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PAGE TWELVE MEDFORD M VIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1934. IS AIM JF DRIVE Women's Club Survey at Request of Secretary Wal lace, Shows Lack of Proper- Diet for Children WASHINGTON, D. C (Spl.) MA pint of milk day for Tery needy ohlld-' Is the Rim of ft drive by th child welfare and community service divisions of the General Federation of Women's clubs, whose members recently concluded a milk survey under the direction of the consumers' counsel of the agricultural adjust ment administration. This survey, which was requested of Secretary ol Agriculture Wallace by ft committee of women from 13 national organi sations, showed that an average of only one-sixth of ft pint of fresh milk per capita waa purchased dally by the 20,466 families In 69 cities of 46 states, which came under the Investigation. Tho success of milk projecta un dertaken by Individual clubs In the past Is cited by the leaders of the prenent campaign as an Illustration of what can be done in other com munities. Plan Worked Out. Club women of Buffalo worked out a co-operative plan with the Civic Health league and the milk dealers of the city, whereby undernourished children in some 20 schools were sup plied dally with fresh milk. The wo- men were at the schools every morn ing during the recess period to dis tribute to designated children the milk which had been provided by dealers at the lowest possible price. A 15.000 milk fund, raised by the Teachers' association, paid for the milk for children who were unable to give even a penny, while those able to pay contributed, one cent a cup. The willingness of people to give to milk funda raised by club women was demonstrated in Bergen county. Nw Jersey, where 1100 was con tributed In a small village of rela tively poor Inhabitants. A mill owner In the county who had refused to give a cent to the mayor's roller committee, contributed $1000 to the milk fund. Experience has proved that the funds estrbllshed by wo men's clubs over a period of two years are still flourishing while those started by other groups, temporarily orgnntzed, functioned for a brief pe riod only. No Overhead. Thr Is no overhead as the women do nil the worx themselves. Some times the milk Is distributed by the local milkman to the families re ported by social service and private sources. "Milk Fund Week" has proved successful In some communities. The survey also showed that 14 per cent of the families investigated bought no fresh milk at all. and purchases of evaporated milk by the family of average to low Incomes amounted to .61 of a small can per week. The average purchases of both fresh and evaporated milk were very low as compared with the "adequate diet at minimum cost" which fur nishes a margin of safety and calls for approximately one and ono-halt pints per person per day, while pur chases were more than 27 per cent below the quantity of milk specified by the "restricted diet" which is so low that it is unsafe to subsist on It for more than a limited period. This diet calls for an average of -B per cent of a pint per capita per day. Pears Yesterday CHICAGO. Oct. 31. AP) Pear auction: Four cara Washington ar rival, S on tracks: B Oregon Bosrs 125 boxes, extra fnncy. ai.7ft.aa averse;., 3.40; 374 l)OXr fancy. 11.70-2 35, 1T- NEW YORK. Oct. 31. (API Pear auction: Nine can arrived, 1 Ore gon. 3 Washington. 5 California un loaded: 10 on track: market firm. Orriton Doac, 1.830 boaes extra fan. ey. t 05-2.70, average 12.19; 787 boxes fnnry 1I.7S-345. average 12 20: D'AnJous. 640 boxes fancy 11.70-3 3.1, average O. 'FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL IS DAMAGED BY FIRE SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1, (API Da 1 11 a k eMimatrd t 979,000 was done to the Lowrll hlRh school when an early morntnir fire today raged throuRh the third floor and attic. Firemen fought for more than an hour and a half to extinguish the b'.aw, which broke out In the upper portion of the building and for time threatened Its destruction. PouHrynien have found Italian rye gts-M, crimson clover or a mixture of both furnlhh excellent grazing frr their nor during the mild winters In the south. WHEN YOUR DAUGHTER COMES TO WOMANHOOD Moit girls in . v-. their teens need W A jr& a tonic and regit- : j& JEl Uior. Give our I fiLAiri daughter Lvtlia B. L r PinkharnVVcge- W'i,: .-i-i- t ; . 