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THE LANDLORD'S SIDE
Editor Tho Star:
Dear Sir: Your paper is delivered nt my home every evening, and I noticed that you
are almost every evening after the rent hops in Seattle.
I would like to have a little to say in regard to this, and that is:
Will you send a reporter out w, and see at what price I should rent this?
Now, I claim that it doesn't pay to rent houses at any price. This certain house
will cost about *3OO to fix up after a tenant, or house-wrecker, as I call them.
Now, should I spend this amount and then pet a poor tenant, and say I get $250
pent from him. I would have to spend this amount over again if he moves at that time.
Will this pay? Owners say not. I say that it does not pay to rent houses at any
price. Where are the high taxes coming from? Out of some of my house rent? I
had to pay the taxes out of my own pocket. and I collect from about 115 places.
I nm repairing three houses now, and I wish that your reporters will go with me and
Bee for themselves.
The only way rents will be reduced in Seattle will l>e for renters to learn to take
care of property, the same as if they owned the buildings and lawns. I think The
Star should publish both sides of this story. CIIAS. TENNIS, 643 New York Hlock.
We are glad to publish both sides. The only reason we
have not given the landlord's side of it more often has heen
that few landlords have written in. A few have Indulged
their good pen hands and exercised their vocabulary
damning The Star for saying anything about high rents
and the woes of tenants, but they have not given facts.
It is true that some tenants are a luxury, no matter what
rent they pay.
It is also true that good tenants frequently are no;
given any consideration for the work they do on the land
lord's property.
A tenant who cares for the property as he would his
own, and who keeps up the place, should be given con
aideration by the landlord. Why bother to maintain a
place if the owner is likely to boost the rent $l5 a month,
and let in some careless tenant who will destroy five
times what he pays in increased rent?
When the landlord makes it an inducement for the tenant
to keep up the phice; when he picks that sort of tenants
and no other sort; when he prefers a family that will
maintain the property as he would himself, to one that
will pay the high rent but that will tear down the fence
to start the fire, both parties to the contract will profit.
As a landlord, you select your tenants. There are
plenty of families that will treat your houses as their
homes if they receive a square deal in return.
As a matter of fact, Mr. landlord, isn't it true that
you rent to the first fellow that comes along, and then
boost the rents to catch up with your repair bill, rather
than pick your tenant to lower the cost of your deprecia
tion?
Guaranteed a fair rent, there are many families who
would put up a cash bond to insure protection of the prop
erty, if they were given a long-time lease.
When families are shoved out in the middle of the street,
with 10 days' notice of a 20 per cent rental boost, they
do not worry much about the landlord's property.
Pick a reliable family, give them a house at $5 under the
foing rate. Try them for a year and see if you don't save
money.
If there is no other way to decide great question*, call
an~<etection. Experts are biased and senators have thrir
jobs in mind, but you ran always trust the common sense
of the people.
There ia not much resentment left in the world against
iidle aristocracies for the simple reason that idle aristocracies
are on the way to oblivion.
In Russia, the aristocrat went up in smoke, sometimes
literally; in Germany the aristocrat is pawninjf the last of
the family plate and looking for a job; in England, after a
gallant war record, the aristocracy is packing up to leave.
Old British families, frightened by "the insecurity of
vested interests due to the socialistic trend of the present
dny legislation," are removing to East Africa and Canada.
They may thrive in these places, but not as aristocrats.
The United States never supported, openly, a class of rich
idlers. It always has been unfashionable in this country to
be a do-nothing. Like marrying for money, habitual loafing
has been frowned on among men.
A few centuries ago only the lower classes were pro
ducers. To work at anything, save war, hunting and gal
' lantry, was humiliating. But not any more.
The tradition of aristocracy has died hard in England,
I but die it must before the pressure of economic change.
It cannot be denied that certain arts and graces have been
j fostered by aristocracy, but the true aristocratic ideals of
{urbanity, self-control and appreciation of art will not perish
ton that day when everyone must earn his living.
Since we let Japan outbluff us rm the Shantung mat
ter, what reason is there to believe that we ran be
trusted to live up to a "moral obligation" in the future f
Two American refrigerator ships ply between North
American and South American porta, and frequently their
voyages, laden with frozen beef from Argentine, have as
their destination, ports in Europe.
President Wilson has taken action on the decreasing
meat supply in the United States, and beef prices are noth
f ng less than alarming. The Big Five of American packers
ire strongly entrenched in South America, busily enirajred
; jn SENDING BEEF TO EUROPE!
The freight rate to England is only half a cent more a
1 jound than to New York and ships chartered by the British
wernment have been carrying beef to Liverpool at HALF
*, HE RATE TO NEW YORK!
