The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 12, 1921, Page 6

TT ducing taxes at all; The Seattle Ry math, evt ity, 68 per month mn. for € months, or 19.00 per year, By carrier, city, two weeks ago greatly strengthened the impression. to the public. Bot with the honeymoon over and the work at the office piling en 2 Bittle more heavily all of the time, the thing palled, Finally ft irritated him. He used to wonder sometimes why she didn't get the scarf she needed for her shoulders herself instead ef interrupting the few qutet hours he had after dinner. It annoyed him to be asked continually to put down this win consuming dow or sirut that door so a draft merits would not strike her. She had @egree of hands, why couldn't she have done it herself—he theught ‘and the When che wanted a Grink of eaecs, water che asked him to get & for determined and her and if the book she had been Both make reading had been left upstairs she contracts, and = asked him to bring ft. Diamk (he other's And the bills, the water bill, gre bills and efectrte bills—che sttrfbute much of would have puid them in time to the fact that the get the discount, but the weather enten fs Grecied had been so shar, and she feared dty. Miners re going cut tn ft, she explained, and taines, too, are if she didn't get to tt in » day whe are ¢F two he could take care of them nonresident next week. uslons here And 80, finally, in order to get the public te, away from as constant reminder ef the delicacy he once thought hewever, be admired, he spent his evenings sap apo alone. If she sat on the veranda, ean under be sought the living room. If she pr by _ read in the living roem, be went wage upstairs. was = And. things kept going from st bad to worse because the fragile 8 ttle indy was mot clever enough te understand that when a maa marrics, some of “his ideals re verse, The Beachcomber extends tts thanks to The Seattle Btar and many other state papers which have responded to our “8. 0. 8.,” in behalf of the people of Summit Park, Washington, whe have becn hlessly robbed of their public service station by the Great North- ern Railroad company. They now claim no business wes done at the station; certainly not when all freight business was cred- ted to Anacortes and all passen- ger business cash farca Future Dusiness, with the community rap- 2 the state press, we thank you-— Guemes Beachcomber. AUTUMN WALK WITH DEBORAH BY ALINE KILMER Over the limp and yellow grasses, Deborah, will you walk with me? ‘You may gather gentians in purple masses And honeypods from the locust tree. Brown leaves cover the partridge berry, Holding it safe for your questing hand. Barberry bush and cornelian cherry Offering scarlet jewels stand. I wil dress you up as an elf-queen, twining Bittersweet wreaths for your golden head, Your leaf-brown cloak wit), its orange Uning 1 will hang with garlands yellow and red. ‘We must leave this piace while the guntight lingers Lest the elves should covet your beauty bright, ‘The gentians fall from your tired fingers As I carry you home in the fading ght. Try This on Your Wise Friend Apples are 2 cents each; oranges, 4; pears, 8, and es 5. A boy bought 15 pieces of fruit for 50 cents. What did he get? Answer to Saturday's: 3 and 4. Star @ months, 82.78) rear, tate, Boe per month, Published Dalty by The Star Publishing r Mt Soe a month Officers. Do a Good Job "It had begun to look as if we were running a government by and for the boot- | The theft of thousands of quarts of bonded liquors from the U. S. storage ware- Hence the fairly prompt and successful recovery of the stolen goods and the cap- pre of at least some of the members of the gang who made the raid will be doubly The robbery had a “raw” look. The police and federal authorities are to be con- d-on the progress they have made with the case.. It should be pushed energet- thru now until EVERYBODY implicated pays the just penalty. BY DR. WM. E. BARTON rane OMETHING pleas N ant has come to you, and you did not expect it, You tell your friend, that he may share your joy. "Knock wood,” advi the friend. And you knétk. What theory of Ufe and of the univérse underlies that custom? Do you think that this world ts governed by a jealous fate that grudges you your happiness, and must be fended off with a menacing and protective knock? When a good thing comes to you, rejoice in it, and be thankful for it. Lf the good thing does not last, and some good things in thelr nature do not last, enjoy it while you have it. and jet no superstitious fear prevent you getting al! possible good out of it. LETTERS TO EDITOR School Children and Auto Danger Mr. Frank B. Cooper, Superintendent of Schools, City of Seattle, Central Bldg, Seattle, Wash. My Dear Mr. Cooper; Figures furnished by the govern- ment statistical bureau show that 12,000 people were killed in automo. | bile accidents during 1920, and that 1,500,000 were injured. ‘The public schools of Seatfle are Just opening. It would be a splendid Butterworth, who my business pretty but then, you cannot take his Just @ day ago I heard the Sidney Morgan tell that ho was working to beat “Hell” And Stanley Jordan, D. D. 8. re “It's not decayed, I guess; I never yap, as long the gap, altho,” he growl, I often bear my patients bowl” Friday morning while passing the Broadway high school, at Pine and Broadway, there were at least 300 pupils ambling around tn the middle of the street, many of them talking and tughing in groups of two and | three, never giving a thought to