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cross income less taxes, etc., $1KV
I Deducting rent, interest, dividends.
' there is a net surplus earning of Sls1.
57t5.:S;). instead of $M,0:J.703 a
stated by the recallers.
It is charged that the fictitious prof
it of $j4.0:2.:03 is collected mostly
from small town folks and farmers.
hen it is a notorious fact that rural
telephone lines never paid for oper
ation and have never made a dollar
.if profit even for the Bell system.
It is said to be simply impossible to
make any money operating a country'
telephone system. The recall com
mittee might as well stick to its facts.
Foreign Vrtvcntainf R eprceitnrnre
THE AV.tRICAN PRhSS ASX.VIATION
Hinkle May Come Back
Through a peculiar combination of
events, J. T. Hinkle of Hermiston
may be back in the legislature as a
member, this time as a senator.
Hinkle is quite a fellow, and al
though his home county of Umatilla
is not rising as one man to do him
honor, he will get a substantial vote
there and possibly quite a vote in
Union county, the home of the sena
tor whom he seeks to supplant, Colon
K. Eberhard of La Grande, as it was
in La Grande that the movement
started to pick a strong Umatilla
man in the hope of beating Eber
hard. Hinkle made an excellent
record in the 1313 and 1915 legisla
tures as representative, and was
looked up to as a debater and floor
leader of unusual ability. In both
sessions he had charge of irrigation
legislation, and piloted it through in
excellent shape, part of it against
heavy odds, notably the appropria
tion of $450,000 for the Tumalo pro
ject. riinkle is also well known as one
of the most active figures in the Or
egon Irrigation Congress, of which
..e was one of the organizing mem
Lers, the first secretary, several
times member of the executive com
mittee and also a vice president, and
finally president. For many years he
has been attorney for the Teel and
other projects in Western Umatilla
county, and has played an important
part as an irrigation developer of
t at section for more than a decade.
Joseph T. Hinkle was born in
Cumberland county, Kentucky, Nov
ember 2, 1866, and is descended
"rom the first English colonies set
tling in Jamestown, Va. He came
to Umatilla county in March, 18S4.
with his father and mother and four
brothers, who settled on a wheat
anch, where Joe worked hard at the
practical end of farming when he
wasn't attending Pendleton Academy
and Willamette University; later he
taught school and did newspaper
work in the county, finally being ad
mitted to the bar, in 1897, and prac
ticing law in Pendleton until 1909,
since which time he has resided on
his irrigated ranch near Hermiston,
raising alfalfa and engaging in law
practice and irrigation development.
The Hinkle residence is often spok
en of as one of the model farm resi
dences of Oregon ; it is noted for its
artistic beauty. Mrs. Hinkle is a na
tive of Oregon; they were wed in
1884. and have two children, Dale,
living in San Francisco, and Frances,
a student at Monmouth.
Hinkle will get quite a vote, as he
is so well known. His district em
braces Union, Umatilla and Morrow
counties. Eberhard has a strong fol
lowing in all three counties due to his
excellent record, but Hinkle is strong
enough to give him a close race. If
elected. Hinkle's experience and
ability would make him a factor in
the senate, for he knows the game
thoroughly and plays it shrewdly.
Why Are Men Idle?
You know what tax-exempt secur
ities are? They are state and muni
cipal bonds issued to the tune of tens
of thousands of millions. They pay
the investor as high as six per cent
interest and more, and the owner
pays not a cent of income tax on
tnese investments.
Naturally men prefer those exempt
bonds, paying no income tax or other
tax, bearing no risk, to any invest
ment in industry. No wonder an ex
pert tells you, "More money is in
.es.ed in tax-exempt securities than
in the nation's business."
That explains why so many factor
ies are closed, so many men out of
work in America. Why should a man
risk his capital hiring men in indus
try, to make 10 or 15 per cent profit,
and give half or three-quarters of it
back to the government in income
tax, when he can buy perfectly safe
bonds, draw his 5 or 6 per cent until
the tax storm blows over, and pay
the government not one cent?
President Harding has tried, but
v.-'hout success this far, to do away
with this system that enables accum
ulated wealth to dodge its share of
the national burden and that keeps
men out of work. The Manufacturer.
Telephone Earnings
In the publicity sent out by the
recall committee in Oregon for hav
ing raised telephone rates in certain
cases appears the following:
"The American Telephone and
Telegraph Co. made the unconscion
able profit of $54,022,703 out of a
gross business of $1 10,742,722."
