Gresham outlook., October 25, 1912, Page 4, Image 4

GREMHAM
PAGB K O IH
Ot'TLOOK.
FRIDA Y,
OVTt
as.
im a
Its
i of record at
the
state
Capitol, lng up Its assessm ents of power com­ Its friends, and by preventing
panies and their w ater power re­ abuse and possibly its repeal by its
Salem.
assessed
valua­ enem ies.
As an instance, the report of the sources base the
It scarcely adm its of
argum ent
' Board of State Tax Com m issioners tion upon the capitalization of the
that thg In itiative Law as origin ally
for 1912 on page 13 show s that the earnings of such com panies .
The assessm ent of $1,2 0 0 ,0 0 0 rep- intended by Its sponsors, Is a most
hydro-electric plants of the Port­
1
resents
an assessm ent only on what worthy m easure. But we find it
SALEM, OR., Oct. 24 -A ssessm en t land R ailw ay, Light and Pow er Com
|h q Portland R ailw ay, Light
and today “ w orking overtim e’’ In Ore­
pauy
at
Oregon
City,
Cazadero
and
and taxation of water power In Or­
Power
Company
has
earned
from
gon. We find
it
being
grossly
made
subject
to
egon have been the subject of much Silverton were
selling power to other corporations abused and perverted— turned from
heavy
assessm
ents.
The
hydro-elec­
controversy during the past
few
Assessm ent is made separately up­ the purpose for which it was origin al­
months, and have been responsible tric plant at Oregon City alone is
on the valuation o f the power which ly intended, nam ely, to be a power­
assessed
at
$1,70
0
,0
0
0
.
Of
th
is
the
for many
erroneous
statem ents
it converts to its own usee for Its ful weapon in the bands of the
made in an effo rt to prom ote
the buildings, machinery and equipm ent
street car
lines, its ligh tin g sys­ people with which to get im portant
are
assessed
at
$
5
0
0
,0
0
0
,
leaving
interest o f the graduated sin gle tax
tem
s
and
other
power and electrical and necessary legislation after the
am endm ent, which is to go before $1,200,000 placed against the water
sam e had been neglected or refused
uses.
power
resources
controlled
by
the
the people at the general election
Should the graduated sin gle tax by the State L egislature.
Governor
I
company
at
that
point.
This
is
but
November 5.
am endm ent become effective,
the Woodrow W ilson says: It is to be
a
fraction
of
the
grand
total
o
f
the
Direct allegation s, made to furth­
Portland Railw ay, L ight and Power regarded as “a gun behind th e door“
er th« Interests of the sin gle tax assessm ent against the w ater power
Company would en tirely escape an — to be used only when the people's
resources
of
the
company.
It
rep­
prom oters, that the law s o f this
fail to
represent
assessed valuation upon its build­ representatives
state have been Juggled by corpor­ resents only an assessm ent of the
ings, machinery and equipm ent. All them .
excess
power
which
the
company
sells
ate Influences to exem pt water pow­
im provem ents o f this character would
A fter its eig h t years of use and
er from taxation, are am ply refuted to other com panies. The Board of
remain untaxed. This would throw abuse we find th at it Is fast pushing
1
State
Tax
C
om
m
issioners,
In
malt-
by plain figu res which are a m atter
an additional burden upon the land the legislatu re Into a subordinate
owner. The greatest land ow ner In and secondary place. B eginning with
th is state is the farmer;
and the a few m easures and a com paratively,
excess burden o f taxation, w hich is sm all official pam phlet, it has grown
now carried by the Portland R ail­ until today there are 38 m easures
way. L ight and Power Company, to be voted upon, and an official
R epublican C an d id ate for
and sim ilar corporations, would fa ll | pamphlet containing over 250 pages
upon the shoulders of the farmer.
for the voters o f Oregon to grope
through In order to arrive at any­
thing like an in telligen t conclusion
D ep a rtm en t N u m b er 4
In regard to the proposed m easures.
