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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08

has the power 10 tax anything that II
chooses. II has taxed state banknotes out
OF existence, and II has prevented the sale
Of oleomargarine as butter by fixing tax
upon II which places the factories under the
supervision OF the. Federal revenue collect
ors. IL State banknotes can be taxed and
II olcomargarine can be taxed. then II Is
argued, the products of a factory which
employs child labor can also be taxed. The
courts have usually held that there Is no
specific restriction against the law.making
body's discretion in levylng taxes.
Every friend of the children will hope
that when the revenue bill is adopted the
courts will decide that the punitive tax on
exploiters of children is valid and enforce
able
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
Little Studies in Words
ANGLING

TT is so many years since the fisherman
was originally called an angler and fish
ing was first called angling that 1t is
doubtful If one fisherman in ten thousand
knows exactly what the words mean. The
etymologist, however, tells us that there
used to be an Ango-Saxon word "angul."
which meant hook. and that it was akin
to the Greek word meaning the barb on
an arrowhead. An English nun, who ante
dated Izaak Walton by many years, wrote
book on Fishing with an Angel" sub
stituting an "e" for the original ~" In
the early Saxon for a hook So an angler
is really a hooker and angling is hooking
And angle used to be in common use as
the word for fish-hook or for the COM
plete fishing tackle, hook, line and bait,
with or without the pole. Both Shakes
peare and Pope use 1t in this sense.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
REFORM MUST HAVE A KICK in IT

UT FEEL it is my duty to see this thing
L through" declared Mrs John c.
Groome who waited her turn in a crowded
police station yesterday to prosecute two
negro boys charged with stealing her
purse.
1t wasn't pleasant experience, of
course, but 1t vigorously furthered the
ends of justice. and 1t is pregnant with
suggestion TO all who prate petulantly of
reform without accepting any of its re.
sponsibilities. Law and order need just
this sort of thoroughgoing championship.
'The hand of little employment hath
tho daintier sense" said Hamlet. and the
converse of this proposition is equally
true. Fastidiousness is death to action
OF the former, Philadelphia has long had
a surfeit. The air is rent with jeremiads
on our shortcomings, but how often does
all this disdainful lamentation give rise
to deeds? So seldom that the incident
mentioned is conspicuous.
~ Sinister influences of all kinds quickly
capitalize this weakness and eXult in it.
wrongdoers would soon change their tune
If the somewhat supercilous indignation
were translated into sturdy blows.
The course pursued by Mrs Groome
should be an inspiration. II it begets imi,
tators, It may serve also as a sautary
warming
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
MILLION.DOLLAR LEMONADE

TT HAS been said that an optimist is the
man who makes lemonade out of the
lemons which have been handed to him.
The Chicago Tribune, now threatened in
the Illinois courts with the gift of a
million-dollar lemon in the form OF suit
for libel by that prodigious dispenser of
the automobiles chief competitor, the
Ford" has already squeezed and copiously
covered with sugar the lemons which have
been handed II by two of Mr.. Fords own
chief witnesses.
The optimistic Tribune has seized, with
all the avidity of a desert wanderer who
suddenly stumbles into a hole of the purest
water. upon the testimony of Mr.. Ford's
advertising managers, who on the witness
stand. with all the weight of their thirty
years experience, pronounced the Tribune
"the leading newspaper in the city of
Chicago" and. in the matter OF adver-
tising, characterized it as a national me-
dunn"
BY the employment of a few thousands
Of odd dollars this journal is now pub
fishing to the world. in full-page advertise
ments in the Ledgers here and in papers
Throughout the country, that Henry
Ford's expert witnesses. under oath. prove
the Chicago Tribune the worlds greatest
newspaper"
II, indeed, the Tribune be found guilty
OF libeling the Detroit senatorial candi-
date and compelled to pay this tidy sum
lust TO keep the great manufacturer from
the poorhouse, it will hand over its check
marked value received" and, retiring to
Its editorial sanctum, drink, with supreme
satisfaction, the first million dollar lemon.
ade ever concocted
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08

There is no logical
without Prejudice reason why constitu-
to Principles tonal amendments
should end with prohi-
bition and (mayhap) woman suffrage The
Constitution may yet determine the length
OF ones coat and the cut OF ones hair. BY
that time, of course, II will have ceased to
be a Constitution and will be merely a col
lection Of symptoms. The new rendering Of
an old phrase appears to be. What's a Con-
stitution among friends OF amendments?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
THUMB-SCREwINC CHILD.LABOR
PRoFITEERS

