Oregon labor press., October 21, 1916, Page 6, Image 6

PORTLAND LABOR PRESS
P e o p l e ’s L a n d a n d L o a n L a w
Initiative Constitutional Amendment Proposed by Organised Labor of Oregon, to be Voted on at Coming November Election
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relating to way to build up her ruined cities
J^’ .'and her blood soaked land.
1916, on the assessment made in Spec,al T axe s on P e rs o n a l P ro p e rty
S e lf-E x e c u tin g .
first —
day
of w
December
after!. Is M.r* Hughes against
an eight-
«ssu L k.«na
impiovrmeiu«.
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1916, or any previous assessment.!
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a n d Im
p ro vem en ts,
approval of this section by the! hour day? He says not. He is
After the making of the above tax | 1 r) A special tax may be levied i ¡„(a,
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on y against an eight- hour law. He
levy for 1916, no other or further tax ion . personal property and land im- nil" shall t a k e e f f e c t mil iJe in^nnfr«’
ivem .nts in any year,
for local tion'aL „ ‘3ii
. P.r.Oy'SI° ? Sz3.o i ,he .Const1' dare not say he wov
shall be levied on the market value | prnvein
y
would go back—
i ‘on as t o a ,I as»essments matle after tution and laws of Oregon in con- . , ,
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of land, and the above land rent tax purposes only, by school and road
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first
day
of
January
next
after
flict
with
this
section
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road in that
shall thereafter be the only
tax on
districts,
towns, v y citiis
and p cot
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ownership or
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land in ' erv such levy shal be Proposed people o{ Oregon. The provisions
only as
as they
they conflict
conflict herewith.
herewith. Any
A n v slavery
slaverv of
provisions of
of only
of the
the working
working n,3„
man.
Oregon.
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cation 1. (a) ^ 'e declare that
II citizens have equal rights; that
n k a r p n t i in
n fbp
ilHnnlp
n „ower is i inherent
the people,
‘ I ili just governments are founded
a" their consent and instituted for
P u b licatio n o f Assessments
.keir peace, safety, prosperity and
voting on the question' All in i b ì - 1 ^ ° " th' f,rst day of Marc ’ ncxt
the Pntire action .
farmer. the work.ng man,
the
(i) The State Land Boar*
happiness; that they have at all
1 all voting on the question
student,
the man of letter., the lover
a right to alter, reform, or provide every fifth year, wl
the live petitions proposing such tax
„__ _ the government, when land rent appraisement is ir
. for levies shall be legally filed with the
tot u
illv change
of his country? Of is it the great
‘ majority of those voting believe publication and distribution . every county clerk not later than the first
interests with their swollen fortunes,
Lev ran thereby promote the gen-i taxpayer a copy of the as ssment Monday in September and shall be
their bloated arrogance, their*impu­
n j welfare.
j and tax roll for the county in which submitted to the people for approval
dent, unholy and everlasting demand
„ . k»
I!.« of Land
he owns property, or for any sub- °r rejection at the election to be
for money?
Citizen*
" division thereof including his prop- held on tbe first Tuesday after the
ll, We reaffirm our faith in the erty, as the Board may deem neces- first Monday in November next
st-lf evident truths of the Declaration sary. In such published rolls the after the filing of such petitions,
Trade with the liv e ones, They
of Independence, 1 hat all inen arc names of owners shall be alpha- The question as to ach proposed
advertise
in the Labor Press.
created equal; that they are en- betically arranged and under each ,evy shall be printed only on th«
(No man holds the confidence and ¡stock selling a third higher than in
dowed by their Creator with certain owner’s name shall be listed all the ballots for use in the territory to
inalienable rights; that among these land rents and other property for which the proposed special tax levy affection of the workers in greater all its history, with this company
are life, liberty, and the pursuit of which he is assessed in that county applies. Special elections for that measure than Clarence S. Darrow, earnin gmore than 50 per cent on j
happiness.” In pursuance of these, or subdivision.
purpose may be ordered when there the Chicago lawyer and writer who the common stock for the current :
richts all citizens of Oregon -re
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is no general election to be held bn
equally entitled to exclusive p , e s - '
D e lin q u e n t T a x Sales.
said first Juesilay, and ¡„ al] cases has so often championed their cause year, shall we give them more?
