The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 9, 1934, Page 4

4 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1934 The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Blamarck Trib- une Company, Bismarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck co Daily by carrier, per year ......97.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bis- MAPK) .......0000ee00ee seseee 1.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside of Bismarck) ......... 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota .....sssesecssesesceeee Weekly by mail in state, per year 1.00 Weekly by mail in state, three Years ......04. seseesecccssecns 200 Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year . Weekly by mail in year Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation per Canada, 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. Cost of Production ~ One of the current demands heard from this area is for the “cost of pro- dus of farm products. The idea/ is justified, for people cannot go on} producing at a loss if they are to) survive, to say nothing of bringing back prosperity. The inference of most political ad- vocates of the cost-of-production theory is that prices should be sta- bilized at a figure which will give the average producer cost of production, plus a reasonable profit. All except the most inefficient farmers can rea- sonably subscribe to this, although the curious fact is that the more in- efficient producers shout most loudly in support of the plan. A study of the facts shows that the costs of agricultural production vary so widely that a standard figure which would permit the average man to make a nice profit still would not meet with the favor of many of his neighbors. In a recent study, “Hoard’s Dairy- man” examined the records of 65 dairy herds in the state of Michigan. It found that butterfat production ranged from 180 to 482 pounds per cow and that the total cost per cow varied from $67.85 to $188.75. The net return per cow ran all the way from a profit of $34.07 to a loss of $70.66 and the cost of butterfat pro- fluced varied from 23.6 cents per pound for the lowest cost herd to $0.1 cents per pound for the highest. These facts are as much due to the difference between men and farm- ing methods as between cows, for the cows are only a means of expressing the variations in environment and| management. Each of the 65 farmers whose| herds were studied doubtless is in favor of cost of production plus a profit, but when they talk about it each is discussing a different thing. If this standard were applied to the man whose costs were 60.1 cents per pound of butterfat, his competitors in the dairy business would make excessive profits. If an average were taken, it would not meet with the approval of the high-cost producer. For these reasons, “cost of produc- tion, plus @ profit” will obviously continue to be merely a sort of po- litical slogan, impossible of universal tealization. If we are to have anything ap- proaching it—and unquestionably we should—it must be on the basis of average costs and average practices. Any other system would set up an @dverse consumer reaction which might destroy the machinery by which it was hoped to attain the foal. Homeward Bound Much discussion has been had of the proposed exodus from the drouth- Stricken areas but little attention has ‘been given to an exodus of American citizens from another part of the globe which already is under way. This is the return of whites from Manila and other parts of the Phil- {ppine Islands as the result of con- gressional action granting the little ‘rown men political independence. The act will not become fully ef- fective for another 10 years but in the meantime the Filipinos will begin the practice of self-government, re- placing some 1,500 whites who have been in the insular service with na- tives. Teachers, clerks, officials and many who have served their com- mercial needs have started or are preparing to come “home.” Meantime, the Filipinos are re- ported to be not quite so ardent in their desire for independence as they | Personal were before it became » handicap to Pilipino I e LE i 1 : | i ritit rel a 8 i [ H E eg + d iF fee git i i ake : l ke 8 { i E Home-Loving Foreigners One of the most curious facts about home ownership in America is that the average cost of homes owned by native-born white persons is some- what less than the cost of those owned by foreign-born citizens, The information was obtained by the F. W. Dodge corporation, build- ing business analysts, in a study to determine the value of relative mar- kets. No effort is made to explain it or to disclose why it is that the av- erage value of homes owned by for- eign-born persons is $5,576 as com- pared with a value of $4,766 for homes owned by native-born whites. It seems incredible that the aver- age of ability to pay is higher among immigrants than among native-born People. Unless this is true, the 50 explanation may lie in the fact that foreign-born persons place more em- phasis on home than does the aver- age American. The tendency to es- tablish their roots in the soil of their adopted country may be stronger on the part of persons who come from areas where ownership of land is re- stricted than is the case in America where all have had this privilege for the last century and a half. ‘Whatever the reason, it is a strange commentary on the hurly-burly of American economic life. Bigger and Hotter It has long been advanced as a sci- entific fact that the sun is losing weight at the rate of 250,000,000 tons a minute, a considerable rate of re- duction by anybody's standard. This, apparently, is still true, but now comes Dr. Nikolai Tesla, famous scientist, with the information that, despite this loss in weight, the sun is constantly growing bigger and hotter. He credits this to the work- ing of a process which he calls etherial absorption. These things can well be left to the scientists to work out, but they might do the world a practical service by examining into all the known