The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 27, 1924, Page 6

O “The Seattle Star |20 WE NEED TAX LIMITATION? IT'S ARGUED HEF rriiahet Daly by toe sar nining co. ssvnavmin are rroee | Star Prints First of Six Stories on prise Association and Unite ae Bervice. My 2 ' em ear $1.0) fan Franciace bigan Ave, New 72 Tremont & John W. Public and the Courts 1 7R. ATTORNEY GENERAL BARRETT, of Missouri 4V1 has been telling large audiences what is the trouble ith the administration of the |: Listen to Barrett Law enforcement largely depends ug 6 attitude of the public It is the public which tries to escape Jury service and who, urors, render spineless verdicts, It is the public which or gives fictitious names when officers of the law are looking for witnesses, It is the public which controls the selection lature and it is public sentiment which Inates legistative action. All of which is “passing the buck.” It is also bunk, The gentleman from Missouri can easily be shown, Who selects the juries that give spineless verdicts? The lawyers. Who tries, with every trick of his kind, to secure jury that will defeat his antagonist rather than fairly lecide upon the law and the evidence? The lawyer. Who ries, with all the cunning at his command, to fill a jury ox with ignorance, doubt, or favoring bia: The lawyer. \nd who permits this sort of flaunting of justice? The uwyer, the law and the court. Who made the law and its hole system seem a tragic joke? The lawyer and the court. And about these legislatures: They are largely made 1p of lawyers, the credulous public having long held to the mistaken belief that the best way to get sound and beneficial laws is to select lawyers for the job. And the people have been betrayed, gulled and bamboozled by the men they evinced a desire and purpose to trust. Quite all the laws we have on the books were written by lawyers and never could they have been passed had it not been for the legislative votes of lawy And the courts: Not a thing in the wide world but transplanted lawyers. But lawyers are all right—if they are all right. Other- wise, we are sure to get just what we are getting in the way of law and courts and justice. AWS away A doctor says it is more terrible to be deaf than blind, but he doesn’t know politics. Perpetuating Ourselves ‘'HINESE and Jews are the only peoples who did not perish ultimately on account of rapid decline of birth "ate. This is the comment of Professor Thomsen, a Ger- man, after studying all known history. He says nations can expand slowly only if the average family has four children. If this drops to three children the nation is doomed slowly to die out. A few generations will extinguish our “old American stock.” Europe inherits America. Henry presented the prince with a flivver, thereby promoting him from a Jolly to a rattling fellow. Fawncy! Lo, the Poor East! OT so very long ago, when budding youth disappeared from Eastern homes, it was the habit of the papers and folks of the section to invest the incident with the spice of humor by saying “the boy has gone West to shoot Indians.” Never no more. The West, as it is known in this day, has few Indians, comparatively speaking. As a matter of fact, the boy now sanguinarily bent must either stay in the East or Central section, or go tHere, for there is where the unshot aborigine now lives and thrives. Oklahoma has the largest Indian population with 119,989—-within a few hundred as many as Arizona, New Mexico, California, Montana, Washington, Nevada and Oregon taken together, can claim. The Middle West and East, counting only the states having each an Indian pop- ulation exceeding 5,000 and including Oklahoma, can boast an Indian population of 204,640. “t seems strange, indeed, to learn that New York state, old and small as it is and thickly populated, has 6,132 Indians, which is with- in 560 of being as many as live in Oregon; while Mich- igan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Carolina have each quite twice as many as Nevada and considerably more than North Dakota. In addition, it is developed that Massachusetts, Maine, Florida, Indiana and several other