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THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1919
SAVING AND COMFORT.
Higher rates of wages paid during
the war have opened to workers the
choice of various now standards of
action—they cannot be called stand
ards of “living.”
The near-sighted have used their
usual wages to indulge in all sorts of
extravagance which give little real
satisfaction and contributed nothing
to permanent family stability. Where
they are not harming themselves,
they are cultivating tastes which they
cannot hope permanently to gratify.
Others, the far-sighted ■ ones, have
used their increase in wages to im
prove their comfort up to the full ef
ficiency point for themselves and their
families, and are thinking carefully
before they spend their surplus. Many
are investing wisely in homes or
working other well-considered iavest
ment purchases.
The wisest of all are putting a large
stare of their earnings into war sav
ing stamps or savings banks to pro
vide for necessities that may arise,
ard particularly to establish a “turn
around” fund that will enable them to
meet comfortably any changes in busi
ness or employment that may result
from post-armistice conditions.
These far-sighted people have taken
the war, and its unusual opportunities
for earning, very seriously; just as
they did not expect the war to last
always, they have not banked on war
conditions in employment e iduring
indefinitely. They are ready for the
future. If wages keep up, they are
still so much ahead of the game.
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CONCERNING THE MINE PROS
. PECT.
A great deal has been said regard
ing the prospector, his failures and
his triumphs; and he has always
formed a romantic character of the
history of the mining industry. The
article ‘‘Examining and Developing
the Mine Prospect,” which appeared
in the Engineering and Mining Journ
al, throws an interesting sidelight on
the practical consideration to which
all mine prospects must be subjected,
and the paper should be of timely in
» terest, in view of the fact that in
'creasing demands for precious metals
will require extended operations by
mining companies now in the field
and those which will eater that branch
of industry.
We believe the opportunity for le
-gitimate enterprise is as great today
4),s it ever was, but investors in mine
'properties are no longer willing to buy
'“a pig in a poke,” and the prospector
•who would dispose of his holdings
must have conclusive evidence that
he is offering a proved proposition to
his client. The element of chance In
the purchasing of prospects is still
present, but it can be reduced to a
great extent by means of careful and
analytical study. Painstaking con
sideration of all factors which may
have a possible bearing on. the de
termination is urged by Mr. Curran,
and the fact is emphasized that an In
different report made by an engineer
is to be avoided as much as one which
attempts to Overestimate condition*
by means of an elaborate camouflage
of geological terms frequently be
wildering and misleading to the lay
man.
The mining engineer backed by ex
perience and with the proper knowl
edge should be able to otter *n opin
ion as to what work should be done
to determine the further possibilities
of the prospect, and the performance
of euch work should properly fall
under the direction of the engineer.
Many investors are prone to overtook
the difference between the prospect
and the producing mine. ¥he man
agement of the tetter otters oppor
tunity for a definite organization,
the personnel of which may embrace
considerable variation, depending on
the magnitude of the operation. A
business man with little or no tech
nical training may, by reason of his
executive ability, make an excellent
producing mine manager, but devel
opment of the mine prospect requires
a versatility usually found only in the
engineer.
The article on the prospector is
worthy the attention of the engineer
and the prospective investor alike.
The comprehensive point of view
taken by Mr. Curran should accomp
lish much in removing the misunder
standing that exists in certain quar
ters regarding the foretelling of pros
pects. Their reputable promotion is
not a matter of magic or legerdemain,
but the result of a careful analytical
study of all local factors and condi
tions.
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NORTH DAKOTA
LAWS IN AID OF
HOMEBUILDER
BISMARCK, N. D., March 13 (by
Associated Press).—The laws permit
ting the state of North Dakota to go
into business under the industrial pro
gram of the National Non-partisan
League went into effect when Gov.
Frazier recently signed the bills.
Banking, home-building and flour
milling are among the projects cov
ered in the ten constitutional amend
ments adopted at the last general elec
tion.
The parent bill creates a state in
dustrial commission, composed of the
governor, commissioner of agriculture
and the attorney general, who are
given blanket authority in establishing
necessary state departments. The
commission is giveh authority for the
operation of a system of banking un
der the name of the Bank of North
Dakota.
