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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE
Altered at tbe Postofflce, Bismarck, N, D., as Second
Class Matter.
Editor
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THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER.
(Established 1S73)
PEACEMAKERS
Making war was a task for titans. Making
peace is no job for pigmies. America peace­
makers must needs be big men.
That is, large-minded, broad-visioned men.
This peace must be a lasting peace.
There must be no roots of bitterness left un
pulled to fester future strifes.
No more wars.
That's the dictum of blood-smeared civilization,
The peace conference must of necessity deal
with dynamic problems.
Territorial readjustnv .its. Self-government as­
pirations of peoples.
Reparation for wanton destructions.
Freedom of the seas.
Really, these are the minor questions that the
peace conference must consider and settle.
Minor because there are other, larger issues.
Reduction of armaments.
Freedom of trade.
League of nations to maintain peace.
These three are major matters.
On their righteous determination depends the
future of humanity, the well-being of the com­
mon man.
Give us as America's voices men who can visu­
alize the good of future generations.
Men who can see beyond the immediate today,
who can catch the blu«h of tomorrow's dawn.
'SERVICE*"
Woman's transcendental calling is Motherhood
niftn's supreme function is Service. Upon his abil­
ity to Serve, rests man's capability to provide, to
meet life's material responsibilities and obliga­
tions.
EXTENT of Service, though indisputably the
measure of his VALUE to community, country
and society, unfortunately is not yet the gauge
to man's emoluments and recognition.
The spectacular, while mayhap of transient
worth, by its nature assumes an importance and
prominence that o'ershadows the less showy but
more intrinsic Service.
So, war's heroes of thl^i^ and battlefield go
down the ages on the snbulders of mankind.
While the toiler, whose seamed visage and gnarled
hands mutely testify to stoical sacrifice and silent
heroism in earth's bowels and machine's vitals,
slips from obscurity into oblivion as the clods fall
on his humble coffin.
Who shall say that H. L. Witt, a miner, who has
loaded 25 tons of coal a day for 251 days, is not a
figure as grand as mighty ace or dare-devil rifle­
man?
Croix de Guerre, Victoria Cross, Distinguished
Service Medal, Medal of Honor—are any of these
too great for bestowal upon this sooty, grimy
shoveller of 6,328 tons of coal between January 1
and Oc?Sber 23
Only fuel has permitted our destroyers, trans­
ports, Red Cross, hospital, food and supply ships
to ply victory-ward along the U-infested ocean
lanes.
Fuel is as indispensable as bullets and extraor­
dinary effort to produce and release it is no less
praiseworthy than valor in the fray.
Justice to heroes of this man's calibre demands
that the War Industries Board should not merely
cast a bronze bit to be worn on the breast. Sub­
stantial tribute is the only adequate reward rest
for the body bended by arduous endeavor and
labor's burden. Make possible some of life's plea­
sure and relaxation to those who dedicated their
utmost to the nation's need.
Hohenzollern as a count is our idea of a count
of no account.
"I thank you,'
come, ol' top.
says King George.' You're wel-
iWe burn no flattering incense before the de­
servedly censured censorship. But we'll be highly
incensed if Boche Propaganda continues to reach
us uncensored.
One of the attractive features of the job of feed­
ing Germany is that is will drain American food
stocks and keep up our high prices. Our enemies
will eat and we will pay the bill.
German women tortured our-wounded, spat
upon our prisoners, gloated over starving British
captives. Now, with true Teutonic gall, they
shriek for mercy fecause, forsooth, THEY are
being starved! (Or claim jthey are.) If the Ger
women had had the elemental humanity and
Belgian women were being violated and deported,
we would feel more merciful today.
MORE THAN KING.
'Albert of Belgium will go down upon the pages
of ^history for all time, not as king, not as a wearer
of purple robes, but as a MAN, a SOLDIER, a
'LEADER!
