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PAGE TWO MEDFORD ilAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1933. LITTLE TOWN'S . LIGHTING PLANT Helps Cut Tax Rate From $1.12 On $100 Property Valuation to 1 1 Cents Rates Will Be Reduced WASHINGTON, Itw!. (UP)-A mu nlclnally owned electric plant 1 car rying the major portion of thle clty'e rigm against aspression. Primarily, the revenue from the electric' plant, rates of which are among the lowest In the state, has permitted reduction of the city tax rate from 11.13 on 100 property val uation to 11 cents In three years. $600,000 Water Plant AU surplus water revenue Is being used to pay for the awo.OOO plant bought laat year. After the debt Is retired, In about 10 or 1 years, the nmtiiM revenue from the two utili ties Is expected to operate the city's government wunom a, lax v. Th street railway system makes no profit but Is operated for conven ience. The electrle plant was bought by the city In 1900 at a nominal cost. Since then Improvement have been made and It now has an Investment value of S600.000. Tax Reduction The tax reductions were made pos sible by using M0.000 annually from the light plant revenue for operation of the city government. This year (00.000 was transferred from the light plant to the general fund. Despite the depression revenue from the plant haa continued to In crease. Profit last year waa aUl.OOO. As a result, city officials have secured permission to reduce electricity rstes by approximately aao.OOO annually next year. A little girl, who gave her name aa Rosa Main, received minor Injuries at 4 o'clock yesterday evening, when struck by an auto, driven by Mollis Brown, at the corner of Main and Central. Accompanied by her sister, the girl darted across the street In front of the car, causing sn unavoid able acelden according to the report made to city police. The child waa not seriously Injured, the attending physician, Dr. W. O. . Bishop, stated today. One front tooth waa loosened end her face bad ly bruised by the contact. CITY ElCielEN THE FORFEIT BAIL The sum of 136 was brought Into Ihs city tressury Wednesday from A. D. Curry's court. Twenty-fiv dollars waa collected In forfeiture of cash ball by Fred Rudy, charged with dla turbine; the peace, and O. T. Hart and Oua Eggleatrom, charged with drunk enness. Lester Austin, arrested Tuesday night by city police on a drunken ness charge, was fined io, and J. h Ollmsrtln, arrested on the ssme charge, waa ordered out of town. He went In preference to spending 10 days In Jail. Money Battles That Made History No. 4 The Thirty Years War'... Cleveland...Bryan... ft igs f mm; A r -4i It. " Is. Among outstanding figures In money name near the end of the at) years following the civil war were William Jennings Bryan and President O rover Cleveland. Bryan's advocacy of coinage of silver on a "16-1" hauls here U shown aa depicted In a contemporary cartoon. In the background Is an old picture showing the New York stock exchange oji "Black Friday' September 24, 1889, upon receipt of the report that the U. 8. treasury was selling gold. THE GRANGE nellvlew Orange. Bellvlew Orange met Tuesday night with 60 members present for the busi ness and Initiation work. Pour candi dates were given the third end fourth degrees, put on by the degree tesm under the direction of Welter long etreth, The tableaux added muoh. with Mrs. Klncald as director Mrs. Edwin Dunn sang solo numbers dur ing the degree work. The Orange voted to buy Christ maa scale. The regular meeting of Pomona Orange wss announced to be held at central Point. Joint Installation waa also announced for December 17. at Central Point. Belvlew officers ex. pect to attend. The H. X. committee for the next Orange meeting la Mr. and Mrs. O- D. Low, Mr. snd Mrs. c. B. Lamkin. Mr. and Mrs. Wlllard Miles, Mr snd Mrs. Wltllsm Undsay, Mr. and Mrs Chas. Lindsay, and Walter Lonj atreth. ' After the business meeting, refresh ments were served and a social hour followed. MEIER RECOMMENDS CADET CANDIDATES SALEM, Dec. 7. (let Governor Julius L. Meier recommended Robet R. Msnsghsn, prlrste In battery B. aiStu field artillery. Oregon Nation l Ousrd. In Portland, to compete In the West Point elimination next March. Raymond A. Tuttle, private, company M. Hflth Infantry, Eugene, waa named an alternate. Christmas Cards. Time Is getting short to get Christ mas and New Year greeting carta. Order now. Bee the choice lines to select from at Mall Tribune Job De partment. Prices reasonable. Auto glssa, piste and ahatter-procl. Brill Metal Works. COAL Fancy Lump Hard. Mean and Long Burning It's ('tali's Beit . "NATIONAL." MEoroRu nta to. 1 123 N. Central. ' Tel. 031 Editor Note: Thlt article la the fourth and last of a aeries dealing with historic American monetary battles. By CARL C. CRANMER W8HINaTON. (AP) The 30 ycara history of the United States after the civil war la an account of almost continual "money battle." Even today, aa arguments rage about the Roosevelt