Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 7, 1921, Page 2

PAGE TWO Cbe Casper Dailp Cribune fesued every evening except Sunday at , Natrona County, Wyo, Publication Offices. Tribune’ Building. BUSINESS TELEPHONES .. ee Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting All Departmetts Entered at Casper, (Wyoming) Postoffice as second class Nov matter, pber 22, 1916. MEMBER THE ‘ASSOCIATED PRESS J. B. HANWAT . President and Balter E. H City EVANS AV pao Aavertising Manager THOMAS DAILY Advertising ives a, Cbd Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bidg., Chicago, Il,; 286 Fifth avenue, New York City; Globe Bidg., Bos- eon file in s and visitors ton, Mass. Coppies of the Daily Tribune the New York, Chicago and Boston offh are welcome. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier One Month Per Copy By Mall One Yoar Six Mouths Three M ¢ No subscription months. ores subscriptions must be paid in advance and the Dafly Tribune will insure delivery after eubsorip- tion becomes one month in arrears. Member of Audit ‘Bureau of Circulittion (A. B. ©) Member of the Associated Preas The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to tee use for publication of all news credited in this papér and also the local news published herein. Kick if You Don't Get Your Tribune. Call 15 or 16 any time between 6:30 and § o'clock p. m- tf you fail to receive your Tribune. A paper-will be de livered to you by special messenger. Make it your duty te let The Tribune know when your carrier misses you, GES iv0 / A PUBLIC DUTY. A citizen of Virginia wrote President Harding call- ing his attention to the fact that in that state in 1918 there were only 89,000 votes cast, while in 1920 with equal suffrage in effect there were 232,000 ballots placed in the ballot boxes. Mainifestly there is not such a difference fn voting population due to equal suffrage. The only explana- tion is that either the men had not been voting before and came to the polls in larger numbers or the men continued to stay at home and the increase was made effect that these foreign tariff increases were being enacted in the way of retaliation against the United States for restoring the time-honored protective tariff policy. But our tariff law may not be enacted before the early part of 1922. Surely these countries are not retaliating a us because of an American jaw which is not yet fn existence, but because they them. And so it will be to us. SLAC EATS 4 OUR MERCHANT MARINE. The keynote of Chairman Lasker’s appeal in a re- cent address is found in the opening sentence of his address: “Until there is an awakened consciousness on the part of all citizens of America that economic sta- bilty is dependent on the disposal of our surplus wares and products in world markets there can never be an Americim merchant marine.” This is axiomatic. He closes by saying: “The future of the American merchang marine is in the recognition by the farmer of Kansa8, the miner of Arizona, the industrial work- er of Indiana that his continuous employment is in measure dependent on the carrying of his surplus pro- duction to foreign markets; and that can only be in- sured by the existence of American bo’ Between the opening and closing paragraphs of his speech the chairman traces the development and de- cline of our merchant marine beginning with the 13 states, a narrow strip along the Atlantic, when we were a seafaring nation, on up to 1849 when “the lure of salt water gave place to the call of the un- claimed riches that awaited the overland emigrant,” and then to the present when “America, which, dur- ing the period of the conquering of its empire, was a self-consuming and self-sufficient nation by and large, now finds itself once more, if employment is to be gen- eral, with permanent surpluses which can only find out- let on the ocean.” “Generally speaking,” says Mr. Lasker, “the last ten per cent of production makes the market, and it is the Isst ten per cent that we must insure disposal of to customers in foreign lands. Except with a mer- chant marine under our own control there can be no assurance of these essential markets.” He points to the handicaps under which we labored when, in 1915, the British ships were commandeered for war activ- ities. He points to the reliance of the navy on the merchant marine as an auxiliary in war time, saying: “And who can promise that in the next war we can call on allies for the bottoms needed to transport our army and feed and supply it and our navy?” He re- views the financial mess which the shipping board in- herited from the previous adminstration, under which the “accounting system that started with the opera- tion of ships had simply collapsed.” When Lasker took hold the Emergency Fleet corporation employed 8,300 people and the payroll was $16,000,000. Today it has been cut to 6,000 employes with a $12,000,- | up of women’s votes. The total population of Vir- ginia within voting age shows that there is yet a large proportion not exercising the elective. franchise. Com- menting upon this President Harding asserted, among ether things, that “there is no more important duty for the citizens than that of voting on the one day of the year when his vote means something.” It is important that a man should express his opin- fons to his fellow citizens on any and perhaps all of the days of the year, but his efforts are but a hollow mockery if he remains at home on election day. The man who complains of the condition of public affairs and then fails to vote is lacking somewhere in his com- mon sense equipment. It was Chairman Adams of the national