The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-21

like. There Is no more reason to
think that we can Withstand a great
evil better than our brothers across
the sea Do you want to raise your
daughters In a clean, enterprising lit
tie town with it's advantages for edu-
| cation and social life, or do you want
to be forced into city fiat where the
hurdy-gurdy plays on the sidewalk I'M
der your window and the foul air Of
| the fetfd mart takes the place of the
violet-kssed zephyrs Of the dingle and
the dale? And, worst of ali, do you
want to realize that your children,
born in nat, win never know the
Joys OF the country as country heart
knows them?
Think OF what you have had TO fill
you@ life with gladness A pretty cot
tage snuggIed away among the woods,
possibly a brook sings near by and
tho cool. fragrant woods Is filed with
claytonlas and hypaticas, bluebells and
pers. in season Above you the sky
Is blue, and fascinating clouds float
idly. The breeze Is fresh, toying with
the fresh fringe OF the blossoming
trees. There Is hope and inspiration
and qualification In every breath The
people about you are considerate and
sympathetic. You help each other.
There lis a bond between You that sue
cors the weak and helps the erring
brother You are not without blem-
ish, but you are nearer the perfect life
than the city dwellers ever can hope
to be-
Fancy your daughter living In a
thirty-flat building along with thirty
other families, piled on top Of each
other or across the hall The rooms
are caye-like and the only sunlight that
gets In Is from the narrow front and
the unslghtly rear, Supplies come
daily from the shops, for 1t is a day to
day existence in the city. and after
you get the habit you move every
spring or fall. and sometimes both.
Think OF sending your daughter into
such life!
Think OF her rearing a family under
such conditions with no home ties. For
how can there be homo ties when the
family moves every year?
One Of the sweetest bits In your
memory is the thought Of the old
home, the place where your father
lived and where your mother twined
her roses on the porches. You always
will be better and happier for the
thought that this was your home.
What about her children, your daugh-
ters7 VIII they look back in their
checkerboard careers and be proud be-
cause they lived In Hennessy's fiat one
year, the next In the Arcade, the next
at the corner of Armour and Wabash?
| don't think so--and neither do
you!
Suppose, then, you do what you can
| to keep the selfish interests that are
at work. from saddling this country
with parcels post Suppose you or
| ganize the women of your community
and get out and fight the influence that
win tear down the country merchant,
the country town and the country
home, tearing down with 1t what you
love and jeopardizing the happiness
and the longevity of those who are
| your own flesh and blood!
And about the first thing you will
have to combat Is the statement that
the express companies are behind the
presume the express companies are
against the parcels post just as the
| mail order houses are for it---but this
doesn't change the situation so far as
| you and | are concerned. Parcels
| post is not wrong because the express
companies are fighting lit Is wrong
because II will tear down the country
town and the country folk, If the ex-
press company is over chargiug-and'
there can be no question Of this-let
congress correct the error What can
| the people expect of their plan of gov
eminent II the men they send to make
| their laws are not honest enough and
brave enough to wipe out system that
| Is oyercharging the people. am not
In favor of an express company that
oyereharges--neithe are you, But we
are not going to be hoodwinked into
| being for monster evil like the par
| cells post simply because something
else is wrong. II the express compa-
MES are not what they ought to be 1t
is a disgrace to American lawmakers,
disgrace to American voters, for IL
men do not work honestly in congress,
the people should see to 1t that they
are not rehired on election day.
Woman, don't let the men talk to
you about things that ought to be done
but cannot be done. at Washington,
Everything that should be done can be
done II the lawmakers are honest and
earnest. II not, 1t Is time for you to
help make them so.
Go to your leading club woman and
interest her In this fight against the
pacels post Organize against 1t. Talk
with your leading citizens and know
the TRUTH Don't delay. This is the
most important issue to the residents
of the country that has been under