Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 17, 1921, Page 2

OUT f_measure would have had a bad effect on the political ' chances of the members of congress and of their party, FAT Pe Breer rrr cep meres SAECO LL PAGE TWO fhe Casper Daily Cribune be 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 All Departments stoffice as second class 1916. (Wyoming) P November 22. Entered at Casper, mat ASSOCIATED PRESS THE UNITED PRESS MEMBER MEMBER THE or J. B. HANWAY .... EARL E. HANWAY . W. H HUNTLEY R. E. EVANS THOMAS DAILY . President and Editor .. City Editor ertising Manager Advertising Representatives Mavid J. Randall, 341 Fifth Ave., New York City. Prudaen, King & Prudden, m 720-23 Steger Bidg., Chicago, Copies of th. Day Tribune are on file in the New Yorx and Chicago offices and visitors are welcome. 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Make it your duty to let The Tribune know when your carrier misses you. << POLITICAL COURAGE. “We may question the statement of a Democratic congressman,” says the Springfield Union, “that President Harding’s interference with the immediate passage of the soldiers’ bonus bill is the most cour- ageous political act since the days of Cleveland, for McKinley and Roosevelt did not lack courage in their political acts, but it is beyond question that no act of President Harding thus far has so contributed to pub- lic confidence in his strength of character and in the courageous purpose of his administration as his act upon the bonus proposition. This psychological effect is due less to public opposition to the measure than to its instinctive opposition to policy ‘for political ef- fect.’ It-is no secret that many of the members of congress who proposed to vote for it regarded it as unwise, but they could not resist the bogey of polit- ical effect. They assumed that it would make votes if passed and result in a loss of votes if not passed, whereas precisely the opposite was true. “Had it been true that the failure to pass such a it would have been equally true that the bold manner in which the president stepped in and prevented fa- vorable action would have had bad effect on him, on his administration and on his party. But the polit- ical effect has been exactly the opposite. “The reason is plain. The public never makes; a favorite, least of all a hero, of a coward. It is sick and tired of the constant effort to govern political ac- tion on measures by their supposed political ’ effeet rather than by a consideration of their merits. It has no relish for cringing fear in its. public men, More- over, when the people perceive an act by any public man plainly showing that he is ignoring political ef- fect, as it is commonly considered, they immediately respond with their admiration and support. They will have no admiration for nor faith in a congress that seeks to make tariffs or shape internal taxes or any other kind of legislation with a view only or even mainly to political ¢ffect. But they will put their faith in and give their support to any public man who scorns the plea of cowardice. “Had Calvin Coolidge proceeded on the too com- mon theory of political effect he would never have been vice president of the United States. When faced with the alternative of boldly doing the right thing or of timidly compromising with political consideration, he embraced-the former and the response of the American people was instant and country-wide. It was precisely because they beheld a man who could defy the false voice of political effect that later on a far westerner rose from his seat in the convention and shouted: ‘We want Calvin Coolidge.’ Coolidge dis- proved the theory that cowardice is a political virtue, and the act of President Harding was one of the same character. “It took courage to interfere with congress after all that had been said of White House autocracy; to reject a measure that made some appeal to the na- tion’s appreciation of its soldiers. But the courage was available and the actual political effect has been wholly in favor of the president and his party. It is always so. Political courage never fails to secure a favorable response from the people. If this congress is to make a good record for itself and insure a politi- ical life to its leaders it will need to cure itself of the worship of this bogey of political effect. It must learn that the public admires courage and has no use for demagogues.” a Eighty-four cents out of every dollar of govern- ment revenue is devoted to the cost of past wars and preparation for future ones. We are paying too much money for one purpose. RC BOSSED AND REGULATED. Asserting that we are the most regulated and bossed free people on earth today and held to stricter ac- count than the people of any autocratic governsent in the world, the ew York World makes these spe- cific observations: “Topeka, Kan., has suffered its first wholesale cig- arette raid under the cigarette prohibition law. In Wisconsin a state law abolishing bars provides that even the purchasers of non-alcoholic drinks must stand far enough away from the counter so that they can neither raise a foot to the rail-nor set down their glasses. This is one day’s news, but evety other day matches it with instances of useless and tyrannical governmental interference with individual morals. When it im’t the over-officious beach censor it’s the film censor. When these are negligent it is the sup- pressor of books, the prohibition raider of private dwellings and inspector of baggage or the advocates of blue Sunday. Throughout all these activities