The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 6, 1919, Page 6

=DITOR Crisis Has Been Reached a In past centuries, famine came after war as regularly as Night follows . No profound study is required to seé at havoc war brings to the economic system, with pro- becoming deatfoyers; with present resources drained the future mortgaged. Disturbance, resulting in distressing increases in the cost Necessities, has shaken the world since the signing of the listice. During the war, mounting prices were not keenly because of al excitement and a child-like faith that, amediately the fighting was done, these prices would fumble down. ‘ ter the dvil war, the discrepancy between prices and ; e income Was much greater than it is now, he present situation, the crisis has been reached. the of the United States behave wisely, the worst is IAL- 1 idle optimism. Cold figures back up the state- u of statistics, department of labor, in its month- has issued a table showing the rate of increase b of necessities from December, 1914, to June, 1919. mselves, these figures do not appear especially Analyzed, they yield an important fact. pric 5 from December, 1914, to December, 1918, d 78.72 per cent. the period from December, 1914, to June, 1919, the se was 73.29 per cent. the e periods, clothing prices (for men) declined . ly 4 same rate and there was a slight decline in costs of fuel and light. } other items, such as housing, there has been an in- but when all items of necessity are considered this significant truth is apparent: of increase in oe east of living is declining; the process is at work. It will gather momentum normal plane is reached. dual improvement is much better than a collapse with the inevitable panic, non-employment and thington reports a cut in vegetable prices from all big ters. In comparisons of 182 meat prices between and August 11, 107 cuts were found. i has used much of her resources to feed Europe. mper grain crop abroad will benefit us and, as Hoover ‘Europe has PASSED THRU the worst famine since irs war.” like buzzards, follow the course of armies. tion or an earthquake, looters prowl. the duty of government to check and to punish the and it is the duty of government to lend all pos- aid to consumers, s the consumer’s duty to keep cool! —By CONDO wets, L TRIeD To PULL IT ouT, BUT T COULDN'T EVERETT TRUE || WHAT Do YOu MEAN | [BY PUSHING THE CoRK DOWN INTO THE KETCHUP PoTTLE INSTEAD Of | || sueeose ||winteR xXou CUT HOLES IN ! wy ad COLD CVT | | | | | tee.) Peace, peace, alker remarked between the ARLES STELZLE Staff Writer on Religious Topics for The Star Jesus’ disciples had vainly tried to relieve a poor sufferer from the torments of an evil Then they called them, who quickly acle of he And the yments of brotherhood and futile to cry out " when there is no t, as the tra piedded a spirit Jesus w If anybody will provide for me a seat in A street car,” postcards H.| 1B. 8, “I will gladly give it up to} any woman—ift whe Ia over 80 or if} she has twins on her arma, to help rked a mir wondered why they had and Jesus said in reply ele query “This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.” economy, a boycott on useless frills and a keen eye and defeat profiteering are the weapons of the) and the housewife in the war against exploita- hile, natural laws are bringing about reform. sense is the ally of those laws! The Why of It | we recently happened on the information we have one who to know why the overseas cap sort of a ig it was. ) look at that peaked bit of flannel, that apparently g ion from sun or weather; a thing, with such as it has aj tly in the wrong place; an elusive, thing, wi form and void, one would imagine n designed i 'yet, when you know the real use of the cap, you ver that it is the only sort of a rig that would answer arily this cap was meant to wear under the tin hat; a sort of pad, especially thick fore and aft, to the skull from the shock the helmet suffered when or direct blows pounded it. . in the proper perspective, the overseas cap is a bit of gear, and admirably suited to its real to be the chief difference between modern rm those of a few years ago. stil this war, soldiers’ gear was ornate; tailored fancies, dress parade idea carried into the field outfit. d we have been getting away from that. We ted way back when the Boers picked off the English ters because of their gold lace and bright swords and y uniforms. radually we disguised the fighting men, toned down ! uniforms to match the dust and the dead grass and horizon. @ abolished the scarlets and the bright blues and the ¢ colors, just as before we abolished the bearskin the rows of brass buttons, and the flaring insignia nce a oe ‘navy uniforms have suffered slight change, and the pis rigged about as the jack tar with Perry was. the uniform of the field forces of the navy, the} J has been changed to the khaki. Not all the camouflage was on the big guns and the orts, by any means. P | Canaries, Gold Fish and H.C. L. can blame it on the war