Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 14, 1918, Page 3

» for ITS EFFORTS Makes State Efficient In All Its War Purposes. PROTECTS THE PUBLI Isloyaiists Are Leaders Among Its Critics and “Bolsheviki” Element Seeks to Destroy It—Friend to Farmer and Laborer. portant classes :inour- gtate?” i This is a’'question, the publicity of which has been somewhat neglected from one side at least. The other side, or those who have fought every imove and criticised every action of the Commission almost from the be- ginning, hag been busily engaged in rejudicing the minds of those they rny be able to'deceive. - They have 3en able to comimand a large amount of money for this purpose, extracted from the pockets.of their so-called “members” on the specious plea that hey would be able to better the coa- dition of the farmer or la‘boring man {t they were only given power to do s0. The_ authority they have egotis- tioally ascribed to themselves without gomn]tlng any one.--or-anything has been used for the gratification of their own selfish ends, rejoicing in the be- Hef,. that 'their dupes -Would . follow them to the.limit.and allow.them to revel to their heart’s content in the wnusual wealth, and degreeé of power glven them, and which they can use the promulgation of any propa- jganda that will give them further power. They are so drunk with their pregent seeming irresistible influence that they actually believe that they will eventually be able to “rule the world.” In this they are much the same as the Kaiser and his clique of Prussian war lords who are now ruling to-their downfall after indulging in a pipe dream constructed on much the same principle. 5 ‘When ‘the. Commission of Public Safety was created it was generally vnderstood and accepted that it would have charge of the mobilizing of the vast resources of the state for war, the moulding of the sentiment of our people for war and to direct the indus- tries of the state in such a manner as to be of the greatest possible ser- vice to the nation at this time of na- tional crisis. That it was created for this great patriotic purpose in order that Minnesota may back the President ‘and the government in its war program was the generally ac- océpted purpose \of the legislature which was responsible for its crea- tion. The great bulk of our patriotic citizenship were quick to realize its value, the economy of its operation end the safeguards that were thus thrown around every interest of the state and her people, profecting them from the “Huns at Home” and acting as a curb to all attempts of undue profiteering, with the general public es a victim. i That the Commission has been gen- erally successful In all of these mat- ters is something that has been dem- onstrated over and over again and the thinking - people, no matter whether farmer, laborer, professional man or capitalist are generally agreed that without the presence of the Saf- ety Commission our state would have been in a sad state of chaos as far as its efficiency for war purpoes at this time {s concerned. That it has been successful to a marked ‘degree is shown by the fact that’ seyeral other states have’creat- ed “sififlar * bodies with ' ‘powers as extensive in order to bring their own" gdommonwealths up to-a point-where it-will be able-to handle the war sit- uation -‘within'' 'thelr' “borders as effectively ‘and: expeditiously as pos- gibler.r v The work of «the Minnesota |Comititasion “~has~“been ' ‘'a” model Whiroughout “the "entire nation and - it #as been accomplished without the! expense and machinery ‘and red tape Rhat-has been characteristic in many brapches.of war activity.... ... . Another: and - most.-convineing fact’ supports the claim that. the Commis- slon has been -suacessful in its work.' That is & fact that is- a matter of record and public knowledge. - It is this. Every mman of known or sus \pacted disloyalty has been a’leader mmong - its critics. Every sgocialistic’ organixation and leader has attacked It andrits: members viciously and “un- ' gorupulously. The “bolheviki” element has gathered under one- ban- nmer” in Minnesota for the avowed punpose of putting it out of existence ‘mnd: punishing the loyal and patriotic ‘men who have sacrificed time, money, position and private business inter ests in order to carry out the duties that have been imposed upon them. Bvery “ism” Known in the dictionary of disturbing and disintegrating fn- fluences, whose alms and purposes 'gould not bear the light of day, has /thrown its