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Bill for fay Voice max 38. IP1LL1 El Marion Delegation Opposes ; Measure; Education Need : Stressed in Debate Tba privilege or, sales tax bill, providing for a one and one-halt , per cent levy on all gross sales of tangible personal property and - upon utility service, designed for ' the relief of the public schools, .vliras-passed by the lower house of the legislature Friday bya decis . ire margin of S? lp 21. If ap proved by the senate it will be re- y-1 erred to the voters for final de cision. Tbo bill Is designed, its spons- era say. to raise between $2,500, 000 and 12,000,000 annually and to prevent a financial break-down In-the state's elementary school system. ' . " The Kht for the sales tax was led by Representative Lonergan 'of Multnomah county who said the time had arrived when some thing tangible would hare to be ' done to Insure an education for ' the-children of this -state. . J . ,'. "The members of this legisla ture were called to Salem to pro Tide relief for the schools and the unemployed." Lonergan de elared. "We already have passed . bills lor unemployment relief and 1' jilt is now incumbent upon ns to provide funds for the schools. Any. ,v Prn who would throttle the ele- "'Mentary educational system is not true , to the fuT--entals of our government. Teachers are hold ing unpaid warrants a n d many schools will be forced to close If relief is 'not provided." Figures submitted by Lonergan bowed that there are now 441 School, districts in the state whose warrants are delinquent for more than a year. "The argument that the voters of Oregon previously defeated the sales tax is bosh. The same vot ers defeated the Income tax law on five different occasions but it Is now a law." Lonergan said the tax and rev enue committees had searched ev ery source for school revenues and that the bill now before the house was I the only one that would pro vide actual relief. Representative McCornack re viewed briefly the work of the tax and revenue committee in its ef forts to outline a plan for school relief. The bill was opposed by Repre sentative Hilton on the ground "that a sales tax was defeated by 1 ' a vote of nearly four to one less than a year ago. "There are oth er methods through which funds for the schools could be raised." . Hilton averred. "This tax is a sop; and Governor Meier has de- manded its approval regardless of the previous action of the voters. The proponents'" of this bill are I tax-eaters and not taxpayers.' Representative Gordon declared that the argument for diversion of other state funds for school re lief were not sound. A charge that the sales tax' bill was tied onto the schools as - a means of arousing sympathy was voiced by Representative Abrams. "I am disappointed In our tax and revenue committee," Abrams said. "This bill, if it had been found necessary, should have been reported out a week ago. It is un fair to ask the members of this legislature to pass on such an im portant measure with such' scant consideration. There has been no change 'of sentiment in Marlon county since the sales tax was de feated last July." The plight of the farmer was stressed by Representative Nich ols. He said the sales tax was in . the interest of the agricultural group. If you don't pass this law there are a large number of farm ers inWSgon who will lose their property, Nichols continued. "It Is certain that the farmers of Ore- . goji cannot pay any more property tax." Other house members who spoke against the bill were Repre sentatives Beckman, P a u 1 u s, Oleen and Cooter. Speakers for the bill also in T eluded Representatives Snider, Clarke. Scott, Winslow and Jndd , The vote follows: For Belton, Best, Brockway, Ckilds. Chrlsman. Clarke, Dam raascb, "Duerst, Gordon, Gouley, Graham. Hall, Herman, Herron Hill. Horan, Huntington, Judd. " Keaser. Lonergan, McAlear. Me Closkey, McCornack, McPhllllps, Miller. Nichols, Oakes, Paget, - Price. Scott, Semon, Snider. Stock - dale. Taylor, Turner, Walker, Weatherford. Wells. Winslow. t Against Abrams, Allen, Beck- man - Bennett, Cooter, Deeicn, n. Dickson, Eckley. Hilton, Johnson Lang. Lewis, Lynch, Martin. Oleea, Paulas, Ryan, Snedecor, Staples. Wyers and Snell. 