The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 24, 1922, Page 6

‘Neweraper Re. terpriee Asm. and Uoited Press Hervica ae ch of the noard the U niversity st district te cut off on Washington, so the feet ALE ft [ 2 3 z LE Rainy Re i : i i _ from the New York Mail.) The king of a government Polygamy is having more wives than you can support. ‘There are three kinds of races, to write with feathers which were called non de Caesar was one of the of March. Savages are people who don't know what wrong is until mis- ptenerics show them. A prehistoric animal ts a fun- oe kind of animal that is dead. A nomad is a person who never gets mad. Columbus knew the world was round because be made an egg _ stand up. Ghosts which you see are no such thing. _ The study of geography ts tm portant, because If it wasn’t for geography we wouldn't know where we lived. it le RE Letty ts a pretiiness in @ child, @ Uspraceful defect in men, and a monstrous folly in old age.—La Roche. Too small a navy might endanger the permanent wave tn our flag. at Be le . ee proposed ee as it would be seen from the The Seattle Star BY wall, owt of ofty, $6.06, tm the etm: 14.80 for # montha, or 19.00 per year My carrier, elty, A Step the City Should Take }¢ per month; 8 months, #1 Washinaton, Ouisde o ium, 4 months, #878) Pabitensd Dally by The tar me, al year, south side of the canal look- of the most important questions to be decided at the coming general election is e pr tion to issue $550,000 bonds for the erection of the Montlake-Stadium bridge. ‘It is a matter which affects every man, woman and child in the city, and there- one should not vote on it until making a thoro analysis of the situation. Such an analysis can have only one result— YOU WILL VOTE FOR THE BOND ISSUE. _ ‘The growth of the city has made the bridge an absolute necessity if adequate connec- is to be established between the north and south ends of the city, at present sev- by the Lake Washington canal. The 10th ave. bridge alone is entirely inadequate this purpose; and, in any event, that structure will have to be closed for repairs few years at most, as only temporary approaches were provided at the time it was university—which, with its $6,000,000 annual expenditure here, has often been to as Seattle’s greatest industry—is in dire need of space for expansion. The New novel, “The Beautiful and the Damned,” is creating comment. Another, women vs. men book, no doubt. i There may be some pretty smart men; buf none who is pretty and smart. “Prosperity is in its infancy,” says a banker. It acts like it. It would work no hardship on legitimate business. A corpora- tion LEGITIMATELY capitalized at $5,000,000 certainly could not Protest against a $500 fee; ILLE- GITIMATELY capitalized corpo- rations would protest—and, better still, go out of business entirely In many cases. Over-capitalization has long been the bane of the investment field. Fly-by-night companies are invar- lably over-capitalized; It’s so much easier, you know, for the glib pro- moter to sell $1,000 “worth” of stock for $100 than It is to sell for face value, even tho the $1,000 certificate is worth nothing while the $100 share may be « safe buy. A graduated filing fee could not he expected to do away entirely with fraudulent corporations, But it would certainty curtail their operation. And, last but not least, tt would “ felleve the people of a portion of their lieavy load of taxation. 1 hope that George Harvey docs mot hear that (the queen of Eng- land had resorted to having her dresses. made over and some of them dyed), for he wtit out the soclety of the queen if he knowe it. When George gets on his knew breeches he would not associate with a lady who had on a second. hand dress, | know.—Senator Cara- teay (D.), Ark. The word “demotion™ does not wmcon merely not deing promoted. It means taking @ man out of a Moher rank at a higher salary and reducing him to a lower rank with @ lower salary. That should never de done by the government, or even by private enterprise, wnlers there ts some reason for it.