The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 27, 1932, Page 4

. ® Bismarck Tribune}? 3 received only sz102— “An Independent ‘but it spent $34.37, leaving us with the yawning deficit now perplexing the country. Now tax collections approximate $10,000,000,000 a year and local gov- ernments get twice as much as they did in 1919. In 1922 the net bonded indebtedness of the states was $837,- 000,000, and that of cities, towns and villages was $6,316,000,000. In the middle of 1931 the combined indebt- edness of the states and local units lof government was $13,500,000,000. ‘The total indebtedness of the nation }Was $30,300,000,000. ‘These are facts and they should be sufficient to make the public think. We cannot blame the politicians for high taxes if we, as voters, do not .50|take the actions that will slash gov- ernment expenses and bring taxes down or, at least, stop them from further advances. We are paying a high price for our mental laziness. Poor Europe While contemplating our own tax burden with its steadily increasing Percentage of the national income, it will not be amiss to consider the heavy burdens borne by the citizens of let ing European countries, if only to en- visage our own future state, should taxes continue to increase. The average per capita income in the United States is $739. Of this amount 10.8 per cent goes for taxes, leaving a net income of $659. Cer- a ly by mail in state, per year $1.00 eekly by mail in state, three eee 2 outside of North origin pul republication of all other are also reserved. |; (Official City, State and County Newspaper) | spontaneous ‘All rights of natter ‘i Foreign Representatives = SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER [PHTCAGO GREW YORK poston |tinly this tax percentage is at high level. H Practical Relief Looking at the leading European * In some large industrial centers the International Harvester company has initiated » system of farms or rather lens to aid those in their plants, ither unemployed or having only time employment. « Allotment of so many acres are made to families upon which they ©an raise food. The department in Gontrol of this relief work is direct- ‘tng the kind of produce to be raised ‘nd is asking the gardeners to keep @ record of growth, soil condition, et cetera. From this data, it is hoped to Provide helpful information. Farm machinery is to be furnished free of cost and in certain instances @ed also. This experiment is in dis- ts contiguous to the manufactur- ing units of this great corporation. ‘The practical idea of this, appeals. It is the kind of relief which really is ‘worth while. Men are doing some- ‘thing toward their own relief and the Plan does not amatter of common charity. If properly managed, the Project should have an educational worth which will teach thousands thow to face emergencies such as we countries, our tax burden does not ap- Pear so heavy. France, generally con- sidered the most prosperous nation in Europe, has a per capita income of $202 of which taxes take 28 per cent. The average German's income is $266 and he pays 20.4 per cent in taxes. The average per capita income in England is $409 and taxes absorb 22.7 Per cent of that amount. The Italian must pay his government 27.9 per cent of his per capita income of $100. ‘These heavy burdens of taxation’ in Europe find definite and distressing expression in standards of living which the average American cannot comprehend. Heavy taxation helps to keep millions of Europeans down to the level of a bare existence. Such conditions as prevail in Eu- rope should serve as a constant warn- ing to our taxing bodies. Whatever part of the national income goes for government expense means that much less for trade and industry, which ai the factors -controlling living stand- ards. ‘The American citizen may dislike to bear tax burdens corresponding to those which have oppressed Euro- Peans for generations. Whether he does or not, it is for him to say. He must stop to consider how much of his daily labor he will permit govern- ment to expend for governmental pur- Poses. And by so much as he fails to utilize the power of his ballot for tax economies, will he find himself dragged down to lower living stand- ards, Red Cross societies could well em- ploy funds in getting gardens started and man them from families who will need relief in the fall. Tons of food- stuffs can be raised and with the help of modern canning methods part of next winter's relief problems can be solved now. Here in Burleigh Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the frend of thought by other editors, They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. Before conditions get better there