Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 8, 1918, Page 4

AW ey L AL SN L e 0 DL e # T 7 77 THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER 3, 2 » - _—?—— — ADDl‘l'l NAL LUCMS REV. NORDALE RETURNS AS LINDBERGH TO BE GIVEN mcl&rt% vmghfomg:fl&;ot ”’;’T}E | choteaodoteslont : FULL FLEDGED MINIST HEARING ON JULY 18| 2Batis for putling 2 ‘W. E. Kix;tnfii of Minneapolis, M. . A. state manager is spending a ‘'ew days in the city. Fairmont, Minn,, July 8.—Re- e e Rev. Theo. Ngrg\‘:le’sxhgis%ccl‘:\lfl%? quests of the Minnesota supreme BAND AT DIAMOND POINT. the pastorate of the Swe court for the quashing of indictments 3 . |eman church in Bemidji for fourfy . ..ino A C. Townle resident, The band concert at Diamond iss Lilly. Hovey returned to Be-|months last summer, as a student}, g %os’gph Gilbort, ma;’;ggreot tha| Point was largely attended Sunday ‘midji Saturday after visiting friends| minister, has returned to Bemidil as| ng¢ional Nonpartisan league, with|afternoon and hundreds enjoyed the ‘and relatives in Minneapolis and St.|a full fledged pastor and again as-§ i o ting to obstruct enlistments, | afternoon bathing and va.ious.pas- Paul for the past month. sumed charge of his former pastor- i ave no bearing on pending ac-| times. Many brought lunch and, > AN ; ate He preached his first home com-| o onine'c A Lindbergh, league| stayed until late in the evening. Among those who attended the|ing sermon yesterday, and thisdaltter- candidate for governor in the recent e ome Guard encampment -at_Park | noon left for McIntosh to conduct & wfinpesota primaries, County ‘Attor-| ' pignt Kind of Spunk.. =~ ' ‘Rapids were Mrs:. George T. Baker, | three-days mission. : | ney A R. Allen said. T g nd.of_Spunk., ‘Mrs. Ed. French, Mrs, Scott Stewart,| Hart Lake is also included in Rev. | gt i bo civen a hearing Julj18 You must -never give up until you and while in that city Mrs. Baker Nordale’s charge. Tt x| om 2 charge of attempting to hold a _reach ~the goal aimed at. Obstacles was taken with an attack of appendi-| Rev. Nordale did excellent Work| Nonpartisan:league meeting irf this| 858 the .test stones for discovering | citis. She was brought home today.| While in Bemidji las dlsummle" 1| county ater such mBetings had been strength. When sure you are right g s Tl his Te'“"“b‘”g} be ng‘:e ZHVOV: %‘:fl‘eb}; barred by county authorities. there gan be no real excuse for your . Mr. a:ld Nflm'f A. Ai’ Rlichirds%n B B! CATRE S T tgflu:,e. Bruce learned from the splder ave returne ‘rom Park - Rapids i -| that instead of moping he should where they attended the Home Guard Ly old spunk 1 up and keep.spunked up. History nev- encampment and where Mr. Richard- er tires recounting his successes. - Cy- son acted as. official photographer. rus Field knew what it meant when They report the meeting was largely 1 the Atlantic cable parted repeatedly as :&te‘;d:d and was a most enthusias- if in deflance of human invention. But ‘}é. tcf,ig‘“(:hfifiea’;‘é §°%§m§afingg picni¢ dinner will be served. In the| he kept at it and joined together the Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sathre and Stlaf'np meeli):ing held by the Three Isi. | aftermoon patriotic addresses Will be| continents. The same spirit led Edi- daughter, Elizabeth, and son Haven, [and Lake club yesterday. This club glven. - son to make 2,500 trials before he got of Crookston, motored to Bemidji lflasdpledged '$280 to the War Savings TR s BT ‘t:l;;trfisfits 1‘1; stl)‘usht in tl}g i;lcandep- f Mr. | fynd. MEE! i ght. Weak men would have giv- g:ttg;g’:yb:r;gh:;e l‘?eMg.u%sat:h:e anlcli “The allotment for Turtle Lake : paxlh eh up early in the game, The fi‘glht “family at their summer home on Bass township was $400 and it has gone % Take for a:short time. J. C. Sathre |‘‘over the top” by raising $630. Mrs. is the proprietor of Crookston college [Byron ‘Wentworth is president of the » ‘at Crookston. club. / Mi‘, Farmer: Buyfl a FORDSON TRACTOR - — Only a Few Left — The Northern National Bank will assist any farmer to buy one of these. The object is to assist in producing more food crops. -The government guarantees these tractors to the farmers at actual cost to help win the war. Let’s Talk It Over C. W. JEWETT c€O0., INC. - ‘Phone 474 wh BT Bemidji, Minn. DlSTRlBUTORs‘ f(%FJTHI:'. FORDSON TRACTORS Vo LE 0w ol : " PATRIOTIC MEETING. Next Sunday, a patriotic meeting will be held in the Bass Lake