Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, October 28, 1922, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3

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    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1922
LOWELL SPEAKS
AS MASON AGAINST
SCHOOL MEASURE
McMinnville, Or., Oct. 28 Judgi
Rt.nhcu A. Lowell of ' Pendleton
ons of the best known Masons in
Oregon spoke here last night against
tis enactment of Jhe Compulsory
rhool bill.
Enactment of the. measure, de
clared Judge Lowell, would not only
(iiTB God-feanng families of th
east away from Oregon, but also
would keep capital out of ,tne state,
Judge Lowell said in part:
"This is not a compulsory educa
tion bill. We already have that
on our statutes, and have had it for
17 years. This is a moasure to pro-
libit the maintenance of private
ichools within the state. No finesse
of language will disguise that fact.
Most In Public Schools
"Seventy-five per cent of the
Catholic children of the state are
in the public schools. Over the 25
tor cent in the parochial schools
the school authorities of the dis
trict where any parochial school
exists have supervisory ,power un
der the existing law, ts the ex
tent that - i'.us local school boards
must be satisfied that the v same
branches are here taught as are
taught in tho public schools. This
is declared in the first exception
of the existing compulsory educa
tion statute. It is extremely dif
ficult, thereforo, to understand
why the proponents of this meas
ure desire to destroy even the Cath:
tlic schools. -Background
is Vague .
"Can it be that the bill is born
of hostility to all religion? The
Bible is not taught in the public
schools. It does have a place in
tho private schools. There ore
hosts of people, more perhaps
than most of us realise, who re
pudiate the Biblical claims, who
are unfriendly to all churches, and
regard all religion as supersti
tion. According to the argument
of the sponsors of this bill in the
Voters Pamphlet, this movement
had its origin in the southern
states, in tho supreme council of
southern jurisdiction of Scottish
Bite Masons. The genesis of the
resolution there quoted we know
not. There may be broblems
south of the Mason and Dixon's
lino which do not confront us here.
Bill Hostile to Masonry
"I am a Mason of the Yorkrite,
and have been such for a quarter
of a century. I am not of the Scot
tish Rite, and rjlnnnf linrflrtratanrl
the urge which has given the move
ment vogue. It surely has no place
in Oregon. Prom the standpoint of
the Fork Eito of Ancient. Free and
Accepted Masonry, this bill is hos-
we to every tenet of the brother
lood. The Ancient Blue Lodge is
religious in character, and its.uni
versal outstanding virtue is' in
tolerance. I am sure that few
of the brotherhood will ever vote
for this bill.
"I most vigorously protest
against Oregon being called upon
to utilize its system of legislation
to play the experimental game of
other states."
It will not bo long before the
coal peddler will be asking you:
"One lump or two?"
MEDFORO SEES KLAN
(Continued from Page One.)
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
PAGE ; THREE
regard for their standing in the
community. In the face nf w
ell's earlier statement that no man
was admitted into the klan except
aner ne naa been thoroughly in
vestlgated, be could do nothing
oui oner to comply with tha Kmnii
lodge desires of the men present
25 "Agree to Join.
At that meeting 25 of tha tn
men present signed up for mem
bership and made their $10 dona
tions. Powell's statement that
he would leave the matter of
curing more members to these
men temporarily, as he was leav
ing the city tha next dav. m Tint
bourne out by develooments. He
remained not only, through the
next day, but for several davs
thereafter, soliciting new members
without consulting with the men
he organized the first night ana
collecting $10 donations. For at
least three nights in succession he
initiated classes. His investlga
tions of the character and stand
ing of the applicants was a farce.
Throughout the afternoon he
would solicit and accept applica
tions; in the evening he would ini
tiate the candidates. It is said
that Powell took between $.
and $900 out of Jackson county
on the occasion of his first visit.
Path Sugared by Bulgin.
During this first spasm of klan
activity the anti-Catholic propa
ganda played only a minor role,
Powell and his converts stressing
the alleged law and order Ideals
of the invisible empire and declar
ing the klan to be an organization
of law abiding citizens, each one
acting in the capacity of a private
government agent for the dete-
tion of crime and lawlessness. The
play was to capitalize a local issue
that had grown up out of a series
of meetings held by Rev. E. J.
