The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 9, 1924, Page 6

PAGE 6 ! The lehed Datiy by The Star Pw . 1901 Bere per Enterprise Association abd United Press Service, By 3 months $1.80, ¢ months 92.00, year 02.60 eoentatives, San Francieee New York offics Man Saving machine that lays as many bricks as 20 masons is being the bu Three men operate it. The labor of 17 men Yeleased for other kinds of work This is typical of the history ctric marke ted in inven of appli You picture a future race with nothing to do except run machines, make the mine and prepare ores and grow food. These tasks ca made easier by machiner but never displaced by i There'll always be plenty « work, tho a one-hour workday may be the rule time after we're all dead and forgotten. Livestock and Babies IFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS was paid by a Michi- gan for a single strawberry plant. He since spent $40,000 improving it. The purpose, of course, is more and better berries. More attention is paid to crops and livestock than to the poople who eat them. For ever babies’ lives by instructing mothers, Spent in fighting hog cholera, boll blights and the like. The Only Method ‘HE college boy who totes a hip flask is getting atten- i tion. Students are being organized into dry clans, Pledged to uphold the prohibition laws, in many eastern colleges. Members agree to refuse drinks. This is the only way the coming generation can be Kept from Demon Rum. Prohibition is nine-tenths a problem of education—of drinking rather than making and selling firewater. Out in the Open EVERAL inventors claim they have discovered a “death ray” which, swung like a searchlight, would Start fires, explode ammunition and kill enemy soldiers * miles aw It’s not a new claim. You recall the F-ray, 80 widely discussed before the world war. It is frequently suggested that science may make war $0 deadly and destructive that no nation would dare start fighting. War would become mutual suicide. It’s not impossible. But, first, nations would have to agree to have no secrets in their war offices, otherwise there’d be individual advantages. War, like other evils, is perpetuated by secrecy. man $1 spent to save probably $100 i weevil, plant-life A Word for Congress INSIDERING the respective powers of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of our government, the judicial branch is farthest removed from the influgnce of the people. Appointed during good behavior, witich practically means for life, federal judges are independent of the other branches of government and of the people. The people can get at the president every four years, but they have little to say about who shall be president, being limited ordinarily to a choice between two candi- dates nominated by party organizations. But the people can get at the entire membership of the house and one-third of the senate every two years. That means that the legislative branch is the most easily pun- ished for misrepresentation. With the judicial branch almost wholly reactionary and undemocratic, and presidents too much influenced by party organizations and big campaign contributors, the people must depend largely upon the legislative branch for pro- tection. This may be one reason why there is so much propa- 5 4 ganda hostile to congress in the organs of reaction. It is | quite evident that effort is being made to subordinate the legislative to the executive branch of government by > threatening with defeat members of congress who do no blindly obey the orders of the president. ’ Congress is not always right. But neither is the presi- dent—no matter who he is. Congress makes mistakes. ') But so do presidents. And it would be unwise to permit either the executive or the judicial branch to encroach her on the rights of the legislative. The judicial branch has encroached already to the point of danger. The executive branch is headed in the same direction. Ireland Progresses “THE Irish Free State reports a deficit of about 43 mil- 4 lion dollars for 12 months. That much was spent "| more than was received in taxes and other revenues. Ire- land couldn’t be expected at the start to be able to guess accurately how much money would be needed. A few _ years of experience will he necessary. Prosperity and surplus will inevitably come, for the winning of self-government will curb emigration, by which Treland for generations was drained of her most valuable natural resource—people. LETTER EROM VRIDGE MANN Juno 9, 1924, Dear Avridge Mann: Yee! Ay ban mighty happy guy; das yell-known goose ban hanging high, and birds ban trill sveet melody, and life ban one grand yubilee. You ask vhy yoy-bells ring for Sven? Vell, Hulda she ban write again! ‘ #0 qvickly now, on bended leg, Miss Hulda’s pardon Ay skall beg. For vhen Ay call her hard-boiled name, she ban forgive me yust the same. So to das yorld Ay sure skall shout dat Hulda ban en dam gude scout. Oh gol,’ but Ay ban tickled boy; Ay yust could almost veep med yoy; for Hulda’s strong for homely gink, and Ay look yust like missing link! But Ay skud yorry, veep or fret—my homely mug ban my best bet! So let das vedding bella ring out, for soon Ay gonn be married scout. En sveet mama skall darn my socks and help to spend my tough-earn’ rocks; for Hulda ban propose to me, #0, vhy' skud Ay not yump med glee? Bho say for me to name das place vhese she can seo my funny face. Vell, Vourt’ July at half past