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Long time standing »Is. contracts mwle
on application.
interested trusts and combines and
which will result in a revision upward.
President Taft knows that the country
does not want this kind of revision ami
that the passage of a bill up««n thia
basis will drive thousands of Itvpuhll
ran voters to join the ranks of the
opposing party. If the president, when
the bill is placed In his hands for
approval or rejection, will have the
nerve to give it a m<wt emphatic veto,
he- will do the moat jopular act of his
life. He will erect a standard, aLuut
which the foes of sprcial privilege can
and will rally. He will demonstrate
that he represents the real Republican
party more truly than doe a Speaker Can­
non or Chairman Aldnch.
There is a rapidly growing element
of the Republican party, which believes
that the time has now fully arrived to
place the tariff u|>on a purely revenue
producing basis. They i-elieve that the
time is now at hand when special privi­
lege, as a Republican policy, should be
eliminated. They think that it is now
quite time when congress should legis­
late for the American home rather than
fur the American trust.
If President
Taft will but assume leadership of thia
element of hia party, which la sure to
embrace four-fifths of the same, he
w ill place himself at the head of Ameri­
can statesmanship amt earn the lasting
gratlt ld<- of tl.e ),.-o|.!.-
IRE BECOMING W.SE
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MIGMII3N IO INE COUkIRT
THE IXiSS of employment through
the contraction in industrial output aa
an incident uf the dull timisof the past
two years has 1«-«! thou »a ml* of work­
men to listen to the call of the auil. To
be a high-salaried employe when busi­
ness is booming is one picture and to
walk the earth seeking employment
and finding none is quite ar other aide
of a mechanic's condition. While mm
i- g ami n st>..fa< tor- r .< .
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greatly reduced in magnitude of opera
tiona, there has been no cessation of
aitivitwaon the farm. Everywhere in
the past two Masons farmers have not
only produced bountiful harv« st* but
all the products of the farm have •uld
at good prices.
The movement of ¡i»pulatlon to farms
is reported to have been of extraunii
nary pruportiot » during the t«a»t twelve
months. Several government rei-crva-
tiona have L«er opened for settlement,
and in some instances th«- common­
wraiths have extended payments of
land over a period of forty y« ars. Wi st.
South and Southwest there has !•«•« n an
extraordinary movement from cong« st­
ud cities and rural districts in answer to
the cal) uf tl.e soil. I’robaLly So |»r
cent, of th«- people who are making new
homes in the country are unfamiliar
with agriculture, but th<-> ¡« »»<»» the
courage to try to become succ««sful
farmers. Others ha-.e migrated to th«-
country, where no man is «impelled to
stand idle in the market place because
'no III« gr. ■ 1 bin. . n ■ .... t-.«-' t
If one consults the agricultural 1 ’• •
or the columns of the great m< trupoh-
tan papers he will discover an unusual
number of advertisements of farm
lam's for sale at very attra< tivr |: ■ -
Vast tracts of land ar«- purchased l>.
syndicates and subdivided into small
farms and sold on installment payment»
Much of th«- land is located near great
citi< s and aokl in small allotment* for
truck ganlening purposes. In T«*as
an acre uf onions will often m -11 for
gutki and small holdings furnish st« ady
employment to one man when devoted
to fruit or market gardening.
Agriculture is now recognix«i a» th«-
nation's leading Industry, »•< the annual
output of the farms ha* attained a
value of |X.000,000.000. The majority
of the exodus from cities to localities
west of the M»»is*i|pi will devote their
energies to agriculture.
While the
government practically has no more
land to give to settlers, thrr«- ar«' plenty
of large unimproved agricultural dis­
tricts to supply urgent demand for
small farm*. W ith pric.» at their
present high level, agriculture has be
c «me the must stable and profitable of
all the professions Thu rapid in< n-aue
of of the nonagricultural population is
one of the primary cause* of th«' pr« »ent
high prices for farm proilucts Farmers
and Drovers' Journal.
