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About Intermountain tribune and Linn County agriculturalist. (Sweet Home, Linn County, Or.) 1913-1914 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1914)
Intermountain Tribune ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY BY T. L. DUGGER, EDITOR 3ND PROP Entered at the postoffice at Sweet Home, Ore,, as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION, IN ADVANCE.... ,..$1.25 1.50 .......................... .......... .... ,75 AT END OF YEAR .......................... .... SIX MONTHS ADVERTISING RATES: Local advertising, per line........... 5c Display advertising, per inch..... 10c Display advertising, long time, see manager. Extended marriage or death nbtices per line................................ 3c Special rates on long time display advertising. STATE COLLEGES AND COMMISSIONS Fullv one-half of the tax moneys collected to support the state, are appropriated for state colleges and for the numerous state commissions. Tax payers are asking themselves, “Do we get value in return for these large expenditures?” Is the game worth the candle? The tax payers of Oregon are re quired to support three very expen sive state colleges; which cost' for maintainance alone more than $300,- 000 annualiy. If we add to this interest on the capital invested and the cost of new buildings, tax pay ers are flitched of more than a half million dollars each year. Now the finished products of these schools are their graduates and which num ber about 300, all told. If we di vide the annual cost by the finished product, we have the astonishing sum of more than $1600 as the cost per student graduate. The Tribune believes it is the duty of the state to provide every boy and girl with* a common school education, including the four high school grades When the state has accomplished this result, it has per formed its full duty. The duty of furnishing a college or technical education then Jails upon the parent and this duty should be limited only by the dfesire of the boy or girl and the financial ability of the parent. A more personal notice of these colleges will convince one of the following facts: The State University at Eugene can supply for the student no more than is being supplied by the Willa mette University at Salem, or Reed College at Portland and the expense at these private colleges is no great er for the student, than that at Eugene. The Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis supplies no more than the private colleges, except the agri cultural work at the experiment station. The technical work which O. A. C. makes a leading feature of, is no part of> the state’s duty. There is more excuse for the existence of the Normal school at Monmouth than either of the others. The purpose of that school is to educate and fit teachers for the public schools. If the state should obligate the graduates of this school to teach in the public schools for, at least, five or six years, then the State would derive some benefit from the expense of maintaining the school. There is no benefit to the state derived from the University at Eugene. There is no benefit derived for the state at O. A. C. save the Work of the Experimental station. There is benefit derived from the Normal at Monmouth, just in pro portion to the number of its gradu ates who take up teaching as a vocation. In the matter of the numerous state commissions, there is but little if any benefit derived, save that of the Railroad commission. This com mission is doing some excellent work and if its powers should be increased in several particulars, it could do much more for the people. All of these matters are or should be, for the serious consideration of our candidates for the legislature. No candidate should be elected who will not make the interests of the taxpayer his primary purpose. No man should be elected governor who will not consider the interests of the tax payer, before that of these schools or commissions. Unless tax payers awaken to these facts, which are largely the cause of high taxes, and speak em phatically on the subject on election day, the tax burden will continue to increase. Unless a legislature is elected which will cut off a lot of these useless commissions and limit these state colleges to a reasonable maintainance, no relief from our present extravagant tax burden can be expected. When the farmer or business man seeks to reduce his expenses, he lops' off, first his extravagancies and then, if necessary, some of what he regards as necessities. The state, county or city, is a business concern and is or should be governed by the same rules. Voters should make their wishes known along these lines, next No vember, in no uncertain manner. They should be so explicit in their demands that their hired men, the legislators, wi|l not misunderstand in any particular. But if voters neglect this duty, they ought not to kick if the tax burden becomes no lighter.. which raises taxes, is to vote no op every law not fully understood. Here is another opportunity for the yoter to prove that he meant it when he hollered for lower taxes. The advice.to vote no was follow ed so persistently at the last election that!the number of measures on the ballot this year will be nine less than before. If the voters continue to follow the “vote no” advice, the initiative will eventually become what it was intended for—merely a club‘over the legislature. This is the voter’s opportunity to do what he stated he would expect the legislature to do. He can not expect the legislature to do what he will not do himself,—Cottage Grove Sentinel. Of course the mediation at Niagra Falls will prove a failure. It has already become a farce. But no one can blame President Wilson for entertaining the project. But, by this time the uselessness of the farce should be apparent and General Funston given orders to march for ward. Either this should be done else the evacuation of Vera Cruz should commence at once. There is a bare possibility that a joint canvass of the county .will be made by our candidates, next fall. This plan will meet with the cordial desire of voters. Then the various questions which effect the people’s interests can be discussed pro and con and the voter can better deter mine which candidate will, probably, best serve the public’s interest. Judging from. the Oregonian’s editorial page, President Wilson is a fool and Secretary Bryatl is an imbecile. Fortunately, however, VOTERS SHOULD SET EXAMPLE for these gentlemen, the big daily makes an occasional mistake^ During the recent campaign the cry for fewer laws and lower taxes We Pay Cash For was unanimous. Every candidate took up the cry, whether or not the position for which he was a candi EGGS date had anything to do with law o HOGS taxes. VEAL A candidate for sheriff declared HIDES for the abolishment of several com-1 CHICKENS missions at Salem, a candidate for constable promised a more economi Come and in See Us cal administration and a candidate for the legislature had a platform that only a county court Could put W. D. BROWN into effect. Every candidate was Grant St., Weit of Main for fewer laws and lower taxes, many without really knowing why Lebanon ' :: Oregon except that that seemed- the popular thing to be for—and that’s reason enough when a man’s running fdr office. It seems certain that no one got nominated who was not for fewer laws and lower taxes—but we trust that the voters do not feel that they Befor you buy or construct a SILO have thus performed their entire it will pay you to see H. C. Roloff. duty. A still greater oppartunity ----- :---- 1 am agent for the---------- to strike for these two things will WILLAMETTE SILO be given them in the November election, when 29 general measures The best built Silo on thè market, appear on the ballot, nearly every because it is Built Right and one of them meaning increased of the best materials taxes and several of them meaning obtainable. a serious tax on industry. The voter has declared for fewer H. C. ROLOFF, Waterloo, Oregon ■ ■ laws and lower taxes. In November < he will have opportunity to demon strate whether or not he was sincere in his declaration. To pass a lot more freak laws, each one necessi tating increased taxes, will not, be Physician and Surgeon , setting a good example for the legislature. Electors should vote no on every one of these 29 laws that he does not understand, and he should also Calls promptly attended vote no on any law which has not day or night been presented to it, It is an imposition on the voter to ask him to give sufficient study to 29 measures to be able to vote on them intelligently. It is not only an imposition, but it is mighty ex pensive. The way to put a damper S weet H ome - ' O regon on these freak laws, every one of I I I I I I I i I A V? A V A V The Lebanon National Bank A V MAIN AND GRANT STREETS I LEBANON, OREGON A a A V A V A We are now settled in our new building, and take pleasure in extending an invitation to the public to call and inspect bur quarters where we have provided every facility for carrying on the banking business. Call any time between the hours of nine and three and we shall be glad to greet you. Mealey Bros. 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