The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 18, 1926, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textn TOM f1 I i ? '" - v: rahcK 'Charged With Own Daughters .Brutal, I! under, $ Takes .Witness Box ' NERVOUSNESS EXHIBITED Recused Alan Ask Attorney "How . Did -1 Do?" m He Steps i . t From Stand; Examin ation Gruelling SEATTLE, Aug. 17. (By Asso ciated "Prefes.) After three and a half hoars' of gruelling cross-ex- v ain (nation by Prosecuting Attor ney Coirin. Wallace Cloyes Gains, , on trlal forv the, n order of his daughter Sylrl&, stepped from-the witness stand today and asked his attorney, Robert 8. MacFariane, VHiw did I do?"'. - Tcainea face was pale, bat he spoke 4 plainly.' He was nervous when .he took the stand In the forenoon; but.be seemed to regain his composure." . The prosecutor plied him with questions to bring out . every detail of what he did the night Sylvia was slain A Just before Gaines Vas excused jColvin stepped op close to the defendant- and asked him, "Could r you, from - the place where you -R ere praeticing-Hy casting, see the spot across the lake where -your daughter's body was found? , "I don't know,' the witness re plied, a He denied that .; he had looked across the lake. ' ; it Gaines had admitted Hy casting near Grteen lake the morning Syl tla's body was found near Its edge. Director's Department Store la huildlng up a repuutlon tor guar anteed merchandise; conducting a real department stored making steady progress, too. - ) ; Satisfy your sweet tooth with .those good Whitman's candies. We hare the exclusive right or sale to .this Una lit C,1,i . T PIERCE FIRES OPENING ! SHOT OF FALL1 CONTEST and Increase the amount for the . man who pays but of his luxuries. jPfo greater truth was ever uttered than that the burden of a tax de- jpends not on the amount paid, but what Is lett over, after the tax is .paid. j . ; ,: At the legislative session in 1923 ; 1 insisted that an , income tax 1 should be enacted. Such a revenue , measure, was paged, which the -state tax' commissioner estimated , would raise $1,250,000 annually. .'The Jaw was In 'operation only bne year. ' Under it we collected and .deposited. Xn the, iUte:treas . ury $3,006,000. Constantly was It stated that it wpuld cost more to . collect than we, would get. The acts are "that it cost less, than two per cent to collect. The amount collected -, under that . law was largely" instrumental in the red uc ,t ion. .made In. the burden of . state taxes. The repeal of this- Income ,tRX,Uw ;waar. brought about by as CUT&lf a campaign of mlsrepre vTntatloa as was ever staged In :.4tateTThese men of wealth ad-:-mltted' that,, they spent $58,000 ';0 repeal the Income tax.i Many believe . that -if the - troth . were jkn5WB tb repeal ef this law cost . vaitly' nipfe "than was admitted u In; the. reports filed; Vith the sec 'retary of state. . By reason of this ' , campaign Jot. deception and fraud, thousands;. of honest lowners of little homes voted to repeat this I income tax law.rThese home own ers were often paying $40, $C0 or r $ 1 00 a year in taxes, living per - haps in the same block with a man who1 had an Income of. $10, 000 a year his name not on the :ta,x rolls of the state. The income tax was the, only method by which . .anything could be collected fr6m 'such men .with big incomes, and yet, the small ' home . owner, '.de ceived by the campaign or'propa ganda, voted to take $3,000,000 . : year back on his own shoulders. The income tax" law repealed, in ri524 would have relieved property this year of three mills upon every dollar of assessment, ' or three- sevenths of the state taxes collect- ' pd this year. By reason of the pro . paganda o f the Oregon Voter and the Oregonlan, the state tax com mission is forced to levy this year - $7,200,000 against property in stead of $400.000. v c. Notwithstanding false and mis leading propaganda, an honest in come tax does not drive industries . from the state, for such a law does not tax' business until that business has earned a net profit 'over and above all exemptions and -deductions. An Income tax Is in no sense a tax upon capital.' It Is ? C J. Brerthaupt florist and decorator, 123 N. Liberty. T Phone ISO. Flowers, bolts. Coral de signs for all occasions Pioneer f and leader In Eilem. T-f v " - H. X. Stiff Furniture Cow lead- era In complete home furnishings. priced to caks you the owner. The store that studies your every need s4 is ready to meet it. absolutely. THE OREGON STATESIIAN, SALEST OREGON a tax ou net profits, simply taking a, small pereentage4-the most it could take was one cent la sixteen. Have the r!cht and (the powerful become so hard "hearted nhd self ish that they refuse to contribute this small mite to help defray the expense of government, without