The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 29, 1921, Page 6

terprise Asean Press Service By mall, ovt of city, Me per month; F mentha, #1 ‘ $8.00, m the of Washington, Ovtatd 0 for # months, or $9.00 per year, Ry carrier, city We're all doing a lot of talking about business normality. _ To the manufacturer normality means plenty of orders a The Seattle Star nthe, 278) Fear, per mouth, 6 month nd machines going at some- near capacity, To the jobber and retailer it means brisk demand for goods at a reasonable margin of profit. To the worker it means a A JOB. Sometimes, instead of talking about normality, we dream a bit about prosperity— ding prosperity. Prosperity means unusually good business for the manufacturer, ’ | jobber and retailer; it means an unusually steady and well- means to the average citizen something more—it means ti N as well as necessities out of his income. paying job for the worker. ‘o him the ability to buy lux- ‘The Star has been doing considerable thinking about normality and prosperity; about ; and jobs. As we survey world conditions the prospects of our building up liately a greatly increased foreign trade seems not so very bright. Most of the World is sick. It is in about the condition of a man who has had a leg and an arm tated and an eye punched out. It is slowly convalescing. It is going to be a good lle before it is able to buy vast quantities of American them. _ But there is open one enormous market for our goods. That is—the United States! Ourselves! products, sorely tho it may A market that is almost | doubt T [LETTERS TO EDITOR) 91st Division Reunion a Success Unfortunately in a good many clr clon there ts too war ts over HE SEATTLE STAR Editor The Star This letter is written to you for the Sint Division assoelation of the State of Washington to thank you for the extraordinary publicity, ald and cooperation — which you evinoed in furthering our Slat Dt vision reunion last Saturday It te work of this kind which helps the elty of Seattle as well as the service man, for these conven tions bring tnto the elty men from outlying towns and cities and also men from other atates who go back to thelr homes with the feeling that ttle in a real live city, In ad dition to that, if there were noth ing to be gained for the city from A selfish standpoint, your In rt shows patriotiam of the very be type. great a readin and to get the service whic h the boya rend ered, and particularly to et the many who went over to France 4 |not return. It i refreshing, there | fore,. for service men whe are some what senaitive this subject to find that there are so many agents of publicity and business firma who will donate their time and apace and to an ocension such as we money have just observed. You have not forgotten the Siat| Division and you may ansured the Siet Division will not forget you Very truly yours JULES BEDW Retiring president | Reunion Headquarters. Avridge Mann or common custom is the might Se reat MARKOW Hotel Butler A Letter From Mr. D. T. M Monday's Star Dear Mr, Wrong, you're right, no for giving me a bawling out, because I asked a bunch of guys to loosen up and put me wire on how to say “Apocalypse” instead of tak ing Webste Ups } You tell me it ts customary to look in Webster's dictionary; but where did Mr, Webster go to get hin dope, I'd like to know? He ancer tains how things should be by ask ing folks like you and me. If every woman, child and in our United States Wrong that negregates the wrong and right;{ and customs, be they bad or good we all can change—and sometimes should; and so the right and wrong | my bo: is in the hands of Hoi) Pollot | | go when T fall to take a look and} get the dope from out a book, but} choone to spend a half a day to hear what other people say, I merely take the better course of seeking know!-| edge at its source, which always is the safest plan Yours very truly. AVR | mr began pro | Perhaps one out of every half dozen families owns an automobile—we don’t recall figures. That leaves five families out of every six yet to supply! Suppose one out every ten homes owns a phonograph; a vast market is available before all the re- homes which would like phonographs have them. Clothes, furniture, tools, washing machines, waffle irons, ironers, dish-washers; better plumbing; better mse and would enjoy having fill the demand. Think of the world of goods that we people right here at home need and could All our factories running full time for generations could d to start this buying, what is needed? First, lower prices. Get quotations down 9 bedrock and watch the goods move! Witness the Ford output. And about the time feeds begin moving, the job problem is going to solve itself. § other words, the United States is entering an era of undreamed-of quantity pro- ec , of low prices, of much work. The Star believes that the Seattle business men hO quickly sense this fact are going to be the first to win. The greatest market in he world is clamoring for your goods if you will only meet its terms. eattle Help a the Evening Record, Etiensbu a jt eis} zt peel; [i i CONSERVATION