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PUBLIC QUESTIONS OF ALL SORTS DISCUSSED BY VARIOUS WRITERS
Foreign and Domestic Problems Are Considered From Different Angles by Numerous Correspondents Who Present Interesting Views on Current Events Which Have Appeared in News.
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 4, I9S1
PLiAYGRQrXDS AKK DEFENDED I
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Messrs. Mulkcy anil Goldsmith Are;
Criticised for Attitude.
PORTLAND, Dec. 2. (To the Ed
itor.) I have noticed with Interest
the attitude taken by F. W. Mulkey
and Louis Goldsmith wl.h relation to ranch depend In a great measure
our Portland playgrounds and I have upon the rate of taxation,
been wondering as to whether either) Mr. Moores says we should catch
one of these gentlemen has enough some of the spirit of California and
knowledge on this playground sub-' Washington. So say U California has
Ject to make his Opinion of any value. : no taxes on real estate or personal
For several years I have served on I property for state government. Wasn
two Important committees of the'ington and Idaho have abolished their
United States Lawn Tennis aSsocla- i boards and commissions and have cut
tion, the committees being "The com- t their expenses nearly one-third. it
mittee on development of tennis Is easy enough for people living
among boys and girls,", and "the com-I where they have one-third the wealth
mittee on development of municipal j and a population of COO to the square
tennis." These are committees hav-
Ing national scope and I have, there
fore, been more or less familiar with
playground life and the results at
tained therefrom In most of the large
cities of the United States. I find
also that the same results have been
Attained through other mediums of
Arganlzed play life, as have btcn at
tained through tennis, provided there
has been adequate leadership and
proper supervision.
' Surely Mr. Mulkey and Mr. Gold
mlth will admit that our best and
most valuable assets are the clean.
Honest, high-class men and women
whom we produce.
Our greatest liabilities are the men
and women who are dishonest and
who do not give value received. Is It
not. therefore, of the utmost import
ance to cultivate In the lives of our
boys and girls those things which
will go to produce the best man and
the best woman? It Is a well-known
fact that the habits formed In child
hood remain firmly fixed through
life. The name tactics and princlplas
which our young people use during
their school years will be used
throughout the balance of their life
time. It is quite true that some of
our youngsters can get plenty of play
life (mostly In the middle or the
Street), without municipal play:
grounds and without proper super
vision, but It Is also true that ade
fluate and competent supervision Is
one of the most important assets to
the, building of character among our
young people.
I have In mind a spot in the city of
Portland where there has been no
effort toward supervision of play life.
ihe standards of clean sportsmanship
in this community are nothing short
of pitiful. To win the game by fair
means or foul Is the sole ambition of
these young people. Stealing base
ball bats and gloves from the oppos
ing nine Is Just as much a part of
the afternoon's programme as tu
actually play the game. It is Im
possible for girls to watch the game
because of tho profanity and foul lan
guage continually In use. Cigarette
tmoklng is rampant. Early In the
evening the boys spend most of their
time loafing around the corner drug
store or the pool halls and the telling
of dirty stories and everything else
that makes for poor citizenship Is on
the Increase.
Now Just think what an asset could
be placed In that community In the
shape of a clean, high-minded, haul
hitting, equare-shootlng playground
Instructor. Such an Instructor could
instil high standards of living
throughout the entire community.
There would be a spirit of chivalry
built up which would be worth ten
times what it. would cost.
I note also Mr. Mulkey's and Mr.
Goldsmith's criticism to the effect
that playgrounds tend to alienate the
affections of the children from their
parents, and here, too, I think they
display their Ignorance as to what Is
being done lh the upto-date play
ground. If the parent Is anywhere
near living up to his or her respon
sibility In instilling into the mind of
the child high standards of character
and upright living, the work of the
?' layground will be the biggest boost
or the parent which can possibly
come Into the life of the child.
The child will at once see and real
ise that the teachings of the parent
are upheld and strengthened by the
programme of the playground in
atructor. A playground without su
pervision would be a hopeless situa
tion, but with supervision. It is the
greatest asset to back up the parent
Which our city can offer.
Only last summer I saw a young
boy disqualified In an amateur game
because he used foul language and
the result was that through his dls
tyialiflcatlon, he was denied by the
athletic management, a trip wiilch
would have proven, of Inestimable
value to him in after life. Those in
charge of the contest took the posi
tion that a boy who will use foul lan
guage Is not worthy to carry the col
ors of the city In which he resides.
If this sort of programme It not
worth while, then let's close up' our
playgrounds, but If It is worth while,
let's put forth a mighty effort to ln
tll Into the minds of our boys ami
girls high standards of clean living,
honest sportsmanship and upright
ness in character.
WALTER A. GOSS.
SQUARE DEAL AT FAIR ASKED
C. B. Moores Is Declared to Ilnve
Dodged Question at Issue.
NEWPORT. Or.. Nov. 0. (To the
Editor.) My esteemed friend, Hon.
