The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 27, 1921, Page 4

xh! # campaigns. have to single out for punishmént not ' THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE * © THEBISMARCKT Peis SELASSIE A AED Entered at the Postoftice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN Chair - - Editor ! . Foreign Repiesentatives G. LOGAN PAYNS COMPANY CHICAGO / DETROIT Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches eredited to it or not otherwise credited in. this paper and also the local news published herein. he 2 All rights of republication of special dispatches are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE - herein Daily by carrier, per year........ wee ST : Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) wee 7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outsi ck). bao Daily by’ mail, outside of North Dakota. ‘THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) eGiS5> PRESERVE PARTY ORGANIZATION On the eve of the recall election it is fitting to say a final word relative to the inadvisability of passing the I. V. A. primary laws, There can be no defense of these laws which would break down party organization. adherents of the I. V. A. to claim that by pre- serving party selection of candidates for Con- gress, presidential electors, national committee- men, delegates. to: national conventions, and candi-| dates for the United States senate that parties are not abolished. Be The opposite is true. Break down party inter- cst in elections to state offices and you deprive the people of the salutary operation of the influ- ence of the minority party opposition. upon the majority in state affairs. Minnesota found that by abolishing party lines in the:selection of candidates for the legislature party structure suffered, and in recent campaigns it has been hard to present issues and conduct Public indifference grows and the power of the politica] clique increases under the I. V. A. plan. a : The Tribune desires in this connection to pre-| sent a strong editorial from the New York Times! entitled: “Government By Parties.” Every ar- gument advanced applies with equal force to the pernicious primary laws to be voted upon tomor- row. An extra primary is forced upon the peoplé} which is only an additional burden upon an al-; ready oppressed tax payer. The editorial follows: “Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin rather likes the} chaos in the Senate. He glories in the fact that the Tax bill has been torn to pieces by Republican} revolters. To his mind this is proof of splendid independence; each Senator following his own judgment of what is wise and right. Mr. Lenroot denies that he himself belongs to any ‘bloc,’ but of the bloc movement itself he highly approves. | He prefers a bloc to an Old Guard. The new method of splitting into groups he fraises. Pos sibly this is on the theory of Sydney Smith, who said to his vestry,/ when they were debating how, to lay a block pavement in front of the church, ‘Just put your heads together, gentlemen, and the thing is done.’ “What the Wisconsin Senator does not appear | to perceive is that these divisions and disinte- grations in the Senate are blows at government by party. Under that system we have elected to work, and hitherto it has operated fairly well. The people have looked to one party or the other to agree on a program and then carry ‘it out. After- Peont ite soutne \ — : ‘ithe. whale in the poem, which goes; | White | editor ward, the voters have known where to give credit | and where to place blame. But now, in the break- vp of party loyalty and party discipline at Wash- ington, the mischief is twofold. .Responsible Jeaders lose control of legislation; and the people compact party organization, but quarrelling individuals. Thus the ordinary political remedy is taken away from'the voters. ~-**" we oi “Take the concrete case of popular resentment | at the way in which;tax matters have been hand- led by Congréss. Upon whom shall the indigna- tion fall-in'next year’s election? The Republican leaders will say that the fault is not theirs; they would have done better had it not been for the: revolt in their party. The revolutionists count, upon pleasing their own constituents and snapping their fingers at the rest-of the country. Besides,| they were joined by most of the Democratic Sena-/ tors, so that there does not exist the clear alterna- tive of another party to put in power. This is the} kind of confusion and demoralization suye to re-| sult when we get government not by» party, but; by groups and factions. Instead*of rejoicing at; what has been done to destroy Republican cohe- sion, Senator Lenroot, as a thoughtful student of American politics, ought to be seriously disturbed by it.” | UNBALANCED On July 15, 1921, says the Department of Agri- culture, prices of the 52 leading articles bought by ; farmers averaged 159 per cent higher than in July, 1913. ; On the same’ date, however, farmers were get- ting, for their crops and meat animals, only six per cent more than July, 1913. You do not have to go any further to learn why farmers are not buying in normal quantities. Un- til the farmers’ incomes are more in balance with prices they are asked