Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 13, 1910, Page 3

PINGHOT FLAYS BOTH PARTIES. Dellvers Address Before Roose- 1 velt Club In St Paul. “GONGRESS FAVORS TRUSTS.” v “It I1s a Greater Thing to Be a Good Citizen Than to Be a Good Repub- " lican or a Good Democrat,” Former Forest Chief Declares. St. Paul, June 11.—Gifford Pinchot dellvered the following address before the Roosevelt club here: Conservation has captured the na- tlon. Its progress during the last twelve months is amazing. Official opposition to the conservation move- ment, whatever damage it has done or still threatens to the public in- terest, has vastly strengthened the grasp of conservation upon the minds and consciences of our people, Efforts to obscure or belittle the issue have served only to make it larger and clearer in the public estimation. The conservation movement cannot be checked by the baseless charge that it will preveut development or that every man who tells the plain truth is either a muckraker or a demagogue. It has taken firm hold on our national moral sense, and when an issue does that it bas won. The conservation issue is a moral is- sue, and the heart of it is this: For whose benefit shall our natural re sources be conserved—for the benefit of us all or for the use and profit of the few? This truth is so obvious and the question itself so simple that the attitude toward conservation of any man in public or private life indicates his stand in the fight for public rights. All monopoly rests on the unregulat- ed control of natural resources and natural advantages, and such control by the special interests is impossible without the help of politics. The allil- ance between business and polities is the most dangerous thing in our polit- fcal life. It is the snake that we must kill. The special interests must get out of politics or the American people .will put them out of business. There is ne third course. Because the special interests are in politics we as a natlon have lost confi- dence in congress. This is a serious statement to make, but it is true. It does not apply, of course, to the men ‘who really represent their constituents and who are making so fine a fight for the conservation of self government. As soon as these men have won their battle and consolidated their victory confidence in congress will return. Work For the Few. But in the meantime the people of the United States believe that as a whole the senate and the house no longer represent the voters by whom they were elected, but the special in- terests by whom they are controlled. They believe so because they have so often seen congress reject what the people desire and do instead what the interests demand. And of this there could be no better illustration than the tariff. The tariff under the policy of protec- tion was originally a means to raise the rate of wages. It has been made a tool to increase the cost of living. The wool schedule, professing to protect the wool grower, is found to result in sacrificing grower and consumer alike to one of the most rapacious of trusts. The cotton cloth schedule was in- creased In the face of the uncontra- dicted public testimony of the manu- facturers themselves that it ought to remain unchanged. The steel trust demanded and by a trick secured an indefensible increase in the tariff on structural steel. The sugar trust stole from the gov- ernment like a petty thief, yet con- gress by means of a dishonest sched- ule continues to protect it in bleeding the public. At the very time the duties on man- ufactured rubber were raised the lead- er of the senate, in company with the Guggenheim syndicate, was organizing an International rubber trust, whose charter made it also a holding com- pany for the coal and copper deposits of the whole world. For a dozen years the demand of the nation for the pure food and drug bili was outweighed in congress by the In- terests which asserted their right to poison the people for a profit. Congress refused to authorize the preparation of a great plan of water- way development in the general inter- est and for ten years has declined to pass the Appalachian and White moun- tain national forest bill, although the people are practlcally unanimous for both. The whole nation is in favor of pro- tecting the coal and other natural re- sources in Alaska, yet the withdrawal bill, under the circumstances the one conservation bill most needed for the purpose, is still in danger. And, as for the general conservation movement, congress not only refused to help it on, but tried to forbid any progress with- out its help. Fortunately for us all, in this attempt it has utterly failed. Lose Confidence In Congre: This loss of confidence in congress s a matter for deep concern to every thinking American. It has not come quickly or without good reason. Every man who knows congress well knows the names of senators and members who betray the people they were elect- ed to represent and knows also the names of the masters whom they obey. A representative of the people” who ‘wears the collar of the speclal Interests has touched bottom. He can sink no further, Who is to blame because representa- tives of the people are so commonly led to betray their trust? We all are— we who have not taken the trouble to resent and put an end to the knavery we knew was going on. The brand ot politics served out to us by the profes- slonal politiclan has long been com- posed largely of hot meals for the In- terests and hot air for the people, and We baye all known it. G Political platforms are not sincere statements of what the leaders of a party really believe, but rather forms of words which those ledders think