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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
DECOMPosED BODY FOUND

The partially decomposed body of
w. Whitney, logger of Cashmere,
Wash, was found behind clump OF
bushes near railroad station near
CleElum Saturday. The man had
been killed by blow behind the right
ear and the body had been lying since
November or December, 1918, accord
ing to officers. Robbery is believed
to have been the motive. A pocket
book containing a receipt showing the
victim had purchase $500 of the
fourth Liberty loan bonds was found
on the body.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
PROTEST SOLDIER wORKMEN

Washington, May 22-Further pro-
tests against the use of American SOL
diers in France to do common road
work in France in order to rehabilitate
that country have been pouring into
the offices of members of congress
and are invariably accompanied by
criticism of the methods of the war
department which have permitted it.
Frank w. King, a member of the
city council of Ft. Wayne, wired to
Senator Harry New a protest which
received immediate attention. Refer
ring to the treatment of the 18th
Engineers doing duty in France, he
said: "They have been in France about
seven months, making almost two
years in the service, and they object
to the way the government is using
them in the building of roads and
the transferring of them into the reg
ular army and the bringing back of
the regular enlisted men. They also
object to the way the government has
released ball players, prize fighters
and boxers, ETC., who did not serve
one-half the time these boys did"
Senator New took the matter up
with the war department and was told
that the regiment is being retained
in France for reasons of military ne
cessity."
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
HIGH SCHOOL PLAY A SUCCESS

A crowded house witnessed the
Senior Glass production of at Pays
to Advertise" at the Scenic last Friday
evening. The play, which was an un-
usually snappy comedy, kept the au-
dience in laughter the most of the
evening and the students acquitted
themselves in a most creditable man.
ner. That it does pay to advertise the
Senior Class believes they have prov
en- beyond a doubt A very pleasant
evening was spent by all who at
tended. Those taking part were Ell
inor Gage, Theodore Kuch, Hazel Pet
erson, Bruce Smith, Deryl Motteler,
Edward Ritchie, Louise Rumohr, John
Coppock, Iva West, Goethert Schu-
bert, Alvin Morton, Olive Blanken-
ship.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
WHO is BACK OF BURLEsoN?

The press of the country, business
men in all parties, have bitterly as
sailed Burleson. Indeed, it is Burle-
son who is directly responsible for
the deplorable conditions he has made
But who is responsible for Burleson
Who made Burleson postmaster gen
eral? Who inaugurated the policy OF
wire control and ultimate ownership
Who said seize the cables? Who is
responsible for Burleson? Is he to be
made the goat
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
A. E. PEATS WANTS $4,000 FOR
DEATH OF WIFE

Mr.. Peat thru his attorneys has hrot
suit in Spokane against the Great
Northern railroad. Ten thousand is
asked for the two children and five
thousand for himself. 1t will be re-
called that Mrs. Peat, night operator
at the station was killed between ~
and 1 o'clock on her way home after
work one night last fall. The fam
lily resided on the opposite side of the
track from the depot and rather than
90 around over the viaduct she crawled
under the cars and was mangled when
the train stated. 1t is claimed she
asked a brakeman was told the train
would not move.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
MERRITT is TO HAVE SAW MILL

VIM. T. Greeve, from Merritt, spent
Tuesday and Wednesday here. He
tolG reporter for this paper that
he was erecting a saw mill at Merritt
and would be in operation about the
first of June. He has large order
for railroad ties and an agreement
with lumber company to take all the
pine lumber he saws for box making.
There is considerable timber in the
vicinity of Merritt and he expects to
be able to keep the mill running for
a number of years.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
ORIGINAL ROAD IMPROVEMENT
PLANS ARE FINALLY ACCEPTED
100000 Bond Issue-Leavenwort
Gets Square Deal-Concrete Road
All the Way to Wenatchee

