The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 2, 1918, Page 6

ae RR URES A ES A ERASE ROS TAGE 6 THE SEATTLE STAR 1207 Seventh Ave. Near —— Jae — MEMBER OF SCHIPrS NORTHWEST LEAGUB OF NWS? APmns Entered as Second-Clase Matter May & Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress 3 months $1.50; Postoffice at mh 3, 187R. ~~ ha 8; By mail, ont of city, BSc 6 montha, $3.7! ‘Se per Year, $5.00, in the State of Washington, Outside the state, month, tebo for 6 months, of $3.00 per year, Ly carcier, city, 10 ber week. Published Daily by The Star Pui exchange Wake Up, Wail St. jiers now | “With the war over, thousands of American sold in Burope will be looking for jobs, With peace, noorogy med | foreigners will come to the United States seeking work: Be tide of emigration, shut off since 1914, will then reatart. Br | this will mean liquidation of wages is the confident view of a few level-headed economic observers.” : } So says the Wall st. firm of Dow, Jones « Co, in their) weekly circular sent out to the “captains of industry. | There has been a good deal of this talk since the pos- sibility of German collapse and peace in the near future began to loom up. Big business is confidently expecting to use the returned soldiers to “liquidate wages,” as they put it in their own lingo. In plain, everyday language, what they mean is that the men who return home after fighting the battle of democracy abroad are to be used to reduce the wage and living standards of the men and women who have given their patriotic all, working in shipyard, muni- tions factory, steel works, gun plant and everywhere else to keep the men at the front supplied with food, clothing and munitions. These Wall st. patriots, who think the war was fought for their benefit, and that we built our merchant marine to enable them to play games of grab with foreign markets, | and that our heroic soldiers are to come home to compete | with the worke~s at home for jobs and accept any wages) that the captains of industry may force them to take, are) likely to find themselves very much mistaken. | This war was fought to make the world a decent place to live in. A decent place to live in implies that a worker— and most of us are workers, not gamblers—shall have a right to a job at decent wages and under decent conditions. Men who have given their patriotic best, both on battle-| field and at home in shop, mine and mill, are not going to ‘be contented to be used to “liquidate wages,” as Dow,| Jones & Co. seem to think. : get The problems of reconstruction are tremendously diffi-| cult, but one of the very first things that will be demanded | both by the returned soldier and the worker at home is that) every man and woman who wants work shall be guaran- teed a job at decent wages and under proper living con-| ditions. Human welfare, and not Wall st. profits, must be the first consideration of our government. | be | Don’t Get Swell-Head Nearly every man who has made good acquires an air of certainty and self-confidence which makes him stand out above the crowd. ; é He shouldn't be blamed. for this—assuming that there| are some who charge him with conceit—because in his think- ing ahd workitig he quite nattrally fell into the mood of be- ing alone so that he could plan and execute, without distrac- tion or annoyance. | And this has, in a measure, been his tower of strength. But in this also lies his greatest weakness. For soon he may forget the way he struggled—-when he was down near the bottom—to make things “come his way,” whether he was a leader in a world-wide enterprfse or just ce poe in the shop or on a road job, or whether he was selling goods. But now—he may get the impression that he’s so far) above the rest of us that he can’t afford to seem like a, “common hustler”—-and he stands aloof, able, efficient, but feeling that the job must now come to him. And he’ll awake some day—maybe when his competitors haye passed him in the race—to find out what he himself | once so strongly believed, that jobs don’t come that i & For there are youngsters in training who are “chafing at the bit”—eager to be let go—and the man who stood out when he was at his best, can’t hope to win against these’ when he has distinctly slumped in his interest and in his aggressiveness. If you're in his class, you'd better get a new grip on yourself—forget about your past successes, and put yourself | into an open-minded, open-hearted attitude, so that life will | take on the freshness of your early successes. VSSIV WSS Vote for Constitutional Convention Deas Miss Grey Can you advine The world is moving rapidly. What appeared revo-| me how=to oP aie cig goer id lutionary a few years ago, has become an accepted condition| ®ver tm | wear 't the back ote of life. What appears revolutionary at this moment, may | line can be remed be an absolute necessity a year from now. a certain extent, but most cer The recoffstruction period after the war will