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THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HErPXER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JTNE 13, 1918.
Km SALE Light team of horses
weight about 1150 pounds. Inquire
this office. 4t.
FOR SALE Two, good, heavy,
gentle work mules. Five head of
good work horses and mares, three of
which are good leaders. Inquire
Frank Anderson, Heppner. 4-tf
TYPHOID
a no more necessar?
than Smallpox. Army
experience has demonstntMl
imiv annuel mincujous eltt
Oct, and Baralesett,cfAiut&pl)oi4 Vaccination.
Be Taocinated NOW by rout payalcian, ma and
Twir family. It is aaore vital than bouse insurance.
Ask your physician, druggist, or tend for "Have
youhad Typhoid?" telling of Typhoid Vaccine,
mules from use, and danger from Typhoid Carriers.
THE CUTTEl LABOCATMY, BIUUY, CAU
ttoauciaa v.cciNti sbsmss wants a. a. aov. ucsasl
Notice of Chnrch Meftuijc.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be a meeting of the members o
the First Christian Church; of Liaing
ton, Oregon, at their meeting place it.
the City of Lexington, Oregon, on
Saturday, the i'L'nd day of. June
1918, at the hour of 2 o'clock P. M
of said day; said meeting bciug callet
for the DUrDOPe of arlnniinir oHiVlo.
of incorporation for said church, and
. i. . . .
iui i iic iransaciion 01 any other os
lurtner business that may properly
come oetore said meeting.
JAMES A. POINTER. Clerk.
FOR" SALE Studebaker car. sev
en passenger, Model "35", perfect
mechanical condition. Terms $450.
1200 cash and note for balance. In
quire at this office. tf.
Experts Say
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SPECIAL AGENT
HEPPNER, OREGON
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FITH the Deering Combined
Harvester you cn . hrvest
your crop for one-hlf the ex
Dense vou can nv ntW wav .
1 wo men is all that is necessary to
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put your wneat in the sack.
The machine cleans the grain in
perfect manner, takes out and saves
all weed seed and leaves straw in
bunches to be easily taken care of.
Can furnish them with or without an engine.
Will have to have your order early in order to
insure getting the machine. The factory is lim
ited to a definite number of machines and when
that number is reached there will be no more
for anyone.
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FINE MONUMENT AND CEMETERY WORK
All parties interested in getting work in my line
should get my prices and estimates before
placing their orders
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
WAR PROFITEER
PUBLIC NUISANCE
No Extortion to Be Tolerated, bu
Liberal Disposition Toward
Business Needed.
Shrinkage of Values Would Cur
tail Capacity to Provide
Sinews of War.
"Conscription of Men, Conscription of
Money," Analyzed.
By OTTO H. KAHN
Much is being said about the plau
sioie sounding contention that be
cause a certain portion of the young-
manhood of the nation has been eon-
scripted, therefore money must also be
cooscrlpn-u. Why, that Is the very
Hung the government has been doing:
It has conscripted a portion a rela
tively small portion of the men of the
nation. It has conscripted a portion
a large portion of the Incomes of the
nation. Capital and business pay mora
than four-fifths of our total war taxa
tlon directly and a large share of the
remaining fifth Indirectly.
If the government went too far In
conscripting men the country would be
crippled. If It went too far In con
scripting Incomes and earnings the
country would likewise be crippled.
Results of Conscription of Capital.
I would ask those who would im
further and conscript not only Incomes.
but capital, to answer the riddle, not
only In what equitable and practicable
manner they would do It, but what the
naUon would gain by It?
It Is true that a few years aeo a
capital levy was made In Germany, but
the percentage of that levy was so
small as to actually amount to no more
than an additional income tax and that
at a time when the regular income tax
In J',,-
was very moderate ajs
measured by the present standards of
income taxation.
Only a trifling fraction of a man's
property Is held In cash. If they con
script a certain percentage of his pos
sessions in stocks anil bnrwt.2 nf
would the government do with them?
