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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-12

A few days ago The Star
printed an editorial suggesting
that the state legislature work
out some plan for paying
claims against the drfunct
Scandinavian American bank In
Seattle out Of state funds. The
step was advocated ~ an ~msrg.
ency MEASURE "a keep the
pledge of the state guaranty
fund and Go prevent tho posi-
bio collapse Of several banks A.
the result Of = vicious circle Of
responsibility owed By esch
baris In the guaranty fund for
the debts Of its mcmbers.
Several comments on The
Stars editorial have been pub
iish-d. Others follow
EDITORIAL FROM
TACOMA TIMES
Tacoma b not taking kindly 20
N. proposal Of sesttie's leading
daily newspaper. The Star. that the
state legislature appropriate from
state funds enough money Ga make
good the loeses Of the deposiiors Of
the Scandinavian American bank Of
Seattle. We do not believe the nus
Errtion IL going 60 cause smiling
crowds TO gather At the country
crossroads 20 shout approval. In
fact. We guess that nowhere except
In Seattle will tho proposal be ap
piauded.
The star declares the state II
morally obligated 20 make good thr
losses because u permitted the Seat.
tic bank 20 be a member Of the
state bank guarantee fund. Maybe
that's true. nut. 40 WAS the stats
morally bound 10 protect the de-
positorn Of the Tacoma Hcandk
naxian bank. The only reason or
escuSe for the existence 81 tho state
bank examiners department Is 10
safeguard bank depositora
Had the bank examiners depart
msnt OF the state done IL duty. had
there been no politics and political
favors. had there been no Hhrinklng
and ccwardic.. neither the Seattle
nor the Tacoma Scandinavian banks
would have been permitted 10 get
into the condition that caused their
failure The state vas morally
bound 10 prevent those failures.
guarantee or no guarantee.
The next state legislative session
il long way OF. 30 there II no
chance for Immediate action. Bat,
The Tacoma Times has this recon
mendation TO make:
The bank guarantee law has
proved an utter failure. Repeal H.
Then pass Law that Will give
the bank examiners complete power
10 hardie any situation they may
meet In the work and SEND THEM
To THE PESITESTfARY II
THEY PERMIT ANY ONE JS'
DER THEIR SUPERVISION TO
EREAK THE LAW
LET the hank examiners know
that theirs u mighty serious duty
ard " they faii. that u meana dis
frar~ and prtsoni
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-12


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your fingers.
II goes right 10 the spot with a
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draws out soreness and pain.
Musterole In a clean. white oint.
ment, made with oil OF mustard. IL
has all tho strength OF the old-fash.
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Nothing like Musteroie for croupy
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usc. IS and IS cents In jar. and
tubes: hospital size. 81
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-12
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MONEY!

For more than &c
years Seattle's lead
ina dentist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07
Why Not Be a Good Loser {?

Now that President Harding has
signed the act approving the Port
Authority's comprehensive plan
there is nothing left for the city ad-
ministration to do but to surrender
gracefully to the will of the major
'ty. Two state legislatures and
Congress are combination before
which lone municipality may easily
excuse itself for backing down: that
is. ii those who represent the mu-
inequality have a saving sense of
good craftsmanship and humor. The
Mayor may elect to play the boy who
stood on the burning deck, for he
is not above that sort of dramatic
obduracy. Yet why not get into line
with a good-natured gesture which
indicates that the cruel war is over.
The city needs modernized port.
in which living costs will fall through
improvements in terminal facilities.
Everybody will benefit If the Port
Authority's comprehensive plan goes
through. The enterprise will be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07
Polling Prohibition

