The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 30, 1914, Page 4

sit ENA AAR No 86M seo ORR F | [THE SEATTLE STAR! MEMBER OF SCRIPPS NORTHWEST LHAGUR oF ; clegraph News Service of the United Press «4 ". | red at Seattle, Wa Poatoffice as Second-Class Matter By mall, out of city. 88 per mon, up to six mom; atx mow, $1.90; year 68.25 a month carrier, city | . | hone, Main 9400. Private Published Dally by The Stwr exchange come ‘ Uncle Sam, Banker ERHAPS it is just as well that the subject farm cred is not to be taken up by congre at tl time Apart from the fact that it hasn't been studied ¢ refully by the majority of folks, let us see how the new federal re % serve bankin lan for city borrowers works before deciding} 4 too much about the country . If it is true that the claws of the money trust have beet & trimmed and that it will no longer be possible for a handful ef men sitting around a table to say “thumbs up” or “thumbs / down” to big enterprises, experience in a little while ought to show it; in which event the problem of rural credits may| be approached in a spirit of freedom | But unti! we have gained liberty in commerce and manu-} facturing industry, it would be wise to take no chances on turning farm credits er to the mastery of an unscrupulous | + money power Better no legislation than legislation which would here ) after, with great difficulty, have to be undone Meanwhile, here is a question worthy of thinking about Why should private money lenders be allowed to, make s ® fat profit out of the credit needs of farm producers when : the latter, by proper co-operation, with the help of Uncle] = ) Sam, could more cheaply supply their own needs | In the postal savings bank, depositors have abundant of the t the use security, but private bankers, middlemen, g deposits and capture the difference between the low interest} which Uncle Sam charges and the high interest which they] in turn charge We may decide, some day, that the services of these mid dlemen cost more than they are worth ig We may decide, some day, that if Uncle Sam is fit to i be trusted with small savings, he may be fit to be trusted with loaning them to borrowers offering adequate security as good public is We may sometimes see that it qui policy to help the industrious small farmer in his effort to} wrest a modest living from the soil as it is to help the banker pile up millions through his inside pull on the currency supply Until recently the banker had all the say Now Uncle Sam, under the federal reserve plan, beginning to have some of the say—just how much remains| to be shown | By and by he may want all the say | So let's not be impatient; delay may turn out to be for] the farmer's benefit, especially if he shall keep on thinking is} crises ttereryry yor.) 7e trousers The False God Thrift HE other 10-cent lodging house in a large city and taken to a hos pital. Later it was found he that Nearly $4.000 in bills on his person and $50,000 in banks A miser? He would have resented that name, but of course that was what he was. He had scrimped and saved! *0 desperately in his younger days that-later on, when he} had enough to make him comfortable, he couldn't use it | He had gone crazy worshipping the false god thrift Once we knew a huckster woman who got up at 2 o'clock fn the morning, loaded a wagon with vegetables from her} ' truck farm and herself peddled until in the afternoon. Then} she returned te the farm and worked until dark ; Her property was worth at least $100,000 and she had an | income five times as large as that of the average preacher or teacher. There was no need at all for her to toil so ex- cessively. But she had formed the habit and couldn’t stop. In her fanatical worship of thrift she had gone money- mad. “Save your pennies” is almost a holy maxim Almost, but mot quite Isn’t a better one, “Save your ganely the joys of life to which humanity entitled”? Bob’s $11,000 Speech | Y' Congressional Record—368 pages, cost of printing $11,000. A lot of folks are jumping on Bob, claiming he wasted} Space and money | day a wreck of a man was picked up in a that was rich he had capacity for en is by nature IU’VE doubtless read something about the big “speech”| a $0 as 10 