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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1930)
"So Fetor Smnft Us: No Fear SkeU Ave." rna First Matermaa, Marcs 21. Uil THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Cuamum A. tnuxz, Smziuas T. EacrrrT. PmUulen CauiXU A. fmct - - - EdiUrr-MytT tvaxu3 T. Sacxttt - - - Mmmmsiaf-dir Member d fce J ' Ja t or ae to- - email FaeJfie CMt A4rrth R?retatlTt: Artttor W. rym. la. rvtlMd. gwttrwr So fctat rraaciaeo, ; la aaora, . Fa. Kri Eastern Adrertia&s- Bseataiivee: 1 mTut-9nSmx. lae, Tk. r71 MtlTw An.; fJUrd ml lit Pvttfficm mi StUmt, Ortm. ms SteemACton MmtUr. PuUvthed ever wurfimm except AKmOmm. tin ft 213 & Cowrctai Sfcr4, SUB3CK1PTJ0X BATZ& ZmBr aA W&? fr t fV r ' vr l rJ uiut. I Otr Carrier ; ' ; a jear Is advaae. IV ijt :J---:.vlTt&SII02E:AIAKER,' f o ' ' '. , . .." . .. ' 111 ; . o 1 w . v. V C i I iniiif k 'in - . r i ii i mm ww m aiii i mm v am. k. p i v A mw t m m mm m a bt a i . m m ji , . m I I ?rr.T ' i?"r ZLm. Urn. : The Nation's Income rrWENTY-FOUK wrm? to tb United States tad m- X eome in etmn of t-jr000 each is 1923. La lict the rerai-e or the iot vaut wer $10,000,000 apiece. The for- vrnmtsnt flsntrt of income tax ret am for that year how that 21 jMfrt oiuj receired in the aggregate $24256,796; aitd one of the kt ?'t 19 than 3jD00j00. These fiirei, be i$ jflKrwn, relate not to total wealth bat to income in a twelTe pionta, It ttd to be thought marvellous where a person. ae formulated a million dfmurn wonderful, or criminal. It waa iJryan or meo&e of similar ideas on the subject of wealth ritjy. Brjifi caaie near violating his own role, though, Ce- "cdGse his tttate ran into the hurvireds of thousands of dol-1 ' ' But (en nu'ilion a year income, that is appalling. Wei itfght rue,K wio th:y arfe Mellon, undoubted!, John IX j KockeieikrT, Jr., Ford perhap, though 1&28 was a bad year a at . W a a? j - V w jir ir rora lacvorwf. torge r. uaKer pernaj, ana some of the Harkaehs family. They are all big names in finance. ,? Ifow do they work it? Why by working others and by; prking money. The corporation, the machine, the bank form as economic trinity that in the hands of captains of indus- j try and finance results in the amassing of wealth with amaz- tbl fthocM prcvau sa Fraatfteo would har municipal orner inx rapidity. The corporation affords the type of industrial f Upf u rte tiuty alocy with Seattle, Tacoma and Lot Anjre aad financial nrvn'tTut'u.n tr. f-indip inHn.tnVi arH ntr ' ,f ondr raanicfpal owaerabi? riralry in low power rates should asa iiiunciai organization to tunm inuustnes and enter-ieasBfe fB 0r4 to attract indiutrr. h a aitnation mibt tnTI othr pfes on a mammoth scale. The machine makes possible jcommuBitie Uke PortUnd to a similar venture the uzoareri haTinr rfiuipneu pfotjuciion. ine oanK auora tne vast creait nec- e4ary for the financing of the enterprise. lit u yM it1 V " fiSCSCXB OP KABTH 1 via Waea oa hesra of a ter t- rntiam he may tar. "Xw wy didst I tiiak ot tiatr Way, fade. For af tureatiaa eoariita merely ix smeeesstsSy ajptylar laws that har bees ta existeace siaea the lin of crealioa. Thus Napoleon. mlht asr had sa aa- temohCe. Cro auast hare a radio. Beaiamia rraaxus B!a-ht aare had aa electric mo tor tor his priatlar plaat. De- Bostheaet aalaal hare tailed orer the telephooe sad Xaatlppe would mot hare beea such a scold if she had aad a raeuuaa sweeper. The materials for an these laTeatioss existed from the time ot Adam forward. JLad the laws of phrsies and chemistry existed. What was lachiaa? Humaa knowledge. Slowly, slowly, does maa aaloct the secrets which hare beea hid froa the toaadatioa of the world." Wt utter few expression! of ataaaemeat at each aew lnTea- tioa. We stare la brief astoaish- meat at aa airplaae, thea we rasa to ride la it, to employ It for the service aad pleasure of maa. Telerisloa seems Imminent, aad ao oae qaesUoaa its erent aal success. Few are there bow who say "It eaa't be done. Shea- ticisra has been overcome sot steadily in the field of