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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01
CHINA DISCOVERS AMERICA.

TRULY representative American
news is being distributed in China
for the first time in the history of
the country. Heretofore the only
American European news received in
China was distributed by Reuters or
by the German Agency Ostasiasche
Lloyd or by the Japanese Agency Ko-
kusai. In spite of the fact that Ameri-
can news has been made available, the
news printed N the Far East has been
largely limited to reports of crime and
corruption.
During the early months of the war
the Committee on Public Information
established an American news agency
which, though the Chinese people
have been led to misunderstood us,
leaped into instant popularity. After
the armistice, when government funds
were no longer available, American
business men founded corporation
to maintain the American news agency
with private capital. This organization
intends to carry out advertising cam
paigns. to translate and publish
American books. collect crop reports
and to distribute American seeds to
Chinese farmers.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01

the position that II the farmer is
willing to put in long hours to help
the world produce. those engaGed in
industries should 1T least not attempt
to shorten their hours OF work. The
farmer IL not asking his fellow workers
to labor as long as he does, but he
believes that the tendency towards
shorter hours will not produce the re-
suits that the world must have during
the period of reconstruction.
The congress also took occasion to
strike at the agitator for 1t condemned
the treason OF false leaders who for
pay and price would scuttle the ship
of state and rear the Red flag of Boil
shevism over the ranks Of an outraged
and fallen republic"
In fact this organization of farmers
touched the keynote of the entire in
dustrial situation when it went on rec
ord as in favor of federal board of
arbitration that will give capital and
labor squire DEAL"
And that is what we are coming to.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01
EDITORIAL OPINION OF
IDAHO EDITORS
LOYALTY no IDAHO.
(Star- Mirror, MoscowD

We believe in loyalty. not only to
America, but to our state and its In
stitutions and the home town or city
The greatest asset to Moscow and
northern Idaho Is The state university
and agricultural college located here
Loyalty to these means loyalty to the
state and to our city.
Some people in Latah county do not
seem to think it necessary to support
this great school. without which Mos
cow would be little better than viii
lage, and these people even boost"
for other schools In one of the prin-
cipal towns of Latah county it is said
the principal of the high school or the
Superintendent of the city schools, is
working hard to send the students
from that town to Washington State
College at Pullman. 1t is said that
eight graduates Of the high school in
that town were induced by this in
structor to attend the Washington
school of which this professor is a
graduate. This is positive disloyalty
to the state and county from which
this man is drawing his salary. He
should be very forcefully reminded
that he is employed by Idaho and not
by Washington. 1t seems to us that
there is good cause in this case for ac-
ton by our educational authorities. II
not by the state authorities.
We want no boosters" for an out
side school in Latah county any more
than we wanted boosters for Germany
during the recent war. The disloyalty
is as pronounced in one case as in the
other. Moscow and Latah county cit
liens should take steps to stop such
work in the county in which the uni
versity of Idaho is located.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01
RIPPING RHYMES
THE CHEERFUL GROCER
BY WALT MASON.

Grocer johnson Is a peach, and
, he should be hired to teach opti-
mism to his kind; he's a man of
hopeful mind. In the thronging
,marts Of trade optimism seems de-
cayed: nearly every merchant
prince seems to think that life's
a ounce. and he tells me tales of
tears, and of doleful doubts and
fears. Every day I hear spiel
from the dealers as they deal, hear
a narrative of woe, and of COM
merce lying low, lying profitless
and dead, and of frightful times
ahead. Every day hear such
bunk when ! go to spend a plunk
in the thronging marts of trade,
where the hams and spudss are
weighed. But in Johnson's moral
shop have heard no dolefnl
yawp. johnson skips around his
floor. and he murmurs cheerful
tunes as he weighs his homeless
prunes. Tired OF hearing people
beef. it's to me a great relief, to
encounter. then and now, one who
has unfuFrowed brow. and who
chortles a. he sells hard boiled
eggs and oyster shells. For too
many people whine In this little
grad of mine, putting up q dole
full wheexe, when they should be
ON their knees. thanking Provi-
Gence all day for good that comes
their way.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01
CURIOUS DELuSioNs ATTACHED
TO THE STRIKE WEAPON.
Tribune, Lewiston.)


