soldier.” he said, “and the occasional one we | find is usually not an overseas fight- er at all, but an habitual ¢rimin: who was a criminal before the war » and was a soldier simply because he happened to be caught. in the selec- tive draft." Co-operation with state and fed- eral authorities is one of the meth- ods employed the new chief ir his efforts to eliminate crime. Under his instructions the police are raid- ing bootlegging establishments, par: ‘3 ticularly wholesale hootleggers, and arresting vendors of narcotics. “We .are attempting,” the said, “to_stop.crime.at its’ sources. Those sources aré “fhe bootlegger- and if you get the Wholesaler you shut off the retailer, the seller of narcotic drugs and the gambler. We are arresting gamblers. In an effort to stop bank robbers, payroll thieves and motor bandits, we Nave static .ed men at all banks. “Every police captain is responsi- ble for the suppression of all forms of law-breaking in his district. He is held as_ strictly accountable for his district as a company commander in the army is for his company. It he can't deliver the goods, we get somebody who can. ‘ “We have handled problem in this way. the vagvancy The man who — MOTHERS, DO THs— - When the Children Co Rub Musterole a Thro and Chests No telling how soon the symptoms ‘may develop into croup, or worse. And then’s when you're glad you have « jar of Musterole at hand to give prompt, sure relief. It does not blister, As first aid and a certain remedy Musterole is excellent. Thousands o! mothers know it. You should keep z jar in the house, ready for iastant use _ It is the remedy for adults, too. Re lieves sore throat, bronchitis, tonsilitis croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia headache, congestion, pleurisy, rheu matism, lumbago, pains and aches 0: back or joints, ‘ains, sore. muscles chilblains, frosted feet and colds of th chest ‘(it often prevents pneumonia). and-65c jars; hospital sige $3.00 correspond- ERECTING INAUGURAL The small stand where Harding will be inaugurated March 4 only part of the east front stairway of the Capitel as shown in the left picture. “the baby ©f the house,” is shown driving the first nail in the Congressinan C.J. McLeod, aged stand. wants to work is sent to the hoar¢ of public welfare, and the beard public welfare finds him w he does not want to work h the municipal farm. - Drug i who form the great majority ui petty thieves. are sent to the municipal farm to take the drug cure, Perhaps 50 percent of them are cured. to “There is no mystery nected with the suppression of crime. The answer is alert. strict, and impac tial enforcement of the law—of ql! the laws on the statute books. Be cause an offense is punishable under a federal statute is not a reason for leaving the arrest of the violator to federal autho We arrest th man and turn hin over to the federal authorities. e have closed. all-night shows use we have found them rende vous for the lawless. Men meet the and plan crimes and in the small hours of the morning go out to per- petrate them. We lave therefore closed the places. ‘ “Meanwhile, ,we are replacing the corrupt, and “inefficient policeman with a man who will perform the cuties to which he is sworn.” Chief Edwards is a veteran of the Spanish-American .war, the Philippine insurrection and the ‘world war. OCR PUBLICITY FOR FARM AS AID 70 REFORM Bureau Urges Co-Opera- tion St, Paul, Minn., Feb. 19.—Publicity of ‘farm problems. particularly those which deal with the setting of prices and the distribution of farm products was urged by L. E. Potter, president of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Fed- cration, in an address before mem- S of the Minnesota Editorial as- sociation. in annual convention at St. Paul today. Minnesota farmers want to give the | true facts of their problems to the public and let the impartial verdict of. all classes of. citizens decide whether the present system of price setting and distribution of food prod- ucts is just, Mre Potter said: “Americans don't go wrong when they know the facts,” he said. farmers are not” asking for spec privileges; .we. are only. asking for 25 =, Justice, and we are sure that if the people of Minnesota know what we It! esk and why we ask, it, they will be h- us. ‘We believe in co-operative mar- keting; but it has been proven that o-operative marketing nevey has in- ased the price the consumer is smpelled to pay for his food. We believe that the men who’ produce the crops that feed the world should have something to say about the price o: those ¢rops; but we do not want t set ourselves up as arbitrary price fixers, and we have no intention of saddling this country with great mo- nopoly. 