must be a trend back to the land. In many places people are realizing that ‘while the farm operation has not The Slow Approach (New York World-Telegram.) AS @ polite preface to a study of Pressing problems Governor Roose- velt’s St. Paul speech may pass mus- ter—provided something follows this face. Bo tar, the Roosevelt appeal to the country seems all “principles” and ‘With the aid of Benjamin Franklin, Perfectly sound and safe. ‘With the aid of his own record in this state, the governor outlined the water power problem and stated the basic mandates of public utility regu- lation to be “adequate service” at rates based on “reasonable returns for investment.” Unassailable but not exactly new. With the aid of Republican tariff blunders, the governor underscored the need of “actual, reciprocal ex- change of goods” as the “only real method of making move.” The obvious goal, but what will move us toward it? Again with the able aid of Jeffer- son, the governor rededicated the Democratic party to the purpose of “social and economic unity through- out the nation” and earnestly re- peated what he said two weeks ago THE BISMARCK TRIB! Hey, Uncle! Why Not Let the Big Fella Carry Some of This Load? Passing Parades New York, April 27.—Modern traffic Problems are dooming Fifth avenue as @ world famed parade grounds. Since way back in the Sixties, “the avenoo” has been identified in the eyes of the world as pageantry’s fav- orite highwev in this western world. Recent exneriences in congestion have chilled ihe fiesta spirit of trades- folk, however. While they continue to rig their buildings in bunting they shiver in anticipation of each forth- coming event. * * % It seems that the parade ropes which hold back the crowds of spec- tators also handicap the delivery sys- tems of business concerns along the route. Each parade causes a thousand complaints and as many apologies. Irate customers telephone, demand- ing to know why deliveries have not, been made. Business men can merely sigh while explaining that trucks and messengers .are unable to break through police regulations. Hours of delay often result and the routine of an entire week is frequently upset. * e * This Commercial Age! So the merchants of Fifth Avenue are now marching in their own de- fense and theirs may be the final foot- fall. It may come to pass that heroes and statesmen; politicians and sol- diers, the flash of gold braid, bright uniforms and the blare of bands may be identified in the future with some other strasse. But we grow accusomed to saying “alas and alack” in Be man’s town. x * Fifth Avenue was first innoculated with the parade virus on a certain summer day in 1860. The occasion for celebration was only indirectly important to New York. Oil had been. struck in Pennsylvania. Rigging a derrick on a truck, har- nessing @ six-horse team and donning their best silk hats, Pennsylvanians let the big town know that “petrol- eum is king!” * # % ‘That same year saw the arrival of STICKERS CHeSSBe* RD Can you substitute a vowel for each dot in the above word, 90 as to complete the word? the Prince of Wales and a “royal pro- A plague of glittering pag- eants followed with the coming of Prince Napoleon and the King of Si- am. Then martial parades of Civii War soldiers and heroes. And so eb ent cession.” through the years, with sentims tradition becoming part of the very pavement. eee Breezy Observations The one copper who could interfere with such traffic as might have been impeded was stationed at the Flatiron Building triangle, where the dandies with their goatees, imperials, Van Dykes, walruses, mutton chops, Dun- drearies and other chin fringe gath whisked about by the winds. ee * Mindful of such wistful old scenes, I strolled many blocks of “the avenoo” the other day. In one shoe store was being demonstrated a tricky evening ‘The heels were detachable. It was explained that a lady, worried about valuable earrings and other baubles, could hide them in the heel and proceed without fear of stick-up slipper. men, eee A few blocks to the South, and the Empire State seemed a monument to @ generation in which we live. Yet just the other day, Frank Lloyd Wright, architectural pioneer and prophet, had told me that this and other skyscraper fashions were almost. obsolete. They would rot on their deep foundations, he went on; the city as we know it now would disappear ed to watch the skirts of pretty gals E, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1982 tr) BRITISH GAIN GROUND On April 27, 1918, British and French troops the German drive in the Lys sector regained some of the lost ground by several fierce counter-attacks. Most of the positions retaken were held against renewed