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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-01-18
WHOSE JOB?

1t is a self evident fact that some in
Huence should be brought to bear tt
assist US in our economic condition
But the question is whose lob is it,
And why don't the proper person OF
persons get busy? To continue as We
are drifting, dreaming and talking
will not affect the boycott forming
against us or alleviate the crisis thai
will surely affect the entire race.
We hear on every hand criticisms
OF the Church and Ministry, as tc
their inactivity in fostering those
movements that will alleviate condi.
tons and place our race on better
financial foundation.
But the question is, are not the
Church and Ministry doing their part
IN the construction of our civilization?
in the erection of building, work
men are assigned to special tasks.
One set of men lay the foundation,
another set to do the structural work,
then follows the plumbers and the
electricians, afterwards the plasterers
and finishers.
So is it in building civilization.
We have Preachers, Teachers, Law
yers, Doctors, Politicians, Business
men etc. Why should the Church and
Ministry of our race be expected to
be sack of all trades" or the race
suffer?
The Church and the Ministry will
do enough if they do their exclusive
task well; if they foster their educa-
tional institutions, carry the Gospel
to foreign lands and save the souls of
men. Many of our breaches, preach
from five to ten funerals a week, call
on a multitude of sick, assist in ad-
justing difficulties of large number
of their membership, satisfy the finan-
cial doubts of the undertaken, attend
numerous conferences and councils,
preach for to help some struggling
church or churches, and never get to
his study to pray and prepare his
sermon until Saturday night. Now
is it his job to see that our people
register and pay poll tax, have we no
political leaders in Richmond? Must
our churches with their burdens and
obligations 60 into the soap business
to supply the soap market of our race
or leave it to Mexico or Ticonderoga?'
Must our Ministers Conference re-
verse its program and enter into the
silk hose business to give employment
to our young people? Whose job is it?
What is the matter with the Jones,
the Theodores and Isabelles; why don't
they get busy like the Societies and
Insurance Companies that take care of
the sick and bury the dead. Must the
ministers wives of Richmond organize
a chewing gum corporation to furnish
chewing gum for our sweet girl grad
yates? Must the churches call their
officers together and organize joint
stock peanut company to supply the
peanuts our race is now consuming
and htus give employment to Jew and
Gentle? 1t should be done, but whose
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-01-18
Newspaper?

In fact, you are enabled receive the news prnar-
lily because the business in terests invest large sums
in advertising which sums finance the printing of cur
rent news and events. Thirdly, men of experience are
required to pilot the destin les of paper.
Now for the elements that enter into the situa-
ton here in Richmond. Til e readers insist that pa
per of the cabre desired by them be produced before
they support by purchasing If this were sincere
criticism, there would poss IDLY be grain of logic in
it. But these same folk thi nix any old kind of paper
is good enough for them when it comes to getting
some free publicity for the mseNeS. We restate:
second rate paper is not God enough to buy land in
Cidenty help to develop ut it is good enough free
horse to saddle and ride to public notice We believe
that the citizens here are realizing the faIacy of such
position and are increas ingy coming to the know
ledge that they can get tn big journal here after
while by buying this one now.
Great and powerful viii tie journals are HANDY for
Inc poorest man, mainly eCause the business inter-
eSts of America invest millions of dollars annually in
advertising. These millions enable the Journalist to
purchase machinery and man great plants for the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-01-18

way OF NAMING Ga. =, ayy earn ~
keep.
1t is also an illustration OF what
happens, sometimes, TO water power.
Tacoma and Seattle get their
normal municipal supply OF current
from hydro-electric plants which the
cities own. The unusual drought in
the Northwest reduced the flow of
water and cut down the production
of electricity. The great power
companies regard waterpower as
valuable only as an auxiliary to
steam plants, which are already gen.
Grating twice as much current in
America as all the waterpower put
together, in most cases more
chcaoly
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-01-18

