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4 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1934 Bell Wright's “The Winning of Bar- bara Worth.” And so it goes. That best of all western romances, Owen Wister’s “The Virginian,” is well up toward the top; but a book like Mrs. Porter's “Laddie” is ahead of it. Mark Twain's “Huckleberry Finn,” which The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATES OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Trib- ‘une Company, Bismarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck Gs second class mail matter. The Agricultural Situation Might Be Worse SUPPOSE ALL THE SPRING d SHOULD COME UP TO EXPECTA’ GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher competent critics have called the greatest of American novels, ranks high with a total sale of a million copies; but it is outclassed, among others, by such a book as “Five Lit- tle Peppers and How They Grew,” by Margaret Sidney. Non-fiction titles are fairly well represented. Edward Bellamy’s fam- ous “Looking Backward,” for in- stance, has sold 500,000 copies, and Wells’ “Outline of History” has sold & round million, and “The Rosary” Dakota, per year 1,50] better than 900,000. Weekly by mail in Canada, per Trying to deduce anything from year 2.00/ these figures is difficult. Good books are on the list, in profusion; so are lel pT ing sahpabad unutterably bad books, and a great many that are neither one nor the other. You could argue that America likes sugary optimism in its books, and support your argument by a citation of titles; but such books as “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “Main Street” are there on the list to refute you. ‘What does it all mean, then? Nothing much, probably. The Ameri- can reading public is pretty omnivor- ous, It devours good books and it devours trash. About all one can safely say, ap- parently, is that the best seller lists don’t mean a thing. — $$ _____— Subscription Rates Payable in Advance +» 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota .......... escccscccccss 6.00 ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year 1.00 ‘Weekly by mail in state, three : 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. They Might Try It North Dakota Democrats, meeting this week in Minot, have a splendid opportunity to try out the primary election system in this state, some- thing which has not yet been done, despite the fact that we have had primary elections for many years, The idea of the primary election was to eliminate boss-dominated and politician-controlled nominating con- ventions, The people came to the conclusion that their voice wasn't as loud as that of the manipulator in the selection of candidates by con- ventions, and so the primary election idea gained support. No sooner had it been approved, however, than all factions and all parties took effective and practical steps to annul it. By holding “endorsing” conven- tions, the politicians made sure that no man could be elected to office without having the stamp of their approval upon him. No candidate not beholden to some political group has ever been elected to office in North Dakota, There have been in- dependent candidates for office but, whatever their chances might have been if the primary system were truly operative, they have never really had @ chance to win. The Democrats, faced with the need of gaining votes before the fall election, might give the primary sys- tem a chance and ascertain if the politicians really do have to take the voters of the state by the hand to keep them from making mistakes. For only one of two things can jus- tify the continued nullification of the primary system by all of our political Parties. The first is a distrust in the ability of the people adhering to any Political party to select the best men who offer themselves as candidates for office in that party. The other may be the fear that they really would pick the best men, thereby wrecking some of the faction- al organizations within the party. In this respect the Democrats are no worse, if as bad, as the various Re- publican groups within the state. ‘They are, however, in a position to take a chance on the integrity, hon- esty and intelligence of the people without loss to themselves and per- haps to their gain and that of the state. The way to do it, of course, would be to endorse no one as a candidate for office at the Minot convention, Jet every man stand on his own feet and show what strength he has among the people by winning in a fair intra-party contest at the polls. In this way, the candidates are se- lected by the rank and file of the party, rather than by a convention attended by those whose major in- terest is politics. Once nominated, all of the candi- dates would join in presenting a united front toward the common po- litical enemy, standing on the same platform. All factions within the party prob- ably would be represented on the ticket selected after such a primary election and, for this reason, the slate would be likely to command wider support. In many states where the primary