Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 29, 1921, Page 2

a h ss eS SOP rr oe oe om ree PAGE TWO Che Casper Daily Cribune Issued every evening except Sunday at Casper, Natrona County, Wyo. Publication Offices: Tribune Building BUSINESS TELEPHONES. ---15 and 16 Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting Al Depattments ————————— Entered at Casper, (Wyoming) Postoffice as second-class : matter, November 22, 1016. MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS FROM UNITED PRESS — $$ J. BY HANWAY .... President and Editor EARL FR. HANWAY Business Manager W. H. HUNTLEY Associate Editor RE. EVANS ------- Gity Editor THOMAS DAIL’ dvertising Manager Advertising Representatives Yavid J. Rendali, 341 Fitch Ave., New York City Frudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bidg., Chicago, Ul. Copies of the Daily Tribune are on file in the New York and Chicago offices and visitors are welcome. Se pe eres RATES SUBSCRIPTION By © One Year Six Months One Month Per Copy --------. One Year -. 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In a recent interview touching the proposed state bond issue in aid of good roads, Governor Carey, in answer to direct questions, made the following state- ments: The state has plenty of money in the permanent funds to buy the bonds when issued. The market for them is certain, in case private persons do not de- sire them. The automobile licenses paid through the secretary of state will redeem every one of these bonds as they mature and no state tax will be required except for the interest. Depending upon the fund from which the bonds were purchased, the interest would be paid into one of several funds. For instance, if purchased from the university fund the interest would go to the schools. The issue and,purchase of these bonds by the state will cause no inf@rease in expenses. Whatever money is received as interest it will make the tax levy for other purposes so much less. The state requires a certain amount for administration expenses. It is immaterial whether it is received by way of interest or other tax. There will be no increase in auto licenses required to meet these bonds. The present rate of license will bring more than enough to retire these bonds and the other road bonds previously issued will have been paid and out of the way long before ten years. The auto fund license collections cai\not be di- verted from the purpose of paying these road bonds except by act of the legislature. That action is scarcely probable. No dollar of the auto licénse money has _ been pledged for any other purpose than the redemption of the proposed road bonds. There is no way of taking up the federal appropria- tion of an equal amount to our state boiid issue than by meeting it squarely fifty-fifty. Failing in this the proportion intended for Wyoming will go to other states which do comply with the federal plan of road building. These statements, which come from the state’s high- est authority were elicited from the governor by a series of questions to set certain taxpayers right with reference to the features of the bond issue and they are therefore to be acceptd as the last word on the subject. Saath ae Now, will other alleged civilized and humane states in this great union follow New York’s statute, forbid- ding landlords to discriminate against children, and give them the same rights enjoyed by poodle dogs, pet monkeys and alligators? AGERE SEN eae BILL HAS DESERTED. According to the most reliable information at hand, that old public nuisance, Bill Haywood, due up to spend the next twenty years of his life at Leaven- worth prison, for his general cussedness and low down and onery attitude toward’the flag of the coun- try that gave him birth and the highest opportunity to become a useful and honorable citizen, which by the way he didn’t improve, has gone to Russia to be- come minister of propaganda to the Trotsky soviet government in its hellish purpose to undermine Ger- many, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Czecho- Slovakia. The job Bill held inthis country, high potentate of the I. W. W., became untenable by reason of action of the supreme court and Bill knowing what was in store, stole away in the night like the yellow cur he is, and always has been, deserting some ninety mis- guided disciples to take the medicine he mixed but avoids taking himself. Bill preferred Russia to Leav- enworth. The worst that can be wished him is joy of his preference. He enters into conditions of life over there which he and his kind have sought to establish here. He will meet many old companions at Mos- cow and elsewhere, with whom he formerly con- spired. He