This question is one tn at has concerned the Me-
groeS of Richmond for some time and at present. is
being discussed pro and cor in many circles. With
apologies to our many out of town readers we veh-
ture into this discussion with desire to help clarity
the situation and at the anne time create an under
standing among Richmond ers that will cause all ee-
mentS here to bend their efforts toward the estab
lShment of powerful iou rna We risk the assertion
that the main cause for the difficulties encountered
in putting over business nd civic movements can be
traced to the fact that have no journal poWerfuI
enough to mould the prope amount of sentiment 50
essential for the success of these projects.
There are three factors in the making of great
journal: large and appre Cative reading clientele;
constant advertisers and capable journalistic exec
utVeS. There are above Mty thousand Colored PEG
pie in Richmond and cities of smaller populations
have developed some fine journals. These papers
were not always as they are now: and the fine CON-
munty spirit shown by the r home readers was large
ly responsible for their gro WITH
No paper can exist at a profit unless the business
men use it's columns freely for advertising purposes:
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-01-18

,anGowar.' Wn.n the common.
people .~&rc peasants only the land
owning ROBES with their hired sol-
dierS went 10 war.
\ LIN many states corporations are
forbidden to own land except tor
their own business purposes. The
Government is trying by every pos
sible means to get all OF the public
lands into the hands OF individual
owners. That is the only safeguard
for the nations future. Land is
the one commodity which is linn
tied in supply and unlimited in de-
mand. Sooner CT later some other
nation will try to take the land
away from US. If we own il as
individuals we will fight for it; if
it mostly belongs to few persons
of wealth we will let them do the
fighting and pay taxes to the new
owners if the old ones are beaten.
MEAT
The food faddists have been
preaching against the eating OF
meat for many years. Except in
certain types OF disease, intelligent
physicians tell their patients to eat
meat freely, as nature intended they
should Even in cases of high
blood pressure, modern medical
practice is not to cut out meat but
to counterfeit it by the liberal drink
ing of the juice of oranges or grape
fruit.
Stefarsson, the Arctic explorer.
lived for five years on an exclusive
diet o. meat, as the Eskimos do,
without Ill effects. The Smith
Sound Eskimos, so Donald Mac
MILAN reports, eat only meat and
eat that raw, as they do not know
Eow to make fire!
Sensible people will continue to
cat whatever they can digest and as
rule VIII live longer and happier
lives than those who worry about
their Diet
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-01-18
ALUMINIUM

The commonest of all metals,
more than twice as common as iron.
aluminium was a curiosity at the
Centennial of 1876 and only came
into general commercial use when
the Harvesting of Niagara Falls
made the electric furnace eco
nomical. Alloyed to give it strength,
its light weight makes it more use
full than steel in hundreds of appli-
cations. The largest a;rplanes are
built of it.
Now project is on foot to cast
automobile bodies in one piece out
OF aluminium. That will still fur
Their reduce the cost and weight Of
motor cars. The lighter the Car,
the less gas, the less wear on tires.
The time will come when a service
able automobile will sell for not
more than $3.50, and run so miles on
a gallon of gas.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-01-18
TIE SONG OF THE CAMP

ttE SONG or THE CAMP
By BAYARD TAYLOR
Give Us a song the soldiers Grid
The outer trenches guarding, -
Whiie the heated guns OF the cam
allied
Grew weary OF bombarding.
There vas pause. A guardsm|
sad.
I'VE storm the forts tomo-row;|
S.rg while we may, another day
N:li bring enough OF SORROW"
They lay aloag the battcry's side
Below the 81 king cannon.
Brave hears traa Severn and ;ro
And from the banks OF Shannon.
Trey sang OF love and not of fan
Forgot was Blitains glory:
Each heart recalled a different nan
But all sang Annie Laurie"
Nc.c, after voice caught up the son
Until its tender passion
Rose like an anthem, rich and Stro,
Their ba;tle-evc confession.
Dear gil. her name he dared NJ
speak,
Brit as the song grew louder
y tear rlpon the soldiers cliee.c~
Washci off the stains Of powder.
Nov ~: Nora's eyes are dib
r., singcr dumb ard CORY,
Aud English Mary wccps for him
Nh" sang OF Annie Lau'ic.
Sleep, soldiers! still in honored rc
Your truth and valor wearing:
The braveSt are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-01-18
BEAUTY

