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Issued Thursdays by The Kennemck Printing Co., Inc.. 217 Kennewick Avenue. Kennewick, Washington
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The Courier, est. March 27, 1902 -- The Reporter. est. January 24, 1908 Consolidated April 1. 1914
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Entered as Second Class matter. April 2, 1914 at P. 0. at Kennewick, Wash” under act of March 3, 1879
MORE THAN A FAD
Just a few years ago when the
first auto trailers began to appear
in this section there .were Kenne
wick citizens who looked them over
and pronounced them just a pass
ing fad.
The vacation season Just reaching
its close has proved how far off
they were, with every highway in
the land literally cluttered with
them. Like the moving picture and
the radio, both of which were pro
nounced fads when they first ap
peared, the trailer is not only here
to stay. but seemingly destined to
become a great industry. In fact. it
has already reached gigantic pro
portions, with more than 50 plants
engaged in manufacturing them,
and some of these plants working
as high as 2,000 employes. States
that cater to tourists are spending
large sums in building parks, or
camp sites. in which these trailers
can be accommodated: at least two
national magazines are being pub
lished in the interest of trailer own
ers and already a national organiza
tion has been formed of the owners
of auto trailers with a membership
that even now runs well into the
thousands. -
It merely goes to prove that when
the American people find something
they want, they are willing to spend
their money for it. and soon make
it a national institution. The trail
er offers the family of small means
agchance to visit far places, see
strange sights and enjoy a period of
rest and recreation at a minimum
of expense. It hits the high-priced
summer resort and tourist cabin
owners a hard rap, but there’s still
enough trade left for them. The
main thing is that it makes a real
vacation possible for the working
people of this country—men and
women who really make the coun
try what it is and who are, there
fore, entitled 'to travel about and
see a little of it.
ONE WAY TO SAVE
With more leaves turning yellow
with each passing day. citizens
around Kennewick are reminded not
ailyoftherapidflightoftime,but
reminded not only of the rapid
flight of time, but that winter will
also be here before many of them
are ready for it. September and
October are generally recognized as
1w months for making needed im
provements about the premises, the
bulk of the harvest season being
over and with more time at hand
inwhichtodothistypeofwork.
Not only that, but this year there
is an added reason for making such
improvements, and that is the fast
mounting cost of hardware and
building materials. The same im
provements made now that could
have been made last spring will cost
more than if they had been done
then, and ii postponed until next
year the cost will be still greater.
From an economical standpoint,
therefore, the man who postpones
necessary building, or needed im
provements, is actually robbing him
self. This is offered merely as a
timely suggestion—do the work now
“ and when spring comes figure up
the saving. .
We Americans claim to be the
wisest people in the world. Maybe
that is the reason we dig sold out
of the earth. declare it unconstitu
tional and then bury it again.
M. (3. Clark says half the un
happiness in the world is caused by
failure of plans which were unreas
onable in the first place.
STRANGE
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CONGRESS ADJ OURNS
The adjournment of Congress did
not bring an end to political think
ing and argument. To the contrary,
in the few months remaining be
tween now and the second session,
politics Will be as much in the head
lines as ever, and behind-the
scenes political activity will be ram
pant. As Business Week says,
“There‘s no getting away from
Washington." Perhaps never in
our history were the interests of in
dustry and individuals so inextric
ably related to the political situa
tion.
As this column has pointed out
before. the first session of the 75th
Congress was as important for what
it did not do as for what it did. Left
over for consideration are a large
number or major bills. some of
which passed one branch but were
deferred in the other, and some of
which are still in House and Senate
committees. And it is a fact known
to everyone in touch with the situa
tion that the Administration is lay
ing plans for forcing through its
“must" program, a large part of
which was beaten last session.
