The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1931, Page 11

MARKET MEETINGS}. ries of Sessions Arranged for 16 Counties From Jan. 26 to, Feb. 20 FARMERSTOATTEND Davis Outlines Presentation of Bismarck’s position on any proposal to remove the state capital from this city _THE BISMARCK. TRIBUNE. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1931 Bismarck’s Position on. Capital Removal in Fatmers’ Union Letter: Asks Secretaries of Farm Organization to Investigate Proposal: Before Deciding to Cir- circulate Petitions; Gives Partial List of This City’s. Advantages is made by F. M. Davis, People’s Forum Editor's Note.—The Tribune wel- comes letters on subjects of 4 terest, Letters dealing with con. whieh offend good taste and fair play will” be returned . tothe writers. Allletters MUST be signed, If you wish to use a pseudonym, sign the pseudonyin first and your own name beneath it, We will re- spect such’ requests, We reserve the right to delete such parts of letters 8 ‘may’ be necessary to conform to this policy. of the rural delivery system, it being | vigorously contended that it is neither jesential nor responsive to modern fconditions, and that, while it may | have served a purpose of convenience if not necessity, in fhe “horse and} | buggy” period of about a quarter of | ‘a century ago, in these times of au- | tomobiles and good roads practically | every rural resident has his own car, | | which has brought town and country } | So close together, that,distance is no {longer’s factor. This, in conjunction | with the radio, has brought about a i condition which renders. obsolete the {ment directed against the operation ‘education through pereerverance un-" der very trying financial conditions, for both themiselvef'ahd their parents.’ The education of these’ girls is com- plimented by a thorough understand- ing of rural conditions; they know how to build and bank a fire; they know how to care for the school well, to insure a water supply in freezing weather, and do. the other jaintcr work that the teacher -is called upon to perform ‘in a rural school, In short, I believe a- girl, equipped witb. the above mentioned qualifications, -is capable of rendering every service president of the Association of Commerce, in letters sent out to secretari izati Fargo, N. D., January 13, 1931, | SetVice and purposes for which it was |catied for in a one-room rural school Laer , taries of Farmers Union local organizations throughout peibe ab ihe HAGE gid | originally established. {and believe they are equally success- 3 This seems to be largely the senti-jful, and quite as capable of ren- i The letter asks that the Farmers Union secretaries look into the matter c¢: i i In this tim sion | | ‘ s s arefully before supporting the capital removal is time of unrest, depression | ment of the rural population, which jdering an equal -service..as teach- attempt. The letters were mailed out by the Farmers Union main office in Jamestown, this accommodation Taavitis Beshe|ue wie eee ee oe tor | spears to take the position that jers’ of a higher certification, cooperative livestock shipping as- Sociations in 16 counties Jan. 26 to Feb. 20 when they meet in a series ot 17 livestock marketing sessions |2Tanted to the Bismarck association because of the fact that use of the Farmérs’ U! which have been scheduled by county | Jamestown group which is seeking the capital for that city. Mr. Davis’ letter follows: /agents and extension service workers. ) The first of the series is to be held in _McKenzic County at Watford City Jan, 26, ' H. E. Seielstad, Agricultural college | marketing specialist, will attend the sessions to explain the principles of cooperative marketing and to provide any technical ‘information on the function and organization of shipping associations which might be needed. Also, a representative of the Farmers’ Union will discuss the set-up of the National Livestock Marketing asso- ciation which is being sponsored by the Federal Farm Board. The complete schedule of the meetings by counties follows: McKenzie county at Watford City Jan. 26; Williams at Williston Jan. 27; Mountrail at Stanley Jan. 29, and Van Hook Jan. 30; Dunn at Dunn Center Feb. 2; Stark at Dickinson Feb. 3; Grant at Carson Feb. 5; Mor- Dear Sir: prejudice. _. We understand that you have been asked to circulate a petition seeking removal of the state capital from Bismarck to Jamestown and this letter is being directed to you primarily because of that fact. Knowing that every honest North Dakotan wants to be fair, we ask that you look into the merits of this proposition before committing yourself to its support. ; We wish to set forth some facts, dispassionately and without We know that you will do your