The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 3, 1924, Page 4

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President Coolidge in his me today is on solid ground when he urges governmental economy as the issue of paramount importance. The majority by which he was returned to office is a potent endorsement of his stand upon an issue which has been re- ferred to as “stale” by the opposition press, but the voters felt that it was and is a most vital governmental problem. In this message which should be read carefully by all, President Coolidge puts the issue simply and directly: “We have a heavy burden of taxes to reduce and we are reducing it. But while remarkable progress has been made in these directions, the work is yet far from accomplished. We still owe $21,000,000,000, the cost of the National gov- ernment is still about $3,500,000 and the national taxes still amount to about $27 for each one of our inhabitants. There still exists this enormous field for the application of economy.” Thoughtful officials, ci county and even those who preside over the smaller political subdivisions, can find in- age delivered to Congress spiration in the message if their hearts and minds favor tax redaction. If this nation is to prosper, if this state and this ¢ is to continue along lines of progress the issue of couomy in the administration of public affairs must be faced and settled. President Coolidge is right when he says that this gov- ciement “can do more to remedy the economic ills of the people by a system of rigid economy in public expenditure th can be accomplished through any other action.” A sweeping statement, but as true as it is sweeping. He points that the ot national and local governments com- ed stand at a sum approximating $100 for each inhabi- “tant of the land. Students know and the President wisely po nis out t it is “an ominous fact that only the National Government is reducing its debt. Others are increasing theirs at about $1,000,000,000 each year.” Often to cry out against tax increases meets with criti- cism and resentment from those sources which profit directly through wastcfulness in public expenditures. There is no more vi ‘ou ningonist than he who sees “easy money” repleccd by rigid economy in the administration of public ath Coolidge bits the nail on the head when he says: “iconemy reaches everywhere. It carries a blessing to everybody.” The fallacy is thoroughly exploded in this message by President Coolidge that the costs of government are borne only by the rich. Everyone who reads and studies the economic ‘forces knows that high taxes take their toll gen- erally of the rich and of the poor but more from the poor as the greatest burden of taxes rests upon them for they must pay in the increased prices of the prime necessities of life—rent, food, fuel. and clothing. This situation is graphically given in the following sen- tences from the message: | “The continuing costs of public administration can be met in only one way —by the work of the people. The higher they become, the more the people must work for the government. The less they are the more the people can work for themselves. So much then for the tax recommendations of President Coolidge. These few excerpts indicate that the silent Yankee in the White House will do all in his power to reduce the load of federal taxes — his lead should be followed by public officials all down the line and those who refuse to meet the demand for a tax reduction should be promptly relegated to private life by the voters. sok Mention is made of the St. Lawrence waterway and the “necessity of internal development. Reclamation as a policy of the nation, he says, should be continued but reforms of existing laws, it is indicated, should be enacted at once. + * * Necrth Dakotans are interested in that section of the message that has to do with the problems of agriculture. President Coolidge in the opening sentence of this portion “We must permit no division of classes in this country, with one occupation striving to _ Zecure advantage over another.” No fair minded person can take issue with the manner in which President Coolidge approaches a discussion of the perplexing agrarian prob- lem. Not in class strife, farm blocs or any group action will | the problems be settled that confront the farmers. | Price fixing is not favored as a solution but he points; ‘out that a more satisfactory range of prices is obtained through the natural working out of economic laws than when; the government seeks “artiticial support of markets and in- dustries.” Without making specific remedies, President Coolidge | calls attention to the Agricultural Conference in