LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
Thursday,' July 21, 1952
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Fear the Lord, and serve him in truth ; for consider how
great things he hath done for you. 1 Samuel 12:14.
COST OF PROHIBITION
A newspaper editor hates to admit the fallibility of the
great American press, but as long ns editors are human
they will make errors in judgment and will allow personal
prejudices to influence what should be impartial opinions.
The straggle to enforce the prohibition amendment has
aroused more prejudice than any other public question or
event, and, unfortunately, some newspaer editors have
allowed prejudice to rob them of their ordinarily keen judg
ment, and have written whole campaigns of propaganda de
liberately ignoring or distorting the facts in the case.
In recent months the wets have been concentrating their
criticism upon the tremendous cost of prohibition. They
found that sensible people would not listen to their arguments
about personal liberty, state rights, increased crime, unem
ployment, and debauched young people; so now they are
taking advantage of hard times and high taxes to try to
make the taxpayers believe that repeal of the prohibition
amendment is the only relief.
For instance, the Salem Capital Journal recently published
; an editorial lamenting the fact that "in the 12 years of pro
hibition the government has lost approximately six billion
dollars of taxation revenue which it would have had except
for the dry law." That statement is based on the assertion
that the government collected internal revenue taxes in 1910
totaling $483,250,854.47 on distilled' spirits, fermented
liquors, and wines.
,',. But that editorial did not say that this half billion dollar
annual loss of revenue was more than compensated from
other sources. , World, Almanac figures show, that the total
amount of internal revenue including liijuor taxes was
'$3,850,150,078 in 1919. ...But in 1920 .the first year of pro-
niDition tne total amount ot internal revenue jumped to
$5,407,580,252. That half billion of liquor taxes was not
even a drop in the bucket! In fact, the government took iii
so much money during the first yeur of prohibition that the
income tax rates were reduced in 1921. Yet the Salem
editor raves on in this manner:
"It is small wonder we cannot balance public budgets when
what has always been a principal source of revenue in all
government, including our own, is eliminated and an addi
tional heavy cost of enforcement substituted." He would
have us believe that a half-billion dollar liquor tax is a PRIN
CIPAL SOURCE OF REVENUE when in that same year of
1919 the total internal revenue and income tax receipts
amount to more than $8,500,000,000 !
Moreover, the 1919 liouor revenues wore iiihishmIIv liinh
because of a special war tax then in effect. Back in 1914
the Federal income from liquor taxes was but 2 15,000,000,
and that included ALL liquors. The highest revenue ever
collected on beer alone was $126,280,000 under the war-time
Q 1933 CV HCA SERVICE. 1HC. TZl
$200,000 in fines! The surplus;-! was divided - among the
counties. . ,
In spite of such' incontrovertible facts the editor of The
Dalles Chranicle, in a recent expression of editorial prejudice,
stated that, "If the repeal carries (ill the November election)
the state prohibition enforcement branch will cease to func-j
tion at a considerable saving to uregon taxpayers. How
can the taxpayers save anything when they are not even
now spending a cent? The Chronicle editor must be sadly
ignorant of the facts, for we would not like to accuse him of
deliberate falsehood.
It is such misleading propaganda that is leading perfectly
honest citizens into mistaken opinions on prohibition. The
great majority of people would like to see prohibition
strictly enforced. There is now some danger of its being
repealed because propoganda has led many to believe it can
not be enforced except at exhorbitant cost. The truth is
that the cost of enforcement is an almost insignificant factor.
Other Papers
Say:
distribution of working hours." .
He had no master plan to meet
I business Ills, he said. There must be
ttcrii-vuiiiiucist,; uy hluob wiiu hi re
means, there should be careful at-
in the months from now until No
vember? r i . ' . -"Princess
Alice" has said nothing
about the coming campaign and what ;
part. If any, she will take in it. But !
then, you can never tell j
They were gossiping around Repub
lican headquarters In Chicago before
the Republican convention that she j
wasn't even coming out. Down with i
the whooping cough, you heard.
