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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1945)
4» t _ ' > ‘ » / »' Ufi! i MttliRMAN CÜÜMl JüCltNAL MOÍ í Ü. ültLöu,*. JHfiró; Al'tfK ¿i Viti merman cttütm JóbUNAt Washington Columri « ) . ___ h» « „ ■» « ____ -r t t t r at a - “ costa money There are few untapped sources o f revenue. None of them wouid raise a large amount of money ex cept the sales tax. We might tax pape O lli gambling devises wihich would • c k i T i i i bring F illi» in thousands of dollars U it the idea m eets an emotional re NATIONAL € D IT O R !A l_ bluff from many people; there a-2 €DFI * ' SSOCIAVION a number of minor taxes that would bring in a little money. A- mong these are the cigarette tax, OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER special sales taxes on admissions, cometics, etc., business taxes, li- SUBSCRIPTION RATES wav ■■» __- cense fees. Some states. W ashing- PayabbH a Advance VWAW,? Z **" $¿.00 ton’ f ° r exam Pte> have many ONE -------------_------------------ —----- — these so called nuisance ta x is. Perhaps we would have them here AUGUST 24. 1945 in Oregon if it was not for tattu- tive and referendum. . *’ . W hatever tax system is devised FAST WORK will have to meet the approval of The administration is to be voters or rt will be killed. congratulated on the speed with i£f||jnK tsxee probably means which war time controls are being that property owner» prill foot dropped. Action on the iem ova jjjjj u u t^ som e new tax is made. o f them has been faster than j>ojjYilar or .property has to quit could have been expected uniess paying. scene preparation had been made jn meantim e if there is anv for the change in anticipation o easy solutao’n for the problem lqt the war’s end. the possessor thereof bring it to So rapidly have the d b u forefront. Even if not easy it restrictions been removed that it will be acceptable. ia feared in some quarters that there may be too much speed m DISPLACED PERSONS— loosening them. ra- AMERICAN STYLE Already there is no gas tioning, no highway speed , res First, reports» <xf the newly made triction ,no canned food stamps, jobless are not heartening. A large no wage restriction. Fear that part if those who are without these controls might be continued are interested in finding w as o f considerable proportions at .. and many want unemployment it one time. That ^eaz> .r compensation immediately. They been less since the beginning of are entitled* to the latter if there the- Truman administration. are no jobs available. Y et remaining are enough con It is natural that men accustom- trols but i f the administration ed to (high w ages will hesitate to EBiltlBIME R e ,yolicy accept em ployment at sm aller wa- wl<W3*t' ,n orce ges unless there are no better paid any longer than necessary. jobs to be had. That might be ter- med »good business on their pert, Also, if w ages drop, the cost of WHAT KIND OF TAXES living also jnu«t drop. Some of the Disregarding the wise crack that government controls have tended every one wants a tax system that to hoW up the price o f food, es- raises • the needed government p en a lly ^ v ^ eta U es. revenue from some one else than It may be reasonably concluded him self, just what sort o f a sys- th at the men who are now out of teen of taxation does the ordinary work are generally t-he poorer e itlifn w an t’ ’ workers, the aged, the weak ard Observation leads to the oonclu- those whose mental attitude to- »ion that most citiaens do « lets ward helpful endeavor precludes m eteetln g against their tax tsx bill D«»i them from performing a much la- In thia bor. They w ill be the m ost a^m- than some other Mils. a produc- gant about taking lower .paid job* county where the tax on a produc tiva section o f land may be under ®nd the most insistent about un- $200 there is little objection to the employment compensation and preperty tax «V of this period of whatever benefits 'accrue to the U m T In the «arly thirties when out of work laborer. puatofficw a t Moro. Urnfon »«4*r Act o f (xtnarrM o f March 3, 187». _ » larwer and dollar* For the man who can do a good few er