The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 1, 1928, Page 4

EPAGEFOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNRP FRIDAY, 1, The Bismarck Tribune sorts to secret and corrupt devices to free his | client. | Ao ladepenaent Newspaper In any discussion of this question it must not THE SEIT ON she oalaaa be forgotten that under the law of the land no jone is a crimina! until he has been convicted of ; See ae dararad ci tue poukettiog “cf hq a crime and everyone, guilty and innocent, has Wire Ree is sacked ch 3 mall matter. the inalienable right to a trial by jury and to eorge D. Mana President anc Publiser|the services uf counsel. It would be contrary i ea onieee of the United States to ant jdeny the guiltiest criminal either of these Hand u ai eae yee, (in cherished privileges of a free people. Tr Daily by mail, per ye: (in state outside Biemarck) 6.0 ‘Daily by mail, vuteide of North > HTS EE Paar “weekly by mail, im state, per year r Editorial Comment | ‘Weekly by mail, :. state, three years for 8 | gd ad mail, outside of North Dako a, 1 i Unmarried Coliege Women sa Member Audit Burean of Circula' ‘ (New York Times) cial : Wier a Tus luolhied flee Bits of Katharine Bement Dav: ss discussion Is ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the|/°f Why college women who remain single do (use for republicution of all news uispatches credited /Not marry have been printed and commented on it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper, andjin various papers and periodicals. A reading toalao the local news of spontaneous sal otal of her complete article in the March Harper’s ggnerein. All rights 1 aad of a jer mat gives a clearer impression of the investigation thie! - ———__________—— {conducted under the auspices of New York’s bo (Official City. State and County Newspaper) Bureau of Social Hygiene. Yat it also leaves éd We'll Keep Wondering the reader still somewhat befogged, for the ex- m™ Ue 3 cerpts have been chosen with an eye to the Reietey? Barring only TE REIGER ot ti Bec Dei ae startling statements, while pe Mae tcie '. ;»|Dr. Davis has been at some pains to explain «afemale clan which insists on wearing a boudoir that the answers to questonnahes are far relts once tg ld grocery alee ane. petra tthe conclusive. outside eir own doors in one hai 0 ie Twelve we ndinioe tesloughy, shiftless, good-for-nothing array that wiuaeets ton cae agen of GES BU het ta lot is mac of ES other sex are con- themselves. Anonymously, and apparently Btinually seen in. dea Hci wee tits with conscientious regard for candor, they gave egal ee ‘ie tities raha Me tly th e-}reasons:why they had not married. They told g slicked up Fe il ce iter hoe madd et whether they regretted their choice, whether is ald iia va eh ae, Tl ed y Person Of they had ever been engaged and if they now vmmasculine gen chief : aati mae She that contemplated marriage. Despite the plainly whose handkerc i Lada tk mae the be visible attempt to be full and clear in their sgleeve, pe | CtOns we ae tae ‘acl answers, they left the problem still unsolved. “oe Brian. Hc satent lekther sits sate Others commenting on Dr. Davis’s tabulations mc a 0 ne heart atl t of nicks in them, |&"d percentages have drawn the conclusion that eee eee 8 1b OF nk * |it is greatly clarified, if not entirely settled. Dr. te But just take the average pillar of the com-|navis tries though in vain, as she admits, to hmunity. Think about his collar for a minute. “get behind the face value ‘of the Yetutis” If he wears one of the torturous stiff white! "Wich some of these women wy they ow gpnes, it will be smeared or else wilted before ; sete ALE Gi Nha " too particular, critical or cautious to marry, she eration 8 SOUGUNedalaahigea a rol ie would like to know why. Did college training impressions? Nineteen said they had never been asked, and never wanted to he asked. That We is no answer. Why didn’t they want to be asked? The layman’s opinion has been that the desire for a career, developed in college or causing the girl to go to college, is the right answer. She is supposed to be mcre en- thusiastic about her work than about a home, husband and children. This theory is surpris- ingly refuted. Only twenty-two women gave the desire for a career as the reason for not marrying. The rest appear to agree that mar- riage is the normal life of women. i he stable, no matter what part of town you pomeet him in. ad This is all said in a spirit of humility. Pipealize that one man is at bottom as bad &s