Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 11, 1921, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che Casper Daily Cridune Yssued every evening except Sunday at Casper. Natrona County, Wyo. Publication Offices: Tribune Building BUSINESS TELEPHONES ___---.-_----.__-15 and 16 Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting All Departments ——— eee Eniered at Casper, (Wyoming) Postoffice as second-class matter, November 22, 1916. MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED REPORTS UNITED PRESS PRESS J. &. HANWAarY EARL BE. HANWAY--.-..--—---— W, H HUNTLEY -----. R B. EVANS THOMAS DAILY Davia J. Plenehv org Fituh Ave. ‘New York City Prudden, King & Prudden, 1730-23 Steger Bids... Chicas mi. Copies of the Daily Tribune are on file in the ew York and Chicago offices and visitors mre welcome. Di tion becomes one month in arrears. ———————$——————— eee Member of Audit Bureau of Cireulstions (A. B. ©.) -- —$—$———— Member of the Associated Press The Associzted Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news credited in this pape> and algo the local news publishc? }-rein. Kick if You Don't Get Your Tribune. Call 15 or {16 uny time Letween » and 8 o'clock p. m. if you fail to receive your Tribune. A paper will be deliv- ered to you by special messenger. Make tt your duty to let The Tribune know when your carrier misses you. ie SUBSIDIZED MANUFACTURES. The relationship which the various governments have assumed toward the industries of their domain in all likeiihood liable to cause us some trouble, and call for some ingenuity to offset the effect such a partnership may have upon our own industries and markets, where the policy is the encouragement of private enterprise. ‘ Prior to the war Germany presented the most nota- ble instance of a‘ government operating with private industries to capture foreign markets, and the suc- cess in that undertaking is a matter of world-wide knowledge. Apparently no conscionable tariff could prevent Germans from driving out competitors. As a leading financial writer puts it: “There (in Germany) the various cartels, or trusts, received privileges amounting to subsidies which en- able them to sell even at a loss in the different foreign markets, and the taxpayers helped with their contribu- tions in keeping up and extending the mercantile fleets of the country. Others among the belligerent countries found it necessary or advisable to offer spe- cial inducements to their own industries by giving them, financial support in one, ferm or another while the war lasted, and this has continued to a greater or less extent since with regard, especially, to what are termed ‘key’ industries.” Having captured the markets, the Germans could, of course, recoup their losses by advances*jn prices. Today the United States is faced with the propositi of private industries competing wita somewhat socia ized industries in Europe and Japan. Natural our competitors persist in that policy and nothing i: done {to che ate it, the protective tariff will cu little figure in this country with respect to a large number of commodities, since the government of the’ origir, taving taken a hand in their production, may well go « step further and rebate their manufactur- ers fer the duties they have to pay to et into the American araxt; or, even without that private in- dustries cannot long operate in competition with those operated largely on government funds. There would be nothng decidedly novel in adopting legislation to meet the situation. In fact it would be little more than an extension of paragraph E, section 4 of the present tariff law, which is copied verbatim from the Republican law of 1909 and which provides that whenever a country “shall pay or bestow, direct- ly or indirectly, any bounty or grant upon the expor- tation of any article of merchandise from such coun- try . . there shall be levied and paid, in all such cases, in addition to the duties otherwise imposed by this act, an additional duty equal to the net amount of such bounty or grant, however the same be pzid or bestowed.” But this could hardly be stretched to cover goods in the production of which, a foreign government was a party. In addition to the teamwork of government and private capital, now pretty general with respect to European “key” industries, may be mentioned the recent action of the Japanese government in loaning its credit to peg the price of'raw silk. We might well levy a duty on that commodity, because of that ac- tion, recouping our manufacturing consumers by way of drawback. The late Sereno E. Payne, one of the authors of the Payne-Aldrich tariff of 1909 had something of this idea in mind when he advocated a countervailing duty on coffee because of Brazilian valorization, a step which he ultimately decided not to tale because of the