The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 3, 1920, Page 6

i, out of city, 600 per fp Manthe, (42.78; The Seattle Star month: 8 meathe, 5.04 he ¢ The Special Session special session Hs a, posed of or Hart is to be commended for the manly way the special session - tes -penates is to be as- will nei be pre-pledged. iN is onted primarily for the relief of ie higher educational institutions and to ratify woman) rage. There were those, of course, who contended that ; members of the legislature should be signed up or d up to adjourn as soon as these measures were dis- ~ But this did not prevail—and the governor’s proclama- and statement governor leaves one wants the . But when a} duties of his office, ‘the people. a free legislature. do not contemplate any such pledges. it to the honor of the legislature to) as soon as its business is reasonably completed. | ad that is as it should be. : ) legislature in session longer than) islator takes his oath to perform e ought not to be required to himself to act upon just one measure or two that the nor thinks most important, and omit action on other that may appear to others even more beneficial two-day session of the legislature, or three days, or week—as short as possible, by all means. But let it ' The politician's charge against Hoover is that the man | thinks America is greater than a political party. Six Goveznors = ‘Some governors nt. This ber. New Mexico. ex comptrol believes be of too, of living. if ofits now. directions for ness! leaves but six obstinate governors in all the United governors of Vermont, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Jersey, West Virginia and Delaware. This half dozen ecutives refuse to call their legislatures to act suffrage. They are the bitter-enders of the insignifi- force now opposing the advancing host of American who want—and will get—the vote. re American family of five estimate of the cost of living. the average family requires $2,243.94 a year for the of an American standard of reasonable health and The allies now contro? all of Turkey except the govern- the troops and the followers of Mohammed. Business Profits ce your profits now and you'll assure yourself future nt and substantial profit. the advice given business by John Skelton Wil- ler of the currency. business profits must now be cut, or soon none. He suggests the “thinnest reasonable it” as the best assurance of future points out, will reduce the cost of are asked to help in restraining speculation in com- as well as securities. This, also, will help cut the its continue abnormally high, and Williams in- is what they now are, present profits—and more!—will be swallowed profitiess era. Business can avoid that by reduc- Fine. there'll surely come a The modern conception of Cuba is a mahogany island ded by a brass foot rail. To Think About Prof. W. F. Ogburn, member of the faculty of Columbia sity, has prepared an annual budget of expenses for | sn Saale Venss' and taeher Ones rsons as a basis for His compilation showed Mather! Watch Child's Tongue! For a Child’s Liver and Bowels Mother! Say “California,” then you will get genuine “California Syrup of Figs.” Pull ies and children of all ages who are constipated, bilious, feverish, tongue- coated, or full of cold, are plainly printed on the bottle. . Children love this delicious laxative, Doctor's ee a 50 — 2 Dr. Whiteaker’s 906 THIRD AVE. NEAR fle YouRS Gone Down | TOWN, MISTER TRUS, TLE | ||WACK UATH YOU. I'm ON |MY WAY s THe CoURT ba r time ago this newspaper pointed to the fact that. had refused to call their legislatures in session to vote on the ratification of the suffrage in refusal, suffrage advocates insisted, withhold the vote from many American women in it no longer can New Mexico be classed with those] z nor her governor with the anti-suffrage executives. has called the legislature of New Mexico in special sea- lion. And, very likely, that state will be the 32d to ratify. business! these states possessing obstinate governors was z jhad $2,000 to give to missions; he Tir WOULD RE! | Kou UNFIT To. } | tae IH a= @hen Do We Eat? Also How and Where? And How Long Will the Farmer be the Goct? BY DANA SLEETH | Mr, Dana Sleeth was $65 0 Tam @ Big Bend wheat rancher and would like to say that Ricard F. Marwood doesn't know what he ie talking about. He refers to the prosperous farmers sending their children to the university it te $89; in 1914 beef sor ton, now it is $120; in 1914 bran was $13 @ ton, and today it costs $50; In} 1914 alfalfa meal waa $20 a ton, and |for February 1 last and for thors of some 40] aig years ago. | In 1914 we received 38 cents & Goren for eats, sold to grocers, and in 1920 we received 45 cents & donen; these figures speak for them- weives. All other charges connected with the business have increased in the same proportion. If somie of our fel-| low workers in the city are distatio fied with their 68 for eight hours’) work jet them ponder on these flay) ures and think of their brother work ere in the country who are pulting| in 16 hours a day, paying twice as! much for raw materials as they did and getting but little more for the Onished product. Buppose every farmer did this: Just | raised enough for his own une, Jaxt) enough to support his family; noth-| ing for the other fellow—-just where) would the city workers get of? Let ue all atick on the job and) préduoe; if we do, prices will come down, A. EDWARDS. Manchester, Wash | and most of these farmilies make Sreat sacrifices to secure for their children what almost any city fam- ily considers a matter of course. T have put in 17 years farming at one place, with all the ups and downs, and have seeh three years without a wheat crop, but we stuck it out and kept working; what city) businessman will stay on the job like that? I am glad to eee there ie one