W hat percentage o f the
voters
Judge Tuzwell's record In the
will take the trouble to give these
Municipal court of Portland is Buch
38 m easures the requisite tim e and
as to commend him to ull right
thinking men. He has brushed
A m ong the thirty-eight m easures, attention in order to vote Intelli­
aside the cob webs of Judicial
And yet, It Is the
which w ill appear on the official gently thereon?
procedure and put the standing
bounden duty of every voter to do
ballot
to
be
voted
on
by
the
elect­
of that court on a higher plane
th is conglom erate
orate of Oregon at the com ing elec­ so, because in
than It has ever been before.
tion on November 5th, w ill be the ■ m ass th ere may be im portant meas­
He has shown common sense in
the
handling the m ultitude of cases
Majority R ule Am endm ent. T his Is ures affectin g vitally all of
that have com e
before
him.
ma-
an am endm ent to the Constitution people of the state. A larfe
Home of the candidates for this
are
o f the State of Oregon so as to re­ Jority of these 3S measure^
office have resided here but a
quire a m ajority of all electors vot­ orinary m atters of legislation which
short tim e and we know but little
about them . Tazwell has lived
ing at any election to adopt consti- i should have gone to the legislatu re
here nearly 24 years. In public
tutlonal am endm ent and pass Initia­ where mem bers, elected by all of
and private life his record
is
the people are paid for the purpose
tive measures.
clean. He know s the w ants o f
This m easure is proposed for the : ' of passing upon th e m erits or demer-
the people and is in sym pathy with the law s which they have en ­
acted
A vote for him m eans the enforcem ent and the proper in­
express purpose of preserving the 1 its of such m easures, and who are
terpretation of those laws.
You take no chance when you vote for
In itiative Law for the people o f Ore­ at least supposed to be com petent
him for Circuit Judge, l>ept. No. 4
(P aid Adv.)
decision
gon by preventing its over-use by ! to render an in tellig en t
[ thereon. And yet, we cannot ex­
pect any change in the number of
i m easures on the ballot so lon g as
we have an unbridled and unpro-
I tected in itiative law
that
allow s
every paid propagandist, every fad-
j ist and fanatic who may be able
to raise th e price w ith which to hire
an army of profession al petition cir­
culators to go forth and so licit sig­
natures to a petition at so much
| per name.
What is there to prevent special
’ i interests from in itialin g
m easures
' containing jokers which if let pass,
. may work untold in ju stice to the
people of Oregon?
Will the elec-
i torate of Oregon take the tim e and
¡rouble to study th is official phamph
let su fficien tly to select the good
m easures from the vicious ones,—
the w heat from the chuff, so
to
I speak, and pass favorably on the
good ones and reject the bad ones?
We say no, and to substantiate our
slaim we need only call atten tion to
i the fact .h ot you n.ay „o forth to-
.1 y ie s than a u.oulh before elec-
" , — a, and consult 10 business and pro-
I fcBsional men w hose business and
I professional train in g
has taught
| them to look carefu lly into iniport-
] ant m atters before rendering a de­
cision thereon, and ask them if they
j have looked carefully into the 38
I m easures proposed and if they have
{ read the 250 pages of the official
pam phlet. We m ake the statem ent
I w ithout fear of successful contradic­
tion, th at at least seven out of the
ten w ill adm it they have not read
? the pam phlet at all, and if so, have
! only given it a su perficial glance.
If such be the case w ith the man
who Is supposed to give these mat-
j iera close atten tion iw hat can be
expected o f the busy m echanic and
I laboring man w hose atten tion
Is
; centered in other directions and
w hose environm ent is
all
along
other lines?
If elected, I will give personal atten tio n to the d u ties of the office. V ou
The remedy suggested at the pres-
will find m e on th e job all the tim e.
