The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-07-19
CHAMBER HEARS
PRACTICAL TALKS
FRENCH TALKS GOVERNMENT
COSTS-ROTH TELLS HOW
FARMERS MAY PROSPER


The members of the Moscow cham
ber of commerce were treated to
radio concert an address by Dean o.
p Cockerill by radio, and to most
interesting talks from Congressman
Burton L. French, who arrivd at home
from Washington Tuesday evening, c.
B. Ross, secretary of the state farm
bureau, and Dean M. E. Haggerty of the
school of ducation, University of
Minnesota. The meeting was one of
special interest and was well attend
ed.
Francis Jenkins made a plea for the
S. A. E. boys, who are selling bonds
to finance the building of an addition
to their fraternity home. 1t was
shown that the first mortgage bonds,
bearing per cent, are an excellent in
vestment, the boys being in position
to retire these bonds at the rate of
at least $4,000 per year. Rolston But
terrified, chairman of the committee
from the chamber of commerce to aid
in financing the building, asked Mr..
Jenkins be added to the committee,
which was done.
Why Government Cost is High
Congressman Burton L. French was
greeted with applause by the business
men of his home city when he arose
to speak. He told something Of busi-
ness conditions and then explained
briefly why the cost of government
is high, and is not making rapid pro-
gress to normalcy. He suggested that
perhaps a new standard of normalcy
has been set and that we will never
0ot ho oh to n1 q
made it very clear to those who heard
him just why the cost of government
is high.
Every group Mr.. French said, sees
only it's own point of view, asking for
money to forward it's own interests
and forgetting that the country is
made up of similar groups, all asking
for money Every school and every
department in the schools, he said,
wanted, and probably needed, more
money, to carry on the work of educa-
ton as efficiently as could be desired
Every community where there is a
United States land office wants the
Office, with it's corps of employees con-
tinued, no matter whether there is
sufficient public lands in the districts
to warrant it or not Chambers of
commerce and other organizations
from all parts of the United States
are urging congress to appropriate
money to be expended in their particu-
lar district. Many communities are
asking for the establishment of air
mail routes, at the cost of huge sums
of money, forgetting that what one
community asks another will ask.
If the local demands were consider
ed, the congressman said, the govern
ment budget, which is approximately
four billions of dollars, would prob
ably be nearer fifteen billions
Regarding the government employ
es at Washington, Mr. French stated
that while the number had been great
ly reduced since the war ended, there
are still on the payroll almost double
the number employed before the war.
Would Aid Agriculture
G. B. Ross, Idaho state farm bureau
secretary, who came from South Ida
no to Latah county to attend the an
nual farm bureau picnic Tuesday,
made an enthusiastic plea for better
farming and more prosperity. He
first, however, told of the excellent
feeling in south Idaho toward the un-
iversity, and the appreciation of the
work which is being accomplished and
said that a larger enrolment from
south Idaho might be expected each
year in the future. He credited the
school with creating much
among the farmers.
Mr.. Ross, who is real dirt farm
er, and a good one, said that the farm
bureau in south daho has inagurat-
ed a program in which the COW,
the pig and the hen," are the big
factors, and which, will, in few
years, mean millions of dollars in ex-
ira cash for the southern part of the
state. He said he did not realize until
he arrived in Latah county the need
there is for diversified farming here,
but since he had travelled over the
warning to the farmers to begin di-
versifying and to begin at once, and
quit robbing the soil. He said that
Latah county, according to the farm
bureau records, has 1875 farmers, and
that if these farmers would diversity
the returns from the
farms annually would be millions OF
dollars more than they are now. aud
IN a few years the county would
again be growing big wheat crops
which have made the Palouse coun-
.ry famous. He said tlNt two brood
sows on each farm would more than
pay the county taxes.
Mr. Ross pointed out some of the
,hings the college of agriculture is
ioing for the farming industry in the
state and said that the financial loss
rom people not being educated is
many times greater than tne cost Of
sducation, especially in agriculture.
The talk was a rousing boost for
,etter farming.
Dean Haggerty of the University of
spoke briefly on conditions
n Minnesota and also urged iiversi-
led farming, stating that dairying had
made Minnesota prosperous and had
,uilt up the fertility of the soil, In
tead of depicting it.
An interesting feature Of the meet
ng was Dean CockerilPs address,
which was carried to the room by ra
10. 1t was largely a boost for Mat
g. L,