The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-01-01
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HAPPY NEW YEAR.

This is the first day of the frs
year after the great war. 1t car anc
ought to be the greatest year this
country has known. America stands
today in better condition to meet the
future than any country in the world
True, we have gone through the wal
and helped to win it and did our 9bit'
but our country has not been invaded
nor any section of it destroyed. We
have gone deeply into debt for war
purposes, but our debt is smaller, in
comparison with our wealth, than that
of any other country and we will en-
joy greater prosperity during the re-
construction period which begins to-
day, than any other country, for we
must furnish the material for this
reconstruction work.
Idaho, the northwest and the city
of Moscow never had better pros
poets than they have today. The OPP
%portunity confronts US and it is up to
the citizens to grasp that opportunity
and make the most of it. If we per-
NIT the year 1919 to go by without
making great progress for ourselves,
our city, u country and our state,
it will be our own fault.
We will not be confronted with a
shortage of labor for millions of men
drawn from the ordinary work Of
this country for special war work will
be returning to their former occupa-
tons, so the help problem, which has
been so serious since the war began,
and especially in the year just closed.
is practically solved now.
Moscow needs the united effort of
every citizen to put her ahead to the
place she should hold in this state.
The Star-Mirror pledges itself today,
and it is our first New Years Reso-
luton to lead every movement for
the advancement of Moscow's inter
est, for the improvement of condi-
tons here and to help the merchants
and every business interest of the
town in an unselfish way to accom-
plish more than has been accomplish
ed in any year in Moscow's history.
Let US all unite, lay personal preju-
aside and resolve to make the
year 1919 the greatest, best and most
prosperous that Moscow has ever
SOLDIER COMPLAINTS AGAINST
THE Y. M. C. A.
An army investigation, as proposed
y DIR. John R. Mott, chairman of the
var work council of the y. M. c.. A..
would be more likely to cover up and
ondone the mistakes of that organi-
alton than to reveal them. The chief
omplaints are against the overseas
.ervice. All the soldiers there are
till under military discipline, which
complaints not made to mill
airy %superiors through rigid regula- c
ions. Soldiers would shrink from r
frank and open criticisms. ,
Yet a thorough-going investigation c
due the American people, for not a
My is the organization under criti- S
SIN, but all the agencies as well that h
'orked for the raising of the funds L
by it come in for a share tt
the responsibility. The Spokes- n
an-Review, for example, can not
sny that it has a responsibility in
is connection, since for many W
onths it gave its columns freely to in
M. c. A. propaganda and state fir
ents regarding the service the asso- M
alton would render in the war. fc
We hoped those promises would be To
but the adverse evidence of Fl,
turning soldiers is overwhelming I'll
d The Spokesman-Review feels a nc
nse of humiliation that seemingly it Of,
Is a party to the deep disappoint-
INT growing out Of expectations
at were not realized. an
will be difficult for the Y. M. C. ~;
to restore itself in the confidence no
the country. 1t will be impossible co
it to do so unless the organiza- ;ce
n shall establish itself an a franker mn
lis. Large part of the present dis
st springs from it's lack of candor (
h the public in relation to the or arr
dox religious restrictions in it's C.,
damental law governing the en- ms
yinen0 - - tax
S not lie against those restrictions Pa.