Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 29, 1908, Page 2

| 'THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. PUDLISHED NVERY AFTHRNOON, By CLYDE J..PRYOR. TEntered in the postofice at Bemid)1. Minn., a8 second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION---$5.00 PER ANNUM —_— Candidates for office who desire to reach the voters with their announce- ments should not overlook the fact that the Pioneer reaches more homes and more voters than any other paper published in Beltrami county. The Daily Pioneer has a larger cir- culation than any other ° paper printed in the county, and the Weekly Pioneer has more readers than any two other papers pub- lished in Beltrami county com- bined. “A word to the wise is sufficient”—and this statement is a fact which every newspaper man in the county knows and appreciates. The clean fight being waged by B. F. Wright of Park Rapids for the republican nomination for judge of this district is winning him many friends, and even should he be defeated, he will have established an enviable record as a clean cam- paigner. A horsewhip and a strenuous tongue will hardly be much as factors in electing an aspirant for the judgeship. Mr. Thwing should get another manager for Beltrami county—one, at least, who has some conception of political etiquette. Verily, the political pot simmers and threatens to boil over in Beltrami county. Aspirants for county offices are coming out in the open and filling for nominations, and the fight may be said to be fairly on. OBSERVATIONS. [By A. G. Rutledge.] The Prince of Wales arrived in Canada in a fog. Must have seemed a good deal like home. A little druggist fought a herculean burglar to a standstill. A real case of "somethinz just as good,” Castro has expelled the Fnvoy of the Netherlands. Evidently Cas is not afraid of the Flying Dutchman. If Hobson isn’t in a great hurry, he might postpone war with Japan until after the Japanese world’s fair. Japan will be an easy mark then. TAFT OUTLINES PARTY POLICIES Acceptance Speech Keynate of ’ Gampaign, HIGH PRAISE FOR ROOSEVELT. Republican Candidate Rebukes Oppo- | sition’s Stand on Philippine Inde- ! pendence—Promises Steps Toward Tariff Reform Immediately After In- auguration if Elected—Believes In Income Tax by Statutory Law if Necessary For Revenues Rather ‘Than by Amendment to the Consti- tution—Rights of Both Organized { and Unorganized Labor Should Be . Impartially Upheld. The following is the condensed speech of William H. Taft, accept- ing the republican nomination for president of the United States, and which was delivered at Cincinnati, Ohio, yesterday afternoon: Senator Warner and Gentlemen of the Committee: I am deeply sensible pf the honor which the Republican Na. tional Convention has conferred on ma in the nomlnation which you formally tender. I accept it with full apprecia- tion of the responsibility it imposes. ! Gentlemen, the strength of the Re- publican cause in the campaign at hand 1s in the fact that we represent the policies essentlial to the reform of known abuses, to the continuance of lberty and true prosperity, and that We are determined, as our platform un- equivocally declares, to maintain them and carry them on. For more than ten years this country passed through an epoch of material development far be- yond any that ever occurred in the world before. In its course, certain evils crept in. Some prominent and in- fluential members of the communlty, spurred by financial success and in thelr hurry for greater wealth, became unmindful of the common rules of business honesty and fidelity and of the limitations Imposed by law upon thelr action. This became known. The revelations of the breaches of trust, the disclosures as to rebates and dls- criminations by railways, the accumu- lating evidence of the violation of the antl-trust law by a number of corpora- tions, the overissue of stocks and bonds on Interstate railways for the unlawful enriching of directors and for the pur- pose of concentrating control of rall- Wways In one management, all quick- ened the consclence of the people, and brought on a moral awakening among them that boded well £ future the country. S What ‘Roosevelt Has Done. The man who formulated the/expréé: slon of the popular conscience/and who led the movement for practical reform was .. Theodore Roosevelt. = He laid down the doctrine that the rich violator: of the law should be as amenable to restraint and punishment as the of- fender without wealth and without in- fluence, and he proceeded by recom- mending legislation and directing ex- ecutlve action to make that principle good in actual performance. 