The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 14, 1937, Page 6

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1937 8 The Bismarck Tribune it Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper * Published daily except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail Mra, Stella I. Mann President and Treasurer Kenneth W. Simons Archie O, Johnson Vice Pres, and Gen'l. Manager Secretary and Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited.in this eee 30 the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Strain on the Family Tie Discussing various farming methods, one of. the best- known observers in the Northwest recently warned that irriga- tion is a “hard way” as compared with some phases of dry land farming. For illustration he told of a friend who moved from Cava- lier county to a small irrigated farm in Washington where truck farming is the rule. The man has been producing onions and so-called row crops which require a lot of work. In recent years he has been doing well. His WIFE likes it fine and is enjoying life in a way she never knew on the farm they formerly operated, but the man is getting “tired of China- man farming.” The reason is that it is just a lot of work. | Recently, according to The Tribune’s informant, the hus- band commented that he heard it was raining again in North Dakota and expressed a longing to return to wheat farming. Planting a crop in the spring and harvesting it in the fall is his idea of the “life of Riley.” But he isn’t coming back to wheat farming in North Da- kota without a severe family argument. His wife is strenu- ously opposed to it. Every time he brings up the subject he gets his ears knocked down by his better half. Odds are they will stay in Washington. This story prefaced the gentleman’s laconic suggestion “if you’re going to have irrigated farms around here you'd better be pretty sure the people on them like to work . . . and are will- ing to stay on the job without running around to every meeting held in the vicinity.” The information is passed along to anyone interested for what it is worth but the man in question OUGHT to know where- of he speaks. He is familiar with dry land farming and with every major irrigation project in the country. But the doctrine of hard work doesn’t scare EVERYBODY and the past few years have forced a reconsideration of farm- ing practices in Western North Dakota. For example, a trav- eler from Oliver county writes in the Center Republican of crop conditions as he observed them in the Middle West and then goes on to say: “The Dakotas tell another story. Here we find the country thing while the people try to make it respond to is a migrating crop; it is nomadic by nature, it grows tion, then yields to the attacks of numerous By en- Joans, i ft a J g i g g 8 i x i ‘I Py a : i 5 g & z s Z i : i H z F H Z i E : 2 i E i 8 ff gE a Hy Pe z E g i Places for hoppers and prematurely but it still has feed 80 but regardless of what [ re it E . ze E g gQ a irs in gat aes wi our flee Humans must adapt toa ‘want to live in it because it is impos- ible to adapt a country i, The case against placing too much dependence in wheat is well put. Who can disagree with his conclusion that wheat is, after all, a doubtful crop? 4 i ge 3 z | Communism Below the Border Communism is being practiced right on America’s door- wtep, yet those Americans who appear to spend most of their waking hours fearing its spread seem blissfully unaware of the At least the only Communism capable of exciting them is the Russian variety. The fact is that Mexico, if it isn’t wholly Communistic al- ready, is so near to Communism that it is hard to tell the dif- ference. ~ Technically its form of government is that of a Democracy Aand President Lazaro Cardenas apparently is so sure of himself ' that he recently reprimanded lesser officials who tossed some pf his political enemies into jail. _ “Let them talk” said Mr. Cardenas in effect. “It does them » {good to let off steam and no one listens anyhow.” If that is the general attitude — but of course it isn’t—Mexico is preserving one of Democracy’s most cherished traditions. But in other directions the power of government is being fused in what might easily be termed Communistic experiments. In the agricultural regions, for example, it is forcibly breaking up big land holdings and apportioning farms to the pe Technically the dispossessed landlords will some day ~ be repaid but just when or how isn’t certain. Foreign capital is being frozen out unless it manages to a _ win exemption from oppressive laws and a campaign goes for- "ward to make America self-contained. Yet Mexico has built a marvelous road from its nothern border to Mexico City and has continued it southward into the jungles of Yucatan. Philip Kinsley, writing in the Chicago Tribune, one of