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CALDWELL, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1915.
WEEKLY, $2.00 PER YEAR
EVENIS OF THE WEEK IN
IDJIHO Wim THE EDI
TOR'S GOMMENT
Boise is preparing to inaugurate the
new administration. For the second
time in the history of Idaho there will
be a Democratic governor while the
legislators and other officers are Re
publican. The administration of
Governor Hawley which came to a
close two years ago was an honest,
efficient and economical administra
tion. Governor Hawley made but one
serious mistake and that was when he
insisted upon the tull cash valua
tion without preparatory legislation.
The result was an extra session of the
legislature which was charged to the
Hawley administration. There is
every indication that the Alexander
administration will be honest, efficient
and economical and there are indica
tions that Mr. Alexander will be just
as determined as was Mr. Hawley in
putting into force pet theories. If
such comes to pass we may look for
ward to an early deadlock between the
executive and lesgislative departments
of the state government which can
not help but hinder the reforms pro
mised by all the newely elected state
officers.
Mr. Alexander was elected upon his
platform of ecnomy. He promised
great réductions in taxes for the pres
ent and the future elimination of all
taxes for state government. He will
be, and should be, held to a strict per
formance of his promise. There is
no way under the sun by which he
can escape the charge of ignorance or
duplicity if he fails. In holding him
to a strict account he is entitled to
put into force any reasonable meas
ure he may suggest. While on tl.e
stump Mr. Alexander was indifferent
about the legislature or the balance of
the ticket. He as governor was go
ing to deliver the goods. Mr. Alexan
der and the people well knew that he
as governor was powerless unless he
received the help and co-operation of
the other state officials. We should
not put too fine a point on these pro
mises made in the heat of the cam
paign. Let us give Mr. Alexander
such help as we can. The Republican
party and the Republican officials
should be big enough to work with
Mr. Alexander for the best interests
of all. By so doing one of two things
will happen. Either Mr. Alexander
will point the way to real economy in
state government or else he will
stand forever - discredited and blat
a
ant office seeker.
The Republican legislature should
keep in mimi that Mr. Alexander may
have some practical suggestions to of
fer that will be of the greatest bene
fit to the state. He is a careful busi
ness man and quite frequently such a
man can see things overlooked by
others. The aim and purpose of us
all is good government and we should
not depise the suggestions of any
one.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
There will be an innovation in Sun
day school next Sunday. An orches
tra has been organized by Mrs. W. C.
Stalker, and they have been practicing
for some weeks. Next Sunday thev
will appear in our Bible school, the
school opening at 10:30 sharp.
"The Triple Vision" wil| be the pas
tor's theme Sunday morning, the vis
ion of the realist, the vision of the
idealist, and the vision of the prophet.
If we can all get such a vision, it will
make the New Year a better one than
the Old Year has been.
Sunday evening Mr. Varney will
speak on "The Millenium," a theme
that is justly now of more than or
dinary interest. That the Millennium is
a reign of universal righteusness on
the earth men agree; but will it
be due to the personal reign of
Christ on the earth or to the gradual
diffusion of the gospel? When will
it begin? Where will evil men be
meantime? How will it close? Every
thoughtful, reverent man is asking
such questions. The sermon will give
no uncertain sound regarding the mat
ter.
The main auditorium has been
comfortably filled every Sunday tor
weeks, and now that the cold weather
seems to be broken we ought to be
compelled to open the side room. We
shall he glad if you help in doing this
Beginning with next Sunday and
closing with Friday Rev. E. B Mere
dith, recently from Joplin, Mo., will
preach in the church each day at
2:30 and 7:30 p. m„ The 2:30 meeting
will he in the lecture room, but the
7:30 meeting will be in the main audi
torium. Mr. Meredith was president
of Sioux Falls College for twelve
yeaj>, superintendent of missions in
Kansas, where there are over t>00 ttup
tist churches, for thirteen years, and
is worth hearing. If you care for
food for mind and heart, come and en
joy these meetings with us.
Wife Want» Divorce.
A divorce case in which Neta Meis
ter is plaintiff and Charles Meister is
defendant was filed in district court
here Wednesday. The Meisters have
resided in Natupa for several years.
The papers were immediately with
drawn after the case ws filed, and the
cause of the action thus withheld from
the public.
Miss Rue Olmstead gave a seven
o'clock dinner in honor of her broth
er, Frank Olmstead who is here
spending the holidays at home Nine
were present and an elaborate course
was spread.
J. W. Farmer of New Plymouth
was in the city a couple of days this
week transacting business.