Prime example of this is the Su
preme Court Bill. The President
has said, almost in so many words,
that he still regards it as essential
to his program. It will’be introduc
ed in the next session, probably in
about the same form as before. And
in the meantime, administration
leaders will do everything they can
think of to bring recalcitrant sen
ators into line. In spite of the “no
reprisals” talk, practically every
Washington newshawk still thinks
that the speech of Senator Guffey
in which he demanded the defeat of
such democratic senators as Wheel
er and Burke, was delivered at the
request of the President, and that
“pro New Deal” Democrats will be
found opposing “anti-New Deal"
Democrats in futtn-e elections. Big
gest battle will take place in Mon
tana, where it is thought, 28-year
old Representative Jerry O’Connell,
who is 100 percent for the New Deal
andtlieClo,wilitakethehust
ings against Senator Wheeler.
. The question of relief will loom
largernextsessionthanitdidinthe
last, where it was obscured by'other
matters. In spite of vastly increas
ed industrial activity, relief rolls are
almostasgreatasinthedepthsof
depression. Relief bureau officials,
such as Harry Hopkins, think that
relief will be a permanent part of
government no matter hdw much
business booms; that millions will
be unable to find Jobs. Critics say
that the relief rolls are kept large
for political use. No one knows how
many unemployed there are—Con
gress has refused all suggestions
thatacensusbetaken. Itdidpass
a bill last session whereby, in ef
fect, unemployed are “invited” to
join in a census. but this will ob
viously give no real check on the
situation. '
Laws regulating business will be
another big factor. For example. a
bill passed the Senate limiting the
length of freight trains. is now
pending in a House committee. The
railroadssaythecostofthisbill
would drive them into bankruptcy.
unless provision is made for higher
rail rates. Also still pending is the
bill to create seven Federal hydro
electric authorities of the TVA or
der,’ which never dame to a vote last
session and was deferred for fu
ture consideration.
Neutrality will be up again. Under
the present law, the responsibility of
deciding whether an actual state of
war exists between foreign powers,
falls upon the President—and inas
much as countries now fighting with
out declaring war this is a tough
assignment. Peace organizations
want a neutrality bill with teeth in
it, that will keep us as remote as
possible from foreign entangle
ments.
There will be more discussion
about taxes and the national debt,
Which is now at an all-time high
of about ”8,000,000,000. One con
gressional group, which has the sup
port of industry, will advocate the
broadening of tax base. Even larg
er taxes on upper-bracket incomes
are also a possibility. There is
strong backing in both political and
business ranks for a bill to repeal
the capital gains and losses levy.
So it goes. Next year will be a big
political year.
AN ILL WIND
More proof that it’s an ill wind
that blows nobody good comes in a
recent news dispatch from Den
ver. It is to the effect that men
who make a business of furnishing
bait to fishermen in northern and
eastern states during the vacation
season have been paying as high as
S4OO a ton for Colorado grasshop
pers. Most Kennewick fishermen
who know the merit of the grass
hopper as a lure for game fish will
say that’s cheap. Most farmers who
are plagued with the hoppers will
say it is worth that much to get
rid of them. At any rate, it seems
that a promising new industry is
about to be opened up, with, can
ned'grasshoppers selling in all parts
of the country where game 1151!
abide. All of which goes to show
that money is still to be found in
strange places, and that there are
plenty of new things under the sun
itcnehastheeyetoseethem.
MORE TAXES
“No more taxes!” Everything now
adays is taxed, some things almost
to the revolting point. Taxes for
this and taxes for that. Some of the
taxes we know about, but most of
’em are hidden. Taxes are steadily
mounting and every prospect is for
still more taxes.
But, it seems, there is a difference
in taxes. If the tax is imposed for
some purpose other than local it
seems unjust to'most of us. But for
local improvements, an extra cent
or two here and there doesn’t seem
quite so bad. _
For instance, every citizen in this
community wants to see a live and
thriving library. Scarcely a family
in the community but receives some
service from this institution. But
such a service costs money.
Presumably the park offers a ser
vice which the community certain
ly would not like to abandon. The
city streets certainly needed im
provement and maintenance. No one
would hesitate for a minute to chip
in to a fund if by so doing encour
agement could be lent to an indus
try such as the Pillsbury mills.
