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PAGE FOUR. ■munra or tob acmpps northwbst I.KAGUE OF ifRWSPAPBRS. Televra»hle Rrwl •enrlee ef the I ailed Preaa Association hr direct !.—.«« Win. I B»tai«« at the poalafflee, Taeoma, Wash., ■• »»—■* tlaaa matter. Published by the Taeoma ■"■■•■ Pah. Co. Kvtrr Evnlsg Bxcept mmuOmy. EX-GOVERNOR HAY M. E. Hay yesterday retired from the office of governor of the state. There are indications that he does not intend to seek the seclusion of pri vate life for any great length of time. His sudden change of mind about locat ing in Spokane and announcement that he would go into the banking busi ness in Seattle, is taken by knowing politicians to mean that he wants to be come a resident of Western Washington to be read}' for a senatorial campaign for the seat of Wesley Jones. Hay in his valedictory oration shows some political sagacity but he banks on short memories on the part of the people. He conies out strong for a pres idential preference primary. Hut it was Hay who, unmindful of the pleas of the people of the state, refused to call the legislature to enact a primary last year. It was this failure to act in the face of the unmistakable sentiment of the people of Washington that made it possible for the standpat machine in Washington to steal the Washington delegates to the national republican con vention. And the Washington delegation was the balance of power which swung the convention from Roosevelt to Taft. Had I lay called this special session, lectured the primary, and a progres sive delegation had gone to Chicago and been seated, the whole history of the national campaign might have been changed. Certainly M. E. Hay would still be governor of this state. But he chose to desert the cause of popular government for the cause of machine rule. And the people retired him to private life. His declaration for the presidential primary now is a little late. GRAFT IN BANKING A comptroller of the currency has again asked congress to make it a penitentiary offense for directors of banks to receive premiums on loans is sued by their banks. Graft in banking 1? Yes. And here is one proof. Last year a state senator in Massachusetts, himself a millionaire, urged the legislature of that state to enact into law this recommendation from Washington and a lobby hired by powerful financiers got busy and killed his bill! If, now and then, some crooked labor leader yields to temptation and Bells his followers out, how quickly do the labor baitors seize upon the cir cumstance to discredit the labor unions! Even some bankers will profess to be shocked! Yet instead of welcoming legislation to punish brokerage in loans, an ex actly parallel abuse of trust, there are financiers who deem it a drive at their business and dp not scruple to try to throttle it. Their view of it is like that held by some railroad officials when congress was proposing to outlaw grafting in the allotment of cars. They defend their pilferings with all their power. Honest bankers owe it to their reputations to see that Comptroller Mur ray's recommendation this time has their active support. THE SPIRIT OF SLAVERY In a luxurious New York hotel a waiter stumbled and spilled on a pat ron's shirt front a bit of sauce. In a rage, the patron arose, felled the apolo getic servitor with a blow and then kicked him in the groin. To the credit of human nature, this brutality brought from other diners the cry of "Coward!" and the bully was ejected. Had the patron simply sworn and demanded the waiter's discharge, no one would have commented; perhaps the other diners would have felt like ap plauding. • \ A waiter must not make mistakes or answer back. A waiter, though human, must show no feeling. He does useful service, but he is seldom fairly paid unless, as a mendicant, he gets his pay in tips. Our system of subservi ence to money tries to make of him a denatured man. And this in a democracy, where men are presumed to have equal rights! Can we have a democratic spirit in government unless we have it in in dustry as well? Must the workers who wait on the rich and powerful al iways train to imitate the status of a slave? TOO GREEDY The public market at Dccatur, ill., established to combat fhe rising cost of living is a failure. The farmers and other producers went to charging the con sumers store prices. Greed! Individual greed! Community greed! Human greed! Satan learned that he was tempting no mortal man when he offered the whole world and was scorned. i In the pathway of all reform, progress and civilization itself is that flinty rook, greed. Once in a while we blast a fair sized chunk out of it. So, let us keep on chipping away at it. Those producers 'round about Decatur were formerly the subservient slaves of the middleman. Away to freedom was opened to them but their own greediness has returned them to their slavery. Of such are they who howl loudest about lack of protection for infant industries. WATCH 'EM Sham progressive legislation is the thing you want to watch during the present session of the 13th legislature at Olympia. The standpatters see the .writing on the wall and of course will resort to desperate means to fool the peo ple with their dummy bills, and their joker clauses. They are going to make the people of Washington believe they are progressive. , Then two years hence they will try to tell you that they were the fellows who passed real 20th century legislation such as the presidential primary bill, the