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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1919-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1922)
4 ■*- • Sv 1 e • •*. *■ * f > •*. A- •> THE SCIO TRIBUNE .X_ . ?» ♦- A«* / * J-j» w z-.r PFXIFLF S COLUMN . . ............................. •--.«• • + [Editor's Note We are glad to give space to the people of our com munity on topics <>f the day. but ask them not to become personal or abusive. Fach contributor must sign name, not for publication, but for our protection 1 Farming Out fhi Taxes To the Editor: Oil Stoves Why aland over a h«>t cook stove and heat up the bouse so that no one can eat or sleep? Why not enjoy the comfort* of a Good Oil stove ‘‘ The New Perfection The most gigantic fraud ever per And the New Price ia petrated or patiently endured by the people is the ancient social crime euphoniously termed farming out Foi Three Burner« the taxes." which was devised by the Roman em|wror m the interest The The Roman power gained two years ago by the of the Roman noble« Winchester republicans has been poorly used,' nobility knew, as everyl«>dy knows, Store and those who couldn’t read the that a useless. non pr ductive body of leeches, if they subsist at all. signs are on the toboggan slide for home The old guard is praying must sulwist on graft, for as non- producers they could offer no valid for l^iFollette's defeat. So they went forth and taxed excuse for appropriating enormous every man in proportion to his in sums of wealth from the producers dustry, taxed hit money, house, T»!K lesson learned from Rufaell with which to support their extrav barns, chicken coops, cattle, land, Hecker's fate should sink deep into agant excesses. which were reducing orchard, dog and dog house, and the heart of every young person, as the producing people to poverty and even the babies didiee. until the it proves that wrong cannot go un despair. But graft could not lie working people were reduced to punished nor never be found out. operated except under the camou such indebtedness and poverty that He traveled too faat, it took more flage of respectability, and as they they lost their homes and farmsand money than he could earn, and to had to iive without labor ard on the were haunted with starvation. They keep up his gate he fell for dealing lat>or of others, it became necessary also taxed land according to area ao in moonshine whiskey, then murder to establish rr«peetabilitv There that a farmer who had a large niece for the purpose of robbery, ao it is fore. these nobles adopted a respec of land worth only (1,000 in land proven, and the jury which tried table slogan which was graciously value paid more taxes than the man him said he was guilty as charged accepted by the populace who. when who owned <>ne small acre in Rome in the indictment, first degiee mur done with their arduous day's work, worth (1.000 000 in land value. der There is no other ¡wnalty but were wont to soothe their overtaxed Needless to say the farmers were death under such a verdict. The minds with admiration of Kewpie driven off the land (just as our far lesson is thia: To you your life inly dolls (for they had Kewpie dolls in mers are losing their land today), not mean mu<*h, but the anguish, Rum»), or the probability of abun in this wav the nobles came to own the heartstrings broken, the disgrace dant crop — which, however, was all the land except one-third, which vou would bring upon your dear old destined to be divided half and half went to the emperor. vo that when father and mother should cause the with the nobles But I am ahead Rome fell "1500 men owned all the uplifted hand to stay its stroke, the of my story known world." hand to loosen its holdon the fire One day a genius (verv much like Well, after thia they went to the arm. and the breaking of law in one of the geniusess--metI hics found emperor, who claimed that the land moonshining and other daik deeds in our Chambers of i mmerce iarooe whs producing nothing but was held not countenanced, and thereby bring and said: "Let us name ourselves j out of uae for «peculation, that the land," and Gracchi replied "Funny peace, happiness and joy into their as is befitting so honorable and pow-j nation's wealth was running low to hear that from a man who is al and your lives lie sure your sins erful a body. let us Roman nobles and that the nobles were sapping ready busted and is having hie will Ire found out call ourselves ‘Noble Romans,* "! ail the wealth of the people through wealth, the only thing he works for, and so down to this far day has rent, so then the nobles got him to confiscated year after year." He Tit»: First Methodist church at come the gratitude, admiral <>n and reduce the tax on land and increase then axked this citizen, "Now, bro Brownsville has passed resolutions respectability engendered by that the taxes on wealth, because their ther. sup|H>*r your land was in the of condolence to the families of wonderful slogan. As a matter of friends in the R R. and Corpora wild stale and had never t»een touch Sheriff Kendall and Rev H<*aly.who fact they were not noble, being ad- tions and Manufactories could shift ed by the hand of man, how much, met death at the hands of an