1t has been hard to believe, even be-
fore the presidents announcement of
public policy last night, that the coal
miners of this country would actually
put an entire stop to the production
of fuel unless their working period is
reduced to six hours per day for five
days per week, and their pay raised go
per cent coincidently. And yet, things
just as surprising have happened. Last
March the harbor workers Of New
York signed a contract which was
most favorable to them, in regard to
both wages and conditions. 1t pro-
vided that the agreement "shouldore-
main in force for one year, and there
after, unless 80 days notice is given by
either party of a desire to change"
Lately they have fatty repudiated their
contract and struck without giving any
notice whatever. completely demoraliz-
ing the foreign and domestic traffic
Of the worlds greatest port, holding up
large consignments of food, causing
great loss of perishable products, and
deriving the babies of the metropol-
itan area of so per cent of the normal
supply of milk.
The nation must have continuous
production of coal, for not only the in
dustries but the railroads and ship
ping Of the country must come to a
halt If the output is cut off, or greatly
iessened. The people of Greater New
York need the supplies which come
in by water. and many have been re-
duced to great suffering and severe
loss by the lack of them. Certain men
who seem to have the power of at least
temporarily preventing the rest of the
community from receiving the neces-
stiles of life have decided. apparently.
to use this power to compel the COM
munity to provide them with what they
wish from ii on just the terms they
choose to impose. In case of the coal
miners, the terms dictated amount to
this: That the rest of the community
must work harder and spend less <on
other things in order that these men
may live as pleasantly as they choose.
with two holidays n week, and two
thirds of normal days work on other
days, with largely increased wages be-
sides, The harbor strike, the coal
strike and some lesser strikes are SIM
ply wars projected against the COM
munity for the purpose Of imposing
such terms as these.
or course, war has its attractions,
especially for people who think they
1vili be on the winning side. IT Is cas-
Ter to get up enthusiasm for fighting
than for working. The expectation OF
enjoying what one has won by force
Is flattering and there Is always an
appeal to sentiment when fighting Tor
ones group as well as for oneself. !,
one can be led to believe that IL VIII
be more profitable to him in dollars
and cents to fight than to work, ana
that he belongs to a group OF people
who are called upon to fight TOT
larger place In the sunshine OF nu-
man happiness. he can easily get over
any scruples about breaking a con-
tract pr smashing anything that STANDS
in his way. These beliefs and feel.
ings han create group which viii
make war its group history.
History 10 repeating itself 50 last
tha< = dAsAa and almost terrines tne
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01

Iss'osy aerosD the room. See to II fur
enstmors. that your sleeping room 10 In
An npper-story Of the house, for the air
ncer the ground 10. a. Q rule. fll1od with
POISONOUS gases and SCOT which are too
nsavy to rise. The air above, on the
contrary. 10 rarer ami clearer, and hencs
purer and more At to take int your
Your faiiure to secure a calm nishr.
reet may b due TO your own bodily con-
o,uon. fsrhaps you have been worried
as gay anout some vital issue. II may
Dc mat your nerve hbras have bean
poisoned BY the use Of drugs IN the
form OF some sleep potion or stimuixrt.
when you use these poisons your
nerve nbrss are sufficiently fortified
against the sleep which you intend to
impose upon them. just 40 you ought to
AVOID the use OF these you should In
dutee In . Light diet OF cereals before
Dsottms. Never eat meat. bread or hard
boiled aggs at night. for these contain
excessive protein and tend to produce
poison In the mechanism and 90 disturb
your rest Drink. Just before you retire,
= cup Of hot milk II you fear you won't
De able TO sleep through ths night. This
TO your digestive department, ana % 10
apt to help bring you mental rest.
Just ~ important ~ u the regulation
81 your diet. 10 secure sound sleep II II
Important to acquire good mental habits.
Never read blood-curdling stories before
pedtlrne. This leaves the emotional
neros tense and makes Il hard for them
- we'll ~ for the muscles to relax READ
poetry or PROS Of the reflective kind.
The kind that will make you reject upon
the mystsry. beauty and wonder Of life
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01
ARMIsTIcE DAY.
(Chronicle, Twin Falls.)