have prob-| ‘#i!y not by pressing the coat. lems of far greater importance, in some instances, than) Hee ey eee ee or the war period. And so, if ever there were any need for a! piace several thicknesses of convention to revise our state constitution so as to meet) heavy cloth over a very hot new and changed conditions, it will be when war ceases. oe mae Fortunately, we have the question of a constitutional) ™ spa - convention immediately before us, instead of waiting for Thinks Brother several years. We can decide next Tuesday that such a, Was on Otranto revision of our fundamental law is needed. | Dear Miss Grey: If my brother If we vote for a constitutional convention Tuesday, the! was on the Otranto, how Faw : legislature, meeting in January, will designate the number fo om a ie eee inter of delegates and the method of election. The election of rivie WORRIED SIST delegates will not take place till November, 1920. The con-| Communica with the Red Cross. They are in a position to | stitutional convention therefore will not meet before 1921—| and that is not too soon to tackle reconstruction problems. Thus Ever the Coward | oe pee int inte me St ame se Belgium and Serbia lost everything, but had the guts 9) to stick. France was bled white, but grimly held on. Italy was all but smashed, but refused to surgender, and, of course, England never dreamed of anything but final vic- tory, even in the darkest days. It remained for Germany| to throw up her hands and yell for mercy when things be- gan to go badly. Thus ever with cowards; the yellow streak always comes to the surface at the first real good belt in the jaw. WSSIWSS| _ For the consideration of the pacifists and consci- entious objectors, it is submitted that present negotia- tions prove the following: Noble words may ring forever down, the corridors of time, but, if it weren't for noble actions, there wouldn't be any corridors. Speaking of the kaiser’s mailed fist, we'd like to see it a nailed fist, in atonement for crucified prison- STAR CONFESSIONS OF A WAR BRIDE Copyright, 1918, by the Newspaper Enterprise Association Mrs Browning's advice popped into my head while I wae dressing, and 1 “Get leave to work In this world—'tin the beat you get at all.” couldn't get rid it When Betty 1 DOESN'T Atwood, Bob's cousin, came in, 1 DW WHAT UNSELFISH wanted to shout it at her-—I was so PATRIOTISM MEANS jubilant over my own chance to “work Netty in such a capable young person, but she lets her father’s millions make a high and thick barrier between her and the war. The Atwoods have just as many servants as they had two years ago. And her mother has about a ton of sugar stored away, to feed ‘em on, Betty nfided to ws, ! the Atwoods afford to pay any price for anything, they think they have a right to it! Mother Lorimer compels her household to follow every food regulation Hetty came in to Coll us that Daisy Manning had died of the influenza while nursing in an army camp, Datsy's father in an officer in France and she went into nursing with the «pirit her father haa In war And #he didn't have to work at all,” Netty «ald. “She might just as well have let body do it who needed the money! 1 could see Mother Lorimer getting awfully restive, But she didn't reprove Betty, She tried to make a point by telling about a domestic Aicficulty which had spoiled her morning Mother has released Mrs, Chapin, Baby Barbara's nurse, Mrs. Chapin is @ highly trained nurse and her kind is badly needed in the can tonments since the “flu” broke out, Mother put the case to her plainly sald they mustn't be slacker#—that she herself didn't have any right to keep @ trained nurse in the houne just because she could pay the highest wages. Mrs, Chapin wouldn't understand. If she wanted to stay, why Must she go away to do very hard work in a hospital for leas wages? Bhe waa indignant—couldn’t get the patriotic view at all And Betty didn’t, either, So she changed the subject What's this I hear about you and Chrys both going to work in Uncle Jim's office? Pather says Uncle Jim must have softening of the brain as well a stroke 6¢ apoplexy!" Netty is so pretty—I like to look at her, but I do not always lke to hear her talk. On she rattled, “It's ridiculous! What put it inté your heads “It's an awfully unromantic reason, Hetty,” I a boy, you ses, who can take the place of aman we must have in the army,” After she had gone, Mother Lorimer had her say “Your path to usefulness seemed much too roundabout for Hetty to fob low, For myself, I'm getting very weary of these comfortable, complacent, | smug women who only think of the war when they see the papers.” “Mother dear! I pointed some of them out to Jimmy one day, remark ing that for such he was going forth to shed his blood, maybe, what do you think he said?” “I couldn't guess, my child." “He said, ‘Well, I'd a heap rather die for them than live for them?” (To Be Continued) PLease Te Sauphin.Grov SHOPPER SAYS SHE GETS UNFAIR DEAL