Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-10-07
DEMANDED LEGISLATION.


discuss these things than ever b<-
fore By grouping in coDcise form
the demands fruul the several s<-e-
tjoCs o< the state 1t has en- bed The
vztehful legislator u preVzsrs him
self in advance. and there wiil he
no D%cs-siIy for such q waste Of time
~ characterized tire IA>t >sssj.,n
TSe-s seems 10 le general aiuls--
-ion thst the pUhlic : vS-t y iEour-
ant ct WHIST isW. We have and that
$ usezns should Je provided making
Ii pO--iule for EO5- Sni riCh. farmer.
mechanic or l%borer 10 resch and
understand them. The Oregon CITY
Eulerp-i-e treats tE,Is subject ver1
iD5elligsnt,y. cl0slos al s-iiturisi as
follows; 1t : very important that
every voter should rssd and bscnuls
scQazinsed with the rev enzct-
lneuts rs passed ,,y each s0ccee1;us
legislature. The prup~r and mos
ecOoOnicsl wsy 20 DO this : fos ths
Legislature TO Provide for the publ
cation OF the -s--iuu lsws passed Il
each biennial term. il the new
lape-s. The masses every1 htr,
would then be couve-sznt with n
The requirement. nj the statistics. suG
there would De f-wer violations, and
hundreds OF dollars would be saved
the STATE in prosecutions
The matter Of taxing church prur-
e-ty r again vigorously discussed.
The Corvallis Times wants AL church
property above $3.50 IN value taxed.
Ii sl>o thiass that ''Unle-s the ac-
QUESTION Of properly by church cor
po-ations : soon curTaiied there will
Ue trouble in camp" The article
concludes with this xauOnitiOn:
IF our lawmakers would do
something 70 tensfii thnse who most
need help. they would increase the
amount OF general exemption Of
household furniture from S3OO 70
500 and strike ouI the exemption OF
church properly al over $50. This
would give poor churches and poor
people 8 chance 10 breathe Then
with the sviDdle ot ths d-docr ng
OF Indebtedness repealed - wOu c
have pretty gopd lax law"
The S:ayt0u sun : afraid OF any
attempt 10 t4mp-r Win lne a--e-s
nest laws and thinks IL better to
wait until the whole system /
changed. even 10 the Henry George
theory. The sun ! not a. clear &, it
might he and must Oe e little il
dOub, what it really does want.
The Oregon City Courier wants
-lhree laws; Providing for the pub
HcaliOn Of the l4Ws in the news
papers; the publication Of the pro-
eeedings Of eDuuty courts, and com-
pelling sheritfs 10 publish the de.in.
gueuI tax llst with the lowest bidder.
The Peudlelon Tribune, al able
republican journal, dos not favor
the repeal Of the mortgage tax law
and puuetures s1ue Oi the arcU-
menis Used for its rspeal 1t says:
Again tine claim l. that money de-
msud- and obtains higher rate Of
interest and Yet i. run out Of the
stale. This l. the uIa=t Inconsistent
and superficial Of all the statements.
Money GENERALLY goes where il CON-
ulzuds the highest rAte OF Interest,
and II the mortgage Tax law RESULTS
in giving il higher nate Of interest
that i. the msrEet il will seek.
There l. another Peculiar thing
about thi. matter. and that Is that il
Is mOuied men that lead Ia the de-
mand for the repeal Of the mortgage
tax law"
The MeMinnviIie Reporter, can
did and carefully edited republican
paper, taEe- = different view from
the Tribune. II says: 'Tne theory
and justice Of the law appears to be
all night, but it fails VI the purpose
WHICH il was designed To aecDin-
p.i-h, o. shifting the burden Of tax
atiDD from tine shoulders Of the drOt-
or TO those Of the creditor. l! that
II true, let the law " repealsd-nOt
sustain i. simply O-cAus- It's aim i
ph.iauLnropic when il effect il the
opposite II Is evidently q lame law,
in that il permits the est;.pe Of 50
much prUpsrIy represented by secu-
ri,ies from taxation, and should
either be repealed or amended So as
TO make the taxes upon securities
lien upon tine property which they
repre-ent.'
The RoseDurg P.aindeaier wants
g state board ef equalization, and
wauts more a=.sssors; thinss the
counties should De divided Into dis
L!lclsr Will q iS-e-4 1--r--DE- Ar
Eugene Register thinks the a.a.s--
ment laws heed dvetOring, but II has
no specific TO offer.
Tue TillamOOk WaIchlOwer dO@s
no; think the county court Is at
present constituted just right. II
would have each county divided in
to three districts, each district elect
ing a commissioner and let the-e
elect their own chairman. This
would cut lOOse from the county
Judge, who has a judicial power also.
The Corvallis Gazette has eul-
umn aud haif Of carefully written
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