aasas- dieted luldiagusting habits, such as the taxes to the ultimate consumer rent would you pay for it for farm sin and moonshiner. Have West, and eating until their dintended stom would pay all their taxes too. with ing purpose«?" "Oh,” he answer further calls upon Gov. Olcott to achs and bowels would hold no more out knowing it. ed, "not more than (10." "Well, clean up the county. We approve when they tickled their throats with At this time the two great re how much taxes are you paying wholeheartedly the condolences ami feathers, vomited themselves, and deplore the tragedy, but let the peo went on with the merry gorging In formers known in history as the two now?" The citium answered "(120."' ple remember this and let it soak in truth they were a disgusting, brutal Gracchi defied the noblee in ’he in Then Gracchi said, "Under the sin that this tragedy would never have people with little intelligence and terest of the people and said: "You gle tax you would pav (10 taxes, or occur red if those who now believe nasty habits, but that did not phase are ruining the people with taxes on yob would save (110. Do you think wealth to support a lot of landlords you would lose your farm particu «>> strongly in law and order had the power of the slogan. Being efficient thieves, the empe who are useless non-producers, who larly in that you will have no other made it their duty in times past to render every assistance in maintain ror. whose divine right also rested rob the people through rent. The taxes to pay?" And Gracchi con ing law and order. We have shut on graft, was shrewd enough to people must have homes, the land tinued, "One acre in the city of our eyes once too often, and three know that these nobles were invalu must be used. We don't want nobles, Portland, bounded by Washington, In fact, they might we want workers, producers.liberty. Sixth. Alder and Seventh streets, is lives were snuffed out before we able to graft opened them, Now that we have at any time boost him off his guild- justice and a home and security for worth $1.049.000. ami would pay $23 OO w¿rterR. M. Cain THE tbit»AY, JVLV 6. i922 Bible Thoughts for This Week Sunday. HE HEt-FI MH ANI» CHOWS'*: — the !x>nl. O my soul and forget not all his banrflts: who rrdeetneth thy life from destruc tion : who crownvth thee with lov ing kindness and tender mervlea.— I'saliu JOB: 1. 4. Monday. A MORNING PflAYBRCreate In me a denn heart. O God ; and renew a right spirit within me.— I'aalni Bl : to. Teesday. THE MUH’ IH oool»:—<1 taste and sec that the I-ord la g<«wt : hlewxM la the tonti that trualvth tn him.— I'as Ini Mt a. Wednesday. THE GOl.l'I.N lit i H:—Whatno- ever ye would that m<-n should do to you. do ye even so to them: for this Is the law and the propbeta-— Matthew T 12. Thursday. r » • i HAFEGt AllI'EI' —He shall give hla angela i hargr over thee, to keep thee In all ilo ways E»nlm W1 : 11 I ■ i ley. Il I <11 EM HAVE WINGM:—La bour not to I— rich : <•««* from thine own « l««lom For riches ore lalnl} make« th-ni«rl«rs wings; they fl) away Prmeri-s 2B: 4. &. Saturday. H NTT EH 111 AN lit IIIE.S Search the «cripta res : for In them yr think yr have dertovi life; aim they are they which testify of me John B: 30 ■A» Y Id. you could almost fry eggs in the sun Sunday. It sure was hot. T hk law in Pennsylvania against aliens owning d«»gs stands out as a monument to the framers as the biggest ftvak under the sun. No lietter friend of man thin his dog can l>c found, whether alien or na tive. and probably that's the reason they don't want alien’s to own a dog he would have a friend. Met’’ MURK loses the nomination for U. S senator from North Da- kot.« to Lynn J Frailer. Non-Partl- «¿in l.ragiie Republican. If luiHol- lell- wins in Wisconsin he will In come chairman of the finance com mittee. the most powerful commit tee in the senate McCumbar is a reactionary. IdiFollelte is progres sive. and so far this year all stand- pat'era have l<een defeated. The seen, let us keep them open and practice what we preach by render ing every assistance to the new sheriff, and if he and we cannot clean up the county, then ask the governor to do what we are too in- different or afraid to do. The ~ pro- pie of Linn county are the ones to clean up Linn county. And it must lie done! ad throne. Thev knew hit fearsand every one. Stop taxing wealth and approached him with insinuating put a tax on the value of land. arguments and reference to their Then one acre in the heart of Rome power which forced from the empe will pay as much taxes as a whole ror a compact called "farming out ¡county of farming land, the nobles the taxes, ** He said: “Go forth can't afford to hold the land idle, and tax everything in sight to the production and prosperity will re amount you think it will stand; you turn for all." It is recorded that a take two-thirds and giee me one- c-ititen. a farmer, said to one of the IGracchi. "You will confiscate our third" of the swag. approximately $52,000 acre mind you." taxes-one The nobility, just like our Cham ber of Commerce, R R.. Corpora* lions, etc., raised old ned with the emperor for tolerating the Gracchi and got out a new slogan and yelled it all over Rome: Confiscation! "Confiscation! It will ruin the work- • •