session andj “states that he hopes to report to the present session such! -legislative remedies as that body in its wisdom may work | ae #1 ee oh oe As for Muscle Shoals, President Coolidge is against gov- -ernment ownership as a poliey in the development of that project. He suggests at the opportune time this is a field better “suited to private enterprise.” If no advantageous offers aye made for this project, President Coolidge believes that the “plant should be dedicated primarily to the produc- tion of materials for the fertilization of the soil.” ~ * * * * * . Consolidation of railways along the lines suggested in ?the past by Congress is endorsed in this message. No fixed _plan is offered for such consolidation into larger units but ; THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE *President Coolidge suggests that “time and actual experi- -ence” dictate what is best as occasion arises. Si * + ££ & & ““Under the subtitle “The Wage Earner,” Presideiit Cool WEDNESDAY, THEN A CROWD GATHERED DECEMBER 3, 1924 ar Editorial Review ‘ [ee Comments repreauced in thie By Albert Apple column may or muy not express the opinion of The ‘Tribune. ‘They ure prese order ReneS & 5 = at } Our cendetermey nave both. eldes Idle curiosity is a disease, s Bundesen, heaith com- Going discussed "in "the" press “ot missioner of Chicago. He claims that the chronic looker-on GAS is a vietim of “spectatoritis.” Such a person, says Bundesen, “may now and then make THE SECOND GENERATION | suggestion or an observation, but usually he is quiet (Bt. PauleDispatc) After the show or game, he goes home, sits down and calls , . The death at Fargo of James A.\it a da The chronic eye-witness usually sedentary in [oes at the age of 54 years. his habits. He thinks more of h ach than of his servef to call wttention to the 2 Wot ch ra ry be a bystander and 1 value tiat a state may gain from health. He would much rather be a bystande let the nate jche services and cnergies of a, Other fellow do it. single family, ane as welt, to point ; ——— : : ou the youthfulness of North a 4 In a way, it’s too bad that our national game is basebal! \Powes and hie tame, James }\Children get beneficial exercise from it. But for most | Power have Jeft their’ impression: grownups, baseball is a theatrical performance. [oa that state and more by examp!e ! The spectators sit back and watch, the same as at a jthan precept have tau it we| at + 3, movie. ! way in which it should go. 4 * . 5 5 ; The family Hae Ie a ciated | The game entertains them but if does not benefit their ¢ | jin the minds of most North Dako- | health. " (tans with the Agricultural college, | Golf does. And it’s fine for America’s health, that golf Fd ‘is swiftly growing in popularity. T si On the border ! | ‘ime between the counties of So-called “spectatoritis” in its most pronounced form is | HaMnisHSa otek autor Power €--levident in the crowds that gather to watch diggers excaval- * | well he a pattern—and indecd was |ing for sewers and pipes. The watchers stand in a half- | |—for others to foll7 By it w trance, as if expecting to see buried treasures dug up. May- itits€ proved not only that the soili be they do. wit H Aiba rican ‘| The psychology of idle curiosity has never been fully | ng apples and other fru | fathomed. : : oun | supporting profitably live ck of A woman faints on a crowded sidewalk. Now, fainting is | various strains and abjec 7 i 8 eur ass uae ibe Sai varuitis not an uncommon event. Nor is’ there anything especially aul Aerts Pease al a y interesti bout it. Yet people fight to get up in pioneer dayx,| important or interesting ab: . ; ge ; when no one thought of anything} for a close look. Police have difficulty shoving them back. { bu wheat at 40 fea to ie ucr’ | Even if they know that the fainting is not out of the ordi- ee ee wee Sear nary, they crowd around. Few men are ever too busy to ‘periment not to he followed hy | rubber-neck. | practical men. | A man once bet $5000 that he‘could assemble an excited ae : Meath his ison, whose! erowd of 5000 people in five minutes at one of the most con- ithe work and sustained by tie| gested street intersections in New York City. He won. All | broad foundation laid by his -|he had to do was stop on the sidewalk and look into the sky | ceatioee ia See Ge Have with a startled expression. — Nearby pedestrians also stopped. * ‘ | public spirited and energetic and aT eae en him. Presto; a mob— {lent the weight of example to di-!and police reserves had to be called. i i vere anc! pe farm- | Life must be dull, the way so many of us are afraid we'l) 5 ei = ing. The eers of hoth are now : e 5 ‘dot Ores pes of a protective tariff system and restricted immi-|Like the boy in the story, “Gosh, | closed, ‘hut the work they have podem ne: - . -Stand aside! a horse has just fallen gration. j kew I dread it.” LESLIE. | done in showing that farming is a s : He urges some changes in the immigratio + | = business ‘that. can be made to re- —— yes s 2 Ss In n law, permit- | . ie s, will liv ing suc’ peti a 2 Letter From Leslie Prescott to | turn rich profits, will live lone ting such discretion on the part of federal agents to the end John Alden Prescott ter them and be associated close that the law is rendered more humane in its application. ta ji : seen Goon | with their names a ae ee ee First, dearest man, I want to tell j = = . 