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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18
LETTERS TO EDITOR


adapt himself 10 conditions In such
. way ~ To get business: the buss.
ness man who curtaiis operations and
waits for congress To repeal the In
come TAI: the Judge who closes his
court for = long vacation whil. the
accused waits trial In jaiI--ail thcss
respected gentlemen place them.
salves on the same basis ~ the fake
stock promoter. the chronic striker
for shorter hourp. the bootiegger.
the lounge lixAryi--wassins time. oc-
cupying space. dissipaiing ensrxy.
either their own or some ones else.
They are really human parsSites-
social incosnpstentsl
How many individuals can five .
satisfactory answer 10 the question.
what proportion Of your time u
20 utilized that n preserves past OF
present time for the uss OF the
future Eating. sieep,ns. r~crca'
ton. should preserve and increass
health and physique. Working time
should leave tangible results proper
Tomato 70 the best uss OF the bcsi
facilities possible In the most efn
Giant way known. whether II 10 brain
work o. hand work. The most insz
cuabie waste n waste Of time and
the waste OF the time OF oths~ 30
pie Who could be producing thing
of value. vcrg~s on the criminal
no sort Of reasoning or excuses car
Justify time lost. for tina never 70
txxrnA Respectfully.
IRA DYE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18

A. u stands 10 reason. investors
DO not want 10 place themselves In
public opinion In class where they
viii be continually referred 70 In .
general way - Rent Hcgn.- Rent
Profiseers.- Rent Cougera- etc
This. Mr.. Editor. may. IN my hum
BILE opinion. be one thing that u
preventing the '1aw Of supply and
demand from operating. and you
know this h the only cure for The
house shortage
n a newspaper publishes just .
small item. stating oil In struck In .
new section Of the country. OF sold 10
found In this or that region. or such
and such a legitimate business has
BEEN very successful, Immediately
you viii find millions Of dollars
seeking investment In the said lines
Of business.
Along this line Of reasoning. don't
you agree. II the press would
change It's tactics. telling Of the
wonderful opportunities In building
and renting property and what =
dignificd occupation this n TO en-
gage In. hundreds Of millions OF
dollars would be attracted and We
soon would have plenty of houses
70 70 around Mt reasonable rents!
Trusting that you will understand
the spirit In which am writing
this letter. I am
Yours most sincerely.
J. 8. OTIS.
r. 81 am not = landlord Just
Q iumbcrman.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18

gram of the other set of extremists. They are
eager for first-class wake. If we do that, OF
course, we go on paying interest and sinking fund
charges on the $5,50O,OO0 already okehed for
long time to come We calmly charge that tidy
sum up to profit and loss.
Fortunately, there 10 a third place." Such
sincere, far-sighted friends of municipal owner
ship a. Councilman Oliver Erickson point to it a.
the best way out Of an awkward situation.
In the third place. the city can wait, say, two or
three years. II doubtless will be able to arrange
with the government that its water rights be fully
protected 1t can cut off all further Skagit ex-
penditures except the small sums needed to pre-
vent rapid deterioration on the half-finished job.
In the two years construction costs ought to de-
crease greatly The bond market should strength
en-. (Atpresent the bonds cannot be sold II issued,
except in violation of the spirit of the law which
specifies per cent limit on the interest rate.)
The business situation ought in that time to car--
fy so that we shall have some intelligent idea Of
probable future power needs.
This course will not please the engineers En-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18

And In speaking Of the Importance
Of Seattle and Tacoma he states:
Here on Puget sound are great
railroad and steamship terminals,
the most extensive on the Coast.
Here are docks. grain elevators. and
warehouses Of unsurpassed excel
ienoe stocked with grain. al co-or.
dinated with the rail heads. This Ia
the heart of the lumber industry.
not only of America but Of the
world. Here are smeitcrs. shipyards,
dry docks. and explosives works.
FIGURING and lumber mills abound.
together with all the thousand and
one other activities found in great
commercial and Industrial centers.
A half million OF people live on Pu-
get sound.
Seattle itself. chief city and port.
now Of the Kansas City-Minneapolis
class. Is truly from any angle the
marvel Of the great Northwest and
Of the Coast. and. broadly speaking
Of all America While I may be par.
donod for the local pride I have In
my own home town. ! would b.
dereiict In my duty as = representa-,
two In this body did ! not point out
In tho broadcast way the dangers
which may NO easily be theirs. Dan.
gers which would come not only "a
them but 10 others in similar posi-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18

