The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 30, 1919, Page 6

She Seattle Star By, mail, out of city, 50¢ per month; 3 months, 1.50; 6 months, $2.75; year, $5.00, in. the te of Washington. Outside the state, © per month, $4.50 for 6 months, or $9.00 per year, Ly carrier, city, 12c per week. THE SEATTLE STAR—WEDNESDAY, JULY 80, 1919. ~ ED TORIALS — FEATURES Let’s Buy the Army Bacon, Gentlemen of the Council ; B On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise HY shouldn’t the city buy the 800 00 pounds of army bacon stored at Seattle and camps in the Northwest? The city has failed to give the matter more than an indifferent shrugof the shoulders, tho no argument is advanced against the proposition from any source. The bacon, it is asserted, is fit food—and it can be bought for half the prevailing price. The city could dispose of the entire lot in a very short time, in ‘the same manner that it disposed of a large supply of fish under the direction of former Health Commissioner J. S. McBride. If there is any good reason why the city should not buy the army bacon and re-sell to the consumers, what is it, gentlemen of the council? Where the Money Goes h cost of living is a fulminating cap that may piety filled with revolutionary discontent. It has the immediately irritating cause behind every recent nt outbreak. When the current of unrest leaps the between prices and income it gives. off sparks in the powder magazine. The party with a panacea for prices never lacks a following. “It is true that prices were lifted to a new level on a d of bonds and flat money. It is because some persons been borne aloft to prosperity upon this flood and bmerged in misery that discontent rages and rev- on threatens. kee Earned income lagged behind rent and profits. This is explosive fact. It is not the increase but the distribu- of the money supply that is important. Food is fundamental. We eat to live and most of us we must live. Who got the extra money paid for 2 i, " If, when the canary is missing, we find feathers dec- ing a satisfied smile on a fat cat we go after that cat. Food distribution, thruout the world, is dominated by “Big Five” of the packers. Reports on the profits of four yf these companies have recently been made to the stock- s. There are those who charge that these reports many of the feathers. Yet they show that after Ing income, corporation and super-taxes of all sorts, “companies have collected $165,116,651 in profits dur- the last three years. This is three times the rate of . profits as computed under the federal income tax When the federal trade commission reports that these companies are financially interested in 762 other com- most of which they control, which handle 775 com- “mostly food products,” a large bunch of in- ting feathers is disclosed. ; ‘The indictment grows stronger when the acting secre- of the United States department of agriculture dicov- ‘an oversupply of meat, falling live-stock prices, station- Tetail prices and a 50 per cent increase in the price ; the most important by-product, all smmce March he domination of the “Big Five” is international. lucing plants in the United States, / tine, ay, Brazil and Australia, and distributing tn almost every corner of the earth. From remote isles protesting against control of copra to the old- filizations complaining against extortions, the denun- 1 of this “Big Five” belts the earth. : rhaps they are not to blame for high food prices. hey are not getting more than their share of caused by currency inflation. Perhaps they are| ts as their prolific press agents protest. sts for despots in all ages have made the same claim. | there is a general belief that billions of dollars and of lives have recently been expended and the world to the verge of bankruptcy to get rid of despotism. volent despotism with so many feathers around is apt to be viewed with suspicion anyhow. Princes of Wales may come—and go. Seattle’s ng to i, queen of its own Sunday night at the ie 100 Per Cent Freedom low is the winter of our deep distress made glorious xr by the American Clothing Designers’ association, nual conclave. ~ An increase of 100 per cent in the cost of men’s cloth- is coming. Kick? No, sir! We kick on 100 per cent in bacon, butter, eggs and other marvels that go into } but not on this rise in costs of clothes, because the de- mers provide a compensation