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THE GAZETTE-TWE, HETTXTR, OREGON. THCR8DVOL. 30, NO. 0. pa.k pora Ti (ii 7rTTr timcc 'cutes the country in so man' wa's I! IiAlL 1 1 L-1 llflt J , there will be little disposition to give . i it credit for sincerity hen it attacks i the particular persecutor from whose act it suffers. Pendleton tribune. Th. Hevpner Gazette. Established March Ji. 1SSS. Heppner Time. Kstablished Vovemher IS, 1S!7. untioHrtatd February 15, 1812. Pulli-.hi1 every Thursday morning by Vswier Oraword and Spencer Crawford an i . tared at the Iostofflce at Hepp oe eeon. as second-class matter. A1IM ItTIMVC RATKS GIVES OS APPLICATION SI HSCK1PT10N RAT KS: One lesr BK Months - Tbw Months Biiiplf Copies 12.00 1.00 .75 .05 M4 HH.1W COl -STY OFFICIAL PAPKH SABBATH PATMOT1SM. Justly may the G. A. R. Memorial Day Committee register a protest against the present non-obssrvanct of Memorial Day, May 30th. In a timely article from the "Na tional Tribune" attention is directed to the growing tendency of the American people to substitute foi this National Sabbath of Patriotism, a day of sports, recreation and leisure. ' This same protest has elsewhere been voiced in the lack of a proper observance of Thanksgiving Day, when prayers of thanksgiving are too often drowned out by the cheers of football games. This reversion to the holiday spirit on Memorial Day can be traced in a large measure to the thinning ranks of the veterans of the Civil War, whoJ but a few short years ago were con stant reminders of the sacredness of the occasion. Memorial Day was- established by the Grand Army of the Republic, May 30, 1868, for the purpose of commemorating the ideals of the dead of the Union Army, a day that has been laid in such tender respect that forty of the greatest states of the Union. have gravely incorporated it into their laws not for a day of "sports," but that the people might pause and think of their mighty dead. Possibly with the return these days of our heroes from the World War, more respect and tfHe observance of jhi? Memorial Day may be in evi- f to-? THOl'GHTLKSS TAXATION". It is as easy to develop a spirit of recklessness in taxation as it is in spending money. In the latter case the reckless spender pays the price of his own extravagance. Spending tax money is now a mania and it is time to look toward more economic taxation methods and also spending of taxes. There is entirely too much feeling that Congress can plaster on taxes and that there is nothing left to do but pay. It is easily possible to tax an in dustry and those dependent on it, clear out of business. Take for ex ample the c::tra five per cent excise ax on candy and confectionary. To the thoughtless legislator, it is i simple thing to raise a large sum by a special tax on candy makers. As candy manufacturers cannot stand any such tax out of their profits, it musl be added to selling price or taken out of quality. If the former, consumption is cut, thus adverserly affecting western sugar beet growing and manufacture and reducing amount the consumers of this country get for their money. If manufacturers try to absorb the tax by making an inferior product at the former price, the people pay in quality and the sugar industry suffers. This is a good illustration of special or class taxation and there is altogether too much of it in this country today. It is high time to start on getting back to the true American principle of equal taxation for all, not only . in candy manu facture but other lines of industry. The candy industry is the 35th largest in the United States. It employs hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people, mostly women. It supplies a food product which is the great joy and pleasure of child hood and is a wholesome, nourish ing food, supplying the system with aence. ror our suiuici uuys ui iu-- acc.at!ai rpnll;rpmPnt Ic day can more clearly sympathize L . t Qr . wden ,his or uifn onH cnrmw fnr thai hrfttnprc ' . . other great industry with a Special with and sorrow for their brothers of the day of '61, who received little from the Government on their return. Those soldiers of our fath ers were greeted with no triumphal arches, no pensions commensurate with the perils endured, no waiting jobs, no soft berths, Those armies passed in review in ragged regi mentals, an army of tramps in ap pearance, bound tor nome or wnat, remained of the home. The fires were dead in the forge, the farms had grown to weeds, the tools were rusty, the boys were too old to return again to their interrupted schooling. There were no vocational schools, no schools for blinded soldiers. The shell shocked and injured went on in that condition or died in insane asylums. Let's try to modify some of the "sporting program for next Memor ial Day and pause for a few moments at least, in true sympathy and respect for our heroes. Oregon Voter. -S Fifteen million, five hundred thou sand women will vote in the next presidential election. Iowa is the last state to grant presidential suf frage, the eighth state in the last three months, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Vermont. Only one state remains west of the Mississippi, : New Mexico, where women may EE not vote for president. Women j have a considerable form of suffrage j in 29 states, equal suffrage in fifteen, presidential suffrage in twelve and primary suffrage in two. The num-jj ber of states in which women have presidential suffrage have a total electorial vote of 302. The Penn-j j sylvania House has passed a resolu- j tion to submit suffrage to the voters of the state in 1921. The Florida j legislature has defeated suffrage. WORLD (.'OKS BOLSHEVIK. jEE The New York World, loyally EE democrc, is foaming at the mouth because of some of the actions of EE Postmaster General Burleson, who has been such a burden to the news- z paper publishers. Now if the World would lose sight of purely news- EE paper interests for a while and con- sider the burdens which have been EE placed upon bankers by Skelton c Williams, upon railroads by McAdoo, upon merchants by the food adminis- tration, ect., etc., perhaps the coun- try would feel that the World is really desirious of promoting the welfare of all the people. And if the World cculd lay aside its intense : partisanship long enough to charge j