Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-26
lErrERs PROM cIrIzENs.
Farmers Stripped When Taxes Are
Paid-Two Precincts Not for Dolph
for Senator Our Unjust Tax Law.
TAXES MUST BE LOWERED.

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per cent. of the voters Is that reduc-
ton must be made at once and thus re-
duce taxes, or else all the property of
tie county will soon be confiscated.
In fact, that is the practical effect now,
for there is probably not one in ten Of
the Marion county farmers have
cleared enough the past year to pay
their taxes. II this legislature knows
when to come in out of the wet, II
will cav off all the commissions" and
"boards" that are stflicting the stale
at present, and then adjourn sine die.
In my rounds heard many exprts-
sions of the people that would open
rhe eyes of our lawmakers could tn, =
have heard them. 1t bas been said
that "a revolution is at hand when the
comm0n people talk treason and
when men see that all they can gain
in years time of hard and continu-
Gus toll is taken from thep. to pay
horde of kid-gloved Office holders, who
t ,ke as much for days work as the
average farmer or laborer can earn in a
week, it is a grind that they will not
eu lure for long.
Oae If the good Republican farmers
said to me that if this legislature did
not do something to cut down the ex-
penses radically, that he was in favor
of resisting the collection of taxes. He
isl u quiet, peaceable, hard working
farmer and has always voted straight,
and would again. He has a good farm
and had to borrow money to pay taxes
this year to save the farm from sale.
The citizens are practically unani-
nous in the opinion that if this legisla
,ure does not give some relief, that
something will have to be done soon
oy the people,
The old saw that "What cannot be
cured, must be endured" but the
Yankee nation have better one now,
''What can't be endured, must be
cured" is more practicable.
Ii may be that a majority of this leg
islature is satisfied with tue present
conditions, but it may wake up to the
fact that majority of the people are
not.
1t is a general expression that Dolph
will buy up enough of the Legislators
to get into the senate again, although
if it was referred to the people he could
not get one-fourth the vote of many
others in the state. But this does not
effect their prospects directly, like the
county business.
OLD JONES.
THE JOURNAL does not believe that
Senator Dolph would buy any mans
vote. Bnt 1t is we'll known that federal
offices, state appointments and even
large appropriations have been used in
the past to control votes to elect a sem
ator, when those votes should have
been cast to reflect the will of the peo-
pie instead of enrlching their represent
tative. led. JOURNAL.
OUR UNJUST TAX LAW.
AUMsvILLE, Or, Dec. "a, 1894.
EDITOR JOURNAL: i have heard a
great deal about the repeal of the
mortgage tax law. One fact remains
sure: The mortgager had TO pay the
tax. The mortgagers were willing to
loan money at per cent if the mort
gage paid the tax, or at 10 per cent
and he pay the tax, but In either case
the borrower paid and under the pres
ent law he continues TO pay this tax
on mortgages and tax on his land also,
making the man who has a mortgage
on his farm pay double tax. This
law Is a bad thing for the farmer and a
big thing for the money loaners, AZ
they now get their 10 per cent interest
staight. But Ia the face OF all this, we
believe the repeal Of the mortgage law
isllegIslati0n IN the right line, but the
great mistake WAS made ~ not reduc'
Ing the rate Of interest. Capitalists
were then satisfied 10 receive from 2 10
per cent interest on their Investment
aud II would have been no lpjusiiee 10
them 10 have lowered the contract
rate Of Interest 10 & per cent Tie 10
du0ed Interest that the farmer would
have 20 pay on bis Loans would have
made up the differences Ia the taxes on
the land 10 repeal the mortgage taz
law without lowering the rate Of ln ter
est was an outrage. 20 expect any
one 10 loan money below lhe legal rate
VI Interest h foolish, Al men are
mortal aud there ~ NOT one ~ them
from lhe poorest fdImer 20 lhe million
aire bui would DO tho sans " they bad
money % l0an ~ dop'i say that the
repesl " ihe law IL failure because
capitalists have not reduced lhs rate "
Interest hui ihe law 10 failure he
ospse ibe legislelpre did noi reduce ihe
rate VI Interest "A lhe Same llme,
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