The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 18, 1931, Page 4

“ Am Independent Newspaper i THE STATE'S OLDEST i NEWSPAPER , (Established 1873) ‘Second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher. Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily Wg mail per year (in Bis- BEE iota i ots noc oc a ee: Daily ” mail per year (in state outside Bismarck) ........... 5 Daily by mail, outside of North ‘Weekly by mail in state, three ERIS occ ca sess ssctecesve sence ' Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year ...........- year ... Member of Audit Bureau of ition ‘Member of The Associated Press matter herein are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS & BREWER (ncorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Seeking a Way Out Industry is conducting an inten- combat unemployment. It is a most difficult economic problem. There } are forms of insurance participated out government interference which might work out. A definite plan has been suggested by Gerard Swope, President of the General Electric, and has been presented to the Asso- ciation of Electrical Engineers. He proposes a very close coopera- tion between industry and the em- ployes. His plan means the setting aside each year for old-age pension and unemployment relief a minimum of fifty dollars a year to be matched | by industry for each man employed. There is to be no government con- tribution to the funds which would place upon the plan the taint of a dole, but he proposes that the insur- vance fund so set up by the great in- dustries be supervised by a bureau of the Federal Department of Com- merce. He suggests that this type of insurance be handled by some of the present agencies or that indus- try set up a special corporation to handle and administer old-age and unemployment insurance. His plan also proposes greater co- operation between industrial units 80 as to regulate and stabilize indus- | try. He frankly admits that govern- mental regulation prevents industry from stabilization through the regu- lation of competition. Some very wasteful features of competition have contributed largely to the present, predicament in which industry, labor and capital alike find themselves. The electrical engineers in session Tecently, addressed by some of the } great leaders in industry, emphasized the point that too little attention hhad been paid to the human rela- | tions between employer and em- Ployee. The present economic impasse brings home to everyone that there must be more cooperation between capital and labor. Both sides must. give and take in the major effort to restore good times. The worker, too, Tmust be insured against hunger and distress. today, had they been properly used| ‘years ago in times of plenty, would have prevented much of the present chaos, Mr. Swope’s plan is worthy of earnest consideration. Stapidity in Office How stupid pul ‘ der Blue. Public position. into the ocean. bit fF i ne The Bismarck Tribune ‘Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and en- | tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as Daily by carrier, per year......' $7.20 Weekly by mail in state, per year$1.00 Weekly by at in Canada, per 2.00 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this news- Paper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other sive study of ways and means to in by capital and labor alone with+ Millions poured into charity funds) Ic officials can be sometimes is illustrated by Alexan- A large number of people on Long Island, New York, must have thought ‘Mr, Blue a reasonably intelligent, member of the bar, for they elected, him district attorney, a responsible But Mr. Blue has given clear proof that they were wrong by the man- ner in which he has mis-handled the ease of Benjamin Collings, young en- gineer who was killed by modern pi- Tates who boarded his yacht, tied him hand and foot, and dumped him After that they ravaged Collings’ ‘chose not to believe it. In his Derhsps, there were recollec- @f the glory Which came to the Prosecutor in the Snyder-Gray| 11,000 to 26,000. east, enacted in the same lo-| ‘In that case, it will be re-|the enormous advance in college and ing his name in the headlines as a brilliant purveyor of justice. ‘The trouble is, the case didn't work out that way. The body of Collings floated to the surface and all the circumstances were such as to estab- lish the truth of Mrs. Collings’ strange story. Blue, who had -made little effort to find the pirates and had blatant- ly announced his disbelief of the widow's story, grilling her constantly in an effort to prove his own ideas of the case, sent out a hurry call to search for the men whom Mrs. Col- 720 lings described. The attorney