Far Eastern states have scattering Indian com- munities. What is even more interesting is the undoubted fact that the oldest Indians known to our active history—the ablest Indians and the Indians of finest romance and tradition—were never located in the West at all, but in Massachusetts, New York, Ohio and Indiana. The marks they made on our history, good and bad, are still there with their descendants, and almost every foot of the soil of those states has its pregnant relation to the making of a wonderful land and government of men. The Indian is no novelty to the East and never has been, in truth. Only has he been lacking, for these many, many years, in those wild cavortings and rolling hoops that piqued the trigger fingers of adventuring youth. It is the lame duck season, too, As To the Busy Bee UCH has been said and written about the business energy of the honey bee, head and tail, but it has remained for a contemporary statistician to get down to brass tacks in the matter. He has studied the bee, at a distance, of course, but closely enough to get the goods and figures on him. ‘ There are 40,000 bees in the average hive, says this calm, cold statistician, and the summer product of the whole kaboodle is worth $25 in the market plae. Now, then, divide $25 by 40,000 bees and the quotient will be one-sixteenth of a cent. In other words, the entire earn- ings of a very busy honey bee, for one whole summer, is one-sixteenth of a cent. It’s a sweet job for such small pay, you will have to admit. Or, is it true, as the late Charles Dudley Warner contended, that the bee attains a considerable reputa- tion for being busy by just buzzing around? Men do that sometimes, as we all know. Why not the bee? SWLERS IOMEBODY started the habit, I guess, of youngsters Just craving for candy. And any fond parents will gladly confess that they daren't leave it ‘round where it's handy You buy by the piece or the or the pound and you figure ‘twill last for a spell. And then by the kidiets it’s suddenly found and, frankly, what more need I tell? For satgty's sake, often you'll hide it A little tot finds it, it’s always the w yourself. You think ‘twill be safe in an old dresser drawer, so you open it up then lock it. But soon, all th Melted in some youngster’s poc There's only one way to keep children from stuffing. You'll find it will work, if you'll try it. I'm really sincere und a tong way from bluffing: Just cat it all up when you buy it (Copyright, 1924, for The Star) —— se — *e in a closet high upon a shelf. nd there's none of it left for and candy you bought at the store will be Both Sides of 40-Mill Bill Of all the initiative measures to come before the votera on November 4, probably none 0 little understood as Ini tiative No. 50 (the 40-mill tax bill) That voters may be fully conversant with this measure, and in line with its pol cy of giving its readers BOTH sides of situations of thia kind, The Star prints foday the first of a series of siz stor es by leaders on both les of the measure, co ing the nain points at issue. These stories will include; Tax Lim itation, Valuations, Other Sources of Revenue, Schools, Precedent of Other States, and a summary, They will ap- pear daily. BY FRANK C, JACKSON , Secretary, 40Mill Tax League ARTHUR L, MARSH Secretary, Washington Educational Association \ TAX limit ts sound prit ‘ iple, 7 ad Y hae proponents of Initiative can bear mited. The tax No, 60 say that high taxes can bear wit have produced a criats in 7 ts value ix 20 Because of this eristn, ds to force it we must place an arbitrary | by confiscation on the tax upon real estate 1 Beatle Jed th bus r You . s t of limit of the b speculators who want to « The limitation should pref burden of taxatior the | ably be upon ¢ in the shoulders onto the shoulders of | total amount f businesses and wage-earr may be m no that y can make st y carey more money out of their upon tax r ulations, In ticular ¥ to put this ac Wash n recognized the im: men are raying that t in the int ext of the home portance of tax lim ¢ the state constitution was drawn er. Let us seo about that. The A limit of 6 mills was placed average ‘home owner in Seatte Ag pays less than $100 per year in lie taxes, Tho following are a few frees phies. 