The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 26, 1923, Page 8

THE SEATTLE STAR MONDAY, MARCTI 26, 1923 APPLIES TO SUGAR— He that withholaeth corn, |-~ >> the people shall curse him; ITHIS ALSO : but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.—Prov. xi.:26. been appearing in The Star calling attention to the plight thie is farmers in Western Washington, lots of th WHO'LL BE TO BLAME WHEN THE WORM TURNS? Published Daity by To Paper Enterprise Ansoc sity, S00 iy farrier, city, tec a month. Gilman, Nicoll & Ruthman, Special Representatives fam Francisco of Monadnock bidg.; Chicago office, Tribune bids; New York office, Pacific didg.; Boston effice, Trement bids. The Farmer and the City Man A reader objects to the series of editorials that have Publishing Co. ad United Press ery 4 months, & year of the American farmer. He insists that the farmer is ; money; he knows one that is, He declares with "great vehemence that the farmer needs no sympathy and thousands of folks near Seattle are earning fortunes from the soil. "Peace, brother, peace! Just a minute! ) We spoke of the farmer as the average for the whole Northwest and whole nation. Of course we have some this is a mighty small spot on the world. Most of the farming is done back in the Middle West. When the Middle West farmer is hit, the business of the entire na tion reflects it. And the Middle West farmer isn’t mak any money nowadays. fe said we wouldn't offer any cure-all for the farmer. We won't. But we hopefully suggest that a fair, honest ought to be made to solve the marketing problem. i would go far toward putting the farmer on his feet. To the city folks an Eastern writer says: “Get outside the city limits, or at least outside the main Tesidence section and buy an acre or two. Have a good d len—enough for your own needs, and a reasonable $ tt that may be sold if there is any market. Build @ctually BUILD—a home with enough ground around it for lawn and rose bushes and garden. Raise a few hens. work in town at your job. That’s the modern city 's best hope.” ‘This Eastern fellow is exactly right. That is the hope the city dweller. That’s the high road to contentment. folks have a wonderful opportunity to try it. Many now finding greater pleasure and joy in living just ide of town than they ever had in a crowded section. And it’s cheaper, brother, cheaper. Try it. a mother writes in that the meanest man on earth is the fellow ved the long halr fashion without giving her five bobbed daugh meanest boy in our neighborhood licks a chocolate bar all over won't ask him for any, Those Frightful Business Letters | The language of business is turgid and tangled. The forms of American commerce are frightful. omething should be done about it. You write to some big firm for a 40-cent doo dad you advertised, and here’s what you get in reply: ’ “Bsteemed Sir: In reply to yours of ’steenth inst. we uld beg leave to state that we are at present entirely ld out of Doo Dad, Cat. No. 14411, but beg to advise we fe placed an order for a considerable shipment of Doo d, Cat. No. 14411, and anticipate its arrival on or before je tenth prox. Hoping you will pardon the unavoidable , and assuring you that we will notify you imme- ely on the arrival of the coming shipment of Doo Dad, No. 14411, we beg leave to remain, Yours Respt., Joo Dad Jobbers, North America and Texas Territory, r J. S. B., dictated, but not read; any further corre- bondence in regard to this order should refer to file 711 L. S. ’23.” ' That’s about the way it goes, is it not? Why not do it this way: "Dear Sir: We are sold out on Doo Dad of your order; advise when it is again in stock. Respt., D. D. J. Co.” This turgidity, this senseless formalism, this long- reiteration of unessentials, marks the commer- correspondence of the business world, and next to he state papers and diplomatic parleus, such correspond- ance is our chief example of how not to write letters. Some of this rambling, platitudinous psychology must get into the very blood of business as a matter of course and it makes for waste effort, for vexation of the con- sumer’s spirit, and for the needless crucifixion of the willing, but bored, stenographer. Also there’s about the average business letter an in- luman atmosphere, due largely to its silly, routine ity. Business would profit by being conventional, d brief, in its letters. inded About 20,000 underwear makers threaten to strike. But summer is ing, 80 you need not worry. First breath of spring comes elther from green onions or from spring: leaning rubbish burning. é ies ‘The girl of 1923 hardly has a stitch on her back because most of it is on. A New Form of Murder The campaign against wood alcohol is gaining head- Five state legislatures in the Middle West have d or are considering legislation making it a murder x manslaughter charge to sell poison booze. The bootlegger who knowingly peddles wood alcohol under a counterfeit label kills by premeditation. At this stage of the game, we need move. attention to ieewition of poison booze than to prohibition of good whis y. | Several senators were talking so fast when congress adjourned they ~ hayen't been able to stop yet. If the phone company ever runs cut of wrong numbers it can get ‘plenty off the income tax returns. Returns from the latest Mexican election show one dead and six hurt, The Artist’s Sacred Fire \ A painting that took Izso Koves 20 years to finish is exhibited at the Anderson galleries in New York. It’s 12 ome one found it in an old cellar in Buda- Hungarian artist, was famous, but he died almost in poverty. Twenty years! Meantime struggling with starvation. If the average man put into his work