The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 5, 1919, Page 6

She Seattle Star out of city, 60c per month: 3 momths, ‘ “4 | Te months, $2.75; year, $6.00, in the Washington,’ Outside the state, per month, $4.60 for 6 months, or $9.00 per year. By carrier, city, 12¢ per week. Violence a Confession of Failure Other classes may find momentary or permanent in-| it in autocracy or dictatorship. Labor lives, grows and only by democracy. It has been so thruout history. more than ever true today. _ Labor’s very numbers determine this. The workers ‘always a majority. “Ye are many, they are few,” sang! when he vainly called upon the people of England to like lions after slumber.” P ohn Swinton, an early American labor journalist, once Kar] Marx the cryptic question, “What is?” and re- the Delphic reply, “Struggle.” The struggle in democracy educates the masses for rulership. The mic struggle builds those training schools of democ- the unions, and develops the men and women who ly organize and lead labor. yen be Victory gained without this struggle, with its training orting out of talents, would be fruitless, incapable of ting its conquests. Until a majority of its members | educated to a common purpose, and organized and r d to achieve victory, labor is not entitled to, nor petent to exercise, the rulership that comes with vic- ty. These are old maxims of the labor movement. They! ed emphatic iteration today. . | r r can win anything it can agree upon wanting. It} win economically or politically. It can win by votes in c ocracy. It can wineby “direct action” thru union in the shop. It can win by “absorbing the mar- and assuming the function of the capitalist thru tion. It can win by whatsoever method it unitedly It can always win. peaceably, something impos-| to a minority class. It is questionable if it can win by se. Labor seeks a constructive victory. It struggles ld, and it is doubtful if the sort of co-operative con-| tive and productive social institutions upon which the of labor depends can be built in the midst of the! that accompanies violence. ‘ is certain that an appeal to violence in the name of | is a confession of failure. It is positive proof that) making the appeal do not represent labor, and! failed to gain its support. It is an admission that s, who make the majority, and therefore have no violence, are not convinced of the justice of the! in whose name violence is invoked. | he lure of the violent road is great, especially to the and impatient, and the small are always impatient. | bleon came because France was filled with little Napo- It was to “save the Revolution” that Napoleon} he host of very, very small Napoleons that are now labor to forsake democracy and follow the road of ship in order to “save the Revolution” are but the road made familiar by generations of dema-| desiring their own domination, and knowing that| mistrusted by the majority. There can be no “dictatorship of the proletariat,” ex- ; all the people in a democracy becoming proletarians. | m the words lose their meaning. ‘e could have a little more faith in the Hun if he d true to form instead of hugging in his hour ss the principles he so gaily violated in his days Our Mechanical Life | ter taking an exhaustive survey of life, one is led to onclusion that the machinery business would be a good line to be in! e it out for yourself. You get up in the morning, array yourself in garments machine-made cloth, eat some machine-made} ' food, drink some machine-cut coffee, read a news- ler that remarkable machinery has made possible, take achine known as a street car to your office building, an elevating mechanism hoists you to the floor on h you mechanically go thru the day’s tasks. You write letters by dictating them to a machine from which pounds them out on another machine. A little con- tion standing on your desk carries your voice to various of the city and brings -he conversation of friends ness acquaintances to your ear. On dark days you ite the gloom by electric light generated in a vast hinery-driven power plant. At night some friends take you home in a four-wheeled | ine which is a mechanical marvel—it gets such a ngly enormous mileage from a gallon of gas, at) it it does to hear said friend tell about it. You read her newspaper, also printed on machinery, of course. the evening -meal you have a soup skillfully canned J Some mechanical process, some other canned goods, d ice cream made by a lot of machinery in a big plant. 