3 { of the things he gets for his ther i money found that pern 1. Free text-books and sup row down piles for his children in the put Initiative 60 Is again erecting Free tuition tr | taxation by replacing the S-mill 3. A public lmitation no remoy The that makes Se in the w measure in as its oppone | public believe r 4 P rks 1 pla | taxes to 5 mills, the et grounds ' 4 to 10 mill 15 mille, Ti r | now. The mean It to which he we the cities, Counties are limited sum if he lived in another to 10 mille These are only a few Tax limitation is the only | things the home owner gets f method of forcing ec y. It | hin taxes. We led economy | om other | $8 ready to give these up ai a and in Washington in to make a few wealthy real ¢ school districte ar 1 speculators still more wealthy under 20,000. Hot! | (Another article tomorrow.) the same limits initiative 60 will | —— - — provide 0 SCIENCE NT ml RET HENRI FABRE a | Questions HE of Henri Fabre is now * Answered * : LAL wel prastiads | —_————$— corr Q. What ts t Southern France singular of titute the 2 th y on insects. He * but man alj his life, As a the latter form ta very rarely used. | boy rned his way by manual see work At one time he place as teache procured a He studying Q. What fs the value of the-sllver of 18547 in a achool. B-cent ptece are time | A, Th s (proof only) is valued People thought he até he had to give up his eee teaching and return to manual la Q Can 5 bor French After he was 6 ars old, he man. cach of t ged to acquire a few acres of A. Vietor Ii Lea Miser-\ ground that we: elena for : Edmond Rostand | culture He lived to be 90 and ™ “Cyrano de and|the last 10 years of his lifeon this roerac” Lamar terote|piot of ground with the Insects he Meditations Poctiques”” and “Grasi-| studied. Hin stories of the bee, the Voltaire wrote “La Princesse| fly, the grasshopper, the caterpillar, avarre, Mahomet the er and many other small This are not only the best acien * yo can get an answer to any question of fact or in- } formation by writin tle Star Question New York ave., ¥ || C., and inet authority, esting and entertain — Tricks of Fake Mediums Materialized inter, fc t are very ne | | ' | | | | | | | Tho Seat 1322 ington, D. in loose stamps for rep medical, Sle P i y legal or ‘marist aaviee, Per:||| Slate Pencils sonal rep'ies, confidential. Atl oo a } | letters must be signed { a ’ Ine - hse . —*x| BY HOWARD THURSTON | eS | America’s Master Magician ; @ How can pieces of steel be IMHE favurite “test employed | treated to make them rust-proof and| § by a medium" some years | yet not insulated electrically | ago was the materiniization of | A. By giving them a metallic! tiny slate pencils on the tip of | CORN such aa with sinc or tin Via forefinger. He held a slate | in his left hand, waved his right hand in the alr, and wrote with the tip of his forefinger, on the Q. Does cutting a hen's wings to | prevent ft from flying over fences stop it from laying? | slate. Then a tiny pencil, a A. No. quarter of an inch long. { e+ 4 found clinging to the tip | Q. Is there a verse in the Bible finger The “test'’ was ro |that contains all the letters of the 4. Jalphabet, and, if #0, what in it? The tiny pencils lay on his | A. There ia no verse in the Bible| left knee, where they were in | that contains all the letters of the visible He laid an examined alphabet. However, all the letters} slate on his knee; then allowed | ezcent “s” are to be found in| his hands to be inspected, and | Bere 7:21 washed. When his left hand | oe picked up the slate, the moist | Q. How long will cedar shingles} thumb pressed against one of the Niawt? | pencils, lifted it and silently | A. They have been known to last] scraped it on to the slate. After las long as 60 years, but the aver-; Waving tho right hand in the alr, it was brought down to the slate, and the finger tip pressed against the tiny pencil and wrote the message jane length of endurance for un-| | treated cedar shingles is about 30 | weara | How Moscow “Dir 1 Ve im FAR OFF, ALA LIST Pooky PVLLING