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The largest circulation Q of any newspaper in the 2nd, Srd, 4th Divisions of
 Alaska
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-03

When the Good Roads Associa-
ton convention is held at Cen
tralia next month there is going
to be proposal to change the adj
ministration of the state highway
funds by recommending legisla-
ton which will place this depart
ment in the hands of an appoint
i've board of five members rather
than under a departmental direct
or.
This is just one of many pro-
posed bits of legislation certain to
be considered. Automobile owners
are preparing to make formal
protest against the five cent a
gallon tax on gasoline, and will
be ready for an attempt to show
that the states building program
! can proceed without this increase
only with a somewhat curtailed
program.
Naturally the proposal does not
sit well with the administration
No chief executive likes to con-
template a curbing Of his power
especially when the average tax
payer holds him directly respons-
ible for expenditures.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-03

Of road building, they are blind
The roads are not built by direct
taxation but the people are not SO
foolish as to think that they DC
not have to pay for them. Let
some candidate for the legislature
come out at the next election IN
opposition to the road money
waste and there will be land
slide for him.
The people have been to blame
fore the attitude of their govern
ing boards. There has been fol-
wears an insistent demand for the
best of everything, in roads,
schools, penitentiaries and poor
houses. Whenever there has been a
school board member or a county
commissioner who has tried to be
economical he has been ridden to
death by delegations and busy
bodies Of one sort or another who
wanted more money spent for
something. He has had to spend
or get out. An officer holders
popularity has always been in di-
rect proportion to what he has
spent for the people of their own
money. That day is past and cleo
lions like the Sunnyside election
Tuesday are bringing it home to
the politicians. Times.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-03
HEIRLooMs OF 1881

Young man of some far-off
generation will take down a piece
of stemmed glassware from cup
board /. .sLook, they used this
glass on their daily table" /.
He will lift length of glowing
drapery from a chest They
used this curtain at their win
dows."
Heirlooms such as these will in
dictate to them our 1881 civiliza-
ton. But there will be another
record-the pages of our news
papers and magazines. Here In
advertisements they will read OF
everything worthy that is poss-
essable today. They will sense the
countless shops that carry these
offerings IS. the endless labor
in factories, improving, perfectlng
things.
Likely enough they will marvel
a little that you can buy goods
so fresh. (srThis mayonnalse
might have just. been made IN
your .kitchen") so carefully
prepared cit took US three years
to perfect this creamy so
denendable ("This cigarette has
always the same satisfying frag-
rance") so recent (sOnly the
other day this diamond bracelet
came to this country.
Perhaps those far-off readers
will want to make some of these
pun thases themselvesand won't
be able to, because of time and
distance intervening. But you can!
You do! Neither time nor dis
lance deters you. Here it is any
thing you wish to buy. Homespun
tweeds from Scotland /. breakfast
flakes from sunny wheatlands in
the West.
There is romance back of every
advertised good thing. Romance of
change, of the ceaseles effort at
perfection. Advertisements are
true mirrors of the best to be had
today. They give you an easy,
happy survey of all that is buy
able. They help keep you chic in
yourself, your surroundings, every
inch Of your purchasing !. Read
them and remember their news.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-03
enlIs e
and ~
Unela.:ii6eids

OF course, We always respect
those who know more than we dc
but think how few they are
IN apple day may keep the doc.
tor away but it takes IN onion Z
day to stand off the rest Of the
world. -. A girls idea Of . per.
feet man 10 subject to frequent
revision :. High pressure selling
eventually results in low pressure
buying s. Sail the seven C's;
courtesy, consistency, composure,
cheerfulness, charity, compassion,
courage.
A spider sucks poison from a
rose and q bee sucks honey from
the same sweet rose. It all de-
Ponds On the sucker, reminds the
old sage.
A good reputation can be made
by playing the game fairly; by
giving the worth Of a dollar for
q dollar; by cooperation under
very trying conditions; by carry
ing on in the face Of difficulties;
by doing ones best and sitting
tight; and by being resolute enuf
to own up to your mistakes.
A certain Kennewick lady con-
soles herself by saying that she is
only related to her husband by
marriage.
Speaking of books, Sir Harry
Lauder says the bank books is
his favorite reading, and he rec
ommends it as the foundation Of
every family library.
Hubby-Dear, Pm going to
New York on business for . week.
Wifey-Fine. Now You must
stop at the New Geranium hotel.
Sadie Tubbs got some towels
there and they were much niver
than those We got Ut the Oily
pickle.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-03

