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PAGIt FOCB KVEXIXO ROSEIU'RO REVIEW,. SATt ltDAV, OCTOUER 28, tOlO. TAX LIMITATION AMENDMENT. Limits State Appropriations; County Taxes Are Already Limited by Law. (From the Tax Liberator.) Practically all of the opposition which has been ad vanced against the proposed Tax Limitation Amendment has been based upon its effect on county expenditure. How meager has been the investigation of those who advance such arguments is indicated by the fact that county ex penuitures are already limned oy me iiingiiain Dill, vvjiicn was passed at the last session of the Legislature. County expenditures have now been limited for two years, yet we hear of no counties which have suffered great calamity, or where the people are clamoring for the repeal of the Tax Limitation Amendment. It was impossible for the Legislature to limit state an municipal expenditures. In order to accomplish this it was necessary for a constitutional amendment to be adopted by the people, lhat amendment is to be submitted to the people in the form of the tax limitation amendment. Under I he Tax Limitation Amendment state and municipal ex penditures will be limited. Consider if you will, the necessity for limiting state ex penditures. Almost every member of the Legislature who lias been elected to office during ihe past six years, has been elected on pledges of economy and the abolishment and consolidation of commissions, liefore the sessions of the Legislature the people have looked forward with great hopes for some relief from our excessive stale tax. Time and time again the pledges of ilic Legislators have been broken and the people's demands have gone unheeded. If it is impossible to abolish and consolidate commis sions, and to lessen the expenses of our state ( iovernmeni. why have not the members of the Legislature given us re lief? If it is not possible to lower our stale expenditures, and to abolish some of our commissions then why do the members of the Legislature continually make pre-election promises that ihey will. If it is impossible to abolish our commissions and lower our stale taxes why do not the memncrs 01 ine J.egisiauire come out like men and say these are things impossible of accomplishment? The Slate Taxpayers' League and the Tax Lihcraloi believe lhat commissions can be abolished and thai oui slate expenditures can be malerially decreased and because of that belief they have submitted to the voters of Oregon the Tax Limitation Amendment. It. has been submitted in a most fortunate y ear becati ;e through a peculiar incident a large surplus' of stale funds was carried over from last year. This made an unusually low levy for stale expendi tures for the present year. If the Tax Limitation Amend ment is adopted on the 7lh day of next November, then ihe nmounl which Ihe next Legislature can appropriate will bt limited, Il means thai the next Legislature must make some material reductions in their appropriations. The Tax Liberator is very frank to say that the adop tion of this measure will compel the Legislature lo reduce ils appropriations. It believes, however, that this is the very best argument which can be advanced for the adop lion of (hal amendment. If the taxpayers of Oregon do not waul legislative ap propriations o he reduced, if they do not waul commis sions to be abolished and consolidated, thev should vole against this amendment, but if Ihe taxpayers are sincere in this agitation for lower appropriations and the abolish incut and consolidation of commissions they should by all means adopt this amendment. CONFUSION OF MEASURES. SOCIETY (Continued from pagu 3) Circulators of pclilions for Kural Crodils upon ap !'