Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 7, 1921, Page 6

six fhe Casner Daily wrifune MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, : * _ PAGE 7 Ip Cribune *o the point that there will be no future strike agains! Che Casper Daily Crips ca| the action of w government agency functioning under The Old Timer Iesued every evening except sullding. @ government law. “ounty, Wyo, Publication Offices. Tribune Building. Sapte Se ccugh aa of law f oun INESS TELEPHONES .... -18 and 16| source and another and it is high time some of these By E. RICHARD SHIPP. ch Telephone Exchange Connecting All Department orities be instructed that there is but power in ‘The Old-timer: All boner and glory be his. i Entered at Casper, (Wyoming) Postofiee as second class} this land, and that is the power of all of us as rep- He ts the one, who 26 or 30 years age or more, when tha place he taatter, November 22, £916. resented by the government, and its orders must be|| where our beautiful little town is located was only sand hits, sage- ae + - obeyed by the individual, the group, the party, the or- brush, greasewood, coyotes, rattlesnakes, prairie dogs and Nome MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ganieation, regardless of its membership all the way|| came from a far country and pitched his tent, saying to himself Sada is the end of my journey. This is the place that from now hence- @ 3. BE. HANWAT .... President and Editor] up the line. : forth I shall call home.” R ee Ee en re ee ee her qu grt He was a New Timer then, and the Indian was the Old Timer of ee Dati FS sociation or any other instituti bk year others joined themselves unto him. peat alc - are superior in any way or enjoy any separate or dis- Year after year they builded and wrought and fashioned homes for . Advertising Represevtatives tinct rights not enjoyed by the humblest citizen un- themselves, each after his own liking, 3 P Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bidg.. Chicago, | der the flag? Year after year, by their energy, their industry, thelr thought. ANNI 5 i; 286 Filth avenuc, New York City; Globe Bidg.. Bos If any of them harbor any such sentiment, they had fulness, they made in the sand hills, the sage brush and greasewood, 3 Copies of the Daily Tribune are on tie ta| better get rid of it at once, for the old constitution || % Place for those who were to come after them. : a N RATES ment and if we recall rightly there is a ‘A place where it {s good to live, and where one loses and forgets sU wees ee somewhere in the fine p the endless bickerings and bargainings, the jealousness and heart-burn- : ao sea “4 -$7.80] joy freely and equally the rights tnan’ ot the econ an A t 3 under. A place where one can livé in peace and harmony with fel- BASIN, Three Moat ‘The time has arrived when some of the individuale|] 1owman until the end of time, and where the New Timer fs always Wyere ION X One Month and the associated interests, giving signs of cockiness,|| welcome. é : {Fer copy be trimmed down to the size of the generality of us. rundihe_ ail things of this earth. with the flight of time the Old |! the largest attendance in the history : mer grows older an jer, ani soon becomes me - Ola Timer. ‘ of the organization, every town in|, Mr. Giblin telephones The Tribune his congratula- But as these Old Timers pass im endless procession on that long tions upon the sentiments expressed in the editorial|| journey from which none have ever yet returned, may thelr passage f/an informal discussion of retailers: id 1 advance and the| “Your Town of Casper,” and appears at the counci be as sweetly gentle as the setting of the evening sun, their last hours. {| problems. In opening the discussion oad Wary “aner subeorip-| chamber the next day and rants, raves and threatens || fled with the glory of @ life well spent. and their memory honored || President L. 1. Newton said the prob. idl. Sencerning the same article. O, consistency thou art|| ¥ Posterity because of what they did for those whd are to succeed lem before the members was one of — 5 1 ¢ ' us who will themselves soon be Old Timers. efficiency and of cutting down the Member of Audit Bureau of Circuldtion (A. B. OG @ Jewelry store | cost of business. > tive com- = 9 ———_—_——— petition was the keynote of the meet- ( Mariber “si \ the Associated: Pecutied. to Uae A PERFECT BALANCE. Ing snd! 6) SWnerl DR wre Loutiined \ ocia ress is oxclusivel 4 2 2 : ‘es that will no doubt be of news credited in this Paper @2G) ery excellent article showing both wisdom and Beautifying Casper to the merchants. eee i* R ~ thought is presented by the Cody Herald, dealing with pe! Thursday night a banquet was tendered the/retailers and the Press club by the Basin chamber 6f com- merce. Eighty visitors were served at the banquet, C. A. Zaring presid- ing a3 toastmaster. Thi visitors were welcomed by Mayor R. B. West, and J. M. Schoowb, veteran merchant of Cody responded. Short talks were made by many of the merchants and the principal addresses made by L. L. Newton, president of the dasociation, and Secretary Hull of Billings Credit association, who talked on credits and co-operation, Musical . numbers were rendered by J. H. Hartzell of Greybull, the Basin male quartette and Mrs. Mark H..Smith. The conyention closed yesterday and a plan of credit ratings was adopted which will cover the entire territory of the association. Friday afternoon the Big Horn Ba- sin Press club convened, members be- ing present from all of the towns of the basin and also Lander and Riv. erton. NO LAGK OF BAL FOR ‘LESBERS, PROBE MADE CHYENNE, Wyv., Nov. ‘7. — The Promptness wth which bail is sup- plied for bootleggers arrested here. by state and federal ‘authorities has aroused suspicion that the persons who. fall into the hands of officers merely are agents of a “whiskey ring” and an investigation on that. theory if You Don't Get Your