The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 16, 1932, Page 4

Aan ames The Bismarck Tribune An Independent: Newspa| vs NEWSPAPER ~ (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune Comany, > N. D., and en- tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter, GEORGE D. MANN ! President and Publisher. } Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year......$7.20 Daily by mail per year (in Bis- marck) + Daily by mail per year (in state outside Bismarck) ........... 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota 6. Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 Weekly by mail in te, three years ‘Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year .... 150 Weekly by mail in Canada, per year i. 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 news- paper and also the local news of Spontaneous origin published herein. 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This news- paper places certain limits upon the type of communication it will print,| these being designed to keep the col- umn free from self-serving interests and to prevent discussion of topics which can lead nowhere but to un- Pleasantness or misunderstanding for all concerned. It promises anonym- ity to those who ask it. The rules of common decency, to say nothing of newspaper ethics, require that this promise be kept. In some cases persons have sought names and addresses in order that they may commend the letters writ- ten. Doubtless the writers would be pleased to hear from those who agree with them, but a promise is a promise and it has been applied without re- gard to the purpose for which the} information is sought. Another rule is that requiring per~| sons. who write letters to the cditor); to sign their names and a nom de plume if they wish, but the editor must know who writes the letter. wastebasket. Here, as in disclosing] f; the names, a rule is a rule and must, be obeyed. ‘The rule, however, has forced us to} discard some very interesting letters! which we otherwise would be glad to! print. Most curious of the anonymous let- ters received by this newspaper was one on a subject of popular intcrest and enclosing a dollar bill to pay for, its publication. Letters appearing in the People’s Forum column are not paid for and the offering of money will not induce’ their appearance. In the case in question, the anonymity of the au- thor not only prevented us from pub- lishing an otherwise interesting let- ter but it also prevented us from re- turning the dollar to him. We -still have the dollar and any- one who can show just claim to it may have it. Those Wartime Salaries Senator Borah, who seems to have the knack of “making” the front pages, advanced an idea which de- serves the nation’s consideration re- cently when he suggested that mem- bers of congress begin the business of effecting governmental economy by reducing their own salaries. At present, congressmen and sena- tors receive $10,000 year each with | fat allowances for clerkhire, postage, | d: etc. Until a few years ago, the pay was $7,500 a year and there was no noticeable dearth of candidates for the positions. But the men who had striven successfully for the places came to the conclusion that they were underpaid. Had they been real- ly in earnest, they could have resign- ed and gone into occupations where their signal services would be more liberally rewarded, but this thought seems not to have occurred to them, or at least not to many. So Otherwise it will be consigned to the| {just those conditions. $2,500 yearly on the ground that he|/ had a right to do so. The soundness of Borah’s proposal is apparent to everyone familiar with Present conditions. Costs of living have been reduced and many persons have accepted pay cuts in recogni- tion of that fact. The cost of living has come down for the nation’s law- makers, however, just as much as it has for other people. Another thing it would do would be to convince the people that con- gress is in earnest when it talks gov- ernmental cost reduction. With the 20! weasel history of that pay boost star- ing him in the face, the average citi- zen cannot escape the conclusion that 00| talk of economy by these saviors of the nation is talk and nothing more. Our solons ‘are like those street- corner patriots who are willing to “fight to the last man” in time of war, provided they are permitted to do their fighting from their own fav- orite stations. Congress is willing to make any sacrifice—for the other fellow. But when it comes to them- Selves; well, that is a personal matter and the citizen is unfriendly who talks overmuch about it. | The frosty silence with which con-,j gress greeted Borah’s proposal in- dicates little will be done with the idea this session. It is too delicate a matter for most congressmen to dis- cuss, but there were private intima- tions that the man from Idaho was a traitor to the legislative brother- hood. The very idea of such an