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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1911)
r * a he ^antiam Mrivo ALBANY ABSTRACT COMPANY 1/ I Politically Independent Entered at th«- j»o»t<>fhce at Scio, Orw-jfon, a* aecond-clami mail matter. PUBII3HED EVERY T. 1». THURSDAY BY DI’GUEH F.orroa »mi I ’»ur« i a row. MVf«H< HII'ITOV ItA'I'FM: One year in advance .......................... U One year, at end of year .......... I One year. at end of 2 year»................................ . .......... 1 One year, at end of 3 year»......... ........................................... 2 ma iiKMiiha In advance........................................... Thrre montha in advance.............................. ........................ Single copy in wrapper......... ............................................... 26 *5 <<• ’»5 AI)VEI<riM|.X<> HAI M: Car of thank*....................................... ..................................... S|»erial obituary notice», per line.............................................. <K< Extended wedding comment», jarr line .. ..................... U3 Di»plav ads, to be changed weekly if desired, one column wide each Inaertfon. per inch ........................................ If’ Bu»ine»» local» per Im«- tiret Insertion ......... .... ¡0 Each subsequent Hfaertion per line ........ 05 lx>ng time »landing a«i». contract» made on application. 0 1 Eli 7.7.\.7 770. V E\ OilITES I)E(\1 Y axation is the price we pay for T Civilization. are sick, the coffin which is the last rvsting place of our remains, the pa|*r upon which newspapers and Isioks are printed, all pay tribute to the Land Tilles >• Sfteciatty government, trusts and combines. These are the indirect taxes w hich are added to th«- price of the goods we buy and which we do not notice and of Get the Best. Voti can get which the average consumer is entirely ignorant. it of us < '<>urteoiis employs Direct taxation appeals more directly to our pockets; consequently we notice it more. Once a Prices I»' as.iiiubje year we walk up to the tax collectors office and donate to the state from two to four per cent, of the value of onr property holdings. Nor can you L. M. CURL, M anager put your finger upon a species of property which Both Phone» 223 8 Broadalbin St Albany. Oregon is not listed upon the assessors books. The time was when a man was not required to pay taxes on property which he did not own or was in debt for. Now he must pay on what he d.ies not own as well c >-<■■» <>*■■»■< I-«an»-< >-«■■»( »-«■■»-< ><■■■►<>■•■»•<> o as for that which he does own. More than this, the man from whom the property was purchased, is nsjuired to pay taxes upon the debt, thus mak ing double taxation. A few yean* ago. the ^»use Q Largest Stock outside of Portland holder <>r head of a family, was allowed an exemp tion of in his assessment for his furniture and Samples and Estimates on Request household fixtures; hut now nothing escapes the ♦ ♦ exactions of the taxgatherer. Even the family FISHING TACKLE dog must pay for the privilege of barking. Further, if we should want to take a little recreation in way of fishing or huntins, we must pay a dollar for ❖ Expert Truss fitting Camera supplies, etc ♦ either diversion. And when we come to vote, we Woodworth Drug Co., Albany, Ore do not escape; if we have uot paid our poll-tax, we are in danger of being hold up. o> Summing up the tax question, the general government, trusts and combines levy tribute up* .................................................o.. • . o .»•».•••••• on what we eat and wear, and the state, county, city and school district, mail district, etc., require tribute of us for the privil -ge of owning a home or any other species of property. If the tariff tax continues to increase and the direct tax by the state, county, city, etc., continues ============= WHOLESALE DEALER ■ ~ • to increase as well, how long will it be until the i average income from the farm and shop are, practically, consumed for the supjxirt of govern and ment and trusts? When this point is reached, ignorance necessarily increase« and the decline of government is at hand. When ignorance com Telephone M àìo 17S ¡48*1 $4 Commercial St. -*■ mences to spread, the day of political and religious liberty will -<K>n disappear and civilization will A. G. WÄGERS, Prop. Salem, Oregon i soon pass under a cloud. Reproduced from an editorial in l‘.MW. Blit it does not follow that th< higher th" taxation the higher the civilization. Indeed an excessively high taxation system is an evidence of national decay; for when ever the earning power of a people is largely con sumed in taxes, a gradual growth of ignorance results and this is an evidence of national decay- dence. As a pe »pie beaomes generally educated, and intelligence is the direct result of education, the general advance of civilization and national progress can always l»e noted. Transversly, if a people must give their time largely to protection of wealth and this wealth is principally consumed for th«* support of the state, then ignorance and national decay is a logical sequence. We, the American people, have entered upon the era of excessive taxation. That the people are taxed, principally, in an indirect manner, has made it |s»ssible for this insidious system to grow. And the further fact that the taxes thus gathered have been under the guise of supporting the gener al government and for the fostering of our so-call ed infant industries, has caused the American people to rest in fancied security, until an immense system of graft and extravagance has secure*! a strangle hold upon the people; and the infant industries, practically, say to the people "help yourselves if you can." At least, this is the atti tude of congress at the present time. But few people seem to have any thought alx>ut what percentage of cost is added to the things we eat and wear because of the protective tariff. It has been stated bv competent authority, that we pay from one-third to