WIN FallS.b
Last November IL was celebrated in
every American community. and prob
ably in every home, with joy and
Thanksgiving. The celebration was in
formal and spontaneous. It was rec
oEnized as the greatest day of the
war-because 1t ended the war. The
task taken up as a hard duty was fin
ished. The fighting had stopped. The
fighters would come home. There was
nouncement. Everybody knew that the
war was over, and rejoiced accord
ingly.
That day ought to be fixed forever
in our national life. The day when
war was formally declared and the
day when peace shall be formally pro-
claimed are less important. They are
official, but have less meaning. No
vember IL, Armistice Day, the day
when the Germans gave up their long,
bloody effort to conquer the world
and when American arms were recog-
nized as having saved civilization,
when the tide turned definitely from
war to peace, when the hearts of A.
100000 American men turned with one
accord toward home, and the home folk
in confident expectation welcomed
them back in love and triumph-that
Is a day worthy of celebration along
side of independence Day.
Congress has power to recognize the
day and givN it an official place on the
American calendar. 1t will be estab-
lished sooner or later, with or without
the action of congress. 1t will be all
the finer and better If that body rec
ognizes the fitness of things, and acts
In time to insure a great public cele-
bration this year.
Meanwhile, the American Legion
plans recognition of Armistice Day.
A celebration, the precise nature of
which has not yet been determined, is
planned. Details will be in the hands
of the members of the legion. This
day belongs to the returned service
men. We all must yield 1t; and, yield
ing, absorb the enthusiasm and the
patriotism which the occasion will
give.
Twin Falls will help make glad the
observance of Armistice Day.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01
A TAxLEss STATE
(Rocky Mountain News)

While her sister state to the south
is worrying over an increase in taxes
state, city, county and school
Wyoming is blithely looking forward
to the day when she shall consider
herself a taxless state. Today Wyo-
ming is receiving in oil royalties at the
rate of 50 per minute or something
over a million dollars a year and this
is but a beginning. Every week roy
alties to the state are increasing. BY
the end of the year Wyoming's treas
ury will be taking in at the rate of
million and a quarter per annum and
by this time next year the amount will
be around three million dollars per an
mum In three years the state should
be free entirely Of taxes for state pur-
poses and have plenty on hand to build
miles and miles of highways. to en-
large the state university and make
1t q distinguishing feature Of the COM
OF Wyoming. and do other
big things for education and improve
ment, spiritually and physically. OF the
fortunate state.
Wyoming deserves her good fortune.
Public spirit requires the conservation
Of the states natural resources. Wyo-
ming did not sell her patripnonx In the
early days for q mess Of p6ttage. She
held rather carefully to her public
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01
FARMERS TAKE A HAND.

HE farmers of this country through
their representatives at the Farm
ers' National Congress which just con
cluded its annual convention at Hag-
erstown, Nd, have taken q stand
against the Industrial unrest prevalent
IN the United States. The short work
day and the ever increasing wages de-
mandcd by Industrial labor are braided
BY that organization as "allies of the
proltesr." All strikes of whatsoever
kind were opposed. 1t is true there
was minority report submitted In
scppcsition 70 these findings. but the
'>na5ority report was accepted by the
eeuga ess.
However. the congress did not 20 on
secord ~ opposed to honest organised
1abor." It held thdt the 44-hour week
eohsduls Tor workingmen can not feed
~ world nor can It clothe it. The
eontention was made that those who
eAvocste the short day in industry can
- sxpsct the farmer to work six hours
Feeos's dinner and elk hours afterwards,
~ the numerous farm chores thrown
= CDR words the congrsss took
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01
RIGHTEOUS CAUSE AND ITS
VICTORY.