The final meeting of the executive
committee of nine met in Wenatchee
last Tuesday and decided on the bond
issue and the program for spending
the money. A concrete highway
from Leavenworth to Wenatchee is
provided for. This Commissioners
district will receive $175,00O which
will be expended in improving county
or feeder roads.
There was some doubt about the
sale of 81 100000 worth of bonds on
account of the apparent conflict in the
law and court decisions in regard to
the larger issue which was decided on
two weeks ago, and taking advantage
of the doubt, and to prevent delay in
getting action on the road improve
ment, the original plan of asking the
voters for an 100000 bond issue was
finally adopted and the recommenda-
tion put before the county commiss-
ioners who have tentatively agreed to
authorize the election at the first
Monday in June meeting of the board.
Under the plan $175,000 will be
spent on the county roads in Com
missioner district No. and a like
amount in each of the other two dis
tricts. Three hundred thousand dol
lars will be spent in filling in the mis-
sing links in the hard surfaced high
way between Leavenworth and We
natchee. Following is the apportion-
ment of the money to the different
county roads in District 2:
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
ADMINISTRATION REFUSES TO
ASSIST WESTERN FARMER

Washington, May 22-The railroad
administration has refused to reduce
passenger rates for transportation Of
harvest hands to the regions where
they will be needed.
Senator Curtis of Kansas requested
that a reduced fare be allowed mer
who wanted to go west of Chicago
to help harvest the great crops. The
railroad administration replied that nc
deviation could be made from the pres.
ent rates.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
Yakima Needs Berry Pickers

Yakima Wash. May 22-Appeals for
strawberry pickers from the lower val
ley are already coming in, several
weeks earlier than a year ago. EN-
ployment offices have been asked to
provide $50 pickers. Yakima berries
viii not be ripe for another week, but
the crop will be exceptionally heavy.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
GOVERNMENT TAKES 10 YEAR
LEASE ON THE p. o. BUILDING

The postoffice will remain in the
same building for ten years from next
October. The Leavenworth Build
ing G. Loan Association owners of the
building in which the postoffice is
now located, last week executed pa
pers giving the government a ten
year lease on the building
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
HIGH TAXES KEEP PACE WITH
HIGH COST Everything ELSE
Every Man, Woman and Child Will Be
Called on to Pay in Some Form
approximately S35.

The high cost of tax paying is still
mounting. The trouble with high
taxes is that they remain high and
the community once afflicted with
them carries the infliction permanent
| ly. If the taxeaters could only be
forced into idleness the natural and
progressive growth of wealth thru de-
velopment could be made to carry the
community forward while the tax levy
remained stationary. This in time
would bring down the rate and lessen
the burden on the individual taxpayer
by the process of division.
Few people realize the rapidity
with which, and the enormous and
startling proportions to which, taxa
ton has grown in this state. The
"Lower Cost of Government League"
calls attention to this in recently
issued bulletin from which we quote
because of the abnormal condi-
tions the league would not consider
it fair to compare taxes of early
statehood days with the taxes of to-
day, except to call attention to the
greedy activities of the taxeaters and
public debt promoters. In cities the
combined rate exceeds per cent in
almost all instances and in several it
exceeds per cent on the assessed val
uation of the property, which
amounts to confiscation. On top of
this are the income, luxuries, stamp
and other extraordinary federal taxes.
But these latter will pass out of ex-
istence with the passing of the emer-
gency that created them. The regular
everyday taxes will remain with us to
grow and thrive and wax fat and bur-
densome. In other words, the tax
eaters are sure to get US if We per-
nit them to grow in power and au-
thority.
at can be left to any old-timer as
to whether we have any better gov
ernment now than we had in 1891, for
instance. We didn't have as many
office holders nor as many govern
mental activities. 1t was simple but
it was also comparatively inexpen-
sive.
"The per capita taxes in 1891 were
s1O.4O. In 1915, two years before the
war, they were $2209. Today, of
course the taxes per capita are prob
ably double that amount. In the reg
ular course of events and following
the natural upward progress the per
capita taxes of 1919, with no contrib
uting extraordinary conditions, would
be about $33.
"The total of all levies made in
1890 was $3,635,117. In 1915 this
had increased to $2S,573,271, or about
700 per cent. While taxes increased
| 700 per cent it must be borne in mind
that general property values increased
less than 200 per cent and population
only 275 per cent, or thereabouts.
'1n order that the state may pro
vide activities for returned soldiers
and labor, to reconstruct as the sequel
of the war, the total of all levies this
year will probably exceed $4O,OOo,OOO-
"1sn't it about time to call halt
and permit population and wealth to
catch up to taxes?
"The people of this state must
either prepare to do that or see their
property confiscated by the tax gath
erer. We can't make bills and repu-
date them. They must be paid. The
size of the bill in a very short time
will stagger us all"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23

