Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-03-10
THE RECALL WOULD BE FAR MORE EFFECTIVE THAN
THE REFERENDUM.


Everybody holding his breath while the Yamhers
getting ready the Referendum of the appro
priations made by the legislature
Why not take the Referendum the legislature itself?
What good has been accomplished by taking the refer
endum on bills allowing money by the legislature?
Not dollar has been saved and is only locking the
stable door after the horse is stolen.
far better plan and the only plan left to the people to
take the Recall those who knock out the peoples rails
ing revenues
When the people enact law for putting money into the
treasury it should be made treason tamper with law
While not dollar will be saved by the referendum
ment in Yamhil, there is time for good reform
Some good will from the agitation because the people
have about reached the limit of their taxpayng power
When people complain about high taxes they will sometimes
listen to little plain common political lines.
All political discomfort in Oregon has found in eectng
Democratic governors.
But Democrat Republican, with boasted Oregon sys
tenn in full swing taxes have gone higher and higher
There for the who pays taxes but quit
playing the game.
When the voter registers goes the Primary goes
polls he plays the Of the tax eater the salary grabbe
and the CRATER.
The only is the reca-never vote but to recall one
of the above class.
Quit eectng office for the only result is higher
taxes officials higher salaries larger appropriations and
CRAFTS
Reverse the process quit eecng and start the Recall sys
TEN.
When recall there must be place of
the official recalled
The people endorse the CRATER or elect man on the
anti-graft issue.
To show how completely the people look at one fact
-Four years the Changers initiated gross earnings tax
on hitherto untaxed corporations.
The law upheld in the and the money
to roll into the treasury.
The Standard Oil Company,
The Wells Fargo Express Company.
The Pullman Sleeping Car Company.
The Armour Refrigerator Car Company
The Long Distance Telephone Company
The Western Union Telegraph Company
The Postal Telegraph and Gable Company
And other gigantic corporations required to pay So
tax $00 receipts Oregon into the treasury
That the law enacted by the people, and the corpora
tons were beginning to pay the tax
The Bell Telephone Company appealed to the u S. supreme
court
state tax would by this time be paid by these corporations
Something had to be done the last legislature created the
State Tax Commission.
The law creating this commission was nrenared" bv onor
ables"
No was passed than test case was made up and
circuit court decided that the earnings repealed
"by implication"
On the strength that decision another official decides that
taxes be collected under the peoples law"
The aforesaid mumonare corporations are released from
this tax of $500 on the $780,
Instead of half million taxes each year. the people get -
plication" soup
But they like the soup and give the officials who fed
them soup immense popular votes.
Taxes on property mount higher and higher
Peopes laws are knocked out by implication"
Great ofcaism but far greater are the corporations
Party names are a fraud to delude the voter.
The time has for party-the Peoples Recall party
The voters their legs off going to the polls and taxes
will so higher and higher
Next year taxes will be higher than this wear and this wear
they are higher than last
But what professional otcasm so long as the fool
voters play their game?
Reverse the Don't but to recall the taxater the
tax-raser, the common enemy.
Organize the recall party and know no other party
1t would be hard to fix the responsibility for the notification
OF the corporation gross earnings tax.
but some official turned that kand relieved the interests
The matter should be discussed and the responsibility fixed
II law enacted by the people, under the power of Direct
Legislation can be repealed by implication there is no weap
on left to the people but the recall
Inc people have no protection against officials and courts
who nullfy their laws but the recall
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