The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 18, 1932, Page 8

ON tt em on A mem en a a a 1932 GY NEA SERVICE, INC. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF, Here’s that radio announcer who's so intimate.” “Quick, Betty! People’s Forum The Tribune wel- jubjevts of in- || terest. Letters dealing with con- || troversial religious subjects, which || attack individuals unfairly, or || which offend good taste and fair play will be returned to writers. All letters MUST be signed. || If y.u wish to use a pseudonym, || sign the pseudonym first and your || own name beneath it. We wili re- |/ We reserve || e S spect, such requents, | the right to delete such parts of letters as may be neces to conform to this policy. | TOO MUCH ADVERTISING? Dickinson, N. D., May 14, 1932. Editor, Tribune: In a recent issue, an article in- quires about an exchange of wheat on the basis of a dollar a bushel on pur- chases and perhaps in payment of a bill or debt. The price of wheat formerly was used as a basis of figuring, and mer- chandise and machinery reacted up and down according to wheat, but since the war such has not been the case. The mercantile and industrial businesses at the time of the war) seemed to have arrived at an agree-/ ment or understanding, so that prices | were uniform. The manufacturer worked on the cost plus the labor in- volved, and established the price, and then the retailer watched the market and at every change upward tacked on a little more, until prices reached @ peak entirely out of line with agri- cultural prices. Wheat has been forgotten entirely in the scheme of things and supply and demand cut no more ice than a last year's robin. Take bread for instance. The price per loaf has been right along twice what it should be on 75c wheat, whereas the farmer has gotten only 45e to 55c for this last year’s crop. One wonders if there is any wheat in the bakers bread, and if they got the wheat for nothing, they would still charge the same old price. There is one instance in which wheat is a dead letter. In the report of financial con- ditions by statistical institutions you will see bakeries as having the great- est gain perhaps of all the industries, I think about 14 per cent profit. Then take tobacco. Before the war a-certain package with prominent brand sold for 10c, and during the war the package was reduced about %4 or approximately that and the price went up as high as 18c, but generally lic at which price it still sells, but to- bacco has brought the producer al- most nothing during the major part of this period. Patented articles, breakfast foods, and all highly-advertised products are as high practically all the time. What our country needs is to go back to fundamentals. Buy your flour and make a loaf of bread that is bread. Stop living out of tin cans and put up some home-made foods. Our wheat skips out of the country for a song, and we pay 15c per package for some devitalized breakfast food that wouldn't fatten a chicken when we could utilize the protein values in a bushel of wheat that is worth only; 50c and gain more muscle and brain propeller than is contained in $10 worth of advertised breakfast “fillers.” Why are we such lump heads? Just because we want things easy and in- stead of these package tobaccos, we could get a bushel for the price of three and smoke for a year. The cost of living is due to a large extent to our being victims of constant advertising and not using our heads. ‘They say it pays to advertise. Of course it does, but you will notice on all these manufactured or processed foods, the manufacturer does all the talking and by reiteration gets you on his list of daily customers. The great big middle class of people all think out these things, each for himself, but he does not advertise. If this great class could arrange a collective body, and bally hoo how to avoid this high cost of living, as the manufacturer does each day on the radio and through papers, you would find that it would not be such clear sailing for our eastern friends, who get our raw material for nothing and then ship it back and sell it to us in small pack- ages with the profits entirely on their side. In the present scheme of things the producer, either farmer, rancher, fruit grower or tobacco grower, seems to be at the mercy of the middle