The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 25, 1929, Page 16

| i By RODNEY DUTCHER (NEA Service Writer) Washington, April 25—Many lead- ers of American business will gather here at the end of this month to dis- cuss a wide range of problems. ‘These men concede an existing na tional prosperity, but so numerous and perplexing are the questions which they will undertake to thresh out that the program reveals deep in- terest, and in some cases anxiety about the future of the nation’s eco: nomic structure. The annual meeting of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce begins April | 29. It will devote special sections of discussion to the marketing of agri- | cultural products, trade practices, manufacturing problems, transporta- tion, water power, conservation cf natural resource raw materials, mod- ern city planning and financing. fu- ture of mass merchandising, prin- ciples of tariff legislatio. finance and the credit of life and property, city traffic and trade areas and employer-employe re- lations. Will Reveal Business View The chamber will pass resolution ‘on most of these subjects which ma or may not have some important ef- fect on the future, but which may be taken as expressing the preponder- ant sentiment of American business men and will be handed on as such to the innumerable local chambers of commerce over the country. The two main matters scheduled | s for action by the present special ses- sion of Congress are on the cham- ber's agenda, the tariff and co-opera- tive marketing such as is expected to be the principal factor in the farm re- lief act. The chamber will consider the ques- tion of federal and state aid for de- velopment of co-operative marketing along with other phases of the co- operative system. It will consider the tariff as regards its effect on agricul- tural prices, the extent to which it has succeeded or failed in maintain- ing industrial stability, limitation of its present readjustment, likely effects of its increase on American export trade, its flexible provisions and a dozen other related questions. Great emphasis will be placed on consideration of mass production and the he aire which it has created, especially in respect to mass mer- chandising and employment. Selling Costs Go Up Mass production goes right on put- ting men out of productive industry and forcing them into the distribu- TRIBUNE’S PAG Y ment problem? E OF COMIC STRIPS AND FEATURES . :- THERE ARE SHREE DOCTORS IN THE ROOM NOW NOLDING CONSULTATION — THEY WON'T LET A SOUL IN=— IT LOOKS MARY — WHAT A MOCKERY SPRING BEALTY< HOW SHALLOW YHE FINANCIAL GOOD F }—\ BEFALLEN ME— You GET WELL, MARY~ . tion system. The theory is that new SERIOUS = SHE NAS A TERRIBLE You 7 ‘RE THERE (3 WW 7 fem have been ‘fufficient to absorb TDRAGGIG HER GOWN © LIFE THAT MEANS ANYTHING “TO ME — ; : 3 {tem have n sufficient to abs GLING HER DOWN © ; z y 1 the surplus labor from the factories. Va AFRAID FOR 1E ANYTHING SNOULO HAPPEN — Rt ; j At the same time distribution costs ‘ : have increased. Mass distribution hasn't kept up with mass production. It costs about as much to sell a pair } of shoes or a suit of clothes as it does to make them. Some men look forward to the day nearly everything will be bought through vending machines. They think that, in a small way, a definite trend in that direction has already begun. In its round table on employer- |employe relations will take up such questions as: What are sound s cies with regard to maximum age limits for initial employment? What about employment of married women? How can physically handicapped workers be given satisfactory employ- ment? Is the extent of displacement sufficient to cause a difficult employ- What are special problems created by displacement of highly skilled and specialized work- ers? Will a reduction of daily or weekly hours of labor in place of lay-off ameliorate the effects of dis- placement. Plenty of attention will be ac- corded that question. Many economists believe, for instance, that the five-day week will become almost universal; that with increased ma- 6€E-AT FIRST £ TROUGEUT TIS WAS A LGTTER’ FRom FRECKLES — IT'S ACE LETTER TH ME, BUT T COULONT Asie chine efficiency there isn't enough FROM SOMEBODY UNCLES HARRY TD necessary work to go around on the BY ME AAME TAKE ME ON y basis. Henry Ford long ago stituted the five-day week. Others OF DANNIE!! | have followed him and it is under- stood that the big General Electric Co., is contemplating it. Discuss Chain Stores Mass merchandising is a matter of great interest to everyone who sells or buys anything, and especially to hundreds of thousands of small mer- chants. The future of chain store organizations will be dealt with ex- tensively, along such interrogatory lines as the effect of increasing com- Petition between chains, factors of ett success of the chain move- ments, harmonization of conflicting style and standardization tendencies, manufacturers’ policies in selling to mass distributors and small units and whether present tendency toward group action by retailers and retailers and wholesalers combined indicate ultimate chain organization of nearly all distribution. And another question, often asked: . 