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"THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM OREGON
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 30, 1922
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UNEQUAL UNJUST
4 "There appears ' to be a regular and sustained
3lump in the income tax receipts of the government.
It is now calculated by experts that the revenues for
the calendar year will fall at least 25 per cent below
the estimates. ' We are becoming a nation of trained
tax dodgers and there are numbers ot skilled and ex
perienced men who make a comfortable living by show
ing business men and corporations how to shave their
tax returns. Many of these have been in the service
of. the government and are familiar with the ropes.
They are well within the law and no just fault can be
found with them. They are 3imply enabling their cli
ents to take such , personal advantage as they may
from the weaknesses of the revenue law itself. More
than ever the burden of the income tax is falling upon
the middle class and those of modest incomes. . The
small incomes are exempt and the large ones are be
ing dodged . The incomes of the wealthy are going
into tax-exempt securities and the real purpose of tax-
ation is being lost to view. The principle of an income
tax is just, but the method of application is not as sane
and practical as it should be. It was established when
".' the world was on war footing and it does not readily
adjust itself to changed economic conditions. The in
' -come tax is applied fetter in England than in thi3
country, but it is still imperfect. It fluctuates too much
to be a stable and definite revenue to the government.
.Alt discourages thrift with some. It works better when
it can be attached .to the spending capacities of the
people. As it stands ioday it is cumbersome, com
j plicated and costly. Two men whose incomes are alike
' and from the same source and whose expenditures are
the same may pay widely different sums. It all de
pends on the point of view taken in the statements.
ikraie simplification should be made possible."
' The above Is by S writer in the Los Angeles Times
And he might make a much stronger showing.
As the law stands nowit is understood by only a com
parative few. Most people must employ experts to make out
their reports for them.
. The law was amended by the .last Congress, and it was
supposed to be made more easy to understand. It was by
i experts, but by no one else.
understand by the layman if that word is permissible,
i The income "tax should apply to a series of years. If a
prune grower loses $10,000 for two years in succession, and
makes a net prof it ol $20,000
' have and will), he should pay
fore, the law was amended, he would have been required to
, pay on' his $20,000 net income Under the law as amended,
he will have to pay, on $10,000 net income that is, he can
carry over hi3 losses into, the next year; for one year only.
This is only a sample ....
! And in thousands Of, other,
unjust. : rv. v. .. :: . n
The corporation capital stock tax that makes a company
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SP00N-D0LL
.A.lss' Suslo Simon Again in Our .
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v Miss Susie Spoon returns today
from her vacation at Camp Pcach
tuzzi Her. many friend) . there
will be sorry to see her leave,' but
.their loss is our gain., 7 :
J farewell dance' given at ; the
. eamp last night !n honor ot Mis3
Spoon, proved to be the gala event
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. Miss Spoon expects to make the
vreturn trip overland In a ; hand
some Quackard' touring car, driv
' en by Farmer Stubble, owner ot
an attractive farm n-ar Camp
Peach tnzx. ' ' ""
is how qoumoke rmgrSiubblcjs clothes
Statesman
INCOME TAXES
It was made more difficult to
this year (as no doubt some
no income tax this year. Be-
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ways the law is unequal and
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The Biggest Little Paper in the World
ADVENTURES
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Make The Farmer This Way
Farmer Stubble is a paper
spoon with water color features,
his wire arms and legs being
covered with flesh-colored crepe
paper, and his body padded with
cotton. His hair and beard ate
made of gray and white, fringed
paper. - - -"
The farmer's , khakt trousers
blue shirt, bine suspenders and
straw co'ored hat are also of
crepe "paper, cut and . pasted as
shown in the diagram.
Florence Wine
" This Is the last of the "Spoon
sustaining losses instead of having, net profits pay a high
tax is highway robbery; their; government robbing the stock
holders because they are struggling or poor or unfortunate.
Until the government income taxes are made simple and
equal and just, or dt least as nearly so 'as is humanly pos
sible (for they can never be made wholly so), the state of
Oregon ought to stay out of income tax experiments of all
kinds; costing at their best large percentages for their as
sessment and collection, and tending to drive away enterprise
and initiative and capital, from a state needing all three more
than any other state in the whole Union.
