The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 17, 1934, Page 6

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, _THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1934 The Bismarck Tribune An Independent NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) | ES ates Published by The year ‘Weekly by mail in state, three years es sesseees 2. Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year ..........05- 1, Weekly by mail in Canada, per year a 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 matter herein are also reserved. The Retreat From NRA Recent announcement by General Hugh 8. Johnson that he is not go- ing to try to regulate all the small industries via the code route shows a healthy tendency on the part of the National Recovery Administra- tion, as does also the decision not to ask for a renewal of the licensing power originally granted by congress and limited to one year. In the depths of the depression the American people welcomed anything. ‘They were crying for a Moses and the need was for leadership, almost regardless of where it led. Enlist- ment under the NRA banner was practically unanimous and it stands as evidence that the American people can unite for the common good in time of distress, just as we proved we could do during the war. But the honeymoon is long since over and blushing business finds it- self with a bridegroom who doesn’ always shave before breakfast, puts ashes on the rug and otherwise vio- ates the rules of domestic decorum General Johnson’s recent pronounce- ments are a good deal like those of @ husband whose faults have been called to his attention. The NRA was an emergency meas- ure and, on the whole, has accom- plished some worthwhile things. The establishment of fair trade practices for industry, even though they have) produced considerable chiseling, is a forward step for American business and some industries like it. One of the first to come under a code was the steel indkstry which re- cently reviewed its operations under the agreement in a pamphlet issued by the American Iron and Steel In- The reaction, as gauged by this body, is almost uniformly good and great emphasis is laid upon the changes which have been brought about under government aegis. If it smacks strongly of the pharisee in the temple the institute may be for- given on the ground that it is only following an ancient American cus- stitute. tom. Point of 210,000 reached in 1932. Hourly wage earnings increased from June to February, comparative averages being 47.3 cents and 58.7 cents, and the hours worked dropped from 39.4 per week to 31.9. The tn- dustry claims that it is paying its employes more, the average for all steel workers being $20.15 per week as compared with $19.01 for other lines, and the average for skilled workers being $25.09 as compared with $21.76 for others. All this was done, we are informed. despite a decline in the operating rate from 466 to 428 during the seven-month period from June to February, and without materially in- creasing the price of steel. The re- port bears down heavily on that, as- serting that steel prices have ad- vanced only 5.4 per cent as compared with an average gain of 21.9 per cent for other wholesale commodities. ‘The employe representation plan, despite the trouble over the company union question, is declared to have well, the statement being made that 70 per cent of employes requests having been granted during| | the period, 18.3 per cent being de- cided in favor of the companies, 7.1 per cent compromised and 46 per worked cent withdrawn. Of these complaints, 54.6 related to : tf I ! Trib- ‘me Company, Bismarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck vee 2.00 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation The report shows increased em- Ployment from 305,000 in June, 1933, to 365,000 in February, 1934, although both figures are far above the low given the leaders of the industry a fuller understanding and appreciation of their social responsibility which they fully recognize and willingly ac- cept. The industry knows that it must have a fair and liberal labor policy. It knows that it must have prices that are fair to consumers and the public, and it has no intention or desire to have a price level which would yield an unreasonable profit. “The industry believes that by elim- ination of the unfair competitive practices that prevailed over a pe- riod of years, labor will benefit; cus- tomers will be treated equitably and fairly; and the stockholders will re- ceive a fair return. “Any return to the destructive 00 competitive practices of the past ‘would result in making it utterly im- possible for the industry to support the huge financial burden imposed as a result of the labor provisions uf the code. This might be fatal to the whole recovery effort, in the success of which management and employes in the Industry, along with other citi- zens, are vitally concerned.” That some of the items in this re- port may be taken with a grain of salt goes without saying. Things are hardly ever what they seem, particu- larly when the propagandists open their box of tricks, but a reasonable inference is that the steel industry is satisfied with what it is pleased tocall “rational self-government” under the | Up for Trial code and will not go back soon to the destructive practices which formerly existed. Despite the fact that NRA was an emergency measure, there are indi- cations that we will have some form of it in operation for many years to come and there is no doubting that it will leave a mark upon American industry which will be clearly evident throughout this generation. Meantime, the nation can look for- ward to the Darrow report on what has happened to small industry dur- ing a period comparable with that covered by this steel survey. Difficult Deed Done Airmail is being carried by civilian concerns once more over some of the country’s main air routes, and the eventful chapter of army air corps service on the mail lanes is just about over. A glance backward shows that the army, all things considered, took a difficult job and acquitted itseif pretty well. Nearly all the deaths of army flyers took place right at the beginning, when the men were new to the job, when proper equipment was in many cases utterly lacking and when some of the most atrocious flying weather imaginable was prevalent. Most of these deaths, too, occurred not while the men involved were ac- tually flying the mail, but while they were en route to their stations, The army air corps has unques- tionably had an experience of great value to it, even though it was costly. And that the cost was high was not the fault of the pilots who did the flying. t 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. Baseball on