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ffilTlAY. FFBnrAflV n. 1922. CONSUMERS TO BENEFIT FROM PROBE Daugherty Wants to Learn Why Producers' Loss Isn't Handed Down BY MOT K. SAC K WABHINOTON. D. C. K*h. » *hjr th* great difference between what tha producer r*celve* and what tha consumer pays? Why tha great dlffarenc* lr pt*w for Identical article*, often In identl onlcomm unit lee? ■ baa* ar* soma of th* questions Attorney General IHugherty hopes to answer tn the nation w.J* probe of fond, fuel and clothing price* Just getting under w*y, I'nder the Daugherty plan not only will the federal government tak* action, but also th* state au thorities. To coordinate pro*ecu tion* against th* proflt«*rs, likewise th* collection of evidence, Dauoh erty has requested attorney gen . erals of th* 4( statu, federal and |*tata. to aaaLat him. KKTAIIJtRN MAY BK PKOSKHTKD k If retailers are to blame, either V* ft result of Indlefclual greed or thru the action of prtce-flxing as aoctatlon*. Ilsugh*rty say* prosecu tion* will be instituted. He ha* In structed William J. Burns, bus* da tective for tlie government, lo get the facta Th* new year open* with no signs •f reduction In th* cost of Uvlng. Secretary of Agriculture WaJlac*. in a statement, predicts that better daya are ahead for the farmer, but b* refused to predict whether there would be t lowering In costs for fk* consumer. No other rasponsi "Wa official make* such a prediction. Th* department of labor which keeps tab on cost of living figure* say* "It* business Is to rvport. not to forecast." Tha department, howsiee, points ta Its recent announcements which Indlcat* that th* coat of living, which tumbled some early In 1111. •t*adi*d itself during th* past *U months. The department ha* Just completed a survey of December It prices throout th* nation as com pared with September IS prices These figures have not been an nounced yet, but It la expected they will gbow comparatively litll* ehango. With term peVos lower than tn many year*, with th* memory of! tha low lit prlr* cotton and wool crops of many yean stll] with pro ducsra, with tabor costs tumbling, with European imports again reach »n» American markets. Attorney! Oaneral Daugherty believes torn* thing ta radically wrong -Tha eenaomer doe* not g*t the benefit of them condition*," be •ay*. "Why ootr Ua h»pea to find tha answer I AND GIRLS TOO! THESE DANDY 1 W ■ PRIZES GIVEN FOR JUST A FEW H ■# PP I l*W ■ W ■ MINUTES OF YOUR TINE ■ ■mlm k ■ 1 I . I Win W Win! | r . D ., r , », JL Here You Are Fellows. 7u*f What Every Boy and G.rl Need, a W HERE'S HOW YOU'RE Been Looking For. T3 J"® * L H No Money to CoDoct—No Money to ripir TfTT? A lE* ©A V ITC/ ] I ■ J U!,t *ft two of your friends and neighbors who are not now havinjr The Star deliv- JL JTiLiLd 9IU IU» ered to their homes, to subscribe. Have them sign the suliscription blank printed below . . _ . , I ***.wil rnV f ■ then bring to The Star office and take your choice of ANY PRIZE. Copyright Construct™ Blocks * • All subscriptions must be NEW—that is, people who are not now having The Star They re Just the Thing for ffl < delivered to them. Class Work ■ NOTE—-Out-of-Town Subscriptions must be paid in advance at the rate of "1 Discard the old style wooden pencil and "Redipoint" is eager to match his writ- rrfrT ■ SomeUiing Something Nqpgr , bit of lead, not merely by squeezing down . ® !»