The extremists have been doing lot of talking
about the Skagit project. One group Of them has
offered Seattle people wonderful line of exag
geration on the industrial marvels which can be
worked--if only they are given ANOTHER
FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO
COMPLETE WHAT THEY TOLD US BEFORE
COULD BE BUILT WITH THE FIRST FIVE
AND HALF MILLIONS.
And the other group-those who mistrust or
hate the idea of municipal ownership-have
sought to kill the project, and, incidentally, to
give the entire city light department black eye.
The truth of the matter il that the city council
faces an intricate business problem. What is
needed to bring out of bad mess Is clear
thinking not biased perversion of facts not bitter
determinations, not blind insstence on some
cherished attitude.
This is what has happened: Our city govern
ment has taken bond issue of $500, 000 which
it had assured the city was sufficient to erect the
power plant, and has spent, or agreed to spend,
nearly all it. And for this great sum it has just
about half-completed the project. 1t will not,
perhaps, assist solution of the problem to con-
duct post-mortem at this point. But just as an
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18

Editor The Star: While your local
contemporaries are busiIy engaged
In finding murders. robbersc-. scan.
dais and political petufoxgsry with
which to soil white paper. u In 70
freshing 10 find The star giving
news and even editorial space TO %
valuable and important . subject ~
Count korxybxki's recent book on
Tho Manhood Of Humanity His
classification Of plants as energy
binders. animals a. spaos binders and
man alone ~ time binder. In worthy
OF consideration by ell thinking PEG
pie.
Count Korxybski himself an 60
gtneer. called attention OF the en-
cheering profession to his analysis
some months ago. and has created .
new method OF attack on the per.
cnniai problem which AL engineers
Arc trying 10 solvc-ths best use Of
existing means 10 achieve the de-
slr~d enda. Since men arc able 10
bind O. IN. Tina and add 10 human
progrc~s and knowledge BY starting
each successive generation at . point
Ahead Of In ancestor. u II evident
thai activities which bind no time
are really wasted effort. and time
which passes without being bound
for the future y wasted TINA
From this point Of vs~v. the en-
pioysr who wastes his voekmsu's
time ~ using antIquafsd machinery
and long discarded methods. the
owner who throws msn out Of vvrk
bocanso he dos nat know how -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18
Interpretation of the Bible

Edltor The Star. have read with
interest the letters on the Baptist
controversy and would therefore like
to submit my understanding Of
same from the Bible standpoint.
! notice the Rev. Klein's mentions
Of I John 2d5. Love not the world.
neither the things that are In the
world II any man love the world.
the love Of the Father In not In
him. I might add that the next
verse also gives us some light. For
all that % In the world. the lust Of
the flesh. and the lust Of the eyss.
and the pride Of life, Ia not Of the
Father. but II OF the world" John
is1s. IF - were OF the world. the
world would love his own.- eta.
The wc and ye class arc the foot
step followers Of Our Lord Jesus
Christ There are some imitation
Christians (tares) and the Lord is
doing the sitting now. and only
those that are worthy win be grant
ed . share In his Kingdom. Jesus
taught his disciples 10 pray. Thy
Kingdom come; thy win be done on
earth m II is done In heaven and
when that class which are stili in
the flcsh have passed beyond the
veil, then Gods kingdom will begin
70 operate In tho earth "when the
judgments are In the earth the in
babitants win learn righteousness =
Isaiah $50.
1t Is not up 20 any Christian to
NEEDLE with the affairs Of the world
now; they are to be separate from
the world, and by their fruits ye
shall know them" Jesus gaid, Love
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18
THE SAME WAY OUT OF THE SKAGIT DILEMMA

gineers are like artists and architects; they de-
light in visioning a great picture, then carrying
the idea thru to naturalization The money cost
is incidental to them. Nor will it please the hat
ers of municipal ownership; they see a chance in
the present deplorable middle TO capitalize their
hostility.
But such course ought to appeal TO the good
sense of the rank and file of Seattle home own
ers, taxpayers and consumers of electricity.
What they want is plenty of LOW-PRlCE cur
rent. An $11 ,OOO, 900 Skagit plant at this time
spells high-priced current, higher than we al
ready have; that is certain. A writing off of
S., 5OO,OOO of bad investment that, too, spells
high-priced current.
But to complete the project eventually, when
prices and bond conditions are more favorables
and when we are more certain we can sell what
current we do produce-that would be step to-
ward what the people of this city want.
This third way out looks like the sane course
for the city council. In any event. it should not
rush to either of the extremes. 1t should devote
some careful, analytical thought to the problem
the lack Of which in the inception of the project
has led to all the present troubles.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18

