Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 19, 1913, Page 1

HUNDRED MILLION This Amount Exclusive of Land l.nd Farm Animals Total Investment in the United States: INDIVIDUAL TAX EQUALS $1.50 Since 1897 Protection to Sugar In- dustry Has Cost American Con- sumers $2,000,000,000 DUTY COLLECTED $800,000,000 Means Other $1,200,000,000 Has Been Nothing More Than a Bonus, Says Tavenner. By Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner. Washington, June 19.—Compare the total investment in the American augar industry with the amount the duty on sugar costs the American peo- ple annually, and we pick up the clue explaining why, despite the . pres- ence of the sugar lobbies in Washing- ton, the two-cent tariff tax is to be removed from sugar. Exclusive of land and farm ani- mals (which can be used in: other farming operations) the total in- vestment in sugar {in the United States i3 about $100,000,000. For the benefit of the few men owning this industry, the American people are taxed annually in the increased price of sugar $140,000,000 or $40,- 000,000 more than the total sugar in- vestment. It is also $40,000,000 more than the total annual value of the American sugar crop lncludlng its by products. To the individual this tax amo\mtu to $1.50 or an annual charge of $7.50 on a family of average size. Since’1897 the protection to the sugar industry <has-cest -American consumers two thousand million dol- lars. But if the public got value re- ceived for this simZ—in revenue to defray the cost of government— there ‘would not be so much complaint. - But the actual duty collected in 16 years has been only $800,000,000. The balance, $1,200,000,000, has been a bonus pure and simple wrung from the poor to create a mew group of American millionaires. Leaving aside the principle that sugar as a prime fod necessity should come untaxed to the American pub- lic, the production of cane sugar in this country is an artificial, unna- tural industry. There are two types of sugar production—from sugar beets, grown in many sections of the country, and from sugar cane, grown along the gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas. It is possible, indeed possible, that beet sugar production has now progressed to a point where. it can be called a natural industry. If so, it does not need protection in order to survive. But there is no natural justification for cane sugar prduction in the United States. It is possible to grow bananas and tea in New England in hot houses Yet not even the most rabid protec- tionist would advocate a prohibitive duty on bananas or tea, raising the prices of these fods ten times above what they are now, in order that tea and bananas might be produced with jrofit in hot houses in New England. In a somewhat smaller degree cane sugar growing is a hot-house indus- try. The sugar in cane is called su- crose by chemists. Louisiana cane is only six.to seven per cent : sucrose, while Cuban cane is 11 to 14 per cent. and-Hawailan from 14 to 15 per cent S Summer Comfort for the Stay-at-Homes Tha first warm days bring dis- appointments to many of us who cannot enjoy the general summer exodus from town, but who, for one reason or another, must stay in our houses or apartments during the warm months. We can’t all go to the moun- tains or seashore, but, by a care- ful and judicious -expenditure every woman can make & summer atmosphere in her own home if she chooses. Rugs, heavy curtains, and drap- eries can be put carefully away, and in their place can be substi- tiuted a whole new set of things at & surprisingly.