The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 17, 1923, Page 8

Bs Set WC The Seattle Star Published Datly by ar Publishing Co, 1207 Seventh Ava Phone AKA ine Newspaper Enterprise Assoctation and United Press Bervice, By mall, out of clty, 600 par month, ¥ month $1.60, 6 months $2.00, year $2.60, Ny carrter, city, 609 @ month, GUman, Nicoll & Ruthman, Speotat Representatives. Monadnook W Chicago ott Bids, Pacific idg,; Boston oftion, nt Bide, Yrancteco New Tork office, Team Play EAM play between congress, the cabinet and the United States Chamber of Commerce will insure continued prosperity,” opines Julius Barnes, president of the chamber. Then Julius explains “team play” to mean reduction of taxes, especially the tax on business, passage of a ship subsidy bill, continuation of the railroad subsidy, revision of immigration i.ws to provide more cheap labor, and a few other ; x Now you know what is “team play. Scientists tell us that blondes will be extinct in another century and that leads to the conclusion, also, that drug stores will be, too, What with a tax cut and a bonus boost, congress no doubt knows that the Melloncholy days have come, Short Cuts and Progress NEW YORK brokerage house pays $750,000 a year for its telephone service. You can imagine the infinite amount of “running about” that would be necessary if mes- Senger boys had to do the work performed by these brokers’ phones. In fact, it would be a physical impossibility to conduct their business without phones. Yet many now living can recall when the telephone was not as widely used as the airplane is today. The time is coming, and not far off, when people will say: “How did they ever get along without airplanes? Why, we simply couldn't live without them.” Scientists now say the next war will be fought with electrielty, which Bears out the popular belief that it will be the most shocking of all, ‘The advantages of diversified farming are best Indicated by the diversl- fied farmers that have succeeded in plowing into public life. What's the Use? shy old world is full of good things gone wrong. Look at the radio, It no sooner gets a fine repu- tation for service than it is named as co-respondent in a divorce action. Life was a glad, sweet song in the home of Gerald and ‘Cora May White, Minneapolis, for eight years. Then Gerald bought a radio set, and it was all off. Cora stood it fairly well for a time, but when her nights were made hideous by jazzy songs, from out the air, like “I gotta song for sale,” her- nerves crimped and her health “slumped. Then there was tompany at the house one night, and Gerald’s set shocked them and humiliated Cora by raucously blatting, “I gotta cross-eyed daddy.” And, as if that were not enough, she learned that Gerald had expended $700 on the machine just when she needed a dress and things. That convinced her his affections were hopelessly alienated, and she hurried to a divorce-getter. So the radio, from which we expected so much that ‘was fine and beneficial, has joined the bicycle, the tele- phone, the automobile and other similar contraptions that, altho conceived in purity and the spirit of uplift, have been used by reckless men to tear irregular holes in the social fabric. It is a sad commentary on modern civilization. It leads us to sadly ask, “What's the use of anything, anyhow or where?” It develops that cunning persons made thousands of dollars by selling that banana song in other climates, and the real authors got not a red rent of the money. Rovenge ts certainly sweet. It is suggested that Oklahoma be given back to the Indians, but that Won't do. We are trying to civilize the Indians, A Tip from Sweden ] R, EDWIN S. SLOSSON, scientist, recently returned from Sweden, tells us that the farmers of that aed use most of the hydro-electric power produced ere. He says that it is generated by the government and Bold to the farmers who use it to work their farms, heat their homes, haul their produce tb market, grind their wheat into flour, and to milk their cows. If there is any “juice” left over the manufacturers get it in the dull season! Dr. Robert A. Milliken, of Pasadena, who has recently successfully isolated the electron, says that hydro-elec- tric power can now be transported 250 miles with prac- tically no loss by friction. Secretary of Commerce Hoover and A. P. Davis, en- gineer and late head of the reclamation service, declare that Boulder Canyon dam can produce 700,000 hydro- electric horsepower. Boulder Canyon dam site is less than 200 miles from Imperial valley, a region containing nearly 2,000,000 acres, which the department of commerce expert, P. L, Bell, declares to be rich as the Nile valley, with a better climate for productive purposes and capable of support- ing a population of 2,000,000 persons