Dear Mixes Grey: Can a dealer in foodstuffs refuse to sell a customer what he or she selects? For instance, on the market the keepers of stalls pile their vegetables and fruits, very fine looking in front, but when you buy, they dig it out from the back, and often when you get home, the stuff jan't fit to eat. Yesterday I wanted some carrots, and asked for thone in front because they were dry; but the dealer refused to sell them. Also, another had some fine looking tomatoes, I pointed to the ones I wanted and he ignored Mme and began picking up some bad ones at the back, and I said: “I don't want them. I want these,” and he threw the bag down and refused to wait on me I went to three different stalls before I got what I wanted. Another woman was having the same trout Pieare state if these curbrobbers | cannot be comedies to sell what & customer selects and you will not only help me but ali other women who must do their marketing, M, J. Le I have taken your complaint to Julius G, Day, city market in- spectOPand he tells me there in no law that will compel fruit and vegetable dealers wll their stuffs on display. Several years ago a case similar to yours was brought up in court and thrown out because the dealers claimed that if they must poliah apples, sort and arrange all fruit and vegetables as for dixplay they would nee exsarily have to employ more help, which would in turn raise prices. Mr, Day explained that arrests were made every year because dealers attempted to sell spolled fruit and vegetables. | made a tour of inspection of the stalls with Mr. Day, and found that in a number of stalls the foodstuffs were of a» good quality in back an those on display, except, of course, the apples were not pol- ished or the vegetables sorted and placed in uniform sizes. In oth er stalls, the stuff back of the display was actually of inferior quality, altho none of it was decayed. This little incident reminds me that, law or no law, as long as we have the profit system, the food robbers and all of the forty ‘leven other kinds of thieves operating under the mask of legality will continue to endure. Whole Hog ae ? Initial on or None Bride's Linen Dear Miss Gre I have very| Dear Miss Grey: Please advine many boy friend». but have been| me what initial an engaged girl keeping steady with one boy. He! should put on her linen, and great soon thought he had a mortgage On |) ou, We me, and didn’t want me to have any other boy friends, We quarreled It is correct to place either over this, I am sorry now. What the initial of her «mrname can I do to gain his friendship! or that of her future husband's again? ANXIOUS: on linen; more often she uses If you know when you are | well off, you will consider your: | self lucky to be rid of such a | tyrant. If you permit any one boy to monopolize all of your time before you wish to marry or before the young man has expressed a desire to marry you, you will never be anything but sorry. that of her own name. To Remove Shine From Plush Coat secure the information for you more quickly, if it is to be had, And | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1918. | | weight, and the appearance of | | Sam,” sayx 4 sign on a motor truck at our house that we've been saving for several monthe and if Uncle Sam will call we'll be glad to turn ‘em over to him. cee BURN Woop “t am thinking of using my tele phone box as firewood this winter,” lwrites & BT | “My wife has contributed the roll ing pin to the fuel pile,” says T. M “Bhe says she can ose the lawn rolier in place of it next winter.” “ee gE Ms! I We don't know | A man tn Barney. beard 15 feet long. which would be the More practic and une it instead of underwear “ee | A New York firm advertiser: | “Our mattresses are | deep, yet full of life.” eee The New York Railway Co, has eed for permission to increase the fare to 7 cents, and an investigation shows that it pays to the companies whose lines It leases and operates a rental of 18 per cent of their actual value, That company doesn't need help from the city, What it needs is help from the Associated Chari thes, | eee BURN Woop | “I Intend to help the ‘burn wood’ jmovement all I can,” writes L. T. L. “Just as soon as cold weather comes 1 intend to pull down the| | front and back porches and steps “Over There” With the Yanks BY J. R. GROVE Ain't & funny how a fellow will holler for six months steady, about | that heavy pack, and right In the prime of battle carry ten times German Q. M. C, “Save a Freight Car for Uncle{and chop them up and put them in| only the coal bin. 