The official report for the year end
ing December 31, 1921, page 33,
shows total gross revenue for 1921
$497,088,233. Total operating ex
penses, $363,687,283. Net operat
ing revenues, $133,400,950. Total
Slats' Diary
By Ross Farquhar
Friday Are base Ball team is or
ganised now and the Tigers is reddy
to take a Fall out of all
Comers witch thinks
Walter's sobs, to the innundating i
flow of which will be added tears by
local candidates, who will be unable
to get any chance to orate in compe
tition with the committee member,
I who. of course, has the floor every
time he wants to take it.
j Mr. Pierce knows the proprieties.
! When he disregards them it is for
a selfish purpose. Doubtless he will
j weigh w ell the chances. If he can
j get more publicity and more votes by
resigning, he will resign. If he can
get more publicity and more votes
j by retaining his official seat of ora
torical vantage, he will stick on the
committee.
The proprieties dictate that Mr
Pierce resign rather than divert the
tax investigation into a junket for
his own political aggrandizement as
a candidate for governor, but Walter
will be a law unto himself.
r
ine can Fay Da"- "e
are a aereration of he
1 7 a -o ---
, " blooded red American
youths full of pep and
- igger and Enthusiasm
"fci am captain ana man-
'S'iger and Sekretary tres-
t; for the wise choice of
l;i the boys in there offi
VI cers.
P Saturday Pa was
feeling bad and went to
,i I1C uv 'u"y wucn iom
i him he must walk more.
And ma says that is rite because pa
issent like his self any more. Since
we bot are 2th hand ford he don't
even walk in his sleep any more like
he use to do. But now since the Dr
sed that I bet ma will make him
walk.
Sunday When I was all washed
and drest up reddy for Sunday skool
ma xamined me for spots and etc.
and she remarked that my teeth was
xtra clean. They ought to be. I been
joing to a Party pritty near every
nite for a week. Witch gets mitey
tiresome and makes one Desire for
the Simple life.
Monday I had a plessant time
this evning watching ma trying to
hang up a pitcher in the West Bed
room. I always get a lot of plesure
out of watching ma try to drive a
nail. Or pa trying to trim the finger
nails on his right hand.
Tuesday Pa is tawkmg about
his Vacation all reddy. He wants
to go to Niagry falls but ma prefurs
the Ocean, pa sed Why when you
go there and see them wonderful
falls and Cataracks it just makes
you realise how small and In signi
ficant a man really is. Ma replyed
and sed Well there's no use spending
a lot of money and go to the falls
to find that out. Personly I wood
love to see the falls but I spose 1
will enjoy the Ocean.
Wednesday Jane, and me is still
on the Outs with each another. Once
in a grate wile she sends me a note
but it is all ways nothing but blank
paper. Witch is to emfasize the fact
that she dussent speak to me no
more. Of all sad words of tung or
pen. Its the way the women treats
us men.
Thursday Went to a home talon
show tonite witch was give by the
7th grade. Pug Stevens had been
telling us kids that he had a lead
ing Part in it. He did. When we
got there he was very Busy leading
people up the isle and showing them
where to set down.
Will Walter Pierce Resign?
(Oregon Voter.)
So far Walter M. Pierce has not
had the sagacity to resign from the
Tax Investigating Commission, al
though he has come out for governor.
This state committee, appointed by
Gov. Olcott under direction of a leg
islative resolution introduced by
President Ritner and Speaker Bean,
has toured Eastern Oregon as an im
partial investigating body, taking tes
timony on the tax situation. The
taxpayers of the state have paid the
traveling expenses of the commis
sion.
Naturally the trip gave Walter
Pierce a fine chance to orate and
prove himself the Real Hero Friend
of the Overburdened Taxpayers.
That he missed no opportunities to
orate was evident from the press re
ports. That his orating consumed
considerable time which might have
been devoted to the taking of testi
mony from officials and taxpayers
who traveled miles to appear before
the commission, is more than hinted
by The Dalles Chronicle.
"Instead of the taxpayers of Wasco
county telling the committee their
opinion, Walter was telling them
what he thought and he had a
thought or two every minute. He
was on his feet incessantly, unlike
Chairman Day and other members.
Pierce was the orator of the day."
