The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 16, 1937, Page 6

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1937 The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper ‘ Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- "~~ Published daily except . tarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail Mrs, Stella I. Mann President and Treasurer Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons ‘Vico 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 the news dispatches cred to it or not otherwise credited in this Mewspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Basis for a Hot Argument Looking at the American scene, the Distilled Spirits Insti- {ute, Inc., finds crime decreasing. It has issued a pamphlet, “Crime Since Repeal—a record of progress toward law ob- servance” which uses Federal Bureau of Investigation data to prove a 7.8 per cent decrease in major crime from 1935 to 1936. This is the liquor industry’s answer to dry contentions that repeal has resulted in an increase in crime. Not only that, data is adduced to show that the crime record in five dry states in 1986 was worse than in five contiguous wet states during the same period. Clearly the brochure is one to start a lot of arguments. On the other hand, there comes in the same mail from the Keeley Institute at Dwight, Ill., practitioners of the famous Keeley cure, a statement that patients being treated for alco- holism have increased 111 per cent in number so far this year as compared to the corresponding period in 1983. North Da- kota, the Institute reveals, was not represented in its customer list in 1983 but 1986 found at least one from this state under treatment, That these two apparently conflicting trends are not out of harmony, however, and that liquor may have less to do with crime than is commonly supposed, is indicated by the Keeley | cards, cure view that its business increase is due more to improved business conditions than to an increase in drunkenness. Taking “the cure” has been postponed by some alcohol addicts just as other citizens delayed having their teeth fixed S when they couldn’t pay for the service. If they could get away with it the drys might be expected | the {to blame all troubles on liquor. And by the same token the distillers would convince the public that liquor has many boons but no evils. The fact seems to be that neither side looks at the numer- ous factors affecting the liquor trade dispassionately and with a.sole view to the public interest. . The distillers are swayed by a desire for business profits and their antagonists by a passion for reform. Our War Exports “America Self Contained” is a slogan which attracted con- siderable following when this nation was seeking a devil to blame for its late economic woes. The idea was that by stop- ping trade with foreign countries we would be able to adjust our own economy and live in peace, secure from the outside world, The day when this condition will be reached is coming, to be sure—perhaps soon. But not just yet. Figutes for July show U. S. exports up 48 per cent as com- pared with the same month last year. Our foreign trade is fnereasing. Both Europe and the Orient want what we have fo tell. All sorts of items are contained in the list, but the biggest increases go into those things needed to equip an army. Behind Scenes Washington U. 8. Prints and Purveys ‘Best Sellers’ for You Editors Note: This is the fourth of five articles on the rapidly growing “big business” of the fed- eral government. These special columns are to substitute for Rod- ney Dutcher's “Behind the Scenes in Washington” while Dutcher is on vacation. By WILLIS THORNTON NEA Service Staff Correspondent Washington, Sept. 16—There is in the. United States a certain publisher who sold 10,351,203 copies of his vari- ous publications during the past fis- cal year, for $813,000. He has one best seller on his list that has sold 2,130,162 copies, another that has sold 1,735,066. You'd think such a publisher would be quite a factor in the publishing field, wouldn’t you? And you'd be right, too, It was the U. 8. Govern- ment Printing Office which sold the 10,000,000 copies. “Classroom Growth Record,” and “Infant Care” were the best sellers. Few people realize what a tremen- dous publishing business their gov- ernment is running down here. Yet much less than 100 years ago the government's printing business was regarded as “private business’—it was farmed out under bond to bidding private printers. ee % Will Get New Plant Today, about 5,500 people work for the GPO, a fabulously efficient pro- duction machine that is about to get @ new plant costing almost $6,000,000. It is a $20,000,000-a-year bi this printing and publishing plant, and some idea of the amount of work turned out can be had from these items listed in the current annual report: A little matter of 17,000,000 copies of Seen booklet for the Treas- ury nt. Printing, punching, and packaging (within a month’s time) of 31,830,000 cards for the Bureau of the Census. Printing, perforating, and pasting into sets 8,750,000 forms for the WPA. Printing nearly two billion postal Printing $870,100 worth of the Con- gressional Produce the Words, Too Tt would be hard to duplicate such ® printing and publishing establish- ment in this country, or in the world. The GPO also manufactures a great many of its own