The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 6, 1922, Page 20

BOARD STUDIES 'GERMAN PRICES | BRIDGE BUDGET LAUGHABLY LOW THE SEATTLE STAR ae nS] TONG HAS BIG 4 lines Seek, cl LEAVING FOR THE BALKA |Hip Sings Gather to Map Freshmen at the University of | Out Work of Future i begin wearing their PORTLAND, Oct. 6 instrume Protection? BY FRED L, BOALT | The finance committee of the United States sen- |) ..7'¢,{30nink of (he Ed ten ate has compiled for me a mass of data on “Import | ceremony. Tho onth will be admin: | ed Merchandise and Retail Prices.” It is, of course, | ["'°/"' {he nape of Meany hall | a surmise that the committee did this for me, but it | expinstion of Washington loyalty | sent me a copy of its report, so | have a right to | °\', W**hineten tratitions will be | 7 Commissioners Hear Pleas Hair Cut and Shave Cost 4 of Island People | Three-Quarters Cent | Action on the $1,100,000 read ana} TACOMA, Oct. ‘ Maireut and Bridge fund estimate was trkeo) shave for threequarters of a cent Wnder advisement by the count @ommisasioners Thursday at the com @lusion of a public heartng at which Half a hundred speakers urged that |clothes for $7 » the re Walling rewq } ered in the nationay | © powerful Hip Bing 325 glasses of beer for a dollar, shoes ‘ention 95 cents a pair and the best of here no a suit leading Aetegntes wiven | The items for their pa © di} ‘These are the prices at Germany | assume the work was done for my enlightenment ho Incoming students were wel-| and powerful leadlern of what iv mal @ut but thie is one of the sea aintked trees’ A Whar of As the finance committee has asked no pledge ||» #!untversity assembly at 10 a. m | a a coktiradinar aah pi the burten oye ker's plea, |Germany, Austria and Italy of secrecy from me, I hasten to tell you about im- PLANS FOR Seattle's Armistice | aes Sagar bape 2age ro Program cease tetanl> ¥ ats, headed AN aense of ts seems to | ported merchandise and retail prices. day celebration were begun Thurs! | ‘Thin much bas been teamed: That the German by C. R. Adams, urged the expendi. | have disappeared 3 " . . nee ‘ nicmains - ny when a committes wan ap} Jen and cotton mill will be a Rare of $40,000 for a bridge con-| cities," says Bch “The men and The report shows the spread between the values [1 Tyee eee Camp, Ne poh h tong money Hecting the Island with the west|Women are driking ail the time, day Tin the countries of origin and American selling |) Uniwa spanish War Veterans, to co \ @hore mainiand. and night. Girla only 13 and 14 srices—and it is some spread! operate with the Veterans of Foreign \ “There are approximately 1,500/ years old are fou prices os 8} ne . F Wars in arranging special features ys remy . Fesidonts on Mercer Island,” Adams |(rinking whisky I suspect the purpose of the finance committee is | for te celebration 4] ; ding in Hong. | oy se yet age i gar , n to almost || to convince me that we need a high protective tariff Britain again looks like world war days as soldiers leave | kong, the first time, it tm weld, that Schulte declared, “One night I went into a tavern in @ ama LIVERPOOL, Oct. 6-—Carrying 00) for the Near Hast to enforce Britain's ultimatum against the |* tone hed a headquarters er lodge bulldings | help bulld up this section Frank Terrace, good roade advo ute, deciared that the $40, Qsked was but a makeshift. “For 10 years I have been ad yooating $10,000,000 for this pur pose.” he sal “Some Will realize that this ts needed and ‘will come to it Perhaps just now however, fs not the time.” G. FE. Morgan, of Selleck, told ‘ped at the best hotel the boart that echool children in 1 for him and } Bis district have to walk the rail r Pead track to school tn violation of the law, because there & pot a sin gle road into “Men have ¢ @round Se! Morgan said, in America, to protect us from cheap European la- }) ..yon airterent kinda of business in| 2° h ‘ bor. But I oe the opposite contin, . 