Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 23, 1911, Page 4

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER? Entered at the Bemidji, Minn., Postoffice as Second Class Mail Matter. P. A. WILBON, Editor. @. E. CARSON. E. X. DENT. Published Every Day, Except Sunday. Subscription Price, $6 a Year, Among those present will be Tom and Jerry. - L] . Christmas gifts are great, but, oh, you mistletoe! L . L Tomorrow, with all the Christmas presents in '._he house, will be a great day for the boy scouts. ) - - L Folks who buy clothes will readily agree with President Taft that schedule K needs a hair cut. : . . . “To offer a tip is an insult,” says an eastern newspaper. If this be true, sleeping car porters dearly love to be insulted. : . . . The International Falls Daily Journal has its new linotype machine in operation just in time to enjoy pi lines for Christmas. . . . Ed. Krook, a railroad man at Cloquet, is said to be shy $2,500 of the company’s funds. How can you expect 2 man with a name like that to be siraight? . s s s x { *KK I AM the greatest criminal in history. HAVE killed more men than have fallen in all the wars of the world. I have turned men into brutes. 1 have made millions of homes unhappy. I have transformed many ambitious youths into hopeless parasites. 1 make smooth the downward path for countless millions. I destroy the weak and weaken the strong. I make the wise man a fool and trample the fool into his folly. I esnare the innocent. The abandoned wife knows me; the hungry children know me; the rarents, whose child has bowed their gray heads in sorrow, know me. I have ruined millions and shall ruin millions more. * POVOOOPQROOOCRPOB®S © Notes From The Labor World. & LR CRCRORORORORORCRCRURCRCRCR R In Bavaria women work on the railroads as section hands. The profits of the union co-opera- tive bakery at San Jose, Calif., are about $2000 a month. The Pasadena, Calif., Labor Tem- ‘Warren, in Marshall county, reports a robin red breast which warbles|ple association has taken the first merrily. This indeed is commendable of Northern Minnesqta, Warren and |Steps for the erection of a labor the robin, but the suspicion hirks that Mr. Robin was not singing, “Cheer, Cheer, the Gang’s All Here.” temple to cost $50,000. The annual convention of -the“In- * s . ternational Brotherhood of Bricklay- 3 ers will be held in St, Joseph, Mo, \t_,,,,* ..... w0 s e T S SR “v+.. %| commencing on January 15, K MER, ' Since 1860 the Amalgamated . x RY CHRISTMAS! ‘(:* Society of Carpenters and Joiners R ; ;haspaidinbenefitsofvariouskinds ATHER’S bank account may have shriveled like a piece of bacon on a’ the considerable sum of $18,159,490. Owing to labor disputs of all kinds hot griddle and mother’s fingers may ache from plying the needle but in the United Kingdom during the they will both come up smiling Christmas morning. ! It’s the Christmas spirit. The small boy hasn’t a monoply on being good at Christmag time. \ It is contagious. ’ Everybody feels kindly toward everybody else. And the world is happier as a result. That is why money can be spent—often more than can be consistently spared—and that is why midnight oil—or Tungstens—can be burned in making pretty presents, and those who do it feel so satisfied. Thanksgiving has its lesson; the Fourth of July is another éreat holi- day, and so is Labor day and Memorial day and the other occasions which We observe as being occasions of special significance, but there is only one time in the year when your heart overflows and you catch the real feeling of the joy generated by Bethlehem’s bright star. Nothing so exemplifies this as the world wide practice of extending well Wwishes, accompanied as it is with the beautiful custom of gift giving. Heartaches, in homes cold and barren and cheerless, there are bound to be but the extraordinary efforts made during the yuletide season to allevi- ate all suffering emphasizes again the general goodness. ‘Wlomen or child in, Bemidji, for instance, comfort because of a lack of food or clothi If there is a man, who shall pass the day in dis- : ng or fuel, that person has only himself to blame for a hundred or more hearts yearn to offer aid. And so right well it is to make merry on the world’s best holiday and to the great family of Pioneer readers a hearty wish for the best that there is in the day is extended to you all. . o+ x * “IT is the last stand of the Old Guard in the Republican party. Never again will there gather in party council men who will thus contempt- uously spurn a proposal to obtain an expression of i public will for party ance. Never again will the party of Lincoln be humiliated by such flaunting of Blind Bourbonism in the faces of progressive voters. The day of nomination by bosses is past. The day of nomination by popular choice has dawned.” In these words Senator LaFollette arraigns the program of the na- tional Republican committee made at Washington last week for refusing to endorse the presidential primary as a method of nominating a presi- dent. This time the prophecy of Senator LaFollette is made under the caption of “Weaving a Web of Technicalities,” as the leading editorial in LaFollette’s Weekly Magazine, just out. i} “It was Scott of West Virginia—Scot, the repudiated United States sen- cator—Srott, the system-serving, system-loving, system-favored henchman of the privileged interests, who sounded the keynote for the national Re- publican committee, “Stick to the old method,” he cried. And the organization men—the Taft machine-—controlling the committee, echoed “Stick to the old meth- od!” “That meant ‘nominate the next Republican candidate for president by the bosses, by the politicians, not by the people.’ past year, workmen lost tlme_ ag- igregating in all to about 9,722,800 days. The butchers and meat cutters of Sacramento, Culif., have organized into a union with alarge member- ship. It is affiliated with the feder- ated trades Representative Frank Buchanan of Chicago, former president of the International Ascsociation of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, has introduced nine labor bills. These affect postal employes, old age pen- sions, employers’ liability and other matters touching labor. The department of agriculture jand the department of commerce and labor, at Washington, D. C., -are having prepared films for moving pictures illustrative of a number of leading industries, for the education of the people in all parts of ‘the country. The films will soon be ready for distribution. The attorney-general of the State of Massachusetts has recently given an opinion against the system of grading practiced in many of the textile mills of that State. It is prohibited wunder the laws of the State. The United Textile Workers of America, at’ their last convention decided after considerable discussion to affiliate with the International Federation of Textile. Workers’ As- sociations. The membership of the International Federation is estimat- ed at about 430,000 and its head- quarters are in England. Seventeen States make it manda- tory for employers to report all acci- dents to an authorized State official, so that accurate vital statisties can be readily obtained for the further advice and information oft he people as to the needs of additional legis- lation for the conservation of life aind limb. The building trades in Switzer- land have been unusually active this year, all classes of labor being' well employed at remunerative wages. The cost of 1 iving has increased materially, but there has been-}ittle complaint on the part of the:labor- ing classes, for the reason that wages have increased in proportion. L That the proposed amalgamation B et s S SR Y Beerin s s s of all the shoe unions in Lynn under . Go T S s M v SRR a0 S * """ "‘ one head is the beginning of & na- - |tional movement among the shoe TR ‘| workers to wrest the control ‘of the B 4 * * shoeworkers’ unions from the Améri- How many who live here realize that Minnesota is much moré than “the bread and butter” state. We of the North point, with pride to our forests and at the same time are apt to forget the buried wealth at our very doors to the east. The richness of our iron ore mines simply is unknown. The iron and steel industry in the United States has grown enormorusly in the past few years. The Geological Survey reports that the production of iron ore in 1910 was 56,889,734 tons, more than twice what is was in 1900, and at least twice the profiuctlon of any other country. This ore was mined in 28 states. Minnesota produced 31,966,769 tons; Michigan, 12,308,906; - Alabama, 4,801,275; New York, 1,287,289, and ‘Wisconsin, 1,149,551, The latest figures on the world’s production of iron are those for 1909. The United States produced 51,155,437 tons; Germany and Luzemboug, 25,506,000 metric tons; the United Kingdom, 14,979,979 tons; France, 11,890,000 metric tons; Cuba, 1,417,914 tons. It will be seen thdt the United States produced nearly one-half the total of the world’s output. and that of this Minnesota’s mines gave up more than half of all the ore dug in the United States, and more than the combined production of the United Kingdom, ¥France and Cuba. can Federation of Labor, is the opin- ion of many of the leading shoemen not only in Massachusette but: else- where in various centres of the shoe industry. . The Gilded Man. At the headquarters of the Orinoto Spanish traditions located the land of El Dorado. “the gilded man,” a poten- tate whose country was so rich in gold dust that he had his body anointed with ofl and sprinkled with gold every morning, so that he shone in the suu as though gilded. i Every family has need of a good, reliable liniment. For sprains, bruises, soreness of the muscles and rheumatic pains there is none’ better than Chamberlain’s. Sold by Bark- er’s Drug Store. I ALCOHOL. * % Diversions of Earlier Georgia. Micajah Williamson kept a licensed tavern in the town of Washington. In front of this tavern was a large picture of George Washington hanging as 8 swinging sign. John Clarke (governor 1819-23) used to come to town and. like most men of his day, get drunk. They all did not “cut up.”” however, as he did on such occasions. He went into stores and smashed things gener- ally, as tradition says, but he always came back and paid for them like a gentleman. Once he came into town intoxicated and galloped down Court street and fired through the picture of General Washington before the tavern door. This was brought up against him later when he was a candidate for governor, but his friends denied it.