Charley Westcott was discharged
from the navy recently. Before his
release he successfully underwent an
examination and qualified as a first
class machinist and after his dis
charge accepted position in Seattle
at $6.40 per day.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23

Some twenty odd members of Ear
than Lodge, A. F. & A. NJ. journeyed
to Wenatchee last Friday evening
where they assisted in the initiation
of a class of four in the third degree
work. Dinner was served at 6
o'clock and all report very enjoyable
evening.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23

In addition to this there will be-
come available for the improvement
of roads within the national forest the
following sums from the forestry de-
partment.
Estimated forestry money to be
added.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23

snohomish has 107.s9 miles of
paved roadway.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
Buy
Up Most of the Cheap Shoes

Shoe jobbers said yesterday that
business is excellent, with orders un-
usually large. but they are having diff
ficulty i'll getting shoes in sufficient
quantities from the manufacturers. 1t
was said that several factories had re-
fused further orders, having made con-
tracts already which they cannot fill.
The factories. it was said, are running
only about 60 per cent of capacity be-
cause of strikes, a shortage of raw
stock and the forty four hour week
agreement.
The higher grades of shoes are COM
manding a better market than cheap
footwear. Exporters have practically
cleaned the market of cheap shoes and
are selling them to Europe 1t was
stated that Turkey and the Balkan
countries are large buyers. Italian
buyers are also reported to have pur-
chased large quantities of cheap grade
shoes.
Some dealers said yesterday that the
price of shoes had nearly reached. the
top and that decline might be! ex-
pected any day They stated that specu-
lation has been going on and that the
threat Of government investigation has
frightened dealers. This assertion,
made by two dealers, could not be veri-
fed elsewhere
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
Cost Marking Bill Called
Unconstitutional by Esch

Congressman Siegel's bill, to compel
the marking Of the cost as we'll as tns
selling price on merchandise offered
for sale by retailers is unconstitu-
tional. in the opinion of j. J. Esch,
chairman Of the House Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce. TO
which the bill has been referred. This
information was contained in tele-
gram received by the National Gar.
ment Retailers Association. which
made vigorous protest TO Mr.. Escn
against the adoption of the bill.
TO aid in obtaining definite informa-
ton concerning the retail trade. when
may be of value in presenting the re-
tailers' side of the high price question,
the association yesterday sent
QUESTIONABLE to all it's members. The
percentage of increase in general
prices during the last two years, m
creases IN overhead, and whether the
increases are due mainly 10 large
salaries for selling help, non-sellinS
help or increased wholesale costs, are
requested
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
RUBBER-Scrap Material
Is Plentiful and ChenD

