Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 20, 1920, Page 3

A T R OB B R UNCLE TED'S BED-TIME STORY APER AND MONEY |first eight months of the fiscal year, ‘are fho ‘hewspapers 50 small | 1919, the printing by the Government lately *" asked Jack'as Uncle'Ted sat | Printing. Offticé in Washington were . down -in a big’ arm chair'near the fi!mOBt all'of the government printing window. . - ) ; “{ . |is:done, cost §8,060,169.95. For the|' ““The newspapers are.small, Jack,” first eight months.of the fiscal year \answered his uncle, “because there is [0f 1920 the amount was only $7,065,- ‘0 little paper upon which to print|373.08, which meant that $994,796.- them. You see, we never stop to|87 less was fl*:e.nt than the year be- these various things|fore. “The el = e “Before I itell- you about another .| phase of this matter I must explain to you:that members of congress in ‘Washington must pay at least the od States’ co:t gl tt:e p;lnting o.ll any ;peeohes all, ‘bt practically all' of ‘the papers [ Whicl ey ‘have made and which in't:% ll)rm clfle{ have: Had to.cut|[they orde.to send out'to various .down ‘in size becausé if they did mot|People. 'That is not true of the ad- they would find some day that they ministrative officers of the govern- ‘had no pape rint on. /It i ery |ment. Their speeches are paid-for by :sefldxllg mnu;:.o'p =ik P8V | the government. Now, kiddies, re- o ‘oing to tell you'a different | member that beeause here is what the s«rq‘ wgnl':fl.‘ but sh{co you ‘asked | committee found out about the money thi¥ question it reminds e of‘the re-|that had been. spent printing the port made dy the committee of our|speeches of various ofticers of the| . i . ., oui 0 dom. < «<ongress in Washington that has been government. From the first of July, logking into the waste of paper and|1916, to September 15, 1919, over government.” 3 . livet' mext door. . “That committee is called the Join «Committee On Printing, and is made -up of men belonging to both the'sen. ate and the house of representatives. |lot of ‘paper.” . Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, is chair- “You bet »tha['s a lot of paper.and mman of*this committee and Represen-|it cost a'lot. of money, too. The tative 'Edgar R. Kiess of Pennsylva-|printing cost the government $109,- paper and’'557,683 pounds of maaila print for envelopes or a total of 1,- 451,-784 pounds-of paper.” ‘to the way’im which the various|ment cost -$84;062.96. Another ‘been been spending monéy for print-{paid'by the government was that for ing. They found.that there- have|addressing the envelopes and inclos-, ="=m== =‘ - . ) Tbeén 266 journals, magazines .and|ing the speeches. This amounted. to other kinds of printed matter print-|about’ $97,968, and the cost for{ting these publications and mailing. «d by the government and that this|handling’these by the United States|them but it does know that for gov- Beverage, will satisfy o - printing has been costing the govern- Postal service was $151,711.42. So|ernment branchee to furnish one per- | newspapers can hardly get enopgh to " ‘vgn‘e, Wi satis| them < Tent .about’ $2;500:000,000' :every|you see, children; the fact that the|son such large quantities is not right. | print with, it not only looks bad but . Healthful, appetizing, tasty, Jear. . To show you that this investi- |officers of the government who a To stop such a practice the committee |is a mighty wrong thing to do. This p ‘gation has done a:lot ofgood, this|holding theee. positions in- Washing- adopted a resolution limitihg the wommittee made regulations which|ton under President ‘Wilson abused |number of copies of one piece of stopped’ the printing of ‘111 of thesé|the right to send their'speeches at prl‘n‘ted. matter to one person, to fifty. «documents. I am going 20 read:you|the expense of the government cost| o ‘This tells you a little of what this |administration.” something from the. report: of this{the fi)v__ernment for a period of 38|committee has brought out and what |~ <ommittee which was read in the|m s ‘about’ $652,798.73. House-of’ Representatives & few days|~ “Anothér . thing this' committee|Was wasted.during the war by “the| g SPUR Y ago by Representative Kiess. ‘As is|found was the great waste shown in|8Overnment departments was terrible. At -well known,’ reads the report, ‘the|the.sending of government bulleting| When the editers of 'small country L 2 St ¢ scarcity of .paper and its abnormal{and publications from the various|Papers were having trouble to get ‘price have vitally affected the print-|government departments, such as the | enough paper to print one issue of 4ng business during the war. Many |Department of Agriculture. From |their paper they were receiving al- times it has been almost impossible|Jauary 5, 1918, to February.19, 1920, | most tons of printed stuff from Wash- o get-paper at:any.price. This situ-|over 1; 319,000 pieces of Government | ington which was absolutely useless -ation, coupléd* with the enormous re-|printed matter were sent to one in- quirements_for. paper by the war ac-|dividual alone by the order of three tivities of the' Government and its ex-|branches of the government-—the De- travagant use by the various public-|partment of Agriculture, the Public ity and propaganda bureaus, has made | Health Service and the Bureau of the:work of' the ‘committeé most dif-|Mines. The biggest part of these weré 1t and trying, but it is ‘belfeved [sent out in quantities of from 5,000 the record proves:that its efforts to|each.” .effect economies have "been highly| “ “Who was the individual?” asked ‘successful even under adverse con-|Ruth. : «ditions.” l¢ s . “]_“I don’t know the name but the “People ask, of course, ‘Just how|“individual’ conducts a .newspaper ‘has this committee saved the govern-|service and one of the most import- ment money? I wiil tell ‘you onefant things.which this service does is +hing which will shoWw you' how théy|to send out Government publications. Thave saved the government money,|The committee does.not know what| by supervising the Printing.” For the}pprofit this ‘individual’ made by: get- g _________________ » " Phone yo ur dehlgr 1 a‘case of thi &u‘-’nfl al keep -~then yofi can always a“few’ bottles om “€ue ice. | Made from the original formula, Dr. Swett’s, the g Original Root Beer, is good for the whole family. ' b;stributon , d -THE FITGER COMPANY, DULUTH, MINN. THEODORE THARALDSON, Send or Telephone Your Orders to al' year ends June 30.