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The Tragedy of Wheat
(MinneapoliS Journal

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For two years pleas for a wheat
acreage reduction met in the south
west the retort that there was money
in growing winter wheat IN Western
Kansas and the Texas Panhandle, no
matter how low the price might 60.
The same interests that had begged
for sterilization were declaring in
1929 and 1880 that any farm price
above thirty-five cents a bushel meant
a profit for them. albeit a slight one.
Why, they wanted to know, should
they be called upon to sacrifice this
slight profit for the benefit of strang-
sers in the northwest, growing spring
wheat at necessarily higher produc-
ton costs?
So the southwest kept right on
planting, until this year Kansas alone
produced more than two hundred
million bushels of winter wheat. That
and other factors (not the least OF
them the farm boards accumulation
of it's huge Surplus) have brought
down the value of the grain to the
point where the farm price In Kan
saS recently has been. not thirty-five
cents, but thirty cents.
But how different this year would
be the situation of the wheat indus
try, if the farmers Of the southwest
had long ago listened to the advice
Of DR.. John Lee Coulter and other
experts, to take higher profits on less
wheat, rather than to look for low
profits on more and more wheat!
A decrease of only thirty per cent
in American wheat production would
bring the annual supply within the
limits of domestic demand. with a
resultant doubling and possibly treb-
ling of prices, and an even greater
gain in profits.
The domestic price would be thu
Canadian or South American price
plus the forty-two cent tariff, plus
freight. And the basic world prics
Vpuld be higher. For growing sever
hundred bushels of wheat, the farm
er would receive a gross return o!
nearly twice the money he now get
for growing a thousand bushels. Or
top Of that, his expense for seed
planting and harvesting would be Gu
nearly one-third.
Through the operation Of harsh
natural law, this improved situation
Is eventually coming to pass, but q
the cost Of heavy economic casualties
How much better to have had 1t com
to pass through intelligent planning
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ARB

A superfluous American gesture is
the habit of presenting distinguished
visitors "keys" to our cities. Most of
them are wide open, anyhow.
Y X Y
When 1t comes to certain interna-
tional conferences, the French, it
seems, simply won't "parley."
4 \ =
Credo of the American business
man: First the contact, then the con-
tract.
n y n
The trouble with most girls today
who sigh for slenderer figures Is that
they are penny wise and pound
foolish.
\ \ Y
Those club swinging New York COD
probably have their own ideas Of what
a policeman'S beat" should be.
Y y y
Not that the Germans have
achieved anything particularly i'm
portant lately, but 1t seems that the
whole world is giving them credit.
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:. EDITORS NOTE Why men
break down from heart ialluIe
after so Is explained by DR.. Mor1ls
Fishbein in a series Of five artlciss
on "The Failing Heart OF Mlools
Life" of which this is the second
X X X
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEiN
Editor, Journal Of the America"
Medical Association
Many physicians look askance a.
the modern tendency to over-inouis
in strenuous exercise after middle age
Records are available of numerous
men who have fallen dead on goll
courses or at home after a strenuous
afternoon at golf. DR.. David KleS'
man says that men who want to tax
up golf in middle life should lot az
SO without a thorough physica
examination, which ought to be re-
after they have played a little
1 have seen. men between SO and o.
years of age whose hearts stepped vi
tremendously in the rate and inten.
sity of the beat after they had playee
10 holes of golf on a hot day..
The forms Of heart disease that ar
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In
HE3
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S3siIS3H Swan

New York, July 22.-Taxi drivers
remain New York's most garrulous
humans, and that goes for actors
lettering in front of the Palace
Theater or column writer's swapping
yarns at Sardi's.
Rare indeed is a ride of more than
four blocks in which the driver fails
to confide his middle name, his wife's
habits and the smart sayings of his
children. If the trip continues for
more than a dozen blocks, a life story
will have been started.
The theory is that taxi drivers in
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TO-DAY IS T6EA
IT gEZA
RUSSIA'S NEW POWER