mothers' pension bill, and other good laws which the real progressives of the state have brought before the people. These things, if the reactionary program is carried through, will be for po litical purposes only. Watch your legislators. It will pay you in the long run. Of course Wesley Jones will not see In the location of M. E. Hay at Seattle any move to crowd him out of the race for U. S. senator in 1914. Uncle Sam proceeds to rub it in on Cornelius Hanford by having District Attorney Coiner repudiate his disfran ehisement of Leonard Olsson to the jourt of appeals. editorial Page of Cfte Cacoma Cimes Tacoma ought to get a squar deal in the state at least with a governor, lieu tenant governor, state treasurer, secre tary of state and some underlings, all registered voters in this city. If this mountain snow keeps up the railways of Washington may have to adopt and extend the Gillies idea yet and run all trains underground across the state. THE TA<?OMA TIMES. DAD UP AGAINST IT ALL IN A BUNCH! The Cause of Darkness Teacher —Tommy, can you tell me what causes darknesß? , Tommy—Yes, ma'am; the gas companies. ■, Teacher—Why do you think they cause it? Tommy—'Cause they need the money.—Chicago News. Masculine Pastime "Do you think golf a suitable game for women?" "1 should say not. Why, I Baw a man playing golf once, and all he did was to walk around a field with a club in his hand and atop every few minutes to swear." — Buffalo Express. Medical Humor. Patient —I'm troubled with boils off and on, doctor. What would you advise?" Doctor—Well, I shouldn't let those that are off trouble me.— Boston Transcript. . . The Psyrliologlcal Moment. Senator Luke Lea was talking about the psychological moment. "Mrs. Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin," appearing at the psycho logical moment," he said, "freed the slaves." Then with a smile he added: "I believe that New York her self would go prohibition if the vote could be taken on New Year's Day."—Pitsburg Dispatch. Some Help. Wise Glbbs—That's a pretty rocky looking umbrella you have there, old man. I wouldn't carry one like that. Dibbs—l know you wouldn't; that's the reason I carry it when you're around. —Boston Tran script. MR. SKYGACK FROM MARS By the Junior Office Boy n. jr., jan, 1G. — gee, but them suffergettes are hugs now get me Steven, 1 aint nocking the suffergette idea, i am a suffergette myself i think that a woman has got a right to vote if not, why not look at the bums and yeggs and souses that helps to eleckt our presadents and then look at the fine, nobeJ women that runs our homes and bosses our husbands and saves our money, and everything, and aifl't got a durn thing to say' about the laws nor the offis hold ers nor nuthing by golly, here 1 am making a suffergette speech insted of tell ing about what the suffergettes pulled off down here when they was feeling partioklerly silly it wasent none of that ingllsh stuff, putting glue In the letter boxes nor trying to wreck a trane, thank goodness our dames aint as crazy as that these n. y. suffergettes they thoughts they would like to Con vert some milyenaires on sth avenoo to their cause the point was, how to get next to the milyenalres anyboddy in this town that has ever tried to get in touch with one of the sth avenoo per sons kuowa there's only one way you write a nice letter, saying just what you would like, and mark it "personal," and send it and then the person's prlvlt seckertary opens it and reads it and chucks in into the waist basklt the suffergettes thought they could beat that game ny going and calling at the homes of the milyenairea so they went, about 1-2 a dozen of them they went to about 20 houses and rung the door bells did they see any milyenalres or milyenairesses no, gentle reader, they did not, they seen 19 inglish butlers and one french parlor maid It must have been a grate nite in sociey, for mrs astor and mrs. vanderbilt and rar. carniggy and all the rest was all out at least, that was what the 19 butlers and the parlor maid said well, let the dear girls go to It 1 don't know of no more nice, harmless, ladylike amusement than ringing sth avenoo door bells and saying hello to a bunch of butlers Johny Mrs. Crlmsonbeak— And you know very well that late hours nev<>r helped anybody. Crimsonbeak—Oh, I don't know about that; I see that Dr. Brooks of Geneva discovered a comet at 4 o'clock the other morn ing.—Yonker's Statesman. Just Naturally Peevish The Old Lady—What's the matter with the little boy? His Elder Brother—Oh, 'c's cryin 1 'cos I'm eat in 1 my cake and won't give 'lm any. The Old Lady—ls his own cake finished, then? His Elder Brother—Yes; an* 'c cried while I was etln' that, too —Sketch. He Didn't Get the Case Sapleigh — would you—er— advise me to—er—marry a beau tiful girl or a sensible girl? Hamley—l'm afraid you'll nev er marry either, old man. Sapleigh—Why not? Hamley—Well, a beautiful girl could do better and a sensible girt would know better.