Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 17, 1917, Page 2

L THE BETIDJI DAILY PIONEER ~—————PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY- THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. G. E. CARSON E. H. DENU TELEPHONE 922 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 must reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CARRIER BY MAIL One year .............. $500 Onmeyear .............. Six months .. . 250 Six months .. Three months . 125 Three months One month ...... oo 45 One week ............. .12 THE WEEKLY PIONEER Ten pages, containing & summary of the news of the week. Pub- lished every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address, fo;, in advance OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS The Daily Pioneer is a member of the United Press Association, and is represented for forelgn advertising by the General ofllegs in New York and Chicago, branches in all principal cities. DEMAND A SQUARE DEAL ‘We as a people are in danger of losing our grip on one of our most cherished traits of character—fairness. Time was when this word and all it stands for was written broad on our national life, and we have prided ourselves on our readiness to accord to any and all people a square deal. And, paradoxical as it may seem, this trait still predominates. We are as ready as we ever were to grant large justice all. But GRANTING justice is only one-sided fairness—but one side of the human equation. We should DEMAND justice and fairness, each for self and for all others. This we are rapidly ceasing to do. Year by year we are more and more sleeping on our individual and collective rights, and others, more active and aggressive, are usurping them. The resources—yes, the actual productions—ot this great nation are 80 abundant that ‘“‘want” should be an unknown word with us. Yet want exists, and exists largely. With our great wealth we should be the most care free people the world has ever seen, but we are not. Lines of care are deep upon the national brow. And all of this because we sleep upon our rights and will not rise up and demand a square deal. We allow congress to misrepresent us and have not the energy or nerve to elect a congress which will force justice and fairness for us. It is time we arose in our might and demanded that the price booster and speculator must go, and he will not go until we do. We are hopelessly in the hands of the exploiter—the speculator in other people’s rights and privileges. From the man on the corner who sells us a pair of shoestrings for twice their worth because he knows we would not walk a block for the difference, up to the giant corporation that furnishes the steel for our buildings at more than its worth because he KNOWS that we can get it nowhere else, all are out for the exploita- tion of the other fellow. ‘We have said that we as a people are as ready as ever to accord fair- ness to all. Yet the very presence of oppression and extortion in our midst has a tendency to breed in us a disregard for this principle. Doubtless you are familiar with the story of the Arab and his camel —how it intruded its head into its master’s tent, which the latter kindly permitted. But meeting no resistance, it was not long before the camel was in the tent and its master was excluded. It is so with us. We are systematically exploited and held up by the speculators and the Shylocks until we are in danger of supinely surrender- ing to their every demand. There is absolutely no reazon for the extortionate prices we have been paying for many months, except the machinations of the trusts, the stor- age companies, the speculators, or all who can in any way hold in restraint the supply, and by unfair means stimulate the demand and the price. When permitted free movement, the products of this country are al- ways equal to any demand. This is not true, however, when a large pro- portion of our production is cornered and retired from the channels of trade until scarcity forces prices to a fictitious level. When cold storage first came into general use it was hailed as one of the greatest discoveries of any age. We very much fear, however, that it is fast becoming our chief oppressor, unless we can take its power out of unscrupulous hands. It is time for us to awake to the importance of DEMANDING the square deal, as well as according it. National disaster faces us if we do not. Mankind is prone to regard a good memory as a possession beyond price. This it certainly is—within limitations. Yet there are condi- tions under which a short memory would be much more valuable. We would benefit by forgetting the petty slights and insults; by ceasing to envy those more fortunate; by wiping from our mind all traces of bitter- ness over wrongs and injustice. Such a faculty for forgetting would leave in the human mind memories of the antithesis of these, that would bless and sweeten our lives and the lives of those about us. - There are two things that will make a blind man see. shaped leg, and the other is another one. One is a well H NHINNRHINTMNRnnE BEmMIDJI HORSE MARKET We Buy and Sell Horses, Harnesses and Vehicles. iobcrg Construction Company ‘* ars Semidjt, Sinn. