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Friday, October 11, 1932 Pasre Four LA GRANDE EVENTNG OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. t: ! (IneorponUd) Am Independent Nenpfc Phant Mala 10 HABOLD U. PIMLAT . PublUhed evening, except Sundej. at 1710 Btxtb I tree t, La Ormnde, Oregon aurad at the Poetofflce of L Grand. Oregon, u Beoond 01m Mill ktatur under act ot Karen a. 1878. OmOIAL PAPER OP UNJON COUNTY AND THI CJTT OP LA ORAND1 MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS Tne Ajeocleted Preee la exclusively entitled to uae for publication of all new dlepetcnee credited to It or not otherwise cerdltexllf pub Uened herein All rights of republication of apeclal die pa tehee In tfcu paper and alao the local newa herein also are neerred. National Advertising Representative U. 0. UOOEN8EN CO., I no ean Praneiaoo. Loa Angelea, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Detroit, New York SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Dally, one month In advance Dally ell months In advance Daily afhgle oopy Bj Dally, per month In advanoe . Dally, per en nwmtha In advance . Dally, par year In advance ADVXRT1SINO RATXS Dlaplay. foreign, per column Inch Display, local, per column Inch Time contract prlcea on application Truly my soul waiteth upon salvation. He only is my rock defence. Psalm 62; 1, 2. TAX LIMITATION AMENDMENT On the ballot next month the votei-s will find four meas ures designed to relieve the burden of taxation on property. The first of these will be the proposed amendment known as the Six Per Cent Tax Limitation Amendment Purpose: To amend the constitution so as to limit the amount of tax that may be levied in any year by the state, or any county, muni cipality, or district, to not more than the total amount levied in any one year of the three years immediately pre ceding, plus six per centum thereof, except for the payment of bonded indebtedness and interest thereon, instead of such limitation being based upon the levy for the last year imme diately preceding, as now provided by the constitution, the same change to be applicable to newly created taxing dis tricts. . .The present six per cent limitation clause in the state constitution was devised as a protection for the taxpayers, preventing any tax levying body from making the levy in any one year more than six per cent greater than the levy of the year immediately preceding, and thus guarding against unreasonable increases. But the clau.se has had exactly the opposite effect; it has caused tax levying bodies to make it a custom to determine the budget for the current year' by adding six per cent to the budget for the preceding year, Whether there is an actual need for the increase or not. They do so in order to protect their tax levying capacity in future years. ' . 1 It is easy to see that a tax levying body hesitates to cut its levy below that of the preceding year, even though ex penses would allow such reduction, because the six per cent limitation as it now stands would prevent raising it again the following year more than six per cent, without calling a special election. Expenses in tax levying districts frequently vary considerably, running high for two or three years and then possibly dropnincr down a little for the next two- or three years. But this limitation clause has had a tendency to hold the levies high continually, and even to raise them at the rate of six per cent per year. It is the purpose of the proposed amendment to remedy that evil. This amendment was passed by the legislature at the last session, and is referred by it to the vote of the people. It is a good piece of legislation and should be passed, for it will have a decided effect upon the policies of all taxing districts. By allowing the levying bodies to base their levies upon any one of the three preceding years, the new law will make it possible fcfr them to cut the levy drastically in any one year without losing the ability to levy a normal amount the fol lowing year. Anyone who is interested in the reduction of the burden of taxation upon property should vote "Yes" in favor of the Six Per Cent Tax Limitation Amendment. HUMANITARIAN BOSH Some of the good people living in Evnnston, 111., have gone on the warpath to protect three white mice from an improper diet. A school teacher, wanting to show her pupils the effects of an unbalanced diet, got four white mice to keep in the schoolroom. One mouse was fed on what a mouse needs, while the other three had to get along without any vege tables, and the general idea was that the children, observing it all, would see the importance of eating their spinach and carrots regularly. But a lot of humanitarians descended on the teacher, pro . testing that she