Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-12-08
Views, Reviews, Interviews
and "reminiscences
BY E. l.. PLATE


Both the democratic and republican
press Of the state seem to be taking
the matter Of II. f. Samuels, late pro-
gressive candidate and runner up for
governors entry into the newspaper
game in light and even hilarious
manner and do not seem to think it an
event fraught with danger to both old
parties. In this respect differ from
my editorial brethren.
The editors predicate their case on
the fact that a third party can get
nowhere and cite past history in proof
of their contention 1t Is true third
parties so far have never got very far
but even so they have forced the two
major parties to adopt the ideas Of
the third party and put them into use
before the third party was consigned
to it's political grave And the same
thing win happen again. The repub-
iicans are In charge of the national
government, they are also in charge
Of the state government and they have
two years in which to do something
for the relief of the farmer and the
common people If they do not do
something they VIII find the new party
in popular favor and filling the offices.
II is not political condition we are
facing but an economic one and eco
monte conditions make political condi-
tions.
On November 18TH John Moody the
recognized authority on economies and
finance. addressing the bankers forum
at Cleveland put his finger on ono
Of the spots causing all the discon-
tent that Is lssdps. ittesstrss- tie
new party when he said.
THE present general average pur-
chasing power Of the American farmer
IS only about Ga per cent Of that Of
pre-war times whereas the purehas-
ing power OF labor, in the industrial
sections is still from 100 to lao per
cent Of pre.war times. The farmer
represents about one-third Of our to-
tai population; his normal contribu-
ton TO the wealth Of the country is
more than this Either farm prices
must rise or labor costs and other
living costs must fan in the long run"
9 . . .
Robert Il. smith. President Of the
Lumbermens Trust Company Bank.
Portland says;
'Eliminatine superficial causes and
coming right down to cases, the fore
es which determine the outcome of
any nationwide election are economic.
or specific units which compose the
country in It's entirety, this may not
be true in Oregon. for instance,
economic causes did not control the
result but the underlying causes of
tho discomfort and restiessness which
found vent on November 9TH in elect
ing different congress were surely
economic This is true. whether, as
some maintain. the vote cast was due
TO popular displeasure over the failure
Of congress to reduce taxes and ex-
ponditures. or whether it is really a
nation-wide demand for an adequate
readlusiment Of the inequalities Of
life Great newspapers Of both par
tics republican and democratic have
made comments on the election which
are feeble and Inadequate alike how
ever. these are purely political and
pretend 10 nothing else For Instance,
tho Sow York Tribune calls d a great
popular biander. while tho World de-
fclibas "a as triumph Of liberalism
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