2 President Roosevelt directed suits to be brought and prosecutions to be in- stituted under the anti-trust law, to.en- force its provisions against the most powerful of the industrial corporation: He pressed to passage the pure food law and the meat inspection law In the interest of the health ‘of the public, clean business methods and great ultl- mate benefit to the trades thémselves. He recommended the passage of a law, which the Republican convention has since specifically approved, restricting the future issue of stocks and bonds by Interstate railways to such as may be authorized by Federal authority. Chief Function of Next Administration The chief function of the next Ad- ministration, In my judgment, Is dis- tinct from, and a progressive develop- ment of that which has been performed by President Roosevelt. The chief function of the next Administration is to complete and perfect the machinery by which thesestandards may be wain- JUDGE W. H. TAFT. fained, by Wwhich fhe fawbredkers may be promptly restrained and punished, but which shall operate with sufficient accuracy and dispatch to interfere with legitimate business as little as possible. Such machinery is not now adequate. Physical Valuation of Railways. Some of the suggestions of the Demo- eratic platform relate really to this subordinate and ancillary machinery to which I have referred. Take for in- stance the so-called “physical valuation of railways.” It is clear that the sum of all rates or receipts of a rallway, less proper expenses, should be limited to a falr profit upon the reasonable value of its property, and that if the sum exceeds this measure, it ought to be reduced. The difficulty in enforcing the principle is in ascertaining what is the reasonable value of the company’s property, and in fixing what is a fair profit. It is clear that the physical value of a railroad and its plant is an element to be given weight In deter- mining its full value; but as President Roosevelt in his Indianapolis speech and the Supreme Court have In effect pointed out, the value of the railroad bs a going concern, including its good will, due to efficiency of service and many other circumstances, may be much greater than the value of its tan- gible property, and it is the former that measures. the investment on which a falr profit must be allowed. Then, too, the question what is a fair profit 1§ one involving not only the rate of interest ‘usually earned on normally safe invest. 'ments, but also a sufficient allowance to make up for the risk of loss both lof capital and Interest in the original outlay. These considerations will have Jjustified the company in imposing charges high enough to secure a fair income on the enterprise as a whole, The 'securities at market prices ‘will have.passed into the hands of subse quent purchasers from the original in- vestors. Such circumstances should properly affect the decision of the tri- bunal engaged in determining whether the totality of rates charged is reason. able or excessive. To ignore them might so seriously and unjustly im- pair settled values s to" destroy all hope of restoring confidence and for- ever end the inducement for invest- ment in new railroad ‘construction which, in returning prosperous times, is sure to be essential to our material progress, From what has been said, the proper conclusions would seem to be that in attempting to determine whether the entire schedule of rates of a rallway ie excessive, the physical valuation of the road Is a relevant and important but ‘not necessarily a controlling factor. I am confident that the fixing of rates on the principles suggested above would not materially impair the pres. ent market values of railroad securi tles in most cases, for I belleve that the normal increase in the value of raflroad properties, especially in their terminals, will more than make up for the possible overcapitalization in ear- ler years. In some cases, doubtless, it will be found that overcapitalization 13 made an excuse for excessive rates, and then they should be reduced; but the consensus of opinion seems to.be that the raflroad rates generally in this country are reasonably low. Conclusion That There Should Be Physical Valuation. I have discussed this, with some de- gree, of detall, merely to point out that the valuation by the Interstate Com- merce Commission of the tangible | property of a railroad is proper and may from time to time be necessary in settling certain issues which may come before them, and that no evil or injus- tice can come from valuation in-such cases, If it -be understood that the re sult s to be used for a just purpose, and the right to a fair profit under all the circumstances of the inve essary to carry out Republican policies)| 18 that of the Incorporation under Na-|: | tional law or the lcensing by Nu:g;nl 4] Nee or enforced registry of c | nies’ engaged in interstate trade. fact 18 that nearly all corporations do- ing a commercial business are en; in interstate commerce, and if they all were required to take out a Federal license or a Federal charter, the bur: den upon thé interstate business of the country ‘would become. intolerable. _ It 18 necessary, therefore, to.devise some means for classifying and’ insur- ing Federal supervision of such cor- | porations as have the power and' tem, tation to effect restraints of interstal trade and monopolies. - Such corpora- tions constitute a very small percent- age of all engaged in interstate busi- ness. Construction of Anti-Trust Law. The possible operation of the anti- trust law under existing rulings of the Bupreme Court has given rise to sug- gestions for its necessary amendment to prevent its application to cases which it is believed were never in the contemplation of the framers of the statute. - Take two instances: A mer-| chant or manufacturer engaged in a legitimate business that covers certain States, wishes to sell his business and his good will, and so in the terms of the sale obligates himself to the pur- chaser not to go into the same busi- ness in those States: Such a restraint of trade has always been enforced at common law. Again, the employees of an Interstate rallway combine and en- ter upon a peaceable and lawful strike to