7 “The farmers of the state, through their county farm bureaus, as well as through’ their own community meet- ings, have ordered th: Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation to fight for a law that will prevent manipulation of our grain markets by speculation in ‘futures. But the farmers have no desire to cripple the grain trade. They have told federation headquar- tors to see that. legitimate hedging 15 protected, by virtually unanimous vote, where they have discussed the grain futures bill, the farmers have told the legislature that they expect them to pass the bill making specu- lation in grain fytures illegal.” Mr. Potter concluded with a plea for co operation of all classes of cit- izens, and that the status of the farm uestidn be! given ‘publicity through the press. $1 FOR MAN LONG DEAD. Portland, Ind., Feb. 18.—Blaine Wehrley, jeweler, received a letter containing $1. A note said: ‘Please give this to your father.” NO name. Wehrley’s father died in 1902. “STUDY IN SPRING” SAYS EDUCATOR “Usually we have more calls for help in Winter than we have grad- ‘uates to fill the places,’’ says F. L. Watkins, Pres., Dakota Business College, Fargo, N. D. He ob- serves that pupils who enroll in Spring have the best chances to step from school into well-paid jobs. D. E. Gustafson was recently sent to the First State Bank, Monticello, as asst. cashier, Miss L. EF. Potter took a responsible position with Hirschy & Co., wholesalers . of * Duluth; Minn. . “Follow the Succe$$ful.’’ Write F. L.. Watkins, Pres., 806 Front St. Fargo, N. D., for terms, etc THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ANE NAHE AE We Will Measure Up It. was said of George Washington that the office of Presi- | dent of the United States was “cut to his measure”—it fitted him better than any other man of his time. The life of each of us is cut to our measure—it is up to us to recognize and live up tc its full capabilities. This institution is doing its best to fulfil the purpose for which it came into being—to assist the people of this com- munity, through the wise management of finances, to attain their full share of success. On Washington’s Birthday this Institution is closed, to honor the memory of a great man who measured up to the work cut oyt for him. Bismarck Bank Bismarek North Dakota svi OMVNUNUUUEERUEET ESE Enc ERE It will cover On the vieht, is being erected. THREATEN BOLSHEVIKS. Berne, Fed, 18.--insurgents are menacing the Bo'shevik government of Tee, Russia. A nu of terror there in January cost the s of 1,000 persons. Crowing Old Gracefully Are you grow- ing old grace: fully? Who wins in the race of life? is it the man who is thin- blooded, weak, tired all the time? An athlete trains for every race. A man is as ‘strong as his. blood and as old as ‘his arteries. Make your’ blood redder, your health better by taking that old fash- ioned blood tonic—sold fifty years. ago and still “good as gold”— namely, Dr. Pierce’s Golden Med- ical Discovery. ‘This tonic and blood purifier is made up of Blood root, Oregon Grape root, Queen's rot, Stone root, Cherry Bark, without alcohol, in liquid or tablet form. It puts vim, vigor, vitality into your blood and arteries, Try it now. 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Phone 453 TOT TE 4 COWMBRCIAL MEN FIGHT HOTEL RATES Letters Have Been Sent Out to 600,000 Travelers of Nation (By Associated“ Press) Omaha, Neb., Feb. 19.