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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18
On the ISSUE Of
Americonism There Can
Be No Compromise
What's Matter With u. s. Business?
ny DIR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1919. by Frank CraneI

aqqerated never correlated, and resulting
consequently in waste and extravaganza.
The Government is now in trade, says Mr..
Hartman, and it ought TO observe business
practices. No business house could last
very long going it blind, as the United
States does. One of the vicious by-products
Of the war was the habit we have acquired
Of spending money easily for pubic pur-
poses That habit we must break, or 1T VIII
land us upon rocks that will break US.
Both political parties have promised .
budget system. Congress will probably do
nothing unless forced by public opinion, be-
cause the liveliest influences that bear 2
Congress are partisan ambitions and
pork barrel.
The force that will make Congress chang
its methods must come from the people
Every Liberty Bond owner now has anI
interest in the business concern known a.
the United States, and ought to make thai
concern do business on business principles.l
People who buy stock in the United States
Steel Corporation are given complete and
detailed statements of what the company isl
doing. And it would be just as easy for the
United States of America TO form budget
system that will inform the investors and
taxpayers of their Government exactly
what becomes of their money
This is matter that every business man.
and particularly every banker, in the United
States should lay TO heart, and he should
use what influence he has upon his Con-
gresham to induce our National Legsla-
ture TO do Its plain, simple, obvious duty.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The matter with it is that it is not Bust
ness. II is Politics
The men who are elected to run the Gov
eminent are not chosen as representatives
Of the United States They are represen-
tatives of Tie Siding and Podunk, respec-
lively They hold office not TO take care
Of this country but 10 take care Of their
fences at home.
One Of the most vicious results Of parti-
san politics is the fact that this country
has no National Budget That is, Congress
goes ahead and spends money without
any clear idea OF the amount they have TO
spend and the relation which the various
expenditures bear TO each other.
Joseph w. Hartman, President Of the
Hartman National Bank. in "A recent article
in The Magazine of Wall Street, points out
pithily exactly what the trouble is.
He says that in the British Parliament
the Chancellor of the Exchequer submits
written budget which contains an esti-
mate OF the Governments entire expendi-
lures for the coming year, including ap-
preparations. salaries, and other disburse-
ments. Every one can perceive exactly
what is going TO be spent and where the
money will be spent, and every one is free
TO criticize and suggest. The whole pro-
cedure is an open books
The Government of the United States,
on the contrary, follows the old obsolete
guessing method of appropriation. Expen-
dtures are based on the demands of the
heads of different departments, often ex-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18
BY AUSTIN r.. GRIPTTTHs

brilliant speech. argued that BY law
and practice. the power TO negotiate
a treaty was exclusively vested in
the president lie also maintained
that the wisdom OF the rule was in.
disputabie and that strict adherence
10 this constitutional right and Gus.
tom should not excite the cnmity or
JEALOUSY Of the senate. The jurisdic-
ton. he said. OF the senate did not
begin until the treaty was actually
presented 30 H. Then the senate
could raufy amend or reject.
Substance In Press
Evidently. Senator Spooncr's man
Tic went astrny. for in the pending
criticism Of President Wilson. our
republican senators have changed
places with their democratic breth-
rem
Tho last pricking IL over the peace
treaty leak. so called The amusing
thing about this secret" treaty is
that we read the substance Of 4; n
month ago. and the press has been
fun Of IL. and senators have been
talking about II more or less ever
since.
But such leaks are common IN
Washington. as well as in Paris
With hundreds OF reporters at Paris.
each bent on a scoop" for his paper.
and the Germans busy spreading 1t
DR. adcast for possible schisrn among
80 allies. a so-calied leak. or even a
downpour. was 10 be expected.
This incident reminds one that
Blowitz. the famous Paris CORE
spondcnt Of the London Times. set
the example. In 1871 he stole or
scooped the Franco Prussisn treaty
for tho Times from under the eyeiids
OF bismarck
But what I started 20 say h tina,
times are too serious for the old
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18
A Rising Market