out- landish thing as congressional salary cuts. Surely the loyal folks back home appreciate how hard a con- gressman works and how he suffers for his people. Perhaps they do, and that may prove to be the crux of the whole matter. For people generally are slow to believe that congressmen are any better than they are. They feel con- gressmen should share the burdens which they carry. And so, within the next few months, we may see considerable at- tention given to this matter. In fact, it would not be surprising if the at- titude of some congressmen on this subject was the margin between re- election and defeat in the forth- coming campaigns. Editorial Comment Editoria!s printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. When Repeal Says “Don’t Repeal’ _ (Christian Science Monitor) Paradoxically Finlard’s vote for repeal of its prohibition law in- volves arguments against similar action in the United States. Yet the Finnish overturn is being hail-| ed as an example to be followed in America. Such a view overlooks fundamental differences. =» Accurate comparison is possible only by considering a small section of the United States, say Califor- \nia, which roughly corresponds in area and population with. Finland. This bit of America must then be magined with an archipelago- along its coast, making prevention of muggling’ virtually impossible.” “Att round must be liquor-producing tions. Under such conditions, it to be imagined how long Cali- ia’ could-enforce prohibition, es- y if under economic stress. Finland held out 12. years under - During this |time ihe persistent, arguments so familiar wherever ‘strictures have been placed upon the liquor: traffic were dinned into the public. ear. Prohibition was blamed for the gen- eral lawlessness which followed the World War. The hope was held out to a tax-weary populace that the deficit would disappear with repeal of the dry law: “It can’t be en- forced,” was shouted even when the agrarian cabinet a year or so ago put the service on an efficient basis, only to have its work checked when @ wet coalition came into power. This coalition has taken successive tens leading up to the present re- eal, Beneath the technicalities of lan- guage, Finland is still confronted with the necessity of prohibiting the illicit liquor traffic in order for its proposed government-controlled system of manufacture and sale to succeed. The leading proposal for checking smuggling is a high im- port tax. Centuries of experience prove that this fosters smuggling to evade the tax and undersell those who pay it. To eliminate speak- easies, it is proposed to set up a monopoly operating taxed stores. Here again is an incentive to en- gage in clandestine traffic. Finland in abandoning prohibition is thus falling back upon methods for dealing with the liquor traffic that were thoroughly tested and found wanting under less trying conditions than the world faces to- lay. Rightly viewed, the succesion of events in. Finland shadows forth what might be expected in one state after another if the most popular current proposal for modification of American prohibition were adopted. Finland could not stay dry sur- rounded by wet neighbors. Neither could individual dry states if Amer- ica returned to local option, license or governmental sale. The United States as a whole, with an enforcement personnel every year turning in a better rec- ord, holds the possibility of pro- they raised their own salaries. tecting dry states and progressive- ly dehydrating centers of violation. Far from beckoning America to the of repeal, Finland’s experience shows the leading wet “substitute” for prohibition to be a blind alley. CIVIL WAR VET DIES New York, Jan. 16.—While J. Pier- pont Morgan possesses invaluable treasures from every section of the globe and while his museums bulge told that the internationally famed enjoyment out of two pessessions. First—the Morgan collection of books includes the original manu- script of Dickens’ “Christmas Carol.” One hears that, when the Yule sea- son approaches, the great financier rings for one of his librarians and asks that the most famous of Christ- mas tales be produced. Then he sits back to read, preparatory to his holi- day pilgrimage to Glen Cove for a visit with his grandchildren. And that is No. 2 on his holiday schedule. For not only is there the relaxa- tion of companionship with the youngsters, but also on™ this Long Island estate are his beloved tama- rack and tamarisk trees. Few trees are more clostly associated with’ thé background of the Holy Land—a check on the Bible will reveal refer- ence to both the tamarisk and tama- rack, and Morgan has fine specimens of both. The tamarisk is indigenous to the African and Arabian desert, growing in the Holy Land and on Mount Sinai. 