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

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1923. ips & THE SEATTLE STAR Bees ares! Dont Worry, the Reconciliation Comes in the Last Act e Seattle Star | - F _Paditshea Dally by The Mer Podlisning Co eaper reas Service. ea 4 months, 62.08 + eta TE: Phone Main 0400, New. Dy mail, out of year, He, BY Giiman, Mone, tan Nigel & Ruthman, Mpectal Representat ; New York of k bide © office, ecific bidg.; Boston office, Tribune Tremont bids Direct From the Smootery mMany people have the faculty of talking without saying thing. But it takes e politician with to sus: nh to say less than nothing. Senator has the ity, when he opens his mouth, of subtracting from the sum total of human knowledge. He did so when he 4 ussed the sugar gouge the other day == “The refiner: aid he, “control the production of sugar case Smoot oman hecame rher (cokin i Cuba and the price at which it is sold, With a lower ie of duty on sugar, they can destroy the American oduction, and when that is done, God help the Ameri- consumer!” Bosh! ‘The people ‘who for generations have enjoyed the lowest ices in the world in sugar, have been the people of preat Britain. They have enjoyed these low prices be- use they have had free trade in sugar. Often and often the British have consumed sugar ex- d from Germany, which had a huge domestic pro- "duction under a Smootian system, at a price of not more Phan half what the German people who produced it had Mr. Smoot was the man who is most responsible our present sugar tariff. If we are at the mercy of fe Cuban refiners, as he says, he is to blame. He bas penned us up in the same sugar-enclosure with lot of men who have, as he says, a monopoly, after ad- ‘tised conferences with those monopolists. He must ve known what would happen. The remedy is not restriction, but freedom. Open the market of America to the sugar of the world thout tariff, and we should have the cheapest sugar the world. if And what are the American sugar producers for whom smoot speaks doing to break the gouge? Exactly nothing. They are cashing in on it. MONEY, MONEY! ‘The treasury has collected during March, 1923, .. . . . Income taxes to the amount of $463,000,000 as compared with $393,000,000 of income and a taxes collected in March, 19° + +s This probably means collections for the year 1923 amounting to about $200,000,000 ‘Wore than for the calendar year 1922.—Seeretary Mellon. A bachelor is » man who wears two pairs of socks at a time to hide Ibe holes in each pair. Perhaps statistics show twice as many men as women are killed < women never marry women, ‘Man who wrote “Home, Sweet Home” got hls reputation for a song. “A draft is an ill wind that blows nobody good. A Some men think they have no chance. This makes it trae (#f you want a man to believe you, tell him what he thinks, What Would Kill Prosperity Nothing would kill current prosperity quicker than a 69 rapid advance in prices. Get a runaway market, prices jumping out of reasonable bounds, and the ge would be set for another period of depression. Busi- men, fearing another buyers’ strike, seem to realize rit! holesale prices of 827 leading commodities advanced a trifle during March. Now they are only 60 per nt (three-fifths) higher than they were in 1913. meanest Halloween Joke has heen dog up, In 3 Nevada town | Switched an auto dealer's sign to an undertaker’s shop and it read, ‘Bodies Taken in Trade.” Negri, who was formerly Countess Dumbski, is not acting Dumb by marrying Charlie Chaplin. _ Seattle rooster scratched cut a dog’s eyes, but then his mother may been an incubator. drawback to raising a baby scientifically is the kid can't read, fever makes you feel as if you have forgotten something. A cowcatcher is what is put on engines to catch autos, Three Interesting News Items Matthew Bernard Oldenburg, 64, inventor of “brick ice am,” is buried in New Orleans. He left the world a reat perpetual legacy. The youngest bigamist on record in our country is dis- overed in New York city. At 14 she has two husbands. Eighty-year-old twin sisters. Mrs, Weis and Mrs. Von celebrate their birthday in Brooklyn. One twin oiten ves to this advanced age, but it’s phenomenal for both “survive that long. ~~ “On June 12 California proposes to hang s boy who became a murderer about 18 yrars old. His mother has been a bed-ridden invalid and fers from St. Vitus’ dance. Just another boy, wrong physically, wrong mentally without a mother’s care. line is 18% cents in Kansas. Five cents more in California, a Fegion producing more oil than any other of its size on earth. It’s a # puzzle for the publie schools to tackle. Group of senators visiting our national forests report we are not yet of the woods, ‘Pacific coast cities report a flood of bad $20 bills, which did some dam- to property. . Nature gave the skinny people more than they can bare. “The hardest thing about loafing is buying clgarets on credit. Helgoland May Disappear For three years the allies have been dynamiting the it fortifications built by the Germans on Helgoland. G scientists “fear” the explosions have so shat- _ tered the underlying rock that the sea will soon entirely mihilate the whole island. Too good to be true, Another echo of the big war from Washington, where becomes known that about 1,188 million dollars will be e damages demanded of Germany by Uncle Sam. This overs all government and citizens’ claims, including usitania