It would have been easy for Albert to have
lived in luxury and peace during the past four
years. All he had to do to obtain that peace Was
to bow down before the vaunted might of German
arms, and open the gates of Belgium to the forces
of the Hun that they might the more easily invade
France.
But Albert of Belgium cared more for honor, for
humanity, for right and justice than he cared for
palaces, throne, banquet halls and German friend­
ship.
Albert of Belgium stamped himself a leader of
men and a patriot of the truest sort when he re­
fused the Hun demand.
He was not satisfied with a mere refusal. He
took the field himself with his Belgian soldiers.
He fought with them. He lived with them, fte
suffered privations, hunger, cold with them. He
became one of them. He put aside every other
consideration than the defense of his country's
honor. He fought by day and comforted the
wounded by night.
Albert of Belgium halted the Hun long enough
to give France and Great Britain opportunity to
prepare. The battles he fought on Belgian soil
four years ago had an all-important part in this
final winning of the war.
The stand Albert made in Belgium united all the
world of honest human beings in opposition
against the Hun.
Belgium will arise out of this war glorious and
triumphant. Belgium will forever and forever be
a nation, peer of any in all the world. Belgium
will never be forgotten. The highest niche in
eternity's hall of fame is Belgium's bought by
suffering never before endured by any peoples
won by fighting never excelled in all the wars of
the ages, and awarded by the world which loves
liberty and honor.
FEEDING THE FOE AND A CUNNING GERMAN
SCHEME
It requires a lot of courage to go into a life-and
death fight.
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It requires a spe^^ ortTer and quality of courage,
to adjust serious issues without a fight.
But it requires the highest possible courage to be
magnanimous.
Especially is this true when cxercise of magnani­
mity means painful, pincihng, long-drawn out sacri­
fice.
All of which is apropos of the so-called "appeal"
of Dr. Solf for food for the sarving German mil­
lions, which "appeal," by the way, was not ready
made in behalf of the starving HUNS but for the
purpose of "starting something" among the allies.
Five millions of professedly anti-war Germans
never peeped "Bool" when the war lord piped Avar
on his royal dudelsAfcta
No Germans objecfea when their submarines sank
tens of millions of tons of foodstuffs, more than
enough to feed all the German people their present
extremities.
When the military defeat loomed the German
people revolted.
They had waited more than four years for victory.
They got defeal.
The cup was bitter.
They spat it out.
They repented. Sinners sometimes turn that card
on deathbeds.
Look out for it, folks!
raises one,single word ofprotest whea o$ interference from the sheriff.
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-Now they want us to go on short rations Wfeed
them.
It's going to be hard work to be magnanimous
on half-feeds, or thereabouts^ isn't it 1 But we are
going to do our best in the matter of food for the
starving women and children, and. even the blood­
thirsty men of Germany. That was already settled
in the conference that made the armistice terms,
America, England, France and Italy all agreeing to
it. But Dr. Solf thought that by addressing Ameri­
ca on the subject he would peeve England and
France. And from now on this will be the chief aim
of the Germans—no matter if the rulers are auto­
crats or anarchists-f-TO STIR UP BAD FEELING
BETWEEN TILE ALLIES AND THE UNITED
STATES.
Yes, sir, let's have right away some of those
victories of peace that are no less renowned than
those of war.
Punishment of the German criminals may take
a lot of the dregs out of the well-known "strained
international relations.".
Hoover was right. To judge from the starva­
tion cries out of Bocheland, it was food that won
the war.
"German revolution took exactly seven hours."
The creation took six days. We doubt if the Huns
who devastated Belgium have, in so much shorter
a time, been made over into humans meriting
mercy.
"Whether or not official justice overtakes the
fallen kaiser, the prophecy is definitely in
government circles that he cannot long escape per­
sonal payment for his crime," says a Washington
correspondent. Which, if it means anything,
means tha$|wtyever organizes a lynching party
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BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE
PEFirCOPC?
TO LOOK
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Give him leadership.
L.
