Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 13, 1913, Page 1

VOLUME 11. NUMBER 13. TO INVESTIGATE EFFECTS OF TARIFF| Administration Will “Endeavor to Prove a Friend to Capital and Labor. FACTS GO TO THE COMMITTEE Investigation Will Be of Inesti- mable Value to the Workingman, GOV. EXPERTS OUTLINE PLAN Make Suggestions to Manufacturers How to Improve Business Efficiency. By Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner. Washington, May 13.—The an- nounced intention of Secretary of Commerce Redfield, supported by President Wilson, to use the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce in a wide investigation of the effects of tariff revision upon industry is one of the most advanced steps ever tak- en by any administration in Wash- ington. While the tariff is being revised downward, and the beneficiaries of the favoritism and special privileges of protection are squirming under the operation, the administration is showing that it is the true friend of capital legitimately invested in in- dustry. Naturally, during the process of reducing tariff rates, Washington is ringing with standpat shouts that the Democrats are ruining business. Many industries are claiming that if the pending bill is enacted they will either have to close down or reduce wages. In the past the Republicans have accepted these ex parte statements as facts and have based the protective tariff on them. The Democratic ad- ministration proposes to-find out the true facts with its own investigators. If a close study of the books, man- ufacturing methods and trade condi- tions in any industry which natural- 1y exists in this country shows that it cannot stand the degree of tariff re- duction proposed, the facts in the case will be given to the ways and means committee for the proper action. But the government proposes to learn the real facts by personal in- vest’gation, and not to accept the prejudiced and unsupported state- ments of men who may be deriving undue profit from protection. The manufacturers who are trying to frighten the tariff makers with their calamity shouts must be pre- pared to make good on their charges. The investigation will be of ines- timable value to workingmen, It is entirely possible that certain indus- tries may make tariff reduction the excuse of reducing wages. = Should investigation show that the manufac- turer can easily stand the tariff re- duction, he would be afraid to-reduce wages. If, however, under such cir- cumstances he went ahead and re- «duced wages anyhow, a strike in his factory would surely end successful- 1y for his employes. In discussing the proposed inves- tigation, Secretary Redfield emphas- jzed to me the point that the work of the bureau of foreign and domes- tic commerce is to ‘be constructive. The investigation is not being held out as a threat to manufacturers to " cease complaining about tariff revis- ion, but it is planned to be of real service to the manufacturers. The government experts will not only study the industry but they will make investigations to the .manufac- tures how to improve their business efficiency. The administration will attempt to show inefficient manufac- tures how to. compete successfully with their more efficient foreign rivals. BEGINS FARMING IN EARNEST Christ Hanson From Filmore County, Makes Home. Near Bemidji. ¢ v ' Christ -Hansen, of Mable, Minne- sota, came to Bemidji Saturday and began work on his farm near Lake . Plantaganett. He purchased 160 acres from Reynolds and Winter this spring and is preparing to begin active op- ‘uerations at once. Mr. Hangon is a ‘man who knows how to farm having ““come ‘here from the southern part of ‘the state and will be welcomed into ‘this community by both farmer and city folk. . He purchaged a team ot horsgs | from Edward Anderson and a wagon AM farm immemenu from the C. GEORGE: EXPLAINS SALE Was Misquoted in_ Pioneer Last Eve-’ ning—Bonus Goes to Govern- ment, Not County. 14,000 ACRES HAVE BEEN SOLD In order to correct the.statement made in this: paper last evening re- garding the sale of- tax titles and bonus paid, county auditor J. L. George has written a letter, which explains fully the conduct of the sale now in progress. The letter is as follows: < Bemidji, Minn, 5, 12,713, “Editor Bemidji Pioneer: “You attributed a statement to me in your issue this evening, which I did not make and would ltke cor- rected. The bonus bid on government lands at the tax sale now in progress It goes to the United States govern- ment and is remitted to the register of the land office in the district in which the land is located. All the county gets is the amount of interest' and penalties on ~ difch benefits assesed in 1911. This inter- est constitutes the delinquent taxes for which the land is sold. And the matter of bidding a bonus on any tract, is only for the purpose of giving the bidders a chance when thiere are some who desire the same tract of land. As otherwise, the bidder.is confined under the state tax law to bidding DOWN on the amount of interest’ de- manded for the money invested.’ And as the interest charge on the government unentered lands amounts to but little, and that little must be paid by the party buying the taxes, to himself, it is only neces- sary for the purchaser to make his first bid for the net tax, thus giving no other purchaser a chance. And if two or more prospective purchasers made the same bid at the same time, it might easily be impos- sible for me to decide which was en- titled to- the land, and in any case; it would be easy to accuse.me of un- fairness and partiality.” I therefore adopted the rule allow- ing purchasers to bid a bonus on the lands, giving each and all purchasers an equal chance, to secure especially ernment a bonus over and above the minimum price of $1.25 per acre, as provided -in section five of the Vol- stead act approved May 20, 1908. Under this rule the sale has pro- ceeded very smoothly during the day and resulted in the disposal of about 14,000 acres of government lands, which apparently is less than one- half and perhaps only one third of time of sale. This sale fully bears out my con- tention of the past two years, that the ditch projects in the northern part of the county will be of untold benefit in opening up and developing the county of Beltrami, one of the richest dairy and stock districts of the state. Trusting this will simplify and ex- plain the matter to those who may not fully understand, I am, Yours truly, " J. L. GEORGE, County Auditor. BEMIDJI INSTRUCTOR HONORED Miss Hill, of Normal Department, to Teach Summer School. Miss Edna Hill, who has charge-of the normal department in the Bem- idji. public schools, was recently ap- pointed to have charge of the model school ‘ip connection with ‘the teach- ers’ training school, Which is to be held at Fergus Falls this summer. The -appointment was made by State Superintendent Schulz, and as the se- lection is made out of a large num- ber of normal instructors, in - fact those of the emtire state, it is quite a compliment to the Bemidji teacher. Miss Hill will return to Bemidji next fall, and will again have charge of is of ‘no benefit to the county at all.| desirable lands, by paying the gov-| what will be disposed of during the}. (Copyright.) NEW AGRIC. BUILDING DON Will Be Ready For Occupancy in Time For Summer School Use June 16, TO ACCOMODATE- 700 STUDENTS Uniyersity Farm, May 13.—The new agricultural engineering- build- ing ‘of the University of Minnesota will be completed for use by the‘ summer school which opens June 16, if plans announced 12' Dean A. -E. Professor A. V. Storm, in charge of the sumer session and Professor J. T, Stewart, in-charge of agricultural ‘engineering, are carriéd out.’ ‘This is one of the few buildings in the United States comstructed solely for instruction in Agricultural Engin- eering. = This work has been so cramped in the past that: . students who fell behind in blacksmithing and carpentering could not put in extra hours, but were compelled to remain during vacation for the completion of their required work. The new shops will make it possible to accom- modate seven hundred students by extreme crowding, but its seventy forges and seventy benches will-more comfortably accommodate three hun- dred fifty students per week and make it possible for slower stuflents to put in extra hours. The basement is well equipped | with rooms for testing materials of construction of ‘special* machinery and with shower baths and other facilities for students returning from the forge rooms, carpenter shops-and similar work: The forge rooms are in a separate low wing: cut off-from the remainder of the building in such a way that the smoke from them will not be troublesome. FOURTEEN AT GUN CLUB SHOOT Burgess and Bailey Make High Scores at Sunday’s Meet. The Bemidji Rod . and Gun club held its regular shoot last Sunday morning at the shooting grounds near Lake Irving. - Fourteen - members ‘were present and the following were the records made by each. Each was entitled to twenty-five shots and the given number represents the number of birds droped: ° T.'