The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1932, Page 4

1 5 i THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1932 e Bismarck Tribune THE STATE'S oupest NEWSPAPER qo (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune Sompany, Bismarck, N. D., and en- ered at the postoffice at Bismarck as cond class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher. by carrier, per year ......$7.20 by mail per year (in Bis- { f (Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 ‘Weekly by mail in state, thre years : |« Dakota, per year ........ iWeekly by mail in Canada, pe: ‘year . 2.00 Member of Audit Bure: Circulation _ ES ne 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. ee "(Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, “SPENCER. BREWER (incorporated) | CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Taxation and Wealth j President Glenn Frank of Wiscon- sin university has just written a book that is very much in the literary lime-light. It’s very imposing title is: “Thunder and Dawn: America’s Appointment with Destiny.” Mr. Frank is accepted as the voice of lib- eralism in the United States and his views on capitalism while not radical or extreme are classed as being any- thing but regular. He points three ways out of our present economic predicament: “(1) The road along which eco- nomic leadership may seek to ef- fect a wider distribution of wealth by the way it administers wages, hours, prices, profits and state raising the “Red” ghost of radicalism. the other factors of business and industry; (2) the road along which political leadership, in the event economic leadership goes renegade to its responsibility, may seek to effect wider distri- bution of wealth by taxing in- comes and inheritances more and more drastically, and (3) the road along which social leader- ship, in the event that both eco- nomic and political leadership fail or refuse to effect a wider distribution of wealth, will seek to effect a revolutionary over- turn. I hope that America may travel the first road promptly and that we shall never have to take the third road.” He urges a wider distribution of wealth by taxing incomes and inheri- | tances. Just how the distribution is) to be effected is not described. Of course his theory is impractical and quite nebulous. Placing a heavy tax on inheritances for instance may bring millions into the public coffers} to be misspent by those in politicai! power, but wealth thus conscripted by Jaw will hardly ameliorate the condition of the poor and unfortu-} nate. The decade through which we! are passing levied probably the high- est taxes in the history of the Repub- Jie without affecting the distribution | of wealth at all. H The theory of conscripting wealth! through taxation may appear sound, but in practice it is a fallacious and dangerous policy in a government Such as ours. Russia is seeking to bring about better economic condi- tions by appropriating all wealth and! abolishing capital and private owner- ship and the plight of her masses is worse than under the autocratic rule of the empire. If this nation seeks President Frank's way out through taxation as a means to equalize the distribution of wealth, the cure will “be worse than the present economic maladies, There are no set panaceas for| present economic conditions. Radical | nostrums will only fail. Bottom may have not been reached yet. Recovery will only come through a steady, sen- sible struggle back to new levels. The demand is for a fundamental readjustment of taxes, wages and prices as well as habits of living, not the adoption of half-baked theories hatched in the minds of impractical | academicians, | Wine for Foreign Athletes Foreign athletes who are in the United States during the coming! summer to compete in the Olympic games are going to have to struggle along on the same sort of diet that the United States get. Administrator Woodcock has made This, to be sure, doesn't make any difference to anyone—except, to the athletes themselves. does seem as if some way have been found whereby the could have had their custom- menus, without undermining the American prohibition structure. The ; ruling will create a minor irritation that might have been avoided. -__ Mr. Cobb of Harvard § Wrederick Cobb, aged 91, Harvard's @ldest graduate, declares that work IN THE GHOST WALKS AG. (An Editorial) Action taken by the I. V. A. convention at Valley City and statements of leading candidates give littie cause for hope to the voters generally. Those who had expected a clear-cut pro- nouncement on governmental problems were disappointed. Instead of meeting and attempting to offer a solution for the many ques- tions which we are facing, the convention adopted a negative platform. All it does is pledge the group to combat radicalism— even though