2 (The Kennemirk (Emmi-Reporter Issued Thursdays by The Kennewick Printing 00.. 217 Kennewick Avenue. Kennewick. Washington umber of National Editorial Association and Washington Newspaper Publishers Association; Inc. Subscription $2.00 year ' R. E. REED. Editor and Publisher m m ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS Over a considerable period of time, the factors influencing busi ness are almost purely economic-- purchasing power, abundance of credit, supply and demand, labor conditions, taxes, etc. But, as a private research service recently pointed out, over a shorter period of time these economic considerations may carry far less weight than what might be termed an emotion al factor—that is, the reactions of individuals to the events taking place in the nation and the world. and their fears and uncertainties as to the future. That factor has been unusually forceful of late. Rightly or wrong ly, many have become convinced that war is inevitable. A consid erable number believe that event ual American paticipation is likely. This tragic outlook has clouded all acts and opinions. 'lt has lessened our faith in the world of tomorrow. And the tremendous worry and un certainty involved has cast a lengthly shadow over our -economic and commercial affairs. This helps to explain the ab normal shrinkage that has taken place in security values. every authority seems convinced that in dustry in this country is in no where near as unhealthy a state as late stock and bond prices would indicate. They feel that here has been much unwise panic selling, and an equally unwise disinclina tion of potential purchasers to buy. Economic factors dictate that point of View. But, logical as they may be, they have little weight at pres ent when pitted against the emo tional factor. Many people assume that the outbreak of war would send neurity values crashing down- Minqiteofthefactthatpast precedent indicates that for some months at least they might soar, so far as many manufacturing indus tries are concerned. And so the markets remain stagnant. The writer of this column has read a considerable number of forecasts of conditions in the busi ness world, all of them or a respon sible character. Practically all hold that the lower-time outlook for domestic industry is definitely 13v arable. And all of them are sure that there will be no significant chop in industrial production for a mu period of time. It now remains to be seen whether public 36131111613. which has been of a se. Ml! pessimistic character ever sincetheturnoftheyear.wultake another tack. Some business briefs r ' follow: 0 interest EMAIL TRADE: Outlook is 800 d. Recent bushes has been at excellent levels, comparatively Mae. and the March rise was better than seasonal. There seem *0 be very few sections or the country where trade has declined. BUILDING: Residential construc. tion is still one of the best of the 3°“! when signs. and better. then-seesaw] rises have taken phoe mouth “m month. Nan "menu“! Iwildfire. except for pub lic ““8. has also shown signs of improvement. Public works pro. Jects have been considerably under past levels. STEEL: Production has tended “""‘ ”d martian up. whicn EAT”... Follow the diet lists” printed in this paper and in most of the better magazines and you’ll find Bread is your best food. ‘ These diets are prepared by the world’s leading authorities and can be trusted implicitly. 0 SPECIAL...... ' We are now baking, special order, Soy Bean Bread— especially for diabetics. 0 Our new high speed mixers, now being in stalled, will make the texture of our bread even better. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR Belair’s: BETTER Bread and grow Slim! means declining inventories. Up shot is a forecast of considerable improvement this summer. LIGHT AND POWER: This in dustry is still perplexed by its po litical problems, notably that of just how much farther government competition will extend. There has been a considerable amount of pri vate expansion, however, due to in creased demand for electricity by both industrial and residential consumers. Big scale expansion will depend on whether or not that long talk about “peace pact” be tween the utilities and the admin istration is effected. RAIIROADS: Car loadings re-: cently took a sharp decline, due primarily to a sharp reduction in soft coal production, as a result of labor troubles The immediate fu ture of carloadings therefore de pends on just how long those troubles will continue. ’ MOTORS: Latest available fig ;ures, for the end of March and early April, show a sharp rise in sales, and summer