can in that new land enter into the full enjoyment of the things he craved. If he survives the system of the Trotsky regime for any length of time without being shot in the back he can count himself lucky. We hope he lives some years, for Russia will come to her senses sooner or later and Bill will come back and to Leavenworth. His cohorts, the valiant I. W. W., are no dotibt pointing to his desertion of “the cause” with great pride. It is now without a leader in America, for all the likely subjects upon whom Bill’s mantle might fall are so situated that they cannot accept the honor. For the time being let’s dismiss all thoughts of Bill and rejoice that he is no longer in our midst. re ee Geren aes There are those temporarily in Washington who are earnestly wishing that the blooms upon the plum tree would hasten to give way to more mature fruit, so the tree could be shaken. SOROS TT A ae ARE WE RIGHT? Somebody vouches for the information that the shah of Persia has an arm chair made of solid gold. We don’t know, so it’s all right with us even if he has. We'll bet the old boy, if there’s any sporting blood in his veins, that he can’t effect a change of seats with any champion of the checker tournament, whe holds down a nail keg in any of the great Amer- ican forums, the rural grocery store. Neither could he swap his old gold chair for a seat along the stream fellow who occupies the front seat in a tin. Lizzie, driving out to carve certain fortune out of a Wyo- ming homestead could be entertained with any seat trading propositions; and as for the fellow who owns just temporarily 2 bleacher seat when B. Ruth is-due to bat—any proposal of exchange of seats with him would be an’ insult. There are lots of other people with lots of other kinds of séats who would look upon the shah of Per- sia with his little old gold chair as a pure nut, should he broach the subject of a dicker upon any terms. Let the shah keep his gold chair and have a good time sitting in it. Sali os Serio SE RS THE POINT TO BE DETERMINED. This is the whole question. Should railroad rates be lower? If so, how best can the thing be accom- plished? The official reports of the railroads filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission and checked by that commission to ascertain their accuracy, show that the roads, as a whole, are not getting enough out of cur- Tent operations to pay current operating expenses. The roads are not getting rich at the expense of the people—that is certain. Moreover, there is something of interest in a com- parison of freight rates with prices of commodities. Such a comparisoa, taking the year 1913, before the war, as a basis for computation, shows that freight rates, when figured on an average ton-mile basis, have adyanced 66 per cent, while the average whole- sale price of commodities have advanced 77 per cent. Comparisons for other years maks an, even more im- pressive showing. In 1919 the average receipts per ton mile had advanced 35 per cent as compared with 1913 while the average wolesale pricé of commodities had advanced 112 per cent. It is clear from this that freight rates did not go up in proportion to the prices of commodities. There Was good reason why they didn’t. Prices of com- modities are determined by supply and demand—by private agreement as to prices. Freight rates are regulated by the government ithrough the Interstate Commerce Commission. During 1915, 1916 and 1917 the average receipts of railroads per ton mile re- mained practically stationary, as there was no ad- vance in rates. But commodity prices had advanced 24 per cent by 1916, and 76 per cent by 1917. The unfortunate circumstance is that the railroads did not get their advances along with advances in other lines of business, Their rates were not mate. rially increased until near the time for the aiter war slump. The government failed to authorize collec- tion of higher rates when everybody would have been both able and willing to pay them out of the high prices received for commodities, and then authorized the increase when prices of basic commodities had fallen almost to pre-war levels. In addition to that, the government, through its railroad administration, adopted rules, which required the railroads to pay for services not rendered and placed upon their pay- rolls large numbers of men not needed. These are the facts shown by the records. The pri- vate managers of the railroads are not responsible for the conditions made by this showing. It is quite likely that private management can effect some ec- onomies, and this has evidently been done, as indi- cated by the increased amount of freight carried per car and the increased