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terprine Asan. » and United Pap Press Sorvien = Palliation and Tonics Addressing his unemployment conference, President Harding said: “I would have lit- enthusiasm for any proposed relief which seeks either palliation or tonic from the treasury.” That, of course, applies to unemployed labor, not to the railroads and ship operators. president and Mr. Mellon have urged congress to slip quickly still another §500,- 000 (half a billion) of perfectly good palliation to the railroads, the while the board keeps its $300,000,000 suction on the treasury’s tonic teat for fhe bene- of private operators. And the public ts just about as enthusiastic over palliation and tonic for railroads ship speculators as the president is about palliation and tonic for empty pay en- Just about; certainly not more. ‘The president went on: “The excess of stimulation from that source (the U. ) is to be reckoned a cause of trouble rather than a source of cure.” Just so; and if the railroads, and shipping boards, stories are to be believed, they bear witness to the president's statement. Each new 100 milllion dollars’ worth of pal- n and tonic gives them a new tummy ache, and each raid on the treasury stimu- them to come back for more. 8. Scientists are secking the center of the universe. We know her. She is a blonde. Edison invented ‘the. phonograph by accident. Wish Tom had been more careful. fs a delegation of British United States Every fifth Chicago marriage results in divorce. i gerry Hi ryitsdas 3 Gan’t do it all in a day, dut the cops credit; they finally up the boore ring that the government vault. advocates @ school we. Just walt un- Why not marry four couples and skip one? than they are taken from circu- lat Where do they go?” ly answered. Wash 8 suit of woolen underwear. It shrinks, el it ae wealth ts melting like snow on a hot stove, WHAT IS DUE US BY DR. WM. E. BARTON F Mr. Harriman was right in say- ing that he is richest who owes the most, the European na ° Britain | owen the United States fonr bil. lions of dollars. France owes us three and one Ghird billions. Italy owes us one twothirds billions. All to “Bether the nations of Europe owe ten billions of dollars. ‘They do not have the money. yw do not know where to get money. They cum never puy ir debts in monsy. And with present balance of trade against and the cost of exchange it difficult to see how they can pay the effect that it would be @ very gracious thing for America to give sums to the nations of ‘We are reminded that we were making money during the first three years when they were fighting. They would hardly feel like begging that amount of money | from us, but if we were disposed jte give it, we should probably have no great difficulty in persuading Europe to accept it. Would Europe gift? The answer is not altogether cer- tain, fhe would thank us very heart- ily, and we should hear of our gen erosity in a good many banquets. Tmt it fs not certain that Europe vould not say in her heart, “Amer len bas given us only what she could well afford and less than we deserve.” } It fs not Ifkety that congress will vote to cancel these huge debts. How then are they to be paid? I do not think that anybody kncws how they are to be paid. One thing is true, so long as they remain unpaid and unforgiven, there will be one\ more reminder that war is expensive, The world bas had several such reminders, but apparently one more will do no harm, appreciate the talk about the same commodities in terms of thousands instead of millions. Russia ts miverable; proving misery, like happiness, comes from within, Another thing that seems to Rave come eufin the wash ts res- faurant soup. Rockefeller, Jr, ts dullding schools in China, Money talka in ali languages. 4 new eutomatico phonograph plays three hours without! stopping but don't tell the neighbors! Too many hoNdeys now are cel- The home stretch these days ts tm the pocketbook. Moat necessary book for coltede students: Dad's check book. THE SEATTLI .E STAR LETTERS TO EDITOR A Letter From Mr. Marshall Allen, Seattle, Wash Dear Marsh; It gives me joy to ore the Eastern papers all agree that | |in the tennis tournament the most | comme ble event was easily th uphill battle put up “by Allen of Be attie,.” | They pitted you against a champ | |who nearly cleanedsthe tennis camp he took the ope et from you he beat you tn th nd, too; but |when he thought he had a cinch, you showed your mettle In @ pinch. Vor tn the third you took « brace, |produced the stuff that makes an| Pditor The Star: 1° hope that | “ABCD's’ letter tn The Star im some of the reat of us. | He haa, I consider, written the | most constructive and sensible let ter that has appeared in The Star on the Jap problem. The Jap menace will not be suc | coantully combatted if we hide be- bind “pennames.” Will “ABCD” come forward and help? If we are successful, it will only be because those who haVe a banner to bear, ax I feel “ABCD” has, help and} encourege the rest who need leader ship, examples and coopestion. “ABCD” says “Let each Individual pledge herself to buy nothing from this undesirable foreigner, and the vietory ls won.” Hie is wrong! we must cease to be individual bey.) cotters. We must, with tho help of the editor of The Star, from The Board of Education, School District No, 1, Seattle, Wash. Dear Sire—Our artention has been) act that four autos and ng to School Dis trict No. 1 are being used without | having been lettered as the law re quires. After the extensive publicity of last spring regarding the manner tn which public officials were using public owned cara this ts the more) surprising. We had supposed that | the law requiring the lettering of these cars had been fully complied with, but evidently we are mistaken. Even tho the high school officials are not in sympathy, there can be BO excuse In evading a law enacted as & public necessity to prevent the scandalous abuse which job