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PAOF C The Seattle Star N*«*M|»r B»- %9rpr\— AM* •b«I h It Minding Our Own Business Since the days of the padres. Ihe trappcis, (ho gold diggers and the Indian fighter* the empire known ax the Pacific Coast states has never minded its own business. The of this empire, its politics, its treaties, its finances, its marketing and the administration of its resources have boen attended to by Itoston and New York, by Washington ;int | by Tokyo, but never by the Pacific Coast. The Pacific Coast is an empire set apart from the Ka*tt, the South, the Mid-west of even the region between the Rockies and the coast ranges. It has the last un developed raw riches of the nation, the last vast estates of rich agricultural lands, the forest wealth of the country, and the power resources of the land, and yet iLs reclamation, shipping, immigration, business, labor and forestry problems have been solved not by informed Western men, but by ignorant, or selfish. Eastern and politi cal interests. Tokyo has had more influence at Washington, D. C„ than Washington state; East ern railroad officials have been listened to when Western farmers were given the gate; the massed wealth of the East has largely manipulated the roust for its advantage, and most of our wealth in native resources either is locked up by Uncle Sam or seized by giant carporatinn* thai work frotn Minneapolis, from IWilotv, from New York, mini thai retard Iho (Mat aa a milk raw, or rather * ran*>' »tcer, for I bey never by lax chance feed I hi* animal. She Him »nt> to live down into their private buiket. 11m proklnm of Ihe Pacific Caasl aa lo transportation, finance, Mark eta, reclamation of swamp, dearrt and stump Undo; the prab hw of fareatalian. af power do ftlafmenl, of immigration. af m part busineaa and shipping; these ■Mat be settled by the Hr»t for tha benefit af posterity, not by the Eaat fur (he benefit of this banking I mat or that power ram- Ma* or Ihe other railroad *yndi rata; and the only way the W>»l can do thia is to start now to Mind Ita own business and to lake dictation from neither private in Itrint nor political party. Tha htfUlf ('east la a partner la thia Called stale*; it is not the flea on the end of the national tail, nor the private crab-hag for Mairlcd predatory interest*. The Paelfle Cmwl haa money MHfh and brains enough and ex perience enough la mind Ita own Mmh without the aid af a*- af Kaatera editorial writ an, party lap dart, or financial Imchmr and when tha Caaat few Belling ham lo Han Dirge pla lagttbir, and when every aaaapapn and dtfam and office haldrr la thia taplri worfca with Ml eye aiagie lo Qm glory of fIM Caaat, then tha Pacific Caaat will begin la get Halted. Ta thia time the Caaat haa not really grown—lt haa jnat bulged *wt here and there with added papalatlow. The future trade of tha world la arraa* the pacific; the future manufacturing renter af the nation la to be located on thia Caaat. and the future cen tera of denae population will be thia aide of the < aaradea and Sier ra*. All thia la certain, but Whether It ail remain* merely an ■ppimilai i fa the ruler* of the land who reside in New Jersey and way point* or not depend* on haw wisely fte mind our owa baxriesa. BY LEO H. LASSEN There Is no charm that Inspiration weaves Kor them who ae'k th* hidden wealth of word*— For every heart that follows Hon* believe* The magic Epell of Hprlng and chant of blrda! There In no secret door that opens wide for Just a chosen few to enter thru— They find a lilting song In Heaven'* blu*. And see their dreama In flarm at eventide. They never know the smell of lilac trees. Or rows that the summer gardens bring— They never see returning bluebirds wing— <>r winter slarx—without their memories' There Is no charm that Inspiration weaves, Kor every heart that follows Song believes! <yFrom, yiVRIOQE AANN I>ear Kd: If I could have my way, I'd make t«>day a holiday, ao all of na could try to duck a vc»ry rotten run of luck; for what can anybody do wh«n Friday 1h the 13th. too? Of courae, I never like to croak; I'm not a auperatltloue bloke; I don't believe thft thingH they aay about, an evil -omened day; but •till I'm not ao very keen to aee a Friday marked "13.'