The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-10-04
That fact is plain to every

of our home people. That fact is plain to every
thinking person. #-.,s.Sy@5 EaR S ~
- Every article we consume or use must come from
some source. If it is produced at home the money
we pay for it all remains in circulation at nome
But if it is not produced here we must buy else
where That also, is fact well known to all
people. A7-.~, q S5E. M +. t. 8 a 5s#$-
A retail merchant can buy the article we want
from the manufactures or wholesaler for consld-
eraby less than we would have to pay we ordered
direct from the factory. That is the discount made
by manufacturers to all dealers. That is still an
other fact which requires no extraordinary amount
of brains to understand. d ..@ 1z e. &>,,,$ s rss z
III we send away ourselves for what we want all
of the money paid for the article goes out OF the
community and helps to enrich some person in some
other community fss}S<<S~ $zs I. RI
II we buy from local dealer the wholesale price
only is sent away, the dealers profit remaining
in circulation as part Of the wealth of our own
community. That is the most vital fact Of all and
yet it is one which many excellent citizens seem.
ingly fail to comprehend. II s& =
home trading community is invariably pros
porous A foreign trading one is more often de-
pressed In either case, it is as we make it. :
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THE CONSCIENTIOUS OFFICIALS REWARD.
The time comes when a new town board must
be chosen E-e-= y. :a.%&sz% u ~ -, ~ d..
Mr. K is a worthy citizen, a business man, en-
joying the respect and confidence of the entire
community. :-.>: n: : -
Because Of his popularity and his well known
integrity he is elected to membership the board.
Many town improvements needed, but avail
able funds are low and only few can be made
in the immediate future. y
Mr.. x. IS mindful of his oath of office, which
requires that in his official acts he must consider
the welfare of the people whole, and not those
of any particular class faction.
He studies the situation carefully and is con-
WINGED that certain Improvement is Of more vital
Importance to the public than any of the others
that desired, -.,@H, :" I'LL
! He advocates that improvement, and votes for
it, although people importunng him daily to
favor improvements in the immediate vicinity of
their own homes .--- <.-> 49, - -
His action is condemned by the disappointed
- Ones and he is roundly denounced as a man of
Interior motives and one who plays favorites in
public aairs - ?.>> .
e. The erstwhile highly respected citizen becomes
a victim of his own conscience and his desire to
do right. =. ..--.s. r.
But it is only the way of the world-for public
officials. -: . -, IT j..
FORGETFUL-THE BALM OF THE CRIMINAL.
bomb is carted into public place and ex-
plodes. a.. .f-<.E,
=, Hundreds of people are killed or manned for
lfe-innocents persons against whom the perpe-
traitors could have no possible grievance r7EEs
n Everybody is horrifed-the public becomes ex-
cited-newspapers dish up volumes of details-man
hunters scour the country in frantic haste--every-
body tells everybody else what should should
not be done--an din weeks time the whole thing
is buried in forgetfulness in the face of a new
sensation. -, -. 49,.
! The arm Of the law is long, but if those who
WELD it short sighted it avails but little in
the end. 4,.@4--'. -. ~ ~- Y. -
Forgetfulness induces short sightedness-short
sightedness is the father of undue leniency-and
lenency to perpetrators invites repettions of such
diabolical acts. $3.50
But it's only the way of the-world.-or of this
country. ,E~ -.>.."