The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 7, 1936, Page 4

q The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D. and @ntered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mai] matter. George D. Mann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Secretary and Treasurer Bditor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Dally by carrier, per year Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) .. Daily by mail per year (in state outside of Bismarck). Daily by mail outside of North Dakota .. Weekly by mai] in state, per year ..... Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year . ‘Weekly by mai) 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 republica- tion of the 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. Statistical Pictures Confucius generally is credited with the sage remark that “a picture tells as much as 10,000 words” and the idea long has been accepted as a truism in the newspaper business. But if anything were needed to give it point, two graphs recently issued by the federal housing administration do the trick. A graph, as everyone knows, is statistics reduced to picture form. By their use we can see at a glance whether business is headed up or down and the apparent rate of change. Back of them, if they are honestly made, is the information upon which they are based. The two graphs in question pertain to the home construc- tion industry and reveal as few things can some rather startling facts. The first is that the last home-building boom did not occur fn 1929, as most of us have assumed, but in 1925. The picture which proves this is based on data from 257 cities, compiled for every year from 1921 to 1934, Beginning in 1921 the chart moves sharply upward until 1925, with a small setback in 1924. The number of houses built in those cities in 1925 was just under 500,000. At that point the home-building industry fell over a cliff and plunged almost straight downward until in 1980 the rate of building in those cities was at the pace of 125,000 a year. Not until 1932 did it begin to level off, though the trend still was slightly downward until 1934 when approximately 25,000 homes were built in the towns furnishing data. Now most of us assumed that home-building was at its peak along about 1929, whereas the chart shows that such con- struction in these towns fell from nearly 500,000 in 1925 to about 325,000 in 1929. Another chart shows that home building throughout the nation as a whole, began at the rate of 125,000 in 1934, reached one peak in May and another in October, each being at a 350,- 000-a-year pace. At the end of the year the rate was 200,000. But 1935 began at a 275,000 pace, lifted sharply to 600,000 in March and then curved upward to 800,000 in August. Sep- tember brought a drop to 725,000 but October saw the peak with a building rate of 925,000. At the close of 1935 the rate was at just less than 600,000 a year or nearly three times the activity recorded in December of 1934, There is food for speculation in such figures, Unques- tionably they prove that the home-building industry is on the mend, but they also would seem to show that between 1925 and 1930 the country was a great deal more interested in other investments. The conclusion is natural in view of the fact that this was the period of the great stock market boom. The Easiest Way Of even more importance to the people of America than the mounting public debt is the proposal to evade its conse- quences by inflation, brought urgently to the fore now by the necessity of paying the veterans’ bonus. A powerful bloc in congress favors paying this and other government bills by starting up the printing presses, surely the easiest possible way of making money. \ There are arguments both for and against it, most of them too deep for the average man to follow, but one any citizen can understand is the history of inflation as developed in other nations. Everywhere it has been tried it has brought ruin to those who had any property and little, if any, comfort to those who had nothing to lose. Those who gained, in every instance, have been men skilled in money manipulation who haye grown rich on the woes of their fellows. That the American dollar would still be stable if two or even four billion dollars of additional money were printed is unquestionable. Our huge. gold and silver reserves would be capable of retiring every single dollar in hard money. Op- ponents of inflation should not raise that ghost in argument. But they will do the country a service by sticking to the principle involved, which is, after all, that you cannot lift