The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1934, Page 2

AMERICAN LIQUOR QUOTAS INTEREST FOREIGN LEADERS ‘All Seek to Sell as Much as They Can In U. S.; Various Systems Explained Jan. 2—()—The exhaus- for the United States cen- |Pickets Pace Before Business| Establishments While Merchants Protest | | attention of European na- w Monday upon the Ameri- lor market. size of liquor quotas is of as uch interest to many European gov- | various as the nations, ranging from Russia where the manufacture and sale of liquor is concentrated entirely In the hands of the state, to Belgium, where the state sells no liquor but capitalizes on a high excise duty. Britain bas a combination of the two systems, for while she extracts heavy revenues from licenses for pro- aucers and dealers and from excise ‘snd customs duties, she has a small tt in state purchase and management of the liquor trade. While the profit to the exchequer of the latter ran to $246,000 in 1931-32, the revenue from licenses and excises ‘and customs duties for the year ended March 31, 1933, amounted to £116,793,- 2:2, normally nearly $584,000,000. Liquor trade taxation contributed 162 per cent of the exchequer’s total tax revenue in the year ended March a, 1932. Beigium Gets $10,000,000 Belgium's excise duty is expected to yleld $10,000,000 (at par) this year. France, as the world’s greatest wine- erinking country, taxes wines lightly ‘but exacts heavy tribute from liquors and pure alcohol, all together produc- ing 2,000,000,000 francs currently about $120,000,000) annually for the treasury. Germany has no general rule ap- flying to the sale of liquor and there is practically no regulation except the self-imposed measures of the vintners. ri The Italian government does not amtervene directly in the sale of alco- wolic liquor, but subjects it to a strict federal licensing system. Rumania requires all distillers of grain alcohol to sell through a gov- “rmment monopoly which pays 17 cents @ quart and distributes to re- tailers at 92 cents, making a profit of approximately $10,000,000 annually. Czechoslovakia has what might be called a monoply but may be more eerrectly described as a distillery con- | trol corporation through which all @istillers must distribute their prod- ucts, Yugoslavia, Bujgaria, Austria and Hungary have systems roughly similar to pre-prohibition United States. Sweden has her unique Bratt sys- two features of which are that the state gets the revenue and there is disinterested management and con- trol of private profit, ——___—_—_——_—_* | Weather Report | OP FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Cloudy to partly cloudy tonight and Wednes- gay: not so cold le 5 For North Da- red > not 50 cold central and aos portions to| troubles hangs heavy over Detroit for st portions. Montana: Unsettled tonight ly snow west o eee. ay : fostly cloudy, bly snow in southeast ‘tion. it and Wednesday: colder to- pe ag except in extreme southeast; Wednesday in southeast. GENERAL CONDITIONS A high pressure is te. ee we the eather preva! rom. ward Low centered (The Pas northward and northwest over the iat in all sect occurred at most the northern and ‘Bismarck station barometer, inches: 28.67. Reduced to sea level, 30.63. Weather is unsettled oe ‘western BSBssEsrss: i ix st t-te td 2 wy ol BRSSBSREBEBSRSE! SESPLBRSASENEL Sons! SOSSSSSTRSSHS SsSaGRs i d|and fire employes without regard to BRBSBses' AFFECTS AUTO INDUSTRY | | Michigan Metropolis Also Has Staggering Financial i Mess to Overcome ! This is the first of 11 articels on “America Under the Blue Eagle.” | By WILLIS THORNTON | Six months of the recovery pro- gram are history. | What have they done for America | —and'to her? | I just have returned from a 5,000- {mile journey, taken with the sole pur- i of getting answers to that ques- tion. | I stopped in a dozen key cities, talk- ‘ed to literally hundreds of business jmen, NRA leaders, bankers, bums, jiraveling salesmen, editors, labor leaders, farmers, butchers, bakers and candlestick makers. Come along with me on that jour- wey. Let's see America under the Blue Eagle. First to Detroit, Michigan's great ‘ity of a million and a half people, whose neighborhood are built 83 ner cent of America’s motor cars. x ke * Detroit, Jan. 2 — It is blustery winter weather