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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13
Our "Red- Blooded" Americans

played their parts IN two VAN WIN
England and naturally came IN hate
tho English an practically All Of the
people Of that time did- whiis IN
school I rad the prejud,csd Accounts
Of our national life that the educa-
torn Of our country have sesn M to
sanction. This preJpdice against Eng
land seems 90 be a part % our hert.
taRe "a American citizens
During tho war undertook 60
study history with aa little prejudice
As possible and 10 find out the truth
shout lot Of things ~ which I
really knew very little before. and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13
Editor The Starr

Editor Tho star
As reader OF Tine star for n mum
her OF years. find n TO be the beat
workingman's paper. I would Ike 70
have you print the most brutal mug
play ever wish 20 see.
A. l was standing on the corner OF
First ave. ana Spokane st. at 1880 a.
m. week ago Saturday, ! notieeu
a young man step out OF large auto
and bid his friends goodbye. saying.
-Wlil see you Monday" lie walked
across the street and onto the bridge
nj Firxt ave. s.. when he was hailed
by a man. He stopped 20 hear wha,
the man wanted. when three other
thugs stepped out OF the chr station.
jumped on him. knocked him down.
kicked him and then led him 10 a car
Ia an unconscious condition. They
were frightened away ana left the
man In = bleeding and painful eondi-
ton.
talked with him. and he told me
he was a married man and that he
was working for the General Peiro-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13
LAHERC tho 10 ElIM


A woman can sec more than the
dollar IN city administration.
Very probably shs win support
moro and bstisr piAyfieidn. better
home and health conditions. lower
tAsea and service for tho Taxpayers.
Running a city 10 only municipal
housekeeping. declared Mrn. fAndes.
Bucc-aaful housekeeping requires In.
talliwune~. financial ability and a
great big heart. Apply them TO
''clty housekeeping and things
would improve. no one has hereto
fore accused our city administration
q possessing an overabundance Of
any Of these attributed
women pay taxes. constitute one
half Of the population. and carry
their portion Of the municipal
hurscn. nevertheless. they have h~re
,ofor~ been unrepresen,sd In hand.
ling the city affairs.
MAupE swEETMAS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13

Editor The star
Men have run Seattle affairs from
tho beginning and have made ons
lovely mess out Of the Job.
We have q pres~ntabis county city
building. . it.miiiion dollar debt
with nothing TO show for ., except .
diiA pifated street car line. QUESTION.
aide water and lighting systems:
numerous debts. and a political ring
some showing. all right
The male voting public has shown
It's incapaclfy 20 deal with political
fiimflammers with officials who
made specific promises and forgot
them In office.
IL seems 60 ma that this IL the
time for women 20 be given q
chance 10 see what they can do.
Mira fI~nry fAndea has announced
her candidacy for tho council.
she 10 . woman above the aver
ara She has brains. vision and In
tegrtty.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13

Editor The Star
l am q regular reader Of The Star
and ia like to air sone % my views
on the bonus question. wonder II
people realize just what NO are ask.
ING for. The service mans pay waa
about 81 q dAy. poor chow and lots
OF harsishirss. AID ws dldn-, have just
eight hours ~ york. either. In the
navy ws had 10 buy our own clothes.
not mentioning the soap. tobacco ard
dosens Of other little things We had
70 have. also sonationA Liberty
bonds as q discount etc To rum u
all up. ". are asking IN this bonus
only less than half the pay for our
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13
Are Canadians
Being Imported?

Editor The Star.
Would like 10 know n the same
ruling holds good for all public work.
namely. that only American citizens
can DO employed on public works"
while paving Rainier ave. noted
that Jain Breast had trouble on
this very account Their labor con
sisted mostly OF inexperienced men.
ye; there was quite fuss made.
But no on. complains that our
schools are being constructed by men
from Vancouver who were brought
hero by ads In their home papers.
offering higher pay. nj the time the
unions and tho master builders were
In dinpute-
These men are mechanics. getting
good salaries. have their homes In
Vancouver. pay no tares here and
will return to canada with their
earnings. while our men are out OF
employment
IiAy. ron ~vcw ar you are an
AfnerfcAnl tried 10 Est employment
IN their country In the first place
immigration officials viii not let you
nav FW4T AlAtH w.t. NV t.A lWA
uo~I ~ you tail them you expect 70
work there
You could not ret WORK sw-~pins
ssr~~ts. II you were not . British
subject personally know Of two
waitress who had 20 give up their
positions To Canadian girls. which
practically amounted TO deportation
M~chAnios are deported when they
find them working on buildings
n you look into this matter ron
will ind my statements correct Ask
them 10 show their naturalization
papers You VIII no; have trouble
In locating them: one could cut their
eroTus with n knife Yours for fair
play. NJ J. 8.
1901 wabash ave
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13

