Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 7, 1920, Page 6

ANNUAL CONVENTION PAGE SIX OF THE A. F. OF LABOR OPENS SESSIONS President Gompers Opens Convention; Presents Demands for Legislation Samuel By Ralph F. Couch (United Press Staff Correspondent) Montreal, Canada, June 7,—Four million organized workers of the United States began framing de- mands upon presidential candidates and political parties today through the annual convention of the Ameri- can Federation of Lavor which open- ed here with nearly 1,000 delegates present. Coming to the convention fresh from personal contact with the rank and file of union men in all sections, the delegates plunged immediately into consideration of a comprehen- sive program of economic, political and social issues.. The program will be brought squarely to the attention of leaders in the Republican and Democratic nominating conventions at Chicago and San Francisco. President Samuel Gompers of the federation may leave his convention here today before its close to carry labor’s mandate personally to the Re- publican convention in Chicago. Gompers also, as head of the fed- eration’s National Non-Partisan Po- litical campaign committee, will pre- sent the program to the country as part of organized labor’s fight against re-election of senators and congress- men listed as enemies. Inspired by the industrial and economic confusion and strife of the past year, the program is regarded by Gompers and other federation of- ficials as the most important ever presented. Reviewing the struggles of the year, it demands repeal of the Esch-Cummins Transportation Act, condemns profiteering, scores Attor- ney General Palmer on many counts and presents a detailed plan for new legislation to reduce living costs. The plan to reduce living costs is pre- sented in the form of six demands which are: 1. Government purchase of stand- ard commodities direct from producer and resale at fixed prices through reg- ular retail channels. 2. Retirement of the floating deht and part of the fundeu war debt through a tax on ‘‘excessive war pro- fits extorted from the American peo- ple duirng 1916, 1917, 1918 1919 and 1920.” 3. Extension of powers of the fed- eral farm loan bank enabling it to advance credit to farmers’ cooperative societies which are ‘‘no less vital and worthy of support than are the rail- roads which were given hundreds of millions of dollars.” 4. Control of credit capital to be taken from ‘‘those whose chief in- terest is the cumulation of profits,” placed in the hands of a public dgency and administered by “voluntary and co-operative methods.’ ’ 5. Labor department to compile and issue monthly statements on the cost of manufacture of stable arti- cles. - 6 Establishment’ of government boards to investigate prices and pro- fits and public inspection of all in- come and other tax returns. “The cost of living must go high- er,” said the executive committee in making these recommendations. “Wages must be advancea in every case to a point at which the Ameri- can standard of living is secure.” Labor department reports were quoted to show that since 1913, wages generally have increased but 556 per cent while living costs have advanced 83.1 per cent and in some cities between 90 and 100 per cent. Attorney General Palmer's cam- paign to reduce living costs was de- scribed as a ‘“‘campaign of stupidity” seeking “only here and there to pifl- ory some trifling merchant while pér- mitting great aggregations of vapital upon which enormous profits have been reaped to escape in the enjoy- ment of a monumental blunder.* 'No Nuts or Polts ) w YOU LL find pro- tection for priceless papers in ~ e GF Alisteel Filing Egquipment Each unit of GF Allsteel equipment is electrically welded into one piece—no bolts or nuts to loosen, noth? ing to get out of order. X = n GF Alisteel affords the utmost in con. struction, looks, rigidity, durability and economy. Come inand see for yourself. ke 1f you desire we'll send a representative to dmufs_ yoqr_requiremenu. r = Pioneer Stationery Store Bemidji, Minn; e N | i “I "COME BACK, (OME PACK Direction for Planting, Fertilizing, Single-Stake Training, TOMATOES THRIVE ON VARIETY OF SOILS Barrel-Hoop Training, and Trellis Training—How to Have Fresh Tomatoes Far Into the Winter The tomato is one of the most val- uable garden crops. 