18 towns, John Garlick finally was| oa il ym Mendes farewell as he entrains will be For instance, if the American retailer soaks me } |” wit news - : : : dal $2 for a cuckoo clock worth 6 cents in Germany, where it was made, what would he have the nerve to charge me for a cuckoo clock made in America if cuckoo clocks were protected and monopolized? Anyway, it is an entertaining booklet, filled with photographic illustrations of things you and I buy and use every day, and which were manufactured in Germany, ‘England, France, Italy, Norway, Bel- gium, and so on. I pick up items from the report haphazard. The percentage in each case is on the cost of the article laid down in America, with packing, transportation and duty paid: in Seattle, Chicago and wn where we were atc 1 ui ; ng t arow and it was $1.70, ¢ 2,900 marks In Hamburg Schutte said he atop tn the cit | which will be granted gladly, and Was no read out, then to butld Rot be gotten to a doctor In time.| The commis The t0-mtle read io has ‘been/| read’ and @etadlished, and all that remains|mine in a Row is to get the rightof-way,!mte for 1923 j |e. eel tea sles hebasgeinsiitin ail ENRY FORD And | Both Trying to Provide debs fer Workers — Ford Was Bone a Lot for Detroit You «| COULD DO A LOT for SEATTLE Let’s All Pull Together No city was ever built by outsiders. Ford made Detroit headquarters of a great industry. Seattle ew eeren, © measure the A briar pipe worth $4.32 In Eng Who would look for profiteer land cost an American amoker | ing in cabbage seeds? Yet a four $25; percentage of retatil price to | ounce packet conte 1.95 cents tn . | hagen, Denmark, mar ket, The @ame packet com in the United Btates; landed cost an atraw hat ts swae n table knife cost 2% | ger—so swagger tha cents. American price, 30 cents 679 per cent. A «inns lamp dome made in Ceecho-Slovakia for 24.2 cents sold in America for $1.74; 280 por | cent A German factory produced an | electric finttron for 69 cents, An | American housewife paid $6.50 for | it; 747 per cent. | & palr of produces art, but > clock t# valued at brmany, American ther’s pants for Wi hoary tha’ jermany. But they set father back $2.65; 1,127 per cent Germany Auto Supplies and Tires cot gent mau” XG Arran | enty bt cane From “Western Auto’’ Means More for Your Money spsuitbds soe Gk ex gen son, ”.|' <a arulll sou auahe ah bones T “WESTERN AUTO” motorists find that high quality merchandise and low Bored bee my pi sae lasing | yg 9 rig Ct ee buck over prices do go hand in hand. They find that the “Western Auto” ntee cents each, and Americans pay | and ogosh! Cod liver ol te hard can be depended on always. In other words, motorists find “Western Kato” the $22; 1,636 per cent. Ireland weaves linen towels Value in Ireland, $14.82. Amert can retail price $4 to take. Hard enough in Norway. where Its valued at 4.25 cents Hardgr in Amerton, where we pay $ Der cont. | $1.25; 1,774 per cent No boudoir ts complete without If you needa magnifying & marcel iron, made tn Germany | Lig at a cost of 9.63 cents, and cid to | %© find the money you have left American users for $139. 1.012 | Wh#n the wife gete thru buying place to buy auto supplies and tires. Supplies For All Cars | A Tire for Every Taste and Pocketbook It ma not whether you drive a Rolls-Royce, Feveadope-qetegt faction OSes pene orcs 708 TT per cent, the products of cheap Werepean Perce, Chevrolet or Flivver, you will find just exactly || are guaranteed to get quality, service and satisfac- A jointed dott, euch an mete | Mbor, It will cont you $12. Value the type of equipment you need at “Western Auto.” || tion at a big saving. in Germany, 76 cents: cont Carved wooden clocks keep time after a fant firls love to croon over, is yalued at 37 cente in Germany. An American parent delighted a daughter with one which cost him $4.50; 209 per cent. Western Giant.Cords 12,000 Miles Like the great muescies of Genuine Champion