What Oregon needs is the largest possible freedom of ac
tion for the individual, and for groups of individuals banded
together to develop the resources of the state and build up
the highest possible aggregate of taxable property; and the
lowest possible cost of the state government taking tax toll3
from the property.
The experiments of the general government in income
taxation are burdensome enough ; and they should be made
less burdensome and more simple.
, Take the case of the prune grower again. He should pay
only on his net income for a period of, say, five years. The
whole federal law should be
some man or men competent
under the direction of such a
Hoover.
Marlon county is to have the
best and! most expensive system of
paved market roads in Oregon.
There must be no thought of
stopping; their extension.
Henry, Ford at least has the
courage of his convictions. The
whole country will wish him suc
cess in hts fight on the coal profi
teers. All roads will lead to Salem
the last Week in September. The
greatest state fair ever held in
the went will be in session.
An American concern promises
a hydosailplane that will beat the
German records, tout how it is to
get off the water without power
Id not explained.
General Wood will remain in
the Philippines indefinitely. No
doubt his presence there will go
far toward preparing the peoples
aver there for independence.
The government income taxes
are enough; too much and too
unequal, "The state of Pregon,
needing capital and enterprise.
ought to sidestep all the proposed
income tax propositions.
There will 'be tew unpaved
stretches of road between British.
Columbia and the Mexican line by
the end of next year. Marion
county wUl eliminate hers this
year.
The Republicans of Idaho have
indorsed the convention plan of
making state and congressional
nominations. They are not suf
fering from a "reform" wave In
Idaho.! Los Angeles Times.
Former Governor Cox of Ohio,
while In Berlin finds little evi
dence 'that the Germans ever
heard of the last Democratic pres
idential candidate. The chief
publicity he gets is from a paper
that refers to aim as a United
Doll Adventures." You now have
a complete set of these sualnt lit
tle people. Next week Miss Wine
will begin a new series of char
acter dolls from foreign countries.
They look Just like real children,
and they're made from lotlypops
and paper!
FLORENCE WIKE.
fTHE SHORT STORY, JR.
THE MECHANICAL. KAliltlT
Peterkin had beautiful long
ears and pink j eyes, just like a
real rabbit. Only he wasn't real.
He was very sensitive about this.
He was a mechanical rabbit nsed
as a decoy in a dog race at the
fair. Ha was wound up to run
so that the dogs would havn an
exciting race chasing after him.
Peterkin didn't enjoy his work
very much, though he was proud
of having snch a dangerous job.
We often wondered what would
happen if a (cg evtr caught hiin.
One day he found out. He was
mining along. when all of a sud
den something inside of him
snapped. Try a? he would, he
couldn't go on. One ot the big
animals was already close by and
in an instant, he pounced upon
upon him. Peterkin Thought his
time had come. The dog tried to
t-te into him, but nis te-uh struck
aorncthing solid.
He sniffed in surprise, then left
in disgust. The ether dogs found
out the joko. and they too walk
ed away. Peterkin was safe.
He was still trembling a little,
and thought he shouldn't be able
to ran again. But, by the next
night, he was well enough to get
in the race. Some new Jogs were
there to chase him:
"Huh!" gruntei Peterkin
scornfully. "They've fooled me
long enough around here. I've
been running myself almos.CJo
death, trying to : savot it rny V life,
when really I wasn't in any dan
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rewritten, in plain English, by
to do the work on 3ane lines ; I
business expert as Herbert
States senator whom the Republi.
cans will nominate for president
two years hence. The Germans
have other things to think of.
The powers that be in vaude
ville have issued an order that
there must be no more jokes on
prohibition. Prohibition is here
to stay; besides the jokes were
raw, anyway.
Former Governor Cox, who is
making a tour of Europe, says
that the United States should help
Europe. Well, they did something
in that line when they defeated
Cox for the presidency by over 7,-
0 0 0, 0 0 0 votes. Exchange.
Secretary Denby has stirred up
the Far East by his charge that
American freight sent by foreign
ships is roughly handled in order
to hurt American trade. He ex
onerates, the Japanese, but this
made the charge hit other mari
time nations all the harder.
Nine thousand World war vete
rans, it is said, have applied for
admission to the government vo
cational pchool which is to be es
tablished at Goshen, N. Y., and
which will accommodate only 500.
