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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22
"Vicious Circles" and High Prices

Eror since Aesop's wolf blamed killed and ate the
down lamb for muddying the water on .ru ;c
years when cutpurses and pckpockets escaped by crying
op thief" the tactics of the guilty seeking to get away
have changed but little, - ., :. ua 90
the relation of monopoly profits to prices trust spokesman
talk rapidly and loudly of the vicious circle OF wages and
urces They explain that the wicked union raises wages
Then nrces must 90 up to pay the Then the unions
ask another raise which again makes higher prices ana 50
nlanaon there is no escape from the vicious circle so
long as labor demands and able to get higher wages
Therefore the story always ends Down with the unions
II was this sort reasoning that led men to believe
that the sun round the earth or that the sky Is
aolid dome of in which the stars stuck indeed
there much sembance of truth as lies behind these
ancient errors .;u.. .ho ,ouoov - ransom
ing .Post hoe ergo propter hoe" which means After
this therefore account of this, and point out that
that the first the second But no one thought it
necessary against the form of reasoning which SAID
Before this, therefore on account OF II
Logcans thought batantly foolish an error needed
no warning Yet this the much OF the high price
s rs ma 1Ss by ali o
bodies found that prices always rise before wages
This fact is undisputed; 1t is often ignored 49,, ,.u
Wages and prices do not move in circle, but, under
the spur of nAed currency in upward racing spiral
with prices far in the lead There no question Of which
was first the egg the price hen Until some one
shows instance of stationary prices set in motion by
ware demands the vicious circle" talk is pointess
There is something much more like vicious circle
connected with quite another field Of prices But this field
fenced in high and tight lest the observer learn what is
going within Inside this monopoly fence inflated price
GETS liberal lift by every hand that touches it.
In trade and manufacture. finished product for one
producer or trader material for the next If
rency rise in the price of article the momen-
try possessor adds his twenty thirty hundred per
een profit to the price, including the increase The
next handler does the Each increased price is a
new base upon which figure profits In the long chain
q modern machine production price, by such increases,
doubled and rebed before it reaches that universal
Hoat-the Ultimate Consumer
This is the only of high prices. But 1t Is
one Of the worst aggravations.
Wherever monopoly touches the stream of trade 1t
,s up the flow and draws off wealth without returning
equivalent The first thing to do is to tear out these
DAMS That will be hard for they deeply entrenched
and well defended.
Nor will alone solve the problem But it will help,
and it will clear the way to solutions.
It will at least get of the vicious circle" stage OF
reasoning.
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On the ISSUE Of
Fmericanism There Can
DE NO Compromise

ny DIR. FRANK CRANE
copyright. 1919. by Frank craneJ

The way is-to GET TOGETHER.
Capital, Promotion, Management, and
plain Labor must some day meet around
a common table as partners and co.laborers,
fix reasonable profit, assign TO each his
fair share Of the work, and of the reward,
keep the books open and the cards all on
the table, and recognize their unity OF
interest.
Strikes and Lockouts, violence and an
tagonsm, are not so wicked as they are
stupid.
They are Waste.
The only way to help Labor is thru Pro-
duction. Strikes are anti-production.
The only sensible Labor Union is union
in the shop, on the job, union WITH
capital, to produce, and not against capital,
TO destroy
! We had TO work for League of Nations
when national esotisms got as into disaster;
now we need League of Industries, before
Class Egotisms produce their inevitable
ruination.
Mr.. Porter says these words which are
worth dollar apiece:
THE place for labor to organize is on
the job not off. 1t should organize to do
things, not simply TO keep things from being
done. II must organize to run industry, not
merely TO keep some other interest from
running it. II must organize in the shop,
where it can actually accomplish things,
rather than on the picket line, where 1t
can only swear at them. One type of labor
organization, the type that contents itself
with striking for higher wages, means per-
manent industrial war. The other type of
organization, organization to control and
perfect the industrial processes, means in
dustrial democracy"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22
THE CROSSING COP
BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE

BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE
(Text: The Year Changes Its Job,
why Shouldn't Wen
When Boreas snorts his bitter blast
And every blood corpuscle shivers,
when blow and blizzard follow fast
And blot out fields ana hills and
rivers.
when every twig II rigid.
when every breath falls frigid.
And even the MONDAY pales and
auakes and shivers:
Oh! then fain would spend the day
In pitching corn and hoeing hay,
Or following the reaper on it's way!
When earth's equator slips her waist
And burns across the zone |
dwell in.
When Satan tires Of where he's
placed
And takes our town to start hell
In,
when every tree is torching,
when every vein is scorching,
And even the simmering seas a
place TO jell in:
Obi then ia spend an hour or 30
To fight the iceberg and the foe
And track down Arctic bears across
the snowl
Gag: This In tip TO employment
agenc.es)
Copyright, 1919. N. II. A..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22
No Bids

