The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 15, 1922, Page 6

=:-| The Seatt and United By mall, owt of " ef Washington or 88.00 per year Ontetde My en y-financed amalgamation of city-county in this race. ® ot oe affairs in a fearless, intelligent manner. interest money and city-county political rings. birthday of agin =ida and may catch some pickled herrings. has been for ———_—_—— Sweeping the floor or spanking the baby is a a religions fee = fine golf substitute. rallying day, wandering : " weturn to the fold to hear Business: Big What Has thet give many ond Little Big business is getting bigger, spirit ttle business smaller, That, in a spring nutshell, is what the U. 8. burean life, hope and ot the census has found by a» after the long death of tudy of manufacturing establish- F In this sense, the Easter ents in the United States. fe observed even in heath Every five years the census The budding lily compiles facts covering manufac. turing. The 1919 cenens figures from one to five workers em- ployed, DECREASED 1.8 per cent. And tn every class of establish- ment the increase in numbers of wage earners employed an be tween 1914 and 1919 was smallest in the establishments employing few workers and greatest in ee tabiishments employing large num- bers of workers. More than half of all the wage earners engaged im factory pro duction in 1919 worked in estab lishments employing more than 250 wage earners each. ‘These figures bear out similar increases recorded at each census period. The concentration of in- dustry in the hands of big busi- ness continues steadily and little business just as steadily lows ground. 9 of this house on both the aisle. — Representative (D.), Ala. plana to increase the pay whe make good—i/ for Us to and Make Up Vashon Island News- Some men think they know #0 much they ought to look thru the encyclopedia for mistakes St. Paul man testifies his wife spends $4,500 yearly on cosmetics She will get painter's colic. thought would be to set a have an exhibition of roses, ® dinner of some kind in strawberries would major. it known in Tacoma and Se | and have them come. Plan ® motor trip over the two have some sort of an in- program with all political cut out, show the guests Breenhouses, our poultry our fruits of all descrip- and each home owner can ‘8 committee of one to put his In order, and especially his We are certain it could Made a most enjoyable day, but little expense, and would an effort like bread cast upon water, that would return to @ hundred fold. | necessible spot could be | like the island park, and | show the Tacoma and folks that, lying midway these two cities, we We the logical grounds on 4 ) they could kiss and make up. Shall we do it? Let's hear from the rose club if they'll ap ‘Now, in one sense of the worl, 1 be classified asa “wet.” [am favor of water transportation tative Chalmers (R.), Oho A Wo league bell player makes More money than a burglar and Rearly as much as a bootlegger. “Newer thas your wife before a le Star Ht, Fhe por month: FE montha #46) ¢ monthe, Fn TF the state, 100 per the defeat of Walter F. Meier, the candidate who is backed by the highly-organized, ’ politicians This, we are convinced, can best be accomplished by the election of Dan Landon, Charles H. Miller and H. S. Turner, whatever may be their personal qualifications, ¢ not rallied around themselves a following which would seem to make them real fac- Dr. Edwin J. Brown, perennial candidate for all sorts of offices, is making an intel- ent and interesting campaign, but is not meeting with the enthusiastic support of “and radical forces that he has been accustomed to enjoy and which he must im very large measure if he would expect to be successful. he remaining two candidates, in the opinion of The Star, represent the best alterna- for the voters who for any reason might not care to support Landon. Ira D. is a business man of good standing, forward-looking, ly acceptable to what is often called in city politics “the church crowd.” for two years Lundy made a satisfactory record. Cunningham is being enthusiastically supported by some of the veterans’ or- He, too, is a successful business man and apparently equipped to handle He is of a more conservative turn d, politically, than either Lunddy or Landon and betrays less sympathy with the int of the average struggling citizen of small means, Landy or Cunningham would be greatly preferable to Meier, backed as he is Being fair to the auto