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Scatftifig Arraignment jof, Pre-,
' ent High .Tax' ; Conditions Is
Made Before Oregon Granges
J Senator Walter M. Pierce, In two adr
dresses delivered before the (range
r yesterday discussed the problem of
..'the fanner and the producer, the heavy
taxes that , is rrobhins; them of the
profit upon -what they raise, and the
remedy.., He spoke during- the after
. noon before Pomona grange at Tun
. hill; in the evening, before Rock wood,
grange In Multnomah county.
- In nummary of these two addresses,
he said: ' f
' ."No one can fully realise the serious
condition of our country like we
grangers realise It. It is not a theory
with us, we know. In attempting to
balance our annual budget we find we
cannot do so if we allow even a
, modest .salary to either husband or
wife or even 2 per cent upon the
assessed valuation. Here and therein
Oregon there ; may be & farmer that
can do so, but the great majority of
the producers, of Oregon find 7 their
debts grow larger year by year, and
are only: able to take' up the deficit
- by Increasing the farm loan or indebt
. e&ness to banks or friends.,
MORTGAGES CXIM ' t . j
' Ten years ago the farms of Oregon
were mortgaged for about $40,000,000,
today the farms of Oregon ara mort
' gaed' for 1100.000,000. Said a farmer
to me a few days agori ?Why this dif
ference, Walter, where has, the money
gone tor Much of It. has . gone into
. liter-deficiency in our farm budgeta
Says the wise economist, reduce -your
expense Una until' you have a balance
over. That means cutting out the car,
VCrhlch Is often a Ford, taking the tele
, phone out,-and if we hava electricity,
it means going back to the oil lamp.
- "ff? must resist at all cost any st
... tempt tb. lower our. standard of living
en. American farms' to the condition of
the European peasant or the Mongo
.. lian farmer. As producers of good food
and clothing we are entitled to the
reasonable comforts of life, and the
men who control grant ua price-for
our products so we will have a. manrin
o profit, and the articles that we mustj
have on the farm we should be able to
buy without the excessive prices that
are asked for them today.
FREIGHT KATE EI8ES
. 'Ia. Eastern Oregon jwe -wonder why
we have to pay 18c to ship a. bushel of
- wheat ;trom our valley to the tidewater
when a few years ago we could ship
' the same bushel of wheat for 10 cents.
1 We . know the . law by implication at
. least has declared that - the railroad
company must earn dividends upon its
capitalization or t per cent. I wish
the farmers of Oregon could have 3
per cent on assessed valuation for at
' least three years. Measured in the arti
cles that the stockman must buy. name
ly, his tax receipts, his feed and the
various articles needed - in production,
' cattle will be found to be cheaper to
day than they have been for 30 years.
Measured by the same standard
wheat was sold in the Interior of Ore
gon this last fall cheaper than when it
' sold at SO cents 20 years aro. Our
. taxes have gone up at a, terrific rate,
. we carrying the bulk of the load.
A "Today one-half of the wealth Of Ore-
gon is not on the assessment roll at all,
, forest reserves being a conspicuous
. part. One-half of. the remaining one-
half is paying only a small part of
what is should pay,: hut the farmer
w Ith every acre, cow and horse in sight
;.Js on the assessment roll for the full
value of his property,
' MUST COOPERATE '
V - f-Mt w'e will but unite we can compel
the1 man who is now shirking his duty
to' come in and pay his share, and on
his graduated income tax, raising one
half of 'the state revenue, -Which would
he a tremendous relief. The total state
tax of 9V4 mills is about half of our
taxes where our farms lay i outside of
. the special assessed cities and .districts.
, If we wished and would stand together
we could do what they hay done in
California, raised the balance of the
, state revenue, after we pay all we can
--from an Income tax. from a tax on the
: gross earnings . of the public service
. corporations.
- 'i?,-"W know from real experience the
. exhausting effect of a mortgage. Tear
after year we have had to refuse Susan
a dress oir John his term in school to
-. - save the money to pay the interest on
the mortgage, and now to think that
within less than six years time Oregon
has passed from a state without state
"' bonds to the heaviest bonded state in
the union, wealth and population con
sidered. .No longer can they fool us
by saying that the bond does not affect
us, and the gasoline tax and automobile
- fees are: going to pay the Interest on
the debt, -. !
