The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1922-10-26

4 ~'sAaioh Ion IL. treucn VI
a tied our little city Tuesday. He W,
a on an auto tour with Ex-ieutenal
Governor Herman Taylor of San
point, fixing his political fences
this part of his district. He's SON
fixer, too, when it comes to polite,
1enees Suave, smooth, almost oil,
II ne could only measure up in cons
ress as well, but that's another matte
what he does there. This is about hi
visit and talk to the audiences fo
his campaign. He was not quite u
TO his usual form. Perhaps long serv
ice has somewhat dulled his keennes.
but his process was typical-the sam
old bird song. He spread colorfully OF
the accomplishments of the nationa
administration, pointed impressively
to the bright streaks in the becloudee
sky and promised more than the ap
proach of prosperity" just around the
corner;" and we hope he gooc
prophet. He told of the great uplift
industry was receiving from the re-
Gently enacted tariff law, of the ex
tensive building operations and large
demand for building material. He
held up crisp $40 BILL and said down
in Nampa he saw some men working
on the street and they told him they
were getting $3.50 per day. 1t took
them about three days, then to earn
that $40 bill; while over in England
today it takes the day laborer eight
days to earn it, and in other European
countries more days. He said lot OF
things like this, but-he didn Il tell us
they are making this $40 bill buy over
three times as much in England as it
will here, except in farm products.
He quoted wheat price favorable
to the U. S. farmer as against the
Canadian, price he had picked up.
SOME months ago; but he didn t quote
The comparative prices today at the
coast markets of this and that coiln
;ry.
He said the new tariff law was a
armers' tariff, but he didn't tell sus
he spud, apple and other like crops
re rotting on the ground all over the
Northwest for want of market.
He said the wheels of industry in
he marts of trade were humming, but
e didn't tell us about the vast army
f unemployed in those marts. No; 4
e picked out detail here and ther,
hat would fit his case and used that
B. L.
He didn't tell us why Harry Agr |
II, Galen johnson, Glen Miller and
ANY more of our young men and the |
oung men from every other farming
are going to the cities this
inter to find employment-no-o- 600
He doesn't sling mud-not in the
iual rough way. That's not the best
ay TO get Votco.
He didn't say that having about |
m in his meeting the local candidates
giving his advent local color and
uch-was a good vote getting
heme-for him. d
He spoke of the great improvements |
saw being made on his return from
But he didn't say wheth
they were in the cities or rural dis
cts. Have you noticed any special
tivity in that line anywhere in this
rt of the statef
He didn't ask if any of us could
member how many bushels of wheat
took to buy binder, plow, harrow,
i'll. suit of clothes, etc., before the
r, and how many it ta.,es now for (
. purchase of such items
He spoke of the beneficient effec'
the resumption of the war finance
ard. But he didn't ask if any one
all this prairie country knew OF
' one who had gotten dollar q
,refroms Nor did he refer to the 5
n of $3.50 this board made to 9
m and Fred Gooding, brothers Of t
Senator.
lie spoke of the million and a quar- 7
more automobiles in circulation
the u. s. now than year ago, but ?
didn It say that most all of these |
re in the cities; not among the far t
rs.
lie praised the war emergency tar n
law. Do any of you remember /
at the price of wheat was in April J
i, when that law was passed, and F
at it has been ever sincc9 q
inally he approached House Bill ~ G
he one that almost became law, o
|, know. He stated that he didn't F
ieve Mr.. Walters, his Democratic e
,nent. had read his bill. But Mr.. i
tiers had read the bill; so had the 81
usand other farmers and business o
n of Idaho who made the protest 0
t prevented its signature which t
uld have made it law. Mr.. Wat 8
read the bill in his speech here a a
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