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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1926)
w -1 -t" -m iSix-Ply White Arrow Cords Fully Guaranteed! 32x4 33x4 32x4 33x4 34x4 Compare these Prices with those of others, consider the quality, and you'll buy Hood Tires. Richmonds' Phone Main 212 &IIAT0R I STANFIELD'S SERVICES TO OREGON Record of His' Achievements During Five Years in Senate aftWW VI ifUIIUIUUVJI His Important Committee Place Help Oregon to Gcrt Aid It Needs 1 a-- ei.i. rur aMLo V6vivpiiiiih . Portland, March 11, (Special) Mak ing, on behalf, ol Senator Robert N. Stanfield, due acknowledgment of the assistance rendered him in Congress by the other members of the Oregon delegation, Senator Charles L. McNary and Representatives W. C. Hawley, N. J. Sinnott, C. N. McArthur, now de ceased, and Maurice E. Crumpacker, Hon. E. D. Cuslck, manager of the Stanfield campaign, gave to the press of the state to-day a statement of the Senator's recor d of services during the five years he has held otfice. The complete statement, it is announced, will be issued shortly in pamphlet form for gene ral circulation. The fol lowing is a nummary touching brief ly the high .lights of Mr. Stanfield's record in the senate: Splendid Committee Assignments. following important Committees helps to put Oregon in the front rank in the United States Senate: 1. Public Lands and Surveys, (Chairman). 2. Finance, (most powerful and im portant of all Senate Commit tees). 3. Civil Service, (next to Chair man). 4. Claims, (next to Chairman). 6. Post Ofi'ices and Post Roada, (3rd member In 16). Stanfield and Oregon Appropriation' During Senator Stanfield's five years' of service in the U. S. Senate, he has been a leading factor in the obtaining of the following appropria tions for the state of Oregon: (Totals for Five Years 1921-1926.) Federal Aid Highways...... $6,536,594 Forest Roads and Trails 6,701,087 Rivers and Harbors 7,386,000 Reclamation 8,631,000 Indian Affairs 2,148,547 Crater Lake National Park.... 292,750 Total 132,695,978 A grand total exceeding all Federal appropriations for Oregon from its admission to statehood until 1921. Senate Seniority Helps. States which re-elect their senators and representatives have a far greater influence in governmental affairs and obtain much larger appropriations and other Federal aid than those states which do not follow this course. The reason for this is the seniority rule or congress, which requires every new senator and rebresentative to start in , at the foot of a committee and stay there until the death, retirement or resignation of a senior member per mits him to advance, a grade. This rule has no exceptions. As some com mittees have as many as 17 members, Jt generally takes years before a new senator can obtain the chairmanship ef an Important committee. Only twenty-two Republican Senators now outrank Senator Stanfield in senior ity. Senate Committees Control Legislation. The leading committees of the Sen J.fta.d Houe control all legislation. GOD TIRES $22.45 23.15 29.50 30.35 31.00 Station This is because it is impossible for Congress to consider thousands of bills introduced (in the last Congress the number was 16,884) without first referring them to committees for con sideration, report and recommenda tion. The chairman of a leading sen ate committee possesses great power over legislation, because he decides, as a rule, the order in which bills shall be considered. His ' judgment also usually determines which bills shall be reported out for the Senate to act en. Stanfield's Committees Big Asset for Oregon, Senator Stanfield is Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands and Surreys, one of the leading Commit tees of the Senate, with 14 members. Tiiis Committee is of vast importance to Oregon and the other ten western states because it handles all legisla tion dealing with conservation, reser vation, use and disposal of public lands. He has the distinction of being, with one exception, the only Senator from a Pacific Coast State to be made a member of the Committee on Finance the most important aHd powerful of all the Senate committees in the past sixty years. This committee has 17 members, handles all tariff and tax , legislation and all bills pertaining to ' the income of the Government. Senator Stanfield ranks third on the Committee on Post Offices and Post Road3, passing on all legislation af fecting postal rates and post roads; I also on the compensation and work ing conditions of postal employes. He is rankhig member (next to Chairman) of the Committee on Civil Service, with 11 members, and, as such, has charge of the Civil Service Retirement Pension Bill. ' United Stater Senator Robert N. 6tanfleld The Senator is also ranking mem ber of the Committee on Claims, which passes on all claims coming be fore Congress. j' Secure Relief for Agriculture. ! When Mr. Stanfield became