Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 13, 1920, Page 6

. BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED EVERY APTERNOON EXOEPT SUNDAY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER FUBLISHING CO. @. B. CARSON, Pres. E. H. DENU, Sec. and Mgr. G. W. HARNWELL, Editor Telephone 93— Fntared at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minn,, as second- class matter under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. _——-——————__——-—__'—-———'————————‘_—-—_‘—' No attention pald to anonymous eontrfl:ltlanl. Writers name must be known to the editor, but not neceasarily for publication. Communications for the * Weekly Ploneer must reach this office not later th%n Tueaday of each week to insure publication “in the current issue. ; SUBSORIPTION RATES By Ml ':::: One Year ...... 1385 gix Months . vee 300 088 Moek’.;iiiiilil 13 Thres Months...... 189 . THE WEEKLY PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thursday and sent postage paid to any address, for, in advance, $3.00. OFFICIAL COUNTY AND OITY PROCERDINGS M CAN YOU BLAME THEM? Mr. Geo. L. Wood, superintendent of the division of rural mails ,sent broadeast two hundred thousand questionnaires to farmers, asking how the postoffice department might aid in reducing living costs, etc. The replies do not apswer the questions asked _very clearly; but they do very emplgatically show just what the farmers have on their minds ‘upper- most at the present time. They are classified as follows: : i Inability to obtain labor to work on the farms, hired help and the farmers’ children having been lured to the city by higher wages and easier living. High- profits taken by middlgmen for the mere handling of food products. Lack of proper agencies on contract between the farmer and the ultimate consumer. 5 A large percentage, probably as much as 50 per cent, indicate that the writers intend either leaving their farms or curtailing acreage under cultivation because of one or more of these grievances and because of the growing feeling against nonproducing city dwellers. One farmer from Chatham, N. Y., writes: “The time is very near when we farmers will have to curtail production and raise only what we need for ourselves and let the other fellows look out for themselves. People are trying to get pay for what they don’t earn.” Another farmer from Palmyra writes: “I almost fear a, famine. Farm help everywhere is flocking to the city, lured by short hours, high wages and the promise of a good time. Someone I fear is going to suffer if this condition is not remedied shortly.” A middle western farmers adds: “I attribute it a great deal to the good times in the cities. The young men can go to the cities and get big pay for eight hours work while farmers have to work six- teen hours a day at hard labor. All the young men in this vicinity of any account go to the city and - there are only a few old men left to work the farms.” : EF From the replies above it will be noticed that the farmers are not complaining particularly-about the work they have to do, but rather on the im- possibility to get their sons and daughters to fre- main on the farm and help. The cities are drawing too many away from the farms. If the-laboring man in the city is justified in reducing his work to eight hours, why should the farmer be expected to work fourteen to sixteen hours for the sake of " feeding the men in the centers of population? This is really the conclusion the farmer is reaching and who can blame him? Farmers are just like every other kind of human being, they are just people trying to make a decent living in this world and add a mite towards making it a better place for their children to live in. They Yave their thoughts and aspirations like other folks. They know when they are imposed upon and when they are having good times. If the people of the cities are able to get along on smaller production and high prices, then it is most natural that the farmers is not going to worry when the cry begins to come to him from the city folks to grow more grain and stock. He will figure that “what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.” We are not saying this is the best solution by any means. Our opinion is that until production catches up with demand we should all work a little longer. e e ? BELTRAMI COUNTY FAIR. ; That meeting at St. Paul and Minneapolis of the county auditors and commissioners of Minnesota, voted almost solidly in favor of hard roads, and while graveled roads are in many instances, great improvements, they are in reality only makeshifts. As a matter of fact every man, woman and child should be for hard roads, if only for state pride. The president of .the Minnesota Highway commis- sion, P. H. McGarry, said: “Thank God, I have lived to see the.county commissioners and auditors of this state stand almost as a unit behind the greatest piece of legislation ever attempted in the history of the state.”—Stillwater Gazette. May we offer our thanks that Beltrami county has a board of commissioners and auditor who favor this piece of legislation to a man. ——ie FILIPINO VS. IRISHMAN. The Filipinos are getting back. at senators who helped pass the resolution favoring Irish freedom. “If self determination is good for Ireland,” they say, “‘why shouldn’t we be given our chance also.” The next Irishman that meets a Filipino will bat him over the head for his impudence.”