The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 16, 1934, Page 4

The Bismarck Tribun An it Ne per lewspa| THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Trib- ‘une Company, Bismarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck @8 second class mail matter. . GEORGE D. MANN ' President and Publisher Daily by cai » per year. by mail, per year (in Bis- Daily by mail, per year (in state Outside of Bismarck) ........ years Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year 150 ‘Weekly by mail in Canada, per year 2 Member of Audit Circulation 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. Man With an Idea Down in the little town of Bremen, Ind., there lives a man with an idea and a willingness to fight for it. His name is H. M. Seiler and his proposal is to restore the government to the people by the elimination of machine politics. He would do this by making all po- litical officeholders ineligible to vote, by barring them from the polls on election day and by estopping them from taking part in political cam- paigns in any manner whatsoever. ‘The only exemption would be given to elective officers seeking reelection and then only for a period of 90 days preceding the day on which the votes ‘were cast. Seiler, alight with the fire of constructive reform, has circularized the newspapers asking support for his plan. Here are the benefits which hhe conceives as accruing from its adoption: “Practically all incentive to add further tax burdens by creating ‘jobs’ would disappear from the average congressman, legislator or other public official when he or she knew the ‘patronage’ could not aid his or her ‘reelection’; that this ‘organizable patronage’ would not be available to over- come the ire produced in his or her community by legislation or official act increasing the burden of taxes. “Not having a ‘machine’ to de- pend upon, each party or office- holder would have to seek other means of attracting the vote of the citizens who directly or in- directly pay the governmental tax levies. “The tendency would be to then move in the direction of reducing ‘patronage’ and government ex- ee ean the support of the voter.” To some the idea may seem fan- tastic; to others beneficial. But on2 thing is certain. It would be diffi- cult to enact this proposal because the constitution guarantees every citizen the right to vote and the poli- ticians much prefer things as they are. Under the so-called “No rubber stamp” system, the name the Indians man has given his movement, politi- cal officeholders would be far less 4mportant than they are now—and they dearly love that feeling which, too often, goes with what Shakes- Peare called “the insolence of office.’ Breasting the Waves England's income from her ship- ing exceeds that from any visible exports—steel, textiles, coal or other goods. The kingdom has $1,500,000,e| 000 invested in the trade; before the war, British tonnage was 41 per cent of total world tonnage. Now, however, things have chang- ed. British tonnage is only 27 per cent of the world total; such foreign nations as the United States, France, nd Japan have used subsidies lav- ishly to develop their own shipping, and in that fact is one of the major explanations for Britain's protracted Andustrial slump. Yet it probably would be premature to sing a swan song for England’s maritime pre-eminence. The English have had centuries of experience on deep water. Building and using ships is, by now, almost second na- ture to them. British shipping may be in @ de- ¢line just now; in the long run, it is ‘very likely to maintain its proud and Aucrative position, The English get into slumps, but they have an uncanny knack for holding on tight and coming out of them stronger than ever before. This Is America Rescue of little June Robles ‘rom We think of ourselves as civilized ‘and living in an advanced age, yet it is doubtful if any savage people torture upon a child ttn Hi —— e ing really civilized this nation is, But, fortunately, the credit sheet more than overbalances those items in red ink. Parental love still glows fiercely when there is need for t. Neighbors still hold out helping hands to neighbors, and everywhere we see evidence of sound morals and good citizenship on the part of the great majority. It may be that incidents such as the Robles kidnaping are the inevit- able sidelights which cast a ruddy glow over the achievements of the race. Certainly it is an unhappy 09 |Contrast to the attitude of mind which we consider truly American. But, lest we be discouraged as well as shocked, it is well to remember that there are approximately 125,- 000,000 people in this country of dif- ferent racial antecedents, social ideals and financial standards, but only a Telatively small number would be capable of crimes such as perpetrat- ¢d at Tucson or the one which took Colonel Lindbergh's fledgling eagle from its nest to start the greatest wave of body snatching in the world's peace-time history. Beware the Consumer Observers of the business trend throughout the country are begin- ning to sound a warning to manu- facturers and merchants who, seeing @n opportunity to profit under the codes, apparently, have started out with the idea of making a “killing.” As may be expected, the first of these warnings are appearing in the trade magazines which keep close watch on the pulse of various indus- tries. It is noteworthy, therefore, that one such publication, dealing with a commodity used by all classes, re- marks: “Consumer price resistance is becoming noticeable to the retall- ers on the lines which have shown the sharpest rise in costs. Perhaps the caution is again needed which President Roosevelt sounded at the beginning of the NRA—that prices be raised only enough to cover actual increases in cost under the new pro- gram—with due regard to the econo- mies of enlarged demand and pro- duction.” Such warnings, of course, are time- ly. Unless they are heeded the mar- ket for the goods in question dimin- ishes rapidly until the price comes within the consumer's idea of what the traffic can bear. ‘That a large number of merchan- dise lines are taking this view is in- dicated by Dun and Bradstreet’s sur- vey of the price situation for the week ending May 9. For example, it shows @ slight drop in the price range be- tween the current month and the one before, although both are far above the disastrous levels of the comparable months in 1933. For the week of May 9 there were 32 price advances, compared with 32 the week before and 67 for the same week a year ago. 3 At the same time there were 21 price declines, as compared with 31 the previous week and 10 for the same week in 1933. It would seem, therefore, that prices will ‘stabilize definitely on about present levels unless the con- sumer gets his back up and begins to display resistance. In that case they probably will come down again. 