Keep tlieru? That would not answer
Its purpose, because the government
wnnts cash, not securities.
Sell them? Who is to buy them when
every one's funds would be depleted?
If they conscript a certain percent
age of a man's real estate or mine or
farm or factory, how Is that to be ex
pressed and converted Into cash?
Are conscripted assets to be used as
a basis for the Issue of Federal lie
serve bank notes? That would mean
gross Inflation, with all its attendant
evils, dangers and deceptions.
Would they repudiate a percentage
of the national debt? Repudiation Is
no less dishonorable In a people than
In an individual, and the penalty for
failure to respect the sanctity of obli
gations is no different.
The Thrifty Would Be Penalized.
The fact Is that the government
would gain nothing In the process of
capital conscription and the country
would be thrown Into chaos for the
time being. The man who has saved
would be penalized, he who lias wasted
would be favored. Thrift and construc
tive effort, resulting in the needful and
iructirymg accumulation of capital
would be arrested and lastingly dls
couraged.
I can understand the crude notion of
the man who would divide all posses
slons equally. There would be mighty
little coming o any one by such distri
bution, and It is, of course, an utterly
impossible thing to do, but it Is an un
derstandable notion. But by the con
fiscation of capital for government use
neither the government nor any Indi
vidual would be benefited.
A vigorously progressive Income tax
Is both economically and socially
sound. A capital tax Is wholly uusound
and economically destructive.
It may nevertheless become neces
sary In the case of some of the belliger
ent countries to resort to this expedi
ent, but ! tan conceive of no situation
likely to arise which would make It
necessary or advisable In this country.
More than ever would such a ta be
harmful In times of war and post-bel-'
lum reconstruction, when beyond al-1
most all other things It Is essential to'
stimulate production and promote'
thrift, and when everything which tend
to have the opposite effect should bo'
rigorously rejected as detrimental to'
the nation's strength and well-being. I
There Is an astonishing lot of hazv
thinking on the subject of the uses of
capital In the hands of its owners.
The rich man can spend only a rela
tively small sum of money unprotluc
tlvely or selfishly. The money that It Is
In his power actually to waste Is ex
ceedingly limited. The bulk of what
be has must be spent and used for
productive purposes. Just us would be
the case If It were spent by the gov
ernment, with this difference, however,
that, generally speaking, the Individual
Is more painstaking and discriminating
In the use of his funds and at the same
time bolder, more imaginative, enter
prising and constructive than the gov
ernment with its necessarily bureau
cratle and routine regime poss'bly
could be. Money in the hands of the
Individual Is continuously and fever
Ishly on the search for opportunliies-
1. e., for creative and productive use.
In the hands of the government It Is
apt to lose a good deal of Its fructify
Ing energy and ceaseless striving anil
to sink instead into placid and sonino-
lent repose.
There need not be and there should
not be any conflict between profits
and patriotism. I am utterly onnosed
to those who would utilize their coun
try's war as a means to enrich them
selves. The "war profiteer," as the
terra Is generally understood, is a pub
lic nuisance and an Ignominy. Extor
tionate profits must not be tolerated
but, on the other hand, there should
be a reasonably liberal disposition to
ward business and a willingness to see
It make substantial earnings.
For, taxation presupposes earnings.
Our credit structure Is based upon
values, and values are largely deter
mined by earnings. Shrinkage of
values necessarily affects our canacltv
to provide the government with tht
sinews of war.
The Conscription of Men.
Reverting now to the subject of the
conscription of men, I know I speak
the sentiment of all those beyond the
years of young manhood when I say
that there is not one of us worthy nf
the name of a man who would not
willingly go to fight if the country
needed or wanted us to fight. But the
country does not want or call Its en
tire manhood to fight. It does not
even call anywhere near its entire
young manhood. It has called or in
tends to calj in the immediate future
perhaps 25 per cent, of its men be
tween twenty and thirty years of age,
which means probably about 4 per
cent, of Its total male population of all
nges. Cut It has called from Incomes,
business profits and other imposts fall
ing principally on the well to do, ap
proximately ninety per cent, of our
war taxation, not to mention the con
tributions to the Ited Cross, the J. M.