there wad a big .protest, a job at same o f the building pro »X.t w o . hnLh valuable feasions there should be no occa- •* » There hou” Here property taxes are low and the r e f e r s realize it and do no hollering at paym ent time. The objections, if any, are against the income U x , which ia now ra- ther high because there ia much income. The rates are not dicer- ! to build, and to repair, there is painting to 'be done, plumbing to -P^ oars bo overhaul, machine* to repair, sheet m etal wor> to re- Pla<*- P ^ ^ b ly not many men of <Ws kind will need public aid to liv€ or R®1 a j° b- Already the roads are full of ---------------------- . Continued from page one. - ........ 1........... d 1 by congress ey advanvt » • With no appreciable increase, in either the volume * of value of services rendered, so fa r as the public is aware, these has been constant increase in the number of civilian employes on the gov ernment payroll, according to a report by Senator Byrd of Vir ginia, who declares that at least 300,000 could be eliminated w ith out interfering with governm ent eA ^ency. During last June 100 cjyj|iang em ployes were add'd v> -public payroll every hour ol working day in the United S tates and 600 for every hour ^or ¿U|je8 .abroad. Total increase for the mt>nth ^ aa 16,061 for de ¡partments and agencies a t h on e and 110,04 hired by the way de ipartment outside the United Sta- an average salary of $2,000 a year this m eans an increase of $252,000,000 a year to be paid American taxpayers. On the j a y Japan surrendered the total cogt of , the governm ent payroll was more than fJWice the interest on public debt. On July H , there became effective a new law authorizing the director o f • th? budget to establish person iic! ceilings, but resort to its provi sions will not be necessary now th^t war has ended and reduction in the number of government employes is , expected to proceed jn orderly fashion. --------------------- - a M. Zevely, county school su- perintendent, returned Thursday from Baker, Oregon, w'h-’Te he attended a m eeting of the commit- tee having in charge the passage of a measure referred to the pej- pie by the last Oregon legislature establishing a state normal school in eastern Oregon. A. C. Buckley o f Grass Valley reports the loss from fire o f hi* «_» * ‘ 2500 combine Monday night. T he. machine had been used during the day, but was standing idle when it burst into flames, the ()bscrver Aug 24, 1906 r ■ ■ e i "W A K ! U p . A merica !" ___ i miiiiilLl far we are becom ing-m ore social- Psblbhed fcver> Friday at « tic , am giving more authority Moro, Oregon ® E d it« and * more duty to government and Giles L. French ime- n MotAurrrturf I HlfD a CLMtr Are Th« «V 60 M illien Jobs? m As debated by . x Harry C. Read S ta ff 4ssisCsuU to Jeune» B. Carry, Sacretary-Traamrer, Contrat» a / < la d a tr ia l Organlnatioaa Allea W. Rocker AitfAar a / “Labor'* Rood to Plenty" t Praaidant, Tko E ddyR n ekor^ iekd» ' Cam pen/, M anat amant Cornual MB. BEAD OPENS: There are $0 million job», and saying so is under statement necessitated by our mental astigmatism. There is only one valid argument to the contrary, and It is that the world's work is dona. The absurdity of that statement precludes Its use. In the very nature of t hin gs, there always have been and there al ways will be Jobs of work to be done by all those able and willing to work. The lack of vision lies in the failure of men to bring the worker and th* job of work together. The obstacle seems to be that there'must be In plain view of some people accrual of a prdfit to thsmselves before workers and work can be brought together. This theory places the cart before the horae. Profit doesn’t make work; it is work that makes profit. Man alone has intelligence to foresee and plan for his future needs, and he is equipped, mentally and physically, to produce always more than hit imme diate needs. That excess production is profit It is the appropriation by cunning or force of the individual’s just share 0#-the profit from his labor that creates oUr difficulty. Malappro- priation of profits oh the false theory that profits breed