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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1919-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1921)
■e. • **^C- * «-Z yr •’ * + a - « ' ? • «Z ». » * *• », -S tf. ■ • .T • * » dU-v’T - ♦L’ ..TA. ▼ ’ jk THE SCIO TRIBUNE iSHI'Kn EVKKÏ THUMHAY Ht T. U DUGtiKM. BDiToa AND P BOP Entered at the poetotfiee at Scio. Oregon os secund ciase matter. buwcdiption . in advancs SIX MONTH» SI.75 l.Oo APVKHTIB1NG HATER: Local fclvartblng per line first in sertion ....................... ................. .10 Esch subsequent insertion per line. or. Display advertising- First insertion per inch ..................... ................ » Each subsequent insertion............... .15 Advertisements «houkl reach this office nst taler than Tuesday to insure publi- eaUr«> in the current issue. AU foreign advertisement» must be petal for In advance of publication. I pledge allegiante Io my flag ana the Republk for u'hkh H »land*, one Ration, tndhrbible, »ith liberty ana I u tike for all. »□O. OREGON, APRIL 7. 1921 WHY THE TRIBUNE OPPOSES THE BONUS. .• J A few days ago in an editorial the Tribune opposed the Soldiers Bonus Hill. The main reeaon is because Oregon is Dow overburdened with taxation and no matter what the measure is, if It increase* taxation, this paper will oppose it. That is to say so long a* it remains under the present management. By appealing to the people in a seemingly plaua- able manner, advocates for different projects have succeeded little by little in piling up the tax burden, until the vatu»1 of property is being effected. So long as the farmer could sell his produce at war prices the adding of a few mills to the tax percentage made but «mall difference to the average property owner. In his mind he would say: "I’ll simply have to raise an extra pig or a calf to pay the increase”. But now that the value of grain and stock is rap idly declining to normalcy, the far mer or stockman finds that his tax bill has increased until several pigs or calves must be raised to satisfy the tax collector. This is the leading reason why the Tribune opposes the soldier's bonus. But there are several other res»’n« why these additional bond* should be defeated. As com|>arvd with what soldiers were i»aid in previous wars, the sol diers of the war with Germany were treated very liberally in the way of wages, insurance, etc. In addition the gem-ral government is being asked to provide a iHinua for these boys and this is from whence a bonus should come, if a bonus is paid. Another fact to consider is but half of the soldiers who were drafted or who volunteered, were sent to France, the other half were well housed, well fed and fairly well cared for if they should get sick. In fact many of this last half mentioned were better clothed and had better food than they wers accustomed to at home. Even those who went across the water came home in good shape and ready to go to work if they desired, excepting those who lost their lives or who were wounded. Of course the wounded should and are being cared for by the govern ment. Surely these boys who never left the camp of instruction should not he paid any bonus whatever. The government uaid them as before stated, the highest wages she has ever paid her soldiers and they were in duty bound to defend our govern ment in time of need. The boys who were not called out, but were ready to go when called are just as much entitled to a bonus as are those who never gut past a camp of instruction. vL* r î.ta i .ntf i'» tT. i oX L i w « •<# ? r A* « j> « ' What People Muri Leant. Again in asking for a bonus from taxes of the purchaser through the the stale, these boys who wore the reduced value of the property. And. khaki are placing themselves on a perhap«, if the tax is general, as It There is one idea that all Ameri par with mendicantsand this is surely j is in Oregon, he will find difficulty can» must learn, that is the simple beneath their dignity. It Is not in reinvesting hi» capital in a more truth that burinces u far more com claimed the slate owes them any productive enterprise. Often, then petent than public administration. thing. Hence the debt, if any. is of if he is financially aide to absorb the Our country is «till suffering from a patriotic gratitude nature which If taxes it is better for the producer an overdose of belief In socialism and paid as is asked, releasee the state to hold the property and pray for la?k of euntidei.ee in common busi from even this gratitude. As a mat a reduction In taxes and an in ness efficieticv. ter of fact they are simply trying to creased demand for his product. Railroad labor leaders believe they get. while the getting is good. The The man in the efty will My be is are capable of telling the railroads people,who stayed at home, worked not concerned with the farmer’s how to manage the transportation and ate black bread are to be con problems Hut If he votes more tax problems. sidered as well as the soldier boys burden» and renders more acute the Congress and state legislatures and these last will be taken care of producer’s plight what happens to believe thr-y can direct tbc operation by the government In due time. If the wage earner? Some farmers of the merchant marine, public util we could transfer the state college withdraw their capital and re-invest ities and packing houses. funds or some of the other funds to it in other lines of endeavor or in I The people have suffered enough tiaying the bonus, well and good, non taxable bonds. The. ntimber of from panics to know that politicians but let’s not do anything to add to growers decrease and production cannot run our banking system, and the tax burden. diminishes. Other producers who are proud when banks make big have insufficient ynanciai resources profits. x to withstand losses incurred by heavy The people have learned that big UNDER THE YOKE. taxation, or who have been «Derat factories and big mines and big mer. In a series of article« discussing ing ->n a narrow margin of profit, cantile operations, that reduce ovei- are forced out of buMness. Again head, serve them best. taxstion. The Journal has shown: farmers deer« ass- and production di They have still to learn that pro That there has been an enormous minishes. As production declines, duction ami industries and business