HE THIRD ANNUAL Linn ( ounty
or a number of years th.-
Fair prom s«-» to «rclipae. by far,
Ainerican consumer him been aware
either of it» pre«‘ece*aor*
The
that he was being robbed, daily, outlook, at the present for a large stock
for the interests of th«- trusts and cum exhibit, is moat encouraging. In fact,
bines among the manufacturers. Evon the exhibits of every department,
when the McKinley tariff wa* enacted, promise to be much more extensive
there was a most respectable minority than heretofore. Nearly every mall
which opposed the protective tariff bring* applications for space furexhibi
then enact«l by congress, l»«'eau»o they tor», and the racing events promise
thought it wrong in principle to tax the some very fast «¡«e«-d contests in trot­
grva!
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ting, pacing an I running.
With the
order that a comparatively few manu­ completion of the new barn cf forty
facturer« might grow rich and fat. stalls, a com nodioue restaurant ami
When this law was enacted, a majority other building*, wells, etc., we are pre­
uf the people, apparently, believ««! that pared to take care of the visiting public
a high tariff schedule was necessary in ami exhibitors in much better shape
order that the manufacturer might l>e than ever before, ami the program of
aids to ¡»ay a wag«- commensurate the farmer's institute promises s m-st
with the dignity of the American instructive and entertaining time.
workmen. . They believed that compe­
The legislative appropriation of |HMW
tition lietween A merman manufacturers ha* enabled the management to offer
would be sufficient to cause the sal«* of some very Battering premiums for
the product* of the mill or workshop at stock, grain ami vegetable exhibits.
reasonable prices. They had just passed Th«- premium of >'«0 for the boat Indivi­
through an era of stringent financial dual farm exhibit is sufficient to induce
times and were eager for the restoration a number of our farm«-rs to prepare
uf financial prosperity at any price. exhibit* and enter the contest, and the
But the ptmple soon found that they I>1 pl' till l!!l for the belt milk cow. llln
hud made a serious mistake.
They breed, milk t< *t to be mad«- during the
soon ascertained that they had permitted Fair, is sure to cause a number of our
the manufacturer to aecure an advan dairymen tu slick up their "busaya"
t»ge from which, as yet. they have fail ami enter them for the tost.
nd to diakxlgs him.
Our farmers, dairymen, gardenrra.
The manufacturers soon found a fruitgrowers, poultrymen ami stockmen,
means to prevent com|«etition a* be should remember that the Fair was
tween themselves. The excessively organized and is maintained for their
it wiQiiniiii tu
high tariff had insured them against ! • I.efit urn! t" encourage lhe proluetior.
any aeriuus competition on the part of of better stock ami better farm pro­
their foreign competitors, so they c<wl«l ducts of all kinds. Many of the ¡a-ople . Concerning the corporation tax which
give their entire attention to inventing who work the hardest for the aucce»» t ie U. S. senate, under the lead of
a scheme to avoid any, to them, mis- uf the Fair, have not had nor will not Senator Aldrich, i* trying to supplant
chievious home competition. By a have anything whatever for exhibition. the income tax with, the Oregonian's
simple agreement among themselves at They are simply working for the general has the following to say:
first and afterwan a by trust and com­ welfare of th«- community, knowing
"The Oregonian believes the eor|*>ra
bine, the home comjietitor w as made as that whatever benefits tha community tion tsx most im-quitable. it know* th­
¡«owerh-ss for competition as the tariff in general, will tie of benefit to every corp «ration tax is most inequitable;
had made those in foreign land. The individual therein. If it will encourage and it believes the corporation tax
imme«liatr effect was that the Ameri­ our dairymen to provide themselves therefore will plague the Administrn
can conaumvr was required to pay the with better cows and car«' for them in tion ami the Republican party here
very highest price for what he consum- a more scientific manner; if it will after. Yet I'resi lent Taft has been
e«l, without exciting com|H-titlon of the cause our fruit growers to give their constrained to accept it aa the least
foreign manufacturer, even after he tree* and vinea l«etter culture am! closer ¡as he auppoaea) of the evils of a par
ha«i ¡«ahi the excessively high tariff in attention; if it will cause our stockmen ticular situation. The power of the
order to place his goods upon our to grow a better grade of stock, ami extr-me protectionists in the Senate
markets.
our farmers to get better results from cannot In- broken down. Part of their
As before stated, the American con­ their farms, then the purjuec of the scheme is to prevent an income tax.
sumer has known of these conditions promoters of the Fair will have l>een The corporation tax 1« the substit ite.
for a number of years. He sees our accomplished.