as much enthu- giasm and earnestness as does the average artist, suc- cess would be inevitable. Practical ability and “the sacred fire’ rarely go together. A policeman's auto was stolen in Chicago while he wasn't in it, so they didn’t get him. Bryan snys wealth is a disease, We say it is hard to eaten, Dr, Sun, former Chinese president, ty trying to rise again, | ea To the Average Man, who seem: and who dubs himself “AVRIDGE haa left hie firet faith, and seeks ing comfort in transtent entertain’ have not bowed the knee to Baa Dear Sir I don't know where you get the that there's a few who say they I'm very much yet ha 4 put me wine Inclined to thin 4 the hat ne 1 other guys are ninies But still, I ike the ¥ to me, « sinful and blican the man en and k his hey ha Declares Directors CONCR you need Washington Bureau, The Seattle Star, 1322 New York Ave., Washington, D. I want a copy of the pamphlet, “Concrete Walls and Base ments,” and Inclose herewith & loose two-cent stamp for same, City State “LETTERS EDITOR Would Cut Carmen’s Wages © The Star: | Why should we be aske: Fe citles on the Coast, cents carfare for the aying motormen and ‘war time wages” as they do now, far better wages | of tis who are asked to pay the bill jare able to earn | First of all, bring wagey for this work down to the same level as other |more than 6 purpose of conduct fa higher rate of fare. Our city council appear have thought of this before us for re-elec on ully 9. P, HARRIS, R. F. D. No. 4 Littering Up Seattle’s Streets Editor The Star | Recently A great al of criticism is being | streets; directed against the city administra-| A circular advertising the appear tion on account of the untidy appear-|ance of Dr. Wired T. ance of the main streets thruout the/ the First Methodist church, clty the auspices of the Y. M. C. A This department ts doing all within| Also circulars advertising there appeared on {ta power to keep the streets in as|“Grand opening of the Des Moines presentable a condition as possible, and we are asking your co-operation, that Seattle may be as clean in ap- | pearance ax any city in the United | academy | States; but, without your concerted| Another jefforts and assistance, we will fall ball at the Moose temple; | short in our ambitions. A great many people thoughtless- ly Utter up the pavements and side-| scattered broadcast walks and cause endless expense | business section. and inconvenience to the city, as, for instance, the scattering of handbills. beach pavilion.” And another advertising the open thruout Contrary to expectations, no 4 then if there is a shortage would be the time to think | vertisers who place literature adver- thw to | ate the voters may than most| remind them of It when they como the Grenfell at} under ing dance of the La Marr dancing | advertising the annual| Liner Has Traveled We are not endeavoring to enum- erate at this time all of the offend-! 000,000 miles. ( Lighter Than Hydrogen May Be Two. \ ( Professor Rydberg, whose work 10 | new dis |are made of, ba mous, believes there are two und | covered elements lighter than hydro: | At present, hydrogen is the light ext substance known. Filming of Play BY TED LE BERTHON uF March 26.—“The at its best so far bas tive rather than a ¢ author does tive side. And most of us direc reters, We are still | rr ut this I mean, we We sketch a superfictal wa By jseldom render a faithful, well-round- ed version of a book or play. “The day will come when we will neither depend on books or plays or original scenarios for our plays, But directors will » in the same novels, Hav we never draw SCIENCE ther Elements. screen he says tion p ay that authe g a bast make m we will ‘ * . author rreat for Aviation. | “We will work spont characters spring from our | covering what atoms and electrons \braina, they will be put Into the de-| made him world-f-| veloping photoplay—actors and ac- tresses who can Interpret them being hired as such occasion demands. “Boenes will be filmed impromptu. In this way the motion picture will | n, It tw the fact} LETTER FROM V RIDGE MANN the truehearted and steadfast, that there haps you saw me take a nip, or emoke a pil! at dinner. have & fault or two; but tho my faults are many, I'm glad to learn und help me fault Givritge Tomn Sincerity Is Needed in Movies, Says Ingram Are Bad Interpreters in| ; Better Day Coming lcompromised wi Farmer Verifies Star’s Argument Editor The Sta sin farmers, and we u for the stand you We are just 1 wish to thank to think there ts no other kind. t to let him knew, since he pleasure in vanity fair, and abid ments, and missed the society of y thousands who are taking in re farmers being unable to make a living these days. We know from experience it ie all too true, for we live in # splendid farming district, and I want to tell that not one of our neighbors king living at farming, ‘apy of them get all the work they can by Gay to enable them to live at all. They have been raised on farms, and their fathers before or kissed “PERFECTION.” tip that I'm an awful sinner. Per. Perhaps I haven't any k that goodness tan't statle, I make jt automatic, And so I'm ¢ else haw hit it; and that a thou Amit it Bible quotes as saying, “F keep from straying.” } mar ften be them, and 1 want to tell you that, the good have good ness from A they raise crops, & question of work- light to 8 or 9 at nig 4 their stock, let alone mak ng for themsely f a on't my and r paid for their own hi time All because feed goes up when ver even think or ard work ould at least not having to buy so zs go up feed eats up all the profits, name thing when eggs are cheaper. The three months in winter, when | eggs are | figure on | pay