ST. HELENS MIST. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1916
6
U'REN'S SINGLE
TAX MEASURE
A t'lfar K.ilunation ( Tlii Amend-
llll'llt.
.herself so." From l'rogr:aa mul Vov- value to the pasture luiuls; nml tlmt
erty." Chapter 2. p. S. 'so It U with the farmer'! land.
"Any one can see that to tax land j Wherefore he having had thin great
up to Its full valuo, would amount advantage while he fanned. It would
to precisely the same thing as for- be unfair that he should get u het
tnally to take possession of It, and ter priee for his farm when he sells,
ti, ..n ti.t it nut t.i thu 'iiirimui lilit- Musi hecuuse there are many who
lands Improved, and therefore are
least aide to hear It.
Tue Will Vastly liirrwax
lly this aliieudnient one-third of all
the land rent taxes shall he set asld
to he loaned to those poor who have
lands to Improve and who have mi
l to me iiignesi uiu- jui ru ' .......... i.i.. i,,,,.,. i
1 tiers." From "Tlio Land question." , want to buy; uml so the utate ougui proveu.emi. u. .
p 54 to take awav hy taxation siii'li lii-jiiisu ine uiiit-riuim' !., ........
1'lt.Mi IMIvers the StraiKlit iim crease. i.im.mil to 7. ,'1,r;
Is It not printed in tho Single Taxi All these reasons are set forth Hi urns si an im .....u ......
Review of December. 1912. that in ! what the single taxers have written; shies tin. ini eriimiee i.n.n. 1 " " "
Hoston, on the 2tli of November of land I cannot set them down ime-hulfi as liiil.h as Is tollette.l for ull oll.r
that year. Mr. U'lten spoke to the ' so well us they. Hut mostly do tlie , purposes; ami ine me ...
Fels fund conference In this wise: talk about speculation mid ubotit Idle cre.iseti moie man iiii..-m....
Whatever is done in Oregon here-! lands. i r taxes now- are -"" """
I after, will bo done absolutely along I t'f Idle lands will I first speak. year, of wliien lauii pas n,wuu.u.
1 iinnrv n...- nlln." ! It u-..r tiuiat trill.'iit if all Kiiod llv this a mend ineut , one-half will bo
appeared In the Oregon Voter Oeto-i Ami ,.ow Blv i1WM'., .ie wns of tlilnus men desire to buy were cheap.! added to the taxes, and they will he
i this amendment: ' and all good things men desire to sell
'(C) Public ownership of all land , were dear; and then were all happy;
I" Hon s "Full liental Valuo or Sin
gle Sux" amendment to be voted on
November 7 Is such a vicious measure
and cloaked in words calculated to
deceive tho voter that the Mist, for
the benefit of those who havo not
read the whole measure, is publish
ing an article by A. L. Veazie which
ber 21 and which. If read carefully.
should show tho voter that I'ren Is ;
ugaln trying to get back to single;
tax. It is apparent thut the ti:le of;
rent is right. It Is there
fore right unci necessary
thut all land rent shall be collected
the measure, "Full Rental Value hv nnbUe taxation
Laud Tax and llomeiiiaker's Loan! "(d ) It is the public policy of Ore
Fund Amendment," Is used purposely on to abolish ull forms of land mon
in each article to Impress on the 0"?.!(yf ) The wor(,a .,aml U!R(1
voter s mind the titlo he wll see on ; this section mean the fair and Just
the br Hot. If U'Rcn's measure Is price per year, as appraised hy pub-
adopted every other form of prop
erty will he exempt from taxation
and land alone will bear the burden.
Railroads and public service corpora
tions will no longer pay their share
of tho taxes. The small man must
pay their share as well us liia own,
but then let's read Mr. Yeazie'g ex
pose of I'ren's attempted crime
against the farmers of Oregon:
lie officers, that a renter should pay
for the use of auy land. The
appraised land rent shall be paid to
tho public tax collector.