. FEES BOOST COST
' " We iknow that these fees .are
- charged into the cost of doing business
, In Oregon and it makes our living that
much higher. We hava a tremendous
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m Regularity ia the car of the..5.
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. wts until; they ache iand
then .the damage - nay be r-ii-
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DR. A. W. KEEIIE
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DEFENDING THE;;
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reserve of valuable '-property m ,Ore
gon, natural resources, namely tha
timber on government reserves. We
can imposo a severance tax, which will
furnish the revenue to relieve us and
support the growing; activities of this
state. Of course, self ish interests will
oppose. Everything that is worth while
in this world la only won after a fight.
Have we not been abused and cuffed
around enough by special interests so
that we can stand united and demand
our rights? Ability to pay should be
the measure of the amount required
for public purposes. We farmers have
very small net income and instead of
being ' the gretest taxpayers . We
should be the smallest.-
"I do not know Ui f xact figures, but
dare say that Tom Kay's woollen
mill at Salem has had more net profit
than a doxen "farms in this) country,
and 1 venture- to guess that he doe
not pay half of the taxes that those
same .farm pay.
Woman's Pierce
Club Keeps Active
The Woman's Pierce for Governor
club, with offices in room 524 Railway
Exchange building, is conducting an
active campaign for the election of
Walter M. Pierce. The . membership
roll i is increasing rapidly and totals
nearly 600.- The club la nlanninsr on
a big Pierce rally in Library hall 1 on
the- evening of October 31. This - is
strictly ...a non-partisan organisation
and -every woman in Portland who is
in favor of Senator Pierce for governor
Is invited to join at once.
15DREW EOESCH
Mount' Angel, Oct 2L The funeral
of Andrew Roesch, 71, was held at
Mount Angel this morning. Mr. Roesch
was born In Berne, Switaerlang. and
at: the age of S came to America with
his parents. His nine children are all
living.
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POLITICAL RACES
GROW IN WARMTH
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cation, into which thy aire bound to
be 'pulled before the campaign iq con
cluded. They had kept out ' of it to
their advantage - and now their dose
friends vision them in the bird lime to
their disadvantage in the future, a circumstance-
which is not bringing Joy
either to the senators or their friends
regardless ' of how some of the lead
er of the state organisation at least
may chuckle. . 4
pierce's posrrioir
. Senator Pierce, meeting the charge
Of indef miteoess . made against . him,
yesterday made clear and lucid state
ment of his position in regard to tax
redistribution and reform. He pointed
out. that one half the property of the
state, under the present system. ex
empt from taxation and bears too abase
of the cost of government. One third
of the standing timber In the "State
pay no taxes, the farm and small
home owner and the producer bear ,the
great share of the burden. ,
And he outlined his remedy. I He
would, ho said, tax net Income, use his
utmost' endeavoir to place a severance
tax upon ' the timber cut from forest
reserves, work-in conjunction with the
executives of other Western states for
the- diversion of grazing charges from
federal to state funds.. He stands, he
said for a tax upon gross earnings of
public service corporations, and he In
sists that, since the public utility cor
poration are responsible for the, cost
of maintaining j the public service com
mission, they should . pay that coat
without burden upon" the taxpayers.
He would dani up the issuance of ad
Preached!
rOVERCOATS
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SEiLIMG
Leading Clothier for over
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ditional bonds until the state had
brought those now outstanding down
to a normal level. He would simplify
the form o? state government by elim
inating duplications in administration.
and would make' all officials and em
plQyes give a day's work for a day's
pay. -' . :-.
WOTT1D ct;: EXPENSES
In summary. Senator Pierce takes
the stand that he would, as governor,
bend his efforts : to make those able
to pay bear their share of the state
load whUe cutting out expenses ana ac
tivities not sanctioned by carefully con
sidered and, scientifically ordered ad
ministrative Draetices.
