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About Morning enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1911-1933 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1912)
4 D EXPOSES SINGLE TAX PUN OREGON CITY MAYOR PROVES TO RESIDENTSOF NEEDY ITS IM PRACTICABILITY THEORY NEVER PUT INTO PRACTICE Speaker Tells of U'Ren Having Ad mitted Going "Crazy Over Henry George Theory" and Starting Great Agitation G. B. Dimick addressed a large crowd at Needy Saturday night on single tax, whicn he opposed. Judge Dimick spoke in part as follows: The legal voters of Oregon will be called upon in the November election to vote upon new and untried assess ment laws which, if adopted, will revolutionize ou present system of Government. No State in the union has ever adopted or even tried the Single Tax, as it is simply an experiment based upon a theory which nas been taken from the novels of Henry George. We see it published under the sig nature of paid workers in the cause, that Vancouver, B. C, has the Single Tax System and the prosperity of that community under that system is most wonderful, but when we send for co pies of the tax laws under which Vancouver, B. C, is conducting the Single Tax, we find that only - build ings are exempt from taxation and one or two small exceptions and we further find that every vocation and in fact every person following a vocation, such as a banker, broker, merchant, mechanic and in fact all of the professions are heavily taxed un der a license system and all personal property with the exception of household effects are heavily taxed, and also a heavy income tax is levied upon every person who receives an income worth mentioning. -' I have before me the. tax laws of Vancouver, B. C, and in pursuing the columns of the) pamphlet I find the most exacting assessments laid on all forms of personal property and in comes, that' I believe was ever enact ed by any legislative body. I also have before me a letter written by one of Mr. Fels' paid workers wherein he states teat it Is true that Single Tax is not fully in operation in Van couver, B. C, at the present time, but when Parliament meets this coming winter one tax after another will be repealed so that the full weight of taxation will fall on the real property, and after that time the expense of government will be col lected from a land value tax. I was somewhat surprised when I read the letter after hearing so much about Vancouver Single Tax which without any other information I be lieved to be true. FronJ what I have said you can see very plainly the policy of Henry George creeping out of every tax law supported by the Fels Fund Commis sion, nd the basis of their claim and the foundation of their principles are found on page 66 of Henry George's book entitled "The Land Question" wherein Mr. George informs his read ers of the rightful way of taking the private ownership in land and making land common property, and he used the following language: "The way to maks land common property is simply to take land for the common benefit. And to do this the easy way is to abolish one tax after another until the whole weight of taxation falls up on the value of land. When that point is reached the battle is won. The hare is caught, killed" and skin ned 'and to cook him will be a very easy matter. The real fight will come on the proposition to consoli date existing taxation upon land values. When that is once won the rent holders will not merely have been decisively defeated, but they will have been routed, and the nature " land values will . be so generally understood, that to raise taxation so as to take the whole rent for com mon purposes will be 'a mere matter of course." It is a very easy matter for any one who claims to possess an ordi nary degree of intelligence to under stand the policy of the rich merchants and manufacturers in their attempt to escape taxation under the Single Tax methods wherein they state in their own literature that; the Single Tax will mean "A saving of dollars, an actual profit in dollars to the mer chants and manufacturers." That expression which I have just used is taken from the phamplet is sued by the Fels Fund Commission which I have on the tible before me this evening, subject to your personal inspection. Did you ever stop and a.-'v yourself the question, why millionaire mer chants and manufacturers living in Philadelphia and Chicago and many other large mercantile centers of the United States are contributing so lib erally to the Fels Fund in order that the people of the State of Oregon might be benefitted from the untried system 01 taxation enunciated oy Mr. Fels and his other co-workers? As a matter of fact the Henry George System was never intended as a system of taxation, but only a theory advanced by him to condemn for pub lic use the rental values of real property and thereby makej all real estate common property. Mr. Fels is a millionaire who made his money in the manufacture and sale of soap, and his domicile is in the city of Philadelpha. Being very wealthy he probably has a great deal of time to read," and among the liter ature he has read was "The Land Question" written by Henry George and it occurred to him that he would like to see the Henry George theory put ' into execution, but in doing so he pursued the same course that is usually pursued by the man who in vents dynamite. After working out in his own mind the ingredients which are necessary to make a powerful explosive, he leaves his own home so that his wife and children are safe and goes to some distant field and there demon strates to his heart's content the virtues of his Invention. Mr. Fels after reading from page 66 of Henry George's novel on "The Land Question" heretofore mentioned oncluded to try the experiment, but m order to protect