PifOE TWO
MEDFORD MAIL TRTBUN"E, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1933.
BARNES ASKS GILL
TEN QUESTIONS IN
SALES TAX DEBATE
Mr. Oay am will you plea answer
the following 10 questions?
No. 1. Just what Is your objection
to House BUI 38?
No. a. Bouse Bill M provides tor
nercent sales tax. two-thirds of the
revenue to go to the counties. After
Gilmore Officials Visitors
loss all the revenue to go to the
mintie. Ever dollar the counties
receive to be posted as a tax credit
on some home owner's tax receipt.
. !.!- .hi. bii reduction for
home owners of the state? Wouldn't
such credits encourage ana prowo
home ownership In the state.
Wouldn't such credits tend to reduce
Interest rates for home development?
No. a. A working man on the
average spends one-fourth of his
earnings ior ancivoi
K.mB a. nitvmenta on a borne.
Interest and taxes. If he earns U0O
per year he spends WOO for "shelter"
requirements. 80, or 30 percent of
this 300, goes for state, county and
i .vna r. this not a sales tax
on this necessity? When a working
man buys "sneiter- isb-i "
modlty Just as food and clothes are
commodities? Why have you never
objected to this 20 percent sales tax
on tnis commoai.y
which a working man spends one
fourth of his earnings.
jn a rvuMt "shelter value" In i
borne receive, when you are consider
ing taxes on real property, any spe
x.i miuideratlon? Should "shelter
, hAm him anv sneclal
TUiuo - - i -i
consideration? lent It a fact that
the older countries in Europe
nlzlng the stabilizing Influence of
home ownership have exempted
homes from taxation and are loaning
money for home development at from
10 percent to 3 percent?
No. 5. At the open bearing on
Rouse Bill S3 at Salem one of the
members of the tax committee, after
listening for two houra to protest
...... ih. nfll h vnurrlf and oth-
era, suggested that those who object
ed to every revenue measure that
comes up before them propose some
substitute. Pointing out that both
the state and the counties were fao-
.'lng unbalanced ouageie. nvo yui
proposed s substitute revenue meas
ure? No. 8. Doesn't money spent more
nearly Indicate ability to pay taxes
than ownership of "shelter?"
No. 7. Mr. Galloway, of the state
tax commission, object: to giving
owners of land credit on their tax
receipts on the grounds that It would
"raise the price of land suitable for
borne development." Do you object
to this measure on the same ground?
No. 8. Our legislature la given the
sole right to define and exempt from
taxation "Institutions that contribute
to the mental and moral welfare of
men, women and children." Do you
question the right of the legislature
to so declare that a famlly'a home
stead contributes to the "mental and
moral welfare" of the family?
In the case of Sisters of Mercy
against Lane county, 133 Oregon 14,
the supreme court says: 1
. "We grant that the annullment of
the Act exempting personal and real
property from the burdens of taxa
tion would add much valuable pro
perty to the tax rolls of Oregon. But,
whether or not such exempt property
should be taxed Is purely a legisla
tive, not a Judicial question; and our
constitution forbids the Judiciary
from entering upon the domain of
the legislative department."
Can the ownership of a homestead
by a family be construed in any way
as serving the public welfare?
ma o ThN hMnw hurrien of taklnc
care of the unemployed la falling
upon the counties. 87.000 beads of
families are out of employment In
me SWIW. jiovouuo uiuav in
A sales tax with the revenue remlt-
-a a Mm fminllM vmilM halt) OrO
Ha tnr t.hlr flare. This tax Credit
and reduced Interest rate would
.nmu k rinHtre rnr home ownorshlo
and many families who 'now have
Jobs, or an income irom some owior
source would una it, unaer tnis new
deal, "cheaper to own a home than
to rent," and many of them wocld
become home owners, and ao contrib
ute to the stability of their govern
H.n. it wnnld arirertlsa oreiron and
bring many families to Oregon who
nave moderate incomes ana wno m
seeking sanctuary from nign taxes on
It would Increase employment,
especially in tne DUiming traaes ana
-ama im t.hft whMtlft nf IrtrlliatrV.
especially In the lumber Industry.
It would not add one cent of In
creased taxes on other real estate, nor
would It remove one dollar's worth of
property irom tne tax roiia. wms
better plan have you to tfer, Mr. OIU?
itn in. Do vou still think that
you can carry out your threat to de
feat House Bin so tnrougn a reieren
dam to the people If the legislature
passe this bill? J. O. BARNES.
i
Improvement Club
Of Eagle Point
Resumes Meetings
XAOLB POINT. jab. J. (Spl.)
Eagle Point Civic Improvement elub
met at the club rooms on Thursday,
January 38, after having been discon
tinued for some time on account of
sickness In the community. President,
Mrs. Earl Stoner, presided. A very
Interesting yearly report was read
which clearly showed the many ac
complishments of this group. Hot
tamalee and coffee were eerved by
the teachers, Mlyetta Olsen, Miss
Fern Simpson, Miss WUda Damlalle,
and Miss Donna Earl,
Others present went Ilia LotUe
van Scoy, Mrs. N. B. Newcomb, Mra.