But whlld they were talking she
suddenly appeared in the lobby of
the Congress hotel, looking nothing ;
like an ill woman at all. And she
hadn't been there but a few hours 1
before rumoro were afloat that Alice i
was out to put the skids under!
Charlie Curtis for re nomination as
vice president. j
True, there was nothing on the I
surface to confirm that rumor. But ;
as she buzzed about, pausing h?re for '.
a chat with Pat Hurley, there for a!
talk with Ogclen Mills, and elsewhere
for a few words with other influential
friends, speculative eyes followed her. I
What's in the back of her head, -
DOlltlCflllV RnMltiliP- nn'v nhn bnnui
"uwu" b. " u , . , 'land only the coming months will re-
tuc.is- wugitw yv,u Mw..vo.w.wh vi VCttl.
create, ne suggesiea, as neips to Busi
ness; , ' i i i -. , . ; ;
Further requirements, he said, in
cluded lower costs In all fields. This
Mrs. (inun Heady 1 ''
As to the course of "her one-time
social precedence rival there can be
FEDERAL HKIJKP MONEY ',
Conirre.HS has voted 300.000.000 out
of the federal treasury to be turned I implies readjustment of prices in no doubt. Dolly Gann is going to get
over 10 tne states lor tne reitet or many lines, t ne ma.cn.tea, stressing : jn thus coming campaign In a big way
the destitute and the unemployed. particularly the evils of maintaining
; Full responsibility lor tho disburse- lne coeJ; Qf government . at. "pre-df-ment
or theue funds will be placed on'i preaslon.. ,evete. -tho
shoulders of tha governors of the,'r ' ' r
Touring editors and publishers from
the shoulders of the governors of the
suites, who must account to the red
erai government and to state audit
ors. .. . ... . -
No announcement has been made as
to the amount which Oregon, will re
ceive. The tenns'of the appropriation
Din nave left the way wide open loroivmnto games
favoritism. The distribution w'U'bel '
mario on certtflcntta of neccajlty fil
ed by the governor who must certify
therein as to the resources of the j
state and ' Its political subdivisions t
and as to the private contributions'
received. Uikm the ability of the gov-J
ernor of a stat to make a showing of
poverty for his state and upon the
and stay there.
"Brother. , Charlie: .wlU. work no
harder for himself than will his sister.
Dolly already has given evidence of
various parts of the United States and i that. -. She lias established hereelf as
Canada continued to attend to the a veteran campaigner. . , .
business of the forty-seventh annual She's all set for some intensive
convention of the association before icampalgnlng this summer in behalf
traveling on to Los Angeles and the of the Republican ticket. It Is only
necessary lor her to hear the call
from Republican headquarters , and
she Is ready to hit the trail.
In Washington
She I.Oces To Speak
"I'd be 'delighted to come and talk
to your clubs. Just let the national
committee know you want me."
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lour years ago, she has become one tator, who recently returned fiom
w uto must, puwenui drawing cards exile in Argentina.
ana lorccrui spwncers the Republican
speaking bureau has "on lta roiter. f .7
WAR CLOUDS IN -
J ; SOUTH AMERICA
(Continued from Page One)'
waya connecting Sao Paulo with
Southern Minos Geraes. -
RED AND WHITE
STORES ENJOY
PICNIC SUNDAY
; Tho Red and White stores of Eastern-
Oregon and Eastern Washing
ton held their third annual picnic
Sunday,. July 17. This was held at
Mcacham lake with about 300 in at-
ronennce. Mm?" day was spent in
City, Ore.: George Bamhavt, La
Grande, and Lester Klngsley, La
Grande. ; i ;
Three baseball games were played,
a cracker-eating contest and an egg
race was held, also potato race, girls'
races, shoe race, three-legged race
and girls' ball throwing contest, with
suitable prizes given the winners.