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News Snapshots
Of the Week
Germanj surprised the English by carrying the war borne to them by sending warships across the North sea from Helgoland
to lombard the coast towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby. Between 300 and 400 civilians, many women and children,
were killed and wounded. The fighting continued on both aides of Germany, the losses to all the forces being tremendous. Kaiser
Wilhelm was reported as seriously ill in Berlin, the reports as to his ailment being diverse. Jacob Huppert, the wealthy New--.
. 01 rewei. was said to have bought the New York American league baseball team. The United States collier Jason that took a load of Christmas present» JÎ
o jtiiope ' Mi United the gifts Representative Hobson told a congressional committee that war with Japan was narrowly averted two years ago.
60V. COLP OF KIUS
POLICIES OF PRESENT
, Colquitt, democratic gover
nor of lexas, in a recently published
article, is unspairing of Iiis criticism
of President Wilson and administra
tion officials, claiming that the admin
istration policy has been weak and as
a result the entire south, a country of
natural richness, is paralized indus
trially, and thousands of the people of
that section are in distress. Gover
nor Colquitt says in part
"I he Wilson administration has
been the greatest failure in the his
tory of the presidency The south is a
land literally flowing with milk and
honey, it has made one of the biggest
and best crops in its history, and yet
because of the utter incompetency of
the men in charge of the government
its business is prostrated, its credit is
impaired and thousands of its people
are starving.
"The administration's tariff law was
pledged to lower the cost of living and
it has had the contrary effect. By
putting raw material on the free list
and keeping the protective tariff on
manufactured goods, it has condemned
American farmers by hundreds of
thousands to peonage and has enabled
the manufacturers, getting their raw
material cheaper, to charge higher
prices for their goods, which they
have done.
"Hides were free-listed and shoes
have gone higher. This is true of vir
tually every single item similarly
treated in the administration tariff
law. The American farmer gets less
for his raw materials, the American
working man pays more for the fin
ished products and both are robbed to
further enrich the protected manufac
turing trusts and combines.
British Dictation.
"The administration's foreign policy
has been imbecile. It has allowed
England to dictate conditions as to
cotton shipments to European coun
tires that enabled England spinners to
rob the American cotton growers of
half the value of their crops. England
stopped American shipments until
the English spinners had bought their
supply at six and a half cents a pound
and stored it in Texas and other
southern ware houses.
"Then England consented to declare
cotton not a contraband and France
followed suit a day or two later. Our
government weakly submitted to Eng
land's dictation, playing into the hands
of the English spinners and betraying
the American cotton growes as com
plctcly as il this country were an hng
lish vassal state.
"If I had been president I would
luv. served notice ou Englands pre
niici that our foreign trade in cotton
.iii.l other non -contraband „•.m.in >di
»as going forward w. h or with
out England's consent, and it ncces
san I would have sent American iron
clads to England's door to enforce
that notice.
Platform Violation.
Die ..dniiuistiation's repeal o! the
Panama canal toll exemption law m
violation of the party s national plat
form w..s another weak surrender to
England. If free tolls tor
ships had not been repealed hundred!
of American-owned ships Hying a tor
cigti Hag would have come under
American flag to get the u-ne t o h
exemption and we would tod.y '
\uierican merchant marine com
netent to carry our goods to foreign
irki-u We have no such merchant
marine and to supply it,the
administration is proposing
money, taxpayers money,
subsidized national shipping service.
Wilson
I spend
buying a
"The Wilson-Bryan management of
èsà-K-i
i i. muht it back without getting
1'u VC .-iln le The y n o w ask congress to
anororri ite $500.000 to pay the ex
app l"i of that ridiculous expedition
& ; S h ? Whät did i, accomplish
lur all Mexico aflame against
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rican.
It brought on a reign of terror all
along the Texas border, so that when
the federal government refused to af
ford protection for our people in their
own state I was forced to send 1200
Texas troops down there to give it.
"Mexican bandit gangs were cross
ing the border into Texas, raiding ^nd
terrorizing our scattered people. Wo
men and children were huddled to
gether in brick houses, always men
anced with murder and worse. My
desk was Hooded witFi telegrams from
chambers of commerce, bankers,
stockmen and other responsible citi
zens praying for protection all along
our 1200-mile frontier.
"The federal government had only
sixty troopers at Brownsville to cover
more than two-thirds of that long
border. When I rushed the Texas
state troops down there, stationing a
company at each of the principal bor
der towns, 1 instructed them not to
cross the river nor in any way to vio
late the neutrality laws, but at all cost
to protect the lives and property of
Texas people.
