The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 28, 1922, Page 6

attle Star eonthy mentha FL80) @ monthn FETE) reen Fachimeten.” Sateas at the state, tee per memen, 2.08 per veer By earrter, city, Hee & month ‘The Star is not ready to say that the 30-10 education bill initiated by the Parent- Teacher associations should be passed. However, a study of the measure would indi- ‘eate that it surely possesses many commendable features, It probably would benefit _ the school children of the state. ‘Some taxpayers’ organizations are raising a great hullabaloo against the measure, h that it would greatly increase the cost of the schools and that it would in too high salaries for some educational chiefs and other extravagance. Those points yet to be proved, it seems to The Star, “The 30-10 bill provides that the state shall pay to each school district the sum of fer each child attending school in that district. The district matches this with more. The ratio now is $20 of state money to $10 of district cash. bill need not raise taxes, tho it would give the poorer districts more cash to on their schools. school districts have low-assessed valuations, Some of these districts are rich ‘the real wealth—children. In these poor districts the school levies are extremely ‘and they must be so to conduct any kind of sclwols at all. : school districts are very rich, but have few children to educate, In these dis- the school tax levies are low. 30-10 initiative bill will reduce taxes in the poorer districts and raise them Hy in the wealthy districts. It will do this by making all wealth in the state pay ; higher state tax. The load will be balanced more evenly on the strongest finan- Ml shoulders, The sum tofal of taxes need not be increased one penny, The same tal amount of cash can be raised. The method would be slightly changed. special interests are fighting the plan. giant timber interests do not want this bill passed. Under the present system, special interests get off easy. They do not carry their share of the burden of e schools of the state. Their districts have few children, but millions of dollars in I trees. The tax on the trees is low. The timber interests do not want to pay m toward schools for the children in the logged-off area, where scores of are trying to scrape a living from the soil. ‘we pass the 30-10 initiative measure to help the schools that most need help, tht make the special interests pay their rightful share of the expense. “If those ome ee would whistle, If those who sigh would laugh, The rose would outgrow the thistle, The wheat woual outrun the chaff.” —Robert Burns. ” ort Once they were “somewhere in France they are “nowhere in America.” About the scarcest thing on earth are ex-hen- pecked husbands. 5 now be con te ote Ford's New M th te the em, be Goold 5-Day Week give the men of leant as mush Te there o joker tm ited Ports > may hole cade leas Berle muneuncemrat (nt be ts pulling Yo, bo qumceees be wil te Ge Greday wow, euMthow a cuciums the cif amid” of A av, @ Ge yas ee DAY—which means that, for giv. He anys he's doing Bm Ge tm = ing presumably mere effichent terest of efficieney—that men can werk, Ford empleyes will have instance, 40 better work with twe helidays their pay cut from $36 te $30 0 Christian 89 Week. week. be Justi * Im other words, he tefieves that Which seems hardly tn keeping - permit a he can get mere and better work with Ferd’s reputation as the most leave his mency to out of s man in five days than advanced of { EMy or your CRAP Book THE WATCHERS BY LOIS WHITTLESEY in New York Herald From eastern windows one may see the morning star arte, And watch the glory of the dawn ewift food the waiting skies, While all the coming day will bring is still a glad surmise E i sf ; r I | ! yee Fl il y Fal ie le i 5 E i if i i t i E a 5 i a Brag i i HI For hope te born with morning, as surety as the sun Lifts up above the rosy hills after the night is done, Before the whirring wheels of day their music have begun. And youth crowds at the eastern gate, with joyous feet and free, Eager to take the morning road with its uncertainty, of all them years! Nor asks advice of graybearde—cages like you and me ‘The world gets faster. In half the magazine pictures the girls Bidn't even have time to dress. From weetern windows one looks out upon the elostng day, And sees the gold of sunset fade to pearl and silver gray, But evensong is on his lips, his heart knows no dismay. "The news that $50 bills are being Gounterfeited will not interest very ‘many. Behind him Nes ! shadows soft the path by which he came, And if upon its beetling cliffs he failed to carve his name Experience is as rich as hope, and peace more sweet than fame. And roodly stems the sheltering Inn to hte who traveled far; The fullness of the tide has drowned the calling of the bar, And fair the harbor lights gieam ont and over them a star APetter “From AIVRIDGE MANN. Browning, King & Co, Seattle, Washington. Gentlemen We always see our childhood days, as thru a magic golden haze; the little cares we used to know have been forgotten long ago, and recollection makes jt seem that life was like @ fairy dream For, then, our eager, youthful eyes had never learned to eritictne but on imagination’s wifig, we flew to heights in everything, and every kindly act of fate was always “dandy,” “fine,” or “great.” The creek was quite a river, then; the cops were bigh and mighty the grocer was at least a king—he had #o much of DR. J, R. BINYON were sworde and brass was gold, to youth- Free Examination BEsT $2.60 GLASSES - on Earth eyes that magnify, the stores at which we used te | buy; and now and then l'@ get @ treat to Philadelphia's Market Street--tor when I'd need a suit we'd go to visit Brownlag, |] King & Co. The store my youthful eyes would see, wag big as all out doors to me; and I would bet my very boots, it had a thousand Inlilion snite—the biggest batch in all the earth, perhaps a hun- dred dollars’ worth! And now that you are comtng here, you bring my childhood very near, and let my recollection see the magic of the Used-to- be; and so I'm glad you've come to stay—I even hope you make it pay! Girritge Ramn one of the few eptical! s in the Northwest that really ind lenses from start to finish, and are the only one in | SHATTLE—ON FIRST AVE. Examination tree, by graduate op-| ‘We ere ftometrist. Glasses not prescribed unless absolutely necessary. } -BINYON OPTICAL co. A146 WIMST AYER. | | | THE Mr. Lasker’s Views About Our Shipping BY AMATIEUR ECONOMIST Coltier’s Weekly for March 18 has an article by Albert D, Lam ker, chairman of the U. #8. ahip ping poard, entitied “We Can Use Our Ships.” In this article Mr. Lasker tela &» that during October 85 per cent of the trade between the Atlantic porta and England was carried in foreign ships, and that 72 per cent of the trade between Atlantic ports and continental Burope was carried in foreign bet toma. Mr. Lasker also tells os that we have 1,500 ocean-going ves eels of our own, most of which are tied up at the docks, Mr. Lasker then mentions the great markets that await our goods in foreign countries, The final con- clusion he reaches is that we should subsidize our merchant feet so our ships can wail the heven seas. 1 don't befiewe Mr. Lasker has reasoned logically, nor do I be Neve that he haa arrived the correct conclusion, We ar: shipping goods because the werld has net the money to pay for them; foreign countries heed « tremendous quantity ef our producta, and are seeking to find = way to pay for them; when they underbid our ships on the Ocean, the freight receipts give them the meney te pay fer our wheat, If they were not carry. ing this freight on the ocean for us, they would not be buying much ef eur farm products as they are Let's wubsidine the best ef our ships, so that we will have navy transports In time of war, Let's operate (hese snips on the lines that will pay the greatest re turn; let's let other countries Worry about some trade routes. As soon as the wortd has money to buy, we will be able to sell our goods, and not before, and they will net have the money te buy until we buy a lot of goods from them, Our foreign commerce wif come back when we buy « lot of foreien goods, billions of dollars’ worth more than we sell te for- ¢ign countries, LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY Today's word is CONTROVERSY. It's pronounced kon tro-ver-ot, with accent on the ftret eyflabie It means—a dispute, disagreement, argument, debate, altercation, wren gle, strife, quarrel. LETTERS EDITOR Baditer The star To Maclean Williams: You ert |butlding myself The question had to/ tight; there is no man about me (ex cept my husband) and I don't think lam any of those other things you speak of, but consider myeelf just « plain, lawabiding, thinking, Amert oan housewife and mother, whe has to suffer from (he unemployment situation. You are mistaken If you think I am slurring Canadians, for some of my bem friends, both here and in Wertern Canada, are Canadians and English, Bat why have laws which wtate that public work should be done by American citizens, and then not enforce them? Why have any laws? You, I know these waltressen per. ronaily, They were employed in an American owned restaurant, where I was employed ag bookkeeper before my marriage, They were fine wom on and were earning their education; one of them har completed ber law jure at the University of Wash ington, the other is married. I made an application at the parliament be anewered by Eritish eubjecta or thore willing to become so. We also ansinted a friend whe went fly to work for a mutual friend, ana was deported, Not having fands (he had paid rent in advance and doctor bilim, he was was obliged to leave bin wife, in delicate health, there until he could earn or borrow enough to provide for her transportation an? have « home here. 1 would not have written if T had not known my statements were on £004 authority, You do not anewer lany that you make, just rant about slur, cowards and ivory, It seems the shoe fits, Several evenings ago I noticed another letter, from a me chante whe was deported, even tho he signified his assent to become = British subject, Bot I euppone we are both wrong and you are right M. J. 8. $301 Wabash Ave Mr. Swetman and Emma Goldman Radltor The Star: After lintening to RB. W. Mwetsnan, paid manager of the “3010" can paign, at two of his meetings, held at the expense of the taxpayer, and reading his arguments im the pubic preas, I have come to the conclusion that he is a greater menace to etvill mation than was Emma Goldman in her palmy days. Mmma Geldman ap peaied to the selfish and grow ten dencies in human nature, proposing te benefit the whole world. Mr. Swet- man appeais to Lhe lender sentiments and parental love, carefully selecting much parts of the "36-10" bill as ap prals to the sentiments and answers the bill. After fanning the ehilidlove of the parents into the controlling emotian, he calmly and deliberately informs them that “30° t* no larger than “30”; that an additions) $10 for every child of reboot age in