Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 19, 1921, Page 2

GE TWO Che Casper Daily Cribune vet every evening except Sunday at Casper, Natrona ‘obaty, Wyo. Publication Offices: Tribune Building S—XESS TELEPHONES. mth Telephone Exchange biebed at Casper, (Wyoming) Postoffice as second<lass matter, November 22, 1916. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FROM UNITED PRESS HANWAY --- President and Editor BR. HANWAY. HUNTLEY eg-r Bids.. Chicago, are on file in the New visitors are welcome. York and Chicago cffices and SUBSCRIPTION BATES By Carrier period than paid in advance and the ivery efter bubscrip- be must in Member of Audit Burcau of Circuiations (A. B. C.) -- associated Press is exclusively entitled to the ws credited in this paper and > L-rein. ft the Kick ff You Don't Get Your Tribune. y time between © and 38 o'clock p. m. if A paper will be deliv- t The Tribu: P ne know when your carrier misses you. fe ae y and a growing deficit in railroad revenue ot utilize the box cars as living apartments for ten- eeking homes and turn the deficit into a profit? ines COL TRE een FIND THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. It-is not believed that there would be any dispute f the fact that a depression exists in the business af- airs of the United States. The original cause is nerally traced back to the war period and the com- lex“situations arising out of efforts to readjust op- rations in the time since the collapse of war activ- ies. The immediate problem, most everyone agrees is e dislocated state of industry, due, as generally con- eded, to the compensation received by important oups for work and labor performed. A large per- entage of our population has lost what is called their burchasing power. That is, these people are with- ut @money and largely without employment. They re without the means to purchase the products of bthers engaged in different lines, which products they quire out of necessity or for their comfort and hap- piness In- general no one has any definite idea what has happened to him. He is optimistic or pessimistic re rding the future in accordance with his ‘fiidivdual ituétion. Ifwe all had a better comprehension of conditions hatomust necessarily exist before there can be a re- oration of anything like the sort of times we call We could all go about doing the things required ithsgreater intelligence. Base it all upon agriculture. For that is the source bf the fundamentals of lif The farmer’s predica- ment: is as low or lower prices for his products as in pre-war days, with wages he must pay 100 per cent hightr and, freight 50 per cent higher. All charges ifist his product. The farmers’ raw material goes © asmanufacturer who is compelled to pay wages 100 per gent higher, fuel 50 per cent higher with every pther: expense connected with changing the raw into finished product from 50 to 100 per cent higher be- fore<it is ready to be shipped back to the consumer, he farmer. Then with the return freight charge doubled the price of the article of necessity to the farmer is so far out,of his reach he would not pur- hase it if he had the money, which money he has not got because his products have given him no profit. he ‘prices he has received are lower than before the var. In short, the farmer has been deflated while verybody else remains inflated. Is it any wonder hat-the rural market for the finished product for hich the farmer supplies the raw material has gone ito pieces? One item alone illustrates the whole story. Com- ipare “the price a farmer receives for the hide of an animal with the price he is compelled to pay for a pair of shoes and you have an object lesson you can- not fail to comprehend. The existing dislocation in trade must be corrected. Farm products and raw materials must be advanced to the level of manufactures and the common basis of the farmer. There must be a middle level found. The two must get together. War prices cannot be main- tained in time of peace, and there is no use try- ing it. pi A ee Ambassador Harvey has announced that he will not talk. ’Smatter George, cat got your tongue? san THE WHY OF RAILROAD COSTS. terstate commerce, inquiring into the railroad situa- tion and the abnormal. costs of operation under the existing national agreement which compels railroads to pay for work not performed, ten typical cases have been to illustrate tt situation the roads mu: and as reasonable argument why re must be establ: indefinit the hearing before the labor board earliér in the year at Chicago, the data is therefore fully verified and is not even disputed by the brotherhoods. The cases follow 1. The Pere Marquette railway was compelled to ay $2,364 in back pay to four employes because their tiles under these agreements were changed by a de- cision of the director general, while the nature of their duties and the volume of their work remained athe sime. 4 A car repairer on the Virginian railway was paid $1,000 for work he never did. He was laid off with other employes because there was no work for him -to do. When he became entitled under his senjority rights” to be re-employed, he received back pay and overtime. 8.