THIS KLAMATH NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Juna 24, 1933
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The New Deal Where
WiU It Lead Ua?
0W that the amok nae
cleared away at Washing-
ton. It ia pretty vidnt that the
acta of the laat three month
hare started na off at one of
the moat rapid cllpa we ever at
tained. But it ln't yet all dear to
what direction we ar going.
Maybe we are heading toward
aocialism; maybe wa are twing
ing oft for atate capitalism of
a kind that will make Signor
Mussolini's Fascism look watery.
Nobody can tell, today, and o
tar nobody eem to care very
much. The important thing ' 1
that we are on our way. We
can figure out the goal later.
That, in fact, la one of the
most interesting things about
the new program. We hare
passed one great fork In the
road we hare awung away from
the free individualism ot the
past, and it doesn't look as it
we should erer go back to It
but the main fork is still ahead
ot us. We still hare plenty of
time to decide whether we are
to go on to outright aocialism
or whether we can build our
nest century of progress on a
controlled, carefully regulated
capitalism.
Lump together all of those
amazing recovery measures in
duatrlal control, farm relief,
Muscle Shoals, inflation, mort
gage relief and all the rest
and you find that we haven't
definitely committed ourselves.
Capitalism gets Its chance to
prove that it can lay down and
follow out a plan In which the
Interests of the average citlsen
will be fully protected.
Tha great fields ot manufac
turing, transportation, finance,
agriculture and distribution are
still held by their original own
ers. If they can produce a sat
isfactory crop during the next
few years, well and good.
On the other hand, we are
going to get a pretty good Idea
ot what the federal government
can do on Its own book. Ia it
capable of running a large, publicly-owned
Industry, of oversee
ing every sort of commercial
and financial activity, of main
taining derent wage levels an. I
stabilizing money and prices?
We shall have pretty good an
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
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SOMEBOCTV SAY
HE S COlkXs
IUTO THE CITY
WOUT BE
WITH HIS
SUIT CASE
IT'S PBETTV
Bi-CK
I MOMOAV-
MOKJOAY
TIME-
IT'S ALL SET
FOR TO MORROW
NIGHT- SHE'LL
LEAVE THE
STORB AT
TIN, AMD
I ara-av l J 4
TO-MORROW
NIGHT, EH?
WELL, I HOPE
ALL WORKS
OUT AS YOU
THINK IT WILL-
START FOR
HOME-
swers to those questions la a
very few years.
Meanwhile, w are still tree
to make our choice. We are
not, at the moment, trying to
go toward anything; we are try
ing to get away from some
thing th depression, low
wages, unemployment, hunger.
chaos, misery. Where we may
fetch up, la the end, la some
thing tor the seventh eon ot a
seventh son. Meanwhile, we are
oa our -way.
The Wrong- Remedy.
T la not likely that the rall
. roads' announcement ot their
Intention to reduce basic wage
rate by approximately II per
cent will win any large amount
of public approval.
It can be granted, ot course,
that th rallroada ar pretty
hard pushed financially. A great
many ot them need some sort!
ot relief. Not as many ot them
have coma out ot the red dur
ing the current revival as we
might like.
But this time, ot all time, I
a poor time for wag reductions.
Th nation la bending every ef
fort today to get wagea back up.
to atop deflation and Increase
th country's purchasing power.
For one of th nation's largest
industries to go ahead with a
tar-reaching wag reduction
would be little leas than a catas
trophe. The general public will
be almost unanimous In Insist
ing that some other form of re
lief for the carriers be found.
income Tax Publicity.
ONE thing to be rememnereo.
In the mass of new legis
lation passed at Washington Is
the tact that the president la
empowered to give publicity to
income tax return. A good
many citizens ar likely to hope
that he take advantage of this
power.
Th disclosure about Income
tax evasions In the Morgan in
vestigation would not have been
newa at all It w had had pub
licity for Income tax returns
during the last few years. And
with those disclosures In mind,
it ia a little hard to sympathise
with those who oppose such pub
licity oa the ground that it is
unwarranted Intrusion upon
the private affairs ot Individual
citizens.
It took a senate committee to
show na that Morgan and his
partnera had found ways ot get
ting along without paying in
come taxes. Under th new law
tha president himself, by a turn
ot the hand, could mak such
Information automatically avail
able from day to day.
Wlieu a plan can drop so
completely from sight In Oregon,
we begin to realize what a huge
and unpopulated atate we have.
Expense Fund on
Cash Basis Again
The county current expense
fund 1 back on a warrant basis
today, all outstanding warrants
having been called on June IS
and on a cash basis th brief
period Thursday. There are
several thousand dollars worth
of these still outstanding which
will be paid as presented, ac
cording to County Treasurer
George P. Taylor.