and producing an- nually $300,000,000 in exports, Why don’t we take a tip from Sweden? Frank Hitchcock certainly has hibernation worked out to the nth de free. He comes out only once in every four years. If young Hugo Stinnes was really interested in our oil he should have tome over before Doc Cook lost his power to please, Talking About Education eee is a severe jolt in the report just made public by a professor of Johns Hopkins university. A sur- vey, he tells us, discloses the sorry fact that there are 7,000 persons in our prisons “who have enjoyed the bene- fits of a college education.” This very is bad enough and shocking enough, but the survey discovered other things indicating that edu- cation, as we now promote and employ it, is not even an antidote for the evils that afflict human existence. The vast majority of these 7,000 college-bred persons fell into crime after they had reached the age of 40, About 98 per cent of them are or have been church mem- bers. Of the college-bred women, nearly all are confined because of violent crimes such as manslaughter and mur- der, while a very few of the men committed other than mild crimes like forgery, swindling, larceny, etc. Still further, the survey leads to the bitter conclusion that col- legians turn criminals quite as frequently as persons less fortunate in schooling. That's the raw part of i Where do we go from he What's wrong? We have thought, and our practice has been, that extensive book- learning built virtue and respect for law and the rights of property. This survey explodes that theory. We fed these 7,000 unfortunates on everything but good morals. We broadened their minds, but left their consciences alone. And now we know that sort of thing will not do. Our educational processes are due for renovation and n. We have suspected it a long time and now we it. We must make character-building a part of and college curriculums. Souls must have equal ion with minds, or more. Otherwise another sur- later day, will tell a sadder story than the one now have before us. By January 1 there will be 17,000,000 n tor cars in this country and we J, 93,000,000 persons to be run ov “These coal pirates must be checked,” shouts the that all? Detroit News, Is REMEMBER hoys — ONE FOR ALL PRssipENt COOLIDGE, hay: ing outlined a platform for his presidential campaign, lets the public know the men who will run the campaign for him. Let's look at the president's managers, e First, Frank W. Stearns, Bos- ton dry goods merchant and dl- rector of several banks. Cool idgo's most intimate friend in public life, Foots the bills for Coolidge booms. Belleves the country is safe as long aa It ts the hands of Coolidge and tho G. 0. P, An “angel!” who aska no favor for his money. If there ~ §MILES The annual shortage of shopping days before Christmas {# rivaled only by the shortage of paydays. We can't remember tf this ts Ford's day to be president or his da Muscle Shoals, Engineers say the White House Is unsafe. Just the same, prospective tenants are very numerous. While Christmas costs a married man moro than a bachelor, it is worth more to a married man, They found a 4,000,000-foot gas well in Mount Morris, Pa, but it will not run for president, Women are nice, but peculiar. Once they put thelr money on their backs, now it’s on their faces, Department store fire brought Christmas cheer to Philadelphians. The charge accounts were burned. A New Jersey woman of 50 mar- ried a boy of 16, but in about 20 years they will be the same age. Hen eggs hatched inside a Golds boro CN. C.) snake. The chicks were saved, But they are tough birds, “Take mother along” is Mary Pickford’s advice to movie-mad girls. We had no idea Mary was that old. New Yorker sues his wife for lost love. Values it at $100,000. Should have taken better care of it. In Mexico, Huerta wants to fight ig making her New 1 TO BE efficient, in every line, AS I am. ONE WOMAN ened me IN THE middle of the night TO ASK what to give her horse FOR THE colic. “1 GAVE wmino turpentine," 1 snapped BANGING face. WOULD YOU betleve tt, st back the next night “MY HORSE died,” sho sald be absolutely awak- the front door in her 1 NEVE! since, SOME WOMEN ar o unapprech ative, | | | | is a power behind the Stearns is tt. manage the finances, Second, C. Bascom Slemp, ex: ecutive secratary to the preal- dent, Shields Coolidge from blows of public opinion, wards oft petty annoyances, Acts for the president {n politios and with congress. Former member of congress, Remembered for the “Dear Ben" letters, shaking down campatgn contributions by distribution of federal offices: Republican national. committee- man from Virginia, a democrat! state. Shrewd and clever in pc ‘oolidgo throne, He will tloy and expected to deliver the solid South's delegates to Cool- idge at the convention, He will manage the underground stuft down South, Third, Willlam M. Butler, of lawyer, director of companies and in- terested in cotton mills. Named national campaign manager of the Coolidge boom, headquarters in Washington. Wealthy. Be came interested in politica late in life. Served in Massachusetts assembly and senate, while Cool- idge was governor . man, rather than a politician, will manage the showrooms, ‘Wayne Wheeler Say: DRYS TO FIGHT FOR TIGHTENING OF LAW BY WAYNE B. WHEELER General Counsel, Auti-Saloon League of America WaAsHincton, Dec. 17.