The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 31, 1921, Page 2

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THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) <> THAT “SWINDLE TRUST” Ponzi, dusting books in his ‘penitentiary li- brary, must have a rapid pulse as he ponders the frenzied-fianance operations of the “Swindle Trust,” now being exposed by more than 1000 secret service agents. | Ponzi was a piker. His “50 per cent in 90 days” lured only} $10,000,000. : But the comparisons’ of the nation-wide “Swindle Trust,” according to. astonished secret service heads, involve “in the neighborhood of $50,000,000.” That would make it the biggest swindle in American history. - Editor CHICAG! Most of the big swindles of the past have been based on the mathematical system of progression —what gamblers call “doubling the bets.” A $1000 dupe is paid out of $2000 from a second dupe. A $3000 sucker enables the swindler to pay off the $2000 victim. And so on. The wheel finally gets to big that its operators can’t turn it. When it stops, the crash comes. And the swindlers rarely are shrewd enough to cash in and vanish before the blow-up. They hang on, saying, “Don’t quit now. Let’s give it just one more turn.” That’s human nature. Cassie Chadwick kept her swindle wheel going eight years.. Ma The South Seas Bubble, formed to wipe out England’s national’ debt in 1711, by exploiting trade to the South Seas, lasted nine years. Then its stock was quoted at 1000—and the’ manipula- tors sold out and let others hold the bag. The Tulip Mania in Holland, 300 years ago, set people so crazy that they paid as high as $2800 for a single tulip bulb. This swindle blew up within three years. The Mississippi Bubble, greatest in history, ex- ploded after three years, when its stock reached 80 times its par value of $20,000,000. In all the history of swindling, there’s only one giant operator that got away with it for a long time—Mme. Humbert, who borrowed $14,000,000 in Paris and kept the wheel moving for 20 years. Frenzied finance is a bubble. ; And bubbles always burst. BLOWING YOUR MONEY ernnient in the first 15 days of August spent $174,596,598, compared with $154,956,530 in the first 15 days of August, 1920. Bill-collectors during July tapped the taxpayers’ treasury to the tune of $321,818,569.: In July,|.» 1920, Uncle Sam paid out only $306,501,839. Talk about government economy ‘is the bunk. Actual figures show things going from bad to worse. The Treasury Department in July spent $43,- 970,001.. In July, a year ago, it got along with $36,333,348. “Independent offices and commissions” spent $14,763,335, compared with $7,652,687 in July, 1920. So it goes, with the average upward toward higher taxes. Thousands of ways Uncle Sam could economize. Here’s one: Government departments and bureaus figure out how much money they’ll need. Under the new budget system, Director Dawes looks over these estimates and recommends, to the president, cuts he thinks advisable. This recommendation goes to Congress. * Maybe Congress cuts its ‘appropriations ac- cordingly. Maybe not. Doesn’t make much dif- customed to go-ahead and spend all they want to. Then they say, “Here are some bills I didn’t have money to pay. Slip me’the jack.” And Congress has to rush through a “deficiency appropriation.” It’s like reducing the cash balance of a spend-| Gaia its spending jag, the national. gov-| ments of its expenditures. He wants to nail them! before they get too far in the hole. If this over-spending were going on in any of} the big corporations, the boss would soon stop it. He'd either fire the department heads or tell them] if they didn’t keep within bounds they’d have to, pay the difference out of their own pockets. | That’s what a sane Washington would do.) Politics prevents it. But Dawes sees the evil. He’s on the right track, trying to stop it. And he can stop it —if you and other taxpayers back him up. Write your congressman. Write Dawes. Write Harding. Tell them this over-spending has got to stop. SHED NO TEARS i The grandson of the Duke of Buckingham, now master of Kinloss, a great English estate,| and soon to inherit the title. of baron, has just given his fellow-aristocrats a terrible ‘shock by marrying the daughter of the village blacksmith. The only concession he would make to his protest- ing mother and family was to postpone the wed-| ding several months “to think it over.” This is another incident showing how great is the social upheaval in England as the result of the war. 5 Another is the recommendation just made by; the reconstruction committee of the, government, to abolish the House of Lords as such. A bill) is to.be introduced at the next session of parlia- ment to substitute a “second chamber” for the) House of Lords. The provision that all peers of the realm are) entitled to seats in parliament is to be wiped out. The “second chamber” will be an elective body, only half of them peers, elected by their fellow- peers. It will have much less power than the pres- ent House of Lords. The bill is said to be certain of passage as it has the backing of a great majority of the commons and the House of Lords lost the power of veto a decade