nanother, and if one looks a little more perk edhan his neighbor, it is his wife who really |. sedeserves the credit. It is nothing that can be bereformed, we suppose, and perhaps the women glory in their superiority, and wouldn’t have a = (ae all spick and span even if they weould. | srt a person can’t help ween eometine® t_-why is it that a woman looks so neat, an Th ‘ 4 : > ere is a strong feeling that college women toher husband so doggone sloppy? ought to marry. Though they may not trans- a “Wiin: Déaswart mit better health and intelligence to their chil- 5 4, F dren than the less highly educated, they are ft TEs. Sandie cf tenting at an ttre surely able to give them a bettie. environment. wAssociating the two traits men boast in one It would be a good thing for the race and for Tbreath and call their fellows braggarts in the|the Women themselves if they married and had ‘next. Though our dual standard of human ap-|‘hildren. Such is the popular feeling. The raisal will not permit of self-praise, the trades- usual explanations of their failure to do so fall an, the manufacturer and the auctioneer|4°wn before the reasons given by the large Sboast of the superiority of their wares and |Soup in the survey. But their own explana- + are not charged with complacency even by their tions are not much more lucid or conclusive. Dr. in mpetitors in business. Self-praise in in- Davis will have to conduct another investiga- Siividuals is not pardonable even of such in- aw a eral 1,200 Sh diaaiiney ed adit a dividuals who can prove their boastful claims.|°°lege graduates. She hints that she woul mThe business man is never charged with brag. like to know why they : lighted the alumnae. dgadocio but he must make good his claims or The suggestion is worth pursuing seriously. the indelible stamp of the cheat and fraud. Economy Begins at Home inthe boasts of men will always find them out. (St. Paul Dispatch) vi Continuing the analysis this duality of boast-| High taxes in Minnesota are predominantly a A el Pe per ela clparaancc nul local problem. They are caused by high costs ral Satite mad religious, pr ra of county, city, village and town government. automobiles, horses, hilere oxy 80 on * wn The proportion of direct tax revenue which vrigs and whatnot. peat) beings ae a4 goes to the local governments in Minnesota is son mouny Hn By ae ates, ie so large and the share going to the state gov- eee tue: 0! te. resid im ee te ernment is so small that the state may success- and partisanship 84 nee e Bye gery i roe | fully economize without checking the ascent of the fine points of his country, political party roperty owners’ tax bills. The effect of econ- wife. ag faults which men condemn are omy in the state government is overwhelmed . A unless the local governments follow the state’s eee conencient table which contemplates |example in reducing expenditures. ‘ ‘ ° ; This, in substance, was Governor Christian- if cea asuahyiied ireiie: CR note annals the son’s answer to State Auditor Chase’s an- Suman superiority a sign of a man slaying a nouncement that direct taxes, meaning real lion. Upon which the lion said very justly, we estate and personal property taxes, have are none of us painters, else we could show reached a record-breaking total in Minnesota. hundred men killed by "lions for one lion Just how adequate an answer it was is shown led by a man. by a new statement issued from the state aud- oF f itor’s office. This report discloses the aver- age tax rates in the various counties of Minne- sota in 1927, which are the basis for taxes to be collected in the counties this year. Tax rates vary in different cities, townships or school districts.in the same county, but the ; i averages for the counties are a fair index to ee Miss Mary pueece, st ae the rales ‘of taxation in different parts of the state. # cognate a am OOD Tar Tax rates range all the way from 31.16 mills ‘ tes. eee ar, By asserts that all but|in Steele county to 157.49 mills in Koochiching very few of them are working because they |County, the auditor’s statement shows. A resi- we to and not because they want to. dent of Steele county, owning property assessed “Very few women choose to carry two jobs| $1,000 will pay $31.16 taxes in 1928, while a the pleasure of doing it,” says Miss Ander-|Tesident of Koochiching county owning a piece “Only about 2 per cent of the employed | °f Property assessed the same will pay $157.49. women work for luxuries or a career.” | Koochiching county’s tax rate is five times that One