The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 3, 1932, Page 7

People’s Forum popes mace The Tribune wel- tet on terest, Letters de: ting Bwitte coke troversial religious subjects, attack individuals unts which offend good taste Play will be returned to the writers, All letters MUST ba signed. ~a wish to vse a pseudonym, the pseudonym first and your beneath it. We will te spect such request reservi the right to delete such parts of letters as may be necessary to conform to this policy. NCTE | ANSWERS McCURDY Wilton, N. D., Oct. 31, 1932. Editor, Tribune: We, as the voters of Burleigh who will on Nov. 8th make our decision and place our X accordingly, were favored recently with a small sheet of F. E. McCurdy’s opinions. Till leave all the summing up of the county's expenses to those who know, but if I may be permitted, I would like to ask Mr. McCurdy to be a little more explicit regarding “The Silver Case.” Tell us all about it, Mac. Give us the details. Wasn't there some few months’ time elapsed between the time you first learned about the “Harry Silver still,” and the time you actually ap- plied the law? Quoting a goodly number of Bur- Jeigh county voters as follows: “The women voters put McCurdy in office every time.” Where were the women, Mac, on the election follow- ing “The Silver Case?” Naturally the women would like to tee the booze joints cleaned out and kept out. Hence, their confidence in F. E. McCurdy, state's attorney, up to the “Silver Case,” but——? I don’t believe personally that our county is any more “wide open” now than during McCurdy’s regime. Attacking our present state's at- torney through his religion is, to my notion, decidedly childish. What a man’s church-going activities are or his inclination, are his own personal affairs and have no part in his po- ities. I do not believe Mr. George S. Reg- ister ever has paraded his religion in order to gain votes. a These who give him their vote will do so because they know him to be a square shooter, and as to McCurdy, well? Iam not an enemy of McCurdy nor am I a particular friend of Geo. Register, neither am I so very re- ligious, and because F. E. McCurdy is peeved at The Bismarck Tribune per- sonally, is that any reason all of Bur- leigh county should be? As far as I can see, The Bismarck ‘Tribune is very non-partisan, print- ing both sides without airing their own biased opinions (if they have any) through the paper. OLD TIMER. Edtor's Not A portion of “Old Timer's” letter was deleted in line with the policy of this newspaper as given at the head of this column. LIKES ALLOTMENT PLAN Garrison, N. Dak. Oct. 31, 1932 Editor, Tribune: Much has been said, of late, about or workable as far as farm products be termed, a measure or bill provid- ing for the licensing of farmers or “Domestic Allotment”, relief may be apparent; by this plan it would make this tariff immediately operative on all preducts of that portion of any farm products consumed in the United States: adding for example, 42c per bushel cn wheat consumed; 2c per Ib. on hogs, 5c per lb. on cot- ton and. so on. It would thus voluntary contract with the individual farmers, make it possible for the administrating agency (some such body as the farm board) to control production and thus bring up prices of farm prod-| June scrap, Old Man Moratorium has ucts to the pre-war exchange value, and keep them there. There is this contrast between this plan and all other cooperative schemes: All cooperatives up to date have penalized its members, because the outsider has shared any benefits without incurring any of the ex- penses. Whereas under this plan those staying out would be penalized by not receiving the tariff benefits. that would go to all who participate; and there would be no question about the payment of the money as desig- nated by the tariff, because the plan might propose that the tariff be col- lected from the miller, the slaughterer, the manufacturer, ete., in the form of an excise tax in the amount of the tariff. Everybody knows that the steel manufacturer for example, adds the amount of the tariff to im- port prices, The farmer can't do that because there are millions of them. But under this Domestic Al- lotment plan, the internal revenue department could