Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 7, 1913, Page 4

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THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE GENERAL OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES Bemidji Interested Shall Bemidji and every other com munity in the Northwest have a pro- portionate share in the benefit of the cheap water transportation of- fered by the Great Lakes? The question was asked of the In- terstate Commerce Commission by the Commercial Club of Duluth. The Commission answered in the affir- mative, but its ruling has not yet gone into effect and will not until those who have benefited by the un- fair rate conditions of the past have exhausted every effort to pre- vent their correction. Your years ago vae Commercial club of Duluth surveyed the transporta- tion situation in the Northwest. It saw that the Twin Cities has stepped in while Duluth was sleeping and had transferred the commerciel Head of the Lakes from its geographical po- sition to the Twin Cities, 150 miles inland. The club found that no other community had been extended the same benefit of proximity to the lake waterway. In fact, the indications were that the Twin Cities had con- stituted themselves, with the aid of the rail roads, the sole beneficiaries of cheap water transportation made possible by the Great Lakes. For the last three years Duluth has been engaged in a fight to right that condition. The Twin Cities have bitterly opposed the city at the Head of the Lakes. Other communities in the Northwest, which studided the situation, joined on the side of Du- luth. Represented at the various thearings of Duluth’s case where Sioux City, Ia., and several towns in Southern Minesota, including Owa- tonna, Mankato, Rochester, Austin, Albert Lea, Faribault, Hastings and Waseca. Senator .homas E. Cash- man, of Owatonna, appeared before|* the Interstate Commerce at Washing- ton, and made a plea on the Duluth side of the case. The formal decision of the Inter- state Commerce was handed down last June. It held that Duluth should have the same rates as Chicago on general merchandise from the East; that the Twin Cities should be de- prived of some of the special pri- vileges obtained by manipulation of rates at the expense of other com- munities, and that other communi- ties should be given some of the benefits which from them for years. The Twin Cities naturally aren’t satisfied with the decision. They have asked that the case be re-open- ed. They have the effective date of the decision advanced from Oct. 15 to Dec. 1, and they hope to force Du- luth through another long and ex- pensive fight to hold the advantage given in the decision. Duluth people believe that the rehearing will not be granted, for the Commission con- sidered the evidence in the case four- teen months after the final argu- ment before announcing a decision. The contest involves only the so- called packages freight, or general merchandise, rates. Lake rates on bulk commodities,—grain, ore, coal and lumber, are a mere fraction of the rail rates on the same com- modities. The margin in general merchandise rates is vastly smaller, but stil_], sufficient to give the water route an advantage over the all rail route. The fact that the margin is not grater is accounted for by the fact that the package freight boats are owned by the railroads with which they are supposed to compete. That is a condition Duluth is also fight- ing. Bemidji is vitally interested in the final outcome of the case. Duluth has assumed the burden of fighting for the whole Northwest in the hope of increasing traffic through that port. The Duluth Commercial Club takes the position that the Northwest must grow for Duluth to grow, and it is up to Duluth to held. Regarding the aituation, as it affects communities in the Northwest outside of Duluth had been withheld | and the Twin Cities, the decision says: S i ““The present adjustment works an undue discrimination against them (the:Southern ‘Minnesota ‘towns re- presented in the case in that the Twin Cities’ rates grow out’ of the proximity of the Twin Cities to the Head of the Lake, while the rates to these communities are based on their proximity to the Twin Cities In other words, the benefit of prox- imity to the Head of the Lake is cen- tered more or less on the Twin Cities and accrues to these other towns not directly, and in accordance with their distance from. the Head of the Lakes, but only indirectly through, the Twin Cities.” The railroads were accordingly or- dered by the Commission to submit some plan by which the discrimina- tions against the communities out- side of the Twin Citles could be cor- rected, and a re-adjustment of