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SCH O O L B IL L SA V IO R OR D E S T R O Y E R O F T H E ST A T E The Sample Store C. J. BREIER CO. A. W. SWANSON, MGR. Umbrellas ■lust received A nother shipm ent of umbrellas, in all of the p retty colors and styles. These um brellas must be seen to lie appreciated. The prices ra ille from $1.25 to $7.45 Japanese Crepes A large assortm ent ol Japanese crepes for that house dress or apron that you arc planning on; in all the wanted colors; 33 inches wide, the yard 30c Sweaters We have sw eaters for every member of the fam ily; in all colors and at just the right prices. $1.95 and up Blankets Now is the time to select your blankets; we have just what you are looking for at $2.65 to $9.00 Men’s Shoes Just Received A shipment of m en’s shoes. These shoes must be seen to know their value. ( >ne lot of m en’s shoes, double or single sole, for rainy w eather; one lot m en’s shoes, hla-rk kid, cushion soles; one lot m en’s shoes, tan bal calf. Vote 314 X YES a n d H ave Free Public Schools OPEN to All GOOD enough for All ATTENDED by AH All for the Public School and the Public School for All One Flag! One School! One Language! P, S. MALCOLM, S3*. I n spe ctor-G e ne ra l In Oregon, Ancient umt A ccepted S c o ttish RltCk (P aid A dvertisem ent! KHSI ISSISI P I; a*« ’ 4 n P * lr’» a D O U B L F treat — P ep p erm in t Jacket over P ep p erm in t gum 10 for 5c Sugar jack et just “ m elts in y o u r m o u th ,’ th e n you get th e delec table gum cen ter. -y A n d w ith W rigley’s th re e old standbys also »Hording friendly aid to teeth , th ro a t, b re ath , ap petite a n d digestion. Soothing, thirst-quenching. M a k in g t h e n e x t cig ar taste better. jg T & THE FLAVOR LASTS C 30 (Cone* hi fled from first page*.) nm do Sun d a y night by D udley O. Wooten, e xec utive se c re t a r y of the Datholie Civic Rights nssociat ion, of P o r t l a n d , who was i n tro d u c e d b y Rev. K. V. O ’H a r a , pn*tor of Hi. M a r y ’s Pfitholie church, Eugene. Spe a kers who h a v e before spoken in opposition to the proposed am e ndm ent, all of whom have been P r o t e s t a n t :s, have em phasized the in ju s tic e to the Catholics, The tw o spe a kers S u n d a y night, both of whom a re pro m in e n t In Catholic a ctiv itie s, m ade almost no refe re nce to Catholicism a n d did not c h a r a c te ris e the proposed am e n d m en t as a slap at Catholicism. Reverend O ’H a ra s t a t e d t h a t he is him self a product of the public school, th a t he has all his life been a c t i v e in prom oting the w e lf a r e of the public schools a n d t h a t as a Catholic priest a n d an Am erican citizen he believed t h a t in ju r y to the public schools would be a c alam ity. “ I stood w ith the boys in the A r g o n n e ,” he said, “ a nd I challenge a n y o n e to question my Americanism. * * The American f l a g hung on the w all be h in d the s p e a k e r ’s table. R everend O ’H a r a e xpla ined in de ta il how p r i v a t e schools were originally in s t it u t e d by th e se veral d e n o m i na tions both in n a tio n a n d s ta te , be cause there were no public schools. “ To do a w ay n o w ,” he said, “ with l lie p r iv a te parochial school would bo a blow to the m em ory of the pioneers. If it is u n p a trio tic to send children to p r i v a t e schools up to t h e e ig h th g rade, why is it not more uupat riot ic to send them to p r i v a t e schools where Higher lea rn in g is given. The ne xt lep will be to do a w a y with the church colleges. “ The S unda y schools a re i n a d e q u a te to give religious tra i n i n g . in tin* s t a te of Oregon till,000 children a r e not in the Sun d a y schools. D e n o m in a tional religious t r a i n i n g c an not be given in tin* public schools. Our Catholic schools tea ch th e ten com m andm eiits a n d the se rmon on the mount a n d th at ’» a b o u t all they do tea ch e xce pt the re g u la r course ol s tu d y set dowu by the s ta te , a n d here is not a den o m in a tio n al school in tin* s t a t e tluti uses any languago except the English. We in vite the in os l rig id inspection of the d e nom i n a tiona l schools. We a re willing to a bide by the law a n d will welcome any a m e n d m e n ts to th e e x is tin g law t h a t will further insure de n o m in a tio n al schools tea ch in g e x ac tly the th in g s th at the public schools a re re quire d io teach. i f ou r schools a re not up to s t a n d a r d , it is not our f a u lt, it is i he f a u lt of non-enforcement, of the law which a lr e a d y is on t h e s t a t u t e books. ’ ’ Mr. W ooten s t a t e d t h a t never was a more im p o r ta n t piece of legislature before the people of Oregon for th e ir action “ a n d n e v e r , ’ ’ he said, “ has there been more m is rep re se n ta tio n about a proposed law born of religious b igotry, a proposed law a p p ea lin g to thik worst passions o f th e mind