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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1918)
THE GAZETTE-T DIES, HhTPXER, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECE.MBEK 20, 1918. PACK EIGHT V t V V ME t V mmm GARAGE '-r' -3 ;V; v '-'--'a j t t V t ? V t X HPHR machine and repair shops of this Garage are now in charge of Messrs. RIVERS & AC X LEY, men who thoroughly understand the business. Ail accessories, tires and car sales business continued under old management. BOWKER, Propri etor HEAT WITH PEARL 011 Guardian of Eoznc Comfort No matter what the weather outside, Perfec tion Oil Heater keeps dampness and chill from the house. Lights at the touch of a match. Gives long hours of cozy, cheerful warmth on one filling with Pearl Oil, the ever-obtainable fuel. Easy to carry about. No smoke or odor. Eco nomical. Buy Perfection Oil Heater toda. Dealers everywhere. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (CALIFORNIA) DOES YOUR FORD START HARD? DO YOU WANT BRIGHTER LIGHTS? ing out motors or masnietoa. Tk GIVE THE LECTRO i7- sil A. J tifj 1 iH Oatevourt frv "srr "ws "wtb sttj ptn n rs evi ? Q3 3L EATEH METHOD A TRIAL v Within a few minutes' time and at little ex-pmi.-ie the LECTRO will automatically lo- letneal troubles. No more tak- The old way wns more wasteful and expensive most times guesswork. This latest invention will recharge your magnets equally, make your car start easy, make the lights bright er and give you real gas economy in fact, put new life and PEP into your car. LET HILL & JOHNS, OF THE UNIVERSAL GARAGE, EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. SOLD EXCLUSIVELY BY LECTRO SALES COMPANY 506-507 HENRY BUILDING 4TH AND OAK STS., PORTLAND, OR. i s G. W. MILHOLLAXD, Special Agent, Standard Oil Co., Hqipncr Oregon DEALERS: (Jilliant & fiUhee, Heppner, Oregon KriMov, A; Jnlinvjn, lone, Oregon Leach Bros., Lexington, Oregon G. A. ISleakincn, Hardman, Oregon HR. BUBRQUOHS M' 307 K St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Dec. 15, lilt. Editor cf the Oazette-Times:- in u.y last letter I spoke of the w:y i.i which the large capitalists ar se.;:l..? to force us to take a cours' of a i . rl:lch will inevitably lead us directly to another war similar t tie c;;e Hint has just ceased. Thi time i ish ( point out another v.a;, in which they afe acting that is con :hc- bes; interests of t.tv .armiiig and small busiriesi' nary Ji.lK.ii pi; ;).!() i iir b . to the h'''pii.'. ,U of this aetfen extend ,he v ar period, but owing iiHoriiip of lle press and the I a of freedom of spcicii .:.!'jl;:ge, those of us who VH( i; i .:it liiferrstf-d in pre-"rv'ing ti.e ii-M ; cf the people in goneiul had. i! . (,;,ponuui'.y to give warning in any ti eUive Manner. It r.:-''.s inj the n'.iv.tz of the funds to carry on tl.o war by the Bale of bonus and stamps rather than liy tuxaiion alone. The reason given for t!ii al of bonds and stamps instead of raising more taxes was, of cour.-y, that we could not 'bear tiie burden of so much taxation all at once; to tiie unthinking this reason seems jdauslbie. But as a matter of fact It had no validi'y whatever. Let me explain a little !;ere. It must be evident to everyone fiat, since we did not buy anything from foreign countries with which to carry on the war, we mui-t have produced it all ouiselv.. Whatever food, clothing, iron, powder and other materials we used lu the war were taken from Un people t.f this country. That is, wo really paid for the war aa we went, ami we could not have done other wise, siace we could not buy from foreign countries. This is the fast whether 'he money ,to buy these rroduct,- for tiie army organua.i.ti came f;..'U taxation or from the sale -f bcr. . The effect is the same s.;d th. ' de:i as thus far developed :'e!l exavtly the same ou the people. Thus tl:s asser'lon that we couid not :v;y f ir ' he war as we went is a pur-i .anricalivn. Bui intrijig the war the big bus i ntj...