A STRING _ THAT FIRES A GUM \ baad “ ~ a3 ¥, Se lar ? He Ares fi TEND HEARTED ie ; N ROCKING OFF SHADIE MEHICH STARTLED WALTER JoMproN 0 ide Stuff Dug Up for the G cre iy Aconyt erro Tet It Saath C788 A Conve, er eRENS LAPOALETIE 9 Follette” B, rects La O. PB. by Gaston a | svantico Se ~ BER BITES WARPING 004) weese a CASING KOH Yo swoon AMD [ par bag on ~ J MITBOGLYCE RIM we CORK KHOLK ING OFF EDITOR OF THE Mates P Shes some Se VOTER Wine” pia eens mean Dee Bi iohe im por two sua” Seas yin? | ‘*T TNDER the terms of the Washington conference,” says President Cool- idge, “the leading sea powers have united in the agreement that the United States is entitled to maintain a navy equal to that of any other power. Thus we are assured of a naval rank second to none,” | We are sorry the president said that. The public, naturally enough, had long since fallen into the same error. We are NOT “assured of a naval rank | second to none” by the Washington con- ference. It merely INTITLED” us to! such rank and we will be “ASSURED” of it only if congress wakes up. The truth is, our navy, far from being ‘second to none,” ranks far below that of Great Britain and hardly above that of | Japan. “Sea power,” says Admiral Robert E. Coontz, commander-in-chief of our fleet, “is the basis of our real strength. By sea power we mean a combination of all means by which we can gain and keep control of the sea. “The first great element of sea power is the fighting ship, the second element Ss SS taught manners | my nloeves one day Are Saying Fi |'Do you know what you remind me —————e looked me blinking: | jot?” | The fellow It’s “Navy Day,” Mates! and Here Is Something for You to Think About! and if there was one is the merchant ment is the base.” And Great Britain lays this country the shade in all regard to bases. Our only bases worthy of the name are on our east coast. Panama, a vital out- post, could easily be taken from either east or west, as was demonstrated during the last naval manuevers. On the west coast —off which expert opinion agrees the next great conflict will, in all probability, be staged—not a single base properly equipped. And, within 3,500 miles of Panama, none that could berth a capital ship for major repairs. Not even in Tearl Harbor, in Hawaii, our one best bet in that part of the world. Deeper water, heavy-duty cranes and all sorts of things are needed there. It’s a long, sad story, mates. But this is “Navy Day” and here is something we all ought to think about. If you want to do something for your country, resolve this day to get a sharp stick behind congress and make it make the navy what it is “entitled” to be. hip and the third ele- in three, particularly in If there was one) ly in the eye, like this fellow next | me now, as he hogged the seat, as ed it. I rolled up | effectually as this mar. ‘A concrete and sald to him, | job," I answered, rolling up my sleeves, the am us now, ‘that I about to fin! DR. A. L. JACOBY, psychiatrist, = Detroit If high-powered automo. | biles are entrusted to individuals whose me the tal developm child of what the chronological |individual may be, w accidents.” s that of no matter ge of the must expect LEWIS C. GANDY, Be New England ever cea» on: “Will} orshipping | its past generation and turn its eyes to the future | DR. HENRY VAN DYKE, preach or-writer he voice of the people is the voice of God’ will hardly do as % motto for the man who Is seeking truth.” | BE. H, LINDLEY, chancellor Unt versity of Kaneas: “You can not |tack a $4,000 education onto a 20 cent boy and receive many divi t dends,” s pr. oronas s. vincern, xew| YOur teeth are only York City disappearance of h if h: Dental statistics prove tho general medical practitioner AS ML€althy AS YOUL QUMS pt four out ot trey | would be a lous loss He is being | overshadowed by the specialist now, | The gums are the but his entire disappearance is not | them firm, to be contemplated withobt deep con- | p cern.” Smoking Room Stories | them sound, firm a [J AM a contractor,”” I sald ax 1} |smoker was crowded and ono fellow | |next me had been stubbornly taking |up more room than the law allowed |*T once