for the lovely hold-up. “Gaudy things in Alice blue, orange and similar bril- hues will be the vogue,” to quote the designers. What care we for 100 per cent, when we can waft rself down to the office in orange coat, vest of Alice blue sunflower trousers? The whole range of “brilliant . will be open to us, and we'll lay our 100 per cent on e altar without a sniffle or complaint. "Doggone it, the confinement to somber hues has been s thorn in our side all our life. Years we have worn the set of the smoky bat, while mother, sister and daugh- have scintillated with hues. No more the “tone” of the ly burro, The vain butterfly shall dodge our trousers inging on the family clothes line and the conceited rain- shall weep floods of envy in the presence of our re- ndent vest. ‘ Cost? Is there any price too high to pay for freedom female criticism of our “color tone?” And you can that the females won't criticize, if we’re only in vogue, ‘whatever our “tone.” A Quebec mother has just given birth to her 25th child. This answers the accusation that Canada’s pop- vert is increased only by Americans hunting cheap The meat packers are getting out of the grocery _ business; will somebody watch all the other food holes to see they don’t slip into one of them? The only amusing thing about the situation is that the Red is cusseed the loudest by the man who imported him in numbers in order to get cheap labor. William J. Bryan will lecture at West Seattle Thurs- day night. Bryan? Bryan? Seems we've heard the name before. ' Judge Gordon is fining specders $1 per mile. A trifle more than John D. soaks ’em. “Safety Week” started in Seattle with 18 acci- dents. Weak Safety—as yet. I've HEARD A-PLENTY ABOUT “THE 17- YEAR LOCUSTS— WHY Don'T SOMES WRITE SUM ABOUT THE RAVACES) of THE 17-YEAR- OLD PUPPIES? How's EVERY sd LITTLE THING? a SUMMER AFFLICTIONS OF THE MAN WITH A YOUNG AND PRETTY DAUGHTER (Copyright, 1999, by Donald McKee.) A League of Nations Show Window coo BY DR. FRANK CRANB (Copyright, 1919, by Frank Crane I have a grand idea there, said the Grocer. Just step around and look at it. It’s a League of Nations Show Window. We had a League of Nations in the Grocery business, you know, long before that Versailles bunch suggested it. The Grocery is a little World. It brings all the ends of the earth to you to supply your table. So, just as an advertisement, I fixed up that window. I got the idea from The Ad- High Cost of Flivving Life is a car On which we are, And we're getting a ride, or giving; And these. are the themes Of passengers’ dreams Concerning the cost of flivving. I—THE MATERIALIST. “Aw, don’t be afraid ‘When you hit the grade; Grab hold with a firmer grip. "Twon't bother you much If you work your ‘clutch,’ And be sure that it doesn’t slip!" Il.—THE FANATIC, “Old Alcohol Is the cause of it all And the world has long been fooled. In the radiator Its cost is greater, But now, we'll be water-cooled.” IIlL—THE SPLENETIC. “And water's so wet ‘That it's one safe bet That before this reform is thru, Before we are done The world will run On a ‘full-floating axle,’ too.” IV.—THE PSYCHOLOGIST, “Tt’s all in your eye That flivving is high, For you're watching the speed indicator. Detach it, and then You'll never know when Your mileage is much or greater,” V.—THE SOPHIST. “Yes, board and keep Make an upward leap And the boarding house rate has soared. And the reason why That flivving is high, Is because of the running board!” VIL—THE MORALIST “A little less speed Is what we need And a little more work's required. We're a lazy clase For we run by gas And we boast that we're ‘over-tired’” “It isn't the car VII—THE ECONOMIST On which we are, And it isn’t the fault of the load, But we're sweating our souls The proposal to try the kaiser in London pleases body exeept the kaiser and London, And paying our tolls To the fellow who owns the road.” EDMUND VANCE COOKE,, (Copyright, 1919, N. BE, A.) vertising World. It’s a beaut. For instance. Looket. I found some lit- tle flags at the department store, and I’ve got each nation’s product decorated with the proper emblem. There’s France represented by a can of mushrooms, the little champignons. I might have had also anchovies, citron, ca- pers, Roquefort cheese, and other things. Great Britain’s product is Worcestershire sauce. Mighta had finnan haddie and so on. Switzerland—Swiss cheese and Swiss