—The Anti-Galoon league will con- tinue on the job every minute to safeguard and strengthen prohi- bition and forcement, We will fight to the finish ev. ery so-called light wine and boor amend s]ment or any fcheme to raine the alcoholio content of per- bever- under the 9 18th amend. ment. As long as more than two-thirds of the state main. tain the % of 1 per cent standard of thelr own initiative, it is unsound policy and unwise to attempt to legalize 9 states prohibit. Shoujd WHEELER for beer, then only should con- gens give the brewors’ schemes ideration. pose any reorgan!- the prohibition unit 1 decen We shal! ration of which Ww ties, Would mean more efficiency; and any further decentralization would mean demoralization for law enforcement, WANT DRY OFFICERS UNDER CIVIL SERVICE We shall not only fight tne at. tacks of the opposition to the law, but Il endeavor to strengthen enforcement Unes, Federal prohibit! ought to be put under « ice. As long as they nro po- litical appointees, the wettest es will continue to have thé most inefficient agents, and will be crippled cor A who come to tho United States and refuse to become citi. zens and violate the constitu. tion, should be deported to the countries from which they came. on agents il serv- worl slation will be urged to now stored sat large g stolen, lost or con. sumed, ald be put into g ernment warehouses or on gov. ernment property. This will VRIDGE PANN Dear Folks: v it would! 6 need for never ro it's just thi house pr ‘The joint is in an tissue paper tables in the house thes And rit think they go all the y ribbo planned on dre to be On Christmas it Deo. 17, 1923. It makes mo want to cu: all the fuss lime—and thi But overy year 68 around the wrapping job’ n half a t (XX LETER FROM for economy and effi- clency. ASK SEIZED AUTOS Bb USED BY DRYS Seized automobiles and other rum-running vehicles which have no claimants and which are now stored at large cost to the goy- ernment, should be utilized by the enforcement department. The government pays from 10 to 15 cents per mile for agents’ auto- mobile hire, Legislation should authorize the use by the depart- ment of vehicles of this kind. The league will back any treaty provision that will ald law enforcement and smite the rum- smugglers who are the offspring of pirates, The dry forces accept the chal- lenge of the wets, “Enforce or modify,” and will urge a relent- less = battle = for maintaining, strengthening and enforcing pro- hibition, SCIENCE Origin of Life. Mystery Being Solved. May Have Been Lightning. Great progress has been made by} clence in the last two or three years | a solving the mystery of the origin | of life on this planet, | The real founder of this work vas | Thomas Graham, the father of col-| jlold chemistry, who gave out results of his work in 1861. It attracted no | jattention, but later researches, now | | regarded as immensely tmportant, | |started from his foundations. |_ Colloids are grouped molecules. | The cell, which forms the basis of | nimal and vegetable life, Is al particle of matter composed of | grouped molecules. From such | | suping, in the history of | the earth, 1 d | Chemie arly na were violent in| of this planet, whe | molten rocks were cooling and heavy | rains drenched the earth's surface. |A recent theory is that a stroke of |lightning caused a union of chem. | |{cals #0 as to form the first organic| und capable of developing into | asm, This might have been | 8 except for tho power of ment carbon, which can unite |its molecules end to end and form | jlong chains, these chains sometimes | | formi #8 by uniting at the ends, | The addition of certain elements hay. | Hing the power of wandering up and| jdown these chains made possible the | development of protoplasm and the} formation of the ce | WHAT FOLKs || ARE SAYING RABBI LOL land: “Pre WOLSEY, Ciove- & moral di faith, against every spent half the common enemy | ting one anothe millenium would not be far off, uadlic “8 no one 8 cancer If humanity time in fight W spend fig ESTALINE WILSON, » superint nt of the Toledo “Writing essays on such MISS rim Fathers, ” bre 1eighbor's punished t a traffic 1 em, or how to re. iceman who has imanded them, WHAT