elght at Owl drug store ban place and date; and Ay skall wear brown derby hat—so she cAn't miss en guy like dat! P, 8—Dear Hulda: Play sqvare med me, please Hulda do: and doan io buckshot gun med you. Wor chances are you'll take en shot yhen you ban see das face Ay got. But still my heart ban sqvare and true, and dat ban vot appeal to you If you ban kidding me along, Ay sure skall roast you gude and strong; and vhen you read das red-hot roast, your cheeks skall varm up yust like toast. #0 If you yust ban yolly me, On, vot en sad Svede you skall be! eattleStar | | aam THE SEAT TL ST 4 About This Time of the Year | INTE KUBCTUAL \ Learner (Editor's Note: TonT inp Yourseie \ HE'S Just TRYING To FIGURE OuT WHERE What the Power Fight’s About Proof That Bone Bill Is Not Aimed at Seattle-Tacoma Benefit Only This Is the fourth of a series on the power fight and the power situation in the State of Washington today.) BY FIELDING L -MMON There is one section of the Bone bill about which the | power company speakers and propagandists have had bill to aid any and every ower plant. The section Sec. 3. Whenever aid of the work of co: repair, operation, ext otter ment of any ¢ system of any city or town, or fn ald of the work of logging or clearing a reservoir or im pounding® site therefor, tho jensee or operator of owner, t a common carr! for m rea. e deration to be mutually agreed upon, te transport any materials, mac ory, equip: ment, logs products, supplies 0 the place or places on said rail labor, to or from road nearest or most convenient to the point or points where such work of construction, re: pair, operation, extension or such work of clearing or iogging in such reservoir or impounding site, is being done or performed; or whenever the owner, lenseo or operator of any booming, rafting or sorting works shal refuse, for a reasonable consid. BY GEN. ©. H. MARTIN Assistant Chief of Staff, in Charge of Personnel IH young graduate may ob- tain a commission in the U. 8. army by entering West Point, or by applying for a com- mission to the adjutant general of the army, Washington, D. C. In tho latter case, It will be neo- essary to take a competitive ex- amination, Detaila may be ob- tained from the adjutant general, or from any army post. Applicants for entrance to | West Point should be well versed in algebra, plane geometry, grammar, literature and history. Applicants for direct commis. sions must be prepared to pass examinations on higher mathe- matics, foreign languages, mili- tary law, chemistry, minor tac ties and military engineering. Physical fitness, mental alert- ness, leadership, initiative, a dis- ciplined mind, respect for author. ity, loyalty, industry, and will- ingness to serve constitute some of the chief personal qualifica tions that will help the aspirant mont to success, Vor the first five years the as- pirant may reasonably expect to be an officer capable of carrying on the administration, instruc tion and leadership of a com- pany, battery, or troop. Tho work during this time will conalst of taking part in carrying out the mission of the regular army, namely, to provide an ef. fective expeditionary foros for any emergencies, adequate garr! sons within the United States and in foreign possessions, and personnel for training and devel. opment of the national guard and organized reserves. The annual base pay of offi- cors ranges from $1,600 for a xecond Heutenant to $8,000 for a major general, This ts increased little to s tion No, 3. This section has to do with the use of private rail- roads by cities building power plants. It doesn’t fit in with the arguments that the bill benefits only Tacoma and Seattle. In fact, it shows just the op- posite. Seattle and Tacoma have absolutely no need for this section. It was put in the This is sec- city that wants to build a Advice to June Graduates—No. 10 Army Offers Worthy Part in the Preserving of Peace m to be mutually agreed to boom, raft or sort lumber products, to be removed by fon of such om any lands used in such work, then and Ks, removed or or under tho or towr such clty or town be and {is hereby em ed to acquire by condem the to use and damage such railroad, and suf. fictent of its equipment, and such booming, rafting or sort ing works, for much time as shall bo deemed reasonably necessary by such clty or town to accomplish such work, after Just compensation has been first made or paid into court for such owner, operator or leaseo, The reason for this section can be explained as follows: West from Shelton, capital of Mason county, a railroad runs into the foothills of the Olympics, into the headwaters of the Satsop and Wynootcheo rivers. It is called the Peninsular allroad. Its by rental nnd subsistence allow. ance ranging from $700 to $2,000, With moderate success, the an- pirant {n 25 years will probably bo holding the rank of major, In commatid of # battalion, or performing other duties of equal importance, With phenomenal success in the samo length of timo he will be in command of a rogiment, or serving as assistant chief of branoh, with temporary rank of brigadior general, The military profession offers no great monetary connlderation, ‘The salary is sufficient only to meet the current needs of an of ficer with a family, Ho must be content with the provision of re. tired pay at the end of his active career, Tho commissioned strength of | principal owner {s Mark Reed, | speaker of the house at