a n d heart. “ T h is proposed law violates lib e rty of conscience a n d th e right of pa rent over the child. No law which acts u n ju stly can ever be euforeed. **Jt is up to the a f f i r m a t i v e to prove tin* j u s tic e of its content ion and nowhere have J seen a sane a r g u m e n t in f a v o r ot th is proposed am endm ent. “ T he public schools a re not in danger. E v ery o n e is in f a v o r of public schools a n d o f ta x a t io n f o r th e i r support. The pro p o n e n ts o f th is me a sure ha v e cunningly tr ie d to give a d if f e r e n t idea a n d have assum ed things t h a t do not e xist. Cat holies would be fools if th e y did not f a v o r a nd support th e public schools, for <5 per went of t h e i r children must be e d u c a te d in them a n d 90 pe r c eut of all the children o f th e s t a t e a re e d u c a te d ii. the public schools a n d a lw ay s will be. ’ ’ Mr. Wooten se veral tim es p a id his c om plim ents to f \ 8. Malcolm, sov ereign g r a n d inspector general of Scottish Kite Masons of th is jurisdie tion, whom he said was th e real insti g a to r “ of this move t h a t would wipe every vestig e o f religion from our tra in in g . 1 d o n ’t know if he would s u b s ti t u te some fo rm of s t a te religion a n d t a k e us back to th e da rk ages. He got t h is idea after a visit to E urope the past y e a r , where he mingled w ith th e angels of sovietism a n d bolshevism. We a re the g r e a t e s t of democracies, but un iv ers al s u f f r a g e without univer sal intelligence would be the worst th in g possible. I n opposing th is men sure we a r o p r o t e c ti n g th e public schools a n d s a v i n g tin* s t a t e from a burdeu of ta x a t io n , from a loss of im m igration a n d from a loss thro u g h e m ig ratio n . “ More th a n h a lf the Masons of the s t a te h a v e r e p u d ia te d th is move to reduce all c itize ns to a dead level, th is re p u d ia tio n of religion. I have* been i n tr o d u c e d t o f i v e audiences in this state by t h i r t y th ir d degree Masons. All religious a n d all p rivate schools a re f i g h ti n g th is proposed a m e ndm ent but none of these would fight a n y a m e n d m en t t h a t would put more te e th into the present law for its e n forcem ent. “ I f you pass this am e n d m en t you will close ev ery p r i v a t e school, e very orphan school, ev ery school fo r defee tives in the s ta te . You could not even send your children out of the s t a te to a p r i v a t e school. “ You would d iso r g a n is e th e school system of the s t a te a n d you would force the s t a t e into a mess of litiga tion for, believe me, t h e r e will be litigation. T here is not a court in the U nited S t a te s t h a t will not dec In r* such a law u n c o n s titu tio n a l un d e r e very principle o f A m erican govern m ent. In a d d itio n you will saddle the s t a te w ith a t a x burden o f four millions of dollars for new school I houses a n d an a d d ed a n n u a l tax burden o f a million dollars. “ This is th e b e g in n in g o f w hat is inte nde d t o 1 m * a w o r l d w i d e move. It | has been d e f e a te d in M ichigan and Oklahom a. Beat it here a n d it will not be a tt e m p t e d a n y w h ere e ls e .’ ’ O lc o tt D i d n 't Come. G overnor Ben W. O lcott, who was to have spoken here y e s te r d a y , was unable to keep th e d a te because of the press of o t h e r e n g ag e m e n ts a n d it seems t h a t C o tta g e G rove is not to be visited d u rin g the cam p aig n by a g u b e r n a t o r ia l c andidate . The Man and The Issue HOW YOUR TAXES CAN BE REDUCED W hen 1 am governor I promise to advocate and demand economy in every department of state government, so that taxes will he re duced to the lowest possible point consistent, with good govern ment. Io this end I will use the veto unsparingly. One great difficulty today is that one-half the pro p erty of Oregon is exempt from ta x ation, the tim ber in the forest reserves be- in« a conspicuous example. The only in come from the reserves is the rentals from stockmen for grazing, of which 65 per cent goes into the federal treasury. I hold that, since no tax is derived from th is vast body of tim ber, all the rentals from grazing priv ileges in the forest reserves should go into th e treasu ry of Oregon to compensate for the vast body of taxable p roperty held by the federal government out of taxation. As governor I would use the prestige of the office in a movement with other governors and delegations in congress to bring this about. This change would produce about $350,000 a year new revenue, thereby les sening to that am ount the burden on p ro p erly now taxed. • FOR SEVERANCE TAX P ractically one-third of the standing tim ber in the state of Oregon is in the forest reserves and pays no tax. Under the present law, this tim ber will be cut off, leaving blackened stum ps of untaxahlc property, and