The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-03
PACIFIC NORTHWEST NEWS
Dairymen Want Milk Prices Raised
University Employees Must Be Loyal
In UNFOLDING Mooney Labor
Getting in Bad.

DdlfyInen throughout the SldIe VI
Washington propose to organize for
the purpose of increasing if possible
the price which they are now receiv-
ing for their milk. A preliminary
meeting was held in Seattle the past
week which was attended by close to
fifty well-known dairymen, who stat
ed that they represented practically
all of the dairy interests of Washing
ton. Dairymen insist that it is inn
possible for them to produce milk at
the present price which they are re-
ceiving and declare that they have
finally reached the point where they
must receive better prices or go out
of business. Another meeting will
be held in Seattle early in May. All
that meeting figures will be submitted
to show thatNthe price of milk is much
below the cost of production. 1t is
an admitted fact that the price of
milk is low and that cost of produc-
ton is high. Even the condensaries
admit this to be true and yet they say
they are paying all that it is possible
for them to pay, particularly in view
of the fact that the demand for con-
densed milk has fallen off. This is
said to be due to the inability of the
Government to get sufficient ships
to enable it to send the milk supply
on hand in the ports of the east to the
foreign countries. The condensaries
believe that conditions are only tempo
rary and that they will soon be much
better. In the meantime, however,
the dairymen say they must have more
for the milk right now or dispose of
their herds.
The Board of Regents of the Uni
versity of Washington has given Pres
ident Suzzallo full and complete au-
thority to dismiss employees of the
University found to be out of tune
with the Governments war policy.
There have been reports from time to
time that certain members of the
Faculty are still inclined to look upon
our war with Germany as a great
mistake, and they have not hesitated
to say so when they found themselves
in the presence of those regarded as
friends. This information has reach
ed the Faculty and as a result Pres
ident SuzZallo has been told to con-
firm it if it is possible and in the
event he finds that the State of Wash
ington is employing men not in ac-
cord with our war policy to discharge
them forthwith.
Although the war is occupying the
attention of most everybody these
days the politicians found time to be
quite stirred up over the announce
ment from Olympia that Judge ].
Stanley Webster proposes to resign
and run for congress to succeed Mr..
Dill of the Fifth district. Webster
is very popular on the west side,
where he has made number of
speeches on public occasions. He is
regarded as one of the best orators
in the state and it is expected that
whenthe time comes he will make
a whirlwind campaign in the interests
of his candidacy.
A Seottle newspaper man who is
A Seattle newspaper man who is
now in France with one of the U. S.
Army corps writes to local friends
that in his judgment, and he says his
judgment is confirmed by war ex-
perts, an American soldier will prove
to be worth two Germans. The En-
glish as well as the French, he de-
clares, are most favorably surprised
at the wonderful ability and courage
shown by the American boys and they
say that one American will always
be able to take care of two Germans
and some of them will run if they en-
counter three OF four, but will dispose
of them before surrendering.
The local members of organized la
Dor have not made much of hit with
the people by their determination to
quit work for one day, and longer, if
necessary, as protest against the
conviction of Mooney, the dynamite
man, convicted some time ago in San
Francisco. In the recent bond drive
organized labor in Seattle made
wonderful record by subscribing for
more than was expected of them, but
their good work has been to large
extent offset by their determination
to strike at this time when every
hours work means so much to the
Government.
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