The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 17, 1928, Page 4

gt AGE FOUK THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE : ‘he Bismarck Tribune Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) the Bismarck Tribune Company, N. and entered at the pf &s second class mail matter. egos D, Mant -encocenvennee--ve-President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable In Advance ily by carrier, per year My by mail, per year, (in by mail, per year, (in state outside Bismarck) ‘Dy by mail, outside of North Dakota ¥ by mail, in state, per year ....... by mall, in state, three years for. by mail, outside of North Dakota, per year .. oe . Member Audit Baresu of Circulation Member of The Associated Press ye Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the exri, for fepublication of all news ‘dispatches credited to try. not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the unfall news of spontaneous origin published herein. bi “hts of repu np reserved. $7.20 lication of all other matter herein Foreign Representatives G LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY Fifth Ave. Bldg. DETROIT Kresge Bidz. City, State and County Newspaper) ” ‘The Waste an Accident Causes ugene Grace, president of the Bethlehem Corporation, hits the nail right o1; the f in his statement announcing the Réthle- ’s new campaign to reduce industr‘al ac- ' ident Grace begins by announci ie that 2 i elimination of waste must be one, of the 1 endeavors of any industrial orga tization. Mh date, he says, industry has done ‘well in ting waste in time and materials; great ‘geiaMlufacturing economies have been intro- ine efficiency has mounted year by yea there Us he sees the waste caused by injuries pechWorkers remaining as one of the industry’s the Standing problems. now‘A man who is hurt suffers pain and worry,” YiEPORT OF JOINT HOUSE AND SENATE 20's COMMITTEE AP D TO CONSIDER GE TO LEGISLATURE Rie totiowing is the refort in full] rected by the commitgee: which sub- MiMine Goint neuse and Aarnte come | pocne atyall be attested by the noctes ee appointed to condider the mes- wots and shall state the time and the same shall ble and shall be substantially | in form as district court Before a subpoena shall be issued for any witness the com- mittee shall be advised of what it is expected to prove by such witness. All witnesses subpoenaed iL immediately report to of sald committce » of midhee tl es Sorlie and to ich nit its Cer: whi ings/ to the legisla- argeour speci: int committec. ted by ‘Senate and house of adesentatives of the special session je twensfeth legislative assembly * the governor's me to report as follo e regular session of ‘fh legislative assembly, fact-finding committee cl ed by the senate to consider of the agement of the irme mill and elevator and to inquire ‘and investigate conditions there. committee consists of Senators the nilten, Fredrickson and Schlos- an- | subpoen: the sec thereupon certify a evidenc Rule 5 “Rule 5. Bach | and 32!d committee reported to the ni foll note at, Was Authorized to con- CROMe the work begun by the fact- ing committee and to recommend Qplution of the present state mill Bhi elevator problems to the next igtetature. do solemnly swea the evidence tee shall help you God. id senate fact-finding committes| “Such oath larch 2, 1927, made a confidential Ba, private report to the governor, report is printed and appears hight. house journal of January 10, at page 97. Subsequently, and uly, 1, 1927, said fact-finding ittee 'made'a further confiden- [nd private report to the gover- which report is found in house of January 10, 1928, on “Rule 6, The this. committee, tee may & cluded fi Reports Given te Gevernor publicity was given with re- to these reports by the gover until subsequent to publicity ff them through the press of tho These reports and particu- the report of March 2, 1927, delivered to the governor per- ty, by the fact-finding commit- and the nature and character of reports, together with the matter Hitained ‘therein, and the recom- tions made by the committee, Be called to the attention of the ernor at the time the reports delivered to him; and the gov- “Rule 7. committee shall edure. e than in person. ‘was urged by the fact-finding | “Rule 8. ttee to take steps to make s in the manner of conduct. business of the mill and ecle- t Grand Forks, North Dakota, commended and urged in the of the committes. The com. was assisted by Mr. C. U » of the Kquity | Cooperativ: lange, who rendered his assist and cooperation to the commit- the request of the committee. fhat on the 22nd day of Novem- I » the governor issues tion calling a special set islat of this state, which committee wish ness permission to thé inquiry, Special Sension ft th ‘By virtue of the authority vested |° “Rule 19. © governor by the constitution ws of the state of North