The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 31, 1934, Page 6

The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Pens Tae ‘une Company, Bismarck, N. D., an entered at the postoffice at Bismarck @8 second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher _____ ee eileen Subscription Rates Payable in . Advance ry , Bally by carrier, per ye * Daily by mail, per year MATCH)... eee eee eee es ones 1.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside of Bismarck) ........ x Daily by mail outside of North “Dakota esses 6.00 ‘Weekly by mail in Weekly by mail in years . ‘Weekly by Dakota, per year .. ‘Weekly by mail in Canada, pe! year 3 AT... $7. din Bis- Member of Audit Bureau of | Circulation Member of The Associated ‘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. Energy Wasted in Crime This modern world abhors waste./ ‘When it finds any source of energy) going unused—a waterfall, a factory, @ coal mine, or whatnot—it exerts every effort to put that energy to work. But there is one kind of energy which is wasted every day, some- times in the most extravagant man-| ner, about which we seldom bother! to think twice. That is human energy—the energy, | to be exact, of bad men and bad ‘women, the outlaws, the people who rebel violently against any and all restraints. ‘Think, for instance, of Clyde Bar- Tow and Bonnie Parker, those pre- cious Texans who were finally shot to death in Louisiana after compiling | a criminal record about as vicious as any in western history. Within the last two years no fewer than 12 murders were definitely as-| eribed to these two. Nine of their) victims were policemen. Bank rob-) beries, highway holdups, filling sta- tion stickups, kidnapings—the crimes of this nature on their record are.al- most beyond counting. ‘They roved from Texas to Iowa, irrésponsible and dangerous, cutting a swath that made Dillinger look like @ lad on his way home from Sunday school. Finally, of course, the law caught up with them. Deputy sheriffs am- bushed them along a lonely country road and filled them full of lead, ending forever that particular chap- ter in criminal history. But one is forced to wonder, think- ing about this pair—what was it that set them off on the wrong path, any- way? How could society have pre- vented that costly waste of poten- tally useful energy? For it was a waste—make no doubt of that. Two youngsters who can do all these did have abounding energy, enormous vitality. The force that makes @ man a dangerous outlaw is, at bottom, the same kind of force that enables a man to do the great, hard, and useful jobs that keep the world turning; it just gets directed down the wrong channel. How could society have prevented it? Not being very wise, we don't know, and if we did know we should probably act too late. But sooner or later we must find out. There is no more terrible waste than the waste involved in the career of a gunman like Clyde Barrow. Infants in Progress ‘The fact that modern civilization thas two faces, one of which has been modeled with much more skill than the other, comes close to being the basic point of all our troubles. ‘These two faces are the material Tealm of science, invention, and tech- nical progress, on the one side, and the social realm of human relations, emotions, and mass thinking, on the i ‘The former is very far advanced; the latter is a constant reminder that ‘we are relatively only a few genera- tions out of barbarism. A striking illustration of this was furnished not long ago by Dr. Wil- Ham E, Wickenden, president of the Case School of Applied Science. Suppose, says Dr. Wickenden, that you translate the history of the hu- Tace, covering approximately 8 He iyi fe i eee i ‘ i cll pill i § : 1 H : i £ | i ag if : | | BE | Fi sf E2 {eral would not be allowed on city oo| men Protested, the board said that made hardly any progress at the job of learning how to use them after we have them invented. That is why we have starvation in the midst of plenty; why we suffer because we have too much of every- thing, and not because we have too little. Our task now is to educate our- selves up to the level of our scientists and our technicians. Until we do so, their achievements will do us nearly 8 much harm as good. Up to the Women The girls and women of Billings, Mont., have won a victory over the censors. The city park board orig- inally announced that “shorts, scan- | ties, and abbreviated attire” in gen- tennis courts; then, when the wo- shorts could be worn, but that they must reach at least to the knee and must not be too snug. Still the women protested. So, finally, the board surrendered, ruling that women could wear in public “any costume based on common sense and THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1934 decency.” And this seems like s very sensible ruling, which other park commis- sioners might well copy. These elab- orate rules that anxious people set up for women's costumes, on bath- ing beaches or in parks, are invar- jably quite absurd. ‘The “common sense and decency” regulation is all any such regulations need to contain. 