enemies that the y. =. has IT present
are the English haisrs. We havs .
whole group of newspapers whql
chief motive IL hatred or the r,
llAh. we have n lot 81 citizens p1y.
cry Amerieanlsm and curse the Eng.
iish. All this hurts W and makss
u look ~ II the United states IL 70
sacrifice her nRhtfui place az leader
among the nations OF the world by
the senselesa cries OF these EngIlah
haierr.
America should stand for bonesty.
justice and intelligence. TED blood
and patriotism are a common her.
itage OF nearly all the peoples Of the
world These qualities will never ac.
complish anything for our country.
Let's put the soft pedal on our red
blood and look for a little common
sense and a little gray matter a littls
brains.
DO not wish 20 accuse anyons
Of disloyaity. but actions speak loud
er than words. we know who the 10y
al Americans are. they don't need 70
shout the fact TO the world. We
should not condemn all AZ traitors
who feel that they must hate all "
are not Americans In order to shin
their patriotism. But we must admit
that a lot Of people who have preiu.
dices against Germans. French. AeSi-
cans. Canadians. or English. feel that
they can get credit for this hatred
II they only hide Il under the cry o.
Americauisfn. This IL especially trus
Of the English hatern. Let's forget
the revolutionary war. lets recognize
the man who refuses 20 let the cen
tury old prejudice die. for what ne IL
either a man who has an 81 10
grind or a man controlled By iRnor.
ant and narrow prejudice. =. y.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13

Representative OF New York Is
the case OF Chas y. Van Colts
family, residing at 100 Fourth Ave,
Albany. lie says Every member
OF our family In enthusiastic over
Tanlac. It's certainly n medicine
for all the family"
From PARKWAY Canada comes this
message: My little girl. my son
and myself are all enjoying spien.
did health now and TAnIac brought
II all about" Mrs. Bert Hewer. 1913
East Avenue. Toronto, Ontario.
we call Tanlac The Family Med
ioine' here in our Virginia home
because Il restored my mother and
sister TO perfect health. Just the
same ms 1t has done me-" il tho
enthusiastic statement OF Mrs. ]. T.
Robertson. Danville. Va.
And on through the list men.
women and children from every state
In the Union and every province
OF Canada unhesithtingly come for
ward and tell In words ringing with
sincerity OF the wonderful benefits
of health and happiness that Tanlac
has brought Into their homes that
were formerly darkened by the
gloom OF sickness, suffering and
despair
And should yours be one OF those
homes where any member OF the
family Ia thin. run down and weak.
ened from loss Of appetite, caused
by indigestion and stomach troubles.
YOU have at your very door tn.
means that win no doubt bring the
Sunshine of vigorous health back
into their lives and yours, Just as
II has done In so many thousa nds
OF other cases. DO not delay. Get
a hottie Of Tanlac from your drug.
gist today. --Advertisement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13

The story goes thai a couple Of
young men from Arkansas ,ocnt 70
Ne11 York. They tocnt 10 a certain
bank and said they TAINTED 10 Dor
roto $4,000.
The banker said. What DO yos
rant 10 do ,oith ~" The collateral
tods all right.
They said. Wen. zee do not IKE
TO tell ,1h1t zee ,oant 10 do 10Th a."
we cannot let you hare % IN
less you do"
There Is a little speculation IN
IL In a sense. but II Is all right and
proper. IL "a matter uc do not
rant 10 get out We might lose
our chance 10 make the deal zoe
hare IN mind"
well tohat is ~ You must ten
10 TO us."
we hare an option on some coal
lands that toe believe ,oiH be ,oorfh
millions Of dollars, and " ue can
net $4,000 noto zoe can ciinch the
deal this t1cct." they said.
I'VE do not care 10 lend money
on am such proposition az that"
The tt5o young men iocnf out
heary-heartcd. The iCholc thing
had gone M IN smoke.
But the bank officials bought the
option on The coal land and made
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
on the deal that they teouid rcper
have Inotcr about but for the IN
formation forced out Of men apply
ing for characterization He1in
M, ala.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13
Wheat, Pork
Raises Good
for Farmer
BY AMATEUR ECONOMIST

