The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 26, 1919, Page 7

cuaeeneeal ene 11 COMMITTEES TO a I Name Na RnR MAY PROHIBIT _ GREET FLEET HERE PACKERS’ CARS ortalne sailor men will include cunces, A rod boxing arming stunts. various com t} Hatton Nee y MeGraw . 1%, oF Auto tours 1 twill} A, G. senha Hugh Ra w ter the | A Ww ' Davis woo aries FY ' ' Andrew J. Ba’ Maj, Alvin Mank’ Speculators _ Not High Costs--Cause Big Rents | Here is a typical rent story A certain Queen Anne hill apart ment is an old threestory frame building. It has no fire escape; to reach a) car Une you climb three flights of | steps; the garbage fabilities are in | people bought the house and |to be $40, but later it was raised t r | Were held at $30; in August the same | 50; in Sep |, apartment rented for $ tember the rent was first sup $45 In this short time four different h adequate; tenants have to mstall/ new owner stuck on a new price tag their own phone; they also pay for}without at all giving more value. gas and electricity. The rate for a two-room and kit Indeed, the apartment house game in Seattle just now is really a get chenette suite has been $30, which,|richquick gamble, and the unfor considering the sort of apartments, |tunates who must have a roof over | the inconveniences at hand and the | their heads are as much the victims | owned by the few accommodations supplied, was|of the gambling mania as any Wall|mour & Co certainly high enough. But now the tenants are ordered | to pay $40 a month or move. The) rent is abruptly elevated a third, making it really $50 a month when} than that a lot of people want a © |st. sucker list Tt is not because the expenses of the landiords have so greatly in creased; it is for no other reason you consider the tenant has to pay | place to live; there are more people for electricity, gas and phone. Hotel rates, high as they are to-| got in the game and is making the | |homes of the people his plaything. inig car fare and other items. And} day, are cheaper than this, consider in the hotels will be found most of | the tenants of this house within 30 days. eee Here's another incident: Until recently a suite of three housekeeping rooms in a certain Bastiake place could be rented for $24 a month. owner plans to divide the suites and charge $25 for a single room. Retter than a 300 per cent boost | at one kick. And still some apologists for the) rent hog say criticiam is unfair; if) than places, and the speculator has The Star expects to keep telling the truth about this miserable rent hog clique until at least the public knows the truth and the gouge be comes so unpopular that landlords | | will not dare keep adding to the al ready onerous burdens of their ten- ants. Send in your rent hog experience, | |or your suggestion for a remedy The place was sold and the new | and keep the public TWO SPEAK y pot aboil William Short, president of the ¢ Staté Federation of Labor, was | scheduled to address the Seattle Treaty Ratification league Tuesday @ paper, anxious to serve the peo- | evening in the Labor Temple annex, ple, would not criticize this sort of robbery, what might it ever criticize? Here is another little story of how | of the University of Washington was | mileage of packer cars was possible they boost rents. In July apartments in this house os ett lieatenin formerly the Preas club, Fifth ave and University st. Prof. A. R. Priest | to speak on “Why the World Needs | the League of Nations.” cooker. cooking, also. Two-quart size, $1.15, quart size, $1.65. Combination Aluminum | Set, $2.50 serve to convert the kettle into a steam or cereal The cereal cooker may be used for baking and Attractively priced at $2.50. | Covered Aluminum Saucepan, $1.65 As pictured, Saucepan in con- venient sizes for cooking cer- eals, vegetables and potatoes. four- num, with securely riveted handles and ebonized wood knob on cover, two-quart size, $2.25. FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET HERE is practically no limit to the usefulness of this Cooking Set. It consists L of six-quart con- fi vex kettle and two two-quart pans which Rice Boiler of pure alumi- THE PASEMENT STORE i}! RECOVER HIS OFFICE) $2.25 | Ban on Private Ownership of Carriers Suggested WASHIN( mendatic 1 were made in ral trad commit 1 instar f NK Aas BX Months (wn Many Cars of the ‘big five’ in 1917 number in use In som uses, the comminison arges, railroads pay packers big f part Favor leane of k yards to the packers by the ade also tend to make favorit: | nat allowances for performan of the transportation servi able arrangements for on the alison com f the rail which are idiary of one sion also traced al-| between the packing | which | cars in which | shipped | smpany is the Fruit Grow-/ xpress, which owns, the com-| n says, 5.640 ventilator refrig erator cara and enjoys a monopolis- tle contr roads. cxpress ts] kholders of Ar rding to the com nd the priva lease the refriger fresh vegetables a On | ers misst t with seven The Fruit Growers’ t mission Injures Consumer “The exclusive contract,” says the awion, “has in some cases op- | to the detriment of both pro-| consumer. | rult Growers’ Express has | led to maintain ite refrigerator car | equipment in satisfactory condition, | with the result that shippers have frequently suffered unnecessary im- | pairment of their products.” Immediately following publication | of the comm n's report, Thomas } E. Wilson, « on & Co, and pres ident of t Inatitute of American ™ > *, declared the commis: | n'a inves by men inex tion questi n was conducted enced in transport: | the report ts | to that hand restate commerce y. which stated present system of rules and reg }ulationa with regard to private cars |should not be changed | “There are admittedly too few re- frigerator cars. he said. “Greater because a load was waiting for every io 365 days a year MEAT MAN WILL “TRUST PUBLIC” |Would Submit Car Report to “Justice of Americans” CHICAGO, Aug. 26. — (United Press.)