BY IRVING FISHER.
Professor of Political Economy, Ynle
Uniraslty.
The war has disclosed great indus­
trial discontent in our country, which
we can expect to see more openly mani­
fested after the coming of peace. The
exierienee of Canada, for instance,
has apparently shown that returned
soldiers are not good workers because
not satisfied with their old humdrum
existence after their exciting adven1
tures abroad. Ninety per cent uf.j&piri*
I have been told, are almost useless
industrially.
There is much in the labor problem
besides the mere questions of wages
and hours, the two things most stress­
ed by labor unions. There is a more
fundamental reform. Christ stated
a great industrial truth when he said
"Man shall not live by bread alone."
We lay too exclusive stress on the
bread and butter aspect of the work­
er's life and neglect the other factors
which must help to make on all-round
like. Health physical and mental, is
of primary importance in this "life
more abundant." The physical health
of workingment is now receiving the
attention of enlightened employers and
labor leaders, partly as a good invest­
ment. The mental health of porkers
should also be secure#. Rest and
recreation in the spar? hours help a
great deal in this, direction, for it is
true of the laboring man that "All
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FAMOUS POLITICAL ECONOMIST
SAYS MENTAL HEALTH OF LABOR
IS SUPREME A FTER-WAR ISSUE
PROF. FISHER ADVISES:
Give the worker physically
healthy surroundings.
Give hinif cultivation in lueii
tal health.
Give him opportunity for self
expression.
Give him outlets for his nor­
mal instincts.
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work andfiio play makes Jack a dull
boy." We are increasingly recogniz­
ing this fact and improving the effl
eijiecy of the workers by priuVRtthj? an
^opportunity for play.
",,i NOMAL INSTINCT'S
There is, however, a larger aspect
of the problem of mental health than
this of the proper spending of spare
hours. Mental health depends^ on the
satisfaction of certain fundamental in
sticks. A human being whose instincts
are balked becomes an enemy of so­
ciety. The I. W. W. are not innately
anti-social but have become so because
they had individual initiative and a
will of their own and refused to con­
form like their more docile brothers to
the Procrustean bed of modern in­
dustry. Not having the outlet which
they should have for their legitimate
instincts, their repressed energy breaks
out and makes them destructive. It
is a paralLe case to that of the small
boy of the city street who breaks win­
dows for excitement and should be
'treated accordingly, not \^aitliY£lffor
overt acts and a jail sent^W'TO1 by
providing in advance a wholesoiite''out­
let for these impulses. There are ma
jor instincts which apparently must be
satisfied to make a normal life.
First, there is the instinct of
self-presenvation. A living wage
is the first concern of a working
man, as of eveify living being.
Secondly, there is the instinct of
self-expression, or workmanship.
Until modern industry coutrives to
satisfy this instinct in the ordinary
workman, our labor problem will
not be solved.
Thirdly, there is the instinct of
self-respect. Unless the workman
is-made to .feel that "A man's a
man, for a' that," he will be our
enemy, will cherish a grievance,
and will become anti-social.
Fourthly,,there is the instinct of
self-sacrifice. The universality of
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tills instinct was strikingly illus­
trated in the war. Devotion to a
cause, sacrifice for this, cause,
heroism if you like, have been
shown by soldiers whose whole
training has been one of monoton­
ous industry. The-place for this
instinct lu industrial life has. al­
most been destroyed.
Fifthly, the instinct of loyalty
should be satisfied in industry as
it is in the trenches. The employ­
er often misses a great opportunity
to be his workingmen's leader in­
stead of their taskmaster.
Sixthly, the great instinct of
love or home making is a .vital one
for society, and the homeless .mi­
gratory I. W.W. shows
!tne
"result
of lives are. deprived of their basic
satisfaction In this direction as
well as others.
Of the six mentioned, only the in­
stinct of self-preseryatlon is fairly well
satisfied by
vthe
majority of workers.