Tho most encouraging develop
rnent OF the last two years In the
advance In the price OF wheat
and pork. Every one In rejolo-
ing over the farmers good luck;
they are paiting him on tho back
and envyinR his position.
IL certainly IN encouraging 70
see these products sell for aorne-
thing more nearly what they
cost to produce. but IL is also
true that the farmer really has
profited very little.
This advance has como after
most Of the farmers have sold
their crops: the middieman viii
get the profit 20 n great extent.
but. nevertheless. tn. farmers
still have a small amount TO dis.
pose OF and 20 this extent win
profit. At least some OF them
will have the money 70 pay their
taxes and interest.
Every little bit helps. but the
manufacturer can't expect 10 sell
very much to the farmer until
another crop is harvested.
Since Russia IN not exporting
wheat a normal crop all over the
world will just about supply the
needs OF the world. When we
have n short crop in any part OF
the world there will be a short.
age: In other words. we no longer
have "A factor Of safety In wheat
production. During the seven
years Of plenty we are not lay.
Ing up for the seven lean years
to follow. This being so, IL Is
fortunate that there liz an ad.
vance at this time. for Il will
encourage the farmers In their
spring planting. even II II does
not bring them a great sum of
money at present.
We can't afford 10 let our
wheat acreage fail off. for no
other product is so necessary to
the welfare OF the country. We
can get along without pork and
corn products to a certain extent.
but wheat we must have.
II necessary we should guaran.
tee the farmer a price that will
yield him the cost OF production.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13
Eye Witness of Thuggery

i"um Co. and that the thugs were
boilermakers on o strike becaus.
they wanted wages that were being
paid during the war. The oil com.
pany u paying better wages ana
treating iis employees better than any
other company I know. II surely r.
getting tough when n man who has
been out Of work for months gets a
Job and then has a bunch OF coward.
~ thugs jump on him and nearly kin
him, because he IL trying 20 support
his family. L. a. EVANS.
Georgetown Station.
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After Death

Scientific journals arr predict.
ing thAs inventors one Of these
days VIII stumble on = way 10
make IN sirplane stand stiii In
the air without falling.
Many bright minds arc work.
Ing on the problem now.
An invention Of this nature
would put man oIose to the sb-e-
lutte conquering Of gravity. In .
faint way thu pail Of gravity on
lead and some other substances
has been reduced In scientific
Laboratories.
Suppose that man learns how
70 fres hlmssif from gravity.
What fheas
For ono thing. hard labor could
be made easy. A msving van
man. with an ssu-grAvity dsvie~
could make . piano - sAaify
handed - . feather.
Heavy freight tr2lns vsah -
come light
VITA gravity uB6sr centred.
friction would be reduced
Flying would become safe md
simple. no machine required. Man.
regulating his weight. could ny
with siIk wings attached to his
armA
An this, you say. sounds Ike
. pipe drcams Admitted. but not
more Of . pipedr-am than the
moving picture. wir~less or air
plano would have been considered
even - late - Abraham Lln-
coins day.
Gravity Ia . natural force
Man. N he follows far enough
the road he now h travelling. viii
wind up with all natural forces
harnessed--under control
Today We send the human
voice thousands Of miles thru the
air on wireless waves. In a strand
Of insulated copper wirc we Inn
prison and transport m electric
current Of 1000 900 volts.
You can complete the list
thousands Of them. each an 90
eompiishment ~ wonderful as
counterzcting the law Of gravity.
It's n good thing 10 ponder
such possibilities occasionally.
just for the training II gives our
imagination.
To be successful. people are 70
ing to need their imaginsiions in
creasingiy as tho years roll on
Imagination Of today II the com
monplsoe accomplishment Of to-
morrow.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13