On July %. 1917, the Joint Congress
of Workmen's and Soldiers Councils
and of the All-Russia Council of
Peasant Delegates conferred supreme
and unrestricted power on the new
Russian government. They passed
the following resolution after an all
night session:
Recognizing that the country Is
menaced by a military debacle on the
front and by anarchy at home, it is
resolved:
First-that the country and the
revolution are endangered:
Second-That the Provisional Gov
eminent is proclaimed the Govern
ment of National Safety;
Third-That unlimited powers are
accorded the Government for reestab-
fishing the organization and dis
cipline of the army for a fight to the
finish against the enemies Of the
public order and for the realization
of the whole program embodied in
the Governmental program just an
nounced."
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Quotations

The United States talks fast and
flies slowly. England flies fast and
talks slowly.-Alford j. Williams, for
mer navy speed ace.
X X X
It used to be easier to make a col
lege address when the world was more
traditional and NATURALIZATION D
Baker.
X X X
The mass change to optimism
which will mark the beginning of the
upturn in general business. is about
due.-Ambassador Charles G.. Dawes
X u X
The American public should real
ize that Germany's financial relief
can be no greater than Americas fl
nancial sacrifice. - Professor F. r
Fairchild.
\ X X
The nearer you can bring the war
making power within the control Of
those who must do the fighting and
the dying when war comes. the more
certain 1t will be that wal will not
come.-Senator Borah.
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McC lusky, N. D.
July ~, 1881.

Editor of The Bismarck Tribune,
Bismarck, N. D.
Dear Sir:
It was with considerable pleasure
that I read the evident truths con-
tanned in your editorial of the 10th.
inst, relative to your Lloyd Spetz
post of the American Legion. I have
Just returned from the Legion con-
vention at Valley City.
As a citizen who Is fairly active in
his community for the public good, I
like to see appreciation expressed for
the wholehearted efforts of any or
%ganization which unselfishly works
for the best interests of it's COM
munity.
No one in the ranks of the organ
ization. as I understand the Legion
principles, benefits by his member
ship personally, either financially
politically or otherwise. A Legion
naire is a public servant who gives OF
himself, his time, or his money to his
community and the state and nation
AS I saw the business men of your
town blowing bugles. playing drums,
and taking an active part IN the
whole convention, the thought came
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man drawled. You're Miss Barrett
and you're engaged to that Clees.
paugh baby, aren't ycu?"
Lame nodded. She was too
frightened to resent his intrusion.
"We're interested in you," the
man nnounced lazily. "You
wouldn't like your part in a Ger.
tain shooting in a Gath street speak.
easy to be dragged through the
papers just now. with your engage
ment and all, would you?"
Cold fear clutched at the girls
heart. IL had nothing to dc
with that" she stammered. 1T
was an accident. ! was was blame
less. And the man lived."
"Oh, yeah? Well, whether he
lived or died there's a lot of people
in this mans town would be keen
to know this rich boys hancee had
such a past"
T lane sat frozen. Only her dark
IL eyes showed her terror.
"You-there's nothing you car
do" she said through stiff lips
Anyhow, how do you know Mr.
Cleespaugh doesn't know all
about it,"
"Oh, 1t amt him we're interested
in. It's the old lady," the man said
dryly. "She's gotta approve the
bride, SO I hear. That's town talk
And it seems she's pretty strait
laced. We want money to keer
quiet about it and we want Il
quickly"
Lane asked for want Of some
thing better to say, "How mucn?'
Ten grand. And right away!'
He made an agile, catlike motor
rising. "Your boy friends coming
back" he said out Of the side o.
his mouth. BE at WILTON Stream
station Tuesday at noon or vel
spill 1t to the tabloids."
He moved ~languidly out Of sight
Lambert Hammond came busting
up to the table, stirred out Of hi
customary torpor. Some stupit
fools!" he said In an exasperate(
tone. "They kept me hanging OF
tho wire for ages and then an
nounced they'd got the wronl
Hammond"
"You look queer" he went Of
bluntly. "Air in here's like . zoo
D'you feel i'll or something?"
Lame said, 1.-THE air-yes. tina
must be it."
"Well. here comes the rest Of th'
party. Let's pay the check ant
blow, Give. This is a rottel
show"
Tressa looked blithcly at tn
pair.
SORRY to have kept Give s.
long," she said In Z voice Of honey
II turned my ankle and he had t
help me to q dressing room. Il d.
hope you two didn't mind"
Lame said mot at ALL" yer,
family. Give managed to get I
her side as they all went on
through the narrow passage.
"That girls the limit" he 81
ploded. "She's trying to star
something"
1T doesn't matter" Lame sal
l~ifelessly.
Give gave her q sharp. concsrne'
look.
whats up? You look prett
we'll wrecked" ~
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| Give observed. Il had felt It my
self. Never been here before. It's
new and Tressa was anxious tc
come. She said Van recommend
ed it."
ooh, It's nothing. really" Liane
shrugged. Just my imagination
suppose. I've been reading toe
many stories of battle and sudden
death among gangsters."
Give said thoughtfully, II won
der"
DACK at the table Tressa with
- young Lambert Hammond was
slipping a pale amber drink and
looking like a great lady on a
Summing party. She was magnifi
cent tonight in a sheathe-like froch
Of gold tissue. 1t fitted her as il
she had been melted and poured
into it. LANE, in her white satin
felt like a girl graduate beside her
"Oh, Give" began Tressa ami
matedly, II see the Wayne Hop
kinses over in the corner. Take me
over like a sweet thing. Bert and
| Wayne don't speak, or I'd ask him.
Give threw a swift glance a,
LANE. Go along!" she told him
"Lordy, I am sorry" Tressa
trilled sweetly. II forgot to ask
permission" She gave Lane 6
stabbing smile and marched off or
Gives ARM.
LANE felt suddenly very young
and inexperienced. An older woman
would know how to treat Tresss
she thought fiercely and indig
nantly.. There was something de
~liberately cruel in her batting. Ani
yet the barbed shafts were so care
fully placed no one else had taker
fnote Of them.
She said II beg your pardon" t
young Hammond a moment later
want to try this one?" tn,
languid young man asked again.
Lame was rising with just tn,
proper show Of enthusiasm when {
tall man, like a thin shadow in nil
black and white, glided up to thu
table.
mister Hammond" he aske,
deferentially. "A message for you
The telephone"
Curious" Lambert unused. IN,
ono knows I'm here" He turne,
back to Lame. II hate to leave you.
Nonsense" she cried, determine,
mot to be a crab" go alons
Give will be back in a moment"
She sat alone at the table. fight
ing OF that self-consciousness tina
attends the young woman left san
escort in a public place. 1t wa
strange. but she could not see Civ
and Tressa anywhere. Stranges
Of all, the dark man who had sum
moned Lambert to the telephon
was coming back to the table. H
drew out a chair and without pc,
mission sat down.
, Lame made one startled move
!. ment.
The low voice. persuasive We
with . note Of command in It, sale
"Sit STILL"
. Lame did Just that. In the min
: arose a troubled memory Of all tn
crime stories she had ever read.
+ You have made a mistake" sh
said steadily. II don't know vol
Mr.. Clsespaugh will be back in
moment"
- \ know you all right" the dar
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Peoples Forum