jobs is the onjy ob stacle to 80 million jobs now and 00 billion jobs in the future. BUCBEB OPENS: What is S job? A machinist working 2.000 hours; a stitcher 1.500 hours; a clerk 1,000 hours yearly, all have jobs? To most of us, including Philip Murray, a Job means full time work the year around—2,000 hours. Therefore, one Infers “full employment” means 60 million jobs, 2,000 hours each: total, 120 billion man-hours of work. If that’s not the goal, what b? If that is the goal, it Is singularly reaction ary. If achieved, it wobld mean forc ing to continue at work some IS mil lion persons who shbuld not have to work in a progreasive nation. These include 1,278,000 boys and girls under 18; 2,100,000 person* over 65; 8.875,000 women in the 18-44 years of mother hood. For decades the trend of the American system has been toward creating ao much abundance at stead ily lower prices that fewer and fewer such persons need work. This alien theory of “full employment” is an attempt to reverse the whole tjend of American progress! Our reel pro gram is not more human labor but a vast increase in production, saleable at steadily lower prices for all to buy. Given that, fathers can keep children In school, families can sup port agecl parents in comfort end leisure; husbands can provide amply fos, next generation w i v e s a n d mothers. America needs more chil dren. Our reel goal ia that of making life so abundant that our youth, our aged, our mothers do not have to work. MB. BEAD CHALLENGES: Why make a god of full production? Full consumption will father full produc tion and full employment et wage levels well above price levels. To M R BUCKEB CHALLENGES: Re peating the discredited theory of the G e r m a n oommunist, Karl ~ Marx, proves nothing. Profit is simply “pay ment for creation and use of tools”; v.ithout MU' our living standards would be as low as in Russia where profits are not permitted. Sixty mil lion Jobs without tools means forced labor for even more people. Com munism's usual result Contrast the American way*; with tools and brains and only B> million workers, we pro duced material to win two wars while maintaining the world’s high- est ng standards. Continued, tha( system will I gradually frefe school children, women and the aged from need to work. More production at lower price* will do \hat; forced la bor never. M R BEAD BEPLIES: Attributing Sherman county farmers are far from t^ing broke. The crop ,of grain is short, but our citizens are “still in the ring”, financially. w . S. Powell has installed a Fairbanks Morse » gasoline engine on the farm and does not now pend altogether on his winHmiy for water. The new proprietors at Moro Pharmacy, Dr. Coffin and Ladru Barnum, are now prepared to call this theory "alien” i* an old chicanery. CIO asks that all able- bodied workers be provided enough work per sear to earn a full annual wage; it does not seek to lengthen hours. To argue that full employ ment means exploitation of children, women and aged L to ignore the 10 million hungry unemployed of 1040 when only 44 mipion had Jobe. We agree the goal is an abundant life for all. but it cannot be attained with 10 million idle able-bodied workers and their families living in permanent destitution. MR BUCKEB REPLIES: Recall that “10 million hungry (sic» able- .bodied unemployed in 1040” followed th CIO scheme. a five-year triaTof the That trial ended where It began — with 10 million unemployed. Too much attention to restricting work; too little attention to expanding production and lowering living costa, thus nbt frheing IS million achobl- children, mothers and aged persons from need to toil. Actually, with American tools and skill, 49 to 47 million able-bodied and productive men can expand our living standards, already highest on earth. We can consume only what we produce; the goal is more production, not forced labor. a solid Christian concept to Karl Marx ia trite red-baiting. CIO thinks in term# qlL people as against the materialist!