secure better wages. At common law this was not a restraint of trade or commerce or a violation of the rights of the company or of the public. Neither case ought to be made a viola- tlon of the anti-trust law. My own impression is that the Supreme Court would hold that neither of these in- stances is within its inhibition, but, if they are to be so regarded, general leg- islation amending the law is necessary. The proposal to compel every cor- poration to sell its commoditles at the same price the country over, allowing for transportation, is utterly imprac- ticable. If it can be shown that in or- der to drive out competition, a corpo- ration owning a large part of the plant producing an article is selling in one part of the country, where it has com- petitors, at a low and unprofitable price, and in another part of the coun- try, where it has none, at an exorbl- tant price, this is evidence that it is at- tempting an unlawful monopoly, and Justifies conviction under the anti-trust law; but the proposal to supervise the business of corporations in such a way as to fix the price of commodities and compel the sale at such price is as ab- surd and. socialistic a plank as was ever inserted in a Democratic political platform. Advantage of Combination of Capital. plants to manufacture goods with the greatest economy is just as necessary as the assembling of the parts of a machine to- the economical and more rapid manufacture of what In old times was made by hand. The Gov- ernment should not interfere with one any more than the other. What Is an Unlawful Trust? ‘When, however, such combinations are not based on any economic prin- ciple, but are made merely for the pur- pose of controlling the market, to maintain or raise prices, restrict output and drive out competitors, the public derives no benefit and we have a mo- nopoly. It is important, therefore, that such large aggregations of cap- ital and combination should be con- trolled so that the public may have the advantage of reasonable prices and that the avenues of enterprise may be kept open to the individual and the smaller corporation wishing to en- gage in business. Many enterprises have been organ ized on the theory that mere aggrega: tlon of all, or nearly all, existing plants in a line of manufacture, without re gard to economy of production, de stroys competition. They have, most of them, gone into bankruptcy. Com: petition in a profitable business will not be affected by the mere aggrega: tion of many existing plants under one company, unless the company thereby effects great economy, the benefit of which it shares with the public, or takes some illegal method to avoid competition and to perpetuate a hold on the business. Proper Treatment of Trusts. Unlawful trusts should be restrained with all the efficiency of injunctive process, and the persons engaged in maintaining them should be punished ‘with all the severity of criminal pros- ecution, in order that the methods pur- sued in the operation of their business shall be brought within the law. Te¢ destroy them and to eliminate the wealth they represent from the pro- ducing capital of the country would entail enormous loss, and would throw out of employment myriads of work: ingmen and workingwomen. 'Such a result is wholly unnecessary to the ac complishment of the needed reform and will inflict upon the tnnocent’ far greater punishment than upon the guilty. Destructive Policy of Democratic Plat- form. The Democratic platform does not propose to destroy the plants of the trusts physically, but it proposes tc do the same thing in a different way The business of this country is large ly dependent on a protective system of tariffs. The-business done by many of the so called “trusts” is protected with the other business of the country. The Democratic platform proposes to take off the tariff in all articles com- ing Into competition with those pro- duced by the so called “trusts,” and to put them on the free list. If such a course would be utterly destructive of their business, as is intended, it ‘would not only destroy the_ trusts, but all of their smaller competitors. The ruthless. and impracticable character of the proposition grows plainer as its effects upon the' whole community fire realized. To take the course suggested by the Democratic platform in these matters is to involve the entire community, in- nocent as it is, in the punishment of the gullfy, while our policy Is to'stimp G This. differen; The combination of capital in large | Hat 1€ 1s fatile further to discuss the proposition. i 3 | It 1s difficult to tell the meaning | the Democratic platform upon this sub- Ject. It says: ' | “Questions of judicial practice have | arisen-especiall unctions should not be issued in any cases in which injunc- I "tlons would not issue if no industrial ied on all imported : of the factory, farm y great to equal the the’ cost:of produc- tion abroaid and atihome, and that this difference shoyld, of course, include the . difference between ‘fhe’ higher wages paid- g ¢ a sonable profit to ‘the American pro- ducer. A ‘system of protection thus adopted and put in force has led to the establishment of a rate of wages|" here that has greatly enhanced the standard of living of the laboring man, It is the policy of the Republican party permanently to continue that standard of living. In 1897 the Dingley Tariff Bill was passed, under which we have had, ag already said, a period