the state will not increase taxation, and that the rich districts under his plan will have to pay for the poor districts, Mr. Swetman reluctanly s@mits that the methead of distribation of the wus,” turned against, disputing. Companion words — controvert, oentroverrial. Its used fhe thie-“The com ing congrenmtonal elections will cause many « lively potitieal controversy.” state school funds te largely respon sible for the present conditions, and insists that the 60-60 plan of distribu. tion, & part of the “30-10” bill, would eure the present iti, Mr. Swetman. will you kindly explain to the taxpay rn why the enactment of the 60.60 plan of distrfvution should cost the taxpayers of the state over $5,750,000 @ year to enforces? Mr. fwetman uses iMustrations that have no relation to the case, Mr. Swetman, do you not know that the payment of taxes is mandatory on ali property owners, while aatomobiie purchases and expenses #re entirely optional with indtyiduais? Does not Mr. Swetman know that since 1920, when the school expend! tures Were $14,000,000, under the “Ie 10° plan, expenditures have ad vanced to $24,000,000, under the “26 10" plan now in operation? About $3,760,000 additional from the state and nearly as much from local taxes? History repeats itself, the burden? ‘There is no emergency existing, and ne disnater pending as an excuse for hasty legislation on the eubject It bodes (i for a republican form of government if the voters cannot elect dependable legislators to Olympia. Voters, lovesticate this matter for yoursolven, or, at least, pause before you take as gospel truth the careful to Vancouver with bis wife and tum) WH! not the) "90-10" plan add another $4,000,000 to | ESDAY, MARCH 24, lyzz. C19U ASMHUTCHNGOM | | (Starts on Page 1) had his arm linked in hers, When they came to the fourth #itting room Mabel announced gaily, “And this in |your dent’ Mark gave = mock groan. “Oh, lord, not dent “Yea, of course, den. Why over nowr “I abeotutely can't stick den.” He rlanced shout. “Who on earth's left those fearful off slippers there?’ “They're « pair of father’s. 1 took | You haven't got any slippers lke} He gazed upen the heels downtrod- Gen ty her heavy father, He did not much ike her heavy father, “No, thought |1 haven't.” he mid, and grimly, “Thank Godt | “But, Mark, what do you mean you can’t stick ‘den’? | He explained laugtongty. ie ended, “It's just Ike lownge hall Lounge ball makes me feel pertectly sick. You're not going to call the hall a lounge hall, are you?” She was quite serious and the least litte bit put out. “No—I"m not. But I can't see why. I've never heard such funny ideas” He was vaguely, transiently sur. primed at her attitude towards his funny ideas, “Well, come on, let's see upstairs.” “Yes, let's, Gear.” He stepped out, end she cloent the door after tem. “Well, that's your den.” As if be had never epoken! A vague and transient discomfort shot thra him. vn Tt was when they came éown again, completely happy and pleaned. that the servant incklent occurred Mabel was down the stairs slightly before him and turned « smiling face up to him as he descended. “By Jove, it's jolly.” he said. “We'll be happy here,” and he kinsed her. | “You'd better wee the kiteben. It's lawfully nice?’ and they went along. At the kitchen door she paused jand began in a mysterious whisper | long account of the servants. “T | thing they'll turn ont quite |men in the village, Maney, the cook |told me that at Mrs, Wellington's where she wan, at Chovensbury, she waan't allowed to use soda for waah- jing up because Mra. Wellington fussed so {rightfully about tm pat- tern on her china! Fane$, .« their family they've got eleven brothers and sisters. Ien't it awful how thee | kind of people—* Her voice got lower and lower. ¢ seemed to Mark to he quivering fw jsome sort Of repressed excitement, |as tho the two maids were some rare exhibit which she had captured with a net and placed in the kiteh. eA, and whom it was rather thrilling to open the door upon and peep at He could hardly hear her voice and had to bend his head. It was dim | im the lobby outaide the kitchen door, The dimnens, her intense whispers and her excitement made him teel that he was in some mysterious con. |*piracy with her, The whole atmos phere of the house and of this tour of inspection, which had been de lctously absorbing, became mys |teriously conspiratorial, unpicasing, + + « « She's been to « school of cookery at Tidborough. She attend- @d the whole course!” “Good, That's the etuffr “Huse Why bush? What « funoy tus ness this wast was very tall, the other rather short. The tall one looked extraordinarily severe and the short one extraordi- narily glum, Mark thought, to have and her husband to ber rare speci- mens. And in the tone of one ex- bibtting pinned, dried, and complet ly prepared story of paid propagan|cirla They're sisters, you know, |name is Jinks” Ginta, Very truly yours, A. T. AXPAYER. and they're clad to be in «@ place together. They've beth got young Mark, examining the exhfbfta, had (Turn te Page 11, Column 1) THE TIRE COMPETITION OF TOMORROW has been more advance in the art of tire making in the past five years than in al- most any other one thing. That so many of these advances originated withthe makers of U.S. Tires is per- haps aside from the point. The concern of the car- owner himself is how he is going to benefit. If tire manufacturers make no attempt to outrival each other in quality, where does the tire user get his consideration? 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