The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-03-03

the platform, the PRESIDENT again
like candidate of last fall talking like his old self and
reteratng stand the thing that he supposed to have
backed away from the mos-the repeal OF the TaftHarey
Labor Law Whether you like not apparently you go'
what majority of the people voted for Nobody can say
that the President ticket and then became Pres
dent another.
The House Senate Economic Committee recently called
in number of leading economists and asked 1or tne
opinions and advice One representing large LIE insurance
company anticipated long period OF good times though
he buyers market back and the consumer
will have induced to buy The natural conclusion 70
draw from these lines is We it's newspaper talking IN
favor of advertisn here's the rest of it, One expert
says and until something changes the
picture will have to advertise If that is true it is true OF
course, in Kennewick well as everywhere else
The safety record of the railroads the best last
of any year in Ride where and how will we still can
90 along with the railroads the point that they still are
the safest about the most comfortable means OF travel
The Idaho Legislature repealed the chain store tax
This special discriminatory tax is about ~ Ola ana
about on argument that the chains were squeezing ne
independent of business The argument never held
water long not long before wholesale companies
not connected with the chains coming to the rescue OF
the ndependents independents large and small were
the Of these wholesale companies and efforts to
ave the Independents beneficial to both Ever since
that time independents have been able to compete with
the chains It where sepreservation took care
free economy proved to be unjusted and unnecessary
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Automobile registrations increased eight percent last
year over the previous year and truck and bus
were up percent What's the American Road Build
ers Association expects these figures to mount again TINS
wear The news behind the this is that our road
building has not keeping pace with the increase in
traffic And get far behind, it will be difficult ana
costly to keep up The State of Washington should 90 It's
level best year and counties and municipalities shouo
hole, ho$01Ho fr0ffH
one hand highway and street on the other
strong program of maintenance should come hrs then
lust as much good sound and street construction as our
budgets will stand.
The Protective League for the Property Owners of
Washington is stirred up about Senate Bill 108 which is
designed to limit ngress and egress highways This DILL
if drawn correctly should not be Objectionable Other states
have such bills designed to protect park roads and SUCH
However the could be in such way that the tree
movement of individuals intended to be inerfered
with by Federal constitution could be restricted Aner
cans have that love freedom and that expectancy OF freedom
that only from being brought up IN free country
And it much better suffer the rnaon of park road
or two than to sappont the people Every time we prove
that the freedom which about does not exist lay
the foundation for the growth OF foreign "isrns
We learn by experience learn better how to act in
time of disaster by going through disaster California learned
how to act when earthquake strikes by going through
several Florida suffered great damage from the 1926 hurr-
can because unprepared and didn't know how to pre-
pare More recent hurricanes in Florida have passed over
without causing single death and with very little property
damage except to agricultural crops We learned much last
summer from experiences in the flood We learned more
few days ago from experiences in the flash flood in the
south and west parts The city has worked out mo-
Utilization plan for the whole community to be put into
oneraon If another Columbia River flood Under this
Mar every person will should have something to do
Mavor Keolker declares emergency How well it works
will depend on well everybody works under the plan
The Treasury Department sends us publicity every week
~ Savings Bonds While every newspaper gets many
for free publicity that it cannot print than
small fraction of the supply like to help the sale OF
Savings Bonds because the bonds SAFE they way
for many persons to save and they make 1or the