The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 7, 1921, Page 6

Seattle ta lh OUR DAILY FICTION Once upon a time our wife and @urself went to the Auto Show. And we looked at the latest things on rubber. And we paused to admire a swell little car, and our wife said: “Geo, wouldn't It be just fine | Regulating Business! Can Prices Be Permanently Stabilized? Sconomists Differ | WHat would happen to us if nature were as vary- ing and uncertain in temperature as business is varying and uncertain in its degrees of prices? Suppose temperature rose 172 degrees above nor- | what would happen to man—he'd turn into a cinder. Nature has her occasional cyclones and rainstorms, but they don’t last a year or so, as do business panics. | And if you'll get back in the weather man’s files, you'll find that the average yearly temperature in a commu- |nity varies only a few degrees. Nature has her temperature well balanced into reg- | ular seasons. Comes October and man knows that he| |must fill his coal bin and buy heavier garments, it be- ing common knowledge that October presages a steady drop in the thermometer, But the business man’s thermometer is uncertain. mal, as wholesale prices did during the war. We don’t, | know what would happen to nature, but we do know | THE SEATTLE STAR When he expects summer, he’s apt to get winter. Few believed, a year ago, that prices ti crash, and to- day nobody know how far they will drop or when they will stop. Is business facing summer or winter conditions? Many speculate, but none knows. Man’s activities are like nature's. Man’s price fluctuations are unnatural processes. There is no more reason why price storms should sweep the business world than there is reason why na- ture should have a winter 200 degrees in the shade at Department, U. te Health Rervice, Washingt GOOD FOR THE EARS (from the Los Angeles Record Read thw: “It has been brought to our attention that strikes and unrest have recently been caused by peremptory notice of wage reductions or lay offs. In the rest of sound industrial relations and, therefore, in the interest of good bustnens and of American shop principles, we make the following suggestions: “lYou should reduce wages only when such action is actually juntifi- able, That's right, inn’t it? “t-—If you believe that conditions make a downward wage adjustment pecesmary, extreme care must be taken to establish a rate which shall) constitute @ fair living wage. A fair living wage in one which enables an American craftaman to live and to maintain hin family according to American standards, Do you want It any different? 3 carefully considered basic wage for a given oceupation should be net, and the employe whore ability is greater than the standard for which | the wage in met, is entitied to additional compennation. 4 man should be paid what he t# worth. “+—By taking undue advantage of a surplus of labor, you lower Amer. fean shop standarda, Such action is a boomerang—part of a vicious cycle—that keeps botling the pot of unrest and antagoniam. It is the cause of many costly industrial evils, As a well informed employer you cannot afford to be a party to it. “t—It jownward wage adjustment or ny.off becomes necemary, you should give plenty of notice “6—-Huch notice should be given, not by eticking up bulletins or by putting slips in pay envelopes, but verbally—by word of mouth. “T—-Explanations of the causes and reasons—the whys and wherefores— should be made to employes long before bulletin and pay envelope notices are used. The explanations may be given either to individual employer or to groups of employes, and it should be made personally by heads of the firm.” That bas « falr and reasonable and wholesome sound, hasn't it? It sounds somewhat as might sound « declaration of principles by some absolutely unbiased court of labor arbitration. It sounds like the platform of an unusually advanced set of welfare representatives of an enlightened group of employers. It sounds better than @ statement by a government labor board and almost a# good as a statement by Sampel Gompern, What ts it? You can learn from the lant paragraph: “All of the above suggestions make for right industrial relations. It in the modern way of doing things It pays, It in in accord with the principles of the Merchants’ and Manu. facturers’ Ansociation.” In other words THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 192%: Inquiring Reporter: } TODAY'S QUESTION What should be done to landlords who refuse to rent homes to families with children? ANSWERS MRS. D. FH. LITTLE, 2107 sixth | |ave.—There ought to be something | done—a heavy fine or some worse thing. I'm sure of that, MRS, ALICH M. MORRIS, 1726 I can't think of « penalty ASPIRIN Name “Bayer” on Genuine | Take Aspirin only as told tn each | package of genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin, Then you will be fol lowing the directions and dosage | worked out by physicians during 21 years, and proved safe by mil lions. Take no chances with sub- | offhand, but I know the matter should be regulated, MRS, MAY THGGS, 910 N, Tet —I'm gure the 11d be some pagy lishment. The situation is terrible, evelt woman to ri If on that subject, too violently.” MRS. PLIZABETH DOWWIMs, 247 Franklin s#t-—-Young couples ought to manage to get cottages to live in and leave the landlords with their apartments on their hands, expremsing 1 might HE MUST HAVE USED IT AS A WATCH CHARM Stanley Kamans, formerly