—\Letters have heen sent to the 600,000 commercial | travelers urging them. tg institute a 30-day strike against fotels that charge what the organization terms exorbitant prices for room and food. “Jesse James was a piker in his ulmiest days when compared with prices’ some hotels arée asking,” says the letter. ‘whe letters have been sent out by the hotel committee of the Interna- tional Federation >of Commercial Travelers organizations and says in part: “Traveling men all over the coun- try have reacked the conclusion that L A perty you'can own you have wished for y Photograph. Ts The Minneapolis Tribune February 20th, in the R gravure section, VOTALANTUOUDETOUDEENDUEEANOUEDAEEANODELOUACEDAEEAABELEATALUNLSEUNABUOUEEAOND FENG EEEUU GEES AO EEO NEES UE ORR EEE RS COD CE ET We ask you to look over Rotogravure section at our Studio and. judge a Photograph requires, COAL" COAL IF YOU ito six hundred thousand Nunison is there strength, and only by MTT hh A LONG, LASTING REMEMBRANCE | YOUR PHOTOGRAPH PHOTOGRAPH of. yourself is the most valuable piece of pro- have in your possession. Mor times than what you can tell, For your own special benc- fit in order to show you how well we can take your Photo- graph, we have arranged with publish in this Sundays paper | pictures from our studio, showing sev- ‘ eral Bismarck young ladies. note the class of work we do yourself the life-likeness that ‘ 3ATUR FEBRUARY 19, 1921 the prices charged = by hotels — for rooms and meals haye reached the peak. ‘The traveling cemnity the same weapon with which to wage warfare upon the hotel proprietors and hotel corporations that the gen-| eral public used in refusiag to pur- chase wearing apparel and shocs at prices, which they thought unreason- able,and out of proportion. There- fore, the hotel committee of the Ins] ternational Federation of Commer | Travelers organizations urges the re- cipient of this letter to refuse to pat- e such hotels as are charging or asking exorbitant prices fcr rooms and food.» This letter is being sent (600,000) traveling men and each and every man must do his: part for only in has |, the concentrated efforts of the army of six hundred thousand of your craft can it be expected to get re- sults. “A’ thirty days’ strike” along line herein suggested will cause hotels to soon o more favorable terms and inducements. When you step up to a hotel register and you, are told the price of a room, if you] believe it is cxorbitant after talti into consideration the und the investment of the hotel, do not hesitate to say so and walk out. the} the.| ind our to oto- this and for and how well we put this likeness in our Photograph work. It would be well to consider us when you wish to have a Photograph taken. We suggest to you at this time “Be Photographed this year on Your Birthday.” Butler Studio | . 211% Main Street, Up Stairs I COAL COAL - $$ IN YOUR POCKET $$ BURN The Famous Wilton Screened Lump Lignite Coal. The Coal That Is All Coal. This Coal does not Clinker and \ contains less Sulphir and Ash than any other Lignite Coal mined in North Dakota. $5.50 Per Ton Delivered. KLEENBURN Northern Wyoming Coal _ ACME CARNEY MONARCH $12 per Ton Delivered — No Smoke COAL COA No Dirt Phone 453 . COAL COAL | Shown all over the Northwest for Quality No Clinkers This must also be done in restaur- j ants, N “Traveling men from djfferent parts. of the country have sent the hotel committee copies of menu cards of leading hotels id by scanning the prices published thereon it makes one j think that Jesse James was a piker in his palmiest days when compared with the prices some hotels are ask- ing for accommodations. You cannot bring down these prites by submit- ting to them and then go out. and kick. Your complaint must be made to the hotel proprietor and he must be given to understand that you and the members of your craft intend to refuse to pay them.” 5 Cleaning the Muffler. In cleaning the muffler after taking it apart, it is well to go over all the holes with a punch to make sure that these holes are not reduced in size with accumulations of burned oil or carbon. ) w BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA © ° MAIL US “YOUR FILMS © AUCUDAUCADONAEERANOACUUEA UNO UALEAUONE Phone 249 COAL COAL UHREUADSUNUTASUGDUEREENEOESEGHODEROO ED AGNUEAGNSUOOOEDOUAUESETEASUODSGUADOURREDSUNDAOAUSONGNOLOSOEESUUTAUNUIIG