The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 23, 1929, Page 4

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Tights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Foreign Representative. SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS (Incorporated) Formerly G. Logan Payne Co. 0 NEW Y CHICAG! ORK (Official City, State and County Newspaper) SELECTING GOOD IMMIGRANTS The Commercial Law League of America, mecting in, Montreal, adopts a report urging amendment of the | immigration laws 50 that only those “who will make good American citizens” will be admitted to our shores hence- forth. If this is not done, the report predicts that “popular government in the U. 8. may become a thing of the past before the end of the present century.” Ever since the adoption of the country, we have had seers who predicted a speedy end to popular govern- ment. We seem to have evaded one peril only to run into another, right from the start. It is not so very long, @s time goes, since it was asserted that popular government would end if the abolitionists were not quickly suppressed; nor is it so many decades since it was prophesied that our government would tumble if laboring men were allowed to organize into unions. Yet, somehow, we have survived; and it may be that ‘we shall continue as a self-governing nation even if our immigration laws remain unchanged. ‘With the first part of the Iaw league's resolution, how- ever, we are in hearty agreement. By all means, let us admit only such immigrants as will make good Ameri- can citizens. First, however, we might find out how we are ever going to tell in advance. Outright lunatics and half-wits, to be sure, ought to be banned. But then what standards are you going to set up? ‘Will you raise a strict physical standard, 50 that no one malformed or diseased can enter? You may keep out another Steinmetz if you do. ‘Will you set political standards, to keep out all rebels and radicals? Such a statute would have kept out a certain Pole named Pulaski, who was such a radical that he had to flee from his own country—so he came to America, fought under Washington, was made a brigadier general by the Continental congress for gal- lantry at Brandywine, and was killed in action helping to free the southland of British troops. Would you keep out all men who have criminal rec- ords? John Paul Jones, another hero of the Revolution, ‘would have been excluded on that basis. Would you exclude pacifists and conscientious objec- tors? The parents of President Hoover could not have | come in under such a law. The plain fact of the matter is that humanity is un- Predictable. We might save ourselves a great deal of trouble if we put a Chinese wall up along our borders, tnd insisted that no one come across who is not exactly like we are; but we would lose more than we would gain. ‘There is altogether too much worrying about immigra- tion nowadays, anyway. Our existing laws scem, in all conscience, to be strict enough. If we are too careful about excluding undesirables, we are apt to bar a fcw geniuses as well. And that is a chance we can't afford to take. BOSTON NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN In recent years North Carolina has been making marked progress in the education of its children. Money and effort are giving every ehild educational opportunt- (es and benefits. But there are still places in the mountains where the number of adults who can neither read nor write is ap- palling. This condition is of long standing and has ar- rested the development of those regions. In their il- literacy those people have been slaves of a superstitious fear of change and progress. The federal bureau of education began to break in on this vicious circle of ignorance nearly a decade ago. House-to-house visiting in the communities where adult schools were established persuaded some of the men and women to try to ‘learn. Now thousands, who 10 years ago could not spell their own name, are reading and writing. It was not the teaching that was difficult, but inculcation of the desire to learn. After living the greater Part of their lives in ignoranec, they thought it hopeless to try to learn the mysteries of “larnin.” There are many literate people in other sections of the country who can profit by what happened to those mountaineers once they set to work at their elementary education. As tremendous changes sweep through many fields of life, it is not at all unusual to find People who feel that it is too late to “learn new tricks,” to adopt continue in the old rut. Others résolutely strive to bring themselves abreast of the times and their efforts are usually rewarded with’ a measure of success. ‘One is never too old to learn, if the inspiration is there, ‘WASTED’ LEISURE Instruction in how to live is a vital need, according to & prominent piano manufacturer of Chicago. He con- tends that most of the troubles of society come from the misuse of leisure and he advocates a professor of leisure in the public schools. Of course, he is wrong, for we are Not at all like the little boy whose childish activities had been so restricted that he did nét know how to play when finally he was permitted the company of other children. ' cost of 20 million dollars. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1929 it 1s not spent in improving the mind. Those who made use of their leisure in that way ever were a limited num: ber and the percentage now probably is as great as It ever was. We choose to continue to play in our own why, without any director or professor. WHERE THE MONEY GOES Of every $100 of public revenue paid into the United States treasury the legislative department spends 40 cents, the executive department spends 10 cents, the independent federal offices spend $13.49, the agricultural department spends $4.20, the department of commerce spends 70 cents, the department of interior spends $9, the department of justice spends 60 cents, the department of labor spends 20 cents, the navy department spends $9.50, the war department spends $10.10, the treasury department spends $8.10, the District of Columbia spends 70 cents, subscriptions to capital stock of federal inter- mediate credit banks také 38 cents, the interest on the public debt consumes $28.20, the premium on the public deh: consumes 10 cents more and the retirement of the public debt cats up the remaining $13.50 of the $100. There is little of significance in these individual iiems of the national budget unless they are placed in com- parison. A comparison of the component items is far from encouraging, for it disclosés that 60 per cent of the national revenue is spent for military preparation and in paying off the war debt. War is an expensive game even in peace time. THROWING AUTOS AWAY The facetious question, “What on earth becomes of Ql the old autos?” has been current ever since our auto- mobile age began. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, looking into the matter, has the answer; they get tossed on to the scrap heap. Every year the United States scraps 2,450,000 auto- mobiles—one-tenth of the entire number in the country. Indecd, the American people are throwing away, annual- ly, one-third as many autos as there are in use in all the rest of the world. & The Chamber of Commerce points out, incidentally, that the average life of an automobile in this country is about six years and nine months. Which, when you con- sider the automobile’s cheap price, isn't a bad rceord at all. BACK TO AN OLD TRADITION It is extremely interesting to read that the United | Btates Lines are planning to build two huge new ocean liners, each of them larger than the Leviathan. What makes it interesting chiefly is the fact that these big ships will be built in America and will fly the American flag. Before the Civil war American shipbuilders and own- ers were in the forefront of the ocean transportation field. The speedy clippers turned out at New York and Boston were as good as any afloat, and were extremely good investments. Then our ocean commerce dwindled; and it has been many years since any large-scale building for the trans- atlantic trade had been done in this country. The present move of the United States Lines is merely a return to the old tradition. THE PRICE OF SERVICE The late Myron T. Herrick, America’s famous and well-beloved ambassador to France, was reported @ very rich man during his lifetime. But when his will was probated recently it was found that his wealth was not at all imposing, by modern standards. His estate was worth little more than a million dollars, and when all expenses are met will probably net considerably less than that. To be sure, that is a good deal of moncy—but Mr. Her- rick was richer than that at one time. It is quite probs able that the heavy expenses which our ambassadors must meet out of their own pockets, coupled with the fact that Mr. Herrick’s devotion to his duty kept him from attending to his private business affairs, consti- tuted a heavy drain on his fortune. Which, of course, is just ene more indication of Mr. Herrick’s patriotism and unselfish loyalty to his country. | | Editorial Comment Il EGYPT'S FAT YEARS (St. Paul Dispatch) American consuls in Egypt report that Pharaoh's dream which Joseph interpreted is being reversed. The lean years came first and new the fat ones are in sight. Th recent agreement hetween the Egyptian and British governments for control of the waters of the Nile has made it possible to begin work on a program which will involve the expenditure of nearly 150 million dollars in dams, irrigation canals and filtercd drinking water for the entire population. One dam at Nag Hamadi will irrigate half a million acres of land that have been fruitful only when the Nile flooded sufficiently to reach it. Heightening and strengthening five other dams will supply a greater volume of water and increase the acreage and production of the country. The project to supply illtcred drinking water will require ten to fifteen years to complete at a Egyptian farmers. went into cotton growing very heav- ily and suffered by the drop in price in 1926. Since then the government has forced diversification by restricting cotton planting to one-third of the arable area. Sugar cane, wheat, rice, and onions show increased produc- tion, but rice will not be a good crop until more water is available. Thus Egypt, which in the days of the Roman empire was the world’s wheat belt, is returning to its old