by EDMUND VANCE COOKE.
Robinson went to the grocery store.
lie went there sick and he came back sore
They took my purse" he whmpered and WOW
They drained II down to the drogs
This is no world for poor man. now.
Look at the price OF eggs!'
Smith. taking Genesis as his guide
Added n WIFE and multiplied.
Now. he means he feathers his clan.
Sized and graded from twolves to twos
This IL world for a family man;
Look at the price OF shoesw
Jones' second son, christened Thomas
Was sued by vamp for breach Of promise
The jury came in, with n nonchalant air
And old Jones groaned, he split his treasure
This is world for n millionaire.
Look at the price of ploasurer"
Satan came up for new supplies:
birthstone and sulphur stil on the rise
I'm closing my shop" he cried: I'm thrul
I'm not n bad sport but--wel
What's poor devil like mo to do?
Look at the price OF hell"
'Conyright 1919. N. e. A.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18
This Should Stop

We note that in several cities they organizing
political clubs among the oregnbom and are calling them
by hyphenaed name with the American coming last as
usual, in the hyphenation.
We note that some of these clubs being formed
because they President Wilson did not give the home
land square deal in the conference proceedings
In short, these citizens of country going into
politics to uphold the political interests of the land from
which they immgrated
Some of these gentlemen from nations that were
our allies in the late
But that is incidental.
We hold that right the time 10 stop this worship
Of atherand Ideals this making Of foreign politics local
ISSUE this combining in clubs and societies TO further the
interests OF nation but the where You make your
living and whose institutions are sworn to uphold.
Every club of this sort perpetuates un-Americansm.
Every foreign issue matter what il be- that be
slogan for American citizens, TO extent divides
this nation into national or racial factions.
There is only in this country for American cit
zens who have no yearning or allegiance or traffic with
foreign policies.
Unless this the hour our recently escaped peril
is still in memories and the hour when the sacrednes
OF loyal citizenship still seems the greatest thing in the
world; unless definitely rown all this hyphena
on this pickering European issues these attempts
to inject the politics of Rome Paris Berlin Petro
grad London Vienna Toxic into domestic parties
and campaigns WILL in time find ourselves divided into
cques and hyphenations, with national ideas and
strong anchor of patriotism to be the lee when the storms
break
We look with disfavor these attempts make po-
litica issues of foreign quarrels.
1t Is big enough chore for man to be an Ameri-
can citizen, and perform the duties loyal citizen should
Most Of these gentlemen who gorify the holidays OF
the motherand who exto in festive session the heroes of
the faherand. who spend much of their time following
the lodgings of foreign diplomacy have for
of the land where they reside.
These gentry deem this country a meal ticket and
nothing more.
The man who breaches straight Amercanism pure and
undefed will not be popular in cities in this country
Tor many years but that must be preached
In season and out, lest become nation of warning
secs unstable the old Austrian empire and with
out true ideals of unity Boshevik Russia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18
HAGGLING THE PRESIDENT

tagging the presiden, may be re
enrded as senatorial recreation. sure
IS. the senator's do not expect their
efforts Of this sort 20 be taken scrl-
ously.
II Il not In the cards that pred
dent like Woodrow Wilson. who has
led bis country safely thru an IN
prcccdcntrd war 20 n victorious
peace. giorlously crowned with an In.
icrnatlonal bond against another
dciuEe Of organized murder shall be
driven from his high estate in the
confidence and affection OF the com.
mon people by a series of senatorial
pin pricks.
Attacking presidents IN not n new
political pasiime. All our great pres
idcn,s have been subjected to ~. II
IL historic party practice To attack
the other side. Those who do not
believe IN ruling parties point out
tho waste OF this destructive aspect
os party rivalry.
Tried II on r. ".
believe In tho value OF two large
responsible parties. I believe. too. In
MODERATION In ali things. This pru.
dcnee include. political parties. Par.
ties. ISIS. persons. may become pos.
scrscd. not with the devil. but with
passion and prejudice and run vio.
ioniiy down into the sra and be
chokcd
The laS; president 90 he similarly
attacked was Roosevelt. Hts deal.
ings with other nations in both hem
isphercs. particularly his relations
90 the Moroccan conference At AlEc-
ciras, In 1906. without the knowledge
or concurrence Of tho senate. led the
democratic senator's TO pounoe upon
him. Senator Spooncr and Senator
Lodge wen; to his defense. Senator
Spooner. in what was regarded MS n
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18
Tomorrow

