The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1936, Page 6

1D DISMANUN LKIDUND, LrUNSVAL, MARKUS LY, 1950 Scenes Washington ‘It Might. Have. WE REALIZE THAT THE VERSAILLES TREATY CONTAINS PROVISIONS THAT ARE UNFAIR TO THE NEW GERMAN REPUBLIC. WE WISH To CORRECT THOSE. ERRORS AND FULFILL OUR OBLIGATION To REDUCE * ARMAMENTS. Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. uestions pertaining to health but not disease or diagnosis. Write Yetters briefly and in ink. Address Dr. Brady in care of The Tribune. All queries must be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. | Behind the ‘ Ls) The Bismarck Tribune H An Independent Newspaper t THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER i (Established 1873) Dr. Brady will answer State, City and County Official Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mai] matter. George D. Mann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Little Brown Book on F. B.'s Desk Tells How to Run Our Capitalistic Machine . . . It Forecasts Roose- velt’s Plan for Taxing Undistrib- uted Corporation Profits ... How David Cushman Coyle Thinks All THEY THINK THEY THINK BETTER Who says “I can teke a drink or I can let it alone.” The man under the effects of alcohol. And he honestly believes he has the will power to let it alone—he believe: Secretary and Treasurer Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year . Daily by mail per year (in Bi Daily by mail per year (in state outsid Daily by mail outside of North Dakota . Weekly by mail 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 ts exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this Rewspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Faithful to the Public National observance of food week centets attention not only on the advances which have been made in the system for purveying our daily bread but upon the service rendered by the men who do so. The modern grocer is among our highest type of mer- chants. In a field where competition is keen and the public’s buying instinct is thoroughly whetted, the grocer must be a good businessman to survive. Time was when anyone who had a little money or could get credit to buy a stock of staple goods could set himself up as a grocer, but those days have vanished, never to return. The modern food merchant must have expensive equip- ment, as well as a knowledge of products and of people. He must carry a range of goods which would have made the house- wife of only a generation ago open her eyes in surprise. He must be—and.is—ready to serve at all reasonable times. He is almest as much a guardian of the public health as our physi- cians and bacteriologists, for carelessness on his part can lead to dire results. No other merchant has wider contacts and none but the department store carries a more diversified stock of goods, for the instinct of the housewife is to turn to the grocery for any item which she needs. Thus the grocery store retains most of the good points of the general merchant of by-gone days. In merchandising methods the grocer has kept step with advances in the food industry which enable him to offer straw- berries in December and green goods throughout the year. Their constructive attitude enables the grocers of Bismarck to offer items of as good quality and at prices as attractive as do the This Should Work Out. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, March 19.—On Presi- dent Roosevelt's desk, among the toy animals, memorandum pads, pencils, and other paraphernalia, visitors have sometimes observed a small brown book. Both the president and Mrs. Roose- velt have been known to recommend the book to friends. Its purpose is to tell people how to keep the capi- \talistic machine operating without running into the ditch. Presumably one is justified in as- suming that it at least partly reflects what's going on in Roosevelt's mind as he grapples with the problems of recovery and reelection. Especially since readers of the little brown book now realize that it forecast the presi- dent's unexpected proposal to revamp the corporation tax system by tax- ing undistributed corporation profits. The book is called “Brass Tacks” and its author is David Cushman Coyle, a consulting engineer of note. Here’s what Coyle had to say about corporation surpluses, which now seem 50 significant: “,... there is another t; of insurance against hard times that al- ready has been widely used. This is the habit of laying up corporation surpluses for the purpose of paying dividends when not currently earned. “The corporation reserve is the grandfather and president of the Bootstraps club. Here