The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 6, 1921, Page 6

==) The S month; 3 months, $1 ington. Outside of . OF $9.00 per year, By ea eattleSta @ montha, 62.7 by The Star Publishing Ce., Phos rf Not for the General Reader “(This editorial ts written for automobile manufacturers, It will have ne interest for ether readers, possibly these who own er would Like to own automobiles) Henry Ford has offered, publicly, to buy the Muscle Shoals power project from the nent. Secretary of War Weeks is considering the offer. | At the same time he is waiting for other offers. One at least, he says, is being : but there is a great deal of secrecy about it, differing in that respect from Meantime forces are rapidly organizing to spike Ford's plans. Explosive tobe fertilizer manufacturers, chemical manufacturers and others are said preparing to resist Ford competition in the fields they have sewed up for them- The fertilizer industry, for example, doesn’t want anybody operating in its under a guarantee such as Ford proposes whereby the maximum profit would be to 8 per cent. of which may not interest the auto manufacturer. This will: Another business gaid to look unfavorably on the Ford project and said to be preparing its own is what is sometimes called the Mellon group. It takes its name from Andrew secretary of the treasury, big Pittsburg banker, reputed second richest man Mellon’s interests are varied, but here is the one that concerns the le makers: gas-buggy builders know Mellon’s relation to the aluminum industry. They gone down to Washington themselves and protested against the prohibitive if on aluminum whereby the aluminum trust is able to keep the price of aluminum 4 e auto manufacturers want cheaper aluminum. At a reasonable price they gubstitute it for steel in many parts of their cars and produce a better and machine. As it is now, few except the higher priced cars contain much alu- Cheaper aluminum would mean cheaper, lighter cars, using less gas and oil out fewer tires, and automotive engineers want nothing just now so as they want cheaper aluminum. will get it if Ford gets the Muscle Shoals project. Bauxite, the raw material, in Tennesee near Muscle Shoals, and with the cheap electricity, necessary it, made available by possession of the power plant, Ford could kick the monopoly out of the aluminum industry. It would be to the interest of every mitts HERE came unto mes Young Man, who said, I desire a bet ter Job. For behold, I have been long in my Present Situa- tion, and I am getting No where. And I desire to Move Up. And I inquired : concerning his Occupation, he told me what it was. And I certain questions concerning ; such as I supposed to be to his Vocation. 3 nd he answered me saying, 1 _ @nee learned that, but I have for- m. And, I know the answer to question, but I cannot think of ft just now. And, I have a book 4 in I look up such matters ‘when I have need. But there was nothing which 1 gs of him which he could teil) Right Off the Bat I said unto him, Once upon there was a man who said, I occasion to travel now and and behold, I will keep a that {s always packed. And put into it a Sult of Pajamas, i@ a Safety Razor, and a Tooth and a Pair of Hair Brushes, vers other things such as need. d he went upon a Journey, and to pass in the morning that arose and put on his Raiment, ind took his bag and went to the Room. And his Pajamas did we in his Berth. And while wag washing and shaving, the 4 again i of three has been named to Investigate Ford's offer. ! if j BEAYE: tpee at E li + er re é 7 i i & E fr HAE iJ BE it 4 i 4 fit ie is Fidi ¢ uit ' i a F F oT aeE j j eH | i + H ERE } if af Porter came along, and removed the Sheets and the Pillow Cases from his berth, and gathered them into an armful, and chucked them into his Laundry Bag. And the Pajamas rolled he up with the Linen. And when the man came back from the Wash Room, behold, his berth was all made up nicely. And he sat down in comfort, and in due time he got off the train, and he gave a Quarter to the Porter, and was at peace with himnelf and with all mankind. But the next nignt when he started back, he removed his cloth- ing ‘in his berth, and he sought in his bag for his Pajamas. And he was Considerably in Need of them, but they were not there, nor hath he ever found them. And I said unto the young man, It is impossible for a man to keep | constantly in his mind all the facts jand principles and ideals which he may sometime need. But he who | succeedeth must be able to produce on demand the vital elements of his Stock in Trade. A man may not do formerly knew, any more than the mill can grind with the water that is past. Nelther may & man depend upon those Facts which he once pos sessed, but which have drifted away into the general region of the Beautiful Isle of Somewhere, And I said, There come to men moments when they have retired be- hind the Curtain and removed their raiment, when one euit of Pajamas that are available for immediate use is worth a thousand pieces of lingerie rolled up in the Linen of the Pullman Company. iyi [ itt fi il business forever on the things he| @ The three are Ta i 2 FH ae ge i | FE i i i i ue a ill rll EE; j ; iite ul t i E i : i i f f Fy i 4 z i A generation is now growing old which never had anything to say for itself except ‘that it was young.—G. K. Chesterton, British author, eee ‘We need more education and less legialation tn the United States.— Dr. William E. Waldo, president American Osteopathic association, Parents could spend a wholesome half day now and then thinking of thelr own personal responsibility for marshmallow brains, loose morals, delinquency and crime.