The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-09
Galleries! These MAY DECIDE
WAR! NOT ENOUGH IN GERMANY

ed. THEY FIGHT THE WARS,
PAY FOR THE WARS AND
srARvE FOR THE WARS.
That 10 tho bitter truth OF the
case.
Persons who have moderate &
large salaries or incomsa noNtl
really get pinched when the cos
OF living goes ny. They utter th'
loud roar. but they are not yltalil
hit. with tho workers II n a ar
feront story They get the bulge
and II hurts,
Unless thcro IN a corresponding
Increase In wages.
Costs Climb i39 Per Cent
In Great Britain the cost OF
living has Increased OF per
cent In two years. In the same
tlmo, wages have Increased, u
10 estimated, an average OF az
per cent But many wages
have much exceeded that no.
ure, and II you include tho GOV
errments separation allow.
anecs. a vastly greater wage
fund has been clstrtbutcd than
was ever known there before.
In Germany In tho sams
time. the cost Of living has In.
creased i3s per cent. But be-
cause oermany's outside com.
rnerce hss hcon psralyxed, her
export and many other manu-.
faeturers partly or wholly sus-
pended and her allied Indus
tries crippled. there has been
less Instead OF more demand
for labor. ard the average In
crease OF wages has been
slight
Very few working people are
better fcd because OF the war. mil
lions are worse fed.
Shy Of Galleries
THE AVERAGE POORER
CLASS GERMAN IN SOW BEGIN.
MING. FOR THE FIRST TIME. TO
SHOW PLAINLY THE SIGNS OF
A DIMINISHED DiET-show It in
face and In gir,h
That il 10 say. he IL shy OF cal
orics.
In July many municipalities be.
gar 10 feed the poorer people at
public expense. add thus n large
part % the nation was getting It's
meals. such as they were. at mu.
iicipal kitchens For more than .
ear II had been 10 great extent
IN rAtious that IL. all the poor
iad been The rich could always
.et enough. and can now.
These rations and the munie.
ipsi meals are calculated on
the basis OF AGO eslories q
day for each adult.
But your seientlsts long ago
determined 2.@oo Galleries a day
20 be the minimum for normal
life.
In Great Britain the present
average eonsv~ptlen 10 said 10
be 1000 Galleries Sday.
Workers Want Peace
SO the German worker -
shy 200 q day 81 the minimum,
supply and probably 1900
day OF the amount the more
fortunate British workers oct
THE GERMAN GOVERNING
'LAsSES ARE STILL KEEN FOR
VAR: THEY HAVE PLENTY OF
'ALORiEs. Millions Of German
surkora are dead weary OF war
nd are beginning 70 demand
,sace.
In the last month there have
'een menAciug outbreaks in Rcr.
in Ctwol. Munich tthreel. Cob
entz. BrunHwick. Osnabruck
iadgeburg. Cologne ttwoi. Aachea.
nd elsewhere One that rather
taril.d people ans In tho Berlin
uburb OF Charlc;tenburg.
Kaiser Roasted
STILL MORE SIGNIFICANT
IRE THE REVOLUTIONARY CIR
AND APPEALS THAT
y SPITE OF TIE POLICE AND
HE RIDERS. ARE BEING sea-
Erred IN GREAT NUMBERS. /
AVE SEEN TWO or THESE
ND THEY ARE SIZZLING DOC.
IMENTS ONE ROASTS THE
GOVERNMENT AND THE 9TH.
IN tOMINoUS SlGND ROASTS
HE KAISER.
Add now the fact that one peace
emand OF the allies Ia likely TO
% the retirement OF the whole
ribe OF Iohenzollsrns. and you
an zee ms almost on the edge Of
uge changes
! told you at the beginning 10
eep an eye on tho workingman.
q would be king pin OF the sltua-
lon Behold him now in Germany.
nnbrokcn in spirit. but
citing empty - stomach and ac-
a gyudge against his
1lerH-aftsr two years OF a.
In that state he Is likely TO set. |
% the whole thing
NO Galleries. NO WAR