The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-12-08

OUR CONDITION NOT BAD.


genuine comfort in the following edi-
torial from the Lewis County Regis
ter, published at Craigmont, in Lewis
county. The facts stated so peril
nently by the editor applies equally
to Latah county and the Palouse
country. We have much for which
to be thankful even in the depressing
times caused by the slump in wheat
prices. AS E. E. Flood, the Spokane
banker, said The farmers have
their wheat, even if they did not get
as high price as they expected.
They still have it and it will be need
ed to feed the world" The Lewis
County Register sets forth some peril
nent facts in the following editorial:
Don't ever forget the fact that this
great prairie country will grow just
as much wheat per acre as any place
on earth. We all played in bum luck
because of prices this year, but its no
fault of the country.
We are not half as bad off as the
alfalfa growers of south Idaho who
have millions of tons Of hay raised on
high priced irrigated land, that cost
them s12 per ton to put in the stack
and which they cannot sell for So
per ton.
In the past the hay growers of
that country have sold their crops to
,;e,
season the sheep men are all broke
and what sheep have not been ship
ped out of the country will go with
out feed as the Boise and other banks
cannot lend money to them under
present existing conditions.
Back in the great corn country of
the central states worse condition
exists. With the largest crop in more
than ten years the farmers are unable
to sell their product at any price, and
the Iowa banks will not loan them a |
dollar
So you might be thankful that we |
are as we'll off as we are and that we
have merchants big enough to ac-
commodate you and banks that are as
sound as any in the entire west.
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ROOT SHOULD BE APPOINTED.
President-Elect Harding is said to
be considering a number Of prominent
men, among them William Howard
Taft, Judge C. e. Hughes and Elihu
Root, for secretary of state. Root is,
undoubtedly, the best man for the
place He is regarded by republicans
and democrats as well as leaders in
Europe as one of the strongest men
in the United States. He would make
an ideal secretary OF state.
If Harding does not yield to poll
ticians, but consults only his own
Judgment, we believe he will select
Root as the most eminently fitted man
for that important position. Mr..
Root would be recognized abroad as
the equal of any man in public life.
He is fair, honest, honorable and few
men now living have a keener mind
or better acquaintance with world
affairs than he. AS compared with
Bryan, Lansing and Colby he would
be giant
For the sake of the prestige such an
would bring, we hope
that Root will be selected. He will
be an honor to the. administration
and power in dealing with the vex
ing questions of foreign relations
which are bound to come within the
next four years.
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THOSE SPOKANE DRIVES.
According to a recent editorial in
he Moscow Star-Mirror, Spokane is
he mother of financial drives, puttingI
IN a drive this month for one worthy
purpose and next month for some
hing else, and never failing to havei
he drive take in the prosperous Pa
ouse country, the quota of each COM
nunity being fixed by the chief pro-
noters of the plan in Spokane There
, no question that the causes for
yhich money is asked are worthy. but
he Moscow paper pertinently in
uires why some such movement
tight not be started in Moscow, or
ome other town. and Spokane called