-low cost. There is an _infinite number of fibre rugs. in ‘the market to ‘fit = any size space; there are dainty fresh, cot- ton curtain materials in becoming designs; and as for cretonnes for furniture coverings, their beauty and varlety are bewildering. Just read. carefuly through the housefurnishing advertisements in The Pioneer and calculate for | yourself how 'little these summer comforts would “actually cost. VOLUME 11. NUMBER 45. WEATHER HINDERS PAVING AFTER THREE |)Ay LAKE ROAD mflfin lornm; But Rain of Laat Night Means Several Days Delay. GREAT kox'rmx TO0 CLEAN UP Preplrntlons have heen cumpletad ‘to commence work on the paving, which was to start this morning but has been delayed by the wet weather. A crew of men will commence at the end of Third street and pave up to the city dock including the fire dock. Frm here they will move to the vicinity of the Great Northern depot and pave Minnesota avenue leading up to that depot. Fourth street and a small stretch on Bemidji avenue will be paved next and the crew will then finish up on Beltrami avenue as’far north as Sev- enth street. Two machines will be used to rush this work to completion as it will' be necessary to finish the work on the streets by the first part of August as the contractors have a large number of side walk contracts which they wish to finish before fall. As soon as the paving is completed in the vicinity of the Great Northern tracks and depot that railway com- pany will commence work on putting the grounds around the depot in ex- cellent shape. The old depot will be torn down and the ground covered by it will be used for park purposes. Several car loads of gravel and dirt have been unloaded near the depot and graded down to flll the hollows 8o that the work to be done now will not take much time and will be com- pleted by the latter part of July or first part of August. Cement sidewalks will be laid from the present walks up to the depot platform. and many other improve- ments will be made to put the grounds in an equally presentable appearance with the building. sucrose—or. over. twice. ag much su-p gar in the same amount of cane. In Cuba-sugir ¢ahe -grows nafural- 1y, and Is planted once every 10 years. In Louisiana the cane must be re- planted every Vear. There is never frost in Cuba; in Louisiana the cane must be cut in Oetober before matur- ity to escape frost, thus accounting for the lower sucrose content. Louis- iana sigar mills are antiquated: while some of the Cuban factories are the latest and most efficient in the world. And so, though Louisiana wages are much lower than those paid in Cuba, it costs nearly four cents a pound to produce a pound of raw sugar in Louisiana, against a Cuban cost of two cents. Said Representa- tive T. W. Hardwick, of Georgia, the great sugar expert of the house: “In order to produce a cane sugar crop valued at $25,000,000, our Louisiana friends insist that we ought to continue a system of taxa- tion that costs the American people $140,000,000 in the increased price of sugar. It is undemocratic; it is unfair; it is unrighteous; and, so far as I am concerned, I will never stand for a continuance of this policy to keep a duty on this great necessity of life which cannot possibly -be pro- duced in Louisiana one-half as cheap- 1y as it can in the balance of the world.” Want Your Clothes Washed? If you want your clothes washed by the most up to date method and ab- solutely free of charge, why give your name and address to Mrs. H. C. Reld when she calls in the course of a day or 0. Mrs. Reid represents the Do- mestic Utilities company, and is spec- ializing a Vacuum clothes washer. The washer washes the clothes with- out friction or rubbing, and is a new invention. Mrs. Reid and her assist- ants are canvassing the town today gathering the names of those who wish to see the machine in operation and 1is setting dates when it will be taken to the different homes and "pm. to work.” 'SCOOP irorrer Andrew -Koehn, - ‘First Qunumlm: of the Ni nowulg to: Gulf from Lake Ituol Here. Lack of: Water vl!lndieapped Selor Who Was: Forced to Drag Boat : Over Rocks. : ON SCHEDULE TIME HOWEVER Expects to Reach St. Paul Not Later _Than July First—Worst of the . Trip Over, ‘With the" worst of his- trip -over, and with ~ but’ two dollars in the world, Andrew K ,/ the former first’ quartermaster.in the.navy, he recently have been giyen a discharge, and_who {8 rowing from ‘the -source of the Mississippi to its mouth, the Gulf of Mexico, arrfved in Bemidji at 8:15 last evening. He left Lake Itasca Monday morn- ing and because the dam at that place has been closed for some time the river was almost completely lacking in water. The distance covered by Koehn in He the three days, was 64 miles. covered 37 miles yesterday. In many places the sailor was