collect the amount of the tariff from the processor, and it would be added to the price of say flow’, pork, etc.. just as the steel maker adds the tariff to his prices. In the case of wheat, for example, the annual human consumption in the United States is about 500,000,- 000 bushels. On every bushel process- ed for human use (livestock feed is exempted) the miller would pay 42c per bushel in excess of the market price, this excess would raise about 200,000,000 each year. rather the 500,000,000 bushels to all wheat producers desiring to share in the fund. The 500,000,000 bushels would be divided in the proportion, say of the 10-year average produc- tion of each; for example if North Dakota has averaged 5 per cent, that would give North Dakota 25,000,000 of the bushels on which the tariff would *be collected. Then if McLean county had produced, say 4 per cent of the wheat in the state in the last 10 years, that would allot 1,000,000 bushes to McLean county. Then all of the wheat farmers in McLean county would be asked fo report their acreage and average yield of wheat for five years last past, to a county commission set up, of say five men, Then the million bushels would be divided between all those farmers in proportion of the average annual production cf each. ‘This, for exam- ple, would give'to a farmer who had Then this $200,000,000 would be allotted, or tive agency supervising the opera- tion of the plan. If there was too much wheat, as now, and the price was too low, as it certainly has been most of the recent time, the federal board would ask all the farmers to cut their acreage perhaps 5 or 10 per cent. In that way control of produc- tion would be secured and through contru: of production the price could and would be forced up. By the {adoption of such a measure the price may be put up to enough to restore to the farmers pre-war exchange value for the commodity in question. Since prices of farm products have been from eight to 53 per cent below the pre-war exchange value ever since 1921, this would mean a tremen- dous increase in the income of farm- ers. To what would these benefits amount? Direct returns to producers of say four commodities, wheat, hogs, cotton and tobacco, would be some $600,000,000 annually in tariff bene- fits. Indirectly much more would be secured through maintainence of prices by control of production. The farmer would be free to mar- ket his wheat, etc., as he sees fit. He would get his allotment anyway if he does not violate his contract as to amount of acreage sown. If he loses his crop he still would get his allotment, so it would be crop insur- ance. If he wants to use his certi- ficate to borrow money he can do that also, as it would be made dis- countable by the federal reserve sys- tem. If he wants to sell his annual certificates, he can do that. Now as applied to say hogs, this plan would work out in much the same way, except that in this case, each farmer would be allowed a cer- tain number of pounds of hogs to market, the basis being the amount he had sold for slaughter on an aver- age in five years last past. Then the federal administrative agency could alter this figure by a small percentage, whenever it is re- quired to keep the price stable, which would most likely be at around &. per lb. for hogs. : farmer would, in fact, be self made, since it would be based on what the farmer had actually produced. The ply get the facts and then probably publish a list of allotments in a local newspaper. If any farmer is dis- satisfied with his allotment, he could appeal to the state commission set- up; but each year reports would be made to the county commission of the amount of the commodity pro- duced by each farmer. So in five years it would have its own complete record on which to make allotments, and it would then become a simple mathematical computation. Now you may ask, how about the farmer who would not come in? If only one-half of the farmers produc- for these tariff benefits, that would i double the amount of the allotment to each, which would make it ex- {tremely unlikely that any consider- {able number of farmers would fail to Participate. A new farmer could jcither secure a farm which has an jallotment (these allotments {necessarily be to the