drivers, the kids should put up “detour” signs around their marble games. They are fishing for booze off the coast of Flor- moth and special interest conscientious, He is Asa Happened to India? Indian «has 819,075,132 inhabi- tants, according to the census registration in Mareh. | This gives ber sbout | | land foaming at the mouth, joame to our sawtetance, Within THE SEATTL LETTERS I LDITOR STAR Candidates and the K. K. K. Editor The Star While the different candidates are Dusy declaring themaeives ax to their stand on the different questions that have m cunningly brought b the spotlight, the paramount tion that the colored people of Beat tle would ike te have answered ta. Who, among the aspirants, are Mmombers of the Ku Klux Klan?” and to thore who do not profess member wr attitude The questions propounded are of Editor The star; Tam pleased to acknowledge with appreciation the splendid coopers tion of The Star in the publicity cam: nm in connection with the recent pa production of the oratorio “Elijah,” without which, I am sure, it would Editor The Star: Bee that in Monday's Star R. J. Wilson of the Public Ownership league has made an appeal to the citizens of Seattle for more propa- ganda money aimed to ruip the va cant property owners of this city Me sys over his own signature, “Don't forget that the speculater in vacant lands only pays one ama! “land tax,’ ridiculourly low as com pared to what you pay.” Wit call hin direct attention to thi fact that the vacant lot owner pa: im addition to the “wmall land ta: for water mains, grading, sidewalks, paving, ete, as well as the «mall home owner does. And in thousands Ed@or The Star: I wish to mtate « word of apprecta. tion for the work of the city dog pound and at the same time present a reason why It should not be turned ver to the Humane society ‘The instance which I am about to cite is only one of the many that happen during the month, but which people neglect to mention and the men at the dog pound never get the credit which te due them, Instead many people are prejudiced against them, and the general public Is tn clined to believe the dog catcher ts an enemy to all dogs, Last Baturdky my dog, bying be hind the stove, suddenly went mad. charted my sisters and me @iru the house. After much work we finally Hered him in « spare bed room and locked him there, and because I dtd not know what else to do I called the dog pound. In epite of the tact that it was after quitting time and the man had started for home, hy cor minutes after our phone call he ar Editor The Star: One reason why we cannot leave the school salaries alone will be found tn the following article from J know the thoughts that I think | toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts ef peace, and not of evil, the expected end. Jeremiah wate :11. | eee | A political wletory, @ rise in rents, the recovery of your sick, or the return of your absent friend, or some other favorable event, raters your spirit. Do not believe it Nothing cam bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of princi pits Ralph Waldo Emerson My district comprises tess than f Per cent of aliens. I am informed by the district attorney that dur- ing his term of office—that ts, since the beginning of the year 1921—70 per cent of convictions for the vio~ lations of the nageotie and laquor laws have been of aliens.—Repre- sentative Vaile (R.), Cote. We hear a lot about petticoat rule; but they arem to be an ex- ception instead of @ rule. Thirty-seven people were mur- dered im New York last month, but things are atill crowded. It is hard to tell whether fishing makes loafers or loafers make fish- ermen. Believing, ye rejoice with foy un- apeakable and full of glory. Peter 4:8. OEMS or your CRAP BooK RESURRECTION BY LEO H. LASSEN And where He walked again the lilies grew That glorious day In apring When He was risen, and a faithful few Sang Hosanna to the King, Sometimes I doubt my faith tn that dark bou: When all things stem in vain; But in the spring, with His pure ily flower, My faith comes back again Crowd,” says Boctal Hints. Bhould | the crowd be kissed first? al wry = ITALY | the “School Board Journal™ (p. 94) July, 1921. Published tn Milwaukee, Wisconsin “Beattie, Wash-—Reduction tn the teaching and supervisory staff of the schools and the elimination of cer tain courses, notably one period beneh work and cookery in the eis Mental schools, and of gardening; all to accomplish @ reduction of $250,000 in