OP /-si
1 1-- C State
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T Land
i n Board • shall
< .. the
. vote shall
. . . . be taken at all the in the courts. Mr. Darlow has just
Are we to take a greater tribute I
sion, for their .sA»<>ssnnt
personal H
use,
oi land (j) The
enough for their homes and to yield I bid
the amount of delinquent tax regular polling places. The laws given the Newspaper Enterprise As- from the consumer for the steel
a living by their labor, without pay- and land rent taxes, with penalties | governing special and regular gen­ sociation the following statement of trust and other trusts, whose stocks ;
ing any person for the right to live and costs, but no more, on any land eral elections in the submission of
and labor on the land.
offered for sale at delinquent tax measures shall apply to such special why the farmers and wage earners are now soaring at the mere hope
of America should support Mr. of Hughes and a wild carnival of;
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sales.
I he title to all land that may qualific(,yto
tax levy elections.
Everv nerson
Public O w - . r . h . p o f L a u d R e n t.
,JC so, d tQ th e S tate fo r said
vote for governor
of* the Wilson.)
greed? Do wc want more tariff on ,
(c) Public ownership ot all land ■ bnquent taxes shall vest absolutely state shall be entitled to vote at
steel? Do we want more on woolen j
rent is right, because such _ rent i s ! in the State at the expiration of any such tax election.
B y C la re n c e S. D a rro w .
goods? Do we want more on sugar?
created by the presence, industry two years from the date of saie. if
and productive power of the whole the land is not sooner redeemed, D is trib u tio n o f Revenue fro m L a n d
President Wilson has shown a H we do n°t want more on these,
Rent Tax.
people. Private ownership of land'The title and ownership of improve-
rent is the chief cause of land j mdits on, in or under any land sold
(s) Two-thirds of the revenue ob­ broad and deep sympathy for his on what? Pray, what do we want?
He D °es the woring man or the farmer
monopoly, land speculation and e c o -;for taxes shall not be acquired by tained in each county
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from the land
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nomic oppression. It is therefore , the State or any other purchaser on rent tax levied in that county shall talks less of markets than of men. want a higher tariff? In this earn-
right and necessary, in order to i such sale, unless the improvements I be divided among the different Trade and industry are not his first *val are they to be the shearers, or I
promote the general welfare, that are also sold for a tax levied on the towns, cities, ports and all other concern. With Hughes, we hear ¡the sheep?
all land reitt shall be collected by j improvements. The State shall
rent municipalities in the county, and be-
H we are to be inundated with
public taration, whether the land is its land by leases, including the con- tween that county and the state, by about the tariff, about business.
actually used or not.
ditions of paragraph (f), with such •’»•lowing and paying to each the about the strict rules of law, about goods after the war, I want to be
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other conditions, covenants
and 5a,ne proportion of this two-thirds an inundation of foreign goods. In present—at the inundation, for I can
P u b lic P o lic y .
¡agreements as the State Land Board *bat each received from the general short, about money and his desire usc the goods. But why should we,
(d) It is the public policy of may order. The State shall not sell tax levy of 1915. The above distri-
any land.
bution of two-thirds of the revenue to save the country by being elected *n our strength and greatness, bor-
Oregon:
row trouble over the competition of
abolish —
all
s. i a *r r 'and . rent tax --—
may
be President.
First; To
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-- forms of
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p person's
t i s o n □ land
id iiu i rent
c n i tax,
ia x ,
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Few men in high places h a v e|Our affilicted fellow men? Wages
land monopoly so as to prevent any payable in one county, exceeds ctlan8 ed t r r n l time to time by law
person from getting a profit by own- twelve
dollars *• per * year" i such tax
ever been moved by such sympathies 1 will be higher in Europe than ever
U..H k .
ing land without using
-
• monthly,
. . — i • • ... H o m e M a k e r s ’ L o . a . n . Fun , d . T
i»K it
chall be paid in equal
as
Wilson, and at the same time had alter the war. Wages are regulated
Second: To abolis sh involuntary quarterly or semi-annual
install- _ 1 ... • CL ,° 'ne
, , a her5 . Foan
unemployment and poverty in this ments, as may be provided by law. Funfl ,s hereby established in the the wide vision, historical knowl- hy the law of supply and demand,
state by enacting such laws as shall; or ’ / the rules of the State Land s,ate treasury. One-third of
all edge and good judgment to know 1° Europe after the war there will
insure to all citizens opportunity for Board. Failure to pajl any install- 'revenue hereafter obtained from the
hat could be accomplished.
