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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-21

made 70 have the reduced basis ex-
tended 70 Williston, Dickinson, ana
other western North Dakota points.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-21

An inch of rainfall is equal to 100
tons Of water to an acre. Twelve
inches Of snowfall equals one inch
of rain.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-21
Fogeign Representatives
SMALL. SPENCER, BREWER
(Incorporated)
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON
Wooden Money

frequently the remark Is maze !.
"What will we use for money!"
Many communities have answered
that question. They have devised their
own currency when the legal medium
Of exchange has broken down and no
longer functions.
Necessity is often the mother Of
invention. Truth Of this old adage
is being exemplified in more than
twenty-nine states according to re-
cent reports. More than SOC, 900 per-
sons are buying goods and services
without the aid of even a thin dime.
Probably millions will have to re-
sort to some kind of emergency mon
ey which will facilitate trade. Bar
ter Is used extensively. At all times
q factor in our economic life, barter
takes even . more important place
now. Men barter their labor for food
and clothing. One item Of produce
is given in exchange for another.
In other words millions are resorting
to primitive methods to combat the
effects Of the depression.
Wooden money" used In several
communities is actually printed scrip
usually in denominations Of cents.
10 cents, up to SO. Groups who &C
cept this type Of money use 1t as q
medium of exchange. The voluntary
currency plan falls only when some
members of the group refuse to &C.
eept it. but economic pressure has
eliminated much of the resistance to
the plan. Even in some instances
banks are clearing 1t. Back Of the
script is not gold, but goods and units
OF labor. One writer explains the
operation in this manner:
l. Lending it to unemployed
group members Of good character
In return for their notes, pay
able in scrip.
2. Buying food with it from
group farmers for sale in the
exchange store. The farmer pays
his help with 1t, buys other goods
from the exchange store, say
shirts or furniture: has his hair
cut by the group barber.
3. Lending it to business men
or tradesmen and taking their
note for it, payable in scrip. They
use it for paying help. repairs.
services, supplies.
Some scrip is cancelled and in
the general scheme is the intent at
least of final cancellation through
actual redemption In money when the
depression lifts. It Is pointed out
that Professor Irving Fisher IS adj
vocating q plan for full cash redemp-
ton within . year by affixing q
special two-cent stamp. At the end
Of the year stamps affixed could be
sold to redeem the scrip. The stamps
have been paid for in real money
and are supposed to be the reserve
back of the scrip.
Unless the stamps are affixed to
the scrip It depreciates and the i'm
provised currency will not perform
its emergency function. OF course
recourse to this kind of money offers
no solution but merely mitigates Ger
tain phases of the depression within
q restricted area.
It all simply means the pooling Of
a community's resources to bring buy
er and seller together and create a
purchasing power which in some Sec
tions hardly exists at all.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-21

A jungle.born tiger or lion, il
caught young, Is easier to train than
one bred in captivity.
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the
trend Of thought by other editors.
They are published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree
with The Tribune's policies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-21
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
By William Brady, M. ID.

Dy w IIIIdlI OIdUy1 W. d.
health
treatment will be answered by Dr. Brady
enclosed Letters should brief written
TONS Address Brady newspaper.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-21
LOWERING THE PHYSICK
DEATH RATE

Many laymen VINO are uulnIOTIHeu
or misinformed concerning physiol-
ogy., hygiene and pathology, compla-
Gently assume that in any circum-
stances one makes no mistake in TAX
ing brisk cathartic even If no fur
Their self treatment is attempted.
In my opinion catharis rarely does
any good in any case of acute ILL
ness or indisposition. Let us not
quarrel about this now. Mine is an
expert opinion; yours is just no.
ton. l offer my opinion for the
benefit OF your health. Take it or
leave it. but do not ask me to give
serious consideration to your amateur
notion. That's the trouble with too
many lay wiseacres. In their SNUG
ignorance of physiology, hygiene
and pathology-they are inclined to
respect their own crude notions more
than they do the knowledge or teach
ings of physicians.
There is no question that popular
laxatives, purgativeS or catharticS,
such as castor oil, salts, calomel. aloes,
and various disguised connections or
notifications of these. do good deal
OF harm in many mild chronic ALL
ments. We haven't space to give de-
tails about the untoward effects Of
physick here. either. I'm telling you
what every experienced or well train
ed physician knows. You are not
compelled to believe it is SO.
In Philadelphia survey made by
a physician indicated that the city
has the lowest death rate from ap-
pendicitis OF any city in the United
States with a population in excess
OF 100000 (there are Is such cities.
Philadelphia rate is IA. in Indian
apolis 1873, in Los Angeles 1873, In
Rochester 1873, in New York l5.9, In
Chicago 1872, in Louisville 1873. in
Buffalo 1875, in Milwaukee POS, in
Newark 22.6, in Cincinnati PAL, in
Kansas City 26.4.
The moral to be drawn from the
figures is. not to hurry to Philadel-
phia if you think you're coming down
with appendicitis. The low mortal
lty rate in Philadelphia Is due to
two factors. First. the public edu-
eational campaign carried on there
to warn people about the danger of
taking these physicks when any acute
abdominal distress calls for relief.
Second, the education of the public
about the importance of prompt
treatment Of such an illness as APP
pendicitis and the danger Of delay
where surgery is necessary.
Even comparatively mild laxatives
such as milk Of magnesia, cascara
mineral oil, SIENNA concoctions, when
given to a patient suffering with
acute appendicitis. may cause per-
foration and general peritonitis. Enc.
mas are just as Objectionable as or
binary laxatives In such cases.
Absolute rest and external heat
are the best and safest home RENE
dies to use while awaiting the dag.
roSis.
The medical societies and the mum.
cipal health departments in these
cities with the higher death rates
from appendicitis, owe 1t to the pub.
Tic to do some educational work at.
ter the fashion that has proved Sc
effective in Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1933-12-17
PARTNERSHIP TAX
VARIATIONS URGED
Higher Rate for Morgan Bank
Type of Firm Sought by
House Members.
BY the Associated Press.


