Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 3, 1920, Page 5

r tared at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minn., as ueo-l- elass matter under Act of Congress of ¢ March 3, 1870, ; ¥t ol it ey llo ‘attention paid to anonymous contributions.- s name must be known to the editor, but mot. Secessarily for publication. Communications for the feekly Ploneer must reach this office net later than Tueaday of each week to Insure publication in the gurrent issue. Ome Week ...2[1lll. 13 Threo Months ....... 100 ‘for, in advance, $3.00. OFFICIAL COUNTY AND. CITY PROCERDINGS fi FROM FRYING PAN TO FIRE. A story goes that once upon a time a live fish was placed in a frying pan. In its agony it gave one mighty flop and landed in the hotter coals of the fire. We fear the story of the fable is bemg enacted in real life today. . There is a growing unrest among ‘young men an the farms—an unrest which constitutes a dis- ,-tinct peril to the nation. Stories of abnormally high wages paid for even unskilled labor in the cities have fired the farm hand with that greatest of all American curses—a desire fo get rich quick. ¢ In imagination he sees the money rolling in, but there his imagination stops. He never thinks “ofit ponrmc out again. And in the big cities, despite flu hid: 'I‘ll paid there is quite as much pouring as rolling. Just why bright eyed, keen minded and ener- getic young men of the country should prefer the exasperating perplexities of the city to the peaceful certainties of the country is- -difficult to conceive. From infancy they have been trained in the hard- headed school of experience which has enabled their fathers to achieve success in an era when the hand of fate was against every farmer—when there was 1o adequate recompense for their labors—when the star of hope was obscured by the low prices of their products. Yet all of this splendid training seems to be without avail. They want to leave the farms. Fathers have pleaded. Mothers and sisters and sweethearts have shed bitter tears. But the unrest _is there—it will not sleep. True, the city newspapers are filled with entic- ingly worded advertisements calling for help, but -when sifted down they -are more often found %0 be jobs that the city man does not want. The flrnerhduukeducomeinnduhmm . that remain. g It is an unfortunate condition which faces the- 7 conntry, and one which must be met.: ."'If the deplorable depopulation of the farms con- _tinnes there can be but one result.. The farmer will live in peace and plenty, because he owar slways apise sufficient for the needs of himself and his “family. But everywhere the cities will cry for food “when there is no food to be had. . And the young tni who leaves the farm will be among those who iexperience the joys of a gay life and an empty stomach. The greatest crown of glory of the world war “was placed by Marshal Foch upon the brow of & . farmer boy from the mountains of Tennessee. He ~ js the hero of heroes of the war of all wars. The farm boy of today has an opportunity of performing for his country an even greater service than thét which made Alvin Yorke’s name known wherever civilization exists. By remaining upon the farm, where life is clean and opportunities are never lacking, he can aid in saving millions of helpless women and children ' from the pangs of hunger and the depths of despair. For without the products of the farm even life itself can not be sustained. 4 It isn’t a question of “how good roads pny." all. . Everyone appreciates the advantages of good mds, and everyone wants good roads. The ques- tion is who should pay for building the roads?— . Brainerd Tribune. No question about it Colonel. The owners of cars and trucks should and apparently are willing to pay the bill. The cars and heavy trucks are destroying the dirt and gravel roads as fast as the _muthorities can repair them and it is high time the burden was placed where it belongs.—Hubbard County Journal. —_— : . The Stillwater Gazette cannot understand why the Nonpartisan league candidates-always select the * yepublican ticket when they file for office. That'’s easy. The democrats have made it very plain that they want none of the leaguers; and in this state * the democrats have to select mighty good men if they hope to elect them.—Wheelock’s' Democratic Weekly. Your right about that hst “outburst,” Harvey.” But will there be enough Good democrats to ge around? st esglol o Intervention upon the part of the United States js the only permanent cure for the sitmation in Mexico. It will take many years and much money but it is costing this country more than an hundred i \ lnnlhq finonwmiiwmlouflumwho has been. piloting the affairs of the Civic and.Com- merce association for the last year. H.” Mayne Stanton, who has been secretary since last May, will leave for Grand Forks, N. D., to assume the same position there, This is distinctly a promotion for Mr. Stanton, as Grand Forks is one of the most modern young, cities in the northwest and during the last ten years has been considerably afflicted with growing pains. Many large and im- portant projects have been undertaken by it and brought to a successful conclusion. The results have been largely due to the efforts of their Com- mercial club, and it is to the leadership of this very important association Mr. Stanton has been called. While Mr. Stanton has been secretary of the Bemidji apocutum, there has been & remarkable growth both in membership and interest.. The as- sociation has taken such an important place in the life of the city that it has become indispensable and it is looked upon now as.the body to have charge of all important matters affecting the entire city’s welfare. 