The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 19, 1923, Page 8

Published Datty by 1 MA tn- 0400, Newapape: rail, oUt Of city, 600 Per month, # months $1.60, @ monthe $2.00, year $8.80, By carrier, city, eo A month, Giiman, ject! & Ruthman, Spectal Representatives ttice, M Chicago Coogee mia nook Mag; Ifo Bide; Boston office, Tremont mid Frenotsce New York offiog 32,000 Americans Missing! HE strange case of Nell Austin, the Seattle school teacher who disappeared and later was found in a Vancouver hospital, saying she had been kidnaped, startled Seattle folks. But the Travelers’ Aid societies report that nearly 82,- 000 Americans are reported missing every year. And 2,500 of them are never found. __ These figures cover only 87 of the principal cities. National figures would be astounding, “Some are murdered. Some lose their minds and identities. Some flee to escape disgrace. The average family, living a seemingly monotonous, routine existence, at least doesn’t know what trouble really is. Join with other nations in Drmgtng peace and plenty to Europe? Never! Join with other nations in collecting the money from Germany? Ah, that’s different! Certainly, We'll be right over. Up to the present moment, the “view with alarm’ boys have it all ‘ever the “point with pride” fellows, but Just walt, It’s a Soft Life! t ILDRED MANSEAU, 17, milks 80 cows every morn- = ing before breakfast. Then she walks a couple of miles to school, where she has not been late in two years and leads her class. She lives near Lancaster, N. H. Newspapers in New England print her picture with a write-up. A generation ago, when people worked from sunrise to dark, Mildred wouldn’t have attracted much attention by her toil. Today, anyone who knocks out a lot of work before breakfast is unusual enough to attract newspaper publicity. Our generation doesn’t appreciate what a “soft” life it has. Ask an old man—or woman. Just as the colleges have got to going good, some fellow comes forward with a suggestion that football be abolished and the whole scheme of higher education wrecked. Changing Fashions HANGING fashions wreck many an established indus- try, as the petticoat makers became painfully aware a few years back Another indus stagnated by shifting styles is lace- making. The lace factories in the British Isles are so quiet that the board of trade of the British Empire con- ducted an elaborate investigation. They report, rather amazed, that “women are no longer attracted by fine linen, but demand fragile underwear This finding, of course, doesn’t fetch orders to the lace makers. But it accomplishes about as much as the average “investiga- tion.” It is now suggested that women be appointed to our consular posl- tions, and it is a good idea. Those consular reports should be made more gossipy. A Million Oysters AN DUFFY, of the Massachusetts coast, has opened a million oysters. That’s been his way of making a living for 50 years. Speaking of monotony of civilized mdustry, how'd you like his job? Dan hasn’t eaten an oyster for years, which is a natural reaction. The clerk in the candy store rarely tastes sweets. “Gwing to the rush of job work this week,” says the Altamont (Mo) ‘Times, “several births, deaths and marriages will be postponed until next week.” Now will you doubt the power of the press? Helping the H.C. L. OU know, from your extensive reading, that enor- mous amounts of eggs are imported into our country from China. Department of agriculture says that just as Many American eggs are exported, even more. So the in-out transactions practically balance. What a fool economic procedure, to haul eggs clear across the Pacific and then ship away an equal number from our own farms! Our Washington smart circles are speeding up a little In one respect. It Is the custom now, where things are done in the “real smart way,” for the butler to serve two cocktails at a time, This releases him to get ready the rest of the drinks. You take one and set it on the table near you and the other you put away as quickly as you can. Picking the Weather OW far ahead can the weather be accurately pre- dicted? Only a few days, and then subject to the Taw of averages. The airplane and radio, however, are proving such valuable helps that the weather bureau says long-range weather predictions (far in advance) may not be impossible. Meantime, nature predicts the kind of winter and other seasons months ahead—to anyone with eyes and knowledge. This year, looks like a mild winter. that next winter will be Nature evens things up, in temperature, over fiv r periods. If so, chances are A picture in the ps laborer in order to p: money is, it appears. ers is that of a maj who is working as a day y off a debt of $100,000. He knows whera the Laugh and Grow Safe S Oklahoma downhearted? It is not. It is bracing up, éven to a degree that admits of pointing with pride to its near and hectic past. That requires nerve. “While we have behaved ourselves in a reprehensible manner,” says joyous Mrs. Ferguson in the Oklahoma City News, “still the country at large owes'us a vote of thanks, for, tho we have contributed another chapter to the dis- grace of the furnished much copy to distracted newspaper editors. We have given renewed life to the humorists, and added energy to the cartoonists; we have aided the general public by suggesting new lines to the vaudeville artist. We have contributed more fun to a laughter-loving people than they have had since Cyclone Davis cavorted in Tex “There are many bright spots in the darkness of our po- litical night; we have had our barbecue, which no one can ever take from us; we have challenged the world thru our legislature to dar sert that we are in any way related to the monk we have our Doc Bynum, our