ago. PAPA The champion father of the world is discovered in the Philippines by Major-General Leonard Wood. j He is Datu Piang, a,rich Moro. Datu has seven living wives and 31 living chil- dren. “I have buried about 60 children,” he said rem- iniscently. That makes hii, in his time, father of 91. And he’s still a young man. You and I, when the burden of a family makes us worry, can brighten up by comparing our lot with Datu Piang’s. \ SAVING Before the war the average family of five: in this country paid a federal tax of $33.00, and that was thought to be excessive due to extravagance in governmental expenditures. Today, the same family of five pays a federal Washington disarmantent conference will open the way for reduction in armament expense. Rigid economy in every branch of the govern- ment service is, of course, important. But, how- ever thoroughly this is done, the benefit to the average family will not exceed a few dollars a year. MATES Erich Grubert has been arrested in Berlin for marrying 28 women in one year. | In Deal, England, a woman has been arrested for marrying 36 men. Thus in the first friendly competition since the war, between the «two former enemy, countries, the score“favors England. EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced ia thie column 0 may cnot express the opinion of The Tribune. ere nted here iu order that our may have th «ides of im; it issues which are being dis- cussed in the press of the day. GERMANY GOING STRAIGHT After Sept. 15 the Rhineland economic barrier is to be taken down by the Allies. The customs penalty will be no more after that date, if Ger- many continues her reparations payments and lifts the present boycott against French goods. This will be a sort of mixed blessing for the Teutons. The French will profit, as they are not averse to doing a bit of trade with their old ene- mies and the boycott has hurt. Nevertheless, it is a good and hopeful sign. If Germany continues to keep her agreements, the Allies are going even further. The cities of Ruhrort, Duisburg and Dusseldorf may be freed of the occupying Allied forces after the next meet- ing of the supreme council. Great Britain favors it, but France is not so certain that this will be a good thing. However, Paris is likely to yield. It depends upon Germany’s going straight. Thus far Berlin, the Wirth government and the Germans generally have given no cause for critic- ism or censure since signing. Germany put her jsignature to the agreement and has kept it. ‘And this tends to make French suspicions ridic- thrift wife, then giving her unlimited charge ac- counts. i There can’t be any real economy in government , until every depar! ment and bureau is compelled to! live within its allowance. | Dawes sees this. He’s just sent word to every department that it must furnish monthly rates es eae ulous and to weaken the French party that is anx- jious to occupy more of Germany. It is creating) o¢ the state. . a new respect for the Germans and is opening the way for German readmission into international circles. More important than anything plse, it: is making for quiet, for normigiey and-for peaee.in Europe. Philadelphia Publie“Ledger. tax of $214.80. The only relief possible is that the) \ By the Pot Boller. Jerry Bacon of the Grand Forks Herald: has dispensed with The Trib- une’s opposition to the 1. V. A. social- istic program of state owned indus- tries—as socialistic and as incongru- ous as the league’s—with the bald statement that this paper is lined up with the Townley-Lemie machine &nd the invisible government which he determines is the. McCumber-McKen- zie regime or probably we should re- verse the order and say the McKenzie- McCumber alignment. Before we:comment, we will run Herald—a paper which while it ac- tacks the “freezing” of the: taxpayers money in other sections.of the state for pork barrel. purposes, has nothing to say about the $900,000 of frozen as- sets in the mill and elevator at Grand Forks and which the I: Yin. proposes to finish. Here is the Herald’s diag- nosis ‘of the }‘Pot’ Boitei's" attitude: 8 EXTREMES MEET. | “The political history. of North Da- instances by: the visible meeting of patism. Such an instance is observ- able at this time. the standpatters are’ equally opposed to the recall election and everything that it involves. The opposition of | the radicals hrs been made openly jever since the recall was suggested. This is natural because whatever in- fluences there.may be in the back- ground the visible administration of the state has been in the hands of the radicals against whom the recall pe- titions are specially directed. “The standpat opposition has not been so open but it has nevertheless | been very real and very constant. It has: made itself manifest in a varlety of ways chiefly through the medium of throwing cold water on the recall campaign and seeking to dampen the enthusiasm of those who were active- ly engaged in it~ Just now the cam- paign has reached a stage where something more than a negative atti- tude is demanded and the Bismarck Tribune comes out with a flat-footed declaration of opposition to the recall and takes its place in this campaign with Townley, Lemke and