The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 2, 1935, Page 4

The Bismarck Tribune| THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) The Advancing Columns ehind the Scenes in Washington WITH RODNEY DUTCHER Lo so) A. F. of L, Is Determined Not to Miss ‘Break’ on Wagner Labor Act ... Doughboys May Get a Drink—Later. «+. Looks Like Endurance Record for Congress... Mules at Last Get Recognition, oes Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brady will answer ns pertaining to health but not dis- ease or diagnosis. Write le briefly and in 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 Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- ‘marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck @s second class mail matter. George D. Mann President and Publisher Archie O, Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Gecretary and Treasurer Editor THE SANCTITY OF A PATIENT A reader of your column for many years, I have never before written to a“ public man, for I consider you as such. After reading your article “Diabetes Still Too Expensive,” I felt that I should write. My. son, now 25 years of age, was found to have diabetes in 1921, over 14 years ago. We took him to........... under Dr......... and Dr...... ery and to them goes the credit for keeping the boy alive until insulin was dis- covered, and for which I thank God. ‘We are only farmers, and the cost of supplying insulin over a period of 18 years has been a tervific strain. He has taken from 1 bottle a day, costing pi ae enthusiasm ‘had fallen by the ss hee back in 1922, to 2% bottles of 100 cc, U40 a week at present, Now they're flocking back to the A. F. of L. banner, i 5 to take advantage of what President William Green calis > "Ge “the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Ameri- can labor.” Strong unions, such as the United Mine Workers, are preparing extensive drives. The U. M. W., for instance, | aims at no less than complete victory over its ancient Tival, the Progressive Miners, even aspiring thus to end strife in stormy Harlan county. New charters are grow- ing, too. On Aug. 5 the enlarged council will meet and advance plans for the October convention. This meeting will be a fiery one, with jurisdic- tional disputes, establishment of an international union for auto workers, and the perennial politi- cal problem holding the stage. A growing group within the federation, notably the | garment and clothing workers, are demanding a straight ‘Washington, Aug. 2.—Passage of the Wagner labor relations act has thrown the American Federation of Labor headquarters here into a new ferment of activity, such as that which it went through when the NRA and section 7A were being launched. During recent pre-Wagner act months, the pace over at A. F. of L. headquarters had slowed to a walk. Many,’ very many, of the federal unions organized during the Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year . or Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) Daily by mail, per year (in state ou Bismarck) Daily by mail outside of North Dakota . ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year ... a Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per Again I say, after reading your article, with your following you should be a crusader to free victims of diabetes from this burden. ... (G. L. 8.) ‘The burden Mr. 8. refers to is the outrageous price of insulin—a price put on it by virtue of the patent monopoly. Again I say that American medicine has taken a long step backward when Organized medicine gave tacit approval to this practice of taking out patents on new and improved remedies or means of protecting health or prevent- ing disease—I refer particularly to the patenting of insulin and the patenting of the use of certain lengths of ultra-violet rays to impart vitamin D (ric- , kets-preventing) influence to foods which lack it. It was a noble thing the owners of both of these patents did when they assigned a large part or the greater part of the royalties as funds to be used for medical research. But that does not take the curse off the precedent established by the tacit approval of the practice by the organized profession. It is an infamous state of affairs when the rank and file of the medical pro- fession sanctions such a thing. For example, driving along the highway I come upon a wreck and find a child injured and bleeding and a distracted parent crying for help. Yes, certainly I can stop that bleeding and soon have the little one out of danger —but first you must contribute $100, $95 of which I shall assign to research into the cause and cure of cancer. Oh, yes, indeed, I am a fellow of the A. M. A., member of this and that medical society, regular physician in good standing. If you want that bleeding stopped come across with the hundred dollars, What would happen to me, I wonder? Well, dumb driven cattle, that is precisely the situation as regards insulin. ‘This is your country, you know, and you make your own patent laws. Can’t blame us ethical doctors if we take advantage of you. Medical research must go on, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Castor Beans Drive Pests Away Following suggestion in your column, we planted castor beans in our. yard, and scattered the beans, about the premises. Sure enough, we haven't seen gopher or @ mouse since. (M. W.) Answer—Other readers tell me they drive away even moths. ss Alum 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 new! i er and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Inspiration for Today Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?