The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-12-18
At NATIONAL CAPITAL
Paragraphs on Important Gov
eTnment Affairs.
FlXERs RETURN TO WORK
Rural Credits Discussed. lis There
q War Party?
The Tribune Bureau.
BY j. e. JONES

Washington, D. C.-The "Fixers"
Return To Work.--Battle SCARED |
heroes of the recent elections have
returned to the national capitol, and
standing on the banks OF the Potomac,
The defeated are no doubt Jared by
the song of the river, realizing as
they must the prophecy in the lines:
men may come and men may 90,
but I go on forever" The elated
yictors OF the recent contest will all
In time lay down their burdens, but
the stream of political life flows
constantly on.
The President has delivered his
message and the two houses of
congress have started in again at
their tasks. The democrats enthusi.
astically predict that the coming
ni6nths will be fruitful OF many big
reforms. while the republicans dissent,
aud skeptically declare that the plans
Of the majority are all visionary.
Has America A War Party?-
EyeryOne knows what the "War
Lords Of Europe" have accomplished
for their country, and now II is being
charged that there is thriving war
party In the United States. Army
and Navy officials speak sneeringly of
the "unpreparedness" of the country
for war, and Notwithstanding that
two-thirds of all money raised by
takes to sustain the national
government goes into war preparation
osspensions, we are told by very good
Authorities that 'lf We trebled both
our army and navy we should still be
mediocre as an offensive power. "
President Wilson has been all but
attacked because he has not 'fallen''
fur the crazy war chatterers, and
ex President Taft has caught some OF
the adverse FIRE because he declares
that 1.-THE principle of common sense
must be used in dealing with the
proposed question of larger army
and navy"
Rural Credits s-Congress has beer
staring at the two conjuring words
.Rural Credit" for nearly hal
dozen years, and there have beer
many bills and plenty of spoeche
covering the subject. The trouble
has always been that only the autho
OF the bill, or the man who delivered
the speech could be made to believ
in his remedy. Every man 10 con
gress who has farmers in his con
sqituency is a champion of "rura
Credits" but while the words are
sweet mouthful, yet it is very doubt
full whether there are many real idea
as to how IL is to be done. Secretar
McAdoo started IN to lx up fuance
for the southern cotton growers, an
while most of the men from ID
south are too notoriOusly polite to sa
what they think OF the secretary
interference, yet in private they WI
all conflde that she didn't help Q
butting iu." No law or direction
the federal government has ever II
fuenced a good banker to change u
character OF his loans, and 10 u
rural credit plans before congress u
lawmakers up to date have gotten
farther than to 6nd some sort OF wa
by which ssome one else" may loa
money on crops or land just litt
differently from what it is done
day. Congress has sent several del
cations Of junketers to Europe
study foreign methods, and the We
diet has always been adverse iowa
the European plan. which prosid
about the same sort OF help 10 u
small farmer that he can now oota
at an ordinary hook shop by puttl
up his old clothes. Everyone belieV
in "rural credits,n but the man WI
an idea that goes farther than l
mortgage loans, building and 10
societies. or The operations OF !
local banker, has not yet unbosom
his plan to the American congre