! en t mom ent by som e of the most
’ prom inent new spapers of the state
U n d e r my ad m in istratio n the C ou n ty A ssesso r’s office will be an open
j is, "Vote 'No' on all m easures un­
lx>ok to the taxpayers. It is your office a n d you have the right to know how
less you are sure.' ‘ Not havin g
it is conducted.
studied the m erits o f the 38 m eas­
ures, how can the voter be sure?
1 believe in tax law s th at will give the little m an a sq u a re deal. My slogan,
If the votes "No'' on all or most all
w hich w as p rinted after m y n am e on the ballot in the sp rin g prim aries, w as
the m easures and all are
turned
“ L ift th e T a x B u rd e n fro m th e W a g e E a r n e r a n d H o m e O w n e r."
down, how about the one. tw o or
• perhaps three or four m eritorious
I believe in econom y in public expense, but not in parsim ony. W e c a n ­
m easures for which there
is
a
not tax ourselves rich, b u t w e can tax ourselves poor.
genuine need or demand by
the
people?
Are they to
meet
the
I believe that public officials ow e the people a d o llar's w orth of service
sam e demand by th e people?
Are
for each dollar of pay they receive. Such will be my policy in the C ounty
they to m eet the sam e fate as the
A ssesso r's office if I am elected on N ovem ber 5th.
dozens o f ordinary m easures, which
should have gone to the legislature
I am a taxyayer. a n d pay taxes on real a n d personal property.
in the first place, or the vicious,
i or fanatic m easures which should be
1 am o p p o sed to Single la x . It m eans confiscation of hom es a n d farm s.
turned down w ith a vengeanoe?
If we are to preserve the in itia­
tive law for the people of Oregon,
both present and future, we must
protect It by surrounding It w ith a
safeguard which w ill prevent
Its
m isuse and abuse by those
who
would use it to further selfish in ­
terests to the detrim ent
of
the
greater number o f the people of the
state
LAWS JUGGLED
TO FIT THEORY
G eo.
T a z w e ll
Circuit Judge
MAJORITY RULE
AMENDMENT
F or C o u n ty
A sse sso r
I
HENRY E. REED
Republican Nominee
(Paid Adv )
No. 161 on the Official Ballot
The Majority Rule amendment
will do this by driving all ordinary
m easures o f legislation
into
the
RECORD OF
Jonathan Bourne
Senatorial Positions
( lu iin iia n
P o s to ffic e
and
P o st
R oad s
C o m m ittee.
(A ppropriates $ 2 6 6 ,000,000 an n u ally.)
M em ber C om m erce C o m m ittee
(A ppropriates for rivers and harbors.)
M em bers F is h e r ie s C o m m ittee.
M em bers C o m m ittee o u P u b lic B u ild in g s a n d G rou nd s.
M em ber C o m m ittee o u A p p ro p ria tio n s
(Only Oregon man ever on th is C om m ittee.)
M em ber C ia iin iitte c o n W om en S u ffra g e .
M em ber C o m m ittee on R a ilro a d s an d S ealioard T r a n sp o rta tio n s
(T he
most
rem arkable
record ever m ade by any S enator.)
His Accomplishments
la r g e st
a p p ro p ria tio n s
ev er
se c u r ed for <Iregon R ivers and H arb ors
C oquille River .............$
28 .000
Siuslaw River (3 8 1 ,0 0 0 ) 381 .000
Oregon City Locks . . . 300 ,000
Oregon Slough .............
lo o ,000
Tillam ook Bay .............
407 ,000
W illam ette and C olum bia
increase .......................
200 ,000
Dredges for 30-ft. chan­
nel ..............................
330 000
P u b lic B u ild in g s.
Portland P ostoffice site
500 ,000
Portland P ostoffice . . 1,000 ,000
P u b lic R oad*.
Mt. Hood Surveys . . . .
10 000
In itia tio n o f N eh alem P rojec
Am endm ent to S|uslaw
Appropriation
Nehalem B a r ...............
