THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL1. VoRTfAND, SUNDAY. MORNING. JANUARY . 12, 1C03.
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ADVOCATE RADICAL
CHAWGE IN TAXATION
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Oregon Reform "Association Wants IeTyr Abolished on
'.. J) welling: Houses, Manufacturing Plants, Farm Im-j v
; ;;Jprovements,, lives tock, etc--Taxing: Industry,
f. v
. , If "proposed constitutional amend
' ment fathered by the Oregon Tax Be-
- form association ahould bo adopted by
the people In June, the effect win be to
' exempt from . taxation all: dwelling
1 bouses, manufacturing plants, farm lm
' provementa, livestock, household furol
: ture aad worklngmen'a tools. Advo
cates of the measure argue that taxa
tion on theie reforms of property la a
tax upon industry. The following olr-
cular letter, setting forth their reasons
for the adoption of the amendment will
, ' be sent out today
"Dear Friend: ' Soma days ago the
' Oregon . Tax He form association sub-
'. , mitted to you the following proposed
amendment to the Oregon constitution:
" 'Excepting Hhat all dwelling houses,
bams, aheda, outhouaes, and all other
: i appurtenances thereto, all machinery
;A and buildings used exclusively for
manufacturing purposes,and tha appur-
tenanoas thereto, aii xences, zarm roa
; ' ehlnery and Appliances used as such, all
fruit trees, vines, ahrubs and all other
improvements on farms, all Uvea tock,
; all houaehold furniture In use, and all
tools awnea tv workmen ana ro use,
I snaii ie exempt rrotn taxation.'
- -Ve now 'wlah to call jvur attention
,,- propositions , , ,
'' f, h Tax en Zadutrr.
' "First--A tax noon any and all af
the things that w propose to exempt
la a tax upon industry, and haa always
:i : been a hi tod upon labor. - We. believe
T that labor ahould be free from all taxes,
bacauaa a tax Is, in Its nature, a fine,
and tends to restrict and obstruct inx
' provements that beautify and attract,
as well as to discourage industry. For
; example, if a farmer, paints, his houre
, lust cefara the aaseasor cornea around,
, tils -valuation will be raised anywhere
from 100 to $800. If at the same time
'. be ahould fix up his barns, fenoea and
' other appurtenances to his farm tha as
' aessor will raise bis tax valuation still
further; in other words, increase his
- fine; while his neighbor, with a farm
1 naturally aa valuable, neglecta his house
' and barn, fences and pother . appurte
. nances, thereby permitting his farm to
become an eyesore to the community,
' baa hie farm valued for tax purposes at
from 2j to SO per cent less,
"Second In our cities, onder' the
present policy of taxation,' men are dis.
cou raged from building good housee,
and modern business and office build
ings, because they can secure a very
large Income from ahacka and fire
' traps, and thereby escape their lust pro-
Fortioe of tax burdens, well knowing
hat if thv talt the lot devoted to tin
; cans and rocks or worse, occupied with
, a shack, fit den for brothels, gambling
-. and other vices, and erect a vaiuame
building thereon, they will be heavUy
; taxed, a., fined, for their enterprise..
So Hot Zxeprova XanA. .
' 'Third If a manufacturer Invests a
large amount of money In allocation
where land values are low, at once the
land speculator capitalises the Increased
i value that his plant gives to the loca
tion. These speculators do not Improve
the land, , they simply capitalise Ita
value and hold It out of use. paying
taxes on a valuation of perhaps 1200 a
lot while theyvhold them at a selling
price of fl.000 or more. It a purchaser
eracta a 13.000 houae on one of these
lntu ha la hrnmnll taxed On a 15.000
valuation. Note that theae apeculators
do not create tbla value; it is treated
by the manufacturing plant and the
population Incident thereto. , With this
lncreaaa of population tiers la an in
creaaa of nubile expense; and thla value
ahnniA h tatten to meet thla lncreaaa.
