The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 8, 1936, Page 3

e AUG. 10, 6:15 P; M. OLITICS PERTINAX ‘With charity for all ané malice toward eone Needle in the Haystack Whatever else may be said about third-party candidates for state of+ fices, it is clear there will be no dearth of them. Two already have declared their intention of seeking congressional posts and two are in the field for the governorship, . Congressional: candidates are I. J. Moe, Valley City, one-time state highway commissioner, and P. H. Miller, Washburn, former judge of the probate court in McLezn county and more recently with the state game and fish department. Gubernatorial aspirants ure R. H. (Dad). Walker, now a member of the state workmen’s compensation com- mission and an old _ Nonpartisan League warhorss, and E. A. Johans- son, McLean county farmer. Jo- hhansson was an unsuccessful can- didate for the Democratic congres- sional nomination. ‘Walker, of course, put an “if” in the announcement that he would file’ for governor, but there seems little hope of getting the two Non- partisan groups together, the con- dition which Walker stipulated as oH price of his staying off the bal- lot. the governorship in the Independent column, in which event there would be three. Whether or not it is conscious strategy on the part of any master mind, the effect will be to cause one name to get lost in the welter of the independent column, prevent any of them from having a good chance to win. Finding any one name will be @ good deal like hunting a needle in a haystack. No Unity in Sight ‘Chief political event of the last week was the -visit here of John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of the Re- publican National committee. Mr. Hamilton was well receivea but, what effect his visit will have on the G.O.P. organization in this state remains to be seen. From unofficial sources comes in- formation that Hamilton was told the Republican state ticket would give aid and support to the presidential candidacy of Alfred M. Landon, but some skeptical souls say the main idea is to get some national cam- paign money into this state. z House of David MONDAY There remains, too, the possibil-|There is special music at ail of the ity that William Langer may seek |Services. One thing is certain, and that is some of Governor Walter Welford’s supporters were not enthused when the executive introduced . Hamilton on the radio, spoke of Landon as “our candidate” for president. The best bet, as things stand now, is that most of the Republican candidates; for state office will go through the campaign with their noses in their own knitting, will pay little atten- tion to the national contest. Poison for Mr. Lemke From all sides come reports that Congressman William Lemke, can- didate for president on the Union ticket ‘and for congressman on the Republican ticket, is rapid.y tosing ground in the race for both places.| The reason is that both the Lan- ger and Welford branches of the Nonpartisan League are spreading poison against him. Each’ is a bit peeved at Lemke’s failure to take a forthright stand in the June pri- mary campaign and h sees an opportunity to chastise him. Their story is that Lemke has no business to run for two offices at the same time and it is said to be meeting with ready response: in the: tural. districts. In fact, some of the tation may not be inspired at all and has the. appearance of being spontaneous. ne In the drouth, area, particularly. ® lot, of farmers feel that Lemke should be trying to help them instead of “running all over the country try- ing to get himself elected president” as one of them. pfirased it. It seems inconceivable that North Dakota should send a Democrat to the nationat legislature—but some political observers claim there is a. chance—a bare chance—this year on account of the defection from Lemke and Burdick. They probably are wrong, but it is an interesting possibility. REV. EVELYN*McKINNEY Rev. McKinney, of Des Moines, Ia., is the evangelist speaker at revival meetings being conducted in World War Memorial building under uspices of the Church of the Nasz- arene. Imrge crowds gather dally to! hear her Inspiring messages, accord- ing to Rev. Harry V. Sorenson, pastor. C ONTINUE Washington State Solon Dives From Window to Paving know. what, impelled mé to luok over], his shoulder and read what he was writing. Saw It Was, ‘Phoney’ “As soon as I saw the first line I knew it wes a ‘phoney.’ “‘For God’s sake forget that stuff, I told him. ‘Let's go down stairs.’ “I grabbed him and helped him on with his coat and started to walk out of the office with him. But t noticed that he didn’t have a hat with him and asked him if he didn’t have one. He said he did and pointed over to a shelf, co I started to get it for him. At that he broke away and ran for the window in the other room. “‘He's going to do it,’ I thought and started after him., But te didn’t wait even to see if the window w opened. He just jumped and 2 couldn't reach him.” The coroner said the following note was found: ‘My only hope in life was to im- prove the condition of an unfair ecu- nomis system that held no promise @ decent chance to survive let alone live.” CONGRESS WILL PAY FULL HONORS TO ZIONCHECK Washington, Aug. 8.—(#)—Congress, leaders prepared Saturday to pay full honors to Marion A. Zioncheck, while friends who had feared for some tume that he would meet a tragic end expressed their grief over his death. From his home in Alabama, Speaker Bankhead was expected to appoint a committee of representatives to attend the funeral, Kenneth A. Romney, house of representatives sergeant-at- nag indicated he would fly to the rites. Romney, during the madcap adven- tures which punctuated Zioncheck’s later days, had constantly striven to keep him out of trouble. Zioncheck became known as the “bad boy of congress” as a result of a eeries of escapades during his last term in the house. First Elected in 1932 Elected in 1982 to represent the first | 59") af, district in Washington, he came to the national capitel with a reputation as a Liberal. He was in and out of jail and court several times on speed- ing charges during the iast year; hospital after he appeared at the White House with a satchel filled with empty beer bottles—a present for President Roose- velt. On the same day he was charged with driving down. crowded. Connecti- cut avenue, driving.on the wrong side|vester company had gradually dis- Cf the Sarees aad ariving. 0m. the aide, the] Seattle 30. Di to those that all the wealth of even} i/3,000 Employes Laid Off by IHC Due Drouth|rot Poe teereepramnenanintaedenel a teerinaresntisesaedssomeadinien na anee eee Saar “2 Weather Report ‘WEATHER FOREVAST For Bismarck and vicinity je erally fair tonight and Sunday; cool- er tonight. For South Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Sund cooler tonight fair an jay. Generally tonight and Sunday: cooler west north portions tonight and east and For tonight and Sunda: and south por- Fair in south, cloudy hat unsettled in north por- tion tonight and Sunday: cooler In northwest portion tonight and in west and north portions Sunday. ‘The Weather Outlook for the Period, A 10 to 15: : For the region of the Great Lakes Some rain indicated later part of near normal temperatures, For the upper Mississippi and low- er Missouri valleys—Unsettled, pos- sibly Nght rain middle of the week north portion, otherwise fair weath- er; near normal temperatures. For the northern and central Great Plains—Unsettled middle of the week north portion; geherally fair south portion; near normal temperatures south portion, rising temperatures north portion. GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS A low pressure area is centered over the northern Great Plains, Win- nipeg, 29.68, while high pressure areas overlie the Great Lakes region, Chicago 30.20, and the Northwest, . A few light shower: have occurred In the Great Lakes re- gion, Mississipp! Valley and in North Dakota and Saskatchewan, but the weather is generally fair from the southern Plains States and Rocky Mountain region westward to the Pacific coast. (Temperatures are the northern Great jain: ewhere the readings are moderat Bismarck station barometer, inches: . Reduced to sea level. 29.82. WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA High- Eee BISMARCK, eldy Beach, clear Carringto: Crosby, clear Dickinson, ptcldy. . Drake, ptcldy. . Dunn Center, pi 3 Garrison, clear 200 Jamestown, cld: (Max, pteldy . Minot, clear . Parshall, cleai [Sanish, clear Williston, cle: BASTERN NORTH DAKOTA High. L | Devils Lake, cldy .. Grand Forks, pteldy . Hankinson, clear Lisbon, ptcldy . Napoleon, cldy jOakes, ptcldy jWishek, clay MINNESOTA Fowrs Minneapolis, clear . Moorhead, ptcldy SOUTH DAKOTA Pot Huron, clear .. Rapid City, clear Havre, clear .. Helena, clear Miles City, cl WEATHER AT feat Th POINTS Calg: Chic Denver, Co! Kamloops, B. C., clear Kansas City, clear Los Angeles, ptcldy Modena, Utah, cldy No, Platte, Neb., pteldy Okiahoma City, clear Phoenix, Ariz. Rosebur, St. Louis, Mo., cld: Salt Lake City, clear N. Mex., clei Sloux City, Ia., clear Spokane, Wash., clear.. Swift Current, 8., clear 88 Man., ptcldy.. 