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We have two or three freight cars| ladders from the doorways so we k to where we escaped. | Think (unless it's against the doc soft and | tor’s orders to go in for violent exer |clwe)! think of the amount of peart| | used for those useless buttons that |could be saved and used by the la |) guard defense corps, for pearl handles on their re- A COLUMN OR TWO } Comments, Views, Thoughts, Smiles and Throbs Gleaned Here and There { oe “BY HEBA — sa. After all it is tanks, the thin Tanks wiloh we have talved teant, Ghaiay ig at 4) we have known leant, that have | the goat of the German most successfully | The elem of surprise which has entered into thefr use has [Re effective against the army of the Hun am the destruction which the traveling forta have wrought We have made @ great how-de-do over winning the war in th. and slight progress. We have tried to starve and they fight. We met poison gas with poison gas and flame with flame “We have already pointed out the enviable secreey observed in the manufacture of armored tanks and the training of their crews, which | now number not thousands, but tens of thousands says the Cologne Gazette. “To these must be added the increase in the number of guns, | mine throwers, flame projectors, machine guns, gas and fog ammunt. | | alr, ‘em out Hon and airplanes of all kinds. No proof js necessary that German industry is unable to accomplish this in simdar quantities, Esp, poles age the geyer? tanks, there is no doubt that the numerical gy. iy is on the side of the enem: d that he i tilize bic te cue y am bat he is bound to ut Pr pe nae What would y y 0} you think Marshal “Pwo Cents” — Foch's nickname among his adoring That’ pollus in? at’s Foch Jotfre's, the world knows, is "Pa: seseiteesclapigrealeainttiits ——9) pa,” or “Grandpapa,” but Foch's i French soldiers use it with just as much j affection, It's “Two Cents!” The French for it is “Deux Sous,” and here | how the general came by it When he was @ colonel he was much pf a “hall-fellow-well-met” with | the villagers of his home town. ‘He had « slap on the back and a famillag | Word for everyone. His friends frequently rebuked him for this familiarity, | regarded as unmilitary, to which Foch replied | “Je me'’eh fou, comme de deux sous!” | Which translated to Ame slang means something like, “I don’¢ | 6ive “ rap; I don't care two bat’ The marsha) {» till fond of using the expression, and the poilus, whose | Denchant for bestowing nicknames on their beloved leaders is well known, jbave promptly given him the sobriquet. \~— Peace * 8) peace, ax Poet Edmund Vance Cooke, boosting the Fourth Liberty Loan, sets forth in the following: | 1 hate this war, #0 I skin my purse | In hopes the war will cease; | I hate all war, but one thing's worse, + And that’s a Prussian peace Peace! peace! of course I want a peace; It doesn't take much urging to determine me; I want a plece, or more, Of this Issue Number Four, For every one will swat the Hun in Germany. How completely disillusioned the pace ee German people have been is made | clear by the following comment of —&the Munich Post | “Let um say it openly and fearlessly--Germany’s situation for the last | two years at least has been falsely and lyingly misrepresented by many of lour newspapers and in the public utterances of a majority of our states: | | men . if j “Por the last four years we have been assured again and again thet five minutes separated us from the complete and crushing overthrow Yet at this moment Germany is fighting for her very fife, “This is the kernel of the whole question. The fate of our people lies in their own hands to decide, It goes without saying that before the peo ————-9 Who does not want peace? But there is peace and merely a piece of p an clearly see their way to their own salvation, every annexationist phantom must be dispelled. “We are not fighting fer Flanders and for the Baltle provinces, but tor our bare existence. We are fighting for a peace that will yield us nothing and deprive us of ndéthing. + “If we. can secure such a peace as that {n the teeth of so formidable © superiority in qpemy numbers, we shall have achieved a fame far great- er than any triumph of arms could give us. “Let that satisfy us.” Altho defeated for county commis. sioner in the recent primary, John | Wilson, Atlanta, Georgia, apparently - © is quite happy. Wilson's unique campaign ex- “Lost 1,249 hours’ sleep; lost two front teeth and a whole lot of hair in a personal ” encounter with an opponent; gave away two pairs of suspenders, four call- leo dresses; kindled 14 kitchen fires; put up four stoves; told 10,101 lies and talked enough to make 20,000 volumes; attended 16 revival meetings ‘and was baptized four different times by immersion and twice some other | way; hugged 49 old maids; got dog bit 39 times and was defeated.” Campaign Costs \* That the Latin republics of South © \” m America are evincing a greater South Americans _ triendiiness to the United States than | » 4% & few years ago is apparent. La Razona, commenting editorially lon President Wilson's epeech in New York, said: | “The president sald much, but meant more. This is the beginning ot) the greatest leason taught in the 20th century—the lesson of force changed — into law. 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