Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 25, 1922, Page 4

BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY BY THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING COMPANY G. E. CARSON, Pres. E. H. DENU, Secy-Mgr. J. D. WINTER, News Editor TELEPHONE 922-923 Entered at the Postoffice at Bemidji, Minnesets, as Becond-class Matter, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. MEMBER, NATIONAL FDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Forelgn Advertising Representatives 8. C. Theis Co., Chicago, Ill. and New Yozk N. Y. No attention paid to anomymous contributiona. Writer’s name must be known to the editor, but“not Decessarily for publication. Cemmunications for the Weekly Ploneer must reach this office not later than Taeaday of each Week to insure publication i the THE PIO0] every Thuraday and s tor, in advance, $32.00. ent postage pald to Unless credit is given this paper, only Press is entitled to the use for re-publication of all news dispatches credited. to i, or otherwisq credited. also the local hews published herein. - OFFI0IAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS BUSINESS CONDITIONS ... ~ Durnig the last thirty days, commercial and industrial activity has reflected the usual stimulation of fall and winter de- mand. Retail trade in larger cities is more active than at the corresponding period of last year, and seanonal acceleration is evident thropghout the country. Uncey- tainty as to the volume of purchases by the farmers of the grain and livestock states has not been dispelled, however. Wholesale trade has been good through- out the current period. Stotks of many kinds of goods in the hands of both whole- salers and retail dealers are light, but neither this fact nor threats of higher prices have been sufficient to induce buy- ers to make substantial forward purchases. The conservatism shown justifies the be- lief that the catastrophe of 1920 has not been forgotten, Total car loadings and loading of mer- chandise and of less than carload lots are practically at the record levels establish- ed in 1920. Despite car shortage, especially for coal and for the movement of farm products, the railroads are handling freight remarkably well. -Coal has been rapidly moved to the lake ports for ship- ping to the Northwest before the close of novigation. Receipts of wheat at primary markets to date, while somewhat less than for the corresponding period of 1921, are well above receipts for 1920. The livestock movement is satisfactory. Cotton is mov- ing more rapidly than in 1921. Some in- dustrial consumers are beginning to ac- cumulate coal reserves, and the disappear- ance of premiums for immediate delivery is evidence of improved transportation for steel. The manufacturing industries as a whole are operating at not far below normal. Steel output is at 75 per cent. of capacity There has been a notable expansion of pig iron production which for October ex- ceedee any month since December 1920. Railroad orders continue heavy, Demand from the automobile and building indust- ries is good, due account being taken of seasonal declines. Buying by agricu]tura_l implement makers is still light. The indi- cations seem to be that the demand for steel may slacken somewhat during the re- mainder of the year, but that recovery will be made early in 1923. Demand for machine tools is fair. . The woolen and worsted industry is at between 80 and 85 per cent of capacity. Boot and shoe manufactures range from 80 per cent in New England to capacity at St. Louis. Cotton consumption in October was 533,950 bales, compared with 494,- 745 and 401,325 bales in October 1921 and 1920 respectively. October output of auto- mobiles made a new high record for that month. Building is exceptionally active for the season, this condition being re- flected in the various industries producing building materials. 3 TO INSURE JOBLESS The Wisconsin legislature will be asked to pass a bill providing compensation for ‘the idle workmen. It provides that any workingman who has worked for six months and who is unemployed through no fault of his own will be paid $1.00 per day during a period not exceeding thirteen ‘weeks, Public employment offices will be main- tained and at any time the workman who is receiving compensation can .be com- pelled to accept a positioin secured for him by the board or forfeit his compensation. The state industrial commission will have the administration of the bill in charge and the money will come from in- surance policies, which each employer will be compelled to carry for the unemploy- ment of his force the same way that ac- cident insurance is being carried. Wisconsin was the first state to adopt the workingman’s compensation law and it is probable that it will be the first to adopt an unemployment law. The Badger state has a habit of trying out new things first and other states will no doubt be willing to:let them give this new one a fair trial. §—8 READY FOR ACTION County Agent, Daniel Dvoracek, has submitted a most interesting program for the Farm Bureau of Beltrami county and recommends that they select a few of the major projects and drive them over the top in a successful operation. . New communities like ours cannot under take too many problems for solution at™ one time and his idea of selecting the most important ones first and putting them across is timely and good. The spirit of action is ripe. Farmers are ready to begin. The best of co-operation is assured and big things are in store