in this lake city, but pickets walk wearily up and down before a downtown restaurant. ‘You might see that in any big city. But in Detroit you see it with a dif- ference. A great sign is plastered over the front of the restaurant. It is the employer's answer, in the same me- dium, to the signs carried by the rickets. “These picketing racketeers are unknown to us. We have no strike. These people never worked for us, could not work for us. They are using the NRA emblem to mislead the people.” Struggle For Weeks This petty little row would mean nothing if it were not typical also of many bigger employers in the Gib- braltar of the open shop. But it is *ypical. Inside, the proprietor tells you in- dignantly, “They are trying to union- ize us by force!” So whenever the vickets appear, out comes the proprie- ‘tor’s signs, or sometimes his own pick- ets. When the picketers withdraw, down comes the signs. One picketer \carries the legend: “I worked for this testaurant 9 years, 7 days a week, 13 hours a day as chef.” Who is right? I can't tell. The Compliance Board found no NRA violation. The silent struggle wf rival pickets had gone on for eight weeks when I saw it. But business, I noted, was fairly brisk inside the rés- | taurant. | It is this bitter struggle between |the open shop and collective bargain- ing that makes the NRA a particular} aoint of friction in Detroit. i Clash Bitter Over Unions |. The merchants like NRA, for their business volume has increased. But the motor manufacturers forced through, until next September, exten- cion of their “merit clause” in the auto code, which permits them to hire | | anion membership. So the rumor and rumble of labor the new year. And that is unfortunate, for the the Union vs. Open Sh Bitterness at Peak In Troubled Detroit | tary op &., BR: CONTRA ;OBLEM By Wm. KENNEY Secretary, Ami Bri The squeeze play for which every expert is on the lookout is the Vienna coup squeeze. While this play is not so rare in contract as in auction, nev- ertheless many players confuse an or- dinary squeeze with the Vienna coup. of the board, gives this hint: “We would like to see a little less name- calling—less of ‘Tory,’ and ‘chiseler,’ and ‘baloney dollar, and more thought on working out the problem, (or the money question is a problem, to be worked sanely and accurately almost like an equation in algebra.” You hear many business lead- ers (not for quotation) express real resentment of General John- son’s talk in Detroit as “bluster- ing” and “bullying.” They say “that rough stuff won't go here,” and that NRA must have more calm and rational leadership to succeed. Angered by Coercion Talk One business man with wide con- ‘acts in the industrial world here told ne, “We are a little annoyed because we as employers are charged with roercing employes from joining unions, yet any outside agitator can come in here and coerce with a lead vipe men who really want to dork.” Chairman Abner E. Larned of the vegional labor board under NRA says his board has helped settle 80 strikes hereabouts since NRA. Most of these involved alleged discrimination against men who joined a union and vere fired. These cases are hard to judge. Larned told me of one case where eight union men were fired at one plant. Yet the plant proved from its records that 12,000 men had been laid off at the same time. So it was pretty hard to prove discrimination against the eight union men, No Complaint on Ford Emrich of Cleveland who, with his partner, Elmer J. Babin, took the lead open contract pair event at the recent national championship tournament in Cincinnati. Several players mistook the play Duplicate—E. and W. Vul. Opening lead—y 4. West North East Pass la Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass the lage League | Today's hand was made by O. 8.