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NOW IS THE TIME
by d em anding th a t th ere be less
need for tax revenue, by refusing to
san ctio n new schem es for new form s
p f ta x a t'o n ra th e r th a n reduction of
present tax atio n , by dem anding th a t
th e condlnued Issuance of tax-exem pt
bonds by city, county, sta te and n a­
tio n al governm ent be discontinued,
by refusing to vote for the in n u m er­
able m easures th a t a re proposed th a t
co n stan tly ra 'se th e tax bill b it by
bit th ro u g h th e establishm ent of new
d ep artm en ts, new officials and new
dem ands upon th e public treasu ry
and fin ally by tak in g an Interest in 1
o ur public a ffa irs and votin g for men
and m easures w hich m ean less poll- t
tics and more business in governm ent
The tim e is h ere rig h t now before
th e com ing elections fo r the people to
tak e th e ir first stan d In reducing
th e cost of governm ent.
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Don’t Surrender Your Rights!
UR forefathers fought for their rights.
Many of them gave their lives that we
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might enjoy freedom.
In the Declaration of Independence they
recorded those truths that have so safely
guided our democracy.
A sotin county in so u th east corner
of s ta te of W ashington has a tax levy
for all purposes am ounting to 6259,-
JUSTICE DELAYED
f!i6.76. The w heat yield the co u n ty 's
it is discouraging to learn th a t
i nly g rain , is estim ated a t 250,COO , the suprem e court of th e United
bushels. At 90 cents u bushel, a little States, b eg in n in g its fall teorm , faces
b e tte r th an p resen t m ark et price, a d cket of 650 cases, w hich it can-
And now these rights are attacked. The School Mo­
co u n ty ’s Income from w heat w ill be not possibly get th ro u g h w ith in less
nopoly Bill (called on the ballot Compulsory Education
arou n d 6225,000.
' th an two years. T his m eans th a t any
Bill) proposes that w e surrender a God-given righ t-th e
W heat rep resen ts about 80 p er re w case m ust w ait tw o y ears or
right of parental control—the right of a parent to say in
cen t of A sotin co u n ty ’s to tal ag ricu l- 'm ore for a b earin g ,
what school his or her own child shall be educated.
tu ra l and h o rtic u ltu ra l resources.
it Bbould be rem em bered, too, th a t
T he county w ill th erefo re have to law suits do not come directly to th e 1
'produce about 630,000 m ore th a n re- suprem e court. Most of th e cases a r ­
Maintain your right to control your child through the
r i v e d from th e w heat crop in ord er ' riv in g th ere have had a len g th y hls-
education you feel it is right to give it Do not be led astray
to m eet tax jjaym ents, according to tory already. As a resu lt of trials and
by fine phrases. Look into this dangerous bill. You will
the secretary of the Asotin C ounty ie tria ls and appels, It my be four or
find the vital principle of “unalienable” rights is at stake.
T axp ay ers’ A ssociation.
five yers from th e Inception of a law-
“ Our farm ers," says th e secretary aUlt to its fin al d estin atio n by the
"can no longer boast of being free hig h est court.
holders; they are m ere te n a n ts of th e j “Ju stic e delayed is Justice denied.” |
s ta te and county."
, T he In v o lu n tary denial of Justice
A sotin county la In no w orse pre- in thia w ay is acknow ledged to be
dicam ent th an m any o th er ag ricu l- 1 due to tw o causes,
tu ra l sections in w estern states. W h at I F irs t th ere is th e fact, attested by ;
else can one expect w hen they con- i formez Ju stic e C larke, th a t a g reat
slder th e follow ing fig u res which m any of the cases carried to th e su- i
w'ere recently published: W ashing- prem e co u rt have no business there, '
Called on the ballot Compulsory Education Bill
ton b population increased 18.8 p er . involving as they do m erely ro u tin e
cent for the decade 1909-1919, as- q uestions th a t could easily be decided
sessed valuation Increased 33.2 p er by the low er courts. " F ig h tin g a case
T h ix ad vertisem en t U paid tor b y th e N on -9ectarian an d P rotestan t S ch ools C o m m itte e .
cent and taxes H 0 .6 p er cent; Ore­ th ro u g h to th e h ig h est co u rt” has
gon, in the same order, 16.4 per cent, become a vice in A m erican ju risp ru -
23.2 p er cent and 240 p er cent: Cali­ ence. As a resu lt, th e h ig h est state
fornia, 44.1 per cent, 97.7 per cent, and federal co u rts are so ov erb u rd ­ S tates is bounded on the n o rth by the
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F ork of Hood R ver.
243 per cent. On top of th is came ened w ith p etty business th a t they St, L aw rence riv er und th e g reat
Salem— G ills’ In d u stria l school,
a to ta l In tern al revenue tax for n a­ can n o t do Justice to th e m ore im port- ]eaI{g__ u f e
♦ recently destroyed by fire, to be re ­
OREGON INDUSTRIAL
tio n al governm ent purposes for y ear a n t m atters.