supplies, like print; ers’ rollers, and it Lobrapesic! in 1936 some 360,249 pounds » furnish- ing hundreds of thousands of of ink, paste, glue, and similar sup- plies to other government depart- ,” the __ The big test of the self-contained America theory will come fwhen—and if—the situation gets so bad that the neutrality act is applied or if our war-bound customers run out of money nd are unable to borrow here because of the Johnson act. When that time comes we may hide behind the wall created by our great natural resources and thus become self-contained fave. Oe &@ matter of peaceful policy. The nation probably would father do that than get into another war with its train of ills running all the way from death, misery and privation to the financial ills which last for years after the war is over. : Hope He’s Wrong One of the bright young men who graduated from college § 1987 analyzes his brothers in an article in a leading woman’s magazine and reaches the conclusion that most of them want to “work as little as possible, get paid as-much as possible and fetire as early as possible.” _ What may be true, but there is reason to believe that the foung gentleman was talking more of himself than of his con- femporaries, For older men, watching the young intelligentsia {get started in commercial and professional pursuits, note that fost of them have the same enthusiasm as marked the young American of another generation. They want to get ahead and ure willing to work for the privilege. Use Your Arm or Break Your Neck Finding by the American Automobile association that feflure to give hand signals is an important reason for the ris- {ng accident rate is a challenge to the motorist. Nearly everyone knows how aggravating it is for another river to expect him to be 2 mind-reader. . But few stop to think af the trouble they cause others by failing to observe this sim- ple rule of safe automobile operation. The driver might look at it this way: “If I don’t use my arm to give proper signals I am liable to get a broken neck.” When motorists learn to think in those terms the accident tate probably will show a sharp decrease. 3 Corn in Golden September Golden September days bring nearer the corn show season. | know anything Exhibits here and there in North Dakota will culminate, (4s usual, in the State Corn Show here, winners in local contests Wieing for higher honors. j It is a good thing. This year demonstrates how good. For forn has done well in this area and farmers who placed their puain reliance in it find themselves in much better position than ffhose who trusted to wheat. Moscow says its acientists are training bees to visit plants they once | member of Doubters will now edmit that Russia is s hive of industry. ‘Freddie Bartholomew shouldn't let his financial tangle worry him BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 18 RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN luring summer’ 2nd Ditto—Worked in my Dad's of- fice. What did you do? Collegiate—Oh, nothing either, Rygs — Does your wife take to bridge? Joyner—She takes to it more than she brings home. Chappell (visiting new dentist for first ag ere you been a dentist I got too nervous to work up high. Personnel Director—Yes, we have two or three positions open. Do you about figures? Applicant—Do I? Why sir, I was ® life guard at Sea Breeze beach summer, % “BRAIN TRUST® CARICATURES? | By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brady will answe: ining health bu! et ais ta Skat te ge Caer PS ieee Cae ID care Oo! y self-addressed ‘envelope: Segara culture Doneranceas (ot te p0-celes 22 apne Som tie Pays Sucre © jous. Fifty years or fifty hours, # makes no difference at all, The motor tion, peristalsis, movement of the bowel is wholly controlled by the autonomic or sympathetic nervous system, just as the motor function of the circulation {of which it is FATHER WHAT'S*HIS>NAME AND </ Gemml, GERALD (GHARE-THE-WEALTH) SMITH? 87 te, If you for you but perhaps you had better go back to your pills. had that and the respiration are. It doesn’t matter how much or how frequently you interfere with this automatic regulation; as soon as you cease interfering and the effect of the interference wears off, the natural autonomic be resumed just as though you never bape efoto mpi a deat are so hopelessly dumb is weak. Your intelligence is more quackery trade. S oS The Great Game of POLITICS Copyright 1937, by The Baltimere Sun NEW YORK 3 The unsavory whirlpool of national issues, presidential politics, interna- tional prejudices, preposterous dema- fantastic breast beating, preliminary strug- gle over the Mayoralty of New York has become is such that any attempt to analyze or clarify it is absurd. Nothing quite like it has been seen the world, with sproblems the gravity should be compel cutive from such a field and under such conditions. The fact that the Federal admini- ington is in this sor- or: tunes of the city of New York. It is against the interests of the people of the city that this should be so, but it none the less is, At this time, with the rimaries only a few days off, the odds seem to favor the nomination in the Democratic primaries of Mr. Ma- honey, the candidate of Mr. Roose- velt and Mr. Farley, rather than Sen- all ‘ Helen—I. understand Elsie's fiance is supposed to be a dreadfully bad ees. 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