KAHN POINTS
WAY TO ESCAPE
HEAVY TAXES
HIS REASON
California Congressman Says
People Must Cooperate
With Government
V
t
Congressman JuMuk Kahn -of Csli-
fonUa, aeulor tnsmber of ths Military
Affaire Committee of the House. In a
signed stateuieut g|v«u out at Wash­
tagton, reviews briefly some of tbe
problem* confronUng the gowiumsnl
In post war finance and urge* tbe
• couutry to help congress hold down
taxa» lie said:
"How I* the I'nltod Htstea going to
pay her war debt* which are now be
ginning tu flood the naUon's treasury?
The outflow of putiUd funds today I* al
nioul on a par with the »xpiiidllursi
made while the war wa* rnglng. Al­
though there are no mute munition* or
implement* of war to be pur<'t>a*od.
the englnoi of destruction which Amer­
ican factorin* created to bring about
the downfall of the Imperial govern­
ment of Germany have not »11 been
paid for. Then thuro are the he*vy
expenditure* Incident to readjusting
th« world from a war to a peace basis.
Reconstruction Cost Hsavy.
"It I* no nnw* to student* of history
to bn told that the expense* of po»t-
ws,j reconstruction have always been
a* great and many time* greater than
the actual war outlay. Fbod mint be
•hipped to our boy* who are *1111 on
foreign *oll. Money mint be raised
to further project* having to do with
filling these noble hi-roe» of ours wttb
■ ultabls occupations Those who tiavn
been maimed must not be made to
come into oocnpotltlon with the sound.
"Where Is the money to come from''
The people themselves, although they
lent patriotic and wholehearted sup­
port to the gnvemmnnt's war program
and made unprecedented sacriAces.
keenly felt the effect of the tsxas Im­
posed In the revenue bill such aa they
had never faced before and would have
not submitted to except In view of ex-
traordluary circumstances. Now that
the war I* over wo must And some
way of raising money to flnanoe the
various necessary projects confronting
the nation.
People Must Coopsrets.
The people must cooperate, and they
can cooperate without paying heavy
taxes. They can continue to Invest In
War Havings Stamps, Liberty Bonds
•nd other government securities, and
help the government by helping them­
selves.
"The government offers Its clttscns a
two fold proposition, mutually helpful.
Funds can be raised to help the gov­
ernment meet Its obligations, by the
patriotic cooperation of the people,
who are st the same time tusking as
safe an Investment as can be made
tn securities, backed by th« most stable
business on earth, that of Uncle Ham.
THOSE LIBERTY BONDS
ó
Thera la a lot of money being spent
•very day In advertising with the ob­
ject of separating plain Mr. American
from bl* Liberty Bond*either by offer*
to buy them outright or trading In
wildcat stock for them. Many plain
Mr. Americana are rushing In where
wise men fear to tread and are "fall­
ing" for the advertisements without
thought of why the other fellow want*
the bond*.
Advertising, especially the kind Lib­
erty Bond brokers are using, cost* a
lot of money. Where does the buyer
get off? Well, be sure bo 1* getting off
else he wouldn't advertise He Isn't In
bualneM for hl* health. He I* after
the money It'« a cinch you are help­
ing him to a big rake off when you
trade or •<■11 your Liberty Bond*.
That'* •en*e. lan't It?
If ■ Liberty Bond I* worth, say, |*5
to th« broker after he haa paid (or all
of hl* expensive advertising, ft cer­
tainly io worth par or more than par to
the holder. For on top of hia adver-
Using ex|>enaea the broker maintain*
coolly office* and mueh help That'*
aense. Isn’t it?
The reanob the broker want* th*
bonds I* that he or hl* client* want to
bold them, It'* the broker*« busiaess
to know bond values, Ha know* that
thrji Liberty Bonds are going to be
valuable tblng»--that they are going
way above par—within a year or two.
Hold them yourself
GARY MOTOR TRUCKS
WIN IN ROAD WORK COMPETITION
Visitor— Why have
your gene«*
logical tree hung so high?
flint—Thnt Isift a genealogical tree.
