The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 26, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST. tonight and Tuesday. Not change in temperature Fair much LAST EDITION ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1923 GOVERNMENT ASSEMBLY ENTERS LAST WEEK OF ' SESSION WITH APPROPRIATIONS, BANKING, ROAD ACTS, BEFORE IT Part of Election Laws Program, Most of State Industries Law and Other Important Measures Di: ed of During ; Last Three Days Eases Burden of the 18th Assembly | Which Ceases Friday at Midnight. HOME BUILDERS REPEAL LAWS COMPLETED The eighteenth general assembly entered its final week | today. Although several important measures have been dis- posed of finally, there remained many important bills to be acted on before Friday at midnight. F When the sessions opened today the house had before it the income tax bill, slated to pass during the day little changed from form in which it came from the senate; the hig institutional, appropriations, the good roads legislation from the senate, important banking measures urged by the Guaranty Fund Commission; and the senate bill changing property valuations for taxation from a 100 to a 75 per cent basis and removing most of the present exemptions. The senate had cleaned up most of its important work, having but 36 house bills in committee when it met today, ; and those on the calendar were to be cleared up today. H Leaders accepted Lieutenant-Governor Hyland’s sugges- tion that this business be cleared up as quickly as possible, so that the senate can give timé to consideration of confer- ence committee reports and senate bills amended in the house. The house had 126 senate bills left today. Home Builders Dies aetna OTR ‘The house of representatives made big strides Saturday after- READY TO RUN: RUHR ROADS) In Possession of Strip of Ter- ritory Between Cologne | and Coblenz with purchasers j which The operation was plan- | * To Die for penalty. Belgian Ruhr Murder Lieutenant Graf, handcuffffed to his Belgian guards, is shown here | man; ashe wal being taken to Aix la Chappelle where he will receive the death | Mourg ‘This German officer was sentenced to death for the murder of (Clemons of Fargo treasurer trooper. Note his unconcerned expression. STORY OF DAKOTA BOY WHIPPED TO _ DEATH IN MODERN SLAVE CAMP IN FLORIDA BROUGHT TO LEGISLATURE | The eof Martin Tabert, slain in a Florida prison camp by flog- ging, may be placed before the state senate here today, and the endors ment of that body given to the fight in which citizens of all Cavalier county are joining, to sec that justice is meted out to ES s cr of the boy and to fight the tem of contract prison labot. Armed with “letters and affi reveal the Florida system of leaging prisoners —not convicts alone but persons in county jails for smali offenses—to lumber companies to work in the swamps under the lash of a boss, B. E. Groom, associate of the Cavalier County of Langdon, acting as ngdon he is commis- Sun- the special emissary of the L of which county club, sident and the oners, arrived to present the c: Tabert, 22 years old when he was slain, came from a good family, and although convicted of v Florida. for stealing ari train he was not a tramp—just a boy out to see the world, suddenly gone broke, Groom. said. Seeking Adventure Summed up briefly the affidavits cured show that Martin Tabert, Commercial pr d marek APOPLEXY IS FATAL 0 ALEX. P. GRAY Prominent Mandan Business- man Stricken While Sitting Up in Bed Mandan, Feb. 26.—Alexander P. Gray, 58 years, manager of the Farmers. Elevator company of Mandan, resident of North Dakota ince 1906 died suddenly of apop- lexy Sunday afternoon. : He had apparently recovered from a severe three months illness L noon in disposing of some of the most important matters of legis- lation before the present asset bly. Among these measures were: Concurrence in senate _amend- ments to house bill No. 243, viding for a $2,000,000 bond to providing working capital for the Grand Forks terminal mill and elevator. Passage, unamended, of the sen- ate bill providing for liquidation of the affair: of the state Home Building Association, providing for settlement of | homes. -_-_— | Repeal of the act authorizing a " 7 Rw! $2,000,000 bond issue for the Home! 1M PORT WORKERS! Building Association. i fee Ae ! sage of two acts in con- ities a sll with no: patty clection law.| Bochum Diciplined For Atti-; ssage of a resolution for con- stitutional amendment bermitting tude by Wholesale | : 30-year amortization’ farm ‘i ' ioans; also bill giving Industrial] Arrests | Commsson* power to cancel low ——— i denomnation bonds and substitute esseldorf, Feb. 26.