4 you go to a movie where mechanism reproduces a on a silver screen for your benefit. You finally into a bed assembled from a lot of parts made by} inery. No wonder the machinery business looks like a good | line to get into. No wonder a man often gets into the} habit of thinking he’s a good deal of a machine himself! Sasa) Wilson professes a love for Labor, but Labor re- torts that his Burleson speaks louder than words. _ A Western state, that has more than a million popula- tion, recently jubilated over the fact that during the year its savings accounts had increased ten million dollars. Which meant that during a year of prosperity, during a time when the worker received more than double his Usual wage, the average family had increased its savings account about seventy dollars. But, during the same time the average family spent $10 for tires and gasoline and repairs for every one it put in a savings account, _ This is no ériticism of the sensible spirit of the Ameri- can worker that believes in enjoying life, and giving his family some of the luxuries. ; -_ But we submit that the savings account, the fund for old age, for emergencies, for sickness, for the education of the children, should be of first consequence instead of last. a We are warned against a general demonstration by anarchists during July. It was during duly, 1776, that ‘Americans first decided to break away from a tyranny not as noxious as anarchy. Ve On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise — Why Men Rush Out and Walk Around the Block. By McKEE! Net ete ae oe Eee THE COOK SAYS SHE 1S GOING CM TO LEAVE — SHAVING Witt vou SPEAK TO ( BOBBY Is HAVING TROVBLE WITH TeéHS EXAMPLE AND IT CAN'T soLve 1T— You TRY r'm SHAVING! LISTEN To WHAT COUSIN SALLY SAYS ABOUT "YOU IN HER LETTER 1. What is The League of Nations? A Union of the strongest civilized Nations formed at the conclusion of the Great War. 2. What is its object? First, to promote the Peace of the world by agreeing not to resort to war. to deal openly with each other, not by secret treaties. ‘Third, to improve international law. of common concern. 3. Does it presume to end war? No more than any government can end ¢rime. It claims to reduce the liability of war. 4. What will be done to any Nation that makes war? It will be boycotted and other- wise penalized. 5. How else will the probability of war be lessened? By voluntary, mutual, and pro- portionate disarmament, by exchanging military information, by providing for ar- bitration, by protecting each nation’s terri- torial integrity and by educating public opinion to see the folly of war. 6. What else does The ague propose to do for Mankind? (1) Secure fair treat- ment for Labor, (2) suppress the White Slave Traffic, the sale of dangerous Drugs, and the traffic in War Munitions, (3) con- trol and prevent Disease, (4) promote the work of the Red Cross, and (5) establish International Bureaus for other Causes that concern the human race. 7. Who are to be Charter Members. of the League? The United States of America, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, British Empire, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zea- land, India, China, Cuba, Czecho-Slovakia, Keuador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hedjaz, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portu- gal, Rumania, Serbia, Siam, Uruguay, and the following states which are invited to ac- cede to the covenant: Argentine Republic, Chili, Colombia, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Persia, Salvador, Spain, 8. What other Nations may join? Any |self-governing State which will agree to the rule of the League, provided the League accepts it. 9. What Agencies will the League have? (1) An Assembly, composed of representa- tives of all the member Nations, (2) a Coun- cil of Nine, (3) a Secretary General, (4) a Mandatory Commission, to look after Colonies, e' (5) a Permanent Commis- sion, for military questions, (6) various In- ternational Bureaus, such as the Postal Union, ete., (7) Mandatories, 10. What is a Mandatory? Nation designated by the League to attend to the welfare of “backward peoples. 1 siding in colonies of the Central Empires, or in territories taken from them.” This is to be a “sacred trust,” and in selecting (Sweden, Switzerland, Venezuela. First Instead of Last | the area in question shall be the principal consideration. 11. Does the League imply a Super- nation? No. It interferes in no way with any Nation’s Sovereignty, except to limit Government will turn loose its surplus stocks with care, in order not to injure business. Is business so 1 h more important than the consumer who is strain- every nerve to make tongue and knuckle meet? its power to attack other Nations. 12. Can any Nation withdraw when it wishes? Yes. The League is Advisory and Co-operative, not Coercive. 13. Does the League put Peace above Second, | Fourth to co-operate on all matters | Some one | a Mandatory the wishes of the people of | The A BC of the League of Nations BY DR. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1919, by Frank Crane) | | political party, and many members of the THERE'S AN OVERCHARGE OF WHILE — | $2.89 ON THE rm BUTCHER's GILL SHAVING THIS WEEK— THE DOOR-BELL (S RINGING AND IT DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY BooY — witt You GO? see ‘M SHAVING? fe TE 7/iji aaSumeee? = S Uaedeeail es y} F Justice and National Honor? Reason before Violence. 