The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-10-18
FRENCH is ON THE JOB.

Congressman French, of Moscow,
representing the First congressional
district of Idaho in the lower house
of congress, is always on the job =
He is a veritable watch dog" for Ida
hos interest. This has been proven
and demonstrated so long that 1t
ceases to cause comment, for Mr..
French has never been a politician.
He has been an interchangeable work
er and has attained success because
he rose above the petty partizan splr-
it so often manifested in congress, and
went after the things thar we're right.
He is a republican and his party is
proud of him and we'll it may be. He
is bringing credit to his party because
he is more of a MAN than a partizan.
Because he is loyal to his country
and his state. He places them above
partizanship and in this way has made
himself one of the strongest men OF
his party No one ever charges Bur-
ton l.. French with playing petty pol
itics. He is not that calibre.
When he discovered that beans
were being imported from China and
Japan is competition with the bean
growers of Idaho and other northwest
ern states, Mr.. French got busy He
did the proper thing at the proper
time. He did not rush into the news
papers and give an interview con-
xlan,pipo t1,o admin IF 70 tion mr. Soma-
body for what is occurring. He very
quietly wrote to farmers here, heads of
fam organizations, and asked for
data on bean growing in Idaho, and
stated that he is preparing bill to
protect the farmers who raise beans
in the northwestern states.
He will get what he is after He
is noted for his successes because he
never forgets that he is Idaho's rep !
resentative, the representative of the |
whole state and not little coterie
OF politicians who call themselves
political party. He is too big and
broad and able for that.
And therein lies his strength. He
looks after the peoples interest, is
never rushing into print or
getting himself quoted, and we are
proud to say that during our residence
in Idaho we have never read in any
paper any comment iisparaging to or
IA criticism of Burton l.. French. He
IS often praised, but never condemned
n the press of the United States 5
His recent action in starting the {
inquiry about bean growing in Idaho t
n order to protect the farmers of this :
section, is in line with his services i
ince he became congressman for Ida i
10 and is characteristic of the man.
rhe story only reached the press
through an accident. He was not
eeking glory for himself, but JUS
ice for the. farmers of Idaho.
Idaho and the rebuplicaD party have
ause to feel proud of Hon. Burton
!. French, of Moscow.
Me re "a
SEEP OUR FEET ON TIE GROUND.
For long time to come we shall
ontinue to put our dependence on
improved agriculture rather than syn
hetic chemistry as means of stavlng
fl famine The scientist who de-
lares that all the essential elements
f food are to be found in air, sun
nine and water propounds a theoret-
al conclusion which should not lull
s into the false notion that we are
bout to discover how to live without
rork. Crop rotation is still sover-
ign remedy for land Sickness, till
ge is still the enemy Of weeds and
is needed as a guide to hand
ork more today than it was needed
alf century ago, when there was
enty of cheap land. Without i'm
we should have no scienti-
c progress, but we need, on the 9TH
hand, to keep our feet on the
ound while we are experimenting
it'll such new-fangled ideas as food
ade from air and sunshine.-Port-
nd Oregonian.
Prune growers near Elberton, IN
hitman county, Washington, arc get
~ $50 per ton for their rrunes and
caring from $500 to $500 per acre
the crop this year. This is the
CHEST price ever paid at Elberton.