your- self either to heaven or out of a financial depression by tugging at your bootstraps. THE EASIEST WAY IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST. Even After Death When hog cholera becomes epidemic in America’s big pork producing areas, gloom spreads with it. Nearly everyone who has lived in that section can remember the heavy losses which were incurred when farmers had to kill the infected members of their droves, go to great costs to immunize others. Even then there was difficulty, for the vaccine did not always work. All too often it created infections of its own which led to further trouble. dollars were saved to the farmers of America, the vaccine brought no general satisfaction. Least satisfied was M. Dorset, a scientist in the department of agriculture at Washington, whose researches 80 years ago had assisted in development of the original vaccine. So for many years he has been making tests in an effort to improve the cholera serum. The problem was to find a chemical which would destroy the infective element in the deadly virus and at the same time preserve the protective element which is an antidote for cholera. Numerous substances were tried without apparent progress. When Dr. Dorset died last July he appeared as far away from, But before he shuffled off this mortal coil he had begun experiments with crystal violet, a water-soluble the answer as ever. dye. On his deathbed he asked that tests with it be continued. Recently his coworkers announced that it had given 99 per cent protection when used in the field, a much better average than any serum now on the market. . Thus even after death this hard-working scientist, of whom few farmers ever heard, conferred a distinct boon upon oF! I community where hogs are raised. Despite the fact that millions of THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1936 = Behité Scenes Washington Roosevelt's Counter Smash Aimed at Wealth in Form of Higher Inheri- tance and Income Levies, With Ex- cess Profit Taxes on Processors .. + Benefit for Consumers in One Phase of Pian. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Feb, 7.—Higher income taxes on the well-to-do, federal in- heritance taxes on the wealthy, and retroactive excess profits taxes on processors who have been recovering AAA taxes through the courts will be Roosevelt's answer to recent jolts to the budget. Proposed new tax legislation, if ad- ministration plans are not revised, | will call for a billion dollars or more of levies to meet costs of the new farm program, the bonus, and the return or withholding of processing taxes un- der the old AAA program. Most sensational aspects of the plan are its “soak the rich” phases and its objective of insuring lower prices for consumers by re-enactment of proc- essing taxes at substantially lower rates. Simultaneously, Roosevelt plans a belligerent counter-blow at backers of the American Liberty league and oth- er wealthy groups which oppose him, an attractive alternative for the con- gressional inflationists and a gesture for millions of city consumers who have resented higher food prices. * * * Wants to Raise Billion The administration wants to raise about $500,000,000 to pay for its farm relief soil conservation program for the next fiscal year. It seeks nearly $300,000,000 with which to pay off moral obligations and liquidating expenses under the old AAA contract system. It wants $250,000,000 to apply against extra bonus payment ex- penses, of which $90,000,000 would be for this fiscal year and $160,000,000 for next year. ‘The latter figure would be an an- nual expense, due to immediate bonus Payment, spread through until 1945, the date originally stipulated for ma- turity of bonus certificates. ** # How Tax Plan Would Work ughly, in round numbers and subject to revision, the administra- tion plan for raising the money is about as follows: 1, An additional tax, perhaps as high as 10 per cent, on all individual unearned income above $10,000. This hight bring in about $325,000,000 to the treasury. 2. Inheritance taxes at graduated rates on all inheritances of more than $40,000. The yield presumably would be somewhere near $300,000,000. 3. Processing taxes designed to raise about $350,000,000 instead of more than $500,000,000 as under the old AAA schedules. This is where the consumer theoretically would get a better break than the former program, Tentatively, ihas been pro- Posed to cut the tax on hogs from $2.25 to 75 cents a hundredweight; the wheat tax from 30 to 20 cents; the cotton tax from 4,2 cents a pound, to 2.8 cents; and the rye tax from 30 to 15 cents. 