The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 22, 1921, Page 6

. _ TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 15. THE SEATTLE STAR Se ___ The Descent of Prices It Really Is Taking Place, But There’s No Reason to Be Alarmed iON PAGE ONE of today’s issue of this popular journal the clever and versatile Mr. Benjamin gives vent to his peevishness toward all those who believe that the C. of L. is not so H. as it used to be, Far be it from us to argue or altercate with the | members of our staff, especially after we have given |them carte blanche to go as far with their peeve col- }umn as good taste and the libel laws permit. Mr. Benjamin's view may be the “popular view,” Undoubtedly he will get more applause for airing his peeve than will the editor for disagreeing with | him. However, comma, we are impelled to disagree. | At the risk of being hooted by our sharp-penned | contributor we offer the subjoined diagram, in proof | jthat not only are prices on the way down, but that \they will keep on going down until something like a normal price is reached: The Seattle ‘Once upon a time the heroine of a movie play, having been falsely accused, was given the air by the master of the house. Sho was a poor girl and it didn't take her long to gather all her belongings, and out she went. ‘Outside the cold wind and a ter Fidle blizzard were not raging. * e Tt was a nice, balmy day in a THs CHART WAS PREPARED by the federal didn’t have to be rescued from |} freezing. ra reserve bank of New York, from government ov. | statistics. It shows, by years since 1825, the ebb and, Adaline More, of Anacortes, episties | flow of prices of 74 commodities of common use, : } ‘ _ “SNoticed in your contemporary, | expressed in actual money values. | Sip lleenid oF dog we ornare For instance, the chart shows that what cost $1.25) ‘ Tiiigraph rend. “Ove veer "cs Usk | in 1825 could be bought for 70 cents in 1895 and faptured a burglar who had knifed| for about $1.75 in January, 1921. (The government — Bnd Vital spot | + slow, but sure, in collecting figures—that’s why . Eros January data are the latest obtainable. Our guess is) or ete ed Boaen of “on seit | that the March figure would be about $1.50.) | Gfacil You will notice that actual prices averaged the) sce te CYCLE wet to|same in 1842, 1878 and 1913. Prices in 1919 were of beer a month. according | the same as in 1864. Prices in 1896 were lower than Sts, tes bear tee rons ert in any previous year back of 1825, which is the ve earliest year in which the record was képt. ; is to dettver an aa.| You will notice, also, that prices ype to ro pd I yl ee ee | from 1864, reached bottom in 1896, and started ris- | ing steadily again, hitting the top in 1920. that some day we'll hear | * * * deliver an address on “The 2 of the Bench.” ME: ALBERT APPLE, who writes our weekly dalled) tave: been” tatre-| business reviews, has already quoted from the New York, but they're old| National Bank of Commerce bulletin the prediction in Seattle, The barkeeps used) that prices will fall to the 1913 level. That is reas- onable, for m 1913 a dollar was worth a dollar—just that. And the inevitable trend of all things is to- ward the normal. You will note that from the peak of 1864 the descent was rapid at first, then more gradual until the normal price was reached in 1878. It took 14 years. “ If the present return to normalcy takes place at the same rate it will be 1934 before a dollar is again) Sather quier| Worth a dollar. 4 (al) advo; That is a comforting thought for business men yee who fear a too sudden drop in values. It also should HAPPY ENDING a be p comtane ag ag for my pave of goer y ee, ot, For they wouldn’t like it at all i ir money sud- “golcn pom whe ay wever| denly became so valuable that the sources of supply eee oe iota; were dammed up and they couldn’t get any more, after his affliction began, | Set ay icc n) Memsceraiioan.” | 9 ty net hago appa a stnspd 2 a ver wonder why one generation can’t under- ie stnsaeooses 10 cnn me stand the other? Why the old men are frequently “saa ‘ool ead Desutifl, year | surg everything is going to the dogs, and the young yee tieaae | men say everything would be all right if the old men SEMIS tas tctning wort regwiotions | would only get out of the way and stop blocking the Long Beach, Cal. | path of progress? 4 Maybe the answer js: Changing prices. Some ‘comb thetr hair reg- late for pete and others com | Father o| es son spending $75 a week and Ml 1 ilir 3 i. “No: the kind you see your tace| $50 or more a month for rent, or $60 for a fair suit | t."—ficience and Invention. of clothes, or that the average tax levy in 1921 is as RR TL RE big as the yearly income of Jonas, the hired : Letters to the “ a in the old days. Sis hcg mele Bs pe in this generation, son may think father’s com- Be Editor- plaints are those of an old-fashioned ightwad. Ai COME HIGH generation hence, when the tables are turned and Editor The Star: I wish to com-| 2 : ment on the acts of our lawmakers|PFices are Jow, a grandson will run across a 1920 St Olympia this session. 