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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26

Editor The STAR
20 far all eiyiiired barter is en-.
pressed in tho terms % the amount
u labor expanded in the production
Of gold. This. tho unsconomlcal. has
been possible thru tho medium 81 an
expensive system % trade credit.
Tho war caused sudden and In
enIculabie increase IN tho amount ~
barter. and barter Of tho worr, Kind
--one--iied and non-reprufuc'ive--
forcing all the gold Into one hand.
thus making the uso ~ gold for
barter impossible. and creating the
prcscn, world aide depression
Briefly. suppoaing that instead Of
using for barter a gold token repre-
aentinE the labor expanded In max.
ing an unproductive hole In the
ground. a certificate was issued RIP
re4entinE the Labor expended In the
creation Of say. q productive rail-
road or canal. tho barter Of the
world could rroonmenes immedi-
atsiy.
This " stmpi. where direct rov.
srnmcnt action 10 possible. such az
building railroads. onnai.. harborr.
houses. the production Of raw mate
rial. ctc- II Ia hardly less nirnpi. In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26

ufFrtAl WOtAAeAit
and Is troubled because abe still IL
treated as a child. They grow sad
and solitary.
Then they meet each other.
And that Is a great event
Each one discovers that the other,
also. Is misunderstood.
MY father does not understand
me; my mother does not understand
me; the people with whom asso-
ciate are all stupid and cannot ap-
preciate my high ideals: my teachers
give me bad marks: nobody under.
stands me but you"
They come 10 undcrst3nd each
other no well that they cease TO
need language. They can simply
sit and gaze into each others eyes,
or hold each Others hands, and
they understand
All this seems To all the rest Of
the world a very silly process. Tho
rest OF the world smiles and makes
merry over II.
But 1t is a somewhat important
proccas.
II Is one stage In the return 10
normally, and that return has 70
be made over a pew road.
II II not simply disease OF
adolescence: 1t is a process by which
o life discovers Itself In being dis.
covered
f'merson has q chapter some
where which. II you ever run across
u, In worth reading. His remark
about those two young people OF
whom we were speaking, is, tina,
thereafter they become good citi
gins.
That In an achievement worth
while.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26
A Labor Certificate Plan

all the other phase. 81 Industrial
life. an u only means the intervon.
lion Of one ininrmrdiap'--the Gov.
eminent Agency Bank.
For example; A man doslrins 70
plant potatoes. Informs the bank Of
tho number Of labor certificates do
mand@d by the scotsman for N. pro
duc'ion OF The seed. and the amount
OF labor he estimate. AZ. and when.
necessary for tho planting and cult.
Vating Of the erop-on which est.
mate. II considered accurate. the
advanoe 10 made. repayahls on the
sale % the crop.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26
Bonus Offer
a Flim-Flam,
Saws Writer
ny AMATEUR ECONOMIST

BN AMAIEtb EtoNo"iSA
The administration believes
that we should pay the service
man a bonus: congress win be
asked To pass a law TO that
effect. This means n happy lot
OF Yan<s. and as we look far
thor we find that others VIII
also be happy. This bonus isn't
TO cost the taxpayer a cent. The
service man Is promised the
first four billion dollars that VIC
collect Of the money owed Us by
the European powers.
The fact Is that We simply
haven't the money 10 pas this
bonus any other way. We have
cut down the taxes OF all our
big businesses. and OF our rich.
or course, we are raising tho
taxes on the common" people
a littlsr but hardly enough 10
make UP for what we are losing
by cutting the tax Of the rich.
Let us look little farther;
does any one think for a mo
ment that we are going to DO
able TO collect this money In
the near future7
Frank simonds says that n
England makes US "A substantial
payment, sterling would drop TO
81, and our exports automatical-
ly stop. That would cause an
other panic on top OF the ono
we are already going thru.
A lot OF people have said that
we would collect this debt, but
not one Of them has told us
how II could be done. I have
yet 10 see any attempt to figure
out reasonable way by which
our debtors can pay us.
a great many thinking people
believe that the debt will never
be paid Those who expect II
to be paid admit that IL will
take many years to collect IL.
Is. 50 or 100 years at least.
A slice OF this bad debt II
what In offered 20 the service
man In payment of the one that
the nation owes him
/ certainly feel that this win
be one Of the greatest mistakes
that this administration has
made. II - easy 10 forgive
Harding for sidetrncklng the
bonus bill In the last congress-
The fact is that many admire
him for II. But this latest move
looks like an attempt 20 trade
on the credulity OF the ex-
soldier. TO buy his good will and
offer In payment something that
will be found worthless. II the
nation cant afford TO pay tho
debt that she owes the dough-
boy there will be little com
planning provided the unfortu.
nate are looked after. But don't
try TO put anything over on
him: for It won't work.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26
Glad She Didn't
Marry Him
Editor The Star