4. A special retroactive excess profits tax of 90 per cent or more, through which the treasury would seek to recapture perhaps $200,000,000 from processors who have had their impounded taxes refunded under the supreme court decision or who simply refused to pay. The court handed back about $200,- 000,000 of impounded taxes, and ad- ditional “delinquent” taxes up to the date of the devastating AAA decision amounted to more than $70,000,000. administration is determined The that big packers, millers, and other Processors who passed the tax on to consumers while “little fellows” were paying their AAA taxes must not be given those bonanzas at the expense of the taxpayers who already have as consumers, It proposes to apply the same tax to any refunds obtained through court action of the billion dollars in proc- essing taxes actually paid. The tax may also be made applicable to mil- lions of dollars in fees collected by lawyers who fought the taxes. ** * Lobby Is Forming The principle-of this retroactive tax is the same as that of the post-war tax which levied 80 per cent on profits from war contracts. Already a lobby is forming here to represent interests which want to keep the nearly $300,000,000 of im- pounded and delinquent taxes, and, if possible, to get back their shares of the billion dollars paid. if the administration pushes hard or the program herein outlined, a very dull session of congress will become a lively one indeed. (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 18 RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN “No use serving that turtle soup, waiter. It isn’t hot enongh.” “But lady, how do you know it isn’t?” “By the way you kept your thumb in it.” Toni— Do you believe in long en- gagements? Jane—Yes, I think young couples ought to be happy as long as possible. Mrs. Oldhand— Why did you quit dealing with Schwartz, the butcher? Mrs. Nubryde-—Because the turkey he sold me for Chistmas didn’t have @ bit of stuffing in it. He—I wonder why women are 80 inconsistent? She—Why, what do you mean? He—They are perfectly willing to be photographed in a bathing suit or evening gown yet they are embar- rassed to death over @ little hole in their stocking. “I see you have a room for rent. How much do you want for it, in- cluding the use of your piano?” “I won't be able to tell until after hear you play.” A WISE RETREAT (Minneapolis Tribune) President Roosevelt uses good judg- ment when he requests the “prompt repeal” of three laws which are auxil- fary to the AAA. The statutes in question are the Bankhead cotton act, the Kerr-Smith tobacco act, and the potato control act. While the su- preme court has passed on the consti- tutionality of none of them, it is gen- erally conceded that their fate was sealed by the AAA decision. Mr. Roosevelt apparently, takes this point of view and is eager to wipe them from the legislative slate. In the case of the potato act, of course, he is simply recomme&ding the repeal of a law which has never been enforced, but the cotton and tobacco control measures have been made ef- fective. Technically there is no rea- son why they should not continue in operation so long as they are not specifically invalidated by the su- I So They Say i ° Very few of the leaders of the na- tion possess character, brains, and ex- perience sufficient to inspire and to maintain for long the confidence of the people—Dr. Edward Spencer Cowles, Johns Hopkins university. ck we ‘When you remove the restraints of Popular judgment, you not only have taken the first step, but you have taken the last step, toward absolute Sictaien power—Senator William zE. * *# & Every dollar which would be added to the purchasing power of the aged would have to be Reprinted to show what they say. We ma; rm not agree with them. preme court. But since there are now very reasonable doubts as to their constitutionality, Mr. Roosevel prefers to abandon them immediately. He has anticipated an adverse decision and has chosen repeal of the laws in question as the easiest and best way out. Granting that this is the course of poliical wisdom, and that retreat in the face of almost certain defeat is unimpeccable strategy, it seems to us that the President's position is thor- oughly sound from any point of view. If Mr. Roosevelt has been convinced by the supreme court's AAA decision that these auxiliary control laws are unconstitutional, he has no honest al- ternative than to ask for their repeal. | A simple respect for his oath of office makes such a request almost impera- tive; to continue to enforce such laws, or to refuse to enforce them so long as they are on the statute books, would be equally violative of the spirit, if not the letter, of that oath. from the purchasing power of others. —Dr. Irving Fisher, Yale, economist, referring to Townsend plan. * # # The government is more eager to get out of business than the Ameri- can Lobby League is anxious to have it get out of business.