Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1920, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che Casper Daily Cribune Issucd every evening except Sunday at Casper, Nat County, Wyo. Pubiication Offices: Oil Exchange . BUSINESS TELEPHONE. <2.2--.-. 5.is2 oe Hntered at Casper (Wyoming) Postoffice as matter, November 22, 1916 MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORTS FROM UNITED PRBSS aa bi Bpsahs Wai yes THZOMAS DAL LY Advertising Representatiy: . David J. Randall, 341 Fitth Ave., New York Clty Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bldg., Chicag: Copies uf the Daily Tribune are on file in the New and Chicago offices and visitors are welcome. SUBSHTERION RATES iy Carrier - One Year. a 00 One Yea $7.80 Six Mont Three M Ne subi three months All subscriptions must be paid in advance and the Daily © Tribune will not émsure delivery after gubscription becomes one month in arrears. Mfmber of Audit Bureau of Circulations (A. B. C.) Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. - MENTIONING GOOD MEN. = The followers of Theodore Roosevelt, the old © Progressive wing of the Republican party, are urg- = fng the selection of former Senator Joseph M. ~ Dixon of Montana for secretary of the interior. Mr. z Dixon was the national chairman of the Progressive party in 1912 and a very close friend of Col. - Roosevelt. At the November election he was the = Republican candidate for governor of Montana and = was successful by a majority of 40,000. = Since everything in Montana went Republican = his backers, say his governorship will make no dif- “ference to the party, as a Republican lieutenant = governor will be the successor should Mr. Dixon re- = sign. sn It is rather conceded that the West is to have = the secretarvship of the interior and a number of = splendid men have been mentioned for the place = among them. Congressman Frank W. Mondell and * Hon. Patrick Sullivan of Casper, Republican na- = tional committeeman from Wyoming. Mr. Mondell has just been re-elected to con- = gress by the largest majority ever given any. can- = didate in Wyoming, and is the present Republican « floor leader in the lower house of congress. He = would be especially fitted for the: cabinet place = named, provided he would care to interrupt his con- = gressional career. It is not known how he would = view an invitation from Mr. Harding to enter the = cabinet. Senator Sullivan is perhaps as highly qualified as any man yet named for the interior department. He is a thorough Westerner, familiar with all of the needs of the West, has a wide national acquaint- ance and is immensely popular with Republican leaders everywhere. Wyoming would ‘be intensely proud if either of her splendid sons should be Mr. Harding's choice. And if Goy. Dixon should be selected Wyoming would be entirely satisfied. _. The main point is to have a Western man as ‘the head of the interior department, as this depart- ment means much to the West. We are sure that Mr. Harding recognizes the situation and is certain to invite a man that will 7 appreciate Western conditions. SENATOR HARDING’S POSITION. If a certain element of union labor, having a radical tendency, believe that they can secure through the present or the incoming congress, through threats, any such concession and special Divileuer as they received in the Adamson meas- ~ ure, through a former congress, they are doomed to disappointment. They have lately altempted to carry their | troubles to, Marion, Ohio, in the hope that they could enlist. Senator Harding's sympathy in some way to interfere in the matter of the anti-strike law passed by the senate. Fair minded labor will appreciate the virtues = of the measure the unthinking complain about. _ Labor will receive a square deal, but labor will re- ~ ceive exactly the same justice and consideration = that every other interest receives. = The anti-strike measure is fair and right. Fair to the public aad fair to labor. = Senator Harding's record is plain in the matter. = His campaign utterances were reasonable, logical = and right. He discussed it with union labor and Z union labor approved his attitude and in view of =the tremendous vote he received, everybody else = approved. = It will be remembered that Senator ’ Harding = voted for the anti-strike amendment to the railroad = bill, and was taken to task for his vote. He made =a direct and unequivocal reply, setting forth his =veasons for supporting the amendment, and his = reply was widely published, so that voters every where knew of -his attitude on the subject. His ~ election by a plurality of more than 7,000,000 was -a rather strong indorsement of his: attitude. In «his letter answering his critics, Senator Harding : said: aa TTPLTOEE UST eee } tn mere “I favored the anti-strike clause because it ap- Plies to a public service under government regula- ..tion, in which congress exercises its power to limit the re pital invest the ‘public must be served, and, finally, in. the anti- strike clause, provides a capable tribunal for the adjustment of all labor grievafices, so that no in- terruption in transportation need be apprehended. ‘ent on railway transportation for food, comfort and health, security and the necessary material for pro- - | ductive activity and attending livelihood. It has * become a prime necessity. If the government, re- Presenting all the le, cannot guarantee trans- portation service under any and all conditions, “it fails utterly. If that same government cannot pro- wide just consideration of the workmen operating the transportation system, it fails again. ‘It ought and must do both. e “tis fat afield from the main question to talk