The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-08-23
TOWNLEY DID NOT
SPEAK IN MOSCOW
CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR DELIVERED AD-
DRESS TO BIG CROWD.

A. c .Townley, head of the non-par-
tisan league, failed to appear at Mos
cow for the meeting scheduled for
Sunday afternoon and no word came
| from him to explain his absence
Townley was billed to speak at Lewis
ton Saturday night and at Moscow
Sunday, but failed to appear at either
place. This was a disappointment to
many as large part of attendance
at both meetings had come to hear
Townley speak. Sunday morning
people from Pullman telephoned to
Moscow asking if Townley were TO
speak here and saying they would
come to hear him, and many of them
came.
F. D. Fairchild, nonpartisan for
governor, and E. P. Waters, of Spo-
kane, nonpartisan organizer for La
tab county, were the speakers and adj
dressed an audience estimated at be-
ween 500 and 1000 at the city park.
The big tent carried by the nonparti-
san for use where halls cannot be
secured, was not used. Mr.. Fairchild
was introduced by Mr.. Waters, as a
real, honest to goodness farmers"
He is a large man, over six feet tall
and with shoulders like profession
al weight man. He made a very in
teresting and convincing talk. He
charged the banks and sheep men of
Idaho with having conspired to hold
down the price of hay, one of the
leading crops of southern Idaho, and
said:
"The banks and sheepmen went
wild over wool and sheep during the
war. The banks loaned as much as
SIG per head on eve. Today the
eve and the lamb and the wool will
not repay the banks, and an agree
ment has been made that the banks
will carry the sheepmen another year
to get another crop of wool and
lambs, provided the sheepmen hold
down the cost of maintaining the
sheep. A limit of So per ton has been
placed on hay. That is all the banks
will allow the sheep men to pay.
with labor at SIS per day and
board and every item of expense at
high level we cannot break even in
So for hay. But what can we do. A
quarantine has been placed on Idaho
hay by other states. This is for the
of forcing the farmers to sell
to the sheep men. We cannot ship
out of the state and must sell to
stockmen inside the state. Next
spring, after the sheep men have had
all the hay they need, the quaran
tine will be raised next spring, just
as it was raised last spring when
Idaho hay was shipped by the train
cad to Montana and other states"
Mr.. Fairchild painted rather
gloomy picture of the future for the
farming industry, especially in the
irrigated districts. He said that al !
most every farm is mortgaged and |
while the farmer is being told to
look at the high value of your land"
when he complains of making no |
profit the fact is that farmers will |
soon be Gland poor" for there will be
10 sale of land He predicted a drop
n prices of all farm products below
he cost of production unless some
hing is done soon to prevent it, and
pictured failures among farmers of
he west who are deeply in debt.
Mr.. Fairchild says he owns 300
.cres Of irrigated land between Boise
md Nampa and during the war he
armed 200 acres of it. Now he has
much of it rented out, having four
enants. TIE raises alfalfa and grain
nd says the expense of farming is
Increasing, while the price of farm
PRODUCTS is steadily declining. He
aid men cannot raise alfalfa hay
nd put it in the stack for SO per ton.
Both Mr.. Fairchild and Mr.. Waters
we're given close and respectful at
ention during their addresses. They
ay that is the kind Of treatment they
ave received anywhere. At Potlatch
IL. Waters said they were refused g
lace to pitch their tent, but finally
ented lot, pitched the tent and had
good meeting. Neither speaker en-
aged in personalities and in an inter-
lew Mr.. Fairchild said: 81 do not
Nudge in personal abuse. l grant
hat the other man has as good right
0 his opinion as / have. | hope to
onvert others to my way of think
~, not by abuse, but by discussing
ne issues. We have had good meet
lgs throughout Northern Idaho and
ave had uniformly courteous treat
lent and have tried to treat others
,urteously."
Fairchild and Waters left at 1922
u Orofino, where they speak Mon
ay night. Their itinerary includes
ne following dates and places: Ka-
liah, Tuesday; Elites, Wednesday;
ranc~ville, Thursday; Cottonwood,
riday; Nezperce, Saturday; Craig
lont, Sunday; Culdesac, Monday;
ugust 80; and Clarkson, Tuesday,
ugust 81. They will probably
Jump to the southern part of the
ate after the Clarkson meeting.