<|i>Ov \er .. ~ f on the tip, but by gripping it securely at ■ DlllCrCllt - NPUI A Box of Joy for Girl or Boy the other end and thrusting it forward ■ j» Cj#v i'T -/ / r or back at the will of the user. Give him f ————— ~ J —— A EROPLA\ CONSTRUCTION BLOCKS_afford both „ , . , . w . »-l vfiaiyto JL-JrxSiAt ————— Q education and play for young and old. Thev are man- Kood, iff workout and see how he out- . A T points all the others. ▼ ' ~ strong and sanitary. Hny*' ♦ariZ* * ' ou - The model shown above represents but one of the endless biyie r* * - ~ « i HPMxr variety of toys which can be made with ohe of these sets. PRACTICAL ARCHITECTURE FOI\BOYS YOU'LL BE MIGHTY GLAD YOU GOT The Boy Makes His Own Cement Blocks A SET 0F AEROPLAYS HLBWRirriON 111 VSIv Included in this wonder set is a complete supply of Cement and Moulds M-USCUM-ION DUNK I hereby - Rafter until I order name dUcontinucd, for wbicli 1 agr'-e to pay the carrier WRICn 11 IS poseiuie lu UU Willi una uiuuij net, until I order »ain« discontinued, lor which 1 agree to pay the carrier at th» rat« of 50c p»r month. THE RIGHT TOY FOR THE SMALL OR LARGE BOY lat the rata of t>oc per month. I I AM NOT NOW 11AVINO THE UTAH DEMVKRISD TO MB DON'T DELAY —(JET YOURS TODAY I AM NOT NOW HAVING TUB STAR DELIVERHD TO MB Nam* Name......... M .„... ZZ",phone Main 0600—Circulation Departaeot—The Seattle Star l T ' lk ''" " y • 4 { I POPE VOTE This picture, taken at the time of the election of Pope Benedict tn J9li, pi tv* a definite idea of the ceremo nies that trill attend the flec tion of his successor. .4* soon as he is chosen a proclamation is read to the multitude gath ered before the Vat ten n and the new pope, makes his first appearance on the balronj/. Campfire News, Notes and Gossip The acribe* wtll meet Patnrdav. FVbruary 4. at bMitquarten, 4171 Art-ad* building. A blc turnout 1* looked far and a interesting morting haa been planned. • * * Th* **ntor mtardUna wtll hold th*ir regular monthly meeting Thurw day evening. February ». at head quarters. 4171 Arcade building. Mis* Brown wtU gi v* a detailed report of tha oonferenc* which *h* and Ulw Brlnglo* have Juart attended. A re Economists Disagree on Muscle Shoals * * * *** , * * * Practical, Says One; •taary FV»r4 ha* •r«a»«l allamlloai ml ihm mmttiilr wa« 1.1 hy Ma inipnwi lhat tit* Hn«iN< all Mft«j pablir hj »*..»)..« irwnktrk* a»..tr««| It* |Mik.lt. K>p.ily, T>»r pra« Mr* la |« laaua (Mißdt, tt« Mblch IH# |»«*»pt» hut* la |m» t«t*r*»l Th* «t*r liaa MIMI •w"" laa«Ua* m-.mmnlf aNlhortltra «.f lha la |lt« Ha r*«4*r« Ihvir n«i • *r4 • plan. Thraa »l«lrm»Rla »rr g|«a« l»alaw— omm fa...rati a ta th# |*l«a. Inn a«n|(.«l 14. ««"■ f*"" ■< mw l». HY I JCYKHKTT H. IAON l*r»fr*sair o( School of tommcralal llrgsni/alion. I iiltn oil) »( I biruiv INI VKUStTY or CHICAOO. CM oago. Keb 1. Honry Kord'a erhem* sppears is tx> M proposal lo MKIIH current and Immediate y by fl * wwcll. Thin if low* out of the far. that graanltaa ka may b« aaauineal to be payable on demand, while obvioualy public work* ara not mw(< that uait b* "cashed |n" Immealililaly In thaory this alluatlon Is alwaya a-otuildered a bad one. at lira auppoaed ly an Immediate demand for liquid*' lion of au. h liabilities could not be met. In prar.tr*, how*ver, It might wall ba worked. In faa t. oftan la wurkad Tha whole thaory of Kord'* pro poul doe* not seem lo l>a vary dif fa rant from that which U b>'Uli>J ail banhliUf. Tha plan rould. no doubt, ba pat Into effect If tha government art* aa intarmadlary. and takoa tha position of a general guarantor of lha green hack, and also of a