DR. WILLIAM E. BARTON OMPETITION has forced men “aba up the slack and reduce the mar- gin of waste. Treatises are! written showing how firms now earn their en- tire dividend out of what they for- merly wasted. ‘There are plans for the conserva- tion of raw material and plans for conservation of the finished ar. and for its more economical chandising, and the better utili of all the elements that en into production and distribution. But what I should like to see I be a better utilization of the Be n factor in the investment. > I am convinced that many a man - could get twice as much productive out of his own personality as_ now does if he knew how. | 1 do not advocate the working of hours, nor the forcing of the n machine at higher gear, 1 rather reduce the hours of and have the work done under Tess nervous strain. In the first place, I believe that | Work done in the early morning ts ) the most productive work. If a man ‘Will rise early, face the day's work | | With calm assurance that he is equal to the job, eat a Ught bi fast, and up the big job while the mind fresh, the back of the day’s work ‘may be broken before the middie of the forenoon. It is a mistake to begin the day _ with little, trivial, fretting matters. ‘The hours of high courage and full Mental and physical vigor should be _ faecr 4 to the great tasks. ‘Then I believe a tnan s! ould be- Neve that the day ‘*# long enough and that his own energy ts suffi- cient to give him a successful day. He should use that day for all it Is Gos morning. It is His job. No man is under obligation to the Atlas load upon his back bear it all day and all night. A. iittle calm faith, a little quiet rust, a little assurance that “ #0 shall thy strength be’ cash asset in production. 1am not the advocate of any pat- correspondence course in busi- psychology. But I have learned Lease Muscle Shoals to Ford? Special interests say not by a dam site. “Down with the dance!” say reformers. Trip- ping the light fantastic. ? i 3 far beyond any possible expendi- ti ; i fRiiesi i Fé } i i? Ai tf ie Hit aE eff esi befE Li} iy j i i if } f i : 3 Sammamish Valley’s Fair Bothell folks are getting ready to put over successfully the Sam- mamish valley fair, September 30 and October 1, ‘The spirit and cooperation they have already placed in their “reg- ular farmers’ Jubilee” predestines it to be a success. Bothell and the Sammamish valley folks are = type of the really worthwhile people. They are the type whe do things, and do them in the little corner where they live. All of us live in little corners, but only a comparatively few of us have learned the pos- sibility of our little corners. It renews « man to get into the | other fellow’s corner awhile when he is doing things that count. A large number of city dwellers ere rural born; most city-born/ dream of ending their days “on a ranch.” Bothell ts right on the edge of Seattle. Why not pioneer, rural-born, city-born alike go out to Bothell a day or the two for the fair and enjoy the exhibits, the educational talks, and the fun? C'mon, let's HH Pe us rege il 3 at some cost « few things that have greatly increased my own powers of Production, and I know that some men do not know them. They are very simple, and can be} had for nothing except the effort | and firm desire to possess them. Nearly every man can double the effectiveness of his own personality and multiply by two his ‘own power of production. And what is more. he can do it not by added expendi. ture of nervous energy, but with ac- tual conservation of that energy. The largest ecenomtec waste in in- dustry is the waste in the human ment. It can be conserved and is worth conserving. MMMM A Ford Deserves Willard You may think that a genuine Willard Battery for your Ford would cost too much. We'd like to see the look of sur- prise that comes on your face when we quote you our price! Harper-Meggee, Inc. 817 East Pike at Broadway Third at Blanchard 3222 Eastlake Admiral Way at California ait] nouncing “ton” to rhyme with! “song.” it wouldn't take so long to ase the dictionary any “tong” was quite the proper Criticises Port Management Editor The Star: mout of the present port difficulties: Charlies A. Miller, chairman o the) He asked for and was given unre taxation bureau of the Chamber of | stricted authority and he t# showing Commerce, recently made an ¢xam-|that he is a strictly military man); ination of the budget of the port! with no practical experience in ship commission and recommended tts re | ping organization following lines pro} Mr posed by Geor B. Lamping. Mr n Sooner 2 son a statement. that|#itiona, The people own the port and “The budget of the port for 1922 in they maintain a fire department, yet! one of the most unbalanced I have|h* ® mong . oad mp L m4 pair the port affairs, such @ statement political debt, he appoints to the/ the condition can | Domition of plicitor*” « man who be charged directly to the sunt | D&# RO conception of how to inter of George B. Lamping because of | YieW & prospective shipper for bis} business, His salary ts $176 @ month | ic cy i ointees | the inefficiency of his appointess.