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LAND WITH TAX
IS LANE'S PLAN
Secretary of the Interior Advocates
Taxation of Unused Land by Tax
on Speculative Value in Order to
Raise War Revenues Owners Must
Utilize Property or Pay for Holding
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NEW EXPLOSIVE
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'It's First Premium on an Insurance
Policy to Guard Against Prussian
ism," Declares Wizard Who Is
Working 20 Hours a Day to Serve
His Country in New Inventions.
Chemist's Discovery Equals "Dun-
donald's Terror," Say Military Ex
perts, if Claims Are Borne Out
by Official Tests Offered to the
United States Government.
(By Gllson Gardner, "Washington Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. June 6. That the
land speculator should bear his share
of the war tax burden is an opinion
growing In administration circles
' Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the In
terior, has come out flat-footedly for
taxing unused lands into use by put
ting a tax on their speculative value.
So has Carl Vrooman, assistant secre
tary of agriculture.
"So one Is entitled to that which
be does not use.
Tills statement by Secretary Lane is
becoming a popular slogan. Lane has
tried to force Into use the privately
owned land In the various reclamation
projects.
Not Public Lands,
"These lands," said Lane, "are not
public lands, they belong to private
owners, but if the latter do not utilize
their property the time may not be far
off when national needs will require
confiscation and government cultiva
tion
This idea has been formally endors
ed by C. V. Kegley, master of the
"Washington State grange and by
farmers' organizations in North and
South Dakota, Montana and Minno
sota, including the Farmers' Non
Partisan league.
The patriotic campaign to raise
enough crops to win this war Las
brought out the fact in the United
States nearly half the arable land Is
unused because It is held by private
owners for speculative purposes.
Speculation keeps out of use, not
only city lots, but acres and acres of
the finest growing land on the conti
nent. There are approximately a bil
lion acres of land which can be cul
tivated in the United States. Of this
amount 630,000,000 acres held in prl
vate ownership are regularly left bar
ren and unfilled.
Tnx Idle Lnnds.
If this were public land, open to use
by any man willing to work It, much
of It would be worked; there would
be less unemployment and the prod
ucts of land would be cheaper.
These are not the chief reasons,
however, which have turned attention
of congress to unused lands.
Just now it is a question of making
speculative land values; bear their
share of the war burden.
Incomes and war profits are being
taxed, transportation Is being taxed,
housing, clothing and food every
thing tl
"ling Is
And still government revenues are
not enough to meet the Interest and
sinking fund to pay off the $7,000,-
000,000 war bond issue.
More money must be had. Why not
tap the greatest reserve In the world,
the speculative value of unused land?
Itlglits of (iovernment.
There Is no question as to the Tight
of the government for war purposes
i m nfor this source of revenue. A
nation struggling to continue exist
ence as a nation may do things which
could not bo done in normal peaco
times.
During the civil war Income taxes
were levied (with a publicity feature)
and no ense ever was taken to the su
prome court. Congress could tax un
used land values at this time without
fear of legal controversy.
It probably will be necessary to
frame such a tax as this In order to
induce capital to take its shnre of the
-liberty loan issues.
At present surplus wealth is show
ing a disposition to avoid the low rate
Investments of the patriotic war
honrls and seek higher profits by
putting money Into land holdings In
the belief that the sale value 10 or 20
years hence will be the equivalent of a
much higher rate of interest than the
3 or 4 per cent to be earned by loan
lne the money to the government.
a mr on such Investment would
tend to drive capital Into more pa
trotlc uses.
BL MILTON I1RONKKR.
XKW YORK, Juno 6. A secret
equal to the famous "Dundonnld's
terror'' hus been offered to the United
ORAXfiK, N. J., June 6. I'ny what States government, if the claims of
it's worth to you to be an American l)r. Ihiyve II. DeWaltoff, vice presi
citizen. , ,i,., p n... a Ai..,i;,.,..ii,.,r.
Figure it cold-bloodedly if you ,,-,, ,.., ,.,.., , i...
are built thut way. Consider what Lni(,ial investigation.
tins country lias meant to you, wain xh ....... ..,,, ,. .,..,,, in ,ls
it will mean to your children and to holll.s o if Waltoff's explosive will do
humanity i:i f::ttirc grncrntirns. Then ns ,u, s.,vs it wil) m he ,; llf
when you have thought ovei
these
do
military and naval experts- bul
tilings, lane pen in nnnii unit no there's a irrent liie- IF
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Tim cocukcr was one who lias done
' I iit no .i: . .1 1... T-...W.. I.
nil,! s dolor ns milch for America Uimni-Kunmnum
as any citizen in the land and more n 11,1,1 Kn. WllR announced to the
(l, , ThnmiKi Alvn !', s,m. league ill lis annual eonvenuoii new
At Til when most men with his J1 trrilllls t "teiTornll, COStlllj
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mnnev anil one-tentli ins ncnieve-i - ......
nients are content to sit in slippered vvooiwort u ouililing, ue Walton says
ease, Edison is put tint; in as high as
20 hours a day to serve his country
Spirit of Service.