C. B. Moores, Indicates a lack of his
usual careful reading when he com
ments on a suggestion I ventured to
make concerning the equitable dis
tribution of the receipts of the expo
altlcn. There was nothing In the
article that could "be construed to be
in oposltlon to the holding of the fair.
Not even the unusual and questionable
method of financing it.
Mr. Moores dodges the question at
issue and. like the "little old Ford,
rambles right along" about matte. s
Irrelevant and Incompetent that may
be or, more likely, may never be true.
Theisquare deal is at Issue and sve
hope that the statue that Is soon to
be erected, in Portland In honor of tho
great man that stood for that prin
clple will have Its sanguine influence.
The promotion of the exposition is
a business enterprise indorsed by
many of the pest business men t
Oregon and that Includes Mr. Moores.
The object of the enterprise is three
fold to make money for Portland, lo
develop Oregon (Including Portland),
and, not the least important, as Indi
cated In a recent Oregonlan editorial.
Is to create a unanimity for a greate
and better state. It Is a principle In
all co-operative business that the in
vestment should be as the Interests
may appear.
Mr. Moores' reference to the Salem
campground is very opportune. Salcn
made a small investment and realized
the huge sum of a quarter of a mil
lion. . It is more than likely that at
least 90 per cent of the cars that
stopped at Salem proceeded to Port
land and spent a considerable sum
there also, yet Portland Is not asked
to contribute to the construction of
the camp. It is true that Portland,
like other parts of the state, has con
tributed vast sums in harbor improve
ments, terminal facilities and high
Ways, but it is also true that whether
the highways start at Astoria. Asn
land. Burns or Marshfleld. they, l'ke
the rainbow wit. the bag of gold at
the end. all terminate In Portland--the
laop starts a ad ends at the, same
place. Mr. Moores' logic is a little
like the boy with the cocoanut: "You
take your choice, you can have the
outside and give me the Inside, or
give me tho Inside and you take the
outside.
The hope of the exposition, outside
of the direct money consideration 4s
development and co-operation. De-
velopment either in the city or on the
mile to speak lightly of the man
moans aoout taxes, although he lives
In a county with only four or five to
the square mile, and has to work 12
to 16 hours a day ot get the dollar
that means as much to him as a teu
uollar bill does to the city dweller.
There Is no doubt but we will have
the exposition and that 1 wUl be a
great success, but as to whether It
will lead to co-operation and unan
imity depends to some extent as to
how the management will distribute
the amount from gate receipts, con
cessions and salvage at the end of
the exposition. If this amount is dis
tributed to the several counties in
proportion to the tax contributed
there will not be much complaint. -
We hope for that glorious time
when the lion and the lamb snail
peacefully .lie down together. But
If the lamb Is snugly cuddled up 'n
the stomach of the lion, a frequent
occurrence of the operation will lead
to a scarcity of the delicious repast
of spring lamb and mint sauce.
A square deal is the big idea.
S. G. IRVIN.
FILIPINO FEELS PREJUDICE
Writer Thinks Americans Not
Gruful for Efforts In War.
PORTLAND, Dec 2 (To the Ed
itor.) The Filipino people express
their sincere appreciation of America,
its people and their government; but
we feel a prejudice toward our race
that we believe should be abolished.
Some Americans do not realize that
the Filipinos have faithfully served
their mother country. When' the
United States Joined that gjgantlc
conflict in Europe to help extinguish
the world's conflagration the Filipino
people were the most loyal of her
colonies.
The. over-subscribed liberty loan by
the Filipinos is one oft them. The
sending of our men to Europe is an
other. And also the contributions to
the Red Cross, which exceeded the
required quota Is another. During
that time even the poorest Filipino
In the Philippine islands has contrib
uted for the support of the Red Cross
in Europe because the Americans say
that they were not fighting for the
cause of. small nationalities but for
the cause of democracy.
And again the Filipinos did not
take advantage of America's sltua
tion in Europe to rise up and strike
her mother country as other colonies
have done: simply' because the Fili
pinos were satisfied with the prom
Ises of Uncle Sam that we will be
given certain privileges and rights
Just exactly the same as the Ameri
cans.
During the war Filipino sailors and
soldiers were all well respected and
when the war was ended the question
of prejudice of our race has again
come out. Is this the fruit of our
toils and privations? Is this the
price for the lives that our men have
offered In the war for the cause of
democracy And is this the result of
our over-subscribed liberty loan and
Red Cross contributions?
Now the other reason why we are
trying to co-operate with some
American friends of ours Is Just to
promote the common interests of
peace, prosperity and to show that
our gratitude to the American people
is still In' our hearts. We did not
really expect this situation would
arise. Our principal aim Is not for
the purpose of making money, but
for seeking relations of friendship
between the two peoples. A man
who desires and wishes to conceive
the friendship of another does every
thing possible to wipe out antagon
ism and promote the Interest of the
person whose friendship he is seek
ing. The same Is the case with us.
So, then, I -sincerely hope that tfie
American people will soon realize all
these things and will give us the'
rights which we deserve.
