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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 ■■»
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cense fees. Some states. W ashing-
PayabbH a Advance
VWAW,? Z
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$¿.00 ton’ f ° r exam Pte> have many
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Perhaps we would have them here
AUGUST 24. 1945
in Oregon if it was not for tattu-
tive and referendum.
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. 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». _
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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-
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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
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advanvt
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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.
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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*
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‘ 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
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"W A K !
U p . A merica !"
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far we are becom ing-m ore social-
Psblbhed fcver> Friday at
« tic , am giving more authority
Moro, Oregon
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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?
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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
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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 <■ ■ '
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to report iu finding, next .»nt- V ’ d.de . t work. The perennmlly
mar
' poor may have to remain m Ore-
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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”
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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.
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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. -
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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.