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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1921
Page
11
A public letter denounces the Fordney tariff measure as opaque and harmful, warning lawmakers that special interests profit while the people remain uninformed. It warns that the nation’s anger at profiteers may swing voters against those who grant political favors.
A writer urges a nationwide campaign to use only clean money, proposing merchants sign a “WE PAY ONLY CLEAN MONEY” banner and institutions return soiled notes to Washington for replacement. The plan targets Washington and Beattie as examples of dirty money and argues clean currency would improve morals and commerce.
The record cites Rep Frear accusing a government private sale to the Chemical Foundation of more than 10 million dollars worth of German dye patents for just 250 thousand dollars. He argues this deal is a stark fraud on the public.
A fragment concerns sugar planters provoking US tensions over labor and immigration, aiming to import 50,000 Chinese Japanese and Hindus while opposing federal policy and wartime price shifts. It touches public opinion as the constraint against such schemes and mentions a Senate navy policy post mortem.
A 2,500-room hotel soon to eclipse a 2,200-room tower on 7th avenue and 55th street is planned as the world’s largest. It spans 36 stories, cost $15,000,000, and is owned by 26,000 stockholders. no rates are disclosed.
A reader claims to own the oldest book in the United States, a 1588 London printing of Martin Luther’s Comments on Galatians. The item, housed at 4211 Woodlawn Ave, predates other cited volumes in the letters.
State Senator writes to a 13 year old girl in The Star defending banking safety and government responsibility. He cites a previous bill to guarantee bank deposits and argues citizens should trust the bank examiner, governor, and legislature while urging confidence in law and institutions.
The letter thanks The Star for a recent editorial defending loyalty to state banks and the Guaranty fund program. It praises the editorial’s insight and calls for continued support of banking reforms.
A letter from Adam Tomtnn of 2615 E Olivest questions the six weeks vacation for superior court judges and staff with full pay, urging a reduction in the number of judges.
Sen Reed of Missouri argues that Europe must end fighting, start paying, and the United States should grant reasonable extensions of time to debtor nations while maintaining aid considerations.
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