The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-06-02
WANT GOOD LIVING
WITH LITTLE WORK
DR. STEVENSON SAYS is CONDI-
TION IN EAST-DEPLORES RUSH
FROM THE FARMS

"' l want a good living, but l won't
earn it myself" That motto. while
not written on the forehead with
paint and brush, nevertheless seems
to be deeply impressed in the ana
tony of thousands of men in all the
large cities, and small ones too, and
is the prime factor that has to do with
the perplexing problems of the hour
states DR.. ]. w. Stevenson, who re-
Gently returned from an eastern trip,
during which he visited Chicago and
other large cities.
Everywhere it is the same Busi-
ness of every sort is so burdened with
the expense to carry on, that men
hardly see way out. Short hours
and high wages are not only killing
Off those who must pay for labor,
skilled, or otherwise, but is so react
ing on the worker as we'll, that both
are in a delema.
!" There are not many communities
where the farmer and his prosperity.
or lack of prosperity, may be ignored.
But notwithstanding the fact that the
farm is the best place in the world.
a grossly mistaken idea seems to have
gotten into the minds of a majority
OF the younger generation, who, have
found everywhere, are treking' to
the city and there help to swell the
multitudes who live, or exist, under
the conditions which they themselves
have brought about. When those who
ought to be working on the farm
choose to run away from it and add
their quota to the congestion of ur-
ban life, the cost is doubled at each
end. Indeed, if it were only doubled
it would not be so bad, but at the
city end it is quadrupled, while as a
result of his leaving the farm the cost
of those who are left to till the soil
is more than doubled by reason of
the excessive wages that must be paid
for help.
The above are a few of the things
which made an impression on nv
mind during my recent stay in Chi
cago, and calls at other points east
Of the Rockies. l lived in Chicago
for eleven years, and at a time when
life was not quite so strenuous as
now, but even then I was glad to
forsake it. Now, however, the unde-
sirable features have greatly in
creased. Chicago. however, has be-
come the medical center of the United
States, and for that reason may con-
tinue to attract me from time to time"
Asked regarding conditions in the
Inland Empire, as compared with con-
1itions in the states east of us. DR..
stevenson said: On my return trip,
while in Colorado Springs, [ was pre-
sent at an affair where many of the
guests were from other states, as /
was. A number were called upon to
give an expression of what was on
heir mind, and when my turn came l
could not refrain from reminding
hose who had spoken in such glowing
erms of their respective states, that,
they wished their hallucinations to
continue, they must never come to
daho and the Inland Empire, for then
hey must admit that they had only
,een living on husks, which might be
I'll right for the swine of Iowa and
Kansas. but as for Idaho, it was the
and of the bread of life,' and, like
1oses, if they tarried not too long in
he wilderness of which they were
casting, they might see this goodly
and before they died. One man
eemed to think I was putting 1t
trong, but how could I tell who might
e next?"
DR.. Stevenson stated that in his
rip from Pendleton to Moscow, re-
urning home, he found a. crop pros
ect which could not be excelled.