The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 16, 1936, Page 4

‘THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY NOVEMBER 16, 1936 The Bismarck Tribune/ An Independent Newspaper ' THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published daily except Sunday by The Bismrack Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mall matter. Mrs. Stella 1. Mann President and Publisher Kenneth W. Simons Sec'y and Editor Subscription Rates Ravacle in Advance Daily by carrier per year ..... 4 Daily by mat! per year (in Bismarck)... Datly by mail per year (in state outside of Bismarck) Datly by mail outside of North Dakota . Weekly by mail in state, per year ..... Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, p: Weekly by mail in Canada. per year . Member of Audit Bureau of Cireulation Archie O. Johnson Vice Pres. and Gen'l Manager Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In thi newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Study of Farm Income Whether they know it or not, farmers are getting as good a “break” as city people. That is the basic thought behind the conclusions reached by the national industrial conference board from a study of in- come in agriculture from 1929 to 1935, This idea is contained in four main propositions as follows: “1, Farm operators have not been at an economic dis- advantage in relation to other gainfully occupied workers, Net income of farm operators is substantially greater than indicated by estimates of income from agriculture alone, owing to additional income received for work done off the farm. 3. Economic status of farm population has been under- valued owing to income in kind being valued at farm prices instead of retail prices paid by urban workers. “4. Net farm income in most major farm areas is substan- tially higher than average farm income for the country as a whole because national average income is heavily influenced by low income conditions in the south.” The researchers assert that in 1929 the average occupa-| tional farm income was between $1,310 and $1,349 as com- pared with a range of $1,391 to $1,397 for all other gainfully occupied persons. In New England and the Pacific Coast states, it is asserted, farmers enjoyed an advantage over other citizens because in- come from work done off the farm was large. In the Mountain] ® siates there was some advantage to the farmer but it was not pronounced while in other areas there was no advantage one way or the other. In 1935, average net farm income, exclusive of benefit pay- ments, was between $873 and $919 for the country as a whole us compared with $1,048 for fully employed wage earners in industry. Much is made of the fact that in this survey income in kind, that is, items produced and consumed by the farmer, are valued at retail prices which would be paid by a city worker rather than at their value on the farm. It also asserts that skilled wage rates prevail in rural areas and lists the farm income from outside work on this basis. The whole thing, of course, is purely speculative. No mat-/ ter how honest, intelligent or well-informed the economists were, they could not have traced the individual activities of every farmer and added them up to reach a total. They could not know how much of any item or the total of all items which were produced and consumed on the farm. Thus these figures, which are advanced with such an air of certainty, are, after all, merely a guess. And probably not too good a guess at that. It is difficult to prove them wrong, but their sponsors certainly cannot prove them right. The real question is why such statements, supported by such figures, should be advanced at this time. The answer here also is a speculation, but as good a guess us any is that the industrialists of the nation, noting the trend of the last few years, are taking steps to counteract the broad carm movement. The bulk of the voters—make no mistake about this—are city people. If they can be convinced that farmers are getting the best of it, they will demand repeal of the laws which they think operate to penalize them. That is and has been the constant danger to the program of a better deal for our farm population. This survey may presage the time when the farmers of the nation will find it necessary to carry their story to the city voters to keep the latter, with the best of intentions, from giv- ing them a raw deal. X Marks the Spot One of the most illuminating things published in the wake of the American election was a cartoon in the Chicago Tribune under the heading “X Marks the Spot Where Differences Lie Buried.” ! On one side of the picture was a graveyard in Spain and the X’s consisted of crosses on the graves of those slain in the civil war. On the other side was a picture of the American ballot and here the X’s were those which, marked on pieces of paper, set- tled the differences of opinion and outlook which exist among the American people. Those two pictures told the story of a nation committed to a peaceful solution of its problems. They preached a sermon more eloquent than words. They epitomized the American spirit, the attitude of the public mind which has kept us one nation, undivided by our internal arguments. Head Scratching Within the last day or two the Russian aviators fighting with the Spanish government seem to be doing a slightly better job than their German and Italian fellows enrolled with the insurgents, for the fact seems to be that few of these engines of destruction now engaged at Madrid are made by Spanisly workers or flown by Spanish men. In their bombing operatjons the attackers haven't overly distinguished themselves. Dispatches indicate that they have not been very accurate or very effective against the opposing forces. 