The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 18, 1935, Page 4

The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER, (Established 1873) State, City and County Official News- paper. Published by The Bismarck Trib- ‘une Company, Bismarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck a8 second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year .......87.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bis: Daily by mail, per year (in state outside of Bismarck) .. .....- 5s Daily by mail outside of North Dak 6.00 <7 Sereeeeeeeey sees Weekly by mailinstate, per year 1.00 Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year Weekly by mail in 150 Member of Audit Bureau of 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. Worth Trying Perhaps no pronouncement of & leading American figure in recent times has attracted more attention and thoughtful consideration than the suggestion by Secretary of Agri- culture Wallace that the American people should have a definite means of expressing their opinions on eco- snomic and other policies to be fol- lowed by their government. Tt has met and will continue to meet opposition because it is new and some persons have an instinctive dis- taste for any innovation. Still, if the cure for democracy’s ills is more democracy, the idea is worth serious consideration, Secretary Wallace's scheme has the merit of divorcing policies from per- sonalities. It would enable the people to give an opinion on subjects rather than candidates. This is important in view of the turmoil into which our political sys- tem occasionally throws us. It doubt- Jess is unfair to the electorate to say that i¢ votes for a man because he has @ pleasant voice or an attractive manner or because the people like his Jooks, yet all these and a hundred other factors do enter into the selec- tion of persons for public office. A candidate may take positions on half a dozen different subjects with only @ few of which the public may agree, yet he may be elected, either as the lesser of two evils or because the good in his program seems to out- weigh the bad. In such event the ‘public is forced to accept the bad ‘with the good, since any candidate elected to office quite naturally feels that the endorsement is complete and without reservation. The best example of the manner in which Mr. Wallace's idea could work 48 presented by the farm situation. ‘This is natural, inasmuch as consid- eration of the farm problem brought the proposal into being. The question in agriculture is the same as it has been for two decades, that of obtaining and maintaining a balance between the farm and in- dustry. Above that but interlocked with it is the still greater question of how to ‘obtain constant prosperity and a much higher level of living for all of the people, both country and city. Solve the one and we are well on the ‘way to answering the other. ‘The question now crying for answer 4s whether the United States should continue tis attempt at adjustment by vestriction and regulation, with all of 4s attendant complexities, or attempt ‘to abandon it by trying to open new foreign markets for our agriculture products. This, obviously, is not a question Sor farmers alone to decide, since the ouly way to expand our markets is te admit manufactured goods from abroad and such a policy would mean abandonment of our high tariff with its attendant protection for industry. A great plebiscite on this question, 4n which every American would have @ voice, would serve as a guide to our congress and insure a definite policy without regard to personalities. Ex- traneous issues which frequently vex the body politic could be pretty much ignored, For the first time our po- litical and economic leaders could know definitely the reaction of the people. The influence of highly vocal minorities would be tremendously re- duced because their pleas would face sn unanswerable argument. Such things as the money issue, the relief question, government ownership and others could be charted in a defi- nite course under such a plan. If it worked it would approach the ideals which dominate our form-of govern- ment. The reaction of thinking men seems to be that it is worth trying, Better Business at Home America’s experience with the so- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, #EBRUARY 18, 1935 i restored to good standing. The cure for @ financial hangover, it is con- tended, is the same as that often pre- scribed for a similar physical con- dition. It is to take more of the “hair of the dog that bit you.” It seems @ little bit early for the financial pirates to begin singing anew the siren song of foreign in- vestments. Many of our banks closed when their foreign bonds greatly de- Preciated in value. Failure of gov- ernments abroad to pay their just debts caused heavy losses to honest depositors throughout the length and breadth of our land. Many bankers 99 {had believed that these bits of paper were better risks than local invest- 00|ments. They could see the risks in home enterprises and so were inclined to put more faith in the word of a so-called banking leader than in the integrity and ability of the man next door. But America need not despair at its experience in foreign investment for, while it is the worst on record, it merely emphasizes that of other leading nations. The path of for- eign financial empire througout all history is strewn with the wreckage of blasted hopes. In the 60 years which preceded 1914, for example, England was the world’s Greatest creditor nation and lent ex- tensively