1t is easy to grow. It thrives on a great variety of soils. It yields an appetizing food that can be used in many ways, both fresh and precerved. When the ground is warmed up and danger from frost is over, prepare the soil thoroughly and rake in a dress- ing of commercial fertilizer. Line the|a distance that a barrel hoop will fit rows 3 feet apart. the distance apart in the rows, ac-|about 15 inches trom the ground and (Written for the United States School Garden Army.) affia, tying anew from time to time |, esday. as the leader grows upward. Pinch off the side branches back to the first fruiting stem. Continue this ing fruit. 1I. Drive three stakes about 4 feet long down around the plant at such Set the plants|them snugly. Nail one hoop to them cording to the.method of training to|another at 30 inches. Pinch off some be adopted, indicated below: MARKETS—LOCAL AND FOREIGN " Chicago, June 7.—Potato receipts today, 49 cars. Market strong. Northern Whites, sacked, $9.50 and $9.75. New— market strong. Alabama and Louisiana Bliss Triumphs, sacked, No. 1 $12, No. 2 $10. Louisiana Burbanks, sacked, $10 to $10.25. South Carolina Irish Cobblers, $18 per cwt. BEMIDJI CASH MARKET QUOTATIONS. GRAIN AND HAY Dressed beef, pound. Turkeys, live, pound. - Oats, bushel ...........$1.10-§1.25 Old Toms, live, pound. Red Clover, medium, 1 «.e..80c|Geese, live, pound .. Popecoru, pound ~8¢-10¢ | Ducks, live, 1b. .. Wheat, hard vevee...$2.30-§2.45|Hens, 4 ibs. and “vel.. ....... Wheat, soft . vee..$2.10-82.25 VEGETABL#S. S HIOES Cabbage, cwt. .........$8.00-86.00 oy piges, No. 1, Ib. . Onions, dry, cwt. ......$6.00-35.00 gull lides, No, 1 ...... Beans, EWL. .....+e0.0.$6.00-35.C" I Kipp hides, No. 1 1b. ..... Butterfat . ... . ..81¢| Caif skins, No. 1,1b ..... €ggs, tresh, dozen .. ..........38¢ Deacons, each-..........$1.00-§1.25 MEATS Horse hides, large, each. .. Mutton ....ee.. Wool, bright ......... Wool, semi bright. . at time of going to press of today’s Pioneer: GRAIN AND I1AY lL: mbs ; Wheat, No. 1 .........52.61-$2.71 Jar ic, 1b, ......... Wheat, No. 2 . ... ..$2.49-$2.64 |Packing butter .... Wheat, No. 3-.........$2.29-§2.44 i ...94c-97c LIVE PUCLTRY Oats . .. ... Barley Rye . . .. ve...$1.20-31.46 | Turkeys, 8 1bS. UP ...coevevssendl0 .v....$1.86-81.90 | Ty, keys, small and thin. No. 1 clover, mixed .... $20.00 | Geese, 12 1bs. up and fat Rye straw . ...... e .$9.00 [pDucks, fat . .. ... e COrN. < = i & sieays sims .$1.66 | Hens, heavy, 4 lbs. and over.. No. 2 Timothy hay . $27.00 | Spriugers, live ..... e Hens, 5 1bs. up, fat ......... VEGETABLES Dressed poultry 3c per pound over Beans, hand picked, navy, cwt. $5.50| jive stnck Potatoes, per cwt. ..... ;;gg v Beans, brown, cwt. .... .$3. [ .36c HIDKES Wegs, per dosen .. o siseds s 160 _§4c|Cowhides, No 1. Butterfat . . .... A Bull hides, No. 1 . Rhubarb, per cwt. ve...00c Kipps, No. 1... MEATS Calf skins, No. 1 . Deacons . ... Tallow ....... Horse hides . Woul, bright. .. Mutton, 1b. .. Pork, dressed Veal . ... . Beet, dresred. the:re is rickets, a distase that causes PICTURE HORRORS distortion of the limbs and displace- ment of the ribs through failure of 0F leNNA HUNGER bones to withstand the pressure of growth. (By United Press) The Viennese huspitAals have re- Paris. (By Mail).