The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-09-04

Senator Harding. republican nomi-
nee for president. advocates closer
union and more direct dealings be-
tween the producer and the consumer
as the only method of reducing prices
The suggestion is a good one as was
his suggestion that farmers should CO.
operate in marketing their crops to
dispense with the profiteer. But just
think what would happen if every
consumer bought directly from the
producer. Think of the millions of
"middlemen" who are getting rich off
of the producer and consumer by TAX
ing the products of the producer TO
the ultimate consumer, who would be
"out of a job" if such thing as direct
dealing between the producer and con-
sumner would come to pass. When we
realize that grocers often charge the
consumer as much for handling pro-
ducts of the farm as they pay the
farmer for producing and delivering
these products to town, we realize
how profits to the producer might be
increased and costs to the consumer
reduced by the methods suggested by
the republican candidate for president
But he is talking of something that is
many years in the future if it is ever
attained, for farmers need much edu-
cation before they will sell their pro-
ducts direct to the consumer and the
consumer needs much educating be-
fore he will buy from the producer.
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The disclosures being made in the
hearing of the senate committee in
vestigating campaign expenditures is
enough to shake our faith in our pres
ent form of government. The demo-
cratic candidate for president claims
the republicans are raising cam
paign fund of S15,O00,0OO to elect
Harding president. The republican
committee declares it has raised
slightly below S4,000,000 for this pur-
pose. That figure is sickening when
we contemplate the corruption that
can come from it's expenditure. The
state and federal governments passed I
laws forbidding expenditures beyond I
a certain sum for the election of GER 4
tain candidates. but these laws are
set at defiance. When a Wisconsin
senator spent more than 100000 to
be elected and was convicted and SEN :
fenced to the penitentiary for 30 =
years but is still permitted to retain !
his seat in the senate and make laws :
to govern other people, we almost de-
spair of ever Kidding American poll
tics of the corrupting influence of
wealth. '.Ma1efactors of great :
wealth" were pointed out by the late s
Col Roosevelt as one of the greatest 4
dangers confronting our government. :,
He was right.
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The appeals of politicians to have
Terrence MacSweeney, lord mayor of Z
Cork, Ireland, released from prison .
where he is near deaths door as a 8
result of a voluntary hunger strike 4
IN which he refuses to eat the food !
provided for him, is absolutely dis 9
gushing. Mrs. MacSweeney has cabl- !.
I'd President Wilson asking his in \
ercession in behalf of her husband.
President Wilson cannot make the z
,oor, stubborn fish eat. MacSweeney
las had the remedy in his own hands q
III the time. He could have eaten q
he food and lived. If he prefers to -
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imseIf to death that is none of Presi- Z
ent Wilson's affair The president
annOt interfere to save the life of
very poor, deluded fish who wishes ~
} commit suicide. Mrs MacSweeney -
ANTS President Wilson TO prevent 3.
lis outrage on civilization" She does :
OF seem to realize that her deluded &
usband is the one who is perps-
ating this outrage -
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Farmers are complaining because y
9 price of peas is expected to be =
lily 21A to cents per pound. When y
g think that this means $3.50 to Z.
80 per bushel and that 20 to so
shells of peas per acre have beer
own on land that would otherwise -
summer followed, meaning a gross =
urn of from $50 to $50 per acre for ~
crop of peas grown on land that -