|9FHD worlds greatest enemy. Ger
many. which sought to impose its
Iron and despotic win upon the free
/; peepls Of other countries, was a year
ago today lighting as it never fought
and It was at bay. The crusaders of
righteousness. the Allies, were driving
home the most wonderful victory in
history. Cracked. disintegrating, her
several fronts smashed until the ter
Z eorized troops retreated pelf NELL, the
Hun was forced to cry for mercy and
IS known today and will be celebrated
forever. Armistice Day."
Through proclamation issued by
Governor Davis all Idaho has been
called upon to celebrate the first an
niversary of that day, and in this state
as in every other state in the union,
there should be a complete suspension
of business, a cessation from labor of
all kinds so that the people may pay
homage to the brave men who lie
buried under the peoples Of France,
and those who survived the war.
"Armistice Day will rank in this
country and in all of the countries of
the Allies, as one Of the most memoir
able on the calendar. And it is we'll
that this is so.
Who is there among US unable to
recall the wonderful relief felt when
there flashed from the bloody battle
fields of France the news that the
enemy had asked for a cessation Of
hostflities and terms of peace? Those
with loved ones "over there" cried with
sheer joy and thanksgiving. Their
boys were safe. Those whose sons died
I gloriously on the field of battle gave
thanks that the end was in sight.
Riotions celebrating followed. But a
year has passed since then. The roar
of cannon has ceased. Hundreds of
thousands of American soldiers have
returned and are now following peace
full occupation. Most of the world is
cheerfully engaged in reconstruction
tasks.
"Armistice Day" is a day among days
indeed. 1t was the day on which civil
lization conquered; it was the day
when Right proved champion over
Might; it was the day in which his
tory reached it's turning point. We
should celebrate the anniversary Of
that day with deep reverence and pure
deep joy.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01
STERILIZATION OF THE DOLLAR,

n INFLATED conditions throughout the
country continue to exist and are
illustrated by the fact that the reserve
percentage of the Federal Reserve sys-
tenn has been below SO per cent. The
law requires that at least 40 per cent
reserve shall be held against notes and
35 per cent against deposits, but the
system has always regarded these as
minimum figures and has endeavored to
maintain the percentage very much
higher
During the war, anxiety was felt
whenever the percentage approached
fifty. The fact that both here and in
foreign countries initiation has ap-
parently been unchecked since the
armistice, while government extrava-
gance has continued, must be regarded
as the primary cause of high and rising
prices. There is ground for anxiety
in this situation not only in it's imme-
date effect upon the investment mar
ket but also because of it's ultimate
bearing upon the industrial and labor
situation as already indicated.
Out of the anxiety and dissatisfac-
ton produced by this price situation
has grown a renewal of demand for
some scheme of artificial control of
values. That which is most popular at
the present time is the so-called sta
bilization" of the dollar, a proposal
which has been pressed upon congress
for some years past. A congressional
resolution to appoint a monetary COM
mission apparently has in view the
idea of investigating the feasibility of
this kind of artificial control of price
The matter is still in the preliminary
stage of discussion, and as in all gov
eminent Intervention takes strong hold
of some minds.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01

Real Sleep.
Sound sleep is the real sassD. ana that
alone can marvsllously eAengS zen from
a hard-worksd. worn out human beng
to a transformed. vigorous. hearty.
Jolly fellow.
In the deadly silence Of the night when
nature is not disturbed by extraordinary
noises you are the only contrast to the
Inactivity about you. Your anatomy do
ies the stiffness around by its constant
and consistent work. The heart always
beats. Perhaps the beats are . bit
slackened In the night, but this. II At all.
Ia very slight. The Iungs do their work,
and breath taking IL ~ much . part Of
the nocturnal duty OF the life as II Is q
part Of It's days work. The digestive
tubes. and vessels grind Just AZ hard "a
ever. and the food within undsrgoes .
continuous churning. Even mental work
goes on in sleep, and in some distorted
fashion you think and say you are
dreaming
Thus II 10 that you never cease to act.
neither when awake nor when asleep.
One great difference. however, between
your action during waking hours and
those of sleep 10 the element Of con-
sciousness. You DO not know whore.
what, why. whom you are asleep. and
perhaps you can't rememoer some OF
your dreams. They frequently ny from
out your mind Just ~ seon ~ your eyes
see the daylight. This u another indi-
cation that you have not full control Of
your mental powers during sleep.
Dreams, alphabetically speaking. have
not any right In your being when asleep.
These are things which come to disturb
your calm and rob you Of your rest.
They are frequently q product Of some
unnatural. improper. mental disturoence
or Of some other physical disorder. II
you wers In perfectly restfui state yeu
would have no dreams.
Your muscles rest calmly and peace
fully when you really sleep. Sleep. how
ever, IL not always genuine. II happens
at times that you actually experiences .
etronl muscle tension In your dreAmo.
Sometimes you feel as though you are In
. fisht, ana the muscles Of your arms
and legD are Just AZ strongly Il WORK -
II you were engaged IN some very haf0
manual labor. When In this seats you
are not asleep nor are you ewaxe Ecu
are thus IN q queer state Of in-ostwesA
Hsw e Get It.
One reason for your disturbea rset u
prchohlv An 40 your uncemfortable bed.
Your mattress may BE- too hard. your
pillow knettsd, or may b. your cevers|
eyD 10 heavy aad resi- preDinSsy upoa
YEN = Il 70 interfere With yeur reeOisNr
tefy acperatus. a ligAt anA lsvoy
eo1fer<sr Il mush better than hsavy
one. bsoauss u ksses. ths warmth under
eovsr more effectively and dos not
hamper the work Of rsspiration.
Another reason for disturbed eleep
may IS due to poor ventilation. Always
have both your windows open and see
that the transom u likewise open se -
Is allov tha ar to move freely an1l
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01
THE GIRLS ROMANCE
New York Tribune.)