Olym pia The Pening is not a “com mon carrier ut It reaches te tory which the city of Aberdeen must enter tn pre supply for its Mark Reed, if he should so deaire, to deny Aberdeen the use of his railroad. } It doesn't Reed's own take away any of rabip. It merely mys that Reed, owning a railroad, must let the people use it, the same as they use the Great North | erm or any other Interstate road, to carry materials, Spokane might concetvably une the logging road that runs from Elk to Mount Spoken wnder the fame action require any other logging road to permit the use of Its tracks | (More Tomorrow) Sez Dumbell Dud: Senator Mi nus’ conatitue are eald to be dis- pleased with him but they shouldn't be. The mere loss of one milking contest does not oheays indicate a lack of atates- manship. Telling It to Congress (Excerpta from the Congressional Record) eee WHAT THE FARMERS WANT These people (farmers of the Northwest) spealc out as to what they themselves want. One of them, |for instance, sald: “That is one of jour present difficuties, thet we have |had too much money loaned to us lalready. For goodness sake stop It. | We need no more credit. But what |we do need is an opportunity to ob. tain a fair price for what we sell, purchase for our needs at a fair price, a chance to produce and to pay off what we do owe."’—Senator Fletcher (D), Fin. ee ae “IMPERIUM IN IMPERIO,” SAYS AM Our fathers did not think ft wise | to extend citizenship to the Orientals. ‘That has been our policy; that 1s our policy; and Tsay it ts a wise policy Theso foreign peoples who may not become citizens build up, as it were, an imperium in imperio—a state within a state, a country within a country.—Senator Shortridge (R), Calif, 4 eee THE HONEST POLICY The confidence of the public in our government will never be shaken un- til It js demonstrated that an !m- potent and corrupt administration can maintain Itself in power against the will of the majority of tho citi zens. Honesty in government {s the foundation stone of a democratic form of government, and the ex- posure of corruption and the driving out of office of corruptionists Is not & subject of levity and ridicule, Senator Pittman (D), Nev. the regular army at present is 12,000. No difficulty ts experi. 1 in filling this quota Thore will be no Increased de- mand unless the regular army ia od above its present author: ized atrength, which seems im. probable, I would recommend the army to the young graduate looking for a future and a career because it affords opportunity to take a Worthy part in guarding our country's liberty and preserving {ts peace, It should appeal to those who have @ taste for mill. tary profession and are willing to forego more lucrative employ. ment, ene TOMORROW—Const Guard, Any other city might | | | | | Free Trip OVERSEAS IS PLANK YED BY | U. $. FOR WAR MOTHERS | S ~ BY ROBERT TALI HIN How About This, Signor Mussolini: tary of wa be t mn at the Decembe t at the eight big rt od he purpose ts to enable the t tin} on ‘“ thers who entrusted t ¥ pein’ petad f their aoldier dead to the g Unite ment's care to satisfy the Btat ° 4 there. 1 i & place overseas, In ' gonne cemetery where © are the see BY HERBERT QUICK lint, haw in his pu utter fey of I to send to us the itself wit r mimigration to cons sion that he thinks that with all atic v got the A ex passage from Elwood . we are doing wrong ide his willing workers ad's m Italy an ny Of the people who come ler this policy are good folks, ‘tutions, it was differe | ———— SCIENCE wv book, “Helping Men Own but too muny of them are of " 7 Yarms,” throws some light on the class into crime. FOG the Italian question And the tr us ones are of mi ‘ Victoria sought to attract immt, cities and make our socic! prot grants to its irrigated lands it lems worse, The Italian gov thru a fog has looked with much favor upon | ernment knows this, but {t has | r not only of the thore skilled frrigators and ex pursued the policy of acti ographer but of those en cellent farmers, Italians of dus the peopic of arm y and surve migston to Italy to see about get ting them. its to “The commission,” Mead, natructive and whom have When this is done, too many. work from airplane the country | The light of the 1 (a THOUGHT ))==" ordinary screen Let all things be done decently and in order—1 Cor, X1V:40, Po valle It sent a com- writes Dr. “was recetved with ed courtesy, No effort was 1 to make the stay there pleasant, Vis ed and closely set with red an must be hig! The U. 8 irr perform country districts were made roy oe lable feat of y company with offictale ap ET thy mind's sweetness have | of nted explain conditions to 1 upon thy body, But it was made clear that habitation.—George : 5 to be done to fr ers to leave Italy describing Australia Germany's potash resources are| made pc n the custom 20,000,000,000 tons of| with a t the commission was The seated not totalk to peasants coul t the charms of the Antip. begin 48 hours after the chicks are | ¢ reward re. | hatched id not be the world war and a value in Why losses are settled so quickly Almost before the ashes are cool, the ad- juster for the big old line stock fire insur- ance companies is on the job arranging for the payment of the loss. The money is paid because the money is due. A fair and equitable settlement is madecertain by having the policies writ- ten by an agent who knows his business. 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