"Fourth Tha railroad corporations
aet lare-e- timber land grama unaer a
nnnir.ni ta mill ta settlers at a maxl
mum price of $8.80 an acre? they avoid
paying any tax at all for a long period
of years, thon arbitrarily refuse. to sell
at the agreed price at all; procure a tax
valuation of a few dollars per acre, and
hold the land at from IIS to $160 an
acre. Other large capltallate gobble up
millions of acrea of our beat timber
land, procure a similar valuation for
tax purposes, and for selling purposes
bold It at similar prices. ...
Yaluee Created by People.
"Tlfth-While Tall road corporations,
tclarranh and ' telephone companies.
elactrlo plants and atreet railways have
secured enormously tuuiuh lruncinnea,
which are land valuea, and have capi
talized theae franchisee for multiplied
millions of dollars, they have almost
wholly escaped taxation. Tat theae val
ues are areated entirely by tha people.
And the larger the population the larger
the value.
"Sixth Thua the' state of Oregon.
like every other state in the union, haa
been driven to extremitlea in aeeklng
revenue for the support of government
and publlo utiiltlee and convenlencea
And every increaav-itv taxation naa been
aa Increase or ouroen u?on laoor ana
the products or labor. The proposed
amendment will reverse this order of
thlnga. It will tend to put the taxea
upon franchises and apeoulatlve valuea
In unuaed hind, thereby encouraging
Improvements en farma ' and in the
clues alike; stimulate manufacturing,
thereby employing more labor, which
will' mean a larger consumption of
farm products: not only so, but It will
turn capital to the state of Oregon to
lnveat in other manufacturing enter
prtsea than those w have here how.
Enoourag-e Improvements.
Then farmers will not be afraid to
Faint their housea and barns, build up
halr-fencee and trim-up their hedge
rowa, because of dread of an increase in
taxation. At the aame time it will re
sult in a less tax burden upon the pro
ducing farmer, snd will discourage the
holding of land out or use. The exemp
tion of . Improvements on farms and
residence cropertv. live stock, furniture i
and workingmen's tools, will reduce the
taxes on farms and small home-owners
in cities at least one third, and will re
duce the cosf of rent and other family
expenses, which means Detter nomes.
It will also build up our cities, replace
tha old ehacks with decent buildings
and substantial office blocks will rise
upon business sites now devoted to tin
cans and rocks; in short, it will be the
beginning of the day when Oregon will
governmentally take the foremost place
in he sisterhood of states for justice
and the square deal to every one, even
tha humblest of her cltlsens.
OriEGON REFORM TAX A8S'N.
AiDREAM; A PIPE, A DREAMER'S
r PIPE AND A PIPER'S DREAM
i rortland la now divided Into two
Classes of men those who received
fneerschaum t!pea for Christmas, 'and
tboaa who didn't V,
; flpes of the pretty, pure, white var-
. lety and-whlch even look expensive
. gnd their looks are not deceiving are
always particularly plentiful for a few
weeks following. Christmas. i
i Gradually they disappear. Soma are
put away in drawers. , Others are mere
ly neglected. , but the majority of the
dear little thlnga meet the fate of all
thlnga that axe dropped they are
' broken. ... . -
t There la always great excitement
When the man of the houae f lnda
meerschaum In his aock on Christmas
morn. He hunts up a swarm of bees
gnd gets some beeswax 'Then he looks
around t6wn for silk worms, silk, so the
enthusiast say, being particularly fine
. to covar a meerscnaum wun, to seep
Off the finger marks. Or if he doesn't
- find tha silk worms, he looks for goata
not goats either but kid skin gloves.
This li another, protection that la fine,
aay the smokers.
But thla is only tha beginning of their
troubles. Special tobacco must be pur
chased; And above all; tha pipe must be
smoked, -handled, and attended to Just
as If It were human. '
"I find that a meerschaum Is more
NtrpubleVi bachelor -. -said - yesterday,
I TRan a baby. I own a meerschaum.
never tne' otner,. tnougn."