administration's money policies, echoes from trie ear lier struggle come rolling on. . It split the Democratic party, made Cleveland peruana the moat hated and the most admired public man In his time, produced two "third party" movements, and finally witnessed the climatic campaign of William Jennings Bryan in 1890. "Hard Money" and Toryism Norman An (tell, writing In 1939 In his book "Money" of early American financial history, said, "In some sense 'hard money' became associ ated with Toryism, monarch lem and oppression, and paper money with democracy, freedom and rights of the people." This political cleavage originating In colonial days wna accentuated In the later agitations over greenbacks and free coinage of silver. ' The Ureenliack Bittle The battle over Vie greenback had IU origin In the Inane of 450, 000,000 of legal tender bills, unsup ported by specie, during the civil wsr. The first act of congress tn 1865, waa to provide for gradual retire ment of this non-Interest beulng debt, but two years later congress rescinded Its action. Finally, after, the Democrats had regained control of the lower house following the panlo of 1878, a lame duck congress In 1876 enacted the resumption act, providing for specie payments for the greenbacks by Jan uary 1, 1879. The greenbacks reached parity with gold in 1878. Greenback Party Organ t zed But continual need for freah capi tal In the west resulted In organisa tion of the Oree Aback party In 1870. The party put up presidential can didates In three elections, and in the 1878 congressional elections polled 1,000,000 votes. By 1893 the Issue waa lost sight of In the demand for the free coin age of silver, and In organization of the populist party. Little attention was paid to the act of 1873 discontinuing con Age of sil ver dollars, later referred to as the "crime of 1073," because for several years silver had been worth more aa bullion than a coins. ' But about that time numerous Eu ropean countries went on the gold standard, abandoning silver, and sil ver production In the United States Jumped from less than 91,000,000 In 1801 to 4 3. 000. 000 by 1878. Cleveland Serves New Term Two limited silver pmchsse acta were parsed In 1877 and 1890, to lift the price of sliver and expand the currency. The treasury began to feel 1893 Cleveland waa returned to the White House after a four-year ab sence, despite - defection of large numbers of "Silver Democrats" and organization of the Populist party whltvh polled 1,000,000 votes and elected 16 congressmen. Cleveland drove through his repeal of the silver purchase acts when the panic of 1893 waa blamed on silver, but when prosperity failed to return quickly, silver advocates said more silver and not lees was needed. Bryan's Entry Dramatic The climax came In 1890. Hardly known In national politics. Bryan, the 38-ycar-oId "Commoner," swept the Democratic convention with his "cross of gold" apeech and became its presidential chonce. The "Gold Democrats" bolted to Independent candidates, and the Republican, Mc Klnley, took the stand for the gold standard, and waa elected. In March, 1900, the gold standard act was made law. The panic' of 1907 convinced many of a need of reform of the banking, rather than the money, system, with the result that the Federal Reserve system waa created in the Wilson administration, and It waa thought that panics and depressions had been made Impossible. But then came the world war, with Its attendant Inflation at home and abroad, depreciated currencies, gold hoarding by governments and Indi viduals, and finally the craah of 1939 against which background the the drain of lta gold supply, and In money issue has returned in 1933. SALEM. Dec. 7. than 30 hours after a holdup, two young men were oaptured, admitted their guilt and were In the Oregon penitentiary to serve 10-year sentences. They were William Patrick Smith. 33. of Sheri dan. Ore, snd Harold C. Fleming, 34, of Detroit, Mich. Police said the robbers admitted stealing their eight-cylinder sedan at Casper, Wyo, last Sunday, Both re cently served sentences at the Hamp ton farm prison tn New York, they said. Their loot in a drug store holdup late Tuesday night waa about $30. Half that amount was recovered, the bslance having been spent for cloth ing. City and state police arrested the two at Sheridan. INCREASE WAGES CHICAGO. Dec. 7. (AP) Higher wagea today brought ehtr to thou sands of male employee of the pack ing industry. Topping the list of companies that announced increases approximating 10 per cent were three big Chicago concerns Armour As Company, Swift & Company and Wilson Ss Company. About 18,000 men were affected. Swift's and Armour's Increases of four cents an hour were for both un skilled workmen and employes In the higher wage bracketa, while a similar advance at Wilson and Company was for the unskilled classes. The boost brought the unskilled hourly rate tn Chlcsgo to 49 '4 cent an hour, retro active to Decmber 9. New Low Rates y on Fruit