the entire rate structure, that cannot help but benefit Bemidji, will- be made, if the decision of the Commis- sion is mot upset. THERE ARE NO GHOSTS. There are no ghosts, the skep- tics say. Dead is the rose of yesterday. The friends we love return no more By winding stair or secret door, Where little children blithely play. At twilight, when the world is gray And shadows rise in dim array, ' Why tremble at forgotten lore? ‘There are no ghosts. Yet once I dreamed from far away I heard her baby footsteps stray Softly across the nursery floor. Bach footfall touched the heart’s deep core. If love could bring her back— but, nay, There are no ghosts. —B. F. Parr in London Sphere. TR KKK KKK KK KK KK KKK ¥ EDITORIAL EXPLOSIONS. * KR KX KK KKK Y RXF KR As far as our memory harks back | we can remember no fire that has| given such general satisfaction in the northwest as the one that re-; duced the St. Paul union depot to ashes.—Stillwater Gazette: s It is none of our business, but we imagine a girl has to have ful grudge against, walking' when. she will put on.a set of brown bloomers| 'and perches on the rear of a miotor cycle.—Carlton ' County Vidette: —_—— One of our briguest writers puts the question square to the world: “Do married men make the best husbands?”’ We give it up, but :if they do not we cannot imagine who does. Anyway, we are satisfied that most husbands are entirely and com- pletely married.—Ex. —— Lovers of alliteration will be fond of the slogan of the coming guberna- torial campaign. Expenditure—ec- onomy—efficiency—election. And Eberhart would be a beautiful cli- max as far as euphony goes. But S. G. has always appeared to us as a person who wouldn’t back down for the sake of a poetic expression. Any- way poetic’ license often permits an I for an E.—Redwood Gazette. —_—— If you do not like a town and are sure that it is going to rectrograde the proper thing to do is to leave, but if you intend to live in the town do all you can to boom it, to build it up and to make it a desirable place to live. This is the way to in- sure progression, and to increase the value of the propetry in the town. —Aitkin Republican. ELECTION OF JUDGES. It has been my official duty to look into the judiciary of each state in my search for candidates to be appointed to federal! judge- ships, and I affirm without hesi- tation that in states where many of the elected judges in the past have had high rank the intro- duction of nomination Ly direct primary has distinetly injured the character of the bench for learning, courage and ability. The nomindtion and elcction of a judge are now to be the result of his own activity and of fortui- {ous circumstances. Newspaper prominence plays a most impor- tant part, though founded on circumstances quite irrelevant, in considering judicial qualities. The result of the prescnt tend- ency is seen in the disgraceful exhibitions of men campaigning - for the place of state supreme Judge and asking votes on the ground that their decisions will have a particular class favor.— Ex-President Taff. ———— Because a thing done, however slight the thing or slightly expressed, has a value distinct from even the most per- fect theory it may be well to tell how first the women and then the men and women of one town inaugurated civic ‘work, says Zona Gale in a pamphlet on town improvement. This town is one of 6,000 inhabitants, and ther initial step was taken by a woman’s club, which gave over studying foreign places and decided to study America. At first one hour of each weekly meeting was given to a paper and read- ings by a club member on some phase of present day America. and twenty minutes to a discussion of the present working out of sowe, civie or' social problem looking to the future of Amer- lea. The latter included news about ion and reclamation, the na- it for health, pure food, play, eugenics, equal suffrage, work- compensation Iaws, children’s vdens, tuberenlosis prevention, mod- ern prison metho public: fountains. Then sowething became evident whieh was a kind of revelation about civilization. It was found that as these matters of natio importance came up for consideration most of them had a distinctly local application. “The Playground as a Part of the Graded School Course of Instruction™ called for a discussion of the need and expense of a local playground. “Con- servation and Reclamation” ~brought on questions about curb tree planting and parking and the local ordinances about cutting down and replacing. “Jails and Lockups” resulted in an in- vestigation of the local jail and cala- boose bedding and the local mode of procedure when boy offenders are brought before a justice. “The Drama— Modern Dramatic Aims and