The spirit of 1017 in America
should bo n spirit of service," said
Edison. "From the highest to the
lowest, the uppermost idea should
be how we can serve our common
A few cents' worth would wreck the
Palisades of the Hudson.
It was discovered during experi
mental search for a cheap gasoline
nsbstitnto.
It can be put- up in capsule fonn:
an aviator could carry tin unlimited
supply.
The unsolved problem is how to
country. Some of us are going to make it safe to handle.
make the supreme snentiec ot our Aviators dropping "terrorall" could
lives on the haltieiieius ot r ranee wreck the Kiel naval base and
and on the high sens, borne ot niunition buses behind the German
are working night nnd day to solve nnnv )i,iea wit, a fcw charges, says
the scientiiic questions involved in Ue Waltoff. They could destroy lier-
conqucring our (jerninn toes, home nm j a fcw minutes.
of us are expected to do our hit on Now DmidoiiaM's Terror.
ll. n.. in ll.n fil ol ,ivil Tlierel
in i ! n p ... ;p . The chemist's reputed discovery
nun me j 11 ui,ci lies UL
will but look for it with patriotic
eyes.
"The great republic, founded by
Washington and saved by Lincoln,
must be perpetuated under Wilson. I
am not one of those who think the
out. I remember Ihe days of 'til and be nf" to, 'l'" t'Mt "".'! itImitht
think when the people are fully awake
DundonaldV
terror," the secret of which, locked
in the Tower of London, is guaided
by the British government.
If used, it is said, "Dundonald s
terror" could destroy all n nation :
enemies; but its secret would then
the same devotion to . country, , the
same passion for liberty will make
itself manifest.
To Ituy Liberty Itonds.
thing that entors into the cost of liv-
ng is being taxed.
"One thing is sure the minimum Russia, but Dundoniild insisted he be
service any of us can render America thc operator, swine he would ho
ind the democracy of the whole world kiii.d ,i,Self in annihilating all the
is to buy Liberty bonds, the loan Russians.
snouiu noi oiuy oe iiinv suus.iiuc.i. Disagreement resulted in revoca
It should lie oversubscribed. iNo gov- t:on ,,p the admiraltv's decis-
eminent in the history ot the world ;011 ( llse the secret.
ever asked money tor a nobler pur- Military men sav lie Wiiltoff
pose. vention, if vindicated, will equal Dun-
"lo buy a bond is to pay the tirst donuld's in power.
premium on an insurance policy Psychologists declare Do W.'.llol'f
against thc death ot dcmncincj, shmvK ft facial .resenihlance to
against brutal Prussian militarism, published portraits of l)unlonal,
nirainst liiture wars witn iiieir re
sultant deaths und sorrows and hor-
rs."
He said these things in his soft,
well modulated voice. Then he in
dicated goodbv and went back to
his laboratory, his wires and test
ing tubes and batteries.
BULLETINS OF INTEREST
10 VALLEY RESIDENTS
Recently published bulletins of the
Oregon Agricultural College of inter
est to valley residents:
Kxtension Bulletin No. 2 00, The
Control of the Pocket Oopher.
Extension Bulletin No. 204. Home
Canning.
Extension Bulletin No. 209, Garden
Crops.
result in destruction of the human E
race.
Britain refused to use Dundonald's
invention in 1810 and 1814 against
Fiance. During the Crimean war the
admiralty once voted to use it against
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PARIS, June fi. A semi-official
note says that Marshal Jofl're, while
in America, hnu n conference with
Aniericaii military chiefs at which a
plan of otganizntiou for the new
American iiriny was ctulmriitcd in
agreement, with the British leaders.
The note says:
"It will surprise none that the
marshal took a preponderating part
in the plan, literally everything which
he advised being adopted. His col
laborators styled him 'The godfather
of the American army.'
'At a moment when the first ele
ments of this tinny arc getting ready
to take their place on our front be
side our allies, the French government
considered it only fitting to confirm
the marshal in his sponsorship.
"The program for this collabora
tion has already been drawn up. Mar
shal Jofl're is officially entrusted
with the mission of putting constant
ly at the disposal of our great sister
republic what France has learned in
three yeurs of hard campaigning."
V0IE8 ROAD BONDS
BRAZIL REPLIES 10
ORANTS PASS, June (I. A total
of l.r;":) votes was cast in Josephine
county in Monday's election, of which
7(11 were in the city of Grunts Pass
nnd 8fi3 in the rural precincts.
