as may arise, halfway,
THE SCIO TRIBUNE conditions,
ready to lake advantage of the good
IMIKO KVKMY THt’lUtlAY BY
t. L. twoon. rt>rrn anu rmir
and some of tlx church buildings are
preacherleas and without rungrega-
things we earnestly hope may come lions
Yet their empty buildings
to us.
i pay no tax- «, while the poor man's
or widow-woman's home must pay
or be »old under the sheriff's ham-
mer.
Mr, Churehtnembelr is this
fair and in accordance with the
teaching» of th«* Savior, while on
TO TAX CHURCH PROPERTY earth?
And this measure to tax church
The Tribune understands a meaa property will bare more support in
ure will be introduced in the legis the legislature than many ¡wople
lature. to meet at Salem next month, i supp- *w
In th«-*« lav# of exceed
the object of which will lx the taxing ingly high taxes, new Bourses of tax
of church property.
This measure , revenue are U h ng sought out. A»-
will strike a responsive chord in the s>-*sors are becoming more alert.
minds of many people and will meet More property, which ha« ««caped
the bitter opposition of others.
listing, is being found all the time
Church property is a sort of semi and very many people are wondering
public holding
It was not built by why churches are not taxed, why
money raised by direct taxation but these magmflccni city structure#,
by money obtained from voluntary built to stand for a century and
donation
Church«« are built to costing hui.Jred# of thousand» of
serve the religious peculiarities of a dollars, while the waidier woman's
comparatively few people. Thus we poor cottage r>r hovel must pay. If
have Methodists, Baptist«. Preeby- i we reduce this matter to a final an
terians, Christian or Camphellite. alysis. there is no just reason why
Mormon, Unitarians, Catholics, etc . I
the church should not be listed on
all of whom have differing church the tax rolls.
If a man or da«#
tenets
Some of th*«* denomina of men mu»t have a »¡»a rate preacher
tion» have plain churches costing i>ut and a separate building in which to
$3000 or 14000 while others especi haw his ¡«culiar religious ideas ex
ally in the cities, have huge Stone pounded, he
uld lx willing to
structure» with lofty spires, costing pay for it.
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all th» wav up t<> a half million d
NO CAUSE TOR PESSIMISM
lars. Now. our present law exempts
the»« church building# from taxa
Alarm at the prespective exhaus
tion. N'o matter how many of them
tion of the ¡«-troleum supply of the
there may lx in city or town, all are
world ju«t when its use for furl and
given a free bill of health by th«
many other purtxwes has become
tax gatherer.
Exemption of the»e
well nigh univ* r*al should l»s allayed
propartlee cause« the tax on each
by rec. ¡:<-cti n that there have bera
home to be just a little higher. True
such scar*-» before
When produc
churches do not nay a money reve
tion from the original oil fields in
nue. Neither does the home, but
Pennsylvania f-«v in to diminish,
the home of the laboring man as well
there was fear of their running dry.
a» the mansion of the rich man nays
but in the «-igiiti»-« discoveries ex-
a tax proportionate to its value.
tended into West Virginia and Ohio. '
Anyway why should the man who
Since then oil in vast quantities has
worships in a $3000 or $4000 church
been found in Kentucky, then in
pay a higher tax because his eitv
California, then in Kansas. Okla
neighbor must have hi« religion ex
homa iui-1 T< xas and last in Wyom
pounded from the pulpit of a half
ing
Abroad great oil fields have
million dollar structure?
beam found in the Baku district of
Now there is reason why school
Ru««ia, in Galicia, Roamania and
houses and all other structures built
Benda and last in Mesopotamia
by taxation should not lx listed by
There are good indications in Alaska
the tax gatherer. All the property
and the republic of (xdombia. and
in a given district is taxed to build
vast areas have vet to 1» explored. ■
thia edifice The M/-lhodiat. Baptist.
There was probably a similar
Presbyterian, etc, all i>av» his just
alarm when the forests of Europe
proportion of this tax. Not so with
began to show a deficient supply of
the church. Only members of a
wood for fuel, but coal took its place I
¡»articular denomination and other
This fuel is known to have la-en used
public spirited cit'.en« build the
by the Saxons of England as early as '
church. They do not have to pony
the middle of the ninth century, but ■
up their donation», great or small,
did not emne into general use for (
as they do their taxes.
about six centuries. It is now mined i
We have law« prohibiting the in
in vast quantities in aln <*»t every .
termingling of church and state
country in the world, and was man's
affairs. In many place» church ser
chief reliance a* fuel until oil liegan ;
vices are not prohibited in school
bi supplant it, Groat beds of lignite I
houses, and church*-» a« a rule, are
are still nearly untouched to eke out '
particular a» to what entertainment«
the coal supply, and We need not fear
are permitted in their hou>*r« of wor
actual exhaustion of oil reaourses
ship.