job of feeding the world as the dry and dusty land springs to life under the guided waters of the Nile. A PRIZE EDITORIAL Mrs. Charles L. Kelly, mother of five children, won first prize in an editorial contest conducted by the Omaha Bee with the following: My neighbor has pros- pered. His home is the last word in modern architec- ture and equipment. It is hobby. He loves every block and every board in it. surrounds it with grassy plots and flowers, and edorns it inside and outside ac- cording to his sense of artistic grace and beauty. Not only is the home a source of pride and satisfac- tion td my neighbor, but by its beauty and grace and general attractiveness it sheds distinction and adds to the value of the property around it. Now my home is a modest affair. It needs paint and the roof does net cover it as well as the mortgage. What is meant for grass pl exposed portion of a little boy's trousers. And instead of graceful flowing vines my house is run over by little rosy ramblers who clamber about scraping off paint and leaving muddy streaks in their wake. There are five of them, and all the hard work, sacrifice and care they mean to me is nothing compared to the pride I have in thetr clear eyes, clean minds and sturdy bodies. want it less than (greater leisure, the Chicagoan blames mind, probably, Satan's reputed hold fae> ry Besides his idea is not new. It 16 a variation of the | aff! hope to leave an tance nd courage. And to the world I shall net bequeath age ums to but a femily the im such thereby adding to his riches, I go farther. I am raising no hogs tle to market but raw materials for nat row, They are not mine alone. They belong bor as well. It is ta his interest as well as to m: become fit and useful citizens. As they be- . ney were educated, they will develop. The community ha; a part in that development. My has no more right to spread niggardly fin eart the furs sty ehuaneh teat eve ss 3 » than we 0 throw in Kis yard, Another Transoceanic Flight Awaits the Takeoff! | ) J THE NEW ICE AGE If ice were suddenly wiped. off the face of the earth along with our systems of refrigeration, all of the large cities, during the summer time, would find themselves without fresh meat, without fresh milk, or eggs. Butter would be served melted, and a mighty odor of spoiling fish and meat would smite the riostrils. Photographers would have trouble in getting out gelatin plates, and the enormous mountains of ice cream cones which we consume each day would cease to be. Cheeses now shipped and ripened with the aid of ice would no longer have a uniform flavor, and the distilleries would have difficulty in controlling | their beer and hops. The farmers would have to stop) shipping long trains of perfectly kept fruits and vegetables from the gardens, from the farms to the city centers. The margarine manufac-| turers would have a hard time pre- senting the housewife with a butter substitute, and chocolate manufac- | turers would have to begin all over | again, back at the time when it was/| impossible to accomplish some of the processes of chocolate making | during the summer. The silk worm eggs, accustomed | to being retarded by cold until the; mulberry leaves are ready for them, would hatch too soon, and this would have a disastrous effect on the silk HEALTH“DIET sits Me ast My. Sear hee on apse mee Te REN ADVICE CDIET WILL BE MESWERED if you would give in your column your opinion of cigarette smoking?” Answer:—A moderate amount of Dr. McCoy will gledly answer personal questions on health and diet, addressed to him, care of the Tribune. Enclose a stamped oddressed envelope for reply. cigarette smoking is not necessarily harmful providing you do not inhale the smoke. It is now not believed that nicotine is taken into the sys- tem through smoking, but is burned and destroyed by the fire. However, if you inhale any tarry-like sub- stance, it is deposited in the lungs, and this is decidedly harmful. Gastritis Question:—Mrs. W. L. writes: “Please advise me what to do, and what causes my stomach to have a raw feeling that seems to extend up to my throat even to the nasal passages? My throat looks rough and red, with a burning sensation, and I have ulcers in my mouth. Am very nervous and cannot sleep after eating even light food, such as toast and milk. Have gas on my stomach and my heart beats hard and fast after eating.” Answer:—Your trouble is, at least, gastritis, and you possibly have the isd The “ideal husband” was recent-/ ly found by the sociology depart-’ ment of Pennsylvania state college aided by 100 graduates of the va versity of Kansas. Earmarks of that rara avis, the husband ideal, scem to be that he must take his due and just care of the children; must be a plumber; not forget how to make love; com fortably provide; manage the fur-) nace; not argue; contrpl his temper; take care of the garbage, and take care of plumbing leaks. or put up screens or rake out the/ e furnace ashe:. fo hey ° sed to two, i fi married * * * PESTS (By Alice Judson Peale) “Boys are nothing but a lot of pests,” says 12-year-old Nancy. “I wish there weren't any boys at camp. We could have much more fun with- out them. They are always bothering us and spoiling our games. And t ‘re perfectly