the fallacious notion that ‘money should be made to work’ has had the most devastating effects on the business world, and no program for stabilizing business will be really effective until this no- tion has been swept away. * * * How It All Starts “The {rst stage in usjng surplus earnings to bring on ruin is to de- posit them in the bank during the early stages of prosperity. The bank- er naturelly lends the corporation's money to one of its competitors for expansion of capacity, which stimu- lates business and for a time shows no indication of the inevitable crash, As the bubble grows larger and more iridescent, the corporations turn their surplus funds loose in the call mar- ket. This is called preserving a liquid condition. ... “Then when the bubble bursts the companies draw out their funds, wrecking the banks or calling loans grocers in New York. All of these things come to mind as the grocers call atten- tion to their progress by this week’s observance. Examination of their advances reveals that the industry and the people in it are open to congratulation. It might not be a bad idea for customers to show their appreciation of the unfailing service and courtesy of the grocer by telling him of their appreciation. Fiawers for the living never hurt anyone. ti Ugly Spring Flowers Among the flowers which have bloomed every spring in recent years are the ugly threats of war which usually reach @ new crisis about the time the grass begins to turn green. Just a year ago, France and Germany were at swords points with the former squalling for the League of Nations to do something about Germany’s open determination to re-arm. Anyone who cares to look at last year’s newspapers will note that Europe was as scared then as it is now. Before that, several springs brought new activity by Japan in Manchuria. This year, the war god’s pet blossom is the hullabaloo about Germany’s reoccupation of the Rhineland. And if we wish to go further back, every war in which this nation ever fought started in April. The wonder is that these spring flowers have been so short-lived in recent years, for any one of them might have grown to the proportions of a world catastrophe. It must be something in the seasons which produces this tendency of man to seek new adventure in the.springtime. It may be that the burgeonings of the leaves and flowers are ac- companied by an excess of spirit which is not always easy to curb after the comparative somnolence of winter. - Whatever the cause, it is to be hoped that man’s intelli- gence will outweigh the foibles of his spirit; keep him on safe ground until his ebullience is dissipated, May the Best Team Win Bismarck hotels will be filled to capacity this week-end as North Dakota basketball fans fix their eyes on Bismarck where the state high school championship will be decided. The Capital City {s prepared to put its best foot forward and to show its guests, both young and old, a good time. The system for policing the tournament and keeping order among our young visitors is well established. It insures them a good time, still protects them from any tendency toward excess either on their part or on that of older persons who should know better. j That tournament time offers the city of Bismarck oppor- tunity to make many important friendships goes without say- ing, for the young men and women who come here will be the leaders of the state in only a few short years. Real demonstra- tion of the friendliness on which Bismarck prides itself may be returned many fold in the course of time. On behalf of the entire city The Bismarck Tribune ex- tends a hearty welcome to every visitor within our gates, It wishes for each a good time and, in line with the tradition which makes this one of the cleanest as well as hardest fought of all athletic events, it utters on behalf of all that most valiant of sporting expressions, “may the best team win.” Scientist says that as peovle grow older their ears get larger. Which feminds us—according to a recent item, Clark Gable was a pis lng ee Hitler based his latest move on Germany’s Weltanschauung (World Out- flook). France, however, seems to think it more matter of World, Look Out. ; ose If all the skyscrapers in New York were laid end to end—it wouldn't fave been a bad idea during that elevator strike, a) At least the League's standards are mounting. They're even beginning to consider sanctions a Redon which selzed its own land, Just 60 as not to attract undue attention during the campaign ths, io Cincinnati baseball team might temporarily let a on speculators as the case may be, and generally deflating everything in sight.” * * * Assails ‘Ploughing In’ Coyle excoriates the “ploughing in” theory, admitting it to be “conserva- tive and respectable,” which uses company earnings “to overexpand its plant to such extent that competitors will be forced to cut prices until the industry is ruined. “The idea that every man and every company can grow indefinite- ly at everyone else’s expense is the basis for many an ambitious program, which when added to others of its kind paralyzes the whole economic organism. ... WE SAID THAT WE WE UNDERSTAND ITALY'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AND ITS POST-WAR CONDITION.. WE WANT To WoRK, TAROUGH THE LEAGUE, TO IMPROVE THE. SITUATION, AND TO CORRECT ANY INJUSTICES OR MISUNDER? STANDINGS OF THE PEACE © CONFERENCE. FOUGHT TO "MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY.” WE WANT TO HELP ASSURE THE SUCCESS OF ORDERLY, DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT GY DOING WHAT WE CAN TO PROMOTE WORLD RECOVERY AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL OF US. Yb THE OFFENSE OF DR. FRANK (St. Paul Dispatch) As president of the Wisconsin state university, Dr. Glenn Frank was suf- ficiently liberal to cause John B. Chapple of Superior to make the economic atmosphere of the institu- tion an issue in his unsuccessful cam- paign for the governorship. And yet it seems that the doctor 4 fine) Hevite ciently progressive, accor LaFollette interpretation of the word, to hold the undiluted esteem of Gov- ernor Phil. Since Dr. Frank committed the of- fense of making a Lincoln day ad- dress to a gathering of New York Re- publicans, there have been indica- tions of strained relations at Madison and much speculation in consequence. ‘The speech was made to Republicans by the doctor who is of that party himself and the LaFollettes have tak- en umbrage ‘at certain of his obser- vations which skillful twisting might construe as critical of the national administration. ‘The Wisconsin Progressives are not making @ specific point on the ad- dress, not even mentioning it, but it is regarded as significant that whispers to the effect that the university presi- dent might resign began to circulate soon after its delivery. At the last “Some day there will be a prohib- itive tax on all corporation profits which are not either distributed im- mediately in dividends or laid aside in currency.” All of which proceeds from the Coyle theory that the nation must “avoid wasting our substance in riot- ous investment” and that economic salvation lies in an increase in per- sonal and national spending accom- panied by a reduction of the rate of saving and investment. * * * Cites Prime Requisites Prime requisites, he says, are: 1. Genuine old age pensions and other forms of economic security which will diminish the urge for thrift. 2, Heavy income and inheritance taxes which would finance that pro- gram and tend to keep money in cir- culation rather than in investment. Coyle suggests a $50 a month pen- ston for 10,000,000 persons over 60, which would cost $6,000,000,000 a year and with the usual turnover, he says, would increase national income 15 or 20 billion dollars in addition to ben- efits of increased stability. Today’s demand, Coyle says, is “not for capital, nor for labor, but for buy- ers to carry away the goods.” The unemployed must be absorbed in “service” jobs, x ek What's 40 Billion? Pointing out that we have lost 40 billions a year since 1928 by stay- ing in the depression, Coyle says: “If the government could keep us out by spending anything up to 46 billions every year until Doom’s day, that would be cheaper than what we are doing now. What is 40 billion dollars? Only $320 apiece. A billion dollars is the penniés you pay the newsboy. This is a big country.” Some of Coyle’s admirers con- sider him an economic messiah whose memory will be enshrined long after Dr. Townsend, Earl Browder, and Herbert Hoover are forgotten (Copyright, 1996, NEA Service, Inc.) FO | So They Say | o We should get some modern educa- tion into prisons, instead of teaching just reading, writing and arithmetic. We should teach aviation, for in- stance.—Arthur T. Lyman, Massachu- setts commissioner of correction, x * * There never was a better mother- in-law than mine, even if she didn't show much enthusiasm when I first began courting her daughter.—Gov. James Allred, Texas, proclaiming ‘mother-in-law day. e eek Punishments as given in the home are not of much value in the correc- tion of difficult children. Rewards are slightly more useful, and general encouragement of the child always is necessary.