The evening world., 1920-08-12
MARV.ELS OF WEST
MAKE FASTENERS
BETTER AMERICANS
Vast Empire Beyond Rockies
Is a Revelation in Civil
lied Progress.
A CURE FOR ANARCHY.
Modern Science With Coun-
try'S Resources Produce
Wonderful Results.
By Martin Green.

The Rockefeller Foundation or any
other institution or any individual
possessing unlimited money could do
a great service to the United States
by charterng special train and
taking the leading exponents of the
idea of violently overthrowing the
Government on tour of the country.
1t is safe to predict that at the con-
cluslon OF the trip every radical who
had shred Of intellectual honesty
left would admit, from the evidence
his eyes had seen, that it can't be
done
The United States is an infant
among nations, but an infant with
whiskers. 1t is afflicted with grow
ing pains which are poignant in
spots. The war threw the country
off its balance for many months. The
balance has not been entirely re
gained, nor will it be while unpre-
cedented economic and social diff
culties continue TO call for treatment
and adjustment. But this can be
said by one who has just returned
from a visit to the Pacific coast;
The people have gone to work.
In the far Northwest, the cradle
OF l. W. W.-ism, the roar of industry
browns the cries of the self elected
uphfters OF the downtrodden. The
uplifters are having hard time find
ing anybody VINO wants TO be up
lifted. The ranks of the downtrodden
in that part of the country are peo-
Piled solely by those with whom the
state OF submergence is chronic.
Young men who served in the
World War are. to "a considerable ex-
tent, responsible for the flattening
out of the Anarchistic uprising in
Washington, Oregon and Montana.
They have seen and they know. They
meet direct action" with direct ac-
tiou. There is still considerable un-
rest in the mining and smelling in
dustry in Anaconda and Butte, Mont,
a condition which is more or less prev
aient in that section and is insepa-
rable from an unyielding attitude on
the part of labor and capital.
L " 1911 GNtlg NOW 1 VI hGI WuOot
westward horizon merges into the
Palisades could stand in the dusk of
a summer evening on top of the
heights OF Seattle and see the city
light up as the sun sinks behind the
mountains across n bay intoNwhich
New York Bay could be emptied
without appreCiably raising the wa
ter level In front Of him and dom
mating the city he would see an Of
flee building forty-two stories high, a
more startling and impressive editice
in it's surroundings than the Wool
worth Building because there is
nothing architecturally in sight to
compare with IL.
SPOKANE THE REAL "WHlTE
LIGHT" CITY.
We of New York boast OF our White
Light District in Manhattan. We
would put the soft pedal on our
)boasting could we spend an evening
in the city of Spokane, Washington,
which is all Write light. The tall
buildings are outlined in twnkling
electric bulbs. All the streets in the
downtown section are vistas of wink
ing, flashing multi-colored signs.
A swift river runs through Spo-
kane. In the heart Of the city this
river is diverted into fumes and the
volumes Of rushing water are pro
iected against turbines which con-
meet with an electric light plant.
Electric current is about the cheap
est thing in Spokane. Standing on
a bridge overlooking the point where
the energy of the river is converted
into electricity l thought of the pos
sibilities in the water that comes
down TO New York from the Ashokan
basin.
Throughout the Northwest passen-
ger transportation by aNroplanc rs
already established as part of the
daily life of the people. Portland
Ore, maintains a regular aeroplane
livery system as it were. Citizens
desrous of taking quick trip tc
any point covered by the system
Jump on a street car or into an au-
tomobile, ride out to the edge Of the
city and find there a whole fleet OF
planes in readiness. The sight OF
aeroplanes in the sky is so common
out there that people don't look uI
any more.
EYE OPENER FOR THE SLOW.
TRAVELLING FASTENER.
Seattle goes further than Portland
in that it supports combination
taXicab and aeroplane service. 1t 1!
best explained by an advertisement
of the Seattle TaXicHb Co, in tn,
Seattle newspapers, which reads:
''Do you want to go to Everett II
80 minutes, Tacoma in 30 minutes
Bellngham in 80 minutes, Portland
in 1875 minutes Vancouver and Vic
1oria, B. c., in 1870 minutes? Cal
Main $500 and we will deliver yol
TO the Western Airplane Company OF
Lake Washington who will take yoI
in their new $4,000 Air Taxi Cab
Tirne mentioned includes our delivery
from any downtown point"
Everett and Tacoma are about a.
far away from Seattle as Trenton, n
J.. is from New York. Portland anC
Victoria occupy about the same re
Iation, as TO distance, to Seattle tina
II washington and Boston occupy L
New York .---