The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 12, 1930, Page 2

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1930 ~ PIENBLE DUTIES | REVISION TO START UNDER REVISED BODY Big Controversy With Senate Stiil Sputters in Making of Appointments TWO. MEMBERS MAY STAY Disposition of Hoover Said to \ Be to Retain Chairman and Vice Chairman By JAMES P. SELVAGE Washington, Sept. 12.—(?)—Presi- dent Hoover is to complete before next Tuesday the new tariff commis- sion which is to administer what he considers the “outstanding step” of the revised tariff legislation—its flex- ible provisions. With Henry P. Fletcher, of Penn- sylvania, as its chairman, the new commission will supplant the old up- on the expiration, Sept. 16, of the 90- day period allotted the president by congress for reorganizing the petson- nel, The chief executive has selected already, in addition to Chairman Fletcher, Thomas Walker Page, of Virginia, a Democrat, who was chair- man of the commission under Presi- dent Wilson. The names of the other four mem- bers selected are to be announced after week-end conferences with Chairman Fletcher. Reports have been current for some time that the chairman and vice chairman of the present commission will be retained as members by the chief executive. They are Edgar B. Brossard, of Utah, a Republican, and Alfred P. Dennis, of Maryland, a Democrat. In accepting recess appointments now from Mr. Hoover, each of the new members must face the senate for confirmation, in December. This prospect has added to the difficulties the president has met in filling the six posts, as many of those he desired declined to serve because of possible opposition and rejection by the sen- ate. President Hoover has culled through scores of names. He made his most vigorous stand of the entire tariff controversy in his demand that the flexible provision for changing the duties up or down within a range of 50 per cent be re- tained, and it is upon them that he must rely to correct any inequalities in tariff. Under the law, the commission will investigate rates and make recom- mendations for changes, which must be either disapproved or promulgated by the president,.who is left without authority to direct changes himself. YOURSELF COMFORTABLE AINT Tr! WORD IN TH’ ARMY/=' ITS, HAVE A SMOKE AN! .MAKE TWO MISERABLE~TH’ GoY WHO'S WANTIN' ON TH! BoTT AN’ YouRsELF. fe PEOPLE'S FORUM | Editor The Tribune: “Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay; Princess and lords may flourish or may fade; A breath can make them as a breath has made; But a cold peasantry, their country’s brid le, ‘When once destroyed can never be supplied.” ‘The above poem written by Gold- smith some 200 years ago still rings with truth today. We are groping for @ remedy for farm relief and the last national political campaign promised such relief above all else. A Federal Farm Board was one of the results and they seem to be earnestly trying to solve the problem. Chairman Legge and Secretary Hyde have re- cently made appeals direct to the wheat farmers to reduce the wheat acreage. There is no question in any- one’s mind now that it is the sur- plus, when too unwieldly, that is the cause of our troubles. The farmer wants a stabilized, profitable return on his products. A reduced acreage by a campaign of education or in- ‘duced by economic laws is only a tem- porary relief at best as the prices will increase the following year only to encourage an increased acreage and lover production again, Agriculture is the great basic in- dustry and the downfall of all nations in the past followed the decadence of agriculture, It should be the purpose of any political party or any nation to encourage in every way possible the growth in numbers of small farms oc- cupied by owners thereof, where ideal conditions prevail for the best type of | been home-life and the rearing of children ‘who will become the desirable class of American citizens. The tendency to- day in this machine age, that may de- stroy us, is toward large farms oper- ated by power machinery, supplant- ing hundreds of farm homes and where transients or men without homes are employed. Which is the better, a large wheat farm ‘like that <a sources of extra power! 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The large acreage formerly used for producjion Make more money sélling 10 small farmers @ line of machinery and re- DISCLOSED IN STATE |Fields Tested in Steele and wheat farmers’ “Wheat Tax.” « ministered by the Federal govern: ment in the same way as the income tax and in fact so mi it in details that the words of wheat” might be substi the word “dollars.” The plan 1, A Federal tax on every bushi of wheat of all kinds raised at rate of 15¢ per bushel gross, the dockage. ge HAE E bushels of gross wheat 2. A surtax of 10 wheat in addition to the above tax shall be levied on all wheat by all classes of farmers who produce over 5,000 bushels of gross wheat. The above is a brief outline show- ing that the tax as administered and enforced by the same department that collects the income tax will tend to wipe out the wheat surplus each and every year and will encourege the farm i increase in small owners and thus