The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 24, 1920, Page 13

SUBSIDY | ShipNews ’ | Tides in Seattle Virst Low Fide | poco a om. 101 tt t First 1dw Tide ® Tes a om, D9 M| q First High Tide ALS Foy 3 tes 6 Rise pom. 101 tt @ || Second Low Tite, | second Low Tide } Lent pm, 13 t Doesn't Appropriate Funds Directly, But It Certinly ‘SOPHIA WRECK Does Indirectly isan, HARRY 8 RU NT : HING » Ju “A t Gh for the subsidy: Gustere” tothe | SAY 200, Passengers a. | av Which one authority on com- de. | 4 ial and financial matters the merchant marine act of| JUNEAU, Alaska, July 24,—Gen fushed thru congress in the/era) Agent Lowle, of the Canadian hours of the last session |Pacifie railway, said the steamer Wherein is the subsidy? How ts It) princess Alice had been sent for How much does it amount ang was going direct to Vanderbilt reef in Lynn canal, to take passen gers off the stranded Princess So phia, aceording to the testim of Miss Leone Graber Miss Graber, a @elephone oper tor, who took the stand yesterday afterngon, anid inquiries became #0 te absolutely nothing I) merous that Lowle told her 9 thru ‘any more calls George Oswell, uperintendent of the Ebne mine, ab testified that Lowle said the Alice was en route north to take the Sophia passen gern The Sophia ber, 1918, with Claimants — maintain ample time in which to remove the passengers to American ves “subsidy” includes! sels standing by. grants of special advantages, favors.| 7 F.. White ‘extified he hes Ge of money diverted from the pubjcaptain Miller of the King and We treasury which otherwise would) Wings say the disaster was a shame Beech there, then the bi and that he bad hard work pre TIONABLY DOFS GRa! venting his crew from boarding ‘DIEs. r the Sophia and taking the passen ane gers off to safety. Unele Sam's revenue laws provide | rie LAND AT NOME treasury a certain percentage of thelr income and excess profits. * The merchant marine act, howev. Storm Forces Her to Pro-| ceed to St. Michaels to! Congressman George W. Edmonds, ef Pennsylvania, ranking member @f the house committee on merchant , Marige, who explained the bill to the} house on presenting it for passage, | maid: “There WN except the postal subvention it could in any way be construed to be a subsidy.” @ Which is right—the commercial financial expert or the legislator? SUST WHAT 18 A SUBSIDY? Tf by “subsidy” is meant a direct Sppropriation of money from the pub Uo treasury, then Edmonds, perhaps, ‘ to put went down in Octo 280 persons aboard > there was @f, provides that individuals or cor Yons owning or operating “pl United States registry may de- the net earrings of any vesvein| ted in foreign trade from the) @Mount of income or profits subject tO federal taxes, provided such earn- are set aside into a be ing 2: or are used in the construction| Prevented from making » landin new veesels in American ship-|4t Nome by a heav} southwest storm Prevailing off the sheach there, the " Further, any person or corporation | Alaska Steamship company's vessel vessels, who may sell any | Victoria was forced to proceed to St at a profit within the next ten | Michaels direct, according to word re will be relieved of federal|celved by the company Friday ‘on stich profits if thepare rein-| expected that the storm will have in new shipping built in Amer-| subsided by the time the Victoria has shipyards. | dise harged her passengers and freigh +h money, of course, ts removed | for St. Michaels, and she will stop at the poblic treasury as actually! Nome on the way back. tho collected and feapportionad in eee ba fl Ask Receiver for ne PUBLIC PAYS Another provision which alds ship On Juty 28 officials of the Seattle | at the expense of the general) North Pacific Shipbullding company © is section 2%, permitting the will appear in court and show cause : of discriminatory railroad | why they should not consent to the in favor of shipments on Amer-| a veasela for the firm. Such differential rates assist the} The plaintiffs allere tn the writ pees at the expense of the! fied late Friday that the defendant Railroads. And reduced company is reducing capital stock in to the railroads means only | order to avoid the payment of $22,980 and more freight rate advances | damages secured in superior court re- ch the general’ public must meet.