—Dr. Reginald Miller, Brit- ish physician. * * % The victories in Africa are. tri- umph of Fascist youth. We will face equal courage @ battle against + themselves be known as|the European lineup.—Vezsio Orasi,|This ‘Italian military leader. meeting of the university regents when Dr. Frank intimated that inter- ference had prevented certain desir- able changes in courses of study a member of the board promptly coun- tered. He said that the governor ex- ercises final authority over all uni- versity matters and if the remark about interference was aimed at the state’s executive the president was privileged to resign. BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 18 RELISHED BY man, my is worth exactly $100 a minute but I will give you a ten min- ute interview. Socialist — Never mind the interview. If it is all the same to you I'll just take the cash for the time you'll save. : “Mamma,” said little Mary Lou, “if there are any men up in heaven why is it that we never see pictures of an- gels with whiskers?” “Well,” replied her mother, thought- fully, “I guess it’s because most men get there only by a close shave.” Mrs. NuBryde—I don’t want any more flour like that you gave me last week. Groceryman—What was the matter with it? Mrs, NuBryde—It was so tough my husband couldn’t eat the biscuits I made from it. Miss Gush (in a restaurant) — I think it is a shame that cattle must die in order for us to have this steak. Mr. Guff—Yes, it is tough isn’t it? License Clerk—What is the lady's name? Nervous .Man—Prudence Priscilla Peskingham. Clerk—Spinster? Mon—No indeed. She's a stenogra- Teacher—If you had a pie and cut it into eight slices, what would each slice be? Willie—I would day mighty small. She—After all, darling, we have only one life to live. , He—With prices the way they are it's a lucky thing that one is our limit. dJimson—Captain, what shall I do if T get seasick? Captain—Don't you worry about that. You'll do it. -—Daddy, where is Atoms? I can’t find it in my geography. Father—I don’t think there is any such place, son. Tommy-—There must be, daddy. paper says an explosion blew two men to Atoms. Dr. Frank has nothing to worry about. He is a national figure in ed- ucation and a constructive force in Politics and economics. If he steps @way from Wisconsin it will be to a better position where freedom of per- sonal opinion is not distorted into treason against the state. that when he is under the effects of alcohol. Ever try to argue wtif a man who has a few drinks in his blog? Irre- spective of the question under discussion or debate, he is quite likely to believe, honestly, that he knows more than you do about it, even though you be a recognized expert. The slightly intoxicated man thinks his mere opinion, his little personal oe cs beat outweighs any scientific or authori- tative knowledge you may bi . ‘The individual under the effects of alcohol in moderate excess (excess being any quantity of alcohol which gives a perceptible odor of alcohol or aldehyde on the breath) honestly believes his skill, judgment, common sense, or understanding, wit, discretion, attention and capacity to act promptly better than he thinks it is when he is sober. But when ‘such a person is subjected to accurate measurements or tests of these various faculties, invari- ably it is apparent that the effect of a drink or two is to weaken or slow every mental or nerve function. The slightly jingled d.f. thinks he is a better man when he is in that state; any sober observer can readily see that he_is actual- ly less competent in every respect than he is when sober. Only drinkers regard alcoholic beverages or liquor as “stimulants,” and they have to be’ slightly intoxicated in order to feel confident they are right. All scientific authorities know that alcohol in any quantity and in any circum- stances is depressant from first to last, depressant to every function of body and mind; and when sufficient alcohol is taken into the body it is invariably narcotic in action, as any normal, sober observer can readily perceive. Only a df. the d. meaning damned or drunken as you prefer, imagines alcohol strengthens any one or anything. Not a few df.’s have paid with their lives for such a false notion, as when exposed to extreme cold or when called upon to make some supreme physical effort involving prolonged strain on the strength or energy of the body. Alcohol in such circumstances is a fatal poison. Fiction writers of the moron class who play up the expression on the face of the corpse still resort to a little brandy when they have to revive a character long enough for him to gasp out his confession or tell who killed him, And that, children, is all the evidence there is that alcohol is a stim- ulant. A person who takes a few drinks and presently feels flushed, excited, warm, talkative, confident and capable, naturally imagines this is stimula- tion. The surface flushing and sense of warmth is due to a kind of paralysis and relaxation of the fine arterioles, which permits the warm blood from the vital centers and organs of the body to rush to the surface and remain there. The faster pulse rate is due to release of normal inhibition or brake control of the heart heat. The garrulity is due to the narcotic first putting to sleep the higher brain centers which normally keep a person from talking foolisnly. