Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 17, 1915, Page 2

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER 1915 RIDAY, DECEMBER 17, BANK LAW FAILS SAYS “EARLY BIRD” ‘Wealth is Being Concentrated Asserts Lindberg, Who Is On Job at -- 5A. M By Floyd P. Gibbons. (In the Chicago Tribune). Washington, D. C., Dec. 17.—It is dark. Not even the rattle of the first milk wagon has been heard on Capitol hill and still lacks two hours before the gold dome of the con- gressional library will reflect the morning sun. The measured beat of heel taps on the wooded cover of the marble steps leading to the house office building can be heard as the solitary figure of a man, tall, gaunt, and dressed in black, mounts the incline. It is Congressman Charles A. Lind- bergh of Minnesota on his way to work. His quiet “good morning” disturbes the chair slumber of the doorkeeper. It takes three pushes of the button to arouse the elevator man from his dreams beside the lever. Lindberg, besides being a million- | aire, is the early bird of the Sixty- fourth congress. He goes to work between 4 and 5 o’clock every morn- ing. When the secretary arrives at the office at 8 o’clock he finds the congressman busy at his desk, with the electric bulbs assisting the dim natural light. Has Only Telepathic Secretary. The congressman is the possessor of the only telepathic secretary in the building. In his early morning work Mr. Lindberg prepares abbrevi- ated notes which the secretary by some supernatural power is able to translate into letters later in the day. The congressman admits that he himself is unable to translate the notes after writing them. Lindberg is a strong believer in the removal of private interests from the opportunity to influence congres- sional action. Upon his election five terms back he relinquished his posi- tion as legal adviser for the Weyer- hauser lumber interests, gave up his law practice, resigned from director- ship of two banks and disposed of his stock in three others. His first resolution had for its object the prevention of the appoint- ment of members of congress on com- mittees where they might have per- sonal interests conflicting with the public interest. He was voted down, but won on his second resolution, which was aimed at the secret meet- ings of the banking and currency committee, of which he is a member. Knows “Reasonable” Profits. “I know how to make money,” says the congresman. “I have made mon- ey. That knowledge and experience have shown me the advantages that can be taken of the poor man. I be- lieve that the so-called reasonablé’ profits are responsible to no small degree for the inability of the ma- jority of the people to live comfort- ably. “The toll now charge for the use of capital is so great that it re- luces the earnings of the toilers to such an extent as to make citizen solvency almost an impossibility. The ordinary, every day citizen is beginning to wonder about the bank- ing business. “The people find they need money, S0 congress passes an emergency cur- rency bill to let the people lend them- selves $387,000,000. But something occurs in between. The banks take all of it at 3 per cent and then make the people pay 4 to .10 per cent to borrow their own money back. “I am opposed to the administra- tions’ stand in the country’s finances. The Democrats have put through leg- islation concentrating the power of wealth. The federal reserve act has mobilized the moneyed interests. KKK KKK KKK KR KKK KN * DAILY WAR ANALYSIS. * * (ByJ. W. T Mason) ¥ x United Press Staff * x Correspondent. * KEKHEKEKKKKKKKKKK KKK Sir John French has been sacri- ficed to the immense superiority which modern trench warfare gives to the defense. The failure of the British army to break through the German western front has caused constant criticism of Sir John French among his coun- trymen at home. He is now relieved of his command because British civ- ilians are not convinced Belgium and northern France cannot be freed by military measures. It is apparent that the army sympathizes with the recalled field marshal. Otherwise, the elaborate arrangements for soft- ening Sir John’s fall would not have been made. He not only has been raised to the peerage and given com- mand of the British home defenses, but also he has been allowed to select his own successor at the front. Sir Douglas Haig is Sir John French’s most intimate friend and most constant adviser. The two made their reputations while acting together during the South African war, and during all the operations in France and Belgium the British commander-in-chief has put his chief trust in General Haig. If Sir John French’s policies have been failures during the last 17 months, General Haig is largely responsible. But, the British have failed, in reality, only when the French and Germans also have been unable to make headway. Since trench fight- ing began along the western front, at the conclusion of the battle of the Marne, every major offensive, by} attempted, has broken } . whomever down. Nevertheless, it now seems another effort to overwhelm the German de: fense eventually is to.be made. In i Chrisimas Costs deference to public opinion at home, a new British commander will direct the assembly, but he will be the . distinguished disciple of the late generalissimo. Any other plan than this might have spread serious dis- content in the British army. It probably would have been dis- astrous, for instance, if a general known to be a strong partisan of Lord Kitchener had succeeded to the su- preme field command. The British war minister and Sir John French are antagonistic personalities, and the latter is by, far the most popular with the army commanders. The de- tails of Sir John French’s retirement have obviously been arranged in such fashion as to make it impossible for the Kitchener faction to claim a vic- tory. WILSON’S NAME TO GO ON MICHIGAN BALLOT Lansing, Mich., Dec. 17.—Presi- dent Wilson’s name will be placed on the Michigan presidential primary ballot as democratic candidate for president. The secretary cf state an- nounced today that enough petitions had been filed to make certain such action. Support home industry by doing your Christmas shopping in Bemidji. Your Great- v Grandfather's Ink was an inconstant mixture, thickened or thinned as it requited. Folks are more particular about writing results now, so we offer our customers the newest member of the Carter’s Inx family, Carter’s Pencraft Combined Office and Fountain Pen Ink —one ink equally adapted to < either fountain pens or inkwell usc. Pencraft Ink writes a dark blue and dries a time- ! || defying black. 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