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Page Six Tuesday, January 8, 1924 THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, QRSGQtf I-MM"I-M-r-M-I"I"I"M"M-I' LOCAL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Barr are spending the week end in Portland on a short vacation trip. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Goodman have returned from Portland where they spent the holiday season with rela tives. , 1 Mrs. Blanch Humraell, one ot the teachers in Hardraan schools, re turned from Portland Sunday even ing where she spend the holidays. Watch for the good things to eat in Case's window Saturday morning, January 12. Ladles of the Method ist Community church. It C. F. Armstrong, of Portland, a former Condon resident, was here during the week looking over sheep and cattle that are being offered as security for federal bank loans. Archdeacon M. McLean Goldie was here Sunday and conducted serv- WHEAT ASSOCIATION REPLIES TO DEALERS v. J. ROBINSOX, ASSOCIATION HEAD, TAKES ISSUE Compares Wheat Prices With Those of Organized Manufacturing Concerns Joes at Episcopal church in the morning. In the evening he held services at Cecil. Mr. and Mrs. John Patterson l,eft this morning for Pasadena, Califor nia, where they will spend a couple of weelcs visiting their son, Ben Pat terson. i , I ; j It. L. Bongo and Mrs. Eph Eskel son went to Walla Walla' Saturday to attend the funeral of theii nephew Cecil Windsor, which was held there Sunday. i H. L. McAllHter, wpll known citi zen of Lexington, was in town Mon day on a short business trip. His brother, Kay McA lister, who is in a Portland sanitarium, is reported improving, County Agent Morse drove to Ir rigon late Saturday evening to at tend a meeting of the Irrigon Farm Bureau. He was accompanied by Messrs. Jackiimn, Potter and Lingren of O. A. C. Bert Sigsbee says he has no trou ble keeping warm these cold days, be cause he is so busy with pictures, photos and mtovies that he has no time to look at the thermometer. Marriage licenses were issued Sat urday to William Hobart Hjelm, 26, of Lexington, and Doris Frank, 19, of lone, and Archie B. Cochran, 28, of lone, and Ellen Bergstrom, 28, or Elghtmile. Maurice Frye, who recently open ed a new electrical store here and who is specializing somewhat in radio sets, entertains all who call at his place almost every evening with high class concerts from all parts of the country. He recently re ceived a fine program from Pitts burg, Pennsylvania, which came in practically letter perfect. Judge Campbell left for Portland Monday morning expecting to be joined at lone by Commission David son and later at Portland by Com missioner Ilpnge, when the three ex pected to Interview the state high- Last week the Herald published the brief submitted to the Portland Chamber of Commerce by the Port land grain dealers and exporters rel ative to the proposed plan of gov ernment fiuh.qiilv fnr linnrillnp' tho I i,.f u,.rai ,., i . ... 'iilan Price represents ..ui u"i"ua "wfcjjf uypuomg me proposed measure. W. J. Robinson of Spokane, pres ident of the Northwest Wheat Grow ers Associated, has prepared the fol lowing reply to the brief and has re quested itg publication here: The Merchants' Exchange, Portland, Ore. Gentlemen: The Or(egonian of December 21st carries a news arti cle Indicating that the Merchants' Exchange is opposed to the export commission plan for raising the do mestic prlcje of wheat. This article gives extracts from the brief you have presented to the Portland Chamber of Commerce, outlining your stand on this plan. It states that your discussion cen ter around two questions: first, the possibility of guaranteeing the pro ducer a profitable price; and second, the relative benefits of marketing un- I der the competitive system and un-i der the co-operative system. Your ; first point might well be brought in-; to the discussion but I fail to see why we should bring up the question I of co-operative marketing in a dis cussion on the export commission plan for relieving the desperate sit-1 uation In which agriculture finds itself. i The export commission would not special 8vernmeiital machinery does be in any way dependent on co-oner- I not ln alter lta economic ative marketing and the success ot EtatU3 We somietiraes overlook the I wheat in purchasing back In the I country would, however, be based on 'the export price plus the bounty I which he is to receive from the ex port commission. The farmer would get this price less the tax which is tot be assessed against the wheat ln order to raise this bounty. The re sult would be a corresponding raise