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THE OREGON, SUNDAY JOURNAL, ; PORTLAND, SUNDAY. MORNING, SEPTEMBER. 28, .1020.. - - 1 5 EXCESS rams REPUBLICANS ARE TAX HELD BRAKE UNITING FORCES II I Rich Are Enabled to Dodge Grad uated J ncome Tax by Investing Mnnou !n TflY.Frpo Rnnds. Progress Maife in Healing Wounds Caused in Primary Fight Bonus Bill One of Campaign Issues. UPON BUSINESS TON VIWIIVJ III t WW Washington. Sept. 25. (WASH INGTON BUREAU OP TUB JOUR NAL Tftert; l meat in it :$lcusion of. tax questions by William B. Col ver, retiring: chairman of the federal tri.de commitwlon, who addressed the rational association of cotton manu- Utciurers rnu i8'"t Colver declared the excess profits and incomi tax. as now constructed, act as brake- upon bttstnesn. The exceas profits tax was' defensible during the war. he said, as a revenue measure, when the government was flx,lng prices, and this tax was used as an equalizer to level down high profits made by low-cost, producers ass compared with the price necessary to be fixed to Ktimulate production by high-coat pro ducers. INCOME TAX KOUXD The graduated Income tax Is sound as a permanent measure, he said, but the present schedules are beyond the proper limit, for the reanon that men of large means prefer to Invest In tax free bonds Instead of productive Enter prises. Tho man with a 150.000 Income, he pom ted out, can make 4ft per cent from bonds without worry, but to net an equal income from other Invest ments be must obtain- 6H per cent, ad 11 his Income la $100,000 he must I earn 10 per cent to net the return I thm. would accrue from clipping cou pons. On the other-'hand, the man of small Income derives no beeneflt from the tax -exemption feature of bonds. Colver declared most of the talk about reducing taxes Is buncombe, and, to make his point, recited 1920 appro priations ot the government. The total Is I5,6S,eO,e00, out of which comes 3,!55,0t30,000 for. payments arising out of the world war or previous warn. That Is 61 per cent of the total. Another 23 per cent, about $1,-00,000,000, goes for keeping the army and navy. . Then for ordinary expenses, such things as the government departments, rivers and harbors, the court, public buildings, roads, parks and reclamation, the ex pense' Is $350,000,000, or about 6 per cent This leaves. 1 per cent far research, ed ucational, and scientific work. "Apparently It is to . this item, one penny out of the dollar; which is being spent really in an effort for civilisation and progress, that all these wonderful economies that politicians promise us must be largely directed," said Colver. "If Mars, the god of war, won't give up his 93 cents and if senators and con gressmen and Judges and marshals and lighthouse keepers and customs men won't give up their S cents, then It is the penny of the people that probably will be peeled offbut the rcsultunt economy will scarcely come up 'to pe . elf icatlons." SHIFT BCItDEX TO IDLENESS ' The remedy, said Colver. la revision of the tax scheme to stimulate produc tion and shifting 8f the burden to Idle ness and speculation. VJ f'l would tax the vacant lot as"much as I would tax the lot next floor which carried a useful buildtng," he added. "I would tax the Idle acres as much as 1 would tax the Improved farm land and 1 would tax idleness, speculation and dixuse In money, in labor and In lands." Taxes cannot be greatly redced, the spenker said, but the law can help supply to catch up with demand, when prices will descend 1 the brakes on In dustry' are released and the tax placed upon reserved and Van-productive wealth. Hot Iron Burns 3 Workers to Death Jackson, Ohio, Sept 25. (U. F.) An explosion at the. plant of the Jackson Iron tt- Steel company today cost the lives of three men and seriously in jured six others. One of the furnaces gave way and hot iron rushed down on the workers without warning. Olympia, Wash., Sept. 25. "With the primaries over, and the soreJ spots healing, from some. rather hot fights for state offices, the Repub lican party in the state of Washing ton is settling down to a fight with the Democrats nd the Farmer Labor party. Reorganization of the Republican state central committee Is not taking the form of personal bitterness that was ex pected' and all the candidates for gov ernor, around which office the campaign in this state will undoubtedly center this year, are getting behind Governor Louis F. Hart, the nominee. Judge W. A. Black, the Democratic nominee, will not have the united sup port of the Lister Democrats, and at the same time the Lister Democrats: are not ken for J. B. Bridges of King county, who heads the Farmer-Labor . ticket. I Features that will enter into the gen- j era! election this fall and that may tend to cona4icatfl matters are the bonus bill and Referendum No. 1. commonly known as the Carlyon bill. The so called