The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 27, 1923, Page 8

Gpdanasecrcb The Seattle Star Published Dally by Tho Star Publishin, 1207 Beventh Ave Phone Main 0600, Newspaper Enterprise Assoclation and United Press Bervio mall, out of olty, 800 per month, # months $1, months 92,00, By carrier, city, S0e a month, Gilman, tool) & Ruth: Hpectal Nopresentattves, San 00 effiog Monadnock Bide.) eo oftiog, Tribune Nidg.; New York office, Canadian Pacific Bids; Hoston office, Tremont Dida, 6,000,000 People—and a Judge HE comptroller of the city of New York has been sentenced to 60 days in a New Jersey jail by Fed- eral Judge Mayer, who considers the comptroller in con- tempt of his court. The supreme court of the United States has affirmed the sentence—on the ground that the New York city official did not follow the correct technical rocess in endeavoring to have the sentence set aside! the guardian of the people's finances in the country’s largest city will endeavor to exercise his guardianship from a jail cell. Comptroller Craig’s offense—as seen by the federal judge—lay in his criticism of the court for denying him access to certain information in connection with the re- ceivership for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company. “It seems to me,” the comptroller wrote, “a monstrous thing that an order of a federal judge in a court of equity should stand between the people and the truth under such circumstances,” The court’s sentence resulted either from the judge's belief that no man may criticise him with impunity, or that the comptroller, by commenting on a case while it was in process of adjudication, was guilty of obstructing justice. Taking the second ground first, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit receivership lasted some years. On the theory suggested, the city’s financial guardian was obligated to keep his mind and mouth padlocked during this whole period, no matter if he believed the 6,000,000 people of his city were being robbed outright. As for the theory of personal offense to the complain- ing judge, Justice Holmes, who dissented from the su- preme court’s opinion, says this: “Unless a judge while sitting can lay hold of anyone who ventures to publish anything that tends to make him unpopular or belittle him, I cannot see what power Judge Mayer had to touch Mr. Craig.” Justice Brandeis concurred in this view. But the court, as a whole, did not pass on this point. Chief Justice Taft said Craig had thrown away his op- portunity for relief from the court’s sentence “and we are without power to relieve him.” The chief justice meant that when Judge Mayer sen- tenced him to jail he should have appealed to the circuit court of appeals. Instead, Craig applied to Federal Judge Manton for a writ of habeas corpus. Judge Manton for yearn € m be altunt AY BY HERBERT QUICK HB first necessary of lfe ts land, It comos before even such things ag food and shelter, for wo cannot havo olther of theso without access to land, The gronsest error of mankind is the thought that high land values mean good to man, Woe shall go on from bad to worse if wo cannot make land cheap once more. Our cood cheap land is gone. Our problem ts to get it back again, in city and country. Wo shall get it back if noclety is destroyed, but it will do nobody any good In that case. What the farmers nood is cheap land, Cheap land alone us from the disintegra- culture, HI'S GOT ONE NAIL. SIA If land ts to be mado cheap, tho high values In the hands of land own both those who occupy tholr lands and those who do not, must be taken away from them, ‘The only way to take it from them is by Htigation, It can be taken from them {n only two ways; Ry land nationalization and by tho state thus becoming tho universal landlord, or by tax ation so levied as to relieve every form of property of taxation ex cept land valued, This latter method would re Neve from taxation the buildings of the farmer, his machinery, his money in bank, hin fences, his crops, his orchards, his income, hia drainage, his fortilization, everything which he has except tho valuo of his bare Jand. This would make land cheap; for \ h conditions nobody would buy farm Jand—or any other for that matter—for apecu lation, No one would want land pt for production une, No TLLE STAR LUMOUAL et OY bari kat Lugs, Increase in population or prog: reas in tha arts and selences would make the land more val- uable for sale, for the increased value would always be absorbed by taxation, WOULD AN ALL LAND BECOME ODUOCTIVID The town landowner would soll out or move back to tho farm and become a dirt farmer, ‘The man who has to hire his STARTED RIGHT — work done would decrease his area