in the price to the farmer of the wheat that goes into domestic con sumption as well as the whjeat that goes into export. Let us compare the wheat indus try if carried on under this plan, with the steel industry as it is being carried on under a protective tariff. The American made bar steel sells in the United, States at $2.40. Eng lish bars sell at $1.61. The Amer- the English price plus a duty of 27 plus 20fi freight to New Yor'k plus 16c1 as an offset to inland freights. Yet in the face of this disparity between the domestic price and the export price our steel manufacturers are export ing at the rate of $400,000,000 an nually. The wheat growers are only ask ing permission to operate on equal terms with the steel industry and all other protected industries. In order that we may so operate, the govern ment must set for us the necessary machinery and enact the necessary legislation just as it has done for the steel industry. If the wheat industry was well controlled or combined as the steel industry, it would be able to take advantage of the present tariff by selling wheat for domestic consump tion at the foreign price plus the do mestic tariff plus the freight from the importing country plus an allow ance for interior freights. The sur plus would then be sold in the world's competitive markets. If this practice is just and good economics in the steel industry, it should be equally good economics in the wheat Industry. The fact that it may require special legislation or I movement. Your discussion goes quite exten sively into co-operation versus com petition. You seem to fear that the success of the export commission plan would promote co-operation and retard competition and speculation. You have a right to use every prop er means to protect your personal Interests but I am compelled! to take issue with you in this case. At least our most noted co-operators the ones who am sometimes accused of co operating for compensation, bitterly oppose the export commission plan on the ground that it will kill the co-operative movement. It is rather surprising to see the hundred per cent dyed in the wool co-operators allied with the patron saint3 of so called competitive marketing in op position to an export commission plan that promises to place the farm er on a parity with other individuals. The wheat farmer wants a living wage and a decent price for his wheat and he doesn't care if he has to kill both co-operation and specu lation or competition to get it. I sincerely hope you will give the export commission idea thorough study before getting too firmly en trenched on the wrong side and I am sure that if you thoroughly ana lyze it, you wills join hands with the farmers in putting over the only plan on which) they have so far been able to agree. I would like very much to discuss the question further with you, especially other phases of it, either by mall or In person. Sincerely, (Signed) WALTER J. ROBINSON President, Northwest Wheat Growers, Associated. erty or rent, though the amount is $5,000 or less, will be required to use the larger form, 1046. The use of Form 1040 is required also ln all cases where the net income was in excess of $5,000, regardless of whether from salary, business, pro fession, or other taxable sources. It being impossible to determine at this time which form is desired, cop ies of both forms will be sent tax payers who filed Individual .return for the year 1922, and may be ob tained also at the offices of collec tors of internal revenue and branch offices upon written request. Broadly spea'king, gross income fo all income received by the taxpayer during the year from salary or wag es, business, profession or vocation, dealing in property, interest, rent or dividends, or from, the transaction of any business carried on for prefit. Net income is gross income, less cer tain specified deductions for busi ness expenses, bad debts, taxes, etc. The exemptions are $1,000 for single persons, $2,500 for married couples (living together) whose net income: for 1923 was $5,000 or less, and $2,000 for married couples whose net income was in excess of $5, 00. An additional credit of $400 is allowed for each person (oth er than husband or wife) dependent upon the taxpayer for chief support if such person is under 18 years of age or Incapable of self-support be cause physically or mentally defec tive. The normal tax Is 4 per cent oh the first $4,000 of net income in ex cess of the exemptions and credits and 8 per cent on the remaining net Income. 