2 b u ilt a t cost of 632,000.
REVIEW
ending Ju n e 30, 1920, in C alifornia,
Ail of the courts are clogged w ith
The A llies could get to g e th e r if ♦
« Lebanon cannery has o u tp u t v alu ­
6179,267.566; Oregon. 627,569,223; cases, bu t th e hig h est courts, w hich th ere w asn ’t alw ays so m ething each ❖ ♦ ♦
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♦ <• « <J ed a t more th a n 6200,000.
W ashington, 642,608,453. The to tal should be m ost free, are clogged the w ante„
sep arately .— W ashington
R oseburg— P ositive signs of h 'g h
Salem to g et 620,000 m orgue.
taxes paid federal governm ent and w orst. And thia evil seems to be due
grade oil discovered a t O akland-
Poet.
V ernonia— L arge
new
business
tuxes paid each sta te for support of m ainly to th e lax ity w ith w hich re ­
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S u th erlin well.
building g o in g up.
s ta te governm ent and in’n o r subdi­ tria ls and appears are g ran ted , for
It Is sim ply im possible for a fel­
Medford aw ards c o n tra c t for arm ­
New Union H igh school building
visions for the year 1920 were: Cali­ slig h t cause o rp e tty techn icalities, low to beat all th e fast tra in s to all
ory.
a t V ernonia com pleted.
fo rn ia, 6474,021.048; Oregon, 668,- in th e low er courts.
Ihe g ta d e
crossings.— C harleston
G ran ts P ass— B eaver P o rtlan d Ce­
Bend L ay in g of brick fo r new
686,691; W ashington, (1 9 1 9 ) 6102,.
It was to seek a rem edy for this G azette.
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m ent Co. to c o n stru ct huge lim e Carmody th e a tre started .
751,294.
slow ing down of A m erican Judicial
Medford— W ork on new pow er
Mr. B ryan has c u t his hair. A ppar­ p lant here.
D urin g th e period of w ar inflation m ach in ery th a t Chief Ju stice T aft
A shland—-S brinerà p lan n in g tem ­ tian sm issio n line betw een P rospect
tax bills were increased recklessly recen tly w ent to E n g lan d , w here our en tly , he d id n 't w ant to be m istaken
ple here.
p la n t of C alfo rn ia-O reg o n P ow er Co.
Just as p riv ate individuals, com panies fu n d am en tal law o rig in ated , and for a flapper.— A sheville Tim es.
Hood R iver— Loop road in U pper and S pringfield, Oregon, nearly fin ­
an d corporations expanded and b or­ w here court business ad m itted ly is
T hey Call prices p ro h ib itiv e be-
ished.
row ed money beyond the lim it of han d led w ith fa r m ore expedition, cause they n ever take a drop.— 1’hlL V alley to be rocked th e fall.
H alfw ay— H eavy
shipm ents of
H erm iston— McKay Creek dam as­
safety . F o r tw o years p riv ate in d u st­ S om ething o u g h t to come from Mr. ad ctphla N o rth A mericun.
ca ttle leaving here.
sured.
ry haB been paying off its debts, c u t­ T a ft’s efforts.
W heeler— Pac. S tates Tel. Co. ex­
V ernonia— New P o rtlan d , A storia
tin g o u t th e w ar tim e ex travagance
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i C lv ilizat'o n alw ays h as had a hard
pending
62,000 b u ild in g line from A Pacific line of Spokane, P o rtlan d
and g e ttin g back to norm al. Many
4 4 4 4 V 4 4 4 4 O 4 4 a | ‘lme K ett,n s a l° “ « w l,h th e next-door W heeler to N ehalem .
v v f v v v v v v v - r v v * ,l e l f f h b o r 8 Toledo Blade.
& S eattle system to s ta r t service
concerns w ere forced Into b ankruptcy
G resham — C onstruction Zweibel
w hile o thers a re still stru g g lin g to •••
W IT AND WISDOM
♦ 1 D rivers had no more horse sense in Mfg. Co. p lan t progressing rapidly. soon. O 1 b u rn in g locomotives to be
used.
pay out.
Dee— Oregon L um ber Co. con­
M edford p ear crop 1300 cars this
U nder norm al conditions w ith ❖ ❖ ♦ ■> o ♦ • • ♦ ♦ o o ♦ ♦ m * the old day K H was tlie ho ,'8 e that
had it.— B altim ore Sun.
stru c tin g log storage pond on east year.
w ar tim e profits elim in ated th e av er­
W onder If it would be possible to
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age farm er, w orking man and in d u st­ slow down a phonograph to w here it
ry is fin d in g it more d ifficu lt to pay could play th e Congressional Record?
w ar tim e taxes out of a peace tim e — D etroit News.
income. R elief w ill come only w hen
T he d ifficu lty of te llin g how an
we huve more business and less poli­
tics in governm ent und when the election is com ing o u t is succeeded by
people awuken to th e fact th a t w hs» th a t of explain in g why it d ld n ’t.-
they vote an ex p en d itu re of 61,00«,- D allas News.