4 The Russian record in this respect is not available. haven’t had many airplanes on the scene until recently. , The net result must be to cause some scratching of heads in high quarters at Rome “and Berlin. If their fliers aren't any more. effective than that what would they do if opposed by 3 They | tion has been increased with no great Be = nes | Washington were seers erccces Early Passage by Congress of 36- Hour Week Law Is Deemed Likely + . . Labor te Press for Legisis- tion . . . High Court Is Expected to Be “Difficult” . . . Nonpartisan League Claims Large Share of Credit for Roosevelt’s Triumph. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspéndent) Washington, Nov. 16—A national 36-hour wook law for industry is like- ly to be passed by the next congress in its first session. It cannot be said as yet that this is part of the Roosevelt program. But here are some reasons for expecting that it will be: 1—The most influential leaders of organized labor, who probably will have the most effective lobby on Cap- itol Hill this winter, have decided that the 36-hour working week—with pos- sible provision for exceptions as well as minimum wage standards—is about what's needed to absorb most of the nation’s unemployed employables. 2—Roosevelt’s biggest job is still to solve the problem of the so-called “10,000,000 unemployed.” He cannot depend on private industry to solve it, as he had hoped, and hour legis- lation seems his only recourse if he is to cut down the expensive WPA rolls. As reported in this column a year ago, Roosevelt then wanted a na- tional 40-hour week law. He was dis- suaded subsequently by U. 8, Supreme Court decisions, bitter industrial op- Position, and the political situation. 3—Congress in all probability would quickly pass such law. The Black 30-hour week law easily slid through the senate in 1933 and would have passed the House if Roosevelt and the U, 8. Chamber of Commerce hadn't dashed in with NRA as a substitute. Passage of a 36-hour bill would be likely as a result of labor pressure even if Roosevelt were to keep hands off. ee * INDUSTRY STRETCHES HOURS Hours in industry have been length- ened since NRA died. Thus produc- absorption of the unemployed. With industry on an upward swing, Going! Going!— THE OLD BUS STILL LOOKS PRETTY GOOD THE OUD BUS STILL LOOKS PRETTY GOOD THE OLD BUS STILL LOOKS PRETTY GOOD THE OLD BUS STILL THE OLD BUS — WELL, LOOKS PRETTY GOOD IT WON'T DO ANY HARM To GIVE THE NEW MODELS THE ONCE-OVER labor leaders say, a 36-hour Jaw would increase employment perhaps 15 per cent, Leaders of Labor's Nonpartisan League and the committee for Indus- trial Organization, at least, will not g0 so far as to demand a 30-hour week, They admit privately that they FUTURE OF BUSINESS RECOVERY (New York Times) In their monthly bulletins the na- don't know what such a drastic | tional Chamber of Commerce and the change would do to industry and that | Federal Reserve Board write in a dis- it might cause e harmful distubance. | tinctly cheerful view of this Autumn's On the other hand, they point to certain industries, notably the gar- ment trades, where the 36-hour week has been successfully tried. * * * FACE HIGH COURT HURDLE Passage of @ short work week law would mean a showdown with the su- preme court, whose decisions have plainly shown that a complete change of heart or a change of membership would be necessary before such act would be held constitutional. John L. Lewis and his group of labor leaders are not looking beyond the point where wage and hour leg- islation would be invalidated except as they expect to demand that Roose- velt move vigorougsly to meet the is- sue. The Labor's Nonpartisan League attitude toward Roosevelt, in whose | landslide it was a very large factor, is friendly and loyal. At the same time, this political organization, which ex- pects to set up an important labor lobby in Washington for the first time, will stress the fact that it isn’t “tled up” with the administration, It is not committed to formation of a third party or the political ad- vancement of Lewis and will concen- trate in 1938—and perhaps 1940—on election of labor's friends in both parties and defeat of its enemies. * eB CLAIM CREDIT FOR VICTORIES Accurately or not, the leaders be- lieve there will be cities, congres- sional districts, and important states where candidates for office will real- ize they can't be elected without league support. This will boost the labor lobby’s prestige in the capital. The league is taking credit for some of the most unexpected election re- sults. Among them is the defeat of Congressman Bachrach and other New Jersey Republicans, including defeat of Senator Barbour by William H. Smathers, who was counsel for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Also a big overturn in the previously anti-labor Pennsylvania state senate. The league's claim that it re-elect- ed Gov. Martin L, Davey in Ohlo is especially impressive. Nearly every poll and every political prophet pre- dicted Davey's defeat. But organiz- ed labor, led by the LNPL, support- ed him because he didn’t call out state troops for duty in the rubber and other strikes. Amid general astonishment over Davey’s victory, there seems no way to explain it other than on the ground of the support of organized labor. (Copyright,, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) BARBS