—Vienna, a city ceived Red Cross medical s‘.lppl_xes, with a larger population than Phila-|but so congested are these institu- delphia, and covering as great an | tions that they are still in terrible area as Boston, Cleveland and San|need of supplies. Soap is entirely Francisco combined, had ot a sin-|lacking, as are all fat products. This gle drop of milk for the feeding of |means that the hospital linen can not babies until the American Red Cross|be washed adequately, and frequent- reéeitly sent forty tons of condens-|ly the sheets and towels are are not ed milk by rail from Paris. Vienna|Washed at all. There is not a single had a larger percentage on infant|hospital that is not dependent upon mortality than any other city has foreign charity. suffered in modern times. This train- This is the picture of misery drawn load of milk is the first. outside help |by the Director of the Leopold Child’s received for Viennese babies since|hospital in Vienna. No satisfactory the armistice. substitute has been discovered for ‘The lack of nourishment for chil-|milk. The adults eke out a precar- dren in Vienna gives rise to a com-|ious existence with fish and coarse plications of disorders. Chief among|meal. The very wealthy own milch- - FARMERS! ATTENTION! 1 am here to contract for your NEXT FALL CROP OF POTATOES In this way you can be assured of your market. If you can not see me, write me, and I will call on you. Will be at the Markham Hotel all this week. A. KRUEGER With the Potato Growers Exchange Trained to single stakes Trained to hoop trellises .. A Trained to horizontal trellises... 30|rags or raffia and start them up to Untrained, to spread on the Set each plant deeper than it was before, bury part of the stalk. Fasten a piece of tin or a cardboard collar around each stalk to protect it from cut worms. _Hoe once a week. weeks after setting out apply nitrate of soda near the plants and hoe it in. A large proportion of the tomato plants set out are bought in small|lower boxes. growing in these boxes for several weeks and have well-developed root system. are due up from hotbeds and set in the boxes at the same time they are offered for sale. so good as the others. about it by pulling gently on the stalk. roots attached, it has not been grow- ing long in the box. 5 The three most important systems of training tomato plants are these: III. Trellis training. ong down beside each tomato plant. Cut off all-the suckers near the root, so as to send up only the main leader. Tie this to the stake with rags or goats which feed upon the foliage of | iest possible moment. the avenue trees in summer. from these, there is nothing in Vien= na fit to feed babies except what out side relief has supplied. Col. Kendall Emerson of Mass., American Red Cross Deputy commissioner for Europe, now at Bu- dapest, has issued an appeal to the women of America to make possible’ the dispatch to Hungary of two hun- dred thousand layettes at the earl- of the branches at the base of the|j__ plant so as to have three or four lead- first hoop, tie them to it with cotton grow inside the second hoop. they reach this tie again. III. To make a single trellis drive ground ......... wisiie s e B0 it project 3 or 4 feet above ground. Fasten two or three strands of light wire horizontally on the stakes, hav- Two the ground. Pinch off the suckers at the roots and tie the main shoot to wire as soon as it is tall enough. Let the side branches run along the wire if necessary. Train on pleat The best of these have been A double trellis may .be made in this way: Drive stakes down on each side of the row 6 inches away from the plant, with their tops about 15, inches from the ground. Nail narrow strips along the tips of the stakes, and as the tomoto plants grow train the branches over the strips. Preservation of Tomatoes. Besides canning as a means of pre- serving tomatoes they may be had fresh far into the winter. Before the first killing frost in the fall pack all the green tomatoes. Wrap each in paper. Place them in a dry, cool place. Tow or three days before the fruit is to be served-expose a few.spe- cimens to the light. They will ripen and serve all the purposes of fresh tomotoes. Sometimes, however, plants Such plants are not One can learn If it comes up easily with few Training. 1. Single-stake training. II. Barrel-hoop training. Drive a stout stale 4 or 5 feet Col. Emerson, in an inspection tour of the hospitals of Budapest, saw countless cases of babies discharged from maternity hospitals, wrapped in newspapers. “The proper care of the country’s babies from the moment of birth,” said Col. 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