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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-22

Charles Z. Uzafovage. SO. died
Monday at his home, SIS No. 5th
ST. He had lived in Tacoma 10
months, coming here from Cali
fornia. He leaves sister. Alma
Z. of the home. The remains are
at home. pending funeral arrange
ments under care of Gaffney's.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-22
JESSE A. WEST

Jesse A. West, 81, of 1713 Faw-
cett ave, died Tuesday in local
hospital. He had been a resident
of Tacoma 16 years and was a
member of the Church of God. He
leaves two sons, Melvin and War
rem, both of Tacoma; daughter,
Mrs. Belva Koenigslieb, also OF Ia
coma; two brothers, Obey and
George of Raymond. Wash; six
sisters, Mrs. Irva Dudley, Raymond,
Mrs. Pearl Freeman, Centralia,
Mrs. Anna Jacks, Seattle, Mrs.
Audry Erickson, Oklahoma, Mrs.
Myrtle Dockum, also of Oklahoma,
and Mrs. Lena Erickson of Texas.
Mellingers will announce the fu-
neral.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-22
MRS GRACE M'DoNALD

Announcement of the funeral of
Mrs. Grace Mcdonald, 81, of 920
So. G St, who died Sunday in local
hospital. will be made by Mellin-
gers. She leaves a husband. David
Mcdonald of California; son,
William Rust of Seattle; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Margaret Hitler, also of
California, and a grandson, Walter
Shield of Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-22

About $50. 900 or 100000 feet of
lumber viii swing aboard the
Kenmar following her arrival We'd
nesday. She also will discharge
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-04-13
Changers Change Time
For Summer Meetings

FINLEY-The Finley grange mel
Thursday night with forty-sis
members present. During the bus.
mess meeting, two reinstatement
were voted favorable, three took Bro
and 18th degrees. Starting with the
next meeting grange will meet al
$3.50 for the summer months. The
pie contest was held with Mrs. c.
Puderbaugh judged as best pie
maker and Mrs. d. Gerber second
The judges were Sister Falque,
Brother H. Ash and G. Puderbaugh.
Refreshments were served at the
close. Dancing followed. The Juve-
mile grange also met Thursday
night. In the absence OF the Mas
ter Duwayne Ash, Donald Sherry,
overseer, took the chair, after a
short business meeting, the Juve-
niles enjoyed a weiner roast In the
Wesley Street orchard. In the alb
sence Of the matron, Mrs. Matte
Street, the assistant matron, Mrs.
Clara McCarty had charge of the
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Stillwell
were in Spokane Thursday and Fri
day, where Mr.. Stillwell went to at
tend the teachers institute. They
visited Mrs. Stillwell's parents in
Reardon Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Lois Erickson of Benge,
washington, visited during the
Easter vacation with Mr.. and Mrs.
hSorty Erickson and sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Scott OF
Polk City, Iowa are the parents OF
daughter born Monday, April 3rd.
Mrs. Scott will be remembered as
Mabel Lynn
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Farquarson and
on Of Kennewick and Miss Grace
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-04-13
Circulating Library to
Be Used in III. III. Club

WESTERN HORSE HEAVEN
The Horse Heaven Home Economics
Club met Wednesday with Mrs
Ada Tyacke and spent a busy day
in spite of the dusty weather. Miss
Steiner gave demonstrations on the
making of yeast breads using the
butter rolls and Dixie Rolls as the
basis for coffee cake, pecan rolls,
etc. Mrs. Bonnie Henson reported on
the council meeting held in Benton
City last month and a discussion of
Achievement Day plans followed.
Mrs. Bernice Tomaske gave some
good recipes for home made clean
ing aids and a paper on houseclean-
ing, timely topic this time of the
year. Mrs. E. McBee gave an in
teresting book review on ''The Emil
grants" by Johan Bojer.
Mrs. Maurice McBee was an
pointed chairman of a committee
for a club circulating library with
Mrs. Frank Smith and Mrs. Elinor
McBee as assistants. Each men,
Der Is to bring book to the next
meeting to be passed on to other
members. For recreation, Mrs. To-
maske had several readings pre-
Sented. The next meeting will be
at the home of Mrs. z. Perrault on
May 3rd and the roll call is to be
recipes for egg dishes. ~.
Mrs. Eric Copper and son Donald
visited last Tuesday with Mrs. j.
romaske.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Travis plan
20 leave Thursday for Soap Lake,
where Mrs. Travis will take treat
nents. They plan to stay q week.
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pruckarts Washington Digest
Weakness of UnsOund Legislation
Does Not Remain Concealed Long
old NRA Is Striking Example Of Careless Law
making; Now Comes Up the Unworkable Condi.
t;ons of Guffey Law TIL at Has Cost Millions
--- BY WILLIAM BkEUCKART -1-----
WNU Service. National Press Bldg, Washington DC

