Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 20, 1920, Page 6

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OFPICIAL COUNTY AND CITY ‘PROCEEDINGS Periodically some Wall Street financier breaks into print with a tearful exhortation to America to extend addditional financial assistance to, Euro- pean countries. i The editor of this paper is not totally devoid of a heart, nor is he entirely bereft of horse sense, but there are times when it is difficult to harmonize the one with the other. - = The -fragment of a heart that remains in our shell prompts us to extend our sympathy to those foreign countries so sadly in meed of funds, and to recommend that they all go earnestly to work— every mother’s son of them—and produce some- thing that will aid in the rapid rehabi]itation.of their bleeding countries. That is what we in America would do under similar circumstances. In the meantime, the limited amount of horse sense we possess (not being a Wall Street finan- cier) leads us to protest against any further loans to Europe, even if the new loan be for the purpose of paying the interest on what they already owe us. Robbing Peter to pay Paul may be all right—. for Paul—but it is decidely rough on poor old Pete. . o— Fortunately the campaign will be ended in No- vember. Were it otherwise we fear there would be a dearth of perfectly good mud in this country. Mud has been flying promiscuously for the past few weeks. It has been striking, and besmirching, and bésmearing until one begins to wonder what kind of men we put up for public office. 2Or per- haps the candidates are all right and the rest of us need cleansing. To any one with a reasonably clean mind this policy of mud slinging in political campaigns is nauseating. > - . If a man deserves the mud that swats him he is not the kind of man we should honor with public choice. If he is an honorable man he should not be subjected to vituperation and abuse. It requires long years of correct living to build up a desirable reputation. To destroy it as an act of political expediency is about the limit to which an opponent can go. The indiscriminate assassination of character is becoming entirely too prevalent in this_country— but at that we are no worse than the other nations of the earth. . e : Our era of extravagant buying is about over, and its effect is beginning to be felt. There is a slow but certain tendency toward a decline in prices, with the prospect that another year may witness a material veduction in the Cost of living. g g But anything like a sudden drop in all lines is not to be expected. It is rather to be avoided, as it might bring our whole commercial fabric tumbling about our ears in the greatest panic in history. And no sane person wantssa panic. Before there can be any great decline there must first be an-adjustment in the cost of labor, as well as materials, and {t is difficult to conceive the laboring man voluntarily surrendering a portion of his wage. . That will be the greatest obstacle of all to sur- mount, and only in the exercise of time and infinite . patience can satisfactory results be produced. ; S - ¥, SU— The following notice appeared in a recent issue of a Chicago paper: ‘“A Child for Sale. Buaytiful girl, four years of age, blue eyes and auburn-hair. Excellent health and charming disposition. Legiti- mate parentage. High cost ‘of living reason for selling. Address ‘Child,’ care the —.” We infer the import of the foregoing to be that the party responsible for the advertisement desired to place the child in some home, but the wording is decided- 1y-infelicitous. The very suggestion that in this day a parent should sell his or her child for financial considerations is abhorrent. PRESS COMMENTS—THATS ALL (By BXCHANGE EDITOR) We're Going to Reform. A preacher was describing: the “bad place” to his congregation. “Friends,” he said, “you’ve seen molten iron running out of a furnace, haven’t you? It comes out white hot, sizzling, hissing. Well, they, use that stuff for ice cream in the place I have just been speaking of.”—Ex. —o0— . 3 * One of the vexing problems for the allied powers is to collect the war indemnity from Germany. As the United States.is asking nothing from that country, there is no especial reason why we should be greatly excited about it, or to become involved in this “foreign entanglement.” George ‘Wash- ington has the wisdom of a far visioned prophet. Better stick to the Washington way for a while longer.