The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 20, 1919, Page 2

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OF BLAME a of foods and of goods will come down sharp- but will not stay down unless the public Wagance in spending. Retail merchants in ; gry Soe they sell more now in two weeks y did two years ago in two months. d and saved two age ago but there is no justifica- excessive buying ni merchants say “The Se higher the price, the quicker they buy.” That indicates disorder and_reck- THE PERSON WHO PAYS AN EXORBITANT E FOR ANYTHING 1S UNJUST TO THE PUBLIC E FOR HE OR SHE HELPS TO INCREASE E OTHERS MUST PAY. The person who buys unjust to the public for he or she raises the ers. D WHEN YOU PAY N DOLLARS FOR SHOES is no warrant for $10 shoes or ready made suits s clothes at $85. There is no warrant for beef g at 29 cents a pound in Minneapolis and 65 cents in ce, R. I. There is no warrant for $4 shirts. There erent for plums at 75 cents a dozen, bananas 5 ch or apples at 10 cents each. public can stop small profiteering by refusing to prices retail profiteers exact. ‘Meanwhile, if the government needs proof of large ing it is to be had in abundance. It stands re- i in official reports of the profiteering companies. person. who expects Washington to cure all the confront the people is a poor citizen. Greater correction is possessed by the public thru /and prudent action. Prices will come down honest basis if the public backs up the government ; they will not stay down unless the public of itself tks its extravagances. Ex-Service Men Are Invited to American Legion Post Here SE ik oi ary tevited to 41M owt the. tallewlng: op for membership in the American Legion and mail it (Middie) (Last) (Military rank) I hereby subscribe to the Constitution of the AMERICAN ION and apply for oliment in Vest LLMER J. NOULE, A, of the Washington (*tate) branch. Sere eee rePeceeceengtensverenrects Odeh sas teateres (oignatare) —_— THE SEATTLE STAR-—-WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, Hast jof Portland; Mayor Cc, MILITARY RULES. _ PACKING TOWN 25 Girls Imprisoned in Of- | fice as Strikers Battle MILWAUKEE, M. Fe — until the trouble result from yesterday's strike riot- Ing has passed. Early today « special train from Camp Douglas rotied into the yards, ¢ Guards and 16 officers Cor. dons of sentries were immediately spread across the Cudahy property comprising 100 acres, and every en trance and exit closed. Access to the plant is now possible only with mili tary passes | Twenty-five young women meny jbers of the office force remained | quarantined in. the office all night They dared not run the gauntlet of flying bullets and bricks last even- ing, and decided to remain until the troopa arrived. The first military order wan clos ing Of al} saloons. Four, companies of State Guards | were called for last night, when a | strike riot resulted in the death of one man, injury by shooting of eight | others, and wounding of a score of | others by blows and flying minailes. | Eleven of the injured were deputy sheriffs. CALL ANTI-JAP MEETING HERE New Organization to Outline Program Thursday ‘The first meeting of the anth dapanese organization launched at , 1919. Can These Northwest Mayors Haul Bown the High Cost of Living? —. of a From left to right they NORTHWEST MAYORS WRESTLE WITH HIGH LIVING COST PUZZLE Realising that profiteering has Just about reached the peak of public endurance, and that some official action mtist be taken, the four mayors of the four larg- eat citles of the Northwest met in executive session Tuceday night In the Washington hotel, to discuss the problem. The meeting was called by Mayor George L. Baker, of Portland, and was attended by C. M. Fassett, may or of Spokane; C. M. Riddle, ot Tacoma, and Ole Hanson, mayor mayor | of Seattle The mayors, prior to thelr three |hour sesion, during which they drafted a proclamation in which co |operation and ald of the govern Ment is to be sought In combating the high cost conditions, declared that they had no definite pian for solving the problem. All of the mayors, however, after their long talkfert, were unanimous in their opinion that prices here are} | governed by European prices, and) | that the Northwest should join in a! ucts are but one o cooperative system of checking food prices, The xuccess and value of — ownership also was dis) Check Warehouses Mayor Raker wil! make a thoro In- Yeatigation of Seattle's public mar- kets, with a view toward comparing {the prices and methods of this ag and Portiand. jo declared that the police depart pw Of his city had a check on every storehouse where food was being held in storage, and when the time came he would do everything in his power to aid the government In prosecuting | these hoardern, “Coffer, exen and cereals are the | principal commodities which are be- | | white men could not compete against them, | Mayor C. M. Fassett, of Spokane, felt, that there was an Insufficient element of competition among the market men | The may proclamation | “The ever-rising cost of living in net a local problem, but is national and, in many of its phases, interna tional. “We feel that it ts utterly impos ible for local authorities to cope with the situation in a fundamental manner, although we resolved that we should and bringing the co: ducer into closer relationship, by,fur ishing marketing facilities for |thowe producers who desire to deal |directly with the consumer, | “We stand ready to