ON the 18Th Of June in 1915 King John OF Eng
" land signed the famous Magma Charta in the mea
dnw nj Runnymede.
In 1919 on the 18th June. the first Assembly Of
Virginia met at jamestown Eleven corporations sent
representatives to this assembly OF legislators
ON tho 10Th OF June. In 1856 Nathaniel Greene. an
officer Revolutionary Army. died Mt the Of
Sc Greene who was OF Quaker descent distinguished
himself the battles OF Trenton. Princeton and Ger
mantown and finally lasting place In the mem.
DRY Of his country by his bravery at the battle OF
Eutaw Springs South Carolina.
In 1884 the 18th OF June. the battle between the
y. S. s. Kearsarge and the Confederate cruiser Ala
bama took place outside the harbor OF Cherbourg
France. The Alabama had been fitted out at Liver.
pool by agents the Confederate for the
purpose destroying the merchant ships OF the Fed
cral government For years she sailed the seas
under the command OF Captain Semmes. destroying
commerce. In June OF 1864 the Alabama was lying
In the harbor of Chcrbourg and tho Kearsargc which
had been pursuing her for more than a year arrived
outside tho harbor and waited beyond the three mile
limit from the 18th TO the 10Th on Sunday the 18th
the Alabama came and after battle lasting
two hours the Confederate ship sank without svrren.
dcrinR
on tho 18Th OF June. in 1867 Macmillan Emperor
Of Mexico was hesegcd by a republican army cap.
tured tried by court martial and shot at Qucretaro
Mexico Macmillan. who the last emperor OF the
Western continent, placed the throne Of
Mexico by Napoleon III lie was Austrian prince.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18
The Zero Hour
The crisis of the war is rapidly approaching.

The crisis of the is rapidly approaching.
Within the next week. the German ENJOYS TO the peace
conference must accept reject the peace treaty.
For four years the allies batted TO defeat the Hun
On November IL, 1918. they seemingly had done The
Germans facing disruption within and defeat without
and they threw up the sponge and cried for mercy.
The conference then convened to frame and die
tate the terms of peace. is nearly eight months
since the armstice went into effect The treaty has
drawn up after much haggng and quarreling which
dcated that altho there high ideals in the minds
Of the trainers of the treaty the millennium has yet
been reached
The treaty has been presented the German repre-
sentatves President Wilson has declared that
but just The Germans think it is than that The
defeat ranes deep within their breasts they are only
playing the game to get concessions possible
II Germany does not sign up by next Monday night
Marshal Foch and his forces will start the battle
They are encamped the banks of the Rhine and would
be chds play for them to walk thru the disorganzed
mans Such step would only that the allies would
have to force more terms the Germans So
not likely they will refuse
They have STALLED" as long they They have
sted up dissenson among the vctors but at last
that they must bow and begin wend that long trail that
viii only end when they have fully satisfied for the death
destruction and devastation they have wrought ruout the
world
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18

game OF party against party. Thu
oio practice OF one party lighting
anything proposed by the other par
" VIII not satisfy thinking and truly
patriotic people.
Share Responsibility
Our two big parties should sense
The new order. the new obligations
upon them. before II Is too late q
they are 20 retain public confidenos
and save the country from the mis-
fortune OF lot OF political groups
IN place Of two large, responsible
parties.
Present and future peace problems
OF evcr-increasing completely demand
that from now on both parties share
responsibility for their solution.
This has been true during the war.
], should be true during the time
ahead.
some men arc n hard to get ajoag
with as balSy horses.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18
Treat EN- Rough

