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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-11-01
Real Causes of Present Day
High Prices.
by F. b. oLEEK.

Ill III tiSlC Iol tIlt
Post ! have but one idea in
doing so; to acQuaint those who
are unacquaintcd with some of
the logical facts which necessi-
tates merchants asking more
for merchandise this season
than has been their custom 10
ask heretofore.
The ordinations of surprise,
upon learning the new higher
prices, one hears almost contin.
ually is sufficient to lead ono to
believe that vast number Of
people do not yet appreciate the
actual conditions with which
merchants are confronted, aud
for which no one can be held
directly responsible. Least Of
all the merchant who ia having
TO satisfy himself with smaller
profits than he has ever known,
in order that he may still offer
his trade the same class Of mer.
chandise at prices not absolute
ly prohihi,ive.
~ great many present day
evils are attributed to the Euro
penn war which Gun not be sup.
ported by actual facts, yet to
argue that this gigantic conflict
liz not the cause either direct OF
indirect of higher prices is to
argue ones self unposted on
cnrreut conditions.
To begin with merchandise
of every description is scarce
and daily growing scarcer. The
supply will not go around.
Take wool and cotton for ex.
ample. One has only TO glance
Mt the market report of any
dally paper 10 see that they
have reached record prices.
We are enormous producers
of cotton, but since warning
Europe has had very little time
lately to devote TO growing this
much needed staple, America
has furnished her more than
usual portion, consequently
shortening our home supply
and compelling Us to pay more
for our domestic cottons.
With wool the conditions are
reversed We import practi.
cally all cur finer wool from
Australia and New Zealand and
since England CONTROLS this
our chief source of supply, and
as she needs vast quantities OF
wool for uniforms and blankets
naturally, with so great q
scarcely thus created, it should
not be at all amazing to fine
that we have to pay from % t.
90 per cent more per yard fol
wooden material than we hav,
been accustomed to paying. l
is simply case of the suppl,
not being equal to the demand
created by abnormal condition
abroad.
Even if we had an abundan
supply wool and cotton, W,
are not yet manufacturing
dyestuffs rapidly and satisfac
torly enough to half supply tn,
demand.
With dyes advanced, in som,
instances, from so cents a poun,
o $500 a pound, is it any
wonder that you are asked e
pay a few dollars moro this sea
son for your suit or coat?
Silks, satins and plushes hav,
advanced because of thes,
came conditions aud one other
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-11-01
Votes BY Mail.

w l. Nickels, who resides at
sos Swepson avenue, but la n
citizens of Wise county, Vir-
ginia, has cast his ballot in
the race between Charles Il
Hughes and Woodrow Wilson,
at the Knoxville postoffice.
Virginia has a law that al
lows absent citizens to vote in
regular elections. Under this
act an official ballot was mailed
to MIR. Nickels. who marked il
at the Knoxville postoffice, had
Postmaster w. p. Chandler
place his stamp upon the paper
and then mailed the sealed en-
veloped to G. S. Cartur, city re-
corder of Big Stone Gap, Va.
who will open it on November
z and record Mr., Nickles' vote
just as if il had been pollod in
the regular ballot box.
Mr.. Nickles says, 81 voted the
straight democratic ticket"
Mr.. Nickels is u clerk atNew-
comer's and has resided in
Knoxville for about a month";
Knoxville Journal aud Tribune.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-11-01

When you meet up with a
fellow who "knows it all' you
can safely assume that but few
care to know him.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-11-01

The man who spends his time
telling others how to do it
usually winds up by having his
neighbor do it when his own
time comes.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-11-01

The only disagreeable feature
of great wealth is in finding a
way to dodge the tax assessor.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-11-01
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re- va STOMACHtnsagS!g

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other fatal ailments RESULT from stomach
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-11-01

Wisdom is IA valuable asset /,
when one has horse sense
enough TO apply it.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-11-01

Opportunity may knock a,
your door, but it won't force its
way through the keyholo.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-11-01
Died After Long Illness.

Freezing, Va, Oct. 81. Mrs.
Matilda Rasnick died at the
home of her brother, Noah
Stanley, near here, after an i'll
ness of nearly a year. She was
bapiised by the Dunkards last
summer. She WAS SO week that
in order to receive the ordin.
ance, she had to be placed in
a chair.
The deceased was largely
connected in this section.
The more you kick the more
you find to kick about and the
less effect it has upon others.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-11-01

Everybody wants peace in
Europe, but nobody wants 1t on
the other fellows terms.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17
WHAT THEDOCTOR KNOWS.
KIDNEYS MUST BE RIGHT TO
swp INSURE HEALTH. ,1@

