The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 6, 1937, Page 4

‘ i ' 5 ; : ‘ : i The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Eatablished 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published except Sunday Bismarck Tribune Co! ' parse: Dat sotered a hn poran at Bamarer ax wood cit i Mrs, Stella 1. Mann President and Treasurer Kenneth W. Simons Gecretary and Editor ; Bis- mall Archie O. Johnson Vice Pres and Gen'l Manager Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this Berrepe rand also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of ali other matter herein are also reserved. Fight for Fertility Ghost towns which now strew portions of the wheat belt may be reproduced in the corn belt unless farmers in the middle west learn to protect their land from erosion and loss of fertility. Sponsor for this prophesy is Secretary of Agriculture Wal- Jace and, whether or not you agree with his major policies, Wallace is an acknowledged authority on corn. He developed some of the best strains now in use and thus has been largely responsible for the increased production which, in turn, led to the surplus. : Says the secretary: “Better modern methods of growing corn may blind many people to the fact that loss of fertility is a real threat to the economic life of the corn belt. “Some people in the towns whose incomes are most endangered by this threat seem least aware that it exists, They do not realize that corn, unless it is kept in its place by proper rotation, is one of the worst of all the soil destroyers. They do not realize that if the topsoil is washed away as a result of continuous corn growing, hun- dreds of small towns will also be washed away and the business men in those small towns will wonder why it was. The eroded fields of today may mean the ghost towns of tomorrow.” If this statement does nothing else it emphasizes the in-| terest which the business men of agricultural America must take in the farm problem and in the solution of our agricultural ills. them, as well as their best customers, to a condition of want. This is no argument for more sidewalk or swivel chair farmers with more wind than understanding of the problems the farmer faces. It is a call for sympathetic study of farm * troubles, a careful look into the future and assistance in or- ganizing a system of agriculture which will be both prosperous and permanent. The history of the. world is replete with illustrations of |bu what happens to a nation when the fertility of its soil vanishes. ‘Those who take the attitude that it cannot happen here are simply demonstrating a blood relationship to the ostrich which P sticks its head into the sand and refuses to face unpleasant facts. Streamlined Hogs Streamlining has: come to that most stable of American institutions, the farmyard hog. Quite properly, too, for the hog is one of the mainstays of | the buying power of a large portion of our citizenry and any- thing which improves him is a benefit to the people who an- nually take their big, fat pigs to market. | The latest models are known as the Landrace strain and| ‘were imported from Denmark. They are said to produce more ham, bacon and pork loin than breeds now common in America, hence will bring more money to the producer and more satis- faction for the consumer. Denmark has been producing this type of hog for years: and its pork products have long skimmed the cream from the im- portant English market. More bacon per hog has enabled it to compete in price and leaner bacon has enabled it to establish a reputation for superior quality. The peculiar thing is that America has not generally recog- nized the value of improved hog types before now. Ten years ago the late A. G. Sorlie, then governor of North Dakota, was _ actively campaigning for the barley-fed, bacon type of hog in| Dill! order that this region might establish itself as a premier bacon- producing district. His judgment told him it would be good business for the North Dakota farmer. Showing of Landrace hogs at the International Livestock show in Chicago will do much to further the improvement cam- paign, but this is not the only strain worth trying. There is, for example, the Tamworth hog, which also is a bacon type. There is nothing to indicate that the old-fashioned lard- type hog must disappear from the American scene but changing dietary habits and public appreciation of the better things of life do indicate that the farmer will profit by putting it in the background and going modern with regard to pork production. A pound of feed will put as much meat on one type as on the other. Why not feed it to the type which will bring the most money ? One Needed Court Reform - One of the troubles with federal law enforcement is amply illustrated by the case of John Gifford, Mott banker, who was fined $5 in federal court here Tuesday for violation of a fed- eral hunting regulation. Mr. Gifford was arrested for having one duck illegally in his possession and, since it was a violation of the law, no one " argues that he shouldn't be made to realize that he had violated | the statute. The question, however, is whether or not the machinery of the federal judiciary is so organized as to deal efficiently and - effectively with such cases; whether it doesh’t cost the