MONICO ESTEBAN.
FA I It PROJECT IS CRITICISED
Defeat in State-Wide Election Pre-
dieted by Writer.
PENDLETON, Or., Dec. L (To the
Editor.) It would be as illogical to
expect our state to enjoy the maxi
mum advantages of six million dol
lars spent in a hurry, as fair money
is sure to be spent, as it would be
to expect an alfalfa farmer to greatly
profit by six water spouts.
Six mllllorsj of dollars Judiciously
expended by our state in view of the
criminal waste of highway money, I
doubt the Judicious expenditure of
any state money at this time would
result in commensurate good and I
would "In my poor, weak way" do all
that I could to aid so laudable a ven
ture. As a matter of fact, with a
pleasant recollection of old Portland
In my mind, the Portland which stood
by the Inland empire eastern Oregon
and Washington and all of Idaho
with a liberality so great as to sug
gest poor business methods; if I could
believe that those' men or their suc
cessors in interest were the progeni
tors of the "fair" idea, I would most
cordially support a bond Issue, or
other method of securing the neces
sary funds for the purposes of a
financial orgie.
The old Portlanders to whom I re
fer, men and firms of whom New York.
Philadelphia and the big city across the
water, Liverpool, might well be proud
Allen & Lewis. Akin, Selling & Co..
Fleischner. Mayer dbCo. and Mr. Wlad
hams, who prayed for 35000 and
bunked the coin within 12 hours
these men and others whose names
do not return, to me now, together
with I R. Dawson. Joe Teal and
later R. L. Sabin, placed their com
bined wealth on their faith in the in
land empire, its citizens and Its soil,
and won. If these men want a fair,
I for one say, "Let's give It them,"
but If the idea originates In the
brain of some "desk-room" realtor
whose necessities for food and fuel
father the "fair" idea, let's vote It
down, and if the men who advise it
are the old guard of Portland's citi
zens It will go regardless that bunch
doesn't back failures.
Wo have witnessed a snow storm
In our state recently, but If you want
to see some snow, look on top of 'he
bond Issue outside of Portland after
the next election.
Our people have one eye open, and
after we old fellows who have been
In a somnolent state for years become
fully awake, the fellows who have
baen misappropriating public funds
had better take to tall timber.
NORBORNE BR"OKELET.
CAREY'S ATTITUDE CRITICISED
Contention ,y of Commissioner on
Rail Rates Is Answered.
i'1 .'It TLA. NT.1. Dec 2 (To the Ed
itor.) Under the caption "Seaboard
Tariffs Declared Ruinous" and "Pre-
War Rail Rate Systems Held DIs-
criminatory," The Oregonlan printed
a dispatch from Commissioner Carey
of the public service commission at
Salem an article which I belreve docs
i great injustice both to our Pacific
coast points and our transcontinental .
railroads.
It is not a theory, but a well-established
fafct that ships come to the
porta where they 'can obtain cargo,
which fact also is true in the con
struction of railroads. The western
sections of our transcontinental ral
lines were built from Chicago west
not only tJ develop Inter-mountain
country between there and the Pacific
coast, but to get the business of the
coast as well and to develop export
and import trade with oriental coun
tries. Bulk shipments and through
traffic was the great incentive in
their construction, as it was known
then and is known now, such ship
ments are the sustaining factor in
their operation. Had not this busi
ness been in sight as an incentive, It
Is a question if any would be In
operation today, for It Is a fact that
Interior business between Missouil
river points and the coast, even to
day, would not be a sustaining ele
ment in the operation of any one of
the lines.
At the time of the completion of all
of our systems from the Mississippi
and Missouri river points, save the
Milwaukee, competition with ships
through the Panama canal was an un
known factor, and all shipments to
and from the orient were practically
assured to the railroads, less a small
local consumption on the coast. Not
withstanding this fact, In 1897 all
four systems then completed were i
receivers' hands, and vast sums had
to be put into them In their rehabili
tation and successful operation. Now,
It is a fact, which Mr. Carey overlooks
In his zeal for Intermediate points,
such as Salem, Albany. Medford, etc.,
and I presume he dSes not wish to
slight Spokane, Boise and other inter
mountaln points' which are not lo
cated on water terminals and hav
ing the blessing of water competi
tion, that railroads must have both
volume of business and remunerative
rates to keep their trains moving and
accommodate the requirements of
growing communities, otherwise they,
must from necessity become Inopera
tive. There Is no law whereby an la
dividual or corporation can be com
pelled to operate a business at a loss,
even though It be a public utility.
How are our rail lines running to
the east to obtain coast business when
their rates are fixed by the Intersta'e
commerce commission at, say $3 per
hundred for freight from Pacific
water terminals and ships throusfh
the Panama canal are making a rate
of say $2 for the same freight? Ship
pers must and will, for self-protection,
use only the water route on all
heavy freight. and freight where time
is not the esaence of delivery, thus
forcing the railroads to rely upon In
termediate business and passenger
traffic for revenue to continue to
operate. How long can they continue
to exist on this basis of revenue it
does not require much of a mathema.-.
tician to figure out.