losses. Balancing this against what the war post us, we'll realize about five cents on the dollar. And i an extravagant estimate. But safety is cheap at any price, He wotice Pola Negri being advertised as Passionate Romance.” Ob, well! Maybe Mr. Chaplin needs that, ead of an Incomparable Maker of Pie to Slug ‘Em With. However, ‘ve observed, quite a bit, that the passionate romance oozes out long e pie deserts the matrimonial ship, _ Amundsen is off from Nome to fly over the North Pole, Flying over North Pole is going to be ordinary, some day, and the real stunt he to dig it up and bring it home. A Los Angeles man asks-divorce because his wife won't talk to him, 's one Jady who will have to do a powerful lot of refusing in order remain @ grasi widow, ‘6 win “The Incomparable Empress Never lose your health. It is so hard to find. w fenldn't it be reat if as many cook books as novels were sold? LETTER FEROM VV RIDGE MANN Dear Folks: For quite a while we had a string of warm and sunny days; nt didn't rain or anything Wednesday morning came, the no clouds or mist or haze And then when nky was chill and gray, It lookeo as if the baseball game would have a dewy day. I started out to reach The Star as chilly as a pup; and then } ed Joh I never like to fuss or volce the tion thus, "Nice weather? Yes, Now John tn quite a truthful said it loc th at, what did he say? He said, ny Carr, who stopped and picked me up. ed as some drink had gathered in the aky And the old complaint, I started conversa: it aint” sink, and couldn't tell a ie. Me But after It can't be “We can't complain! every day—we need a little I thought he sald a mouthful Tt must be rainy now and were ays bright and can't be sunny every day For hearts that only rain ts good for everyone 0, or not a thing would grow. y our ple a little rain muet fall.” knew the sun would shri it keeps our then—a truth we ought to know If lite aaures soon would pall—"It nl up and die. The andarda high. So when our skies are dark and gray be thankful, don't complain—It can't be sunny every day—we need a little rain!" Grritze Yonn LETTERS ic LDITOR Got Well Filled Promptly EAltor The Star: I should like to relate an Incident which will serve‘to explain why I am strongly in favor of reelecting Councilman Philip Tindall, who just now seems to be the target of much abuse at the hands of some of his opponents. About two years ago I went to Mr Tindall and told him of a well on a vacant lot near the Lafayette school, near which the children had to pass in going to school. The parents had been trying for a year to have thin} well filled but without success Mr. Tindall at once looked up the Jaw, then we went to a map and lo. Questions for Editor The Star: T want some paper In Seattte to sive me and a number of other voters some this I do not Information on Proposed port purchase, want editorial comment: facts, and I want to be allowed to draw my own conclusions. I am first trying your paper, Here is what I want to know, from the editor, from Col. Lamping, or from the Chamber of Commerce: 1. How much did the taxpayers have to pay for port purposes in 1922, and how much 4s levied for 19237 2. Are the taxpayers benefited by & lower dock charge on supplies Abipped over the port docks? I want) cated the well by lot and block. He then went to a title company and ascertained the name of the owner. This {nformation he telephoned to the health department, wh |= notice to the owner to fill up the well. Within a week from the time I spoke to Mr. Tindall about it the well had been filled. There may be more tmportant du. ties of a councilman than attending to cmall matters like the one I men- tion, but neither the Skagit nor the street railway question was any more important to the parents of the children who had to pass that well, sent MRS. W. W. WAY. Mr. Lamping 3. What fs the annual on our port bonds? | 4. Does the proposed issue |erease our bonded debt | burposes? 5. Is the Immigration station pro- posed to be purchased the only in- |come producer? 6. If wo, what will be the deficit to be made up by the taxpayers? 7. If this property is not pur: chased why ts it necessary, as has been stated, to spend this money on something else? 8. Does the present business of the port make ft necessary to de- velop more terminals? Yours very truly, JENNIE W. BANNISTER, Medina, Wash. Interest in- for port A 1923 Knight Errant Editor The Star; Recently in Chicago a club was formed to revive the spirit of chivalry or knight-errantry which in the pres- ent century {s hardly more than an archaic drea:n. Yet, there are excep- tions, and yesterday I had the good fortune to observe a modern cavalier, He was a conductor en the Green Lake line, badge No. 129, and his PREPAREDNESS By Bert on Braley Sox in the world’s confusions, Strive ever to retain Your golden-hued illusions, Don't let their glamor wane; Tho life be harsh and drastic, Don't let your faith be lost; Stay blithe, enthusiastic, But—keep your fingers crossed! ON"T let your ] trust grow dim in The wellknown human race; Believe in men and women As creatures full of grace, Ton't be a dour dyspeptic Who thinks the world’s a frost; Nefuse to be a skeptic, But—keep your 1US when gri The dreams y fingers crossed! im fate denie: ‘ou may have had, It will not much surprise you And vou won't Thru every catac feel so bad; ny ere By which you may be tosued, Retain your optimism But—keep your fingers crossed! (Copyright, 1923, The Seattle