Benator, on March 4, 1821, agriculture was de pressed, prices were down and many banks In. western agricultural communi ties were on the verge of ruin. Although .an expert on agriculture and livestock, Senator Stanfield found that the senlar Ity rule greatly handicapped him in hl efforts to have an emergency tariff bill paused. Because no tariff bill covering solely agricultural duties had ever been passed by Congress, he found the Com mittee on Finance opposed to the enact ment of such a law. Senator Stanfield de voted weeks of effort to portraying to the Eastern members of this Committee the actual conditions which made If im possible for farmers and livestock amn to make a profit on their product, because butter from New Zealand, e'gRS from China, tinned beef from Argentina and otner products were being sold In the U. 8. .&l j5ri.es. lower ttum like 4flusrui Service Maupin, Oregon products brought The Influential Chair man of ' the Finance Committee, Boise Penrose of Pennsylvania, was only par tially convinced, however, until on dy 8enator Stanfield, In riding through Pennsylvania and New Jersey, pointed out to him cabbage rotting in the fields because It could not compete In price with cabbage Imported from Denmark anil Holland. Shortly thereafter, on Ma,y 27, 1921, the Emergency Tariff Act was passed and furnished Immediate relief by placing substantial protective duties upon I agricultural products. I Obtains Loans for Farmers. I In order to remedy the condition of hundreds of banks In smaller western towns, suffering from agricultural depres sion, Senator Stanfield Introduced a bill authorizing the War Finance Corpora tion to make agricultural loans. The Act became law Aug. 24, 1921, the War Finance Corporation authorizing the mak ing of loans to the amount of 1478,000, 000, actually advanning tJl'8,000,000 of this amount In western agricultural and livestock loans dulrng 1921-1922. In order to assist the banks and local loan asso ciations affected to secure quick relief under the Act, Senator Stanfield travel led through the west in 1921 and visited many communities for that purpose. Worked for Agricultural Credits Act. He was a leader among the senators who secured the passage of the Agricul tural Credits Act of March 4, 1923. The law permits loans to be made through Intermediate Credit Dunk operating in conjunction with Farm Loan Hanks to extend credit for a period of six months to three years on warehouse receipts to Cooperative Marketing Associations and other agricultural organizations. Stanfield Bill for Loans on Homes. Senator Stanfield Is the author of leg islation now before Congress to provide Government-super -vised loans at low rates of Interest and favorable terms of payment to home owners, and says: "The bankers, and Industry through thern, have secured relief through the Federal Re serve Banks; farm loans have been pro vided at low rates of interest and long time through the Federal Farm Loan system; Intermediate credits have been provided for carrying agricultural pro ducts until favorable market conditions obtain; but the city home owners, who pay the highest price named for all they must buy, have been afforded no relief. It is time these workers were provided with easy means of utieurlng homes and paying for them." TWs bill provides for a system of Home Loan Banks supervised by the Government, with bond-Issuing power, similar to that of the Land Hanks. ' Oregon Should Control Her Resource. Perhaps Senator Stanfield's biggest fight is based on the demand that the Government shall recognize the principle that the resources of the withdrawn and reserved public Jttnd-s within the state of Oregon are really the property of the State. Ail revenues obtained from tim ber or other sales or from the utilization of these lands should be paid to the State, he Insists, In lieu of taxei that theBe areas would pay If in private own ership. Respecting this vital problem, Senator Ktanfilcd says: "As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, I maintain that the natural resources of Oregon belong to the people of Oregon and not to the Gov ernment. I am leading the fight to es tablish Oregon's right to use the revenues from these resources to develop the State and tn raduc. mtLtvrin Uv thA tovoji. now Has Worked Hard for Oregon's Reclamation Projects, Senator Stanfield has worked unceas ingly for the success of Oregon's Irriga tion projects. Being In full accord with the attitude of the senior Senator from Oregon, Charles ,. Mc.Mnry, Chairman of the Senate Committee, on Irrigation and Reclamation, he favors the active Continuation of the reclamation of our j arid )ands until every irrigable acre In Oregon Is rHuccd, jn due time, to cult!