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SDAY, MEMBER AMERICAN HOME JANUARY 17, 1928. BUREAL UNBAUM BROS FURNITURE CO. INC. SIXTH AVE Sciecen PIKE ond PINE Three Days There are but three days nary savings at this more to avail yourself of the extraordi- January Clearance Sale Regular $16.50 Golden Oak Library Table Special $11.95 Golden Oak Table in the wax THE SEATTLE STAR Wall Street Policies Dominate U.S. Industry ‘Started Crusade for Caused Progre BY N. D. COCHRAN WASHINGTON, Jan, 17 kolng further Into this proposed diagnosis of “What's the Matter With Uncle Sam," a frank statement of why it In written may help to serve the purpose for which it is written. Primarily, it is written in the hope that It will make big bust ness think. It ts being written by @ man who hag been in the news buninens nearly 40 years, mu the time as an employer—by who has been successful, and [has no prejudice against capital or agninat big business because It Is bis Aside from these observationg the personality of the writer needs no further consideration. The facts alone are significant “Wall Street” has been biamed #0 much and abused #0 much, for #0 many years, that tt no longer has [much significance except as a term ‘of reproach. Hut ft is a fact that} the leadership of New York bankers | lia effective thruout the entire coun ltry, not only thruout thelr connes |tion with other banks all the way [down the line thru the amaller eltios ‘ABATEMENT IS | NOW PLANNED Abatement proceedings will be in |ntituted by Deputy Prosecutor Ar |thur @chrdmm against a number of Before \hounes beitig used for immoral pur: | “American Plan” and assive Reaction but also thru the big Insurance com panies which are reservoirs of the people's savings; and also thru thelr influence in industry becauns of thetr control of credit, their dominance in the control of the big industries, the manufacturer's cham bera of com WALL STRE OPEN SHOP PLAN This ponition of financial and in dominance has enabled “Wall Street” to influence industrial and financial policy, and hence, to a large degres, political policy of the | nation. It was the organized, nation wide fight for the po-called “Ameri can plan” of open-shop tn industry started in Wall st, banking circles, |that led to the new progressive movement in polities and the sur prising overturn at the November | election Whatever the facts may be, tt came to be believed that the rapid and disastrous defiation policy of | the federal reserve aystem after the | war, wan a pr nary step toward associations, dustrial an industrial depression which would make it easy to crush trades union fem and en shop" in ir nh the #o-called “open untry | | | |to fight the unions when there are| more men than jobs than when the] ioe outnumber the men wanting them | organized employers and organized lemployes—or capital and you please—we have passed thru periods where capital first was on It in alwayn easier | In the persistent war between | inbor, If] THE RHODES January Clearance of Photograph Albums Kodak Departmeni—Main Wloor, Kear 24 Kodak loose Albums, containing 50 36 Ideal Phot leaves and with black cover ette “Photographs” embossed in gilt. For- leave: merly 98c. For clearance, each, 69¢. have the on covers in gre 24 Kodak Albums, with an assort $2.2 Special, ment of novelty imitation leather cov 40 ers in green and brown. They have with 50 loose | silk-lined backs, are 7x11 inches, and lined backs. have 50 loose leave: vecial, monkey and 98¢. Formerly $2 50 Real Leather-covered Albums in green, colored tops. These have 50 loose leaves and Special, each, $2.15. each, brown, tan an silk-lined covers and tied with a silk cord. Inscr sen and gray. each, $1.8° Genuine Black backs. o Albums with leather- containing 560 loose They also “Photographs,” Formerly iption, Leather Albums eaves and having silk- The covers are of whale. Moroceo-grained leathers. Special, each, $1.98. uede and red- Formerly $3.00. Boys’ Blue Wool Serge Middy Suits Special at $4.45 Main Moor (Rear) Middy Suits, made with yoke-front serge material. Sizes are 3 to 8. Special Sailor Tams to match the suits at $ $4.45 > each. and back, of an excellent quality of wool top and then labor. During the war poses, “he announced Wednesday.