The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 19, 1919, Page 6

The Seatile Star sat of city, 60¢ per month: 2 months, $2.76; 35.00, In the of Washington. Fr month, $4.50 for 6 ny elty, Me carrier, por Wook Minimum Wages | A A new principle is creeping into wage relations—the inciple of payment according to needs. It has come so ually we either have not noticed it or think it has always been there. Hitherto wages were fixed according to the market. ‘The employer, criticized for the misery of his employe, re- Plied, “I pay what the market requires.” ‘ Wages were then what the commodity, “labor power,’ fost. They are coming to be what the human being who Works requires. This is the economic side of the principle first announced by American unions, later written into na- tional legislation and now embodied in the greatest of inter- National documents, the principle that the labor of human 's shall not be treated as a commodity. gress to this point has been painfully slow. Econo- © mists insisted that movement in this direction was im- ele and undesirable. Lawmakers were unanimous in ing such action impracticable. Employers swore that 4 attempt to interfere with the fixing of wages by “the Roving of the market” would destroy industry. ' Tm the first half of the last century a few people began lo say that the race dare not let competition fix the wages little children. It was but yesterday that the social lence, here and there, was quickened to hurt arising from permitting the labor of the mothers of the race to be- ‘ an object of unrestricted barter. So the idea of a minimum wage for women crept upon statute books and thru the courts and imto the shop to as a barrier to economic pressure applied to the s of women. These laws insist that the human being to the labor power be the first consideration in de- mining wages. It was inevitable that voices should soon arise asking why, if living standards for women and children were to be tected when they entered industry, should they be equally protected while the father stood between and the factory. Labor was revolving against the tiple of the “dutch auction,” with the job awarded to cheapest bidder, being applied in the labor market. The war came. Human strength and human life were so freely that they became expensive commodities— [ they were still considered commodities. Half-starved could not fight nor work effectively, nor would sacrifice and die for a country that rewarded’ them h semi-starvation—at least not in a democracy—and was war not being fought for democracy? Wherever governmental agencies were established to with the wage disputes that sprung from the rising these bodies did not dare set up the old “labor ” standards. The war labor board in the United lates gave no heed to the quotations on the “labor mar- until it first determined if they were high enough to lintain health and efficiency. We have not reached there yet, but the goal is in if, where. needs and not bargaining power will fix the imum of wages everywhere. The industry that cannot this minimum must disappear and not remain to live, e a the blood and strength of a weakened class. Above this minimum a regulated struggle will still, ‘some time at least, tend to bargain collectively over the amount of wages. my » id — m Res From the Dirt, Up Some millions of years ago, according to the scientists, were pretty near apes. Long hair covered most of bodies: Their foreheads were low and their eyes oulc do pretty nearly all that we now do with our hands. Phe; had no concept of a God, save, perhaps, the sun. Their in ambition being to keep their stomachs full, there was Such thing as property. They “nationalized” their les. They lived in the filth of caves, or in hidden dens| forests. ong. Force was law. Society consisted merely of bands or troops of walking, crawling, climbing creatures who con- 3 ed to exist under great hardship because they could and tear, and endure starvation and terrible weather. e was little of order or morals. There was, probably, enough of social custom or understanding to keep the from self-destruction, or, perhaps, society hung to- purely as a matter of self-defense. _ Because People were born and brought up that way. Says Sir Kingley Wood, M. P., of the Russians of the of our Lord 1919: “Bred in towns, reared in alleys, mewed up in stuffy rooms, no wonder people become irreligious, bat-eyed, ma- stic and Bolshevist.” Given the bestial environment of apes and the anthro- ‘8 ever-present problem of starvation, and Bolshevism a legitimate product, in America as well as anywhere From the scrawny bush-bird of China our noble hen. | om the ugly root of Peru our handsome potato, ‘that ds_ billions. ir in the rushes and mud of Europe the milk of today e sole thing that’s both meat and drink to man. of those anthropoidea, who occasionally forgot and ped upon all-fours, as a matter of speed and con- e, the