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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBBER 15, 1919.
m REPEAL OF
MSS.FEOFITS TAX
TO SWAT H. C L
BEZDEK REFUSES JOB
State College, Pa.. Bee. IS.
Hugo Bexdek. athletic di
rector at Perm State and for
mer manager of the ' Pitts
burgh Pirate, declined .a trip
to the Pacific coast to- help
get the Oregon team in shape
for the Harvard game atj Pasa
dena New Tears day.
:jiCOIJ!ilITEE!lAY
SEEKCOMPROMISE
OH PEACE TREATY
THERMOMETER DROPS
14 BELOW AT DALLAS
; Washington, Dec. 15. -hepeai of
me excess proms lax ia.w w uistw !cjie
William is. uoiver or tne reaerat iraae
communion aa one means of forcing
down living cost
"It aeeraa quite clear," said Colver
ia an Interview, "that one of the chief
contributing causes to the high coat
of living la the excess . prof its taxes.
Certainly it is both a burden and
temptation to business.
Y . "Ia the beginning the tax, aa I no-
. derst&nd it, is not a revenue device at
all. During the war, when it became
j necessary to fix prices, it was found
l that there was a. wide range ia the
! cost of producing any given commod
ity. One concern or a group of con
cents. It was found, could produce the
commodity at a price which often left
re profit at all to other concerns or
v which made it impossible for them to
operate. There was a wide range be
tween high cost operation ana low
east operation. So long as the theory
of fixing a single price was adhered
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; KQDlPORAnOJS.
Apple packing and shipping has
come to a close at nermwon, wiui a
run of 41 carloads, valued at $57,000.
The Perfection Grain and Milling
company of Portland, capitalized at
$500,000 filed articles of incorpora
tion with the corporation department
here Saturday. The incorporators are
R. M. Ttittte, K. Rohlfing, J- M.
rrndirfta. n immune Hurd ana J. if-
Dallas, Dec IB. Dallas la covered
with 26 Inches of snow as a result of
the heavy storm of the past five days,
and as a result business of every de
scription with the exception of that
of the plumbers la at a standstill.
All day Wednesday and until late
Thursday afternoon no trains either
came to the city or left for other
points and the citizens had a taste of
what it means to "be cut off from the
rest of the world." A crowd of local
eltlsens who were either in Portland
ta. It was necessary to fix that price " salem got as near home as Qeriing-
high enough to bring Into production Tuesday night but were unable to
the needed output of high cost opur-, rartner ana were lorcea to spena
Washington, Dec. 13. An effort to
reach a compromise on the peace trea gurcher
.iy ny appointment oi a eommnwe or, other cor,oraUons
j conciliation to iduuuq repuuiivoa uu
democratic senators waus unscu in tne
senate today by Senator Underwood,
democrat : ,
He declared that Senator Lodge, re
publican leader, should move -for such
a committee at once.
Underwood brought a laugh by say
ing he would accept any compromise
that President Wilson and Senator
Lodge could agree on. ,
Lodge replied that the president can
bring the treaty again before the sen
ate. - . , , ... ,
"The rules provide he can withdraw
it without the consent ef -the senate,
Lodge said. "But he does not seem in
clined to do if
atian.
"The excess profits tax was propos
ed as a means whereby undue profits
whigh might accrue to low cost oper
ators could be brought back into the
until late Thursday afternoon in the
Capital city. A large number of trav
eling salesmen and ether ' travelers
were marooned here.
The heavy fall of snow caused sev-
treasury to provide in part the money J 1""8W roofs in the- vicinity to eol-
wfth which the government could pay among them being the big pa
ths high fixed price ' Jvllion at the Polk county fair grounds
"In the excess profit ax when a and tno livestock shed at the same
concern has reached beyond what Is Pnt The roof on the big barn at the
oonMdered to be Its normal In profit- B. Lynn farm near Perrydale also
ableoeas, the surplus is partially tak- collapsed but none of his blooded
a from it by increasing percentage atock were Injured.
What follows? Waste and extrava- Friday morning was the coldest ev-
CORfl SHOW HELD UP;
BAD WEAMBLAiiED
Because of the, inclement weather that
is preventing farmers and possible ex
hibitors from coming, to the city, the
sixth annual Marion County Corn show
scheduled to begin here Monday, has
been postponed one week, according
to advice this afternoon from officials
in charge of the show. Requests from
farmers that the show be postponed to
gaaoe; or any effort to make as much experienced in this section of the give them an equal chance to exhibit
profit with excess profit tax in oper wal tnermomeier registering n
ation as though It were not in opera- below zero at seven o'clock. Practio
tton. That is done by charging excess "very home in the city is suffer
profit tax charges to cost, prices. It with frozen pipes but unlike the
means collection from all the people, there is no shortage of fuel,
when the sixty per cent excess prof- - " .
its tax rate has been reached, of a POLISH CABINET
dollar, unnecessarily. In order that) REPORTED FORMED
tarty per cent may be added to the j . ' ? 1 '
divisible profit." - : I London, Dec 15. A dispatch from
filing articles
Saturday were:
Farmers Produce company. Port,
land, $10,000; I. D. McCutcheon, W.
D. Pearls and E. P. Conroy.
Alpha Epsilon chapter of XI Pal
Phi Fraternity, Portland. $500; L. J.
Cain, president: R. H. Sutor, vice
president; W. a Cole, treasurers R.