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. When Is a Boom? (New York Herald Tribune) A reader of the Herald Tribune has written in, taking us to task for re- ferring to what has happened to sil- ver in the last year or two as a “spec- ulative boom.” The point on which he bases his objection is irrelevant, and ordinarily might be ignored. It happens, however, to be one of those economic sophistries that have been sedulously cultivated of late by silver advocates, and which are all too like- ly to be swallowed whole by the eco- nomically illiterate or half informed. For that reason, perhaps it is well that the point be given a brief but thorough airing here and now. The letter of our reader says, part: “I was shocked by your lead- ing editorial yesterday. The writ- er, in talking about a speculative boom in silver, never took into account the drop in the dollar. As I recall, silver never sold be- low 23 cents, and is now about 45 cents, which equals a world price of 27 cents, which, I would guess, is just about the rise of world commodity prices in the last . eighteen months. That is hardly @ ‘speculative boom’.” i When our reader refers to a “world price” he is referring to something, of course, that does not exist. The world, being largely off gold, is no longer on a single monetary stand- ard, so that there is no such thing as a “world price.” What he means, of course, is the “gold price” of sil- ver. But what has the price of silver in terms of gold to do with our read- er, or with anybody else? The gold price is an empty economic concept, nothing more. The question that the holder of silver is interested in is how silver has fared in relation to com- Modities as a whole. What can it matter to him if silver has risen to the equivalent of only 27 gold cents in the gold standard countries? If he wants to purchase silver in France he first has to buy French francs, and when he has got through buying his francs he will find that the silver has cost him, in the end, just what it would have cost him had he bought it in the New York market, namely, around 45, cents, There are two tests as to whether we have had a “speculative boom” in silver, and only two. One of them is, how much speculative activity has there been in the metal? The other is, how has the rise in the price of this commodity compared with the rise in other commodities? According to the testimony of Her- man Oliphant, counsel for the treas- ury department, before the house ways and means committee last Thursday, there has been an accu- mulation of speculative holdings in silver here during the last year “var- fously estimated at between 150,000,- 000 and 250,000,000 ounces.” (What this means may be gathered from the fact that in 1929, before the silver agitation had begun to take hold, visible and invisible stocks of silver in the New York and London mar- kets combined totaled about 28,000,- 000 ounces!) As to whether silver has risen disproportionately to prices as @ whole in this country, the evidence is equally clear. The bureau of la- prices shows that the rise from the low has been approximately from 60 to 73 at the present time. In other words, while silver prices have been rising roughly 100 per cent, commodity prices as a mhnle have risen less than 25 per in cent. Tf a ten-fold expansion of the spec- ulative holdings of : gf & 4° ' rl 1 | ii i i ! f E tne, | Little Man, What Now? PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters perteining 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 instructions. Address Dr. Brady, in care of this newspaper. THE KIT IN THE CUPBOARD The reason why I think an ounce of boric acid should be carried in the Pocket First-Aid Kit as well ag @ pound or so kept in the Medicine ‘Cupboard, is that, in my judgment, boric acid is the ideal all-around an- tiseptic whether for gargle, spray, eye- drops or eyewash, ear drops, douche, solution for bathing an infected sur- face, or hot wet dressing for an in- fected wound. The right strength of solution of cac, is slow to act, taking ten or fif- teen minutes, and then it may fail. (Don't mind the cautions of dumb druggists or others about copper sul- phate being poisonous. Of course it 4s poisonous. But don’t try to poison anybody with one-grain tablets of it, for you will be disappointed.) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Of Course I Wouldn't Know 1 was surprised by your answer to a Correspondent about acid in the sys- tem . . .I myself have acid in my system because I can tell thru the effects—brittle nails, bad breath, ex- cessive perspiration . . . To the best of my knowledge I was told that these effects come from acid in the system. (Miss C. F. H.) Answer—I assure you that whoever told you so was talking thru his hat. Before you become too deeply inter- ested in what any self-styled food ex- ed water. If the water will dissolve ‘more, no harm in using two teaspoon- fuls to the pint. For my own personal use I'd prefer such @ boric acid solu- tion to any fancy antiseptic you can name. In fact boric acid is the chief antiseptic in the nostrums you would be likely to name. For “sick stomach,” digestive dis- Powder is an agreeable way to take a dose of Rochelle salts. i A tablet of a grain.of phenolphtha- lein chewed up before