Editor The kfar
Would like a little space IN your
column TO answer the writer who
signed himself "a Charleston
Reader" lie criticls~s the Ten
Commandments written by lady
In tho issue Of December itth. I
would like 10 know II ho read the
Ten Commandments" written b.
man" In tho Issue Of December
sthf n he did. and still holds the
viewpoint hS published. ho In n
''prunc" IL he DID read them.
Jus, notice. folks. bow he took IL
The lady writer merely turned the
tables on the man writer. OF course.
any one with brains though, both
were absurd and had n good laugh
over them. shs expected results
when nhs wrote them. and she's
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26

As 10 the proposed agreement
for limitation Of arrnamenis itself,
that should hold no terrors for ne
because Of this country's financial
ability 10 play the navy game ~
high or - low NJ the other pow.
err want II. and ,tEn come cut On
top So Tar u has nss besn sug-
gessnd America take any second
ary position m this respect ..
against any one power or any
combination Of pswers likely To
,ppcse her.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26

IL that the great result Of this
conference must be embodied In
two treaties. not one These are
tho four-pow,r pact ALREADY drawn
and the projected ninepcwer Far
East agreement. The way these
two dove,ail and spproaeb--<s
gether. not separAfeiy--,he Amir
lean objective Of peace and tho
security Of American rights win
spell their merit or sd<merft
Also an understanding bstv-en
America and Japan hJiinr Inn
mesiateiy and fully the Jap imml
grafton 10 this coast should b
reached.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26

In the eyes of the imperial family
all races are one and the same. II
IN above all racial considerations
All human disputes may. therefore
be settled In accordance with iis
immaculate justice. The League OF
Nations PROPOSALS to save mankind
nom tho horrors Of war can only
attain lta real object by placing the
Imperial family OF Japan AT IT.
head.
TO obtain It's object the league
must have a strong punitive fofcs
Of a supernatural and supcrfacla
character. aud this force can only
b. found In the imperial family OF
Japan.-
A. v. FREEMAN.
tsss Eighth Ave. n. r.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26

surely getting 'en--turt hear ths
men boiler. Mr.. Charleston reader.
you nor no other man liked thoss
Commandments. and neither do
women. but what's sauce for the
goose Is sauce for the gander." en-.
old boy, iadlesi aren't we glad
we didn't draw him for u husbands
NJ. C. r.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26
QUOTES
Editor The STAR

Editor The STAR
Tho following quotation from
Slroku. a japanese daily. may In.
t~rcat you and help to undcrutand
the situation. A missionary sent IL
The real people Of japan are mos,
delightful when they get away from
this belief when they become real.
~ Christian that II. take the Christ
into their hearta-thsy are charming.
and greatly depiore this ifnperlaiistie
reign. IL surely u like the kaiseF's
method Of keeping a splendid people
ia bondage.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26
YOUTH
BY DIR. WIN. r.. BARTON

HERE comes q
period In youth
when the young
man or woman
Is very likely 20
feel a sense Of
isolation. T h g
boy thinks him.
self a man. and
can find no onc
who shares his
opinion.
The girl thinks
remx.ff a rrFAVvnnE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26
THE QUOTATION

The imperial fanny Of Japan Il
rot only the parent ~ her 90 mil.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26
LETTERS TO EDITOR

Editor Tho starr

II III whose letter your paper
call the Silver Star Hhlnge Nofthake
the University bridge. he VIII tnd awaiting him
SILVER STAR sHtSoLE CO.
~. g. Eek.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26

Typewriter has been introduced
into india which Will write the 5so
characters OF the Bengal alphabet
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26
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The Conference Today

The chief accomplishment of the Washington date cancel
of the
war linedEn land with the laps
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-26

Mother. bring home soms Of
Boldt-s MIX Observation-Disclosures
, 1921-07-07
WOMEN AND NEWSPAPERS.