Am- erica’s most conservative newspapers, thinks it is all right. The Indians who live there are products of the old Aztec and Toltec civilization, which was Communistic in nearly all re- : “spects, and take naturally to the new regime. It fits their na- ture and their way of doing things. Which only emphasizes all over again that the people best under the form of government best suited to their tt and economic condition. can red-baiters might remember that. p best way to prevent the spread of Communism here is your ideas of Democracy work. 2 BE Se everyone has tried to pronounce Knatchbull-Hugeasen, it’s by the European ‘custom of merely initialing treaties is so i eee deserter has surrendered after hiding 31 years in one aT wel} Behind Scenes Washington Postal Business Biggest in Communi- cations Field. Editor's note: This is the sec- ond of five articles on the rapidly increasing “big industry” that is the federal government. These special columns are to substitute for Rodney Dutcher's “Behind the Scenes in Washington” while Dutcher is on vacation. By WILLIS THORNTON (NEA Service Staff Correspondent ) Washington, Sept. 14—What is the biggest single establishment in the vital field of communications? Amer- ican Telephone and Telegraph? West- ern Union? Postal? RCA? Not at all, It is the U. 8. Postoffice, which at last report had 279,443 em- ployes as compared with A. T. and T.’s 262,000. The postoffice is a really gigantic business. It operates more than 45,000 postoffices, and at last re- port was handling well above 15,000,- 000,000 pieces of mail @ year. Just one aivision, that of Postal Savings, is handling more than a billion dollars ot depositors’ money, merely as & sideline of the postoffice’s regular business. We are so accustomed to think of the postoffice as a natural public business that we forget two things. One is that it used to be a private business. The other is that every other major country in the world operates or has a large interest in, not only that nation’s postal system, but the telephone and telegraph business as well. The line dividing private from public business here is not nearly so sharply drawn as is usually thought. * ke * Developed by Franklin The first widespread postal system in the American colonies came when, in 1691 Thomas Neale, a British court favorite, was granted a monopoly to establish a postal system. It ‘never was satisfactory and the public postal system was developed by Franklin. One of the early handicaps of the system, however, still crops up— private competition, Early systems were always bothered by ship cap- tains carrying and delivering mail personally and by private lines esta- blished on the best-paying routes. That led to the particular feature that, distinguished the postoffice among all other government business activities, It is a monopoly, protected strin- gently by law, of “the transportation of letters by regular trips or at stated periods over all post routes.” This is a deliberate policy to protect the rev- enue of the government from com- petition. ‘ Tt will be recalled that back in 1933 when postage rose from 2 to 3 cents, certain mailers tried to institute de- livery systems within their own cities, believing that they could do it cheaper than mailing at 3 cents, The government put a stop to it. xe * It May Break Even s The government does not (as yet) object to competition with the parcel post by express companies. In fact, if you will remember when the parcel post was instituted, there was con- siderable objection by the express companies to “government competi- ion.” The postoffice is thus not only a huge business, but @ legal monopoly. How does it do financially? Well, its cperating deficit during the past 100 years has piled up to $1,601,569,000. For 1936, the operating deficit was $88,316,324.29. Deducting expenses like mail sul which are not really chargeable to running the postoffice, the net operating deficit for 1936 was $16,909,676.50, Mr. Farley is hopeful that what with better business in 1987, the post- office may break even on actual oper- ations. * ek It is quite useless to try at to compare these figures with any hypothetical Private operation of the system. The eficits are operating deficits only, and ied ls allowance joel the heavy over! any vate system would have for the millions of dol- iars invested in . Those are MAYBE YOU DON'T PAY YOUR EMPLOVEES WELL ENOUGH== MAYBE SOMETHING THE MATTER WITH WORKING CONDITIONS= Embarrassing Moments — , Ay 4 A NEW MOOSE LEADER? For quite a while now “Puddler Jim” Davis, senior senator from Pennsyl- lading wr a pemulican, as. been 8 relatively peaceful existence in marked contrast to the long period when, between brickbats, bad health and indictments, he seemed a much persecuted man. But now, as the time approaches when he must run for re-election, trouble