to pay, there is not apt to be any real business revival. You cannot buy $259 worth of goods with only $106 in your pocket. Neither can the farmer. ray RIBUNE| It is futile for the, : UNDULY, EXCITED In an eleventh hour broadside in a signed state- ‘ment by the Joint Campaign Committee, The |Mandan Pioneer takes The Tribune to task for |accepting a two page advertisement from the ;Nonpartisan League, paid for at current space jrates. It proceeds in a front page article to lam- |bast The Tribune ‘for accepting this business, | charging it with high crimes and misdemeanors. |But in its own paper of the same date, it pub- \lishes a two page advertisement from the I. V. A. jmarked political advertisement for which it was |presumably paid. | | Indeed the silly season of the campaign has ar- rived. .The gfribune has no_apologies to offer for; accepting a two page advertisement from the forces backing Frazier, Lemke and Hagan. * If the Joint Campaign Commitee can find no better ammunition than to fight newspapers that | jsell space, it has a sorry cause indeed. Does a merchant ask a customer when he comes.té buy a pair of shoes whether he is an I. V. A. or a leaguer? & ; ‘afford either political party a forum in the col- ;umns when it pays for the space used? The chief commodity of a newspaper is its white| | Space. ;are open to matter that is not libelous or indecent. | In the same issue of The Tribune: that carried | |the two page spread for the League were several] advertisements inserted by the I. V. A. organiza-, tion. ‘ | Last ‘winter the Mandan Pioneer in common! ;with The Tribune sold its space to the Nonpartisan | jleague state industrial commission. This was | ‘legitimate and proper. ‘The newspaper has the} same right to sell its products as any merchant' has. * | When the I. V..A. joint campaign committee; through the columns of the Mandan Pioneer as-! sails The Tribune for accepting League advertis-| ing, it convicts itself of insincerity. | Its charges about public printing are childish too. The Tribune is under’$55,000 bond to deliver | iprinting to the state of North Dakota. jnever defaulted on a contract or sought any ad. jvantage. If it had there is Thomas Hall, I. V. A. adherent who is a member of the Printing com- mission, empowered to prevent fraud. | When the Fargo joint campaign committee | |seeks to attack a Bismarck institution and injure! it by malicious lies, it throws suspicion upon every statement made. Such tactics are beneath con-/ tempt. , The Tribune has no apologies to offer for its position. The. V..A. recall election is a monu- | mental blunder whether it wins or loses. Types of men directing its policies have political records that smell to the high heavens. This paper or this corporation is not a campaign| issue as vigorously as the I. V. A. has attempted \to drag them in. It is the oldest Republican paper | in North Dakota and has never yet backed a mug- wump drive to destroy all parties and hoist into power men who went inte the Nonpartisan League! they are now fighting. We can still say that we never pulled an oar with Job Brinton, Art LeSueur, “Paddy” Norton, Gronna and the rest who once licked the League hand that fed them politically. It is*up to every citizen to vote tomorrow as his conscience dictates. The Tribune refuses to dictate the franchises of any of its readers. The issues have been joined. All that is necessary is to probe beneath the surface to locate the sordid motives that instigated this election and now di-! NEW YORK : ~| It costs only 80 per cent more to live in New! ‘York'City now than it did in 1914, says an officia?| report. That isn’t fdr out of line with other big cities. Rents, controlled by laws, average only 44 per cent above 1914. On the surface, New York seems to a'visitor the | theatrical district are for tourists: They are not! the real New York. Next time you are there visit the lower East. Side if you want to see metropoli-| tanism at its height. EDITORIAL REVIEW Is it a crime in the state of North Dakota to}. It sells it at a given rate and its columns| It has! . in the early stages and stood for the very men|} costliest town in the world. But the hotel and! ‘nowhere at all, and aa Supreme he stands, the ballot CHa EON ee eae ADVENTURE OF _ ‘THE TWINS By Olive Barton Roberts Off through the /waves hurried Nancy and Nick, carrying the bottle of ink ‘Mr, Cuttlefish had given them. They looked this way and that way and every which way for Mr. Whale, for you never can tell just where_he’s likely‘to be. He dgesn’t stay in one place much, but.goes anywhere he! takes a rotion to. Mr. Whale is aj funny fellow. i They couldn’t see a sign of him| anywhere, and ‘Nancy ‘said to he | | | i brother that perhaps he had done like like this: “There once was‘a whale ‘Who swallowed his tail. First he turned ¢o a ball. - . Then to nothing at all. But Nick said to be patient and to keep ‘on looking, and sure enough; just thea in the/distance they saw a; tremendous spout of water which went! as high as the fireman's hose, an they knew that Mr: Whale was 'com- Tightly as thistle down the Twin: wished themse:ves on to his broa black back, so gently indeed that Mr.: whale never fir an instant suspected, that he