Fake Anti-Trust Laws.
"The administration's anti-trust
laws are barefaced fakes so far as pro
tecting the people from trust oppres
sion is concerned. These laws please
nobody so well as the Standard Oil,
the steel and other great trusts.
"I believe at first that the federal
reserve banking act was the adminis
tration's one meritorious achieve
ment, but now bankers tell me it is
going to prove a failure. The control
of the system in practice appears to
rest in New York City instead of in
Washington.
"I am fully convinced the national
election of 1916 will end the demo
cratic regime. The policies of the
ly failed either to curb monopolies or
democratic administration have whol
lower the cost of living for the peo
ple, and they have materially con
tributed to deprive millions of wage
earners of employment.
"The administration valorized $20,
000,000 worth of corporate securities'
owned in the north and east by a
treasury department order to national
banks to loan money on listed securi
ties at not less than the closing quota
tions of July, 1914, but the same ad
ministration when asked to allovv the
people to use a quarter of a billion
dollars of their collective credit for
two or three years to save them from
losing $500,000,000 on their cotton crop
regarded the valorization as violative
of sound government.
Misery in South.
"The president stood in the road
and condemned the south, which made
more widespread misery than it has
known in three generations. He vin
dicated an obsolete theory of political
economy, but he mighty near ruined
the country doing it. _
"1 raised among my personal friends
in Texas more than $10,000 for the
Wilson campaign fund, and the only
favor 1 asked of him was that he ap
point men who would aid the Texas
state government to enforce the law
long the Mexican border. It was my
arncst desire to assist in making the
democratic national administration the
uccess, but I wouldn't sacrifice the
lonor of my state nor the welfare of
her people to win the favor of any
idministration. ■
"At no time have 1 failed to get
courteous treatment from the leaders
of the Mexican revolutionists. I sym
pathize with Americans who have pro
perty rights in Mexico that ought to
have been protected."
THE FULL TEXT OF
SECRETARY'S REPORT
ON RURAL CREDITS.
The following is the full text of the
section on Rural Credits in the report
of the Secretary of Agriculture for
the year 1914: .
Closely related to production and
distribution of farm products is the
securing of capital by farmers on bet
ter terms. This problem has attract
ed the profund attention of the coun
try and st ill awaits a full solution. I he
difficulties arise partly from thedif
fusion and sparseness of the rural
population, partly from the failure of
proper business adjustment, and part
ly from the inadequacy of the security
which part of the farming populaUon
normally can offer for loans The
problem is one of extending the■ junk
ing machinery and facilities more in
timately into the country district» for
the convenience and the assistance of
the rural population an« 1 the effectue
mobilization or utilization of the re
Sources of the country people them
selves.
The chief difference of opinion aris
es over whether there should be spe
cial aid furnished by the government.
There seems to be no emergency
Which reqnres or justifies govern
ment assistance to the farmers direct
ly through the use of the government
cash or the government's credit. The
American farmer is sturdy, independ
ent, and self-reliant. He is not in
the condition of serfdom or semiserf
dom in which were some of the Eu
ropean peoples, for whom government
aid was extended in some form or
other during the last century. He is
not in condition of many of the Irish
farmers for whom encouragement and
aid have been furnished through the
land-purchase act. As a matter of
fact, the Aemrican farmers are more
proseprous than any other farming
class in the world. As a class, they
are certainly as prosperous as any
other great section of the people; as
prosperous as the merchants, the tea
chers, the clerks, or the mechanics. It
it necessary only that the government
conditions permit, provide machin
so far as geographic and physical
ery for the benefit of the agricultural
classes as satisfactory as that pro
vided for any other class, and this the
government has attempted and is at
tempting to do.
It is the judgment of the best stu
dents of economic conditions here
that there is needed to supplement
existing agencies a proper land-mort
gage banking system operating thru
private funds, just as other banking
institutions operate, and this judg
ment is shared by the leaders of eco
nomic thought abroad. The national
banking system up to the present
time has labored under restrictions
imposed by law which made it impos
sible for the national banks to solve
the problems in the most effective
way. State banks with fewer res
trictions. with smaller capital require
ments, and ability to lend on real es
tate have established more intimate
touch and have perhaps rendered
greater assistance. Likewise certain
agencies, such as building and loan
associations, insurance and mortga
ge debenture companies, and the co
operative credit associations recently
created by State legislation in Texas,
Massachusetts, New York, and Wis
consin, operate to extend capital to
the farming districts, and thereby in
a measure, tend to cut down the rate
of interest.