pleas of certain Central American .countries who had pledged their coffee export duties for loans al- ready made. Today the entry of governments into industry is more pronounced than ever before in modern history, s policy which is utterly condemned by the Repub- lican party and strongly opposed by the majority of the American people. IN DEFINITE FORM. Simply because they have occupied, of late, so much of public attention with their troubles, railroad owners and railroad employes must not get it into their heads that they are the only people interested in anti-strike legislation. Their business may be im- portant to the welfare of the country, but it is just one of the essentials, not the whole works. Inter- state transportation is conducted in the interest of the whole people. The public has the larger interest in all of these things, including the disagreements and their settlement. . Practically every railroad has been permitted to ex- trcise the right of eminent domain—to condemn prop- erty for a right of way on the theory that the prop- arty is needed for a public use. Moreover. the aral constitution gives congress jurisdiction ove: terstate commerce in order that the welfare of ali the people may be adequately protected and what is known as the Poindexter anti-strike bill is designed to afford just that protection in definite and effective form. It is unfortunate that railroad owners or executives and railroad employes canriot always agree. It is un- fortunate that human beings in general are usually more concerned over self-interest than over the pub- lic welfare. But so long as human nature remains ts it is, there will be differences of opinion concern- ing relative rights, and those differences will lead to iisputes of a serious nature. It becomes the duty of the public then to guard its own interests and to pro- tect itself against injury by the combatants. It is-desirable-that-exact justice be done in every case, but this is an impossibility. Exect justice may be done in most cases and approximate justice in others. To this end the government has is in the act, a provision for an adjudication of railroad disputes, which adjudication may be ex- pected to attain approximate justiee—a nearer ap- proach to justice than will usually result from strikes and lockouts. Having provided that agency for ad- judication, the government, as the representative of the public welfare, has a right to demand that neither the employer nor the employe of interstate railroads shall enter into to interrupt interstate traffic. The government has the right, and bears the obligation, of declaring that although every man shall have the right to quit his employment for any rea- son, yet he shal! not interfere with the corresponding right of any other man to take employment or con- tinue in employment on terms satisfactory to him. That is the whole purpose of the anti-strike law. It expressly preserves the right of any individual to quit —it is intended to protect the equal man to work. This much the government is bound to do in the fulfillment of its first. obligation to its citi- zens. A government that cannot protect the liberties of its people, has little hope of comman: their respect or support. ——_—__o —_____ THE WOOL INDUSTRY. An account of industrial conditions in New Eng- land given by the irst National bank of Boston con- tains a discussion of the wool situation. This state- ment is made: “The probable effect of the emergency tariff appears to have been fairly well discounted and nu ch nge of any moment i+ the market is expected.” The information is also given that heavy foreign buy- ing has been done for American account and there have been heavy importations of clothing wools. This statement emphasizes the injury done to the American wool industry by the Democratic free trade policy. It is estimated that there is now on hand in the woolen stocks of the world a quantity amounting to nearly two years’ normal supply. Naturally wher there is a prospect of the re-enactment of a protect- ive tariff law wool users make ‘large importations of foreign wools which they can buy for less than the cost of production in the United States. The Democratic party enacted the Wilson-Under- wood law of 1913 over the protest of the Republican party. Over the protest, also, of the American wool growers. During the war, which acted es an embargo on importations and er dan abnormal market for wool products the American producer felt no injury because of the lack of protection on his product, But since the armistice was signed and the enormous de- mand for wool for war purposes ended, all of the cheap wool producing countries have been shipping their surplus to the United States thus not only cut- ting the price the American producer could receive but depriving him even of the opportunity