That Moscow is, reverting to the old time suspicions which kept the town in a turmoil of factional strife, and made every man suspicious of the moans of his neighbor, is feared by many citizens who have been trying to advance the interest of the town, upbuild its industries and create haimony among the citizens. The situation as it now appears is well pictured by L. F. Parsons in the following communication:
To the Editor:
At a recent meeting of the chamber of commerce in talking on the need of unity and action and purpose for the purpose of the upbuilding of Moscow, Rev. MacCaughey suggested that Moscow could well afford to adopt the words of a parrot, "Pull like hell, or sink" as a slogan. From the stories held and the discussions had upon the streets it would appear that a considerable number of our people have distorted the slogan as suggested by Rev. MacCaughey and have adopted, "Kick like hell" as their motto. I am not so pessimistic as to believe that the people of our city are adopting this motto purposely but we are unconsciously drifting into an attitude of mind leading to the practice of knocking, kicking, complaining and criticizing, attributing to Organizations and individuals selfish and unterior motives in any and all public activities. 