Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 24, 1918, Page 2

' BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER . i ¥ THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. G. B. CARSON E. H. DENU 'SUBSCRIPTION RATES : ARRIER BY MAIL One year “ g . '2,?6 One JOAT ..ecessorerves «ees 8400 The mo% l.ig Six months ... .+ 2.00 oas e 13 Three months .....ceoeee «er 1,00 R tead 7 onu . : SR THE WEEELY PIONEBR ' pages, nmmary of the news of the week. Published ww;‘;hmm‘::m%‘p:l‘:nzn ‘paid to any address, for, in advance $1.50 OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEDINGS ‘ was constructed upon the principles of human rights and human| liberty. The governments of European countries grew up by degrees as extensions and consolidations .of the feudal system. They were autocratic, opposed to individual freedom, and any advance in liberty for the body of the people had to be-wrung from them by bitter conflict. -The United States government, on the contrary, came into being as a guarantee of the liberty of the people. 3 ; The first statement in the Declaration of Independence acknowledges man’s right to “life, liberty and Qhe pursuit of happiness,” and the formation of a new country is based upon the offenses of the King against this right. 4 The men who signed the Declaration did so as a protest against arbitrary power. They had little to gain and mucp to lose by the separation from the mother _country. American " troops were few and undisciplined, American resources unde- veloped. The outcome of the struggle for independence seemed at the time more than doubtful. Yet these men, with hundreds of their followers, chose to hazard their property, their _hognes and families and their very lives in defence of the principle ¢ of human liberty. 2 - ‘America was victorious in the war, and came to a posx@lon where she could develop her power and resources. The United States became one of the great and prosperous nations of the world. But the circumstances of her inception have laid a peculiar obligation upon her. She must stand as the champion 4 >of freedom or be receant toher own traditions. Our entrance into the war with Germany is the logical outcome of this position. We were predestined to it. The ' United States could not watch unmoved the spectacle of a great arbitrary power, utterly unscrupulous as to means, usiflg its mighty resources and its strong military system toward the en- slavment of Europe. Our national holiday this year will be both a celebration and a solemnity. We are giving our money power and our man power toward the prosecution of a great war, in order to ensure to-the free of this country and the oppressed of Europe the right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” not only for to- day, but for generations to come. On this anniversary of the birth of our nation let us feel more than ever that in such a cause no sacrifice can be too great,—but the love of country and the love of humanity are not mere phrases, but a living reality to us all. = The following extracts from a letter written by a “Things look very black am discouraged at the big but it may be the blackness | Anything is better than this This morning we had. more One came up to me here - . o AN OLD TRUTH REVIVED : Every day now the line is being more sharply drawn be- tween the.real, self-sacrificing patriot, and the profiteer hiding under a cloak of blatant loyalty. . Ningteen hundred years ago the Man of Gallllee quietly remarked to a company of friends and followers that “it is more blessed to give than to receive.” At the time’it made little im- pression upon his hearers, and in the centuries since that day nien have grasped it merely as a theoretical truth, with no real thought of making it a life principle. But the present world cataclasm has put people to think- ing seriously of this statement of the great Teacher. People with no claims to religious convictions are waking up to-the fact “ that underlying the statement is found the true secret of life. . We are coming to see more clearly every day that the selfish life “is" the ‘miserable life, stunting and dwarfing all the finer qualjties of our nature that have elevated us as a race so im- ;)neai‘mrably above the human brutes with whom we now do ttle. 9 When the final history of this war is written, those whose . names will go down at the head of the honor list will not be the profiteers who grasped millions from a suffering world; but those who gave, and gave, and gave, till they could give no more—who stripped themselves of earthly possessions to gain a crown that all earth and hell ¢an never deprive them of— , . The proud consciousness that they have “done what they could” for humanity and the RIGTH. = G gt WELL, WHAT’S THE ANSWER? We have just finished reading a dispatch from Washington ‘where it states that “contingent fee contract agents suppressed competition in bidding on government war orders, inflated - prices, manipulated bids and even- ‘doublecrossed’ their own clients by representing competing contractors.” The department of justice raided the-offices of these graft- érs and secured a large amount of documentary evidence, show- ing where the government got the hot end of the transactiors and government regulations were evaded, and the statement goes on to say, “The benefits of competition were thus ap- propriated by the agent instead of resulting in low prices to the government.” 