The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 29, 1937, Page 4

t i H 4 creeper EET . with all varieties of wild creatures and their environment, but The Bismarck Tribune|! Bening c. Ap Independent Newspaper g THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Batablished 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published daily except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D, and entered at the postoftice at Bismarck as second claas mail watter. Mrs, Stella 1. Mann President and Treasurer Kenneth W. . J . Simons free Secretary end Editor johnson Vieo Pros. and Gen'l Manager Subscription Rates Payable in Advance ' Daffy by carrier, per year | Datly by mail per year (in Bismarck! . Daily by mai) per year (in state outside of Daily by mail outside of North Dakots . Weekly by mail in state, per year .... Weekly by mail in Canada, per year ... Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Associated Press the use for republica- herwise credited in this of spontane origin published herein. r matter herein are also reserved. Tl tion of the Bewspaper and All rights of r Without Taint of Propaganda Few groups in America are so bedevilled by unwanted advice as the nation’s sportsmen. Propaganda of all kinds is dinned into their ears, mostly by organizations with well- sounding names. How differences can arise was aptly demonstrated by the argument between some North Dakota sportsmen and state officials this fall. And some phase of the conservation debate is constantly going forward in most parts of the country. Further, not all so-called sportsmens’ organizations are above reproach. Many of them are financed by commercial firms with irons in the sportsman’s fire. And in each case their findings are favorable to the interests of the industry which they represent. 5 It is with some satisfaction, therefore, that the nature lover receives the pamphlet recently issued by the National Association of Audobon Societies, oldest and certainly one of the most reputable of the groups attempting to guide conser-| vation activities. : Under the heading “Thirst on the Land,” William Vogt discusses the reduction in the water resources of Mid-America, the things which caused it and the diminution in income and well-being of the people which have followed. Point is given the story by four cartoons from the pen of J. N. (Ding) Darling. great cartoonist and one of the nation’s premier sportsmen. The document contains 81 pages and is too lengthy for ex- tended review, but it does prove beyond doubt the value of the lakes, swamps and marshes which once were regarded by greedy real-estate speculators as “waste land,” to be reclaimed. It demonstrates with the inexorable logic of a mathematical for- mula that man cannot upset the balance of nature and escape the penalty. The nature of the problem may be presented in figures. The United States has 84,408,093 acres of land treated by organized drainage enterprises and 17,554,685 acres of farms on which unorganized drainage has been practiced. And the sad part of it is thatin matiy cases these efforts have brought only disaster. Burleigh county knows what happened when Rice Lake was drained, but it may not be so familiar with the tragedy brought about by drainage of the great Kankakee marshes in Illinois and of similar enterprises elsewhere. The bitter fact is that the dreams of the drainage promoters failed to come true and that the agricultural wealth they en- visfoned was never realized. The Kankakee marshes, like Rice the Scenes Washington Few People Believe There Is Much Chance for Harmony When CIO and AFL Get Together, But There Are Many By RODNEY DDTCHER (Tribune W: { t) Wash —Optimism us to success of the CIO-AFL peace con- ferences is @ scarce commodity. © No responsible person in either appears to believe that a reunited Am- erican labor movement is an early Prospect. ‘The best thing the more peaceful labor leaders hope for is some ‘sort of @ truce in which the two organiza- tions will at least partially refrain from seeking to slash each other to Lewis and the AFL chieftains migat reach an agreement to use their wa‘ chests for other purposes than the labor versus labor war. Prevalence of pessimism concern- ing other phases of labor’s split does not mean that attempts to bring the two factions together again are doomed. Cogent factors, actual and potential, which may force something more than a partial truce, are also in the picture. Nevertheless, competent observers returning from Denver and Atlantic City report that the sessions of both groups breathed self-congratulatory optimism and defiance. The plain fact is that both branches of the labor movement have been thriving, that neither side is