—Sena- tor Williams (D.), Misa, The only way a hen-pecked man can chew tobacco ts by pretending that he ts amoking a cigar. Perhaps the fight over a tartff on Peanuts ¢ peanut politica, Bomething might be done at Gen- 0a, by George. Dear Folks: bear a playful cuff, nor tackle Ds And tho the future yet may where all our lions and our lamb clams; yet for the present, eriminate! ALetter from ATVRIDGE MANN. We start another “week” today—"Ba Kind to Animals” they fay; and that's an easy thing to do, ake the kindness go to other anima ‘or I admit I must decline to pat a pretty porcupine; nor hav I even got the spunk to play with any friendly skunk, nor give a uniess they mean the earwiga, I know, aniel’s lion stuft, see fulfiliment of the prophecy ba will be as free from strife as let us state—be kind, but let's dis And first In all the catalog there comes our faithful friend, the dog; I'd gladly give a purple glim to one who can't be kind to him; for dogs can very often be almost as human-like as we. I've stood and looked In canine eyes, where dog-toman affection Hes, and seen a@ light that made me feel he strove to voice a mute appeal, as if he breathed a pray deity. ‘er to me, and counted man his Nor does it seem #0 very ofd that dogs should look to man as god; for we can think and do and wa they; we're quite the only god t them so! such bigger, better things than y know—I wonder why we bunk YESTERDAY'S ANSWER TOES ~ES + KITE - Th+Q # TOKIO Edltor The Star I wish to correct an error tn the letter of L. M. Clarke in wh {mays that Dominion Day and Bmp Day are synonymous terms and are oolebrated on May 24 Dominion Day, July 1, in atrtotly « Canadian lay and celebrates the confederation of the provinces of Canada. ‘There area great many Americans in Canada and Canadians In the United States who celebrate the First and Fourth of July, knowing’ Calls Erickson Editor The Biar ‘Today an clement in our city ts preparing @ cross preparatory to the crucifixion of Seattle, The croms tv | the Krickson street car dream and | its 80 per cent inctieane In city taxes. On this cross he will nall up “vacant lot owners and millionaires,” to use his pet phrase of class hatred, Then Nie gang ts going to nail up this sign ‘Seattle has a lese-than-cost fare and han voted for the principle of free fares, Our tax rate te the highest in America, Anye ing to do bual- ness tn this town or live here must pay more tax tribute than anywhere else in Amerioa, If you think tax) rates affect business, don't come | here. The 1923 tax rate in rival cities Editor The Star: In your tasue of the 18th, I nottas Philip Tindall’s answer to my letter in your paper of the sth, regarding | the Japanese, Mr, Tindall surely} failed to understand my letter, and) he also failed to answer my most tm | portant question (what to do with the| |Jap, and other classes of Americans | that are neither productive nor con: letructive) 1 kx me tf T want the Skagit valley colonized with Japan: ene, My anewer In NO, No more! than I want them to colonise any other part of our commonwealth. 1 agree with him on the imposstbility Of assimilating the Jap by intermar- riage. Mr, Tindall seems to deal always with effects and forgets the cause. Why are the Japs here, and who te) reaponsible for this menace? The Jap is no more to blame for being here than the negro. Both were brought here in the first place for the same Sunday Laws Are Attacked Editor The Star: Your front page editorial of the Tth calla to mind some of the serious dangers before the American ship of state, One of the greatest, evils of; our time is the growing demand fory religious legislation. This dem the part of religious organtsat: becoming more and more tn stent, | and In some cases the civil authort tien are yielding to It The founda tion pillars of civil and Feligtous | +{lberty are being thus samailed by thelr mont relentlens foes, Religtous organizations that are clamoring for governmental recognt tion of their peculiar dogmas, are} potting thelr sails to catch every) wind that blows, But they are work- ing In the dark, under cover thelr real motives: | camonufiaging They are adopting the U-boat method in attacking the ship of state. Civil Mberty and religious Mhert tand or fall together, No nation eas long maintain one without the other They are the two complements which | make the proposition complete While we are striving to make the world safe for political democracy, we must not formet to save the world from religious autocracy. A religious tyrany of the majority, confederated for the purpose of controfling polit!-| cat Institutions and opptessing the minority, ts not a whit better than a religious autocracy of a few which menaces the rights of the majority. Alliances of religion and politics are wrong In principle, and alw dangerous to the cause of clvil religioun liberty, The results of such a combination ean only be religious and clyil desfotiam. A union of re Hgion with the civil government in incompatible with the teachings of the New Testament. ‘The medieval om of uniting the church and the state In so-called Christian nations, ts not an outgrowth of true Christian principles, but is a practice borrowed whose prevail Ing réligions are alwaya fostered by or perhaps it would be better to any identified with the clvil governments The present tendency toward at tempting to make people righteous \and religious thru the establishment [of religious dogmas by elvil authort ties is a danger signal at which we jshould take alarm, } Sunday laws and untversal com |pulsory Sunday observance are an lentering wedge, opening the gates r 8 flood of religious legisiation to follow in its wake. It Is bigh ti jthat a strong volce of protest be raised against gcclosiastical encroach. | | ments upon our free institutions, ana | the conscience of the Individual. A complete divorcement of the church from the state is in harmony with Christ's teachings, and ts the only | sure basis of domestic peace, and re.