the danger of passing cars. If these chib i dren could be impressed with the peceasity of their using the street crossings only {t would no doubt belp im the safety movement, Said Charlle enough my gume is often pretty tough, and now and then we alip a | 98 and find our business on the hog; bat still, it's never dull or drear -~we have so many chickens here.” I wandered home and asked the wife, and she replied, “You bet your life, the business here is very good-— #0 mow the lawn and chop the wood, and put the ashes In the can!” Good bye, Yours truly, AVRIDGE ' Seattle Merely Foots the Bills Editor The Star: 1 wonder if you know Seattle har been eliminated from the Skagit project, That la, except to foot the bills, ‘What I mean is this: The three highest executives on the job, and humerots other etnployes, were im- ported from Spokane to do the Skagit work. One of these men is Cc. F. Uhden, the active bead of the project. Another is A. J. Turner, engineer in charge: and another is A. S& Eason, superintendent. All three came to the Skagit from the Long lake project of the Washington Water Power company, of Spokane. And every foreman on the job except one came from the same place Furthermore, only a small part of or thru Seattle firms. Commissary supplies, plumbing supplies, few other things are purchased tn Seattle, but the real big machinery is bought elsewhere, largely in Spo- Kane. For instance, the tractors were bought In Spokane, and so was & costly cement gun. This cement gun, by the way, is &@ typical example of the extravagant manner in which the taxp money is being squandered. The gun, which cost in the neighborhood of $2,000, delivered, was ordered for use in sealing the crevices in a tun. nel, It was used just twice, then cast Baiter The Star: To LP. C, Tolt, Wash. Friend! You peem to be of the opinion that & man & a bum because he refuses nothing, provided he has the money to pay for same and transportation. I don't believe you understand the principle of the situation. Do you believe that an unorganized clase can better its condition by going qut on cheap jobs that others have left for same reason? For instance: A crew of men is working in a camp, mill or some other project, Editor The Star: Here ia an interesting tncident which took place on a shipping board ship operated by the United States Mail Steamship Co., Inc.; The chief mate of the Centennial tate was employed on that ship for turned over to the U. 8. Mail 8. & Co., for operation. ‘When she arrived at the company’s pler, the marine employment depart- ment sent the crew on board. The chief mate rejected many of the sea- men who were sent to him, all of whom were foreigners, and kept only the supplies are bought In Seattle| and a} to go out on jobs that pay next to} | two months prior to the ship being | aside, The work bad to be done over again by hand. The gun was all right, but any construction fore man should have known beforehand thet tt could not be used for this par- eular kind of work. And “brains” Uke that recetve high salaries. There are on the Skagit project payroll today approximately 100 men, at wages ranging from $4.50 to $10 a day. What are they doing? Well, they are building a machine shop and a blacksmith shop that there is no earthly need for. General work on the project is at @ standstill, pending the letting of « contract to a private firm. This construction company will, as is customary, bring its own shops along, so there is no necessity for the shops now being put up &t™ public expense. In addi- tion, the men are building a school Louse and a few minor structures. If the Skagit project were financed by private capital those 100 men would have been lald off six weeks ago, All that ts needed there now is a couple of watchmen, The men tn charge of the job are making it cost all they can—that's the way It looks to me. And Seattle foots the bill. How do I know all this? Because I have worked there in different | ponitions, and have been able to see clearly behind the curtain of bun- combe the “Spokane bunch” has lholsted.- A TRUE SEATTLEITE. Accepting the “Cheap” Job ata fair scale of wages. One day @ notice ts posted: “Commencing next week wages will be re@uced from 10 to 30 per cent.” The trew quits and comes to town and finds the very eame jobs posted on the boards. What is he going to do? Start back on the same fob or some jother job similar to this? To the contrary, wo will say that the crew | accepted the cut and kept on work: ing. Well, then some other employer, welng the satisfactory result, would joon cut Wages accordingly. Think it over. oO. J. The Jobs on Shipping Board Ships the American-born seamen, When the ship was ready to sail, the entire crew of the deck depart. ment were American-born; but the crew of the Panhandle State, which was about to go out of commission, wan sent to replace the American crew, and the latter were sent on joard the Panhandle State and sub- sequently thereafter (mostly on the following day) were discharged from the Panhandle State with tew excep- tions, Three of the Cen- tennial State in the original crew were American-born licensed mates THE SEATTLE STAR pme additional taxes (called fees) and forcing PART of the citizens to pay them. For the courts if possible; if not, then by the aroused force of public disapproval brought to bear on the school board members. !harmonious chords of appreciation | American-born crew DON’T KNOCK ON WOOD ' But if the good that bas come to you \s of such nature that