1 - Under the provisions of the bill the tax would be passed onto the consumer and would not affect personal or professional service or wages. The law would expire on July 1, 1936. Bill to Permit ' Loans to Cities ! Loses in House Representative Hilton's bill au thorizing Incorporated towns and cities of Oregon to borrow money from various funds went down to defeat in the house Friday after noon. The house approved a bill by the Insurance committee reducing the bond of real estate brokers -from $2000 to $1000 a. year. Approval also was given a bill calling a special election at the same time . of'. the primary . elec tion at the tame time of the pri mary election next May to vote on all referred measures, ! - - . HAT does Dr. Knox look like? Who is he? Such attentions have arisen nn- der the dome as the party in question was more and more the center of ' the eddies swirling in the stream .of legislative pro gress. Dr. Knox listened intently at the senate debate Friday morn ing. He is a man of medium height, about 45 Tears old, -with black hair, iron grey at the tem ples. A studious.' serious appear lng fellow, he wears the rimless nose1 glasses characteristic to a scholar. He Is carefully, - conser vatively groomed. His face Is brown. His eyes are penetrating. He listens as intently . as a sur geon might follow a lecture on dissection. In his own profession Dr. Knox is respected. His prac tice is large. An anti-prohibitionist for years, be has nevertheless realized the curse of uncontrolled liquor and has sought' to perform public service in the new con trol following repeal of the 18th amendment. For a number of years he has been Governor Meier s personal physician, - at tending him in the Illness the governor underwent two years ago. Early Friday morning the sen ate gallery was crowded in anti cipation of the Knox control' dt bates. Iaside the rail were vari ous partisans of the lobby. At tentive sat George Neuner, for mer United States district attor ney, who rushed to Salem Thurs day when the Van Winkle opin ion came out . . . Wilbur Hen derson, leader of the druggists, a former Multnomah county rep resentative. Mrs. Julius L. Meier left her apartment at the Royal Court to be a careful listener as she sat near Senator Francisco Tic h. Standing in the gallery was Arnold Blitz, Portland brewer. more interested in the pending tax on eer and wines than in the Knox control measure. Near to Senator Corbett sat Hal M. Moore of The Oregonlan, 111 these last few weeks and now pale and bit drawn, with a streak of black mustache standing out as one saw him across the chamber. Hundreds of letters are. al ready being received at the chief executive's office from Job seekers who want placement with the state liquor control system when that is establish ed. Uniformly the answer sent out states that, if, when and as the commission is set up, the inquirer's letter will be handed that body for consid eration. Undoubtedly there will be I thousands of requests for jobs, only a small percent age of which can possibly be filled. It Is expected that the liquor commission will set np uniform blanks for personnel applications. Frank Bennett, Tillamook su perintendent of schools, has the weightiest problem on school fi nances he ever experienced. Up to last August, bis district had an assessed valuation of 6 ! millions of dollars, due principally to large timber tracts in the gerry mandered area district which constitutes the Tillamook school district. Tongues of flame during the summer licked up three mil lions of that valuation. Bennett has cut an additional 25 per cent from his school budget, but even so, a far higher levy for schools this year was necessary. He is hopeful that a greater state base will be provided for the schools Meanwhile he is happy that I bonded debt of 2ir,000 in ef fect when he took control at Til lamook, has been reduced to $39, 000 and that by next summer this will be $10,000 less. The school men, belatedly, were rallying to the sales tax Friday. Some one had sent out the word and the clan was on hand. A com prehenaive outline of HB 110 had been laid before each member by E. F. Carleton, executive secre tary, Oregon State Teachers as sociation. Noted in the lobby were Rex Putnam, Albany superinten dent; Fred Wolf, Salem high school principal; Miss Winifred Graham, red-headed secretary to Mr. Howard. The tax which went through the .house 39 to 21 at lunch time Friday now has the support of the Oregon Teachers' association, the League of Ore gon cities, the county judges and commissioners' group and the Af filiated Teachers Council of Portland. II a score or more schoolhouses are. closed down by early spring, the argument will TUX PENALTY Bill The house, by a vote of 31 