The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 8, 1935, Page 4

the expense of the consumer. latter is entitled to a fair deal, too, Bismarck | and in the long run he usually gets it, GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher If, as intimated from Washington, the AAA and other agencies are con- spiring with farm organizations to squeeze the consumer, the farmer should put an immediate stop to it, for a revolt by the consumer would upset all of the advances in farm 00 organization which have been made 50) important issue within = year. 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 iter herein are also reserved. Too Many Friends One of the surprising developments ft this session of congress has been ‘the turn taken by the soldiers’ bonus. First of all, despite the claim that it will further disarrange an already unsettled budget, is the fact that sup- port for the measure seems almost universal, That it will pass both house and senate seems a foregone conclusion. Whether or not it could ‘be enacted over a veto by the presi- dent is uncertain but there clearly is the possibility of that, too. The second unusual fact is that the onus issue suffers from the very multiplicity of its friends, Some want to adopt one method of payment and Some want another. For example, there are pending in congress bills to pay the veteran by starting the print- ing presses to turn out $2,300,000,000 in so-called “new money.” Other proposals would encourage the silver industry by issuing that many silver dollars or silver certifi- cates. Still others would finance the pay- ment by issuing bonds, thus follow- ing the method adopted for raising Poor relief money. With some of the partisans of these bills, it should be remembered, the method of payment may be more im- portant than that the bonus be paid. ‘Thus Congressman Patman, the au- thor of one printing press measure, has shown fully as much interest in currency inflation as in bonus pay- ment, although his support of the bonus as such cannot be questioned. Faced with this situation, the American Legion, now the chief pro- Ponent of bonus payment, introduced @ bill which requires that the bonus be paid but does not specify how the money should be raised. That would be @ separate issue for determination by passing a separate bill. Action of the Legion was dictated by the fact that inflation ts clearly ® political issue. It wants payment of the bonus but it does not care to accept responsibility for any one of the methods proposed for raising the money, contending that this is none of its business. Hence its diffidence in recent years. Tt may be a little early to direct attention to this situation but if the present trend continues it will be an We of the farm country should be pre- pared to meet it and to make sure that the development, when it comes, will find the heat applied in the right places and not to the farmers who have been patient and who certainly have not been grasping. New Industry With a trend toward decentraliza- tion one of the guiding rules of mod- ern American industry, it should not be overlooked that developments un- der the federal relief system are giving real impetus to this movement. In North Dakota, for example, we are acquiring the makings of s tan- ing and leather industry as a result of the cattle and sheep buying cam- paign conducted by the government last summer end fall. At Williston the FERA has estab- Ushed a tannery which is expected to process 1,081 hides, the leather to be used in the manufacture of jackets, gloves, mittens and other products, Of 322,269 sheep pelts available, 12,531 have been given the Indians, thus stimulating what is probably the oldest industry in the state, for the forebears of our reservation folk were expert tanners. Elsewhere in the state, home tan- ning has been revived as pelts of ani- mals slaughtered in individual com- munities were turned over to the butchers as partial payment for their work, ‘The experience thus gained may be valuable later in further developing this trend. With substantial pack- ing plants already in operation at Fargo, Grand Forks and Bismarck it is possible that the tanning of leather and the manufacture of leather goods may become an important industry in North Dakota in the not distant future. 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. What Will It Cost? (New York Times) ‘With the president's employment Program being discussed by many Senators as if nothing but great de- tached moral principles were involved, the national industrial conference board has done a useful service in pointing out what various types of would cost. The total cost of taking care of 3,500,000 men a year on direct relief, based on the average in supporting any of the measures ing which already had been introduced and sponsorship of a bill of its own. In this it was justified. The mil- lion members of the Legion include some who are for inflation, some who are against it. The vast majority are for payment of the bonus. Perhaps @ majority do not care how the money is raised but some of those who have studied the matter have deep feelings on the subject. There seems no reason for getting a great patriotic organization involved in a political issue, particularly when it is pledged by its constitution to refrain from taking sides in controversies of this nature. Fish vs. Pork Hard on the heels of recent ad- remarkable when one notices that the budget bureau’s “prevailing wage” figure is based on the assumption that’ such @ wage would be 80 cents an » While the conference board, on ey nf THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, MARCH ~, 1985 ‘Wh—What’s in There?’ ey THE NEW ,DEAL [ASHINGTO: RODNEY DUTCHE! (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Building Material Cost and Craft Wage Cuts Urged to Break Work- Relief Jam... Viewed as Best Re- covery Hope ... Love Feast Marks Labor Palace Dedication. Washington, March 8.