coal,not to mention the thousands
OF great manufacturing plants us
ing coal, also lost money because OF
the Guffey law. We lost money be-
cause OF the price conditions. We
would be penalized in big way if
the coal commission could ever have
accomplished the almost insur-
mountable job of establishing set
OF federally fixed prices. It would
have cost us money because we
would pay the price that was fixed.
and that price would have to be
high enough to allow profit for
the lowest grade and most ineffi-
Gent mine operator.
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Glffey Law Cost the Coal
Industry Many Millions

The first law so enacted was
moved down by the Supreme court
Just the same as the original and
big brother MIRA. Senator Guffey
tried again. And so for two years,
or thereabouts, there has been q
law In force that applied the same
principles Of RECOMMENDATION as MIRA
TO the coal industry, and during
tnat time, according to official re-
ports the soft coal industry has lost
money. It lost $37.O0O,OOO in 1897,
and It lost about 100000 900 last
year, the coal commission has re-
ported.
Naturally, the coal mine owners
are not taking this loss without a
squaWk. 1t is not great deal more
tnan chirp, however, because the
production of coal dropped from
sN'oO0OO0 tons in 1887 to 342, OOO, 900
IONS In 1888. That is pretty rapid
REDUCING, even if the industry were
9eo1ly laG. WIS.,
N consequence of this, and other
eonoitions affecting labor and prop
el.y, representative Allen, Penn
syivania Democrat, has introduced
~ the house bill to reconstruct
. .ne Guffey law. His proposal would
e,minate the price fixing; it would
elmmate the special tax on the
.oal industry for upkeep of the high
lowered, but more or less futile coal
commission, and it would place the
INDUSTRY again on a basis where
80 INDIVIDUAL mines would be COM
- o''aag ior public patronage instead
y INDUCING bootlegging of coal.
!, mentioned above that the in
a aastry had lost money. Well, YOU
aao !, as buyers and consumers of
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-04-13
FLA. Boys Take 4-Day
Trip to C0ulee Dam

WESTERN HORSE HEAVEN
Norman Travis arrived home Sat.
urday evening after a 4-day trir
with his group of F. F. A. associates
They were accompanied by Mr.
Wills, their teacher, and visited
many places OF interest, going to
Wenatchee, Grand Coulee and Spo-
kane. The trip was made by truck
and twenty-five boys made up the
party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Henson, Mr.,
and Mrs. Albert Morgan Of Kenne-
wick and Miss Alice Grit were din
ner guests at the Guy Morgan home
Sunday. It was in honor Of the
birthdays Of Mr.. Henson and Dora
belle Morgan, an event which has
been celebrated together by the two
families annually for q number OF
years.
Dist 20 school did not take their
spring vacation this year, so sew
eral OF the high school pupils re-
turned to visit their old school on
Wednesday. They were Merle May
Morgan, Alice. Evelyn and Jean
Grit, Gene Bell and Louise Morgan.
Mrs. Louis Anderson and Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Anderson were dinner
guests last Sunday Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Strom Of Whitstran. Miss
Dorothy Boyd Is making her home
with the Stroms while attending
school.
Mrs. Catharine Belan, Mrs. Frank
Smith and son Clarence were BUSH
ness visitors in Sunnyside Lat Tues
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day. Enroute they were dinner
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Joen-
sun of Buena Vista. -.....
Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Cooper and
family entertained as guests on
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond An
derson, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace An
derson and Clifford Henson.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-04-13