0,HE revenue bill now awaiting final
\ passage in Washington contains pro-
xision for tax OF 10 per cent on the net
profits OF every mine. quarry. MILL factory
OF workshop OF any kind operated with
child labor.
The purpose is not to raise revenue. but
20 prevent the employment of children.
The previous child-iabor law. which at
tempted TO prevent the shipment in inter.
mate commerce OF the products Of the labor
ohildren. was declared unconstitutional
c<prt which held that the control Of
- ever Interstate commerce did not
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
The Worlds Greatest Desk Cleaner
(Ru Wireless)

Paris, Feb. S.-Received your cable ask
so you can get your income tax form
filled out, but beg advise you that in pres
ent rush OF business it will be quite i'm.
possible for me to undertake such heavy
jobs for several weeks.
Almost every one needs deskcleaning
done these days. Assure you have never
been so rushed. Just been doing a little
work for Mr.. Lenine in Petrograd prepara-
tory to his leaving for Prinkipo. In all
experience have never seen a rolltop in
condition his was. Necessary for me to
use not only several ounces nitroglycerin.
but also between ourselveS three cartons
insect powder. Then ! had hurry back
Berlin fix matters for Herr Ebert so he
could get off to congress at Weimar in
good shape. You have no idea of the i'm
portance of the work am engaged in IGu.
rope or you would not be urging me hurry
back Philadelphia attend to your affairs.
Ebert had lost the text OF armistice. which
having been renewed by Foch had to be
signed by certain date. Luckily able to
fnd 1t for him. During recent Spartacide
troubles he sent a suit of his best paper
clothes to tailor to be mended, ,~and with
II a number of old documents to be used
as patchwork, cloth being so scarce. For.
tunately found the armistice papers just
as tailor about to stitch them into gusset
for Ebert's trousers.
Just had hurry call from Washington do
desk cleaning for Senate before Wilson
gets back Senator Sherman and others
justifiably apprehensive of President COM
ing across text Of some of their speeches
made in his absence; accordingly up to
me 10 sweep and garnish so they may face
him with air of injured innocence. Mr.
Ford, In Detroit also wires he is In great
trouble. He wrote an editorial other day
for his paper, best thing he ever wrote, he
savs. somehow manuscript lost and wants
me do pigeon hole ransacking for him.
us saws II article Is irretrievably vanished
terrible loss. to the world. OF course Dr.
Frank Crane could replace 1t for him in
three minutes. but never do to say so.
Candor hurts business.
Pardon my cabling you like this, as old
friend. Realize the trouble you are in, but
carry on best you can; remember only safe
rule In desk matters to destroy everything
possible; what is destroyed viii never en-
barrass your heirs. Chief trouble Lansing
has in nxing responsibility for war due to
extremely tidy habits of Kaiser. who al
ways burned discriminating papers before
going to bed. See you later.
DUNRAvEN BLEAK.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
tiOn cannot
civilization.

Here. then, by severely practical neces-
sity. we are permitted to understand the
weight of the burdens recently inflicted
on the world at large. We are not left in
any doubt about the disastrous costs of
any possible failure OF the Presidents pur.
poses. Sooner or later it will be apparent
that Mr. Wilson's central motives are not
merely idealistic. but altogether practical
and realistic For the widening economic
pressure OF a continued militarism will be
hardly less appalling than that which fol.
lows upon war itself.
Blithe spirits like Mr.. Bryan and Doc.
tor Eliot, Of Harvard, are enabled to look
at the future with an untroubled eye.
Mr.. Bryan is still thinking of his million
farmers with guns. They will shoot at poi
with gusts of bird shot.
Doctor Eliot puts his faith in large
standing armies and universal military
| training and rests content. AS matter OF
fact, standing armies and the whole human
reserve of a nation would be but the
| ephemeral background, in a future age Of
miitarism, to an insane orgy OF destruc.
| tive mechanisms The crude tanks Of the
moment cost about $4,000 each. A tank
can be destroyed with a single shell. Soon
they will be infinitely more elaborate and
more costly; battleships of the air. hun.
dred.mile guns, will be commonplaces of
the future with an infinity OF new devices
II war isn't stopped. Who can imagine the
revenue bills Of the future state that has
| 10 fight for its safety or its existence?
| What we In this country are called upon
now to do is to contribute our portion to
meet the staggering losses inflicted upon
humanity by the organized insanities of
old-fashioned diplomacy. Every man.
w<nan and chi win feel the pressure in
| one way or anotber. Yet there ars men IN
washlas,on wha Exenelr ,sss tAs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
almost Overcautious'