facts about the sun and seeing what new things they can discover. It is of vast importance to us and increased knowledge of what is happening to it may be vital to the continued well- being and comfort of the earth's in- habitants. Meanwhile, after the thermometer readings of the last few days, no one in this section will be very much dis- posed to give Dr. Tesla an argument. Closer Together The manner in which the world is daily being drawn closer together is illustrated by the news that an in- ternational air express system has been organized to coordinate with the airlines linking North and South America. Under schedules recently an- nounced, a resident of Bismarck may mail a package to his friend in Peru! jor Brazil with the assurance that it! will be delivered three days later. We} are now as close to these nations, in| terms of hours, as we used to be to the more distant parts of our own country in pre-airplane days. The inevitable effect of this should be to create a better understanding among the nations which thus be- come near neighbors. It should im- Prove international feeling and de- velop a spirit of cooperation among the various governments. If it does this, the new service will be of im-| measurable value. If the world needs anything, right now, it needs a spirit of understanding and good will. If these were present in sufficient quan- tity all our other problems soon would vanish. 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. Langer’s Proxy (Washington, D. C., Post) Mrs. William A. Langer has entered the gubernatorial race in North Da- kota on the assumption that the peo- ple of that state still favor leader- ship by her husband, the deposed governor, even though he has been convicted of a serious crime. Langer was nominated by the Republican Party two days before his conviction. Because he is now disqualified his wife comes forward with what seems to be a bid to serve as his proxy. Two elements appear to be pre- dominant in cases of this kind. Peo- ple who have not yet shaken off royalist traditions are often inclined to regard a position so vacated as a Fiebefal heritage of some close rela- ve. element involved, was responsible for the election of “Ma” Ferguson in Texas. Likewise it sent Mrs. Langley to congress in place of her husband, who had been sentenced to prison. It is strange that any state or con- |some similarity between the craving| | No Fascist Salute Signed letters pertaining to personal self-addressed envelope is enclosed. Address Dr. William Brady, IS THE GOURMAND COMPARABLE WITH THE INEBRIATE? Heretofore it has been just a little shameful to admit that one habitually overeats. It seems a weak and sin- ful indulgence, gorging so much food all the time. Nearly as bad as the drinker who boasts he can take it or let it alone but lets it alone only when he can find no good excuse to take it. In one respect it is not quite fair to compare the glutton with the drunkard. One who craves alcohol has deliberately cultivated a taste for liquor, in spite of all warnings against resorting to it in the first place. One who eats too much good food is merely striving to satisfy a demand of the; body for nutriment, a demand he cer- | tainly did not cultivate. However it appears that what is good for the glutton is good for the sot. There is for alcohol and the craving for exces- | sive food, and perhaps by removing) or satisfying the former we can correct | the latter. Mind, I don’t know any-) thing specific about this. It’s just one of those crazy notions that pop into; my head sometimes. H Years ago I conceived the theory, and broached it here—any of you old timers remember?—that the boiling of coffee for breakfast must be what drives a lot of men to drink. I had observed that the men in homes or boarding houses where you can smell the coffee boiling before you get down to stop the outrage were likely to be confirmed drinkers, and I sympha- thized with them and thought by jingo if I ever marry a wife who treats PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. |general deficiency in our food. health and hygiene, not to disease Letters should be brief and written in care of this newspaper. ous acid) or wild or brown rice or whole wheat flour or undoctored wheat itself. It is my present theory—mind it is not a thing I can prove scientifically— that the robbing of the vitamins and minerals by these wrong habits of manufacturing, cooking and serving food has something to do with in- ebriety. I feel certain it is an impor. tant factor, perhaps the chief factor of oversize, and any regimen design- ed to reduce obesity or to prevent it must take into consideration this QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Ivy Poison Troubled with poison ivy and sumac. Have tried hypo soda, sugar of lead, Potassium permanganate, gasoline and two prescriptions from doctors. It keeps coming back every year. I have heard of taking fluid extract of ivy or eating a leaf in the spring... . C. HD) Answer—Many persons subject to recurring ivy poisoning believe they gain immunity by eating, not a whole leaf, but a wee portion of a leaf of poison ivy in the early spring, say a Portion the size of a rice grain. If this causes no irritation of mouth or stomach, a week later eat half a leaf. Then if no unpleasant reaction, after another week chew a whole leaf. Or the same effect may be obtained by eating the ivy berry. Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for monograph on ivy poison. It gives directions for taking a homeo. pathic dose progressively increased, to develop immunity. Any of these lowing ivy poisoning. Rational Reduction In 1920 my sister reduced 30 pounds |in about two months by following the Carol diet, I think it was, that you suggested ... (Mrs. A. P.) Answer—We have more rational methods now. I no longer recom- mend the Karell regimen. Send 10 cents and s.ae for booklet “Design for Dwindling.” (Copyright 1934, John F. Dille Co.) A new safety device for night driv- ing is offered in a combination stop and tail light which swings when the brakes are applied. The swinging mo- tion of the light attracts more atten- tion than a stationary signal. A “remote control” oil drain plug which has a control button located conveniently under the hood does away with the necessity of crawling under the car. methods may be of particular value im cases of chronic dermatitis fol- the coffee like that I'll take to drink myself. I even ventured to interfere with the domestic economy in a few instances, but did not boost my stocks with the cook and in some cases the poor fish I was trying to help blurted out that biled was the way he liked it...so I said to myself to... But I manage to keep calm and un- flabbergasted when I smell the cof- fee being ruined nowadays. I’ve re. vised my earlier theory about the re- lation between the foul concoction left after you have driven the aroma off from a pot of coffee and the craving for strong drink. You see, we hadn't heard about vitamins when I formu- lated my theory. Now I believe the dissipation of the aroma of the coffee into the air is only an earnest, so to speak, of what the housewife or cook is doing to the rest of the food. She would put soda in the peas or beans to make ‘em soft and she should worry about the vi- tamin value destroyed by soda. She would pare the potatoes and throw the parings away instead of cooking and serving them with their jackets on. And wherever there is the alter- native she would select the nice re- fined, pure, bleached sugar, rice flour or other staple when she might just as well get crude brown sugar or old- fashioned molasses (without sulphur- FLAPPER FANNY. SAYS: HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle 18 Action. in the picture? fe ANIUMIABBEIAISITY 22 Act of lending. $3 Guides. PBDIVIPIE! 24 Father. : EIOMEDIAIP! 96 Rodent. ‘15 Characteristic. TIN] g lent. 17 Natural power. 21 27 Colt. 19 Variety of animals. 21To make a mistake. 22 Minor note. 23 Fiber knots. 25 Small stand. 27 esanee. 28 Exploit. 29 Region in window glass, Africa. 46 Freedom 80 Canoe. from war. 31 Structural unit 50 Single unit. 82Encountered, 51 Founded on 33 Musical in- fact. strument. 52 Golden bird. 4 Entrance room 54 Ill will. 35 Exclamation, 55 He painted 87 Hooked. the “. Madonna.” 9 Form of “a.” aF Child's glace 56And the “At- tila” fresco in the —— at VERTICAL 2 Morindin dye. 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It should In protecting the country against panics and innocent investors from wolves, it must regulate what Ken- nedy calls “a business by far greatest in volume and most impor- tant in its effects of any in the coun- ” Whether these five strong individ- uals will keep on pulling together or | court. will wreck one another remains to be seen, Most commissions are dominated by & chairman while the rest look like dummies, That can’t happen here. Kennedy, whose appointment caused @ liberal uproar, seems to realize that. Look at the lon: Ferdinand Pecora, who once smash- ed the New York bucketshops, then posing gained international fame by e: D ie : 5 E hi alles ta 3s 53 cipant in the Libby-Owens Securities Corporation pool exposed by Pecora— appointed as a friend of Roosevelt, a sop to Wall Street and a “reformed character.” ABLE JUDGE 18 GENERAL COUNSEL be. the sere Sees shvoring ue ten poe with by establishing margin requirements REGISTRATION T°? LAUNCH FIGHT You can depend on Wall Street's most expensive lawyers to be on the Job when the various stock markets apply for registration—as they must, tinue in business. ‘The real down conditions for U9 Ghuswacet operation and when it promulgates requirements { - ties to be listed. i ; | H E s Z 2 F at a BF a g e 4 é i afiai i i | lu Hi i BEE [ss nF 2 Gee 2 f J s 2 5g i 3 H BE ie 5 § E : z g ; 3 I é z : 4y JOAN CLAYTON sno MALCOLM LOGAN ——- CHAPTER XXVIII At that moment an wu ei SMe usiness Forest. He was tusve and as usual. “Good afternoon, Mr. Hill; said. “Good afternoon, Mr. He turned back to Mark. “You are feeling well, I hope.” “Fine,” said Mark. “Sit down.” Anderson said, “May I have a word with you in private?” I went out and waited in the cor- i to one of the nurses, until Anderson left five minutes later. When I returned, Mark said, “My services don’t seem to be a preciated. Anderson's after me ridor, talking quit my snooping now.” She: rwrood smiling, “T hear Mark’s still busy detect- Failed privaialy, This was the explanation of my Presence. Loren speek ectens He wasn’t adroit about at it, I thought. I lied to * he| him and said, Why should er | be ba” th Ii ke, still about it,” answered. cen eertela 7enOhe “ples !* Sue interrupted. lease!” Sue Can't we forget that for one night? ee obsessed everyone here since it "Fim ed »” Loren said. “I Shout it tonight, re to tion it has to pay for sodas after T paid for the sodas, but not be- “Really?” I said. “What did you tell him?” “I denied everything,” ined. Mark “I was amazed that he ht I was a detective. I pointed out and asked him how he at I couldn’t move from bed the idea that I was interested in Vail’s mur- der. But I couldn’t break him down. That man wouldn’t lose his com- posure in an earthquake. He apolo- i id fied ‘te he was mistaken and was ar he had been misin- lad formed, and left. He didn’t believe a word of it, naturally.” “And now, of course,” I said, “you for a milton after dinner I met couldn't be bought off dollars.” cee That evenin, Loren in the lobby. I inquired about his uncle’s cold and was told it it was improving. We chatted for a few minutes and then Loren said: “Sue movies with us “As a chaperone?” I la d_ I are goit to the tonight. Why don''yon come Loren smiled and said, “No, we' like to have you. Or maybe, being in the theater, you look down on the movies.’ “Not at all,” I said. “I'm ested in movie sed ner pee inter- rou. in *ecivinel” Loren said, “T'll pick you and Sue up here at 7.30.” He left that was at the moment Piared and sung every former. I wat ‘ting about the reason for: it me, whistling the tune bei wedi him go, specu- whol- 1 invitation. 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