Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 6, 1917, Page 2

THE BET1IDJI DAILY PIONEER = PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY- THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. @. E. CARSON TELEPHONE 22 Entered at the postoffice at Bemidji; Minn., as second-class matter . under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. # No attention paid to anonymous contributions. Writer's name must be known to the editor, but not necessarily for publication. - Communications for the Weekly Pioneer should reach this office not Iater than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. N SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CARRIER BY MAIL Six months .. . 250 Sixmonths....... . 200 Three months ... . 125 Three months.......... 1.00 One month . veee. 45 One week ............. .12 THE WEEKLY PIONEER ] containing & summary of the mews of the week. Pub- sent postage paid to any address lo;,l 511(; Ten pages, lished every Thursday and OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS The Dailly Pioneer is a member of the United Press Association, and s represented for foreign advertising by the General offices in New York and Chicago, branches in all pruicipul Citles. fi HAMSTRUNG AND STRANGLED Not long ago a train of fourteen cars of potatoes, billed to the Chi- cago market, were discevered at a small town near that city where they had been sidetracked and left to rot—at a time when potatoes were sell- ing at $4 a bushel. For a number of years now we have learned of the willful destruc- tion every season of such commodities as potatoes, cabbage, melons, ap- ples and other fruits when there was an opportunity by so doing to force prices up in the interest of the sepculators. These food pirates have purchased acres and acres of fruit on the trees and then refused to allow them to be picked—kept them there to rot—in order to keep them from the open market. In other ways the campaign of pillage and loot at the expense of the consumer has been going merrily on. Of course, merely to designate the perpetrators of these outrages as robbers and pirates does not one particle of good except to afford some slight relief to our feelings. There seems to be nothing the country can do to prevent these outrages. But there SHOULD be, and if we mistake not the temper of the Am- erican people, there soon WILL be. When the countries of Europe first adopted the policy of government oontrol of foodstuffs we in this country congratulated ourselves that we live in a FREBE country. . 'Lately, however, we _are_ beginsing to !é_gq:i fow things—that instead of the freedom of which we boast, we are ham= strung and strangled by a horde of piratical food speculators who have no conscience, know no law, and are devoid of the first element of humanity. ‘With the proof elearly before us that the people are bglng system- atically and outrageously plundered, our congress has the monumental effrontery to dawdle around and haggle over minor details while the poorer classes of our population are being driven to distraction. With such examples before us, the action of President Wilson in de- manding food control by the government—even a dictator, if necessary— looks good to us. It will not keep the producer from receiving a fair and just price for his products, neither will it injure the consumer. But it will everlastingly put a crimp on the golden tail of the remorseless spec- ulator. It is time for congress to enact adequate laws whereby the president can once and for all put an end to this hamstringing and strangling of the American consumer. A ROYAL IMMUNE When the Southern Democrats who control Congress add cotton to the list of necessary farm products which must be produced and marketed under government supervision they will present to the country some proof of sincerity in their protestations of the imperative need of food control as proposed by the Lever bill. In the matter of raising revenue the South has resisted with success every attempt to levy any sort of a tax upon its prime staple crop; and it will probably have equal success in keep- ing cotton out of Mr. Hoover’s hands. Yet cotton is a “non-perishable’” product of which the Lever bill treats so extensively; and it is a funda- mental necessity in domestic economy. But a Southern majority in Con- gress refuses to bring cotton under any sort of regularatory or contrib- utory relations to the general government. Cotton is still king and en- joying the isolation and immunity of royalty. But it takes a backbone to “step on it” as it should be. CLEAN 0UT THE WHOLE THING There is certainly a great mastication of cloth in Washington over the proposition to eliminate beer, wine and booze during the war, or something to that effect, in the propoganda for the conservation of food products. It has gotten down as far as ousting the whiskey and retain- ing the manufacture of beer and wine. We are free to admit the govern- ment at Washington is the wisest thing that ever happened but what we | can’'t get through our hair is