The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-11-24
CAUSE FOR THANKSGIVING

CAUSE FOR THANKSGIVING
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving day.
The custom established by the Pill
grim Fathers to set aside the last
Thursday in November as a day to re-
turn thanks for blessings of the year.,
will be observed, as they observed it,
by eating turkey (where this can be
afforded) and in feeling thankful that
we lave had the many blessings and
comforts of the past year.
There are many causes for thank
fulness in this country, The repnb-
licans are thankful that they saved
the country Inc set a new record 'or
vote getting. The democrats can feel
of the 'solid south" The socialists
can feel thankful that their presiden-
ton candidate, E. V. Debs, did not go
about the country arousing enthusi-
asm or bitterness, but remained quiet
ly in his prison cell during the excit-
ing times of the campaign. The Far
mer-Labor party can feel thankful
that it got some votes. In fact there
are innumerable things for which
politicians can and ought to be thank
full tomorrow. The democratic office
holders can be thankful that they held
office for a time and the Republican
office seekers can feel thankful that
they are about to get their feet in
the trough.
The farmers can feel thankful that
they, are still able to hold wheat for
81 per bushel" a condition dreamed of
but seldom realized in the past 80
that their prayers for reduced prices
have been in part realized, even il
that party is only in the price of
things they produce. We can all feel
thankful that the rains of the past
how long has it been ?.have ceased
and we have bright sunshine.
But there is one thing for which we
all can and should feel thankful and
that is that we live in the best coun-
try, under the best government on
earth and that if we are dissatisfied
with conditions we can change ad-
ministrations at least every four
years.
Let us all be thankful tomorrow and
the next day and every day following.
ANOTHER RANK INJUSTICE
When the United States was at war
and had 900, 900 American soldiers in
France, where their very existence
and the winning of the war Deepen led
upon prompt and continuous tra1s-
p~ortation service to take reinforce
ments, arms, ammunition, food and
equipment to them, the four great
railway b~rotherhoods threatened to
strike and tie up transportation and
permit those soldiers who had gone
to fight for us, to perish, unless the
bro~therhoods were granted increased
wages, shorter working hours and
done? |
President Wilson invited the broth |
representatives to visit him at
the White House, consulted with them 2,
and granted practically everything
they asked and freight rates and pas
senger rates we're increased and he 1
farmers, who pay the freight on all +
they sell and on all they buy, )aid
the bulk of the bill.
When the president, on July IS,
1920, removed the embargo on gambl-
In wheat futures, a gang of gam
blers in Chicago, who never produced
4 bushe1 of wheat or anything else of -
lse to mankind, began hammering
the price of wheat and continued
Until it had been hammered down
more than 81 per bushe1 and the gov
.rnment, which has the power and did
top wheat gambling for three yea IS,
its idly by and makes no effort to
revent this robbery of the class that
eeds the world.
Despairing of federal relief from the
obbers who had forced the price of
heat far below cost of production,
le farmers threatened to strike"
nd with hold their wheat from the
arket. A call was sent out to 800
% farmers who are members OF IN
sanitation in Kansas Nebraska.
and other central states, asking