Wm. Perry, Mrs. Donna Aahpole. Mrs.
Lena Stowell, Mrs. Kuby Walton, Mrs.
Edith Weldman. Mra. PI or nee
Throckmorton, Mrs. Floyd Barrett,
Mra. Prances Campbell, Mrs. Nora
Harris. Mrs. Mattle Brown, Mm.
Christine Dinsmor. Mrs. Lottie Ctn
cade, Mrs. Amy Brown, Mrs. Grace
Walker, Mra. Sarah E. Howlett, Hat'
tie Howlett, Mrs. Jessie Mlttelstaedt
and Miss Leila Oaltlen.
Pot Puel Oil delirei.. Phone MI
Kemking Trucking Company, We (Ive
F" ?' ' " 'ueaxjvr-r
MP . I
C. B. Garretson
Howard O. young
Hie appointment of Howard O. You eg as sales supervisor of the Oregon
territory for the Gilmore oil company has Just been announced by C B.
Garrotaon, assistant sales manager for Ollmore. Both men were recent
visitors In Medford calling on Chuck EM Is, local manager.
Mr. Young comes to Oregon from Bakerslleld, California where he was
district manager for the Ban Joaquin valley for Ollmore.' He will work
under the direction of D. H. F. MscPheiyon, northwest division manager,
according to Oarretaon.
Mr. Osrretson'a home la In Los Angeles.
PERTINENT TALK
Medford Rotartana beard an Inspir
ing talk which left them with much
food for thought at their regular
weekly meeting Tuesday. Henry H.
Manny of Seatttle, former northwest
district governor of Rotary Interna
tional, was the speaker and chose as
his subject. The Bonded Indebted
ness of the United States and How It
Affects Taxation."
Mr. Manny's address which wss
followed with keen Interest by his
hearers Included many salient facta
concerning the national and local
debt situation and la quoted In part
as follows:
The whole United States Is bur
dened under a load of debt. We have
voted billions and billions In bonds
for publlo works that must be paid,
but with the mountalng taxes to take
care of this Indebtedness, and with
the Increased expenditure In govern
ment, It la perfectly evident tnat
many of these bonds must be de
faulted, and more of the people'a
savings lost. ,
"The only form of extravagance to
day la In government expense. This
must be stopped, and the only way It
can be stopped, Is by an uprising on
the part of the property owners and
business men to counteract the prop
aganda of a radical nature and force
economy In government, through
publlo opinion, Just as every property
owner and business man has been
compelled to economies today. Un
less this la accomplished, there can
not be anything ahead but ruin and
want.
Property values have shrunk from
38 to 33 l-s per cent, ixes nave
Increased until It la forcing thou
sands and thousands of property
owners to give up their property,
and their homes, because of their In
ability to pay; therefore, those still
holding property will be forced to
pay an Increased amount to take care
of the rockless expenditures of pub'
llo funds.
"No bond Issuea should be voted of
any kind, because we havent the
money to pay. Every man elected to
publlo office anouid be forced, thru
publlo opinion, to pledge himself,
not to ordinary economy, but to a
program of the strictest economy of
every kind. If the property owners
and business men of this nation
could be mobllled on a program of
una aina. gooa limes wouia return,
and the United States would go for
ward happily and successfully. This
Is the only solution of our problems
today, and unless this la done there
will be no return of prosperity."
Mr. Manny also cited many lnstan
ces of lsrge cities confronted with a
staggering burden of debt Including
his own home town of Seattle where
various ventures In municipal own
ership have resulted In an unbeliev
able tax rat which la one of the
highest In America, He also told
of the state of Oregon's bonded In-
deabtedneas which Is over 313 mil
lion dollars of 78 per cent of entire
worth.
In closing the speaker stated that
this waa the Mth talk he hsd msde
on the subject of taxstlon In the past
year In an endeavor to awaken a re
allaatlon In bla hearera that the pree-
ent altuatlon la desperate and must
be remedied before It la too late.
Vlaltlng Rotartana at the meeting
Included Lew Hubbs and H. H.
Manny of Seatttle. Dick Isaacs of
Medford waa a guest at the luncheon.
PHOENIX LADIES' AID
WILL MEET ALL DAY
PHOENIX, Peb. 1 (Spl.) An
nouncement In an earlier issue that
the Ladles' Aid society of the Presby
terian church bare would meet Thurs
day afternoon at the borne of Mra.
Malmgren, should have read that an
all-day meeting would be beiid. with
covered dish dinner at noon.