a50 about enslaving the laboring men. Nothing is far- a ther from the truth. The law specifically pre- serves to the individual his right to quit his em- ployment, It provides the government's guarantee 33s | of just treatment while he remains in the railway than employment. “There has been no intent to interfere with the plan of collective bargaining in competitive private enterprise. This provision deals solely with a pub- lic service. Instead of reaction, this is @ great step of that justice. I do not know that such a law will prevent railway strikes, but I do know that it ought to, and I think the great rank and file of railway workers ought to welcome it. It suggests the nation-wide aspiration for industrial peace with heart of the American millions today. “If you and your assbciates. know a better plan, | if you know of anything surpassing the supremacy | of just government, if you know of a hope more promising than your government's commital to just treatment, let me know it,"and I will be happy to subscribe to it instead of the measure which I be- | lieve to be the best yet offered to all who are} concerned with the good fortunes of our common! country.” ROAD BUILDING ELSEWHERE. Some of the older and more conservative states of the East are setting a pattern in permanent road building that the so-called enterprising states of the West will find it difficult to follow unless they wake up. wide. Last: year the total was 243 miles of the| same sort of permanent construction, . In addition to this new construgtion the Penn- heytventta highway department ewuffacal 377 miles of macadam and treated 1,480 miles- of similar roadway. The maintenahce force kept up during) the year 9,503. miles of highway. tion at the present time is 350 miles of new work % program includes a total of 600 miles of new Per manent roads. ing. Illinois is second with 339 miles of new con-! | crete roadway. could be used most of the year round. Some day Wyoming will come back to her orig-! | inal intentions. DESIRABILITY OF TARIFF. age ad valorem was under 20 per cent, while the Wilson-Gorman law of Democratic parentage, dur- ing its mill-killing carcer, averaged over 21 per cent. The fault lay in the.fact that the schedules of the latter were all out of joint. Along about 1899-1900 the average ad—va- lorem just shaded 30 per cent. Assuming that $3,500,000,000 worth of foreign goods can be $1 ,000;000,000 in revenue. At the present with goods coming in at the rate of $6,000 000 annually, about $36,000,000 in customs rev- enucs is the most we can hope for by the end of the current year, this’ being at the 6 per cent. rate. During th fiscal year 1920 we imported $112,- 000,000: worth of cotton manufacturers; $141,- 000,000 of hemp and linen; $97,000,000 of silk; $43,000,000 of wool and $40,000,000 of leather. Of raw wool, $213,000,000; vegetable oils, 195,00,000; | breadstuffs, $60,000,000; meat and dairy a ts, ‘$42,000,000; fruits, $50,- 000,000; ables, $47,000,000—these eleven schedules pri totaling $1,040,000,000. Our luxury imports for 1920 approximated another bil- lion in value. Our agricultural a manufacturing interests must be protected, and those whé demand foreign luxuries should tbe Mons Yo pay for them. The reign of crime in ‘the , Lastem cities continues unabated. The boldness and abandon with which it is pursued has caused citizens to arm themselves in self-protection. Hughes and Root are the fayorites for secretary of state in the Harding cabinet among the Buessers, Kyuss health Not permit seca “In our modern life all the people are depend-j Heitor of The Tribune: forward. Surely the organized railway workmen! ask ho more than full justice and in this act the, government establishes the tribunals for the Lay | unfailing justice to all concerned, which is in the| | During the present year Pennsylvania con-| structed 410 miles of concrete roadway, 18 feet} Under construc-! ™., Thursday, December 30—everything to be completed next year, while the next year's: Pennsylvania easily takes the lead in road bua All this going on while Wyoming, just getting started, is compelled to cut her road program. short because her people have voted against the meas-, ures that would enable her to connect up some of the important sections of the state with roads that . x rhe Casper Daily Cribune vane ‘ CHEER UP, OLD SPORT! -I see by the columns of your paper, that the flockmasters of Natrona Coun- ty are being solicited to contributed $25 + head for the purpose of entertain- iug those who may attend the State Woolgrowers’ convention in January. I avn certain that sheepmen’ trom other parts of the state do not Wish this) done, Now is a time for retrenchment and economy, not for foolish display of) money that we have bbrrowed Untess ovr brethren in Natrona Coun- ty are more fortunate than the rest of) va.they are entitled to an immunity) from contributions for any purpose,| Trewever leudable. There is no need of. any banquet or dance. There are- no young men with nimble feet or strong{ digestions Yeft in the sheep business. We are a lot of footsore and bedrageled| veterans. Our stotmachs have been ruined’ by baking-powder biscuits and our feet by! four-buckle vershoes and crusted) snow. We desire no form of entertain:| ment making undue demands on the} stomach or the legs, Even twenty-five) years ago in Casper no public service) was approached without a banquet and) a dance. The generous habit still Mng-| evs. The flavor lasts. Wardime food preached and state -higt Wuilt through the medium of quets at the Henning. Those she who attend the convention will not to Jay as a burden on heir fellov-/ sufferers in Natrona County in a