| cently. The case is on appeal before ‘A construction loan fund, amount-| the supreme court. y fn five years to $125,000,000, is P be eetablishea by the vrata | A locomotive ts said to be part of he from the proceeds of veasel|th® cargo loaded by the freighter Sales, from which shipping interests | Skagway at Cordova Friday construction in| Freighter Valdes was reported BE yards. Loans from this/day to be discharging government are authorized up to two-thirds | supplies at Teller. ia te cont Of the boats so financed.| .amer Cordova leaves Saturday \YMENT TERMS for Seward, including among her pas- FOR INTERESTS sengers a number of laborers for the “The terms and conditions under alaska engineering commission. which versels built and owned by The Seattle Star the government may be purchased Dy private interests in themselves May be so advantageous as to amount virtually to a subsidy | 2 Of course other nations under RIE rite and subsidize their own vessela “Af England, for instance, gives spe | ial protection and advantages to her which would enable it to J” -P RALL—ESTA “inst. All. canes, Consultation; advice, ine the ocean freights of the Sestnent, “world, how far is the United States Justified in attempting to equalize fonditions even at public expense? TOR JONES EVERY CLAUSE [y° Senator Jones of Washington, in of the senate commerce! mittee and chief sponsor for the| mt marine act, has no apolo- to make for any of its provisions. ae ave. An- All JORIN—PAT-— ean and for- ‘The conditions against which an|~ / American merchant marine must| c | gompete, he declares, justify every| ~~ Certified Public Accountants provision in the act. x BON & CO~ Leary Bilder. “It is necessary,” he declares, “fi Proper growth of our foreign anf! Gomestic commerce, that the United) tes have a merchant marine suf-| t to carry the greater portion Of its commerce. And it is the policy of the United States to dogwhatever | Chiropractor NER, Chiropractor, 210-12 ght Bidg,, 2nd and Pine. tation free. Hour nings by appointr Campbell, O.N. Pantages I Collateral Loans be necessary to develop and en S¥ LOANED. ON ALL _ARTT- @ the maintenance of such a| cles of value. THE RELIABLE, nent marine.” 907 Third ave. ova — Dancing Taught | Private leasona. Stevens, 4th & Pike. Insurance “GRETIAN € CO, 609 Lumber Bach, dunk ALASKA Jt CO, 1120 Firat ave. 1 Eliott Money to Loan SKAGIT WORK [sxs2a5"* onl aed gerne er pei On atamonis and yeweiry, on mont consideration an ordinance appro- satisfactory terms | soc: : $300,000 to finance work | 80CHPTY Hart ep DTAL, LOANS . 235-6 Empire Bullding me progres. a¢ the Skagit Second, near Madison Pydroelectric project was redched) MONEY TO LOAN by the council finance committee | We Joan any, amount on diamonds, Friday afternoon Beattl loan brokers C. F. Ubden, engineer in charze, AN SURE OG, 50 ‘was instructed to present a report — covering the work done to date, the) program contemplated for the fu- ture and estimates of probable! + ten er-Patterson Co, | ainting and Kalsomining 416K KALSOMINING, PAINT- Counciiman R. H. Thomson de Pie a 4 Rep ir Co. 1603 12th ave. clared himself opposed to future) ——— = — riations for the Skagit) — Boon approp : JOUN STROM, 1624 MELROF project until council members are | more fully informed of the exact status of the work. Oregon Barbers C Get New Wage Award _ PORTLAND, July 24.—The state of conciliation has awarded wneymen barbers $28 a week, with additional 60 per cent of all mon ey over $40 taken in, ‘The award settles a wage dispute the journeymen and master | 645 X between Barbers of Portand Co. Main 3297, Corect piano tunnin 4 Plumbing om Your OWN Come to 3. plumbing ad peating puppiice Elliott 6069. 316 Second Ave. 8 Rug Weaving Rug Mills, 811 Union. Sanitariums ROANOKE—REABONABLE PATHS, Aged and tnvalida, Capitol 2476, 44 Roanoke at Window Cleaning Kr aBELLA mo 3556. HISTORY TOLD It in| Shipyard Here) appointment of a temporary receiver | © WINDOW CLEANING |"0¥ trial, NEW YORK, July 24 Poliah tr pe bad been gran GRAIN PRICES th of extreme On the whole, the ten- downward. with large holders on the wide ogn and oats moved in sympathy with wh and provisions trailed * December wheat opened at de and closed 2 a July corn. changed at $1.5 September corn was ing at $1,531, but brief session Sc down at 8 § we opened % lost % le. 7! Rio, 12 we per Ib; No. 4 Santos, 18% @2te) | per tb | ar—Raw, 16.666 per tb; granulated, | 21.