Previous to March 15, 1318. as stat
ed by Mr. Carey, the railroads were
permitted to make and did make a
water terminal rate lower than Inter
mediate rates to compete with water
transportation. At that time, waLsr
competition having been eliminated
owing to absence of shipping from
coast to coast, the water terminal
rates were raised to a basis equal to
the highest Intermediate rate by the
authority of the interstate commerce
commission. As the water competi
tion, owing to numerous ships again
being in coa'st-to-coast service. Is now
taking from the railroads a large per
centage of the through business, they
simply wish permission of the Inter
state commerce commission to meet
such competition, leaving the inter
mediate rates as now existing and
under the same conditions as previ
ous to March 15, 1919.
Mr. Carey's contention Is that the.-o
must at all times be a parity of rates
between water terminals and Inter
mediate points, with shipping points
east and Intermediate points with
coast cities on the Pacific slope 'n
order to protect growing Industries at
intermediate points, regardless of the
fact it will kill the "goose that is
laying at this time the 'golden egg."
His contention that the present parity
rates are working no hardships upon
the carriers or. to quote his words,
"no appreciable effect upon the car
riers" is certainly a very obscure and
narrow statement from one having
such matters under his supervision
and a member of the Oregon publ'c
service commission supposed to be
unbiased.
It may be a misfortune to the world
that all cities and towns are not equal
In Importance, but the world over lo
cation and push have been the deter
mining factor in their development as
marts of trade. There Is but one
New York City in New York, one Chi
cago in Illinois, and can now be but
one Portland in Oregon, and Its de
velopment should be the pride of all
loyal Oregonlans. To deprive it of iti
trade advantages or to hamper its de
velopment is bound to be reactionary
upon the whole state, for it is largely
through its efforts that the eyes of
the world are now focused upon Ore
gon.
It is the tap-root of Oregon's grow
ing power and it will be a sorry day
for Its laterals when, through envy,
they think they can do without It.
Its superior location Is a point of ad
vantage which the creator has given
It, and Its loyal citizens are develop
ing that advantage to the beat jf
their ability, both jy word of mouth
and financial support, and tbey
should be backed up by equal mag
nanimity by every citizen of the statH.
The success of the 1925 exposition to
Oregon is of equal Importance as the
success of the arms conference ' at
Washington is to the world. Let us
scrap our state navy of bickering,
envy and jealousy, both Individual
and sectional, and make this exposi
tion a success, which, with the
stimulus of disarmament of world's
navies, will be the most Important
event of the next four years.
F. W. HAMILTON.
AUTO TAG PIiAN SUGGESTED
Means of Determining Kind of Car
License Is Urged.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Dec. J (To the
Editor.) As a special session of the
legislature Is to bje called and the
subject of motor truck regulation Is
to be considered, a few suggestions
concerning the same may not be
amiss. Under present conditions it Is
possible to buy a license for a Ford
car and use it on any make of car or
truck and no one knows the differ
ence unless some accident happens,
when It would be found out. I would
suggest that cars and trucks should
be divided into five classes, each to
pay according to weight and load
carried; for an automobile, say a
Ford. I would class it No. 1. and I
would make the plate carry a class
number as well as license number,
the traffic officer would see that thle
car was No. 1000, for example, and
belonged In class 1. If he saw that
plate oh a Marmon or any other large
car he would know at once It was
wrong and would make inquiry about
it. The next heavier car would be
classed No. 2. below the serial num-
ber and so on up to No. 6 class,
For tracks I would use the same
plan for platea and numbers and in
addition I would make a truck plate
a different color so as to prevent
taking a car plate and using it on a
truck.
Again I would spggest a change in
the matter of dealing With those who
do not get their licenses on time. I
think It is not Just right for me to
pay a month ahead of time and let
another party keep his money till
February and no penalty. When I
send the fee send me a card if the
plates are not ready. I can put the
card on windshield to ehow payment
is made and if anyone who has not
either the plates or the card by Janu
ary. 1 fine him $10. You will not have
any trouble' about it. And about
those plates, why cannot they be
made In the penitentiary and so find
something' for Idle men to do and
give them to us at a reduced price?
GEORGE C. ARMSTRONG.
PROHIBITION LAW DEFENDED
Whisky Declared Outlaw on Par
With Murderer.
RIDpEFIELD. Wash., Deo. t. (To
the Editor.) "L. P. M." saya In The
Oregonlan that he heartily agrees
with "A. J. J." (whose article ap
peared In The Oregonlan or the 17th).
To agree with "A. A. J.' he must stand
for the statement that "prohibition
does not function 10 per cent." As
a climax to the evidence offered for
this statement, "A. J. J." volunteers
to show up three bootleggers within
two blocks of The Oregonlan office.
