The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 18, 1936, Page 4

8 The Bismarck Tribune ' THE STATES OLDEST NEWSPAPER: State, City and County Official Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and Catered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. Mrs, Stella I. Mann President and Publisher Archie ©. Johnson Kenneth W Simons Vice Pres. and Gen'l. Manager Sec'y-Treas. and Méitor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Ass ed Presi vely entitled te the use fo; Lo J of the o dispate to it or not otherwise sti 0 Wa ir al the loci 8 of spon: Ai elehte of republication of all other, matte Indomitable Spirit Baseball has taken about every kind of bad break possible in Bismarck this year and still has survived, It has persisted in the face of discouragement because mem- bers of the committee in charge are real enthusiasts who are not easily discouraged. Lack of competition at the opening of the season caused many fans to lose interest. They like to see a contest as well as an exhibition. This situation was followed by the same adverse weather which caused many of the amusement enterprises at the Pio- neer Days celebration to lose money. The only difference was that baseball was hit harder because it has been in the field longer. The weather still is none too hospitable but there are signs that the grand old game is on the mend here. Businessmen, who see in our excellent team a fine advertising medium, are rallying to its support. Billed for this week-end, according to advices received by the management, is a team which should offer some real com- petition. The result should be a stimulation of new interest. Certainly, in view of the efforts made by the committee, it behooves everyone who likes baseball to come out tonight, Sunday and Monday and give this fine civic enterprise a push. The only way to do it is to attend, rt 146 he: are alse reserved. Gold May Produce a Boom. It would be a fine joke on somebody if gold—that prized and maligned yellow metal from which nation after nation has cut the moorings of its currency—should yet be the means through which a suffering world might re-enter the magic land of prosperity. Such a possibility is actually in the cards. Whether it will in fact be dealt out is, of course, an open question; but it is there, waiting for the fates to bring it forth, if they are so minded. A writer in a recent issue of the New Republic pointed out, for one thing, that there has been an immense increase in the stock of monetary gold held in the United States. In 1930, that stock stood at about $4,000,000,000; today, it is nearly $10,500,- 000,000. Furthermore, the excess reserves of Federal Reserve mem- ber banks are so great that approximately $60,000,000,000 of additional loans could be made against them. Thus if inflation means issuance of new money and exten- sion of credit, we could have a big, healthy dose of it in this country even if we anchored our currency most solidly to gold. But that is only part of the picture. In June, the London Economist pointed out that world production of gold has in- creased tremendously all through the depression. Before the depression, the record for world production was set in 1915, with an output of 23,000,000 ounces. In 1935; production was 31,000,000; by 1940, it will probably be 40,000,000. The world’s stock of monetary gold has been increased by more than 82 per cent since 1929. As if that were not enough, most of the great nations have devalued their currency. When stabilization comes, the world’s gold will support far more currency, ounce for ounce, than it supported in 1929. The result is that the world probably will be able to issue at least twice as much money and credit, on a gold base, as it was able to issue at the height of the 1929 boom. What does all this forecast? Here’s what the London Economist says about it: “There is a greater unused supply of money, or potential money, in existence now than ever before in the history of man- kind. The gold of the Incas which is supposed to have started the 16th century inflation, the gold of California after 1848, the gold of the Rand in the 1890s—all these were trifles com- pared with the increased supply of gold (measured by its mone- tary value) which has piled up in the last five years.” The world in general, then, would seem to be in for one of the most prodigious booms in its history. A great increase in the world’s gold supply has always, heretofore, been followed by a boom. Can we not expect one now, with the gold supply rising to a higher point than it has ever reached before in all history? Nose-Thumbing Diplomacy Demands of Nazi Germany that the Free City of Danzig be removed from the League of Nations control is certain to have repercussions in Europe. The incident is all the more significant beeause the German spokesman, Dr. Arthur Karl Greiser, Brown Shirt president of the Danzig senate, coupled his demands before the league with a Nazi salute and concluded by thumbing his nose at newspapermen in the Geneva press gallery. Here, it seems, is personified the temperament and the whole spirit of European diplomatic relations of the hour. Ger- many, like Italy, is not going to be talked out of her campaign against the Versailles treaty, Danzig, made free under this treaty, is therefore ‘a logical target at the moment. Moreover, there will be other targets which the short- t for territorial equality in Europe. European __THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, Behind Scenes Washington Washington Hears the Inside Stories ef Terror That Is Gripping Europe ... Britain in a Ticklish Spot... Fear Complex Played for All It Is Worth by Germany. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, July 18.