for this section of the state, with a definite program to follow. £ 5——— A PROGRESSIVE LEADER Every time the clock ticks off 40 hours Wisconsin cows produce $1,000,000 worth of dairy products. i Wisconsin’s lannual milk production would fill a row of quart bottles extend- ing from the earth to the moon. Wisconsin produces on every working day 1,000,000 pounds of cheese. Wisconsin produces 70 per cent of the the creamery butter. This great ‘neighbor state pelieves in leading the Union in the dairying busisnes as well as progressive politics and legisla- tion. You cannot blame labo‘t for the high cost of production any more than you can blame it for the low prices the farmers are getting for tgheir crops. The government is printing about 300,- 000,000 postage stamps dgally. You can cut the cost by paying your bills more prompt- ly. 4 Peace pacts are absolutely uselgss, as long as civilized nations are preparing fgr war. According to reports the nations in the four-power pact are as guilty as any of them. Poison gas, submarings, battle planes and battle ships are being manu- factured and built. The newspapers are making more fugs about Newberry’s resignation than his election. And yet none have suggested that his resignation be rejected. above $200,000,000 for 15 years at 2 per cent interest. The, bill further provides that the government shall s ———————————————— 3| The flapper style is going, but the | shipping trust $125,000,000 of the ' dear things will hit on something else l FROM OTHER PAPERS i wa glive them time.—Columbia , Record. ' ’ You gotta say this for the Ford: | the train always wins, but the Ford keeps right on coming back for more. —American Lumberman r The suggested solution of the lcyit_ ing problem as to why men leave home is that they don'’t like to stay| WHAT OTHERS SAY there alone.—Cincinnatti Enquirer. Friend—Of course you have made some promises you didn’t keep. Lately there has been much said Politician—Yes, but I never yet|and the public press has had column broke a promise to a man without |after column of comment on the so- giving him a better one in its place.i[called Ship Subsidy bill now before —Boston Transeript, congress assembled in an extraordi- Will it be necessary soon to call | nary .session. them emotional pictures?—Boston Why not enlighten the: public as Herald. to the provisions of the bill? “Kills Bear in Pajamas” How| If, as its proponents claim, it will much ‘better it would have been to |be for the common good of the great mave taken its picture,.—New Orleans |mass of the American people, I am in Times Picayune. favor of more discussion of thig bill, The senator from Georgia spent|so We may lend it our moral sup- nothing to get his seat. He is[POTt: quoted as saying he feels it was worth it.—Philadelphia North Amer- ican. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., says the twelve.hour day is too long, but some of us still find it necesary to put in a little overtime in order to buy gasoline.—Detroit News. Rare Months.—The months during which we felt free from income-tax worries are those that have a “q” in their spelling.—Chicago Journal of ‘Commerce. 1o cen say one thing for Main Street. Sinclair Lewis found it a short cat to Easy Street.—New Brit- ain- Herald. To The Editor:— the bill have been effectively. kept away from the people, 1 am compel- led to believe that the-Ship Subsidy bill is another “Esch-Cummins Law”, where private interests benefit at the expense of the public. The provisions of the Ship Subsidy bill as I understand it are: that the government shall turn over somes 1500 steel ships, built during the war and after, at a cost of approximately 53,500,000,00(;, to the shipping t]r;\ixsl: Frequently the blindfold over the [for a sum of $200,000,000, whic eves gf justice looks suspiciously |18 about $1 for every $17 expended i i i i by the government. :;’X;enfigreenbncks. T The government shall loan the From the’way the provisions of |: pay a subsidy to the shipping trust of $75,000,000 a year for a period of 10 years or $750,000,000 during the ten years. “The bill had also a provision that when the shipping trust earns over 10 per cent on their investment, half of the figure above that amount should be paid back to the govern- ment.” Isn’t this bill framed somewhat af- ter the now famous Esch-Cummins law? Is the American public to benefit from the Ship Subsidy bill in the same way that they benefitter from the Esch-Cummins law—higher prices to the ultimate consumer, in short, tribute to the great private inter- ests? A Progressive. SHORT MADE bONG Leipzig, Nov. 25—An operation making a short person long has ac- tually been performed, according to a renort read before a scientific con- | vention here. A dwarf who desired to attain a somewhat more mature stature, submitted to an operation on his legs. A piece of the upper leg was cut out, a boney substance, not actual bone. inserted which join- ed up anew with the real bones. This was firm enopgh to support the weight of the man when it healed. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PIONEER SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1922 EVERETT TRUE PLACE 8 T e DVICENT DRAMA] By Condo 1 DEVICATED sy TOM SIMS SAYS { A cheeck on your living expenses } can always be cashed. Just when you learn your auto tag number it is time to get a new one. “We are a nation of gum chew- ers,” says Secretary of War Weeks. This is much better than rag chewers. Fame is fleeting. A former pre- mier of France was chased out of a dining' room at Toulouse. Horse racing was once the sport of kings, but in America there are too many queens around the tracks. We'have aroused a great deal of interest in Great Britain. 