own thinking. Bismarck is and has been the capital of North Dakota for nearly 50 It is listed as such on the maps of the world. .The state capital nion mailing list had been given to the and view the situatoin in the cold {light of calm judgment. It is true that no industry or oc- cupation is.entirely exempt from the blighting influence of these “hard times.” In this section we are large- ly concerned with the dire distress of agriculture. The natural law of { supply and demand.has proven in-j { adequate to raise the prices of farm | products to a parity with manufac- tured products, and as a result the cost of farm operations is far in ex- cess of farm incomes, with resultant failures and losses. The Federal Farm board through its efforts to neu- tralize by government subsidy the steady falling of prices of farm prod- ucts has been only partially success- ful in this staggering task. The gov- ernment’s efforts along this line seem. at best to accomplish only a tempor- ary stimulant to keep the patient alive until the effective and curative remedy can be found, if such a rem- edy there be. But let us bear in us all to pause in sober Feflectiony sich governmental subsidy as islevied! whose education was acquired jon the public to meet costs of de-| | livering their mall is a surplusage | | under modern conditions, and the | ‘huge sums expended for such pur-| poses can be used to much better ad- vantage and for a more effective and | lasting purpose in stabilizing of pric of farm products, and that farm lief, rather than mail relief, is the present need of the rural population, if homes and farms shall be saved from foreclosures. The household flivver largely solves the transporta- tion problem of the rural resident as to his mail and parcels and other commodities, without necessity of the cumbersome and costly operation by the federal government. Then there are those that contend that if there should appear any seri- ous objection to abolishment of the rural delivery system, it should at least be adjusted to modern, means of } transportation. That present rural routes are based upon use of horse and buggy as to distance, and with under more comfortable condi- tions, and whom city life has ren dered less familiat with conditions that confront @ rural school teacher. Many of the girls, eligible under Dr. Piek’s proposed: ‘higher’ normal re- quirement, are girls from the cities who have been blessed with parents whose financial ability has permitted them to acquire their higher educa- tion practically free of the disadvan- tages that must be overcome by the rural girl in her. struggle for an edu- cation. I contend that the great majority of the twelve-week teachers, referred to by the doctor, are girls who ‘have used every available shred of their finances to obtain’ the*education they. {now have, and the teaching positions in the rural schools offer to them practically the only means of re- plenishing their depleted finances so that they may continue with their education. was apportioned to Bismarck at about the same time and in the same manner as various other institutions, such as the agricultural college at Fargo, the University at Grand Forks, the insane asylum at Jamestown, teachers college at Valley City and numerous others were apportioned. ton at Mandan or Hebron Feb. 6; Stutsman at Jamestown Feb. 9; La Moure' at La Moure Feb. 10; Dickey at Ellendale, Feb..11; Ransom at Lis- bon Feb. 12; Sargent at Forman Feb. To raise the normal requirement at this time will relegate the great ma- jority of these rural girls to the posi- tion of a domesite house maid. Under present conditions, I see no advantage mind that while the doctors haggle the patient is rapidly sinking. I am not optimistic enough to see any causes that are likely to raise prices of farm products to the ex- advent of the automobile Teast be doubled as to di that one motorized car routes previously served more carriers under the old lay 13; Richland at Wahpeton Feb. 16; Steele at Finley Feb. 17; Grand Forks at Inkster Feb. 18; and Cava- lier at Langdon Feb. 20. ————______________@ | Driscoll | Creme toe NBER oe Ree By MRS. F. 0. JOHNSON pelts The capitol is located on 160 acres of land owned by the state within the city limits of Bismarck. facilities and is valuable property. It is served by water, sewer and other : On this land and near the ruins of the old capitol building is the Liberty Memorial building, erected at a cost of $500,000. Normally it pected higher levels, and therefore it inexorably follows that if better times are to come manufactured products must come down to the level of the farm products. One or the other alternative necessarily must happen. The economic scale must be brought to a