Too much idleness," says Mrs. Rip
pin, national director of the girl scouts
lis the reason why girls are more ro-
mantle than boys" But are they?
Mrs. Rippin's definition of idleness ap-
parently Is reading fiction and going
to the moving pictures" and she would
keep girls out of doors more, even i'm
bue them with the gang spirit" But
Mrs Rippin forgets that ''the gang
spirit" is the very essence of a boys
romance. He reads of Kidd or Black
beard and wants to be a pirate. Fred
erick's nursery maid was but the ac-
complete of inevitable destiny when,
hidden to take and bind this prom
Using lad apprentice to a pilot" she
gave his energies greater scope by
turning him over to the pirates of
PenZance.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01
WHAT THE PRESS OF THE
NATION SAY
THE ALCOHOL QUEST
CLOS Angeles Times)


Now that man dare not drink it,
acohol is coming down in price and
is about the only thing in the world
that is doing so. That is because the
nondrinkable kind can be made from
so many things. A fine grade can be
made from the sawdust that incum-
bers the lumber mills and there are
dozens of natures lavish products
that yield it in large percentages. Our
old friend, Henry Ford, thinks he can
produce alcohol at less than a nickel
n gallon and a gallon of it will run his
tin road rabbits for IS miles. He
thinks he can market it cheaper than
the stuff that gushes out of the ground
Really. nobody should worry about
any prospective failure in the gaso-
line crop. When it comes to a show
down some genius will be barreling
up the Pacific ocean and getting fine
grade of combustion out of the same
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01
MORE WORK AND LESS TEARS.

I'M EMORALIzED productivity is the
IUj situation in Europe which needs
cure. This is the gist of a statement
prepared by Herbert Hoover for special
purposes and made public by the Brit
ish Ministry of Food. European pro-
duction is now far below the level at
the date of the armistice. Low produc-
ton of raw material in Europe itself,
as well as difficulties in imports, ag-
gravate a situation in which 5000, 900
families on the continent are receiving
from governments unemployment al
lowances Of one kind or another. At a
rough estimate 1oO.o0O.oOo persons in
Europe must be supported by imports.
For short period the western
hemisphere may make good the def
ciencies Of Europe according to the
memorandum, but THE entire surplus
of the western hemisphere is totally
Incapable of meeting the present de-
ficiency in European production, if it is
long sustained
The remedy is described as "vigor-
Gus realization of the actual situation
in each country of Europe and a reso-
lutte craftsmanship based on such
realization. The populations of Eu-
rope must realize that productivity
must be instantly increased"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-01

public spirit Of its citizenship. A
state that can afford to give the very
best educational facilities at a min
imum cost to the residents Is not go
ing to be neglected.
All hail wyoming to taxiess fame.
And a word of warning to those re-
sponsible for Colorado's imposts: Look
out or there will be an exodus across
the northern line!