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H FHIDAY, OCTOIIKH 27, 1010
SIXGLK TAX HISTOIIY
TS
IK. first Inltl.iilvp mensure or.
4tblsear,n ballot now' naked
th 'FfljRentniVRinevl.andiTax al
Homemakers' Lonn Fujid Amend
ment' Is the same jingle tax schema
that has adorned the ballot; year aft
er year, this I time weiirlnga f new
dress and bearing a new-title. A new
bcUjtO catch votes hn" tilso Jbecti
added! 'Foliowtne In' the 'history ot
Attempted Single tax legislation in!
Oregon during th"b past eight years:
In 1908 an amendment proposed
fey "The Oregon Tax Reform Associa
tion" (single taxers) exempting per
sonal property and improvements was
.defeated by a vote of 60.871 (no) to
32,065 (ayes). It was admitted to be
anrststep toward single tax.
I 1910, ,an amendment abolish
ing the poll taut carried by a vote ot
,44.171 (ayes to 48,187 (no). Only
"after Its passage was the following
"Joker" discevered: "Providing for
the people of each county to regulate
,. , taxation and exemptions within the j
.'county, regardless ot constitutional
restrictions or 'state statutes, and
aBOUBmns pun or ueuu u. j
In 1912, single tax measures were
submitted in Multnomah, Clacka
mas and Coos counties, and were de
feated in each county by more than'
a two to one vote.
At tbe. same election, an amend-1
ment proposing , "state-wide pinglo
vlth arrarfuated tax nrovlslon
wu defeated by 82.015 .(no) to31,-
.534 (ayes). -At. thlsr election tne
?k?r" re'ewed to above, was re-
pealed. - , t
1914, two amendments were sub-
miMed: -'0ne' Provi,n 'or,a f 1.500 j
exempUon, was defeated 136,193 to
, 65.495; '"the other, providing for
tbe
gSUMPeclflc personal gnduation extra
tax, was aereaiea ", to .-
'186. 'By votng307 no te voters of'
Oregon will again show what theyj
-think of single tax. j
WORTH THINKING ABOUT
jpi DALjdSjES, Chief Telegrapher
,va Order Railway Teiegrapners
m m
Ko. 91, of Chicago, comes out for
I. of Chicago, comes out for
Hughes. In his sUtement he says:
"There is a strong suspicion
among thoughtful laboring men that
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--more harm than k ."1 from the Adam- riotism of this large -number of your permit the shipment of arms and am
un law Insteid ' having a hand fellow-cltlzens,and of all others who munition to Carranxa as you per-m-
... i..ir .- .h ,tno.i. condemn your foreign policy. mitted, then refused, then permitted
... ...o -w. - o . -;
'ia'oiested are novt discovering that
-thc eflect of the law le to take, away
" trom tbem the Wch of collective
bargaining.
'.-The United y.'ates. government 't
el( fixed wages in thin case. Labur--l.iC
uien, in other words, were .id-
.rtenlr made to "vml at wages BX9U
Theoretically, It might be a," be became a member of that great
4y law,
-ane thing to have Uncle Sam nx
one's wages, But the average man
rwould like to have something to say
himself regarding the amount of
-wages he Is willing io work -for. If
Uacle Sam is to fit wages, he may fix
them at a low figure Instead of a
alga one. What would the laboring .
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not oppoee the act of Uncle tentlon if elected Senator to promote
rithout placing themselves ln.f'lht Interests of one side in the pres-
tltude of lawbreakers. Ko nt war in Europe,' and thereby vjo-
could
8am without
41ia al.,jlA
union or set of unions could affora
to oppose the law of tbe land.
"Capital 1s shrewd, persistent, and "' "" '' " -" '""- tho Increasing seriousness of the slt
. .... . x..- .., Tiri.i i.lvcntD me from characterizing sucn 0,i n vrnn a i. .i ..
