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t Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry.
IP? '"iru out with a decrease in
the number of prophets preaicii.S
the nation Is hcll-bound. all the
adults crazy, and the young too
smart. According to eminent fore
casters, who have been wrong on
very occasion the past five year
Prosperity will arrive, "unless check
ed by adverse workings of the law
of supply and demand." Nothing is
mentioned about any possible adverse
workings of the law of grab all
you :an. while the grabbing Is good.
"QUESTION OP GRAVITY BEFORE
NEXT LEGISLATURE." ( Hdllne Pe
ninsula, Herald i They will fix grav
ity rd what goes up will not come
down. If 30 days' notice Is given.
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"ItfJCHtKD INDIVIDUALISM"
( Pendleton Orcgonlan)
LONG CREEK, Dec. 20 Christ
mas Is over for this year and
everyone around this part of the
country seemed to have plenty to
eat and if they didn't have
enough wood to keep them warm
It was their own fault as all they ,
had to do was go and get It.
The moisture situation has Im
proved so much that farmers are
now getting rain they never prayed
lor.
Drug stores have been awarded
the right to sell draught beer by
the state liquor commission. The
drug stores have not got around yet
to carrying a Una of J. I. Case har
vest machine parts.
Whatever became of the old-fashioned
naughty story about a 4d
Some of the "University men"
home for the Yuletlde have con
tracted lama on the campus, and
favor youth In charge of the govern
ment, without the Inconvenience of
att election. They spenk rather kindly
of Communism, as perpnM rated !n
Russia. This Is not duo to any Inner
cussedneas. Hirer hasten to explain,
but to "broader thinking." The firing
squads have been rather busy in
Russia of later, obliterating Rus
sians, found guilty of Indulging In
broad thinking, when n member ul
the secret police could hear them.
In America, youth can talk about
a revolution, and taking charge of
government, with no danger to the
physical well-being. In Russia, the
official ruthlessncss brooks no mental J
poppycock ery. The Russian collegian.
if any. stands In constant danger of ;
being shot at sunrise for not get-
ting his arithmetic. The "University
men" may have been listening to
Russian who would rather talk
about Communism In America than
atsy at home and practice It.
The coming congress plans to ena
the "spoils to the victor r system.
This system has not been working
well, as there are more victors than
postofflcrs.
e e
hmm.iii y is itn, nr.
.mrrlt un Dentistry)
Dentistry Is at present In a
transitional stage and about to
undergo far-reaching modifica
tions which wilt distinguish It
radically from the dentistry of
the past. Roughly, the change
whlrh Is taking p)nce la from
emphasis on the c.-nservatlon of
teeth.
MOM Y.
"Nothing In ue by man, for power
or 111,
Can equal money. Thin lays cittcs
low;
This drives men forth from quiet
uwrlling-plare;
This warps m.d change mlndi
0(
wcrthlrst fttnmp
To turn to dfeds of b-.enrs, tcarh
'n? men
All .Mfts o; cunning, and to ktviw
tl.r gulli
c ; ivrrv Imp: jus rietd!"
i-Poetry")
mile Mnilh Mica Ella Rawlituts
or chlro. Cal . is spending a few d.tys
in Mf:lf rd t in? uome of Or .mil
Mi p (1 Tinver. on her v u
C!i1:o.rtri I'.nlu; t!ic noli:,.!.-,
in ro ui iA, r:swii!Ks arrived
thi morning on U Orcomu
The Way Out
117 ALTER LIPPMANX, who
" moht intelligent political
out the Nw Year by urging the
than that he declares in general
be balanced.
liipjunfimi, of course, doesn't believe the budget tan be bal
nived this year. lie doesn't state just when he believes, an
exact balance can be reached. But lie wants President Roosevelt
to adopt a policy which will mean a balanced budget eventually,
and if his advice is followed he believes it can be done. Further
more it is his opinion, that until the budget is balanced, no
permanent recovery is possible. .
IT is therefore interesting to see what the Lippmann plan is.
Briefly Lippmann would discard three major policies of the
NRA. First the granting of monopolistic privileges to businpss,
including price fixing; second the endorsement of the organized
labor program, that insisted upon high wages for the small
minority employed regardless of the amount of unemployment
this created, and third the willingness of the New Dealers, to let
the monopolists of labor and industry, take over the government,
under the naive assumption that this was a new and desirable
"planned economy."