- 1 vaUou. Since Stanfield witened tho Senate, ap propriations amounting to iUMlfinO have been obtained from th Government for reclamation in Oregon. Backs up McNary in Federal Aid for Settled. As one of the acknowledged leaders among the 22 senators representing II vsljern states, who organized on March 8, ll)8, with Senator McNary presiding, Senator Stanfield joins In oppoHlng In terior Department's demand thnt settlers ojj federal Irrigation prrdec, jiK.iudlnjrj . Oregon, must D rmsneea ojr the vuttt na ni or me itovernmeni. lai lnD rial aid, Sinnftold maintain, should com out of the federal reclamation fund, whloh on June JO. 1:5. had a balaae at fill,- on hand. As tMult, the Interior Department has abandoned Its demand tor Htate a!4 and hua agreed to use 1500,000 of the reclamation fund for the purpose of making experimental loana to eettler on certain project over a period of three year. Helped Pees Federal Highway Act A a member of the Committee on Poet Offices and Poet Roada, Senator taa field was a leader In securlti? the pmsgi of the Federal Highway Act on Novem ber . 1931. The Art provided for the resviit designation of a syetein of Fed eral aid to Highway In the various states, and carried an Initial appropria tion of ;5.00O.0O0, He procured Inclu sion of forest road In this Act, with an appropriation of 111,000,000 the ftret large appropriation for foreat road pee ed by Congress Since Senator Stanfield entered the Senate, Oregon ha received from the Government tla.13T.ISI for high ways and foreat roada For Roosevelt Military Highway. The economic value of the Roosevelt miliary Highway to the whole State of Oregon cannot be overestimated. . This highway should b completed at the earl iest poulhla moment, because of the great development It will bring, particularly to all of VVeatern Oregon. A nearly all of this highway traverse the national for ests It should have a major part of the forest road fund expended upon It. For Conservation and Reforestation, Senator Stanfield believe In the eon. serration of the timber resource of Ore gon. If Oregon' timber can be car. fully harveated and reforestation mad af fective, her timber Industry will be ear. petual. Legislation to tht nd I s-ntlnj, on part of bath Federal Govern ment add Btata. uregon privatelv awn. ed timber I valued at tU4.O00.O0O and paid state ana county tajte for !( amounting to IS. 800,000. Oregon' Um ber, within the forest reserve, paying ne taxation to the State, la valued at ttlO,. ono.000, but th amount allotted to th' stat oy tn Government out of all revenue' from th forest for th ftca! year, June 30, 1924. to June to. lilt, was only 1:38,6:5 81. Senator Stanfield Insists that these forest revenue belong to th Ftute. Mint and Minlna. Every measure designed to aid th miner and prospector has met with the active support of th Senator. The mining Industry, he believe. I particularly will qualified to Judgs It own need. This Industry udded more than K.0OO.000 to the wealth of Oregon during th past year. Improving Rivers and Harbor.' Th Junior Senator urge larger ap propriation for river and harbor Im provement tn Oregon. lie Insists that. In considering rlvr and harbor project, rutur tonnage a wall a present ton nage be considered, and maintain that all development of liver and harbors should be paid for by th Federal Gov ernment, without (tat or district finan cial cooperation. Sine h ha been In th Senate, Oregon baa received Federal appropriation for river and harbor amounting to I7.J86.0CO. Widening and Deepening Columbia Rlvr Chsnnel Th future development of Portland, Astoria, Rainier, St. Helen and other communities hx-ated on th ColunYMa River from Portland to th sea, require the maintenance of a channel of suffic ient width and depth to permit th larg est ocean-going vessels to enter their harbor. A 36 -foot channel 1 the present goal of these port. It I of vital Im portance that the U. 8. Engineer Corp be encouraged in Its efforts, not only lo carry out this project, but to devote especial attention to the widening and deepening of the constantly shifting chan nel between Astoria and th sea. senator Stanfield Is greatly Interested In thus plans and prepared to aid In their fulfill ment. Favor Tongue Point Ntval B. Realizing that the Coastline on th Pa cific Ocean from San Francisco to Puget Sound, a distance of almost one thousand miles. Is absolutely without defence from a naval standpoint, Senator Stanfield has always been a strong advocate of the lo cation of a luhmarln. destroyer ana aviation base at th mouth of th Colum bia River. The development of an ade quate naval base at Tongue Point, there fore, I a matter of much concern to him, as it mean the protection In th future of an area comprising the greater part of the state of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. He is pledged to work for the establishment and development of the Tongue Point naval base. Relief Bill to Benefit 18 Counties. Senator Stanfield Is championing th passage of a bill, of which he I th author, to relieve the eighteen Oregon counties In which the