was being cruel to the mice and that thev should be restored to full rations immediately; and the whole ; business illustrates beautifully the odd way in which we have . learned how to waste our energies in this modern world. ; The humanitarian impulse is one of those frail gnmtlus that take a long time to come to flower. For many centuries in the world's history it hardly existed at all and, where it ' did exist, it was a sign that its possessor was both a weakling ( and an impractical visionary. A good part of the history of the rise of civilization is t simply the history of the development of a society in which the humanitarian impulse could make its influence felt. ! We have such a socety now after endless generations in which all kinds of cruelty were taken as a matter of course. And as a token of our arrival in this happy state, we have people who can get terribly disturled because three white mice aren't getting the right kind of fmxl. It is sad, of course, to think of three starving mice. Hut , there are people to whom the thought of starving human children is even worse; and the United States today, unfor tunately, contains an abundance of hungry children whose plight ought to stir the humanitarians as they have not been stirred in a generation. Offhand, one might suppose that it would In? better to .worry about the hungry children and let the unlucky mice ' get along as best they can. , BtulneM Uuiagar Carrier , 78c 00 MaU eoe -I2.M -M.90 -ale -toe God: from him cometh my and my salvation; he is my Other Papers Say: AMKftlC.W T.Uttt'F I'OMCIKM If Herbert Hoover la defeated next month the nation may experience chaos for, tho next two years or longer If Roosevelt docs not gain pub- lie confidence by that time. Such was the viewpoint expressed by a Rldgefleld. Waiih., mill owner we met In Portland over the week end. It was based on his own ob servations and also on Information he had received from eastern connec tions in the lumber business. This man la not an alarmist. In fact he Is a conservative, capable exe cutive who has made a success milling lumber and shingles from cedar logs. He saw his market "shot full of holes" when the prosperity bubble broke in 1829. Then came the painful struggle for enough business to Justify even part time operation. In recent months, according to our Informant, the lumber market has been experiencing a slight revival. Most of the credit for this change Is given to the Republican tariff that prohibits continued Importation of Canadian lumber. Roosevelt has pledged himself to lower tariffs. If elected. Hence, apprehension among lumber men over a possible Demo cratic victory. Our Rldgefleld friend went on to recount how, on a visit to a Portland plant that deals in all kinds of build ing and manufacturing equipment, he found steel beams made In France and Germany. This steel was offered for sale more cheaply than, the rival American product, yet an import duty of 35 per cent had been paid on It. In addition to the freight from Eur ope. This Is made possible, the mil! owner was Informed, by labor hired at starvation wages. European steel manufacturers are no more efficient than those of the United States. Their product is no better.- They are en abled to undersell American producers in their own market because produc tion coats are lower. Exchange rates favorable to European manufacturers contribute along this line. If the tariff on steel were lowered appreciably It would mean one of two things. Either American steel manu facturers would have to copy Europe by working men for long hours at peon-level wagvs, or yield our great market to foreign competition. Either move would be disastrous. Yet Candidate Roosevelt Inslsi3 that the Republican tariff rate. are partly to blame for the depression! Representative R. R. Butler recently compiled a list of tariff -protectee products of American farms, as a means of refuting the common con tention tliat the farmer receives no benefits fvom tho tariff. The list is Impressive, and is of far greater lm portance in our economic scheme than most persons Imagine. Included in the list are: Cattle. sheep, wool, hogs, dairy products, poultry, eggs, honey, fish, wheat, bar ley. oats, rye, apples, aprlcota, ber ries, cherries, peaches, peas, onions. potatoes, turnips, cucumbers, squash. lettuce, cabbage, egg plant, beans, to matoes and hay. Various other vege tables also are included. The value of this tariff protection Is evident In many lines of farming In Wasco county. The wool man Is receiving better prices this year. If it were not for the tariff he would be forced to compete In the domestic market with wool from Argentina, Australia and other countries. The same is true of the livestock man. Even aa low as the price