Methods,” was made to include “The Winter's Offerings In/Small Towns and How to Get Better Plays” and “Local Nickel Theaters.” To “Women In Industry” | was added “Women In Local Indus- try—Hours, Rules, Wages.” “Parks” suggested the possible developmment of two local vacant triangles and their appropriation to the common use. It was the incongruity of a small club with a limited membership con- sidering alone problems which directly interested 6,000 folk which led to the next step. 3 The club called a general meeting of all the women interested in town de- velopmemnt. Every woman's club was invited, and a general invitation was' Women’s Glubs Heip The Town [ P PPV PN | extended through the papers. The meeting was held at the city hall, and these were asked to be present and to speak as follows: The city health officer, to explain the vital need of sewerage and the desira- bility of a garbage disposal system and what practical means could be used to get both. The school superintendent, to tell of the advantages of manual training and domestic science in the loeal schools. The art teacher in the schools, to tell how the local school grounds could be inexpensively improved and made beau- tiful. A woman who loves gardens, to tell of the joy in gardens and in planted spaces. A club member, to tell of the work of the American Civic association and of the work of children’s gardens and the penny seed packages. A woman interested in pure milk, to tell of the dangers of tuberculosis ex- isting in uninspected herds and how a town can go about securing the tuber- culin test of its cows in order to know of the purity of its milk supply. Organization was effected in March, and in three months the following had been accol.;npllshed: The sanifary committee had inter- viewed the milkmen at a meeting call- ed by the committee and had ascer- tained how to secure the tuberculin test. The milkmen were willing to have the’ test made and to pay for it themselves., and the matter was pre- cipitated by the owner of a large herd engaging a veterinarian to come to make the test, and finding in the herd three badly infected cows. All the large local herds were inspected. but the effort to secure an ordinance re- quiring the test semiannually. as it should be administered. was postponed in the hope that this will soon be re- quired by statute. . The streets and alleys committee had secured a clean up day named by the mayor. prevous to which a subcommit- tee was named to report the sidewalks not cleaned of snow. The children’s auxiliary committee had distributed 1.300 penny ;mr-kmzc-uv of flower and vegetable seeds and had offered $25 worth of prizes to the chil- dren for flowers entered in a flower and vegetable show anmounced for September. ; These were mere beginnings. but in them the work was lannched and giv- en an’impetus that made permanence « certainty.. RS : Ladies’ Coats and Suits A Great Reduction On Every Ladies’ Suit and Goat In the Store Every Garment Has Been Reduced In Price We do not allow for alterations on these garments, otherwise our liberal store policy goes with every sale. Satisfaction with every sale. Garments not satisfactory returned within a reasonable time will be exchanged or money will be refunded. A safe place to buy your ready-to-wear garments is the store that strives to please. Open Saturday Nights Until 10 O’clock Ofea ‘Money Saving SATURDAY Greatest Occa_sion to get Boys' Good Clothes Below Value. e/ ; [ 4 Special at $3.85—Boys’ Norfolk and double breasted suits, some with extra pair of knickers; in Tans, Browns, Grays. We offer it at a considerable difference $ 3 8 5 from the regular values up to $6.00 "~ - - = SATURDAY Overcoats $4.95—These are ' revertable collar styles for boys 8 to 18 years. Many patterns to choose from. There’s a special reason for a special price on $ 4 9 5 L] SATURDAY - - - = = T $2 Sweaters for $1.35 Fine yarn worsted sweater coats in Byron and Roll col- lar style; Oxford, Maroon and Cardinal shades. Sizes DAY, $2 values 91139 Golf Cafis 50c.—Caps suitable for dress or everyday wear; you’ll like the patterns and and the weights are right for now. SATURDAY - el S O e Extra Heavy Boys’ Knickers $1.50—These are in servic_:eable wear—resisting Kerseys. Just the kind for cold weather. Any boy canusea pair - - - . . Iron Clad Hose 25c—Double Wear—Every Pair Guaranteed. K & E Blouses 3% You’ve probably never seen them at that price before. Woven Madras and French Flannels. All sizes Special - 390 WOOLWEAR TUE NATIONAL BOYS SUIT 90¢ Money : _ - Mail Orders Cheerfully. Promptly Refunded @rei. Co. Attended BEN SCHNEIDER, Pres. Bemidji Minn. CHAS. COMINSKY, Sec. and Treas, * &k Kok ky £ g 8 J : 23 -* gFsy RER K KN l L2 “3 - P