The federal shipping board has said that the United
tates government could bring cheap meat to our ports by
lae same method England has adopted.
Independent packers have complained that "something
v/a» wrong."
f American consumers know that "something is wrong."
t Argentine must export a large part of its beef output,
>r nd Argentine needs American manufactured products.
♦ Why, in the name of common sense, isn't there a healthy
between the United States and the South Amer
■rm republic ? »
Why should England, rather than America, get the bene
iit of the grazing herds of the pampas?
No man can tell how radical congress would be if each
representative drew but four dollars a day and haul nine
youngsters to feed and buy shoes for.
In Europe a man's point of view is fixed at birth.
Over here it varies with the size of his income.
Exit Aristocracy
Argentine Beef
Editorials - Features
WE'LL SAY SO
Clrrftlnp! It a* tho telephone
company gtvon you bark your nlcjiela
yet?
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We thought *o. And If* tho mm«
with u*
0 0 0
Hut wo Know what to do—"Ju»t
JtKKlo the hook."
0 0 0
Or a*k tho proprietor, or go to tho
tele phono company,
0 0 0
Ift JuNt a* Manager Mycr* nay*
"No trouble at all."
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(Kor the telephone company.)
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It take* all kind* of telephone
manager a to make a world.
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He that aji It nury, Seattle* latest
•ociety fad la tho lsiack and Tan. a
colored cabaret.
It la a little north of Chinatown,
right In the heart of U>« Ulack ll«-lt
of the city.
There la a colored )*n orrhwlrt.
a ahlny floor, and It him Juat that
hint of alummlng bo dealrable In the
eye* of the flapper wAltlng to be
ahocked.
And when that ;)a*i liand lireaka
•obblngly Into the Dallaa Uluea It la
like Ll'l Kva'a deathbed a.-en© act
to the tuna of the Turkey In the
Ktraw. And when It ahlmmle*—why
It fe«ia Ilka fuur flngnra of mooo
ahlna whlaky on an empty atonvach
the paroxyam ratliea your teeth.
Outalde the Mack and Tan tha
Packarda ara Unad up for a block.
You really can't hare your name In
the aoclal regtetcr unleaa you are
acquainted with tha Black and Tml
a a e
A chorua girl. aaya Tin ZJegfeM.
the famnu* expert, need* looka flr*t
and then bralna. Why drag In the
brain* ?
MKNT TO THK DANrKM
The Cliff U« and < >rder league
has declared t ban on the rKwk to
cheek and shlmmle dancing and has
Issued order* governing local public
4»n»«. The#® rules include the fol
lowing
The man shall place his right hand
In the middle of hla partner's hack,
approximately six Inches above her
waist.
Her left arm ah aII be on hla
■hoqlder. not around hla neck.
The man's left arm ahall be held
straight out at the aide
A "daylight «one" mint be main
tained between the dancers.—Silver
City (S. M l independent.
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We have a hunch that this mod
ern whisky Is being manufactured
by somebody who has stock in a
coffin company.
ess
The Parisian actress who came to
this country a few weeks ago her
alded as having the most beautiful
legs and ankles In Uie world, has
sailed back to France, a failure. No
wonder. She couldn't compete with
the free street shows.
TJIKM -WAS IIAPrY DATS
Dear Bdltor:
Years ago I built two houses, giv.
Ing the plumbing contract to Mr. X
Shortly after they were finished t
went Into X'a shop and asked for a
washer for a faucet. He handed one
to me and I asked, "How much?"
He repUed, '"Oh. It won't cost you
Anything. I couldn't charge a good
customer like you " Then he whls
pered, "But don't tell anybody. If
It got out I'd be fired from the as in
elation and I never could buy any
more supplies."—B. R. T.
see
A smaJl sized riot was pulled off
by prisoners In the Harrlsburg fPa.)
Jail over a game of checkers. The
sheriff should let them play golf.
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But. as the florist remarked. "My
hothouse Is a bit chilly."
ACIDS IN STOMACH
CAUSE INDIGESTION
Create On*. Hotrrnma and Pain
How to Treat
Medical authorl tlea atata that
nearly nine-tenths of the c&ae* of
atomach trouble, Indigestion, aour
ne«g, burning, rub. bloating, nauaca.
etc., are flu* to nn of hydro
chloric acid In the itomirh and not
aa »omf believe to a luck of diges
tive Julcea, The delicate atomach
lining la Irritated. dlgeation i« de
layed and food aoura, causing the
disagreeable aymptoma which every
atomach aufferer knows ao well.