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Shall I Fetch a Spoon? Thank you for information about old fashioned molasses without sulphur dioxide in it. But you omitted to answer my other question. I asked what would be the best way to take the molasses, about what time of day, and how much to take.... (G. R.) Answer—Oh, take six pancakesful every alternate morning about 8 o’clock, or as much as will cover a slice of bread’n’ butter whenever you have that empty feeling after a hard game of tag or wooly-wooly-wolf. Old fashioned molasses is not medicine, brother, but food, and one of the most healthful foods in the list, especially for live folk, youngsters who play ac- tively, people who work or play or get active exercise every day. (Copyright, 1936, John F. Dille Co.) Later that morning she poses for some photographs to ba used Maury HIATE the photosrasher, tells her ahe has face. MAU- ote- Pa tures and Maurine is jealous. leaves the at ects BILL Dr. They we to dinner. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER IV T was just an ordinary February day like a dozen others. Toby didn’t see anything unusual about it as hurried to the subway sta tion. There was time,enough this morning, but hurrying had become a habit. Besides, the air was cold and damp and it was slushy under- foot. Toby was glad to reach the store, She had a customer almost as soon as the doors were opened. From then on, the morning routine was just as it had been the day be fore. Toby lunched in the em. Dloyes’ cafeteria and wondered why it was that the pea soup tasted exactly like the bean soup the day before and the cream of vegetable soup the day before that. The Drune pudding was good, though. She had an extra cup of coffee and talked for five minutes with a girl who had been transferred, two weeks before, from the jewelry de- partment to the fourth floor misses’ wear. Promptly at 1:15 Toby was back at her counter. So far, nothing had happened to set that February day epart from any other. Gladys Sorenson ate lunch at the sandwich shop around the corner , 4nd came back to report that it was growing colder outside. Sinead ths oe fener che The glittering handful was worth more than $250. her. “The name is Jamieson— Timothy Jamieson.” ' She wrote it down. “Twenty rhinestone clips at $2.98 each,” she said. “That’s—tet's see—$59.60." Tim Jamieson nodded. “Will you —er—have them sent?” The ad- dress he gave was one which even Toby knew was fashionable. She nodded. “The package will » Mr. Jamieson. Thank you very much. And I hope you like your clips.” “But, see here—" “Was there anything else you wanted?” “Yes,” he said, “there’s some thing I want very much. I want you to have dinner with me to night. Ill be waiting for you— any time you say. Or, if you'd rather, I'll pick you up some where—” Toby smiled, but shook her head. “I'm sorry,” she said. “I can’t.” “Oh, but you'll change your mind! A girl like you couldn't be so hard-hearted. Now, listen, when the store closes I'll be waiting for Toby didn’t bother to object to that. A customer had paused at the other end of the counter and she hurried toward her. When she looked back a little later the young man was gone, eee yore thought of the $59.60 in her sales book. It certainly wasn't every day that you made sales like that in the costume jew- buy the shoes she needed and galoshes. He really was 2 nicelooking young — There was something about him that was rather—rather exciting. Oh, well, she'd never see pam ‘That was the end of But the day that had begun in such an ordinary fashion had more for Toby Ryan —much deat thing about it was all happened so naturally. peagge se it was a few minutes past $ when “Wouldn't surprise me,” she said, “if {t's snowing by 5 o'clock.” Toby said, “Ugh! I hope not,” and wished that she owned a pair of galoshes. Gladys, who had a fondness for iscussions of the weather, went on, “Last year, just about this time, we had that terrible snow storm. It lasted for three days. Don’t you remember—?” Glady'’s