\ The shop crafts agreement provides that wher employes are required to check in and out on their own time they will be paid for one hour extra at the close*pf each week, no matter how few hours they may haveoworked. This rule in the first six months of 1920%cost the railways $6,500,000, or at the rate of} $13,000,000 a year. 4. On the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad piece work car repairers decreased 41.4 per cent and air brake repairers 33.4 per cent tee of a fixed minimum rate per hour. 5. @On the abolition of piece work on the Ur cific Zailroad im the wh nion Pa- wages or the latter must be reduced to the level of| In the hearings before the senate committee on in-| e of these cases were presented in| | pipemen’s wor! Make it your duty to/ the new tip. $< $$ << — — — | between the cars (not as difficult or hazardous a task | | If there are a half million idle box cars in the coun-! per mont! why | day. n efficiency under a guaran-/| section of the country. The government cannot corer | its own shortcomings by putting the burden upon the eel shop at Omaha, Neb., the] slacker is traveling in hero company. | to keep watch on stationary engines and to stop the | tions with the other nations of the earth. to foreign producers. time required for the same work was increased 31.9 per cent and the output was cut down 24 per cent: and in a coach-cleaning yard at Denver the time re- aired was increased 38.8 per cent and the output de- creased 28 per cent. 6. An employe of the Southern Pacific Tucson shops was paid $50.05 for three days’ work because he was sent 214 miles to repair a gas engine, 45% hours being punitive overtime, most of which was spent in traveling or waiting. As a result of several emergencies of this kind he was allowed 377% hours in 23-day working month, earning $272.16, and a pipefitter from the same shop was allowed 391 hours in a 23-day month, earning $281.52, mostly punitive and double time allowed while traveling, in addition to his expenses. 7. A conspicuous example of ridiculously high compensation to unskilled labor is that of a gang of men on the Southern Pacific who place bluefiag sig- nals on trains in yards and who couple and uncouple steam and air hose. When any of these men were ab- sent, car cleaners were used as substitutes—the clas- sification of these being changed by the director gen- eral from watchmen with laborers’ pay to car men, and back pay awarded to January 1, 1918. The gang consisted of 15 men, all unskilled, and they were given back pay during federal control of $14,436. 8. Southern Pacific employes whose sole duty was engine in case anything went wrong, were reclassified by the director general as “electrical workers,” one man on the Salt Lake division being given back pay of $2,381, another $2,094, another $2,009, another 2,003, and six others amounts varying from $1,500 to $1, U er the present classification rules of the shop cri n order to change a nozzle tip in the front end of a locomotive, it is necessary to call a| boilermaker and his helper to open the door, because} that is boilermaker’s work; to call a pipeman and his helper to remove the blower pipe, because that is! ; and to call a machinist and his help- er to remove the tip, because that is machinists’ work; also for the same force to be employed for putting in . 10. Men employed to couple and uncouple hose as hitching a span of mules), are now classed as car men, receiving 80 cents per hour, with time and one- half for days and holidays, averaging about $215 , for working 7 hours and 43 minutes per a ets! = Si The Philadelphia Inquirer suggests that the man who boasts that he understands the income tax and is entirely familiar with the Einstein theory is not a wonder. He is merely a liar. o She had better consult the Mexico desires a loan. junk dealer. ——0. INDEPENDENCE OF ACTION. “Isolation” is a term dear to the heart of the in- ternationalist.- He delights to use it for the purpose of creating the impression that th! United States must make a choice between isolation and the League of Nations. A choice is not necessary. Not since the Declaration of Independence in 1776 has the United Statés maintained an attitude ot either theoretical or practical isolation. One- of the first acts of the continental congress was to send rep- resentatives to Europe, France in particular. Since that day the United States has not only maintained diplomatic relations with all other nations willing to nixintain relations with us; but took the initiative in inducing Japan to abandon her former policy of iso- lation and open both commercial and diplomatic rela- There is a vast difference, however, between desig- najing representatives or agents, who are authorized tq enter into negotiations and accepting membership im a league of nations under the obligations of a covenant which weuld require the United States tc surrender a considerable part of her sovereignty and subject hergelf to the decisions of a league council in which the United States would have a minor voice Che Casper Daily Cridune QLORADO VETS TO ATTEND BIE GATHERING HERE Loveland Post of Spanish War Veterans Plans 100 Per Cent Attendance at En- campment Here WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1921 25 cent: per 100 pounds Sugar now| Monday. His death followed an op ‘fs selling, retail, at $8.00 per hundred] ation for appendicitis. with the wholesale price quoted $7.88 Se ORANGE SHOW OPENS. Per hundred. FRENCH 8 a ae WASHINGTON, May 18.