presents a repellent 00] spectacle as the case stands now. The same man who failed to search 00! for the real culprits had spent his time grilling an already nerve-torn woman. Yes. The more prominent the 2.50 1.50 Place, the more selfishness and stu- pidity 4s. likely to stand out. A New Tax Theory — One of the problems of mass pro- duction is that of at just what point the benefit of low prices and conse- quent increase in demand begins to be lost. If those who control the nation’s production could have ascertained that fact and had acted upon it in time, the probability is that business would be rolling merrily along right now. And yet, there are politicians who fail to seek information of a rela- tively similar nature in connection with public affairs. The gasoline tax offers a fine ex- ample. In North Dakota, where the gasoline tax has been increased from| one to three cents in less than seven years, the revenue from the tax has not increased in proportion. Changes in the nature of the law have hed a good deal to do with this, but the fact remains that, when all these factors are considered there is a con- stant shrinkage in relative returns as the rate of taxation mounts. Per- haps it is because, as the tax grows higher, it becomes more and more worth the while of those who are so inclined to think up ways of evading it. The states of Missouri and New Hampshire offer a fine example of the mass-production rule applied to taxation. In neither of these states has the gasoline tax been increased and yet the revenue from the tax is con- stently expanding. Missouri's income from this source was nearly €250,- 000 greater for the first five months, of 1931 than for the same period in 1930. In New Hampshire the col- lections have mounted so steadily that one newspaper has suggested that it is now time to consider reduc- ing the rate. It is a brand new theory when ap- plied to taxation but one which is at. least worth considering. Not So Jolly [ Britain's tars are not so jolly these days at the prospect of a cut in their pay, necessary to balance the national budget. And so, while they cheer for King George to dem- onstrate their loyalty, they conduct @ queer sort of mutiny to make their displeasure felt. It is just another) bit of evidence that times are chang- ing, for so far no one has been put, in irons and the yardarms of the ships are bare of any grim remind- ers that discipline must be main- tained at all costs. ‘The government will treat with the disgruntled sailors.. Their resentment at being called upon to take their share of England's bitter budgetary medicine has won for them a partial victory. Shades of Lord Nelson and Sir Francis Drake. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below the frend of thought by other rs. ‘They are published without to paar they agree or d ree with The Tribune's policies The Growing School (St. Paul Dispatch) Several significant conclusions can be drawn from the 1930 Census re- ports on the country’s school popula- tion recently published by the Census Bureau. Above all these statistics show a general increase in school at- tendance in the United States during the past decade, Over 26 million persons between the ages of 5 and 20 years were going to school when the count was made last Spring. Ten years ago the figure was 21 million. This means that in the interval schools had to be built, teachers hired, and equipment bought to accommodate five million addition- al pupils. Naturally the age group having the largest percentage of its members in school was that of children between 7 and 13 years old. That 95 per cent of al *" RED CROSS RELIEF itself the germ of future wars, whe- ther strong or weak, shall be op- pressed, a peace in which effective guarantees shall protect the society of nations against all aggression on the part of one among them—these are the noble war aims of France, if one can speak of war alms when this group was in school when the last census was taken as compared to 90 per cent in 1920, is an indication of the general trend. Minnesota can boast 98 per cent of this group in the State was attending classes during ‘the count. During the past decade there has been an unprecedented increase in school attendance among the older age groups, clearly indicating that more youths are continuing their edu- cation beyond the grades than ever before. The most significant change is seen in the group 21 years of age faa over, in which the attendance sper wren see) tn 1920 to over a million in 1930. .In Minnesota alone for this period the figures leaped from These last statistics are reflected in university enrollments which has | membered, both Mrs. Snyder and her] os racterized highe education in Peramour were executed