he more work to do and fewer to do
the exclusive possession and use of meiit of land rent tax when due si?te *rom said land rent, tax, and
If Hughes is to he elected, there 't. Emigration will turn the other
enough land to employ themselves shall render such tax delinquent and a. revenue hereafter obtained from
and make their homes.
! immediately subject to such penal-;
,, presen* inheritance tax rate, should be some reason for present
Third: To protect all persons in ties and process for collection as sba” be deposited in the state dissatisfaction and some hope in a
the absolute ownership of the value may be provided by law or by the treasury to the credit of that ac- change. Shall Mr. Wilson’s foreign
of their land improvements and the rules of the State Land Board
count. 1 he amount of this fund may policy he changed? If so, how? It
income therefrom.
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l’ e lncreased in any manner and
K ig h tt of rn vate Property
| from any source that is now or may is dishonest for Mr. Hughes or Mr.
D efin itio n o f th e W o r d “ L a n d .”
M a in ta in e d .
be hereafter provided or levied by Roosevelt
to
criticise
Wilson’s
(e) For purposes of assessment
(1) One purpose of this section is Iaw, first approved by vote of the policy without showing what they
and taxation appraisement, the word to restore public ownership of land people. This fund shall be ad-
for jollyin g yourself. You can’t be a regular union
land” means the earth, including rent, but it does not change, limit or ministered by the state land board, would do. They dare not announce
soil, water, water power, minerals, abolish any person’s right of private This fund shall be loaned to home a policy of their own different from
man and pass up your friends and union-made
stone, natural oils, gases, timber of property and exclusive possession makers, both in town and country, the one that Mr. Wilson has fol-
Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobaccos.
natural growth, and all other natural I of land and land leases ,as long a s 'in amounts not exceeding two-thirds , iowed w;»h rare natience fine iudir-
resources before being severed, r.e-!the land rent tax is paid.
of the actual value of the land im- " W',°
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moved, or withdrawn from th eir. _
.
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provements they may make or have
ana sell control,
L. L. STEVENS, Prop.
natural position.
S ep a rate Assessm ent o f L a n d R e n t already made, on any lot or tract of
Would Mr. Rooseevlt use his big
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he amount of yearly land land. Payment to the borrower ol stock on Germany, or England, or
‘n ° “ i « L a i d R . „ L
' - rent tax of every lot, tract, parcel portions of such loan may be made Mexico, or all of these at once?
n e n i.
¡and quantity of land shall be listed at definite periods to be fixed by
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.
(f) The words ’’land rent" as used in the assessment and tax rolls the board, as such improvements Those who are to furnish the blood
in this section mean the fair and just separately from other taxes and ! may progress. Every such Ioan shall and treasure ought to know. Has
price per year, as appraised by pub- from the assessed value of any per- j be the first lien on the land and im- the interference with a letter, or
lie officers, that a renter should pay sonal property, and separately from provements, except taxes, and every . ven the sinking of a shin been
for the use of any lot, tract, parcel! the taxes and as. ssed value of any such home and improvements shall
or quantity of land on a lease which improvements on, in or under such be exempt from execution except *rave cnouRh to make us plunge (
includes the following conditions:
land.
I only for state loans and interest,1 del,berately into the red maelstrom?
taxes and the purchase price.
Do our men and women believe they
First: That the renter has a five-
S ta n d in y T im b e r.
year lease with the perpetual right
One
purpose
of
this
section
is
to
should furnish the life and treasure
(n) Standing timber of natural
to renew his lease at the end of
help persons with no capital but for this mad carnage?
growth
shall
be
assessed
and
taxed
Manufacturers of “ B lits”
each five-year term.
their labor and character to make
Second: That the rent shall be as a part of the land on which it h?mes,r n d f a ; m s .b ; t n ; r m o r e 7 h a n ; v:,n who want war are against
$1500 shall be loaned for the making ” llson. War on whom and how
appraised and re-adjusted every fifth grows.
year, when the lease is renewed for Assessm ent and C o lle c tio n o f T a x of one such home or farm. The much? With United States Steel
the next five years, and that “land
(o) The laws in operation for board may
. limit the amount of such
-
rent” shall not include any charge assessing property and levying an d i’oan that any person may draw in
for the use of land improvements.
collecting taxes and delinquent taxes ' any year. This fund is for loan to
ORPHEUM.
