The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 21, 1936, Page 4

Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) The State, City and County Official Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D. and gntered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. George D. Mann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Secretary and Treasurer Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Daily by carrier, per year Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) ... : Daily by mail per year (in state outside of Bismarck) Daily by mai) outside of Nosth Dakota . . Weekly, by mail in state, per year ........ ‘ Weekly by mai) outside of North Dakota, per year Weekly by mail in Canada, per year Advance Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press Assoclated Press {s exclusively entitled to the use for republica- ton of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this Rewspaper and also the local news of spontancous origin published herein, ‘All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. The Answer to Inflation Perhaps the best answer to the demand for inflation, fre- quently heard in this country, is the announcement by J. F. T. O'Connor, comptroller of the currency, that the 5,392 national banks under his jurisdiction had $24,847,733,000 in deposits on Dec. 31. This is $500,353,000 more than the total of deposits on Dec. 81, 1928, the previous high mark, despite the fact that there were then 7,635 active banks in the national system. Furthermore, it discloses a gain in national bank deposits during the last two and a half years of $8,073,618,000 or 48.13 per cent. An answer to many things also is contained in the an- nouncement that loans and discounts on Dec. 31, 1935 totalled only $7,505,321,000 or less than one third of the total amount on denosit. This figure could be twice as large without causing the banks embarrassment. This statistical picture proves definitely that there already is a tremendous surplus of idle money in the country waiting for investment. The only possible effect inflation could have would be to increase this volume of idle funds. The argument for inflation, of course, is that this money is not in the hands of the people and is not available for the main- tenance of purchasing power. This is not true, as is shown by a study of the detailed report, but even if it were, to start the printing presses on the job of turning out new money would not be acure. For the only result would be to reduce the value of the money we already have in circulation and, eventually, to increase the volume of unused money held in banks. A far better answer to our economic problem would be to put to work the money already available rather than to create uew money. Call for Solomon Members of Bismarck’s eleemosynary agencies and the Burleigh county welfare board could use the services of a mod- ern Solomon to advantage.‘ Gertainly one of the problems they now are facing has left them without a satisfactory answer. Boiled down, it is this: “To what extent should the sins of the parents be visited upon their children?” The practical phase appears when, as often happens, appeals for aid are made by fathers and mothers who refuse, sometimes by word but more often by deed, to help themselves. At Christmastime several carloads of usable goods were given away in the annual Open Your Heart campaign. Some of it went to persons who were hard pressed and who made the best possible use of it, thrifty families which were unable longer to keep their heads above water without help. At the heads of these families were the kind of fathers and mothers whom we think of as traditionally American; hard- working, prudent and honest. The fathers never miss an op- portunity to earn a dollar. The mothers are not ashamed to patch and sew and to exercise the thousand and one economies which the fathers and mothers of the last generation took as a matter of course. These people, by the way, are the ones who are slow to seek public help and who, once it is given, cause the least trouble. They offer no real problem. But much of the Christmas charity went to families in which fathers, mothers, or both, are improvident and wasteful. There is no attempt at good domestic management. The men refuse to work and the women refuse to patch. Sufficient unto the day are the pleasures thereof and why think of the morrow? In one authenticated case, underwear was bought for the children of a family. Within three months it was practically useless. Inquiry brought the indifferent answer that it was “just cheap stuff anyway” although the quality was the same ig which all but the very elect purchase for their own chil- n. Some families which could send their sons to CCC camps, thereby benefiting both the boys and themselves, refuse to do so. Thus father and grown sons sit around the house doing oes except for trips to relief headquarters to demand more Ip. That is one side of the picture and certainly it is enough to harden almost any heart. The ancient rule that “he who will not work shall not eat” seems clearly applicable in such cases. But right there is where the real question arises. Shall minor children be permitted to go cold and hungry because of the laziness and incompetence of their parents? A little body can get just as blue and the tears of anguish can be just as real under such circumstances as if their parents were the salt of the earth. public take cognizance of this