The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 1, 1920, Page 6

Oc per mon: 16; poar, $6. ) ataide for 6 montha, or $9. per weel janth, § By carries, cliy, 14 Let the OfficersDolt = Peyton C. March, chief of staff of the United States Yeracity of press dispatches from Washington. ‘The private soldier, the brave lad who faces the hell | the muck of battle in trenches and across death-| den ground on the attack, holds no responsible position, | ¥ ral says, according to the Washington dispatches of his appearance before the medal award investi- committee. : ling no responsible position, the doughboy, following | ‘the chief of staff's cold logic, is deserving of no medal valor, for bravery, for stomachache, for whatnot in times. He's not big enough, good enough, responsible ce the doughboy is of such little concern in the mili- machine as to be denied a medal, why have doughboys all in the army? Why clutter up a highly responsible ization with irresponsible material? NOT LET THE OFFICE SIBLE AND THEREFORE WITH THE HARUM-SCARUM DOU NEXT WAR? (And we have reluctantly come to lusion that this late war was not a war that ended we were two notable examples of doughboys in the War who, after days and nights of duty in the front . were unable to resist the demands of befagged nature Tell asleep on duty. Responsible! Well, rather! Court- ial and all that. Sentenced to be shot, these two n s. They would have been had the president "pardoned them. They were condemned for falling| on a RESPONSIBLE POST of duty. beg permission to disagree with the chief of staff. @oughboy is responsible. He knows it. The country is it. The doughboy played up to that responsibility the war as American boys always have done, and,| or no medals from the chief of staff, they have the! greater medal of a nation’s gratefulness—even if employers fail to recognize the fact. ¥ im several respects,” but evidently one of those re- is NOT as campaign ammunition, —) Without the Mask | » are uncomfortable days for the house ways and committee. !t adraits that it is being driven toward of the excess proMts tax, now that the public is that the tax is added to selling price and passed id by consumers. As a substitute revenue raiser, ! in one per cent tax on all retailed merchandise ‘@ similar levy on sales of real estate and raw materials. Bacharach bill is nothing more than the excess tax with the mask off. it is a direct consumption The excess profits tax has the same effect, tho in- _As far as the consumer concerned, the only} is that the Bacharach bill would further add to} wert nt waste by the new army qf government clerks it would be necessary to keep track of its workings. ; commends all measures that will help abolish ® excess profits tax, which, in being passed on to con- rs, is padded to make it an agent of further excessive) But the substitute that would shift the tax! to those best able to pay is not to be found in any} of consumptian tax. | in When private owners get back the railroads they will how the old man felt when the prodigal son came dead broke. Tomorrow’s Power 9 _ A few years ago the hardy sons of New England sailed) summer and the winter seas in search of the whale and yats of whale oil supplied the world’s need. oil comes from the heart of mother earth in great gushers, boiling out in rivers, tr:ckling out in greasy | sometimes only oozing thru the soil, but these! and lakes and little streams, however fast they flow, ever an ebb tide when the surge of the world’s demand ae long will the “gas age” last, and what is next? | fineers who are looking ahead for generations, say city will be the coming force. | ers are being located on for power projects that may) be developed for 20 years, but capital sees ahead and is| The West has water power by the hundreds of thousands ee gited yet untouched. High-power transmission | take this hundreds of miles; new improvements | storage batteries will make electricity available for truck, | railroad train and maybe aeyplane. _, The coal industry is “the worst functioning industry dn the world,” says Herbert Hoover. If that is so, we at least, know that ability to charge high prices is tive of bad “functioning.” Cheering Up a Secretary | of Commerce Alexander sets up his first squeal he asked for an appropriation of $1,658,000 for his| department and congress proposes to cut it to $490,000. "Mr. Alexander's army of “commercial attaches” and “foreign E commissioners” will have to be reduced to a corporal’s id, and England, Japan and Germany will just gobble the trade of the Far East, says Mr. Alexander. us hope for the best. If our goods don’t go abroad, pile up at home and, maybe, prices will come down. pe does a cracking good business in the Far East, Europe will be able to pay us the ten billions it owes. too, Brother Alexander, there's “the individual tive.” Maybe the big exporters will hire “attaches” “commissioners” of their own, ff Uncle Sam won't the burden for them. Do not despair, Mr. Secretary. 