seriously afraid of the other and that these facts tend to discourage compromise. ! eee Lewis Wants Power Complexities of the problems to be solved in any far-reaching settlement of labor’s strife are enormous. But one of the most difficult facts is that, with CIO now claiming a larger mem- bership than the federation, it might bo impossible to reunite CIO and AFL without putting Lewis in control. Furthermore, Lewis undoubtediy will insist on the right to organize mass production industries on an in- dustrial basis without craft union participation; upon full voting repre- sentation for his followers and on a cessation of AFL efforts to gain em- camp, or in the ranks of government. | - Pieces, It is believed possible that|* to aoe, bi ject. Op- work an big project. men THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1937 | Help Wanted = _ENGINEER wishes ize asf ployer recognition by suggesting CIO. would be a greater evil. William Green and his executive counci] have shown small indication of willingness to make any large con- cessions. Strategically, CIO leaders feel they're sitting pretty. By making the first “peace” move, Lewis appealed to the large rank and file sentiment of workers in both armies who dis- Uke fighting other workers. The AFL could hardly refuse the overture. Peace negotiations, hopeless or not, might at least stall off a major AFL onslaught against. CIO while Lewis end his colleagues continued their or- ganization drive. * * * Feat Busines Slump Some of the facts which may make the outlook for real peace brighter than most labor leaders now think, were also influential. in persuad: CIO to break the ice. On both sides exists the fear of a business slump. Both sides also fear the threat of re- pressive labor legislation which will be harder to defeat if labor cannct unite at-least on that front. § Influential pacifistic groups of Jake, would have produced more cash revenue if left in their native state than has been the case since they were drained. So far as The Tribune knows, the Audobon group is the|""¢ first to take note of the GENERAL PUBLIC INTEREST in this question. Normally only hunters and fishermen make themselves heard on the subject. But the pamphlet quotes from the report of a special senate committee, headed by Sen- ator Frederic C. Walcott, which observed: “By far the greater proportion of Americans who go afield to enjoy our wildlife resources and the association of out-of-doors, do not either shoot game or catch fish for sport ... It is impossible to esti- mate, even approximately, the tremendous sums annually in- vested and spent by this vast group of recreationists who are attracted by the ennobling and inspirational qualities associated when figures are compiled THEY WILL DWARF ANY TOTALS SO FAR PRESENTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACTIVITIES OF FISHERMEN AND HUNTERS.” That is a surprising statement and it may or may not be wholly true, but it does point the way toward a new approach| to a conservation program which would be more in line with the ideas of the public as a whole. Saga of the Motor Truck In 1906 only 1,100 automobile trucks .were registered in this country and the long-suffering drivers of those early vehicles often heard the derisive cry of “get a horse.” But by 1916 the number was 215,000 and Old Dobbin was beginning to feel the pressure, The year 1926 saw 2,764,222 and 1986 saw 4,028,606 motor trucks registered in the nation. By the end of this year the number is expected to be 4,400,000. Every individual in the country has felt the changes caused by this development. Millions of tons of freight now are trans- ported over our highways. Business moves at a faster tempo. The automobile (and truck) industry now is the nation’s larg- est consumer of steel, rubber and cotton. Terrific changes have been wrought in the oil industry. Our whole mode of life has aside from a very important and per- haps potential decisive rank and fils itiment, CIO has been somewhat disturbed te find AFL groups fighting “labor’ candidates which it endorsed for elec- tion in New York, Detroit and ¢ls2- where. Some AFL unions worry lest IO unions, which haven't yet in- vaded their territory, will soon do so, and some CIO unions are having what they consider enough troupie without having the AFL bear down on them in ticklish areas. And no one on either side enjoys the fact that employers have shown an increasing disposition to refuse io the risk of inviting attack from the other. (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service,. Inc.) BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 18 RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN Visitor—What are you going to do when you grow