looms and from an unexpected. quarter. Jimmie Roosevelt, son of the president, and now impressively calling himself, not secretary but “Administrative Assistant to the Pres- ident of the United States,” has be- come ® Moose. It seems, too, that the “Administrative Assistant to the President of the United States” (it is quite @ title) is not content merely to be @ member of the Moose. At once he has jumped into Moose leadership and is being advertised by the order in a big way. Unquestionably this is a blow to the Puddler. This is hitting him where he lives. For many years he has been the recognized Moose leader of the country, the hero of the organ- ization and its most conspicuous member. It is true that the president himself is a Moose, and has been for years, but then, according to the White House itself, he is also an Odd Fellow, an Eagle, an Elk, a National Sojourner, a Maccabee, a Mason and an Ahepa, which latter is a Greek- American order. himself so widely around the fraternal field the president has not really menaced the Moose leadership of the Puddler. He did not concentrate upon being a Moose and the Puddiler has. The wide variety of orders which the president took in kept his inclusion of the Moose it buildings. ‘presented” to the postoffice depart- ment out of other appropriations. If ite operations were charged with in- terest on that huge investment, the deficit would be colossal. On the other hand, no private sys- tem would be expected to carry free in one year 660,352,068 pieces of mail for government departments, almost, 30,000,000 pieces of free franked mail for members of congress and others, 407,300,235 publications mailed free within the county of publication, and 248,016 mailings of free matter for the blind. That is the “deadweight” burden carried in 1936 by the public ic. It was eq some $34,000,000 worth of NEXT: One of the trans- portation businesses tn the conn try, tun by the government so that many people have never heard offi BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 8 RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN Skjold—How did you like my speech before the club last night? water. Artist Chuzs (in front of dental display window)—I think I'll get my- self a new set of teeth like those over Mrs. Chuzz—Hush, don’t you know {t's impolite to pick your teeth in public. from being exciting or particularly complimentary. In other words, it gave the Puddler no competition in his chosen field. But it is different with Jimmue, the “Administrative Assistant to the Pres- ident of the United States.” Appar- ently James is going to center his at- tention wholly upon the Moose. plate ea is no sense in the striking advertisements recently ap- pearing in a number of papers headed “Why I Am a Moose.” Immediately under this caption is a handsome pic- ture of Jimmie bi smiling and exuding charm with his name and full official title in large letters be- neath, There then follow about 500 fervid words signed “James Roose- velt,” giving many reasons, all of them noble, why he has become a Moose. The advertisement concludes with this stirring appeal: “Enroll now. for the great international convention class, sponsored by Brother James Roosevelt.” The feelings of the Puddler when he reads these advertisements can better be imagined than described. It is true that the new leader of the Moose has a voting residence in Mas- sachusetts, where he is atill con- nected with the insurance business and pays that income tax about which Congressman Treadway was not per- mitted by the house committee to question him. He cannot, of course, run against the Puddler for senator in Pennsylvania. None the less, this only slightly ameliorates the suffer- ing of that great soul. For one thing, the sudden rise of another and younger man so intensely Gevoted to the lofty ideals and glori- ous purposes of the Moose and pre- pared to concentrate upon promoting them, is calculated to make the Pud- dler feel that he is being pushed aside from a position to which he is entitled by every rule of the game. For an- other, it would seem that the notion would occur to him that next year when he runs for re-election, and every vote counts in a state that has now become debatable, the unspeak- ably ruthless Mr. Guffey, determined to have a New Deal colleague from ! BARBS | SS Germans are giving up thelr. gold fillings to the Fatherland. Hitler needs them to repair the teeth in peace treaties. ‘ i * * * A splendid example for hot-heads who fight it out on the spot are ten- nis rivals who are willing to take their claims to contt. * * Innocent bystanders in North China are said to be considering enlistment in the regular armies to escape the torrid enelitize Jn Ge current war. * Mississippi mules are threatened with sleeping sickness. Missouri will offer all the knowledge