The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 23, 1935, Page 6

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1935 js es : AlLe f the W: chind the Scenes |||____Atenerettiewar | in Washington WITH RODNEY DUTCHER - The Bismarck Tribune i “Am Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. ions tip wad to health but not dis- ease or diagnosis, Write letters briefly and im ink. Address Dr. Brady in care of The Tribune. All queries must be accompanied by @ stamped, self-addressed envelope. State, City and County Official Newspaper N. deters st the poevatfice urares |, : . D., and ent at at J 4 No Strip Farmers in Throng Invading Washington, But eee ee, How They Liked Those Strip Acts! ... And Rovse- George D. Mann velt’s Speech, Too ... Paid Own Way Is Answer to n ‘ President and Publisher Doubters. : “Archie O. J Kenneth W. Simons Dr. Brady will answer M NUTRITION AND CATARACT ° Cataracts develop in nearly 100% of rats fed on a diet which contains no vitamin G. Some research students believe this development of cataract eee Washington, May 23.—The dirt farmers who pil- johnson @ecretary and Treasurer Editor here to cheer the AAA were dyed-in-the-wool in rats is a better criterion of vitamin G deficiency than is dermatitis, which i : ones: > est of is the criterion in the ordinary biological assay of food substances for vita- 4 As a matter of journalistic fairness to the pretty min G. ° Several that the cataract an animal de- red in “Dai Curves” at the local years.ago Sherman suggested gals who cape! in ingerous Curve: velops when there is a deficiency of vitamin G in the food is in the nature burlesque house, it should be recorded that while Presi- dent Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace drew applauding hosannas in the afternoon, the sons of the soil paid equally high tribute to the strip artists and songbirds of that show in the evening. Nearly 300 of the boys piled into the theater after an early supper and took it over. Delegations from various states Lead to cheer one another and then pro- 2 ceeded to whoop for absentees. - Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Some South Dakota boys called for three ees Senator Bulow and then Washington's own burlesque Member of The Associated Press fans filled up the seats amid successive roars for other The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the | agrarian statesmen. ‘use for republication of all news dispatches credited to eee it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also AND DID THEY LIKE IT! the local news of spontaneous origin published herein All rights of republication of all other matter herein are "The whoops grew louder after the curtain went up. eee eee ce Your correspondent is reliably informed that strip acts have nothing to do with strip farming and that dirt farmers are concerned with the kind of dirt that blows around in dust storms, but if the girls of “Dangerous Curves” were oblivious to those facts they were at least aware of the liveliest audience this theater- going city has seen in a long time. Miss Sunya (“Smiles”) Slane would never remind CAA one of a bean-pole. Nor did she wear a costume that There is always hope in a man who actually would indicate any severe inroad into the cotton carry- and earnestly works. In idleness alone is there over. +] perpetual despair —Carlyle. But you'd have been surprised how often she had to sing “If I had a Big Red Apple, Would You Keep Me a es al: School?” And the especially prepared jokes about " * and cows didn’t seem to go over the farmers’ heads. Our Ponderous Machinery Just outside, a bartender and a tax! driver were ask- 5 ing each other: “What's all these farmers here for? Some congressmen from the farm states, |What's this they keep talking about—the ‘three A's’? particularly the corn-growing regions, are hav-; What the—is the ‘three A's'?” ing fits about the tax-free importation of ounce At cone <6 tapioca and s: i i 5 'SSMEN a 3 pioca and sago from which American manu-| sisewnere, state delegations were in huddles with acturers now are making starch, thereby |their congressmen. Some of the congressmen wished reducing the marke’ is " .