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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.
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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,:
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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.
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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.
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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?
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irnranon5 or nurrs,
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