be shipped out of Oregon w ilhoul pay ing a d ollar of tax to the state. Not only is Oregon being made poorer by the removal of this tim ber, hut the n atu ral beauty and scenery of the state is being m arred. A severance lax collected as this tim ber is cut and shipped would be a large source of revenue. A big body of such tim ber is now contracted by the federal governm ent to people from distant states, anil it will he removed without, paying any tax unless a severance tax is at once imposed. As gov ernor I would do all in my power to levy such a tax on all tim ber tak en from the forest reserves. While one-half of the p roperty of Oregon is exempt from taxation, inueh of the other hall' is paying little or no lax because it is invested in shares ot stock, bonds and prop erty hidden aw ay from the assessor. This leaves but a p art of the taxable property to bear the entire cost of government. This property which bears the terrific burden consists of farms, cattle, horses, city build ings and homes. DIRECT TAXES HIGH In 1921 there was raised by direct ta x a tion in this state $9,493,105, an average of almost 9 1, ■> mills on the property taxed. This is the highest direct -r o p e d v tax levied ir the United Statesh for state purposes. It constitutes nearly one half of most of the ta n n e rs ' taxi's and in the city it often means one fourth of the entire tax. In M innesota in 1920 the direct property tax for state purposes was $1,667,428, which is about one-sixth of what Oregon property owners were called upon to pay for state purposes, and yet the assessed value of ta x able property in M innesota is two and a half times that of Oregon. M innesota raised the balance of her state revenue from in direct sources, viz.: A 5 per cent gross earn ings tax from public service corporations and a 25 cents p er ton tax upon iron ore mined in the state. C alifornia in 1921 raised $33,768,884 for state purposes. This money was all raise.! from indirect sources, viz.: From fees and from a gross earnings tax upon public serv ice corporations. F arm ers and p roperty owners in C alifornia were not called upon to pay d irec t any of this $33,768,884. Wisconsin in 1921 raiseil by direct tax a tion only $7,801,454 for state purposes and yet the assessed value of taxable property in Wisconsin is four times th at of Oregon. The balance of her state expenses was raised by fees and by taxes on net incomes. In Oregon we can relieve the property owners by collecting a large p a rt of the cost of state governm ent from sim ilar sources, viz.: (1) a tax on net incom es; (2) a severance ta x ; (3) a tax on gross ea rn ings of public service corporations. I favor such a program in this state under the gu ar antee th at any tax derived from new sources shall not he used for increased expend itures, but to take some of the burden off those now bearing more than th eir ju st share of taxation. The practices id' public u tilities Ixvamc so intolerable th a t those utilities have to he regulated. A costly public service commis sion has to be m aintained for that purpose. Since the commission has to he m aintained for the regulation of the public service cor porations, those corporations should them selves be required to pay the expenses of the commission, w ithout burdening fanncis, home owners, business and other enterprise with th at expense. Such a plan would save the taxpayers approxim ately $100,000 a year, and I favor it. Oregon is, per capita, the heaviest bonded state in the Union. We are in the midst ol' a wild orgy of bond issues. The thought seems to he th a t we can go on issuing bonds regardless of a payday to come later. There is a possibility of having to levy a fu rth er property tax to meet accruing interest on these enormous bond issues. A h alt should lie called in the plastering over o ur state of these m ortgages on the property and toil of ourselves and our children, and the state he returned to a policy of sound and stable finance. I stand pledged to such a poliey. FOR CONSOLIDATION One of the first things F propose to do as governor will be to employ every power of the office to consolidate the boards, bureaus, commissions and com m ittees th at interfere with each other because there are so many of them. Their work overlaps and duplicates. There are too m any ornam ents draw ing salaries and fees for doing little o- no work. Few er boards, fewer officials and more work by these hoards and officials is the crying need of the state of Oregon T pl<‘dpr<* mvself to flu* work of oorrootincj this conspicuous waste of the s ta te ’s money. FAVORS S IM PL IFIE D GOVERNMENT O ther states have system atized and sim plified governm ent by applying to public business the same rules of efficiency anil economy used in private business. I t has not been done in Oregon because politicians, payroll functionaries and hangers-on have combined to obstruct the cutting aw ay of salaries and sinecures. T stand