The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-05-25
LOW TAXES
AND MORE MONEY FOR THE
SCHOOL CHILDREN OF
THE STATE.

THE STATE.
State School Money Not Used Now
by Banks but Drawing Interest
The Governor at Heod
Riyer-Other News.
Hood River, Or. May 23.-Gov-
ernor Chamberlain spoke an hour
and a half last night in the Knights
of Pythias opera house in this
city on the issues involved in the
gubernatorial campaign. He was
we'll received by his audience, which |
was composed largely of republi-
cans. The meeting was held under |
the auspices of the Hood River
Gearin Club and its president, Col
onel S. F. Blythe, presided and In
troduced the governor. The hall
was comfortably filled.
The first signal for applause and
enthusiasm was when Colen-l
Blythe referred to Governor Cham
berlain as logical running mate
for Governor Folke or some other
representative of civic reform 10 the
presidential contest in 1908. This
met with the hearty approval of the
crowd. .--.-.s -
The governor eaid he would like
to meet all the people of Wasco
county. as he bad q message to give
to them. He was through the Hood
River Valley two years ago to in
spect lands whose OWNERS wanted
to borrow money from the school
funds. Ths money was loaned and
the borrowers were making their
word good. ... .-.. {.
Governor Chamberlain talked of
his candidacy as business matter
for business people to consider and
he gave in an unostentatious man
ner brief account of his steward.
ship. "- -- 49,: -,..
-Four years ago." said he, 81
made promises to you people and 1
desire to show you how these prom
ises have been kept. I promised
that I would undertake to have the
state taxes reduced. When L was
inaugurated I procured tax laws OF
other states and began to figure how
our state taxes might be reduced.
Among other things recommended
a tax on inheritances and a tax on
the gross earnings of telephone and
telegraph companies, Pullman car
comp mics and other corporations
that pay little tax.
,'.Bills were introduced in the
next Legislature covering this, but
only two recommendations became
laws-the ons taxing inheritances
and the recommendation taxing cor
poratious in proportion to the
capital stock. As a proof of the
wisdom of this, in three years these
laws have brought into the state
treasury for state purposes more
then $5S9,000, or nearly three times
as much as was collected from these
indirect sources during the four
years preceding my administration.
The state taxes for Wasco county
at the present time are 33 per cent.
lower than in 1902 and lower than
they have been for Is years, as a
result OF the enactment of the two
laws referred to.
"Jn 1892 Wasco county paid in
taxes tor state purposes $21, ,52S;
in 1866 it will pay $14, ,625, making
a reduction of $6,9O3 in four years,
notwithstanding the enormous in
crease in the cost of maintaining
the state government, caused by the
growth and development of the re.
sources of the tate, the increase in
population and consequent increase
in state expenses. The increase in
the number of inmates in the peni-
tentiary, the insane asylum, the re.
form school, the mute school and
other state institutions has been
large, yet the state taxes have been
reduced.
"I claim that I have absolutely
carried out the pledges Of four years
ago. 1t Is claimed that the legisl la
ture did this, but I say to you, i
the legislators had refused to carry
out at least some of these recon-
mendations, they would all hav'
been defeated for reelection. If tn
legislature had been faithful to it
duty, all of these recommendation
: regarding taxation would have beer
, carried out end your people woult
f be paying no taxes at all for stat
purposes.
81 say 1t is right to tax corpora
tions. taking as they do thousand
Of dollars out of your county ever
year.
81 repeated these recommends
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