of this | vicinity, purchased a Ford touring od a slight accident the he had it on—-Sparta, car and Daddy, bring home some of Roldt’s French pastry —Advertinernent, GUARANTY | BANK AND TRUST CO. —S= 4% ON SAVINGS | stitutes. If you the Bayer Ah, the Merchants’ an@ Manufacturers’ Association? Yen, thie te the! Grog, on tablets, you can take them complete copy of a bulletin inmued by that Los Angeles organization to| without fear for Colds, Hendache, ite members. | Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Earache. One imagines that at one time or another in the past there have been | roothache, Lumbago and for Pain many mutterings of discord between the M. and M. and Los Angeles! tiandy tin Soxes of twelve tablets Inbor, Who, indeed, can tell when there will be complete concord? cost few conte, Drusgiste alse sell But here in a hopeful tone Mere is the kind of talk that le ultl-|iarger packages. Aspirin is the mately to the gteatest cooperation. No harm could rerult, much| trade mark of Bayer Manufacture Mgr. Foreign Dept g00d might accrue, if employers and workers everywhere ar alway | of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylic- | First Ave. and Columbia St. would approach their differences in this spirit. acid. | 4 nee ¥ HOMER W. BUNKER, Vice President. ARTHUR © KAHLER, Cashier. K BLOWN, nt Cashier. lL. WILTON, Ansistant Cashier, GEO. V. WACHTIN, to have this little sedan?” “] it was a sevenpassenger af. » Dut she called it little And we went to see the other | P} sights, and as we stopped to talk | te a friend, our wife slipped back ‘Qo the “little” car she admired, Qnd the fellow in charge learned P| from her our name and address. And he never cailed on us. | | the North pole. But can prices be stabilized? Yes, says some econo- 1 ned my firet mists, by regulating the amount of currency in circula-|2/0"))"" * ** oat, yt tion. Still other methods are advanced. Surely, there Be Bo tiay in Be Mag mg must be some way to bring prices under natural laws|t. Pubic Health Bervies, Wash: jand end violent fluctuations up or down. There is in vid Fl crag herd on \ _ “emar o08 material for a national conference of jcc service to him. rw siness leaders. on ve a The Cost of Being Polite PALE Sir: I got your letter about account Please be gure o Pay Jou was ne more prevared|"TXHE AMERICAN PUBLIC could save $3,000,000 a year in telegraph tolls by discontinuing the use of the word “please” in telegrams. But what profit hath it that the people save $3,000,000 a year, and lose something of the sweetness of courtesy? ere may be efficiency engineers and cost economists, hunting for pennies to save, who will be shocked by such seeming waste of words and money. But Americans, spend- ing $3,000,000 a year on one courteous word, are investing well and wisely. It is really gratifying to find America spending so much en one word of courtesy when so many of us are lax in words and deeds of courtesy that cost us nothing at all. Courtesy is a sweetening element in the ordinary rela- tions of our common life. We are not impolite people, but we are in a hurry and in our hurry we take the rougher way when the smoother one is so much easier. It was a source of never-ending. delight among men of the A. E. F. to hear ticket-sellers at railroad stations and clerks in postoffices in France say, “Merci, monsieur,” (thank you, sir) when the sale of a stamp or ticket was concluded. It was as if one had done then a service by buying a ticket or a stamp. Courtesy has become second nature among the French. Recently some newspapers have been awarding cash prizes Bip of an ad line for @ die to polite folks discovered by reporters. These were special rewards, but, in truth, courtesy always has id, on way or another. The old nursery rhyme said it well: Kind hearts are gardens, Kind thoughts are roots, Kind words are blossoms, Kind deeds are fruits. Lit mmm mmm (No health seeker), who has lo permanent!y in Phoentx, de to meet a gentleman of like nmo age mit Box 4Z—Phoe Two States with one Big Thought House Cleaning EADING ma’s mind, dad, at the present writing, detects wot 2 —— certain conspiracies against his peace and com- 01 “I guess,” he ventures, “you're figuring on tearing up the house again this spring, and call it house cleaning.” “There you go again,” replies ma. “You say the same ina We bus Birls can make themselves beau- by walking ten miles a day. ‘WwW may be so, but just as soon Ws they become beautiful everybody thing every year about this time.” And in a few weeks more, the plot having been hatched, dad, returning from work, will be dismayed to discover the floors stripped of carpets, the pictures off the walls and the house redolent with the acrid odor of scrubbing soap. “You can’t be happy unless once a year you turn this housa upside down,” he will say, as he surveys the chaos. There is none so helpless and useless as man during .