The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 7, 1918, Page 6

Bi: “ i is the end of it? © millions in their maintenance © this war finance corporation certainly om This proposition may have and ‘a ) | Mothers in a yoke to do the plowing, were there perc > of money gain in it, and they THE SEATTLE STAR r 100T Seventh Ave. Near Union St, MEMHER OF SCKIPrS NONTHWEST Leacun oF NeWsrarens Teleataph News Service of the United Press Assectat ond-Class Matter pontha, $2.00 Entered at Seattle, Wash, Postoffice a By mail out of cit $1.18; 6 month. 2 montha, ity, 206 y, 40 » 3 iw “ Should Be Made Mighty Safe to be admitted that the arguments in ernment’s war finance campaign are stror To en- to rediscount at the federal reserve nk obliga-| j tions of public utility, industrial and other corporations) look good, on its face. | ‘ It is indisputable that government war financing has )) practically closed the investment market to other financing] " and rendered it almost impossible for corporations to obtain Money, save at highly excessive rates of interest, and that,} if the money loaners can get such rates, the interest rate of Liberty Bonds is not attractive Moreover, with over $500,000,000 worth of public utility and other corporations indebtedness maturing this such, at high interest rates, is very behalf of i r, the refunding of , Ds ely to seriously interfere with flotation of Liberty Bonds, among the big money men, at least But what is the general aspect of this proceeding? Is it i simply lifting the 1 over-capital- rations out the hole they've dug for them- es, as in the instance of the railroads? If so, where Where is the limit? Is the money of all Of us always to be used to rescue the few of us who have Made poor investment in corporations? Government (all of us) takes over the railroad corpora- ) tions, guarantees dividends, agrees to spend hundreds of and rehabilitation, and the sed a bill to return them to the corpora- pe than ever within 18 nths after the war. is certainly is not heading toward government ‘Ownership but in exactly the opposite direction, and the War finance corporation measure is simply extension of this y to street car lines, lighting and power plants, indus- a and mercantile corporations, all privately-owned public- ) serving concerns upon which the movement for public own- | ership has been directed. Naturally, the high financiers are opposed to the v 4 finance corporation measure have a ready mark ) for their loans at 15 per cent, don’t want to see the a ment financing corporation beggars at 6 per cent Returaly, too, if interest rates are high and the demand > strong, Liberty Bonds at 4 and 5 per cent are not as at- » tractive as they might otherwise be. e We are bound to h faith that the sec treasury is uninfluenced by any consideration save what he ‘is convinced for the best interests of the country. But has its dubious as Well as good features, and unless safeguarded by reliable Mock, stock, barre! and load, is as likely to go off at the touch-hole as the muzzle. ¢ i senate has just ps tions in better s! y of the a e ; Cleveland Press has ued a call for 10,000 men * and women to work on farms. We should volunteer but = for the fact that the farmer for whom we worked last > summer wrote several weeks ago that he would be too busy this year to be bothered with us. Not Now, Nor Ever _ Senator Brown is again to the front with his proposi- h to tear down the well-won protective legislation that been thrown around child labor, with the same old / @rgument that such labor is essential to war work. as many lives as a cat but We purpose to hit it nine times running, if necessary. Make Ro mistake, this infernal thing has backing. There are stil! | Profiteers in this country who would put their g entage ; are powerful enough to get )) and work their own representation in congress. True, it has been found that child labor is an essential dn this war, and the children most assuredly are at work. is hardly a school in all this land whose children are hot knitting and raising funds for Red Cross and war Stamps. It is solid, substantial and strenuous vy work 4 it means pleasure, justifiable pride and patriotism to | the child. It means a higher citizenship in the future. It "is work that uplifts, solely. We are conscripting our rien between the ages of 21 31 for war work. Before we conscript the children for » War work, before we return them to the lash of task in field or factory, we'll conscript and offer upon the s } of sacrifice all our'men between the ages of 21 and 81. | Until all American manhood is represented by a vast ) of sacrificial ashes will we return to robbery of chi oS Ghildhood for private profit, war or other la even shameful, a reproach upon national legislature, » that, in this time of critical issue between civilizatio our n and the | barbarism, there is any necessity at all to discus matter. “I am patriotic thru and thru,” writes C. W. L., who is in the hospital at Camp Sherman on account of a broken leg. “I am so patriotic that even my broken bone is knitting.” More Hides—Higher Shoe Prices he Have you been paying more for