of enor- ‘mous prosperity. Necessity For Revision of Tariff. The consequent materidl develop- ment has greatly changed the condi- tlons under which many articles de- scribed by the schedules of the tariff are now produced. The tariff in a number of the schedules exceeds the difference between the ‘cost of produc- tlon of such articles abroad and at home, including a reasonable profit to the American producer. The excess over that difference serves no useful purpose, but offers a temptation to those who would monopolize the pro- duction and the sale of such articles in_this country, to profit by the excess- ive rate. On the other hand, there are other schedules In which the tariff is not sufficlently high to give the meas- ure of protection which they should re- celve upon Republican principles, and as to those the tariff should be raised. A revision of the tarif undertaken upon this principle, which i3 at the basls of our present business system, begun promptly upon the incoming of the new administration, and considered at a special session with the prelimi- nary ‘investigations already begun by the appropriate committees of the House and Senate, will make the dis- turbance of business incident to such a change as little as possible, Labor and What the Republican Party Has Done For It. We come now to the question of la- bor. One Important phase of the pol- icles of the present Administration has been an anxiety to secure for the wage- earner an equality of opportunity and such positive -statutory protection as Uil plce 0im on & jevel-In deaung with his employer. The Republican party has passed an employers' llabil- ity act for Interstate railroads, and has established an eight hour law for gov- ernment employees and on government construction. The essence of the re- form effected 'by the former is the abolition of the fellow-servant rule, and the introduction of the compara- tive negligence theory by which an em- ployee injured in the service of his employer does not lose his right to re- cover because of slight negligence on his part. Then there is the act pro- viding for compensation for injury to gsovernment employees, together with the varlous statutes requiringg safety appliances 'upon interst®te commerce railroads for the protection of their employees, and limiting the hours of their employment. These are all in- stances of the desire of the Repub- Hean party to do justice to the wage- earner. Doubtless a more comprehen- sive measure for compensation of gov- ernment employees will be adopted in the future. To glve to employees their proper position in such a controversy, to en- able them to maintain themselves against employers having great cap- ital, they may well unite, because in union there is strength and without it each individual laborer and employee ‘would be helpless. The promotion of industrial peace through the instru- mentality of the trade agreement is often one of the results of such union when intelligently. conducted. There is a large body of laborers, however, skilled and unskilled, who are not organized into unions. Their rights before the law are exactly the same as those of the union men, and are to be protected with the same care and watchfulness. In' order to induce their employer into a compliance with their request for changed terms of employment, ‘workmen have the right to strike in a body. They have a right to use such persuasion as they may, provided it does not reach the point of duress, to lead their reluctant co-laborers to join them in thelr union against their em- ployer, and they have a right, if they choose, to accumulate funds to support those engaged in a strike, to delegate to officers the power to direct the ac- tlon of the union, and to withdraw themselves and their associates from dealings” with, or glving custom to those with whom they are in contro- versy. What Labor Cannot Lawfully Do ‘What they have not the right to do 1s to injure their employer’s property, to injure thelr employer’s business by use of threats or methods of physical duress against those who would work for him, or deal with him, or by car- rying on what is sometimes known as a secondary boycott against his cus- tomers ‘or those with whom he deals. It has been claimed that injunctions do not issue to protect anything but property rights, and that business is not a property right; but such a propo- sltion is ‘wholly inconsistent with all the' decislons ‘of the courts. The Su- preme Court of the United States says that the injunction is a remedy to pro- tect property’ or rights of a pecuniary nature, and we ruay well submit to the considerate judgment of all laymen whether the right of a man in his bust- dispute were involved.”