why not bag the entire mess, beer and all? Or, if the government contends that beer is a good thing, why bar beer, it is not good for all it certainly isn’t for a few. tions of those idiotic suffrage pickets in Washington, who so grossly in- sulted the United States government when the leaders of foreign powers came to America on a mission the gravest in the nation’s history. In the Pioneer yesterday appeared a dispatch from Chicago stating that the National Clothiers’ association foresaw men in knickerbockers next winter and wearing kilties next summer. Heavens! From the looks of our rather aesthetic props we’ll have to go down south where the negroes. ‘Well, we tried it again yesterday and started today, after we did one day’s stunt last week, and if the Good Lord will let us we'll stick on the job this time for a longer time. The government sends out warning to “Swat the Flies.” Well, why doesn’t the government start a campaign of swatting the spies? Domestic scientists tell us that twelve peanuts contain as much nour- ishment as a beefsteak. Wow! Pass the steak! Heredity runs deep, and the gir who is lazy and selfish and surly to her mother may expect the same treatment from her own children in after from near the military camps and keep it out of the army, ete, ete. If|, ) N i We don’t believe the Suffragist leaders of Bemidji condone the ac- Gameras- Rexo Films Rexo Paper Photographic Standards DON'T FORGET T0 TAKE THE BIG BUS Service is Our Motio Bemidji-Nymore Bus Line M. E. IBERTSON UNDERTAKER 405 Beltrami Ave., Bemidi, Mi In the war between the United States and Mexico there were eleven pitched battles and thirty-five actions, com- bats, sieges and skirmishes. Long Ilasting Sheffield plate The popularity of Sheffield plate is due in part to the de- lightful designs to be met with in these faithful reproductions from the master silversmiths of another day. }_-‘or its lasting quality it is no ; less admirable. i | You will make no mistake if you let your bridal gift be Sheffield from Barker’s. Heavi- ly silver plated on nickel silver with ordinary usage it will wear for generations. Nothing but sterling will give more satisfying service. E. A. Barker Jeowsler 217 Third Street Phonographs Kodaks THE BEMIDJI DL(LY PIUNEER Mid Summer Ready-to-Wear HE sheer loveliness of our Midsummer display of Ready-to-Wear garments is quite the talk of the town. The cool weath- er of the past Spring retarded the sale of summer goods generally, naturally our lines were affected. But they have started to move along rapidly, and are now going with unusual rush for this time of the season. 7 We want you to see these garments, especially the skirts and blouses. They will be a revelation to you, both for their excellence and their reasonableness in price Specials Which Are Creating A Special Interest Wash Skirts . In Gabardine, Piques and fancy coiors, selling readily at from . $1.25 to $4.00 Middies from $1.25 to $3.00 Smocks from $3.00 to $5.00 5 Attractive Blouses # A splendid showing of Lingerie blouses at from 98¢ to $1.98 Georgette and Crepe de Chine at ' H, H. COMINSKY, Mgr Bemidji, Minn, Phone 850 e ———— ¥ KK KKK KK XK XKKKKK The next meeting will be held S X PLEASANTY *| ura ot Mra, % x4 o LEABANT % o ey, t-";}zfll,:;;‘ the home of Mrs.|and Mrs. Charles Knox and family The Ladies Crochet club met Sat- Ora Neely and Douglas Neely, who drove to the Red Lake agency Mon- urday, June 30, at the home of Mrs. [ have been visiting at the M. W. Knox | 987 M. W. Knox. The ladies decided to |ome since June 27, left Monday for| Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knox and take up Red Cross work in the club. |their home in Bemidji. family of Cleveland, who have bee: Mrs. Shirley Hall-Quest, who is the Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Krohn, Mrs.|guests at the hom ¢ f a guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. |[E. E. Schulke and daughter, Violet, | o of M, W. Esox Knox, has had experience in direct- [and Mrs. Belle Krahn and daughter’ since June 27, drove to Kelliher ing such work and gave the ladies |Hazel, drove from Tenstrike Sunday|SPeRd & few days with Mr. Knox! valuable instructions about the mak- ing of bandages and other articles. Mr. and Mrs. M. X. Knox and Mr. for a few hours. leaving for their home. LOW SHOE SALE Today, ljhurlday July 5, we continue our celebration with a live rousing sale of :m of l,ow shoes in our stock, new shapes, new colors, leathers and patterns— . is season’s live styles. Just think of it men, you can Florsheim quality oxford at— e il Some of Our Other Oxfords Formerly $5 and up to $6, nv $3.95 We have every sise and width now. We wont guarantee that our assortment will be complete very long, 8o it is up to you to make your selection at‘once. Every pair of low shoes on sale is from our regular stock. This season’s merchandise with the same service as though you paid the regular price. $6, $7 and $8 Oxfords now $4.45. $5 and up to $6, now $3.85. Ay and visited at the N. L. Knox home|Sister, Mrs. William Betts, before " ol S0 Adrowo