The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-09-13
THE FARMER AND THE
POLITICIANS

POLITICIANS
The politicians who seek to capital
ize the unrest alleged to exist among
farmers are rendering a national SER
vice, though they are not aware of
the fact. The politicians are clear
ing the air, the discussions they have
set going have focused the attention
of the farmers of the entire country
upon their alleged troubles, with
the result that most of them have de-
MED that they are suffering from the
ills that the politicians insist are OPP
pressing them. The trouble has been
localized, it's nature has been dag
nosed, and various cures have been
suggested by competent advisers.
These discussions have not only en-
lightened the farmer, they have en-
lightened the entire country. A few
months ago we were all greatly
worried by the fear that the reduced
purchasing power of the farmer as
a result of low prices for wheat and
high prices for manufactured goods
would place an i"nsurmountable OBJ
stacle in the pathway of economic
recovery. We know now that only
the one-crop wheat farmer is seriously
affected, that in value his product
represents not more than ten per
cent of the total product of our
farms, and that his loss in purchas-
ing power has been large offset
by the increase in the purchasing
power of the farming industry in
general as a result of higher prices
for cotton, corn and the like.-Month-
1y Letter, American Exchange Ma
tional Bank.
The above is probably all true, but
the fact that the wheat farmer is not
as numerous as we who live in a
wheat-growing district are prone to
imagine, does not relieve the situation,
so far as the aforesaid wheat farmer,
and the people doing business in the
wheat district are concerned. There
seems to be a somewhat general tend
ing to admit that the wheat farmer is
getting the worst of it, and to let it
go at that.
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In New York there is a banker, ].
A. Stewart, who recently celebrated
his hundred-and-first birthday. That
he is chairman of the board of direc-
tors of a large banking house is evil
dence of the correctness of the state
ment that he continues in active work
and is mentally hitting on all
cylinders, says an exchange. And,
strange to relate, he has no advice
to offer as to how one should live
to become a c~entenarian. Those who
have watched his successful fight
against age say that he works ener-
getically during part Of each day,
spends part of his time in the open
air, is keenly interested in the every
day events of life and likes the world
and most of the folks in it.
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The secret of everlasting girlhood
is to be revealed by Dr.. Voronoff
about November, the doctor states and !
after that date we won't be able to
tell our daughters from their grand
mothers. Even with the doctors
secret still under cover, we have in !
mind several girls who have been
girls since we can remember.
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While the people who are credited
with manipulating the price of wheat
are not doing much for the Palouse d
farmer, the weather man has been I
doing his share, the harvest having \
been one of the most ideal in the
Of the Palouse country,
enabling the farmers to take care !
of their crops with the minimum
of hired help. |
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Moscow is one of the communities {
which so far has not lone its share /
in the way of contributing to the II
japanese relief fund. 1t may not be /
remembered that Japanese at once
to the aid of San Francisco at L
he time of the earthquake and fire {
n that city, and contributed on an s
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re willing to do as much for Japan. {
Also, from a humanitarian standpoint, E
he hunger of a little brown skinned &
apanese babe is just as acute as the Il
unger of one of our own children. +