when | Behind the SCENES Washington (Tribune Ws Washington, Feb. 2: that 10 billion dollars’ worth of gold, anyway? It’s in treasury vaults in San Fran- cisco, Denver, New York, and, soon, at Fort Knox, Ky. But whose is it? The question becomes pretty tmport- ant in view of new demands that the currency be inflated by new money is- sued against the gold as backing. One argument is that seven billions is already obligated to federal reserve banks, which hold the government's gold certificates as backing for their currency. But they can’t get the gold. in the treasury vaults, Possess: By RODNEY DUTCHER fashingten It’s is jnine points of the law. Senator Henrik Shipstead is one of, those who want to find out pretty definitely. He is backing a resolution calling on the attorney general to furnish the senate with a formal opin- jon “as to the ownership of, and the encumbrances on,” the gold stock, “with particular reference to the status of the gold taken’ from the federal reserve banks.” Another Mystery Shipstead points out that several bills are pending which demand issue of currency against this gold, espec- fally in relation to the bonus; and that up to now there has been no of- ficial statement regarding just who owns the gold, and why, and how. He hasn't gotten any action yet. It’s Just another one of those mys- teries, like the disposition of the. $2,- 000,000,000 “devaluation profit” fund with which the treasury was to deal in foreign exchange to regulate: the value of the dollar abroad. Ten-Dollar Word Tosser Senator Vandenberg, “dark horse” Republican candidate for the presi- dency, can toss the king’s English about when he chooses, almost on a An Echo in the Valley THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21, 1936 par with Ham Lewis, “The senator thinks that it is a matter of super- erogation to inquire about that?” he asked “Cotton Ed” Smith the other day during debate on a farm bill. Smith rebuked him: “The senator should not use that sort of word in a farm bill... .” Somebody Kidding? Now comes the proposal to hand the whole American labor movement, lock. (New York Times) stock and barrel, over to the govern-| Appetite comes with eating. Mr. ment, to be administered by a board|Borah, having overcome his hesita- of five army officers.. The sponsor,|tions about candidating, is getting William J, Rau, connected with the|ready to plunge into the primaries in American Engineers’ corporation, is}as many states as he thinks he has « perfectly straight-faced about this ef-|chance in and can reasonably cover fort to “save the unions from their|in his speech-making circuit. Sudden- worst enemies, graft and poor leader-|ly discovering that he is obscure, he ship.” feels it his duty to make himself A pamphlet over the signature of an organization calling itself “Ameri- can Union Men,” is being distributed to members of congress. 3 Some members get all in a froth and denounce “this effort to intro- duce Fascism.” Others insist they think somebody is kidding again. Jones Gets Big Hand ENJOYING HIMSELF knows no brother. If to persons of il) will the riodically regular. The Landonians are @ little glum. Mr. Borah’s for- wardness looks more taking than the Kansan’s backwardness. Mr. Borah is an old hand and under no illusions about the political value of modesty. Nominations for the presidency are not, like Dian’s kiss, unasked, un- sought. Hustling and go-getting are required. Mr. Borah’s competitors ought to be grateful to him for his zeal as a canvasser. Even on the rocky soil of these diggings the prec- fous seed of Borahist doctrine is to be sown. Mr. Macy, that expert man- ager, hopes to raise Borah delegates in Manhattan, Kings, Queens and up- state. Mr. Fish will content himself with nominally uninstructed — dele- gates, whose heart is true to Poll. By There was plenty of applause in the house when Representative Mar- vin Jones defended Secretary Wallace after the latter's indignant flaying of the supreme court decision that proc- essing firms could keep the money collected from the public as processing taxes. Jones drew handclapping when he said, “I believe that in the mind of every thinking man Is the belief that . «there is some money in the hands of certain people in this country that does not belong to them, and that an honest processor will refuse to be en- riched by it if he has passed the tax cost on to the consumer.” Don’t Want the Money There was further applause when Jones showed that at least one group of processors is going to try not to irrup- tion of @ quadrennial liberal into #/April the pot will be bilin’ vociferous- state dominated by @ real and perm-|ly. Meanwhile in the west, Mr. Borah, anent liberal looks a little comic, what | always friendly to newspapers which does Mr. Borah care? He is @ ser-/have done so much for him, will see ious man engaged in a serious cam-/that they don’t suffer for lack of lib- paign. His present campaign is thor-|eral speeches. oughly consonant with his eminent; Senator Borah’s high spirits are record.. He is out to make as much /such that he simply must have his lit- trouble as he can for the Republican /|tle joke. Will he walk out of the Re- party, and especially those Republi-| publican convention in case the plat- cans who are habitually instead of pe-|form and the nominee do not suit him? This question has been talked about by politicians and candidates opposed to Mr. Borah, and was put to’ him directly on Saturday. He laughed it to