to 29, Friday afternoon-postponed indefinitely a bill by Herman, placing a 10 per cent interest charge and penalty of 2 per cent on delinquent taxes and . author izing a rebate of 2 per cent In cases where taxes are paid on or before the due data. - . ? i Representative Snedecor. declar ed that this bill -was equitable and just and that It would have a tendency to speed np the collec tion of . taxes. Representatives Winslow and: Herman also spoke in favor of the measure, 'The bill was opposed by Rep resentatives Nichols, Wyers and Oleen, . Nichols alleged that the farmers were not able to pay their taxes nnder present conditions and that an additional burden. was not 1 M K Justified. ; .. be potent in these powerful or- preseni saies tax u voiea in may may be different now that It Is hooked up to a tangible objec tive: not the indefinite "relief of real property and the bolster ing of state finances. ",- Marlon ". county's ' senatorial delegation was ' conspicuously; absent when the test vote came : on the Knox plan;' The test bal-;: lot was not the final vote on the measure: the real' nose connting was on adoption or rejection of the Upton minor ity report. During Senator Up ton's closing speecchv Senators Brown and Spanlding " with Senators . Staples and Cbinnock went oat of the senate cham ber. Xo . call of the senate was demanded so the roll call Tote, went on with only .20 senators -present. As won as the poll was through,, Senators .Brown and Spanlding inquired of press reporter cue outcome and r went back to the senate. Both voted favorably on the plan when the final ballot came. Two bills for the regulation of slot marchines and other similar devices were Introduced In the house Friday One bill, by Hall, provides for placing the regulation of slot ma chines under the state racing com mission and that 10 per cent of the gross receipts shall go to that body The money subsequently would be apportioned to school and unemployment relief The bill would apply only to persons own ing 1500 or more slot machines The maximum number of slot ma chines in the state would be re stricted to 2500. Another bill, by Cooter, pro vides an annual license fee of 1000 for the operation of slot machines, together with a $5 reg istration fee, and 5 per cent of the receipts. The annual license fee for pin boards would be $50 with a 15 registration fe , and return of iy per cent of the gross receipts. Dance Hall Bill Passed by House A bill, by Representative Han nah Martin, providing for the reg ulatton of dance halls outside of municipalities, received approval of the house Friday. The measure was said to be di rected particularly at clubs and other organizations which at tempt to evade the license provi sions of the present dance hall law.j HILTON BILL DEFEATED The house Friday defeated Rep resentative Hilton's bill clarify ing the intangibles tax law by de fining the word "intangibles". and placing accounts receivable on the tax , rolls provided it Is found expedient to do so. wissoui v " ere a man in your life? If there'f a Tom, Dick, or a Harry Men ' know the Arrow label know on your Christmas list we suggest a that it stands for superior style and big "ARROW opposite his name! For Arrow Shirts, Arrow; Collars, Arrow Underwear, JArrow Hand ' kerchiefs," Arrow- Tcs all are wel come masculine gifts. ' ' .-..( - ' I - : SIS Vote is 28 ; to 2 on Final Passage; Real Test is Sr. On Substitutions . . CConttnmd from pS 1 liquor business and yet remove the profit motive from liquor, which he averred, had been the curse of the liqnor traffic. "My plan" would save the state from the menace of .powerful political machine- built up around the liquor business," lie said. "The plan I propose" Involves less expense, pro vides' more immediate revenue and more numerous outlets which In itself would largely remove the excuse for patronizing the boot legger," he stated. Senator Upton talked for one hour and 20 minutes, opposing the Knox plan and asking support for his substitute proposal. He said he did not think the drinking habits of - the state could be changed by the plan, holding peo ple wanted hard liquor instead of wines and beers. He declared him self strongly opposed to the state going into business. Upton dis coursed at length on the home- rule features of the state constltu tion, holding the Knox plan un workable in the face of these. ..Upton said 80 per cent of per sons starting the grocery business fail. Ninety-nine per cent of these failing men