Dakota ursuance thereof: G. Sorlie, Governor of the of North Dakota, do hereby call ‘legislative assembly to convene Ixtraordinary session at the capi- the city of Bismarck, at twelve noon, Tyesday, the tenth day wary, 1928, to consider and act “the following subjects of legis- ess, to-wit: The report of the sen- the senate, RST: finding committee on ind Elevator associaton; COND: The increasing ser- of the problem of grain Py : ik The Missourl River teion Project, in its relation to flood control pl: RTH: To enact such further m as may be deemed. neces- Pin Witness Whereof, 1 e here- my hand and caused the geal of the State of North Da- to be hereunto affixed. D at Bismarck, North Da- “this 22nd day of November, b paceman’ to said procl: si rentieth legislative a: fe ee ae or ene action senate fact-findin: tioned by the Pool of, bere shall first bring yy evi audit 004 Lund audit recommend! 1 state of North Dakota con- | ati ial session on the 10th » 1928, at which time livered his message; of the senate and house mtatives, a special joint consisting of the state committee of the senate and pecial house committee was au- ed and created to consider the message and port its a Hon, All other ot ge eC re and order of read: to proceed to business, and delivered to the governor a co; ané order of busines: rting th same, the so-called oun a the governor Pr and a upon discharge of such witness or witnesses they shall present to sald secretary their subpoena and he shall thereon the mile- age and per diem of such certificate shall be accepted therea’ mess Under Oath witness sworn in the following manne: r you will give in matter pending before this commit- be the truth, truth and nothing but the truth, so shall be administered by the chairman of this committee. hearings shall be open to the public, provided, however, that upon motion of any member of or at the discretion of the chairman thereof, the commit- into executive session, whereupon all persons shall be m said hearing, save and except the members of said commit- tee, and officers thereof. The procaine before the e orderly manner and without reference to formal rules of evidence and pro- The chairman of the com- mittee shall direct and make all nec- essary preparations for the hearing before sald committee and shall pro- ceed as chairman at the proceedings. This proceeding being in the nature of an inquiry and not a trial, no wit ness or other person shall be per- mitted to appear or be represented before this committee at any hearing by agent, attorney or in any manner When fo rule {s herein for the governing of the prac- tice and procedure of this committee the chairman thereof shall announce the rule, subject to the right of any member of this committee to appeal he whole committee. en any member of the t all first by the chairman or the committee; provided, that if it shall appear to the chairman that any questions are not propounded in good | pi faith or are not relevant or mat jal he shall refi permit same to be asked or ani unless directed to do so by @ m whole committee. A majority of the mem- bers of the committee named shall F re The reports of March 2nd and July 1st, A. D, 1927, ma? finding committee appointed by the the Lund audit and report pertaining to the business of the state mill and elevator and man- ner of conducting the same, having been filed with the committee; the ports and the Lund audit being ques- le rocedure shall be: juestioning the accuracy or ‘of these reports of the i committee and of the und audits supporting the same, ce and proof of curacies of such reports 3 evidence shall then be received in rebuttal in support of the fact- finding committee reports or of the The matter of the governor's jons as to railroad rates shall then be taken up for consider- tion. “3. That portion of the governor's rtaining to flood control issouri river diversion proj- ect shall then be considered. tions as to an appropriation of $2 000 for a special advertising train hall then be taken up for consider- contained in the governor's shall then be taken up in euch order “ee. committee may deter nine. itten statem: ti : gov "sa" effects sateen ae that the ‘fi diag, when the prisoners were dining on turkey, he says. “His family loses a part or all of its income.” _Accordingly, the Bethlehem concern has divided its employes into groups and is offer- ing a series of attractive cash prizes for the lowest accident records, It_is a good step. American industry, as a whole, is conducted with remarkably few acci- dents, considering the pitfalls that lie in its path; but the total can still bear reduction, and any measure that will help cut down the num- ber of mishaps to workers is praiseworthy. Editorial Comment | A Good Idea 5 (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) A newspaper reporter in a western city got an idea. He went to the