Sunnyside may be getting some
poor advertising just at present
but it is going to do a world of
good to the state in general. If our
governing bodies can read English
they ought to be able to decipher
the handwriting on the wall. The
people are up in arms over high
taxes and they will not be appeas-
ed with anything less than a re-
duction in the cost Of government.
It happens to hit the schools this
time, but it is not going to stop
there.
If the members Of the legisla-
ture cannot see that there is going
to be an uprising over the orgy
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-03

brushes, sweepers, jams, jellies
or other articles.
We recognize the game, inn
mediately we see the chaps, with
their brief-cases. The racket is
interesting because it is so we'll
worked and is SO transparent,
once understood.
aDoor-bell ringing" generally
gets results. In olden times when
anyone raped at the door, or
rang the bell, the women peeked
thru the curtains to see who it
was. This was rather essential, in
the country; because, away from
protection, the housewife was
wary. It might be tramp; a
murdered. or it might be a neigh
Dor. But today we go to the door
and there they are. And believe
us, they know their business. Es-
pecially trained in how to get in
to the house, they generally step
over the threshold. They deal
chiefly with women of the house.
If they see man, they are not so
sure.
The whole thing is "get into
the house."
You don't know who rings the
bell. If these peddlers and SUBJ
scription- hounds and newspaper
circulation agents and door-bell
ringers in general trying to force
something on you that you did
not need, had a different sort of
ring than others it would be all
right-you could refuse to go to
the door; but their ring sounds
respectable. 1t may be neighbor.
Probably not and you go to the
door mad-all-thru to find that it
is neighbor. That makes it diff
ficult. You go to the door expect
ing a neighbor-and there is a
peddler-and you can not wipe
the welcoming smile off your face
ere he is in-calling you by your
name, for he intends to have it
if possible.
In our opinion there is one an
swer to all solicitors that does
very well. 1t is this. Say simply
and sweetly over and over and
over again, eve do not buy any
thing at the door,"
Probably this will not serve as
a definite rebuke, but you may
follow it by saying ''This is our
home; not place of business; we
own buildings; we rent them; we
do not approve of buying anything
except in stores that pay rent in
this community"
American housewives must stand
up for the privacy of their own
dwellings and for the natural
rights to enjoy their freedom
from intrusions. The customary
way of selling things in shops;
when possible. Rents are essen
tial. Advertised goods are best.
Advertising indicates faith in the
value. It is no credit to any indus
try to say that it never had a
shop for its sales but has always
sold from door to door.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-09-03
THE DooR-BML MERCHANT

THE DOOR-BEdDL MERCHANT
Almost daily young men or
young women are at our door with
some scheme or plan to sell. They
are selling some sort Of maya
zines, on the plea that If he or
she could sell so many more
copies, he could get q scholarship
in some college. Then there are
other agents with hosiery,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-03-09

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-17
CHANGES IN BANK
TAX LAWS LIKELY
Supreme Court Decision to Pave
Way for Amendments by
Legislatures.
BY JOHN F. MILLER.

The right Of a State 10 include in
come from Federal bonds and other
exempt securities in computing corpo-
rate franchise taxes Is cleared up by a
decision of the United States Supreme
Court handed down on Monday. All
corporations owning such securities are
affected, but banks throughout the
country are particularly concerned be-
cause Of their immense holdings of
United States bonds.
No bank was a party to the litigation
and the exact question involved was
the right of the State of New York to
include royalties from copyrights upon
moving picture Aims in computing its
so-called franchise tax.
Gist Of Opinion.
However the underlying issue was
well recognized and there is no doubt
about the meaning of the courts opin.
ion, stated thus:
"A discriminatory tax upon cor
porate franchises is valid, notwith-
standing the inclusion Of tax-exempi
property or income in the measure
of 1t +"
] In 1929 the Supreme Court handed
down what is generally known as thu
Macallan decision, holding that the
State Of Massachusetts, could not In,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-17