These three policies in Lippmann's opinion, have raised all
the havoc and delayed the return of prosperity, during the past
two years. Instead of relieving, it intensified the maladjustment
vhich was the heart of the economic collapse.
LIPPMANN observes with gratification that this entire policy
in Wiisliiiioinn is now in ilisipnnl(V nnd in hoim flhrnirlnnpfl ,
under Richberg, as rapidly as possible. Uc feels confident that
in his coming message, President Roosevelt will order that in
this direction the New Deal be
He feels eertain the fallacious
attained by maintaining high
working less will he abandoned.
"I confidently believe, or at any rate earnestly hope, that
when the New Deal la redcalt It will be on the principle of pro
ducing more by selling at prices the people can pay. ... If that
principle prevails, we shall have genuine assurance of a balanced
budget. For wc shall enjoy recovery in a substantial way."
Iii other words Lippmann favors, particularly iu the capital
troods industry where he maintains the depression was and is
concentrated more production nt lifwcr prices, instead of less
production nt higher prices; more nidi employed at lower wages,
instead of less men employed at higher ones.
Quoting further:
The conclusion to be drawn la, I believe, that the way to
bring the budget Into balance Is to bring the national economy
Into balance. In other words, to balance the budget and to fall to
take the measures which will promote recovery will get us no
whore. A continuing depression will again undo the budget. But if
the measures are taken that will promote recovery, then the
budget will come Into balance and stay there. The vital point is
not the balance sheet for 1936 and 1037 as It must be guessed at
next week, but the fundamental economic policy adopted by the
administration, by big business and by organized labor. If the
policies are wrong, the budget will be bad whatever the public
estimates may be; If the policies are right the budget will be
better than the treasury will dare to predict.
It will bo ask'd at once whether anyone Is entitled to speak
with assurance as to what aro the right and the wrong policies.
It seems to me that It Is now possible to do Just that in view
of our very expensive but illuminating experience under Mr.
Hoover and under Mr. Roosevelt's laboratory demonstration.
Rogers vs.
jll'Uili ROGKRS is generally
I " humorist, ami probably
that title. He is n sort of happy cross between Josh Billings and
Mark Twain with a sprinkling of Benjamin Franklin thrown in.
But wo have about decided he is also the best editorial writer
in the country. When it comes to influencing public opinion
we believe he can say more in fewer words, to promote or shat
ter any given cause, than any other writer in the country.
A gvat deal has been written editorially about the crime
wave, and how it can he checked. It has been a 'sure-fire'1
editorial topic Tor many years. The necessity of reform in the
legal profession has also been touched upon, time after time.
Hut we submit that in the following "stick of type," Will
Rogers has written the best editorial against organized crime,
and criminal lawyers that has appeared in the press, during the
pnst ten years:
HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 3!. Here Is about the best crime pre
vention news I have seen. "The California Bar association Is to
rid Its ranks of any attorney found to have connection with the
underworld."
Th first thing they do now If they are taking up crime as a
profession (even before they buy the gun) Is to engage their
lawyer. He works on a percentage. He acts as their advance
ssent, too. He picks out the banks they are to rob.
Bar assii'iatlons invented the word "ethics." then forgot It.
f&aiiTTa
(Continueo I.jit paije one!
few ncek-, they forget which ones are
theirs.
There are
lot of familiar fares,
n.lMlng from the assembling hordes
of relators, iv.cn with good pu'allc
records who were swamped by the
new political surge ltt.it election day
or who derided politics was not worth
the effort. Among them are: The
outstanding constitutional lawyr of
the house, James Beck: ex-Srnator
1)111 of Washington, the expert radio
legislator; ptnjful Fred Written of
t niraao, nos ivnins of Mississippi,
smart l.orlng IVa-.-k of Npw York. Mr.
entitle of Oklahoma. Clyde Kellv o!
Plttshurich. hrllllnn Mrnntor David
Reed and Ipvcl-hnwled Walcott of
Connecticut. Most of these men
would tell you privately today that a
man who devoirs his llfr to polltU-s
Is a fool.
Yet theie are ni;iny bricht . shiny
faces here to tkc thrir plains fnefs
eawrr tu be nutionn'lv f.i:ni!ltir. Some
I
f v
ot
Use Mtul aVrlouuo &!.; ad.