business, as fig ured now. will be good. Congress hasn’t been doing much of late. European troubles have taken most or the lawmakers’ en ergies, and discussions of pas-ume changes in our neutrality law have kept Capitol Hill buy. Many a so lon is going gray 15171118 to figure out a way to keep us out or war, and at the same time to help the ‘much beset democracies across the‘ sea, However, the sentiment of Con gress toward domestic issues te comes constanatly more clear. The trend is strongly to the right. Never was Mr. Roosevelt's influence atsolowanebb. Andthose White‘ House advisors who used to write most or the major bills and who threw a tremendous weight, are far out of the limelight. The attitude of the White House is in itself proof of this. When the President wants something done now, he makes requests which are moderate in tone, and there have been no “must demands” for a considerable time. And his plea to his party to keep internal peace shows the way the wind is blowmg. THEY SUGGEBI‘! ‘ Bless science, we will get it yet! They inform us that the‘world is yarningio'rageniustodpoovera as of extracting honey and su gar from flowers instead of leaving ittothebees. Weareinneedofa prom to extract milk and butter fat from foods as are given to; ‘cows. They suggest we can use an‘ ‘auto that will skim over snowdrlfts and ride lightning and a. power axe for chopping down trees, are a couple of "must haves" for us mod ems. The idea of a fabricated seat for farm machines, imtead of the metal ones which are not so pleas ant on cold and wet days, isn't such a. bad idea. What next? THROW IT AWAY You have heard or the Chicago ’.dentist ' who attached dollar bills to weights and dropped them from his office window into the street. You see he was working on the principle that prosperity could be coaxed back into being it folks would throw money away. It was ,sucker bait. Now most of us can't afford to cast. ten dollar bills from office windows, and if we could there would be some kind soul in Kennewick who would ,see that we were put in the proper institution. Most folks have been reared with the saving for a. rainy day, in mind. and the idea of courting prosper ity by spending widely, hasn’t prov ed its worth to us. NO BACKGROUND? Whenever you hear someone boafi: of their pet’s pedigree and its _fancy forebearers, you sort of feel sorry for the mutt that just grew up, for no reason. But consider the English non-pedigree cow who has beaten the world’s milk yield for twenty-nine days short of a year. The amount was 38,648 pounds of ‘ milk. And no pedigree! \ This cow, 9. little red one named' “Cherry,” is between eight and nine years old. She has had five calves and the owner of Cherry hopes one iof the new 'babies will live to break a record. And then someone will pop up with a song of pedigree and Cherry will feel called upon to pro duce ancestors from the Mayflower, and spoil the whole thing. The present neutrality act should be wholly repealed or drastically amended. In its present form it is most unfair. According to the pres ent law no American ship can carry war materials to nations at war. The warring nation must send its own ships for war material. In the case of Ethiopia the result was that Ethiopia could not buy war mater ials here. She had no ships to send for them and if she had had ships Italy had her ports blocked. 0n the other hand Italy could. and did, buy war materials here to be used to conquer Ethiopia. The same was true of Spain. The Spanish loyalists could not buy supplies here for the same reason that Ethiopia could not, but Italy and Germany. who were taking sides in the war, could and did buy war ma terials here to defeat the loyalists. In the case of Japan and China, Japan bought and is buying. great quantities of war supplies here that are helm used to conquer China. In each case our- highly touted‘ neu trality law has favored, aided and I abetted the aggressor. It’s error lies in the fact that it tries to cover all situatiom with one rule. This cannot be done. The law should‘ berepealed and eachcasedealti withasitcanmupasitsparticular merits and peculiar demands re quire. There are two things we can't describe and know it: one or them isasunsetand theotheristhenew style in women's hats. “That man’s wife," a. reader ct this paper said in this office yes terday in referring to his neigh bor’s wife, “talks like Gracie Allen. except that she is never runny." - T‘ I :_\‘~"l3-L""1‘;s 953‘ ‘ BUWVQ 7 I mmmmws If 3 ’ v, E. H. Behrman \V, f Jewelér ’ .1 'I KENNEWICK ‘3 l . . I; "I‘\‘\\ 129‘ ‘ \\\‘ I; ~ . ' ‘zfiaésg K'- 1m max (maul) mom ”w «1% ‘ 3 §‘%o 9““) W \t W‘s»: 0” Q. Q C 'm [G The Kiwanis club cleared over $l2O for the benefit of the play field at the show held in the Lib erty theatre. Pasco was inviting neighboring towns to send girls to compete in the air Jubilee for the title of “Queen of the Air." The local rep resentative was to be transported 'to the Pasco air carnival by Lieu tenant Hallet in his new biplane. 