The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-10
WASHINGTON STATE WEEKLY
REVIEW.

In war times the individual must
subordinate himself with all his sell
fish interests and desires to the needs
of the nation. Individuality must
give way to cooperation and unity so
that the nation may become a perfect
machine. Cooperation means that the
farmer, the manufacturer, the finan-
cier, and the worker pull together for
the common good. Before true CO.
operation is an accomplished fact, sell
fishness must give way to patriotism,
not merely by word of mouth, but in
deed and in truth.
The industrial motto should be "fair
profit to ALL" for the worker, the
capitalist and the farmer.
American Japanese Steel
American steel interests have agreed
to enter upon vast cooperative en-
terprise in the far east with capital
around $125,000,00. American hold
ings will represent proportion of
about So to Japanese 48 percent while
Americans will furish the expert man.
agement and Japan and China the
necessary labor In case of need Japan
will also provide military protection.
Utility Costs.
A committee representing the most
important gas companies and all the
principal electric light and power
companies and street railway COM
panies of the country recently sub
mitted report to the comptroller of
the currency, showing the increase
within the last two years in the cost
of materials used for the maintenance
of their properties. The list of per-
centages given show increases all the
way from one hundred to four hun
dred per cent.
Foreign Policy.
This country has not yet adopted
foreign policy for looking after its
trade interests after the war. There
is no doubt that America must get
ready to meet terrific German COM
petition in the struggle for the
worlds commercial supremacy. That
country is now organizing for the
foreign trade campaign with the view
to establishing mandatory mono
poly. America must learn to coop
crate, must educate its youth in bust
ness methods, and must not hamper
its shipping by restrictive legislation.
Causes of Strikes.
The national industrial conference
board as a result of its recent re-
searches gives the following summary
of the causes of strikes.
Increased cost of living; widespread
discomfort due to the belief that I'M
due profits had been made by employ
ers out of war business; increased
| independence of the worker, due in
part to a labor shortage and in part
to a feeling that the situation consti-
tuted labor's opportunity for forcing
union recognition or closed shop con-
ditions; inequality between wages
paid in plants engaged on private
work and government or private
plants engaged on private war work;
the unsettling influence of the Cost
plus-profit" feature of many war con-
tracts; the federal administrations
virtual endorsement of the eight-hour
workday.
Sardine packers of Long Beach,
California have been directed by the
government to hold 60 per cent of
their pack for government use.
Restriction of the importation of
green coffee has been announced by
the food administration.
From Ellensburg to Pasco it is es-
timated that the years wool clip will
approximate 100000 pounds which
is a slight increase over the 1917 clip.
Worlds Record.
The Skinner-Eddy corporation of
Seattle claims the worlds record in
fast shipbuilding with the completion
of the West Lianga in fifty-five days.
The West Lianga will be the fif-
teenth steel steamer launched for the
government by Seattle yards this
year. The fifteen total Us, 400 dead
weight tons. The Lianga is $500
tons. The previous record for speed
was claimed by the Columbia River
Shipbuilding corporation of Portland,
on the strength of Ga day construc-
ton.
Increasing Poultry.
The Oregon Poultry Breeders AS
sociation inaugurated a plan to in
crease the supply of poultry. The