4 . INCOME TAX IX NUTSHELL m-rniurntlvo mrWi i " i'"i3 or oiner aruu- dent on whether or not the p',-. clal barriers to trade mieht be and commission plan is put into effect. I Probab'y would b clas8od aa 8Pe" This statement might be modified by ! clal leelslatlon and uneconomic, if Hi aniro,Hn i,o h i . we "Oi Deen operating unuer price of wheat and the more deshem for so long that we havf gotten perate the agricultural conditions the more likely the farmers are to venture into co-operation and to, blame competition for their difficul ties. The export commission plan. Is not Inaugurated to boost co-operation and should not ln any way up set any efficient method of train handling. You state that the export commis sion or bounty plan Is literally price fixing and you sem to base this con clusion on the phase of the plan which provides for bringing wheat back to its prewar relative purchas ing power. You state "The purchas ing power of the prewar value of the commodity is presumably a known fixed quantity." The purchas- used to them Keeping in mind the steel indus try together with its tariff and pian of operation, consider the following quotation from your brief and see how ridiculous it sounds: "The plan proposes class legislation. It con templates an Indirect tax upon the public at large of 23t per bushel up on each bushel of wheat produced, through an increase of price to the domestic consumer. This amounts to a subsidy for the benefit of the people producing less than 127c of the total value of the country's prin cipal farm crops." For the sake of argument, sup pose we concede it Is class legisla tion. I ask you if it is class legisla- way commission today relative tong power of wheat depends on two ' tlon 1 allow the steel industry to the completion of the Oregon-Wash Ington highway between Jones hill and Pilot Rock. They expected to be Joined by the Umatilla county offi cials on the samo project. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Curran re turned Saturday evening from a pleasant holiday trip spent at White Salmon and Portland. At the for mer place they visited her sister and at Portland they visited their daugh ter, Miss Helen, who is taking the nurses' course at St. Vincent's hos I'ltal. At Portland Mr. Curran took a rhruice ou the automobile being of fcp il by the American Legion In whl'h 13 wiw the winning ticket. Mr Cu I ran's ticket was No. 11. So lie r and yet so far, sighed Mike. things: the price of the wheat and the prlco of the commodities to be purchased by wheat. If we take 100 as Indicative of the 1913 average price level of both the farm products and other com modities, we can then compare the purchasing power of wheat at that time with the purchasing pow(er of wheat at the present time. Depart ment ofAgrlculture figures indicate that at the present time the average wholesale price level Is 154 of tho 1913 level. With wholesale Drlcea 1 sell steel under a protective policy that enables them to charge the do mestic consumer 79 i more than is charged the foreign consumer. Is this an "Indirect tax upon the pub lic at large"? Does this "amount to a subsidy for the benefit of the peo ple producing" steel? I am sure you will admit that agri culture Is entitled to the privileges that are granted other industries. Agriculture has now devised a plan by which it may take advantage of thse privileges and lt is asking for on this high level and wheat prices ! your a3slstance ln Puttln thia Pla XiV vs-Ovnrliuiil Breaks All Monthly ami Y curly Record.. Announcement by President John N. Willys of the Willys Overland Co. if ti e productlou of more than 200. 000 curs on December 15th capped the climax of the most remarkable mt that Willys overland has had, a yjp-r renlete with sensational suc cw Hint has returned this organisa tion to Its place far in the forefront amo'ig the leaders of the motor car industry. Willys-Overland created the first of I's series of unusual announce men's la 1923 with the appearance of Its new Willys-Knight Coupe Sedan at the New York show. Tle now product was a novelty ln automobile manufacture not a eoupe, not a sedan, not a coach but a distinctly original and indi vidual creation la motor car design; tho first of a series of refreshing de partures which marked Willys Over land's career for the past tw,e4ve Months. Subacrlbo for the- Herald, only $2 a yeur. dowu to the prewar basis, lt Is evi dent that the purchasing power of wheat Is only about 6 5 of Its pre war value. Such an uumi'tural and uneconomic condition should not be i permitted to continue If any posslblo I way can be found to avoid it. It should not he concluded, how-1 ever, that bringing wheat back to ! its prewar purchasing power In-1 volves