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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1909)
cv TssBHjir'v iC tiw.iiuimiintij WsssflBpjfJK I AIL OAI'tTAXi JOURNAL, SAXKM, ORMOON. THURSDAY, JUNK , 1000. r 1 NEWSPAPERS DETERMINE TO CALL HALT TO COLLECTIONJF INSPECTION TAXES OPPOSED TO LITTLE POWER-DRIVEN PLANTS BEING HELD UP FOR ANNUAL INSPEC TION TAX WHERE MACHINERY IS NOT DANGEROUS. PUBLISHERS WILLING TO TEST CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE LAW Courageous Utterances of Editors Who Do Not Fear the Power of State Official Com missioner Hoff Makes Journal Object of a Circular Letter to Newspapers. Under n vnguo and loosely worded not of tho legislature tho stnto labor .commissioner Is trying to mnko ovory newspaper nnd printing offlco py tho nnnuftl five-dollar inspection fee. Ho hns sent out n letter In which ho makes this statement, which Is false: "The Dally Capital Journal of this Oily In tho only institution In Sal en 1 and (ho only newspaper in Mnrion county that failed to pay its Inspection feer under the state factory Inspec tion law, after repented notification," Wo have called Mr. Hoff 8 atten tion to tho fact that ho has not col lected tho Inspection fco from tho stnto printing plant of Hon. Willis Dunlway, who oporntcs a lnrso powor plant with fast urwwoii and really dangerous innchlnory nnd lias not paid any tax when he Is n hundred tlmcH more nlilo to pay tlmii tho l'Ycowater Timet wort" of other llttlo one-i"--' printing offices. Mr. Hoff has misinterpreted tho law nnd dio Intention of tho law which lu Intended for factories nnd manufac turing plants omploylng dangerous machinery nnd largo power plants. Cinch the Mttle Fellow. Wo opposo this tnx because It Is a clear attempt to cinch tho llttlo follow. . h'oro aro thousands of small con cerns In tho state that opornto ma chinery with powor that aro not fac tories nor worKsuopH In tho sonso of tho Inspection act. Yet they aro all liable to he held up for thin annual Inspection fee. It Is a fact that Labor Commissioner Hoff did try to make all tho grocors and butchers In tho statu using powor coffee grinders nnd sausage cutters pay tho Inspection tax and foil down at It. Many re fused to pay nnd nil nro nnxlous to soo tho net tested out lu tho courts. If tho net Is not tested out nil tho candy shops and Ice croam frcjzors nnd everything that uses an electric motor whoro anything Is ninnufnc tliriwt liv Intini tnr tvnlli will Iwi bwntit I Into tho net for flvo dollars n year. I room t0 l""1"1 thorn all hut append In No ono should blnmo Mr. Hoff forl wunpleH for what they are worth, tho gradual extension of tho system'0 l0 not onilorBO tho severe coin no muro deputies must constantly bo "lon,H Mr; 1-off, who Is doubtless employed nnd the more thoy collect I trying to onforco what ho considers tho moro thoy will want to spond "Kood law, and ftir thin no tot and by using tho magic words "labor i ," '" i,,,pw1"IM.1 ! D"1 " ,!T commissioner" It Is mode to appear I fo" ,s loalb o In this mnttor with thnt It Mb In tho Interest of labor' 'J"1 loa nK Its workings and con when It l officialism (hat In hark of omnlng tho practces growing up un j( I der It. We print tho following letter ' . -, . ,-. , ,, from tho editor of tho Oregon City Own Report Condemns it, ElltorrBOt n lloWBm)or ()ff00 that Mr. uon minus mo mo snouiu uo reduced from flvo dollars to two dot lars. An oxninlnntlon of tho last report of his labor bureau shows that ho hlmsolt has Interpreted tho law to refer lo "mills and factories" and not . printing offices. Nowhere doos ho speak of Inspecting country printing offlcoB. Ho refers to "Oregon fao- torles on pages 5 and fl. Ho wont to ulympln, Wash., to loam about tho Washington ' factory Inspection law." Ho tolls In many plncos about tho Inspection of factorlos but no where about the Inspection of print lug office. In tho first qunrlor of 1008 ho made twelve trips to Port land and ono to Dallas to "Inspect factories." Mr. Hoff must realize that no Jury would consider a news-, papur pruning omce wmi one power press, run a few hours u day or pos sibly a few hours a week, a factory. Ho prints In his report tho names of about two hundred "newspapers and publications" hut he does not call thorn factories, and It would bo lu Intorestlng