time} of such financial stress. Our only needful expenses will be our} railway fav and our hotel bills, If; jour bankers refuse to advance us this! we will have to stay at home. AN we ask of the good town df Casper is the use of sume dimty-lighted hall where we! jean all gather; listen to a few consol- ling words and drop a few heartfelt tears: r the emaciated corpse of our! indus 4. ono) cr. BERGER. Lost Cabin, i WILD WEST? IS | BEST THRILLER | _ INHUN MOVIES KARLS RUHE, Germany, (By Mail | —Wild West films are prime favorites, in the German provincial moving pic- ture theaters. An Arizona picture with’) an army ef cowpunchers, cowgirls and | Indians, is one of the films advertised all atong the Rhine and in the cities of| | Bavaria and Baden, } PERO ES SEEKS LAND OFFICE JOB. { |. DOUGLAS, Wyo., Dec, 29:—The first} | candidate for appointment by President- | lect Harding to a federgl position to appear In Ythis-diste! Wilkie «Cul: | Mins. He. seeks the recelvership of the | Douglas land offic | ob ab Saas ORE “Ba Auction sale of dry goods and over- ‘alls at 113 East First street at 2 p. 0-22 The Payne-Aldrich tariff law was a much ma-. ligned measure, During its life, 1909-13, its aver-! We have a good assortment of Coats, Cloth, in this Sale, which will be a good investment. | the lj Letters From the People’) Does Casper Want a City Manager? | Fall Read What Other Experience in This Kind of Rule}; ‘Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. ; November 8, 1920. Charics WY. Stafferd,. Secretary; Manager, ‘ Casper Chamber of Commerce, Casper, Wyoming. Dear Sir:—Generally speaking, we would say that the commissioner- manager form of government has been most encouraging. It has~sub- stituted for the former board of al- dermen, who were not truly repre- sentative. citizens of the city, and without busmess method, a businens administration under the budget plan and with a system of accounting Which makes ft possibe for u citizen to ascertain exaetly the various ex- penditures of the city from.time to time. Under the old form of government business of each aderman was to secure for his constit is the la it possible public imp ement Without regard to the welfare of the city as a whole, and to spend money without budget contro! in this man- ner until it was gone. Under the cld form there was no ‘ene who Was responsible for the man- agement of ttre city’s public improve- ments, public utilities or its finances. Today we have one man who has no other business ajd he is advised by five commissioners who act asa boar‘ of directors, in other words the city : as the business ef, poration or tdustry. _At first, as with all new things, was considerable opposition to new form and we did not secure the best type ef citizens as commis sioners. We fortunately had a good manner however, and we have found during the last two elections, since the form went into effect, that the caliber of the men elected as commis- sioners is enlarging, as the peopl: late the advantages of the ne’ Fresh, full-creata milk and the extract of se- lected malted grain, reduced to powder form. The Feod-Drink tor All Ages. Used successfully for over 273 century. i Superior te tea, coffee, cocoa A quick fumch readily digested. invigorating, Nourishing, Delicious Ask for Prepared ina moment by hot or cold twat oa Ask Fer PRE-INVENTORY SALE Beginning Tuesday, we will place on Sale our entire stock of Ladies’ Coats, Suits, Dresses and Skirts, at One-Half price. COATS were priced from $35.00 up. NOW ONE-HALF PRICE annually absorbed by this country during the next. | decade without paralyzing domestic industries, it is! | plain that a 30 per ceat ad valorem would realize | 080. All Sik and Wool Dresses at One-Half former prices. These consist: of Duvet de Laine, Tricotine, Serge, Satin, Taffeta, etc. : SUITS in this Sale. Duvetyn, Rayonnier, Serges. make good Spring are very cheap whe mer price. | Our entire stock of Suits go These consist of de Laine, Tricotine and fine Many of these will Suits, and n you buy them at ONE-HALF the’ for- ; DRESSES ¢ Pre-Inventory Sale. of Furs at half price ‘ We invite you te make your selection early, as our stock is Velour. not large, beautiful thus Avoiding Imitations suBsTir: UTES Cost YOU Same Price ‘very cheap when bought at half price. Richards & Cunningham Co. THINK RICHARDS & CUNNINGHAM CO. WHEN YOU WANT THE BEST, __ WEDNESDAY, DEC. 29, 1929 Cities Say After system and realize that its success and efficiency ,@epend upon electing ‘pusiness men a$ commissioners. There ig no question but that not only in theory but in practice the commission manager form of govern- iment is the best as yet devised for municipalities, and that its success. ful operation depends primarily as does all government upon the atci- tude of the citizens as by them its effiéiency can be enlarged 01 (tis restricted. It is up to those who are governed to really make in ‘the last analysis the form of governmeént un-, der which they desire to exist. Very truly yours, CHARLES E. CHIPLEY, Industrial Secretary GRAND JUNCTION POSTAL CLERK 15 NEW ASSISTANT An order authorizing the appointme Martin Wenger of Grand Junction, Col: as assistant postmaster at the CaBper office to suceced Walter 8. Parker, who is now employed at es Midwest, was received Tuesday ank T. Frawley, acting postmaster. Mr. Wenger has Served as finance clerk in the Grand Junction office and was recommended for the position here: by the postoffice inspector. ou} pusnyv SNUVIT TT ick’s nt All Fountains aly stirring the pow 2 iter. Keep at homme or when, | traveling. | eae Get Horlick’s both Plush and These 19 but we. have sonie . pieces left which are 31eS MO SuIso