That's my dog's pedigree, but 1 want
people tu think It's my gem-uloglcal
tree.
PRETTY SALTY
GARY 3 1-2 TON TRUCKS
Three Gary 8*/2-Ton Trucks, purchased by Kay County, Oklahoma, for public road work—after a competitive
test with five other leading makes of trucks.
We now have twenty trucks on the way like those shown above, all equipped with 3>/i-yard steel lined bodies, with Hydraulic
Hoist, that we are bringing in for road construction work.
period of one year.
GARY steel products lead the world. GARY Trucks are in the same class.
Don’t chance an unknown quantity.
REPORT OF W. G. NORRIS CO
1
READ WHAT YOUR NEIGHBORS SAY
Here I« the report of the W. <'. Norris Motor Sales Company, of Tulsa,
t ail You Beat It?
< iklahomu, on the three truck* shown above, and covering their experience
Stranger—In thnt ntrvnin Malty?
Mansfield, Wash.. January 29, 1919
with motor trucks tn general and OAKY Truck* in particular.
Gentlemen:
Countryman—Wal. It would make
You want to know how we like the 1 AS-ton Gary Truck we bought in
pretael out of a doughi.ut lu two min­
"We have just closcil the deal with the County i’ommbwloneni of Kay Spokane last July
We are more than pleased with it. We thought at the
óte*.
County for three GARY iMi-ton trucks, We competed with five other makes. time we had bought the best, but we really got more than we expected.
We have done lots of hauling and the truck is in just as good shape as
and oiitpulled them all. The performance of the trucks wc frankly state Is
ever. We have done more hauling than trucks lots larger, and with leas
A GREAT HEAD
innrvclous The "H" and "HU.** 2 and 2Mi-ton models with four speed trans­ expense.
Yours truly,
mission outpull, overpower and outilnss everything in their rated capacity;
(Signed) W. F. PENNINGTON,
Mansfield, Wash.
while the l*4-ton is even greater in pulling power and loud carrying capacity.
Wo consider your worm drive, scini-floatlng Shelden Axle as the only safe
BHEWSTEH-BRlDGEI’OKT GROWERS, INC.
and •«re form M construction for hard usage and Io withstand the strain
Producers, Packers and dliip|M-rs of Fine Appb->
and abuse to which a truck la subjected In the oil field« and kindred linen of
Brewster. Wash.. August 1, 1918.
work. Our observation, expsrience and knowledge of actual results in med­ Gentlemen:.
Ing oil field requirements, with heavy loads and no roads, convinces us that
The 2-ton Gary Truck that we purchased from you in June. 1917, has
GAItY TRUCKS can’ll* relied upon In every Instance and will deliver a long been in service continuously since that time, and during the busy months of
life of service at a nominal upkeep and low cost of operation. We are for the fruit season we have operated the truck 24 hours a day. We have had
the GARY TRUCKS strong and shall concentrate our future efforts on the no trouble, requiring no repairing or duplicate parts and did not have the
truck in the -hop until we Beat it in to have the new tires put on.
GARY line.
We consider thia a wonderful record and evidence of the highest stand­
W. C. NORRIS MOTOR SALES CO.,
ard of design, material and workmanship, to outwear a set of solid tires over
rough
roads, without having any repairing to the mechanical parts of the
(Signed) N. I». Southerland. Gen. Mgr.
truck.
' .
The truck has been handled by one of our former teamsters, withoat
truck experience, and he worked the truck over the rough roads that one
will find moxtly in our section. The GARY has the power and never fails
Note: The W.
Norris .Motor Hale« Company are a million dollar con­ to deliver the load. We think it is th • best truck built, and give it our un­
qualified
endorsement.
cern. and one of the largtutt In Oklahoma
After several years' experience
Yours very truly.
with other lines of trucks, they have dropped them all and rely exclustvely
BREWSTER-BRIDGEPORT GROWERS, INC..
on GARY Trucks for heavy duty oil field work and for till purpose usage.
(Si
Ki ted) 8am Berry. Sec.. Brewster, Wash.