they can got others to believe they be- lleve, The realities of the regular po- ltlcal game le at present far Leneath the surface, many of the issues ad- vanced are mere empty sound, while the issues really at stake must be sought deep down in the politics ot business—in politics for revenue only. All this the people realize as they never did before, and, what Is more, they are ready to act on their knowl edge. Some of the men who are responsi- ble for the union of business and poli- ties may be profoundly dishomest, but more of thew are not, They were trained In a wrong school, and they cannot forget their training. Clay hardens Dy immobility, men's minds by standing pat. Both lose the power to take new impressions. Many of the old style leaders regard the political truths which alone insure the progress of the nation and will hereafter com pletely dominate it as the mere mean ingless babble of political infants They have grown old in the belief thai money has the right to rule, and they can never understand the point of view of the men who recognize in the corrupt political activity of a railroad or a trust a most dangerous kind ot treason to government by the people. Party Leaders Go Wrong. When party leaders go wrong it re- quires high sense of public duty, true courage and strong belief in the people for a man in politics to take his future in his hands and stand against them. The black shadow of party regularity as the supreme test in public affairs has passed away from the public mind. It is a great deliverance. The man in the street no longer asks about a meas: ure or a policy merely whether it is good Republican or good Democratic doctrine. Now he asks whether it is honest and means what it says, wheth er it will promote the public Interest, weaken special privilege and help tc give every man a fair chance. 1f It will it is good, no matter who proposed it. If it will not it is. bad, no matter who defends it. It is a greater thing to be a good citizen than to be a good Republican o1 a good Democrat. The protest against politics for rev enue only is as strong in one party as in the other, for the servants of the in- terests are plentiful in both. In that respect there is little to choose between them. Differences of purpose and belief be- tween political parties today are vastly less than the differences within the parties. The great gulf of division which strikes across our whole people pays little heed to fading party lines or to any distinction in name only. The vital separation is between the parti- sans of government by money for prof- it and the believers in government by men for human welfare. When political parties come to be badly led, when their leaders lose touch with the people, when their ob- Ject ceases to be everybody’s welfare and becomes somebody’s profit, it is time to change the leaders. One of the most significant facts of ‘the time is that the professional politicians appear to be wholly unaware of the great moral change which has come over political thinking in the last decade. They fail to see that the political dog- mas, the political slogans and the po- litical methods of the past generation bave lost their power and that our peo- ple have come at last to judge of poli- ties by the eternal rules of right and wrong. Morality In Politics. A new life is stirring among the dry bones of formal platforms and artifi- cial issues. Morality has broken into politics. Political leaders, trust bred and trust fed, find it harder and harder to conceal their actual character. The brass bound collar of privilege has be- come plain upon their necks for all men to see. They are known for what they are, and their time is short. But when they come to be retired it will be of little use to replace an unfaithful public servant who wears the collar by another public servant with the same collar around his neck. Above all, what we need in office are free men representing a free people. The motto in every primary, in ev- ery election, should be this: No watch- dogs of the interests need apply. The old order, standing pat in dull misunderstanding of the great forward sweep of a nation determined on hon- esty and publicity in publlc affairs, is already wearing thin under the cease- less hammering of the progressive on- set. The demand of the people for po- ltical progress will not be denied. Does any man not blinded by personal interest or by the dust of political dry rot suppose that the bulk of our people are anything else but progressive? " If such there be, let him ask the young men in whose minds the policies of to- morrow first see the light. The people of the United States de- mand a new deal and a square deal. They have grasped the fact that the special interests are now in control of public affairs. They have decided once more to take control of their own business. For the last ten years the determination to do so has been swell- ing like a river. They insist that the special Interests shall go out of poli- tics or out of business, one or the other. And the choice will lie with the interests themselves. If they resist, both the interests and the people will suffer. If wisely they accept the Inev- itable the adjustment will not be hard. It will do their business no manner of harm to make it conform to the gen- eral welfare. Buf, one way or the other, conform it must. Who Shall Govern? The overshadowing question before the American people today is this Shall the nation govern itself or shall the interests run this country? The one great political demand underlying all others, giving meaning to all others, {8 this: The special interests must gel out of politics. The old style