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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
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GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher
The Graduated Income Tax
There will be an effort, in all probability to pass an in
come tax bill during the next session of the legislature. The
flat income tax measure on the ballot met with an over
whelming defeat at the general election, and it ia probable
that the Grange graduated income tax measure, which was
marred by class features, would also have met defeat had
it remained on the ballot, for the people want tax reduction
not additional taxation, which will mulct industry and scare
away investment.
The graduated income tax is justifiable only as-an effort
to prevent the concentration of wealth. This end i3 de
feated through investment by the wealthy in tax-exempt
securities, which are being issued in quantity sufficient to
absorb money needed for industry but diverted therefrom by
the federal income tax. So unless the issuance of tax-ex
empt securities ceases, the object of the graduated income
tax fails. It merely penalyzes industry instead of wealth.
Concentration of wealth has preceded the decay and col
lapse of all the civilizations of the past. When Egypt was
overthrown two percent of her population owned 97 percent
of her wealth. In Babylon,; two percent of the people con
trolled practically all the wealth. In the Persian empire, one
percent of the population owned all the' land. The decline
of Rome followed the abandonment of the agrarian system,
and Pliny declares that the "great estates ruined Italy" as
they had Greece before, with a few individuals owning the
empire.
History abounds with instances wherein sporadic at
tempts have been made to check the concentration of wealth,
and therefore of power, in the hands of a few. Moses de
creed that every 50th year should be the Year of Jubliee,
when liberty should be proclaimed throughout the land, and
every man should return to his possessions, the inequalities
of the past half century obliterated and the disinherited
granted equal rights to opportunity. Lycurgus of Sparta,
through ostracism banished citizens whose wealth menaced
the state, and divided all the lands in Laconia into 39,000
lots, one for each citizen. Rome early enacted a law for
bidding any single person from owning more than 500 acres
of land, and similar attempts have been made by other
peoples.
The graduated income tax is one of our efforts to pre
vent America's suffering the fate of other nations through
concentration of wealth in a few hands and consequent clos
ing of the door of opportunity to the many, but so long as
other avenues are opened whereby wealth can evade all tax
ation, it will fail in its purpose. Even an income tax cannot
go far and the object will never be accomplished until inher
itance laws are so modified that the state confiscates the
estate. The income tax penalizes industry because it does
not differentiate between the earned and the unearned or
inherited income and wealth will continue to concentrate
until we enact a law along lines suggested by Roosevelt:
A progressive tax on all fortunes beyond a certain amount, either
In life or devised, or bequeathed upon death to any Individual a
tax so framed as to put it out of the power of the owner of one of
these fortunes to hand down more than a certain amount to any
one individual.
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dlong State Street
A nickel isn't so good aa a dime, but it goes to church
more often.
Some men are like postage stamps. They have to be
licked to stick to anything. v.v.:-;vv-;,-:
A man's dignity is sometimes measured by the height
ot rns white starched collar.
What you hear never seems to be as important or as
interesting as what you overhear.
The speeders, it seems are doing their darnedest to make
the Sabbath a day "Of arrest.
No man is so busy that he cannot stop, and join a crowd
watching a motorist change a tire.
Wage-earners would strike at once if they had to accept
the salaries ot the white collar gang.
The average woman thinks she has entirely covered the
field of argument when she advances the unreasonable "be
cause.
Pedestrians, who insist on buckintr the traffic, should
get a few months' training under a good coach in the use of
the straight-arm movement.
Formerly women used to dress to attract men. but now
it sems to be a fixed policy to obtain the same effect by tak
ing on as much as possible.
The Regeneration of
Malcolm Starmount
By Idah McGlone Gibson.
The Code Of Ethics
A local dentist has been expelled from the local dental
association because he advertised, which shows how far be
hind the times the dentists are as if dentistry was not a
business and as if advertising was unethical, or immoral.
