Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-28
The Magazines
The Worlds Work For May.

The Worlds Work For May,
There is in this country a Triple Al
lance that periodically rises ana
wages an u%nrelenting, uncivil.zed
fare on the lives and the property Of
millions of people in 81 states OF the
Union. The American Triple Alliance
is composed. Of the Mississippi Ohio
and Missouri rivers, and the similar
ity between the. war that they wage
and the present war in Europe, Us
shown in George, Marvin's article,
THE War on the Mississippi" Will
shock a large part Of our peace-lov.
ing ~citizenry that has deluded Itself
in. the belief that our only wars Of the
last half century have been the, Civsl,
and Spanish wars, According to MI
Marvin: 'Hl2 n%sas,f tp
won Kluck's. gray torrent; sof Ger.
mans poured out of The Rhine Prov
inces over neutral Belgium and hos
tile France, demolishing towns and
wrecking husbandry, right up to tho
gates OF Paris. That human food
happened once in A years: In the
same period the great river allies,
Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri
have annually threatened peaceful
millions living on their banks. FoIt-
teen times since 1874, while peace
has been maintained in Europe, have
these half.civilizeda rivers declared
unprovoked war and devastated areas
along their fertile valleys many times
greater in extent. than the whole terri
tory covered by the German .innnda-
tion Of last August from l1iege tosthe
Marne:'
\ In 'Joffre and the; New. FRANCE
James Middleton gives a pen sketch.
illustrated 'iby photographs :of the,
character. of the French commander
in-chief, who is described as the.
peasant whose three silent years irs.
formed the French, army, and made
possible the great victory fof the,
third article of his series on Pork
Barrel Pensions tells of the ACTIVE
ties of the United Spanish War Vet
Grams to facilitate the securing of, fed
eral pensions for its members, and It's
policy of t"vengefully pursuing every
congressman who does not accept its
orders on pension matters" In an
article, that was prepared prior to his
appointment as chairman Of the fed.
eral trade commission, Joseph E.nDa.
vies explainsat the character and pur.
pose of the new commission and the
theory Of the Rlaw under whichsitzis
organized. From him we learn that
it is "a board Of quick decisions to
encourage business by the control Of
bad practices" and that, by the en-.
actment CT the federal trade law, con
gress intended that mot only smaller
concerns, but that big business units
should also be aided in, their desire
to accommodate Themselves to the dc.
mands Of the government pursuant to
an expressed public policy" The
strategy underlying the operations in
February and March in the main thn-
aters of the European war Is describ-
ed. with maps, in three articles, enti-
tied, "Przemysl and the Mazurian
Lakes, - ''The War OF the Deserts and
the Shows" and "'The Big Spring
Drive" The magazine announces its
intention to publish an article every
month dealing with the concrete prof
lens of the increase in our export
trade. The first Of these appears IN
der the title: Credit at Home and
Abroad" Other articles in this issue
are: Frank A. Perret, Volcanolo-
gist," in which French Strother con
cludes his description of the activities
of this pioneer in the scientific study
jof volcanoes. The article, is, accom-
panied by a remarkable" collection ct
photographs of volcanoes in eruption.
"Italy's Reasons'-a historical sketch
Of the events that have led up to that
country's present diplomatic position
by Owen Wilson; prisons of Free
DOM" describing the new era Of hui
name penol6gy at Sing Sing and Au-
burn prisons in New York, by Frank
Marshall White; "Your Government
of the United States ''Man and His
Machines department devoted to
recent mechanical inventions; ETC.,
etc. Questions Of political and ecu.
nomic significance are discussed edi-
torially in "The March of Events"