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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL!,, THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 30. 1924 PAGE FOUR Cottage Crtove dentine! A Weekly Newspaper With Plenty of Backbone Bede A Smith---------------- Publisher» Elbert Bede.------ ------------------ Editor A firet claee publication entered at Cottage Grove aa second-claw matter Business Office-.——65 North 8ixO 8UB8CB1PTION BATES One year.... 42.25 I Throe months 55c Six mouths- 1.16 I Single copy— 5c de W mi in Oi w O to at ei e> d< Ht ei Member of National Editorial Association Oregon State Editorial Association Oregon Newspaper Conference Lane County Publisher»' Association If we but stop and review, tho of treatment of human ills in which opinion of The Sentinel, but none Being published in the old home fied for the job and one who would ; FORMER EDITOR DISCUSSES medicine is not employed. The so great as his defeat at this time of J. 8. Medley, democratic nomi make a good official. He was not PRESIDENCY. jaist, who will not admit that Bob Sentinel cun foresee no serious re would be. ------ LaFollette is nothing more nor losa nee, The Sentinel’s usual partisan I the candiimte of any party in the sults from either affirmative or Dorcna, Ore., October 27.—Editor than a political traitor. In other I feelings are somewhat softened in primaries. negative action.. County Offices. — • Sentinel: I wish to congratulate you word*, if he wan «incere year» ago regard to filling the office of dis Republicans should not fail to trict attorney. Howard Brownwell State Offices. upon the able editorials that come in his advocacy of republican doc- National Offices. cast their votes for Frank Taylor, is the republican nominee and is The pettty politics being played to us through your columns. What trine, he is not sincere now. There is no doubt that Congress republican nominee for sheriff. He making a fight for the office that at Salem by governor Fierce, t ever may be said in criticism of' The fact of the matter is that man Hawley will be returned. He hus earned the sufferage of those demonstrate» mettle which should through his control of the board of! The Sentinel with regard to local LaFollette failed to put one over can not be defeated by a field of of other parties by his painstaking make him a good fficial. And Mr. control, should be the only urge. issues, it is sound politically and, on the republican party a long four, but a high complimentary and fearless handling of the office Medley is equally qualified. necesspjy to swing every republican in these days of speculation as to time ago and he has had a grouch vote should be given him in order . during the tew months since his When the assessorship is consid vote to Tom Kay, long the watch-! to which way the mule may kick, from that day to this. He has that his position in his district appointment. ered, The Sentinel does not feel its dog of the treasury, an able and those of us who believe in our spent most of his time since in at- may be made plain to his colleagues I Clinton Hurd has made good as partisan blood rise. Ben Keeney, foresighted official. No one con- government, who believe in Ameri tempting to smash the party that in Washington. county commissioner during the the republican nominee, did not templates the defeat of Kozer for, can citizenship, who believe in na- ■ made him what little national repu- Senator McNary stands head and few months he has held that office. hesitate to run as an independent secretary of state. The election of tional honesty of heart and purpose, tation he has. He has been snap- shoulders above his democratic op He is a good balance wheel for when Dick Burton, of this city, Kay and Kozer means control of who still have faith in that grand i ping and snarling for many years ponent, the somewhat pestiferous county affairs. He is entitled to fairly won the nomination. The in the board of control by them, a old document—the constitution—are at the hand thut fed him. His Milt Miller. McNary has made every republican vote and has dependent candidate, Mr. Jordan, highly desirable thing from our glad of the Sentinel’s splendid sup- methods and schemes are deplor- some mistakes in judgment, in the i-arned the votes of others. ; port of President Coolidge. _____ | ____(^n£luded__on__j>age_JJ1)_____ mipfesses one as a man amply quali- j viewpoint. THINGS VOTER8 SHOULD KNOW BEFORE THEY VOTE. (Concluded.) Next Tuesday is the day upon which the voters will express their will at the polls. W bother or not they do so intelligently will depend upon the viewpoint of those who do the judging, but whether or not they are going to vote wisely from our viewpoint, euch voter should bo there and should vote in the man ner which to him seems wisest after, we trust, serious study on his part of men und measures. WOULD we stand for a law that The Three Vital Measures. o ci a h N B T J J I I I L \ ! } I < ( ] ( ] i < « Í J Tho threo most vital measures up for consideration are tho proposul to repeal the income tax, the work men’s compensation amendment and tho oleo Bill. Every votor should huvo by this time mudo up his mind whether thero has been sufficient relief in tho amount of his taxes to repay him for the cnpitul and industry which tho income tux 1ms kept from the state. Oregon is not going to bo ruined by a continuation of tho incomo tux', nor is it to bo made the greatest stato in the