But yesterday ths meerschaum crop
. Busted! ,
By Thunder!
began to decrease. Now they are go
ing down down to the pavement-ap'
Idly. . Within a few weeks there won'l
be but. a few hundred left. And still
they will be dwindling, becoming less
and leas, until well, until -the last one
ia gone out not xorgoiten.
EK; WAS-EKSJREMELY EKSCITED AS
- HE EKSECUTED HIS. EKSILE PAPER
A aurnama . of two letters, and a
front name with only four, a total of
six In his name thla la the mark that
distinguishes Gust Ek among his fellow
men. . Air. ; Ek Is feeling ekceedlngly
proud Just nowbecause. he Is a bride
groom. He procured ft license yester
day to marry Slgue Elgstrom, whose
4
surname contains more letters than the
entire name of her husband.
By signing his name "G. Ek," the
possessor of the short name can still
further reduce its length. Ek is no
doubt an adherent of phonetic spelling
but it is probably only a coincidence
that he lives on RoOsevelt street, which
was named for the strenuous exponent
oi eimpiuiea spoiling. ..
RUNAWAY-SAILORS RUN INTO
UNCLE SAM, DECIDE TO GO BACK
: Jean Tavernnec and Reva Pleyber,
Bailors what romantlo names to .. ba
Just plain sailors! tired of the aallor
life and ran away, in otner words.
they deserted. .:. ' '
, Jean pronounced the same as In Olga
JNetheraole'e 'Sapho" and Reve pro-
nounoed Ra-ve were on the French
bark -Jugrena Schneider. Think of a
French ship being called Schneldeal
No wonder the two fellows deserted.
- . Anvwav. a.i It wu belna said. Jean
and Reve ran - away,- The captain of
I tJe tFrench vessel with the German
Tiame took the matter up' with . the
f renca oonsui, mo r rmua cuhbui cvu
suited the United States marshal,
Result deputy marshals were soon
patrolling the waterfront in search of
Jean and Reve. They heard the two
were on another vessel somewhere
1 hot-footed It over to the other boat
It soeg the. Business.
'-- Mf. E. E. Chamberlain of Clinton," Ma
aaya of Buoklen's Arnica Saiva: "It dsaa
the business; I have used It for piles
a it
old sore and it healed it without
ana it cured them, lisei
ii
for chapped
lands and It cured them.- Applied it to
an
a
Vrvg
ig a s
Co.'s
drug store.
And there they Jean ind Reve were,
all ready to go to work.
' In tow Jean and Reve were taken.
The deputies piloted them to the county
ituu Ana mere iney are. xesteraay
Jean and Reve were before the United
States commissioner, He ordered that
they be held. And they are held. When
the Schneider sails Jean and Reve will
oe aDoara. .
Buch Js th International law.
COMPANY'S NAME 4
" , A JAY BREAKER
- Something new In names was sprung
or has been sprung with the filing of
articles of Incorporation papers of the
jorsarog investment company. .;. The
rog
Word .- Jorraroa" is made ud from the
nrst syllables- or, the names of each
of the Incorporators, C P. Jordan,' T. A.
Garbade, and G. L. Rogers. The capita
stock of the company has been fixed at
$30,000. .r.,. .,.:.i.,.J..:v.
Articles Of . Incorporation have l.n
been filed by' tha -Columbian - Hnanltal
association, which has been Organised
by H. H. Newhall, Hamilton Meado and
vfi
illaf d A. Roberta. -
The California 1 State Federation r.t
Labor "will, hold Ita Vnnual convention
in - Vallejo, beginning January
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Some Were $85.00, Others at $40.00, $45.00, $55.00, $60.00 and $65.00 Novv $25.00
The Lower Priced Oiies Have Not Been Spared. We!
Qive Y(6 Your Unrestricted
or Rain Coat, Semi or, Tight Fitting
Coat, Long or Short Coat for
These reductions on Suits iand Coats will inake brisk buying in out store tomorrow.