Mr. Taylor also expressed him
self in favor of the armory fund
being voted for us as outlined
by the county court, which he
considers will be the menas ot
the county resuming a cash
bssls, quite Indefinitely, and
with th revolving fund in oper
ation an armory can be built at
surh time ss the stste Is in a
position to match funds as orig
inally proposed.
Hi&eo
who is
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"I despise summer parties, but It you don't go they atop Invit
ing you."
The National Whirligig
Inside Story of Washington
The News Behind the News
By PAUL MALLON
Debts
You may hare noticed that Hearst and tha tanata nationalists
bad rerj little to say about Mr. Rooserelt's war debt policy. They
were supposed to explode but tha explosion was mora like a cap
than a cannon. There's a reason.
Mr. RooseTelt let them In on the inside ot negotiations leading
np to the final decision. He did that to show ha had nothing up
his sleere. The result was he won their confidence. When the
announcement was made they knew It was probably tha beat ar
rangement that could possibly hare been made.
They had to praise It with faint damns.
'
That was not tha amartest thing tha administration did on the
debt issue. The whole thing was handled with the same disarming
cleverness.
The British and American notes were fixed np In a Tery friendly
way. Each consulted the other about what ha should write. Tha
correspondence wss made mutually satisfactory before It waa writ
ten. Our boys fixed It so aa not to ruin MacDonald'i domestic
political situation. He did the same for us.
It is whispered authentically that at one time we actually agreed
to name a date In July when wa would meet with the British on
debts. They thought that was not necessary so it was left out of
our note.
There were two hitch eft In the
Inside program. The first was
when MacDonald started talking
about debts at the London confer
ence. Our officials bad no Idea
he woir'd do such a thing. They
had MacDonald'i private word to
keep debts out ot the conference.
It did not matter greatly. We
have his confidential assurances
now that there will be no more
of that sort of business.
The second surprise to our of
ficials was when they paid In
silver. They chiseled us out of
about two million dollars that
way. "We thought they would
pay In dollars or securities.
They got caught in their own
trap there. Their failure to buy
dollars helped the little game
our boys were playing with the
British pound.
All In all we broke fairly well.
The strategy behind this ad
ministration maneuvering is clear.
We are lining np Great Britain
and Incidentally Italy as our
friends in Europe. They deserve
it. Britain has paid eight times
an much as France. Italy has
dealt very fairly with ua on the
Inside and out.
With those two on our side
you ran see how it Is going to be
for the defaulters France and
her allies. The united front
they hf.d In Europe after the
By Harold Gray
MO , I'LL STAY
O 1
TO-MIGHT, SO VOU
CAM HELP MAW
FINISH HER
YOO CAM
STAY HER FRIDAY.
MIGHT, WMILS
I HELP HER HANG
THE CURTAINS-
ITS A DESPERATE
Thing to do
tOT DESPERATE
MEASURES ARB
MUST
SUCCEED- THERE
CAM BE NO
SLIPS-
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Lauaanne conference la complete
ly broken up.
We will deal with each, sep
arately and harshly.
.
Th boys near th top believe
their debt troubles are over for
the duration ot th London con
ference. They think the tem
porary arrangement saved the
conference. It did. They also
believ MacDonald will keep his
word to avoid future references
to that subject in London. He
probably will.
Their secret hope is that the
London meeting will conclude be
fore the final debt agreement la
made.
In that they are too optimistic.
If Europesn diplomacy la hsndled
as It usually is, you will see tba
London delegates turn around
and ask about debta just when
the time comes to sign some
tariff and silver agreements.
It Is a two-to-one bet they will
never sign until they get a final
debt understanding.
...
Cuts
The democrats made a deal
with Republican Leader McNary
on government reorganisation.
They agreed to let the republi
cans get in one kick at th presi
dential program If the republi
cans would b satisfied with on.
They were.
That Is why you saw the sen
ate unanimously adopt the Mc
Nary resolution deferring cuts
In agricultural education work.
Also why republicans like Sena
tor Reed suddenly dropped reso
lutions kicking at other points
in the progrsm.
The Whit House agreed to
lake the rap. Those agricul
tural cuts probably will never
go Into effect. Protest from
the west were too loud and
strong.
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Steam
Less drinking and drunkenness
were noticeable at the closing
session of congress this year.
I unally the boys blow off steam
that final night and use bottles
for the purpose. This year few
er were drinking and they drank
less.
The Idea has been offered that
the advent ot beer promoted
temperance. A mor logical rea
son la that they were not sure
up to th final moments whether
It would b their last night.