union by its repeal, but Oregon is but beginning to come into its own. It is but beginning to overtake its neighbor states. Tho income tax will not stop progress, but it is the opinion of 'Hie Sentinel that its repeul would greatly uid in bringing capital and industry here. Its re peal would bo a direct invitation to capital to come horu that would attract nation wide attention. To vote to repeal the tax tho voter should mark his bnllat 312 yes. To rotain the tux he should vote 313 no. Next, in importance to Cottage Grove voters probably is tho attack upon tho workmen’s compensation law. This is no time to start wrecking this luw which bus been a boon to employe as well as em ployer. Every voter interested in the lumbering industry should vote 311 no. Next comes tho oleomurgarino bill. Reduced to its simplest terms this measure provides that oleo and other butter substitutes ahull stand on their own foot. Without mixing milk products with them in order to promote their sale, some of them are easily strong enough to support themselves. A dairy section can hardly but favor this measure, which does nothing except provide that dairy butter substitutes shall not masquerade us butter. Theme who wish to protect the dairy in terests will vote 30(1 yes. The Other Measures. Tho voters’ literacy amendment provides that voters shall bo able to read und write the English language. A wise provision. ' Vote 3110 yes. Public use and welfare amend ment. Designed to promote tho drainage of wot lunds. Muy do some good. Can do no harm. Bonus nniondmont. Designed to extend the bonus to deserving vet ornns who are inadvertently ommit- ted from tho provisions of the or iginal law. Those who wish to bo fair to all veterans will vote 3(H yes. Naturopath bill. For tho purpose of recognising and regulating the jinieriei^o^jmd^inymni^ji^jinethod kept 3000 families out of Oregon? Of course we wouldn’t! So it’s up to us to vote the antagonistic Income Tax Law out of existence! For it has already lost for Oregon payrolls amount' ing to more than six million dollars ($6,000,000) a year! And six million dollars means at least 3000 families who are lost to Oregon’s popula tion in just one year under this dangerous law. Oregon needs Jobs and Markets The Income Tax kills both! Vote 312X YES and kill the Income Tax! If there are two things Oregon needs above all others it is ( I ) jobs for her workers, and (2) markets for her products. Every new enterprise or in dustry brought into Oregon means more jobs. Jobs support population. Ev- e»y increase in population meaas a better market for farm and factory products. Yet the income tax law antagonizes industries and enterprises. Many au thentic cases are on file where industries MOVED OUT OF OREGON OR DECIDED NOT TO COME 1 O OREGON because of the income tax law. Counting loss of capital invested, purchases and payroll, this loss is already conservatively estimated at more than $40,000,000. The payroll loss alone is already over $6,000,000 a year I On receipt of a draft of the stat* income tax law at our New York headquarters, instructions were sent to close the Pacific Coaat branch at Portland, February I, 1024. LBWI8-MEARS CO.. New York. We would not consider any further expansion as long as there is a state income tax in Oregon. BARNES LINDSLEY MFG. CO.. Portland. Ore. Kem’s for Drugs TW RAXAU. Vror. P J. Kam. Prop. Oottago Oto re, Ora 32 8 10 22 818,000,000 ongtruction of lumber mills, towns, logging camps and logging railways abandoned or suspended.......................... 7,875,000 Other industrial inveetmenta can celled or suspended............................. 4,578,000 One year's operating payroll on foregoing items.................................... 5,680,000 Dlsincorporatione, $4,606,000 capi- itsL Damage listed 1/10 only........... 460,600 Actual removals from the state, in cluding loss of only one year's pay roll .......................................................... 2,440,250 Threatened removals, including loss of only one year's payroll................... 2,218,500 31 34 21 Cases as to which definite amounts are not available, but which would amount to many millions; damage listed as ............................................... Cases still under Investigation; would amount to many millions; damage listed as................................. Cases in which reported removal or investment elsewhere was stated to have been caused by the income tax but which cannot be verified in writing; damage listed as................... Damage . . . 0 • . $41,252,350 These figures certified conservative end correct byt FRANK E. ANDREWS, CHARLES H. STEWART. BEN 8ELUNG, CHR1SS A. BELL, J. K. GILL. The customer who quits and says nothing — The insidious thing about this law is that industries do not complai»—they simply pack up and move to another state I They are like the customer who quits and says nothing—you never know he is dissatisfied nor why — hence have no chance to make matters right with him. Mbny large concerns who left or stayed out of Ore gon on account of the income tax refused to allow us to use their names because they did not want to be made to appear as tax dodgers—and yet they could not af ford to carry a tax burden in Oregon which they did not need to pay in California or "Washington! There is an old adage which says, ‘'Business is sensitive. It goes only where it is invited and stays only where it is well treated." We cannot afford to AN