The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 1, 1919, Page 6

per month, $4.50 for é month year, By ¢ er, city pe DEBATING THE JAPANESE QUESTION---ESSENTIAL POINTS To the question: “Shall the Pacific Coast remain white or be dominated by Japanese?” those, in defense of the Japanese, must take one of two-.positions. Either they must take the stand that there is no chance of the Japanese dominating the Coast, or they must argue that if the Japanese can dominate it, they are entitled to it, because of “survival of the fittest Those who contend that there is no danger of Jap- anese domination must show that the continued influx of Japanese to the United States, the greater birth rate of the Nipponese already in the country, the encroach- A * aa | Benjamin Franklin As time goes on into generations, the mere name of a historical character may remain perfectly familiar to all of us, but their acts, their relations to their time and all future time may become but little known thru the neglected reading of their lives. That we of this generation may be reminded of the ac- complishments of Benjamin Franklin, and possibly be in spired to a reading of his complete life, here fs a very jal list of his inventions, social and diplomatic services: Discovered that lightning and electricity were one and the same. Discovered the conductivity of electricity—that elec-) tricity could be transmitted by wires of certain metals. | Discovered the use of copper in the science of electricity. | Invented the double lens spectacle for near and far) Invented the lightning rod. 4) “Invented a form of heating stove on which he refused - — saying that he preferred to give its benefits to Founded the first free circulating library in peat The father of our present postoffice system. | The father of our metropolitan police system. tematic street lighting as a prevention | ies, and invented one of the first forms, The original save-an-hour-of-daylight man. : Wrote a work on the prevention of smoky chimneys) that is standard today. Was the first man to advocate fasting, keeping out ¢f crowds and in the open air as a treatment for colds. : é Conceived and was one of the founders of the Uni- ‘Wersity of Pennsylvania. Was the largest newspaper and periodical publisher of | time. } i Organized one of the first city fire departments and| = much thought and effort to the prevention of fires | th e improvement of fire-fighting apparatus. rand exalted ruler of the Bikes is named Rain. the first fire insurance company in Phila-| ious to 1752 there was not an insured build-| cheer up |that counts the measag ce in the city. Saw the wealth in what is now the Lake Superior ness, why there's Henry Cabot region, and shrewdly had the upper peninsula of *w!dernees. igan included in the treaty of peace with the British. ___ As minister to France in 1776 he became known as “The Good Richard”; he organized the transporting facili-| Man i never that brought raw cotton, flax and tobacco from % h!* birth, except when his wife goes away on her vacation. - America and which were sold in Europe, and with the pro- paste together with the contributions from royalty and ‘nobility of France, he purchased munitions and supplies for and most capable prees agent in the world ‘the army which fought the American revolution. th H. Warner Allen, writing in a British publication, | exposes all the weaknesses, follies and blunders of our army, but doesn’t explain how it happened to lick Gee- many. "d Where Urban Farmer Wins The city man turned farmer, and tens of thousands ‘of him are turning, is usually an object of sympathy to the sorrowing neighbors for some moons after he begins to sow, and to cultivate and, maybe, to harvest. But there is one thing the city man on the farm does ‘do that the average lifelong farmer does not, isn't us or the pigs that are getting fat. On the rare occasions when the city man has anything the pigs, the goats ‘Oo market, Also he usually buys in a cheaper market than his|“** "ome 4#ain to the poorhouse, hippity hop! ‘neighbor, who has a line of credit at the country store, |\rHEe coBB! to sell he sells it in the best market. 4 who never bothers about prices, ' § If we were to be asked for the most significant clue ‘to the new agriculture, we would choose the new salesman- |!" ship that farmers are beginning to adopt. Many farms now have their own truck lines, and trans- port their products direct to the city public markets, or) the retailers and commission houses. The urban mind first saw the advantage of the farmer "" having his own “railroad.” } : The city man may not raise much on his agricultural but I always puff my own cigars.” |take longer, as we do them properly.”