The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 12, 1930, Page 4

Bi marck Tribune the Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- oo. President and Publisher Not So Desirable ‘The proposed merger of the Northern Pacific and t Northern railroads, it is indicated by the news ‘Washington, is arousing a formidable opposition in e Northwest. ‘With the Burlington lopped off from the three-line combination of roads, the Interstate Commerce com- sion's projected. merger even has failed to arouse the Inthusiacm of the railroad corporations themselves. here has been evidence, however, that with a Burling- n entry to Chicago from the Twin Cities conceded hem, the plan could be made acceptable to the two lortherns. Meanwhile an opposition has been developing and it proceeding to act before the Interstate Commerce com- mission possibly can change its original mind on the ter and revise the planned merger so as to meet he approval and acceptance of the Northerns. ‘The merger is not of the character that invites public t, because it gives the Northwest no new connec- ms or transportation facilities nor does it lead into territory or to terminals not already at the com- d and service of the Northwest. ‘The big advantage of the proposal lies in the reduc- on of overhead. With the two lines joined under one have our settled policies—as embodied in the Monroe Dootrine—our eager desire to put the world on a basis of permanent peace, our war debts as a possible leverage in world affairs and we cannot afford to surrender our moral viewpoints to the sordid militarism and assertive imperialism of the European powers, as France and Italy. At any rate it all amounts to the same thing in the views held by the opponents of court entry in the senate. With the coming retirement of Senator Deneen: from the senate, only 47 of the senators who originally voted for World court entry will remain in the upper cham- ber. Senator Trammell, the Florida Democrat, since then has aligned with the opposition, leaving but 46 former sypporters of the idea as members. This num- ber lack three of the two-thirds vote required for ac- ceptance of the modified reservations embodied in the amended Root protocol for the senate to pass upon. That means failure of the proposal to enter the court. The probability is that President Hoover will meet this situation by withholding the proposal from submission to the senate at this time. If any more senators hostile to the court are chosen, failure of ratifying entry will become all the more certain, and it is difficult to see any way ahead by which the president can attain his desire for acceptance of the revised entrance protocol. The nomination of Mrs. McCormick thus is another discouragement for the president in his world court aspirations. Horses ‘The decline of the horse in numbers is not altogether @ tragedy of sentimental aspect, it is an economical phase of a mechanized age. It means that, as a draught animal, there are fewer horses on the farms and in the trucks and carts of the cities. In the paddocks of the |Face courses there are still worthy successors to Maude S. and Jay-I-See—even better racing thoroughbreds than these, in the type of Man-of-War. These facts must be borne in mind when contemplat- ing the contrast between the horse and the automobile, for example. It has just been announced that these two have met and passed each other, going in opposite direc- tions, in the two decades of conquest by the machine. Tt used to be that there was a horse or mule for every 3.08 persons in 1900, but now there is a horse or mule for every 5.92 persons. The number of cars has risen to the point where there is one to every five persons and the saturation still is increasing. This is one of the factors in the problem of agricul- ture, due to the reduction in demand for feed crops. It has thrown a vast acreage on the farmer for which he must find some other adaptation than hay or oats, The Horse Association of America claims that because of the automobile there are 18,703,000 fewer horses and mules in the United States than there would be other- wise. These horses would have required the grains Produced on 54,247,500 acres of farm land now devoted to producing food crops of which the world has a sur- Plus. The decline of the horse has deprived the farmer idfiagement, it will be possible to dispense with some of » great outlet for his crops and has destroyed the the adiit::istration and operating forces, it is argued. it means mory men reduced to unemployment, it would em, if some of the. considerations urged in its behalf oved operative in the way claimed for