These are all angles which must
be considered when the special mill
age' election rolls around. It's not
just a matter of adding to the tax
‘ payments—its to buy something
which we all want, and cannot have
without community sanction.
And from that standpoint we
think Mayor Behrman has taken the
right attitude. He states that all
of these much desired things have
been considered by the council and
that the city would be more than
glad to go ahead with them, but
it cannot be done without more
money. If the citizens of the town
really want these things the city
will be glad to supply them. but if
the millage election fails to carry.
why of course that lets the council
out.
So it’s Just a matter of whether
the citizens really want these im
provements. The council would like
to see them made, but the citizens
hold the purse strings and thus have
the final say in the matter. What’s
it to be? Unless there is some
real enthusiasm the proposal will
undoubtedly fail.
POLITICS TAKES W
Astrikeof3so,ooomenintrain
service unions is threatened because
the railroads have refused to in
crease pay 20 percent as demanded.
Northwest wheat growers and
shippers are fighting before the In-‘
terstate Commerce Commission to
obtain reduced freight rates.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission recently abolished ‘emerg
ency" freight charges. It is now es
timated this will deprive the rail
roads of about $150,000,000 for the
year.
The United States Senate passed
a bill limiting length of freight
trainsto'wearsandthemeasureis
before the House. If it puses. the
railroads will be forced to waste
$150,000,000 annually running un
necessarily short trains to make
work.”
August 1, the railroads granted?
non-train service men, the lower?
paid employes, a wage increase of 1
five cents an hour, at a cost of 1
about $100,000,000 annually. ‘
Now the train service unions, the
highest paid railroad men in the
world, threaten to strike if they
don’t get a 20 percent increase which
would add another $100,000,000 an
nual operating cost to the railroads.
The railroads current net income
is not sufficient to meet these pro
posed higher operating expenses—
even if every nickle of it were ap
plied to them. Where can the lines
get the money to meet such increas
ed expenditures? From Just one
place—higher rates to the consum
ing public.
The facts speak for themselves
and show the seriousness of the sit
uation. It has been repeatedly stat
ed that the stage is being deliberate
ly set to force the railroads into
bankruptcy in order that they may
be taken over by the government
under a gigantic public ownership
program. In other words, by reg
ulating and legislating this private
industry out of business. the ad
vocates of socialism in the United
States would establish the great
est industrial socialization program
outside of Russia.
And will the people pay when pol
itics takes the throttle—remember
the $1,600,000,000 deficit for less than
two years of government Operation
of the railroads during the war!
FORGETFULNESS
It is difficult for the average cit
izen to believe, as hard as money
has been to get during the past few
years, that anyone who had $50,000
in a bank would forget he had it
there. Yet the Federal Reserve
Bank reports that the vast sum of
$189,039,000 in unclaimed money re
pbses in the banks of this country.
Sixty-five of these accounts are for
$50,000 or more, while 1211 of them
are for sums ranging from SIO,OOO
to $50,000. The death of depositors,
with no known relatives or friends,
accounts for some of this money be
ing unclaimed, but forgetfulness is
said to be responsible for much of
it being uncalled for. Now if some
smart chap could devise a way
whereby this money can be diverted
THE KENNEWICK (WASHJ COURIER-REPORTER
into a source that would benefit the
general public, and maybe ease off ‘
their taxes for a brief period. he
would earn the praise of all his fel
lowmen. Then, too, maybe some
body else oould step in to complete
the job by inventing a way whereby
a fellow obuldn’t lose sight of the
fact that he had, say, a trifling lit
tle sum like $50,000 left in the bank.
LONGER HOURS. LESS PAY
Last year 21,000,000 American
families paid an electric bill averag
ing $33.72—0r nine cents per day.
That is the “high priced" electricity
the adVocates of socialization of our
present electric industry complain
about.
