The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-09-02
A SENSIBLE PLAN

A SENSIBLE PLAN
The New York State Federation of
Labor went on record as favoring the
suspension of all strikes of union
labor for a period of six months to
permit the administration to do some
thing toward reducing the high cost
of living. The resolution proposes
that all union labor join in an agree
ment to not strike for six months,
and to cooperate with the federal and
state officials to reduce the cost of
living.
This is the most sensible action
taken by union labor in many years.
1t is utterly impossible to reduce the
cost of food stuffs and other com
modities as long as there are strikes,
Increasing wages and the stopping of
transportation and manufacture If
labor will unite with capital and try
to produce more at less cost, the
prices of all commodities will decline.
LabOring men will not need such high
wages as they are getting or demand
ing, if they can have the cost of food,
of clothing, of fuel, of light and
other necessities reduced. Higher
wages make higher living cost and
higher living cost makes higher wages
necessary.
The New York Federation of Labor
is to be congratulated upon it's very
sensible action Here's hoping other
organizations take similar action and
when they do we can begin to look
for results.
If the congressional smelling COM
mittees" which are going about this
country and Europe trying to find
some fault in the way the war was
conducted were honest and sincere
they would have done this work while
the war was on. Then they might
have convinced the world that they
were. trying to do some good in help
ing to win the war. But they remain |
ed at home and drew fat salaries of |
$500 per year with mileage and ex-
penses while American soldiers
fought and won the war at $50 per
month. Now that the war and |
danger are over these politicians are
going about the country at govern
ment expense trying to find some
grounds for casting discredit upon
those who conducted and won the war.
Their reports will influence few,
but very few Americans.
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The discovery has been made that
Mexicans are as depraved as Ameri-
cans. For sixteen ESTHTRAROLIU +
cans. For years Mexican bandits
have been supplied with arms and
ammunition by Americans who, in
order to get the enormous profits
from this trade, sell the murderers {
guns and ammunition to be used i
against Americans. Now it is found |
that Mexican soldiers sell the am |
issued to them to dealers +
in Mexico who, in turn, sell them to '
the rebels, who use them on the Mexi- t
ian federal soldiers. The love of gold
seems to have the power to deprave !
people of almost any nationality I
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General Pershing is on his way 2
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md remained as long as needed. He a
vas one of the great men in the win il
ing of the war and he naturally re- 7
ents the attempt of three petty, Il
heap politicians who remained at 81
Iome until all danger was over, to a
asst odium on the conduct of him is
elf and his associates during the ter h
ible struggle. He won the hearts of T
he American people when he fatty b.
efused to testify before three con- 3
ressmen who had gone to Europe on q
junket at national expense a,
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The howl that is going up from the
acking trust against the Kendrick
nd Kenyon bills to control the pack
lg industry of the United States c.
lght to result in solid front of the A,
merican people for the passage Of
ose bills and their enactment into, rs
W. 1t is cinch that we do not :
ant what the packers want and it is NJ NJ
ually true that we ought to want