German as- saults during the night. German at- témpts to storm Voormezeele were re- pulsed after a day of heavy fighting. Losses were high on both sides. “ British forces in Mesopotamia de- feated the Turkish troops opposing them in a fierce encounter north of Bagdad and advanced several miles. The Soviet government of Russia sent a bitter protest to the Allied governments against the landing of troops at Vladivostok. The Soviet gov- ernment also requested an explana- tion of the action of Japanese ma- rines in landing there. se Barbs ' Most wives dispute the statement that a woman stops hunting for a husband when the engagement is an- nounced. TODAY R Early Treatment Is Essential F In Snake Bite Death Prevention ! BY DE. MORRIS FISHBEIN ‘venom, is injected all around the spot OR aT Aaa at which the bite occurred. It is be- Association! Heved that a large dose of the anti- ‘The careacharee dros: ning to ag Venine 18 necessary to counteract the snake bite. With prompt treatment, | failure Stee bite pounvig’ oe who have been bitten may in|in death, be ead cap ta) ‘this manner be saved. Tt is im snake the patient suffers with Tt 4s, earlier the io greater the People who myo be Lar ol , But. Isn [ORIZO! 17 To bevel the People. News from Washington to 1 William — is @ end of. 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We ought to take another| 31Counterfelt. 53 Detests. 10 High chest of { 61 Night before.’ course here—Senator Tasker L, Oddie} 83 Tiny particles, 54 Hub, drawers, 53 Skirt ed ’ ‘Nevada. ‘| 35Black wood, S6Cylindrical. 12Rollsof film, 55 Half an em. ‘ ee % 36Stone bearing 58 To tend. 14 Color. 57 Rhode Island ‘ In spite of centuries of experience impression of 59 To bevel out. 238, June flower. (Abbr.), wo: * * * A New York peanut magnate said and a new architecture would spread over the vast countryside. FLAPPER. FANNY SAYS: 50. U. 9. PAT. OFF. BEGIN HERE TODAY SUBAN CAREY Snishes business achool and sec b as secree arf thing ime hen DENISH ACKROYD, interrupts. shertly alls for Europe. t, with whom she lives, one night when che is irl goes with kisses NOW GO ON WITH TH sTORY CHAPTER XVII A” the way down town in the bus (she had insisted on going alone), Susan marveled at the as tonishing thing that had just hap- pened, It was true she did not like Ben very well. He was too moody, too unexpected. He did not, as Ray would have said, “know how to treat a gir.” His manner was abrupt. Altogether he was an em- barrassing sort of suitor. Despite all this Susan felt flattered at his proposal. After all, it meant some thing! However gawky or impos- sible 2 man might be, a proposal of marriage nevertheless conferred a distinction upon the girl who re- ceived it, . “Not that I'm going about shout- ing ‘Ben’ Lampman’s asked me to marry him,” ehe thought, half ashamed of these rather ignoble thoyghts, Still she was pleased and was conscious of a half formulated plan to tell Ray about it in the sketchiest way possible. Even Ray might be impressed. At this stage in her. reflections the bus redched the ~ she was to alight. curiously deserted small group the train wheezed in, ‘There she was! No, that wasn’t Aunt Jessie, after all, Men and women came trailing through the gate, Clusters of family groups; a dapper traveling salesman or two; last of all, brisk and efficient and scolding the red cap who carried her baggage, was Aunt Jessie. | ‘and the gradual control of disease af- ter disease, a large Population still lives in the Dark Ages in so far as personal care is con- jcerned.—Ray Lyman Wilbur, secre- tary of the oR * ‘Take it from one who has trained thousands of them, who has lived and ‘flown with them for 15 long years, the first class flying man is @ professional —Major General J.'E. Fechet, United States Army, retired. * * * ‘Until all nations lay down their ‘arms, we must possess an air force that is ready to fly and fight when the first cloud of war appears on the hor- izon and is capable of expansion to meet any emergency.—F. Trubee Dav- ison, assistant it secretary of war. xk * T regard the refusal of standpat Democrats and Republicans to give relief to suffering people after giving $2,000,000,000 in a dole to big busi- ness, as the most scandalous and inde- fensible preferring of money to hu- man beings in my experience.