the , protection- ef ; which i they would not receive and enjoy their profits? . -if i ;i; : To cap the climax) in the legis lative sesion of 1925, there ap peared "Senator Bruce Dennis on the floor of " the senate' chamber and proposed a: constitutional amendment prohibiting the col lection of an Income tax until 1940. By this act he virtually said to one-half of the wealthy of Ore gon, those who have their : prop erty where the assessor . cannot find it: "It will free you entirely from the expense of ' educating j your emmren, and your load win be carried by the little man who owns "the bungalow and the farm." ' r - rur ? ;r And then In the same proposed amendment, remember, it provid ed that no Inheritance tax 'could be collected by the state until 1940. It would seem to me that after the tax dodger, has- escaped paying taxes 'most of his life, he would not object to allowing his estate to contribute a little after he Is dead. ..... ' ; ... ' I.have often -wondered why those who enjoy immense incomes object so strenuousty lo paying their Just and equitable share 'of the cost of our highly intricate civilization. There are no pockets in shrouds. Even If the selfish rich and powerful could obtain; a spe cial dispensation - to take their money into the next world, they might, by reason of their methods used to acquire these fortunes, find themselves In the place where money would either melt or burn up. The Dennis resolution was un doubtedly a part of a well laid scheme, originating in Wall Strefct, to' relieve the ultra-rich from in heritance and income taxes. Two years' ago a carefully prepared' propaganda was started to repeal the federal inherit nee tax law. Undoubtedly you saw the articles in the newspapers. They appeared in every propaganda sheet of the plutocracy, from the mighty Ore gonlan to the weakest weekly in the country. The plan was to re peal the federal tax and then at tack the states Bhe by one. Had the schemers succeeded In repeal ing the federal inheritance tax law, the rich would have then said to the citizens of each state. "Re peal your Inheritance tax law or we will move ' to : Florida and es tablish our residence' there." . Under such a drive, they hoped that each state would repeal its inheritance tax law, Possibly the people would have yielded, again a they yielded la, Oregon under the terrific ; drive which .resulted in the repeal of our income tax law in 1924, State : after state would no doubt have repealed Its inheritance tax laws to relieve the c A. Lntnr. Reliable jewelry store. What you are looking tor in jewelry. Where a child can ouy as safely as man or woman. Repairing la all lines. () The Ooera House. Drug Store. Service, Quality, low prices, friend ship give increasing patronage. Old customers advise friends to trade here. High and Court. () F rty-hree years of research : Tfvith respect to lubrication one Noh - V v - - Aristo Motor Oil is all lubrication , containing neithcrcparaflW nor asphalt - The hard;i flinty , abrasive "carbon that many motoric on valve$cylin(dcr heads and spark plugs after a few thousand miles of use never comes from-this fine irafernpiL - . - ' ; The small amount of residue that Aristo leaves is a i fine, soft, ifluffy substance, most of which blows out with theexhausL 'i t J s; Motors in good condition which are lubricated with I Aristo, therefore run several years with- out the troubles, lay-ups and expense so often: due to "carbon.! . . - - - '? ; . 4 ; A further preventative of "carbon" is the use :of . non-detonating Union'' Gasoline "with Aristo Motor Oil. -This combination is nrohahlv th xnost effective that rich of - contributing a small part of - their vast estates. The "wealthy say In fact: 'We t"wlH pay no taxes while we live, and none when we die," and Senator .Dennis, elected by a farming '. community,; was really representing plutocracy and greed on the fl-aor of the Oregon senate. Unquestionably, the first drive against the inheritance tax law was to have been In Oregon, and it was , staged for September 1925. As this proposed amendment was presented inithe form of a res olution instead ot a bill, it did not come to the govei nor's desk and I therefore did not lave a chance to veto it. To carry 'on their plan it was, . however, necessary to pass a bill : providing ; lor a special election, wfth an appropriation, and they , sought to force me to sign this bill because they coupled It up with revenue measures in which I was deeply Interested, the tobacco tax and the tithing bill. I picked up the- gauntlet thrown at my . feet, , and vetoed the spe cial election bill, and also vetoed sufficient appropriations so that there would be ho deficit, about which the opposition press pub lished pages, stating that I had wrecked the ' state