|they were at the burlesque show. ki 8 je market for home Sas starch: Representative Andresen of Red Wing, Minn., was making products such as corn, rice, potatoes, | speaking to about 75 of his Minnesota constituents and wheat and sweet potatoes. bemoaning the increase in agricultural imports when @ . * . farmer arose and chided him 4 In a recent letter to his constituents, Con- “andresen, oi know saree ven we could produce Lj 1) eeessecesscesseesecesers by mail outside of North Dak ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year Af ‘Weekly Bo eames et Noth Dake 2 2100 Daily Daily Daily developed pellagra is comm: .in sections of the south where it prevails, it is quite probable that many mild cases in the north go unrecognized, or are called “eczema” of vitamin G, and it is my duty to disseminate the little knowledge we have. The best sources of vit G egg yolk, malted milk, milk, dried better turnip tops, carrots but better 3 steak, buttermilk, fresh raw milk, condensed milk, evaporated milk, skim ¥ milk, ice cream (genuine), fresh sweet cream, bananas, bacon, dandelion greens, cole slaw, cabbage raw or oysters, toes (new), canned salmon, spinach raw, tomato raw, turnip raw, wheat germ. We know that a deficiency or lack of vitamin A is responsible for xeroph- thalmia, a peculiar inflammation and degenetation of the eye tissues, with dryness (lack of tears), ulceration, and_night-! vitamin A is ever a factor of cataract, I have no idea. But it can do no harm‘to include an optimal ration of vitamin A in the diet, too. The easiest way to get a large amount of vitamin A quickly is by taking cod-liver or halibut-liver oil, which is the richest known source of vitamin A—say & tablespoonful once or twice daily for mine whether conditions improve under of vitamin A are butter, cream cheese, American cheese, Parmesan cheese, carrots preferably raw, tomato or tomato juice raw or milk, peas raw or canned, prunes, banana, kidney, Romaine lettuce, pep- pers, paprika, string beans, sweet potato, cantaloupe, dates. I shall be glad to hear from readers who have any experience with the use of optimal vitamin rations for conditions related to cataract or xeroph- thalmia or night-blindness. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS No Fish I have your excellent booklet entitled “Unbidden Guests,” but can ‘find nothing about so-called silverfish in it... (B. 8.) * Answer—Write to your congressman or the Agriculture Department of i the Government Printing Office, Ws D. C., for copy of Farmers’ Bulletin 902, which tells you how to deal with the silverfish. ee Inspiration for Today Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ‘ways, and be wise.—Proverbs, 6:6. i f= if Ee F aS i i i é m|cine—Dr. George Crile, tamed sur-| America’s industrial efficiency—Dr.| gir months pregnant, Crave raw oatmeal, eating it by the ne gressman William Lemke referred to this fact |#!! Mra aad that came in last year in one Minnesota LITICS | | geon. iene Simcoe Sigma California college Pro-| o¢¢ and on all day. (Mrs. O. B. E) ‘ j | as due to the iniquitous “Hawley-Smoot” tariff oor eee Girls will not marry today unless et * ‘ania oe aed ina hae a Teme uiaieas “eiber eew potbaee: besiege ad | and blamed the present administration for the ROOSEVELT REBELLED Ciaidicerdind erin igen they ied be able dota a ichiprie makes a real home,levery day. Send stamped envelope bearing your address, for advice for | condition, even though the tariff tioned |,,., The speech which Roosevelt was to have made to NATION'S CAPITOL | |Sortment of Stes Vaeaae proniatke “ol | Nahie. ewer divorce cases—lexpectant mother. ite 5 g iff mentioned| ine farmers from the White House portico had been sortment of the latest products of/Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink. (Copyright, 1935, John F. Dille Co.) I ‘was a purely Republican measure. carefully prepared by AAA ghost writers. It was a mild,|@ .; —_______- 1 There can be no question but that these safe and sane talk, reminiscent of the old guff about the By HERBERT PLUMMER if 3 any dignity of toil, the delights of ulture, "t thi | fmportations of Asiatic starches constitute|New Deel simply le Gellgnts of agriculture, and isn’t the) Washington—Politicians in the | unfair competition with the products of our] ,41"o0%evelt Cigna ane oe ee ut cue are | own farms. Neither does there seem to be any |fighting speech of the type for which his most devoted |march of farmers to Washington will good reason why the situation should not be|®mrers had long been hoping. open road to the banks of the