mileage the cars make per day. But economies of this kind cannot possibly be suf- ficient to meet the critical situatoin. Government regulation proved unequal’to its task in the days when the country could have easily paid freight rates somewhat in proportion to increased prices of commodities. The owners of the roads ought not be made to suffer for the acts of the government or its agents. Manifestly, freight rates cannot go up, the roads cannot pay the present operating expense on present rates, hence the expenses must come down. or the government must take over the roads and pay the deficits out of the treasury as it did in the period of the McAdoo regime. ABBE Ss / TAX PROPOSALS. “Nobody likes to be taxed,” asserts the Milwaukee Sentinel. “To every form of. tax-proposal somebody is going to object. But everybody able to pay must be taxed to help defray the cost of government—there is no getting round that. “The country knows by now that the excess prof- its tax was fallacious, that it did not in fact reduce profits, but did in fact pyramid prices and promote profiteering practices. It is a mischievous legacy of the war with its hasty fiscal] expedients to meet a na- tional emergency, and with the rest of the fiscal lum- ber of the war is going to be repealed. “Something more rational, equitable and scientific will have to take its place. The form of tax now growing in favor is the gross sales tax, and Senator Smoot, the possessor of one of the best and clearest heads in Congress on such questions, has framed a sales tax measure meant to replace the excess profits tax (which might more accurately be called the ex- cess prices tax) and the swarm of annoying petty taxes resorted to in the war. “The sales tax is no new thing. It has been tried out, and where tried out it has been a success both for revenue, for ease of collection and for the com- paratively small amount of complaint from the tax- payer. “Early in the war the French government resorted to’ it and French testimony is that it was the best method of ‘ollecting war taxes. Canada has em- ployed it with good results. For sixteen years it has been used in the Philippines, and the former attorney general of the islands testifies to its success. “There will of course be arguments and outcries ragainst it, as there would be against any tax pro- posal. Taxation is as popular as the smallpox and every proposal to tax is a tempting text for demagogic declamation. “But taxation we must face. There is no honester mind in Congress on any question of taxation, no mind more bent on saving money for the public and a square deal for the taxpayers as such than Senator Smoot. His name attached to a tax bill is some prima facie warrant for its merit. “The sales tax may not be the best available. form of tax, and that must be ascertained by cool and ra- tional discussion and by trial. “But that such a tax would be far fairer,\less bur- densome and infinitely simpier than the excess prof- its tax, which has done more than any one thing to load unconscionable prices on the people, there can be no doubt in the mind of any informed’ person.” aS ge ey SHOWED HER WRONG TOWN. You simply cannot keep people from making mis- takes. Try as you will it is a most difficult matter to keep things regulated as they should be. When the American soldier brought his new French wife to this country on a promise of showing her “the most wonderful city in the world,” he made the mistake of hig life in showing her’ Chicago. He should have bought his tickets for Casper and obviated the suit for divorce he is now facing. ———_——0. Whei the kitchen still le be exactly a silent still. ts go it cannot be said to — BUILD ’EM GOOD. In the office of the New York highway department at Albany there hangs on the wall this paraphrase of Longfellow’s poem. It is an excellent warning against the building of cheap ronds: Hordes of autos now remind us We should build our roads to stay, And departing leave behind us Kind that rains don’t wash away. When our children pay the mortgage Father’s made to haul their loads, bank in the spring sunshine when the fish were biting regular at any point in Wyoming. We doubt if the f. § They'll not have to ask the question, “Here's the bonds, but where's the roads?” } i Che Casper Daily Cribune People’s Forum|} Not Our Kind of (Civilization. Editor Tribune: When I went to Cal- ifornia, I went with a feeling that the Japanese had caused the enmity he had by his aggressive and energetic disposition. Thinking that we had sent our missioners to Japan, and- told about this Christian country, and then when the Jap comes over here, to commence to fight him, it did not look right