TAGONIZE enterprises which other states are INVITING! It is hurting Oregon! We had planned on erecting a sawmill at a coat of approximately $100,000 and four miles of logging rail road. This would increase our logging facilities which would amount to an expenditure of about $150,000 addi tional. THE GLENDALE LUMBER COM Olendale, Oregon. Aspirin Tablets move to break up a violent headache, cold or tho grippe) Absolutely true aspirin iab- leta ho skillfully made that their beneficial action begins in 15 aeconda. Ilighent purity, never irritate or burn. One of 200 Pureteat prepara tion» for health and hygiene. Every item tho beat that skill and care can produce. Recorded Damage Due to State Income Tax This insidious law must Had we known the Oregon Income Tax Law would have named, we certainly would have bought timber In Washington or British Columbia, rather than in Ore gon. CENTRAL COAL A COKE CO., Kanaas City. Owners of Vernonia, Ore., development. 'P u - i & bst These figures show the appalling effect of this unwise tax law which antagonizes industries on which a large part of our growth and prosperity depend. Timber purchases cancelled or aus- • • • we had planned to establish our Northwest headquarter« in Portland. We changed our plana, and are locating in Seattle because of the adverse Oregon Tax Law. THB BOYLE-DAYTON CO.. Loa Angeles. because ocean leakage or volcanic action cautiea an un derground ut rat urn to slip. Hence a violent movement of part of the earth ’s surface. I low easily 59 Industries lost to Oregon in a single year— others threatened We had completed plana and specifications (or a building to be used as a warehouse and office« for a large corporation with hee<lqu«ners in California, but these plans (<U through when they learned of the state income tax measure. Will do nothing further in thia matter until the inentr.e tax measure is settled, HOLMAN TRANSFER CO. Portland. Oregosu Will reduce our operations in Oregon and possibly go to Vancouver, Washington. COAST CULVERT A FLUME CO.. Portland. Oro. Read these extracts from letters. The originals and hundreds more like them are on file. Then go to the polls November 4th and rid Oregon of this objectionable law which is keeping millions of dollars and thousands of people away from our state. When the State of Oregon peseed the «tate Income tax law, then we believed it best to re-incorporate tho company in California, which was done. BENSON LUMBER COM San Diego, CaL • • • we cannot permit ourselvoe to be burdened with any taxes that our competitor«, th« majority of whom ar« in Washington, do not have to pay. Foe that reason we figure that if th« Incom« tax io to be permanent, w«, in self preservation. muet with draw our headquarters to another stat«. MAM WOODWORKING CO, Portland, Oregon. Coming from Wisconsin, where we have had a «Ute Income tax for several years, w« are familiar with that deterrent to business development, and w«. our sei v so, as well as many other« whom w« know, left Wisconsin tor the um« reason for which we heaitat« to go inte business tn Oregon. WM M BRAY, Secy.-Trena., Oehkoeh Land A Timber Co., Oshkosh, Wla.; Pros. Klam ath Logging Co., Klamath Falla, Or«.; P t ««. Sprague River Co., Chiloquin. Ore.; Third largest rwntti in Klamath County. We had acquired property for the erection of a warehouse when we learned of thio law. I have heretofore adviced on similar requests that we cannot maintain our business in Oregon if tho statute is upheld. TRUSCON STEEL COMPANY, Youngstown. Ohio, W. P. Guthrie, V. P. Ojr comp.», wffl no< «pwd la Portland w long M there i. • Stat. Inewna Tax Law. Th. principal rwaon our haad offle. waa not locatM In Portland waa on thia account. BUNQR WESTERN OR AIN CORPORATION. __________________ Portland, Or.gna. Mr. Harbert Armatrong. Waatarn Manager for tho Manaaha Wooden war a company, etatad that they ware figuring on moving tho Waat^n Woodenwara Com pany from Tacoma to Cooa Bay, and had already pur- chaaad oita on our waterfront. Latw atatod they would not do anything at aU toward a change until they had seen the effect of the Oregon State Income Tax Iwaw. H. O. KERN, President. Pint National Bank, ______________ North Bend, Oregon. Will limit expansion to moot absolute aseeoaitieo to complete present functions, a reduction of 65% la program. On account of the severity and injustice of the Oregon income tax law we have decided to cut down our proposed building and equipment project from $35,000 to $12,000, and had we realised that thia tax would become effective, we would not have budgeted any additional improvement at , T ks TKRN LUMBER Mro. CO, lu »-»n-i.-r Un lese thè law ie repealed we are eeriouely eo»- •idering incorporating our Seattle house eeparately and diverti«g alto to them all Oregon business that lt to possible for them to handle. CLYDE EQUIPMENT CO.. Portland, Oregea. I 111 tit V /¿fill! Jl/fÇ lnct* I°r ^re8on more than 40 million dollars just tor the purpose of I IIL\ Il IA III II nit5 llllCClCiy iOS! soaking our enterprises 2 or 3 millions a year. Is that good business or giKul sense? The situation is critical, lt must be met by intelligent voting. If we want Oregon to grow we must vote to KILL THE STATE INCOME TAX Initiated bv C Q Chapman. Editor, Oregon Voter, tl8 Worsester PuiM- tng, Fortlaed, Orsfss—INCOME TAX RErEAl^-Purposo: To rm peal ehaptrr 2Î9 of the General Law« of Oregoa of 1823, known as the Income Ta« Act Voto YE8 or NO sn ns x T-