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL IR R R R R L SRR A. V. GARLOCK, M. D. * SPECIALIST * BYR EAR NOSB THROAT # Glasses Fitted [ Gibbons ‘Bldg. * Phome 105 + ERREE RN KRR KKK KKK KRR KRR R KRR DR. JOHNSON * PHYSICIAN -AND-SURGEON Bemidji, Minn. I EEEERERE RSN R KEKPKEE KKK KRR DR.J. .ng% RICH Office O’Leary-Bowser Bldg. Oftice Phone 376-W Res. Phone 376-R LR R EREREE S SRR * EEEEKEKE KX DR. L. A. WARD PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Troppman Block Bemidji, Minn, IR RS SRR R R R R E R RS KRR REERRARRERED DR. 1. T. TOOMY * DENTIST i * x * % LA R AR R L T2 e R AN R R 3 North of Markham Hotel Gibbons Block. Tel. 330 I EEEEE R RS ERE R e -d I ZE 222 2SR R E RS S GRAHAM M. TORRANCE LAWYER Miles Block Phone 560 I EE SRR R R R RS SRR I EEE LR R R R R B RS DR. E. H. SMITH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Security Bank Bloek EE XXX KRR ERE EX XXX XK R KX DR. E. A. SHANNOR, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office in Mayo Block Phone 386 Res. Phone 397 I E RS EE R E R EEEER ] I EEEERRE R LR LR R R DR. G. M. PALMER DENTIST Office Phone 134, Residence 346 Mtles Block, Bemidji % 3% % ok % 06k % % %% % % % AKX REKKE XS TOM SMART DRAY AND TRANSAFER Bafe and Piano Moviag Res. Phone §8 818 Americs Office Phone 12 I EEERE R R R R ERER] IR E R R R R R EE LS D IDA VIRGINIA BROWN Instructor in PIANO VOICE DRAMATIC ART Phone 633 1017 Minn. Ave. Bemidji EEEE R E B R E &S IR ERERETRERN S B4 THORWALD LUNDE CHIROPRACTOR Acute and Chronic Diseases handled with great success First National Bank Building Bemidji, Minn., Phone 406-W Hours: 10-12 am.; 2-5 7-8 p.m, M TS EREEEEERE IE R R EEEEE B EE RS DR, C. R. SANBORN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office—Miles Block EEXR XXX REE KX IR R R R RS EER SRR J. WARNINGER VETERINARY SURGEON Oftice and Hospital 3 doors west of Troppman Store Phone No. 209 ISR SRR R RS EEEREE KKK KX DR. H. A. NORTHROP OSTEORATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ¥ Buite 10 O’'Leary-Bowser Bldg Offies Phome 153 XXX AR EKRED * % % ¢ % %% B 2w %% % %N Hair dressing, manicuring, face massage, scalp treat- ment, switches made from combings $1.60. Corns, in- grown nails treated a spe- clalty. 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Our buying power and large distribution facilities enable us to secure shipments direct from the mills and factories. They are not bought through jobbers, but direct, be- cause we are jobbers Merchants Ge'tv(')hr Prices O | Tablets, Pencils, Inks, Erasers, Paints, Rullers,, Crayolas, Pens, Art gum, Pen Holders,Composition Books, Spelling Tablets, Note Book Paper, Note Covers, Drawing Paper White, Drawing Paper ManiNa, Theme Paper, Scratch Pads, Paste, Mu- cilage, Compasses, Blotters, Etc. Notice To The School Children We have prepared for tihé opening of school. We have arranged for your particular benefit and conven- ience all the things you need in a hurry. Our clerks know now what youneedin schooland are ready with the utmost courtesy to serve you. Mother may send the little folk here and be assured that they will receive the same careful consideration as the grown folk Yes, even more so. N ) f . PENCIL PAPER —— 4 —+- _L_% INK PAPER INK PAPER 5c Tablets 5c Tablets Superior School, wide Run For Your Money ' Liberty T:Se;h ‘::;: Superior School, narrow A Full Load Empress ? Superior School, Medium The' Fox Irish Linen = High School No. 8 COMPOSITION TABLETS ¢ | Mogart, all sizes + High School No. 7 School Comp o Eclipse Superior School Axd numerpns qther varietiss ;:ry daK]een Extra Large Comp........ 15 | LOOSE LEAF NOTE BOOKS sedale NOTE BOOKS 50 i i Scratch Pads, wide Double 0 Fote D sty Dok, itk ey Scratch Pads, narrow Handy Note Fillers 100 Theme Tablets Utopia Note iance Solid Rin Note Books, all sizes Student’s Note mw“‘i‘t‘f°flns::lfl RBing, Mmplze;: SPELLING TABLETS Pocket Noté -~ - wee ... Several sizes ... Na}’rcW ................. 5¢ WATER COLORS Rm LP N SRR e Wide Milton-Bradley paints, 8 colors I M'p teg ith a1 ote Bocks, in box, with brush, all com- mplete wi er 450 Plete ...oonirnnnnn. 250 DRAWING PAPER We have also a supply of | In packages 5¢ Prang’s and Devoe’s paints o — ! & Too 1 100 | gy, Ve 4nd Maailla ‘ FOUNTAIN PENS | Tablets ........ suEEEES ..Be Moore Fountain Pens from CRAYONS $2.50 to $3.50 No. 8 Crayola ........... Combination pen and pencil | Special Fountain Pens...$1.00 | No. 16 Crayola ..... dividers .............. 25c | Stylo Fountain Pens....$1.00 | Embeco Crayons Hundreds of otherschool articles in stock not listed above BemidjiSchool Supply St -‘ Security State Bank Bldg. Phone 922. Bemidji AR CORR O ORRRT RO R CTRARS ARl [ 5 . Defective