Pender and Body repairing. Price
right Brill Sheet Metal Work.
at HALF th
pHc of other
Quality ,
Mouth-uuhet
At your "
druggist's
TBIALSIZX
ROGUE FRUIT
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A telegram has been received by
Ben S, Harder, president of the First
National Bank, from Senator Fred
Stelwer at Washington, D. C, stat
ing that he had already started work
to secure federal funds for the fi
nancing of the 1939 fruit crop har
vest in the Rogue river valley. An
earlier telegram from Senator Chas.
L. McNary said that he was confer
ring and working with agricultural
credit corporation officials towards
scouring the loan.
It is , estimated that the maxinum
amount required will be 760,000,
If secured will cover packing charges
sa well as the various forms of pear
production, from smudging to harvesting.
Senator Stl war's message brought
tihe Information that lie would con
fer with Chief Towte of the Agricul
tural Credit Corporation this after
noon, to discuss conditions and details.
Local orchardlats acquainted with
the details, feel that speedy action
will be obtained, once the credit cor
poration has all the facts at hand,
and are convinced of the merits of
the loan, and that It will prove sub
stantial and bene f total to the fruit
industry and this district.
Details for the forming of a local
credit corporation, acting In con-
Junction with the Agricultural crcdi
It Corporation bank In Portland, will
be arranged once the loan has been
approved.
The funds would be available for
the spring orchard work, which will
start late In March, full blast, ac
cording to present Indications.
OF
ty delegation to tne legislature.
The committee last night also dls
cussed tbe proposed antl-dumplng
bill Introduced In the legislature as
house bill 331 and providing for con- 1 February 8.
trol of producer dealers and peddlers.
No definite decision was reached re
garding tbe bill, which will be con
sidered again at . another meeting
Oregon Weal her.
Pair tonight and Thursday, but
with valley fogs; Uttle change In tem
perature; gentle changeable winds
offshore.
. Fortlanders Here E. J. Roth, H. a.
Perwell, lone Cook. P-enk Cruver, 1
J. Rasmussen, D. M. Slmms, aromas
McOulre, H. T. Wllmartn, D. J. Mc
Oowan. P. A. Johnson, R. U. Nlcbol
son. V. I. Powel. Mr. and Mra. J. a
McCord, Mr. and Mrs Dudley Allen,
E P. Peltbman and W. P- Hlntzen,
all of Portland, were guests In Med
ford today on business and pleasure.
TO
The agricultural committee of the
chamber of commerce and the mar
keting committee of the grange met
at the chamber of commerce Monday
and prepared a recommendation to
be presented to the state legislature
asking for a measure empowering the
director of agriculture of the state
of Oregon to act as a marketing com
missioner, setting up machinery to
advice growers.
The sponsors of the move. It was
explained today, do not contemplate
any additional flnnanclal outlay, but
the creation of an adviser for pro
ducers and distributers when re
quested. The adviser, In accordance with the
plan would gather and disseminate
Impartial Information concerning
supply, demand, prevailing prices
and commercial movements, Includ
ing common and cold storage of any
such products. The plan would also
foster and encourage cooperation be
tween producers and distributors.
Such a plan has been under study
here for some time add Is dwiigned
after that In operation In California.
Copies of the proposed bill were sent
today to Max Gehlher, directors of
agriculture, and to the Jackson ooun-
SIWpVMI
UGLY GOITRE
"Goes In 4 Weeks"
Avoid Danatrous Optratlon
"Your ttmr V hnma trirmpn nn m
folti." Mr. J. M. Spencer, Attic. Ohio.
"Mr doctor Mid operate. But by your
trMuntmi 1 ended tny goitre la S mouth.
That wu J ua ago Goitre aerer re
taraed."-Mr. W. A. Pese. Creston, B C
' " End Goto Quick at Horn
900,000 people aire treated goitre at
imi thli mit. harm !ti it. Man u
gvtlrat tided in 4 wncks trtn thou fit thr
hem this caiy, harmlrtf
sTotlrafl ended in 4 wnckm tr
mtthcnU had failed. J) if 44-ps Mluttrtttrd
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prlH tslla SOW to cad goitre quick.
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wubtMU usage or Opemtiosv,
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Chesterfields are
Milder
WHEN you ask a Chesterfield
smoker why that's his brand he
generally comes right out flat-footed and
iays .'. ."It's because They're Milder!"
So we're going to keep on doing
iverything we know how to keep them
that way.
That's why we look for and buy the
mildest and ripest tobaccos we can get.
That's why we age them in our ware
houses till they're mellow and sweet.
We believe that even the shredding
of the tobacco . . . and the quality of the
paper it's rolled in, have a lot to do
with the even-drawing, mild smoke that
people enjoy in Chesterfields.
You can bank on this . . . every method
known to science is used to make Chest
erfield a milder, better-tasting cigarette
that satisfies. -
Chesterfield Radio Program Bvery night ex-
oept Sunday, Columbia ooait-lo-ooast Network. '
THEY'RE MILDER
THEY TASTE BETTER
0 1939. Insonr ft Mriu Tobacco Co.
ester
field
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