The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-16
Throwing Away Sll, 900, 600!

With all due respect to the Automobile club of Western
Washington fail to why it should be called upon to
pull the chesnuts out of the fire for the Portland cement
trust In news letter sent out by the Auto club. this
week. an attempt is made the criticisms of the
The Auto club is interested in good roads. So is The
Star So is auto owner So are farmers and good
citizens generally.
And is the cement trust!
But while the rest of want good roads because Of the
INTRINSIC good they e ts, gnr p0
from a mercenary standpoint.
And so, therefore anyone Is to defend the Caryon
bin should be the cement trust for the charge against
the band has not been squarey met and refued yet
is that it imposes unnecessary cost of s1loooooo.
The is very plain.
The Carlyon bill proposed of sso,oooooo of
bonds to build roads in this state Proponents Of the Car
available $3000o000 of road work contemplated under
the could be accomplished in six years How to
Auto licenses yield approximately ssoooooo This
money is to be used to off the bonds would take
THE INTEREST CHARGES ON THE BONDS WOULD
BE APPROXIMATELY s11ooo,ooo. So that the e roads
built under the Caryon bill would cost us Ssooooooo Plus
$11,00o,ooo, total of SAL 100000.
Now suppose the caryon bill defeated by the votes
of the people, should be. at the polls IN November OF
this year-what then?
We would sll be getting 100000 a,year from auto
licenses And as fast got the money could build
roads In six years we would have sS0000o0 to spend
on roads-or more depending the increase Of motor We
$50 900 contemplated by the Carlyon bill. An We
wouldn't pay single nickel for interest o we would nave
Now comes the association and calls attention to the
fact that tho interest would be thus accumulated on the
bond issue should be borne in mind that the
taxpayers such won't be charged with It, but the auto
owners and truck owners would have to it. Really TINS
sort of an albi is unworthy of the Auto association
The Star does not believe the Auto association knows Just
how vicious the origin of the Caryon bill is or would
possibly be quite content to let the cement trust 90 It's own
albi work The Star would gladly boost any road bond
proposition that isn't clearly manufactured FOR the
ent trust rather than for the interest of the people And
the proof lies the wording Of the Garyon p wnn
declares that "AIL PAVING UNDER THIS LAW MUST
BE OF PORTLAND CEMENT.
How would it be il the city council passed an orqinanGe
declaring that "aI legal notices MUST BE PuBLiSHED
ONLY In THE STAR" that all foods for city hospitals
and tails must be bought ONLY at Titus restaurants! on
the face of it. it would look wrong.
And the Caryon bill is in the same boat looks wrong
And il is wrong appears like it was drawn by the cement
trust instead by Of the people and that me
cement trust was interested in getting hold OF the
bonds IN ONE LUMP. Otherwise it might well be that
soe other paving material might be discovered in year or
two or five would be cheaper and better than concrete
and the cement trust would, in that event. nave copeu
ton for the balance of the $30,0OOOO0
Incidentally The again repeats that II we are gong
70 be SO dared with $11 000-wh let US get to-
cther and put that 100000 bonus bill for returned
soldiers instead.
Brookiyn Judge classes pocket flask tctth burglar
kit. The crime may be equal but the price 'smt