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.) MEN WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ENGLISH UPHEAVAL J' ww wr- r in . i SdLjrotv ' Earl tf&y- XojCyt JjotJl Txrixxk The reaicrnation of David T.ln-o-d nrr n tj.-;; t a it. n: 3 t t x o . vv muu6 ojiiiiiDu iTjuuucr nuu iiLo caning 01 Aiiurow uunar juaw iu form a new Cabinet "hrinw 4 h p.q a mnn ifrt : m-n- o ti a n . i a j4uj jiuiiiiiiciiuu. x uiixjj ottusuuu ib uivya ueorg s secretary ana po litical advisor. Lord Curzou and the fctrl 0f 3erby, Conservative hav promised to support Bonar Law. ' nuuieu iuamuenain, .uorci xrivy oeai, were mempers 01 tne Ueorge ministry. General 6ir Gcorce Younirer nnd Sir v,rn. nina TimfiiA -Ruii, kt liad much to do with the overthrow of Lloyd George, ' ,-J SEAVF.Y-RF.T.r Insurance Agency ,12 Oregon Bldg. Phone 457 m. cell Sheldon Sackett AKDruBHrmBU fa 220 H. Commercipl Stnct fhone 1850 Weather Changes- Cause Sickness ' extreme cnanges of weather during fall cause many colds and coughs. For quick relief from throat, chest and bronchial trou ble, coughs, colds and croup use Foley's Honey and Tar. Contains no opiates ingredients printed on the wrapper. Largest selling co.ugh medicine in the world. "Foley's Honey and Tar is the most pleasant and efficient reme dy for coughs and colds that I ever saw," writes Wm. Jones, Ei Dara, Illinois. (adv - iRUNERT AUTO TOPS 256 State St. Compulsory Education Bill Shall I. Vote Yes or No? Hear W. F. 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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. . . This advertisement Inserted and paid for by JESSE WINBURN 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. he jM-91 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 You Should Help Pierce by contributing One Dollar or more to his campaipx expenses. In doing this yon will help yourself reduce your own taxes, for that is the Rreat issue Pierce is making for you. Send money, in cash, money order or check, today to s T. H. Crawford, Manager Pierce-for-Governor Campaign, Gorden Building, Portland. Oregon (Paid 'Advertisement)