radicalism has been dead in North Dakota for several years. The Tribune holds no brief for any political group or any set of candidates, but it does feel a duty to debunk political “saviors” if their attitude is strictly a pose and their claims are as the sound- ing wind. It cannot, therefore, refrain from pointing out the harm which this stand does and the fallacy which it represents. To determine just how serious the so-called radical threat is in North Dakota, we have only to examine the record. On the farms and in the small towns and villages, the cry for tax reduc- tion, instead of increased tax-spending, has meant something. The townships have sharply curtailed their budgets. They are getting down to bedrock. It is significant that most of this work has been done by men who belong to the party which the I. V. A. conven- tion pledged itself to oppose as radicals, The platform of the opposing party, while not very strong, at least mentions present-day issues. It contains no hint of radical- ism. It does mention that branch banking is possible under exist- ing laws and this has been true during all of these 13 years since the state industrial commission was organized. It is true today, despite the fact that the party which professes to oppose branch banking has been in power several years since 1919 and at this writing controls all of the state's legislative machinery. It controlled the legislature and the governorship at the last session. Yet not even a faint suggestion was made to repeal the laws or abolish the institutions which they see as a menace. They do not propose to do so now. All they offer to the electorate is the promise they will oppose radicalism, without specification as to just what it is or where it may be found. For 22 months at a time, in recent years, the I. V. A. group has been living in peace and harmony with such “radical” innovations as the Bank of North Dakota and the state mill and elevator. Those have been pleasant months, for these institutions and others which come in for criticism during campaign time, furnish many jobs for the faithful and for members of families of some of those who have been faithful. But during the other two months they go up and down the They dig back into history and recall other times and other issues, transferring them as if by magic to the present scene. It is upon this basis that they seek to retain power. This is the platform upon which they ask reelection. Judging by the record of the last six years, this ghost fight will go on indefinitely unless the people put an end to it. It has lasted ten years. It may persist for another hundred. Meantime, such things as real economy in state government, an adequate and satisfactory program of highway finance and sound operation of the institutions and departments the state already has, are ignored. Instead of meeting these issues it is safer to rant against history, to paint the bones of North Dakota radicalism with glowing phosphorus and have them walk once more. Perhaps, when this is done, the people will be stecred away from a scrutiny of the payrolls to see what names are there, Many things may be overlooked if the smoke screen thrown up by the battle against radicalism is thick enough. That the ghost of radicalism will be resuscitated to stalk the state in this campaign is frankly confessed in a recent editorial in the Fargo Forum. Commenting on the political situation as out- lined by the I. V. A. convention, it said the meetings ... “have paved the way for forceful and united oppesition to the threat that is contained in the Nonpartisan League Program for expanded in- dustrial activities by the state of North Dakota The contest will be long and hard, and to win, it was recognized that there must be few occasions.” The Tribune does not regard of mental honesty, the jobs for itself, its friends and We believe campaigns based rouse the old bitterness, the old ture and an erroneous impression. ism, even though the sole purpose of political candidates, harmful to the state, both within and without. country, between the rich and the poor, ies of government which have died a natural death. the thought of further state experiments of the government in busi- ness when no one else is Suggesting them. To persons living outside the state, it such concert of action as the Independents have seen upon only a itself as a radical newspaper but it does object to raking the ashes of the Past for a political issue when we have others much more Pressing. From the standpoint a frank confession that a political group seeks its families, would be preferable. upon anti-red propaganda are At home it tends to antagonisms between town and It seeks to revive theor- It presents offers an inaccurate pic- Folks who might be inclined to look with favor upon North Dakota business