up, my little man? fingerprints, I guess. O’Jawish—Me get married? No sir. Marriage makes me think of. a cafeteria at noon time. O’Pinch—How 80? " O’Jawish—In either case, one sim- ply grabs something that looks nice and pays for it later. Mistress—Mandy, I found my new silk slip in your closet. Mandy—And you thought you'd lost it. Imagine that! i, School Principal—Now, Roger, what are you doing? Learning something? Roger—No, sir. I’m listening to you, Roberta—Tessie says she intends to keep her youth. Mary—Yes, I know. She never in- changed. Only three decades are covered by the figures but into them has been crowded the development of an age. Is it any wonder that in view of such a furious pace many phases of mod- ern life have failed to keep step with our mechanical develop- ment. ; : No war was ever as completely filmed as the one now being waged in Spain. It might have helped a lot, though, if the authorities could have drawn up a shorter scenario. The jailer in Kewayee, Ill., sent all his prisoners home the other pieces toe Jails eating system was:cn the bum, mut ee aa cape a cooler? ‘ ees Eleanor. Holm Jarrett is so busy making movies that she can’t-even file|- sult for divorce. Just one more proof that merrisge and = career don’t mix. troduces him to anyone. Guppy—Yes, Mr. Tyte is a good friend of mine. Why, I remember that during the worst part of the de- he showed confidence in me when the clouds were dark and threat- ening. : Duff—In what way? 2 leaders are to be found in both grouns,, his sign contracts with one faction at/ ordinary Modern Youth—Folow in Dad’s|ing JUST A LITTLE SCARED Three separate. times certain con- servative friends of the president, who for various reasons neither wholly dis- interested nor noble stick as close as they possibly can, have had him all steamed up—or so they thought any- how—to' the ‘point where: he was about to take a firm stand in favor of repealing the undistributed profits tax and at least modifying the cap- ital. gains tex. ye that they! confidentially $i dry supposedly trustworthy: individa- als of the fact, and thus the feeling that it had all been fixed spread ling |rather widely. Three times Mr. Rov- sevelt “ran out” on these advisers, though each time his reasons were so plausible and his own convictions in the matter apparently so clear that confidence in the ultimate ii tegrity of his purpose was not weak: ened—that is, not much. It is true failure to so muchas touch upon these subjects in his most recent fire- side chat was particularly discour- aging because just prior to its de- very assurances had been given that seemed completely reliable. ” The day after his speech, Mr. Roo- sevelt, it is understood, expressed re- gret to men who had been led to except something: very different that he had not been able to carry out his original idea and cited several rea- sons for the change in his plans. These had to be accepted by his business friends, though they were anything but convincing. The real reason, they believed, was the extra= « influence of those two bril- liant young men so highly prized by the president—Mr. Benny Cohen and Mr. Tommie Corcoran — particularly the latter, who spent the whole eve- ning at the Whtie House the day be- fore the president's radio talk and, as naively revealed by Mrs. Roose- velt in her syndicated column, after playing the piano while the family ssng in the early part of the evening, then worked with the president until $ o'clock in the morning. itter blow to these trust- itimates, who so simply believe that in the last analysis the -OUT OUR WAY SY ALLUS READIN’, Stock REPORTS. ALLUS THINKIN’ > IF MONEY , MONEY, By MONEY....DON'T EVEN ENJOY WATCHIN’ TH WILD DUCKS - \ ANDO GEESE GON' 1 SOUTH FE TH WINTER. It was a bf business Guppy—He lent me his umbrella. Mrs. Quiggie—Come on, dear, let's g0 to a show tonight. Quiggie—Nope, only got tonight to finish looking at and this 86 sure have they been: about tls} t advised ‘guA-|tinct recession in business, which is The Great Game of POLITIC Copyright 1937, oy ‘The Baltimore Sun presidential heart is atune with theirs, but they rallied as a result of renewed assurances from Mr. Roosevelt that he still intends to act along the lines By FRANK R. KENT suggested. In Washington and Hyde jchance, Park they went at him again more determinedly than before. What they have been telling the president right along, but are telling him now in a more emphatic way and with more occular evidence to support what they say, in-effect is this: First—Fear again pervades the in- dustrial world. There has been a dis- Teflected in the practical collapse of the stock market efforts to explain dies on psychological grounds are le. Second — A continuation of the