see for yourself what it’s about | “invisible government” and| If you're interested at all in interested in this of Big Business politics consists of documents showing how privilege across. Mellen has been telling how New England Haven did this in New in the “acceleration” of “public opinion,” you'll surely bel py For the bulk of Bob’s hefty contribution to the literatute| task of pick 4 over an hour's hard work wha ir vo a Seen (A wHar wear TS WAPPENLO 4 sree Ts Teoee I Sium Child's Version nown phi « the other child’s vervion of the STAR CIRCLE FOR YOUNG ‘CHILDREN PAY ioe! TRIBUTE TO THE Hanthropist day a slum » story NATION'S HEROES The Memorial day contest, |ducted by The Star Circle. . : jto a conclusion Friday which Rob LaFollette put into a recent issue of the) phe winning essay, of which Esther Boyer, a Coupeville ted today and «i athor ry of the soldiers » contest closed at y afternoon. A pile the judge x a winne While pot prize winne Letha Ducommun, 14 girl con came afternoon. is the ria seemed eager to take part in this contest Perhaps it would be worth your while to write for a copy| Many pretty tributes were paid the meni for the flag. T who died of 100 odd ns, and the er required rs, the fol failrvads manufacture sentiment when they want to put more) jowing boys and girls wrote essays worthy of a special mention m1 W 87th st.; Roth Purrington, Sultan, Wash b’s little , 7 | Ruby Fowler, Ballard; Vera Law Bob's ittle contribution spreads the inquiry throughout) rence, Issaquah, Wash.; Elsie Sho 4 the nation |iund, Hangor, Wash.; Dorothy It’s quite an instructive exhibit of the interlaced wires! Rees. 1 Fifth av, W., and Ada which the big fellows can pull when they want something of| Miller, 2105 Seventh ay Riacle S ? Miller 5 Seventh ay., Robert mcle sam f E ae : Case, Wellington, Wash. And naturally they and their kind aren't fond of having : | SCOUTS MOURN FOR DEAD the trick exposed Yet if enough citizens could read it and remember, the! $11,000 which the investment the American people ever made THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND disaster again demonstrates the! ‘ sinkability of the unsinkable modern ocea a TALKS FOR CHARTER | 0. L. Anderson, associate editor Seattie will deliver an ad |dress on joctalist Argunient |for the New Charter,” at the So |elalist temple, 711 Olive st, Sun day evening at & o'clock : | Union Dentists 55.00 85.00 bea $1.00 and ap YOO NEEDN'T TURN uP G 21.00 YOUR NOSE AT THIS JOB Sliver Fillings Boe LADY DIANA! 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Drug Co ee ee 0s saad ope sopnnciamtnesiii nt Seattle Ma of dead soldiers DANCE AT TONIGHT Admission, including 5 Dance Tickets LADIFA PREF AFTER YOURE MARRIED, YOULL BE DONC i PMTCT boy scouts are 4 5 n Memorial day today speech” cost would probably be the best) took part in the DREAMLAND observing ny of them exercises held at | the various cemeterie | graves rated liner. pene where the were dee 25c THE SEATTLE STAR’S LAUGH DEPARTMENT | | OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE of 4 7 you's THat £> SAY ev, SPEAK You OUGHT LOUDER, PLEASE — te —OH YES, JUST CHARGE THAT To N@xT MONTH'S Garden of Eden After a few preliminary de talla she proceeded Eve ses: ‘Adam, No,’ ses Adam the ave a bite™ 1 don't want wen FE Garp THE STAR—SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1914. Ke DAT ALTHO’ SILENCE (S GOLDEN LOTS OF FELLERS CONTINUALLY KEEP A TRLKIN’! ? Now We Know A little girl in the Summit xehool turned in the follow ing composition on “Men” the other day “Men are what women marry. They drink and smoke and don't like to go to church, Perhaps if they wore bonnets they would, They are more logical than women and also more zoological, Both men and women sprung from monkeys, but the wom en have sprung further than the men.” Using His Friends country a visitor sald to him SAY “RINT IT FUNNY When Edison was living in the Folding Wire Camp Brotler, light, strong, compact... .50¢ 45¢ Double Hall Tree Hooks 50c Hall Tree Hooks. . Hig line samples proportion pduced arm Coat and Hat Hooks ore Te ately $1.50 7 or Garment Han File Handles, § t4neh Elifott Serew Driver 10¢ {inch Elliott Berew Driver ihe G-inch Elliott Serew Driver 