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comes letters on subjects OF in
terest. Letters dealing with con-
t%roversial religious subjects, which
attack individuals unfairly, or
which offend good taste and fair
play will be returned to the
writers. All letters MUST be eigned.
II you wish to use a pseudonym,
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own name beneath It. W. will re-
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the right to delete such parts OF
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conform to this policy.
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Nothing. You just imagine It."
We'll, that was a rotten place to
celebrate a birthday" He squeezed
her arm. you're a big girl now.
Nineteen. Think Of it! World to
conquer"
She tried to smile. you're all
so good to me-"
who wouldn't be-" His tone
held a new warmth. He took her
arm going down the dimly lighted.
velvet carpeted stairs. Lame felt
giddy as she saw a man at the en-.
trance. Was it? No, thank God!
The face turned toward her was
one she'd never seen before. She
shivered.
Give, holding the white fur wrap
that had been his mothers birthday
present to her, asked, "Cold?"
She snuggled in the luxurious
folds. mo, bpt a rabbit walked
over my grave"
II shouldn't have brought You
to this place. You didn't like it,
did you?"
LANE tried to infuse some
warmth into her faint voice. "It
was interesting. Such strange
music"
She tried desperately to forget
that dark mar in the shadows. She
almost managed to believe, once she
reached the luxurious shelter of the
big car. that she had dreamed the
horrid interlude.
"Music's all right" Give re.
turned dryly. but what a gang!."
The girl did not answer.
WHEN she was in her own room
W Lane sat, hands locked, star.
ing out over the shadows Of tho
trees. She had put out her night
light and, wrapped in her satin
and eiderdown dressing gown, had
curled up in the big chair to think.
What on earth should she do?
To have that silly old story dragged
through the newspapers would
surely kill her mother. Cass was
so proud Of her. And she herself
had been. in that adventure. SO
/ innocent, so ignorant. Worlds
younger seemed that pleasure
starved young girl who six months
ago had gone unthinkingly to din.
uer with Molly Cronin and "a
couple Of the boys" How was she
to know the dinner would end in a
brawl and shooting?
Step by step she reviewed in her
mind the events Of that fearful
night. Cass's strained face -.
Molly's impudence -. Shane Nc
Dermid's kindly Irish smile.
Shane McDermid! Why hadn't
she thought Of him before? Out of
all the world here was one man
who might be able to tell her what
to do. Because Of course the ques-
ton Of getting the money for these
people was simply absurd.
Who were they and why had they
decided to prey on her? She had
heard of such things. She had
known they happened in a big.
wicked city. But that this should
happen to her! Lame shuddcrcd
and began to tremble all over with
fear and cold.
She thought, I'D better crawl
into bed before I catch pneumonia"
And. thinking Of Shane McDer-
mid, she finally did fall asleep.
ITO 10 Continued)
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