bonus bill provides a bonus for the returned service men and would levy a $11,000,000 tax for that purpose. The Carlyon, bill provides for the issu ance of $30,000,000, of bonds for the sur facing of state highways, a certain sys tem being specified In the bill. The bill also provides that all roads built under this act shall be of concrete base, and it Is on this point that great opposi tion has developed from sources favor able to "block top" paving. The bill leaves In the discretion of the highway board the building of other kinds of roads, however, where the board'deems advisable. The strongest opposition against the Carlyon plan came In the primary fight from Senator E. T. Coman. candidate for governor from Spokane,' who was snowed under in the September polls. The Good Roads association of the state of Washington la strongly behind the bill as are most of the automobile and. commercial organisations of the state, while the leaders of the Farmer-Labor party are opposing tt mostly on the i grounds that it is tne - uanyon oui. they being antagonistic to Senator Carl yon rather than to the bill. Berlin Newspapers Sarcastic on U. S. Treatment of Reds ?-r By JohaGraadeai Fnited New Stiff Cornspondmt. ' Berlin, Sept. 26-Caustlc comment on the alleged "arrest of extremists and m .i. .n l,a Wi i.nnni.tlnfi with wvrftorq jw . - , the Morgan disaster'' Is printed In Ber lins newspapers. "America, the freest land In the world," said Frelheit, "seems to take pride in being a leader, even more than Kuropean Countries. In the brutal battle against socialism and Us representatives. "In America, hundreds of Socialists and pacifists fill the Jails, condemned to long imprisonment as a result of trifling offenses committed in wartime. "There is no discussion, in this El dorado of bourgeois democracy, of burn ing problems of the day. Instead, there is only brutal force. "It. is natural, as a result, that the socialistic idea is becoming strengthened. The five New York Socialist assembly men were reelected through such meas ures. The dollar kings won't be able to protect themselves from the red flood." The city council at Pasco will tak legal action to compel the Pacific Power & Light company to Install fire hydrants In the neighborhood of the Pasco Flour mills. Political Issues Debated in Air H V X t H - H pK Wireless Operators for League, New York, Sept. 25. Thousands of amateur wireless operators are fighting out, in the air, the issues of the present political campaign, along the Atlantic seaboard. '.'Plug 4" started the poetical discus sion some weeks ago and since then the air has -been filled, of evenings, with amateur debates between amateur oper ators. The Identity of "Plug i" is hidden, but his ability aa a wireless debater Is far above the average. There are -about 8000 amateur wireless stations along the coast ; the fans consist of ail sorts of citizens, from Boy Scouts up to business men, who Invest In high priced sets. mm Hall Gas Floor Healer He Fames So Dirt " w' Clsaa Healtktal ? Faraaee Heat V " -" I5TRODCCTOBT PEICB " '' $65 Hall Gas Furnace Co. last Sesth of Merrlsea Mala feet " syj'.tnv. i Sundown sees the opening of wireless social sessions. Not long ago "Plug 4" boomed out a message that ran like this: A8K PERTISEST QUESTION "Harding, Lenin and Trotsky are against the League of Nations? Why?" s Wireless handclapplng followed from many quarters. "All right. If you like that question send it to some other stations," said "Plug 4." There was a slight Jamming of the wireless, here and there ; this was taken to be evidence of Republican activity. "More, more, more." was a wireless cry that went up from various dis tances. "Ask us some more of those questions." "O. IC." replied "Tug 4." "If Hard ing prepares a separate treaty for Ger many, and Germany should refuse to Bign It. what would the United States do? Would we send troops to Germany to renew the war?" A silver-toned instrument rang out, "Shut up." GAUGE SOCIAL 8TA5DISO Amateurs gauge the social standing of their fellows by the sound of their keys ; the more expensive sets have fine clear tones. "That's a Republican millionaire," chipped in a rough, coarse note. There was .a Republican chatter in consequence, a momentary bedlam ; but soon the amateurs of Democratic ten dencies got the air and were relaying the question back Into the hinterland, away from the coast. -On the following evening new ques tions were sent; here and there a patr pf amateurs pot into political discussion; and were Joined by their neighbors. And so: t . has, continued nightly until now, after several weeks, two or three .Very excellent' political speakers nave emerged, from among the. amateurs, and receive close attention every evening. " OPERATORS KAYOR COX Most of the1 talk is about the League of Nations issue. Wireless amateurs, with their frequent