000, 65,000.000 o r 610.000,000 today
When a candidate for the high office of governor bases his candidacy on certain
W e’re going to need those locks we
they m ust dig It o u t of th e ir pockets
claims
and promises as to what he will do if elected, the public is entitled to have his
put on o u r cellars to keep w hat coni
in tax money tom orrow .
claims analyzed and examined.
we have left.— New York T ribune.
T he rem edy for th e present s itu a ­
tion reHts w ith th e people them selves
The eastern p a rt
th e U ntied ,
In this campaign, W a lte r Pierce has gone
109, and he has given his public approval on
They have written that men are endowed
by their Creator with certain “unalienable”
rights, and “to secure these rights govern­
ments are instituted among men.”
Vote 315X NO on the
School Monopoly Bill
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Taxes
Many are Being
Sold
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All purchasers are satisfied. The demand will be
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early delivery may be assured.
See O. C. Young, Resident Agent
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and the
about the country melo-dramatically tearing tax
bills in two by w ay of illustrating what he w ill
do to taxes if elected.
T h e voter, then, should analyze the tax mat­
ter to the extent of becoming informed as to
just what part the governor plays in imposing
o r reducing taxes.
In the first place, the voter should know that
the total levy in Oregon for 1922 is $40,473,906.
This is a reduction of over $1,500,000 from
last year, so that it w ill be seen the high cost of
government following the w ar is already reced­
ing.
O f thia 1928 levy of 40 million, over 31 m il­
lion was for coanty, city and school district
purposes, over which the governor could have
no possible control whatever.
O f the remaining 9 million for state purposes,
only SV4 m illion are taxes over which the legis­
lature has any discretion, and of thia am ount
only 2 % m illion are for the actual expenses of
state government and m ight, therefore, in even
the remotest degree, be charged to the methods
employed by the governor in administering the
state’s affairs.
In passing, it should be noted that thia state
levy is an increase of 41 per cent, since 1916,
and not several hundred per cent, as stated on
various occasions by the democratic candidate.
I t should also be noted that less than half of
this 41 per cent occurred during M r. O lcott’s
administration. T his ability to keep down the
cost of the state government to so small an
increase, when living expenses In the ordinary
home in the same period increased over 100 per
cent, is a moat creditable showing.
M R . P IE R C E ’S T A X R E C O R D
I t is proper at thia point to examine M r.
Pierce’s own record on taxes and sea if past
actions as a legislator square w ith his words.
O f the $9.376,289 of state taxes for 1928,
which include the millage taxes, M R . P IE R C E
S P E C IF IC A L L Y
HAS
APPROVED
OF
$8 584.039. or 92 per cent. H e had no chance
at moat of the other 8 per cent
O f the 1922 state taxes. Pierce introduced
bills accounting for $1,429,126, or IS per cent.
In addition to thia, he voted for tax bills
introduced by others to the amount of $6,1 I V
Governor
numberless occasions of measures passed since
he was returned from the legislature causing
taxes amounting to $1,020,804, making a totaj
of state taxes approved by Pierce o f U . 564.039,
or 98 per . cent of the total 1922. There is na
telling how much of the rem ainder be m ight
have approved if he had had a chance, and it
may be significant that tjxe state tSKes have
decreased over 11 per cent since M r. Pierce was
retired from the State Senate.
M r. Pieqce has ahvays been a consismnt
booster. H e voted against only
of all the anpropriatkauf of the (219 ■
In W IT M b I»ierib
money, note^ m a rt
taxation.' Y e t he pnatte
take the burden o ffre a T
H e voted fo r submission o f $462,000 bond
issue to build a new penitentiary.
M r. O lcott, at no T A X expense and with
'son labor, has fixed up the old penitentiary
excellent shape for another $5 years.
M r. Pierce voted againsi accepting road ma­
chinery from the government. T h a t machinery
r.ow amounts in value to $1.80<h000.
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G O V E R N O R O L C O T T ’S R E C O R D
T h e above are but a few of the extravagances
o f Pierce. M r. O lcott, <jn the other hand, has
conducted the business of the stale in an eco­
nomical, sane and business-like manner.
He
has saved the state thousands of dollars because
o f his level-headedness and his intim ate knowl­
edge of state affairs. H e built a new Boys’
Industrial School Building by diversion of a
m illage fund, and therefore, w ithout a single
cent additional tax. H e has insisted upon devel­
opment of the various state farm s connected
w ith the state institutions until the present year
•hows the unprecedented income from thia
source of $421,611. H e is no talker, no politi­
cian, no idle promiser and is not seeking re-elec­
tion under false pretenses nqr catering to preju­
dice, but is going to the people on his own
splendid record, confident that if be can but get
that record and M r Pierce's record before the
voters of Oregon that he w ill be vindicated op
•lection day,
J «y, Tuesday, " Nov. " 7 tlx
Vote for Olcott
for GOVERNOR
REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
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