placing wheat ou a definite : fixed prlco basis. This would be 1m-1 possible unless the price of all other; commodities also remains stationary. A tariff on a commodity does, not fix the price of that commodity. It does, however, determine the soiling price of that commodity as compared with the selling price of that same com modity if no tariff is evied. In the same way a bounty on exported wheat would not fix tho price of wheat, but would, of course, ral-ae the domestic price of wheat the amount of the bounty above the out side world's price of wheat. This bounty on exports would set exactly the same as a tariff on Imports. The price would still vary with the world's price but the- purchasing power of wheat would m'te nearly approximate Its prewar rU. handled ! is and ,t on for- r the for- '"( r this over. You are vitally interested in the welfare of agriculture and cer tainly should not attempt by any un warranted arguments to thwart this J WHO? Single persons who jv J had net income of $1,000 or J more or gross income of $5,- J J. 000 or more, and married 'J. couples who had net income J J of $2,000 or more or gross J J Income of $5,000 or more J must file returns. J .J. WHEN? The filing period is 4( J from January 1 to March 15, J 1924. .J .J. WHERE? Collector of inter- .J. J. nal revenue for the district J in which the person lives or I j has his principal' place of 4 'business. 5 .J. HOW? Instructions on Form jJ 1040A and Form 1040; also j the law and regulations. f .J- WHAT? Four per cent nor- J. mal tax on the first $4,000 4: J of net Income in excess of ! the personal exemption and 4. i credits for dependents. Eight j J per cent normal tax on bal- J J ance of net income. Surtax J , J from 1 per cent to 50 per JJ J cent on net incomes over $6,- J. 000 for the year 1923. J j ! j j j , TIPS FOR TAXPAYERS j January 1, 1924, marks the be-' ginning of' the period for filing in come-tax returns for the year 1923. The period ends at midnight of March 15, 1924. Heavy penalties are provided by the revenue act fof failure or willful refusal toxmake a return and pay the tax on time. Form 1040A, heretofore used fori reporting net Income of $5,000 and less, from whatever source derived, has been revised in the interests of the largest class of taxpayers wage earners and salaried persons. Re duced from six pages to a single sheet, Form 1040A is to be used for reporting net Incomes of $5,000 and less derived chiefly from salaries and wages. Persons any part of whose' Income is dplved from a business or profession, farming, sale of prop-! Cold Weather Comforts When the weather is cold and stormy, what is better than a comfortable club-room, a cue at billiards, a hand at whist, a good cigar or a delicious hot drink? mi Star THEATRE Show Starts at 7:30 Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 8 and g ' Helene Chadwick and Clair Windsor m "BROTHERS UNDER THE SKIN" A comedy drama of modern marriage, by Peter B. Kyne. You will enjoy this. f Also Round 12 of "FIGHTING BLOOD" In which Gale fails to attain the title of heavyweight champion but wins the prize. (NOTF This is the bust of the first series of "FIGHTIXG BLOOD." ..The second series will be starting the latter part of February. Remembet each round is a complete story it is not a serial. The second series is better than the first. Watch for it.) Thursday, January io "The Valley of Lost Souls" A story of the Canadian; Northwest Mounted Police, Also Two Reel Comedy "DON'T MONKEY" Friday, January II MARIAM SWAYNE in "Counterfeit Love" A stcry of Southern pride and poverty and counterfeiters, with some good horse races thrown in for good measure. Also Last Episode of "HAUNTED VALLEY" And PATHE NEWS WEEKLY (We have been assured that this subject will not be omit ted again). i t Saturday, January 12 Milton Sills and . Anna Q. Nillson "THE ISLE OF LOST SHIPS" A most unusual story of the Sea. Be sure to see it, it's dif ferent. Also PATHE REVIEW Screen Magazine Sunday and Monday, Jan. 13 and 14 Patsy Ruth Miller and Cullen Landis in "Remembrance" A drama of life in many Amierican homes, by Rupert Hughes. The best of Hughes' productions. COMEDY "THE WATCH DOG" All these Pastimes and Creature Comforts may be found at Curran & Barr's PASTIME The House of Welcome and Good Cheer 4-.h.H-'I'1'H"!tH--M The wly-at would sti! through the regular ct the exporter would sell elga markets ou the hai elgn price. Ills quota!'- Klks' Building Ilcppner, Ore. Sigsbee Studio Is now open and prepared to take first-class Photographs G. G, SIGSBEE PHOTOGRAPHER Located oa Main Street Opposite Star Theatre, Heppner .7, u 1 .