your enemies ana do good 10 them
that hate you" But men should
remember that In Matthew 1916 II
says that every Idle word that men
shall speak, they shall give account
In the day Of Judgment That b.
they are forming characters and II
they die they sleep till the resurreo.
ton. and as there In neither wisdom
nor works In tho grave. the deaa
know not anything: their breath
(which II tho souD goes forth and
that very day their thoughts perish.
Ecoi. $50: 1890 Psalms 1874:
1857.
lie hath appointed a day IN which
he will Judge the world lat some
future tme) In righteousness by
that man whom he hath ordained.
Acts 1871. That day II to come
when Jesus Christ shall Judge the
quick the living) and the dead mt
His appearing and His Kingdom.
. Timothy Al. Jesus says Himself
that He came not lat that time) to
judge the world U1nn 1a4D, ana
II was because 1t was not Gods due
time for Him To do no. The judy
ment day for the world Is yet fu.
turc. and viii not come till Chriet's
Kingdom is established. 2 Timothy
al: Rev. 1115'is. And the Judgment
day will be 1000 years long. SEQ Q
Peter s7s. In Peter 30 you will
find that none of the unjust tthe
world will be punished before
the day of judgment.
Member Of the !. II. 8. A.
MRS. HANS HANSEN,
II. No. I, Box 40 b..
Stanwood, Wash.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18

ton would not b fulfilling my
duty did ! not speak for them and
likewise warn the nation of their
peril. II must not be forgotten that
in 1918 the customs district Of Puget
sound was second In Importance only
TO that Of New York.
over and above All these. howsvs'
er. great AZ they are, there remains
to an enemy the enormous prize ok
gaining access to the great coal fiei1o
Of Puget sound Coal IN all quaint
ties IL mined fairly at tidewater and
finds its outflow thru Seattle and t.
coma
1t seems TO me that II an wout
speak ~ well and truthfuIly abe
our Pacific coast. Thousands 49,
thousands Of people from the East
would come out here TO enjoy Life
and happiness.
b. o. CI4AUeON.
Seattle Z. n. c. A.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18

about the health and the opportunity
TO learn.
An hour In the morning. befors the
telephone begins 70 ring. Is worth
three hours In the middle Of the day.
when interruptions are constant. and
N worth two hours of night study
when the brain Ia tagged.
Let me assume that there 10 some
study In which you would like 70 b.
come proficient but which your daily
task affords no time for you TO pur-
sue
You would IKE 70 taks . CORE
spondencs course In your kind Of
work
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18
REMARKABLE
REMARKS

Women who do not want to sit on
juries suffer from mental iazincss.-
Lillian Barker. British suffrage
worker.
Every Englishman should 70 to
America for a tonic. every American
should go TO England as a sedative.-
G. r. Higman, British member Of
parliament
To continue 10 construct warships
n waste OF money. and II we can
al agree In this respect, we shall
confer q boon on the world Baron
Hayashi. Japanese ambassador TO
Great Britain.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18
Neus We All
Like to Read

We have just nettced two goed
news items. One tells Of meals
being reduced 10 20 cents u Chs
nute. Kama In the other Secre'
tary Of War Weeks informs the
patien that his department has
given up 80 real estate Leases,
saving the tAxpsyers S1LS3l .
month
Seemingly theee b .nst much
connection between ebeap meals ~
Chsnufs and ccsnomy ~ Washing
ton. bat the more money Washing
ton saves for rs. tho less it will
cost to live In Chsnute and In So
ALTA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18
| NsvUaDsr Es-
| eQprins A.
| 0d Unitsd
| pve0 osrviA
The u. S. Bonus
and Square Deal

