The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 27, 1931, Page 4

‘ i : i i i i _ THE BISMARCK TRIBUN by The Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Carrier, pet Year ......0.000 per year (in Bismarck) year 8, per y Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are ‘also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS (Incorporated) Formerly G. Logan Payne Co. CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Uncertainty No matter how buoyant it may have sounded during the late war, the expression “We don’t know where we're going but we're on our way” hardly holds true in the current business situation. The truth of the matter seems to be that business is Prepared to go somewhere and has the wherewithall to make the trip but it just doesn't know where to go— or if it knows where it doesn't know when—and so it isn’t yet very well on its way. ‘The best evidence of this fact, as it applies to our own. northwest area, is the statement of the federal reserve bank covering the condition of banks. The latest re- Port says: “City member banks in the district continued to re- Port the largest volume of deposits experienced in any spring period on record. On May 20, their deposits were 439 million dollars, an increase of 43 million dollars over the total for the corresponding date last year. The de- Posit increase was due, as in former months, to the un- Precedentedly high level of time deposits and the in- crease in balances due to country banks over last year's figures. Other demand deposits were slightly larger on May 20 than a year ago, and public deposits were slightly smaller than a year ago. “City banks continued to maintain a highly liquid Position, with balances due from banks (including the reserve bank) and vault cash totaling 114 million dollars on May 20, which was more than one-fourth of their to- tal deposits. Investment holdings were about as large a5 a year ago at this time, but included a larger pro- Portion of bonds and a smaller amount of brokers’ loans than last year's portfolio, Loans to customers were also at the level of last year’s loans on May 20. A reduction of 12 million dollars in loans to customers occurred in the first week of May, partly as a result of grain loans paid off after the May 1 settlement by the Farmers’ Na- tional Grain Corporation.” Bankers are not in business for their health and when they loan money they want to know they wili get it back with interest. These data show they are in posi- tion to make loans if and when they have confidence that these two requisites to sound and successful busi- ness can be met. That increase of $43,000,000 in deposits in the city banks shows a heavy liquidation of business assets and a tightening up on both credits and collec- tions. The uncertainty which faces business is clearly teflected by the highly liquid condition in which the banks are maintaining their funds. No one with a normal conception of business practices! and @ desire for business stability would wish the banks to make unsound loans, for the money in them does not belong to the banks but to the depositors. Never- theless, it cannot be denied that when the present un- certainty has passed and the banks get that $43,000,000 of excess deposits into circulation, doing the business of the Northwest, conditions will show a marked improve- ment. American Influences in Russia If Russian politicians have ever entertained any seri- ‘ous notions of introducing Soviet propaganda into this country with a view to converting our people to the Soviet system of government, they would better look into their own ports of entry and see the peaceful pene- tration that American ideas are making into their own country. The joke, in this case, seems to be very de- cidedly on the Russians. It may be that the Russian commissars have no fear of American influences among their peasants and pro- Jetarians. The fact is that they have eagerly sought American brains and American machinery in their at- tempt to rehabilitate Russia industrially. That American machinery and American technique are playing a tremendously important part in the Rus- sian industrial program is shown by a review of trade relations with that country, prepared by the U. S. De- partment of Commerce. About 2,000 American firms are doing business di- rectly with the Soviet government, while 50 companies and scores of individuals are under contract to give technical assistance to the various departments of the Soviet. In 1930 American firms shipped to Soviet Russia ag- ricultural implements of all sorts to a total value of $42,- 000,000. The purchases consisted chiefly of tractors and harvesting machinery. Our shipments to Russia of industrial equipments ranges all the way from concrete mixers to water power plants, and for the year 1930 amounted to just under $40,000,000. The demand for these supplies from Rus- sia is said to be increasing. The Russian commissar may see nothing to fear in; the American machine, but he has yet to learn that the American machine can not very easily be disassociated from the American idea. The two, working more or Jess unobtrusively together, will form an ingredient to be reckoned with in the Soviet experiment. @ The Mother of Good Health Necessity may be the mother of good health as well ‘as of invention, if one wishes to pursue a certain line of deduction from facts adduced by the United