• The Palouse Republic
PALOUSE REPUBLIC COMPANY,
Publishers.
C. F. BROWN .... Editor.
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I~RIDAY. AUGUST 12. 1921
A CONTRACT ISA CONTRACT.
Des Moines, Iowa, is strong for the
principle that "a contract is ~ con-
tract." Years ago, when a ntreet rail-
way company of that city obtained its
franchise it c~mtracted to transport
passengers for five cents each. Like
all other traction companies the Deq
Molars corporntion found that the
world war had brough~ about condi-
tions that prohibited I~-ofitable oper-
ation at the five-cent fare. The laws
of Iowa, it appears, did not give ,~
regulatory commi~lon power to set
I
look to t( for instruetto~i and guid-t
i
ance. Such a newspaper do6s not per-l
form any worthy mission, and theI
community which it purports to!
~erve is left without true journalistic i
:-epresent;Jtion. In the early days oft
f
~he republic the people looked toi
their leading lawyers for informationI
i and for the decision of public ques-:
lions. If resort was at all had to the!
~,rinted l),~ge it was genorall.v by the
means of pamphlets; and this w~:i
necessarily a precarious nietho(l of I
ambilizilig anti directing public :~en-I
timent, i
The true new~l!a, per f t( lay aims~
~o spread abroad the loftiest asfiira-!
ttons and the most intelligent viewsi
)f the community which it serves. It!
~ive:~ u., it~ readers all the facts of!
',he day and, in its editorial l)ages,'
presents what it considers tlle correct
dleaning and interpretation of th(!s,~
'facts. It takes all its readers into its
0out/clerics ~tlld it conceols froth fho.,:l
nothing which the3 otlghT to know in
order to form a s~fe and ,illst j~dg--
'merit. The local orator, however elo-
'quent and 9ersuasive. was heard for
*the moment; the newspaper's talk's
situation in Washington, went on rec-
ord as opposing any ~ompromise of
operators on- the demand of the latter
for wage reduvtion,~.
The action was taken when the con
veation adopted a resolution dectar-
in..% it to be the policy ef the district
organization to oppose any downward
revision of wages until the expiration
o? the present wage contract, which
ifn.~ed to aeeept '., wage cui of between
23 and 24 per cent.
More than 2000 miners ~t Roslyn
th~ Cle Eluui are still working in rail-
road mines at the present scaI~ and
ar,, not affected by the ]oekol]t.
Secretaries Favor Chemical E:nbargo.
Wa~hinglon. D. (t --- ~-;:retaries
W+~.ek'~ and Denby have (~onr~ mlt ill
support of :¢n embargo o,: dyes and
chemicals a~ld havr: til'Z~:,(i restoration
to ~he I'~(~rdney tariff bii] of tile em-
bat'go provision, s~riclo:.:: roll b v the
house. The cabinet offiee~rs explained
that they favored an embargo because
lot national defense ne~ds
ii i i| i
6cod
Rubber flee Is
Wear as long as leather and
are more comfortable. Why not
get all the comfort out of life
you can ? Come in and have a
pair put on.
We have the Beat
M[ 'S DR[SS
AND
WORK S.OES
PROFESSIONAL
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Dr. Walter Farnham
Physician and
Residence
Office Phone
()~ce in Naiional BauL:
