The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-22
Arthur Brisbane, Hearsts wei


self a few days ago as seeing in tn
drop in the price of wheat the princi
pal bright spot in the days news, as i
would mean cheaper food. About al
1t meant was that the farmer woul,
have to stand little more loss OF
his crop, while the drop in the price
would probably never get to the con
sumer. No benefit can result for any
class of people in the United States
by a further drop in the price OF
wheat When the farmer, or any class
produces at a loss, or without profit
all business must suffer
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The death of Judge j. r. Strong
marked the passing of a man who
could easily be ranked among Mos
cows best citizens In his private
life and public life he stood out as
a clean, honest, honorable man, faith
full to every trust, kindly and occur
teous in his relations with other peo-
pie. Judge Strong was a Christian
gentleman, and has left to his chill
dren a heritage which is mare valu-
able than any amount of money that
he might have made.
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THE BLOT ON THE RECORD
The following editorial from the Ida
no Statesman is we'll worth reproduc-
ing as resume of President Harding's
reason for his veto of the soldiers
bonus bill, in which the senate up
held him:
President Harding threw open to
the American people Tuesday the
ledger upon which is written our obli-
cation to the service men and tho
payments we have made. In the light
OF what was written there, the much
advertised bonus bill dwindled to a |
petty and futile political effort, not a |
big demonstration of affection after
all.
been told the whole story. 1t was a i
story of obligations gladly and gen.
erously met. 1t was the story Of a |
treasury thrown open to wounded and |
needy service men, generously and |
without apology, and of an American
people who had already gladly mort
gagged their future years to the extent
of $25, 900, 600, 900 to repair the dam
age war had wrought upon their sons
Some of the figures were most force Il
full: $50, 100000 expended in hospital
ization already; $35,OOO,0O0 expended
in construction; $47O,OOO, 900 set aside
for next years hospital expense.
Over $4,000 veterans are taking AS
different kinds of vocational courses
at our expense, $1,000 of them in in
dustriaI establishments, 5000 in spec
ial government classes; and 100000 /
eligible to this service Over 276, 900
patients have been hospitalized and !
A total of $3.50, 900, 900
has been paid the wounded men, their
dependent relatives and the relatives
If those who made the supreme sacri-
ice. We are spending about $S,OOO,-
100 a month on these payments. And
when we add together all of them,
present and future, for hospitals,
of the disabled, the or
ohans and widows, the education of
he inca pacitated, the total of our self
ssumed obligation is twenty-five bill
ions.
President Harding saw clearly that III
he bonus measure could not materi- /
lily enhance our record for protecting
ne men who suffered. He saw it as
puny effort to gain political publ
ity by increasing our public debt
ne-sixth to distribute the money
mong less than 100000 of the 11O,
lillions of American citizens, who, in
ne way or another, were alike striv-
lg to win the war.
He saw it to be wrong in principle, II
IN a supreme offering be paid for
it'll cash? Are American soldiers
red mercenaries? Is it not an af-
ont to the men who escaped wounds? II
e saw, too, that the finances of it
e wrong, that there is no provision
r raising the money, no machinery to
lid up reserve. He saw, further
IRE, that it is a blow to the economy
manded alike by the service men
d all other citizens, a slipshod
sasure, which, while gaining no new
Try for those who have given and
edged SO much, wipes out every
ng accomplished in a year and a
after of insistence upon reduced
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