* However, I've a friend who thinl.a that he can counteract the Jinx; he haa aome dope he n»ya he took from out a homeopathic book; in readlAjr which, he chanced to strike the theory that "like curea like." And mo he baa It In hla bean that F*riday counteract* 1.1; because hla retzoning det-larea that when bad omen* come In paira, and both are of an equal rank, the net result In simply blank. I'll tell the world I truly hope that he haa got the proper dope; ao I r;m calmly me« t the day, and throw my rabblt'a foot away, relying on the happy thought that 1 from 1 will leave ;» naught. Ho. if 13 ait rlown to eat, I won't get. coldnena of the feet; hut nonchalantly light a batch of three pin* with » Mingle match, or walk beneath the biggeat kind of ladder I can quickly find. •»«•!!. •«« M oltT IN Matllt • II l«H m*nth«. |f-Tli ft M In th« illl* «f W *ahlnai«ft mt •ho •(»«•, IN |M>r mweitfc. |« I# for I m«wth» •# 19 91 »—t ymr liy rtrrUr. «Hy. »l« » iw«nih On account of the pricc, cold storage plant* have a million chickens all dressed up ami nowhere to go. Zora Me limed, Turk uho claims to be t!*6, says he has had four wives, so may just think he is I\6. In spite of all these expert predictions that busi ness will get better it will. Country Club or College? That there la a small minority In America which views college "aa a moat Inviting and satisfac tory form of country rlnb. with incidental facilities for reading and study," Is the comment uiade by Nlrhola* Murray llutler, president of Columbia university. In his an nual report, which haa Juat be«j» made public. It la a striking statement, but there can be litlia doubt of Ita truth. Aa a matter of fart, many will believe that Ihr. Hutlcr does not go far enough. Hneers about the "rah-rah b«y" have kef' Hie so common that they hate eten found Itielr tray inlo current lit erature—in view af which it is questionable If the minority la aa small aa f>r. Uatler think*. The result of curb a mtsmneep tion i* apparent. No doubt thou sand* af well meaning but misin formed parenta have kept their children from getting aa adequate education simply beeanse af this false view af ear Institutions af learatog. It la man Ifnatly unfair that these children should suffer be cause of the irresponsibility of a few cnDege student* who hare brought undesirable publicity to their Institution*, snd parents should remember that, aa llr. But ler put* Ik "The vast army af American college students Is made up of young mm and young women of the very best type, no small pen portion of them self supporting, who are bent upon making every hour af college residence count." Home mm are uti', tome olHrr vU*. INSPIRATION rvMtafcari ftotty bf i » • *»•» ruMtahltia <%.. PhoiM Mala MM A Good New Year Hunch Have you started aavlng far next ChrtsUnasf A lot of people were *orry last month that Ihey didn't start the first of 19*1. Why be aurry again NEXT December? Trn years ago, bankers were wondering If the idea of Christ maa sating* clubs ruuld be built into a sucreaa. last year 4,ttt,- MO persons belonged to them. Systematic. persistent thrift pays big pruflta, even If you aava only a few pennies a week. Consider yourself in debt la your future. Klne*l habit In the world Ask your banker. Japan Bound to Grow on Ocean Lanes BT AMATEVR ECONOMWT Economic condition* polnl to Japan u on* of the rwWt, If not ui« imtiwt. ««•« oarrt*r* of th* future, It U» n"t Improb able that In another