States Public Health Service. ‘This organization, which keeps tab on the health of ‘workers in industry reports that there was less illness recorded during the last half of 1930 than during the first six months of that year and for similar periods for several years past. ‘The bureau’s own explanation for the decrease is that there was less sickness caused by disease of a respiratory nature, since the non-respiratory disease rate differed from that recorded in 1928 and 1929. be inferred, however, that the gen- Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marek, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck mail matter, strong. Another factor is that most employed persons have a greater respect for their jobs now than they used to have. If they don’t they should have for the easy em- ployment conditions of 1928 and 1929 have vanished and the competition for every available place is sterner now. It may be barely possible that men who would have stayed at home and nursed a cold two years ago are doing their doctoring in spare time and are appear- ing on the job on those mornings when they feel as though they might justifiably stay in bed. The doctors advise against it, of course—and prob- ably rightly—but human nature being what it is and the law of self-preservation being as active as ever, it may be that persons in industry now are forcing them- selves more than they used to do. race, in industry and elsewhere, usually goes to the | For the Good of the Cause Approximately 35 insurance men are working in Bis- marck today for “the good of the cause.” The cause, in this case, is a reduction in the huge toll of money and blood which America pays annually to the fire demon. Today, the things which cause fires will be checked up in Bismarck by men who have been trained to recognize fire hazards at a glance. They will offer aid and counsel on the methods of eliminating these dangers. ‘Tomorrow the work will continue and tomorrow night, their job done, they will attend a dinner. Bismarck will be classed as a town where the risks carried by in- surance companies are in good, bad or indifferent con- dition, generally speaking. The city should be grateful to these men for giving of their time, money and effort to perform this serv- ice. Ours will be the benefit and the inspectors should | be welcomed wherever they go—and they will go to | every public building and every business building in the city. | Whether or not their work will save either lives or jmoney can never be proved, of course, but if the rate jot fire losses in Bismarck is less than in other cities of |comparable size and situation; if the death rate from fire is smaller here than elsewhere, we can give these insurance agents at least a part of the credit. The American Summer School The summer school, which is a distinctly American contribution to education, has spread to Europe, Central j America and the Orient. Fifty years ago, when it was |first tried in this country, it was given a cold recep- |tion and its growth since that time has been gradual. | In Europe, 118 schools located in 14 countries now offer summer school courses. These institutions have, however, introduced a sharp divergence from the Amer- ican system of giving credits for work done. In Europe, {certificates are awarded for proficiency in the subjects’ |studied; in America, “credit” has been stressed to such Jan extent as to have become an afftiction. In this country students attend summer school mainly to gain credit to shorten their residence requirements, to gain a few points to boost their salaries as teachers, or to satisfy certain requirements laid down by their superintendents, if they be teachers in attendance. tei |criticised, kut it is not to be denied that the “credit” ‘system is being overworked. For that reason the Euro- |pean contribution to the system could be introduced in this country with lasting benefit. Teachers have found the summer school a great help. By this means they have been enabled to keep abreast of the times and to obtain necessary instruction supple- unable to take the necessary time off to attend regular university sessions. 1 A politician is a man who had rather see grafters un- | punished than see a rival politician get credit for | lishing them. Quite a period of time has elapsed since any prohi- |bitionist proclaimed that prohibition is making us pros- perous. Proof that distance lends enchantment: a lower divorce rate than men of any other occupation. | Editorial Comment | FAditorials printed below show the trend of thought || ini |] by other editors, They are published without regard |] to whether they agree or disagree with The Trib- i une's policies. War Horses (St. Paul Dispatch) Mechanization of the cavalry, a part of the United States Army's plans for the future, will substitute swift- jly-moving armored motor vehicles for the trooper and his horse. How soon this picturesque and once vital department of the military will yield to the machine |has not been predicted but plans are underway to take the horses and mules out of the Army. t mi For sentimental reasons, if for no other, there will {be many who regret the passing of the “war-horse.” Rattling tanks and roaring armored cars may perform more efficiently in battle but on the parade ground they will not even rival the spectacle of mounted men. Poor Richard's warning that “for