shoes? We think you ve, Ba s F. E. White, vice president of Armour & Cc “The price of hides is not responsible for the high price of According to the big packers and Attorney Francis leney, who is after them: The quantity of hides stored by the five large Chicago kers increased 45 per cent since early in 1916. Prices reased from 75 to 100 per cent. The number of cattle killed increased per cent in July last year. Embargoes cut off foreign trade and imports from Argentine increased the hide supply in the United States; nevertheless Swift & Co., alone, sold 20 per cent more hides during 1917 than in the previous year. You can fool all the people some of the time and some of them much of the time, but, occasionally, you can’t fool any of them any of the time. Sick ’em, Heney! Postmaster Murphy says it is improbable that women will be used soon as letter carriers in Cleve land, Say what you will about women doing men’s work, they are not in men's class as letter carriers. We know a man whose wife says he carries her letters five and six weeks. Those indefatigable socialists, Herbert Bigelow and Morris Hilquitt, have reformed and are fighters now Gradually, the socialists are coming to realize that, if German autocracy wins, there aren’t going to be any socialists—live ones. _ Hoover plainly charges the crisis in food transpor- tation up to Railroad Director McAdoo. Say, boys, don’t go to Bolsheviking! Ha! already the Germans are demanding of Rus- sia guarantee of her debts. Step forward with $4,000,- 000,000, Mr. please! Villa is reported to be moving northward. Sum- mer’s coming and perhaps he’s looking for a comfortable poe and- ¢ STAR—THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1918. 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War There | world, a war #0 |reaching, that no t in the mont the the { thin terrestrial universe. ng t ® the heart vid there war nature Is dev adden rage ft | | and b “From th’ feel of this food, I'd say they expect us to throw it.” i * of the Service LIVE LONGER Dr Jw United States Pub’ Scherenchewnky Health the system Pitth—Always wash your hands before eating. The hands pick up 2 of germs between meals xth—Keep your mouth in good condition. Puor teeth not only pre vent your chewing properly but pro- mote « foul, germ-laden condition of Take a walk every day Don't worry help, but n't have to worry over could have helped yver things noe that Leave medi Go to patent reliable doctor Tenth whi'e at ung Health Questions Answered Mra. J cause of Irritatic be dust, wing these rules One of the strang cult eng’ ng in a lor Says Acid Stomach Causes ladigestion Excess or hydrochloric acid Sours the food and forms gases. 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While 1 it relief important acidity, remove the start the liver, ys and thus flow of pure digestive juices, ad Salts is inexpensiv made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined and sodium phosphate. ‘This harm less salts is 1 by thousands of people for stomach trouble with ex cellent resulta Ws to the first neutral fas-maki stim promote “Order Your Easter Suit Now” 425 UNION ST. water. | to continue this for al y acene> with lithia| e | Why manity have risen tne Why at ave bent all its ESD, B31) 8 oe nr om COLYUM fst: csycs ONE ACT TRAGEDIES Scone—Windy Corner. Time—Noon madnens to nn of death ind but that ask th unar no property con t pas awful condition stop It! There must re wart rall, for a time the chilling th © of our fury that are until there ught of What can already We the we not Atoms Count utter ng that this half carnage is eae enki menaity Crowd gathers ment when one, crowd fully 1) and weak Go it, grandpap! You nearly got| before a monster so gigantic, recoils \. im that time from the struggle, and would like E. G.—X! Fools! to creep away Into @ hole some funny In this where ly exist until the Chases hat © Flat seems | etorr front} pes per pa the laughs There's no and has passed. eary to still that pante for it ts little leas & recoil and a quail is necen the A pant given up. W caine self against a disaster human a) that no etre annot stop the rush- J, nays Fear. To the aid of the individual Reason must as it has come to this nation of France, through her individuals. En- during rocks are made of atoms which cling together, The rage agal protent You ny head blew off I been come, utes? Kid—Waan't that E. G. thu Hang our ¢ the ar pas- very Curtains jonate again of war is here fro to the BUT WHERE'S JIMM A game loser t victor in other contests highest lowest. for and but exac against th in that an them, th an ole are human people, er t to th HAS THE VER that ut punk Just the courage WHICH WAVERED FROM AND WILL NE THE LAST; for n which war ts to NEVER FIRST WAVE we) NEAR THE RIGHT GooDs— THATS Abt rr ndidat get > terrific f calm secret of the an’s never. this colossal ¢ gre and it German Brags | man loudly prociatmal Let him win @ slight ad and he boasts to the world victorious! | ia ven #0, he discovers entirely undis rever far are erned, are treading to the front, are rshaling thetr resources facing the line of Iv-| MR. E. D. K.'6 HOUSEHOLD HINTS An