had & stubborn creature ‘working for me, who could not be day with Forhan's. | Itisa Porc ment of Q. Do any foods contain alcohol?! | A, Any canned fruit, after it has fermented, containa a certain amount , of alcohol, as do all flavoring ex- | tracts. a van Q. Is the District of Columbia a | state or a territory? | A. Nether, It ts a federal district,| souttice containera for winter serv- set aside under the provisions Of) ice, Mrs, Mann learned at the sowing the conatitution of the United States, elub, over which congress In making the poultices, fill the jurisdiction | bag half full of the poultice mixture Pee and then spread it flat by pressing between the palms If a boil or abscess is being treat turned into excellent home-made | has exclusive| Q. What in the average life of a | horse? 4. About 35 years. They haveled, place a piece of sterilized linen been known to IWwe to 60 years andjover the wore; thon wet lightly with ow, olive oil and put on the plaster, If FABLES ON HEALTH MAKING PO | LD linen bags, if saved, can be) the applications must be hot, make | | sake, make sure tha | upon, Forhan’s For ULTICES Formula several them. When mustard plasters are used, | Wet with the white of an egg and the |skin is not likely to be blistered. Way the poultices in soft flannel to keep in the heat and this also helps to abute severe pain. To make a mustard poultice, mix dry mustard with half its bulk of flour, wet to a soft paste and spread evenly, but keop it thinly distributed. | such bags and alternate; strong and healthy if you would elude yorrhea and its attendant ills—loosened teeth, | neuritis, indigestion, anaemia and similar diseases. | Fothan's For the Gums counteracts the effects of | harmful bacteria; hardens soft, tender gums, keeps y | and whitens the teeth and keeps the mouth fresh, clean and wholesome, lit a fresh cigar and began. The | Ifyou don'tcare to discontinue your favorite denti- frice, at least brush your gums and teeth once a Pyorthea. It is the one that many thou- | sands have found beneficial for years, For your own 34g and 6ce in tubes. Forhan Company, New York Torhans FOR THE GUM More than a tooth paste— | it checks Pyorrhea : pas Byorrhen'r talk Do keys to health, You must keep isease sttentic under the watertine so do your teeth tader the gum:line ind pink. Furthermore, it cleans of proved efficacy in the treat- t you get it. Ask for, and insist r the Gums. At ail druggists, of R. J. Forhan, D. D. S. qourent to elude this ‘HOW NIG AIR MEN SE W; fi over fields can be ing acetylene miles which shine up and flssiy 100 times a minute. it A Thought Before they and while they will hear —Isa. D |i Sez Dumbell ie On July over 150 mile 49 mile placed on high towers every &@ lights outlining the with flood lights wie turned on just ay the pilot is ready to land, and flicker SSPATCH ts the soul of busines —-Lord Chesterfield. MAI] 1% a blige ‘6 the ah ene ect ie cottage + ret mie 1S fOr the ‘AN britices thellalr and t \east once 1 it wou Yes of the SE, SPREE FREER. x ig 2 pre the idee large Ming the other it seares 4 wO LYDON times per mia. out its beem ne being vistb) the other fo Big lights ar WS ESSE FRETS ERER. every ers. In the lights, ft independ bw lighthons: all the: time, there are eletre lights every three SESESSEQE sagcase. call, I will answer, are yet speaking 1 65:24. . s An Eastem man whipped two wolves with his bare hands. Try on the one a your door. 15, 1961, DR, | EDWIN J. | BROWN Took Charge of the BROWN DENTAL OFFICES Now at 106 Columbia St twenty-three years the }. io passed, buve more than patients have had thelr dental done at these of cause of the | business, which Me appreciates over $2,000,000 to them. offices at a | high business ciples und reasonable . joffice is still doing a shows that the service at eo BROWN DENTAL OFFICES ¥ | Columb! 4 out of 5 PUGET SOU STEAMER | SCHEDULES | Save Money, ‘Travel by Steamer Port Angeles. . Daily, 12 midnight. thra to Victoria on Seattle Saturday |AM, ANACO! 10:00 p. Fare $1.00 each ct NEATH BAY AND W. Mon, and Thars. (Goes Thra BAN JUAN oes Monday Puce So COLMAN Dork: to Ne s] LUND NAVIGATION FOOT-Ma