| |lgious freedom. Let ua keep the! 4 jchuch and etate eternally separate, | | that truth, Justice and liberty may prevail, and that tranquility and| happiness may be promoted and more} firmly establiehed | WILEY B, RANDOLPH, | Omak, Wash. || DYED A SWEATER AND SKIRT WITH ‘| “DIAMOND DYES” ery tells how te or tint any worn, faded garment or drapery a new rich color that will not strenk, spot, fade, or run, Perfect home dyeing is guar. anteed with Diamond Dyes even if you have never dyed before. Just tell your druggist whether the ma terial you wish fo dye is wool or silk or whether it is linen, cotton mixed goods, For fifty-one y ars millions of women have been using | “Diamond Dyes" to add years of wear to their old, shabby watets, skirts, Greases, coats, sweaters, stock. ings, draperies, hangings, every. thing} Advertisement, THE SEATTL LETTERS 32 EDITOR | :.:.-£° Pose More About British Holidays Replies to Mr. Tindall | morning, clean up the garbage from | Ronttl STAR | jtween the voters and the Humane! | Boclety and not the poundmaster and the Humane society, and as @ major ity of the people are well a City Poundmaster’s Side per to the remarks of Paul Goer eply advocate fumane So clety, relative to jetter of Mra, Clow! with the workings of the Humane on behalf of the olty pound, appear: | Bociety in the past they will no doubt ing in your insue of the 18th inst. | vote on May 2nd for the pound to Mr. Goerner takes exception to the remain as it is at present that tn either case they are colebrat ing “the birth of a nation,” empire Day, May 24, is celebrated that the |wtatement of Mra. ¢ nt eateh dogw 4) Humane Society will of all concerned that the pound is the In the whole of the British empire, |!" case the Humane Bociety t# 6UC°| property of the olty of Beatle and It commemorates the birthday of Cesful, In having The pound turned) pun under the direction of city ordl-|tg » | Queen ora ‘oe to # nances and the polloe department poundmaater, nothing to and his four employed as| and the poundmaster ts are merely I, @ This b ‘ot away from the eub set at ‘st Patrick's Day, whieh 1/do with the letter written by Mow. whould say wae a world holiday,| Clow in defense of the pound, but T ho not legally proctaimed as such, (fully concur with her statement for and the matter of celebrating It Is| the following reasons At present and in the past annint publle of all animals, which has been done | - the left to ‘ns own tna! to the satisfaction of a majority of A CANADIAN FOR THREE | Humane Society hag refused to pick | tne people GENERATIONS wp sick or hurt animals about the) yo ued in reply to A. C. J elty, which in my opinion is purely & humane work, but which is shifted over on the city pound A few months ago Chas, M. Farrar, of the Humane Bocisty, wan before, the city counel! asking it to turn the pound over to the Humane Society, | sible for some thing that tx of the 19th published fn your 1 Plan a Cross will be one-third to one-half our rate, with our less-thancont rides. If you! are interested in paytmg for some one olne’s ride, stay here. If you want @ $43 total tax rate per $1,000 assented valuation, go to Portland Our rate te $86." None of the olf atyle Minatasippt river shell game artiste ever bad a bigger bunk scheme than this hon: ey coated “Scent fare, the more-you- years ago, The present pound ia not respon would cut down belp and wages at/and as A. C. J. merely makes the start. As it now keeps four men) statement of nome thing reported to and three automobiles busy picking| him by some one else, and not tacts up dead dogs, dead and alive eats,| Which he can truthfully vouch for, live dogs, nick dogs, mad dogs, eattle,| then his statement should be taken ride-the-moreyou-nave” bill, We own |NOF#®s, sheep, goats, etc. any one| for about what It # worth. our own lines, Frisco makes hera|°®" readily see that the city cannot) The present pound ts» open for tn- pay, If the gang in the city hall|% Properly policed with a less num-| spection of the publio-at all times, hasn't brains or courége enough to|b*r of men than ts now employed) and the humane manner that all ant make lines pay their way on a lower | "4 St a reduced rate of pay. | mais are treated can be vouched for fare, get & group which can, There