MEDFORD MAIL
is one of the best informed and
observers, in the country, starts
balancing of the budget. More
terms, how he believes it can
redcalt.
theory that prosperity can be
prices through producing and
Brisbane
regnrdctl ns the world's leading
few would dispute his claim' to
PORTLAND, Jan. 2.,? Unable
to knock out his rugged opponent.
Young Plrpo. 173. Burke. Idaho, nev
ertheless slurftged out a clear-cut de
cision over Dutvh Weimer, 177. San
Diego, cal.. In their 10round bout
here yesterday.
' Hank MoDonald. 137. Redmond.
Ore, scored a technical knockout
over Torch r Ysruell. 181. Vancouver.
Wash., barraoks, who fought almost
a round after his Jawbone wm broken
McDonald, rolled by a six-count
kmvkdown. rose and whipped a Wt
hook that broke Yarnell's jsw, in the
second round But It wasn't until
the next tound that Ysrnell ca.d
the referees attention to the Injury
rue referee feund that the jaw was
broken, and awarded McDonald the
bout.
Krankle Monroe. L1.V iMkeview. Ore .
( csiuht up with his clever opponent
j E'.mer Bur Brown. 131, Po-tlsnd. in
I the third round, and gave him a
mrrctleia nesting to gain a six-round
decision.
n.illr to Portland Rslph J. Bauev
left ruesday evening by train for hi
, h.me in Portland, having been in
1 MM ford since .Sunday morning, vu
itiTii his pa.-ent. Mr. and Mrs
w H n Tirt W;tn his g-andpi;.
'UL. Mr. and Mr. S- K. Gravau,
TRIBUNE, MKDFOUU,
Personal Health Service
By William Brady. M. D.
Slgnrd Irtttra prrtalnlnc o prMnal hrallh and hyrttnt not to dll
ae llac.iioi.la or treatment Mill be an.Hfrrd tij Dr. Bradj If a itampd
atll-adilrnwcl tmelope li emlustd. Letter, iliouJd be brief and written In
Ink. Oning to the laige number of letter, received onlv a few can be an-I
Mvered. No reply can be made to querlei not conforming to Instruction.. I
Addreu Dr. William Brady, 2113 El Camlno, Beverly HIIS.. Cal.
v 80 THIS IS
Ever notloe how you think of the
bright and witty remark or the ap
proprlate response or toast three
weeks after the
occasion? Weil.
I've just found
out about In
somnia. I'd tell
you right off. but
Z know a lot of
you class B neu
rotics would raise
your old cry of
"sarcasm" and
"u t t e r lack of
sympathy and
u n d rata ndl rig"
against me. In
flush times I
don't mind getting kicaed out for
telling the truth, but for a while
yet X must handle you class B birds
with gloves. It Is encouraging to
know, aa I do, that class A neurotics
greatly outnumber the B's, but when
it comes to squealing at the threat
of exposure, the moochera make so
much noise that one gets the Im
pression they are as numerous as
genuine Invalids who have been de
ceived about exhaustion of nerve en
ergy and all that absurd twaddle of
quackery.
All my professional life I had an
Inarticulate Impression that people
who complained most of Insomnia
were those who slept too much; who
didn't do enough honest work to re
quire more than five or six hours
rest; who, In short, least deserved
or needed sleep.
Having thus prepared your minds
for the announcement, I take great
pleasuro in introducing my latest dis
covery, viz., that after all there is
no such thin as insomnia.
Oh, tome now, hold youreggs until
I elucidate. You will recall, perhaps,
that from time to time these past 20
years I have disposed of divers com
mon complaints in this same cavalier
fashion, by simply declaring it a
nonentity and thereafter declining to
recognize Its claim to existence. Th's
makes lots of people mud clear thru.
Especially my old fogy colleagues who
find It most annoying when perfectly
good patients catch them up short
with such replies as this: "Oh, but
Doctor, there is no such thing as a
cold!" or "Rheumatism? Yea, I think
I told you It Ia stiff, lame and sore.
What I want to know Is what ails
met"
Be Just as angry aa you like about
It. I repeat there Is no such ailment
as Insomnia. By that I mean to im
ply that no doctor can Intelligently
or even safely treat or advise a person
who complains of not sleeping well,
unless the doctor finds out what, If
anything, alls the person. Lack of
NEW YOIIK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
NEW YORK, Jen. 2. The txig of
continuous burlesque 'fills more thafl
a dozen theatres in greater New
York from 10 a. m. until midnight.