14. Does not the League take away the Constitutional right of Congress to declare war? No. The League can Advise war;! Congress alone can Declare war. | 15. Does it destroy the Monroe Doctrine? Exactly the contrary. For the first time in history the other Nations recognize the Monroe Doctrine; and Extend it to all the world. 4 16. Does it not interfere with Treaty Making powers of the United States? No. It is a Treaty. We can make any Treaty we please. 17. Would we have had the Great War if we had had this League? No. That War cost the world over seven million lives and 200 billion dollars. . 18. Of what importance .is the League?) It is the greatest deed of mankind in the history of the world. 19. Has not any one a right to object to the League? Yes. This is a free coun- try. Any one has a right to any opinion he choose: 20, Why is the League so bitterly opposed by a few? Because, unfortunately, any Treaty or League must be made by the President, and a President is chosen by a No. It puts opposite Party think they must decry what- ever he does, GOD DOESN'T CONSULT | “WHO'S WHO” i| REV. CHARLES STE | Staff Writer on Religious Topics for The Star | When God decided to destroy Sodom he told Abra-| ham about it. We don't know how He did it, but Abraham knew about it before Lot did And Abraham pleaded with God to save the city, for the sake of “50 righteous men” who might be found there. And God promised. But find 50 righteous men. Then he himself reduced the number to 40, then 30, then 20, then 10—but they couldn't be found. And the city was destroyedbut not until Abraham— who was known as “the friend of God’*—had been given the chance to save it on his own terms. There are men today who Itve so close to God that they can clearly read His will and plainly see the “signs of the times.” They are not often known to the public—for many of them are humble toilers in shops and factories, or in their homes. God does not reveal His will “to the wise and prudent"—He more often speaks to the simpler folks of earth And these humble “friends of God” avail with Him when the prayers of the mighty never reach beyond their own lips. Abraham couldn’t| Meanwhile, most of us are eager to quote “big| we ss by the common people of earth th ren't “authogities” in the religious world. But God doesn't consult “Who's Who" when He de. sires to speak thru men. He selects those whose names are written in the “Book of Life.” OUR NAVY IS ALL SHOT TO PIECES Secretary of the Navy Daniels has gone and got himself in bad again with the actual and want-to-be admirals of the American navy He has abolished Special full dress, white special full dress, full dress white full dress, eyening full dress, dinner dress and dress uniforms, the poor admirals nothing to wear but— rvice dress, white service dress and even- ing dress, for he also swept away The cocked hat, epaulets, and the habit of devoting the major portion of the afternoon dressing for din ner, lrub {ce on your ideas. Jing him beating wasn't good just then. The Fruits of Bolshevism SUPPRESSION O F FREE SPEECH regardl Bolshe additional bit of real information in that very what is going on Russia shows 1 has resulted in less freedom, instead of more freedom, except for the Bolshevist leaders and their mercenary army In view of the ery of the Bolshevists in America for “ffee speech,” the situation in Russia is all the more startling In published in the Liberator of January makes the following statements 1919, Lenine While the old bourgeois democratic constitutions, for instance, proclaimed forma! equality and the right of free assemblage, the constitution of the Soviet repudiates the hypocrisy of a formal equal- ity of all human beings Since we here are concerned with the task of overthrowing the bourgeoisie, omy fools or traitors will insist oa the formal equality % the bourgeoisie. . ‘ Our Soviets have taken over al! usable buildings in the cities and towns out of the hands of the rich and have placed them at the disposal of the workmen and peasants for meeting and organ ization purposes, In an article in the Bolshevist organ, Pravda, re- published in the Liberator of September and Octobet, 1918, Lepine «aid: The nearer we get to the complete military suppression of the bourgeois the more danger- ous become for us the petty bourgeois anarchic inclinations. And these inclinations cannot be combated only by propaganda and agitation, by the organization of emulation, by the selection of organizers; they must also be combated by com- pulsion The following decree, issued by Zinoviev and pub lished in the Bolshevist organ, the Northern Com- mune, of Sept. 13, 1918, shows the conditions under which meetings may be held: 1, All societies, unions and associations—polit- feal, economic, artistic, religious, ete—formed on A Letter to American Workingmen” by Lenine, | the territery of the Union of the Commune of the Northern Region must be registered at the cor. responding Soviets or committees of the village poor. 2. The constitution of the union or society, a list of founders and members of the committe | with names and addresses, and a list of all mem- | bers, with their names and addresses, must be submitted at registration 3. All books, minutes, ete, must always be kept at the disposal of representatives of the Soviet power for purposes of revision. | 4, Three days’ notice must be given to the Soviet, or to the committee of the village poor, of all public and private meetings | 5. All meetings must be open to the represent- atives of the Soviet power, viz: the representa tives of the Central and District Soviet, the com mittee of the poor and the kommandatur of the revolutionary secret police force. 