— Macon Telegraph. Conferring a Title. While he was governor of Kentucky Proctor Knott sent to the Hon. Btod- dart Johngton a certificate, officially signed and bearing fhe tmpress of the great seal of the state, duly comimis- sloning him as “Mister,” which he said ‘was a distinctive and honorable title that no Kentuckian had ever previous- 1y borne. Lost and Found—a Heart. . Nothing seems 80 hopelessly ' lost. when it is lost, as a heart; yet noth- ing. when it is lost. is by the expe- rience of the centuries so absolutely eertain of recovery.—Puck. The Comeback. Skinflint—I bave no money, but I will give you a little advice. Beggar —Well, if yer ain’t got no money yer advice can’t be very valuable.—Chris- tian Advocate. Her Ideal. “What is your ideal man?” “One who is clever enough to make money and foolish enough to spend it.” —Variety Life. Pickled Steel. “To keep the iron and steel used in building big ships from rusting,” sald an engineer; “is- a’ matter of supreme dmportance. The admiralty is_ very particular that every piece shall be painted the moment it is ready for bullding purposes. But the steel plates form a hard black surface, called ‘mill scale,’ in the process of manufacture. This clings tenaclously to the plate, and if it is covered with paint and afterward the plate gets damaged then the scale peels off, taking the paint with it, and leaving the steel bare. The plate is then llable to rust corrosion, a serlous danger to the ship. “We therefore remove every trace of scale before painting the steel plate. It is put iAto a bath of dilute hydro- chloric acid for a few hours, which loosens the scale. The plate is then brushed with wire brushes and wash- ed with a hose. This Is what we call ‘pickling: steel.””—London ' Answers. The One That Chose to Pay. Three men had been out on a spree, and on the way home late at night they made a wager that the one who did not do as his wife told him should pay for a champagne supper the fol- lowing night. The first one returned home, and his wife greeted him thus: “Hello, you beauty! That's right— knock all the ornaments off the man- telpiece!” He knocked them all off. The second returned and on' going into his house fell against the piano. whereupon his wife said: *“Go on; get a chopper and smash it ap!” He did so. The third returned, and on going up- stairs his wife said: “You miserable wretch, fall down- stairs and break your neck!” Needless to say. he paid for the sup- per.—London Spare Moments. Laughter. Laughter, while it lasts, slackeii8 and unbraces the mind, weakens the facultles and causes a kind of remiss- nees and dissolution in all the powers of the soul, and thus far it may be looked upon as a weakness in the com- position of human nature. But if we consider the frequént reliefs we re- ceive from it and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits with tran- sient unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life.—Addi- son. When your feet are wet and cold, and your body chilled through and through from exposure, take a big |dose of Chamberlain’s Cough Rem- edy, bathe your feet in hot water be- fore going to bed, and you are al- most certain to ward off a severe cold. For sale by Barker’'s Drug Store. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1011, When you have a cold get a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It will soon fix you up all right and will. ward off any tendency toward pneu- monia. This remedy contains no opium or other narcotic and may be given as confidently to a baby as to an adult. Sold by Barker’s Drug Store. Red Cross Stamps Are For Sale at Netzer's Pharmacy Barker's Drug Store Berman Emporium T. J. Grane & Go. 0'Leary-Bowser Co. Bazaar Store McCuaig's Troppman'’s Baker's Jewelry Store Gould’s Abercrombie’s 0. C. Rood;& Go. Markham Hotel Pioneer Office No Why Not (give him or her) a year’s subscription to the Pioneer with four beautiful carbon gravures which will make suitable Christmas 'gifts for four others--- $5.00 makes 5 Xmas gifts for 5 persons at $1.00 each--- pictures. or a 6 months’ subscription with two handsome Makes 3 Xmas gifts for 3 persons at less than $1.00 each or a three months’ subscription with one beauti- ful picture, makes 2 Xmas gifts at less than 75 cts each. they have not stopped coming for these pic- tures, nor will they until we shut off the sup- ply. Picture framers report that they’re kept busy framing them, so there will be more than a few given out for Christmas presents. 31 and learn all about the above offer. Pioneer Office Phone e 1o =