| gy W.'F. SoMILLING, Pro\miunp_t Fa We have been living in a golden age, and too fast. Money has been 1money by the various branchesof our 30,114,000 copies of these speeches| showered upon us because America is rich in everything that gees to make were printed. This number does not| up a great fon—but we have e wealth so fast we have forgottem to “What committee is that?”. asked|include any speeches made by mem-|. tabulaté ourcitizenship, and -our ‘country has become Siled with traitorous Ruth, who had-just come: in after an[hers of Congress. That number of| subjects of foreign lands. whose only -object is to sow seeds of dissension and afternoon with little Alice Marie who |copies took 894,101 pounds of white| disedrd: * £ L TR . i/ £ : What is the remedy? It is a long program, but is the only one that will bring results. Our children must be taught, industry at home and in the gools. (Th:xyl n::::t be ‘hugh:’ t.lmi Izn t:t :ome and the art of good home -4 i o “ ) ilding for the y of a nation is 6 homes we make and learn to pro- Geol extlalmed Jack, “thats o tect. They must be taught that the best milker or tradesman in the “D . # ‘ ‘borhood is as great as thé best foot ball player. When the press of the count pays as much attention to the man who produces thirty-five busheis of wheat ’ po“;;‘:re mgd helps'l;lilm b:o mu‘:at 11:, as it doeadtt: e:bp fellow who is a scientific Ml nia 38 vice chairman. This committee|066.35 anti the envelopes used to mail| Pusilist. product on the increase; sud let me sound a warning now OII Bo e | that unless more attention is paid to a greater production the near futu: ‘has been investigating or Iooking in-|them at the expense of the govern: there will be cries for more bread in America inside of zvo?ty-flve:yeari. re, » e pt\tle branches .of our: govetnment have|charge for theee speeches which was ‘mx:b%{f":}"mmnma :‘“..ut l-rn.l -M“ mmtz':lo::tn. ::gh::‘::l:o m::fi"; . The Cletrac dd_es the power work around the farm, - Hin Clt& where she has emploimenf. ‘{Mr. and. Mrs. James Stepp jwere Be- midji visitors on ‘Saturday: * * . A couple of sheep owners about here have had bad luck in-the losing of some sheep and lambs semmingly with: disease. : { - Suckers don’t seem to come up into .|the small streams as yet. Perhaps because too many are waiting for them. . = : SUBSCRIBE FOR THE Mrs. Al Fulcher and baby spent the (IS l day with Mrs, Gerlinger last Friday. . DA.“" PIONEER FIRE INSURANCE. REYNOLDS & WINTER " 212 Beltrami Aveaue Phene 144 r and Stockman, Northfield, Minn. There is a misunderstanding in America, and this mie- understanding is costing us life, wealth, and happiness. There are two.clagses of people who things through ilifocused lenses. There is the one class tHat has mistaken the dollar sign ($) for United States, and has becomeiso thoroughly steeped in‘the idea that gold is King that they have given up the ‘worship of Almighty God and have substituted instedd' the worship of the Almighty dollar: They have become 'so ‘powerful and mighty that they. ha forgotten to divide thejr iligotten goods with those who helped make'it, ‘and’ this means serious unrest. “ Then there is another class, honestly intentioned, who bave been harangu et that might is t, and that to labor for aa. homest wage, no matter how large, is to be a scavanger in serf- e After the first bottle you will join the thousands, who when ordering a beverage, insist on BLATZ—and hothing else but good old BLATZ, 'thé 'cereal to:them. If the government depart- ments waste paper at a time when the delightful, nutritive; stimulat. For sale wherever refresh- story shows you just another one of the ways in which money and mater- ials have been wasted by the Wilson it ments are sold. . i it is trying to do. The Way Paper [ K XK K XK K X K F XK XA X K XK KK K & M_byll.m’z—mlw-m Order a case for your home - David Carnegie has purchased a team of horses, harness and wagon. Services are held every Sunday af- ternoon at'Spur school house. Mrs. Effie Geroy has heturned to BEMIDJI BOTTLING WORKS ANNA GOLZ, Prop. | Bemidji; Mina. 7 5 14 Meet the Cletrac at th 1nn o e ‘!‘uct,m . day in and day out, all year round. ' 2 ,?flore T WY .uy t;:lclt?,r’.‘ ‘Mv st The l.teldY going, powerful Cletrac has made good in 3 impels a-careful investigation of a powerful, com- . e Tooted Cletaae # the industrial world, too, In lumbeér camps and ar- : doo | T ey ound mills and factories it is fast replacing other : ; L See the Cletrqc at the Mpto;_- Tnn. more expensive hauling power. Ing}péct it thoroughly ! Gt the facts first-hand (.0 oogily run by one man or a boy----saving extra about the Cletrac-—-the dependable tractor that ;... cop be pushed to the limit if need be. Burns travels easily over soft, boggy soil, plowed ground, .. 00~ gerosenc or distillate----operating at less cost up and down steep grades. - It puts more acres un- than any similiar power unit. der cultivation and helps produce bigger crops. Let's get acquainted! ) N We will be gla(‘l' to demonstrate for you. Write for ,détails. PRICE F. 0. B. CLEVELAND $1395.00 ADDED POWER SAME WEIGHT LOWER COST MOTOR INN Belt. Ave =~ Phone 78 Bemidji, Minn..