| at the end of the first session of the| in this hand for a Vienna coup, but it | is not @ Vienna coup, since the ace Today's Contract Problem Bidding, in the following hand, is as follows: South, 1 heart; West, pass; North, 3 diamonds; East, 3 clubs; South, double; West, pass; North, pass; East, 3 spades; South, 4 clubs; West, pass; North, 4 spades; East, pass; South, 5 hearts; West, pass; North, 7% hearts; East, 7 spades. And now what should South do? jon: 9 KQ1074 383 5 (Blind) o ry as 9AKI107 92 HAKINOTS Solution in next issue. Ne Q A Q (Blind) |Emrich, in the South, won with the lace. | Emrich returned the eight of hearts, trumping in dummy with the ten of |diamonds. The eight of diamonds was returned from dummy, Emrich win- wing with the king. Three rounds of diamonds were tak- len, West discarding two hearts and a club, Dummy discarded three clubs, jand it was immaterial what East played. The last diamond then was played and West was squeezed. If he drop- {ped a spade, the four spades in dum- “We have found no company which has refused to live up to the labor ovrovisions of the code, and we have of clubs does not have to be played | my would be good, while if he dropped to execute the squeeze. Emrich sat the jack of clubs, declarer would dis- in the South. jcard a spade from dummy and lead ‘West's opening lead was the four of | the ace of clubs, dropping West's king. not had a single complaint of any |hearts, which East won with the ace. xind against Henry Ford,” Larned told | East returned a small diamond, which |The dummy then would be solid. | (Copyright, 1934, NEA Service, Inc.) mee, “Before you criticize NRA, go oack to the situation just before it|area, on CWA work came just in time went into effect: The complete pa-|{/or Detroit, whose relief rolls had valysis of business, the unemployed |reached their highest point shortly the breadlines, the bank failures, the |}before this began. Wayne county utter lack of constructive plans from | spent $2,300,000 for relief in Novem- the so-called leaders of finance. ; ber, and 9,000 new families went on the “It is unfair to judge NRA yet, but | rolls since Oct. 6, The city’s relief bill you can't get around the distinct ben- | for the year may approach $20,000,000. efits, the thousands lifted out of a} Many people are supposed to have condition of starvation wages, and the | “gone on the welfare” because they elimination 0: ruinous competition.” {heard CWA jobs would be given to How about employment? Come | welfare depedents only. to the office of A. J. Barnard, Population Rises Again Department of Commerce official who heads compliance for Mich- gan. His offices, ironically enough, occupy space in a great downtown office building once used by the holding companies of one of Detroit's busted banks. Many Get Jobs “We estimate that between 75,- 000 and 100,000 men in Michigan have been put to work through NRA,” says Barnard. “When the permanent codes are all in effect, there will be more. “We have had fewer than 200 acquests for relief from code pro- visions in the whole state. The whole thing is worth while in Detroit for its effect on the cleaning and dy- fallen from 1,568,662 in 1930 to 1,261,300 (estimated) in July, 1933. Now the Board of Commerce esti- mates it at 1,483,274 again, almost back to the peak. This rise has helped relief rolls full de- spite hiring at the auto plants. Men drift to Detroit when word jgoes out along the “grapevine” that the auto plants are hiring. That gives a migratory nature to some of | Detroit’s labor, and explains the fact jthat the I. W. W. has chosen this as ene of the key points in its present sffort to “build back.” Business throughout Michigan has been pretty bad. A salesman of auto her farmers who signed wheat reduc- ‘ion agreements will receive a half million dollars from Uncle Sam. That ought to help. Auto Production Gains But during the holiday season busi- ness improved greatly. A Bay City paper showed by a survey that there was more money there at Christmas time than there had been in Decem- ber, 1929, And 1934 auto production is getting in swing. Detroit and Michigan are geared up to make and sell more au- sos than for several years. This year’s 2,000,000 cars was nearly twice the production of 1932. And be- cause nearly half the autos in the country are five years old or older, Detroit hopes for a far bigger year in 1934, It would be none too soon. Decision Affirmed In Ruemmele Case The state supreme court has af- court in granting a new trial to Mar- tin J. Ruemmele, treasurer of the Mc- firmed the decision of the district ‘ng industry alone. “That was infested badly with racketeers here, but the price scales parts and equipment who covers five | states told me he had more bad ac- | counts in Michigan than in all the