Some of their
electric signs on
42d Street are
gaudier than the
movie hous
es. Many o I d
vaudeville regu
lars are non
burly fans.
The favorite
coryphees of
4 burlesque have
K more definite
i followers than
J the Average stage
star. Indeed, a number have brought
back t he stage door John In the
makeup of a visiting hind from Hick
ory Corners. The boys from small
towns no for h;rlesqflo queens.
Such fasclnai;r.g sit ens as Gypsy
Lee Rose. Evelyn Myers and Maxlne
DeShon are reputed o receive more
mash notes than any chorus girl on
Broadway. While most of the epistles
are from hinterland hot-sports of the
"I'll be wearing a carnation and car
ry a newspaper type," they aro tor
r'd. The piece de resistance of bur
lesque rowdy-dowdy Is, of course, the
strip dancer. While a few are ex
hooch twisters of the carnival shows,
the depression has given the fleshy
pyrotechnics many comely And statu
esque girls who might otherwise be
in high priced revues.
The ghost of D'Artagnan haunts
New York again. Such a prominent
maltre d'armea as Bella deTuscan
has dech.r r?:crs sword duels are
being fought at ..U'ui thtw days
than In several decades. There are a
half doren fencing schools in mid
town and students have found the
sword an exerllent tool for repairing
social and business dispute. The
duello Is easily kept secret and rare
ly fatal. Two clashes this winter fail
ed to reach the press.
The Metropolitan opera, scrubbed
clean of its whorls of grime. Is now i
a neat tan and for the first time in
years presents a shilling facade. The ;
new splendor has attracted many !
street hawkers to the curb, some old :
timers but a few who ercm abashed
at making a Hung In a way for
which they appear so wholly unsmt-
ed. Depression misfits! i
Along the library wall of West 4Jd
street among street salesmen Is one
I faithful pen-heron. H R.Urnsfathf r s
Ole Bill, who has been selling hook
on bow ties of horrendous colors
during my tlnu In New York. He
moves from lower Broadway to mid
town ami the Bronx, a stained and
eedy piuarlic who sifs beside his dts
Play without soliciting. Yet he tell
me that during the jrais he has been
shle to make s ll-liu without ap.v.ti
to ch.iriv
. .
RoAjr. UauAiomu: hi sUvMoua-1
OREGON, WEDNESDAY.
INSOMNIA NO. II.
1 aleep or Insufficient aleep or Inability
to get to sleep or restless sleep or
sleep disturbed by unpleasant dreams
Is NEVER an ailment or condition by
itself, NEVER a cause of ill health or
of run down condition or of ex
haustion of any kind. If you do not
aleep well you may rest assured
and I hope you will that there is
some good reason for it. Not that
you are going insane. Sleeplessness
ia a symptom the mentally deranged
rarely present and NEVER complain
of. Most likely your dificulty In go
ing to sleep Is physiological you
don't need all the sleep you think
you do or are in the habit of taking.
Surely no sedentary adult past middle
age needs more than five or six hours
sleep.
Then there's conscience. But I am
afraid you're In no condition to listen
to any more unvarnished truth to
day. We'll look Into this conscience
thing another day. Meanwhile, change
doctors If you like. What do I care?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Ijitent scurvy.
As soon as I get the least bump or
bruise the blood collects there and
the discolored spot remains for weeks
Mrs. P. W.
Answer Try taking for breakfast
every morning a glassful of tomato
Juice, fresh or canned, or a glassful
of orange julos or grapefruit Juice.
Always take fresh fruit when avail
able in preference to other dessert.
Make salad or relishes or some kind
of fresh raw vegetable a regular din
ner habit.
Coffee Is Health Beverage.
Greatly Interested in your article
about the poisoning of body cells by
tobacco as a cause of angina. Would
the use of coffee have a similar pois
oning effect? T. W.
Answer There Is no reason to Im
agine the moderate use of coffee in
jures health.
The New Woman.
Discussion at our' house as to 111
effects of Jumping rope and playing
basketball. I am 19 and In excellent
health. Mother thinks these athletic
activities are Injurious for a girl, but
my physical Instructors In high school
and college have encouraged these
and other types of vigorous exercise.
. . . H. M.
Answer Keep right on with It, and
tell mother to write to me about It.
