The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-08-02
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THE DRIVE EPIDEMIC

THE "DRIVE" EPIDEMIC
One of the bad effects of the war
was the establishing of the drive" to
raise funds This was started with
the very best of motives for money
had to be raised for funds to carry
on work that could not be carried on
with the funds available. Some splen-
did work was done in this line but the
''habit' spread until it has become a
disease" There is "drive" for this
and that Almost every church and
lodge and organization of every kind
has had "drive" until the country is
almost drained of money.
The Moscow chamber of commerce
has wisely made rule that no mem
Der is required to donate for any cause
not endorsed by the chamber. This
will keep Legitimate or unnecessary
We need money at home. Moscow has
given hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to worthy causes and there have
been no regrets, but the liberal people
of the town have given tens of thous-
ands of dollars for objects not so
worthy and which will not benefit
the town or the county or the state
to any appreciable extent.
The action of the Moscow chamber
of commerce is protection to its
members. When they are solicited
for funds they should ask the solicitor
to show his or her endorsement by the
chamber. If he or she has not this
endorsement it is a certainty that the
object for which the funds are being
raised, is not regarded by the chamber
as of sufficient local interest to merit
support.
Let us cut out this contributing to
drives for foreign or semi-foreign
causes and make a drive to raise
money for a swimming pool, a COM
munity hall and other improvements
which will benefit Moscow and the;
surrounding country directly Let us
stop putting money up for travelling
expenses and hotel bills for solicitors
who are raising funds for various
causes that do not directly interest u.s.,
Let these well dressed, well fed, we'll
groomed travelling solicitors and
orators go to work. They can earn
~ to $6 per day in the harvest fields
ind get their board and no one will
deny that is good wages.
Sd - -
is A BALL TEAM AN ASSET?
The question SIS base ball team an
asset or liability to town" might
be a good subject for debate. We are
of the candid opinion that it is LA
bility and does more to create enmity |
between towns than almost anything |
a small town can have. Why men take |
q base ball game so seriously is a |
conuddrum that has never been salts
factorily answered, but many men
fzke it almost as seriously as some I
take politics and that is the very acme
of seriousness.
The friendly spirit existing between
towns of Latah county during the past
IL months has been matter of COM
ment 1t is said there had never been
as complete harmony among the towns
Of the county as during this period but
it has been shattered and bent ana
1isfigured by ball games during the
past few weeks.
A ball team with town is almost
ike the measles with human being
they all have to have it once, at
east. Some escape until they are old
gthers have it in infancy, but they gen
orally get it at some point in their
career Moscow accumulated ball
cam last spring some time and since
hat time has accumulated consider
lble ill-feeling from the neighboring
owns. At least three Latah county
,apers that had not published an I'M
ind word against Moscow for many
months Jambasted the town and the
,eople and the ball team, because of
all games lost to Moscow. One town
hat has no paper is said to have ac-
umulated we'll developed crouch
painst Moscow because of the ball
anne lost to this town.
Kendrick and Troy are at swords
oints and the newspapers of the two
,wns are devoting the "first column,
rst page" to telling how debased the
her town is, because of ball game t