abroad. Its overseas in- vestment during that period is placed ‘at $6,000,000,000 of which $2,000,000,- 000 eventually was lost. After the war England again loaned abroad to the tune of $3,500,000,000, of which about $1,500,000,000 now is in default. English conservatism and skill in for- eign financial affairs is proverbial, yet the record is better than ours only because the British had less to oan. France, most canny among the na- tions, lost about half of her foreign loans. It turned out that our Gallic cousins were too optimistic about the ability of creditors to pay, and op- timism is not a national habit with them. It is true, as some suggest, that we must either reopen foreign mar- kets or else make readjustments here at home compared with which those already made will seem trifling. But to re-open another fools paradise whereby our overseas neighbors will again buy from us with our money seems too silly for words. If we are to do anything lke that we should begin at home and give our own peo- Ple the opportunity to purchase on the Santa Claus plan. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without re to whether they agree or disa with The ‘The Trouble Is Ignorance’ (Valley City Record) Two men from the northwest sec- tion of the country have been before Judge Andrew Miller at Minot as a result of their action in writing aj letter to the judge demanding the immediate dropping of court action against seven North Dakota and Mon- tana men who were charged with conspiracy to defraud the govern- ment. The two men were cited for contempt of court. After examining the two, Judge Miller discharged them with the advice that they “go home and grow a new soul.” It was apparent that they had been en- couraged to undertake their letter writing by reading the exhortations in some radical sheet which urged that such demands be made upon the courts. In their defense the two claimed the protection of the constitution, and in reply Judge Miller pointed out that they were quick to ask the ad- vantage of the basic rule for them- selves even when their violation of that rule was what had brought them into trouble. He further reminded them that no other government in the world would have taken the pains to relieve their distress which the U. S. government had already extended to them. And he suggested that if they had written such a let- ter in any other country they would have been immediately given ex- tremely severe punishment. “Your trouble comes from ignor- ance,” said the judge. While it is true that ignorance of the law ex- cuses no one, it was a wise action to send them home without exacting one pleases to do 80, or enjoys it 30, Wonder If They Ever Think of This? [|| PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE |) ress zeus sem iy LS s1nS and_sea\ for const '. 2 By William Brady, M. D. i omanaaed ‘ - the least Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease || | Answer—It is one of diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady, if a stamped, |/ harmful remedies used, ame ond self-addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written || leave the matter to nature Pe 4 in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions, ¥ SOnihe ot tats ‘tanosin. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. end 10 cents in coln and stamped A envelope bearing your address, for DR. 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Dille Co.) the list corn mei Senate r includes leaves or The “Old Anson Road,” « highway ~ , the names turnip tops, built by Lord Cornwallis during the i P Rogers of lettuce, cress, Revolutionary war, can still be seen ay { Mary Vitamin A is in Chatham county, North Carolina, = i ie cooking or other troyed by oxygenation, } ure to the air. For | or other fish: : amin A strei 3 ae gen. r I < tl 1 2 words of one syllable. 3 They've had poor bringing up. K Gradually evidence is accumulat- |). ‘ ing to support the belief that there } ,f connection between the vitarwya|D lowers the vitamin A content, if a as know that deficiency or lack of |“) vitamin A prevents development of vigor of the mucous mem-| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS particularly the respiratory No Pores ¢ and there is reason to believe| How does a hot bath affect the } Renguney ey ‘ dash of cold water, if one must go t out soon afterwards? (C. H.) a ™ | to see bright skies ahead. Sapanese will not be frightened by ‘source of vitamin e THE these medieval threats. Persons who are unduly subject t WW oust io’ seine: tity Hew DARL icdinanid Mooroca tian stieboisie [Copsey Sa unig an an ee eee | etude Ca cocina eae - ide ers a wel as well as freedom | versa, circumstances, un! NE DEAL had a swell time at the President's] a New York state supreme court fad — ry § IN Ball ... I remember getting a wink} justice, Wall Street is a little ti from bald-headed Don Richberg as| ‘happier to report. TASHINGTO) his large frame pranced a partner| (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) a through id Linask ft Meet -. And h ‘was carried way to the Wilson by —BY RODNEY DUTCHE administration when I saw Dr. Cary E : Grayson and Ray Baker—two vet- 1 (Tribune Washington Correspondent) social lions—parked with Mrs. IN AMERICA : Washington, Feb. 18—New Deal) Roosevelt, beautiful Anna Dall Boet- By Joseph Nathan Kane - morale is nearer bottom than it ever) tiger, and young Elliott Roosevelt] | author of “Famous First Fa SYNOPSIS be ressonable,” said) tinct sense of was befor: and his wife, all laughing heartily as coed at « A foggy where-do-we-go-from-here| Eddie