Judge John B. Gordon announced Tuesday to court
room crowded with speeders that in the future he would
begin to Treat En- Rough"
That's the spirit Judge Go to them! Treat EN- rough
1t about time that the speeders lost their careree devil
ayare attitude when pursuing hapess pedestrians about
the streets In the past they paid their little $50 fine
with laugh-and went out to do it all again It is
indeed high time to put a stop to this.
Half of the deaths in automobile accidents during the
first five months of this year have due to careless
ness in the handling of automobiles by their drivers
The fines have failed to make an impression on Seattle
speeders. Mayhap few days spent in contemplation in
the city caaboose will bring them to their senses
me German government regrets the erecution of
Lebtne Ntssen, communist leader because 1t proved q
political blunder" and hasten to inform them lint
IN the best democratic circles life death are not mere
matters Of political erpediency.
It's q hard job to be consistent all the time Airin
c. York licked Dhole battalion in the cause of
LIBERTY, and then came home and not married.
The neU Rhenish republic seems 10 be popuor NTH
ererybody except the people of Germany and the people
in the Rhenish republic.
Wilson maintains that his points mere not vioLpted
and sirey he has much right to interpret them as
Heinie has
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18

OF 50 900 buEzsu
they'll stick 90.
Il fiypaper For
every Hnlahcfiy
you wielsi n
mean hand swat.
grenade on his
thoughts for n
knockout. 20 u
put the hlnFrr
right then on
the future OF g.
900 900 would be
descendants OF
his. That means
therein be that
mary lsxs each
time. to FOX trot
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18
|HNEllSAISo1

IL the huns had won.
what would they've doner
T-would make an awful story
They'd Kin and steal
And make un feel
Their iron fist cory.
Now that they've lost
And were their boss
For mercy great they pray.
n hey won't sign
Wen TAX. the Rhine
And then collect our pay
GrSoR.
1895 Eighth ave. W
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18
GETTING BACK TO THE LADIES

I. Hannah Hyfield OF Newgae Market. hearing Of
the resolutenefs Of Elizabeth Wilkinson will fail
God willing TO give her blows than words.
desiring homethrusts, and from her favor. She
may expect "A good humping.
That the way Miss Hannah came back at Miss
Elizabeth. No dickering terms, division OF
purse third In the ring
Nowadays. II ladies battled with coins in their
fists. ringsider would display the adv. Of n bar.
gain sale and-how those coins would DROP
"FFgg, first champion OF tho English prize ring
opened theatre IN Oxfordrd, London where the
sword and single stick and occasionally the fists were
royalty patronzed" That sport news In 1880
They celebrated July Fourth in Long Island city
In 1886, with championship dog fight. You may be
glad TO learn that Sweitzer, OF Newark nearly bit tho
head off Patsy OF New York, winning 81 900 for his
on July 4, 177s, II. Sellers challenged p Corcoran
for the championship OF the world and a $50 purse
on that same day G. Washington was challenging
George III.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18

People get ne,1 things not because then need them
but because they hare become tired Of the old ones This
makes II easier for us to understand the high Of liz
ing and the diuorce epi
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18

The troops that coming back from Archangei
after protecting good Russians from the Boshsviki
might be employed in Merico TO protect good American
citizens from bandits.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18

on your IDS When youre fakinE a nap OF Eofnc OF
the other thousand goatge;iipg fy antics. when yeu
swat down 5000 ny Fokkers. you're House.
bombcrs.
Probably the most famous battle ever pulled off in
Toledo (spain. not o. between the Alanl and
the VisiEoths the knockout coming In AIS. There
referee and no picture rights
Theodore, king OF the visigo;hs was the Tex Rick.
Of the event
spanards pronounce (, Toiatho. Jesswiliard calls
II rich pickin's"
ladies Admitted" at the Toledo 20. not SPAIN
prizefght And informed they'll be admitted
at the Toledo tspaln. not o. buifght.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18

Files have Joined forces with the Reds. Gonna
psstcae Boshefies this fan overture Only treaty
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18

cHALLENGE-f. Elizabeth Wilkinson. OF Clerken
well. having had some words with Hannah Iyfiod and
requiring satisfaction. do invite her upon
the stage and box for three guineas. each woman
holding hafacrown In each hand, and the first
man that drops the money lose the battle
That challenge issued In the eighteenth century
In England
But N prizefghters. these days. had to hold dollar
In each hand losing the bout when a coin was
dropped Jess Willard never could be wedged loose
from the championship. Al Right says Jess never
dropped dollar in his life: that he let go OF
dime. but Il worn rather thin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18