20¢ high-grade, medium-priced tor Family Cleaver....25¢ wry Knife Sharpener with Guard 10¢ Aluminum Cork Neck Clothes Sprinkler Se Combination Removable Center Aluminum Biseult and Dough nut Cutter ., - 106 SPINNING’S CASH | Kettle Top Knobs, B@ each; 2 | for x be | Aluminum Jelly Molds, 10¢ | 3 for ¢ Spring Cotter | 2-92x%-02 same, dozen, $600 & Letter Electric } Cash Register .. ype 1415 FOURTH STORE 1417 AVE. SEATTLE Seattle is going to have a real Potlatch this year. Lots of folks around town have By the way, your front gate || the impression that because the needs repairing. It was all 1 || Seattle Carnival association does could do to get it open. You not belleve it can carry through ought to have it greased, or the affair again, Seattle t#n't go soreeth ing. ing to he any fun. Mr. Edison laughed They are mistaken ‘Oh, no,” he said. “Ob, no.” From July 15 to 18 this city ts Why not?” asked the visitor going to be jammed with tourists “Because,” was the reply, “ev and people from all party of the ery one who comes through that Northwest, and a rollicking car- » pumps two buckets of water || Hival is going to be staged which into the tank on the roof. | will cost so little that about the De te jonly expense felt will be that of the customary Potlatch button, which will soon be on sale Different This Year The bem thing about this Pot- latch is that it will be different There will be no gold ship, no queen with expensive trappings, no costly daylight pageants to pack [the streets Garn ave during the afternoon a bite and interfere with legitimate bust- 1 don't want a bite!’ sos ness Adam.” i The child repeated this dia logue, once. oF twice, her ‘velce iCOURT THROWS gradually rising to a shrill shriek ’ An! then Adam took a bite | OUT GIRL’S SUIT she finished up, dramatically | On “An the fiamia’ angel come | Judge Smith has sustained a de both ek, thanalt murrer filed by the defense in the Tit-Rite sult of Miss Evadna Friedberg “ee | against Smoke, a trade journal, pub- " 5 és lished by the Western Association dust How Young We ait em nat do you want «your grandson seems to feel || of Retail Cigar Dealers Congratulations are being ex th my picture perfectly safe riding you | ‘The young woman sued for $10, tentied to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph He—Well, | thought I'd like to “Yes; before he mounted he || 900, claiming that a story In the 8s f South Hoston upon the have something next winter to looked at my teeth and decided || Magazine intimated that she had b ot young girl show for seaside engage- there was no danger | was too || sent spring poems to a married man. From the Boston ment ~ living in Coupevitte. Circle for the best Decoration day es y) grav the soldiers. May 30 as Ir comrade: n no law pa holiday by most of the stat ORGANIZE TO MAKE GARDENS The United association was launched at the Se. Commercial Club The organization is ing the American Gardening | Under Friday com well, Olsbo. ? see us. right prices, To A LAuwoRY !* (This Memorial day essay was written by Esther Boyer, age 15, PRIZE WINNING ESSAY | The letter won a dollar prize offered by the BY ESTHER BOYER Memorial day is a day set aside for decorating the soldiers’ The custom originated in the South, during the civil war, when women and children gathered wild flowers to decorate the graves of it was also kept by individuals in the North. In 1868 Gen. Logan, then commanderin-chief of the army, fixed day on which all soldiers should strew flowers over the d, it Is considered a legal Usually the day's program includes processions and orations. Many people think this the most beautiful of all our holidays. posed entirely of school boys and girls, whose object is to help beau- tify the city by raising flowers on the vacant lots. Richard W. Latona He has been assisted tn formulating Reynolds, 13, attend. plans of organization | by his three captains, Richard Cald- Charles = For Picnic Lunches And lunches to take out for all occasions, We put them up right and at the Hollywood Lunch 212 PIKE, ST. “The Place That Made Pike St. Famous” THE SHOE RE 216 Union St.