T —— er “Hat takes a 75,000-mile tour in place of its owner.” It was news, too, vhen @ brown derby took a walk. * The treasury has a machine with which a number of checks can be .signed at once. Any chance of borrowing it about the first of the month? ** * A friend of ours is so worked up over the election that, if his man loses, he intends to go hunting and climb over a wire fence with a gun. ** We are anxious to read “Gone With the Wind,” to find out who fled with the politician. “* * “Wives are needed for Alaskan bachelors.” Volunteers should re- member that when northern men sit up all night with a sick friend, they sit up six months. es industrial recovery. Both place the present position of production, earn- ings and trade activity in general at the highest since 1930. The Reserve Board does not usually prophesy, but the Chamber expresses expectation that the forward movement will con- tinue into 1937. Precisely what does this indicate as to the condition at the moment of American trade and industry? When it is said that business activities have returned to the best since 1930, com- parison with “normal” is not alto- getter plain. The financial and in- dustrial history of 1930 was mixed. Largely obscured today by remem- | brance of the violent reaction of the three ensuing years, it is often for- gotten that, except in staple prices and perhaps in the matter of bank suspensions, the first half of 1930 was &@ period of temporary recovery. Al- EDITORS Reprinted te show what they say. We may or may not agree with them. most invariably in our previous de- pressions sueh a period had immed- jately followed the agony of financial panic. But in the middle of 1930 the recov- ery, which had affected considerably both the stock market and the “pro- duction index,” was abruptly termi- rated by a torrent of forced selling, home and foreign, which instantly swept down both financial values and industrial activity. Most of the chronological comparisons of today’s business conditions find a parallel only in the later reactionary period of 1930. This Autumn's steel pro- duction, it is true, has been the larg-jin reduced magnitude. est since 1929. But railway traffic and earnings are stiil doing no better than in 1931, What is the prospect of continuous and uninterrupted revival during 1937? Precedent, in the first em- phatic forward movement after the upturn from a depression, is some- what mixed. After the severe reac- tion of 1921, recovery in business ap- Parently was too fast; 1923 was a year of slow reaction. The rapid recovery of 1879, after the depression of that Period, was continuous for at least|" ° two years, but the extremely vigorous revival which began in 1897 after the epression of the Nineties turned in- to an era of extravagant company promotion; it was violently inter- rupted in 1900, The most reassuring consideration of the present recovery is its gradual, deliberate and non- speculative character. It remains to be seen if those qualities will continue to be exhibited, The Reserve Board’s bulletin draws attention to the fact that, despite the recent substantial recovery in busi- mess, unemployment persists, though The board ascribes this to “growth of the popula- tion and progress of technological dmprovements.” But these would cer- tainly not explain why re-employment should lag (if it does) behind revival in productive activity. The board it- self has a better explanation: It appears that at present the amount of part-time employment has been reduced, and that fur- ther growth in output will result in @ larger increase of the num- ber Coe |_SO THEY SAY The feel of the nice warm water, the smell of bath salts, and the words on the page—I ask you, where else do you get as many pleasant things at once?—Marjorie Hillis, author, recom- mending zones: in bathtub. x * The poser has made women work-conscious. _ Where formerly they were content to stay in the home, they are now potential job- holders.—Peggy McEwan, Oklahoma PWA official. x * * My ideal man must qualify as to Masculinity, personal charm, sym- pathy, strength of character, distinc- tiveness, By the way, introduce me to such a man—if you can find him. —Mae West. xk * The World War put the public li- brary on the map. Four million Pore eee SIDE GLANCES __ first-class enemy. cs | through the libraries. Their circula- demand for usefuljthink of a man who deliberately has _persisted.—Chief | makes a girl blush? tion created a reading that Librarian Carl B. Roden, Public Library. **k * Everything plenty bad. Manitou (the Great Spirit) on war path, he punish while people for talk- ing all time about election —Charley Big Knife, Huron county (Mich.) Indian, predicting cold. winter. ee 4* Chicago If it were possible to apply every- thing we know about traffic control, we could eliminate 98 per cent of all accidents and practically all conges- tion.