Influence of treachery, ideceit and treason against the Com- jmissfon and its members. Every po- litical outcast and every harlot of e journalistic harem has joined | . {"“Is the Commission of Public Safety friend of the farmer-and the.laboring n or has it neglected to performi: the tasks-that are necessary and with- - 48" 1ta- -power 10t ‘the ‘settlement = and mntme'nt‘uf those problems that vi-|" y .concern:people of thebe},two im- ‘the anvil chorus in a desperate effort to defeat the work of the Commis- sion and deliver ‘our_state into the hands of those who are representing and doing the work of the kaiser's murderbund in- this state. Every broken down journalistic hack and discredited newspaper man is em- ployed on the publicity staff at fancy salaries, paid by money filched from the pockets of the farmer and lab- oring classes by deceit, .coercion and downright . thievery, glving nothing but empty promises in return. It is their oper, hoast and Bworn testi- mony that this Tuns into millions,‘all of which will-be used if necessary to #capture the state. government’ so at representatives of - the above aned ‘clagses and interests may' get * feet iuto the trough and feed i blic pap until their glut- tes. are -satiated. No sideration and no other mo- thelr plans. for ‘the "loyal ‘people of every loyal and patriotic citizen or organization in the state and na- tion. When he contracts the char- acter of those who have systematical- 1y opposed with those who have eag- erly and unselfishly cooperated. the citizen who uses his calm judgment -and exercises his brains will have no doubt as to where he belongs and to whom he must throw his influence in order to maintain his own self-respect In order to camouflage their plans and mask their intentions the com- bination of elements as abo® cited have” put forward their leaders or a platform or slogan as “farmérs and labarens candidates” and their official publications are filled to the brim with a mass of frothy charges, half truths and misrepresentation of men and measures tending to show that they are the true friend of the “farmer and laborer” and that the Commission has failed to accomplish anything for the relief and protec- tion of these classes. The whole plan is plainly a’ gigantic and well concelved plan to betray those whom they claim to befriend into the camp of radical socialism, it matters little how ‘much sclass hatred th8y, may engender, how much they divide our people and how much the damage may be in disgracing our state be- fore the gaze of a loyal nation that has but one task at this time-—that of winning the war quickly with the least possible sacrifice of blood and treasure. The Safety Commission aimost from the beginning took steps to curb the profiteering, safeguard the interests of the laborer and to assist the farmer in. his work, the success of which is so vital at.this time. At its meeting on July 3rd, 1917, the fol- lowing resolution was adopted: . © “WHEREAS, There is a general dissatisfaction about the high’ cost of living” and the repeatedly advanc- ing prices of the necessities of life, and the wide difference in the price paid to the producer and charged the consumer, AND WHEREAS, Numerous com- plaints have been made against spec- ulating in food and grain, antl the un- reasonable prices made by the trusts controlling food products; THEREFORE, Be it resolved by this Commission that a thoro investi- gation be made into the price paid by the producer of all food products and the price paid by the consumer of all the said products and to fully in- vestigate the amount of food products held in the warehouses and cold stor- age plants of the state, and invest- igate the shortage of railroad cars and the conditions and supply of grain and fuel, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLV- BED, That the Chairman of this Com- mission appoint a committee of thres as its agent to fully investigate said matters and report to_this Commis- sion.” As a result of the authority thus given, Governor Burnquist appointed the required Committee and it went to work on what was almost a super- human taski Rapid progre3s'had been made however in the matter of flour, meat, ‘produce, car shortage, etc. Government control of flour mills and packing plants solved the flour and . meat, problems..and .cut -short the in- ' vestigations "which proinised practical results’ éven’ in' their first stages. ' It 1§ “an’ ' dccepted fact that ‘the’ very Kkfiowledge that“there was a Commlis- sion ‘with broad powers ' to conduct these- investigations had a decided tendency to discourage and limit prof- iteering in all lines. ..