generation horn wtll ba th* greatest iwr chant fle«t In tha world. Not only l« neceaalty th* moth er of Invention. sh* tIM ftn' to mother hard work and <arflfl<" Nmumilit la going to r*»iulr* of tho Japan**" any sacrifice that may b« iwcMnrir to compete with tho Kngllah In carry InK th* wnrld'i »o«U Th* Jap anew* cannot rata* their food at noma. They have to work fqg a living. Kn gland baa h*r dominion# to d*v*lot>. Thla la going to kwp her tiu'v for another hundred years. Japtut haa no colonies to speak of. In manufacturing. Japan labor* under a g r«t ilia ailvantair*. but on th* ocein ah* haa an even chance. That ah* la Improving tbla chance nutwljr can i>ny. In our own hlatory w* And a parallel to Japan'* present count* After wlnnlhg th*lr In dependence. th* American colo nl*« wcr* compelled to find some way to pay for a lot of manufac tured article* that they had to purchase abroad. Tb*y natural ly turned to th* sea, as th* Jap an*** ar* doing today, with thla diff«r*nc* th* l.'nlt*d Htates had gr*at natural reaource*. So. after working out for a while, our fathers saved enough capital to start developing their own rich f«rm Japan* home farm offer* little opportunity for development. Probably for all tlm* Japan will have to work for th* other nation* to pay for things that she Is unable to fh-oduc*. The *oa offer* her greatest opportu nity. Klfl I»n. v j. lu iiimon Free Examination BEST $2.50 glasses on Earth W r nrc one of thft f'-w optlcn atoren Iri th»* Northwrat that trull) grinil ImneN from utart to flnl«li. unc we are th»- only one In IKATTWU—Oft FIIINT A VK. Khm 1111 nii t ion free, by K IH'I lift to op tom"trlat. Olhxhi-m not preacrlbe4 unlftNn absolutely necaatry. BINYON OPTICAL CO. in* nnrr avk. B»l trrrm Kprlni mmd %rmram TIIF, RKATTIK STAR LETTERS TO EDITOR One Talent to Let Shine l'Ml lor Th* Htar Ma «pk "Home «' UN have *pe riul tub-nta dive u*. but all »' u* lwt« the talent f mtilla an' mako Fish Wholesaler Collects Tax I*;dltor Tho KUir; Will you plea** antwr till* que* tlon in > our paper. W» have hern paylnir our *hrlmp tan to U II INtrwln up till alMiut July for the ne*l quarter. Hp a«uil our money luirk and anld w did not have to pay It, that the wholeaaler had to pay It, but th* wholeaalcr A Farmer on Unemployment Hdltor Tli® Btar -1 Ilka Tha Htar very much and would b« lonely without It. tieveru) time* In your |mpcr there wa* a plna for help for unemployed men In Hnatlla. It aeenta to me It would he bet ter lo help them to find employ, mrnt. The country la very abort of lahorera. Farmer* would hav* a good many men If they could get them They could give goo<J Imtd and a good bed and wage* arrortl Ing lo what lha men could earn. Wants a Recall, Too Editor The HUr- Ho you are out to repeal! th« poll til. tn you? Who enartf>d thst vicious I'll"' of krgialatkin. Anyway? Why not rmill U.r tn'-n who en ■ rial thta law at ths aarne time *« rrtxwl It? It seems to ma that It wooM bs pnvrtlcal (o link the rorall of las* up with the trail of Ihr mrn who supported these law* In the making If not. why not? Will you tti>tr>r thta for my spsctsj benefit and for lha benefit of others who miihl Freight Rates and Food Costs Editor Tha Wtar: on* of the mmt amusing argu ments I have read In many a day waa that of W, J. Ilohon. who tried to show that the advance of up to n»»rly 100 per cent In freight rate* that toi.k effect on the railroads out of Heattle Ilec I. does not make »ni of the Important reasons for ths high mat of foodstuffa. When Mr Ilohon refers to eggs and butter ha touch** only two Items. and even then l>* figures a II cents per 100 pound* autvanns as one fifth cent a pound, and he over kioks the fart U>at meat foodstuffs have to be packed In nwas that oßen weigh a* much or more than the goodn themselves, especially cheaper articles, aold In bulk, the very nature of which