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

The Seattle Sta out of etty, Hee Sent months, $2.75) Fear, 4 Humanity always considers itself less savage, more virtuous, better-mannered than ancestors. But each age does slight improvement in the ideals and lives of its from epoch to epoch. We take it for granted that if Christ came today we would welcome Him. are that if Christ came, and preached the same gospel He did before, that would be punished as speedily in America as He was in Palestine. +) It must be remembered that Christ preached a new kingdom—preached it among & subject people, preached it openly before the anxious ears of Roman officials. Christ, it is true, preached of the kingdom of heaven, but His followers, especially Tews, took it literally. And they imagined that the heavens would be opened, the empire would crash to dust, and the true believers would reign in spirit and Christ on one occasion advised the rendering to Caesar the things that be- to Caesar, His entire message was of a new life, a new kingdom, a new ruler- The weak would become mighty, the proud should be humbled, the rich should t down! The beggars and the widows and the lowest should be chiefest. the restless Jew this message was one of material revolution, and not until had rolled away without the second coming of the Messiah, did the early be- take hold of the spiritual meaning of Christ’s message. For at least a hun- years after Christ's death His immediate return was awaited, was believed in, the speedy overthrow of the Roman persecutor was a primal concept of the church. the Roman overlords in Palestine were, on the whole, rather forbearing that Romane: # mentna, O ot Washing Oatet or $9.00 per year, by the atat reter, elty, te, Bo per month, 800 @ month. The ach- an, exciting doctrine could be preached for years without molestation. Indeed, the rabid hatred of the priestcraft among the Jews forced the Roman officials to ike final action. be did not bother with the beliefs, customs, habits, or family cellars of its sub- and free speech was free, indeed, thruout the Roman empire. if Christ today came preaching love and justice, and formal bigotry as He did before, He would not go three years with- came preaching against we fear, would not go three days preaching the gospel of peace in West would hardly be welcome at the councils of the Anti-Saloon league. And the church, forcing pet legislation thruout by secret lobby, would get the same of denunciation that it did when He was here before. ’ all these political activities, these secret lobbyings, the mixing of church d state, and the uplifting’ of the law and denial of justice are world-old. es and the scribes, the lawyers and the priests, were the same in Jerusalem as are in Washington. he Community Written by Dr. Wm. EL. | | f | ! | | i iF E se if Fi ee ii ul rt i | Hi iF Hi i ahai « j iEs a : pis i Hi if S = ° Hy 9 % i ; i HH E til f “ & e [ i i i lr : 2 s 3 a f i E ir i le i | protection and upbuilding of All homes must be pro- and that place is here, « when the lips are closed and be vision darkened it is then too for human aid. I believe an all-wise providence never condemn a man to fn another world who has the best use of ‘his time on ‘one. $0, friends, distribute flowers to the living rather to the dead. he Key the Conference gomes to Washington many misgivings. And we well forgive ber. In the past when the great “ about the green to discuss her, China bas taught love, the Pharisee always practices hate. The The woman who paid $60,000 for , fur coat needs it after getting s Love Ii * i te 7 i BES iH i 2 i ifii PARABLE OF A DR, WILLIAM E. BARTON —- HERE was a man Schneider. And he came forth from Germany, and dwelt upon a@ farm. And he had a Great Big Vicious Black Dog. And the custom of the Dog was to run out into the Road and Bark Furlously at everything that passed by. y And he frightened horses, no that they sometimes became unmanage- able. And he frightened women, #0 that the wives of farmers drove to town by other roads, And he fright ended children who went by to school. Now, I dwelt not in that place, but I sojourned there fog three years. And I heard many folk complain and durable, And I went away unto Chicago, and was gone Three Years. And I returned and spent a week of my va cation in that place. And each evon- ing I drove with some one else, for I had divers friends in the place, And one night, went by the farm of Schneider, and his Dog rushed forth at us, And the horse was frightened, And I