The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 17, 1936, Page 6

The Bismarck Tribune AN independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER E (Established 1873) i State, City and County Officia) Newspaper $$ $$$. Published daily except Sunday by The Bismarck [ribune Company. Bis- marck, N. D. and entered at the postuffice at Bismarck as secund class mall matter. Mrs. Stella 1, Mann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Vice pres. and Gen'l. Nanacer Kenneth W Simons Sec'y Treas and Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance mai) outside of North Dakota Weekly by mai) tn state, per year Weekiy by mail outside of North Dak Weekiy by mail in Canada. per year Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associa.ed Press in exclusively entitied to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to it or tol otherw edited in this Rewspaper and also the local news of sportaneous orix shed herein. All rights of republication of al! other matier herein are also reserved Three Families So much has been said about taxes in connection with the political campaign that an impartial analysis of the situation as it affects three families in Rhode Island, recently made pub- lic by the Providence Journal, comes as a refreshing sidelight to what is probably the most important long-time issue facing the American people, The survey was made by having three typical American families keep track of their expenditures, item by item, and then analyzing them to sce how much they paid jn direct and indirect taxes. ALL taxes paid were listed, local and state as well as fed- cral, so there is no particular effort made to capitalize upon the study from a political standpoint. Foremost in the list, of course, were real estate taxes. Two of the three families own their own homes and their real estate taxes were a matter of record. The third family rented a dwell- ing and the taxes against it were charged to them. Such items as gasoline taxes, cigarette and tobacco taxes and theater admission taxes were carefully computed on the Lasis of the reported expenditures and the average tax paid was found to be 12.18 cents of every dollar spent by these three thrifty New England families. If the general ratio were ex- tended to include items on which taxes could not be traced, according to Sevellon Brown, managing editor of the newspaper, the figure would be 14.74 per cent, but the lower figure is given| as one which cannot be assailed by anyone. Stress is placed on “hidden” taxes, that is, those which the customer pays without realizing it because they are included in the costs of doing business. How statisticians arrive at the enormous number of sep- arate taxes which they say are assessed against various items, such as 53 taxes on a loaf of bread, is indicated by a review of the taxes on that product. Here they are: “Real estate tax, machinery tax, personal property tax, truck license, tax, federal and state’ income taxes paid by the farmer; capital stock tax, real estate tax, state franchise tax and federal and. state income taxes paid by the elevator company; city and state real estate and personal property taxes, state franchise tax and federal and state income taxes paid by the railroad which transported the wheat to the flour mill and the flour to the baker; real estate tax, personal property tax and income tax paid by the manufacturers of bread wrappers; real estate tax, electricity tax, gas tax, personal property tax and income tax paid by the bakers.” Tn view of the fact that this survey was made in an urban center the following statement will interest farmers: “Farmer receives large share of consumer’s dollar,” which cites govern- ment figures to show the farmers receive 45 per cent of the consumers’ dollar spent for food. The survey is interesting and important because it is de- bigned to make people tax conscious. There is no suggestion that anything can be done to eliminate all or even a majority of the various taxes, but the hope is expressed that, if people fhote the tax burden they are carrying, they will take steps to reduce it where, when and as it seems possible to do so. f i From Surplus to Scarcity Four years ago America was confronted by the stagger- {ng weight of agricultural and industrial surpluses which had Blowed down business and presented such problems of plenty that our commercial, social and governmental organizations «Were unable to deal with them. Now we are again emerging into an era of scarcity be- Pause factories and machines, long idle, have gone out of date Buring the depression. ‘ This is important, according to the Magazine of Wall treet, because the consumer demand has now reached a point Where obsolete facilities are again being called into play and fndustrialists are recognizing the need for improvement and expansion. On this basis this authority sees at hand a brisk enlarge- fent in the demand for capital goods, including buildings, pith an attendant