The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 28, 1923, Page 8

dished Dally dy The @tar Pudliahing Oe, 140 tn-0400, Newspaper Enterprise Assool ry © mall, out of otty, 600 per farrier, city, $00 mon mth, # monthe F160, @ months $1.00, year 69.60, ee Ban Franctece nt New York offiog “Blind” Bicycles Menace ‘DITOR STAR: I noticed in your paper last night that some one took occasion to criticise an officer for g a boy and calling him down for riding in the ts on his bicycle at night without a light. 9 my mind, the policeman did exactly right. In the th End especially, where I live, there are a great y children riding in the streets without a night light during these dark, rainy nights it is almost impos- to keep from hitting them. Tagree with you fully, that the man who ran over that tle crippled child that you mentioned, should have been sprehended and brought to justice, but whatever could s done to bring that man to justice doesn’t excuse the s for riding at night without lights. It is not only dangerous for the children themselves, but also for people driving cars. ; fou have always been fair in things of this nature and pe you will publish this letter, and I should like to from other automobile drivers in the city on this ect as | think it is the policeman’s duty to stop all tions of law if possible, and instead of condemning officer, he should be commended for his work. -I hope that your honorable paper will suggest to the iidren and to their parents, that the children stayy off streets with their bicycles at night without lights. : » Very truly yours, W. J. SANTMYER. * . . s, Mr. Santmyer, for your letter. You have ight home an important fact. Boys riding bicycles er dark, without lights, are a menace. They endanger - own lives. tt the reckless fiend who speeds a motor-driven ficle thru dark streets places not only his life in dy but endangers the lives of scores of others as The boy on the bike rarely hurts anybody but Tt was not the intention of The Star to minimize the nger of lightless bicycle riding nor to condemn the of- who stopped the boy because his lights were out. The big idea The Star is trying to put over is that his particular traffic officer let a number of high- Owered automobiles, without lights, pass him without otice and that the only case he had crust enough to le was a boy on a bike. Tf your family faced two great perils, Mr. Santmyer, nd you were able to combat only one, you'd be most of to tackle the most threatening one first, wouldn't Japanese Show Fight STERN Japanese, deprived of the right to own farms, to lease land, or to enter into crop contracts h white owners by recent decisions of the United tes supreme court, will remain on the land they have aught for so long, instead of returning to their native or migrating to “Japtowns” of Western cities. _ This is announced as the decision of his people by Yahanda, secretary of the Japanese Association of imerica, following a quiet vote taken after the court cision. Yahanda predicts, however, that white men will soon tition for restoration of their little brown lessees, after "finding that they lose money by barring them. $ 7 In the meanwhile, Western sentiment is demanding n activity in the anti-Japanese crusade, rather than periencing a change of heart. The next step demanded by the Exclusion league, a porertsl body composed of union labor, the farm grange, estern American Legion, and Native Sons of the Gol- = mien West, is enactment of an’immigration bill placed be- fore congress by Representative Albert Johnson of Wash- angton, which would make into law the provisions of the ' @Gentlemen’s Agreement.” The league claims that thou- ands of permanent Japanese settlers come here yearly in the guise of tourists or scholars, and that the Johnson bill would stop the leak. The final step to “keep the West white” is already be- ing urged by former Senator James D. Phelan, of Cali- , altho no active campaign has been started in be- of his plan. ') Phelan wants an amendment to the 14th amendment to the constitution which would shut out Japanese born '} gm this country from citizenship rights. He sees a grave Menace in the fact that 30,000 to 40,000 young Japanese- Americans will soon be able to vote here and own land. /) It’s a subiect thinking men and women cannot lightly pass up. What Tax Plan Will Do CERTIFIED public accountant has come to bat with some facts and figures that help still more to clear athe air in regard to just what will happen if Secretary Mellon’s tax plan, advocated by President Coolidge, is _ put into effect. | The