Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 26, 1921, Page 2

PAGE TWO i be Casper Daily Cribune Issued every evening wxcept Suncay at Casper. Natrona County, Wyo. Publication Offices: Tyibune Building BUSINESS TELEPHONES-__------.- a --15 and 16 Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting Ai! Departments Entered at Casper, (Wyoming) Posie-tion as second-class mattef, November 22, 1916. MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PHESS REPORTS FROM UNITED PHESS J. B. HANWAY ---_ EARL FR. HANWAY---.------. W, H. HUNTLEY ------ %. EB. EVANS ——__. THOMAS DAILY Advertising Representatives ° David J. Randall, $41 Fitth Ave., New York City Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bidg.. Chicago ll. Copies of the Daily Tribune are on file in the New York ana Chicago offices and visitors are weicome. _- President and Editor Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION BATES By One Year ------—---—--— "3 Stix Months Three Months One Month -. Per Copy -——-. One Year Stix Months ----. Three Months a No subscription by mail accepted far less peri: th:-. months. ‘All gubseriptioc=; must be paid in advance and the Daily fribune will not insure delivery efter subscrip- tion becomes ‘one month in arrears. ——— Member of Audit Bureau of Circutations (A. B. ©.) -- ee Member of the Associated Press 3 The Associated Press ig exclusively entitled to tae cse for publication of all news credited in this paper and also the local news publishc? } ‘rein. Kick if You Don't Get Your Tribune. Call 15 ur 16 any time between » and & o'clock p. m. if you fail to receive your Tribune. A paper will be deliv- ered to you. by special messenger. Make {t your duty to let The Tribune know when your carrier misses you. Sa a SKINNING AN EDITOR. The able editor of the Glendo Star is peeved. He is indignant at a brother editor, whom he does not name, because the brother editor published a state- ment to the effect that in his opinion it would be ille- \ gal for persons living along the state highway to en- ‘ter into a contrac. fer its improvement. This che Glendo editor cannot conceive to be true and pro- {ceeds to skin the other editor and nail his miserable shide on the granary door. He does it so niftily that | we cannot resist giving our readers the benefit of i knowing the most approved method of skinning an editor. This is the way the Star does it: | “The road grading has been voted by the Great : Common Taxpayers of. the great state of Wyoming, and one of the newspapers of our state has taken the audacity to state that it would be unlawful for the people along the road to take any part in the work of contracting. The fact seems that the editor has secluded himself from us and takes the secluded idea of being simply an egotistical, dictatorial ass, and I personally am more than willing that he shall stay in seclusion and I ask that his dreams be not disturbed. “The law is simple, plain and made for the support and protection of the entire people as a whole, giving equal rights to all: Then the laws of. Wyoming are for the people of Wyoming and not for foreigners. The Glendo Star wishes to go on record saying, that, ‘The road work and contracts can be handled best by the people along the highway and there is. no Jaw-un- der the sun to suggest’ that they cannot bid for their share. When two bids are the same the preference right should go to the.man nearest the work.’ “Now if we are not plain we can make |it clearer and more pointed. “The idea that a man has'to pay taxes and cannot participate in any part of the public work is erron- eous and without foundation of any source. “Give the people along the highway the contracts and work and make it a rule throughout the state and we will ask no more, and should this not be done we shall simply say we did not place ourselves above the farmers, contractors and laborers in’ our immediate vicinity,” —————— | a + AMERICAN AND FOREIGN WAGES. The argument in favor of a protective tariff has been the same ever since the Republican party de- vised this policy to place the American workman, with high ‘ideals, upon an“ economic ‘equality with the workmen of other nations, content with inferior home surroundings and with no ambition to rise in the world. That is one reason why a tariff discussion in- spires but little interest. The facts have so often been presented that the tariff is as a tale oft told. Important as the tariff is to every interest in the land you can get but slight thrill from it, nevertheless, the people expect and demand of the Republicans that a general tariff law along accepted lines be introduced and passed. They want the country independent and self-supporting through protection and the workers of the country protected in wages and living condi- tions by customs duties levied to prevent the mar- keting