holders were inflicting upon the taxpayers. Among the care referred to ts one! each furnished Superintendent Coop- | and Architect Narramose and a | limousine purchased recently by you at & cost of $2,100 for Miss Allen of the girls’ parental school, In connection want to say we think you made an extravagant and unwarranted use of echool money Avridge Mann aoe, and nearly played him off b feet; and tho at lat you met def ou ran the games to 22--the long et he knew aned by Lady Luck, y our grit and pl , and , and gave an alm hopeless fight your best of courage, #kill and might That you got leked, we do not oa t's nothing either here or th & game that honored old Seattle's name, and showed the stuff we like to boast is native to the Western Const. AVRIDGD MANN. Wants Japanese Boycott Club & boycott club, whose members will promise not to patronize the pressed you as forcibly es It did) undesirable Jap and who, by their) own example and infiuence, will get pew mombers. I think the weartng of a badge an Indispensable factor tn encourag ing others to help, It would be a aym bol of white Americantam, and serve to remind the wearer, and the public in general, that the Stare end Stripes must come first, 1 will bring two dozen people the first day anything really con structive ts done Will “ABCD” pledge himself and bring another 34 Americans? Will you, Mr. Eéitor, help such an undertaking, and use space in your paper to encourage those who are not satisfied with Jap pare mount? Yours very truly, H. G. FRANCIS, 111 B. both st ~ School District Auto Matters continue to operate the schools of Seattle at an average cost per pupil | over the average! of 37 per cent. cost of the 45 largest cities of your country, {= entitled to his private minor Mtigation and thus relieve! should be given SAVAGE - TIRE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1921. car at publi that the probit tion and laws are wet at naught, if high officials thus openty | defy them? As citixens who are en © keep within the law we o seo thet thie fingrant f law be stopped and that! | all cars belonging to Schoo! District No. 1 be lettered. | | Very truly yours, VOTERS INFORMATION LEAGUE | By A. W. PORTER, President, | A. W, FITZ, Executive Secretary, | 4 Poem Ss for our Bo BOOK. BURNING LEAVES BY HELEN EMMA MARING Pungent smoke from burning leaves of fall but we are proud you played| : How to Relieve A Court Congestion) Héttor The Start In @ recent epeech before the American Par Association, Fon.) William HH. Taft, ly appointed chief justice of th Inited States) | supreme court, stro: 04 legislation by co the president to more federal Ju the congested litigation. Permit the writer to humbly sug gest an idea whereby much of this) congestion could be relieved by Pionted faintly past my garden wall— Autumn odors, borne upon the breeze, Bringing summer's dying memortes, Burntng leaves—last spring they came to ba, Beauulfying every shrub snd tree, Hid the birds’ nests thru the summer day; Then they fell—but danced upon their way. Autumn leaves—how gold and red and fair— Just ike flowers sailing {n the afr. Yow they smoke, dead, burning le Bmoulder dust—and that is « our learned federa) judges, who re | aaaea power and jurisdiction to help . ceive the princely stipend of $6909 relieve the congested litigation fm per annum, from acting a# Dole") our federal courts complained of by court judges in determining the merely enacting legisiation enlarge ing the power and jurisdiction of} our present United Btates court) commissioners, who now have but little to do as' alcoholic content ot booze?” “Our United States court commis frien Ootig tall nes no fixed — ed are allow lees, and under the and binding od violators Of! present fee systern a great deal of federal laws ever te the U, the time of attorneys and litigants trlet eourt for trial. is consumed by reason of the fact| It te the duty of our U. 6. eourt| that the commissl rarely hear commissioners to determine at #| more than one cai day. For tn-| | preliminary hearing before them! stance, if three cases come befo wheyher or not an alleged violator/U, 8, court commissioner fo of mme federal law Nt be held) raignment, the court will invariably | nd jury in|aet the preliminary bearing on 4if-) and, inas-| ferent dates {n order to get the fee much as at least €0 per cent of alll in each case: otherwise, he would casen now on the federal calendar! have to try three cases and receive have to do with violation of prohi-'one fee. ‘The commissioners should blamed for this practise for in @& “pint 8. din bition and narcotic laws, why should} not not the jurisdiction of the U. 6.! thelr fees are exceedingly small and court commissioners be enlarged so they must resort to such practices as to enable them to handie all such|to make @ living wage. But they | Chief Justice Taft, GEORGE E. RYAN. It's good, that’s sure, 40¢ Supreme Blend Coffee. No SAND NOTHING INJUBIOUS Hansen, 40 Economy 0 AMMONIA H BOY! 0 v TRY wr ated salary with 5 HISTORY.OF THE RED. MAN SERIES! tm the purchase of these cars, tnas much e# the superintendent seldom schools except when tn at tendance et some public function. Surely you are not called upon to furnish and maintain as a perquisite & car to Superintendent Cooper, after paying him the maximum eal ary paid any city superintendent of schools tn the United States, 1. ¢, $10,000, and only equaled by a few | larger cittes tke New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. Perhaps the gentleman who can Try This on Your Wise Friend Make a popular proverb out of these letters by prop- erly arranging them: aacddecefhhhiklinnooprrsatttu. Answer to yesterday's: 68. WALL PAPERS 50% Off OUR ENTIRE STOCK No. 3~-ROMAN TAPESTRY The following dealers also handle our papers: . A. Heraper C. B. Merrill. . O. A. Gustafsen. C. H. Dahlem & Co. W. H. Pope & Co. Miller & Haviland eee A. E. Meyer Sign Co.......... 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