to know how many of theBO offlcos ho has Inspected nnd collootod tho flvo dollar fee from, niiw why ho does not enumerate the job printing offlcos. Ills report does not boar out his own contention. Law Has Vicious Feature. Why does Mr. Hoff single out this ono nowspnpor to soml out circulars from tho s,tato labor bureau? Ilecauso It Is tno only nowspnpor that has re fused to sanction his effort to wrong fully omploy this law to collect fhe dollar fees from ccry little printing office una Job printing office in this state. In addition, If ovory llttlo ma chine that Ib run by power, no moro powor than a ono-press printing plant requires, there will bo five hundred llttlo shops using power that will havo to pay this Inspection foo In Marlon county alone, it will bo only another step to extend It to windmills, water motors, cream separators and scores of othor machljics, IIUo gaso line wood snwB, gasoline carpet clean crs, Irrigation pumps, etc. It la tho wording of tho act that makes tho law vlcous In tho hands of u labor CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK 1 L J, H, Albert, Pres, E. M. Crolsan, Vico Pres, Jos, H, Albort, Cashier SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Pays Interest on Savings Accounts conmilBslonor disposed to make use of It, whoro It says In section 2: "Every factory, mill or workshop whoro innchlnory Is used and manual labor is exercised in the way of trade for tho purpose of gain." Tho nbovo words In tho sanitary section of tho law nro rolled on to givo tho labor commissioner tho broad drag-not sweep by which ho could Include nlinost everything that is dono with power of any kind to drlvo tho smallest machine, or even ii Jcwelcr'H watch drill. Tho law Is vicious nnd should bo tested In tho courts nnd knocked out nnd made to confine- its oporntlons to mills nnd factories with nt Ieoat ton-horsopowor nnd employing flvo or moro persons. No Printing Offlco AccldentM. Mr, Hoff tells of nccldentB In mills and factories but nowhero of nccl dentB In printing offices. Tho Capi tal journal believes In tho rigid en forcement of tho factory Inspection net where there is dangerous ma chinery to inspect. Tho lnw is n wlso ono If It Is confined to Its or Iglnnl Intention nnd legitimate pur poso but tho nowspnpors of tho stnto In their own Interest and In tho pro tection ofatho public gonernlly will resist tho extension of theso inspec tions to every llttlo powor-uslng plant. This tav does not go into tho public treasury. It does not bonoflt tho taxpayer but tho bureau, which like all other bureaus Is busy ex tending Kb oporntlons on every con ceivable direction, nnd tho tlmo hns come to fight tho solf-oxtendlng grntt. Lot a stop bo put to tho multiform systems of collecting monoy off tho ; citizen, from the ragged hoy wander ing ny the liny nrooklet to the pro prietor of the biggest sawmill and owners of herds and flocks. Opinions of tho Press. The Capital Journal Is In receipt of a great many nowspnpor clippings nnd loiters trom editors who aro opposed to tho oxtonslon of this tax to one press printing offices. Wo have not uses powor proBsos, has linotypes nnd doos binding "Oregon City, Juno 1. Mr. B. Ho for, ICd I tor Capltiu Journal, Salem, Or. Donr Sir: Wo nro In receipt of circular letter front Mr. Hoff, stnto labor commissioner, wliloh wo nro on- closing, nnd which you may find of Interest. 'Wo certainly think It Is stretching u llttlo bit to Impose a oharge against newspapers and printing of- rices for inspection fees. "Very truly yours, "OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. "By Edwnrd 10. llrodle." From I'nlou County. Oeo. A. Hclblrd, editor of tho Un ion Republican, mis tho following to say on the subject: "Tho Salem Capital Journal Is go- lug after the stnto Inspection graft as applied to printing offices, nnd doals out Home facts along this line that are refreshing nnd timely. An Inspection law that was designed to apply to factories nnd mills, whore there Is an element of danger to em ployes, appoars to have boon extended In Its scope to Include printing olllcos and may be further advanced to In clude sowing innchlnos, typewriters and fountain pens. To the nveiiige owner of a one-horso print shop this Inspection, so far us It nppllos to such offices, seems useless and