The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1937, Page 4

THE | The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Srate, City and County Official Newspaper by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mal! mmatter. 2 | Archie O, Johnson Kenneth W. , G6imons Vice Pres. and Gan'l. Manager Secretary and Editor State, per year de of North Dakota, per year. 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 othe redited in this Newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous or! shed herein, All rights of republication of all other matter herein a: jerved. Just Damn Foolishness It isn’t often given to a nation to see itself as others see it, but a recent editorial in the London Sphere offers America that opportunity and it ought not to be overlooked. From his editorial aerie the Britisher looks over the world’s economic statistics and then comes up with the following com- ment: “The United States contains 6 per cent of the world’s area and 7 per cent of its population. It normally consumes 48 per cent of the world’s coffee, 53 per cent of its tin, 56 per cent of its rubber, 21 per cent of its sugar, 72 per cent of its silk, 36 per cent of its coal, 42 per cent of its pig iron, 47 per cent of its copper, and 69 per cent of its crude petroleum. “The United States operates 60 per cent of the world’s telephone and telegraph facilities, owns 80 per cent of the motor cars in operates 33 per cent of the railroads. It produces 70 per cent of the oll, 60 per cent of the wheat and cotton, 50 per cent of the copper and pig iron, and 40 per cent of the lead and coal output of the globe. “The United States possesses almost $11,000,000,000 in gold, or nearly half of the world’s monetary metal, It has two-thirds of civilization’s banking resources. The purchasing power of the:popu- lation is greater than that of the 500,000,000 people in Europe and ™much larger than that of the more than a billion Asiatics. “Responsible leadership which cannot translate such a bulging economy into assured prosperity is destitute of capacity. But pom- pous statesmen, looking over the estate, solemnly declare that the methods by which it was created are all wrong, ought to be aban- doned, must be discarded, that the time has come to substitute i political management for individual initiative and supervision. i “There is only one way to characterize that proposal—it is just damn foolishness.” * America doesn’t like to be indicted by foreigners but cool- ' headed analysis of the figures ard the conditions which they outline forces the impartial judge to agree with the comment that proposals to discard the methods by which this country Behind Scenes Washington Local Crises Forgotten as White House Worries Over Foreign Situation, By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Ws r (Correspondent ‘Washington, Dec. 28.—The domestic situation, calculated to inspire the jitters from more angles than one, has been almost forgotten at the White House since the Ji bombed the U. 8. gunboat Panay on the Yangtze river. Official assurances that the inter- national situation is “tense” or “crit- ical” have been given out ostenta- tlously with an obvious intent to get the people of this country worked up over it, : Buch tactics reflect the degree to E dential action on problems and crises here at home will testify privately that it's hard to get the presidential mind off China. Nevertheless there is still a depres- sion in this country, with no assur- ance that it won't get worse after the first of the year, and the fate of the wage-hour bill has been shown that F. D. R.—for the time being, at least —has lost control over congress. Much stage at this time, Roosevelt will have to turn and tan eee recpens again. Throw Treaty Overboard If this government takes any strong action toward Japan, its first move, according to present plans, will be to throw overboard the Nine-Power Pacific treaty with public announce- ment that Japan already has fig- uratively torn it up. Since Japan’s promise to respect China's territorial integrity was oné of the pledges swapped for America’s promise not to fortify possessions in the Pacific—except Hawaii — Tokio would then be advised that the U. 8. would feel free to establish naval or airplane bases on American territory wherever it desired. This might or might not be followed promptly by a fortification in the Philip- pines, or establishment of an air base ir. the Aleutian Islands, ** & Delivering a Death Blow Boss Frank Hague, labor-baiting mayor of Jersey City, N. J., delivered one of the final death blows under in the house, Almost at the last min- ute Hague, nee police have been grew great are “just damn foolishness.” We aren’t perfect. No living person is. And we aten’t infallible, either. Plenty of mistakes have been made and more will be made in the future. But we have outstripped all the other nations on the globe for the good and simple reason that in this country individual | initiative and personal genius have had full play. We have bene- | fited by the great resources nature placed at our command but them. . } The production systems now in use in this country, whereby | we manufacture, with high-priced labor, at less cost than other | nations, were not the result of our natural resources, They | merely make use of them. | Adjustments may be: necessary from time to time. They | are inevitable. But they should not include political domina- tion—direct or indirect—of either our people or our productive facilities. In that direction lies disaster. | Homage to a Great Mind | Most persons think of Emmanuel Swedenborg, if they think | of him at all, as a mystic who founded a new religion, but it | 4s refreshing to note that in the tribute which will be paid to him on the 250th anniversary of his birth, January 29, his achievements as a scientist will be given first attention. | The son of a man who later became the chief bishop of +. the Swedish church, Emmanuel Swedberg was raised to the | nobility by reason of his achievements