SPANIARDS VLAS ACTION
VALENCIA, Spain. July 21 (P)
Fruit growers of Alicante announced
today they had under consideration
measures to be submitted to the gov-
to onset trade barriers
lly Herbert tMummcr
WASH T MPiTfiW With n DrwuifoK
(M11,r,., , Vv wifi,.a.M th. campaigning for the presidency onjShe loves stump speaking and likes
amount of money which each state 1 the Democratic ticket Just where will 1 to be around where political gossip
will receive depends.
It has been estimated that on the
hnsis of population Oregon should re
ceive 92,300.000. but It does not ap
pear that population Is going to be
the measuring stick.
When we get rlcht down to the
fncts in the case. Oregon Is able to
take care of her own dependents. But
Iso long as our politicians have opened
the ttoora of the federal trtaury. wo
presume that Oregon, like all other
j states, will go after her share.
Oregon with abundant crops of
grain and fruit, with herds of live-
i9, Tet vets, la, p,omise a billion lollar ",,m,al i-ndantV1 TL't
levenue from legalized beer! taking caro of her poor. Each com
mit let us get back to the Salem editors reference to the "'i1'";, th;',a h,M btT" """l 10
"nrlrli'ti.tttnl 1, .,,,.. i. e 1 i, V V 1 afu-r Its own. It could continue
additional heavy cost of enforcement." He says: "The to do so.
bureau of prohibition has spent in these 12 vears for enforce- " it must io remembered
mnl!lra ninnnn( i - i K"- -, , , '"' -'""-- that this M00.000.000 appropriation
ment ?108,000,000 from which must be deducted fiO,t)00,000 i to the state hi not a Kut but a iui.
Ill fines, penalties. Seizures, etc.. lonvino- n iwr mot ,,f (Uncle. Sam will charno 3 per cent In-
;hb,uuu,uuu tor this one bureau." The average cost, accord
ing to his own figures, is thus S-1.000.Q00 per year. Is that
tiny sum deserving of the blame for an unbalanced budget
when the veterans' bureau spent more than $700,000,000
last year, and when the taxpayers had to put up more than
f 145,000,000 to take care of the post office deficit? Tho
uverage yearly cost of prohibition enforcement, figured on
the above basis, is loss than FOl'K CENTS I'lvU CAPITA!
What a. terrible burden upon the taxpayer! (The total costs
of government average more than $100 nor canita.) 5
But we Will hold our patience a little loniror and pnntidpi- 'l'"t "ml ,lon''"y nmna(ri. should
il v.i , 4 ; , . lJ:l"l"-1- ""'M ' aim UHUMUei jK Biow i prosvntlm; Us estimate of
me next statement ol this remarkably prejudiced editorial :; ri-iipr money. Albany Domocmt
"These figures do not include the cost of prohibition enforce- H('r"'"'
mum or uie loss ol license taxes to the states, counties,
cities, and other divisions of government, which probablv
far exceed those of the federal government." '
"Probably" they do, but ACTUALLY they do NOT! As
far as loss of license taxes is concerned, all the revenue lost
from that source is not even noticeable when compared with
that now raised in other ways. When men stopped buving
booze they began to buy gasoline. (The average laborer
could not save up enough money to buy an auto before the
days of prohibition.) In addition to the Federal income of
$2-15,000,000 from liquor taxes in 101 I, the state and local
governments received an additional i?SO,000,000. Now those
liquor taxes are lost, and the states last year collected
$194,683,410 in gasoline taxes instead! It would take the
wettest of "wringing wets" to find cause for tears in
that situation.
that other Roosevelt Alice Long- and maneuvering are the thickest.
worth, daughter or T. R be found comparatively unknown, nationally,
CHILE ( Rl SIM'S PLOT
SANTIAGO. Chile. Julv 21 im 1 nlnvino , 1 ernment
Tho government announced today It' throwing contests, etc., and suitable :ga'nst sPnnlsn frult ln France, Eng'
n Lu rasiure lormer prizes were awarded for the winner1 w"11' owiies.
