The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-08-11
.bORAH AND FRENCH
ADDRESS CHAMBER
TWO STRNOG SPEECHES HEARD
BY BIG AUDIENCE AT WEEK-
LY CHAMBER LUNCH

That Japan is trying to establish a
Monroe Doctrine for the Orient along
similar lines with the Monroe doc
trine of the United States for the
western hemisphere is the statement
of Senator W. E. Borah, who addressed
the Moscow chamber of commerce at
its regular weekly luncheon today
Senator Borah declared the Japanese
question is really serious one, not
one to cause alarm or panic. but one
to cause the American people and es-
pecially the people of the western
states to study it and be prepared to
meet it and to stand firmly upon the
resolve to not yield one iota of the
principle that we have the right to
say who shall become citizens of and
who shall live in our states. He de-
clared that Japan has a law which for
bids any alien owning land or renting
land in Japan and that in putting this
law into effect here we are only doing
what Japan does.
Senator Borah said there is one
question deeper and of greater inter
est to the west than any political
question and it is one which the COM
mercial clubs should take up, and that
is to secure western man as Secre-
tary Of the interior.
we want western man; a man
who has grown up with and beeu q
part OF the west and not one who has
secured his information of the west
from Pullman car window" said he.
He asked the chambers of commerce,
the commercial organizations, the ro-
tarians and all other civic organiza-
tiOns to unite, independent of parti-
zan politics and demand that purely
western man be placed In this posi-
tiOn and he declared that if these or
ganizations did unite in this way "a
western man IS just as certain to be
as 1t Is certain that secretary
OF the interior will be appointed"
Senator BOrah said one not convers-
ant with the conditions has no idea
Of the difficulties under which a wes-
tern senator or representative labors
II man having no actual knowledge |
Of the needs of the west is secretary of |
the interior
He said that all bills dealing with |
The west are sent to the secretary of |
the interior for his report" which I
Senator Borah said means his ap-
proval or disapproval" and eff he dis |
approves the bill, the eastern members,
who regard him as a sort of judicial I
officer, take his opinion as against |
hat Of the western representatives
whom they deem to be intensely par
fzan."
French Speaks on Wheat
Congressman Burton L. French fol-
owed Senator Borah and spoke very
on his plan for handling
he wheat crop to keep the market
teady and permit the farmers, instead
# the spectators to get the benefit
# rise in prices, or at least to get
What the wheat is economically worth
senator Borah said there is a fight
low going on to see whether the far
ners or the spectators of Chicago
hall get the rise in prices which he
aid are certain to come. Congress-
nan French's talk, an able and inter
sting one, was along the lines of his
ecent article published in this paper
N the subject. 1t awakened such in
crest that Chairman Oversmith ap-
olnted committee composed of J. S.
IeckathOrn, T. A. Meeker, Arnold
.yon. and Harry Simpson to confer
nth Congressman French and report
t the next meeting on a plan of pro-
edure to put the plan into service 6
Both speakers we're given ovations
rhen introduced and when they had
nished speaking. There was a big
tendance and deep interest was !
hOWn