Mother'a notion Is the result of long
years of study of the female weak
ness nostrum propaganda.
(Copyright, 193. John P. Dille Co.)
Kd. Note: I'erMint) wishing to
lm) m m ii n leu te f with Dr. Brady
tlHiiild send letter direct to lr
U'Mllnm MniflT, ,M, I).. J 65 El
Cum I no, Hperly Hills, Cal.
ship to nearby Philadelphia, removes,
it is hoped only temporarily, the
most vivid theatrical personality of
his period. With exception of the
Paramount, he has shaped the des
tiny of every big movie house in
Manhattan. He was the originator of
the richly garnltured type of stage
spectacles that now prevail. Like
most pioneers, he has suffered the
scorn of the pathfinder. But has
never given way to despair. After the
usual type of Jolts that the amuse
ment world suffers, he dusts himself
ofr and is back with a grin for the
next encounter. Roxy won't stay
down.
Someone tells me Ed Wynn's "So-o-o
1" and the flutey uptake laugh
are enormous exaggerations of his
mother. Wynn used to mimic her
when neighbors called not only to
the delight of the good lady but her
friends as well. So-o-o when he be
gan searching for some new approach
on the radio he recalled these char
acteristics and they clicked. Jack
Perl got much of his soda pop splut
ter from a cobbler whose, shop was
near his home on the East Side. W.
C. Fields "My pretty pigeon" and the
like are a take-off on a throaty ac
tor he used to know in his early re
pertoire days.
Of course, too. there Is Chaplin's
mignon walk that he picked up from
a handy man around a London cab
shelter. And Leon ErroVs gutta per
cha leg was a mimicry of a rum
soaked blighter in an Australian pub.
Laurence D'Orsay got his monocted
vacancy from a dour old clubman
who used to call on his father every
Sunday.
The kindling man around on Lex
ington avenue was telling about the
death of his father a number of years
ago. "He died In the flue academic,"
he sad sadly.
I Copyright, 1935. McNaught Syndi
cate, Inc.)
HAS 3-WAY I
jtlon la overcome by leaving the prop
erty on the tax roll. The Oregon bill
After dodging raindrops for four gives the home owner a credit hat
weeks but getting ln several good
rounds of goir. three members of the
Rogue River Valley course ended he
December rincer tournament ln a tie
for first place, having deducted half
their handicaps from their scores,
The three winners were Ed Simmon.
0(1 less two or 5fi: A. P. Mansfield. 63 i
les S or 58. and E- Raymond Driver,
i?.'. le.-s 7 or 58.
inland Clark, who took low ringer
core in the November tournament,
acain caidi the me score for De
cember, a 61 less two or 50. He was
tied for second place by C. S Newhll
who scored 65 less six or 59.
Eighteen members took part ln the
December tourney, turning ln their
final scores Monday night,
mav niske a? many rounds
piv-
I ih
'bev
wish during the month, lowering
tiieir scores whenever able on any
oles.
r;.t n already started ;n t r
'.urif-v .-.T.test. six flayers '.iainc
tee4 etff. ainca yutertLtj moraio.
JANUARY 2, 1935.'
Comment
on the
Day's News.
By FRANK JENKINS
rxONALD RICHBERG, who seems
U to be No. I man of NRA. tells
us that America "faces Internal dis
sension" unless the unemployed mil
lions are given work.
"internal dissension" Is a polite
term for riot.
f ES right enough, probably. It's
x A as true now aa It ever was that
"Satan will find some mischief for
Idle handa to do."
Hc
OW ahall we put the Idle millions
to work?
, Tou go ahead and answer that
question. You can certainly do aa
good a Job aa anybody that hat tried
it so far.
But if you want your solution to
be a sound one, be sure that the
work the idle millions are put at la
CONSTRUCTIVE work, work that
gets somewhere not Just Joba pro
vided by the government to prevent
the appearance of a dole.
THAT kind of Job never kept any
body out of mischief. As a mat
ter of fact, work that gets nowhere,
accomplishes nothing worth while
and Is done merely for the sake of
keeping busy, puts more of us In the
frame of mind to GET INTO mischief.
A DISPATCH fronTlxmdon says:
"An authoritative diplomatic
source stated today that Grsat Brit
ain, with the co-operation of Prance
and Italy, will propose a general se
curity pact embracing almost all the
countries of Europe, Immediately af
ter the Saar plebiscite."