C. A. and other war relief activities.
Let me add in passing that the chil
dren of the well to do have been taken
for the war In proportionately greater
numbers than the children of the Door
because those young men who are need
ed at home to support dependents or to
maintain essential war industries are
exempted from the draft.
Our Laws Favor Sens of the Poor,
The draft exemption regulations dls-
criminate not, as In former wars, In
favor of the rich man's son, but In
favor of the poor woman's son.
I realize but too well that the burden
of the abnormally high cost of living
caused largely by the war, weighs heav
ily Indeed upon wage earners and still
more upon men and women with mod
erate salaries. I yield to no one In mj
desire to see everything done that li
practicable to have that burden light
ened. But excessive taxation on capital
will not accomplish that; on the con
trary, It will tend to intensify the trou
ble. Taxation must be sound and wise
and scientific and ennnot be laid In a
haphazard way or on Impulse or ac
cording to considerations of politics,
otherwise the whole country will suffer.
History has shown over and over again
that the laws of economics cannot be
defied with Impunity and that the re
sulting penalty falls upon all sections
and classes.
The question of the Individual Is not
the one that counts. The question Is
not what sacrifices capital should and
would be willing t bear If called upon,
but what taxes It Is to the public ad
vantage to Impose.
I do not say nil this to plead for a
reduction of the taxation on wealth or
In order to urge that no additional
taxes be Imposed on wealth If need be.
There Is no limit to the burden which '
In time of stress and strain those must
be willing to bear who can afford It ex-'
cept only that limit which Is Imposed
by the consideration that taxation must
not reach a point where the business'
activity of the country becomes crip
pled and Its economic equilibrium la
thrown out of gear, because that would
harm every element of 'the common
wealth and diminish the war-making
capacity of the nation. j
Lend Your Pennies
to the Government!
That is the spirit which will help
America win the war.
That is the THRIFT spirit.
There is a place for the pennies
put them in Thrift and War Savings
Stamps.
This store is cooperating with the
Government in food convervation.
SAVE WHEAT-We have
the substitutes.
Sam Hughes Co.
"House of Reliable Merchandise"
War Time Banking
eacli
HIS differs from ordinary periods to the extent
that with Country, Community and People, bank
ing service is ever more necessary to the needs of
The Farmers & Rtockgrowers National Bank during these
times of stress Has dedicated Its services to those things
which stand for National welfare.
Your account here makes
it even mure posible to
do this.
FARMERS 6c STOCKGROWERS
NATIONAL BANK
Heppner Oregon '
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN
85 Head of Mixed Yearling
Cattle; 20 Cows and Calves
Inquire at the office of
The Gazette-Times
CREAM
CREAM.
CTlEAMj To ret HIGHEST CASH PRICES for
Cream Cream Cream
Ship to
Union Meat Co.
PORTLAND, ORE.
WE PAY CASH
piarsnteelnjr correct weights and tenta.
Send m your next shipment, or write
for prices and other particular!
Dr. 3, W. Kerr of the Oregon Agri
cultural College has been aHked bv
the Government to continue his series
of war-and-foot talks In different sec
tions of the country,
"No need to ask," said he, "for
whatever interests are entrusted to
our charge we shall simply wire the
government tnat we shall care for
them. No one clalmn in aoa
the war will be won in a year or in
five years, and we must go on build
ing up resources and morale to back
up the boys now gathering at the
front."
Don't let him get like this
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WITH FREE BOOKS
For Sale.
Complete Case threshing outfit. In
good repair and ready to run. Con-
slsts of engine, separator, derrick,
table, cook house, etc., all complete.
Inquire of W. B. TUCKER, Lexing
ton, Ore.