derived will be benefit of the wheat areas as Con- etess may see fit. There is in the U. 8. Treasury a sum that with interest mow amounts to some 70 million dollars which is profits arising from the handling of wheat during the late war and sum should by all means revert o the wheat raising areas whence it. came and no could now be made of of forage crops for horses and mules | trolled has been turned to other uses and helped to swell the over-production of wheat. Everytime a horse has been displaced by. @ power substitute two and one half acres of land are re- leased for wheat production. Since 1920, 6,437,000 horses and mules have displaced, geleasing 16,000,000 acres of land formerly used to pro- duce horse feed and now used to raise wheat or other crops. In addition power farming has enabled the “side- walk” farmer to hop out and put.in several hundred acres of wheat on marginal lands and then came back to town to sell machinery or repaies or gasoline to the farmers he is be- traying. ‘Tbe implement. dealer can could be widened to cover all dities burdened by a suplus | / REASONS WHY ! TEXACO ETHYL . tHe DRY etnvi ! THE TEXAS COMPANY power and spéed of a high-tesf fuel. More than just a quiet, smoother-running engine! It gives you all of these qualities—plus the amazing starting and pick-up that made the new and better Texaco Gasoline, the original “dry” gas, famous. Try Texaco+Ethyl today. It’s better because it’s “dry”. Texaco Petroleum Products | TEXACO-ETHYL = THE "DRY" ANTI-KNOCK GASOLINE Cass Counties Show Poor Treating Studies on the wheat smut situa- tion in North Dakota counties were begun this year by Dr. R. J. Haskell, Pathologist of the U. S. De; ent of Agriculture, and W. E. Brentzel, pathologist of North Dakota Agri- cultural experiment station, and it pan cued that a the ayeenns from .5 to 3.8 per cent smu js pre- vailed in the fields. in , Steele counties the prevalence of smut and methods of control in prac- | Zel, tice and their value were studied. About 25 fields, representing the average conditions; were chosen in each county for examination, accord- ing to Mr, Brentzel.. In Cass county at least an average of 2.5 per cent In Cass and {| treat of the wheat heads in the fields ex- amined were found to be heads of smut instad of grain. In le county the average percentage of smut was 3.3 per cent. In both coun- ties about one-half of the fields free from smut, while the others ran from a mere trace ee ee ee ee The owners of all fields examined were interviewed to obtain informa- tion on methods of seed treatments sowing. > About 68 per cent of the farm- ers-who were questioned, treated i,]seed with either formaldehyde or copper mate, The others used no treatment of any kind. Ap- proximately one-third of those who did treat failed to obtain satisfac- smut control. | bout one-third ited used i chine or mill, points out Mr. Brent- but the majority Rapended upon can and shovel as the equipment. for treating. neglected to cover the ter it was treated with ‘hyde, allowing the to escape be- fore the smut was destroyed. Many growers had led good ment for cleaning and treati seed. These growers were si tnd le to remove smut balls from the wheat? * and to thoroughly a cal to each grain of tl They followed directions closely and obtained good results. _ It is the plan of the pathologist’ to expand these studies inte otner.” counties, and to supplement with printed information and demonstra- / PREXY’S ELEVENTH YEAR Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 12.—(?)}— Dr. Lotus D. Coffman will begin his eleventh year as president of the University of Minnesota with the op-" ” ening of another school year at the dnstitution late this month. He is the fifth president of the university and previous to accepting that posi- pet was dean of the college of edu- cation. Barrel cactus of the southwest, be- sides being shaped like a barrel, also serves us one. By slicing off the top, the thirsty traveler may dip out a re: freshing fluid from within. NOTICE!! To Gas Consumers Using Gas Furnace Burners turning down pilot lights on We have had some t: -- furnace burners with the idea that the pilot is burni they will save five or ten cents 2 month by turning it down. With natural the cost of the a in a furnace will not exceed 25c per month por if our ra er these pilots alone aftér they | cia been adjusted and set by our experienced men, they will These pilots must be set at a certain - future trouble. burners and if they month on their gas an expense of Please leave these are bill, it will be too much gas and bly avoid any eight to light the turned down by consumers to save a few cents a for us to send a man up at necessary itely fifty cents to one dollar to readjust these. pilots alone and if there is any trouble or you think the furnace is not working properly, call our office, phone No, 1030, and ask for the service department and a man willbe at the expense of the company. sent up immediately At night after the office is closed, calls can be phoned ' to 1120-J or 1428 and the trouble will be taken care of immediately. Montana - Dakota Power Co. - Phone 1090 - ‘Bismarek, N. 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