and North Dakota industry may be frightened away b: y talk of “Reds” and radical- of such drivel is to elect a group celebrated his birthday revently by eating ice-cream, just because he al- ways observes his birthday that way. | He is a unique figure with mutton! chop whiskers and ideas some might | call old-fashioned, but they have| cheered him over a long highway in happiness and contentment. | He graduated in the same class| with the great historian Fiske and| others who have gone to their reward. Only three or four of his classmates are left. Cobb is an ardent prohibi- tionist and he looks with disfavor up- on organized and highly developed college sports. He has never wit- nessed a football game and in his! school days when students wanted to| play ball they retired to the corner| lot, chose sides and got a lot of good | healthy exercise. There was no $10,-| 000 a year coach to spur them on oF | @ $100,000 gate to cheer their efforts. There is something refreshing in these 91-year-old alumni who just cling on and buck the daily currents of life with a smile and a homely Philosophy which put the cynics to rout. It is not such a bad world after all! Just Wait a Few Years Conspicuous among the major col- leges which have experienced “foot- years is the University of Wisconsin. Its teams have not been winning and the “Old Grads” as well as the stu- dents have been issatisfied. They have sought victory and encountered defeat. In their thirst for glory they be- staff and several important heads fell into the basket. A new man now comes to the scene and all is serene ‘once more. Dr. Clarence W. Spears, former Minnesota gridiron mentor, is hailed and feted as he arrives to lead the cohorts of the school to triumph. "t retire and rust: out, but as ‘he says the Cobbs have a habit of hanging on to life and fighting’ to the end. not @ bed philosophy. Cobb ‘Keeps one from being bored with lfe. ‘He won’ Big celebrations already have been held. The coming campaigns are Tegarded as already successful. It seems only the part of normal ball trouble” during the lest few] counting its football chickens. Spears is a competent coach but he faces a difficult job at Wisconsin. Some- how, one gets the impression that the coaching staff has been less to blame for football failure there in recent years than some other conditions existing within the university. Un- less Spears can cure or adjust those, he, too, may fail and himself become the victim of a new outburst within a few years. Misery loves company. They come and go together. ee Editorial Comment Editorials 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. Afraid to Run? (Wishek News) Information has come to us that Governor Shafer is tindecided as to whether or not he will become « candidate for the United States sen- ate in opposition to Senator Nye. Governor Shafer is the Independ- ents’ best bet to beat Senator Nye, but Nye is going to be a hard man fority rights enough to really accom- something. : came dissatisfied with their coaching | might be ticket, because with the di the vided, ticket in the field and the voting Democratic at the to be tration. Editor's Note: Since this was published Gov. Shafer has an- conservatism, however, to suggest that Wisconsin is a little forward in nounced his candidacy for the senate. Nonpartisans ves with a People tial election, the Independents have cause alarmed. The voters might de- cide on a Democratte state adminis- | The Billion-Dollar Love Child! New York, April 11—The arrival in New York of Dexter Fellows usual- ly anticipates the first rokin, and invariably anticipates the panorama of circus wagons moving across the nation and white canvas stretching over acres of barren ground. Fellows is, perhaps, the world’s best known press agent; yet he is nationally accepted as a personality rather than a purveyor of circus ad- jectives. Rarely does he write a line himself. At his very approach, news- paper fellows grab for a Thesaurus and allow themselves the tonic of humorous exaggeration. xe € Knows ’Em All If any memory-test school were seeking out some perambulating Ex- | hibit A, Dexter would be an impor- tant candidate. He has a card-index mind. Rarely does he forget the name of an editor or newspaperman he has once encountered. Further- more, he remembers personal in-! cidents in their lives; marriages, chil- dren, deaths, illnesses and such. In ten minutes the other he had ask- ed me of 50 Manhattan writers who; had been switched about in recent economic shuffles. He sends out! nearly 300 Christmas cards annual- | ly, yet he rarely writes down a name.' ee * A Pie-ous Gent 1 His home life in the winter season is a contradiction of everything the circus world is supposed to connotc.! He lives simply and quietly in a lit- | tle Connecticut town. | The last time I