"(h) During the year 1917, the
state land board shall cause the
county assessor and state tax commis
sion to appraise the annual land rent
price of every lot, tract, parcel and
quantity of land. Begin
ning on the first day of January,
1917, all the appraised land rent of
.. nf , A......... l,..t1 l. .....In,. ...I
ci , , ,. Luc iuiiu w . v....vf.i dm.. uc Luuixiru
Some think it a great wrong for ni,ii ...
The State Would lie the Owner
Thus shall the state take away in
taxes the "Full Rental Value" of all
any to own land but the state onlv
Such, called single taxers, seek
always to overturn those titles which
ull of which the
end so the single taxers promise it
shall he with the Ir.ml.
For they do say that the farmers
and home-owners shall Hud their land
more valuable to keep, but that those
who huvo none uml will buy, shall
Unit it even r.s Shakespeare, the great
poet, has said:
"You may buy land now as cheap
as stlnckliig mackerel." I. lien. IV.
it 4. :t:i7.
And no doubt It is true, its the
single taxers say that if tills law he
made, the price of laud shall he us I Mscation, and If It conn, to hlrth It
naught for those who would sell; for: shall bring forth that monster. I.el
tho state will have got all, and they . lit. wi.-.e take heed,
shall have nothing to sell; but as for cmie out ami vole 307 No,
those who would buy, they then must ... ,,..
$'i:i,iiOO,Ot)0 a year
laud must pay.
t'ities huvo In part been built by
laud owners. They have given up
neur the half of their ground for
streets. I In I lit In km III turn give value
In the lands. If single-tax wero law,
then would owners strive to ward
oil the coining and growth of rllles,
because Increase of ground-rents
would eat up their Improvements anil
bestow no recompense.
Owners have paid present values,
and it is unjust to roh them. This
i: in .'ii.l in 'ii t Is pregnant with cou-
III'
not tell them the price now; uml
never, nave for five vears: and that N'OTH 1
ahull he after thev have fur a tlniei MNAI, ACOU'VI
occupied; and not in advance.
Iliilliling Not Stimulated !
The single taxers say, that If all
ground rent be taken for taxes, then j
will men greatly desire to build on
considerations granted
They bring now for our suffrages,
one of their devices, called the "Full
Rental Value Land Tax and Home
makers' Loan Fund Amendment to
the Constitution," the Intent and ef
fect whereof are
to let no private man any more
own land in Oregon;
but the state shall he sole owner
(save of improvements) and univer
sal landlord;
and the people shall be all ten
ants, and pay the state the worth of
their lands in rent, in order that they
may keep the possession thereof.
Naught else shall be taxed, save by
special vote In any year.
Confiscation
And how shall the state get those
lands?
The way is plain.
Itl'.fcKNTATION OK
AMI I'KTI-
TION KOK IIVll. NK.TTI.KMKXT
IN K.STATH OK ISAIAH McllK.K.,
IIW'HASKII.
Notice Is hereby given that the
iiudersigiied has rendered ami pre
seated lor settlement and tiled in
the County Court of Columbia Coun
ty, Slate of Oregon, her Final He- '
and Account ns F.xcrutrix of
Itself.
So does our reason also ugree; for
what shall it prolit a man to own
land, if another take the benefits
thereof, in taxes or otherwise?
And therefore do the single taxers
say: "The David's sling of taxation
shall slay the Uoliath of land ownership."
For they purpose In their hearts
the Courtroom of xahl Court In St.
Helens, In said County and State as
the time unit place for the hearing
of objections to tho said Final Ut- j
port and settlement thereof.