That is less than families pay for
tobacco. or amusements. or reading
matter. By comparison with the
amount these families pay for real
necessities—food. clothing, rent. fuel.
etc.—the cost of electricity. man's
most dependable and useful ser
vant, is microscopic—the least im
portant thing for the politicians to
howl about and the least necessary
forthemtowastetaxfundson.
The taxes collected by the Feder
ai government on liquor and to
bacco—entirely aside from the cost
of these articles—is one and one
half times as much as all the homes
in the country spend for electricity.l
If such facts don’t refute the
charge that electricity is “over
priced," nothing can. As the Okla
homa Gas and Electric Company
points out in an advertisement. the
demand of our electrical servant is
“longer house at less pay per hour."
He runs your refrigerator all day
for two or three cents. He lights
your home each evening for aboutl
two cents. He' operates your radio
for one-half cent. And each year.
whether general costs rise or not, he
does his Jobs cheaper.
Compare the modern home to that
of the so-called "gay nineties." They
might have been gay for some—but
tey weren't for the housewife. She
sweltered over an old-fashioned
stove. She rubbed her hands to the
bones on washboards. Her only
light was wasteful, eye-damaging
lamps and candles. Abundant. low
priced electricity has literally freed
the homemaker and done more to
revolutionize domestic life in a gen
eration, than was done in hundreds
of preceeding years.
Dr. Spamdmz points out that
many a woman in this neighborhood
suffers continuouin from her hus
band's indigestion.
A Wisconsin mu, dead :1: 102.
neverutteredaprotenewa'dinhu
life. Probably another one who nev
er heard or taxes.
Whyhatethelucker?fienmly
tryingtogetsomethingfornothing
and that's what you do when you go
upagalnsthun.
Ssmganm
7 '— 13““
Advice to Brides ‘
It you give your husband too
much rope. don’t blame him if
he skips.
J J J
A gentleman who is afrahl of his
wife confide- thnt she in the type
of woman who} is 81'8” ml
for a cine.” 1
JJ J .
You can Judge character by the
clothes a person wears. somebody
said; but surely girls ‘have more
character than that!
' J J J
ANYWAY. LOVE AT FIRST
SIGHT IS A GREAT TIMESAVER.
J J J
Definition
MORAL COURAGE: The feeling
of security you have when you
haven’t done anything that any-‘
body could tell on you. ‘
JJ J 3
..The greatest need of this coun
try, says Dad Gummlt, is more
people who won’t get hot under the;
collar without first working up a‘
good sweat. \
JJ J ?
“Is he rich Say, he doesn't know
his son is in college!" i
JJJ V l
A lawyer hunted up Mike atop
a partly finished construction job. ;
“What do you want?" yelled Mike
from the roof. 1
“Come on down. Your uncle has
died and left you $25,000." 1
A long silence above was broken
by a wild commotion. ‘
“What’s keeping you?" yelled the
lawyer. staring up. Tho' he could
see nothing. he heard plenty.
“Give me. one more minute to
finish this foreman." came Mike's
reply. ‘
J 3 J 3 .3
Mother may go to the Meth
odist church. but Father usually
is 3 Seventh Day Adventist.
J J J
“Remember you are a married
man," Mrs. Whitnetree wired
her husband at the convention.
“Your telegram arrived too late.”
Percy wired back.
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Definition
DEAD GAME sééfi'r: One who‘
stops at the butcher shop on the}
Way home from a hunting trip. 1
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“Older. Gentlemen. Order!"
shonted the motes-or to an un
rnlyclam.
“Beer!"yelledthe entireciasa
J J J
'One of the briefer musical crit
icisms appeared in the local paper:
“An amateur string quartet played
Brahms herelastevening. Brahms
lost.”—Detroit News.
J J J
Amanhasalegal righttobeat
ihiswife,aCanadianowrthasruied.
But...
J J J
Prof. Grim: ”So you missed my
class.eh?"
Student: “Not too much. sir."
J J J
She: “I showed rather the verses
you sent me yesterday with my
birthday present. He was pleased
withthem."