jail on Thanksgiving “nd enjoying an entertainment program pre- pared for them by the good people of the city. He looked through the prisoners’ records and found several names of men who were serving terms for abandoning their families or refus- ing to provide properly for their children. Then the reporter went out and looked up the families of these men. He found most of the abandoned children in misery. Some were being fed by charity. Some were being cared for by their heroic mothers who were working at hard and ~lill-paid tasks to feed them. The reporter’s idea was that delinquent fath- ers should be made to work and be paid a liv- ing wage by the city, instead of being kept in idleness and the comparative comfort of a mod- ern jail, the money to go to the support of the families. He would keep dad boxed up until he got the work habit so thoroughly that he would continue it outside. __ It would not do to abandon the idea of pun- ishing evildoers. The experience of centuries proves that punishment pays. But it is not humane or intelligent to punish the innocent along with the guilty. The incarcerated of- fender should be made to support his depend- ents. It would soon be found that most men = prefer to work outside prison-than in- side. stantially true, correct and proper. A copy of the governor's statement is hereto attached as a part of this . A. Bronson, attorney for the state mill and elevator and per- sonal representative of the governor, appeared before this committee and attended upon all its sessions and was afforded every opportunity to make any personal statement and to pre- sent any other witnesses on behalf of the governor he might desire. Mr. Bronson personally made _ several statements to the committee which helped to clear up the matters then under consideration. “That Mr. O. L. Spencer, manager of the state mill and elevator, at the instance of the governor, appeared as a Witness before the committee and under oath testified that the findings, conclusions and recommen- dations of the fact-finding committee were true and correct. “No one appeared before the com- mittee in euupont of the so-called Poole audit, which purports to criti- clze and contradict the report of the fact-finding committee. “The fact-finding committee in its two reports set forth a number of facts and circumstances showing the nethod and manner in which the management and operation of the mill and elevator had been and 8 carried on during the year 1926 and up to July 1st, 1927. Among other things set forth in said report are the following: Committee's Findings ‘That during th year 1926 there was purchased by the mill and elevator 2,003,790 bushels of wheat. That of this amount only 105,073 bushels were purchased from ind ual farmers. In other words, that per cent of the wheat purcha: was purchased from commission houses as against about four per cent purchased from farmers. “2. That individual shippers id farmers were paid materially less at the state mill and elevator at Grand Forks, North Dakota, than the value of their wheat at Minneapolis. i That for the entire year of 1926, the average costs of all wheat milled at the state mill and elevator was nine and five-eighths cents high- er than the average No. 1 ‘k Northern price at Minneapolis, expressed in another manner, for the calendar year 1926, the cost of all wheat purchased at the state mill and elevator was sixth and one-tenth per cent higher than No. 1 Dark Northern at Minneapolis, notw jtanding that a large part of the eat purchased by the state mill was of grade than No. 1 Dark Northern, and consequently should have been pur- chased at a much lower figfre than fe price for No. 1 Dark above quoted. . ‘he fact-finding committee al- 80 found as follows A ‘We find: contracts for the pur- be and itness, sha (or affirm) that the the whole inducted in an rovided 10 question a wit- be given from the ot Minneapol! the mill at pri Grain company, were entered into by relatively 4 cents el higher, according to the than the price id to any re elevator or commission com- pany for the same grade and protein content on th me date, and that these prices were nearly always far in excess of the highest priced car of the same grade sold on the Minne- apolis market on the same day; and it sh be borne in mind that over ahi iiion bushels, or approxi- 27 per cent of the entire as parehases from Grain company, in some instances costing the mill seven and one-half cents per bushel above the highest priced car of any kind of wheat sold on the Minneapolis market on the same date “It is not disputed that the company was favored in that the highest premiums were paid to them. Net Good Pelicy “‘As far as we can determine, the practice of paying premiums above the highest market price, to Minne- apolis commission companies, is not good public policy and is unnecessary in connection with the stat: . The contention that the payment of high premiums to the company and other companies is beneficial to the growers seems to lack force, for the reason that the com- purchased a large portion of the mill from line ele- companies. The company made profits as high as nine and three-eighths cents per bushel on wheat bought from the Une pempanice and sold to the mill.’ “In this cénnection the audit re- port of the state mill and elevator, Prepared by O. B. Luni uditor for the state board of auditors, and testified to by Mr. O, be true and correct, ai were 318 cars of wheat sold by the Cogs og 9 to the state mill and elevator; that he made a detailed investigation from original sources with respect to 87 of such cars and found therefrom that the ave middleman‘s profit between the mill and ‘tl jocal country ele juestion or red, jority by the fact- Poole committee re- port, the order fore this commit- inac- or such recommendations by the com! 87 cars was $117, nts per bushel this basis of miad the whole 318 cars pur the ——-- company alo! amount to $37,356 84 profit: 87 cars just referred to were the cars shi; from Williston, Stanley and miscellaneous points in that part of the state, on which he in | could get th information. tail Abest Feo Sales +2 fact-finding report fur- sy im analysing the feed sales that spprosimately if of all the feed wennt fy during the calendar year of 1926, was sold to the ———— company. of Minneapolis, comps ar ‘tee i imate Sanur Pr cKt) wen made |g A go" id py of its rules and invited the the com- we tement red in per- e and In the report fact-finding committee were d | State chase of large quantities of wheat |? and that the containers of flour so manufactured under these brands did not show the same to have been man- ufactured out of North Dakota spring wheat, or to have been manufactured by the state mill, but the bakers who purchased such flour knew it was manufactured by the state mill. “That Mr. 0. L. Spence jso stated that he was given sole and complete supervision of the mill and elevator by the governor during the month of August, 1927, such supervision in- cluding the matter of wheat pur- chases which heretofore had been in ‘Webster. ‘That while the governor's atten- tion was called to the condition of the affuirs at the state mill and ele- vator and the mann in which it was being operated, 1 fact-finding committee's report to him on March 2, 1927, action was not taken by th to follow the recommendations and findings of the fact-finding com- mittee, or to correct the abuses in the management of the mill as set forth in such report until subsequent to July 1, 1927, when the fact-finding committee made and delivered its report to the governor. ‘ecommendations Well Founded “Testimony given before this com- mittee clearly indicated that the rec- ommendations and findings made by inglingccmmittee were well evjdenced by the fact that ps were taken, as above set forth, to correct the abuses existing as shown by the fact-finding commit- tee’s reports. “It also appears that the entire management of the mill, both with respect to buying, selling and milling, ‘was placed under the control of Mr. Spencer. The purchasing depar' ment and the milling department ap- pear to be coordinating in the pur- chase of wheat best suited for mill- ing purposes and greater coopcration exists throughout the entire organ- ization. “It further appears as a result of the work of the special fact-finding committee and of their reports, and the changes which were made in the operation of the mill, that the mill has made an improved showing dur- ing the last four months of 1937 and that a very material change has nm ado in the present practice of pur- chasing wheat, over the practices that previously prevatie’, in that a differ- ent policy 3 be .n inaug d and is being pursued to purcha: grain as ‘pple from fa {dividual shippers and local that flour is no longer being sold or wheat purchased under the sys! existing in 1926, During 1927 wh: at the state mill From line elevators ..... From Smith-Tyner compat From merchandisers of ‘wheat 4 From N. D. Wheat Growers ABST. .eee0e From | farmers ‘elevator! direct and through com mission houses ...... From individual shipper rect and through commis- sion houses ........-.++- 199 cara pared to Minneapolis. We are in- formed that a large quantity of these feed contracts are unfilled at the tl f our meeting, and that penal- th high as $7 a ton have accrued 01 unfilled contracts. The prices of feed sold to the company are relatively lower in all instances than those charged to customers in North Dakota, Minnesota and Wis- consin.’ 