parity, either through artificial factors or through deflation. Agriculture has been deflated. The other industries must take the de- making at least a 50 per cent reduc- tion in number of carriers now required to cover the same routes. It appears that the postal depart- ment has, within the past few years, made an effort to consolidate rural routes, but it appears that the de- partment is largely hampered in its efforts at making wholesale consoli- dations, by the fact that under the in the proposed change in require- ments that will overbalance the loss to our present teachers of the means of furthering their education. A teacher should be judged not by the ability of her teacher but- by her own ability to teach. In my esti- mation we are receiving as many cents for our educational dollar as we are likely to receive under the pro- posed change in normal¢requirement. CE > sieves ome ee no houses the supreme court, state library, adjutant generals office and some flation medicine also, whether they | 18¥ it can only do 60 when st [I believe this change will be accom- night with Miss Cardelia Jordan and other state departments. In the present emergency this space has been oe ee hiatal ani, CaP | appears that the federal government |Panied with inereased cost to the . . * . sa ” ri 5s 5 vi y ie - Fee a re-arranged and some additional state departments also are housed in it. nomic debacle. does not reserve. the same right 2 |ent rural outlook, I do not believe we 1° 9“ a. Knudson ‘Tuesday afternoon, The distressing unemployment, sit: | Oo that, Unies @ person gets on the |#e justiifed, ‘in’ adding expense to ath Qison is spending several days : The state owns in Bismarck the Bank of North Dakota building, tae aGeltuRiOAl dresser “through | federal VR ede a ita rropased change Titelieve ne wil ba eels lon in Bis- which houses that institution and a number of other state offices. It, which such a large proportion of the j Feeardiess Wetter Tie, is such a find it necessary to inerease the sal- Mrs. J. A. McCann and children with its equipment, is worth several hundred thousand dollars. It will thus nation's DORIRHOE: £Re Coe riere dire: | federal law stiahould be promptly re- [ary of the rural echonl teabiier, whee A I Ss Sa be seen that the state still owns approximately a million dollars worth sulting virtually in a “buyers’ and|esled- that, is absutt poner | Pick i Mr. and Mrs, H. A. Knudson spent of property in Bismarck which would be a loss were the capitol to be See eee NE eae acannon Pt ce Ne oie ae Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. This fact is important to the taxpayer. people's necks is the excessive taxes. Consolidation by the department Of ore highly educated girls from tom: Mrs, George Haugen spent Tuesday eee f e au coc Lacie pepe pered by the fact that the Uberal fortable homes, blessed with parents oe with her mother, Mrs. A. H. Of the 10 larger cities of the state Bismarck is the most cen- brought to a parity with agricultural | fixed salaries paid are teased upon [itis tus apeulsitine oF the teeed Mrs, H. A. Knudson and Mrs. Pete trally located and easiest for the average North Dakota citizen to reach, TE ee cane invatill the carrier that: takes, over the ad- education a pleasure? Will from $700 Tompt called on Mrs. Joe Lewis last either by railroad, bus or automobile. - Bismarck is the focal point of a feeater losses and becomes wholly | ditional route receives practically ato! ew Bes Ye a & a thes fine system of highways. This is important because of the growth, ease and contiscatory. Reet agra salary oo tat mination of the |ment to these girls to cause theni ° es rapidity of automobile transportation. but ta, Teduction, ike charity: other carrier. ‘The remedy for this|to walk much of the time through | ‘McKenzie Sas fat rant at the excessive i situation is that gin enenee ae lear toa naa shone secehreae : : : : ‘ i law so as to place the carrying of the a wher y ie SSS ee Bismarck is the only city inthe central part of the state with tenes end expen federal ett | ra mails, on a contract. basis,|must build their own fire, to warm By MRS. T. T. HUGHES adequate water and sewage facilities. The Missouri river gives it the Lee eae EATTRIRE RDC Iet us not | avarding the contract for each route the bullding, for the ehildren, The Mr. and Mrs. Lester Heulett and Mr. finest water supply of any city in the state and one of the best in the He ethane he ous ieee! peel | a in all other governme t contracts. | cast iron heating stove to a modern and Mrs. Nagel of Bismarck were visi country. These facilities. have been developed concurrently with the ares oo districts and eounties; | 1 Have inimind a typical situation jhot air furnace inio which the