reminiscences were cut ehort by the approach of a cus ough, brisk during the early afterndon as it had been through the morning. eee Tr was while Toby was showing the new white and jade com- pacts to a woman wearing a leopard coat that she noticed the young man. Involuntarily Toby’s eyes raised. Then she lowered them quickly, It was the same young man—no doubt about it. The one , Ghe had bumped into on her way to work the day before. He was standing lées than a dozen feet away. Toby said, without looking up, “It's really the nicest compact we have. The medallion ts real jade—" ‘The woman in the leopard coat interrupted. “Yes, it’s very at- tractive, You said the price is $4.98, didn’t you?” “Thats right Four ninety: eight.” “I'll take it,” the woman en- mougeed. She opened her handbeg, drawing out a coin purse. Ab fuptly she stopped. “Oh,” she ex- claimed, “T'd to cash a check this morning.” She stared at Toby, went oa hurriedly. T the com Could you have it wrapped and hold it for me? I'll be back within an hour or so.” “Why, certainly,” Toby agreed. “T'll have it ready for you. I'm Miss Ryan. If you don’t see me, Jast ask one of the other girls—” The woman smiled. “Thank you,” she said. “I'll remember.” As she moved away she repeated, “I'll be back within an hour.” Toby nodded and bent over ‘her sales book. Seyi aA. “Miss Ryan?” : be She hadn't expected to hear her mame, and looked up, startled. The Young man—yes, it was the same one, all right; the brown eyes, the gray hat, the tweed topcoat all checked—stood directly before her. he asked. “You are Miss Ryan, aren't you?” “Wwhy—why, yes.” He smiled, looking very well. pleased with himself, “That's what I thought you said,” he told her. “Z heard you talking to that woman”—nodding in the direction im which the woman in the leopard coat had gone. “You know, you rushed away in such a hurry yes- terday—" Toby met his eyes. She looked as though she were about to rush away a second time, but instead she said, “You'll have to go. I can’t stand here talking. We're not allowed—” “But just a minute — please—” the young man began. “I'm sorry,” Toby said firmly, “it’s against the store rules.” “What is?” “Talking”, ~~ “You mean you can’t talk—not ever, not to anyome” ° Tr did sound ridiculous and Toby -couldn’t help smiling. She said, & little more kindly, “Only to cus- tomers.” “Oh—thengthat’s all right. I'm & customer. 3 “Are you?” she asked. “What is it you want?” The brown eyes twinkled. “That's @ large order,” the young man said, “but I'll begin. First of all, your full name, address, telephone num- ber—" Toby backed away. “Exeuse me,” she said coolly, “I thought you were a customer.” “But I am! I mean I want to be. I want—" The young man looked about him. His eyes lighted on a tray of rhinestone clips. “Those,” he finished triumphantly. “I want those.” “You mean those clips?” He nodded. “Clips,” he said. “Is that what they are? Yes, I want them.” ! “All of them?” “Yes.” i “But—there are 20 of them.” “They're for sale, aren't they?” “Yes.” “Then I want them.” 4 Toby hesitated only an instant. Above the tray was a sign reading, “Genuine hand-set rhinestone clips, $2.98." Her pencil on her sales book, Toby said in her most busi- ess-like tone, “Will it be a casi or charge purchase?” “Charge” the young man told Miss Burrows, the jewelry buyer, approached Toby. “The artists have finished with those watches we sent up to have sketched for Sat- urday advertisement,” she said. “will you go up and bring them down? Ask for Mr. Keller. He'll get them for you.” Toby said, “Yes, Miss Burrows.” She knew exactly what to do; she had gone on such errands be- Toby stepped into the ele and said, “Ninth floor.” She going to the advertising of- It was eo different from the Tows of counters on the She entered the big room, hesi- tated, and then went up to the nearest desk. “Is Mr. Keller here?” Toby asked. The door of a private office opened just then and a man stepped out. It was Mr. Keller, the art director, and Toby recognized him. She hurried forward. “Miss Bur- Tows sent me for the watches that were sketched,” she sate. “Oh, yes.” The art director crossed to a desk, picked up four tiny watches attached to bracelets. Three of them were yellow gold discs, The fourth was the hand- some “debutante special,” white gold with tiny diamonds gleaming ‘on either side of the oblong face. “Here they are,” he said, and put them in Toby’s hand. She looked down at the watches. The glistening handful, knew, was worth something like $250. 4A minute later Toby stood in the hallway, waiting for the elevator to take her to the first floor. -i..(Be Be Continued)