chapter, THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1934 CONTRACT IDGE “EXPERTS PLAY IT 24 trial by Judge W. H. Hutchinson on the grounds of insufficient evidence. The state then appealed to the su- Preme court. In making its decision, the su- Preme court held that “where a mo- tion for a new trial is based upon the insufficiency of the evidence to Justify the verdict, and the evidence showing this is vague and uncertain, it cannot be said the trial court Sbused its discretion in ordering a new trial.” Americans Planning New Try for Record Washington, Jan. 2—(P)—A new balloon flight into the upper reaches of the atmosphere, possibly to the un- Precedented height of 15 miles, is be- ing considered by Major Chester L. Fordney of the Marine Corps and Lieutenant Commander T. G. W. Settle of the Navy. The two recently established an of- Lethbridge, Alts., Canada. ‘The first official organization meet- ing will be held at Great Falls Mont., Jan. 15, it is planned to have Class B baseball, Voelz said. Macalester Cagers Beat Rabbits 29-18 St. Paul, Jan. 2—(#)—Macalester Site heen South Dakota State -18 on Mac court Monday it in_s basketball game, gs Both teams played listless ball at times, the Jackrabbits showing the effects of four games on & road trip. With Harold Smith setting a fast Strange But. of News Items ore (By The Associate a ee AUDIENCE IGNORES Milwaukee—! a call from a ne! found some 300 seats, refusing to the heed the basement Was audience, ed with deadly gas. masks while extinguishing {TITUTION’” ” sald juse Pace, the Macs showed flashes of form, but lacked the polish of earlier games. Smith scored seven goals, four of them in the second half, Bankert, small forward, was the spark in the South Dakota State lineup. He scored seven points to lead his team, and his ball handling and floor play was the outstanding per- ficial world’s record in a balloon which landed finally in a New Jersey marsh. A higher record has been claimed by Soviet flyers but their in- strument readings were not submit- ted to the International Aeronautic Federation and the Settle-Fordney altitude stands as the official peak attained by man. Major Fordney has already been asked by prospective sponsors of a new stratosphere flight to outline his views on the value of attempting to reach still higher altitudes with a larger balloon. In their first flight Settle and Fordney had a balloon of 600,000 cu- bic feet capacity. They believe that 15 miles could be reached with a bag of 1,500,000 cubic feet. The marine officer now is discuss- ing the possibility of a new stratos- phere venture with Dr. Arthur H. Compton of the University of Chi- cago, scientific director of the last flight. Land Department to Buy Williams Bonds Williston, N. D. Jan 2.—(?}—An atrangement has been made by the Williams county commissioners with the state land department for the latter to buy $52,700 worth of Wil- lams county bonds with which the county will retire outstanding cer- tificates of indebtedness, the commis- sioners said. ‘Thomas Devaney, deputy land com- missioner, said the state land de- partment completed arrangements to’ take over the Williams county bonds’ at @ meeting in the early part of November to enable the county to retire certificates of indebtedness in the above amount held by the Bank of North Dakota. He said the de- pertment had helped finance several other counties and achool districts by buying their bonds. The department cannot buy certificates of indebted- yness, he said, but could invest sur- | bs a of the department in mn Montana League Is Planned by Voelz Minneapolis, Jan. 2—(}—R. L. |Intosh County Red Cross association, |Voelz of Minneapolis, past president who was convicted on a charge of|of the Northern Baseball League and|ing to embezzling funds of the Red Cross|original organizer of the league, is forming a Montana state league. are forcing the racketeer out of |others put together. this friutful field.” However, the total value of farm ‘The empioyment of more than 50,-|crops in the state increased 37 per 00 men in Wayne county, the Detroit | cent over 1932 and the 20 per cent of Following his arrest on an informa-| Franchises will be given, Voelz an- tion charging embezzlement of $1,000, ed the verdict and was granted a new nounced, to Butte, Billings, |Ruemmele’s