King Jack (Commerce, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 1920 Page: 10 of 12
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WHAT STATE SOCIALISM COSTS
The Non-Partisan League program
of State Socialism costs the taxpay-
ers good money whatever it may do
for them
Here is the report of a farmer who
owns the NE4 hnd the SW4 in Sec-
tion 18 township 146 range 1 68
Wells county North Dakota "
“The taxes on my farm near Sykes-
ton were increased in a single year
from $5824 to $20390 when the Non-
Partisan came into power Its value
is less I can’t sell it and I can hardly
borrow anything at all on it
“In 1915 the taxes were $5165 In
1916 they were $5558 In 1917 they
were $5220 In 1918 - they were
$5824 Then the Non-Partisan came
into power with their promise to
save money for the farmers Well
the first year my taxes on this same
property were $20390 exclusiveof
personal taxes
“It wouldn’t have been so bad had
they used the money for other than
Ex-Sheriff
Republican Candidate for Section
EsoWier seen foreign service Twelve years a peace officer
EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION ABILITY
: AND ECONOMY v
1 Ladies and Gentlemen your votes and influence appreciated
y
propaganda for political purpose!
But there hasn’t been one single
stroke of work done bn public im-
provements in my vicinity
“Land values in other state? have
been increasing steadily The value
of my farm has gope down I tried
to get a $3000 loan on it but it was
three months before it could be ar-
ranged And the farm was easily
worth $30000'
Then I tried to sell it I asked $90
an aore for it — just what I had paid
fifteen years before plus the actual
cost of improvements I’ve nevir
even gotten an offer v That’s what
the Non-Partisan league did for me"
This same North Dakota organiza-
tion is seeking to gain control of
various western states in coming
election
THI? BUILDING SITUATION
“There is no general expectation
that by 'postponing new building for
a few months marked savings may
LET’S VOTE FOR
jb? realized through future declines
fin prices” s5y Jh? Quqranty Trus
'Co of New York “Even should the
long-desired definite recession in
prices develop it is believed that for
some time yet building costs will
show at best but slight decline
“The raw materials for building
are available in abundance sufficient
to support the most ambitious build-
ipg program and in the lumber indus-
try it is estimated that there is an
excess plant capacity of 50 per cent
The supply of materials may there-
fore in many eases promptly be en-
larged whenever demand calls for
it Other lines of business en-
terprises are affected by credit
stringency but most of them show no
such marked decline in activity as
does the building industry It ap-
pears that the transportation tangle
is the primary source of the decline
in building operations"
CHANDLER'S RECORD
Ed Howard opponent to Hon T
A Chandler 'candidate for congress
following his usual custom of mis-
representation is stooping to the
lowest and meanest method in at-
tempting to besmirch the personal
character of Bert Chandler
Mr Chandler and those associated
with him in the campaign have re-
fused to bend to the level of mud-
slinging preferring to invivte (the
public to a scrutiny of the great is-
sues involved rather than to belittle
an opponnet as a means of further-
ing Mr Chandler’s election But
there are some statements which have
been publicly made by Howard that
we feel we would be doing Mr Chand-
ler a grave injustice were they not
refuted
Howard claims -that Mr Chandler
did not vote right on war measures
when he was a member of congress
Hon Scott Ferris democratic can-
didate for the United States senate
openly proclaimed in speeches in this
state that Mr Chandler was 100 per
cent American on every war meas-
ure in congress
Hon ‘T P Core present United
States senator makes the open state-
ment that Mr Chandler was right on
every question before congress
Julius Kahn the great' California
statesman who carried the draft law
through congress says Mr Chandler
voted right on every way question
Hon Joseph W Fordney congress-
man from Michigan and chairman of
the Ways and Means committee of
the House bf Representativees openly
proclaims that Bert Chandler was
right on every question and that he
was one of the best-informed and
hardest-working men in the 65th con-
gress (
The National Security League
whose business it was to report on
the action and vote of every member
of congress made the statement that
Hon’ T A Chandler was right 100
per cent — the strongest record any
man could have
Whom do you want to believe these
men or the campaign statement of
a candidate who realizes he is de-
feated and knowingly resorts to mis-
representation to gain votes?
Howard told the women of Bar-
tlesville that Mr Chandler was a
“wet” Howard knew better Know-
ing better what was his object in
misrepresenting Mr Chandler? To
get votes The record of the 65tn
congress copy of which is in the
hands of Ed Howard shows that Mr
Chandler voted in favor of War-
Time Prohibition and that he was
paired in favor of the constitutional
amendment making the United States
bone dry On every prohibition ques-
tion Mr Chandler voted right How-
ard knows this and Howard Is the
last man on earth to bring up any-
thing about booze
Mr Chandler while a member of
congress voted on all questions He
did not dodge the issues Can How-
ard claim as much ?