The ethical dentists are permitted to advertise pro
vided they do not pay any money directly for advertising
They can bring personals about themselves to newspaper
offices and get aa much roundabout publicity as they can
free of cost. They can join clubs and organizations and
do other things that will increase their acquaintance, bring
themselves before the people and indirectly bring them busi
ness ; they can put up a sign on the building they occupy and
another at their residence; but they cannot put the same' sign
in a newspaper telling the public where to find them and
what they specialize on or they will be tabooed by their
professional brethren for gross immorality I i
. However the dentists have no dread of newspaper pub
licity when it can be obtained free. Scarcely a newspaper!
in the country that is not asked frequently to publish
articles by dentists on care of the teeth, upon hygeine of
the mouth and similar subjects, calculated to improve human
health by sending the public to the dentist. The dentist who
refuses to help support the community newspaper is always
Johnny-on-the-spot when it comes to getting the newspaper
to publish, at its own expense, propaganda to increase the
business of the dentists.
Truly the dental code of ethics is a wonderful thing!
1 Newberry Resigns
In resigning his senate seat, Truman H. Newberry of
Michigan, who admits spending 180-odd thousand dollars to
procure his nomination, takes time by the forelock and makes
a virtue out of a necessity. Nearly all the newly elected
senators are pledged to oust him, and their votes, combined
with those who voted against him last spring, insured the
" reopening of his case and his rejection.
, Had Mr. Newberry any sense of the fitness of things, he
would" have resigned as soon as the senate, through strong
administration pressure, voted to seat him, and thus relieved
the republican party of the heavy load it had to carry on
his account, a load partially responsible for the defeat of
many senators who voted to seat Newberry and thereby of-
fended the public s sense of propriety. Republican leaders,
seeing the hand writing on the wall, forced tardy action
by the senator.
In his letter of resignation, Mr. Newberry poses aa a
martyr to personal political persecution and declares that
jthould opportunity present itself again, he would not hesi
tate to offer himself to his state and country. Had he re-
iigned before, he could have eliminated himself as an issue
r.tid could have sought vindication by running for reelection
this fall. Instead however, he held on and thereby caused
the defeat of his colleague, Senator Townsend, and sent to
the senate the first democrat from Michigan in 70 years.
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
"Don't cry, little girl. How would
you like a vacation out by the seaf
Would you like a week out there
in a groat big, cool house with
trees and flowers and birds and
dogf"
To Sturmoimt's surprise the little
huddled form was shaken with
sobs.
''Oh, why did you say thatt Oh
why did youT You ve made going
back worse and worse. Don't you
see I can t go to your house and
love that dog for who would take
care of Ma and Eddie and I 'want
to go. I want to go go hard that
it just seemg as though my heart
would tear in two."
Well, thcro is no law against
our tajiing "Ma and Eddie with us,
is there?"
There was a little gurgling sound,
something between sobs and laugh
ter aud close up against huu hud
dled the thin figure and about his
nock tightly closed a pair of pit
iably skinny arms.
For the first time in his care
free, pleasure-hunting twenty-six
years Malcolm Starmount was moved
by pity. Something tugged at his
heartstrings. Ia spito of him down
his cheeks slowly rolled two great
unbidden "Perspiration,"- muttered
Starmount, mopping his face with
his new handkerchief whilo the
thought came to him of how his
companions would jeer if they had
seen him. The girl was speaking
again. . He turned to heir her say
with pathetic eagerness:
"Do you mean itt Do you really
mean it t Will you really take Ma
and Eddie with us?
"Nobody was ever so good to me
before. v by you don t know where
Ma and Eddie and I live. It's just
one room and poor Ma is just
coughing herself to death and Ed
die can just walk around and give
her a drink of water for his poor
crippled foot is put on backwards
you know.
"Oh, you do mean it, don't vou?
Vou couldn't have been so wicked to
have just said it" for a joke."
Starmount felt a constriction in
his throat "as two great, tear-filled
tragic eyes were raised to his.
'My child, I couldn't joke with.
you. Of course I mean it, every
word.