Beauty, like morals, is question
Of latitude; there is no rule Of tint
versa1 application.
Shakespeare is the one universal
author because lie never describes
his heroines. Juliet was fourteen
and beautiful; that is all he says
about her looks. The Scandinavian
car picture her as a majestic
blonde, the Kafir is coal-black
Venus. The Juliet Of the Chinese
has slanting eyes; to the Spaniard
she must have the long black lasheS
OF the Conveyed Andalusian Moor.
} 1t is a fortunate thing for hu-
mainly that tastes iii beauty differ.
Even the movies have not been
able to standardize the feminine
ideal
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-01-18
WAR

The only independent persons are
those who own land. The only
countries whose people care enough
about them to fight for them are
those made up largely OF individual
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-01-18
STEAM

NJ The U. S. Aircraft Carrier lex
ington" is tied up at pier in Puget
Sound, while her engines are turn
Ing the dynamos which generate
electric current for the, cities of
Tacoma and Seattle. This is a good
use for a ship of war. 1t suggests
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-13
Putting Ruffianism Into Law

Repeated arrest of Al Capone by the Miami police on
the pretense that he is a suspicious character does not
take the place Of actual law conscientiously enforced.
OF course few people, are grieved for Capone's sake
But a lot should be stirred by such a perversion of con-
s%titutional rights. It has as much and the same kind
Of Justification as lynch law. 1t is authority turned into
ruffianism. Any American anywhere should feel a great
err pride In his c~ountrys guarantees of liberty and equal
rights than in any way to condone such a burlesque Of
bolshevism.
Miami should remember the example of Philadelphia.
CaponA was not harassed there by one arrest and re-
lease after another to let him know he was persona non
grata in Quakerdom.
No! Philadelphia police exercised a. constitutional
function and arrested the ~racketeer king for good. The
courts tried him. The Judge promptly sentenced him to
Jail for a year. There was a real charge against him.
That was a decent exercise of the law, a proceeding
thoroughly defensible and commendable.
But this Florida brand Of law enforcement makes one
feel that there are places in free and enlightened
America where civilization still is SO backward that men
have not yet been penetrated by a conception Of what
the United States and its constitution and laws for equal
Justice are all about. They give the nation an undigni-
fled spectacle of law enforcement-one that takes the
effectiveness out Of the law, In fact.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-13
Simple Solution of Suicide

Some suicides are extremely puzzling for the simple
reason that the motives that inspired them do not seem
sufficient to make an intelligent human being wish to
end his life; but the Seattle gentleman who killed himself
because he had a severe cold in the head is understand
able only on the assumption that he couldn't get the
proper hot lemonade to cure 1t.
There are few things more supremely irritating than
an ordinary head cold. Generally you can spot one Of
the things coming a block off. You know that you are
catching cold" and you know that you are going to be
miserable; but there is no way on earth to head the
thing off. You simply lay in an extra supply Of fresh
handkerchiefs and wait for 1t.
Then. after it arrives, there isn't much you can do
about it but take 1t with the best grace possible. Dose
yourself profusely or adopt a Spartan attitude: either
way, your cold will leave you only when the inscrutable
demon who has charge of such things sees fit. You're
simply up against it.
Commit suicide over 1t? Well. there have been In
stances when a cold suggested that temptation. But .
few hot lenonades, after all, would be a wiser solution
Of such cases.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-13