a public levy upon nn Industry that does not need Inspection. Tho Capital Journal Is doing tho country press of the state u favor by entering a protest nnd at tempting to protect those who havo been 'stung' by this sort of public graft." Douglas County Hpeaks. . Editorial by 11. W. Dates in the Umpquii Vnlloy (Ilosaburg) News "O P Hoff, state labor commis sioner. Informs tho Nows that Tho Dally Capital Journal of Salem Is tho 'only newspaper in Marion county that has failed to pay Its Inspection fees after repeated notifications.' In nnswor we can only say, good for Tho Journal. It Is u pity that all tho newspapers, not only In Marlon coun ty but throughout tho state, hnvo not norvo equal to that of Tho Jour nal, no law was doubt. essly cre uted for ixilitical effect by and through lawmakers who rarely toll nnd never spin. It permits a graft without compensating returns, and while there might bo uu excuse for the Inspection lu largo factories and mills, t..ero Is no moro need of It In n printing offlco than there is for a bull In n china shop. There is no sympathy to bo wasted on Mr. Hoff or tho state's labor bureau, but there Is commendation for Mr. Hofer. Tho publisher pays his share without the contribution asked to pay the salar ies of tho officials of the bureau nnd Mr. Hoff, their collector. With prop erty taxes, occupation taxes, church contributions, charitable donations and a dozen other calls for money. tho publisher Is besot on ovory hand for monoy. Each demand In Itself may bo smnll nnd lnBlfnlllcnnt, but combined they form n large aggre 'gato without the nddltion of tho In spection tax, nn uncnllcd for nnd un necessary nnntinl occurrence. Tho Nowb honrtlly Joins Tho Journal In Its timely protest nnd hopes that tho duties of tho labor bureau nnd Mr. Hoff will be rogulnted by tho noxt legislature bo that they will only In cludo mills and fnctorlcs, or tho law legalizing their orflclal creation bo wiped, from tho statutes of tho state." Factory Inspection. (Editor .1. F. Gnlbralth in Qrnnts Pass Obsorvor.) ThO ubaervor hns soveral times complained of tho unjust lnw that constitutes a country printing-office n factory, and taxes It 5 a year ror Inspection. Of course, $5 Is not much, but nil tno snmo, olio resents robbery. Other pnpers of tho stnte hnvo kept "mum," probably because tholr poor llttlo souls nro timid nnd thoy would rather be Imposed upon than kick." Now Tho Snlcm Journal takes ii)) tho rascality and designates tho special taxing of one-press print ing offices as u graft. Tho law was devised by big sawmill mon for tho bonoflt of big sawmill men, nnd ac cording to Tho Journal Was at first nppllcd only to concerns of that kind, ns was tho Intention of tno legis lature, but has gradually oxpanded Into n bold graft by bolng stretched to Include nil sorts of llttlo establish ments uevor contomplntcd by tho men who drafted tho law or tho legis lature that passed It. Attorney Oonernl Crawford, ac cording to Labor Commissioner O. P. Hoff, Interpreted the law ns applying to any machinery not operated by hand power. Dutchors' sausage knives operated by olectrlcity hnvo been rated as machinery; why, then, should not laundry irons opernted by electricity be also rated ns innchln ory? Ilecauso Hoff Ib a coward, nnd; ti nro not carry ins grnti into private ' cu is minions to tno eyes of tho houses. Thnt's tho reason. Ho hns compositor, It gives him n temper a wnolo band ot deputies who opcr- like a case-hardened lllo, and cnusos ato over tno state at 4 a day and more slips from grnco thnn nnythlng expenses. Isn't that nice for tho'nround n print shop. It rnlses n doputlcs? And Isn't Hoff n generous, follow with othor people's money? Tho Inspector conies to the Observer, nnd .other printing offices hero, onco a your, dovotos about 20 seconds In walking to tho rear nnd back, nnd tho tax Is SC. Thero Is nothing to Inspect, Tho whole thing has devel oped Into u miserable graft, nnd tho original lnw, drafted by mill men, was designed for tho benefit of mill nion without nny consideration of the public IntoroBt. Tho factory Inspection lnw pro vides thnt partlos shall pay tholr allottod shnro of grntt yearly or bo liable to u fine of $25 to $100. Tho Observer hns lawfully forwarded tho "boodle, but according to The Salem Journal most