The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 4, 1924, Page 6

eee cee =~ * T rou ble the as importa No Danger to Dobbin TEW YORK and work No da mn with s swarm by millions. We ds 65,000 he of Dot were need The Parking ae reales be a deep pang in it, but it is s not far distance when au quite prob »mob prohibited from parking in the public r brief periods, The gr inc p in th nd the dangerous c¢ stion y create der nece e to think « t, why should parking in the public streets be allowed? Why should long li of stationary cars be permitted to narrow thorofares, retard traffic, and endanger property and human life? Why should public streets be blocked or obstructed by any- body or anything? Why should an automobile be concede any privileges in the use of the streets that are not c ceded to others? These are questions that are being asked. The only sane answers are negative. But the automobiles carry pusiness to the business men, it is urged. There is doubt expressed about that, too. Some business men there are who assert that the busi- ness they get from automobile patrons does not, even in a small degree, recompense them for the business they lose because the immediate front as well as neighborhood of their establishments are blocked with ca However, the main argument against parking is that it utterly neutralizes the purposes for which streets are established—the open and free and safe movement of traf- fic. Standing cars do not constitute traffic, but they do constitute not only a hindrance to traffic, but they lessen the provided width of a street, according to the space they occupy. As a matter of right, this sort of thing cannot be defended any more than can be the use of the streets for garage or storage purposes. When Our Cousins Campaign NE candidate for parliament is short one good eye as the result of stone-throwing at a political meeting, Lady Astor was driven from street speaking by rowdy hecklers, Sir Auckland Geddes was silenced by a menacing mob, a Glasgow speaker could only stand and witness a free-for-all fight of his audience, while another viewed a riot in which razors Were employed, ex-Premier Asquith had to give up a meeting at Lambeth because hecklers would not permit him to speak, and hundreds of other orators and candidates in various places were subjected to all kinds of interference, if not violence. Politics in England in this year of our Lord, 1924. We have been told for a long time that the tight little isle had an older civilization than is ours. Let’s not argue about it. Let them have it, and welcome. We are bad enough as it is. The Standard of Living NDREW W. MELLON, part owner of the aluminum trust, and also secretary of the treasury, contends that the high tariff on aluminum established by the Ford- ney-McCumber bill is necessary to maintain an American standard of living for aluminum company employes. That has interestea the Knoxville Sentinel enough to inquire as to what is this American standard of living which means so much to Mr. Mellon. Near Knoxville is one of the Mellon aluminum plants. The Sentinel found that the company pays 25 cents an hour for eight hours per day, making $2 a day, but gives a bonus of $2 per week to men willing to work 56 hours a week, that is, seven days a week. That wage means that Mellon private employes near Knoxville can earn about $800 a year, which is slightly more than one-third what the department of labor tells Mr. Mellon as a public employer spending Uncle Sam's money is necessary to maintain an American standard of living for the average family. All of which is interesting, in view of the fact that the 40 per cent profits of the aluminum trust are taken by law, acting thru the tariff, out of the pockets of the American people. Long live the American standard of living! State Rights, IXTEEN states band together to sue Athe national gov- ernment. They seek the return of 300 million dollars of direct taxes that were paid after the civil war. These taxes were levied on certain manyfactured goods, The claim for refund is complicated. This lawsuit reminds us of something most of us have forgotten—the matter of state rights. Our national gov- ment is a league of small countries or states. Uncle Sam is vital. But he is not all-embracing and supreme in everything, even tho police power is about the only re- maining major function of local government that hasn’t deen centralized in Washington, D. The Result of an Accident UST 50 years since the soda fountain was invented, ) There are 110,000 of them in America now. They all date back to the pioneer in Philadelphia. The soda foun- tain dispenses 5,000 million drinks and alishesoa year, A gigantic industry. Why not erect a black marble monu- ment to Sambo Jaekson, negro chef, who invented ice cream by accident? Death, and Lawyers LARENCE DARROW, the lawyer, recently declared that not one of@®he 19 men under sentence of death at Sing Sing would be there if they could have afforded good attorneys. It isn’t by any means a new idea. But the trouble is in the courts and laws rather than in the pocketbook of the accused. In England, all the lawyers in creation nor pl the millions in money could not save from the gallows a murderer by premeditation, Something New to Harp Upon! TK TaveFa, WHAT KEEPS ’EM OUT OF SCHOOL? United States Tells of Figures Kept on Diseases TON, Nov of all absences y¥ colds, not in t and bron id was the cause third of