3 5 » how ha r letter made me. ‘ A‘ The foreign policy of the republican party has often been Wheauverspan rite Gus tetters (fall | eracled as being undefined, shifting and on the whole a]! love as the last one was I would | ADVENTURE OF rather unsettled one. Presi Sool ay yg: {not change places with any woman j EN eeL Fe Tie Eee TY, NAYS os ene Aaeccene eros av ede| THE TWINS Nor is the country disposed to become a member of the change for that letter, would be poor | League of Nations or to assume the obligations by its cove-| indeed. . —e nant.” This is not pleasing to the ears of those visionaries | Please do not smile, Jack dear, and | 3 1 who strive for internationalism or a super-government reg- PG ale Ue ncn ANB OST oneacn HIpDEY a Q o P Nati zance, for it is exac whu ee This was the next riddle that the ulated by a League of Nations. . _, | #ud perhaps Tam dike you in a mea-| piddie Lady asked: President Coolidge says each nation must work out its sure, I cannot! say these things in own salvation. He commends the Dawes plan and continues ; i their poignant sweetness, but ! | «1ittle Jack Horner, i the offers of friendly counsel and cooperation. in a | can tty to write them. Is stuck in a corner, i F ut ina ia il th the first desire st 2 i S eases ae 5 _1 am writing all this in the firs Buvinelmeversnestalotea rie! © assist and to cooperate President Coolidge affirms | .w paragraphs because now 1 am i yy, =; atic with a alick | the administration policy in foreign affairs as being actuated} soing to tell you something 1 am Noe lickcdiwithini chant: t by a determination “to be independent and free.” sure you will not like. I am going |“ ang he says “What a good fellow | In conciusion the message touches upon the foreign aheaghe Ticnowatiatipe have kept}. 4, debts. About twelve billion is due this government from | wany secrets from me, dear, yet in pow litre Jack Homer European governments. President Coolidge is opposed to} vour inmost esses umueve er Ghee traveling by night and by d the cancellation of these debts. He believes for the best | ‘hought Sena my heart, | cor two cents or a penny, ? < welfare of the world they should be liquidated and paid as (Gopraene, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) | He can go almost any ‘ fast as possible. . preg ee ia Place, no matter how far away. soe ok ok x ss . : : Q “From New York to Texas, The final appeal to Congress contained in the closing (Enough, sirs, to vex us) paragraph are typical of the Coolidge mind, of the direction He goes for a fifth of a dime, a of his thought that endears him to the millions. He says: ' Someone eet - nde c “It is axiomatic that our country can not stand . Ceihagia Hlaeh eosin theytiinel| still. It would seem to be perfectly plain from re- i) ! cent events that it is determined to go forward. “One thing I must mention, But it wants no pretenses, it wants no vagaries. A pretty girl was found in Chi- Winteh eats ae Seren i aes It is determined to advance in an orderly, sound and cago, her mind a blank, Officers | | His railroad ceiue colnelen trace Ae : apse think she is a college girl, but not en he goes far away, { common-sensé way. It does not propose to abandon Beehice OL GE It’s a sure thing ‘he'll stay. the theory of the Declaration that the people have sl eaunly He has never been known to come inalienable rights which no majority and no power They say John D. Jr. made about back.” 4 2 of government can destroy. It does not propose to $111,000,000 in the Wall Street boom.) won y know what it is, It’s a abandon the practice of the Constitution that pro- Py nichiew 2s ecoos had aidibinkactathe| aeolian enjaMiNscke o Cant v vides for the protection of these rights. It believes BRE OMeaeaX: can go ‘most any place for two iN that within these limitations, which are imposed E cents.” i 9 : fe , Even though they had a water | °°t) is : ae Back in 1863 the brokers who attended New York's curb market we not by the fiat of man but by the law of the Crea- shortage in Los Angeles, most of | po es ia @ postage stamp? asked| iressed for the occasion\ in thet “iron” hata, Quite u eonteaat 10 today C ] tor, self-government is just and wise. It is con- the folks had their winter baths all] «yes, what is it?” asked Tom, Tom| apper financier ‘ ss vinced that it will be impossible for the people to taken. the Piper's son, a i New York, Dec. 3.