Friday, February 22, 1935
LETTERS
to the Editor
PLAN A CRYSTALLIZER
To the Editor:
I am neither for nor against the
Townseud revolving pension plan,
but will any that I believe it would
be one of the greatest aids In more
speedily bringing about an end to
the present impractical system
which must eventually come to an
end anyway
In the past many wine men have
brought forth their various plans
'or the ending of the depression
kid for briuging about bettor con-
lltions. But since none of these
men are ail-wise, their plans have
been merely experimental and have
failed to work just an the Town
send plan will fail to work.
Because, like other plans, it does
not get at the cause. It is merely
the putting of another patch on
an old, worn out "garment."
Ho long as a man is free from
debt, he Is somewhat Indcpsndsat,
but as soon as he gets into debt
his condition in not so good, he la
now a slave to the money-lender,
working for to pay him interest
The deeper he gets in. the worse
bis condition, and the nearer the
firm* when his property will belong
to the one who has the power over
him.
As with an individual, so with a
nation. During the last few years
this country has been going fur
ther and further into debt, faster
than ever before. At this rate, it
cannot be but a matter of a short
time until it will be owned, lock,
stock and barrol, by the big fel
lows who have put up the money
The people will then be at the
mercy of these few men. They will
then be their slaves more than
ever before When this time comes,
prhaps they will then commence
to realize that there really is some
thing radically "hay-wire" with the
present "garment,” and will start
thinking about how to go about
getting a new one.
We realize this: Whether times
are good or bad; whether there is
little or much money in circula
tion. these money lenders never
fall to get their share (with com
pound interest). And since they
control and have their strings on
everything, the more money in cir
culation, the bigger their share.
The Townsend plan would put a
lot more money into circulation
Consequently, for every revolution
of this fund, these same men would
get a comparatively bigger slice,
and the bigger the slice, the sooner
they would have it all; they would
have the life of the "goose which
has been laying the golden eggs"
- and so the finish.
If you wish to speed up a con
dition which will eventually lead
to a real change, don't fall to boost
for the Townsend plan.
With best wishes for your suc
cess in your new venture.—J. H.
McCOIN
Medford, Oregon.
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ACXEPTS INVITATION
To the Editor:
I read with interest your edi
torial in the Miner of February 8
concerning the Townsend plan and
wish to avail myself of your kind
invitation to supporters of the
plan to give their reasons for such
support.
First, I wish to say frankly that
I will be a pensioner under the
plan if it goes through I want to
say equally frankly and honestly
that I believe that a majority of
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
the people over 00, including my
self, feel that they will be better
off without a [tension under pros
perity thun with It and a contin
uance of the times of the past
few years.
I do wish, however, to cull at
tention to some phases of the plan
that apparently escaped the at
tention of the writer of the edi
torial. The purpose of the Town
scud plan includes much more than
the mere pension. One of these is
that recipients oi the pension must
spend it within the current month.
The other is that the pensioner
must relinquish all remunerative
employment,
Vp to about 20 years ago the
Benjamiu Franklin theory that
thrift and savings are the way to
national prosperity. It was in Ash
land about that long ago that an
Ashland business man first de
clared to the writer that the man
who s[M*nt all his salary as soon
as ho earned it was u better citi
zen than the mau who saved. Hi nee
that time the theory has become
almost the economic panacea for
poor business When the stock
crush came in the fall of 1929 the
gos|a>l of recovery preached re
gardless of party affiliation was to
keep on spending. This advice
might have been good, but those
who could afford to buy would not
ind those who could not afford to
continued to spend beyond their
means At that time it took a
brave man to advocate stopping
buying until debts previously con
tracted were paid.
The doctrine of spending our
selves rich has been hammered
Into the American people so con
sistently that they have come to
believe it. Assuming that the doc
trine* Is true is not the Townsend
plan the logical thing to do? It
will turn $24,000,000,000 (esti
mated) into the channels of trade
within 12 months. None of this
money can be bunked or given
away by the pensioner. It must be
sixnt, either in satisfying exist
ing indebtedness, for merchandise
or for travel. It is true the pen
sioner can, under the plan as ad
vanced, give the merchandise
away.
Thia is but one phase of the
plan The taking all over 00 out of
business and pay jobs will make a
place for millions of unemployed.
It will make at least that many
jobs for younger men and women,
probably more
The writer knows of one family
in California where the wife's
mother, over 70. is slaving to care
for four lively youngsters because
the husband cannot get enough re
lief work to support the family and
the wife is working in the olive
industry to help out. If the Town
send plan goes through undoubt
edly the mother will assist in the
maintaining of the family, the
wife will stay at home to care for
the house and children and the
husband will devote his time to
developing a mountain ranch and
thus aid in building up the coun*
■
try Instances like this might be
multiplied indefinitely.
To say that the elderly people,
who have striven year» for a live
lihood, would overnight become
either parasites or fools is an in
sult to the American people. It
may is* that if the money is to be
spent by youngsters it would go
for riotous living, but it is not.
Practically every relief move of
the present administration has
been based on the belief that the
measure would put money in cir
culation. If the Townsend plan is
"fantastic” and "cockeyed” then
every relief measure of the pres
ent administration is "fantastic”
and "cockeyed," as all are based
on the same economic principle.
Were every person in Ashland
over 00 to receive a pension under
the Townsend plan think what it
would mean. Hundreds of homes
would be repainted; much needed
clothing would be bought; new
books and pictures would adorn
the homes Probably hundreds of
aged workers would be replaced by
younger ones. Many elderly people
would gladly pay companions and
house help who are now lonely and
overworked.
The Townsend plan is eminently
more sound than the other relief
measures because of the fact that
it is a "pay as you go" plan. The
¡»resent relief plans, county, state
and national, are very largely fi
nanced by tends. In other words,
we are robbing children yet un
born to aid those needing. Is this
honest? Is it fair?
The writer went to California
last year much prejudiced against
a sales tax. He found, much to his
surprise, that the people, mer
chants and customers alike, ap
proved of it. The California plan
Is simple The merchant charges a
definite tax on each purchase and
is compelled to place it at once in
a separate till. This definite
amount on each purchase makes
grafting impossible. It is a well-
known fact that when the cotton,
Wheat and pork taxes went into
effect though the tax was in itself
small, yet the mark-up to the cus
tomers was big, on some small
notions as much as 100 per cent.
In 1934 the people of California
paid in round numbers >53,000,000
sales tax and paid it so easily that
California has come back and al
most unanimously asks the privi
lege of paying a federal sales tax
to finance the Townsend plan.
Kight on the Corner
G. F. McConnell
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KK< T.AIMING MIST CITIZENS
Through the newspapers of Ore
gon the parole board of the state
penitentiary Is seeking to acquaint
the public with figures showing
that, judiciously applied, the parole
system is a success It is declared
that of 591 men either on parole
October 1, 1932, or paroled be
tween then and June 30, 1934, only
94 or about 15 per cent violated
paroles by failing to report. More
over, it is shown that only 31
crime commissions are chargeable
to any of this group of 591 re
claimed offenders during the bien
nium.
If we may take the word of po
lice officers and jurists experienced
in dealing with youthful first of
fenders the parole system can be
used to advantage in teaching the
lesson that "crime never pays.’’ It
has been shown, they say, that to
sentence a convicted youth to a
year in prison and then parole him
in two or three months while he is
still unfamiliar with prison life,
homesick, and eager for freedom,
is usually the best possible medl-
cine.
Added to the report of the pa
role board is the plea that organi
zations turn their attention to es
tablishing in our penal Institutions
facilities for practical and voca
tional education.—Newburg Scribe.
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The Ashland Miner observes that
while it is great to watch a ma
gician pull a rabbit from a hat,
"level-headed people always re
member the rabbit had first to be
placed in the hat.” In other words,
taxpayers will know from whence
comes the Townsend rabbit.—Wes
ton (Oregon) Leader.
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SOc Prophylactic Tooth Brush 39c
J. D. Dental Plato Brush .... 39c
Ora-San Tooth Brush . .2 for 75c
SOc Tok Tooth Brush.............. 39c
Mickey Mouse Tooth Brush. 23c
Dr. West Tooth Brush, now.. SOc
Others at 29«, 43c sad 77c
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1.20 Bromo Seltzer. 95c
30c Caecara Quinine 21a
1.00 Lysol................ 83c
75c Doan's Pills... .53c
Dr.SchoH’aZlnoPads33s
Nurlto for Neuritis. 93c
SOc Pertussin......... 49c
Hamlin’s Wizard 011 31»
think it would be less embarrass
ing to disregard world court de
cisions when out of it than in it.—
Weston Leader.
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25c
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SANI-CLOR—Bleacher, 1 gallon - *
$1.57
18C
LAUNDRY SOAP
WASHING POWDER
CRYSTAL WHITE
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49c
27c
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OYSTERS per pint * 27c
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1.25 Petrolagar
87»
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KLAMATH GEMS, No. l’s
PERSO-
DENT
There is an added richness
that makes it the kind of
milk you really want to
drink.
If Californians, after a year of
sales tax, take that stand, almost
unanimously, they cannot feel that
the plan la either fantastic or
cock-eyed. B W. TALCOTT.
Ashland, Oregon.
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