@ 2246 per jb. | the net ti 2.280; Canadian dollars Council Considers Abandon- ing Oil as Fuel Fi... for substituting co. oll as fuel at the Lake t nw plant_of the city lNeht department | were Monsidered by the tt |nance committees Friday. noon Use of coal as fuel, it w would effect a saving of cent in the operation of the and would obviate the dar a light famine such as threatened three weeks ago. Moore, oraaident |the eity N. Dd oft vice Coast estimated the cor powdered coal ins |000, About mix | for the ving of wold be effect |uut. the Lake Unic ared.at the ec FAILTO SOLVE | SUGAR PUZZLE Investigators Origin Was in China ation months work, he 200,000 annu: by using n plant, it mmittee meet required stated. A Federal investigation of the history and movements of the 14 carloads of sugar di ed in the Argo yards, billed from China to Chicago, h fail ed to e anything irregular, ac \cording to United States District At torney Saunders Breaking the seals on one of the |cars, agents of the department of | Justice found that the sacks were 1 | |beled as tho made in China, and as| |the sugar felt like the Chinese prod ot, which ia said to be coarver that of American manufactur |sumed that this shipment originated in the Orient. Official ed, how: | ever, that it would be practically im possible to determine conclusively whether the sugar was manufactur Ps road or whether it w Ameri lean product that had been exported and stored in order to keep up the |market, without sending investigat ora to the Orient The sugar was discovered when a writ of garnishment, obtained by the Hale Co. against the Internation: Trading Co. of America, wés od |to detain the sugar until legal diffi culties between the Ltigants were concluded On July 7 the Hale Co. was award ed $5,200 damdmes from the Interna tional Trading Co., alleged to have n sustained when the defendants | failed to deliver 300 tons of Chinese shelled peanuts untl! several months after the time agreed upon, and on a| falling market The sugar was gar | nisheed to secure payment of this | ‘award Saturday morning the Internation: | al Trading Co. filed a petition for| on the usual technical grounds, Prices were. irregular at the openin MAY USE COAL jell LIGHT PLANT: “Presume” | : | tei J cate Wednesday Col. Wittam: United 8! B. ates forester, w thm afi ot W D ¢ turers the (LUMBERMEN TO Greeley, New York's Trading Rallies on Report of Polish Armistice Now York Stock exchange today, United Staton Steel, 90%, off 4; Products, 66%, unchanged; Republic Iron & Steel, 89%, unchanged; Daid- win, 114%, off 4; Texas Company, 45%, off 4: Reading, 89%, unchanged Houston Oil, 104%, ; General Motors, 23%, off %; Southern Paeific, 92%, unchanged n Petroleum, 185%, off %; Southern Ratlway, 28%, unchanged; Vanadium, 834, up %; Studebaker, 68%, off ‘The entire Het rallied on reports of an armistice between the Russians and Poland. dwin gained 1% to 116%; Mexican Petroleum rallied from 188% to 191%, and Steel common made an carly high of 91%, up % from TREND LOWER HEAR GREELE Mixed Trading ‘Reported al U. S. Chief Forester Speaks) | Chicago chtet ashing: addrexa a meeting of lumt permen the opening. The first large shipment of ruta- The armistice reports also had an immediate effect on the forelgn @X|iavay from east of the mountains change markets. Sterling jumped 2ie came tn late Friday, and was sell The market closed firm, Pan-American made a new high for the 4ay ling at $4 a wack Saturday morn at nearly 2 points above Friday's low, Short ¢ Ing continued (1 ling Tne sacks average 95 pounds | Stromberg, with sales above 86. Invincible Ol was up 1% at 44%. ee Closing prices were: Steel, 91%, off K; Crucible, 161%, up 4; Baldwin! panch een made a 2cent Jump 115%, unchanged; Mexican Petroleum, 18 up 4%} Pan-American, 101%.!and are firm at the 64cent level| up Mi Stud r, 69%, up %; United States Rubber, 91%, UD | gaturda >ulle | Corn Préducta, 93%. up %: ¥ eading, 59%, off \; Stromberg, 86%, up 1%i| 44 any: Eee Wee, o Cuba Cane Sugar, 46%, off % eee oe @ NEW YORK, July 24.