want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the rider was lost and for want of a rider the battle was lost” will have to give way to a figure that moralizes on well cleaned spark plugs. The King’s ‘orses and the king’s men are about to march down the street but not back again. On they will canter, along with lances and suits of mail and other implements of war outlawed by the march of time. Results of Encouragement (Dakota Farmer) James C. Stone, chairman of the Federal Farm Board, in an address at the annual meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce, in enumerating the accomplish- ments of the Federal Farm Board, told his hearers that) these accomplishments were “strictly in accordance with the policy laid down by Congress.” He said that the Board has encouraged the organization and develop- ment of the farmer-owned and controlled sales agencies for commodities marketed nationally and internationally and from the results of this encouragement seven na- tional sales agencies have beeen created by the cooper- atives as follows: The Farmers National Grain Corporation, with 25 member units composed of more than 2,000 local co- operative associations, and handling 112 million bushels of grain in the first nine months of the present crop year. : ‘The American Cotton Cooperative Association, with 11 state or regional cooperative cotton associations as member units, and handling 2,100,000 bales of cotton its first year. The Natiénal Wood Marketing Corporation, handling its first year approximately 35% of the wool clip and 90% of the mohair, with prospects for # large increase in the amount of wool handled this year. © The National Livestock Marketing Association, with 20 member units, handling last year approximately 58% of the livestock sold cooperatively in the country and its Patronage by farmers increasing steadily. The National Pecan Association, with 20 member units. The National Bean Marketing Association. The National Beet Growers Association. title of the Press.” scribed as “regulations for the peri- odical press of the United States dur- Daily By DR. MORRIS FISBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Med- ical Association, and of Hy- An increasing number of infesta- tions of the human being by fish tapeworm is being reported in med- al lierature. There are many eases transmitted to man through; In the medium of insects, fish and an- imals. Recently Drs. I. Pilot and I. Levin accumulated the records of 21} cases of children infested with fish tapeworms and noted the not at all surprising fact that 16 of the 21 children were Jewish. The reason for the preponderance of Jewish children in such cases is the popularity of gefuelte fish as a ‘These aspirations on the part of teachers are not to be/ dish in the Jewish cuisine. This dish is made by mixing practically raw!/form in the fish and properly flavoring it. deed, a great many cases among adults have occurred in the house- wife who tastes the fish during the! fested. course of preparation ito make sure that it is properly seasoned. Twenty years ago, Dr. A. S. War- ‘“ ithin predicted that the number of mentary to their own education. This is because MANY | cases of this condition would increase| |teachers, lacking the high standards now required, are) because of the infestation of fish in the Great Lakes with tapeworms Health Service Fish Sometimes Cause Tapeworm in Humans brought to this country by natives of Scandinavia. The dis-|to be infested. the process, els, get into the water. M. muscles of the fish. then eaten In-/cat, bear or happens to children are eat the fish commonly used in the Preparation of gefuelte fish are lake trout and pike, Buffalo fish and carp. Fish from the Canadian Jakes of |Horthern Minnesota have been shown the eggs of the tapeworm, passing through the bow- They burst in from nine to 12 days when they hatch out and are then picked up by ber a form of vegetation, which, in turn, is eaten by the fresh water fish. The jlarvae pass through the stomach wall and develop into a worm-like struc- |ture, which lodges in the organs and If the raw or poorly cooked fish is the adult tapeworms intestines of man, fox, any other animal that fish. Young apparently easily in- The treatment of tapeworm infes- {tation in the human being involves jessentially the giving of a cathartic | mixture followed by a préparation of @ drug called aspidium which causes |the death of the tapeworm. It is then passed promptly out of the body, TODAY !S THE- CENSORSHIP RULES | On May 27, 1917, the committee! Sailors havejon Public Information, George Creel was chairman, gave out for publication a set of proposed reg- ee ulations for the newspapers under the “Preliminary Statement to The document was ig the war.” The most interesting excerpts as follows: “The Department of State con- siders it dangerous and of service to !the enemy to discuss differences of opinions between the allies and dif- ficulties with neutral countries.” “Speculation about possible peace| is another topic which may possess! elements of danger, as peace reports may be of enemy origin, put out to weaken the combination against Ger- any.” BARBS Then there's the dumb botanist who thinks a rubber plant is a place where they make tires. wee Zaro Agha, oldest man, and 11 times married, says that flying is; safer than getting married. Most; of which lout with the wife. | od appear; it’s in the cards, see |little breeding spell. Cara makes a short cut. ae- his stars for a successful film. are year. years ago.