The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-08-20


Hats off to Uncle Sam He has
taken time from his world work, anC
political campaign to show the old
world that he is first in sport as well
as "first in war and first in peace
American athletes have wone more
than half OF the total number Of
points to be won at the Olympic
games in competition with all the rest
of the world Up to Thursday night
total of 242 to be won, and Friday
they added a number more. They
only needed 121 to have half of the
total and they have gone beyond that
point. America leads in everything
and the man who pretends to fear
that the United States cannot hold its
own against any other country is a
poor specimen of an American.
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Wheat gambling is today one of the
greatest evils of our industrial sys-
TENN 1t can be stopped. That was
shown when the government stopped
it for three years. If Harding or Cox
would come out in an open manner
and pledge the closing Of every wheat
gambling pit in the United States
should he be elected, he would get the
votes of the farmers That would be
of far greater Importance to the farm
ers and the agricultural interests of
our country than the league of ma
lions, prohibition, woman suffrage or
any other Issue. VIII either of the
candidates make such pledge, or are
both too much in fear Of or tied too
closely with the great financial in
terests that control the grain mark
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E. r. Bergdoll a wealthy philadel-
phia young man who evaded the draft
has been convicted of desertion from
the army and sentenced to four years
at hard labor. The penalty is none too
severe. Bergdoll assisted the enemies
of his country by failure to do mis-
duty But the roalroad brotherhoods,
which threatened to strike during the
war and tie up all trains that were
carrying food and ammunition and re-
endorsements to the American soldiers
at the front and who, without these
would have been slaughtered by the
Germans, have received several in
creases in wages The moral is that
traitors and near traitors should or
ganize and have votes to offer at ell
ection time Then they might COM |
mand some respect and WELD some in
fluence
Next Thursday freight rates adj
vance % per cent in the western dis |
trict and 40 per cent in the eastern
This means an increase of almost four I
cents bushel on the freight of wheat /
from Moscow to the coast. But this /
will not be added to the cost of the
wheat to the millers 1t will be de-
Quoted from the price paid to the .
farmer. The increase of 25 per cent 4
In freight rates on farm machinery, Il
grain bags and everything else the
farmer buys will not be deducted from
the price to the consumer but will be
added to the price charged the farmer,
who is the goat" in both cases.
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The primary law of idaho needs
some radical changing. OF that there
can be no doubt And, as suggested Il
by Governor Mcconnell, who is a
keen and observant student of polite
al matters, the state conventions
should take action on the matter. No
one is satisfied with the present law.
All want change and if the republic +
ans and democrats do not promise to :
change it there is grave danger that :
the nonpartizans will elect their leg
islative candidates upon a pledge TO
give us a better primary law.
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The funniest thing that has appear h
ed in press dispatches in years is the f
appeal of sugar profiteers VINO were E
caught with large stocks on hand and z
now beg the department of justice to =
save us from loss" Ut is really z
aughable and those who have been q
,aying robber prices for sugar will &
nope that the profiteers get squeezed I