The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 23, 1922, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE’ ——— THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. : Editor GEORGE D. MANN - - % Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY CHICAGO DETROIT Marquette Bldg. Kresge Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK - - - 4 Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. ——<—<——— MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year.. $7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck). Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck).. 5.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota.......... THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) aio WHAT YOU’VE LOST The oldest industrial company in the world is a Swedish firm. Its letterhead announces that it|Seneral : ‘an occasional breathing spell. was founded in the year 1225. | The name of the company is Stora Kopparbergs | Bergslags Aktiebolaget. midable enough to withstand the storms of seven | centuries, Translated, it means, The Great Cop-jthe world—is a woman. per Mountain Mining Company. | This oldest company thas many interests. Pri-| marily it has always been a miner and refiner of copper. ‘ Today it has scientific management in the 33d | degree. Its welfare activities for its employes in-| clude hospitals, libraries, baths, schools, co-opera- mer country homes and “garden plots for the workers’ homes. In a sense, modern civilization considers these | things ideal. 3 Yet it is doubtful if the company’s employes’ are as happy as its employes of many centuries ago, when the miner lugged his ore away from the mine and smelted it in his home. | * We have gained a lot of things by our modern} industrial system. Also, we have lost a lot. The age of alarm clocks, time clocks and ‘sys- | -tem keeps us caged in offices and shops which our | ancestors would have considered prisons. i _ Our great-grandfathers felled trees, made clear- | ings in the wilderness, built log cabins, Musket balls, molded at an. open fireplace, brought them | venison, wild turkeys and other game. : . Tanned deerskin and spinning-wheel solved the clothing problem. Forests yielded free fuel. Great-grandfather had to chop the firewood, and he had to work a few hours a day in his gar- den. But his beloved home was in sight at nearly all times. And the children rollicked about: him) i iand system.as his wife managed the kitchen and The name itself is for-|man. jof pay. They say, what they get a day doesn’t count — that they are idle part of the time, so} jof about 220 days a year. Sundays and holidays imust be added. This ‘eaves,’ roughly, three {miners walk out April 1.' jers. This isn’tso. Country is burning coal now is divorcing himself from outside interests. Gone are the good old days of 1919, when a man could ‘take two hours’ for lunch and knock off at 2:30 p. m. for golf and other violent exercise. It was observable at that time, that private ‘secretaries seemed to have more to do with the actual running of the average business than the boss himself. Aes About all some of the bosses had to do was sign letters and checks. Many ‘of them appeared to be continually “in conference.” s | About 8,500,000 women are gainfully employed ; in American industry... In thousands of offices, |with’ the title of “private secretary,” they have \been handling the wheel. | The importance of the part played by women in industry cannot be over-estimated, t But the greatest business ability in America; is in the home. If the average corporation head had managed his business with as much economy 1 household, the sheriff would be getting Woman is thriftier and more far-sighted than After all’s said and done, Atlas—who holds up : _ ‘THE REAL PROBLEM Coal miners put forth a new idea in the ‘matter their compensation should be on a basis to insure them‘a fair income for the. whole year..~ Since 1899, coal miners have worked an average months during which the average miner is idle. The solution of this 225 per cent labor surplus? Some think there are too many miners. There would be, if mines could be kept running con- stantly. ‘ i But the public buys by fits and stants. Miners have to be on hand, like firemen waiting for an alarm. This is the real mine-labor problem. DOESN’T FEAR STRIKE Non-union. mines can furnish the country with 6,000,000 tons of a coal'a week in event the union This is the estimate by J. D. A. Morrow, official of the leading association of coal operators. Morrow gays a coal- strike could last several menths without seriously inconveniencing consum- at the rate of 7,500,00 tons .a week. By April, consumption will