The Federal Reserve Act and Agricul
tural Transapctions.
When the national banking law,
commonly called the Federal reserve
act, was under discussion in Congress
the matter of farm credits was con
sidered and debated, but it was de
cided that the subject as a specific
program should be separately dealt
with in another act. The Federal re
serve act was passed with a view to
the improvement of the banking con
ditions of the country in the inter
est of all classes; to the restoration
of normality in banking; to the estab
lishment of a reserve or banking pow
er which could be utilized in times of
emergency; and therefore with a view
to. secure good banking at all times
and to prevent panics. It is not a
banker's law or a business man's law
or a manufacturer's law or a farmer's
law; it is a law for all classes—for all
the people. However, there were in
corporated into the act several very
important provisions which had in
mind specihcally the needs of the
farming classes and the possibility of
extending banking facilities to the
rural districts.
It was specifically provided that a
Federal reserve bank might "discount
notes, drafts, and bills of exchange
arising out of actual commercial trans
actions—this is, notes, drafts an 1 bills
of exchange issued or drawn for gri
cultural, industrial, orcommercial pur
poses." The Federal Reserve Board
vas given the right to define the
character of paper thus eligible for
discount. It was further distinctly
provided that nothing in the act
should be construed to ' prohibit such
notes, drifts, and bills of exchange
secured by staple agricultural pro
ducts, or other goods, wares, or mer
chandise from being eligible foi such
discount." It was provided that the
ordinary notes, draft», or bills ad
turity at the time of discount of not
mitted to discount should have ma
more than 90 days, but that notes,
drafts, and bills drawn or issued for
agricultural purposes or ba^cd on live
BURROUGHS WILL START
DEMOCRATIC PARER
AT RUPERT
Democratic success in the new
county of Minidoka at the recent elec
tion has emboldened the members of
the party in that section to the extent
that they have gotten together and de
cided to put in a brand new paper for
the propagation of theories of Wil
son, Moses et al. The venture is to
be established '.t Rupert, the county
seat of the new county, and after look
ing over the field caiefully, the lead
ers then offered the management of
the paper to Mr. F. G. Burroughs of
Caldwell, who has accepted the pro
position and will leave for his new
field of endeavor in a week or so.
We congratulate the people of Rupert
upon their selection and are confident
that Mr. Burroughs will more than
fill the bill.
Tre return of Editor Burroughs to
the Democratic fold indicates the be
ginning of the end so far as the Bull
Moose party as an organization is
concerned. It is very apparent that
nothing can be gained for Progres
sive policies except from the inside
and the previous predilictions of the
individual members will, as in this
case, take them either into the Demo
craiic or Rcpubilcan ranks, the much
heralded Progressive party following
the trail blazed by the Populist and
other thi:d party efforts that have be
come memories only.
Mr. Burroughs is wise in accepting
the offer of editorial management of
tre new Rupert paper made him by
the Democrats of Minidoka county.
Granted Marriage Licenses.
Licenses were issued for the mar
riage of Roy G. Johnston and Delores
Morrow of Glenns Ferry, L. E. Streitt
and Mattie Hawshaw of this city; I.
D. Finck and Dessa Nichols of Cald
well; Glenn Darnall of New Ply
mouth and eBrtha M. Wells of Pay
ette; William E. Skelton and Luella
B. Halford of Caldwell; George C.
Houston and Carrie E. Robbins of
Caldwell; Charles Merritt and Pearl
M. Berry of Caldwell.
W. G. Snodgrass was in the city
from Boise Wednesday.
stock might have a maturity not ex
ceeding six months. Not only is pa
per arising out of agricultural trans
actions made eligible under the act,
but it is given a longer maturing per
iod than other forms of paper. This
apparent discrimination arose natural
ly out of the fact that agricultural
operations are seasonal and involve
a longer period than ordinary com
mercial transactions.
Again, it is provided in the act that
national banking associations not situ
ated in the central reserve cities may
lend on improved and unencumbered
farm lands within the Federal reserve
district, and that such loans may bt
made for any period up to five years.
Such loans may not exceed 50 per
cent of the actual value of the pro
perty. Any national bank under this
provision of the act may lend pn farm
lands an amount in the aggregate
equal to 25 per cent of its capital and
surplus, or one-third of its time de
posits. The Federal reserve act, there
fore, so far from discriminating
against the farming classes, distinctly
bears them in mind, and while not dis
criminating in favor of them takes
just and particular knowledge of their
requirements.
The Banking Habits of the United
States.