.. ...................
Rcggy Jui« fnhncy, Cholly. I’ve for­
gotten ma cub nt case.
There is a (¡ary Truck for every purpose, one to five-ton sizes. All of the'highest quality of design and construction. Cer­
Cholly—Nevah mind, denr boy. I’ll
tainty of Service is our slogan, and as WEST COAST FACTORY AGENCY we shall always be p epared to supply any duplicate
lend you some of mine.
Reggy—Rut—*h I— the name would part that may be required, and do any repair or service work necessary.
be different, (lonelier know?
Cholly—Hah Jove, so It would! What
n head you Im ve, Reggy.
GARY COAST AGENCY INC.
HARD ON REGGIE
Cholly—I spoke a good word for you.
Among other things I snld you had a
little saved up for n rnlny day.
Reggie—What did she say?
Provost Marshal-General Crowders
Cholly—Rhe Mid you didn't know
report of the work of mobilising the
man power ef the nation under the enough to come in when It mined.
Selective Draft Act disclosed the rea
son wby America was able to pro­
THE HAPPY FAMILY
duce ouch a tremendous quantity of
foodstuff despite the drain upon the
labor of the country by the operation
of the draft. The reanon was that
sixty-five per cent of the farm labor
of the country registered tor mili­
tary service was given deterred classi­
fication upon agricultural grounds.
Saving the possible exception of
•hipyard workers no other single in­
dustry was given such consideration
aa was the pursuit of forming and no
class of producers was treated more
fairly than the farmers. This was
right and just, yet to the credit of
thu government.
The war la over aa far aa the fight
Ing Is concerned and the government
turn* to the people to settle up the
bills Incurred In ending IL
It ex­
pects the farmer. Individually and ae
a class, to retaliate with the "square
deal."
The Victory Liberty Loan—the laat
Hubby—Only two week* ngo 1 paid
of the Liberty Loans— la coming next for a new unit for you.
month.
It la going to catch the
Wifey—Yea, I know you did, and
farmer al the wrong season. That Is you screech«»! a* loudly as If you were
good.
paying for a lawsuit I
I* will be an add test
71 Broadway
PORTLAND, OREGON
Eggiman’s Meat Market
BEEF
PORK
MUTTON
Phone Brdwy 2162
JI. D. KcnwrtW $ Company
VEAL
fnneral Directors
SMOKED and SALT MEATS
TWO ESTABLISHMENTS
FISH an POULTRY
HIGHEST QUALITY—IXJWE8T PRICES
5919 Ninety-second Street
i •
MAIN OfTKf:
WUNQI Off ICÍ:
58024 92nd Sheet S. E.
4615 66th St.. Cor. Foster M.
LEITS STATION
ARIETI STATIOte
Pho« Tabor 5267
Phone Tabor 5895
>
Tabor 2573
>
■/
THE ACID TEST
»
These will be sold under the factory’s absolute guarantee for the full
First-Class Service given Day or Night.
Close Proximity to Cemeteries Enables us to hold Funerals
at a Minimum Expense
LENTS MERCANTILE COMPANY
EVERYTHING FOR
’ THE TABLE ....
Cranberries Celery Sweet Potatoes
English Walnuts
Grapes
Oranges
Lemons
Apples
Dried Fruit
Pickles Vegetables Canned Goods
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦a
■■ "
-■
SHORT ORDERS AT;
POPULAR PRICES
5805 92nd Street. S. t
Lents Bicycle and Motorcycle Repair Shop
MT. SCOTT RESTAURANT
/
Near Street Car Line
Second-Hand Motorcycles and Bicycles for Sale
Putting on Baby Buggy Tires a Specialty
k
Open from 5 a. m. to 11 p. m
I
GENERAL REPAIRING
SUNDRIES
9124 Foster Road
»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
---------------------
... -,
Waffles 15c
WE DON’T KEEP GROCERIES, WE SELL THEM
Phone: Tabor 1141.
Ü <
Two Doors West of Lents Postoffice
J
Better Printing at the Herald Office