increase in taxation in < iregon. employment and wage« decrease, and make the country prosperous, unless That after a certain limit is prices to the consumer Increase. politicians interfere with them. reached, over-taxation I »»comes de Then, under present conditions, the They have stiil to learn that high structive to property and prosperity. producer is forced to pay part of the taxation and multiplicity of laws That an excaasive tax rate dis taxes on all articles and supplies he and regulations are only forma of courages the coming of new indus purchases, he Is foieed to pay his confiscation of private enterprises. tries ami the Investment of new cap own taxes on his land, and he is ital with a corresponding stagnation forced to pocket a loss in the value in development and growth. of his land as his taxes are elevated. That excMsrive taxes reducw the Overtaxation drives him out of busi- value of land, discourage building, nesa and production diminishes. Ami John B. Couey, Prop. and drive those who wotijd be h«me then, every worker in the state, owners into the renter class. Phone 6-615 through increased prices of com That when development ta restrict modities and decreased value of la STAGI: MI LTS ALL 1 KAINS ed, aiwemrti value» declins with a bor. pays, along with the producer, — Ix-AVCK Hotel Scio— corresponding increase in the tax for the destruction reaped by exces •t 7JW a m and 4:45 p m fer Wr»t Sex. rale. and 745 a. ml and 1:1& pm for Munkers sive taxes. That a heavv tax burden drive« It isasituAtion menacing this state capital into non-taxahle investment, that can be relieved by clamping the magnates business, decreasos con lid on taxes. Oregon Journal. sumption and production and creatos MUNKERS and WEST SCIO STAGE unemployment. Whenever some of our big city And that the major portion of republican newspapers run short on taxes ultimately fall <>n the consum editorial subjects they take a turn er, the owner of idle property, and at abusing ex-President Wilson. They the man who live« on improved never weary of hitting a sick man. property. Must 1* they want to prevent his A tendency toward some of thoae results has already been noted in getting op his feet, for he probably Oregon. Taxation has fallen heavy will never lie a well man again. His administration is now history and he on land and on the consumer. Perhaps no one class of individual will be an honored figure in national when these yelping fists are has suffered more from present affairs, i cigarette It'S aste « « H«v. Ernest M HmTth. pastor of th« Methodist Episcopal rhorch of Mc Minnville. dl«4 at the church parson age from blood poisoning The Infec tion came from poison oak In his «ye and a small boll on the cheek. The peak population at the Oregon state penitentiary for several years «as n-achid Friday when, with the arrival of three Chinee« gunmen from Portland, the enrollment swelled to 345. On Septemb-r 15, 1*1*. the in mates of the prison numbered 243. showing a gain of 102 durlug the last It months. The Oregon public service coninile sion. nt the Instigation of northw.-st hop growers, has started an action to restore a carload minimum of 15,000 pounds In the shipment of this product Instead of the carload minimum of IS.000 pounds fixed during the federal control of the railroads. J. F. WFSELY a DEALER IN Fancy & Staple Groceries Garden and Field Seeds China and Glassware All wohl at live and let live prices. forgotten. If President Harding leaves his imprint on world politics and affairs in general, as has Wood row Wilson, he will do well, if noth ing more. _______ taxation than the farmer. Time* are trving to him. He was gutted In the process of deflation. Consump- ti.m decreased, manufacturers re duced the amount of their products, and the producer could not sell his Dollar a bushel wheat a few years crop. Hi« wool laid in the store ago was considered an extra good house. his wheat was unsold and price. Hut now as it is about that other of his products remained in price in country towns, it is thought the ground. Price* dropped below to be the ruination of farmers, and production costa. it is, for it has coat farmers U.S® <>r On top of that his state tax burden belter to raise it. is increased 111 |*r cent in one year. He paid 1.45 mills in llH2. A recall election over a county of He pays ».M in H»20. fice has just cost Bulk county $2500. When he goes to purchase his sup The state recall of the public service plies the producer, as a consumer, commission will cost the taxpayers absorbs part of ths taxes of the at a «pedal election $150,000. Soon merchant, of the manufacturer, and we will recall a judge or the su of the retailer. Their share of I preme court if it rentiers a decision taxes is shifted forward to the con that some one can get up a case sumer, and the producer, in pur against. There must lie a better J chasing his supplies, Is a consumer, way. and he. therefore, pays the capital ized value of the tax when he pur British Columbia is having exper- chases. ience with the Pinchot policy which Hut he ha» his own taxes to pay arrested development of the West! in addition. Can he shift them? He and Alaska, and does not like It, if cannot. In his sales other* fix the the Vancouver Sun exoretwes public prices of his products, b orcign goods opinion. Oil is believed to exist in imported, help hold his prices down. the Peace river basin and prospect He cannot, therefore, add his taxes ors MV ready to go in and drill for to hi« sale price and sell his goods. it if assured of the benefit of their — And what does that tax do to the discoveries,but the dominion and pro- , value of his land? vincial governments block the way ' The market value of any property by delaying action on laws fixing the i is established by the return on the terms The Sun truly calls this the < investment, if the producer's yearly “blind, fatuous, strangling policy <>f ; profits are cut 20 per cent by the conservatism :t |».li<-y uf postponing ! imposition of a heavy tax which he prosperity.” Western state« know cannot shift the value of his land what it is and that the deecriptiun immediately declines 20 per cent., is accurate. _______ If he attempts to sell to escape the burden of taxation be must pay the Advertise in th«- Tribuns. 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