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^'PortlandObserver Black History Month Page 16 February 17, 2010 Opinion articles do not necessarily represent the views o f the Portland Observer. We welcome reader essays, photos and story ideas. Submit to news@portlandobserver.com. New Prices Effective May 1,2008 Martin AMERICAN P R ID E ¡/QMtoe ih qtimO Cleaning NEWS IT E M : B eiotH © &W SS o>. sets contract TÖ PROVIDE WINDOWPANES fo R T M E NEW WoRt-D TRADE CENTER BDÌUÀNG-. Service Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Residential & Commercial Services Minimum Service CHG $45.00 Carpet Cleaning 2 Cleaning Areas or more $30.00 Each Area Pre-Spray Traffic Areas (Includes: I small Hallway) 1 Cleaning Area (only) $40.00 (Includes Pre-Spray Traffic Area • Hallway Extra) Stairs (12-16 stairs) $25.00 (With Other Services) Heavily Soiled Area: Additional $10.00 ADDITIONAL SERVICES • Area & Oriental Rug Cleaning • Auto/Boat/RV Cleaning • Deodorizing & Pet Odor Treatment • Spot & Stain Removal Service • Scotchguard Protection UPHOLSTERY CLEANING Sofa $79.00 Loveseat $59.00 Sectional $ 1 0 9 -$ 1 3 9 Chair or Recliner % ¿JcS* It / T $35 - $49 Throw Pillows $5.00 (With Other Sendees) See Flyers for Additional Prices Call For Appointment (503) 281-3949 Can’t Americans Make Glass? Seeing China from the new World Trade Center by J im H ightower pany named Beij ing Glass got You can knock us the government contract to Americans down, but provide the window panes you c a n ’t keep us that’ll cover the first 20 sto down. ries o f the tower. Yes, the For exam ple, the monument to our national twin towers o f the spirit is being sheathed with W orld Trade Center made-in-China glass. in New York City were crashed to What? C an’t American’s make the ground on 9/11. But now, a glass? O f course we can, but our new tower is rising from those biggest corporations, like Coming very ashes-a soaring steel and Incorporated and Guardian Indus glass m onument to the American tries, have been quietly and quickly spirit, a powerful symbol o f our moving their production and our national resilience. jobs to China. Well-except for the glass. A com In just the past nine years, 30 <L,!l|Jnrtlanh ODhseruer Established 1970 USPS 959-680 ______________ __________________ 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 E ditor - in -C hief , P ublisher : Charles H. Washington E ditor : M ichael L eig h to n D istribution M anager : M ark W ashington C reative D irector : Pau! N e u feld t W eb E ditor : Jake Thomas P ostmaster : Send address changes to Portland Observer, POBox3 1 3 7 , Portland, OR9 7 2 0 8 the Chinese governm ent. For ex ample, shipping heavy glass from Beijing to M anhattan would be p ro h ib itiv ely ex pensive-except that China subsidizes the trans portation. This isn’t free trade, it’s a raw deal. There should be a stiff tariff on all subsidized glass coming from China-and the new World Trade tower is so symbolically important that every inch o f it should be Ameri can made. For more information, contact the United Steelworkers glass industry department at usw.org. percent o f these jobs have been lost. “Those who’re looking through the rearview mirror waiting for the glass industry to come back,” snorts the chairman o f Guardian, “should know it isn’t going to come back.” Indeed, Guardian now employs more workers in its 36 foreign plants than it does here. Well, chirp the usual flock o f free-trade economists, it’s all about China providing “econom ies o f scale” for manufacturers. Hogwash. T he g la s s in d u s tr y ’s ru sh abroad is all about getting cheap Jim Hightower is a columnist fo r labor and m assive subsidies from minutemanmedia. org. The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Observer-Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication-is a member of the National Newspaper Association-Founded in 1885, and The National Advertis ing Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Ine, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association — — ~" * CALL 503-288-0033 FA X 503-288-0015 news(aportlandobserver. com adsidportlandobserver. com subscriptionCd'Dortlandobserver.com