...
A synthetically happy con
gressman who threw away money
on the closing night of the last
congress found a less expensive
way to amuse himself this time.
He made a speech. That Is, he
tried to make a speech. Tho
house applauded so he could not
b heard. He resented this and
Invited them all to do battle with
him, singly or en masse. They
refused to do either but contin
ued to applaud.
There was nothing for the
congressman to do but alt down.
II did.
Rails
The boys upstairs look on the
rail pay reduction notice as a
bluff. It merely opens negotia
tions on tha wag question.
When the wages ar fUseaV, It
will b don by th government.
Th old 100 per cent will -pro
bably b continued. Th 11 4
per cent reduction proposal la
merely th railroad asking prle.
Th only reason tb govern
ment tried to atop It was because
It meant bad publicity lor busi
ness recovery.
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Notes
Tb man who handled tha bt
negotiations hackstsg la Prof.
Moley . , , He ia aupposed to
have bu th liaison man with
Hearst and th senate progres
sive ... Th debt negotiations
with th British probably will
begin th middle ot July and
conclude In th fall . . . W will
b In no hurry to gt It over
befor th London conference
end , . . Th time schedule may
b. rearranged It the Europeans
start playing th London con
ference against th debt . . .
Th hoys at th top war mor
frightened than you know about
the possibility ot war debta
breaking up th London confer
ence at the etart Mr. Roose
velt's Intimate noticed th an-
aence of his habitual amll dur
ing th closing days of congress
. . . He needed th rst he Is
getting now.
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NKW YORK
Bv June MrMnllla
Dollar
Th rebound ot th dollar from
14.10 to th pound to 14.01 af
ter th bondon conference got off
to a seamy start waa no coin
cidence.
Th earn American crowd
which has been buying sterling
and converting It to gold turned
around and began buying dol
lar. It would be atretching It
a point to say that thsv did so
on orders. But they did get the
intimation very unofficially ot
course that such a course would
not be viewed anilss la Washing
ton.
Th maneuver waa dollar di
plomacy ot a Tery high' quality.
Having showed England what
w could do with th dollar If
w had a mind to, w then said
in effect that we wouldn't do It
if aha wauld do eom real co
operating.
It all goes to show what
Washington and New York can
accomplish with their combined
resources when they really get
together.
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Diplomacy
Mr. Roosevelt Is credited her
with miraculous skill in aaving
th conference from prematura
shipwreck.
The British were sore clear
through. They resented what
they called our high-handed
methods and were all aet to take
ua for a ride.
Then Mr. Roosevelt gave them
a graceful out on their June
15th debt payment. You will
never know how grateful they
were for that. They have too
many debtors themselves to In
dulge In the luxury ot default and
they could not bare mad full
payment without serious risk of
upsetting th government. At
the same time th dollar waa
permitted to climb again In a
manner which relieved English
worries.
Th British responded with
mor then flowers. Neville
Chamberlain promptly mad a
speech In favor of credit ex
pansion by cooperation of cen
tral banks. This Is the heart
ot the Rooaevelt program for
world recovery. Chamberlain's
remarks were especially signi
ficant because he had atrongly
opposed such a policy np to that
moment.
At th same tlm vigorous
British undercover opposition to
James M. Cox aa head of the
Monetary commission which had
been amasingly bitter suddenly
cnangea to staunch support.
Thia should not be taken to
mean that all th Anglo-American
differences are smoothed
out. We still don't car for
th British Idea of a proper level
tor stabilisation. But at least
a glimmer of hope has been re
vived that th conference will
get aomewher.
Some People
Say
The university Is a mating mill.
It should be. With Its beautiful
campus, magnificent views, adja
cent lakes and th opportunities
students bar to measur esch
others' worth, why shouldn't the
siuneni rsll.ln love? Prof. B.
A. Ross, University of Wisconsin
sociologist.
e . .
Every person who consents to
making terms with the Jspanese
Is my Inveterate and eternal
enemy. Feng Yu-hslang, China's
t.nristian general.
e
I've been so busy living that
I haven't had time to formulate
a philosophy of life Samuel
Untermeryer, noted lawyer, on his
76th birthday.
cm urn e
Editorials on News
(Continued From Pag On)
me, and It I had to do without It
I would miss It terribly."
e a
T1IKN consider this:
1 "In rotura tor th taxes I
pay, 1 get th service ot th
schools, which educate my chll
dren. Suppose I had to pay lor
alt this servlc myself, without
the co-operation of my nelghhora.
which la mad possible by th or
ganisation ot society and th In
stitution ot taxes.