man of today who flies across the Atlantic, ' es Niagara, weighs the stars, has God and demands home that is his. Progression. But reversion is easier speedier, with the creature who thinks. After all the ‘years, society is beginning to intimately consider the life of the masses, in earnest. Better houses, better working _ tonditions, better sanitation, mothers’ pension, all the move- ments to uplift the condition of the workers, to breed and right, mean that man shall not become bat-eyed, 1 and Bolshevist. There is no greater field for human, effort. A Tribute to Democracy The gigantic mass meeting held at the Metropolitan theatre Wednesday to protest against the ease, in- nocent Jews in Poland and Eastern Europe was a tribute to democracy. Men and women of every political and religious creed assembled to voice their indignation against intolerant brutality practiced against Jews, When eastern Europe is truly democratized there will be no pogroms. Civilization is outraged by race murder because there is not enough democracy—not enough toler- ance of the other man’s right to have his own creed, There will be less sorrow in the world when democracy established in those distant lands where race hatred ge agp e Jews of Seattle and their fellow men are to be itulated on the way their mass meeting was con- —on a broad, democratic scale. If Turkey must have a mandatory, let her find one she sold her securities. It’s no business of ours. From the buffalo that used to snort and| From} “| “Mary possessed a diminutive THE SEATTLE STAR—-THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1919. _Ebit \A Certain Friend of Ours Makes Good at Last. tT CAN TAK iT OR LOAVE iT ALONE _ : L CAN TAKE ir OR LEAVE IT ALONE 1 CAN TAKE OR LEAVE 'T 'T ORIALS — By I CAN TAKE (T OR LEAVE (T ALONE I CAN TAKE 1T OR LEAVE iT ALONE SURE! DiowT 1 Always SAY T coven? YOu CAN LEAVE IT ALONE! BY 0. B. JOYFUL Slogans play a prominent role in life and mort lives. | Without a slogan pushing us on, erage mortal is as happy as the gasiers auto With a mouthable slogan Americans can elect a pre do anything under the uw living. on out, the av taillems kite, or eantly remembered, nt, win a war, we and | “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” elected Will Harrieon. | | “Sixteen to One" defeated Will Bryan, showing the lextraordinary verratility of American sloganism, } | working as well one way as the other Their arms were long, and with their feet they| The Full Dinner Pail” was coined by a man who | }took his luncheon at the Union club, and was served in eight courses. | “Bast the Trusts” was another nice sounding slo jgan, but it didn't mean anything “He Kept Us Out War” plus California, made |U. S$. A. safe for democracy | themselves into gray hair. “Swat the Fly” is the battleery over here. “Turn the Rascals Out,” alternates between the republicans and democrats as the most popular cam paign slogan. “Step Softly and Carry a Big Stick” threateningly whistled thru open-work teeth “No Beer, No Work” may leave a lot of jobs un attached after July 1, but there'll be more actual fact in “How Dry I Am” then “Treat ‘Km Rough” was, according te the testi mony of his wife, the matrimonial slogan of Harry Haughton, Topeka, Kan, She stood it for just so long, she says, and then she— Had him pinched; Sued for divorce; sounded ing home if he got out of Jail; Got another order restraining him his money out of the bank Outside of these few obstacles, her husband is a free agent, and if these do not suffice she says she has a few more trump cards she can play “Man Works From Sun to Sun, Bot Woman's | Work Is Never Done" used to be a whale of a slogan in the feminine world, but recently the fed |eral employment service issued etati«tics showing that per cent of the work now being done in the United States is done by women. That, seemingly, leaves but a per cent for father Mrs. Abner ffet fr: would e been t hy vented the “Votes for Women” Squire Harpington thinks ab the prohibition ought “Demon Rum” bs e It Snappy” guided the author of thi MARY'S LITTLE LAMB “Mary had a little lamb. It's fleece was white as snow And everywhere that Mary went ‘The lamb was sure to go." There would have been 1 GETTING TEAC from drawing little matter of believes the cause of suf. logar half the credit for be given to the victory to slogan “pep” in it RS GOAT this way sheep, | “Whose external covering was as devoid of color as the congealed aureous fluid which occasionally Presents ineurmountable barriers to railroad travel on the Sierras; “And everywhere that Mary peregrinated “The juvenile mutton was certain to get get right after ber.” “We'll Say So!” up and “ee THE LONE QUART There was something inexpressibly pathetic solitary flower on. a coffin, in the introduction of a lonely quart of “Boone's Knoll” whisky as evidence Wednesday afternoon before the grand jury invest |igating the “booze ndal.” Gazing at it, jurors, and thowe more intimately connected with the Hens gen consignment, judges, prosecutors and deputies must have felt themeelyes stirred by that most poignant of emotions——memory ae Ah, little quart, how pathetic thy loneliness! see HOW THE LAW OF GRAVITATION wWorKS “L simply can't understand the combination of my wife's clothes,” “What puzzles you?" “Well, when she Wants to hide anything she pokes it down her neck, but when she wants to get it again, it's always in her stocking."