2 Ce i On the other side of the holiday Season picture are the long lines of hungry men to be seen waiting hour upon hour for the food that is in- of New York. New York city provides a huge pier, where thousands can be served at a single sitting. with the world’s rarest objects, I am | | variably plentiful in a dozen sections | | | On one day recently,- 10,000 men stood in line waiting for-this gesture of municipal charity. . Now 10,000 persons can appear to make up about the largest crowd one has ever seen, particula..y when ‘they are strung out along tne streets in files of two or three. Going about the seemingly endless line, asking questions néere and there, I learned that most of them. had but recently drifted into New York. They had come from Iowa and Kansas and Dakota and Minnesota and else- -where. Most of them were from small towns. “Why did you leave? Did you hear that there was work for you in New Croesus gets his greatest personal | York?” I asked, In almost-every instance’-the an- swer was: “No, not. particularly. But the word has gone out that if you can’t get work, New York is more gen- erous to the poor than any other town in the States.” Just a big, hard-boiled town—this Manhattan! * oe % And,’ oh--yes, if you'll forgive one {final comment’ on the recent Christ- mas season;: Louis Liebes is the gent: who provides the big town with most of its Santas. They are hired, not to appear in stores or at parties, but to make per- sonal deliveries of presents intended for children. They get $5 a day. Liebes started the idea himself, and. Stil sets forth in the well known cos- tume. ‘But it grew to such an ex- tent that he had to take on’a staf! of assistants. 5 alee (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) Thru The Tribune Want ‘Ads Rent the.Spare Room FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: STICKER THE GIRL WAS SO PUT HER: IN A SIDE SHOW. “The above contains « sentence with threB words missing. If you.can in- sert the first two words, each with three letters, they will form a single six-letter word, which 1s the third one missing. Can you it TODAY aniEReY FUEL ECONOMY ORDER On Jan. 16, 1918, Dr. H.'A. Garfield, United States fuel administrator, is- sued an order directing all factories not engaged in the production of foodstuffs to suspend operations for @ period of five days, beginning Jan. 18, and to remain closed on each clusive. i Daniel Willard, -chairman - of -the ‘War Industries Board, resigned on this date. It was reported that Lenin of the Russian Bolsheviki government had ordered that King Ferdinand of Ru- mania be arrested and imprisoned at Petrograd (now Leningrad). The Hungarian government. ‘re- signed on account of failure to ob- tain necessary support for its mili- tary program. Monday from Jan. 28 to March'25, in- |" ‘The average’ coll student today er eee eeeey a » 5. Boucher, University of Chicago, x * * If we are not to talk, why not give us the power and we will go to work. —Adolf Hitler, “Fascist” leader. i ** * I like to play jokes like handing some dignified person a chunk of ice when I shake hands, just for a laugh. —Dorothy ma ete actress. Let Mr. Klein (assistant secretary of commerce) tell his bedtime stories on the return of prosperity every night, if he wants to, but it won't move one bushel of wheat; won't put one: man to work.—Congressman Le Guerdia of New York. f BARBS | ___ BARBS __| © Sarope will get the international balloon race next year. And Euro- peans will probably find that hot air goes just as far dd as here. ** Educators say the American col- lege is in an intellectual ferment. ‘Which recalls that since those pro- raed probes it hasn't smelled just * + % And now that Helen Wills Moody has come out for beer, Al Capone would doubtless like to come out for A. Detroit youth, once chosen as the typical American boy, was ar- rested for speeding. Evidently was. trying to live up - md title. A Spanish royal guard died at the age of 119.° Probably got tired wait- ing for the red ae g change. * If no other good comes out of this Manchurian fuss, eve! will know that Chinchow isn’t a relish— even if Japan seems to relish it. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) People’s Forum [Quotations Weight Three to the By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association . From the point of view of nutri- tion, it is well to that a ee Daily Health Service Related to Glands of Peretti nie Have Special Relationship Diet deractive from birth on, the human being will tend to be short rather than tall and to put on weight. The fat in such cases is distributed over the body, especially wn the upper recognize we are ‘oot all bullt alike, Members, of families are nat thin es ot cats are naturally fat. arms and thighs and about the chest and abdomen. The hands and feet may remain rather small. Tt has been well establishes that of glands are espe- portant in relationship to ‘up so rapidly that there is a reduc: tion ‘in weight, even though. mote food than the average is eaten. If on the other hand the thyroid gland is underactive, the opposite condi- tion results. ‘When the pituitary gland is un- ods of taxation are all wrong, unde> 80 dodging by it le not only to evade, but to escape taxation. Real estate and farm property can- not escape. They ‘are made to bear the brunt of the taxes, which have become confiscatory in many in- stances, Instead of taxing thrifts, why not tax spending ? Instead of putting an added burden upon econ- omy, why not ease it? ‘This can be done in only one way. We must shift taxes. Instead of any set valuation regardless of real value, ‘we must take into consideration the make taxes fit the pocketbook. is, if we are to have anything left to tax within @ few years. Indiana farmers are not known as Far from it. The East has Editor's Note.