—The| honds of higher denominations. ich are in possession of the! The speed with which the house ‘strip of territory between the! has disposed of some of the big- Cologne and Coblenz and the Cob- | gest measures of the session em-|lenz and Mayence bridgeheads, | phasizes the determination of In-;thereby securing railway lines that | dependent leaders to push all im-;have heretofore been in unoccupied portant legislation through before } territory. the last minute rush, to prevent/ned to strengthen the Rhineland} failure of legislation or lack of!customs control. H proper considéyation for import-| Between 12,000 and 15,000 civi- | ant measures. lian workers frem France and Bel- | Oppose Bank Resolutions gium are ‘awaiting the order that! Opposition developed in the!will put them at work on the rail-j house to the senate resolution for|way lines throughout the Ruhr; a_ constitutional amendment pro- | and Rhineland. viding for bond issue of $7,500,-; Plans for operating the roads; | 000 to pay depositors of closed|it is expected, will be completed | banks, and the measure went over{this week. German employes are for a legislative day before final! to be offered their former jobs! action is taken. The house killed} with the understanding that if they the bill to substitute a gross earn-| refuse to return to work they will! ings tax for the property tax on! be expelled. telephones, on the ground that it} The disciplining of the city of! would lower the phone company| Bochum for its attitude toward the | taxes at the present. occupation has been marked by The senate income tax bill was} wholesale aiwests as well as by; virtually disposed of when _the!the virtual declaration of a state, amendments proposed by Non-!of seige. The French showed their partisans were defeated in com-!strength by bringing tanks and: providing for liquidation of affairs| machine gups to the heart of the! of the assocation passed. unchang-| town and then issued an order for. ed from the senate measures, andj bidding residents to appear on the! will now go to the Governor for | street after 9 o’clock this evening. signature Senate bill No. 277 au-| Most of the persons arrested! thorizes the Industrial Commission | have been released. H to sell for cash or deferred pay- mentg on the best terms possible the homes already built by the! Home Building Association at the market value obtaining at the time the homes were built. An arbitra- tion board, with the _ purchaser naming one member, the ndus- | trial Commission another and the; supreme court the third, may be} named to settle any dispute. Neith-} er this bill not the bill repealing the bond issue were. amended in| the house. When house bill No. 243, intro- duced by Rep. Freeman, Grand Forks, came back from the senate! amended, the house econcurred by! a vote practically unanimous. i Will Issue Bonds ( | Cc. E. Austin, general manager of the Grand Forks project, who; was a spectator, expressed plea-/ sure at the passage of-the measure which, as amended by the senate, permits a maximum bond issue of $2,000,000 to provide working cap- ital for the mill. Mr. Austin said IN BEACH JAIL FOR ROBBERY Charged ‘with ‘Conspiracy in Rifling of Two Mail Bags Fargo, Feb. 26.—Three young men are being held in the Gojden Valley county jail at Beach for con spiracy in theft of two first class mail bags at the Northern Pacific depot at Beach last Wednesday according to U. S. district attor- ney M. A. Hildreth here, . e youths gave their names as that bonds probably would be is- 8 soon, expressing off hand the opinion that perhaps ‘vould be issued before spring’ and perhaps an additional $500,000 fore next fall. The house killed house bill No. 184, over the protest of Rep. Lar- son, the author and others. It provided a 2 cent maximum’ mar- gin for shrinkage. It was intend- ed, Rep. Peters said, to protect the grain buyers for line elevator houses, by providing adefinite limit beyond which he gone not go in allowing for shrinkage. Since mill city houses require buyers to give equal ‘weight to that bought the buyer must make «allowance, or forfeit on his bond,-and under (Continued on Page Three) tinw $500,000 | Th Arthur Tuttle, Hildreth declares. e sacks were recovered unopen- ed on, the right of way near the depot where a watch was kept in the hopes of catching the thieves. They did not return but were later arrested on other evidence. ENTERS THIRD WEEK Marion, Ill., Feb. 26.—Thes third week of the second Herrin riot trial began today with both de- fense and state expressing high hopes that the jury will be com- plese. soon. Eight of the jurors ve been accepted and two agreed on tempor: G Below 1,000 fathhoms the temper- ature of the ocean never varies. Tom Smith, Waldo Neudick, and} tand was sitting up in his bed and talking to a friend when he was suddenly stricken. He was a native of Lake City, ;Minn., and had been in the grain ‘business 36 years. Funeral ser- ‘vices will be held Tuesday with i Knight templers in charge. He was a member of El Zagel shrine of i ‘argo and all the York rite Ma- jSonic bodies of/Mandan. He is survived by a wife and six chil- | dren. | j ' i H Resolutions were adopted at a | meeting of Independent Democratic imembers of the state legislature, | Democratic state officials and ota- ers repudiating the action taken by the Democratic state executive ‘committee at Fargo in dondemning the non-party election law and call- ing for a