spake in my wrath unto the damsel that sat beside me, saying, Hath thia Infamous Dog been per- mitted to live yet these added three years? And she said, Yea, and he groweth is blind. They make whove name was) say that the thing had become Unen- | as we drove we) that way. = 3 the : tte by, Fie BIG BLACK DOG and drove past the farm of Schneider And there lay something beside me on the seat of the Buggy. And as yet I was alone. And I came to the farm of Schnel- der in the twilight, but It wag light |enough for my purposes. And the Dog rushed out at the head of mine horse, and leaped up as |if he would bite mine horse's head. | And when the horse went faster, | then did the Dog run beside the Bug- gy, and he leaped up as it were be. tween the wheels. And his great red Mouth was open. And I held the reins in my left hand, And I pointed my right hand jand that which I held therein} straight down the open throat of the) | Dog. | And I shot once, for once was Plenty. . | And mine horse was. frightened and Going Some, and I permitted |him to go. | Now, on the next day, and certain days thereafter, Schnelder was going to and fro and inquiring everywhere who had killed his Dog. But he | never suspected me, for my date that night lay in another direction, and I kept my date. And within a day or two I was gone. But I heard| much rejoicing over the death of Schneider's Dog, and much wonder ag to who had done And even to this day It ts not known who killed Sehnoider's Dog. Now, I have thought often of that incident of my youth. For I have seen abuses and nuisances that peo- ple tolerate day after day until the | days grow into years, when they ought to rise up and put an end to THE SFA [LETTERS 70 EDITOR) TTLE STAR War, Liquor, Unemployment Editor The Star: In reply to Mr, “Globe Trotter” will may, that the unemployment con. dition is not due to the stoppage of the manufacture of intoxicants, but in cnused by the over production and storage of immense quantities of of manufactured goods with it did; and when the war ceased this had to be put upon the market and | Absorbed before manufactori¢s could run agnin to their full capacity. If Mr. “Globe Trotter” had bea | Trapper Quits His Calling Editor The Star; | In regard to I, M. Clarke's letter upon bunting. 1 winh it were the habit of the papers to print such letters upon thelr front pages. It the sort of a letter that would 4) to our president, Mr. Hard ing, who le alae the vice p of the American Humane aan One of the cleverest trappers and hunters in all of Canada has given up the practice of hunting and trap ping. When asked “Why?” he re plied: “To me now, it seems the! way of @ sneak; there t» too much Have We Some “Town Pets”? Editor The Star: I note the mayor ts playing the conviction of conscience in putting a stop to shaking dice (for cigurs). That's fine of the mayor, Gambling should not be permitted! in any form whatever, and IF he intends to stop that deteriorating| pastime, why not call a halt on card playing? Cards are played openly at many cigar stores in the eity where hundreds of dollars pass.) When that condition t» looked into it will be found that there are! men there all the while who do/ nothing else but play cards. Those! cards are played for “hickies” and each “hickey” represents the vale ation of 5 In turn thore “hickies” are good in trade for any thing in the house, or for male at the of three for a dime. it one has the “hickies’t and jones a game, be can pay in “hickles,” and what t« that but the representation of money in another form? True, there are signs “ cents Suggests “Peace Mountain” Editor The Star: Dear Sir—Why can not the un- friendliness arising from controver- cies regarding the name of yon beautiful mountain, Mt. Rainier or, Mt. Tacoma, be forgotten, and the two sisters, Seattle and Ta coma, be at peace? Mariner Opposes Name Change Editor The Star: To « seafaring man like mynelf this discussion about changing the name of your glorious mountain, Born and raised at Bar Harbor, Maine, I have sailed the seas all! of my life, so maturally I am) familiar with charts and maps, all of which record of the) mountain @# “Rainier.” Just out of curiosity I resurrect- ed my old school geography, and) the rewult was the same—“Rain- fer.” It would seem to me that Ta coma shows a selfish spirit in try ing to use the mountain for adver | no tong will there he murder among | allve about 1875, after the French and German war ceased, he would have found tn the Hirttiah Isles that the mines, manufactories