BEGlN HERE
CASs BARRETT. poor and
struggling stock company actress,
gladly seizes the Oppor tunity to
play summer stock ut Willow
Stranm. a small Long Island coll
nny. Here her daughter. LANE
meets VAN ROBARD, handsome
and rich. Cnss shows alarm mt
hearing his name and bcss h
girl to hnve nothing to do with
hiri. She promises although feel
Ing a great attraction for the
man.
One night Van takes her with
him searching. for MURIEL LADD,
de5utante who IL belle we'd ia have
eEopcd with CHUCK DESMOND. a
reporter. The couple turn up
later, and ELSIE MINTER. the
company ingenue, informs Lame
there is gossip about Van and
Mrs. Ladd. The girl Is heart
broken at the news.
LANE Is left with the rich MRS.
CLEESPAUGH while her mother
goes ON tour. Cnss becomes i'll in
Philadelphia and Lame goes to
her. While in delirium, the wo-
man babbles af n mystery con-
corning h girls birth. Lame
learns Robard and Muriel Ladd
IRE engaged. Cnsx returns to the
CieespauSh house 10 convalesce.
When Give CLEESPAUGH asks
Lianc to marry him-a marriage
of CONFERENCE.-The accents
MRS. AMEERTON and her sis.
ter. TRESSA LORD. VISIT b
Cleespaughs. TrcsSa Is rude to
Lame, determined to break Off the
affair between Give md Lame.
Van Robard makes love to the
young girl. Give tells his mother
OF he engagement and she Is
pleased. Tressa visits nm unsavory'
newspaper Office and starts the
wheels rolling in q plot to ruin
Lame.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
THUMP-THUMP! Bong! The grea
drum beat out a jungle dirg'
and the saxophone walled {,
heaven. Occasionally the man will
the brasses abandoned his multiple
instruments of torture and rose t,
add his nasal voice to the clamor
The beat went on and on end
lessly. LANE, dancing with Give
felt herself grow Imply weary
Tireless, the musicians labored or
adding bells ana cymbal to tn
cacophony.
Now the man with the brasse
was wailing mournfully. His woe
seemed to be the woes Of the worlt
No one in the Alexis Club paid hir
any heed. The girls shuttle
around in the arms Of their escorts
their young faces curiously masl
like in the shifting lights. The
danced without effort, almost witt
cut spirit. The music led them
melancholy pace.
Lame thought, This might 8
. on forever" Quite suddenly ST
wanted to scream. No wonder Mr.
Cleespaugh had objected to the e
petition. The girl knew in h,
heart that she was being fancif,
but all at once there seemed som
thing curiously depraved in the q
mosphere OF this place. She sense
the grimneSS back of tho walter
almost cringing obsequiousness. Il
threat back Of the dinner.coat'
captains oily welcome.
I'm slightly touched In Il
head" she said lightly to Give
they threaded their way past
Vulnerable tables at the dances 1
terminabls end. "Doss it seem .
you that there is something vague
menacing about this place?"
Curious you should ray tina
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T ANNUAL PICNIC