The banking measure provides for
the issuance of $2,000,000 in bonds to
furnish capital. The Bystem will start
‘.‘whenever the sum of $2,000,000 is
sued by the state as provided by law”
has been delivered to the commission.
The bank will become the depository
of all public funds of the state, coun
ties, cities and school districts. Gen
eral banking business is authorized,
and in addition the Central State Bank
will become the depository of the re
serve funds of several hundred pri
vate banks chartered by the state.
These reserves are now held in St.
Paul, Minn., and Chicago banks. The
state bank will have charge of the
issuance of state bonds to finance in
dustrial enterprises and vVill act as
a rural credit bank for the promotion
of agriculture.
The industrial commission bill and
the banking act have passed both
houses by two-thirds majorities, which
permits the inclusion of an emergency
clause putting them into immediate
effect. The other bills are expected
to pass soon with the emergency
clauses.
The other league program bills pro
vide for the erection of terminal ete
vators and flouor mills, and extend
state credit to ail citizens desiring to
erect homes.
Other phases of the program which
eliminated taxation on certain Im
provements, provided state hail in
surance on crops, state industrial in
surance for workingmen, and made
other changes proposed by the State
Federation of Labor.
The milling measure authorizes the
establishment of a system of ware
houses, elevatorB, flour mills and fac
tories with which the state will en
gage in manufacture and in the mar
keting of farm products. The mitling
association will be capitalized at
$5,000,000, part of the money to be
obtained through certain funds in the
state treasury and part through the
sale of state bonds.
The Home Building Association of
North Dakota, authorized under the
home-building measure, will purchase
or build homes or farms for citizens
on receipt of a 20 per cent payment.
The remainder may be paid on an
amortization plan in from ten to
(jwenty years. A house costing $5,000
can be purchased in twenty years on
monthly payments of $26, according
to league members. They say the act
will bring rapid settlement of the
state's Idle lands.
State-owned coal mines and pack
ing plants, also a part of the league
program, were not expected to be au
thorized at the present session.
One bill expected to be acted-upon
Imposes a one-half mill tax to create
a fund for returned soldiers, who
would be entitled to $26 for each
month In service- The money would
be placed In the hotho-huUdln* asso
ciation fund or be deposited tor the
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German Nation Before the War Had
Fallen Into Religious Indifference
By F. L. LACHMUND
At an international congress for progressive religion and a free
Christianity held in Berlin in 1910, the most significant thing was a pile
of copies of a mimeographed circular placed in the registration office,
■ evidently in the hope that especially German members of the congress
might chance to find them. The circular was a direct appeal to Germans,
and began by reminding them that their advance in science had made
their faith in older religious creeds impossible; that the educated Ger
man had settled back into religious indifference, and that, at best, he
gave up the pretense of having a religion at all and contented himself
by maintaining a respectful silence on the whole matter.
The circular then pointed out the impossibility of continuing to live
this partial life by the suppression of its nobler aspect and urged that
Germans at the congress take steps to organize a church or society teach
ing a religion in harmony with science that they might again live a uni
fied life.
The old religions, used in monarchical countries chiefly as instru
ments to keep monarchs on their thrones, have failed tragically. “King
by the grace of God” has been the germ of spiritual, moral and, conse
quently, also of political decay. In speaking of the moral bankruptcy of
the Germans we must not'forget that this means also the bankruptcy of
their religion. The one implies the other.
In the urgent appeal to the people of the United States for food pro
duction and food conservation it was said that, besides feeding the allies
now we should after the war have to help feed Germany also. This task
will be easy as compared with the problem of helping Germans to find
themselves morally and spiritually. In reality it is a task which they
alone can solve.
Be Careful in Judging the Foreign-Bom
Who Wears an Enemy Name
By E. E. HARR1MAN of the V«0uIm
The soul of the nation is hot with resentment over the vile and un
heard-of devilishness shown by the Hun. Let us not be unjust to the for
eign-born who wears an enemy name. He may be as truly loyal to this
country as you or I. Prove it. If he is aiding the Hun in any way, hang
or intern him. If he is trying to be true to new-world ideas and govern
ment , encourage him.