Star [Sine employes demand. courtesy was the more commendable | because he probably did not belong he new club, It was spontaneous d seemed to xpring from an innate Jove of hin fellowmen, The writer is a firm bellever In “A Rose to the Living,” and that is why | this letter is sont Thin man was middle-aged, but evt- dently had not overtaken his ideals. It did my heart good to mee the way he assisted a cripple onto the car and haw to it that he was comfortably seated. This was also true in the cane of an elderly lady and a young matron with a emall child. It was & real treat to observe the kind thoughtfulness with which he saw they were seated as quickly and comfortably as ponsble, He showed the same concern when they left the car. It was obvious that he took a personal Internat In the welfare of hin passengers, have been thrn any hope of rewar or fear of punishment. We who hav traveled on the cars of many cities, and noted at first hand the impert! neneo of street carmen in general,| made a vow that here and now we) would give expreasion to our admira- | ton. Here was a man who gave tn- | finitely more than ordinary rules! ar In no way In this article to be con- strued as a reflection on other “knights” of the road In our fair elty As % whole they aro polite, and we like them. Only we want them to know that no act of courtesy, how- ever trivial, was ever entirely wast- ed: It lived in someone's memory— brightened some dim eye—or quick- ened a youthful heartbeat. MRS. J. L. ALLEN, 6350 Maynard ave. il Tindall’ Phil Tindall’s Mistakes Editor The Star: Phil Tindall's opponents neem to be making frantic efforts to inform the electorate of the mistakes that he has made while in the council. If he did not make a few mistakes he would not be human. In the last analysis it seems to me that Phil is the right man In the right place. In voting for Tindall wo aro not voting for a man, but for a principle. We need more of his typo at the head of our affairs, VAUGHN WOODHOUSE, Our Three- Editor The Star: Business on the Pacific Coast, busi- gree, is stepping on the throttle. | commercial activities, in town. Labor generally is taking advan- tage of & market that has a job for every worker, Capital is finding numerous aoft spots where the easy dollars sprout. The town public is buying once more, The general trend of stocks, and bonds, and speculative issues is up- ward. We are all set for another dash to prosperity. Yep? Well, if @ three-legged dog can |catech a rabbit we are set for pros- perity, The producer, the farmer, the poor simp who seeks “to reap, to sow, to | plow, to mow, to be a farmer's boy,” buys one-third the output of this na- tlon, The farmer, in the West, Is not leaping ty the counter and scattering sheckels with a lavish mitt. | ‘True, wool and wheat and cotton! and small grains have gone up a slight percentage the last 60 days: but how many producers of cotton and wheat and wool and small gfaing tods retain their clutch on last year's production? Ninety per cent of American farm- ers sell within 90 days of harvest time; they must because they need the money. On the other hand potatoes, and fruit, and poultry and dairy products in the last three months have not shown a market price in West Coast centers that returned a profit, and some of these, have for six months shown a price less than the cost of production, The three-legged dog ix whistling in the woods; if you get the mixed metaphor; but if you want to know how fast the darn dog is running go and inquire of the nearest agent of certamly {!t could not} Legged Dog ness the nation over, to a lesser de- | It is going to be a fine year for) ow one femous fo There was nothing out of the ordinary in the way she planned her menus. But, about her breakfasts and luncheons and dinners, there MJB | } EAéitor The Star: Gee, this is a rotten world. Also this Is a rotten country. Look at the darn fool thing, gaso- lene 21 cents, and rotten gas; taxes going up every day, more crime than ever, more cops thrown off the force for rotten conduct, women Mashing around instead of staying home where they belong, and our biggest men in the country actually buying booze of bootleggers. Rotten in rignt, Isn't tt wonderful that we know It, and that they tet | x ti fi | wig cae es 2 Sgheeh POL LA dhd Saar es = SSF the agriculture! implement trust how cash business is, Business 18 good; for how long? COUNTRY COUSIN, S017 i Coffee whets the IM TelJ1B3 The Sort of Rotten World We Have Ever think of that? As a matter of cold, historic fact all of us today are better off, if we ve in the United States, than we were ever before in recorded history. Your great grandad, if you are a son of the revolution, was lucky if he saw $60 in cash money in 12 months. ‘The writer had a great great gand- dad who homesteaded in Indiana and who worked a year to raise a wagon load of concentrated farm products, bacon, lard, soap, wheat, etc. and was a wholesomeness and zest that made her truly famous. - Thousands of other women have discovered her key to suc- cessful meals—M-J‘B Coffee. The rich, tempting aroma of a tite. Its delicate, full bodie vor tops off any meal and makes even thesimplest food delightful. dita —and the most delicious tea is Tree Tea. miles to market and sold his wagon load for $10 cash money, and bought | therewith enough salt, pepper, coffee, sugar and thread to last the family a year. 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