corrected by passage of a bill, now before con- cer Potomac. : : PAID OWN WAY gress, to impose a tariff on them. Much mystery was made of the instigation of the Bi etcetera von To infer that anyone was lax because there peta ania aaa had to mre sind farmers from the south portico of is no tariff now, however, is silly. Until the|own pockets.” See Een ieee pirdale ted bina ny ot cena to starch manufacturers were driven to its use by gee by penne a O. Hastings to the|visit Washington since “ your : . . . trary stirred \ the high price of American materials everyone ‘The aeqionmenfion hed oessrtarasninsd| through the Ro nanecacaning Puen 5: thought of tapioca as an ingredient for a kind |county caer haere and county Lebveternees 8! The temptation to visit Washing- of pudding, not as a competitor to corn or po-|operation of the agricultural adjustment program, litt |" #9 Push one’s cause is not an easy tatoes. E. Day of Plainview, Tex, had written all the county [One to resist. When the president Th " committees and drummed up an army of 4,500. ema ha Foo sn hd oa e one weakness disclosed by the whole| Most of them were cotton growers who seemed stir- | ‘he harder. business is the fact that our protective ma- reap by the cotton textile gag haar ks on the arid poe eatees ipa gies ben chinery is too ponderous to function quickly. pests eee cares eae eer agement. Advocates "ot the Patman Growers of wheat and other crops have been con-|bonus bill, for example, repeatedly vinced that if one processing tax were beaten down, |had to ge certain groups of others would also soon be eliminated. veterans from staging another vet- eee erans’ march on Washington. Public works fund will be used to “electrify” rural NO POVERTY HERE 77 * sige By various devices the administration will at- They were weather-beaten, well-to-do middle class hess . tempt to bring power to the farms, thereby increasing | business men, including many who have $10,000 to| Already a march of NRA support- the comfort of farm life, making production easier | $20,000-a-year incomes, who reminded you that 60 per |e 0m the capital to urge upon the and more economical and relieving the farm wife of |CMt of the farms are still unmortgaged. No tenant |senate extension of that “New Deal” such drudgery. farmers or sharoarenners of course, oar toe nemenzeets neat of 10 They made a deep enough impressi moni ._ Pressed a ‘These are truly commendable aims, but the diffi-| Hill to warrant @ grestly increased Aegetarnnpe tion by Ward Cheney, silk manufac- eulties seem almost insuperable if the job is to be done | chances of the AAA amendments which the food indus-|turer of Connecticut, the response _ @conomically and ona commercially feasible basis, try lobbyists have been fighting so bitterly. has been reported good. Cheney says robe “has 10 (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) his “army” of industrialists will fight ery as long recognized that it would be a a for # strong two-year law for NRA to the farmer. It would make life easier, increase ° Reprinted to at all acceptable to business and in- contentment of the rural population. It could ao With Other eee y wat dustry. x pasily stem the trend of farm youth away from the farm ya DOA 07) and toward a career in the cities. It would make pos- DITORS Sree with pible the spread of industry from city to country which | | eee: early everyone considers socially desirable. ? It must be recognized, however, that the difficulties fre technical rather than financial, Power can be transmitted over long distances only at high voltages. Hard to Accomplish Present indications are that a large slice of the new Another. group which doubtless feels the ‘urge to come to Washington is the railway employes whose pen- sions have just been disallowed by ‘@/the supreme court. Miners in the bituminous coal fields, admittedly working in what many describe as a “sick” industry, probably would welcome the oppor- tunity to descend on the capital. What Made Those Farmers March? New York Herald-Tribune The persistence with which the officials in the AAA insist that the latest farmers’ “march” on Wash- Before it can be used it must be “stepped down” to the| ington was 5 serious vas spontaneous would be comical it ordinary voltages used on commercial circuits, principles were not involved. No one Delleves for & | strugg! ‘This is an expensive