You cannot afford to be without , a new suit or coat at these prices. All are the new
, est and latest fall styles. Every suit is exclusive, as we carry no two suits alike. Some
' Y ' ; heavily braided, others are strictly man-tailored. Tt is be
- cause we always lead in style and prices that we have made
the biggest sacrifice in prices of any sale- yet had in Port
land. Be sure to see these suits tomorrow.
U ;;:T--V,:...'Cm-,:
JACKETS are from 26 to
50 inches. Correct lengths
for all women.
STYLES are the popular Military fitting and semi
fitting, Prince Chap and cutaways ; every one becom
ing models. ,
MATERIALS are Broadcloths, Worsteds, Serges and Cheviots.
COLORS are Black, Virginia, Garnet, Brown, Green, Gray, Pearl, Navy and Co
penhagen Blue, light and dark mixtures just the shades that are worn now. Remember no two alike and only to be seen in this store.
Me
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Successor
vurt
141 Sixth Street,
to OEVURTZ & WORRELL-:.
Alder, Opp. Oregoniah
CITY CANNOT AID
LOYED
Street Cleaning Fund Not
Sufficient to Give Work
n to All Who Ask.
No action has been taken in ths mat'
ter of placing idle men at work in the
city street cleaning- department because
there are already more men. at work In
the department than there- are- positlona
There are Iso 15 on the waitins; liet
of the civil service commission to fill
17 vacancies as soon as they occur,
while Mayor Lane would like to see
every man- In Portland who is out of
work placed on the street with pick,
shovel and broom he realizes that such
action cannot be taken without spending
nearly xne enure appropriation 01 the
street cleaning; department in the first
few months of the year. Not only ara
tneee lacte stumoiing; blocks in the way
of putting a large army of men at work,
but the city council has not yet made
an, appropriation xor the department.
- Stony Want Employment.
Superintendent Donaldson asked for
an appropriation of f 161,000 to spend ia
cleaning up tha city streets and cross
lngs, .but the ways and means com
mittee has not yet made any recom
mendation, in the way of departmental
ppropriauona ast year the street
canine aeDartmem was aiiowea iiiu..
uuu ana it is aouptrui whether the com
mittee will recommend so large an in
crease as Superintendent Donaldson
asks for. - J - -
There are about ISO men In the city
who have been annlvlna daily to tha
associated charities for relief. If these
men and the 16 on tha waiting list of
the d 9 Dart ment were nut to work with
possibly 36 more- who might apply in
case the city should throw open the
gates to the unemployed, the cost of
the labor for the extra men alone would
be something like $600 day. There
would still be the salaries of the car
manent employes ; besides the regular
operating expenses of the department
to be paid which would deplete even
the large appropriation asked for by
Mr. Donaldson long before tha year la
Hara ,1 "fass .:arta.--Ja...ti.v-;4
Even if' the 'men were nut in ' wbrk
they could not labor for the city until
they nad passed a civil service exam
inatlon which - would require a rigid
physical test, "la addition they would
not ba allowed to take the test unless
they are American citizens. This would
exclude many of the idle men from the
wora it the authorities decided to ex
tend aid In the way of city employment
Mayor Lane stated yesterday that
while he would like to see every idle
man in the city put to work on tha
atreeta that he had made no definite
arrangements to carry out the scheme.
Ha la In hearty sympathy with the pro
ject, - but until aome suitable arrange
ment can be made no steps will be
taken.
That nothing definite can be done un
til after the council makes an appro
priation and Mayor Lane and Superin
tendent Donaldson can come to some
agreement as to the amount to be ex
pended for the emergency work ia cer
tain. Inasmuch as the council does
not meet aaatn until a week from next
Wednesday the men can expect to se
cure no work for at least two weeks, and
probably much longer.
LET CONTRACT FOR
Sullivan Gulch Will Be
Spanned at East Twenty
. Eighth Street.