| 4 expenses, which includess Ford. He changed the policy of the| port's management, by insisting that| If a manager ts appointed, as sug lmested by Mr. Lamping, to whom all three commissioners act con jointly in all departments. Previous-| Would be given all authority and ly, Dr. Christensen had managed the| upon whom would rest all respofat traffic department; Mr. Lincoln, the| bility, then he question arises, office, and Mr. Lippy, the engineer. | JUST WHAT WOULD THE COM ing. The traffic manager is one of /MISSIONERS DO TO EARN Mr. Lamping’s appointees, and| THEIR SALARIES? around and thru him has arisen MAUDE SWEETMAN Mr. Hooley on Reports Editor The Star investigatin’ th’ Miam! flood “Ol've fist bin radin’ a rayport be | conditions, wid th’ entire country County Commissioner Ramsay,” re | back thur in th’ ghrip ty snow and marked Harrigan, as he ineerted @/ joe, Yit be th’ vouchers ye find thot cent In the automatic match vendor|he spint a part tv two days, per- and helped himaeif to tobacco from | haps on skates or enowshoes, in th’ Hooley’s private can. city ty Dayton, but his rayport niver “Of rid thot same rayport mesflf,”|mintions th’ hardships at all, at all. sald Hooley, “And Ol! say ut'e &| And frum th’ vouchers yo learn thot foine rayport, Of wue thot tnturtstid/he spint five days at th’ Waldorf thot Of rid ft agin, and thin wint and) Asthoria hot!l in New York, and thot looked ov@r th’ txpiness vouchers at | his tnvestigatin’ there cost us only $74.09. But fur phwat, hia rayport thot eame modiatly raytrains frum eayin’, Thin must be to rite such a rayport. And |th’ rayport ses nothin’ tv th’ tofme & modist man, too, fur th’ ixpinse| he spint wid his olé home folks frum vouchers do tell iv @ lot tv things | th’ twinty.third if Dayctmber till th’ | thot th’ rayport niver mintions at/nointh tv January, but th’ vouchers| all, at all Frum th’ rayport ye|spake tv ut, and they till tv « short | learn thot Mr. Ramsay, modist and | trip to Atlanta, wid anither hotil bill, silfeffacin man thot he fs, did not/and thin on to New Orleans, where participate in th’ resolution adopted | he spint $63.04 at th’ Saint Charies| Daycimber 9, 1919, thot sint him|hot!l, whilh investigatin’ th’ ferry | hurryin’ back Hast in th’ dead iv|systim. His rayport on this matter! winter to investigate flood conditions |says thot New Orleans makes a| in and around Dayton, Ohio, dut. | phrofit wid her ferries, but Ot do be) frum th’ vouchers ye's will find thot/ thinkin’ thot he must have inves | he must have wint wid out his|tigatid th’ wrong ind tv the systim, | beauty slape thot noight, fur he lift/fur since th’ writing fv his rayport | th’ very nixt day. And while he bin Josin’ more “money wid! niver mintions ut in th’ rayport, he| our fer thin tver bayfore. | must have had th’ divil's own toime| “Be th’ vouchers ye's learn thot he Try This on Your Wise Friend There is a number of two digite which itself is seven times the sum of its digits. If 27 be subtracted from it the position of the digits is reversed. What is the num- ber? Answer to yeatérday’s: CMlildren and fools speak the truth. P. 8. In starting out your very | "To Editor The Star," you w that| so when “you silly sap” was sald, did way.| you mean me or just the Eda? Lamping created two new po New music for your player piano Tuat Hauntinc Wattz—A delightful Q R S roll, same type as “That Naughty Waltz”— $1.25. Secon Hanp Rosz —Charmin fox trot from “Follies of 1921.” Is played daintily in two-hand arrangement— $1.25. Aut By Mysetr—Irving Berlin’s latest hit — $1.25. Player roll Cabinets from $27.00, Sherman |Glay & Co. Third Avenve at Pine SEATTLE Tocoma + Spokane + altel APS Pe, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1921. MEMORY BY BERTON BRALEY I, too, once lived in Arcady, A little while, a little while, Where all the ways are glad and free And all the heavens emile 1 walked the paths of wonderland 1, with Ah, yer, I know ‘Twas long ago sweetheart, hand in hand We walked that flowery aime, But—-1, too, lived A little while, a litt in Arcady, le while! I have been gone from Arcady A long, long time a weary time, But all its ways are fair to me As in my golden prime And all the lovers strolling by Relight the «immer in my eye, For I know well Lov And all its magic ‘* tender spell gulle— I, too, have been in Arcady A little while, @ little while! 