responsibility to the real source of authority, the president, there would be some evidence of sincerity. So long as the World continues to sup- port an administration which perse- 311 THOSK FARM COSTS. We rather think that Secretary of Agriculture Huston has the right of it when he says that there are no figures on which to base definite con clusions as to the cost of raising crops, stock, or produce. How can you decide what, for ex ample, is a legitimate cost to raise a bushel of potatoes? We spent an hour figuring the other evening and discovered that if you figured your time at 30 cents an hour, day laborer's wages, it costs about $2.35 for a good husky city gardener to grow a bushel of potato es in his back yard. We can present detailed figures if ! desired. But a big corporation that prepares j the seed bed with tractors, that plants with machinery, that cultivates ' with motors, that harvests with more j machinery, that grades and packs' with machinery, and that has its own storage houses and trucks for trans portation, can probably grow potato- j es for dimes where yours would cost ' you dollars. j Somewhere between is the average American potato field on the farm. I But just exactly whereabouts no man knows. I What is going to be the basis for) a just estimate? j It you force the average farmer j to compete, either with corporate : capital and management, or oriental i truck growers you drive him out of; business; and if you take the cost sheet of the one-horse farmer for1 your price basis you rob the con-j sumer. Probably every farm in the coun-j try can prove that it costs it a dis tinctly different price to produce any ; given thing it does produce, than ! any otner tarm would snow. Some men have capital and know how to make it work for them. Some are worth a tractor in them selves. Most farmers are like most other businessmen and workers, just fairly capable, industrious and long headed. But where secure your cost figuers? t-t POOR BUSINESS TO WAIT. Farm products have a greater pur chasing power today than ever be fore in the country's history. This may explain why rural dis tricts of the country are rapidly get ing under way with building and construction work. It is obvious, since building and construction work have such art im portant bearing at this tune on stimulating general business, the farmer may serve both his own and national interest by at once making needed improvements on his property-Many farmers have been unable to get materials and labor for barns, silos, houses and other improve ments during the war. The farmer who at once avails ot the labor supply and gets his im provement work under way, in the long run, may prove to be the orudent business man, for there is tax which it can obviously not stand. It is the height of folly m these times to handicap any industry by killing taxation, when employment is needed as the one sure counter active in Bolshevism. The Manu-i facturer, Julius H. Barnes, newly appointed U. S. wheat administrator, says the five-cent loaf of bread not only will not come back this year, but it prob ably will never come back. When a'.ked if there wai any chance or the five-cent loaf returning, he said: "Flour is 45 per cent of the cost of the completed loaf, so you see it would take a considerable fall in the price of wheat to bring down bread even one cent a loaf. When you talk of cutting the price of bread in two, you see you would have to reduce wheat to 25 per cent of its present figure. That seems out of the ques- reason to believe that farmers who tion. I see little hopes of getting the delay in the hope ot materially re-five-cent loaf of bread hack if wapesiduced construction costs will have " " o and other expenses are to stay where they are. I am not even convinced it would be desirable, if all the other living levels would have to follow it. been deprived of the use of the im provements and in the end be forced to pay approximately the building prices now prevailing. flllllllllllllliililllilllillllllllllM Ready-to-Wear Specials At Minor's This Week NEW MINA TAYLOR DRESSES Those dresses are made in the new est styles and from fast-color ginghams and come in a variety of mater ials, styles and qualities. $3.00 to $7.50 MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S DRESSES-Xew lines and styles in Dandyline and and Mina Taylor qualities. For the busy mother these dresses are wonderful helps. Not the usual factory lines but as neat, distinctive and well made as though you made them yourself. PAUL JONES MIDDIES This, "too, is a distinctive line of these popu lar garments. Plain white and with Navy blue wool collars. Others, too, in khaki, white with colored collars and plain white, for the girls from 8 years and up. House Dress Special-Broken lines and sizes, but big value. Choice $1.39. Minor & Company IIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIW Look for us in the repair department of the HEPPNER GARAGE. Your Car does not very often need repairing, but when it does you want the tiest work done on it it is possible to obtain. You want it repaired right, and repaired to last. You want the trouble located and fixed without putting some other part on the bum. And you want this all done at a reasonable price. We ask you to give us a trial the next time your car needs the services of a repair shop. Ve are equipped and have the expert mechanics to do the 5 job right. EE Our battery repair department is at your sen-ice EE and our many satisfied patrons attest to its efficiency. EE Free inspection and free distilled water. EE Oxy-Acetylene Welding j We weld anything except a broken heart. 2 !ll!llll!ll!!llll!lll!llll!l!!!lllllll!llll!lll!ll!lll!llhl U iff KM w r ' A , &mLF A mm am m 1 If Vli -ML W r m 1 W lK,: 1 1 tU HrWM.W They're Finishing the Job There are a million of our boys still "over there" there to stick it out to the finish. AND HOW ABOUT US? Remember we are their partners in the big contract that we have given our promise one that will not be fulfilled until we have paid our bills. IF THE VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN FAILS, SO WILL WE IN OUR PROMISE! Buy to your full limit of cash and installments and don't delay. VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE 4 iiLTms advertisement contributed by The Gazette-Times, :U4?