process, involving the use of |™oment that several thousand farmers, at the height of potecgpes transformers too costly for use in any location where the consumption of power is relatively small. It is this | common purpose pairs on the same day with &|train or road for Washington if they situation which has kept the pfivate companies from | Such things do not Tae Peet naaeiee ie Hiecagasd iris be port BAY O.8et WOM, spreading ® network of farm power lines over the nation, | initial impulse. Even if it should turn out to be tech- |") “*™ aus - alae Tt is easily possible for the government to finance nically correct that no underling of the AAA planned and carried out the movement, Indignantly Vocal ||. this work in any given locality, but to make such «| one interested in counteracting the croeinat that some | Democratic, defenders of Republican Project commercially successful is another matter, and| against the AAA was back of this mov ‘Who is |chatges that the government was be- . ement. || unless » system is devised whereby private capital can more interested in perpetuating the AAA than the large hind the farmers’ march on Wash- |} fhe interested the program will be a failure. aa Pavencrats employed by it? ee were dnaignantly Tosa in connection Mr. Mark Sullivan's article in| 1 have been here for 18 years,” It is aaateg pee that, with low interest rates, | yesterday's New York Herald Tribune deserves Be cried Blanton of Texas on the floor || Sass production of equipment and improved technique |attention. Mr. Sullivan pointed to the obvious sincerity Of the house, “but this is the first |x the job can be done but there is » “show me” attitude |of the marchers and to the fact that they are, most of |time I have ever heard of the Ameri- } simong men in the utility industry who have looked long- Siro. subeecal men in their communities. They hon- San peo pelne fale of Srasitse i n at the estly leve in the AAA—and benefit from it substantial- president to tl con- tnsly great farm market as a potential outlet for ly. No one would insinuate that these men have been |Stess that they would make a trip of “bought” by the government. But this does not dispose |2.000 miles to thank their congress oe of the charge that the suggestion to appear in Washing- |#Nd thank their president and his ad- ia Politicians or Promoters? ton on the given day came from interested persons con- | ministration for giving them a square Discussing the banking bill now before congress, Mere ar povemnment. tion a fact remains, ho heth: Q incident deserves special attent because of » however, wheth- T. Flynn, nationally known writer, observes that|the new principle involved. This, Mr. Sullivan Dante er the government had a hand in it is a contest to determine whether the politicians or | °Ut, is that the executive branch of the government is|°F not, the effect was the same. promoters shall control the nation’s financial re- | Prepared to organize groups of marchers for the express|Mowever altruistic the move might muspoee | influencing the legislative branch of the gov- |have been, Judged Som . political ent support measures which the executive de- was & “natural.” : as so far as our local bankers are concerned the| sires. Never before has such’s thing been attempted, President Roosevelt was afforded “| comparison is hardly an apt one, but in view of the| It introduces a new technique of controlled mob psy-| 8D Opportunity to make a ringing de- Automobile workers, who have been to set Trcoginn by their ‘set i a strike, form another 4 Ley ments would spontaneously converge on group perhaps ready to take the its service. xécord made by many of our big financial leaders it |°0logy which can become a serious threat to the Ameri-|fense of his agricultural policy at an j seems fair enough. can pies of government, ay Hyped time. The farmers arrived > Tneldentally, it proves how difficult it is for the peo-| in the tase ar come of, the, President's own timidity |r vas hed by alten 4 B08 Ble to obtain constructive action in such a situation; he took steps because he himself was threatened with| Other groups throughout the coun- how, all too frequently, the only choice they can make ‘marching” farmers. Does he, with his intimate knowl- |ty, who look to Washington for their sabedone. — edge of the average politician’s timidity, assume that if |S#lvation, hardly can have