plan, it is figured, will cut down taxes by 900,000. The accountant has figured out that of this » amount, the man with the income between $2,000 and 9$6,000 will save 41.61 per cent; the man from $6,000 to $10,000 will sav 37 per cent; the man from $10,000 ito $20,000, 8.19 per cent; the man from $20,000 to $50,- 000, 13.63 per cent; the man from $50,000 to $100,000, 210.61 per cent, and the man with an income of more than * $100,000, 2.59 per cent. > That means that if you have been paying tax on a 1$3,000 income, your saving will be more than $100 a _ year. The accountant points out that 13,121,600 persons last year paid taxes in the first group, which under the Mel- von plan will get a 41 per cent reduction, while only 16,- $500 persons paid taxes in the $100,000 income group, al- slowed a 2.59 per cent decrease. Thus the great majority, the men and women of small means, who need relief the Mmost, get the most. i Have You Saved $135.40? ; HAT’S the size of your bankroll? H ures can you boast in 3 eattle man? Or how large i “4m the back yard? * It should be exactly $135.40, according to the annual @eport of Comptroller of Currency Dawe * If you have more than that you in ings; if you have less, you : + ‘thrifty Americans have piled up a total of $ 746,000 in savings deposits, the report shc amount is more than double the amount saved by « rest of the people in the world who have acce ave y many fig- tir savings account, Mr. vhe cache in the tin can the below the above " Practice to Beat Him | It Takes THE SHATTLE STAR Why Women Leave Home By Mrs. Walter Ferguson men |} Inconsistent. Haven't you listened to time after time, « exquisite delight and the angelic purity of a good woman? ing word pictures of tle home body who croons a luulaby over the curly head in the twilight; becoming eloquent the subject of the uplifting pure womanhood upon di vent creatures, sinner makes even the best of them somehow glo: culinity, They find betw temp rating abo able star rules and 1 simply ‘They take particular de vos an an a res from her love this sort of known until about the middie of Ae 1923 draws to a close, do January, that the rail traffic expert ment in transp: ervane of wh A weath head in the prosper! This was a cars more th ing 11 m 9,000 first 11 ow to buildi Each carload of freight rep sents future business in the mak means that car of mi ina eee The exact number of fre ved by all the railroads combined ot be WHAT FOLKS ARE SAYING Telling It to Congress JAMES E. GORMAN, president of OC and rallwa “If the tes on wheat, they ucé them on ¢ also, for tho int ced raten ¢ Sled by wheat mus REV. DR. FREDERICK BR. GRIF IF THERE is ono thing IT IS ple THIS WOMAN fter failure. HE) ES 1 | NEXT TO mi | AND THE head oft TO SELL her GLOATINGLY, | tabl AT CLOSING tir IT WAS ¢ Ae SURPASSED } ONE MUST “{ SEE,” I BISHOP W. T. MANNING, Epil 1, New k: “I have neve DK. BASIL LANNEAL CILDER SLEEVE, 92, Jot Hop uni “THAT THIS MAG-PIES.” the world, draw many dates? Is hard-working etern moral sense sup some day nd 1 old maid ft be able to build it they have felt that yer being little girls th vamps modern tables ape if they find fill the role of maclven. SCIENCE Scientific Knowl- edge in Business meitienn As ‘one of the chiet nizes modern acl. at war nearly s al my. “Atter the war, > business. Amer in particu ness that ts ns some ail them. depart For the New Year’s House Party Flashlight pictures al- ways suggest themselves and are easy to make. We shall be glad to show you how simple the photography is. Kodak and Graflex cameras of every style FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1928. Old Men and Progress BY HERBERT QUICK half way, of ignering his own A COLLEGH professor has caused a slight sensation narrow interests in the search by hin assertion that the average for justice to all, he may be a man over ins ceased to n Champions of the s urisen who saw what great things have been done by men well up in yea erals winning great vic- old men writing great pooms, novels, and plays, They are, in the main, both right. Old men are creatures of habit, If a man in his youth has formed the habit of welcoming the new idea, of meeting progrens foree for justice and even in hin old age Perhaps the best lesson in this regard may be taught by study- ing ‘the lives of the men who, thru thelr champlonship of the cause of liberty, brought about tho abolition of slavery—such of {t ax was abolished—in the United States, Lowell, Whittler, Wendell Phillips, Walt Whitman, the whole group were roused to heights of fervid enthusiasm and LETTER FROM