| spring house cleaning. It is unceasing wonder to him how a woman can turn a whole house topsy-turvy, and yet in the end bring order out of chaos. The restoration is as sudden and complete as the up- heaval that strips the floors of carpets and places the furniture where it oughtn’t to be. One week after spring house cleaning begins, dad, com- ing home from his work, is surprised to find everything back in its place and shining like new, just as if nothing had happened. He is greeted by ma, smiling, triumphant, fairy queen of the spring, who does such wonders with her magic wands, the broom and the mop. “Well, I’ve got to hand it to you,” says dad. A low-rate ton of freight in the hand ts worth two high-rate tons in the bush, 4 A CUP OF COLD WATER | The telephoned rang an hour ago, and I was asked BY DR. WILLIAM E. BARTON whole overland trip, and he transported the water. OUNTIFUL Nature gave Western Washington and Western Oregon many of the same rich gifts. Fertile soil, mellow sunshine and ocean mists make them one in producing the world’s finest berries and small fruits. They should be one in achieving world-wide fame for these products of the vine and the tree. ' Forget state lines. Make Washington and Ore- gon one community of interest with the big thought of bringing together the varied factors represented in this $20,000,000 industry. By forethought, adequate preparation and intel- ligent management, develop the fruit canning and preserving business into a unified, expanding in- dustry, providing liberal dividends to investors, an annual revenue of increasing millions for both states and a generous livelihood for tens of thou- What greater step could we take in furthering the cause of Pacific Northwest Products? The Oregon-Washington plan means to the two states what the great fruit producing and \ That’s one grave injustice that must be corrected’ The Pacific Northwest has the right to label its own products, to let the world know that the best fruits and berries come from Washington and Oregon. Why should we to our detriment let state continue to wax fat and wealthy on the profits of our great natural resources? We of Washington and Oregon are one family. Now is our time for action. We must organize and build upon our firm foundationga structure that will grow greater with every passing year; a machine, you may call it, for bringing into our two states an income of $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 a year in NEWLY CREATED WEALTH. i What an influence this broad plan will have in building citizenship and happy homes! How many communities such as you see in the wonderful Puy- allup Valley can we build in other rich, fertile val- leys! Think what that means in terms of in- creased wealth, wider distribution of taxation, population to till now barren acres. As the whistle in the plant of the Puyallup and } BO tomorrow and conduct the funeral pervice of a A man whom I think I have not seen tn five years. He removed from my town some years ago, and it is long since I met him or heard of him. Tomorrow I shall stand beside his coffin and speak words of com- i] fort to his family and | friends, One thing | #prings to my mind, and 1 shall never forget it. | For $15 I could have bought the donkey outright. His feed cost not a cent: he lived off the forage of the desert. Every morning I had a quart bottle of water at my plate at breakfast, and another at dinner in the evening, and another at the noon luncheon and another in my tent at night. The water supply did not fall, Now this man who sent the water owned stock tn an American spring of note, and I presume the water did not cost him much money. That is not the point, He took thought and provided it, and shipped it so that It went on the same ship with me. The thought it cost him was far more than the money, For tht matter, I could have afforded to buy the water, tho I probably should not have done #0, This man, kind of heart and generous to his friends, when @ table was spread before me in the wilderness, gave to me day and night, thruout the days of my camping in the Holy Land, a cup of cold water, I presume he forgot it years ago: I shall never for. wet it. The promise of the Lord is to him who gives not water merely, but cold water—chilled by having been placed in @ porous jar whose evaporation from the out side cools the water inside the jar. The promise is to him who gives water that costs @ little thought and love When I consider how little it costa to do kind deeds, and how much they mean, I wonder that we are not always kind, Sumner Fruit Growers Canning Company at Puy- allup calls berry pickers from far and near to the joyous task of garnering the rich fruit, so this is a call to the citizenship of two states to rally behind a mighty industry that requires the best thought and most constructive support of both commonwealths. Let’s turn into our own coffers the stream of gold that flows from the marketing of our matchless berries, fruits and vegetables! marketing bodies mean to California. These agen- cies are the triumph of modern organization. Co- operation of strong capital, brains and leadership has made oranges t as universal in American homes as bread; has added lemons, raisins, prunes, peaches to the daily menu of millions. United effort has filled with magic the name California, until now the superior fruits and varied products of the Pacific Northwest are bought in large quan- tities by California and sold under California labels. Some years ago I traveled in Palestine. A Jear or two before, Rev. Maltbie D, Babeock, an American minister, had contracted typhoid fever in Palestine and had died. When I left the ship at Haifa, I found | some cases of American bottled water delivertd | With them was ® note saying that the sup- counted, so that, including an allowance for there were four quart bottles for each day tor the equivalent of $2.40 for the Are you ready? y) SUUAUUNNISLUUOULETAUOUOOUHOEOAUOATONTUASEOOELAEEOGETOOE OUEST HgQNHA CLUE EUAN ET