until I went to California, and saw the other side of it. The Jap is a Jap, He always will be a Jap: He does not amalgamate In. this country any more than the colored people of the south, and there is destined to be more or less race trouble for all time to come, between the white and the black of the south. Now, where the Jap is more of a men- ace to the country than the colored man, he is clanish. He comes into the country, will take any wages he can get, and get into business as quickly as he can. In the truck garden busi- ness, he is a monopolist. Where they once sold their products at a very rea- sonable price, they have now got prac- tically control of all truck garden business in California, and have raised the price, a: they can't get. the price they ask, there will be no vege- table products come into the market. They will plow the crop under, end lose it before they will take a lower price than the Japanese trust has fixed. They have gotten control of the fishing industry, und where the price does not suit them, they will run tons of fish out to sea and throw them overboard, where white men will take a lower market price, and sometimes give them away to poor people. The Jap is a man without charity, without any sense of feeling for anyone but his own clanish race, and he uses his own people only «with a commercial view. The Japanese woman will be in the field from dawn until dusk with a baby under her arm, and from six to ten children of all ages working with her. Where once they sold strawber- ries at a reasonable price, now if they can’t get the highest price, the straw- berry rots on the vine. The American people will never go back to that kind of slavish competi- tion, and if the Jap is left to come in in the future as he has in the past, he will soon dominate the western coast of this United States, as each family hatch out from 6 to 10 or 12 kids with the Japanese, and with the American family they hatch out about one child to six families. Where the Jap makes his money here and goes back to Jaan, there are a thousand who want to come over here, I believe it is a wise thing to stop them, for we are now having this con- troversy over the island of Yap, with this ever-aggressive aad grasping little Jap. He over-runs the schon!s of Cal- ifornia, so that there is hardly rocm for a white child ts go there: And California is too nic2.a country, and destined. to become the playground of the world with its ali-year round cli- mate, if it isn’t n.onopesized by these little leeches of the east. If we ever have to fight with them I'd like» to see it pulled off along different lines. I'd like to see! Presi- dent Harding and the emperor of Japan put on soft gloves and go into the ring and see who would knock the other out, then if our Harding got knocked out, put up the vice president and then the spesker of the house, then all the senate and congressmen. Let Japan furnish her defense in the same way. Build a large amphitheater that would seat 30,000 or 40,000 people, and let the people look on. I think they would pay more for their tickets, than they did to see Jack Johnson or John L. Sulifvan fight. Then there would be a war for profit. They would be nobody killed, and I do not think these big fellows who call on the war for millions of men to go out and be shot to death, would be willing to just put on light gloves and get into the ring themselves. Goliah of old, the old Philistine leader, marched out in front of his army and sald: “Send out a man from your children of Israel to fight me, and if he kills me then my army is turned over to you, if TI kill him your armies are turned over to me.” Why wasn't this a sensible way to fight? There was only one man killed, where if they had gone into battle with these generals setting back in their club houses in the rear, there would have been thousands of people slain. I believe the slogan ought to be, for future wars, “Let those that get up the fight, fight it, and they will soon stop yapping about the isle of Yap, if the people say, “Mr, Harding, and the emperor of Japan, you put on the gloves yourself, and get a little taste of this war medicine in a mild dose. 