Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 8, 1917, Page 2

BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER —PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. ' “THE BEMIDJI PIONEER, PUBLISHING CO. @ D.CARSON , . E. H. DENU TELEPHONB 922 Entered at the postoffics at Bemidjl, Minn., as second-class matter under act of Congress of Makch 3, 1879. No attention pald to lnonym'oui contributions. Writer’s name must »e known to the editor, but not necessarily for publication. Communieations for the Weekly Ploneer must reach this office mnot later thun"'l‘uiidly of each week to insure publication in the current issue. SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL 8ix months .. 2.00 Three months THE WEEKLY FIONEER hnmmnuhiulnmnyo(th.nnmofthemk. rnp- lished every Thursdsy and sent postage paid to any address, for, in OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS The Dally Pioneer is & member of the United Press Association, and ia represented for foreign advertising by the Gseneral offices in New York and Chicago, branches in all principal cities. LONGWORTH SAVES $60,000,000 A saving of $60,000,000, or more, that was about to be wasted on a single nitrate plant, can justly be credited to Representative Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio, whose study of the subject and aggressive fight have resulted in abandonment of the project. The United States will get its nitrates for munition or fertilizer purposes, but at only a small fraction of the expense incident to the plan forced through Congress by the Demo- cratic administration. As everyone will remember, Congress at its last session passed a bill which carried an appropriation of $20,000,000 for a plant to produce ni- trates by water power—ithe electric process. It was understood that the plant was to be erac;éd at Mussel Shoals in Northern Alabama. For many weeks there has been demand for a government' appropriation for work at Mussel Shoals, but the project was repeatedly turned down. The orig- inal effort was for $60,000,000 to promote navigation and develop water power. When that tailed there was a demand for an appropriation to erect a plant to mlnu{ncturd fertilizers. That was rejected and when we were on the eve of war the promoters of the project secured an appropria- tion of $20,000,000 for a plant for production of nitrates for munitions. s When that latest scheme was before the House, Representative Long- i worth made a most vigorous fight against it, discussing the subject at 1 length and showing the extravagance and folly of the plan. He pointed out that it the United States relied for its nitrates upon one power plant, depending upon one l(m. it would be a case of “betting our national ex- istence upon the continued existence of that one dam.” But his efforts were not merely megative. He proposed that the government establish numerous plants, widely separated, so that there would be no danger, what- ever might happen, of our being cut off from a nitrate supply. Due to the energetic presentation of the subject by Mr. Longworth, as- sisted by others, the War Department asked the President of the National Academy of Science in co-operation with the American Chemical Society, to conduct an investigation, which disclosed that the erection of a water power plant sufficient to supply the government’s war-time needs for nitrates would cost many times the $20,000,000 appropriated. The $20,- 000,000 would have been but an entering wedge. The investigators recommended a plan along the lines advocated by Mr. Longworth, with an expenditure of less than $4,000,000 out of the $20,000,000 to start the work in small plants under a process developed by the General Chemical Co. The War Department has adopted that plan and the government will sécure nitrate plp‘ntu suited to its needs, without great expense and without rendering production dependent upon the safety of one dam. All the facts in the matter were reviewed recently in the House of Representatives, at which time Representative W. R. Green of Iowa, ac- corded to Mr. Longworth chief credit for the successful fight made against the Mussel Shoals project. MRS. HAVEMEYER'S STATEMENT REFUTED When Mrs. Havemeyer of New York in a recent address stated that the members of the American National Women's Suffrage association would have nothing to do with helping the second Liberty Loan campaign, she took upon herself mpqnllplllty which has been promptly refuted. Mrs. Havemeyer is a woman of exceedingly large wealth and prominence in some ways and her appeal not to aid the Liberty Loan has, to our notion, a tinge of disloyalty. The party she represents is the Women's Suffrage association, which supplied the pickets in Washington carrying banners when the Russian mission was at Washington, claiming the United States was not a democ- racy and that President Wilson was foolfng her allies, and several more in similar vein. The insult to the distinguished foreign visitors at a time ke the present was resented and for that reason, no doubt, certain Women'’s party leaders of contngud brain capacity would retaliate. This group of women are doing more to defeat the cause they advo- cate than any group of men ever