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axation is the price we pay for
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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holder <>r head of a family, was allowed an exemp
tion of
in his assessment for his furniture and
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household fixtures; hut now nothing escapes the ♦
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exactions of the taxgatherer.
Even the family
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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
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do not escape; if we have uot paid our poll-tax,
we are in danger of being hold up.
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Summing up the tax question, the general
government, trusts and combines levy tribute up*
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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
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to increase as well, how long will it be until the
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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
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mences to spread, the day of political and religious
liberty will -<K>n disappear and civilization will
A. G. WÄGERS, Prop.
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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
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It is said some of our orchard people are planting
land with trees, which is wholly unsuitable for
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orchard purjMises. These lands, in many instances,
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are sold t > people w ho neither have seen nor do
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not know anything aliout growing of fruit in
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Oregon. Of course trees planted in such lands,
will never produce fruit in a profitable way. Ore
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gon is a first-class fruit country, if the lands
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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
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apples, or pears, or cherries are planted to either
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of these fruits, then sold to parties who have not
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seen them, nothing but harm can result Such SOUTHERN PACIFIC
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work of our orchard promoting people, is sure to
ate, courteous
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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
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would come. There are hundreds of thousands of To
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promoters are-imply swindlers if they sell these
unsuitable lands to purchasers who do not know
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what they are buying. Such people would be
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the ignorant purchaser.
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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
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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.
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OREGON
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DR. W. R. BILYEU
People do not object to having a reasonably large
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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
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