Bulgin, interant tabernacle
evangelist', who had launched the
moral reform element of the com
munity into a crusade against al
leged wholesale violations of the
liquor traffic. In this crusade the
law enforcement officers, especial
ly Sheriff C. B. Terrill, were bit
terly accused of failure to enforce
the liquor laws and the commun
ity was sharply split over this issue.
There is considerable signifi
cance to be attached to the appear
ance of Bulgin in Medford imme
diately before the entry of the
klan, especially in view of like
occurances in other sections of the
state and the fact that Bulgin now
occupies an editorial position on
the staff of the Searchlight, the
official Ku Klux Klan propaganda
paper published in Atlanta, Ga.
Indicating the pure graft nature
of Powell's organizing game; it is
to be noted that with his depar
ture the klan gradually became
less and less active and by Decem
ber, 1921, had become practically
dead issue. Powell, after his
first visit, completely ignored the
klan in Jackson county until the
time of the state-wide revival
movement that marked the klan'e
entrance into state politics in
January of this year.
(Monday The Revival of the
Klan in Jackson County.)
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Compulsory Education Bill
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We are opposed to the so-called Compulsory Public School bill because:
It is hostile to true Americanism-
- It is contrary to those principles of liberty and justice upon which our
cherished institutions rest. -
It is an appeal to religious and racial intolerance.
It is fraught with consequences fatal to the fundamental principles of
the Constitution.
It is a repudiation of the ideas represented by Washington, Franklin,.
Jefferson, Hamilton and Lincoln, and by the hosts of men and women who
have made our country tolerant, free and united.
It arouses bitter hatreds and establishes intolerant bigotry.
What possible justification can there be for suppressing schools main
tained by any portion of our citizenry which acts in accordance with its
conscientious convictions? .
What right has a majority to impose it3 views ujon any minority,
however inconsiderable ?
It is a measure as oppressive to mankind' as any promulgated by
: czaristic tyranny when at its worst. ' ; .
It is an attempt to destroy America's proudest achievement.
At a time when the whole world is lifting up its voice for peace, why
introduce a new motive for the renewal of hatreds and intolerances ?
Our present school laws amply provide for the proper education of our
children.
It is the highest duty of. every true American to vote against any at
tempt to so change these laws that they stir up new discords and hatreds
among us. . fr-
Honor, patriotism and freedom demand that you vote NO on the
Compulsory Public School Bill. . .
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Resident of Oregon: Member B"nai Brith, Mt. Sinai Lodge No. 1, New York City;
Member Temple Emanuel, New York City; one of the organizers, contributor ami
director of the Jewish Federation, New York City; Member of Consistory No. 1,
Scottish Rite and Shrine, Portland; Member of Mt. Neboe Lodge No. 257, New
York City.
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The
tS. and
Issue
How Your Taxes Can Be Reduced
When I am governor I promise to advocate and demand economy in every, depart
ment of state government so that taxes will be reduced to the lowest possible point
consistent with good government. To this end I will use the veto unsparingly-
One great difficulty today Is that one
half the property of Oregon is exempt from
taxation, the timber in the forest reserves
being a conspicuous example. The only in
come from the reserves is the rentals from
tockmen for grazing, of which 65 per cent
goes into the federal treasury. I hold that,
since no tax is derived from this vast body
of timber, all the rentals from grazing
privileges in tne forest reserves should go
into the treasury of Oregon to compensate
for the vast body of taxable property held
by the federal government out of taxation.
As governor I would use the prestige of
the office In .a movement with other gov
ernors and delegations in congress to bring
this about. This change would produce
about $350,000 a year new revenue, there
by lessening to that amount the burden on
property now taxed.
FOE SEVERANCE TAX ,
Practically one-third of the Btanding
timber in the state of Oregon Is In the for
est reserves and pays no tax. Under tha
present law, this timber will be cut off,
leaving blackened stumps of untaxable
property, and be shipped out of Oregon
without paving a dollar of tax to the state.