of land to the amount ho and his family could till, ‘This would throw on the market plenty of cheap land for every- one who wanted to farm, About three years ago I vis- fted, after many years of ab- sence, my native county in Towa. Two farmers were settling up a deal for $20 acres of farm Innd— If,section of land which w wold tn my boyhood for $5 an acre—and even that, sometimes, on grain payments Thero had boom. ‘The buyer, a dirt farmer, had mado a preliminary pay ment of $40,000, ‘The boom broke and ho could not take the land, Ho was doeding it back and tom: ing his $20,000, The vendor had movod to town and did not want to take it back, Ho thought the buyer ought to lose more than his $30,000, They were dickering to determine how much more he whould pay to get out of the deal. It was finally pettled on the basis of his paying $7,500 more, He lost the land and $47,600. The purchase price wns $160,- 000, or $600 an acre—a not un- common price in the Mid-West then, So this land, on the value of which the farmer must earn been @ farm land interest if he proapers, had in- uick Tells How to Get It | creased in price a hundred tim within my memory. This is the great factor which makes farming unprofitable in the United States, A recent sur ment of 6,000 1 y by tho depart. sriculture shows that of ms of “more than avers age size” tho average value wae $16,400, Machinery, equipment, livestock, money, etc., was worth on tho average only $2,800 each, Dr, Alonzo B. Taylor recently stated that “our land has becoma expensive while land in Canada for wheat purposes 1g still cheap, + it ls going to be cheaper for Europe to buy the wheat grown on such land than to buy the wheat grown on the more expensive land of the United States,” (In his next article Mr. Quick will discuss “Tenantry,”) BY LOWELL MELLETT ERE'S a presidential puzzle the coming campaign may make posstblo: Suppose there fs a real third party In the field. Suppose, for fun, that Senator La Follette, should run {independently and nt numerous sup- Northwest should re- main faithful, to the extent of providing him with several elec. votes. This is possible to make {t worth sup uppose, then, that the race n the republican and the democratic nominees ty clone. If it were very close and La Follette wion of a few electoral er the democrat nor r republican would be © constitution requires that the winner must have a ma- all the electoral votes, they may be strengthened next fall. If, by the fourth of March, the house should not succeed in elect- ing @ president, then the vice president would become pres! dent. But who would be the vice president? Well, in caso of a close election—with a third party candidate carrying somo of the states—the senate would be up against the same job in the caso of the vice president as the house in tho ease of president. A ma- jority of the whole number, or real mad them late for dinner. 49 votes, would be necessary te name the vice president, Buppose, then, the genate found {t impossible to name a vice president, The constitution says nothing about that, but per- haps it {sn't worth worrying about. Anyhow, the country hasn’t got into any such jam since the lection of Jobn Quincy Adams, Movie stars are getting so they ga ‘¢ their weddings mak¢ granted it. That, so Chief Justice Taft says, is where | Craig made his mistake. Likewise, of course, Federal | Judge Manton. So Comptroller Craig, who thinks the federal court should not stand between the people of the city and in- | formation in which the people are vitally interested, goes to jail unless President Coolidge saves him with an ex- | ecutive pardon. d then be up to the representatives. The no would have to elect one of required. With the house as It will stand after the next election, could either party 6 get a clear majority of ate delegations? The pro- nives practically hold the alance of power there now and a) : says the war would hare ended in s draw had the Americans * remained out of it. But he shoukin't be discouraged. He may see them | draw yet. A typographical error makes an Eastern paper speak of “the 00 per cent Americans in Oklahoma,” which seems to be g-perfectly correct mistake. Hiram Scores a Point ond, esas a damped é— BELIEVE that the voters of our country should be | over continued bad he given a chance to choose their nominee for presi- i + | dent of the United States, rather than leave the job to a |, CaTmany evide cl | lot of hand-picked representatives of a bunch of self-ap- | starts paying for the thing y pointed party leaders,” says Hiram Johnson, candidate eee for the republican nomination, and he continues, “believ- ‘ing as I do, I propose to enter every state where there is the