The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-10-08


J. their doctrines will never govern tn,
world nor any considerable portion 0
it for any length of time. 1t is sail
if it were not for the big army kept by
4 Trotzky and Lenine, Dolshevist leaders
! in Russia, they would be assassinatet
and bolshevism would die in week
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THE PRESIDENTS PRESENTS.
If there is in the country a board
of appraisal so expert that it can de-
termine the value in American money
it can have Immediate employment in
] the District of Columbia. If it can be
shown that the said freedom is
worth any considerable part of half
million dollars the Judgment of va
rious members of congress will be
indicated; otherwise they stand con-
victed of the charge of getting ex-
cited over nothing.
When President Wilson first went
abroad he was presented with the
freedom of the city Of London, mean
where he pleased in the city pros
vided he could figure out the street
system, which is impossible. He also.
got other present, which we now
know included a photograph of the
king and queen of England, set Of
books from the citizens of Genoa (thes
old world progenitor of Columbus,
Ohio, and various bronze Figures
which appear to be The most popular
form of gift on the continent.
He was not however, presented
with the Koh-I-Noor, the Mona Lisa.
the Alps or the Eiffel tower, So on
the face of the returns it becomes
bit difficult to understand how the
aggre gate value of the gifts heI
brought home can be. half a million
dollars. Cloak room gossip about the
capitol, that form of truth which is
so often stranger than fiction, is re-
sponsib1e for the half million dollar
figure, and is also responsible for a.
good deal of oratorical indignation on |
the floor of the lower house, based on i
the constitutional provision that
American officials must not accept
gifts, abroad
The list of gifts that the president
and his wife actually did receive will /
be disappointing to those who ex-
pected an inventory rivaling In
splendor the stage settings of the
durbar at Delhi. 1t is not a long list,
and even when one considers the high
cost of Figures. land genuine
ace the total seems hardly likely to
reach the half-million7dollar- mark.
But, of course, that has nothing to do +
with the constitutional prescription,
md congress is under no obligations
% cease firing. The Spokesman Re
view.
~ "a 20 ..sm
Foster, the. T. w. NJ aagitatoP,H who [
denounced all forms of government.
declared the American Federation of
Labor an enemy of labor and demand
I'd an uprising of laborers and the L
aking over of property by force,. is
eading the steel strike When called Il
before a senate Investigating commit
zee and questioned about the books heI
las written advocating sabotage, boil X
hevism and anarchy, he refused to n
estify while newspaper men are ;
resent Naturally SUCH criminals !
s Foster hate the newspapers and !
y that hatred pay "a high tribute to i
he press of the scouatry which does
1ore than criminal lawsyte restrain :
len from committing crimes: ',.s
sr. - '
English railroad employees struck :
nd tied up the railroad systems of il
reat Britain. They returned TO work
hen granted a minimum wage of 81
lillings f$12.24) per week. This, is u
'.O4 per day. What would; our Amer Ia
an railroad men think of such z
ages? The common .1aborers are IL
citing from .s4 per day UP and. want IL
ore. The English railroad employees IL
e to 'shave this s.'high" wage only A
lille the cost Of living remains at ITO S
r cent above prewar prices. II
N =. ~ "
And now, they want to add in excess ~
million acres of forested public ~
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