ad- ministration’s hostile attitude toward ‘business generally and an insistence ‘upon the permanency of the laws which have sapped its vitality, or the enactment of other laws, may cause & reste slump of disastrous propor- Third—Such-a-slump will as surely ruin Mr. Roosevelt politically as the 1929. slump ruined Mr. Hoover. More than anything else, a depression will turn the people against him, and un- less he does something to restore | business confidence, he is pretty sure to have one. So strongly have these arguments been presented in the last few days that Mr. Roosevelt is said now to be more than impressed — despite his stock press conference suavity he is distinctly disturbed. The thought that the contrast between “conditions to- day and what they were in 1932,” which every New Deal spokesman makes in every speech, might turn sour on them is thoroughly alarming to the administration political strate- gists, The net result is that since the “fireside chat” from various admini- stration sources there has come a re-. newed burst of budget-balancing talk atd economy forecasts. Senator Mc- Kellar, of Tennessee, chairman of the appropriations committee, says con- gress will meet in a “pinch-penny mood” and that the reductions or- dered by the president may balance the ‘budget by the end of this fiscal year without additional taxes, which, of course, is nonsense. Mr. Joseph P. LATER, IF I DONT WASTE MY TIME | WATCHING DUCKS partner.: Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brady will a: FP ease or @ posts. Wi letters briefly and in ink. Address Dr. Brad: {a care ‘he Tribune. All queries must be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. : WILL POWER AND CONSTIPATION . From experience and observation over many years I can consistently maintain that any one who is habitually constipated and a slave to physic, konpa ones unnatural interference, can, if he will, win freedom for the le. . ‘Will power means strength of mind, determination. The secret of the will power necessary to enable the victim of the physic habit to break the habit is a knowledge of physiology. Elementary physiology, simple enough for any child: to understand. Yet it is hard to teach the average layman this lesson because he knows 80 many things which “ain't so.” He has been a lifelong student of almanacs, testimonials and quack doctor bait, and hence he is pretty thoroughly imbued with the idea of “autointoxication” or “poisoning of the system by absorption of toxic waste from the colon.” He has this morbid fancy so fixed in his imagination that the truth scarcely makes ‘any impression. The poor goof actually believes health, happiness and life iteelf depend on the daily use of one or another artifice to “keep the bowels 4 Very few, even of college educated Americans, think it necessary to take something or do something daily to keep the respiration or the circulation active. The nostrum mongers and quacks of Yankeeland have not found it advisable to teach the gullible public that such regulators are essential. The function of the digestive tract including the intestines is as com- pletely under control of the automatic or “sympathetic” (unconscious, in- voluntary) nervous system as is the circulation. Any textbook of physiology explains this, but somehow the fact. does not stand out in testmonials, circulars, pamphlets and other bait. Food, medicine, massage, exercise, constant watching or introspection, and various ways and means of irrigating or forcing action are al] 5 important or unimportant in the control or regulation of the action of the GORA Petes ee a cnn conizo) OF reediation bE ths action of ‘The taking of a laxative or cathartic seems a simple, harmless procedure in any circumstance—to the wiseacre; yet it is the straw that turns the scale against recovery in many cases of acute appendicitis, for example. But the voice of the honest doctor warning people about this and other injurious effect of physics is drowned out by the clamor of the nostrum mongers and charlatans crying their wares, and the great Yankee public spends $20,000,000 annually for laxatives under the gleeful belief that this shrewd trick keeps $20,000,000 out of the pockets of the rascally doctors. Take a hundred or a thousand persons as they come, all subject to chronic or habitual constipation and addicted to this or that diet, enema @r aperient medicine. Deprive them absolutely of their favorite “aid” to the bowel action for three months, and I'll wager twenty-five to one in each heeded by the end of that time the individual will require no such ve, LLINTETE [AR] MOL ARBE | Flannel. : TPP LP Rr Bd | ane 2H “45Rn ARERR is a water animal, bot it is very much af i areas adjoining the streams »