Chocolate. Central and South American states— bananas, cocoanuts and coffee. , Holland—Edam cheese. Italy—macaroni and olive oil. China—tea and ginger. Japan—tea and crab meat. East Indies—sago and nutmegs. Canada—lobsters. Norway—mackerel. Portugal—sardines. Spain—castile soap. The Balkans—birdseed. Greece—currants. Ceylon—cinnamon. India—curry powder. Cuba—cigars and sugar. For the United States I picked out what I thought is the most characteristic thing we raise—corn, There you are, You can have the whole League of Na- tions for dinner. I'd like to feed these foods at a dinner to a bunch of Little Americans, that are afraid the goblins will get us unless we build a fence a mile high around the coun- try, and watch ’em get indigestion. "THE OLD GARDENER SAYS: " mm _ 28 Don't hesitate to pinch back the vines of squashes, pumpkins or melons which are making a rampant growth. There is no reason why these vines should travel all over the lot. Keep them in bounds and you will get a bigger crop. Remember that many of the blossoms on these vegetables as well as on cu cumbers will fall without setting fruit. Do not worry about that. It always pays to cover the stems of squashes at intervals with earth, for new roots will be thrown out where this is done and if the borers get into the vines they will be able to do less damage. Watch out for plant lice on the under side of the muskmelons. They often prove a pest at this season. HOW WE KEEP AFLOAT We now have with us a republican school board, a republican vocational high school board, a republi- can board of county commissioners, a republican city administration, a state republican administration, a republican congress. The country would certainly go to the dogs were it not for Woodrow Wilson and the Wind River Mountaineer—Wind River (Wyo.) Mountaineer. A man may be a good wire puller and still know nothing about operating wires. There's Burleson, frin- stance, 4 A WORD FROM JOSH WISE Th’ boat with no sail up misses ev'ry breeze. eee Greetings: Do you know the new rules in the new traffic ordinance? eee Army bacon is offered the city at 34 cents a pound. Cheap enough—if they don't clap a war tax on it. eee City council will not extend an official invitation to the president of the Irish republic to visit us. Oh, Mr, Carroll! Oh, oh, Fitzgerald! eee MR. GREY'S HOUSEHOLD HINTS Caterpillars, San Jose scale and other pests can be removed from a halitree by rubbing it with sand paper. Parsnip shortcake should always be served cold. Do not wash lace curtains or portieres in sour milk. eee ANSWERED BY MR. GREY Dear Mr. Grey: I am very anxious to become an aviator. I suppose that I must do a great deal of preliminary studying, especially read a lot on the subject. What do you advise me to read?—A. L. T. Begin by reading sheet of fly paper. What is the difference between railroad men and school children?—H. J. K. Railroad men like low grades while school children like high ones. fin later years.” Why is {ft that lawyers are always such poorly dressed men?—B. R. R Because they delay trying their new suits. QUESTIONS MR. GREY CANNOT ANSWER What shall I do? I have used my false teeth #0 long they are worn smooth. Where can I have them retreaded?—L, W. 8. When does the dew drop? Is a drop due?—F. T. H. Are rich men generally men of strong purseonality? —M. B. R. eee But, as the phonograph dealer remarked, “I may not be such a great athlete, but I hold a lot of records.” eee THIS SHOWS WHAT ALTITUDE DOES TO THE ATHLETE Ted Wilcox, the high school star of Delta, broke at least two state high school records tn Western Slope Athletic association meet. He ran the 440 yards in 51 minutes 25 seconds, the 220 yard dash in 23 min- utes 35 seconds, and the 100 yards in 10 minutes 1-5 seconds.