TILLAMOOK
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■ world than has ever before been ex­
The Brunswick ‘ Ultona' plays all Discuss Public Ques­ pended by any monarch since the
beginning ot civiiiza.ion. His expen­
ses at .he peace conference wili ag-
tions of Interest.
records at their best.
grcg.te more than all the expenses
rat '.c get he: ot ail the repzesenta-
STARTLING EXPOSURES ARE
lives ot this government at similar
RESULT OF PROBE conférences since the beginning ot
the nation. It will be a shock to the
Illinois Representative in Speech country to know just what it cost to
take those sixteen hundred advisers
Gives Renew oi Disclosures.
to Europe, whose advice was never
Speaking in the House of Represen­ accepter. It will be interesting to
tatives in October 13th. Representa- KItu 6« jum what it »st the people to
tive Graham, of Illinois, chairman of put A gliLst rvoi on the Geoz
«a ushinsiou m cider
.at the pre
the house special committee in inves­
tigation of Expenditures in the War de? ila 1 party might bask in the st
ae at
It will be interesting
Department, sketched conditions as
least
to
know
what il cost to take the
they were found by the committee at
out ot the
fashionable
the government powder plant at Ni­ 1—
tro. W. Va.. where $75,vvu.Ou-. was Baltimore Hotel ot New York City
spent in construction and equipment ‘play while the President ate the fc
with practically no production of prepared by the Lanas ot sixtee..
special caeis. The c. uatry is anxuus
pow der.
to know what it cost to send a spec­
WlUi^n J. Graham said: Du
g ial ship in advance to Europe with
the course of the great w ar the Unit-
autouiobizes to meet the president
ed States government obtained and upvi. Lis arrival. Economy, like
w ays large
collected in various
cLarity, should begin at home and
amounts of property, both .cal and
The President should point the way
personal, m this country an. in Eu-
for the nation.
rope. Since the signing of the armis­
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tice steps have been taken, as you all
Represe-iative Green, of Massa­
know, to try to dispose of some of
chusetts. chaiiman of the House
this property. At present our govern­ Marine Committee. urges speedy a.-
ment. through its War department, tion by Congress in freeing American
is disposing of some of this material snipp.ng from war lime restrictions
at various times. The Select Commit-
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ana enabling it to complete with the In
' tee on Expenditures in the Wai De­ grvat ocean-carrying nations. He ru
THE BEST STOCK OF HARDWARE IN
partment, in making some of its in­
says it is necessary If the United
vestigations. has had its attention States is to take its place as one of
THE COUNTY.
directed through the public press to
the great maritime nations. hc says:
See Us for Prices Before Ordering Elsewhere
a proposed sale of property be long-
1 he United States has a wvnderful
ing to the government and located opport unity before it. Shall w e or
'near Charleston, W. Va.. at what is
shall we not grasp the marvelous
1 commonly called the Nitro powder
opportunities we now have to extend
plant. Finding that it was about to
our trade throughout the world?
be sold, the subcommittee on ordi­ »nis opportunity will not wait. Al­
nance went out there and took some
ready we have lost valuable time, we
testimony to disclose the facts rela­ 'nave iost ground we may not easily
tive to the conditions existing there,
recover. We must move swiftly if we
what property we had. and about
JACK HARPER,
are to take the place in me world's
what Congress ought to do about the
markets which some of our leading
situation, if anything.
BALL; SHOP, TILLAMOOK.
I industrial competitois have been
The sale of that property is under i forced to abandon, if we do it now
Take ’.your. Herses there and get
the control of the Director of Sales. ’we can establish ourselves so firmly
First Class Shoes for them.
! While, primarily
the ordinance ■ , that we cannot be dislodged upon the
branch of the war department has return of peace. If we act intelligent­
I guarantee all work to be
r- 1 control over it, it is being managed
ly and with cooperation, so as to
satisfactory, if not, bring it back Cj | by the Director of Sales. At this time produce ships cheaply and rapidly,
and Lwill make good without
ft this sale has not been concluded, and w-e will not only produce ships to en­
is pending and undisposed of. The able us to become the leaders in me
extra charge.
facts relative to the whole surround­ commerce of the world by furnishing
ing circumstances are such as to in­ transportation at reasonable rates,
duce in the minds of our subcommit­ theretore performing a service to the
tee. in which our entire committee rest of the world, but we shall build
concurred, the idea that we ought to ships in such large numbers and at
present these facts in a brief way to ’such fair prices that we will become
the members of this House, and indi­ the mecca ot the shipbuilding trade
rectly to the people, so that they 'of the world.”
might be advised about them and so I
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that, perhaps, if necessary, some
Representative Everett Sanders, of
steps in legislation might be taken Indiana, in a recent speech in the
that might help in the general dispo­ House, called attention to the tact
sition of this property. I will not that when English
ships pass
have time in the short time allotted through the Panama canal, they are
to me to go into the details of this, measured by the American govern­
but can only touch the high spots as mental authorities under what are
I go along.
