Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 27, 1917, Page 2

oo BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. @. 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 Iater than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. SUBSCRIPTION RATES 5 BY CARRIER One year .. .$5.00 Six months ... . 250 Three months . 125 One month 45 THE WEEKLY PIONEER Ten pages, containing & summary of the news of the week. Pub- lished every Thursday and sent postage paxd to any address, for, in RAVANCE ......ccieennrirnniantiias everieeenaeee.... 3150 OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS The Daily Pioneer is a member of the United Press Association, and 1s represented for foreign advertising by the QGeneral offices in New York aud Chicago, branches in all principal citles. WILL WE HUNGER? The person who can see nothing but government red tape and fussi- ness in the food control measures can see very little below the surface in the present day situation. The food control measures were not put in operation because this governmént had any relish for interfering with the .private lives of its citizens. The fewer measures of this sort were needed the better pleased would be those in authority. That the President insisted on, and the Congress granted food control legislation, is the most conclusive of evidence that the situation called urgently for such measures. Probably never before in history has the world faced the situation it now faces. We speak glibly of our crops in billions of bushels, forget- ting that the demand also is couched in billions. We look at our bursting granaries and overflowing barns, forgetting that across the water are mil- lions of the world’s manhood engaged entirely in consuming and de- stroying. o To be specific, there would have been no price set on wheat had not the government foreseen that long before a new crop could be harvested the scarcity of that cereal would send the price out of reach of all but the affluent. But enacting food control laws and appointing executors is not, of ftself, going to safeguard the country. There is another factor to the situation, and the principal one—the people. In a general way the food controllers can control the prices, but they can in no sense control con- sumption. This is entirely up to the people themselves. If a spirit of strict economy and conservation does not prevail throughoutvthe \lar_ul, the efforts of government will be neutralized. It may seem like threshing over old straw to continually refer to the urgent necessity of economy in consumption of food. But the situation calls for iteration and reiteration. Reforms come slowly. Not by once telling, or twice, or three times, do we learn the lessons of life, but by continued hammering of the same truth into our consciousness are we at last brought to see it clearly. This is our condition in the present emergency. Our past indulgence, coupled with the fact that our supply always HAS been sufficient, has lulled us into a false repose. But the people of this country always learn the lesson when it is put squarely up to them. Last spring they were assured that to preserve the prosperity of the country a record crop of everything must be produced. To this appeal they answered loyally and enthusiastically. They are now assured that, if we would avoid hunger and want, this same seemingly bountiful supply must be carefully conserved and meted out. That they will loyally meet this demand also, we have no fear. But it will require self-denial, frugality, thrift and economy to tide us over in comfort to another harvest. But it can be done, and will be done. During the second week in October the country will be able to cor- rectly gauge the patriotism of its women. Every woman in the country is asked to register, during that weelk, for whatever service she feels she can render her country in this greatest crisis of its history. We have been used to boasting of the splendid loyalty of our women, and we have always had whereof to boast. Thus far in the present conflict their re- sponse to the calls made on them has been spontaneous and most gratify- ing. But greater demands yet will be made. Their work is in no sense inferior to that of the men, although it may differ very materially from it in the element of “thrill.”” They will be called on to take up and bear woman's age—old burden—patient endurance and helpful ministration That their response will be even morc enthusiastic than it has ever been, there are none who doubt. It would be interesting to know just how much of that large Russian loan will find its way into the pockcis of the men in the trenches. We look with pride on the magnificent personnel of our army, but we are too apt to forget or overlook the fact that an adequate wage goes a long way toward securing that personnel. The difference between one cent a day and one dollar a day may account for considerable enthusiasm or its absence. We venture the assertion that an American guarantee of fifteen or twenty dollars a month to every Russian soldier who is willing to stand and fight would materially change the morale of the Russian armies. It is worth a trial. Up to date this country is about the only one upon which Germany has not laid the responsibility for the war. Our turn will come next. DRY CLEANING Clothes Cleaners for Men, Women H“FFM“N & u I.EARY and Children l The ‘ FURNITURE & UNDERTAKING H. N. McKEE, Funeral Director PHONE 178-W or R TUSETH SCHOOL OF MUSIC Teachers of VIOLIN, PIANO AND BAND INSTRUMENTS Phone 683-W 116 3rd St. Subscribe for The DAILY PIONEER L. P. ECKSTRUM Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating Get our estimate Phones 5565 and 309 THE DAILY PIONEER receives wire service of the UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION ! { Bemidji, Minn. Phone 850 Bemidji, Minn. Phone 850 Exclusive Women's and Misses' Outer Apparel H.H. 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