Higher income tax on private bank
ing partnerships such as j. P. Morgan
& Co. and lower rates on small busi-
nesses were proposed yesterday before
the House Ways and Means Committee
as a means of preventing huge tax
savings by big financiers
Meanwhile, Representative Hill, Demo-
crat, of Washington, chairman Of the
Ways and Means Subcommittee which
framed more rigid anti-tax dodging
proposal, predicted to newspaper men
that a majority of the full committee
would favor incorporating the subcom-
mittee's recommendations in the new
general revenue bill.
1t was Representative Knutson, Re-
publican, Of Minnesota, who suggested
higher income rates on big partnerships
like the House of Morgan than on
small grocery stores"
DR.. Roswell Magill, Treasury tax ex-
pert, who was on the stand at the time,
said 1t would be profitable to levy vary
ing rates on big and small partnerships
but did not recommend the change nor
suggest any differential.
Morgan Procedure Cited.
Asked by KnutSon if j. p Morgan
and his partners did not avoid paying
income taxes in recent years through
the provision in existing law permitting
pa.tners to charge off partnership losses
against individual ordinary income,
Magill said he believed it was combi-
nation of that provision and that cover
ing the security inventories.
He added he had not studied the
Morgan case as disclosed to the Senate
Banking Committee, but agreed IF the
Morgan firm had losses in a given year
they may charge them of against in
come of the individual partners and to
that extent it would give them an ad-
vantage Ger corporation"
The Ways and Means Subcommittee
has proposed abolishing the charging
off privilege, but the Treasury con-
tends the treatment of partnership in
come and deductions should be con-
sistent."
so long as the partner must report
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1933-12-17
KING QUITS DAIRY
DIVISION OF A.A.A.
J. H. Mason Made Successor
as Crop Limit Plan Is
Considered.

A new line of attack on the milk
problem was presaged last night by the
resignation of DR.. Clyde L. King, as
chief of the dairy section of the A. A. A
ana the appointment of j. H. Mason
general manager of the Des Moines Co.
operative Dairy Marketing Association
Dr. King was one of the principal
witnesses in the Senate Committee s
District milk inquiry, hearings in which
are to be resumed tomorrow.
The widespread failure of the effort
to increase the income of dairy farmers
by milk marketing agreements in the
principal milk sheds is more or less
openly admitted by A. A. A. officials
Concrete plans for the application of
the crop reduction principle to the milk
problem are expected to materialize
within two or three weeks. The pos
sibility that there will be a crash in
prices paid for milk to the farmers in
many sections is tacitly acknowledged.
Favors National Inquiry.
Meanwhile Senator McCarran Of
Nevada, vice chairman of the District
Milk Investigating Committee. told The
Star last night he favored a national
milk inquiry to be conducted by Elwood
H. Seal special counsel to the present
committee.
The Nevada Democrat declined to an
ticipate the recommendations to be
made by the Investigating Committee
in advance of conclusion of hearings
tomorrow, but indicated that if the
report did not urge national inquiry
into dairy trust" practices, he would
press for it himself.
Mr.. Seal has done a splendid job
in this local investigation. and from
the evidence presented believe there
should be a national inquiry" McCar-
ran said. If he can be persuaded to
take over the job, he should have it.
There is no one better fitted"
interested in Situation.
McCarran has maintained a steady
interest in the current investigation,
and throughout the hearings has in
terposed questions of his own in an
effort to obtain additional facts about
the monoplistic control Of the dairy
business here. He probably would be
given Craftsmanship of the National
Milk Investigating Committee, If the
Senate authorizes such an inquiry.
Seal has stated he would accept the
post of investigator
Chairman King of the Senate Milk
Investigating Committee declined to
Continued on Page 4. Column So
Evening star., 1933-12-17
AUTO CRASH INJURIES
FIVE NEAR CAPITAL
Tillie Mandell, %, Suffers Frac-
tured Skull-Condition Is
Critical.