for killing! america since the war. The past dec- the woman's husband. ade has undoubtedly multiplied the “That case, too, began as a mystery|Complexities of our civilization and one can almost picture Mr. Blue this lips in anticipation of see- increased competition, thereby de- |manding a more highly trained prep- aration for life. it PAINLEVE'S SPEECH On Sept. 18, 1917, Premier Paul is a question of a nation which, during 44 years, despite her open wounds, has done everything in order Painleve of France declared the! to spare humanity the horrors of war. views of the French government on the minimum aims of France and the irreconcilable attitude of France and Germany on Alsace-Lorraine. Premier Painleve declared: “The disannexation of Alsace-Lor- raine, reparation for the damage and ruin wrought by the enemy, and a Peace which shall not be a peace of “As long as these aims are not reached France will continue to fight.” ARRANGE CHARITY GAME Dickinson, N. D., Sept. 18—Tickets to the charity ball game, to be staged at the fairgrounds Sunday between constraint or violence, containing in! the married men and the single men, went on sale here Wednesday, the proceeds to go into the poor relief of Associated Charities, Dick- inson organization for administra- tion of relief. Quotations nd © ‘We are ready to assume govern- mental power any time.—Adolph Hit- ler. +e & “The only difference between stag- nation and death is that in death one is mourned by one’s friends.—Bishop Charles E. Woodcock. ** Nearly every type of warfare in the world has become somewhat civilized Me ee & my children—Ethel Barrymore, ee # mal.—Gilbert K. Chesterton. ee # ills—Dean William F. Russell. * * * son, * & * them.—Henry L. Doherty. * * * world of ours, and that’s monotony. —c. F. Kettering. New York, Sept. 18—New York's horde of blind street musicians pro- vides an interesting study in chang- ing times. They have gone to the night clubs, the stage and the music-with-your- drinks resorts. Many costume them- selves after the fashion of floor-show entertainers. Rarely do the newcom- ers to the sidewalks appear alone; they have worked up acts in which two, three and more instruments are used. Several three-person blind acts use an attractive blind girl. Furthermore, they have figured out crowd centers and arrange to be at the congested centers at certain times. They do not fiddle on a cor- ner for hours on end. Rather they | —————————_____—[#______, show up at given points with the reg- ularity of a vaudeville or radio per- former “catching his time.” Not infrequently, the more pros- perous may be seen arriving by taxi- cab. While some of them still use the dearsold-fiddle identified with ‘| wandering street singers for many a | day, most of them keep their music up to the minute. They have shiny- locking accordions, well-polished sax- ophones, guitars and banjos. Their tunes are right out of the music show hits. Their pace through the crowd is measured, patterned after the vari- | 2 ous Hawaiian groups or the Italian street singer aggregations. ee % I am told that they keep in con- stant rehearsal, changing their in- struments as the public taste changes. In summer season, they appear in the streets in trim white linen suits, BEGIN HERE TODAY Pretty Norma ent, 20-year- old secretary in a Inw offs mare MARK TRAVERS, son TRAVERS, millionaire real extate iter the father bas sworn le be panes fm Marlboro, mactropolis, BERS, menses at this Norma has pOf FARRELL, » The ¥ le milena. Maric be bor- rows Stone. He ani Norma return to Marlboro. They at a oe hoped to rial AD iam oe le the vom ip! a io a furnished apartment, ts bse pins to eat werk, od Tcusuceessfal ‘until, Carts dawns on helps him get # job as sales- in Bradley arts aavertis= ing company. jaturday fternoon Norma watts pe saere m pear ith his pay he At inst she hears foot- ae, on the stairs. NOW Go on wirHt THE sTORY CHAPTER XIII MAk« ‘TRAVERS halted on the fourth step below the landing. The staircase and hall were poorly lighted and his face was in shadow. “Hello!” he said evenly to the girl above, Norma was radiant, “Oh, I'm glad you've come, dear! Did you work this afternoon? I thought you'd be through long ago!” “Had a talk with Brad,” said indifferently. He had climbed the last four steps and stood beside her. “Well—you're all dressed up, aren't you?” The blue eyes twinkled. “Do you like it?” she asked. “Really?” Norma looked down at the simple crepe frock she was wearing, The cloth’s sapphire ghade exactly matched her eyes. She whirled about in a pirouette and assumed a fashion mannequin. @ demanded dramatical- ly, “what it cost!” “Gosh, how should I know? Where'd you buy it?” “I didn’t buy it, Mark. I made it! Mrs. Tracey on the floor below