them. The merger ‘hus would be a stockholders’ merger, with the prospect Profits once to be had by raising and breeding fine horses, The horse is not going extinct, however, by any means, not even in America with its ‘®2mendous farm machinery and automotive development. The census will show about greater net earnings to provide greater investment ' 29,999,000 horses and mules in the country, working in ng to the owners, It has been dubbed such a type ‘The Northwest is supporting both roads loyally and th is a feeling that the mutually satisfactory rela- between them and their patron territories should hot be changed, for fear new conditions might not prove Pleasant, desirable or satisfactory. It is for this reason that protest is growing along the lines, especially in Montana. The Bismarck Association ‘Commerce has linked up with it, too. It was this North- st opposition that led to the mecting of 18 representa- from Northwestern states Friday at Washington, to ormulate a request to the Interstate Commerce com- ission to defer action on the proposed merger. Rep- ntative Knutson, of Minnesota, in fact, would sus- bend the authority of the commission in the matter and hus tie up the proposal. It is difficult to work out a scheme of scientific onal railroad mergers for the country. The merger the Northerns as proposed by the Commerce commis- on from both the public and railroad companies’ view- is not scientific at all. Other mergers proposed d hardly deprive many men of jobs, as the component, es proposed are not duplications of each other and require the retention of their present operating at least. Moreover they join territories that ex- nd the services and accommodations of the branches d of economizing them. If such restriction did ot result from the Northerns merger, it does not seem there could be much advantage to the roads, and argument on the basis of economies thus fails of ‘The great weakness of industrial mergers today in is country lies in the constant constriction that their effect, imply or threaten in their occupational djustment and disturbance. For the workers they n occupational anemia, the reduction of consuming and thus, to a considerable extent, the ultimate hment of business. The Northerns thus be- e a pert of an acute movement and problem the World Court Entry Dubious ; Opponents of the world court of international justice bee in the nomination of Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick by the Illinois Republicans the augury for the proposed entry of the United Mrs. McCormick made opposi- the harness and the shafts. ‘What will develop from the new industry of canning horses, or turning them into chicken and hog feeds and teases, remains to be seen. Originally intended to dis- Pose of the wild cayuses infesting the western prairies and using the pasturage that could be turned to more Profitable use as forage for cattle and sheep, the busi- ness has passed from a temporary stage to a permanent industry. In Montana the range herds now are being bred by one large horse canning company to insure a Permanent supply and there is talk of building a large horse slaughtering plant at Miles City, once the world’s greatest primary horse market, to continue the canning ; business permanently there, owing to the proximity of | vast ranches for ranging the animals. To lovers of the once best friend of man, especially in the trackless West of the days of exploration, trapping and settlement, this fate of the horse lament. But it is not a cause for despair. The horse | |s going to maintain himself, even against the tractive machines as @ source of easliy handled power. He will for a long time share that role, perhaps forever, | Editoria] Comment | Mr. Mellon, Trencherman (8t. Louis Post-Dispatch) Though he has been on the front page for 10 years Besides, Senator Brookhart of Towa might have an ear glued to the keyhole. So the dietary Boswell permits Mr. Mellon to enjoy his dinner in peace and privacy, which is fair enough. Isles of Safety (New York Sun) (What ‘Yards? Shall We Ue? Today Is the Anniversary of | i Although he was unsuccessful as if t ‘Yardstick’ the author of the famous “Missouri/of the great works of the earth.” — Gilbert K. Chesterton, Zz Compromise,” which for the time in- HENRY CLAY'S BIRTH hamonious relations between and the south. For this he the “Great Clay was hall We Use? t t et "EE conereer vyouo ; ae author, * * “There is no evidence that women Pacificator.” |are less warlike than meén.”