The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-08-18
JUST SURPRISING

JUST SURPRISING
All the measures on the ballots il
various states were passed at com
ing elections-would the states be
better or worse if they were moi
passed?
If they are passed it is certain that
the tax bill will be largely increased.
If they are not passed it is certain
that the tax bill entailed by their pass
age would not be loaded onto the
people.
Under these circumstances il is
well to know exactly what one is vot-
ing for before sanctioning new meas
~ures increasing cost of government.
Unless one knows exactly the re-
suits to follow, it is safer to vote no
than to vote for experiment at this
time that will increase government
overhead.
The future tax burden of any state
is largely up to the people. If they
vote it on themselves knowingly they
should not complain when payments
come ue-Manufacture and Indus
trial News Bureau.
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1t is one of the ironies of our dis
tributive system that big crops are
always a danger to those who pro-
duce them. AS Senator Smoot hint
ed to the Cuban sugar gro ers, there
is usually more money to be made
in artificially limiting production
than in taking full advantage of ma
lures bounty, says an exchange. The
country could absorb almost any in
crease in production, if it had a
chance; but we pass our foodstuffs
through such a narrow bOttle-neck on
their way from the farm to the kit
backs up and forms a glut. 1t seems
probable that this year the world de-
mand will be strong enough to take |
care of the bumper crops the govern
ment sees ahead; but an unusually
good season is always a ticklish bust
ness, needing to be handled with skill
and sagacity.
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The Idaho Statesman says that the
people of Idaho are calling for con-
structive platforms this year; that
pointing with PRIDE" and viewing
with ALARM will not do. The States
man is probably right There is about
as much bunk in the average political
platform as there is water in the stock
of most big corporations. A new
be welcome, but to get it, care must
be exercised in selecting the builders. ,
AS a matter OF fact, they won't be se--
lected; they will rather be self dele I
gated. Good politics, however, should /
dictate platform fairly free from I
bunk and when such a platform is I
placed before the people, the party, !,
whether it be republican or democrat, :
should stay with the platform. A plat !
form for campaign purposes only, g
don't do any material good. Ii
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While the comparative strength q
which Morgan and Alexander will =
show in the coming democratic con- II
'ention at HALEY cannot be known IL
or certain, it is apparent that both al
lave fighting chance for the NOM h
nation. North Idaho seems to be, for
he most part, favorable to Morgan,
.hich is natural, as north Idaho was III
lis home for many years. The bulk of - :.
oh
Y for Alexander, but it is reported ct
hat Morgan will break into his III
trength to some extent in parts of tn
1e south. The democrats are look IN
lg forward to a contest of real in De
rest when convention day arrives. III
We are inclined to believe that the
Ill strike is nearing and end, wheth- pi
the government takes a hand or co
ot. There are signs of a growing ia
the expressions given olt to the th
'ess, instead of the bravado which alb
aracteriZed earlier statements. an
hen the strike situation is settled, 30
siness in the United States will go De
So
lead by leaps and bounds, the ~
rikes having, during the past couple ere
months, been the only brakes vii
1ich slowed down the wheels of re-
rning prosperity. MI
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A man may err in judgment, as all An
and may have various faults, but
he shows a spirit of honest jnten-
MS and fairness in his treatment Of .,sr
fellow man. it covers multitude /