Jnfluentlal in high places. Will it
.not r Immediately seize the advantage
iftduclng, legislators to fix wages
b'jaw? Tbea the situation would
fcf, this: Congress and tbe labor
unions woum ne airect rniunuuuia
Which one would wtaf-in case 'Con
gress and labor should become in
volved Infa struggle?
"Far-Lighted labor leaders do not
want wsges fixed, by law. y They; sea
thepltfall for'iJaor. They'see that
capital could best them in the game
if appealing to Coagress. Tbey real-
To strike would he a crime, punish
able by fine Knd imprisonment. That
is tbe Inevitable outcome, of a sys
tem of law-made wages.'
- iThefirst attempt to fix wages by
iaw resulted in a victory for the rail
Void brotherhoods. Would not the
-iecoBd 'attempt result In" a victory
for capital as against labor? Who
ean, guarantee ' that as majority la
Congress will always vote on the aide
UeMhat ,')aw-madev iwageav mesa la
Awtrlal' servitude LaberwouH fee
foreed to accept'-such .'wages ornnlt.
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UNCLE
BACON ANSWERS WILSON
CHICAGO. Oct. 27. (Special)
,Jne of tne mog bCathlg criticism of
president yuson s political auuuuc.
and of his foreign lx-.ltcy was uttered
j erc by Hon Rq,-, Bacon, nt-cuilf
B tnndldate for the Republican nomi-
uiitnn for UniteJ bta.ee Benator la
New York.
.takes the President' to task for
th darng demagogery of his state-
n.: made at.ato.tlnv Lan, thai c-
p ...-cn,, BUCC menit that 'the'
ccriry wouid' lure :. a polt-y of
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Mr Bacon nag addressed an open
letter to the President, challenging
! him on this attack on his fellow clti-
sens. In part It is as iouews:
"Injrpur Rapacity ocandldajufor
public" 'office you have'seen'fltrin a
vksaBKiiik m Br mr nwiiimvo mnFa vnan
v '". - f -" """,
n, 'oiwm wu "! "
140.000 'citlxens or tnts state wno,
.honored me witn tneir votes at tne
recent primaries. You seem to have
been willing, for the sake of possible
nolltleal proflt. to impugn tbe pat-
,.... . . ,. it .
'With the Intention of making it
appear that my candidacy for the Re-
publican senatorial nomination was
supported by men who would involve
this country In war, you spoke of me
as "a man whose avowed position In
respect of international affairs was
unneutral, and whose intention was'
council uiiou iuihui ,... ....
Washington, to promote the Intereits
of one side In the present war In Ed-
rope,' and you argued that 'if the
Republican party -should succeed,
0M Ter ,arSe branch of It would in-
s,8t UV a reversal, from
'eBgo w """
"The statement that It was my in-
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,ai m7 OMn omcc- " "KU'
(Contempt. My respect for the offce
ytatement as It de-etyes. I leave tho
of labor? It l said the brother-
hoods secured tbe law by making A holding them up to scorn as alarm
threat. Capital can threaten, too. irts and Jingoes who would plunge
A threat by 'capital to close down tbe country in war. You maintained
factories might frighten Congress that the nation was sufficiently pre
into reducing wages during hard pared. This' was your attitude in
times. Tbe reduced wage scale public speeches at the time. The
would not be merely tbe whim of people have not forgotten tbe rec
capital, to be opposed by labor If It ord.
did not approve, It would be tbe law j "The popular demand for prepared-
I of the land, which labor would dU-
obey at 1U" peril. An Individual
quit work If be wished, but any con-1
carted action by labor .anions might
be treated a a criminal conspiracy.
These are tbe possibilities inherent
In any system of fixing wages by
law, Therefore, thoughtful laboring;
men oppose the. plan, and still stick
to tbebetter"plaafSf"collecUve bar
gaining through conference, concilia
tion, and arbitration. They will help
to flx their own waxes, in other
words, rather' than leave tbe decision
to CMgrm."