6. Unions and societies which do not comply with thosé regulations will be regarded as counter revolutionary organizations and prosecuted, Reading this decree in connection with the declara- tion of Lenine, it is easy to see why there are go | public meetings of protest against the Bolshevist rola. | This decree reminds those who knew Russia tn the | past of the suppression of free speech under the czar. Light is shed upon the results of this decree by a quotation from Pravda, of Aug. 6, 1918. (Pravda, ac | cording to Max Eastman of the Liberator, is the “Bolshevist organ.) A passage reads: KAZAN, Aug. 4—The Provisional Congress ef the Soviets of the peasants has been dissolved be | cause of the absence from it of poor peasants AND BECAL ITS STATE OF MIND IS OB | VIOUSLY COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY. | If a Soviet congress ix dissolved because it does not | agree with the Bolshevist rulers, what chance would an ordinary meeting stand? | Bvidently, “freedom of speech” tn Russia means freedom to praise Lenine and his associates. FINDING FAULT WITH THE FAULT-FINDER The fault-finder is first cousin to the grouch. While the grouch has corns on his disposition, his flat tire relation, the fault-finder, isaf- flicted with hard ening of the opinion arteries, Mostly so above the ears. He finds a pinfeath er to pick on any subject that comes before his 2 per cent atten- tion. He sees only the lopsid- ed part of things. A new joke is covered with moss to him. He discovers antique music parts in the latest popular ditties, Spots flaws in the movies. Is the first to But the last to suggest a remedy. The fault-finder ts an apple keeping himself in the shade to sour on the old apple tree of life. eee BEN FRANKLIN ONCE WROTE TO MISS GEORGIANA: SHIPLEY: Here Skugg lies snug As.a bug in a rug. eee FASHION NOTE Mrs. Megurhyssa (photo below) of the well known Ichneumonoldea tribe of bugs, has the most uniquely designed architecture in the insect world. Her figure (again note photo below) is not duplicated by other insects, or in Paris or Atlantic City, N. J -—P SIGNS OF THE TIMES Sign on a First ave. restaurant window—The Orig- inal Seattle Fish and Chips Served Here. We are wondering if the chips are some of the German. named food on which the war department ban was lifted the other day. eee ANTIQUE? VERY MUCH SO On the window of an upper First ave. second-hand store the following sign is painted: “Secontl-hand and Antique Furniture for Sale.” Antique? Yes; we'll say so. eee . SLACKER! The bird who lets the other fellow push the swing: ing door around at the postoffice. eee Miss Ann Taylor, spinster, 70 years old, living in Nelson, Australia, has sued John Pender, widower, 80 years old, for breach of promise. John’s nine children wouldn't let him marry, he told the court, but the jury went ahead and handed Ann $250 to mend her shattered heart. AND GEORGIA IS MORE OR LESS DRY! G. W. Robbins was working in his garden in At lanta, Ga. pulling some radishes the other evening when he discovered a six-foot coachwhip snake watch- Robbins quit pulling radishes and beat it. But the The coachwhip chased him. Robbins let out an extra ounce of steam and ran faster, The snake speeded up. The chase ended near the barn where Robbins was forced to pause for breath. The snake also was shy of wind and crawled under the barn to rest up for a fresh start. Robbins, encouraged by this maneuver and angered at the damage already doné his radishes, grasped the snake by the tail and dragged it out. Instantly the coachwhip changed tactics and looped itself about Robbins’ neck, Business picked up at once, and the warm summer atmosphere was shattered by exclamations of the rough-and-ready variety. The coachwhip had a combination grapevine and head hold on Robbins, who was striving to achieve the deadly toe-hold made famous by Wrestler Gotch Tho radish bed was used as a mat, and the grapple was fast and furious, It is a difficult matter to put a toe-hold on a large and scientific snake, but Robbins was battling for his life and a few remaining radishes—and he got the hold, The first thing he did was to unwrap the coachwhip from his neck. Then he violated all wrestling rules and regulations, the constitution of the U. S., and the laws laid down by the Marquis of Queensberry, Robbins deliberately and with malice aforethought popped his late adversary’s head against the side of the barn, The battle ended there. G, W. Robbins