The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-11-23
THANKSGIVING

Tomorrow, in accordance with tn,
custom established by the Pilgrim
fathers, some 800 years ago, Thanks
giving day will be observed by thu
American people. The day is set aside
by proclamation Of the president o.
the United States and the governors
of the various states, as day wheI
we shall give thanks to Almighty Goo
for his wonderful blessings. The peo-
pie of the United States, and especial
ly those Of our own favored district
and community, have abundant rea-
son to be thankful, when we compare
our condition with the condition OF
the peoples of the other nations OF
the world. We have garnered an
abundant crop, sufficient to feed all
our people and with a substantial
surplus to ship to other nations. Our
freedom is only curtailed when it in
fringes upon the rights of others, and
we have grown, within recent years,
to be the guiding star to the peoples
of the earth, setting before other no.
tions an ideal which will result as
the years go by in lettering the con-
ditions of untold millions of people.
We should be thankful to the AL
mighty that He has led us in the
paths of right and given into our
hands the power and the desire to do
good to Others.
We have reason to be thankful es-
pecially at this time for the sentiment
created by our own leaders for the
and should pray to God on this
Thanksgiving day that the leaders of
the great powers who are now in con-
ference may be guided toward an
agreement which will eventually
make war impossible.
In our own community we have
the greatest reason to be thankful. !
There is perhaps not another district |
in the entire United States as free
from want and strife as the district I
where we are privileged to live and
probably few, if any, communities
where there is as little want as in our
community. We are in a
where Christianity, edu-
cation and high ideals abound, and
are entirely free from the conditions
which surround those in the crowded
cities, even Of our own country. We
have everything that we can right
fully ask to make life worth while.
With these blessings, however, come
which we may not
overlook. First, to get the most out
If Thanksgiving day, we should see
o it that no one in our community is
n want on that day and second we
hould resolve in return for the bless .
ngs which have been showered upon
Is, and which are purely gifts from
he Almighty, that we will, as we go
through life, aid others less fortunate |
7herever and whenever we can. t
p - - II
While there is still complaint about a
e elusive dollar not having the buy k
1g power that it should have, it is s
noticeable fact that it is gaining in
over steadily, and within another
x monhs, unless we miss our guess, q
.aple article will have dropped con- =
lerably from present prices. 1t will ie
lily be by putting merchandise of all Il
nds down to a point within reach of o.
lie buying public that business will
increased and the factory wheels
It humming. OF course, this gets u
.ck to the price of labor, the manu- =,
cturer claiming that he cannot man w
acture his products with high je
iced labor and sell them at an at w
active price. The labOrer or the -
or both, will have to ad
t down off the perch sooner or he
ter and it is time right now when or
tn may well make some conces-
ms and get prices generally down m,
a basis somewhat near that Of tir
m products. tel
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