When It comes TO subtlety in phrasing,
the ad writer's put Walter Pater to shame.
We note the following:
SILK HOSE FOR MEN at 45cs Pair:
These fine silk Hose were intended for sale
at very much higher prices. but owing to
minor .imperfections an almost overcautious
manufactures considered them slightly ir-
regular.
The problem concerning the former Ger.
sDpn colonies seems 10 be s0hsther certoln
fxrs shau hold them permaaent1r -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08

The navy's largest uirigible balloon
Oknown as blimp) is expected to break the
worlds record for continuous night II win
pass over Philadelphia tomorrow morning
w hope that in the record the blinp viii
put : ortmp- and pity much the simp who
fnilr ~ 1amo th> h1mo =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08

1t Is reported from Paris that the an
swers to many questions such as why not
lift the blockade?' why not start commerce
going?' etc, Is Cant" Can't Is also our
notion of all that perversity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
What Do You KnoU?
QUIZ

/. Who was the first heir to the English
throne to receive the title Prince of
Wales?
2. Who was the head OF the American mis-
sion which visited Russia shortly after
the overthrow Of the Gear In 1917?
8. What is the meaning of the word faccid2 2
4. Who were the Carpet Baggers" In Amer
lean political history?
5. What amount OF money Is the new Fed
eral tax bill expected to yield this
year? it
6. What is the meaning Of the Latin phrase
'Vae victis"?
Z. What is a bulbul?
8. What is the meaning of the French
word 'gratin" as applied to foods?
8. What is the real name of the Bolshevist
leader who calls himself Nicolai
Lenine?
10. Who wrote the music of the opera
Lucia?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08

In Sweden, It is said.
"stin" Waters every other man is his
Run Deep own booze factory
The outlawed Demon
Rum still finds some mischief still" for
idle hands TO do
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08

Every dollar spent on public improve
ments right now will fatten some pay en-
velope and lessen the chance Of industrial
unrest
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08

The suggested new army uniform of
natural gray" is said to be quite 'dressy."
Oh, well. it might have been worse. 1t might
have been "nobby" or "snappy."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
IS WILSON A DREAMER?
READ THE REVENUE BILL!
to War, but the Worlds Pocketbook
Can't Stand the Increasing Strain


Tn ONE aspect the new revenue bill is
almost beautiful.
| As winged, valve.in.head space-defying
| advertisement against war; as a coldly
| SOLDERING visitation Of truth or as cloud
dispelling wind in mems minds, the grim
thing actually has a sort of grandeur
| For the bill reduces the material costs
of modern warfare to simple and practical
terms and shoves the account bang! into
the eyes of the average man, who. under
the spell of Washington oratory, hasn't
been permitted to understand what the
| President is striving for at Paris-or why
he must strive if our familiar civilization
is to go on.
Sweeping as the revenue bill is, 1t rep
resents but hint of what we should have
to pay for future wars in money alone.
And the money cost to the individual
which made the heart of many citizen
skip a beat when he viewed the tax figures
is lHe ltdSl tleiIlthl VI al IA
this instance. 1t may be as we'll to re-
member. before you begin to complain OF
the price of war that the men who had
to fight in France paid in a greater pro-
portion with misery and pain and years
OF torment.
The novel fact vividIy revealed in the
revenue bill Is that war nowadays stops
nowhere. 1t has been elaborated until 1t
not only burns up the best of the worlds
life, but gouges the economic heart out of
the strongest of nations.
War is no longer a bright adventure.
1t isn't fought upon distant frontiers.
Everybody must engage in it.
II roots at everybody's pocket.
1t takes the shoes from children.
1t has cost in the last four and half
years a sum of money equivalent to half
the visible wealth of the world.
One must wonder at the men In Congress
who, while contemplating the revenue bill.
still have the temerity to Obstruct the
hopes and plans of the nation for enduring
peace. Now even the dullest tory, the
most relentless party man, the most fervid
worshipers at tombs of political ancestors
who find their incomes reduced by half or
two-thirds, must perceive that mere IDEAL
ism is not alone responsible for the pro-
posed league Of nations.
They like TO say that war cannot be
stopped. But it is plain that war will be
stopped sooner or later. because it's cost
is swiftly becoming intolerable. 1t will
be stopped by a process of reasoning such
as they are trying to set afoot in Paris, or
1t will be stopped by the people in Europe
| who are not accustomed nowadays to con.
suit the pleasure of their own jingoes and
| junkers.
The other alternative is clear. If ciyiliza-
tion cannot stop war then war will stop
civilization.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08