concludes that the issue isn’t a very|paid in Steele county. The direct tax levied ve one, after all. Most women, when they get|by the state is 7.7 mills in all counties. State i, prefer to stay at "home, unless | expenditures therefore have no effect upon the variations in tax rates from one county to an- t eaten posigaag are sp to. see other. Local government expenses account for t, i p . - |the differences. a 's statement. ; The excessive tax region comprises northern inals counties suffering from deforestation, rampant One of eens ont Come questions is|tax delinquency and immense financial burden iehether the lawyer who acts as counsel for|assumed in guaranteeing payment of drainage Eriminals is to be censored and held in dis-jof wild lands. These conditions, like invest- 3 em by the public and his fellow barristers. | ments in schools, land clearing and public build- | & ‘The defense, and it is a just one, usually ad- im are local. They are observable close at “vanced riminal and. : teawyer should take pore poi RB Myon The tax problem, affecting owners of real - the man justly accused has as much right | estate and personal property, stands revealed a aid or protection counsel honestly {in its simplest outlines. It is local in nature ive him as the man falsely accused. and largely a local responsibility. Much hokum Ne denies this right to the “justly ac-|thrown about it is dispelled; for example, the ed” but unfortunately the distinctly crimin- | fable that tax money is being taken from rural : populations to provide luxuries for the big cities. It is revealed that Ramsey and Henne- pin counties, excepting only the northern counties, have the highest average tax rates in the state. The taxpayer who considers his tax bill exorbitant need not blame something or somebody far removed. He need not rail against the state, nor against extravagance in some remote county. He must look to expend- itures in his own school district, his own town- ship, his own village, his city or his county. He pays the bills of his bailiwick. Others else- where do the same. Married Women Working You still hear, now and then, repetitions of arguments that raged so furiously a few ago—whether or not married women uld work outside the home. rte it Bog aeF ae ey! Who Ruined Papa’s Garden’, A. jconsiderable amount of protein and] Question: J. M. writes: “I get mass production methods, economy of distribution, and many other Most of its profits are thrown into The Woolworth chain, for instance, established 101 new stores last year and still made a net profit of 13 cents per dollar of busi- George Soule, who has gath- ered some of these points out that the four chains listed bn the New York Stock PMached, just looks as if he is on the way to|°auze their attitude, or is it the result of earlier]. WASHINGTON LETTER BY RODNEY DUTCHER NEA Service Writer Washington, June 1.—The chain stores, because of their expansions, are expected to receive more and more attention from th drive. out competition by low prices, the losses being covered by profits of established stores in other cities. | This, Celler says, “constitutes un- state commerce.” packers are again entering the re- tail meat business and that retail chain stores are also becoming pack- 1) o8S 88 well as retailers. practically 20 per cent in 1927 while Nearly all the necessities of life their sales increased only 10 per may now be obtained fro and some members of Congress look forward to the day when the chain system Associations of the weak pendents, of course, want the gov- ernment to step in and_ protect them. But there is whether they will be saved. predicts they will be swept aside, eliminated and absorbed. He thinks will benefit finan- S out that another at class of independent persons will become dependent employes and that the consumer may eventually need protection from adopted Senator Smith W. Brook- hart’s resolution directing the Fed- eral Trade Commission to invest gate its methods of marketing and distribution with a view to provid- ing any necessary regulation. Other members have been inter- ested in bills designed to eliminate “unfair practices” which they insist are being used by the chain stores to take business from independent retailers, although there seems to be little intention or hope of slow- ing up the growth of the system as long as it continues to attract con- sumers at its present rate. Pennsylvania, who introduced a bill forbidding chain stores to cut prices on standard articles, also charges price