86 Winnemucca, Ne., peldy 96 Winnipeg, Man., ptcldy 102 charged between 3,000 end 4,000 em- ployes within the past three or four Union Party Unable ry] se r i c q jon the Missouri near here. . | of $8 seconds flat, set by Yasuji Mi-| yazaka of Japan four years ago at .| was clocked under the old standard J en's 100-meter free style by finishing 00 | third in the opening heat. which 96 | shed third in the second heat, won by Denouden To Qualify in Ohio} Missouri.No Barrier For Cattle at Yates Fort Yates, N. D., Aug. 8—(®)—The receding Missouri is proving no barrier for cattle who greener pastures. on’ the other side—they wade the sluggish stream. Vern Keogh crossed about 200 head to Galpin Bar island Asked if he “swum ’em,” he said, “Heck, no! They welked across.” ‘ TWO DAKOTANS LEAD RESORTERS TOURNE Bill Kostelecky and Maurice Cain Shoot Hot Golf at Alexandria 1, while all stati ‘Bismarck, WEATHER STATIONS "rooting or he BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1936 --- BASEBALL --- BISMARCK’S BIG LEAGUE BALL PARK - REPORT DEFICIENCY UP 10 9.24 INCHES) Over 7-Year Period Fargo Has Greatest Loss of Moisture; Totals 59.72 Seven North Dakota weather points have fallen more than eight inches below normal rainfall levels since Jan. lions turned in a de- ficiency for the period, O. W. Roberts, federal weather observer, Saturday. Those hardest him by Carrington, Jamestown, Larimore, reported drouth were Ellendale, Lisbon and Fargo-Moorhead, Roberts said. Only three points reported Alexandria, Minn., Aug. 8—()—|inches moisture deficiency, Grand Two North Dakotans, shooting golf, led second round opponents at | te the end of nine holes in the resorters golf tournament matches Sat 5 Bill Kostelecky, Jr., Dickinson, N. D., led Frank Rhame, Minneapolis, by one hole by virtue of a three un- der par 33, while Maurice Cain of Wahpeton, N. D., held a four up lead mer titlist. Cain was one- over par. On other second round matches at less than five not | Forks, Williston and Crosby, the lat- r which had onjy 3.31 inches loss. The greatest moisture eeg re Jan- for seven and a half years, since uasy, 1929, was reported by the Fargo- Moorhead station where rain levels dropped 59.72 inches below the normal line. Moisture deficiency at Ellendale for that period was 47.69 inches and 36.16 at Pembina. The least defi- on Dave Tallman of Willmar, a for- clency was reported at McClusky where the drop was 8.51. Following is a table of 26 North the end of nine holes, John Kraft, /naxota weather stations showing Denver, was 4 up on Don Bohmer,| moisture from Jan. 1, to Aug. 1; the 8t, Cloud; Earl Hughes, Minneapolis, |1936 deficiency for the same period, was all even with W. E. Wichita, Kat Falls, was 3 up on L. J, Ziegler of the same city; Bob Collins, Morris, was 3 up on Clarence Vipond, Alex- neapolis, and Bob Fraser, Omaha, was three up on Gordon Gunderson, Moorhead. CONTINUED) from page ene Morris Captures style trials but Dorothea Schiller of Chicago, Iris Cumming of Rodento Beach, Calif., and Ann Govednik of Chisholm, Minn., were eliminated in Taguchi set pace for the men’s field in two trials during which the Olympic standard Los Angeles, was bettered eight times. ‘When the day’s competition was over, Taguchi and Yusa shared a new Olympic standard of 57.5 seconds. These two stars as well as the third Japanese entrant, Shigeo Arai, each bettered the old record twice. Fick in winning his first heat and so was Fischer of Germany in one of the trials. One American Out Fick finished third in the first semi-final. Art Highland of Chicago, third American, was eliminaced. Miss Rawls qualified for the ‘wom- Rita Mastenbroeck of Holland won in new Olympic record time of 1:06.4. This displaced Helene Madison's old standard of 1:06.8. Miss McKean fin- another Dutch ace, Willy in 1:08.1, while Miss Lapp captured the final heat in 1:09. andria; Johnny Lakotas, Minneapolis,/Beach . was all even with Jim Shearer, Min-| Bismarck Decathlon Record Jam 1936 = 1936 Station Moisture’ Def. Ashley ....... 4.22 -7.80 + 408 6.54 2.80 0-834 Bottineau .... 5.13 -5.82 Carrington . 