Not only is Oregon being made poors' by
the removal of this timber, but the natural
beautv and scenery of the state is being
' marred. A severance tax collected as this
timber is cut and shipped would be a large
source of revenue. A big body of such tim
ber is now contracted by the federal gov
ernment to people from distant states, and
it will be removed without paying any tax
unless a severance tax is at once imposed.
As governor I would do all In my power to
levy such a tax on all timber taken from
the forest reserves. '
While one-half of the property of Oregon
Is exempt from taxation, much of the other
half is paving little or no tax, because It
is invested in shares of stock, bonds and
property hidden away from the assessor.
This leaves but"a part of the taxable prop
erty to bear the entire cost of government.
This property which bears the terrific bur
den consists of farms, cattle, horses, city
buildings and homes.
DIRECT TAX HIGH
In 1921 there was raised by direct taxa
tion in this state $9,493,105, an average of
almost 9 mills on the property taxed.
This is the highest direct property tax
levied in the United States for Btate pur
poses. It constitutes nearly one-half of
most of the farmers' taxes, and in the city
it often means one-fourth of the entire
tax. .. .
" In Minnesota in 1920, the direct prop
erty tax for state purposes was $1,667,428,
which is about one-sixth of what Oregon
property owners were called upon to pay
lor state purposes, and yet the assessed
value of taxable property in Minnesota is
two and a half times that of Oregon. Min
nesota raised the balance of her state
revenue from indirect sources, viz.: A '
per cent gross earnings tax from publio
service corporations and a 25 cent per ton
tax upon iron ore mined in the state.
California in 1921 raised $33,768,884 for
' state purposes. This money was all raised
, from indirect sources, viz.: From fees and
from a gross earnings tax upon public serv
ice corporations. Farmers and property
owners in California were not called upon
to pay direc any of this $33,768,884.
Wisconsin in 1921 raised by direct taxa
tion only $7,801,454 for state purposes,
and yet the assessed value of taxable prop
erty in Wisconsin is four times that of
Oregon. The balance of her state expenses
was raised by fees and by taxes on net
Incomes.
In Oregon we can relieve the property
owners by collecting a large part of the
cost of state government from similar
sources, viz.: (1) a tax on net Incomes;
(2) a severance tax; (3) a tax on gross
earnings of public service corporations. I
favor such a program In this state under .
the guarantee that any tax derived from
new sources shall not be used for increased
expenditures, but to take some of the bur
den off those now bearing more than their
Just share of taxation.
The practices of public utilities became
so intolerable that those utillltles have to
be regulated. A costly public service com
mission has to be maintained for that pur
pose. " Since the commission has to, be
maintained for the regulation of the public
service corporations, those corporations
should themselves berequlred to pay the .
expenses of the commission, without bur
dening farmers, home owners, business and
other enterprise with that expense. Such a
plan would save the taxpayers approxi
mately $100,000 a year, and.1 favor it.
Oregon is, per capita, the heaviest bond
ed state in the Union. We are In the midst
of a wild orgy of bond issues. The thought
seems to be that we can go on Issuing
bonds regardless of a payday to come later.
There Is a possibility of having to levy a t
further property tax to meet accruing in-
terest on these enormous bond Issues. A
bait should be called In the plastering over
our state of these mortgages on the prop
erty and toil of ourselves and our children,
and the state be returned to a policy-of
sound and stable finance. I stand pledged
to such a policy.
FOR CONSOLIDATION
One of the first things I propose to do
as governor will be to employ every power
of the office to consolidate the boards,
bureaus, commissions and committees that
interfere with each other because there are
so many of them. Their work overlaps and
duplicates. There are too many ornaments
drawing salaries and fees for doing little
or no work. Fewer boards, fewer officiate
and more work by these boards and of
ficials is the crying need of the state of
Oregon. I pledge myself to the work of cor
recting this conspicuous waste of tho
state's money.