co-operate) |with the federal government to the | fullest extent In curbing profiteering in the easentials of life and in cur tailing the hoarding of food prod ucts. for the purpose of estabMbhing fictitious prices: We feel, however, that food prod f the many ele ments entering into the everincreas ing cost of living. High costs of the necessities of life bring righteous demands for increased wages, which, if granted, again increase the cost of products, and thus the vicious | circle continues, bringing sure disas ter and ruin, uniess a stop can be Dut to this sequence. ‘Never before in this country has jthere been greater need of coopera. tien among all our people. Without co-operation, work, increased produc tion, thrift and coffimon sense in buying. by all the people of thie nh. are will tion, the government's efforts will be | futile. “The government can punish prof. |iteers, gradually deflate the inflated jeurrency and place “an embargo on ors lasued the following | jumer and the pro: | Cress-Dale Photo Here are the mayors of the Northwest's four largest cities who got together at the New Washington hotel night and tried to discover a way to cut down living costs, ee sy — of es Cap ng ge Cc. ! are: Mayor George L. Baker M. Riddle of Tacoma, $600,000 CITY MARKET, PLAN ‘Bolton to Ask Council to Submit Bond Issue Drastic plane to curb the ex: treme high cost of living were outlined Wednesday, when Coun- climan Harry Bolton dec! he would place an ordinance lore the counell providing for the flotation of a $600,000 bond issue aw the establishment of a mu- ipal market, " jton said he would have the or dinance ready in sufficient time #o that the vot could decide upon the issue at the next election, in March, 1920 If the people hadn't listened to the Western ave. produce merchants and the wholesalers two years ago, when they defeated a bond issue #im- flar to the one I am going to intro duce, they would have saved them- selves millions of dollars,” said Bot jton. “Maybe they will look upon | this next one with @ little kindliness | and appreciation.” Defeated Before The bond fesue he had reference to called for the sale of $600,000 in |bonds for the establishment of a {municipal market. and it was de. feated. There were 28,681 votes againet it and 15,962 in fav “The city had a proposition where by the market would have been con- | ducted in connection with the port commission, and the existing high prices would never have reached }such an alarming state,” sald Bol | ton. "I want to eee a market where the middiemen may be eliminated. These men are responsible for 60 per cent |of the unnecassirily high cost of | foodstuffs.” Counciiman C. B. Fitagerald de- |elared he favored the market, pro | viding the people demanded one. “I would like to have the varfous labor organizations and other civic bodies give the council an expression on the proposed plan,” declared Fitz gerald. “It will be necessary to make elab- ARE YOU A RHEUMATISM SUFFERER? If you are, and have vainly sought relief from many doctors or have tried all sorts of medicine without finding re- lief, let us suggest to you that your trouble may be right in your teeth. Many cases of rheumatism come from abscessed teeth —and of course the only way that this can be cured is by getting right to the literal root of the trouble — which is the root of the in- fected tooth or teeth. And the way to find out is to have your teeth exam- ined by an expert dentist. Expert den- tists are the only kind we have at this office. Every dentist in this office is a graduate registered man, who has his certificate from the state dental board hanging right on the wall in front of his dental chair, in plain sight of all. FREE EXAMINATION We invite you to call and let one of our experts give your teeth a thorough examination. He will quickly tell you if there is anything wrong with oe and just what is necessary to put them into perfect condition. He will tell you at the same time just what the cost will be to you. If you just realized thoroughly how much your teeth have to do with your health, you would not delay a single minute. Regal Dental Offices DR. L. R. CLARK, Manager 1405 Third Avenue. N. W. Corner Third and Union. In Every Respect Seattle’s Leading Dentists. Diagonally Across the Street From the Postoffice. Be Sure to Get to the Right Place. LADY ATTENDANTS ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES, FIGHT ON TREATY IS NEARING ITS CLIMAX ‘The people | the meeting of the Retail Grocers’ Association Monday night will be held Thursday noon in the Ma- sonic Club in the Arcade building. At that time Miller Freeman, for mer member of the legislature, and Frank Kannair, secretary of the Mutual Business Club, will outline plans for the organization. All associations and organizations or individuals interested in the re striction of Japanese immigration and the immediate solution of the) Japanese problem are invited to at tend the meeting. To Select Secretary Firat steps towards making the} organization a permanent one will| be taken at the meeting. A chair | man and secretary will be selec ted | and committees will be appointed to} conduct further Investigations into Japanese penetration. Committees will also be appointed to get in} touch with other organizations on the | coast working on the Japanese prob. lem and an effort will be made te] cooperate with them 1 Committees named by the Retail Grocers’ association and Veterans of Governors Plan to the Great