GOVERNMENT OPERATION OF ROADS COST UNCLE SAM BY JOHN CARSON ABHINGTON, Lee, 17 —What did government op- eration of railroads cost the gov- ernment? And what did it cost the people? ‘The rattroads, in their propa- ganda, contend government op- tion cost $1,2,000,000,000, Now and then, @ ratlroad tive boosta the cost to $1,800,000,000, Rarely iy there any detailed accounting given, because tho statement will hardly stand up under analyais, McAdoo and Hines contend the net lows to the government was $714,000,000, But also, they in- wist, and it is most important, that the people pald leas in total railroad freight and passenger charges plus appropriations dur- ing the war than they have paid since in ratlroad freight and pas- songer rutin. “The people pay~—whether they pay in freight rates or appropria- tions—and the facts are then that railroad operation cost the people less during government operation than since under pri- vate operation,” McAdoo and Hines assert. ‘Tho interstate commerce com- mission enforces a system of rail- road accounting designed to show the groom and net income of the railroads. ‘With this system of account. ing—and it is the system always used under private operation— the recelpts of the railroads during the entire 26 months of operation were $714,000,000 leas than the expenses. That might be termed a “loss,” OTHER EXPENSES ADDED TO FORCE UP DEFICIT To make tho loss $1,200,000,000, the railroad propagandists add the losses on operation of inland and coastwise waterways, the loss on the express companies, and #0 on, To boost tho lous to $1,800,000,000, the railroad ex ecutiven want to add the guar. antee given by a beneficent con- wrens to the roads during the six months following government Operation and when the roads were entirely and solely within the control of the private ex: ecutives, The total cost of raflroad Operation for 1917, the last year of private operation was $4,050, 600,000, For 1918, the first year of government operation, the cont was $4,242,000,000, For 1919, the last year of government operation, it was $4,689,000,000, For 1920, the first year of re- sumed private operation, the Cost was $6,109,000,000. Thin year it will be $6,600,000,000. That is the gross cost. ‘The Various unit costs which are de: signed to measure the cont of moving « ton of freight a mile and po on show almilar increas Bo the public pays more today, McADOO'S FIGURES SHOW DIFFER ¥ McAdoo puts the case another way. His statement is as follows: The government lost $714,000, 000. Add to thiy the amounts paid in freight and passenger rates by ‘the public during the 26 months, er $11,036,572,609, ‘The total cost to the public dur. ing the 26 months of government operation was the sum of these, In the following 20 months of privite operation, the public pald in freight and passenger rates $9,972,205,818. To this must be added the government guarantee of approximately $525,936,898, ‘The total cost for 20 months of private operation was $10,508, 242,716, Divide that {nto months and government operation cost $451,- 945,080 a month and private operation cost $525,412,135 a month, In 1917, the frelght ton mile cost to the public was less than 1 cent, or exactly .715 cent; in 1918, it was R49 cent; In 1919, St wan .975 cent; in 1929, 1 cents, and tn 1921, 1.276 cents, i shows a simila to the public The railroads got a of earnings to cover of operation after the pa ment returned the roads, ‘Tho theory was then that the roads should have time to wanize and re-establish their var. foun syntemn and that the gov. ernment should protect them th nanclally during that period, Immediately the cost of opera. tlon went up as compared with government operation, tures for equipment jumped 39.4 ber cent in the nix months ap compared with the same six’ months of 1919. Expenditures for maintenance of ways ang structures Increased 454 pep cent, The total iner $402,758,162, erty Charges were made then that the roads were determined to make the government pay ex. censively, but eventually the in « terstate commerce decided the “guarantee” did not mean the roads were to be pro. tected for all expenditures, It merely agreed to give the roads six months of guarantee equal to the guarantee given during goy. ernment operation, A THOUGHT One day is with the Lord aga thousand years, and a years as one day. —II. Pet. iia, rary it wag it was Passenger service ar increase in cog, Ruarantes REVER hatless hurries Tims, the Durable to gain, ts Be true, and thou shalt fetter Tims with everlasting chain, Schiller, A pink wildcat was captured fn the Rockies. Perhaps it was blush ing because it was so wild, Only a few more shopping months before light underwear, PRE 1. Lake Sc! “Woliday Ente! | | gy G. 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