—Wheelock’s Weekly. PR N Want column advertisements are read. Here is a sample in the London Times: A Very Lazy Man —Absolute horror of work of any description; lives for sport, but uncomfortably hard up, owing to late . lamented war, seeks means to live comfortably and comparatively luxuriously with minimum exertion. Any suggestions? Box 19,808,380, Oxford street west.—Exchange. Comé on to Bemidji, “Old Top,” we have just what you are looking for. PRI S Minnesota Methodists are divided about the futare location of Hamline university, but there ap- pears to be a strong sentiment in favor of some Northern Minnesota town. Bemidji, with charac- teristic energy, is already on the job and is planning a campaign that other aspirants for the institution will have to reckon with.—Duluth Herald. It is no credit to 2 man to be one of the things that is the matter with his home town. : e e When the Nonpartisan League and labor candi- dates get to the state house in St. Paul, Minn., that magnificent building will for the first time begin to make the people of the state a fair return on.their investmment.—Bagley Independent. What a shame to have to wait so long. . . —_—— The Thief River Falls Times expects soon to get into its new home. Messrs. Ross and Austad have been issuing a good paper under adverse con- ditions and are deserving of the best kind of quar- ters. Congratulations and success to these boosters. e | - A girl's idea of a spineless boob is a fellow who quits when he is told to quit. (By EXCHANGE EDITOR) PRESS COMMENTS—THAT'S AL | 'I HOPEFUL. She was forty, but neither fat nor fair. So the doctor was very brief and professional with her. “I want to know if influenza can be transmitted by kissing,” she asked coyly. “Beyond a doubt, madam,” he responded. “Well, a man with a pronounced case of influenza -kissed me.” “So! How long ago was that?” “Well—I think it was about two months.” “Why, madam! There is no risk of infection after all that time.” “I know it,” she sighed, “but I just love to talk about it.”—Exchange. 0- “Forty-Eight Hours in Hell” was the lurid title of a tract which fell out of an envelope opened at the C. P. R. this morning. With it was $80 in bills and a letter from a man who said he had stolen rides on the C. P. R. line from Moose Jaw to Yellow Glass, in 1912. His evil deeds did not worry him all this time, he said, but added, “I have been lining up with the word of God of late, and this came up before me.”—Winnipeg Free Press. There might be a possibility of getting some of our railroad deficit paid if the conscience of some p:oGpled over this way got lined up with the word of God. - D N T, REASONABLE. o “How is it that Arthur never takés you to the theatre nowadays?” querried Marie. “Well, you see,” her friend replied, “‘one evening it rained and we sat in the parlor.” “Yes,” - ; “Well, ever since that we—oh, I don’t know— but don’t you think that theatres are an awful ‘bore ?”’—Exchange. TOO MUCH COLOR. 1T\ *Your narrative it too highly col- | how?” Wred,” remarked the editor, returning the bulky manuscript. pointed author. . man turn purple with rage, the villain turn green ‘with envy, the hero turn white with anger, the herplne tura red bine with’' the "'-—ludeq_pl-l.. Defined. ! * “What is artistic temperament, any- “Pll tell you what is,” answered the veteran stage manager. “It's'what en- “In what way?" inquired the disap-| ables a star to make her exit with every woman in the house crying over “Why,” replied the editor, “in the | her because she's so swest and good wery first chapter you make the old | and then swear at a stage hand who ' SAFEGUARDING VALUABLES. Tlhe Patron—It seems uncomfortable cold in this vault. : e Safety Deposit Attendant—It is cold, but we have to keep a low temperature. So many people keep their eggs and bacon here.—Exchange. i PR ‘Wouldn’t the Hamline university look pretty well located in Stillwater, or out on the interurban line near this city? Are we doing anything to secure this great institution?-—Stillwater Gazette. It would look fine, Brother Eastman, if you were not so near the “great lights.” —_— . SNIPER. The Irish night watchman at the observatory was new. He paused to watch a man peering through a large telescope. Just then a star fell. “Man aloive,” he exclaimed in amazement, “you’re sure a foine shot.”—American Legion Weekly. . PENC T, CAREFUL, POLAND! 4 “Poland is to have a senate like ours.” Hadn’t Poland better have a long heart-to-heart talk with IBI:cle Sam before a final decision?—Nashville nner. . . o feisess sgkas B8 ON EXCESS PROFITS TAXES. A Connecticut .corporation has just declared a 100 per cent dividend. On account of the high cost :t llnbor and material, of course.—Cleve Plain- ealer. R e 2 A CANADIAN QUIP. United States Senator Gronna-says the war made 28,000 American millionaires. That may be what is meant by “We won the war.”—Montresl Star._ ————— HOW JOHNSON SOUNDS. - As ‘we listen to Hi Johnson “we must conclude that the “bull” is all that remains of the “Bull Moose” party.—Columbia Record. i B. A. KOLBE The Best That Money THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Thelr Differences. Hokus—On what grounds were they divorced? 5 Pukus—Incompatibility of tempera-|pay » ment, I believe. W “Well?” Hokus—Couldn't they agree? make him mad he just laughed.— AKE . Assa Gols, Prop. “You know we promised-a golden apple to the most beautiful girl at the “The jeweler hasn't finished it. What Pokus—No; every time she tried to| 4111 we do?” “What do we care for expense? Town Toples. | Award her a real apple.” Flying High. REAL ESTATE Phene 144 Give the Family a Treat home some of our popular Ice Cream to-night. 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