'The life of one American boy is worth more than all that island that they have started this yap about. Of course, if we are attacked, we will fight because self-preservation is the first law of nature, always has been, always will be. ZIBA L. SQUIER. ———o SINGS AT LUNCHEON. One of the pleasant features of the chamber of commerce forum luncheon which was held at the Henning hotel ‘Tuesday noon was a. vocal solo by ‘Miss Shoblom. “She sang the Boy Scout parody on “Smiles” and made & tremendous hit with her fine so- Prano voice. * pai RE a a A large department store in Boston has emiployed a8 a Salesgirl’a young Woman who is totally blind. If the Contests at Basin. (Basin Pustier.) ‘The second annual Big Horn basin declamatory and musical contest, track and fietd meet~will be held at Basin, May 12 and 13. The contest ia the speaking and music will be held in the high school gymnasium on the evening of May 12. The track and field meet on Friday afternoon, May 12, beginning at 1:30, ‘ The track and field events will be the same as last year, but the musical contest will consist of girls’ choruses of not mvre than 12 voices. Each chorus will sing two selections, one selection “The Moon and the Chil- dren,” will be-sung by each chorus the other selection the director's choice. ‘ The schools that have declared their intents: 1c take some part in the contests ore; Cody, Powell, Lovell, Greybull, Basin, Manderson, Wor- land, Thermopolis, Hyattville, Casper. To Meet at Greybull. (Greybull Standard) The 1921 convention of the Wyo- ming Federation of Women’s clubs ing Federation of Women’s clubs will meet in Greybull” This informa- tion was received by Miss Lizabeth Wiley this werk from Mrs. Mattie S. Noble, president of the federation. The date of the meeting has not yet been fixed but it will probably be the first week in October. Last spring it was voted that the Aslegates to the last convention which met in Casper should extend an invi- ation to the clubs of the state to hold the 1921 convention here, which has been accepted. Torrington Town Caucus. (Torrington Journal.) A caucus will be held in Torring- ton on Friday, April 29 for the pur- rose of nominating candidates for city officers, which affices are to be “Med at’ the regular city election on May 10. The offices to be va- ented are those of mayor, Mayor Ash-! ephurst's term expiring on May or fs soon thereafter as his succes- “or can be qualified, and. two coun- ‘iimen, whose terms likewise expire. che offives cf town councilmen ar< now filed py Lee Root and Harry Tones. Abandon Street to Schools. (Sheridan Enterprise.) A contract-ordinance that will al- tow the trustees an easement on the street right-of-way in East Loucks street from the east line of Custer street to the west line of Sheridan avenu., a distance ofsone) blocs and hisecting the property of the new. sentral school was voted under a sus- pension’ of ‘the ‘usual order of busi- ness by the city council in special session this morning. Under the: contract-ordinance,-wheel traffic will be barred from that por- tion of Louck street, and the. school experiment prjves successful, it will j probably be tle means of extending tremendously the present restricted field of employment for the blind. At the end of the first two weeks the store management reported that the, work of the blind, salesgirl was up to the average standard of ‘new emi- ployes. G EXCHANGE board will construct a ten-foot con: crete sidewelk through the center ol! the right-f-way that will be open to pedestrians, ‘i Action of the’ proposal by the city council was prompted by that body’s desire to give greater protection to the pupils who will attend fhe school, and the closing of the street to wheel traffic will make possible the devel- opment of the attractive layin and landscape gardening plans being con- sidered by the school authorities for the beautification of the area of two square blocks the new central school Property covers. Governor Is Optimistic. (Thermopolis Record.) Gov. Robert D. Carey, who was here attending the good roads meeting last Saturday, expresses an optimistic view concerning the carrying of the highway bonds at the special election on May 10. He states that the re- ported opposition to the issue’in the southern counties is erroneous, that any great amount of opposition will not materialize and that the bonds will carry nicely in all parts of the state. The governor takes the view that the people realize the necessity of keeping up the good work of the highway commission and that they {will never place themselves in the re- actionary attitude of going back to the old buffalo-trail days. Especially is this true, he thinks, in view of the fact that the bonds will be taken care of wholly by auto license fees and will nct impose any addition«: wurden of taxation on the people. Boys to Make Garden. (Douglas Budget.) There should be no shortage of gar- den truck in Douglas this summer, for the boys are going farming in force on the schoolyplot near the ‘South Side school. Fifty of them j have signed up for two hours’ work a week on this land, which will be divided into tracts for each young gardener. With scientific supervision