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 ‘ribune’s policies, Japan’s Blunder (The Magazine of Wall Street) All friends of international amity will regret the monstrous arrogance of Japan in setting herself up as the judge of all relations between other nations and China. The brutal final- ity of the declaration of April 17 left no way for the powers chiefly con- cerned to avoid corrective statements which could not possibly be so softly worded as to avoid offense to the bristling militarists of the Far East. The United States’ note of interpre- tation was a model of courtesy united to firmness. Silence would have im- Plied acquiescence in a manifesto which had the utlimate effect of scrapping s hundred treaties. We could have done no less. An issue has now been raised which can be erased ay abibvece of the Far East is both inevitable but it will not i i ii E j Li i | E if WY il li 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, self-addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to inst Address Dr. William Brady, THE HYGIENE OF SWIMMING A correspondent writes that he has been a life guard and a pool manager for several years and has rescued a number of victims and has seen many others rescued. Once in a while such @ rescued person claims to have suf- fered leg cramps. The correspondent has never seen or heard of @ case of stomach cramps, however. He has questioned many other life guards about this and none of them has ob- served such a case either. He says the Red Cross pamphlet No. 1005 states that cramps are due to eating just before swimming. The only ill effect he has observed from swimming immediately after eating is nausea or ‘upset stomach, and in such instances invariably the individual has just eaten a breakfast of sausage and pan- cakes, or a big highly seasoned ham- burger sandwich or “hot dog.” The Red Cross pamphlet is prob- ably written by some nice old gentle- man of some social » OF young chap who is the protege of some social leader who is a big noise in the organization. At any rate the notion that any evil comes from en- joying a swim immediately after a meal is without foundation in fact. Mere common sense if not stomach sense tells you to avoid any unneces- sary effort of any kind immediately after a big gorge. But unless you are an invalid—in which case your own doctor is your best adviser—there is no reason why you shouldn't go right in after breakfast, after lunch or af- ter dinner. As the correspondent’s observations and inquiries indicate, the occurrence of cramps of any kind is a question- able inference. It is an inference— one commonly made to explain other- wise inexplicable drowning of a good swimmer. Any one who attempts a hard or long effort in very cold water is cer- tain to tire more quickly than he would in warmer water, and when complete exhaustion comes there may be @ sensation of cramping in the powerless muscles. However, this is Not ® cause of drowning. Cramps just. don’t happen except in morbid imag- ination. No room here to discuss the various disease conditions or accidents which may cause sudden drowning of a good swimmer. Suffice that these cases are frequently ascribed to “cramps.” ‘The correspondent ‘says my com- ment about the sanitation of swim- ming pools startles him. The pool he has charge of has only filtered water, and is clarified by alum and soda ash and disinfected by chlorination, and in care of this newspaper. persons pat the greater the risk involv Could you catch the cri in such a clean pool as the correspondent de- scribes? Aye, aye, and a few other diseases besides. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Diathermy for Painful Shoulder Please tell me just what your opin- ion of diathermy is for dissolving cal- cified bursa in the shoulder. (Mrs. FE) Answer—In my opinion the best treatment for such bursitis (painful shoulder) is a series of daily applica- tions of diathermy. If that fails to cure the trouble in two weeks, then it is in order to consider surgical re- moval of affected bursa, usually the | subdeltoit or subacromial pad just under the tip of shoulder. Calcifica- tion of the bursa (as shown in the X-ray film) doesn’t signify. much, for calcification may remain long after the trouble is cured, or no calcifica- tion may show in spite of severe bur- sitis. When diathermy fails to relieve the attack, the only alternative is manipulation of the stiff shoulder to break up adhesions. That requires general anesthesia, and if the patient is going to take an anesthetic it is just as well to remove the bursa and ed to clear his head. sional singer. He sume using snuff. whether it is injurious. Answer—According to zine article there is still Non dollars spent for snuff each year in the United States. Most users chew a small cud of it, but # few snuff it in the traditional way. Its effect, however used, is the same as chewing or smoking. (Copyright 1934, John F. Dille Co.) Australia produces about one-fourth of the world’s supply of wool. tof New igh from OS Tesign From US. and c HORIZONTAL 2 Who was the bard in the picture? 12 Like a tail. 14The populuce. 16 Command. 17. Golf device. t9 Experiment. 20 Binds. 21 He ranked with the world’s best _— 22 Less (music). 3 feller. 26 Gul 27 Subsists. iene, 28To accomplish. 59 sacred inter- * polly diction. 54 Seventh note. * Bote in the 55 Title to any- 8 thing. 32 Cry of a dove. 57 Buddhist 33 Chart. 35 Cavities, festival. 37 Plans of towns 58 Sounds as of 39 Uncommon. bells. 40 Cotton fabric. 60, 61,62 One of 41 Little devil. his favorites, UE TEIN) 0 Al r band OUT) Th BIO} QHEN MAINELION | CEN IALEMTICIO! WE Ne sau TAMDIE INES) ul eINAME IL MECIUI LVIUIGIOISILANVI VAL KIT] MIE IT] 42 Balloon basket. 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T have never seen a primitive wom- an punish a child, or heard a primi- tive child cry.—Mrs, Blair Niles, ex- plorer. : eee My team may not win, but it will hustle—Jimmy Dykes, new manager of the Chicago White Sox. ek * ‘The best educated man is the man 2 ‘who can make the best decision at the time it’s got to be made.—Charies F. Kettering, besie a ‘With all my troubles, I am glad to ‘be back in the country where I spent practically all my business career— Samuel Insull. ‘eee It ts a ead commentary on ou ernment that the president in an scored nian BG i Harold W. Unite college prof service. — Dr. president of Princeton outside Dodds, i F z ? ! mal E i i BS i 2 i i i | i i E brother-in-law. J If i FE s: ie safle 5 si f e3 i : if H - i 3 E E ibe 5. ia ae i Hu E E = FeF 4 ‘ i 4 F H i i ei m1 : i 2 3 E i E x i i rg ds