compels the use of hMtvy packages So that even on butler, which Mr. Ilohon tale* as hi* basis for figuring If shipped to Aberdeen, he would prob GEOGRAPHIC PUZZLE Vt>TrmaY7 *Hawin. DCN M -+ A[?K DENMARIC,. For Constipated Bowels —Bilious Liver The nlraat cathartic laxative to phyatc your bowel* whan you have llendacha lliltouaneaa Colda Indication Dtulneas Hour Stomach la candy Ilka Camrtla (m» or two MANUFACTURER'S SURPLUS STOCK SHOE SALE A fortunate buy of hundreds of pairs of Shoes en ables us to offer wonderful values in Men's, Wom en's or Children's Shoes. WOMEN'S SHOES *J / $0.95 1 / Aii sura I § I R x All Black Kid leather, J m ß French heel, 9-inch lace, J 9 '"' 1 $lO.OO values; sizes 2>/a to jT*s Jty J H. A. 15, C, I) widths— A;' 92.05. &•$ J? Children's Shoe*; It*** 'A/fi 100 pairs; frisea 614 Mjm to 13 valu«n to f Um ,36 °- " / jP Hpedal X • i7U >4^^ Orders KMSjgllE) folk* llMppy. (lull I hide It under no hu*hel '' HANNAH K. MKAtHIKIt. ml K. 7»th HL took th<> amount out of ouf rhw>. We wrote to ihi« attorney fanaral about It. lis »ald (hoy could willwt It from u* If they wanted to. What kind of » Uw In It where a clligrn collect* Uie tai for the (uv'rnm'nl! Your* very truly, lltA K BTBVKR. Holly, Wu>h Wa want no mm that want to lie In twnl until brrAkfakt la ready and then work uuUJ t p m. at 14 or I* |»-r day. Karmera have !• rlaa befora day* light and work tiMil dark or after. Mm with th* dealra to mm their living would ha vary we|«*»m* In a farming community. If m'n would Ira\e "bright llghta" of tha • Ity bfr hind and t>a willing to work haid fur what thay rat and waar thla country would ha murh better off. o. r.. Rllverttele, Waah. ba Intotestcd In the subject * J T. KICNNKDT. 104 tlat Avr. Thi> poll ta« law wu enacted hy * ma Jot It y of the two houses of #hs legialaiura on tha turumitimd* Hon and with tha approval of tha Kovarwr llmro a rscnll of aJI tha men responsible would la an elab orata undertaking. calling for a fight In a majority of tha leguala tlva districts u wall aa In tha stats at larva. —Editor. I ably bava to pay freight on nearly 'hiulilt Ita weight. Ths InrtMunl freight would amount lo near 1 y on» half wnl a pound and If reshlpped , sgaln by tha Aberdeen Jobber, thr unw proportion of freight advan<-« • onung a »e«>nd ttfn* Mot* "he r*-" taller (Ha It. would moan that thla I.lvan.« In freight nIM adds rl<m to one cent a pound to tba mat t»f course much stuff mown at I tha oarUiad rate, much a!on goes ml lea* than carlota. but thta fart • tan.la out clear aod plain, tha) tha freight rat** have advanced up to nearly 100 per rent, and wa art l>*yin« now nearly double the freight to move foodstuffs I hat we | did In November, and whila not the only reaaon by any moan*. atlll the** advances In freight rales *n«ke one of tha outstanding rea sons why the producer. Jobber and retalisr who may honestly want b> rotuna their price* find It impoa atbls to do so. M II C. tonight win empty your boweta con pletely by morning and you will fe« oplrndld "They work while yc aleap." Cawareta navar atlr you ui or gripe Ilka Malta, I'llla, Calomei or Oil, and thay cost only ton cant a bos. Children love ('.uk-ji rata. to* SdisolvMarshall J "W W r V • « W * V -w W - - ■ • I'M 1 ty LOU* Ixmi W Co an* *»-* Mf'Kt 1 ffonllnuad I rotn Vealerdajr) Kill wua trua to hla prornlaa to Iwli Virginia lo nhool. Tha n»*t day ha put up an amply ran out from Uia door of Ula cabin and thay haxl target pi actio*. Klrat he almwrd h*r how to bold tha w«pun and to atand "Bee tba mil Juat ovar lha Right* and praaa ba<k gradually," ha urged Tha flrat ahot waul wida of Ita mark. Th* *»««> nd and third w«r* no Iwtter. Hut by watching h«*r cloaaly, 1:111 fouud out her mietoke. "You flinch," ha told har, "It'a an obi mlataka among huntera—and tb* only way you can avoid It la by d««p aat concentration