The coming week will see the defi
nite crystalixatlon of the battle to beat
Pierce by the holders or bidden weaitn
now exempt from taxation ; by the util
ity corporations affronted at his sug
gestion of a gross earnings charge
against them; by the timber owners
and operators who see in his severance
tax theory a hostile move , against
them; b? all .those forces, seen and
unseen, that are satisfied with the
tax fabric of the present system, which
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tOjDCUeS inwn insnuj u
WATKTjrS AFTEB MeAETHTJB
Turning to the congressional contest
In the Multnomah district diclosea just
a hard fought a battle raging, though
it Is confined to smaller territory. El
ton Watkins continues hie offensive
against McArthur, and promises no let
ti d until the day" of election. The serv
ice men are out after McArthur be
cause of his unfriendly vote against
the bonus bill and in-support of the
Harding veto of that bill, while his
opponent continues to charge him with
inactivity, with having befriended
Newberry and the- profiteers. ?
McArthur, spurred into agitated ac
tion. 1 also staging a stiff -defensive
fight, leaning upon the Harding ad
ministration and doing wnat ae can to
counter the thrusts aimed at him by
Watkine. S
Come into' my store, pick out'
suit of Real Qulity and let
me make you a, present of an
extra pair pants,7 In offering:
these two pants suits, ' I know
thai, in addition to their excel
lent quality, one receives serv
ice whichlis riot possible to ob
tain from, k suit alone. "
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to $55 r -
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whovdexnand utniost. quality. .
.an.d-tylc distinction, at a Real
half a Century
PIERCE DECLARES
FOR NB7DEAL If J
TAX DISTRIBUTION
Democratic Candidate for ' Gov
ernor Points Out - How Bur
den Can Be Lightened.
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of the cost of state government from
similar source.' vis: ,(1) a tax on net
Income ! (2) a severance tax I (3) va
tax on gross earnings Of public service
corporations, X favor such a program
In this state under the guarantee that
any tax derived from: new . sources
shall not be used for increased ex
penditures, but to take some . of : the
burden . off those now bearing more
than their just share of taxation.
The practices of public utilities be
came so intolerable that; those -utilities
have to be regulated. X costly 'public
service commission has' to be main
tained for that purpose. Since the
commission has to be maintained for
the -" regulation of ' the - public service
corportiona, those corporations should
themselves be required to pay the ex
penses of, the commission, without, bur
dening fanners, home' owners, business
and other enterprise with- that expense.
Such- a plan would save j the taxpayers
approximately 100,000 a year, and 1
favor It.
Oregon Is, per capita, 'the heaviest
bended state inthe Union. We are in
the midst of a wild orgy pf bond Issues.
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The thought seems to be that w can
go on issuing bonds regardless of a
payday to t come later. There is a
possibility of having- to levy a further
property tax to meet accruing is te rest
on these enermou bond issues. A halt
should .he called in the plastering over
our atate of these mortgage on the
property and toil of ourselves and our
children, and the state be returned to
a policy oft sound and stable finance.
I stand pledged to such a policy, -p
FOB COSSOUCDiTIOir M ? V"''
J One of the Erst things X propose to
do as governor will be to employ every
power of the office to consolidate the
board, h bureaus, . commissions - and
committee that Interfere -with each
ether becaase there mnyaaf many i Of
them Their work overlaps and dupll--eates.
r There are too, many ornaments
drawing salaries and fee for doing tit
tle Nr,n vontp Fewet boards, fewer,
officials- and more ' -'Work by ' these
boards and officials Is the crying need
ef the state of Oregon.; I pledge my
self to the work of correcting this
conspicuous - waste of the state's
money. ': l.-;-- iV-h
. other states have eystematlxed and
simplified government toy ajfplylng to
public business the same rules of ef
ficiency and economy used la private
business. It has not been done in Ore
gon because politicians, payroll func
tionaries and ; hangers-on have com
bined to obstruct the cutting away, of
salaries and sinecures. 1 stand pledged
to a policy of simplified government
economically administered. ;
we can! dUpens . with many- aiito
moblles how operating at state ex
pense. The use of state-owned auto
mobile by officers and; state employes
is subject to gross abuses, as every
taxpayer know, and this vicious prac
tice must be abolished.; - , i .