War, who were appointed | by their organizations Monday night. will be at the meetings. FOOD OFFICIAL ASKS ling held,” declared Raker, “and we have the pogitive proof, too. T am in favor of publicity, and much of it”, Mayor Hanson announced that he would begin an active fight against the food hoarders, using plain clothes men and members of his va rious departments to obtain evidence against the offenders “I know that there are great quan tities of fish stored in our water front warehouses, and I propose to | Offer all the evidence I can to the! government in prosecuting these people.” Says Japanese Control | Mayor Riddle, of Tacoma, de- clared that one of the main rea- sons for the excessive prices In Tacoma waa the Japanese, He declared that they had se com- pletely gained control of the truck raising in the near-by val- leys that they absolutely set the market prices, oentigrematiommmeenptmmennss a SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug |20.—A second conference of gover: | |nors of states may result from the | |determination of the governors in | seanton here to investigate thorough FOR SMALLER SALARY (inti the nigh cost of living. LONDON, Aug. 20.— Declaring The resolution adopted undnimous that the work wag insufficient tog ty called for a conference of seven justify his.$500 annual salary, L. W.| governors with President Wilson, Liell, officer of the Loughton food|and a second conference of gover committee, insisted on a 25 per cent | nors if the committee believes one | | reduction necessary. | While They Last 235% OFF ‘ON ANY SCREEN DOOR IN THE HOUSE Black and galvaniged. Sizes: 2-6x6-6 2-8X6-8 210x6-10 3x6-8 Special, $1.76 to $4.88 FenstHAl \RDWARE (6 SEATTLE, US.A 3x7 } actual necemsities of life to the detri | If necessary Talk With Wilson |‘ 9 ithe necessities of life We feel that the United States should not be drained of food, clothing and the orate plans.” I don't think the city health department should be expect- ed to handle the market. Expert business men should be hired. A downtown location would have to be acquired. The city owns no avail able property for such a market at present, I think “It will take lots of money, and Nothing short of a big bond issue could successfully finance such a market.” ment of our peopla We should fur nish supplies only to those countries and peoples who by thelr willingness» to work and produce are evidencing their desire and intention of becom- ing self-supporting. We should only help those who will help themselves: we feel certain our peo- ple are willing to deny themaeives | &gain, as they did in war time, in order to assist European peoples, | who by their thrift and industry are ebtitied to consideration, but it is | Market lay in his lack of knowledge manifestly impossible to supply the | 4% to whether or not the state laws nations of Europe with the necessl. | Permifted a municipality to embark ties of life, while they remain idle, —/0n such 4n enterprise Hus unfair to overcharge the in-| “If the laws permit a city to start dustrious people of our country in| Market,” declared Erickson, “why, order to supply the voluntarily idie | then I'm in favor of the market.” of foreign lands.” | Assistant Corporation Counsel T America first! | J. L. Kennedy declared that the stat BAKER, utes were euch that it would be legal for the council to start its own mar ket TT, Mayor of Spokane. | Mayor Hanson has said time and M. RIDDLE, Mayor of ‘Tacoma, Jagain that he did not think it was Mayors Fasrett and Riddle left for | the city’s business to-run a depart their homes after th meeting LE or grocery store. ‘Anybody Can Own Home in Seattle, Say Readers ‘con Continued From Page One| | Law May Bar It Counciiman Oliver C. Erickson said that his only objection to the Mayor of every one can own his own home if fe really hard enough: “The Star: As to rents, own your own home, is the way out. | “When the rent hog, last Sep tember, boosted me from $12 to $15, 1 paid the inerease with | good grace, But when, two | months later, the landlord ar rived with another boost, this time for $5 a month, I sald: ‘You must be mistaken, I'm not the owner of a shipyard, I'm just a common laborer, drawing $4.18 « day.” “1 proceeded to the lumber yard and found that I could buy “FRANK B, RHOD Not a bad idea; here’s another. Lease, or buy on time, a cheap lot, put up a tent house with board walls and floor; by the time winter comes you will have saved enough rent money to put tries | enough rough lumber to sheathe a room 18 by 18 for $20, one month's rent, And for $20 more | you can put on a rubbervid roof, and fairly good floor, one door a two half windows, ‘The lot will cost you from $5 to $25 for a first payment, with monthly payments as you can afford. “Don't be a trough for the rent hog. Get a cheap lot, build a shack, keep on build it with your rent money and will have a home of your own, up a one-room portable house, or a fairly comfortable one-room shack. Save your rent money each month, that’s vital, and add to your home. And in two years see what you'll have. * You can cuss the landlord until you are breathless, and it will get you nowhere; but if you really are de- termined to dig yourself out, most of you can own your own home within 18 months. What if you do dwell in discomfort for a year? You never get anything in this world for nothing. And to have your own home is worth more than it will cost you, in time, or convenience, or cash, Send in your ideas about this high rent thing; let’s keep at it until we see daylight, BY FRED S. FERGUSON (United Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Aug, 20.