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place a limited college education UnM. and not very far distant at
THE SCIO TRIBUNE to within
the reach of «very boy and k that, property will be sold to pay
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girl. It bripgs the limited college th« tax gatherer, and who will be
to our doors. Probably not five per able to buy It but the state?
cent of our school boys and girlscan
We know thia is the view of th«
ever expect to attend college They pessimist
But what other view can
can and do attend our high schools, i *<me take with the ever increase of
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If we should scuttle our high the tax burden and the continued
LOO school we do injury to every boy refusal of tax levying bodies to re
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and girl in our community *n in trench?
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jury which will be s handicap to,
Now it was a hard matter tn vote
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So let us not cause Scio to take form. They are our neighbors and
AdverUsements shoukl rearh thi» office
noi le ter than Tuewtsy to inauro publi- this important backward step. I jet I friends. And many voted for the
eation in thè eurrvnt iseue
us not deny our boys and girls, es measure when they knew they ought
All fumgn advertiaement» must he
pecially
those not financially aide, to vote “no.** But if we ever stop
petti for in ad rance of publicalion.
this limited collegiate education. thia increase of taxes, no matter
We who are in active control of ' how meritorious and seemingly nec
achool affair« of today can confer no essary the matter mar he, we must
greatei blessing on future genera commence voting NO emphatically.
We have accumulated a «mall ar
tions than to maintain and make
better our high echoed system.
my of tax eater» who pay but small.
Scio's high school supplies a nec I if any, tax««. Theyseem tn have
/ pledge allegiance to my flag ana
It I «stated a death grip on the state
the Republic for uhkh It itami, ont essary need to our community.
treasury. When a man succeeds in
is
a
drawing
card
to
cause
the
home
¡Notion. InJtiUible. with liberty ana
gelling
his name on the state salary
seeker
to
settle
in
our
town
ami
vi
tuitice for all.
cinity. Let us not become ths scorn ' list he seemingly at once liecome«
of our neighl«*ring t«wp» by taking I an enemy to th« taxpayer and uses
SCIO. OREGON. JUNE ». 1021
I his influence tn prevent the legiala-
this destructive backward step.
SAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL
iture from «euttiing this or »hat
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commiMion. especially the one he is
WE MUST RETRENCH.
attached to.
There is a quiet rumor on the
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There is a very large proportion
street that an effort will be made to
The burden of taxation is growing of voters who pay but small, if any.
scuttle our high school at the com
so rapidly In Oregon that all tax i tax. He never refuses to vote for
ing annual school meeting.
If this rumor is true and the scut payer» are grumbling at the load a measure even if it will increase
tle should win out It would be both which ha» been pushed upon their taxation, for it will not affect him to
a wan dal and a disgrace to Scio. It shoulders. This is particularly true any great extent.
Now suppose a measure i» pro
would lie a block to the progress of of the farmer and producer in gen
posed
to levy a poli tax on «very
the town. It would mean that the eral who cannot shift the burden
voter
,
say
of |5. See how quickly
50 boys and girls who attend the from hi« shoulders, as for instance
these
non
taxpayers
would lie up in
high school would lie denied the two the merchant.
arms
against
it.
Yet
he enjoys the
The farmer cannot mark up the
years of advanced study, for but a
protection
of
our
law*
which be pays
very few if any would attend col price of his produce as the merchant
does his goods, who simply adds th nothing to support and travels upon
the cost of his goods the extra taxes our roads which he doe« not help to
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he is forced to pay. The farmer build.
The people are beginning to get
must simply take the market price,
in which he has no voice in the mak ma<l and will be willing to resort to
deaperate actions before they will
ing. for his stuff.
The price of farm produce has have their homes taken from them
depreciated fully 100 per cent from by the tax gatherer. So lawmakers
what it was one year ago, while the and all tax levying bodies had better
They must
depreciation of what he must buy chsngr their tactics.
retrench
in
their
demands
upon the
will not average more than from 25
to 50 pet wot. except upon a few taxpayer else the taxpayer will do a
staple groceries, and taxation has little retrenching himself.
Cut off the barnacles who are liv
increased instead of depreciating.
Last year the farmer who paid ing al the expense of the taxpayers.