—Postmaster Gen. James A. Farley. * # % Sex has nothing to do with the pulpit and pants do not make preach- ers.—Aimee Semple McPherson, evan- gelist. ee * There is not a word in the consti- tution that expressly or by implica- tion declares that the constitution must be strictly interpreted by any- body.—Dr. Charles A. Beard, histor- subtracted in taxes |ian. Emergency Director HORIZONTAL 1L6U. 8. A. off cial. 18 Corkwood tree. 14To glide. 16 Mountain. ‘V8 Unopened flower. 19 Devoured. 20 Sloth. 21 Lauds. 24 Wanting. 35 Mark. 36 Loaded. 28 Fat. 30 Quantity. 32 Taxaceous tree 33To soak flax. 35 Reverence. 37 Like. 38 Rowing tool. 40 Preposition. ; SET erate 61 Shoe glider 45 Lemur. for snow 48 Wine vessel. £2 Sounds. 49 Genus of VERTICAL salmon. 2 Form of “be.” $4 Angle of the 3Canine mad- shoulder. ness, IRIE INIE| (4 MIUIRISTE CIE TS} SiH] (El R} 56 His depart- ment. 67 He is —— of this de- Answer to Previous Puzzle IPIAI IRIAN AID] (OAITISMEL It IT] fT MICITIALTIE! AL ae STI ElE IT} CURIE. iain INISIE| MOE A Mantas AIVIEMNSIPIEIAIR) 2S Hatreds. Persons. 15 Huge. 17 Clan groups. 20 Form of “a.” 22 Afresh. ou 23 Seasoning. PIS] 24 Boundary. EIS] 27 To accomplish E] 29 Epoch. 31 House cat. 34 Unit of work. 36 Soft mass. IC IUIRI LE} OIVIETRE IMIATTIE ID) (a 10} TIRIATI [EIT ELI iq 39 Satiny Hnen. BAS ARI 41 Sultan's decree 43 Musical note. 44. North America. 46 Jewel. 47 Long cut. 49 Chair, 50 Singing voice. 61 King of the beasts. 52 Nothing more than. 53 From. 55 Half an em. 56 Railroad, 58 Exists. 59 Note in scale 4 Genus of poison ivy. 5 To warble. 8 Level land. 9 Soldiers’ ~ knapsacks. 10 Roman day. 11 Northeast. 12 He has as- signed jobs in- stead of the dole to —— We are glad, then, that Mr. Roose- velt has been moved by reasonable} doubts as to the constitutionality of these laws to recommend their repeal. Yet we cannot forget that the Prest- dent, not very many months ago, was. insisting that congress let no consti- tutional doubts, however reasonable, stand in the way of legislation which he favored. To reconcile these two! Positions might be something of a herculanean labor; still it must at least be said, on Mr. Roosevelt's be- half, that his present willingness to recognize such doubts-is decidedly be- coming to him. ot aristocratic D CAMERON, arries Al WESTBROOK mi Your Personal Health| By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brady will answer keer pertaining to health but not disenss or diagnosis. Write letters. briefly and in ink. Adérese Dr. Brady tn ca: f The Tribune, All queries must be accompanied by a stamped, \ddressed envelope. EVERYBODY'S SANITATION A medical colleague writes: T have noticed that a great many people spit all over the streets and sidewalks, apparently not considering it bad manners and un- sanitary. As the day goes on, undoubtedly, other people walk on this sputum, spreading contamination from shoe to shoe. Another thing I notice frequently is that individuals sneeze and cough into other people’s faces at close range. What is your opinion of people who use the same knives and forks when eating, also the same cup or glass for drinking? Your clever articles reach a multitude of people, and I know they are extraordinarily beneficial. However, I realize that important things must be repeated many times. The manners of the matter are outside my province. I can’t get excited over the possibility of the spread of disease from the’ Practice of spitting on the sidewalk. In fact I doubt whether any disease is spread in that way. Sneezing or coughing open-face (that is, without troubling to cover or mask nose and mouth) when other persons are within spray range, is in my opinion a prolific means of spreading whatever infection you happen to have or happen to be coming down with. But a still more important source of infection which the medical corre- spondent does not mention at all is polite conversational spray—this prob- ably accounts for ten times as much CRI (common ‘tory infection) as does open-face cough or sneeze spray. Now and then, despite the teachings of our public health authorities, a layman actually understands that it is unfair to spray those around him when he 1s coming down with cri, and even knows that conversational spray is quite as dangerous as open-face € sneeze or cough spray, if the victim comes within range. Cough or