—The sit eign relations committee was today comparable to the situation in Paris immediately after the president sud denly summoned the George Wash ington to Brest. The final fight to complete the peace treaty tered its last stages. Washington, swinging at was the club behind the president. Today the last round of the fight for ratification of the treaty was un- der way, with prospects of the same outcome as on the treaty itself, in the opinion of observers—a compro- mine. The president is relying on the summoning of the George Washing ton of public opinion to prevent the senate making textual amendments to the treaty or entering reserva tions in the actual ratification reso lution, He has paved the way, how ever, for the senate to express itself by going on record with “interpreta, tions” in a separate resolution. This will not worry any of the foreign powers. Internal Affair France went on record at the plenary session at which the league was adopted with the expression of her belief that an international army should be maintained on the Rhine, but such an army will not be main tained Washington fight on the treaty as any interpretation of vital articles that may be made by the senate will carry a certain amount of weight, it is hard for a European te under |tution. Until there is some tangible is enforced, it is not likely that separate senate resolution would be interpreted as changing the sense of the treaty in any way. Information available to the sen- ators yesterday stopped at about the same point that information from the conferenee ended in Paris. tation a Carranza Explains Firing of Briton MEXICO CITY, Aug. 20.—(United Gammings, has been expelled from "Mexico because he was persona non ‘ata with the Mexican government e denied at the foreign office yes terday, The United Press correnpondent| was told that Carranza merely had | notified the various departments of | the government that Cummings had no official standing, because of the | Jattitude of the British governmer lin refusing to recognize the present Mexican administration Carranza had ordered that Cum mings should recelyg the same cour. tesies accorded al ritish subject, it was stated, but reports that any &iction had occurred were denied, uation following the president's his | tory-making conference with the for-| then en- The George | anchor, | European diplomats look upon the | entirely a political affair, and while | stand tha division of treaty-making | « powers under the American consti-| case in which the American interpre: | Press.)—Sensational reports” that the | Gritish charge d'affaires, William D. | BY L. C. MARTIN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—Both friends and foes of the peace treaty today professed to be en- couraged by the White House con- ference between President Wilson and the senate foreign relations | committee yesterday. Both factions in the senate de clared that the president's an- swers to questions seemed to prove that their side is right. Opposition senators declared their | Position had not been changed and the fight against the treaty and league of nations covenant would |take on new intensity, As the league friends have been | preparing to force the issue anyway, ja climax appears to be approaching jin the struggle which has swayed jhe senate for months, Senator Hitchcock, administration leader, declared today that the presi- dent “clarified doubtful matters in a wonderful way Senators Borah and Johnson, leaders of the extreme opposition, in a joint statement asserted that the president's explanation “justified and | confirmed us in the position we have |taken on the league.” | While Senator Lodge, republican leader and a reservationist, dectined formal comment, he indicated the belief that the conference had made no impression on the league's op. ponents, while it had proved inspir- jing to its friends. Moral Obligation Administration senators said today that they had all along been of the opinion that the league imposes nothing more than moral obligation, as the president stated yesterday | That interpretation, they said, cepted in all allied countries, The president's construction of moral obligations and his statement that such an obligation would be of compelling force, requiring the on States to take a hand in Bu is ropean affairs, promises to be the subject of sharp debate, His admission also that the allies |kept him ignorant of their secret treaties covering disposition of ter |ritory, while trying to get the United States into the war, will be used by the league's opponents. Senators said they did not learn all they wanted to, but laid that to the shortness of the conference. All |were impressed with the president's willingness to talk, although Borah and Johnson pointed out in their statement that he declined to tell lcertain facts regarding the fixing of Germany's reparation or go into the debates of various commissions, The committee today was to re |sume its public hearings on the treaty, with Dr. John C, Ferguson, an Oriental expert, a witness. He is to be questioned concerning the Shantung settlement, which Presi- dent Wilson said yesterday was dis- appointing to him. A Western poet says he has suc- ceeded in reducing the cost of liv- ing to a nominal sum, but his great est difficulty is in securing the nomi- nal sum