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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1932 . PEOPLE’S FORUM EAitor's Note.—The Tribune welcomes letters on subjects of interest. oe dealin: with controversial religious subjects, which attack indi- viduals unfairly, or which offend good taste and fair play will be returned to the writers, All letters MUST be signed. If you wish to use eudonym, sign the pseudonym first and your own name beneath it. ‘will respect auch requests. We reserve the right to delete of letters as may be necessary to conform to this policy. ich parts | YOUTH ON PROHIBITION Bismarck, North Dakota, March 14, 1932. 3 Editor, Tribune: ~ During the last few weeks I have :Tead the various arguments voiced by other readers of the Bismarck Trib- . une as expressed in the People’s For- um for the continued support of the present Prohibition Law. I would, at this time, desire especially to make J reply to the articles written on the = subject by Mr. Robert Klandt of He- , bron, to Mr. Wm. H. Wilson of Dris- ~ coll and to the reader who has chos- | en to style himself as “Dakota Parmer” from Underwood. Every in- ~ dividual is, of course, entitled to an opinion on the subject of national Prohibition and most surely everyone should have a definite conviction con- cerning the constructive good or the .detrimental evil of the amendment since it's enactment. Prohibition is wrong in principle! The consumption of liquor by man is not an unnatural phenomenon. It is ‘not @ vice or a crime. It does not -eonflict with the divine law of God and, consequently, it should not be withheld from those who desire it by man-made law. It is absurd to at- tempt to make a comparison between Uquor consumption and other crimes which are punishable by law in this and. Liquor consumption does not ne rily become a vice or a crime ‘until the individual person proceeds to use drink beyond the limits of hu- man respect and endurance. A differ- entiation between drink and its ex- cesses is just the margin of difference “between a natural inclination and a vice crime. When drinking is prac- ticed to such an extent that drunken- ness is the evil result it must be pun- ished as any other malicious influence. . However, excessive drinking can be dealt with equally well under a ban- ‘mer other than prohibition without + any more disastrous consequences. If ' prohibition ever were able to be ad- ministered satisfactorily to the suc- cessful culmination of the average + prohibitionist’s dream, it would still * be wrong in principle, although per- haps effectual in practice. By pro- hibiting the sale of liquor to the pop-/ ulace we are depriving the prole- | tariat of the liberty to have what they desire, of another American heritage and of each individual's | God-given right! | Prohibition is a waste of public « money. The result which was to have been expected has not been brought about, while huge expendi- tures to support the useless legisla- tion has been forced upon the people and their government. During the period of years since the enactment of the eighteenth amendment these appropriations to enforce an unnatur- ai law have proven nothing but / distinct loss to the American public. | ‘To establish a prohibition law which might prove to be of some construc- tive good it would doubtless be nec- essary to provide an additional ex- penditure of other millions. Neither the government of the people nor the people themselves are in any condi- tion to assume greater obligations than they already have to carry. The proletariat are struggling to overcome an economic depresston while our government is desperately striving to offset a treasury deficit of many mil- lions by economy. Can that deficit be entirely blamed upon a decrease of postal receipts, as governmental heads and statisticians would have us believe? In view of additional construction needs to cave for greater increase of the mails it doesn't seem conceivable or logical! On the other hand, the deficit might be materially lessened by a repeal of the prohibi- tion act. Shall we be forced to ac- cept and uphold a law which tends to increase taxes, to increase the treasury deficit when we know that the result for which the law was first intended will never be achieved? Repeal of the prohibition law would be of aid to the grain farmer! Why? Because it would enable him to dis- pose of a certain amount of his grain which—in view of the great surplus— 4s practically of no worth. The sur- plus is a myth; it is, in reality, an under-consumption of these com- modities that forces the prices to tower levels. Free sale of liquor would demand a greater consumption of the commodities which remain at Present unused and would have some effect toward a higher price level. It is absurd to believe that the Ameri- ean farmer should feed his small grain to swine because he would not! better himself since there is, in evi- dence, an under-consumption of meat in the land also which forbids the production