—Job 21:7, eee ‘The happiness of the wicked passes away like a nt.—Racine. labor party. The problems of possible unconstitutionality of the ‘Wagner-Connery act, and of probable dmployer resist- ance to it, are not bothering the federation. To its offi- cials, the Wagner act is another chance to organize such as that offered by the NRA, which was more or less ||| muffed. They don’t aim to muft this time. : HOLD THAT THIRST! Remember, buddy, those days back in 1917 and 1918, when you were in uniform and couldn't get a drink? That is, not officially, anyway. ‘Well, that act of 1917 making it illegal to sell intoxi- cating liquors to officers or enlisted men in uniform has never been repealed. Repeal came to everybody else, but not to the men in uniform, ‘The house military affairs committee has favorably reported a repealer, pointing out that the wartime emer- gency of 1917 has passed, and ‘that it sees no reason why @ soldier shouldn’t have a drink, just the same as anybody Ise. Intelligent Conservation ‘Announcement that the duck-shooting sea- fon will be rigidly limited this fall and that new restrictions designed to save the nation’s wildfowl will be enforced represents a long step toward intelligent conservation of one of Amreica’s great natural resources. It may not meet with the approval of a cer- tain type of sportsman of whom we have all too many. The fellow who thinks a shooting trip dismal failure unless he slaughters the maximum number of wildfowl permitted by law may enter protest, but anyone intelligent enough to know that shooters must leave enough for seed will approve. The keynote to the whole business is found in the assertion of Commissioner Darling that we have destroyed more ducks than we have produced during each of the last 35 years. The wonder is that the duck is not as extinct as the once numerous passenger pigeon—or his more famous cousin, the mythical dodo. The new regulation creating zones and elim- inating the split-week shooting arrangement in force last year also is an advance. In 1934, it will be remembered, states were limited to the A claims that by carrying a lump of alum the size of a chestnut in his side pants pocket he avoids all chafing, as the alum absorbs perspiration and perspiration causes chafing. B claims this is just another superstition like the carrying of a rabbit's foot. (E. W.) Answer—Possibly some alum dissolved by the sweat exerts an as- tringent effect and so tends to prevent chafing. Our readers can settle this question for us by trying it out. Sweat doesn’t cause chafing—friction and the irritation of retained sweat is the cause. Nudity, ventilation, and if necessary a bland oil (either animal, vegetable or mineral oil) to protect “But the bill comes well after the “must” program, and there’s considerable doubt that it will pass at this {o] \ | | ee OLITICS - at the - NATION'S CAPITOL | Hope of a real business recovery now figures very prominently in de- mocratic political expectations for 1936. Administration officials do little public talking about it, but privately they set great store by recent signs of economic improvement; and they argue that if the depression is defi- nitely and obviously on the run by mid-summer of next year, nothing on earth can stop Mr. Roosevelt’s re- election. For this reasoning they rely on the lessons of political history. Regard- less of other issues, American voters far lower level than had been expect- |many people is that life is becoming ed. longer and better—the greatest gift On this basis, an impressive busi- | that civilization can give—Sir Kings- ness boom is forecast in many quar- |ley Wood, British minister of health. ters when the normal seasonal fall * *e * upturn coincides with a congression-| We should use preventive crime al adjournment and with the begin- | medicine as we do preventive physical ning of large-scale disbursement of |mcdicine—Judge Camille Kelley, of the $4,000,000,000 works fund. Memphis Juvenile Court. The reason Feriepeerttiert gees se # are not ‘making extensive public) yr want to do is to get away from claims is that they recall vividly the| , telephone for a while. I almost have repercussions from that unfortunate | cautisiower ears listening to them— boast of the Hoover administration | postmaster James A. Farley. that prosperity was “just around the é corner.” Official utterances on this . subject are certain to be definitely qualified. All the same, the situation is the subject of much lively