That is to say. the nations of Eu
rope will all solemnly shake hands
and agree to MAKE EACH OTHER
SAFE.
T WILL last, if history means any
A thing, until some nation decides
that Its own Interest will be best
served by making some other nation
UNSAFE.
4-4-
IN THE village of Furth, in Ger
many, near the Austrian border, a
Bavarian girl refuses to dance with
an Austrian, and a fight ensues.
Beer glasses and chairs are hurled,
knives flash and there are screams of
"Down with Hitler 1" "Out with the
Austriansl" "Down with Austria I"
One person is killed, nine seriously
Injured and 26 hurt before a detach
ment of 300 picked nazi troops finally
stop the rumpus.
-
ROWS like that have caused wars
In Europe before, and might do
it again all of which merely proves
how nearly Insane they are in Europe
on the subject of war.
STATE. pollce"are issuing the an
nual warning about driving a car
after January 1 without a new li-;
cense. . j
The warning hasn't meant much In '
the past, but should mean something ;
this year. People who aren't willing j
to pay 95 for the privilege of driving j
over the fine highways of Oregon for
a whole year shuld WoALK instead
of driving.
4
Communications
"Upside-Down Thinking."
To the Editor:
In the January 6 Issue of the Sat
urday Evening Pot, under the above
heading, appears an editorial object
ing to Homestead Tax Exemption.
First, It states the argument used
bv tbose favorina the exemption:
Church,, .chocis and orphan My -
lums are not taxed; therefore, why
should little homes where parents
raise their children be levied upon?
Most of these small homes
are owned by those with small In
come, and often unemployed; why
not let them have a roof over their
heads and a small piece of ground
which no tax collector can take
away?"
Well, why not?
The Post has three objections:
1. It would take away from the
small home owner and farmer re
sponsibility for conduct of local gov
ernment. 2. It would work a real hardship
and Injustice by putting an extra
burden of taxes on other property.
3. Exemptions cannot be defended
grounds of civic consciousness.
sound government and the fair, or
derly support thereof.
In the Oregon Shelter Tax Exemp-
lon Bill, as proposed, the first objec-
it limited to 20 mills In anv school
aistriet. ana ao mint ror state ana ; wee t0 Wrvp tbn montns ln the
county purposes. City taxes, special ( county ja:i. on h , plea of guilty to
assessments, and taxes exceeding an;sale of intoxicating liquor has' been
overall mlllage levy of 40 mills are 'granted R f,ip?nded sentence bv Cir
not exempted. The owner of shelter cult jU(tw h d Norton upon con
vahie must pay any additional taxes :dltl:n that he return to' Idaho with
leviea.
Regarding the second objection the
Oregon measure provides for levying
a general sales tax to offset the
credits given the homeowner, so there
no additional tax burden placed
on other property on this account,
Regarding the Cird objection. It
is a r.iar o. opinion, a ceo ram to D sparfd ,hf of providing
the '.930 census only 46 8 per cent relief for fcl9 fam,iy "during his In
of t,e families of the Vnlted States ; careermen. K.rg agrl to the
live In home theT own. Esneclallv , term. ft .7
V i
h" hCm o'n'iP b'co " H
the worker with a inv in-
j " "
come no longer cares to unde-take.
den of taxes, rich interest rates and
.mce-tamtT of steidv emp'c-yment
Tt seems n me tbat "eiue con-
saouaAsaa. tound fovexameai ana
Is the TownsendjMan Possible?
By GEORGE SCHUMACHER
There can be no question, that the
spending of aaoo Pr monm o? cry
person over 60 yers of age wlu stim
ulate business, as this wou'd mean,
of course, a total Initial spending of
24 billions per year and in turn an
nrrMwri tnrnnrr 01 kw-
around.
Tha nenslnn -ill or CSfi be paid
however, not In real money (only
gold and silver Is money and has an
Intrinsic value of it 'nt but ln
currency acting as a medium of ex
change for valuable consumable or
unconsumable goods, sucn uwmy
has of course, no value in Itself, and
Its value depends always on the gen
eral price structure. If the issue of
such money means an Inflation and
all prices rise to an excessive level,
nothing can be gained.
To be of value to the old people
and to the younger generation, goods
must remain on the same average
price level as they are now. If a pair
of ahoes cost now 15 00 and Its price
should rise to aso.OO. nobodr would;
be beter off. unless the income in-;
creases also ten times.