In Philadelphia the other day various gathered to
IA on large stock lumber which the had
advertised for SALE The auctoneer described the property
and those present whohad not already done so cursory
examined the stuff.
Then there was a call for bids. One spoke up. The
nuctoneer mildly protested the figure the mentioned
hut after another address plea, somewhat higher bid
was made The auctoneer tried in every possible to
ntr the audience with little At last the govern
nent representative got up looked the assembage over
coldy and said Gentlemen It's no 60 This sale is de-
cIared off, And then with scowl at the bidders he and
the auctioneer left the place
The highest bid made for the lumber little less
than one-hrd of of the foremost lumber in
the city confessed was its actual value
There is no reason to doubt there was agreement
between the who attended the auction to the bids
that be made There is to doubt they
TO be divided
In various parts of the United States the story in
relation to something other the has left
from the might be told Agents of the government
is shameful the way cques endeavor to take advantage
the In many auctions called off,
the in Philadelphia but the dealers only SMILE
They that later there will be another auction
Of the goods and they will get them ultimately at their
price, no matter how low it is.
Quite a hulabaloo has been made the sort Of
combination having been discovered in the occupied
Germany when sought to dispose of
excess property Our army officers put in the crowd
and enough evidence to the The Germans
who were guilty held up to contempt
But here in America when Americans do the thing
the American government they brought neither to
the bar of justice the bar of public opinion by the gov
eminent. sN
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TOMORROW
By Mckee.

On the gard Of August. In. isos,
Owailaoc. the famous Eeotissh
patriot. was executed He led Scot
,lsh clans aEains tho English sue.
oessfuiiy for many years. bu, finally
was betrayed 70 them.
In 1919. on the 23rd OF August,
oliver Hazard Perry died OF yellow
fever ~ Port ~ Spain. Trinidad.
West Indies. Perry was born IN
'i7ss at South Kingston. II. I. lie
entered tho United States navy and,
at the age Of ~. ranked as com.
mander during the War OF isi2,
A. that time he was In comma nd
OF a small fleet OF gunboa,s. His
signal victory on Lake Fri. over a
British force. greatly superior "a
his own In men and guns. has given
his name a distinguished place In
the history Of our country.
on the card Of August. in 1890.
the q. r. y. Baltimore sailed from
Nsw York for Sweden. carrying the
body OF Captain John Ericsson TO
hla native land. Ericsson was a
Swedish inventor, who had imuii.
grated to New York. His greatest
service 90 the United States was the
invention and construction Of the
Monitor. new type Of warship de.
signed by him during the cIvn
war and offered 20 the federal gov.
eminent. The plans were accepted
and the Monitor was built in New
York early in 1899. She was de.
signed 20 carry the most powerful
guns ever mounted on a warthlp
UP TO that period.
In 1898. on the 93rd OF August. a
new ruling Of the United States
senate decreed that when a state
legislature had the opportunity TO
elect n United States senator and
failed TO do 40. an appointment by
tho governor was void In 1891 tho
legislatures OF Wyoming Montana
and Washington deadlocked over
political differences. adjourned their
sessions without electing senators.
The governors of these states APP
pointed men TO fill tho senate va
cancics. but the United States sen.
at. refused to admit them. This
ruling caused three vacancies In
the senate during the session begin.
nins-lp 1898
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