- Bajley, 22; Murphy, 13; Doran, 10; Young, 16; Symons, 20; * Grifith, ~18; Scharff, R. Given, 10; Stafford, 10; E. Bailey, 6; Vandersluis, 18; and Burgess, 23. S_nnday Morning Services. Well At- tended at Newly Built B Tabernacle, - Woods of the *college of” agfimfltme, 3 15, Gould, 13; J. Given, :11; Wolf, 7; | SERMON ON PRAYER PROF, WEGNER MAKES A HIT Seats Have 'Been. Re-arranged and Two Stoves Added For Warmth - » ‘And’ Comfort, (By-REV, CHARLES CHANDLER.) Sunday was a great day in the Tab- ernacle meetings. Mr. 1. E. Honeywell who is the leading evangelist in the campaign, arrived in’the city = on Saturday evening and his first mes- sage was eagerly looked for. = His audience found him to be an unas- suming and humble spirited man who impresses one that he is desper- ately -earnest in his work. - “The .Subject .of the sermon was “Prayer.” : Mr., Honeywell _asserted that prayer:is the greatest force in the world and then backed up the statement by ~showing - what has been achieved through prayer in all ages and called atfention prominent place which' prayer has oc- cupled_in. the lives of great men of the world’s history. “There is today no man of national prominénce in our country who is not a man of prayer,” said he. & 5 The . following announcements were made:-Services every evening except Mcmdnya. 'wo special ad- dresses willbe given by Mr. Honey- well. = Wedneaday ~evening he.will speak ‘on, “The ‘Homeé * and' School Problem.” “All parents and teachers 'shonld hear him. On Thursday eve- ning he will: deliver a sermon ' on, “The Sécret of Success in Life, or, How to. Win,” which will M of prime interést and ‘importance to. ymmg men and women. t on three o’ clock Lamont, Bibl teacher, will| oceupy ‘one hour' in’commencing her course of studies in Scripture. © In the evening Rey. . Honeywell * will preach. i , .chorus lqnder. is: to the| tid Ghnrlu lloxmnon Um.ble ‘to anilh : HELDFOBGRAHD JITBY $500 Bond; Chas.. Mo’l{_mnpn;wn brought be- . |fore Judge Crowell in municipal court | MILKING - MACHINE - HERE Sohroeder Installs Mechanical Device For ‘Alfalfa Dairy Farm IT IS CONSIDERED SANITARY ‘W. G. Schroeder has installed a mechanical milker.on his dairy farm three miles west of Bemidji. * With this new. contrivance it is possible. to 'save the work ‘of 8ix mena day. Dur- Sng the apernuon of the machine no dust ~dirt-er barn..air, comes in con- tact with the milk as the pail is ab- tained from the cow without . the slightest indication of any dirt col- lected. Only one man is necessary ‘to milk a herd and the entire work-is ‘com- pleted in less than an hour's time as there are three units by which three cows can be milked at the same time. From now on Mr. S¢hroeder’s cus- tomers will receive their milk about one hour earlier every day as the de- livery wagon will be ioaded for the days route much earlier than it was when the milking was done by hand. This machine is the only one now be- ing operated in Beltrami county but Mr. Schroeder believes that other farmers with large herds will also install a machine as soon as they rec- ognize its real value, LIVESTOCK TRAIN COMING Northern Pacific Special Train Will Start From St. Paul June 9 The Northern Pacific railway com- pany will start a special “Livestock” train from St. Paul under the direc- tion of D. E. Willard, ‘development pgent of that road, June 9 ‘and will stop at all towns in their terrritory including Bemidji. The trip will takea period 0! 'about two weeks and: will ruii over the following route. Over the Du- luth Short line to-Carlton and Brain- erd; trom Brainerd, over the Minne- sota and International division to Be- midji and’Little Falls.'-A run will follow on the Morris branch;, with a stop- at” Fergus Falls. - The special then will invade tHe Red river-val- ley, flnal]y swlnging on tha Wlnnipeg branc] - " Two livestogk . ¢ars, one poultry car;”one nmchinery scar ;.and . WO solutely air proof and the milk is ob- | . and waived examination on a charge of ‘atheft of five dollars from Alma Annette at the County poor farm.’ He was. bound over to ‘the first term of the grand jury which ‘will be held here next September, on a bond of $500 which he was unable to furnish. “BIG ']iElflDG”' fo’ CASS LAKE Wlll Play htum Gnme 1in-That City - Next Sunday. Next Sunday- afternoon the “Big Bemidg” bssehall team will play a return game with the Cass Lake. team at Cass Lake. . The Cass Lake steam blames the lack of a.good pitcher for their defeat but they believe that the game will have a different outcome in their ‘home town. ' During the gamp in Bemidji the visitors showed | batters continually made safe hits. Local fans will probably accom- pany the team as the. train comnec- tions are good: between the two cities. CHAPTER CONFERS DEGREES Serve Dinner to ct;mpo.niom and Out- of-Town Visitors at Temple _The Bemidji-Chapter R A. M. con- ferred the chapter degrees on three candidates Monday- afternoon and ner to companions and visitors-. in! the lodge dining room. - Many guests from out of the city were present, among whom were the following: Dr.. Culp, of Red Lake; Frank = Patterson, - Wilton; James Reed, Blackduck; O. A. Simes, Sol- way; Theo. Wegman, Itasca; J. H. Griffin, Grand Forks; Ira Curtis, Roy Owen, Frank Merrill,” E. J. Phelps Wesley Kalbfleisch and Walter Bart- lett, all of Cass Lake: MINSTREL SHOW