's still some “pork” in your barrel. F. A. Cudahy, jr., director of the American Institute of ‘Meat Packers, says “lower 8 are inevitable,” tie Mr. Cudahy? Also, ee ae what on? The income tax form is called a blank because a blank used to record the comment of the man who is trying to fill out one. As yet Newberry’s attorneys have not contended that the price of his seat was fized by the old law of supply Ri o tee My, sees scant merit in the doughboy, if we may believe ‘ jabove board. ‘in the fight 1 am | strange | aines generally | the last time, 8 commi tee is showing lively interest in the Bacharach ° jin New York. The members of that; GE THR SEATTLE STAR—MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1920. Look THIS TYORM OVER, GENTS, BEFORE YOU LE. Editor We'llSay-So; You ask me} o state my platform, You may quote me as follows | I agree with you, sir, that in these upheavous times it is well for a man to announce his beliefs frankly and When recently I an nounced my membership in the B. R. B. W. party, immediately was I attacked by W ryan, Maj. Dal rymple, hero of the Iron County, Michigan, motion picture “rum war fare,” and Mary Kappmann Katt However, comma, be that aa it may, 1 whall proceed on my way un awerved by contemporaneous influ enees and bickerings My platform, tersely put, ts JUSTICE FOR ALL BACHELORS On this one lssue, 1 shall survive or perish, There shall be no quarter waging; nothing less than dollars count these days It's a heck of @ note, to mpeak in street partance, that a guy must be dragged Into matrimony in order to ain his standing in the com: It Gers MY IBEX THAT THO WAR ENDS'D Too SOON & SH To BERUN TACT Yes, sir 4 Tecku You, EVERETT, WOH OUGHT TO HAVE BONS RIGWT ON TriRE Ny Jo HEAR THAT KIND OF A NOSG COMING FROM A munity | In clowing, I wish to say that I | eLCOW WHO WAS NO NCARER also favor replacing “Wine* in the! well known phras and Song Yr, Obdt. Servt., LUKE MeGLUKE M1. oe . “Wine, Women IN THE CHARGE OF Fur coats and alk etockings, says fome Chicago manufacturer, are not adding: “The best dreswed girle in our factory have the moat fn the bank.” And, it may seem, right here in too, the men with the limow an extravagance money Beat have mare nO men with th ey in the bank tha vors Too bad, if Wilson felt he had to fire somebody, that he didn't try his hand on Burleson. Tanks, saye 4 British general, will fight next war. We've met a few ex-tanks who are still fighting WHY EVERYRO N A HOME $19,000 WILL BE PAID to the per son eecuring.me a ff six room house of ground flogr apartment. |"? WH! give references Rent -to be t $35. Address F. M. Standard|™ New Rochelle, N.Y. Stand. | TOnment | industrial sur buman engineer ’ re talking now about putting |@nd until home conditions have been TU Hohensoliern on an island, bot nobody seems to know just what ts land to pick. Any old isiwnd ought to do—exeept Manhattan and Coney. eee whether or not they constitute poten- tally a casual factor in indurtrial accidents, A wick member of the family may WELL, WELL! WELL AGAIN! Mr, Nighman's horse that had an unusual and dangerous experience of | falling in a well is working again as usual, no bad effects are apparent.-|UN#yt™pathetic aupervision over this Perry Correspondence, Painesy man's work by the foreman ©. Herald | A domineering and overbearing . foreman can do more to reduce out A member of the original “Flore | put and breed digcontent than almost dora” sextet is in the divorce courts |Sny other factor in an organisation The “human engineer” will not sextet had wonderful experiences. | *top at treating the patient and re Not lows than 20 of them have been | Moving the disabling cause, whether tn divorce euite. it be due to environment within or . | without the plant. The president, rays @ Washington| There existe the opportunity of in dispatch, shaved himself yesterday | stilling the ideas of preventive medi morning. And when he finished he|cine in the broad sense into the dropped, let us hope, 25 cents Inte| minds and hearts of those with whom the little bank in which he keeps the| he comes in daily contact. Here the money he saves by shaving himeelf,|ereat field of preventive medicine Just as all the rest of us do— | ope ns before bim, and he has unitm- Not do. ited opportunities of sowing the the worker that he will be careless and much below par in his work. It Take Time by the Forelock— Start Saving here on or before Friday,March 5th and earn a full Four Months Dividend on July First., Start Your Account Now you'll never regret it Not only will you earn this added interest but you will start the best habit in all the world—- providing for the needs and emergencies of the future. he Safe, Sane and Secure method. Resources now over Four Million Dollars Puget Sound Savings & Loan Association ‘Where Pike St. Crosses Third OUR HOURS ARE 9 A. M. to5 P.M. | cause such uneasinens in the mind of | THE PRONT THAN THE WALL STREET TRENCHES AND CLOAN@D UP HANDSOMSLT WE PROMTSEcea Ll sro atudy of the |weedy of right Uy will seek further light regarding the | asec Ker's home and community envi | tona} an Hore his contact with the welfare | Clally im | department pegina, but It should not | Pies invesUgated and the fact determined | | may also be determined if there in| Jncle SamMD | Conducted Under Direction of Dr. Rupert Dine, U. 8 Public Health Bervies| SERVICE ing in this fallo T munity b and water eu impomal mat (We proper relation. ANSWERED LOSING HIS “PEP” 1 maniLAon, espe and related having @ bearing upon the surroundings or state of|attie’s waterfront or stood in crowds mind, all come within the segpe of | about the docks all day in rain and the activities of the human engineer | col waiting for a boss to pick a few if he but applies himself to them in| of their number for jobs at a beg- lenrly wage. The few who bought Q@ Tam weak and seem to be low Ing my nerve, 1 when I rise in the morning than 1)" } men are still discussing and have not settled. | 1 benefit | seule | *, recrea-| bear both sides and judge for itself { | am more tired) On the Issue of Americanism There @an Be No Compromise Closed Doors BY DK. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1919, by Prank Crane) 1 do not know, half a dozen people in the | name to Mrs. Smith; it is like waving a red whole world to whom I can say anything. ! flag at a bull. Friend Republican will not | Accent on the anything. | listen to one word favorable to Mr. Cleve- What I mean is that with most people | land, and Friend Democrat is equally con- there are one or more subjects upon which | temptuous and summary when you bring it is absolutely useless to talk. up the name of Mr. McKinley. In fact, to ~ Upon this or that they have Closed the | be a good party man, you must first get up 7 Door. Also locked it and thrown away the | and shut the door of your mind. key. Mr. Black does not want to hear of a ‘And they regard this as a virtue, and | solitary good thing about labor unions, and ~ preen over it considerably. Mr. White sees red the minute you mention And it is right to have convictions that | a gentleman who is so unfortunate as to are rooted, principles that are solid, and accurhulate a million dollars. conclusions to which one has definitely and | Most of us have spots of fanaticism. We \finally arrived. For instance, it is just as | will not listen to any possible hint that© } well to decide that one will not budge so far | such’ and such a class may be at all toler- as the Ten Commandments are concerned. able. The whole Class idea is composed of © But small minds, coveting the name of | fanaticism and prejudice and is clung to by 7 being firm, are inclined to settle themselves | minds that “have shut with a click.” |in positions entirely untenable, to be positive There is hardly a political, economic, o1 where ordinary good breeding demands that | religious ism that has not a deal of truth lall should be yielding, and tenacious where! in it. And probably none that does not | everybody that wants to be agreeable yields | contain fallacy. ja’ little, Be hospitable minded. It is amusing to see how people put such | open. questions to you as “Do you believe that Every human being, in and out of the Mars is inhabited?” “Do you believe it is | penitentiary, has some commendable quali- going to rain tomorrow?” Also we are asked | ties. And even the best and noblest have +h Keep the door locked rooms. Try to understand, more than to copvince. And, as you love me, cultivate a sense of humor. | to say yes or no, whether or not we believe | faults. in this religious cult, or that political pro-| Be tolerant. Most things do not matter |gram, or some other thing that the wisest | much. Your house needs only one or two | ' Besides this there are all sorts of bristling positivities where there should be gentle r | ceptivities, I cannot mention Miss Jones IN THE EDITOR’S MAIL if “OPEN SHOP” OFFENSIVE [wages go, and enjoy conditions that) union during the war at the request Editor The Star; The waterfront /are comparatively human, and they |of employerseand at reduced en __ employers have fired the first gun in {have won these wages and condi-| trance fee in order to preserve peace what is regarded as an “open shop” tons, inch by inch, against the con-/on the waterfront. The employers | Offensive on the waterfront by sub nt resistance of their employers. | choose their own foremen, who exer: mitting to the longshoremen a serie w. in the opinion of the public, | cise the undisputed right to regulate of demands for changes in the pres-| should the longshoremen surrender | work, shift men from one job to am ent working conditions and giving | these hard-won gains and meekly re-| other. or fire them if they can nol, notice of abrogation of the present turn to former conditions? What|or will not do their work. and th working agreement, One of the most/can the longshoremen do but accept|union supports by fines and off important of these demands ix, “Abo-|the fight that in forced upon them?! punishments the maintenance of dis lition of the list; the right of hiring | Greater efficiency is the only excuse|cipline. Thus, under. the and firing whom we please.” An-|offered by the waterfront employers! agreement, the employer hires nm other demand is for separation of|for action that in calculated to pre-|whom he has “picked” at one time! the Checkers’ union from the I. L. A.