Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 13, 1916, Page 3

SDAY. SEPTEMBER 13.1916 How the Bell Telephone System Spends Each Dollar Received ‘We believe that every telephone user has a right to know what is done with the money he spends for telephone service. The following figures are taken from the annual report of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and Associated Com- panies, showing how the Bell Telephone gyltem spends each dollar it receives for telephone service: (1) 48Y, cents of each dollar are paid in wages to employees. (2) 33!, centm of each doljar are spent in keeping the plant in con. stant good repair by rebuilding or replacing parts of it as they wear out, become out-of-date or are destroyed by fires or devas- tating storms. Out of this amount alse comes the money spent for supplies, taxes, rents, emplioyee’s welfare work and for adver- tising. (3) 20 cents are paid for the use of every $4 Invested in the property. There are approximately $4 invested for every $1 of gross reve. nue received annually, and this payment of 20 cents In interest and dividends represents an annual return of about 5 per cent on the investment. There is no ‘‘water’’ in Bell Telephone stock. A dollar has been invested for every dollar’s worth of stock, bonds or other securi- ties issued. There are about 100,000 stockhelders in the Bell System, more than 48,000 of whom are employees who have Invested their savings In telephone stock. NORTHWESTERN TELEPHONE EXCHANGE COMPANY “My dealer was right ': o . —=they do sati.?fj / Y There’s more to a d&rett‘e than merely “pleasing your taste.” Other cigarettes, be- gides Chesterfields, can do that. - ; But Chesterfields do more—they begin ‘where the others stop ! Because Chesterfields satisfy /—they give you the true meaning of smoking! Yet they're MILD! This new combination (“satisfy,” yet mild) can be had only in Chesterfields—beca use no igarette maker can copy the Chesterfield blend!* " Try Chesterfields today!/ hesterfield i CTGARETTES ' They SATISEY ! i —and yet they’re MILD Chesterfield Blend:—XANTHI for its fragrance; SMYRNA for its sweetness; CAVALLA for its aroma; for its richness. . 20 for 10c HE KEPT US OUT OF WHAT WAR?| . Disingenuous to Boast That - It's Through Any Act of Wilson We Are Out of the Eu- ropean Contest. RATHER SHOULD BE BLAMED | . FOR MEXICAN BELLIGERENCY' During the Present Admlnlnufllni We Have 8eized a Mexican Port and’ 8ent Our Entire Army and MWitia to Fight Mexlcans While Armed Mexican Foroes Have Invaded Am- erican 8oll and Pought Battles Against Our People. Sometimes you hear men, sensible: men, too, say, “I'm going to vote for| Wilson this year because he kept us out of war.” i Ask such men a short question.; Ask them, “Out of what war?”’ Did Mr. Wilson keep us out of the, Buropean War? No. He has himself' in a formal address to congress spok-. en of the European war as “a war, with which we have nothing to do, 1‘1 war whose causes do not touch us.” How could Mr. Wilson keep us outi of a war with which we have nothing | |H to do and whose causes do not touch us? Did he keep the rest of the western hemisphere out of the HBuropean war? No independent nation on this slde‘i of the world 1s involved in.it; the .only people in it are the colonies ol‘ Buropean powers and they had no voice in their fate, for they were au-’ tomatically at war when their mother governments went to war. Who kept Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, out of' the European war? Did Mr. Wilson Did Mr. Wilson keep us out of war, with Mexico? No. In his term more Americans have been killed by Mexi- cans and more American property has been destroyed by Mexicans than by Spaniards during the whole Spanish war. In his term we have seized a Mexican port and have sent our entire, regular army and militia to fight Mexi- cans. In his term Mexican armed forces have invaded American sofl and, fought battles against our people with in our boundaries. President Taft went through two, Mexican revolutions during his term, the revolution against Diaz and the revolution against Madero. American lives were safe in Mexico during that' time. No Mexican cities were seized by Americans.and no armed Mexicans invaded the United States while Mr. Taft was in the White House. Yet Mr. Taft never thought of asking the American people to vote for him be- cause he kept us out of war with Mexico. He put an embargo on arms 80 that American weapons would not, be-sent across the boundary, and he refused to interfere in Mexican affairs. When he left office Mexicans liked Americans and Americans were safe in Mexico. Since he left office Mext- cans hate Americans and Americans dare not remain in Mexico. Did Mr. ‘Wilson keep us out of war with Mexi- co? Not if words mean anything. Mr. Wilson did not keep us out of: the Buropean war and he did not keep us out of war with Mexico. Out of what war, then?— Detroit Free Press. HUGHES’ LABOR RECORD. When Mr. Gompers, remembering only that he is a Democrat and for- gotting that be is a leader of organ- ized labor, ventured to assert that Mr. Hughes is unfriendly to labor be- cause he concurred in the tnanimous dectsion in the Danbury hatters’ case, he ventured on very thin ice. The Chicago Tribune promptly reminds him that an honest judge must apply the law as he thinks it is, not as he thinks it ought to be; and asks him to tell those who look to him for political advice something about the record of Mr. Hughes as Gov- ernor. Read what the Legislative Labor News, the official organ of the ‘New York Federation of Labor, sald editorially when Mr. Hughes left the Governor’s chair at Albany for his place on the supreme court. Here it is: “Now that Gov. Hughes has retired from politics and ascended to a place ‘on the highest judicial tribunal in the -world, the fact can be acknowledged without hurting anybody’s political corns that he was the greatest friend of labor laws that ever occupied the Governor's chair at Albany. During his two terms he has signed fifty-six. labor laws, including among them the best labor laws ever enacted in this or any state. “He also urged the enactment of labor laws in his messages to the Legislature, even golng 8o far as to! place the demand for a labor law in one of his messages to an extra ses- sion of the Legislature. “Only 162 labor laws hgve been enacted in this state since its erec- tion in 1777—in 138 years. One-third of these, exceeding in quality all of the - others, have been enacted and signed during Gov. Hughes' term of three years and nine months.” Let organized labor take to heart what the Chicago Tribune says on this point: “Mr. Hughes is no dem- agogue and no visionary. He is a man of courage and conscience, and if labor cannot confide its cause to his rock-bottom Americanism there is. something wrong with its cause.”—. Boston Herald. o 4 | Fresh Vegetables | =0 jn Season_ R < 5 4 . Eat plenty of vegetables and you will enjoy good health, They are full of nous= ishment and have a ben- eficial influence upon your whole system. We keep a large and complete stock of all the fresh vegetables’ in season and sell them at prices you can easily afford to pay. And those notin season can be found in our ! canned goods department, where qualityand pricesare al- ways sure to be just right. Telephone Orders Given Prompt Attention Troppman’s Department Store Phone 92 GOVERNMENT BONDS OF RUSSIA YIELD ABOUT 8% NET on the investment and 50%. INCREASE in amount invested if held until exchange conditions return to normal. These bonds have a ready market in New York, mature in 1926, are acceptable as collateral at all leading banks. Orders accepted in amounts of $500 or over. The present abnormal condition of Russian exchange we believe due to temporary conditions which will automati- cally right themselves shortly after peace is declared. Special circulars mailed upon request., KALMAN, MATTESON & WOOD St. Paul Pioneer Bldg. Minneapolis Plymouth Bldg. e=—r=——uc B _}': ) If you are puz- | zled over what to get for Sun- day dinner how would a nice veal roast or leg of veal appeal to you? We can also satisfy you if you prefer a beef or pork roast, for we handle nothing but choice meats of all kinds. Honest weight at prices that are right, is the motto of this market. PALACE MEAT MARKET Phope 200