President Onrlos Ibanez ta nower nf rh ,,f.( t . I ,
Thafa tho way Dolly greets ;em. I and arrested three or Ibanez' Mend! charge of the entertainment consist- I T"ere were 31 convictions ror bank
wiiHuij w itiw. i oi tne lonowmg: William Boewer 'uuuc'j 1,1 muiium in ine year ena-
A heavy guard was thrown around 1 Walla Walla, Wash.: Carl Womack! M. resulting ln sen-
the ranch home or the rormer die- Pasco. Wash;: Lee Revnolds. Tsl,i 1 tences tntnllnn. inn vnr i
tcrest and the return or the money la !
guaranteed after 19:15 Uy deducting
tho allotments Irom the amounts or
redenil road money allocated to the
suites. St-aloii which are prodigal now
In their claims ror rellel money will
be jwying the fiddler years hence af
ter the depression Is over.
This :IOO.OOO,000 appropriation will
be required for such misgoverned
cities as Chicago and New York, where
extravagance, mismanagement and
wilful Maladministration or funds
have bankrupted treasuries but states
such as Oregon, which are financially
You Get S Glasses of
Firm, Sparkling Jelly
from 5 Cupsjfamt dulce
Cups cfuqar. ....
and a CSox of
J
One recipe
for all fruit
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SPEAS
Calls On Editors
To Lead The Waii '
To Better Times
SAN FRANCISCO. July 31 Ml Al
frtN4 P. sitxm Jr.. cnlhxl upou Amerl
mn ncvr.rjtH'rrncn Tiir-wlny to Una
tho way to buMntxs Improvement,
stnrtlnt; with n nvntU.'m of eco
nomic conditions im Uiey exist, mui
vrtveetUiiK with the wiw-kiiir out of a
plan to meet these conditions,
j "The more (illicitly we can brln
'oursel-ca into nn ftiial-Hl9 of wonomio
t facta, ami to action biued upon the;i.
jthe morn quickly we shall pet rid of
this lack of confidence which haa
ibc-.vt uV the Oeueral MoUvn head
But what about the cost of enforcement to the states? J, '"n"1
llieie was never a weaker argument presented. Twenty-two ! hen-. The message, m mui by watt
states have never appropriated a single dollar for the en- L Mreiamt of lo Angeim.
forcement of national prohibition. In 1930 there were onlv ,sl,,,n envU,lon, ot vw
ten states that spent money for enforcement, and in tho.e lnnrurrlt
states the fines collected were more than enough to cover I noticed, and when there would be
the expense. The taxpavers do not put up a cent ! I-ast year ""invei living condition and
Oregon spent $50,000 for enforcement, and collected about wTmet; TZlZi
That's all there is to it. Simple,
isn't it?
There is no book of compli
cated recipes. You use one rec
ipe for all fruits or berries. This
cup-for-cup method never fails,
because Pen-Jel adds just the
rightamountof purefruitpectin
to insure proper consistency.
Use even the ripest, fully flav
ored fruits. You just can't have
a failure this easy way. You can
spend more time, more worry, :
ormore money, yet not improve
on your Pcn-Jel jelly. The same
success maybe had with dried,
or canned fruits... even bottled
juices ... as with fresh, fully
ripened fruits. Try Pen-Jel
today... and you'll never make
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Makes the Jelly Jell
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WZ!df$ri The whole nation Is Jolniin: Mickey Mouse ln
Qj&l !'"' WHAT "MOOSE HUNT" j
Wllr H,LAR,TY IS JUST AR0UND THE CORNER IN
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WILLIAM riteKNJl
I dynamic star of "The Mouthpiece" as I vkjtXt-i I
I a philandering political boss. V. ?W5t$my-&teyPt $ ? I
I5ETTE DAVIS
as his smart secretary who thought
women s place In politics was in the
boss" arm?.
GUY KIHHKE
the dummy candidate-who was too
dumb to be crooked.