—St. Cloud Journal Press.. —o0— . Business interests are still inclined, as much as ever, to charge ‘““all that the traffic will bear.” But the traffic won’t bear as much as it did last year. . —Little Falls Transcript. o The man who tries to get his exercise by dodging income taxes may realize that his system is out ot WHAT -OTHERS SAY' To the Editor: ’ As a gas consumer of this city, I have been very much interested in the showing made by Mr. George in the matter of his application for a raise of the gas rate. 3 According to his statements, which seem to have been verified and thoroughly investigated by the committee-appointed by the city council, it is now costing the_gas company about $2.61 per thousand feet to manufacture the gas which they are selling for $1.80 =per thousand feet, and that the pros- pects are excellent—for ‘a still further cost in the - near future. This is not providing for any dividends for the stock holders, or for any sinking fund for the redemption of the bonds of the company, which amount is $25,000. g The council committee has recommended a raise of the rate ,to $2.75, which it seems to me, amounts to afdemand that the company shall con- tinue business at a loss, until such time as the cost of nmaterial and labor is less than at present. There is an investment of about $75,000 in this business, I understand. = Therefore it is natural to suppose that the company will prefer to continue, rather than to close out at a much greater loss. But is this hardly fair to them? Shouldn’t-we consumers be willing to pay a fair profit on such. an investment? Or at least pay the actual cost for the convenience obtained. - This thought has struck me.very forcibly: “Why - FACTS AND INCIDENTS - to extend.its mains to such parts of the city as order when the government gets him.—St. Cloud Daily Times. g Cox says that this campaign is not going to be sny pillow fight, a fact that must be getting pain- fuily evident to the republicans.—St. Cloud Daily Times. g . i They call these campaign investigations Revela- tions, but to the critical ear they sound more like Numbers.—Red Wing Republican. N ———D—: . Looks to many that even if,it does require $15,000,000 to .defeat Cox for president, it will be worth it.—Stillwater Gazette. . i —0— . Dr. Watkins, in trying to make out Harding is a wet, may turn some votes from Cox to Harding, if he doesn’t.look .out.—St. Paul Dispatch. A pussyfooting candidate is one who slips through the back door to cajole -the cook into voting for him.——St. Cloud Daily Times. s Headline in the Region: “Village Well' Con- demned.” Who did the good job, Erickson?—’ Northern Light. —o0— ; Plenty of women would gladly sell their husbands if they could get anything for them.—Little Falls Transcript. 3 shouldn’t every consumer of gas be financially in- terested in either profit or loss of this necessary convenience? Why sheuldn’t the company be a mutual one? Why shouldn’t every consumer be a stockholder with a voice in the management?” Why couldn’t the company be granted such a rate that a certain part of each month’s payments could be credited to the consumer.as a payment for stock of the company? . 3 ) For instance: Would it notgbe a good plan to make the rate $3.50 per thousand feet, fifty cents of which would be placed to the credit of- the consymer as a payment for stock? In this way, all consumers would become a part of the company, and share the profits, and pay only actual cost for the gas consumed. - The idea is only a crude one, but it is interesting and open for discussion, should it be received favor- ably by the company. I know of no reason why. it shouldn’t be, as I understand that it will be neces- sary for them to issug more stock soon, in.order to make needed improvements. B The city owns the:water utility, and we have to pay a raté that pays for the investment. ~Why” shouldn’t we, as gas consumers, own the gas plant, and stand for the actual cost of gas, or share in any profits which accrue from its operation. The city is in no condition: to take the property over, if it were to be discontinued as a private - business_,or even if it so desired. The plan I propose, would enable the company . are not new provided for, and which are anxious to have gas. - Very respectfully, *A CONSUMER. ~ —_——————————————— insured woman in the United States.