—From his} cess. DIES. @esk in the White House, President PEKIN, E. Boppe.| Harding today opened by telephone the first annua! California Orange Question Box —————_——_ Leave your laundry at the News> Soon 1 T br = * (Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing The € Dally Tribune Informatio; Bureau, Prederic J. Haskin, Director, Wash- ington, D. C. This offer applies strict- ly to information. The bureau can- not give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It docs not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to un- dertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and ad- dress and enclose two cents in stamps for return, postage. All replies are sent direct to the inquirer.) Q—What relation is Sir Eric to Sir Auckland Geddes?—V. W. B. A—8Sir. Eric Geddes, minister of transport, is a brother of Sir Auck- land Geddes, Great Britain's ambas- sador to the United States. Q—To settle a dispute, has any man ever ascended seven miles in an airplane?—H. F. D. A.—Major Schroeder's altitude rec- ord is 33,000 feet, with all deductions for temperature, alr column, etc., or 38,180 feet as calculated by the Fed- eration aeronautique Internationale method. According to the F. A. T, calculation he was more than seven miles up in the air. Q.—What bidle passage was touched hy President Harding when he took oath as president of the United States? —A. J.C. A.—President Harding’s hand rested on the verse of the bible which says. “And what doth the Lord require thee, but to do justly and to love c and to walk humbly with thy May 17—August = minister to China, died here Goodyear Tires That Are Even Better Than Before We are building better Goodyear Tires for passenger cars today than we have ever built before. In the past few months we have added to their them larger, stronger, heavier, and even more durable. We believe we speak truly when we say that no- where in the world will you find their equal in endurance, mileage, and sustained economy. You can get these tires from your Good- year Service Station Dealer now. GoopYearR Tire & RusBER ComMPANY of < LOVELAND, Colo., May 13.—Colo- ‘Will be staged at Casper, July 3; 4 and 5. Mr. Shove was the guest of honor at a joint smoker and dance which was beld for the purpose .of outlining ‘the participation of- the local organ- ization in the festivities at Casper. Following a speech by Mr. Shove, the Loveland veterans voted to at- tend the encampment at Casper 100 Per cent strong and will attempt to win the $100 prize which has been tacked up for the post that has the greatest nhmber of veterans in ai tendance. Every member and his family will attend-if possible and ar fangements are being made here to Taise $1,500 to defray the expenses. General Shove stopped here while of a visiting tour ef all camps of the Rocky Mountain region. He will recruit elegible candidates for the poste” in the vicinity through which he passes and will also carry the Cas- per mission to all sectioss of the Rocky Mountain district ——o SUGAR PRICE CUT. DENVER, May 18.—Following re- cent reductions in the wholesale price of sugar. Denver retailers an- nounced a cut in the retail price of God Q.—Where is most of the unappro- priated government iaad?—8. D. A.—All of the unappropriated gov- ernment land, amounting to 250,000.- 000 acres, lies in the southera and western states. More than a fifth of the total is in the state of Nevada. Q.—How many of the soldiers who are to remain buried overseas are in American cemeteries?—W. L. F. A.—Approximately 88 per cent of our dead in France rest in American burial places; about 9 per cent are in- terred in French cemeteries and the remainder in British and German plots. Q—Who was Cudraka?—R. 0. K. A.—Cudraka—more commonly Sud- raka—was the reputed suthor of Mricchakatika (Clay Cart), one of the Sans! dramas. He is supposed to have been a Hindu king though there is litte doubt he was altogether a myth and that the drama is the com- Position of the poet Dandin. Goodyear Solid and Pnen- matic Tires for trucks; also Tubes. Q—Is there any genuine elk skin in shoes or is the leather going by nee made from cow skin?—F. C.K. A.—The department of agriculture says there is undoubtedly some genu- ine elk skin and deer hide on the market at tne present time, but it is quite true that there is a skin com- mercially known as elk skin which is made from the hide of a cow. fit E. 2d, Over White's Grocery PHONE 856 Q.—Did Gen. Robert E. Lee have a von in the Civil war?—R. E. R. A.