Five persons were injured, one of
them critically, early today when
their automobile crashed into tree
on River road, near Bladensbuerg, Md.
Those hurt were:
Miss Tillie Mandell. %, of Lincoln
road and r street northeast, fractured
skull: Walter Nash, 600 block of B
street southeast. driver of the car;
Gene Wilson, 400 block of Massachu-
sets avenue; Julia C. Nash, also OF
the C street address, and Sophie Man
dell. also of the Lincoln road address.
The injured were taken to Casualty
Hospital, where all but Miss Mandell
were said to be in undetermined con-
dition. Policeman Jack Turner of Hy-
attsville. Md. investigated the smash
lID.
Evening star., 1933-12-17
BARS PRIVATE SUITS
ON N. R. A. VIOLATION
U. S. Circuit Judge Declares Only
District Attorneys Can Start
Prosecution.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PEORIA. H.. December 16.-United
States Circuit Judge Louis Fitz Henry
ruled today that the Progressive
Miners Union could not bring its
troubles with the Illinois coal operators
into Federal court under the national
recovery act.
Prosecution for violation of the N. r.
A. or its industrial codes could be
started only by the United States dis
trict attorney and not by private par
ties, the court held.
The Progressive Miners of America,
fighting a long fight with its rival un-
ion, the United Mine Workers. had
sought to have the court restrain 18
coal mining companies from further
operations, charging violation of the
labor clauses of the N r. A.
Judge Fftz Henry refused to issue
the Injunction.
Evening star., 1933-12-17
PRODUCTION PADDING HOLDS UP
WHEAT CHECKS IN SEVERAL AREAS

These figures are checked against
Government figures by State review,
boards and the county Allotment Com
mittees, Davis said, in order that the
acreage and production on which ben
eft payments will be made shall not
exceed the total wheat acreage Of the
county concerned.
It has been found, he added, that
some county figures exceeded the total
production in previous years.
Davis expressed belief that this pad
ding" of production figures was not
done with intent to defraud the Gov
ernment. He pointed out that many
farmers do not have accurate records
on production during the base period
and naturally would tend to over.
estimate,
Evening star., 1933-12-17
Au Japan Proys Fifth Child
Of Royal Pair Will Be q Son
''Honorably Auspicious Erent" Between
Christmas and Ne,U Year Rated Greatest
Concern Before Modern Civilization.

celebration of the birth and the safety
of the empress has been tinged with
disappointment, for each time the baby
has been a girl, and a girl cannot
succeed to the throne.
The empire thus is still without a
crown prince, ard there is uneasiness,
which has deepened with the birth of
each little imperial princess, lest direct
success to the august high seat be-
come impossible. In that event the
emperor would be succeeded by the
oldest of his three brothers, Prince
Chichibu, now designated heir presump-
tive.
In the eyes of orthodox and patriotic
japanese, viewing this event against the
background of 1900 years of japanese
legend and history, the birth of this
infant, If it be a boy, is of far greater
importance than any of the crises that
vex the modern world, than the fates
of cabinets, of budgets Of monetary and
commercial policies.
For such a manchild would become
the 125th Mikado, something more than
mortal in the eyes of nearly 100000 600
(Continued on Page S, Column So
Evening star., 1933-12-17
THREE CONVICTS MAIN SELVES
TO ESCAPE LABOR HARDSHIPS

about four or five prisoners chopping
off their feet to get out of work." Capt.
Ike Kelley, farm manager, said.
Underwood claimed that his fingers
were severed accidentally by fellow
prisoner, while they were grubbing
stumps in the lower Brazos River bot
tom lands, near the Gulf, where farm
is located.
Denying Underwood's charges OF
brutal treatment of farm prisoners, w.
w. Waid, warden of the State peniten-
tiary, said:
ITS just laziness on the part of con-
victs that causes them to do these
things. There's no brutality of prison
farm managers or guard involved"
Waid recalled that Clyde Barrow, no.
torious desperado, now being sought
throughout the Southwest, cut of two
toes of his left foot while on the East
ham farm two or three years ago. Bar
row hoped to be transferred to the
penitentiary, Waid said.
Evening star., 1933-12-17
by the Associated Press.


