The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-09-28
Member of the Associated Press
AMERICANISM

"There is no such thing as Ameri
canism unless Americanism is in on.
SOUL" says Franklin K. Lane. "W,
have got to put it out among othel
people"
'The story of America is not tolC
by telling the story of the landing Of
the Pilgrim Fathers or by telling Of
the advance across the continent il
conquering this country.
at is not told by telling the stories
of the battles of Yorktown, or Gettys-
burg, or Santiago, or Manila 1t is moi
told by telling of our great inven-
tons and our great inventors. 1t is
not told by outlining the philosophy
of James or Emerson. IT. is not told
by the poetry of Poe or Longfellow
or Lowell.
"All these are expressions of the
American spirit of adventure, of pur-
poseful searching after the thing that
is better. But America is an inspira-
ton. America is spirit. 1t is the
constant and continuous searching of
the human heart for the thing that is
better.
"Our wars have been fought by men
of foreign birth. We see their names
every day now in the list of those who
are dead on the battle-fields of France.
There is no such thing as an American
race, except the Indians. We are fash
foning new people. We are doing
the unprecedented thing in saying
that Slav, Teuton, Celt and the other
races that make up the civilized world
are capable of being blended here, and
we say this upon the theory that
blood does not control the destiny of
man; that out of his environment, his
education, the foods that he eats, the
neighbors that he has, the work that
he does, there can be formed and
realized a spirit, an ideal which will
master his blood.
eve are trying great experiment
in the United States. Can we gather
together people of different races,
creeds, conditions and aspirations who
can be merged into one? If we can
not do this, we will fail; indeed, we
will have already failed. If we do
this, we will produce the greatest of
all nations, a new race that will long
hold compelling place in the world"
W.
The so-called Spanish influenza,
which is epidemic in some parts of
the country, is said to be good deal
like the old-fashioned grippe, "only
more So" and is liable to develop
into pneumonia. The fatalities among
young and vigorous people are alarm
ing. 1t is hoped that the disease will
have lost some of it's virulence before
it becomes general in the west, but
there is no certainty as to that. 1t
may be here any time a ndeveryone
should be on his guard. People who
keep their system in good order and
keep dry and warm, are less likely
to contract this, or any disease, and
in case they do, are better able to
withstand its ravages. People who
contract the disease will do well to
go home and get under the covers |
and send for the family physician.
This has been shown in recent years
to be the quickest, easiest and cheap
est way of getting rid of the grippe,
and it is the only safe procedure with
the influenza. Also, the patient
should isolate himself as much as pos
sible from the rest of the family.
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The 8 1-2 per cent tax exempt
bonds issued at the beginning of the
war are worth slightly more than
their face value in the market The
issues, although bearing
higher interest rates, are not bring
ng par. The reason these bonds are
lot quoted as high as the others is
hat they are subject to an indefinite
ate of taxation. The new 1-2's are
lot going to be tax exempt, but in
making the new revenue measure con-
,ress is going to provide that income
rom them shall not be taxable under
this law unless the holder has many
thousand dollars worth Of them. Prob
bly, the policy now adopted with ref
renee to these particular obligations
ill be maintained. If so they will
ways be desirable investment for
multitude of people in modest cir
and they ought to be
-orth 100 cents on the dollar in the
pen market from the start Within