had company, and kept on; breataing the nice fresh air into hi: lungs, as whales do you know, bein; Cifferent “from fishes, and blowing: water up into the air like a park foun- tain, and enjoying himself like every-' thing. § _ Sages i But suddenly«a dozen ‘augé fgrms' appeared. They secned to conie from, formed in aj; Comments reproduced in this colum H express the opi of The Trike. They are presented, tee complete circle right around Mr: in order that our readers may have both sides of important issues | Whale” Nancy and Nick knew at once! which are being discussed in the press of the day. m THE DANCING PASTOR | A-a little station in Oklahoma—Kingfisher is! the name of it—travellers looking out of the:trainj windows never fail to see an old Negro who sings and dances on the platform. He jigs away merrily for the coins which ‘he tourists throw to him. This man, Paul Sykes, is said to have met every} train coming into the.place for 19 years. It is estimated ‘that he has danced more than 30,000 times apd has collected over $2,000. Perhaps his takings would be more if the trav-| ellers understood what he did with his money: For out of his savings he has built a little church of which he is the pastor —the Straight Gate Church, he calls it. Every Sunday he preaches there morning and evening, besides holding street meetings Sunday afternoons. Weekdays he dances for the money to keep things going. If there are those. who still believe that dancing in itself-it wicked, they would do well to consider the case of this undaunted, light-hearted Negro, who that they were the wicked sharks. | They were snapping their huge jaws) and showing their teeth like savage! logs. H Mr. “Whale gave a snort of sur- prise and looked dreadfully worried. | “Don't be afraid!”’ whispered Nan-| ridictlous | head, | cy’s soft voice in one of hi: little ears—just holes in his really. “We'll save you.” | % (To Be’Continued) ' (Copyright, 1921, N. E, A. Service) Sati Pa PEOPLES’ FORUM i; EDUCATION gee October 22, 1921. | Editor Tribune: Education js a subject in which the} average man feels. that he is a quali-/ fied expert. That he is not, dent by his extravagant demands baseless criticism. ‘The public needs; more knowledge about educational | ends and methods. The _knowledge | must necessarily be given to the pabiley by the teachers themselves, The teacher is to impart that influence | necessary to increase the knowledge | of the community. Teacher-parent | meetings and organizations are doing good service inthis subject. They thus uses his one talent for the betterment of his race and his community.—Ohio State Journal. F . lave resulted in creating a,-better understanding of the schools).and a greater. willingness to-co-operate fh Then guard the ballot—do your duty well, ‘And of your prowess future years shall tell; ‘or while that slip of paper you hold fast, You hold the fate of millions in your grasp. | is the place of the teacher? THE, VOTER (Florence Borner.) in his hand Gives him the power to over-rule the land; On him the world depends to see the light Of Progress, and forever banish night. To him the politician bends the knee, / zi { .To him we look io not gainsay our liberty; His ‘is the voice which tells proud Privilege: ** His’ the command that sends the people to despair. “Beware,”. The voting booth, his stronghold, overnight Decides the destinies of nations by its might; Grim wars are fought within its walls, and still The surge of Time goes on, and, ever will. Upon. its threshold Privilege trembling sits, For well she knows; the cup that Rancor sips; While, Hope, with anxious face sits just within, Awaiting for the outcome—will she win? ~ 1 yf making the schools more ‘effective each year. Possibly, as teachers, we have been too conservative and held ourselves too much aloof failing to ‘place our demands in the proper field necessary for greater results. “Doubtless the unity and strength of other pr6fes- sions has: been in large part by the participation of the members of the profession in public affairs and their eagerness to expand an, exalt their profession. Let us profit ‘by their example. Turn to any phase of. gov- ernment and follow its leaders and note their earlier professions. Today many members of our national con- i gress, including both branches, were called from the teachers desk. Many governors ‘of today once supervised the course of the rural school. The distinguished occupant of the White House, today: was once an and prior to being an editor ' was a village teacher and even tooted { | Where We may say that he fits all phases of society. This: position does not oppress the in- a horn inthe village band. EVERETT TRUE ? Im As |. ‘DE FORMER | sider it only as it will help’us to un- ! dividual, retard his progress nor does | it prove an obstacle to his becoming a man.in a high executive position, of ,the government. We should be proud to belong to a profession that can furnish from its ranks such) honorable men. Let us honor our profession, serve it better because of those who have gone before us. Our past.is secure in history. Let us con- derstand and appreciate the present. ‘The: present is ours,~ tull~ of meaning and loaded with respon- sibility. If we, the — teach- ers of this land, do our whole duty, | profit will come from the lessons of the past. The duties of the present will be.performed with joy and the hope of, the future will be ultimately | realized. CARMICHAEL, Burnstad, N. D, | Agricultural College, N. D., October 25, 1921. . BE. I. Editor, Tribune, Bismarck, N. D. Dear #riend: I again want thank you for the splendid way you assisted in handling the information about the National Dairy Show through your newspaper. It was only through the use of your columns that’the large delegation at- terided from this state. The at- tendance was above expectation and the progrhm was very successful from what letters I have had. Much good has already reacted from ths tour, as there have been five carloads of dairy cows shipped in and I have numerous letters on my desk, asking for assistance in pur- chasing a few ‘head. Again thanking you’ for this great assistance and hoping that we can _keep the wood work moving, I am Very truly yours, MAX MORGAN, Dairy Specialist. Donnybrook, N. D., October 22, 1921, Dear. Sir:—I have carefully read the! f{nitiated election laws in the publicity pamphlet. for the -recall ‘election, Oct. | 28th. . They will not accomplish what, is claimed for them, but they -will Ve BY CONDO Yes, str, IM A | NEVER WANTS ANYTHING ELSE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, ’21 y Harnifur. © Ina republican form of gov- tmment we must have parties and party quarrels should be confined in party ‘matters within the party. With our limited olection expenses a pre- mium on*crooks will really, be made if / tiey should be enacted. Furthermore jour election expenses will be increas- ed $200,000 without considering indi- vidual expenses. Bh Yours truly, H, 'N. Midtbo. The wonder of-the age is how wo- men hide it. 9 ; One move to enforce prohibition would be to move the Hahamas. God dress our happy home. ~ We can't. . And if Turkey whips Greece will she take over the Greek cafes? The handwriting on che wall means some smal boy is going to get a lick- Ing. : : “Harvard starts:course in Chinese language.” Been.having trouble with the laundry, n A, millionaire has married a mar curist who will continue to get money from his hands. After we; recognize Mexico she can take back, her boll weevil. In times: of peace, be peaceful. i Dreams don’t: go by~contraries un- til they-marry.- The trouble with ‘statistics showing prices dre lower is-you can’t ‘eat sta- tistics, It is Hard to telithé' truth because you see itso seldom. ‘ ‘ ‘ “Insects cost $100,000,000 yearly.” clude pessimists © This weather is so changeable the man in charge must be a woman. Rockefeller’s income is $19 per min- ute. He got rich while we figured it out. 7 The Jap peril i%& being’ called; Ja- panic and Japoplexy; but it is only Yappin-geese. = A- large rhubarb crep is seported but we may have: better luck; néxt year, The only thing harder than living within an income is living without one. : Wonder if’ this 2-to suppress ‘prohibition’ jokes js'/uimed at prohi- bition enforcement? Enrollment of _ Schools Compared High schools of the state have an average of 79 99-141 students accord- ing to the 1920-21. statistics of the North Dakota schools. In making up this average the schools vary from the smallest with ten pupils to the largest with almost six hundred. That many’of the high schools of the state are very close to the general average is shown, however, by the fact that but five schools of the state have above 300 pupils, four have be- tween 200 and 300 and twenty-three have between: 100 and 200 With statistics for one of the 142 high schools in the state’ missing, the total number of high school students is 11,239. Approximating the num- ber of children enrolled in three counties for, which fjgures are not available, from the..number.of child- ren of school age jn ;the; three coun- ties, 167,184 different individuals are under instruction in the - high and grade schools of the state. Eliminat- ing difficult fractions, these figures indicate that seven of every hundred students in the public schools of the state are in the high schools and 93 of every hundred in the grades. That there is a great variation in the state is shown, from the city of Fargo alone, ‘where thirteen and a half of every hundred are in the high school. The thirty-three high: schools of the state having one hundred or more pupils are Beach Bismarck Bottineau Bowman Cando Carrington \Casselton . Cavalier .. Cooperstown . Crosby .. Devils : Li Dickinson Fargo Grafton . Grand Forks Jamestown Kenmare LaMoure Langdon Larimore Lidgerwood Lisbon ... Mandan Mayville Minot ... New. England Oakes ...¥. Park River . Rugby .-, Valley-City Wahpeton Williston Velva . wlll 306 213 103 -210 120 The season of coughs, colds, croup and bronchial troubles is at hand. ;Every. mother will be interested in this letter from Mrs, E, K. Olson, Ohio Ave., Superior, Wis, 1917 “I tried: |many different-kinds of qongh medi- cine, but now I never want anything. else ‘than Foley’s.Honey and Tar. I used it for my children when I lived in-Jowa.and also for my. grandchildren Duluth, ‘and it has always done good [uoxb.”.. Contains. no, opiates, ‘Adv. this country over = ‘This doesn’t in- ~ ery . + /