■Artificial dlgenlanta arc not needed
In auch caaea and may do real harm
Try laying aside all digestive airi M
and Inatcad get from any druggist
a few ounces of Itlauratcd Magnesia
and take a tcaapoonful In a quarter
Klaaa of watar right after eating
Thla a wee ten a tha atomach. prevent*
the formation of excess acid, and
there la no aotirne» a , Kn „ „ r p|lln
Micturated Magneala (In powder or
tablet form—never liquid or milk) la
harmlaaa to the atoinach, Inexpen
sive to take and la the moat efficient
form of magnesia for stomach pur
poses It la u*ed by thousands of
people who % e n Joy their inenia w llli
no mora ftar of Indication.
THE SEATTLE STAR—THTTtSDAY, SEPT. 18, lttf.
What It Means to Be a Member of the Middle Class.
The Traveling Men have an organization.
They want to vote. By the exigencies of
their business they are often away from
home on election day. and are thus auto
matically disfranchised.
They ask me if I will help advance their
cause. They want the various states to
change their laws so that absentees can vote.
I will more than comply. For there is
not only no reason why a traveling man
should walk bodily up to the polls in order
to vote, but there is no reason why any
body else should.
There is one simple, common-sense solu
tion to the whole matter. It is expressed in
three words.
VOTE BY MAIL.
We have the Postoffice. Why not use it?
It would be a simple matter to register
every voter, furnish him (or her) with the
proper voting blanks, identify him by his
signature, as is done at the bank, and frank
his voting envelope, so thnf it would not
cost him even two cents. The proper clerks
and judges could then handle the votes and
announce the results.
This would be an immense saving. It
would be vastly cheaper than the present
method.
WONDERFUL VALUES in CLOTH and PLUSH
COATS A.
More thnn 700 Newest Style Fall Coats
SAVING OF $lO to %Z0
Shop around in the Second Avenue stored—
get prices—then come to O'Hara's and see the
same garments at 25% to 35% Lew.
PLUSH COATEES ffSMIEISI
$19.50 to $50.00 fiHK WtmJ
Dozens of them in black, tan, brown, taupe »wHE*'HMjfmi
and combinations—plain and fur trimmed. SHnflftl
Full-Length Plush Coats
$29?50 to'sloo.oo
A Positive Saving of 510.00 to $30.00.
Over 850 Plush Coats, plain and fur trimmed. Kmwfej
More than 100 different models. All sizes.
CLOTH COATS
Four hundred newest style Cloth Coats, full J
length. All the new and staple materials. Scores
*25.00 Coats at 118.00 »50.00 foals at 930.50
129.50 r«.u at «i 0.50 J«« £;;;;
835.00 CoaU at 925.00 *85.00 t'oaU at 909.50
n'UAPA'C UPSTAIRS
U nHIIH O WOMEN'S STORE
SECOND FLOOR, ECONOMY MARKET CORNER FIRST AVE. AND PIKE ST.
VOTING BY MAIL
lt\ OK- frank crane
(Cop>rlcht. l(lt, by Ftuik Crin«)
It would effectually check all such elec
tion evils as repeating and intimidation and
eliminate most of the contests.
It would safeguard the secrecy of the
ballot better than the present method.
It would insure more intelligent voting, as
the citizcn could make out his ballot at his
leisure; he would have time for reflection
and consultation; and he would not have to
walk into a stall like a horse and decide
quickly upon the contents of a huge sheet
of names and proposals he does not under
stand.
Bodily voting belongs to a past age,
when citizens could rarely read and write.
There is just about as much sense to it
now as there is to the reading of long bills
viva voce in the legislature or long resolu
tions in a convention when every member
has the matter in print before him.
Voting by mail is as much better than
voting by hand, as doing business by bank
check is superior to paying everything in
greenbacks and silver.
Of course, the esteemed political Boss
would not favor it. For the same reason he
hates the Short Ballot. Everything that
makes the ballot confused, difficult to under-
By McKee.
'The Just shall live by faith"
I'erhap* you'd rather have It read: "The Just ahall Br« by reason."
Jtut If you were to open the p»gea of htatory. you would find that
while reason In a pretty good general guide, It la far from being Infallible.
Ileaaon Raid that the world wee flat, and Auguatlne, who wa* a gr*at
church father, declared that "there could be no men on Uwt other Mda
iof the earth, with their feet pointing toward ua."
licaaon aald that It waa lmpoeelble to build a steamship to crow the
Inst* ted that the earth Inatead of the sun moved were pronounce*
I "herrtloa."