let me use her sewing machine. I got @ pattern and {t wasn’t a bit hard. And the best part is—it cost exactly $4.26!” “Do you mean it?” Incredulity in the young man’s eyes. “Do you honestly mean you can get a dress like that for four bucks?” “Not in a store—of course not. But I've always Hked to sew and it was fun to see if I could make a whole dress. Tell me—do you real- ly think it looks all right? I was sort of worried about these tucks—” “Looks like a million dollars to me.” There was something a little Strange about Mark's voice. Some thing unusual in the way he avoid- ed her eyes, too. Norma, excited over her triumph as a seamstress, took no notice, “Tl get my coat and we can do| bed. ©1931 BY NEA’ the marketing,” she announced hap- pily. “I waited on purpose so we could go together today. You—you got your check, of course?” “Yes, I've got it.” és She brought her coat and Mark held it for her. The small hat was jammed down over her curls. All the way downstairs and as they walked the two blocks to the gro- cery and meat market, Norma talked eagerly. cee Y bought generously—pota- toes, canned goods, butter, a loaf of bread, eggs, fresh vegetables and fruit, There was a small roast for dinner next day, cream and macaroons from which Norma would concoct a delicious dessert. Not until they were back in the apartment did it occur to her as Strange that Mark was talking so little. She looked at him closely, asked if he were feeling well, “Sure. I’m all right,” Mark an- swered carelessly. He wasn't, however. He wasn't at all the usual Mark and though he strove against it and tried to keep it back at last the story came out. ‘They had finished the evening meal. Norma was removing dishes from the table and Mark was barricaded behind a newspaper. Suddenly he threw down the scattered sheets, “Let’s get out of here—go some- where!” he exclaimed. “All right. As soon as I have these dishes done, Where do you want to go?” “Anywhere! Want to get out of this place, that’s all. Here—T’ll wipe those for you.” She provided him with a fresh tea towel and the dishwashing be- gan. A small task. Their entire supply of dishes would not fill a shelf in the built-in cupboard over the sink, Before Mark had dried the last plate his mood changed Mark | again. Something was wrong! Some- thing that was serious had hap- pened. Norma put a hand on his shoul- der. Please, Mark!” she begged, “you're worried about something! I know you are. Won't you tell me what's the matter? Won't you tell me what it's about?” He tried to evade, failed. The ugly secret was branded in the burning brown eyes, Mark started to deny, shifted his gaze and blurt- ed out, “I'm not going back to Hart's. I'm fired!” “Mark—?” ! “Oh, Brad didn't put it that way, of course. He didn't use the word, ‘fred.’ That's what he meant, though. Asked me to go tq lunch with him and edged around to the fact I haven't made a single sale all this week. Hinted some other line of work might be more ‘con genial’ He made it plain enough, all right! I didn't want to take the lousy check for last week but he Insisted. Even said I could stay on longer if I wanted to. He knew I wouldn't do that! He knew I'd never set foot again in the damned place—” There was more of the same— much more—for the next hour. At the end of that time they decided it ‘was too late to go elsewhere. For another hour they discussed ways and means and their financial situ- ation, After that’ they went to GUILTY LIPS SERVICE INC. Sunday each of them tried scrup- ulously to give the impression of being utterly unworried. Prepara- tion and serving of the dinner, the bulky Sunday newspaper to be sorted over and read, helped this deception. Mark dropped to the davenport in the afternoon and took a nap. Toward evening they put on wraps and went out into the cool air for a walk. Monday morning brought the in- evitable problem, Where was Mark to find work? He breakfasted as usual, fut on hat and coat and de- parted. Shortly before six he re- turned. Norma, aware of his pride, asked no questions, i oe ([SReE days passed, then four. Each 42 hours became a dreary repetition of the one before. Nor- ma, so anxious to be helpful, s0 eager to hear bad news as well as the good, was wise enough to wait for Mark to speak. She knew pocketing his pride was for Mark the hardest struggle. A week went, by in this fashion. Presently Norma noticed that each night Mark was scanning the news- paper “help wanted” columns. She noticed he set the alarm clock for half an hour earlier. What struck her painfully in the transformation taking place was the disappearance of the gay alertness from his eyes, loss of the old brisk confidence. He talked less, fell into moody ‘silences that lasted a long while, Displays