|cipitate another fight on the water: | or another, and be can fire them for Other demands nibble at the wage| front. but it should be noted by the}cause; but he can not arbitrarily The public has a right to/ general public that the waterfront /drive a capable and willing worker | employers, to back up their demands, | from an industry he has long feb offer no figures or facts, credible or |iowed with the employer's consent, otherwise, to show that labor union /and right here is where the shoo conditions today is lens efficient than pinches. Under old “open shop” conditions, or list, popu! among that Seattle is inferior to any etherdGiaar teenie it el a fair port in the efficiency of waterfront | distribution of work. The employer labor, and it may be inferred that 0! does not attempt to show that it is facts and figures of this sort Sre/ prejudicial to his legitimate inter- available, esta, but it gives the union co The fact that the waterfront eM-/herence and strength, therefore ft whisky for the bons or “loaned” him | ployers have never even hinted at| must be abolished. It interferes with money were overworked (it was not/an offer to put waterfront work OM | the operation of an illegal blacklist, unusual for a man to work 49, 60/a contract basis, altho the longshore-|therefore it must be abolished. _ or 60 hourw at a stretch), but the| men have a co-operative company 1n-| inion worklist or employers’ biack- great majority got little work and led | corporated and more than $25,000 / rg: is the issue on the waterfront . a precarious “coffee-and” existence, | capital stock subscribed, is further LONGSHOREMAN. to what, the employers are doing and why they are doing it. j Only a few years ago the water- front workers of Seattle, unorgan- ized, walked the weary length of Se embittered by the blacklist and &/jevidence that their plea of greater 4 at all Sometimes my hair and eye » Waterfront quylever mate these ese | Waterfront employers are not at brows start falling out 1 have! Mtions, and be has never made any | liberty to enter into @ frank discus taken several kinds of pills and|°tber of his own free will. | sion of efficiency in waterfront indus- 1 eight or nine advertised tonics.|. Today there is no waterfront patrol try, but if they were it could be oo. J {What ts your opinion of those ad-| for Jobe, no “lineup” at the docks. | shown to the satisfaction of the gen-| The Fuzzy Wuzzy Rug Co. ‘ vertisements, that advertise that) 2¢n an employer wants men, heleral public that the Inefficiency of sen P they cure all diseases of men? 1/ Phones the union hall and gets them.|/the employers themselves probably | Since 1 ' Bave no ambition, What could 1| Fem a list of members arranged al-/causes far greater economic loss Phone Capitol 1233 take to put on. flesh, give me|DPhabetically, the secretary calls the} than the inefficiency of their em- strength and make lots of blood? — | BAMeS in rotation, and as the men | ployes has ever done, for some most A. 1} means rely on the ad-|Tespond to thelr names, they are as) amazing examples could be pointed | | | vice of your family physician. ful pamphlets on keeping fit “ISHITES” QuERY 1¢|*igned to the job until the order is! out. | you will rend me your name and ad- | Tiled. | drens, I will be glad to send you help: | Q A young lady who has never peen sick in troubled with what I/ Pod | believe ta called “ishites.” Is thi due to weakness? What can she do? Sho in wo timid that she will not con-| sult a physician A. Perhaps you refer to ichiatiti atic nerve, or to ischenis, | which is an inflammation of the sei a term sometimes used in connection with suppression of the menses, Wha ever t the patient consult a physician ing to consult a woman phynicia! not undertake to treat herself, “UNCLE SAM, M. D.,”" will answer, Impossible for him to answer ques. tig@e of a purely personal *, oF to prescribe for individual diseases, To begin the new year right woe earnestly request all of our former patrons to call and have their teeth and gums examined, and if anything is wrong, we will giadly make over and treat the gums free of charge. All work guaranteed 15 years. United Painless Dentists INC. 608 Third Ave. Cor. James St. Phone Elliott 3633 Hours: 8:20 a, m. to ¢ p,m, Sundays, 9 to 12 t ‘ondition, be sure to have ia | she is timid, perhaps she will be will- | By all means, be sure that she does 3 | ‘The Longshoremen’s union is com- “Job hogging” is discouraged:| posed of men who have been hired there is no buying jobs, and the! repeatedly by the employers of their blacklist is badly handicapped. Long-lown free will; in fact, a large propor-| shoremen now receive fair wages, as tion of thém were admitted to the Southern Pacific Company. Resumes TODAY Wionday, March lst a ee es ee ee The operation of its lines which, since January 1, 1918, have been under control of the United States Railroad Administration. Your Patronage is asked on the ground of our giving you in return the best service at our command, and in which we all, officers and employes, hope to earn your commendation. * =) Your Consideration is asked because, with thd passage of the new Railroad Bill by the Congress determining the public control over the railroads, we only now have in sight the end of a long period of great uncertainty in which it was impossible to determine plans for the future. In the period of readjustment following March 1st, we rely upon your patience. Your Co-operation is asked in letting us have the bene- fit of your suggestions and counsel in connection with our service, p ERAS) gee Bae EOS SubesyasH ‘ For further information, John M, Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Ore.; H. A. Hinshaw, Gen- eral Freight Agent, Portland, Ore.; C. M. Andrews, D. I’. & P. A., Seattle, Wash, Are at your service. _\ 5 2