IT'S hard Job to be consistent all the time Alpin
c. York licked whole battalion in the cause of
LIBERTY, and then came home and got married
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18

The new Rheeish republic seems to be popular .
everybody except the people of Germany and the pe
in the Rhenish republic.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18

Wilson maintains that his points not viooted
and strety ne has as much right to interpret them as
hoe
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18

1875 Eighth ave. W
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-18

Some men arc n hard to get aloag
with as balky horses.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-01
THE COAL QUESTION.

Last year there was shortage of
coal because of the war. This year
there is shortage because there is
no war. The last two years we were
told it required so much coal to carry
on overseas transportation of fighting
men and army supplies that a short
age was to be expected. This year
we are informed we should prepare
against a shortage. This thing Of
preparing against possible shortage
Of this or that commodity has be-
come the great American sport. Buy
early, is dinned into your ears on ev-
cry side. Presuming that most peo-
pie heed this warning and lay in sup
plies, doesn't it seem reasonable that
this loading up" sport would in it.
self create a shortage. Somebody is
buying the other fellows share, is he
not? Why not have this pernicious
practice of creating run" on cer-
tain commodities stopped? It is low
brow business and should have no
place in democracy like America.
Why not apply the Biblical injunc
ton Sufficient for the day is the evil
thereof. Sherburn Advance.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-01
Stinting Production
Is Economic Suicide

The United Mine Workers ask a
sixty per cent increase in wages, a
six-hour day and a five-day week. If
they don't get a satisfactory settle
ment by November /, they will strike.
This raises an issue that goes to
the heart of the whole industrial prob
lem.
The purpose Of this demand is not
only to increase wages, but quite
frankly to restrict the production of
the individual worker so as to give
employment to more men. The wage
increase may be just; the proposal to
restrict production is absolutely and
fatally wrong.
The fact is that on such, basis IS
will become utterly impossible for IN
dustry to produce enough to pay even
decent wages, not to speak Of the wa
ges needed to give the worker his fair
snare of the advantages of civilized
life.
One of the last things the war la
Dor board did was to announce ind
ing that under present conditions It
takes, eighteen hundred dollars a year
to support family of five properly.
But unless production is greatly IN
creased, the country can't produce
wealth enough to pay that wage all
around. Tt couldn't be paid even II
capital were paid nothing. The only
way to pay it is to increase prodl1c-
ton; and here is large section OF
labor demanding that individual pro-
duction be sharply curtalled TO pro-
vide more employment.
1t must be plain to every thinking
person that this is cutting off the wage
fund at its source, which is pr0duc-
ton. The more production, the more
wealth there is to distribute. The
less production, the less wealth there
IS to distribute the less not only for
capital, but the less also for labor.
Everybody with heart has sympa.
thy with the idea of keeping hours OF
labor at tasks that are mere drudg-
ery down to humane basis. For toll
not enlivened by interest and expect
alton. eight hours a day, with Satur-
day afternoons free, is right. The coal
miners do not even pretend that the
thirty-hour week is justified on that
score. They advocate it frankly Tor
the purpose of increasing the num-
ber of jobs in the coal mines.
If it were granted. Of course every
coal consumer would help pay the bill
through inceased coal prices. Since
the vast majority OF the people are
virtually wage-earners, this would
mean that their wages would be de-
creased by the amount Of their con-
; tribution toward maintaining the pre-
posterous system advocated Dy tne
rro.I .,,;,,oys Coa1 AT fifteen or tWen-
fl collars 4 ton would be the price
other labor must pay to support this
system.
RIGHT to demand and should get.
Bnt labor is misguided, and should
fail IN its efforts, when It seeks de-
liberately to stint production and thus
to place upon society especially up
on labor itself an impossible ana m
tolerable rden--Duluth Herald.