HkHI lu hunting *a wall aa In everything alae -da penda u{ton throwing the whole «<n argy of your mind and body Into that one llttla part of an Inatanl when you pull tha trigger. It'a all right lo be eccltad before. You're not hU' man If, tha game knocked over, you're not r*cited after. Hut unlena you can hol<| like Iron for that frac tion of a aeccmd, you un t ahoot and you never «n ahnol." "Itut I'm nut cxoltsd now." the ob ject ed. "You haven't got full discipline of your nerves. Just the same You're a little afraid of the sound and the explosion. sml you flinch bau-k Just a little movement of your hand when you pull the trigger If It Is only an eighth of an Inch here. It's quite a mlaa by tha time the bullet gets out there Try again, but oon vine* yourself first that you won't flinch You won't Jerk or throw off your aim " Khi low*red the weapon and rested bar nerve#. Then she quietly lifted the gun again And the fourth bul let knocked tha nan spinning from 1 the log. The man shouted his approval and ] hsr fluabed fa'S showed what a real 'triumph It was to her Kew of her | lifelong accomplishments she had vs I tied more. Yet It caused no self wonder: she only knew that she re sperted and priced the good opinion of this stalwart woodsman. and by this on* little art she had proved lo him 'he cool, strong quality of her nerveai. And It waa no little triumph (the had really learned the basic precept of good shooting-- to throw the whole forte of the nervous system Into the leeoond firing. It warn the same pre cspt thst make* toward all achieve, ment The fact that ahe had grasped It so quickly wa* a guaranty of her own metal Hhe fell something of that aatl.fsctlon that strong men feel when they prove, for their own eyes alone, (heir self worth It waa the Inartlnct thst send a the self Indulgent bualnass man. riding to his work In a llmou*lne. into the depths of the dreadful wildemeaa to hunt, and that urgas th* tenderfoot to climb to the crest of the highest peaks It d»d not nwtn thai «t>a wma a d«<l ahnt already Montha and rear* of pnu-Ura are nu iarr to obtain f'jtl maatery of plMot or rtfla. She had aim ply mad* a moat creditable ■tart Th»r» wotjUl ha plenty of thereafter. In fart In the ne*t all «hn>« aha mlunl tha ..in four UmH Khe had to learn *l*ht con trol, how to nuc dlatanra and wind STATEMENT OF CONDITION THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA aNational c,Association (A NATIONAL BANK) SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE :: TACOMA :: PORTLAND AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS, DECEMBER 31.1W1 ASSETS Loam and Discounts $ 55,167,532.27 Bank Premises [San Francisco & Branches] 1,493,987.29 Other Real Estate 179,417.71 Customers'liability under Letters of Credit 4,465,209.68 Sundry Bonds and Stocks 4,981,833.19 United States Bonds to secure Circulation 2,150,000.00 Other United States Securities 4,297,482.44 Redemption Fund with United States Treasurer 107,500.00 Cash and Sight Exchange 23,008,608.03 $95,851,570.61 LIABILITIES Capital $ 8,500,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 8,961,081.3^ Reserve for Taxes and Interest 407,161.40 Circulation 2,149,997.50 Letters of Credit 4,510,343.42 Bills payable and Rediscounts with Federal Reserve Bank 4,750,000.00 Other liabilities 189,853.15 Deposits 66,383,133.79 $95,851,570.61 SEATTLE GH). T. S. WHITE. GODFREY L WAKEMAN,.Iut Mamagtr LEON F. MACKI Afoaapr JOSEPH C CLASS, Am ROBERT B. SNOWDON, Am. A/aaafw Tin: Banx op California, N. A. San Francisco, Seattle, Tacoma and Portland constitute one Association under one management and depositors at any one of the 'Bank's offices have the protection of the entirt Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits of the Association. "oAssociated for three generations •with the best progress cf the West" and the K-c