«’ wieory that profit is “payment' for - creation and use of tools." We welcome the admission that working aifen have been forced | O p8y over and over again for the dr<nacbkge toon in lhe factfcrfes ’ We believe It fdllbws that a just di vision of.t>w proceeds of industry would relegate to limbo both ma terialistic cort: nunjsm and material istic capita lien, the bloody blood- b r o t h e r s . distributed purchasing power would¿Jtsult .in full employ serve the public of Shen-man coun- ment which CIO tentatively acts at ty le tte r than the community has 60 m illion _ jobs. ever been served before since the flrsl ” bU,ldmg COmpany Report* from all p erti of the The” Eastern""Oregon Land Co. they '“’P*- P ™ « '* county continue to come iin stat- books and papers in case o f fire. jng that thia harvest wiH be very are having the front o f their off. From the Obnerver, A o , 25. 1916 « " « h larger than any one ex- pected. Threshing m the Kent C H U R C H The city water mains and res- district Has temporarily stopped WASCO METHODIST CHUKCll ervoir was allowed to go dry because o f green wheat on sucker Sunday School 10 A. M. Tuesday ao that they could more roots- being to green to mix in Morning Worship— 11 a.m. easily clean it and put i t an con- the sack w ith 'the , matured grain . We are speaking RR® <” « a IleTe? R obert’U rquhatt tm s purchased taxes, which are n adir Rhniaaton » unmp mon- Preaching service at Grass Valley the Erskine farm o f 280 acres by , »3 ,» .n co m m itt« . wbkh u> “ T? in the afternoon at 3 o’clock. , f rom L. Bamwnt <■ ■ ' . to report iu finding, next .»nt- V ’ d.de . t work. The perennmlly mar ' poor may have to remain m Ore- ----------------------— ---------- An old obaervsstion is that there £ ° n- T'bo,se wh ° had no homes be- Christian Science Society are but three sources o f taxe*: *ore coming to the shipyards may Sunday morning services a I property bwdnee, and person». A "»" »“> because there twill be no n A - M. Subject “ MIND” ' • correct balance between collections P1® « e1« for th™ includes testim o n ials of heanng. With reasonably good tim es The reading rodm in the rea* from each of these three source* conditions for those displaced of the building is open. All au would, therefore, produce a per workers should not be bad. They thorized Christian Science liters fe et tax system . Because the rel ture can be Hought or borrowed ative positions o f these three sour have had more money than ever Wednesday night service at i ces change» each year a tax system before, they have been well fed 1 ur<*ka Lodge Nq, 121 A.F.& A.AL th at was p erfest in one year would and should he well clothed. There Meets on the 1st ard will be jobs for those who have a 3rd Thursday evenings be imperfect the next. of each month- Visiting There has been criticism of Ore trade. Wages may be lower, but 86 Proof members arc cordially gon's tax system because it is living costs should drop. 68.4% Groin nvited to m eet with us It will probably be som e mo- blamed for keeping industry out C. A. Ruggles. W. M . Neutral o f the »tote. The f«rt th«t there nthe before tim es wU1 be tou<h, W. D. Wallan, Secretarv . Spirits are many industries coming inlo a^a ‘n» anil by then (he best of Bethlehem Chapter No. 78, O .K 8 them can be reestablished. th e Mate reAeots ion theoorreetnes. M^ets Every Second xnu o f the argument, but doesn’t stip Fourth Thursdays ’n ea jt th o se w h o hold to that theory. Thia the o f ye a r t h j t Month. Visiting Members U sually tree malcontents are ad- Sherman county fam ilies Invited.— Moro. Oregon Rose Amidon, W. M. berent* o f the sales tax, who take U9e far the,r vacation ptriod. It is Ruth Sparling, Secretary th is means of protest although » fine Ume for a vacation and it they know that a sales U x does ia a ftne Ulin« 90 many can Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. 