ol€ cocoa mat can by going over it razor. ay an is his be made . look like new with a safet Ge old on it bur and ean no as shrink now 1 It is said that there are pared with a. obtain a al! ago. y e German b YOU AND I | and that Suilding is a joy and privilege of young and old. With neither is} ‘'° it possible when annoyed by the throbbing pain of an exposed nerve. ants laid a he ts a has discovers undis- for as| d, are} ource entirely Ivantage air castles we have correctly read the it worrtes the of the psychology of events German, that calmness French, apparently a reversal characteristics, that the Ger This becomes a minus] m y be nervous and the quantity when treated in phlegmatic ; Murder a Hun Game the painless manner prac- But there ts a re titeed by us. of son ‘The Germans start this horrible saturnalia of murder as and they are playing it as a in which they to win all they and keep all they eet: or. losing, which was a later thought, giv up the least possible. There can be but one end to a conflict between the cold tric | of greed and the passionate conse eration to high for, on} that day when men deter- mine to be no more under the dom- ination of a murderous bully, th days of that bully are numbered. This one knows it When the German proclaims his belief in an ultimate victory, shifting his gauge of the ex- nt of that victory with the shifting occurrences of the day, according to his warped judg- et nn, Cle, geen = We are Crown, Plate Speclalists. Good Dentistry—Always Prices NATIONAL DENTISTS THIRD & PIKE ————— Bridge and Reasonable. honest Open Day and Night Not Open Sunday Main 3256 p b with a» t T fennive, they are fi Another article by will appear in The Star tomorrow. peo he lies, and he knows that © lies! les, any ah frightened out by a playing The French are pouring out r hearts’ blood because they filled, through and through, rage against war, and hey are determined that there | be no more of i there tn n and let t now his beater > the peace coun scraps of still be bought the French, ex- purpose is 1 fight and until for such on 4 7 cir ng reports about ffensive which, before n get into the war, ts to with troops re tussia; and the answer rhe French will meet the of- and they will fight on, for led with a rage against they determined to and for « meet a terri r, and are Italy there ts but reverse ne answer t crowing any * to make pea before ast go out by civiliza not room for rage . the Chesters Buys Old Clothes | WASHINGTON, March 1 his andeer on to > wool ns of France nh papers reach TEMPORA MUTANTUR on LOONY NOW?” Edmund ¥ « Cooke mers’ sons » Huns, | 4 notic which we made such faces commonplaces; ible: es, quite sen that foot ler te ow we have the Federal Banking scheme ze that dream, sand much “in Dutch"? nxiblet ‘ou remember Social Do Wh get this government How repr and us—assume control tures, food and coal? 6%, quite sensible! By making it Of raiiroads, manu Er- Do you remember how some people tried is of Labor unified? How reprehensible! To have the ha And now we try to Unionize democracy Against the Teutor who serve Autocracy And find it sensible. | Well, well, the way such foolish folk reeur | Shows how the human mind is prone to err. How reprehensible 4 their puny row loony now! they ra whe | had their da seemingly the world’s 8, by the Newspap KECOMMENDS FLKING SQUAD 1 am merely American wom- one of those ‘Stay-at-Homes? it is with increasing reseatmeat I read in every unts of pro-German nts, who are merely incarcerated. If I my wish, it ht be the means 8 worst of Hun who has fed off reaped the bene- rf great government, then broadcast, on the land him freedom and suste nance, the venomous poison of kab serdom, “The writer recommends that pro THE STAK ATTITUDE Star: In view of the at The Star is the only prom newspaper that dedly for patriotism. pt and morality in the pi gn, 1 want to thank Tt an S an, inent vas : stand de grove nd given that I m' ght be ald be amy one for or against his war. Such an a be taken only by enemies of our country, who dare not show their animosity too of or else by idiots who cannot think | wanely H. D. MINOR, Germaniem and kindred evils be 114 W. 60th St. | dealt with by a firing squad. } <i MRS. T. D. AQ ADJUTANT GENERAL THANKS Editor The Star: Having been| \ SHORT ON SHIP MATERIAL drafted into the mil of| Editor The Star: I have noticed be-| several articles in the Seattle pa) of where the shipworkers slacking in their work and where some men have gone so far ag aré the worst slackers Now I am working Construction & Dry ! can honestly say the g for work, which is short on account of shortage of ma jal I have only been here for a short but can surely say these men turn out ships if given the ma kicking all over the of severing | la e military de the ad wh opportunity t 6 ou my the many u have been of in further- | te opment Nationa inform these would be ap shipworkers. ALDWELL, nd to fi migh work ntion do facts it ted by the Yours t GEORGE receive perfect will-| ould to] your | your FORD IS STOLEN A five-passenger Ford, license No. 47394, belonging to A. L. 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