? This declaration is disingenuous. It Seems to have been loosely drawn with the especial purpose of rendering it ] ‘one Interpretation by one set of men to a diametrically oppo- site interpretation by another. It does not aver that injunctions should not issue in Industrial disputes, but only that they should not issue merely be- cause they are industrial disputes, and yet those responsible for the declara- <tlon must have known that no one has ever maintained that the fact that a dispute was industrial gave any basis for issuing an injunction in reference thereto. The declaration seems to be drawn in its present vague and ambiguous shape In order to persuade some people that it is a declaration against the issuing of injunctions In any industrial dispute, while at the same time it may be pos- slble to explain to the average plain citizen who objects to class distinctions that no such Intention exists at all, Our position s clear and unequivocal. We are anxlous to prevent even an ap- pearance of any injustice to labor In the issuance of injunctions, not in a epirit of faveritism to one set of our fellow citizens, but of justice to all of our fellow citizens. The reason for ex- ercising or refusing to exerclse the power of injunction must be found in the character of the unlawful injury and not In the character or class of the persons who inflict this injury. The man who has a business which Is being unlawfully injured is entitled to the remedies which the law has al- ‘ways glven him, no Tatter who has in- flicted the injuries. - Otherwise, we shall have class legislation unjust in principle and llkely to sap the founda- tions of a free government. Notice and Hearing Before lIssue of Injunction. I come now to the question of no- tice before issuing an injunction. It is a fundamental rule of general juris- prudence that no man shall be affected by a judicial proceeding without notice and hearing. This rule, however, has sometimes had @in” exception in the is- suing of temporary restraining orders commanding a defendant in effect to maintain the status quo until a hear- ing. Such a process should issue only in rare enses where the threatened change of the, status, quo would inflict irreparable injury if time were taken to give notice and a summary hearing. The. unlawful injery usual in indus- trial disputes, such as I have describ- ed, does not become formidable except after sufficlent time in which to give the defendants notice and a hearing. I do not mean to say that there may not be cases even in industrial dls- putes where a restraining order might properly be issued without notice, but, generally, I think it is otherwise. In some State courts, and in fewer Fed- eral courts, the practice of issuing a temporary restraining order without notice merely to preserve the status quo on the theory that it won’t hurt any- body, has been too common. Many of us recall that the practice has been pursued in other than industrial dis- putes, ‘as, for instance, in corporate and stock controversies like those over the Erle railroad, in which a: stay or- der without notice was regarded as a step of great advantage to the one who secured it, and a corresponding disad- vantage to the one against whom it was secured. Indeed, the chances of dolng injustice on an ex-parte applica- tion are much incréased over those when a hearing is granted, and there may be circumstances under which it may affect the defendant to his detri- ment. In the case of a lawful strike, the sending of a formidable document restraining a number of defendants from doing a great many different things which the plaintiff avers they are threatening to do, often so dis- courages men always reluctant to go into a strlke from continuing what is thefr lawful right. This has made the laboring man feel that an injustice Is done In the issuing of a writ without notice. I conceive that In the treat- ment of this question it is the duty of the citizen and the legislator to view the subject from the standpoint of the man who belleves himself to be unjustly treated, as well as from that of the community at large. I have suggested the remedy of returning in such cases to the original practice un- der the old statute of the United States and the rules in equity adopted by the Supreme Court, which did not permit the issuing of an injunction without notice. In this respect, the Republican Convention has adopted another remedy, that, without going 80 far, promises to be efficacious. Effect of Jury Trial. Under such a provision a recalcitrant witness who refuses to obey. a, subpoe- na may insist on a jury trial before the court can determine that he recelved the subpoena. A’ citizen summoned as a juror and refusing to obey the writ when brought fnto conrt must be tried by another jury to determine whether he got the summons. Such a provision applies not alone to injunctions, but to every order which the court issues against persons. A sult may be tried in the court of first instance and car- rled to the Court of Appeals, and thence to the Supreme Court, and a judgment and decree entered and an order is- sued,.and then if the decree involves the defendant’s doing anything or not doing anything, and he disobeys it, the plaintift who has pursued his remedies in lawful course: for-years must, to se- cure his rights, undergo the uncertain- tles and the delays of -a jury trial be- fore he can enjoy that which is his right by :the decision of the highest court of the land. I say without hesi- tation that such a change will greatly impair the indispensable power and authority of ‘the courts. Securing to the public the benefits of the new stat- utes enacted in the present Adminis- ness i3 not as distinctly a right of a ‘pecuniary nature as the right to his horse or.his house or the stock of goods 3 3 ‘the. in 1 | be w tration, the ultimate instramentality to be resorted to is the courts of the Unit- .ed States. 