THE modern woman is gradually becoming eman
c~ipated," as viewed by the Chicago Journal OF Com
merce, from the of interest to women drive thai
fills certain parts Of many newspapers with the sor1
of thing supposed to be designed to meet the hmita'
tons of the female intelligence. This supposition or
the part of editors that women must be given a par
ticular kind of mental sustenance is all wrong where
the discerning, thinking, urban-trained woman Of to-
day is concerned.
ITO be sure, matters pertaining to the home are
subject of appeal in that they belong especially to
the feminine kingdom and while it may be sensible
for dad, papers to cater to this taste it should not be
overlooked that this want is filed very luxuriantly
by the women's magazines.
The progressive sisterhood Of the present moment
Is Interested in everything that interests the man.
Politics, sports, general news, the theaters, the arts,
books, for the american woman is coming to realize
more and more that she must keep up on all of these
things in order to hold her own in any discussion that
may come up.
Wherefore the newspaper nowadays is read quite
as carefully bv the VIC nan who could be well-in-
formed, as it is read by the men-and sometimes more
so. 1t is no uncommon sight, observes one alert fe-
male observer, to see in the streetcar or othsr pub
lie conveyance, a woman reading the weighty part %
the paper, while he noble spouse is easing the STRAIN
on his mighty intellect by reading the comics
at is well for editors to remember the female of
the species in the makeup of his paper, and to sec
that writing down to women has gone out of fash
ion rs completely as has the same thing, in another
way, for our children. Educators and psychologists
are recognising that the budding intelligence of chill
dren cal grasp much mora of sense than a large class
of Juveniles for a time thought necessary to employ.
The modern woman and The newspaper are in the
same boat"
, 1921-07-07
THE BUTTON PAssErH.

On the subject of one of the things that trouble
the earth the Brooklyn Times, speaks thus feelingly
of the well known button:
"Present-day dress for women has been the source
Of much controversy, some commentators praising it
and others decrying 1t as the acme of immodesty. But
there is one important point which has long been over
looked by both factions. 1t is the passing of the but
ton. This does not mean the button used for decora-
ton but as an ancient and time-honored fastening.
With it has passed that supe~r-abomination, the hook
and eye. The writer having noticed that his women
folk were dressing with a celebrity unknown in the
family annals, and that his ability as a hooker up
was seldom called into play, was impelled to ask why,
and they told him. Dresses which used to fasten with
a multitude Of buttons or hooks now slip over the
head and hang from the shoulders in the style long
advocated by the dress reformers. A quick twist of
the sash around the waist, and the deed is done. This,
the women folk revealed, includes costumes for day
and evening. They further corfde that the under
pinning is adjusted with equal simplicity, and that
the saving in time is not confined to the process of
dressing, but extends noticeably to the business of
making clothing. The curious one departed from that
conference q free man. He saw himself going down
the years with no more dresses to button or hook up,
and with one more source of domestic profanity re-
moved. In the same glad light he saw that those
abandoned buttons spoke more eloquently of woman's
emancipation from what is petty and unnecessary into
a broad field of interest and action than many a more
visible class of evidence"
, 1921-07-07
Mills Company Is
Given Contract to
Furnish School

The Mills company Of Casper starts
today 10 thoroughly equip the new
Hot Springs county high school which
has just been completed. The Casper
f~lrnishers have contracts for all
-Iuipment IN every department O. the
luilding. including seats. desks. opera
pera chairs in the auditorium. domes
ic science utensils and equipment,
manual training and laboratory sup
oiies.
To mi the contract three carloads OF
supplies viii be required. These cars
are already at Thermopoiis or are en-
route.
JdIn n. Mills. q son of ]. +. Mills.
II the Mills company. will handle the
Installation. He has specialized in In
'tallaton of fixtures n Just recent
~ returned from factory postgraduate
COURSE. AS oon as the Thrmcpolis
school is completed, John Mills. as
sisted by two other brothers. will in
stall equipment In a new school build
ing at Sheridan.
, 1921-07-07
THUGS LEAVE VICTIM TO
DIE ON RAILROAD TRACK,
LIFE SAVED BY STRANGER

