The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-06-21
\ WITH VICTORY in THE BALANCE
kAIsER's FRIENDS CONTINUE 4.
CRIMINAL WASTE.
Are AID TO HINDENBURG.
10 Congress Nursing Hun Helpers
Patriots Should Wire Their Con-
gressman Before It Is Too
5$5 Late For Action. s.,s III

Next In Importance to the brave
stand being made by the Allied armies
against the onrush Of the Hindenburg
horde is the unioa Of the patriotic
people Of the United States to stop
wastage Of food. Both are essential
to victory. Therefore I urge that as
many patriotic Minneapolitans as pos
sible attend the Food for Victory mass
meeting at the Auditorium Tuesday
night, and especially urge that the
men come and find out what splendid
work the women have been doing
A. w. Wilson, State Food Admins
traitor. &.>.~ -..s.- r.. f,
Patriotism Demands 1t. @J
How any man with an ounce Of
patriotism In his body can see this
preventable waste and fail to do all
that is in his power to stop 1t is be-
yond comprehension!
An Insane Risk, A Criminal Folly. ,S
It is sheer insanity on the part OF
Congress to face the risk of failure
through tho waste and destruction
chargable to the liquor traffic.
Think of it. Enough bread to ra-a
ton our army and navy and millions
of our fighting allies; sufficient coal
to have averted the heatless days
which caused the nation loss Of two
billions Of dollars; and two billions Of
dollars In cold coin represent only the
larger items of waste that are charg-
able to the traffic. 1t could all be
saved by wartime prohibition. Add
to this the uncounted and uncount-
able value of the man power wasted,
the hundreds Of thousands of cars and
the locomotives required for the traf-
fic, the moral and the money cost of
the vice, and crime it breeds. In con-
sideration of these things the inaction
of Congress assumes the aspect of
criminal folly. At best it delays vic
tory and at worst it may spell defeat.
Is Congress Criminal? Are the
people culpable? 2ss +
With tragic monotony the Huns
have been pushing US, with our allies
back and literally pinching the Bri.
fish between the Hun devil and the
deep blue sea. We have not been
winning the fight. Would 1t have
helped If Congress had passed war
time prohibition; and saved the daily
I loss Of five and half millions Of
Sloaves OF bread? Would the tables
have been turned If our ships had not
rocked idly at their anchors delaying
shipments of food and war equipment
for lack of the coal and transportation
that the breweries had consumed tn
til the government had to shut down
industry at a loss Of two billion dol
lars? Are the people culpable for not
demanding that congress act, and act
now?
:. To Prove Our Patriotic Loyalty.
Every loyal patriot should slice his
bread the thinner, should reduce his
food portions and save, save, save
to help win the war, and the. Safety
Commission and the President and
the Congress should stop the waste,
waste, waste of the breweries. There
Is an old-fashioned story in an old
fashioned book that runs something
on this wise: "Why beholdest thou
the thick slice in thy brothers eye
when behold millions Of loaves are
in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite!
First cast the millions of loaves out
of thine own eye, and then thou shalt
see clearly to cost the thick slice
out of. thy brothers eye"
If you believe in immediate war
time prohibition-the only way to let
the Congress know it is to say So.
Why not wire the U. s. Senate in care
of Hon. Knute Nelson and Hon. Frank
B. Kellogg and wire the House in care
of the representative from your dis
trict to stop this waste and win tile