1 think that| expense account in an old trunk in the attic and will they have been J to th jt | : . bile owners and everybony inveivea | Lament that the family would be as rich as chocolate eeecsottie is not a weer but a ne-| i 1920. If they are going to pull some IEF Sse epee More stunts like the poll tax, why| Most fellows start the season im the Backyard Garden league like Babe Bot put a bounty on every man,| Ruths and lose their batting eves when fishing gets juat right woman and child, from the ages of 2| ——_——- years to 150 years, and tourists who| a 7 yl generat any cone oe Ir oe rae on reoray) we may find the five-cent piece of use} Price on our heads at about $5,000 «| EE ONE Te | ear, and cut out the rest of the MUNIN ZR ibe tc die tm pence Tee] The wages of sim: One hundred proposals of marrage and $1,000 a week taxpayer and 4 large property owner |'" the movies. in this county and have been con-| Me ected with the automobile business | And, too, sometimes, the sins of children are visited upon the parente fn Seattle for years and have a small . interest in several concerns, but I How can the poll tax keep the ship of state afloat if there'll be no Hull? can not see our way clear if they —- ieep on taxing people like that Nothing interests nowly-weds Iaas than advice on how to be happy tho HEINE, | married. BY DR. WILLIAM E. BARTON A distinguished man said in my hearing one day, music this week: “It ix all well enough to force yourself to I find ground for < ound ‘or optimiem in the fact that t #4oin in the thoughtless chorus of those who wing of | average man { meet would rather do me a tee bi packing up their troubles in their old kit-bage and| than an injury; that the moral impulses of human smiling, smiling, smiling; but no kit-bag is large| life are on the w conducive to good living, and enou# to hold the world’s troubles, nor is there at| that there is in every man the pousibility, and in . the present moment any ground for a smile. A bag-| most men the desire, of being better : ace car will not hold our troubles; we whould need a There is no kitbag large enough to hold the freight train, world’s troubles; they are real and very terrible. But He «aid much more, but this will answer the ships of the world are not great enough in thelr | | ‘There is a superficial optimism from which we may capacity to bear the goo 5 r . well deliver ourselves. It is of that sort which led| and golden Pe eae roe ae the Persian kings to decree that any man should be put to death if he camo into the royal presence with & sorrowful countenance. It ix of that sort which would heal the world’s sore by turning our back upon ‘Ms atifling its ery of destitution and despair with jase From the hollow, mechanical, thoughtless smile, may the good Lord deliver us; but for that faith that can “amile at Satan's rage and face a frowning world” as our grandmothers used to sing about it, let us thank God and take courage | fille the alr with hoarse cries about “ex Mfandon = = shakes his head. He mumbles something about|"y7nemainumally nase ‘ llard ‘ A SAD REFLECTION keeping a family on $75 a month in the old days. made wih of eta, tt Our Only Branch Is at Ba : eee or woe. getas pulirsere.” Father forgets that in the old days he didn’t pay|* Many pRarcmmys aan haa DR. J. R. BINYON : by adding taxes right and left. The cake if the old man had saved his enormous income me SETH TANNER] / u TODAY'S QUESTION Have you bought your Kaster out- fer Anewers ARTHUR WILLPTS, 825 27th ave, N-Noj 1 ha’ squired mine.” R, B, ALLIM, 2692 24th ave, W Watch yourself, friend; don't get per sonal 1, CLAY, 606 19th ave, N.—No. When is Baster? Gosh! Now you've given me womething else to think about, Miss BVA W. GRAMAM, 4115 49th ave, 8 Wo--I'm waiting until after Master | M. T. CLARK, 9708 Waters ave —~ What do you mean ou? 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This simple treat: gy oe sores o not the s ment is unfailing, but care should Baroni ( ter application. it be exercised to be sure and get genuine delatone, otherwise you may be disappointed.—Adv Which? Persistent neglect of your teeth will inevitably lead to doctor's bills, because a poor, run-dewn con dition of your mouth cannot but affect your gen: eral health. Surely, from every standpoint, it is wiser to spend a few dollars occasionally om keop- ing your teeth in a good state,of repair thin to constantly have recourse to tonics and other medi. cines which, after all, do not get at the root of the trouble. Our proposition is this: Hach phase of your den: tal work is done by @ specialist who is a partner in the business, No hired operators Cal-o-cide Rator rd it, 1 ae vA gist to return the purchase unless the first applicati noticeable improvement, wil D: ANALGESIQUE PURE o try it at our expense. 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