To prove that there are men from enemy lands in our country today
who are right Americans in thought and act, let me tell two incidents.
Recently my son wrote me from Mare Island navy yard where he is
helping build destroyers:
“These men (the shipyard workers of the bay district) are patriotic,,
hard working men, regardless of race and color. One gang consisted of a
German handling the gun, a negro holder-on, an Italian heater and an
American catching and passing the rivets. The German bragged to me
that his gang ‘kriegt hundert fufzig mark in neun studen,’ glad to speak
his native language to one whti understood it, but more than glad to help
nail up the coffin of the kaiser’s hopes.”
In the little town where I was born, in northern Ohio, an Austrian,
who works in a foundry, came to the Red Cross headquarters. He had
been asked to donate $2. He took out four $10 gold pieces and laid one on:
each end of the cross.
“That is my share for this drive,” he said.
Be careful, Americans, lest you do injustice to one who would be a
loyal citizen if encouraged. Be sharply, aggressively decided in handling:
the pro-Geiman, but be careful lest you hit the wrong man. When you are;
•ore, then hit hard and often.
WOMEN VOTERS
SOON TO MEET
IN ST. LOUIS
NEW YORK, March 13.—More than
12,000,000 women in the United States
over 21 years of age are eligible to
vote for the next President in twenty
three states where women may vote,
according to: an estimate by Mrs. Car
rie Chapman Catt, president of the
National Woman Suffrage Association
and president of the International
Suffrage Alliance.
This estimate was given In a cttll
to the women voters of the United
States to join forces with the Nation
al American Woman Suffrage Associa
tion at its golden jubilee convention
to be held in St. Lonis March 24-29.
Fifty delegates from each voting state
are invited to join the delegations at
St. Louis from the 2,000,000 members
of the National American Woman Suf
frage Association. '
“The National American Woman
Suffrage Association has Invited
women voters to a national convention
in order that they may organize na
tionally and unite their forces with
those of other lands,” saft Mrs. Catt.
“There 1b an1 obviously important
national program for women voters.
The great diversity of laws which
concern women and children in our
several states is a continual menace
to the safety and welfare of the un
fortunate and uninformed. -
“The laws of the states could be
unified and Improvements added even
in the states more liberal In their
laws, It women voters would agree
upon a proper constructive program,
tt Is a fsct.so obvious that It aeadg no
demonstration that if one section of
the country is much behind the timeB
in education and legal protection to
women and children, its civilization is
bound to prove a deterrent influence
over the wholo nation. Therefore, if
becomes the duty of all forward-look
ing people to seo that the laws of the
whole nation ate unified and that the
standard by which to measure the
proper program for each state is the
code of laws of the most advanced
states.
“Women voters should contribute
more to their nation and to the world
than they do when acting from a local
ized standpoint. ‘Those who live in
tile valley do not know what Is to be
seen from the mountain top.’ The op
portunity to climb the mountain and
to view all humanity in its struggle
upward toward permanent democratic
institutions and consequent perma
nent peace is here. The opportunity
to extend a helping hand to those who
are likely to find the path rough and
thorny is here. The woman voter with
the vision of coming freedom for the
race in her soul will not hesitate to
offer her service,” continued Mrs.
Catt.
The biggest bureau or suffrag^ prop
aganda in the world has been organ
iied by Mrs. Catt with funds she was
bequeathed by Mra. Frank Leslie,
widow of a widely known editor and
publisher. When Mrs. Leslie died a,
few years ago she left the bulk of
her fortune to Mrs. Catt to be used
for the advancement of the suffrage
cause. The actual figures are In the
neighborhood of $760,000.
Mrs. Catt, who has an abiding faith
that the only reason anybody opposes
woman suffrage la because of lack of
knowledge of Its fundamental signifi
cance, decided that the most effective
way to advance the suffrage cause
was through the further education of
the entire public on the subject of
suffrage.
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