the school levy, have been veted by the school boar “A minority report for a commit jtee of the whole, presented by & Bhorrock, president of the board, charged that the economies indicated are not sufficient, and that the ma-| jority by recommending them, had ignored the conference of county, city and port officials for the reduc ‘ten of munidipal expenditures. Shor. rock's report stated that as munic pal expenditures, no pronounced re. duction in taxation could be made without a SUBSTANTIAL CUT IN THE PAYROLL. The action of the |majority holdy teachers’ salaries for | Editor The Star Some time ago an article appeared im the columns of The Star telling jof the mysterious workings of the |nocturnal booxe runners along the |“tair Swinomish.” Most of thin talk we hear about | slough i» constructed | merely upon wild rumors. Every time a strange |boat visite La Conner it te looked upon with suspicion and the men jaboard are supposed to be liquor | srnusglers | to rob the bank in the little town situated on the brink of the fair Swinomish. ‘Every stranger was looked upon with suspicion and whenever a strange free appears in our midst, immediat & report springs up that he rm be « “hoot logger,” “bank robber” or “stool pigeon While it may boat laden with be ponsible that a contraband goods jones thru the fair Swinomiah oo | A Good Word for Dog the rum runners along Swinomish | Awhile back an attempt was made) vital interest te the Jew and the Catholic, as well as the negro, and the rank and file of those races and people have not forgotten that the recent ox on of the klan's inner mont wecreta, revealed the fact that we have been catalogued by ther as lal objects of their ereed of hate We are going strong for the “law abiding,” and not “aw-ridl rand date. Respectfully yours HOMPK J. AUSTIN. / Box 411, Station I Oratorio “Elijah” a Success have been tmponsible for us to have achieved ahything Uke the same de gree of success | Thanking you for your splendid and whole-hearted assistance, I am. | very truly yours, J. lL, GREENWELL Chairma: Compares Wilson to Trotsky jof cases In this city to the extent of |praction! weisure of the pi ented by the number wi abandoned their property, refusing jo pay further taxes. In cane of the passing of the so-called Erickson threecent fare law, thouna: ot others will be foreed out Mosare, Lenin, Troteky and com pany are carrying on just such a scheme to horrify the whole world, and I believe this Public Ownership league stuff, if persisted in, will noon have people leaving this city like |rate from a sinking «hip. Tt doesn't neem that they are even \trying te piny fair, but make their happeals to prejudice only | PB. MCLOBKEY, 604 Fifth ave. Pound rived, still In hie best clothes, tt was ident he was going sompwhere, and after much work and fo «mall danger on his part, suceeeded in wetting and killing the dog 1 was later informed that the dog had @ bad case of howling hydre phobia, and his bite would be as polsonous as a rattlesnake bite 1 understand that if the work of the city dog pound ta taken over by the Humane society there will be no dog catcher. Who, then, there be to call on in cases such am the above, Even in the middie of [the night these men are at our serv tee. Now these men have been tn that service long and have been faithful/ with a form iike a man's, head of empire we find today a number of Why should their | gold, arma and breast of aflver, thighs | separate kingdome or nations. How. to thelr work reward be to join the ranks of the unemployed? An long they continue to work ae faithfully as they do now, the work should remein in their hands ang not passed to that of the Hu Mahe society T thank you. j MAS. RM. CLOW, 205 W. Howe st. ” Teachers’ Salaries Again 1921.22 at the current etandarte” ‘The capitals are mine But as T remember the meeting on July 22. 1921, beth Mr, Bhorrock and Mr. Bantmeyer pledged themeelves to try to bring about @ reduction this year | | “But now we are told “TO LEAVE TEACHERS fALARIES ALONE The cut of $250,000 made no reduce thon tm taxes. How could ttf The school expenditures are $5.297,257.25 what percentage of that $260,000? Teachers’ salartes are $3,225,755.92 If people ean't work out percentages, surely they can work addition. The office salaries are. .