Third: That there shall be no in­ when this section is adopted shall | those who are now trying to develop
crease of the “land rent” because of continue in force and shall be applied ! farms and make homes as well as to
additional improvements and better­ to the collection of the tax hereby persons who begin hereafter.
A*ain the Orpheum comes to the
(Strikebreakers Employed)
ments made on, in or under the land. levied on land rent, except as herein
If the sum total of all the property fore wilh a stellar show, the bill
Fourth: That the appraised land provided, and as such laws lhay be owned by any family shall exceed to open at the Heilig next Sunday
rent shall be paid to the public tax changed by amendments and rules twenty-two hundred and fifty dol- for a four davs’ stay containing an
collector.
made hereafter in accordance with ¿ r„Sd ‘. V l i
l‘? ae„%n? part ° f T h illustrious headliner and two extra
Fifth: That there shall be no tax this section.
fund shall be loaned to any member _
.
,
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or other charge to be paid by the
of that family.
attractions. The headliner is Andrew
D u ty o f G o v ern o r.
renter for the use of the land except
the appraised “land rent,” and there
Cost, In te re s t an d T im e o f R e ­
(p) It is the duty of the governor
Baaaat
BRIRVl
shall be no tax on the market v a lu e ________
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a a m p s iv o R i
p a y m e n t.
to enforce _______
all the B
provisions
this _
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of the land, except as hereinafter 'section and all the laws for its ap
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. . i (“I The average actual cost of
asssaxaassaaa
provided in paragraph (h) of this plication
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and the rules of the state
securing and administering
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section.
« i< fta & a a » a * a « a
land board. For that purpose the ; sai(j ]oans shall be estimated by the
a ttiv a R a n u s o « «
We like to save where S A V E S 8 save,
governor may remove any members state land board, and a percentage
D e fin itio n o f L a n d Im p ro v e m e n t.
« « s a ra a » a a » a v a
, I ep.
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mc aidic
of the
state tax euuiiiiiaaiuii
commission and any sufficient to cover the same shall be
aaaaaaaaaaaw a
That s w h y the “ Hibernia Savings”
» « n v a a a a a s a a a
mnn. »The words
land ,rnPr.ove* , assessor or appraising officer for in­ deducted from every loan and
««aw aaaaaaaaa
dents mean buildings clearings, i
et
*
,ect Qr re.
has so many savers. I t ’s for savers.
d tches, drams, orchard trees, vines i { [ tQ do theJr dut as prescribed charged to the borrower as the same
c np5 of all kinds, fences and a ll!, this section or b/ the laFws or the is advanced to him. The loans shall
o her useful and ornamental changes, ,
o{ the State Land Board and be secured by first mortgage on the
vrowths and additions, made by sha„ appoint their successors in improvements and the land. There
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shall be no interest on any such loan
labor and capital in or to a n y ioffice {or their „nexpired terms,
1 C_»r,<cn vz,
for
the
first
five
years,
and
there­
natural resources, or on, in or under
after
the
rate
of
interest
shall
not
any lot, tract, or parcel of land.
D u tie * o f th e S ta te L a n d B o a rd
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be greater than six per cent per
( T H E 0 0 0 0 d u o a l M A M f S IT P lIA S A N T I OR TM I
TAM ^
Levy of P e rm a n e n t L a n d R e n t T a x | (q) The governor, secretary of annum. Every such loan may be
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state and state treasurer constitute
(h) During the year 1917, t' . the State Land Board. Any two of made repayable by installments, but
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gtate Land Board shall cause tue the members constitute a quorum the final payment shall not in any
I ST &011Y I* O « ÎO H < I1
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BOHT w o a a y . - r M s u p p l ii t o I
r » l C U T T O B A C C O -.T M ( I
County Assessors and State Tax to do business.
case be more than twenty years
W IT H T H E R E A L TO B A C C O -» C h e w )
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♦ - V 'fc V ,♦ i ♦ *
L IT T L l c h e w t h a t l a s t s
A H 0 W IL L P IU I0 C
from the date of the loan, unless
Commission 'to appraise the annual
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The duties of the board are:
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land rent price of every lot, tract,
such limitation shall be extended by
First: To make, promulgate and law.