(acliiii" voters wore repeatedly iutWmeil that thev lial already signed (tie Rural Cmlits petition. I'pon investi gation it was found that tliey had signed the I'ull Rental Value Land Tax and llonie makers' Loan ImiihI Amend mcnt under the belief that they were sinin" the Rural Credits Amendment. This clearly indicates the confusion which exists be tween Rural Credits and the Full Rental Value Land Tax and Home-makers Loan Fund Amendment. Voters should he very careful to distinguish the differ ence bet ween 'these two amendments. The Full Rental Value Fand Tax mid Home-makers' Fund Amendment single lax, but provides for a loan fund to persons who are possessed of less than of -this world's tenuis. It i not necessary to discuss single tax at this time. Fvervbody in ( ) recoil knows what single -tax is and knows how they wish to vote upon ii. )C ;i .iiu ralor is uiumami opposed to the Full Rental V alue Land Tax ami Home makers' Foan Fund Amendment, for it is siniilen under a different name, ll feels, however, that it is not neccur lor it to eiu-ai-e in discussion ol the merits or demerits ot single tax at this time. It wishes, however, to make it clear to its leaders that the I'ull Rental Value I. and Tax) and I loiue makers Loan I'uinl Amendment is single tax. lwu wishes to nre its readers to miard against confusing j i; with the Rural Credits Amendment. The Rural Credit Amendment is a most worthy meas tire, it provides cheap money for the farmer in a simple! businesslike manner and should be adopted by a kire ma jortiy. The Full Rental Value Land Fax and I lomemakers' Loan Amendment is siimle tax and since the voters of Ore t;on have repeatedly rejected single tax lhat measure will be overwhelmingly defeated if it is understood. The Full, Rental Value Land Tax and Home makers' Loan Amend : ment appears upon the ballot at umbers M W and Mh , defeat this single tax measure voters should vote M7 X No. The Rural Credits Amendment appears upon the ballot as Numbers 31S ,-md M1 in order to pass this Rural Credits Amendment and secure cheap money for the farmer, the oters should mark their ballots 31S X Yes. We have ihe greatest country on earlh. The privilege-is here are more ami hetU-T than anywhere else. We liavn the right of suffrage for both men ami women. The best school .system in the world, our free public m.-IiooIh; churches in abundance, worshippers free to exercise their own conscience; public libraries, and the Nation a( peace with the world. The alue of these things may be esl i mated by Iheir cost and they have certainly cokL us the very best of the world's men. These should bo preserved. Does rrepateihiess .Menu War? We surely believe in jl in every thing else M' we do not believe in it nationally. The election of a sheriff for this county does not mean more crime, but it does mean protection from the same and preparedness to take care of the criminal should he appear In our midst. In like man ner does preparedness not mean war but ihe protection against the en croach men is of an enemy and the readiness lo protect against the in vasion of suoh. Many say lhat all should be Bot tled by treaties. I grant you the value of such, but treaties do not secure us against war. Lack of pre paredness weakens existing treaties, because of lack of power to enf'orcf ihe same. It also cripples a nation's power to make sat isi'actory ones. The greatest, example of this h China. She does not make t real iv.v. with Japan, and because of bet weakened condition Japan makes de mands and China must agree to i hem. A nation without proper backing cannot even maintain - hei own national policies mid it seems folly for a nation to at tempi to make demands wit ho til t he proper power to enforce them. Hence prepared ness. There are so many who say that there is no cause tor worry and that ;hero cannot ho found any causeH for war in litis day--yet see for a iniii lte some causes lor worry on this u-ore. Territorial disputes are con slant ly coming up, and this is some times a cause for the enforcing of demands. The demands of immigra tion are a source of constant agita , ion, and we must see to it that ihese are not. taken advantage of by any foreign power. The ,1a panose question is not settled by any man ner of means. The Mexican situa tion is still demanding the attention of the government at Washington. The Monroe Doctrine needs defend ing and will for Home time. There ire others like (hem lhat are all a uses for 1 rouble wll h other na i