—Andrew J. Volstead. eae Ida M. Tarbell. cohol.—Gilbert K. Chesterton. eee —Senator Daniel O. Hasti eee sake.” F. W. Crowder, D.D. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, HOT” UIPHUR SPRING . Coe 1863, ALTHOUGH ITIS A MILE ABOVE SEA-LEVEL THIS CURIOUS WORLD aANGENT, HINDOO THE EARTH WAS A HEMSPHERE, HELD UP BY ELEPHANTS, WHILE A TURTLE HELD UP THE men, however, will prefer a falling The kings must eventually dis-/ | In this birth control battles, all {that the opponents are asking is A butcher. notes the office sage, isn’t always in a hurry when he Many a movie producer can thank (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) >—__—____________» | Quotations Enforcement is getting better each There is today nothing like jthe sale of liquor there was three Drinking is on the decline—because people haven’t the money for it— It isn’t normal that girls of 16 should go to dances and drink raw al- The Democrats, like a disease will *|select what they believe to be the weakest spot for a campaign issue. ings. ‘We should not say “art for art’s Art is for man’s sake.—Rev. ‘New York, May 27.—(?)—Even in a town where the unique becomes a commonplace, the “Pipe Organ Pumpers” can lay fair claim to dis- tinction. Although New York has any num- of odd and unusual organiza- tions, the “pumpers” remain a couple of leaps ahead of most orig- inal ideas. To be a member, one must prove that he has, in his earlier years, Pumped tht bellows in the little church organ. And you'd be sur- prised the number of small towners in the big town who have done just that. Including myself. Charles M. Schwab, the steel mag- nate, is numbered among the an- cjent clan of pipe pumpers. So is George Bye, the big syndicate man. So are hundreds of others who oc- cupy positions of state, to say noth- ing of the many who are “just People.” And to show you how giddy we boys get out here in New York when we get together, there's a magic lantern show put on. each time an annual get-together is: held. Yes, sir, and we sing old songs with slide illustrations and cup up like anything. The bright idea for this order originated in the bean of one Chet Shafer, who used to live around this town and work for magazines, but who has moved back to a small com- munity in the middle west. All funds that come from dues are to be used for restoring those grand old metal animals that used to be used to decorate lawns. Next thing you know they'll be having a home ifor wooden cigar stofe Indians. The officers of the order are named after the stops of a pipe or- gan, such as “vox humana,” “chief diapason,” “chief tremolo” and “tu- ba profunda.” , It was something like three or four years ago, if I remember, that @ bunch of ministers’ sons who have made good in the world got together and decided to start an organization which would live down the old wheeze that ministers’ sons come to no good end. They pointed out that whenever a minister's son went wrong the fact every minister's son was expected to live under some sort of curse. The world, they pointed out, heard of minister's sons only When they Ie ea vata the vast major- of them have done nothing of the sort. ‘Their organization contained scores of eminent personalities. . * And I've told you at one time or Inc.) |#H0ther about the Circus Fans and the Circus Saints and Sinners, all of them grown men who have never re- covered from their boyhood circus Also there’s a club in New York that has no headquarters. Nor has it dues or by-laws. It meets once ® week at lunch, and the lunch place is changed from time to time. It's called the Dutch Treat, and on its lst of members are the best known writers, artists, musicians and newspaper folk in America. Once a year they put ona dinner show. The sketches are written by many of the country’s most famous play- wrights and wits. The parts are Played by other celebrities. A program-book distributed at the time to members has become ex- tremely valuable to collectors, since it contains work of artists otherwise unobtainable and is limited to a few hundred copies. GIBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) A new stop watch has been invent- “It is easy to learn new habits at forty,” says an economist. Especially Ee an uncle makes you sole bene- There is no compassion in the jungle. You see, there is no economic system to make little fellows need it. !” Stickler Solution j ‘A2e FOUND NE eo Caeran OONETS Lan ‘SPIMEFUL HUMAN * SHORTEN Lives’ OF Many a TUR MAN, ‘The words THRONES, HORNETS and SHORTEN are the three seven. letter words that were missiig in the above verse, attracted so much attention that|’ SYNOPSIS: A Kj THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1931 eater Low Bridge! Can He Make It? be league ball Bert Rushe watited to be » big » He its iTctestete league tne Mid and some ows, and falls in N the ninth, eight to seven in our favor, two men down and one on first. The man at the plate with the willow had had two strikes. If I could do it again the game and the series and the season would be over! But if this lad smacked it out and with Chester's first bag occupied, it might mean another break. Those things happen often. And a break, or streak of batting luck, at this juncture would be likely to make it impossible for us to recover