sneeze spray has an effective range up to ten or twelve feet; conversational spray has an effective range of from two to five feet. By range I mean the dis- tance from the face of the ailing one to the face of his victim; the distance the visible or invisibly fine droplets or moisture or secretion from nose, throat or mouth. germ-laden, will carry. Remember, too, that in this mode of infection the virus or germs so carried will not have time to dry out or to be affected by exposure to sunlight, cold, oxygen (all of which are detri- mental to germ life). It reaches the mouth of the victim fresh, warm and virulent. As nearly ideal inoculation as is conceivable, short of kissing. The common drinking cup likewise holds no terrors for me. As a matter of training or habit, I prefer an individual cup or glass, or one which has not been used, but I’d never go thirsty out of mere repugnance to take a drink from the common dipper or what have you. I doubt whether infection is ever conveyed by the common drinking cup. I’m not so indifferent toward the common knife, fork or spoon. But who doesn't prefer to wash these first, if they have been used by another? A mother feeding her young child? Even in such circumstances, they should not share the utensils if either has the cri, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Cryptorchidism , Son, 8 years old, has undescended testes. One physician advised opera- tion. Another advised injection treatment with hormone. Which is the bet- ter course? .... (H. H. H.) Answer—I'd try the injection treatment for a month or two. Surgery, at best, is not always quite satisfactory. In many instances the testes descend spontaneously about the eleventh or twelfth year. ’ What With Orange Juice? Ben Told orange juice is not completely effective if followed immediately Le a food or liquids, but that at least half an hour should elapse... (D. Answer—That’s some diet quack’s notion. Anything you please to take with orange jutce will digest as well as it would if half an hour elapsed. Many children like, and assimilate perfectly, éven milk mixed with orange juice or other fruit juice. Hi, Slouchy! About this time of year I begin to feel positively slouchy, I mean— well, maybe you know what I mean, I just don’t seem to have any of my ‘usual energy... (Mrs. T. A. M.) Answer—I know. It’s sit-icosis. Send 10 cents coin and stamped en- velope bearing your address, for “The Last Brady Symphony.” Series of gymnastic exercises to drive away that slouch. Warranted to step up (Copyright, 1936, John F. Dille Co.) STANLEY. straggling yeung phy- fall. Leaves turned from green to gold, and a brisk wind, rue tling tall branches, tossed color- tul little patches Gs ayer She heard steps called, a deep masculine voice “Are you practicing for a sprint- “Ronnie, Ron- ing marathon?” na whirled. al “The same, in person. What a chase you have led me! Your grandmother said you were op your way to the library, with about a five-minute start. Say— People fell out of their cars watching me be the way you travel! ing outdistanced by a woman.” Dana said, “Oh, Ronnie, Cm The words “Honestly, Dana? You wouldn't Ronnie’s hands tight- glad you're back!” came in a little rush. tool me?” ened on hers. “I wouldn’t fool you. Don't ever go chasing off around the world again.” “Never expect to—alone,” Ron- ale said. There was something signif- cant in his voice, Something sig- nificant, too, in the way he was looking at her, smiling. She said quickly, “Grace and Bill are having @ party out at their lodge on the lake. She heard you were coming today— 1 don’t know how—and asked me [ : rH tFeRE HHT a ef Hi ti | if es t Hi Fy i § i i 8g i ‘ as i i i x if ELS Fzgs $ae8 i ‘ 5 fi : i Hy if i (it i ifel hd ; H i i F a : a if tf E | | 2 es 5 g 5 4 Z i F H te [E f E ri [ i el i i i i : | § i 2 i] f i . 2 : int ies hit en? it aie F 7 i] EE i 4 He 2 xz Hl g t fi } a Bs i E Be if 1 could inveigle you to come along.” “I'm inveigied,” Ronnie smiled. “That is, if you're going. 1 sup pose Grace heard from Pauls that 1 was back. Paula was on the same steamer, and we came from New York on the same train.” “Paulat” Dani She walked on, saying nothing. “Yes. a face whitened {t wouldn't surprise me it Paula and that Britisher who's been trailing after ber wouldn't You remember how thick Paula and Grace were be at the party. before she went away?” “Yes,” Dana said. “It Ronnie began. youd rather not go—" he did—such tactics would be an- necessary. Cyril Lancaster was probably merely a cruise acquaint: ance with @ exible itinerary and Paule was carrying on the much. heralded tradition of southern ‘hospitality.