The Townsend plan could function
only, if an Increased production can
be accomplished without changing
materially the present price level and
without increased Interest charges.
Now let us see how we stand In
this district, in a communication to
this oaoer a correspondent mention
ed that we have here 30.000 inhabi
tants and 4300 people over 60 years
of age entitled to tne peiwiun ui
200 per month, requiring a yearly
pension fund of $10,320,000.
Naturally each district in the U.
S. must stand more or less on Its
own resources and we can aanalyze
the consequences of the pension sys
tem Just as well in our district as
in any other without going Into sta
tistics of the whole U. S.
We have and do produce here In
this district of course enough goods
now to provide In some way or an
other for the 50.000 people living
here, and would have in the future
to provide for the pension fund the
sum of $10,320,000.
Our total income In this district
is made up from two sources:
(1) the total of all agricultural
products, mining products, forest
products and manufactured goods;
(2) the Interest and dividends re
ceived by the local residents from in
vestments outside df this district.
We have first of all our fruit in
dustry, which no doubt is consider
ed ns our foremost revenue producer.
The total revenue from this Indus
try must include the boxes made
here, but we have to deduct from
the f.o.b. receipts here the cost of
paper, spray machinery, farm Imple
ments, etc. to arrive at the net funds
available here from this Industry.
Under the very best circumstances
and at very good prices such revenue
cannot exceed more than $2,000,000
per year.
I have no statistics available of the
total value of all other agricultural
products In this valley, consisting cf
hay, grain, cattle, milk, eggs, etc.
The sum total available is of course,
only the final product, meaning that
we must not add the value of the hay
to the value of the cattle, milk. ets.
If the hay Is consumed here in the
valley. In any case. I believe I do
not err. If I take the total produc
tion of all farm products also at 2.
000.000 per year.
I am sure I overestimate all other
products made here In this valley,
lumber, minerals, etc., when I allow
also for them the sum of $2,000,000
per year. ,
the fsir and orderly support thereof"
can best be accomplished by pro
moting home ownership through ex
emption of shelter value In homes
from state, county and school taxes,
as provided for in the Oregon shelter
tax exemption measure, with a sales
tax to offset revenue lost.
Everyone would pay some taxes.
Spending money Is a better indica
tion of ability to pay axes. Spend
ing money is a better indication of
ability to pay taxes than ownership
of shelter value In a homestead.
Shelter Is the one commodity, the
one necessity that should not be
taxed.
The Saturday Evening Post did not
try to find an answer to the objec
tions It discovered. The Posi never
suggests a way to correct a fault
appearing in a plan proposed for cor.
'"".'"?, lnJ"- w a0
ever propose a remedy. Its editorial
policy Is "stand pat; there must be
no change." With half our family
units reduced to poverty by unem
ployment of the workers and under
payment of those workers having
Jobs It seems this policy is indefen
sible. The tadpole will shed its tall
and become & frog, and nothing the
Post can do will stop this evolution.
Any one Interested in the Oregon
homestead tax pxemntlon measure
can pet a copy of it. with the argu
ment favoring it, by calling at the
office of the Jackson County Cham
ber of Commerce.
J. C. BARNES.
Med.'ord, January 2.
10
10
Wii;um g.
K.r.,;, fentenced last
m nrmir at nnC9
j An ordr rt n?nd
by th fcur. Th9 Qrd sUt
, thst Kir.e h ho'me ln nj.ho. and
: that hlS ret,:rj! t( wl slmpufy
' mitrt irno came
here stKvn ,,v th. order
states. Bv
reurr.tnff. the county will
.. U,f suspended sentence.
K:n arreted In a Christmas
v . l-ira . . . .. .
' -n me "Midnight i-iud.
; K;r.ff , H:v-:-.T nutrict resort, and
kbI sale of Intoxlcat- j Victoria off the mud flats or rolnter
i wife and Emma C. : Island. B. C . at 8.50 a.m. The Vic
Mrged with the yame trria went aground in a bl'nllng
i: ;If,
ft;-f:;
.c'r
en suspended sen- :
Tace. - I
I will admit that I have not the
slightest Idea how much dividend
and Interest come to people ln this
valley from Investments abroad, bui
Z will aijio allow the very generous
figure of $1,000,000 per year.