meeting of the state cen- ral committee in Bismarck Satur- day, March: 3, to discuss. the election bills. ‘A formal request for a call. for the state committee meeting will be dispatched to Chairman Gaius Wooledge of Minot and Secretary Henry Holt of Grand ‘Forks. Sena- tor T, J. Kelsi was chairman and R. J. Murphy. secretary of the Dem- ocratic conference which decided upon this course of action. The request for the ¢all for tae state central committee meeting says that “tae said chairman, G. 8S. Wolledge, has exceeded his author- ity and appointed an executive com- mittee. consisting. of eleven people, two of whom are not members of fired by the stories of adventure and the outside world by his brothers re- turning from in France, started out in October 1921 with fair amount of money, to see world. He wa SenV and when two years old was brought by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben pert to a point néar Munich in ier county, N reared. He worked at various points but |st knew nothing of labor conditicns demands. Then on December 15, 1 he was arrested, as a vagrant was stealing a ride s fixed at $25 Martin jail wired home, but pre December 21 that they : zy his fin But there was no merry Christ Martin. Some weeks la- mas gift f ter the letter came bj at request of Sheriff, Lumber company as “convict labc ajold I. V. the | born in Minnesota . D. where he was |didates it favors. H on a train county, Florida. His fine} phase in North Dakota politi or three months in | the homefolks for the moment were hard|to function sc far as state politics| ed for cash and it was not unti! | chim a check for $75.00 with which to pay k, inscribed |demning the action of the Demo- on the face of the envelope pieetnn erable state executive comm: party gone, but not for any great distance. |non-party state e He had been leased to the Putnam;calling for a me REORGANIZE ~TALAGNAME OF DRY LEADER NELSON HEAD New Body Is Formed at Meet. ing of Independents Here | to Replace Old eats \ IS OUTLINED} PLAN _ Organization to Have State] Committee, District and | | Local Committee i | ' Theodore G. Nelson was elected; chairman of the state central com-| mittee of the Independent Voters ssociation at the close of a meet-} ing of the temporary state com-} {mittee at an early hour this morn-! ing, at which the temporary organ- | ization of the reorganized I. V. A.! (was completed. Senator T. J. Ke iof Fullerton was chosen vice-chair- | iss Laura Sanderson of La-| secretary and P. V i The new organization came in- {to being Saturday night at a con- | ference of Independents at the) ‘Rialto theater, the conference be-/ ing called by chairmen of the In-/ dependents in the legislature. With the signing by Governor |Nestos'of senate bill No. the jnon-party clection bill, the old committee of twenty-one, compos- jed of seven representatives of the “real Republican” state committee; | ithe Democratic state committee! and the Independent Voters Asso-| ciation, will cease to function. The d - A. also will dissolve. | i The new organization will be} jhon-partisan, and according to the ik olutions, will devote itself chief- {ly to securing election to state of- ‘fi and to the legislature of can- © n or organ ion, with a tate central committee, legislative \district_ committees and — precinct »,committees, was formed. | New Phase of Politics { The organization marks an The Republican and Democrat committees presumably will cease | are involved, if senate bill No. 233} holds up on the referendum. | Democratic Action An informal conference of! , Democrats was held Sunday af- ternoon at which resolutions con- ittee in| t week in opposing the! ion law, and! ng of the state| committee of the party: Fargo las central The parents thought’ he had been) here next Saturday to take a stand! (Continued on Page 8) 198 ARE ORDERED DEPORTED UNDER U. S. ALIEN ACTS Washington, Feb. ticn authorities have begun an ex- tensive survey of industrial area in New Jersey Pennsylvania, Sec, Davis announc- ed today to determine how many aliens have been smuggled into the act. Warrants ordering deporation of; mitted by the committee did not; 198 individuals have already been Contain a name for it, and it was issued. Would Kill Regulatory Change: Committee reports killing the bills drawn for revision of the state re ulatory department laws was to be made to the house of representa: tives today, it being held the laws are too stringent in many respects. The log book of the Endeavor, with Captain Cook’s diary of his first voyage of exploration in the South ‘Seas, in 1764 is soon to be sold in London, ’ INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS FLAY THE ACTION OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE’ the Deinocratic state central com- mittee.” It recites that the “said illegally appointed executive committee has attempted to function, and me tions as-one of its acts resvlutiol adopted at Fargo on February which are said to be “derogatory to the Democrats of the state of North Dakota, and said committee at