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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
Government Does Not
Own Reserve Banks

In the discussion Of the Federal
Reserve banks and their opera.
lions. undue emphasis has fro.
quently been placed On their rela.
ton to the government. and they
are frequently called government
banks" As . matter Of fact, they
are not government banks" in q
true sense. but are corporations or.
ganized under an act OF Congress-.
and owned entirely BY their mem.
Der banks. The government does
not hold q single share Of their
stock. The control Of the banks
operations 10 also largely IN the
hands OF member banks, who elect
two-thirds Of the Federal Reserve
bank directors. the rom aiming ono.
third being appointed BY the GOV.
eminent to represent the interest
Of the government and the public.
The Federal Reserve banks. II
10 true. are agents Of the govern.
ment in addition to their other ac.
tivities. and in this capacity they
must follow the instructions Of the
government In handling transac.
tons which they perform simply
as agents. We believe that Il 70
important that the fact that Q clear
understanding Of this point should
be generally had. % many Of the
criticisms made against the. Fed.
Aral Reserve banks have been
based on . misapprshension % to
their relation6hip 10 the govern
ment.-Anssrioax Baxksrs Asaeeia-
ton Journal go :,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
KEEPING UP YOUR END.
BY Albert Apple

Your of living only about AZ cent higher than
before the according to economists In other
Words you buy much for $62 you could for 81
in 1914.
This claim must get the average mans goat in while,
he checks up discovers that he's spending lot
than in the good old days when he could buy meal for
quarter.
The joker in the fact that the economists fail to make
allowances for the advanced standard of living.
may be that your bills for basic foods rent cloth
necessities etc. only 62 cent higher than before
the And that by spending $l62 you buy much
as you formerly could for 81.
But since 1914, advancing standard of living has
added items to the list of necessities that without
question in the luxury class back yonder.
The cost of living than the matter of enough to
clQthe the body warmly supply it adequately with food and
shelter.
The "cost of living also includes no-essentias which
the average person mages he must have order to main
tain his social standing lot of fooishness is included
such the waning the responsibility of patched trousers
and mended furniture
1t isn't much the increased price of what used to
buy, it is matter of the price of things formerly
dreamed of buying And that's chiefly why the
age finds he has less cash hand after paying his bills
creased apace with the called advancing standard of
living. 4l16
1t is possible to live almost cheapy 60 or 10
ago-provded would be satisfied with the odme
standard of living which supplied only the simplest and most
urgent wants.
And matter of fact none of US would have to work
than few hours day if returned to the oldtme
demand commodities and services in daily life than
the custom long ago.
The increased of living considerable extent the
price of increased standard of living.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
NEW YORK'S NEGRO
POPULATION
(konrad Bercovici in Harper's
MagaZine)

(konrad Bercovici in Harper's
Magazine)
There are between 100000 and
100000 colored people in Greater
New York. In the last census
there were not one-tenth that
many. All shades and all sizes.
Woolly haired, immense, half
numbering Africans as black as
pitch. Brown-colored' bronzed men
and women, mahogany blondes,
down through all nuances to the
almost white negro, straight
haired ant! blue-eyed, whom no.
body suspects.
/ have seen perfectly black ne
groes of long Spanish faces, with
the cruel penetrating eyes of the
Moor and the elegant gait Of
lberians. l have met red-haired
negroes with a wistful Irish smile.
l have friends of a lighter shade,
from New Orleans, where they
have so thoroughly mixed with the
French that they are hardly to be
distinguished; with all the love of
the precision of mind and clarity
of the other. The Italians have
mixed with the negroes, and the
Slavs and the English, and the
Mexicans and the Indians.
OF these mixtures the ones with
Indian blood are the finest. And
there are Jewish negroes-Abys-
sinian Jews, squat and long-beard-
ed, hooknosed falaslfes, real Jews
who because of their color ara
compelled to live among people OF
an alien faith instead of among
their own coreligionists..
Four hundred thousands negroes
in New York! There has never
been such a number of negroes in
any one place. not only on this
continent. but on any other cont.
nent before or now. Every twelft!
person in Greater New York is 4
negro or has negro blood.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
MEMOIRS OF THE WHITE
HOUSE
(New York Evening World)

