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Southern Oregon Miner
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ASHLAND, OREGON
Leonard N. Hall
Entered as second-class
matter February 15,
1935, at the postoffice at
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SOAK-THE-FOOK LEGISLATION!
The Oregon state legislature already is well into
its program oi soaking me poor—tnat is, lowering tne
state income tax exemptions and raising tne rate on
small earnings. Tne legislators also are considei mg
tne lilting oi tne intangibles tax, winch would release
tne investor irom the tax he now pays on income
from stocks, bonds and interest on mortgages.
A curious leature of tins shifting oi tne tax load
from the well-to-do to the wage earner is its coinci
dence with the return of a republican dominance in
the state capitol.
Arguments defending the withdrawal of the in
tangibles tax explain tnat such a tax discouiages the
settling here oi investors and moneyed people, By lift
ing the tax, they reason, such individuals may come
to Oregon to live and to spend their money. Timed
THEIR BUSINESS IS THE MAKING OF MEN!
with the idea are billboards declaring “What helps
While a neighboring city blushes aghast at the
business helps you,” and similar catch-phrases.
uncovering of a juvenile crime wave resulting in 20
Which means that if Oregon will pauperize her youngsters from good homes facing a judge in a single
workers, scab all tne closed shops (as a C. C. Chapman- week, it might be appropriate to point out a contrast
sponsored bill would) anu make wider the gulf between ing great work that is being done with young men
employe and employer, then Oregon might become an by the Civilian Conservation corps.
.industrial state.
The CCC deals with conservation of citizenship
Such a future, however, might be very costly for and manhood, and with 6000 lads in the Medford dis
the workmen, who comprise the great majority of the trict alone, success of the corps is evident by the min
commonwealth’s population.
imum of trouble the youths cause authorities.
The 3-C lads come from all sorts of homes—few
The idea snoulu be neither to soak the rich nor
the poor, but to furtner distribute the load according from backgrounds as favorable as those worrying
to ability to pay. However, legislators are so busy fathers of Medford—and yet they have for the most
trying to scheme ways of grabbing more and more part kept well away from lawbreaking and the courts.
tax money that real progress toward a less burden In a few' exceptions enrollees have come afoul the au
some state government is not likely during the present thorities. but surprisingly few’ when one remembers
that the Medford district embraces more than 30
session.
camps with an average of 200 men to each camp.
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Useful work for idle hands, studies and instruction
THE SACKED FISH OF ROGUE RIVER!
for growing minds—that is the program of the CCC.
Soaking the poor isn’t the only evidence of a new Its success is attested to by the fine record of good
state animosity toward its average citizen—even citizenship achieved by the officers, leaders and en
Rogue river is to be further curtailed to all but the rollees of the Civilian Conservation corps.
privileged class.
Perhaps shocked Medford parents have the answer
to
their problem spread before them in such plain
Boat fishing has been the only method by which
language
they fail to recognize the message.
many miles oi the upper Rogue could be enjoyed by
sportsmen in areas wnere rivershore property owners
—many of them from out of the state—have bought
Congregational
up, fenced and posted both banks. Only by use of boats
Church
can the river be kept'open to others.
Boulevard and Morton Streets
There is a steady encroachment on the rights of
Rev. II. 8. Wannamaker, Pastor
the majority of fishermen who like to enjoy southern
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m with
Oregon’s natural resources by those who would make
By EARL SNELL
classes for all. Mrs. Glen Prescott,
Secretary
of
State
the waterway a private playground. That is why fish
superintendent.
Morning worship 11 o’clock Ser
erman Tuesday night met in Medford to form an or / \NE highway death out of four mon,
of Know
ganization to voice the protest of the many against J in Oregon last year was the ledge in "The the Importance
Program of Jesus,"
direct result of excessive speed, by the pastor.
the favors being accorded the few.
Secretary of State Earl Snell said
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THE AGE OF MIRACLES IS NOT DEAD!
It was with surprise and approval that many read
ers of the Portland Oregonian read their Monday
morning editorial pages. Behold, there it was in cold
type for all to see and to marvel—a toast to the Presi
dent of the United States for his birthday!
With the Oregonian reverting to heirs of original
owners over the week-end, things may be looking up
for that pioneer publication.
That the Oregonian—and all newspapers worth
their pulp value in spunk—should be partisan, we
grant. But it was almost a lost art with the Oregonian
to be both partisan and respectful to the holder of
the nation’s highest office.
As a confirmed democrat, The Miner hopes to al
ways loathe republicans and fuss at them. But we
also plan that this little journal will remain patriotic
to the government when the republicans take over,
too, as they surely must some day.
It is becoming and necessary that all political faiths
remember that the President deserves fair treatment,
regardless of his party affiliations. And to the Ore
gonian this week, we confess a new-found admiration
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this week.
This proportion is astounding
when one considers that speeding
is but one of 23 improper driving
actions which are listed on the
accident report forms required to
be filed with the secretary of state
by drivers involved in traffic mis
haps. The proportion is doubtless
even greater since many other ac
tions, such as passing on the
wrong side or failing to yield the
right of way would not result fat
ally if the element of excessive
speed were not involved.
Adding significance to the role
of speed as a death factor is the
discovery that two-thirds of the
fatalities due to speeding occur
on the open highway, although
only one-fourth of all reported ac
cidents occur outside city limits.
And heavily-traveled state and
national highway routes are the
chief offenders here, accounting
for more than six times as many
deaths last year as did lightly-
traveled highways.
The conclusion, Snell said, is
that the old conception of wide,
straight highways as speedways
must be overcome and that mot
orists must learn to control their
speed just as sanely and contin
uously on the open road as on city
streets. The alternative is pictured
grimly by the foregoing figures
namely, an unceasing toll of brok
en bodies and shattered lives.
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GEORGE W. FARMER
Funeral services for George W.
Farmer, 35, who died January 26,
were held January 30 with J. L.
Mintle officiating.
Interment in
Mountain View cemetery.
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Elbert Bede of the Portland [
Spectator calls it the "nude eel,”
but he probably doesn't mean that
it’s more skinned against than
skinning Weston Leade
It may be that people can’t !
stand prosperity, as a sociologist
declares, but we for one would
jolly well like to try. — Weston
Leader.
Comes now a Harvard savant
with a note of optimism to the
effect that mankind is reverting
to the ape.—Weston Leader.
LETTERS
to the Editor
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NON-COM FEN MATIN G
INTEREST
(ContlniK'd)
To the Editor:
()p|ioaition to the interest sys
Opposition
tem
always
been
predicated
tern has
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upon the assumption that interest
under any and all circumstances
was wholly evil, that It would de
stroy government and nation un
der which it was allowed to eon
tlnue and should, therefore, be
abolished entirely
This was a regrettable miscon
ception because under the vast
complexities of a modem financial
and economic order there are so
many people who directly or in
directly benefit from one sort of
an interest investment or another
that to abolish interest entirely
would be almost a universal ca
tastrophe and for this reason pop
ular opinion withstissl demands
while if the same effort had been
directed towant corrective meas
ures the desired end might have
been accomplished.
We find in old religions many
things not in harmony with mod
ern reasoning yet we did not find
it necessary or advisable to dis-
cant religion from our moral con
cepts and why should we, because
the interest system has faults, as
sume that it should be entirely
abolished ?
Why not approach the interest
question as we have religion, elim
inating the destructive factors and
retain those that are. at least un
der our present stage of civilizing
influences, generally harmless and
also advantageous to the major
ity?
Compensating inten-st is entire
ly in accord with world social re
lations ax well ax domestic eco
nomic problems in all modem na
tions because it does not, in any
way, disturb the volume of circu
lating money nor increase the to
tal public debt
Non-compensating interest re
duces the volume of circulating
money at the exact ratio it is
paid for the use of circulating
money and since there is a var
iable but definite volume of cir
culating money required at all
times and since additional money
can come into circulation only tn
the form of new Interest bearing
liens (except certain forms of tax
money and part of the newly
mined gold) it follows that money
so withdrawn constantly increases
the public debt at a compound
ratio.
There is only one cause of s
depression and that is the gradual
and imperceptible diminution of
the volume of circulating money
untu suddenly the universal dc-
ma.rd cannot be satisfied and the
consequent need starts a landslide
of goods and services, the real
wealth, manifesting itself in a 1
minimum value of
maximum value >r n
of course, because
the total of public <|e
cd to a plane bey
value of existing w,
creditor class finds
cumbered wealth In*
curity for further |
value* topple, secur
Ing loans is weakens
to call loans ) m -< onie
:<a "oiv i.v th< eg
pose of property
obtain funds to rni
that arc living called
Depressions are t|
geometrically incrj
debt, they are <ssen
and of increasing
reaching ultimate c
struction Anything
draws money riot
with nothing to con
creases the public
money used cxclustvi
vestment fund with
from circulation wit
sating factors is n
Ing interest and is
sound.
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NOTICE
The County Court has set the dog lie«
for this year at $1.00 for males and $:
females, which is the minimum allowed
Get your license before March 1st a«
alty is then added
Young People’s hour, 6:15 p. m.
Everyone cordially invited.
Church of Christ
Second and B Streets
James E. Morgan, Pastor
You are invited to worship in
the following services Sunday:
Church school, 9:45 a. m. George
Andrews, superintendent.
Morning worship and commun
ion at 11 o’clock. Special music;
sermon, "The Race and the Goal."
Junior church for all children;
good leaders.
Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p
m. Senior and high school groups
Evening services at 7:30 p. m.
A special young people’s program
celebrating Christian Endeavor
day will be presented. All will
enjoy this program.
FRANCES G. DAMON
Funeral services for Mrs. Fran
ces G. Damon, well-known local
blind resident who died January
26, were held January 28 At the
Litwiller Funeral home with the
Rev. E. E. Wordsworth officiating
Interment in Hargadine cemetery.
LETTIE ANNA CROWSON
Funeral services for Lettie Anna
Crowson, 75, who died January 30
were held February 1, at the LdL
Wilier Funeral home with the Rev
M. T. Wire officiating. Interment
in Mountain View cemetery.
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