H. +. J. Porter. an industrial engineer"
whatever that is, has put forth, in recent
interview, new word, at least new to me
and the stenographer. and whoever fur
nishes us with new word enlarges our
thought sweep, so to speak II is:
Spiralysis.
II means, going around in a spiral man.
ner A man trying to escape from his
shadow, which keeps right up with him.
no matter how. fast he runs, (2) dog
chasing his tail, which invariably has a
velocity equal to its owner, and 60
squirrel racing in revolving cage, are
examples.
The analogous of this, as the colored
preacher would say, is the effort Of people
TO escape the evil Of High Prices by Rails
ing Wages. For If your upkeep costs you
So day and your wage is SO, 1T does not
help any to have your salary raised TO S12 IL
your upkeep rises TO S12.
This is one Of those nose-on-your-face
facts that voluminous argufiers overlook.
To go on raising the wage Of workers,
while the cost of living Of these workers
mounts in the same proportion, is exactly
like the dog chasing his tail.
When the Company advances the wages
Of its men 10 per cent, and passes the buck
right on by raising the price of their product
10 per cent, and the men have TO buy those
products in order TO live, they get nowhere
but right back TO the point from which they
started
What then. is the way out?
There Is only one way. We can adopt
that way now. or first break few heads
fnd burn few factories; in other words,
we can use the sense we have or wait to
have some sense knocked into u.s.
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FIGHTING THE Enc
MES OF SOUL-LIFE
ny The Rev. Charles Sickle

By The Rev. Charles Sfelsie
Fight the good fight OF
faith" wrote battlescarred Paul
TO young Timothy
Christianity il not ''paolfist"
religion. In the sense that n
permits its enemies TO overruie
a.
Endure hardness AZ \ good
soldier wrote Paul 10 Timothy
n few years later.
Fighting rather than feastlng
IL the chief occupation OF
true soldier. Some mems or.
CARNATIONS In the church have
dug their graves with their
teeth They have been more
concerned about banauets than
they have about battles.
Instead OF being inspired by
Maxzinl's call. "comc and suf.
fer" they have been fooled by
the swan song. Come and eat
II we are TO win In the fight
against our enemies we must
know who they are. Here are
some OF them:
First. the devil I'VE wrestie
against the rulers Of the
darkness. OF the world. against
spiritual wickedncss in high
places"
second. the world. The world
has Its aims and ambitions. Its
ideals and plans. and often they
are quite contrary TO the pur-
pores Of God. The world would
like 10 make religion subject
60 Its customs. The principles
OF religion must dominate the
world II II Is to be saved from
dettruction--not a cold. narrow
sympathetic brotherhood.
Third. ourselves. And here's
our hardest battle-ground. It's
comparatively easy TO conquer
others. bu, It's the enemy with.
In who gives us most trouble.
We've put him there, and an
trenched him. and made ex,
cuses for him. He that ruieth
himself Is greater than he that
taketh n city"
How are you going to fight
these enemles7 Not with "car.
nal" weapons. Steel armor and
big guns won't help you much
In this battle.
Fight the good fight OF
faith" Paul reminded Timothy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22

Crafty research to put prohibition has
brought up strange substitutes. They say that
huceberry pie properly aged Or three rasns dropped
into. Or hair tonic diluted with.
But among the very earliest jags accomplished in this
country that produced by the Jmpson weed thorn
apple rude, rambling plant found in almost every vacant
lot in the United States
The Indians made tea from its leaves and swgged the
stuff by the glow of their campfires 1t was served ira
don says the wedding of Pocahontas Song laughter
and loud conversation among the symptoms to be
acquired from Jimpson Weed Tea.
BUT DON'T TACKLE 1T.
Science says that atropne and hyocsyamine the
active principles contained in the leaves and seeds Of limp
n and the medical books admit that these drugs produce
s of laughter and frontal headache "But that isn't all
that they produce.
Coma exhaustion and death" also the program
It has been seriously suggested that Jmpson be
yved as social beverage But drink it would
awful
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22

Dave Windsor IL coming over 10
see us. landed the other day In
Newfoundland, and after giving the
Newfoundlanders and Canadian. the
once over. win step across the line
TO show US what q real. live Prince
OF wales Is like.
Dave Ia 20 years old. and carries
n cane.
He's unmarried. but likes the
pretty girls. rum0r sayoth.
Some day. maybe. the young man
viii be king Of Great nrltaln. en-.
psror OF the British empire. and
have az much power az any az
sistant office manager when the
boss IL on the Job.
Dave IL no Adonls. He'd be down
near the bottom in male beauty
show. but he has nice collection
OF names. Edward. Albert. Christian.
George. Andrew. Patrick. David
Windsor. Hls old mans name used
to be Victim. but the war made
that German name unpopular In
England. and tho king had u
changed.
One thing Dave can't DO and thai,
Is play baseball. Tried Il one day
last summer. when American sol.
oilers In England were trying TO
give him a good time. but he famed
every time az bat. and muffed every
ball thrown TO him. That's what
happens 20 fellow when his fam.
lily insists on training him TO be a
King
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22

