The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 11, 1920, Page 6

= Cheer up, folks. Boost - Fh yo the SIR OLIVER LODGE declared,” Askren says, “she the dead man go upstairs,” eee (WE'VE WONDERED, TOO Fe is something I would know; I prithee let thy answer be _ complete— hy ts it that the women hd wear so dev‘lish little on the treet? ANON. eee ENRAPTURED UNDIE MAN She El Dorado, Kas, Times.) that the gold and brown of big prairies proclaim the world hushed by the solemn sweet- of the passing summer, you Temember that Henry Logan store well filled with the best im good warm underwear. ore is _ Let of @upplies, all outside telephone ‘will be charged at the rate of the Burtington Gazette) bride wore a pretty gown of voile with a hat of white geor- years. Fecetying more than $350 a and has never been in debt. easy. A.man who feceives $360 a year doesn’t stand much | Sunday School Teacher — Now, » what do we learn from the of the prodigal son? ‘That it is better to be a son than a fatted calf. “There™ exclaimed 6-year-old Ber- throwing down a book, “I just going to school another day.” “Why,” asked her mother, “what's matter?” 7 “It's no use wasting time,” replied i Mittle miss. “I can’t never learn (epell. The teacher just keeps the words every day.” ‘Mrs. Neighbors—I saw the doc. automobile standing in front of house this morning. . Who is F4win—Papa. Neighbors—Is he very sick? Eawin—Not The doc- Just started to come this morn- “There was a look of méness on Elizabeth's face, and her | asked her what was the trou-| “Oh,” sighed the little miss. “I've such @ headache tn my stomach.” HAND 1S WORTH “TWO IN et of city, tte he Seattle Star O4.60' for @ montha or $2.00 per year, month; 8 monthe, $1.60; @ montha, $1.76; year. State of Washington, Outside of the stata ont By carrier, ety, Ite per week. THE SEATTLE EVERETT TRUE for Seaftle. Don’t let the mayor or anybody else, for | fever reasons they may have, give you the blues, _ Think of this: The city car line hasn’t costthe city a cent—not a copper. - Imagine the Bon Marche owners coming with a ——- to YOU. They of offer to let you take hol the Bon Marche, to run jit, and to make as much profit as you can out of it. You are to make no investment of your own, but you are to pay the value of the Bon Marche to the owners might be necessary to make the payments. you be interested? Well, that’s the proposition the city has on the car line. It | for the entire system out of the railway itself. It has the opportunity—and, from present indications, it will be able to meet its obligations unless it is tied up by a lot of fic titious bookkeeping to serve the ends of various political exponents, | It is meeting all payments now—and when the bonds be- s|come due, it will meet them—either by the accumulated earnings of the railway or by refund bonds—JUST AS THE CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT IS DOING, JUST AS THE CITY WATER DEPARTMENT IS DOING, JUST AS EVERY PUBLIC UTILITY IS DOING, WHETHER PRI- VATELY OR PUBLICLY OWNED! As long as there is no actual deficit in the operation of the city railway, there is no reason for gloom. And if there should appear an actual deficit, where heretofore there was none, we will know what's the matter. We will know that the ent is inefficient. So far, for- tunately, despite the fact that pelitics created a change in management at a most critical time in the railway's life, the management is apparently in good shape. It must con- tinue to be so—aye, it must improve. We shall hold Mayor Caldwell to his pledges in the mayoralty campaign. The railway administration must show itself, not merely as capable as that of the former administration, but better. The mere statement of the mayor that he now figures an arbitrary depreciation fund that the former administra- tion did not figure, does not demonstrate a higher quality of efficiency. Actual results are what the city expects—and WILL HAVE. Edith May The prettiest salesgir! In Americn—Miss Edith May Leuenberger. She's a real American girl, thru and thru, and you'll like her the minute you get to know her well Judges in a national beauty contest picked Edith May. Many thou- | sands of salesgiria, the country over, entered the contest. Never before j did a nation realize that it had such @ fine collection of “prettiest girls.” Edith May won. The Star has printed her picture, You'll have to admit May is a maid good to look upon! And, better than that, fs @ girl any father, or mother, or brother, er husband, would like to have around the house. For Edith May ts a “regular” girt! Edith May lives in Monroe, Wis, where there are no beauty shops, and where, as Edith May herself says: “The chances are limited.” Not on the city’s boulevards lived this prettiest girl; not in a gilded palace nor clothed in priceless silks and laces. Edith May ts the daughter of the village blacksmith and worked in @ store, Edith May disproves the theory that a pretty girl naturally tnclines toward idlenem. “I'm ready to work like « switch engine,” she said. A switch engine ts the superia tive of rapid and long continued action. Edith May had never seen a Parisian frock, nor a Fifth ave hat. ‘The world of Jewelry was to her unknown. And yet, Edlth May has been pronounced the prettiest saleagir! in America! But the best part of this whole hunt for the prettiest mileegtri ts that so many thousands of girls so nearly the peer of Edith May in beauty, disposition, character and ambition, were found. Flivvers and Others Henry Ford ts, perhaps, one of the most hated and best loved men in America. He has added to both categories by his recent action tn reducing the prices of Ford