Both the school house and
till the great deposits of oil shale in
church is devoted to a ¡»articular
the Rocky mountain region are
purpose. One however is a public
worked out.
pur|io«e while the other is a semi-
Experience with wood, coal and
private purpose. The difference is
oil justifies confidence that other
quite distinct.
means of producing power and heat
There is more reason to exempt j
will I»« found when they become
the poor widow's home, who may,
scarce
Scarcity «ends price« upward,
wash for a living, than there is to I
and thereby s*-ts enterprise and in
exempt even the $3000 or $40001
genuity to work in seat ch of chea|«-i
church from taxation, yet that same
sulMtitutcs. Each »ulwtitute haalreen
woman is compelled to pay a slightly ;
more effective and economical than
higher tax l»ecause the church 1«
that which it replaced, and so it may
exempt.
continue.
High prices also impose
If the state regulated the cost of
economy in use, which p*Mt|M»nes the
the church, there would lie a terrible
date of final exhaustion. The posai-i
roar. Men will »ay I will take what
biliue« of electricity are hut partly
I please from my property which
known, and the supply of that sub
pays taxes, and give it to the church
stitute for fuel will last as long as
which does not.
As a matter of
st reams continue to flow. — Portland i
justice, is this fair?
Oregonian.
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Another feature In rw-arly every
Holiday week has passed very
town or city, there is twice as many \
churches as are needed.
Because nicely and people generally are
men differ slightly in their religious having-a good time in visiting and
belief, they must have a separate eating bountiful dinners.
(Greetings
With this feeling towards all. the
Entered at the d < •tortine at Scm,
Tribune
wishes its readers a happy
Oregon m second class matter.
and prosperous new year.
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SCIO. OREGON. DM?. 30. 1920
THE CLOSING YEAR
Thia work the Tribune will make
Ita final visit to ita many reader» for
the year 1020. Fifty-two times thia
paper has made ita weakly visits,
mayhap
conveying
Intelligence
which gave- joy to some and sorrow
to other»
To the one# we have ex
tended congratulation» and to the
other# sympathy.
But the j<»v ha#
overbalanced the aorrow and for this
let u» all lx thankful.
Taken a» a whole, 1920 has been
a pro»|H-rou# year for the people of
Scio and vicinity. Crop» have been
bountiful a# a rule, for which the
aeller haw received fairly remunera
tive price» and the average farmer,
stockman and merchant have added
somewhat to their bank balance«
While the i>a«t year has txen «»me
what unusual in that its rainy season
commenced so early and
which
caused crop )<••-• to many of our
farmer». most of them were able to
house their crop# before the rain»
had injured them.
So upon the
whois our farmers can be congratu
lated.
Our Ntockmen have done
fairly well, though they have had to
meet a falling market during almoat
ths entire year,
Sime wh<*e hold
ing» are mainly sheep have had to
meet an unusual rapid fall in price»
for their product, have had to con
tent themaelve« with a «mailer profit
and felt they did well to play even
A few others still have their wool
and may do better or worse than
their meighbors who sold carlv.
Inclining price» have compelled
all to I h * content with smaller profits
but. as a whole our producers have
done well.
They arc now down
about to "normalcy“ and have saved
themwlvrs from failure and art
ready to go ahead and do the best
they can. let the future be what It
may.
During the past year there was
but little new building, owing to the
high prices for building material.
The new power station is in an un
finished condition and cannot lx
completed before midsummer of the
coming year and while there have
been some business changes of a
minor character in Scio, there have
been no ini|M>rtant change», nor bus-
in»-«« failure«
So we commence the new year full
of hope ami ex|M*ctatmn. ready to
meet such conditions as may arise.
The inauguration of the new presi
dent and the actions of the new con
gress are sure to create new condi
tions
But^ whatever they are let us
hope they will be for the brat. Our
new legislature may make some
change« in the law which will effect
conditions, but we can feel assured
no ra<ileal changes will be made
So with an encouraging future
outlook, let every farmer ami bust-
nee» man tx ready to meet ouch new
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place tn which to worship. Here
Our friend» must think the Tri-1
preachers generally poorly paid and burn* family are kids from the num-
talk to congregation» which do not her of boxi-s of candy and fruit
till more than one-third of the seats.. s-nt us
the year iuithnut expressing hearty
appreriatinu fnr the business anb
kinb arts ynu babe mtrusteb tn us
fonulb leatie a bebt uupaib.
Wr thank ymt anb your« anb scab you
nur best hrisljr« fnr a Happy Ncfo Hear.
^ittrrrrly niutrs,
J. F. WESEL Y
J. I harne». W. r. Dill,
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