of livestock now is, it would be even lower were it not for the tariff. As Presldeni Hoover explained In his Des Moines speech, there are 3 million cattle Just across the Mexico border where the price Is (2.50 a hundred. Imagine the plight of American cattle raisers ir they had to take this figure. That the tariff has saved Wasco county's cherry industry" from com plete demoralization is obvious. I; It hod not been for heavy duties that prohibited Italian importations, there would have been virtually no market for our Royal Anno cherries this year. As It was a largo part of the crop was sold to eastern manufacturers, much of It being processed In The Dalles. This provided a local payroll, which will be augmented If additional plants are brought here. The tariff on wheat also keeps ths American prices above the world level, despite the fact that we have a huge surplus. Tho tariff on vepetnbles pre OUT OUR WAY gfmStf our W uwtKi im th' scrifgs: Mphl0h JS vvje oWr beat 1 iifrgESr -ijrrr.:::fev r.r. People, to MwWW'WAW iUPmsS) ( V&ACW VA0.v,SSEf'4.i 4&'&MZr i i . ii - h . r j : i .-iwt v txjt v --c at- . -i - L Wft U I PAT OFT. i flC- uw.rt. Dl.nO vent importations from Mexico and Canada. . , , ; And yet some people contend that the tariff Is of no benefit to the farmer I Continuing on the tariff subject K Is a proved fact that the United States consumes 90 per cent of everything the country produces. We export -the other 10 per cent or rather did. un til world-wide depression deprived us of our markets. Franklin Roosevelt would have us believe that our export markets were lost through reprisals against Ameri can tariff rates. Such Is not the case. Most of the tariffs directed against American products are Imposed fot the same reason we have tariffs - protection of home Industries. Eng-: land Is the latest nation to adopt this protective policy. . For years England practiced free trade, yet she suffered loss of world market the same aa the United States. England's experience alone should reveal the fallacy of re prisal arguments. British tariffs are aimed at no one. They are solely for the protection of her own Industries. The United States, the largest mar ket of the world. Indeed would be foolish to throw open our 90 per cent share for the mere sake of gaining access to the 10-per cent export mar ket. It would be a blow to our in dustrial development from which we might never recover. The Dalles Chronicle. In Washington By Herbert-.. PI u mm er WASHINGTON When Comptroller General J. R. McCarl told Secretary Stlmson recently that American dele, gates to the Geneva disarmament conference must travel on an Amen. can ship, there was nothing to do but obey. No matter whether it's a cabinet or- flcer or government clerk, when Mc Carl makes a decision Involving ex penditures that's all there Is to k For he carries the most absolute au thority in his field of anyone in Washington, except the president. Congress made his authority as ab solute as possible, and he is respon sible to no one but that body. Ap pointed In 1921 by President Harding, he Is to stay in office until 1936. After that he is out, for he can't be reappointed. I'ncle Sam's Auditor It's McCarl 's Job as Unele Sam's auditor to see that the government pays Just what it owes and not a cent more; to see that any overpay ments are refunded, and to make sure that appropriations are properly and legally spent. It Is the latter that gives him much of his authority in dictating to, cab inet officers and the like. , McCarl, however. Is little of the dic tator personally. Clean shaven, ,uiidea the average height, even temperec and mild of manner he Is the type that can fight and smile at the same time. He is a thorough student or his Job, arrives at his office early In the morning and Is one of the. last to leave at night. , He Is never too busy, however, to sit down and talk things over with a visitor, ,n .-, ,, . Since congress passed thp 'economy bill, his Job has been one of the man trying and difficult ones in the cap ital. It fell to him to Interpret and rule on the numberless controversial sections of the bill and how they were to be applied. He rivaled the supreme court in decisions when the bill 'fin ally became law. From Nebraska Senator Norris of Nebraska brought McCarl to Washington as his secre tary years ago. He and the senator- live in the same town of McCook. Then barely out of his twenties, he took an Immediate Interest In the doings of congress. Ho was so well posted that the Republicans chose him as secretary of the national con gressional committee. He was one of the directing heads In the victorious Republican congressional fight oi 1920. The next year congress passed the budget law and Harding named him the first comptroller