The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 20, 1923, Page 8

oF ste pac Published Dally by The Star Pudtient: Baterprise Ansociation and United Press Ber Ser mesaths' 3 monte, $100; 8 meatbe a Be Gilman, Nicol! & Kethman, @pecial Representatty Monadnock bide; Chicago office, Tribune bide. Pacific idg.) Benen eifice, Tremont” bide The Problem of the Farmer hundred and sixty-five pounds of alfalfa hay make ounds of milk. ; country over today, taking the current price of al- the average farmer's cow is making him 8 cents a ave the cost of her feed. eS throws in his labor, he counts no interest on his in- nt. If he has raised the cow from a calf he forgets the trouble and expense and labor of those two hectic PS; no depreciation, no sinking fund, just 8 cents a day ir the cost of the feed. fhe vast majority of cows on American farms are not ying the cost of their feed, not even the money that the fan Frenctece of New Terk office, feed would bring the farmer if sold on the market, and Ys considerable less than the value of the feed. same is true of hogs, and of sheep, and of cattle, and average farm crop, Here is a fundamental industry Keeps us actually alive, and without which we would and yet in none of its essential features is it a paying business. t is not a profit paying business in this country, or in other the world over, and it never has been. fou can go to the small-town banker in the richest agri- ral districts of this wide land and, if he tells you the he'll tell you that not one farmer in ten in his county sing 4 per cent on his investment, and throwing in and his family’s work besides. Phis is a fundamental condition; farming is a curse the a over, as it is conducted today, and yet farming is es- to every nation’s existence. do they do it? er, by the tens of thousands, they are quitting year, aye every month. BIG TRE connecting link between the past and the present, between the East and the modern West, is found in the big trees of Califor. huge species known as Sequola Washingtoniana, The trunk of | grown specimen has a diameter of from 20 to 30 foet, or the width ‘ordinary house, and often towers 300 foet high. A tree that has pd 500 years b still in its early youth; at 1,000 years it is only in full “old age” does not come for 17 or 18 centuries. Some are that are 3,150 years old —United States Department of the isa man who doesn’t know what a good time is and “want anyone else to know. ‘of us get wrinkles worrying over things that never happen oF happened already. Busting That Oil Monopoly e Standard Oi! «»mpany is a monopoly and controls of gasoline and other petroleum products, it has in officially determined, this time by the La Fol- tigating committee. Regulation is the remedy iy tion when regulation has failed? By act of ss the pipe lines of the Standard Oil have been de-, to be “common carriers.” They are today no more carriers” than they were before this legislation troleum problem is rapidly developing into one of uations where the government is forced as a last 9 turn to public ownership and operation, this time of spring in the Arctic regions is wher-an Esktmo's wife . of summer ear-maffs. is one who Is surprised when he catches any fish instead when he doesn't. Ber finger too tight are dangerous. A bandit Is likely to Machine-Made Liberty “automatic age” is almost here, warns Henry D. ard, who in his editorial chair at the bureau of stand- Washi: m, has a chance to see what is being done e creation of machines. ement—that’s the heart and soul of our ad- nt in this direction,” he says. “Anything which tely measured can be reproduced by a system the human factor plays a very small part.” cheerful outlook. Monotonous tasks eliminated. e to hend their efforts to creative work. Slaves of n and steel doing a man’s work for a few cents a day. ut p erhaps such an age will present even greater prob- s than those we are facing today. Increased wealth, iversal leisure—what are we going to do with them get them? } worth a thought or two as you plug in the vacuum r or use the adding machine, two of the half-way is in the advance towards mental and physical liberty! [ORI el of 17 who walked 68 miles to hunt a Job in Philadelphia should ‘Up as @ postman. - ecu worse than being a wife is being a central and answering the me all day long. about beta a man Is you don't have to pull your socks on ts Marvels Multiply siskra, Algeria, the other day, a French military air- , Lieut. Thoret, shut off his motor and remained aloft for seven hours and three minutes. only a few months since the world marveled at a able to remain in the air for a matter of an hour, obably will be only a few more months until some- will smash Thoret’s record to smithereens, Eventually : flying machine will be able to remain in the air almost nitely. Some device will be invented to prevent its even when standing still. Future roads will be.in can do Just about anything with Ul e fet ea ything with a hairpin except make it _ A Busy Time Just Ahead duction of pig iron in February was larger than in ruary of the past, reports the Iron Age, trade jour- Output was more than during the corresponding of the great boom of 1919. iron production has long been accepted as the ba- ter of general business activity. Months of prosperity m. to be ahead, If there is any real danger, it is over- oduction, some economists say. But over-production is possibility. The breakdown always comes in the m of distribution. ts HOW CANCER STARTS is not a constitutional or “blo disease; it Iv not contagious itary. Sores, cracks, lacerations, lumps and ulcers which do moles or birthmarks which change in color, size ince, may turn into cancer unless treated and cured.