It is not as fully satisfied as it should
be. But in emphasizing this fact we
are apt to thrum too exclusively on
this one string. Human nature is a
harp of. many strings. We must use
the rest of the octave as well.
The instinct gf workmanship is all
but lost. So gradual and subtle has
been,the change that we do not recog­
nize it until we- suddenly note the
startling contrast between the ordinary
workman of today and tbeWPrkman
of a generation or a centufjjpgpi The
monotonous nature of the]£ modem
work, and the fact that, the workman
does not see his product are the chief
characteristics of modern Industry
which cripple the effort that Instinct
could put into the work, and which
are responsible for the dissatisfaction
and unrest
In former days, the cobbler made a
pair of shoes and watched their pro­
gress, with interest, even after he had
sold them inquiring occasionally of tbe
wearer "How are they wearing to­
day?" The aVtist similarly has the
joy of self-expression and creation in
his picture.. There is no greater fal­
lacy than to put in contrast with these
the purely mercenary motive of the
workman. He has the same latent
power of enjoying self-evpression in
iis work. He is usually starving for
artistic expression as a handicrafts­
man, and consequently hates his task.
CURING''
DISCONTENT.
This psychological approach to the
labor problem has been taken by the
late Professor Carleton Parker' of the
University oif Washington, by Robert
B. Wolf, manager of a paper pulp fac­
tory, and by others. Wolf has tested
his ideas with excellent success, by a
practical application of th«m in his
workshops. The results of-his experi­
ment are significant. He introduced
into his mill a system of record charts
by which each individual workman
could seee what his contribution to the
product was. Just as in baseball we
are interested in the score, just as in
school students find grades am incen­
tive, so the workmen are stimulated
by having and making a record. Be­
fore Wolf came to the mill there had
been discontent. On his arrival as
manager there was a strike on, and
pickets surrounding the yards. In
strikes, as in the trenches, there is the
satisfaction of instincts. The mill
owner told him to get that energy that
was called out by the strike into the
making of wood pulp.
At first, antagonistic to the innova­
tion, the men soon saw the "new
game," and, iti striving to excel in it,
found a constructive outlet for the im­
pulses that had formerly gone vinto
picketing. They no longer have to
make trouble to have the feeling of
"something doing." Discontent gone.
It has sometimes been necessary to
change a man's work, but almost nev­
er to discharge a man for inefficiency.
Meanwhile the output has improved
100 per cent in'quantity and greatly
improved in quality as well.
I have sometimes illustrated the
fact that employers need other than
monetary inducements in this way:
Suppose President Wilson had said to
General Pershing before sendipg him
overseas, "Now, Pershing, I want this
job that you are going to do for mi
to be done well. Your pay therefore
jrill depend on' your victories. Ill pay
yon extra for every German killed, or
taken prisoner. Ill also pay you for
overtime."
Pershing might have replied: "Here
is my resignation, Ifr. President You
have insulted me. Of course, a man
rust«iive
but money is the last thing
am thinking of now. I want to fight
f«.in7 CPimtry, Ior you, for oar Ideitbs
TUESDAY, NOV. 19, 1918.
To Avoid and Relieve Influenza
BY DR. FRANKLIN DUANE.
Many people have been frightened
by what they have read or heard of in­
fluenza. The more you fear the dis­
ease, the surer you are to get it. Go
right about your'business and forget
it. As tbe disease is spread principally
by contact thru sneezing, coiighing or
spitting, many health authorities' have
advised that everyone wear a gauze,
rfhlcli is dally washed and saturated
with a one to five hundred solution of
zinc sulphate in water, and then dried
before wearing over the' nose and
mouth. You should avoid crowds,
common drinking cups and public tow­
els. Keep your strength up by taking
lots of exei'cise in the open air and
plenty of nourishing food.
If you have any of such symptoms
as chilliness, nasal obstructions, flush­
ed face, headache, feverishness, rest­
lessness, weakness, or irritating cough,
give up work at once and go to bed.