of foreign products cheaply produced in com- petition with our own goods’ produced at greater cost. It is not open to dispute that if goods made in foreign factories by workers receiving $1.50°a day are offered in the American similar goods manufactured by American workmen receiving $6 a day, a prite is made possible that ab- solutely shuts out the home product. The result is either the shutdown of the American: factory or the reduction of wages to’ the point whefe the cost of the product equals that of the foreign article. It is the object of the protective tariff-to avoid either of those disasters by assessing sufficiently duty against goods as they enter our ports to offset the difference in the cost of production at home and abroad, and put the foreign product before the American consumer on the same basis as the domestic article. market alongside of €be Casper Daily Cribune English competition will also be keen as soon as Brit- ish labor troubles have been composed. Deflation of war time American wages is one thing but the reduction of those wages below the normal American standard is quite another. No true Amer- ican wishes to see the latter forced upon the coun- try. It is the proper time now to work out the tariff rates that will prevent it and put an end to the Ori- ental influx of goods, and provide effective barriers against the invasion of our markets from Eyrope. SES ee FIVE MILLION IDLERS. Great Britain’s roll of unemp-zoyed including the miners and cotton operatives now number five mil- lion. A matter of a little over ten per cent of the population. Because of the excessive number of Strikers the unemployment fund is bankrupt and the reserve of a hundred million dollars has also been exhausted.. The fund operates, however, by special treasury grants, but the government has announced that a reduction must be made in the dole allotted. The cost of the es amounts to ten million dol- lars weekly to the government, to support these strikers against the state. It is difficult to thize with the striking mi- ners for their fight is being waged for the national- izing of the mines, except as one may sympathize with @ group which seems to be fundamentally and almost perversely in error. It would appear that the Brit- ish government has done everything short of social- izing the mines in order to meet the demands of the workers and on this igsue Lloyd George stands pat. But with the cotton operatives there is more rea- son to sympathize, in this country. They are refus- ing to accept a 25 per cent reduction in wages, al- though it is understood that they dre willing to com- promise on a 12% per cent reduction. The nationalization of industry is so foreign to the concept of the vast majority of Americarls, who have not yet recovered from the bitter experience of government operation of the railroads, that they can see no merit in it, and ars firm in the conviction that it has for its purpose the mulcting uf the taxpayers to keep «ap the wages of a particular group, which, if successful in their demands, would soon become ex- tortionate—their example to be followed by others, eventuating in a comp! program of socialization and all the evils which have been so vividly portrayed under the Lenine regime in Russia. On the other hand it has been a fundamental prin- ciple of the American people, that the laborer is worthy of his hire, and the cardinal Republican tenet of protection to American industries has been based on our desire to give our workmen the best possible wages, to insure which it has been necessary to pro- tect labor and industry from the competition of prod- ucts derived from the pittance wages of Europe. There seems to be no good reason why the living standards of the cotton op:rative in Great Britain should not be quite as good as those of one in this country, and if they are not it must be because the employing class are either taking unconscionable prof- its or are laying on the shoulders of their laborers the burden of the fight to dominate foreign markets. It has been frequently stated on good Republican authority that those importers who base their argu- ment on philanthropy could find a far better field for their activities and do much more to prove their sincerity if they would devote their propagandizing energies to Europe in an endeavor to ameliorate the conditions of the underpaid laborers of those coun- tries; rather than to attempt to force the American age le to the European level. But the importer, this country who butters his argument with broth- erly love is generally the same fellow who is in on the deal to exploit the European workman. He is play- ing both ends against the middle—purchasing the products of starvation wages, marketing them in this country, to the detriment of domestic labor and capi- tal, and adding to these profits the duty