WASHINGTON - unsound ane
..workable laws have way Of con.
ealing their weaknesses for vary
~ lengths Of time. It SENS to bt
tine however, that those weaknesses
,.ss ones sins, will be found out
This IS especially true of written
,ars that are predicated upon a
formula of how things ought to be
..one rather than upon the basis OF
tnovn acts and customs and living
coalitions Of the people who make
10 o,n nation.
Take the old MIRA, for example.
rs rlaring weaknesses and impos-
sole Prescriptions we're discovered
,,.her soon by the persons and bus
sss who had to abide by the
,,-m Of that law. It was not so
lcae however, before most of us
severed that. the artist who had
etched the original design Of the
ne eagle had made mistake. You
: i recall, Of course, that the de-
m had 10 feathers in one wing
and Il in the other. That was bound
10 make the bird fly in a circle, and
hov true It was of the law, itself!
Even, then, there were many per-
sons who believed the law was not
eiyen q sufficient trial before the
supreme court moved it down.
Among those who held a convic-
ton that NRA would work was
Senator Guffey, the Pennsylvania
New Dealer. It Is the same Sena-
tor Guffey who attempted to de-
stroy, politically, all Democrats who
disagreed with President Roosevelt
tried to read them out Of the
party" in radio address.
Senator Guffey, with the aid of
John L. Lewis and the CLIO, push
ed through congress the so-called
Guffey-little MIRA coal law. The
coal industry was divided in senti-
ment about the bill, as I remember
the legislative battle, but Senator
Guffey won. There came about a
national bituminous coal commits
sion, with power to fix prices, with
power to compel lot Of other
things, including the right Of pun
ishment under other laws If a coal
mine owner should commit the hor-
rible crime Of selling below cost In
order to get rid Of his coal.
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Coal Operators Are Left With
Supply In Sizes Not Needed

The 30-day limit also has had an
other effect. When q mine owne,
could make years contract or q
number Of such contracts he knew
whether it was lump coal or stove
coal or slack that his customers
needed. Without contract the biz
buyers naturally shop around to get
the lowest price. A mine operator.
therefore. may sell to one firm one
month and the next month. some
other mine will supply the coal. The
result Is that one mine may find it.
self with hundreds of tons, or even
thousands Of tons, Of lump coal
when all that can be sold in a given
month Is slack or stove coal.
Well, 1t is the ordinary practice
IN business that II too large stock
IS on hand, prices are reduced to in
duce someone to buy. But not so In
the soft coal industry under the
Guffey law. II the price is reduced
below the actual cost of mining.
costs approved by a bunch of ac-
countants sitting here in Washing.
ton, the law steps in-not the Cuff
icy law, but two other laws. They
are the fedral trade commission act
and the Robinson-Patman act. IN
Ger either one Of these laws, the
mine operator who cuts prices below
costs becomes tagged as very bad
boy who must be punished by fine
or imprisonment. So, the unwant-
ed coal lies In piles beside the mine.
crumbling and becoming Of less
value daily as the weather takes its
toll.
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Simply Became an Added
Expense Borne by Industry

II SAesPAy DOVO4UC hOUC0
Expense Borne by Industry
Again, it was expected that these
costs and taxes would be absorbed
"a nice word for concealing the
facts from the consumers-int the
selling price that was to be fixed
But. as reported earlier, the COM
mission never quite got around to
fixing the prices under the current
law. Hence, the hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars which the laws
sponsors said would be passed on
simply became an added expense
borne by the industry.
The law has another feature
which you and I, as individuals, do
not feel directly. It is another one
OF those concealed things. The law
specifies that no contract can be
signed between operator and con-
sumner to last for more than 30
days. That is to say, no price can be
quoted for more than 80 days in adj
vance. That may not appear i'm
portant, but it is highly important.
The practice of large users Of coal
Is to enter into contract for a
supply Of coal to last, for example,
Tor a whole years operation. Having
such contract, the owner of the
manufacturing establishment, for
instance, will be able to know what
his fuel costs are when calculating
the price of the goods he manufact-
ures and sells. Fuel costs are Inn
portant. and it therefore becomes
plain that large users of fuel have
an unknown factor in their expense
Item for a years plans What do
they do? They have to estimate that
item, and they take the maximum
that they can expect to pay for coal
and users of their product have to
pay that added amount whether in
breakfast food or harvesting ma.
chinery or railroad freight rates.
That one feature Of the law alone
has completely disorganized the
coal industry.
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and children over the weekend
at the Falque home. They all left
for their home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Jande spent
Wednesday in Dayton and Walla
Walla.
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Another Tug Of War Between
Coal Miners and Operators