"The Literary Digest" is under
taking q nationwide poll on the pro-
hibition question.
"Do you favor the continuation
and the strict enforcement of the
Eighteenth Amendment and the
Volstead law" the ballot reads. or.
'Do you favor modification of the
yolstead law to permit light wines
and beers?" or, "Do you favor a re-
peal of the prohibition amendment? ?"
These three questions are in SO
many mouths that the result of a
nationwide poll is sure to have ex-
cepuonal interest. Many people
think that the prohibition amend
ment has the support of only mi
nority. Many people have feeling
OF dissatisfaction over the lack of a
clear submission. There is a notice
able uncertainty as to the true state
OF public opinion-an uncertainty
SO far not removed by the efforts of
each side to prove" its case.
Such uncertainty lsTl.e Literary
Dlgest's" poll may lessen, even if it
does not end it. AS an indication of
general sentiment the returns from
ten million ballots should be fairly
accurate.
Whatever the final tabulation, it
Will furnish definite indication of
popular sentiment. To the degree
That both sides refrain from organ
lied propaganda to influence votes
the findings will be valuable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07
The Mitchell Memorial

Four years ago the mortal light
Of John Purroy Mitchell went out
and bright and gallant spirit
winged its way to the other world.
New York, when it bowed it's head
at his funeral, expressed its contrite
apology. 1t does so again. The
committee having in charge the cree
ton of Mitchell Memorial, doing it's
work quietly and relying on spon-
taneous contributions, is able to an
nounce that the fund is complete
and that it will soon submit plans
for the statue which is to be placed
in Central Park. The entire cost
will be met without calling on the
city's treasury.
Recently in City Hall Park was
placed the MacMonnies marble group
called "Civic Virtue" which SYM
bolizes what it's name implies. On
it's site or near it should stand the
Mitchell statue, with hand pointing
toward the City Hall, not away from
it, and personifying instead ofmerely
symbolizing civic virtue. Fortunate
will be the city of John Mitchels
love when its chief officer is one pos
sessed of his ideals and his intrepid
determination to apply them.
This wonderful young man died
while wearing the uniform of his
country. But the qualities which
made him first at Plattsburg and
which made him rejoice that his de-
feat gave him a chance for field
service had long been shown under
the more testing chains Of civil life.
1t is good to perpetuate the men,
cries of such as he.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07
He Cannot Turn Back

Without doubt Governor Miller is
perfectly sincere in his statement
that he has not decided to become a
candidate for denomination. But a
decision has already been made for
him. Whatever his personal prefer
ences may be, he must abide by it..
During his term ne has started
and carried toward completion re-
organization of the business of the
state which has already saved the
taxpayers millions of dollars and
will save them many millions more
in the years to come.
This is not a work he can leave
to another man. He began it and
he must finish it. In this battle for
the people it would be calamitous to
change the High Command.
There may be another man in the
state with the same understanding
Of its problems and of equal ability
to concentrate his own efforts and
those of the Legislature to their So
luton. But this man, if there is
any such, is not in sight.
The duty that now confronts
Nathan l.. Miller confronted Charles
E. Hughes when, in the middle of
the insurance investigation, he was
offered the nomination as Mayor of
New York. 1t was a tempting offer
Election would have followed the
nomination. But he knew that to
quit would jeopardize the value of
what had been done and perhaps de-
feat the reforms that We're vitality
necessary. He declined the nomina-
ton and finished his task.
Governor Miller must make heavy
financial sacrifices if he is to con-
tinue at Albany. His known ability
as lawyer, added to the prestige
he has won as an executive in the
last two years, would assure him in
private life an income many times
greater than his present salary. But
he will make the sacrifice.
1t is not for man in the service
Of the people to withdraw until he
has finished his job, and Governor
Miller's job is far from finished.
Two years more at least Will be re-
quired to put the reorganized state
machinery into smooth running or
der. The Public Service Commits
sions in New York and UP state. and
the Port Authority here are going to
need powerful backing in Albany to
save them from pernicious meddling.
Almost all of the bills passed as a
part of his plan will require minor
amendments to give them full effect.
These things must be done. and
there is no one who can do them as
we'll as Mr.. Miller.
Whatever his personal desire may
be, Governor Miller must and will
subordinate it to the interests of the
people, whose work he is doing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07
Tarnnlany and Living Costs