| labor was on top; after the armis | Evidence that the places are being tice, capital got on top. used for illegni purposes was od-| All the time there was @ problem | that can be solved—the relation be | tained by investigators for Rev.|twaen employer and employe, be-| finish, equipped with large drawer and undershelf; size of top, 28x48 inches. Spe- cial at .. -$11.95 There is a limited quan- tity of these items. This sale will end on Saturday. Clearance Bale Price Maple Towel Racks....9¢ Maple Roller Towel Rac Kitchen Comfort Toasters ...-—~.19¢ Corn Poppers .-.-..-39¢ 11-inch Wooden Chopping Bowls 29¢ 8-inch Platters with gees Vegetable ep 1 ae Milk and 1-pint Royal Gran Rice Boilers. . 1-,1 and meh Royal "Gratite Coffee Pots 59¢ 3 and 4-quart Granite Preserve Kettles. ...49¢ 7-quart Royal Granite Tea Kettles .....$1.19 Giant Alarm Clocks . -$1.19 4-piece Aluminum Combi- nation Kettles....$1.89 Enameled Washboard 69¢ Size 8 Copper-bottom Wash Boiler ....$2.99 Daisy Spring Rocker is solid oak, golden and fumed finish; has removable auto spring cushion seat, covered in brown Spanish leather; has high back and is very comfortable. Special Rome Nickel Tea Kettle Special $1.59 It is nickel on copper, which insures it remain- ing bright and giving service for a generation. Business Men Encourage Jhrift Legitimate business has nothing to lose and everything to gain from the general practice of real thrift, which does not mean just saving, but also wise buying and investing. The thrifty person is a good customer for any merchant. You may be sure he will pay his bills promptly and not contribute to the high cost of living as does the slow payer and deadbeat. First Mational Bank Second Avenue and Columbia Street German Rum Runner |Nabbed by Denmark COPENHAGEN, Jan. seizure has been upheld of the Ger- man steamer Bolinger, with 3,200 gallons of smuggled alcohol on board. DR. EDWIN J. BROWN’'S DENTAL OFFICES 106 Columbia St. Seattle's Leading Dentist | for More Than 21 | Years ,METROPOLITAN SATURDAY ONLY NAT GOLDSTEIN P te HARRY FOX isa ihe “OH, LOOK!” POP, MAT. TODAY ALL NEXT WEEK FLAPPER BEAUTY CHORUS Make the PRICES—Matineen, 260, 0c, 750. Nig BOe, 75¢, $1.00, $1.00 SEAT SALE TOMORROW Chatterton, who turned the evidence over to the prosecutor's office A number of the places are apert- ment hounes, hotele and lodging | hounes, Schramm eai4. More than | 50 are included in the list submitted by the mininterw. Addresses and own. ership of the property have not been verified, Schramm sald Several of the places listed have already been closed as housing pub- io nuisances. Proceedings to clone others has been started, but in most cases the evidence has not bean care- fully checked. Schramm haa closed wp « number of houses @uring the past year on similar legal ection. MAJOR GRIGGS IS CO. HEAD TACOMA, Jan. 11.——Everett G./ Griggs was reelected president of the Rainier Nationa! Park company at ite annual meeting Monday. J. W. Keddy was chosen as vice president, in place of A. Bi. Stewart. With the exception of the election of Apne w Howarth, of Everett, to serve place of the late J. T. MeCh ae the personnel of the board of direo- tore remains the same as last year. ‘T. W. Martin will continue to serve, in his capacity as genera! manager. ‘The only other business beaides the formal election of officers waa the annual report of the company’s activ. ities during the past year, given by Major Griggs. Definite plans for the coming sea- non will be under way soon, accord ing to Manager Martin. Brandt Manager of Ship Office Harry Brandt, one of the best known and most popular transporta- tion men on the Pacific coast, has ppointed a mani ‘fice of the United States line, h has been established because rapid growth of patronage in jthe Northwest. H. F. Dorgeloh, special assistant passenger traffic manager of the line, is now in Seattle arranging for the new offices at 617 Second ave The line ts one of the most impor tant operating companies for ship. ping board vessels. Among the ves leela operated by the line are the Leviathan, George Washington, America, President Harding, Preat dent Roosevelt, President Garfield and « number of others. Finds PE Dead in Little Store George D. Wright, 60, a grocer Itv- 17.