—Wichita Eagle, “ but reduce our cost of | Obtained a restraining order to keep him from com- | 78 | not a mere inan tn- | like a | CENSUKES SEATTLE Rdilor The Star: Where are the pujiowpirited men of Seattle? Are there none? McKee. ss On the Issue of Americanism There Can Ze No Compromise Helping People--the Hardest of Jobs BY DR. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1919, by Frank Crane The hardest job in the world is Helping People. It calls for all our wit, gumption, judg- ment, vision, prudence, wisdom, conscience and moral force—and then we fail four times out of five. Few people make a million dollars. fewer know what to do with it. Benevolence is a most commendable feel- ing, but Beneficence is a most difficult art. I am glad I am not a millionaire, My conscience would drive me to distraction. I know very well my intelligence could not cope with the fearful responsibilities in- volved in spending a million. ys Rana Gerump, in “The Guide to Nature,” “When a professional tramp calls at my back door and asks for something | to eat it is a simple matter to hand him a plateful of food, but if I attempt to help that tramp to earn an honest living, | have undertaken a job replete with much hard labor for myself and many discouragements. “L pity the man who has so much money that he feels it a conscientious obligation to give liberally. Such a philanthropist can | Nabor more effectively in making money than he can in spending it. He is in dan- ger of seeing his generous gifts misused, misapplied and unappreciated, and where he sought to reap satisfaction, alas, too often, | he obtains only worry, pain and sorrow.” And it’s as hard to give wisdom as it is to give money. When you have amassed a great store of sense, for which you have paid extrava- gantly by experience, and try to hand it on to your child, you suddenly awaken to re- alize that it is not worth much—to anybody but you. *Most experience comes to us in packages marked “non-transferrable.” So when you give Sympathy, the object of your good impulse, instead of being strengthened, begins to pity himself and is weakened. i To give Love sometimes feeds Egotism | and creates Tyranny. | To give Advice gets you the reputation of being a bore. To give Patronage arouses resentment. To give Privileges stimulates cupidity. To give may be more blessed than to re- cive; it certainly is more complicated. | I sometimes doubt that the whole Giving | business has any moral value, and am |tempted to believe that all that a man gets jwhich really helps him is what he earns, But | Poor, dear old Mother Ryther, who ha» devoted her /ON€ Way or another. | felons mde a The first congregation thelr interest to rhelter, vetriending homeless d has to beg the public for it aid arrived from the Labor Templ, a of real working pe who, needing for their own children, find a way to help & hundred of our wealthy men come for th a real thanks offering in the shape of a/ | new Mother Ryther home—they wouldn't miss a dol | lar of it? Have the Seattle people no higher ideals than profit | eering, grafting and bootlegging? j AN OBSERVER Tomorrow They had little realization of right and| “1 Should Worry” kept many souls from fretting | nd Soto, liscovered the Mi sippi river, died on the bani a river in Ark | His companions wrapped his body in his mantle and, laying him in a hollowedout trunk of @ tree, commit | ted his body to the river | On June 20, in 1632, the patent of Maryland, grant ed to George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, was after his| death made over to his Cecilius Calvert. King! Charles signed the new patent and gave to the grant| | of land the name of Maryland, in honor of his queen | Henrietta Maria, While Lord Baltimore held the grant he paid for ft yearly to the crown of England two Indian arrows, which are still on exhibition at | Windsor Castle In 1631, on June two Algerian galleys landed in the dead of night at Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland The pirates sacked the town and bore off many of | the inhabitants to slavery. The Irish fisherman who acted as their pilot and steered them up the channel was tried, convicted and executed two years after | wards On June ated in 4 eutta cation. In 1790, on June 20, all titles | rights were abolished in France On June 20, 1819, the first driven by which crossed the Atlantic, arrived at Liverpool