such time and place also condemned tae action of, the Democrat members of the 18th legislative assembly of the state of Norta Dakota for sup- porting the act known as the Non- Party Election Law” and asked the measure be referred to vote of the people. The state central committee is asked to meet at Bismarck March 3 “for the purpose of selecting an ex- ecutive committee according to law, and to repudiate the acts of tae legally constituted executive com- mittee of the Democratic State Cen- tral Committee, and to transact such other business as may beoby said Democratic State Central Com- mittee deemed necessary.” —Emigra-|taken by the executive committee! in violation of the Freeman} iin opposition to the executive com-| ‘mittee. Senator Kelsh was chair-| nan of the meeting. It went on| frecord as favoring the non-party | jelection bill and the new Indepen- | ident Voters Associafion organi-| zation, There probably will be a state-| | wide convention of the Independent | | Voters Association in the spring| to form a permanent organization. 'No action leading to this end was! jorganization, however. The eJec- jtion of officers of the State ¢en-| and Northeast/ tral committee this morning com-/ {pleted the temporary organization. | {A fund of about $500 was raised / to carry on the work temporarily. Plan of Organization he plan of organization sub- i jon motion from the floor that the! ;name “Independent Voters Asso-! ition” was adopted. i It is provided that there shall; three units in the organization {the precinct or ‘voting district ;organization, legislative district jorganization and the state central organization. The strength of {each organized would be measured jby and based upon the total vote j for its candidate for Governor in} jeach of the several units. i ; The state central committee; ; would be composed of the district; ‘representatives selected for mem-! \bership on the state committee, and the committee would select, ‘either from its membership or out- side of it, a chairman and a vice- jchairman. There also would be a state ex- ecutive committee consisting of j one of the district representatives from each judicial district for each 10,000 votes or major fraction therecf cast for the organization's |candidate for Governor at the ‘last | general election, providing each{ judicial distriét would be entitled; to at least one member. The mem-} bers of the executive committee would be selected by the district| representative of the district state| dommittee. The state executive) committee would have power to se- lect from its membership, or out- side of it, a sécretary. ! Each legislative district would have a central committee composed of the precinct representatives eleéted for membership. Members of the legislative district commit- tee. would elect from their - own number one person for every two thousand votes, or major fraction thereof, cast for the organizations candidate for governor at the last precinct election, to represent the district on ‘the state central com- mittee. Voters in the precincts would assemble biennially sometime be- tween Jenusry 1 and May 1 of all (Continued on Page ) ibe THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE INDICTMENT IS REQUESTED New York District Attorney Charges Anti-Saloon Head With Grand Larceny SUBPOEN. OFFICIALS Gifts of Rockefellers to Pro- hibition Cause Under Scrutiny ew York, District Attorney Pe ed this morning that he would go before the grand jury this after- nosn with a request that William H. Anderson, state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of New York, be indicted on a charge of grand larceny. With four officials of the state anti-saloon league under — sub- poena, Mr. Pecora expected to present to a grand jury today evi- dence concerning the manner in or _ Yesterday Mr. Anderson, speak- ing in an Albany pulpit, declared |he was the victim of a “far-reach-! ing conspiracy” in which Tam- many, wet Republican machine politicians and wet financial inter- ests were involved. He charges that the conspirators were using Raymond B. Fosdick legal representative of the Rocke- fellers, and, a personally hostile em- ploye of John D, Rockefeller” to; help their fight. This brought an immediate re-! sponse from John D. Jr. Telephoning from Rockefeller Foreman, Florida, Mr. Rockefeller authoriz- | ed a statement in waich he said: ‘osdick is guilty of par- pation in any wet conspiracy I am: guilty, too, for he has repre- nted me in this matter for two years and I have fully approved his every action and he has had and still re my full confidence * * * * insofar as the gifts elf to the an- aloon league are concerned we of my father and my: ti-s have ourselves published them on/ several occasions. We feel that the. source of all reeeipts of such organizations as the anti-saloon league should be known and that also that a full public accounting should be made of the use of the money as contributed.” Mr. Pecora’s inquiry specifically relates to $24,700 spent by the lea- gue for publicity and’ charges