and #bip- building forces were reduced about one-half thelr working capac: | ity, leaving proportionately am great a number of working people out of | employment and at the point of tion am there is in this country today, whilat the manufacture and distribution of liquor and intoxicants were In no sense restricted. How could Mr, “Globe Trotter” account for that condition? A. J, JOUNSTONE. et tn our favor, upon our aide. A man ien't @ sport, but a poor imitation | of all that he is meant to be when! he crawls with a gun or @ ‘knife upon those helpless things, The trip is #till more eruel and vicious. | I simply am thru. There are not many who can come back to their finer selves like this man } As long an men ‘ill the helpleas Killing in killing—that’s all. Sincerely, men, a. Vv. B NORS ALLOWED,” and that esti mate ts only guessed at by the! youthful appearance of one's age.| There is no one there to tell the! card-sbark from the inexperienced player, The cardshark gets the! ; and the inexperienced P loses the cash, The inex-| perienced player produces the eash from brain and muscle and the cardshark Japs up that much of the inexperienced player's energy and gives NOTHING in retarn, Is| it any more than fatr to protect| the unsuspecting against those sharks who have produced nothing n years but who have continued to frow® the industrial energy of Or is it possible that there are a few “town pets” whom the admin. istration meang to pamper and keep at the expense of other people? Mr. Mayor, will you please arswer that question RICHARD CLAYPOOL Why not let the beloved mount play the part of peacemaker, and in honor of the forgiving and the forgetting, name it, “The Mountain) of Peace,” or, in other words,) “Peace Mountain”? With best wishes to The Star, will sign myself, c, D. M. tising purposes. I understand the Indians called it “Tahoma,” which merely means “the mountain.” If changes are necessary, why not rename all of the points of tn terest visited by Vancouver, viz, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Ad miralty Inlet, Puget Sound, Elliott Bay, Bainbridge Island, Restora- tion Point, Port Orchard and oth ora, You people living here can with equal right insist that the moun: tain be given the name of your great old Indian chief, “Seattle.” Yours very truly, JOSEPH JARVIS, | Steamer Arizonan. j j Offers Arm, Leg, Eye, Life Editor the Star: I am willing to offer leg, eye. or even my perimental purposes on condition that funds be supplied that will enable me to see my mother, I have tried honestly and falth- fully for five years, but without success, Any of the above ts | my arm, for ex: worth it, er. because I love my moth. Sincerely yours, Mn xX. ‘The Star ts in porsesston of the name and address of “Mr. X” and will give them to persons desirous of discussing his novel offer with! him.—IEditor, _ The “Four L” Statistics Editor The Star: I have just finished reading & letter from C. W. Gray that was published in your fmme of Nov Sth, and which referred to the Four “L" cost of living schedule. ‘The article stated “that the Four L statistics showed that a family of five could live on $153 per tion, it will be explained these figures do not take Into con-| sideration clothing, house rent,| ete, and that food does cost only, approximately 40 per cent of the) |total cost of living. If Mr, Gray would take the trouble to read the official maga-| ziné of the Four L he would see) a Four 1 member and a worker in a logging camp, I wish) to correct the erroneous impres-| sion that Mr. Gray has with ref) erences to what the Four ly means,| particularly in the matter of the) lists he read, The Four L does} not attempt to tell anyone what in| supposed to be the cost of living} for anyone; it simply uses the! tables compiled and used by the United States department of labor as a means of determining com- parative costs, These tables may be had by any person from the government, and the Individual costs figured from that, In addl- by reading the August, September | and November issues, that the or-| ganization does not set any fig-| ures of its own, Neither as an additional matter of informati does the Four L own any logging camps, and consequently does not set the prices charged for board. the editor will kindly print | this in his columns, which are! widely read by the workers, it will serve to set right the wrong impression readers like Mr, Gray] may have had with reference to the matter quoted. Very truly, ¥. B. HICKLIN, 917 Pine St, The Functions of