"But it is most unjust and inequi-
American manufacturer enter into suc-
Rut in order that the Fair shall I m - table. It taxes the profits of a cor
cesaful competition in foreign lands made the succeaa which it deaervea, poratioi doing buxine«* in any line.
w.th the foreign manufacturer, who*«- every farmer, Stockman, dairyman, whatever it may l«e. but leaves the
workmen are paid pauper wag«* as fruitgrower, gardener, poultryman, profit« of the individual or the partner­
compare! to the wage ¡«ai«i by the etc., should have Something on exhlbi ship doing bu«iness in the same line
American manufacturer.
In torn«- lion at the Fair. Two or three or a free. It leaves the vast profits of mb
ap«»cial cases, American matte go««is half-dozen exhibitors cannot make a vidua)*, tuned on bonds the persona
have IxH-n bought in England, (whip­ Fair, but two or three hundred can. moil able to pay free from taxation.
ped to America and sold in the Ameri­ Visitors will come to the Fair expecting It shuns an income tax. which is fair­
can markets at a less price than the to see the very twat products of the est of all taxes, yet enacts what is in
same g<Mxls could lie Itought direct from country, l.et us not disappoint them. effect a partial income tax. leaving
the truat governe«! ami regulattxi Th«' News desires to inform its readers, out. however, large num'e-rs of those
American manufacturer.
Thia pro that the future success of the Fair m »t able to ¡>ay it. It is a tax that
cedure has opened the eyes of thousand* <le|>en«!s much u|*»n the patronage given will favor an I protect the very rich,
of voters who have hitherto sii|>|>ortcd this year's Fair. If the society, after who have their revenues from bonds
the high | rotective tariff system. It going to the trouble and expense, the and mortgages ami other source* of
has ilone more, It has open«-«l th«' eve* evidence of which can be seen if one will personal income, and puts the burden
of President Taft ami a con»i«lerablc but visit the Fair grounds, together on the multitude of stockholders,
number of our congressmen on th«- with the nearly 12500 in premiums and whose aggregated capital, subscribed
Republican side.
purs> s offered dues not merit a liberal in small amounts, does a very large
Last week, Ih-raident Taft. In an a«! patronage both in exhibitors an«l part of the business of the country. It
dress to some Yale college Students, viaitora. then it is hardly worth while is one of the most unjust and unequal
embraced the opportunity to give forth for a county or district to attempt to systems of taxation ever contrived,
a warning to the Republican majority give an agricultural fair.
and it will be resisted in behalf of the
in congreaa, which s«>ema determine«! to
However, there is no danger but legitimate corporations of the country,
reviae the tariff upward inatea«! of what both exhibitors and visitors will on the ground of its unfairness and
downward, aa was promised by that l»e on hand in abundance. Our people unconstitutionality.
party during the last political campaign are Iwginmng to appreciate the benefits
"Since certain great trust corpora­
Evidently, Mr. Taft ha* given the tariff to be derive,! from a friendly contest tions and combinations of capital,
question considerable thought since hi* in exhibits and the education to be operated unscrupulously for opprvs
election. He now tells Aldrich ami .hia derived from the lecture« al the farmers sion of the people, have made the very
gang of standpattera that a tariff re­ institute. They are beginning to apply won! corporation odious, it is hoped
vision which does not reduce th«- the knowle« ge gained in the past ami and expected to obtain public favor for
schedules, will | robably make the Re are desirous to add to that knowledge. a scheme to enforce thia unequal
publican the minorty party in the near They know that an observance of lb«- method of taxation. But the tax will
future. Senator Cummings. LaFollette knowledge already gained, ha* enabled not reach or touch the bondholders of
ami others, have given the same warn them to increase their bank accounts.