This will save your strength to help
overcome the disease. Put your feet
in hot water for fifteen minute?. Thor­
oughly loosen the bowels with some
such mild and non-irritating physic as
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Drink
principally of hot lemonade and then
cover up with plenty of clothes in bed
so as to 'get a good, sweat. When
sweating is free and the fever reduced
take a dose of two Anuric Tablets ev­
ery four hours, followed by drinking
at least a glass or two of hot water.
Anuric Tablets help quickly to relieve
the soreness of the muscles and bones
from which most patients complain
and help the kidneys flush out the
poisons.
To relieve nasal obstructions and
excessive discharge''from the nose,
probably nothing is better than such
a mild, soothing, antiseptic wash as
Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. It will
give great relief. Employed "as
gargle, in same strength as made for
use in the nose, and as hot as can be
borne, it quickly arrests soreness and
dryness in the throat.
Influenza weakens the patient's re­
sistance to disease, so that there is
danger of bronchitis and pneumonia
developing- To combat this tendency
and fortify the patient's strength in­
sist that he keep in bed at least two
days. Probably nothing will at this
stage hasten the recovery and
strengthen the patient more than an
iron-tonic tablet called "Irontic" or
that well known herbal tonic, Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
whicli has been used by thousands in
the past two generations.
for glory, and for the satisfaction of
expressing whatever is in irie of mili­
tary genius."
And the common soldiers under him
fought with the «auie motives. The
iarmy J|fords tlie siupreniest illustration
[of men motivated bv entirely different
instinct than simply self-preservation
pi' "making a .living." Instintts which
had been repressed or dormant -up to
this poiijt in their lives are now fouml
far more powerful in these workmen
soldiers than the instinct of making it
living.
When, as-ex-soldiers they come back
'to the workmen agalu they will un
consciou$ly miss something and un­
less. it is supplied them, there will be
trouble. As Robert Service expresses
it in his poem "The Revelation," for
once they have lived, and merely to
make a living,will no longer suffice.
To secure mental, health, and, there­
by, contentment and .ldyalty (thQge two
essentials for any real rind lasting ef­
ficiency), we must satisfy the higher
instil),(,-ts of the working man, recog-"
nizingv^ hlin ojjr brother man, or our
.rflgSh. aud. Wood, with the same
80Uj4f.$MUiger and: demanding the same
poul food to
..satisfy: it.
LOSS UNDER
FEDERAL RULE
Washington, Nov. 19.—Prospective
losses to the government from the op­
eration of the railways has been re­
duced to about 1200,000.000 for the
nine-months period'ending October 1
from approximately $500,000,1)00, the
threatened loss several months ago.
This* was indicated today by the inter-'
state commerce commission report that
the net siim which the government will
receive from the nine months operation
exceeds $518,000,000.
Railway officials predict that by the
end of the year the government's ltffes
will be reduced to less than $100,000.
000, and that this "Will be recouped later
as the increased earning from the
'higher rates continue to pour in.
TO THE PRESIDIO.
Mary G. Robertson, graduate nurse
of St. Alexius hospital, left Tuesday
noon for the Presidio, San Francisco.
Miss Robertson is a Red Cross nurse
and has received her appointment as
a nurse in the nrmy nurse's corps lo­
cated at that point.
Important to all Women
Readers of this Paper
Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and
never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to
be nothing else but kidney trouble, or
the result of kidney or bladder dis­
ease.
If the kidneys arc not in a healthv
condition, they may cause the other
organs to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back,
headache ami loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, ir­
ritable and may be despondent it
makes any one so.
But hundreds of women claim tfiat
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restor­
ing health to the kidneys, proved to be
just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditioni.
A good kidney medicine, possessing
real healing and curative value, should
be a blessing to Ihoutands of nervous,
over-worked woman. \,
Mgny nmi4 for it sample bottle to
rowlva sample |ln bottle by
Parcel Post. Yon can purchase mMlum
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