Trading in the rubbers, both planta-
tion and paras, was not specially active
There was little buying by small
manufacturers. Futures acted uncer-
tain all through the day, but at the
close grew stronger.
October December ribbed smoke
sheets closed at IA cents a pound and
October December first latex as cents
pound. One Chicago broker was re-
ported to have visited the spot market
and purchased twenty tons of ribbed
smoke sheets. Brokers refused to take
any chances either or the buying or
selling side, as no cables were received
during the day from the London or
Singapore markets. The trade seems
to be Of the opinion that prices will
not weaken, but will go higher.
Large quantities of scrap rubber are
being held by dealers with little de-
mand coming from the reclaimers. The
scrap rubber and reclaiming business
is said to be stagnant because of the
uncertainty now existing in the crude
rubber market. Automobile tire scrap,
the most important item in this line,
is now selling at 31a cents, while
pneumatic bicycle tires are quoted at
IN cents pound. The cheapest scrap
obtalnable is that of steam and fire
hose which dealers are willing to sell
tor Il cents q pound
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
COLORS-Paint TRADE
BUYS Dry C0lors Freely

Dry .colors were active yesterday as
a result of good orders placed by the
raint trade. Buying was in large lots
with the demand for blues, browns, reds
and yellows predominating. The volume
of business being transacted is salts
factory to producers, but some of the
jobbers complain that they are not
getting a big enough share of it. Prices
remained firm.
Aniline colors continued to move
sluggishly. Buying was in small lots
with export demands in excess of domes-
tic orders. The Orient and South Amer
ica continue to purchase large guam
titles of bright, fast colors. The Scan
dinavian countries and Italy were also
reported buyers of bright shades. Direct
black continued in good demand from
both domestic and cxpor. sources and
good volume of business is being
transacted. The supply of spot material
on the market is small, but there has
been no price change as yet
Swiss colors were quickly absorbed
when offered, but dealers complained
OF the shortage of stocks available.
They said that not more than a barrel
at time could be picked up on the
market.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
Allotting Spring Fabrics
Supply for Mems Clothing
Trade Half Gone

Fully half of the coming production
of spring woollens and worsteds for
the mems wear trade, mill agents said
yesterday, has been allotted to manu-
facturers of mems clothing. Another
month, it is believed, will find +he mills
unable to take more orders. Only a
few OF the mills making fabrics suit
able for women's trade have made their
allotments of spring materials. 1t is
expected that most Of the women's
wear mills will do their allotting
through the month of September and
possibly October
Buyers are beginning to realize. saw
the mill agents, that the production
OF spring fabrics, on account of labor
conditions, will be the smallest the
trade has ever known. Already various
organizations in the women's garment
manufacturing trades are CONSIDERING
plans OF action to relieve the situation.
IT has been suggested in some quar-
ters OF the garment industry that the
MUS should agree not to sell cloth to
JoDDers, but to allot their production
directly to manufacturers and require
inc manufacturers to sign agreements
thcm TO sign agreements not to resell
merchandise allotted them.
Inc mil agents say they allot goods
on the basis of past purchases of their
customers. If d certain customer. for
instance, has been in the habit of buy
ing 900 pieces yearly from mill, and
TINS year the mills production will be
only ~ per cent of normal the Gus
toner is given 100 pieces
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
Chemists to Visit Plants
In the Philadelphia District

At the annual fall meeting Of the
American Chemical Socity to be held
in Philadelphia September . to IN
elusive, an address will be, made by
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker
Other prominent government officials,
including representative of the Navy
Department, win also address the
chemists
The present plans of the committee
in charge of the convention call fot
visits to number of prominent cheml-
cal and industrial establishments IN
the vicinity of Philadelphia and eoa1
ride to Deep Water Front.i at when
time industrial plants along the Deia-
ware River and the Hog Island ship
yard will be viewed.
Papers dealing with the larger PROB
lens which chemists are now confront
ing will be read by members Of the
various divisions of the society. the
dye section, which will be organized
at this meeting, is preparing an inter
esting programme on the dye situation
in America.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
Labor Gets 30 Gents of
Dollar Spent for Clothes
High Prices Benefit Worker More Than the Manu-
facturer or Retailer Asserts Head of Big Mems
Clothing Concern