visited him, the | “missus” had just baked a pie. We all sat down to a slice at the kitchen table. | Thus, for a few months, he escapes a world of extravaganza and glitter- | ing make-believe. | ee | A Matter of Taste The psychology of wild animal) trainers who have felt the fangs and| claws of the beasts has long fas- cinated me. Mabel Starke, veteran of the steel cage, was torn by her tigers, but is back on the tanbark circuits. And the boyish Claude Beatty, of Peru, Ind., barely recovered from serious wounds, appears as nerveless as ever. Nero. the lion that attacked him, is a favored actor. Beatty in- sists simply that “he likes ’em.” He passes off the attack as an accident and recalls that Nero once sayed him from a tiger's fury. . ee & But Is It a Break? Once I thought that publicity and fanfare might figure in this daily daring of death. But I had occasion at one time to call Claude's attention to an important article written about him. It had been out several weeks, STICKERS FFRVSCNC By adding the same vowel five times, in conect posoas, to the above line of 1. | Sesers, you can form a\ 13tier ood: Can you do it? 6 Ot ———S FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: Get New Facts on Old Skin Troubles BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN (Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association) Some years ago whan mah-jongg was the most popular form of amuse- ment cases were reported by phy- sicians of eruptions on the skin, which became known finally as lac- quer dermatitis. It was finally de- termined that some ingredient of the lacquer placed on the mah-jongg boxes, and sometimes on the tiles, in Japan was the source which aroused these reactions in people who were especially sensitive to the lacquer. Recently a group of workers in a cabinet-making plant, employing about 100 men, began to break out with eruptions on their hands, their forearms, and in some cases also on the entire face and neck. Indeed, a few of the men developed such Swelling about the face that the eyes Were swollen shut. It was found that all of the cases occurred while the men were wor! on an order which called for the use of Brazilian walnut. Out of 100 men “y | oo but he had not seen it and had slight | beauties from Africa. interest. His life dutside the arena is cir- cumscribed. He usually lives in a hotel half a block from the Garden. He seldom goes about New York, ex- Plaining that he needs lots of rest. He could be a hero to thousands of pretty maidens, for he is a rather at- tractive youth—but he appears shy in the presence of mild mannered humans. they are the second installment of Ubangis. The first group returned to It seems that their native lands and spread such fabulous tales of adventures in the “white continent” that scores wanted to pack up their scant raiment and start. Some sort of lottery was ar- ranged and the winners got the break. About 2,891,000 foreigners live in ‘There's an amusing yarn about the|France. Half a million of them are Ubangi natives, those saucer-lipped ‘residents of Paris. in the plant, 11 developed the symp- toms. These men were those who came in contact with the sawdust and those who sandpapered the wood, An inquiry revealed the fact that there were some who did not break out with eruptions on the skin, but who did develop sneezing and yun- ning noses while working in the room. where the wood was being-used. A few of the men recovered while they continued work, but some men were unable to continue work. The importer from which the wood was purchased furnished a list of firms to whom the wood had been sold. According ta Dr. Louis Schwar- tz of the United States public health service, letters were written to all of these firms, and it was found that Workers in nine of the 10 firms who had purchased the wood had devel- oped similar reactions. A special study was made in order to find out the nature of this sen- sitivity. Samples of the wood, of the Sawdust, and of the veneer, and also jof the leaves of the tree, were sub- jected to careful investigation. In the study a piece of gauze about @ half inch square was moistened jwith water and its surface complete- jly covered with sawdust, then this {Was Placed on a piece of rubber aster. In each case in. rants é Frorker who had beer {an eruption there was @ positive jaction under the patch. a The incident ¥ Cera % Pa whicl ty ‘eaaniee to find out Fuel sensitivity with its significance ? workers, The scientific term for er sensitivity is allergy. It 1s the a condition that causes hayfever, thma, food poisoning and many other-symptoms. 