(New York Evening World)
Unless gossip is irresponsible
we have the promise of a flood of
memoirs dealing with the White
House and its life from women
who have presided there, or who
have been conspicuous in its So
cial activities.
Mrs. Wilson is said to plan the
editing OF the personal letters of
her husband for publication. Mrs.
Harding is quoted as intending to
prepare an elaborate biography of
her husband in collaboration with
an experienced biographer. And
most exciting of all-the gossips
do say that Alice Roosevelt Long
worth is writing her memoirs.
This is unusual, thus making it all
the more interesting
Mrs. Taft is the first of the wom-
en- Of the White House, we believe,
to have written memoirs. Her
book is very human and will be OF
real value to the future historian
of the mansion of the presidents.
But no other first lady" had es
tablisheG a precedent. Compare
lively few of them would have
been capable of literary venture.
Dolly Madison could have given US
a fascinating volume of incalcul-
able value if she could have writ
ten-4but her personal letters point
to her literary limitations.
The only lady of the White
House in the earlier days who has
left us pictures of the life there
was the daughter-in-law of John
Tyler, who was the hostess until
Tyler's second marriage, and her
published letters to her sister are
sprightly, humorous, very human,
altogether delightful. But she
was young, and life was interest
ing-all a~drama, not vastly differ
ent from that which she had fol-
lowed on the stage. No one can
read these letters without a regret
that more have not followed her
example.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
went the black mares hoofs as she
galloped through the sky.

went the black mares hoofs as she
galloped through the sky.
At last the Twins and Snuggle
came to Venus.
Tap, tap, tap! went snusgle on
the great gate in the wall. -,
who's there? ?" asked voice
"And what do you want?"
"We're messengers of the Sand
Man and we want the bag of sleepy
sand" said Snuggle.
"Say the multiplication table back
wards up to ninety" said the voice
and III open the gate if you get it
right. We're very particular about
the people we let in. If you're not
good in arithmetic, we don't want
you. It's the law Of"
But he got no further.
"Iminy Jiminy!" said Nick quickly
and instantly the door opened and
the horse started ahead.
The charm had worked again.
The people of Venus were ever
queerer than the green boards OF
Mars. Their chin whiskers were
made of shavings that hung in long
curls. '
"Did you see gnome calico
Tweekanose 2" asked Nancy tt
change the subject.
"A nose called Tweekanose No,
didn't" said Shaving Beard. "Whos,
is it?
Snuggle and the Twins rode OF
without telling him. There had beer
too much talking already.
Ito Be COntinued)
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS

Back from Mars to the Moon went
Snoozle and the Twins on the
white nightmare. Snoozle came
first and Nancy next and then Nick.
"Well, did you find Tweekanose
and the lost sleepy sand ?" asked the
Dream Maker Man when they ar
rived.
mo, he wasn't on Mars" said the
Twins. 1--WE looked everywhere
well, them" said the wise old
Dream Maker Man, "we'll have to
look some more. It's almost moon
up down on the earth and the sleepy
sand simply must be found"
~ should say So" said the poor
Sand Man who was getting discour-
aged and little nervous.
"Cheer up. Well find it," said the
Dream Maker Man heartily. Twins
you may go with my second son,
Snuggle, on his black nightmare, to
look for the lost sleepy sand. Per-
haps Tweekanose has gone to Venus.
You might have look there.
"Oh, do 60 as fast as you cam"
begged the poor Sand Man who was
really at his wits end to know what
to do. "Tweekanose must be some
where"
"Perhaps he's gone down to the
earth to put the babies to sleep him
SELF" said Nick.
Little hope of that" sighed the
Sand Man. II know him too we'll,
the rascal! Time and again I've just
gotten kiddy to sleep when along
he'd come and give its nose tweek
and wake it all up again. Then he'd
jump out of the window and laugh
and laugh on his way back to
Gnomeland-as though it was fully!"
"Come, on if you are going!" cried
Snuggle, Jumping up on his black
nightmare and sitting we'll forward
to make room for the Twins.
As soon as they were seated,
Nancy in the middle and Nick last,
the magic horse started along the
Milky Way to the star called Venus.
Club-a-lub, club-a-lubP club-a-lub!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
STRAIGHT TALKS VI
WITH aunt EMMY
On How Not to Make Out
Checks.