— The} ing in the rear of his store, at 100019 Woodiand Park ave., was found dead | in his bed Wednesday, when a cus tomer entered the place to purchane | groceries, He was unmarried, and according to the coroner had been ill for a week ARREST MAN WHOSE HOME CAUGHT FIRE FROM BOOZE STILL A atill which set fire to a clothes line over his kitchen stove Wednesday caused the arrest of Frank Len, $8, on a charge of vio lating the city liquor ordinance. When the fire broke out, Len dashed into the street tin front of his home, 1215 40th ave, N., and called for help, The fire depart ment answered the call and found the stil iblazing merrily. The flames were extinguished with no loss to the building and Len was held until police arrived, He was released from the city jail on $100 bail, RHEUMATISM CANNOT EXIST in the human body !f you will use Trunk’s Prescription, It isa shame to suffer with inflarnmatory, muscu. lar, sciatic or any form of Rheuma- tis. ‘Trunk’s Prescription DOWS NOT ruin the stomach, it DOKS NOT de. press the heart, Eat all the meat and good food you wish, It DOBS NOT contain any Mercury, Sallcylate of Soda, Ol! Wintergreen or narcot jos, but It absolutely overcomes any kind of Rheumatiam or Gout, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT? It Is im possible to get something better. It is also an excellent Liver Medicine, and the greatest Uric Acid Solvent known. ‘Trunk’s Prescription sells for $1.75, or 8 for only $5.00, at the Bartell Drug Co, and the Swift Drug Stores of Soattle,—Advortisement, Chaunoey J. Hawkins and Rev. Ht. 1./ r of the Se.) |tween capital and labor problem wasn't Jalternated between the supremacy | of one and then of the other, It was |war. Naturally enough, whichever had the whip hand was arbitrary Each was dinposed to kick the other when down. AMERICAN PLAN WAS NOT IDEAL But the fight for the open shop | following the war wasn't what tt pretended to be. Theoretically, thi open shop, open for both union and non-union workmen, without preju dice, is ideal. It means that no American citizen has to join a union if he doesn’t want to, but has « right to work and live whether he joins or not. But the socalled plan” wasn't any such deal relation Ry the open shop was meant « shop open to any workman pt 8 known union workman. U. 8. Chicago, gave it the proper name But the| being solved. We/l]| “American | | ctreult court of appeals, sitting a A Special Purchase of Nurse and Waitress Aprons $1.49 Each Upper Main Floor A new shipment of Nurse and Waitress Aprons, made of a splendid weight wash suiting material, in slip-over style, with round or square neck and short sleeves. Very attrac- tively priced. We have two other groups of the same style Aprons in different weight materials that were also bought on special when, tn toning down one of U. 8 District Judge Anderson's arbitrary Injunctions, it called it the “closed non-union” closed union shop, ‘The nationwide fight for the “closed non-union shop” started right after the deflation polley of the fed- eral reserve banking system brought en an industrial depreeston. The Steel corporation and jubsidiaries quickly got under way; sup} were @ven refused to contractors who em- ployed union labor. Then followed the coal strike and the railroad strike, both of which were forced by the organized employers—the coal operators and the railroad com. panies. LABOR FOUGHT EFFORT TO KILL Finally organized Inbor thruout all industry came to believe that there was an organized effort on the part of capital. to destroy the unions. When the leaders of all of the rail- way unions became convinced of | thie there came a solidarity of rail. way unions that had never existed before. For the first time in history, the raflway brotherhoods, hitherto deemed the aristocrats of the railway labor unions, began to work with the 16 other unions. Finally they as- |sumed leadership of the shopmen’s strike and helped them win tt WOMEN! DYE ” | ANY GARMENT OR DRAPERY —$_$__—___—— Kimonas Curtains Sweaters Coverings Diamond Dyes Each 15-cent package of “Diamond Dyes” contains directions so simple any woman can dye or tint her old, worn, faded things new, even if she han never dyed before. Buy Diamond Dyes—no other kind—then perfect home dyeing is guaranteed, Just tell your druggist whether the mate rial you wish to dyo is wool or silk, or whether It ts linen, cotton, or | mixed goods. Diamond Dyes never | streak, spot, fade or run.