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IXOW 1 iL a y M e
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P r e s id e n t ’ s F ig u r e s A r e
Startling: Hidden
Taxes Rise.
The Roosevelt A dm inistration will
have collected m o re th a n sixteen
billions of dollars from the ta x
p ay e rs by the end of the present
ftscal year, J u n e 30, 1937. It will
have spent all of t h a ’ huge sum
since Ju n e 30, 1933 and alm ost fif
teen billions in addition. The fifteen
billions will have been obtained
la rgely by signing the ta x p a y e r s
n a m e to promissory notes, which
will have to be paid by the ta x
p a y e r ’s children, and children s
children.
The plight of the ta x p a y e rs is m a d e
no less serious by the fact th a t
m ore than one-half of his F ed era l
taxes have been hidden. Incom e
taxes a re direct and visible. The
hidden tax, however, is one th a t
has been imposed on m a n u fa c tu r
ers, m e rc hants, etc., and is passed
on to consum ers by adding the
am o u n t of the tax to the price of
This child was hurt when a tornado struck Tupelo, Mississippi, necessitat
the goods sold to the public.
ing medical and nursing care for hundreds—care which In many cases could
F a m ilia r sam ples of such taxation
not have been given without Red Cross assistance. It Is a fine tribute to the
a re the 2-cent tax on a loaf of bread,
organization that the young beneficiaries of its health and relief services in
the 6-cent tax on ea ch p ackage of
variably place themselves in the hands of the Red Cross with a completely
cigarettes and the total of 40 cents
confident, “ Now I lay me—."
—taking the a v e rag
of Federal,
S tate and local taxes—th a t the ca r-
owner pays every tim e he buys a
dollar’s worth of gasoline.
Hidden Taxes Increase.
This list m ight be extended to
hundreds of items on which the buy
An indictm ent ch a rg in g Maurice
er pays the invisible tax. The p a y
m e n ts a r e small, but they a r e con
J. ( Jim m y ) F rench w ith m a n sla u g h
tinuous and the a g g re g a te a m ounts
1,000 Funct'on i t Key Points Tc ter, in th e death of Miss E dith B a r
so collected a r e enormous. In the
ry, 21, of I-akeview, Ore., in an auto
G've Emsrfjency Care To
fiscal y e a r 1936 the miscellaneous
accident on the Pacific highw ay near
internal revenue taxes, m ost of
Tratt e Hurt
Jackson Hot Springs, on th e night
which a r e of the invisible kind,
| of S eptem ber 19, was r e tu r n e d late
am ounted to a total of slightly m ore
Highway arm aid stations set up n> ¡yesterday by th e Ja c k so n county
than two billions of dollars. In the
the Red Gross to give emergency care grand j u r y . c la r e n c e F. Noe, Med-
fiscal y e a r 1937 the total will be two
to victims ot trame accidents, are sav ford foreman
billions and two hundred and thirty
ing lives, according to James L Ties* r ;
’
millions of dollars. In the last fis
vice chairman In charge of domestic
cal y e a r 60 cents of the tax dollar
Miss E laine Brophy a rriv e d here
operations
c a m e from hidden ta x es and only
"More than 1,000 of our emergency F riday evening to spend th e w eek
40 cents from income taxes.
posts are already operating in 47 states end with her parents, Mr. an d Mrs.
W riters on national ta x m a tte r s
and thousands of others will soon be V. D. Brophy. She is a s tu d e n t at
point to these facts to show how
established at key points slong Amer Oregon S tate college in Corvallis.
foolish it is to accept the often-
lea's highways Mr Fieser stated.
heard s ta te m e n t th a t “ soak-the-
She also visited her gran d m o th er,
The Red Cross highway posts sre
rich" tax m e a su r e s take the g r e a te r
I Mrs. Mollle Holmes. F rie n d s in Med
concentrated
at
danger
spots
In
rural
j
p a r t of the tax load off the backs of
areas where medical aid s not readily ford en tertained her a t a luncehon
people of m o d e ra te o; sm all m eans.
available The importance of this cov S atu rd ay afternoon.