rates which were lopped: off by tHe free traders. CRITICISE BUT POINT OUT. Congress has heard the cries for economy, has ef- ‘fected vast Savings in the past and can be depended upon to continue in the good work. It avails little to criticise either the congress. or the president for they are as desirous of cutting expenses as the most careful and methodical citizen: It must be admitted that the army and navy must be kept in an-adequate state for defense, interest and sinking fund and war debts must be met including railroad charges and shipping experiments and con- struction and all the charges created under.a former extravagant and wasteful government aside from the ordinary expenses of government. No apologies ate required for any of these things and none need be expected. These things are provided for with appropriations reduced to the last cent. If more savings can be ef- fected let the critics: indicate the specific point where they would apply the economy, rather than continue their monotonous call, “expenditures must be re- duced.” As a matter of fact there is nobody in the country more competent to frame the national ap- propriation bills than the men who are actually doing’ it in congress. And there is not a man in the country more eager to save the people’s money than those same congressmen. In the framing of each bill offi- cials of the executive departments coming within its provisions are called before the appropriation com- mittees and questioned in minutest detail as to the actual necessity of every dollar that is asked of con- gress. Those bilis emerge from the committees, and later from the senate and house, pared of every su- perfluous cent, and in that shape they become laws. There is one thing that must be remembered and that is the high cost of everything affects the gov- ernment just as well as it affects every person. Large appropriations always accompany high prices: and in the present instance, shipping, railroad, interest and much of the civil expenses are hangovers from the war, quite unknown in former peace times. There is no other way to get rid of them than to pay them. Criticism is welcome and proper, if it means anything else than growling, but comparisons are meaningless in present day expenditures. Let critics point out specifically where a dollar can be saved.and we are certain congress will act on the suggestion if sincere- ly and intelligently made. MeV wo Eo DREAMS. “I do not ask to drift and dream,” A comparison of wages now prevailing in other na- tions with those the American workman is receiving forms a sufficient answer, in itself, to all advocates of free trade and conipletely establishes the case of protectionists. Obtained from official soyrces the| an h table given herewith shows the weekly wages paid in POLL 2 apn eae am aR PT : the several industries of the leading manufacturing Guo dresammceil wise teens ee tuations of the world: j bratinaaby mired sy th ihe rc eben A U. 8. England. Germany. Japan. | Said Hezekiah Bings, “Although my idle fancies seem Among life’s pleasant things. If on imagination’s way Industry— 3 Chemicals _ rae $31.03 $6.34 $4.90 | “The castles in the sunset sky, Pottery and chinaware 6.60 6.00 | The scene will soon forsake— (Glass -_- $26.81to 6.24 Tife house secure is builded by Iron and Cabinetmaking Bread baking — jCandy making Brewing ‘Cotton weaving Woolen weaving - Tailoring The man who stayed awake; Though hope with fascinating gleam Its iridescence flings, I do not ask to drift and dream,” Said Hezekiah Bings. Washington Star 26.38 16.32 It is seen that the average American wage is about 8.12 age eee THE TWO CERTAINTIES. twice that in England and five times those in Ger- many and Japan. Furthermore it is shown that the cost of living in those countries has gone up far high- er relatively than in the United States, which makes the difference in wage scales actually much greater. Everybody knows to what an extent our markets are now flooded by Japanese products and the havoc that has been worked in our own indystries as a result. The same is seen with respect to German goods as Germany rapidly regains her industrial strength. There was a man who married to escape the bachelor tax; Had children to escape some of the income tax; Bought a house to escape the rent tax; Sold it to escape the realty tax; Bought bonds to escape the deposit tax; Gave away his money to dodge the inheritance tax; Died; and the undertaker’s bill included “War tax + on materials.” Moral: What’s the use? —-Richmond Times-Dispatch. pais } Editar Tribune: Mr. Black Answers Father’s Question And Delivers A Message to Parents In the People's Forum column of your issue of Thurs- day, a contributor who-signs-himseif} | pend his chést for more piy's air, and use both his feet to stand on. We have noticed, too, that an earned as “Taxpayer and Knocker” asks/ uniform lasts better than expensive among other questions, the following:| the $9,500 fund) ury. that was subscribed for the Boy I havea boy, a first class “What becomes of Scouts? cl@thes bought from the family treas- Incidentally it is conducive to the physical activity which builds a rugged bod?. The ownership of suf- scout. Every time a new button or|ficent camping equipment is within badge comgs out, dad foots the bill.