1 lost my love In Aready. | fought for | pelled by higher motives, jr ity lerything was | treme limits | ing violated every day. They were certainly tm- I wae rained in « local option states many years also where “ew the sky and perdition being the only two em For ® quarter of a cate tury I have been a temperate man, not neceamarily a teetotaler, I am @ free born American and believe in the law of liberty and the pursult of happiness I can see I am just as fr prohibition ae I wan pefore it became « law, and E have not yet found it necessary te violate the prohibition law, neither Go I expect t 46 a I realize thet tnis law is being view lated every day. I am also aware of the fact that our other laws are be’ I realize the- fact that man-made laws alone \ not cure the human consciousness of | wide open,” | evil suggestions or evil acts; but 1 de> maintain that our lawe =o | act an powerful deterents to erime, We have, because of our laws, the suggestion constantly beforeus that thone forbidden things are wrong, | urging us to so live that we will be free from unpleasant consequences in their violation. As to the revenues from the sales. of liquor. For several years I was in a position where I could, and I keep account of the revenues witl A certain district, recetved from the sales of liquor; I also kept account of the expen: to the public, in maintaining extra officials and the costs of handling crimes committed | because of this business, The results showed that the expenses far ex Oh, I wag blind, so young and blind, But since I know how eweet can be The biies that lovers find, My heart leaps #t each glowing word That ever 1 have overheard; (My eye, I fear, May hold a tear That mingles with my smile), But that ts natural, you see, For one who lived in Arcady A little while, A little while! thin wint to Los Angeles. Th’ ray- port spakes iv thot, and tills tv his @ootin’ up wid me old friend Jack Martin, but devil tv a wurd does ut say iv the argeous hours he spint| at the San Diego hotil erly Hille hotil; or th Monte, or iy th’ rayson he ate a $3 lunch at Ban Jose, or iv th’ investi. gatin’ he was investigatin’, Shure, th’ vouchers till tv th’ or the Bev Hott! Del there, but wid th’ silf abnegation tv A saint, he makes no mintion ty ut in th’ rayport. And we know thot he pint miny hours tv hard and studious consideretion in th’ city tv San Francisco, fur th’ vouchers show a hotil bill at the Saint Francis hotil tv $417.96. But th’ modisty tv the man prayvints him frum going into detalis iv these matters in th’ Editor The Star; 1 have just read with much tn- terest a communication in The Star in which a lady, writing on the eub- ject of the violations of the prohi bition laws, would imply that such laws should be repealed, This article appeals to me in a peculiar way. It would seem to me that the writer sees the situation from the wrong angie, It fa not in the probfbition laws that the objeo tion seeme to be forthcoming, but because of the violations of such lawa, ‘Wilt any one question the injury to men, women amd children thru the abnormal use of liquor? No, thie point needs no argument. The very objection to prohibition brings out the demoraliaing effects of the undue use of liquors and cites ex- txpinse, #0) |thot we are asshured that he was (Copyright, 1971, Seattle Star.) | rayport Th’ only way ye’s will iver learn phwat a modist, silf-eacrificin’, soft.steppin’ public sarvint Commis |sloner Rameay it, will be to go ond rade, th’ vouchers, and make notice |iv his signed statemint there where | he ses this thrip cost me over $1,600, but O1 have no vouchers to show fur more thin th’ $£00 what Of'm puttin’ |in me bill fur, and therefur Ot will not allow th’ county to pay inny |more. Shure! and phwat more could | ye's be askin’ tv a man? Ut's « foine | rayport.” “Ye's may be roight,” remarked Harri “Ol rid th’ rapyort stveril toimes, and ut reads fotne, but as far as Ol can see divil a thing does ut | say, and Oi kape wunderin’ tv he had his party at th’ Saint Francis tn th’ same rooms whare Arbuckle had his.” HUGO KELLEY. amplea Is the argument logical? Because certain fellow beings | manifest homicidal tendencies would | we repeal the laws against murder? Because there ts in the minds of many & propensity to steal, would we do away with al] legal restraint, and make it legal te steal without imit? Because the human con eclounness has not yet risen above ‘the fnlee desire for intoxicating érink, would we “rightaboutface,” turn from the direction of progress and take the down grade, merely be cause a small percentage of people persiat that they must lower their | manhood and womanhood by the in- dulgence in those false appetites? ards is not what our forefathers ceeded the revenues by ag much as 40 per cent. Aside from the cash consideration there are other and much greater questions involved. The use of im toxicants, along with other false petites, will eventually be from thé human consciousness a clearer understanding of life a fuller realization <a true man and hia relation to and our fellow man. Two things are very noticeable um der prohibits the absence of the open saloon with its dally tempta- tion to the youth and the man 4 woman of strong appetites and i wills, and the gradual disappearance | of the red light districts, which have always been the sister evil of ft o saloon, I do not maintain the prohibition laws alone will lutely and at once prohfbit the Mquors, neither will the of red light districts render the absolutely moral; but both are in the right direction, one result the force of right thinking over roneous thinking, gradually ing right acts as the result of ri thoughts. This supremacy of the thought forces over the i forces is ever increasing thruout world. 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