the great corporations only the stock-
ing in their debates during the present
So let us. one and all. work to make holdi-rs. It’s a further tuck, pinch or
efforts st revising the tariff. But the Fair of P.O!» so good and so exten­ nip of the cinch upon those already
under the leadership of Senator Aldrich, sive, that it will be a source of both tightly cinehe«l by the gr« at capitalists
the Republican majority srem* deter­ pleasure and profit to every exhibitor and bondholders, who are to be exempt
mined to pass a tariff bill, the ach«>duh>* ami visitor who will favor u» with their while they pii«* u p more and more
of which have been dictate«! by the presence.
profits
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"Now Theodore Roosevelt wouldn't
stand this kind of thing for a moment
The country would ring with his de­
nunciation of it The Senate would
receive a sjs-cial message. But the
deal doesn't turn up a Roosevelt eve
time, only very rarely.
"This tax. in its operation, will be
especially odious. because of its unfair
nets and Inequality.
Ho-quality. Aa
As a tax in­
vented. devised and enacted by the
Republican party, it it a contrivance
that w,IIreturn to ¡llague the inventor."
INCOME rs CORPOUÏION IUES
he united states senate is
consid» ring the propriety of submit­
ting to the stat«-* an am«-ndm«-nt to
t.t.t
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the National government to collect an
im ome tax. Should the amendment be
submitted, it is quite probable that It
would b* adopted by the required num­
ber of states. An Income tax is
certainly one of the most ju»t method*
of taxation which can be devised, for
who is so well able to pay a tax as he
who has an income. It is supposed that
such a lax would l»e arranged upon the
graduated principle the percentage of
taxation increase-1 aa the magnitude of
th«- income increMed. Many of th»«
immense incomes exist without any
great personsd effort of the person who
receives it- By methods which are re­
garded by many people as not being
honorable ami just, many of th« a«-
multi millionaires have secur«nl th«ir
vast accumulations uf stocks, bonds,
etc., from which th« ir income* are
derived. Aliout the only personal exer­
tion required of such, is to devise wajs
and methods forspending their Incom«».
Surely it would be no great hardship to
peujiie who have more money than th« y
can «-umfortably s|««-nd, to «ievote a
¡sirtion of it to the aupport of govern­
ment, and it would be but Simple
p.»ti<-< l... f«.|-many of th«
r"l.....al
fortune* have loen acquired through
special favors from the gov« rnment.
manipulating ami watering Block, etc.
But there is little danger of either an
income or corporation tax, ao long a*
congr« a* and th« -I' s
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ar«- comp«»ed uf the present ¡H-rsonnel.
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in th«- market for all of your produce,
such as lanl, bacon, harrs, poultry,
egg» }«nk-a, wool, mohair, easeara bark,
veal. hogs, beans and in fact nearly
everything you produce. We are al­
ways willing to give reasonable pric«s.
whether we buy or sell. Your prualuce
is good t«> buy any thing in our immense
stock of dry go«»Is, furnishing goods,
shoes, hats, caps, groceries, que«-ns-
war«'. glassware, hardware, furniture,
tinware, carjwts, linoleum, in fact we
can furnish you from A to Z for reason­
able prices. If you have more product
than you can use for exchanging for
our goods, we will buy for cash.
Yours for business,
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We call e«: i- al attention to the hinge joint at each intersection
of «tav with mam bars.
This is the essential of every good wire fence. Unless the stay
int the (cnee cannot receive pressure from contact
AMERICAN FENCE
Is m»<b wnh a hinge >• int. by which the maximum of elasticity is
secured sn<l the Icn- e it properly streVhed. remains in plate indefi­
nitely. \\ ith the hinge joint, no amuunt ol strain on if
eflrut the connection u( stay and bar.
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