leaders. seeking to switch public attention away from this one absorbing and overwbelming issue, are pitifully ridic ulous and out of date. To try to diveri the march of an aroused public cou sclence from this righteous inevitable conflict by means of obsolete politicai eatchwords is like trying to dam the Misaissippl with dead leaves, [ S Yo e ——— To MIVe the speclal Interests out o1 politics Is a vast undertaking, for It politics lles thelr strength. If they re sist, as doubtless they will, 1t will eal for. nerve, endurance and sacrifice or the part of the people. Tt will be nc child’s play, for the power of privilege 18 great. But the power of our peoplc is greater still, and their steadfa 1s equal to the need. The tas tremendous one both in the demand SIR F. L. BERTIE. Mentioned for British Am- bassador at Washington. It will make and the rewards it wil bring. It must be undertaken soberly carried out firmly and justly and e lentlessly tollowed to the very end Two things alore can bring success The tivst is honesty in public men withont whi-h ro populyr government can long succeed, The second Is com plete publicity of all the affairs h which the public has an interest, suck as the business of corporations and po litical exprnses during campaigns ane between them. To these ends many unfaithful publie servants must be re tived, wmuch wise legislation must be framed and passed, and the struggle will be bitter and long. But It will be well worth all it will cost, for self gov- ernment is at s No Legislative Cure-all. There ean be no legislative cure-all for great political evils. but legislation can make easier the effective expres sion and execution of the popular will One step in this direction which I per sopally believe should be taken with out delay is a law forbidding any sena: tor or member of congress or other public servant to perform any serv: ices for any corporation engaged in in- terstate commerce or to accept any valualle consideration, directly or tn directly. from any such corporation while he is a representative of the peo- ple and for a reasonable time there after. 1f such a law would be good for the nation In its affairs a similar law should be good for the states and the cities in their affairs. And I see n¢ reason why members and senators and state legislators should not keep the people informed of their pecuniary in- terest in interstate or public service corporations, if they have any. It I certain such publicity would do _the public no harm. This nation has decided to do away with government by money for profit and return to the government our fore- fathers died for and gave to us—gov- ernment by men for human welfare and human progress. Opposition to progress has produced its natural results. There are profound dissatisfaction and unrest and pro- found cause for both. Yet the country is awake. For a generation at least there has not been a situation so prom- ising for the ultimate public welfare as that of today. Our people are like a hive of bees—full of agitation before taking flight to a better place. Alsa thy e ready to sting. Out of the whole situation shines the confident hope of better things. If any man is discouraged let him consider the ri of cleaner standards in this country within the last ten years, TWENTY PERSONS INJURED Texas Tornado. Houston, - Tex., June 13 —Twenty persons were injured, two probably fatally, and a score of farmhouses, besides numerous other structures, were demolished by a tornado which swept through a portion of Smith county and the edges of adjoining counties. ) The storm struck first at a point about five miles from Tyler, approach- ing the town for three miles, when it veered to the southeast. Practically everything in its path was wrecked. SEGURES COMPROMISE ON RAILROAD BILL Taft Insists on Provision Reg- ulating Stock Issues. ‘Washington, June 13.—As the re- sult of President Taft's insistence that the railroad bill should include some provision looking to the control of the new issues of stocks and bonds by railroad companies it was decided at a White House conference that a paragraph shall be added to the bill providing for a commission to investi- gate and report at the next session of congress the best means of dealing with this situation. ~The president was told_again that, Score of Structures Demolished In| The task of translating these new Wwith a7 the TemoCrats UL Gne op- posed to giving the interstate com- merce commission supervision on this subject, it was absolutely impossible to get an out and out provision for the control of stock and bond issues in the bill at this session. FIND HUGE GOLD NUGGET Miners Take Out Lump of Metal Worth $12,000. Leadville, Colo., June 13—In five minutes George Allan, Steve Clemons and Willlam Crocombe took out of their lease on a mine over $12,000, 35 per cent of which belonged to the men and 65 per cent to the mining company. In a drift at the 600-foot level they discovered an immense nug- get, but in taking it out they had to break the lump of metal, After sack- ing the ore weighed sixty-six pounds, estimated to be 60 per cent pure gold. NATURE TELLS YOU As Many a Bemidji Reader Knows Too Well. When thke kidneys are sick, Nature tells you all about it. The urine is nature’s calendar. Infrequent ortoo frequent action; Any urinary trouble tells of kid- ney ills. Doan’s Kidney Pills cure all kid- ney ills. People in this vicinity testify to this. Minn., says:- “I doa great deal of hard work and I blieve this, to- gether with "being in a stooped position, brought on my kidney trouble. My back ached severely and there-was a soreness across my kidneys. The kidney secre tions were at times very unnatural. I tried several remedies, but did not get much relief untill a friend told me of Doan’s Kidney Pills I procured a supply, and the con- tents of two boxes removed the pain in my back and restored my kidneys to a normal condition ” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo New York, sole agents for the nited-States. Remember the name — Doan’s— and take no other. 