of swine or other meat for profit. Moreover, barley and other small grain is not as good hog-feed as corn. If, then, corn liquor should be curtailed, more corn would be available for preparing the hog for market and the barley, which is now being fed to three-cent hogs, would be available for the manufacture of liquor to aid the farmer, If the brew- eries and other manufactories used in the manufacture and the distribu- tion of legalized liquor were to return, it is only reasonable to believe that many thousands of the unemployed wold prosper through work. More- over, other national businesses would profit and the public would also bene- fit through a virtual decrease in the strength of the breadline backed by charity. Here I would like to state that the inebriate asylums are per- dissolved but the reform schools ‘and the penitentiaries are most full to capacity. Which is worse? Which are a greater burden and expense? What proof have we that inquity zen. Moreover, locked doors, iniquity is further en- gorsed because such places are the rendezvous of young people espe- clally—both boys and girls—who, aft- er becoming unmindful of their will, submit themselves unmercifully to other vice crimes infinitely more great and grievous. In the speak- easies—even in the private home where the sale of poison liquor is adamant because certain people evince discreet pleasure in following the line of least resistance—crimes of vicious Patterns are enacted which, if con- tinued, will have but one termina- tion—perdition! Is it better to have countless children reared from the cradle encouraged by parents to usc home brew as they are now doing or of a family purchase his glass of beer in a public bar and discourage the former condition? Such condi- tions did not reign when liquor was obtainable everywhere, for barkeepers were prohibited from selling liquor to those under age. It is not a fact that the prohibition poll being taken by the Literary Di- gest everywhere is not to be consid- ered as reliable. No one has ad- vanced proof that the poll is not be- ing conducted on a fair basis. The wet majority is not due to the fact that they are the most interested in the outcome of the vote. It is more logical to believe that there are more People who favor the repeal of the eighteenth amendment that are, or have been, subscribers to the Literary Digest, than prohibitionists. In view of that fact, it is sad to relate that so few prohibitionists are readers of one of the country’s foremost publi- cations! Moorhead, Minwmesota, with its 37 saloons and its winerooms filled with young women has nothing to offer leggers—both public and private— who are degradors of youth in every town and city. Bootleggers are a damnation, a curse to civilization— public parasites! Why encourage the Progress of such human leeches? Perhaps the brewer's yearbook does not give the figures concerning the annual or monthly consumption of liquor in the home, in the speakeasy, in the bootlegger's apartment or in a hotel room, under the banner of prohibition. This all happens to be carried on outside the limit of the law where statistics do not reach. In all events, it might be better to revert back to the old order of things as they were once than to continue with a law which cannot fulfill its Promises! Repeal of the eighteenth amendment would not produce any new hazard; it would minimize some of the old hazards existing under its banner today. The cure to effectively curtail the evil of the drunkard does not lie vested in prohibition. Prohibition, by its very nature, will never prove it- self of sufficient consequence to stamp out drunken society. The en- tire problem is merely a moral issue. A better appreciation of our moral obligations to our fellow man, to our country, to our God and, finally, to ourselves, will do more to alleviate this problem from our midst than the strictest prohibition law! A. LEO SEVERN. WE'LL GIVE ’EM 1000 Bismarck, N. D., March 18, 1932. Editor, Tribune: Being of naturally modest and re- tiring dispositions, we folks of the Sixth ward do not wish to flaunt our Patriotism in the fgces of the other wards in Bismarck. However, we do feel that our record in the recent skir- mish of March 15th should be brought. to the attention of the other wards. A 100 per cent perfect score of 1,010 votes for Bismarck with only one large, juicy goose egg for Jamestown should not pass unnoticed, No other ward in Bismarck shows @ perfect record and we feel that we should at least receive a “Nobel Peace Award,” or a Carnegie Medal, since such perfect harmony certainly should be a long step toward absolute peace, perfect markmanship, perfect batting and fielding, perfect team work, per- fect timing of thought and action. When one thousand and ten folks, from one ward, can step to the scratch and in the short space of six hundred minutes, shoot a perfect score of 1000 behind these same! would it be better to have the father | as compared to the hundreds of boot-| In Kidnaping | | Police are reported closing in on Martin Denew, also known as Mar- shall Depew, hunted since last Dec- ember in connection with the kid- naping of Mrs. Nell Q. Donnelly, wealthy Kansas City garment manu- facturer, who was released before a ransom was collected. If Kansas City police capture Depew he will be ques- tioned on the Lindbergh baby kid- naping, authorities state. each, or a total of 1,010,000 points, you may readily understand why, in that ward should be and are located: The Burleigh County Court House. The Bismarck City Hall and Fire Department. The Carnegie Library. The Municipal Auditorium. The World War Memorial Building. The Saint ‘Alexius Hospital. | The Bismarck Hospital. The Saint Mary's School. And many of the leading business places of Bismarck, besides hundreds of fine homes. Had we been other than modest, we might have asked for and taken the North Dakota State Capitol Building. Therefore, when the Exterminator is sent out to locate and deal with the “Ignoble 19” they need not look in} the Sixth ward, where dwell only the One Hundred Per Centers. | We are only comparing wards in Bismarck and are not unmindful of the numerous noble towns and pre- |cincts outside of Bismarck who made the same perfect score and we are willing and ready to divide with them. the Nobel peace award or any medals, if and when received. In all modesty and humility, we are 1010 SIXTH WARD VOTERS, By 8. O. LEBARRON. PLAIN TALK ABOUT JAPAN Krem, N, D., March 10, 1932, Editor, Tribune: When Japanese are carrying on war against a peaceful people and also murdering and beating up American citizens, why does not the govern- ment expel the Japanese agents and representatives and also order an em- bargo on their goods. Silk imports, alone, total $300,000,- 000, the United States being Japan's best customer. It would hurt Japan seriously, with her bad economic po- sition. A stiff boycott would prac- tically force her out of China. Why should the United States worry about the small trade with Japan and furnish her with the means to grab {the trade of China? Japan is bank- |rupt. Why should we be ultimately drawn into war with her to collect for war supplies sold to her for use in conquering China, and at the same time to shut us out of trade with China’s 450,000,000 people? Why does not the U. S. withdraw her warships and armed forces from China? Because some day the peo- ple will kick her war lords into ob- livion and she will then know her true friends. China is trying to put her house in order. The Chinese have shown that, though betrayed by. their leaders and with little or no artillery or airplanes, they can defeat the crack troops of Japan. They did so for 35 days. If they had good leaders instead of traitors they would have nothing to fear from Japan. Why does the United States back governments that are bankrupt? Sincerely, E. H. GEPSON. 1 ITALIANS INCREASE || During the past ten-year period, jItaly has shown @ population gain, of more than 7 per cent. The greatest increases are shown by Genoa, Rome, Naples and Milan. \ OOVERS AT CO H — USIN’S FUNERAL {TENSION RULES IN OHIO COAL FIELDS: PEAR NEW OUTBREAK National Guard Units Poised to Enter Area and Subdue Violence Athens, O., March 21.—(?)—A tense quiet pervaded the Hocking Valley Bi- tuminous coal fields Monday, where yesterday a long standing wage dis- pute between operators and almost |7,000 miners flared into violence. Ohio national guard units were poised for immediate mobilization |following Governor George White's ultimatum for a cessation of “law- lessness” under penalty of martial law. A series of minor outbreaks during the last month and a half was cli- maxed early Sunday by the dynamit- ing of a railroad spur trestle and the stoning of five mine officials by about 150 men, The disorders resulted from ree*rts of the ‘reopening Monday of the No. 6 mine of the Sunday Creek Coal com- pany at Millfield and the Lick Run mine of the Hocking and Athens Coal company. The operators were requested by Adjutant General Frank D. Henderson to keep the pits closed temporarily. Early Monday more than _ 1,000 striking miners gathered at Millfield for @ mass meeting, but fear of re- current violence was dispelled for the time being when speakers renewed their cautions against extreme means. “Professional agitators” were blam- ed by Governor White for the disord- ers, The strike in the Hocking Valley fields began February 1. The miners, already dissatisfied because of the re- fusal of the operators to recognize the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica, walked out when a uniform wage scale was put into effect. The scale, declared by miners to represent a 25-per-cent wage cut, gives $3 a day to laborers and 35 cents a ton to loaders. ———__—_—_____—__* AT THE MOVIES CAPITOL THEATRE Zita Johann, who is making her ‘first screen appearance as leading i} * > {woman in D. W. Griffith's picture, “The Struggle,” which comes to the Capitol theatre tonight, has several scenes in this