—General Lee's son Kobert fought in the Civil war and was with his father at the Battle of Fredericks. with the combined interests of thé majority of the nations adverse to our own, ~ It has been made clear enough in public utterances by Mr. Harding since assuming the presidency, that we stand ready now, as we have always stood ready in the past, to negotiate with other nations, to co- operate with them, and to aid in every way in our power to promote international welfare; but he also made it equally clear that the United States must be absolutely free to act in each particular instance upon its own judgment as to its duty and the wise course for it to pursue in promoting its own-interests and the interests of the rest of the world. The vital principle contended for is independence of action. This we propose to maintain. And we do maintain it in accepting the invitation to be repre- sented in the allied conferences. eee American society women are carrying the entertain- ment of Mme. Curie too far. Let the poor woman alone. She is a practical scientist. She is at home in the laboratory and not in the drawing room and her occupation is not lapping up pink tea. co sata Bs ay Permitting the family physician to become the ad- ministration megaphone is not a sign of return to normalcy. pee Charley Chaplin’s next film tragedy will be “The Man in the Barrel.” ER tg ee KEEP THEM OUT. “Dye and chemical producers in the United States, should,” in the opinion of the Iron Trade Review, “unite their efforts for the preservation of their in- dustries through the exclusion of German popular demand is being inspired for legislation whieh will prohibit the importation of the German products. “The German chemical and dye industry is so in- tegrated and ramified that it stands without a peer in the world today. Great as it was before the war, its greatness was accentuated during the conflict. Un- questionably it could in time, seriously demoralize if not destroy the chemical industries of the Allies. England’s license system permits the importation of only such dyes and chemicals and in such quantities as may be required. “The war forced the United States to intensively cultivate this industrial field in order to meet the Germans with their own weapons, high explosives, chemicals and gases. The end of the conflict found the United States with this industry stimulated to’a point where it had become a national trade factor. To abandon it now would be to leave the field open In event of angther war this would be a highly perilous thing to do. The develop- ment of the by-product coke industry in the United States has placed this country in a position secord to none in supply of needed raw material. “But raw materials, equipment, initiative, in- genuity, all will.amount to naught if Germany re- sumes the cut-throat trading tactics she employed be- fore the war. There is no >eason to believe she will abandon them. The way to safety, apparently, is to forbid, in the case of dyes and chemicals, their im- portation except under license. In drafting the tariff and ‘in considering a separate peace with Germanyy the United States can well afford to build an insur- mountable wall against these goods.” Errors in the slacker list are reported from every enlisted man. A didn't seem to do me any good. My PAU ti t burg. Q—Is there an arrow in the say? —C. M. ow. A.—The arrow is a small northern constellation between Aquila and the bill of the swan. Q.—What was the average number of slaves owned by southern families before the war?—A. W. A.—In 1850, the largest number pf slaves under one management was about 2,500. At this time about 2,000 families in the south owned as many as 100 slaves each. OBLIGED 10 LAY OFF FROM WORK Salt Lake Man Was in Bad Shape, but Is on Job Every Day Now Feeling Fine The Overture To Summer Shoe Styles As the orchestra introduces the theme of musical score, before the curtain rises— As nature tells, in whispering breezes and rustling leaves, of a happy summer to come— So this showing of newest modes portrays the style theme of the “I'm a great believer in Tanlac now because I know from my own experi- ence what it wi'l do,” said Joseph Gus- tavson, 233 Floral street, Salt Lake City, Utah. “My health began to fail three years ago and the year after that I came out here from Colorado, but the change It foretells the vogue of white shoes, of sport shoes, of airy, graceful styles in various colors. Emphasizing throughout the smartness and cool comfort which, even now, pronounces these new modes the success of the season. W stomach was so disordered I didn't krow what it was tosit down and eat § good meal, for everything seemed to turn against me. I went down in weight and my back became so weak and lame and hurt something awful Then I had rheumatic pains ail through my shoulders and @ lost a lot of time from work just on this ac- count. Headaches? Why, I had head- aches fit to kill, and I thought some- times my head would split wide open. I lost sleep as regular as night came, and I got so weak and run-down it didn't look like I would ever be any account any more. “But things have turned out differ- ent from that, and today I'm in the finest kind of health. Tanlac has fixed me up in great shape, and it has been many a year since I felt so well and strong. My appetite is a dandy, I have picked up ev..ciderably in weight. and my face has filled out. |. I am in the very best of health and never miss a day from work now. IGGIN Your Shoeman Cemetery Robert Simpson and his crew are now in the cemetery for fourteen days oriy erecting curb- ings and stones. See him there or call the Casper Monument Works, 957-W. For the first time in his life the real