runs a single creed—the belief of fanatics that the pursuit of happiness is vicious and that personal liberty en- dangers the state. “No other country exvept Russia has put up with so much hounding from petty officials acting under petty laws as has the United States. It is doubtful if even Russian citizens under the Bolshevik bureau- eracy have so little freedom of action in social mat- ters as is left to the citizens of this independent re- public. The nation is chaperoned by purity leagues and governed by prohibitionists. There is not a legis- lative body in the country that lives up to the puri- tanical laws it has passed. Prohibition and the moral legislation that follows in its train comprise one gi- gantic and offensive fraud. “But the people of the United States take it all sit- ting down; their rebellion goes no further than grumbling. Unless they decide quickly that the lib- erties their fathers had are worth a struggle they will huve none. They will live, and perhaps they will like it, as children under a dictatorship of the rigidly righteous.” ape pee THE AGE OF OIL. The competition of the first powers of the world for oil territory has grown more active since the European war than ever in previous history. The war impressed the high value and extreme importance of oil and its products. Among the writers on war topics the view is held by several that the next war will be fought for oil. And because of its vital importance the control of producing oil fields will place a nation in a very ad- vantageous situation. The development of motor me- chanics, and‘the application to human progress has made of the present an age of oil. In industry there is no end to the use of the mo- tor. We see it every day driving the wheels of ma- chinery. In transportation it*has become a rival .of the steam engine and in agriculture it is doing most of the farmers’ plowing, threshing, pumping of water and marketing of products. The diversity of employments of the motor are an- nually increased and the end is nowhere in sight. And throughout the civilized world the motor has found ‘its place and work. Early in the war Germany protecied her own coal fields and then rushed to control those of France but as the war advanced coal appeared less valuable and oil of higher importance, The war for coal is in the past and the war for oil is in the future. Industrial supremacy of the future will depend more upon oil than any one item and by the same token the nation with the greatest supply of oil will win any war she undertakes. In the approaching disarmament congress we can well afford to take the lead in discarding battleships and all the obsolete forms of defense and offense that require the the vast expenditure of money, and de- pend for our future protection upon oil, chemistry and the motor. the st mi EE A London has selected a mighty hot summer to recall the silk hat to popular favor. If it spreads to this side, how will be know when the Elks are burying a departed brother? ese aa SAMBO, A BENEFACTOR. The great army of American boys and girls, con- suming their ice cream cones these hot August days do not stop to consider the great debt they owe to Sambo Jackson, a negro pastry cook in an old fash- ioned tavern in New York, who something like a hun- dred and five years ago accidentally hit upon ice cream as a suitable dessert for the patrons of the hostelry which he served. It was purely an accident on Sambo’s part in de- vising something new and pleasing but he perfected the combination of cream and eggs, and froze them in a crude way and enjoyed a monopoly for quite a time, carefully preserving the process secret. The ice cream of today is an entirely different arti- cle from the refreshment Sambo turned out, but all things must have a beginning and be improved ‘and perfected. Sambo’s credit is in the discovery and he ought to have a monument to the memory of his great achievement, for ice cream is not only a delight to boys and girls, it makes summer endurable to people cf all ages. Everybody has the ice cream habit, and the wonderful combinations that have grown out of Sambo’s discovery would make him mighty proud if he could come back to earth and view procecdings at a drug store soda counter during a busy hour. Sambo we~ » benefactor and his memory should not be permitted to fade from earth. oe een fy See eerie There is a difference between coercion and co- operation that the former Wilson administration was never. able to recognize, ———— DIED 70 SAVE OTHERS. . There were many acts of bravery and heroism among the crew and passengers in the sinking of the Alaska on the California coast, but no case stands out in bolder relief than that of Thomas Johnson. He was a hero of the old school. He placed his wife in a crowded lifeboat and kissed her good-bye. When begged to come aboard to safety, he bade her not to worry, there were yet other women to save and un- til all were rescued he would take his chances on reaching shore. As long as there was hope of saving human life this capable man did his duty as he saw it. He did it bravely and effectively. He took his chances as he said he would. He even reached the shore, but he expired in a few moments thereafter. Mrs. Johnson is a widow and most of what they pos- sessed went down in the ill-fated ship, but she will have the one consolation that Thomas Johnson was a real man and when he went it was in the making of a real record. es There is a new musical comedy entitled “Put and Take.” The author must be a devotee of the toddle top. or Er Ee ROTTEN BUSINESS. The