com- pelled to drag his craft for yards on the rocks and -sand. In doing this he knocked a hole in the botttom of his boat. This he did not fix, claim- ing it would take too much time. A few miles up the Mississippi from Bemidji. Koehn was forced to drag the boat around six trees which ‘hadfallen across this Tive this-he- lost two hours. The boat Koehn is using was built in St. Louis from his directions- and is flat bottomed. It was new when he left Lake Itasca, but from _the looks of it last night it has been put through an awful fight. The bottom of the boat is entirely void of paint-and the sides are badly scratched. - Koehn expects to arrive in St. Paul a distance of 483 miles from Bemidji, not later than the first 6t July, and believes that the worst part of his trip is over. He left Bemidji at 4 o’clock this |morning, and slept last evening in his boat. The sailor as rather careful in his conversation because he did n6t wish fact that he is under furnish news of his trip as far as St. Paul to the St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press exclusively. : To Minneapolis on Motorcycles. Harry Grindall, and Bob Feldman of Northome arrived in Bemidji this morning with their two new Indian seven horse power motor cycles and neapolis, and are capable (of ‘traveling -sev- time it would take by auto. : # Lightning Struck Wires. several rods. further damage was done. LEFT ON lomY nonlnra KEEP ROAD MONEEYS ON J0B| Having: complete the "nolll ‘Around. th and were .uld ofl'-tclgg;za' They have been wi around-the lake-being-made by W. A Gould a week ago'jast Tuesday. Two men, road moukeys, will be kept ‘at work on the road for some time filling" in ‘holés aud bld Pplaces in the road, 1t is Deing urged that .'u,mvm of auotmobiles: who intend driving around the lake, avenue road to:the head of the lake and around to Lavinia: to Nymore, This 1t is believed .Will give a systém which Will prove Df ‘great conven: fence because of ilie:fact that there are many places. on the new. road Where it would-be almost impossible to pass ome nnot:hsr and it is also favored because-tnere are less hills to climb than i going around through Nymore: fis§ It is not yet known just how much money was expended in building the road around the lnl} and ‘will not be until all the men hgve received their checks and expenses:paid. “Ought to Settle Matter.” The Virginia 'Paily = Virginian to talk for publication, because of the contract to are preparing to léave today for Min- The cycles are probably the best machines ‘ever ‘seen in Bemidji enty-five milées an’ hour.™ The two young men expect to make the._trip to the cities in about one-half of tlie Lighting struck the electric light ‘wires between Ninth and Tenth street last night causing them to burn for. Two wires broke and| dropped to the side walk below but were repaired this morning and no|: Defctive Pug states: “The Northern ‘Minnesota Editorial association has gone on re- cord as favoring Bemidji as a suitable place for a state normal school. That ought to settle the matter, as a few dozen of the moulders of public opin- fon have just returhed from an out- ing to the pretty-Northern Minnesota town, where they W brg royally enter- e e Chinaman to Marry White Woman. C.-G. Chong, proprietor of: the Pe- king Cafe at International - Falls, Tuesday secured a license to marry Lydia Kaskinen, & white woman who has been in his employ. * L2232t g R *tltt# TS t‘ 222222222222 2228 24 Mrs. Lockrum and daughter spent a few days of last week in Thief Riv- er Falls, the guests of relatives. Among those who went to Bemidji Friday to attend the circus were: Conrad Bruun, Regina Iverson, Con- rad Nelson, Clarence Bye, Sthol, Mr.