On Ju , 1837, W of England died | the age of The 2 ‘olonial el t reform measures of his on June de Spanish leman and exp’ is son 20 20, in 1756 dungeon One hundred M4 shmer the Black E twenty-two died were Incarcer f Cal of suffo anc of nobility and feuda} ship steam at | one of the most ims reign, Alexandrina Victoria Kent niece of William IV., succeeded to the crown of England, taking the title of Queen Victoria a a ail “ONLY SMALL MEN DISHONOR “| FATHER AND MOTHER BY REV. CHARLES STELZLE ° Staff Writer on Religious Topics for The Star, “Thou shalt not” | So runs the preface to most of the ten command. ments given by God to Moses. | e's one commandment with a special prom. | | ise to thore who keep it | “Honor thy father and thy mother that | thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with © in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” | ‘This ts a mighty wholesome commandment to em | phasize, even tho no special blessing were attached to it | “Honor thy father and thy mother.” | ‘ee And, of course, you wouldn't call them the “old| man,” and the “old woman”—if they were honored, by you | | And you wouldn't speak disrespectfully to them—at | any time | Neither would you patronize them, as tho you were| superior—especially when you “treat them” } thm They are usually so grateful and so proud of veal and they have a way of showing’ it—*o that you} come to feel you are so much better than they are.| “Honor thy father and thy mother,” There's no surer to a good indication that you're small and | contemptible than when you dishonor them, | Perhaps they haven't had the chance to put on all the polish that you've acquired, but don't forget that they made it possible for you to get the start that helped you win, “HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER." orphans, | avery, was | daughter of the Duke of | Sure it is, anyhow, that I have seen more people spoiled and undone by getting what | |they never worked for, than suffering be- | on Lake Aimador to land a trout occurred when cause they worked and were not paid. | The most unfortunate class in the world is the endowed class. ‘Thpy also are the cause of most revolutions. Doctors tell us certain foods are injurious; | but the food that is worst of all for any of us is that which we never worked for. Heirs may think themselves fortunate, and the disinherited may envy them, people . who find pots of gold, gamblers who win? high stakes, lucky dogs who draw lottery) prizes, ministers who receive donations, and” children who get Christmas presents, all may be happy, but the man I envy most is the one who can come nearest to saying, what none of us can say, alas! in entire | truth, “Whatever my sins and shortcoming at least I have taken nothing from t! oy for which I did not give an equive™ alent.” Letters of an Altruist I—TO HIS LANDLORD BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE. My dearest sir and most respected; I fear that you have felt neglected, For I have scarce had grace to mention Your kindly courtesy and attention. Your monthly calls bring me such pleasure "Tix hard for me to state the measure. 1 would I had that social savor Whereby 1 might return your favor, But well I know (to my regret) I am not of your social set, And so I've had some hesitancy To leave cards at your residency. Yet, tho’ my courtesy has been ailing, Your own has ever been unfailt And rain or shine, or best or worrt, You visit me upon the first, An honor, almort past the telling, Which falls upon my humble dwelling. © pardon, rir, my inelvilityt Surely I lack all real gentility; 1 did not mean to carp or grumble, When I pronounced my home as humbie. 1 quite—forgive my careless tone— I quite forgot st is your own! And being such, ‘tis allalluring. Its decorations are enduring; Its planning, painting, heating, plumbing Are adequate and most becoming. Please pardon my tmportunations Against repairs and alterations. There is but one small favor, truly, Even that I do fot urge unduly, And yet, I feel your warm benignity Might grant it without Joss of dignity. May I, then, have your kind assent, When next you call, to raise my rent? (Copyright, 1919, by N. E. A.) THISLL MAKE ALL MEN FISHERS. JEALOUS! QUINCY, Cal—One of the prettiest battles : Jean Stauart of Quiney landed one of the Rainbow species at that place. The fish measured 25 inches. 8 America’s Victory Memérial This is America’s Victory Memorial, to be built in Washington by popular subscription. Cost of build- jing and furnishings, together with an endowment for maintenance will be $10,000,000. | ture has been granted by congress. The building will have an auditorium to seat 7,000, a banquet hall seat- ing 600 and other smaller halls, besides library and h total $1,000,000 and a drive to raise the other $9,000,000 Land for the struc: > rical museum of the war. 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