mechanics that faith bow is readily iaToked. I Uxial thiars haaua fcaowiedc. is iacreailas. so ia the field of fk osopty aad psychology our kaowV eda has crown aad the secrets of old become the revealed facta of today. WhSe progress has beea notably slower La tho reals oC philosophic lasslry, tad ad tax relisloa, yet ft has bene real aad sabraartal. The Creek aDoso phers from the tiae of the Ce atJea had glimmers of truth, though chiefly they wer wild g-aesces about the orlgla of Bat ter, aboct motloa, about space. Roligioa baa its roots far back among the people who swept down, from the Berth to the hot plains of India, wCioso Tfcdle poems coatafa the germ of many religious ideas. The thought of to day has progressed faf from these primitive beginning. There are those who aelieve that religion eoaaista ia a concrete revelation and that Its book is tbara art eXles wa v. St is aa wapevloace. fcrw Ttrid. Uat ewca are fwxi fcs tairh is th HfXi M the kaswu mU avaiaUe at the tins. A: leaet a m uaatiai tl at -1T seiraaitM tsmvw aew dMioe, tie cakes aarSrrl gi xaszh.' Strvlar5y wta ataxy tT- soea tun aiastt t yt ;r aaefal emyav; tU Jteeiaai. caj tavaatioso which are the pr&j. act of aewj fcaowaedge, ttey Ut beea reaeirte aga2aet adsittta; the value f any new trutk philosophy mm r&tLa. Tie "irt of the eovoaaatr always has ataxy guardiaaa. aa jalwi it has atnj foes. The probleaa Is to iterrr- what is the "ark of the eov?&. aat. what U the eere of a be:' what is the Truth fa rt-lr.o; " There must ever tie ztr iag, for tbo human salad is rtr.. leas. Xea are forever diving ir to tbo earth to briag to 11? it y, secrets. They are eosaeaatiy tr iag old ideas to deterotrae a- r sfSeiescy. Chris? kiavti! wtj aa instrument for revealing rew truths ia reiisloa. aad Us exta ple aloae is sofrKieut warraa: r a fearleaaneas ia acjsr Tratb as weQ as ctlagiag to Truth. ffi?gei oflfl i-.v so At the other end of the scale the figures are greatly dif toent. It must be recalled too that tax returns are not re (rtiretl of married person of less than $3500 income, so the gfeat majority of the people do not have to file a tax re tijrn. Of-thofce under $5000 income leaving out the ones who djiJn't have to file returns, there were S.100,000 returns and the aggregate income for the entire number was around $8r 300,000,000. This is an average of less than $2700 per year. j The distribution of the sources of income showed 2fM)l from wages and salaries; 11.54 'J from business; C.pi from partnerships; 1QJ5Z'., from profits from sale of rilal estate, securities, etc.; $.47 capital net gain from sale assets held over two yearn; rents and royalties, AATr; itf.erext, 7.37; dividends 15.45. ! Here is the table of income as reported (by the gov eAiment and published in the New York Herald-Tribune. Where the words "tax-free" appear they indicate that those M that lif inghad deductions sufficient to wipe out the tax. ' N'utriber of I III OH) Uj atoorb in increasAd taxes too losses from shifting the private oUlity tax onto the shoulders of the citixens. trusting that the de cline ia their power rates might offset the boost in Uxes. t fl-fr 6,000 tax fr Umtl . rd'ir (eatimated) $ 5. t,0U1 tax fre ,0 7,000 tax fns 7.00 , MO tax fre M00 . 9,000 tax free; M00 10,000 tax free 10.000 ll.ooo 12.000 18,000 14.000 25,315 1M0 21,32 mum. 1,574.471 1.S3M18 ' 19,2l 171.5.2 MS5 12.I2 . M&2 4,57 4.15 70,U 3,412 5S.924 44.1S7 31,532 20,000 CM78 21,000 J,404 AAA ; 5.000 (o S.000 to 6,000 10 ,7.000 U, 7,000 lo .-S.O0O to ll.OOO to 1,00 to 9,000 to lf,000 to ii.ooo to 12,000 to 4 it it A r Jm t vv w ' 4,000 to 15.000 to 20,000 to jMOO to ae.oao to iA AAA t 4. 