| one OF the reasons the mine own
ers lost money was because many
who supported the law were con-
WINGED 1t would mean increased
wages for the workers. The United
Mine Workers of America, headed
by MIR. Lewis, believed so, and two
years ago they demanded and OBJ
tanned an increase of 10 percent.
During the debate on the bill in con-
gress 1t was talked freely that the
miners could get wage increase
and it could be passed on to the
consumers. This would be true, it
was said, because the coal commits
sion would fix the prices and the
selling price, as fixed by law, would
have to be above production costs
Certainly, labor's wages is part of
production costs, and the public
would not feel it.
The contract then negotiated ex-
pired recently and new one Is now
being considered in the regular tug
OF war that occurs between miners
and operators every two years. In
the meantime, however, things hap
pened to labor in the soft coal
mines. AS I mentioned above, there
was a define in production of coal.
1t figures out at % percent. That
obviously means that, while labor
obtained an increase of one-tenth
in the rate Of pay, 1t worked only
four-fifths as much time accord
Ing to the records available to me. I
fail to see where labor gained from
the law. Moreover, from the feder-
al relief authorities I learn that
living conditions and buying power
among the persons living in coal
mining areas have declined almost
in direct ratio to decline in produce
ton Of coal.
With respect to the added taxation
placed upon the owners of the
mines, the surface indications and
the original declarations Of support
ers Of the law have proved to be
quite misleading. The law requir-
ed the industry to pay a tax of one
cent a ton and to meet assessments |
TO cover expenses of boards that |
we're set up in the various regional |
areas. 1t is easy to calculate that |
The one cent tax raised s., 42O,0 900 on
az, 100000 tons, produced last year.
But that figure does not show the
extra assessments that were paid to
he regional boards, nor does it re-
real that every mine owner had to
hire extra clerks in the company
offices to take care Of all Of the
'arious and sundry reports that the
rational commission and the re-
'ional boards saw fit to require. |,
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Dorton. q nurse at the Pasco hos
pital, were visitors Sunday evening
at the Harold Witham home.
Dan Kincheloe and daughter,
Betty Of The Dalles came Satur-
day evening to Join Mrs. Kinchloe
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Cherry Blossom. Drav Tbror,,

0onS OI1W TnrOn&0
washington, D.C.-The Capitals
famous blooming cherry trees encir-
cling the Tidal Basin drew q rec
ord crow over the weekend. Po-
lice estimated that 10000 motor cars
crossed Flood Gate Bridge, with
$4,000 persons strolling along foot
paths.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
Turning Point In City Light

When, this week. the demand Tacomas municiual
light plant reached peak of 1000 klowatts all
time high mark for electric energy demand the city
eystem established
There will be higher mark yet in the next few days
since the annual peak usually falls upon the shortest day of
the year-Dec. q or %.
This figure is significant only IT is compared with
other recent In 1885, the greatest momentay demand
the system $1,000 kowatts of power in 1897 the
peak $4,000: and last year reached at 10000
tacoma uses . more industrial power more commercial
white coal as the years go
Right the city has l14.Ooo kilowatts of hydro
electric installed If necessary for any
to shut down the largest unit 81 900 kowats the
city would be left with 81 900 kowatts margin of only
1000 kiowatts above the present peak demand.
True Tacoma has two standby steam plants for added
protection but they insurance. they cannot produce the
power as cheaply as the hydro, waterpower plants
To maintain Tacomas present low rates it is advisable
seek for the early future additional watepower of
electric for the city system So Utilities Commits
soner Davsson and his department engineers As child
buys for him shoes that little larger than
actual fit to his foot 1t is SO here.
1t is highly questionable il Tacoma economically look
to the plants at Bonneville and Grand Couee for
help in the future This cys electric utility undercuts the
Bonneville rates already the announced policy of the
administrator and the government Tacoma could not buy
Bonneville to resell at rates lower than those quoted
by other agencies distributing Bonneville power.
Bonnevies administrator insists upon controlling resale
rates. and that may be sound policy applied to all other
distributors But not to Tacoma; this cys government
for as long as 1t possible must control its own power and
light rate structure
Bonneville has offered neither Tacoma any other
potential actual customer wholesale rate for firm
price Tacoma afford pay and maintain its present
rates.
These considerations have led Davisson to propose
$4,000 fund to be known the light and develop
fund.- for immediate exploration of all potential
of hydro for future development by Ia
coma If Bonneville Coulee will supply Tacoma, at low
enough price well and good Tacoma may not need to
pand its facilities But if not this city must work out its
destiny it has successfully in the past.
An inquiry into what be done and how much ii will
cost timely study and should be exhaustive enough
to give all future administrations of the utility clear pic
ture of the turn ahead.
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ity for at least 80 minutes after
eating, particularly after the
heaviest meal of the day.
5. Avoid emotional stress and
strain. Worry is an important
factor in its relation to heart
strain.
6. BY appropriate measures.
keep your body as free as pos
sible from so-called foci of in
lection.
7. Regular intestinal elimina-
ton is highly important.
8. Average not less than eight
hours of sleep in room abun-
dainty supplied with fresh air.
9. Perennial health demands
proper balance between work,
play and rest.
10. A periodic examination
may often reveal defects of
which you are totally unaware.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
865510