"The most annoying thing has
happened. Aunt Emmy" exclaimed
Helen. II sent q check for IS to
the hospital to help them in their
drive and some one cashed 1t. Isn't
1t . shame. for l simply can't afford
to send another"
Il don't see how that could hap.
pen," said Aunt Emmy. III you
made out. the check properly"
why. Of course. I did," Helen
said. u made It out Just as al.
ways do. to bearer"
Aunt Emmy laughed. mo won.
der you lost til" she said. "Any
one at all could cash a check made
out like that. It's very careless OF
you to do It. no matter to whom the
check d given. i would only take
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08

Radical demasogues sometimes
accuse the capitalistic system with
favoring the rich and powerful as
against the poor and lowly. Fifty.
three years ago an Irish lad Of
nine was brought to tho United
States by hia parents. He went to
the. public school and then began
work 40 an office boy. A few days
ago, on October l, he was elected
president Of the American Bankers
Association. the worlds largest
financial organization. He is pres.
ident Of one of the largest savings
banks in the United States. the
Bowery Savings Bank of New York
City. This election of William e.
Knox. who has risen from Irish i'm.
migrant to chief of American bank.
ers. Is the most striking reminder
Of tho year Of the democracy Of
opportunity in capitalistic America.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
LETTER FROM RUTH BURKE TO
LESLIE PRESCOTT
CONTtNJIED

I was greatly annoyed with that
woman customer. but think l was
to blame after all. drought it on
myself by giving her a chance to
draw the wrong inference about
Walter and myself. l shall never
do it again.
Pm not going to advise you about
your husband. think that is one
of the siiliest things another person
can do. Although John loves you de-
votedly, from mans point of view,
l know that John thinks he is we'll
within his rights, and you, loving
and loyal as you are, l now think
he is quite outside them.
But, oh, let me tell you something,
Leslie-unless you feel that your
life is unbearable, unless you caA
look ahead to an old age without
your husband, try and explain to
him so that he cannot fail to under
stand your position and your point
of view. l am sure, then, you will
f. come together.
Do not stand entirely on your
! IlSuLS, ueuI. 4Nul Ia "HOIy u
life in which there is giving and
taking every day, and l, who know,
must tell you that after two people
have been married and lived to-
gether in close companionship; after
they have mingled both tears and
laughter, JOY and grief, they cannot
part without great unhappiness to
both. -
! l think ! showed you that letter
from Harry to me. ! know he has
been quite unhappy since he left
me, and it has saddened me greatly;
for l, you know, have found happi.
ness. l did not tell you, however
my dear, of the loneliness that was
mine after Harry left me. Some
times was almost ready to forgive
and forget all he had done if he
would just come back to me.
Nature has put something into {
woman's heart that makes it impos
sible for her to be happy unless sht
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT CRISIS