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SAM: "About time to change motora.isn'f it"?
I judgment of Its fu.:ty to the public,
i Anyone who know tt me at all mu3f
kno-A that the last ten years of my
It'e has been devoted to the cause of
better interatioanl lelatlons and the
veateful settlement of internatl ia.il
difi'iites.
' The statemeit ihat a large num-
ber of your-fellon-cltixens,-because
the condemn jour jvenk, vacillatl'ig,
policy, wishto phinpelthis cquutry
into the horror lif varf Is preBoiie,r-
'.-us. 'l
j "American soldiers acting under
your orders were killed by the sold-
leni of Carranza. Vhat reparation
will there he for tne loss oi tne lives
oi tnese men woo were iuiiowidk oui
your commandstout who should
never have been' sent on this
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ion n
'h nun om Iff ittat wti ftf A tint
ouw in in Mexico, me pnrase is
your own. How do you explain, then,1
twice sending American troops Into
that country? Will you continue to
shipments to Villa?
"How can you justify your policy
0f Indecision of a step forward and
then a step back when, while you!
have been waiting, more Americans
tiave been killed in Mexico than were'
killed during tbe war with Spain? I
"How do you reconcile your plea
that a policy of procrastination will
eep us out or war wnen we nave'&na unrounded in fact, vacillation.
twice been at war with Mexico during timidity, weakness In assorting our
your administration and are virtually rights, Inability to perform our dutlei.
at war with that country today? confusion of words, a constant
j ,,Juft g now you ODMure theso'thangeof attitude, threats unsupjort-
rtal ,MUea of your oreg poncy Dy Cd, cannot possibly kcp tills imilon
0Xt.tinB the popular lmaglatlon or any other out of war. It is the
'p gainst those who condemn such
noim-a, fh. raw dUtm-had
m w- m - v v.w.
When loyal Americans of divergent
pomical faotb, grew disturbed over
MHSWS4 SU tSWlo fMU U UV4tV (tllU
jvocated that the country be pre-
, I-ared, you diverted attention from
(he merits of their plea, belittling and
ness grew. You changed your mind,
ou even went as faras to advocate
for this country the largest navy In
the world. Of course, that wis un
necessary. Authorities agreed that
it was absurd to try to outbuild all
others. You no longer Insist upon It.
"You gave to the people tbe pres
ent Military Defense Act. You seek
to have them believe that, by Its
means, you have put the nation in j
state of preparedness. Tbe law Is
condemed by all impartial authori
ties as Inadequate, It has not the
approval of the general staff of the
wou,d jnvolve tbe country in war, sojairs will Inevitably lead us ;uio
you ODgcured Dy tBe game methods war. A strong, derm:nvil, ilear
the ,MU of nat0nai prepare(jnesi. j Policy can lone prcaor -e for this
,
Cartoon by TOM MAY.
urmy It puts the national guard Into
politics. It thrusts Into the national
guard the undermining Influence of
political patroage and governmental
pay. It perpetuates In more danger
ous form the dusl system of control
which divided responsibility between
the 'state and the nation, which has
been a fatal defect of our. system of
national defense. It fslla to increase
the army. The army, in spite of ac-
tlve recruiting for Mexico, Is practl-
cally no larger now than It was when
you signed the bill. Under the guise
ot B measure for national prepared-
ness, this act lulls the aroused entl
ment of the neonle by giving to them
a false sense of security.
I "Do you defend the clause insert-
C(j Dy Mr. Hay, the father of the bill
Hnd your spokesman on the floor of
the House, which created a lucrative
array office in such terms
that only
one man jn tbe wbolo United States
can an tf j, jt not fajr to Judge the
expedl-.jngincerjty 0f tho law
which you
islgned by .this audacious trifling with
m . . . . &
me temper oi tne people wno ue-
manded a serious measure frr tho
national defense?