interest throughout Washington; and, right- ly or wrongly, the inspiration for much of the Democratic talk that the 1936 campaign is all over but the shouting. cofcress NEARS RECORD As the present session of congress goes on and on, it begins to approach the record-breakers, If it continues to Sept. 1, it will then have lasted 241 days, nearly eight months. Only six of the 170 preceding sessions have run more than 300 days. But cheer up. In Wilson’s day a special session called April 7, 1913, to enact his reform program ran right on into the regular session, which adjourned Oct. 24, 1914, making @ continuous sitting of 567 days, or more than a year and a half. And the country survived. MEMORIAL FOR MULES Just inside the entrance to the State, War, and Navy building is @ memorial to the 68,682 horses and mules killed during the World war. ... When they built the swell new postoffice department building, they forgot to put in any mail chutes... messengers run around the building collecting the mail. ... There are several trees on the capitol grounds supposed to have been planted by George Washington ... but you can’t find out which ones they are, because the rs are afraid peo- I am told are “queer.” His mother, and another brother and sister I know are normal. An uncle and a cousin of his were insane, Please give your opinion. (M. P. H.) Answer—Insufficient data. Consult the family physician who better than any one else whether there is any heritable taint or defect. his own interest as well as yours the young man should help you to get essential information. BEGIN SERE TODAY JO DARIEN, fiatehing her Grst year tn college, learns her father is out ef work. Jo hunts a seb number of days on which shooting was legal but were permitted to extend these days over a long period of time. In some of the southern states every Saturday and Sunday for 90 days were legal shooting periods. The result was that there were almost as many hunters in the field as there were ducks, What America’s so-called conservationists have been doing for many years is trying to eat their cake and have it, too. They have devised new conservation regulations, then nullified ple would carry them off in small pieces as souvenirs... . Each of the nine corps areas is getting about 140 recruits a week in the drive to bring the armed services up to in- creased authorized strength. . . . They're taking their time, seeking quality instead of quantity... . Army in- creases are from 118,750 to 165,000, navy from 82,500 to 92,500, and marine corps from 14,900 to 16,000. (Copyright, 1935, NEA Service, Inc.) Reprinted to show what they say. have a habit of reelecting in sper= ous years and changing a tra- tions in lean years. No one doubts that it was hard times, rather than any elemental conflict of liberalism against conservation, which had most to do with Mr. Hoover's defeat in 1932, Some of the Democratic strate- gists are beginning to. see a similar situation for 1936, Liberalism and conservation will be much talked of during the campaign. Constitution- alism will be debated from one end of the country to the other. But, say these strategists, the really deciding You can’t kill a man with a wool coat.—Joseph Silverman, Jr., purchas- er of old army supplies: * * Ethiopia is a poor country, but we shall show the world how a united and secures part time werk tn © marine supply store. There she meets wealthy, handsome DOUG- LAS MARSH whe offers ter the Job of hostess at bis inn at Crest Lake. Jo accepts ané this causes & quarrel with BRET PAUL to whom she te engaged: Je breaks the engagement. She goes to Crest Lake. Marsh warns her that many people con- alder bis mother eecentric. Jo ne sooner teaches her room than word comes from Mrs. Marsh that dinner ts to be served tu five min- ates. Marsh must be almost wholly like his father; and she thought, too, that ol@ Aaron Marsh must have led a very harried life with such a woman. No wonder he bent all his efforts toward the gathering of money; and no wonder, as Dougias had hinted, he sometimes strayed @ bit from the path of fidelity. But Jo was relieved to note that even when his mother was present thers was no change in Marsh's at- titude toward her. He arose quickly and went forward to meet her. HH i i ezee people can fight to preserve its inde- pendence—Emperor Haile Selassie. se & The church must not invoke God against the state—Gen. Hermann Goering of Germany. Ht factor may well be the economic con- dition of the country, which no amount of oratory can change. eee Favorable Factors NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XI A$’ the Japanese boy padded soft: ly down the hall after deliver their effect by other means. It has been a good deal like the boy making an illicit visit to the family cookie jar. The ‘Power to Destroy’ (New. York Times) ‘Taxes are sometimes levied with the avowed inten- “} ii first few didn’t seem to lower the level at all. The next few didn’t affect it much. But the first thing he knew anyone but a blind man could see that something had