Ramsay Macdonald, the English premier and head of
the first Labor Party received support
than might have been expected for the first radical
government. The that the governments fall is i'm
pending therefore, has occasoned surprise among the
casual observers of it's progress
The Irish question again has become troublesome but
the rock which the party smash itself the Russian
treaty commercial treaty negotiated with Soviet
Russia The Russian government needing money perhaps
than anything ese sought to have the British govern
men guarantee loan. There hesitation and rejection
of the proposition but the is preparing to
do this England has never guaranteed loan for her
colonies for any other foreign power 1t precedent
which strikes alarm in that nation especially when Russia
British interests huge which she apparently
does not intend to repay
Mr.. Macdonald has been found in disagreement with
his party often faction of his support has been steadily
endeavorng to drive the to commitment to
absolute socialism, and to communism. Mr.. Mac
Donald finds himself unable to hold to middle ground
and finds too that the he commanded united radical
support at the start because the uraradcas his
administration entering wedge in urherance of their
ultimate aims.
The Conservatives and Liberals have had the power at
any time to force the downfall of the government but
through lack of united action part due their desire to
give the Labor Government opportunity in serious
situation have not done They appear adaman in their
opposition to the Russian treaty. and if they remain the
government must resign call for general election Mac
Donald indicates he will choose the latter and Great
Britain faces the prospect of the most important election in
her history.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
FABLES ON HEALTH
EXERCISE IN BED

81 guess the trouble with you,
as with most people, in doing your
setting-up exercises in the morning
is that you don't want to get up"
comments the physical expert to Mr..
Jones.
That's all right. Don't get up!
Start your exercises in bed and soon
you will be awake and ready for
them. '..
The thing to do is this:
When you have awakened, begin
to yawn. Keep it up! Yawn four or
five times for you will be stretching
your chest and getting good inhal-
alton.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08

Then stretch! Make it q good long
stretch and roll over, stretching
again and again.
You still don't have to leave the
bed!
Some leg exercises can be done
once the covers have been kicked off.
Lie on your back and bend your
knees forward, inhaling deeply and
then exhaling, relaxing for mo-
ment. Then kick both feet vigor-
ously and pump the air with them,
as though riding bicycle.
After that you can leap out of
bed and start some floor exercises.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08

. few seconds to write the name
OF the payee properly. 4 check
made out to Bearer may b cashed
BY any one who gets It. It IL 70.
grettable but true that not every
one Is honest. You know that lots
Of people would take Z five dollar
bill II they happened to ind 1t. A
check made payable to bearer or
to cash Is just 40 tempting to
them az q i've dollar bill would be-"
But. Aunty. It was 80 frightfully
mean to steal from the hospital!"
"You invited this Particular
theft by neglecting to make your
check out properly" Aunt Emmy
admonished Helen. "You may b
glad your loss Is no greater. Even
when you 60 to the bank for money
yourself you should not make your
check payable to cash. Suppose
you should lose It on the way? The
same thing that happened to the
hospital check might happen to It.
Better take an extra minute and
make the check out to yourself,
sign your name to It 40 usual and
Endorse 1t just 90 though 1t were
one you received from someone
else"
'That seems like Z lot q times
to sign your own name on ono
little check. doesn't 1t. Aunty7" Oh.
jected Helen.
Its ever 50 much better to be
on the safe side than to lose your
money through carelessness," re-
torted Aunt Emmy. Anne b.
Aymes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
RIGHTS

Sixteen states band together to the national govern
mnt They seek the return of 300 million dollars of direct
taxes that paid after the Civil War; These
:ved certain manufactured goods. The claim for re-
fund is complicated.
This lawsuit reminds of something most of US have
forgottethe matter Of state rights Our national govern
mcnt league of small countries states Uncle Sam is
vital But he is not alembracing and supreme in every
thing though police is about the only remaining
major function of local that hasn't been
trazed in Washington, D. C..
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
HELP PREVENT A DEADLOCK

Many decades have passed since there much talk
about the presidential election being Thrown into Congress-
by reason of deadlock, there is this year. :
In the 1920 election less than 81 millions of citizens
voted, while Is million citizens neglected to VOTE
II considerable part OF those Is million negligent vote
sackers be induced to this year, there be less
chance of the election going into Congress with attendant
possibilities of the winner being the majority Of
the citizens intended.
The law of averages does not inrude to any great
tent It's true that q million voters apt vote much
like monhat is, divide their votes among candidates
in the percentages But the than million who
did not vote in 1920 unknown quantity because most
the decision for real by majority &c. then
spread the word:
fai!
YOUR vote is needed! YOUR vote is needed. YOUR
vote is needed!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
Editorial Review