There are 12 city blocks that can be
reajcjis.!, within two blocks of said
office. Three liquor salesmen to n
blocks in Portland! How many men
were there selling booze over the
counter to all who came (tbey had a
right to come) in every 12 blocks of
business In Portland in anti-pronioi-tion
days? I don't know, But lets
make It light; say four to the block.
Forty-eight, proprietors and clerks,
in the 12 blocks, and each of them
selling from five to ten" times as
much as can your bootlegger by his
slv methods.
"L. P. M." remembers early prohi
bition in Iowa. So do I. There were
six states adjoining Iowa, all wet;
and vet. barring six river towns on
her border, her prohibition law was
better enforced than were her laws
against theft and adultery. Of course
the law was violated, as every othjr
law was violated, but prohibition in
Iowa was 75 per cent successful. As
clerk In the treasurer's office ot Del
aware county at that time I recorded
all fines from Justices' courts. Fines
for offenses for which whisky was
responsible fell off 80 per cent in
the first 12 months of prohibition.
The old records will bear me put.
The father of "L. P. M." would fa
vor high license; do away with grog
gerles and place the business on a
respectable basis. Whisky respecta
ble! Make whisky respectable? You
can make theft, arson, murder and
treason as respectable as whisky and
Just as easily. Go to the home of the
drunkard (he who was aaie to get tne
stuff when It was cheap) and take a
look at the scene. No word picture
ia necessary. Respectable! I would
as soon place a laurel wreath and dia
dem on the brows of Nero, Bluebeard.
Quantrell, Gltteau and Brumfleld as
to allow my breath to connect tne
name of whisky with respectability.'
"L. P. M." has never used liquor as
a beverage, but many times as medi
cine and would favor having H oD
tainable through a doctor's prescrip
tion. People who favor this plan
generally have many ills that whisky
will relieve. Many of them use It
for snake bite.
Now, without regard to how well
or how poorly the law is functioning,
it is right. Be we men? Stand for
the right. Is there a law against
theft and murder?" Yea. Is it vio
lated? Consult any dally in the
United States tomorrow. Then to be
consistent, "L. P. M." would abolish
the law and license a number of
strong, active men to do the murder
ing and thieving and thus control the
nefarious work and place it upon a
respectable basis. You say "non
sense." So do I. But consistency la
a Jewel.
Whisky is an outlaw. Keep It
where It belongs In the class With
thieves, murderers, adulterers and
whatsoever loveth and maketh a He.
The cry that "the law Is unpopular
and therefore Is not and cannot be
enforced" is the same old cry from
the "wets." Don't be deceived by It.
I want to say that I indorse "Knock
ing 'Em Over" (editorial) of Novem
ber 17 and the article or B. J. Hoad
ley of the 25th. C. E. SMITH.
ROAD BULLETINS ATTACKED
Tonrist Says Misinformation Comes
From Official Sources.
THE DALLES. Or. Nov 30. (To the
Editor.) Almost daily for the past
week or more there has appeared in
The Oregonlan apparently authentic
Information to the effect that the
Columbia highway was open from The
Dalles east to Pendleton. Not less
than twice In that time the state
highway commission, under official
caption, published or sent out the
same information.- Acting on this
apparent condition no fewer than 11
autos were brought to The Dalles by
their owners In the confident belief
that they could proceed on their wsv.
They found on arrival late Sunday
night on the steamer J. N. Teal that
not only was the road from The
Dalles east not open, but that not a
wheel had turned on the streets of
The Dalles since the storm of a
week ago, and the autos had to be
dragged from the boat landing to the
very doors of local garages.
As sojourners in your state we are
not. of course, entitled to demand any
service whatever, but we feel that
the dissemination of misinformation
from official sources will not ma
terially help the tourist business for
Oregon. Either the bulletins on road
conditions should be based on knowl
edge of true conditions or they be dis
continued. We dismiss the thought
that the misinformation was wilful,
but considering that railroad com
munication was opened from Portland
to The Dalles by way of Grand Dalles
not later than Friday, and the J. N.
Teal made two trips prior to Sunday's
trip (the first must have been made
not later than Wednesday) it Is at
least gross carelessness, on some
body's part to publish such alleged
facts for the information of the mo
toring public. Perhaps It Is not fair
to suggest that telegraphic communi
cation between The Dallea and Port
land (and Salem) was possible about
a week ago, for It Is to be presumed
that the state highway department Is
unacquainted with its use.
FRANKLIN PFIRMAN.
Wallace, Idaho.
JOHN P. MAHONEY.
Spokane, Wash.
PATIENT FARMER IS LAUDED
Re Is One Who Never Strikes, De
clares Correspondent.
PENDLETON, Or., Dec. 1. (To the i Others, both large and small, are
Editor.) The American people who j badly Involved. The taxes have sc
are interested In the welfare of their 1 tually confiscated much of this prop-
country are annoyed and worried a
great deal of late about strikes and
threats to strike. There is one cla.s
of people, thank Jehovah, that never
strike. It is the noble claas, too
1 the class without which we could not
exist.- It Is -the great farmer clas.
the class which is the backbone and
sinew of civilization.