Few people realize to what extent
their health depends upon the con-
dition of the kidneys. II
The physician in nearly all cases
of serious illness, makes q chemical
analysis of the patients urine. He
knows that unless the kidneys are
doing their work properly, the other
organs cannot readily be- brought
back to health and strength. g.
When the kidneys are neglected
or abused in any way, serious re-
suits are. sure to follow. According
to health statistics, Bright's Disease,
which is really an advanced form of
kidney trouble, caused nearly ten
thousand deaths in one year, in the
State of New York alone. There
fore, it is particularly, necessary to
pay more attention to the health of
these important organs.
An ideal herbal compound that has
had remarkable success as kidney
remedy is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder
remedy.
The mild and healing influence of
this preparation, in most cases, is
soon realized, according to sworn
statements and verified testimony of
those who have used the remedy.
When your kidneys require atten-
tion, get Swamp-Root at once from
any pharmacy. It is sold by every
druggist in bottles of two sizes-5Oc
and $1.OO.
However, If you wish first to test
this great preparation, send ten cents
to DIR. Kilmer X Co., Binghamton, N.
Y, for a sample bottle. When writ
ing be sure and mention the Bemidji
Daily Pioneer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17

I'll, President had boldly signed the
Pork River and Harbor bill, and his
facile pen IL dripping with Ink eager
to attach itself to . PORK Public
Buildings bill.
The friendliest apoloEists Of the
Presidents part in tho prohigate
waste Of money wrung from tho PEG
Die by oppressive taxation have moth
Ing better to say for him than that
II il hardly fair 70 expect = man to
say II forbid" in this Presidential
year when he IL . candidate.
The foregoing words describing tho
prohigate waste OF the peoples money
with Executive approval are taken
without change from plank Of the
platform on which Woodrow Wilson
was elected In 1912:
I'VE denounce the prodigate waste
Of money wrung from the people by
oppressive taxation through the
lavish appropriations Of recent Re-
publican Congresses, which have
kept taxes high and reduced tho
purchasing power Of the peoples
toll We demand . return to that
simplicity and economy which be-
ITS a democratic government"
How much is now left Of the prin.
ciples declared and the promises reg
istered at Baltimore a inducements
to citizens to vote for Wilson.
Possibly it is because he and his
party have been such reckless, such
wholesale regulators Of the pledges
OF 1912 that few people remember OF
care to remember what pledges were
made in his behalf about forty days
ago at St. Louis.-New York Sun.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17
VOTE FOR AMENDMENT NO. 1.

Failure to vote for an amendment
to the State Constitution is the same
as voting against it.
That is why the voters of Mime
sofa should inform themselves on the
amendments to be voted on at the
election November Z. The man who
passes the amendments by because he
does not understand them is blindly
voting against them and he may be
doing himself and others an injustice.
Amendment No. is of vital i'm
portance to every citizen of the state,
state lands and the building up of
the permanent school fund of the
state. 1t provides that revolving
fund of $250,000 shall be set aside
for the building of roads and bitches
and the clearing of state lands.
Under it's operation it will be pos
sible for the state which still owns
100000 acres of land in Northern
Minnesota, to partially develop tracts
of it's land and put them on the mar
ket for purchase by actual settlers.
The cost of the improvements will be
charged against the land and added
to the minimum price so they will be
paid by the purchaser. The sale Of
state lands will thus be fastened and
additional funds added to the per-
manent school fund; the lands par
TALLY improved will bring better pri-
ces and the permanent school fund
will benefit.
The amendment does ~ ~~~+"rn-
plate any ultimate expe-'''--~" w the
state. When the need for the re-
volving fund exists no longer it will
be turned into the permanent school
fund intact. Only $25O,OOO can be
used; it will be returned by the pur-
chasers of the land, and will be used
only until the state land is sold.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17
DON'T YOU REMEMBER:

That the greatest prosperity the
United States ever enjoyed in it's en-.
tire history was from 1897 to 1913,
when there was a Republican pro-
tective tariff continuously in force?
That in the 1912 campaign the
Democrats contended to us all that
prosperity was on such a firm basis
it couldn't be disturbed even by
Democratic tariff tinkering?
That in the summer of 1914, after
the Democratic tariff law had de-
stroyed protection for the American
producer and workingman and had
been in operation few months, the
treasury faced a deficit?
That city streets then began to fill
with idle workingmen and farmers
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17