to sell hi wool at any price. The Democratic party not only deprived the Amer- ican producer of the advantage of an import tax on wool but when the war. ‘tas over and it was apparent that there would be a flood of importations, the ma- jority of the Democrats in congress opposed the emer- gency tariff bill and President Wilson vétoed that measure, thus postponing the time when protection should be restored. It is generally un itood that the emergency tari! law is not a complete and scientific measure. “It does not attempt to establish the system of protection necessary for the upbuilding of sll American indus- try. It is merely an attempt to secure at an carly date protection for that industry—agriculture—which was the first to} suffer the reaction from war condi- tions end whith 1 probably be found to suffer the most severely. Thus far very little wool has been bought in the we: The buying has’ been done largely in Australia and South America while the western American wool grower, or his banker, holds the American product in a warchouse and creditors ere consequently unable *‘o collect the obligations due them from the grower of American wool. Ine Boston report contains the information, that: | fhe Casper Daily Cribune concerts that will be given in various ments, a word not made Washington parks, beginning June 2{men, but ‘gents.’" September and ending 29. —_— —- Q—What is usually used to sdul- Q—Dees. water doll quicker at 2/terate coffee? How gan such mate A—Water beils at degrees F. —Chicory 1s chief adulteran' at sea level. At 1,000 feet above, it|used with coffee, although beans, boils at 210 degrees F., and at 7,000| peag feet above, at 199 degrees F. Q—What was the Hippocratic oath? -z. F. T. € A.—This was an cath taken in the early days by young men entering the medical profession. It is interesting to note that at this early time the oath embodied the clause “Whatever in connection» with professional practice, or net in ‘with It. I may see or hear, I will not divulge, holding that ull such things should be kept secret.” Shier eas pee anertinn | ci A—The department of agriculture says that cutting just as the feld commences to show the blossoms. usu- ally gives satisfactory results. When the field is one-tenth in bloom the protein content is 78.5 per cent; when for gentie- any question vy writing The Casper Daily Tribune Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Wash- ington, D. C. This offer applies strict- ly to information. The bureau not give advice on legal, medical financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to un- dertake exhaustive research on subject. Write your rz Q—What constitutes and a cloudy day?—J. RF. | A.—The weather bureau says that in describing the general ot the weather during each day the year the following rule is observed: Where the average amount of clouds during the day does not exceed 3-10 of the entire sky the day is classed as Clear, Where the average amount of clouds during the day is from 4-10 to 7-10 of the entire sky the day is classed as partly cloudy. If 8-10 or more of the sky is obscured by clouds during the greater portion of the day is classed as cloudy. form the growth for the succeeding crop. In this way the new growth is ready to-take immediate possession of the ground and no delay-results. Q—Is pants a correct word to use for trousers?—W. D. P. +.—Facts 14 an abbréviation for pantaloons 2nd is listed as colloquial. According to Oliver Holm: “The thing named pants in certain docu- only 13 mom than &:\. est was Edward Rutledge, aged 27, and the oldest Benjamin Franklin, aged 70. Q.—Does the Marine band give pub- Ne concerts during the summer?—C. E. B. A.—The. Marine band will give a public concert in the White House grounds every Saturday afternoon during the summer. In addition to this, it has a schedule of 34 evening —_—_—._ NOTICE. The ladies of the North Casper Ladies Aid will have a bake sale at the North Casper store, Saturday, June 11. 6-10-1t rs not a Pat oe Srmbie Vs ma tie a eat on the time, when you use Calumet Baking Powder. It never allows baking trouble. You don’t “dread” to bane. There is ing to worry about—and that really is hardest part of it. Mix up a batch of biscuits— or the kind of cake—it’s all the same. There is never but one re- RE deta ect i eso. a There is not as much ‘worry over Dakine otis either. Because. i sh it H a8 (yn Fat iH g I iS § ? F a rs i tlre! if] qe ‘ fy ie HE ges iy Have You Chosen .Y our Sport Shoes? Never, we believe, have desi ae shoes so attractive and as comfortable as the beautiful sport shoes for summer, 1921. Never, at least, have they produced any which have won greater popularity. And why shouldn't they be popular? furnish the completing touch to the handsome bright-hued sport costumes. are very smart and just as comfortable. Once