The true Inwardness of this re
markable demand would be worth
knowing.
What is a "living wage"? It is
a queptlon hard to determine.
What would be, a Jivjng wage to
some would be poverty to others.
Not all are possessed of a like
haVit. of' thrift Some "would not
FUTURE DATES
Seatemb-U 1, 3 sod 4 Bousd-ap
September 8, S aad '4 Lskerie
Hfluad-Dn. . Lekeview. Or. -
September 4, Header Marion count)
Odd Fallow' nicnie t SlWerton.
September 8, Wednesday Oregon
MetooaiM .conference. Salem.
September 7, 8 nnd 8 SUte Ilk
convention. Seaaide.
September 91, 22 sad 21 Peadlato
September SS to 80 Inclusive Orefoa
mete rir.
October 5, fl and 7 Polk County fair,
Dallaa
NoTentVer 7, Tneadar Genera elae
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ger at ail. They won't catch me
working, so hard again."
So that night he just crept
along, and the hounds found out
the trick in no time. "Serves
the management j-ight," chuckled
Peterkin, "for they played a trick
on me, making me work so hard
by scaring me."
Just then some one picked him
up and looked him over. "Some
thing's wrong, all right,' an an
gry voice said. "Evidently th?
thing's out of whack. We'll
throw it away and get a new one.
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have enough, no matter what the
income, and others would man
age to put aside a bit regardless
of how small the wage. It is all
in the individual.
The Obregoo government will
have a large majority in the new
Mexican congress and a prompt
ratification of the agreement with
Secretary de la Huerta arranged
with the American bankers is said
to be assured. Ifc looks like prog
ress toward obtaining American
recognition, but such appearances
of late, hare been strangely de
ceitful. -
THE WIXGS OP THE WIND
(Springfield Republican.)
The wonderful flights of Mar
tens Anil T-fontzcin at "WaiPrk nnne
Lhw anew how lone a lead the
Germans have got in flying by
sheer skin without engine power.
The record of 21 minutes made a
ensation last year, and set the
aviators of other countries at ef
forts t beat it. Yet the best
flight achieved at the tnterna
t'orial meet at Clermont-Ferrand,
which has just closed, lasted only
minutes and 51 seconds, and
the total time which the winning
machine managed to stay aloft was
i-ut 40 minutes, 59 seconds, the
American competitor, Allen,
Achieving a total for all his flights
f 12 minutes, 27 seconds before
his plane was disabled.
These disappointingly short
lights led one skeptical commen
tator in this couitry to ask: "Can
t be that the Germans alone are
ible to perform miracles in the
tir, oris it that these flights are
more carefully watched by disin
terested observers than those in
Germany?" But' neither is the
case. That the German achieve
ments are quite genuine was at
tested last year by some of the
leading British experts, who went
to Germany on purpose to see
them. But they are not miracu-
ous and defy no natural law;
they are due simply to great skill
;n exploiting air currents.
Even last year's record is
wholly Eclipsed by those just
made at Wasserkuppe. Last
Thursday Martens remained aloft
an hour and six minutes. The
following day Hentzen, a fellow
student at the Hanover institute
)f technology, nearly doubled this
by a flight of two hours, 10 sec-
ends. Martens, however, gets the
prize of 100,b0O marks, about
$90 at the present rate of exc
hange, offered by the association
it : German airplane manufactu
rers for the first motorless flight
lasting longer than 40 minutes
and covering more than 3.1 miles.
fhat the. achievement is matter
A highly cultivated skill is
ihown by his statement to an In
terviewer after his flight:
"A motionless flight of a
longer duration than; the one
I made today is not a ques
tion of the machine, but of
nerves. The flight was cer
tainly strenuous. I had to
watch out and keep a sharp
eye on every roll of the
ground in order to catch or
exploit every air current.
The fact that I was able to
maintain my altitude steadily
so long over Wasserkuppe (a
mountain ot the RUoen
range, 3115 feet high) with
out being forced to glide
down Is due to the fact that
upward currents favorable to
air sailing were distributed
over the whole hill region.
Meteorological training and
a thorough knowledge of
wind currents is certainly of
first-line importance to the
pilot of a motorless airplane;
a good machine comes in the
second line."