case was transferred to|Helena, Havre, Great Falls, Li Emmons county for trial. He appeal- ton, Lewiston, and Missoula, Mont.; ‘Spokane, Wash., Mullin, Idaho, and formance for the visitors. Concordia Defeats Moorhead Teachers Moorhead, Minn, Jan. 2—(>— Rallying strongly in the second half, Concordia College won the opening game of a three-game series for the city basketball ‘Teachers college, 35-26, Monday night. ‘The Cobbers, after trailing most of the first half, which ended 17-15 for the Dragons, did a wonderful job of Shooting in the second half, with Pat Hilde playing the stellar role to out- score the 5 Hilde, who is suffering from an in- fected arm, was easily the outstand- ing player for the Cobbers, and in addition found time to be high scor- et, counting eight field goals and three free throws. For the Dragons it was the work of Harold Mattson, Buss Robinson and Wally Erickson which stood out. Eveleth Puck Stars . Trounce Minneapolis Minneapolis, Jan. 2—(7)}—A spirit- ed offensive thrust early in the third period, with three goals scored in sev- en minutes, gave the Eveleth hockey team a 3-0 victory over the revamped Minneapolis six in a hard-fought — against one defeat and a tie, had the added distinction of giving the Millers their first defeat of the season at their home rink. Eveleth’s win was the third in the last four days, the Rangers also hav- ing won from 8t. Paul and Duluth in holiday week engagements. Rumanian Premier Scores Weak Stand cision to resign from the cabinet. Ti- tulescu announced he would quit his| vost as a protest against conditions which permitted the slaying of Duca iest Friday by an anti-Semitic Iron Guard member. AIDS ‘GREAT INS' Chicago— feottena “A burban Niles, “is grest instl> tation and I want to see 8 i people start the new year Ambridge, Pa—Frank | Tal celebrated the arrival of the Nt by firing his double-barreled One charge went harmlessiy inte fair. ‘The second blew the big toe of his right foot, “I forgot, about. other barrel,” he told police. BARS TWO-GUN DEPUTIES Harlan, Ky.—There will be no two-gun deputies in Harlan coun- ty while Theodore Middleton it sheriff. After his induction into office Monday, Sheriff Middleton instructed his newly-appointed deputies to carry only one gun apiece and keep them Pennsylvania Goes Into Sale of Liquor Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 2.—(AP)-+ Pennsylvania, west into the basa business Tuesday. Henceforth, she only legal Lovaoal of liquor sold in the state is the bot tle sold by the state itself. A system of state liquor stores} under a three-man board of control goes into operation at 9 a. m. Thi was Governor Pinchot’s own ides fo Pennsylvania. The legislature ap 81 rivet the plan pf the tive { ifelong dry. More than A,Ow hotels, restad and clubs in Petnsylvania ma| liquor, but only a drink at a tim It adds something troit simply must go well above 1933 auto production in face a crisis. It is a city where discussion of “sound money” is almost overshadow- ed by the local problem of “sound cerip.” Scrip has even been counter- feited widely. Up to now, tax collec- tions have kept scrip sound by re- | deeming it in money when due. Crisis on Way But by next July there may be $24,- 500,000 in scrip outstanding—and the and|haunting problem here is: will tax collections enable the city to re- deem it? cided allegiance. Its business leaders are naturally conservative, inclining to o'd-fashioned “sound money.” But with depreciation of the dollar | abroad, Detroit awoke one morning to | tind signs of life in its export trade, it ie he to the [aste and © makes them Milder ;| Nevertheless, you hear much talk | about money. Here Detroit has a de- Modern storage warehouse for Chesterfield tobacco Chest he &, af cigarette th “A at TASTES 1 \ EUROPEAN WINE CElUp en like the method of ageing fine wines is used in age. ing and mellowing the tobaccos for Chesterfield cigarettes. The picture you see here was inside one of our modern storage ware» houses where the tobaccos for Chester. field are put away. There are about four and one-half miles of these Liggett & Myers ware. houses filled with thousands of casks of Domestic and Turkish of it lying there ageing and for Chesterfield cigarettes. tobaccos, most. It takes just about three years to agg t