fiscal agent to see lliat tha llablliUaa ara i-onalatilly shifted. and Uiu* refunded w Lhay ara called. Aa a mattar of fart, tha "public work*" n* securttle* would l» of only secondary Importance, unlaaa tha amount of the imif bacama «»lrrm» ly larva. Tha plan ahould h»ra no dlrart af fart upon tha banking «vat cm. unlaaa tha grranbai ka war* mad* legal for r*aarv« by th* federal rawrva bank. In wlflch event th*r* would be. In tlm* of industrial expansion. a new possibility of hank rredit Inflation. At a time like th* present, haw ever, when the bank* have no trouble | In provlallng futul*. there ahould be no euch rfTe. L If *uch a t>Uin aa thla w*r* u««l to promot* public work* that would not | otherwise be built. It would hav* a tandem y to Inoreaaa purchasing! power In th* hand* of consumer*. J and thua lead to buying, whi< h ahould 1 Stimulate bustnasa. and result In mora bank loans and an Increaslnc price level. If we ajurom* I hat these public work* ar* to ba built In any raa*. tht* plan of Henry Kord'* might j make it powsible to do th* work with out taxation. port of t'-uniflr* work Is other ciUaa wUI also b« given • • • Qirni Ann* group*. numbering Si. will bold their mmmunltx council fir* Wfdn«*U)r *v*ntng, Kfkruiry It, at 7 39, In th* ba»em*nt of tha Qvn Ann* I'ourtffUontl church, >1 tj'jo* n Ana* a»*. and Utlar nl • • • Th* foflowln* rhanr** in taking ptao* In th* p*r*onn*l of our pnup" Mr* John N'uh It Ukls( over the guardl&nirttip of th* Tatotiekiya ■roup on Queen Ann* Mil. Ml** Kkorenc* M.<Vtnb I* taking «h* group formerly under Hlu Olella TFT F SEATTT.E STAR ItY HIC. W. A. M'OTT Hirer l»r of t'oinnirrre Ha part incut, I university ol Wisconsin (In an Interview With N. 15. A. Service) I'NI VXRJ.IT Y OK WI«OON*W. Mudlaon, Wl», Keb I.—Tlier* I* n» sans* in tlanry Kurd's plan of Issuing greenbacks s*a-ur*d by public |>ra>t>«r ty liurtaud of bo ml* to pay for public worka Th*r* ta sbsolutsly no us* In at t*mpllng to answer his plan, for on 1U far* It ahow-s him to b* as Ig norant of money and banking and His function of a stsnalard of value a* a new-born t>*t>*. Tber* I* no merit In the Idea, and it ha* the same time worn disadvantage* aa flat money. Kord think* h* • an make a unit of power at Muacle Hboul* tha ama as a unit of gold That I* Impossible on Ih* fac* of It. If you laaue a redit currency, th* figures on th* far* of It must tuean something. Our credit currency I* redeemable In so much nil How could w* hav* credit currency redeemable In so many unit* of power at Mttaaie fttioaila? The very proposal of auch a plan *hows that Kord I* absolutely ignorant of th* first prin ciple* of th* functions and uses of a> standan! of valu*. To point out all Hi* defects tn ' Kord'a propoaea! plan I would us* aj full newspaper psge, but th*'plan la. so utterly worthies* It doesn't *vrn merit a crltu lsm. Salvation Army Corp# Head to Go Adjutant Kred Anderson, who has been In chsrg* of Salvation Army axirps No. 4 for nearly a year, will leave Kebruary 11 to tak* up special work of lh* Salvation army In Cali fornia A farewell social ta to be held *t 711 Ollv* at. Saturday wit ». p. m. Ktturter. Mra. ft. A. Plckenn la the new guardian of the Ottawa? croup Mr*. lUrliouih haa taken Mr* Hait'i : group. Mlaa Helen Imperoven la ! combining her group with the tjuaghl *rou|., whoae former guardian waa Mlaa Klort-nnt Turner. Mr*. J, Jooae j haa taken Mlaa Helen Clarke's group jin (lie Coe n hnol. Mra. K M. Merry ' hew la taking over part of the for mer hum group. MINI Manraret ; lluef haa takrn the group formerly j under Mlaa Ituth Anderann. Mr*. 