The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-10-25
NATIONAL HONESTY


tries. 1t is generally known tina!
American business morals, much as
we dislike to admit it, are not up C
the Chinese morals.
A business man who deals with the
Chinese recently made public the
statement that he always felt sure
that the members of his race will pay
their debts. He said that if an un-
known Chinaman asked for credit he
always felt sure in granting it, know
ing from long experience that at the
proper time the little Celestial will
come across with the money. A Chi
naman in his own country doing bust
ness in America might have some
doubts as to the ACCESSIBILITY of advan-
cling credit without knowing his man.
Th1 annual loss of any American
business firm, doing a large credit
business verifies this. A streak of
dishonesty which is no credit to the
American people, seems to have it's
hold on a certain percentage of peo-
pie, and makes it necessary for the
American business man to look close
ly to his credits.
This dishonesty is not confined to
individuals of limited means, but
is said to crop out in the deal
ings of some of Americas so-called
big men with other nations, killing
confidence to an extent in the integ-
rity of America and affecting national
prosperity by interfering with Ameri-
can efforts to obtain business in for
eign lands.
Sharp practices in business are in
the long run Improbable.
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TRADE AT HOMES PHILOSOPHY
The purchasing power of an individ-
ual or a community is a big asset and
a source of power. Just as man can
help his friends to advance by giving
them his patronage, 80 the commun-
ity has in its hands a tremendous
purchasing power which it can use for
its own development if it sees fit If |
it prefers to use that purchasing pow
er in buying goods in distant cities
and other communities, it's patron
age will be of assistance in building
up those places.
But if a community decides that it |
would rather build itself up than
scatter it's resources around the coun-
try in an aimless fashion, then it
has in its own hands tremendous
power to produce it's own advance
ment.
Our people face the choice, shall
we build up our own city, shall we
be loyal to it, keep our resources at
home and stand together as one
band of friends and associates and
partners, or shall we scatter and
throw away our power over the
country?
THE BIGNESS OF AGRICULTURE
How big is agriculture?
1T is bigger than most of US reckon.
1t has been figured out from the
best authorities that 135 million men
and So million women throughout the
culture, or total of 1877 million.
1t would be a safe estimate to say
hat three persons are dependent up
IN agriculture for a livelihood to ev-
cry person directly engaged in ag
or a total of 74S, 100000 of
men, women and children in the world
who are directly dependent upon ag-
'iculture for a livelihood.
Then add the enormous number of |
'ersons who are engaged in market n
ng and manufacturing grain and n
rain products, meat and meat prod /
cts, milk and milk products, cotton
nd flax and silk and their products, r
ogether with potatoes, hay, truck +,
rops, sugar, tea and coffeer, tobac- W
0, ETC., cts, and the bigness of ag- A
iculture stagger the mind. S
Agriculture is by far the biggest pl
lsiness in the world. Idaho Farmer. o.
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THE INTOXICATED MOTORIST
There is nothing more deadly in
merica than the intoxicated motor
t, says the Idaho Statesman. 70
A San Francisco electrician, driv- hi
g his car while drunk, ran down dc
d killed girl of four Sober and M
ushed by the calamity, he offered pa
) own daughter to the bereft par ne
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They refused, of course. There is ~