their more conspicuous associates. “The Bismarck Tribune has been | regarded in a large sense as the per- sonal organ of Alexander McKenzie. Mr. McKenzie of course remains in the background in all these proceedings. but through his business asociations and his political manipulations he has been in constant touch with the acti- al owners of the Tribune and the pres- ent declaration of the paper’s opposi- tion to the recall will strengthen the conviction which had already been strong in many quarters of a work- ing agreement between McKenzie and McCumber and the organized Social- ism of the state. “In the lengtby article in which its opposition is announced the Tribune makes an appeal to party. spirit anc party regularity which. was to be ex- pected of it in view of its associations The McKenzie machine is operated through political party. It has been skillful in making use of party or- ganization. Most industriously it has cultivated the spirit of party regular- ity in all things although there has been no hesitation at knifing a party candidate when that plan seemed to be the most advantageous one. but in all. general public appeals it has sought to emphasize the spirit of party loyalty, the importance of party or- ganization in all political movements, In conformity with this general policy it now opposes the initiated measure for the elimination of the politica’ party. in relation to all state affairs It drags in the spirit of national party loyalty and attempts fo make it tc. service to strengthen the hands of an organization which is determined te retain control of the poiilical fortunes “We have therefore ranged against the recall and against the considera- ‘tion of state issues on their own mer- \its the Townley-Lemke organization and |the McKenzie-McCumber organi- zation. The aims of the two are iden- tical, namely: the defeat of the dependent movement | and:. RECALL _CAULDRO | Jerry's screed: from the Grand Forks! kota has been marked in a good many} extremes of,.,radicalism, and stand-; The radicals and} the :di- WoNT TELL Your MA} vision of spoils in a manner mutual- ly acceptable to the two elements. | Lemke and hig friends are not great- | ly concerned over matters of federal | patronage in the state.” Their’ fields’ |of activity is the state and not the nation. While they could undoubted- ily make use of the favorable patron- ‘age, it is not essential tv them. What they are concerned in !s the retention jot control over the state owned in- | dustries and the finances of the state. especially of the Bank of North Da- kota as the state’s fiscal agent which has the handling of many millions of dollars annually of puvlic funds. The McKenzie machine on ‘he other hand jis decidedly interested in federal pa- |tronage. Mr. McCumber desires to be |his own successor in the senate next |year. Mr. McKenzie iikes the sense of power to which the ability to dis- tribute, patronage. ,contfibutes. yery | greatly, and the use of the state’s patronage is expected to be of decided service in the naming of the man who is to be elected to the senate a year from ,this fall. There is nothing new in the report of an agreement of di- vision of advantages along these lines. Rumors of such an agreement have been frequent and persistent. They have been accompanied by facts which | rendered them credible 20 matter how strenuously they were denied. ‘The present instance is merely one which | will give additional strength to the |conviction that such an agreement actually exists and is being carried out, “So far as the Independents are concerned they need not be agitated over this situation. There is one thing and one thing only they have to do, and that is to proceed along the lines which they have laid down, to make a vigorous campaign for the ré- |tirement of unsatisfactory state ot cials and for the enactment of la which the state most urgently needs.” . * & There ,are no sinister influences back of The Tribune's attitude. The publisher of The ‘Irfbune will ‘give Jerry Bacon $1,000 if he can prove his statement that Alex McKenzie or anyone else other than the editor ana éwner ‘dictates the policies of The eee [EVERETT TRUE SAY, THAT PESKY FT Cat OF YouRS CAUGHT ONG OF MY PRIZE CHICKENS LAST NIGHT J HORNS How MUCH rp Iv Cost: HAW-Haw-Haw! YES, TOLD - FS-tye Wife WHEN HE BROVGHT Iv HOMES THAT IT LOOKED Like cone oF WOUR PRIZE CE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, ’21 ASK YOUR MA\ \€ WE CAH - i) HAVE A PIECE — oe . S- SOTERFIE Tribune. There is not a dollar of Tribune stock owned by any political boss. Its fiscal arrangements are completely divorced f:om_ political manipulation—can you say the same, Jerry? Pans ey Because it is independent of all con- trol—either league or anti-league— The Tribune proposes to iollow a fear- less policy of no compromise witn state socialism. ~ It wtil not swallow the political monstrosities as incubat- ed at the I. V. A. headquarters. It re- fuses to back a politica! menagerie. <8 * The Tribune has not received, nor asks any political favors irom Alex Mc- Kenzie or his friends. 