'She has paid ub"another 50 billion interest. National Paint Association says. paint brings happiness. It all de- pends on who is wearing the paint. With so many things. worth know- ing some still insist on remembering the size of their gloves. A wise woman makes her husband think he thinks. Money brings poise and avoirdu- pois. Pluck and luck look alike because they go around together. Sixty seals appeared in Leng Is- land Sound. It is thought they wanted to see the new sealskin coats. No parlor is the cause of many a girl being single today. Funny things just will happen. Large cities show marriages have in- creased since skirts were lengthen- ed. DELAY TRAFFIC BY LAW Paris, Nov. 25—As a protest against the decree modifying the eight-hour law French railway work- ers have decided upon a unique form of strike which the railway compan- des are powerless to combat. The scheme is simply to obey all existing regulations to the letter. The lead- ers expect this to effectively cripple traffic withiut incurring legal re- sponsibility. For instance, the re- gulations forbid men going between cars to couple while in motion. But it has never been enforced. Enforce- ment will mean great delay in the yards throughout the country. Other regulations which have always been tactically ignored are those forbid- ding “flying switches” in sorting cars. The answer will be found among today’s want ads. (What “Blunder” do you suggest) CGonvright 1922, Associated Editors|Regent of Japan. ITALY SEEKING STRONGER TIES WITH ENGLAND Openly Soliciting * Alliance; Demand is Now Coming From All Classes GOVERNMENT ATTITUDE ON SUBJECT LACKING Italy -'is Very Distrustful of France and Racial Antipathy Exists (By Henry Wood) (United Press Staft Correspondent) Rome, Nov. 25—Italy is frankly and openly soliciting an alliance with England. From leading statesmen like Nitti, who desire such a line-up merely. as a general matter of European policy, to militarists, like General Benciven- ga, frankly want an English alliance for the strength it would give Italy in another war this demand is riow coming from nearly all classes.: What the precise attitude of the Italian government -may be On- the question 1s not yet ciear, No secret is made by the support- ers of this idea of the degree or is- solation which such an alliance would impose on France. But according to | the Italian viewpoint, that is a ques- tion which regards France and not Italy. This general solicitation and de- mand for an alliznce with England reverses completely tne general pub- lic attitude of ltaly towards Engiand of before the war. Then England was always Italy’s potential menace. It was because of this menace that Iraly felt largely the need of an al- liance with Germany. Italy’s pre-war attitude relative to England was this: Italy is essential- ly a maratime state, a state with very tew natural resources and raw ma- terial and a complete absence of na- tive deposits of coal. Hence Italy'se existence depends upon her mara- time commerce and contact with the rest of the world.But with England controling both entrances and out- lets of the Mediterranean, mnamely Gibralter and Suez he could on a moments notice, bottle up Italy in the Mediterranean, cut her off from ali foreign sources of supplies, and thus reduce her to starvation and submission within a few weeks. Hence Italy’s pre-war distrust of England. Since the war Italy sees things from a different viewpoint. She feels her strength as a nation. She feels that other nations—no matter how great they be—have need of her just as she has need of them and so she is frankly looking around for the best pldce to make an alliance. : As Europe stands today, with Ger- many and Russia out of the running for a long time to come, Italy’s field of action is pretty much limited to France and England. Between :the two she has unhesitatingly " chosen the latter. Italy is very distrustful of France and a latent racial,. politi= cal, psychological antipathy -exists which can never be overcome.. ONE YEAR AGO TODAY Earthquake shocks caused. panic on island of Jamacia. Crown Prince Hirohito was named TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Sir Ernest Pollock, Attorney-Gen- eral of Grezt Britain, born in Eng- lznd, 61 years ago today. Mrs. Alice Ames Winter, president of the (leneral Federation of Wo- men’s clubs, born at Albany, N. Y., 57 years ago today. Bliss Perry, noted author, critic and university lect r, born at Wil- liamstown, Mass., years ago to- day. Rt. Rev. Benjamin Brewster, Epis- copal bishop of Maine, born at New Haven, Conn., 62 years ago today. Sir Frederick Haultain, eminent Saskatchewan statesman and educa- tor, born at Woolwich, England, 65 years ago today. THOS. J. STOREY Expert Taxidermist 611, 6th Ave. E. DULUTH, MINN. Prices and Catalogue on request AR SEHONG dorf, 30 years experience. Fall term now open. Write for Free catalog today. TWIN CITY BARBER COLLEGE 204.Hennepin Ave., Minneapolie, Minn. Auto Painting Co. Let us paint or refinish your car. We do first class auto- mobile ‘painting, perfect strip- ing and monogram work. We guarantee all first class work, We make old cavs new. Give us a trial and be convinced 507 Third St. J. B. Gilbert-A. L. Gilbert Proprietors T — e e ——— | GILBERT BROS. 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