—At Delancey and figureheads could not see their dis- provide their own government unless they continue 4 ° Don't you know?” exclaimed | cy ivstie streets, in the heart of th : to own their own propert Sometimes a man doesn't let his! Nancy. “A postage stamp! My good. | Chrystie streets, in the heart of the | grace. iy n p Ps sh a 2 f oAteLiG wife smell liquor on his breath be- | ne: Where have you been?” East Side, the Libby Hotel is being 2 patie ie : These are dhe very foundations of America. cause she may want a drink. “It isn't so strange that Mother |reared. It will be the only big hotel| He is a patriarchal old man, with On them has been erected a Government of freedom __ | Goose people don't know about post-|in that neighborhood and it will be f0wing white hair and beard. He and equality, of justice and mercy, of education and An Illinois boarder poisoned his | age stamps,” said the Riddle Lady-| .ciusively for Jews. It will be 12| Walks through the subway trains of charity. Living under it and supporting it the landlady instead of the opposite. | “I didn’t think of it when I asked it. Nex ee “Jan evening with hat in hand, sedate- y Fg 4 stories high ang will have 1000 rooms. ry people have come into great possessions on the ma- pe: piounen aC cones Lar dlie san sold fanny 7 S-|y, bowing before the passengers and : 5 * “ae saga es . Some day we are going to read | ioned place and all the folk in it are | It also will have a lobby where Jews] stopping long enough for each pass- terial and spiritual side of life. I want to continue about a woman refusing to shoot | old-fashioned. They send all their |of all walks of life will gather. enger to drop a coin in his hat if so i Dn rastere rs 1 eng p 4 coin in his hat if s in this direction. I know that the Congress shares her husband because it would wake | letters by messenger and stamps are] The Libby Hotel is Max Bern-| inclined. The other night I counted with me that desire. I want our institutions to be up the buby. not needed.” ae nisin pa nonal t ioe mother. Max | moxé than two dollars dropped in the 4 more and more expressive of these principles. 1 F eee are eel em RS ae iene he. sailed past the Sta-| hat in'one car. There were ten cars’ es i Fall th h i o he Ai . Over $1000 in stamps was stolen | all about it. ? a Ug © years ago. is}on the train ang he visited all of want the people of all the earth to see in the Amer. zi : “ rece 7 Hed it af:|story is the typical Pathe anes : Aas A from an Ohio postoffice by someone | “I don’t see why you called it a ¥ e typical one of the suc-} them, ican flag the symbol of a Goyernment which intends doing their Christmas mailing early. |ter me,” said Jack Horner. jcessful immigrant boy. aes no oppression at home and no aggression abroad, ceewe The Riddle Lady smiled. “Well,| His mother died soon after their| Three years ago Clay Long, now a which in the spirit of a common brotherhood pro- Bad news from Italy. Cold wave | 70U: Ree, 1- Radke. axe 9 word that Sr ale At Mae Aaved 800) dansstsin a mraaaway ware, a 3 Z ee rs . ” e ie 5 g a +, | Phy a store. young fellow in Jackson, Tenn. Both vides assistance in time of distress. tere. ee ee haviNG | the only one I could think of. I|became successful he started a res-|_were ambitious to write. The bor A ; ee aii j should think you would be pleased, Geir ap aa aia another. He had} took up poetry. She gave up writing great message from a great American. e : ari : ’ the first self-serve restaurant in the| for a stage career, He used to wait — er a rae and Germany, ‘have agreed | amit al Jack sheeniably. ‘But Jove yee ip He named it Libby,| every night for her at the stage door, a +|was it stuck in a corner and-why?”