of irritability were less frequent. Mark’s lips were hard- ening into a firm line, Sometimes Norma almost felt the man across the table was a stranger. Norma wasted not @ penny these days, She walked blocks to save a few cents on fruit or vegetables. She hoarded the household money. Such things were not hardships. Economizing was something the gril had done all her life. What terrified her, turned days and nights into nerve-shattering ordeals, was the fear of what should come when the last of their money was gone. Only a little remained. What would they do when that had van- ished? There was less than $5 in Nor- ma’s purse as she stood at the meat counter of her favorite store one Thursday afternoon. Rent would be due in another week. It had been paid in advance for the first month,’ Payment of the coming rent bill had been on the girl's mind all day. Bother! She couldn't possibly get $15—one week's installment— out of that $5 in her purse. If they were to be put out of the apart- ment they would be put out. That was all there was to it! With un- accustomed recklessness Norma se- lected a choice cut of steak. She told herself she and Mark were so near the brink now that nothing mattered. Regret overwhelmed her as soon as she had paid the bill and started home. As she opened the door of the apartment 10 minutes later something made her glance about quickly. “Mark!” she cried, “how you startled me! I didn’t think you'd soon!” standing come 89 The young man was but I had a piece of luck.” /CAURALOU ‘ BROOKMAN onc Re hice: “You mean—is it a job?” Mark nodded. He was somber, unsmiling. “Wait until you hear the rest of it,” he said, “befors you begin cheering. It’s a job all right, Floor walker at Blossomdale’s! ‘Yes, Madam—infants’ wear on the third <oor! Indigestible chocolate ‘drops, two aisles to the right. Gar- den hose? Yes, ma’am, you'll find it in the hosiery department. Step tight this way!” cee NORMA tried to laugh, She knew Marke didn’t think it funny in the least. She knew he was bitter- ly resentful and the burlesque was venomous. It was her duty to win him from this mood. So she said with forced gatety, “You won't sell ME garden hose or indigestible chocolate drops! Well, darling, no one can deny there's & lot of ‘standing’ that goes with the Job of floor walker. Heil the nsw merchant prince!” They celebrated that evening-- not at the motion picture theatar but with a dinner party just for two, Norma sent Mark to the stora for mushrooms and whipping cream. She made his favorite sal- ad_and topped off the meal with coffee that was ambrosial. The Scent of that coffee did as much as anything to put young Travers in a cheerful frame of mind. He even joked about their poverty as Norma poured the second cup. ‘The girl was radiant. “It’s the turning point,” she told herself. “Everything's going to be all right now.” She was singing as she cleared the dishes from the table. Mark wiped them. The two wero as happy as they bad been on any of their extravagant evenings at Blue.Springs. Thirty-five dollars a week seemed as big as $500 had before. “He'll get along!” Norma assured herself. “Mark's going to make good!” ‘He was off next morning at eight o'clock; tired but in good spirits when he returned at siz. A num- ber of interesting events had hap- pened during the day. A huge de partment store, Mark was to dis- cover, was an absorbing institution. The first day had proved an eye- opener. Successive days were each to hold new experiences. It was hard work but for the first time Mark Travers was seeing a side of life he had’never known. Some of the anecdotes he related were amusing. Some were pathetic and others showed how Jealousy, egotism and a dozen other weak- nesses of the: human family are bared in their daily barter. Each day brought Saturday near er when Mark was to receive the coveted $35. Fifteen of those dol- lars would go for a week’s rent. The major worry on Norma’s hori- zon had been removed when she learned the rent money was secure. Nothing seemed ‘so important as maintaining the roof over their heads, ‘The eventful evening finally came. Norma wore one of her prettiest house frocks, She ran to the door and threw it open as she heard Mark’s footsteps in the hall. He stood before her, grinning. . “Surprise!” Travers exclaimed. femee your eyes, Norma, and count ten!” (To Be Continued) except the warfare of women—Elsie icCormick. I never believe in interfering with America has never been quite nor- ‘We must turn to education as a so- cial vaccination against industrial The only human problems that can be definitely disposed of are those concerned with the dead.