Friday, May 2, 1941
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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I just as plans have been made l< •'
i our industrial defense effort. ’f< -
: day, agricultural defense .stand
without |>lans and without an et
i fective organization to carry out
I the program that will lie necc.ssai '
CHAS M. GIFFEN
Published Every Friday
to feed the democracies in thi .
at 167 East Main Street
WILLIAM SAVIN
great crisis we are facing.
ASHLAND, OREGON
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Publishers
Few people are conscious of lh<
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fact that the real scarcity of pro
Entered as second-class
duction
tools
mid
materials
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matter February
15.
not yet set in. There are two goo<
ROGER 'M. KYES -
RATES
1935. at the postoffice at
reasons for this. The first is that
Director, National Farm Youth Foundation
(In
Advance)
Ashland. Oregon, under
industry has been tooling up will,
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YEAR
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the act of March 3, 1879.
the result that the real demand'
THE TOOLS OF
Dr. t imide E. Sayre, Vicar
Bert riunì F. I,etvr»«iii, 1‘iudor
SIX MONTHS
80c
for materials has not yet hit the
AGRICULTURAL DEFENSE
(Mailed Anywhere in the
Fourth anil (' Street»
market. The second reason is thi Ti“iV Communion 8 a in.
United States)
TELEPHONE 8561
Church achiMil 9 30 a. in.
Throughout Uie land we hear • fact that management is not
Sermon and Holy Coniintinlon
the hue and cry that defense la equally able throughout the coun-
Church school 9:45 a. in.
being bogged down when labor • try. There are many managers 11 a. m.
Morning worship 11 o'clock
SET YOU EREE"
Holy Communion WcdllcHilliy "Tlie Offense of the Cross.'*
and management come to disagree who do not yet realize the diffi­
with resulting stoppages in the cult conditions they are about t< 9:30 a. m.
Junior meetinf 6 30 p hi .
face. When they do wake up
Choir will meet 7:30 p. m.
making of weap­
Young Peoples meeting 6:30 p
there will be a mad scramble foi Friday.
ons of warfare.
tn.
material.
You
are
cordially
Invited
to
Yet all America
People* meeting 6:30 p in.
A worker who was in Los Angeles recently investi­ stands by with­
The steel market is now feel­ worship with us.
Evangvllatlc service 7:30 p ni
ing the impact of British buyiru
realizing that
Prayer incelili 7:30 |> in. Wed-
gating opportunities for work has reported what ap out
which was delayed until after the
a major portion
ñenday.
pears to be another case of union racketeering, and of the producing
passage of the I.ease-Leml Bill1
Fourth und B Street»
The pressure on the market foi Rev. Edward G. Skultrty, l*n»tor
reveals a growing need for requiring bookkeeping by power of the fac­
raw materials will be increasing!)
tories, dedicated
union organizations.
great. During the last war Ainci
Sundiiy »chool 10 n in. II. O.
,to the production
ica started equipping the farm Butterfield, superintendent.
In this particular case the union would make pt o- ,of farm equip­
Morning womhlp 11 u. m.
too late for effective work. Thi
has been
■liinit*« II. ICilicur, Minister
mises of a job with extremely high wages—upon pay­ ment,
Kyes
Young People'll meeting 6:30 p.
will be repeated unless priorltie
in the state of
arc established to enable the man m. Mrs. E G. Skultety in charge.
ment of the union membership fee of $125: however, it paralysis.
Evangelistic service 7:45 p tn
The issues that brought about ufacturers of farm equipment to
was discovered that at the end of a couple of weeks this
Week night aervtcea Tuesday
condition are not nearly
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the union would still have the $125 but the worket important as is another and more raw materials, as well as perish and Friday evening» at 7:45.
machine tools required t< Prayer meeting precedes thine
might or might not still have the job—possibly having serious fact. It is that our gov­ able
Young people in
ernment and most of our people fabricate the equipment so sorely, two »crvtcex
been replaced by a new $125 member.
still do not realize that if we are needed. Such action is necessar.' charge of Tuesday Hervicc
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to supply the food necessary for if the American farmer is to b<
Since most businesses are required to keep books the
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defense of the democracies, we put in a position to do his part h
SHEET METAL
and since unions themselves have become "big busi­ have a job of tooling up for agri­ national defense.
l»ay mid Night Service
Much
can
be
done
by
the
farmci
ness.” it seems that the time has come when they, too, cultural defense. This is essential I himself toward helping this situa­ Houlevard mid Morton Streets
Any* here
as it is for our industries to
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be required to keep books foi*-4he protection of theii just
Clarmee
F.