$ 182,605.07 Janitors, engineer Parental school salaries... | § 666,407.95 | Which added to the | teachers salaries. $3,226,765.92 | Total 92,891,162.87 Which makes a diferent percentage agent, Trusting these figures are not too | “tiresome? | MRS. ANNE B. BTEWART, ' 720 Nob Hill Ave. | Swinomish Slough and Booze casionally, yet tt has not been fully Proven to be such, and we all are more or les# too hasty in our judg ment of matters. | The Swinomish slough, Ifke all | other sloughs, is but @ body of water no different than the rest, and is not to be. questioned for filegal actw which may here and there take place We cannot blame the pen for writing scurrilous matter. for the « will picture the purest scen ture, | According to police records mobile trucks are playing the big «est game in the handling of booze auto What little “goods” might come by way of Swinominh slough is compar atively amall when sized up to other means of transportation, In gum ming up the affair it can be truth fully said that Swinomish slough pales into insignificance when com [pared with the thousands of other {pinces where the handling of Ulicit | goods is concerned. 8.0. La Conner,*Wash, Can Germany Pay Her Debts? Editor The Star? It has been asked tn these columns, what is the chance of the U. 8. get ting paid for quartering her army tn Germany since the armittice. Speak ing generally, from the point of view we have at present, with the value of the mark at 300 for $1, and over, the chances look pretty slim. ‘That is, s00n. And yet If we go closer and mee the people at their work, we are com pelled to believe they are making money. The farmers are busy as can be, supplying home markets, and any overplus find® a ready sale in nelgh | and pay the workmen what they con. | boring countries, Machine shops and | sider good wages. Also she vould mills of all kinds are flouristing,|take her goods to all parts of the| laborers and mechantos are building | world, which she ts doing, or making homes, and going to movies,’ and | ready to do, and sell cheaper than we putting money if the banks. Bus! can and make enormous profits, and inens in good. Ship building is #pring- | bring back the gold. With this gold ing Up agnin, trade routes are being|xhe can begin paying her debts, It sought, and manufacturers are send: | is this gold the allies are in constant ing their wares thruout the world, #0 | watch for. If time were given her, it in waid, and we have every reason|and the privilege of reinvesting a to believe it is true Then why this| portion of the gold she takes dn, in apparent contradiction? If it is true that the people are promperous and getting ahead, how is it they eannot pay their debta? Lat un reason. In the first place, let us lay down as an axiom that the high standard of money values has | very little, if anything, to do with a high standard of living. And yet an other: Given two standards of money | values, the nation having the lower | has the advantage over the higher in the world’s markets, Pecullarly #0 is this true when Germany and the U. 8. are compared, Just at present we are at the peak of a gold stand jard, while Germany's standard many points below. This betng the casa, It Is obvious jshe can manufacture goods many | times cheaper than we can, by using, | exclusively, her own raw material, 20 years she could have a large part |of her debts paid. As itis now, she | Will never be able to pay, Even the small debt to the U. 8. cannot be paid in 50 years. The allies, apparently, would rather have It 40, They would rather see Germany sweat blood—of sum is} APetter from AIVRIDGE MANN Dear Fotka The clock of Time o ticking on, aa daytime follows night with sunny days udy days, with my days or Wright tho yesterday we stumbled down the dreary gaths of men, toi row Faster Bunday comes—to bring ue Hope again From bleak Golgothe’s anguish, with Ite aftermath of doubt, when the light of Faith grew dimmer, tll it nearly flickered out, there came the Waster greeting, when they beard the | It Is Resurrection morning-—we have rolled the stone away!” And 90, in years succeeding, comes the promine Kaster brings that paths of grief and sorrow lead to higher, better things } that night Is kent Just before the break of day, and God || is ever with uA till the stone is rolled away j Hut why confine the promixe to @ single day @ year, when | | every day's an Kaster, and our God is ever near? For the truth, if we could wee tt, & a constant ray of Heht, bringing daily reeur rection from the black flo jet us have the ¢ eroh dawning mornin le always living, tho our before us if we only look ahead! — terial and It is a cane of |apite