one-half more for the things we eat and wear, which are listed u|*»n the tariff schedules, than we would have to pav, if we had not the protective system and our tariff laws were limited to the purpose of raising revenue for the support of the government. The same authority, also, stated, that for every dollar the consumer pays the government for the privilege of consum ing foreign food products or for Wearing clothing manufactured from foreign made fabrics, he pays our domestic manufacturing trusts and combines, ten dollars for every dollar he pays towards the supjsirt of the general government To illustrate this point: An ordinary suit of clothes costing $20 if made of American manufactured cloth, does not pay the government one cent of revenue; yet because of the protective tariff our manufacturers are able to charge from $8 to $10 more than they could sell the sfflt for if there was free and open foreign competition. Thus, we see what we are paying in the way of a bonus to our American manufacturers and we can, also, see the reason why these same manufacturers are on hand when ever there is a change of the tariff schedules being agitated by congress. Now if the average citizen consume* two suits of clothes annually, we can see wha‘ the indirect tax is in this one particular. An I this is only a fraction of the indirect tax we pay. Of every pound of sugar we consume, about 1 1-2 cents goes to the sugar trust in the way of a 1 »onus; all kinds of machinery, of which steel is a com|x»ner.t part, costs 25 |»er cent higher bemuse of the mono|M»ly the United States Steel Corp«» a- tion is ¡»ermitted to enjoy. And there are others. In fact, nearly every ford product, every article of clothing, machinery, medicine to cure us when we I I I I i I I I WALL PAPER Standard Liquor Co. Cigars ; Wines, Liquors ............................................ »•.............................................................................................. • i It is said some of our orchard people are planting land with trees, which is wholly unsuitable for A. SHANKS orchard purjMises. These lands, in many instances, — Manufacturerand Dealer in— are sold t > people w ho neither have seen nor do Harness and Saddles not know anything aliout growing of fruit in C»rrUf< Trimmiaf Repair Work Solkitrd Oregon. Of course trees planted in such lands, will never produce fruit in a profitable way. Ore All Work Xtrktlv Guaranteed 1911 gon is a first-class fruit country, if the lands SHELBURN. OREGON adapted to the particular kind of fruit are used. During the month» of May, June, July, But if lands not at all suitable for the growth of Auguat. September, on date» THE ESMONB HOTEL apples, or pears, or cherries are planted to either »Sown below, the of these fruits, then sold to parties who have not ('entrally located, good seen them, nothing but harm can result Such SOUTHERN PACIFIC rooms, prices moder work of our orchard promoting people, is sure to ate, courteous Will »ell round trip ticket» from not only relxaind to their ow n discredit, but to the treatment discredit of all Oregon. One man or woman II ’t sf Scio ria Portland Corner Morriion and Front Streets swindled in this manner, means the keeping away POKTLANiJ OREGON u follow»; from Oregon a dozen who, otherwise influenced,' would come. There are hundreds of thousands of To Fare» acres of good fruit lands in Oregon, anti there are Detroit. Mich ............................ t M.65 thousands of acres valueless for this ptn*]»o«e. The Boston.............................................1112. IS ...HI purchasers of fruit lands an- very foolish if they New York Washington. D. C. ..... 1109.65 buy without first seeing the lands and orchard Atlantia City ......... . ............. 4104.55 promoters are-imply swindlers if they sell these unsuitable lands to purchasers who do not know Sale Dates: what they are buying. Such people would be better thought of if they would steal outright from June 5, 7. 9. 10. 12. 16, 17, 21. 22. 23. the ignorant purchaser. 24 28, 29 ami 30. EXCURSION Fares East YOU Corjxirations that violate their contracts, deserve even, less consideration than in the case of an in dividual. There is no reason, whatever, why thv Oregon & California railroad company should have violated the conditions of the grant of land from the government. It is, simply, a clear case of graft July 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 19. 20. 26. 27 and 28 Auguat 3. 4. 5, 14. 15. 16. 17. 21. 22. 23, 28, 29 and 30. September 1. 2. 4. 5, 6 and 7. -top-over» within limit» in either direc tion. Final return limit Octolier 31. i For fare» one way through California inquire of any S. P. agent or write to WM. McMl'RRAY General Paaaenger Agent, Portland The business man who, for selfish reasons, at tempts to break down a public or semmi-public enterprise, deserves to be well not only boycotted but forced to leave the community. Scio needs to encourage more manufacturing industries rather than to dircoutage those we have. Geo. W. Wrqht Dan lohtutor. ATTORNEYS AT LAW "Half a loaf is lietter than none,” appears to be the thoughts of many of our tariff reforming congressmen, these days. Yet if we can get the tariff schedules cut one-half, the result will be an immense relief to the consumer. No*. »-• Wrifbt Bldg Both Hio«« ALBANY OREGON ““■““ DR. W. R. BILYEU People do not object to having a reasonably large DENTIST amount of public money appropriated for a meri torious purjiose. but they w ill object to the appro OVER WOODWORTHS DRUG STORE! priation of, even, a small amount for an unworthy BOTH PHONES pirpose. | ALBANY - - OREGON' NEED An abstract BEFORE you buy property—its an absolute necessity if vmi want to Know about the validity of your title. Honestly, to buy a piece of ical estate without an abstract is taking a blind chance on being sold an ex pensive piece of liti gation. OUR abstracts are correct and complete Linn County Abstract Co. Comer 2ad aad BrudalMn «. ALBANY OREGON »
