The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-12
TODAY
5 lNSTALLMENT BILLIONS.
ZIP MAY DIE. ~
MUSSOLINI AND TKOTZkY.
100000 RADIO SETS.
5000, 900 RADIO SETS.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE
(Copyright, 1926

The people bought five billion dol
lars worth of goods on the Install
mcnt plan in 1926, and some say, 1--WE
are rushing into bankruptcy" But
don't worry. Money well spent by
those that can pay helps spcndcr and
seller and hurts nobody.
II you want y piay ,, radio set. au-
tomobilc and you know you can pay
for it get 1t now and enjoy it while
The rich buy real estate and stocks
on installments. A good automobile
is worth more than house.
The important thing is that install.
mcnt business should be on sound
basis not encouraging extravaganza
charging excessive rates for time pay.
mcnts, or encouraging 4 man with q
car. good for two or three years more,
to get rid Of it prcmaturcly and glut
tho used car market
What hurts is waste, not spending
"Zip." eighty-two years old. and in
the hospital, may not live long. You
may have met him. when he was Bar
NUNS "What is it," You remember
circus and dime museum rows Of
freaks, fat ladies, living skeletons,
bearded ladies, tatooed men. sword
swallowcrs, dwarfs, giants, that used
to delight the populacc. Contrast
with that our modern moving pic
turc, beautifully made. The world
improves \.
Shooting doesn't discourage Mus
solini. With his nose plastercd. his
ears dcafened with gunfire. Shrek
ing sirens, cries Of "viva Mussolini'
and "viva Fascismo," Mussolini left
yesterday for Tripoli, announcing his
desire tO convert the world to fas-
cism.
Russians twould convert the world
to communism. Mussolini and Trot-
zky are exact opposites, and each has
the same plan to make the world ac-
cept his ideas.
OF the two, Mussolini makes more
progress. The human race under
stands powerful dictations. But a
man that wants to "divide up" on a
communist basis seems b dangerous
novelty.
100000 RADIO sets in the United
States have, 27,O0O. 900 human beings
listening in. Sad that SO little broad
casting is worth attention. Science
perfects the machinery. but intelli-
gence hasn't yet supplied worthy ma
tcriel. But that will come. In fu-
ture ages. the individual worth while
will have as personal following an au-
dience Of 1OO,0OO,OO0 Cf 50O, ,OOO. 900.
The written word will nd longer COM
pete.
Ten million dollars worth of oil
burned in california. two men killed.
Lightning caused the storage lakes to
explode. Those that spend money ON
lightning rods will wonder how val
liable they really are. Cannot scicn-
\ ticsts find . way. with high tension
wires or otherwise, to protect oil
wells and oil storage? How long be-
fore great conductors escort the
lightning safely down from the clouds
and use it as it comes down? Edison
should work st that.
Russia desires to enlist private
capital in state industries"
Russian credit should be better
now than ever. The public debt has
been eliminated quite simply. Wealth
in Russia, II developed. would be Is
great as our own. hut there is the
big but. If nation repudistes one set
Of debts, It might rsprdiate others.
Chicago will build streets hollow
at the centre. higher ct the curb. con-
cave, instead Of convex. Moisture
will run to the centre Of the street
a more sanitary, less expensive plan,
Men learn slowly. Needles were
used for 100000 years before any,
body thought Of putting the eye in the
\ point OF the needle, thus making the
sewing machine possible.
Mrs. Drake, vice,pfeSident Of the
Child Study Associa atiop, says parental
instinct is diSAnpoering. There are
no more "natut1 born psrsnts.s
There are still forttAately plenty Of
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