|panies paid policies to a woman One applicant for life -insurance in every seven has heen rejected by one of the largest of American life insurance companies, mainly for phy- sical unsoundness. . The effect of prohibition, accord- fng to all medical life insurance au- thorities, will be an increase in the general longevity. " g A life insurance company reports that 84 per cent of thewdeath claims it has paid were under policies which were in force less than 20 years. ~—3Influenza claims were heavy during the first quarter of 1919. Eugene O'Brien, movie star, is said to be insured for the protection of his manager to the amount of $1.000,- - 900. H. H. Sears, whose father was vice president of -the Standard Oil Com- pany, is insured for $2,300,000. ~Mrs. James J. Brown of Newport, R, I is said to be the most heavily Insurance for $1,000,000 or more are common. Charles E. Virden of Sacramento was recently insured for that amount. T. E. Houston,. presi- dent of the Houston Coal Company of Cinsinnati, Carries $1,750,000, of which $1,250,000 is in favor of sev- eral concerns that he has been con- nected with for many years. The business opportunity life in- surance offers to women is illustrated by the success of Mrs. M. E. Fobes of St. Louis, who is one of the star agents of the company she represents. Mrs. Fobes is creditéd with sonie re- markable records. One of her late achievements was an placing policies upon the life of each member of the family of the president of one of the chief corporations in Louisiana, Mo., and then she wrote the entire office force and every one of the factory employes, a total of 33 applications. One of the life insurance incidents of 1919 was this: Three life com- ' whose husband was-suppesed to have been drowned in the flood-at Cincin- nati in 1918. In 1919 his wife learn- ed that he was still alive and return- ed the money to the insurance com- pany. ~ American Women Have Prettiest Feet. A well-known French shoe manufac- turer states that the shoe Is the foundation of a woman's wardrobe. If she 1s not well shod, it spolis her ap- pearance. - i He says that American women have the prettlest feet in the world, and appreciate the value of the low-heeled gshoe. For walking, this manufactur- er inststs the low-heeled shoe Is’the only one permissible. For . wear around the house, he advocates san- dals that hold the feet in shape, vet yield sufficiently to allow them to rest. T T L L L L L T S S S S T O T T N T T YTHE AMERICAN 'RED CROSS IN, 4 PEACE TIME With the Soldiers Tmere remafn tn “army hospitals threughout the country mere than 26,- ‘wounds received overseas.. Red Cross workers give them the same sort of triendly aid—only more of it-—that was given during the war. Furthermore, the Red Cross Is teaching these |ads occupaitons at which ‘they-can later make a living and is keeplog In touch with thelr heme felks in order that no dependents may suffer for lack of funds, Gas Tank Terrified Waiters. Pandemonium reigned in El Prado cafe for a few fast 'and $urious sec- onds, the Havana Post states. * Shortly after 8 o'clock. when the .extra waiters were busy handling the evening’s largest crowd, there sud- denly burst out in the cafe a rapid succession of short, sharp, hissing sounds: Psst—psst—psst} It seemed as though all Havana was suddenly-giving the well known Cuban call for servicer A hundred thousand shouting “Psst, chico!” could not have created” more excitement. Whaiters looked under chairs, behind the bar, rushed to all their customers, wiped off tables frantically, tossed. their nap- kins desperately in midair and gave other signs of frenzy. - The fuss did not begin to abate un- til the proprletor, red faced and sweat- fng with exertion, dliscovered the source of the hissing sounds. A large cylinder of the carbonated.gas in the corner of the cafe had sprung a leak, the gas hissing mysterlously as each whiff of it egcaped. Beauty and Truth. It is only through the morning gate of the beautiful that you can pene- -trate Into the realm of knowledge. That which we feel here as beauty we shall one day know as truth.— Schiller. -, - 000 soldlers still being :treated for || people crowding about the cafe and'| Farmers! ATTENTION! ! When you begin digging your potatoes I m;ould like to have you communicate gilh me... I will pay you highest market plv'lul‘ 1 and I can arrange for.you to load at your nearest railroad station. Be sure to sce me before you sell. - P A. KRUEGER With the Potato Growers’ Exchange Phone 807 * Clifford’s Warehouse 5T . BEMIDJI - "Why Not Plan for # Financial Independence? Il Regular, systematic saving and sound investing is the oply sure way. INVEST DIRECT in modern properties serving the ever-growing needs of the public. Put your money to work in your own community- where it helps to build up home prosperity. The large family of shareholders of the Koors Broth- ers Company receive their dividend checks regu- larly by mail every six months.” Come in and talk the matter over, or phone the general manager for an appointment. ik X /. Koors Brothers ComPany Read The Pionegr Want Ad _whole box. guarantee. black powders. Money-Back Shot-Shells ‘You can get your money back for The Black' Shells : R if, for any reason at all, you don’t like them. 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