CRETE BRIDGE
WORD FILES IS
JNIMPAPE8S
Ex-Sheriff Now Full Fledged
Runner for County
Office.
Members of the city executive , board
will meet in special session next week
to let the contract -for the concrete
bridge across Sullivan , rulch, at East
xwenty-Jiiightn street. The ma would
have been let yesterday, to Backus,
Glebisch ft Joplln, had the com pan
filed their SDeclzicationa alone wit
their bid. - -
City Engineer D. W. Taylor-est mated
the cost or the bridge at about ssi.ooo
and tha company's bid was 177.000. Ef
forts were made to have the contract
awarded - Friday, but Mr. Taylor and
Mayor Lane objected, stating- that if
the award snouid ne made without apec-
iflcationa, the city might, be liable for
"extras" which tha same firm of con
tractors tried to compel the city to par
on other work. - f ;.
L. T. Pecrv. member or the board.
wanted the contract let without specifi
cations, subject, to the approval ,of the
city engineer. ' Mr. Taylor refubed to
take- the responsibility and-the con
tractor will have to submit their spec
ifications at next week's meeting. -
This is the bridge the Portland Rail
way, Light A Power company refused
to pay one 'fourth of the coat, accord
ing to the terras of ita franchise. Both
the council and executive "board believe
the company will nay rather than have
lUfrajichlsa revoked . . :
"Try to do Jbetter than I did before"
Is the declaration of principles that 'ex
Sheriff Tom M. Word has placed on his
banner in hla' campaign for the Demo
cratic nomination for aheriff. His dec
laration of candidacy was filed with
the county clerk yesterday. Two years
ago hla motto waa "Try to do better
than I have in the past.'
Besides tha terse inscription wnicn
will appear on the ballot, Mr. Word haa
adopted a declaration or principles mat
follows tha exact wording oi nis an
nouncement of two years ago. It reads:
"If I am nominated and elected, I will
during my term of office perform my
duties as a publlo official in a- careful
and business-like way, aa I have en
deavored tn do In the Past."
County Clerk Fields will file his an
nouncement of candidacy for renomlna
tion at tne nanus or tne uepuoncan
Fiarty tomorrow. He had intended mak
ng his forma! entry yesterday, but was
so busy, that ha did not finish his day's
program. He win aaopt tne same piai
form as he used In the last campaign.
"Honeaty, efficiency and economy."
'J. More names Beottlxed. .
'Two hundred and forty-five names
are required on tha petitions of Repub
lican candidates this year, as against
226 two years ax. Democratic candi
dates need only 76 names, one less than
in 1906. The number is based on the
Vote cast for congressman at the pre
ceding' election.
Under the new law making one Jus
tice of tho peace district in the city,
about 230 names will be required on the
petition of Republican candidates, and
about 70 for Democrata The number
has not been exactly determined because
of the new territory taken into the city
since the -last election. It 1 a peculiar
fact - that in the vote on congressman
two years aro lust four more votes were
Cast in the precincts west of t the river
than there were on tne east side. . -v-.
yesterday ioaea-tne riret ww or
registration, and a count at the xsloslng
hour-showed 1.82S names on theroU.
divided a follows: Republicans 1,483,
Democrats ms. and miscellaneous ,
under "whlfh head at included Inde
pendents, Prohlbitlonlstr and Socialists,
At tha cfrtae nt tha first week of regis
tration two years ago the total reached
oniy i,o7, a gain uus year ox
Bnsn fc Beglstratloa.
If the present rata of registration la
maintained. 24,000 voters will be on the
liata during tha 11 weeks that they are
open before tha primaries. Thia la Just
about the number that la ax pec ted U
reglater wu .ln that time.
Although Thursday was tha day of
heaviest registration, tha atreard of vot
ers yeaterday was little less. The total
for the day was tOi, of whom 242 were
Republicans, 9V Democrata and f mis
cellaneous. County dark Fielda haa prepared for
still further systematizing the work
of registration. Two railings have been
placed in position to avoid confusion
and to enforce tha rule of "flrat coma,
first served," and there will hereafter
be separate counters for the east side
and west side voters. The bookcaaea
have likewise been divided so that one
set of clerka will handle tha east slders
and another squad wiir accommodate
the men of the west aide. .