Keasnn iiald that It waa lmpowrtble tobulld a steamship to cross th«
'■cean, itnd lb waa "scientifically" demonstrated that It could not be donst
lU-aaon aald that no man could travel ttutXrr than to mllea an hour-
It would kill hlra-but today be travel* comfortably more than 100 an
; hour. ,
Kcanon raid that It waa Impossible for a man to fly through the air,
I but the other day an aviator flew across the ocean.
lietuon aald that no man could ever travel under the water, but sub
marines are now commonly used.
Iteaaon aald thai lightning waa man's enemy, destroying hi* property
and killing hla body, but man has harnessed the lightning and made U
hi* servant.
lieiuKin la reeponsll !e for nearly all the thing* we acorn or laugh at
and reject today, for reason at ona time aaJd that they were dependable
and true.
Hut faith waa the anchor and hope of every great Inventor: 1t wag
the ba*la of every worthy conflict: It waa tha foundation of svery
crusade that brought redemption to mankind.
"Now faith I* the «üb*tari'c of thing* hoped for. tha evidence of
thing* not *<-en." tald the writer of Hebrew*.
"Through faith we understand that tha wortda were framed by tha
word of God, eo that thing* which are aeen were not mada of thlnga
i which do appear.
"And what »hal] I nay more' For the time would fafl ma to tell of
>)ldeon and of liarak. and of tiamson, and of Jephthae; of Ilavtd also,
and Samuel, and of the prophets:
"Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, ol*
talned promises, stopped the moutha of iiona.
"Quenched tha vtolenoe of fire, escaped tha edge of tha sword, out of
waaknaaa were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to right tha
. armies of the aJlena.
"This Is the victory that overcome* the world, even our faith."
| "TIIK Jt'ST Hlf A LI« LIVE DT FAITH "
Faith Greater Than Reason
Hy KKV. charles stelzle
ffitaff Writer on Itellgloua Topics)
Figures of Speech
By edmund VANCE COOKE
Though you claim you are neither exclusive nor proud.
How often you've said, u you looked at the crowd,
"O, the iwraje man! be he hobo or hero,
He amount* to ft* much n» an absolute xero."
Hut a aero'* a cipher, and while we are taught
When It stands all alone that It represent* naught,
Tet, In IU right place, though Its figure be hollow,
It represents more than all figure* which follow.
How often you've raid, when some evil la done,
"One man oan do nothing, and I am but one."
"Hut one!" very true! If you quiver and fidget
Alone by yourself, you're a poor, simple digit.
Hut stand for the right, a* a man among men.
And you'll find that your power 1* expressive of ten;
Of hundreds! of millions! aye, thus you 'may grow.
II you axe the "l" at the front of tha row!
stand, and annoying to cast, plays into his hands.
But to honest and busy citizens it would be a godsend.
Why has not Voting by Mail been adopted long ago?
Simply because we are dominated by Ghosts, not Reason.
That is why the English still use their absurd pounds,
shillings and pence, men keep on using six-button suspen
ders instead of two-button, all table d'hote dinners run
the same course from soup to coffee, and the United States
Senate continues to play party politics while the world is
on fire.
la Tfeet the mUtm hang oat
"prayae fl*o" and let them flap In
the breeae, recording their prayers
to the cods »nd at lbs same time
minimizing effort.
Spokane, Huh, la rlknMat to
ward flr»t rank aa a stockyard oen
trr.
Six Dandy JIPsHPh
Dance Records ifjm m
]0 Inch Poubli-'Fnc IKnrt—ll, IJ f j)\ ) |
"Oh, Susie, llehave!"—One-Step l)j| II A. J
"Montr Crlato, Jr."—Medley Fox Trot Tf /11 / Q
Both riayed by Van Epa Trio U 1 ■'K I I
lOlnrh Double-Face Record—Uo JP BJ WpyyPl ""
"Out of the Eaat"—-Fox Trot Cil
"Rainy Day Blue*"—Fox Trot lIV I tIK VIII
Both I'layed by Smlth'a Orchestra MllVjM W i/H!l
10-lnch Double Face Record—BSc ajtSgl 'jjj all*/ M| uUJ
IS-lnch Double-Face Record—Sl.3s i"~~\
"How's Kverj' 1-Jttle Tiling In Dixie?"
Both by Victor Military Hand
11-Inch Double-Face Record—lt.Sß ~ " ])
"Rolling In Ilia Uttle Rolling < lialr" I)
Both Ono-Htepa by Conway's Rand /]
li-lnch Double-Face Record—sl 35 /J I
"SometH><ly'» Sweetheart"—One Step T\ \
Sherman jSajrS-XSi (f
Taroma Npokane Portland d
On the Sssue of
Americanism {There Can
Qe Ifo Compromise
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(Copyright, 111*. N. E. A )
#K Dr. Edwin J.
«6f Brown
Baatti <t% Leading
DtnUat
1M Colombia St.