—Adv. lish paper. near Rockdale, Pa.,” reptiles ever seen in eastern Pennsylvania DAY, AUGU = | EDITORIALS — FEATURES | ment of Japanese in farming, business, and landlordism, are not as menacing, as others believe they are. The must show that the Japanizing of the Sacramento valle is only an accident, and cannot be repeated elsewher that the Japanese village of Florin, in California, can- not be duplicated in Washington or in Oregon, or in any other part of California. It will mot do for them merely to protest that the Japanese are honest, intelli- gent, thrifty, industrious, All these qualities may be granted, yet the Japanese domination may be real. Those others who will argue that the “fittest should survive,” must grant that Japanese domination is possi- It All Depends on How You Were Brought Up. PEO HAT, Coar monty & LIFE WHATCHA GONNA SERVE ME NOW, HUH? ‘SA FUNNY THING A MAN CAN'T ORDER WHAT HE WANTS FOR HIMSELF } AND HIS FAM'LY! j WS Se. y (Copyright, 1919, by Donald McKee) And speaking of deserts, perhaps you noticed the Some telephone operators may have struck, but There was no strike in the department On August 2, ee If you care about a Lodge in any old vast wilder Or perhaps it's a On Auguat 2, sok ke Prince Eugene But, as the cigar dealer said, “I don't brag much In 1745 | young pretender, Jacobite uprising eee ain as helpless as he was the day to the eee And in the rooster the hen has the most industrious | oee } Amos Pig now has rings on his fingers and bells on | he cash register. There was a time when pigs were raised to son how big they could grow with: | out becoming sta- | tlonary. Now! the idea ts to see | how high they | can go, Tho cost keeps us station ary, and we sup: | ply the squeals. | All the effort to day is put on fattening the price. Some peo- ple are making hogs of them: selves. But it The packers, Ding—88$!—Oink-Oink—And us! to market, to buy a porkchop. Home | On August 2 from In 1802, Bonaparte, his custody see LER'S RIGHT—THERE’S NOTHING PLAIN ABOUT VAMPING “#01 plain work, such as soling and heeling, returned one or two days. Toecapping and vamping will in Eng oe “Turtle hunts are the favorite pastime of the folks began a returned vacationist who as been seeing America first (Also thirst) | “Last week they unearthed a nest of the largest | “James Laub found a 25-pound snapper on the rail | ¥ 1563, on August 2, the great plague that scourged | And devastated London first broke out in the city.| In Philip, the Wampanoag Indian kin: hia camp by a party Chureh, and his squaw and sons were taken prisoners One hundred and fifty chief narrowly escaped with his life. in 1704 under the leadership of the Duke of Marlborough and obtained French and Bavaria on August 2 landed in the Hebrides to head a It Prince Charlie, the Stuart claim fathers who fought for this coun ant to the throne of E popular imagination he was a man of weak character, totally lacking in the necessary force and leadership. } On August 2, in 18, Thomas Gainsborough, one of | the most celebrated of the English painters, died. in 1793, the Temple prison and removed to an under ground cell in the Conciergerie where she was con: | fined until her execution on August 2 clared Consul of France for life. the day, the ‘convention between the representatives | him of Great Britain, Prussia, Austria and Russia, declared | then Emperor of the French, prisoner of the allies and intrusted Great Britain with Once in a Life Once in a life comes a day like this! The world is a sheen Of gold and green And the fleld-flowers bend and kiss. The earth is a carol of color and bloom, The wind is the lute of a wild perfume, And they sing down sorrow and care and strife, Once in a life! once in a life! Once in a life comes a night like this! ‘The moon above Is the mother of love And the dews are drenched tn bliss, I am dust of earth, I am fleck of sky I am soul of Eeternity drifting by As the stars hum low and the crickets fife “Once in a life! (Copyright, i “THE OLD GARDENER SAYS: mY On the Issue of 4 Americanism Jhere Can Be No Compromise RPP PPP PLAS PPL LAPP LLL LL LLL ALLL ble, and probable. Their position must be, however, that such domination will not be harmful. They must show, moreover, that to fight to keep this Coast white is inherently wrong, if we seek to bar out the Japanese. If they do that, they must also show why it was not wrong for us to plunge into the world war in order to keep European countries, as well as America, from German domination. If we took the “survival of the fittest” theory as the controlling one, why should the United States have been willing to shed the blood of its young men across the seas? Could we hot have reclined peaceably in our chairs and said: vive.” out longest. following: Pacific coas “Let them fight it out over there. Let the fittest sur- By the fittest, of course, would be meant those who could, either by force or