ions. Reasonable preparedness will not provoke war. but will contribute to 'he protection and prosperity in the .line of peace. As long a we do business on the nigh seas there will be need 'for prn 'eclion to our vessels. We have to day only la first line battleships to liver l he seas and protect 2 1,000 nlles of seacoast. We have no bat le cruisers, no fast scouting ships. Kor the protection of our commer cial interests we need more than i his, and I plead today nol for pre paredness for war, but for an ade quate force to protect the Interests or the Nation. The Secretary of War made this report last November: Thai exclud ing I lie I roups in our foreign pos sessions ami in our coast defenses and on various non-combatant and detached duty, our mobile army con sists of IMMofi men and 11515 ofii cers, an aggregation of less than : 1 , iiUO. This number musl still be de pleted in order to garrison Hawaii utd Panama. When those are fin ished our m oldie army will consist within the Cniled Slates of a force of less than lla.Otio men, a force a little more than twice Ihe size of the New York City police force. There ire today 11(1 unprotected places on t he At !a lit ic seaboard, where in in days 100,000 foreigners could be safely landed. 1 n preparedness we are preparing for peace and not for war. It Is a means of defense, and surely this is neer to mean aggres sion. We have never been the aggressor in tilt the struggles lhat we have been engaged in. The Spanish American war was for the cause of humanity and has given to the world a new nation. We hate watched oer them until now they are self govern Ing and they have their Indepen dence. We have another In the Pa cific that will as soon as she Is able to govern herself be likewise seS free. The aggressor, never, but the defender, ever, is the part of this Nation of ours, and as long as America stands die will never be other, and for this defenses, first of her own interest and second for the interest of mankind and the cause of humanity, it will require that we prepare, and so in this respect and for these reasons I am a defender of the cause of preparedness. Not for war, but for peace and its interest everywhere. Pleasant Afternoon. j The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist Church spent an enjoyable afternoon Thursday when Mrs. Lee iJillard was their hostess at her home on South Main street. Sewing, planning and chatting made a pleasant diversion for the afternoon hours, and very; dainty refreshments were served by; the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Iluey. i i Fancy Work Committee. The fancy work committee of the Presbyterian Ladies' Aid vere invit ed by Mrs. Jean Pitfs to spend sev eral hours with their fancyworlc at her home on Kast Lane street Wed nesday afternoon. At the conclu sion of the occasion the daintiest of refreshments were served. V!(Niil' Anniveisjny Observed. Mr .and Mrs. Woli'orlh entertained at their home nt Creen last Sunday in honor of the occasion of their third wedding anniversary. They had vh their guests -the members of the lOntre Nous Club and a very happy day was enjoyed, the host and host- ess receiving many good wishes from : their friends'. A delicious, dinner j was served at a table prettily arrayed j in many lined autumn leaves an. fragrant roses. ' I Tho Philharmonic Society. The choral club which was organ ized last week under the direction of Curd on A, For; has adopted as lis name the "Philharmonic Society. 1 Several new members were entered j nnd the membership will be increased j next. week. This society meets every week and will soon begin practice on the "Rose Maiden," which they ex pect to produce within a few months. HuJlowoV.n Social. Mrs. William Bell will dispense gracious hospitality next Tuesday af ternoon when the laaies of the Men tal Cluture Club will be entertained at her home on Jackson street. This is the usual social occasion or tne club and will be enjoyed in the form of a Hallowe'en entertainment. (Continued on Pat;e Six.) AS IX1XTIO.V WAUKK. 