Philadelphia Ledger has been looking into the matter very closely and has made this discovery: “Where does the man get off who says business is rotten and then, day after day, plays golf? Golf isn’t a bad thing once a week, but a person who devotes six or seven days a week to it is masquerading when he poses as a business man. “There is work for those who go after it. “There is business for those who hustle. “One of the young men who made a job for him- self says there hardly is a building in this city that hasu’t some task of carpentry, painting, glazing or re- pair to be*done, and that the reconstruction required by neglect of maintenance is one of the colossal wastest of today. y, “If you want a job make one for yourself. “If you want business get busy. “Quit complaining.” NE What do you think Pussyfoot Johnson will accom- plish with his dry campaign in Germany? AN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE. . The New York Herald has been looking into the matter of pressure of one kind and another and has discovered that “An oceanographer says that if a di- ver were to be lowered to the floor of the greatest ocean depth in»a heavy steel shell with thick glass windows, and the windows were to break under the pressure of six tons to the square inch, ‘a jet of wa- ter harder than the hardest steel, with a pressure be- hind it greater than the largest guns exert, would spread the diver over his shell like butter over bread.’ At last! There’s the pressure to be applied te con- gressional appropriation committees to obtaim econ- gmy in the public expenditures.” oo Discharge the press agents of depression and let’s get back to business. t “RE oer te aes HIS VOICE REMAINS. Music lovers the world over have wondered whether or not the records of Caruso’s magnificent voice would remain with us in phonograph records permanently or whether in time the master matrices would become im- perfect. The phonograph people give this assurance: “Records which have been made are preserved in such a way that they can be handed on from genera- tion to generation without loss or deterioration. The master matrices are cared for in such a way that there is absolutely no loss or change, and new can be nmde from these indefinitely,” > SERIA: conflie! and long training in national lation there should be no change in Rattlers Taking Baths at Springs ‘THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., Aug. 17.— Thermopolitans are watching rattlesnakes have been killed the town limits during the last few days. ner, TT negatives== Editor Tribune: Three years ago. when it developed that Senator F. E, Warren would be a candidate for re election and Representative F. W-. Mondell stood again for election to the house of representatives Instead of the senate, I withdraw my candi- dacy for the house after having made announcement of the same. This was done becausé I felt, as I withdrawal, that the congress which declared that a state of war existed and which began the defense of this country by par- ticipation in the world war, was best qualified to see us through the great and, because of their ability legis- en stated in my ep, especially at night. ey AS Be AUTO WORKER SUICIDES. DENVER, Aug. 1 obile tire manuf: viaduct here, a new ent. their Two large} inside —Albert Buett- a calendarman for a local auto- turing company, was found dead under the. Twentieth street volver clasped in his hand. 41 years of age and had been out of|nations from employr He wasjincludes personal as well as the 4 the personnel of our congressional delegation. In view of the vecent announcement of Representative Mondeil that he will feck election to the senate at the next election, leaving his position in the house, I have concluded after careful consideration to place my name be- fore the Republican voters at the next Primary for the nomination for’ repre- sentative. This announcement is made at this early date because of urgent expressions from Republicans out the state who feel that a direct Public statement should be made at this time. , Appreciating and thanking you for the publication of this letter, I re- main, American Th cludes the $105,000 contributed by the National Red Cross as soon as news of the flood was received in Washing: ton, $125,000 from the yarns chap- ters of the organization approx: mately $125,000 contributed by Colo- rado cities. from the Pueblo area. the community, show that 17,351 per- sons were made homeless by the flood. The total number of homes damaged or destroyed totais 3,318. The half million asked for rehabilitation work does not cover the building program. RAILROAD EXTENSION RUMOR AGAIN AFLOAT CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. hal perennial report that the Chicago Northwestern railroad will extend its SUFERERS OF PUEBLO THROUGH RED CROSS) esas Se CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—To date $1,-| made its 1921 appearance in the form 481.89 has been sent by the people of|of an alleged interview with officials ‘Wyoming to the relief of Pueblo flood|of the line at Chicago, who are re- victims through Red Cross channels,| ported to have said that an extension accoring to figures from the auditing! would be ‘built westward from Sho department of central division. with) shoni. Wyomingites who have been headquarters here in Chicago. This, hearing the same or very similar re- ports tor more than a score of years are noc profoundly impressed by the dispatch. CHARLES E. WINTER. WYOMING AIDS FLOOD | re! chapter funds. 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