—The Tribune wel- play wi e writers. All tetter: If you wish to use a pseudonym, sign the pseudonym first and your e ben it. We will re- @_reserve such parts of necessary be may conform to this policy. FAVORS TAX SALE Bismarck, N. D. Jan, 14, 1932. Editor, Tribune: ‘The long list of delinquent taxes as published by local and state papers, together with the number of fore- closures of farm property, must am-; ply prove, even to the most conserva- tive of us, that something must be done if we are to continue as a nation of home owners. long been looked upon as conserva- tive. ‘Therefore, when Indiana farm- ers go on the warpath, there surely there is. Indiana farmers feel that they have been made the goat long enough, While professional folks and others are paying but a small share of state and county taxes, the farmer has had insult added to injury. He they have taken what they had com- ing standing up. Now the Indiana farmer has two methods whereby the tax burden might be shifted to his benefit. One is to put a good stiff tax (state tax) and the Even the -blindest of politicians is coming to see that the present meth-jand such @ BEGIN HERE.TODAY ANN, CECILY ani CES FENWICK 1 achool, strikes with EARL necretly Mary-Frances Ann said. evening work—” makes me humble, dear.” “Phil! to me, pretty, do you, dear?” loathe pretty women.” suit me. lasts, Ann. Bi this evening, will you?” he turned to look, Whother you know ber?” to the girl, and anger in it.. ~~ 5 © «Nothing. whatever.” She: across the hall trom. MARY FRAN- ive with mm NOW GO ON WITH TRE STORY CHAPTER XXVI “youve been so .good, lately, “And I know you are working too hard. All that “Do you know, Ann, when you look like this you are go beautiful that I scarcely feel as if I had a right to love you. When I'm away from you I forget, at times, how very beautiful you are—or 1 decide that perhaps 1 am exaggerating But when [ get with you again—it Isn't that silly? Every: one says I'm good looking, so I sup- pose I must be. But ft is no credit I didn’t make my face, You don’t love me just because I'm “You aren't pretty,” he sald, “You are supremely beautiful. 1 “Nothing of the sort. Cecily'’s pretty, and you don’t Joathe ber.” “Nor do I think she is pretty. She has a charm about her face; but her features are far too small and her coloring 1s too delicate to It won't last as yours 's leave ‘Cissy out for this one evening. Here we are, just the two of us, Let's leave. everyone else in the world out for “We will,” she agreed.’ “Don't! look right away.” she went on, “but there's a girl over there whd keeps staring at us. Just now she said something to the boy with ber, and 1 wonder | and Phil looke¢ instantly. He noddeu ‘His face\ fushed, and when he turned it again to Ann|~ there was a suggestion of fright, “What's the trouble?” she asked: | Also, 1 forgot it, Are Grove, \ “But,” said Ann, “you looked as if you were angry, or embarrassed, or something.” “1 was, possibly. You told me not to look just then, but 1 did and got caught in the act. Also, 1 was slightly annoyed over the fact that people were staring at us and dis- cussing us.” “She does stare,” sald Ann. “She hasn’t taken her eyes away from me once since they sat down over there.” “And that,” said he, “is the pen- alty of beauty, you know. But sup- pose you stop looking at her, and you won't know that she is lobking at you.” ‘ANN tried looking again at: the mountain; but it bad lost its Alpine glow and had become a for- bidding thing, in cold blues and whites, as lonely as majesty, “She has such a bright, hard way cf staring,” Ann said. “It—it sort of: getson my nerves.” “Sha}l we allow it to spoil our evening, cr shall we forget it?” Ann asked, “How, well do you ‘know her, Phil?” ; “My dear girl—” odd how nothi can be as impatient as patience, heavily atressed—“how well is one apt to know an office associate?” “I thought she worked in the office across the hall.” “She does. We :neet occasionally in the hall or in the elevator. Not long ago she lost the. heel of her shoe in. the downstairs entrance, and I took it around to the shoe maker's for her. Since then, she stepped into my office one day to sew the hem of her dress—or petti- coat—that had ripped.” it, own office?” “Because there happened to be about a dozen