—Govel jor Pinchot of Pennsylvania. the MOAN HUNTERS @ BY MABEL McELLIOTT r= She had not known she would be so glad to see Aunt Jessie, Susan felt’an actual little rush of painful emotion at this sight of her rela- tive, The lean, trim figure in its slightly old-fashioned suit, the dark hair strained back under the blue straw hat—these seemed dear and familiar to the girl. Forgotten for the moment were the old grievances as the two kissed and clung together. There was a suspicion of moisture in Aunt Jessie’s eyes as she sur- veyed her niece, “I declare, you've got real thin,” she worried. “No telling how you've been eating since I've been away.” eee proportion of our ee ae 12 (A a el @©/932 BY NEA SERVE WiC. Reeeworae all this time Susas had been pushing the thought of Bob Dunbar into the background. On the Monday after her aunt’s re- turn the girl reached the office a few minutes ahead of time. This was always the best part of the day, Everything had a cool, clean, washed ajr, Susan revelled in the smallest of her tasks. Opening windows, brushing the week-end film of dust away from her em- Ployer’s desk, sorting the mail and stant, indeed, yet it had been there and had been recognized by the boy as well as by herself. She realized with a clear, blind- ing flash of perception that it was because of Robert Dunbar that she had refused to encourage either i Waring or Ben Lampman. She had ' been, as the saying goes, “waiting ! for Mr. Right to come along.” Ab, but Mr. Right had come and hadn't known her! What an idiot she had been to believe all the silly, old tales about true love, ° S22 twisted her lips in a cynical smile. What, she wondered dis- . mally, was use of waiting and k striving and hoping if the one really ‘ perfect thing were to be snatched ‘ nouncing he had been delayed and Grsan laughed and squeezed her arm, In an instant they were back on the old footing. “You'd be surprised!” she sald. “Rose has cooked spinach and I baked pota- toes and the house is so clean you won't know it.” Aunt Jessie sniffed incredulously. They had reached the main exit of the station and the youth carrying the baggage murmuring something about getting a taxi. Aunt Jessie fixed him with an intimidating stare, “Nothing of the sort, man!” she announced. “You put my things on the street car right across the street and I'll be obliged to you.” She gave him a tip with the air of a dowager duchess and so bright and fierce was her gaze that he did not dare to grumble at th smallness of it. Susan watched this encounter, amused. When they were settled on the trolley, the bulging bags disposed at their feet, Aunt Jessie turned to her and said challengingly: “Now tell me what you've been doing whilé I've been away.’ , Susan had to think quickly. She wanted to be honest with her aunt but there weré, after all, some things she could not make ber understand. The episode of the evening with Jack Waring and Ray » for instance. Nothing had happened—nothing, really. She bad been foolish to go in the first lace, had acknowledged her mis- take and was sorry for it. Rose young g| had been sworn to secrecy on the subject and Rose could be trusted. ,. Feeling very small and uncom- ble, Susan said, “Ob, ust about the usual thing.” Aunt Jessie seemed satisfied. She began to talk of Cousin Lucy’s baby and John’s new car and her sister's operation. Susan drew a deep breath of relief, would not be down until half-past 10. Susan's sense of well-being deepened. Nodding good morning to Pierson, she unfolded the morn- ing newspaper and began {idly to scan its columns, Scarcely ever did Susan glance at the society pages but a new gossip department, written by a person known to her readers as the Duchess, caught her eye, As sometimes hap- pens, one name resolved itself into the blackest type and leaped out at the gir She read the paragraph with passionate interest. “A little birdy. tells us wedding bells are soon to ring for that dash- ing young sportsman, Bobby Dun- bar. Who the charming lady ts your Duchess {snot free to dis- close, but she has it on the best authority that Mendelssohn's wed- ding march will be played for Lord away from you? Robert had want- ed to tell her something that day at luncheon. She was sure of it, Denise Ackroyd had interrupted and the moment ‘had passed, never to come again. He had forgotten it while Susan had remembered. At the recollection she flung up her head with a sudden startled move- ment, The look of surprised pain in her clear, long-fringed eyes was 80 agonized that the man staring at her was shaken out of his usual insouciance, Confused, Susan murmured, “Good morning, Mr, Waring.” Waring returned her greeting . and moved on to his own desk. The memory of that ins bad torn away iEEE Hitt yee tH 3 Fs i i g Ail HE i i i E ? i : i é i HE Ze ise eft fest i B =— » tnd Zz Tees we, See nd #0 en had been between Robert Dunbar|be fclends, shan't we?”. she only and herself marvelous, perfect | nodded. understanding. Only for an in- (To Be Continued) Dutting the door on latch. In the midst of these activities the tele- phone rang. It was Mr. Heath an-