Now, suppose our farmers should
strike If they faced an average 12
per cent reduction in the price of their
farm products. Suppose they should
ertrike because they have to work 4
hours' per week. Suppose they should
strike because "working conditions,
"working'surroundlngs," etc.. are not
to their choice. ' By striking they
could Injure this country as it was
never Injured before. Fortunately
for civilization, for humanity In gen
eral, the one great, absolutely neces
sary class of tollers never strike or
even threaten to strike. Good crops
or poor rops, good prices or low
prices, good liquor or prohibition,
good times or hard times, good luck
or bad luck, high tariff or low tariff
are accepted bravely by this great
industrial class of workers. Tne
world is largely safe so long as mil
lions of brave, willing, contented, in
dustrious farmers intelligently till the
soil.
Instead of a 12 per cent reduction,
or a 20 per cent one In his salary, or
in his general Income, he has suffered
a tremendous loss. A year or more
ago his wheat was worth more than
82 per bushel, now It Is worth less
than a dollar. Here In one Instance
of his income, the greatest source of
his income In Umatilla county, Ore
gon, and in many other places, he has
quietly suffered a loss of more than
50 per cent, but he does not strike.
His corn was worth over a dollar a
bushel, now it is worth less than 50
cents. Here in another source of his
Income he has lost over 50 per cent,
yet he does not strike. His hay was
worth from 820 to 830 per ton, now It
Is worth from 85 to 810. a loss of more
than 50 per cent, yet he does not
strike. His potatoes were worth from
83 to 88 per sack, now they aro worth
less than 82. He has suffered a loss
of more than 60 per cent in the price
of hogs, cattle, horses, sheep and
other livestock, and, in fact, in nearly
everythlflg he produces for the mar
ket, yet he does not strike. He and
his good wife each work trout 72 to
100 hours a week without a murmur.
He was assured by prohibition advo
cates that 75 per cent of crime was
due to the saloon; that prohibition
would greatly decrease the number
of "Jail birds" and convicts by 50
per cent anyway;. that we would have
no use for 50 per cent of our police
force and other court officials under
prohibition, and that our taxes would
be greatly reduced. He was also as
sured that, although prohibition
would wipe out over 82,000,000.000
worth of property and money invested
in the liquor business and throw over
500,000 people out of employment, and
destroy a market for more than 8300,
000.000 worth of his farm products
annually, the loss of the property
and money so Invested would Injure
none but the brewers, distillers, wine
makers, wholesale and retail liquor
dealers; that the 600,000 peopie
thrown out of employment would im
mediately find other and more lucra
tive employment, and that his market
for more than 8300.000.000 worth of
farm products annually would spring
up forthwith, phoenix-like, greatly
to his satisfaction.
With prohibition, however, he h,s
witnessed, and continues to witness,
the worst carnival of crime in Ameri
can history; he sees more "Jail birds"
and learns of more convicts than he
ever saw or heard of before; he ob
serves more court work and hears a
greater demand for policemen than
ever before; he rends of more drunk
en, destructive, disgraceful Joy rides.
"Fatty Arbuckle partles" and licen
tious bacchanalla than he ever read of
before; he now hears than about
5,000,000 men and women are out o'
employment. many of whom are
struggling "to drive the hungry wolf
of want" away from their door; he
knows that his credit standing 's
lower and his taxes higher than ever
before: he now hears that about
products has greatly weakened; the t
the destruction of 82,000.000,000 of In
vested capital Is a terrible economic
loss and makes everybody, saint and
sinner alike, suffer severely; that
500.000 men thrown out of employ
ment by prohibition works a wicked
hardship on at least 2.000,000 persons
the laborers, their wives and chil
dren, and others dependent on them
for maintenance. He is now certain
that he has been grossly deceived,
cheated, defrauded and maliciously
deluded, but he does not striko,
neither does he frighten anybody by
threatening to strike.
This great class of people could go
on strike for a few months and para
lyze every industry In existence, but
it never goes on a strike. It has
been said: "Destroy the cities and
leave our farms, and the cities will
grow up again as if by magic; but
destroy our farms and the grass will
grow In the streets of every city in
the land." Farming and tsbe farmers
are the base of all progress and civ
ilization; the rest of the world is but
the superstructure. ,
Our hats should be off to the farm
er; our hands outstretched to him:
our hearts in sympathy w'th him. His
Is, above all others, the one grand
noble class of Christendom; the class
without which we would soon all
perish from th's earth. His class
never strikes; It never threatens to
Strike. AH glory, praise and honor te
to the farmers. They are the class
who feed us all.
WILL M. PETER80N.
Pendleton, Or.
HEAVY TAX IS POINTED OUT
Fair Leaders Declared to Be Ignor
ing Large Class.
OAKLAND. Or.. Dec. 1. (To the
Editor.) The rivalry between Seattle
and Portland Is epical of the building
of great cities. The 1925 exposition
is a move on the part of the leaders
of Portland to outdistance their rival
as metropolis of the great Pacific
northwest. Besides that, it will un
doubtedly bring great benefit to Port
land In a retail business way. in a
speculative real estate way and in
the attraction of new capital and
general advertising. The fair will be
worth its cost to Portland, and no
doubt to other classes and sections of
the state.