0: WHY NOT GIVE ’EM ALL “SOMETHING?” Bainbridge Colby, head of the shipbuilding for the govern- ment says that if beer and liquor were taken away from the employes the output of shipbuilding work would lessen 25 per cent. Then why, pray, doesn’t the government make drinking} - one of the recommendations for government employes and speed up the whole works? - © Yes, and give a little “old stuff” to some of the heads of depgriéments who, it would seem, lack a little of the ‘“pep” * ' needed. ; sig ‘ DON’T OVERLOOK THE PECPLE EVERY TIME Well the express companies have been consolidated, ac- cording to a-newspaper dispatch from Washington. The con- solidation is for the period of the war, and hence an increase of 10 per cent in rates was granted. We wish the powers that be would consolidate something once in-awhile and save a little for the people. Government officials at the head of the wool .and woolen department announce that during the period of the war conser- vation of both men’s and wemen’s woolen a.p]‘l;’l ‘solutely necessary. . They predict that in anot! ment . will be fashionable unless it displays tl darn” or the “patriotic patch.” ever, will not be tolerated. - Without it we could neither wage the war nor win V;;he war, | Ineither would we have wheat nor. wogl, yes nor even ] Mr. Schwab has the right idea of a Fourth of July cele- bration. : Instead of sending up rockets toward.the sky, he will send down qhips to the sea. ol i S ' Bombardments Cannot More Important Than Safety. Canteen worker, Helen McElhone, an American woman and college gmduht_p now located in a-district almost- con- stantly under bombardment: “Foyer des Amea. “Bar-le-Duc. affairs and also at my small doings, before dawn. Let us hope so. Our men certainly need, help, now, as much as the poilus, I am beginning to see . those who have, been at the front. In fact, I am beginning to see _some of the results of this life. They are sick and homesick, and worse things have happened to. them. Sev- eral have said: ‘All we ask is to get to _the front and do what we have to do. | than I have seen before at one time. arel will be ab- y lays the ‘““democratic i as “‘Honor School’” =, —A distinétion i reserved to ten best Military Schools in the United States & U Splendid Buildings, * Grounds, ~and ——| drawing coffee from a big marmite as | ' * Eyipment * fast as I could fill cups and, polnting. | \§ g * Junior ‘and to his pipe,-said, ‘Tobac, tobac’ I ] Senior Di- said, ‘Do%you want some tobacco? He visions' of the ilgon. : - == Drive This WomanBack |\ scemea stunne tor s moment axd | ‘T Beces Training PRINCIPLES OF 1776 AS APPLIED TO OUR PRESENT WAR e fi:ve nlle & At m'hh'e“-’o“ SUGak Wik g‘i’gfl:tf h:m'd:efi & 4 U A 27 and’ forty-tw The United States is the only country whose government|| = 8he Thinks Coffee for Soldlera || o b Th l:::‘t‘h:,w‘;;‘“séfi§:f / 1} et had been walking about in the cold For catalog since four o'clock last night. He frs o aqdress; couldn’t find a hotel or a bright light Yeoy Reys because, of course, everything is closed ynihan, D. D, Pres and darkened on account of the bom- S S bardments. . . . The Americans are very fond of ham sandwiches. They eat much more than the French sol- diers, and when ‘they first came in and ordered six eggs aplece it caused con- Y sternation throughout the-land. The || s funniest thing of all Is to hear the aaiyie wi iy Sammies grandly urging these wealthy || English girls to ‘keep the change—oh, e keep the change!’ . ., . We start the ddy at five and work continuously un- il nine, when three fresh cantinieres relieve us. At five we go on for the evening shift from flve to eight, and it is the most exciting and exhausting of the shifts. There is a certain time when they come down on us like a flood, eight or ten deep around the counter and three or four hundred al- together in this little room, as eager and tired as schoolboys.” o = The goregolng letter indicates that our ®oldiers look to the Red Cross Canteen as an oasis in a desert. They would not have it if it were not for your Red Cross, AT are Jtaken Red Cross to me, . I outlook of H. N. MKEE, Fm.:e;al Difector ™ * - PHONE 178-W or R that comes oA lfe, . LS Americans LT Theo. Tharaldson, Distributor. T = 'So many of the loyal women of this community are ernment to save FuEL; || BY Us;Né Foor— |HOTPOINT LABOR— | ELECTRIC HOME CONVENIENCES We are sure you, too, would be eager to help if you but knew all about the remarkable helpfulness of Hot- points. Therefore, we cordially invite your. inspec- tion of our line. : Minnesota Electric Light and Power Co. ELKO BUILDING , .. PHONE 26 Women War on Waste doing everything possible to co-operate with the gov- $ e TELEPHONE 922 i) e 5 B 2, 4 4 = it ¢ o T e .g}uger_lehv. Debsiltl{reed.tunes Sv%(i]ialistflga_m_fidfig,for the |Under the Control and Direction of Archbishop: Ireland )., Entered at the postoftice at Bemidil, Minn., as second- presidency, has recently made a speech reaffirming his oppos: . . : under- act of Congress of March '3, 9. s tion to _cqnscnptlon and Liberty bonds, and rring to th ._Cnlleglsle, Acadenuc, Commerglal : S AR AL ST Bolsheviki as “comrades.” He and the Bolsheviki may be call-| and Preparatory Courses ' be lgl%v’;u?:m{;figlttgr? n:&ny;ggu;e%ggs;rdxy for publication, p ing “Kamerad” yet. ' | A COLLEGE co g lNESfiA‘leO C_ L RO G A AR T _ = e TRAINING WITH MILITARY DISCIPLINE Ipferelan Tnesdny o ) The letter W is becoming quite prominent in the alphabet.| ~ = - Designated by |- € a [ War Department |— YErERmARANs - - 1% The creamery has fresh buttermilk: daiyl.. 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