Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 11, 1920, Page 2

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B, GO Member of the Ansocinted Pre he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the yse for lication of all news credited in this Paper and also the local news published herein. aE THE PEOPLE PAY, If ,the government of the United States did not fall into honest and intel- 1 nay, and capable business tion applied, no tell- ing Where we would wind up. With the Democratic administration it is one defi- cit af another, and the job of the Republicans seems to be to pull the old of the mud and onto dry ain. Speaking the @&her day ernment ownership ef pub- lutilities works out in practical Mr. Mondell cited the rail- road deficiency measure. nt hands, oc ministre wagon out ground of how lie periments “The bill before us,” he said, “carries relative t© the profits of every distribu: tive business which it would be well for the publie to know, and which woukd put the fear Of God or Unele Sam in the! heart ‘of the real profiteer. It would eliminate distributive agencies so inef- ficiently or extravagantly or unneces- sarily run that they can be conducted only upon a system of plucking the con- sumer. It would undoubtedly have a tendency to depress prices of commo- dities, It would put a premium on the enterprise and efficiency of the man who is able to serve the public as a dis- tributor in an economical way. It would discourage multiplication of dis- tributive agencies which no longer in- volve increased competition because of, the tendency to standardize prices. It would discourage and penalize mar- Ket gambling in foodstuffs, because every speculation cowld be made subject to profit tax upon the aetual amount | invested im the transaction. Such a tax would meet the objection ef those who say that-a sales impost would merely result in passing on added costs to the consumer. aa Sane DOPING IT OUT. | The question is what will they do to, Hiram Johnson when they get him in| the Chicago convention? With all the brave showing he has made in state! primaries and in spite of the goodly number of unusual Victories he has won, the opinion preyaiis that he will not be the nominee, In assigning rea- sons fof their belief one will tell you, his location is Wrong. ‘That no party ventured much beyond the Missouri River for a eandidate; and no party has met with success when it went beyond the Mississippi. That to candidate you must pick him from a locality where the voting popu- lation is large, Another view wiil be that Senator Johnson is too radical. @Phat while the! Republican party might be willing te accept a progressive, Hiram Johnson has gone beyond the progressive dead- dine and is as much in advance of the progressive idea in 1920:as he was in advance of the conservative idea in has ever elect a an appropriation of $300,000,000 to pay a portion of thé loss incurred through the the railroads by the he committee pre- senting the report gave the total loss $1,375,000,000. , “Wh federal operation of federal government. at fever r y be our opinion of this during the forget that it cost the peo- least $1,375,000000 for a service during that period of a eharacer whi would not have tolerated if the railroads had been under priavte man- t under the circumstances the people pztriotically put upywith all sorts of curtailments of service, all kinds of inconverfience, and all manner of disarrangement of their affairs as be- came good citizens. Now they must y the high cost of government ope- It may be @ matter of opinion he alw mine that it control wer we should not ple at been agement. ration. but it s been would have been better if the roads had been left in private control. I think that, because I believe that the government certain addi- removing certain have granting tional authority and restrictions the railroads would been more cheaply and more satisfac- torily operated.” TAX ON PROFITS, The problem of raising the revenue bill for the proposed expen- diture of two or three billion dollars for con- to meet the soldie: bonuses confronts gre Sundry demagogues are endeav- oring to make the people believe that : xution the people will rt of the bill, now some om of t n be devised not foot the greater | A proposed tax on sales of merchandise is opposed on the ground that it makes the ultimate the ruat, and will only add to the burden of high prices already so heavy, Why instead of @ sales graduated sales profits tax? The much bedammed middle man, the consumer that it not, tax mer nt, the distributor, perform @ definite service to the public. The theory that they are mere toll takers, para- sites, unnecessary evils, és without foundation in common sense. ‘The very existenee of our present system of mer- chandising is evidence that there is ¢. for #, and the wholesaler, and retail merchant