1 1 ior me nesi lew yv w .s ts her how to guard e"' 1 her health at this r . l . . critical time. When she It a happy hcstihy wife and mother she wil thank you. Sold at all good drug stores. Ly&a Kftnldianvs Vegetable Compound TOUR WORLD IN SMALL SCHOONER a. jf rv f r, jH Two University of Washington students, Owlght Long (left) and Joe Lowry, Jr., arrived in Los Angeles from northern port! on trip around the world in their 32-foot auxiliary schooner, "Idle Hour." They were to sail from southern California to Hawaii. The 21-year-old youths took month sailing down the coast from Seattle, Wash. (Associated Press Photol Sales Tax Is Employed By Seventeen States to Lighten Property Load Levy on Retail Sales Most Popular Form Of Four in Use; Consumer Tax Next in Favor By TAYLOR HKSKY NEW YORK, Nov. 1. (AP) Four forma of sales taxes are in use to day In the 17 states that are committed to the sales tax principle. Moat popular of the four is the retail aaies tax, witn me consumers tax next In Importance. The other two are a gross aalea tax. levied on wholesalers aa well as retailers, and a grosa Income tax, levied on all oc cupational income. The retail sales tax, as the name Implies, is a tax Imposed on the sales of retail merchant and on certain direct services. The laws provide It shall not be passed on to the ulti mate consumer. In most states where It Is In effect the tax la considered as an expense of doing business and Is carried on the books as an overhead. In some states the tax la applied a an occu pational privilege tax. Collected Monthly In all the states where It ta oper ative, the retail sales tax Is collected monthly by the state finance depart ment or a special tax commission Voluntary returns are eecepted from merchant based on their own book keeping systems. For checking purposes, occasional Isolated audita are ordered by the state and, where false returns are found, heavy penalties are Imposed. Merchants opposing the retail sales tax assert that reduced prices have already out their profits to a mini mum and the Increase In taxation Is driving them out of bust new. Pro ponents of the tax, on the other hand, point to reduced property taxes offsetting the anlea tax which. they claim, la a more equitable dis tribution of taxation. Consumer Tax Crlllrlr.eiJ The consumers' tax haa drawn more adverse criticism than any of the other forms, in structure and oper ation, a far as the government Is concerned. It Is essentially the same as the retail tax. In fact, some states technically so label It with the tacit understanding that the tax will be added to the items sold. In reality, the consumer pays the tax with the retailer acting as an In termediate tax collector for the state. The very fact that It Is a consum ers' tax Is the focal point of the op position to It. Opponents call It a "nulnancc tax," "Inverted Income tax" and "a tax on property." The levy, they say, places the same tax burden on rich and poor alike; it prevents buying; and it drives busi ness out of the state. HeuchcH All Citizens To this. Its friends reply that the reduction in other taxes lessens Its load and counteracts any tendency to drive money across state lines. They claim that It reaches persons who otherwise would contribute noth ing to the support of government. The groas snlea tax is a tax on all sales of manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer. It is a broader application of the retail sales tax and is admin istered In similar form. Likewise It draws similar arguments for and against It with the additional cry from Its opponents of "double taxa tion." Its advocates counter with the claim that It falls less heavily on the Individual becau it la appr tloned among more taxpayers. The groas Income tax is a combina tion of a gross nates tax and an in come tax. It Includes nil occupa tional Income no matter whether It be from sales, salaries or services. Usually It is graduated so that It does not fall too heavily on the lower brackets. Another Republican Newspaper Comes Out for Martin Another normally Republican news paper has come out for Congressman Martin for governor and against Joe Dunne. This Is the Grant Pass Courier, which In Its yesterday's is sue, endorses Martin la part as fol lows: "It seems to us that from south ern Oregon's point of view it would be only self-interest if ' we should give General Martin a strong ma jority for the governorship in the election next week, on November 6. "Southern Oregon, despite repeated rejections year In ajid year out, still needs and