« - There ‘are many cases on record in the office of the Commission”indicat- ing the Commission’s efforts were suc- cessful in solving the car shortage. In one‘specific’ case in Beitrami Coun: ty‘where the farmers faced the neces- ity of sacrificing their cattle unless cars were supplied in which to ship in hay and straw from other points, the acting county director, Dr. G. M. Palmer, writes an enthusiastic ‘letter in which he expresses the conviction that in this one instance alone, the Commission justified its existence and demonstrated its worth to the agri- cultural interests of the state. . There are many other similar cases and expressions of thankfulness for the practical ‘results of the Commlis: slon’s efforts. This in. the face of a nation-wide shortage of cars and a practical break-down of the transpor- tation system. To get results in the face of such circumstances was al- most unthinkable. It is easy to imagine the untold damage and loss to the farmers of the state had the situasion been left to adjust itself as best e JBuccessful it is truly. a THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER could and without the exerctse of the powers of the Comission in emer- gency cases. ~ In the case of milk prices the Com- mission was able to avert a threat- ened price of from 13 to 20 cents per quart. The dealers had freely pre- dicted that these would be the pre- vailing prices. The disaster and suf- fering among the poor can well be imagined had this come to pass. The same was true of the prices of bread. The result was a reduction from 20 cents for 26 ounces of bread to 13 cents for 32 ounces. All of these things have been a direct result of efforts of Governor Burnquist and the Commission. At ne time has it been possible to se- cure the cooperation of the leaders of that “bolsheviki” organization in these laudable undertakings, altho it has been solicited time and again. They confine their efforts to belittl- ing, -criticising and propounding im- possible and impractical theories in their wild efforts to becloud the iss:2 and appeal to_the prejudices of the farmer and laborer ‘whom they claim- -ed-*-to-represent.” “These-matters-are a‘matter of record and cannot be suc- celdsfully disputed by any honest per- son. At a conference called last fall by Governor Bunrnquist to consider the proosed price of wheat, representa- tives from North and South Dakota were invited to be present. It is a matter-of. record that this is the first step taken by an; official to insure a just and fair price of wheat to the farmer. “Again was practical and pa- triotic effort matched agaiast frothy vaporings and preju liced mouthings of the discontended and selfish. The re- sult that many millions of dollars were | saved to the farmers of the North- west by the timely effort and thought- fulness of our governor whose, entire thought was to protect their interests and to see that their products brbught a price commensurate with the high cost of production. - & e The committee ¢onsisting of Col. C. H. March and Dean Thatcher. together with representatives - of North and South Dakota went to Washington and urged a price of $2.50 per bushel. The final result was the fixing of $2.20 as against the proposed brlgg of $1.65, a difference of 65 cents per bpshéf. With a normal crop of wheat of 250,000,000 bushels in these threa states it means the saving to the farmers the enorm- ous sum of $137,500,000. «:It has-not been’ successfully disputed ‘that this was brought about thru the initiative and foresight of Governor Burnquist and the Safety Commission and with- out the assistance, direct or indirect, of those who are so Joud and profuse in their protestations that they “rep- resent” the farmers of the North- west. i Again is the fight for the best in terests of the farmer taken up in the case of the fixing of the grain stand- ards. Gov. Burnquist again found it necessary to send Messrs. March, O. P. B. Jacobsqn and Mr. Rehnke, chair- man of the State Board of Grain Ap- peals, to Washingtan in an effort to have the old Minnesota grades adopt- ed as the grain standards of the Fed- eral Government. It is generally agred that the present Federal grades are not fair to the producer. Col March was selected as spokesman_for the committee and laid the eatire mat- ter before President Wilson in such | an effective manner that there is every prospect