direct primary.” With this sentiment it should be easy to agree, whether pled gn ROMO are g = or not one be in sympathy with Hiram’s views on oUr |toa and coften, but mmo restaurants they a relations, the republican tariff policy, the ship [have been using one for y subsidy. . In standing four square for the principle of the direct primary in every one of the 48 states, Hiram is consist- ent, for it was he who led the successful fight for direct legislation, the initiative, referendum and recall of judges | in the famous campaign in California in 1911. Hiram says that all he wants is “a free ballot and a fair count” and that while he would be delighted to have a favorable verdict at the hands of the people, he is pre- pared to accept even an adverse response “with equanim- ity and philosophy.” That’s the proper spirit, Hiram. | —_——__—— | generation hea Plans for the observance of Thrift week, January 17 to 23, are nearing | look to be 10 completion. Placing it right after the Christmas bills have been settled, | A Thought ) appears to be intelligent strategy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor; and the Caruso is gone, but | cause which I knew not I searched out.—Jobxxix.:15-16, 7) ury 1s only 83 kagt come What a wonderful beginning to a fine Thanksgiving dinner IGHT at the beginning of your Thanks- giving dinner, pass the green olives! Watch them disappear. The salty tang appeals to keen-edged appetites. And this firm, plump, meaty fruit makes all the other good things that follow taste just that much | better. It is this tantalizing flavor that has made green olives socially correct for such a feast as Thanksgiving. And green olives are good for you. They contain 1400 calories per pound—more than boiled eggs, fricasseed chicken or white bread. Jot down green olives on your shopping list—for you don’t want to forget them. i 1 With only a fe | play, the scoro s |ers have won. Uke what they eat, a great ots: eee you were sleep 1d watch the ort the rising kids of 4 Train conauctors r: rom Amsterdam th cameagifttoKing Louis Sztectep from Amsterdam's renowned Botanical | Gardens by the Burgomaster as a fitting gift to the King of France, it traveled under escort to Paris, Elaborate ceremonies marked its presentation to King Louis X1V—and France became the possessor ofa single, precious coffee plant. Less than five feet in height, it nevertheless was | a royal gift, for this plant produced the seed from —"4 When the bear gave us the idea of cold storage, he had no thought, no doubt, of what might be done with eggs. Voices From the Dead ‘HE bird is dead, but sings on. his phonograph records are paying nearly $300,000 | a year in royalties to his heirs. | SFT not enough to help the feeble The talking machine and the movie cheat the grave by | Abs | saving personality from extinction. Lincoln would seem more real and less mythological if these two inventions Bs} could have been used when he was making his Gettys- ' | burg address. | | For a number of unusual ways to serve green olives, write for our folder, which gives many recipes used by America’s foremost hotels. Address Association AMERICAN IMPORTERS of Spanish Green Olives 200 Fifth Avenue New York City But upport him after | akespeare, President Coolidge hasn't made up his mind what to think of Secretary Mellon’s tax cut program. He is waiting for the weekly farm papers to come in. That's hard on the New York papers, but it ought to please Peoria and Waterloo. Potential Presidents of In- Another of a Serie I “silence gives consent,” we very much fear that President Cal may veka f a Seri F > committed to somo terrible things; por eee eine which sprang all the coffee plantations of the | a ish i House Job French colonies. Ni. Le i i ‘ER ER OM Coffee was elaborately served in the salons of King Louis, yet royalty could not command such delicious coffee as you may now enjoy—M. J.B, Corre. “TEE a BAAS TEYT Y RIVGb PLANNIN THURSDAY'S COMING M. J. B. Correr places at your command the ut- most in coffee satisfaction. Thursday's coming pretty soon— Day of glad thanksgiving. Children think it quite a boon— Ife ig worth the Wving. Hearts are happy, not a doubt! Gee! The day's a winner! What do youngsters think about Turkey dinner! Thankful? Yes, you vet they arc! Nights are full of dreaming. Golly Me That atm We can hear them “Lots of stuffing! Kida are happy, not a doubt! Watch the little sinnert Notice what he thinks about— Just of turkey dinner! “Higher thoughts’ they tell me, “most Grown-up minds are under; Thoughts of thanks—not turkey roast!” s:0'% 0 Well, I wonder! “All queen olives and stuffed olives are Spanish Green Olives.” TEA gives the utmost fn tea satisfaction