mere strength of numbers, hold The Japanese question resolves itself, then, to the “If unchecked now, will the Japanese dominate the “If Japan would dominate the Coast, if unchecked now, shall we be content merely with the as it is another case of “survival of the fittest rtion that —By McKee! The Two Great Delusions y Up 1F YOU DON'T Y LIKe THE GRUB YL AND THE SERVICE ithe ways of time from the beginning until pei he an | the Twentieth Century. You CAN AIT They are War and Alcohol, \ Ages cts Ar yr The delusion of War is that man can come eee ME ¢ to glory, to that largeness and magnificence pie conmentanenette of self-expression which he craves, by might. The cave man gloated over his beaten an- tagonist. All down thru history he held =» |\to his point of view. The iron fist, (f ‘ |\strongest battalions, the mightiest battle- ships, the most thoro military preparedness, were believed to be the best insurance of dominance, Germany held this creed, staked her all upon it, and lost. For it is a lie. It is the meek who shall inherit the earth. It is pacifist America, Great Britain with her “contemptible little army,” and unready |France who in time overwhelmed the pre- tentious Central Powers, The reserves of strength, hence the final victory in war, are to the peoples that do not think war, dream war, nor prepare for war. From earliest times men have lment of life can be attained thru |that maketh glad the heart.” | To hold that Prohibition in America is the )work of a small group of fanatics is wholly to misconceive the issue. |partisan, provincial \matter, | The fact is that the elevation of the spirit thru alcohol is a delusion. | It is world-wide. And in time Prohibition will become world-wide. Vicente Blasco Ibanez, the Spanish “wine, conception of books, “The Four Horsemen of the Apoca- tf G2 lypse,” wrote another book 16 years ago VA pr been published in English. La Bodega means the wine cellar or shop, at least that is its significance here. The | APPRECIATES JAP STAND | Editor The Star; Dear Sir—Just! a word of appreciation of | Japanese articles, I'm with Ko to it. Respectfully. LEO T. MORE | 7 ley St. | your you 1676, during King Philip's war , Wan surprised in of colon under Captain Indians were killed and the! 7 the English and Austrians,| Editor The Star: Your antiJap Jetutf is the best thing you ever famous victory over the started and we will never tire of at Blenheim, Bavaria boosting for you if you will please| Charles Edward Stuart, the keep it going j has always been our white! ».. land, was a romantic figure | try but as a matter of fact) me | so why give it to the yellow) WILLIAM VAUGHN. | CORRECT WHITES FIRST ees Editor of Star: In response to| the Hon Mr Miller Freeman's) argu about the Japanese, 1] would say this | 1 am no lover of the Japs, or of Napoleon Bonaparte was de-|Jap labor; but you can’t blame any-| Thirteen years to|one for taking what is freely given| Marie Antoinette was taken It is true that the Japanese own| a|Pratically all of the tr garden jbusiness on the Pacific Coast, and| jan alarming per cent of the Coast| hotels. But why? Because we build them, furnish them, start them} on @ paying basis and then abide to be Two great delusions have marched down | the | deluded | \themselves into thinking that the enlarge- | | page.” It is a narrow, | the | jauthor of one of the most popular recent | called “La Bodega,” which has recently | BY DEK. PRANK CRANE Yi pyright, 1919, by Frar k Crane) story is laid in and around the city of Jerez de la Frontera, which used to be written Xeres, was pronounced Sheres and gave the name to Sherry wine. ; It is a picture of the curse of aleohol, how the consumption of it damns everybody, | rich and poor, high and jow. It is written by a Spaniard, not by a Methodist preacher. There is no direct propaganda against wine selling in the book, but there is a skillful picture of how the laborers are swindled, and the poor robbed and cheated, It is the wine shop that has replaced the old baronial castle in keeping the ignorant in poverty and subjection. e Mr. Gompers and the Federation of bor ought to read this story. They mi discover that it is not intolerant puri! | ism, but intelligent love of mankind that | the foe of alcohol. As one book reviewer expresses it: “Ag — for those who are fond of referring to the wine-drinking nations of Europe as 4 that the custom is wholesome, Senor — Tbanez’s novel points an accusing finger at them that says ‘You lie,’ as plainly as if it ~ were printed in capital letters in every a Senor Ibanez sees in the wine shop a sinister Presence, its roots deep in tradition, — its tendrils twined about the imaginations — of man, a monstrous, unclean thing, crush- ing the poor and helpless into deeper misery. $ Wine is a mocker. Alcohol is a delusion. 