cars, trucks and tractors, ‘This action is the first voluntary reduction of prices, tn this country, based on the resognition that it is the duty of business to take eo losses, if necessary, in order that the inflated and false price structure may be brought back to normal. There will be many manufacturers | who will not relish the Ford medicine. The Ford reductions have several implications. In the first piace, the reductions apply to orders already placed. Some 146,060 people | who have ortered cars at the higher price will be surprised to find that they will get thelr cars at the reduced price. Of course, many a man during the last two,or three years has ordered a car at one price and found he had to pay a higter one when the car was delivered. The second lesson that Ford has taught is that, just as many manu facturers who had bought materials when prices were low, jacked up the prices of finished products because prices of material were rising, so it is now the duty of business men to take some temporary lonses because they have purchased some materials at high prices and must now sell the finished product at lower prices. Ford thinks {t ought to work both ways, ‘The third lesson for business al over the country is that the era of high prices has come to an end. People will not—indeed, cannot longer consume on the artificial price levels that have been established. The candidates are finding this t# heckieberry time that Edith Edith May Make your own comment on this one: A Vancouver man sued for divorce because hie wife didn’t speak to him for a year. | Next Door Our Motte: Money’s Worth or Money Back city. ing is Just a sample: Best Grade Percale ind Hope Muslin 0. N. T. Sewing Cotton, 4 TZinch Sheeting, bleach: 864neh Outing Flannel, yara-. 3¢inch Silkoline, yard Good grade Cretonne Old Standard Barber Towels, each . -45¢ -25¢ each Coates’ Crochet Cotton, spool, each... Oda Lots White yard Colored Cotton Bats, each Pequot Sheets, $1x90, each AU Other Sizes at Special Prices | Alaska Dry 1812 FIFTH AVE. Between Pike and Pine Goods Co. ‘We were first to lower prices, and are stfll cutting wherever we find the wholesale price lower than our own. good merchandise lower than it can be bought elsewhere in the We offer many items for this week's selling. We aim to sell The follow. Nemo and Gossard Corsets Values up to $8.50. Spe- cial, pair .......$4.75 Good heavy Pillow Cases, alza 45x36 45¢ Pure Linen Table Damask, yard Colored Table Damask, $1.00 Comforters, full bed size, each ... teteeecess MBAS All-wool Piaid Dress toot ocd ues to $6.00 yard; yard $83.25 Nearly all-linen Crash Toweling, yard . ory Hospital Gauze, yard Boys’ Mackinaws ... $7. L, L. Unbleached Muslin, yard . Cambric, all colors; Ginghamas, best grade Zephyrs, yard.... Apron Gingham, yard Nainsook and Long Cloth, yard Boft finish Cambric, yard Linen finish Suiting Fleischer Zephyr Yarna, avy THs FESD E StTORS {! out of the earnings of the Bon Marche. Suppose the | ‘owners of the Bon Marche gave you all the ve | wut ' ou hasn't invested a’ nickel, but it has the opportunity to pay | Td ucs To } se WITA HIStee PHUNSK!, | Why Be Discouraged? By Whit Hadley kept on trying various occupations he would one day find his opportu: nity to become great So he be came a trader, soldier, merchant and then factory manager, Still unsuc constul he became a secretary, com missioners merchant, accountant, envoy and messenger. A continued failure, Defoe turned to writing, and in this field he seemed to find his chance, for he produced @ book which has been réad by practically every boy tn the civilized world “Robinson Crusoe.* ‘The boy Gallleo waa « faflure at everything he touched, and was ¢x pelled from school, Thrashed by his father, he waa sent forth to make hin} own Way in the world. Inwardly de | termined to succeed, however, he started his career ag a stable boy At 18 he accidentally discovered the principle of the pendulum in the lamp left hanging tn the cathedral at Pisa, Two years later Gallleo ae tounded the world by Inventing both the microscope and telescope, which enlarged the knowledge of the vast and minute alike Lie died worth $300,000. | In an Ohio log cabin & poor widow | lived with her little boy. Neighbors fed them, At § the boy supported his mother by chopping wood and tilling | the soll, Every spare hour was spent | in studying borrowed books, At 16) he drove mules on a canal tow path, | swept floors and rang the bell of an academy in exchange for the right to study there, He engaged board, washing, fuel and light of a carpen ter at $1.06 a week, with the privi-/| loge of working nights and Satur Qays. A year later he taught school at $12 4 month and “board around.” James A. Garfield became president of the United States “On to Richmond™ waa the com mand of Gen, Grant, as he assumed charge of the Northern armies. ce a cuaseeipsinentincemeiaaneetmnitio tters to the Editor— Write briefly. Use ink or typewriter. One side of paper only. sign your name, | RETURN STREET CAR |SYSTEM, HE SAYS Editor The Star: The successful man is one who not only has the courage to back his Judgment with his own money, but the courage. when he finds he has made a poor Investment, to pocket his tors and turn to something else. ‘Whe sane and sensible thing to do with the jetreet railway system is to turn it jback to the original owners, pocket Jour lon#, and hush up about “our |municipal-owned public utilities.” There is no good reason why this jshould not be done. The reason that in all probability it won't be jdone fe that the municipal owner. |ship enthusiasts and city officials | who advocated the purchase of the railway system lack the