demands Ha low freight rate outlet that will permit manu facturing and canning to develop here, that will widen our mining and our lumbering outputs and that will give everybody a 'New Deal. both those who will receive new payroll directly and those who will profit by dealing with them. "It seems likely that Oregon is not going to return a democratic congressman from this district In this election. General Martin gave up his post in congress to run for the gov ernorship of Oregon. We will lose his very Important voice In our be half with the national administra tion unless we can give him the Oregon office to which he aspires. "Southern Oregon's needs being what they are, we cannot afford to relinquish strong, contacts with the national administration such as that afforded by General Martin. "As governor of this state General Martin will be In a position to Inter cede with the president for southern Oregon's dream of a main-line rail road connection between here and Eureka, California, on the line of the Northwestern Pacific, owned by the Southern Pacific, with port outlet at Crescent City. "Southern Oregon Is now served by what la almost a branch line operation between Eugene and Black Butte, California. The main line goes east of the mountains, while the population is bulked on our side track to the west. "Similarly, the Redwood Empire Is served by a spur line without north ern outlet, ending at Eureka. "We can vision a southern Ore gon with one main line operated by the 8. P. aouth via Klamath Falls, and another main line south via Crescent City, opening up this latent empire of ours with the assistance of our national administration. "If elected governor, Oenerat Mar tin would, we believe, assist us to achieve this dream. "We feel we should elect him, and give him this opportunity to gtve us ours." 1 Faxors Tax Limitation , To the Editor: I We generally agree with your edi torial policies but In your opposition to the tax limitation amendment we will have to disagree. Some of the county school super intendents, teachers and other office holders are telling the voters that If this measure Is passed there will be no recourse but to seriously restrict school operations and other public agencies. This Is untrue. This proposed amendment gives any school district, town, county, and even the state lteelf, the right to raise their taxes above the 30 mm limitation for a year at a time if two-thirds of the voters vote to that effect. Could anything be more reason able than this artangement, where every district will have the right to Communications Martin Should Be Elected. To the Editor: When It comes to voting for can didates for public office, moat citi zens are In the same hole In whlcn I invariably find myself; they have to for their estimates of the various can didates from the partisan ballyhoo of most of the newspapers, doing their best to sift out of It all a little truth, and discarding the bunk and the deliberate partisan mlsrepresenta lon Most voters also try to find some man in whose Integrity they believe who. from personal knowl edge, con add to the Information they obtain from newspapers and party orators. For those who know him and ht record. General Martin needs no rec ommendation; to thone who do not. I offer the following: I have known General Martin fir 48 years, and know his record for ; professional qualifications and for administrative ability, as well as for! character and personal Integrity. Mst' retired officers exhibit no active In-j terest In public matters or politics; It waa Martins' Active Interest In public matters In Portland that caus ed the Democrats In the primary of 1930 to wTlte In his name for the Democratic nomination for represen tative In congress, and thousands of Republicans Joined them to elect him In November. The same thing hap pened In 1033. A few days after the primary In 1030, he told me that he 1 could not. from a financial stand point, afford to make the campaign. He consented finally, as a matter of public duty. He made that campaign, the campaign of 1032, and Is making this one, with no strings on him, tnd without making a mass of silly prom ises which he knows that no governor can fulfill. He has no Interest in building a political machine, because he recognizes that If elected gov ernor, it will be his last public serv ice, and he wants to give to all tha people of Oregon an honest, efficient, economical administration. I changed my registration from Re publican to Democratic last spring in order to vote for him in the primary, because it Is my honest conviction that the people of Oregon have not In 30 years had an opportunity to elect a man of his caliber to the high est office In the state. GORDON VOORHIES. Medford, October 31st. Head COLDS Put : Mentkolafum lnll trie nostril to relieve V f irritation and promote clear breathing. (ROYAL COAL M PUREST UTAH COAL MINED Buy Royal and Save Money The proof is in the wear. Buy your HOSE at Ethelwyn B Hoffmann's. DRY WOOD BEST QUALITY Fir and Oak FUEL OIL Any Kind Von Want Quick Service F. E. SAMSON CO. Phone 833. 