his heavy invest ments and real property security together with) his own home and the home and lands of his co workers, conclude .1 to plant the Hen. ry George Single Tax System in some far distant field so that its dangerous effects will not be detrimental to any property interests of the Fels Fund Commission. I have reason to believe that the mental capacity of Mr. Fels has been injured or he would not be digging up large sums of money and supply ing an army of workers for a cause that would be of no direct benefit to himself, except to carry out an ex periment based upon an insane idea. In order to show that Henry George's work on "Progress and Poverty" injures the mental faculties Icall your attention, to Mr. U'Ren's address set forth on Page 21 of the phamplet issued by Joseph Fels Fund Commission in Novembflr, 1910, wherein Mr. U'Ren spoke as follows: "I read 'Progress and Poverty' in 1882, and I went just as crazy over the Single Tax idea as any one else ever did. I knew I wanted the Single Tax, and thal was about all I did know. I thought I could get it by agitation, and was often disgusted with a world that -srrfused to be agi tated for what I wanted." FORUM OF THE PEOPLE PREACHER DISCUSSES SUICIDE. OREGON CITY, Oct. 22., (Morning Enterprise) I wish to register an em phatic protest against the attempt being made to shift the blame from the living parents of the dead in the case of the tragedy) that has just shocked our city. No one with even ordinary horse sense will believe for one moment that fear of parental ang er at a schoolgirl episode would drive a fourteen year, old girl to suicide. The young men in the case maybe innocent of crime. They are not in nocent, however, of keeping a child under age away from home at night againsl her parents' protest. Her consent cuts no figure in the moral aspect of the case. The young man who keeps a fourteen - year old girl out, even until one o'clock at night, deserves very little sympathy from a long suffering public. Why attempt to reflect upon the parents' harshness? I will) tell you candidly if a girl of mine stayed out until after midnight with some bud ding, moon struck specimen of the Genus Homo, she and I would have an interview afterwards that would be good for her soul. More than that, the young man would be likely to hear from me also, and would not be apt to retain some more or less pleas ant memories of the occasion. There are hours enough" between daybreak and ten o'clock at night for all inno cent pleasure excursions, and no good can be found by young people upon our streets ati midnight. And I voice the sentiment Of the law abid ing portion of the community when I say I hope that a host of young men probably a great deal worse than the boys who are in this trouble will learn that such conduct cannot be condoned. It is strange that so many of the youth of today have such a gruesome and distorted sense of "pleasure that nothing is amusing to them unless it has in it an element of toughness. I am not referring to the young fellows implicated in this case, but to a host of others. There are plenty of such young men, weak minded enough to mistake the ear marks of degeneracy for the evidences of smartness, and a man does not need to be either a prophet or the son of a prophet to predict for such a rude awakening. W. T. MILLIKEN. For the Children Halloween Fortunes Told by the Lucky Candle Game. is- " 7 -il There are many time honored ways of peeping into the future on Hal loween, such as paring apples, roast ing chestnuts, the apple seed game and many more, too numerous to mention. All are supposed to foretell with more or less accuracy what the future holds in store for the players. Perhaps the lucky candle game is as good a for tune teller as any other. For this game provide a large tub of water and small candles for those who wish to try their luck. The. candles are mounted on bits of wood by means of a pin or thin jiail driven through it. Each player then launches his little boat, and the candles are all lijihted :is quickly as possible. The owner of the candle that burns the longest will he the luckiest guest of the party. The good luck is supposed to remain with the fortunate winner for the ensuing year. The Laugh Leaked. A teacher in a suburban school, hear ing a smothered laugh, inquired who dared to be so rude. " "Please, sir. It was me," answered a loud voice, "but I did not mean it." "Did not mean to do it?" queried the now angry teacher. "No, sir. I laughed up my sleeve, but I did not know there was a hole In my elbow." London Telegraph. .... Boost your city by boosting your daily paper. The Enterprise should be In every home. HEAVY FORWARDS ARE BIG ASSET Capable Line Means Success For Foaiijall Team. . THEY ALSO MUST BE FAST The Majority of the Attack In the Big Games Will Be Directed Toward the Line Back Fields Must Contain Heavy Plunger Too. Upon the caliber of the line is going to depend the failure or success of the football .team this fall. There is uo other part of the eleven whicn is goiug to have to stand the brunt of the game as much as will the forwards, and unless they are of the highest class there is not mucn chance for a winning aggregation. The linemen this season must not only be heavy, but they must be fast enough to charge into plays and break them up before they are fairly started. Once let a play get under way. and there Is no opportunity to prevent the man withthe ball making the re quired two and one-half yards neces sary to the down under the new ruling. It can be plainly understood that a team stands little chance of protecting its goal under the four down rule, unless It has a forward defense capable of accomplishing more than has ever been required of it. The line is going to be a particularly difficult problem. Jt is necessary