disgusting at the table. The way they eat! I just can't bear to look at them. Honestly, a few hours of each day, shock from grief b as cause of death of who i world.” Yes, of course, boys are pests, and so, according to the boys, are girls. Maybe you would have more fun this the world.” I quite understand your e+ * s. I felt that way myself once. ‘ HIS TURN Se | wag oes t remember the world is made of An ideal husband investigation and girls who have grown up, is much rarer than the ideal wife and that world is the one in which one. Ministers and writers are € you must learn to live. You might constantly discussing the qualities ito come home at once as his wife @5 well learn to get along with boys of wifehood and making demands! was dying from a rattlesnake bite.) Tight mow. Just accept them as a even more arduous than combin- ing the efficiency of a good plumb- er with that of a good father. It is only fi that they go gunning for the “ideal husband” occasion- ally, making the male spouse real- ize that efficiency is demanded of him in that relationship, as much as of the wife. | -_* * DON'T HAVE TO BE The rarity of “ideal husband” ations only reminds us again that it’s much easier to get by as a husband than as a wife; that the former are in so much greater de- mand than the latter that most women ask little more than that they e just “a husband,” let alone an “ideal husband.” * # ee SHOVEL OR BROOM? The investigation reminds us, too, that the much vaunted “home, duties” of married women who argue that because they labor for hire in an office all day they should not*be expected to cook meals and wash dishes night, rather pale into insignificanee when contrasted with “the home duties” of a married man, and one hears surprisingly few of them complain that they must carry on at a business desk all day and come home at night to mow the lawn part of your education. Pretty soon ‘find they'ye not so bad and at your games are all the better for their taking part in them. At a certain stage of development boys and girls have little use for each other. They are mutually scornful and openly hostile. But this does not alter the fact that it is definitely wholesome and highly educational for them to be thrown togethér during at least a part of their daily life. Cirls and boys of 18 and 20 will judge each other far more soundly for the experiences they have had of work and play together during their earlier years. Let the boys and girls play together. They will disagree a good deal and now and then quarrel, violently, but in the long run the effect is all to the good. The mixed play of childhood is a realistic preparation for the more complex relationships of maturity. f Our Yesterdays 1 — The interest in the incident lie in the rattlesnake bite. bu fact that society so puts the relationship of husband first that a social relationship state and prisoner is not sidered when the firs d wife of ers are generally enough to visit their close sic dying, proving that even the state realizes what comes first. * kt CUPID AND LAW and here’s a news story t cupid Breaks Into Pen. . Norma Boes: seems that Mrs. serving a 1 Texas penitentiary for women, will soon marry G. Lewis Harrington who finished his sentence a few days ago. Governor Moody has been asked for a parole as a wedding present. He'll probably give it. Again the Jaw will bow to the human equation. * COULD WALK FASTER FORTY YEARS AGO Calcutta.—There is a siretch of road; Mrs. B. R. Glick, wife of delegate ‘A 1 wish there weren't any boys in the | stocking industry. No one in the) city could “say it with flowers” when the blossoms could no longer be regulated as to blooming time,| nor shipped or stored in lowered temperatures. The dynamite manufacturers who keep their dangerous explosives at| low temperatures while nitrating,| milk every hour for a few days, and and the blast furnaces would have|then double the quantity used each their worries also. The artificial! time so that you take eight ounces ice skating rinks, such as those in|every hour from early in the morn- California and Florida which depend! ing until you go to bed. If this on man-made ice, would have to) does not relieve you, consult a good close their doors. |diagnostician and have a careful ex- While these things are important, amination made in which the X-ray I_ believe that the greatest value|is used to determine exactly your of refrigeration to the world has been | condition. accomplished in handling our meat} Ringing in H supply.. Mucb of the trouble and| _ Ringing in Head danger whic were formerly due to; Question:—A. P. M. asks: “What eating rotting or infected meat has'are the non-mucous-forming foods been done away with by our modern | which 4 will cure ringing in the method of handling meat in a frigid) head? ; atmosphere. It is also beneficial Answer:—Head noises are usually the flavor of meat if it is os aused by catarrh of the inner ear, awhile, and it is well known that the and will disappear as soon as the taste of chicken improves after) excess catarrhal mucus is thorough- proper storing. Freezing meat does|ly drained out. The diet for such a not impair its value in any way, but| condition should consist principally actually makes it more tender and!of