The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 7, 1922, Page 6

the, ue bat to it now.” i ; I i F 5 i i i F £ rl i vil if iz i “3 : ts {2 4] SF HT g z a | it he H if from 1901 to 1920 $499,454,- ; during 1921 this company after pa a@ dividend, $14,017,784.89. In other it decreased {ts reserve 14 million doilary. Just no- that {t «till has nearly half b left in its surplus. Still Must recognize that U. &. Jost money last year for the time, and that if this was gontinus it would be a very matter for the country at last reports are that steel ng up this epring. Steet fon is about 65 per cent |. practically all ite busi- is being done on the home | Our steel is not able to in the world markets and probably won't be able er. are quoting steel ‘way be what we can produce it for; fact, they would ship it into and undersell the home if they were producing excess over their present mar- ‘We aro told that slow delivery what is slowing up the ex- on of Germany’s steel busi We may feel their compe- tion a lot more in a few years ‘than we do now, for, with the “Present demand for their prod- Meta, their capacity for produc- will increase very fast. | The question that is bothering Ws all is whether we can build eater we can prosper without large export busin: If we can, we don't have to worry our foreign economic re- If we can't build this ‘Stable prosperity on our home alone we will have to wome close study to our tar. and foreign credits and im- What do you think about it? By wen, ont of tm the stale of for « montha, or The Seattle Star montha, $3.75) q jashinaion. Opiside of the state, Ay, Se Roe meet: 0 montna, 11.9; #0 per year. ly carrier, city, AN of which sounds very plausible, but— If the case isn’t brought to trial some folks are going to be mean enough to say: “Maybe it was Bill Whitney who was misinformed when he denied that Savage had One way to teach the small boy arithmetic is let him figure how many hours until school is out. * A slap on the back is worth two on the face. ee per month, 00 a month ’t got all my evidence yet,” he said. “Halfta wait 'n’ see. Too busy to a How About This “Protection” Federal prohibition agents swooped down on the Butler hotel the other night and ok its manager, John Savage, into custody on liquor charges. Bill Whitney, assistant prohibition director, was all excited over the affair, He said we had been spreading the report that he had “protection,” and he said that he ‘ ras going to show that Savage was misinformed. He promised the strongest prosecu- jon that his office could build up. however, didn’t seem much worried. can’t get me,” he announced a few hours later, when he managed to raise the next day Charlie Allen, assistant United States district attorney, came with a statement to the effect that he wasn’ so sure that he had a “case” against THE SEATTLE STAR OEMs or your CRAP BOOK APRIL’S MUSIC BY HELEN EMMA MARING In apring-voloed gusta, the south winds play Upon the pipes of Pan. They waft the winter's chill away. With hidden wings, they fan The trees and fieide and sparkling sea, The south winds sough and sing; And join the meadowlark in glee With music of the Spring. The clouds are piles of drifted now | | [handed to Mise Myra P. Snow, reo MARK SABRE ts introduced to the reader by— HAPGOOD, « garruloun London solicitor, who went to school with him and who has just renewed his soquaintance with him. At this time—1912—! 66 the school Sabre is 34 and ts living with hie wife— MABEL SABRE, in Penny Green, an Engtish village seven miles from] wine the wtatements made at the Tidborough, where Sabre is in business—“seven miles by road and about) oo .6: hoard meeting, when we were seven centuries in manners and customs,” but now being “improved” by « Pushing development company. Hapgood suspects Mark and Mabel are not sulted to each other after visiting the: mm in their home. He explains Sabre, even in his childhood, was remarkably tolerant—always able to see the other fellow’s point; whereas his pretty wife is = typical and violently opinionated gorsp. ‘ Their temperamental difference was pod yt ggg cor y= By vit | care tor a new contract yea calling Mark's room his “des,” @ word which the latter particularly detests,| (teresting to note An asnociation | while Mark aroused Mabe! because he immediately nicknamed thetr serv. ants, the Jinks sisters, “High” and “Low Jinks” went to their home, immediately