-and Mrs. Tegner, Mrs. J. Olson and children, George Bruun, Peder ‘Drumness, ‘John Holton, Otto Nelson. the guests of the Sthol family Thurs- day and Friday of last week. Mr. Seiness ‘and children of Van- couver, Washington; spent: the week end with-the former's brother-in-law, Mr. A. A. Haarklan, Miss Effie Sines returned home Monday evening after visiting in Be- midji several days. g Mr. and Mrs. John Thoren of near Solway npent Monday afternoon in Pinewood. Mr. Brent Pederson spent Mondny in Bemidji. Hogan Koppang, who has been in Saturday. Cann, Parker, Burke, Josephine and Ella = Parker, Malone, Arthur tertained at-seven o’clock: supper. splendid _time was had by all. No, Scoop Too I.ate To Take It Back Now ' ) George Mr. Ed Pevey of Clearbrook, was| Bemidji the past week returned home The Messrs. . and:. Mesdames Mec- Gilmore, O'Leary, Black, Richards, the Misses Marie Burke Katherine Richards and Gresg O’'Leary - and Earl Black of Bemidji autoed to Pinewood Thursday. evening to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sthol where they were en- A Arrangements are being made for a big celebration in Pinewood July 4. i##*i*fiii‘lfllitflb i*iii!iilltf«ki#&i#iil *m EDWARD GREY, NOTED ENGLISH STATESMAN, * AT mmnmomxcm mm hd «*«««ii«:fl-«um u«co:a}qaa:«fi?:q SKELETONS OF MAN. “AND BOY FOUND ‘Be Remains of Indians While Working on Road at Outlet. UNEARTHED BONES LAST NIGHT Indwutum Seems to Show lnllet Hole in Skull of Man; Boys Head Appears Crushed. Skeletops Found in Mound aad Were Buried Less Than Two Feet Under Ground. Buried less than two feet under ground and in a-mound, the skele- tons of what is believed to be two In- dians were discovered at the outlet “|of Lake Bemidji ‘at six o’clock last evening, by workmen who are grad- ing the road at that place. Indications seem to show that the Indians have been dead for at least ‘one hundred years and this belief is strengthened by the fact that a small oak tree is growing over what was the grave, and which is about 65 or 70 years old. ~ Dr.' E. H. Marcum examined the skeletons and stated this morning that from-the appearance they had been .under ground for at least 100 s | years, 1 Examination of the skuils seems to show that the man was killed by a 5 ‘bullet or someéthing which penetrated | the skull, while that of the boy seems : TO TACKLE GRAND RAPIDS |2z i .An interesting tenuu of the find- (St b ing of the skeletons is the fact that | tor. years over the very spot where | they were buried, plcme pnrtlll have 2 been-held. * Copyrlght by International News Service' mpplled by New Procesl Elec- tro Corporation, New York. Says He Will Resign Public Office Because of American Marconi Scandnl ., 8ir Edward Grey, minister for Foreign Affairs, Great Britain’s master diplomat, threatens to resign because of disgust with his fellow cabinet and Liberal Party members over the American Marconi Scandal. The statement that Sir Edward Grey would resign-follows the development of the fact before the Macroni Committee that Lord Murray of Elibank, while chief whip of the Liberal Party a year ago, invested in three thou- sand American Marconis out of the party funds for. the benefit of the Liberal Party. In addition to Lord Murray, Lloyd ‘George Chancellor of the Exche- quer and Sir Rufus Isaacs, members of the cabinet, who were involved in - the Marconi scandal, It is not asserted that any of them committed any act that might be termed dishonest, but they practically admit themse‘ves that their dealings in Mm-coni were at least indiscreet. WIFE FOR DEERWO0D MAN In Letter to Minneapolis Joqmll Re *~quests Edward ?um_:rWelmri'm Find - Helpmate For Him: - “Big Belmdz” Will Play Fast Range : - |CLERKS WANT SHORTER HOURS LUMBERMEN GO TO BLACKDUCK | gy gineqq Men Will Ghnnge Evening Closing Hour During Summer. CLAIMS “FRATERNAL”| FEELING The Minneapolis = Journal gives publicity -to the communication of a Deerwood man who wants Edward Payson Westeon to find a wife for ‘him. The article reads: “Basing his claim on the fraternal feeling that should exist between all long distance walkers, & Deerwood, Minn., farmer who says he used to walk -eleven miles daily to and from school in his youth, has written Ed- ‘ward Payson Weston, asking the pe- destrian to find him a wife while on the way from New York to Minnea- polis. The letter signed by H. 0. Se- bring, R. F. D., route 1, Deerwood, Minn.,, and addressed to ‘Weston in care of the Minneapolis Athletic club, is as follows: “I gee by the papers you are walk- ing to the Minneapolis Athletic club, which I think is a great undertaking, as in my school days I walked every day a distance of eleven miles to my school and back At the present