gone wrong. It has been that way with the ducks. Any North Dakota pioneer can remember when the ekies were black with them each spring and fall. They were the harbingers of the new season. Our lakes and sloughs gave them haven and it was a pleasure just to see them fly. In the fall, when the new broods were on their way south, they sometimes caused a bit of trouble by eating grain in the field, but the damage never was really extensive. Many a North Dakota farm has been white with wild geese which stopped to rest during their migra- tion flight. Killing a goose for the family larder in those days was nothing to brag about. Now to bag a goose requires either great skill or tremendous luck, Consider what the condition used to be in the light of Darling’s statement that only 24,000,000 ducks will fly south this year, That is little more than one duck for every hunter, so how can everyone expect to get the bag limit? And if the rate of depreciation con- tinued how long would it be before there would be none at all? These things are apparent to everyone. So also is the fact that we must give continued attention to the preservation and development of breeding grounds if our wild waterfowl are to be anything to future Americans other than pictures in a book or something grandpa saw when he was young. Always Perilous Down in New York the National Divorce Reform League has begun a campaign against “unknown blondes,” and quite rightly, too, though blondes are not @ny more dangerous than brunettes or ladies with flam- Ing tresses. In this case, of course, the movement is aimed at the fact that the “unknown blonde” has been so often used fo designate the co-respondent in a divorce action, per- fhaps because it is sufficiently vague to permit little hance of identification, But the real bar should be against unknown women pt whatever coloring—and the same things holds for men. For jealousy thrives on nothing so much as suspi- Pion and uncertainty. A wife whose husband might have getting any sort of recognition from even the all too often regards him as an and the rightful cynosure of feminine eyes. AA husband wyp still res in his wife the good-looking tion of being destructive. When, with the purpose of establishing a national currency, a tax was laid upon the circulation of state banks, the acknowledged aim was to destroy that circulation, and destroyed it was. A some- what similar intent was behind the original tax on oleo- margarine. Other instances might be cited of trying to tax something out of existence. In those cases there is usually no concealment of the intention of the law- makers. It is also true that some taxes are found to be harmful and even devastating, because they are con- ceived in ignorance and are to be attributed more to blundering than to malice. The main thing to bear in mind is that an unlimited power of taxation may be so availed of as to become a power to destroy. If that is the ultimate purpose of a given proposal for new taxes, it ought to be frankly stated and fully understood. That is not done by the sponsors and framers of the so-called wealth taxes. They do not clearly say whether it is revenue they want or a social experiment, ill thought out, which they wish to try. The president himself, in his recommendations, has not plainly defined the object of the legislation which he seeks. At one point he speaks of using the money got from high taxes on the rich in order to help pay off the national debt and balance the budget. But it is already evident from the treasury esti- mates that neither of those ends will be anywhere near attained by the means suggested. And as the committee of the house puts in the bill, it is apparent that the other idea of breaking up great fortunes and severely cutting down the amount that any one may inherit, is finding more and more favor. Thus there is a double aspect to the bill, and its supporters are all the time shifting from one side to the other. Tell them that as a revenue meas- ure it is bound to be a failure, and they will reply that anyhow it means a tax ton “capacity to pay.”, Then they begin to talk of rates which will be sure greatly to diminish or entirely to destroy the capacity to pay. The actual rates would, in the case of a man inherit- ing a large sum representing the control of a going busi- fiess, compel him to such a process of liquidation in or- der to pay his taxes that he could no longer carry on,| the business. This would be another instance of a tax working more social harm than good and not at all in accord with the professed intentions of its legislators. The whole thing surely requires a better understanding all around. If the bill is for revenue, rewrite it so that it will produce revenue. If its purpose is to bring about & new social order, let that be boldly acknowledged. As the affair stands today, we have the spectacle of mem- hers of congress light-heartedly employing power of taxation which they do not seem to know may prove to be a power to destroy, girl she was when he married her, feels pangs of