The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-11-06
REMEMBER THE SOLDIERS

The loyal voters Of the state @
Washington have carried, by an over
whelming majority, the proposal t
pay The soldiers Of hat state wh'
fought in the great world war, Q
were enlisted in the army, navy Of
marines. The total involved is est
mated at s11 900, 900. The voters 0
Washington showed UNDER by abou'
the same majority, the proposal to
vote $4,000, 900 for highway building
in Washington state.
That state needs better highways.
No one will dispute that, but the loyal
men and women of that state felt they
could not afford both an expensive
highway building program and to pay
the soldiers n they chose the latter,
first. And they did right.
Suppose, when the Germans were
marching on Paris and seemed GER
tain to capture the French capital,
and then march on to London, the fall
OF which would have meant victory
" ~ oCI lidIo duu QclGdI lOT our
allies, leaving America to settle with
The victors later, the people of his
state Or Washington state or any
other state would nave been asked to
raise $ll,000,O00 or any other sum to
help stem the tide and reinforce our
boys over there, what would have been
the answer? I
Our boys went into the fight at Ar
gonne and Chantigny and other places
and turned what seemed certain defeat,
into victory, a victory no one had
dreamed could be secured at that
time. They offered land many of
them gave) their lives for what?-for
us who remained at home. They
fought to save the men who vent to
the shipyards at So to So per day to
avoid service in the army. They
fought to save men too old to enlist.
They fought for all of us at home.
They fought for the future peace and
progress of the world, and they were
paid $50 per month.
The railroad workers threatened, at
the time u men most needed rein
ammunition, food, cloth
and equipment, to strike and tie
up traffic and leave our soldier boys
stranded, a certain prey of the adj
yancing Germans. They were re-
by a big increase in pay,
shorter hours and got almost every
hing they asked. II
Will the American people-will the l.
people of Idaho, refuse to pay the
'oldier boys an additional sum to that {
'aid by the government? God forbid
lat history should record such an
Let us follow the lead of
washington, the great republican 2
tronghold, and of North Dakota, the
espised stronghold of the nonpartizan Z
which gave to every soldier
rom that state, $25 per month for s
very month he served with the colors,
nd let US, the people Of Idaho, do at
'ast a little toward reimbursing the
oys who fought for us. To faiI In
lis would be a disgrace. Let us not
to give the ex-soldiers both
and financial recognition.
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sending out each week enough mat of
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have often wondered what these
.)pagandists really think of the coun-
newspaper man. Do they really =
that he is such a numskull that D
isn't able to distinguish between
matter and news matter?
Tile they may be able to slip it
r. on a few, the average country o.
Espaper man is possessed Of Just a IL
lie bit OF that rare commodity rh,,
as gray matter" although he will
t usually given credit with having
over-supply, especially by the prop
ndists who are sending out theirI a.
ertising matter under the guise of II,