1i is not in his political confidence. Publishers of The Tribune have no méssages direct or indirect as.to how McKenzie feels on the recall or on any, other matter political. It has no concern with the political aspirations of any political hogs whether he belongs to the league, 1. .V. A. or what. Jerry Bacon. calls the McKenzie-McCumber machine. ee There is a growing demand in the state, however, to unload the I. V. A. abortion. It-is:very hard to drive Republicans, Democrats, Bull Moosers and Socialists all in the same har- ness. soe 8 ‘ Those who refuse to swallow the inconsistencies of the I. V. A. pro- gram are promptly classed as pro- league. Of course those who will study the I. V. A. programi have only to know that Jerry is indulging in a little ghost dance. His chief concern with the I. V. A. program is to get another million or two of state’s money to sink into the Grand Forks venture which is bound to fail from a business standpoint if it remains under political control. The Tribune has taken the stand that it is better to take our loss now than to issue more bonds for state en- terprises which Jerry Bacon and other I. V. A.’s propose to run for profit or just to “experiment.” Did not the| Bishop-Brissman report indicate that the state has played with the fire long enough? | But Grand Forks has $900,000 and | wants a million or two more so Jerry is out rooting for the socialistic en-| terprises of the I, V. A. | BY CONDO | G- i 1 some CAT i ws HAW-HA HA |ASSERTS THAT IT.. jmervousness, —& ling. |listening called out, “We all feel the |same, sir! WILL ALWAYS BE MYSTERY TO HER Aberdeen Woman Much Sur- prised At Her Quick Restora- tion To Health and Strength “T am a well and happy woman now, 4 thanks to Tanlac,” said Mrs. John Dietlein, 519 Fifth Ave. S. I, Aber- deen, S. D. “I think it would be selfish in me not to tell my experience, as there areso many people who suffer as I did and who are looking for relief and don't know where io find it. “1 could- nt ¢ ccep to Co any good and sul ¢ from indigest:on, iness and other troubles. 1 had been going down Lill ’ steadily for two years aid had gott- en to the point where [ was almost desperaie, as nothing 1 tried’ did me any gyod. “Tanlac is as different from all the other medicines I have taken as day is from night. It suited my case exactly and now I eat anything [ want, sleep all night long and get up in the morning feeling bright and cheerful. It will always be a mystery rf to me how a little medicine could do ’ as much good as Tanlac has done me.” “Tanlac is sold by leading druggists everywhere.” Fly time has nearly flown. Britain is standing Pat—off. ' A word to the too wise is wasted. The only son that never sets is a rooster. : The German-American treaty is @ S prosperity “sign”. Home brew has it. on reformers in one way! it works. Some mushroom hunters realize they failed too late. Liberty Bonds are becoming more valuable; so is liberty. After they “revise taxes, Incomes will revise themselves. La Fayette was the last French sportsman to win in America. Some small nations have ‘self-gov- ernment; others have oil fields. Disarmament includes taking those chips off nations’ shoulders. If you want the la find it in the dictionar, word, you'll “zyxomma.” The number of, unmarried women in America proves they are against war. Oysters have been away so long they haven’t heard. about price re- ductions. Of course with phonographs in postoffices there's a fine chance to break records. If the disarmament party does fail, Washington hotel ke*pers—can build our navy: ea hi their with- Chorus girls now can wear working clothes on the street out being noticed. ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS By Olive Barton Robert: One day Mr. Sprinkle-Blow and Nancy and Nick — were walking through the orchard to find out from Mrs. Redbreast and Mrs. Bluebird and Mrs. Red Winged Blackbird and a few other folks, if the weather suited them. “ “Land, yes!” said Mrs. Redbreast, coming down: to a lower limb, the better to talk. “It’s the first time this summer I’ve ‘had an instant to myself. What with helping Robin with the nest building and hatching out my family, and feeding them ‘n’ all, to say nothing of the way they all hung onto my apron strings ‘ afterwards, expecting me to dig their worms. and never mind: cats and dogs any more than they would a fly, not as much indeed, and giving me heart failure every time one would come near, the way the silly ‘things would just sit like ninnies and never budge out of their way at | ty ro all—.” Mrs. Redbreast drew a long breath and began again. “And they're only just beginning to look out properly for themselves, and the last time Robbie Jr. came home to see me, he was wearing 4 reddish vest instead of his brown spotted one, which showed that he was very grown-up. Yes, I've just begun to catch up with my reading and my letter-writing, and my visit- My, I’m just that far behind with my calls that I won't have a friend left! Oh, I do hope you'll leave the weather nice for a spell, Mr. Weatherman!” “Me, too!” put in Mrs. Red Wing, and several other ladies who'd been We're anxious to make summer last.” Just then there was a sudden din hat, fairly deafened them all. It sounded like the scraping of a hun- dred iron pots. cre + (To Be Continued)