government; and that it would be necessary to issue hundreds of thousands of dollars in warrants and to pay out fabulous sums of interest.; This so-called "deficit" was estimated as high as $2,000,000 by the op position press, and was just about as accurate as much of the pro paganda that we find in the col umns of the press pleading the cause of thte plutocrats. The Dennis resolution will be on the ballot in November. I ask, the people of the state to vote NO on this infamous measure. If this amendment is grafted onto our constitution' it will mean a higher burden of state taxes on propetry. We are now collecting on an aver age of $500,000 yearly from In heritance taxes. It is my, opinion that by 194Q.we will have collect ed approximately $10,000,000. be cause the inheritance tax collected is constantly increasing. The rpresentatlves in congress did not yield fully to those who wanted to wipe out the federal Inheritance taxes. Congress did re duce the amount and provided that In states having an iuherl- The Commercial Book Store has everything you need in books and stationery and supplies for the school, office or home, at the low tat possible prices. () - Hallk 4b Eoff Electric Shop. S3 7 Court St. Everything electric, from motors and fixtures and sup plies to wiring. Get prices and look at complete stock. We Specialize On Lubrication Come In and Inspect Our Work Monroe S Cheek j COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE LUBRICATION I Court at Capitol Streets Phone 2203 and an intimate study of motor cars since the first was constructed have made "Union Oil of Califor nia" able to offer the best in Motor Carbonizing Western is known. - cfColi: tance tax SO per cnt of! the amount collected by ; the federal govern ment should go to such states. This provision was put In to pre vent the campaign that was being staged ? to X force its repeal, state by state,, and thus InVite the rich to favored states that had no in heritance tax. Would unwise in Oregon, in federal law. to repeal we hot be face of the the law we have and send to Washington all ... L the money collected under the in heritance tax law? What fools we would be. and then to thirik that they are making that one of the issues in this campaign .Dennis had the . audacity to tako four pages of the Voter's Pamphlet (which costs the individual $100 per page, and which pe gets free by reason of the resolution; adopt ed by the senate), ln an attempt to mislead the people pf the state. Have, we gTown so careless qf our franchise that the ultra-rich be lieve it possible to put over any thing so long as thy upe the proper barrage of propaganda? They certainly don't give jthe or dlnary citizen credit for having much sense. j 1 ask my friends to vte for the Grange income tax bilL This is the reenactment of tbe law that was repealed, except :hat the ex emption has been ra sed, land it now properly includes-banks and banking institutions. The Grange income tax law will raise prac tically the same sum of I money that was raised und ;r the old law, $3,000,000 annually, i : The-other proposed bill vith the oropertv offset should be defeated. This bill was initiated by the self ish rich and those v ho are op posed to any income jtax, for the purpose of muddying I the waters, deceiving the people, j and defeat ing the real Income tax. bill. The so-called offset bill Would raise practically no revenue. It was not designed to raise revenue; it was not designed to reduce taxes on property; it was not designed to redistribute the taxi burden, but is just another a tie pi pt of the plutocratic,. greedy riph to escape taxation, by defeating a real in come tax bill. The Grange Income tax! bill Is an honest, straight f of ward meas ure to redistribute the burflens of government. The offset bl ia a H. P. Woodry & Son, ?71 N. Com!. St.. furniture Istore Bar- gains In furniture of all kinds. Ajrent tor Iang ranges, best made. Ao auctioneers. () W. G. Krueger, realtor; progres sive, fair; equitable. Growing city and country make possible buys that will make you good money. Complete listings. 147 N.iComl. I i O ' ' ; r y' "i : I I . 