$416 ,175
Increase of 30-ft. Chan­
nel A ppropriation . . 25,000
Celilo Appropriation in­
creased to ..................
700,000
A storia Governm ent
B u il d in g ......................
187,000
Crater Lake ..................
60,000
Favorable Senatorial ac­
tion on F ish Hatchery
on C olum bia .............
50,000
Oregon City L ock s. . . . 300,000
North Jetty 40 ft.
Closing of Portland Bridges
at certain hours.
R etention of Vancouver
Barracks
R elief of Sherm an Coun­
ty H om esteaders.
Corporation net Earning
Tax .............................. $2,500,000
Parcel Post
The Parcel P ost B ill passed by the last C ongress w as its great-
e st work. It benefits the Oregon merchant and farmer.
By it you send 11 pounds on any rural route for 15 cen ts; 11
pounds on any city route for 15 cents; 11 pounds to any custom er
w ithin 50 .miles for 35 cents; 11 pounds to any custom er between
50 and 100 m iles of your store on home for 46 cents; 11 pounds
from Chicago and other mail order cities w ill cost not
less than
$1.32.
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i
I
S e n a to r B o u rn e is e n title d to d ie c r e d it fo r th e c o n str u c tio n
a n il a u th o rsh ip o f th is b ill, w h ic h g o e s in t o
e ffe c t
J a n u a ry
1,
1 » 1 3 , H AD B O U R N E N E G L E C T E D T H IS B IL L IN A P R IL ( P R I ­
M ARY T IM E ) IT CO VED NOT H A V E BEC O M E A L A W .
He
stu c k to h is p ost r eg a r d less o f p erso n a l d a n g er .
V V.
Citizenship
Ib nirn c b a s liv/M in O regon 3 4 yearn. H e o w n s la r g e in Unrests
in se v e ra l c o u n tie s.
H e Is a str o n g su p p o rte r o f th e O regon S ys­
tem , la v in g a s s is te d In it s fo r m a tio n . H is sp e e c h e s
on P o p u la r
G overiim en t w a s sen t to 2.7OO,<><»<! read ers AT H IS O W N E X P E N S E ,
a n d lias a d v e r tise d llic S ta te th r o u g h o u t tlie w o rld .
F A IL ! R E TO K K-NOM 1NATE B O V R N E AT T H E P R IM A R Y
W AS R E G A R D E D us a p iece o f B A S E IN G R A T IT U D E , IN EVERY
ST A T E IN T H E U N IO N , an d a s lit t le less th a n a N a tio n a l C a la m ity .
Can We Afford to Lose His Influence?
(P aid Adv.)
legislatu re where- they belong, and m and fo r tlie sa m e, in w h ich cam*
by driving the selfish and pernicious tliere w ill be n o d iffic u lty a t a ll in
m easures into oblivion where they, g e ttin g a m a jo r ity to v o te in fa v o r
; o f it.
also, belong.
T h e M ajority R u le
aim n d m en t,
T ake th e tim e an d p a in s to look
if p assed , w ill r ed u c e th e nu m ber in to th e M ajority R u le a m e n d m e n t
o f m e a su r es on th e b u llo t to u san e an d if you do. you w ill v o te for it
b a sis by g iv in g n o tic e t o all (h at a am i p r eserv e d ie in itia tiv e law for
m ea su re in o ilie r to sta n d a c h a n c e th e p eop le o f O regon.
o f p a ssin g m ust h a v e rcul m erit am i
VOTE 3 2 2 X YES.
(lint th e r e m ust lie an actu a l
de­
(P aid A dv.)
FOR
U nited S tates S enator
J
HARRY LANE
HARRY LANE as Superintendent of the Oregon
Insane Asylum made a record for economy and efficiency.
HARRÙ LANE as Mayor of Portland for two
terms made a record for anti-graft and law enforcement.
H A R R \ LANE as United States Senator will give
the State and Nation a service, vigorous, effective
and incorruptible.