"To gcek l0 make political capital
out or the fact that we are not at war
with some European power Is to mis
lead the calm Judgment of tho peo
ple. Washington, John Adams, Jef
ferson; Madison, Polk, Lincoln and
BivKlnley were our presidents when
this country was at war. Shall wo
condemn them and praise our other
pi esidents 'whose administration
were blessed with peace?
"The contention that you or the
Democratic administration haj Kent
this, country out of war is uoclaus
a,"i or tnose wno JI vote against
r VOll that such conduct or hit far..ln
- - -- - . w. wa,.
BOWLING
Is proof against rheumatics, and
Is a safe and pleasant flesh re
dacer for the corpulent. Swing a
regulation miaeralKe bowing ball
for three games dally and the air!
pumps In your chest wlH give you
the digestion of an ostrich.
PALM BOWLING ALLEYH
Basement I. O. O. F. BaUdlag
" .-......l-...-..l.i. ii-ininj-ULL,
DR. F. R. GODDARD
OstteBtlilhyllan
Salt SU, L O. O. F; Temple
REMEMBER I never charge tor
examination and consultation.
FURTHER This places you'vn.
der no obligation, and you will not
be ask,ed to take treatment
Heurs: 9 to 11:30 a. m, S to 6;
7to8p.av PImmMI
--.-,... i-iTimrwrtrimumju
iwutry the respect of olht? ii.UInn1,
wl'kh will cusiiro poaco.
"U In unworthy to assort (lint tt
in'ir.i number of ytu'r follow wn
Amu leans of undlvldiJ alKllnnce,
of wl.olo fallh, of uini trurl In Itm
honor and rlghteoliUosi of their
viMinlry, would soeit to plmmo Ilia
Unlled Slates Into .lio horror, of war.
Srch n statement vnu must know to
In falso. If n million volca were to
in ouih for initkliM Mich u nilr
BCiMiiunt, If )ou lioltotul It tOiltP llio
juiv way to win 'v IwimmiM '.nBo
jpu ulioutil scorn u lo inlHreiirnironl
tin jiooplo of n country which h.irf
dlnled )ou to Us hlJEiivMt iilnco .f
trust."
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Surety bunds wlillo yni wait, hoe.
Clillitite.
4N OLD RECIPE
TO DARKEN HAIR
0K TEA XJD RUtPHUR TURNS
artAY, FACED HAIR DARK AND
OtOSSY
Almost em-one knows that 8a se
Tm and Sulpht r. nronerly comaounded
krlDRs back tbe natural color and lus
re to the hair whaa faded, streaked or
nay. Years age tbt oaly way to get
his mixture waa to make It at hoaie,
vhlch Is muaty aad trenhlaacMM.
Nowadaya, we simply ask at any
iru iorafor "Wrath's Sana aad Sul-
hcr Comnowid." YanwlU-atn targe,'
aettto tt tala ati Ubm rtaiH Innrw
M fey the addllloa l etatr IngredleaU,
for afeoat 60 eaats. Breryfeody uas
hie -earatlM new, feeeaass no ear
ean possibly tall that ye- darkened
our hair, aa It doea It so naturally' and
evaalr. You demean a sponge or soft
rash with It, and draw this through
your feslr, taking one small strand at
a time; by morning the gray hair die
afftart, aad after Mother asallea
ilon or two, yonr hair fettamae feeaati
rally dark, thick and glossy, gad yon
look years yoaaaer. Wwotha Sago
and Sulphur Compeaad la a delight
fal toilet reJH. . It to not latoadod
tor (ho cure, mlllgatloa or prevontloa
nf disease !
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Smok,a pipe of VELVET an'
waivo a heparin.
Teach to Children
to Save
Point out to them the necessity of
'starting to save while In their
, teens and tell them of the power.
Influence and Independence It
brings. Why not open an account
with us for each of tbe children
and give them to undecstant tho
money Is theirs, and you espect
them to put away their nickel',,
and dimes Instead ot spe'ndlng
them. '
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