The tax committee is soon to travel
throughout Western Oregon, holding
hearings all the way from Oregon
City to Medford. It has timed its
trip to coincide with maximum in
terest in the primaries, and naturally
all the candidates for any and every
local or legislative honor will be try
ing to make speeches to the com
mittee so as to get their names in
print and become identified promin
ently with the exceedingly popular
movement of reducing your own
taxes.
If Walter retains his membership
on this official committee, the official
trip will degenerate into one grand
boost for Walter M. Pierce for gov
ernor. Western Oregon is a wet
country, but it will be wetter with
THINKOGRAPHS
A California man named Doolittle
says he cleared $6,000 off of cab
bages and other garden truck last
year and will beat that this year.
That fellow ought to change his
name.
. Reason is that which enables a
man to determine what is right, and
intuition is that which tells a woman
she is right whether she is or not.
No h'orse can "feel his oats" un
less he eats them, and so it is with
the wild oat crop you won't have
to harvest if you don't sow.
If a fellow never thinks of any
body but himself he gets himself on
his mind until we should think he
would get tired of himself.
During the war we had "conscien
tious objectors" to fighting, and there
are still a lot of conscientious object
ors to work.
An aviator, inquiring reader, is a
chap that travels around in a flying
machine. At least, that is what they
call him for a while. Later on he is
referred to as the deceased.
Jas. Murtha, extensive rancher and
stockman of Condon, spent a few
days in Heppner this week, attend
ing to business matters.
One Solid Year
of Achievement
Republican Administration' Pro
gram of Construction
Being Fulfilled
Congress Is Industrious
Record of Accomplishment Not
Excelled in Annals of
Legislation
(By Rep. Simeon D. Feu (Ohio),
Chairman Republican Con
grewional Committee.)
The World War bequeathed to the
United States, In common with every
other nation gigantic debts, tremendous
expenditures, burdensome taxes, dis
jointed economic conditions and gen
eral unrest. No previous administra
tion since the establishment of our
Government came Into power with
greater domestic problems demanding
solution at its bands than confronted
the Republican administration on
March 4, 1921.
Immediately upon the Inauguration
of the President and his call of the
special cession of the Congress a pro
gram of rehabilitation was outlined
and work immediately commenced to
consummate It Undesirable immigra
tion was flooding the country. This In
creased unemployment, rendered more
difficult a solution of our industrial
problems, while the character of many
of the Immigrants was a menace to
our social and political institutions. To
protect American labor and American
Institutions against this Invasion a law
was enacted limiting further immigra
tion to but three per cent, of the na
tionals already In America.
The first necessary step toward eco
nomic readjustment was necessarily
reduction of expenses and balancing of
the budget. One of the earliest meas
ures enacted by the Republican Con
gress was the budget law. The pre
vious Republican Congress had en
acted a budget law, but It was vetoed
by President Wilson. The law went
Into effect July 1, 1921. In time to apply
to the fiscal year beginning on the
same date. Whatever economies have
been effected by reason of the Budget
Bureau since that time are to be cred
ited to the early action of the Repub
lican Congress In putting the law an
the books which created the Budget
Bureau and made It operation pos
sible. Tha agricultural Industry of the
country was suffering In a degree
which has never been equalled In Its
history. This Important Industry,
which directly affects one third of our
population and indirectly affects every
Industrial, commercial and financial
activity, was facing bankruptcy. In
order to assist the farmer In this
period of economic distress the Re
publican Congress enacted an elab
orate program of agricultural rehahlll.
tation. This program of constructive
legislation In behalf of the American
farmer Is without parallel In the an
nals of American legislation. The sub
stantial effects St this legislative pro-
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U. 8. REPRESENTATIVE SIMEON
D. FESS, OHIO, CHAIRMAN RE
PUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE.
gram are now apparent on every hand.
Notwithstanding the Republican
Congress electsd tn 1018 and assem
bled in special session In 1919 bad
appropriated hundreds of millions for
ex-service men, the administration of
these funds by the various executive
agencies controlled by the Democrats
had been such that the ex-service men
had received a minimum of benefit
from the funds. A large part of this
was due to lack of co-ordination and
co-operation of the various buraaus
One of the greatest pieces of construc
tive legislation of the Republican Con
gress was the consolidation of the va
rious agencies dealing with the ex
service man under the one head of the
Veterans Bureau. This assures expe
dition as well as fair and adequate
treatment of our disabled ex-service
men.