4 “Will the individual wholesaler or " retailer, operating independently of all others, survive?” 3 e AVING MOM’NPOP so +w« : It Can’t Be Done, Pop! WAY SHOULD T_TELL MOM? IT WOULD ONLY START A MARATHON ARGUMENT. WHAT SHE DON'T. KNOW WONT HURT HER. AN ANYHOW WHEN T CLEAN UD 1 WANT TO TOSS: HER THE BIG CHECK AND SAY—"THERE, GET VOURSELF A MAID AND A CHAUFFEUR LIKE , WHAT'S THE MATTER? YOu DON'T ACT LIKE YOURSELS,- HAS ANYTHING GONE. ‘WHOW, WHO EARNED THIS MONEY ? 1-DID! AND 1 GUESS Tony, still wearing the pert little flowered cretonne apron which Rhoda had lent her, opened the door to Dick Talbot and his banker father, ne head high, her blue eyes challeng- “Hello, Tony!" Dick muttered, his | black eyes sliding away shamefacedly from the proud challenge in hers. And; “Good morning, Antoinette,” the banker greeted her with Pompous eordiality: “Good morning!” Tony answered curtly. “Won't you come in? Sorry, but the Jonsons are at church.” “Splendid! It's you we came to see, Antoinette,” Mr. Talbot answered heartily, but behind octagon-shaped Glasses his cold eyes were not smiling. “Don't be so stiff, Dad. Everyone calls her Tony,” Dick protested. “Not ‘everyone,’ Dick,” Tony cor- . “I'm Tony only to my friends. .. Won't you sit down, Please?” The banker waited ceremoniously until Tony had dropped to the couch inthe Jonson living room, then, turn- ing his back upon a chair she had ‘waved him to, he took his place be- side her, his big, superbly tailored body dwarfing her tall slimness. Look- ing like a petulant little boy, Dick slumped into an armchair nearby. “So your Tony to your friends, my dear?” the big man asked with a be- nignant smile. “In that case then, I shall have to forego the pleasure of calling you by that charming name— Antoinette. For I hope to be included in your list of friends until I can claim an even closer relationship, “Meaning—just what, Mr. Talbot?” demanded crisply. “Meaning that I have come to add my. entreaties to those of my son,” the banker. Pompously. “In ‘Talkies’ Now Enter Field of Education ial “Worcester, Mass. —(/?)—The “talkies” ‘have invaded the educational field. THE SRAGGS! BABY , SHELLBE SURPRISED! INVESTED Tt OUGHT THAVE THE SAY ABOUT HOW TO THIS THING MUST ge GOOD or Adi WRONG AT a OFFICE THE INVEST IT. SUPPOSE I'D SAY = WOULDN'T HAVE GONE INTO IT HIMSELF — ; FAMILY FORTUNE MOM, 1 PUT EVERY CENT WE OWN INTO A WOULD HE. ? T'LL SAY NOT! SO I'M SAF : INA COPPER CLAIM OUT IN COLORADO SHE YUL JUST ACT UKE COPPER CLAIM, WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT 1 WAS TALKING ABOUT ‘Pop AND SHE'D RAISE NED. DON'T BE A SAD, DOD! FINDS HIMSELF FACE TO FACE. WITH A short, it is my earnest desire that vou BIGGER marry Richard, my dear.” “I see,” Tony commented drily. PROBLEM Then her blue eyes flashed a scorn- ful challenge to Di vho could meet it only fleeting! ick, look at me! uu told your father about last It was the father who answered: “I am glad to say that the boy has told me the whole story, Tony. And, I may add, it was your conduct last evening that has convinced me that Tony interrupted ruthlessly: “I sup- Pose you think that Dick has com- Promised me and that honor demands that he marry me. If so, that’s non- sense. It was my suggestion, not his, that I pay what Dick calls my debt to him in that way, rather than by marrying him. Please! Let me finish! I funked it. There's no use in going into my reasons now. I simply found I couldn't go through with it, and ran away. Naturally I expected to marry him if he still wanted me to. I did not expect you oe to approve now, any more than you ' zn § ; did when my mother mistakenly an- - M : ‘ cones, my engagement to Dick in im ‘ june, ALL TH’ HIRED HELP IN TH’ UcTEL SNEAK) (WHERE TH’ SAM HILL OUT “TA PUT ON “TH FEED BAG— NO HAVE You BEEN? “TH’ WHATS FUNNY >) WeLC come. WERE. REASON WHY I SHOULONT! BurZeR On Th swircu— 1 EIKED EVERY THING UP BEFORE ‘AN “Ya CAN SEE 4. sTeerep OUT To ear!.- * FOR, YOURSELE “, te ap Meee sae tees And I confess that I can't quite see why you have come out here this morning to add your en- treaties to Dick's, as you put it. I do not have to be ‘entreated’ to keep my word.” As she finished, her cheeks were pink and her eyes blazing. ‘There was a strange, uncontrollable flash of hatred in the banker's grey eyes, but his voice was jovially benig- nant as he answered: “Fine, fine! Splendid girl—this of yours, Dick! + - Well. Tony, my dear, how soon may I call you my daughter?” NEXT: The Interview continues. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, -Inc) furnish the hall and seats. The movies are used for entertain- ment and for the showing of educa- tional and scientific films. Texans’ Hens Bring Profit of $3.20 Each Mm : < | . : ; je aaa : : Sa : 7 SD? = aaa A ii tn ee hn hn bp tn De te ie