But In their enthusiasm the Port
land leaders are threatening another
large class in the state and may bring
an economic catastrophe for the state
and for themselves.
At the present time certain classes
of property In the form of real prop
erty Is facing confiscation. A por
tion of the tlmberland of the state Is
assessed so high and the tax rate Is
so great that owners can hardly bear
the burdens. There is no value left
In some of this class of property un
less It Is exceptionally well situated.
I have a, timber claim, for example,! foods without causing regret. -with
five or six million feet of timber Adv. .
on it, assessed at .2000, and I cannot
find a bidder at one fourth that price,
or 1500. a large timber company
owning about one billion feet of tim
ber in Douglas county la making
very reasonable offers to unload.
erty, although it be done duly and
regularly
Not only la timber land affected,
but farm land Is now coming under
the bane of the general property
levy in this state and many people
are becoming land poor. So high is
the rate that the theory of single
taxation would be easier to face in
some cases, for the present system
takes not only the location value and
natural facilities of the land to ac
count, but also the Improvements.
Thus a neighbor of mine owns a piece
of land. His taxes one year were 817.
This tract had a rent value of $150.
He spent 83000 on Improvements In
the form of buildings, plowed up some
of the land and put in cross fences.
His land now has a rent value of 8250
and he faces a tax this spring of
approximately 8125. Thus the tax has
taken every cent that his Investment
will make, not taking into account
depreciation.
Very, very frequently a survey will
show that the taxes on a ranch or
farm will equal or exceed one-half
of the rent value of the property.
This is. I dare assert, a serious mat
ter for the state and for Portland
business in a very short while.
You will also please note that hun
dreds of the better off and shrewd
residents of Oregon are unloading
both farm and town property just as
fast as they can. Their means are
being placed In tax-exempt securities,
for the most part. I dare say that
during the last four years more bonds
have been bought by residents of the
state of Oregon than in any previous
16-year period.
Outside of Multnomah county from
55 to 60 per cent of the state's gen
eral property levies are paid by farm
ers and farm owners. That is, the
class, which will not be benefited, is
asked to pay over half the levy for
which they actually, on any basis
you may choose, receive little or no
benefit.
But worse than this, the farming
class Is now taxed out of all propor
tion to ability and to Income. The
farmer has no way to pass a tax on.
The rent value of a piece of farm
land depends in the long run on the
condition of the world markets,
whether the tax rates be large or
small.
This year every crop, excepting
prunes and some poultry, is being
produced at a loss. The taxes fre
quently are being paid with the shoes
that should be on the feet of children,
with sugar which should build their
constitutions and with the cream and
milk which should nourish their
bodies.
It is true that the farmers are or
ganizing, creating selling pools and
buying through their own stores and
organizations. Their co-operative
business is Increasing by leaps and
bounds. It is also true that Oregon
farmers have hitherto taken great
pride in their metropolis, Portland.,
And your leaders respond by heaping
the taxes higher and higher. Per
haps these compliments may be ap
preciated in trade and buying and
selling before long.
The situation is thus. The taxpay
ers are comparatively few outside of
the farming class. Any kind of a
bond issue when placed before the
voters with any kind of argument al
ways passes. If this state is going to
be saved from a tax rate so high that
the value of real property will be
disastrously effected, it cannot be
done by the electorate. It must be
done by the political leaders, Port
land's, particularly, and the legisla
ture. There are several alternatives to a
general levy on property in the state
by which the state can raise its por
tion of the fair appropriation. Th
fair is really a good thing for Pqrt
land and for certain lines of busi
ness. Why not use them preferably
rather than endangering the greatest
single Industry the state of Oregon
now has?
These alternatives are four:
Poll tax.
Income taxes,
Some form of consumption or sales
tax. as the present gasoline tax;
And lastly, a segregation of per
sonal property of the state into a
class by Itself and levying a tax on It.
To my mind the last two are the
most practical taxes.
.Taxes on the sales of a few arti
cles for a certain time would be the
easiest tax of any to pass and collect.
I doubt if a special election of the
people would be necessary. Thus the
gasoline tax for' highway bonds has
proven exceptionally practical and
useful.
The personal property tax Is ' an
advance greatly needed In the state
of Oregon. No doubt the state of
Oregon actually has twice the per
sonal property as real property. Yet
1 rf the general property levy the per
sonal property amounts to no more
than 15 per cent. 1 am sure. Virtu
ally real property bears all the taxes
of the state of Oregon. Eastern ex
amples of the general personal tax
prescribe a light rate, 5 mills or such
a matter, and penalize personal prop
erty very heavily If not listed, when
ever found, especially estates and the
like. Thus everyone lists their per
sonal property rather than run the
risk of heavy penalties when death
occurs or other transaction shows the
property in existence. And the tota! i
productiveness is far greater than
the present Oregon plan.