—Advertise. ment. Go After Rheumatism Right Firat of all, rheumatism mu d internally, The b ified and the stoma nade to do their work fassage the sore and swollen parts at least twice daily with an oll that will not frritate or inflame the skin Keep the bowels open to help the treatment You can get everything necessary in the complete Antl-Uric outfit, If your urine is discolored or has a bad ddor, the effect of Anti-Uric Tonle will ‘give you an early confidence in treatment. The jar of Ant!-Uric oil will help proper massage of the patn: Tul surfaces. A supply of the famous Pullman Pills will furnish the cor rect laxative ‘These three preparations contain only vegetable ingredients, All are In one gen: ‘compact, package. The price nplete. in. $1.60, and there is @ money-back «guarantee with every package, Get the Anti- Uric outfit today from Bartell Drug Btores.—Advertivement. | rT Stockings Everything ‘operly. shop” as opposed to the) — purchase. They are priced at $1.00 and $1.79 each. Berlin Police Bar the “Shimmy” Dance BERLIN, Jan. 17--The pélice have notified dance hall proprietors that they must not permit anyone to dance the “shimmy.” Then, and only then, came the new progressive movement under the leadership of the combined railway unions. RAILWAY BANKERS FORCED THE FIGHT It wag the big bankers tn control of the railways of the country who forced the fight on the untons, against the advice of most of the! practical railway operatives and against the appeal of the Association of the Owners of Rallway securities, In this last organization were repre- sented Insurance companies and say- ings banks owning over Two bDil- lions of railway bonds. There is abundant proof that early in 1921 the owners of these railway securities tried to avert the calamity that finally came on the railways and the country in 1922 warning and vigorous effort, the same, the saddle and rode to a fall. The settiement which came with the rail way shopmen after the bankers had failed, was brought about by the owners of railway securities who then the bankers. The inside history of this two two years’ fight is illuminating. in politics | jing hatr ant | Cleanses the by timely and | that practical railway operatives did | but the benkers were in’) 131.26 & bottle. Russians Go Heavy on Cocktail Drinks GENEVA, Jan. 17.—Mlle Hor. tense Lorly, a Geneva barmaid who mixed cocktafls for the Lausanne conferees, reports that the Russians were the heaviest drinkers. Why Have Gray Hair or Dandruff? Nourtshine will restore your hair to original color whether black, brown or biond. Removes dandruff. Prevents fali- Promotes its” growth. Harmless and pleae- ant to une. you to have you socially aod in business, Nourishine Positively Not a Dye Nourtahine ts and nm he bi it to ite original vitality used and en Drug ¢ Co, Rhodes Company Department Store and other drug and departm Advertinemé: QORPHEL toh feede | restoring | Swift Drug | t stores at | THE ATERE THIRD AND “EXPERIENC New York Sensation - WITH EUNICE RICH FRED SULLIVAN ARTHUR A AND SUPPORTED — BYA a GREAT CAST — POPULAR PR plated. Perfecurl Electric Curling Irons Specially Priced for ‘Thursday at Formerly sold at Makes a perfect curl and wave and will not burn the hair, Guaranteed one year. Regularly STORE HOURS: sui 8:30 A. M. (ws AVENUE AND UNION STREET. Our Pre-Inventory Cleanup of Odds and Ends means big ings to you. Some items are limited—early buying advised,’ ROCHESTER NICKEL-PLATED TEA KETTLES Priced Very Low at $1.39 Choice of sizes, 7 or 8; made of heavy copper and nick A big value at $1.89. Automobile Gloves Special at $1.59 Pair Mackinaw backs, gauntlet or wrist lengths $1.59. Worth leather palms; warmly lined. Your choice of 2.50. Special for Thursday at — SPECIAL! 25- and 40-Watt Belgian Electric Lamps | Priced at 25c sold at 35c. deliveries.) . Give an excellent, clear white light. (No