sharp boost for the prosperity level as a Whole. , During the dark years the fact that people must have places to live, that they must eat and wear clothes, almost alone — the commerce of the nation from complete stagnation. low, with the heavy industries beginning to boom, the,outlook 6 brighter. The prospect, according to this business magazine, is that the upward trend will continue for at least three and probably four more years and that a 1937 gain in capital goods activity equal to that of 1936 would put the output of producer goods back to the 1929 peak. In view of the increased population, it is pointed out, it requires no stretch of the imagination to forsee an all-time high in capital goods activity during the upward swing already begun. % a Human Nature. Additional proof that the more human beings change the more they are the same seems offered in an archeological dis- €overy just announced. fe A sculpture found in an ancient Mayan Indian city of Gua- Behind he SCENES The Campaign | Lando Imprevement as Orator Brings New Cheer to His Backers. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Chicago, Oct. 17. — Nothing has given Gov. Alf Landon’s Heutenants More pleasure than their candidate's marked improvement in platform presence, in radio delivery, and in the belligerent nature of his speeches. His Chicago address on the budget found him in the best oratorical form he has shown to date. And even some of All's bitterest enemies agreed that the speech in its content prob- ably was the most politically effective and best written message he had yet delivered. Credit should b2 given where due. The governor has been under the con- stant tutelage of an expert who trav- els with him and who seeks to perfect him in such devices as driving his points home, stopping to smile at the right spots, shaking his fist, pausing at dramatic points for applause, and clear enunciation of catch phrases. The most important author of the speech was Olin Glenn Saxon, head of the G. O. P, “brain trust,” or re- search division, who has been con- centrating on a study of federal ex- Penses ever since he and his aides were hired last spring amid @ chorus ot guffaws. * * % Saxon Now ‘On Inside’ Saxon appears to be vindicating the idea of Henry Fletcher and Finance Chairman W. B. Bell that the Repub- licans should have a “brain trust,” too, Landon has come to like him and to trust him. At first Saxon was very much on the outside, but more lately has been taken into the very intimate group which most closely surrounds Lan- don. This group includes no professional Politicians and no men of great wealth. Its members are in most cases fairly young, congenial, upper middle-class, relatively liberal, and often inclined to resist pressures from eastern groups which try to dictate what Landon should say and do, Among them, besides Saxon, are Editor Roy Roberts of the Kansas City Star, Publisher Jack Harris of the Hutchinson (Kan.) News and Verne Marshall, editor of the Cedar Rapids (la.) Gazette, Here in Chicago the man closest to Chairman Hamilton, and hence one of the most powerful in the cam- paign machine, is Arthur Ballantine, former assistant secretary of the treasury under Ogden Mills and a Harvard. classmate and rival of Roosevelt. And, incidentally, many suspect that Mills is one of the most influ- ential advisers to Landon, even though he remains in the back- ground, . *% *% Negro Vote Wooed Probably the most vigorous effort now being made by Republicans is to win back that large portion of the Negro vote which most reports agree is leaning towards Roosevelt. Every- thing that might work to that end is being attempted and many offices here are filled with colored people working on the job, The Negro vote is an important factor in most of the big doubtful states. Landon’s recent reference to Jesse Owens (even Owens couldn't overtake those soaring federal ex- penses) was a carefully planned bow to the colored folk. So was the can- didate’s declaration for an anti- lynching law. There will be more of the same, * * x Press Corps Busy “We got out 30 separate press re- leases yesterday,” boasts one of the men at G. O. P. headquarters. The press staff has what it calls a “city room,” as large as some on metropolitan newspapers, with “Man- aging Editor” Al Kirchhofer sitting in a glassed-in office and various sub- editors scattered around outside, Propaganda is distributed to 9,000 newspapers, including six cartoons a week, a special thrice-a-week “news features” service, and sectionalized releases to states. That's quite apart from the re- search division under Saxon, which expects to put out 100,000,000 pieces of campaign literature mostly small leaflets—before the campaign is over. One rumor is that so much of this stuff has been prepared and ordered that most of it will never be passed out before Nov. 3, but that’s denied. Already there’s threat of an awful howl from professional politicians, who fear there won't be enough money