The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-01-15


day last 40,491 officers and $50, 1868
men had been mustered out of the
service. This seems a rapid enough
rate when one considers the indus
trial argument against too speedy
rehabilitation. The war department
/ is between two fires all the time-on
the one hand the relatives of the SOL
diers pressing for early discharge,
and on the other, the labor market
warning against unemployment. Now
that whole combat divisions in France
have been ordered home to be dis
charged, there will probably be less
absurd suspicion that the war depart
ment, or the officers high in the gen.
eral staff, are plotting new wars so
as to keep big army in being
Springfield Republican.
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Senator Lodge still holds that the
questions of a league of nations and
freedom of the seas SHOULD follow
and not precede peace with Germany"
but he has not yet explained whether
the peace with Germany should be one
contemplating league of nations or
one making such league impossible.
One theory which has strong support
in France is that a league of nations
should be made unnecessary by the
simple process of destroying Germany
and leaving France as formerly the
premier military power of Europe. Is
that the kind of peace with Germany
that Senator Lodge desires? The one
thing sure is that such peace would
prepare the way for new wars which
would in all probability involve the
United States.-Springfield Repub-
lican.
Seattle is complaining of the "rent
hog" which term is applied to land
lords who are raising the price of
rent whenever occasion offers. We
visited a friend at Seattle last week
who had two small rooms on the sixth
floor of 10-story building and pays
$65 per month rent. Laboring men
have been required to pay as high as
$50 per month rent for house that,
in Moscow or nearby towns, would
probably command from $15 to $40.
A small apartment of from two to
three rooms brings from $685. to $50
per month. The trent hogs" are hurt
ing Seattle more than the 'flu."
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Wouldn't is be a good idea for con-
gress to solve the problems of gov
eminent ownership of railroads and
telephone and telegraph lines, and
pass a revenue bill before it offers
to settle the peace terms of the entire
world. When a man enters the prize
ring he must gain reputation before
he is taken into exclusive" circles.
go and get a reputation" is the adj
vice given the young aspirant for
pugilistic honors.. This advice might
we'll be given the American congress.
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All who believe that Vane, the north
Idaho criminal who was soon to begin
serving six years sentence in the
federal penitentiary, fell out of a boat
with a bundle of clothing and that
both he and the bundle sank to rise
no more, please stand up. There is
very ''fishy" about the
story in addition to the claim that he
S in the water.
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Latah was the banner republican {
county of Idaho in the recent election,
which gave the republicans complete
ontrol of the state. Yet Latah coun- {
Y is ignored when it comes to APP S
ointments. Local republicans have $
lready begun to plan to do a little !
ignoring" when certain candidates
ONE up for reelection in 1920. h
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We wonder how many more mil p
ons of American people will have to a
lie before we begin to realize that t
lie "flu" is not joke and that we q :.
lght to take some precautions to
,op it's ravages?
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When there is nothing left to steal T.
nd no decent people left to murder a
lie Bolsheviki will put on pious air s.
nd ask us for something to eat D
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