are more capable than the state liquor commission of handling a business, he averred He held state management would be a great and expensive failure. Upton cited the Klamath, Falls "revolt" as indicative of the tern per of Oregon cities on the Knox plan. "Dr. Knox, doesn't want a mockery made of his plan." the senator averred. "I am against another commission and a bu reaucracy," Upton declared. Tote on Knox Plan Favored by Booth ' Senator Booth followed Upton with a straightforward request for a Tote on the original Knox plan, not the amended proposal. "I drink and rote dry." the Leb anon senator said. "I don't like to be carried off on minority reports. I hare great respect for the Knox liquor commission, for men like Neuner, Nelson and Lang who worked on it. They approved the plan in the face of home-rule. The latter question is one for court de termination in any instance." Senator Ashby Dickson, chair man of the senate committee on alcoholic liquor control, defended his committee s 77 amendments as needed changes to a bill which came from the house Incomplete. He scored Senators Goss and Up ton for not submitting their pro posals earlier. For the first 16 days of the session, HB 1 was the only bill on liquor control before the assembly, Dickson pointed out. Characterizing himself as staunch dry, he described the Knox plan as the best substitute proposed for prohibition. "Put the Goss plan and the Upton plan into oblivion," the chairman coun soiled. "You can't control liquor but I believe state control is the best method of trying its control pro posed," declared Senator Staples in opening his remarks. He said he thought the committee .on which he had served had made too many amendments and ar gued the original Knox bill should be passed. The fonr lawyers, who superb workmanship. And in the' case of Arrow Shirts and Shorts they know that Arrow's Sanforizing proc ess guarantees permanent fitf . . i 'tin Arrow assortment is Urge. y rjiirn n mq-wocliln miljjo stubs 136 N. Commercial St. with Staples comprised the senate committee which.' considered ' the Knox plan, proved too much tor the Multnomah senator, he ob served. ' v , - '. A spirited defense of the Knox plan was made by Senator James Hailett of Hood River. "Ninety per cent of my people want the Knox plan," . the senator said. Quoting the Rockefeller; report, he declared any . plan adopted without widespread public ap proval would fail.; He held the Knox plan had this support. "There Is no solution to the li quor problem as long as mankind remains as it la," the senator com mented. "It Is best that we choose the system which permits liquor to do the least harm." Senator Allan Bynon . onened the afternoon debate by excoriat ing Senator Dickson's' attack on I Andrew Mellon and other republi cans. He declared that the .demo cratic party had created the great est bureaucracy- In history at Washington, and during Mr. Hoover's administration had been a constant source of propaganda against the president whereas re publicans now are defending the recovery program. Control Paramount Says Allan Bynon Bynon then outlined the salient features of the Knox, the Goss and the Upton plans. He stressed the fact that the Knox plan would not emphasize and force the sale of liquor and that the state would be In direct control of all liquor. He said the concern of the state was control, not revenue. He said he had learned the state could buy liquor on credit and that one firm was willing to stock the state with 25,000 cases of liquor on credit. The senator discussed at length the home-rule opinion by Attorney-General Van Winkle. He said he thought additions made to the Knox bill bolstered np Its weak ness on this point and pointed out that the people might vote out the home rule amendment next May If the supreme court did not strike It out before. Byndn said he was against the private profit motive in the liquor traffic. Widespread distribution of liquor by private Interests will stimulate sales, he said. "Has private business' so con ducted Itself In handling liquor in the past that it can be safely entrusted to handle liquor in the future?" querried Senator Harry Corbett. Answering it, he took the negative view, pointing to the po litical corruption, the excesses of the saloon and unsocial conditions which brought prohibition. The latter, he said, was Inevitably fol lowed by the bootlegger and the racketeer and the breakdown of law and order. "I don't believe we can return to the