tench ships, school districts an 3 a rural ity re- ;er, during a’ nine month term cf tors gt, the: Bidle- Adame ome Simms .y.development of, the state’s business. They are apart of Bismarck’s invest-. Reduction of taxes is nother Dow | ently orear here. There were four |school, must shovel about twenty tons The Homemakers’ Club met Thurs- ment, not only in its own future but in service to the capitol and other sie DaeEeE ain pagers prosperity | Fufal carriers out of the village post- of lignite coal and earry out about as day afternoon with Mrs. H. R. Raesch- state buildings. can enter. ; office there, serving eT ets Pee bene = He EEE ke, The nibcellanegts lesson fe In June 1925, then President Cool- | lively cert upton otiateN ae ie | elaans look catten the apie ia lomemakers’ Club work was given . 4 §, ae . 3 5 i i is - ; - ane lhe waber : athens Mrs. Ed. Conley. There were 13 mem- Bismarck is in a fortunate position with regard to railroad con- idge, in reply to eriticism of his pro” | about $2500 annually. Recently, one |the water supply in freezing weather: bers a: i : : ps | Posed 2 “| of the carriers reached the retirement jsee that the toilet system ts kept in pat Perper Beale Fates tater nections and freight rates, being served by the Northern Pacific and Soo omy in the cost of government | iE ime} Qge and retired on pension. ‘The |sanitary condition and suspervise the January 29th at 6:30 p.m. at the Ed line. Lignite coal forms thé bulk of North Dakota’s freight movement, separable from rede determine how | Postal department proceeded to cOM- playground, Conley home ats whieh tee thes aa exclusive of grain and farm products. Thousands of tons of coal are reduction in taxes can be injurious | oeNth that. of another carrier |ent wage a ee sk ee ‘The committees were appointed to see required annually to heat a capitol building. Because of its nearness to {0 pusie te the public shout in con-| there. The disappointed candidates |a higher education? to the menu of the banquet and en- the lignite mines, the freight rates on coal to Bismarck are lower than certed unison that taxes must be Te-| hast ee sey cab P| SS RMERs ! Resear ey aylnce caer to any other large North Dakota city. The savings on coal shipments alone Srey eerie Mea and high dudgeon and circus | Mi > ‘ Mrs. E, L. Adams visited Mrs, T. more than offset an: in, n other frei, hi igh : city ds, their township | lated petitions to block the ; issourl ae Mt Es Acams visi y Savings on ot! ght costs which might be made their ety boards, thelr fOWNENID, Tents effort at consoldalion, and a5| booed je tpi cua am oeacmmminiers signatures can be obtained to most! any kind of silly petition, they were able to delay the department's con- | solidation plan. | ‘This is but another example of how | gy, Mrs. George Manly was a Sterling caller Monday afternoon. Floyd Belk of Sterling was a busi- hess caller in this vicinity Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. E. L, Adams and little boards and other taxing authorities | with vitriolic demands for tax reduc- | tion, their attitude is not at all times consistent with their demands. For example, I know of a certain By L. M. CRAWFORD Bismarck’s hotel accommodations are second to none in the state. This is important to remember in connection with capital city facilities., the nenitaecene lev eat an of a seven and son were Sunday visitors at the L. Huelett home in Bismarck. Mr, and Mrs. Fred Dietrich and daughter Dona Mae were Thursday evening visitors at the H. R. Roeschke Bismarck already is fully equipped to take care of a capital and to per- form those services which the presence of the seat of the state’s govern- ment entails. : community in this state, where there taxes in the township, and the town board cut down the levy and appro- priation for road purposes to appease was much complaint about high} gress for not reciucing public expendi- tures and direct and indirect taxes, | nevertheless will in the next breath | sign petitions to continue such bur- | | the public that. shouts loudly and | ; cusses their representatives in con- | 9; y born January s. Elias was formerly Miss Maybelle Crawford and is well known in this community, Herald Small sawed wood for James Robidou and John Crawford Wednes- home, BAC e Hundreds of persons connected with the state government own their Pose aries Seen tranny own homes in Bismarck. They have a personal investment which would be L. Adams home. seriously impaired if the capital were changed. Indirectly, such losses The Royal Neighbors will hold a would be chargeable to the state as a whole for they would’ represent a re- duction in the wealth of North Dakota. the irate residents. Shortly there- after, one of the most