Buck Garrett, and our Zack Mulhall. “We may congratulate ourselves that the but there may come a day when we will return of our old excitement; in this passing day wh ry pa- per was an extra and Chief Justice Ruth flourished his six-shooter among us.” The gentle art of being happy, tho sore, bi restricted field of the effete Hast. we'll say, needs it. That state is laugh at its own monkey over, to no Oklahoma claims it and, afe so long as it can If Henry means business, {t would seem best for him to get the boys Into the trenches before Christmas The hats are all in the ring now, except Giff's, cane accident, and he lost his f McADOO’S OWN STORY OF WHAT AILS RAILROADS BY WILLIAM G, McADOO Former Director General of the Railroads pun Cummina-1veh bill, passed Maren 1, 1920, wan an ate tempt to solve the railroad prob- lem, but it has failed because tt ignored thé valuable experlence gained during federal control, and because some of the funda mentals of the bill are unsound and opposed to the public in- terest, Thin has resulted in re-ostab- ishing, under private operation, grave wastes and inefficiencies, As a consequence, freight rates have been increased from 25 per cent to 40 per cent, passenger rates 20 per cent and Pullman rates 60 per cent, «ince private control was resumed March 1, 1920. ‘The burden of thene great increases has borne heavily upon all classes of the people, agricul- ture particularly. Attempt has been made to con- yines the country that high wages of labor on the railroady aro renponaible for high freight and passenger rates, It must be remembered that the wage In- creases granted by the labor board in 1920, which were used as the banis for increasing freight and passenger rates, have since been materially reduced without adequate reduction in freight and passenger rates. PRESENT WAGE SCALES NOT PRIMARY CAUSE Wages of labor are, of course, a factor In rate making, but the existing scalo of wages for rail, road labor ‘# not primarily re sponsible for the high freight and passenger rates now prevail- ing. ‘Tho chief reason is the ineffi- cient, wasteful and cumbersome nystem of operating the railroads of the United States, Many of these practices were clearly ex- posed and abandoned during ted- eral control, but have been re- sumed under private operation, It {4 ewtimated that practices renulting from inefficient, incom- potent and wasteful management of the railroads are needlenly costing the American people $500,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 an- nually, This does not take into consideration the grave losses suffered by producers and ship- pers from car shortages and avoldable delays in the moy ment of freight, Efficient rail- road operation and the elimina- tion of duplications and waste would not only greatly improve the service, but would redu freight and passenger rates with- out depriving labor of just and adequate wages, ARCHAIC RAILROADS MUST BE MODERNIZED Our railroads are, in a large part, archaic, They must be Modernized. The whole trans- portation s¥stem must be brought up to q high standard of physica! development and op- erating efficiency so as to create a properly reciprocating m: chine in all {ts parts, Blectricity should be applied to great areas of the country with immense benefit to the general economy. Cheap and efficient transporta- tion 1s Indispensable to our pros- perlty and progress. It is not impossible to find a Why the Dem Convention Won't Be Held in Gotham 1833 New k Ave. in New York, but he won't trust any other person to do so. He won't trust the delegates to the coming convention. ‘Tho national commtttes mem- bers know this sentiment and they will only listen politely when New York's invitation ts pres at the meeting here January 15. They'll confine their voting principally to Chicago and St. Louls, Washington Bureau, 19.—If | | | ASHINGTON, Dec. you lived in New York and read the New York newspapers you might get the idea that one of {ts summer attractions for 1924 ia to be the democratic na- ntion. But that would ‘The demo- to meet elsewhere kely in Chicago, ‘ork is making a real ef- » land the convention. The money has been raised and the hurrah is loud and ent Squitous Influences in 7T n. One is that York citizens’ committee, includ ing republicang as well ax domo- cra offered an invitation with & string tied to tt, ‘They guar anteed the expenses of the com vention, with a proviso that the citizens’ mimittes audit the ex- penses, No other town over pro- posed to audit thelr expenses, say the democratic committee- men, and {t would be @ bad preo- edent to start, ‘The other reason ts that Mo Adoo’s friends in the national committea feel that New York is hostile to their candidate. The atmosphere in Manhattan would be unhealthful for the McAdoo boom, they think. Since there are probably more out-and-out McAdoo men In the national com- mittee than there are men com- mitted to any other candidate, this may be sufficient reason without the other two. There are two other reasons, however, besides the fear of in ig Now the the is being tmpreased every member of the na- al committee, altho this is unnecessary, Broadway's bright lights speak for them. wolves. National committeemen, like o} are grown-up boys. They like to visit New York. They know the average delegate would like to visit New York and so would the average delogate’s wife. Then why not? Answer: Bad politics. What! Hold the convention right in the arms of Tammany, t under tho shadow of Wall Street, right on the door-mat of the Big Interests? just hear the loyal party folks in all states west of the Hudson river shouting, “Never, by gum!