farm and not {the farmer, because of changes in which to get his desired share. way of stabilizing all prices. J. E. SULLIVAN, i SWATS MORATORIUM Oct. 31, 1932 Editor, Tribune: After getting the worst of it in the come up smiling and hopes to have better luck next week. Well, although (he still shows a few scratches here jand there, he is pretty spry for such an old chap, just the same. Seems like one of these rubber balls—the jharder you throw them the higher they bounce. And, the sorely pressed | farmer, and the debt-ridden little fel- Jow will probably vote for him again this fall. But, as the Tribune recently pointed out, what should be done is scale down farm indebtedness instead of merely prolonging the day of reckoning three years, | Senator Borah, too, has declared there must be a readjustment of our indebtedness until it corresponds with our ability to pay, and when we scale down debts we must also scale down interest rates which are rapidly gob- bling up the farmer and the business ;man alixe. After all, a moratorium is merely a stop gap. It cannot solve any prob- Jems and it will do a lot more harm than good. We mustn’t think we can get out of paying our debts—it just isn't in the books! But we can demand that our creditors take their loss along with. the farmer and scale down our debts until we can hope to pay them some day, at least. And nine per cent interest on chattel mortgages is al- together too high. They should draw no more than six per cent interest, and real estate should draw no higher interest than three per cent. That is all the people can pay under present conditions and no moratorium can settle the question for us. Then we have our legislature—and we don't elect those men to sit down and do nothing. We elect them’ to make laws for us and if we can’t de- pend on them to do that why elect them in the first place? The way things look there won't be anything left for our legislature to do —unless it is to ‘unmake’ some of the foolish laws the people have ‘enacted’ themselves. Look at the crop mort- gage law. We wanted it and then, after we had it, we didn’t want it. Something like a baby who sees a red hot poker and cries for it, gets a good burn and drops it! One of our great poets said: “What fools we mortals be.” Ain't it the truth? Another. said: “Man clad in a ttle brief authority cuts up such capers as to make the angels weep.” We think the angels would have laughed themselves into tears if they averaged 1,000 bushels an allotment could have seen the ‘turn right about of not less than 600 bushels, since at least 60 per cent of the wheat pro- duced in the United States is con- sumed in the United States. Now on that 600 bushels the farmer would receive 42 cents per bushel, less the costs of administration, estimated not to exceed one cent per bushel, ‘and thé world’s price in addition. Now to obtain those Allotment Certificates each farmer must sign face’ the people put on shortly after election. And if we vote for Old Man Mora- torium the same thing will happen, Sone THROAT Sse au aruseiss. ‘an application in which he will cos aragtials. agree to decrease his acreage or in-) crease it in any percentage as re- quired by the national administra. | county commission set-up would sim-j ing wheat say in McLean county, ownership or occupancy) or he could ¢ Pr buy an allotment, say from some the tariff not being made to OPRERIE) aener discontinuing or ‘dscteasiog > asta y what might! his wheat crop. Or he could stay afe CONCETTEG, Bt Oy ee rma. |out of the allotment until he had j built up a production record on! tion for a new trial and sentenced Under such or a similar device, I believe the tariff could be made ef- ; fective and the farmer the benefic-! jary, with a brighter future in the agricultural * Bismarck, N. D. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1982 only more so. For credit we must have and who will give it to us, once such a crazy measure is added to our statutes? It has often been said that we can- not legislate ourselves into prosperity but let me tell you we can legislate ourselves out of prosperity mighty quick! As yet. we haven't heard of any political group or any other group sponsoring a readjustment and scal- ing down of farm indebtedness. That is why we were surprised when the Tribune suggested such a_ solution. But we heartily agree with this view- point and maybe, when things have calmed down a bit, the matter will come up for calm discussion. For how could we hope to ever have calm dis- cussion during such .a@ red hot cam- paign as we are passing through? So let us give Old Man Moratorium two black eyes instead of one this time. When prosperity does come we want our share of it atid we won't get it if Old Man Moratorium is riding on our backs. We've got to dump msl off! Certainly, if there were any method of securing farmers their homes we| would be for it, and we think the Frazier bill would prove of immense benefit to the farm owner and give every farmer a chance. But, even if this bill is passed, supposing we have the moratorium, would the govern- ‘ment loan us a cent? Or, for that matter, would anyone else? We can- not eat our cake and have it too! If we want to brand ourselves before our sister states as people who repu- diate their debts, all we have to do is pass the moratorium bill. A READER. Harold S. Vanderbilt Wins Own Bridge Cup New York, Nov. 3.—(#)—“That old mug” which Sir Thomas Lipton tried It was the silver loving cup the millionaire yachtsman put up in 1928 for the competition on contract bridge teams. Vanderbilt, who fathered contract in this country, restricted his tourna- ment playing to the competition for his own cup. won it for the first time Wednesday night as a member of P. Hal Sims’ team. The quarter, whose other mem- bers were Willard S. Karn and Wal- demar von Zedtwitz, defeated David 845 points. Burnstine and his mates—Howard Schenken, national individual cham- pion, Richard Frey and Charles Loch- ridge—led by 225 points after the first the second 30. Sims and Karn won the trophy last year is half of their “four horsemen,” whose other members were Oswald Jacoby and Burnstine himself. Zedtwitz played on the team of Ely Culbertson which won it two years must | ago. ‘ SENTENCED FOR LIFE Muskogee, Okla., Nov. 3.—(Pi— While Rev. S. A. Berrie shouted his murder trial was “a frame-up from beginning to end,” Judge W. J. Crump Thursday overruled his mo- the 52-year-old preacher to a life term in prison for the poisoning of his first wife. Thirty hats reduced to 59 dresses reduced to $7.95, $10.95 in vain to win had a companion} Thursday on the mantlepiece of Har-| The individual allotments to thejold S. Vanderbilt. | The skipper of the “Enterprise” | Burnstine’s forces in the final by 5,-) 30 boards of the final, but the Sims, for example, should sign applications |Crew togk an overwhelming lead on! Von} cents; a group of silk and wool: Rose Shop. and $12.75, sizes 12 to 42.—! OFFICIALS PROBE PERJURY EFFORTS Warrants Issued Following Dis-| closure By Witnesses in St. Paul Murder Case St. Paul, Nov. 3.—(?)—One man was under arrest and warrants were issued for two more Thursday in what County Attorney M. F. Kinkead charged was an attempt to purchase perjured testimony in the local mur- der trial of two eastern gangsters. le defendants in the case are rge Young and Joseph Schaefer, charged with the fatal shooting of Abe Loeb, also identified by the Prosecutor as an eastern underworld character, in a gang outbreak near a busy street corner in July. Young and Schaefer, also indicted for the slaying of Al Gordon, Locb's companion shot down with him as they came from a drug store, are un- der indictment in Union county, N.J., for the death of a prohibition agent in_ 1930, Loeb was identified by New York Police as Abe Wagner, wanted for questioning in the Lindbergh kidnap- ing case. Walter Kaiser, operator of a local cafe, was arrested and, Kinkead said, confessed he was the go-between in efforts to obtain the perjured testi- mony. Kinkead said affidavits of two wit- nesses in the trial, under way in dis- trict court here, indicated the pres- ence of a “pay-off man” from New York city. Warrants were issued for this man as “John Doe” and for Ben Binder, described by Kinkead as a “big time” St. Paul bootlegger. Kinkead said Frank A. Thelin and Edward Malmsted, both of St. Paul, had signed affidavits saying they were approached by Binder to tes- tify falsely as to identity of the kill- | ers. Farmers Union