that the mission of the Committee will prove to be success- ful. Again in the matter of labor has the Commission been of practical assist- ance to the farmer and Governor Burnquist has been foremost in all ef- forts along this line. 25,000 men were placed throughout Minnesota with farmers who were in need of help, without expense or trouble to them. As a consequence there was no short- age of farm labor in Minnesota last year. The agency in Minneapolis, which was almost the first thought of the Commission, is in better shape this year and the scope of its work broadened in order to be of practical and permanent benefit to the farmer. ffi"this great task we have also failed to note any particular effort made by the so-called “farmers and laborers” friends to cooperate with Governor Burnquist and the Commission. Another plan evolved by the Com- missfon’ which has meant much to the consumer and the farmer has been the marketing agency maintained in the Midway District where the consumer bought produce at wholesale -and the farmer was able to find a market for his produce where there otherwise was none. The following specific in- stances will prove the practical bene- fit of the plan: i The following is quoted from a re- port of the Department of Marketing at the Minnesota Transfer, P. A, Rag: atz, Agent: _ i . “N. P. 34248, potatoes, the shipper of this car r€ported that he was ua- able to get over 75c per bushel and we sold the car to bring him a price of $1.00 per bushel. G. N. 18392, potatoes, the shipper of this car accompanied the shipment to Minneapolis and after spending more than a day trying to sell the car at a price to net him 90c per bushel which he was unable to do, it was turned over to this department and we obtained market price or a net sale to him of 92c¢ per bushel. which was 12¢ over and atove what he wae able to get, or 2c per bushel more thaa he wanted. We also received a letter from him thanking us for what we had dove for him. G. W. 10698, rutabagas, the shippe: | of shis car advised us we should gel , "Price to net him §12.00 per ton nnd‘ ‘and: crush thé we obtained market price <h netted him about $16.00 per ton. CNW 21326, potatoes, the shipper of t.js car called us by phone asking us to find him a buyer, and we obtained a price to net him $1.20 per bushel. He was npet quite satisfied and tried to find someone to pay him a better price even: though we obtained mar- ket price on the car. The results were that after three days he wired us that he was billing the car to us.” The marketing agency has proven & wholesome check on those Commis- sion~houses of the cities who may have been disposed to take advantagq of the situation to force exorbitant prices. Particularly, ‘many cars of po- tatoes were sold at the agency to the consumer while the farmer was 100k- inggvainly everywhere for other mar:| kets. The producer and consumer were brought ‘together to the mutual benefit and profit of both. : ‘To’ maintain that Governor “Burn- quist and the State ‘Safety Commis- sion” have-not been & benefit-to' the laboring people and to the farmers of the state is rank treason and disloy. alty at this time of the aation's crisis when so mich is expected of oair state, and the unified effort of the people is so vitally necessary. Statements and arguments to the contrary are made with the sole purpose of deceiving the people and for selfish purposes only. Our state officials ‘and our war boards are entitled to every ounce of cooperative effort that can be given them in t];aelx‘ patriotic task and when it is not forthcoming it means trea- son, anarchy and -disloyalty to the cause and nothing else. Only by a united and concentrated effort can Minnesota ‘do her best. We have a peculiar state of affairs in our state. It promises disaster and ruin unless the loyal, patriotic people of the state to not rise in their might “Hun propaganda” amohg us that is flourishing so openly and: is endeavoring to lead a great number of farmers, laboring people and their sympathizers, who are them- selves thoroly loyal, into ' enterprises that Hre mere political makeshifts to build up the selfish ambitionsg of de- signigg traitors by therr own admis- sions. .jjhis class or organization owned and controlled by a handpicked committee has never failed to seize every opportunity to descredit any man or measure that meant the ad- vancement of patriotic work imr this state. They have stooped to the low- est forms of political jockeying in ordér to secure some sort of