former status, the senator argued. "The saloon must be kept out; so must the bootlegger be banned. We now must try some plan in advance of the two plans we heretofore tried." Promote Temperance, Corbett Counsels "Temperance is the only ulti mate solution of the liquor prob lem," the senator declared. "The Knox plan best provides for that. It controls the price for which li quor is sold. It eliminates the pro fit motive. It controls advertising. It avoids the political racketeer ing Incumbent on license grant ing." Senator Corbett warned against emasculation of the Knox plan by the next legislature. He said the time intervening before the next session was far too short to give the Knox plan a test. The senator said he thought the state's control over liquor importation made it entirely possible to cope with the home-rule amendment, whether or not that was held by the supreme court to be in effect. He said that the state In going Into the liquor business was essen tially exercising its health, mor als, and public safety, control. The state Is not going Into a legally established business in competi tion with persons already in the trade, he pointed out. - v .r "Those people attempting to get into the liqnor business are losing7- no privilege . they now have," the senator declared. "The state therefore can properly, take over the distribution of liquor," Senator Corbett said he saw no moral distinction between the state doing the business directly and authorizing someone else to do it. "Let anyone so into the bus iness and stopping it is impossi ble," he declared. "If you give the business to the hotels;- you - must give " it 1 to the druggists. ' If "Ton give' it to the druggists you must give It to the grocers." State Handling is Deemed Economical He contended" that state sale of liquor could be handled more ec onomically than any other sys tem. At "3 n. Tn. Senator finaa horan the closing argument on 'his motion- to refer. "If you have' any glimmering hope that we should, go baeK to prohibition, the Knox plan is the last one tou should adopt: It stops return to prohibi tion." Goss : also contended that once the state Is ir. the liquor "bus iness, . the bureaucracy therein established would prevent any in auguration of the sale of. liquor by private Interests. Goss held newspaper nronazanda had nnsh ed all the senators Into approval of the Knox plan. , The senator from Coos countv contended his. plan more effect ively took profit from liquor than the Knox plan. "Tou are simnlr substituting the state's motive for prom zor private profit which 1 propose to restrict Any good ad minlstrator will seek to make i good profit. Tour administrator will quickly hook you up tot a big piant," tne senator declared. He held the Knox bill the onlv bill the newspapers had to feed to the public. There was a lack of time for the legislature to meet the problem of prohibition's re peal which came on apace. "The Knox commission Itself never saw this bill" held Goss. "The saloon is dead; slavinr the saloon la a legitimate pastime for all those who talk on liquor" emphasized the senator. "The tactical situation of the Knox bill has been perfect," said the sen- Elffifficfi-'IBsi' Five Hundred Bags from one of Chicago's Finest Factories every bag different, and every one the very newest style and made from the very latest thing, both in style and de sign in leathers. 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Men working on the plow had appar ently- put Jthe tire, out but it broke out again In the oil soaked tim bers about .7. o'clock last' night; Firemen managed to stop the fire before any serious damage had been done. .... . . ator, "Here In the closing hours of . the session we are compelled to swallow . this plan without modification." Senator Upton closed the de bate on the minority report. Mrs. Dorothy McCullough Lee opened the debate on the main question. She characterized her self as a dry, anxious nnder the "new deal" to see the best con trol of liquor; effected that is possible. She indicated her hearty support of the Knox bill as it came from the house. She lndi cated -that there were certain changes in the senate committee's majority report which she would like to have made. . . . CASH FEED PRICES Jnst few of our Low Cash prices. Bran, 60 lb. bags Jim Run, 80 lb. bags Rolled Oats, 60 lb. bags Chopped Barley, 75 lb. bags Whole Corn, 100 lb. bags Cracked Corn, 100 lb. bags . 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