The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 17, 1937, Page 4

that there is 2 lot to be said on the other side. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1987 An Inéepenéent Newspaper "i THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1673) Mate, City and County Official Newspaper Sunday by The Bismarck Mrs. Stella 1. Mann President and Treasurer Kenneth W. Simons Secretary and Editor Archie O. Johnson Vico Pres and Gen'l Manager Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) . BY 12 Daily by mail per year (in state outside 5.00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakots 6.00 Weekly by mail in state year 1.00 Weekly by mai] outside of North Dakota, per year. Weekly by mail in Canada, per year Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press sively emtitied to the use for republica- ‘The tion of nowspa; we of spuntaneous o pu All rights of repu 2 of all other matter herein are alse reserved. Irrigation Land Boom Farmers flocking to the Columbia basin district in Eastern | ‘lected to succeed William Green. Washington, where the extensive works on the Columbia river, ula here, since the White House in- are expected to provide water for irrigating a million acres of land, had best keep out of the area until the irrigation project is ready. This is the advice of John C. Page, commissioner of Recla- mation who is troubled by the tendency of land owners to sell prospective irrigated farms at speculative prices. As wild land this area is worth very little. Much of it can be—or could have been—purchased for two or three dollars an acre. Yet sgme persons are paying much larger prices for it on the theory that some day it will be very valuable, $100 per acre being a relatively low price for irrigated land in that area. But the history of irrigation shows that speculation in land is one of its greatest handicaps. In many cases the price has been boosted so high that the farmer could not carry the heavy burden of debt. With this in mind the federal government has enacted a law intended to curb the practice. It requires that any land receiving water from the government must be sold at the price fixed by the government for undeveloped land. If it is sold for more the owner must pay a penalty ranging from half to the entire amount of the excess, otherwise water will be with- held. The intention, Page made clear, is to protect the bona| fide settler and place him on the land at a price where he can pay out. But despite the incipient boom, reported by Page, there is clearly no hurry. It will be years before the government is ready to turn water on the new Washington acreage and before that time comes many irrigation projects in other parts of the country will have been developed, some of them, perhaps, in North Dakota. Warning from the Collectors Selling an item is one thing but getting the money for it is another. Perhaps that is what the credit men of the nation have| in mind when they express the hope that increases in the cost of home building will be held to a minimum. Rents have gone up in many places during the last two years and this fact has stimulated building. But just as soon as it gave evidence of awakening from its long sleep both ma-| terial and labor costs began to skyrocket. The result will be to decrease the volume of building and to make it harder for home owners to pay for new construction. Meantime the credit men marvel at the “resistance to drastic decline” shown by the country in the face of certain adverse conditions as compared with a year ago. First among these is the labor situation which has dis- | rupted production and handicapped orderly progress. Next | come the seasonal inflences normally operative in early sum-| mer and a reaction to the tendency, apparent earlier in the year, i to buy in advance of requirements. Another condition is that there was no two billion dollars in bonus payments this spring. Despite these factors, however, department and variety | store sales in May were ahead of those for the same month in 1936, wholesalers sales were 12 per cent higher and manu- The Bismarck Tribune Published daily except Tribune Company, Bis- | m@arck, N. D, and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mai]' Labor's matter, a to tt or not otherwise credited in this . origin published herein. | Lewis, who hasn't enjoyed many up- | |als of the Methodist Episcopal church, 2 oe ) |. = aeenee | Washington if it ik | AF. of tional S' i | By RODNEY DUTCHER | (Tribune Washington Correspendent) Washington, July 17.