The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-07-10

special dispatches herein are also re-
served.
IDAHO SENATORS APATHETIC
ON FREIGHT RATES.
The people of Idaho, who literally
have millions of dollars at stake in
tie Poindexter long and short haul
bill, must be perplexed and disap-
pointed by the incomprehensible lack
u6 interest Of their senator's, Mr..
Borah and Mr.. Nugent.
Continuously since the first trans
continental road was built across
Idaho the people there have had to
bear a severe handicap Of discrim-
mating freight rates. In 35 years
they have paid out untold millions of
dollars for overcharged transporta-
ton service. Though favored geo
graphically with the short haul they
have been forced to pay higher
freight rates than the Coast COM
munities, 400 to 800 miles further
west, have paid for the longer haul.
The Poindexter long and short haul
bill would end that injustice. 1t
would prohibit higher charges for the
shorter service. It would tend to
reduce the high cost of living to
every resident of Idaho. 1t would
benefit mining, numbering, fruit
growing, grain raising, and stock
growing, for it would mean lower
rates on machinery, supplies, etc.
Spokane and other interior com
munities are pressing this old in
justice upon the attention of con-
gress, but Secretary Ford of the Spo-
hRno Chamber of Commerce, just
back from Washington, warns the In
land Empire that a long, hard fight
lies ahead and that severe opposition
was encountered before the senate
committee. The fact, however, that
the cause is trembling in the balance
apparently gives the Idaho senators
no greater concern than they would
have over a matter of freight rates
on Chinese rivers or Russian rail
roads. Their apathy is beyond ra-
tional understanding.-The Spokes-
man-Review.
SEND LETTERS TO MEXICO
We would like to bet that Lieu
tenant Fetters and Sergeant Kessel
with the airplane that flew over Mos
COW, and a small machine gun could
do more toward keeping order along
the Mexican border than 200 cavalry
men, no matter how well armed,
mounted and equipped. We believe
that nothing would tend to throw the
fear of the "American Gringoes" into :
the hearts of Villas ragged ruffians, :
ike being pursued over the sand hills :
md through the mountain Businesses :
md canyons by an airplane armed :
With a good machine gun. :
We would suggest that this ex- =
,eriment be tried and that a few good :
irplanes, manned by such competent :
as the two who were guests and :
n~tertainers of Moscow for a week, :
: placed at convenient places along :
fe southern border. That the air =
lanes be equipped with powerful :
earch lights to enable them to fol- =
w the Mexican bandits at night as =
vHll as day. We would like to bet :
nat the remnants of a band chased =
-,nL -ooL;,o mould paxro,. mo To =
second attempt to raid the Ameri- =
N side of the line. :
With hogs selling for $22.40 per II
10 pounds in the Chicago yards, a
~ high record for meat prices will -
> established. The packing trust -
IN now sell the millions of pounds
pork products put up when hogs
ere worth from II to Is cents a
,und, on a $22.4O basis, and then -
a lot more pamphlets telling =
w it has reduced the cost of living
d helped both the producer and the !,
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eff
for Constantinople, Ar tn,
mia, Syria, Palestine and Albania los
been or are to be offered to gis
lcle Sam, as though he were a uni Xix
rsal provider of good government, ing
! all the time we talk about how in yo1
icient is our own government. diz
ose eastern countries at least re- gu'
nd us how much worse it might be. i