The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-10-18

IterestinE
was In town couple days ago, She
bought hot.water bottle-expensive
ono. toc--two dollars and thirty
ccnts."
"yaaaaahr' snarled Mr.. stowbody.
Course. She's Just like her
grandad was. Never save cent.
Two dollars and twenty-thirty. was
1.-two dollars and thirty cents for
hotwater bottiel Brick wrapped
up In a flannel petticoat Just as
good. anyway
"How's Elias tonsils. Mr.. stow.
bodyg" yawned Chef Dashaway.
While Mr.. stowhody gave a som.
attic and psychic study OF them.
Carol REFLECTED. Are they really In
terested In Elias tonsils. or even in
Elias esophagus7 wonder H.
could get them away from personal.
ltiesy Let's risk ANIMATION and try"
There hasn't been much labor
trouble around here. has there. MIR.
stowbody;- she asked innocently.
NO ma'am. thank God. we've
been free from that. except maybe
with hired girls and farm hands.
Trouble enough with these foreign
farmers. n you cont watch these
Swedes they turn socialist or popu.
list or some fool thing on you In a
minute. OF course. II they have
loans you can make en- listen TO
reason. Just have 'cm come into
the bank for a talk. and tell EN- =
few things. I don't mind their being
democrats. 80 much. but won't
stand having socialists around. But
thank God. we Amt got the labor
trouble they have In these cities.
Even Jack Elder here gets along
pretty wen In the planning mill. don't
you. Jackg"
Yep. sure. Don't need 50 many
skilled workmen In my place. and
It's lot OF these cranky. wage
horxing. haifbaked skilled mechan.
les that start Notwithstanding a lot
OF this anarchist literature and
union papers and all"
DO you approve OF union labor7"
Carol inquired Of Mr.. Elder.
-Meg I should say not. It's like
|, this: ! don't mind dealing with my
men II they think they've got any
grievances-tho Lord knows whats
come over workmen. nowadays
don't appreciate q good job. But
stiil. II they come to me honestly. as
man to man. III talk things over
with them. But I'm not going to
have any outsider. any Of these
walking delegates. or whatever
fancy names they call themselves
now--bunch Of rich grafters. living
on the ignorant workman Not going
to have any OF those fellows buttine
In and telling me how to run my
buszncssr'
Mr.. Elder was growing more e.
cited. moro beiiigcrent and patriotic
Il stand for freedom and constisu-
ticnal rights. II any man don't like
my shop. he can get up and git.
Same way. II don't like him. he
Eita And that's all there is TO II.
I simply can't understand all these
complications and hoop-te doodles
and government reports and wage
scales and God knows what all that
these fellows are bailing up the Ia.
Dor situation with. when IT'S all per.
fectiy simple They like what pay
'em. or they get out That's all
there Is to itr'
What do you think Of profit ,shar-
mgr" Carol ventured.
Mr.. Elder Numbered his answer.
while the others nodded. solemnly
and n tune. like a shop window OF
flexible toys. comic mandarfns and
judges and ducks and clowns. set
auivering by breeze from the open
door.
IAN this profit-sha ring and wei
fare work and insurance and old-sEe
pension In simply poppycock. En-
feeblcs a workman's Independence
and wastes q lot OF honest profit.
The half baked thinker that isn't dry
behind the ears yet. and these suf.
fragettes and God knows what all
buttinskis there are that are tryins
to tell a business man how 20 run
his business. and some of these col
Iege professors arc just about ar
bad. the whole kit and bliin' OF 'ern
are nothing In Gods world but so.
cialism In disguised And it's my
bounden duty as producer TO resist