—The “sena- I! tor closely identified with the Iabor li movement,” reported in dispatches to || have asked Roosevelt to settle the |. fratricidal CIO-A. P. of L carnage, {| and to have offered s peace formula, | of his own, is—perhaps one should | add “of course”—the Hon. George Berry of Tennessee, head of the press- men’s union. | The prominent gent closely identi- | fied with the White House who has {just thrown the formula into his wastebasket is the Hon. Mr. Roosevelt. | The fellow who laughed ‘when he heard about it was roarious laughs lately. The formula | proposed to provide @ place for Lewis | | Subordinate to a new president of the ; |A4. PF. of L, who would have been; There's no use repeating the form- | Cinerator has it now. { it some sort of truce or semi- | truce probably will be arranged sooner | OF later, perhaps sooner. Jurisdictional | battles between CIO and A. P. of L. | unions, strikes which make no sense | to the public and only make the pub- lic mad, are beginning to be recog- | Dized by organized labor’s friends as/ | Wisecrack of Week The flop of the French franc, || |] after a long period in which Eng- || land and the United States joined |] La Belle France in a so-called |. | agreement to keep her currency up and save her from a flight of |; capital, has produced the capital's | wisecrack of the week: i “Well, anyway, it’s taken the || } ‘That Man Is Here Again!” ertalning briette and tn fn) ples must be & BATHE AND SWIM AND BATHE summer days than boys can At the ole swim ao rssibly ‘conceive basin brewery stored water bu ep poset ih Ben Free, Sennegambian, Ben could dive in and stay in till our Gress a moment after coming out. here we used to d i instant shedding of water. The res! te very off naturally. ‘This was sometimes a seri hen the brewery people attempted to surp iy g8 83 aE ER HE BS i ste laced plug of wool jug Of Wool ater from the nose. ‘persons who have any chronic mouth while swimming anyway. breathing, but mouth breathing is natural impossible to imagine a sprinter Ringworm, foot itch, athlete |] tripe out of the tripartite agree- |] menti” dangerous, dumb business. Roosevelt, @ friend of labor at least to date, {may try to do the job himself. | The “scoop” in this column, how- ever, is the fact that a group of liberal senators and congressmen, friendly to labor as a whole but Copyright 1937, by The Baltimore 8 beset by both A. F. of L. and CIO jlobbyists, is planning a public appeal to both sides. Realists know that jhatred between Lewis and certain jeraft union chiefs wouldn’t permit any closely knit coalition. But these members of congress hope and plan to ask for gn agreement that there shall be no jurisdictional | strikes, that the A. F. of L. will not jtry to break any more CIO strikes, jand that disputes between the two labor organizations will be referred | to some impartial board or court. | This congressional group may never j ge to bat. But its present plans are the only things which promise a formula for*relative peace between. ; Lewis and Green et als. | ee * | Socks at Strong Drink Your correspondent desires to wel-| House come back an old friend who once | favored him with no end of mail, but who for many months had been cruel- ly neglectful. It’s the Board of Tem- Perance, Prohibition and Public Mor- THE LEWIS SITUATION The full effect of the recent change in the labor situation on the fortunes of Mr. John L. Lewis, Heigl brig 2 and the man responsible for o demic of strikes with which the coun- try has been afflicted in the past nine months, cannot as yet be determined. However, it is clear he has had a se! id Ej i Bests ae overplayed his hand and could not which in prohibition days produced its “tlip sheet” each week for cor- Tespondents here, but which seemed to fold up after there wasn’t any Prohibition any more. Here's the “clip sheet” again, how- ever, and it’s entirely devoted to a/| week, is significant: That is the sort long and learned summary of su-|of stuff just as harmful to « labor Preme court decisions in cases having | politician as any other kind. to do with strong drink. It seems the ESE Court from away back has taken a| The contributing causes for the sit- sock at strong drink every time it|uation in which he now finds himself had the chance. In these days when the supreme court is beleaguered by the forces pam Roosevelt, the big Tepeal man four years’ ago, the Methodist board comes alent to |claimed by his aides, “four depart- | the defense of an old ally. Of course the nation has again and your guess is as mine as to whether the ing to do the opponents of sents court plan more which taken separately perhaps would | combined do a great deal. The jour- | our side”; with the governor of Penn- sylvania an open ally—with all that Mr. Lewis took a licking in the steel strike. The reason he lost was be- ceuse public opinion swung heavily against him and the CIO all over the facturers’ sales were 20 per cent higher. When even the strikes cannot seriously retard American | yecovery the moral is obvious. Conditions are right for a! general advance throughout the nation. Palestine’s ‘Operation’ Britain’s “settlement” of the vexing Palestine question by means of a partitioning scheme which divides that pay | land into three sections, one for the Jews, one