cutting below cost in order to drive out the entrepreneur. complaint that corporations are en- gaging in hoth production and re- tailing, to the obvious disadvantage of the pure retailer, is quite com- cially, but poi Pending the Trade Commission’s study, facts about the extent of store business are rather meager, bu: in increasing numbers the American people are going to them for groceries, drugs, tobacco, Congressman Emanuel Celler of laundry work—and what New York, in_a letter to the Fed- One student of the situation, Dr. ; Paul H. Nystrom of Columbia Uni- versity, estimated that chain stores did 12 per cent of our $40,000,000,000 retail trade in 1926, timated: independent unit 63.75 per cent, department stores: 16.5, mail-order houses 4, company stores 2.5, house-to-house canvass- ,ing 1, and consumers’ cooperation .25 of 1 per ceht. In three years, chain store business had jumped 50 Independents lost, while and mail-ordc:> against the chain organizations now covering the nation, on behalf of the National Association of Retail Meat Dealers, representing associa- tions of butchers in about 80 cities. “By deceptive advertising, price-cutting campaigns, and b; erating through Maybe you don’t believe it, but I do take your letters to heart. And sometimes, I go further and follow This I did yesterday. Said I to me, I'll find out if I have a roman- tic husband or not. So I started to provide the set- I ran up quite a bill at the florist’s in so doing, thing has its price. most heavenly apple blossoms, and atranged them around the = = “the chain stores are slowly reing the independent dealer off By these means, the chain stores will eventually be in a position to control the market, un- duly raise their prices, and in other ways operate to the detriment of public interest.” ; Nystrom said, ‘department stores {firms, some of them now establish- ing chain stores, gained a little. oar) Nearly 25 per cent of men’s cloth-{ ing stores are operated by chains.j Grocery chains increased 75 per cent} between 1923 and 1926 and candy! stores 56 per cent. Chicago, Denver, Baltimore, Provi- dence, Kansas City, Seattle, Atlanta and Syracuse the census bureau has found that chain stores did nearly a third of the $3,500,000,000 retail business of those eight cities. The chain store wins through Celler accuses chain stores of such tactics as advertising common heif- er or steer beef as “prime beef” at “ridiculous prices” and of selling pork loins for 13 cents u pound at a loss which cost the independent dealer 15 cents a pound wholesale. He charges that chain stores in new territory are authorized to op- erate at a loss in new territory to room. | I placed a big bowlful of red aps on my little black lacquer In a survey of I wanted to have a romantic din- ner, but I remembered that Alan has a very realistic appetite, so I saw to it that we had a nice thick steak, mushrooms, and some French HEALTH “DIET ADVICE ‘Dr Frank McCoy __,. hte Dee Sast-blay:7o eal ae ~ a: ————_—__. ml AVOCADO—THE MORT NOUR- | grower is to market the avocado so ISHING FRUIT that it will reach the consumer at a The avocddo is a tropical fruit|the right time—when the fruit has b hich j. * . |thoroughly ripened. The price of le which is becoming very popular in|the avocado will always be a little 8 the United States. It was original- ly a native of Mexico and Central Dr. McCoy will gladly answer X America, where it’is regarded as aj] personal questions on health t staple food. It is now being grown|| and diet, addressed to him, wey E ey successfully in Florida and|] care of the Tribune. The tla of the avocado i: ain ie =e vesgheata a io Is un-|} envelope for reply. like that of any other fruit since ae tank it is neither sweet nor sour, and its delicate flavor becomes quite fas-| higher than other fruits because of cinating after one has become ac-|the delicacy of handling which it customed to it. The first taste is/requires, but this difference in usually disappointing because it is|price need not be seriously con- so unlike the taste that is ordinarily | sidered when it is known that the associated with fruit. avocado is more nourishing in The avocado is picked when green |health-giving and blood-building and allowed to become mellow in|qualities than any fruit grown. s storage. The fruit is just right for|Some reduction in price, will un- | ti aaa ee eating when the flesh yields from!doubtedly occur when more groves ‘ a gentle pressure of the fingers and|come into bearing so that this the pulp presents a