a Banker Editor The S' A letter “Conservative,"| appeared in these columns, Novem-| ber 5. The author chides the writ-} ers of some previous letters for “adding to their (the bankers) hard. ships by all this eriticiem.” Having been the author of a “recent letter published In The Star about the banka,” and having every reazon to believe that that letter was one of those referred to by “Conservative,"1 desire to say) that my former letter contained no COURAGE To Evelyn BY LEO H, LASSEN Althe you cannot hear the songs that sing, Plummer them, Toleration Itself sometimes becom- eth Intolerable, £ worse a8 he groweth older, And the next evening I started forth ag soon as the sun weht down, Gs Try This on Your Wise Friend It is possible to lay eight coins in a row, then put them in four couples, removing only one at a time and in each removal passing the one in hand over two on the table. Can you do it? Answer to yesterday's: Books cannot always please, however good. 4th : ili Al, ia la a As over ivory keys your fingers delicate Play the charm of Chopin intricate, All the wealth of music you can bring. Thru your fingers you must realize The splendid art of Schumann, songs that hold The melody that only masters mould, The wine of living, glimpse of Paradise. Courage does not mean that one must face The threat of steel or burning battle line— Yours is sterling courage, real and fine; The strong must bear the burden of the race, I would that I could bravely meet each day With that same courage you have when you play, eritioimn of the bankers, 1. @, in & petty, carping sense, The question involved is too important and the evils of the present privately owned banking system too oritieiem will be effiencious. “Conservative” has made rome tm and candid admissions and) | portant | desire to do the same.+ He ad | Malte: | 1. That “a fafure te loan to | local merchants necessarily ecurtalls business activity.” 2 That the banker can refuse © “dingruntied customer” or“ plilcant for a Joan,” thereby deny ing him thé right to use that thing which he, by his own efforts and industry, has created this credit) and give no reason for the re funad, 3. That such proceedings “work ® hardship on local enterprises.” 4. That “conditions are no wore in Seattle than elsewhere,” thereby making this deplorable ef: fect universal, 5. That banks have complete control of all the money and may export it or refuse tht use of it altogethér ax a matter of right 6 The bankers have a right to use the bank deposits in any ww that is “good business” and “a profitable one” to them, even tho it “curtaila business activity” and “works a hardship” on’ those very same depositors. The Rursian emr and German kaiser combined could do no more. Hence— 7. That the bankers hold despotic power, I admit: 1. That and are profit, 2. That they are just as honest as I am % That the bankers, or, at least, most of them, think that the present aystem of permitting pri vate individuals (the bankers) to horde and juggle a public equip the bankers are human engaged in business for |ment (money) for private gnin, it legitimate, 4. That if the banking business, as now organized, is legitimate, they have a perfect right to levy all the traffic will bear and to po- litely tell their depositors, the peo ple, that it ts a matter which does not concern them. In short, I owe banker tem, the private no ft! will and I refrain from any personal criticism. I grant that under the present system the| weakness or @ warped senses © 1 They are getting rich out|dupes they are, bankers could. of thel, business, inviting a vast deal of trouble for keeping the entire industrial world on the anxious seat and “upon the meliowing of occasion” refusing every one, except a favored few, the privilege of exchanging their credits, (refusing to let that medium, money, by which ex: ecbanges are made possible, circu late by calling tn all refusing to make any more), there- by paralyzing business. As a logical sequence we have the following mucceasion of events; no money, no exchange of credits. No exchange of credits, no business, No busi nem, no employment No employ- ment and we have our present con: dition, It follows naturally then, that the bankers, and the bankers alone, are to blame for the present condition, are doing as well as loans and) vital | and deep-eeated to think that mere) | | under present accepted rys-| uals on themselves,|and deeper than mere fault-finding grow; whatever you may do that's SATURD. To My Bon: Dear Peanut—"Bon and Father