gained in its long experience. FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia | "“Sonnnt! Chuck! Don't look now, but think we're being followed,” The Great Game of POLITICS Copyright 1937, by The Baltimore Sun By FRANK R. KENT Pennsylvania, may induce “Brother James” to speak in the Pennsyl- vania campaign with the idea of weaning the Moose vote of the state away from the Puddler. However, probably these speculations do both the Puddler and Brother James an injustice. ‘The Puddler notoriously lives upon a high plane and, of course, does not, even in his mind, mix his fraternal affiliations with his political career. As Brother James, the new Moose leader, he un- doubtedly has joined the Moose, just as his distinguished parent joined the Elks, Eagles, Moose, Odd Fellows, Na- tional Gojourners, Maccabees, Masons and Ahepas, without the remotest thought that such affiliations might help him in politics, but solely be- cause he fell in love with their noble ideals. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just @ dirty Tory. Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brad. ill answer tions pertaining to health bi ease of diagnosis. Write letters briefly and ia ink. Address in care of The Tribune. All queries must be accompanied by self-addressed envelope, CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK ‘There's no but three generations atween clog and clog, says an old Eng- Proverb. American version of the same observation—three generations from shirtsleeve to shirtsleeve Poet Dryden expressed it in the line “and seldom three descents continue good.” Still another poet, Walsingham, ren- dered it in rhyme: ne mares to a third hetr descends, Nor wronge al i Hi ‘Thus one blue-eyed ancestor far blue-eyed individual in a brown-ey: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Myasthenia Your reply to my inquiry about myasthenia when I wrote s the time my husband was receiving glycerin. Later he was given by mouth. In four months he has improved wonderfully on this. He two prostigmin tablets three times a day. This new remedy shoul great boon to sufferers from myasthenia. (Mrs. W. J. L.) Answer—Thank you, Myasthenia gravis is a chronic progressive muscus lar weakness, beginning usually in muscles of the face and throat, but with- out accompanying atrophy or wasting of the muscles, Prostigmin, to Bulletin of Neurological Institute, Dec., 1938, cases have been restored health by this medicine orally over a period of several months. Eye Wash Gee ee wn tee tare ce eve aus, Bnd bey Meee n? Answer—Rounded teaspoonful boric (formerly called boracic) acid in pint of boiled water which contains also # rounded i a Seaepocnet commesce wake This used freely as desired, in eye wash, or as drops eye, muldly antiseptie, noncferitating, It should be made up fresh and used agree- ably warm, Night Work I work nights and have trouble keeping awake. How about taking some- thing to keep me awake? What do you suggest? (W. R. ©.) Answer—More physical work muscular work or @ man dow, the longer hours of sleep he needs, Sedentary folk require less sleep. Tey @ cup or two of coffee with midnight lunch. ‘ (Copyright 1937, John F, Ditle Co. , aren 2 | SO THEY SAY | woman, ‘These toads were our lucky charms, but they don’t seem so lucky now.— Herman Zeirts and Edward Level in Oklahoma City jail on robbery charges while their two pet toads go about their business catching insects a: Hower garden. * I was in Peiping when the J: took over the city. I thought what I saw there was something, but I didn’t find out until later that Peiping was really s tea party. — Mrs, James B. Madmans Islan BY NARD JONES CAST OF CHARACTERS yht KAY DEARBORN—heroine whe tuherit ‘ht for vacation. MELITA HO WAR D—K Feom: a co-ndventurer, DUNN—the rer. GuANT HARPER—young, set tists whose expedition turned be a rare ezperience. ek ii Yesterdays fo leading her back to madman and eam hid CHAPTER XIIT taken into @ jeout, “Mistral’s” speedy power tender eased along the shore- There were no green and line. ted lights forward, no white at the stern. Only the wake and the sound of the indicated its presence in the mess, Tom Forrest, at the whi Priscilla beside him, had the motor, wanting to keep the! search as quiet as possible. of the nearness of the t, there was every chance that the unknown island resident was with them, it us ee its flat; : age aa aff! Grant finds Kay and when the two are caprurcé by ihe sub- eel cut down Ale though it would be desirable for Grant Harper and Kay to know yor Mac, seated tense in the after cockpit with Melita, pares stand BEE § § ‘third BROTHERS anf out f : i § ah a i fs i Z i l ag He an re +3 ria if he g lh 7 i 8 ius =k i zt F i "3 i | ge $ gs & i : g zt a v5 [ae is 4 7 rey i & EE es ‘ i : i} E ’ B : | a i i g ale ius i Bt HG a BS*sRae 8 ft i be 3 git af ite FF