RAw1iNs. July e.-Beaten into q
helpless condition. robbed Of his sav.
ings and loaded on a freight train ana
carried TO a place about q mile west
Of Helper. Utah. where his appar-
entity helpless body was thrown on the
railroad tracks was the hazardous ex-
perience which John NJ. Bell recently
underwent Bell was still uncon.
scious when found by James White.
Helper. Utah
The man is undergoing treatment
now. his injuries being so severe that
Il win be necessary to amputate the
left arm Just below the elbow. He
saws he was set on by four men when
, 1921-07-07
REBukE TO HEEpLEss MOTHERS.

with the presence in court of three boys says
the Philadelphia Inquirer, 'the Oldest only 16, on
chrges of grand larceny as a text, a New York magis-
trate breaches a useful lesson on the duties of par
ents. He blames needless mothers in particular for
what he calls the baby crime wave in the Bronx; but
it might be difficult to show that fathers do not have
some share in the responsibility. There is too much
reason to believe that in not'a few households they
are in the habit of leaving everything to their wives,
even though stern paternal discipline be needed.
"Yet the mother is closer to the younger children,
at least, and has the better opportunity to restrain
and direct them. To spend the time in 'gossiping and
attending cheap motion picture shows as the magis-
trate puts it, is to neglect maternal duty. Nor is it to
be denied that the needless mother is mainly of this
type. She who works hardest at her houshold duties
usually finds more time to take proper care of her
children than she who finds time hanging heavy on
her hands. There Is urgent need for a greater sense
of parental responsibility, not in families where the
struggle for life is fercest, but in those where a mod
crate degree of prosperity has brought a certain moral
laxnesx
There are u~plifters who would have the law do
what the home ought to do. This is essentially wrong
in principle. Tho law may have to interfere if the
home fails; but none the less the home is the place for
training the children, and it is much more important to
emphasize the duty Of the individual parent than to
turn the law into a sort of public parent"
, 1921-07-07
cHLoRoFoRMED CONGRESS.

Senator Lenroot said very frankly and IN good
time" remarks the Milwaukee Sentinel, 'that un-
less the Republican outfit at Washington, of which he
is an impatient and unchloroformed member, gets
busy on its contract job of getting this country back
on q basis of peace-time normally, and puts the brakes
down hard on the continuing momentum of the great
Democratic post-armisticc joy ride, the other fellows
will do the shouting after the next election.
"And that is Gods truth. 1t is already bathing the
Democratic mind in a radium bath of hope.
"But as against that hope is the refreshing evil
dence that President Harding, noting this sum total Of
congressional inertia, means to put his own big Shout
der to the wheel
"He has spoken out percmptorily-
Congress may not like it.
But tho country Enthusiastically likes it-likes it a
whole lot.
"And, noting that, congress has got to like it.
"There arc some excellent men in both houses whc
feel Just as Mr.. Lenroot does about this national and
political necessity of getting 4 move on in these vi
tai matters of concluding peace, proportional disarm
ament, cut to the bone retrenchnlent; in fine, of hv
ing up to party contract.
But if congress collectively Is torpid, slow, made
qrate in this matter of getting things done that Il
left undone viii be the undoing of the party, the presi
dent feels that it is up to him-even if he has tt
trench a bit on the august congressional prerogativ'
, 1921-07-07
HE, ALONE. DOUBTS.

When notified of his appointment William Howard
Taft said: at has been the ambition of my life to be
chief Justice; but now that it is ~gratiied, l tremble
to think whether 1 can worthily fill the position and
be useful to the country"
His countrymen have no doubt of his ability, his
vast store of legal knowledge, his honesty and sin
cerity. There is no one who has not the utmost con-
fdence in the wisdom and fairness of Mr.. Taft, and
no one who will not approve the appointment by the
president.
Of all the great men who have held the high Judge
ship none have commanded higher respect or more
genuine esteem than the new chief justice.
1t is hoped that he may live to serve his country
for many years
, 1921-07-07