lof moving ob)#<rla. but ahe was on lbs straight road toward HKiHIM. While Vlrglnu* cooked lunch, fllll rut young tprux trees and made a sled. and aft'-r ths meal pushed out thru the whirling mow to bring in the ramalnder of the moose meat. It wit* tba work of tba whole afternoon to ur|« the aled up the ril|« and thrn draw It home Ihru Ui» drift* Tba Know man Ila had deepened alarmingly during the night. and he rutin none too aoon. It wu only a mattrr of days, perhaps of houra. before tba Know would be Impaaaabls except with snowshoea. Until at Ivt the anowfall rftwd and puked, trav eling even with their aid would be a heartbreaking business. Virginia waa lonely and depressed all the time Kill waa aboent. and abe bail a moment of aelf umaJf merit at the rapidity with which aha bright' ene.i up at hi* return. Hut It waa a natural development the anowawpt wild* were dreary Indeed to a k>n»ly aoul. lie waa a f« llow human betng; that alone waa relatlonahip enough "You mn call me Virginia. If you want to," abe told him. "1-Aet names are silly out here—- Heaven known we >ai)'t keep them up la the** weeka to crime. I've culled you BUI ever aln<-e the night we crrmsed the river " BUI looked hi* gratitude, und she helped him prepare the meat. Home of It he hung )wt outnlde the rabln door, one of the gtrtl hama wu pus ponded In a epruce tree, fifty fe*t in front of the cabin. The akin waa fleshed and bung up bebind tba stove to dry. "It's going to fumlah the web for our anowahoea," he explained. That night their talk took a philosophical trend, and In the can dlellght he told her some of his most »'-<-r»t vie Wit, Hhe found that the North, tha untamed Und that had been his home, had .colored all his Ideaa, yet .he was ama*rd at his scientific know ledge of aoms sub J«ets. Ksr from the Influence of any chn#eh. she waa surprised to find he was a religious man. In 0 t, she found that his religion went deeper than her own. She belonged to one of the Prote.iant lirtrn he* of Christianity, attended rhurrh regu larly. and the church had given her fine ideals and moral precepts; but religion Itself was not a reality to her It waa not a deep urge, an In n-r and profound passion as It waa with him. She prayed in church, she (Turn to Page IS, Column I) THE MODERN MOTHER fun problems far beyond thorn of her forbear* She herself must be a much more competent pmwn, com btnlng In <ma Individual Um duties of nufw, odolc, taarbcr and moral Instructor. It la do wonder that many conscientious women break un der the strain, and that other* drajr out a miserable existence: always tired. and yet tmahle to take a day's vacation. Such women will find themselves benefited and their bur den* made easier by tha use of I.ydla K Plnkham's Ve(tetabl« Com pound. which waa made for suffer- In* women, and dpe* not fall to re lieve them. FRIDAY, JANUARY tfl. 1022. LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY Today's word In UKflKNTtfllH. 11'■ pronoun<'-'t 'i»b' n abure with the ari ' fit on lb* ii' *ll <1 syllable. It means a t-i rUfi'ni* f.! i<iw i rig money is o»«I, signed by ih« dsbtnr. It i"mf» from I Attn "debentures th«sy i^ve, H la uw<l Ilk* this "The a!n«g will l**u« debenturea for the moricjl they owe the l.'mlwl HUlo." No less than iO 000 perwim ar« r* parted missing In IxMidon each yaj m - 57 \ Everybody just loves it I Remember, when yon were a youngster, how] good it tasted? Always on the table at meal time! Always a jar on< the pantry shelf for be tween meals! You just heaped it on bread— and loved itl Heins Apple Butter is just as good today. Try it HEINZ APPLE BUTTER "Tor something tasty, serve Boldt ■ French I'aetry " Advertisement. RED TAG SALE ■la Cm* la r»u— Boys' Mackinaw* Warm, heavy weight »tatd fab- Tailored —Attract- ive Ptylea, $5.00 AITD $7.75 Ot>« I'rica, Cash or Ckaria gmrnr »«T Hfl'H AVK.