overlook- yt San “ » & “spontaneous” gathering of marchers in - |ed such an incident. “It ts bad enough to have the “promoters” in charge} ington other polliclans, all follow on he of America’s financial institutions but they seem to be| and “do something about it’? Certainly this sort of preferable to the politicians, attempted intimidation of one branch of the government fe by another is deplorable. What is fully as bad is the It's not hard to understand why congressnfen are| cognition by example of the right of groups to bring {impatient for a vacation. You'd be, too, if you had to pressure to bear on the Federal gorernment not through work with your relatives, their accredited representatives in Congress but through “British food expert says s gentleman entertaining | throug! gee ry es ‘widow should serve filet of sole with black truffles. |jry 'e" © om'UrY And a half of experience in this coun-) 1 betieve that the desire of women she was a grass widow, what about spinach? for equality of opportunity and of * Denmark provides government protection against un- |7ecosnition 1s just as alive, certainly Research reveals that Indians prized com for its|employment and old age. saya news item, But. maybe |i, this country, and in fact more s0, , ‘The white man seems to favor |the Danish count decided to marry Barbara just in case. |e" tt was 10 years ago.—Mrs. Frank- kick. oe 8 lin D. Roosevelt. Families who will eventually want to send them mee - Postoffice efforts to halt chain letters suggest what | through college are given only the brighter babies to} - There are 50,000,000 people living in business would be ike under government domination. | #4opt, says humane society director. In this gridiron|the world who would not be alive sneak in through the transom. .|¢F®. We can’t see the connection, ‘ were it not for the science of medi- CHAPTER’ [-a The car door slammed and Zoo ran forward, atteriag shrill cries of greeting. Zoe, Katharine told her- self critically, was really lovely. Those glittering white teeth. that charming warm bdlusb of sunburn. those bright biue dancing eyes! Pity Zoe was such @ crashing fool! “Hel-lo, darling!” Zoe was in white linen with @ vest of dark blue linen, dotted in white, Her shoes. her hat. her gloves were all anbelievably crisp. “You look smart!” “Thanks. You do. too, darling!” Zoe cried. “We just got in last night. I was going to call you How are you and what've you been doing? “Oh, the usual,” Katharine drawled. “I'm crazy to see everybody.” Zoe declared. Everybody knew that Zoe’s ambitious mother had whisked her to Burope tn May tn orger to avoid @ ecandal about Gibbs Larkin. Gibbs was 35, hand. some in a thoroughly dissolute way, consctenceless. Zoe had fallen head- long in love with him, with all ber lightning tmpetuousness, Gibbs, people said, would never marry. He was one of those eternal bachelors who sip sweets where they will. Zoe had recklessly end defiantly been seen with him every place. They chatted for a few moments longer, making an engagement to arine wondered. She did hope Zoe would spare her the confidences. These love recitals were bound to be boring. Katharine prided her- eelf on her imperviousness to the grand passion. Love was stupid. It tied you all up, got your feelings confused. There was no sense to All of which, of course, bad noth ing whatever to do with her feel inge about Michael She sod . Michael bad simply been friends, good comrades, and it was perfectly natural she should be slightly miffed when he so casually gave away the hour which had been ss- sred to her for months foe quest was Thursday morning. Op Friday she went for her ride as usual, and Michael was there, tall, tean and casual. _“Mawnin'!” She emiled at him with just the right degree of casualness. “Good morning.” He tightened = strap, patted Prince Charlie's gleaming Sank. “Storm comin’ up!” be announced. “Oh, do you think sof But Katharine’s query was not the usual feminine flutter. She adored storms. “Maybe ['d better take this.” Michael flung an ollskin slicker ecross Prince Charlie's back. “Not for me,” Katharine said coolly. The red-haired young man glanced at ber quiszically « mo ment, then called to Tips: “Here. catch this!” The slicker eailed through the alr, landing 1p e pile of bay. The colored boy rap to retrieve it. with go @ flash of white teeth in an ebony taco. Ersasolly Michael