Coming down to this immediate community, it will be readily seen, after a moment's reflection, that all this great expenditure of money on the coast, and all this great industrial activity, is bound to have a stimulating influence here. Already its influence is felt in the influence here, higher values of farm land and the splendid prices made certain for all farm products.
Latah county is feeling good right now because it has been contributed to the Red Cross. Some $20,000 has been raised. That whole amount, $20,000 and more, may be realized by one progressive farmer from a single crop of beans.
Radical changes are under way in the business and industrial way. The old order of things will never again return, and they are the wise men who are fully alive to this fact and who are shaping their affairs to take it. It is a poor time to be awake at the switch.
This community must be up and at it. It will be left in the coze and stagnation while the current building, public improvements, business, and other improvements are going on.

WHY RAILROADS DEMAND HIGHER FREIGHT RATES Insist That Cost of Living Has Hit Them Harder Than it Has People in General. The railroads of the country are asking that they be allowed an increase of 15 percent in freight rates to enable them to meet increased cost of operation. The price of every commodity that the railroads use has advanced from 15 to over 200 percent, but the cost of transportation remains the same. 