| the means of any plucky scout’s own Dad pays his membership bill and| earnings if he has a streak of stick-to- when on. @ scout camping campaign,| it-iveness. It will enable him to spend dad pays $5.00 per week for his sup- port. What is the $9,500 for?” The editor has answered the’ con- tributor’s question very ably, but a further reply may not be out of place.| | much time in God's out-ofdoors with- | out risk ta his health and with posi- | tive benefit to it. The ownership of a compass, signal fire set, etc., develops self- And the scout organtzatién of Casper) reliance. The acquisition of « ood hopes that this reply may come to the| ®X° and knife, their.safe use and care, attention of the father and mother|>@# ® wholesome effect upon charac: of every. scout and every préspective| ‘er: It is Uke play with good com. scout (every boy of 12 year of age or| Panions. older) in or about the city of Casper. The scout budget of $9,500 is de- signed to®take care of the following. office supplies, dffice printing, | items: telephone, executive's salary, and stationery, rent, light, heat and hikes, rallies, field days and demon- strations, publicity and propaganda, transportation, national council quota. Postage and miscellaneous expenses. When the budget for the year was drawn up, it was anticipated that a considerable sum would need to be spent for permanent camping equip- ment in the way of tentage, cots, coaking utensils, etc. for the use of all scouts in common at the summer and week-end camps. Further ex- penses necessary for the summer camp, such as commissary supplies, stoves and cooking paraphernalia, transportation, salary for cooks, and camp doctor are figured in the total. ‘The $5.00 per week which a scaut is asked to pay for his outing at the summer camp is merely nominal, and it is collected as a matter of principle and exampie more than anything else. Scout officials everywhere recognize that giving a boy something for noth- ing is the inspiration of misleading ideas about life, and is a detriment ta the building of good citizenship. So far as we have been able to learn there is no scout council in the United States where the fee is less than $5.00 per week. The scout budget of the Casper council was made up in a meeting of the executive committee, which is composed of some of Casper’s represen- tative and professional business men. Take a glance at the list and see if you think their judgment is worth backing. They are ‘R. T. Kemp, Ira G. Wetherill, Dr. J. _F. ‘Donnell, J. B. Griffith, George B. Nelson, D, W. Ozilbee, A. A. Slade, P. C. Nicolaysen, Ben L. Scherck, J. W. Johnson and Rev. P. K. Edwards. The scout com- missioner, Ambrose Hemingway, is ex-officio, a member of the committee. Reports of the receipts and disburse- ments of scout funds are published jn both Casper newspapers periodical- ly and the books of the treasurer ate always open for the investigation of thetie interested. As for the personal expenditures of a scout for equipment such as badges, pins, articles of uniform, membership‘ fees ‘and troop dues, the fotlowing “Message to Parents," :published. in the June 8th number of “The Scout Bulletin” answers; as if by design, the inquiry of the contributor. We ask the parents af every scout ta study the méssage carefully and per- haps to find in it. information and advice that will give a new concept of scouting. The message is as fol- lows: . Your boy has chosen a course which only one boy in 20 has the privilege of chodsing—he has chosen to one of the Boy Scouts of Ameri You have unquestionably a right to be proud of him for this. He is one of the 400,000 boys out of 10,000,000. What you have given him of birth- right, of love of out of doors, of the principles of right living and of the goodness td be of use to his fellow men, has born fruit, already, in this enrollment of his in the scouts. Do you realize that it is his first almost wholly free choice, uninflu- enced election, unbiased initiative? He went naturally and obediently to church with you. All of us who are scout officials are glad for that, and regardless of our own religions, we unanimously encourage scouts to ad- here to the faiths of their fathers. He went naturally and obediently to school. All of us who are scout dffi- cials want scouts to appreciate school, to continue in it as long as possible, and to be thrifty of their educational