Shipments Now come tho good news materially reduced expreaa charges on ihlpments of applet and pears. Send tome of the choicest orchard picking! direct to your friends with the knowledge that they will be delivered with speed, safety and economy. We give a receipt and we take a receipt when we deliver. New Rillwy Express Charges to tetons In th following Steteal XO-lb. Package IBo Standard Box $1.00 California. Idaho, Montana. Nevada. Or.gon, Utah, and Washington 10-lb. Package 3Bo Standard Box $1.20 Artiona. Coloiado, New Mexico, and Wyoming 10-lb. Package 40o Standard Box SI. 40 Mtnn.sota. N.brasks, North Dskota, and 8outh Dakota 10-lb. Package 4So Standard Box S1.S0 Arkansaa, Illinois, Iowa, Kanass, Missouri, Oklshoma, Taxes, end Wisconsin 10-lb. Packaga 4So Standard Box SI. SO Alsbsme, Indisns, Kentucky, Lc-ui.isns, Michigan, Missis sippi, Ohio and T.nness. 10-lb. Packags BOo Standard Box $2-00 Connecticut, Delaware, Dist of Columbia. Klorida, Osoriris, Main., Maiyland, Masaachus.lts, New Hampshire, New l.tssy, N.w Yotk, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, V.rmont, Virginia and W.st Virninia H',M f Sltmltt Bo, ml ArrHt It SO lb; Put, .5 Proportionately Low Rates on tmallot Packages. Rates Include Pick-up and Delvery Servc Protetlbod Limits StRVINO THE NATION FOR 94 YEARS RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY, inc. NATION. WIDE RAIL AND AIR SERVICE O, M. Finch, Tahoka, Tex., farmer, gre wtwo and one-. If bales of cot ton to the are on a three-acre patch. CONTROL CHIEFS WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. (AP) -Federal liquor control chiefs gave In dtcatlone of displeasure today over the soaring prices reported for newly legalized beverages. The administration started study ing a proposal that the federal gov ernment levy all taxes on bottled alcoholic beverages and then appor tion this revenue among wet states. The president haa expressed anx iety lest liquor taxes become so high that bootleggers and illicit traffic would continue to thrive. The new study la considering the possibility of avoiding double taxation. Aa for present liquor prices one of ficial said that while "chaotic condi tions must be expected for the next few days," the administration cer tainly proposed to bring about rea sonable prices through the power granted It under the code authority' on the liquor Industry. Good whiskey, with the present tax of 91.10 a gallon, should sell for about ll.fto a quart, one official asserted. While the alcohol administration intends to be lenient for a few days. It Is preparing Its machinery to force down the Initial prices quoted In New York, Chicago, Baltimore and other wet spots If necessary. It ha the power to cancel licenses to Importers and distillers whose prices are out of line. U. S. HELL BOUND DECLARES EESS COLUMBUS. O , Dec. 7 (fp, Sena tor Simeon D. Fees of Ohio, assistant Republican leader In the senate, pre dicts Franklin D. Roosevelt will not be President more than three years from now. It looks, the senior Ohio senator told Ohio Republican lesders here yes terday, like "we're going to hell." Senator Fees denounced the admin istrations monetary course, the op eration of the federal relief program and the national recovery program. "No government can epend Itself Into prosperity," Fess said, attacking relief administration which he termed "commendable In purpose but not In operation." The recovery program la a direct violation of the law of supply and demand, he aald. "We're facing the most stupendous deficit tn history, and that's only a beginning, ' Senator Fess charged. Be correct,) corseted In an Artist Model by Ethelwyn B Boffmann RADIO REPAIRING. If you are hav ing trouble, Ph, 668, Don's Radio Ser. FOR PASTOR WHO OAKLAND, Cel., Deo. 7. (AP) The home of the Rev. Leslie C. Kelley, former California Athletic commis sioner, waa under special polios pro tection here today after he reported anonymous threat agalqst his two children. One of the threat, the Rev. Mr. Kelley eald, specifically - referred to his resignation from the athletic com mission In which he condemned Gov ernor Jsraes Rolph, Jr., for approv ing the lynching In San Jose of the kldnsp-sisyers of Brooke L. Hsrt. . A man spesklng over the telephone declared, the minister reported, "you ere going to know what It feels like to have your own children kidnaped." In hla resignation the Rev. Mr. Kelley asserted the approval by Gov ernor Rolph of the San Jose lynch ing wss "too much for s decent man to stand." The minister's wife la a substitute Oakland school teacher and their two children are a boy and a girl, aged 10 and 13 yeara respectively. One of the children la 111 with pneumonia. Eegle Point Pf. A. Will Meet Friday Eagle Point P.-T. A. will mast Frl day, December 8, at the Eagle Point high school. A good attendance la urged for much important business la to be discussed and final plans for serving hot lunchea will be made. 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