—Attacking the federal trade |commission’s report on private car lines as being “diametrically opposed | to that of the inter-state commerce | jcommission,” Thomas E, Wilson, | president of Wilson & Co, and also head of the Institute of American Meat Packers, today issued the fol lowing statement | “The packers are willing to sub |mit the justice of the federal trade |commission’s report to the common |sxense of the American public. There are admittedly too few refrigerator care. “The greater mileage of packer cars was possible because a load |waw waiting for every car 365 days in the year “Spread the use of the packer pers over owned cars among the ship the entire ¢ ry and the mileage will red with a consequent increase in th of. meat foods necessary reduction in live ant mal prices.” Wilson said the trade commis sion’s report was made after investi gation by inexperienced men, while that of the interstate commerce jcommission was handled by expert Jenced investigators, who spent six Nepal Says Whole | Country to Protest|~ | CHICAGO, IIL, Aug. 26.—(United Press,)—The whole country will pro: test against the passage of the Ken yon bill for regulation of the pack ing industry, when “the people un |derstand what the bill really hold sald J. Ogden. Armour, president of | Armour & Co., packers, here toda {commenting on reports that numer: | ‘ous f eats have been wired to con or | | gresem in maition to th bill, Armour de any employe of his }company * in wiring in protests against the bill and signing |other people's names |LA GRAVE FIGHTS TO ©. A. La Grave, former accountant city comptroller’s office, has in the superior court to | council to appoint him ppropriations and pay 1 0 per month back fp June 23, 1919. | La Grave « a he was let out jot office unjustly, ahd tx the only man eligible for the auditor's posi | tion » of his place on the leivil service list | Let's go eat at Boldt's—uptown, | | 1414 3d Ave; downtown, 914 2d Ave. 12a fi SEATTLE STAR—TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1919. 1, i -_ Bay Rum Bottles Found in|’”wernouns Soldier’s Room soft drink Pat | ing employes are still firm in their by Phil) gecision not to compromise. ped dead before me ‘ sould ciseo, and also in other large cities ’s reach him, shortly before noon Tue* | ER.eAG LABOR MEN Sheet: sha Ganiites Ig licl War department experts are now removed to the where it was dec ing of bay rum. | und in the dead man’s room. | cisco Labor council y from| § jt. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offen-| tion condemning certain wives and in Belgium s said to| cisco newspapers, a ¢ relatives in Iowa f hink of The Star. St eeemnnty, joining the union A Long Record of Service in Home-Making HE story of FREDERICK & NELSON Homefurnishing Service is closely interwoven with the history of Seattle's progress. As the number of Seattle’s homes and institutions has mounted steadily, with the rise of the city to its present dominating position, so has FREDERICK & NELSON'S service to the home-makers of the city kept steadily abreast of the in- creasing demands made upon it. Today FREDERICK & NELSON offer a Homefurnishings Service that is polished and well-rounded by experience; useful by virtue of the immense stocks that are on hand to make it effective; acceptable because of its adaptability to every homefurnishing problem, whether compara- tively simple or impressive in its complexity. To review the Furniture Displays currently presented by the FREDERICK & NELSON STORE is to become conversant with the ideas sanctioned by the best taste of the day for incorporation into American homes. A notably interesting ex- position of Good Furniture—correctly designed and honestly built in the best fac- tories of America, and moderately priced. Note: An attractive crample of prevailing styles in Davenport Tables from our current display is shown in the illustration. (FOURTH FLOOR) FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET 3 Ra 6, WAR VET DROPS *ws,"t2rr..0/. $. WILL OPEN RETAIL STOR ON, Aug. 26—Retall, ‘The new plan for disposition of re DEAD IN STORE RENO, Nev., Aug. 26.—Striking| WASHIN miners from the Tonopah, Divide/and mail ord stores will be open-| army surplus is even broader than lCity and Ely mining districts areleq september 26 by the war de- | P “FAIR PRICE” Is s the gold and copper fields tment to sell direct. to. the oon. |*>e Dan by which surplus food wea sold thru the parcel post Under both over the counter and umer, ing this city ar jthem to consumers, Under the new plan the postmasters will be elimi- ncoats, blan- soap and aA underwear, gloves, tob: articles will be The m owners and their strik: | i mail or buy from the army direct, 2401! Many of the striking miners are|- tores will be opened at zone 4rop-| headed for the Arizona mines supply cities, including San Fran- ASK FOR and GET BACK NEWS WRITERS] preparin'catalgnics ot ods to be ared death : 3AN NCISCO, Aug, 26,—The put on sale, se will be made Mait k ive do (acne Repth t f the ¢ bile available at every postoffice and lalted ed Mil Allg last \postal sub-station in the country with the |dorsed the formation of a The postoffice department has n products, ction in the |ers’ unton here, It adopte {requested to establish parcel post ~|° Sugar—In sub-stations in each of the stores ery" stores, |#o that mall orders may be handled FOR SALE KINDLING WOOD Bundles and Loose BENNETT BOX FACTORY 2500 Ninth Ave, S discharged employes promptly, | joined the union Goods will be distributed evenly ‘These newspapers ‘today denied|thrudut the country. All goods will the statements of former employes| be sold at fixed prices, Mail order that they had been discharged for| foods will be sold at regular prices, plus cost of delivery, cause they > sins to the coast leav-|hy mail, commodities held as army|this plan orders were handed to ¢ crowded with miners | surplus, it was anounced today, | Postmasters, who sent them to tors, The mines have!” yjuge quantities of soldiers’ |#0ne supply offices and distributed gold at the |Mated and consumers will order by Figures of Committee Sh No Great Reduction — Market fans, who keep tab prices of table commodities, were UR able Tuesday to detect any difference between “fu nounced by the “ tee” and current pric “no-credit and nod stores, 11 cents per pound, Local patent flour—49-pound sac 24%-pound, $1,50@8) bulk, 6%@7 cents per pound. is A special meeting of the tee will be held Friday morn its offices, 117 White bullaing. $2.90@$3,10;