—George Bernard Shaw, English dramatist. eee friends but also over his political /the 20 he was admitted to the/an' ge g StH g i 3 E BEGIN HERE TODAY ATTHEWS, lady's in a cummer- » by by MOUR CROSBY. engaged te CLORINDA BERKELEY, whose wccart bi he ted GIGI BERKELEY, 15, whe anne- countably —— everyone Fri- ter- ely te bet Deas- then sight eave obe bea co Now GO ON Wits TAB STORY CHAPTER XXIX «67'M sorry, Dundee.” Crosby turned to the younger detective, ignoring Captain Strawn's charge for the moment. “1 tolé you an untruth, the first I have uttered since this questioning began. 1 did not receive a letter trom Mrs, Lambert, mentioning the fact that Doris bad come here to be Mrs, Berkeley's maid. I was sur prised—startied, if you will—at the news, But the surprise was 8 pleas: ‘ant one, tinged only with pain that { should have so vivid a reminder ERED gees at ese ilk fell it our—home.” “It is true, Captain Strawn,’ Lincoln called him “the itagonists. od nine years later was a mem- | beau ideal of a statesman. try dian Conservative party leader. “Some will retain the conviction that the ancient bridge built between “best known as/the two towers of sex is the worthiest Murder. Back stairs ©1930 by NEA SERVICE INC. face flushed darkly. iy impulse is to refuse to answer, but I believe the truth will be less painful to— Miss Berkeley than the construc. tion you are putting upon what Doris wrote. After we had ex- changed the ordinary greetings and inquiries as to health, Doris said: “It brings it all back so, sir, meeting you. It seems only yester day— Then she burst into tears, and whispered: ‘Oh, sir, how can you marry again so s6on, when you loved Miss Phyllis so much?” “So that’s what Doris said!” Strawn sneered. “Strange talk from a well-trained maid!” 66) ORIS was rather more than servant in our household,’ Crosby said quietly. “She had been with Phyllis for years; the two sirls bad been real friends, as mis- tress and maid frequently are. And after our marriage, I became very fond of Doris myself.” “Well, now, that’s interesting!” Strawn exclaimed triumphantly. “A little too fond, perhaps? As fond of. her as Dick Berkeley was?” “That's a vile thing to say, Strawn!” Crosby replied contempte- ously. “It's absurd to have to deny such an tnsinuation, but I do— most ” by ANNE AUSTIN “8 S38 her to wait a moment while I took those earrings from my wallet, where ‘I have carried them since my wife's death.” “Carried them in your wallet, eh? Why?” Strawn prodded skeptically, “Because Phyllis was wearing them the night she—died and be cause they were the last gift 1 had made her. 1 gave them to Doris as an engagement present and because I knew that Phyllis would have liked for her to have them.” “And I say you gave them to her because Doris Matthews had made up her mind to expose you to the Berkeleys, partly because she was fond of Clorinda Berkeley ind partly because she wanted to make you suffer for your wife's it Hl age i rel & i ily I Hi ti ‘i if Et it tl HE fa Le aH tet ene B Ta } i E cel 4 ae EESESEQSEECUEEG3 E0008 nine Pe HE Ea eet ib AVENGING: EON, ETC. taken the slightest interest in my © own belongings since—since I went down for the swim this morning,” Crosby answered. “Then we'd better have a look around,” Strawn decided abruptly, stuffing Doris’s letter and the ear tings into his coat pocket. eee H heated three men left the dead girl's Toom, Strawn taking time, how- ever, to lock the door and pocket the key and descended to the seo ond floor, which was being patrolled by @ plainclothesman, 5 -Seymour Crosby's room was a very large and very impressive chamber, with private bath end modious Foom. her to meet her in the summer |@ house, when the house was quiet for the night—” eee HAT 1s not true!” Crosby Mashed. “I did not leave my room again last night and you can- not possibly have any proof that I did so!” “Yeah?” Strawn grinned, as if nursing secret proof. . But Dundee knew his chief had nothing more up his sleeve, Dur What |{28 the lull the younger detective “I—" Crosby hesitated, the dark ied flush ceepening. “I told her I could Rot live in the past, that, to save my reason, I must try to build a new “In live,’ contemptuously. “1 am Deuniless fortune hunter, Captain Strawn!” Crosby retorted with dignity. “When I married Benbam I was a man of a amount of means. Part of my small fortune in unwise E a L Hy i ! i : i iyt? =f Hf 4 gee SP A | peaaiet Hii fe E E i Hi il fire el gs a Pe f as: i i iy i k dH if it Hi I 3 H 5 lie slit tr fu ye, bil 7m a2dpoasns? of Bewry es sre ste 8. eerFradsash roerfes2 Ho seroeovess aewpnpwaarTrcesay wwatwa wmearekhmrar=am i £ E i 5 3 : [ i Dundee conceded willingly, “that MMe, -Crosby added, immediately after Mrs, Lambert's news, that i seupee 4 ate fel er uit atl ne i & $d I aH r be - tg mats ¥