two objectives-naval reduction and parity. To get par
ity. it was necessary either for the British, to throw away
a lot of warships or for US to build a lot Of new ones.
British responsibilities in European waters made any
serious reduction of British strength impossible. Conse-
quently VIC could get parity only by doing a good deal
Of building.
It was a mistake ever to speak Of the London confer
ence rs q naval reduction conference. The pending
naval construction bill makes that obvious. But that is
not at all the same thing as saying that the conference
did not advance the cause of peace.
Look at it this way: This country seems to have its
heart set on a navy fully equal to that Of Great Britain.
Suppose. then, that the conference had not been held:
would not a billion dollar building program excite the
worst kind of suspicion overseas? Would not that hate
full talk of an "unthinkable" war be revived, full
strength? Would we not, as a result. be involved in a
naval building race precisely like the ~Anglo-German race
that led up 10 1914?
AS 1t is, We can lay down a billion dollars worth Of
keels without causing a ripple overseas. Nobody is
alarmed or excited, at home or abroad. The element Of
rivalry has been removed.
That is q real gain. To be sure. it isn't what We had
hoped for: but it is worth having. We can build up to
the English fleet without causing a bit of trouble.
OF course, someone may ask If We really need parity
at a billion dollars a throw. But that is another story.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-13
Editorial Comment
Footnote on West Point Training
Chicago Tribune)

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A number Of years ago Cincinnati was looking Tor a
city manager. The choice fell upon Col. Clarence o.
Sheriff. of the regular army. He had distinguished him
self at West Point and at the time of his appointment as
city manager was superintendent of public buildings and
grounds in Washington, D. G. He went to Cincinnati at
a salary of $4,000 and resigned recently to Join the
management Of q chain store system.
Now Cincinnati Is looking for his successor and has
again directed its attention to the army. The post has
been offered to Col. Ulysses S. Grant Ill., who succeeded
to Col. Sherills position in washington, but Col. Grant
has declined. He wishes to remain at his post until the
new building program in Washington has been COM
pleted. Who will be selected Is still undecided. but no
less than seven army men are being considered and 1t
Is at least probable that one Of them will be chosen.
This record we recommend to pacifsts for study. They
like to think that any army man is a narrow-minded
martinez. happy only when he can issue peremptory
orders to civilians and make them like 1t. How false this
picture Is any one with an acquaintance among American
officers knows. Cincinnati Is looking for q man Of abil-
iy and training in engineering, and above all for a
man Of tact and integrity. There is no school In the
country which does more than West Point to develop
these qualities Of leadership among its graduates. There
may be other schools which provide superior instruction
even In purely military matters, but none anywhere which
is a better character builder. This country has no
reason to fear the rise Of q sword waving. arrogant
military caste. That is q DOGGY invented for US by allen
minded persons whose knowledge Of armies. II any, was
gained In foreign lands.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-13
The Motor Sleeping Car
(St. Louis Glohe.Democrat)

GSt. Louis Globe-Democra)
One hundred years and q few days after the first COW
cred wagon started west from st. Louis the first sleeper
bus departed In the same direction. The bus arrived
at st. Louis from Kansas City 1T 3 q. m. Tuesday and
startHe back At 1880 p. m.
As the Pullman coach differs from the covered wagon,
SO does this vehicle, with its t~wenty-six seats, which may
be converted into the same number Of berthS. its hot and
cold running water. reading lights, its provisions for serv-
ing breakfast, and various other fittings never dreamed
Of by the pioneers who travelled the Oregon trail. It Is
one Of two sleeper buses which will maintain regular
schedules between these points.
People troubled by insomnia may not find the Alsacia
and the appropriately named Morpheus all that Is to be
desired. Although the highways are not burdened With
traffic In the small hours Of the night. there Is q pos
sibility that some belated motorst footing his horn will
drive sleep away. The screeching brakes Of some passing
car might have the same effect. But it must be remem-
bered that the railroads do not guarantee a sound sleep
when they sell a Pullman ticket. A locomotive whistle
Is not exactly a cure for sleeplessness. Assuming that the
air filled cushions and mattresses on which the bus pas
sengers repose are puncture proof and capable Of with
standing the strains to which they will be subjected by
corpulent persons, the service should prove satisfactory.
OF course, each Of the buses has q porter.
The sleeper bus Is one Of the most surprising results
of the good roads movement. Had it been tested on
Missouri roads five or ten years ago It would have
been a failure.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-13
Long Wages
(Grand Rapids. Mich, Pre-