system is operative this is the method used. In many instances we think of these states as less progressive than North Dakota. There is a question as to whether the thought is justified by the facts. Noi Always the Best One of the troubles with collecting 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. Mr. Borah a the New Deal (Chicago Tribune) Mr. Borah’s sharp criticism and Penetrating analysis of the philosophy and operation of the New Deal are formidable for several reasons. He is an inimitable debater and will be approached cautiously by any sup- porter of the present government who seeks to take issue with him. He is of the independent, so-called liberal, Republican tradition, with a reputa- tion for defense of what are called human rigits by such as think that property has nothing to do with hu- man welfare. He can't be regarded as a Tory politician doing the bidding of Wall Street and great corporation interests. Mr. Borah’s accepted stand- ing is that of a defender of the av- erage man. His challenge of the New Deal is formidable also because he is logical, and the New Deal falls to pieces when it is examined for consistency and congruity. The average person who has been trusting blindly to what he has been told was magic about to accomplish wonders will find many of the doubts which he has sup- pressed in his own consciousness re- vived by Mr. Borah’s high lighting of certain absurdities. The average man may have accepted the brain trust ideas on faith, but he will agree with Mr. Borah when he is brought to observe the facts that when people need clothing and are supposed to be close to starvation the destruction of food and the stopping of produc- tion, the raising of prices and the subsidizing of idleness are not rem- edies which sanity would adopt. No one else could tell the country more vividly than Mr. Borah that when people are in need of bread and meat the destruction of pigs and the stopping of grain growing are not the way to feed them. Likewise, they will understand that if people are in need of clothing it is a strange pro- cedure to plow up cotton. They will follow Mr. Borah when he tells them that in times when millions of people find it difficult to pay their bills it is a policy of bedlam to raise prices artificially before the ability to pur- chase has been restored. People cannot avoid taking a sec- ond thought of their enthusiams when Mr. Borah calls their attention to the fact that monopolies have re- ceived a new impetus under govern- ment encouragement and that bust- ness men who have been having dif- ficulty in keeping their heads above water find government encouraged monopolies giving them the final push downward. Mr. Borah is bound to revive a popular consideration of many of the old tested doctrines upon. which American economy has been based, doctrines of fair play, .air prices and fair opportunities to work and make a living. The denial to the individual of the right to take his money to the best market he can find and buy in accordance with his own planned economy has been @ serious blow to the finances of many a hard working and modest family, whatever may be the altruistic hopes back of the recovery program. Mr. Borah asserts, and many peo- ple are now willing to concede he proves his case, that the New Deal has been headed backwards. It re- verses everything that makes pros- Perity and civilization. It reduces production, discourages ingenuity, sub- self-addressed envelope is enclosed. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, Letters should be brief and written in ink, No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. J THE OLD IRON IS THE BEST All medical authorities conclude from experimental studies as well as clinical experience that the old fash- ioned inorganic iron medicines are tore efficacious in any form of ane- mia than are the modern much touted and hence expensive organic iron com- pounds. One of the old fashioned iron medi- eines which is now employed exten- sively in the treatment of simple anemia is iron-ammonium-citrate, or as it is officially known, iron and am- monium citrate. But with this dif- ference in administration. Today the well informed physician prescribes doses at least ten times larger than did physicians a generation ago. The old timer opined that a grain or two was enough to give in a dose. The doctor today gives at least fifteen grains at @ dose. Yet the doctor today knows more about the role of iron in physical economy than the doctor of yesterday knew. For one thing, we know now that approximately one-fourth of a grain of iron a day is all that the body requires in health. So far as our present knowledge of physiology and nutrition goes there is no reason to suppose that the body ever needs more than this iron ration in illness. So the old timer, with his one-grain dose of iron, gave enough in one dose to last the patient all day and half the night—theoretically. But there's a catch in this. I know we doctors have a lot of dumb theories and traditions, but we are discarding them as fast as may be consistent with the dignity of