Involuntarily his arms went about
her. She was so pathetically trust
ing. "I'm going to say my prayers to
you tonight," she asserted. 'Ton
are better to me than ever Ood has
been. I've asked and asked and ask
ed him to take Ma out of that aw
ful hot room this summer and he
never did anything about it. And
you know Cohen pays me so little
that I can only buy our food and
pay our rent. And then sometimes
we don'.t have enough to eat when
I have to have some shoes or a
new dress to wear to the store. And
here you come along and pick me
right up from behind Cohen's coun
ter when I thought I was dying
and almost wished I was, if it was
n't for Ma and Eddie. And now
you're going to take us out to that
place you told about you are,
aren't you? Oh, if you do, you'll
be better than God. '
"Hush, child. Perhaps God sent
me to you in answer to your prayers'
Perhaps it is He that has made me
good to you."
Malcolm Starmount was speaking
reverently for almost the first time
in all his wild life. He was a little
awed. He wondered to himself just
why he was doing all this; why he
sat with his arms close about this
little starved form; why he was
talking of God as something per
sonal; why he did not unclasp "those
thin arms from about his neck. He
contrasted their ugliness with the
glorious fairness and firmness of
.Valda Courteney's arms arms that
had often been referred to as the
lost arms of Venus arms that had
often been around his neck in just
this way.
With an unwonted emotion of sur
prise Starmount realized that noyer
once had the feel of NaUla ppurte
ney's arms embracing hint given
him the joy that this childish car
ess brought. ,
His mind Went back to .the wild
night before with its wine, women
and tang.
For the first time in his life Mal
colm Starmount was ashamed. He
turned his faos away from the clear,
trusting eyes that were seeking him
eg he recalled the dance of Nalda
Gourteney. Was it possible that he
had proudly clasped a collar of dia
monds around the throat of that al
most naked and shameless creature
while there were girls in the world
like this one who were grinding
their lives away to earn a pitiful
living?
Solemnly he vowed that if he
never did another good act he would
bring peace and joy and comfort
into the life of this girl who sat
beside him.
Perhaps it was a vein of super
stition in his nature that made
Starmount at this moment feel that
if he ever broke this vow something
direful would happen to him.
Agian he felt a little tighter clasp
of the clinging arms. Again he felt
hot, wet cheek against his own,
"l'ou are going to take us, aren't
you? 'Cause we are very near home
now and I wouldn't want to tell
Mother and Eddie that they were
going and get their hopes all set
on it, and then have to tell them
that It was just one of those dreams
that we talk about at night when
we haven't very much to eat and
we try to comfort each other with
grand words."
Why, of course, child, I am go
ing to take you all."
Soft lips were pressed against his.
I can't tell you how I feel inside
of me, but you won't be sorry you
promised when you see Ma and Ed-
ie. You know Ma has had an
awful hard time, and she's wrinkled
nd you wouldn't call her exactly
pretty, but I love her, and if Ed
die's foot wasn't put on backwards
he'd he a real handsome niost as
andsome as you."
The car turned into a narrow alley
way accompanied by the shouts of
the hordes of unkept children in
the neighborhood.
It came to an abrupt stop.
Officer Mulcauy stepped down.
"I have promised, as you may have
neard, officer, to take this young
lady's mother and brother to my
house at the seaside for a little va-
ation. Will you go up and get
tnemi leu inem to come just as
they are and I'll provide everything
for their comfort when they get
there.
Mary was peering impatiently out
her side of tho car and as she
pied a gaunt, tired face looking
ver the fire escape, she called:
'It's me, Ma, it's me! Come on
down. Come on down and see me.
ve got a surprise for you." Then
because she could not keep the se
cret longer she burst out: "Ma, Ma,
we are going to the seashore. Vou
and Eddie and me. Wait a minute
and I'll be up there after you."
'the girl tried to rise, but sank
back on the cushion. Her legs would
not support her little, starved
body.
"Pat go up and tell Ma to put
a shawl on her head and come down
here right away. Tell her this-
this gentleman is going to take us
an to nis home. '
She turned quickly her face close
to his. Say, what's your name, mv
Liorar
Tomorrow At Home.