COME interesting phases of the cloth
~ ing industry, which may fall under
the eye Of the government in it's efforts
to bring down the cost of living were
revealed yesterday by Mr.. Turnbull,
president of the Rogers Peet Company,
which not only retails mems clothing
in three large stores in the city, but
also maintains it's own manufacturing
establishments.
Mr.. Turnbull was asked if, in his
opinion, clothing manufacturers and
retailers were profteering or if they
were in any way able to control the
price of the merchandise they produce
and sell. His answer to both questions
was "No."
"In the broad sense, neither manu-
facturers nor retailers are profiteering,
so far as | know" he said. "Thcrc
may be individual cases Of profitecring,
but l am convinced that 95 per cent of
the trade is conducting business ac-
cording to the best moral standards.
"Ncither the manufacturer nor the
retailer is responsible for present
high prices and both would like to see
recession, although, of course, they
don't want any decline Of prices to be
sharp enough to cause disaster.
"The chief element in present prices
is labor. Figuring in the proportion of
labor in the cloth, the labor expended
in making the buttons and trimmings
and the labor necessary to combine
these into a finished suit or coat, you
will find that they constitute more than
80 per cent Of the total cost
"In the clothing factories alone with
in the last three years labor has re-
ceived advances in wages of more than
100 per cent. In addition to this the
hours of work have been reduced This
has curtailed production to some en-
tent, but the strikes here and there,
days off when the workers feel like
taking them, little chickering's within
the shops and a general shortage of
WORKERS have brought production down
to not more than 60 per cent of normal.
Naturally all this has served to in
crease the cost of producing clothes in
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
Production of SilkwOrms
In Italy Below Normal

A report from the American Consul
at Turin shows that the production of
silkworms in Italy this year will be
considerably below normal. In some
districts patching of silkworm eggs
was curta1led by the hot weather in
June, which withered large percentage
of mulberry leaves and rendered them
unfit for feeding silkworms.
In the Turin district the production
of worms is estimated at one-third to
one-fourth normal. In the hill section
of Tortona the yield is reported in
ferlor, owing to a scarcity of mulberry
leaves and to delay in Matching of the
cYpS.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
One Man to Adjust
Wage Scales in
Clothing Industry
Manufacturers and Workers
Agree to Accept the
Solution To Be Worked
Out by George l.. Bell

Wages and other labor questions in
the mems clothing industry in thic
city arc to be decided by George L..
Bell, impartial chairman of the local
industry. The wage crisis, brought
about Indirectly by the. shortage Of
workers and directly by manufacturers
bidding against one another for help
and by the workers demanding individ-
ual Increases from their employers,
eliminated in a decision to place the
entire matter in Mr.. Bells hands
Ordinarily wage disputes between en-
ployers and employees are settled by
the joint industrial conference in the
trade, made up of ten representatives
number OF representatives of the
organized employers. Mr.. Bell serves
as Impartial chairman of this body,
and in case of a deadlock casts the
deciding vote.
Following the general meeting of
the entire clothing trade earlier in the
week, the question Of stabilizing wages
was taken up in the joint industrial
council In case Of failure to agree
on definite plan, it was decided to
place the question in Mr.. Bells hands
Luz SViuAioL ue pidu lie Will lO1iuu u
late, it is said, will be accepted by
both manufacturers and workers.
II realize the responsibility that has
been placed upon me- he said yester-
day, land am working out plan which
hope will stabilize the industry in
this city expect to have this plan
fully formulated early next week"
While manufacturers are hopeful
that Mr. Bells plan will curb the rapid
wage increases in the trade, some of
them say that the real solution of the
problem lies in the introduction of
more workers into the industry. While
the entire trade has agreed to stand
by any wage scale adopted by the
members Of the association, it is felt
that the law of supply and demand will
assert itself, and individual manu-
facturers will be inclined, in some
cases, to pay wages above the scale in
the hope Of attracting more workers
TO their factories