This indicates clearly the course
of training which the aviators of
other countries will have to fol
low in order to overcome the long
lead which the Germans have got
because of the restrictions put
upon them by the treaty of Ver
rallies. That they will be al
lowed to keep their lead unchal
lenged is not to be supposed, and
American airmen will no doubt
do their part in cultivating this
new sport, which may prove of
great value in acquiring mastery
of the air. The sailing record
across the Atlantic was made by
a ship on the rim of a cyclone;
before the air .is fully mastered
airmen likewise must learn to ride
on the wings of the wind.
SUN YAT-SEN AND CHINA
China is a land of paradoxes.
and an interesting one would be
added If the political position of
the southern leader. Dr. Sun Yat
sen, should be strengthened by
his crushing military defeat.
When his press agent, after the
capture of Canton and the flight
of the Cantonese government, de
clared that the fugitive president
was being solicited to become the
president of the Chinese repnb
11c, it was taken for an entertain
ing bluff. Yet it Is now reported
from Pekin"thatSunTat-pen. has
:come to thV front" again' as a'; re-
suit of a telegram from the vic
torious general, Wu Pei-fu. who
cordially indorses his recent man
ifesto and promises support for
his plan of rebuilding the federal
governmental machinery. In
western countries political power,
when there is a resort to force,
goes to the victorious general; if
China should decide that it should
go rather to the statesman with
the best ideas the decision might
seem ludicrous but it would not
be foolish.
The program put forward by
the defeated Sun Yat-sen and in
dorsed by the victorious Wu Pei
fu provides for the convocation
and functioning of parVament
free from outside interests, self
goTernment for the provinces,
which hare been under the dic
tatorrhip ot the tuchuns or mili
tary governors and the conver
sion of the provincial armies,
whfch have been fighting each
other, into labor battalions to
wield tn ke instead of the
sword. This last may seem pla
giarized from Trotzky, but Sun
Yat-sen Is no .bolshevik, though
he acquired in America many
ideas which seem radical enough
in China. To get rid ot these
big unpatriotic armies, which have
been desolating the land, has been
one of China's most troublesome
problems. If it can be managed
and a genuine parliament set to
work, Chinese affairs may quick
ly improve.
THE EARTHQUAKE
Specialists say that D'Annunzio
is suffering from a seismic dis-
urbance. This is Italian for
bughouse. At any rate, his men
tality has been shocked into such
a condition that he must free him
self absolutely from politics and
literature. As these were the
channels in which the stormy pet
rel lived, moved and had his be
ing there is little left to engage
his energies.
GOING UP
New York's latest hotel project
calls for the expenditure of some
$30,000,000. The firsf $1,000,-
000 hotel that was ever built has
much to answer for. They are
building kennels and garages that
cost that much in these days.
AMONG SKYSCRAPERS
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Another Wrigley building is to
be erected in Chicago. It will
adjoin and be a twin of the pres
ent structure, which is the par
ticular pride and showpiece ot the
big city. The pair wilt constitute
a magnificent monument to tne
wholesome ivirtues of chewing
gum. v One tower alone is said to
have cost over $1,000,000.
BALLOT ENTANGLEMENTS
In Ohio the secretary of state
hasn't (got imuchl patience with
those , who are trying to escape
the hardships of prohibition. Al
though there is a petition of 280,
000 signatures for a vote on an
amendment which would permit
2.75 beer in the state, the official
"That Golden Egg"
Since 1870 the Southern Pacific "PIONEER LINE OF OREGON'
has been- a vital factor in the commercial and agricultural development
of Oregon. - . ;
Investments by Southern Pacific in Oregon approximate $90,0O0,00C
Expenditures by Southern Pacific in Oregon for new lines, bet
terments and upkeep during past 10 year3 total 55,400,000
Annual payrolls of Southern Pacific in Oregon exceed 11,000,000
Annual purchases by Southern Pacific in Oregon approximate 6,000,000
Annual taxes of Southern Pacific in Orgeon exceed 1,100,000
Lines owned and operated in Oregon exceed 1300 miles
(More than combined mileage of all others in Oregon)
Employees in Oregon approximate 6,000 persons
Sole support in Oregon of approximately 25,000 persons -
Expends 25 Gross Earnings in Oregon for upkeep of its Road
Provides Dependable Service at Convenient Hours
Comfort Speed Safety
Steam and Electric Heated Steel Cars
Patronize Southern Pacific Lines. By so doing you will strengthen these
lines and encourage them to further develop Oregon
refuses to give it a place on the
ballot. He says It would be un
constitutional anyhow, and, there
fore, should not be recognised.
The wets insist tbat it is not for
him to say. They present a pe
tition which calls for the sub
mission of a certain question on
the official ballot and he has no
tentative but to accept and
comply. They are about to take
legal steps to force this action.
The prohibition question is al
ways up in some form in Ohio.
The Rhenish provinces die hard.
THE IMPOSSIBLE
They are playing polo with
Fords and trying football on
horseback, but no one has the
nerve to suggest a game of check
ers on a motorcycle.
HOW ABOUT THIS?
When the soap-boxer gets elo
quent over the fact that there are
no opportunities in America, iost
think about these things tor a
while:
Thirtf years ago
The world's most famous auto
mobile manufacturer and rated as
the richest individual In America
was. a day laborer in a bicycle fac
tory. The country's most famous ho
tel owner and a millionaire many
times over was a bellboy in a
rooming house.
The man who is today the
'steel king" of America was work
ing 16 hours a day as a stoker
in a blast furnace.
The man who Is today one of
the country's most powerful bank
ers, a financier of international
repute, was fireman on a locomo-
the.
The president of tbe United
States was working as a day la
borer in a printing office.
One of the greatest merchants
In America was a, peddlar travel
ing over the country with a pack
cn his back. (
The president of one of the na
tion's biggest railroad systems
was pounding a key in a telegraph
office.
By the way, where will yon be
in 1952?
Don't let anybody fill you up
with the Idea that what your sta
tion in life will be 50 years hence
Is not going to depend upon your
relf more than upon any other
factor.
I BITS FOR BREAKFAST I
A shower won't hurt ..
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It will do good. But a lot of
DOMING!
SCREEN SCRAP BOOK
WATCH FOR IT
JOHN M. SCOTT,
v. General . Passenger Agent
f .m-
summer weather is still needed.
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Herbert Hoover knows what
he Is talking about when he says
the coal item, even at the present
profiteering price, is only $I,5o
in a Ford.
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But Henry Ford is his own
boss, and he can run or shut down
for a good or a had reason, or for
no reason at all. The country,
however, hopes he may decide to
run. ,
Whether Hiram Johnson Is
nominated or skun tothe queen's
taste, the early returns at least
show that he has had a run for
his money.
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The prune people are to have
a caravan today. They : want to
know, among other things, how -short
they are going to be on
hands to take care ot the bumper
crop. . They are going to be too
short for comfort; that is cer
tain, ,
1e r .
. If you want to know how low
the value of a Russian ruble has
fallen. It takes 16,000 of them to
buy a cucumber,; , , . . -
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. Frank, A. Munsey, the publish
er is going to erect the tallest
building on earth, at the corner
of Broadway'and Chambers street.'
It Is to be 8? stories high. ,
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Chaunoey M. ; Depew's , opinion .
that "the past, present - and f na
ture of the United States justify
optimism" (waiving the question
of whether the future is yet In a
position to justify anything) Is,
nothing but the truth, even
though expressed by the most op
timistic ot all Americans. '..
That Society of the Pilgrims. in
London must be a well-fed Ipf.
Whenever a distinguished Amer'
can strikes the city ha Is given a
dinner by the Pilgrim And
wti'at a host of postprandial ora
tors the- organisation haa I
What Shall I Do.
About My Marks?
Wolf Weekly Market Latter will taS
yao. It la free. Write for It. ,
H. & B. Wolf & Company
1 329 Walnut Street ' : ,
Philadelphia, )enna.
20 Broad Street, New York
Good Used Marshall &
Wendall Piano 0nl7 $112
This is a fine practice piano
and yon can exchange It any time
here for a new piano and ' get
full allowance, .-This piano Is a
snap and will go quickly. Terms
$5 down, $5 a month. . ;
GEO C. WILL MUSIC HOUSI2 j
432 STATE ST. ' ? ,
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