have worn a pair, you'll wonder how you you did-without them so long. ‘A favored summer style, priced to favor your purse All of this makes for a deplorable situation.. What is true of the woo! industry is true, in varying degrees, of other American industries apon which the pros- perity of the United States depend: The facts are rtated not for the purpose of painting an unpleasant picturc, but in order to impress upon the minds of the people of the country the important truth that the situation is due almost entirely to the folly. of the Democratic party in placing the United States on practically a free trade basis, so that American money is sent abroad for the purchase of foreign commodi- ties at less than cost of production at home. It will be a long time before the American people will forget the eight weary years of Democratic rule. Certainly the wool growers who are going through the present crisis will not soon forge’ Serge ae CUPID LOSING OUT. Mr. D. Cupid is lesing his cunning. Unless he dis- cards his primitive implements of war for more mod- ern rapid-fire machine guns or puts his victims un- der with gas before he attempts their capture, he might as well retire from business. Here it is the month of June, of roses, soft moon- light and “Promise Me,” and business showing . 9 slump. - The enemy executing a heavy flank attack and everything looking blue instead of pink. The opening week of June, the country over, brings out the doleful fact from the marriage license bu- reaus of a tremendous decrease over the Junes of the past four years, and the reasons assigned for the de- crease are: Lack of reverence for the traditional mar- riage month; increasing business independence of women; unemployment and the end of war romance. On the other hand and across the hallway from Mr. Cupid’s business office is the alimony mill, oper- ating with modern machinery at full time, separating the goats from the lambs and undoing Mr. Cupid’s work with alarming rapidity. The reasons assigned are both numerous and varied. Unless Cupid can get his business on a readjusted basis, he will have no business at the end of ten years, in view of present conditions. A SHADELESS CAMP GROUND. Casper has provided an adequate and proper camp- ing ground for the use of visiting, tourists, but there is one very great drawback to the comfort friends from a distance would ordinarily expect to find. There is no shade. All of the other conveniences are pres- ent or will be provided, but what about shade? It costs you less when you use it—because you don’t use as _ much of-it—it has more than the ordinary leavening s‘ze.:sth. You get more out of the flour, shortening, etc., be- The white kid pump pictured, trimmed with a narrow band of perforated bik er full Louis: or baby Louis heels at only $10.00 a pair. patent leather is wey attractive. excellent style in eit! Here’s a decorative addition to any sport costume The largest selling brand in the worl tmmmnurerepentiantt There’s ‘Something brisk and cheerful - about this clever style. The vamps are of and uarters - neatly trimmed in brown Russia calf. The soles and heels are of white ivory white nu-buck—tips leather. Priced $11.00 a pair. IGGIN “YOUR SHOEMAN” It is too late to set out young trées and expect them to afford shade for this season. There ought to be a few shade trees about the place, that is certain, and the only way to provide them is to remove grown trees to the grounds. If this can be done—if not too late in the season-—possible those benefitting most from the ‘presence of tourists might volunteer to pro- vide a tree apiece, as a place to attach their business card, if for no other purpose. ~ iE 3 RRR AN INSPIRING INDICATION. Out of all the business gloom comes this cheerful note of encouragement, the Pacific Gas & Electric company has placed an order for ten million pounds|. of copper wire. It is the largest single order ever placed. It will require two hundred and seventy cars to transport the order which will be shipped from Black Eagle, Montana. It is business of this sort that puts a little heart into affairs in days like the present and encourages the commercial world to hope. An order like the one re- ferred to means a tremendous labor in manufacture aside from that entailed in the final use to which the | wire will be put. It also means that adjustments have! been accomplished in some important lines ard there is confidence sufficient to proceed, S utter Tot Pion eee Take a Look At the Pile of heavy timbers in our yard. Note how squarely they pile and match. That's because they are all straight grained and have been seasoned evenly. Just a sample of all the lumber here. The best selected wood in the first place and the best of care in putting it in condi- Nong It pays to use such Yum- O. L. Walker 132 Railroad