6 It KCiON CITY, Oct. 27. No matter who wins November 7, Ore gon City will have a wheelbarrow parade. J. Jl. Chinn and Walter Young, Wilson supporters, will cart William Kolger and J. Dunniire, who believe that Hughes will be elected, down Main street on a wheelbarrow if Hughes is elected. On the other hand, Chinn and Absolutely Pure Made from Cream of Tartar NO ALUM-NO PHOSPHATE Public Service Commission This Commission has charge of and controls all Steam Hail roads, ICUVctrlc ' Itailroads, Telephone Lines, Klectric Light, Power and Gas Com panies, Warehouses and other Public Utilities in Oregon. The Commissioners should not be all of one political party. It is a Business Office for a Business Man VOTE No. 47 X FOR E. L. VAN DRESAR, Democratic Candidate -- Ycnt-s' l'Ait'iU'iH, in TransjHirtat ion, Mtimifnt'tnrin ami Shii lin. ( Paid Adv. ) Young will get the ride if Wilson is liuld advertisements In local papers the winner. announcing the affair, so that a A. A. Price, Wilsouite, will insert large crowd will witness the parade. 4f ! : i HOW YOU GET SICK H.Mn.-t lines you overload your Rtn lis :i i ll with rl .'ll fouOs. Year life iway bo an at'ttvc mio. und thus you ni.iy care for itll y.m c.u. Hut a few ilitya of Inactivity show your pyMi-in don not c.iU for so mu. li. Von iiwuki' hi tin' morninir tif l. Your liodv fiil-t li.Mvv; von Uin.w y.-n wvv not up to tho marl;. Yonr (hucHtlou li;is not iMrtM lor 1 In rtiMtt. I'ai t oi It r.-i!!,.-!ti. 11 H.-noi.it.'M K. lt it tutl.itii' t tho IYour hotly fiil-t hiMvy; vim know S (hucHtiou h;is not iMrtM i'or tin- ' Jj H.-noi.it.'M k.im lt it tutl.itii' tho g i-ul tho .llK'nvo iluhis iin.l i i .-t I y to iibaott. tho H0--HU ;;i; oh ;m I V kli.-W :-'Vi,tlKJi: - W.-.i, :. ! ' ? Vour h.'.Sv ,V 1 WiMk .-K.-l ..oo i Y I i.-n.'.Vn. r.--.!, .:..v..-lC ! i I ik ,ltM v ! .it .u .,1. I 9 I tills ! !.-. I. ft h.'t .11 I".- ir .!!, i S I -v.t, J. ... tli- lit-..:., .m I ,S I th - Ly . tl-.l ,1.1;. .-.. I O I -I'll.. ,...),, t . i -i . . , ,u in, :.l I V I for iv,!..:..r i,,l!:iii,i.t ..t; ... J V You've Seen Them Advertised Now you are able to put your hands on them. For we have received our Fall shipment of "The Hatch One Button Union Suits." Cot-ton.-Wool and SUk and Wool. $1.25, $1.50 ,$2.50 and $3.50. Look 'em over. Our Sweater and Mackinaw Stocks Are getting thinner and thinner every day. Bet ter "mosey" around and get a last look at them Fine Sweaters, $1.50 to $3.50; All Wool Sweat ers, $5.00 to $8.00. Men's and Boys' Mackinaws $5.00 to $8.50 Men's and Young Men's Fine Flannel Shirts, $1.00 to $3.00. Our Overcoat Stock Has looked two or three times like a "British Willie" had struck it, but we get reinforcements nearly every week ; just got in a new lot. Want to see them before they get binged? But we have had better luck with our suits. We can give you most anything you want in an all-wool Suit from $12.50 to $27.50 Pinch Back, English, Modified, Regular and Box Back, Tweeds, Cheviots, Worsteds, Serges, Cas simeres and Panamas. The newest creations in hats. We think you'll like them. It costs nothing to look. Shoes for " V MU'mLZr Cents Ph(X'tiix Hosiery for Ladies and Gents IF 4 4 .a v t Si - . t i -a v ! . : i - t ) ii j Ti f ' i. I ' "At "If t t fvt x 'iA clothes 3l . Copyright, 1916. by rtnry S.nncbnrn it Co.. aft"' I. Ik s v . wit V Vluts You Can't See the Person Tliis Felloiv is Talking To You have llic same chance of guessing the out of sight quality in a suit of clothes unless you know the make. Styleplu 'lhc 5sv.-j i :-i:v- the nation over." are one o ihe hml known makes in the counlrv. Tlicyliavcmailo llii'lririnHalion on stylo and quality, liulii at a jnciliuin prioo. Tlioir fabrics are all wool. Valcr shrmik haircloth ami cam;n for muKir struclurc. ILunI tailoi ing lo give finish and strenglli. Any k'mil of a iioilcl you sav. $1 . tliis season the -amc as over. Dct? wear I In; Huflics fh u art- f'iruc lo tln-ir Irusl." Sulif f.ii iiuji "uamntccd. The Square Store That Hallowe'en Party Is not going to he compkte without our ready-to-serve Olympia Oyster Cocktails Also Fresh Olymr-ia Oysters for sale in any quantity. I'linnc ISA Roseburg Soda Works L