city paper that wants to give the farmer a square deal I would like to see the farmer who didn't make it raising wheat in the dry farming distriet, I'll bet! And) with tie present price of feed the farmera who are raising chickens, welling emma, selling milk, butter or cream, are not getting rich; many of) then are quitting business. Again thanking you for giving us & chance to tell the town people what we are up against, A BIG BEND WHEAT RANCHER Editor The Star: Please give | moms letters need no elaboration; | poaltryman « few lines to tell What) o6 personal experience I know that | it costa to raise chickens and Pr | ing mill trust and the packing trust wide eggs fer the city market that control the necessary feeds and| The eae farmers are not BetINE | concentrates have taken about all the anything out of this mad ecramble| sont there has been in hogs, exes | . | Go to any powttry ranch and you will) ence: Gairy prpducte these lat find them working from 14 to 14) : hours a day, the year around | | If we bad eighthour shifts we would not be able to buy feed, let alone pay taxes and hire help. Now take the price of the neces wary poultry feede for 1914 and for 1920 and see what we are facing: In 1914 wheat was $31.50 « ton, today While bran, shorts, tankage, ete, sell for three times what they are) lworth, there is not much hope of) lower food prices for city folka. High cost of living starts in town and ends up in town, and ff all city monopoly was removed food costa| would drop. Don't blame the farmer! | The Quarrelsome Clock BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE There were six small hours which wouldn't stand still But were always on the run, And just as they started down the hill The quarrelsome clock struck one, one e! clock! struck! ‘The clock struck one, and two, and three; He put in some terrible licks, And down at the end of the hill, dear me! The quarrelsome clock struck six. e! clock! struck! Mi! Six: He chased all the other hours up hill; He made them climb and climb; ‘ And whenever he caught them standing still, He struck them every time. Struck! ev! ‘ry! time! Then ten hours stood at the very top And two more came to call, And before anybody could make him stop The bad clock struck them all, He! struck! them! all! And when he had worked his wicked will, T gave him a frightful frown, So he left the hours at the top of the hill, And me quarrelsome clock ran down. e clock ran down. And he growled “Twelve hours you make me go, And I never take time to play, But what would you do, I'd fike to know, If I struck for an eight-hour day? An? eight hour? day?” . (Copyright, 1919, NL Bm, A. you, Henry, \ | right | rather be the defeated candidate, We Greetings! Well, just like we told he waa elected all But of the two we would) It is im) wouldn't have to fulfill any of thone pre-election prominen Anyway, we were spared the bor ror of smoking any campaign cigars, | War. ee he Nothing, hot famine, panic, yellow The only cigar we got waa from fire, Dean Andrews, He didn't even ' kne bout the election. ust on married ee of mankind. Hridegrooms are strange chaps Usually they only get married once See this more clearly than ever before. in @ lifetime—to the same woman. gwn country, not having been poisoned by , the passions of dynasty and the fallacy of for thousands of years, as Europe we is enough—to the same, was, does not seem to realize it. - Of course, the first step toward removing sort of realization of ing for a wife chose the woman who| humanity as a whole; it is the awakening to | the woman this that instigated the League of Nations, | The next step, and the all-important one, . aid you read is dictated by common sense. . . And, strange an it may neem, the *' r wually discovers that one | Militarism the curse is some Tt used ta be that the man hunt could bake. Now who oan brew. . a raisin Rpeaking of ra the headline: “Btin The ble idea, as wi ‘aken Tuesday” oo it, is where eee ., bidding the carrying of deadly weapons, To | vd Whe, Soe FFALO” that we owe the comparative safety of life I have heard of many languages, Like Spanish, French and Malay, Mut I came acrom a new one In the paper Uother day | ships, le or Fiji, caperanto- Nut stated calm!y He will speak in Buffalo” jin the world. Now, if he can talk in Buffalo, Why not in Cow or Dog? Or charm the ladies with our Lion, Or sing our love in Frog? jcealed weapons, If afflicted with a heavy cold, in Horse we'll voloe our Woe= Oh, there are some advantages | If what they may is po! eee ‘TWAS EVER THUS Her father aald: “A fine young man industrious and honest.” — |, Her mother maid: “A clean young chap--and handsome, too.” He sald: “Wl you marry me? Bhe eald: “1 won't!” A month later— Her father said; “I hear he gambles a little.” j Mer mother raid: “And I saw him) out with that Driscoll girl.” He said: “Will you marry mer” And SH said: “I will!” eee | many industrial accidents | ot Tesponsibiiity, states have pay A department store is selling leather-covered finske for 25 cent® care of. of what, we don't know eee AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRANGE SNOW | the industrial phy#ician, | been | with Snow began falling thin afternoon! 4 And rometimes it fell In quastitien to | heen fill the air.