C. B. Phillips, collector for the league, of “splitting of commis- sions.” WILL DISCUSS. WHETHER T0 CLOSE CERTAIN CHURCHES Spokane, Fe of whether to d The question continue the Ger- man_ speaking churches of the northwest will be discussed at a district meeting of the German Methodist ministers here tomor- row. The German conference was founded in 1880. During the last several years the number of the congregation has been diminish- ing. The ocean's depth at any point can be ascertained now by echoes obtained through the instruments used during the war to locate sub- marines. . CHANGE CONFERENCE RESOLUTION TO ELIMINATE “STRONG ARM” PROVISION "ses to tt nted and adopt- ed without discussion ut the Inde- pendent conference here Saturday night at which the reorganization of the Independent Voters Associa- Resolutions pr tion was perfected were changed somewhat at another conference last night to eliminate what i termed by some “strong arm tions.” The section. arousing opposition particularly read: Furtaer resolve that no person or press can stand hostile to such legislation (non- party election laws) and at the same time remain loyal to the forces of good government that have re- deemed the state from the disgrace into waich it has been cast, and we most earnestly declare that all must now take their stand in support of such legislation or align taem- selves with the socialistic crew which has so nearly destroyed our commonwealta.” . One explained. that the section was not generally noticed when the resolutions were read. It was modified to read: «ue + * and we believe that when these Independents who ‘aave expressed doubt of the advisability of the enacting of such laws hdve fully considered the laws as finally passed, they will concede taeir necessity at this time and will give to them the hearty support which they have retofore given the in- dependent cause.” The attitude of the conference on the election laws, and the determin- ation to uphold them, is fully told which Supt. Anderson handled the; ‘LIFE SENTENCE GIVEN SLAYER AFTER TWO TRIALS Charles C Ia., Feb. 26.— Denied a rehearing Saturday and sentenced to life imprisonment at Fort Madison, B. F. Kneskern of Pastalia, found guilty in two trials of slaying Irene and Charles Van Brocklin, his tenants, will be tak- en to the penitentiary tonight by Sheriff D. V. Cutler it was an- nounced tod. i Mrs. Kneskerm who was with |her husband when she learned his fate Saturday afternoon became ill ; yesterday and will be unable to | accompany him when he begins his | term. x ‘MEMBERSHIP IN COURT IS HARDING PLEA Would Give America Voice in Stabilizing World | Affairs DELAY ACTION Congress Surprised by Speciai Message from White House INTRODUCE RESOLUTION Washington, Feb. 26.—A reso- lution to carry the new admin- istration proposal for American membership in the International court of justice organized by the League of Nations was intro- duced into the senate today by Senator King, democrat, Utah. There was no discussion and it went over indefinitely. Robinson of Ark Democratic leader gave out a formal statement de- | claring that on preliminary | study he had “a feeling of friendliness” for the adminis- tration plan, but adding that it indicated a policy of “timidity if and half heartedness” by the administration in its foreign policy. Sen. Ribinson said it was un- fortunate that the president had acted so late in the present ses- sion of congress. He also said that the plan was a “repudia- tion” of our policy of no parti- cipation in European affairs. Washington, Feb. Chndition- al American membership in the in- ternational court set up by the League of Nations was proposed Sat- urday by President Harding. In a message to the senate, asking that it advise and consent to such a step, the president declared partic! pation in the tribunal offered an op- portunity through which the United States could demonstrate its will- ingness to aid in preserving world stability without in any manner as-! suming “any legal relation to the league,” Four reservations, the first of which would specifically disclaim a obligations under the league, were suggested by Mr. Harding as necessary condition to membership in the court. The others would give this government a voice in selecting the judges of the court and in mak- ing changes in its basic regulations and would provide that congress de- termine what part of the expenses of the tribunal are to be paid out of the American treasury. Although there had been intima- (Continued on page 3.) PRICE FIVE CENTS _CHARGES PACKERS’ MONOPOLY ° SEC, WALLAE SEEKST0 HEAD OFF PURCHASE Armour and Morris Charged with Violation of Stock- Yards Act COLLUSION AT HINT Head of Agriculture Depart ment Says Purchase of Plan‘ Would Cut Competition Washington, Feb. 26.