The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 20, 1936, Page 6

An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1673) State, City and County Official Newspaper — Published bv Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and entared at the postottice at Bismarck as second clase mall thatter. Mrs. Stella I. Mann President and Publisher Kenneth W. s Archie O. J , Simons Sec'y-Treas. and Editor . Johnson Vice Pres. and Gen’l. Manager Subscription Rates Payable in Advance mail outside of North Dakota .. Weekly bY mail outside of Nocth Dakota, por sar. to Weekly by mail in Canada, per year ......... geeeee . 2.00 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press thon cee abaectated Ereen at” oenaited eo i or mot otherwise cremited ih thts the loca! news of spontaneous origin pubiis! herein. AW lens of Fepubiteation of all other matter herein are also reserved, The Egyptians Were Smarter Back in 1932, if memory serves, America had a surplus of all kinds ‘of food. Wheat was so plentiful that no one wanted it. Corn was used for fuel and prices offered were merely nom- inal, Men shipping cattle to market sometimes found they couldn’t pay the freight bill. Hogs brought so little that some farmers shot them and let them rot in the fields rather than risk having to pay more for freight than the porkers would bring if sent to market. Now corn prices are the highest in a decade. Meat is ex- pensive and getting more so. Even the poorer grades of wheat will bring $1 a bushel, the figure about which wheat farmers only dreamed a few years ago. Political partisans may rave and rant. Friends of the Roosevelt administration may tell the farmer they raised the prices. Their opponents may tell the city consumers that the slaughter of “6,000,000 innocent little pigs” in 1933 is respon- sible for high pork prices now. The residents of this area will not be deceived by either story. They know that Mother Nature, not the party in power, eliminated the surplus. They know that Mother Nature, not the party in power, was responsible for the little pigs, that they would have died anyway for lack of feed. They know that high prices being paid in this country are responsible for imports of food from abroad and that the drouth of 1934 and the current one of 1936 are to blame for food short- ages. But no one seems to be thinking seriously about how to conserve our abundance in good years, use it when crops are less bountiful. No one has yet come forward with a workable plan which, if the farms of this nation produced constantly at the maximum, would prevent destruction of the farming in- dustry by low prices. We should think about that now, for after the drouth comes rain and it is possible that we shall again see surpluses weigh- ing down farm prosperity. Several things, of course, may prevent it. A good deal of our land has been seriously damaged by erosion and will never again produce as bountifully as before. The population is in- creasing and with it the capacity to consume rises. But no definite plan has yet been advanced to make an abundance of everything the blessing to everyone which it ought to be. The Egyptians, in their day, were smarter than we have been. Had we put into effect the advice which Joseph gave Pharoah we would have avoided both the farm tragedy of low prices in 1982-33 and the scarcity of food products which is now causing concern to every woman who manages a family budget. Two Good Americans f In. the national political campaign now opening the ten- dency is to stir up prejudice, animosity and hate wherever pos- sible in the belief that, if developed in sufficient quantity, it can be translated into success at the ballot box. The Bismarck Tribune| This system, as it is being practiced by both national com- mittees, may be good politics but it is shameful Americanism. The mud-thrower and the would-be character assassin does the axing no good by clouding the atmosphere with that sort of ues, A look at the two candidates for president illustrates the point, They are good men and good Americans—both of them. Mr. Landon doesn’t merit the accusation that he would turn the nation over to the nefarious “money powers” any more than President Roosevelt merits the charge that he is trying to turn it over to Russian Communism, Those who make either charge are silly. Regardless of whether or not he agrees with his policies, no sincere American can do less than grant that President Roo- sevelt did the best he could to meet and cure the situation which faced him when he took office. Neither can any sincere American do less than grant Mr. Landon the convictions which he espouses and his intention to help the entire nation, rather than a single class, in the event | of his election. { Neither Mr. Roosevelt nor Mr. Landon are supermen. ‘Taken on their personal and public records, they are good American citizens and the ballyhoo men in the respective na- tional political headquarters might do worse than grant that this is so to start with. If they did,that they might clear the atmosphere for discussion of the real issues. { And there are issues to be decided in this campaign, far- , reaching matters of importance to every citizen, There is, for example, the farm problem. Are farmers satisfied with the plan worked out by the present administration or will they think that whatever Mr. Landon has to offer will be better? Do they favor the present administration’s attitude toward labor, public finances, foreign commeree and a host of other questions or are they willing to espousé the doctrines which Mr. Landon doubtless will enunciate as the campsign goes along? These are matters of importance and they deserve un- biased study. ae It does no one any good to impute base or unworthy mo- tives to either man. If we can be sure of one thing in this cam- igs, boas both candidates are good Americans. Wh is elected president in November he will be a citizen, neither a Wall Street satellite nor a neophyte of Behind Scenes Washington For a Really Fancy Mixup in Eléc- tlena, Cast an Eye on Panama, .. A Little Comedy in Names Bam- beerles Voters... Who's President? One Guess Good as Another. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Cerrespondent) Washington, Aug. 20.—If you're not getting enough excitement out of our own presidential election campaign, you might try Panama. Citizens of that republic have elec- tloneered themselves into such a jam over their presidency that no one need be amazed if the U. 8. govern- ment feels itself forced to intervene there to preserve order within the next few months. In the process the Panamanians at. least rivaled the superiority of Amer- ican politicians in such celebrated Magooslings as the Hayes-Tilden election frauds of 1876, the “Grocer Norris” candidacy in Nebraska six years ago, and other quaint wrinkles of our political experience, Among the political parties involved were the Doctrinary Liberal party, the Democratic Doctrinary Liberal party, the National Liberal party, the United Liberal party, the Reform Lib- eral party, the Conservative party, the National Revolutionary party, and the Socialist-Marxist party. Down in Panama, when anyone feels dissatisfied with the incumbent government, he runs around behind the barn and comes out with a new party with a fancy name which he feels fits the existing situation. e* * % Fancy Mixup in Names As if that left the situation in need of more complexity, Panamanians found that the two chief candidates on the ballot were named Juan De- Mosthenes Arosemena and Domingo Diaz Arosemena. Thousands of them had been told to “vote for Arose- mena.” This merry mixup came about as follows: Under Latin American cus- tom, if you are a man and your name is the same as your father’s you add your mother’s name to your regular name, s0 other people won't be con- fused, and commonly use the initial. Thus, although Juan Demosthenes Arosemena had been known as that in Panama, Arosemena having been his father’s name, his opponent had been known as Domingo Diaz or as Domingo Diaz A. and spelled ‘out his mother’s name on the ballot only, as a device for getting Arose- mena’s votes. The genuine Arosemena was back- ed by the present president, Harmo- dio Arias. Before the election June 7 the grand electoral jury, four of whose members favored Domingo Diaz, dis- qualified the new National Coalition Revolutionary party, which was a sort of holding company for other parties committed to Arosemena. President Harmodio Arias, however, sald that everybody could vote. All saloons were closed’ from Saturday afternoon until Monday night and voters’ hands were marked with in- delible ink as soon as they had bal- loted. There was considerable shooting when the saloons reopened, but less disorder than had been expected. ee * Some Phenagling Is Done The ballots were locked up with the grand electoral jury until July 7. Meanwhile, President Arias found a technical reason for ousting one of the Diaz supporters, Rogelio Nevarro, from the jury, and naming as his successor @ man who made a pro- Arosemena majority. The jury at once reyoked the dis- Qualification of the National Coalition Revolutionary party and on July 7 announced that Arosemena had won by 42,000 to 40,000 on the official re- count. All the lawyers and politicians in Panama have been arguing heatedly to whether Arosemena or Domingo was legally elected. Further plications arise because the law ter of foreign affairs until less than months before election. There's &@ debate as to whether the law does or doesn’t apply to presidential can- didates. surprised at anything that pops in Panama between now and Inaugura- tion Day, Nov. 3. In this country after election we will at least know who is going to be (Copyright, 1936, BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 18 RELISHED BY OF MEN: The ACER ONAN ESR LY RAR I BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1986 Drouth Hits Home | Your Personal He . By William Brady, M. D. ————— but sree rein ater ‘queries must be panied Rs Hi iH He stay its al a Looking at the t. Service, Inc.) Campaign (Copyright, 1936, by David Lawrence) Boise, Idaho, Aug. 19.