Faith In God win do more than
gunboats TO overcome the en-
emies OF the soul.life OF the IN
dividual or the nation.
It's the life Of prayer that
gives the Christian soldier
strength:
And Satan flees whenever he
sees the weakest saint upon his
knees"
A good knowledge OF wea pons
IL essential. The Christians
weapons are found in the word
of God. And this means that
he must study the Bible system
aticaily and intenigentiy.
He must learn to obey HIS
commander. Every true soldier
knows the necessity of obedi.
ence. There must never be any
question as TO His authority.
The fighter for faith may be
sure of victory. There cannot
be the least doubt that the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22

ANSWERED ny MIR G. GREY

ANSWERED ny MIR G. GREY
I am invited 10 a lawn fstc mex,
Wednesday evening and am purxicd
about the Kind OF dreas I should
wear. What do you suggest
Sallie Stiles.
Wear a lawn drsss.
Please tell me what TO DO a
become succeasfui In selling rea
estatr.--E, Sells Holmes.
Talk lots.
have 20 or 40 bushels OF iettucs
In my garden but II II 30 tough
I can't eat n, I gave some 10 q
nelEhbor but he broke a tooth on q,
What can DO with i,r--A Bum
gardener.
!, can be used In patching auto
mobile tires or hose.
what kind Of iron 10 builders
use In erecting an apartment house
-B. J.
Flat iron.
Who ought to be the leader OF
street car strike7--A. ~ ".
A conductor.
A bexgar held out his hand and
asked me for a dime. what was
no doing In whist Gamc7--
II. r. NJ.
Playing q loan hand.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22
SHERIFF CAN'T GET
MEN FOR $3.50 A DAY

MARYsvILLE. Aug. 22.-There
Is Job which pays $3.50 a day
and board looking for the right
man. Applicants should appear be-
foUS Sheriff c. J. Mccoy of this
city. who has been requested by
burst Brothers. hop growers OF
Wheatland. TO engage night
Waterman for their plant. Tho
sheriff says IL is like hunting the
proverbial needl in the hay stack
to get good, strong man to work
for $3.50 day in times OF II. c.
OF l..
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cause for which he Is fighting
viii win. Even the enemy ad-
mits this. SO that the battle
is already more than half won.
Fight the good figh, OF
faith"
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Copyright, 1919. N. Il. A. .

renewed. VIII I. Kick kicked his
wife and the little Kicks until the
coppers came and carried the kick.
ing Kick to Jail.
mo half per cent kick about that
man. remarked tho judge.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22
Raj, RAH. AMY

Mrs. Amy ID. winshIp. 90 years
old, of Los Angeles. Cal. has been
bitten by the college bug In severe
fashion. And late In life. too.
After she had reached so she on.
tered the University OF Wisconsin.
graduating. and going on TO the
University OF Southern California.
whore she took an armful OF post
graduate honors, and this fail she's
going TO drink deeper at the font
OF learning In New Orleans.
The tntooed man was running
from n fast coming policeman, and
there was no little boy TO say:
"oh see the moving pictures!-
Wen, well. what do you make Of
thisY
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.--Four DO.
iioemen refused to accept the extra
$40 given with their monthly pay
until Informed all coppors' wages
had been raised
The mayor OF Springfield. o.
says II Ia all right for young cou.
pies to hug and kiss in the city
park.
Wen say White Paws Is some
kitten.
HoLYoKE. Col.--whitc Paws. a
kitten. saved the life OF II. @. Mills.
The kitten. which follows It's owner
as constantly as a dog, was riding
with Mills In his automobile when
engine trouble developed. Mills
crawled under the car 70 investigate
and found himself within striking
distance OF n giant rattlesnake
coiled.
The kitten leaped from the car
and sank It's teeth into the rattler,s
head. killing II.
Maybe you have heard more or
less about tho kick. the kick that
was buried July l. But you haven't
heard about the famous WIN /.
Kick Of Dallas. Tex, have you?
Well, Win I. Kick came home
one evening and Kicked about the
supper. and Mark Kick kicked him
out OF the Kick home, and he
bought himself some cider with a
kick In II, and returned to the
Kick home whore the kicking was
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-22
MIR. GREy's HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Never throw away an old silk
hat. Line II with asbestos and use
Il as an ash tray.
Before going away from home on
your summer vacation, varnlsh each
cake OF soap that you have on
hand This will prevent the soap
from decaying and will keep out the
moths.
A bath tub will last longer II
taken out In the yard and given an
airing three or four times year
An enameled roof Ia the lates,
thing. II Is much smoother than
ate or wood. and the water runs
off II more rapidly.
a New England architect has
drawn plans for a house In which
the basement Is al the top and the
attic at tho bottom. He believes
IT will save honsekeepers a great
deal Of running up and down stairs
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QUESTIONS MIR. G. GREY
CANNOT ANSWER