active tax re- | dens. day. fs was circulating} How, when and where are We goInks Mgr and Mrs. James McDonnel: CS aes highway graveled | 0 have tax reduction? | We have had |trom near Hazelton visited al the that ran near his farm, and obtained | agricultural deflation. a Fe nega [tome of Mrs. McDonnell’s father, Mr plenty of signers on his petition, and the midst of industrial de Hoe tae [gohn Clark ‘Thursday became highly indignant when the | CaM prosperity return until we he Mr. and Mrs. Alex Anderson from regular meeting in the Hall Thursday night, January 22nd. Eee township board reJected the petition Ce ee INGTON | near Glencoe were callers at the Wil 4 i i Pi i ae the interests of the tax reduction Ah iam McDonald farnr Priday. School Notes ° Bismarck has made no effort to capitalize on the fire which de SN ee Nc oAEe Ree it __ Fargo, N. D Miss Evol Gamparna went i Bis. stroyed the historic capitol building. It is launching no agitation for an ornate new building. That is a matter which must be decided by the people of the state as represented by the legislature. a certain school district where there were complaints of too heavy school tax, the hue and cry for reduction of | school taxes had hardly subsided be- | sie marek Frid Editor of ‘The ‘Iribune | Mr. and Mrs, Paul Hapel were call- Although I ‘ave the highest regard) ors in the capital city Friday. for the ability of Dr. Piek and our! "Mis. J. B. Chesak was taken serious- ——S PY LEIN NO. 1 Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 24, 1930, we had a Christmas party. Our par- ents were present. We had a Christ- mas tree, presents were distributed and lunch’ was served. Ruby and Hazel Arneson have re- turned to sthool after a short seige of smallpox in:the family. Monday morning, Jan. 5 we had a new pupil, Ardis Severson starting school for the first time. AP. T. A. meeting was held Jan. 9 in Lein school No. 1, The main event in the program was a debate, resolved that a “High School Education Is Necessary for Success in Life.” Lunch was served, Those who were neither absent nor tardy last month were Glenwood, Irvin and Clara Rise; Catherine Lein and Alice Arneson. They received achievement stamps as a reward. Those who-received achievement stamps for outside reading were Clara Rise, two stamps; Arthur Bjor- hus, two stamps; Glenwood Rise, one stamp; Catherine Lein, one stamp; Ruby Arneson, one stamp; Dean Severson, one stamp; James Severson, two stamps; Lyle Severson, two stamps; Norman Bjorhus, one stamp; Helen Bjorhus, two stamps; Hazel Arneson, one stamp, and Alice Vik, one stamp. ‘Those’ who received achievement, stamps for geography were: Alice changing it now. a@ capital-removal movement. : reason for such movements as readily as we. We have addressed this letter to you because you have been asked to perform a specific service in connection with the-movement to give In the emergency created by the capitol fire, the city of Bismarck so, rearranged its affairs as to grant space to state offices. This was done without any attempt to hold up the state for high rent or to otherwise reap a profit from the situation in which the state government found We feel that Bismarck has served satisfactorily as the state capital for nearly 50 years and that no good reason has been advanced for We see no reason for engaging in a campaign on the matter at this time, although we recognize full well that schemes such as those now being advanced sometimes grow into a menace to the peace and prosperity of the state. : As residents of Bismarck we want to do our full share toward main- taining good will and comradeship among the people of North Dakota. A special election to vote ona proposal to move the state capital would cost $175,000. This would be adirect charge against the taxpayer. We make no attack on any city or community: which may be fostering We impugnno one’s motives. Youwill'see the fore petitions were circulated for fur- honorable board of education, I would ill and was rushed to a Bismarck ther bonding of the school district and imposition of additional tax bur- den for additional school buildings, and most of those who had clamored for reduction of school taxes turned around, while they were getting their “second wind,” and signed petitions for increased taxes. No doubt such cases are surprisingly common, al- though absurd. Tax _reductionists seem to sometimes think that they can have their cake without paying for it. Reverting to federal taxes, we find that the federal government is under a violent barrage of demands for re- duction of governmental appropri- ations and expenditures, which, of course, all ultimately comes out of the people's pocketbook. The expendi- tures of the federal government