—Roosevelt’s official family as well as his congres- sional majority has been split by the issue of work-relief wages. The president, before he made up his mind for a low “subsistence” wage ‘scale on federal projects under his $4,- 880,000,000 program, had to choose be- tween a formidable group of liberal Officials backed by labor organizations jand a strong conservative group backed by business and financial interests iberrig in general opposed the program if . Since the Senate tied the work- relief bill in a snarl by voting for the McCarran “prevailing wage” amend- ‘ment, some members of the former group have been urging Roosevelt to One strong nucleus of advisers has urged that this is the time to demand a reduction in building materials prices along with a cut of high wage Tate in the building trades, and put work-relief wages high enough to leave no substantial difference be- tween those paid to public works res and those to private works ALL MUST SACRIFICE ‘The idea is to stimulate production, construction,, and employment by breaking the rigidity of monopolistic ilding materials along 'N the market places of many mediéval villages in western Eu- rope stood a Cross on # base of steps from which proclamations were read to the peo ple. In France and Belgium these were called “perrons.” In 1468, Charles the Bold sacked the city of Liege. Belgium. and incensed ‘at the resistance of the inhabitants, ordered the perron re moved and inscribed with all kinds Of insults to the people of Liege A new perron was built in Liege’s PRESSURE PUT ON F. R. No one knows whether Roosevelt can be persuaded to take this rela~ tively bold step. But pressure for it has been growing steadily. One of the administration’s fore- most economists has kept insisting that if you could get all agencies and labor groups contributing to all Stages of building houses, each to make @ certain reduction, a huge boost in activity would result. He doesn’t see why makers of steel, glass, tires, and so on can't get together with automobile manu facturers, and sales agencies can’t get together on a lower price pro- to increase production volume. Industrial history shows that big- ger volume and lower prices have often increased profits as well as employment. LABOR LOVE FEAST The gorgeous new department of labor building, known locally as the “Palace of Labor,” was formally opened on the same day NRA offi- cially estimated the number of un- employed at 10,830,000 and at a time when the A. F. of L. “prevailing wage campaign had just gummed up the administration’s work-relief bill. There was a large and fashionable audience of officials, diplomats, and labor leaders and never a note of anything faintly controversial. During speeches by Secretary Per- kins, Bill Green, and others, un- employment was mentioned just once. That was when Madam Secre- tary urged everybody to look at an exhibit of pottery made by “the un- employed.” The exercises were held in the big assembly hall, heavy with gilt paint, with high windows and the flags of the Allies draped prettily. HUSH ON “BUM” SONG Assistant Secretary Ed McGrady, ex-A. F. of L. leader, led the crowd in toga pred Me cette Sweet- heart” while many employes simper- ed and looked at Miss Perkins. Advance consultation had consid- ered the point that the community singing ought to include “a labor C HORIZONTAL U7 English sur. geon pictured here. 41 Crescent shaped figure. (2He isa medical ——. 14 Neither. 15 Pep 16 Occurrence, 18 Large inn. 20 Structural unit. 21 Trinity. 22 Uncommon. . 23 More sensible, 39 Ulcers. 24 Landlord.’ 41 Railroad. 28 Before Christ. 42 Long tube. 26Golf device. 44 Pertaining to 28 Broth. a dower. 29 Negative, 45 Each, 30 Poem. 46 To act asa 31 Folding bed. model. 32 Bill of fare, 47 Lemur. 33 Scarlet. 48 Hence. ¥4 Neuter 50 He continued Pronoun. 35 More modern. 36 Within. on —#. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Hi FIIEpAGE. jae Ls ly I it i | ek ae song.” It must be “safe.” Certain |clent cynics suggested “Hallelujah, I'm a eee Bum,” but they chose “I Been Work- | eulosis in’ on the Railroad.” safest President Roosevelt had originally |Tisk of contracting tubercul Pay E il i é : i 3 rh ih gz Efss ug E i g g 2 H i i i But there had been developments in administration-labor relations and he had found @ convenient date with the “Fly Club” at Harvard, Neither Herbert Hoover nor An- drew Mellon, the two men chiefly responsible for the new building, was present. Refreshments: Weak punch, with ‘@ tea base. (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) Homemakers clubs in Hettinger county have assisted the agricultural agent in the organization of 11 new 4-H clubs for boys and girls. Het- tinger county now has 16 4-H clubs and has formed more new clubs re- cently than any other county. surgeon, C) 11 To emulate. 18 Hank of yarn. 19 He was a — on surgery. 21 Musical note. a (pl) 6To be unde cided. ‘1 Behold. Pasteur's work 8 Nose sound. 9 To earry. 51 His antiseptic 10 Before. | Vai MERE neh maw the i ape ea acts ey a or community ue F i 5 ae E +e if i at li F i ! H 4 a 37 i si if t f i Ht iH i i | i § ; ait reli ei serene i al i i ie i i} 4 if] i 4] ing iF ik it i F| i ts sf s sf “Feri fie ; it i i oe [ I i 8 al SAB Sri f i il i 2; 2 it ie # 37 g i taneously corrects itself by the thas the boy reaches the age of 14 years. Sometimes a few doses of pitu- itary hormone hypodermically ei istered by the family physician, bring about normal descent of the testicle. " Nervous? If newspaper readers would only pay close attention to what Dr, Brady tries to teach about “nervousness, T believe thousands of “nervous wrecks” would ‘be restored to health ... (A. T. L.) ‘Answer—Of the few who do pay at- tention, now and then one assures me he or she has been restored to heaiir, and that’s enough for me. Send dime and stamped self-addressed envelope for copy of booklet “Chronic Nervous Imposition. ‘oopytight, 1935, John F. Dille Co.) [A Thought] He shall judge Thy people with righteousness, and Thy poor with Saleen Seales 722. ‘The just, though they hate evil, yet give men # patient hearing; that they will show proofs that they are not evil—Sir Philip Sidney. a di i 3 if i i | i F $ i if un ; i ih iH if