FAVORS SIMPUFIED GOVERNMENT
Other states have systematized and sim
plified government by applying to public
business the same rules of efficiency and
economy used in private business. It has
not been done in Oregon because politic
ians, payroll functionaries and hangera-on
have combined to obstruct the cutting
away of salaries and sinecures. I stand
pledged to a policy of simplified govern
ment economically administered.
We can dispense with many automobiles
now operating at state expense. The use
of state-owned automobiles by officers and
state employes is subject to gross abuses,
as every taxpayer knows, and this vicious
practice must be abolished.
Every man on the etate payroll should
actually work, and every man drawing a
salary without earning it should be fired.
It is commonly reported and widely be
lieved that too small a percentage of the
money provided for highways goes into
actual construction of roads. For example,
Mr. Jay Bowerman was long on the payroll
as adviser for the highway commission,
when it is the business and duty of the
attorney general to act as counsel for that
body. -This is waste of highway money.
THere Is general dissatisfaction with the
engineering and other overhead cost, which
runs into very "large amounts. Statements
are broadly made that narrower roads in
Oregon are costing more per mile than
wider roads In some other states. There
have been Instances In which costly high
ways have had to be rebuilt within a year
or two. Road building In Oregon has been
a vast and expensive enterprise, in which
there should be no leaks or wastes. I have
faith in the gentlemen serving as highway
commlBBioners, but hold that there should
be a very thorough investigation of the op
erations of the men and some of the con
tractors working under them, to the end
that excessness may be lopped off, all leaks
stopped and a dollar's worth of road be
built for every dollar of public money
spent. ,
Mr. Jay Bowerman is attorney for the
itate banking department in several cases
now pending in the courts of Oregon. It
Is the business and the dutyiof the attorney
general to act In that capacity. As gov
ernor and a member of the state banking
board I would Insist that the attorney gen
eral and his deputies attend to the legal
business of the state banking department.
When governor I shall be governor for
sverybody. I have promised nothing to
anybody, and am free to use the appointing
power without dictation. My administra
tion will not be wholly a man's govern
ment, but a government of, by and for men
and women.
. FREE USE OF VETO
As governor I shall demand of the legis
lature that every appropriation bill shall
be Itemized, and I shall veto every appro
priation bill that is not so itemized. In
addition to that, I shall veto every unneces
sary, useless or questionable Item in every
appropriation bill passed by the legislature.
I shall exercise my prerogative to call to
the attention of the legislature and suggest
to it the enactment of such laws as will
reduce the expenses of government to the
minimum and equalize the burden'of taxa
tion, so that all property shall bear Its Just
burden.
I can and will point the way for relief,
t know the majority of the next legislature,
coming from the tax-burdened people, will
feel as I feelthat THERE MUST BE
REJIEL. It is not a question of party
politics, but a vital question of property
rights, prosperity and the welfare and hap
piness oMhe people.
Voters of Oregon, the Issue has crystal
ized around this theme of taxation. High
taxes are. bad advertising. High taxes
are keeping newcomers and new capital
out of the state and driving settlers away.
Business Is being discouraged; progress
Is being halted. Taxation is the weight '
that Is dragging us down.
TAXATION DOMINANT ISSUE
Our friends who are now in control of
the state and legislature confess that they
are helpless to supply a remedy. They are
trying to confuse voters by Injecting per
sonalities and by throwing mud. They are
making frantic appeals to party loyalty,
thus proposing to leave the people with the
same oppressive burdens of taxation piled
on their backs. They are garbling my
speeches, and putting words in my mouth
that I never uttered. They are trying to
divert me from my fight for lower taxes.
They are In a sad plight because, under
their administration, they have created a
situation from which every taxpayer Is
crying aloud for release.
I refuse to budge one Inch from this
matter of taxation. It is the dominant Is
sue. For more than 20 years I have talked
and worked for lower taxes, and this will
continue to be the first theme in my
thoughts.
Taxes can and must be equalized and
reduced, and I have here pointed out soras
of tho ways tho thing can be done.
WALTER M. PIERCE
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