600 to 10,000 to 10,000 to 40.000 to tMOO to 0.000 to U,000 to . rMoo to 2i,000 to SOMOt to 400.000 to 6 Of ,000 to 710,000 tol,000,00 1.000.000 to 1,100,000 l,5AO,0tO to 2,000.000 ,W0,00 to J.000,000 M0O.000 to 4,000,000 4,0.0tto i.OOO.OOO , ' Total lilt totarat fiUd to Ami ' ; SI. 1I2 MS0.IS9 Koatasable l,l.21t Taxable ; .2,454,40 30,000 40,000 60.000 40,00, 70,000 1000 JO, 000 100,000 150,000 200,000 260,000 100,000 400,000 500,000 750,000 1 o a o t 24,202 27.0KK 15,407 M 0, t50 4,631 3,4 5S 2.01S 6.983 3,017 1, :o 938 l,li( S5 7 292 241 105 tt 20 17 ?et Income $4.05.7,22 4,227,570.319 104.6C2.248 940.251.485 57.032.51 821.190,383 44.444.S02 705.3S3.505 35,90.261 558,725,352 32.719.687 630,727,41g 403,278.824 41,519.7 370,477,523 341.397,190 309.224,229 1,205, 432, 9 85.150.477 SSI. 119.771 Sa3, 028.987 85,871,941 526,760, ICi 419, 147,740 245,984,257 292.472.281 247,871.941 84 3,507.500 518.559.007 347,528,473 255,413.509 398,390,500 242.014.492 408,789,284 252,728.572 290,191,100 111.575,771 211,718,178 09.502.310 75.477.270 BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS- 24.I25.488.17S 4.332.01C.541 20,292,871,034 Kontntklo, specific xcmpUoai exceed net Income. Owning Our Water Plant announces Ws Intention to pre KJ aent a resolution to the city council looking to the ac quisition of the plant and distributing; system jof the local water company. This (a certainly one of the most important propositions .which the city council could take up. The States man has steaailjr urged upon Salem the wisdom of acquiring: the plant of the water company. Months ago we pointed out the importance of proceeding to acquire the plant and to prepare plans for the future of our water system. Civic le thargy prevented any accomplishment on this line and the company proceeded with its plans for a filter plant, and is now receiving bids on this work. J. . , , - We hope the council will take steps along the lines pro posed by Mr. OTIara. It ought to bo Dossible to arrive at an agreement with the water .company by negotiation because tne price at wnicn the plant changed hands in 1927 is known and that is at least a starting point for bargaining. In an en deavor to facilitate negotiations The Statesman under date of an. 31 addressed a letter to a S. Jackson, vice-president of; the Oregon-Washington Water Service company, with of fices at San Francisco, seeking to arrange a meng; between representatives of the city and the company. No reply hag been received, which Is not turprising because the real con tn?L rests In New. York city, and sufficient time has not elapsed. Our desire was merely to get things started the council is the proper body to proceed with negotiations. - fc "t - r. . .., t - 4?aoanmmmmmwaaammmwaammwaaaannaa - 'Baa Francisco expects during the coming summer to take a vote oar the ixsaaact of $80,099,000 la bonds for acqulriag the eloe rric properties within the city of the PactfJe Gas A Electric company SSi Great tWesteni Ppwar company, tt la proposed to link la JIlv!f7i,-w'fiw"W,,"t te eoaaectloa wltk the Hrtch-Hetchy watar dmlopment now la cottrte of eoastrnetlos. More or lr praoaal: for which tne Bits maa craves the kind indulgence of his readers. Jn all bin lire be orer bad a vaca tion; that is. what most people regard as a vacation. His nearest approach to a vacatioa was whea, leaviag home the evening of Thursday, Jan. 2. he took the wonderful Southern Pacific train that goes by way of Klamath FaUs, in compaay with his faith ful Oliver typewriter (the seventh uuvcr ne is wearing out), la a compartment sleeper, aad was ia Los Angeles, at the Savoy hotel tnere, on Saturday moralag. And he was back tome on tne Khaxta Limited in two days less tbaa four weeks, taslag notes and working all the way, but having a wonderful time, seeking some thfne; new aud finding something he seeking to observe aad stndy every day. And ha came back loving California and her people uH less but Oregon and her people more. There "should be no Jealousy between these two state that are neighbors. One complements the other and It Is the same with Waxhlagton oa the north and Idaho on the east. We In Oregon have many things that California lacks, and we caa do many things that California can not do, or can d-a them better. The other way around, California has many things Oreg'on lacks, aad caa do many things Oregon cannot do, or can do some things better. The reader who has followed this