more than in recent years to teach the men to charge fast and hard, and If they are not able to do that, then there is little chance that they wilt stop the i i - Photos by American Press Association. THREE GREAT STAB BACK FIELD MEN WHO ARB LEADING THREE STRONG ELEVENS, SPALDING OF YALE, MKIiCER OF PENN AND BCTLEB OF CORNELL. rushes to be directed toward them. Not only must the forwards be able to charge with more speed and strength than has been the case in re cent years, but they must also be heavier than previously. There Is not the least doubt in the. world that the majority of the attacks Is going to be, directed toward the line, and nnless the men in It are powerful enough to plow through and get the man with the ball before he, is fairly started they are not likely to stop- him at all until after he has gone his distance. That is not saying, though, that the line Httack will be the same as under the old rulings. Then it was a constant battle, with weight as the most decisive factor in the backs: now it will be. iu stend of the attempt to maul down the opposing forwards, quick dashes for slight openings by fast and artful backs who are good broken field run ners. Every Imck field under the pres ent conditions must contain a heavy line plunger, but the men who will do the majority of the gaining are those who need- but the slightest opening through which to slip for a gain of four or five yards before being downed by the secondary defense. The football team this season which Is to attain the greatest amount of suc cess will be the one which will have a line of heavy, fast chargers and a back field which will contain a heady quar terback, two halfbacks who are best In an open field and. a heavy plunging fullback. MAN WHO LOST LEG '. ASKS $2,000 FROM COUNTY R. H. Bradshaw filed suit Tuesday fdr ?2,000 damages against Clackamas county. The plaintiff alleges that as a result of the defective condition of the road from Ames to Bull Run the was thrown from his wagon Septem ber 12, 1911. He says the wagon pass ed over his leg and caused such in juries that the leg had to be amputa ted. . ' . ; , , WHEAT MARKET SLOW WITH OFFERINGS LIGHT The wheat market in Clackamas county remains inactive with the de mand restricted and farmers not press ing offerings. The tone of values holds steady and the prices current at the clos of last week were re peated. So far this week the hop market has been somewhat dull. Among the big firms that have purchased hops are Seavey & Johnson and Klaber, Wolf & Netter. The former purchas ed within the last four days about 700 bales at 18 and 19 cents and the lat ter bought a 150 bale lot at 20 cents I Grapes in the local market are continuing active sellers. Apples are selling for 75 cents to fl.25 a box according to grade. Prevailing Oregon City prices are as follows: DRIED FRUITS (Baying), Prunes on basis 6 to 8 cents. HIDES (Buying), Green hides 6c to 7c; salters 7c; dry hides 12 c to 14c; sheep pelts 30c to 85c each. EGGS Oregon ranch eggs 35 and 38 cents case count. , FEED (Selling), Shorts $27; bran ?25;Nprocess barley ?38 per ton. FLOUR $4.60 to 5.50. POTATOES New, about 50c to 60c per hundred. POULTRY (Buying) Hens 11c; spring 13c, an droosters 8c. HAY (Buying) .Clover at $9 and $10; oat hay best $11 and $12; mix ed $10 to $12; alfalfa $15 to $16.50; Idaho' timothy $20; whole corn $40; cracked $41. OATS $26; wheat $1.05 bushel; oil meal selling about $55; Shay Brook dairy feed $1.30 per hundred pounds. Butter, Poultry, Eggs. BUTTER (Buying), Ordinary conn try butter 30c and 35c; fancy dairy 80c roll. Livestock, Meats. ! BEEF (Live Weight), Steers 6 i-2c and 6 l-4c; cows 4 1-2 and 5c; bulls 3 l-2c. MUTTON Sheep 3c to 5c. PORK 10 12c and 11c. VEAL Calves 12c to 13c dressed, according to grade. CHICKENS 11c. MOHAIR 33c to 35c. Fruits APPLES 70c and $1; peaches 50c and 65c; crab apples 2c lb. VEGETABLES ONIONS lc lb; peppers 7c lb; toma toes, 50c; corn 8c and 10c a doz. Distinguished. Friend Why didn't yon give thai cab driver a tip? The New Deputy -Just because I want to get. myself ac customed to being called vile names. This is my first appearance in the chamber of deputies. Paris Pele Mele HUMAN LIFE. Life is a casket not precious in itself, but valuable in proportion to what fortune or industry or virtue has placed within it. Landor. Justifiable Homicide. That novelis says he takes his char acters from-, real life." "He should be encouraged to keep on taking them." replied Mr. Growcher. 'The fewer like them in real life, the better." Washington Star. - i ! The Best Light of J Callous Indeed. "Well, 1 must confess 1 am glad to get back home among my own kin and friends, where people ain't too busy or too unfeeling or too stuck up to take some interest in one another," said Mrs. Polley. . "Now. there's them postoffice folks down to Chicago. I found 'em actually hard hearted. Why. would you believe It, that man that brings round the let ters to Mabel's he's so queer and stand offish that when he handed me hus band's postal card telling how mother had fell and broke her arm he never so much as opened his lips to give me one word of sympathy no, sir, not even enough to say, 'Too bad!'" Youth's Companion. the Lowest Cost ELECTRIC LIGHT is the most suitable for homes, offices, shops and other places needing light. Electricity can be used in any quantity, large or small, thereby furnishing any required amount of light. Furthermore, electric lamps cn be located in any place thus affording any desired, distribution of light. No other lamps possess these qualifications, there fore it is not surprising that electric lamps are rapidly replacing all others in modern establishments. The Portland Railway Light & PowerCo. MAIN STREET in the BEAVER BLDG. 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