Slot) to the tax collector could do Dispense with the barnacle« and we
so wi-.h the proceeds from 50 bueh- can continue to build roads and re
els of wheat. This year it would tain our high schools.
take full 100 bushels of wheat to
pay the bill. That ia to say if the
taxes on his holdings had not been
The drift of the time« both in
increased as above stated. Because stale and nation indicates that a new
of this increase 200 bushels of wheal deal of some kind it drawing near
are required to pay his tax bill which Il mar be a revolution in the gov
could last year be discharged with crnment in some form and it will be
50 bushels.
due to the ever increasing burden
Is it any wonder that the farmer of taxation and the neglect of poli
grumbles and that he is willing to tician« to make their campaign pro
sell the old farm st a less price ¡>er mises good. The people will revolt
acre? The capitalist is situated dif if a new leaf is not turned soon in
ferently. If he has a few thousand both slate and nation. People will
dollars tn invest does he buy prop not become mere slaves for govern
erty which would be subject to tax ment willingly. Are we not follow
ation with it? Not at ail. Hr in- ing of European nations?
vests it in non taxable bonds, ami
thia process is going on in a much I
larger extsnt than people auppoee.
It is said the larger cities were
What will be the result? Next responsible for the cheng« in the
year these non taxable lionds will be high school law in order to fore« the
far more numerous than this year country to help maintain the city
and the burden on visible property high schools.
They figured that
will be increased accordingly. The many of the country high schools
consequence will be farms will de would be forced to close and thia
preciate in value, for no one will would ease the burden of mainten
want to buy them. They will invest ance of the city high school.
their money in non taxable bond»
instead
Nor can they be blamed
for doing ao.
Self preservation i>
said to be the first law of nature,
and it is absolutely true of the money
investor.
This situation is rapidly growing
serious. The price of farm com
modities next year is not likely to
vary far from what it ia now and
the demamle of the tax gatherer ia
likely to lie more than lea«. When
taxation and the upkeep of the farm
consume« its rental value why has
U m purpose of the high aehod is not U m farm I mo confiscated?
How President Harding and Sec
retary Hughes expect tn have an in
fluence in the affairs of the world,
yet stand aloof and refuse to accept
any of the responsibilities, is a ques
tion not easily solved.
They will
soon have to either fish or cul bait.
(xmgrwi got so accustomed to do
ing nothing when It was fighting
Wilson that it does not seem able to
do anything with a president of their
In own choosing in the chair.
PRTXiciai ani Sonni
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Fresh and Cured Meats
Poultry and Veal
•uMoumoN. in apvancb
lege, and they would have to meet
the vlcisitudee of life with but a
grammar school preparation.
While it is true that taxation is
unusually high, for the welfare of
our future citixenry let us exert our
economical efforts to other fields
Far better we cut out some road
work, important as is the good roads
system we are Irving to bring about,
than to send our boys and girls out
into the world handicapped with but
* public school education.
In the future the battle of life
will be more strenuous for the boys
ami girls of today than it was when
we older ones were boys and girls
In our young days government land
was plentiful, simply for the taking
it. The land was rich ami produc
tive and most anv kind of crudv
farming would produce abundant
crop«.
Such is not the case today. Gov
ernment land can no longer be con
verted into good agricultural homes
at comparatively small cost.
Our
old, worn out lands will no longer
respond with the prolific crops as of
yore. The farmer of today must
necessarily be more skilful than the
farmer of 50 years ago. He must
know soils and which field is best
adapted to certain classes of crops.
That knowledge is taught in our
high schools and colleges
And the
farmer of today feels the need of
this knowledge; as is evidenced by
the numbers of gray haired farmers
who attend the farmers' short course
at 0. A. C.
It is true that our high schools
are not.equal to the Oregon agri
cultural college, but they do teach
a limited amount of knowledge which
these gray haired farmer» go to
Corvallis to learn,
They place the
pupil in a condition that he can go
ahead and master many of theae
necessary problems, if he has the
will to do ao.
The day of book farming is at
hand. The same may lie said of
stock raising and horticulture. The
farmer or other citizgp who starts
out with a good technical knowledge
has a vast advantage of his neigh
bor who haa not this technical
knowledge.
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