The daily star-mirror., 1923-07-26


THE (WEEKLY) IDAHO POST
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fMEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESs>
IT conditions, as some claim, are
not what they ought to be at the
state penitentiary, why wouldn't it
be a good place to keep away from
Any young man headed that way may
we'll stop and consider that the ac-
commodations are not the best in the
world, and change routes at the next
cross roads.
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Every boy of high school age should
be willing to step out into the Pa
commensurate with his strength. He
will do himself good physically and
financially; will gain information re-
garding farming operations which he
would never gain loafing about town,
and will be doing a real service for
his community at this time when a
big crop is to be harvested and few
men are available to do the work
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1t is reported that the presidential
party will probably cross the contin-
ent by rail, instead of taking the
Panama canal route, the president be-
ing fearful of the effect of the long
trip on Mrs. Harding's health. The
American people sincerely hope that
less indisposed during the Alaska
jaunt, will not suffer any serious re-
suits from the trip. The public has
learned to admire the woman who,
through i'll health, has held her place
at the presidents side and assisted
him in every way possible.
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- MADOO'S PLATFORM
Mr.. McAdoo, according to the views
given out in Washington as his own
if not publicly expressed by him, be-
lieves the democrats can win next
year, provided they nominate the
right candidate and put out the right
kind of platform.
AS to the candidate Mr.. McAdoo
believes he should be moderately
radical That means, the Kansas
City Star supposes, he should be radi-
cal enough for the radicals and not |
too radical for the conservatives.
With such a candidate, and maybe
Mr.. McAdoo has one in mind, there |
should go a platform selected with |
equal care. 1t should declare for gov |
ernment regulation of the railroads |
with the object of reducing freight |
rates on the one hand and giving rail-
road labor what it wants on the |
other. That's plank that ought to
fetch erybody-except perhaps
those few obdurate persons who deny
the railroads can pay operating ex-
penses out of operating losses. But
political platforms are not concerned
with those details of the science of
economics. Thus there should be an
other plank in this winning platform
declaring for intelligent" " aid to the
farmer. All parties are for giving
aid of some kind to the farmer, but
here's aid of a really constructive
Kind. 1t must be intelligent. No
body ever thought of that before and
some political thinking of a truly
original character.
The foreign relations plank is not
ess original. 1t is to declare for
affirmative international co-opera-
ion based both on economic and al
Rustic grounds, with disarmament
brown in for good measure. This
GEMS to take care of all schools of
olitical thought, except perhaps the
-merican school which stands for the
ational defense
No platform on which moderate .
adical could stand would be com c
lete without a declaration in regard ]
} prohibition and this is supplied !
y plank which perhaps is the .
oo' "oiuoii iuiiy SohoIl uCteu OI any d
the entire structure 1t is to re- y
'gnize prohibition as fact, but not @
acessarily by a declaration to that b
feet. That would be one way in a
sed, but there's another. 1t could y
: done through "a notice tanta- :
cunt to such a declaration" Let
q ulatform saw nOthiDp about nro
bition and both the vets and the II
US will accept such silence as tan 1!
mount TOTO whatever they want n
to be tantamount to. IL
Some persons might regard such =
atform as meaningless Maybe it