contact with foreign wireless, have a lively sense of interna tional relations. If a rote were taken among them. Judging by the evealng talks, the League of Nations would go Into effect, under the presidency of Cox, very soon. . . . SVPs&BsuHKKitts. mmwr .a&'r ijs muam v, Compare Furniture Values and You Will Make Your Purchases at lowers Aftfer all is said and done, comparison is the acid test of values. To merely compare prices, . however, 9 not enough. You should compare the quality of furniture as well as the price,' as pocifly constructed, . cheaply finished furniture cannot only be bought at wholesale for less money tnan good furniture, but it can be sold for less also. When you compare anything from this store, you can rest assured that you are compar ing furniture of real worth, furniture that is- not only built well, but.that we can back up with a positive guarantee of satisfaction. You can buy here with confidence in qual ity as well as in the fact that you are securing good furniture for less money Your Choice of Eight Styles 2.50 to $45.00 Rockers This Queen Anne Suite Is a Rare Value at $281 Oak $33.75 The best oak rock ers that money can buy. Some have leath er seats, others leath er seats and backs, but every one a de sign, that you will like. ,A Sale of High-Grade Mattresses $34.75 There are Just fifty mattresses in this offer ing. Mattresses that are marked to sell for 147.50 and worth It. They are made up with nine rows -of cross stitching, which positively prevents widening, or packing. Put up in su perior art ticking with hand made roll edge. Made by America's largest mattress manufacturers nd guaranteed by us. Weight 5opounds. Travel Needs No Interest, Charges at Powers When "You Buy a Victrola r m m y (lit lii' i If lk I (Br 4MK C 1 vis.,- Preferred because of its natural lines and graceful beauty, the Queen Anne period con tinues to be the most popular style in bedroom furniture. Note the unusual beauty of the suite pictured Bed $74.50 ... Dreuer $79.75 above. Made of choice American walnut or ma hogany carefully finished. This suite bought in the regular way would sell for at least 100 more. But this special price is offered on twenty' of these suites which were bought at the old price. Chifferette $G9.50 Toilet Tble $57.50 Bengafl Oriental Rugs m Klearflax Linen Rugs Are Shown Here in a Variety of Size and Colon r.. .1 J7vKiiS m: v. i . . '-''Billy BENGAL ORIENTAL RUGS are the world's best reproductions of the Oriental. They are created in America to fit present day needs. Reproductions in FERAGHAN. MAHAL, KIRMAN and BOKHARA in sizes from 2-5x4-6 to 9x12. KLEARFLAX LINEN RUGS ire made en tirety of linen. The best wearing fabric that grows; They have all the durabil ity and distinction of linen and are absolutely moth proof. Sold In sizes 27x54 to 9x11. Brunswick Stradivara The marked price is the only prjfe there- are no additions- of any kind. Se lect ihy rrfodel In either, oak or mahogany and pay for it as you can. Install an A-B Pipeless Furnace Now Pay for It Next Year The A-B may be Installed in homes already buflt.ij" efficiently and inexpensively is those jundr construction. Heating pipes are entirely donf wiy with,, gjvjnj a cool, roomy cellar. s Walfc and ceilings are not tornFup to Install pipes. Large volumes of warm air are sent constantly, circulating to every room, by means of the AERO-STEEL INNER LINING an ex clusive feature of A-B Pipeless FurnaCeS. Sewing Machines Our luggage department offers all of the new est things for the traveler. Suitcases, bags, gladstones, handbags in all the wantedt sizes and colors. Alto a Full Line of Wardrobe Trunks of highest quality and latest conveniences. These trunks are priced up from $34.50. $39.50 $45.00 to $170.00. Automatic Adjustable A new Showing of DRESS FORMS FLOOR LAMPS In sizes to fit any size form or height. A good line of models priced t $14.50. $16.50. $18.50 A large assortment Jut from the makers. 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Charming Queen Anne Suite In Walnut and Mahogany Fra . oirt - th' nonularitv of . cane and mahogany-suites for the" living room has been growing until this fall finds it the leading type of living room furniture. Our showing of these pretty suites is larger than usual. You have your choice of many period designs upholstered in the new , velours. We are offering for the week three suites at special prices: S233.50 $268.00 V It will be a revelation to y.ouio see .the remarkable variety and the rare beauty . of .these .Queen Anne dining room Suites; We show them In an abundance of patterns . and -sizes, each one se- v. leeied .for lts; t superiority .over other make's of similar lines. 1 he pieces above-arc priced like this: Buffet SI 10, "dining table $92. arm chair $26.50. and the side chairs $22 eacn. r , ..-MT .... ...... .. ,v ...... ., J , . - " : ' ' ' ,