|his mother’s name, but one night another who waited ire when anybody agrees on any} “A stamp is always put on the| The idea of a Jewish hotel came] was favored. Then the Dnaee was e ax it's news. jcorner of a letter,” said the Riddle;when he saw out-of-town Hebrews| found dead. The lights of Broadway Ca an e = Lady. “If it isn’t, it should be. Nick|sleeping in restaurant ¢hairs. were as cold and bright as ever last 4 ° If you don’t mix business and | you guessed the answer first—so you Bima night, ; _ pleasure you don’t get much of | get the prize. The prize is a chance Stenoguiphers and clerks are work- -—JAMES W. DEAN. i ip agi ‘ "4,_ { either. |to ask another: riddle.” ing long. hours during the big bull pone SiS coe LB HE PROM UNGAR, PEEECORT that letter was something too inti- BEEN Nick thought and thought. movement in Wall Street. The cleri- TO THE LITTLE MARQUISE, | mate to be sent through conscious Coolidge advises a treeless Christ-]| Suddenly he began to laugh. “I|cal force in some brokers’ offices is LITTLE JOE | CARE OF THE SECRET ness of another person, “especially \mas, to save our forests, but wejremember one,” he said. “See who|on all night. These workers do not| | PG ae DRAWER, CONTINUED lone who knows us both well, think matchless hunters would be]|can guess it. What key is hardest Est sovertime pay. Neither are they rag renee ae AL we Soon, little Marquise, y home— | better. {to turn?” asking for raise: They know that 4 fate tee ee rae aise eeeanet FOE Ome Bees j gi turnkey!” declared Doctor Fos-| they. will et holiday bonuses, some REMEMBER HALF OF THC t ise, that I rite Jack | seain, 7 4 Next to hen’s teeth the scarcest | ter quickly. of them at Thanksgiving, some at oy a | Me me oh Salers ae agsin. Mhe beautify) old desk that} ee ons enn Se yaaa who are sorry! “No,” said Nick. “That isn't it.” |Christmas. Considered as a class the GOSSIP YOU HEAR AND HL about the shop in a letter instead | was given to you by your lover, the | ahout winter's coming, | ‘Are you sure?” insisted Mrs. Daw.| subordinates in Wall Street receive! THEN BELIEVE ABOUT of telling him about it. When he | king, will have a place in my own snd “It sounds all right. probably the lowest salaries in New : gets that gray look upon his face} little sitting room over here in| white tripping the light fantastic! “That's not the answer,” said Nick,| York. But: the bonus system gives| & TENTH OF - and his mouth settles into a thin | Smoky old Pittsburg amid the grime} a Seattle girl really did trip’ and} They guessed monkey and turkey| workers in that'line an incentive to ted jine, I am always frightened. | Gust _ a f which’ ou ee Sree 10: { break her ope Oe s 5 (ae aay Saar ealled out,| stick through thick and thin. in bi : ’ 3 : ight, 1924, NE, ice, Inc. ae i j iq lek told me in bis last letter that | known nothing. : [SS SRE Tei BG TES Bees | “Good for you, Nick!” laughed the| ‘The art of wood carving is fast ys it ‘ee the ie one he med wren In this old house which until i ude ¢.| Riddle Lady. “That was a fine rid-| passing along with «ll other forms in his own hand in a long time and | have made it over would have prob- } ‘| dle. Daddy Gander, here is a new|of fine handicraft, Ships’ figure- 1 know you will be surprisdd when | ably hurt your atristic soul, you will |! A Though i ipe for your prize.” heads are becomi ; hat ; I] tell you that it was only the sec- | be enshrined to sl a | 2 Be Te eae ie VBE LES. S65 rce ba phd dete? Kebas ose wuieien to tee e fase ined to sleee and ream, if jo i (To Be Continued) curio hunters are paying big prices C } ami le noise a new world, a j i 0 ef i that was not dictated, Iwas so happy | iad, the noise of & new world, 2} ejoice not when thine enemy fall-| (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) ier ian ‘wo goddesses carved in r rod 3 her D ewes t SaSEEEaT aEESENGUREEEE brought $1900 recently. when I saw his writing for 1 think | mode of living, you can dream. eth, and let not thine heart be glad | INSETS FEATURES Th i ' ae me j | in e sprite that once graced the the letter would have lost all its | 1 shall probably not write you|when he stumbleth—Prov. 24:17, { 1,04. of royal blue velvet border | bow of the Belle af Oren 4 sweetness had I known it was dic- | again until with all my other Lares ied | Mg i tee ihe ee. 1s ems F ci . the fronts of a black cloth coat with | ployed’ as ‘a’ monbMierit atthe Webb tated to Sally Atherton... I would} ang Penates your beautiful desk }How wisely fate ordained for hu- i ete s i 3 ; y ; 3 - narrow bands of imitation chinchilla Institute of » Naval Architecture. s 5 much rather if such a letter hat with the secret drawer is again in man kind fur, Charles Sampson carved it at Bath ! been Sites : revi be inert my possession. It will seem like an} Calamity! which is the perfect | °°" Man ie nies Ae ec a a stranger. I don't know why this | old friend. “ glass, i ‘| ’ i is , ‘ VA ; The earth must move about 17| In the old days these.. goddesses gegen! Was ety da By I-am going to stop writing you }Wherein we truly see and know our- miles a second ‘in order -to get were blindfolded when the crew of, H now and begin that letter to Jack. selves.—Davenant. around 'the sun once in 365 days, a ship met defeat. That was so the ,