1 H. M Wilaon la taking a new group at the Flrat Methodiet church. Mtaa < A lu-a Know Ira la taking a new group, at tb« tkhool for the t)»l a a a Tha Junior guardlana wtn meat at haatdqoartara TueiMay. February IJ. at 4 p m. While In New York Mlaa Brown had charge of the II!ue Itlrd part of the program and ehe la bringing hark many new uieaa for ' work with Btua rtlnla. Pwnpey r*oarte4 CM liana far • atngle featlval exhibit. IIY laiWIN IL A. KIU.HiMAN MrYkkr-r I'rofaaaor of IVIMUTKI Fx otv onty. Columbia I nlvmll; miJ.'MniA UNIVKItMTY, Naw York. l'"ah. I.—llcnry KoH'a plan r*flwt« mora cradlt on hi* Iniranulty than «tn hla Inl#tllir»n<a. Hut tha iu- Kanulty la ail aimtirdly mialaJirn In Ifv ri ill t jr. From Utna Immemorial anthuata/ita who ara utterly Ignorant of tha na. tora and tonaoquanraa of flat moot; bavv ail vanrad auch arliamaa. tha "aaaliruala" of lha Kranrh rar olutlon, which brought franca to the brink of ruin, wara pmdaaly aim liar to thoaa now mrommendad by Mr. ford cTtwnborka aacurad by public pro pari jr. A lone hlatory of andfcl dlaaatar and ijovarninani bankruptcy haa rorv clualvrly ahown tha Mluaory rhararv tar of auch aeciirlty. It la diaheartanlnir t« find • man of Mr Kord'a waalth advance Idraa I' TRY FRYFS I PIG PORK SAUSAGE I 15op»u». On Sale in Bulk Every I Saturday and Wednesday Guaranteed Pure and Fresh B Best and Cheapest Food Article H on the Market For Sale at All of I FRYFS MARKETS H American Meat Co., 519 Third Avenue Hailard Meat Co-. 5443 Ballard Avenue H Bay City Meat Co., 1420 First Avenue H Central Meat Co., 1420 First Arenue H Olympic Meat Co., 1426 First Avenue H Western Meat Co., 1102 Western Avenue V Seattle Market, 109 Occidental Avenue FARMER BLOC IS HARD HIT WAKHtNOTON. Krb. ». Tha Harding administration haa baan auctaaaful to an unaipactad degree In It* effort* to break up tha power ful farm bloc In onngraaa Thla la admitted by farm bloc leadara tbam aalvaa. Inaguatad by tha undermining of tha kanaia fnna bloc. H< nator Norrla of Nabraaka may reaign aa chairman of tha aerial* a*Tl''Ulturi" rommlttea If Norrta raalgn* it will be In pro taat, flrat, agalnat lha atlmlnlatra llon'a effort* to deatroy <ha bine, and aeoond, aralnat tha action of aom» bloo member*. who. In Norrla opin ion, ha.** weakened too anally under admlnlatratlon praaaura Norrla waa deeply atlrrad by ftena. lor Kanyon'a anwptanr* of a f»-d«-ral Judjraahlp, which took from tha farm bloc lla offliial chairman and out of Ita alrongeat memhera. Norrla darJlned to dlacuaa today for publication what action ha will take. refuted by every of acotiomlia. which can ba aa*tly hlich achool atudent ll« admlltM), howavar, that ra port* h«-*rd In aanata corridor* that ha w** oon«td*Mnf rMlrnlnc tha rhalrman ahlp of tha lm[iortant **rl'ultiir* • «»ritnllt<» war* nut without found* lion. If h«> doc* ra«lrn, Norrl* Indt i-atad, It *lll not ba IfhfnAllataly. With K'nyon iron# and Norrla r» MM Vk # » II Rich in Food Value Pure and Wholesome A Product of the Highest Quality, Especially Made for Table Use All the Family Will A. Magaano Company KirJuair* Dlirtrfkntors Seattle-Tacoma PACE 17 In*. tha laadarahJp of tha bloc mriy nhortljr d»volva upon Krnntor M - Nary, Oregon, who prolxtbly would banoma 'halrman of the **rt' u!luro "ornmltt'-a. M'N*T y and Cappar. Kumm, bloc nmbtr) *«ld. would ba tha loo'vil '«ndldal<M for rhairnianahjp of tha bloc.