committee that expressed somewhat the same sentiment as the president voiced. Mr, Adams said: “Jn a republic like ours politics is the noblest occu- pation of citizenship and ‘he who withholds himself from its activities is a peacetime slacker.” ‘And the same thought was briefly summed up re- cently by Howard Elliott of the Northern Pacific rail- road company when he appealed to all, citizens jto “Stand up and be counted.” It makes little difference which side of a question a man is on—in fact it amounts to little in a represen- tative form of government—unless he goes to the polls on election day to have his opinion recorded and counted. ped en AS £05 TOS Be hd PROTECTION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. The general policy of the several countries of the world is leaning strongly to protective tariff. Coun- tries that heretofore deemed a tariff unnecessary are now adopting some form or other of protection in the interest of their local production or to increase their revenues. A bill has been introduced in the Argentine con- gress which provides for a 30 per cent increase iti cus- toms duties on imported goods, with a 60 per cent in- crease on luxuries, effective three months after the law is promulgated. Provision is made whereby the executive is authorized to suspend the increase, wholly or. in part, on merchandise originating in countries which provide for fair treatment in the way of du- ties on Argentine cereals, hides and skins, wool, live- stock, and subsidiary products of agriculture and pas- toral industry. In Austria the tariff has been increased on a large number of commodities by a law made cffective on July 20, 1921. It is stated that this law was papsed in accordance with a promise made by the govern- ment to the league of nations to increase its revenue- 000 payroll, and more improvements in sight. He points out the service of the shipping board fleets in carrying the $20,000,000,000 worth of our foreign trade since the armistice, The building program is practically finished. Money losses have been written off to the cost of the war, but the ships remain, “po- tentially one of the greatest assets America has to in- sure its economic future. EOE SRS es SCHOOLS ARE OVERFLOWING. Casper is not the only city in the country showing phenomenal school enrollment. It seems to be general everywhere in the land and with unprecedented en- roliment follows the housing problem which is acute. The situation is somewhat changed from that of the war time period, when the cry from everywhere was a shortage of teachers. We now appear to have the teachers and the scholars, but we lack the school- houses. * Roger T. Markham, a writer on educational top- ics, sayst ‘‘Schools this year in all parts of the coun- try are filled to overflowing. This is a. good omen for the nation, in that it implies an awakened inter- est in the value of ,education as a tool with ‘which young men and women may work their way to suc- ces! “Ordinarily the gain in school attendance is marked by a curve that gradually goes upward, byt this year the curye resolved itself almost into'a straight line. Tn many instances enrollments have been doubled and there is hardly a school in: the country—publie or vrivate—that is not harboring more pupils now than the number matriculated Jast year. Most of .the schools in the nation have been in operation for a month or more during the present semester. While the school census has not been tabulated and no one knows just how many school children we have in the United States, word has gone forth from one state to another that the attendance. this year breaks all rec- ords. ‘The publishers of school books are the first to feel the effect of the new condition. “It is gratifying to see a new upward movement in school work. Education has been held a factor in at- taining success by men and, women of the past, but not until this time has a full realization dawned upon the minds of almost everybody in the United States, It seems that this is one of the optimistic touches p on the world by the late war. Men who engaged in that conflict and who were fortunate enough to have returned have been instrumental in showing to those. who stayed at home, especially to the younger ele- ment, that, after all, cultivation of the mind is infin- itely of more value than cultivation of the body. Even bearing customs duties. Certain groups of goods have been marked up to 150 times their former oustom house duties. Included in this group are coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, fruits, etc. This is known as Group 384. Gn Group 386 are a number of articles imported from the United States such as preserved fruits, marma- lade, rubber boots, high grade textiles, tires, water- proof wearing apparel, etc. Other gaods pay 120 times the pre-war duties, as do those in Group 386. In British East Africa duties have been revised upward and many American commodities will be af- fected thereby. British Honduras has increased its rates on dutiable goods by 33 per cent, while the Brit- ish preferential rate of 10 per cent remains un- changed. In Jugoslavia the maximum rates have in most cases been doubled. Rumania has raised her duty rates, and the department of commerce is await- ing the final adoption of the recent Australian tariff before publishing the complete text which will show large increases in duty rates with Great Britain en- joying’ a preferential in the Australian markets. Like- wise, in the Barbadoes, duty rates have been in- creased, but the Britons enjoy a preferential. »On August 6th last the bill proposing an increase of