as a scientist and his | mame changed to Swedenborg, the additional syllable being the equivalent ofthe German “von.” | | Impartial observation of the man and his writings shows | him to be far ahead of his times. Born in 1688, he envisioned | an airship which has been called “the first rational design for |, @ flying machine of the airplane type.” He was the first to ') employ mercury to create a vacuum and he advanced a molecular | theory which anticipated modern views by nearly 200 years. ; He was Sweden's first geologist and in his studies of the func- tions of the brain and the spinal cord he advanced theories it is to our everlasting credit that we had the brains to use| ti which were not to be generally proved and accepted for 150 He did all of these things prior to the age of 55 when he |°«: turned to the study of religion and the promulgation of the doc- trines which have since been given his name. It is noteworthy, however, that he, himself, founded no church and that he con- tended his ideas could be incorporated within the framework | of existing religions. In fact, the main tenets of his faith are |; those on which all the leading Christian denominations now The observance of Swedenborg’s birth date is significant only because it is a belated tribute to one of the world’s greatest scientists whose contributions to the information of his time _ Were noteworthy. He was, at one and the same time, the great- est physicist, chemist, metallurgist, geologist and anatomist of his day as well as a high-ranking physiologist, psychologist and philosopher. His record is an ornament to all the Scandinavian peoples and for that reason, if for no other, they should take pride in the recognition which the rest of the world now extends to him. Refuge for Indians There is a measure of real justice in the recent govern- ment order marking off 5,000,000 acres of Western land as a “last frontier” where the Indian may go it on his own without the slightest interference from white men. The lands involved are to be barred to paved roads, and motor traffic is to be prohibited. The man who wants to go in " will have to go on foot or on horseback. 2 This is no more than fair. A culture like that of the » Indians cannot exist if it rubs elbows constantly with a motor- Sized, mechanized civilization like ours. We have room enough fh this country to permit some of our red-skinned wards to have ® piace of their own, safe from the encroachments of tourists, traders, and general busy-bodies. ‘Britain's new war armor has « chip on its shoulder Italy, Germany Japan will swear up and down it’s riveted fast. alae . the law, telephoned to members of| legislative leaders, after leaving the New Jersey's Democratic congres-| White where the sional delegation and caused a of several votes which were qusney cast for recommital of ill, Nevertheless Congresswoman Norton, who owes her seat HE il i i [ : & : i i gf : 3 permitted department talmioneredntiaenced, bythe, to persuade her into substituting for the regres ilen D. fiveeman administrative Wi Carolina, chairman and his machine, stuck to her guns, traordinary measure in shape to report and as chairman of the house labor | Out the first week in January.' ccirrateiee Daehn te) ee Ss ere Perhaps ties aid “pian (po belie She made « perhaps fatal error| Fraps share tarry out toe plan engin’ sy ot] one reason is ‘that the man who to prodid are’ to bairecalied and) wins i Le wi tel an J i such as the following: v te—and Congressman Griswold of Indiana: | Smithis Brive “The gentlewoman from New Jersey| would be said she hed mothered this child! henetit if which was dropped on her doorstep. | jaw, I cannot believe that she really moxieres it. ee gentlewoman from lew Jersey mothered this child’ nate, character of his 1h would have » different aspect from |p’ tates “ind defense : ae : that which it has now.” as to make it clear that neither in Mrs. Norton: “I said I was the! principle nor in detail did he approve adopted mother.” its contents. It is also well known s Pi : i . : “IZ explained I was/as the adopted mother and the child is|tutionality. -And as for not @ moron. He is # very bright| publicly proclaimed he child and is going to be brighter later| whatsoever. Nor has anyone on, Griswold: “The gentlewoman will] Under the circumstances, have to turn the klieg lights on it.| thought that under White House Thetis the only wey See any ae 2 ever a) § tg Congressman Tennessee subsequently also did his best to arouse laughter by describing the bill as @ “child born out of wed- 2 g ae satin.—! which the wage-hour bill was buried Copyright 1987, by The Baltimere Sus BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1937 re ae ie coe Bnew Oe the Smith will come eck | basts bills Ge- from South Carolina Pegged vo Leg Po ‘drllacsts? eversnor the speed of this measure is a little eanhy Se bit cludihg, the i } Re l i ae i i h Bs i iF ry i é E is El f : : EF i | i Es i 77 l i i ifs H ge B i i | ef § i i Le] i i rf e | i EF & E ¥ d ‘| i 4 ex ie ‘ i F 8 F i ae | BEEse. q | | I 3 i i i E j + fre i | : g ine il Eat ie il E g | | i F [ i in i g i Bs EE [ H 2 if : 5 £ i i i E =: i i fF F i rene fia he H rh a i i eft E : t in : [ i ut i : i : | SIMPLE DEFENSE FUMBLED Wrong Return Made After Opening Lead Is Taken; Declarer ad Given Cues on Trump Holdings aul only whtn has been eating s' or sour, (Mrs, T, F.) Anbswer—There is no good reason for using calomel as a cathartic. more injurious to take after have eaten sweet or sour Your Personal Health ease oF dlagnosia. tain: Tn) Write, fosters bristty ond intinke “Address br Srey of The Tribune, All queries must be acco! by ressed envelope. me old, but I have to have the birth HOLD EVERYTHING! “Well, well, the old boy has lost his voice again.” | _ Czar’s Favorite | monk. article 80 This ——— was By William Brady, M. D. mpsnled @ ater how I can obtain an official copy of my birth certificate? certificate By Clyde Lewis 5 32 hated by the ao seiptoy. 55 To exist. pedple. (pl.) 10 Local position. 57 Musical note.,