are approximately four billion dollars annually—s staggering sum, which is levied upon our debt-ridden, tax-rid~ den and distressed people. The prun- ing knife’ must be wielded dexterously and swiftly to bring relief to the dis- tressed taxpayers. But where shall the knife be first applied? Recently Postmaster General Brown requested congress to introduce a bill to raise the rates on first class mail matter to help take care of the huge deficits of the postal department. like to have the privilege of comment- ing on certain portions of the subject of the doctor's address before a re- jcent joint meeting of the two houses of our state legislature. ‘The primary purpose of our school system is to develop education; but the cost of our education has been in- creasing for a considerable number of years and we have come to the point, where we must take the cost into consideration. ° “ I am only a common ‘farmer, but | fone who has observed and has taken} considerable interest in school affairs for the past 20 years. and am espe- cially interested in the education of |the rural populace: of this great state lof ours. I,am an advocate of educa- tion and more education and believ jmoney spent on education is a good | investment, but believe we should ex- | pect 100 cents worth of education for every dollar spent for that purpose. I believe a college education should be looked upon ‘as a financial asset, even though it can not be immediate- ly converted into tash after gradu- ation. i While our boys and girls, pupils of | our rural schools are deserving of first | consideration, education means some- | thing more than this, and viewing. education in this larger sense, I see hospital. We hope for a speedy. re- covery. Nat Latimore, Amos Robidou and son Edwin were callers at the John Crawford home Saturday evening. Thomas Hines passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Humphreys in Bismarck Friday morn- ing. Mr. Hines was well known in this community. He has made. his home on the river bottom for a num- ber of years. We extend our greatest sympathy to the bereaved ones. Mr. and Mrs, Clifton Kimball, Bill Mills and Mr. and Mrs. James Robi- dou and family were dinner guests at the John Crawford home Sunday. Miss Mamie Clark was quite ill last By MYRTLE CHRISTENSEN Miss Florence Sharp is spending several days in Driscoll visiting with Mrs. Robert Eisenbetze. * ‘This demand met with violent pro-/in Dr. Piek’s suggestions certain pro- tests from all sections of the country | posals that ‘will tend to retard rather and no congressman has as yet been {than advance rural education. found who is inclined tosponsor such a} Dr, Piek states the teacher training | grandson bill in the face of such popular protest. | situation in North Dakota is similiar The public seems to take the correct|to the glutted wheat market and attitude ‘that if any branch of the | mentions the fact that the one-room the capital to Jamestown. We felt you were entitled to a brief presenta- AEA ee penn eee Ne te tion of Bismarck’s position before deciding what you will do in the matter. stamps, . Our hope and belief is that you will let your sound’ judgment and sense stone PHAR aS Dee eee of fairplay dictate your decision. pe * Leliag | ont ‘and James Severson, eas ‘ We are sorry to have.bored you with so long @ letter but feel:that, | ‘Those who received achievement stamps for spelling during last month were Alice Vik, Alice Arneson, and Clara Rise. PLAN CUTTING ACREAGE Amarillo, Texas, Jan. | 22.—(?)— Wheat farmers, of . Panhandle vote Sottal cucbeoe Wo tek oak plan of ¢ oi ys ‘Per. OR tale Your nigsaing Gnmuctier 10 back a similar” movenient throughout |: the wheat-producing pis even now, we have left many phases of the situation untouched. /If you would like any additional information on this subject, please feel free towrite to us. Cordially. yours, , BISMARCK-ASSOCIATION OF COMMERGE- By Fe MeDavis: © President. postal service is not selfsustaining, it should be abandoned, unless the pub- lic can be convinced that it is esential to the public wel- fare, to justify its becoming an additional tax burden upon the pub- lic. Tt seems to be conceded that the rural delivery system is the “white elephant” on the postal department's hands, that,” with ity--huge “cost of > Loperation;. causes: not.all, of this large deficit. ‘There: seems tobe rural schools of the state offer the largest field to the teaching profes- sion and suggests enacting a law that would require at least one year nor- mal above a high school education to teach in the state. He stated that 1/66 per cent of the one-room rural téachers of the state have: but. 12 | weeks normal. ov freeman “thesgreat majority ice eee age eee Pomel on tne