resources. But he came ta the scouts, and he asked you if he might, of his own accord. Because you have a toy who in cue in more than 20, a lion cub, and be- cause he has undertaken this hunt himself, stand by to help him win, Of course he is your baby. We un- derstand that. But he is a boy now. He is not a little man; nor is he scgne- thing merely in the process of manu- facture for some ultimate Purpose. He is just himself, a citizen, with obliga- tions to his home, his God and his country. One of these bbligations for him is the obligation to earn his own way as a scout; to earn his own equipment. The manufacturo and sale of equipment for scouts make him want certain things. designed to do that. But it fails in its purpose if he asks you for the m@ey instead of for counsel regard- ing earning it. We have found, and doubtless you have noticed it, too, that a uniform | makes a boy carry himself better, ex- 80 Years Old -Was Sick Now Feels Young After Taking Eatonic for Sour Stomach “I bad sour stomach ever since I had the grip andit bothered me A Have = co ret oo am mu better. years says Mrs. John Hill. Eatonic quickly relieves sour stom- ach, indigestion, heartburn, pics and distress after eating because takes up and carries out the excess acidity and gases ” and still suffer, do not give up hope. Eatonic has ‘brought relief to tens of thousands like you. A big box costs but a trifle with your druggist’s guarantee, ;|and to be Sq we believe in cameras as a means | of improving observation and appre- ciation of the beautiful things in the ‘world. ~ And “we believe in sensible first aid equipment, to go on a hike, constantly at hand in the home. EQually we believe in sensible books, ind in @ purely boyish magazine of inférmation, outdoor craft.and ad- venture. These are the tools of scout- ing, thé common interests of these 400,000 boys out of 10,000,000. They characterize the Bdy Scout just as a crap game or a burglar kit or a stolen auto characterizes the underworld. You can help by helping your boy to earn or make the things which will make his scout work interesting, suc- cessful and safe. HARRY L. BLACK, Scout Executive: Casper, Wyoming June 24, 1921, oo) Question Box (Any reader can get the answer to any question by writing The Casper Daily Tribune Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, ‘Vash- ington, D. C. This offer applicd strict- ly to information. The bureau can- not give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does 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—How many nographs are made ever pao haere B. A.—The bureau of census says that in 1919 there were 2,226,000 phono- graphs, graphophones and talking machines made in the 166 establish- ments in -the United States. wich made returns to, the bureau, is Q—Can ahigh school 17 years old get the free Harel camp of- fered by the government? What is the nearest camp’ to New York City, ‘and when does it open?t—T. H. L. A—The war department says the Civilian Training camp in all, parts of the country offer one month of free camp life to all physically ft men and boys between the oges of ET RS Aer 0 aE TE LT PSE AT I PELE EI er ote 16 and 35 years. All equipment, toa} and recreations, including moving Pictures, sports and dances. are paid for by the government. Your near- est camp is Plattsburg, N. Y., which opens August 7. We are sending you an application blank giving further data. Q—What is the correct name of | the bug commonly called “red bug?” —wW. T. A.—The red bug, 2 very small larva} mite, which attacks man, has no| other name. The red bug which at- tacks trees is of the genus Pyrrho- A—Portland cement was so-called) because it resembled a sort of build-| ing stone found on the Isle of Port-| land. Q—Do corn, wheat and oats all be- long to the cereal family?—C. M. R. A—The word cereal refers to any) grass yielding farinaceous seeds suit- able for.food. Therefore, corn, wheat | and oats all belong to this family. | Q—How many windows in the capitol?—P. W. B. A.—The superintendent of public buildings and grounds says that there are 679 windows in the capitol. are there aor are candied rose petals A—Detach petals from fresh, full blown, fragrant roses, and lay on dishes for about an hour to dry, but not to wither. ake @ syrup of a half pound of sugar, and less than a half pint of water, boiled till it spins a thread. Set on ice-to cool, and when the syrup begins to crystallize, dip the petals in with a pair of wire Measure the cost by the cup—not by the size of the can Recipe booklet free. A Can of G. Washingto to ten times its weight in roasted bean coffee! You use all of G. Washington's Coffee. Thereisno waste. Always delicious, pure, healthful, economical. Every can guaranteed to give satisfaction. " COFFEE . ORIGINATED BY MR. 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