customs duties on automobiles and parts passed the Czechoslovakian chamber of deputies providing da- tiés of 90 per cent of the purchase price. Czecho- slovakia supports a licensing. system under which, ac- cording to the United States consul, “the class of. goods not usually allowed to be imported includes arti- cles of Inxury, and products manufactured in large quantities in Czechoslovakia for export, such as choco- late, furniture, paper, table glass, porcelain, mineral waters, woolen fabrics, etc.” Bureaucratic protection. Little Latvia has increased the duty rates on many goods, but maintains low rates or free entry on ma- chinery, tools, and raw materials because of 2 short- age of those articles. Attention was called to the fact some time ago that after three quarters of a century of free trade Great Britain returned to the policy of protection by way of a bill known as the “Safeguarding of Indus- tries” law, which places duties on a wide range of arti- cles equal to one-third the value of the goods. France has marked up her rates and so has Jap. n. These increases in tariff duties on the part of many forei ries have been recorded within the last men who have lost much of their physical strength through wounds suffered in France are enabled to earn a livelihood with their minds. That is the lesson being driven home,” ———__0—____ TOO MUCH TALK. The general discussion of waste has finally brought congress into the light, especially the senate, and there is much agreement of opinion that the senate is a great waster of valuable time. The newer members, fresh from the people, and more used to promptness in their transactions chafe under the dilatoriness of senate proceedure and want more speed. Complaint is also heard of time wasted in set speeches, running debate and the other form which is mere conversation. The Philadelphia Ledger joins the discussion and adds this to the general informa- tion: “Some of the younger generation in the senate would so change the rules that upon a majority vote the time of each senator in debate will be limted to one hour. They believe the senate will get more done if it does not talk so much. “Tidal waves of language have drowned both good and bad bills in the past. Certain ‘fijibusters’ among the many have worked to the eventual good of the nation, but they are time-eaters end exasperating things. ! “With the opening of each session congress finds its work has increased. When the nation was a fringe of states along the Atlantic seaboard, with no more than a fraction of its present population, there was more time for flights of oratory and the measured tread of debate. Those were more spacious and ele- mental days and the orator was abroad in the land. “After all, oratory does not count for much in the office. jit in person. We are i i tot lety o! have found that the protective policy is helpful to | a y of the Che Casper Daily Cribune ‘whe te comm: Addressed to the Tribune properly ad- PR Ph np op ang ee ee The article was in author probably campaign, well and good. ae asone rs anything one who Knows that The Tribune le playiog and law preaking matters uation that stands out stronger than Dr. ment and as a fighter for right regardiess of anybody. fought for the big fundamentals of ¢ity government, a clean city, supply, a clean police force sufficiently paid to put them above Not segration but abolishment and education of the graft. old for the things that are good, a free city garbage Don't fall for these reformers developing becausd of ical office. “Hang fast and hard for the man that lime-light by abolishing a red light district that was coast in its flowery days. Let him prove Casper the city laws can be enforced. He is a those laws, left his home, wife and three children ahd the Huns in the trenches of the Argonne. If you can and be is elected we know what he will do. If The 7: ined up. Teal fighter for right and a man with eet convic a city government to enforce law ‘ahd order. ‘Dore make him get jn. LET'S ELECT A DICTATOR. found, Misses Thumbnail, Finds It in Cheek ROCK RIVER, Wyo,, Oct. 7—Harry Baker's missing thumbnail has been!after he had it was received. ii g z man who because he A committe with no political interest but one“ who in his cheek. the child was playing with a fulmi- nate of mercury detonating cap, The cap exploded and destroyed part of his thumb. A few days ago his face developed symptoms of infection and ‘Desn MOONSHINE int it tt to deliver anything Committees galore seem to be meeting to decide on who should compose our next city government. The most important assignment mayor. about conditions in our city at all, knows fair in ite statements of facts as to regrading: You are calling oh the people for a candidate. We a committe com; of tax payers have @ candidate, but from what we have been able far, he will not consider it. Who ¢an you find in your J. ¥. O'Donpell for i E ag8 & il Has he i i F a ht fe He i 3 8 i | entered combat get him in the is sincere get Hd FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1921. Okfords Have Gained Firm Foothold in the — Winter Mode about Tet him by a ‘Paper Ceremony’ Vienna Declares VIENNA, Oct. 1.—Hungary’s action in signing the Burgenland protocol at Oedenburg Monday is declared here to regarded by the Austrian govern- KC 25 QUNCES Fog he) Delicious Apples Fancy Jonathans, 3.25 per box —_.... nos cei a Cape Cod Cranberries, 2 quarts for. Keifer Preserving Pears, per bushel ......0000 Sweet Potatoes, very nice, per Ib. clei ¢ 0e Everything in Fruit and Vegetables for that Sunday Dinner? 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