id a blaze ‘at him, said, “Well, Ay prs lure me—. “Just as you say,” Michael an- nounced. He swung a long leg over his western saddle, leading the way. The trees arched overhead in a conspiracy of silence. In the dim interstices where the sky could be seen there were patches of angry clouds. From the west rose a rum: ble of deep thunder. “You won't mind gettin’ wet?” He looked back at her over his shoulder, his gentle voice courteous as usual Katharine laughed. “No, why should It” The deep roll of distant thunder increased. They crossed an open meadow with a river meandering alongside and an orange flash of lightning licked across the sky. Suddenly they were again in the woods, the horses wading carefully through the shallow stream and plunging up the muddy banks. eee Now the rain came down, sud- denly, in torrents, in violent sheets. For the main part, the trees protected ‘them, but soon the path again crossed a civilized road, & main highway. Great angry peals of thunder gounded, and the sky was made livid by the almost con- tinual fashes of lightning. The horses were nervous. Fury danced and whinnied, refusing to proceed. At the side of the road was a smal! blue-roofed cottage which had once housed a district school, and later an amateur radio station. ‘It ‘was unoccupied now. At the rear was s rude shelter for horses. Michael, without consulting Kath- erine, cantered back to her end, seizing Fury’e bridle. led the ner- vous little anima! ander cover. “We'd better stop here a minute,” be said quietly. “It’s foolhardy to on just now.” going. Katharine, looking down Charlie to the rude rail of the shel. | bim—etir him out ter and quieted them with his re-| Sceptance of her. ° “We can go inside, if you like,” he told the eit afier a partica-| Gian, stared at him, drinking tm larly victous flash of light. “I bad] 9.0) face, the quis to stop here last week in that cloud-| {a0 eer Te tl is iit one, little burst—remember? 1 had @ party| nem atchael etched atound of kids, They were scared stiff.” | rocctycienet Biya vad old? He pushed open the door, dis Meee he ei eee “ closing a narrow room with &/ horseman’s She knew, she told bricked fireplace and some battered school benches. Someone had evi- igo : : i i emarter, better ‘educated in dently built a fre. There were the . remains of logs, charred and] Sotner with ntact = “ort tid she broken, in the grate. “You don't think mach of us “Cheerful place,” Katharine com-| around here, do you?” she pursued, mented dryly. scarcely knowing what she said. He glanced at her curiously. “It's not so much, Here—let me dust that thing off. You can sit down.” | Children—or something.” Her i “La better not” Katharine| Was batefu) and che knew it, but bugged her arms about her. for the life of her she couldn't Michael knelt, making shift, with | Change ft. a bundle of twigs at the side of the} Michael stared at her thought fireplace, and the remains of the| fully. She had an impulse, almost logs. Presently be had a blaze %o-| irresistible, to reach up and rumple ing. The west wind whipped in at| that dark red crest of hair. from the open door and Katharine shiv.| Which the stubborn cur! had care ered, in spite of herself. fully been ironed only that morn- “Well, go on—lecture me,” she| ig. said, looking down at him. “Folks around here have been , ‘The tall young man turned from| Mighty nice to me.” the grate, dusting off his tean,| “Mighty nice!” She mocked his long-fingered hands, soft, easy drawl. “For what?” Suddenly she felt both her hands She regarded him coolly, lighting | imprisoned, in a grip of iS Ainarek with Amare thet ROME 8 Gray eyes darkening “Oh, for being stubborn—not tak- ing the slicker.” ‘ou don't—you mustn't 1h La The le turned back to the fire, ap treacherous pearing to forget her. wr yee Suddenly Katharine felt rage| render, of which she had heard so i) . Eek sweep her. To be ignored like this| much? was strangely maddening! She in- haled deeply, frowning angrily at| her hands, released ber as sud the absorbed young man, who bent/as be bad seized her. “I beg your 80 solicitously over the fire. She| pardon.” ne muttered. “You sure knew well enough what Sally foon| made me mad, Miss Strykhurst. 1 Michael belped her to dismount. | —or Zoe Parker—would do on such | guess 1 forgot myself . ish The he tied both Fury and Prince| an occasion. Sail) would whimper (To Be Continued)