THE GAZETTE-T DIES, HhTPXER, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECE.MBEK 20, 1918.
PACK EIGHT
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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
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Guardian of Eoznc Comfort
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Easy to carry about. No smoke or odor. Eco
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(CALIFORNIA)
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SOLD EXCLUSIVELY BY
LECTRO SALES COMPANY
506-507 HENRY BUILDING
4TH AND OAK STS., PORTLAND, OR.
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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
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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.
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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
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