aft blamed for their ‘This difference Bo voice in the conduct of the firm. lishing department, has been promised an eventual partnership. TWYNING is in @ similar position, having charge of the workshops with-| had nothing to say about the ap Mark is particularly interested in @ new text-book | potntment of Mr, Cole.” out being « partner. which he is preparing—"Kngiand,” revolutionary lina REV. SEBASTIAN FORTUNE, and since that time the Sabres have had | this Mark, who is In charge of the pub- @ history written along « Mabe} utterly fails to me it as anything but a “lemon book.” and Mark the principals of the schools, and| stops mentioning it to her. Starving for sympathy at home, he turns t#/ his statement to them was that he | other friends for friendship. His friends are MR. FARGUS, @ peculiar old fellow, much hen-pecked by his spinster daughters, and THE PERCHES, consisting of young Perch, whom Mark calls “Young Rod, Pole or Perch,” and his mother, a strong-minded woman much wrapped up tn her son. ‘While cycling to Tidborough Mark and debonair hastand, be was supposed to get. After a Mabel. to call. of being glad for a day with him, ts finds, ts dus to jealousy because of 1! Mark and Bagshaw. Now go on with the story. vir She eat briskly forward In the big armchair in which she faced him, making of the motion a movement as tho throwing aside a turn the con versation had taken. “Well, go on, Marko. Go on talking. I'm not go ing to let you etop talking yet I love that about how people get suc- cons nowadays. It's jolly true. I never thought of it before, Yes, you're still a terribly thinky person, Marko. Go on, Think some more. Out loud.” Caressing—drawing him on—just as of old. He said thoughtfully, “I tel you Nona. You being here like this puts it in my mind. Conventions.” She smiled teasingly, “Ah, poor Marko. I knew you'd simply hate it, seem terribly unconventional, im- Proper, to you, shut up with me in your office?’ He shook his head, “Tt seems very nies, That's all it seems, But it does bring into my mind that you're the sort of person that doesn't think tuppence about what's usually done or what's not ustially done; and that reminded me of things I've thought Are My Ears The Funniest On Straight? Ever ® thing I often think a lot about, | Game You encounters NONA TYBAR, bis childhood sweetheart, who ts riding with her dashing LORD TYBAR. Altho the couple present a carefree exterior, Mark senses something of a mental conflict between them, and, while he does pot con- sciously realize it, some of his old ardor for Nona reappears i After his talk with Nona, Mark proceeds on to the office and ie much perturbed to learn that Twyning has been promised the partnership that| dimereeable scene with Fortune he! decides to take « holiday and starts back home to spend the day with As Mark reaches home the postman hands him a letter from Nona, evi- dently written before he met her, announcing her return and asking him) Entering bis home he is disappointed to find that Mabel, instead rather annoyed. Her annoyance, he| he note. BOOM BAGSHAW, o@ diatant, offenstvely pushing sort of person, who Is the rector of the Penny Green chureh, and whom Mark particularly dis- Ukes, comes to luncheon. As usual, an incipient quarrel bursts out between ‘The day ends in a sickening quarrel with Mabel, apparently over Hagehaw and Mark's inability to like her friends—but actually because of vulgar suspicions on her part about his relations with Nona. A few days later Nona calls on Mark at his office and, by her ready sym- pathy for his work, rekindles the spark of love for her in his bosom Me naturally contrasts het quick understanding with his wife's absolute refusal to interest herself in anything he does. he is extremely unhappy with Tybar—that ahe is just “foteam.” During the visit she intimates that about conventions. Look here, No | na, this really ts rather interest | ne—" “Yon,” che maid, “Yea.” Just #0 he used to bring ideas to her; just so, with “Yee—yes,” she used to receive them, But he went on. “Why, conven- tion, you know, it's the most mys terious, extraordinary thing. It's a code society has built up to protect itself and to govern itself, and when you go into it it's the most mar. velous code that ever was invented. All sorts of things that the law doesn't give, and couldn't give, our conventions shove in on us in the most amazing way. And all