The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-02-27

of Indiana. he has caused no end OF
trouble for administration Republi-
cans who have wantcd-but has hest.
tated-io hand him a plum from tas
very top OF the plum tree. There are
half dozen more conspicuous figures
in the same class. and if hisiory does
nothing more than repeat itself they
will eventually be comfortable tucked
away in places that pay wages enough
for good board and clothes. a few lux
uries-and with careful handling a
tidbit for a rainy day In this way
Uncle Sam is constantly demonstrate
ing that he has a kind and loving dis
position and that he believes in this
indirect method OF providing old-age
pensions for those who. though out of
luck with the voters. have nevertheless
served him we'll in conspicuous places
More Enlightened People.
Georgians never tortured the
witches" but they appear to breed be-
nighted people OF the same stripe that
made Salem. Massachusetts. famous in
American history A few days ago
an agent OF the Z. 0. Department Of
Agriculture was shot to death. and an
other agent seriously wounded. by IA
tives OF 'benighted" Georgia settle
ment where the government and the
state were operating in cattle tick
eradication A similar tragedy oc-
CURED in Arkansas last year
Whether the Georgians and the Ar
kansas think their cattle are being mis-
treated by relieving them OF ''cooties"
IS not clear. but there is the same re-
sentiment in parts OF the south against
tick eradicators that was manifested
toward government revenue agents in
the days when moonshine was made in
the mountain Businesses instead OF in
the city Easements The government
has long advocated cattle raising in
the south The cheap lands and the
climate combine 10 make production
economical and practical. But 'he cat
lie OF the south are scrawny unless the
ticks can be kept off And even though
the process has been demonstrated
over and over by the government the
idea does not seem to get across on q
large scale. OF course shootings like
those in Georgia and Arkansas are
uncommon. but it is nevertheless true
that large par, of the south has an
prejudice against dipping
the cattle that has prevented the pro-
gress OF the agricultural department
in its altruistic endeavors.
Pan-America
South and Central American coun-
tries are apparently tracking most
amiably with the big United States.
and there has been less and less OF the
pre-war talk OF jealousies. paternal
ism. Imperialism. and all that sort OF
thing Evidently the Latin Ameri-
cans have learned practical lessons by
observing how "the big fish ate up the
little ones" in the Old World. This
may have decided them that their
best interests were not likely to be adj
vanced through their continued flrta-
tons with German colonization pro-
jects, or even with England in its eff
forts at increasing the British COM
mercial relations to the point of mon
opolizing trade in certain Central and
South American countries.
There is in Washington a compact
OF official representatives
Of all countries embraced in the Pan
American Union. and all these are CO.
operating with the United States gov
.rnment in a manner that indicates
he future relations between all the
North American nations will be di-
-ccted toward mutual effort in secur
ng amity and cooperative effort to at
ain economic and political ideals.