The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-10-18

| by simply saying that they We're the
opposite Of these,
Last winter Warden Reeve went into
| the Eastern market to buy sisal tiper.
| 1t was sending a boy to mill. Enc
importers of the fiber kindly took him
! in charge, made him believe that thes
| market was going skyward, and thaI
] his only salvation lay in buying enough
| stock to keep the factory running a
! couple Of years. Thus 1t was that ne
bought about 100000 pounds OF slsat
| FOR FUTURE DELIVERY at the
highest price the market had known
| for years. Not only that, but they un-
| loaded upon him large quantity Of
| ROTTEN, NO GRADE FIBER THAI
| WAS PRACTICALLY WORTHLESS.
! The rest Of the transaction is history
known to every farmer in the state
who used prison Irvine this year. The
| Irvine was unsatisfactory, much OF It
| rotten and brittle, owing to poor ma
terial and NOT a SINGLE BALL OF
| IT HELD OUT IN LENGTH THE
/ STANDARD MEASUREMENT OF 500
| FEET PER POUND which was guar
| anteed by the. circulars sent out by the
| prison managers. The shortage Tai Tai
! from 40 to so feet per pound, or IVY "
| 400 feet per ball.
Owing to the high price paid for8l ne
| fiber the prison Irvine was OF necessary
| sold at a higher price than OUTSIDE s.
| Irvine, the first time In the history q
| the plant that such has been the case.
| In other words, the prison factory, III
stead Of acting as lever TO keep down
the price Of outside tWine by selling
| its own product at cost, has actuaiiy
beer. unable to compete with the out
| side Irvine!
\ But the worst has not yet been told.
| The fiber bought at exorbitant price
"for future delivery continued 70 ar
! rive at the prison after the season 8
| business was over. ONE MILLION
| POUNDS WERE RECEIVED ATSTld7lE =
| PRISON THE LAST OF JULf-allll
bought at a cost about double the price
on the day of delivery. The prison rae
tory now has on hand nearly two
million pounds of fiber and tWlne q
doubtful quality which cost twice Wn 'a
1t is worth in the market to-day. ms
/ is a condition which must be raced =,
| the next seasons business
4 And this Is how Gov. Lind has re
| formed" the state Irvine industry He
/ is not promising the farmers cheaper
| binder Irvine" in his campaign speeches
1 this year, as he did two years ago.
! Neither is he admonishing them 70
! remember the twine,' as he did the
/ last campaign. He fain would nave
! them forget the twine''--as he has
forgotten to speak Of it in his speeches
/ this year.
/ The "Trust Baking Powder Com
4 mission"
The department of the dairy and food
| commission is of much more import
ance than those unacquainted with It's
/ workings and objects give 1T credit.
When properly and intelligently con-
| Quoted it stands as a safeguard per
| tween the public health and impure
/ food, authorizations, etc. Under past
4 administrations not the faintest criti-
cism could be made against the depart
! nent; it was under the direction Of
] competent and conscientious men who
had the public welfare at heart.
Shortly after the department had
been reformed the Minneapolis office
i was discontinued. Half a dozen IN
spectors We're tried there within as
many months, but their general lncom-
| petence was such that the branch office
! In that city became worse than useless.
| This left the largest city In the state
| directly without local service and the
/ milk dealers and others are practically
without supervision.
It was Just about this time that Com
missioner Bowler was busily engaged
| in discovering three grades OF pure vim
j ~, I, Y.rn hirhg nv
| the way, had been condemned as I'M
pure.
But the most severe criticism directed
against the office is on account OF its
! alleged connection with the baking
| powder trust After the baking powder
| law went into effect, Mr.. Bowler sent
out circulars to dealers directing that
| they cease selling baking powder, the
! formula of which was not printed on
the can. He was Immediately per
| suaded" to revoke this order. He fol-
| lowed it up with another, which he also
| revoked; and even a third time did he
repeat this farce
A few weeks ago he caused to be ar
rested a grocer, p. O'Grady, doing bus
mess on Wabasha street, st. Paul, for
selling a certain kind of baking powder
NOT HANDLED BY THE TRUST.
Mr.. OGrady secured the services of an
attorney who made thorough inves-
tigation into the matter, with the re-
suit that when the case came up in
court before Judge ORR he openly
charged that Mr.. Bowler was not act
ing, In good faith in the matter, but
was influenced by the baking powder
trust He requested that Mr.. Bowler
be subpoenaed as witness and be re-
auired to testify as to the animus OF
the department. in the matter. The
subpoena was issued and the case con-
tinued-BUT IT NEVER CAME TO
TRIAL; MR.. BOWLER DISMISSED
1T "
That's the service being given by the
dairy and food commission, and that Is
how it is trifling with the sacred inter
ests it is supposed to guard, the peo~
pies health.
Has 1t paids
Two years ago John Lind made his
campaign on so-caIled state issues
He made all manner Of charges of cor
ruption against the Republican admin
! istrations of previous years. In his
addresses he plaintively appealed to
+lo ranrIa for ga cha ncn 70 omen the