—United s Public Health Service, lot could be worse, In Battle Creek, Mich., a teacher hay taught etry for 50 years. Editor The Star: Would not the banking system of |teacher can recognize home condi economy in schools have a tendency |to make children more mercenary | some ee THE SEATTLE STAR HOOD Uy 1 AM TAKING Tus To The Fouxs BACK HOME? sR LETTER FROM VV RIDGE MANN Dear Folks: ‘There's quite a lot of kinds of hats, a lot of kinds of shoes; and many varied lines of bats, and many kinds of booze. Wo've had a lot of kinds of brakes, and many kinds of bars—but thero's a mil Hon kinds of makes of lids they put on jars. They have a sort of suction kind, that holds as tight as Jail; to open it you have to'find a hammer and a nail. And when you've punctured {t and got the suction out of use, you still must cuns it quite a lot, before you pry it loose, A million kinds contain a rim that makes the cover stick; your chance to work it right is slim, unless you know the trick. You search the top with greatest care, and find the words “Start Here” ‘but how the deuce to start it there, ts never very clear. ‘Then there's the kind with things to raise, and those with things to break; you'd have to study days and days to learn each varied make. So when the wife tx heard to may, “Dear, here's a lid for you,” I start to figure right « ‘ay, “I'm learning something new.” T'f like to neo the laws forbid the variegated stocks, and have @ untversal lid, with universal locks. So when a job of opening a jar is given me, I'd merely have to go and bring my little Jartid key. Economy in the Schéols wise? There are many ways 4 tions, If uniformity in simple dress: ing could be adopted it would help and reap more hardships for parents | Children who have homes where |than teaching economy in the way | money Is spent freely can always ex: lot wise expenditure? For instance,|cel in competition, which makes dimes and dollars are spent for false | embarrassment for both children and Jeducation in the way of movies and|parents who have to plan closely }fancy dresses, etc., for” parties and | ways and nreans for actual necensl- |things more dissipating than other. | SUBSCRIBER. The City Council’s Dilemma Editor The Star: ‘As a member of the city council streets committee I read with Interest Mr. Bermann's article relative to public Improvements initiated, but not carried to completion. The article Is timely and calis at-} tention to a condition which has been much considered by council mem- bers, but which {t Is difficult to elim- inate. Property owners petition the coun- cfl for an improvement. A resolution is passed directing the city engincer to make plans and estimates and fix- ing a date for the hearing, When| advised of the cost the petitioners {sometimes change thelr minds and the improvement is put off for atx) months or @ year, when it may Again | be postponed if the property owners| #0 desire. The work done in the engincer's office, however, has not been in vain, for when the improvement tw finally put thru the original plans and esti- mates are still available. Nor {9 it possible to inform the property own- ers what they will be assessed for the improvement without haying these plans and estimates made, and the property owners cannot well de- cide whether or not they want the improvement until they know what Spoonful for a Penny . Brings Quick Relief Prove splendid laxative properties of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin by test SCIENTIFIC test has now proven what Dr. Caldwell of Monticello asserted many years ago, that constipation will slow you up fully per cent. The test was made by Dr. Donaldson of Loma Linda uy; on four men in the prime of life who deliberately went without a el_ movement for four days, Within 48 hours the men had and foul Neeein eankars in tho eid en pele moder ly a on, "Tho. blood nervousness, cram) 0 ure was up per, cent. It ime Cie Uist, pr Ted has preached to ienta in pri- vate and to the. pablo thi La the printed word ever iunoe hs began Wag tech al nye Specialty, diseases the stomach an bowels, back in 1875, After observing for yenrs the tatisfactory effect of “his pro- tion ‘for constipation, he ip! plcaant-anting aroraten, now TAKE DR. CALDWELLS ANY FAMILY MAY TRY IT FREE parents are re ent find to a Caldwell, 615 here WB. Honticella, Tlinois. known as Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup in. That was 30 years ago, and today over 10 million bottles are bought annually, tho largest selling family laxative in the world, You will find it in any drug store you enter, a us size bottle costing you than 4 cent a dose, Every member of the famil from the infants to the grand pee can use it with safety, t is [at and mild, The form- ula is on the package. Mrs. Roy Cook of Bellefontaine, 0., haa fiving it to her 5-months old baby, who