--Moorhead (Minn) News. | gion, eee industry than ever before. greater than that. He never has store for them. been caught in one, eee lives in Roohester, Minn, lives in New York city. Reading, Kans. | punt see it will cost $50,000,000 a year make this a prohibition country, He er weil. forgets it will cont $2,500,000,000 a year to make it a booze country, | ‘To ‘this new specialty, eee marked, “1 Jewelry. rings.” Ana I You Can Earn: Interest from March Ist by starting to Save here on or before the Fifth. $1 WILL START THE BEST HABIT IN THE WORLD When the First of July comes you will be vitally interested in our declara- tion of dividend, and your Savings will be en- titled to a full Four Months share. Resources Now Over Four Million Dollars Puget Sound Savings and Loan . Association Where Pike Street Crosses Third wsible for the mind of man to | conceive of anything that for the welfare of the human race could happen equal to re- | moving the possibility or even probability of fever, flood, or earthquake, | He had Can compete with War as the supreme curse After the last War Europe was made to in Chicago, London, and Paris. Let nations quit making cannon, battle- | and other war machines equally good result will be brought about + It is true that you cannot change human nature nor eradicate the desire to fight; but it is just as true that murderous brawls | and assassins’ attacks are reduced to a mini- mum where there is a law prohibiting con- | | A writer in a recent magazine asks why ! wake, and, with dn increasing sense laws requiring that these be taken “ Compehaation laws have) ermers in the United States there now we pay $41. These prices are They're balf-pint Masks but halfpint greatly inoreased the demand for and the) man of medica! training hee thus) | calel tate cout nesociatjon | "Umber there are 750,000 workers) comparatively new field has, opened to the medical profes) and some few of ite membere have been quick to grasp the op George Washington never told | portunity and to see the possibilities But we know a fellow even that the industrial field holds in| Compared to the \\arge number who have taken their work &# a matter of course, men of Re that ae it may, Wright Toogood \ vision have been few, but those few [have placed an indelible etamp upon | And speaking of cellars, D. Kantor industrial medicine and have formed a rolid basis upon whieh this «pecial While Daley Fitts is an editor in branch of medical practice will be Unlike most other medical | specialties, thia one is rooted in the Renator Warren complains that! principles of preventive medicine, ax to it hae to do with keeping the work usually | termed “Industrial Medicine,” we But, as the telephone operator re prefer to give another name, one don’t care much for that more clearly defines the reai positively hate | scope and possibilities of what the work offers, the name of “Human On The Common Sense Way to End War BY DK. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1918, by Prank Crane) disarmament, weapons used of human bein smallpox, territory the | used in warfa Our the sale of a be permitted. used for that tile marine ha. in war and ha and an | lost sight of. Then, why of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise all nations should not agree on a complete all rifles, guns, machine guns, and all othery claim to civilization should further agree te pass a law absolutely forbidding within theig | or gun for hunting purposes should be ak 7 lowed only by special permit and upon the — payment of a special license fee, and only) to persons having such a permit should The number of those who profit by making-of rifles, guns, ammunition, other war armaments is small. The factor turned to better uses, can be better employed in peaceful t ’ especially since the tonnage of the mercan- It is to cease making implements of War. r did they take it? | We have laws in most civilized states for- it will take years to round it out. As tyere will be no more profit from war materials, there will be none left who have an interest the money they could make Profiteering thru war and war contracts has become a great financial game and where | Money is God all other considerations are when peace must come soon, to declare for a general and complete disarmament and agree on the passing of a law to be enacted in every country demanding the destruction ~ all the armament for war and forbidding © its manufacture henceforth? the Issue of involving the destruction of in warfare and the slaughter % All the nations that lay gs. manufacture of all weapons re. The possession of a rifle limited number of cartridg murderous trade can easily be The big warshi s been so greatly reduced that ~ ve promoted it for the sake of out of it. not use the opportunity now, | Conducted Under Direction of Dr. Rupert Blue, U. & Public Health Service | THE HUMAN ENGINEER A high labor turnover bas brought; Engineering.” in Ste} The field activity of this work is |limitiess. It has been estimated | that among the 40,000,000 industrial are «2,000,000 lost-Ume accidents yearly, entailing @ loss of time of more than one day each. Of this who sustain a @isability of more than four weeks’ duration, About 22,000 workers are killed, and from 15,000 to 18,000 more suffer perma 04 to be more than 18,000,000 man- Gays per year, or the working time of over 60,000 persona. Each indus- | trial worker is sick on the average lot eight days per year, jcost of medical attention, and nent disability. This lows is estimat. | ———__———_, whieh amounts to the time lost of over | 1,000,000 working people for jyear. The loss in wages is overs | $1,000,000,000 per year, to say noth ing of the lows in production t |cost to the community of the |manently Cisabled workers cease to be self-supporting. “UNCLE SAM, M. D..” will anawer, either in this col or by mail, questions of gemeral relating only to hygiene, sanitation and the prev ‘of disease, it will be | impossible for him to amewer ques- | thems of = purely perscea! mature, or to prescribe for individual diseases, Adress INFORMATION EDITOR, U. 8. Public wi ». Cc. j . WATCHES EQ aipent aansen | 1010 Second Ave. At Last, ing of all diseases, feel that with the approach of balmy springtime they may expect some relief from the pangs of suffering which they have endured all winter. 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