Prosperity Climb (Minot News) It may not be N. R. A., it may not be the revaluation of the dollar, but something has happened to this America and North Dakota of ours. Today the golfers are gathering on the green and fairways in numbers not dreamed of before. The tennis Players, in Roosevelt park here in Mi- not for instance, are more numerous than at any time since the local Blaisdeil boys began their domination of state tennis. Our high school youths over the week-end demon- strated their superiority over the state in that fascinating sport of racket and net. And, now comes the revivication of baseball, the so-called national game. the turnstiles of the major leagues, the big A. A. league, five year records are being shattered as the at- tendance mounts. Babe Ruth still packs them in along the American cir- cuit, while Chuck Kletn of the Cubs, and Guy Bush (who once learned baseball from our own Jimmie Cole- man, Teachers college ¢oach) makes history with five straight mound vic- tories for the Wrigley array at the North Side in Chicago. ‘Minot seems ripe for a real baseball team, one which will compete with the exceptional squads which this year represent Bismarck, Jamestown, Dick- inson and Valley City. And also Beu- lah, where Bob Stewart and his gang have written diamond history for al- most a decade. Devils Lake hopes to be in the running, though critics fig- Files 28 PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed ietters 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. in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Address Dr. William Brady, THE COLD CURE IDEA WILL NOT STAND ANALYSIS From long experience in trying to teach the laity elementary hygiene and how to keep well I know that a good many of you eggs will not con- tinue to give me your attention unless I pop off a remedy now and then. I find that some of the people are curi- ous to know what causes this and that ailment; others beg to inquire whether there is a cure for it; but all prick up their ears and ilsten atten- tively if we say anything about a cure or a remedy. That’s natural enough. When we're well what do we care about the nature, cause or prevention of disease? And when we're sick we're interested in nothing but to get well again as quickly as possible. From time to time, thanks .to the kind friendship of some one in the news distributing business, some plausible cut and dried method of treating “colds” gains wide publicity and there are always plenty of wise- ‘acres who are ready and waiting to try the latest treatment for anything. Some of the methods of treatment or the plans of medication are built upon observations which, to the un- sophisticated layman, probably sound reasonable enough. One of the more recent plans includes rather heroic medication with saleratus, sodium bicarbonate, on the theory that “acidosis” is a factor of “colds.” I can say about that is that in my judgment the theory is absurd and fit for a charlatan to juggle with to impress and intrigue his custom- ers, but scarcely suitable for the real doctor. You see, so far as we know, the condition called “acidosis” (which means a lowering of the alkali reserve in the body below the normal level, but of course not an actoal forma- tion or accumulation of acids in the blood or tissues, for that would be incompatible with life)—so far as our knowledge goes, “acidosis” occurs ONLY as a consequence of certain disease conditions and in starvation or deprivation of food. And respira- tory infection serious enough to pro- duce a state of acidosis would be too serious for the patient to treat him- self, if medical aid is available. If I had cri and didn’t know as yet what it was to be, I'd rather take my chances without treatment than dis- turb my metabolism with large doses of soda or other alkali. Another common “cold cure” 1s aspirin or similar coaltar derivative which kills pain or other distress, deadens sensation, lowers fever. If I were in considerable distress {from pain I'd take a nip or two of aspirin. But so far as treatment of cri is con- cerned, I think it is a grave mistake to ply the system with any such dope, at a time when all one’s naturel de- fensive resources may be needed to conquer the invading enemy. An- other common and sometimes disas- trous mistake is the popular habit of FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: Plained it, the entrance of food into the stomach initiates a certain move- ment all along the alimentary tract which tends to encourage evacuations ... (H. E 8.) (Dr. Fritchie rae me nothing for the .) Letters should be brief and written instructions. in care of this newspaper. Constipa- tion is generally only a bad habit. Good psychology will correct it. Send a dime and a stamped envelope bear- ing your address and ask for the booklet “The Constipation Habit.” If you ask for my treatment for con- stipation, I haven't any. (Copyright, 1934, John F. Dille Oo.) During each of the last six years, cattlemen have produced from one to one and one-half million more cattle than they have marketed. resorting to such dope to dull the natural sensations enough to enable one to keep up and at work when by all normal and reasonable rules one should be at home and fm bed con- serving strength and vitality instead of wasting it. In many instances in practice I hhave observed the sad effects of fool- ish attempts to “break up” the cri with some cold cure nostrum, at the cost of serious impairment of the! heart or blood or general vigor when the victim happened to be coming down with influenza or pneumonia. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Insulin Treatment Can you tell me the name of a doctor in our neighborhood who gives the insulin treatment, and the gen- ee cost of this treatment? (E. M. Answer—Any physician can give such treatment. I can give no in- formation about costs of treatment. Sulphur List of foods, also beverages, con- taining sulphur, and what effect they have in the system? (Miss R. J.) Answer—Beans, peas, eggs, milk. beef, bread, oatmeal, potatoes. Sul- phur is part of all protein food and hhas no specific effect on the system apart from the general effect of pro- tein (nitrogenous) food. It Sounds Physiological A good old family doctor (Di. Fritchie, of New Ulm, Minn.) told me in plain English just what to do for constipation. He told me to get into the habit of going at a convenient time preferably shortly after break- fest or any other meal, for as he ex- Idol of Anarchists HORIZONTAL 2Catherine —. poy 11 Like, {8 Before. 14 Monkey. 15 You. 16 Crooked tree. 18 Frost bite. 20 Soft tawed leather. 22 She isa famous —. 23 To satiate. 24 Slave. 26 Female sheep. 29 Little stream. 30 Morindin dye. 31 To exist. 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