116 not meet w ith voter approval. *°- are alw ay« u k’ct Meets 2nd and 4th In Oregon three o f the aw ay and mope W P Y yet to get Tuesdays of each month. V isit ng mem above mentioned sources o f taxa back. bers welcome. - - tion are used. We have the pre- Clam Houston, N.G. pwrty tax, the excise tax on bu*i- Florence Johnston^S. aad the income tax on per- Moro Lodge No. 118, I.O.O.F. A «alas tax would be anoth Meets 1st and 3rd er form o f ta x on persons. Proper Tuesdays in I.O.O.F. hall. Transient and ty *• the back-log o f our taxation. From the Observer, Aug. 27, 1926 eisit ng brothers are It m ust pay th e costa o f govern- cordislkv invited other sources fail. It Light and power was off the to meet witn us. obtains a large measure o f relief Sherman Electric lines Thursday Ernest Houston N. G. when tncomu and excise taxes are night, supposed to be because o f a A. R. K essinger, Secretary high- This is such a period and fire early that .morning which It is- prebsMy a t an end. ; had destroyed the transform er It b prehaUg true th at the to- used in taking power from the GEORGE G. UPDEGRAFF ta i o f taxes ssUsetsd wflj tend to high line to th e Hugh Walker sad o f decline; the farm between Moro and Wasco, A tto r n e y A t L a w vote more things that cost C. L. Montgomery went to sleep I f there should he a turn Sunday night smoking a cigarette M o ro a n d W i in public psyeholegy so that the H e woke up with hris heavy ur- d tis s n s hsesase mere independent derwear on fire right over his b i and voted to restrict the activities “tummy.” Mr and Mrs Wayne BarLron.ent o f laaU month for then* Sher whose marriage was a social ev-man county friend». Rom where I sit... ¿y Jo e M arsh S o n g s fo r a B e tte r W o r ld We were sitting around the embers of Ed Crumpit’s bar becue last Saturday night, fin ishing our beer and hot dogs, while Ed strummed the guitar . . . picking out old, friendly songs. Soon everyone w as singing. T he harm ony w asn’t too good . . . but th e apirfe w a s—a spirit of friendship and good h o n o r . And it made me think how m u sic -m u sic of the people— overcomes barriers of prejudice and intolerance. A Yankee folk song or an English carol or a Southern melody—they all «peak a common language of the heart ...b in d folks together...help us forget our grudges. From w here I alt, meats seal help to make the whole w erM kin . M aybe we oaght to have a lot more of I t . • . Inform al stags around the fire, aad ia the hems. And It’s sure tru e th at a m ellow glass of beer fits into the pb> tare. I t jn st naturally gore wMh that kind of m usic. Copyright, 1945, United State t B reto n Z< 5 Good Country Tricks for Saving More Used Fats year our domestic supply o f fats and oils will be approximately one and one-half billion pounds less than last year. Right now, we are facing our worst fat shortage since the war began. T o make up for this staggering loss, the government is depending on th e women of America— and particularly women on farms and in smaller cities. his T Every spoonful, every drop o f fat is needed to help make battlefield and homefront essentials. So roll up your sleeves and do an all<>ut job, won’t yon? Clip this checklist and pin it up in your kitchen as a reminder. fields. Thia la the first tim e such conditions has existed in Sherman county. - - ■ ---------------------------------------------- C IO O II PKE-WSR OVALITT CORBY'S \ h Other Days • If you arc looking for a lig h t, sociab le blend, try Corby’»—the whiskey with a Grand Old Canadian Name! I f you don’t know this pre war qual^y whiskey,now b yon r opportunity to enjoy Its flavor critically and care» fully. N e x t tim e a sk for Corby’s. I. r tn o SMT POM—with milk gravy. 8slt perk yields so much grease, you won’t need It all for gravy. Four the rest into the salvage can. 1. D W PAT PEYIMD—userthe fat over and over4 but when it’s too dark and smelly to use any more, don’t forget Unde Sam wants itl 8. tOA6T$ AND CNOPf— sa v e all trim m ings (scraps from plates, too.) Keep them in a small bowl; once a week melt them down. 4. SAUSA6KS—they’re better i f you parboil them first. S k im the fat off the cooking water — •crape the fat from the frying pan. 5 . CHICXIN if n- chin 8coop off the Hardened grease (soup better, tool) When th o »a/rago can /a fu ll, toko It to yo u r bu tohor p r o m p tly . Ho or ill giro yo u 3 rod p o ih ta a n d u p to do for orary p o u n d o f uaod fa t y o u tu rn In . 100,000,000 Mere Peinds of Used Fats k e Needed This Y e * Agffnoftl hy WTA and OPA. P aid/or ky tadaBry.