6. The state mill and elevator sold 242000 barrels of flour to the —— corporation of Boston, at $3. loss.on materials alone of $39,- . The fact-finding committee re- port further states: “That, generally speaking, flour sold in North Dakota and neighboring territory is sold at a profit of approx- imately 50 cents per barrel, whereas flour sold to the eastern ————_— flour corporation nets a loss of $1 or more per barrel “A list of quotations from North Dakota territory based on price of North Dakota flour 0. B. mill, @ compared with contract prices ‘for the same brand and grade of flour delivered at Boston (ndicates that the Boston market was favored as against North Dakota, in many in- stances over $1.60 a barrel “One firm X X X purchased ap- proximately 40 per cent of the entire mill output of flour during the year 1926, largely at a los# to the mill. Practically all of this flour is packed and sold under their private brands.” Corporations Get itm The fact-finding committee in its said reports, algo stated as follows: “A casui urvey of those who sell direct to the mill clearly indicates that if benefits are dfrived, they are not going to the farnfers, but to pre- Spired private corpokations, _yostly. o om foreign sta Gommittee also jurer, repre! earnings of the state mill and eleva. tor over operating costs thereof, an asked the leg! y concur in his suggestion that turned over by him to the state treas- urer to apply on unpaid interest on mill and elevator bonds. In view of the provisions of our existing laws, that the industrial commission shall out of any moneys derived from the operation of the mill and elevator association, etd to the state treas- urer such earning a8 the commission shall deem advisable to devote to the Purpose of paying outstanding inter- est and bonds of the association; the concurrence of the legislature in his suggestion by resolution would be without force or effect, as the right to dispose of or apply such money Iles with the industrial com- mission, and we therefore take no action upon this suggestion. “Inasmuch as the can be no change in the system of audit now employed at the state mill and eleva- tor, except insofar as the auditor em- ployed by the governor is concerned, without legislative actioi id much as a legislative action at this time would cause unwarranted delay in the adjournment of this special session and added expense resulting therefrom, we therefore recommend that no . -tion be taken upon thi ter at this time, but the whole subject be referred to the twenty-firat legislative assembly for consideration to the end that such action may be taken in cltering or implifying such audit system as may deemed necessary. = ‘connection we fu: rther state - C. Burchard, the se’ nd ‘ator auditors; the only material difference between these audits is whether the deprecia- tion, interekt on construction bonds and interest on percetiag bonds is properly clargeable as an operating cost Some Proposals Endorsed “We heartily encorse the Missouri river diversion project, sponsored by i ri river diversion associa- t! ment of Mr. 8. W. ‘Thompson, president aB80- ciation, made to this commit closes that this project it could be expected, and nothing required to legislature at this time. “With reference to the mj|mendation of the governor state-owned elevator be e Fargo, we would say that believe that this is a sub: should be considered by th legislative session; and thi fore there be no action taken by this committee thereon, “The committ: believes that no er tor airports in een developed and no oe, municipalities tion exist a yy the legislature at this sp ion ig ag! legis- altion to that end would be ineffec- tive. The legislat: not justified in prolonging the sess! to give the subject the attention and consider- ation its importance demands. The committee favors airport legislation, but feels that no urgent need exists therefor, and the various cities of OUR BOARDING HOUSE By Ahern HARDLY EVER Use ToBAcco ” DOCTOR! U6M-m. an WAS ONCE * The fact-findl Ve find that the Bpparent policy is for the wheat purchasing depart- ment to bpy wheat without consult- ing the mill management, and if losses accrue because tgo much grain is purchased at too hii a price, the loss must be absorbed by the mill department by the sale) o! ur at less than the costs of materials.” The Per iioy. Yok cominittee in its tapere! of July 1, 1927, stated as fol- lows: i “gupplementing the | committee's confidential setae mad@ to the gov- ernor during the closin: 8 of the legislative session, e mit the following findings ets which cause the operating 1 to the mill and elevator associa! t ‘Cost of Wheat too High 1, The cost of wheat milled, as compared to average prices of wheat purchased in any large market, is too high to mit the mill reason- ie with eee, jarge on a cost-mill is. ‘2, The policy of selling flour in large quantities for less than the cost of the bare materia! nd trans- portation to 8 destination, ith. ut any manafacturing costs added, is indefensible “3, Utter lack of coordination be- tween the buying and sales depart- ments. “The evidence given before your Total ... joint committee Sy. Mr. Spencer, Would Be Withouw ffect mong other things, shows that flour ‘The gov nor upon the presenta- was manufactured and put out under tion of ‘ig message to the legislature approximately 100 brands of individ- | exhibited a chec! for $160,206.57, approurchasers outside of the state, | drawn by the state mill and elevator 131 cars 136 cars 438 cars . 