All persons Interested in said e-
our state and nation have on solemn the land; and it shall thereby be the i their lots; and' partly they believe
owner of all the land; for. ns llanill- tins looiisnness; tor much it Is.
ton said "What. In fact. Is nrouertv I not land owii.ts iiuw who
u.lil..int tlio ii..ii..n,.iiii iwa ir if" I build, net as a reward both urouiid i port
1 The supreme court of t'ennsvlvunla ' rent and a prol'.t on their cupltal 1 the H,;l1'' )f Isaiah Mellee, Deceased,
has said: "It is well settled as a i used to build ? I ""'I the court has. by order, appoint
general rule of law, that a devise of j All(' how shall they more desire to ; ,''1 "'i l".v r November, I'Jltl,
'build when they can uet for lheni-it the hour of 11 o'clock A. M. at
.... r . , ....i i , il,.. Cii,)....,.., ,.r ....i. I i..
is equivalent to a tlevlse of the land : semes uiert-uy no ground rem, out
must pay all unto the state.
Likewise it Is with other sorts of
Improvements.
(iettlng ltiul Nut Matte Cheaper
Now let us consider thu doctrine.
jthut If the ground rent be ull taken 1 ,al, ur, hereby untitled to present
for taxes, the laud shall he free and ll"'lr objections, f uy t,y ,uvei
Whosoever will may take it; uvei,0ald Final Report and Petition for
that he must pay the ground rent. Hunt Settlement at said time and
True It Is, that thus the state will! Place.
by such devices as now they bring. ! ''uve ull and tho former owners noth-' Dated First publication. 27th day
to take away the land from the own-j " : Ul'""er, I a 1 1.
ers; which they cannot deny. Nevertheless, the land shall be; DIKNA WII.KF.S,
1.. i,.n. t ...nt.. ... i mora rnitlv tn liltn ul,,. iulu 11 I lv.itrlv
t,. .... . ah ii uiu, il as uiaiu uuu iiuucr&i J ...... . . u r. , mini t-
ne neeu out to conliscate the rent 0f Ilenrv Georee to call It ronllscR. now It Is. I Slaplelon & Conley,
inereor for taxes, as this umendment Hon; as such It is. I For now may he buy and know. Attorneys for Kxeculrlx
proposes. i v . 1( . ,j.,i i,i n., : the nriee. nml when Im Iliu ,i,i it ' .
No man has any right but what that thus he spoke; forasmuch as ! ''e is quit; and If there happen a
ne, 'aw.u,u.0 ,lim B've!i: and we who "confiscation" alarms tho intended i Rain. It Is his.
uiuKe me laws may make and un- victims, which miirhi li..v l..n ! Hut when this amendment shell b.
make rights.
evaded had some gentler term been
Thus may men who think thev i..l-.i
n?e nLni. " Ut '1 19 Uot 80 after But this is of no moment; for
Tifen ? ii it spfin- , a '9 "lead, it matters not
..tin tl i ?' ff thel'- by what word the thing was named
. i."1 " .f.tUe itc? Stutes to save that slew him.
..en lauua tor iiiem, out maytiap the
court will say, as did Chief Justice
Marshall:
"An unlimited power to tax in
volves, necessarily, a power to de
stroy; because there Is a limit be
yond which no institution and no
property can bear taxation."
If there be those whose hearts are
sick at the thought of the wrong they
would do, to confiscate the lands thn
So shall it he with the land owner-
ship in Oregon. When it has been
Dr. Slime's
lieuvea. Trlco
- - ....... ...if, . hi. ii,, in. -ii i niu.li ill- .
the luw, he dial) know the full price,) "l;lhl',
aim never sliull ho bo quit with pay-
ing It; and if there comu a gain il ls
not his, but yet ho must pay therefor.
For this doctrine Is, thut all the
gain appertains to the tax eaters and
them only.
Whoso cannot see. that to huv..
4G-5
Heave llmpi cures
1 1 ; for aalit by all ;
stuck between tho eyes and has ; laIlU 8hu" ue '"ore costly when such
ceased to quiver, It will not matter i 8mul ,e tlie law. Is void of under
whether tlio slingstono was called I standing.
single tax, or land rent tax, or ex-I The doctrine of the single taxers Is,
cmption luw, or what the fancy of j t0 lake uwuy 'y taxes called "land
man did choose to call It. i rt'bts' the gain in the worth of the
Keiistms W hy the Owners Shall Itiw i l;,n1 '' who holds it. !