The futility Of Government operation
of the plants at Muscle Shoals Is made
the text of a communication addressed
by President Butterworth to the l,700
member organizations Of the Chamber
of Commerce OF the United States.
At the same time Julius H. Barnes
chairman of the board of the chamber
in public statement, asserts that the
issue raised in the proposals for Gov
eminent operation of the Muscle
Shoals project is one of vital impor-
lance to American industry.
Membership Vote.
President Butterworth in his letter
to the chamber membership says
I'm referendum, December %, 1880,
our membership dealt specifically with
the questions involved in the Muscle
Shoals issue now pending. The menu
bership by vote Of 2.640 to 157 declared:
That the Muscle Shoals project should
be sold or leased, as is, on the best pos
Sible terms
Whatever may have justified differ
ences OF opinion in the past as to what
should be done with these properties,
evidence Is now conclusive that Federal
operation OF them, in whole or in part.
can serve no useful purpose While
the discussion has been proceeding over
years, there have been such develop
mentS in the f1xation Of nitrogen that
1t Is now demonstrated the plants at
Muscle Shoals cannot be economically
used either for national defense or fer
tilizer.
Our special Committee on National
Water Power Policies, which wrote the
report and the recommendations which
were approved by our members in refer
endum, found If our country should
become involved in a war of major pro-
portions, 1t would require. for military
explosives, according to the best au-
thor1ties, a maximum of approximately
lao. 1000 tons Of nitrogen per annunn.'
Data recently available show that
the annual production capacity of prt-
vate companies in the United States
has now reached 100000 tons. Our
committees conclusions were based on
1880 figures, amounting to 1855, 900 tons.
BY adding by-product ammonia to the
capacity for synthetic production we
have now a total annual capacity in
excess OF three times our maximum
probable military requirements. Army
ordnance experts testified at recent
hearings OF the military affairs COM
mittee OF the House that there is no
use bothering about the fixation OF
nitrogen, because it is done today COM
merc1ally In quantities SUFFICIENT to
meet any demand that Is probable in
time Of peace or in time of war. So
that Muscle Shoals as a problem of ma
ton defense practically does not
exist
Since our committees special report
on Muscle Shoals was written the chief
chemical engineer of the Bureau of
Chemistry and Soils of the Department
OF Agriculture said at the hearings
above mentioned, I do not see the
necessity of doing any research at
Muscle Shoals. do not see
that the equipment there is particularly
useful In the program
Engineers Report.
''The same facts which lead to the
conclusion that Muscle Shoals should be
disposed Of by the Government, since it
has no further value for national de-
tense, apply with equal force to nitro
gen as fertilizer ingredient. Nitrogen
Is but 3 per cent by weight Of the ave-
rage commercial fertilizer. Ninety-seven
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-17
PICTURE INDUSTRY
IS SHOWING GAINS
increase of 80 Per Cent in
Receipts Reported During
Last Week.
BY BRADLEY w. TRENT.

Special Dispatch to The star.
NEW YORK, January 16.-With the
wheels of industry moving at an ac-
CELEBRATED pace in many parts of the
country. the turnstileS of motion pic
ture palaces are also clicking merrily.
Admission receipts in principal popu-
lations of the country in the past week,
it was learned here today, amounted
to $3,070,3 0o, against $2,305 1853 for the
previous week, or a gain Of 80 per cent.
Perhaps motion picture magnates to-
day are recalling the famous remark
of Caesar Augustus. When he asked
the Roman Senate what the public
wanted, they replied: "Give them
bread and circuses." Caesar, so Salus
relates, said: mo, what the public
wants is circuses and bread"
Returns Are Large.
The silver screen, at any rate, has
been pouring silver stream into the
box offices of many theaters through
out the country, with the result that
theater owners, producers and the bulls
on amusement stocks are beginning to
sing the prosperity refrain.
RoXy'S, one of the largest picture
theaterS in the country, last week had
gross of $125,000, the largest in its
history except for one week last July.
A compilation OF theater recelpCS
from principal centers of population
is made each week by trade organ,
the Motion Picture Herald. To take
but few samples from this detailed
table:
Loews State in Los Angeles had
gross of $4,000 last week against
$4,000 in the preceding week. Over
in Hollywood, Grauman's Chinese took
in $2O,500 agains $16,500 a week
earlier. In Buffalo, the Buffalo Theater
reported a gross Of $33, 900 against $25,-
400, while the Fox In Washington, D.
c., crossed $28,500 last week, against
$14 500 In the previous week.
Midwest Houses.
Out Cleveland way the Stillman piled
up admissions Of $33, 900 last week,
against $13,500 in the week previous.
From Chicago comes word that the ORR
entail took in $46,500, but since the pre-
vious weeks receipts are lacking, COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-17