—Denver (Col.) Post. eee An Eastern scientist is trying to dope out why the girls wear their hair done up like a turnip over their ears. That’s easy. It’s so they can't hear the dishes rattle when they wash ‘em. eee A lake of soda has been discovered in East Africa. ‘We don't know whether it’s just plain or ice cream. An army aviator, so we read in the papers, has married a Philadelphia heiress. It is only a question of time till she's an atress. eee PUTTING IT UP TO THE READER Two daughters of N. Schlichting are visiting at his home. We failed to learn the names of either of them, but discovered that one is the oldest daughter and the other the youngest, so if you formerly knew the family you can figure them out all right-—Garner (Ia.) Democrat, eee Every time some fellow invents a labor saving machine come other fellow invents some more labor. eee A lot of fellows are crying it is time to put up the bars at Ellis Island. Seattle has a lot of second- hand ones that can be bought cheap. SUCH WP HGH Spain agreed to sell Florida to the United States for $5,000,000, At Newark, N. J., Seth Boyden manufactured the first American patent leather. First settlers reached Indianapolis. Yellow fever raged in Southern cities. Alabama was admitted as a state. Maine asked to join the Union. Negro slavery became a national political issue. The senate blocked a law to punish slave trading with death. Fifty dollars reward was of- fered to informers in any case of illegal importation of an African. Following a financial crisis, prices fell thruout the country and manu- facturers clamored for a higher tariff. The ship Savannah was the first steamer to cross the Atlantic, It ran out of fuel and finished the voy- age by hoisting sails. In Baltimore was published the first agricultural paper in this coun: try, The American Farmer. The people protested because it cost $24,004,199 that year to run the government. Agitators pointed out that the national debt had reached the terrifying sum of $95,529,648. Newspapers boasted that exports for the year from all American ports totaled $70,141,501. It was pointed out, however, that imports were $87,125,000, and many feared we should never be able to get out of debt abroad. The Odd Fellows society was first organized in the United States at Baltimore, The first steamboat had been run- ning on Lake Erie for one year. Dreamy visionaries predicted “con- siderable traffic on the Great Lakes The Rainier Products Compan; of the necessity of paying Revenue Taxes paying ALL taxes thereon direct to the Tomorrow TOMORROW—Release WEDNESDAY, July 80 ., 1556, on July 31, Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, died. army, and while recovering from a severe wound his thoughts became directed to religion thru enforced quiet and reading. After his recovery he made a pik grimage to Jerusalem and took up the study of theok ogy. Loyola finally founded his order in Paris, calling it the Society of Jesus. From this beginning the pow erful order of Jesuits sprang. On July 31, in 1667, the treaty of Brenda, Holland, was signed by the representatives of England, Hob land, France and Denmark. The peace of Brenda proved the maritime superiority of the Dutch over the English and granted a short period of repose to the Netherlands whose navy under de Ruyter had temporarily subdued England. Arcadia, in Nova Scotia, was given under this treaty to France, the ally of Holland. 1777, on July 31, the Marquis de Lafayette recetved by a vote of congress the appointment of major gem era) In the American army. Lafayette was the most eminent of the young Frenchmen who volunteered | their services in the cause of American liberty. @ vessel fitted out at his own expense, he arrived in America in the spring of 1777 and enlisted as a volun teer in Washington's army, declining all pay for his services. It was only a few months later bes 3 ‘was appointed major general in resognition of itary ability. He was then but 20 years of age In 1831, on July 31, London Bridge, which had been eight years in building, was completed. The new bridge, built of granite, replaced the old Bridge which had stood for six centuries. a . he ISN’T IT THE TRUTH? Let a can of white enamel lie loose household within range of the wife's eagle what hb ‘That at BH H ef ae there to the bedroom woodwork, then chairs. All get the same finish as the that’s all done, and there's just a brushful can, does she quit? Nay. She'll find a p even if it goes on an old black straw hat! A MAN OF CENTS The most economical man ‘We know Lives over in the Green Lake He looks after The pennies And never lets the dollars Take care of themselves. He believes A penny saved Is two cents earned, And when his wife Asked him last June To invite her folks To visit them He said he would But not until after July 1, ‘When out-of-town postage ‘Would be reduced To two cents. ae et No one need & 'y relieves retailers and consumers on Rainier Beverages Government, be f Loyola was an officer in the Spanish