4 As America has shown the army- ] nations of the Old World the path to and prosperity, thru Federation, so it q show them the way to unwind Alcohol, the snake of centuries, from about their hearts and minds, and come at last to freedom. _ The two oldest Deceivers of mankind, — Conquest and Drunkenness, must go to be a scrap-heap. Doesn’t hurt! Lift touchy corns and calluses right off with fingers Apply a few drops of ‘‘Freezone’’ upon that eld, bothersome corn. Instantly that corn stops - hurting. Then shortly you lift it right off, root and all, without pain or soreness. Hard corns, soft corns, corns between the toes, and the hard skin calluses on bottom of feet lift right off—no bumbug! Tiny bottles of ‘‘Freexane’” cost but a few cents at drug steres by the law of greed and give the Jap a 99%year lease which in real ity is a deed ] It is the evils of our own people! tlmt should be first corrected and jnot that of the Jap. If we sell our |property to them we have no right to kick. §If we employ them wel |nhould treat them as other people. | jIf we buy them for cupies for our }dignified wives and daughters we |must expect to reap the results, Now as to the public markets:! | Who else would occupy them ff not the Jap? Our people will not work 15 hours a day growing vegetables cheap enough to put within the! once in a life!" |reach of the people. They cannot 1919, N bp grown on the f a four or| —_— fivehour day. It takes every min:| jute of a farmer's time to do i |We want to six hours a di Jand then demand three days’ pa x it. Let the white man attempt basis work checking account. cures a higher grade of services besides adding to yourp restige sufficiently A Checking Account VERYBODY who transacts any business at all should have a It often se- to be a considerable If you had to buy many seeds in the spring prob i grow garden stuffs under that! If asset. ably you found the prices unpleasantly high. They Jsyatem and we have to pay el x do so. | are likely to be high again next season, #0 that you|s) cents for le beet, and it ee will do well to save as much seed as you can from|Woula te a dead beet at that your own garden. This applies particularly to beans,|” 1” we want to curb the influx of | coiatle® keelatasine | corn, squashes, melons and cucumbers, Save Wome ine Jananese to our ahoges “And the day after that Henry Mosely ran across | 904 specimens of each vegetable for this purpose of the inducements fir S Make it one that weighed all of 50 pounds. It, too, gave bat- | There is no reason why you shouldn't save your own!, felony for a white man to. sell| tle and 18 shots were fired Into it before it turned | OmMAto Heed, too, altho a little more work Is involved hig home, his business, his mcciel up its toes in collecting it, for the seed tomatoes must be soaked | \atiere . to} “But the biggest of all found #o far was met on |!" Water and the pulp then squeezed thru a cloth to|, the road along the Lehigh Valley, Andrew Squires | S*Parate the seods, Let a few heads of lettuce go to came upon it, and tied a log chain around the turtle | Seed and you will have a good supply for next spring d hitched it to the'rear of his automobile, intend: | Th* applies also to mpinach, By saving your own i to drag the snapper Into Rockdale, but the tur. | Seed you will not only save money but be sure of ‘8 horse power was greater than Mr. Squires’ auto, | he quality nd next morning the auto was six miles farther from | | Rockdale than it had been when it met the turtle.” | Pay by check. It pays to iment station, but his sense of management, his ideas ' ad tracks ekirting ihe river and goon captured it. "I F “ : é ne next day Robert Frederick saw one fully . of oman oe an Seorienee 4 id power of CO-| cindy heavier, but it showed fight and was over Savings Department — Open operatio: is e real producers, Every Saturday Evening from eee 6 to 8 for your convenience The Seattle National Bank Resources $30,000,000 powered only when two other men came to Fred | dispose There are men who succeed in the world, and then there are men who buy something they don’t need merely because it is offered on an easy-payment plan. If the Koreans will just be patient for a few years, the league will take up their case and show why they are mot yet ready for self-government. | You |CAN CANS.” But if our own people are not| | willing to do their hard labor, then| | we must tolerate the Japanese and| ——— the other foreigners. Sincerely, ISTAR W. J. WALL ouT THE THE OBSERVING EDITOR “There ain't a chance in the world for the girl that wears oversize stockings:"—Arkansas Thomas Cat (Hot Springs). _ Why do we want a man on the reparation commis- sion, anyway? To talk altruism while the others trim _ Heinict, WANT ADS BRING RESULTS © There's only one word for that one! the shortandugly