The city administration in two cam
paigns has pretended to be greatly
interested in public markets, whose
function is to bring down the cost of
farm products to the poor. Our
neighbor "The Evening Post" has
been lately making a survey of two
of these markets, Wallabout and
G&nsevoort, and shows what has
actually happened.
Neither consumer nor farmer gets
the benefit from these markets. Their
profits go to food spectators, who
usurp the best stands, buy the best
produce before the farmers have
time to learn it's real market value
and dispose of it not to greengrocers
in the tenement districts but to deal
ers who can afford to pay high prices
because they sell to wealthy con-
sumers.
Every attempt to awaken Commits
sioner of Markets O'Malley to these
abuses has signally failed. William
l.. Hundtermark, secretary and man.
ager of the New York Market Grow
sers' Association, has appealed to him
in vain to get rid of the spectators
and has been unable to get in touch
with him personally. Evidently, be-
tween campaigns, neither MIR. O'Mal-
ley nor his superiors are interested.
Open public markets where farm
ers by the payment of nominal fee
could come to sell and dealers and
housewives could come to buy would
greatly decrease living costs in New
York, especially during the season
that farm produce is grown in New
Jersey and Westchester and on Long
Island.
The market law provides for
such establishments under municipal
supervision. But the spectators find
1t easy to evade the law. A Tammany
administration ignores the law and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07
Relief for Montenegrins

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to the appe''
launched by Mr.. George Henry Payns'
president of the American Connhitss'
for Montenegro, will you allow ms :
add my own strong appeal tnrousA
your columns to the American pup"
to support the efforts of the comn't.s'
to afford immediate relief TO sa'
women, children and aged adults :,
Montenegro, as well as Montsnes''N
cxiles in neighboring countries {.
This is a humanitarian question: nv
a political one. This is the first t'ns
in the history of Montenegro thas :
mission has been sent abroad to soi'ess
aims. Montenegro made great sscran1ooe,,
during the war and her poflsi ~.
existence is threatened. Let gems ros,
Americans see TO it that the lives Y. I,
her people are not endangered as va 8.
Checks may be. sent to Mrs. oeolss
Henry Payne, 354 Fourth Aveiiue' Nss
York, or TO Mr.. William Forpes ~.
gan, ii Broadway, and viii pc r.
gratefully acknowledged 4
LUIGIsCRIsGuoLUs
New York, July 5, 1922.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07
Andre Lefewe in lie Journal of Paris

the war, and who lost it, bat it is saiy
recently that she told US that I've
wanted to be paid we had only to alIgss
her to exploit Russia. This means that
she hoped to make Russia pay hsrg
penses. -
England, or, to be more exact, Lord
George, has found an ingenious ssla-
ton, which is the cancellation Of alb
war debts. England is ready to forsse
everything owed her--p. divided that the
United States renounces its claims
against England. Now as it is a question
of practically equal sums, this mears
that the United States alone would bear
the expense Of this operation. she
would certainly take the occasion ts
ask US to renounce a portion. OF qEr
debts due from Germany, WHO thus
would become the final BENEFICIARY.
All of this is certainly Ingenious
If it were not SO sad, If We did nat
still have SO many people witheus
homes, it would be amusing. But
the bankers perhaps overstate things
little when they propose new an,
putation of Frances credits, and Vhes
they ask what part we viii play in tAs
new loan. As enc CT cur repressaH
tives already has told them, we airesas
have subscribed 90,000,000o0Q francs
which is no small matter.
But this is not She question Ine
real question is Does Germany or
does she not, wish to payf Il she
wishes to, there will be no instrument
able difficulties. If she does not VISA
to, the bankers will be helpless, aud so
also the Reparation Commission. Ihs
question then will be the tragic oae o.
whether it will be Germany er the res.
of her creditors-France Belgium ana
the Little Entente-who will smash
That is the tragic problem whiea
many people refuse to see. Daring
this last week we have listened
many beautiful speeches in Parlianehs
But i, who happen to know
that there has just been discovered ID
the barracks of the 18th Regiment o.
Munich a newly installed room y
which to test the best means OF 'asahs
poison gas-I must admit that ! as
little disillusionized by all saess
speeches s
The international loan, the payniaeh's
of which are going up in smoke, ns.
we'll come back to rs in the form g
poison gas. s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07