They m a y ea rn so little th a t they
erage of the open road, the Red Cross
a re not required to pay any in
National Girl Scout week set aside
holds. Is given sharper emphasis by
com e tax. But every m a n and w om
the fact that there has been a ISO per so that the public may become fam il
an who buys food, clothing, m edi
eent Increase In rural traffic fatalities ia r with the activities in wlatcb Girl
cines, furniture, automobiles or any
during the past twelve years.
of the necessities or conveniences
Scouts habitually engage, began yes
The project was Initiated last year
of life pays the hidden tax.
terday and will continue until Oct.
on
a
national
scale
as
a
practical
ap
P re sid en t's F igure s Startling.
proach to the highway accident prob 31. This week is scheduled to iu-
Mr. Roosevelt on Septem ber 1 is
lem The Red Cross felt that It could clude the birth d a y of J u li e tt e Low,
sued a s ta te m e n t on the budget for
best apply Its strength by succoring founder of th e organization, which
the p rese nt fiscal year. While ac
those who continue to be njured pend occurs Oct. 31.
countants h a v e found the P re s i
ing a reduction in the highway accident
den t's figures puzzling and New
rate through legislation and safety edu
Deal critics have ch a rg e d th a t the
BEND, Ore., Oct. 27.— A new
cation.
revised budget w as given out as a
roadside a ttra c tio n was discovered
“Out program brings first aid skill
“ ca m p a ig n d o cu m en t” everybody
to tbe scene of accident in an effort to on the W a rm sp rin g s highw ay near
apparently h as been sta rtled a t the
reduce the number of oersons killed Madras when a blast opened a lava
huge totals. T he revised e s tim a te
and maimed In automobile mishaps." cavern directly u nder th e roadbed.
for the c u r r e n t fiscal y e a r m a k e s it
Mr. Fieser said “Our highway first aid
The cave was covered w ith a min
possible to review the totals of the
era are not medical men in any sense, eral salt deposit.
four y e a r s of spending u nder the
but It ts their Job to turn tbe Injured
Roosevelt Administration.
The celling of the spacious c h a m
over to the medical profession In the
The P re sid e n t estim a ted the gross
ber is so firm it is not expected *o
best
shape
possible."
deficit for the prese nt y e a r at slight
Tbe Red Cross highway posts are es weaken the highway. T he blast was
ly m o re than two billions of dollars.
tabllshed at gasoline service stations set off d uring construction opera
He indicated, however, th a t th e re
tourist homes, rural police and tire de tions.
would be a reque st for an other a p
partments. The personnel of the poets
propriation of $500,000.000 for work-
are trained by tbe Red Cross In first
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 26.— Re
relief and drought-relief. This will
aid, standard first aid equipment la In gistration at 11:30 a. m. F riday will
bring the deficit to m ore th a n two
stalled at each station, and identifying m a rk the opening of the annual
and one-half billions.
signs for tbe benefit of motorists are
C a n 't B lam e Bonus.
erected beside the highway at both ap meeting here of the Oregon League
Including the additional $500,000,-
of Savings and Loan organizations
proaches to the station.
000 the totals for four y e a r s of New
Tbe attendants of these roadside with W. R. Robertson of Eugene
Deal taxing, spending and borrow
units who qualify as first alders volun president in charge. S p eak e rs will
ing a r e a s follows: receipts, m o r e
teer their services through tbs Red include eGorge H. F o ster, Baker,
than sixteen billions; expenditures,
Cross and may under no circumstances and J. H. Fletcher, Medford. Dele
m ore than thirty-one and one-half
accept pay for caring for the Injured
billions; deficits, alm ost fifteen bil
To complement the highway first aid gates will play golf or a tte n d the
lions. T he huge am ount e s tim a ted
stations,
ihe Red Cross has announced O regon-W asbington grid gam e Sat-
for this fisca. y e a r ’s spending c a n
formation of mobile nntta. Several thou u nla y to conclude the session*
not be attrib u ted to the bonus pay
«and trucks which regularly ply the
m ents. for the reason th a t ail but
highway In the course of routine work
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 26 -Tbe
$560,0u0,000 of the bonus obligations
will be equipped with first aid kits career of an Oregon farm boy who
w ere paid off in the last previous
Drivers and crew* will take course* tn
fiscal y ea r
both standard and advanced first aid. advanced In th e legal profession to
F ig u re s for 1936 and 1937 show
and each truck will be Identified as a become one of Oregon's tw o federal
th a t if the bonus p ay m e n ts w ere
Red Cross mobile unit More than a judges ended here with the death in
elim inated entirely the total spent
tundred trucks are already operating a hospital Sunday of J o h n H. Me-
would still be well over seven bil
‘The highway police of eight states Nary, 69, b ro th er of U. S. Senator
lion dollars in each year.