The matter of additional legisla
tion concerning farm credits was very
promptly brought to the attention of
Congress by the President at the re
gular session in his annual message,
and many experts have been giving
persistent and careful attention to
the problem.
The explanation of why special
banking arrangements were devised
abroad but have not been extensively
planned and operated in this country
is to be found in the difference in the
e conomic, social, and h anking habits
(Continued on last page.)
BOISE SETTLERS ASKFOR
RESIGNATION OF THE
PROJECT MANAGER
The final meeting of the present
board of directors of the Payette
Boise Water Users' Association de
veloped a tidy little row which ter
minated in the adoption of strong re
solutions asking for the removal of
Project Manager Bliss.
It appears that there has for a long
time existed a feeling of strong dis
satisfaction among water users all
over the project against Mr. Bliss'
administration of their affairs. This
feeling has resulted from time to time
in ctomplaints to the directors, but up
to this time no concrete action has
been taken at the meetings of the
board.
Last week, however, a written com
plaint from Mr. J. F. Bow, of Bow
mont, brought the matter squarely up
to the directors and that body ap
pointed a committee to investigate
the charges. The discussion arose up
on the report of the committee. Mr.
Bow had charged that Mr. Bliss in
terfered with the lateral running into
the townsite of Bowmont and the fact
that many other complaints had been
made by settlers all over the project,
alleging unfairness, discrimination,
and other acts, was taken into consi
deration by the board in arriving at a
final decision. The board adopted the
following resolutions:
Whereas, having gone thoroughly
over the «-vidence in the complaint of
J. F. Btow against George H. Bliss,
Project Manager, and having gone
over the field in controversy ; and
Whereas, we find that his complaint
is just and true; and
Whereas, we find a strong feeling
throughout the Project favoring the
removal of George H. Bliss, Project
Manager: Therefore be it
Resolved, that it is the sense of
this board that we recommend the re
moval of Mr. Bliss from the Pro
ject.
It was ordered that a copy of the
resolution be sent to Supervising
Engineer Weymouth and to the Sec
retary of the Interior.
BETTER DELIVERY WORK
WILL BE IMPROVED
Merchants Plan Improvement in Serv
ice After the New Year.
Beginning January 1, the union de
livery service owned and operated by
Caldwell merchants will inaugurate a
four trip daily delivery system. The
arrangement, effective the .first of the
year, will provide adequate »ervice to
the customers of the stores effected,
as, under the arrangement to be put in
effect every home in the city will be
given a delivery service every two
hours during the business day.
The co-operative system of deliver
ing in force here has proven an un
qualified success and many inquiries
are received regarding the method of
operation. The merchants connected
with the system state that since its
inauguration the cost of distribution
has been materially lessened and that
the service to patrons has been high
ly satisfactory.
The local service was organized sev
eral years ago, and is officered at pres
ent by C. S. Doan, president and John
Flynn, secretary.
FRANK STEUNENBERG WAS
ASSINATED NINE YEARS AGO
Excitement Prevailed in City mt the
Time of the Murder.
Nine years ago last night Frank
Steunenberg was assassinated in this
city. The murder was accomplished
by placing a bomb at the gate of Gov
ernor Steuneneberg's residence which
was exploded by opening the gate.
Nine years ago today great excite
ment prevailed throughout this sec
tion of the state.
Harry Orchard was arrested and
fianlly confessed guilt of the crime.
In his confession he implicated Wil
liam D. Haywood, George Pettibone
and William Moyer, officers of the
Western Federation of Miners, as
the instigators of thecrime. Orchard
was sentenced to the penitentiary but
the Western Federation men escaped
punishment although they were con
victed in the public mind.
REGULAR ANNUAL FAIR
MEETING TUESDAY JAN. Sth
Officers Will be Elected and Other
Business Transacted.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Canyon County Fair
Association will be held Tuesday, Jan
uary 5, at the rooms of the Caldwell
Commercial Club. At this meeting
eleven directors to serve one year will
be elected. Such other business as
may properly come before the meeting
will be transacted.
LEMON WILL TAKE NEWS
Commencing with its next issue
William Lemon, publisher of the Mid
dleton Herald, will take over the
Caldwell News. The News will hence
forth be a Democratic paper.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Bissit of Salt
Lake and Austin Bissitt of Jordan
Valley are in the city the guests of
Mrs. James Bissitt and Miss Julia
Bissitt.
Dr. J W. Gue attended a meeting
of the Payette club at Payette Mon
day.
Mrs. Richard Beatty of Portland is
I visiting friends in the city.