columa has perhaps 'already aome to the eoaeluMon that the Bits maa was vusy In his vacation of work aad study. But he has only touched the triages of the interesting things he saw aad heard. For one thing, he saw aad heard Aimoe MePharsoa. Oae man la Los Aagules said nor erne should miss her and. her temple, for "she has tbo boat show 1a Los Angeles." Bat more at this later. There are aaaay Oregoa poopleH ana resauves aad friends of Ore son people, la California. All of these who were sset were snore than kind. They went out of their several ways So entertain aad ac commodate the Bits man. The Richfield oil people entertained him at dinner ia their wonderful new building the finest of its kind, perhaps, la' the world; and certainly one of the most unions. Ed. c. Thomas, publicity man of the Paclfio Elect rie railway com pany, was afore than considerate. His pet, the magnificent club ot that compaay for its employees, deserves a special article, which will be Siren later. It is a fine ex hibit of the fine new spirit be tween employer and employee that is epreadlag in the , United States. " ? ' . Johp Steven McGroarty, author and builder ot the Mission play, was wonderfully kind and helnfnl. as has been said before. So was ach one of the men In charge ot the old missions. Some ot these mea are exceptionally wett quali fied la their lines; as the saying soes, they "know their euioas." It it a pity that the averaf e tour Ut does not appreciate them better.- . , .. - ' " , V The Bits. maa had a letter et ta traduction to H. A. Bioebaw, reaeral freight traffic manager of the outhem Pacific company, at the big Saa Francisco office build-In- near the ferry at the foot of Market street Before ha had , a ehance to preseat the letter, the Bits man was greeted by the name Salemltes grte hint .familiarly. and he foaad that afr. Hlnsbaw knows aad loves Oregon, He was station agent at several points In this state ia his early days aa a raUroad maa at the foot, elinvb- mg up. lie was for several years Southern Pacific station agent at Harlan. All the time he was there, be was correspoadent of The Statesman. He gave the local news of that town and neighbor flood, in exchange for a copy ot the Dally Statesman. Ho stiU thinks it was a fair exchange. Mr. Hlnshaw is sow near the top. He nas urge responsibilities, and be lives up to them faithfully. But he is Just as cordial aad friendly aa ao was whea he did the. work of a station agent at Marion. He Is related by blood and marriace to the members of the Miles fam ily in Salem, and he made many inqoirles concerning his relatives and friend-, n this part of Ore- son. . H; S. I p John, superintendent or schools for Los Anseiea conn ty, is a brother of Don Upjoha of eaiem, tne "Bfpe'' maa of the capital Journal. That is oae of the most important and tersest places In that field la the coun try. All the California counties take advanced places In school work and especially is this true ox xae counties la the southern part of that state. H sherrlll remfng. formerly of Salem, Is af Salinas, having eaarge or two creameries In that section. Saunas fs a fast growing iy ox about iv.eee people a few miles inland from the historic etty ot Monterey, which was three times the eapttal of California: uader Spain, under Mexico after that country had. broken away from Spanish rule, and under the United States after the Mexican war, when the stars aad stripes were raised, over the old enntont house there, and us fc the nro- elamatioB of the "bear flax; re in one," just before California was broken Into the union aa a state by the leaders of the Oregon eon tm gent who bad gone down there to mine for aold after the first nuggets wore found by two Salem men. Marshall aad Bennett at. tne mm race ox Cap, gutter about 2 miles east of Sutter's rort. a . Former OregVMi people are seat- erea an over Call tern la. Tnafr vera the first Americans to go to that atate; or rather prospective state. Every state is larreJv reave. sented fa California. The Bits man was the auest of tbo