C5rand Rapids, Mich, PreH)
Senator Couzens' suggestion Of q yearly salary basis
long wages for workers In place Of the present hourly
wage scale 30 prevalent In most manufacturing business
will be called radical. as, in fact. 1t is. It would force a
complete readjustment Of methods Of production a:sl
competition in many industries.
But the suggestion Is made. not for governmental action
to force its effect. but to industry itself. Mr.. Couzens
believes many industries could adjust themselves to such
. basis. or to guaranteed employment, without loss, and
he cites In the April issue Of Survey the case Of the
Dennison Manufacturing company in birmingham. Mass.
The president of this company. seeking to insure his
employees a stable income, put $50. 900 In a reserve fund
and provided that every time a department laid off a
man he was to be paid 60 per cent Of his wage. Depart
ment heads and superintendent were Immediately found
to be ~stabilizing their part Of the industry to avoid this
extra overhead charge as much as possible. with the
result that in eight years the total sum used from the
reserve fund has beec less than one wees pay roll.
That undoubtedly IS an unusual case Of a business
largely controlling its own demand and supply condi-
tons. as contrasted to those In which 1t Is difficult to
estimate future requirements and which are severely
and Immediately affected by a number of market con-
ditions. Not as a revolutionary proposal for immediate
application to all business. but as an ideal toward which
individual industries ought to be working, MI. Couzcns'
plan of long wages" and reasonable assurance of a
steady job deserves serious consideration.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-13
A Distinguished Citizen

The city of st. Louis has had a good many distin.
guished citizens III Its day. But somehow We think that
Joseph A. Schneider, the st. Louis traffic cop who died
the other day, had just about as fine = record as any OF
them.
Schneider was famous in his home city for two rea-
SONS. First of all. he was a good policeman. He could
%untangle the worst traffic jam without losing his tenn
per-which. you must admit. is praise Of the highes,
order. But he had another distinction. even greater.
He and his wife had adopted IS orphan children, hav.
Ing none of their own. Twenty of these adopted young
sters were in the officers home when he died.
You could enlarge on that performance at consider
able length, but there's no need to. The bare state
ment tells its own story. Thirty five children saved from
orphan asylums and given a real home-human kindness
could not go much farther.
If ever a st. Louis citizen deserved a monument, this
traffic policeman did. And, incidentally, his wife ought
TO have one right beside his.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-13

there are likely to be some violations
of the prohibition law."-Calvin Cool
idge.
X 4 X
IF I were given the opportunity to
exchange my wi period of time for
any other. I would choose the next
three-quarters of a century."-Secre-
tary of Treasury Andrew Mellon.
X X X
women, instinctively, the moment
they get into a place begin to man.
age it, and have to be allowed to
manage it for the peace of u pri-
vate life."-George Bernard Shaw.
X y X
1.-THE rude man is contented II he
but sees something going on; the man
of more refinement must be made to
feel: the man entirely refined de-
sires to reflect" DR.. William Lyon
Phelps.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-13
Moving to the Suburbs

One Of the most significant trends in American life
to be disclosed by the current census is the steady, al
most universal shift of population from the big cities to
the suburbs.
Our big cities arc getting bigger, of course: but their
suburbs are growing even faster. Several of the largest
cities, in fact, arc showing much smaller gains than were
expected, for the simple reason that their suburbs are
getting the bulk of The increase IN population. People
are moving out, getting as far from the ~congested dis
trict as they can.
The automobile is chiefly responsible for this; but if
something is not done to relieve traffic congestion, the
shift cannot go on much longer. Many a city dweller,
even now, must spend an hour each morning getting to
his work, and another hour at night getting home.
All of which is just another way of saying that all of
our cities need new rapid transit facilities and need
them badly.