S. Howell, secretary. -
LOW TEST GASOLINE
i;0T SOLD IS CLAIM
(Warsaw today reported that M. Skul-
The population of the eastern Ore-, ski, former mayor, of Xod, 'has sue
Kon state hospital has decreased dur- ceeded in forming a new Polish cabl
ing the current year from 824 patients net from the resignation of Ignace
ta 4f 0. ' Jatt' Faderewski.. :
were received and are largely respon
sible for the postponement.
The show, then, will be held at the
tractor department of the Valley Mo
tor company, Front and State streets,
beginning December 28. ' '
, BORDEN i TO RETIRE.
Ottawa, Qnt-Dec, 15. ,- (United
Press.) Sir Robert Laird Borden,
premier of Canada, Will retire from
public life in a few weks on advice of
his physicians.' tt was, learned from
reliable sources today. ' ';
. Reports to the effect that gasoline
of test lower than the 66 degrees spe.
cific gravity- required by state law,
is being sold. In Oregon, are emphat
ically denied by William A. Dalzeil,
deputy state sealer of weights and
measures. "
"If there la any such gasoline being
sold In Oregon at this time it is with
out our knowledge or consent and
discovery .of such an infraction of the
law will result in the Immediate clos
ing of the offending station," declared
Mr. Dalzeil when told that there were
reports to that effect in circulation.
Mr. Dalzeil denies that any permits
for the importation of gasoline other
than that which meets the require
ments of the law have beeu issued by
his department. Something muat be
done to in some way relieve the situ
Uon which has resulted in considerable-hardship
in some communities,
he admits, but declares that his office
is only one of administration and
that he is content to enforce the
laws that are passed by the regularly
constituted legislators.
Umatilla county will receive $2280
as a share of money received by the
federal government from rentals,' sales
of timber and other sources from, the
forest reserves.
THE SPIRiT.::;:,,:;i: J
IS EXEMPLIFIED IN MUSIC J
WHAT WOULD CHRISTMAS BE WITHOUT MUSIC? IX) YOU REALIZE THE PART MUSIC
PLAYS IN YOUR ENJOYMENT OF LIFET HAVE YOU MUSIC IN YOUR HOME? IP NOT
MAKE THIS CHRISTMAS DOUBLY HAPPY BY PRESENTING THE FAMILY
A FIAMO : :
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I PHONOGRAPH , V
WE ARE SALEM REPRESENTATIVES OF THE v "
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AND SELL SUCH WELL KNOWN PIANOS AS THE STEIN WAY-WEBER AND OTHERS--
Pathe Phonographs arid Victrolas
DECEMBER PATHE AND VICTOR RECORDS
4 STORES
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D.UXAS COXCERS ELECTS
Dallas ,Or Dec. 16. Officers ef
the Dallas Machine & Locomotive
Works were elected at a meeting of
the incorporators held ia Dallas last
week. The officers of the concern
arel Carl Gerlinger, president; Geo.
T. Gerlinger, vice-president; Walter
E. Ballantyne, secretary and treas
urer. The buildings of the new cor
poration are being erected near the
S. P. tracks in south Dallas.
Pilot Rock has a number nt ,
of smallpox, some of them suite J
V
ROUP
Spasmodic cram. j3
usually relieved with
one application of
ricirs VAFom
TOUR B0UY6UAR.D - JOf. 60
Lr Continued
All This Weeli
On account of weather conditions many of
our country customers were unable to take
advantage of Saturday's big sale. In order
that all may share in the bargain offerings
our management has decided to continue
the sale throughout this week.
Bargains for Everybody
$ A Come and see what a dollar will buy,
u Groceries, Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes
Notions and Christmas G(dsSS
XMAS
SALE
Xmas
CASH
OroceriM
DryGoodb
stsrn
STORE
XMAS
PN0Ma453
SEE ALL-OVER LACES AND NETS Z-
BEAUTIFUL ALL-OVERS, SUITABLE FOR WAISTS AND '
OVERDRAPES AT LESS THA N HALF THEIR FORMER
; . y" PRICES :-..Z::ifi:'l:;
lTH Pt Laces will be very b: K
3 ttle aaragfora store to offer merchandise of this class during a
Sr,vlf wnd ?Vut we have these laces and want to", dispose ot
Spnq "Sfe fJPanirith foresight that has made his minions,
- - a au vantage oi tnis. v; r r ,,-..
Silk All-Over Laces, 36 inches wide.
white and colors, suitable for over
drapes, values to $2,40 now, yd. $1.25
A group of Silk and Mercerized All
Over Laces, values to $1.50 now at
yard..., : 75c
Cotton All-Over Laces- suitable for
caps and camisoles,-36 inches wide,
many colors, values to 85c, now at
5Cc
yard
Another group 18 ihcheswide, values
to 65c. rediicpfr tn va
Nf S 40 ches 'e, white and colored';";
ues to $1,45, now at yard 'tv
Lot of Mercerized Nets, values to 85c, reduced to-yard . . J-
Gccd Wool VeiHngs
Clack and Colored at
vyard 15c
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CRAVATS
A wonderful assortment
Christmas Gtvtag. When you
are about "to give up in des
pair select one of these; he
lu " be plMUKd. Choice
Foar-ln-iianii. Uc to
for
Sets at
SOCKS
What man wouldn't ai$re
ate a pair or aTToax otjgp0
wooicn Sochs? We have them
hi many weights; colors ana
grades suitable" for dress or
work at from 40c to 85c pr-
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