Why cannot the Portland retailers
and their fair leaders put through
some such a method as one of these
to raise the state of Oregon's portion?
Is it not wiser than to make the gen
eral levy higher and bring more dis
aster to tax payers? And risk possi
ble defeat at that? E. F STRONG.
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Too Much Known About ex-President
Already, Is View.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. Dec. 1 (To
the Editor.) The writer, for one, ap
proves (he action of The Oregonlan
in relegating the vagaries of Mr.
Wells concerning the disarmament
conference to the ash can.
Every observer well knows that Im
possible theories given wings do
much harm; no matter how impossi
ble or absurds every alleged intellec
tual fad dazzles the vision of some of
us and sends us hot-foot in pursuit
of variegated doodlebugs oj one kind
or another.
On the other hand, assuming that
at least a majority of your patrons
are republican. It is hard for some
of us to understand Just what we
' have done that we should be afflicted
each day with a partial review of Mr.
i Wilson's political career, embellished
j with a more or less taking chrumo of
' the author.
Np w some of us have a notion that
we already know too much about Mr.
Wilson; we consider him a bad per
) former, so these things on the whole
have a tendency 10 give us that tired
feeling.
Without pretending to know very
much about the newspaper business,
permit us to suggest that if you could
devise some sort of scheme whereby
we could forget all about the afore
said and the unutterable mess into
which they have led us, we would in
deed be much obliged and gladly do
nate a whole flock of ash cans for the
reception of the last-mentioned lit
erature, entirely free of any charge.
GEORGE WATK1NS.
BRIDGE OF GODS DISCUSSED
Statement as to Location at The
Dalles Challenged.
PORTLAND. Dec 2. (To the Ed
itor.) I have read Mr. Lyman's arti
cle In The Sunday Oregonlan of No
vember 20 on the prospective bridge
at The Dalles, Or. Being an India i
enthusiast myself, and having reed
the "Bridge of the Gods" many times
over, I wish to contradict Mr. Lyman
in his statement that the legendary
bridge was at one time located at The
Dalles. Surely, If he has carefully
read Balch's romance he could not
have made such a mistake.
"I quote the author's own words:
"It was the 'Turn' of Lewis and
Clark, the 'Tumwatcr' of more recent
times, and the place below, where the
compressed river wound like a silver
thread among the flat black rocks,
was the far-famed Dalles of the Co
lumbia." The author explains quite
clearly that this Is before the bridge
is reached. Later on, alter the com
pany of Indians had left The Dalle,
and even past How-coma (Hood
River), our author tells us: "So, ab
sorbed in painful thought, he rode on,
till a murmur passing down the line
roused him.
"The bridge! The bridge!"
"He looked up hastily, his whole
frame responding to the cry. There It
was before him, and only a short dis
tance away a great natural bridge, a
rugged ridge of stone, pierced with a
wide arched tunnel through which
the waters flowed, extending across
the river."
Besides the Indian legend, there
are many discoveries of recent date.
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mountains on both aides of the river
at the Cascade are continually mov
ing, liitla by little, toward (tie great
Columbia. This shows that at on.e
time there has been a great caving
in of some powedful substsnce
cause this constant sliding, wlilch hs
continued for so many years. Vhnt
better or more suitable cause Is there
than the historic downfall of the
bridge?
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the matter extensively and have dis
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and Wyeth, on the Oregon side, aaags
from trees which at one time were :i
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the surface of the blue waters of th
Columbia. All of this goes to prove
the feasibility of the legendery bridge.
There have been writings prlnte.l
in various papers, but all that I have
read or heard about the bridge Was
always referred to as being at ono
time located at Cascade Locks. k
far I have not been able to find any
one, besides Mr. Lyman, who haa th"
idea of the legendary bridge aver
being at The Dalles.
Ia not this enough to convince any
man that the real bridge was not at
The Dalles, but at the small town of
Cascade Locks? Don't you think that
the Ideal place for another bridge
would be Just below the rapids? Wi
need a bridge at Caacade Looks.
There are plans for a bridge tke.-e
and ' I am quite sure stock will be
sold soon, so that when the favorablo
time arrives work may be commenced.
Lets boost for that bridge. Lapok
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much money you are going to f pen I
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located at The Dalles. He merely
quoted Mr. Balch's description of The
Dalle of the Columbia, whloh, aa the
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bridge. The Cascade Is well recog
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CONDON, Or., Dec. I. (To the Ed
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written by Alex C. Rae which ap
peared in The Oregonlan of Saturday
last In which the writer depicted in
glowing terms the beauties of Ore
gon in general and Portland in par
ticular, and of the general desirn
which exists among the people of the
east to come out and see the glorlfs
of the west. A careful reading of the
letter convinces us that Mr. Rae can
safely be put down as the king boost
er for Oregon.
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us rather forcibly, in which he stated
that Portland's atmosphere Is per
meated with the fragrance of her
roses and that every home hat a
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