pledged to a poliey of simplified governm ent economi cally adm inistered. We can dispense with many automobiles now operating a t state expense. The use of state-ow ned autom obiles by officers and state employes is subject to gross abuses, as every tax p ay er knows, and this vicious practice m ust be abolished. Every m an on the state payroll should actu ally work and every man draw ing a salary w ithout earning it should be fired. It is commonly reported and widely be lieved th a t too small a percentage of the money provided for highways goes into act ual construction of roads. For example. Mr. •Jay Bowerm an was long on the payroll as adviser for the. highw ay commission, when it is the business anil d uty of the attorney general to act as counsel for th a t body. This is waste of highway money. T here is general dissatisfaction with the engineering and other overhead cost, wkieh runs into very large amounts. Statem ents are broad I v made th at n arrow er roads in Oregon are costing more per mile than w ider roads m some o th er states. There have been in stances in which costly highways have had to be rebuilt within a y ear or two. Road building in Oregon has been a vast and expensive enterprise in which there should be no leaks or wastes. 1 have faith in the gentlem en serving as highw ay commission ers, but hold th at th ere should be a very, thorough investigation of the operations of the men and some of the contractors w ork ing under them, to the end th a t excresenoes may he lopped off, all leaks stopped and a d o lla r’s w orth of road he built for every dollar of public money spent. Mr. Ja y Bowerman is attorney for the state banking departm ent in several cases now pending in the courts of Oregon. It is the business and the d u ty of the attorney general to act in th a t capacity. As gov ernor and a member of the state hanking hoard. 1 would insist th a t the atto rn ey gen eral and his deputies atten d to th e legal business of the state banking departm ent. When governor I shall be governor for everybody. I have prom ised nothing to anybody, anil am free to use th e appointing power w ithout dictation. My adm inistration will not be wholly a m an ’s governm ent, but a governm ent of, by and for men and women. FR E E USE OF VETO As governor I shall dem and of the legisla tu re th a t every appropriation bill shall be itemized and l shall veto every ap p ro p ria tion bill th a t is not so itemized. In addi tion to th at, 1 shall veto every unnecessary, useless or questionable item in every ap propriation bill passd by th e legislature. I shall exercise my prerogative to call to the atten tio n of the legislature and suggest to it the enactm ent of such laws as will re duce th e expenses of governm ent to the minimum anil equalize the burden of tax a tion, so th at all property shall bear its ju st burden. I can and will point th e way for relief. 1 know the m ajority of th e next legislature, coming from the tax-burdened people, will feel ns I feel—that TH ER E MUST BE RE L IE F. It is not a question of p arty politics, b u t a vital question of property rights, prosperity and the w elfare and happiness of the people. V oters of Oregon, the issue has crystal- izeil around this theme of taxation. High taxes are had advertising. High taxes are keeping newcomers and new capital out of the stale and driving ohj settlers away. Business is being discouraged; progress is being halted. T axation is the weight th at is drag g in g us down. TAXATION DOMINANT ISSUE O ur friends who are now in control of the state and legislature confess th at they are helpless to supply a remedy. They are trying to confuse voters by injecting person alities and by throw ing mud. They are m ak ing fran tic appeals to p arty loyalty, thus proposing to leave the people with the same oppressive burdens of taxation piled on their backs. They are garbling my speeches, and putting words in my m outh th a t 1 never uttered . They are try in g to divert me from my fight for lower taxes. They are in a sad plight because, under th eir ad m inistration, they have created a situation from which every tax p ay er is crying aloud fo r release. I refuse to budge one inch from this m atter of taxation, i t is the dom inant issue. F o r more than 20 years 1 have talked and worked for lower taxes, and this will con tinue to he the first them e in my thoughts. Taxes can and m ust he equalized and re duced, and 1 have here pointed out some of the ways the thing can be done. WALTER M PIER CE YOU SHOULD HELP PIERCE by c o n trib u tin g One D ollar or m ore to bin c am p aig n expenses. In doin g th is you w ill help yourself reduce y o u r ow n tax es, fo r t h a t is th e g r e a t issue P ie rc e is m a k in g fo r you. Send m oney, in cash, m oney o rd e r o r check, to d a y to T. H. Craw ford, M anager Pierce-for Governor Campaign, Gordon Building. Portland, Ore. _____ _____ ( l ’a i d A d v e rtis em en t)