War doesn't claim All the heroes. Take
nsss Of the Atty sailors a Boston who havs
Volunteered for inoeea>si s>ryics' They WIN
y ipecuIes<s ~l1,{ ~ 0prr = thst ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
Answers to Yes,erday's Quiz

Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
/. Italy was in the war from May "a. 1915,
until the end.
2. Saint Valentine was a martyr OF the
reign Of the Roman Emperor Claudius
(about 270 A. d.. The festival of the
saint came TO be observed on February
IA The custom of sending valentines
had It's origin in heather practice
connected with the worship of Juno
on or about this day. Its association
90 with the saint is wholly accidental
3. Vendee Is a department bordering on D.
northwest coast Of France. Georges
Clemenceau was born thsss.
4. The words OF God Save the King" ane
America" are set to an old Prussian
national hymn, Hell Dir i'm sieger-
kranz ('Hail to Thee In Conaueror's
Ia Wreath" 80.
g. Monrovia is the capital Of Liberia.
8. A cigar which 10 open At both ends 4
called cheroot. "a. -,
z. Chung Hua Mn-Kuo is the Chinese nsme
..l fon China. &c.,
8. ADMIRAL Albert 7. Niblack Commander,
the American nect IN thu M66if1rra-
mean durinG the var.
: sAs.:ssss :ssss<, R|s1ss< s.,. s''s y "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08

Junkerlsm in Germany is not dead but
sleeping.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
THE CHAFFYNG DISH

exquisite propriety of the name Of one
doing business not far from our office.
His~name is E. Jambor or, as it would be
listed in any directory, Jambor, E.
Az. NoyeS, one Of the teto poets lcho Is
not celebrating his centennial this gear,
has Influenza aud Is confined to his apart.
ment In an island at the mouth OF the
Hudson River.
We are sorry to hear Of Ur. Noyes's
illness, but his distemper may be the
tcorld's gain. He is one OF the teto poets
capable OF acriting poem about the t1u
tchfch Uould make that disgusting disease
really ashamed of itself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08

TODAY Is the hundredth birthday OF John
Rusk,n. the sceilknoiDa author OF Ethics
Of the Dust" phsch scork might prohtabIy
be presented to strcet-cleanin0 contractors.
We are happily restrained from d,oeilin0
at length upon Mr.. Rusktn oy recalling
the depiorabIc fact that he icds she son Of
a ,ciss userohdnt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
Viva Mexicol

II you were thinking Of migrating to
Canada, save the carfare for thrift stamps.
The Dominion goes bone dry on May 4.
II looks as though Uncle Sam aciil haze
to continue for some time to come IN the
role Of Uncle Samaritan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-08
Member of the Associated Press
CLIP THIS COURTS BANKNoTE WINGS

Philadelphia, Saturday, February 8. 1919
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-19

strous war upon a Mortified civiliza
: ton and thereby perpetrated TIL
greatest crime against humanity an
freedom that any nation calling itsel
civilized has ever consciously com
mitted"
Germany willed the war, and Ger
many made that war savage ant
ferocious. The German delegates are
reminded that the military forces Of
Germany, backed and applauded by
the German people, deliberately car
ried out a series of promiscuous
shootings and burnings with the sole
object of terrifying the inhabitants
into submission by the very fright
fullness of their actions"
They were the first to use
poisonous gas, notwithstanding the
appalling suffering it entailed. They
began the. bombing and long distance
Smelling of towns, for no military
object, but solely for the purpose of
reducing the morale of their oppon-
ents by striking at their women and
Children They commenced the SUBJ
marine campaign, with its piratical
challenge to international law and its
destruction of great numbers of inno-
cent passengers and sailors in mid
ocean. They drove thousands of wo-
men and children with brutal savag-
cry into slavery in; foreign lands.
They allowed barbarities to be prac-
ticed against their prisoners of war
from which the most uncivilized peo-l
pie would have recoiled.+ + + The ter
rible responsibility which lies at Ger
many's doors can be seen by the fact
that not fewer than 100000 dead lie
buried in Europe, while more than
20,000,000 others carry upon them the
evidence of wounds and suffering be-
cause Germany saw fit to crafty her
lust for tyranny by resort to war.
Thus speaks the last word Of the
allied powers. The peace terms in
their finality are now before the Ger
mans, to be taken or to be rejected,
without coaxing OF cajolery by the
allied powers sitting in righteous
judgment in the great council at Yer
sailles.
1t is we'll that these sharp and
singing words are spoken. Perhaps
it had been better had they been
spoken sooner. They serve the adj
purpose of clearing away the
dust that has been beaten up by the
German delegates and putting Ger
man crimes and atrocities once more
INTO bold relief in a clarified atmos-
,here.- Spokesman-R Review.
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+ + + + r + + + = = = = = = + =
+ MARKETS =