The counterpart of those de-
seribed by Ia Bruyere about
300 years ago Is seen in those
persons who are chatting at the
bit because there is not more
action on the Western Front.
They declare that It is a "phony
war with each side putting on
show for the benefit of the
rest Of the world. They regret
that there is not more carnage;
that there are no long lines Of
streteher bearers carrying the
wounded from battle fields, nor
rail lines congested with hos
pital trains running in one di-
rection and ammunition trains
going in another.
The same character of valor is
represented by those who, safely
ensconeed in exemptions from
military service. cry for blood
and demand that the United
States jump into the European
war or send an expedition
against Japan.
IL the shade of La Bruyere
could come back after nearly
800 years, he would say with
the prophet that there Is
nothing new under the sun.
Then, on the other hand, Tex
as seems to have produced
something new. Gov. Lee o'Dan-
lei, who rode into the office of
the chief executive of that state
on a Hill Billy band, has ap-
pointed DR.. w. D. Bradfield,
chairman of the Texas state
liquor control board. DR.. Brad
field, 10 years old, is professor
emeritus of theology at Texas
Methodist university. If 1t isn't
something new for professor
of theology in a Methodist uni
versity and a well known prohi-
bition advocate to head liquor
control board, what is?
Both VETS and drys in Texas
agree that 1t Is extremely
new, but the vets add that
1t Is also cockeyed. Who be-
sides governor would CAM
paign with a Hill-Billy band
would think of such a thing? ."
In the meantime, DIR. Bradfield
is taking the job seriously. His
inauguration as head of the
board was made the occasion
for quite celebration by the
drys. And as soon as he was
officially on the job DR.. Brad
field began looking for anti
booze teeth in Texas laws. He
seems to have found lot of
them and the vets are shiver-
ing in their boots.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
We'll Have To Speed Up

The west needs speed up its program IL it is going to
get in on the industrial development of the next decade
We have the unlimited resources and the power
But
On the issue power the Tennessee valley is alive and
awake and with its cheap IVA power is bringing in
industries daily
milon-dollar arplane plant is being built in Nash
vle other manufacturers planning factories in
the area.
Our western states OF Washington, Idaho Utah need
good manufacturing plants that win pay high wages
but there only be of them started at time in
the normal course of development.
It is up to western people. civic organizations
our congressman to let eastern capital KNOW of the adj
vanages Offer that the developments of the
next decade won't all swing toward the south.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
YOUR KNOWLEDGE
QUESTIONS TO TEST

Can you answer seven of these
test questions i? Turn to the
woman's page for the answers.
l. Is the sun a star?
?. Name the manager of the
New York Giants baseball club.
B. Which anniversary Of the
L. s. congress was celebrated
with ceremonies in the L. S.
capitol building on March 4,
1882
4. Name the capital of the
Republic of Colombia.
5. What is the political affilia-
ton of Henry A. Wallace. sec
rotary Of agriculture
8. Name the chief river Of
Florida.
7. What is the astronomical
name for the luminous surface
of the sun
S. When II is u o'clock noon
(E. S. t. in New York City,
what time is it in London.
England?
.. For which state is "Badg-
err q nickname
10. Name the poisonous ele-
ment In the exhaust gases Of an
automobile.