3 Mr. Stanton will be much missed in many circles in the city owing to his activities in them both socially and commercially. We bespeak for him success in his new field and are certain that Grand Forks will find in him a man ever ready to promote its interests. TORMEION S S 2 PROFESSIONAL QUIZZING A FINE SCIENCE. It would be really interesting to know how much money has been spent in investigating committees on radicals, ‘slackers, profiteers, strikers and trusts during the last three years of the Wilson regime, and then sst opposite this huge sum the results in figures of the convictions obtained against such and the numbers of those who were actually ;pun- _ ished. i The department of jutzce reports that about ,momfimuummmmum jaign against high prices and about twenty-five or thirty have been sent to jail. If any ordinary county attorney didn’t produce a better batting average than that on the cases he handles he would not dare to run for poundkeeper at the next elec- tions. This per centage of convictions is about the same in all the other lines where prolecufim have been made as with the profiteers, in some cases less. This is surely little inducement for a citizen to be decent when he has such a beautiful chance to disregard the laws, make his pile, accomplish his ends and get away with it. It is in fact 8 wonder that so many continue to live honest lives when ‘the premium is so high to live otherwise. e (e THE POT AND THE KETTLE. There are but few cities or towns in this country but what have their pots and their kettles—men whose principal form of diversion consists of villify- ing ‘each other. But it is poor policy. A mind that can see nothing good in others has a loose screw of its own. Its cogs are not well oiled—its working pnrts are not proporly adjusted. hlflmplethmummhmtuhd,m there is always something that is good. We see the imperfections and' magnify ‘them by ‘repeti- tion. The goodness we gloss over and forget. The _pot is black ,and so is the kettle, and it ill becomes either to traduce the other. The public is nmot greatly interested in the private opinion of one person regarding another, and it tires of hearing thein shouted from the housetops or roared from the gutters. If the pot and the httle would clean their own bottoms they would-have little occasion for throw- ing stones at each other. : ————— Many cities are boasting of their increase in population. But xtwillbemotehthopnrponm lament over the demnhtion of the farms. e Qs Some people appear to carry their honor in their | pockets, and such pockets are generally full of holes. . —_——— ® The man who minds his own business generally finds that business well worth minding. BP0 S 3 A wish gratified is no longer a wish. It has lost its charm. million dollars a year to police the border now.— Anoka herald. Looks as if a large number of men would be idle after May 1, about 800 in the lumber districts of Bemidji, where a strike for eight hours is threat- ened. The companies declare the demand will not be granted.—Stillwater Gazette. Al el o Back yard farmers must have personality in order to farm ‘a garden successfully, says an authority. We always knew that indulging in personalities was a first-rate way to start human sass. Can gardem sass be started that way, too?—Crookston Times. Bk SO TG - I this investigation of the news print situation continues much longer there will be little need for any action as half of the publishers of small papers will have quit the game before any relief cam be obtained.—Little Falls Transcript. ; —_— J. Adam Bede says that it was awfully bard for him to stay in the democratic party. It would be, naturally, in Minnesota, for any man who pats personal advantage above principles.—Wheeloek's Democratic Weekly. S0 TN SR With Fred Sherman in the office of secretary of state, there would be a\pleasure in visiting the state house and 'meeting one\of the state’s most efficient u.xg accommodating state officials.—Menahga Jouwr- n . —_ ; ‘When men go out on strikes regardless of agree- ment, it once more shows that contracts are only scraps of paper.—Stillwater Gazette. SPECIALISTS SAY TO _ CULTIVATE BLUEBERRIES St. Paul, May 3.—Cultivated blue- berries in the near future will be as common -in certain regions as are currants ‘end strawberries through- out the country is the forecast of W. g .Brierly, associate ' profeesor ‘of " Hot ture of tlo University of Minnesots College Acrlcnltm, and W. H. Kepety, superinten- dent of the State Forestry Station at Cloquet. Blueberry study was taken up co- operatively by the horticultural and forestry divisions of the university in the spring of 1916. Because the blue- berry requires acid or at least neu- tral soil, the soil of the ordinary gardens are of little value. Thus far all the work has been confined to the northen put of the state under thoduJbut ‘we believe that some of n-o direction of the Cloquet Experiment station . “Last year,” says Professor Brier- ly, “we were able to secure the co- ‘of y part of Minnesota. Subscribe lor the Ploneer. FROM DEVASTAHON T0 ACTIVE INDUSTRY Minneapolis, May 3.—*Yesterday —Starving; Today—Working; To- morrow—Self-supporting’’ . are = the words of Dr. Westenberg State Di- rector in reviewing the conditions of AN there are no-starving people in' Ar- menia and western Asia. Were the Near East Relief’s monthly distri! tion of 7,000 toms of flour discon: tinued, conditions would immediate- 1y revert to the horrors of a year ago, where cannibalhm was prevalent in many sections, ' A bird’s eye view of the Near East Relief’s fleld of industrial reconstruc- tion it superimposed upon the Unit- ed States would cover. & rectangle reaching from Minneapolis to Port- land, Me., to Wilmington, N. C., and Antonlo. Texns, ;bnck to Mlnnenpolls. the Near East Relief’s two and - good mds ’re alinost unknown.. ‘When and how will the Near Bast pegple become self-supporting?, industrial opportunities await them? How are they responding to American methods of recomstructions? ' These are inquiries coming in to the state headquarters. 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