you may | reasonably hope that it will continue, then cherish that hope and make the | mont of it. ‘The air about you is not filled by eavesdropping epirite of evil who| way, “There is a man who admits) that he is happy; let us make him | 9 | unhappy.” | The world ts filled with agencies | of good, and with powers of love and joy and health which are freely and cheerfully yours. You do not need to knock on any- thing; you only need to strike the one first mate and two third mates. These three men were transferred to a laid- up ship on a reduced scale of wages and were replaced by oth- ors, two of whom were unnatural izeg foreigners. The United States Mall 8. &. Co. has at present nine ships under op eration, all of which belong to the United States shipping board, and these ships area.manned about 70 per cent by foreigners who are not nat uralized Americans. The Centennial State is only one of the large American shipping board) owned ships manned mostly by for eigners; which outrage is due almost entirely to the fact that foreigners, mostly British, control the hiring of | American-born officers .. and gratitude } “Freely ye have received; freely give” That verse does not resd, “Grudge ingly ye have received; knock on 4." | You wit any, no @oubt, that 1 am! {taking this custom too seriously: | that the people who knock on wood do it jokingly and not superstitious ty. I know it. I do not condemn the custom harshly. But I should like to suggest a finer theory of life than that which underlies the cus tom. The joy-that comes to you comes ungrudged. Rejoice in it and be thankful, You need not knock on wood. the crews, and they diseriminate against American officers and sea men. American money buflt the Centen nial State and some of the American weafarers pay (axes to supply the money for building ships while for. eigners are employed to man them, thos leaving the American taxpayer in the cold. ‘The crew of the new ship 8. 8. Centennial State, of 13,100 dead weight tons, which mulled for London June 28, were as follows: Naturalized Americans .. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1921. ~“” phy 60 6 1 2 Naturalized American Britivh (not citizens). . Russian . Norwegian Swedish . Danish Spanish . Italian Holland . German . French . Others ..+- Total Officers and crew (American-born) 60 Officers and crew (foreign-born). .108 Seattle Cannot Tolerate This Raid on Its Free Public School System Free public education is facing a fight for its life. That may sound far-fetched, but The Star believes it is literally true. The underhand attempt of ; the Seattle school board, which has just come to light thru remonstrances of citizens, to establish a tuition fee system in our high schools, is one step in the direction of this reaction. The legislature’s persistent efforts to impose similar fees on university students is another. | The school board’s scheme MUST be killed. It is fundamentally un-American in principle, and wrong. More than that—the board’s plan is a plain fraud on the taxpayers. It was adopted, the members say, in order to REDUCE TAXES. But it isn’t re- it is merely giving the appearance of reducing taxes a trifle and then levying, by a new, un-American and probably illegal method, both these reasons the scheme deserves to be immediately killed— About 31 per cent only were Amer leans, : It in about time foreigners, mostly Britishers, were prevented from com trolling American Institutions. The United States Mall 8. S. Co, is? far from being an all-American com- pany in respect to manning the ships and in respect to the men who help to control the operation of the nine ships. This same condition exists on the Pacific coast today. Very truly yours, A LICENSED AMERICAN-BORN OFFICER. The Three-Cent Car Fare Editor The Star: We saw an article in The Star referring to a three cent car fare! and the property owners to be taxed | more than they are. Why not give us four tokens for 26 cents and lower street car men's wages? Why not put the burden oh others and not al) on property owners? Should there be @ threecent car fare there would be many more children ride and take seats that| grown people should have. I have! been on the cars in the busy time | when people looked ready to drop) and children having seats that did not have to pay at all and conduc tors would not say a word to them. 1 am not saying children should jnot have seats on the cars, for I have children, but I like to see justice. Men a@ women should have a seat when on thé cars, es- pecially when they have been work- ing all éay. The conductors should attend more to these things. A PROPERTY OWNER AND SUBSCRIBER. “Gee, but Boldt's Bread is good! + Advertisement, CHAS. SCHWARTZ Optometrist and Mfg. Optician el ee Reatonadle 237 Epler Bik. 13 Second Av. Tel. Main 2561. %* * * condensed report to President 1J. D. LOWMAN Vice President ©. W. TUPPER Cashier DIETRICH Branch at Ballard Cc. W. CASLER Assistant Cashier in Charg J. A. SWALWELL, comptroller of the currency of The Union National Bank of Seattle At the Close of Business Sept. 6, 1921 Vad HW AA did AB -~ ¢ LA JAMES D. HOGE Chairman of the Board \ Bond Department G. SCHMITZ Vice President Credit Department E. J. WHITTY, Manager CASPAR W. CLARKE, Asst. Mgw. Loans and Discounts. . Real Estate Owned... ’ Furniture and Fixtures U. S. Govt. Bonds and Ctfs. of Indebted- Other Bonds, War- rants and Securities Cash and Exchange. . Capi Surplus and Profits. . 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