general. STORM WARNINGS I'OSTKI) SEATTLE. Oct. 14 OF) Wind veloc ities continued to increase storm warnings along the Washington and Oregon coast remained In place to day. The wind reached a velocity of 26 miles an hour here last night and the blow Li expected to continue through the night. Four thousand persons turned out n see a "turtle derby" nt Cincinnati. '' o-. NEWS of the CHURCHES Special Service For Lutherans Sunday Morning Administration of Holv st rt y OmmuniOn bCnedUled; Other ChUl'CheS Of CitV Plin Prnm-amc x m x l ugi dlilb.' ! . - i The 11 ;0Q worship service at the Zlon English Lutheran church will center around the administration of the holy communion Sunday morn- ing. Four times a year the sacrament is offered ,to members of the Luther- an church, upon the assumption that Christians will want to participate in the Lord's supper at least once a year and probably oftener. There will be a sermon by the pastor 8unday also. ' The Sunday school will continue! us siuay oi maia and Christian ac - This time the school will consider the Industries and means of travel In India, the following pu- pus taKing pari: Wllla Mae Marshall, John and Yvonne Neumann. Merle Lovan, Mary Gaertner and Lucille Brlggs, Each will present some phase of life in India. A new class for high of services are: Bible school 9:45. school students, to be taught by th morning worship, 11:00: young peo pastor, has been organized and wiU pies meeting. 6:30; evening preaching study. a series of lessons on "The sen-ice. 7:30; Thursday evening pray Christian Life." All high school stu- er meeting, 7:30; Tuesday morninR dents will-be welcomed to this class, prayer meeting. 10:00. All are cordial Katie Keller will lead the Luther ;y Invited to these services. League meeting at 7:00 p. m., present- ing for discussion the topic, "Oppor- tunnies for Life Investment." High school students. Normal school stu-; dent and other young people will flnct this meeting Interesting and neipiui. . Central Church of Christ (Pennsylvania avenue) Services at the Central Church of Christ Sunday morning will be li. w. t ... , : . J. '"T "'"" iuvn win DCRin m tnis cnurcn kx:. 23, with State Evangelist Teddy Leavltt leading. The pastor wiU preach Sunday morning using as Mortlmore says ot this subject: "Revivals are commonly spoken o, in the Word of God. They are an essential part of the growth and dc velopment of the church. Fresh In spiration added impetus, greater con secration and new converts, are som of the results which a successful re vival products. The seromn Sunday morning will deal with the prepara tion for such a revival meeting." The choir will sing the anthem "For Zlon's Sake" at this service. Th celebration of the Lord's supper Is a regular part of the Sunday morning worship. The Bible school of thin churci. meets at 9:45 a. m Interesting classes provide opportunity for all those In terested to study the Bible. New materials for the ensuing year havo just been distributed and this school Is making good progress in all de partments. E. O. Draper who has re- centlv moved to this cltv' has ' beehl !lectcd superintendent of the ' adulv .t , . v.,. .., .i i j . IxJ i general superintendent of this schoo. a , . . , Christian Endeavor meets at 6:30 ... j, , , p. m. in three divisions. Young pea- department. Miss Dorothy Smutz is pie ore invited to attend these inter esting meetings. Tho nnnn'iir rvpti (tut carvtfo "ta r r I n 5 at 7:30 p. m. A prelude concert by the orchestra Is a feature of the open- ing of tho service. The song service is also an enjoyable event, old famll - lar hymns being used in this servlc. The evening sermon subject will be. Jesus Save - Are You Saved?" A cordial invitation Is extended to the public to attend these services. rrpslitertnn Church BlvtU n.i.4 1Uodhlnf.lAnl Rarely does a minister venture to preach from the text as recorded In Romans 8:29.30. This may Indicate that a change has passed over religi ous thought, and the affections have been transferred from speculative doc trines to things more practical. Tho minister. Rev. J. George Walz. has se. lectcd for his theme for Sunday morn- ing. 11 :00 o'clock. "Poreknowledce ana Predestination." He will answer th question: "Are there only a privileged. few ordained from oil eternity to en Joy the fnvour of God and the rap tures ol heaven, and all the rest cre ated and sent Into the world with their terrible destiny fixed by un changeable decree?" The mixed voice choir. Andrew By J. R. Williams Loney, director, will make 1U Initia. appearance Sunday morning, assisting In the congregational singing, ant present the anthem of the service. Mrs. S. B. Morgan has been elected by the choir to serve as president, and Miss Corinne Baker as secretary-treasurer