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MISSIONARIES
STILL HELD BY
HONAN BANDITS
Peking, Nor. 21. The Amer
lean legation here la without any
further word from the three
American missionaries kidnaped
by Honan bandits at different
times within the last two weeks
The three captives, Anton Lun
deed. Einar Borg-Breen and
George Olaf Holm, all are con
nected with the Lutheran mission.
The bandits also are holding the
five year old - son of Mr. Borg
Breen, besides a number of mis
sionaries of other nationalities.
All the bandits' prisoners have
been permitted to communicate
with their families and when last
heard from were unharmed.
The foreign office has asked
the cabinet to send an expedition
into Honan province to treat with
the bandits for the release of their
captives. V. K. Wellington Koo,
foreign minister, declared he was
confident the kidnaped foreigners
would be freed within a week.
STATE WARDS TO
SEE CHILD FILM
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RAILROAD RATES IN
; AUSTRIA AGAIN RAISE
Vienna, Nov. 21 Railway rates
m Austria were raised by 300 per
cent early this month, making them
now 24 tunes what they were on
August l, laza. Even with this
heavy increase, it is estimated that
the dcfic.it still will be about 1,-
ouu,uuu,uuu crowns a day.
The passenger deficit is said to
be duo largely to the enormous
amount pf free transportation, or
so-canea cost price fares, enioyed
by government servants. During the
summer it was estimated that at
least half the travel was of this
class. So far the government has
taken no steps toward abolishing
the evil.
When there are no war profits,
thero will be fewer propheis of war.
Some war histories are funny.
Ours says that Turkey is on the
losing side.
Don't Baby
Corns Use
"Gets-It"
Thousands of people have only
themselves to blame for corn
agony, blood poison, etc. Trim-
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CORNS ! I 1 fV?N J
All Salem people who are Inter
ested in better pictures for the
screen will be pleased to know
that the play written by Kate
Douglas Wiggins, author of "Re
becca of Sunny Brook Farm," and
entitled "Timothy's Quest," a pic
ture highly endorsed by the Gen
eral Federation of Women's clubs
of New York city, ministers,
teachers In fact all that have
seen it, is to be shown in Salem
the first three days of next week
at the Liberty theater.
The play, said to be the great
est achievement of the American
Releasing Corporation, deals with
an orphan of the slums who, in
order to avoid being sent to an
orphanage asylum, runs away
taking with him a little girl, with
his quest being a real home with
the posibility of finding a moth
er. The two children bum a rldt
on a freight train and hop off
near a large white frame house in
the country. Upon going to the
house they find that the spinster
living there declined to do any
adopting. She sees in the girl,
however, with eyes and manners
quite Tike a sister ot hers who
ran away from home and decides
to keep the child. As the little
boy leaves down hearted and with
a feeling that in the girl he was
having to leave a dear friend, the
old maid's heart warms and she
calls him back.
To complete the show, Manager
Ogden has secured a two reel ani
mal comedy in which there is not
a human actor.
The film arrived in Salem yes
terday afternoon and private
showing at the penitentiary, boys'
training school, girls' industrial
school and mute school are being
planned for this week. On the
recommendation of the manage
ment of the theater and others
that have seen the picture, the
film has been endorsed by Super
intendent ot city schools, superin
tendent of the county schools.
President C. O. Doney ot Willam
ette, local clergy and heads ot
women's clubs and civic organiza
tions. -
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 I
DEPLORES EXTRAVAGANCE
OF ENGLISH STUDENTS
Londan, Nov. 21 Much critjfism
has been directed against the facul
ties of Cambridge and Oxford, as
being responsible for the extrava
gant life led by many of the un
dergraduates of the " universities.
The subject gained wide publicity
recently when a student committed
. iot4 1
snicid because of'fhTnrl
cultie.. "
Dr. Fame!!, Vlce-cl., J
Oxford University, in hi,... I
the ODenln .
"Id he tad !
plaints, occasionally lodged e?s f
undergraduate, of extravaga?l
ing, were not altogether "in f
foundation. TT u.l., ,..
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