Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1920, Page 8

SESS Sth roernonetowedoeman >a areacsss PAGE EIGHT BAtTTOH WOOL AUCTIONS NU 6. TOWORK INJUSTICE ON GROWERS IN TH COUNTRY, DODGE TAXES Washington Correspondent Holds Brief for American Producer in Article Revealing Truth of Unfair Com- petition thru Foreign Importations WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21.-—Why should the British govern- ment be privileged to sell one hundred million pounds of Australian wool in Boston at a profit ranging from 100 to 125 per cent and:es- cape all income taxation, when the domestic woolgrower is subjected to every conceivable form of taxation? Prominent Boston wool dealers who recently visited Washing- ton were frank and vigorous in their, ure to prevent promiscuous dumping in denunciation of such unfair and un-\our markets.. The permanent insurance just competition. They pointed out that|/against such encroachments is to be the much further than/|found in the adoption of a suitable tar- free it magnificently | iff schedule which would protect and ors foreign importation and rigidly pen-) foster, rather than destroy, the sheep industr: War Debt Has Large Surplus The wool dealers are describing an- other danger to the value of the 1920 wool clip. They declare that the war |department still has over one hundred ;million pounds of surplus wool stocks, | which must be absorbed in the coming season's demands. It is expected that ofthe war department will continue its calls for the disnosul ef) policy of offering these lots at public 4 million pounds cf their|auction, Eastern market reports indi- surplus wool in the United States r.r- that the bids were low and the kets. 1 nty million pounds have demands” light at the last government read, ved in this countr ‘MN auction. Some have attributed ° this home production. Also, that the ate outcome of adherence to such sn economic policy would mean the rui nation of the sheep industry in the] ited State upon and our absolute depend for foreign growers and Wool at Low F main facts in the cise a The present pros be in Boston about J: y 1 slowness to the coming British sales, by two London wool brok repre. may prove more attractive senting their government. The remain} < der of the lo sow and ? é ler of the lot will follow and be of-igoam to be omnipresent. After brav- fered for sale later, A lags portion! 5 — of this wool was contracted five rears, 12S the summer drouth and a hard win-| ago from her Austr n colonies for! te rts Bblopiag, sheep and feed all War purposes at about 31 cents per Ver the country to meet the exigencies pound. At’ prevailing pr' for this, 0f the situation, it seems that he must grade of- wool, id and her solo. fee further adversities. Those who net profit of from 199/SUrvVive the attacks of extreme weather _ nies will mak toriabiper Our income tax laws!Conditions must face the storm of a exempt the of alien xovern-|false economic policy which is .being ments and their ndenc’es from tax-|PUursucd by our government. His past ation except jn e: wher he sale is'strength, however, has fully demon- made in behalf of alien ind s.( strated his ability te meet all forms if the h and Australian n-| of opposition and still emerge *victori- ments withheld the profits for their} ous. own use then the proceeds accruing| Despite the cloudy aspect for the 1920 from the s: of their wool in this) wool market, and notwithstanding the country cannot be taxer | predictions of the wool dealers, there Senator Sees Danger jare many veteran sheep owners who rren well as other | believe that the coming season will pro- of the Wyor jonall duce a heavy demand for the Rocky tion, has been in with the/ Mountain fleeces, and that high prices y and the ds Wyoming's cheering hope comes °S-| from men who have been well se: , Peay have been well seasoned policy to ech troubles of a Wyoming sheepman | AAW G | | { | | | of mercury to the bulb, most of us |would give a good deal to be on some |south-bound train or steamship. We envy the American sailor who spends his winters in the Caribbean. About the middle of January of each At- year the ships of the U. S. navy’s |lantic fleet gather at Guantanamo bh: | | | | | “The Winter Home of thé Fleet.” The Jovercoat is a useless article of clothing there, ‘The only thing matches are used for is to light cigarettes. C mer-} chants starve in such climate: Guantanamo is at the! southeastern | corner of Cuba, about 60 miles east of Santiago. The climate is ideal, the tem- perature averaging about what a com- fortable American summer does, with- out any mosquitoes. The wonderful vis- ibility is especially valuable for big gun | | target practice. Short trips are made from the Guan- anamo base to the canal zone, Trinidad, Rarbadoes and ot West Indian | point Battle practice is-held while the fleet | is at Guantanamo, This consists of com-| |plete manoeuvers with attacking and} defending groups acting just as they} would in war times. Intricate pos tions are worked out and difficult prob- nd the ice man gets rich; ENVY TURNS 10 SAILOR Obs SOUTH FOR GRUNGE home. When the thermometer gets it’s rush all sorts of novelties for the folks back Or on the trips to nearby ports the men may go ashore and spend a liberty among other Central American peoples. While traveling, of comfort, for°no matter how primi- tive the country may b tains evel orn progressive civ ns well, v: \ Jes, is given a good s i nd kept healthy. " sons why the naval sonnel of the Uuited States makes 00d on the big jobs, whether in peace PENNY INC 4 IN PRICE OF GAS (By United Press.) NEW YORK, Ja company today annor ything t riplinar p are the re or war. of one a gal gasoline in Colora ming and New Mexico. | pe AF Sa Hugh Eliston of iting in Casper for the day, and at-| important business. nding to Te has exerted every possible : Deitacentioutialresterct aes | in the adversities of the sheep busi. pes Seacte Muar licanee te for years, and should be given The udministration has approved | S°Me credence. nd encouraked the impori:tion on the] ,.. ground that it tended to 1a the cost] Th 2dmons fs on duty of living. The siren voices of the ola) 2834 of grip. Free Tr arguments have been breathed into the air, and tho nuis | ance is unabated. . ndministration Under such ménts, the Republicans ‘the futility of advancing F lation, which is the practical cure the evil. A bill, known Anti-Dumping bill, has be: t ed in the house, and, if enacted, would relieve the situation, The enactment of even a mild measure in this direc- tidn, however, is fraught with mach difficulty in view of the veto power. Collection of Tax Demanded | question Of England and her xing income taxation, how- wered by a technical A movement is on foot among president's The the Australian growers to demand a full share of the profits of the wool sales for the individual producers. individual interests can ained, The same lay wlien govern nents from the onerations of our income tax laws provides that e tion shall not prevail where the profits of the sale have accrued to the individuals of the alien rovernment Member: of con- gress from western wool taken the matter under with Honor: missioner of in view of obtaining collection of the in-| CAMPAIGN—William Wrigley, Jr., Chi-| wenning bro-|cago gum manufacturer) is to be head| Tt is of a bureau of public information for enforcement of|the Republican national committee dur-| Casver, Wyo. ing the 1920 presidential campaign. from the Australian 0 share in the profit that a strict this policy would encourage the Brit- ish government to take its surplus| stocks to less restrictive markets } Even the strict enforcement of income | tax laws on such sales, however, is of doubtful value curative meas- come taxe ducers Ww thought CHARLIE CHAPLIN | THE HUB TODAY AND TOMORROW: . a8 absorbing s intense as a re cers and men are out the mock fight. 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