—Sénator Borah, the young “old man” of Idaho, whose 30 years of service in congress have made him one of the outstand- ing figures in contemporary history, will be returned to the United States senate by a majority ranging any- where from 20,000 to 30,000. This seems to be conceded on al- most every side. It is due to the fact that the senate made such an as- tonishing run in the primary, defeat- ing his Townsend opponent by three to one. Coincidentally Governor C. Ben Ross, the Democratic candidate who will oppose him, won the nom- ination after the Democratic vote showed an almost 50-50 split, an evi- dence presumably of resentment against the governor's sales tax and other levies. Mr. Borah, it is taken for granted now, will get many of the anti-Ross votes cast in the Democra- tic primary as well as those of many Democrats who didn’t vote at all. I found the senator hale and hearty and very happy over the outcome of the primaries. We had a long talk, not about state issues or the cam- paign here, but about the national Political situation. There is not a bit of rancor in his heart over the fact that he was not nominated for the presidency at Cleveland. His friend- liness to Governor Landon was obvi- ous throughout the conversation. His concern is about the trend of the Re- publican campaign as a whole in the west. For while he didn’t say so in as many words, it appeared to me a simple inference that, unless Gover- nor Landon makes the right appeal to the folks in the west, his candi- dacy may be a liability rather than an asset to anybody running on a local Republican ticket who depends 1 Large ferocious cat. Tits coat is 13 Infant. M4Bird of prey. 16 To bellow. 17 Iniquity. 18 Eminent. 19To make a mistake. 20 Gas nozzles. 21 Instigates. 22 To bark. 24 To, peep. iH EIN 25 Panted. 48 Drunkard. 30 Senior. 50 More fastid- 31 Pertaining to ious. an uln: 55 Sacred 32 Company. — interdiction. . 33 Paid publicity 56 Silk worm. 34. Axillary. 57 Ketone. 35 Unit of work 58 It is —— Chaos. | A Wild Beast HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzie id (a “David Lawrence on support from independent voters in both parties. It should be explained at this point that regular Republicans here have wanted Mr. Borah to come out en- thusiastically for Mr. Lan@on and make a series of stump speeches for the national ticket. Mr. Borah is, of course, going to make several speech- es. That is settled. And he will dis- cuss national issues as he sees them, letting the chips fall where they may. ‘But Mr. Borah has some definite notions about how a Republican nom- inee, who really wants to present himself to the west as a Progressive, should go about it. If Governor Lan- don senses this problem and by his addresses reveals himself as a Pro- gressive, then the task of men like Senator Borah in appealing to west- ern audiences will be relatively easy. Much depends on the outcome of Mr. Landon’s present trip. The speech of acceptance, of course, pass- ed muster and it is realized that he could not cover all the topics or is- sues in any detail. Now, however, as he takes up, one by one, the issues of the campaign, the opportunity to examine the quality of Mr. Landon’s progressivism is at hand. All over the state the reports are coming in showing a distinct trend toward Governor Landon, but at the same time many questions are being asked, as, for instance, “what does Landon stand for?” another one is, “who owns Landon?” The trek of eastern conservatives to Topeka has called up the latter question. But it is signifitant that, while there are searching questions about Governor Landon, the opposition to President Roosevelt even in an agricultural state like Idaho is such that many inde- pendents will vote for Mr. Landon merely as a protest against the Roo- 20In America it is called 23 Its family Felis —~. 24 By. 26 According to 27 Dress fastener. 28 Portion. 29 To dress. a} 30 Wise. 32 Malay dagger. =} 35 Before. 38 Coalition. 39 Morning prayer. 40 Either. 41 Fabric. 44 Preposition. 45 Gun. 46 Striped fabric 47 To cut grass. 49 English coin 51 God of war 52 Mountain Pass. 2To relieve. notice. 4 Writing tools 5 Esteem. 6 Plasterer's 11 English title. 12 tor. 15 Driving 53 Being. command. 54 Musical note. al sevelt policies and as an insurance against the instability of another New Deal term. I made inquiries here and found that among independent Republicans and independent Democrats there is a genuine eagerness to know more about the Landon philosophy. Generalities will hardly do any more than mere negative criticism of Mr. Roosevelt. ‘Thus, notwithstanding all the critic- ism of Mr. Roosevelt, there is a kind- ly regard for him even among those who will vote against him. They ap- preciate the fact, as so many express it, that ‘he tried to do something.” ‘They will not be swayed by bitter at- tacks on him. They want the cam- paign conducted on a higher plane than mere denunciation. This plainly indicates that Gover- nor Landon has a job of affirmative campaigning to turn the west. Strangely enough, many of the topics that the east boils over about are (Copyright, 1936, John F. Dille Co.) not mentioned here. The principal underlying trend, however, is one of fear that the New Deal administra- what he had found in his tor Idaho during the primary campaign. To sum up, I should say that Gov- ernor Landon has a very to carry Idaho if he makes paign ‘as a Progressive and the people of the west in a they can recognize is the voice true Progressive. So Much BEGIN HERE TODAY HELENA DERRIK, women’s spor! or Love not thinking of leaving the car.)Helena. I'd never have brought Softly Helena hum. you if I—” . “You're more beautiful than} “Of course not, John. I know Greet |usual tonight, Helena,” Lassiter | thet.” N said softly. Wordless then, he drove her takes place. Later the crowd gees swim- ming. Peter makes a reckless dive and fs seriously injured. Linger- ing between life and death; he sake Helena to common his iaw- ‘yer, JOHN COUR’ 3 Courtney arrives a short Kenran she ts sole eit to a large learns she ‘eae including the Hende at once, Helena saw a row of department store. She beautiful LEAH FRASIER had expected to marry Peter ané Fealizes Leah is am enemy. 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