Tive put Tanlac TO the test four
times right in my own family and
II hasn't failed mo once declared
Mr.. Glngraa- MY wife. my son and
my daughter. as well as myself. have
ali been built up from halfsick.
rundown. worn.out set Of people
into n healthy. happy family brim-
full OF new life and energy"
| And the experiences OF this fam
lily In only typical OF thousands OF
others whose statements are on file
In the Tanlac offices. Hardly a
day passes that does not bring
scores OF such messages OF praise
from every part OF the United
States and Canada from families
where mother. father. son and
daughter have all found health.
contontment and tho Joys OF living
through simply taking a course Of
Tanlac.
Take. for instance. the case OF
John widner 1871 Roosevelt Ave-,
Los Angeles. Calf. who says: MY
wife. myself and little boy are now
as healthy. happy family az you will
ever see-and IT'S all duo to Tan.
lac."
or that OF Mrs. John Marquis and
her family OF sixteen living In Man.
chester. NJ H.. at 292 Belmont st.
She says ''Tanlac has been the
only medicine used in our house for
two years and It has kept every
one Of the sixteen here In tho best
I OF health"
In Chicago. Frank n. Richards, of
AL South Wood St, writes: I'VE
will never be without Tanlac In our
house after the remarkable way il
has built up my wife, my son and
myself TO where we are the very
picture OF health"
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sense Of justice ana enough intsiii'
gence in this country 20 enable as
~ live down this prejudice. bat W.
don't seem to be able 70. When u ~
30 hard for us % allay this pre- judice,
how much harder II must be for the
European countries % give up their
national hates which have their
foundations laid IN quarrels lasting
hundreds and often Thousands Of
years.
II looks 10 me an tho the worst
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Editor The Star

Editor The Star
Lafssy several lsss~rs have ap
pear~d In The Star. sEnsd by -Rrd.
FLOODED American and others Of this
kind A day or % ago n letter ap-
peared By . man who accused AL
those who have any kindly feelings
toward IN. English OF tesnr propa.
rnndissa. crisicislng several letters in
The star and casting reflections on
tho Americanlsrn OF the writers. I
should like TO express my feelings on
this subject.
Ny forefashera have lived IN this
country for over $50 years. they
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13

have come 10 the conclusion that
We American people have been net
thor wise nor just to ourselves. / say
that wo have not been just 10 our
selves because | don't think that our
prejudice has hurt England very
much. but do believe that II has
hurt our own country n lot.
The twisting Of the lions tail and
making the eagle scream have In.
variably brought cheer In the past.
one would think that we had enough
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13
HoO Much Liquor
Is Cenuine2

You hear this repeatedly in Sc
attic: Il guess good liquor Is
about extinct in the interior Of
the country and the good stuff.
struggled in. doesn't get far In
land from the Coast cities"
In Detroit, where much booch
flows In from Canada, 10 died Of
poison booze during February.
In Boston harbor the coast
guard cutter Tampa captures a
British rum-running schooner.
Every bottle in the cargo IL
synthetic whisky with counterfeit
labels and revenue seals.
How lorg will you live or keep
your eyesight? The answer may
be In a bottle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13
GIRLS! LEMONS
WHITEN ROUGH
CHAPPED HANDS

Squeeze the juice or two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces Of
Orchard White. which any drug
store will supply for few cents.
shake well, and you have a quarter
pint Of harmless and delightful lem.
on-bleach lotion to soften and whiten
red. rough or chapped hands. This
homemade lemon lotion Is far supe-
rior TO giycerin and rose water TO
smoother the skin. Famous stage
beauties use IL to bleach and bring
that soft. clear, rosy.white complex
Ion, because It doesn't irritate.-Ad-
vertisement
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13
Office Rents
Come DoDn

Rents have dropped An avsrHss
Of about 20 per cent In the finan-
elal district Of which Wall Street
ID the core.
Wall Street keeps . few p~oes
ahead Of national conditions
What has happened 10 Wan
Street rent. Ia advance notice Of
what Is going to happen In 80
attic.
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has elected more speakers Of the
house BY his little Journeys than
has any other man. Anyway.
when the legislature meets. Jim.
mlc usually Is right there to sec
that the wheels 20 around ac-
eording TO schedule. And he Is
always the chairman Of the ap-
Preparations eommittee--onc Of
the choice set Of prophets who
determine what shall be and what
shall not be.
Jimmie Is . regular. on. very
regular. indeed. lie voted for tho
Hart code. lie voted for the poll
lax. He was . very able and
censtSnt Hart man. II might not
~ out Of place to mention that
Hart has not been entirely UNI
grateful 10 Jimmie In the pur-
chase Of automobiles foe tho
statr.
Now then, let's consider John
A. Ress. the regent whom Jimmie
replaces. lie Is one Of tho oldest
friends Of the university. He Is
independent shr~wd, careful. an
educator. Probably he failed In
H. one particular thai tho pro-
ent administration seems 10 hold
- the highest attribute Of . stats
effIeial-admlr.fien for Governor
HART. Tea it's very probable
that loveabie, smiling John Rca
hcid . Hight opinion Of tho states
chief executive
Thers are . loe Il things 10
sdnirs about Jimmie. He's .
hard fighter. He likes thu UNI
vefsify. HI h loyal 10 . fault
- his friends He b IN organizer.
> mighty good one He Is hon
sst--wrong much Of the time
h politics. but honest He isnt
. progressive; he isn't even .
LIBERAL
So Jimmie has his rvwar5--re-
gent Of the state university. He
won't hurt the university. In spite
Of the fact that some folks fear
he win restrict academic freedom.
He won't restrict academic free
dom because there isn't any too
much. anyway. and what there Is
keeps itself pretty wen hidden.
Maybe he'll be a stauneh finan-
cial defender Of the university Mt
the legislature. Very probably 80.
What IL chiefly interesting
about this appointment IL the as
siduous manner In which Hart Is
building his political machine. put
ting his friends--those upon
whom he can depend no mati~r
what happcns-into positions Of
trust and importance. Yes. Hart
must be planning to run again.
And. Of course. Jimmie, as q uni
versity regent, could help him
considerably.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13

