Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-01-09

0f'esds and Members listen " A.
dresses snd Indulge IN
Discussions

lem Orange No n, =. ~ a. held
Saturday the following officers we're
duly Installed fof the ensuing year.
MISTER, .. q. stump; ovefseef, y.
H. Smith, lecturer, r. T.. Davidson;
steward, Clara smith; ssst. steward, t,
Henry Fletcbefj chaplain, Mrs A.
| N. Minto; treasurer, Geo. Croisso;
secretary, Mrs H. n. Jeabo; gate
keeper, Mrs. N. ). Miller; Pomona,
Mrs. n p. Boise; Flora, Mrs. Pher.
ns Strong; Ceres, Mrs. Henry
Fletcher, l.. A. Stewart, Mrs. Jas.
Watt.
The question for discussion next
meeting, TO be held two weeks hence
IL, "Resolved that our present prop
erty law relative 10 the settlement
Of joint estate Of husband and wife
IL 10 admit OF the settlement Of n
joint estate on the demise Of the
busbsDd,t to allow the wife 10 assume
control Of the property and proceed
with the former business the same
ss Is now down on the demise Of the
wife"
At an open meeting Of Salem
Grange held Jan. 9Th Mr.. y. r. H.
bart Of New Wbatcom, Wash, as
representing the Farmers Alliance,
spoke at some length on the mort |
gage tax law. Among the claims
Of the Alliance are that when a
mortgage Is to be foreclosed, that a
shall determine the
value Of the property to be sold, and
the residue, II any, shall be returned
10 the original owner Of the proper
ty, 1t being stated that q few
years ago the farmers of the country
owned go per cent Of the property of
the country and paid a smaller per
cent Of the taxes, whine now they
Dwn about 20 per cent of the prop
srty and pay 80 per cent of the
taxes.
Representative Lawton Of Clack-
imas county, who stated that he
vent before the people last June,
pledged 10 repeal the destruction
or Indebtedness clause In our pres
mt mortgage tax law. Also the
AK law itself, as there is no provis-
on for their collection.
JOHN p. ROBERTSON
poke at some length on the ques-
ion, stating it as his opinion that ii
decreed by the powers that be,
hat the present mortgage tax law !
flowing deduction for Indebted $
Tess must be repealed, it being =
tated that under the present law n
o man could be made pay single
ent OF tax 10 accordance with the
resent deduction for Indebtedness
Iause, as ii can, and Is in many ;,
lstances, entirely covered by a !
cticious Indebtedness, the remedy y =
lve3 to allow 70 deduction for In.
ebtedness except where there Is
Ixable credit.
Thos. Paulsen Of Washington W
'unty, spoke at some length giving III
as his opinion that the present at
W should stand as IL is now unless
0 repeal the law allowing a deduc-
)n for Indebtedness, the thought
AS advanced that IL the present
W was strictly enforced there
ould be no special injustice it be- sic Sic
x cited that the assessments ON Tel
ortgages IN the difierent counties. rel rel
bile IN Marion county they were
sessed at their face value. In ssl
u'tnomah county they were AS ri
ssed at 30 per cent. The idea was sa, s
III that the assessors placed the -
luations on property in accord -
zee with the public opinion iu a
cir special locality. u
JUDGE II. II. BOISE X
% gave his views ON the subject E
ting In regard to national banks n
it they only pay taxes on their &
'itai stock and not on their i'm. NJ
A
Dtedness, When people were =
'irous OF escaping taxation the
rty would go to u national bank
4 purchase national bonds, these 'ic
Dg non-taxaole, so he would blH
'reby escape taxation or again he AT al
uld borrow an amount sufficient
'over their property aud the mon.
would lay In the bank and
'er be called for on the proposi. ,re 1s"
to deduct $1,000 by each tax. md
'er 1t being stated that the tax. ti% i'm
property In the state amounted 'e'
S2,ooo,WO and there are some
No taxpayers on allowance of
I" deduction would amount 10 ,ch'
'e $4,000 making the amount ut &
e falsed come much higher 10 i,se sas,
proportionate few who do pay. hey
JOHN MiNro, SIR,
spoke uroa the question stating
unless the Tax upon the mort .,,s
IS are paid at the place when. v 2
pro- erty is located otherwise 's',S Cs1
's.t inJns,iee was perpetn,tsd .ai '
u the Shall | naf -