—2 Shops—110 Madison POOH, WHEN I'M MARRIED TK SEND AL MY WASH young and high spirited. ee Lisele 40 | terested. warmer and longer, all the and girls will be found out 4 Some will be seek recreation in the woods. boy or girl who writes the essay on thelr favorite sport prize will be given. is a boy, he will be rewarded ja baseball of the best make. | girl, she will receive a bot of | stationery hool, is the | noon. Harris and Glen | The team of 40 boys who take part in the Seattle sco A large crowd of boys and attended an enjoy at the Collins field house Collins YMC. AW Diwrsdery Ti WILL HAVE BIG TIME A delightful program of e social to be given, by Mahmoke Campfire girls, at home of Ruby Clotn Tuesday n: Refreshments will be served. Own your own home. PAIR MAN ea STAR choose. "MAYBE 30, AY FINE PRINCESS, BT DOMT OVERLOOK S WHO CAN WRITE BEST ESSAY ON | OUTDOOR SPORT? est next week in which every boy jand girl in Seattle ought to be in- Now that the days are getting playing baseball, others tennis, while still more will The Circle offers a prize to the If the winner The contest closes Friday after- WILL PICK RELAY TEAM jlay race to Tacoma on Saturda: June will soon be picked Scout Leader Ingraham | BOYS AND GIRLS DANCE | ble dance given | by 3 tainment has been arranged for the the Collins gierin 8 . Asthen CLERKS GATHER Fifty delegates to the state con- vention of the United Association hot Postoffice Clerks at Bremerton eft for that place this morning. Golden Opportunities are of- red in Star Want Ads. con To All boys joors. Stops en route permitted. vest | These Duluth, Superior .......... 60.00 Relatively One| ¢ Chicago, Milwaukee ....... 72.50 u od St. Loui; + 70.00 with a Omaha, Kansas City . + 60,00 It all FB, Denver - eeee 85,00 nice cw New York, Philadelphi + 108.50 Points. Washington . + 107.50 Pittsburg .. + 91,50 will | “~ '@ Park open June 15 to September by | girls | A. ight: | nter- 107 Yesier the ight It's in| . CHARLTON, A. G. P. A. i —-You MIGHT. BE WORKING In Tat Launory& DAILY JUNE 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30. / Minneapolis, St. Paul YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Through Gardiner Gateway, the northern and original Four Transcontinental Trains Two of them to and from Chicago. to the Twin Cities. A as. Room 2023 Smith Bidg. H. N. Kennedy, G. A. Frt. Dept. rthern Pacific Railway ow Excursion Fares for Portland Rose Festival Tickets on Sale June 7 to 11, Inclusive. TO HAVE * AREAL POTLATCH | The Tilikums of Bittaes, # Wa er order comprising about young, hustling business men, s decided that what Seattle wants is real entertainment, not historical or mystic pageantry Prepare Good Program 80 they nave gotten voieee with the Seattle Yacht club, Auto mobile club, and other organize / tions and prepared a reguiar Drow gram. 5 All the Potlatch parades will be at night Ea During the days the Lipton cup |} yacht races will be pulled off im | Bliiott bay, On Lake Washington,” fast motorboats in annual conven. — tion from every part of the North. — | west will bold @ series of exciting — contests. An international handi- — jcap speedboat race will be pulled off, beginning at Vancouver, B. C, and finishing off Seattle. Aviator Will Fly Aviator Silas Christofferson bi been signed for daily and nightly’ fights during the week In his 100 horse-power limousine flying yacht, As a special feature he will bom bard a motorboat fleet by night with {illuminated bombs. In preparation for the carnival, the Tilikums will unveil a new \totem pole Saturday, June 6, on the silver anniversary of Seattle's big fire in 1889. Other stunts are | being prepared and the Potlatch | bugs for the 1914 carnival will be placed on sale downtown within a short time. |Helps Kidney and Bladder Troubles—Everybody Satisfied. Everywhere people are taking Foley Kidney - Pills, and are so satisfied they urge others to take them also, A. T. Kelly, Mcintosh, Ala., says: “I recommend them to all who suffer from kidney troubles and backache, for they are fine.” Best things you can take for back. ache, weak back and rheumatism, For sale by Bartell Drug Stores, “ET R29. 10 ip oetgihs Points Return limit October ‘31. entrance. 16, One to St. Louts. TINLING, A. G. F.& P. A, Seattle J. O. McMullen, C. P. A, Way—Phone Elliott 5750, Seattle PORTLAND, OR,