In Grants Pass the road bonds car-
Hin .1 AXIV.UO. June fi. Brazil has ned by Ihe vote ot .1.111 yes to 1,1 no
replied to the German note protesting In the 1 ntry precincts it failed to
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4 w, tinwitintiitiir nf I fiTlllll n I I U I i.V , UIU 1UIU OUtnu .mm iub iu .Jiu
liii.a tvilh n iteclnriitton that the re- no.
public lias acieo wnniii uic smci lim
its of the law, even ns interpreted by
Qcnnnnv. The Braziliiin reply said
in part
"The utilization of German ships
bv Brazil follows the torpedoing of
Brazilian merchant ships and assures,
The completed vole of Josephine
county on all Ihe measures was:
To allow ports to incur indebted
ness, yes, GO 1 ; no, (l-l.'i
To limit hills in legislature, yes,
30r); no, 1083,
Implied repeal iiiuendmenl, yes,
ilimnilv nnd immediately, although bv il- no, 781
force, satisfaction for the losses Uniform tnx amendment, yes, 610;
..inisi.,1 be Dei-man submarines. Bra- nni ''"
ii i, iL-,.n n st.., which nil nations City nnd stale elections on
1 nko. even without abandoning its day, yes, 934 ; no, 44(1
...,. ,.p ..,. r,.r iho snln rensnn of Xcw penitentiary, yes, 20"
P.iriiiiin- nn ntTendinir nation to make 1 1 1-0,
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duo reparation."
WORKERS AND POLICE
CLASH IN STOCKHOLM:
I.ON'DON', June fi. ('lushes be
tween crowds of workers and the po
lice nnd soldiers in Stockholm during
a debate in the riksdag on socialist in
terpellations nre reported ill a dis
patch to Renter's from the Swedish
capital. Dnrinff the debate thc streets
near the parliament building were
barred bv a double line of soldiers
and police. Considerable crowds
gathered and stones were thrown. The
police used swords and batons and
bevcral persons were injured.
If 0,000,000 road bonds, yes, 830;
no, 717.
I'OHTLAXI), Ore., June 0. Ol'fi
cials today were checking up the
large lists of Oregon men who reg
istered vesterday for selective draft.
A man named Dnvid Coroff, Port
hind, 11 Russian, aged 21, is believed
to be the only man in jail in Oregon
for refusing to register. Coroff told
the police early in the duv he would
not register and when the booths
closed he nit arrested.
By ALLIES AIRSHIPS
LONDON, Juno 0. Photographic,
reconnaissances of the Belgian port
of Ostend, recently attacked by Brit
ish aviators, show that a majority
of the stock ynrds and work shops
were daninged, it is announced offi
cially. Serious damage was dono to
other harbor work and several ves
sels were sunk.
TAX BILL
REDRAFTING IDE
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WASHINGTON', June 0. Demands
from business interests for eleventh
hour changes nre making the senate
finance committee's task of rediul't-
the house war tax bill increas;ii;lv
difficult.
'Tremendous pressure is bcin;;'
brought to bear," said Senator Lodge,
a republican member of the com
mittee. "Hundreds of telegrams und
letlers arc received daily. A score
of lobbyists also are personally act
ive."
The committee plans to complete
the hill by Friday. Work went for
ward) today while both house of
congress were iu recess observing
regis! ration day and liipior and to
bacco taxes finally were disposed of
Hevenues of .fl'il, 000,000 from liq
uors, including heer, und' about IfliH,-
000,000 from tobacco products, cs
tiinatcd from the house rates, are
expected to show but slight reduction
by Ihe committee's revision, despite
jts decision to place prohibitive taxes
upon gram used 111 distilling whiskey
and other spirits.
Doubled taxes 011 beer were
changed.
A new federal license tnx upon au
tomobiles of one per cent of their
original selling price, to bo paid by
owners, is being considered by the
coinmittce(, ill t ho it virtually decided
several days ago to establish laxes
ranging from $7XtO to $25 per car.
Taxation of newspapers, maga
zines und otho publications was re
opened today when several members
of the committee informally received
n delegation of Pittsburg newspa
per publishers, headed by former
TO MAN SEIZED
GERMAN VESSELS
WASHINGTON', Juno C Many of
the German vessels seized In Ameri
can portB at tho beginning of the war
may be manned by British merchant
marine officers if enough American
officers cannot ue found for them.
The shipping board recommended to
President Wilson today an extension
of the Panama canal proclamation of
1914, which would permit this.
Tho government expects to have
great difficulty in finding both offi
cers and men for the German ships
and for the great fleot of vessels the
shipping board are preparing to build.
Congress will be asked soon to 0111
powor the president to suspend cer
tain provisions of tho navigation laws
to permit an interchange of American
and Canadian shipping on tho Great
Lakes and to allow British vessels to
lily betweon American ports and l'or
to Rico.
A shortage of coastwise shipping on
the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts,
it is believed, may bo met under tho
law creating tho shipping hoard. The
law permits the board to operate in
coastwise trade any vessels It may
charter. Foreign vessels, therefore,
may bo chartered and operated by the
hoard for coaBt ships. At present
thoy aro ba'rrcd from engaging In
coastwise trade.
Senator Oliver, who urged adoption
of the house plan, providing for in
crease of second-class postage rates.
The committee took under advise
ment the arguments iiindo bv tho
Pittsburg publishers against the pro
posed sub-tax of two per cent upon
publishers' advertising receipts.
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