II
test against a particular McCumber
duty will strengthen the suspicion
with which so many Republicans
view the pending tariff bill. On
what principle and with what 10y
atty to genuine protective doctrine
was it prepared? Mr.. Lenroot asks
pertinently:
IF there is commodity produced
in the United States that perma-
nently and through all the years will
cost three times as much to produce
as that article can be imported for,
can such rate be justified by any
protectionist 7"
Up to the days Of Fordney, Nc
Cumber and Hiram Johnson the an
swer to this question would have
been decisive "no." None of the
founders and great opponents of the
protective system ever dreamed of
employing protection except for ma
tional purposes or ever laid duties
except with the hope Of enabling the
domestic producer to dispense after
time with anything like prohibitive
rates.
The authors of the Fordney and
McCumber bills have apparently
been parceling out protection for
the benefit of individual producers
and groups of producers rather than
with proper regard for the ultimate
effects of those duties on the country
as an economic whole. Few people
except those in the secrets of the
committee rooms know exactly what
the present bill accomplishes. It is
being rushed through. The debate
on it has been perfunctory and
largely of smoke screen character.
The voters look askance at a perma-
nent revision which they have not
demanded and do not understand.
There is no reason for passing
complicated, highly technical and
confessedly faulty tariff bill at this
session. No harm can come from
fuller study and more intelligent
drafting. or from waiting until eco
nomic conditions at home and abroad
become better stabilized. Yet some
in Congress talk as if the country
were clamoring for tariff legislation
and didn't care much what it got in
that line only so it got something
quickly.
That is what might be called the
great Fordney McCumber illusion.
The people are not going to welcome
an undigested measure stuffed with
inflated rates. 1t would be political
folly for the Republican party to
pass tariff bill before the fall cleo
tons. Mr.. Lenroot knows this. He
also knows that a far better tariff
can be constructed later. 1t would
be well for the Republican leaders to
listen to him and not to Messrs.
Fordney and McCumber, who are
ab~lt to retire to private life.
The message that goes to Wash
lngton from the country is direct
and brief. 1t is: "Have a care.
gentlemen! Mind your step!"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07

Henry Adams, the recorder shall
have had part in the making Of
political history. Nor need the diary
be written with literary skill. Rather
is it the sense of intimacy and famil-
iarity which pervades nearly every
diary that gives it particular charm.
Even brief accounts Of the goings
and comings and the daily events Of
person or a family have in later
years an interest.
There are, OF course, exceptions.
As rule, records Of soul wrestling
are less interesting to the whole
some minded than journal Of
events. AS matter Of fact, the best
place for most diaries Of the first
kind is the fireplace. But the others
that are allowed to survive lifetime
should, instead of being sent to a
fiery grave, be put away in an old
trunk for future enlightenment and
entertainment. Sooner or later they
will be found by a sympathetic spirit
and treasured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07
A Thieves Market

When the Genoa conference was
called the world generally believed in
it's good faith-thought it was to be
a gathering which would seriously
attempt to bring what is left of Rus
STA into the company of the civilized
nations.
But quickly came two staggering
events. The first was the brazen an
nouncement that Russia and Ger
many had signed a treaty whose
plain effect was to make them allies.
The sinister parts of Europe, the
country which started the great war
and the country which abandoned
her allies in the German interest,
thus served notice that at the earli-
est opportunity they would again at
tack the peace-desiring nations.
The second event was quarrel
between rival oil interests which
revealed that the real motive power
behind the conference YVES the appe-
tlte of concession seekers. The So
wet government was in physical pos
session Of valuable special areas-a
possession it was willing to sell,
Like the other Vanderlip, who came
back from Moscow trumreting that
he had grabbed off Kamchatka.
these oil interests didn't much care
whether Russia paid for property
confiscated. They didn't worry over
Russia's general rehabilitation.
They saw chance to make a. profit
able exploitation and they reached
for it. The only strange thing is
that they were able to enmesh LLOYD
George into promoting their selfish
policy.
Now, The Hague is only a more
frank Genoa. In public there is talk
OF policies and credits and the like;
but in private there is no pretense.
and the voices of hucksters are
heard. Will the oil interests and
their kindred purchase what Soviet
Russia is willing to sell, and at
what price? The Hague gathering
is called conference. 1t would be
more honest to avow that it is a
thieves market, with would-be SELL
ers saying nothing as to how they
got their stuff and would-be buyers
asking no questions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07