229 N. Riverside determine! what their taxes shall be? Aaw the state legislature meete More this amendment oee Into ef fect, and It would haw the oppor tunity to adjust rerenues to the pro Tlslons of this amendment. To our mind It Is nothlni but selfishness for any office holder to work against this amendment to re duce taxes when we consider the fact that most of them haven't had their salaries reduced a cent during the years of depression while the taxpayer's Income has been reduced almost to the vanishing point. . Wi must come to the conclusion that your paper and most of the office holders are opposed to letting each district, town or county decld? by a two-thlrda majority rote wheth er they will keep the present rulnoua system or abide by the tax Umlta. tlon amendment If passed. In spite of all this talk of reduc ing taxea, thla la the first tlma that the taxpayer haa had a chance to have his aay about any reduction. Thank you. : L. M. Name on file). Medford, R. T. D. No. 3. Bd. Note: Does our correspondent believe that ANY measure calling, under present conditions, for a tax Increase, could secure a two-thlrda affirmative vote? To quickly allay ski irnranon5 or nurrs, depend on soofhing jSrrmri ' ,-sA 7 See Window Display of Models and Yarns KNITTING CLASS AT MANN'S STARTS TOMORROW IN THE YARN SECTION ON THE MAIN FLOOR Start Knitting now if you want to greet the Spring season in a ravishing new uit or dress. It's all very simple for we have an experienced instructor to assist you and the newest "Bernat" Yarns from which you can fashion individual hand knit garments for yourself. Famous Bernat Yarns Now Exclusive at This Store! -;. : AJ.7 1,a WnOlW Bernat Yarns such as you will now find at Mann's are guaran teed Color Fast, they will launder and dry clean perfectly . . . Bernat Yarns come In such a wide variety that It Is a simple choice to find Just the rliht color, texture and weight for Sports. Dress or Formal Wear. Our Instructor will be only too pleased to assist you In making seectlons and style suggestions. Below are the new Bernat Yarns now In stock. Glow Crinkle . . . Cashmere Velvet Boucle . . . Angora Yorkshire . . . Linen Floss . . . Lorneau . . . Canterbury . . . Germantown Worsted ... Chenille and Cordonne! CIRCULAR AND REGULAR KNITTING NEEDLES CI asses : Knitting clashes start to- morrow morning at 9:30 s and continue until 13 : o'clock, and on the fol- : lowing days each week. I Classes In the Yarn Sec- j I tlon Main Floor. i 9:30 to 12 I j Monday I I I Wednesday I 1 . ! ! Friday jlWMANNS"l7 VrfSff"" MEDFORrS STORE I For All Knitting Supplies I I Day SaHaBhsaw AM 7mT mJ " I ,;fcfWwaa& NOVEMBER 15 A short time ago we were able to purchase a few of these high grade Crawford electric ranges at a tremendous saving below the regular price. This saving we of course passed on to you. October first they were placed on sale and most of them have been sold . . . the regular price is MUCH higher. This range will no longer be available for anything like this low price after November 15 even if this special lot i not sold before then. See our salesman before it is too late. A better buy in an electric range will never come your way. You can make a worthwhile saving on the purchase price and at the same time obtain the most beautiful range we have ever seen with best quality con struction throughout and with every accessory one could use on an electric r≱ including electric clock, automatic tempera ture control, special light and several other new and worth while innovations. Call the salesman NOW. You cannot afford to let this opportunity pass you by. Electricity IS economical. THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANv $99 50 Cash 1 4 I f $L Down I l S lv' viiV: ' MONTHLY lpZSS-rrr1 "rl SI -VI mm tvpe altrHen heal- Hzir.','k;:'V' (.' J i i: -AiiJS ! er Is the an.wer . m.K .... :j:jSw