school house. A patrioti¢ sermon will be given in the morning and a basket W. S. S. MEETING. Assistant County Superintendent The city council will meet, in regu-| kind of spunk is th lar session tonight. ‘One of the mat-| things toppnss ,mde ;’fifi ;.::ttul:xg_s ters to be discussed is the delay in| penngylvania Grit filling; a contract on the part of the & N Are he aCkCI~ S ].: roliteers? ; Plain Facts About the Meat Business The Federal Trade Commission in its recent report on or three times the ofdinafy amount of working capital. war profits, sta@ed that the five large meat packershave -~ The additional profit makes only a fair return on this, been profiteering and they have a monoply of the and as has been stated, the larger portion of the profits market. ) earned has_been used to finance huge stocks of goods These conclusions, if fair and just, are matters of seriotis and to provide additions and impr ovements made neces- concern not only to those engaged in the meat packing sargf ]i’ly fi};fi,enor_mous demands of our army and navy business but to every otheg citizen of our country. - and the Allies. ) 2 The figures given on profits are misleading hnd the If you are a business man you will appreciate the sig- statement that the packers have a monopoly is unsup- nificance of these facts. If youare undequainted with : ported by the facts. - business, talk this matter over with some business : i . ] acquaintance—with your banker, say—and ask him to \ : The p%}clk.ers mf(ia:ltloned mblthe rgpoé:iezgz?d ready to compare profits of the packing industry with those of . ‘ prove their proits rfgsor:a e* ot *n . v _any other large industry at the present time. . The meat business is one of the largest Ainerican in- o evillaian i ofi" S ' A i : ; £ Sk ; C er y- the Federal Trade Commniis- ; with It detalis musipe prep bogal i have a monopoly. The Commission’s'own report shows ] The report states that the aggregate profits of four the large number and importance of other packers. large packers were $140,000,000 for the three war The packers mentioned in the statement stand ready to years. , prove to any fgir minded person that they are in keen This sum is compared with $19,000,000 as the average . competition with each other, and that they have no annual profit for the three years before the war, making _ power to manipulate prices. i it appear that the war profit was $121,000,000 greater If this were not true they would not dare to make this than the pre-war profit. positive statement. : This compares a three-year profit with a one-year profit —_a manifestly unfair method of comparison. It is not Furthermore, government figures show that the five only misleading, but the Federal Trade Commission large packers mentioned in the report account for only apparently has 'made a mistake in the figures them- about one-third of the meat business of the country. serejll\)res R , They wish it were possible to interest you in the details i L of their business. Of how, for instance, they can sell dressed beef for less than the cost of the live animal The aggregate three-year profit of $140,000,000 was s toitilzat 2 S ¢ to utilization of by-products, and of the wonder- : Y road land, as well as in other countries.— ‘]1 | mere fraction of a cent per pound of product.. The five packers mentioned feel justifie 4p co-operat- . ! : Packers’ profits are a neglible factor in prices of live ing with each other to the extent of together presenting i} / stock and meats. No other large business is conducted this public statement. - upon such small maggmi of p*rofit.* They have been able to do a big job for your govern- : § ment in its time of need; they have met all war time de- = Furthermore—and this is very important—only a small mands promptly and completely and they are willing ' portion of this profit has been paid in dividends. The to trust their case to the fairmindedness of the American balance has been put back into the businesses. Ithad to people with the facts before them. B f be, as you realize when you consider the problems the - packers have had to solve—and solve quickly—during _ TS Armour and Company — these war years. Cudahy Packing Co. . 3 To conduct this business in war times, with higher costs ., Morris & Company ‘ and the necessity of paying two or three times the ‘ e : Swift & Company former prices for live stock, has required the use of two e T i Wilson & Company