require at least 9,000,000. tons. Even if the shortage were only 50,000 tons a week, buyers would bid against each other. A run- away market would result. as he wielded ax and hoe. Life was in the open — healthy, glorious, with , birds singing by the thousands and sweet wood-| land scents filtering through the sunshine on the’ pure air. : | We eat out of a tin can and a cold storage plant | now. Our water is treated chemically to kill) germs. Spinning-wheel and deer are gone; cloth- | ing eats into our pay. Forests are nearing ex-| tinction and sooty coal costs like sixty. | All is system—methodical, this regulated, that! prohibited. Such is progress. And the ultimate | goal is—what? No one knows. Apparently, though, the goal isn’t happiness and health. i | TO BE EXPECTED Receivership courts work Overtime. | Business.) failures continue at a heavy rate. That was ta | be expected. Too many went into business for) themselves during the boom. , Old law‘is at: work*“the survival of the fittest. The strong will dodge, the ‘sheriff. The weak are being weeded out.” ” ‘ | , Some of the big companies that conducted af-| fairs on a pipe-organ basis are in difficulties, | while tin-whistle small companies are riding the storm... ‘ During the 1919 boom, the country had 289,768 | manufacturing. companies, employing 9,103,200 ‘wage-earners. ‘ -' That was one plant for each 31 employes. One-| to-100 would be a better average for this age of | quantity production. Balance is being restored | by Old Man Bankruptcy.‘ 3 MRS. ATLAS : Employers are talking about “the increased productivity of labor” as one of “the hopeful signs of the times.” The bricklayer lays more bricks an hour, the:coal heaver heaves more coal, the shipping clerk drives more nails. «| In hard times when two men are after one job, the competition speeds things up. Scientists classify this as the instinct of self-preservation. . In boom times, when-there are more jobs than job-hunters, the average man does less work. Like the elephant, who stops the circus parade ynless he gets an occasional prod. » It’s a curious combination of psychology and biology. With exceptions, it applies to all. of us, whether we work for wages, salaries or straight profits. ® Neck-and-neck with the increased productivity | of employes there’s an increased productivity of employer; 7 Gr Ene ; The bosses’ are getting down ‘to work earlier staying tater: “Shirt sleeves “are*rotled“‘tip; |@isputes. LOST TO FARMERS Livestock on farms and ranges in- our country midnight oil burns, and Honorable Swivel Chair’ 7h i hi \) DON’T BY RUTH ABELING (New York, Feb. 23.—“If you want to create—don’t develop your critical faculties.” the Writers’ Workshop. Miss Weil for years was reader for a number of the ‘big book publishing concerns in New York and now, ‘= the Writers Work- shop, which: is: her. own, she still acts as the medium between writer and publisher.. veloped at the expense.of the creative” says Miss.Weil. “And I think this is true not‘only of writing,; but of every other art.:.s5 b & of “We who (criticize cannot create, “Taking (u:into) consideration the trend of the public. taste I think the two major qualities; which. tend ‘o make success in writing,or art are: “One—An, honest reflection of life. “Two—Perseyerance,; “Pyblic, taste is changing,” says this woman,:,who for,years has had 2 the pulse of the read- ing world,,; “People..no; longer want pure fiction,.,tales of. Jove, fancifully woven things... They,,are demanding ‘biography, stories ot people who hrve done things, with something of the romance of their lives.”” slumped in value $3,385,237,000 during 1921, says |, “Possibly this means that the world Department of Agriculture.| This is due toa drop of nearly 42 per cent in market price. The balloon has been pricked, but farmers still have the balloon. From the livestock slump they learn that all value is imaginary until it’s cash- ed in. EDITORIAL, REVIEW | Comstients. reproduced in this Soluny express the opinion af The Tribune’ _ ny 1 in order'that our readers may have-both sides of Important inues which are being discussed in the press of the day. . KENYON:BIEL A MAKESHIFT Senator Kenyon’s bill to create 4 coal labor board may serve as the basis for Some'more effec- tive legislation to avert a ‘coal miners’ strike, in accordance with the gf éntiment ‘that: the Federal government should take some action for that purpose, but the bill, if made now, would do little but bring the miners’ and operators’ repre- és — e : 'sentatives together for an argument on their dif-|| A THOUGHT FOR ferences. Beyond laying:down a few general prin- ciples, the bill provides no means of settling such If there