Regardless of what might he said
about Mr Howard his personality is
not the issue any more than the ‘wet’
and ‘dry’ question is an issue in the
present campaign
The question is not of men neither
is it a question of parties It is a
question of putting an end to auto-
cratic Wilsonian government in this
country to put an end to wasting
billions of dollars to put an end to
destructive excess profit tax laws
to put an end to too much govern-
ment in business and putting more
business into the government It is
a question of coming down out of the
clouds and echoing ideals and setting
the United States government again
on good old American soil of restor-
ing th respect this country once en-
joyed of again becoming plain old
Uncle Sam with the Star Spangled
Banner flying above every other flag
in the world end not disgracefully
hanging beneath soma superflag a
question of again idealizing Ameri-
can realities rather than attempting
to realize European and Asiatic
ideals a question of again recogniz-
ing the constitution of the United
States instead of standing sponsor
for an instrument framed py minds
too descending to use the name of
Deity A question of getting back to
Christianity and God and away irom
the possibility of dictation 'by the
heathen Nipponese the God-hating
Mohammedan and the Unspeakable
Turk each having an equal vote with
the United States in the Wilson
league T "
A-question of America first last
and forever ' 1
Respectfully yours
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
(Pol Adv)
BACK TO NORMAL
1 There isn’t a man or woman in
Commerce foolish enough to expect
the price of clothing and food to drop
back t f 1914 prices over night They
never expect to see 20c butter and
10c eggs any more And yet it ap-
pears that the decline of a few cents
here and few dollars there which
they have been anticipating has set
in
The break in the sugar market a
few weeks fgo seems to have started
it for potatoes has followed if and
from $5 to $7 a bushel last spring
they are now down to as low as $150
a bushels in many communities De-
clines in meat prices of a few cents
on the pound have become general
throughout the country and packers
state that as a result of the greatest
corn crop in the history of the nation
pork prices are due for a still further
decline Women buyers have noted
a fall of a few cents in the price of
cotton goods while clothing prices
have actually gone off several dollars
on the suit over the same time last
year ’
Various reasons are given for the
declines and any of them appear ac-
ceptable But the fact that more peo-
ple are laying away their money
now and have quit buying foolishly
that which they did not need seems
to be the most plausible reason of all
Manufacturers are heavy Btocked and
in most instances with goods they
must dispose of at a reasonable
profit They know that the orgy of
money spending is about over and to
realize on their investment they
must meet the buyer half way in the
matter of fair price There is less
tendency to hoard too than during
the war and this has helped to lower
prices It is the swing of the pendu-
lum back in the other direction and
still further drops may be expected
if everyone will buy carefully and
only what they actually have to have
HOME RULE IMPOSSIBLE
So-called Home Rule ’by cities in
the regulation of public utilities is
an impossibility
This principle has just been endors-
ed in a decision by the Oregon Sup-
reme Court holding the state has sup-
reme control over regulation ami rate
making ’
In the case of the City of Hillsboro
vs The North Coast Power Company
the court held that a charter provis-
ion requiring free hydrant service
was null and void-
The Public Service Commission ’de-
cided that the city must pay $3 a
month for each hydrant and that free
service to the city 'in any form by a
utility imposed an unequal burden
upon the other users of service and
the taxpayers generally
BAPTIST CHURCH
Bible school 945 a m
Preaching service 11 a m 8 p jn
’ Prayer meeting Wednesday even-
ing 8 pm
Sunbeams 230 p m t
Junior B Y P U 800 p m
Senkfr B Y P U 700 p m
A cordial invitation is extended to
everyone to come
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Bible school meets 10 o’clock
a m Sunday '
Church and communion 11
o’clock a m
Christian Endeavor 600 p
m -
Preaching 730 p m
Wm M LeMay pastor
Professional Cards
DC
Commerce Council No 2596
“ K L' Of S
Meets every Thursday evening at the-
I O 0 F hall Visitors always wel-
come W T WALKER Dis Mgr
Fannie Walker Financier-
DG
WRCHESNUT
City Attorney
Will practice in State and Federal
and all other courts Office over the
Cox Jewelry Store
W D Trapp & Co
GENERAL INSURANCE
' BONDS LOANS
' We make
INSURANCE
- A Business
No 6 East Central Avenue
Ph8ne 18
O F MASON
- Attorney at Law
Office over First National Bank
Miami' Okla
Phone 13
Douthat I I X
Oklahoma
FOR GLASSES
SCIENTIFICALLY FITTED
W A'BUNDY
Optometrist
18 North Main Miami Okli-
NESBVT & NESBIT
Attorneys at Law
Miami Oklahoma
SWEET &MOXLEY
Dealers in 1
Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri
Farm Lands Mines Mining -Leases
and City Property
Cardin' Oklahoma located in the
heart of the world’s greatest lead and
zinc field Write us for what you
want we have it ’ ‘ -
First door east of postoffice
Cardin Oklahoma
DG
BANK OF PICHER
Deposits Guaranteed
Capital $50000
Picher Oklahoma
T C MUNDIS
Second Hand
FURNITURE' CARPETS STOVES
and All HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Vawter’s Stand E Commerce St
R E Coday B F Coday
THE CODAY INSURANCE
AGENCY
Real Estate Rentals Insurance-
kisurance that pays— Old Line '
Phone 59 i Commerce Okla
MINERAL BELT WELDING:
and BOILER" WORKS
C W SANDERSON
1 Pro
Oxy-Acetylene Welding
on mining machinery a specialty
Commerce Oklahoma Box 693
Tar River Okla Box 661 Phone 12
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Warthen, R. S. King Jack (Commerce, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 28, 1920, newspaper, October 28, 1920; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1978366/m1/10/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed July 5, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.