small amounts of meat, fish, fowl, more easily digestible. |eg@s, non-starchy vegetables cooked America may well be termed to be; and raw, and fruits. It is best to start of stomach or duodenal ulcers. The cause is over-acidity of the stomach; which is created through dietetic indiscretions. Milk and toast are not particularly light foods, but an exclusive milk diet should prove helpful in your case. Try taking four ounces of certified summer if “there weren't any boys entering upon a new ice age, not' avoid all starches and sugars, as destructive like the famous age of|well as milk products. These may millions of years ago, but this time) be said to be mucous-forming if uscd beneficial to life. |in exeess quantities, and the one who lis trying to cure himself of catarrh QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS should avoid the carbohydrates and Cigarettes | hydrocarbons as much as possible Question:—J. H. asks: “I wonder| until the cure is effected, ger’s pony of Mandan for a purse of | His views, however, were Republican $100, drew a large crowd of people | in nature. He accepted their nom- and was casily won by the Bismarck | ination in 1868 and was elected by an horse. | overwhelming majority. @ | the auditing department of the Wash- S, T. Lambert returned to the city | yesterday after being called home by | the illness of his son. Mrs, J. A. Haight and baby have come to Bismarck for a weéck’s visit with friends. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO J. F. V. Kiebert, who has a cheese factery on his farm in Oliver county, was in the city today and states that several Fargo firms are now handling his cheese in addition to the local market. Traveling Freight Agent T. D. Hughes is here looking after stock shipments for the Northern Pacific. Miss Coleman, who has been with burn railroad for several years, return to her home in Dickinson this | here in India that has traffic regu- ; Glick, and Miss Annie McHugh, lations more strict than any other | daughter of Colonel McHugh, arrived Place in the world. It is about 50 miles | here yesterday. long, and a motorist is given a timed | strip which he is forbidden to negoti- ate in less than four hours. The race between the McDonald| EGAD,~ GENTLEMEN OF PARIS ! ERECT STATUES OF BRONZE “To MY FAME ! ol IMMORTALIZE ME I MARBLE ALONG WITH NAPOLEON! I HAVE. CAUGHT A FISH SEINE ! He FIRST MAN IN horse of Bismarck and William Bad- UN PoIsson t= i pa, = At-Hd— al POISSON ff ~ aw VINE LA WHE BER AHMEREEKAN! LIVING MEMORY WHo HAS “TAKed A FISH ouT oF “HAT CAN BE He SEINE SHOWN “To week. 4 Mrs. F. A. Briggs has returned from Skagway, Alaska, and is now at Howard Lake, Minn. z TEN YEARS AGO | Arnold Svendsgaard has returned | from a two weeks’ visit with his mother at Bowden. . Misses Nellie and Vera Mason, Oskaloosa, Iowa, are here for a visit with Nelson A. Mason, secretary to Governor Frazier. The Federal employment office here will be closed permanently tomorrow, according to Floyd Fox, director of the local office. Mrs. J. J. Clarke has as her guest Miss Jessie Lawson, Minneapolis. ere ZAAS Se Ciuc iatead wuewsJeeeueuw GRANT'S DEATH On July 23, 1885, General Ulysses Simpson Grant, eighteenth president, died at Mount MacGregor, near Sara- toga, N. -Y., from a cancerous affec- tion of the throat. graduated from West Point in 1843 and served with distinction in the Mexican War. He resigned, however, Comm! dered to a command in the west, rendered important service there won the first major victory for the federals in that sector when he cap- tured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. His success was so gregt that on March 17, 1864, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the federal armies, First movements of the fed- eral arnties under Grant though un- successful in main design, so crippled the Confederates that they paved the way for ultimate victory and the end of the war. Grant entered politics as secretary of war under President Johnson. He “I would rather be banned in Bos- ton than read anywhere else.”—Upton Sinclair. * * “The strength of the American gov- ernment lies in the fact that citizens may criticize their officials to their heart's content unless their criticism interferes with the performance of duty and administration of justice.”— Newton D, Baker. * ek “Motor cars are increasing by leaps and » Pedestrians are surviving by the same peeges. tard Dewar. * * “There were lots of people who committed crimes last year who would not have done so if they had been fishing.”—President Hoover. * * * “A gentleman if he has the right of the argument can sock a lady any time he likes.”—Richard J. Walsh. * * *& “The old idea of thrift assumed that credit ought to be limited to the pur- poses of production. The newer con- ception does not candemn consump- tion credit as invariably bad."—Wil- lam O. Scroggs. (Outlook and Inde- pendent.) 3 PLEASES THE FIREMEN TEMPLE TO TIME Washington, D. C.—Plans are under way here for the construction of a $1,000,000 “time temple,” to be con- structed by the Horological Institute of America. The building will become @ national center for the science of Qorology and will contain many valu- able exhibits of the watehmaker’s rLAPPER FANNY SAYS: