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PAGE SIX
Tax Reduction
Idle Talk; Reform of
System Only Hope
By I.M. MoMahan.
, The trouble In all this furore
about taxes In that but few who
pay taxes take enough Intelli
gent Interest In politic to know
what ought to be done; and in se
lecting legislators they vote with
out knowledge of or care for the
candidate's qualification for the
office.
In vain do I read the varlous(
platforms for Intelligent state
ments of the candidates' proposed
activities, If elected. They are all
for economy, all for reducing tax
and so has each! candidate
pledged himself since the forma
tion of government, but taxes have
Increased In spite of all the com
plaining taxpayers have done.
The average legislator Is honest
and wants to redeem the pledges
he made in good faith, but when
elected he finds that organized
forces beyond his control run the
legislature and that he Is not un
like a piece of flotsom, shunted
from one place to another, with
out power to control anything.
Long before the legislature meets
various men select for speaker of
the bouse and president of the sen
ate those who will appoint com
mittees favorable to them and to
the predatory interests they rep
resent; and these committees,
when so appointed, will see to 11
that the interests which selected
them are protected. As a result
of this pernicious system the leg
islation for that Besslon 1b defi
nitely shaped long before the leg
islature meets. We got rid of the
party convention, but not of the
party caucus, the trading and log
rolling. Every member of the leg
islature who engages in "log-rolling"
should, upon conviction
thereof forfeit his office and bt
forever disbarred from holding
any office in thlB state.
Each bill should be passed or
defeated solely upon its merits,
but this Is Impossible so long as
legislators persist in trading their
support for one bill in return for
the support of some other bill.
Unltil "log-roiyng" is Btopped
pratclcal reformation Is impossi
ble. The state, is sadly in need of in
telligent constructive legislation
and the only way to get it is for
the people to draft a just platform
and pledge each candidate to sup
port it.- Such a platform I attempt
to submit and I bave the temerity
to inquire; Who among the can
didate will endorse It?
taxing the people only tor the ET
1 The legislature is justified
in taxing the people only for the
necessary expenses of government
economically administered.
2 The taxpayers have com
pletely fulfilled their duty to the
children when they bave provided
each child an ever-present oppor
tunity to secure a high school edu
cation; and if ny child gets more
than this it should get it at its
own expense or at the expense oi
those upon whom it is dependent
From thiB statement of a funda
mental principle we can approach
the solution of the problem),
growing out of our state collegeb
understanding. -
S The Jurisdiction "tit justices
of the peace should be increased to
$500 and no appeal therefrom
should be allowed, unless the
amount invoved exceeds $200. The
fees in the circuit court should be
radically increased, throwing
more of the burdens of litigation
upon litigants and less upon the
taxpayers; and no appeal should
be allowed unless the amount ex
ceeds $500, or Boni constitutional
question, or the construction of a
law is at ' Issue. Such changes
would make It practical to reduce
the members of the supreme court
from seven to five and eliminate
at least one-third of our circuit
judges and save the taxpayers ful
ly $250,000 a year. In this coun
ty alone I know of one civil case
which cost tbe state $860 and the
fees paid by the litigants amount
ed to but $19.
6 The insurance' companies do
ing business in this state annual
ly collect from the people about
$10,000,000 a year n.ore than they
pay back In losses and claims. Tbe
state already supports an insur
ance commissioner and an army ol
clerks and the Insurance business
is always conducted and paid for
out of tbe money paid by the in
sured. Tbe state should create a
department of Insurance, cut the
cost of insurance fully one-third,
pay Us expenses and turn into the
general fund fully $5,000,000 an
nually.
e la each county we hare
sheriff and bis deputies, in each
precinct a constable and in each
incorporated town a police force
to arrest those who violate the
law, yet the state game corn ml a
don annually expends $40,000 for
game wardens and the total fines
are less than $700 a year. Prac
tically these wardens serve no otU
er purpose than to constitute i
political machine and make game
licenses absurdly high.
7 Portland millionaires bave
private game preserves upon
which they feed ducks many tons
of wheat. This attracts practical
ly all the ducks ta this valley to
tbe preserves and gives to the
owners thereof a monopoly of
duck shooting. A law should be
passed prohibiting shooting over
feeding grounds.
g Tbe penalty now exacted for
non-payment of taxes is unjust
and profits only the usurer. " It
should be reduced.
9 Tbe age of consent shoflld
be increased from sixteen to eigh
teen years of age, so as to afford
more protection to our girls and to
give organized society a chance to
discourage the actitivics of libertines.
DAIRY LECTURES
VALUABLE
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Dallas, Or., April 17. Paul
Carpenter, county agent, has
written and sent out from his of
fice in Dallas the following cir
cular letters to the farmers living
in the1 community tributary - to
where tbe meetings mentioned In
the letter are to be held. These
metlngs are creating a great deal
of Interest among the farming ele
ment and will undoubtedly be ex
ceptionally well attended.
' "It is with a feeling almost of
reverence that we look upon the
record of Lad's Iota, netf cham
pion of the Jersey breed, who has
just closed a year's production of
aver 1047 pounds of butter fat.
There comes a sense too of pro
found respect for her owner and
caretaker, S. J. McKce, and for
this great animal's breeder, O. O.
Hewitt.
"To produce and feed a cow to
a record of 1000 pounds of butter
Cat is a distinction that comes to
but few men. The 1000-pound
class of breeders and feeders is not
crowded.
"How was such production pos
sible? Iota was provided with the
material with which to manufac
ture that record quantity of milk
and fat she was well and prop
erly fed. McKee knew her needs
and met them. She was made com
fortable. Care counts, And the
cow had It 'in her' to produce. She
comes from a long line of dairy
animals bred for just that kind of
work. Feed, care, breeding they
win.
"Now a eeuBlon at each of the
dairy demonstration farms in the
county on the science of breeding
dairy stock for high and profitable
production, with Professor
Pitts, dairy specialist of the col
lege extension service pointing
the way. Thursday, April 20, at
the T. J. Worth farm, near Grand
Ronde, at 1:80 in the afternoon.
Friday, April 21, at 10 a. m. at the
Porter Frizzell place at McCoy;
Friday afternoon date, at 2:00
o'clock at tbe John 11. Loy farm at
'clook at the John K. oy farm at
Buena Vista. Cows 1b cows no
more."
Another Son of Kaiser
. Is Tiller of Soil
-.THE, CAPITAL JOURNAL,
OREGON ELECTRIC LOSS:
FOR YEAR IS $85,000
SALEM, OREGON
MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1922.
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The Oregon Electric railway
suffered a net loss of $85,178.46
in the operation of Its lines during
1921, according to Its annual re
port Just filed with the public
service commission here.
The report shows an operating
revenue of $1,293,606.93, a in
crease of $146,360.06 as compared
wtlh the revenue for 1920. Oper
ating expenses amount to $1,267,
824.38, a decerase of $269,808.97.
Taxes of the company amounted
to $1197860, an incerase of $2,
808.83. The report of the United Rail
ways company for 1921 shows r
net operating loss of $21,226.46.
ELLDON'TBE
People Notice It. Drive Them
Uli witn ur. nxiwarasr
Olive Tablets
A pimply face will not embarrass you
Verily, "uneasy lies the head much longer if you get a package of
that wears the crown." from ur. Isdwaras uuve xaDieis. inesiun
princedom In the former kateer's should begin to clear after you have
royal household i-rince -jnuei taken the tablets a lew nignts.
BYiederlch, eon of the German , rirana, the blood, bowels and liver
War Lord, has become an humble' ... Edwards' Olive Tablets, the
"hnfniS.JE of ?. Friederich Wssful substitute for calomel; there'l
oioF L,Ele,l F.rielen no sickness or oain after taking them.
arjungenheVm vTlla, Potsdam. He j Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets do that
has not sufficient fusils to , hire which calomel does, and just as effec
heip. - ' lively, but their action is gentle and
i.i .riiiiArs nninrn safe Instead of severe and irritating.
N RFR RFS PR GFSl No one who takes Olive Tablets it
i iininikiii ,evercursed with a "dark brown taste,
, ' a bad breath, a dull, listless, no good
Syracuse, April 17. Prices of ifeeling( constipation, torpid liver, bac
Franmin cars were annouueeu w- disposition or pimply iace,
rtnv which are the lowest in the
history of the Franklin company's
dxteon years' manufacture of
six cylinder cars, with the single
exception of a four month period
in 1916.
In the statement Issued by H. H.
Franklin, reductions as much as
$1600 under war prices are lndl-
cated. Touring car at $1960 and
sedan at $2860 are typical of the
new schedule of prices applying
to the entire Franklin line.
"We determined to get under
the price level of July, 1914, the
month the world war started, and
also under the level of Mareh,
1917, the month before the Unit
ed States entered the war," Mr.
Franklin said. "So today our basis
is pre-war from any angle you
take it. This move puts us in po
sition to attain large volume Jn
the quality car field.
"While coincident with this
price reduction we are reducing
overhead, wage rates will not be
disturbed at present. As far as in
ventories are concern8'IT7 the Frank
lin company shows a favorable
condition due to selling well
ahead of the industry as a
whole during 1921."
Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable
compound mixed with olive oil; you
will know them by their olive color.
Dr. Edwards soent vears amone pa
tients afflicted with liver and bowe)
complaints and Olive Tablets are th
immensely effective result. Take one oi
two nightly for a week. See how muct
better you teel ana looK. loc ana avc,
;
Sport Briefs
Ban Francisco, Hurry Parts,
young San Francisco driver, won
the Oolden Gate motor derby at
San Carlos. Time for 160 miles
was one hour, 21 minutes, 68 6-8
seconds. Jimmy Mury, winner of
the Grand Prix race in Paris last
year was second.
Plnehurst. Officials, directing
the north and south trap shooting
tournament claimed a new world's
record for women when Annie
Oakley, Pacific coast competitor,
broke 100 straight clay targets at
a distance of 16 yards,
HORSE FALLSJfl COLLISION
A horse was thrown to the
pavement and a wagon' tongie
was broken Saturday when a
truck driven by B. F. Lane, 385
Oak street, collided with a team
driven by an unidentified driver
on South Commercial street. No
one was injured, according to the
police report.
Another collision occurred be
tween automobiles driven by T. E.
McCroskey, 828 South Twelfth
street, and Walter Fisher. They
met up at the corner of High and
Ferry streets. Slight damage re
suited to both machines.
FarlB. Johnny Kilbnne, Chlca
go, unworld s champion feather
weight, announced to group of
French sportsmen he was willing
to meet Eugene llilqul, French
bantamweight champion, at any
time.
New York, April 17. George
E. Kelly, 1921 National league
home run champion, tailed hits
first 1922 circuit drive In the
Diant-Brave game yesterday a
the Polo Grounds.
Babe Ruth, the exiled Yank, re
Joined his team for a day at Balti
more and connected for a homer in
an exhibition game against the
Orioles.
New Corporations.
The Chickamin Mining company
of North Bend, capitalized at $50,
000, filed articlee of incorporation
wtih the state corporation, depart
ment here Saturday. Tbe lncor
porators are Chris Rasmussen, K.
H. Hakanson and W. H. Wann.
Other corporations filing arti
cles were:
Dairy Journal Publishing com
pany. Portland, $5000; E. W. Jor
eenson. Nicholas Plerangcl and
E. R. undburg.
National Electric company.
Portland, J,000; A. S. Halls,
Burnett Goodwin and M. M. Mat
thleasen. The Standard Commercial com
pany, Portland, filed a certificate
showing an Increase in capitalisa
tion from $5000 to $26,000.
A certificate filed by the Sil
verton and & Mortgage company
of Sllverton shows an increase in
capital from $15,000 to $17,600.
ACHES AND PAINS
SLOAN'S GETS 'El!
AVOID the misery of racking pain.
Have a bottle of Sloan's Lini-
you first feel the ache or oaui.
It quickly eases tne pain and sends
feelinir of warmth through the
aching part. Sloan's Liniment penetrate
Without rubbing.
Fine, too, for rheumatism, neuralgia,
Sciatica, sprains and strains, stiff joints,
lame back and sore muscles.
For forty years pain a enemy. Ask
your neighbor.
an aruggiets jac, wc, l.40.
Linimentra
Clr Ycmr CovBplexiaa of phnptas, tf
cm ssna or. tier ikcuu auimutauivuu
Un ftmhr Dr. Hobtwm'i ccnna Oajfc
mnt Good for oem, itching akin.
nd other win troublea. On I Dr.
Horwons Family Kemedies,
Dr.Hohson'ri
' Eczema Ointment
The American Association of
University Women, with a mem
bership of 10,000, gives as much
assistance as possible to women
who cannot afford college education.
3000 Nouns
of Sofid Cornjott
Your legs support you and PARIS Garters will
support your hose In a style that only PARIS
can. It only take a moment to say PARIS and
insure 3000 hour ol solid comiott lor 35 oents.
NO METAL. CAN TOUCH YDU
Paris Garters work for you
16 hours a day
ACTON ft COMMNY
Ready! Go!
Spring Suits
at
Big Reductions
$25.00, $27.50,
$30.00, $35.00
The race is on for
tpring suits, at the low
est prices for many
moons.
Only pure wool tex
tures used in any suit
made by this store.
Hundreds of the new
est materials from which
to choose, shown in every
desirable pattern and col
orings. Made to your measure
in any style or model you
may select.
SCOTCH
WOOLEN
MILLS
426 State Street
Only to Say That Our Stock of
for
Is Now Complete With all the Very Latest Styles of Shoes,
Oxfords and Slippers of the Very Highest Class Obtainable
We Solicit Your Inspection
Ladies'
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Brown and black, low Cu
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$7
Misses' $5
Two Tone
SHOES
Educator last, bal lace;
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$3.95
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OXFORDS
For men 't and women who want the
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$14 and $
15
Men's
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Come in brown calf, new
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$5
Ladies' Cut-Out Slippers
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and Oxfords in black, brown and willow
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