"If I hsd to educate my chil
dren all by myaelf, paying for It
all out of my own pocket, th cost
would b many tlm th TOT4L
of my taxes.
"So, you ae I really get a lot
In return tor th taxes I pay."
...
TvrR IIAVB fallen Into the habll
" ot thinking ot our taxea aa
all going out and nothing coming
hack. It Isn't that way at all.
We OCT -A LOT BACK for th
taxea w pay. If w had to do
without what w get tor our tax
money, w would miss It fright
fully. Ltf would be very hard
Indeed without these things.
Mr, Peterson baa given na
something worth thinking about.
.
TIERS IS another thought that
ls worth walla:
"It w wer able to shift all
tha taxea to 10 per cent of th
people," Mr. Peterson told his
hearers, "It wouldn't be good for
us In the long run, for those who
pay th taxes eventually OWN
TUB GOVERNMENT."
That has been true In th past.
In other countries and other civil
isations. It may not ha true in
thta country NOW, but It might
h tru som day.
W don't want to run that risk.
...
nrHE THINQ to do." Mr. Peter
A son aald. "la to spread tha
base, so that everybody will pay
SOME taxea. Ot course, while
w ar doing that, w should
mak It possible for everybody to
earn enough to be ABLE to pay
taxes, but the principle ot very-
body paying something la sound."
Put that way, it certainly
sounds reasonable, doean't Itt
...
EER. PETERSON spoke In sup
lvlport of the salea tax, which
will be voted on In July. The
aales tax, he says. Is ANOTHER
tax, truly enough, but not an AD
DITIONAL tax, becaus It will
take th place ot th present
stale tax on property.
To the owner of property, he
says, It will tare more than It will
cost.
e
cyHIS writer, Incidentally, x
A pecta to rot for th sales tax.
not with any enthusiasm for It as
a tsx principle, but because In th
present emergency It seems to be
about th only way to raise mon
ey enough to save the states
credit.
It la offered as an emergency
measure, and will continue only
two years. If, at the end of thst
time, w don't re-enact It, It will
die automatically.
Telling the
Editor
KLAMATH FALLS, Or. (To
in Kditor) A short tlm ago
tha Interstate Commerce Com
mission permitted the Chicago,
St. Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha
to abandon its line from Wynot
to Coburn, Nebraska.
The principal reason that the
(0-mlle railroad had ceased to
be profitable was th commercial
truckers hsd taken away the
greater part of the traf'le which
formerly moved over the line.
Aside from the inconvenience
caused by the abandonment of
the road a tremendous loss of
taxes will result. The direct
railroad tax estimated at nearly
1100,000, a portion of which
will b lost by every county,
village and school district thru
which the road passes. Neces
sarily grain elevators, lumber ami
coal yards will be abandoned,
and people will be required to
haul their products greater dis
tances to market, as well as
truck in their supplies, then
there will be further losses on
lumber, coal and other atocks.
As a natural result, realty and
Yamla
never Uses it's delicate
exquisite houquet in
any baking or freezing.
That's because it is
Pure Vanilla.
other values In towns and vil
lage will decrease, thus n
hanrlng th lax burden on other
classes of properly, it is a sao
nrosnect. but It should occasion
no surprise. People want th
rallroada when they aee tnem
vanishing, but apparently fall
to appreciate them until their
abandonment la threatened,
Klamath Fa I la Is fnrtunat In
having two or th greatest In
dustries In (he world, lumber and
two larg railroad systems to
supply the city. Titer Is a great
future for Klamath Falls If the
buslncas men ran only visualise
It. Hut it la neresiary to en
large upon and lucreaa th chief
Industries of our community If
w went lo bring bark prosper
ity. Th rsllroads own and main
tain their own rlghta of way.
The motor trucks use the public
highways, constructed and main
tained at public expense. The
rallronda at taxed in each state
In which they operate. Trucks
ar only taxed In their home
stste and usually ar allowed to
use th highways of other states
without even being required to
pay a registration fee for the
privilege.
The bualnesa man who ships
bis goods by truck In paper car
tons is not a good booster tor
horn Industries of Klamath
Kalis. Should the majority of
th business men do likewise,
Klan.slh Falls would soon revert
to the little row town of the
past. The rallroada ar the
backbone of th country and
without them no city can pros
per, but they cannot subsist It
they ar ussd as an emergency
only.
Klamath Falls needs more
boosters to promote Its growth
and bring back prosperity. Our
slogsn should be: Ship by rail In
wooden boxes and watch Klam
ath Falls grow.
MRS. T. W. O'BRIEN,
President ot th Ship By
Rsll Club.