Comments reproduced In this
column may or may not express
are presented here In order that
our readers may have both sides
Of important issues which are
being discussed In the press of
the day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
A Thought

He which seweth sparingly shall
reap also sparingly; and he which
soweth beautifully shall reap also
Cor. Sc.
Riches are we'll, if gotten we'll
and spent well.-Vespesian.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08

"A ANouhI vCAhOu (1LsJ MdH WIN
poisoned his wife may find he made
a mistake in not being a rich mans
son.
Another Senate committee is maxi
ing another probe. This is regarded
as sure sign of hard winter.
One big vote getter for Coolidge
is the Washington baseball team did
so we'll this season.
Think of the Washington baseball
team winning so many games, and
the field probably covered with oil.
The auto industry uses more than
80 percent of the rubber supply, the
rest probably being used for necks.
Women are good looking, but
funny. One in Illinois who poisoned
her husband says she loves him.
Robbers stole a Springfield Ill.)
banks safe, the building itself be-
ing too heavy to carry away. -
What people want to know it not,
"Will it kill the odor of onions?" It
is, "How about the odor of bootleg ?"
= The papers are so full of the
presidential campaign news it is
hard to find anything to read.
Bodied hair is about like all mod
ern improvements. 1t isn't the in
ital cost, it's the upkeep:
There is talk of a balloon trim to
the north pole. Well, the pole will
be near here before long.
A puncture in the ego is harder
to fix than one in the auto.
Marriage is becoming an incident
to men and an accident to women.
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08

an hour or two a day at the shop
the same as he would at his office,
and you could probably do the same.
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08

buying a home here in Albany. You
know Walters family many years
ago used to live here. Of course,
when We are in town, could spend
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08

The death rate from tuberculosis has been reduced GO
Pc cent in birmingham Mass after seven Of effort
THIS town was selected Laboratory experiment. by the
National tuberculosis Association.
disease whose death rate be cut GO per cent,
eventually be wiped out entirely.
If the time when completely conquers
the problem of production will be than all
diseases combined Over-production, of course will by it's
very nature breed diseases There is from
death.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08

Hl)SS.
New York City checks up and finds Is 900 horses still
work in it's streets No danger Dobbn becoming extinct
by competition with the auto. More horses than when
horseless carriages inverted. Theren be still
when airpanes by millions
Inventions longer dsplsce We need both, old we'll
Progress is extension rather than displacement
The wife of of the best golfers in Detroit has secured
divorce. so if he hears ahout it he may 60 home.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
UNEXPECTED

We live very close to the Thin Wall that separates
from the hereafter though many do scheme and act
as reentessy and without they expected
to I've forever.
William Olson of Chicago came home to his rooming-
denly fell dead. His engine was out and he didn't
know it. 49,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08

Another Senate committee is maxi
ing another probe. This is regarded
as sure sign of hard winter.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08
(|01l5i1nl5
SAYS

A Mount Vernon Ull.) man who
poisoned his wife may find he made
a mistake in not being a rich mans
son.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08

One big vote getter for Coolidge
is the Washington baseball team did
so we'll this season.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08

Marriage is becoming an incident
to men and an accident to women.
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08

A puncture in the ego is harder
to fix than one in the auto.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08

There is talk of balloon trip to
the north pole. Well, the pole will
be near here before long.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08

Bodied hair is about like all mod
ern improvements. 1t isn't the in
ital cost, it's the upkeep:
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-08

Think of the Washington baseball
team winning SO many games, and
the field probably covered with oil.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-03-23

M ONDAY we present most interesting display
1Sl new and lovely silks and woolen materials esp
cally selected for Easter apparel. With Easter on
four weeks away, will be very pleased to show
the latest fashion fabrics, moderately priced.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-03-23
Our Club Plan Anniversary Sale

continues April with unusual values houefunishngs
Now needed pieces of furniture In your hoe
to purchase you've wanting for living room
dining or bedroom.
q use."