at the last minute with which to “get out the vote.” Budgeted sums call for $1,750,000 for “public relations” — including press, movies, radio, and billboards— @nd $750,000 for the research division. ** ® The Usual Funds In Chicago Republican headquar- ters, as at national Democratic head- quarters in New York, you hear many tales of jealousy, feuds, and confu- sion. In an early effort to straighten things out, Hamilton named seven as- sistants to himself, which, according to some insiders, means most matters are still balled up. That’s not apparent to the visiting outsider, however, and may be exag- gerated. One explanation, given to show cause for the considerable amount of pessimism at headquarters as to Lan- don’s chances, was as follows: “Every one of our division heads thinks he’s the only one who is doing @ good job. He's so sure that all the other fellows are doing such fotten jobs that he can’t see how the party can win.” - temala portrays a public meeting. And the sculptor who carved this work more than a thousand years ago might very well have had a modern political rally or lecture as his subject. » © ‘For among the figures shown in this lintel is the pompous Bpeaker, demanding attention; one of the audience poking another as if asking what it’s all about; two gentlemen arguing Wigorously between themselves; and two other men slumped Looking at the Campaign (Copyright 1936, by David Lawrence) | taxes begin to trickle in, there may Louisville, Ky., Oct. 17.—Here is a state where the pro-Roosevelt tide is! the are usually right about the election returns saying that Kentucky will sctualy increase its majority over 32. This is disputed, of course, among Republicans, but even there the fig- ure conceded is apt to be from 50,000 to 100,000, as compared with the 11 000 majority which Mr. Roosevelt re- ceived four years ago. I made inquiries here to determine the reasons for the abnormally high Democratic vote and the answer summed about to the following: First, repeal of the eighteenth amendment has meant the rebirth of Kentucky's famous whiskey industry. Whereas they were distilling about 1,800,000 gallons a year in the medical permit days before repeal, they are now manufacturing about 60,000,000 gallons a year. Second, the tobacco industry is thriving and Kentucky is dependent on the tobacco growers for a large part of its prosperity. ‘Third, the coal miners, even among the hitherto unorganized groups, have been swung by Mr. Roosevelt's labor Policies toward the Democratic ticket. Fourth, farm income through gov- ernment aid has been materially en- larged so that it runs at an increase of about 41 per cent, which is much higher than the national average for farm income gained. Fifth, the anti-Roosevelt argument, has hardly been made in Kentucky, where there are oniy a couple of Re- publican newspapers and where the Democratic press has stayed regular. Tt is interesting to find a state where they apparently care very little about unbalanced budgets or who is going to pay the taxes that are going to be needed some day to put the treasury finances on a sound basis. The anti-Roosevelt sentiment in Kentucky is to be found principally among the persons who take newspa- pers or magazines from outside the state. As for the Republicans, they are not|- very well organized and one hears hints that there is a kind of conven- ient truce going on whereby both sides conserve their financial resources. The weakness of the Republican cause in Kentucky, however, is to no small extent due to the very prosperous condition of the state and the well- ingrained belief that this has been brought about by the acts and poli- ices of the Roosevelt administration. Another interesting reaction to be found here is the criticism of the Lan- don camapign even among Repub- licans, While the Chicago speech is commended as about the best that the Republican nominee has delivered, there is a feeling that an aggressive fight has not been made. “Weak campaign” is an oft-expressed phrase.. Basically, Kentucky is a Democratic state and very rarely turns over. There are quite a few Jeffersonian Democrats here, but the total defec- tion from the Democratic ranks will be found numerically small. Kentucky is riding a wave of pros- perity—and isn’t giving much thought to the effects of the election. It would appear that, when the cam- paign is over and the facts about government spending and future them through his reception head- Quarters often results in a headache for those who try to get large num- bers in to see him in a relatively short time. (Copyright, 1 gebra, darling. 