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

AT v ¥ 'BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLINEED SVEAY APTEANOON EXONFT SUNDAY FRE BEMIDII PIONEER FUBLISKING OO. ®. E. CARSON, Pres. E. H. DENU, Sec. and Mgr. : G. W. HARNWELL, Editor ——— __Telephone $23—— aj1, Minn., as second- Entared at the postoffice at Bemidji, 10 "1“ elase matter under Act of Congress of No " attention paid to anonymous odc'ogcrl:::lon-_; Writer's name must be known to the tor, not Secessarily for publication. Communications for the Weekly Ploneer must reach this office not .later than Tuesday of each week to Insure publication in the ourrent issue. THE Y, PIONEER—Twelve pages, published every Thursday and: sent postage paid to any address for. in advance, $3.00. 7 LESSONS FROM RAILROAD BUILDING. " Perhaps no part of our commercial or industrial activity has been called upon to bear the criiicisp? our railroads have. Undoubtedly this is because of the tremendous part they play in the carrying on of the country’s industry. They are the arteries of commerce without which this country would ‘be divided into umgll isolated sections, each a com- munity unto itself and doubtless at enmity with leach other. The great importance of establishing these arteries of communication has been demon- strated in many ways and equally as important as the establishing of railways is the establishing of highways into communities where it is impossible and impracticible to build the railways. It has taken many years to build the railway system of our country and it will take many years to build an adequate highway system tq serve the needs of all communities. If we read the story of the building of railroads, we will find they were built in small sections at a time, many of them on a light roadbed, many with a narrow_guage and light steel rails. As the country developed these had to be rebuilt many times over and made larger and larger. The second capital investment sent many into bankruptcy and financially embarrassed many more; and today we are faced with utterly inadequate’ railroad transportation facilities. ; The. lesson that -has been ' learnéd in railroad building should ‘be_a splendid guide to us in build- ing ‘our highways. Wae know our highways - are destined to be a tremendous factor in’' the further developmient of our country. - ‘We also know' that they are entirely inadequate at the present time for the traffic they are being called upon’ to bear. We are now at the parting of the ways as to whethier we shall build highways adequate for what we know to be necessary or-legislate against the vehicles ‘S0 that they may not be tvo heavy for our weak roads. If the former, then let us build, heavily rein- forced cfmcrete highways that. will 'stund. for all G " time, and a once for all time financing, go that motor vehicles may be econoniically ‘developed to the fullest capacity for short haul service and for feeding the railroads. . 45 If the latter—well, it can scarcely be: possible that any right thinking community can so.far be blinded to the necessities of the future, or the experiences of the past, ‘'as to give its consent to the make-shift soft dirt roads which have been a constant drain yearly on the funds of the county and state treasuries for their maintenance. ' FORTUNATE GUATEMALA. | .« ww, After all, there are some advantages in the kind of government some of these Central America re- publics have. Piles of money are turning up here and there in the various departments of the republic of Guatemala, put away by former government officials and apparently forgotten. -If such a state of affairs ever developed at Washington—but what is the use of moralizing—they never need campaign funds in those southern countries to select a'presi- dent. All that is required are a few bullets and a bunch of generals. ¥ S— BROTHERS IN DISTRESS. The Social Press has our sympathy. We have just cleared away enough of the debris from the republican and democratic campaign - literature ‘“can pile” so that we can see again from the ‘eyes up. We notice the socialist party plans to ‘send out fifty million campaign pamphlets. Twelve speakers are busy making speeches to be sent out and copied by the socialist papers all over the country- These surely be strenuous times for the newspapers. a (I Ly T~ L 0 I Safe at the Home Plate UR popular Ice Cream is the real home plate, and the season is open all the time. Getinto the game. Bean Ice Cream rooter. ) —ask your dealer On Picking the Winner | gition to All Un-American Propaganda has proved itself a good one— ' ‘& its success: Which Is the Right and Which Is the Wrong Party? ; JJ/[F YOU WANT TO BUY. SELL. OR TRADE. ADVERTISE IN THE PIONEER WANT COLUMN Our well:-known poliey of Political Independenice and Determined Oppo- time after tjme, : It means, simply, tfiat We use our own judgment in supporting the best ‘man ‘or the fnost l?onest cause in the field, irrespective of politics or party affiliations; and in do- ing this we naturally oppose any movement that is un-American, ultra-radical or polit- ically dishonest. : : y : As proof that this policy is a wise one we might mention a few promine'nt instances of ges In _the state primary in 191_8 we oppmd Linddergh (Non-Partisan Leaguer) . and supported Burnquist, who was nominated. 4 In the State ‘election in 1918 we. mmed Evans (Non-Partisan Leaguer) and ‘up- - ported Burnquist—who was' elected. ¥ 3 In the Bt. Poui City election, 1920, we supported Hodgson for mayor end opposed i Mahoney (Non-Partisan Leavugr and Socialist). Hodgson was elected. : . In the’ Stafe primary, 1920, we opposed Shipstead (Non-Partisan, Leaguer) and | supported Preus—cho was elected. s ) 13 That many thousands of readers throughout the Northwest strongly indorse our. policy : is evident by the results of many recent elections. Thesp resilts indicate, alfo, ‘that ; there is a strong.tendency. to eliminate the old idea of supporting the wrong man be- ; cause he belongs to the right (?) party. : e y o Do You Ht;neStly Know Of course not. Neither do we. But we do Enow when a better man than the,avera‘,ée' pops up—and we. do know that there are certain. pseudo-political factions that must be strongly opposed. Hence our policy. Are you with us? - Bl Then Subscribe Today : ~ . And Help Pick Out'the Winners with the (Morning and Sunday) N and the. ; St Pt Bispatehy - (Evening) 1e “Cheer-up” Drink all smiles. You can’t help it. It’s the Brazilla. : - Brazilla has a deliciously refreshing taste. 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