The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-06-19
FARMERS MAKING A MISTAKE


the. grange, the union laborers and
the railroad employees of that state
are contemplating the formation of a
political party to take over control
of politics in that state. 1t is hoped
the report is untrue or that the
scheme fails.
The grange, the farmers union and
the patrons of husbandry are splen-
did organizations, capable of doing an
immense amount of good They have
been very beneficial to the farmers
and will continue to do so, if they
keep out of politics, or out of parti-
Fan politics.
We can all remember the splendin
work done by the Farmers Alliance
in the early COS, when they organ
lied alliance warehouse companies,
handled their own grain, and did much
to better conditions on the farm. The
built in 1890, at Fallons, just across
the state line, was sold last week to
one of the grain corporations. 1t is
said that this warehouse had paid for
itself more than dozen times in
dividends and better prices for grain
handled through it in cooperation
among the farmers. ~
But if the grange goes into politics
with the union laborers and the rail
road employees there will be trouble.
The farmers will be expected to fur
nish the votes and to pay the bills.
Wages will be increased and working
and cities and on public works. Rail-
road employees will demand and get
reduced hours of work and a further
increase of wages and this will mean
increased freight rates which will
will come out of the farmers wheat
their cattle, their hogs, their hay,
their fruit and be added to the cost
of farm machinery, coal, lumber,
fence posts, wire, groceries and every s
thing they buy.
Taxes will have to be materially
and the farmers pay more .
than half of the taxes in Idaho and \
Washington That will mean ;
increased taxes for the farmer
If the farmer objects to the walk .
ing delegate of the farm laborers' Il
lnion,, telling him that he must not a.
work his men more than eight hours :,
4 day and give them half day off 4
IN full pay Saturday, and pay r
time and half for over time" dur :,
ng the rush seasons, such as harvest, :
all seeding and wheat hauling time,
e will be voted "scab" and be boy
Gifted and strike called on his farm.
he |. w. w. which has burned farm
rs wheat, poisoned his stock, kill
his fruit trees and tried to prevent
ne harvest of his crops, will take part
| controlling the working hours on
he farm and the conditions of hous-
lg and feeding the farm laborers. \
The farmer is not laborer, in the
snse that the wage Garner is,for
lille he labors hard and long, he also
is much capital invested and must
,eds hire help during portion of -
e year. He is an employer and
ver wage Garner. He has nothing ,
common with the boomer" brake sur
an on the railroad, the tramp lum- VA
RACK, or the journeyman" crafts n app
en- of the cities. All that these spe
mt the farmer to join with them pos,
r is to get the farmers votes. They az que
We the greatest contempt for the Boa
ill-billes' and "pumpkin-huskers" list
they term the farmers, The latter r uot
make the grayest kind of mis- -bIIe
e if they form coalition with the ie ice
on, laborers, of Washington Such Prov
lnion cannot last long and will re- dist List,
MOP cannot last long and will re- the
in disaster, just as the merging n osas
the great Farmers Alliance into t a.
peoples party resulted in the dis STA
ton Of that great organization. y Al
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IL LAST WORD TO GERMANY s ne
ne allies ultimatum to Germany, ". u I
led by the sagacious and resolute Tow,
lenceau, is masterpiece in logic the !
craftsmanship. 1t begins with a "a lp"'l