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About The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1917-1921 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1920)
\ N— 11 -- . * '. -■'! - With indignation a t suits’ to h b own contributors, and b to give Governor Cox so d u l leave the en- gaud as he the chief attem pt before he average family t Chicago will be I persons, and setting the men and te, net th a t one party b | to who pay ineoaua only an the id, but that the other b worse. • above $1,000 over against the to In that contest of comparative de who have from »1,000 to $9.009 tax free income on account of the merits the public will take little in- par unt for tt in Drag« b ne tow to invent Urn Use of their families; pnd we may terest. The main facto are well undsr- L The expenses of a campaign reoghly say that not le u than five it. The 111 ion hands at families a r t paying for ths presidency are necessarily I conn tax on $2,000 or more incoi high. To do the needed and b g tti-l difficult or work costs a g n a t deal of I But t h u s heads of families repre ay a t any sent twenty-five million people who : Both parties have to get it I epoying incomes big enough to and neither of them has been, in the be taxed. So it may bo said that one- pest, too scrupulous as to where or fourth of the population of the United hew it was g o t No one will seriously S ta tu , instead at five per cent, or contend that there b in th at respect | one-twentieth, ere enjoying incoi any greet difference l>ig enough to pay income tax. crats and republicans this year. They I and Thytov This doesn’t seem to agree with the are alike in needing n large fund; over-quoted statement that two per they are alike in having to operate I " ïf I had my way about it, I would cent of the people of this country own under the corrupt practices laws and write into the constitution of the 99 par cent of its wealth. in having to make public the amount United States a provision that no war I would probably be found, if < and source of the contributions they r be begun by our cdu* st atistic« a t income were more com receive. The republicans might nad-1 absolute defense against plete, th at while one-fourth of our ily admit that it ia easier for or ic tu tl Attack m lm the families ere enjoying incomes of mi than for the democratic party to fill I bM been combined to a vote Money ia your boose or iuyour pocket is u n sa fe . $2000 a year, tnore than oi thair war c h u t, since they number) of the people.” half of them have incomes in exc many more members of Urge THIEVES and BURGLARS have a way of finding out of $1600 e year—say $6 a day. The bigger the resources to ta p would I who hides money or carries it around. .They are DAN Had there been euch ly Inst wash the Myrtto Point naturally mean a bigger supply. But PRICES TO GO DOWN , received UMM9 pounds at at- ur constitution to April, 1917, we I that fact does not constitute a moral GEROUS MEN and they coae around often. mold probably be fighting While the general trend of price* difference between the two parties, blackberries—6 Vi toas. • a t thia time appear« to he downward, provided the money is not illegally Behind our strong locks your money is SAFE. there are plenty of exception«, among collected or corruptly spent. T h e n | GOING ABOUND THE WORLD out of Wo make our bank a bank of SERVICE. Come in which paper and fuel oil appear« to is no virtue in pleading poverty, If ene should « ta rt east front Co be permanent. And both of them hit though the democrats are pleased— I and mow . We will make you “fed at home.” quills und go around the world he 1 the printer whoae principal purchase» for the present—to plead it. When would follow very nearly the 4 l must be of paper, and who must use they are in funds they will be still | We invite YOUR JBaafcinf parallel of north latitude, but the i gasoline for his linotype and his en- itter pleased. only, osnsidernhb «tty ha would sou 1 fine. It used to be a byword among “The force and political effect o il would he Vladivostok, Siberia, the boy« way back in the last cen- Governor Cox’ speech on the repub though hé wouldn’t m b s Milwaukee 1 tury, however th at “whatever goes up lican campaign fund lay in the die- [ as Boston vary far. He Vould, b ! must come dowp on your head or on closure th at Chairman Hays has set •( ever, erose several large bodttl of wa the ground,” and so we live in hope some cheerful idots to raising money. ter beeide« the Atlantic and P m that the turn in the tide will at last The democrats may have no better I «canna. The principa] ones are the affect everything th at one has to buy. But they can hardly b«| Meflttmnuaeen See, the Black, a s* DiMUeeirg -“Deflation” in the cur detected in such incredibly silly meth Caspian Sea and the Sea of Japa rent issue of Scribner’s, . Alexander ods, such imbecilities of phrasing, as I Few realise th at the island of Cuba, Dana Noyes reaches the same conclu wars used by the republican agents. if transposed directly north would sion. Speaking of conditions after The Sun has enough political sense id from Nrw York City to Indi any great fear he says: to s u the point perfectly. It bids the | au, or that Habana b farther w “Two facta become apparent from democrats b y on to their hearts’ than Cleveland, Ohio, or th at the Pan even the most superficial survey of content, in condemnation and | ia Canal b duo south of Pittsburgh, any such chapter of past economic of the republican ’official bulletins’ | in P u , er th at New York City b farth er history. One, and in all respects the which Governor Cux produced, say it than Valparaiso, Chili, or th at more important, Is th at whatever ing that nothing can bo too ’severe’ a u , tb d k s , b farther w u t tl ntay have been the inflation of cur young masters of | C., Hawaii. ' rency, credit, and prices during, such •salesmanship* who wrote the a period, it was never permanent. ing appeals for money. And the Sun | Sooner or later—usually after a con b frank enough to add: siderable lapse of year»—the artifi What a stroke of consummate intel cial structure built up by the neces sities or the extravagances of war ligence it was to cram the “official was brought down again to normal bulletin” of the drive bureau with hand proportions, and the inflated coat of such expressions as “Digging up the living came down with ft. The sec money,” and “Boys, get the money!