prob- ably originated by a lot of Mother Grundy-ish old women, that’s what's #0 extraordinary. You know, ff all the greatest legal minds of all the ages had laid themacives out to make & social code they could never have got anywhere near the rules the peo- ple have built up for themadives. | And that's what I ke, Nona—that's what I think #o interesting and the firet | NOW adjudicating the salary of teach | Mark thought it over,| 1 place before the public such however, the might after, and characteristically decided his wife couldn't be| coercion of the present board, by apparently trivial, but irksome, differences, of viewpoint, however, builds up something like a bond| statement for retrenchment. of sympathy between Mark and “High” and “Low.” They don't understand) Dr. Sharples shows his unfitness any more than does his wife-—but they like his whimsical ways form innocent little “plots” to further what Mabel calls his “doings” terest in the firm of Fortune, Mast and Sabre, historic deal-| Net until he shall have given in- school supplies His grandfather had been tricked imto/ timate study to the school finances and}to hold the position be applies for Againet the farthest sky. ‘The flowers feel the force below, And hear the robins vie With deep-voiced frogs in mystic tune. Men seek the country lanes . While the breenes Editor The Star: | Dilahed, part to ask you to publish in your esteemed paper a request for a plano for the girls at the King county jail? We spend many long and tedio hours here. Some of us are acoom onlty te us. Editor The Star: Quoting your evening contempo- rary, mt the close of an address before an assembly of grade teach ore, held in the (Broadway) high ehool auditorium, Dr. Sharples held un ore and Their retary of the Beattie Grade Teach ers’ Association, the following letter “I am handing you this state ment of my porition aa to the sal aries of teachers in school district No. 1 of King county “1 am opposed to any reduction ore salaries’ ” ‘The above in most interesting fot other board, month, would Place t & | rewutar ing the placement of Mr. Cole 6* | g¢0 per polities out of the schools | With the present echool board it tot of teachers using a school bullding candidate nominated upon his © by going on record tn such manner. can he know enough to pass upon| [iJ At the school board meeting we) were informed that “Mr. Cooper has Note these facts On Wednesday Mr. Cooper called would have more power out of the offices than in it. ‘This sort of thing creates an un | (J fair prejudice against Mr. Cole, and starts him ¢ut seriously hand capped. Upon his requget these principals (not all, for there were many too) manly to do this) went to their re. spective schools and urged the PT. A. officers to go on record for Mr Cole's immediate appointment, and for retention of the present rate of Pay for teachers. Officers who re funed to do this were tenored, and| J their position officers in their locala Were infringed upon by the f Principals taking upon themacives to call others, who signed as “indi. viduals,” notwithetanding that the P-T. A. name was retained Navy Yard) 4 Editor The Star: Knowing your fairness in present ing all sides of all questions, permit| me to state a few facts concerning the navy yard in this community During the periods of occasional] {f layoffs here, which have been very regular during the past year, feoms as the whole question of clency and good workmanship quall- tles revolve around to which church or fraternal organization the individ-| (J ual being considered for the “skids” belongs, This governmentowned inetitu.| [J tion, supposed to be immune from these hideous features fairly reeks with the stench arising therefrom i Good, honest, tried men in various departments have either been derated Or discharged, and theit places filled 1 with incompetents who quality by 7 either being bosses’ pets or good members in some lodge or church to| Uf which the man directly responsible y for these outrages belong. fr ine cues aves! & Thursday and Friday APRIL and corporations I have never come in contact with a more corrupt sys tem of eingling out men for dis- charge. And I think my statements will be verified by hundreds of the victims of this policy existing here. ) In closing I would like to hear from others similarly dealt with in this —— best thing in life: the things the peo ple do for themselves without any] | (Turn