Their Ijtn.ls Ml Shall He Teimnls
Hut for what reasons shall no pri-, ,iv "'l8 l!iw " man any more shall
M inl.Ie. 8 ' Vs "Pl 80 wltnlvate man any longer own laud inTn iunii Oregon, but ull shall be
ml? fl'. Wl,, d!em tllat Oregon? tenants and have naught but their
rh the nenni.1, m"1 '3 Was 11 E" I'y the i 'n.provements.
inpvVni. o ? d 8" tlllnB9 fat:"'rs of country, and of our! Tlierehy shall the state have what
rino the, ant,.accor'1"K0tl'Pirdoc- own state , tim8 past that mpn Is abiding and men have loved to
winn" to fi,? .? 1" 8Uch 8 I"'11 own the land? Aud were nd men shall have what is
wrong to hold them, that iust v thev .,. .i .i.i. . ever i,i.riui,i,,(. ,i ...1.1..1. 1
deserve to he m9,l. ,)... ".,. 1.' "ut B...u i..e.r 011 hoi- i .-- ", "",.""" "''" WHr
,. . . - " e i n assurances tnat mev anti the r
E. W. KETKI.
St. Helens, Ore,
Contraclor-.-Builder
i:STIMA'li:S. PLANS
Cement Wink u Specially
I'lioun Ctiiincftli.il
Ood service who treats them
heirs and assigns should have them?
Which Is true; but sundry reasons
to the contrary now appear.
or other calamity, may all perchunce
be swept tway; au in Sun Francisco.
When railroads come, and when
roads and schools are built with
does
so
But are there those who say:
ins amendment has a kind look t. 1.. r 1 ..... ! taxes tin. lumi nu.,w,u 1....,
nn tta ffa . . . : 11 10 umi tiioae wun came: , " " a " .1 uil'l
anrf if' ,, omlsP1 80,0' tMngH, , earlier, with ox-teams and In divers "'eliy their lands are made to be of
. ,, pro. hur(1 waV9 were BClllsh and took the K'eutnr worm, men thu advantiiKe
best lands; and therefore all the ad
vantage thereof ought to be taken
from them in taxes.
Owners of timber lands in particu
lar shall lose all, because they have
pie, are our . friends
and surely they would not greet
us with fair words and stick a knife
under our fifth rib; for do they not
love the farmers and home builders'
But, truly. It is so as I say; for
this amendment was conceived In
Hfn1.GCOrBe and BliaPed bv U'Ren; thereon
g1evaent3.,etnVtoktheaItaayte,1'e ,aml8 "d i 5 f '"T
PceiveY th8t 1U,'r Pt'ple arG i wl,1(,h no PR0"le wer0 realy t( dwell.
but have robbed the public these
mureoi hiiuii ue luKeu away in the
Increuso of land rentH the stata will
charge.
Is It just, that the land owner lirst
must puy to build the road, and then
not Improved those lands, but have'aaln UIUHt Pay the state for all the
hell them "idle" and let trees grow
ud vantage It Is to have the ronri?
And Is It best that there shall be
no more owners, but only tenants In 1
our state? j
Kree liumls j
What lands are those which the
single taxers say tho unemuloveil
deceived
xrorue noma IXi if. .,... 1.. i.. . . i...n 1.. . . .. . -
If nny still doubt, let them but ' menu ' " a8- j '" he law' amendment j
take awnv"'.ai!!, V , iChTy "l?1"8" to They were foolish people to hold Arc they' not the lands which now'
wha't Ta neein er ( says-1"6" " 1'" I , T''0y, 8"Ul1 "aVe mBn T "ave 'or? Most
ala'h ci.; r . i?' a ,JUilt h01IHis a'"l ''eld them idle, too. assuredly; for the single taxers Dur-
getler even as t he ax to iLVC W m W" 8ave(1 M moner pHH "y 111,8 a''lment to "ke away
of he chkken " Ck an,""eht some ground, with intent all the value thereof In land rent!