his face,” and the U. 8, ap | parently, ax selfish ax any of them. I think I her some one say un, even tho they love. no gold.” | to keep it up five” yearn, [be bankrupt before that time. | here is my prophecy sive her a show, which i# the first condition, and most tmportant the greatest boom # America will be looking of. of the night urage to begin each day with the freshnens of the dew; for today yesterdays are dead, and Life is all new, and greet course, T can't blame them much | Fuente, Poland, Slavia, Rumania | than to let her get started to ex-| and others pand her resources of labor, raw ma, possibilities, which is why he feels Lioyd George noes these so much inclined to recognize the “out off bis nose to Russian government just as itis, He neon @ great field of raw material in Mussia at low cost He feels that “Let Germany must be allowed to work | her trade marks for gold. if she has out her own salvation in her own But bow can she when it way takes 300 marks to equal $17 There in the midst of « great opportunity. in not enough value in all Germany| if she is given « chance, and to hog: She would tie ‘her is to hog-tie the whole of But | Hurope. If the allies terest, so much aa the allies, that the He realizes that Germany is It 9 not to Germany's in- value of the mark be raised, for she in 10| could go for years without It, and do years Burope will be in the midet of most of the world’s trade. ever saw, and Genoa conference does ite duty, it Here | will make @ strong endeavor to raise If the are my reasons for thinking so; Ger the money value of Europe And if many needs raw materials, She can-| the U 5. dows ite duty, it will come pot buy from us, nor anywhere In off tte high horse and lower its Amert money to. standard money right ot her door tue Imminence of Christ’s Return Editor The Star: I wonder, in this day of vexatious problema, how many give thought to the real problem, one that concerna God of heaven set up a kingdom the entire human race, vin, the im | which shall never be wt) | minence of Christ's return to earth | That this kingdom is none other than to set up His kingdom on the ruins of earthly empires. In Daniel th we are told that Nebu chadnessar had @ dream wherein he | reign. dreamed that he saw « great image | of brass, lege of tron and feet of part tron and part clay Daniel interprets the image as rep premacy me down to the overthrow of Gen the rule and the setting up of Christ's | powers suit kingdom Hilatory Informs ue that the Image | on"——this is clearly the situation of has been fulfilled In the successive the powers at this time world emptres of Babylon, Medo-Per sia, Greeee and Rome That part only remains to be fulfilled which constitutes the feet and the toes, and Replies to Mrs. Blair Editor The Star: When Husband Bialr lost tis foot ing expay the propagandist works slowly; riculum; accumulates data which may sound detrimental and make good front page publicity when the opportuntty arrives to use it; studien statiation, then presents them to the public as « mass of figures all tending to prove that the line of de structive criticiem is correct beyond a doubt; thus clouding the Issue of personal antagonism. Does the public #tudy these tg ures and check up on them? Does the public know that when the one-time school architect used to go ambiing down the Graham st, hill to the carline around ® a m. that Friend Wife was not at all con cerned about taxea and whether or not he was giving the taxpayers value received for the snlary paid him? To all appearances she seemed quite satinfied with lfe and condi- tions in Beattie When Mrs. Blair wrote the letter published in The Star of April 6 ahe must have been rather excited, as she was woefully lacking in a num: ber of facta. 1 am not a teacher in the Seattle schools, If I were, professional cour- tesy would prevent my taking iesue with a school patron. There are no “smirches” against Mr. Blair, I @o not know why he jleft the employ of the school district, |t am not concerned about that, 1 Jam interested: in the change of attt |tude tn the writer of various articles lon salartes, room rent, school costa, jschool ratings, PT. A., grievances, amoke screens, etc., ete. I did not advise Mra. Blair to move to a 60-foot lot. I auggested a 50.foot lot More statistion. the date when | creaned. however. In case I did not quote Mr She does not give building costs in- Blair's | error was not intentional, This I do |know, it was not far from $400, | During the two years & was on the T did not recetve 12 |months' pay for 10 months’ work. |Mre. Blair knows very well that every substitute is patd by the day and only for days actually spent In the school room, And furthermore, |mubstitute Mat Rev. M. A. Matthews Will proach @ sermon Sunday morning entitled | THE RESURRECTION VOICE, VICTORY and VINDICATION ‘The public ts tnvited to the Knights Templar service at 3 K, Subject THE BANNER, THE BATTLE eed THE BIBLE Im the evening the eubject will be SHALL SHATTLE SURRENDER OR SUCCEED? FIRST PRESBYTERIAN j CHURCH | Seventh aad Spring salary correctly, T beg pardon. The | ! resenting the course of Gentile world |can be extended to embrace all the from Nebuchadneszar’s | world pow ! ing.and slipped from the payroll of During those two years we owned Schoo! District No. 1, then the Beat our home and paid taxes thereon. | tle schools began to deteriorate; Mr. When she says 1 am a Seattle teach. Cooper became a scheming politician, er evading « Seattle tax she is either and groaning taxpayers and suffer sadiy misinformed or ie directly mis | came into existenc®. representing facts. As to the soup, I Not suddenly, you understand, for gm giad it finally arrived, springs upon each change in the cur: | yy. 1 j because of her low standard money standard, by paying the sol- But she doesn't have diers’ bonus in government notes and She Nee @ large field of low let us have a boom before Purope’s we are reminded that in the “days of thone kings” (or kingdoms symbol- ined by the feet and toes) “shall the destroyed.” Christ's own kingdom ts evident— an everlasting kingdom, wherein per. petual and everlasting peace shall Upon the ruing ef the olf Roman ver, the feet and tees of the tmage are not necemarily limited in scope to the territory of ancient Rome. They * of the present day. How admirably the present world the prophecy. “Some will be strong and some partly brok- How far off Christ's return may be ‘we do not know, but I believe it will be during the life of the present world powers. M.J. B. that married women ere all on the substitute Hat. There te one point upon which irs. Biatr and I agree perfectly. “Interesting are the works of nature, expecially geome brains.” I am teach- ing in Seattle, husband earning a good salary, owning many acres, eto. Fine! Mrs. Blair; good newer! 1 didn’t know these Usings but ff you say so, I say “How fortunate I am.” Let us agree on one more point jand give three rousing cheers for i] | i Mr. Cooper, the man who heg but up this excetient school system. You know ax well as T his true worth You know there will never be an- ” first With the when Dexter SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1928. | ea) heckling; but such i# often the | case with « great and good Safety of principal is the investors or savers. tional, the depositor knows his money is under United States Government super- vision and is always ready Savings Department open Saturday evenings National Bank Second Ave. and Cherry St. SEATTLE LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY INVECTIVE tn Today's word Se It's pronounced veck-tiv, accent on the aecond syllable It means—a denunciation, an gore nation, opprobrium, reer. bh h words. It comes from—Latin “inveher to carry or bring against It's used like this—Much tnveo tive in exchanged in senate debates.” with censure other In his position who can take hin place and do what he has done for Beattle, Too bad that the last months of his career as & public worker should be marred by politl- man. ELIZABETH WHITE View of a U. of W. Student working his way thru school and who, like hundreds of others, depends upon Beattie firms for work, I wish to protest against the Erickson street lear measure as « plan full of danger to university students, Fifty per cent of the students at the university earn all the money re quired for their education. Thirty per cent more earn part of their ex- penees. We feel unemployment and hard times here as quickly as any- [ i $ i #3 Fata : i Fy ¥ 35 if if lh ee ite 35 ti sf { Cures ASTHMA and HAY FEVER Any reader who suffers from Asth- me Hay Fever can be quickly cured without risking thru the remarkable di Leavy H an, dale, just write Mr. Leavy: | will you @ dig bottle of hy ription on 10 days’ trial. If presc cures pay $1.25. Otherwise you o nothing.-—Advertisement. concern of shrewd a savings account at Dexter Horton .Na- he wants it. 6 to 8 o'clock Founded 1870 Horton