is to be any decision by the proposed board, it cannot be enforced. The demand of the United Mine Workers for a six-hour day and a five day week, with time and| a half for.overtime and double time on Sundays land holidays, is made on a theory with which Ineither the operators nor the public will agree. ‘That theory is that the industry should support h lor little production. When demand for coal slack- ‘ens, the men are to work shorter hours. and re- ‘ceive as much pay as before, with no diminution jin the numbér employed. Up will go the price of coal when the people are lesg able to pay for it. [Such a thecry is absutd, if applied to all industry, \for it would raise prices in exactly the same pro-! ia certain number of men, whether there is much | is becoming more (practical in regard to its reading. “"*"" “Memoirs .are popular. They, too, move fbetter than most fiction does now.” . ‘As for Mic~ Weil herself, and her career in the literary world. “Graduated from Bryn Mawr, I came to New York determined that I should get into the writing world. “I visited one after another of the publishing houses and finally went to Asean and was giyen a posi- tion. 2 AMALIA TAN | LEARN A. WORD |. EVERY DAY Etre reo bce Today’s word is PURLIEU. _, dt’s pronounced—purr-loo with ac- cent on the first syllable. It means—outskirts, environs, mar- gin, edge, aes Its used like ¢this—“Many four- flushers and upstarts move in the nurlfeus gi high society’ that is, about the edges of society. + | TODAY | LE ER ESTATES a EF - Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.— Proverbs 3:7, History and experience are not without examples of a hard self-oblit- eration in most things, which is as cruel to others as it, is to itself. Rigid in observation of rule, such persons fail utterly\in the cultivation of the spirit and temper which alone is valuable. Knox Little. | AT THE THEATERS | “MUSKETEERS” A GORGEOUS AND IMPRESSIVE FILM If anybody is in doubt about the costume play as an excellent form of motion picture entertainment, he should see Douglas Fairbanks’ picture |portion as purchasing power declines. In the end, | ‘the public would not be able to buy anything and | \trade would be destroyed. i The operators are equally in the wrong in their , itheory that coal prices should be high enough to, make the oldest mine and the one producing the | |poorest quality of coal profitable to operate, which, | ‘of course means an enormous profit to the best mine. : The coal question is so involved with transpor- itation that it is vitally important, in case of a ‘miners’ strike,,to brook no interference with sales. baxadehiveriegSt. Paul Pioneer Pe am \ version of Alexander Dumas’ classic story, “The Three Musketeers,” which lis at the Capitol theater this week. Featuring the costumes of the early Seventeenth Centhry, this film stands as one of the ‘most inrpressive and gor- Zeous photoplays of motion picture history. It is thrilling, romantic, crammed full of red-blooded adventure and reveals Douglas Fairbanks in a type of work _ which is in some re- spects typical of past performances, but on the whole aitfors from any oth- er interpretation he has ever given Use pe Paithetrole-of D’Attagnan, the dashi- ing swordsman who intercepted one Whaikowlest intrignes/eveti an i by Cardinal Richelieu, pile eas oll This, from Miss Matilde Weil of “Critical faculties ‘are .always de-|' MISS MATILDE WEIL “I was put to work addressing en- velopes! ‘i “Finally I went into the chiet’s of- fice and told him I thought he was wasting my abijity—that I wasn’t worth what he was paying me, “He ‘looked up casually’ and said, ‘Yes?—then you might take these home—see what you‘can do with them., | He gave me some manuscripts. I read !them nights—gave my decisions mornings, and‘ then addressed envel- opes during the day. eet “Finally it was discovered that I really could do bigger things and I was given manuscript reading to do ‘entirely, until at.length my opinions’ were the finai ones.” j“Doug” is called upon tor’ a greater display of histrionic ability than in TO MARKET, TO MARKET— : BE CRITICAL IF YOU’D CREATE, * SAYS READER OF MANUSCRIPTS tion of the story by Edward Knoblock, noted dramatist, and Fred Niblo as di- {rector has developed very situation in a way that enabled Fairbanks to make the most of it. From the standpoint of photography “The Three Musketeers” is one of the most beautiful pictures ever made. Arthur Edeson, the cameraman, has | done much to contribute to the success of the photoplay. CONSEQUENCES | eS = + (BY BRETON BRALEN,) Outside it’s been snowing ees For more than a week, The winter wind’s blowing With blood-chilling shriek; Ins{de we’ve no