or anything you wish but in and and America th¢ cost of canaries has advanced Proportionately than that of food or clothes or any| commodity and that, as you know, is saying a good Most of the canaries of commerce come from Switzer- where canary culture is a fine art. The war not only d exports but curtailed the work of the breeders. | oday a good canary brings from $5 to $7 in London! ‘al , twice that in New York. You can get cheaper birds! ut ‘they are not worth much as singers. In England the has supplanted the linnet not only as the greatest song birds but the most popular. In this country the plays little part but canaries of quality command here from $5 to $15. d seed has advanced 300 per cent since 1914. oldfish run a strong second to canaries in favor at pres- and are almost as scarce. Dealers report a pronounced mand from Canada in particular and a disregard of pri Within recent years the song bird and goldfish busin the great department stores has grown to be of cons ble proportions. In London it is centralized in what is} 0 as~Club Row in Bethnal Green. In New York it! used to be particularly prominent in Barclay st., but now! is widely scattered. | Those qualified to speak say if the people knew how much ig spent a year on song birds and beautifully colored fish ey would be astonished. | _ It has been suggested that instead of deporting Emma _ Goldman, she be to the United States senate. The ‘Buggester must @ forgotten the days of inhuman eruelty and torture ate supposed to be ended in these United Stater, NAME “BAYER” ON. GENUINE ASPIRIN iGet relief without fear as world) told in “Bayer package” The disciples hadn't taken their! task seriously eh } ‘They had been eager to help. but | power does not come thra eagerness alone. An evil today It has shown itwelf in war and pestilence, in labor conflicts and in Personal controversies, which have tor® men apart and made them bit ter enemies | And men in certain groups have gotten together to talk about how! they might rid the world of this} demon of hate and destruction They have appropriated campaign funds of millions of dollars and} adopted resolutions and formed or- ganizations to sweep out of our country every element which de prives us of peace and happiness But—"this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.” The evil ls too deep-rooted strongly entrenched It has been feeding too long on the life blood of the nation. It has! sapped its strength until in some of its parts the nation has become weak and almost helpless 1 stirred the passions of men, ing them madly over and thru rivers in and their animorities. spirit ts in the “Bayer Tablete of Aspirin” to be fenuine ust be marked with the mafety Th you are) getting the true, world-famous Aw | pirin, preseribed by physicians for over 18 years, Always buy an unbroken Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” contains proper directions to safely |retieve Coida, Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia, Lumbago, Kheu euritia, Joint Pains, and rally. Handy tin boxes of twelve tablets t has cost but a few cents. Drug: also driv: ell larger “Bayer” packages. Aspirin | Precipices ig the trade mark of Bayer Manufac thelr hatreds ture of Monoaceticacidenter of Sall- ? cylicnatd. “This kind goeth not out but by|- prayer and fasting.” | rT Think not that a hastily called | convention or @ carelessly signed) petition or a flippantly expressed | > Ruddy Cheeks—SparklingEyes conviction will rid us of “radicals” and “Bolsheviki” and mobs and aiethea ad tank, | —Most Women Can Have Our nation needs to get down) upon its knees and cry out | Says Dr. ffs a “God be merciful to me—a sin ner!” "y We have too long been soitterent| ._ DEF M Edwards for 17 years trested to the sufferings of our fellows.| ments. During these years, be ent sa We have been too negligent: of the| his patients a’preseription mace ol a condition of the poverty-stricken.| fog well-known vegetable ingredients We have been deaf to the bitter cry| mixed with olive oil, naming them of little ebiidren | Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets. You will And now that we've been relieved | know them by their olive color. from the strain of war, and our These tablets are wonder-workers on eyes have been even half opened to! the liver and bowels, which cause a| the horror of what we've passed! normal action, carrying off the waste| thru, we've become almost hyster-| and poisonous matter in one’s system. | fal as the fruits of men’s passions| — If you have a pale face, sallow look, and selfishness pass before us as a| dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, head- horrible nightmare. | a listless, no-good feeling, all out “This kind goeth not out but by) of sorts, inactive take one prayer and fasting.” | of Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets nightly It is no time for a cheap “patriot | for a time and note the pleasing results, ism” that neglects the great fact] sands of women and men take of national sin. It {# foolish to in.) Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets—the suc- hildish patter about “de-) ful substitute for calomel—now and that ignores the very ele-! “Bayer Crone and then just to keep them fit. 10c and 25¢, . ’ IF THE BOTTOM DROPS OUT OF THE PAY ENVELOPE. If there should be a sudden or even a gradual drop in wage scales, what position” would you be in? Think over this possibility and Start Saving Today! One Dollar will start you as a Member of this Strong Mutual Savings Association which has never paid it's Members less than 6% ‘ during the eighteen years since it started on it’s prosperous career, and because of Strict State Supervision your Savings are Safe-—Absolutely Resources over Three and One -Half Million Dotlare PUGET SOUND SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION A Mutual Savings Society WHERE PIKE STREET CROSSES THIRD THE SEATTLE STAR—MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1919. | WE'LL SAY SO Doctor Matthewn’ must have been thinn yngregation | ‘— out may, the doctor right in aswuming there « on in the eity.| n for a cleanup is » wild] the night be Re that an *it wos quite was gaming gol intimely tance, in Jebauch of penny-ante fore last we, personally { woven cents, We want time! up bet cleanup, In two or three nights of clone play-| ne we ought to be able to recover | *. After that we will be the off to the re demoralizing doctor this carried on up wh a warm drink for cold] postcards 8, H | Take a pint of boarding houne| prunes and squeeze out the juice, if} Add three tablespoonfuls of} 1, Stir well over @ tlow ', Before cooling add one! ot filings. | beside open ights any essence nerve What's that sked the visifor from the coun taking a gawk wise slant at the totem pole ‘Oh, that?’ said the sophisticated city relative, “That is just the In dians’ coatofarma, They call this) Pioneer Square? It's as square attle, I reckon,” t. ¢& without ft Must have some Sure,” an anything in Se the v, f offense nignif blu teal boasted the a er, “It's the place they buried the grocer who used to sell for a mere 100 per cent profit.” “This is a wild village.” shud dered the v “What was the where poor| chap's name?" Hay.” rasped the r long ago nobody remembers.” “It's been so} eee An Aurora (11) man found lare that bad been buried in hie masement, Some will call that tuck. And oth iM think how) much luckie « id have been it) he had four ottles. | 5,000 ‘The Other Seven Are Hat Cheek! Clerks, Seda Water Tax, Summer Furs, Bungajow Aprons, Dining | Domes, daze and Near-Beer, cert Gra in the lobby of the Henning Ho that ts the most marvelous self playing muvical instrument we ever had the pleasure of listening to} The instrument in designated by the Commissioner of Patents af Wash! ington as being at the head of the} eight greatest inventions of the de} cade, Aesop tells ux “wonders nev-| or cone,” and surely the Violin:| Virtuoso is a most wonderful wor Carper (Wyo.) Herald ore | round Marion, ©.} have struck for $9 a day, We may) be wrong about it but the figure) lends us believe they are gradu ate chiropodists. see What has become of the old fash toned excursion that caused folk to exclaim, “Why, that's cheaper than staying home"? nm cutter oe Detroit has suddenly discovered that it hae been buying goat meat that wns called lamb. Why, the packers have been making goat meat of all of us for years, SECOND BIRTHPLACE UNKNOWN “Winter Morning” was painted by Everett L. Warner, an Iowa artist originally born at Vinton.—Des Moines (la.) Register ee time anything hap- S. of A. the senate unell starts @ About . every pens in the U or house or city Probe, Quiz, Inquiry, Query Or investigation And before the said p, a, L, @ or 1. ts finished everybody forgets all about it. eee Three Chicago crooks confessed they stole $234,000 from the mails It must be easy to rob the mails these days. A man supposes for the| first three or four weeks that there) has been only the usual delay, thus| giving the thieves @ good start | Let's go buy Boldt’s French pas- try. Uptown, 1414 3d Ave; down town, 913 2d Ave. BLISS #3. HERB TABLETS FOR RHEUMATISM This painful malady ts the di- rect result of a poisonous condi- tion of the blood. It is caused by a disregard condition known as constipation. Unless the alimentary tract is kept clean, jesome, the food ferments, ® and causes {li health. Tliss ive Herb Tablets are nature's remedy for relieving the system of blood impurities, paintaining althy condi- kidneys and A dollar box contains 200 tablets, and will last the aver age family six months, Be sure and get the genuine, and avoid Look spurious imitations, bac trade marl. pin two sizes, b0c and $1.00, Sold by leading druggists and ts everywhere. Made ©. Bliss Co, Washing- IT’S UNWISE to put off today’s duty until tomorrow. If your stomach is acid- disturbed take KI-MOIDS the new aid to digestion comfort today. A pleasant relief from the discomfort of acid- dyspepsia. MADE BY SCOTT & BOWNE MAKERS OF SCOTT'S