tax- payer more than either the punitive or exemplary effect is ‘worth. In this case Mr. Gifford doubtless was arraigned before a federal commissioner and bound over to the grand jury. The grand jury sat upon his case and indicted him. Then the fed- eral court, in full panoply, went into action with its judge, prosecutors, clerks and bailiffs, _ And after all of that labor the net result was a $5 fine, ‘which clearly was all the punishment the offense merited. ‘There is no way to segregate the expenses of this proceed- but they may easily have totaled $500. And that merely “fo collect a $5 fine. * Grant that there may be technical arguments against such ‘& proposal, it would seem to be better business to permit U. S. ‘Commissioners the load on the federal courts in much the same manner that the courts of justices of the peace relieve the load on the dis- ‘trict courts in our state judicial system. Failure to do so, according to this prophesy may reduce 5 bevhe SCENES Washington By RODNEY DUTCHER Tribune Washington Washingtoh, Dec. 6. — The who are administering the Social curity Act insist that the principle of Old-Age Reserve Account, under which 36,000,000 persons now have “insur- ance policies” with the government, is ernment, ite future solvency and hon- lesty, they say, you shouldn't worry ahout old-age benefits and the met being used to finance them. But there is to be no such confidence one might as well call it a day throw the scheme out of the window. Be 385 85 first $3,000) and their emplo; a tax of the same amount, collected by the Treasury. be graduated to an eventual tax of six per cent. Employers: pay two per cent of payrolls as an unemployment compensation tax, The ‘Treasury puts the money in its general fund and spend it along with other receipts, meanwhile depositing govern- ment bonds to a corresponding amount in the old-age reserve and f° ment trust funds, Grave Charges Made Lately from many directions have come charges: 1, That the government is spending social security tax money es fast as it gets it to finance deficits. 2. That the scheme is really a new in- Come tax and tion tax. 3, That the result is merely more debt, which will have to be paid by more taxes. 4 That, the anticipated peak sise of the old-age reserve fund (47 billions by 1980) is a potential menace. 5. That instead of @ cash reserve or an in- vestment earning money for the gov- ernment, the fund is merely a collection of IOU’s, But according to Chairman Arthur 3. Altmeyer of the Social Security Board, the only real trouble with the reserve system is that it’s 60 hard to explain and to understand. Why should the government sterilise or earmark @ dollar paid in any more than a bank or insurance company Goes, asks Altmeyer. Social Security tax money isn’t ud hich ae ledger, 80 that the deficit, if any, the same. Retire U. 8. Bonds gradual purchase of all outstanding government bonds for the reserve fund, the results look better when the bud- government debt now held in private hands would be reduced billion dollar deficit the outa! debt could be cut by but $500, while a billion in bonds was still credited to the reserve fund. * Altmeyer says he doesn’t see the reserve fund bonds are any TOU’s than the same government curities in private hands, or any insurance policy or Liberty holder of a social securit; least has a vote, which a bank depositor or policy-hoider has in the affairs of the bank or company, and the 36,000,000 elect Congress as @ directors, board of Unwerried by Debt ‘The reserve is being built up to future cumulative obligations meet ‘88B. Nor do officials see why, when the pre-war floating: debt of around billion dollars has jumiped to 35 lion in twenty years, there undue fear of tie, and interest on the debt out in benefits rather than to coupon- clippers. A pay-as-you-go plan, Altmeyer says, tax i per cent now provided. (There would be no reserve steadily poe qt wale oie general taxpayer to subsidize a by no ere all-inclusive group of be j= This article won't settle the argu- ment, of course. (Copyright, 1987, NIA Service, Ine.) E | ' alt E g BF 5 # Hy ki FEEy H ie Ei HE to finally dispose of such cases. It would relieve | two—on water supply from artesian wells, leer | ‘ The Great Comet POLITICS Copyright 106T, by The Baltimore Sen SIGNIFICANT WORDS It has been seriously charged—and not by irresponsible people either— that whether Mr. Roosevelt realizes it or not, if the policies he has inaugu- tated become fully effective the result will be to change our form of govern- ment, and that there were men around him who, to use his own expression, deliberately “planned it that way.” This is a charge that has to be dénied and is not easy to prove. The New Dealers scoff at the idea, dwell the Americanism of the presi- dent, assert the allegation comes from | 5 frightened “Tories,” anxious to. hold on to their “ill-gotten gains.” ‘ Never- theless the uncontroverted fact is that from the beginning of his first admin- isttation he has had among his most; influential advisers various men known to favor collectivism and heartily against the capitalistic system. In his Tecent consideration of steps to “re- store business confidence” two such ironically have been present at his most confidential conferences. However, it is not necessary