1f now their authority is to e In g manner never known 1 f Oklahoma; Tiow can we ex- ‘pect that such statutes will have effi- clent enforcement? Those who advo: cate this intervention of a jury in such ‘cases seem to suppose-that this change in some way will inure only to the ben- efit ‘of the poor workingman. As a matter of fact, the person who will se- cure chief advantage from it is the ‘wealthy and unscrupulous defendant, able to employ astute and cunning counsel and anxious to avoid justice. The administration of justice lies at the foundation of government. The maintenance of the authority of the courts s essential unless we are pre- pared to embrace anarchy. Never in the history of the country has there been such an insidious attack upon the Judlicial system as the proposal to inter Ject a jury trial between all orders of the court made-after full hearing and the enforcement of such orders, There is no need of anyone suffer- ing long with this disease, for to effect a quick cure it is only neces- sary to take a few doses of Chamberlain’s Golic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy In fact, in most cases one dose is sufficient. It never fails and can be. relied upon in the most severe and dangerous cases. It is equally val- uable for children and is the means of saving the lives of many children each year. In the world’s history no medicine has ever met with greater success. "PRIGE 250, LARGE SIZE 50c. The Currency System. The late panic. disclosed a lack of elasticity in our financial system. This has been provisionally met by an act of the present Congress permitting the issue of additional emergency notes, and insul their withd when the cme: high rate -of tax Barker’s DrugStore wn in Here are some people who have been Cured of Rheumatism bank note currenc; In certain respey use of commer paper good credit, as well as Un bonds, as security for It is expressly but a te; ure and contains a prov appointment of a currency commission Catarrh, Backache or upon such” Stite banks @§ may comé In, in the nature of enforced insurance to raise a guaranty fund to pay the de- Dpositors of any bank which fails, How State banks can be included in such a scheme under the constitution is left in the twilight zone of States rights in the to devise and recommend a new and Kidney Trouble by reformed system of curres This in- adequacy of our present currency sys- Matt J' 6088 tem, due to changed conditions and Johnson’s enormous expansion, is genernlly ree 2 ognized. The Republican platform well | § son CoSh Fara0gFatory of MattJ. Joln- states that we must have a “more elas- | 1o B Pepper, Lexington, Ky. tie and adaptable srstem to mect the | | Woab T LA requirements of agriculturists, manu- gogfr’;nn;‘e‘,‘,‘;,fi,“;';;‘zg‘; Ka, facturers, merchants and business men .G Holeomb, Minneapol generally, must be automatic in opera- b igéfbér% Révlillslh,_g.]%h, tlon, recognizing the fluctuations in in. | | John Hauser, Park Rapids, Mine. terest rates,” in which every dollar | §°% Hfiffi{,’é"g{'fifi‘ff{fi,&fil“'w‘s' shall be as good as gold, and which |} J.T. Gardner, Cass Lake, Minn, shall prevent rather than aid financial, | | 735 W, SiEent, Conductor N. P. Ry., §i stringency in bringing on a panic. € % Postal Savings Bank and Its Advan- Why Not You? tages. 3 In addition to this. the Republican Barker’s Drug Storel platform recommends the adoption of a postal savings bank system in which, of course, the Government would come responsible to the depositors for the payment of principal aud i It Is thought that the Gov guaranty will bring ont of boarding places much money which turned into wealth producing cay and that it will be a gr and Federalism so frequently dimming thrift in the many small pl the meaning and purpose of the prom- country having now no bank | fses of the platform. If they come. in facilities which are reachal by the Post | under such a system, they must neces. Office. Department. 1t will bring to | sarily be brought within the closest every one, however remote from finan- | National control, and so they must cial ecenters, a place of perfect safety really cease to be State banks and be- for deposits, with interest return. come National banks. Objections to Democratic Proposal to The proposition is to tax. the honest Enforce Insurance of Bank Deposite. | and prudent banker to make up for the The n recom- | dishonesty and imprudence of oth 1 banks and (Continued on third page.) < How much bread do you throw_away out of every batch? Little or none*out of the good batches, Quite a bit when ‘it don’t “turn out right.” ~Isn’t that true? It would be a saving to have every batch good— wouldn’t it? If you will stop using ordinary V flour—no two sacks alike—well—just use Occident Special Patent Flour, yod'll notice the saving right away. For Occident Flour costs you a few cents more than the other kind so.we can afford to make it always the same. We can afford to wash and scour and use . e only the best part -of the best hard wheat, take out all the waste matter and guarantee to give you your money back if one or any number of bak- ings of Occident Flour don’t give satisfaction. - Your grocer has it and will make good our guarantee. Insist on this label. Just to remind you of the importance of sav- ingyourteeth. That’s my business. DR. G. M. PALMER Lumber and Building Material We carry in stock at all times a com- plete line of lumber and . building material of all descriptions. : ; Call.in and look over our special line of . fancy glass doors. We have a large and - well asorted stock from which you can make your selection. WE SELL 16-INCH SLAB W00D St. Hilaire Retail Lbr. “BEMIDJI, MIRN. - = Co.| i v -