consistency very | wholesome fruit may find its place much like that of butter. It is rich|in every home. | in vegetable oil, containing from — about 10 to 30 per cent, besides a] QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS organic minerals. much from your articles in the The avocado is one of the most! paper, but I seem troubled with con- nourishing foods and may be used stipation, and someone has sug- at any meal, since it combines with gested I try the ‘Bland Diet,’ as ’ o any other kind of food. It adds @| roughage seems to irritate. I want ' jpleasing variety to salads or as @/to know what you think of this 1 filling for sandwiches, and is even | diet.” used as the basis of a delicious ice| Answer: I know what you mean cream. One of the simplest but best by a “Bland Diet” but I do not ways to use the avocado is to cut| recommend it. Rather, I advise you it lengthwise and serve a half por-|to take plenty of exercise, eat a jtion to each person. No dressing large amount of cooked and raw is necessary except a little salt if greens, and take an enema daily if desired. The fruit should be soft necessary until your bowels move enough to be readily eaten with @!naturally. Drink only a moderate spoon. Since it is so nourishing it! amount of water, and that between should be used either in small! meals, and not at mealtime. quantities or as the principal part Question: R. W. asks: “What of a meal. . c foods, including vegetables, contain This fruit varies greatly in size,|yitamin ‘A’?” the larger varieties weighing as! Answer: Vitamin “A” is found much as four pounds. In all prob-|in milk, cream, butter, egg yolk, ability the single large seed that! and many vegetables, particularly fills the center of the fruit will|/the green parts, but also the roots, become smaller in the course of|as in the carrot and sweet potato. cultivation. The outer skin is tough! Also, a few fruits, such as tomatoes, io 4 and leather-like varying in color,!oranges and apples. The lack of some fruits being bright green and|vitamin “A” produces rickets, and thin skinned, and others of a dark) dangerous eye inflammation called purple thick skin, keratomalacia and a susceptibility There seems to be an_ endless! to tuberculosis. : ! ” variety of these fruits. About 180{ Question: Ora W. ask ‘What f varieties are at the present time be-| remedy do you recommend as being ing cultivated in California. Sev-jcorrect for the treatment of dia- eral of the original growers in Cali-| betes?” fornia and Florida have made for-} Answer: I do not recommend any tunes through this fruit, it having!“remedy” for diabetes outside of formerly commanded such a high|living on a carefully planned diet. price in the United States as to be|Stop using starches and sugars and used only by epicures. write me a personal letter, sending The avocado tree is one of the/a large self-addressed, stamped most beautiful evergreens that can/ envelope so I can send you more in- be grown in a semi-tropical climate. | formation on this subject. It is easily destroyed by frost, but} Question: L. M. writes: “Please the hardier varieties will survive|state the normal weight of a per- wherever the orange will. The tree/son from childhood to manhood.” requires a great deal of moisture) Answer: The weight would vary during its fruiting season. and for|with the height and measurement this reason it was originally known |at the different ages; also, in rela- as the “Ahuacatl” which is the/tion to glandular activity and tem- Spanish’ understanding for the; perament. No set standard can be Aztec name, “Water Fruit.” used, but each case must be judged The most difficult problem for the { separately. pastry that would knock your eye|number was the advertising man- out. nates the eae Tennessee & Since it has been quite a long time | orthern railroad who christened a since Alan and I have had a quiet reight train “The Lindbergh. evening at home, with the dressing | gown and slipper idea predom- IN NE j inating, I decided we would just! @— 'W YORK e start out with that general idea, and that I would be the nice, sweet little] New York, June 1.