or more people in her office, and I am alone in mine.” “Oh,” said Ann. The girl had topped staring and was writing something with a red fountain pen she had borrowed from her escort, “Why didn’t you tell me?” said Ann, “Tell you what?” “About the heel, and the ripped i; if «| such’ minutiae. would i rks}me the 8 & 22 2 & frowning as he read: . “Why didn’t she sew it in her|~ HREE KINDS of LOVE BY _KAY CLEAVER stealthy—an erratic combination at best—bad started, toward their ta- ble, had grown sliy, had paused to rearrange some flowers in a vase.) “You are Jealous of Cecily and Mary-Frances and Grand and Ro salle.” € Philip was about to say that her accusation was unjust-and untrue, but the waiter spoke first, “Every- thing all right, sirt” Philip said, “Yes, Quite all right.” “Pretty view out east there,” the waiter suggested. eoce ANN looked out east there, Philip said, “Yes.” The waiter moved a way. “May I see that note, Phil?” Ann ‘sald, i “Shall I pass it across imme diately? Or might I look at it first?” sae it yourself, first,” said n, “Some nonsense,” he frowned, as he unfolded the tight two square inches of paper. He continued ing ‘sweetheart man: I didn’t story to you, honestly I didn’t, Call me up when you get home and I'll explain everything, Your, L, If I think was ever claimed for Letty; but occasional cleverness has been claimed for Phil, and an tion that he was smart i ATE BE eh - & Philip bad gained time and imaelf, “There: is on gee Ld : a8 Hl sky Hi a 2 s e H Ha people who are of normal weight people are also likely to have a nerv- ous breakdown, and they may. suf- must be good reason behind it. And; "| fer with disturbances: of digestion due to a lack of support of the ab- organs by normal padding of fat. Those who have long been overweight seem to be more suscep- tible to diabetes than those who are underweight, and there is also a definite association of overweight with breaking down of the circula- tion and of the action of the kid- neys. exactly where it belongs, on spending instead of saving. After all, a one-per-cent retail sales tax would not be onerous. One cen’ on 8 dollar, except upon larger sales, would likely be absorbed by the busi- ness industry, and, yet, it is claimed such a tax would work miracles in lowering or abolishing other taxes. Take personal property tax for ex- ample. It is claimed this could be done away with altogther, and it would be a lot easier to pay a few cents per day according to our pur- chases, than a big lump sum once or twice per year. It is also claimed property taxes would be much lower under this system. But, the Indiana farmers are hav- ‘ing a hard time making the big fel- lows see their way. They are fighting it tooth and nail; one solon declaring the was against the farmers “from ‘means, and it sounds quite a bit like the “go home and slop your hogs” which made North Dakota history some years back. Anyway, any idea that has for its ple deserves more than passing notice. As I said in the beginning of this let~ ter, if we are to continue as a nation lof home owners something has to be done. We are not living in “the good old days” when every man’s property was visible. Intangible property makes up the great bulk of our as- sets, yet it pays but an infinitesimal Part of today’s taxes. A NORTH DAKOTAN. ‘Twenty-seven counties employing county agents for the period 1919 to 1929 increased their returns from dairying, with no increase in the num- ber of cows kept, almost $1,250,000 over comparable counties not employ- ing agents. ‘ 1931, by could have stopped in the office for ® moment in the morning. I sus- pect that the sole reason for her sending the note was to make the hoy she is with jealous.” “Or me?” said Ann, “Hardly. She's silly, but not catty, I believe. At any rate, you penn Jealous, are you, You Beau: “King. Miss King.” “What's her first name?” “Letty, I believe she said. Hetty —Betty—something of the sort. 1 really don’t remember. You aren't eating your pastry, dear. Don’t you care for it? Shall I order some thing else for you?” “No, thank you. I’ve had all 1 can eat. Get your check, Phil, and es. Bo.” Y ‘ou've changed your mind a! the dancing?” he asked -hi may as he beckoned for the waiter. et r re ‘ad rather go As they went down the lantern. hung path toward Philip's car Letty King said to Kenneth Smith, “I'm all in, positively, I've got to get in early tonight, and catch up on my sleep. I've kind of got a headache,” oe must mean something,” Phil a offered, when he and Ann Were safely started toward the city, ‘that, always, in the end we decide that, better than anything else, we like to be alone together. We do find something, don't we, that we can’t find in the hurly-burly of lights and music and people?” He meant it, every word of it, He was furious with Letty. He was grateful to Ann. 4 i | EE ii F gaze Fi i iz i s & | | H i i } Z 6 i a i i ‘ hell to breakfast,” whatever that’? purpose the good of the common peo-/} ®