It l# not necessary for me to make by many who take the time and tw an election May, 2, false ntatements relative to the Hu-| trouble to visit the pound. Respect- ART M. LITTLE, | Mane Society in order to hold my ob, | fully, J. F. OLIVER, , an the tswue before the people ts be- Poundmaster. More on Erickson Plan wealthy, lazy Americans, FAltor The Star: ‘want to keep this industry in Seattl I Agree that the Jap has become a! Let's get down to brass tacks, cut) We have plang for increasing the Menace on this Coast, but we have! out the giamer of “a cent fare”| payroll. We do not sell « single alr- to admit the occupation of the great-| without thinking how we are to get| plane here and must compete with or part of them t# both productive) it, and, before we commit civic sul-| Bastern and Southern plants. To in and constructive, a major part of | olde, realize that if the Brickson plan | crease our municipal taxes 70 or 80 which Americans will not do. Sup-|goos thru a manufacturer now here! per cent means one of two things; pone all of the Japs dropped into ob-| or thinking of coming here will have (1) Move to California and get the Mvion overnight; would Mr. Tindall| this tax rate to determine his action: | lower tax levy, or (2) take the tn- climb onto a swill wagon the next! 1923 taxes per $1,000 assessed valu-|creaned tax out of employes’ pay. ation: This we do not want to do. We the restaurants and hotels, and feed) Seattle (Erickson’s own fig- | it would be easter to move to some pits to feed the hungry people tn) ures . i | other city. where people pay for their Would the modern flapper | portiand fares and do not favor wild-eyed eco volunteer her servions to do the dirty) fan Francisco . nomic experiments. work in the homes of the rich? If nol Los Angeles . one contributed more to the support| Now let's not purpose—to be servants for the an ostrich and put problem would be solved, and they) Erickson aay would all buy tickets to Tokyo tn six) ference.” Hf. N. Gott, manager of months, the Rosing Airplane Company, in a| Couzens, a multisniliionaire and fo long as we teach our children | signed tement, has notified em-| ness man, respected that soiled clothes and calloused! ployes of that plant, the largest of | going to have a S-cent fare, pay for hands are degrading and Glagraceful, | tte kind weet of Oho, employing 260, the lines and make them better. We that long we will have the perplexing |it# Increased taxation goes in “weler tax rate. But we can stand some) Jap problem. FRANK P. ALL Monthorne, Wash. will have to move to ifornia, We city officials who have brains and’ “Taxes make no dif-| against our $83 or more. Detroit It costs no FABRIC CORD Kant-Slip, Black-Tread Kant-Sip _Block-and-Button or Grooved Tread $12.90 SIZES 30 x 3% 31x4 32x4 33 x4 34 x 4% 44.30 33 x5 52.30 Other Sizes Priced Proportionately FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. 14.90 24.00 27.50 28.50 $18.95 29.80 32.75 33.75 1412 Ninth Avenue LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY # word is MALIGNANT, It's pronounced matictoun courage to give us a lower ta: have tn where they have municipal tine ‘The Erickson plan and more taxes inst, relative to some things Which | pean more jobs in rival cities |i supposed to have happened 1!/ eo, what ones we have Heattle in the bent city on the Coast if we will give her a chance. No thug pened with a leaded blackjack could knock t which time he asserted that if the| to have happened, if same did hap-|@ victim out more completely than Humane Society secured the pound it pen, which is very doubtful, in 1912,| will the Krickson measure murder | Seattle if it parses. owns Its street car lines, but Mayor |it!) and in and followed, ts| oF the liquid—the laboratory. Sold by Barbe TS men, that if the Erickson plan and do not need, we cannot stand a high | Press more to buy a_Kelly $2.15 2.70 3.35 3.45 3.60 4.95 6.00 * MONDAY, APRIL 2 malign ond syllable, disposed to with 1 with to #tate for the information | do harm, bent on evil, inimical, acty. ated by enmity. ” It comes from et maliciously Companion words Mgnancy. It's used Ike thin vanta to walt on the people | think that modern modes of dress are and to keep the city property policed!) 4 malignant influence.” Latin “maltgnare,” malignity, ma “fome people San Fra Let's I think J. A. JEFFRIES, 790 Union 8t. The simplest wa; They are making airplanes tn pe.| Blue-jay, Atouce troit. ‘The total tax rate there would | stantly. of the Jap than I do, the Oriental! our head in the sand and along with| be 825 per $1,000 assenned valuation | €omes out. | i SEATTLE DISTRIBUTORS — | RUBBER 1023 E. Pike St. SERVICE COMPANY 1 € 1 ‘ ' . t ® ’ ’ ® ee" Or ‘incr ibaeae ae > BF @ $3 Ysee4 FOP4 Foe r>esyeeay seaopaes g838