2.85 8.43 5 6.65 3.31 5.15 6.95 6.94 8.35 6.95 8.00 = -59.72 CONTINUED 4.33 ) Jand total deficiency from Jan. 1, 1929, Palmer Kise, Redwood | to Aug. 1, 1936: ‘1% Yrs. Def. 30.20 12.51 24.87 22.19 19.18 -20.45 -32.63 11.67 16.98 928.34 47.69 Industries Needed If N. D. Is to Live, Moodie Emphasizes available to all within the organiza- tion. Already valuable clay materials have been found and much good pot- skill has been developed. “It takes a long time to develop in- loodie. ‘America’s triumvirate in the breast| skilled "1%; 37 13/23; Great 1/11; Canada 17 1/11; lew 58% 38 1 pl i ai i big nl peli. ut i fi i E i it inf iu tiE i i g i & z i Ey i “3 g it E i h A ae ul g BE lit tl fe & Bet} bg ie ai Birt! Daughter, Mr. rey rain laert, Almont, at ‘Alexius h H ae Te? alt a Lit fig i { i pital. ; Tractor Hoist Fails; Two Men Are Crushed - LAST HOME GAME OF SEASON - - .AND REAL COMPETITION Campaign it, 1936, by David Lawrence) ton, spect hence got more attention, but for penetrating effect on our economic system, the Robinson-Patman law, passed by the last congress, signed by President Roosevelt, and now in op- eration, transcends in importance any piece of legislation enacted since the Sherman-Anti-Trust law was adopted in 1890. Business men are perplexed over the meaning of the new statute. Law- yers are writing all sorts of analysis and government officials themselves are puzzled as to the true scope of their powers. And the most distress- ing part of it is that, after costly re- adjustments are made, the law prob- ably will some day be declared un- constitutional, for it amounts to an invasion of the reserved rights of the people even more plainly than did the The Robinson-Patman law is neither wholly bad, however, nor wholly good. Its aim is commendable and its objective is worthy. But, in writing the law, an array of group interests were consulted and, as a consequence, the federal government has usurped power over the business activities of congress far and wide, from retail to wholesale, which will lead to general avoidance in some in- stances dnd prolonged litigation in others. It is another example of class legislation written to benefit a cer- tain group and yet likely to result in higher prices to the consumer as well as in greater handicaps to the inde- pendent merchant whom the legisla- tion was designed to protect. The new law, broadly speaking, government. ducers. would prohibit as unfair competition the granting of such allowances as would permit a seller to discriminate in favor of certain of his customers when he gives them a lower price than he does others. The law makes it @ punishable offense not only to grant such an allowance but for the buyer “knowingly” to receive such a benefit. Now, insofar as allowances consti- tute a form of commercial bribery and have as their primary objective the squelching of competition and the cre- ation of a monopoly in any given field, they are merely another one of the many forms of “restraint of trade” which the Sherman law and later the Clayton law were designed to abolish. But the new development is the way the law is to be enforced and particularly the way the congress has set up to determine what is and what is not a price discrimination. If a discount is given for quantity pur- chase, can it be justified on the grounds of economy in production or in selling expense? If there is an economy, should all the customers, even those who buy small amounts, be given the benefit of the same economy in a proportionate amount, for, if there is a saving of overhead, is it proper to charge all that saving to the benefits obtained from a single quantity sale? These and kindred questions which the law raises will require the most complicated and minute system of bookkeeping and cost accounting that will mean, for years to come—if the law is retained—a governmental sup- J ervision of business operations com- very | parable only to the red tape which the Lloyd Schol- m., Friday, and Mrs, L. H. Saun- it 5:10 p. m., Friday, Fa railroads have to go through before they can increase a freight rate or abandon a branch line. But railroads have always been ac- knowledged to be public utilities and, 8 such, subject to government reg- ulation because they are natural mon- opolies. If the Robinson-Patman law is upheld by the courts it will mean that every business can be regulated as are the utilities and, hence, what was denied under the NRA would be p ee “David Lawrence