Parcel and quantity of land on the
basis set forth in paragraph (f) of. publish all rules expedient to apply ! - __ _ . _
P ,y " ^ nL o f .?*.aU W ,r
’his section, except land owned by" and enforce the provisions of this
rants on H o m e M a k e rs
the National, State and Local Gov­ section not in conflict herewith.
L o a n Fun d .
ernments. The State Land Board is
Second: To prescribe all forms
1
(v) The warrants drawn on the
hereby granted full authority to and blanks f j t use under this sec­
tate
treasury
for
said
Home
Makers'
manage, control and direct such ap­ tion.
praisement, and to employ such ex­
Third: To provide for making all Loan Fund shall be designated as
pert _ assistance as the Board may loans as safe and secure as prac­ such; they shall be payable on de­
consider necessary and to expend ticable, and to require insurance of mand in lawful money of the United
from the general fund of the State all perishable land improvements States of America, shall not bear
Ireasury the sum necessary for that and other security taken for the re­ interest, and snail be at all times
Purpose. Such appraisement shall be payment of loans.
receivable by all tax collectors at
made again in the year 1922 and
Fourth: To provide methods of their face value for one-third of all Tombes, the comediarf who had
every fifth year thereafter.
appeal, for any person interested, land rent taxes, and shall at all Broadway at his feet. Mr. Tombes
Beginning on the first day of Jan­ from the decision of a local ap­ times be received by the state will appear in a spectacular act j
uary, 1917, all the appraised land rent praiser who recommends approval cr treasurer in payment of all amounts called “The Brice Shop,” known as
H E N mice you know W -B G U T Chewing
of ihe land of Oregon (except such rejection of an application for a due the state for such Loan Fund
account. Said warrant* shall be is­ ‘The Merry Willow of Vaudeville." '
you are wise to rich tobacco. And when a
land as is now exempt by law from loan.
Fifth: Tc make its forms, blanks sued in denominations of one dol­ The piece has all the ihgredients
tax),. shall be collected as a public
man once knows quality he’s got no patience
’ax in such manner as may be pro­ and rules so plain that there will be lar, two dollars, five dollars, ten which go to make musical comedy
with
ordinary
tobacco. You like the way the touch of
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dollars and twenty dollars. Every popular. There are funny situations,
vided by the rules to be made by ____
no ___________
need _______
for _____ an _ applicant
to _____
employ
salt brings out the flavor—also that a little nibble out­
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’he State Land Board; provided, that a lawyer in preparing or presenting J sucb warrant, when received by the,
lasts a big wad o f ordinary two for one—and how it does
”o such rule shall be contrary to his application for a loan. Every ¡ state treasurer, shall be cancelled i many pretty girls, graceful dances,
satisfy!
Dealers that want your trade keep W -B
’he provisions of any lettered para­ such rule jinadc by the board shall , and shall not be reissued. Such war- haunting melodies, a capable com
graph of this section, nor contrary have th e/force and effect of la w |ran,s shall be preserved for five pany and above all an exceptional
C U T i Tiewing—10c a pouch.
years
after
being
cancelled.
The
0 general laws for that purpose that ¡until it isVhanged or repealed by a
comedian in the person of Andrew
k , WEYMAS-CRUTOM COMPANY, SB U m e Sqmm, N ew T «k CMy
Tn*y be hereafter enacted by voteiRcneral a c l or law adopted by vote total amount of such Loan Fund
‘ the people. The land rent tax I of the peA,|e at a regular general warrants outstanding at one time ‘Tombes.
Clarence Darrow
Supporting Wilson
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Portland Brewing Company
UNFAIR
T o Organised Labor
I he ba n K fo r
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Wc Arc All Very lVluch Alike
HiberniaSavin^s Bank
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