all i nt are due to me that 70 per ce ich could be eliminated and girls were equal proportion. shades of the older little And, | very truancy was found. | Tricks of Fake Mediums | Spirit Slate Writing in his right hand, ¥ | the slate toward t he siate is later handed to someone, and when it {is turned over words are found written up n ft The medium uses a large, flat tened thimble, which fits on the tip of his thumb, A short plece of soft |< halk is set in the end of the thim ble. When the slate is held by the | medium, his f re on the side |toward the “sitters'; the tumb ts jin back, ‘Then the medium calmly writes the me: ag shown in Mustration. of! they can get him and sleeps a few! © with his thumb, | (Another article will appear to. + morrow.) [Who W ants to Give This \ POTASH AND BLOOD Convict Another Chance The Star received this letter Tuesday from a prisoner at Monroe reformatory. It publishes it herewith, in the belief that there are men in Seattle who will be inter- ested in the young man’s career Editor T I this r in ‘ I am are of the « for my | an Inmate of the Waal State Reformatory at ct to leave here in December and am very de ous of having something defin’ in the way of employment at the time Iam writing this in hopes that like t the the wa against Saipe (I4catifiention avaliable by eall- me. ine Clty Editor The Star.) BY HERBERT QUICK Germany was have all the » barons got that have seen itable to are were depende n potash tr in their Just as the world war was | ash trust and we shall get ng out, one of our sclen- | 3914 ner cent of our nants | from the French and cent from the Germans at a had four an imme fixed price. nd German peo As r man flag) until the great wa “We shall was raging | new trust un T the allie: | les a new supply is found. It that if Franc is re rted that there is such back she would t a ly in the bitter waters ash for our farmers fre of the Dead sea in Palestine side the German trust Let us hope the report is true ‘The German propaganda de and that Dead sea potash will nied at first that there is any Ike Alsatian potash potash in Alsace. Then they ad- | d fruit. mitted it is there and sald they | ————_ would see to it that it stayed under the German flag » one of the war was Sez Dumbell Dud: Loeb Leopold have been sued by a and green if you think You are very | taxi driver, capital will give up a cinch just because of a little thing like a | One more war | thrill. It now transpires that French , 7 FABLES ON HEALTH BY HOWARD THURSTON [ SLEEP ) America’s Mas or Magician® re al) HERE are many phases of the | T)° YOU know how much sleep 6 o'clock and up g@it 7 a m—13 upposed paychle phenomenon |" your child should have? | hours sleep of e-writing.”” The | Most parents, like the Manns, do} From 6 to 7-7 p. m. to 7 a. m. jdium” 4 late to be tho not have any particular schedule, | 12 hours: cleaned. Then he holds it qubtly jh child gocs to bed as carly 4 FON Ae RO cient BMe Det Mie £0) <7 m.—11% hours. as long |") ab they'tt at’ Hien, pon 10 to 118 p. m. to 7a. m hours, But medical men have studied out| yrom 12 to 19—-8:30 p.m. to 7 estion and h i chart! a m—10%4 hours i you can jot down and refer to if] “yom 14 to 16—-9 p.m. to 7 a. m you wish to run the family fe on} 49 hours. Ne S schedule: From 16 to 1710 p. m to 7 Children from 4 to 5—To bed at}a, m—% hours sleep Questions Answered * SCIENCE eee { SURVIVAL HE deadly ind! the necessary. If it were not for this merciless | the world soon would be May warfare, rerowded. of animal we a solid mass oe sot thin [A 3 Thought ) }i The prince that wanteth under. | “'° standing is also a great oppressor.— xxvili.:16. Prov. UMILITY ding. uals and other goes on among all living “survival of the fitt rule of nature, appears cruel, but is/ 9,000,000 odfish is the light of under- sunyan choke out 4 animal life in a few generat g the world with Its des rembers were 1 normal span of roduces ch egg should ° fan the sea would be] in 10 years. ——_—_——----- —— These | Smoking Room tons, at % MOR l Stories bee ; > FROM Letters E20” Readers All letters to The Star must have name and address. nswer to uct or in- | struggle against other at} upon Mr. Dahiby, for that reason es with} would appreciate it If you would Arnifia: an the | make a s of this to correct the ics dae STOLEN AUTOS Editor The Star: orts of many am inte ¢ doing th: my a > say I am getting dis up the papers and seeing § le « off auto thieve lly, I am interested that no r story quoting me reflects in the wre | ¥rong impression that the acc | has created. EDWIN J. BROWN, ount ACQUAL Editor The Star: ay on election day should be furnished A every voter at least a week bef lop | inc election. Mostly every tenth person has| It would give us a chance to some kindof ag fed. n each candidate or referendum jeral, state, cor a me undisturbed and give us they waste by fn and ex-/|chance to find out who we are v ravagance exceed the $ 0 a year | for The same applies to ref erage taxpayer puts up for|dums. these bureaucrats. No wonder taxes| A page of the d: paper w ». Then, by taking the paper al h to n these million: of officials All the work th could be bet- ter done by half the number, thus |r leasing millions for labor in fai |ing and other useful industry. Let's {do it, or, maybe you prefer to strug: sides a correct vote the voter desires. JNO. GA usted at pic with ind of cases? E. H. 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