men and processors, and it has been that way for many years, so much so that legislation favored co-operative ven- tures. The present farm board is sup- posed to encourage co-operatives, and while it has been of questionable value, the uphill work to bring into being a new order of marketing for farmers is the reason that our con- gressman are reluctant to discontinue the same, but any governmental ar- rangement never can make much if any headway. If progress is to be made, it must be from the affiliating of all producers in bodies that are of their own management, Unless producers can get a relative value for their produce depressions will be frequent if not persistent. A PRODUCER. Editor's Note: 1 As might be expected, the edi- tor does not agree with A Pro- ducer when he asserts “the cost of living is due, to a large extent, to our being victims of constant ad- vertising.” He tells why in the editorial column. WED AT HETTINGER Hettinger, N. D., May 18.—Miss Wil- ma Barteling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, H. Barteling, and Joe Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Johnson, were married at the Lutheran parson- age here by Rev. A. N. Livdahl. They will reside at Hettinger. SUFFERS BROKEN LEG Hazelton, N. D., May 18.—Fichard Weiser, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Weiser, living three miles northeast of Hazelton, suffered a fracture of his left leg when the team he was driving ran away, throwing him to the ground. INDEPEND) PICK SLATE Ellendale, N. D., May 18.—I. V. A's | of Dickey county have indorsed J. F. Nichols, Oakes, for state senator. John King, Merricourt, and J. F. Frojen, Glover, received the indorsement for the house. DISTILLATE BURNS FATAL Hettinger, N. D., May 18.—Mrs. Henry Johnson, 21, died from burns suffered when distillate exploded near her. She was a graduate of Hettinger HE CAN FORGIVE HENRIRTTAFOR NOT LETTING HIM SEE WHAT WAS TTER — Lae HANI BUT TOM CAN'T FORGET- WHY WOULDN'T SNE LET ME READ TH. THE GUMPS—WEEDS IN THE GARDEN IF SNE'S IN LOVE WITH ANOTHER MAN- WHY DOESN'T SHE COME OUT AND SAY 80? TINERE'S. TOO MUSH MYSTERY ABOUT EVERYTHING = ALL THESE My8TRRIOUS ge KNOCKS Ar THE Me DOOR= THE TELEPHOW! CALLS = NYSTERIOUS PEOPLE PROWLING AROUND THE NOUSE- Pave oN eeu PERSON YSTERIOU' ® AND REFUSES YO LET A ME SEE IT = I'S DRIVING ME WHY DOES SHE KEEP Ses Sicily FROM ME ? WHY Dozs SHE CAST —~ SHIt SHADOW ~ ‘THIS CLOUD OF DOUBT OVER MY WIFE - AND yer ee IT'S NONE OF MY BUSINE: WHO WRITES TO HER HOW PALE SHE GOT IN SHAT fe MADE UP- OUR HAPPINESS ? AT LETTER? UNCLE AVERY, | GOT THE RANGERS BUSY AN’ WE FOUND YOUR Cow. YOU "LL SAY YOU DID. HERES MN DIME. YOULL HAVE TO COLLECT THE OTHERS FROM DOC, Bitt. AND YOOR ONCLE WALT THEN'RE FOURTH WELL BRING HORTENSE AROUND SO! CAN SEE HER. PROMISED ME 4O R CENTS 1F ) DIO. Bifizousn me EXCITEMENT OF DISCOVERING THE CANE, FRECKLES THE CAVE OF THE OODLES! YEAW..PEOPLE WILL BE COMIN" FROM ALL OVER THE DID You ever Seg } NEVER DID,OScaR!! LETS 6EE WHATS DOWN ANYTHING Gof LOOK How TH’ CRYSTALS Se Ne ee WORLD T> SEE THIS... WHY SPARKLE...AN’ HOW THE ANOTHER, ROOM... é BEAUTIFUL, HERE IS Hy NOT CALL IT “THE CAVE ROOF HANES LIKE Bié ICICLES.... THIS 1S WAIT'LL EVERYBopy IN Freckres 2 TOWN HEARS WHAT high school. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were married last July 3. DIES IN SOUTH DAKOTA Hettinger, N. D., May 18.—Mrs. Helen McBride, former resident of Hettinger, died at the home of her parents at Meadow, S. D. She leaves her husband, parents, two sisters and brother. NAME HONOR STUDENTS Stanton, N. D., May 18—Luverne Pulles and Helen Bossen will be vale- dictorian and salutatorian, respec- tively, of the 1932 Stanton high school graduating class. CENTER MAN DIES Center, N. D., May 18.—Jack Wie- bers, 56, died at his farm home near here of cancer after a year's illness. He came to North Dakota in 1902. He jleaves his widow and three children. | TO SPONSOR FESTIVAL Hettinger, N. D., May 18.—The Het- tinger Monday club will sponsor a oem unity festival here next Satur- y- PAPER NINE YEARS OLD Hazelton, N. D., May 18—The Haz- ton Independent, wee! by Ralj SHAKING UP REFPESAMENTS IN THE KITCHEN, TL KNOW! WAY NOT HONE HANK TAKE You w ws car! HE KNOWS INHERE WERY THING 1S -. DON'T QUIET ! 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