fuel, No meat and no bread— My gosh, life is cruel! And all hore is fled. > My sweetheart has died of A cynanide pill;- She ‘lies by the side of My half-brother Bill Who's stabbed in three places, TI sit here and think; ‘With carbolic acid All ready*to drink. T’ve. murdered, unheeding, \ My uncles and aunts, For I have been reading A Russian romance! (Copyright, 1922, NEA Service.) pe HAD THAT. TIRED, WORN-OUT FEELING ¢ Do you know that “awful tired feel- ing,” languidness, lame or weak back, sore. muscles, stiff or swollen joints, or rheumatic pains usually indicate kidney trouble? Foley Kidney Pills act promptly and” effectively. Mrs. Poberta Lilly, 709 Alton St., Alton, Ill, writes: “For three years I had a tired, worn-out feeling. Various treatments failed. I bezan to improve anything he has done since leaving the speaking stage for pictures. a He.has heen given an ideal ,adap- ra 4 | EVERETT TRUE‘ THERE'S ROR, You Wontr COAT HANGER tw WIL on’ the second dose of Foley. Kidney Pills and today I feel like new.” Adv. BY CONDO : AT XING AReUNS AGAIN JUST WHERE “YoU TOOK Toren IF USE WHE PUAN We may get our credit for winning the war, but Europe has our cash. Again they say Dempsey will mar- ty. It may be true that he has at last found someone to fight him. Look before you drink—it may be your last look. \ Every social lion meets his tamer. ie aa Federal bonus now has six service chevrons and 60 wound stripes. a — “U, S. Has Half of .World’s Gold’— headline. If you don’t believe it look at people’s teeth. ne Girl wants $100,000 because she way called a vamp. Many would give that much to get called a vamp. The early bird ig lucky if he catches a car. “Look prisperous vertises a pressing shop. cower of the press is great. Prohibiting jazz by law would be a fine way to°make it popular. iy x anyway,” ad- Yes, the Ex-kaiser will not matry the rich widow.''Réports that he is crazy may be true after all. as ee ‘ Uncle Joe Cannon leaving Congress is another kind of disarmament. New York schools are considering serving’ breakfast.. That's one way to get the Ieids there on time. Trouble in getting rich quick is in getting’ away quick afterward. ~ peters There is nc use in chickens worry- ing over the low pricé of their eggs. Waster is coming. to the rescue. seas One cause of the house shortage maybe divorce. ‘K es Chicagoans found a way to _beat ‘the income tax. -They invested in ' swindlers: Spring will te here soon if Borah | doesn’t object. x ere ty Health Hint: Never cuss.a police- man or drop a box of T. N. T. — Bandits got $7,500 from a doctor’s safey Other: doctors want to know this doctor’s collecting methods. ¢ — “It would take 10 years to move Hollywood,” protests one. Yes, yes, they must get their clothes from their neighbors’: ouses. ~ y _ Secretary Fall: said, “Alaska alone could pay for the war.” And ‘the next day ‘Harding announced that he would spend June in Alaska. Fee ee aint races Cheer up! The worst is yet to go. Amid,all the wreck, are Fioh iis SIR Whe ee So, listless and flaccid, | ADVENTURE OF | | THE TWINS | >—_ —o By Olive Barton Roberts ‘Nick looked after Nancy, whom the gypsy woman was leading into the leave. Then he looked at the great chocolate cake that had been set out to ool. ; . Some way he felt that things were going all wrong. y Just then something dropped out o! his pocket. It was the note the Magi- cal Mushroom had left' in the orchard. S<“r¢cpétter not lose that,” thought Nick; atid’ he stooped to pick it up. But’ 1o°and behold, the writing had changed from blue to red! He opened it and read: “Don’t go into the cave. The gypsy woman is Twelve Toes the Sorcerer.” “Nancy,” he-screamed. “Come back. Don’t1go in: there. Come back and we'll:start on:our journey. over. the Seven Mountains.” ‘But//Nency; didn’t hear. Only the jeypsy,:women turned and leered at him, a queer-crooked smile. ‘No wonder the. little girl didn’t hear, for the cloth the woman had given her to wipe up the spilled icing was the Cloth of Dreams. Whoever held it forgot everything and believed whatever he was told. “Nancy, Nahcy!” Nick kept cailing, running after his sister. He intended to rescue her if he could before it was too late. “Come, come, little master,” said the gypsy woman sweetly, stooping suddenly and holding out her hand. “The more the merrier. We'll have quite a little party.” Before he knew what was happan- ing, she had taken Nick’s hand and placed the other end of the choth in it that Nancy held, the Cloth of Dreams, you know, my dears, and that was the end of poor Nick, or his memory. Instantly he forgot that he and Nancy were on an errand for the Fairy Queen. 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