Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-08-28

Ahey are ONLY
oegree less mighty than tho one
: Massachusetts,. We all tna anti
from our high taxes ana this
: the results of government bus, seen
action; how they tend TO exna mess In
grasp after more power over r@1 ,s and
dividual citizens. The morn,, ue In
and the hcrdes of emnloro. cost
more and more, and extras -
about time this tendency i 4 Is
good and hard. fought
More than one million ohus
gainful occupation in this - u
Awful, is it not?
Seven hundred thousand wo.,
FARMS They feed and milk 49,. "
they chop wood, thye helm 20 "S
the crops and Some of them ao,n a,'
ly pillow. Think of it. A few a
and youngsters will do what a, 'uS'
nine out of ten successful mon h1
proudly OF having done in their ..s
and in many cases earlier
They plow! This state Of ..,
is terrible. 1t must be stonnod $40
mighty propaganda is arousos
stop it. This law will Permit oo1
gress to see to it that Johu
Mary's youth shall be one orons
glorious holiday, duly safeguards ~
our benevolent government. with :
horde of lynx-eyed inspectors 70 to,,
your place as the judge of wb.,
John and Mary should do.
Persons who are not vet old 90,
recall when nearly every child Ia
came worker of some kind hofo.
reaching sweet sixteen. Even wealthy
people let or made their children d.
some kind of work, as a necessarv
part of ones training in life.
1t is that way on most farms n,
children under II, statistics Show g.
per cent are on farms doing some
light work.
This law says: "Mr. Farmer. all
under Is can go on a picnic. You will
De fined and imprisoned if YOU at
Tempt to make them work. The
abor of every child of every parent
rood or bad, will be brought under
his law.
The childrens' bureau. in Washing.
on, is the author. The bureau
tarted out to duly find out and ad.
Use, and now has Jurisdiction over
our child before it is born. If this
esolution becomes a law, it will give
hem control over your child until it
caches maturity-1S years of age;
ne boy who chops kindling for the
lmily, as well as the mythical "tiny
IT." who wends her way in the early
forming darkness to a twelve hour
lsk in dingy factory
This regulation of everything by the
over of law has sneaked in upon
and it is going to take the efforts
real he-men to jar it loose, and
turn to the old time plan of de-
ending upon human intelligence to
'ep us Oh solid ground.
We got along much better in the
d days when people were expected
determine some few things with
It the guidance of law, and it was
darned sigh cheaper and better and
: were all happier aud healthier
Statistics show now an army Of
lillian employees in the United States
over three million, or one in every
, families. The payroll is three Bill
n of dollars, and a report of the
Ill service reform leagues says one
arter Of the salary is wasted in
employees, unnecessary
plications of work, inadequate
nagemeDt, and antiquated meth
); matter that could be stopped
be saving to our taxpayers Oh
en- hundred million dollars year.
Is league also recommends the a.
ishmcnt of over one-third OF the
eaus now functioning in this man
lays +. Dana of the League. I'VE
a country, have let matters am
far too long. We are not only
sting our patrimony, but we afs
tinuing bad habits which are "'
ling more firmly fixed
ur form of government has ehans'
under our very eyes into ue'
C bureaucracy,-it is not uenv
". Very few now seem concern
lbout truth or justice or the hear
burdened taxpayer. l consider
slative pruning process. Inc ~
of all dead. unwise and oOler
able statutes are Of more III
ance to the taxpayer. IL d
credit of Senators Boran anu
ling of Idaho as having 'O''
INST these resolutions when pie
ed TO tbe Senate: still the im0,