time 1 am a farmer living on beautiful Crooked lake, near Deerwood, Minn: 1 own 100 acres of good land, a por- tion lake front, where I have a small home, stables and other things neces- sary for farming purposes. “‘I am 40 years of age, weigh 190 pounds and, when I have my Sunday clothes on, make a fairly good ap- pearance. No doubt during your trip you-will come in contact with manyp| ladies, and should you find one that would like a iome in one of the most beautiful spots on earth. I will be| TFire crackers have already become glad to have you turn this letter over | popular and the ‘young people of the}. to her and have her write me, and I|city have commenced spending their can find one to suit-me, will be glad|change for this form of amusement. to make her my wife md divide a]l|From now on it will probably be one 1 possesa.’ big Fourth. Sunday afternoon the “Big Bem- idg” baseball team will clash with the city team from Grand Rapids on the local diamond. Both teams -have made ‘excellent showings this year and it is probable that the game will be ghe best:plsyed in Bemidji this year. - McKeig will pitch or Bem- 1dji with Boscoe as catcher. Players and supporters of the Crookston Lumber Company base ball team will journey to Blackduck next Sunday where they will meet the city team of that vflllge. Smiley and Herebrt will form the battery for the lumbermen. Many new players have been added to the team and they now believe that they have & “team as strong as any in the city. Postoffice .clerks have been prac- ticing daily for a game with the Be- midji barbers next Sunday and be- lieve they have acquired enough skill to add a third victory to their list. They expect to challenge the stronger teams of the city if they prove victors| in Sunday’s game. Captained by Glen Peck a baseball team consisting. of a large number of local baseball stars will play the “Little’ Bemidg” team next Sunday morning at ten o’clock. “Little Be- midg” has won four out of six games played this season and expects to Journey to Cass Lake one week from Sunday where they hope to add one more scalp to their list. An effort is being made by some of the merchants to effect an early clos- ing hour of 8 o’clock to 6:30 or 7, 80 that the clerks will not be compelled ‘to return to their work after the sup- per hour, Sentiment among the majority seems. to favor this move and it is the desire of the-merchants to secure expressions -from the public regard- ing this change. The clerks in the stores will all welcome this proposi- tion and are anxious to have Bemidjl do what other towns.in the state are doing regarding the hours of labor during the hot summer months. Crookston and other towns the sise of Bemidji in the state have prac- tised this early closing law for the past three years and it is approved by the citizens of the town and coun- try alike. = CLARK TO GIVE ORATION Former Bemidji Attorney to' Address Citizens of Brainerd July 4. Information has reached Bemidji to the effect that Mal D. Clark, form- erly of Bemid}i, being a member of the law firm of McDonald and Clark, will deliver the July Fourth oration at Brainerd.- Mr. Clark has the dis- tinction of having been the young- est municipal court judge in the state of Minnesota. He was appointed as- sistant municipal judge for Brainerd by Governor Eberhart a year ago, when only 21 years of age. He did not seek re-election at the spring elec- tion, his law practice necessitating that he devote his entire time to it.. - About That Parade. - . Under the supervision of Chairman F. 8. Lycan plaus for the biggest auto- mobile parade ever seen in Northern Minnesota, will be held here on the Fourth of July. Already mnny have signified’ their lntantlonl of entering thelr cars. The matter of decoration will be left entirely to owners of the cars and $60 in prizes will be award- ed ‘the best dressed cars. o All'who wish to enter. lhould noti- fy Mr. Lycan at the Markham hotel by telephone or in person. Some of the business concerns are planning to_enter auto floats as = matter of advertisement-and indications point to the hemll ol‘eolnpoflflo‘n. % xom-wum 2 ' There will be no regular meeting of ith llp mu‘ht. o 'fluyn c.