self-ananced and self-sustaining. 1t
will cost the city treasury nothing.
The opposition to it is political and
academic, its strength lying in a mis-
taken loyalty to the home rule
theory, even when devotion to that
theory makes living more expensive
for every New Yorker.
Community interest must prevail
over such distractions. 1t is within
the Mayors power to show himself a
practical as we'll as theoretical de-
fender of home interests by offering
now to cooperate whole-heartedly
with the Port Authority.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07
Why Mrs. Stowe Wrote Uncle
Tom

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The letter of your CORE
spondent John Graham, relating to
"Uncle Toms Cabin" that was pub
lished in The Tribune Of July 2, is in
line with the efforts Of some would-be
historians who want all history to con-
form to their beliefs.
The known and established truths
of history should be preserved and
studied, and that can be done without
INDUCING in acrimonious controversy.
Whatever the effect of Uncle TOMS
Cabin" may have been in bringing on
the Civil War, it cannot be believed
that Mrs. Stowe wrote 1t with such a
purpose. She must have been grieved
and shocked at the existence and ex-
tension of great national wrong
and used her able pen to portray it
in all its features. There has been
abundant corroborating evidence to
show that her description of slavery
was not overdrawn or exaggerated.
All will agree that II slavery could
have been abolished without war
that would have been better way; but
affairs had reached such q condition
that such a course was impossible.
Much az we may abhor war, a war in a
righteous cause is better than q
shameful peace.
In this. country for some years be-
fore the commencement of the Civil
War a shameful peace existed. One
humiliating concession after another
had been made to the slave-holdine
power, as represented by it's politicians,
and yet they would not be satisfied.
1t was plain. in Lineoln's Oft quoted
words, that the nation would become
call slave or all free" It was inevi-
table that sooner or later, concessions
and negotiations having failed. slavery
would be the cause of war. Destruc-
tive and distressing as it was, II it had
been longer deferred Its results would
probably have been more serious and
far-reaching on both sides. l, there
fore, contend that whether or not
Uncle Toms Cabin" fastened the war.
the hour had struck for such a book
to be written.
: AUSTIN F. FAULKNER.
New York, July 8, 1922.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07
Why Burn Diaries i?

The lady who in her will directed
that not only her own diaries but
also those of her mother and father
and of Aunt Mary should be burned
unread has succeeded in arousing
curiosity as to why she didn't burn
these records herself during her life
time.
Diaries should either be DESTROYED
while comparatively fresh or else be
locked up for the generations that
come long afterward. The great in
trospectionist Henry Adams bears
testimony to the dissatisfaction of
the diarist with his own records BUT
is that just cause for DESTROYING
them? In his autobiography he de-
scribes at some length how much he
was lowered in his own estimation
when he reread his diaries written
many years ago and how he was
filled with disgust to see what kind
of person he used to be.
But these diaries, to the children
now growing up and to their chill
dren, tell quite a different story
from the one they told to Henry
Adams. 1t is not necessary to refer
to the famous diaries of literature to
show what absorbing interest diaries
possess not only as human but also
as historical documents. 1t is not
necessary that, as in the case of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-07

protects them. Yet Tammany contin-
ually protests that it Is the friend Of
the poor. But the food Speculation
flourishes on high prices and special
privileges, and no effort is made to
curb him.