who have finished first aid training wtll Charles I,. MoNary. He became ill
The P re s id e n t's S epte m ber s ta te
loin this army mobilized to cut accl
m ent also disclosed that increasing
tent fatalities snd prevent complies several weeks ago and u nderw ent an
costs of govern m e n t a r e not all due
non of minor injuries through mlshsn operation
tc relief expen d itu res The sta rtling
Ring at the scene of accident.” Mr
fact is th a t while ce rtain r eg u la r
Fieser said.
LOS ANGELES, Oct
2 6 — Police
d e p a r tm e n t s of the governm ent,
"We receive reports from our first Chief Ja m es E. Davis o rdered a
which hav e no relation to recovery
aid statlona dally, telling of essential blockade today aro u n d th e city of
and relief, cost the ta x p a y e rs only
care given to traffic casualties on the I.os Angeles to keep unemployed
$.'<29,501,937 in 1935, the expenditures
•pot and of Uvea actually saved “
In the s a m e d e p a r tm e n ts for the fts
This and many other Red Cross pro tran sien ts out d u ring the winter.
cal y e a r 1937 will be $991,735,300.
Last year, th e chief blockaded the
grams of equal value sre supported by
R e g u la r or o rdinary expenditures
the people of America during the an en tire sta te b order a n d extensive
for the civ 1 d e p a r tm e n t s and agen
nual Roll Call for members. This year controversy arose over th e activities
cies and the judiciary thus have
the Roll Call will be held from Novem of lha "foreign legion.”
alm ost doubled in two years.
her 11 to 26
T a x p a y e r s who have been waiting
for econom y in g overnm ent a p p a r
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Socialism in Utilities
U n fair to T axpayer
P re s id e n t Roosevelt said in • re
cent speech in Washington th a t the
huge pow er and elec tric en te rp rise s
of the G o v e rn m e n t would not injure
p r iv a te pow er an d electric c o m p a
nies, with which the G overnm e nt
w as in com petition. The priv ate en
te rp r is e s deny this. T a x p a y e r s in
all p a r ts of the country a la ) have an
in te rest in the m a tte r, as they a r e
com pelled to tu p p t rt the G overn
m e n t's pow er p r o g ra m s so that con
s u m e r s in favored s r e a s m a y en
joy red u c e d rate s.
I H L K àlJA Y . OCTOBER 1 ¡U, 1USU
CE.yXK.AL POINT AMERICAN CENTRAL POINT, OREGON
A
W H E N A NY BO DY
Elopes
Dies
Gets Married
Has guests
Goes away -
Ha* a party
Has a baby
Has a fire
la IU
Has an arcldant
Huya a home
THAT a N B W i AND
P ractically ail th e cottonaeed
oil used for culinary purposea is
strained th ro u g h pres* cloth made
I of hum a n h air T he supply of human
i hair has continued since th e Boxer
Rebellion, because both th e men and
women of China have got Into the
habit of clipping th e ir h a ir when It
has obtained a salable length
Among th e recom m endations mad*
hv th e 40 “ safeAt" autom obile driv
e rs sssmalikU in c c s v r a i ioo u New
York City were insurance for every j tom er as a receipt for hia o r her de of Oregon who a r e wavering between
Landon and Roosevelt are
be'ng
automobbile, rigid exam ination of posit.”
every applicant and reporting of I The improved system has been in-j bom barded with one th ree -letter
poor driver» to public auti*>rities. «tailed for a growing u u m b e r of word— “ w hy” ?
They also plau each y ea r to select j persons who som etim es find it incon-
“ T here can be but one way for the
jven len t to visit the bank in person. veteran to volj, alld th a l ,a the L an.
a representative of safe drivers.
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j U nder this plan they can mail th e ir don_Knox w a y *. states Creed C
New York is planning to follow deposit safely at any tim e of the ' H ammond, s ta te chairm an of the
I the footsteps of Alabama and mak« day.
Landon-Knox service league.
j an experiment of "cotton roads."
“ Development of b etter facilitiei
T he sam e sentim ent is voiced hv
j The " c o tto n “ resembles burlap bag- for banking by mail is in line with P e te r L auritsen, president of the
I ging m a teria l and comes in strip.:, modern improvements adopted
for United V eterans Political league,
j 82 inches wide. Six bales of cotton many phases of financial service in who says:
[ a r e required for a mile of road. A recent years,’’ said Mr. Frey.
“ W hen th e Economy Act of 1933
[ t a r com pound is rolled on top of the
“ Progress in financial service
slashed veterans only by 70 per cent
cotton.
keeps pace w ith progress in o th e r |,
and th e president then b e g in the
fields of business a r d in d u s try .”
gre a te st spending spree known in
A jury of 12 picked citizens wl'l
American history, the citizen-veter
decide the solemn question of how
ans felt they had been 'rooked'
loud a taxicab born should toot n g U rge V eteran s to
Now York City. T he ju ry will find
R em em ber B uddies ple“'v
’ 0 ,
Rooson said th a t the world war
tw o taxicabs w aiting for its verdict.
was
th
e first m a jo r conflict of the
They will listen to the horiiS, then
PORTLAND.
Ore.,
Oct.
25.—
With
United
States that had not produced
decide w hether th© tone of the new
modified siren is sta rtlin g enough the radio talk of H ugh Rosson, E u a president, an d th a t both Landon
.
Knox had honorable records in
to w arn pedestrians yet quiet enough gene atto rn ey an d ex-service man, and
fresh in th e ir minds, w a r veterans the army.
so th a t they w o n ’t be scared.
Available for th e first tim e this
year to visitors of Yellowstone Na
tional park is a 160-page illustrate d
handbook rela tin g to plants found
in the region. This handbook has
been published to meet the constant
dem and for botanical inform ation.
Because E urope is bored with art
an d artistic personalities, th e best
artiste a r e coming to America where
they a r e received with an open
heart. As a result, according to Paul
Doguereau, young F re n ch coucert
pianist, the ce n te r of the musical
world has been shifted from E urope
to America.
A survey m ade of the dry spell of
1936 reveals a total of 1092 counties
in 23 sta te s on th e federal e m er
gency list.
Metals w hich will absorb ink like
a blotter o r can be used for tvicks
in a kerosene stove or lamp, are
am ong tbe novel investigations u n
der way in th e G eneral E lectric re
search laboratories.
Girls em ployed by the British
postoffice six years or more are eli
gible for a dow rv in the event they
leave to get m arried.
Bank by M ail
S ystem Is A d op ted
George T. F rey, m a n a g e r of the
Medford B ranch of T he United
S ta te s National Bank of P o rtland,
recently announced the adoption of a
new Bank By Mail system of the
bank.
T he new system which has proved
very successful in the E a s t is unique
in th a t it has been sim plified to tbe
point where one u nit ta k es care of
every operation in depositing by
mail, said Mr. Frey.
“ A single envelop serves as de
posit slip, c a r rie r and receipt form.
T he flap of th e envelope is detached
by th e bank and re tu r n e d to the cus-
N A T I O N A L TICKET
FOR CONGRESS
For Preside««
ALF. M. LANDON
For Vice-President
FRANK KNOX
For U. S. Senator
CHARLES LMcNARY
1st District - JAMES W. MOTT
2nd District— ROY W. RITNER
3rd D istrict-W M . A. EKWALL
S TA TE TICKET
Attorney General — I. H. V an WINKLE
Stata Treasurer-RUFUS HOLMAN
S T A T E L E G IS L A T U R E
R ep resen tatives :
W m . M cA llister
G len O. T aylor
C O U N T Y O F F IC E R S
Frank J. N ew m an , D istrict A ttorn ey
R alph B illin gs, C ounty C om m issioner
G eo. R. C arter, C ounty C lerk
J. B. C olem an , C ounty A ssessor
A . C. W alk er, C ounty T reasurer
Frank P erl, C ounty C oroner.
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