swallowing, is as harmless as any laxative. Five grains of aspirin (no special make, for all drug manufacturers make equally good aspirin since the patent expired several years ago) is as safe as any such sense-deadening drug ‘can be for the relief of headache or make you believe about that, you should get a textbook of physiology and try to learn something about the normal reactions. Then you won't be ‘60 gullible. I suggest that you in- quire at the public library for any of the following books: Howell's “Textbook of Physiology.” McCollum & Simmonds’ “Food, Nu- trition and Health.” Hawk's “What We Eat and What Happens to It.” Mottram’s “Physiology.” Sherman's “Chemistry of Food.” What You Don't Know Will Not Worry You What is the normal temperature of five grain dose may be repeated an hour if necessary, but I should not advise more than two doses in a Pert or diet or freak healer tries to} an adult when taken by a thermome- ter? Is there an allowance made when & person is suffering from ... (M. M.) Answer—I advise you never to use @ clinical thermometer unless under direction of your physician. A Baby, By Jingo ‘We are looking forward to the ar- rival of a baby at our house and we shall be glad of any advice you can give. (R. A) Answer—Send 10 cents (coin) and stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress, for “The Brady a (Copyright 1934, John F. Dille Co.) It is a very unusual occurrence for rain to fall in every state in the Un- ion on the same day, but this is be- lieved to have happened on Jan 14, 1930. “ However, if a pain-killer must. ral fatigue, ee rheumatism or whet have you. In case of snakebite, if no antivenin HORIZONTAL 1God of elo- quence and of Answer to Previous Puzzle Olt. 1) [VIE iwieIOIL MIE TS] Quicksilver | 13 Matter. 15 Bed of a beast. 17 Flat circular is at hand, inject into the tissues ain, pictured [OUISIE] AL IRIE IO plates. around the fang marks some potas- ae TAG] IN} OLIVER LE ININMMIET 38 To adorn with alu tion—enough| 7 He was wor [SLT MMSIE! WENDELL ICIOMNBIE] gems, dissolved in water to make a wine col- shiped by A IOIN] 21 Hounds. ored clear solution. If no syringe, early —-s. 23 Floating goods Tub some of the crystals to powder and} 41 vioiten rock. from a ship rub into wound. The fang 12 Bark of East wreck. d Indian tree. 25 A turncoat, canoe binds oe eee ro Simmer! 14 False. god. IG] 27 Cotonists. 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FLAPPER, FANNY SAYs: -and cap. 50 To soak flax. . ‘thermometers 63 Eating imple- 1s named ment. after him. 54 Toward sea. PrrTrrr iri erry) BS 42 Exterior of 1 Manufactured. bark. 2Night before. 43 Dines. “3 Sun god. 44 Common 4 One. laborer. 5 To ascend. 45 Respiratory 6 Still. organ. 7A frolic. 46 To abound. 8 Seventh note. 49 Mine shaft hur 9 Fish. 52 Part of “be.” 10 Pattern. 54 Measure of 11 Learning. area. The NewDeal ut ee wr etc am e€ ew It was the same way out at the . -- Zoo. Garner was always fond of hii food the crowds taraiag mene away ashington from the cages of the ring-tlled baboon and the East African aard-vark to gather around him People "would racing ever go the grounds looking for any tiny bit of waste paper on which Garner miggs write his autograph. The vice president doesn't even take Mrs, Garner to the movies any more. It causes too much excitement in the audience. A couple of they even turned the spotlight ou se, and proudly announced his presence, Plain, rugged Jack likes people and wants to be nice to them, so he made & bow. But such incidents fluster him and he prefers privacy to the life of a goldfish. (Copyright, 1984, NEA Service. Inc.) Barbs _ | A new law in New York permits patrons to stand up for their drinks, if they're willing to stand at all for ee ee ee arene: Darrow must think the blue wet Gn eee Rong Lett Rh had| army than any other congressman, ey “ * or ‘way in such cases you aucune Austria insists that democracy caNer.. Thie salable, Deepectacted psa ‘ofan eae i6a the citizen poche The rae i le, becomes the innocent by- “Doc” is really an officer of the|case of Vice President Garner, | stander. bi House, though he also handles sena-|one of Calver’s most illustrious pa- 8 torial ailments. tients, ‘The Chicago stockyards are be- He was assigned there by the Navy There? nothing mach the mat- ing rebutls fast, since the city ad- Department in 1928 and two years ago| ter with Jack’s health at the age ministration has nothing to do the House took complete control over of 65, but he just can’t get the with it, him with @ measure which made him| exercise he craves and so has ee transferable only by House request. about four extra inches of girth Tf you want to go into obscurity He has an official aut which he hopes to get off this | fast, just become the fourth hus- and three naval enlisted men for summer down at Uvalde, Tex. band of a movie actress who has her assistants, The House has voted The story behind that is that Gar-|eye on the fifth. unanimously for Promotion to jner long ago found he could not go| (Copyright, 1934, NEA Service, Inc.) a means a lot [places without being pestered to) more pay—and the bill is in con- |death. 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