scorn. -He can’t walk out on himself, can he? In his impartial judgment, he is certain to win the nomination. Then Borah the senator will heartily and loyally support Borah the Republican presidential can- didate. As a clincher, he pointed to his record as always faithful to the party—every four years, Even in 1912, when he led the Progressives in their fight, he left them when they were beaten and stood by the Republican party. Not so Colonel Knox, who joined the Progressives. Not so Gov- ernor Landon, who went with them. Thus does Mr. Borah seek to make what has'really beem ® comic aspect of his long public career a serious title and credential. It is to be feared, however, that the Republican man- agers will not be deeply impressed by his appeal to his own party regular- ity. They will be tempted to say that he has been in presidential elections “splendidly regular,” but that between them he has been, so. far as party ularity is concerned, “icily null.” Venizelos’ Return to Political Power Seen profit by it. He read a letter from the Corn Industries Research Found- ation, saying that 10 companies in the business of processing corn products “have taken a position of flat refusal to profit by the return of any proc- essing taxes” and that “the industry would feel itself unjustly enriched unless it attempted, to the best of its ability to restore the refunded taxes to the people who actually paid them,’ A Noble Racket Washington is a place where queer things come out from under logs, even in winter. Not so long ago a gentle- man appeared at one of the hotels here, offering to peddle titles, such as Duke of Socony, to persons like John D, Rockefeller, at a hand- some figure. (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) By MILTON BRONNER London, Feb, 21.—Five times prem: fer, eight times a rebel, and always the nine-lived political cat of Greace, BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 18 RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN movie queen was wonderful, “Is that 30?” “Yes, but that was before her picture was in any adver- tisement telling that - she uses the soap my. father manufacturers.” “The wages of sin,” said the direc- tor to the actor who was to play the villainous part in the movie, “are fif- teen dollars a week.” First Cat—Who ya’ goin’ to vote for? Second Cat—Dunno, can’t you see But should the general the parents are indifferent? If fathers and mothers ny nsaeke p Ae willing to work for their children should public social agencies be soft-hearted about it? The situation actually exists. It is no’ a th i = ‘hi . It t a theoretical ques tion. That is why the services of a Solomon would come in handy just now. ——— New Deal dirge: I didn’t mee my baby bond to be a soldier’s, * %& ic fbout ae sow one ead can face the music these days, judging by that eu * The question asked most frequently at the New York brary geen the Prince of Wales be crowned before he is Facet e enor. Early to bed ‘oaving time, meee lee en * es ee % Suing for injuries suffered in accident, New Yorker lost because motion showed him on & PWA job. fossa pena) sledge job. Any other PWA worker makes a man a healthy enemy of daylight I'm on the fence, First Extra—Are you in the scene wines he leading man comes home drunk’ Second Extra—Sure. I'm one of the players. Tt is bet to hai Athletic—I have a chance for the track team. Pei aati eh ia. adieu it “What do you mean, there's an ex- ception to every rule? How about the rule that all men die?” “Oh, that’s the exception to the erat et casa cc aailads Veniselos now has an open road ahead of him to a return, and his sixth premiership. King George, who had already split with Kondylis in the months since his restoration, it be expected to welcome Veni- as head of the government, known to America in aligning Greece @ revolt of his native Cretans against Turkish rule, And this sort of peren- nial revioutionary activity he has con- tinued up to the present when, only a year ago, his followers tried an abortive revolt. But in Balkan politics Venizelos has been in the forefront of trade and reciprocal treaties among these na- tions looking to healing Europe's chronic sore spot. Living comfortably in Paris with his the World War. | him from was then pro-Ger- being sister of Kaiser Germany. Venizelos suc- setting up a pro-Ally revo- lutionary government, deposing Con- stantine. He sent oe, troops to and took in the Ver- conference, Started as Revolutionist that was only an incident urbulent life of this political ~of-nine-lives. ago as 1896 he was leading THis Curious WorLD By William Ferguson Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brady will answer perteining to health Gisenas or diagnosis. Write fefly and in ink, Ad Brady in care of The Tribune, All queries must be accompa! stamped, self-addressed envelope. UNDERWATER TREATMENT OF CHRONIC ARTHRITIS For nearly fourteen years Dr. Charles W. Lowman has been treating in- fantile paralysis with conspicuous success by underwater gymnastics, Th> more or less paralyzed patient is carried or helped into the water of a large pool, and the buoyancy of the water, which opposes gravity, seems to free the muscles and permit movements which are beyond the patient’s power when not immersed. When desired the water in the pool may be hot enough to give the additional relaxing effect of hyperemia and to decrease muscle spasm. Both immersion and hyperemia combine to diminish pain on manip- ulation or passive