10; BRITISH PUSHED BACK On April 11, 1918, German advances in the Lys river sector forced the British to evacuate Armentieres, but Canadian troops repelled one assault after another on Messines ridge, in e region. Merville was taken by a German assault just before night and British forces in that area See to strong- er tions beyond the town. seany of sity British divisions in the battle on the Lys sector had been sent there to rest following the great March offensive and were in no con- dition to engage in a major battle. German divisions attacking them were variously estimated at from 10 to 15, or from 125,000 to 200,000 men. Fresh Australian divisions were ordered to the danger zone by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, command- ing the British armies, who reported that he believed his forces would be adequate to meet the situation. More cheering news for the Allies came from General Allenby. in com- mand of British forces in Palestine, who reported another victory over Turk troops. “4 In the United States, President Wilson issued a proclamation nam- ing Wiliam G. McAdoo director of the principal coastwise shipping lines. Railroads have granted North Da- kota livestock shippers free return transportation for one caretaker with each car of livestock. The ruling ap- plies to shipments to markets both BEGIN HERE TODAY SUSAN CAREY, wi her AUNT JESSID wrest side, ts learn rant he suggests but ja on her coming. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER Ill Arter the glare of the street the dim coolness of the big restaurant was almost startling. Young Dunbar knew the maitre @hotel. That dignitary was all smiles for the heir to the Dunbar millions. He found them a small, cozy table by a window and lin- gered attentively, bringing the menu himself. “Now, tell me,” said Susan’s host, smiling across the table at her when the order had been given. “Tell me what you're do- ing in this business sweatshop of ours.” Susan wondered why young men always seemed to assume that girls went in for business as a whim. Seriously she said, “I’ve got to earn my living.” - Just why this answer should have abashed the young man she couldn't understand. He red- dened. “Sorry. That was a dumb ques- tion, Just wondered”—here he floundered more than ever—“just, wondered why a girl as pretty as you shouldn’t be in pictures or on the stage.” Susan buttered a roll. “Poor girls have to go in for safer jobs,” she said sententiously. She was echoing Aunt Jessie quite uncon- sciously, “Besides, you know Hollywood is filled with girls out of jobs. They can’t all be stars.” The waiter intruded with halt @ dozen small silver dishes mys- teriously hooded. Demurely Su- san permitted herself to be served. Sweetbreads aux champignons, creamed spinach, little golden po- tato balls—this food not even distantly related to the fare Aunt the be table at home. * aret and sipped her coffee with ® pleasant sense of well being. “Why are you at Block’s?” she countered lazily as young Mr. Dunbar signed the check and slipped some silver on the tray. “My father’s fool notion,” the boy confessed with a frown, “I flunked my finals and Dad got all hot and bothered about it. Tried me in the shops for a bit and de- cided that wouldn’t do. He's go- ing to South America next month and wants me to do his secre- tarial work for practice. Thinks I'll get the hang of things that way.’ “I wish I had a fob to go to when I finish,” said Susan envious- ly. What should she do if, after all the money Aunt Jessie had spent on the course, she failed to qualify? The business world, as Miss Allen called it, med a formidable place, “Get you one,” sald Robert Dunbar carelessly. Susan colored. “Oh, 1 wasn't she murmured, “I know you weren't, an idea, that’s all.” They rode up in the elevator like old friends. Just had “Thanks for a beautiful time,” Jessie served at the white kitchen | gun refused an ice and a clg-! the intuitive thought—he had had She Susan whispered. | “We'll do it again—some time,” | he told her. | Helen Marshall made big eyes; at Susan as she tripped into the room and took her seat. “New byo friend?” she mouthed | under cover of a notebook. Susan) said, “Hush! She's beginning to! dictate.” Firmly she began to/ set down in signs and symbols the inevitable beginning, “Yours of; the 14th instant at hand and con- tents noted.” see i bead next day Miss Allen called Susan to her desk. “You're to go into the ad- vanced class next Monday,” she said. “Your work shows improve- ment, Miss Carey. Try to keep it up.” Susan could scarcely believe her ears and eyes. The sardonic Miss Allen bad actually smiled at her! After weeks of subtle: Persecution this was astonishing. “Thank you!” she mumbled. As she returned to her seat she saw Robert Dunbar smiling at her en- couragingly. Like a flash came something to do with this! Helen Marshall had whispered that Dun- bar senior was one of the stock- holders in the Block corporation and now Susan believed it. The prospect of going into the advanced class made Susan’s