—if the State Department were in the business of issuing helpful hints to beat the heat, it would tell you to put your mind on the political situation in Europe and start realizing how comfortable you really are. Fanciful feature stories for years have been telling us that we would be vulnerable to foreign atttack with de- velopment of the airplane. We needn't worry yét. But practically anybody in Europe has to bear in mind the likelihood that a few tons of high ex- plosives may be dropped on him soon- er or later. ‘ Confidential reports from overseas show that terror is widespread, espe- cially in smaller countties, since the League of Nations collective security system broke down after Italy invaded Ethiopia. Certain nations which once imag- ined England and France would pro- tect them from rapacious aggressors ‘@ren’t very confident /any more. England is badly scared. Practic- ally every Briton you meet admits it, although most feel she can build up her armaments and alliances to a point where she need not be fearful. Potential German air raids on Lon- don, potential domination of the Mediterranean by Italian bombers, and actual continued Japanese pene- tration into Asia have thrown into a funk the proud little island which once dominated the seas and thé Eu- ropean continent. ee *% Germany Spreads Fear This fright is “catching.” All over Europe, Germany is playing it for all it is worth. Her propagandists in Great Britain are warning that Ger- many is so heavily armed that the only safe course for Britain will be to cooperate with her and acquiesce in her campaign of expansion. The campaign of terrorization, ac- cording to reports here, is a prelude to the day when Germany hopes to move back into the League of Nations @nd dominate the rest of Europe through its agency. It is part of the background of the new Austro-Germany agreement, which temporarily at least has the blessing of Italy. - * 8 % More Worry For Britain England already has had the dis- agreeable sensation of being whip- Pvt between Hitler and Mus- sol Worrying and fussing about the Italian war in Ethiopa—and fearing the while that her Mediterranean fleet might be blown up if he got very tough about it, she was in no position to protest vigorously when Germany marched into the Rhineland. England now has to worry over the Possibility that the next time Ger- Many makes an overt move some- where in Europe, Italy will pull a fast one which involves Britain’s interests somewhere else. Yugo-Slavia, a nominal ally to France, recently caved in and made a Secret political agreement—as well as commercial and financial agreements publicly announced — with Germany as to Austria. She agreed, it is un- derstood, to march into Austria in case of a restoration of the Hapsburg dynasty. There are reports that Germany, meanwhile, is secretly promoting such restoration and using Yugo-Slavia as @, cat's-paw in the hope that after ‘Yugo-Slav troops enter Austria it will be easy for Austrian Nazis to take over the government. The rapprochement between Ger- many and Italy has been first hot, then cold, for months, and there is plenty of doubt whether it will be Permanent because of the rival ambi- tions of the two countries in Austria. * *& * Next in Line Nazis have been debating for some time whether to move next toward Danzig or Austria and recent events indicate they have decided to seize Danzig. The big question there is whether such action would force Poland, now a German ally, into a possible alliance with Russia, England, and France, or whether Poland could be frightened into en acceptance of an act which would bring her virtually under the German guns. The European picture would be much clearer if England would adopt a fixed and settled foreign policy. German agents have sought to dis- suade her from lining up with the Franco-Russian alliance, hinting that Hitler means only to attack Russia, leaving Britain nothing to fear. Many Britons doubt that. Current British efforts to bring both Germany and Italy into security pacts, even if BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN {ur Best OF MEN cow.” of the Versailles treaty is bound to produce in, the| "#!ns Campaign (Copyright, 1936, By David Lawrence) Washington, July 18—The political effects of the drouth are matters of general conversation here at the po- litical capital of the nation, but knowledge of just what the final re- sult will be is necessarily meager. Some of the drouth states which will be aided by direct funds will probably improve the situation of the New Deal party, but, on the other hand, the cost of living, which is al- ways @ source of embarrassment to the party in power, may rise between now and election gnd subtract many of the housewives from what might otherwise have been a sentimental! interest in New Dealism. These are the two major influences of the drouth, when measured in po- litical terms. But there are other fac- tors at work in the farm regions which may be intensified by the drouth developments. Thus, if the prices of food products rise to the point where large importations of corn and dairy products, for instance, will overflow even the tariff walls, the farmer in many states may get back to his earlier Republicanism, which has been s0 closely associated with tariff protection. Already in the west there is a live-| ly controversy over the effects of the} reciprocity treaty with Canada. Cattle, raisers are saying that the price of beef is lower today than a year ago because of the heavy importations from Canada and other countries. New Deal officials say it is due to other causes, notably increase in pro- duction. It would appear that the drouth will send the prices of meats up some- what, but not before the autumn elec- tion. Other articles in the food bas- Looking at the ,.., JULY 1 1986 ket may go up in price, in which event the old controversy will be re- vived as to whether America would not have been better off without the restricted production and AAA poll- cies in which the farmers were paid for what they didn’t plant. The New Deal indignantly denies this and says the situation would) The have been much worse in the pre- drouth years without government aid. Nevertheless, the farmers who have been accustomed to regulation. of) agriculture by sun and rain are go- ing to be talking and thinking of what might have been their revenue | bring had the artificial control not been instituted to keep acreage down. A classification of drouth stat outside of the solid South shows that there are about 176 electoral votes in the drouth area, out of which, when the border states of Oklahoma, Mis- souri, Kentucky and Tennessee are excluded, there is a total of 130 which might be affected one way or the other by the politics of the drouth. The New Deal is well on its toes with reference to political effects and is preparing to rush funds and direct aid of every kind in the hope of gaining political advantage in the states where disaster has overtaken the farmer. This is a power which no other administration has ever en- Joyed so extensively. The New Deal- ers, by voting to the executive a ‘$4,800,000,000 fund which can be used for almost any purpose, do not have to ask congress for authority. In a sense, this is defensible, for had there been no emergency fund available the farmers: would have been plead- ing for an extra session of congress and a federal appropriation while their cattle starved. David Lawrence It would appear“that national ad- ministration of emergency problems ‘will become a permanent part of fed- eral policy as they relate to acts of the weather and the elements. Here- tofore, the Red Oross has been relied upon for relief qf stricken families. has introduced the principle of governmental aid. This will no doubt mean careful scrutiny in the future to see that public funds are not disbursed for political ends. ‘Whatever is spent, however, in di- rect aid in the drouth states may not in enough votes to offset the effect of the argument that restric- tion policies were wrong and that, the Republican. If defections due to drouth controversies and tickets keep many cast for either Mr. Roosevelt or sBEs Ee the cost of living issue the New Deal strength. cities, where the housewife come interested in why food have gone up, that the full eff the drouth may be felt in the nat al campaign. ES ba Hi oo _—_ | So They Say | e I demand that @ person who still Tefuses to see a horse galloping on a tomato should be looked upon as a cretin.—Andre Bretin, leader of the surrealist movement. *“** * In the next war, as in past wars, the United States will have to be gov- erned by the public opinion of its people as to what attitude it will take. If public opinion is sufficiently pass- averted.—Frederic R. Coudert, New York. eee Every nation is now more afraid of ive, all participation in war may be OUT OUR WAY © BR, ,THEM. INJUN YOU WANT ARE TEN Mi and certainly your investments and ances—P. H. W. Almy, TO LES F T LA our Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Bragy will eo psetions pertaining to health but not or di jetters briefly and ia Sak Address be. tei Se Stas Frieane, all ‘queries must be accompanied by @ i POPULAR PAIN-KILLERS DESTROY BLOOD In recent years there have been manv reports of a peculiar type of called agranulocytosis or leucopenia, names which are rather more terrible than the disease. In simple terms it is a decrease in the number of - blood corpuscles—the ones chiefly concerned in destroying germs, or scavenger cells of the blood. If your phagocytes are Ro condition to withstand an invasion by disease germs. this agranulocytosis or leucopenia is the popular -killers for every little discomfort. Certain drugs in hundreds of nostrums for headache, grippe, what have you, seem to be destructive to these Among the drugs which have produced this disease anti-pyrin, pyramidon and several variations of similar So many cases of agranulocytosis have occurred in the past few years that physicians now ban amidopyrine altogether and prescribe instead acet- anilide or phenacetine as an anodyne or ache and pain relief, or acetylsali- cylic acid (aspirin), as these old standby pain-killers have been found com- paratively safe. d Pensonally, I'd endure ordinary ache or pain or malaise rather than take & dose of even aspirin. I believe aspirin is more or less destructive to red blood corpuscles. We know acetanilide or phenacetine destroys red cor- puscles and interferes with the oxygen-carrying function of the blood. Even hard-boiled Uncle Sam questioned the practice of incorporating these coal- tar derivatives in medicines sold indiscriminately to the public, but com- Promised with his microscopic soul by merely requiring that the quantity of the drug in the medicine be mentioned on the label. Acetanilide is a habit-forming drug. If used frequently over a long it will cause anemia. It will damage the heart. Some persons juire the habit eventually suffer grave impairment of health and If one must take something for ache, pain or distress, I should say aspirin is the least injurious anodyne or pain-killer one-can take. No « Oars, E, A. T.) immune to whooping cough? . . administration of two or three doses of pertussis bacterin Answer—The Toe Cream Told ice cream not fattening, and that one seeking to keep weight down or reduce may eat it with impunity... (H. H. 8.) Answer—aAverage serving of ice cream yields 190 calories—equivalent to large glassful of rich milk. (Copyright 1936, John F. Dille Co.) SIDEGLANCES -— - By George Clark | “Look in the paper and see what political rally mamma is addressing this evening.” By William |} Ferguson Tis Curious WoRLD Ip