TO
LAKE'S OPENING
People ot this community heve
been Invited to Join In the third
annual good-will tour of Shasta
Caaradlans aa a week-end trip.
June 10, July 1, I. Several
ar planning to Join at som
plar on th Una.
Th goal ot the trip will be
Crater Lake National Park,
which will b officially opened
Saturday, July 1, with a roug
ing tlm afternoon and evening.
The Klamath Junior chamber of
commerce has detalla of the
schedule of events.
Many prominent officials, news
paper mn and distinguished
guests will participate. Enter
tainment provided all along the
line will make th trip a memor
able one.
Herders Put Wage
Plea Before Credit
Board in Portland
A letter was mailed Thursday
to the regional agricultural credit
corporation In Portland from the
Klamath Sheepherders associa
tion, aaklng that demands for an
Increase in wagea be given careful
and aympathetle consideration.
Correspondence waa made after
th secretary of the Klamath
Stockgrowers Losn compsny hsd
given Information that the Fed
eral Intermediate Credit hnnk set
the herders' wsges at 140 per
month, and that local authorities
hare no power to raise the wsges
In th letter to the credit bank,
the association reviewed th herd
ers' working conditions, and de
clared If the Federal Intermedi
al Credit bank had fixed the 140
per month maximum. It waa done
without adequate Information and
without consulting th mn most
directly Involved.
"To safeguard th flocks In
which usually Is Invested a value
of not less than 110.000. and rep
resented hy 1,600 head of ani
mals fo each man employed, the
Nave Orange Stamp All Warrants Accepted
Public Market
Phnna 1410 WW M.n
91.00 Order Are Delivered at 9:80, 11:00 0, m. and S p. m.
FREE
Earthenware Tea Pot Five Cup Capacity
with Each Pound Lip ton' Tea
Orange Pekoe, 75c Green, 65c
21, Pound Jar Jam Young
X' BERRIES
Black Fig
Loganberry 3 BaSKetS
Marmalade
Each 43' 25'
Flavor Food' Cucumbers, 5c
Bulk
Mayonnaise Medf ord Lettuce
Pint, 18c 2 for 9c
Flavor Food'a Folger'g
Sandwich Shasta Brand
Spread COFFEE
Pint, 19c Pound 25 c
herder must be aa experienced
man with aheep. must be depend
able, must usually be working by
hlma.lf without human compan
ionship, must be constantly alert
very hour of Hi 14 during th
dsy and particularly at night tlm
when predatory animals may at
tack th flock." tha letter staled.
Living conditions of tha camp
life, usually with poor water and
unsanitary food conditions, wer
described, and a seal of wagea
paid for th past thre years.
The association reported that
the wage In 1(10 was 1100; In
1(11, 171; and In 111 up to
June, I0; (rum June to th pres. I
ent tlm the wsge has vsrled from1'
140 lo aa high as 10 In soma In
stancee. -e
A wag of 110 per month I be
Ing demanded by the herders at
the present lime, fair, they de
clare, because or the up-irend In
wool and sheep prices.
Earlier Days
(Krum 1'IIm ot The Klamath
lt.luhlln, June, 1UOO)
At tb school lection held
Monday afternoon F. T. Sander
son wss re-elected director and
J. W. Siemens clerk. A number
of votes were also cast for C. B
(Tliler for clerk and H. T. Chit
wood for director.
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The employee of th Klamath
Lake railway and the Algnma
Lumber compsny and thlr
friends and neighbors will unite
In a celebration of tha Fourth of
July at Pokesama, Monday, July
5. Log rolling In th mill pond,
baseball, foot race with fire
works and a dance In the eve
nlng ar among th feature of
th day's proirsm.
see
A regular meeting ot th
chamber of commerce will h
held at the courthouse nut
Thursdsy evening, at which busi
ness of Importance will be trsns
srted. It Is hoped that every
member ot too body will b pre
sent. SWAN LAKE
SWAN LAKE, Or. L. L. Ar
nett and daughter LeVena re
turned home on Sunday from
Stockton. Calif., whirl they hsd
taken Grandpa Arnett, who had
th mtsfortuti of losing his y.
Rslph Arnett and Miss Joseph
ine Maker were visitors at th Ar
nett ranch on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Jansen
of Antelope Valley ar th prond
parents of a baby girl.
Paul Arnett and family and
friends were at the Arnett ranch
Wednesdsy avsnlng.
Thermometer tests la capltol
at Washington showed th bouse
chsmber wsa two degrees warmer
than that of th sonata, whleh
seems to Indira that th hoas
hsa th most hot air although
we had always believed th hon
ors wer sbout ven.
Great for th v
children's supper
jorftcworl