heart beat faster. That meant she would be ready for a job in four weeks time, She could scarcely believe it. Aunt Jessie listened to the great news that night in thin lipped silence, Trust Aunt Jessie not to gush over Susan's luck. She be- Neved in dousing the glimmer of self esteem whenever {it showed a flare. She only said, “Well, miss, 1 hope you appreciate what I've done for you and repay me by be- ing modest and well-behaved and dutiful.” Susan gulped. Somehow she had expected more enthusiasm. She said, meekly, “I'll do my best She settled down to an evening of study after the supper dishes were done. Aunt Jessie came into the living room, neatly hatted and gloved an1 wearing her best black dress. - “I’m going to prayer meeting, Aunt Jessie said. “I hate to leave| ; Weren’t making their usual eve- fl HUNTER: \BEL_McELLIOTT : settled down to an evening of study. you alone but I'll be back by nine.” eee Sosan tapped her book. “I'll be busy,” she returned. “Don’t worry about me.” Aunt Jessie unbent enough to smile. “That's right,” she said. “I’m glad to see you're settling down in a serious way—at last.” She couldn't help putting the lit- tle sting into the last few words. That was her way. After she had slammed the/ front door the house seemed un- commonly quiet. Even the Shaugh- nessy children across the way So a us it. so of su ning racket. The late May eve- ning was still and fragrant as Su- san sat in the darkening room poring over shorthand symbols. As the clock struck eight, she slammed the book shut with vigor. Suddenly it seemed to her an aw- ful thing to be 19 and vigorous and shut up between walls on a| spring night when life pulsed all around her. She went out on the little porch and sat down in the Boston rock- er. Bump, bump, back and forth she rocked. Across the way Mil- lie Shaughnessy swung down the steps with her “intended,” as| st Aunt Jessie called him. Millie wore a black and white printed frock that screamed for notice and her hat was flamboyantly red. Millie called across at Susan, “Bye-bye. We're off for White City.” Susan waved. Millie was 20 and a telepbone operator. She had picked as her husband-to-be a burly young man with upstand- ing red bair and a million freck- les. He was a broker's clerk an¢ looked like a prize fighter. Millie was the one who had said to Su- san a short while before, “What d’you want to learn stenography for? You'll be getting married|S! one of these days. Then what use’ll it be to you?” Everyone thought Susan‘ would be getting married. But how? And to whom? All the girls she knew, on the hunt quietly or open- ly for husbands, had opportuni- ties to meet and know men. Susan did not. She couldn't invite boys to Aunt Jessie’s house because Aunt Jessie disliked, distrusted men, The older woman hadn't, as she said herself, a good word for the lot of them. sh pe Gosan felt lonely as she rocked. He was not the sort of hero about whom one could spin glamorous dreams, places with. girl she was pretty and that was sald. frightened. should turn the corner! didn’t dare ask him to sit down, to go to the movies,” Lampman shyly. Nancy Carroll picture Logan Square.” have gone over to Back at 11.” under the mat Lampman on the steps, they met Aunt Jessie on the way! ©1932 BY NEA SERVICE Inc.” {Within and without the state. It wasn’t that she envied Mil- Shaughnessy her young man, Still he was somebody, mebody to telephone and to go Someone to tell a becoming hat and to ask what was that new perfume she was jing? There was no use thinking about Without some male as a foil @ woman was simply wasted. She didn’t exist. thoughts. Thus Susan’s dismal Dusk deepened and the girl felt discouraged that a little trickle tear drops disturbed the creamy face of her cheek. She was so jabsorbed in her reflections that e neither heard the creak of the bottom step nor observed the ar- | rival of the saturnine young man who approached, “Good evening,” a voice mut- tered throatily. Susan gasped. She looked up, startled, and saw the dark, moody face of Ben Lampman, her curi- ous cavalier of the night of Rose Milton’s party. “How—I mean bello,” mmered “I thought I'd drop in and see she how you were getting along,” said her caller, looking embarrassed, “That was kind of you,” Susan She began to feel rather Suppose. Aunt Jessie She “Wondered if—uh—you'd like observed “There's a over at the “I'm sorry but 1—" began sue san. Then she stopped. The i came to her like a flash, mae Jessie would probably never Aunt know, he said, “Wait a minute,” @ashed into the house, ne cally she rummaged for paper and Franti. neil, She wrote, “Aunt Jessie, Mary Ruth's, She put the key and joined Ben an third step, T’ve never seen Nancy Carroll,’* je told that rather flustered young man, Susan began to take quick frm How awful it would be if (To Be Continued)