movement in the water. Massage and passive movements ‘or manipulation by a trained attendant under careful medical treatment, are & valuable part of underwater therapy. . More recently, following the lead of Dr. Lowman, physicians have been adopting underwater treatmient for other conditions than the disabilities re- maining after poliomyelitis. Underwater treatment of chronic arthritis proves particularly favorable. The water, I regret I must stop here to explain, is quite warm—the temper- ature of the pool is 98 or 99 degrees. That’s precisely the internal tempera- ture of the healthy body. Now a good many of you ninnies will think of course, the water has to be very warm so the patient won’t take more........ rheumatism. Well, if you still think like that it is sheer waste of time for you to read things like this. You should go right back to the funny pictures and read ‘em again—they’re suited to your mentality. The heat maintains continuous hyperemia during the treatment, aiding the buoyancy of the water in producing general relaxation, decreasing mus- cle spasm, and increasing the degree of motion of an affected joint without pain. It also brings more blood to the joint, stimulates nutrition of tissues, promotes removal of waste material (thru lymph and circulation). The heat enables the muscles to do more work without becoming fatigued. It facilitates breaking down of inflammatory exudates and adhesions which stiffen the ipulation, Pulse and respiration are slightly increased and blood pressure slightly lowered for three or four hours after each immersion. The patient feels pleasantly relaxed and usually enjoys a nap. Imagine what pleasure and confidence and new will to get well it would give a patient unable to take a step on his own, to find that in the pool he can walk about quite freely. Day after day he is eager to try new movements, and looks forward to the pool treatment with an optimism which is indeed ®@ great factor in recovery. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What, in a Health Column? ‘Would you please tell me if colitis causes a very weak feeling, severe nerv- ousness and a confused, thick feeling in the head? ... (Mrs. H. J.) Answer—Now, now, madam, this is a health column. For your health’s sake I can only assure you that it is best to leave the interpretation of your symptoms to your phyaiclan. ie : Kindly allow me to differ with you about angleworm oil, which you re- gard as a bad joke. It is an old remedy marketed by .... » My wife's mother was agent for it for years and nearly all the older residents kept a bottle on hand... (N. E. F.) Answet—They got away with it in the old days, perhaps it would not be 80 easy today. Wet to Dry How can I break my six-year-old son of bed-wetting? ... (Mrs. A. W.) Answer—Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for in- structions. (Copyright, 1936, John F. Dille Co.) condition —Treasury Secretary Henry ¢ There are too many people talking E. Morgenthau. *% 4% politics already—Andrew W. Mellon. ee % ‘We women must go ahead of the Politicians and build for generations unt Astor. ** % They might as well close the ball park gates if Diz doesn’t stay in St. Louis—Paul (Daffy) Dean, St. Louis Cardinal pitcher, referring to his brother, “Dizzy.” The people can change congress — but only God can change the supreme court. — Senator George W. Norris, Nebraska. xe k Rit Pharaoh—has yet to reap his share of. the plague.— Aras Rabbi William Margolis, New York) City. * % & This is not a republic. It is a gov- ernment by executive decree. In Europe it would be called by an uglier name—U. 8. Senator Arthur E. Vandenberg of Michigan. * # ‘They taxed cars out of existence in England and we are traveling the same road here—Melvin C. Bender, counsel to the New York State Auto- mobile Association, se & ‘This our great America has not one real friend among the nations of the world. — U. 8. Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, Ilinois. es * % ‘The supreme court held in the Dred ( "The-Germans do not want war; all they want is the rewards of victory — Jules Segue -yhoreae Ponca a A balanced budget and a stable currency would put more men to work than the whole PWA.—Herbert Hoo- ver, ** * ‘We are in one of the four major crises of civilization in the teaching of fine arts, day school songs are jingles. I won- der why you Americans, a wonderful Scott case that a siave was not a hu- man being... that he did not gain citizenship by going to a free state. Sixty-five years later it held that a chicken born in Iowa -became a citi- zen of New York the moment it en- tered the state—Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, New York City. HORIZONTAL 1God from Norse my- thology’ ° people for music, still keep up that terrible singing—Dr. Toyohiko Ka- gawa, Japanese Ancient Deity Anxwer to Previous Puzzle 10 Hearsay. 1] 14 Bulb, 15 Shallow vessel 16 Veal, 17 Part of a of —. window. x ad drive. mare. 13 Paid publicity A[D] 14 Bud of a plant. |T[0} 16 3.1416, 16 Lunar body. 17 Italian river. 18 Light brown. 21 He carried a magic —~. o i IG MEOlE RIMM A) 22 Sand. LIEIT MEME IT [O[PIE [SMEG Als] 23 Scarlet. E[AIO[S MEL IEIGIAILMMWiolNIT] 24 To contain. 26 Agricultural plot. 27 Sand hill. 29 Crucifix. 30 Nuisance, 31. Custom, 33 Form of fron, 34 Overpowering fright, 35 Lariat. 36 Chill. 37 Auto. 38 Fairy. 40 Part of circle, 41To marry. 42 Tribunal. 44 Form of “a.” 45 Mother. 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