SOUGHT FOR GOLD
ON COOS BAY RANCH
. r, fry : "
TO ESCHE17
CHTOlEME
Teias Ciewing Gum Manu
facturer Xikes Portland
iieuer man uusines3.
Prospector ; Gets Judgment
Against Ivoman Iianclier
Who Sjwl Conirct. i
It required Just Itlmlhutea if or a lurv
In. Judge Bronaugh'a department of the
superior court yesterday , to determine
that Mrs. Dannie T,' Montgomery ahould
pay F. It Hasard. 2118- for prospecting
for black saha on her raateh. - in Cnn
countv. ,'.-..-.!. .. - . :-
Mra. Montgomery ia navln a dW
couragine tuna- in th ou,t
day befor yesterday eha- appeared aa
prosecuting witnesa against .Will Patton,
whom she charsred with embesxlingTi
while, he was Jnoating a timber land
cwun iyr ner. i n jurr acquitted Pat
ton, and;touay Haaard realised the full
amount of his cl aim. s w f i-'
Hazard t wentf to Coo Ji fconnty Land
spent about three-weeks Investigating
black sand en the land of Mrs. Mont
gomery and on adioininr la?nJ.v, it, was
reporUd that the sand waa rich In gold.
He ' produced a eentraci - frnm Mr,
Montgomcrr. promisinir ta pay blm I J
per. day for the time ha wc one. Mra.
Montgomery r claimed. rp r.urt!?atiort
did not amount to aay t inns and rcfuusd
to pay.1-., . , .-. .'
Spectacles, 1 at liutxgor'a. ' :
P., S. Steiner of Dai as. Texas, and.
his brother, G. & Stelnei1, of Salem, ara
at the Hotel Portland. Mr. fiteiner of
Texas travels In tha south for tha Am
erican Chicle company and la bare mere
ly An a-Tpleasura .trlp After tha Ean
Francisco-ttra the American Chicle com
pany began manufacturing chewing gum
Thl 8alm sMfc; Stalner Ja a re
tired merchant. , ' . ,.
"The people af this country haven't
etopped chewing gum. for a second, it
seems," the Texas man aald last night.
XUr bUSlnesa hasn't hc,n Intllmil in tha
least by . tha currency famine - which
passed over the country a few woeka
ago. , In fact JP believe that our bul-
south, has been better of late than ever
before. People seem to think and chew
more during currency famines than at
. Mi.-ommct-wm in roruuiq ourin
the Lewis ft Clark exposition. II may
locate hera aome day. '
'it I Just' had a little home up on
Dinaa hill, ".f. ci.u.. .iu i
ing about making his future home in
Portland,: ''J feel that 1 would be happy.
I would even forget all about the cliuw
ing gunir business, and everything else.
"Lien during . the summer nights I
would ba lulled to lep by tha minda
of delicate breeses drifting throucn tha
dear old Oregon pines. Then wake ui
in the morning with flve.areat snow
capped .-mountains in tha distance.
Great I And beat of all, one would ba
in Oregon and in Portland." " ,
The Prohibltioniata are the firt In
the field in respect of aettllnjt whf ra
their '. nomination convention 1!1 l,
held, having fixed upon Coiumbua, Ohl ,
st a, date to be announcl by tha na
tional committee. The I'rohiMi .!!.
are aald to feel very much encoura?.
by the proitreaa of -protiltiltion 1. .
tion in the south, and exr t t r i.
a siniflcant vote far their pr ;
candidate.
A wood-worldnar ail bn!'i!i? f
and trim making mill own.- i ;
a tad fcy the ciirfwuttTH ,-,t.f. . . .' r
er J-Soston la bri'.tf r ': I
hv the iii'iirirt c - . -4 -r ;
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