in our last half. Some of my friends said that I ‘was certainly cool. But they were wrong. I had sel- dom been so nervous as at this spoint, When I finally wound up and de- livered what I intended to be my most fortunate ball, the speedy and ‘sharp “jug-handle” that's coniething was ‘wrong when the left my hand. It wasn’t drop right. I had that, instant! fe 4 hurler will tell that they ithe Hinge ‘ball, ives a hint of wi it out as it it down, and twisted out so far that the batsman made no attempt to it. I thought the umpire hesitated for Rope ne ita but e CEI & good was a beil all 7 sah up there moved over to second. Chester fans were Rowling time with lent y, guessed it, of a hurler in such a tlle in selecting ‘hie wi ing one and then the aes And then I Pet willow. Hew gi ag BES pH Ra OF scat et fiddled id, rubbing my hands, seeping an man at first an i Plate tapped ie weith late, y me and took a nef ge8 Bx eae Es 38 aSBE8 Now the Chester fans began their organized “chant,” which they al- ways used in critical moments to rattle opponents, But just as a ball may bounce two ways, those tricks sometimes work two ways. “Swat it—swat it—swat it—" jim and & set t him, this wasn’t going to be so easy. I must take chances. I gave our catcher my trick signal which meant that he was to disregard my tirst signal and ‘look out for the ‘sect ond. Again the old school-kid trick of making a signal any dub could un- derstand to mean a deep The next signal, which I Jim couldn’t understand, informed our catcher that it was to be an out-drop. ‘Two could play the trick of de- liberating and making one nervous. I wound up and unwound to watch man on second, although he hadn't ventured two feet off the sack. I did this three times and Jim was ig to prance a little and tay the par with the stick when finally sent the ball right down. Jim wasn't so nervous or rattled but what he remembered that first signal. He believed it would be a straight drop and sidled over when his sl arp ¢ e told him it was com- ing in to him a little. That was fatal—for him. | Pennant Won! hie it mocked Deausically, sg not, 0} here crattily reached for it, but it snos out at the same time und, as near as I could estimate, it must have pied Se heal wy dim’s stick by @ cou} ches. No ‘one could hear the Chester fans chanting “Swat it” because of cheerful of shouts k ter, Ca ay and “8 man on first had been nt; he hadn't ven- ture far from the sack, but he felt 88 sure as Jim did that I was send- ing the ball down, so he dashed off would har Suny crac tie’ pat ant could keep on. En. es ae gees iets Peel Bes saeed eueye & z i z i ft K E I E i Fe 5 ? jo—want uu rou before yot ane “Tl see to have s talk with you, said, I agreed. We had time to make the next fd back to Allison, wearing our uniforms and our street clothes along hastily flung into our suit cases, ‘The fans staged a celebration in Allison that might and a great —env_neonle. seemed to utterly ie- ‘Exghtéenth hore tne" Amendment. Now that the season was over I ‘an to feel blue. at would I do all the winter? I would probably drift out to Cali- fornia and make anotht better’ 1 imnow that she was mar. ied than to sit around and wonder ‘The next morning I got my car and drove over to Chester to see Chalmers, because I wanted to pack possible and I had promised to nave a with him. wanted me for the next season and so did Chalmers. It . wasn’t Chalmers’ fault that a forged letter caused me to go with the Allisons, And I didn’t know how I ing. the big wager much tq heart, as he could aford it. aa “1 ere,” was his erpeting, “Hadley has had plenty of lucl this season, so I expect you'll to come back to my team next season.” “Looks as tho you two, would nave to decide it by pitching o coin or dra ard, ‘ke a card,” I answered, ee make a decision right en. fault that I rouble, I'm ready to sign you right now. He scribbled the figure on the back of an envelope and showed it tome. | It was an advance in salary, | Big League Stuff | So we left it that and I went back to Allison to see Hadley and Place and beckoned me in! He handed me the check for the season’s salary. Re ge me his check Jast night,” he said, “and I can square everything.” “This is much more than——" He interrupted me. Seennigen. and Waters are fast [othr am indebted to getting them for me and fone propose to let you pay their sa ies. And here—"’ He handed me a, case containing & mighty expensive watch, with my am on it. monogr: ie me ee nici =e Idon't ving; it’s just my ws of ‘ell u_how I feel ‘about te ised and looked and I went out in a daze. He hadn't said a word to me about up with him for next seas fittie, but'when't gee ion the hotel , but, when e and met this Mr, Borden T under- stood. “Instead of signing up for an; minor leagues, Mr. Rushe” he said, “why not try out with the Chicago Loopers next Cc ? Tve been atching you, off and on, in a dors I think we can use you.” ‘was a bid for the big league at last! (Copyright, 1929, Graphic Syndicate, Inc.) OPTIMIST First Native—What’s this world coming to, anyhow? Second Feller—It’s coming to Mud- ville if we get the roads paved this summer, IF SHE CHOOSES If empires keep on getting over- thrown at the present rate there soon won't be any kings for a cat to look at.—Judge. And at least the millinery business would pick up if the women stopped wearing tea-pots and went back to wearing hats.—Judge. ont FLAPPER FANNY SAYS!