—Hugo Gib- ‘There are few men who run their business; as a rule their business runs There's one horrible thing in this By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the Medical Association means of any daily dozen, or any oth- er exercise formula promoted by some former trainer of prize fighters with the aid of good advertising agencies. The chief advantages of exercise are that the body’s general chemistry and physiology are Simulated, the circu- lation is aided and the el erfcouraged. There are no magical formulas in exercise that will guar- latter characteristics seem ‘to be just as much a part of the taectry dispo- sition as of the physical stat The big attraction in the veld of exercise for everyone over college age at this time is golf. Courses appear as if by magic on the outskirts of even the smallest towns. Every Sat- urday afternoon and Sunday father puts on his short pants and hies him- self to the pastures where the gutta percha pellet, is pursued hither and thither and mostly thither. Every year 50 or 60 veterans drop dead of heart disease through over- strain in this mild form of exercise, but the easualty list is slight com- pared with that of motor cars upon the roads. Millions of tempers are lost in bunkers and sandtraps but the first good drive or putt brings that smile of contentment that even fhe worst of golfers may enjoy occa- bree Doctors may take ees ously. Many = adays prescribes golf for his patients. There is much to be said of the game as to its health-giving qualities. It provides muscular activity, sunlight, outdoor air, coordination of muscle with gay summer ties and jaunty Panamas. One group wears white flannel trousers and natty blue,'dou- ble-breasted coats. ‘Then, too, there are tales of smart theatrical entrepreneurs who are said to get the blind players together and teach them their act. Even as the street minstrels would wander into the barrooms in older times, the modern version finds its way oe the many Manhattan and ere up many a stray cua and e * % Little “German bands” are back in the New York streets as never be- fore. The size of these vary, us! containing four or five players. There are scores scattered over the city, ar- riving in the neighborhood sections about breakfast time and tooting away until somewhere near the noon hour. Most of these lack the soe oom-pah professionalism of yester- year’s Ge! amateur at times—particu- Miyencaran that visits the block in, which I live and which fairly murders “The Blue Danube.” It does slightly better with “Rosy O'Grady” and “My Wild Irish Rose,” however. I'm afraid I never will get used to the old German band tunes played to saxophone lead. * These bands, 1 am told, are recruit- ed from those jobless gents who have learned to toot.a horn in the old home-town band and who do not wish to eh to downright begging tw hard times. <Coppight. 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) f BARBS | Oe It is a nice thing about men that) if they get it into their heads they have married a pretty girl-they never see anything to the contrary.—Mrs. Custer, widow of the general. ee A Kansas paragrapher says “Some women simply were not born to wear Empress Eugenie hats.” That ought to help the bat The weather < ‘observer of a Califor- nia city recently reported tempera- tures of 108 to 115 degrees Fahren- heit. Knocker! + * * An exchange, in an editorial, con- demns the employment of unmarried women. A girl should have a hus- band to support. * * # ‘The name of the winner of the No- bel prize is Sir Chrandrasekhara Ven- kata Raman, and it seems to us that school pupils should get some kind of award for lag pal it. George is shaw, comment- , ing upon the economic situation in| Great Britain, says “the bankers are Daily Health Service Unusual Demands on Heart Cause It to Enl: Golf Recommended by Some Doctors THIS CURIOUS WORLD arge er ‘There is no royal road to health by Physiologists and give increasing ‘attention of the heart. ree heart EBEE f persons who but rather to have somewhat better functional capacity. In other words, exercise for pleasure does not cause bern of the heart, but on the ; strengthening of always wrong, too.” sili ks oautuwiae lab A. sanity levels wrinks to” Snir lees ra George, not when they send you a notice of an overdraft! (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.), GERMANY LEADS Of the three principal plant foods, Germany leads the world in produc- tion of nitrogen and potash; the United_States uses more phosphates than any other country, and France leads in their production. ‘The first automobile was equipped with pneumatic tires in 1892 by Pan- hard and Levassor, French manufac- usually | turers, STICKERS n ov me] neneD eeNee eeoreee e-e =z -§ Z—DO-MOD meebee missin; this ee FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: jes z 2