3 Herman Ragain and Bill Duffy caught nine large fish between them within 45 minutes. Bill also caught a seven pound bass which was on display at Hulets. The needlework of 55 girl stu dents in the Home Economic classes of the high school were to be dis played in the Penny Company dis play window. Miss Beatrice Cogs-1 well was the instructor. I James Meeks of Hanford had gone to Wenatchee to do carpenter-ing. The farm products marketing special train was due in Kennewick onMayll.ltwasatralnofslx carloads or crop and stock exhibits from the state agricultural college at Pullman. The train was on a 23-day tour of the state. . Mrs. L. E. Johnson received a 1 broken collar bone when the car in which she was riding overturned in some loose gravel at a turn In the road near Lind. I The ferry which was in opera.- tion between Pasco and Kennewick during repair work on the bridge. broke a crankshaft and drifted down river. The ferry finally was grounded and was rescued by the bridge crew. _TW YEARS AGO—I9I9 F. F. Bate and Guy Hayden had leased a vacant tract at Yakima and Third street the erection of an open ly begin the erection of an open air dancing pavilion. They were planningtogivetwo tothreedances a week throughout the summer. Bome'of the Camp Fire girls who hiked to Richland twenty-years ago were Leota Bird. Jeanette and Win ifred Huntington, Florence Hudnall, 1 Charlote Lincoln and Helen Taylor. The trip took three and one-half hours steady hiking. Nick Alfonso had received his discharge papers and was home from Camp Lewis. The c. 0. William and I. N. ‘Muelier families motored to Yak imatoseetheflyingcircusputon by the Victory Loan campaign. Theseniorplaywastobegiven in the high school building on May 9. The title of the may was “At the End of the Rainbow.” The commute; "6: the wean-y Loan momma with E. W. Tren mm 88 ms mung an “he? cm“ an. mump tions to get the quot; TEN YEARS AGO-1929 THIRTY YEARS AGO—l.” P The first Kennewick high school iAlumni association was mild bytheclasorlmhtthehomeot mas Ethel Tompkins. Lloyd Hu ton was elected president: Ethel 'nompuns. vice-president; Mae Ber combe, secretary and J. Perry. treas urer. . 3 As Memorial Day was considered distinctly as "Old Soldier's Day” the GAR. veterans were planning a proper observance of the holiday. Miss Mae Sercombe had returned HALFA MILLION 193.9 C H EVROLETS Sold To Date! ”RSI-N $415.. slam vacuum .33."... m: n l m "'..?“ l mm mm a: amusing-v“ l ; Tho only low-priced (or combining "'ALL THAT'S BEST AT LOWEST (OW I KENNEWICK AUTO CO. Phone 100 WHAT KIND DID WhenMrs.BrowntellsMrs.Smithsboutthenewcsr,Mn. Smith is pretty sure to ask, in genuine, friendly interest, “What kind did you get?” With a new piano, 3 hot-water heater, or a package of pastry flour, it’s likely to be the some . . . For names mean something to every wise woman. . The name of any commercial product is of interest only because its maker has made it mean something . . . has made it stand for definite qualities in the public mind. And that very fact provides one of the greatest helps to better living. If you’re a reg ular reader of advertising, you know what you are getting—and you get your money’s worth. There is no element of risk in the purchase of any article advertised in the columns of this newspaper. So make the adver tising columns your guide. They will save you time, money and effort . . . and bring you hetter things. YOU GET? home“. you-at the Cheney museum. The antenna. plumbers and W 1! had finished work on thettnenddenceandlmlgmaon w'l‘heaeu'eD.Peta-aplweont.he Richland; HomumdmLlnoolnenwr edtheaeventhcmleandthelrbro- thermlphmenmnedlnthethud mdemthexennewtckachooh. Durmgmemnweek 10 ochol mwene absent tromachool. Every 40M l of ovary day, l Somebodybuys ' anew 000li '....ldflnm. “damn. «hymn-day pleased to learn am h. g, ung well in can,“ “““‘ choc. He stated um I» 4‘ tom well and W m Q well in his classes, ~ [ An announcement m “I. Robert Jahnke. pm“ «H First National Bank 0! u h and A. S. Parker of “I" ~ Planning to open 0. Wm .'. Hanford under the m «d and Jahnko with M115“.~ pmident and Mr. “M, _-_\ ~- ,4 '{’ "V ' .4/ My//’« w/M/V’W” .‘wv’U/t’ ‘ Kennewick, Wail. Th m m ’ m m m , m”: M ‘.'-E? II m CAI" m