opnt Hsrding's mesaass 70 the SEN
- - The ssldieFs' bonus. Whether
oAsrs alss wer~ justice and stases-
unanahlp b epen TO debate.
Presideus Harding emphsshsd
- geverumsnt's precarious finan-
81 csudision and thu embarass-
ueut that another three 10 five
bullsn dollar expenditure might
on1an.
Whether . reward d Cncle
onm - the soldiers for . duty
Gpae should ever be couehed In
Terms Of cash b another question
~ any r~Ge this b certain: The
Gswaed dus the soldiers b the
oQ1ars dsal Refusing ea~h - the
os11lws and bestsutng II upon the
rak1rsaAs b net . square 6eal
usath after meath the railrsa1s
havs besa prssentins claims
agnlnst ths government nsss
49, hsys bssn sxamtssd ~
osvgussas szpGts anA psscd
1sWn y . point thas revealed
Glat grscd and gan rsths than
~ eaal. wers behind ~ great<r
pnys 81 them. Ths railroads have
~ liked the pairing DOWN
psocess. A NV have mads . WY
be- ana called he bul settled
H. greater part working ~
Csther. think they have found
NV cut Thh way y over the
hsndb II the ssveFnnsnt's experts.
o1Eu1ghs into the White HsasA
Nsw H. pespssal eomss. an1 =
= abeut - - allowed. thas the
gevsEmeus pay svcr snsthes half
bnlIea collars o. thercaboufs -
~ railrsads and let The ros<s poo
- for 10 81 - yeass. payments
e their dcbt 10 Uncle Sam That
ennt . square deal
II Withholding IL SOLDER bsnus
= merely . step y conserve public
usney % thaS new hundreds Of
miIlism eau be turned eveR - ths
snilroads, then that isn't . square
GeaL
A tnxiff b shout 10 be inflicted
upou the country. Its aim b 10
peotect every Kind Of mauufsctur-
- contained within our borders.
And that includes not . few nm
holy wartime profiteerA Its effect
win be to make everything bought
by the exsoidier ~ well - the
rest Of M more expensive. And
that isn't . square deal
New tax laws arc being forum
lated What they win be nobody
can say. but II the policy applied
- the soldiers Is mot followed BY
the policy Of conserving tho inter.
ests of the whole country -
against the interests Of any part
tbsn again win the square deal b
absent
II the soldiers who have found
Jobs are TO be taxed moro heavily.
n proportion 70 their capacity 70
pay. than the heroes who stuck
- their business Of cornering tho
country's wealth, the lack Of .
square deal win be - obvious that
b win not take . Roosevelt 70
bring Il homo TO the people.
And President Harding win 70
gret the courage he revealed
Auto spooners. too. ahox1d b
c0mDcfled 10 disdru
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18
Boosting Our Own Climate

Editor The Star; ! have just read
about the extremes OF heat, OF cy-
clones. hurricanes and severe cleo
tricai storms in the Eastern states.
and ! venture 10 say II the people
East knew about our healthy city.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18
BY On. WILLIAM 4. BARTON

E<o ~ - o~s1
toned advice. !
know. but I b.
Hove It 10 good
that in favor Of
early rising.
Early TO bed
and carly 10 visa.
makes Q man
healthy. wealthy
and wise"
! am not sure
about the wealth.
AxsS 4 arm e~pfuia
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18

OF the fine Climate. Of the chemically
pure water. OF the resources which
the Pacific Northwest offers. they
would not hesitate a minute to come
out TO the Pacific coast 70 make
their homes horA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18

When the ssrr " 6trsded be-
fsneen fhs Atlantic end the Peetrc
u 70 . typical Daxs1is hsader. Of
cosvss; bsf tcA<n the oG-bssrevs
ws pus on Tia West coast onl the
coal bsr~eys on the Fast v u .
brti,tsss tactical oI,oosttes. vos 60
devsfonk-0ojvs Mecca
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18
Cove Women
Were Fat

Henry Osborne. American 80
thority sn the stone Age. nsaes err.
tain small figurcs made b. . rsce
Of cave-u~n and less In their esvcs
In Franco Year, ago. How many
ycaps Oh. about 1900!
The figures Of women rrpsvseus
them ~ extrcmsiy fAA lie figures
this was because they didn't ven
ture oct often. and Ate . great deal
Of marrow.
The meu were thin from much
exercise. n the common kiea Of .
esvemsns wooipg b correct. .
lover In those days drs~vvcd al he
goa when he carried off . stunned
brsds VITO weighed 10!
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18

gewe esopsrs tdes u prosperity
u snhes spsvv ess eses too vtcA 10
srerk
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18

me 1os che sovs sfvees ~
shocking Is oiscsvs srsiJise to - .
shock ebsorbcr.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18

Auto spooners. too. ahodd b
compeIlcd TO disaym
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-18

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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-01-03
HARDING HAS FOUR CALLERS.