for the Arabs, and one for the English, begins to look very much like one of those arrangements which please nobody at all. } The Arabs, from all accounts, are displeased at seeing 50} much of their homeland sliced away. The Jews feel that) further progress of the promising Zionist movement is impeded | by the smallness of the territory allotted to them. Neither! side likes the idea of a British strip through Jerusalem. What probably was the controlling factor in making this / " division was the strategic situation. Palestine is an important | way-station on Britain’s road of empire. Affairs in the Medi-| terranean are altogether too threatening to make the British feel like abandoning such a station. Arabs and Jews will just | have to wait until the Mediterranean is once more a “British | lake” before they can expect the kind of settlement they really want. Another Side on Taxes Although a good deal of criticism has come down on the rich men who incorporated their yachts and resorted to other devices to avoid payment of income taxes, the fact remains | Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., for instance, recently issued a state- ment showing just what he did in the way of paying taxes during 1936. In that year, he and his wife had a total income of $2,876,310. Of this, they paid federal and state income taxes totaling $1,725,790. Of what was left—$1,150,520—they gave half to charity and kept half for themselves. This, to be sure, left them with rather better than $500,000 to get through the year on. Yet a man who retains only a fifth of his income for himself—who- gives an even half to charity, after paying his taxes—can hardly be branded as a bloated plutocrat who is trying to evade his obligations. country, and the reason for the swing rm. (Copyright, |, NEA Service, aed é ‘was the demonstration of his inability to keep his contracts and control his ee ers. BIT OF HUMOR follow The Great Game f POLITICS {agreement, which occurred in General | cf Mr. Parley of that $50,000 CIO loan Motors’ plants. He is far too intelli- gent not to realize their damaging ef- fect upon him and his cause. The plain \tact is, he did not have control, Some of his aides do not take orders. His organization expanded to a degree where he could not manage it. A state of confusion exists within the CIO and the the it damage but |rather ie nalistic speculation as to how much he | Next, trimm: 8 It is stupid to thing that Mr. Lewis acquiesced in the breaking of CIO contracts or sanctioned the 200 more strikes in violation of THE BEST OF MEN their Young lady (on first ocean voyage) and | Certainly, Rooseve! General Johnson, an avowed personal friend of Mr. Lewis, declared’s few there have come to the front in his organization men who are recognized ‘and open Communists. Sensing with the White House, and resenting interference with the “right to work,” the great middle class of the country Teacted against CIO in a quite unmistakable way. Faust, the governors of Ohio and Pennsylvania, hearing from the peo- contro! his own sides. Several un- ple, concluded that the troops they toward things happened to Mr. Lewis | had Protect men who wanted to work By FRANK R. KENT i 2 rise US. few hundred yards from civilization. r how long you may yeni cleanliness e body sediment that pment for washing. . In any case, pepo This isa ieasomable -limbed”” sn uu may be, rh Pe ean or as Gla as poate ution as 5 e vind of sore throat or alleged “cold i tering the uired the pool sinus two the swimming place, water into the mou as nearly free fro! trouble, any from entering any swimming pool. tory infection and selfis! privilege of the pool are the readily contract serious pharyn At remember artificial or natural, it th. In places where @ great many persons bathe ‘wear either a nose clip of one kind or another Fe oeaapIue Ae wont (not absorbent cotton) or oily cotton to exclude ear drum should wear similar plugs or water out of the ears. Swimmers should breat Nose breathing and best winning a race with lips were blue, Ben's skin seemed ’s foot, which was so prevalent @ few years , seems to be declining in prevalence now. Most informed patrons of ee our Personal Health | By William Brady, M. D. to health but mot, 4 Address ccompanied by @ stam AGAIN ive into bliss on hotter in these air-conditioned times, ; the brewery people could not, was the envy of the gang. and be dry enough to to have enough skin t of us had to take time ious handicap, especially ‘After all, the basin was tride the waves, says the poet who a tnstitute, a swim is not a bath; in fact needs to be removed. Most. other places it may be that sediment and give atrons to take a shower bath Stary precaution. Don't care “it is only fair to other patrons in order to keep possible. Patrons harboring hly concealing the fact in greatest menace to decent geal infections from water is a good rule NOT to ear trouble or who have stoppers in the ears to he entirely through the is all right for quiet when under exertion- mouth closed. g pools, bath establishments, gymnasia and hotels avoid contracting swimmin} this annoying trouble by avoiding stepping on floors barefoot. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Su Two months old beby has jpernumerary Thumbs double thumbs on both hands. Doctor advised waiting till child is three or four eae ot to pars pe: oe Eembe removed, plain advised surgical a ion at once. » W. G.) Potaieter rhs doctor probably has a good reason for advising delay. As a rule, the earlier any such plastic or corrective surgery is done the better the cosmetic result will be. But the condition of the baby must, be taken into consideration, and your doctor knows best about that. Silver ‘What is argyrol? Please tell me whether argyrol is better or less harmful than silver nitrate. Givé details? (Mrs. W. L.) -—Argyrol is a compound of silver and a protein obtained from Answer- serum-albumin. Effects are similar, but argyrol is milder, less caustic. Tired D z jogs Vacation time for other girls is tough on us lunch counter girls. Talk about tired dogs? (C. H.) Answer—Send stamped envelope bearing your address, and enclose ten cents, for booklet “Care of the Feet.” (Copyright, 1937, John F. Dille Co.) j to the Democratic national committee, would be to precipitate @ real break | | There remains nothing for Mr.! Lewis to do save try to recover lost | it being clear that that is the | jays’ a radical and violent leaders are in ascendant. It is perfectly true, as ; i “traitor” | juage, some European neighbors can’t | BARBS hint anymore. “* * — Even with adoption of “liar” and | regular dij tic lang-| Just as Japan’s army and navy 2 rocatbots cantt| get ® good fight started in thelr ows yard, some bully like Russia ———_—____——°| time, they took different ships | | Seemed they just weren’t on the same | plane. ge | back ess |comes along and breaks it up with a Although John L. Lewis and Tom | border incident, Girdler were flying west at the same| (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc.) all this, shocked by the link Mr. Lewis and his|thought of a better way to regain prestige and convince the White House that he is a winner. Perhaps Mr. Lewis is not as smart as some of his press agents have proclaimed. Or perhaps he just can’t help himself. At any rate, Mr. Harry Bridges is just the type of aide his friend, General John. son, has warned of—uncontrollable and communistically inclined. called out were to be used to than to sioee te plants, ‘ied seemed the original idea. federal ae League, we can go over to the National and play five more years—Lou Gehrig, of New York Yankees. | se * The violation of agreements, seis- ure of property, violence and riots can have no place in the scoial, industrial and economic life of Americs.—Wil- liam Green, Peesoest of A. F. of L. * * We have attempted to elevate the state to s dignity greater than that of should | man.—The Rev. Dr. E. L. Stephens of ise Dairatic diocees eee nmond, Va. * With a Rooseveltian appointee on every corner and three in the middle of the block, we need good, intensive, hard organization work—Alfred M. publicly to remind Mr. It of that $500,000 contribution, —Could I see the Captain? Steward—He’s forward, Miss. Young Lady—I'm not sfraid. I've been out with coliege boys. John—Don't you think that Phebe has something of the Venus of an- ity? Michael — Why — er, yes, the an- tiquity. Ronee SIDE GLANCES Ruth—Do you know you are the first man to kiss me? Jack—Then you must have taken 8 correspondence course, for you cer- tainly don’t act like s beginner. y Boogy— Do you know statisticians claim the automobile has actually cut down the deaths from old age in this country? ‘Woogy—How’s that? Prevents over- ex2rtion, I suppose? Boogy—No, not that so much, but fewer people escape to reach old age. Elsie—The boss bawled me out this morning about my lipstick. Teme Gonne ae it? Tl have to quit using the kind that comes off. Mistress — But surely, Miranda, you are not going to marry again when the Lord just took Jim from you? Maranda—Yassum, I sure am. As Jong as the Lawd takes ‘em, so will I. ‘Snoop ae jie! that Bjones left everything orphan asylum. Slink—What did he leave?’ | SIDEGLANCES - - GY NEA SERVICE, WC.” Y. 04. REC. U.S. PAT. OFF. “You sneaked a terrible ear of corn over on me last week, I'm surprised I even: trade bere any more!” Landon. | OUT OUR WAY WHY DON'T I HELP? ME, TH’ ARCHITECT, TH’ DESIGNER OF THIS CLUB HOUSE! WHY, I NEVER HEAR OF SUCH A THING! THOUGHT IS MORE VALUABLE THAN By George Clark COCKTAILS MAKE GOOD *ICe- BREAKERS” AT SOCIAL GATHERINGS ~BuT WHEN some BODY DRINKS Too MANY OF THEM, oO —AND GETS IN HIS CARL —National Safety Council, A TEN: MINUTE SKETCH, ON A CE OF WRAPPIN! PAPER. OF A BOY WITH A LID ON {T! OWOOH = WHUT AN INSULT TO OUR LABOR: J By Williams ——$ Rewiuams 713 (