did. To us, the advocacy of not buying Liberty Loan bonds is on a par with urging pqo_p_lp ;to resist the draft law, but Mrs, Havemeyer did not speak for the loydl women of Minnesota nor the United States. LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND PREVAILS —_ People who were led to believe that government regulation would Bolve _the difficulties of supply, demand and price, will find something of interest in the announcement that as a result-of the potato production campaign in Great Britain, there is now a record breaking crop that sur- passes all apparent demand. The government guaranteed a price of $30 per ton, and the supply is so great that prices must be made far below that figure in order to induce people to buy the potatoes. In addition to a low price, a campaign of education to encourage people to consume more tubers is to be undertaken. And it will have to be a very effective campaign, for the Glasgow Herald says that in that district the surplus of potatoes will be teit tites the normal demand. CENSORSHIP. ESTABLISHED i i The trading-with-the-enemy law, through a “joker,” gives to the Postmaster General all the powers of censorship which were denied to the administration when the espionage bill was passed. Under this auth- ority, Mr. ‘Burhson, at will, can suppress any newspaper in the land, printed in M'lh or a forelgn dialeet, whose contents do not appeal to his notions of what constitutes loyalty. He has made it known that he will apply this power—but that he hopes mone of his agents will use it lq.flellly. He should remember the words of Shakespeare: “0, it is excellent to have a giant’s strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a glant, YT O O S IO SNG4y SN VO . BUSINESS ' THEBEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEER These .are Good-Service Advertisers - - Offering you their ‘"good service” AND PROFESSHONAL . community about? themselves. Why 11 them u; A. V. GARLOCEK, M. D. hot- ca E SPECIALIST EYE FEAR NOSE. THROAT Glasses Fitted Gibbons Bldg. Phone 106 DEAN LAND CO. Land, Loans, Insurance and City Property Troppman Block Bemidji PHYSICIAN 'AND SURGEON Bemidji, Minn. N. L. HAKKERUP | PHOTOGRAPHER DR. J. W. DIEDRICH A DENTIST ' , Office O’Leary-Bowser Bldg. Oftice Phone 376-W Res. Phone 376-R Photos Day and Night GENERAL MERCHANDISE Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes, Flour, Feed, etc. The careful buyers buy here. W. G. SCHROEDER i Bemldji Phone 66 . 9 S, sy ety gy DR. L. A. WARD. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Troppman Block Bemidji, Minn. Eat at THE HOME CAFE Gordon Burns, Prop. DR. J. T. TUOMY DENTIST North of Markham Hotel Gibbons Block Tel. 230 Corner 3rd St. and Beltrami Ave. GRAHAM M. TORRANCE LAWYER Miles Block Phone 6560 KOORS BROTHERS CO. Bakers and Confectioners Manufacturers and Jobbers Ice Cream, Bakery Goods, Confec- tionery, Cigars and Fountain Goods 315 Minn. Ave. DR. E. H. SMITH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Security Bank Bleck Phone 125 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Wholesale and Retail Pianos, Organs and Sewing DR. E. A. SHANNON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office in Mayo Block Machines Phone 396 Res. Phome 397, 117 Third St. Bemidji Phone 573-W - J. BISIAR, Manager DR. @G. M, PALMER DENTIST Oftice Phone 124 Residence 346 Miles Block, Bemidji L. P. ECKSTRUM Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating Get our estimate Phones 666 and 309 TOM SMART DRAY AND TRANSFER Safe and Piano Moving Res. Phone 58 818 Ameriea Oftice Phone 12 Hair dressing, manicuring, face massage, scalp treatment, switches made from combings $1.50. Corns, ingrown nails treated a specialty. MINA MYERS 311 6th St. Phone 112-W HUFEMAN & O'LEARY , IDA VIRGINIA BROWN: Instructor in PIANO VOICE DRAMATIC ART : Phone 633 1017 Minn, Ave. Bemidji W Ty ———] Y ~ W | FURNITURE & UNDERTAKING H. N. McKEE, Funeral Director PHONE 178-W or R THORWALD L CHIROPRACTOR | Acute and Chronic Diseases han- lded with great suceess ; First National Bank Building Bemidji, Minn. Phome 406-W Hours 10-12 a. m.; 2-6 7-8 p. m. FUNERAL DIRECTOR DR. C. BR. SANBORN PHYSICIAN AND SURGBON Oftice—Miles Block ' M. E. IBERTSON UNDERTAKER J. WARNINGER VETERINARY SURGBON Office and Hospital 3 doers west of Troppman Store Phone No. 209 405 Beltrami Ave., DRY CLEANING Clothes Cleanegs for Men, Women and Children TUSETH SCHOOL OF MUSIC | Teachers -of VIOLIN, PIANO 'AND BAND INSTRUMENTS Phone 683-W 116 3rd St. W. K. DEFISOR, D. V. M. VETERINARIAN Office Phone 3-R Res. 99-J 3rd St. and Irvime Ave. When it is repaired by THEBEMIDJIJEWELR YCO. 210 3rd Street, - Phone 488 DRS. GILMORE & McCARN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS Office—Miles Block DR. H. A. NOR1'HROP OSTEOPATHIC PEIYSICIAN AND SURGFON Suite 10, O’Lesry-Flowser Bldg. Oftice Phone 153 | THE DAILY PIONEER receives wire service of the UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION The nicest courtesy you can show your out-of-town guests is * - see that a notice of their visit here is insert- ed in the personal columns of the Pioneer. Telephone 922 or bring your items to this office. DR. D. L. 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