—Anagrams, o— hl you are always asking me tojcharades and other parlor games of = ‘ ;q|Standma’s time are still played, Everything planned well, but did - not execute according to the recipe. it seems, by some of Manhattan's About 5 o'clock, just as I was get-|™ost sophisticated folk. Variations ting out the bus, preparatory to go-|0n these have been invented to keep ing after my husband at his place of the wolf of eunui from the door on toil, the telephone rang. Yes, it was| those evenings when only tea and 4 > the husband. He couldn't come|ladyfingers are served. home to dinner. He was working: I have at hand a little volume late—would just have a bite to eat |€xposing the very pastoral pastimes at the restaurant in the building,|of many of New York's most per- and would probably work until 11. | sistent y tossers. It’s entitled, I remonstrated, but Alan was so We Do Now?” and here- y id impatient that something in me in I come upon Frank Crownin- grew reckless, and the vision of his| Shield, Rube Goldberg, John Weaver, enone res, came to my mind, and|the poet; : ina Ferber, Alma so I told him not to let my pleas-|Gluck, Alexander Woollcott and a ure interfere with his work. great assortment of the “who's I banged up the phone, and so did | who. he. And the apple blossoms and 5, + oe the tulips seemed to wonder what| Herein we learn that Crownin- it was all about. shield, though “the worldly and dis- cs Then the phone rang again. I/enchanted editor of Vanity Fair,” thought it might be Alan, reconsid- | has contrived @ game called “Aver- ering. It was not. It was Norman.|ages.” Cards passed about on OUR BOARDING HOUSE : By Ahern | IT IS BECAUSE I HAVE CONFIDENCE | You M'LAD, THAT I WILL UNFOLD “To You. MY GREAT IDEA, THAT WILL TAKE ME Et 10 THE NATIONAL ‘CONVENTIONS § ww AHEM~~T AM GOING A NOVELTY MANUFACTURER, WITH A MARVELOUS SUGGESTION, “THAT THEY MAKE FIFTY “THOUSAND “ToY BALLooM ELEPHANTS, SYMBOLICAL OF “THE REPUBLICAN RY, —~ AND LIKEWISE, THE SAME AMOUNT OF “ToY BALLOON DONKEYS, FoR “THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION! — ae THEN SEND ME -fo KANSAS CPTY AND HoUSTON,-To SUPERVISE “THE SALE OF “THEM BY A CORPS oF STREET VENDORS !. KULL- SPARK, No KIDDIA' I< ; = How DIDN'HAPPEN “To THINK OF THAT ONE Z ~~ Gos. ~« LiKe TH’ ScoTcH- MAS WHo INVENTED A MATCH WITH A HEAD on BoTH was (7 ae eZ Vi — =>, . are He began by being apologetic for|which are charted a sort of score- ' having made trouble for me the last|board of an individual’s qualifica- time I raw him. I told him I had|tions, such as “brains, charm, sense nothing else but trouble, and itjof humor” and so forth. The in- ended by his asking me out to din- | dividual selected for the test is sent ner, since Alan was not on the job.|from the room to make out his own I grabbed on the idea. card, while the rest of the party has All we did wa- just to go out to/a pleasant time at his expense, dinner and to a movie. Then we|gossiping and weighing his various > va went home. It was only about 10/merits, Later their “score” is cont- o'clock, and Norman said he would/ pared with his own “average” and have just one cigaret and leave. he is made to defend his own We patents i ‘ abet 2 Title snaiyai, bit of e ing—I never felt less ‘ou can see what a \.ild, wil sentimental—but we were both of|Mahattan can be. - a et, us sitting rather cozily together on eee the davenport when Alan came in.| And Herbert Bayard Si » the Unfortunately we did not hear him | eminent editor, has a pray calla come, nor notice his presence until|“murder,” which seems to me to - he announced rather bitterly he|be one of the best. It’s a memory hoped he wasn’t disturbing anybody, | test, and the is to demon- and bolted upstairs. is trate what would happen to an We have not spoken since. 1/average individual were he to be guess you had better advise me how | suddenly called uw as a witness to get out of the situation. fn a court tat A is Lovingly, imagined and a definite date de- MARYE. | termined upen. — One of the guests is suddenly NEXT: Wrong again, says Mom.|called upon for cross examination and is asked, & i F 3 Fads H if Fj a BS ‘ is some talk of mediation] member what thd Japan, "Easier than’ thst: ‘why| playing’ tee atk cr japan. r : not hate. the D. A. R. look into the enh and ue situation and blacklist one of ‘em? | questions, to ts discomfort good health,” says . Bundesen, Seemingly these Chicago’s former health commis- tenet Oe cara sioner. Well, Chicago has gone| wild after all. ° ee es From which any reader Judging by the increase in auto-|in the smallest ‘Michigan mobile accidents recently, some of/the largest California the must have reached/can take out \ the well-known saturation point. with perfect assurance that, should Five wre Sete were wevlled tis eae isaghtae old other day in the Hall of Fame. We hacabea ve , a feel sure, somehow, that among the z GILBERT SWAN. i HH [ if as i : .