MAY 31 Three dollar Cash Prize for the Best Humorons Parody. ‘At a regular rehearsal of the min- strel show last evening Ralph Lycan announced that a prize of three dol- larsswould be awarded to anyone tak- ing part n/ the show,. who would hand in by next Friday night the best: humorous parady of six verses ‘with the music taken.from some late Dopular ‘song. It ‘is probable that good songs will be handed in, asall present appeared to take an interest in the experiment. All persons who wish to take part in “‘the minstrel show must be pres ent next Wednesday night when the next rehearsal-will be held. Prepara- tions are being made to have every- thing completed by May 26 as the “|date set for the performance is May 81st. BEMIDJI AS POWDER CENTER Aetna and Du Pont Both Use City as “Distributing Point. Bemidffii is fast becoming a dis- tributing center, two of the powder. companies " now lave established magazines in this city. The Aetna people of ‘Duluth have 'constructed their house on the Mort. Pendergast farm west of the city, the Battles and Palmer hardware stores being dis- tributing agents. "The Du Pont pow- der is sold by ‘the Given Hardware store. 0. R. Ruehle, reprelentntlve of the ‘Aetna company was-in the city today and announced that another car of| powder “had. just been: received for ¢istribution ‘at this point. -An iHus- trated slide will be shown at' the Brinkman theater” fonight showing the clenrlng of a fleld of stumps by | JOHNSON RAIDS NOT FORGOTTEN excellent field work-but the Bemidjil evening and served a six o’clock din- | Emnon Sernd on Iudxe ly Spooner .Atforney for - ' Complainants. 12 SATLOONKEEPERS MENTIONED Defense Questions Right of Di- rect Appeal—To Appear i in Sixty. Days, Effected About One Thousand Sa- " loon Proprietors in Northern: A citation :was: served today “on Judge M. A. Spooner, attorney. for the complainants;- citing the com- pleinants. in the. action against “Pussyfoot”” Johnson et al, tried be- fore Judge Willard some two years ago and generally known ‘as the Ind- fan Lid case, to appear before the supreme court of the United States-at Washington within sixty days in an appeal sought- to "be -‘taken ' from Judge Willard’s decision. 1t will be remembered that “P\luy- foot”” Johnson was the man most fear- ed by the saloon keepers in this sec- tion of the state, when nearly 1,000 saloons were effected by the Indian closing order. His men raided sa- loons, homes and outbuildings, and searched trunks, suitcases and grips by the hundreds, often finding noth- ing but prjvate belongings. It was then that twelve Bemidji saloon keep- ers took a stand and secured an in- junction preventing the- government agents: from interfering with: their business. The Bemidji saloonmen mentioned in the citation are as follows: E. E. Geralds, Ed. Geralds, Brinkman, Fay, Dalton, Lycan, Marshik, Gunsalus, Maloy,.Sullivan and Tillie Larson. . Final judgment was ‘entered in the- United -States- circuit.:court: at Minneapolis.on April 20, 1911, grant-2; ing to the complainants an injunct- ion against the government agents from any way molesting them or in- terfering with the conduct of their business. Under the laws of “the United States an appeal may be tak- en or a writ of error sued out at any time within six months to review such a-judgment in the circuit court of appeals in the United States, or-if the circumstances are such and such questions are involved as to allow an appeal direct to the supreme court of the United States at Washington, such an appeal may be taken at any time within two years from the en- try of final judgment. In this instance it seems to be the contention of the United States at- torney general’s office that the ques- tions involved are such that an ap- peal may be taken direct to the U.. S. supreme court and if such conten- tion is correct then Judge Willard’s decision is subject to review in that court as two years have not yet elapsed. It is understood that Judge M. A. Spooner, council for the complainants contends that this is not a case wherein the right of appeal direct to the supreme court of the United States lies, and that the appeal if any should have been taken to the United States circuit court of appeals within the time limit of six months, which has long since elapsed. Before any determination of the matter on the merits of the case is made there must first be passed upon the question of jurisdiction of that court to hear the appeal, which ques- tion will be raised: under the.con- tention that there is lnvglvad no such question as will entitle the govern- ment to take an appeal direct to the nupreme court of the United sum “HAR? - uxmu SGHOOI. mms Wlll lnnlude Al Depl.rtmcnu in Both N. L. ‘Hg\kemp and :n_ assistant ‘photographer ‘are’ taking: pictures of “|all the grades in the central school