The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-10-21
is A SOURCE OF PRIDE

We belive we voice the sentimen
OF the entire community when we sa.
the remodeled store of F. A. David &
Sons is a source of pride to every
citizen of Moscow and vicinity.
wonderful work has been performed
in the remodeling of this great store
without interrupting its great volume
of business a single hour. Mr.. David
a pioneer, who has done much fol
Moscow, is showing faith in his ad-
opted home city when he remains here
80 years and at the end of that time
doubles his Investment in Moscow
Mr.. David sold fine farm in south
ern idaho for $4,000 and has put 1t
all into the improvements Of his store
building. He said: 81 intend to do all
my investing in Latah county. 1t is
the best county in the best state in
The Union." Mr.. Dayids sons, reared
in Moscow, educated in our schools
and university, have grown up mere
and became permanent fixtures. They
have also shown their faith in the fut-
ure of Moscow and are entitled TO the
prosperity their firm enjoys.
The completion of this great store,
which is to inaugurate its opening
sale tomorrow, is credit to Moscow
as we'll as the firm responsible for it.
The store occupies one OF the four
most prominent corners in our city.
Two fine banks, each of which would
be credit to city 10 or 20 times as
large as Moscow, stand on opposite
corners One is just being completed
at a cost of 100000 and is the most
expensive one-story building in Idaho.
The other has spent 100000 in re-
modelling and improvements this year.
The sum of about $4,000 has been
spent within few months on the
three buildings mentioned, making this
the best built street intersection in
any town in northern Idaho. On the
opposite corner stands the Creighton
building, built and owned by another
of our pioneer merchants, and which
has also been a credit since it's cree
ton, to Moscow and its owner.
The four buildings at the corner of
Main and Third streets, the Two best
business streets in Moscow, are al a
source of pride to Moscow people.
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ADDING INSULT TO INJURY
An insult to the intelligence of the |
American people was Offered by Presi- |
dent Gates, of the Chicago Board of |
Trade. when he stated to the investi-
eating committee of the federal trade
commission that only the fundamen-
al laws of supply and demand influ
ence prices on the board"
The statement is not only an insult,
It is absolutely false and, as Colonel
Roosevelt would say, "a black lie."
Does the president of the Chicago
gamblers gang expect the American
people to believe that the supply and
demand raise or lower the price from
hree to Is cents in a few hours ses-
lion of the board? Does he expect
he American people to believe that
he supply increases or decreases and |
he demand is greater or smaller with
n a few minutes or few seconds?
What becomes of the wheat that :
disappears and causes an increase in {
he price because of short supply? {
Where does it go, to come back in a
ew hours or a few days to "glut the :
market" and cause prices to fall? n
Wheat is not produced in few sec S
nds or few minutes or a few hours. |
here is the same supply at 9 o'clock !.
hat there is at noon, the closing hour I
+ the gamblers pit. The world re- q
uires just as much wheat to feed 9
day, a month, year, at the clos !. !
,g hour as it did at the opening hour =
{ the board of trade, yet prices rise 8
I'd fall during the few hours that the b
Dard is in session. Supply and de- u :,
and have nothing whatever to do :.
it'll it. We resent the imputation a
at we are green enough and silly c.
Iough to believe the fairy tale told g
President Gates =,