am n very tender hearted young
lady and do not like 10 cause any.
thing unnecessary pain. Do you
think II hurts the sait when take
a pinch7--Jcnnlc J
Where IL good art school 20
send my son Frank7 wish him
to become an artist. a. he has a
great deal 81 talent. lie works In
n drug store and you Jus, ought
10 see him draw a glass of soda
water Mrs. q.
Why IL II that when river goes
up the water goes down fastsr7---
f. NJ. T.
II the butcher cuts the price Of
ham. could II be called a pork ehop7
e. II. IL.
Which Is the more profitable. an
automobile or a baggage truck gar
den7-C. r. r.
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The SeaHie Star

NJ mail out OF city toe per month; ; months
Use. months !sTts year, tsev. IN tne
State % Washington. outside the ststss
Use per month. $3.50 for months. or tsve
Per year ny carrier. city soc per men'h-
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HOW TO SAVE TIME AND
POSTAGE

Miss Pearl Cosner. for several
years one OF the teachers In the
Deadwood high, Is now business
woman OF Minneapolis. She Ia In
the Donaldson Co. store and likes
the position very much. She sees
Florence Dague Clark and her hus-
band Earl quite often, as well as Mrs.
Frank Bower and daughter Eva.
She sends love and regards 10 her
Deadwood friends who care for
either.--Deadwood. q. d., Pioneer.
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What has become Of the oldfash-
Toned man who used TO take his
family out for walk Sunday after
noon?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-11-06
HoUsEwoRK IS A BURDEN

Woman's lot is weary one at best.
But with bachache and other distress
ing kidney ills life indeed becomes a
burden Doan's Kidney Pills have
made life brighter for thousands of
women Read what Mrs. H B. Van
Horn, Stockton, Kan, says Some
time ago I was down with my back
and disordered kidneys I was in a
miserable condition, and my house
hold duties We're burdensome. I had
lumbago in a bad form. Others who
have had such trouble know well just
how I suffered I used a few boxes of
Doan's Kidney Pills, and haven't had
an attack since I think Doan's are a
good remedy, so I recommend them
to my friends and those who have a
bad back or kidney trouble
Price 60c, at all dealers Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs VanHorn had Foster-MiIburn
Co., Mfgrs-, Buffalo. N Y Ad- IS IT.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-11-06

For Sale-A modern Groom cottage
with a half block of ground, good gar
age, chicken house and yard, fruit
and other trees. E. d. Wheeler, Wa
Keeney, Kansas. Adv. 25tf.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-11-06

For Sale-Hereford bull calves, a
good as they grow, will weigh abou
500 lbs or better. Both registers
and unregistered. Lew n. Galloway
Wa-Keeney. Adv. 33tf.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-11-06

For Sale-Model IA Ford touring
car-or will trade for cattle. p. J.
Krhut, Collyer. Adv. 81 2tp-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-11-06

Estrayed-3 black heifer calves and
red steer calves one has white face,
from my farm southwest of Ogallah-
J. G. Anderson. Adv. 81 ZIP.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-11-06
GET RESULTS

have used DR.. Fruits HELP THE
HEN LAY and / have thirty hens
and after using his medicine I got
thirty eggs a day Signed D. F.
McCarty. Sold by Farmers store, Wa
Keeney; Col1yer Union Store, Coll
yer; Buffalo Park store; Arnold Mere
Co., Arnold; G. N. Osborne, Ransom
Coughenour & White, Brownell; H.
Spear & Co, Utica; Wilson & Ward,
McCracken; McChesney, Bogue. 81 1t
LODGE NOTICE
Regular communication of Wa
Keeney Lodge A. F. e A. NJ. No. lag
are held the first and third Tuesdays
each month. Visiting and sojournina
brethren cordially invited to attend
Special communications at call OF
WorshipfuI Master.
VIM. J. Beardwel1, w. III.
J. w. Bingham. Secy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-11-06

Taken Up-Red 2-year-old heifer
Owner can have same by paying feed
and advertising bill. F. W. Hacker,
miles east and miles south of
Wa-Keeney. Adv. So 3t.