Cantor wisecracked at points lere and it’s reasonable. ight” t feeling afflicts an unprecedented|of Mae West's anatomy ... A blond me one of Shene’s} Mark number of high officials and sena-| girl, craning her neck, exclaimed: beng ada buy me/ toward the sta: tors who can't find anything to cheer |“Well, if Anna Dall’s husband isn’t ee ee the, pic- aon ‘ about. here, I'm going home. That’s all I by aff mene lasts cries at : Administration liberals, optimistic]came for” ... Ghosts out of the ri repo up tomorn aan b to the last after others succumbed | past: Charles Curtis, once vice pres-' sigs Til guia unholy there, ematy i to pessimism, have now been com-} ident, at a table with the once cele- Riding. But I can’t ple digo 7 pletely floored by the dismissal of]brated Dolly Gann, Mr. Gann and long pigs that’s rare enough these be General Counsel Jerome Frank of |others...And Miss Frances “Robbie” b AAA and a group of subordinates—j Robinson, in white furs and with a hezote leave yon qlene L plus demotion of Consumers’ Coun-| couple of big fellows, neither of whom Mark. ‘been 8 sel Fred C. Howe, appointed to pro-|was General Johnson ... And you little i tect consumers from profiteering un- | should have seen roly-poly Mrs. Hom- b der the AAA program and now be-|er Cummings as she lowered her Ks ing punished ‘or trying. head and butted a path through a a Howe, Frank, Gardner, Jackson, b big crowd of standees to the dance floor! and others tried to persuade AAA ! (Copyright, 1938, NEA Service, Inc.) Administrator Chester Davis that fair prices paid to task anys sie ,. a charged to consumers were better for the country and the AAA program| J ards It legemeseep og iin etd than big profits for packers, milk] BaRBs—barbs— his resolve to forget lark finally arrives in corporations, and other “middlemen.” He feels that if he can N i ue food jruccescrsi Gite aamiaele low that we've told the world how age. Despite ‘anya, great we are as a nation, can’t we Tr terrific pressure and packed AAA|stop scientists from discovt how Z 7 find Vanya and learn more about ranks with their friends, are noW|insignificant we are in the universe? —_—_—_———— her, he will be disappointed and cocapletaly in ascendannyattene lool oe oe FiQst FAIR O€LIEVEDHELD the obsession will wash. Vanya y IN RICHMOND, VA. is not at Tonga so Mark heads for Tongatabu where Pearly She: lives. anaet es and beachcombe war Gerelict, and member of 3 peeehent Ss : family—informs Mar! dances at the Diver's Helmet, and by Pearly Shene; away at the present ik buys Loring a drink. period during which the Davis group sabotaged and suppressed efforts for the consumer. Prof. Tugwell still seems to have considerable pull with the administration. ek * Almost any convict could tell the experts how to relieve prison con- gestion. Just give him an automo- bile and an hour's start. ee ke Apparently Italy doesn't mind offering up the lives of thousands to avenge the deaths of a few. * * * GhoRce H. WALKER, then bresident of the United States Golf Association, pre- sented the (amous international cup. The first fireboat was shaped like a scow and was Powered by 12 men, who used oars. A fire engine was mount- ed on the boat The charter of the city of Richmond in 1742 called for two fairs, one in May and the other in November MORE DARK CLOUDS But the sensational AAA purge is only part of the picture. Here's the rest: Congressional grumbling drowns any cheers over the work relief and social insurance bills, now dragging slowly and with difficulty. The sole Capitol Hill acnievement to date has been negative—defeat of the admin- istration on the World Court. Downtown, PWA, FERA, and NRA all worry over what happens to them next, NRA, along with the A. FP. of L, tries to recover from the sock: it got when Roosevelt turned down NRA recommendations on the auto- A Russian surgeon stretched the height of a midget six inches but the Steel Magnate mobile code. Morale at the National Moumoxrat Answer to Previous Puzéle to many towns Labor Relations Board is shot to 6 Manufac- B N {sing.). Pieces and you can imagine what the turer of steel. eT SCE RSMAS 20 Auriculate. supreme court oil decision did to the] {2 Native metal. ELISE} EIAITI _AISISIO 32 Plundered. oil administration. 13 To run away. ran iq 24 Young eagle. 14To wander eS] 26 Vulgar f the penalty which might legally have been assessed against them. The spectacle of these two ignoramuses languishing in jail as a result of fol- lowing the fool advice of some ir- responsible radical would not have added to the dignity of the authori- ties and it might have served as a basis for the cry of persecution for protest. As it is the incident has brought into ‘sharp focus one of the very difficult problems we face—and that is the tendency of so many peo- Ple to imagine themselves competent. to cut adrift from all the proved some Utopia wherein we RUMORS GET NASTY about. 27 Frenzied rites. “That's the Senate munitions revelations in-| 5 Irish fuel. 29To groan, customers like volve higher and higher personages.| 6 Inn. 30 Prophet, no favorites; Evidence of White Housewire-pulling| 18 Full-length 32 Writing ey A by battleship bullders—involving Jim| vestment. implement. danny Farley, Secretary McIntyre, and the} 9 Lion. 35 Measure of “Well,” shrugged, “I Admiral Peoples who is touted as} 91 Monkey. area, never yet heard of a women in the No, 1 Man in the four-billion dollar} 23 Edge of a roof. 36 Auto shed. South Seas that they didn’t tell EI Acts: 39 Woven strings. tales about. 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