ground upon which to hang cooked up charges of discrimination on the part of Gov- ernor Burnquist and the Commigsion, against the Jaborer and farmer, ia or- der to: furthér their .own cause, divide our “people, breed hatred and discord éen clagses, create mistrust be- the farmer and the villager and rofit" financially and politically among themse]yes. The record of the past year is here- with given and proven. It will be an easy matter to differentiate between the"true friend of the farmer and laborer and those who seek to use them only as a means to selfish enda. It is time to choose between the false and the true and with a loyal people awakened to the danger, there is little doubt of the final outcome, for with loyalty united we will win the war. The Safety Commission has furnish- ed coal to keep the people warm, The farmer with labor® to raise his crops, and helped him to get better grades and higher prices for his pro- ducts. They have given the working THE UNIVERSAL CAR While there’s no telling what conditions may face the coun- try before the war is over, one thing is certain and that is that Ford cars will grow more and more into being actual necessities, both in city and country. Prospective buyers will do well to place orders NOW, when a reasonably quick delivery is pos- sible. “Don’t put it off for the demand is continuous from all parts ‘'of the country; Ford cars are wanted in the North, South, East a;1d West, every day of the year. Let us have your order today and we’ll waiting. C. W. JEWETT (O, Inc. Phone 474 fhe - London Chronicte; But thongh. despised In its adult state, {t’is in 1:&: infancy that highly esteemed dellcafi cy, whitdbait. We were a long tim however, in recognizing ‘the fact, f naturalists disputed among themselv whether the honor should be accord to tne fry of shad, pilchards, or herring’ and only lately did they declde Yhat 1§} belonged to the herring and sprat. *; people cheaper bread and milk, cheaper Postal Service Development. As late as the fifteenth century butchers or drovers who went about buying cattle were the principal car~ riers of private correspondence, In the twelfth century the University of Pnrls-esmb;lshed a body of pedestrian ltx;essengders' who hore letters from its o R ousands of students to the various Hieroglyphics Deciphered. countries of Europe from which they The merogl;l:mz.w;u:{s :"n“El: came and brought to them the money | (gland ‘perhaps 1its sallent and 1 they needed for the prosecution of nfmar'knble feature, have. been:. their studies. The great development | cuted on. tablets of wood.' There of commerce following the crusades| pear to have been two:kinds of scri ;tn %'he geographical discoveries of the | ag in ‘other 'cases of ancleiit el allans, . Portuguese and : Spaniards ed and - HTe, 1Y created a necessity for business cor R il respondence about the beginning of the sixteenth century. —_— Sprat. As long ‘ago as “Elizabeth’s tlme ‘sprat” was used - as-a term of ¢on- tempt-and as-an- article of diet-it has -always been -deemed but humble fafe, with which, however,: good ‘economists Will !ind a hearty welcome in this store of ours. Evéryone will make it pleasant for you. No one will ask you to buy anything. BUT you will be asked to look ‘around and see what this store is showing. a You will be made to feel right at home. Come in and go out and do just as you would at home. : sllliow'ING Postcards, Bemidji Logging Views, 1c each. ' 3 . SHOWING Bemidji Photo Cards and Views, 5c and 10c each. SHOWING Patriotic Post Cards 1c. PATRIQTIC Novelties of all kinds. SHOWING Patriotic Stationer‘y and Stationery of' all kinds, Tablets, ete. SHOWING: Souvenir Goods of all kinds of Bemidji. SHOWING Postcards of Memorial Day Parade and Red Cross Parade. SHOWING Ladies’ Neck Wear, Belts, Beads. r NEW WASH WAISTS, New Summer Hats, New Dresses, New Ribbons. g In every line this store’s prices are absolutely right and all prices warranted the lowest. £ SHOWING New Goods in Every Line. ' SPECIAL. SATURDAY Regular size steel garden hoes................33¢c Black and white checked Auto Caps ..........48¢c Peanut straw Garden Hats ..................15¢c . &-rude approach to -‘{ch"v’vflufin., ! consequent proof of \former ‘civilimas. #ién, have been found. SE0n SN § Y L Toaay==Telepnaong tne yioneer ofy fice, 922, about that -news item you have ‘in-mind.”-Your guests and 1], — carlson Of Course The Variety Store Man at 317 Beltrami Ave. : You Know Him hustle our best that you may not be kept Bemidji, Minn.