angered dismay when some other féllow seems to be getting too friendly with her. And if the third party, man or woman, is a total stranger or known only by hearsay, the situation may easily become serious, even though it is innocent enough in itself. The woman in the next block is tangible enough, but “that hussy” from the other side of town carries with her the terrors of mystery and uncertainty. All of which makes it reasonable to assume that the campaign against unknown blondes should be extended. It should include all unknowns who occasionally threaten |’ to put a strain on America’s family tie. The Republican river causes another flood in Ne- braska, G. O. P, notables are reported philosophical; it might have happened just before the next election. : The experts never agree fully about the meaning of economic trends, but those who believe prosperity is on the way have called attention recently to some highly interesting facts. During those summer months when industrial activity usually lags, there has been a widespread quickening instead. Without going into weari- some statistics, representative fea- tures of the case include: A sudden rise in steel produc- ton, always regarded as a leader in the vastly important field of the “heavy industries.” An even greater jump in the sale of automobiles, with no spe- cial cause discernible. An upturn in home construc- tion, a realm where the financial wellbeing and general confidence of the ordinary citizen usually are reflected. An easing of credit, and @ drop in interest rates, showing that hoarded bank surpluses are thawing. A marked increase in the is- suance of new securities, always an evidence of industrial expan- sion. *** *& Boom Predicted Economists point out, further, that these and other favorable indications have developed at a time when con- gress is in session, dealing uncertain- ly with the most vital issues, and when governmental spending is at a FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: Chicago woman, needing alimony, throws bolts ‘through her ex-husband’s. window. “bolts to you”, undoubtedly brought a snappy 3 A tooting horn will give you a start, but it. won't start a stalled 1 motor. The most striking The nation (England) has learned the art of right living. The result to Melia taldntedtedte Stories in STAMPS § Be tS. Alein Monte Carto 7 THe ORIEN | Down low on the “underside” of China lies the Portuguese seaport of Macau, which, ft is rev ported, Japan would like to buy. Other countries had wanted this strange city of contrasts, but Por- tugal got it about 400 years ago for helping China rid the Canton river of its pirates. For two centuries, Macau was an important seaport. harbor rests on the questionable reputation of being the “Monte Carlo of the Orient.” where gam- bling thrives in its dingy fan-tan dens, where crude, black opium ts cooked for. export, and where firecrackers still are manufactured in the old laborious way. Looking on the brighter.side of ; the city, colored, stucco houses rise on the terraced hillside over- looking the crescent-shaped nar- bor, and along the wide marine boulevard are dignified villas shaded by ban- yan, trees. Few, types of {stamps have been issued for this city, the one shown here being one ot the early vari- eties. (Copyright, 1935, NEA Servicgyinc.» discrepancy in the national attack on crime has been the lack of leadership and a co- ordinated program of action.—Justin Miller, chairman of national advisory, committee on crime. Now this* ing his message from the imperious Mrs. Marsh, Jo stood bewildered, clutching her negligee about her. Five minutes! And Douglas Mareh had said she would have plenty of time for a shower and to dress for dinner. Evidently his mother was @ woman of sudden decisions, or— this seemed more likely to Jo—she had decided to put Jo on the de fensive by making her latg to the very first dinner at Crest Lake. ‘Well, late or not,” Jo told her | ssree self, “I'm to have my shower.” And when she felt clean and re freshed and had rubbed her bard young body’s whiteness to s pink glow she found that three minutes of the five were already consumed. Piqued at the thought of having to rush so insensibly, Jo went to the telephone and got Penton at the desk downstairs. “Would you please tell Mrs. Marsh that I'm sorry, but it will be 10 or 15 minutes before I can be down?” “I certainly will, Miss Darien.” Something in Penton’s voice told Jo that he knew what was up, and that he was definitely with ber against Mrs. Marsh's Little plot. But Jo did get downstairs tm lens than 10 minutes, radiant and somq bow not caring in the least what Mrs. Marsh thought. Penton greeted her with an approving emile. , “Mrs. Marsh and her son are ip the dining room, Miss Derién.” She nodded pleasantly, “Thank going eee XCEPT for the Marshes and 8 hovering waiter, the big dining watching her every step of the way. But Jo in ber turn, hiding her ana Bs HH "ietall ere Marsh winked surreptitiously at Jo, and plunged arose conversa- “itt i pit nat i tg it Ht yi day L ate i Hl