are demand all links in the chain of efficient distribution. brok necessary But pro alized by eoring may properly be pen- the government. There is a reasonable pe niage of profit for the er, the jobber and the retail whole merchant, of profit belongs properly to the man who performs the service involved in buying and storing an@ distributing That reasonable percentage |~ 1912. While geography has been at times more or Yess of a’ determining factor in elections, there is no sound reason for it. The idea that a qualified man from Texas or New Mexico would not make as good a president as a candidate from New York or Ohio, there is nothing to i it, of course., It is only that for some |reason he ¢annot command the vote in a state so far removed. At least an un- known candidate has little success .in this respect. A candidate widely | known, who has won the confidence of|a, a person able the people and who represents the things the people want, has greater suc- cess. Hiram Johnson is sufficiently known to command a bigger vote from certain elements of the population than any other candidate in the list. In this case the candidate voted for would not live up to the expectations of those who an executive would ve perfectly safe. He | has already demonstrated that fact. Jt is only his manner and talk that give the impression of recklessness and radicalism: Just two things will defeat Hiram Johnson for f®omination at Chicago. One thing, jack of votes, The other thing, the weight of conservative in- fluence. The conservatives know to a nieety the art of manipulating a con- vention, they are not so lucky’in an sppeal to the people. Hiram Johnson can arouse the mob spirit and fead the people into camp in a primary election. His particular tactics cannot be applied to a convention with very great success. convention. They will not take Hiram gracefully. They recent years, They will avoid peeving Hiram Johnson if possible. And if there is no other way out of it, In sons in have been greater surprises in conven- They are all willing to agree that any kind ef a surprise is apt to be the re- sult. ; Meanwhile the partixang of, the sev- eral candidates go right along in the same old way give you the dia- grams of the nomination of their par- and tieular favorites. ‘They cannot -all be right, ulthough. each proves his. case conclusively. Were they all right what would we do with so many nominees? We still believe that @ dark horse will have to be entered before the race ean be started, and that the dark horse will merchandist in a corhpetitive market. Upon that proper pereentage of profit no special tax should be ieyied, Legiti‘ Mate business is already suffering from discriminctory taxation which proceeds: on the assumption that the’ man who a productive enterprise is a public whom the government ought to “trim’" at every opportunity. yond the point of reasonable and legitimate and proper profit graduhted conduc enemy taxation should begin. Assume that the reasonable profit to « retailer on # certain class of commodities is 20 per cent That figure percentage is aun ascertadn- The man who charges 25 ould pay a stiff tax upon his entire profit; the man who charges 30 per cupt should be wssessed still more heavily, and so on until the tax becomes prac tieally confiscatory for the conscience less profiteer, Such a tax would bring to light fact win it. We have no diagram that we would care to offer. We just feel ‘it im our bones. For Prompt _SiOPOIIRS: DT : voted for him. For-Hiram Johnson as |* The conservatives will dominate the Johnson if they can help themselves, have had their les- spite of all things to the contrary, there | (Sceeaesasarrerrrr ross k - [PHONE| EITH LUMBER CO. BUILDING MATERIAL and COAL A COMPLETE STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND ‘Garden truck will be higher than ever this year. The truck farmers can’t get hired help. It is more important than ever that you should plant yqur own garden, This book will tell you just how to proceed. It is prepared by the Depart- ment of Agriculture and is right. Send the coupon to Wash- ington as indicated. (FHI Out the Coupon, Write Legibly.) ‘The Casper Daily Tribune Information Bureau - FREDERIC J. HASKIN, DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON, D. C. I enelose herewith 2-cent stamp for return postage for a free copy of the Garden Beok. Street Address in MUST BE AMERICAN abundance, protected from ¢éontrol Whenever the Republican party has) and speculation by any individual or written a platform it has usually writ-) group, delivered as directly as possible ten pages of the country’s history, tor | from producer to consumer, and kept sooner or later, the principles enun-| Within the purchasing power of all the ciated in the platform beczme the law | People. of the land and contributed to the well-| While the government could. not be being of the people. |expected to provide these necessary The platform of the party adopted at) items to the people, it is the duty of Chicago next month must be no excep-|the government to see that they are tion. It must be true to the best tra-! provided without the unnecessary added ditions of the party and the country.