“ V / ’O U J office force will turn ond and equally invariable lesson of and “Get. money quick!” and “ Step on I oat more work in a given the past is that arduous and trying it!” and “Get the right man to see time and make fewer mistakes experiences stood in the path of m ar the right people!” and “Our n a d e n if they are comfortable. Fans kets of »very country where deflation a n requested not to- make this publi cation public,” and dosen other gems was following inflation.” pay for themselves in inenaasd Going on to »peak of the rising cost of the advertising agent’s “pep” or of accuracy and volume of work. of labor in and after g n a t wars the the publicity promoter’s bromides of persuasion or of the canned lingo of I same w riter pays: Spend up with “Economists observed, m o n than a organised solicitation on an extensive C-E Fane! century ago, that such a process al- i ways affected wages of the worst-, paid laboring classes more quickly i and m o n decidedly th at it affected i earners of a comfortable wage, and i what he wants flsae with it whether to repeal it, amend it, or enforce it M ** ______________ ery one knows th at the eoet of eom- ------------------------ mon, casual, and unskilled labor has 8 M O H THEM OUT . increased since 1914 in a much more “That element of ’quotable value’ The Sentinel Wants te esc the can- rapid ratio even than the pay of is n tremendous asset in politics. The democrats, owing to the fearful didatse Of the two big partSee smoked skilled mechanics.” on* and compelled to say where they Again speaking of the decline in stand on the question of the amend- prices which has been fully as rapid tional committee, start off with it on «sent, repeal or enforcement of the in France, Germany, England and their side. They also have the timely Volstead a c t Of course, they are Japan as in the United States, he fur warning not to permit ahy such crass folly on the pert of any of their own For full information call at the office of the going to lose votes by taking g stand ther says: either way. but if one of them is go- “The inference is unavoidable that collectors with a mania fa r words ing to espouse the wet cause, let the the real cause has boon either sudden with a ‘punch’ in them. Chairman other come out flat-footed for the world-wide determination by the con- Hays would doubtless, if he had drys. Or bettor still let them both sum big public to reduce its purchases known about it in time, sooner have Coquille . Oregon come out far the strict enforcement to the lowest limit, or the unexpect- cut off his right hand than Ut that of the Volstead act, even if it leave ed increase of production to a volume out from his headquarters. Chairman every wet voter in the nation on the greater than immediate requirements, White will redouble his vigilance fence, without a political home. To or collapse of world-wide speculation against similar idiocy In democratic 1 cater to a set of men whose only do- and disclosure of unexpectedly Urge headquarters. But let no one suppose ¡sire is to prevent Uw enforcement is supplies, as e result of tightening th at anything can stop the greet mor unworthy any man H iking the suf- credit. Undoubtedly ell three influ- al show which is now on for a run at mtb ifrsges of the American people for the eneee have dam their pert.” , Chicago, and which consists in trying ■ ~ ¡fit:: ■' -v ,' • vi* I highest office in their gift; and eo far to convince the audience that, if you A man can get a heap more as that is concerned so U the non ABOUT SLUSH FUNDS are e villian, the other fellow is a satisfaction from a small chew committal attitude both candidates much darker one.” Here is a fair non-partisan, or rath have thus far taken. o i this class of tobacco, than er hi-partisan, statement about the contributions to the rophbliean cam he ever could get from a big paign fund, which Candidato Cox has chew of the old kind. UNSHAKEN TESTIMONY been trying to make so big an issue in He finds it costs leM, too. The the campaign, and which has filled so Time is the test of truth. And large e space in the newspapers. The Doan’s Kidney Pills have etood the good tobaooo taste lasts so Portland Oregonian, republican news- test. No Coquille resident who suf- much longer he doesn't need papar and supporter of 8enator Herd to have i fresh chew nearly ing says: Be often.. . V’; Hm following editorial unttorances by the New York Times, democratic Any men who usee (he Real newspaper end supporter of Governor come tox in thia eountry is «bout 5,- Cox, are probably as fair a statement Tobaooo Q tew will tell you •00,000. Those who hâve no faarfly on the slush fund issue and Investi to support ers peying taxas on thstr gation as could be made: in twa ttyU$ nsi incems above $1,000, bas benevo- “Thia presidential campaign has lences. The married portion of the thus far been, by universal agree- W*B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco income tax-payera are peying s a a m«nt ’apathetic.’ The effort appears varying amount, their exemptions rua to be making to rouse people from RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco from $2,000 te $4.000. How one eould their lethargy by storting up s great hâve en exemption ao large u the row over party funds for the election. latter figure is msfly statod. The But this may have the effect of turn man who eould hâve a $4,000 tax trm ing apathy Into disgust. The pot will sail the kettle black. The republicans are going to prove th at the democrats are as bad as they era. This is ex 1 D o e s ' fo u r Solisc r lo t ion D a te iNeed Clla in rifl£ pected to ratos tbs campaign to » Farmers & Merchants Bank Comfort and go in hand See you r Local D ealer Mountain States Power Co. “N O W -A -D A Y S the Good Judge i h B t i g j r * ”, PmSsm™ aWKi 5