Plugs Only 38¢ they are worth but 6 can people could build a big industry with a mighty pay- German-made amter beads are | ™Any. American price, $2; 2,379 AGAIN! we are offering this won- the Gtant of old are j “ roll if they would unite. Hundreds of thousands Pretty: value tn the country of | per cent. j derful value to the motorist. A Western Giant Tires eon- i are sent East every year for clothes. All this money heir gh ray Mipcagionn retail Tf a Belgian can buy a Belgtan- genuine Champion Spark Plug that pep oe Fieg bmfie ; ty Bhould be spent in Seattle payrolls. Let's get to- A German-mete wetking cane | the same Bible costs us oy damped retails for 75c, for the the wtnest te sincegth. gether. costs 16.48 centy to make. Retall | the Belgian an equ ridiculously low sum of 38. Get 4 & r SHOW THE WAY ms etn this country $1.60; 615 | going to heaven with w yours today! it ts l I noe e a ° * e > . ex . , FAN BELTS en en ads detheo-gead: detheb—at cach Harmonicas cost $ 1-2 cents in Germany. ; B a low price that no one will have an excuse to buy American price, 50 cents. 886 per cent. A neigh- ar Western Giant Fabri, 8900 mites. (| We’ yeady-mades. I have filled my big front windows bor of mine is fond of playing this instrument. . bake Possesritg. ~~ se gag 4} only ee mations oad crereaetans. ALL ABE MAREED Fhe government may clap a prohibitive tariff on a CUR Rr ee rene bese p Come down Friday nig! armonicas for all I care. UR . or Saturday and look them over. f & Dose the redinter howe on your ralp 9 FRIC rate Pe a : Tey SA art Benge meter coo! | try to patch it up, come tn ene LEGIONMEET 9 sssusen secre te Rp eee) Sect : THE PRICE— | |the effect of President Harding's | vrem 2 = $1.8 psa crate: - = | veto of the bonus bill will be. * . e T0 BE FACTOR: Next to getting « tine on the po-| Chime Explosion os itical temper of the Iegionnatres, re | : . tpattionh Seadhen dre casot taorawena | Whistles ben | mages byt in the ol jon of a new national we | Convention Comes on Eve of jcommander to succeed Hanford Mac | Nider. lupporters of ch daministra don within the raake af the esaven a determined atte pt to secure eleo- | vee & clear, obimt warn ’ | WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—Coming |!" of tn sation eae Fier B ii eh eae a pthée ic on cor eree —— vention et New Ofimas Oceans | ueEling Is Now 2003's Weetere Standard Gord, 10,000 Miles, $12.40 a 20, may prove an important factor in Attracting Japs c Made to Order cl ee eee pe poe NECESSITIES FOR FORDS — ; “p | realize the number jee ther ught here. | Different stziee from ° . be COMPARE THESE FABRICS IN QUALITY AND | patie one Fansteel Timers Wheel Discs * ALORS AT PRICES UPTO $500 $2.96 . $3.75 . Special Offer—SATURDAY Only GUS BROWN + yal Please note this is for Saturday only. h “give, you's ing in fuel that wilt $3.35 soon pay for tt Priee... fe SUIT and o’COAT $ oy to ag “4 on 44. This Sale Will Continue Until Materials—GUARANTE E )—Tailcring 3 wantertul bis ont of fine woolens. You know a Swipe : ee. je quarter of a century reputation we have for Snablel ue to Guote this Femacke _ good, honest tailoring. Any style you want. Entire Stock Is Get all equipment for your camp at “Western Aute.” Sbly low price.” i A A a Best, warm big 24 sions = or atl wool, too!). . 2 Sr ts epoca fh “iy wn send for measuring blank Closed Out Sleeping bags, com bined , bed and mattress; very eom- $7.50 List — Our Price $4.95 r a . = . my 4 it Imperial Tailoring Co. % WesternAutoSupply Company® * LOUIS SIDELSKY, Prop. : ] Gee LOOK FOR 801, OPPOSITE CENTRAL BUILDIN( . 6 Westlake Store Open Until 9 P. M. Saturdays ' how » Paha kip e ig mast : Downtown Store Auto Row Store It CORNER COLUMBIA St. Opp. 42 Story L. C. Smith Building SO 2041-45 Westlake 812-18 East Pike 60 fe “ALWAYS RIGHT” Tacoma Store, 717 Pacific Everett Store, 2824 Colbw STORES LE ge — am ome oy : lele~d Cee ee) op : rT t iS frnerceneerenirter nae