is coachwhip wrestling champion of Georgia, eee The International Association of *Dancing Masters, in convention, decided to join hands with the minis: cOoW TEST! Editor The Star: A co-operative cow test associa tion is being formed in a district extendin® from North Bend to Bothell and including Snoqualmie, | Fall City, Tolt and Duvall. The tester, an agricultural college graduate, will work under the direction of Mr. O. V. Patton, the King county agricultural agent. He is hired and paid by the association. He will spend a day every month with each member of the association—weigh the feed to each cow, weigh and sample the milk, and test it for butter fat, besides giving aid with problems of feed and management. He will keep accurate records and can make from them an accurate estimate of the efficiency of every cow under his care. The boarder cow will go to the butcher and the high Producer will be kept and her offspring raised. The importance to the farmer of thus keeping books on the individual cow is obvious. The Seattidite is interested, too—indirectly because the prosperity of the city is partly dependent on the prosperity of the surrounding country, but directly because it affects his own pocketbook. This bookkeeping means lower cost of production on a great food item—milk—and that means that the price to the consumer ‘will bo kept down, This region around Seattle is a great dairy section, and is bound to be gyeater with the city’s growth. There is room around Seattle for three or four such cow test associations, and there will be that many when their value is appreciated. The work should be pushed by publicity—even the best things need ad- vertising. CHARLES GREWE Tomorrow WN the 6th of July, in 1553, Edward VI. the boy king of England, died. In 1189, on the 6th of July, Henry II. of England was killed during a rebellion headed by his own sons, John and Richard. Richard, who succeeded his father, was called Coeur de Lion. On the 6th of July, in 1747, John Paul Jones was born at Kirksbearn, Scotland. John Paul Jones, who was referred to as a pirate and an adventurer by the British, was the most famous naval commander of the American Revolution, After the War of Inde pendence, in 1788, he retired from the American serv: ice and was made an admiral in the Russian navy shortly after. He was buried at Paris. In 1905 the coffin containing his body was taken from the vault and brought in the U. S. S. Brooklyn to the United States and temporarily placed in a mausoleum at Annapolis. The following year the cof- fin was ceremoniously placed in a crypt in Bancroft Hall, in the Naval Academy, The ceremony was at- tended by the president and naval representatives of the United States and France. In 1854, on the 6th of July, the present republican party was founded and organized. It adopted an anti- slavery platform. The first national convention was held two years later. John Fremont was nominated for president. On the 6th of July, in 1898, the senate and the house passed a joint resolution providing that Hawaii should be annexed to the United States. "SELFISHNESS MEANEST | THING IN THE WORLD | » SEE AE i AIT SS BY THE REV. CHARLES STELZLE Staff Writer on Religious Topics for The Star Selfishness {s probably human, race. The selfishness of youth ts due to thoughtlessness. The selfishness of middle age is due to heartless: ness. The selfishness of old age ts due to carelessness, But it’s just plain selfishness in every case, no mat- ter what may be the cause—absolute disregard for the well-being of friends and neighbors and the exalt: ation of self, The thing that makes us love and honor others is the complete absence of selfishness, What makes you love your mother? she always thought of herself last. We honor the true soldier because he is ready to surrender his life, We exalt Jesus because He willingly laid down His life to redeem men from the power of sin and to gain the victory over self. There is ne surer sign of greatness than the willing: ness to take the humblest place, It is an infallible sign of a small soul to be always clamoring for the front seat, the greatest curse of the The fact that AND SUCH IT IS IN URBANA, ILL. “Why should any woman desire to show her dress shields and underwear to the public?” These and a variety of kindred remarks are in- cluded in a circular on “fashion—its use and abuse," which has been put out by the home economics de partment of the University of Illinois, “Evening dresses described in our fashion magazines as not showing much above the waist and very little below,” the circular says, “are not rare,” And it goes on thusly “Many girls appear bow-legged when the leg, which should be at right angles to tHe foot, is obliged to terial union and welfare organizations in an effort to check the wave of, indecent dancing they insist is | sweeping over the country. assume a slant position because of the stilted heel,” We had often wondered what caused that appear- ance, He served in a campaign against Turkey, and died