For these are the words of George: hrCy?"" "U"d h
cannot U ZZ "'T m ' "' lan" ' Kirst ouht t0 1,ave bu" a ,,oue ' Wh,t" ls a "''"rKe fot l e fu iTalu" '
TI 1 afterwards to have saved his thereof; because nothing is it worth I
orf"a S ""i.1!".)"' P 'ton;toany man to buy It oVuie oer
mnro Veu..r.,.t iu L . 7 . " "u "uvv ,ur ",s looiisnness snail 111s j '"" pay ine mortgage.
tMrTtorTaJ no e a BreUt "e .tak.en aWay '? UXe8' t0 ben!,lt I . T,'U8 B"a" t,,e ' ' 'al worth-
'!r. u,iir. 1 ii.. . """ soino nouses, according i '"- 10 ine present owners, beenuue
n-n,, , K" ,,olltloal vower. no to the Scriptures in such cases. j they must pay the full renta TZ Z
connoted VlV o e'T ' tl.'.U.K" 1 In like eV" fiX 8,,a" "e be' w" 10 U" stat UWwU
o? ,Z TuA l Yn i . 10 ';P"l'lio has but tho beggarly elements of a! shall bo no cheaper, but dearer
a valid tilt ctan'vVoa l,"Jlvllual 'a"", where nature has set many! rather, to him who would occupy
?!.!? f, r r 1 11 . X?'US ,ve ow,,er- stumps and thick brush for assur-ifor It shall cost him more n ami
Pvul c-H'la.a,Re '"(' 1 of, an that the soil Is fertile. rent taxes, than to buy under the law
Hen If T' Sa, iBfy tlie aw of Ju8" Slla11 Iie ot Pay a "" taxes as ' that now we have. X U,e ,u
,! ,m (! . a,' eco,lomlc require- ,H happy neighbors whose farms aro 1 Much Shall fu. v
ments, by abolishing at one stroke all cleared and fruitful' 1 i,,, , """ I ntuxetl
private titles, declaring all land pub-! iIe has as much of Nature', bounty 1 1 10 000 OOof m?n "i"0!1 gZ ,re"
Ic property, and letting it out to the as they, yea more: he ti.L Z.i!"'0 ,0' rHa lbe1' traclt and
uuici ii.mi iiiinroveinpnlM m iin
' -
bltfliest l.l.lilora Ir. . ..' -" . " "
"r1' u,,u"r . lu'P. no has a sldelilll ctock and Bi,,
,iu, ,u uuU u woiiiu saereuiy , rarm, where he can "sit and look up and $221 241 nik "ti ..1 .. . 1 "'"m,H
guard the private r.t tcirov, the atje cowS & S "J
Lr. "'"T.,0! .5?" 1 .. . fitful trees grew JoArZ"
in tii luuu.iiioi oy .-Natures Bounty, and t he r sides a croi.t mm 1
The first would be unjust; the second flocks and herds Mmo n, , ," Z f8 a, freat BU.m' wl'lch no man can
needlesB. Let the Individuals who ' Nature's bounty,
now hold It retain It If they want to, It Is only in man's bounty that
the possession of what they are they are richer than he, and surely
pleased to call their land. Let them of mun's bounty ought not man to
buy and sell, and bequeath and tie-; take away any in taxes; but only of
vise It. Wo may safely leave them j Nature's bounty, or what the poor
the shell If we take the kernel. It is ; boob has bought of Uncle Sam, or
not necessary to confiscate land; It ls ; mayhap of tlio stuto. -
- , ".-.. in. .nun uuu
estimate, for clearing, draining, or
-u. ue uuu me iiKe.