5, i -A - --i . w- w mm sf sf Oi deceitful, dishonest thing, at tempting to befog the Issue, to fool the people. Vote YES for the Grange bill; vote NO on the pro perty offset bill, v The claim that the proposed In come tax bill is double taxation Is too foolish td discuss. All taxes, more or less, are double taxation. A man owning a piece of property in the city pays city taxes, school taxes, states taxes, district' taxes, port taxes. If a man owns a piece of property and it is sufficiently valuable to yield him an Income large enough so that he pays an income tax thereon, after exemp tions are deducted, he should bo proud of the privilige of paying a small portion io the state, in no case exceeding one cent in sixteen of net profit. There' is no legiti mate reason why every man who lives under this government and enjoys its privileges should not contribute to its support. By what right, I ask, do these men earning salaries of $10,000, $20,000, $50,000 a year, or en joying net profits of $20,000 $80,000, or $100,000 a year, ex pect the small home owner and the farmer to bear all of the burdens of government In this highly intricate civilization, which Patton's Book Store will en large, handcolor and frame your Kodak print to make it worth many dollars. You will be pleased with their work, 340 State. () Fall hats and a new line of felts, $3.95 to $4.95. and the ex clusive Priscilla Dean children's hats at the Salem Variety Store, 295 North Commercial. () mm 1 , i- tl ' I ( . : : ; : .:. .! ) I! ill C i ; m I ! I FuaraituiF "What's here "This ' , . " ' it ALL Are adding something lb this sale. Come in and 1 ' t WEDNESDAY MORNING, rnst nrh '' Immense. sums or money? , Again I declare to you that this government can not continue to prosper half taxed and half tax free. I do not expect this government' to, pass away, but I do , expect' the American people to compel all, ultimately, to bear their equitable share of the bur dens which society imposes. Our assessment laws must be revised so that there may be an eauitable. honest assessment ot property, which we cannot secure under existing laws. Portland has doubled in wealth and population In the last ten years,' yet property In .Multnomah county is assessed for millions loss than it was ten years ago. No wonder the farmer boys are leaving the farms. They will not continue to bear all the burdens of government, for when you take all the net profits on a farm in the shape of taxes, you have, confiscated the property. There are thousands of such in stances in Oregon. The campaign must continue to raise the money necessary for state governrent from sources other than a direct levy on property. It can be done in Oregon, as it has been done in other states. North Carolina, Pennsylvania,- California, Virginia levy not one cent on property for Ira W. Jorgensen. 9 S. High Bt. Parts for all maken of cars. Best equipped auto accessory store in this section. Prompt and re liable service he rule. () Pearcy Bros, have th finest garden, lawn and flower seeds. Poultry supplies and fertilizers. Lowest prices. Seeds ot high quality. 178 S. Com'l. St. ) Invite Us td Your Next Blowout Smith & Vattiins Trade in your old tires "Big Allowance" McCLAREN Cord Tires Guaranteed to "Cost LesjSi Per Mile' N. W. Cor. Court & High Phone 44 t i QBBS and ENDS today is gone tomorrow" is the back to get a davenport that is not a'atock sale we n it is a ,' v - - Discontinued pieces and odd suites. We couldn't hope to reorder lo sell at these prices. We have made the prices exceptionally low to move the goods out When the odd pieces and discontinued suites are sold this sale will terminate if you need need any furniture buy it now and bank the difference . ,- EERY DEPA The Store With the Friendly Spirit AUGUST 18, 1926 the cost of state government. Ore gon's tax levy ra properly ior state purposes la SIX Umes that of .Missouri and TWENTY times that of Ohio. - I ; i ' I' challenge my opponent to come from his peach orchard and define his position on this import ant question. , . ; The Peuitentiary ; During the first two years that T vra governor. I ?saved 1100,000 in running, the penitentiary, not withstanding that f the number ot inmates increased, during that period from 408 to 500. With the $100,000 savings I established a shoemaking department, and a tailoring shop: increasedarm op pcrations; moved . the state lime plant to the penitentiary: and. (Continued o pS 8.) r $)35 Oregon Electric Ry. ' for the : "TRAIL Td RAIL" v ' - - Pageant and Celebration N August 19-20 r Tickets on Kale Anjr. 2. Return lJmit Aug. 24th , "Klatawa". Stupendous Pageant each night. , Pioneer. Parade 11:00 a. m.. Thursday, Aug. 19th Civic and Industrial Parade 11:00 a. Friday August 20th A v . Fast Eelectric Trains leave Salem, Ore at 10 a. m.; 12:55 p. m.; 4 :15 p. m.; 8:10 p. daily. Corre sponding service returning. .... f . , ' Tickets or further particulars of L. F. KNOWLTON, Trav. Pass. Agent PHONE 727 f f way one woman expressed it she couldn't quite decide on cannot "order another sale or FLOOR: 9 i ; ' , i ; :- i look for the red tags, they spell real barg it, -ftfactrie Restaurant serves elegant meals and lunches. Try them; yott win come again and bring your friends. Beat la Salem. 478 StateJSt. i) Eugene and Return VI J. W. RITCHIE, Agent when she came one" Sale BIOS a ins 0 . - r 9 I x i i t v t o V a 5 c r a c 8 c e -v b o . - -,v:.; i i u. .