parison must be made with the Chicago
Theater, which crossed $41, 500, against
$780, 800 in the preceding week.
The Albee in Cincinnati took In
S33,321 last week. against $23, 470 In the
first week Of the year. Others listed
are: The Criterion, In Oklahoma City
$13,500, compared with $4,000; Fox
Fifth Avenue Of Seattle, $4,000, against
$13, 500; the Minnesota, at Minneapolis,
$4,000 both weeks, and the R-K-O
Orpheum, $4,000, against $4,000;
Loew's Century, Baltimore, $4,000,
against $19,500; Loew's Midland, KAN
sas City. $19,575, against $14,5O0; the
Imperial, Toronto, $4,000, against
$4,000; the MaStbaum, Philadelphia,
$4,000, against $4,000.
The Fox In San Francisco took In
$4,000 last week, against $4,000 the
week previous: the Regent, Ottawa,
$4,700, against $500: the Palace, Mon
treal, $4,000, against $1,000: Loew's
State, Providence, $25 500, against $751;
500; the Denver, in Denver, $1,000,
against $4,000; the Des Moines, in Des
Moines, $1,000, against $500; the
Harmanus- Blocker Hall, Albany, N. Y,
$4,000, against $3.50.
From the bankers here it was learned
that Fox West Coast theaters in the
first week of the year took in a total of
81, 211, 726, a record gross for any week
in their history.
(Copyright. 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-17

national banks. Mondays decision will
settle the problem in many Of the in
come tax jurisdictions, and once again
the banks will be in a position to say
that any State which cares to do so
may tax them fully and fairly.
Banks Willing to Pay.
The banks generally have always in
sisted that they are willing to pay their
fair share Of State taxes, and that
their only reason for opposing changes
in the present Federal statute was due
to the fear that certain States would
go entirely too far once the ropes we're
let down.
1t is certain that Mondays decision
will be a great help in solving the tax
problem now facing so many Of the
States. Changes in the bank tax laws
undoubtedly win be made by many of
the State legislatures holding their
regular session this year.
Copyright, 1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-17
Commodity Price
Trends of Week
by III. N. McGHL,
Editor McGiu Commodity Service.