| costs that at present enter so largely Running ‘through that -document|into the price of every one of the there must be one central idea, around items enumerated. i which all the varfous planks upon the | Enough food to eat, clothes to cover various subjects are written. ‘The cen-|the nakedness, fuel to burn and a roof tral idea must be defined so plainly|for shelter should be so easily within that the most ignorant voter can grasp/the reach of everybody that there its meaning and know What he is in-|would be no worry about providing vited to vote for at the election. thefh for the family. That instead of It must be so righteous and appeal-| being the constant struggle and care, as ing that it Is approved and its mean-jat present, there would be time for ing is grasped instantly. If it is right other objects in life. the majority will approve, for the great) Tr life is to be # eontinuous effort majority want the right. to obtain the fundamentals of existence Then the unifying principle, the cen-| what hope is there for advancement or tyal idea that the platform contains,|/ror culture and development for the “Americanism.” people? Every plank must be an If we are to go backward or divide plank, written from an Ameri nbeavana “He the\hiieh seeks point, dealing with an Am: _ framed for the welfare of | nd ali written by Americans who; know and appreciate the needs of an American government and the req:ti ments of American citizenship. Let the platform define an American to comprehend and assimilate the American: idea, and ap- proving American ideals as expressed in the Declaration of Independence, and subseribing fealty to the constitution, which defines and the rights and privileges of all Americans. pantie wet AL Bs GIVE US THE LEADER. | There are five items in the ev day life of every person that are all- important., They are food, clothing, housing, fuel and health. They are es-| > sential to life «nd happiness. If we bed not have them in reas@nable amount and at reasonable prices, there is no contentment, and before long there trouble and suffering. These items being the first require- |ments of life,{they should be accessible _ DONT DESPAIR If you are troubled with pains o1 | aches; feel tired; have headache, indigestion, insomnia; painful pass- age of urine, you will find relief in | GOLD MEDAL aura OW must be Americz can stand- in n sub- Ameri- guarantees is tions than the nomination of Hiram 2 Johnson will be in ,1920. . Convention dopsters do not speak| j7ne 4orld’s tandard remedy for kidney, with the usual assurance this year.| ational Remedy of Holland since 1696. j Three sizes, all druggists. Guaranteed. Reok for the ee ras Seneca Oa “TALK WITH KING” LIFE INSURANCE ON i A BUSINESS BASIS An inquiry entails no obligation. J; William E. King | State Manager | PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Room 2, Lynch Building Phone 120-J | Deliveries of | pointed assistant secretary of one of the j the i press agent, freight nandler, and bag- Contains no alum. : TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1920, of the past them we are surely headed in both directions. Fhe Democratic party now in power has proved absolutely hopeless and un-) qualified in meeting and providing for the necessities of the peuple. The Re- publican party, Which has always here- tofore brought real prosperity’ and con- tentment, is appealed to by the peo- ple, to point the way and lead them out of the house of bondage. If this party produces a leader com- petent to deliver them he will win and will deserve to win. MAY FESTIVAL. (5 POSTPONED The May festival to have been given by the grade school children on the High School Athletic grounds tomorrow} lafternoon has been indefinitely post- {poned until the ground is again in good| shape, it was announced today. | As soon as the ground dries’ suffi-) ciently, the entertainment will be pre-) sented as planned, and the date will be jas widely advertised as possible. | The rain, however, will not interfere! with the High School pageant which will be presented as planned, Thursday eve- ning at 8 o’elock; at the Iris theatre. RANCH EMPLOYE | | GOES TO PRISON } | | | FOR SHOOTING | DOUGLAS, Wyo., May 11.—Mike Me: | ; Carthy, an aged employe at the Platte’ | Valley raneh, will spend the next year | |in the state penitentiary because he lost | his temper during a dispute with H.) | McKeever and attempted to lodge a bul-, / let in McKeever’s person. Only one} j shot was fired. 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