and librarian. The day will close with vesper ser- Tl " 6:30 'clo:lt- hour tot etran.inncr anti ovrairAVcr Khnulrl nn. peal toYll worshippers. It Is believe. Christian Endeavorers will be in evi. dence. and they will aid in the song service of the hour. Immediately fol- lowing the vesper the young people will enter upon their program for th. evening. Inviting all who are present, to remain and enjoy this part of th evening worship. Sunday school is at 9:45 a. m. The attendance and spirit Is splendid. Th, Sunday school orchestra will assist ; In the music of the school also in the vesper service. llaptbt Church , (Spring and Sixth) ' The subject of the morning sermon .t ,.h. Ttantlat rhurrh Sunday will bel0ftrtSt " 0,1 Xh whv worshto Jesus?" n nuarte will sing a special number. The suu- tort of the evenin sermon will bt. rit.wn nt Two Worlds " The vounsr people's topic Is "What Does Alcohoi rm tn Peoni and socle tv?" The hours Island City Community Church The morning worship service, be- w)th ' kl subject ..Dur Responsibility." 'All have It, some like It. some deny It and still others shirk it. yet here it Is, ever with us, the pastor, Rev. W. H. Hertzog, states. The Sunday school follows the church service and begins promptly at 10:45 a h. in,r,u -ill mf. t. ., 1 ... t. the advisors working with the young MnnU All tha fnlr In Tclnnrl Plt.v ,. '.. nrt d. th.lr Dart to me tQem WQrth wne . Church of The Nnzarene (Birch and Y) The revival meeting, underway at thla church, is providing very success, ful with excellent attendances each evening. Sunday will be the last day. Rev. Ray Davis, evangelist, will speak. "at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. with Clyde Dilley. song evangelist, to sing In the morning and conduct a sono service In the evening. Sunday school begins at 9:45 ana the chool 13 growing. There were 90 In ntlenrinen lnet. RlinrinV Tile nflft. tor wm n or the vouna people's meeting at 6:4o p. . Prayer service will be held Wednes day at 7:30 p. m. M. E. Church South ; . -i. f J ne-program at the Methodist Episcopal Church South Sunday opens with Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. foi- . , . ' . , . . u lowed by preacnlng at 11 o clock by th" " Da . , Qta0- tho pastor. Rev. A. J. otarmer. z. FrtvH,. DD(. ,. m. and the evening worship servicv will begin an hour later. rhurrh .ZZllltv. h sr,r( ..t(Pou" a wP S ' Thc "Imperishable Mfssage" will bw th P"" 5 ' " 'x m"""S worship service at the M B. urch;, horus J?olr S'ne the "th T Tho" LlBh'.?J: Sherwood Williams wilt sing the tenoi and soprano solos. Paul Knautz will direct the choir and Miss Helen WI1 ll0,ms WU Prcjc!e at tne orPm con sole. Tlie Sunday school will meet at 9:45 a. m. and the orchestra, directed by Helen Williams, will play during the opening service of worship. At 6:30 the high school Epworth League will be in charge of Warren 7" " r"H7i. ' , teh!d In the discussion by severe "r yun6 , . , iM i i ne young pwics ifoguc wim-j. at the same hour in the basement ot the church and Aitene Boyles wll lead the lesson on "Taoism." At the 7:30 evening worship hou CLEANING PRICES REDUCED! Phone Main 56 for Quotations Standard Laundry & Cleaning Co. "Wife Saving Station" Thone Main 56 New Arrival Cossack Coats for Men and Women .iihil,tu;ii 1 1 1 the orchWra' will play again and the pastor will continue the addresses on "Thi Teaching of Jesus' from Matthew 6:21-26. First Church of Christ. Scientist (First and Washington) Sunday school Is at 9:45 a. i Children up to the age of 20 year.? are Invited to attend. Sunday services are at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. and Wed nesday evening testimony meetings are at 8 p. m. "Doctrine of Atonement" will be the subject pi tho lesnon-sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, c.i Sunday. October 16. The golden text will be, "I and my Father are one" (John 10:30). Among the citations which com prise the lesson-sermon will be the following from the Bible: "'Thereiore If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all thines are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself ny Jesus The lesson-sermon also Includes the following passage from the Chris tian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,'1 by Mary Baker Eddy: "Atonement Is the exemplification of man's unity with God. whereby man reflects di vine Truth, Life, and Love. . . Jesus aided in reconciling man to God by giving man a truer sense of Love, the divine principle of Jesu3" teachings, and this truer sense of Love redeems man from the law of matter, sin. and death by the law of Spirit. the law of divine Love" (pp. 18, ID). Dove And Irvine Talk Of Lonesome Elephants of West SEATTLE. 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