.oT'in llllal', llln,s are assessed at
125 CO per acre, average; and no
doubt the owners will fay more than
that was spent in money and labor
to Improve them.
All that escapes must bo made up
llV Dilllil . . . .. "I
only necessary to confiscate rent. We i Of that may wo take awav nil. nd .1. " 1 .. 5 ,.Baln81 1,18 occupiers
already take some rent in taxation. 1 our consciences will fool trnnrt- 1.0. i.,.,... ... ,' BB exfln'Ptions can
We have only to make some changes , cause wo havo his money soaked
in our mode of taxation to take it all. , away where he cannot get it back.
Be Fair to Your
Wife
Save her the Wasli Day
Drudgery. Let us call for
your laundry.
Our work will satisfy you
St. Helens Steam
Laundry
Geo. Watkins, Prop.
AHomelndustry
Children Cry for Fletcher's
iUlVb) U n
a
m
lu ii so for over HO yvw.-n, luin borno u10 ,i ,; """"en
lAa&FT&Z&U Allow no one to ,' vo , V"''
All CotiiitorfcltM, liiiHittlotiHiin.l "JuNt-UH.,,,,, ' '. ,! 1,11 M'U,
txpeilineiit tlmt III Ho Willi mid nliiiim.r il. , i Ur.ebut
luIunU und ClUidreu-lixnerleiieo BuiuHt t",''
What is CASTORIa"'
Cnsforln In a linnnloMd Nnlmtltnto for Cnstor Oil i
Rorlo, lrom and Sootlilnu- HyrnpH. It U .leii!f t
(.ontnlim noltlier Opliiiu, Morjililnu nor other N
tnitiHtaneo. Hit nr Im Hit uiiiirantee. It destroy. w,l
find nlliiyM lVvorlnliiH'MH. I'or inure limn tldrir lI0r'".,
Iiiim lict'ii In ennstiint una for tho rellrf of ri.i.Lti
I'l.iltilrnoy, VId Colic, ull TiMlliInu; Troubi el nJ
HlurrlMi'ii. It r.tiilnt' tlio Ntoiiiui und Hn?
liHHlnillatoH tho Food, Iflvlnp; lieulthy und nutural .7''
Tho ChUdrcu'H l'unuccu-'iiio Mother' TrUiid. fc
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PLAZA PHARMACY
Bank Building St. Helens, Oregon
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DruKKist's Sundries and Candies ffl
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ST. HELENS GARAGE,
U. S. De Spain, Prop.
WK ItliXT OL'U AL'TOH TO Iti:HI0.HIIH.K I'AHTIKS
I'Iiiiiio 57
What I therefore propose Is
to appropriate rent by taxation. In
this way the ctate may become the
universal landlord without calling
Also, pasture lends have not been
Improved.
They say It Is growth of popula-
lifinellt no land owners unless thev
hn Vltrv rlnl. i.. i
personal
no very rich In 1 in nrnvo
proiierly in limnnm.,,. .
the land they hold, and such are the
best able to bear taxes: whlie tlm
....u.;ii uiiBu irom ttiom will fall
lion lu the neighborhoods that gives those who have not . yet Tot tholr
E. A. Crouse
Architect and Contractor
I'luns nml i:HtllatrN l.',,,.,,,,,,,,.,,
Now Is a Kooil tinm u. I,ul,,
H. lll tMAW
HI'KKM
PURE FOOD BAKERY
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wii-i- ii:i.ivi:ti imiati hot khom thu ovkn to W
PASTRY OF ALL KINDS AND
FANCY CAKES A SPECIALTY
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A. K 'Ian. IVrry t;rln. j, h. rrlMin, WHIlmM
'., Iliilliui IniiHiHIiiir .. in (ire,. lreu
"im l UHtiy, ( ,.(r t 'oMfectloncy, , , itrower, rn.