picture which are play- ed in utter silence. Miss Johann, who has won high honors for her dramatic work in notable stage suc- cesses, makes these silent scenes eloquent. One such scene is that in which the actress, depicting the wife of a young American workman who has gone down and out, sits sewing on some “piece work” which she has brought home to her miserable quarters, in an attempt to eke out an income. She is alone. Not a sound is to be heard but the snip-snip of her scis- sors as they bite into the garment. But into this sound somehow the clever actress has managed to put a world of meaning, the tragedy of des- pair, the dramatic intensity of her. waiting, almost, without hope for the return of the absent husband: It a bit of work which makes one real= ize that there is something in act- ing beside good looks and beautiful costumes. Zita Johann shares the leading roles with Hal Skelly in “The Strug- gle,” a United Artists picture. PARAMOUNT THEATRE Several years ago, Richard Bar- thelmess, who had just completed his memorable “Tol’able David” for First National Pictures was selected by the Army Authorities at Bedloe’s Island in New York Bay, site of the Statue of Liberty, to address the then radio audience of 300,000 to 400,000 in the Metropolitan area. His message was a challenge to the censors of the country to find any- thing offensive in any of his pictures and accentuated a policy of clean stories which he has intained ever since. Throughout his career as a star, Barthelmess,has always endeavored to appear ‘in nothing but the cleanest type of story. In the cast of “Alias The Doctor,” | which opens at the Paramount Thea- tre tonight are Marian Marsh, who | lays the feminine lead, Adrienne ‘Dore, Lucille La Verne, George jRosener, John St. Polis, Norman Foster and Oscar Apfel. It was di- rected by Michael Curtiz. City Teachers Leave For Easter Vacations With the closing of Bismarck schools Friday for a week's Easter va- cation, many teachers have left for their homes. Others will either re- main in the city or will visit with mmerce commission. Burial will be at West fowa, his birthplace friends at nearby points. R. D. McLeod of the high school staff and Mrs. McLeod and their children have left for Carrington, where they will be guests of his mother over the week-end. Others of the high school faculty, who will be away are Mr. and Mrs. George ‘Schaumberg, who have gone to ‘Washburn; Miss Myrtle Sandie, who will spend the vacation in Moorhead; Miss Mildred Hoff, who will be at Vol- ga, 8. D. Miss Helen Ricketts of the William Mrs. J. 8. Wilds, former ismarck residents. Miss Ruby Wilmot, city music su- t Out of sorts. ..disi i ham's spelen pencils js * $0 many women whose nerves are frayed by those dreadfut “monthly”: hea: i More than a year before the scheduled opening of the 1933 Century of Progress exposition, a “magic city” to house the exhibits is rising on Chicago’s lakefront. the “electrical group,” located on Northerly | ground are distinguishable, left to cS ind, a manmade isiand. right: Soldier field stadium, the Field The buildings shown in this view constitute ‘MAGIC CITY’ RISES ON CHICAGO’S LAKEFRONT oe its origin in tiny springs in the Moun- Associated Press Photo On the maintand in the back- museum and Shedd aquarium. ‘are Miss Adeline Ness, to Courtenay; Miss Esther Maxwell, to Wilton; Ed- ward Heer, to Minot; and E. Haldi to Glenburn. Four Roosevelt teachers will vaca- tion at their homes. They are Miss Grace Hand, Valley City; Miss Violet Fetcher, Enderlin; Miss Beulah Shurr, Berthold; and Miss Katherine Bracher, Minneapolis. . Miss Bessie Wilson of the Richholt school, and Miss Helen Munig of the Wachter school, will be at their homes | at Regan and Grand Forks, respec- tively. Use the Want Ads “Red Line” Standard f orm, Chicagoans Win St. Patrick High School Wins Final Cage Contest From St. Mel Chicago, March 21.—(#)—The na- tional Catholic prep basketball cham- pionship Monday was Chicago prop- erty, with St. Patrick high school as {the custodian. | St. Pat defeated another Chicago team, St. Mel, 22 to 20, in the final) rourid of Loyola university’s ninth an- nual tournament. The result was an) upset, St. Mel having defeated St. Pat! three times during the season. PLAN OUSTER EFFORT Washington, March 21.—(#)—A for- | mal attempt to unseat Senator Bailey | of North Carolina, on charges of} |fraud in the 1930 North Carolina election, will be laid before the sen- ate election committee Tuesday. 40 HAS 19 PORTS Springfield, Til.—tIlinois now has 19 approved airports, the State Aero- nautics ‘commission announced, These are located at Joliet, Elmhurst, Lom- bard, two at Chicago, two at East St. Moline, Galesburg, and Ind. Others are being Peoria, Jacksonville Decatur Kanka- kee and Effingham. WHERE THE NILE STARTS ’s great river, the Nile, has tains of the Moon. These are a range near the equator in the Belgian Con- go between Lake Edward and Lake Albert. 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