—The New York Evening Sun financial revi Lo al Ma: k ts today says C: rke f “White there was not a general resumption of the selling movement Prices Vaid Whelesste Dealers which was under way at the close yesterday, the market continued ner-| ee ee Asparagus— Washington . vous and tled. Erough new pointe of weaknosa developed to show | meste nem Red lthat the mark was in & sensitive position as a result of yesterday's | © shock, yet representative industrials and rails did not sell off much fur- er, despite severe declines in special issues, such as Maxwell Motors, | Celery which ylelded more than 5 points to below & new low figure for the |¢ year, Other motor on wore react y, but not iaily weak. |™ If anything, the news from Europe waa susceptible to more favorable | dertia jinterpretation, cables reporting that the armlatice ented by the Tacoma | m Tacoma, next Wednesday after. Greeley, who meceeted Col. S. Graves as chief forester urn had succeeded Gifford Pincho! ed from office by Pree ident Taft, will discuss practical for policies with lumbermen. neportation problems and mar. ket extension will also be taken up at the meeting and lumbermen from the Fast and guests at the meeting. will speak. The meeting will be held under the auspices of the West Coast Lumbermen's asso: | elation, ‘SI New York Coffee and otations X PER CENT ON WARRANTS ol Board Adv Interest To prevent the discounting paper by the banks, warran by bear Interest in the of 6 per cent, Innt to the dec of the sche angement City Scho i board Friday. n will protect the district! * wore made at th iterations and at the Stevens Hill, Whittier, Whitworth, Ad: F. Day, Mercer, Olympic, Ye Youngstown schools install industrial train there rooms are already No action was-taken toward mentalizing Seattle acho sult of the meeting Friday, or provementa ng shor Seattle wchool district No, uture at the rate 4 of &, according jon made at the meeting | with the clearing rks, Warrants with the new 1 be paid thelr face value. min artes of thetr tawrued | 1 will By ar houke stamp Thin t paper new revenues are available, © meet | or im. West ama, ork a ps only avaliable, depart: as a re " Public Markets ts | cs "BS KCONOMY urar, # The, $1 stan 3, 10-My pail M & B. ¢ Ne, $1.90 $1.25, $2.45 K C ba SANITARY 2 pes. ut prunes. Dei Malle 21-92, mmoked Tlaska red aatmon, 200 W.; fresh allver ealmon, by the piece, ‘ Stall Mile’, M. J. BR. or INorthweet Gatordes Attend Convention The first annual convention of the ttle Caterers’ asosclation eld at the Frye hotel, July Restaurant men from the thwest will be in attendanc will be 28 and » entire tainment features for the pi have b anged, Al B, Corder, secretary of the National Restaurant association, will speak at Blanc's at 8 o'clock Thursday, | | | | It was voted to | Brollers | | Watermelons |food alone the average increase was THE RRArtus STAR “WATERMELON ARE PLENTIFUL First Climax Plums Reach Seattle ‘The first Climax pluma from Kastern Washington made their appearan on Western ave. Sat urday morning, The new arrivals came from Wenatchee, and were quoted at $2.75 to $8 a crate Watermelons were plentiful at 8% and 4 cents a pound, while canta loupes were scarce at $4 for stand- anda. Rhaber | Mate borane Sauna Cre String Tea Per tm orte .£0@2.78 2 0 | on, per half-box Apricots Standards yee me rrer Cherries . Curreate-Per ernte- | Pi CR Phompaon seedlene Preit—Flort¢e Vige—Oreen, per box joney—Comh, per erate 2s0@2.00) 2.75@2.00 orate. per crate Strawherrice Per ® lee Cream Melone—rer TD. NUTS ary at) ral Filverte—Der tb Waindte—Manchurian Pram gana Bevetenn, bed DAIRY PRODUCTS Prices Paid to Shippers Nattert, ° ° Pque Strictly fresh 4 Miik——Per owt... . aoe) DAIRY rRopucts Paid Wholesale Dealers Pullets Or, triplets Wisconsin er Limburger ... Young America Bicck wise Wash. triplets . rou LTRY | Prices Paid by Wholesale Dealers to Shippers ao ie a7 1% fe Roosters neu Geese—Live . 28 Heigian Haree—Live, ner te... at POULTRY Prices Paid Wholesalers Tireasei : ene-Dressed aaa rheye——-Drensed © MEAT Prices Paid to Shippers Noge—Faney . 