Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-06-10
Niger IN THE TAXATION wooDPILE.

The people should remember thng-with all the commits
sons and officials their taxes growing higher all the time
Now comes the tax commission with four bills TO be mtaeo
for what they call rational tax reform.
The first for constitutional amendment for an income tax
and it seems to be all right
The second to exempt all household goods wearing apparel
things on the person.
This not right unless the Single Tax adopted and should
be defeated because $500 exemption would be just
The bill proposed would exempt yhousand equipment Of
millionaire and the poor man would have nothing to exempt
The third bill contains the coored gentlemen in the slab pile
to abolish double taxation and the taxation of credits
The purpose and the principle all rghbut look at the
scheme contained thereneXempt all stocks and bonds
Except bank stocks shares and banking capital from assess
ment and taxatonthn Of all stocks exempt but bank stocks
Exempt a public stocks and securesj all bonds all stocks
and shares in Incorporated or nncooraed companies except
"bank stocks, shares and banking capital"
Would the bankers stand for that? Not for moments they
would take the law into the courts and litigation would follow
For two three years all collection of taxes would be held
and all state county school and city warrants would draw inter-
The bankers would defeat the law and in the meantime make
harvest Of interest by furnishing the money carry on the gov
ernment.
And who would blame them?
The fourth BILL to tax Inheritance does not interest u.s. as we
neither expect to inherit leave any inheritance to anyone
Why should not Salem be made a model home city? Why
should not home aborers be given the first chance for employ
ment? Is not that the way build up city, We rob
selves when allow imported contractors to take twenty to for
ty per cent on public work
The annual school election Monday June IT, It is being
kept very quiet and there is interest being taken The people
should awaken the fact that the public schools in exist
II is not known whether Mr. N Moores would take the
year but has had very little to say The organization has
been against him. and presumed that the machine will try
to defeat his election Still Mr. Moores should be nominated
and elected for the honorable stand he has taken
"Taft gets delegates from Florida from Alabama etc Ma
tona committee decides all contests in his favor But Taft got
delegates where voters had adre vote How electoral
will he get from Florida Alabama etc. The independent
voters the doubtful states will not give him any electoral
votes. How will he win?
Portland politicians like moral just enough to capture
the votes of the moreeasy faxed portions Of the church
bers and then not do anything to interfere the least with the
vicious element of that city The result bitter disappointment
that the conditions Of the city are positively shameful
In Boston they think enough of newly naurazed citizens to
invite all who have taken out papers since last July 4h free
Independence Day dinner There will be addresses civic d
ties and the American flag will be the only emblem in evidence
II looks as If Fred s. Bynon would be pretty nearly central
figure at the Chicago convention Elected Taft he
takes the broad and progressive Republican view that the peo
pes instructions for Roosevelt his only guide to action
In addition to all other bills the mosquito will present his for
the next two monhsepeay to the annoyance Of the young
people on the vinecovered porch,
BY scientific rotation Of crops Germany has increased the