ciautnr. ata editors la convention at Long Beach, by iavltatlon. ; When the mayor of Long Beaeh was latre- encea nt the big evenlnr bananet at the Breakers hotel, the toast- master said he had a aocallar ata. tlncUea he was the only man la Long Beaeh who waa not from lowe. That was a rather broad statement, ror Lena Beaeh eiafma 110,000 people. Bat -Iowa has the credit of fathering .and mother ing that city by the see, fast be low Saa Pedro. Loos; Beach is really a part f Los Anseles. It la hard te tefl where the one etty leaves on and tat ether berua They have krowa. together. But the people of Long Beach are Tory Jealous of their city. They do aot want to be considered a part ef Los Angeles. They are very cocky abost ft; as much as to say they caa paddle their own eanoe. with t ear help, from their big city to the north and east. It Is much the same with the people, of Pasadena. The Bits an predicts that the time will come -.'5 ; j i'-! ' : , Right Living Pays Health Dividends Authority, Explaining theFunc lion of thm GattrBladder, Urge$ Wise Ealing and Exercise. Br R. S. COPELAND, M. D. U. 8. Senator from New York, rermer Commtatieaer Eeetth. Aew Tort Cup. N THESE modern times the poor old liver Is not blamed, as it used to be, for at least half the humaa ills, tt is just at important a s ever, of coarse, bat less is said about it, The Uver is a gland, tbo largest gland in the body. While it varies la shape and size, usually tt weighs from three to five pounds. This organ hi lo cated In the Editorial Comment From Other Papers I dominal cavity, on the right side It secretes a fluid which is called bile. The preparatioa of oSa and its delivery to the intestinal tract in proper ouantity aad quality arc asaoBf; too many marvels ex eui existence. Oat from the Uver ma two email tabes; which qakkiv unite iato one. very soen tats stay is eneasd into by aae latter bemg the canal which drains the raa-bladder. The dart formed ia this war w eaOod the wet," or the -VOe doex.1 Tbo eetaatoa daet fax fear inches lenr. It epene and diosaarres faato the Md taaff; part ot toe tnxesctaaj teacx wbJcm iaassewatexy iotas the steea ack. Any surstss of the hOe which tt awt awedod at stored up ia the sue kaeww as the gaO-Uadder. Taes powca fios em tao smder side f the, right lobe ef the liver. Aa yea see, the axraaxeasent 1 have described is pretty compli cated, la consetraoace, the livei redes Is fiable to get eat ef order. If vro Gvest as wo sheull, aerhaps it weald .awver fjot owt of order. Bet we doat Qve xight, We eat the WTstg foods cm ca aarm by eyereauag the geod eaas. Too awy pespie arnuc aieeoeue sever rea to oaosoa. llaav fafl to ea- ercise pryperly. ' Oat ef these aouses eome dis- tarbaaees of the common daet and the caaVbtadder. ft maw ftKna ia Infianrwstiow ef the galiUdder e . a . . en . er rather af the bile etnrt aad rail. bladdeyr la its mild form this is know as "easarxa of the b0 daet It is a freooent trwubk. Just as a eommea cold eanses eongostioa axat sWelGnr of the ucows aseamraao ot the aose, so ill coaaestion In this veHan eanaa welling ef the common daet. As a result the bile la daansaed up, its proper channel ef escape being closed. The hi! imt h kukJ aad carried by the blood to every part ef the body. That ia what P5f bo peculiar yellow color called Jaundice- when all the cities la' that aa. Hiaameat wiU be one elty.'. The aecoasicy ox aaltiag to protect tholr water sunshr win htin tiita about, if nothing else. Tbo big flint Is aU California viUhtts.- cmslagly ess ef getting enough water. : Thoro .wui never be eaouga, unless a waw fa fann a tlaaa aad Uft the supply from the acute vcean. There ia a worse attnaiiaa at San Frsaciaco. All the bav ettlaa. San Franeiaco, Oakland,; Palo Altev Berkeley aad .thaVyest, aoula he oae city and oae coun ty. There la no sense In any' big city baring both a eitr aad a count y government.