McCall,
Minister
enlist the cooperation of their tool tion. The first step is to demand I
HEATING
that
the
agricultural
interests
b<
'
rooms
and
tool
suppliers
before
own members.
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“Attend the church of your
Ph. I5SI : 220 Fourth ML
are in a position to swing into given their proper attention in th, choice" should mean something in —
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The Kittanning. Pa. Leader-Times reveals a move­ they
defense effort. The second step is Axhlund and should fill all church­
production.
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Since the foods we need are of for every farmer and ev^ry rural es each Sunday during the next
ment towards this end:
nature best produced on the so- community to plan crops that wil five weeks We welcome all to our
FOR
“Senator George Woodward, Philadelphia, has in­ a called
family farm, it naturally create the most effective food sup
of these services.
troduced a bill at Harrisburg which would require becomes important that tools ply and of a nature that will havt part
Church school 9:45 a. ni
WORK
bulk in comparison to fooo I Sermon service 11a. in Judge
labor organizations to “keep books” showing the adaptable to general farming be little
Among these, livestocl C. O. Preu nail will be our supply
made available as quickly as pos­ value.
of beauty und quality. In
sources of revenue and nature of expenditures and to sible and in the greatest possible and dairy products, vegetable71 »peaker.
inurbi«*, g runite or bronze, or
conibliiutlon« of th«*«r mu­
permit examination by the state labor and industry quantities. This cannot be ac­ and fruits are the most important
complished unless everyone is Fortunately, modern farm equip- !
te rial», ul hörn'»! priesa, »er
secretary and any union member in good standing.
acutely aware of the fact that ment is such that a combination of
can be carried on effectively
“There is too much racketeering in labor circles at practical plans must be ma ’ * for in these
one operation.
our agricultural defense effort
Next to I*. <».
I'honr «361
Attend the Church of Your
Choice, Sunday
Southern Oregon Miner
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Church of the
Nazarene
Trinity Episcopal
Church
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Unions Should Keep Books!
Foursquare Church
First Presbyterian
Church
Neighborhood Church
Congregational
MONUMENT
this time and some such method as proposed by Sena­
CHAPLAIN SIAS SPEAKS
FLORENCE TAVERNER
tor Woodward will be enacted into law sooner or later MRS.
Funeral services will be held at AT LIONS CLUB DINNER
to protect the thousands upon thousands of men and 2 o’clock this afternoon i Friday)
Rev. C. Adrian Sias, chaplain
at the J. p: Dodge and Sons Fun­
women being enrolled under the standards of organized eral
chapel for Mrs. Florence Ben­ for a group of the Medford dis­
labor.
nett Taverner, a resident of Ash­ trict CCC camps, told of his work
land since 1902. Dr. Claude Sayre among the camps and described
“Too many labor leaders are living in grand style will
have charge and music will other interesting phases of CCC
at the expense of the workers. It has been estimated bs nrovMad by Mrs. Frank Wenzel life in a talk at the weekly Lions
and Mrs. O. G. Crawford. Mrs meeting Tuesday evening.
that $20,000,000 to $28.000,000 has been collected from Taverner
The speaker emphasized the
was born April 14. 1868
workers on defense projects who, literally, were forced at South Port.
England. Survivors extent to which the government
include her husband, W. Taverner, is going to provide »piritual wel­
to join unions in many instances.
one daughter, Doris Lillian Eich- fare of the CCC boys and soldiers
“It is impossible to state the full import of the leg­ holz of Los Angeles, and one son. and related personal experiences
among the boys showing their en­
islation proposed by Senator Woodward but assuredly capt. w g Taverner of camp thusiasm
for religious activities
Roberts, San Miguel. Calif.
a law of some type is necessary to protect the workers
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against insincere leaders, those who are exploiting creasing surtaxes and lowering exemptions for full
them solely for personal gain, usually in the form of measure,
Higher income taxes will not be all of it, by a long
exorbitant salaries and expenses.”
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shot.
While there seems little likelihood of a general
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sales tax being adopted now—the President is against
We “Aint Seen Nothin’ Yet”
it—it is considered sure that some new sales taxes will
be
put into effect, and existing sales taxes increased.