courage of | the successful man above mentioned. | ‘The Boston capitalists who “pucked” these enthusfasts. for so |many yeats, and then “took them [into camp,” knew that {t would take only about two years to con vince them that running @ street jrailway system was not all “beer jand pretzels,” and that the quickest |way to stop the elty councll throw |ing monkey wrenches into their ma- chinery was to let them try out ‘their municipal ownership echemes. | Mayor Caldwell talks of writing |a new contract with the Stone Webster interests. I agree with him. Let them write their own ‘contract and name their own terms (on which they will take the prop. lerty back and cancel the bonds The loss of @ couple or three mil. lion dollars is getting off cheap |compared with the loss that North Dakota will sustain for its venture {upon publicly-owned business. And |besides, maybe, it will save many |a dollar for our brothers in other ities thruout the United States |where the municipal ownership ba jeillus 1s spreading like the flu germs. What's everybody's business tw nobody's business, E. M. FARMER. DID YOU KNOW THAT— Let’s be done with bookkeeping jugglery.| pantet nefoe believed that if he] Brother officers hook thetr heads | enormously and pmiled, but the ailent man with the fron nerve swerved not a hair's breadth from his purpose until Gen. Lee surrendered his sword at Appo- mattox, A HARD JOB “Witke in always rushing around he won't even stop to speak half the time,” “1 know; he mnuy’s he trying to keep Up with bin running expenses.”-—Bos ton Transeript. LEFT AT THE POST “Do you think a man could run for; office without spending any money?” “I think he could run, all right, but I don't think he'd ever get any- where.”——Detrott Free Press. Bannon: “Just what do you mean by ‘bone dry?" Shannon: “When there's no fluid to lubricate the booze jointa"—Car. toons Magagine, Soprright, 1910—The Patmetive Company (1130) || The meat packers, | Daily Article (Copyright, 1990) \| Natural Law. In Business. « ag Trusts More Democratic. WIN somebody please rime and ex: plain why it is right for Capitalists to organize trusts and for Laborers to organize unions, to profit them nelven, and it in dangerous and “so cialistic” for the Whole People to jorganize and by the State contro! their public utilities for the benefit of everybody? i. | Nobody objects to organtzation. Tt jis the only way to get things done. the Standard |Oll Company, the raflway combines land tho like are giving better serv. fee and producing with less waste |undonbtedly than could be accom. | plished by a* myriad petty conflict. ing concerns. | One street car ermpany can un | questionably baul People more |comfortably and cheaply, and alto- gether more satisfactorily in a city | than could be done by twenty street | car companies, all fighting each oth- ler, and each operating on @ separ ate street. Also the street car workers get better wages and conditions by act- ing as @ unit in’ union than’ by individual bargaining. Bo much we ail admit. But why stop there? Why not go on? | If Capital Class and Operative Class do better for themselves by Organization, why cannot the Public Claas, including not only the men who own the esr# apd thore who operate the cars, but also those who | ride on the cars, do better for itself by organizing? | It ts not the foe of organtzation; |!t le organization's logical conclu- | sion, Tt ts the onty way out, ané some time or other ft is coming, simply becaure It is the unescapable conclu |mion of the evolution of natural law in the business world. Of the benefits to the public by the meat, ol] or railway trusts there ean be little doubt. Organization ts efficient. It is the |eecret of civilization. It ts the al most miraculous power of the genil Of cooperation. The trouble with ft t* that the emoluments of it go to a few, out of all @ue proportion. It creates millionaires, and a millionaire class, whose economic, social and moral influence is septic. They are a wource of danger in a democracy. if the whole People, thru their normal agent, the State, were to 48 good mervice, pay mlaries large enough to attract the best talent, [and the vast usufruct would go to the Publle and not to a Clans. The Fruit Growers’ Association of California, for instance, ts as much « trust as the Standard oi Company. It controls the market. But its officials and managers re cetve but modest stipends, while th vast profits of the trust go to those who grow the fruit. organize for business they could get | cannot be had under A straight talk on player piano prices Under present conditions a player piano $695 and receive the usual Sherman, Clay & Co. guarantee. What does this mean? It means that we hold your interests above any seramble to offer “bargain” prices. , It means that we @ piano you a permanently enjoyable, permanently ssf : i Anything less would be an adventure in dis appointment. let our convenient terms put you in posses- sion of a Goon Player Piano. It | Carnegies. On the one hand ft fe better than aa trust at all, on the gther hand | lit ie better than @ privately owned trusty It js the Trust made Democratic. | Mr. Morgan said you can’t un- |neramble eggs. You cannot dissolve | jthe Trusts unless you have some |think to dissolve them into. That something is the State. This is not Socialism. It is the | Democratization of public utilities. It is no new, crazy or violent |wcherne, It ts the natural evolution of business. Sooner or later we murt abandon |the olf idea that the State is a mere political and formal something | and realize that it i# an industrial | something. 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