BenavldeS came into power simply
by killing those who opposed him.
His acts had no basis whatever in the
constitution Of his country and were
not confirmed by the Peruvian Con.
gress. His sole backing was junta
of conspirators who forced their
will on the unapproving. people by
means Of ready rifle bullets. Under
these circumstances Minister McMil-
lin naturally assumed that Presi-
dent Wilson would have nothing to
do with Benavides and his junta.
The President shortly before this had
stated in speech at Mobile, Ala.
"We must follow the course of high
principle, not ;expediency. no matter
what the pressure. To do otherwise
would be untrue to ourselves" - -.
= = Envoy Is Surprised.
Mr.. McMillin was therefore mildly
surprised when he was instructed by
President Wilson to call on the newly
established Benavides and graciOusly
confer the recognition of the United
States Government upon him.,
In explaining this the President
simply said that "expediency dictated
the recognition of the revolutionary
government of Peru" He told his ad-
visers that he had not liked the per-
sonality of Billinghurst. He was cha
grined also with the news that Bill
linghurst had intended to dissolve
the Peruvian Congress, which the
President said would have been an
unconstitutional act.
Latin American diplomats at the
time were astonished to learn of the
Presidents action in Peru. They
found that it was impossible to know
where the President stood on any mat
ter Of principle; and Informed their
governments that the Presidents per-
sonal whims doubtless were to be his
guidance in conducting this Govern
.ment's Latin-American policy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17

We cannot too often impress upon
Republicans the necessity of getting
cut the vote on election day. Politi-
cal victories are more often won by
organization than by issues. Not
that the issues are lacking this year,
because every day adds to the vital
reasons why the Wilson administra-
ton should be defeated and a Re-
publican majority returned in both
houses of congress. With these is
sues and the transcendent necessity
for Republican success, the organi-
zation Of the party strength should
go down to the last name on the list
of voters.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17
STATUE TO ROBERT
E. LEE DEDICATED
(BY United Pressl

Gettysburg, Pa, Oct. 1.-THE
much discussed monument to General
Robert e Lee, commander of the
Confederate forces at the battle of
Gettysburg, was dedicated on Get
tysburg field here today. The monu-
ment stands in west Confederate av-
enue, close to the Round Tops and is
tribute to Son of Virginia. Many
prominent men and women from both
North and South were present for the
dedication.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17
How's This2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine.
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken
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hve years, and has become known as the
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After you have taken Halls Catarrh
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I FL. CHENEY & Co. Toledo. Ohio.
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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17
readed to look at reports Of market

dreaded to look at reports Of market
prices? '~.,+. So,
That Uncle Sam was so hard up
the Democratic administration began
figuring on what things it could COM
pei Americans to paste stamps and
thus pay q direct tax to care for the
deficiency the tariff tinkering had
caused. 49, N &4
That the obnoxious stamp taxes
went into effect, the administration
grasping at the chance offered by the
outbreak Of war in Europe to dub
the deficiency tax war taxi"
That we have ever since been pay
ing "war taxes despite the alluring
assurance that "He kept us out of
war;"
That the war in Europe caused a
flood of orders for American pro-
ducts of all sorts these war orders
operating to create a new prosperity
based on traffic in munitions and
war supplies?
And don't you know:
That when the war ends in Europe
the war supply orders will cease
promptly and completely, even pend
ing contracts being Cancelled under
the cancellation terms included in all
such contracts?
That the hundreds of thousands
of men now working on war contracts
will be suddenly made idle?
That If there is nothing to revert
to except the conditions that pre-
vailed under the Democratic tariff
when the war began, the industrial
crisis will be the most acute this
country ever faced?
That If the American protective
tariff wall still is down the European
nations will flood our markets with
everything they have or can make,
at any price, SO as to recover some
of the gold lost by them during the
war?
That a protective tariff will be
more needed when the war is ended
than it ever before was needed in this
country?
That straightforward, common
sense course must be pursued by this
country not only in regard to strict
business needs under the tariff, but
in Mexican and all other foreign af-
fairs-instead of webbing course
that heads one way one day and an
other way the next?
That a Republican president and
a Republican congress is the one Ger
tain way to insure the industrial pre-
paredness and comm0n-sense dipl0-
macy required to achieve an "Am-
erica First in every respect?
"Th1nk it over"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17
Wash Away
Skin Sores

To the many sufferers Of skin disease
D. D. D., the liquid wash, has become a
household word. They know it is reliable
and they can depend on it, they do not
hesitate to recommend it to their neigh
bors. It has proved itself a remarkable
remedy for all forms of Eczema 1t is a
delicate skin, but still it is effective and
quick in action. If you are a sufferer
from skin diseases, including ulcers, PIN
pies, scales, crust or Eczema in any form,
has stood the test and today is the master
preparation for all skin diseases.
Come in today and ask about our guar
antee on D. D. D. Also about D. D. D.
Soap, that keeps the skin healthy.
~ ~ ~ For Is Years
the Standard
Skin Remedy
1ar,<sr's Drug store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17
WILSON'S PERU PROTECE
IS WORSE THAN HUERTA.
Recognized Benavides as Presi-
dent After He Had Obtained
Power in a Sister Republic
by Treachery and Violence.