966 cars DEVELOPEMENT, LIKE ASINGER , OR APTER DINNER SPEAKER | ane UMM ~THE HEART IS A-TRIFLE UNSTEADY, } ww BUT NOT ALARMING, saw ARE YOU A HEAVY ASTOR MY HEART BEINGA BIT fil IRREGULAR !. What! More Resolutions? f DECEPTIVE EYES There are no two people in the world who have very close to the same mental viewpoint. Life is in- understanding of any subject to our store of knowledge. Most of the misery of the world comes from being intolerant of the other fellow’s point of view. 2 simple remedy is to understand that each one of us is in a different stage of mental evolution with varying degrees of mental strength and edu- cational advantages. : The wise man tries to add to his store of knowledge by being tolerant of ‘every one else’s ideas and by trying to make them rart of his own mental material. What holds good on wha’ might -Ibe called this n 2ntal plene is not necessarily true .s fa as physical vision is concezned. z 4 pairs < eyes exactly alike in the world, and op- tometrists tell us that only about twenty-five » cent of those who have their cyes examined ar: found to possess normal vision. y lost of these defects of vision can be entirely correcteu through proper treatment to the eyes, im- proved health and, if need be, the wearing of properly fitted glasses. It is a startling fact to realize that seventy-five per cent of tie ple in civilized countries suffer from defective eyesight, and that about thirty }..< cent of those ex- amined have been found to be uncor- rected. These figures ar. gathered from the compulsory examinations made of those in industrial pursuits and, of course, the number found to have defective vision would be much larger if every one could be forced to have a careful eye exaziination. Just think of the problem in this ‘wa! At least thirty out of every hundred people you mect on the street, work with, or meet driving automobiles, suffer from astigma- tism, farsightedness, shortsighted- ness, color-blindness, cr some dis- ease of the ey, and these troubles have not been cc it is im- sible for such people to see ob- ts in a normal way, and although some of them are able to’ struggle along by straining their eyes, most of the thirty per cent not only injure their own ‘ealth and reduce their efficiency, but glso endanger their own lives as well as the lives of those with whom they come in contact. Very few communities compel owners of automobiles to pass an eye examination, in spite of the fact that there is such a large number of people driving eutomo- biles who actu:ll, cannot see exactly where they are going! Many auto- mobile accidents which have been blamed upon carelessness, congested traffic and similar causes, upon in- vestigation have been found to be the direct result of faulty vision. The need for perfect eyesight was never as necessary in past centuries it is today. Over six centbries ago, when the first crude spectacles were used, there was only a small f Faith, closed, t had stopped beating, but it lunged painfully, and she knew that death, which she had been courting for three days, was not yet won. The whole shameful truth, which she would gladly have died to conceal, would come out now, for after what Fay had said, how could Bob and Cherry fail to blame themselves for her sudden, in able illness? “Good Lord, Fay! 1 don’t know what * hap? talking about!” Bob seemed genuinely amazed. Was he going to bluff it out? But that like Bob, Faith thought. “What do you mean — ‘when she t back home’?. She didn’t come me—” “Oh, but she did!” Fay protested tremulously. “T needed her carving set and some dessert spoons and offered to drive home and get them. When she. got buckito my house, she looked just awful, and she laughed so strangely! I asked her if you were still too or oe in- she said you were and the craziest way. Then were eatin, —she didn’t looked as if she faint and I offered spirits of ammonia, Jet me; wer to get 4 * never saw until now. ” is. didn’t you tell me this when lephoned. me she had disap- peared?” Bob’s voice was terrible with , 80 that the nurse begged ee to be lying rigid with her eyes careful, les’ her patient disturbed. I—I .hcught you and she had had a quarrel about your not com- ing to-dinner with the family,” Fay pered. “I didn’t wa-* to wake you feel worse and of course e are now working out a law the desired end. heartily in favor of any bei ‘. ken which will lers to this state fertile, low-priced elieve