-, stood firmly and 'oli(!ly ::v the ;-:i(a of raisins the funds !;y the Hal- of bonds and they wanted a nnit.li greater portion raised by this nie'hed than that which Con gress tiiially corisenied. .Now why did the big canitaikts thus atand lor bond insues? Tlier aro varior-s ;uhsoiis, but the main reason . wa.-; 'hat. by the use cf the bond me. jod a greater portion of Ida ta:;a : .;i Wutiiii be uitiu'ately he io, ;-:d on ti e p.'oroi- people than would he ii' we paid the cost of the var by taxation aj we went.' If we had used t ii iuion alone, the big bu.d:ie..s enter prises who were making enormous profits out of, profiteering and gov ernment contracts would have had to pay heavier incornj and excess profit taxes, for the simple reason that the poorer people could not hav? paid the taxes or would not have done so. It Is interesting to note that in England a much heavier tax was levied on the great capitalists than In this country. On the other hand, if bonds were sold there would be no necessity for such high income and excess profit taxos. These taxes would therefore not be paid, the big profiteer would keep the money for himself, and after the . ar, when exjjci..os were loss, there ivould still not , any excuse i'j; axing hiin In vay. In thi-' ifher-war period the money for the payment of the pruieipal and the iu erest on the b..adid debt would be aised ly the ...uiuary processes of axation which always fall more teavily on the laborer and the small property holder han on the great apitalist. Th.i; is the main reason ,vhy we have our bonded debt now instead of being out of debt for the war. Now the great capitalists and their itipporiers succ -a 'd in their strug gle to have the ir,;ihj raised by bonds .ather than by tox-itlon. Hut even since the war, the" present adniinls trvilon has determined to raise great sums by taxation la order to be;;ln to pay off the debt and to provide i'.r future necessities. But to do this it will have to continue to raise large amounts by taxing the Incomes of the great capitalists and these gentlemen cannot escape with so much of ihe spoil of the war as they wish. Therefore they are op posed to any such proceedings. The I'.ep u'oliean party is larrjely , dom inated by the representatives of these interests. Such men as Lodge and Penrose and Roosevelt Just simply cannot bear to sae their friends, the large capitalists, pay such heavy taxes. Therefore these leaders In the Republican party have deter mined to prevent the levying of taxes of this sort in 1920. This means that a great deal more of the payment of the national bonded debt will be paid by the common people than the present administration would have permitted and the com mon. people should pay. Iiy this policy the men who are the most able to pay .the debt will almost en tirely escape the payment. The duty that we of the common people have i3 to see to it tliat no n;an for whom we vote, be he Re publican or Democrat or otherwise, is returned to Congress whom wa do not know will stand to raise the money by taxation on those who tan bear it and that as rapidly as possible. It is only thus that we can do our part to make the capitalistic' barons pay the portion of the debt which they justly should pay. Respectfully, -GLENN BURROUGHS. Have YOU settled your subscription account yet ? mm &a & m m & o w- FOR TO THE PUBLIC. ALL DANCES AND PUBLIC GATHERINGS ARE. PROHIBITED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY UN TIL FURTHER NOTICE. THIS ACTION IS TAKEN FOt THE PURPOSE OF CONTROLLING THE INFLUENZA. " N. E. WINNARD, COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER. PINCH HITS TWICE S. SEN AT K.- Fred W. Mulkey is known as the "pinch-hittirg senator" to his home folks mt in Oregon. Twice has Mulkey served short terms in the United States Senate. He served for 43 days in 1907, and has just now completed a five-day term to fill out the. term of the late Senator Lane. The New Year We extend hearty greetings. Your liberal patronage is ap preciated, and we wish you bountiful prosperity for the NEW YEAR O 0 Gilliam &Bisbee t t ? ? ? t t ? ? ? t t ? ? ? ? ? 1 wm tSttsSc mm