TdliOr The Htafi
We would be very unmindfui of
our obligation 20 your paper II We
dld not at least acknowledge and
thank you for the wholo-hoarted way
In which your paper supported us
and brought our industry before the
people Of seattle. Your actions were
splendid. showing, Rs they did. the
ret.tosether spiri, OF our papers TO
put seattle industries before the peo'
pie OF this Northwest
Please accept our acknowledgment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13

tho lowest wage paid 10 uoss q,
home.
admir-. the faith % G jane
Jameson IN hla letter 81 the TIN. and
tho I haven't the faith tina, he has.
would say 10 thos~ congressman
against IN. first bonus bin. that n
they can't psar q Just bin and not
Civ. half 20 ID. lean sharks. not 10
give %. any. but wal; until scrne real
Americans step into their shoes Ban
o<reiy
ELL r. KTTCHUM.
El7 EIncaA Nj Vernon
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Liked Style Show Publicity

OF your sincere help. for yours WINS
tho main factor In making our style
exhibit the success II was.
We hope BY our future actions 70
help you IN = small way. az you have
20 wonderfully helped ua at this time.
Very sincerely yours.
BIsATTLE MERCHANT
TAiLORs' EXCHANGE.
BY GEO. u. DUNN. Pres.
Attest.
u. q. EVERETT. Secretary and
Treasurer
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LEARN A WORD
EVERY DAY


Today's word IL SUBSIDY.
It's pronounced-subsi de. with &C
cent on the first syllable.
1t means--Money paid by the gov
eminent 10 any enterprise 10 en-.
courage the development Of tina, en-.
tsrprise, q glft a loan tsiso. bride }
II comes from--IAtin "subaldiun. :
reserve. aid.
Companion word-subsidix@A
It's used like this - .'Pre~saen,
Harding has asked congress TO pro-
vide a subsidy for our merchant ina.
rina.-
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Jimmie Davis a Regent Now

n the
Washington
miea few Jimmie o
appears
capid)
handing the would
ther,a
demanded
TO He's
at tha sortof lie 10 well.
persuaded
o
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13

The incest cathartic-iaxauve in
the world 10 physic your liver and
bowels when you have Dizzy Head.
ache. Colds. Riiiousness. Indigestion.
or Upset. Acid Stomach il candy.
IKE 'cancsreta" One or two 10.
night will empty your bowels com.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13

TINGIINC with abundant energy, appetites hearty,
strong and steady and their faces radiant with
glow of perfect health the entire family Of Louis Gin
gras Harrison Ave. Providence, r. l., eloquent
tribute the powers Of Tanac the greatest family medicine
the world has known.
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I0'
For Constipated Bowels, Sick Headache,
Sour Stomach, Bilious Liver

pietely by morning. and you WI
feel splendid. They work WIZ
you sleep cascarets never stir W
up or grippe like Salts Pills. cais.
mel. or Oh and they cost only tsa
cents q Dor. Children love Cas
carrots toos---Advertiscnent
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The new-day way

Dental science after long research. has found two
ways to fight film Careful tests have amply proved
them Now leading dentists. here and abroad, ad-
wise their daily use.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-13

This country isn't cro,Cded much, but zoe hare
use for the man ,cho ,cishes he tcere sometchere
else.
As get the seismograph sho,cs no record Of Bry-
ans campdiga.
Bet the Australians are mad Their cinter IS
Just starting.
Spring onions arc hard on dentists.