now yreighs 19 pounds; and Mr. J. B. Dawson of Brinson, Ga., declares it ‘the best laxative his family has ever found, ay 4 teaspoonful of r. dwell's Syrup Pepsin for constipation or any of its symp- toms. ‘The results will delight you. And the cost is only ono cent a done, SYRUP PEPSIN She family laxative wae SCIENCE Stains. Made in Germany. || Close Work. Experiments in U. S. | ‘The most necessary articles teed by doctors in the study and diagno: | ais of disease aro the stains. Dincano frequently are told lone from another by the way they ltake up certain dyes. NOURISHI Mra, Housewife piling for you a selected list of Jelicious, nourishing and tasty some of Uncle an eight page ft book and keep der, so that you for tuture refere simply fill out the coupon below « Bam's tested recipes NG SOUPS Our Washington bureau has just finished com recipes for making 26 kinds of soups. These are selected from They are veatly printed tn can put them away in your cook nee. If you want these recipes and mati as directed Washington Bureau, The Seattle Star t8%2 New York Ave., Washington I want « copy of the bulleti with two cents in postage »t Name Street and No chy Btate...... ‘Stealing From Paper Rass Editor The Star Apropos the article on your fron* page of March 16 relative to the pil fering of newsstands of papers and nickels by various individuals in the early morning hours, let me state that ft is Indeed contemptible for # man who has $80 on his person to toap to much low levels, but what shout the person who will order the paper from a@ little must pay for the paper irrespective { whether or not he ean collect—and at the end of two months the sub ncriber moves to parts unknown and lots the newsboy ponder over the pet Unexs of some human nature, It ts indeed small to pilfer one paper, but newsboy—who Dc. on “Soups,” and inclose here jit 1s much worse to pilfer dollars from the newsboy who has to be out rain or shine, and then lore a big part of his meager earnings due to such thieving. Tht newsboys can tell tales of individuals who have not only $80, but expensive furniture rugs, and an up-to-date auto, who stoop to lower levely than stealing newspaper. The person who ntew delivers papers is the bigger thief, but he goes free, For such there ts no law, but the man who steals « nickel paper goes to fall. Verlly, | verily, he who ts without sin let him cast the first stone at the thief of the | single newspaper. A. W. THIEL. Claims Tenor for Canada Editor Tho Star 1 wish to call your attention to a alight but important error appearing An a recent Issue of your paper. In the column headed, “Music,” ap- | peared an account of Edward John- |non's recital, and you claim Mr. |Jobhson as an American by birth, which Is absolutely Incorrect, taking the common accepted version of “American.” Mr. Johnson 1s a Canadian by birth, having been born and raised in the elty of Guelph, Ontario, He was a citizen of that city until some few successful musical career, owns a home in that city. A great deal of credit is due to the United he is today, but it seems to me that credit should go where it belongs in each important point regarding any Noted personage. Yours very truly, ' J. C. McBEATH, Carnation, Wash. Making a Nickel Fare Pay Editor The Star: a The ever-present uncertainty, whether the city of Seattle will be jable to pay for its municipal car line, |im to be deplored. Aw the former fares jof 6% cents and § 1-3 cents have) cent fare with transfer included. Why cannot Seattle do likewise? The fault or reason may lie in the fact that too many varieties of fares are required on the Seattle system, viz,; 6 centa without transfer, 6% | Before the world war, a German | peen relegated to the past in favor of | cents with transfer, 1-3 cents with company had a monopoly in making thene dyes, the world hurried to make these dyes when the war start ed. Even tho best American-made | ones were not satisfactory, The tech | nique of staining bodies as small as | fifty-thousandth of an tnch with jataining other germs in the neigh borhood ts very close work. Having found the danger in « for. ¢lgn monopoly for dye making, ef- forts are being made to perfect thelr manufacture in this country. Ameri: can dyes do the work, but th vary, and uniformity te nebeauary. it will cost them. | But, with a view to reductng to the |minimum the making of unneces- sary plans and estimates, Council- |man Carroll, on taking the chatr- manahip of the streets committes, |moved @ rule which the committee adopted providing that no resolution directing the making of plans would |be passed without /a petition signed by at least 60 per cent of the prop- erty owners affected. | As a matter of fact the streets |committes has difficulty in adhering |to this rule, When people decide | |that they want an improvement and} say they are ready to pay for it they | are apt to resont any hesitancy on| t of the council to order It. nes they resent even « week's | delay that membera of the commit- tee may personally inspect the local- ity where the Improvement is desired. Usually It in the home-owners who |demand, improvements and it ts the owners of large unimproved tracts, often non-residents, who oppose them. The council rarely inaugurates local Improvements except in