known as the English rules, while
American ships are measured under
The Powder Investigation.
the American rules. As a result a
The powder program in 1917 was c*ntisn ship pays *1,461 less man an
investigated by a commission that American ship of the same tonnage,
went to Europe to determine what although under the American rules
we ought to do in making powder. 1 she would have paid 124 more. First
Up to that time we had not made Congress, at the demand of President
any. except in the Picatinny Arsenal Wilson, for reasons he mysteriously
and in private concerns. In 1917 we hinted at but has never given, put
set this Franco-American commission American vessels on the same tolls
to Europe to find out something as basis as British vessels. Now the ad­
to what we ought to do about manu­ ministration through a strained con­
facturing powder. When the commis­ I struction of the law, so regulates the
sion reported back, immediate steps tolls that the American vessel is dis-
TO THE VISITORS /.* TBIS SEC­
were taken to try to increase the ^criminated against.
TION, th» bank w a place for them
to eater and feel at borne and they
powder production in this country.
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are iavited to call and make thrir
When the European war began the
Dubuque
(La.)
Times-Journal
deairea kao*n.
total production of powder in the says; “The
conflict between nation
United States was about one million
and nation has not ceased, it has
and a half pounds a month. When we
J\ the final analysis, it will be found that this in­
only been transferred to another field
went into the war it was risen to a Victoiy will come to the people who
stitution it gorerned by a spirit of helpfulness, and,
million and a half pounds a day. The
can combine willingness to work
whatever your business interests in this section may
production therefore, when we went w ith an increased production of mar­
be, you can confidently rely upon its cordial, intelli­
into the war was about as I have ketable goods. Every day brings this
gent and personal co-operation.
stated, but we agreed to increase the news from the field of battle. About
amount a million and a half pounds
naif of the workers of England are
TILLAMOOK COUNTY BANK
a day by manufacturing it in gov­ out on strikes. Production has been
The Strong Home Bank
ernment plants, and in carrying out cut as never before. In the United
that intetion they proposed two gov­
biates we have about two thousand
ernment owned plants, one at Nitro, strikes. Production is decreased, th,,
W. Va.. and the other at Nashville, price of the goods manufactured is
Tenn., called "Old Hickory.” The Old ~o high that they cannot find an ex-
Hickory plant was to produce 900,-
uiarket. In Germany about one
oOO pounds and the Nitro plant 625.- Itiu.------- per cent of the workers are
000 pounds a day, so you can tell a. wu._. Production is increased.
something about the immensity of 1 heir goods are cheap enough to find
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this program that the government .a leady market tor the export trade
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v as about to embark upon.
rhe new war has just begun. May we
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The construction of these two hope that American industry will do
plants cost, as nearly as your com- its part as loyally as did the military
& mittee can ascertain. 190,000,000 at torces of the republic.”
Old Hickory, Nashville, and $60,-
000,000 as Nitro, W. Va.. or approx­
Dr. E. E. Pratt, former chief of
imately $150.000.000 has been ex­ I
'the Bureau of Foreign aud Domestic
For disenfecting where Contagious or
pended on the two plants for con­
struction cost up to this time. This Commerce. Department of Commerce,
said the other day in New York that
infectious diseases are prevailing.
does not include operating costs,
the financial position of the United
nothing except the building and con­
States is weak because of our loan*
CARBOLIC COMPOUND is a power­
struction of the two plants.
io Europe, and that the low rate of
ful Germicidal mixture and by its use
foreign exchange indicates a failure
More to Come on the Subject.
1 ant going to make one further of American banks to meet a finan-
will improve general stable conditions.
suggestion. The President should not cial situation, He criticises the ad-
for overlooking the
only urge more work and more rigid ministration
economy but as the recognized head trade opportunities createu since the
of the nation, should wet a whole­ armistice, stating that th< British
some example for the country. 1 trade through Coiogae »as greater
shall not criticize him for failure to'1“ the two months of July and Aug-
RELIABLE DRUGGISTS.
work for everybody knows that noth- us|. 1919, than it was in the year
Ing is quite so tiresome or wearing preceding the war. "No greater error
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however, the President has much to its «lmost complete neglect of our
learn about economy. As someone trade and foreign interests during
said at the other end of the Capitol the war,” be said: "Great Britiau
the other day. he has been "spending never for a moment lost sight of the
money like a drunken sailor." He has commercial advantages of the situa­
disregarded every economy in the tion. The question now is, will any­
expenditure of money. He has cavort­ one In Washington take a real in­
ed around with royalty and with the terest in business, particularly in the
monarchs and business problems involved in trade
representatives of
spent more money in his travels , with Central Eurppe. The outlook is
through the country and about the very barren."
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some business or financial matter,
read the last paragraph of this ad­
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less directly to the point.
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