to rest the case upon their character. No better evidence that a change is sought could be had than that offered by the president's legislative program now pending in congress. One of the fundamental conceptions of the Amer- fean government, of which for more parti pion, is the rights of the states. Re- servation to the states of all author- conspicuous plank in nearly every Democratic platform for a hundred years, aggepett [utd E é : ; 5 z g & i - EB iE = =. i E i : i Ft e3 if 9 it 36 E 3 3 F i i ‘ H i HH BBE et 38 i Eg i il till | Fy te HH E E rs ¥ [ i garg Ad rit : gree i ial ih ait ee 223 H tad Bok 2 ate ughes are certainly August 21, 1990, speaking in Chicago before the American Bar association, the Cotee nustine fee See oer £F 4 5 it Beas ue naliit 5 . titude of particular cons joy differentiations cal sentiment.” i 3B id Gg By FRANK R. KENT erican institutions that it should be preserved so far as human wisdom makes this possible, and that en- croachments upon state authority, however contrived, should be re- sisted with the same intelligent de- termination as that which demands that the national authority should be fully to meet national needs.” It hardly could be stated more than that. | SO THEY SAY | ‘Maybe we can get someone to estab- lsh a chair in a university to teach to behave in a theater.— Hoan Hayes, wctrss. readers. Progress in etiquet. ** * ‘The stock market has no more ef- fect on American business than the result of a dog race in Californis.— Henry Ford. ke ‘War is the quintessence of beauty. — Vittorio Mussdlini, son of Premier Your Personal. Health By William Brady, M. D. Dr. Brady will answer questions pertaining to health but not dis ease oF diagnosis. Write letters briefly and in ink. Address Dr. Brad in care of The Tribune. All queries must be accompanied by a stampe' self-addressed envelope. CRACKED LIP IS NO JOKE When the lip becomes cracked or fissured from chepping case from exposure to sun—a kind of sunburn of the lip—it all. Cracked lip is painful and often very slow to heal. U1 ferer is isolated and gives the lip absolute physiological rest, opens again and again, no matter what remedies are applied. likely she must refrain from talking as well as from-laughing. will Henge when the lip is kept at rest. A & good lipstick or a lotion made of equal quantities of glycerin, and witch hazel. A good remedy for the prevention and relief of chapping of the li a8 well as for “cold sore” (herpes) is tincture of bénzoin. It should be applied three or four times a day with @ camel's hair brush and allowed to dry on the lip, to form @ protective film which is soothing and favors healing. Where a crack or fissure has resisted these simple remedies, it is well to cleanse away any lotion, salve or lipstick, dry the lip as thoroughly as Possible, and then paint it with « coat of flexible collodion, while holding the edges of the crack together between thumb and finger. When carefully applied such a collodion dressing will keep the edges in apposition and bring about completd healing. Of course the oollodion will stick to the dry surface only. It is useless to try to make it stick to the moist surface of the mucous membrane inside the lip. As soon as the dressing comes loose, remove it and apply another, It will not stick if the surface is olly or greasy from salve or lipstick. Cold Sore Is Rather Hot At the onset of simple herpes (“cold sore”) on lip or around the mouth, indicated by @ feeling of tension, throbbing, sensitiveness and a reddening of the spot, apply a thin layer of petrolatum (petroleum jelly) and then cover with plain talcum powder. Repeat this every hour or two or when- ever the powder is rubbed off or removed by the tongue. If little vesicles or red watery pimples have already broken out it is better to avoid salves and instead touch the spot many times a day with spirits of camphor, then apply dry talcum powder. If the vesicles have rup- tured, and the surface is raw or some serum exudes, clean it up with peroxide of hydrogen, dry.and apply s coat of flexible collodion. Do not use any oll or salve at this stage. Herpes soster (commonly known as shingles) may appear over the course of any sensory nerve, is usually associated with neuritis, and requires medical care. Proper medical treatment will obviate much unnecessary suffering from pain. Except the exhausting effect of the pain occurring in ‘severe cases, there is no great danger or serious consequences to be feared, and no basis for the superstition that the shingles is fatal if it goes entirely around the body. , F QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Nephritis What advice or suggestions have you for a person aged 54 who has chronic nephritis? (C. A.) Answer—Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for mono- graph on Nephritis (Bright's disease). ‘i (Copyright, 1937, John F. Dille Co.) Hold Everything! “The chief thinks mashes, te at ber a horse for —— = —|; Oriental Ruler | 10] J ui le! OI RIETAIMIS) [OIOMEMIAINIAIG! RIE TL JETT IE] IS IO1@IE| FLAG OF ‘a IUINTAIWIAIRIE BEM] Al @ QAO ~ TICLE RES IAIWSRAIL|P ES IPIAl IDIEIGIRIAIDIE IRIS MAIR! (RIAISIEIOMmPIAIT IE) OIOTNTE:] lel —_— 27 Act of saving 20 Toiyo is th 6 une HM — of his IMIOIHIAIMIMIE. 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