to Page 15, Column 1) community, Let's throw the light on } these “petty czarn” in charge here; vy it might help others, while our cases N are hopeless. . C¥ A. VICTIM. superintendent was mainly to keeP ing war time; whilet the city bal croon many-voleed refraing, LEITERS 2 ENTOR Girls in Jail Ask for Piano and & piano would be highly Would it be premumptuons on our | appreciated, Knowing your kindness and gener. pward all clames, we thought perhaps you may in some way help Bincer INMATE OF KING CO. JAIL. Politics in the Seattle Schools On Friday the schools were given & half holiday meeting, which oddly enough only under pretense of a ti] 35, in time for the teach Principals to be at the board meeting. hissing, cateati«, han read the Cooper resolu tions in their favor, seemed to have the effect of intimidating the school inasmuch aa the $12.50 per whieh Mr, Cooper had stated be acted upon, did not take interesting to note that the | rade teachers, in addition to thelr automatic inerease each informed that the reason for hUfTY:| year, continue therefore to hold the month bonuses granted dur Pennsylvania Hills} Steel Industries” A Motion Picture of Intense Human Interest—The Greatest Industrial Picture Ever Exhibited—Over 6,000 People in the Cast | } | raucous | lauebter at anyone who arose to do! 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I know being « conceited bird ue of saying pleasant things Let's go!"—the law prohibits a few unsorted ways of handing out @ batch of praise surn it up in just = word, and save & lot of verbal fuss by saying, “You're so much lke ust" an tay been almost. 8 year new But 1 must add, it brings us cheer to know that you are living epting reduction of $10 of his near, 0 we can purchase, steal or mooch your unadulterated $20 raize / MRS. EDGAR BLAIR, 6221 Wilson Ave. She Favors Cutting Pay of Teachers’ hootch; but most of all, it's mighty fine to view our common boundary tne. In all its miles {t cannot boast of martial fort or army pont: it hasn't guns and doesn’t care, because a common trust is there; thru all the stree@ that life contains, a wall of confidence remains. So let us keep « steady aim to teach the and by our actions blaze the way that leads us to the coming day when every naton's sole defense is faith, respect and common sense. orld to do the same; Bditor The Atar: Te wan with great astonishment that I read in The Star of April 3rd| your editorial to “Leave T te Baiarien Alone.” Who are you to be telling the tax payers of Seattle what they can or cannot talk about? The taxpayers of Seattle want teachers’ salaries reduced and th intend to reduce them, because the @reat increase in salaries has not increased efficiency as the showing of tho University of Washington makes very plain, If the newspapers of Seattle e too cowardly and #0 much afraid of the teaching foree of tho city that they won't give the taxpayers & square deal, the sooner we know it the better, But why the question of teachers’ salaries cannot be discunsed the same as the Seent curfare, #0 clear to the taxpayers as it seems to be to the newspapers. ‘The Star had been most helpful im the tax reduction work that has been offerted up to date, but if it intends t© put & stop on free din cussion of teac! wlaries at the very time when it ts of importance papers have been bought off tn the interests of the Scent carfare must be something more than @ rumor, and I ask why a letter I sent in last week will not be printed? You are breaking faith with the public when you ignore letters, They not held responsible for them, and the public has as much right to discuss teachers’ salaries as any other public matter, Yours for @ free press. MRS, ANNE B. STEWART. ‘The Star has no intention of try- ing to shut off discussion on any is not| pertinent subject; fer from it. Our columns have been yand are open alike to orities and defenders of the school system. Mre, Stewart's jet- ter that was not published went into the waste basket simply because it was too long and too tiresome to warrant publication, and because much of the ground she had covered in order to effect a real reduction in taxes, then the rumor that the in former eplsties that were printed. —Editor. Bastin sn Shoes last ionger, repaired at Lib- erty, 1622 First ave.—Advertisement. are not laid to your account, youare DR. J. BR. 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