The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-05-15

The fact that some 80 men, mos
of them substantial business men
gathered at Colfax Sunday at tn,
semi-annual meeting of the Palous,
Council of Boys Scouts, to work on
the problems of the organization, il
encouraging, showing that there is al
increasing number of men who are
willing to give some time and thought
to the problems of the growing boys
They will find that the investment is
a good one. Boys cannot be left to just
grow up. Men who are capable OF
doing things, and who have, influence
best influence them by working
through an organization like the Boy
Scouts. The time and money invest
ment will, in the long run, perhaps
bring greater returns in good citizen
ship than investments which we some
times consider more important, and to
which we give greater attention.
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Every effort is being made to drag
the American Legion into politics. In
dividually, members have the right to
do as they please in this regard. They
had that right ever since they reach
ed their majority, and the war hasn't
changed things. But as an organiza-
ton the American Legion will never
declare in favor Of a certain political
party No chance. or course, you
will find political wire-pullers among
the membership who will attempt to
use the Legion for the benefit of this
or that party, but they can't do much.
They were in politics before they en-
tered the service and the war didn't
change them, either Legion posts
are made up of democrats and repub-
licans and when any one man or set
of men attempt to deliver" that vote
in campaign it will be discovered
that the task rs not an easy one. In
fact, it can't be done.-LewistQn Ban
ner.
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MANY who call themselves Ameri-
cans are waiting to hear the guns
roaring again on the other side OF
the Atlantic. There is profit in it for
them. others are waiting to hear the
blast furnace, and the sound of the
hammer, and the hum Of the man In
the field There is peace, and happi-
ness and contentment in these noises
for them We coined money during
the last war, but we paid dearly for
our riches in the end. And there are
those who are ready to coin it again
under like conditions. The person
who would see the ravages of another
war for the sake Of personal gain is
a poor American. He is not an Ameri-
can. He should be invited to close the
door softly behind him as he boards
an outgoing ship, and forget to re-
turn.-Nez Perez Herald.
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THE FUTURE PRICE OF WHEAT.
DR.. G. F. Warren, head of the de
partment of Agricultural Economics
and Farm Management at Cornell
University, has recently written a
seventy-two page bulletin on Prices
of Farm Products in the United Stat
es." in which he make the statement:
until Russia again becomes an ex-
porting nation the outlook for the ex-
port of wheat and rye is apparently
more favorable than for most other
farm products" He also shows that
wheat at the present time is much be-
low the average index wholesale price
of all commodities.
These two statements should give
the wheat producer of the northwest
a ray of hope for the future, and en-
courage him to raise wheat II he is
going to stay in the farming game.
With a favorable foreign market, |
surplus is not likely to accumulate In
this country, and for that reason
wheat should maintain a somewhat
higher price level than other farm
products.
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