AUBURNDALE, Mass, January II
R.-The price advance in commodities
of two weeks ago was too rapid to be
healthy. and was followed during the
past week by slight price weakness. De-
spite the fact that minor declines oc-
Cured in 10 groups out Of total OF
is, this did not bring the level Of all
commodities down to the low point in
this major decline-the lowest point
occurring on January 2 Of this year.
Out of IS individual indices, 2 groups
advanced, 10 declined and 3 remain
unchanged.
Reports now being received definite
ly indicate more business confidence
than has been the case for many
months. Buying of raw materials and
finished goods faces long pull upward
before anything approaching normal is
reached. Reports from the automobile
district are particularly reaSSuring. En-
ployment is now on the increase and
production Is advancing, as this time
of the year is ordinarily the seasonal
low point. Heavy construction Is be-
ginning to feel the impetus of the
Federal and State government expan-
sion programs. Latest figures show that,
with many leading industries operating
less than so per cent of capacity, the
stage is not set for a further expan-
sion. This is one reason why untitled
tonnage of steel increased. Remember
that commodity prices have not hest
tated to respond to the depression.
All Commodities.
All commodities fell off slightly from
the previous week. This decline was
due to lower prices for industrial and
agricultural products, building materi-
ais, fuels, hides and leather, non-fer-
rous metals, paint materials, fine tex
tiles and vegetable oils.
Industrial Prices.
The principal change, however, was
noted IN industrial prices, which after
holding stable for three consecutive
weeks, dropped OF slightly. The adj
vance in ferrous metals and coarse tex
tiles was, of course, not SUFFICIENT to
offset the declines in building materials,
fuels. hides and leather, non-ferrous
metals, paint materials and fine tex
tiles, as well as vegetable oils
Building Materials.
Due to a decline in window glass
prices-the first in a year-and cut in
cement prices, building materials regis
tered a drop. Lumber, too, has played
no small part in the lowering Of the
building material price index.
Important Price Changes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-17
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star. -
BALTIMORE, Md, January 17.-Po-
tatoes, white, 100 pounds, 1.25al rs !:
sweet potatoes. barrel, 2O0a4.0O: yafis.
barrel. 2.25a3.25; beans. bushei, 3.0Oa
700; beets, crate, 2.75a3.25; CABBAGE.
ton, Ia.O0a20.O0; carrots, S.OOa3 so !:
caulihower, crate, 2.O0a2. so: celery.
crate, 1.50aS.00: eggplant, crate. I.56a
800; kale, bushel, coal 90; lettuce.
hamper, 1.25a2.75; peppers, crate, I.5Oa
2.75; parsnips, bushel, S0al 20: tlIrT1fDs.
bushel, LOCAL 20; tomatoes. crate. i .(9a
500; cranberries, box, 2.75a4O0: grape
fruit, box, 1.50a2.75; oranges, box, 2.6Oa
3.25; tangerineS, box, 75al so; apples,
D1shel, 6Oa2.O0; per box, 1.25a2.25. -
Dairy Market.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, pound. 33a37:
old, 2SaS0; chickens, Springers. 22a25:
Leghorns, 18a20; barebacks, 14ai5; Old
hens, 15a22; LeghornS, 12a16; roosters.
l2a13; ducks, 15a25; geese, 14a12:
guinea fowls, each, 30a60; pigeons, pair,
flrstS, 15a20 -
Eggs-ReceiptS, aga cases; nearby
firstss 22a23; Southern fiTsts, 2la22; cur
rent receipts. 21a22.
Butter-Good to fancy creamery,
pound, 28a31; ladies. 22a2S; rolls, i6af8:
process, 27a28; store packed, Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-17
CURB ISSUES HOLD
IN NARROW RANGE
Trading Volume Remains
Very Small, With Utilities
Stocks Gaining.
BY JOHN A. CRoNE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, January 1.-THE curl
market, after displaying a mixed trend
ut todays opening, showed signs of firm
ness in leading stocks. Volume, how
ever. remained small
Electric Bond & Share was a small
fraction lower at the opening 1t added
to its initial loss. but recovered at the
end of the first hour A block of 540O
shares of Cities Service opened at 1712
up q, and later widened the gain.
Other Changes.
Previous to the announcement of the
reduction in Ford prices, Ford Motor
Ltd. in point of activity outdistanced
all motor shares and most industrials.
The immediate response to the reduc-
ton, which ranges up to $45 on cars
and trucks. was a fractional advance in
the shares.
A block of 10000 shares of General
Baking common opened at 81, un-
changed. The preferred was a trif1e
higher The MAKEUP of red metal
quotations brought renewed buying into
some of the lower-priced coppers.
Pennroad Corporation, the only active
rail, was up "a at SIS.
Specific corporate developments ac-
counted for a considerable part of the
activity in public utilities. Middle West
Utilities reported a gain of AZ per cent
In electric output in 1880 over 1929.
European Electric Corporation, Ltd, in
its first annual statement showed net
income of $2,204,120.
British American Tobacco B shares,
which we're freely offered earlier in the
week as a result of the chairman's
remarks on the outlook for earnings,
recovered slightly. Hirspn Walker con-
tinued to be the most active Canadian
industrial, rising slowly.
Natural Gas Shares.
Natural gas shares for the most part
improved. United Gas and Duquesne
Gas were the most active of the group.
The rise in American Cyanamid was
attributed to the sharp cut in the COM
pany's inventories and somewhat better
prospects for the industry as a result of
the improved alkali situation.