V RIDGE PANN Dec, 28, 1923, progress, car Folka: The spirit of Christmas is happy and gay, with all of the pleasure it brings. It gives us a grand and a glorious day, bequeathing a number of things. And one of tho things I'd be sorry to miss, which always is sure to please, in lttle-—in fact it is nothing but this—the scent of the Christmas treen! The fragrant aroma is laden with cheer, dissolving the burdens of cu It tells you the Spirit of Christmas {s here, and permeates all of the air, And when you are home from the work of the day, it gives you a feeling o! } your troubles are melted and wafted away on smelling the Christmas trees. You sit in a chair and it takes you afar, to lands that are quiet and green; where rivers and valleys and reveries are, with skies of 4 silvery sheen. And there in your chair you may travel away to mountains and rivers and seas—there’s nothing to pack and there's to pay the scent of the Christmas trees! it will bring to your reverie’s eyes the Land of the In fact, you may dream of a number of things— y seize; for always there’s a magic where aus brings the scent of the Christmas trees! gave us immortal utterances, But most of them seemed to think that when the slaves were emancipated and the Union pre- served, the millennium had come, And they quit. They became conservatives The exceptions were Wendell Phillips and Walt Whitman, They were as fervid apostles of Freedom after the war ap before. They had formed the mental habit of questioning existing in- stitutions, They looked for the slavery concealed in our ac cepted institutions, Old or young, we are creatures of habit. Thus tt {s that men over 45 who have not formed the habit of progressive thought and being, like the man of the other sort, incapable of forming new habits, are really the clog on progress which our professional friend says they are. In a state of things where everything is good in the main, the old men keep it good, Where it is bad, they make it worse, In # period like this, when we need new construction in human affaira, the old men are t of the human race. We m this great civilization of ours be- cause old men are in control of things. They are not to blame. They have formed habits which make them dead to progress. Wells imagines a society re- deemed by men able to live 200 years and become wise, Nothing can be more foolish, Knowledge but seldom ling If hell is paved with good inten. tions it will be repaved New Year, It will soon be time for new resolu- tions. We call them new, but they are old ones made over. 7 soe? it’s a gift This expression came from hundreds who took advantage of our loss Just Take a Look At These Prices $71,000 \\\ MUST BE R/ISED OR THE CREDITORS CLOSE OUR DOORS The situation is desperate—we absolutely must raise this amount to satisfy our liabilities—The way our merchandise has been mercilessly cut in price shows our determination to remain in business at any sac- rifice, Some of the finest makes of Tyro-pants Suits in America are represented. All the new shades and patterns are de- lightfully exemplified In models as jazzy or as conservative in cut as any man can ask for. A big assemblage of splen- didly tailored garments, lined and finished in a way to give lasting service and offered at prices so low it is virtually a commercial crime, HUNDREDS CF BLUE SERGE SUITS Are included in these pric The very finest of choice, fancy 22-ounce ser, s ranging from 36 to 48, including stout, slim and stub models—a size to fit anybody and everybody. Come in single or two-pants. All reduced and all on sale. OVERCOATS One of the Rochester features was Overcoats. A truly won- derful selection of all the new models, in finest of woolens and tailoring, all repriced and all reduced for this event. 00 $30.00 $40.00 Values Values Values $14.65 $17.85 $24.85 $30—$35 SUITS 17 ocheste CLOTHES SHOPS ings bank: viretiba tt tad and ss > The average amount saved per capita in the rest of t [ A THOUGHT | the world is only $8.39, or about 1-16th of what the aver- age American 5 In the mouth of two or three wit , Americans, however, not the thriftiest persons in shall the world. New Zealand ranks first with $168.62 per lished —I. Cor capita savings; America second with $135.40; Australia third with $134.59; Switzerland fourth with $127.83, and WNorway fifth with $124.02. always in stock, Brollged-sitdic sat SPECIALISTS IN 2-PANT SUITS Four Doors South of Pike Street 1424 THIRD AVENUE are 1 | nesses every word be estab. Northwestern Photo Supply Co, (Eastman Kodak Co.) 1415 Fourth Ave, on his face a fad, Beards will cor