936, NEA Service, Inc.) BIT. OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 18 RELISHED BY be some sharp protests registered in running higher than the average,! migh where you will find Democrats who] really a part of the national cam- paign and ought to be classed with “David Lawrence the solid south, where they usually vote Democratic no matter what's happening, unless, of course, there's a Catholic running for president on the Democratic ticket, as there was in 1928. national capital. ‘Thus far it tt be said that Kentucky isn’t Walking. | Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brady will answer “¢ Write veins. Formerly constipation was assumed to be a ft pressure upon and interference with return of blood through the veins from the hemorrhoidal plexus. Constipation, however, is now regarded rather as an effect of hemorrhoids or at any rate merely an associated symp- tom of the general state of ptosis, sagging, flabbiness, weakness, poor mus- cular tone or elasticity incident to upright ‘posture and neglect of physical t iy Prolonged standing or aitting’is a greater strain on the dependent vein wall Ponte Gunnin plapidgine tanctay Gclcther enoderata chaveies Slow walking is a greater strain on the walls of dependent veins that is brisk) ‘Although we are referring more particularly to hemorrhoids (piles) these observations apply as well to varicose or swollen veins in legs or thighs, to varicocele and to many cases of varix in the pelvis. individuals garner plenty of symptoms from ‘ literature. Anyway, the patient should tell the doctor the symptoms. That is a better plan. v : Tending to counteract the ill effects of upright posture plus fatigue or loss of resiliency or “tone,” and hence rather beneficial for anyone subject to any form of varix or varicose veins are the following: Q) Lying down with legs and hips higher than head and shoulders. (2) head. @) @ «) 6) posture. se. Actual or imaginary juggling of a ball with feet as you lie on-your (8) , Resting both feet on your desk or the mantle of your hoss’s desk or the landlady’s mantle. z .(9) Lying on back with both legs elevated and resting against wall. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS . Tons of Bish Please give a list of the pamphlets or monographs or leaflets you have Teaders . . . . (Mrs. G. M.) Answer—That’s @ large order. The following monographs are available on request, if you inclose stamped envelope bearing your address (not more than two to one address). Blackheads and Pimples, Pruritus, Care of Hair, Overweight, Underweight, Excessive Sweating, Seasickness, Rum Blossom (Red Nose), Running Ear, Bed-Wetting, Stuttering, Bread and Milk Club, ‘Wheat to Est, Complexion, Tobacco Habit, Menstruation, Ingrown Nz Headache, Piles, Diabetes, Iodin Ration. (Copyright, 1936, John F. Dille Co.) for BEGIN HERE TODAY She lets ‘door of her bed- NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER VII AY saw to it that Monte Blaine caught the afternoon plane for Oakland. She was on duty on ‘this ship. Monte sat back in his passenger’s seat, watching her idly’ and grinning when she passed him in the aisle. Once she saw him grimace with pain, and clutch his head. She came to him unsmilingly. “Will you have an- other bromo-seltzer, sir? Per- haps it would help your head!” She came back again when they passed over the American river canyon, a gigantic black yawn in the earth. She wanted to show “him the two forks of the river, like tiny silver threads weaving in‘ and out in the black depths. But his chair. He slept all the way to Oakland Airport. When he woke up Kay hed his arm, and was shakinc’ “This is Oakland, sir!” she said. oe “You change here for the trans- Pacific flight.” She saw him talking to the pi- lot, and a moment later he was back. “At last I know your name! I'll ‘be waiting in a taxi- cab outside the terminal in 10 minutes, Kay Dunn.” Twenty minutes later she came out of the airport terminal, &nd there he was, sitting in the taxi- cab. He opened the door for her, and helped her in. “You're not going to walk out of my life, Kay. Now what shall we do? Dine first or go watch the Flying Mariner come in? She's due at 6 o'clock, and it’s 5:45.” K4ys heart skipped a beat. The fonte was sound asleep in| - It was a little dark before the Mariner reached Ship Harbor and suddenly the lights were switched in the 50 portholes. It looked as if a flying hotel were coming down out of the skics. They heard the roar of! the four 800-horse- power motors as the Mariner glided ‘down toward the waters, still speckled with the glint of the parting sun. The flying ship came to rest, settling down like a giant bird, and then taxied slowly to the landing. K*Y watched the passengers closely, What a story they “ fat ie By Deck Morgan © 1936, NEA Service, Inc. (Posed by> Mildred Shelley and J, M. Seymour of United Airlines.) They pe in the dusk, watching the Mariner wing her way into the bay. {the ship until the last detail of disembarkation was complete. In the five years of preparation for the trans-Pacific flight he had not only laboratories, The crews i i A if ilig BE i | 3. L: i : i Fr i z F Hi) Hi H aEr 3 t i z i 4 | 5 E | water.” Indeed he had results of the last trip. “Con tions were excellent for a re- heard to say that the same thing ‘of the radi pad E if : i f a cs | i a q i F Z i i h a | )