The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 31, 1923, Page 8

"THE Chamber of Commerce does not present a pretty picture as it hides the special re port on Seattle’s milk supply in its files, refuses to act on it and refuses to permit a word of it contents to be made public. Nothing but a craven fear of taking leader ship in a controversial public matter is assigned as a reason for the failure to act, The chamber has come in for such strong public condemna- tion because of its port attitude and one or two other shortcomings recently that some of its leaders in 8 reported, the chamber, in spite of going part way in the milk investiga- tion, keep out of the controversy entirely from now on. That chamber, future at- case the relinquish all ough in t indeed, does care to tempt to regain public confidence and leader- But we must have civic leadership from some source. We must have it immediately in the milk question. This matter has been before the public for several months, A proposed ordinance to re quire that all milk sold in Seattle be pasteur ized has become a heated issue. he city health commissioner, buffeted from one side to the other, asked the King County Medical society to consider the question, and said its decision would determine his position. Its committee made a_ preliminary report against the proposed plan, but asked that final action be deferred while the co-operation of the Chamber of Commerce in studying the sub- ject be obtained. This was because it was de- sired to have the business body go carefully info the question of the efficiency of pasteuriza- tion as actually performed in Seattle and the questions of milk prices and the possibility of throwing the entire industry locally into the hands of a monopoly thru the proposed change. The chamber expressed a willingness to co operate with the medical society, and turned the matter over to its civic committee, Meetings were held, A unanimous report was filed. Then suddenly the issued that the orders be held most report strmgent were was to secret, The report is undoubtedly unfavorable to those interests seeking the monopoly. We Will Not Solve Our Milk Problem by Running Away From It Had it been submitted, members of the med ical society say, it would have been approved by the chamber’s trustees by a two to one vote. Heavy pressure brought to chamber heads to squelch the report. It wa squelched, And there the matter rests. Meanwhile, Spo- kane (in a dry country) is reported as buying its milk at 10 cents a quart. Tacoma, our neigh- bor, pays 8 and 9 cents. And we are menaced by an even higher price than the one now pre- vailing. It is time for some public official or some civic body that isn’t afraid to step forth and take leadership in this important matter. We aren’t going to get anywhere by running away from our problems. ide bear on LaFollette and the Third Party Senator Robert M. La eturning to Washing ton following the M tion which balance of power in the United States senate, told news paper correspondents: That conditions yét to arise will determine wi time for a third party has arrived; That new parties are born and not made, and that a group of leaders cannot create one; That if both parties nominate reactionaries next sum- mer, the possibility of a third par be increased ; That the nomination of Harding would mean that at least one party was reactionary; That Henry Ford’s popularity is interesting; That it is too early to discuss reorganization of the next congress, wherein La Follette’s power will be greater than ever before; That those interested in freeing the oppressed wheat farmers might look into the activities of the Minneapolis grain exchange; That while the past 5,000 years have demonstrated that free competition is the only irance of fair prices, the idea of government price-fixing should not horrif one while most prices are now being fi 1 That the Sherman act was a nearly i nst price-fixing, but i 2 court so é t hope in t oper Cause it is pl ally possible to pre Necessities more cheaply now than ever bef That t no | ate | r the prices t i s paid for what it does urope, determined to keep ou of third party movements until he has given his own party a chance to react ta public dem La Follette is @ republican—very much so, as he got a bigger republican Majorjty-than Harding»in MVisconsin, and Harding’ sowas a big majority. Wisconsin is the solidest republican state in the Union—solider than Per lvania or Vermont. La Follette should worry about a third party isn’t even a second party his state that can stand against him. Of course, if, when they, come to organize congress in December, there should be a disposition to overlook the fact that, as a republican, he has been patiently waiting his turn to be heard, and now that, thru deaths and political disasters, his turn has come for leadership, well, then La Follette might exhaust his patience. “Another war,” says Upton Sinclair, * And think of the odor, too. WI Europe will break like an enjirely disappeared, There r future It is a good thing that horses hav may be need of several dark ones in the ni higan now claims to be the leading raspberry state. It used to leading Newberry state, too A Letter From California “Don’t take those farmers too seriously,” a political leader advises our Washington correspondent. “They planted too much wheat this year and they can’t sell it— that’s what’s the matter with them.” All right, Political Leader, but how about this letter which just came in from a friend out in California? He says: “Farmers are sore, Jalifornia, this year. It’s : The bumper crops are having hard going. 2 1 in Hanford advertised he would not pick his apricots at all. He said the public me to come and get them, but please don’t break “The hell of it is that with a market price of $25 a ton for apricots and some selling for less, apricots in this town cost 15 cents for half-green, under sized fruit. Some- thing’s wrong!” Do you take that seriously, Political Leader ? 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