He: “Indeed. What did he say?"
She: “Besaidhewasdeiishtedto
findthatlwasn'tgoingtomarrya
poet."
J J J
ItwasunalLbutmemmetme
icoliedttailoorlamp anyway.“l:
msedittofloormyhushandwith."
‘sheexplained.
Whathashecomeoftheold
fashioned woman who wouldn‘t
strikeuntiitheinmwashot?
J J J
Thenthuewastheladywho
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new.“
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mood."
J J J
“Bay.“llyouloonmeaniekie?
Iwonttocsllairiend.”
"Sure. here'stitteenoentl. Gail
silyourtriends."
J J J
ProaeaitincAworney'swite:'Ya,
shemarriedatarmer.andagood
prospeu'omtellowmoo.”
'Prosecutlnc Attaney: “that's
hinmyJ’llhavehersnested."
J J J
Amsnprepaies toroldsge
bylayinzupmoneyandaeat
inganestate. Womenmaely
diet and take more beauty
treatments.
.J J J
Aoertainhanhuwashduoalled
nponhyadelegatlonnomacharlt
ableinstitntlon. ne'insu-notedhis
mum-puma“
tornotseeluthem.
“I’m may.” she inlet-ed the
delegation. “but In. Smith can't
seem Hehasaqninulhack."
“Well." snldonoot thedelema—
“mouthwash-Julianne
wedidn’toomoheretowrestlom
mequkwithhlm.”
PROOF ENOUGH
“They are man-led."
“Whatmukesyoutmnkao?” ‘
“IMheu-dhimaskherushe
mgolngtoleamtoxmtonha
ownmws."
TO GIVE CHORD, DETECTOR
Grace Strickler, piano teacher.
announces as a special feature to
introduce the Miracle Series of Mod
ern Music a Miracle Chord and
ScaleDetectorwillbegiventreeto
each person calling at the studio.
TheMiracleChordand BcaleDe
tcctor. Mrs. Strickla- explained. is
unimportant discoveryinthepreo
sentation of popular music. By
meansortheDetectoz-itispossihw
for any one to play at once, any;
Major chord. and Seventh chord’
andanyMaJorscale. Thereisalao
a colored section that will enable
onetohannoniaesonuAireedem
onstration lesson will be given by
Grace Strickler by appointment.
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Of Course They Cry!
No bread made outside Kennewick can M
be as fresh as that made here! Transpow
and its several handlings destroy much of I
goodness for which our brands are noted. &
the children the best foods possible.
ASK FOR ‘
Kennewick Bread
AT YOUR GROCERS
The new slice makes perfect toast. Eatma‘fl
Better brands come both sliced and unsliod."
BELAIWS . H
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KEEP ,
HEAT INSIDE, Damp COLD on;
Don’t try to “get through” this 'h'
ter with a worn, leaky roof! It‘
actually pay you to replace that 1‘
now, before winter sets in. Not ‘ 7"
will a new roof protect your 5‘ '
from the extra chill of dampnell.a
a new roof will provide extra M
tion against excessive winter coll.
COMPLETE ROOFING FOR EVERY
REQUIREMENT '
Asphalt Rolls Asphaltsm'
Asbestos Shingles Cedar Shin!”
STANDARD LUMBER 00
W. J. SKINN ER, Manager
Check Our Reasonable Prices. Free Estil‘.”
Thursday. Sept.“ ...
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Friday. September 2m; ..‘
John Marsh. I
Mr. and Mrs. Rum h
turned after several M 1
Yakima. ‘
Mrs. J. 8. Kennett
rington Tuesday to mm“
ter. Mrs. Bum Schultz. -‘
Min Heien Marsh in.”
attic for several weeh' ~ M
Mrs. Lee Lampson an“
o. 'l'. Bolton attended H
Whitstran Saturday. 1
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. I”
week-end visitors at M,‘
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Secretory—How did ya. "
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Doctor—lt looks to ”Us.
in for n serious moan, u
want to be too Maxim. “
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