—Miller McClintock, nationally known traffic expert. eek Let us declare a moratorium on Political claptrap, abuse, and person- alities—U. S. Representative Hamil- ton Fish, Jr, New York, Statistics show that only one of every 300,000 letters mailed in the books were available to service men United States is lost before delivery. - By George Clark | eoecccerencce- Alvin—I say, Jimmy, what do you Jimmy—I think he is a genius. Gitchi |, Touris:—What are your room rates ? re’ Hotel Clerk—First floor, $10; sec- ‘ond floor, $8; third floor, $6. To » your hotel isn’t big cnough, More than 3,440,000,000 pounds of wool were produced in 1932, the larg- est world wool clip on record. STORIES IN STAMPS By I. S. Klein émperor, at least once in his life, is certain to make the pil- grimage to Yamada and the s cred shrines of Ise. For here is the center of Shintoism, a spot so venerated that all its buildings are destroyed and rebuilt every 20 years, for the sake of keeping them undefiled. These shrines are sacred: be- cause they are co! inti- mately with the deification of the emperor, and for that reason, too, hundreds of thousands of wor- j shipers pass through the gates. But no occidental eyes may look within. Foreign visitors are kept outside of the very first gate, and must not view the sacred splen- dor of the four enclosures. The shrines of Ise are sched-. uled for destruction and rebuild. ing again in 1943. Then new cy- press from the crown forests of the Kiso meuntains will be down the new build- ings, and gor- geous pag- eants will cel- ebrate their reop ¢ning. The shrine is apanese stamp issued in 1929; (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) Your Personal Health: By William Brady, M. D. 4 meonricns es pertalolng, to health but not éis- pytare briefly » Addr All queries must be pe. Dr. Brady wil! answer ease of diagnosis. Wei Brady in care of The Tri stamped, eelf-addressed THE RELIEF OF HEMORRHOIDS Dismissing consideration of bleeding piles, which is strictly a question for the physician in every instance, let us see whether anything can be done to alleviate the suffering of one who has an attack of piles. First, be sure it is hemorrhoids, and not one of half a dozen ailments which, without proper examination, may readily masquerade as piles. This will bore some readers, who will regard it as the same old trick—“consult & physician.” Nevertheless, I don’t get paid for it, nor even credit from the rank and file of the profession; on the contrary it does seem sometimes as though a large part of the medical profession would like to see me—where- ever that kind of doctor goes when he dies.’ But, no matter, I’m telling you. Piles or hemorrhoids (unfortunate that there are more than one name for many common ailments) are ordinarily painless and indeed may give only vague discomfort between “attacks,” that is, inflammation of the vari- cose or dilated vein wall with or without clotting of blood in the inflammed pile (thrombosis). For such a painful “attack” of piles, the sufferer will find these remedial measures bring relief: 1, Keep off the feet as much as possible, preferably lying down with hips higher than shoulders, 2, Cut down food intake to half the asual amount. 3. Take a brisk saline cathartic, either a tablespoonful of plain Epsom ols neeneeun sulphate) or a bottle of effervesent solution of magnesium citrat 4. If the piles are external, visible or prolapsed, apply as warm as bear- able compresses kept wet with one-third glycerin and two-thirds water, with hot water bag to keep the compress warm. The purpose of this is to dimin- ish edema and swelling. 5. When a dark clot is visible in the pile the sooner this is extruded through an incision the more quickly will the sufferer recover, This can be done by any physician under local anesthesia without pain. If the clot or thrombus is not removed, healing will occur eventually by gradual ab- sorption or shrinking and change of the clot into scar tissue—incidentally nature’s own cure for that particular pile—but this is slow, tedious and painful compared with proper surgical treatment. Nostrums purporting to be pile cures are humbugs, of\course. Many of the pile salves and suppositories contain dangerous and harmful ingred- jents. I believe the hot glycerin compress above described gives all the re- lief any safe remedy can give. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Strain of Heart Is a strained muscle of the heart very serious? What is the general treatment? (K, M. R.) Answer—The heart is essentially all muscle. Strain is serious, Treat- ment depends on individual condition. Absolute rest for a time, until, in the physician's judgment, the heart can stand slight exertion such as sitting up or walking about the room, etc. Canned Vitamins Is the orange juice sold in cans equal to fresh orange juice in vitamin C? T can buy 15 ounces of canned orange juice for 10 or 11 cents, while an eight- ounce glass of Seah orange juice, at present prices, costs about 7 or 8 cents oe. (LA, RB. Answer—The factory (vacuum) canned juice is nearly if not quite as potent in vitamin C as fresh juice. Tomato or tomato juice, fresh or canned (vacuum process) is equal in vitamin C content to fresh or canned orange or orange juice, and considerably richer in vitamin A. Wheat to Eat We steam wheat for breakfast cereal, store left-over in refrigerator. Add this to waffles, muffins, etc., and all hands agree it improves these. Steam- ing one hour cooks wheat. about right—fluffy separate grains, not gummy . (Mrs, C. E. A.) Answer—Thank you. Glad to send any reader interested in nutrition a monograph. “Wheat to Eat,” if the reader will provide a 3 cent stamped en- velope bearing this address. (Copyright 1936, John F. Dille Co.) reading it I decided to burn it before BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN {8 RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN Two Irishmen were walking along the street when one of them remarked: “How bright Orion is tonight.” The other Irish- man looked up and said, “So that is O’Ryan, eh? Thank goodness there is one Irishman in Heaven, anyhow.” Dame: “You dear, little man. 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