EMULSION BY Dh, FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1919, Say what you please of Glenn FE. Plumb, author of organized labor's plan for control of the railroads, he stated his aims before the in two theses which are sound. He said that the purpose of the railroad unions is “to eliminate the motive of operation for profit and service.” ‘This goes to the root of the matter. When editors say that the unions want to operate the railroads for them- selves, and hence are no better than the Wall Street gentlemen who manipulated the roads for themselves, it is hardly fair, and seems like hitting below the belt. Labor is not wholly self-seeking, any more than all capitalists are robbe Some in each class doubtless are sordid, unconscientious and greedy, but the mass of men are fair, in the directors’ room as well as in the switch- yards, And there is no doubt that in the end, transportation, which is the very veins and arteries of public life, must be removed from the hands of any group smaller than the Whole People. Just as no king, however by Frank Crane) power, so no man or limited class of men, whether capitalists or laborers, can safely | be trusted with the railways, which are vital were bilkea Congressional interstate commerce committee | | ibstitute the motive of operation for | to the common good. Some day, some time, we, the Whole People, must shoulder the responsibility of the ownership and con- trol of, and the responsibility for, this so great and public a business. Only we must do it by law and reason, by co-operation and in good nature, like Americans, and not by violence and class hate, like Bolsheviks. The other statement Mr. Plumb made is that his purpose is “democracy in industry, without which democracy in politics is a mere shell and sham.” And democracy means two things: First, that the people get what they want, and second, that they get this in an orderly and constructive way, by representative government, and without violence and destru¢tion. No class legislation is democracy. If the labor unions want class favors they are not | democratic, and are just as bad as junkers and bureaucrats. Thru Mr. Plumb they as- sert they do not want class privilege. Let us believe them. We shall get nowhere if good, can be trusted with absolute political | we continually believe all men are liars. TOOLS | BY EDMUND VANC! I may not be wine As those twin-windowed guys COOKE Who are sloppy with Greek and with grammar, But here is a chinful For saint or for sinful A plane makes more friends than a hammer. My meaning’ And plain Just cut out the yap and the yammer, ‘The croaking and cussing. The fretting and fussing, For a plane makes more No need to expand it; I've only to hand it, And it's yours without stutter or stammer. . There's « beautiful bunch Of what's what in the hunch That a plane makes more friends than a hammer. “Let us then be up and doin’,” (Copyright, 1919, N. BE. A) friends than a hammer. faye the gentieman with a mansard | good brow, but the gang in the grandstand is yellin’ “Play Bali!’ SETI AE HEATEST LSA APRN CTEM DITA OTT ] Editor’s Mail See QU... 4 WHY TEACHER SHORTAGE? | Editor The Star: My attention was called to an article In regard jto the appalling shortage of teach- ers in the state of Washington. The number was 261. Also that 170 emergency certificates have |been granted to those who have |not even passed qualifying exami- nations, and many of these are be- Jing paid more than was received by experienced teachers. I, with others, would lke to ask why thig is allowed when, we understand, scores of splendid women have been turned down by the Seattle jnoaes for no other reason than be= cause these women have just had a 40th birthday. It seems only just to all cons jcerned to ask why, if one is unfit to teach at 40, even tho she have health, experience and the | best of references, is it that |who have reached the age of CHAMPION PITTER OF PEACHES GETS $20 DAY) YUBA CITY, Cal, Oct. 6—Twenty | dollars a day ts betng earned here by Mire Margaret Myers, champion the peach pitter of California—and that means the world. She is working piece work in @ local cannery lowest day's wages was $14, while her average in $20 ning to |CANADA TO BUY BIG SEED WHEAT SUPPLY| CALGARY, Oct, 6—Two million | because of age or sex? bushels of seea wh Dominion government is plan purchase against a shortage on the prairies| sent to South America in interest of Her next spring. The influx of settlers| United States aircraft jin responsible for the move. and 70, are considered competent? jis there a solution? Is this rule changeable? Is it according to the laws of the constitution, which, we understand, does not diseriminate < AND TAXPAYER, — That's what); A CITI to guarantee| One American aviator has corporatiogs, and Italy. ——___—___., WRIGLEYS C a package before the war © a package during the war and C a package NOW THE FLAVOR LASTS SO DOES THE PRICE! » | and the return of soldiers to the land | against fleets from England, France