Tribune. the Wyoming supreme court. The Herald is eminent- 6 any time between 6:30 and 8 o'clock D. | iy ight in its views. The Wyoming judiciary has al- Aare cur duty te] ways eceupied a very high position in the public es- ; misses you. timation and it should always be kept free from parti- san politics aird political control. The people of Wyo- ming can do no better than retain the present mem- bers of the supreme court. It is an able court com- posed of men of high quality and the politician who for personal or political reasons would seek to retire or change the court as it exists at present does not have the welfare of the commonwealth in mind. The Herald cays: “The comii Tribune: Before considering the besutifying of Casper as has been recently suggested, and in doing so, having the citizens pay for it by pa: ing even higher taxes than we are now overburdened with. Why not etart in the right p! Street clean- ing! Our matin city. streets cannot be compared with, the alleys of other cities, where they are cleaned at lea: once a week. While here, if there is & street cleaning department, they must spend their time looking at the stars, certainly not the streets. For instance, several weeks ago I nearly stumbled over a dead cat on Center between First and A’ streets. Very probably others had tho same expe- rience. A few days ago the self same cat was still there. I do not know whether it still decorates our main street or not as I would rather go a block or two out of my way than have to pass thereby. On North Center street several times dogs have been killed by some of the “speeders” that we are molest- ed with. Two or three days have passed before they have been removed. Is it the duty of the taxpayers to keep the streets clean if they do not want to view dead animals on them? Have We a street cleaning department? I would suggest a sanitary city be- fore we can have a city beautiful. . A TAXPAYER. Tribune. jal messenger. when your ¢ 8 a TOMORROW'S DECISION. The rem g duty for the people of C is to go to the polls tomorrow and register their choice for | mayor and member of council. The claims of the sev- eral candidates have been presented by their friends, and all are by this time sufficiently well known to the vyoters that they will have no trouble making a per- fectly intelligent choice. After a campaign that stirred the old town from center to circumference and in which more or less heat was developed, we are firmer in the opinion than ever that Mr. Blackmore and his assoc’ »s on the Cas- per party ticket fully answer the needs of the city. They have come through the fiery furnace un- acathed. Nothing reflecting upon the honor of Mr. Black- more, Mr. Seaton, Mr. Jones or Mr. Foley has been presented. We are willing to trust the people of Casper to make the decision in conference with their own con- science back of the booth curtain. And when the decision is made and nounced whether it is our way or some other person’s way, it will be the duty of all of us to help muke the admin- istration what the people want and as successful as possible. ‘The fortunate candidates are assuming no small un- dertak: ‘There must be some responsibility back | ™ of as big a job as governing Casper. The affairs of | © the city can no longer run at loose ends, there are millions of dollars’ worth of property at stake and this property belongs to the people who insist that their rights in it be preserved. Let us hope that tomorrow's decision will be a wise one for Casper. M peppermint flavored sugar Jacket around pep- permint flavored chew- ing gum. ; Will aid your appetite and digestion. polish your throat. ‘g campaign without regard to party or- ganization or affiliation, touches one phase of publi life in which we are interested alike. We refer to the selection of the justices for the supreme court of Wyomihg. ‘At present Charles N. Potter of the south end of the state chief justice, Ralph Kimball of the cen- I section and Fred H. Blume of the northern dis- trict are associate justices and the balance along geographical lines is perfectly maintained. This fact enters often into the selection of state officers with the idea that each part of the state, as nearly as pos- tible, is properly represented by one whom the people know and trust, and the bench be fully advised by personal contact with local situations which may atise in the rendering of opinions. “Men of course count for more than postoffice ad- dress and while the choice of men to give equal rep- resentation to all parts of the state is always desir- able, in this c: the state is fortunate in not only having the geographical lines well drawn but men se- lected who are as well qualified as any trio which could be chosen from any place. It is an office which should ot be disturbed except for cause, and the worry of re- lection should not enter the minds of our justices. “Wyoming could do worse and could-not do better in making a change at this time, and the interests of the state demand that no opposition ari coming campaign to disturb the pri the state supreme bench.” ee re ee Rave on Mr. Quinn, ravc on! You add to the gaiety of the campaign. Your drivel in the interest of a cor- rupting and grafting octopus has no appeal to & peo- ple already soaked to the limit to pay for the charac- ter of work you are engaged i: Editor Tribune:—The fllvver still rattles. Ye God's what a rattle. Under the heading of “Character of J. J. Giblin” he runs off at the mouth and mentions tke character of Gib- lin’s backers and calls particular atten- tion to Giblin's speech at a Giblin meeting held last week at the court- house. I don’t think people doubt Giblin’s abjlity to talk, he has never done any- thing but talk, and if elected Mayor that iswhat the taxpayers of Casper can expect from him. Voters of Cas- per look at, your tax statements and cell me, do you want a taiking admin- istration