Our total revenue from all sources
in this valley would therefore "be
$7,000,000 per year.
Out If this sum of $7,000,000 per
year the 60,000 people here in thta
valley provide all their living ex
penses and their savings. Out of this
aum we have to send away from this
district all the money required for
gasoline, automobiles, machinery of
all kinds, most of our groceries and
clothing, store service, lawyers. phy-r
alciana and last but not least, we
must pay out of this sum all the in
terest and dividends for the money
we have received either Individually,
or as a community (bonds for water,
sewage, etc.) and provide for the re
payment of these debts.
All Internal Interest rharo-M hv
local residents. to local residents na
turaliy mUst come also from the val
ue of the products of this district- .
What Is Wealth?
The surplus of the value nroduced
and not consumed represents the ac
cumulated wealth In the district; I
personally doubt. If we have during
wic ihsi, two accaaes really made the
wealth ourselves here at present In
this valley either In form of physical
assets (real estate, houses, furniture,
machinery and investments made
outside this valley), because a large
part was brought into this valley In
liquid (capital brought in for the
purchase of orchards, etc.) This is
evident as we had even to default on
Interest and principles received here
(irrigation bonds).
The present situation (s not too
rosy alt ho we ex-en now receive con-,
tinuously additional unearned Tunds
from outside, which help a good deal.
These are the sums of money recelT-
ed from the federal government for
the C. C. C camps and other pur
poses. The production value at present
estimated at $7,000,000 Is therefore
not enough to provide for the $10.
320.000 required for the pension fund
alone, but the rest of the 45.000 peo
ple want to live as well.
Can we Increase our production to
such an extent as to provide all the
values needed?
The Turnover Tav i
But before I go Into this question
1 will present a few more figures.
The Townsend plan claims to pro
vide the tax by a 2 per cent turn-,
over tax. In order to make the fund
revolving In this valley a turnover of
50 times the $10,320,000 yearly ret.
qulrement must be accomplished,
meaning the enormous turnover of
516 millions per year or a turnover
per day of $1,720,000
Each pensioner has to spend $200--per
month and of course he does not
do this In ono sum. but divides this,
up Into many Items and each trans-,
action must be made 50 times before,
the revolving Tund has received the
original sum back again through the.
2 per cent tax. It will require the.
time of half the people ln the valley .
alone to dr this, and instead of pro-"
ducing they must spend their time
in buying and selling, but buying and
selling does not produce any values.
It Is physically Impossible to ex
change goods at such a . rate. Even
under the very best of circumstances
money at present is not turned over
more than twice a month.
(To be continued tomorrow)
Flight 'o Time
(Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of the
Mail Tribune of 30 and 10 Years
Ago).
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY ,
January 2. 1925
C. E- (Pop) Gates starts the New
Year by publishing names of Ford
car purchasers for 1924.
Heavy rain causes considerable
damage to new road east of Central
Point. ...
City will vote on bonds for a new
l.Jgh school at election to be held
January 21.
High school tossers t?feat Alumni
team 33 to 25. in opening basketball
game of season.
Mayor-elect O. O. Alenderfer will
assume office next Tuesday, along
with new councllmen and other of
ficers. South Carolina Democrat shocks
Democratic leaders, by declaring, "the
overwhelming defeat at the polls last
November, was due to efforts of our
chief tans, endeavoring to foist for-etgn-oorn-isms
upon the American
rcople."
TWKNTY YEARSA(i() TODAY
January 2, in US
Oregon senator urges, "election of
postmasters. Instead of appointing
them."
Nominations for the city election
to be held January 12. are being filed.
J. C. Barnes Is expected to file for
mayor on the Socialist ticket.
Postal receipts for Medford show
"healthy gain" during past year.
"Rural Credit Bill" to be intro
duced at next session of congress.
Table Rock correspondent reports,
"tennis was played out ln the open
on Christmas day, and everybody Is
happy."
1000 acres signed up in week lor
beet sugar acreage.
New Year's was quietly observed In
the city. Two (tents were nabbed for
"acting up In front of the Nash ho
tel, while ladies were passing."
steamerTulleToff
pointer island mud
SEATTLE, Jan. 2 (APi The coast
guard cutter Hnlda wirelessed head
quarters here today that she pulled,
the Alaska Steamship corr.oanv's liner
n' storm 3undtv nic.i and the
Qaatfingart spent ew lev ft ao&rd