Week,” of which the other fellows speak, is over now, but Jimminee! That doesn't bother you and me; be cause with us, I'm proud to say, it's "Dad and fon Week” every day! Yor you and I are always chums, | in every joy or pain that comes: and | tho at tines I baw! you out, when I am wrong beyond a doubt, we call it square, for you'll agree, you're often pretty fresh with me! But then, I wouldn't give @ rap for kids that never had a scrap; for! even very @aintly men are known) nble now and then; and you) never pose as shining | angels, heaven knows! It makes me peeved to recollect that tommyrot about “respect?” for that’s a thing, the dads must learn, they can’t command—they've got to earn! How soon that silly piffie ends, when dads and kids are bosom friends! So we will talk and we will play, | nd stick together every day; and I can tell you what I did, when I was) just a little kid, and you will feel entirely free to tell your troubles all to me. And here's a secret you should know--and don’t forget it as you bad, don’t be afraid to tell your dad: because, no matter what you do, the chances are I've done it, too! As 1 said above, I offer no per- sonal critici#m to the bankers; my/ criticiam, or should T say pity, ts fll reserved for those poor tndivid- AY, NOVEMBER 12, 1921. traffic department derstood, of co mentioned have charge of the ment, which gives control ¢ all wharves and docks uted hy the port commission whie nature has of employes of Altho the to one ag form it seerr missioner” It was um that the above comm ‘ would raffie depart t the bs number he three, comminsion voted the comminaion the “economy com: is doing what he ean to reduce expenses according ty own code of economy, Last week three employes of one of the largest terminals were given no tiee of their dinmiseal, due to @ general “reduction in operating em penses.” However, one of the hree, a timekeeper employed ag $135 per month, has been reem ployed as dock che position he will receive per hour for straight $1.35 per hour for o with plenty of opportunity for the oven time, As a timekeeper this man woutg receive about $4.50 per day count ing 26 days to the month, ana without extra money for overtime, altho he might put from 0 to 40 hours overtime in @ Wusy month. In his new job this check. er will receive $7.20 straight time and if three hours overtime it will wad $4.05, making a total of $iigp 9 Where in the raving? if This man would do very well as & timekeeper, but has had no | perience in checking, a job ing quite a bit of experience bp fore one can handle the work sap infactorily if “economy” ts to see considered. One small error jg) | placing cargo improperly meng that a number of men must arrange or sort out different tots or consignments, and labor jp costly. With a number of ex checkers idle, and therefore ava able for work of this kind, above makes @ of “economy and efficiency” practiced by the port cor two inet the outside who are hon- extly thing, and who, from sheer menta geo what pitiful justice, cannot This question goes far beyond and calumny will ever reach, It is one to be approached with gravest dignity and mature under- standing. The tmportant question ts—have the private bankers ‘the right scientifically, sentimentally or po- litieally to do the things now con- ceded to them? If money is a commodity, they have. If money ts public equipment for the use of the army of industry, they have not. The last hypothesis fy correct. This ts an tmportant and start- ling statement, you will concede, and the limited space of one letter deavoring to produce some-| 1 t! | - Clean, Light in Ash $9.50 — For Feu, Detvsvet ts tae ‘ GARFIELD 2743 ‘Rev.M. A. Matthews will preach a sermon Sunday morning entitled, The Atoning Christ In the evening he will discuss the subject, Charlatanism’s Fruitless Attack will not permit of adequate treat- ment THE ANNOUNCER. Nigger in the Woodpile Editor the Star: A short time ago during ene of the weekly pow-wows of the Port lof Seattle comminsion one of the ommissioners made a mighty ap- peal for the return to the “com mission form of government” tn that honorable body on the plea of “a saving of $90,000 a year” in operating expenses. Under this plan, one commission er would have control of the au-! diting department, one the engi neering department, and one the U Christ Song Service at 7:15 o'clock Come to the Men's Bible Class Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock.” Teacher, & D. 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