ANNUAL PICNIC
Sentinel Butte, N. D., July 22.-Sey-
eral hundred attended the second an
nual Golden Valley county Old Set
tiers picnic on the Felix Murphy farm.
near Sentinel Butte. Golva defeated
Sentinel Butte. II to 10, in a baseball
game, n of the features of the
sports program. Several speakers
were on the program of the day.
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CITY SPENT s2.AAz

Glen Ullin, N. D., July 22.-Glen
Ullin spent $2,442.25 to operate the
city during the six months ending
June 80, according to . report Of City
Treasurer John 9. Fischer. The city
had $9y66o.47 In cash on hand AZ the
beginning Of the new fiscal year.
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trend of thought by other editors.
They are published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree
with The Tribune's policies,
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0W AN.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service. 1nc.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02
RETURNS
DUE THIS MONTH
D. C. Residents Failing to Re-
port by July 81 Subject to
20 Per Cent Penalty.

1Airns Of personal property owned
by residents of the District are due
this month. If they are not filed in
the Office of the assessor by the last
day of this month, owners of property
above the exempted amounts will be
subjected to a penalty of 20 per cent Of
the amount of the tax.
Residents should declare their owner
ship of all roperty-tangible or intan-
gible. Tangible property includes such
items as furniture, boats, Silverware,
jewelry, radios, musical instruments
and the like. 1t does not include auto
mobiles. as the tax on autos is paid
when the license plate Is bought. In
tangible property includes money,
whether kept at home or in a bank or
invested in securities, such as mort
cages, notes, stocks, bonds or credits
Returns must also be filed by non
residents who own personal property in
the District which Is not taxed In the
State Of residence.
The returns must state the amount
Of business today. The tax rate on
personal property Is $1.70 per 500 on
tangible and so cents per 500 on In
tangible. Certain household furnish
ings, savings accounts up TO $500 and
certain other items are exempt from
taxation. More detailed statements
may be had by application either in
writing or in person to the ONCE OF
the assessor, first floor Of the District
Building.
This is, in all probability, the last
time that such returns will be asked
for, as it is expected that Congress next
session will substitute other tax meas
ures, such as an income tax, an inheri-
lance tax and an increase in the gaso-
line tax, for the present personal prop
erty tax. Last year $4,000 returns were
filed on property valued ut $6,425,-
989.78.
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did he become as q collector that when
a person owed money and did not pay
the creditor of that day said "he would
have him 'Dllnned'"
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CAPITAL WILL HAVE
new AIRMAIL LINE
Link With Atlantic City One Of
Sixteen New Ones Announced
by Postmaster General.

A new airmail line from the National
Capital to Atlantic city. connecting
there with . new line from Atlantic
City to New York. was among IS ex-
tensions Of the couptry's airman net
work announced yesterday BY Post
master General Walter +. Brown.
The link between this city and the
New Jersey coastal resort city Is TO GO
into operation aS soon as the necessary
preliminary work has been completed
1t was announced. There was no in
dication how long this work would re-
Quire, but it was indicated that the
line probably would be put In operation
during the Summer.
The first Of the extensions, between
New York and Atlantic City, Is to be-
gin operation July 10. Service on the
others will begin later. The new routes
are from st. Louis to Memphis; Chey-
enne to Denver; Fort Worth to ANA
rillo; Boston to Bangor; FL PaSo to Al
buQuerQue; Omaha via Sioux City and
Sioux Falls 10 Watertown, 6. OAK; New
York to Kansas City; Pueblo, Colo, to
Albuquerque; Pueblo to Amarillo; AL
bany to Boston via Springfield, Mass !;
Albany to New York; Albany to Cleve-
land; Philadelphia to Atlantic City and
Cleveland to Nashville. All except the
last will be inaugurated on q round-trip
daily basis.
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Small Boy Saved
On Tracks, Given
Train Ride Home
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILMETTE, ILL.,, July 1.-TWO
year-old Billy Starkel was pick
ing berries on the Chicago q
Northwestern tracks near here
when a passenger train came
laundering down the rails.
Engineer John Wiltsey OF Chi
cago threw on the emergency
brake and brought his train to .
stop 10 feet from the child.
He was afraid to leave the boy
and backed the train back to
Wilmette, where he turned his
burden over to the station agent.
A short while later the child was
claimed by his mother.