209 21 Veal--Fancy 09 Medium . Quotaiions at Stockyards epring lambs Yearlings « 00@ 0.00 Wholesale Price Per Tom, Clty Price Dariey—Whole 12.00 Rolled 2:14.00 Clipped ++ 679.00 Onte—Rotled + 80.00 | Whole ‘ 1.78.00 Corn— Whole Cracked Chop Groind Bove ilo Maize . Mill Run Alfalfa English Retail Price | Up 150 Per Cent) "DON, Eng., July 24.—The av. leval of retail prices, including LO: orage food, clothing, fuel, ght and rents, | on June 1 was about 150 per cent above the level of July, 1914, the ministry of labor announced, For 593,249.00 84,270.00 Clearings Balances . Clearings 1,790,566.00 | Balances . 630,740.00 4,601,318.00 i 818,806.00 as eaaanen \ $ |C. 0F C, WANTS | tion, representing grain growers and GAINES TRIES TO i keeus* TUNNEL INQUIRY Suggests City Hire Engi- neers to Investigate Plan the elty hire one or more re of recornized wtanding not connected with the municipal service, to make an investigation of the Cedar river tunnel plan, was the recommendation Saturday of the Beattie Chamber of Commerce. The trustees of the chamber also suggested that the entire Cedar riv er problem be probed by the eng! neers. The proposed 8,600foot tunnel tapping Gedar lake for additional power for the city light and power plant has been vigorously cham pioned “by J. D, Rov mu rintendent of lighting, City Engineer Dimock rendered an opinion Yhursday in favor of the feasibility of the plan, but the tunnel project was sum marily filed by the utilities depart ment. FARMERS MEET TO CUT COSTS Will Attempt to Eliminate Middlemen CHICAGO, July 24.—Delegates to the national board of farm organiza- meat producers of all states, today were to consider steps to eliminate ee Ske eee te No Matter What ' -Your Income if you spend it all as you go along, are you not really working ‘in a treadmill and getting nowhere? Put some of your earn- ings into a savings account kere. Let your money work for you and you won’t have to work so hard for it. Hist Nafional Bank CY TABLISHED 1662, ya first Ave. at James St the “middleman” and attempt to lower food conta to the public | A committee appointed to deter. mine methods of cooperative market ing was | make recommendations at today, ‘The commit teo'n report will deal with a plan sim far to that used by California fruit growers. The grain and meat producers later | were to hold separate meetings to consider their individual problema. the nession CUT INTEREST in Warrants County Treasurer Wm, A. Gaines states that in 1920 he has called out-| standing warrants tn the amount of | 788.78, a8 against $6,767,176.66) in 1919, $1,958,612.12 more being called so far this year than ina cor-| Tesponding period of last’ year. Of| this amount school district No. 1 is: sued $4,360,118.91, on which interest was paid amounting to $25,402.96. | Behool district No. 1 issued for the) building fund tn addition $473,569.17. | The total of warrants called for all) schools in the county is $4,402 |Current expense warrants in amount of $1,884,913.94 were called and paid. As money ts high and it has be: comes impossible to cash 6 per cent warrants, the treasurer has been | notified that on August 1 all schoo! | warrants issued will bear interest at! the rate of 6 per cent. Gaines states that he will use every means posnible |g to keep the county current expense fund which is under his control on a cash basis this year and thereby have interest to the county. | no one | The man who trusts | doesn't know what disappoint ment ta. other troubles when you haye the toothache. ~~ AMUSEMENTS Na 2. ORPHEUM S$ THEATRE “Ole? inf) Nights (Sunday), 400; Mats. Daily, 27¢ Ladies’ Mats. (except Sunday), 13¢ Seventh Ave. Near Pike Evangelist BE. A. Buchenau of San Diego, Calif. Sunday, § P.M, THE CHURCH OF GoD What is it? Who's in it? What becomes of it? Every Christian should hear this address. Prophetic Bible Class, 3:30 P. Non-Sectarian Meetings Every Night. M DAILY DAYUGHT EXCURSIONS TO SAN JUAN rnd ISLANOS .~Gaiaasc ®. & Dux leaves Colman dock 7 & m. daily (excopt Monday). Sun- days § a. m,, calling at all San Jui island pointe and arriving Belling ham 3:45 p. m. Calls at Richardson, Friday ¥ day. West Tuesday, Thursday Kast Sound, Olga, Wed y, Sunday. 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