Oregon and Cali fornia Railroad Grant lands are located. The passage of this bill would Immediate ly distribute to the several counties ap proximately 15,000,000 for taxes lost dur ing the past eleven years, and would annually thereafter distribute approxi mately J500.000 to those counties. His Report on Spruce Land Tax Lou. Extensive publicity ha been accord ed Senator Stanfield' report, prepared In his capacity as ranking member of the Senate Committee on Claims, on th Mc Nary bill for the payment to Lincoln county of an amount equal to the tax loss on United States spruce land In that county. Enactment of thl bill would re sult In the return to Lincoln county of a sum tn excess of 1188,641.84, coveting the period of four years from 1919 to 1922 In clusive, and the county should b reim bursed In the Bum of 145,000 per year for the balance of ten years, Voted to Overrld Vto of Adjuttid Compensation, All measurer for the relief of veteran of the World War, their widow, chil dren and dependents, have been support ed by the Senator. On May It, 1924, he voted to enact the Adjusted Compensa tion Law over the President' veto, .- In keeping with his pre-election promise to ths World War veterans.' Benator Stan field has also actively supported every measure Intended to aid th veterans at the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and the World War. Helps Coolldg Reduce Taxes From the beginning of his service, Sen ator Stanfield ha actively supported th Republican national administration, and Is aiding President Coolldg to bring about strict economy In governmental af fair" and the reduction of taxes. A a member of the Finance Commute h ef fectively assisted President Coolldg in bringing about thl year's tax reduction of $387,000,000. i Also, a member of the Finance Com mittee, he urged the elimination of all taxes on admissions and club dues, and on the Senate floor cast, the deciding vote for the Senate amendment eliminating those nuisance faxes. It was largely due tn his attitude that admission ticket up to 76c were freed from the ta. Law Enforcement, As a strong supporter of the adminis tration ef President Coolldge, Sonator Stanfield Is tandlng with the President In the latter' enforcement of the prohi bition law, The , attitude of the Chief Executive toward adequate enforcement of the low VM clearly set forth In his address of acceptance on August 14, 1924, wherein he stated: "It 1 the duty of the Executive to enforce; I propose to do my duty as best I can.". Through th ap pointment of W. K. Newell of Eugene to be Federal Prohibition Administrator for Oregon, on the recommendation. .of Senator Stanfield, the Government gain-1 ed the eervte Qf competenj gnd j,. minded eiiforcenient oi.iciar, lm l pr forming hi arduous dutle to the .enure satisfaction of hi luperlora In office and of the advocate of law enforcement. Repeal ef Cepital Stock Tss. Thl tax. a federal tax. which proved to be an annoying handicap to buelneea, and especially to Oregon' leading in dustry, lumber, wa repealed In February of thl year. The action wa largely due to Senator Slanfleld'a representation to th Senate Finance Committee. Against Ovr.Tstlon of Timber, Further experience would be neoe. u k.l.M I Ha aifti.! fofm Af t a H.,m , of timber land could be ascertained, but, according to Senator Stanfield. It due ' appear that en plan, which Is now re- celvlng thoughtful consideration. ! to th bar land upon which th young fot I (rowing, and when It mature and th crop l harvested, thai a portion of th porch prlc shall be returned to th Stt In th form of a yield tax. itnfll pono- Retirement Pension. Thl tail, providing for th optional re tirement of Federal civil scrvl.e em ployee aftr thirty years' of service at a maximum paniton of tl.2"0 per year, will probably pasa at the proem session of Congrea. ' Th bill provides for In .Mniin the annuity for tioetat ami,,va j who are legally retired uml-r Its term Deduction irom in employer eamry, to go Into the pension fund, I to be In creased from ISi1?. lo m",'r, More then 4W.000 Federal civil servle entp'nyce will be benefitted by tht ll-tntioii. Th tunfltld Oraslng Dill. Now under consideration by Congress, I of interest to Oregon and the other ten western tta bcause It seeks to stab- III.,. Ika HvMlflrll ll'littal.w I. u a.l..,.. IHiaw ,w M ..-,..., .j BIYIII tookmen using the range, either on th unreeervvu puum- uummn ur in in na tional forest, legal right to such prlvl. leg Instead of depending up m permit Issued by th departments of the interior and of agriculture. I I AT LEGION HALL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17 Music By ue Music Masters of The Dalles This dance will conclude the Legion's winter series. Special preparations have been made for an extra good time 1 n t Usual Admission -:- Fine Eats HtTTTTI I F !liT A YES We Build Homes . 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