that this to appropriate jal advertising a and adjacent pata: tes. “We are fully in accord with the proposition stat in the governor's and new that r ti rtatie Baer Rabth cent incratte wpoe prod is te, upon desirable and mencraiy he it the attention a leserves. aluable ing committee je work at- tion and in repari: rts, fe Rg message We 0 anything therein. - act! by the loglslature at this tims, nor any” is special the legislature TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1928 ——————_— #Siiat “Sime felt and hoped that her heart | h she | stand why we didn’t see her—’ \percentage of people who cou-. read and write. The 7eople lived a large part of the time in the open, gain- ing their sustenance by hunting, gladly answer person: on health and diet, addressed to a him, care of une. Bacioss a stamped addressed envelope for reply. fishing, and tilling the soil, Nature probably never intended that people should be herded into large cities to live in small apartments, work in ill- lighted offices and, when out of doors, to be closed in by tall build- ings on every side. But here we are now, in the whirlpool of civilization, and not many of us could get out if by born t -oploasie 1e science of optometry now gives us the opportunity of reading more, seein; lore, and remo’ needless strain through proper treat- ment of the eyes and, when neces- sary, the wearing of scientifically fitted lenses to cosrect abnormal de- fects of vision. a I have already written an article dealing with eye troubles called “Cataracts Can Be Prevented.” Readers who are interested in this particular phase of health may send to me for this article. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Question: Jeanette asks: “Is it possible that a child will be deform- ed because of the mother harboring {morbid thoughts about it being born without an arm or leg, or not such thoughts have any effect on the child?” Answer: Most medical auuthor- ities agree that a mother cannot ia duce a deformity in her unborn child through harboring thoughts. Most mothers will not belive this, and will tell you of birthmarks produced through fear, worry, anxiety, etc. I am personally convinced that the temperament and intelligence of the child is affected to some degree by the mental condition 07 the er, but there is no evidence that physi- cal abnormalities will develop from the effect of the mother’s mind. Question: . E. asks: “Is it pessible that under-action of the suprarenal gland is-the cause of varicose veins? Have taken a half grain of suprarenal ext.act every day for about three months but can- not see any improvement, I follow your diet and exercise.” Answer: Varicose veins are pro- duced by a irene } down of the walls of the veins. If the veins ex- tend over both legs it is sure to be due to a lack of organic mi is in the body’s food supply, or due to an acidosis which destroys the min- erals after they are assimil It any of the ductless glands over- secrete or undersecrete it is bound to effect metabolism to some extent, but the use of glandular will not correct the mineral defi- ciency from which the veins suffer in the trouble known as varicose veins, thought you knew what had upset er, “{ didn’t—and I don’t,” Bob said flatly. “I never dre: she’d been home, much less than anything had happened there to upset her. And I don’t believe it now. I think she must have had a narrow escape from an accident with the car, and it was such a shock to her nerves that— this dreadful thing harvened.” “Wait, !” Cherry cried shrilly. “Don’t you remember—I ** ught I heard someone in the kitchen and you said it was just nerves? That must have been Faith, but why in the world didn’t she speak to us? Bob and I were sitting on the couch in the living rom—Why. , she must ‘ave come into t’ dining room to get the dessert spoons out of the sideboard drawer. I ecn’t under- “It must have been because she didn’t want you to see her,” Fay in- terrupted Cherry with surprising asperity. “Something that you two were saying to each other must have been a terrible shock to her. I don’t mean to pry, or—or to ite anything—” “I hope you don’t!” C! flared. © “She coul ve ger - every: ine we said. I was solve 10 | tell er anyway, as Soon as 5! me, wana Bab oe nn “What were you goi Cherry? It’s cvidenty. more im: portent than you thought,” Fay per- ai isted. “This is a queer place to tell it, and it’s really awfull, premature, he : yeupita! ae catan of erry capituiated,.a sugi the old flippatcy in her voice. NEXT: Cherry’s confession. (Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.) Grandmother Knew there was nothing so good for con- gestion and colds as mustard. But the oldfashioned mustard plaster Musterole gt the relief rol help that aaa plas id i = ters Bont the plaster and wit! It is a clean,, white ointment made with oil vse mae y rub it in. See peal