In addition to this consolidation and
reorganization additional millions were
appropriated for the use of the Bu
reau. American ex-service men of the
World War hsve been better treated
at the hands of the Republican Con
gress than the ex-service men of any
previous war In American history and
better treated than the ex-service men
of any other nation engaged in the
World War. And the end is not yet.
As an aid to the agricultural sec
tions and as an antidote to the unem- j
ployment situation, the Congress
passed at $75,000,000 appropriation bill
for the construction and maintenance
of Improved highways, which sum will
be doubled when the provisions of the
bill are complied with by States put
ting up an equal sum of money
Among the numerous constructive
and rolief measures the Maternity Bill
was enacted in response to the demand
of the womanhood of the country.
This great piece of humanitarian leg
islation is the first of an ambitious
program of progressive legislation
espoused by women In their new
sphere of political activity.
The Republican Congress enacted a
new taxation measure. This npw
measure reduces during the current
year the public tax bill in the sum of
1818,000.000. It increases the exemp
tions allowed the man of moderate In
come; it repeals the "nuisance" taxes;
all of the transportation taxes, which
were a heavy burden upon agricultural
and industrial shippers; It repealed
the excess profits tax and reduced and
revised the surtax.
In this connection it is Interesting
to set down the actual reduction of
public expenditures which have taken
place since the Republican Party came
into control of the United States Con
gress. The operating cost of the
United States Government in the year
1919 was 119.000.000.000. That year
the Republican Congress began to
function. It used a blue pencil upon
the appropriations asked by the Demo
cratic administration chiefs. The op
erating cots of the Government In
1920 were only 17,500.000.000. The Re
publican Congress continued to econo
mic, and the cost of running the Gov
ernment In 1921 was reduced to 16,
600.000.000. Much of this was the
residue of the Democratic adminlstra
tion. By close co-operation between
the executive departments and the
Congress In 1921, the expenditures ol
the Government for the current yeat
are to be not in excess of $4,000,000,
000, snd economies which have been
put into effect give promise of cuttini
this to $3,500,000,000. In connection
with this. Congress has enacted the
foreign-debt funding law, which au
thorites a commission to take imme
diate steps to place our loans tc
foreign countries in a collectible shape
so that we may begin to receive th
Interest and principal due us anc
thereby still further reduce our do
mestlc taxation.
In summing up, it may be stated
that the Republican Party in March
1921, found the nation with her rela
tions with many foreign countrlei
strained to almost the breaking point
her fundamental principles under dls
cusslon, her historic significance It
question, her population surfeited wltl
the profits of war and wild extrava
gance. her Industries Inflated by over
expansion from war demands, anc
problems of reconstruction compll
cated and Imminent.
Today sees peace again established
with all countries, foreign relations re
sumed with honor to ourselves anc
complete Justice to others, the fines'
attitude of the world toward our mora
leadership as evinced In the arms con
ference, a policy of proper regard foi
the defenders of the nation's rights
an economic administration upon thi
soundest principles of economy, a re
ductlon of our public funded debt tt
the amount of $2,000,000,000. and a re
ductlon of our floating debt of $700,
000,000, a reduced taxation of over
three-quarters of a billion dollars pei
year, a rejuvenated agriculture ant
industrial fabric Borely distressed bj
the havoc of war, the prospect of gen
eral employment of American laboi
In American Industries, the only coun
try which not only Is balancing Iti
budget, but has really reduced the wai
debt, has restored Its credit, snd dls
plays signs of promise on all hands o
a resumption again of our happy ant
promising staee which preceded thi
Inauguration of the Democratic folblei
of the new freedom and policies o
susp'clon and persecution of success
Such Is the achievement of the firs
year of the Republican administratis
In control of both the executive ant
legislative branches of our Govern
ment.
But It should be noted that all o
this splendid program has been car
rled out In the face of the perslsten
opposition of the solid Democrats
Party, which has attempted to defea
every effort to rehabilitate the nation
and which has opposed every measun
proposed, not because It had anythlni
to offer In substitution, but because I'
Is habitually the party of opposition
complaint and petty criticism.
Tub Republican Party gladly goei
to the country upon Its record of con
structive work, confident that thi
memory-of eight years of Democrats
misrule Is too vivid In the mind of thi
public to leave any doubt as to thi j
decision of the American people as ti
which party should have control of thi
Congress during the critical period o
nation-wide and world-wide reconstruc
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