HOUSTON, Tex, December 16.-
three convicts said by prison authori-
ties to have manned themselves to es-
cape hard labor were being treated at
the retrieve State prison farm, South
west of here today.
Julius Koch, IS, of Houston, admitted,
prison farm officials said, that he
chopped off three fingers on his left
hand. in the belief that his action
would result in his transfer to the State
penitentiary at Huntsville, where work
is lighter.
Melvin Underwood, 20, of Wellington,
was suffering from the loss of four fin
GERS on his left hand. The left arm
of Harry Bertoline, 35, of Fort Worth,
was severed Just above the wrist
Oficials reported it was the second
time in little more than a year that
prisoners had wounded themselves In
the hope of being transferred to the
Huntsville penitentiary.
Last Fall we had an epidemic OF
Evening star., 1933-12-17
Douglas Backed by Buchan-
an, but Fight Impends as
Rainey, ByrnS and Smell
Want Basic Wage Back.
PLAN HAD BEEN TO END
1870 CUT IN 1885 BILLS
Hope Still Seen President May Or
der Increase Based on Cost-of-
Living Statistics-Figures Sent
Back to Departments to Compile
New Totals.

A 5 per cent restoration of Gov
ernment salaries in the fiscal year
1885, instead of the full IS per
cent taken away by the economy
act, is provided in revised esti-
mates for next year orderd by
the Bureau of the Budget, it be-
came known last night.
Speaker Rainey, House Leader
ByrnS, Minority Leader Smell and
an apparent majority of the
House Appropriations Committee,
however, have stated their con-
viction that the basic pay rates
should be restored in the appro-
priation bills, which now are un-
der study. 1t is possible that
the plan to put back only 5 per
cent may be defeated in COM
mittee.
The budget, as tentatively COM
piled and submitted in confidence
to the Appropriations Committee
provided for full pay in the fiscal
year beginning next July l, but it
developed last night that the
Budget Bureau had told heads of
departments and other establish
mentS to rewrite their estimates
on the basis of restoring only 5
per cent.
Buchanan Favors Per Cent.
These new figures were the ones
used in the hearings on the Treasury
Post Oflce bill in the past few days,
and the same scale will be written into
the other money measures. The inde-
pendent Offices bill carried funds for
the full Is per cent restoration, but
here also revision has been ordered.
Chairman Buchanan of the Ap-
propriations Committee has advocated
the restoration of only 5 per cent
instead of Is per cent-and has con-
ferred with Budget Director Douglas
regarding the call on all administrative
agencies to revise their salary schedule.
Subcommittee chairmen have been ad-
vised by Buchanan to conform. How
ever, Speaker Rainey and House Leader
ByrnS favor writing into the bills the
full basic salaries, leaving with the
President discretion to impose salary
slash if the condition Of the Treasury
makes this necessary, or in the event
that the cost of living survey does not
show that prices which the employees
must pay have advanced.
Definite knowledge that the Budget
Bureau was proposing to restore only
S per cent in the next fiscal year did
not come as a complete surprise, for
there have been rumors current for sew
eral days that such action was contem-
plated. Further inkling of what was in
store came from an authoritative quar-
ter when it was said that Government
workers could look for some restoration
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column -
Evening star., 1933-12-17
COPELAND OFFERS
ANTECR|ME PLANS
Proposal for Tightening Up
Alibi Defense Described
to President.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A congressional program for COM
batting crime, embracing three score
measures and including a tightening
up on the use of alibi defense, was out
lined to President Roosevelt yesterday
by the chairman of the committee
studying crime, Senator Copeland,
Democrat of New York.
Copeland talked for more than an
hour with the Chief Executive The
Senator's conversation with Mr.. Roose-
welt, Copeland said, followed similar
talk with Attorney General Cummings
Friday, in which I'VE agreed on great
many measures"
The President, described by Cope
land as deeply interested in the prog
ress of the congressional committee
study, was told by the Senator that
the country is aroused, and there is a
general demand for tightening up on
the criminal"
Tendencies Are Condemned.
Mr.. Roosevelt, in a recent Nation
wide address, condemned criminal ten
dencies evidenced in mob violence. The
President is expected to include ref
erence to the national crime problem
in his annual communication to Con-
gress next month. Copeland said one
of the purposes of his report to the
President was to give Mr.. Roosevelt
material for inclusion IN his message
to Congress.
Crime legislation contemplated at
this time, Copeland told news men,
includes:
A provision that an alibi in Fed
eral trial can be used only after the
defense has informed the prosecution
of the intention to use it, leaving
sufficient time for the Government to
check the alibi.
Modified Fingerprint Forum.
A modified form of a national finger
print system, with gun permits and to
some extent automobile licensing used
in getting the prints.
Firearms control, directed not at the
sportsman or householder but at the
illegal use of concealed weapons.
A bulwarking of the 'Lindbergh law"
which allows the Government to step
into a kidnap investigation when it has
been proved the victim has been taken
across a State line. This change, Cope
land said, would allow a presumption
on the part of the Federal Government
that the victim had been transported
across a State line after the person was
missing for three days.
Modification of the unanimous jury
requirement for conviction.