for feeding during time of molt- become a plastic, life-like medium of|ing geason, and during the six creative expression, and not the me-| months they are being raised to ma- chanical interpretation of someone|turity, and oh, how baby chick feed else's brain-child.” | does soar at that time! We discussed an ultimate Iittle the-| Figure it out yourselves, and you of the screen, and then Ingram | won't need to wonder why we are all “despite the censors | quitting farm life to try and at least na, quite a number of| make « living. directors are going ahead and making| Otherwise it simply “isn't being the sort of stuff they belleve in| done” these days on any farm! What the screen can stand is more| ‘The farmers are selling out just as sincerity, Many directors have start-|¢nst ag they can, and some are just ed out to put life as they truly felt| jenving them, for we have to live and it on the screen, but have gradually | raise our families, even if we are just the box-office tll, | armers, after fooling the public for @ long) Again we want to thank you, and time, they found they were fooling| we ever wish you all the good luck themselves.” Jin the world Ingram talked’ about the dangers! FARMER SUBSCRIBERS, of becoming too analytical, of making POLI that would be “perfectly Sebars,, Eee foctly dead.” He r “the motion picture play 1s a perishable thing. Great books, iT paintings, sculpture, they may last 20,000 years, but the phys feal vehicle of the cinema, the cellu- lold film, Mves but 10 or 12 years” And then he quoted D. W. Griffith as once having said: “We motion picture directors are all writing in the sand” that {t is so much Ighter than alr| that has made the dirigible airship ea ber times t m an ry er have been called to wi ne operation, we aro most respectfully, the! je Th he All of which appeared between tho | dates of March 20 and 25, and wero| the | he New isorder took place in Bochum when the inhabitants of the Ruhr village turned out to attend the funeral of a German citizen killed ina riot with French soldiers. Photo shows a French sentry saluting the fumeral cortege as it passed his post, Poison Kills Girl; Hydrogen ts dangerous— EAito It gives 1 that The Star F sfaction to By sen me the new | r Ryd} and eight great eat taking farmer. auld neo are up the g wou respect! If these and if they are not explosive, Tho best ed, cudgel the farms only halt w while the poorer farms are being aban sed altogether, The owners most lue ly have to work them themselves, with eight times § power of hydrogen, would | keeping the feasibt | tions within the limit of “oneman™| immense fleet ara | y safe dirigibles, with great car ing capacity cope of thelr opera-| to-do” farmers, on big! not afford to keep their at home, when said power. “V | farma, can own young son ‘*, but are simply Ils thone tha jobs” paying $5 attention | |sons can work 4 to $10 a day | thin the week. When a farmer ts obliged to hire There is also another class of ad-| hsch Ay cree help, he 1s confronted with the same | thelr wares in aute along the curb. T being interested in the problem, how to pay wages to com: in nobiles driver, | same, onto the pete with other industries, or, Senora GEE orethie bs fact, any wages at all, | voment sidewalk, furnishing| 2 he wives up the unequal strug-| for criticlam by the public and|@le, he must either turn over his & the samo for the city to de-|farm to the tender mercies of a/ renter, who usually scratches over| the surface and gets as much out) and puts as little in as possible (you! can't blame him—he's obliged to do} no in self-defense}, at the end of| which regime the owner finds his farm depreciated in value; or he 1m obliged to sell for less than its real value, or abandon It) alto-| gether | or sting we may have your co- W. D. BURKHUFF Supt. of Streets and Sewers, Murderer Ends Life ROME, March 26.—-Signorita Fran wea Palll died after eating polsoned} On top of all thisshe {ts taxed to} ndy sent her by a rejected sultor,| death, If the big industries and big} young man killed himself when | bondholders, ete., paid taxes In pro | learned the’ girl was dead. jportion to what the farmer pays | the resultant how! would reach to} high heaven! Farm organizations do little remedy conditions, The col marketing associations help some, | but the main efforts of the farm} organizations seem to be directed to} educating the farmer in methods of| farming, scourging him to raise} "more to sell—at a loss! And the} cities are crying for more cheap] food, and urging the government to | yend more millions on trrigation | projects and land-clearing schemes, | to open up more land for more suck: | farmers to go broke raising more cheap food! What the average | farmer really needs is more money | | for what he produces, He Isn't #0 |dull that ho could not make good | use of it to develop his farm, im-| prove his hods, stock, machin- Over Million Miles CHRISTCHURCH, N. Z., March 26. ‘The liner Corinthic, on completing r 50th trip between England and aland, had traveled over 1,-| IfGrownPeople who are rundown in vitality and out of sorts, would but realize the strength-restoring |] power of rich, nourishing Scott's Emulsion they would not dream of doing without Its health-building bene- fits. Rich in vita- minas, Scott's has helped thousands achieve strength of body. Hoott & Downe, Wioomfield, N. J. The Plight of the Farmer ery, living conditions, ete, tf the) profits of his Dusiness justified the| YOUr necessary expenditure for all these| ‘i things which are continually urged| upon him by the agricultural col- G Fs ude'’s leges and farm organizations. 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