proof of the existence of a monopoly. If the federal government has the constitutional right to say what is or is not @ proper quantity discount for the sale of goods at wholesale, it has the right to fix what is or is not « proper price for the consumer to pay at retail. It would have the right to determine whether resultant profits or surplus are such as to constitute a potential weapon of injury to a com- petitor. It would have the right to determine every factor of a business operation wherein there was a natural or even developed advantage on the part of one competitor over another. None of these things, according to the unanimous opinion of the nine jus- tices of the supreme court of the United States in the Schechter case, can be lawfully done by the federal But congress and the president have shown a tendency to disregard the warnings of the unani- mous supreme court opinion in the NRA because of a belief that the peo- ple, in a political year especially, will not be interested in the usurpation argument but in other questions that are less difficult to explain on the stump. Yet the effort of the Robinson-Pat- man law may be‘to increase prices at the retail stores and cause a gradual rise in the cost of living. also increase the profits of large pro- It may not help the inde- pendent at all, because a manufac- turer who specializes in large orders can pick his own customers and the law, while professing to forbid such discrimination, actually has loopholes enough to permit it. ‘The independent may find it harder Kansas City Monarcla TUESDAY AUG. 11) 6:15 P. M. It may as it is at the correction of inequall- ties in economic life, with many busi- ness men being advised by competent attorneys that the law is invalid any- way, there results a confusion as well as a defiance of the act which can- not but affect adversely the entire distribution machinery of the country. It’s another example of trying’ to do too much in a single law and of as the New Deal does, that it is the function of government to and equalize competition, even though the consumer has to pay more in the form of higher prices. CAMPBELL SCORES . MOE'S DESIGNATION Townsenders Not Endorsing Candidates Other Than Those for Congress Minot, N. D., Aug. 8—(?)—Attorney ager for the Townsend club tion, issued a statement Saturday in comment upon use of the Townsend affiliation and designation by candi- dates for congress who lack official Townsend organization endorsement. Though Campbell named no pere son, he is believed to have had refe erence to an announcement Wednes- day of the congressional of I, J. Moe, of Valley City, who was than ever in some fields to do busi- ness because the idea of giving con- sumers a rebate out of profits is now being developed as a means of com- petition by large chain stores. Large chain companies, in some lines of goods, also are going to have their own producing units and eliminate middlemen and brokers. Altogether, there is plenty of disruption in sight as the government, under the guise of correcting economic inequalities, builds up a vast bureaucracy for sup- ervision of the distribution and pro- duction process of the nation and in- terjects factors that cannot but be reflected eventually in the selling prices. In the end, the chains will grow even more powerful than they are today and their profits will in- crease, merchant will face new whereas the independent handicaps jn getting low prices with which to meet his competition. On the whole, the law is so clumsily written and 50 lacking in careful def- inition of standards to be followed by the federal trade commission that it will result, like the Volstead act, in considerable bootlegging and secret buying and selling arran; gement which, even when thought legitimate, ts will for safety’s sake- never be re- duced to writing. Had the law been confined to the elimination of plain fraud and clear definition of restraints or of monop- olistic practices, its FHA TERMS FOR REMODELING AND LABOR No Down Payment 3 Years to Pay Low FHA Rates No Delays — Free Estimates COME IN!!: Montgomery Ward SUPERIORITIES OF Hammermill Mimeograph Faster absorption of Mimeograph ink. Sharper, more readable impressions. Minimum offsetting, without slip-sheeting. More clean copies from the same. stencil be- cause of freedom from linting. Resales from feeding trouble, because it lies Greater bulk. 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