Americans who for many years have been talking
The
taxes, for instance, on liquor, tobacco and gasoline
about the burden of taxation, are shortly to discover
that they “ain’t seen nothing yet.” They are about to i are likely to go up. And there is talk of levying taxes
learn, in short, that to live in a world whose main en­ on such hitherto overlooked items as soda pop, the
ergies are being given to preparing for war and waging humblest of beverages.
Still another suggestion is to have taxes paid by the
war, is an incredibly expensive business.
month
instead of quarterly or even by the year, on the
The new administration tax plan to add $3,500,000,-
000 to the government’s annual income, was announced theory that it is less painful to pay a relatively small
on April 17. Both republican and democratic congres­ amount at frequent intervals than a large amount at
sional leaders approved it, in general, almost automat­ long intervals. Some also have proposed that the em­
ically. It long has been evident that the moderate tax ployer deduct employes’ taxes from pay checks. This
increases adopted by the last session amounted to little may be urged in the interest of simplification and of
more than a drop in the bucket. Our defense and aid- reducing collection expense.
Whatever the details, it seems certain that the new
to-the-democracies program is likely to cost upwards
program
will go through in jig time and with a mini­
of $40,000,000,000, even if we don’t become involved in
mum
of
debate.
It will place upon the American people,
war ourselves. Much of the cost will be deferred for
future payment in the form of national debt. But it is in all brackets reached, a tax burden unprecedented in
universally recognized that we must pay for as much our history. It will bring grim visions of the possibili­
of it as possible as we go, and that substantial tax in­ ties of our eventually reaching England’s tax level,
creases, reaching almost every income group, are no where a man earning $5,000 a year pays more than a
longer avoidable. Surveys show that the American quarter of his gross earnings in income taxes alone.
people at large are grimly willing to shoulder the addi­ Soon some 25 percent of this country’s national income
tional burden. It is a strange time indeed in which ad­ will be going out for war materials and military ex­
vocating higher taxes has actually become “good poli­ penses in one form or another. Mars is a costly visitor.
—Industrial News Review.
tics,” even as it is good economics.
Key to the new tax program is found in a statement
of Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, in which he said it
would be “an ideal thing for everyone to pay one-third
more next year than he did in the last year.” It is
probable that one of the first steps taken by congress
will be to up income taxes, on corporations and individ­
uals both, by at least one-third. Some advocate doubl­
ing the base rate, which now is four percent, and in-
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and old at convenient hours during the day and evening
That was before the movies captured America. Remember?
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First Methodist
Church
M. T. BURNS
Dr. George VV. Bruce, Minister
Sunday church school meets at
9:45 a. m . with Allen O. McGee.
superintendent.
Morning sermon at 11 o'clock
Subject: 'The Offense of the
Cross.” The choir. directed
c
by
Miss Maxine Conover, will sing
an anthem.
Epworth and Wesley la-avuex
6:15 p m.
Evening sermon 7:30 o'clock
Subject: "What did you plant in 1
your garden?" The young prop!«.»»
choir. .Mrs Cora Bruce director,
will lead congregational singing
Prayer meeting 7:30 p
Wednesday. Scripture lesson
21st chapter of Revelation
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INS! RANCE ADEqUATE?
Ser
STEVEN R.
SCHUERMAN
PHONE 4721
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A Few of Our May 3*5 Prices
SUGAR
WHITE
SATIN
100 Pounds
$5.60
‘25 Pounds
$1.44
10 Pounds
.58
BROWN SUGAR—I pounds
POWDERED SUGA It— 3 pounds
C. & H.
$5.70
$1.48
.59
'»' m «
25c
FLOUR
DRIFTED SNOW or SW’ANSDOWN
49 pound sack
$1.74
*24 pound sack
.90
SOAPS
Life Buoy, Camay, Lux, Palm Olive—3 for 17c
Giant Oxydol laundry ............... _...................... 54c
Mild Ex Bleacher, */2 Gal.
..................... 19c
Pow Wow Cleaner—3 cans ................................25c
Supreme Wool—3 packages
25c
FRESH VEGETABLES
Potatoes—50 pounds No. *2
38c
New Potatoes—6 pounds.
15c
Lettuce—good heads
4c
New Carrots—3 bunches ....
I Or
Celery, Spinach, Cucumbers, Fresh Tomatoes,
Cabbage, Rhubarb and other fresh vegetables
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STEARNS PLAZA
GROCERY
61 NORTH MAIN
DIAL 4131