—Stray Stor ies. Hep I>ad Kmew Her Young Brlggs—l asked your daughter a very Important ques tion last night, sir, and she re ferred me to you. Old Blunt—Want to marry her, eh? Well, you won't! If she'd really wanted you she wouldn't have bothered about me at aJU— Boston Transcript. ntTnlTPn Business Office Malm la. PHI IIV h S Circulation Dept. Main 12. * IIVIIEJVJ Editorial Dept. Main 784. OFFICE— 77O-778 COMMEKCK ST. DO YOU KNOW JEFF DAVIS? HE'S KING OF THE HOBOES Jeff Davis. There are in this "land of plenty" and this "time of unex ampled prosperity" 1,000,000 hoboes —not tramps or bums, but men who want work and are hunting for It from city to city, from farm to railroad tracK, from ditches to lumber camps. And their leader is Jeff Davis of Cincinnati, Chicago and wherever he happens to hang up his hat. Jeff Davis recently succeeded James Eads How of St. Louis, the millionaire friend of the man-out-of-work, as president or the International Brotherhood Welfare association. Jeff's father was a first cousin of the president of the southern confederacy. Jeff looks and acts more like the prosperous young business man than the con ventional Uobo. He's :i young fellow not over 30, clean shaven, well mannered, neatly dressed, and could go out any day und hold down a good paying job, but he prefers to devote himself to his 1,000,000 hoboes. At the Chicago hobo head quarters, a little frame building entirely surrounded by "flop houses," "soup kitchens" and employment agencies, Jeff ex plained the distinction between tramps with lazy wanderlust, bums who are down and out, and hoboes, who want work. "Sometimes the best hobo gets to be a tramp, and some times he gets down to tne turn grade if death or work doesn't come around soon enough,'' ne added. He had just received a clip ping from a hobo out in Oregon. Jeff tacked this verse up on the wall while several hoboes were standing around waiting to t>e hauled out to join the pick and shovel gang on the lireat North ern: He built the road, with others of IN THE EDITORS MAIL Kverybody in IMorce county reads this column. Short let ters from Times readers, of paMral interest a ' wltliout per sonal malice, will be printed. Write ul>oiit anyt •or unyboily you wish, but do not have malice as your motive. "any letters are not printed because they are too long. Keep Vm abort. Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 13, 1913. To the Editor: From what I see in the daily papers the com missioners of the county have put into service as cook of the Pierce county jail, at a salary of $50 per month, I will say that a man of that profession can demand at least $2 per day for his day's labor under the law of the state of Washington. Now, how It Is that the com missioners of the Pierce county hired a man at such a price; he cannot be much of a cook if he takes the place as a cook in the county jail at such a wage. lam sincerely interested In this case, as I am a cook myself, and can wffctf^y^^^Tl fc^^— * ■^^■■•^^■fc r f V ™^^C"^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l^. _^m It's winter now —remove the shredded hay And other breakfast foods of lighter weight; Such airy stuff as wholly out of date; Bring on the steaming mush to start the day. Then, when I have THAT nicely stowed away, With stpak and fried potatoes fill my plate, Or ham and eggs—oh, say, it's SIMPLY GREAT To see such vittles smoking on the tray! And then—tlie buckwheat cakes! Oh, I can eat Such fare as THAT as long as it will come; Tingling with joy from palate down to feet. I pour the sirup out and then—yum, yum! On grub like that I'd fight a foreign fleet, And put a health food army on the bum! ' PARCELS POST ADVCRTItSEMENTS The Times will print free of charge the names of all farmers ho wish to trade with Tacoma people through the parcel post, this paper believing that by so doing It will render a last- " ing service to the people by cutting the cost of living. Try the par. eel post, write * telephone to any one of these farmers when you want .and farm products t . F. E. Coffins, box 4, Sumner; eating and cooking apples. Mrs. J. K. Gearson, box 12, It. P. D. 1, Lakeview; eggs and poultry. B. T. Birch, Parkland; chickens ami eggs. Vr;. Olin Hoyt, Milton; dressed squabs. _ P. Nyholm, Edge wood, Wn., phone Main. 7890, R. 4; poultry, and cMckenT 1117 F*rm ' box 23 ' *F"D" *' liakevlewi eggs, buttef ponltiy Buch'e> R< F< D» box "• I«k« ■•*! dressed meats, Turn to the fp^pT* Want Ads Thursday, Jan. 16,1913. his class he built tne road— Now o'er its many a weary mile ho packs liis load; Chasing n job, spurred on by hunger's goad, He walks and walks and walks and walks And wonders why in hell he biult tho road. On the wall hangs the official** hobo guide to American cities. The hobo scans it more eagerly than his wealthier brother reads his Baedeker before he seta out for the old world. Before each city is the hobo signal. A cross means that tne city is all right, that there's a" chance to get work mere, and the police won't arrest an unem ployed man for being unem ployed. A dot within a circle means that a man hunting for work must be careful. A circle within a circle meanß "danger— stay away!" Only two cities are in that class now—Atlanta, Ga., • and Oakland, Cal. In Cincinnati Jeff has a pretty young wife who says she is prouder of his being president of those 1.000,000 unemployed men than she would be if he sat In the white house. demand bigger salary whereevei I work. What kind of grub will the prisoners of the Pierce coun ty jail get when a man at the head of the cullinary department gets only half paid for his labor? Taxpayers look into this and set that our poor unfortunates get 8 square deal. I am a taxpayei myself and I like to see a mac working for the county be a mar with principles and upholding the wages of a worklngman. But I suppose this man ha: never had any experience of hold ing a job of importance, so he thinks all he has to do is to cool beans. Hoping you will print this in the Times, I am SUBSCRIBER.