the profession. One of our dumb theories that has stuck too long is that all the medi- cine the patient swallows is utilized by the body. The healthy individual who has never received any iron in medicine nevertheless gets his iron ration from his food. The anemic individual, per- haps taking the same food, fails to get his iron ration from it. Why? Honestly, nobody knows. But phy- siologists studying the problem ad- vance the hypothesis that iron given in medicine merely serves to combine with sulphuretted hydrogen and other sulphur compounds in the intestine, and these sulphur compounds must be removed before the iron of food can be assimilated. This ingenious explanation accounts for the extra- ordinary success modern physicians have in the treatment of anemia with large doses of iron. But it fails to account for the success physicians have in treating anemia with subcu- taneous injections of inorganic iron —if they have any notable success with such treatment. Anyway, here's more blood and bet- ter life to all our anemic readers, and I don’t care what brand of anemia they prefer. The recipe remains un- changed: You mix it yourself, un- and/jless you are an utter imbecile—four ounces of iron and ammonium citrate pro-| (that’s one item) in a pint bottle; then fill the bottle up with water. Dose: Teaspoonful after food three times @ day for at least three months. Take it in a little water sweetened an elaborate set of statistics is that half of the time you can't figure out what they mean after you've got them collected. . A list of the 65 best sellers in the American book market since 1875 ‘was drawn up recently for the Insti- tute of Arts and Sciences by Edward Weeks. And the longer one scruti- with sugar and flavored as you like: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS By RODNEY DUTCHER Scat, You Roaches! Tribune Washington Correspondent Following the advice in your val- ygonsracs uable booklet, “Unbidden Guests,” 1 Don't Take Dr. Wirt Too Seriously purchased some (we dare not narae| - This Government Is Being the roach poison here) and sprinkled it about the house. That was a year ago, and we haven't seen a roach since. (Mrs. H. B. W.) Answer—It does irk the varmints. Glad to send a copy of the booklet to any reader who asks for it and en- closes a dime and a stamped envelope bearing his address. Just Sitting Is it true that sitting on a cold sur- face such as a cement bench will cause or help to cause piles? (W. R. 0.) Answer—The cold has nothing to do with it, in fact a cold surface is better than a warm one. But just too muuch sitting is a factor—say sitting 85 @ spectator when you should be playing or perhaps walking or work- ing at something, to get the daily exercise that is essential to maintain ®@ good circulation. (Copyright, 1934, John F. Dille Co.) Show Their Bruises to Prove It! Washington, April 2.—Please don’t expect the sensation created by Dr. William Wirt to explode into much more than a loud laugh. Dr. Wirt, responsible for the story of a “brain trust” Communist plot to A powerful motor coach has been developed in Germany for mountain traveling. It has a 320-horsepower twin six-cyinder engine and each mo- tor drives one of the two rear wheels. A trapping survey, intended to dis- close parasites that carry spotted fev- er, is being made along the Atlantic coast from the Carolinas to Massa- chusetts. Fifteen thousand, out of more than ten million, voted against Mussolini’s candidates in his recent plebiscite. They immediately went into hiding. 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Most of them seek to preserve the capitalistic system, even’ if it takes a few reforms to do it. Views of a few Wirt to tell us local boys about it. ‘The idea that Roosevelt is control- desk: ‘The Wall Street Journal, emin- drop in the val him | (copyright, 1934, NEA Service, Inc.) FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: SECRETARIAL ADVICE Secretary of the Treasury Morgen- thau says the first three months of the Treasury job are the hardest and that it seems like three years since he took office . . . He may find his Job easier if he breaks the habit of refusing to talk to senators’ secretar- ies on the telephone. He doesn’t real- ize how often those secretaries make ‘up the minds of their bosses. $25,000,000 TOUCH Girls at the RFC rushed to “just touch” those two $25,000,000 checks used to finance the Export-Import banks. They say their fingers still tingle . . Noticed on Roosevelt's of Shakespeare. Moreover, I. am not interested in punctuation — Gertrude igi ow Do you think labor work for the love of labor?—Sherwood An- derson. . eee I am opposed to any one govern- ment attempting to change the cus- ently conservative daily, tion, radical weekly and the Na- . Senator has 8 letter from Mr. and Costigan Girls who watch their income ‘Mrs. Maurice Holmes, parents of one but overlook their diet-are also penny wise and “pound” foolish, 'THE LONE WOLES SON" S JOSEPH VANCE oe ee by LOUI Aboard ship, Cane, of New York, the “Lone Wolf” years ago. 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