Plans To Market N. D. Birds Valley City, N. D., Nov 3—()—| First steps to market North Dakota turkeys under the federal government i} system were taken at a three-day tur- | key grading school under the spon- sorship of the North Dakota Farmers Union here Wednesday night. More than 30 turkey-raisers attend- Why freeze on winter drives? Hot Water Heat- ers, $6.25. Ford Model A Manifold, 98c. Heaters for all cars. — Gamble Stores. George S. Register Candidate for State’s Attorney Burleigh County, North Dakota Your vote and support solicited (Pol. Adv.) ed and 13 were awarded federal tur- key-raising licenses, They are T. L. Thorson, St. Paul, general supervisor of Farmers Union turkey graders: C. D. Hathaway, St. Paul, field supervi- sor; Harvey Solberg, Williston, Wal- Jace Maddock, Bismarck; Martin Brock, Valley City; Leo Steinman, Edgeley; Lee Herring, Edgeley; Ed Hinschberger, Lisbon; Ray Larock, Van Hook; J. A. Sanders, Minot; A. J. Shuster, Lisbon; ©. A. French, guaran and Gordon Lommlin, Edge- ley. ‘ At least 10 turkey concentration points will be located in North Da- kota and more will be placed of neces- sary, according to C. C. Talbott, Jamestown, state president. Cities tentatively selected for concentration centers are Valley City, Fargo, Lisbon, Jamestown, Devils Lake, Minot, Wil- liston, Crosby, Bismarck, Mandan, and Watford City. Loading is expected to begin by Nov. 19, he said. Sell your live poultry and cream now to Armour Cream- eries, Bismarck, Vote for LUDVIG QUANRUD REGISTER OF DEEDS ° OF BURLEIGH COUNTY ° at November 8th Election And you will help do away with family affairs in public office. Your vote is solicited and will be greatly appreciated. Thank You (Political Adv.) LANTERN (ANY KIND) on a NEW NEW LAMPS for old! Now you can get $1.50 trade-in allowance for your old lamp or lantern on a new, up-to- “> date Coleman! Pro- -_ duce up to 300 can- Sdlepower light for only 1¢ a night. \NEW LOW PRICES... Aslittle as $5.45 and your old lamp or lantern now buys a Coleman, COME IN — and wee these remarkable lights. French & Welch Hardware Bismarck, N. D. (LT2s) That last, long climb! al Gas, saves you all that climbing —saves you all the shoveling and shaking and poking that an old-fash- How brutally long, how cruelly fatiguing a flight of cellar stairs can be—when you climb wearily back after that last trip to the furnace at ioned furnace requires—and keeps the end of a hard day! the house at a comfortable, healthful With Natural Gas House Heating temperature every hour ofevery day, Equipment, the furnace requires no whether the;weather is mild or bitter. attention. That faithful giant, Natur- Won't you let us tell you more? MONTANA-DAKOTA POWER CO. | A SUBSIDIARY OF THE MINNESOTA NORTHERN POWER COMPANY R. B, MURPHY .For Congress SCOTT CAMERON For Attorney Gencral STANLEY CASEY For Secretary of State PERRY BENNER For Commissioner of Insurance Democratic Principles For a New Deal in Na- tional and State Gov- ernment, To lift the burden of taxation from the bowed back of Agri- culture, To simplify and make economical our Na- tional and State gov- ernmental agencies, To re-employ Labor and make Agriculture profitable, Vote the Democratic Ticket Let the welfare of (Political Advertisement) eM MRS. GRACE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT For President R. A. JOHNSON For Lieut. Governor ~~ ase, For State Auditor Justice for All - Prosperity for All HOOPES JOHN N. GARNER For Vice President ed W. D. LYNCH For Congress JOHN MAGILL For Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor ARTHUR L. CHAPMAN For Railroad Commissioner ROOSEVELT TICKET Cut this Ballot and take it with you to the Polls On eae Democratic ELECTORS W. D. LYNCH Roosevelt W. H. PORTER FT P. W. LANIER [x] ace ea W. D. LYNCH YORE, FOR SHO. R. B. MURPHY GOVERNOR HERBERT C. DePUY [x] py R. A, JOHNSON [x] +4 on inite STANLEY F. CASEY [X] AUDITOR GRACE HOOPES wanttrees WILLIAM M. SCHANTZ [X] “GENERAL SCOTT CAMERON —[X] SOMNSURANCE © | PERRY R. BENNER [Xi] COMMISSIONER OF - binge Ag JOHN MAGILL {x] COMMISSIONER ARTHUR L, CHAPMAN [Xx] Saapisraicr =| J. W. GUTHRIE E OF THE we nouaE C. A. ANDERSON peng sed J. H. RILEY VOTE FOR 3 NAMES | J, M.. THOMPSON your country and your conscience be your guide.