+ + = + + + = = + + = = + + = +
The following market quotations
are the prices paid to the producer
by the dealeraand are changed daily,
thus giving the public the accurate
quotations in all classes of grain,
produce and meats.
Hay and Grain.
Wheat, Marquis, bulk. .S2.15
Wheat, Bluestem No. i, bulk,
net. delivered to warehouses. Els
Wheat Blpestem No. /, sacked
net, delivered to, warehouses;. 2.20
Wheat Fortyfold, No. 1, bulk
net. delivered to warehouses. 2.15
Wheat, Fortyfold. No. /. SKID
net, delivered to warehouses;. 2.20
Wheat, White Club. No. /. bulk
net, delivered to warehouses. 2.15-
Wheat, White Club. No. l. SKID
net, delivered to warehouses. 2.20
Wheat Red Russian. No. l. blk
net, delivered to whses 1.97@2.10
Wheat Red Russian, No. SKID
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-19
Ogden Spoke at TensId.

Scott Ogden, Moscow attorney, WHIT
has been taking a deep interest il
| highway work in northern Idaho, was
called to Tensed, 10 miles east Of
Tekoa, on the Occur d'Alene Indian
reservation a few nights ago to adj
dress good roads meeting. He says
the hall was we'll filled and the PEG
pie are enthusiastic for good roads.
Mr.. Ogden who is attorney for several
Latah county highway districts, was
asked to go to Tensed and explain the
Idaho highway laws, which he did.
Tensed is in Benewah county. A bond
election is to be held in that district
soon.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-19

Miss Oenone Shaw and Clay Martin
of Pullman, were business visitors to
Moscow today. Miss Shaw is daugh-
ter ofsthe late DR.. A. E. Shaw, former
mayor of Pullman, and is graduate
of Washington State College and. of
the University of Idaho. She has just
completed a term OF school at Sug-
uamish, Wash, and is offered a posi-
ton in the University of Oregon, at
Eugene, beginning with the summer
school next week
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-19
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION.


NOTICE. IS HEREBY GIVEN, That: Pur
| NARD HIGHWAY DISTRICT, LATAH
lcoUNTY, STATE OF IDAHO, passed and nd
approved onthe 9Th day of June, 1919. a
special Election will be held in said district
on the ,2sth day. oflJune 1919, for. the pur-
Fof said District who are residents therein the
question and proposal of authorizing the
Board of Commissioners of said highway dis
h pct to. issue negotiable coupon bonds of said
that sueh bonds shall bear interest at a rate
not 10 exceed s. per cent per. annunl, pay
ible seini-annuai1y, until such bonds prirlci
pal and interest tares completely paid and re-
deemed; that the proceeds of the sale of the
bonds shall be devoted to constructing inn
district, to the purchase of materials and
machinery therefor, and to the payment of
the necessary expenses of the district in CON
nection etberewith thar there shah be five pre-
cincts and five polling. places in the said dis
trict,7 as follows. to-wit ~ so
Il ELECTION. PRECINCT: NUMBER ONE
SHALL. EMBRACE:
All the lands and territory included within
the following boundaries:
PRECINCT NUMBER ONE
beginning at the Southwest corner Of Town |
hip forty-one CID North Range four ca |
0 the Northwest corner of Section seven 7). |
Township forty-one (4l) North, Range four
~ W. y. NJ. thence East one "a mile to
he Northeast corner of Section seven (7), /
Township forty-one (41 North Range four
a w B. NJ; thence South one-haf (1k)
Iest quarter (NWM) of Section eight 90,
ownship forty-one (4D North, Range four
a w. b. NJ; thence East Cd mile to
/ center of the Section line between Sec ]