Of going as slow as it damn plsases' in all matters of
legislative function
.To exert such pressure on congress may be un-
congenial TO the temperament Of Mr.. Harding, who
would far rathsr sec congress proceed with due speed
on its own business under its own steam.
"a lot of initiative, push aud efficiency is expected
of this administration in the way of stringent relief
from the intolerable pressure of continuing wartime
and Wilson-time leftover conditions, and now Is the
psychological moment to speed up"
, 1921-07-07
To the 'SWaterless Home Owner
ne va Garden Inve.tment @. Inc-

fore. 20 far as the Van Gordon In
vestment company "a concerned. We
tdok our addition To the water. and
see no reason why we should not pro
claim its presence
Our office viii be very glad to sho~
you the map with tho legend Of the
watsr main contract recently let. Il
you will be so generous as TO advise
us of your Identity.
, 1921-07-07

be attempted to catrh a train 10 90
to Utah to WHIT his sister That Is the
last he remembers unul he was picked
up In Utah
He has several sons who work in
coal mines in this vicinity Posses
have been organized to apprehend the
four men. known to be Greeks. who
assaulted ii aged a
, 1921-07-07
A

II those people who are eternally giving Us hell for
not mentioning their goings and comings would take
the trouble to mention them We would be only too
glad to have them do so. Rememl err, we have not as
yet got to the financial place where we can afford to
employ high-priced reporters, and we can't be out on
the street when we have to stick type. Please tell
US Of your doings and we'll do the rest only too glad
ly.-Cowley Progress
, 1921-07-07

Editor Tribune; We desire space
for just a word or two in reply to "a
waterless Home Owner" whose con
m~unication appeared In your issue
OF yesterday. The Country Club ad-
dillon Is plated around ths sixlnch
Elkhorn water supply main which was
laid in 1895. and the eight-inoh snge
creek waite main laid in 1908 there
, 1921-07-07

States. 5000 OF whom were school
children It will be noted that In 10
months the highway fatalities nearly
doubled those Of forces in the
greatest war In history
DIN poker, L. 1t a good practice
10 hold up \ side card when draw
ing 10 \ pair:-F. II.
A-rhis Is a bad habit since 1t
lessons the chance Of making three
Of q kind
, 1921-07-07
AN EDITOR

Damned If they amt rolling their stockings down
and powde-ing their knees now. But it's stylish
Guernsey Gazette.
, 1921-07-07
Q.-How should a nest for a settins
hen be prepared?-R. K.

A.-Three or four inches of damp
earth should be put in the bottom of
a box OF suitable size. Tho nesting
material is put In next and. may con-
sist OF hay, chaf or straw. This
should be packed down firmly, and a
circular nest shaped. slightly deeper
in the center than at the sides. This
shape prevents the eggs from rolling
, 1921-07-07

Under the new tariff bill poker chips are admitted
free. This ought to attract the vote of the poker fra
ternity in the next election.
, 1921-07-07

The farmers strike must have been sidetracked,
for the reported yield of winter and spring wheat is
estimated at $50 million bushels.
, 1921-07-07
mine ENGINEER KILLED :
BY SLIDE At SUPERIOR

SUPERIOR. wyo.. July e-vhTe
prospecting In n mine near hero
Roy Il. Cone. a young engineer wSs
recently came here from Colorado
Springs. was instantly killed when
buried beneath several tons Of rock
following n land slide The deceased
Is survived by . young widow.
, 1921-07-07

out from under the hen. but care
should be taken that the nest Is not
deep enough for the outer eggs to
crush those in the center.
Q-whai state borders on most
Great Lakes:-T. W.
A-Miohigan borders on four OF
the Ave Great Lakes@Superior. Mich
igan. Huron and Eric. No other state
borders on more than two.
Q-Is there any such thing a. =
Mexican Jumping bean?-Q. q.
A-The Mexican jumping bean is
the seed Of several species OF plants
of a genus OF Sebastiana- The
movements OF the seed are caused by
the larvae of a small grey moth which
inhabits tho "a and which moves in
the interior of the shell OF the seed
causing It to roll and tumble. The
beans are natives OF Central and
South America. and in Mexico are
called bronco beans. When the lar
Is ready TO emerge. It cut a
small circular hole in one end of tbs
beaH.
Q--How many other children were
there in BENJAMIN Frankiin's family
IT. r.
A.-There were 1s other children in
this family. Benjamin being the 18th
Of the II Franklin children.
o.--How lid our death rate In the
world war compare with the highway
death rate In the United States?-O.
q. II.
A-At q conference on highway
traffic regulation held at Yale uni.
versity recently. It was stated that
in tho period Of our participation in
the world war our war losses num-
bered 5000 deaths. while during the
same period there were 81. 900 persons
killed on the highways Of the United