MARION. o., Jan. S.--Again centring
his attention upon domestic problems,
President-elect Harding gave most OF
his time to-day tosa minute canvass Of
tho Legislative situation in conference
with Senator Curtis of Kansas, Repub-
lean whip In the Senate.
Among other callers on iis engage
ment list we're Clifford Pinchot Of Penn
sylvania, CORNER Chief Of the Forestry
Service; Paul ID. Cravath Of New York
and. Representative Towner Of Iowa.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-01-03

merry a Newspaper man, who died
Thuraday IN the Staten Island Hospital,
were conducted yesterday IN the under
fer, Stapieton. Percy Howard, President
OF the New York Press Club, had charge
Of the service. Many Newspaper men
attended. 1nterment win take place to-
Brooklyn.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-01-03
LANDLORD FIGHTS SUBPOENA
Charges subterfuEe by Hirac trfisId
TO Get 1Iim Into Court.

Commissioners OF Accounts H1rsoh-
fields alleged attempt to aid the
Mayors Committee on Rent Profit
eering to set a recalcitrant landlord
into court, was resisted to-day BY
William p. SchmuckG Vice President
Of the Tubes Terminal and Realty
Company Of Long Island City. The
attorneys for schmuck petitioned
Justice Van Siclen in tho ouseps
County Supreme Court to varate
Hirshfleld subpoena regulating
matters. '"N
Schmack.s attorneys showed that he
had paid his taxes ana ALLEGED tbo -
poena was a subterfuge to aid the Topnt
Committee, whose subpoena Schmnclt
mad refused 60 obey. Justice Van SicBen
reserved decision.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-01-03
HYATT SHUTDOWN STILL ON.
500 Ordered to Report To-Day Sent
Home for Month.

AMA AANAAAo
More than 500 men vino reported Tor
work to-day at the plant OF the Hyatt
Roller Bearing Company ct Harrison,
N. J., were informed the shutdown
would continue until Feb. or later. The
plant has been closed since the begin
ming o. the Chr1stmas holidays and the
Shift that came TO the place To-day had
been ordered to report az this time.
The company normally employs about
10000 men on automobile parts.
At the du Point powder plant IN ArI-
inEton 5000 out OF a normal force OF
400 went TO work to-day. The 3 per
cent. bonus to employees rot late 10
work during tho mouth has been dis
continued.
NEWSPAPER MEN PAY HONOR
TO MAJOR q. r. WILLIAMS.
Funeral services for Major q. =. Will
Jams, veteran Of the Civil war and for
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-05-28
HIT BY WISE FRAUDS
Travellers in Orient Are Victims
of SWinGers.
Favorite Means Of Livelihood Among
Minor OfficiaIs-AIso Practice
Money and Ticket Frauds.

Constantinople. = Swindling travel
ers in connection with passport yises
has become one of the favOrite means
of Livelihood Of minor officials in the
Orient and Balkan countries.
Mrs. ]. Fl. K. Polly, wife OF an
American business man living in Lon
don. recently was a victim Of this
fraud while travelling on the Orient
express. running from here to Paris.
When the train was passing from Bull
garia into Serbia an official in uniform
representing himself as Serb inspec-
tor, demanded to see her passports,
Informed her that the wise obtained
at the Serb legation in Constantinople
was invalid and ordered her to leave
the train. After protestatiOns, he con-
scented to accept $50 to let her con-
tinue her journey. She had already
paid $50 for yises of her passport.
Before leaving COnstantinOple many
travellers are obliged to give large
sums to get vises which later may be
declared invalid in this manner.
Since refugees from Russia are not
wanted in other countries, where they
may become public charges, few pass
ports are granted them officially, but
they are furnished with proper papers
for sums ranging from $40 to 500. As
these refugees are poor, they are often
obliged to spend all but their travel
ing expenses for vises.
Another form of swindle results
from the general European laws
against taking large sums Of silver.
gold or paper money of given coun-
try into another.
To prevent such traffic governments
place officials at frontiers, who de-
mand of each traveller the sum of for
eign cash on his person. If he declares
anything above the equivalent Of $40,
or some such modest sum, it is taken
and receipt given which he may cash
in money of the country on leaving it.
Sometimes the inspector merely peck
cts the money, or will take bride to
let the traveller proceed with all his
cash.
Americans of experience have
! adopted the plan of carrying only
checks or drafts and thus avoid this
| annoyance.
The oldest form of travel swindle
! takes the form of trains stopping due
to lack of coal. Then the train crew
plays cards until the passengers take
up collection with which to buy coal.
This swindle has been improved upon
| An official takes up tickets and then a
second official. who denounces the first
one as a fraud, makes the passengers
pay q second time.