latin American Diplomats Amazed
When They Read the Presidents
Explanation of His Mexican Policy
Informed Their Governments That
Mr.. Wilson's Personal Whims
Doubtless Were to Be His Guides
In Conducting This Governments
latin-American Policy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17

When political party assumes the
defensive it admits weakness, says
the Otheloo (Wash.) Times. Notice
the STUFF the administration is put
ting out to convince the country it
has been good steward.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17
CARTOON1ST GOLDBSRG
TO BE MARRIED TODAY
(BY United Press

New York, Oct. 17.-When Reuben
L. Goldberg, the New York Evening
Mail cartoonist, whose income is said
to be 100000 a year, turned out
his mystery cartoon cts All Wrong,
Irma, It's All Wrong," his friends
wondered who Irma might be. Gold
berg was married here today to Miss
Irma Seeman, daughter of Sigel w.
Seeman, q wholesale grocer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17

Latin American diplomats are amaz-
ed at the statement in President Will
sons speech Of acceptance: $50 long
as the power of recognition rests with
me the Government of the United
States will refuse to extend the hand
Of welcome to any one who obtains
power in a sister republic by treachery
and violence"
. This is the Presidents explanation
OF his refusal to recognize Huerta and
of his Mexican policy. Yet the rec
ords show that President Wilson has
deliberately violated this dictum in
several instances since the case of
Huerta arose.
The most fragrant example was the
Presidents recognition extended to
Col. Benavides, head of the revolu-
tonary Government in Peru, in Febru-
airy, 1914. His Government was found
ed on assassination, established by
assassination and had no vestige of
constitutional authority back of it. It
came into power ON February 4, 1914,
when Col. Benavides led the garrison
troops against the national palace at
Lima, imprisoned President Billing
hurst and assassinated the Minister
of War and all others who opposed
the coup d'etat.
More fragrant Than Mexico.
Minister McMillin reported these
facts fully to Washington and assum-
ed that this Government would de-
cline to sanction the newly establish
ed regime. The case was identical
with the Huerta case in Mexico, ex-
cept much more fragrant violation
Of the spirit of popular government.
Huerta had Madero and Vice Presi-
dent Suarez imprisoned, but he be-
came President of Mexico under pro-
visions Of the constitution providing
for the succession of the Minister of
Foreign Affairs upon the disability of
the President. Huerta's accession to
the Presidency was confirmed by the
Mexican Congress. $50
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17
NEW MUSIC PARLOR
AT BARKER'S STORE

The E. A. Barker Drug and
Jewelry store has remodeled the bal
cony used for the displaying of Edi-
son and Victor machines. The bal
cony has been redecorated. The
wicker furniture was secured from
Huffman & OLeary's furniture store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17

Everybody should be prosperous in
Bemidji. All we have to do is to
work hard, save money and keep on
sm11ing- it's all easy to do.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-17
Politics is just politicing along.

One way to be sure of having any
thing you want is never to want
what you can't get.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-14
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET WAS REAcTIoNARY.
Rails Afforded the Basis of the Fore.
 noon's Activity.

New York. June 13.-The stock mar lxet evidenced a more sober mood to- day with diminished dealings and a reactionary trend. Operations were of a two-sided character throughout, rails again affording the basis of the forenoon's activity on the construc- tive side, while specialties, particu- larly Mex1cans, motors and shipping issues, represented the offsetting fea- lures.
 Dealings in rails were restricted largely to secondary issues such as Western Maryland, common and pre- ferred Denver and Rio Grande prefer red, Wheeling and Lake Fries, Lake Erie and Westerns, Rock Island and Long Island. Gains of 3 to 4 points prevailed in this division. with heavi- ness in Reading, Norfolk and West ern, the Paciflcs. New York Central and leading grangers and trunk lines. Standard issues suffered from the re- straints Imposed by the differences be- tween tho railway brotherhoods and railway brotherhoods and the railway managers.
 Ohicial and other advices touching upon Mexican conditions contributed to the unsettlement of the final hour l and some of the more active motors continued their declining tendency of recent days Munitions were extreme | ly variable as a group and Marine | | just before the close, when it rose brislzly with some of the metals and American Beet Sugar, the latter sup plying the only new record of the day on it's further advance of 5-8 to e9 5-S.
 U, s. Steel retained its position as the most active stock of the session, but made an extreme decline of slight l ly over point, with scant recovery. I Minor steels and affiliated industrials 1 followed the irregular course of war stocks. Total sales amounted to | 575, ,00O shares.
 Publication of the details of the long pending Russian loan of $50,-
 0o0,000 was Interesting chiefly for its
 proof of the increasing supremacy of this country as a world center of f.
 nance. More gold was received from Il Canada. with a nominal export of the
 metal to Spain.
 Bonds were irregular and rather fea-
 tureless. Total sales, par value az
 gregaaed $4,170, 900.
 l U. S. bonds were unchanged on call