The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1935, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1935. The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper } WHE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER | (Established 1873) f Gtate, City and County Official Newspaper , Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- Rs: N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck second ' class mail matter, GEORGE D. MANN Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year ..........+ Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) Daily by mail, per year (in state outside of Bismarck ....0++0000 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year ..... A Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, DEF YEAF vevesereresee seeeeees ae 1A ‘Weekly by mail in Canada, per 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 disp » the local news of spontaneous origin published hi All rights of republication of all other matter hereii also reserved. = = == | Inspiration for Today | Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages—St. / Luke, 3:14. No man, for any considerable period, can wear | | one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true—Hawthorne, i ——— Cause for Concern In the hurry of those last hours of the re- ry said and done which should have the scrutiny of the voters in their less-agitated moments. There was, for example, the charge of Rep. Edwin Traynor that this session had been the most corrupt in his experience; that in the old days people offering bribes for votes sneaked around in hotel corridors but that now the prac- tice is much more open. Traynor is a Republican, but against this can be matched the testimony of a Democrat, Harry O’Brien of Park River, Mr. O’Brien wrote a column for publication by many newspapers during the session in which he assumed to give the “low-down” on various things. In his final effort Mr. O’Brien said: “TRADING IS EXTENSIVELY IN- DULGED IN AND THIS MAY BE EX- PLAINED IN A SINGLE SENTENCE, ‘YOU. VOTE FOR OUR BILL AND WE'LL VOTE} FOR YOURS. ITS A MISERABLE GAME AND IF THE CITIZENS REALLY KNEW HOW SOME OF THEIR LAWS WERE MADE THEY WOULD BE VERY SORE INDEED...” Allowing that what Traynor said was in the heat of debate and that columnists sometimes strain a little to make their stuff interesting, | these accusations are worthy of notice. This is particularly so in view of the constitutional provision which says: “If any person elected to either house of the legislative assembly shall offer or promise to give his vote or influence, in favor of or against any measures or propo- sition pending or proposed to be introduced into the legislative assembly, in considera- tion or upon conditions that any other per- son elected to the same legislative assem- bly, will give, or will promise or assent to give his vote or influence for or against any other measure or proposition, pending or proposed to be introduced into such legislative assembly, the person making such offer or promise shall be deemed guilty of solicitation of bribery.” The offense is declared punishable by ex- pulsion, disqualification from office and by punishment as a felony upon conviction in a civil court. Because of this, these charges are not to be taken lightly, If anything growing out of this legislature 4g to be investigated, this should be a fruitful source of inquiry and at least two witnesses are clearly indicated to start the ball rolling. It may be that only the naive feel that “trad- ing” is not practiced in our legislature. It may be, as some contend, impossible to stop it. But at the very least it should not be tolerated | knowingly. We cannot say we have had no warning. 1 Wise Precaution it It is a wise precaution which local folks are taking in arranging for special police activities during the state basketball tournament this week-end. As to the vast majority of our high school students, we need have no cause for alarm. They reflect and will continue to reflect credit both upon their schools and their families. But here and there we are likely to find boys and girls who are “wise” beyond their years. ‘Through lack of training they are liable to feel it smart to “go on a tear” while away from their homes. Youth has strange rivalries and one of them is the desire to cent legislative session, certain things were|" | P O LITI CS | | Nation’s Capital | By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, the Associated Press, Washington) More may be heard within the next few months about the war debts. The Roosevelt administration is studying quietly what, if anything, can be done. A plan advanced by @ group of Chicago attorneys is attracting some attention in Washington. It proposes that the combined total of the debts be scaled down from about $10,500,000,000 to about $3,500,000,000, and that pay- ment be made over a 12-year period at the rate of some- thing less than $300,000,000 a year. To enable Europe to save the money necessary