The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-04-11

went to the jury at noon and 1t reti
lunch.
That the farmer who hordes hi
wheat is in the same class with tn
I. w. w. who cuts logs short, "slow
down on the job" and does all he cal
to retard production and that boil
are justifiable is the contention O.
Albert Streiff, senior cousel for th'
three defendants whose trial in th'
district court here has occupied thu
time of the court and the attention
Of the northwest for the past 10 days
Mr.. Streiff, who is a good speaker
grew eloquent in his plea for the
"down- -trodden laborer" and pictured
as monster, the great lumber trust
which is, according to the l. w. w
theory, about to crush labor. He de-
Tended the right of employees to
"slow down on the job" and to re-
tary production and picture labor as
fighting capital. 1t was good
political speech from socialist
standpoint, and contained many good
points cleverly interviewer witG 1.
w. w. propaganda. He pictured his
clients as oppressed, abused and hav-
ing been severely punished by long
confinement in Jail. Taken as a
whole his speech was good and it
surprised those who heard it, for it
showed much study of industrial con-
ditions and that the speaker is an
ardent advocate of the methods of
the l. w. w.
Moore's Splendid Effort
F. L. Moore, prosecuting attorney,
made the closing argument for the
state and his talk was forceful, logi-
cal and to the point. He reviewed
the evidence as brought out at the
trial, showed what had been proven
by the state, made clear case Of
sabotage bnd criminal syndicalism
against the I. w. W. and proved that
the defendants had voluntarily join
ed the organization and that they
advocate the same things for which
the I. w. w. stand. He showed that
criminal syndicalism, as later defined
in Judge Steele's instructions to the
jury, is advocated by the I. w. w.
He showed that the employment of
special deputy sheriffs in the log
ging camps and lumber mills is not
for the purpose of terrorizing, but
of protecting labor. He showed that
when honest laborers went to work
and refused to destroy property, cut
logs short, ruin tools and commit
acts sabotage they were branded by
the I. w. w. as "scabs" and Scissor
bills" and in cases were subject 10
personal violence, and that these
honest laborers appealed to the law,
which the I. W. w. was defying, for
protection as asked: care we to be
allowed to work here or will you per-
nit us to be driven out by these law
less men?" and that the deputy sher-
ifs were put in the camps to protect
the honest men and to stop lawless-
ness.
Mr.. Moore said that, although few
knew it, there was deputy sheriff
with almost every threshing machine
in Latah county last fall and that
this accounted, in part at least, for
the prevention of burning of ma
chimes last year as had been the prac-
lice for several preceding years. He
showed that honest men, who do their
work honestly, have chance for
in all lines of employ
ment while the s'drifters" who "slow
down on the job" and commit sabo-
5age, are merely "drifters and will
always remain So" He showed that
5he three defendants had opportuni-
les to become men Of influence but
preferred to s1oaf on the job" He
,alled attention of the jury to the
evidence which showed that the de-
'endants and the I. W. w. generally
expected to secure "a six hour day
It Sc and when we get that we will
lsk for two hour day with in
creased pay until we destroy the
wage system and take over all prop