jand energetic effort om the part of \the boys, there should be a ner | crop the material for a fine’ ex- thibit at’ the state fair in September. The boys have signed an agreement to give the two hours a week and their parents have also signed, so that half block ought to be a show garden next summer. Question Box (Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Casper |Dally Tribune information | bureau, Frederic J. Haskin; director, Washing- ton, D.C. This bureau does, not at tempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake ex! FOR 5 Stutz Roadster Just Overhauled and Repainted; Westing- house Air Springs, Two Spare R. M. Bartholomew Wheels and Tires Will Trade for Rental Property Telephone 1173 or 812 SALE any subject. Write your question p’ainly and briefly. Give full name and address and enclose two cents in atamps for return postage. All re- plies are sent direct to the inquirer.)’ Q—Has the Chinese writing on tho Chinese life-saving stamps any ‘mean- ing? If so, what is it?—Q. R. 8S. A.—The Chinese characters on these; stamps mean “please help.” Q—Is a stalk of corn growing by | itself a weed?—M. F. H. A.—The department of agriculture says that when a stalk of corn eqmes up out of its row, or in such a way ax to crowd a crop, or be disfiguring, the stalk is a weed. Q—How did coon oysters get this name?—I. D. B. : A.—This is a name applied to oysters growing near shore wher'> they can easily be obtained by rac- coons. 2 BESS Q@—Where is vegetable ivory ob- talned?—C. C. A—The coquilla nut, the fruit of #; species of palm, is known as vegetable ivory, being imported from South America for the manufacture of vege-| table ivory. Q.—What is the origin and meaning of “coolie?”—J. C. D. ‘ A.—The word ‘“coolie’ is derived fived from “kuli” which means “daily hire.” It is used to designate labor- ers drawn from the various Asiatic countries, notably China and India, Q—What makes scum on boiling syrup?—B, F. L, A.—The scum which rises to the top. of the saucepan used in dissolving sugar over a fire is simply the impur- ities of the sugar rising to the top, of the mass. Q—Are all insects found on plants injurious to them?—M. T. A.—There are many. friendly in- sects, such as ground beetles, lace- wing flies, tachina flies, syrphus flies, and lady-bird beetles. A lady bird beetle has been known to eat as many as 80 plant lice in a day. Q—Why was John Bunyan impris- oned?—B. G. A—Bunyan was imprisoned for 12 years (1660-1672) though during a large part of the time he was granted Either Sex Youcanowna beautiful Buescher and pay in small instants. FREE Saxophone: Its History and Uses.” A request by mall ‘brings it. FILL OUT COUPON AND MAIL TODAY. KNIGHT-CAMPBELL’S, Denver—Send me the “STORY of THE SAXOPHONE”, your cazalog, prices, and special easy terms. Piay a’ BUESCHER” SAXOPHONE USED in Church, Orchestra, Band, Song Leading, Solo Playing, Quar- tet, Sextet—everywhere—and it is the BIG FEATURE of dance orchestras. adytSPAy, ArKIL zo, 192. TT much freedom. At the. time it was 1. legal to “conduct divine service ex. cept in accordance with’ the ¢stcs- Ushed church,” Bunyan’continued to preach contrary to the law and was confined jn Bedfort county jait! Hoe was also imprisoned for eight months in’ 1875: 4 1 Q—What is.Fool’s Gold, and how can it be told from genuine gold?—Rz, P, B. 5 i | As—The material commonly! called \ fool’s gold is iron pyrite, a eombina- tion of sulphur and iron in almost equal parts which is used in making sulphuric acid. Iron pyrite can be dis- tinguished frorn gold by the odor of sulphur which it givey off upon hea-- ing. Q—Is there an Indian tribe that had a government based on a cénsti- tution? If so, does it still operate? A.—The Cherokees adopicd a civil. ized form of government in 1820 and formulated a constitution in 1827. In 1906 they disbanded-as a tribe and be came citizens of the United States. Cigarette No cigarette has the same delicious flavor as Lucky Strike. Because Lucky Strike Is the toasted cigarette. @t7. Kae trast ine asc cnabecchsoatneeenl | | EASY TO LEARN One of our customers, after 30 days, played first saxophone in a lerge Denver band. A lady “made good” in af amateur or- chestra after three lessons. . The Aristocrat of Saxophones The BUESCHER “TRUE-TONE" is used by Tom Brown's Clown Band and by the best soloists of America. It is rich in melodic resource, light in action, quick in response, easy blowing, matchless in beauty, accu- tacy of scale and carrying power. Buescher Trampets and Core!s Have Ne Equal IF IT’S MUSICAL, WE HAVE IT ght-Campbell Music Co. Tha Kni Denver, Colorado Read paid like rent. 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