—Robert H. Gault, editor Journal of Crimina! Law and Criminology. THE SEATTLE STAR Poem A Maiden Nicely Powdered Why shouldnt a maiden powder and paint? Why «shouldnt «he show her shapely limbs? What is there tn iife without eom- plaint? Then why object te a maiden's whims? Tk t far more dentrable te ese 4 maiden nleaty powdered and painted and looking cool these hot days than to me her with a recking visage of grease and perupirution In fact, if you were on kissing terms you would find the difference exactly between that of « dry, well powdered marshmallow and « sticky, balfdevoured lollypop. PHIL MILLAN, | They Enjoyed “Wayfarer” | patter The Star: | I wigh to thank yeu, and also Dr. | 000 for your kindness in making | tt possible for about 12 of the old people at the Kenney home to at tend “The Wayfarer” last week, and for supplying automobiles for them. Tt was © great treat to them, and something they would have been un able to go to but for the benevo lence of Dr, Loope and yourvelt. Yours very truly, ALEXANDER MYERS, Secretary, Samuel and Jessie Kea- ney Presbyterian Homa Would Let Jitneys Run Editer The Star: Instead of fighting the fitneys, tet them run om any of the streets and let them give out of the 10 cents fare thres to the city car system Then reduce car fares to five cents A Prophecy of P Prosperity Etter The Star: For months the country has been “suffering” from a bigh tide of gold and @ low tide of business, fraught with peasimisn and bypnotic disas ter, On the one hand ft te a matter of the golden stream of prosperity gone to seed; on the other hand the mental or thought currents of the people have been out on a frolic of fear, The doctors of finance have operated, but the patient does not seem to have made up his mind whether to live or die; he wears « frugal face with « vivid realisation of the prurient emile of the under taker looking toward the excessive cost of funusdemise, If his conclusion to live shall at last outweigh bis delusions, and it will, then the weight of the al the three from the jitneys making eight conta, leaving the fitneys weven, Lat both aystems tive. AN OLD SUBSCRIBER. over ten billion dollara” ‘There be some who think that we are suffering from too much credit, a most unheard of situation What, then, are the symptoms at present displayed by the patient? The lowering of interest rates is al- ready well under wuy; faint giim- merings tn Wali st. point to a much better position in bonds, which is a prophecy of a marked emolument months later by a home business, This has always rule, why should it fall ‘Those brave optimists nize the universality of the tides, In ocean, air, feeling, psychol- omy and finance, induced mighty hoard of treasure should) N double the e#trem of his returning energy. Up to July 14 the total imports ef gold for this year stood at $340,000,000, with many ships en route to America freighted with millions upon millions more. “As our credit system is based on gold,” says a New York broker, “every dol- lar in gold that comes to our banks increases our potential credit a max: imum of $30. In other words, the $340,000,000 of gold which has been crease in our credit possibilities of Declares Rodeos Not Brutal Editor The Star: ‘ 1 would like to take up a Mitte ot your otherwise interesting | Program strength and skill of both bulldog ger and buildoggee; one buffalo! had to yield to the bulléogging skill tive of @ select few as in former times, for the participants will be many if these sit tight and ignore the scarecrows and Mons of stra which will be set up in the path to frighten the unwary, Necromancing in ome securtties is ati] In evidence, but the pilgrim ages ef bruin are nearly at an end SsCOoTrT. in eutclassing their oppenents tn the roping and bulldogging, both displaying wonderful strength and oki! im the contest, the honors be ing about even at the end of the Even the calves, the 4) Two Color Styles FREE of man; fancy riding that was far superior to any I had ever seen tn | the longhorns, Indians and clowns.' } 1 am not a person who could be | called a sportsman; if any one pro- |pensity in me is very largely de-| | veloped, it is my desire to see under all circumstances and under all con ditions, kind and humane treatment of both man and beast, I had been just a little bit prejudiced against the rodeo before I had seen one; from that time on my prejudice was turned to admiration and I be came & booster, One of the most interesting feat ures of the program was the evi-| dent interest the animals took in| thelr part of the various contests, | The horues displayed almost human Intelligence in their tactics in try-/ ing to displace thelr riders, and) there was everapparent pride when | they felt themselves victors, The! steers semed to take espectal pride) THE MILLENNIUM SATAN’S 1,000 YEARS’ OF VACATION. WHEN DOES IT BEGIN? Sermon Topic Sunday, August 7, at 7:45 P. M. THE RETURN WILL IT USHER IN OF THE JEWS. THE MILLENNIUM? Tuesday, August 8, at 7:45 P. M. THE SECOND DEATH—OR TORMENTED FOREVER AND EVER Wednesday, August 10, at 7:45 P. M. LECTURES Pettit-Schaffner, Evangelists Under Auspices Central Seventh-Day Adventist Charch BIG TENT PAVILION Corner Fourth Avenue and Virginia Street Public Welcome Inspirational Song 2 or you < | LY BY THEODORE MAYNARD When eventing hangs her lamp above the hin And call# her children to her waiting hearth, Where pain ts shed away and love and wrath, And overy tired head lies white and still Dear heart, will you not Ught a lamp for ma And gather up the meaning of the lands, Silent and tuminous within your hands, Where peace abides and mirth and mystery? ‘That I may eit with you beside the fire, And ponder on the thing no man can gvem Your soul's great majesty and gentieness, husky and ewift-running rascals, enjoyed racing out ahead of their advermry and outwitting them, often entirely eluding thelr pur-| avers and racing swiftly off the field with heads and tatm in the air, The lady contestants were simpty wonderful in their nifty suits, huge sombreros ond fancy boots, with rosy cheeks and winning «niles, and with amazing grace and dex terity kept the crowds wild with enthusiasm. In fact, it was a high class entertainment, a Western ro- deo, complete in every detail, and so far as I could see there was nothing brutal or inhuman in any part of the program It was a fairly arranged contest between man and the animal of the plains and to witness it would certainly convert the most skeptical en the subject. The redee te Western—Western- American. It ts not necessarily tp- human or dangerous, Not nearty so dangerous in its mont exciting moments an it is to croms a busy street in Seattle, even after the tnéffic cop's “go” te displayed. I do not know what a rodeo would be like up in New York, Try This on Your Wise Friend How many bushels of earth can you take out of a hole three feet deep and three feet square? Answer to yesterday’e Fifteen apples “A Daily Treat” —"ICED’— "SALADA’ TEA. Good on all occasions. 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