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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1919
Page
2
The Kent Journal discusses a Supreme Court decision that doubles municipal borrowing capacity by basing limits on full property value rather than assessed value. It cites King County and Seattle, notes risk of waste, and warns of higher long term costs from interest and overhead.
The public recognizes salmon propagation as essential to meet global food demand. Enlarge hatcheries and build new ones to supply millions of young salmon, protecting wild stocks and supporting Washington’s $17 million annual industry in Puget Sound.
A national organizer launches a movement to unionize midwestern farmers and form a six million strong association for collective bargaining with distributors and packers. The slogan is production cost plus a reasonable profit defined as ten percent.
The piece discusses farmer profits and price control, noting a North Dakota shift away from radical influence. It contrasts high profits from livestock with ongoing price struggles, citing a March issue example of a sow and litter netting $725 on $85, and warns midwest farmers against similar missteps.
Herbert Cuthbert, head of the Pacific Northwest Tourist Association, says railways in the United States and Canada will spend hundreds of thousands on a coordinated promotion this summer for the Pacific Northwest. A $125,000 two year plan funded by Oregon, Washington and British Columbia will back national advertising, with Canadian railways matching efforts to draw visitors who may become investors and residents.
The navy department and the bureau of standards approved Alcogas from United States Industrial Alcohol Company as a new motor fuel claiming 10 to 12 percent more efficiency than gasoline. Rubens says eleven fuel varieties with patented compositions work in autos and airplanes and perform well at high altitude and minus sixty degrees. Production is planned at 150 to 200 million gallons annually.
The American Federation of Labor calls labor restive and cites living costs prohibition and unemployment, but the piece notes none of these explain the local industrial unrest culminating in a general strike. It argues that radicals share the blame morethan the reported causes.
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