—Armou and C nd Morris and.Co., Chica go packers, were today served 1: the secretary of agriculture with 1 | complaint charging them with vio lation of the packers and stock yards act in connection with th tentative acquisition plan of bus! ness of Morris and Co. by the At mour interests. Sec, Wallace set April 2 for th: hearing. Armour and Co. of Ill nois, Armour and Co. of Delawar |J. Ogden Armour and Morris ani 'Co.. were named in the complain | complaint stated that on | Dee, 30, J. Ogden Armour entere | irito a written contract with Mo ris and Company to acquire all as sets. In doing so it was said th: j the contract violated ‘the packei Sec, ; ment would have the effect of cre ating a monopoly in many parts « jthe United States in the purchas \of livestock and shipment and sa (of nfeat and other livestock prov | ucts. | The complaint also charges that the contract would have the effect of manipulating prices, | ‘The proposal first came to pul | lic notice early in November whe: | J. Ogden Armour and other offi 'jals of Armour and Co. conferre j with Sec. Wallace. After subs+ | quent conferences beween Mr. Wé ; lace, Pres. Hearding, Atty. Ge | Daugherty, it was decided th | there were no obligations on par ‘of the United States govermmaut | acquiesce to the proposal. Sec. Wallace said that early i: | September he told J, O. Armour an’ E. White, now president of Armov |Co. “that he did not think that > ‘could look with favor upon tl | transaction proposed and suggeste: j that they go no further. Mr. Armour then, he said, r+ | marked that he felt that it wou | be necessary that they complet: the purchase that they might i | crease their volume of busine and thus meet heavy overhei:! charges. | Formal Statement | Mr. Wallace in a formal state ment today said that “whether th- | proposed purchase of Morris an | company is in violation of law i ‘a matter for final determination {It may be argued that by combin ‘ing the business of Armour and | Morris they will be in a position t |compete more vigorously becaus: of economy effected. On the othe hand the refinancing involved may ; also place an additional burden or | the industry. Above all there A | vital principle involved which can- jmot be ignored. It will eliminate ;one of the five largest packers in | the United States and in my opin jon it may result in materially les- sening competition among the buy rs of livestock at the various may i Ss. This is one of the thin; ithe packers and sto | Was intended to prevent Increase Intluence | Secretary Wallace declared t! | Armour influence in the Chicay ; livstock market would be increas: {by 54 per cent, provided the cor pany could buy as large a perce age of the livestock as Morvis a2 Company heretofore bought “The livestock marke sensitive,” the statement B the simple act of refraniing frev sending their buyers into the yar’ promptly on time of uny morai of heavy runs either of the larg in another section. ere are many, Independents, who believe they are as strong opponents of the Nonpar- tisan league as any, tho object to 8 C isions f the election fome provisions ‘of “the lection) OS er cag ‘vers materially: These views include declarations | Press the market. Any act, the: thit the laws, with the new organi-| fore, which materially increas: zation, make permanent the Non-| tie buying percentage of either partisan league in North Dakota,|the larger packers, puts it in power to substantially lessen co: petition and depress prices. P: ducers of livestock need all 7 competition that-now exists.” POSTAL RECEIPTS INDICATE SURPLUS Washington, Feb. 26.—Heavy in creases in postal receipts leads since @nder the laws only a strong organization can put candidates in the field. They hold it postpones the disintegration of the league which they say has been in progress for two years und has been heigat- ened as radicals turned attention to national affairs, such as A. C. Townley is teported to be doing. That it opens the way for dicta- torship in politics and prevents in- dependent thought and action on either side, which they hold is bad for the state. Taat it preserves the form but ipematee General Work to fee destroys the spirit of the primary | ‘he postal service may close the present fiscal year at the end << June with a-surplus as law and therefore wil] be unpopular. That it does, in effect if not in compared with a deficit of $60,800,000 last intention, destroy the fundamental principle of action by political par- | Ye2". Sales of postage stamps for the ties, and virtualy breaks down tae| first six months of the fiscal yeur were $30,000,000 more than the same period last year and: receipts. for January at fiffy selected postoffices ‘thow an increase of almost $4,000,- 000 over Janusry a year ago, Num- erous effected by Postmaster Gtn- eral Work are counted on to hel) prevent a deficit. si hee about Republican and Democratic parties, since the, organization controlling the Independent Voters Association will control the Republican and Democratic parties, because indivi- ‘Quals cannot make progress in tae latter two parties with the high re- quirement of petitions to be 2 ry : didate, unless supported by the I. V, - A qaueemel South Africa now 68 per cent of the worl india rubber. 4 “The arguments for the laws are given fully elsewhere in this issue.