to make a beginning, a five-year holiday on armaments is proposed. It is argued this would mean further com- pensation for the United States, too, because what we now spend on armaments could go into savings, The authorship of the plan is attributed to Salmon O. Levinson, who had much to do with laying the groundwork for the Kellogg-Briand anti-war pact. Nothing approaching acceptance of this proposal is yet apparent in Washington, but it will remain under study along with other suggestions, ve 8 TO FOLLOW G. 0. P. PLAN? Looking to the 1936 presidential campaign, some ad- | ministration strategists are taking encouragement from ¢| what happened in 1924. ‘They base their reasoning on a belief that next year will see a three-way contest, with Mr. Roosevelt and the Republican nominee bidding for the right-wing and mid- dle-ground support against a third-party left-winger. In '24 the Republican nominee, Calvin Coolidge, was | | opposed by John W. Davis, Democrat, and Robert M. LaFollette, Progressive. The Republicans stressed the possibility of an elec- toral college deadlock, throwing the election into the house of representatives, and argued that in that event no one could tell what might happen, Adopting “Coolidge or Chaos” as their slogan, they urged all opposed to extreme radicalism to help fore- "| stall a deadlock by voting for the right-wing candidate having the best chance of election, Mr. Coolidge. For that reason or some other, he easily got his majority. The Democrats may try something like that in '36, if, as, and when the occasion arises. | ee the Scenes | in Washington | orrexpondent) Washington, March 19.—The stewing in congress over NRA legislation isn't anywhere near as important as the attitude of the nine old men who occupy the ancient chamber of the U. S. supreme court, on the long corridor between senate and house, Nearly everyone in congress agrees that the least that should be preserved of NRA is its provision for es- tablishment—and enforcement—of maximum hours and minimum wages. Without that, there just isn't any NRA and if the governent lacks power to enforce it employers will slip back to the old days when wages of $5 and $6 a week and work-weeks of 60 or 70 hours were common in in- dustry, The supreme court must decide whether wage and hour regulations can be enforced. And it will so decide late in April or early in May, after it hears arguments on the Belcher lumber case. Donald Richberg has proposed an NIRA which will meet the court's objections in the hot oil case by more clearly defining the intent of congress and laying down more definite standards. But the Belcher case decision probably will tell congress whether it can have any NRA at all, see ISSUE IS PLAIN Federal judges have been kicking the issue around for months, deciding this way and that way. The issue is simply: Is the production of goods interstate com- merce ntrastate commerce and, in either event, is congress empowered to regulate conditions of production by virtue of the fact that such regulation is necessary if congress is to exercise effectively its constitutional right to regulate interstate commerce? “ee PRISON THREAT CLEAR The senate munitions committee assigned a couple Of its experts to draft a preliminary bill for control of the munitions industry and taking the profits out of war. According to latest grapevine reports, they had agreed on one line—which has to do with profit regula- tion in wartime: “Trains shall run regularly to Leavenworth and Atlanta.” John T. Flynn, eminent economist and writer and a member of the committee’s technical advisory board, will be called in to help write the measure. He will take the witness stand to present recommendations and be fol- lowed by Bernard Mannes Baruch, who with General Johnson sired the McSwain “take-the-profits-out-of- war” bill in the house, The senate committee's bill will be much stronger than the Baruch bill, which would provide for price- freezing, but not for removal of war profits, se BARUCH IN CORNER Baruch will be asked to reconcile it with his state- ment to the war policies commission in 1931 that pro- duction increase in wartime, with lower cost per unit, would result in “huge war profits even with a fixed price structure and a high excess-profits tax.” Baruch then even explained how it would work, as follows: “Consider the simple case of a company capitatizing for $1,000,000 selling $1,000,000 worth of goods annually, making 20 per cent gross profit or $200,000, on its turn- over, and having $100,000 of expenses of ition and selling, leaving a net profit of $100,000, or 10 per cent, on both its normal turnover and its capital. “Suppose also that 10 per cent of its costs of manu- facture, or $80,000, is fixed overhead charges—deprecia- tion, maintenance, supervision, taxes, ete. “Then its cost of material and direct labor are $720,- 000 for every million dollars’ worth of goods it sells. . HUGE PROFIT CERTAIN “Now, suppose war comes and we need the plant's full