* Tho loyal voter probably would trust himself to resist tho biandishments of Big Business SMILES Thermometers rose 40 degrees tn ute at Fairbanks, Alaska. May have heard Coolidge’s message WHAT FOLKS ARE SAYING one mi Beavers are building a big dam| THOMAS ©, BLAISD ta, Me. mgreas should | Normal school, Slippery I m wo [Tho ‘dime dreadful’ paper-« novel has been too long mall A Pomona (Cal.) electrician who/ am thankful there are such, I fell tive stories will recover, and wait | boys and girls read every story from for the elevator next time. | the ‘dime dreadful’ to Dante. Each fs one js iterature of a sort and the gO policeman saved twoljeast of them give an English in ville actors from being robbed, | structor something to build on we don't know why. | better to have our boys and girls read {near Augy go watch th The young people are restless, A Dayton (Ohio) boy couldn't walt until} he was 21 before robbing a bank. ing at all.” SENATOR NORRIS, Nebraska, - < he no-called 6-cont cl “Ivo cents is enough for any an with seven husbands, all her own,|man to burn up at a time.” is cr Bo do we. od CHARLES J. CROCKETT, presi dent Retailers’ Service, Detroit: “A recent survey shows that a ain: | woman earns $2,000 a year | spends moro on herself than the wife |of a man earning $10,000 a year. The single woman Is the big spender, not and the ret r the big cor at 6,000 acres of lettuce grown near Brawley, Cal., will be eaten by people who think It 1s food. who Orange (N. J.) carpenter has been arrested drunk times this year. has dike t es ,|the married woma Where does he get so much moi feeaveton th | eration.” Horses will be ba contral part of and it probably red from Haute, sults them. the - Ind.,| GEORGES THEUNIS, premlor of Igium. “Belgium has recovered prosperity almost to re it was bef the war ‘Terre point Why used our didn’t wait Printing press fell seven floors tn | Chicago, Perhaps {t was printing ause we went tor work something favoring high taxes, brains and hands, We | | for reparations." Ice 1s given as a beautifier by Duff-Cooper. “Keeps fle ‘ I GEN. H. T. ALLEN, U. 8. kes ours creep |A: “When all is said, the fact re mains that France is occu the prizefighter, anys he| position, as a result of the ¥ can't pay: his taxes had no {dea| Which she did not win by her « he was that rich | efforts." Dempse Dem # he is willing to fight} WILSON R. FOSS, JK., art ex | anybod. one feels that wa anything particu hen pay 5 | The th {eago's home brew for New and 1s estimated at 18,000,000 gal-| power to seo it and enjoy It, is with or twice as many headches, [in themselves, not something to by learned from books or be acquired "*! trom lectures.’ beau! getting 0 from FB the trouble. CHARLES LATHROP PACK, pr _ {dent American Tree association; “It 4,000,000 autos were made|is futile to think of depend! They are new, but walk hit are second hand. About Is year. ers they g on |forelgn ources for any considerable future supply of wood pr | ust grow more timber at home or Iter the entire plan of American life and industry. Ce duction, ducts, We h the exception of that ‘Y 23 goes down tn| ntinuous forest p therefore, is the only prac | tical solution, and this must be based nciple of federal leadership ration with both the t timberland ov ounces he is run-|on the pi Hidn’t quit ‘and the an answer fur Shakespeare's plays.” are laid tn walks as day Iaborer.—Carvantes. - |nothing but poor storfes than noth Frieda’s Follies SOME MIEN can never take no for | | HE WAS Ike th EVERY Saturday night he pro-| posed to her, | tY Saturday night eho re-| “d. THE FAMILY were exasperated. IT WAS ike « continuous per-| formance. “YOU REMIND me of one of HE WAS well read, tf not well HE SMILED pleasantly 4, LOVE'S Labor Lost.” until J A THOUGHT | The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, —Ecc. xix.: | 11. | When we leave this world and the earth, the prince narrow a path as the LETTER FROM V RIDGE MANN Dear Folks: Dec, 19, 1923, I'd ike to be a millionaire, when Christmas time is nigh. I'd have enough like to blow a lot of thought occurs to mo pull the bull, and yell, nd portal clerks, and some to spare—for things I wan! dough, without a thought of care. & lot of coin, I know, were I a millionaire. there's lots of things I rather think I’m glad I’m not conductor on a job I know has got a lot of things that far. is always full of folks who push and squee: “Step forward, please ota on every #trap, conductors haven't a I find as well, are pretty busy, too. to buy. I'd I'd spend But still, the I'd hate to be! r; for that's a The blooming thing we; but still he has to ° With three snap! ‘The Christmas mall begins to swell, like heads are known to do. When bundles start to pc starta to chin, ” rin, in, it's not a life of bliss; for everybody {ow many stamps for this?” And half the people in the state begin their Christmas mailing late! And salesgiris have a bu: shoppers shop th lot, they have to hustle so, is hot with things they want to know. all the Christmas rush and roar, one fact ts plain to see: ot working in @ store ts far too big for mel When With The job + « + For Christmas, in the realm of toll, it's hevving help the wolking goll! Terms Cut 1/2 with 20 selections, 10 dow ble-faced 10-inch records. solution of our railroad problems that will be fafr alike to the pub. He, to labor, and to legitimate Snvestments in railroad proper: tien, ‘There is, of course, room for differences of opinion ay to many of its phases, but theae can be resolved in the light of fair and dispassionate discussion, Many people, for instance, he. Neve that government ownership 1s the best solution, and I know that many railroad employes take that view of the matter, Personally, 1 do not believe that government ownership i the wisest wolution. 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