of the print shops of tho stnto hnvo repudiated tho grnft, fulled to pay tho tribute nnd are now being threatened with prosecution. Tho Journal advises that tho country publishers nny tholr arrears Into a fund to tost the law In the courts. ' Tho Observer awo no arrears, but Is willing to add to such a fund It Is luconcotvablo that the courts would uphold so unjust nn Interpre-' tatlon of the Intention of the law ns Is applied to It In practice b the lllustroiiB State Lulnr Commissioner O. P. Hoff. CHICAGO MANPREDICTS SERIES OF DISASTERS Predictions of earthquakes for tho middle wost periodically nlade somo with embolliihmont of dire disasters that forget to turn up, gained tome standing In conto .queneo of the tremor j which rattled Chicago 8 dishes and now somo ot the prognostlcators point with prtdo to tholr guesses. Somo brand now pred'ctlons also havo been inspired. S. C. Drngnnts Do La Coralla writ ing from Port Hyron, Ills., said of the earthquake: "I had predicted Its occurenco for tomorrow, but It anticipated Its dato by one day I hnvo predicted another earthquake of moro Intonso force for Juno 7 next." nut tho solsinlc medal was won by one A. T. Koopman who pre dieted on Juno G, 1907 that an earth quake would visit Chicago In 1009. Ho may havo recovered from bll lousneis bu his prognostication wore weeds and Its gloom reminded one ot tho dirges played on memorial days. Dut as predicting! remains an Inoxact eclouco ono can listen with E. ECKERI. Wholesale m " - -- Family Liquor Store 144- Commercial St. Free Delivery Phone 103 . -rr-y ir---fr-KHTgTJg3L' thnt from now mntll 19010 and 1010 wo shall have almost n continuous!! nlmln rt An fli nmilna nm! frnn fnll-l tires, which will devastate not only n groat tart of thin country biut of our globe. AIbo one-half of Chicago lying south of Mcdlson street, all of New York City, nil of Washington D. C. Tho Panama canal will bo rondered useless not by nny actual quake but by tho Bhlftlng of tho earth's crubt, which will not shako down buildings, but will destroy tho cnnnl excavations. Crop failures will depend on Canada for sustenance Somo of the cities in the Unltod States that will be free from any disturbances are Boston, Milwau kee, Minneapolis and Seattle." Quoth the raven, "Nevermore." o Looking One's Best. Itft8 a woman's delight to look her best but pimples, skin oruptlons, sores nnd bolls rob life of Joy. Lis ten! Bucklon's Arnica Salvo cures them; makes tho skin soft and vol vety. It glorifies the fnco. Cures Pimples, Soro Eyes, Cold Sores, Cracked Lips, Chapped Hands. Try It. Infallible for Plies. 2Cc at J. fj Perry. o PAIMC COMMITTEE IS FIGHTING FOK TREES Several applications havo come to the Pnrk Commission tho past week to cut down trees In tho streets of Salem. Tho trees In tho streets nro absolutely under tho control of tho park authorities. Looking down any street In this city, nt the end of the street nro beautiful firs, oaks and other nntlvo trees. In somo cases old er residents hnvo out down trees that nre now In the street, sovernl bolng beautiful Sequoias, or California redwoods. Last week n magnificent oak tree that stood In tho mlddlo of n suburban street was hewn down. The Pnrk Commission has decided to prosecute the first case of trco-cutt- Ing on the streets. If a street Is to bo permanently Improved there would be some excuse, but not other wise. Property owners havo no right to give anyone license to cut trees standing In tho street in front of tholr property. Tho city must fight to save Its beautiful trees, and tho Park Commission proposos to uso all its legal power to save beautiful trees. DON'T USE ANINDELIBLE PENCIL; DON'T DO IT Whon you, nnd thnt menns overy- ono who reads this, write anything for publication, there nro three things you should do before touching poncll to pnpor. The first is throw nwny your Indelible pencil. Tho sec ond Is burn your Indellblo poncll nnd tho third Is bury tho ashes of tho blamed thing, nnd bury them deep. Copy written with nn Indellblo non- lionrso nuurmuni of profnnlty from tho tlmo the city editor gets his oyo on it, until tho devil, with ghoulish glee, JnniB It out of the wnsto bnB- koi into me stove, ah you nro n Christian, touch not, hnndlo not tho unclean thing. 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