7 Jacob Scheerer, of Park Rapids, Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Ry. EXCURSION BULLETIN Jine 1 to Sept. 20. Summer tourist fares to Eastern Canada, New York and New England. Optional Routes. stean er to Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland and Buffalo. June 7,16 and 22. Arnual spring excursions to Cheboygon, Alpona, Detsoit, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffa'o. June 29 t6 July 3. Annual Convention National Education il Ass’c Boston, Mass. Optional Routes. July 2, 3, 4. Low rates for Ind-pendence Day. July 6 to 10. National Convention of Elks, De')"oit, Mich. 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The superior railroad facilities and extensive trade territory enjoyed by BEMIDJI, insure for it the attention of investors of large means and the location within the next few years of many additional lines of industries. a good lot can be acquired Lot Us Show You How Easy 2,5o°% st cap e acavired MONTHLY PAYMENT PLAN at 8 per cent. " Wri i i . A. SIMONS wr“a us ?:m?oafifg;igggngr Call on H. A at Bemidji Townsite &'Imnmvemem Go. 404 New York Life Building ST. PAUL MINNESOTA standards into action lies before us. From sea to sea the people are taking a fresh grip on their own affairs, The counservation of political liberty will take its proper place alongside the con servation of the means of living, and in both we shall look to the permanent welfare of the plain people as the su- preme end. The way out lies In direct interest of the people in thelr own af- fairs and direct action in the few great things that really count. What is the conclusion of the whole matter? The special interests must be put oul of politics. T believe the young men will do it. Cannon Will Go on Stump. Washington, June 13.—Joseph G. Cannon has decided to make an ex- tensive speaking tour in the coming campaign. -He has not yet decided on just what states he will visit, but will go to a good many of them, and do all in his power to bring about the election of a Republican house. Resolution Cement Sidewalks. At a meeting of the City Council. held at the Council Chambers in the_ City of Bemidji, on the 3ist day of May, 1910, the following resolution was introduced by. alderman Smart, and seconded by Alderman Brown. RESOLVED that, there be bullt & five foot cement sidewalk in Mill Park Addition to Bemidjl, on both sides of the street. from the Railroad track to the east side of Oity Limits, and on both sidas of Ninth Street from Mis- sissippl Avenue to Lake Boulevard, and on both sides of Eigth Street from America Avenue to Lake Boulevard, and from Second Street on the east side of America Avenue to Eleventh Street, and_on the west side of Amerlca Avenuetrom Third Sireet to Soventh America Avenue to Bemidjl Avenue, and on both sides of Sixth Street from Bemidjl Avenue to Irvine Avenue, and on both sides of Fourth Street from America Avenue to Park Avenue, and on the west side of Bemid i Avenue from First Street to railroad cros- sing. Be it further resolved that all gaps in side- walks within the following described 1imits be filled and comstructed of cement to conform to the walks on sald streets, viz: to Fourteenth Street, and on both sides of Minnesota Avenue from Eighth Street to Thirteenth Street. Upon roll-call the following aldermer voted Aye: Shannon, Smart, Bursly, Brown, Kirk. ays: None. carried. Absent, Klein, Bislar, Roe, Schneider, Approved June 4, 1910. J. 0. Parker, - r] Mayor. Attest, Thos Maloy, City Clerk, Resolution Sewer Extension. At & regular meetlag of the City Councll of the City ol BemidJi, held at the Council Chambers, in the City of Bemidji, on Monday the 0th day of June, 1910. the following reso- lution was introduced by Alderman Roe and seconded by Alderman Shannon. Resolved that an eight inch vitrified sewer pipe be laid along the following avenues in the City of Bemidji: Commencing at the- North line of Ninth Street and at the center of Bemidjli-Avenue, running thence North a distunce of three hundred and thirty feet to the center of Tenth Streot where the same Intersects sald B%nllldjl AVE!’“IE.1 ho 8o 50 commencing at the uth side of Sixth Street and Beltram! Avenue, running lh:l(:,(':eEl{onh e)}:nslzeltr‘lmld? venue u‘: Qh:l cen- leventh Street. a distance of elghteen gellndrad and fitty feet. S Also commencing at the manhole In the $7.50. - the center of Fourteenth B nlfihm}llrsflrln&ulx{g ftesg.“::' E‘::“ln,u o esolved further that the ) the Oity of Bemidjl be rsfllleenzgd @“‘:z.n'lg &nd ?re!enb to the Clty Council of sllvfl‘dt! of lBI:mrgv.llmln testlmlmkl’.\! tl:le l‘:o% of such cment, 88 pro i .pcl” me fl“‘{‘l’fiihv :‘;l ¥ the Charter of. pon roll-cal e following Aldermen voted Aye' Shannon, Klein, Roo, SCinetder, Brown, ik o Pusiey, Roe, Nay: Nene, carried, ¢ Bisiar, Smart. Approved June 10th, 1910, JobnC. Parker, Mayor economy in price, $ 1 H;:nat‘* Cheerfully Refunded Attes 3 ‘Thos, Maloy. Uity Olerk, « Special showing of boys’ two-piece suits, sizes 7 to 17, and little novelty suits, sizes 2% to 10 years, in plain serges, fancy worsted and fancy cheviots, very swell and exclusive styles $3 to : You can't find better bbys‘. shoes than we sell right here; they have the service, style and = GILL BROS. 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