re- sponse to petitions, and often end ~ ors to persuade petitioners agi it projects which seem unduly expen- |sive or in advance of the needs of the locality, But the citizen who has jbuilt his home and {# raising his family there generally wants the con- ditions surrounding his home im- | proved as fast ax he can pay for the | Improvements, Respectfully, PHILIP TINDALL, DK, J. R. BINYON Free Examination BEST 2.60 GLasses ON BARTH and we are the only one in SHATTLE—ON FIRST AVI, Examination free by grad tomotriat. Glasses tot DB Unless absolutely necessary, BINYON OPTICAL CO. 1116 FIRST AVY To Care RHEUMATISM remave the cause BUCHU-MARSHMALLOW JOYNER Ure Arid Solvent, $1 & $2 bottles Recommended and sold be Hartel Deng Co, Ank for Lie of JOINER RUMB DIGS |the present 6-cent ride, it is evident Manufacturers all over | nevertheless that under existing con-| perfect and | ditions whereby the car line ts losing| | $4,000 or $5,000 a day, the fare may agnin be adopted. former It seems | strange that San, Francisco's munict- | |pal car Mne has been operating suc- cessfully for years with a single 5- two transfers, and 10 cents if with- out an 8 1-3 cents token. 80 the change to the nickel ride, with all | been very beneficial to the thousands of people who are obliged to use transfers, and in consequence do not patronize the car line any more than is dollars from the newsboy who |~ years ago, when he left to begin his| He now| States’ influence in making him what | those ¢xtra attachments, has not | ‘OU don’t get any cushioning out of the word “cushion” on a tire. You do get it from the patented hol- low center, the sidewall design, and the famous All-Weather Tread of the new Goodyear All-Weather Tread Cushion Tire. [tis one of the complete line Goe All. Weather vead Truck Tires we sell 1215 Pine & Melrose and Pine Main 2296 GOODSYEAR they did before, when the nickel was not acceptable, It is similar to a cir- cus with 60 cents’ admission and ex- |tra to its sideshows; which also keeps many from going to the cir- cus. Now it seems feasible that were the fare a nickel straight with trans- fers included, the $4,000 or $5,000 dally deficit may soon loom up on the other side of the fence as it were. Another strong point whereby the | municipal car line may be enabled to retain the 5-cent fare, is to receive a certain percentage of the automobile taxes which are exacted by the city; whose owners do not patronize the street cars, but have had an equal | vote upon the purchase of the $15,- | 000,000 system, just the same. So it 1s absolutely essential and no more than just, that they should con- tribute to Its upkeep as well as those who have no car of their own. They are at present exempt in upholding their obligation; contributing not a cent. Considering this phase of the situation, how was it possible to ever obtained a balance sheet? Another suggestion may be an as- sot if new cars are to be purchased in the future, to have cars of the |type as in San Francisco and Onk- land, in three compartments; the back one for the use of smokers. A. B, GROEPER. OXBRIDGE, Eng., March 20— Mra. Elizabeth Hare's beautiful blond hair was cut off by & man while she was looking into a shop window. IN 1922 THE PRUDENTIAL The Company is owned by the Policyholders, to whom this report is made. 'STABILIT Y-SERVICE—PROGRESS The Company's 1922 expense rate was the lowest in its history. The Policyholders’ 1923 dividends are the largest yet declared. Assets. . 2 2 6 6 0 se he eo we se ee « $906,397,224 Behind your policy, whether it be for $100 or $100,000, stands this tremendous sum of never-idle millions—a guaranty as safe as the government itself. loans. Crops were planted, farms bought or improved and thousands of homes made happier because of these On dwellings and apartments. . . . . . 2 oe le These loans aided in relieving the housing shortage by providing homes for 16, 1 families. On other city properties 2. 6 6 + ss ee ee U.S.Government Bonds . . . . The Company also owns $15,000,000 in Canadian government bonds, Total... ee ee Railroad, Public Utility and other Securities An investment in transportation development and in community service— such as telephones, telegraphs, electric light and power systems, schools, Increase over 1921 ew Jersey. More detailed information concerning the Company may be obtained upon page to the Home Office, Newark, parks, good roads, etc, Liabilities . ©... These consist chiefly in reserves and other obligations to policyholders, ie 6 8 ee we et de Surplus—ror the further protection of policyholders . « Paid Policyholders in 1922 Paid-for Businessin 1922. 2... . ‘The largest in the history of the Company. Total Insurance in Force @ ... . Keal Estate Mortgages—Over 49,000, amountingto . . . « (Average per loan about $6,500.) During 1922 the tollowing loans were made: Onfarms ... $33,100,000 48,700,000 + 47,800,000 .+ $99,600,000 ee ew ee $104,000,000 $340,000,000 Crna yaar (mts OY sue $870,596,351 $35,800,873 $87,000,000 +? $1,311,000,000 $6,314,000,000 + + 6 © « $646,000,000 Taxes—Prudential Policyholders have paid from their premiums during 1922 fednral, state and municipal taxes and fees amounting to « « 6 6 « $5,220,000 Rowrirttagg THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA