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WHAT! A GOOD REPUBLICAN?
Words of praise for any republican make a strange
mouthful for The Miner, but at this early moment we
are wondering if our traditional antipathy of GOL s
and our distrust for rival editors have not led us to
misjudge the caliber and usefulness of Charlie (True
Blue) Sprague as governor of Oregon.
We confess that the combination of being both re
publican and an editor was too much tor our credulity.
But, as these few weeks have slipped by, the gov er nor
is beginning to loom high as an alright guy and may bt
a pretty good executive.
This week Charlie Sprague delivered a scathing
criticism, along with his veto, toward the Columbia
river pilots’ group seeking to further their monopol
istic control of a lucrative business. Hurrah for Mr.
Sprague! And may he continue such policies through
out his four years.
It is just possible that Sprague may have many of
the good qualities of Charles Martin without the verbal
faults of the old campaigner. Mind you, we said just
possible for, after all, the pilot group is an unimport
ant political factor.
It is a little diffifcult to determine whether Charles
Sprague looks good at this point because of what he
is, or because of what the state legislature is by con
trast.
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EGG TO CHICKEN; CHICKEN TO EGG!
The old question of which came first, the egg or
the hen, has never been answered. Arguments invar
iably end up in a diced chicken-egg omelet confusion.
And so it must be with the problem of which came
first, excessive New Deal spending, or excessive de
mands on the administration. Unusual expenditures
are being made, and unusual pressure is being put on
Washington by self-seeking groups from pension seek
ers to special privilege classes.
Just where the thing got started is an unknown
quantity, administration critics will say the New Deal
started the cycle, but then such a view is partisan bias.
Quite possibly an unusual need on the part of a large
proportion of our people started the era of federal aid
that seems to have no ending. And it was started, not
in 1933 when Mr. Roosevelt took office, but back in
1929 and 1930, when the need was created by an ex
travagant people taking a credit joyride.
Once started, vicious cycles are hard to control.
The same critic who will bellyache about the federal
deficit will demand the loudest that his community,
his county, his state be showered with federal silver.
It will be unfortunate for democrats in 1940 that
they have held the balance of power during such un
controllable times, just as it was unfortunate for re
publicans that they were seated in Washington when
the 1929 debacle and its train of repercussions de
scended on a frightened nation.
Worst trouble with the governmental hen-and-egg
proposition seems to be that we have eggs till we’re
ill at the sight of a yolk, and then we’re chicken-fed
till we go out and scratch in the barnyard. But one
begets the other, and the other begets the one.
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WHY NOT PASSPORTS FOR BUND MEMBERS?
Members and sympathizers of the German-Amer
ican bund stirred up a hornet’s nest Tuesday when
they held a huge meeting in Madison Square Garden
to denounce Jews, administration leaders, the national
foreign policy and to poke ridicule at President Roose
velt.
The bund leaders exercised the American privi
lege of peaceful assembly and free speech to the point
where the entire nation is becoming irritated. They
reminded the American people that their fine tradi
tions of tolerance sometimes demand an exhorbitant
price in patience and self-restraint.
The bund members slurred and slandered this na
tion s highest executive when the bund’s national pub-
Don’t worry about the cost. Take a sen
sible view of it. You, best of all, know
what you can afford Spend just that-
and no more. Remember, the most mod
estly priced funeral here includes a com-
plete and dignified memorial service.
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On account of a breakdown with
Brazil in their tmrtcr arrange
ment». Germany >« «uffering an
acute shortage of coffee and has
been forced to resort to rationing
- and thoxe Teuton« are hard hit
when they can't have their coffee
One Joke going the round« run«,
"Sure any »tore will «ell you a
pound of coffee if you will buy
two |M>und« of butter and a dozen
egg« along with it. all you have
t<> do In to find a «tore with that
much butter and egg« "
Also Germany'« various short
age« may force her to return the
Sudeten« to the Czech«, says the
London representative of a New
York paper The Sudeten« have
not proved the rich market that
Hitler supposed they would be
Well, it's not hard to believe
We've heard a number of times
that they are going to turn the
U S back to the Indian« and this
is a lot richer country than the
Sudeten section.
licity director referred to Roosevelt as “Rosenfeld.”
Public opinion should and will firmly condemn such i
exhibitions of contempt for American principles by
people who make the United States their home,
Disrespect toward high government officials is
bad enough when based on political difference, but
when sneers come from a group of nazi sympathizers
whose qualifications and value as American citizens
are properly doubted, then such insults are intolerable.
The nazi bundsmen soon will learn, however, about
the double-edged effectiveness of free assembly and
free speech. Through the very privileges which they
abuse, are they arousing a storm of opposition which
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is certain to destroy their movement.
Shanghai, because no |«i»«[K>rt
German-American bund members may idolize Hit is required for entrance, i« becom
a haven for refugee«, particu
ler’s way of doing things, but they come to the United ing
larly Jews from Germany. 2100
States to talk about it. And that is one of the great having located there recently
things about our country—even despised trouble
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LETTERS
to
the Editor
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RETAIL SALES TAX
To the Editor:
From a Miner editorial of Feb.
10 entitled "Setting the Stage for
Another Sales Tax Phoney.” we
quote: “The only way a sales tax
can and should be voted by Ore
gonians would be through a meas
ure drafted to definitely transfer
the tax burden FROM property
TO sales. Only when a sales tax
dollar cancels a dollar of real es
tate taxes will arguments made in
behalf of the sales tax theory ac
tually apply.”
It is refreshing to occasionally
discover an editorial gem frankly
intended to enlighten rather than
to confuse the reader. As a matter
of undisputable fact there is no
form of taxation as equitable,
adaptable and as economical as
the retail sales tax.
Equitable because it touches
the consumer according to his
ability to pay and such ability can
in no way be determined so ac
curately as by what he can afford
and does buy.
Adaptable because it applies to
ail retail sales and irrespective of
sales volume, a definite per cent
establishes the amount due as tax
es, making collections almost au
tomatic as contrasted with the
cumbersome and expensive meth
ods of collecting other forms of
taxes.
Economic because every cent
collected upon the final transac
tion is available for the purpose
for which the tax was intended as
contrasted with taxes collected at
source of raw material such as.
for
instance,
taxes
assessed
against the land direct. In this
case five cents applied to the dol
lar for farm products adds to it
self as the product passes through
the average of five transactions (
before reaching the consumer be
cause the profit percentage of
about 20 per cent applies to the
five cents tax the same as to the
one dollar and the consumer is
forced to pay five cents extra for
each five cents taxes available to
the government which penalizes
the consumer 100 per cent more
than if he paid the five cents di
rectly as a retail sales tax
Under an intelligent artd proper
economic order all costs of gov
ernment should be met by a care
fully adjusted sales tax A retail
sales tax should be assessed with
out discrimination against all ne
cessities while a super tax should
be assessed against all luxuries
through the wholesale trade
In no case should a retail sales
tax ever, under any circumstances,
be permitted unless it definitely
abolishes an equal amount of in
tangible or invisible taxes and it
should never be invoked to reduce
or abolish income. Inheritance or
gift taxes. Taxes most nearly at
source of supply should be ’ dis
posed of first and this means, of
course, taxes upon productive real
estate.
J. A. COOMES
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• Mr and Mrs Walter Hash and
daughter Edna entertained Mr
and Mrs. Chris Pedersen of Ash
land at dinner Thursday evening
• Mr. and Mrs. Gene Seitz of
Hornbrook visited recently for a
few days at the home of Mr. Seitz’
parents, Mr. and Mrs. V M. Seitz.
but never that kind before
And the Workers' Alliance, union
of relief recipients, is advocating a
pension for those over 60 From
the looks of some of the relief
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females, which is the minimum allow
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petroh-uni requirement« and thru
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ln«ide of six month«, «ay« Dar “The Armor of <;<i
ryl Zanuck, production chief of of the paator'a mt
Prayer and <<>n
Twentieth
Century-Fox.
there 7.30
p m Weditei
won't I m - any movie «tar« plugging
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breakfast food«. cigaret«. coffee • Norman llimuif
or other mcrchandl«e on the com
mercial broadcant«
The theater Oregon, viaitrd he
owners have let out a nquawk that with friend«
if a «tar i« good on a broadca«t
the public «lay« away from the
the cin-
film and if they arc poor
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addict« turn thumb« down
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also. Nothing mild about a medio
cre performance . . .
Editor and Publisher
Entered as second-class
matter February
15,
1935, at the postoffice at
Ashland, Oregon, under
the act of March 3, 1879.
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at 167 East Main Street
ASHLAND, OREGON
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