Every , man j on then state payroll
should-actually work, and every man
drawing a salary .without earning it
should be fired. i '
It is commonly reported and widely
believed that too small a percentage
of the money provided for highways
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. Through thisfEaay Paytaent Plan, maxijr; genuine Vic-,
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the income is limited but where the ipaymenta are ;
hardly missed frtm theliome's entertainment allowance.
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Broadway at Alder , . Bush ;Lano. BIdfr
goes Into actual oonatrucUon or roads.
For example," Mr. Jay Bowerman" was
lonsr on the payroll as sdvieer tor the
highway commission, when it is the
business and duty of the attorney gen
eral to act as counsel for that .body.
This 1 wast of highway money. There
is general dissatisfaction with the en
gineering end. -ther , overhead cost,
which -. runs- into -.rvery large amounts.
Statements are broadly made that narrower-
roads - tn - Oregoa - are coating
more per -mils thaa wider roads in
some other states. There bay been
instance - la which costly highway
have had to , be rebuilt with
in a year or two. Road building tn
Oregon has been a vast and expensive
enterprise. In which there should be
no leaks or wastes. I 'have faith in
the gentlemen serving as highway com
missioners, but hold that-there should
be a very thorough -investigation of
the operation of the men and some
of the contractors working under them,
to the end that excrecenea . may be
lopped . off. all leaks ' stopped and . a
dollar's worth of road be ' built for
every dollar of public money spent.
Mr. Jay Bowerman is attorney for
the state banking department In sev
eral cases now pending in tha courts
of-Oregon. It la the business sad the
duty of the attorney general to act in
that capacity. "As" governor and a
member of the state .banking board
I would Insist that the attorney gen-,
eral and his deputies attend to the
legal business of the state : banking
department. .--. :.-i;vs,-..:''f.v..
When governor I shaH' be governor
for everybody. 1 have promised noth
tag to anybody, and am tree to use
the - appointing power without dicta
tion. My administration will not be
wholly s man' government.- but Va
government of. by and for men and
womenw.C'. . , r .-'y-,
FR2K USE OF..TETO . v i ""
As governor I, shall demand of the
legislature that every appropriation bill
shall be itemised, and I shall - veto
every, appropriation bill that is not so
' itemised. In addition to that, X shall
veto every "unnecessary, - useless or
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Questionable Item In ' every arTroprU.
ation bill passed by the legislature.' j '
I shall, exercise my prerogative to
call to the attention of the legislature
and suggest to it the enactment of
such laws as will reduce the expenses
of government to ; the minimum : and
equalise the burden of taxation, so that
aU property shall hear its just burdea.
X can and : will point the way for,
relief. I know, the majority of the
next legislature, coming from the tax
burdened people, will feel' as t feel-U
that THERE MUST BE RELIEF., Jt
is not a question of party politic, but
a vital question of property - right,
prosperity and the welfare and hap
piness of. the people. - t -. , . . . - j
Voters . of Oregon,, the issue has
crystallised around this theme of taxa
tion. High taxes are bad advertising. -High
taxes are keelng newcomers and
new capital out of the state and driv
ing old settlers away. Business Is be
ing . discouraged;' progress. Is being
halted. Taxation is the weight that is
dragging us down. - . , j
TAXATION! BOat I2TAXT ISSUK i
Our friends who are now In contrdt
of the state and legislature .confess
that they are helpless to -supply a
remedy. They are trying to 'confuse,
voters toy injecting personalities and
by throwing mud. i They are making
franUc appeals to party loyalty, thus
proposing te leave the people with the
same - opresaive burden of taxation -piled
on their backs. They are garbling -my
speeches, and putting words in my
mouth that 1 1 never uttered. They are
tryjngr to divert me frost my fight fr
lower taxes. They are in a sad plight ;
because, under - their administration,
they have j created a situation from
which every taxpayer Is crying aloud .
.for ,-release! iv .;vj,ys--. v-H -!.. I-
; ; X refuse to budge on inch from this .
matter of -taxation. It Js the dominant
Issue. For more than 20 years I have
talked and worked for lower taxes, and
this will continue to be the first, therrae '
tn my thoughts. :,.j .-,wj-.-. .-. j. -
Taxes can and must be equalised and
reduced, arid I have here pointed out
some of the way the thing can be
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