capacity. We give it orders of $4,000,000 worth of goods to be delivered in a single year. It has no in- creased selling and administrative expense, “Neither do fixed overhead elements of its manufac- turing costs increase greatly—say only to $90,000... “Its material and direct labor costs on its $4,000,000 sales are $2,880,000. To this it must add $90,000 for fixed overhead charges and $100,000 for general and admin- istrative expense, making a total cost of goods sold of $3,070,000. “Its net profit is, therefore, $930,000, er 930 cent of its normal profits im peace. It is making nearly 100 per cent on ite investment and its profit on turnever has increased 10 to 23 cent. “Even if we assess a tax of 80 per cent on the $830, 000 of excess over peace profit, the i With Other Editors Editorials reprinted from other newspapers are for EXPECT BiG SAVING FROM ABOLITION OF belongs. The petitions must be filed | gust the party with the county auditor not more/tion at the state capitol, than 50 nor less than 25 days prior! precinct committeemen to the election, | Present of last year are declared hol first Wednesday in May, 1936, to elect | which the committeeman-candidate|meet the second Wednesday in Au- primary elec- will pick their delegates to the state party con- precinct committeemen | vention at county meetings to be held elected at the party primary election| the first Wednesday in May in each Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. tions rtaining to health but not die- letters ‘Srefly and in ink, Address 7 @. All queries must be accompanied by velope. Dr. Brady will agrwer ease of diagnosis. te aay in care a HOW MUOH SALT DO YOU TAKE? physicians, stout fellows, ingested for months He Hl ul abe i ul ii ‘ iF if iH f u ze Ee Hl af reason the tissues to retain the water instead of sweating it away. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS monium citrate and the iodin while I am taking the tablets forh.b.p. . » eal Gate en month. My b. p. is down to 188—it has been as high as 245. 1 committeemen by the law and are di-} One delega’ coped ah as 245. I know you PRIMARY ELECTION ected to meet at county. seats the| each G00 verer cast ca Secon for |don’t presoribe, but I'm wondering whether I should take the iron and ome ae to the state party conven- ‘The state central committees of each party also are directed to call a state convention in 1936 for the pur- Pose of choosing a national commit- teeman and national committeewom- an, together with delegates to the na- tional party conventions. ‘Names to Be Printed State to Save $135,000 Every Four Years by Change From Present System of votes, ray (Editor’s Note: This is another of a series of stories explaining important laws passed by the 1935 legislature). A special ballot is to be provided on which will appear only the names of Abolishment of the presidential pri-| candidates for precinct committee. cf - mary will save North Dakota approxi-| men. Separate ballots sre to be pro-| ._1t,4 Contrary ta the spirit of Nur- mately $135,000 in election expenses every four years, Senator A. F. Bon- ver, Jr.. sponsor of the act repealing the old law, estimated Friday. The law, to go rool in 1938, presidential elector in the last pre-|(B. H.) ceding presidential election of the Party receiving the highest number Answer—Your physician knows best. . I haven't second sight and I don’t know what tablets you are taking. tial election. | eee ees ee CHAPTER XXXVI the bosom of the gigantic Sea. For) “What telit” queried At least one committeeman for each are sMerk! Moles ine beat! Whats lone time they ‘ntoved in aliens | Mark. “you were passed when —wha' pened: wondering whether|things happened. was the “t don't know, Vanya. I found —— even vapen yen she guy witoean, and Tim sute he wort to] Jee unconscious or drugged. Without opening har epee, P| want ‘any additional trouble; hell tes {a the beck room ‘That's as much “ene and Loring and the Cove| probably” which is true, that | gull aah of Heht, memory re [Seer ro rat aiae he, mughe iss quarrel, “hey ‘were, always turned to the girl." Shene and his|BA°Wly exist. Shene's voice comes| ins quarrel, paar eh ye ma eet, wine—-hor ist And sound in, the raountains, that some cumstances will bear out Hong’s evey:|times frightened me in childhood, . And we, of course, will say leaving her alone, she thought, for- me, in ohildhood. |e rog” ever. She ie age «Seta 4 ‘Vanya was again silent for a Hp ake "aasn S| Pig's mare rm on tee ry remembered the rising of|said Mark jloomily. He had re-lcifc. At length she spoke again. darkness, and Shene’s rumbling| membered, interval of for- (OT ganic dear,” she said, “what te voice, and very little more. But Cyngor ery y to ha) to us now?” the wae tying half If his armas, awh? Whee doe ten tie Wha shoal happen, ae ins. Pir aed paigly Sood Mark?’ meee “The pearls!” she said. “To was| “Deedl” Fon aa “Lage bee earee fotos mete Shene! ‘He wanted the pearis, and didn’t do it! It wasn’t you, was it?” evgrztaing. (A Sa, on the Ortont he tried to drug me.’ “No,” he res} , “It|I didn’t even want to know you, HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle tooth. “He seemed to have succeeded should have been, but wasn't. It yet yom won that battle, And then, 1 Authorit: 7 SET 8 To bubbl when I arrived,” said Mark dryly. man; it ”}on Tongatabu, I didn’t want to love’ uthority on HED wa i guaiiamel “But I knew! I knew there was| “ 1” Vanya’s 70% and you tri there too. conditions OIL Ie MITER water something wrong with the wine; I|was one of relief. Only Loring even In such ii asthe olga mM fal Bl «9 Part of a circle could itl” It doesn’t matter about him; he's| night I tried to insist on landers. at RIDIGIN] 10 You and me. “Then why the devil—t” . veg, piwaas salad we, Ane. 12 Grapefrutt. ALARMS] 11 Horse food. “Mark, I saw you step into you ineh® paid Merk, lecings| new weetien 13 libbred a 128he ts an aw: prau; I saw you leaving me! That's Coe oO a He was fght-|bettle over cur T refused thority on — why X drank {t, and hoped it was) (as Me you te ge, through with aren 34 Yes. 18 You. poisoned. tNot He couldn’t—not Loring! | ferred to—to do what I did anal ‘ 17 Shifts, taal do what you think| He hated mal He woulén' have than yield, and yet = i apple acid. ae ie her gently on her pale) “He didn't hate ba vi Be ring 3 with Phe 18 Coloring 23 Stratum, i didn’t hate you; you.’ matter. “Yes!” she said defiantly. “Yes,/Mark’s voice was somber. ours! I seem to be utterly in- 36 Nimble. I did think so! I was desperat “Mark, you're med! He hated you, Mark.” 19 Sea eagle. 26 Coat of mail. tahappy, oad than and Reretely| me!” geeee Some oh hee 20 Pertaining to 33 singing voice. ing in the —— 27 Fair-haired. ‘@ good joke on Shene.”| “He didn’t, V: 1 know— id a dower. lump. 47. 8he is —— to 28 Recipient. “Joke? What seemed like a hough he never ald e single word, “Tt she said. Paid 21 Honey m. the League of 30 Occurrences, joke?’ 1 send It in the song be Somes Tg pene Soe sae Oe pacmed gatherer, Nations (pl). 31 Sixtieth ote ane parte! Laide have them Nd le ime ould taetostons » You Fy Structural be pista pone " rushing like a fool to arrive too “Do you think so, Vanya?” he 1 Floated. “Good Lord!” ejaculated Mark. |late.” asked with an unaccustomed note 25 To chan 2 Derivative of “thevet an Toe hig ny 1 Teed sare sonnne. ats scchmaiene wae an nae eieariog Naw: “I pogd bin he saomened. “r pare, ever told you that I 27 Ink stains, 38 Father. were vanishing. She herself |almost ecstatic. 1’ a Ge “No, Mark. And the one time I 88 Arid. 44 Loaded. 39 Part of shoe. still further erect, vo that her head|him happy before; he was glad to paniured te nek Few, 7a told me 29 Table herd, 45 To annoy. 41 Auto. leaned red mene raight ie fer You, Vare. the ex TecWhen was that?™ 31 Any 42 Genus of cattle cheated can tae: Seeing straleht | i'm perry Gel 2) ott was why, night before last. s2Elephant tusk = charge of the 44 Sixth note. night, “did you really those/tinued. “I’m Sikeriy’ corre, Per-| You answered that with love on substance. Fecent ballot- 7Grinding 46 Third note. veges” haps T'was wrong about him.” both sides our bargain would be no 3 ' lo, dear,” he confessed with an| “You were wrong. The man was an one. You must Ae Ne i a mace TH [te sion oes eed ae RENSY a evar, ee Na EN\an8 tess das you retere 0 dealy, “I do love you! I've loved Nx et i aE, ial i i fr [ ; showing the trend of thought. The Tribune may oF to I was theres eaid with his may not agree with the thoughts contained in them. Soped figure thin ‘out, | was happy, you. ‘tion she was to utter; she Limited Seeslons gi beet pou wend a eas ey vio! ling repens ries al: im: ” Rew and (Duluth Herald) Sorastnan toons’ aaid Vi for it ay A eset, 5 ‘when orth Da- “T’d been 20 torn and so upset dor” “Dear,” he pees Rh (28 Sates einen eee ee ae ee I forget them, ‘That's boca. s tals-| Tim going’ to, send these black|® folded paper from his pocket, “de leg y- session, this?” the clocks, carefully stopped just before noon, said 11:50. ie time—these last several back when or {tts Shene’s About 250 new laws were enacted in the sixty days of be Lepyey Ase course! a ma. the session, with a great rush in the final E was silent, leaning es we ante to one we got on Much the same sort of scene will be enacted in St. against his shoulder with her his—remains.” Paul next, month. |The Wisconsin | ature, he Gene pats giietening in the moon. py how, Mark? You don’t know i get to the por- all ‘nme, but the ita * sree are about the aise of te genera ake at br fae im going fo, tall thane te bury into tures’ cam mate oe thet minds pol needed laws weary; she had closed her oyes, and — in an orderly manner and go home without » final haz- lay a2 passive now as when she had) sob, and Don't blame congressmen for not much. You wouldn't, either, if your wite, brothers and Ae | cousins worked with you. i i it i ness, fa gee immer arson ee lous, the ‘only pa beings on|as Wwitassoest” Covmeisht. 1084. bo King Bestares Syedicets, los. A ” u