- . ' THE ICE GOES OtT Residents of the mid-Columbia are being treated to a spectacle that may be safely called cnusnai. in that it only occurs every tbree or four years generally eeakisg. It is the breaking tip of ice In th Columbia river which this rear presents an even more bril liant panorama than usual when viewed from some point of vantage. Hugo cakes have been floating majestically downstream, flowing a general break-up along the up per river. At present these floes are jammed at Crates point and backed up past Tbo Dalles. When one considers that the greater portion of these miniature ice bergs is submerged, some idea of the immense volume of frozen water that Is bound seaward may be obtained. They look and are capable of terrific destruction, should anything get in their path. Fortunately, there are no piers, houseboats or other obstructions in the channel here to court dis aster. The Hood River bridge of fers the first major Impediment to the ice and heretofore no ser ious threat bas been offered to this span. A fortunate condition applies at the bridge, in that the river is quite wide at this point, making the current sluggish. Also, Mem a- j loose island, between The Dalles j and Hood River, narrows the channel to such an extent that the larger ice bergs are unable to pass without being broken up. As a result the smaller floes that get to the Hood Birer bridge aa a rule gently rub the pilings and paas on, without causing any damage. In eceptlonal years, such as the present one, a small crew of men ia boats, armed with pike poles. Is maintained to keep the ice from becoming Jammed. By the time lower river points have been reached the iee Is gen erally brokea up. partly by pass ing through the rapids at Cascade Locks and partly by thawing. Thus it may bo observed that our present spectacle may be en joyed by all with the assurance that it is virtually harmless. Ne thought need Intrude that the beautiful display may be disas trous to some person er commun ity farther down the river. Incidentally, motion picture producers are now missing an op portunity to obtain scenes Impos sible to duplicate on the Pacific eoast. or possibly ia the entire United States for that matter. We eaa imagine ao more ideal aewa reel subject than the huge ice bergs toppling orer Celilo falls. er floating placidly downstream to Joia the blockade at The DaUeo. What a woaderfal aetting for "Ellxs crossing the ice." ia aa "trade Tom's Cabin" talkie' Tbo DaUeo Cajowitie. I'll make J forset JJANISH dull we --forget your woes I For Mitkcy Moius h com ing to town. the. wonderful arumal cartoon that has swept tlieleorintry like a prairie lire in' the greatest wave of popular actlaio V4eax corded a comic-ttrt peynnnljtw. ha bowled oner a taoTie txdieacet tsssd trca Yesterckys OfOIiOrcca Towa TaTaa aa Oar Patbors Read February , 1S43 Heartbroken over the stories printed about the arrest ef his daughter la a concert hall la Chi cago, Ber. Wallace R. Strable. who has for some months beea conducting aa sntl-cigarette cam paign in Oregon and was in Salem few months ago. bas loft for Chicago to see for himself what troth there Is to the charges. Work of renumbering bulldlnrs in his city is araduallr belna- pashed to rampletioa aad so far as progress has beea made the new system Is String perfect sat Following up tao elans oatlinod by city officers at a secret meet- lag held a for weeks ago, - Usr sua voraeuos ana Day Officer Lewis yesterday afternoon made a raid on that ration ' of Salem's teaderioU district located oa Ferry street and arrested - erne maa oa a charge e vagraaey. Machine BolitloB ' War dealt a tnuhintT blow fa Che house of re presentatives when a bul was passed compelllag trunk railroads to connect with and handle the business of branch lines. gonad star cf t!& news? 13 to win more lmigfo and tacre friends! Dca't taiga iMa sea Burn Your CKrn TiclieU to Elsinore! Good Sabmiay aernbess. man, and bring u to The Statesctaa office and yon wQ UeB to tickets CtKd for 4 Satitrday. AftnSn shows. Call at The SUtesaan effie o rocr scripUca blank. Four tfckeU f cr cneNEW Suh- the Oregon Statesman every day, v . 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