for the ensuing two years? Quinn says Casper needs effictent management, this is true and can only be expected fram men of judgment and efficte 1¢ the taxpayers want something to talk they can get a ma- chine for that purpose and ft will not be squandering thelr money while talking. I am really pleased to know that Quinn found that city block of pave- ment that was replaced by Warren Construction company, as I am told that this is about the only block that is done according to specifications. In closing Quinn expresses his ap- preciation to the Herald for the space tatken up by him during the campai; This is all right Mr. Quinn, the ‘War- ren Construetion company will settle the bill and you have done no harm, you know any old flivver can make a BOs PURCHASE OF Current Business Conditions By GEORGE E: ROBERTS hit ee a Remember, the polls are cpen from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. ee eens Look out for eleventh hour slanders. They will be spread in the hope it is too late to refute them. There { f has been ample time during the campaign to inform the people upon all subjects pertinent. Last moment discoveries are 99 per cent false and 1 per cent bunk. ee ee BOOTLEGGING AT THE CITY HALL. There is no satisfaction in telling the public that three members of the Casper police force have been arrested for bootlecging, or dispensing liquor to mi- mors; but there is some satisfaction in calling to the attention of the mayor of the city the fact that he is maintaining a rotten police force and stubbornly re- fyses to exercise his power to purify it. He has re- sented every suggestion of his friends and well-wish- ers and his police force has grown to be a stench. Had he accepted the advice of those who believe in him and had cleaned the force from the chief down to the dog catcher, the present disgrace would not now be reposing at his door. When three policemen, one a captain, bring forth liquor captured in raids, presumed to be held sacred until legally disposed of by a proper court, and the flourish of other days dispense it brought to the Mr. Schwab in him. building, it is about the time of day for the mayor With a fals to come out of his trance and disconnect about 90 per! ice’ cent of the police department from the payroll. In-| ¢ cluding the stool pigeons, spies, plain clothes fakes non-citizen detectives and all the rest of the hanger on and camp followers. Has the city hall become a joint where rotten booze| is dispensed by the police? It would seem so. It! would seem not to lack confirmation, ber of the city council publicly asserts clerk has not drawn a sober breath for mapy months. The city having been shamed by its police force, the mayor being in @ comatose state, what docs the city the compan. council say to taking matters into its’ own hands, di-| recting the fire department to turn about four streams of water into the police department sweeping it clean. Fumigation of the place, and a new set of police offi- cers will complete the job. ———_o—_____ PUBLIC MUST ALWAYS WIN. The very doubtful honor of “winning” in the mat- ters settled between the railway labor board and the the truth.” Dr. far as the public is concerned. If these two interests care to pursue the matter further it is to be hoped the tiresome discussion will be spared the public, is enough to know there will be no strike. GOOD TIME TO START. “In an address to a gathering of business says the Detroit Free Pre: clared that if he had his life to- choose the present day for the beginning of a career. he is no Pollyanna._ He has re: “It is not an easy time just now to make a start, but every one knows, though many forget, that bus’ ness runs like a small boat at sea, always going up toward the crest of a wave er down into the trough. Any period of depression means that a and Mr. Schwab doubtless had in mind the fact that any property or position that a young man gains now will automatically become better as years pass by sim- ply because this year i: “For the young man also the schooling of these dif- ficult times will be invaluable. ith, ago making money w: to. prisonern| ing was epidemic. hall on charges of gambling and| ™ade more money than he is likely to make again for this done within the sacred precincts of the municipal, Years to come and, Mr. Giblin complains that The Tribune is sore at when a mem-| him because he voted to take the public printing away, that the city| which happened the first of the year. Since that to be exact, June 15, 1921, The Tribune gave him a ubstantial insurance policy on one of the members of y- lin’s claim of soreness or smallness? Cromer who is shedding crocodile tears over the position of The Tribune in the campaign, was one of the strongest influences in gui judgment with reference to Mr. Giblin’s unfitness. Of course there brotherhoods may be awarded to either or to both, so| pected to make thei: All of the beotleg: It have been supporters of the Giblin It will more! Chief Sheffner. idea of the money value of his own serv- - He also imbibed the notion that this life is much ier and much gayer than it really ting a new start now on a bad education and he will be unlearning old lessons while the beginner learns (SE men, ‘Charles M. Schwab di live over he would @ person of sanguine temperament but on for the joy that is c is coming in the trough. Two or three years easy and the fever for spend- The young man who started then consequence, he set out in life He is get- —\_o—______ Does that give credence to Mr. Gib- eee The Tribune's ——o——_____ © yet the roorbacks which are ex- ir appearance tomorrow morning. ———— g policemen, now under arrest ticket. So ha: nos Does all this signify anything? { ‘ AD. i SI say, grafting officials, / le iberate ander on Labor | Labor has decided it time to | choose.men who are personally known In 4heBakany, jto it as friends. ‘Those candidates there “apmokieatan i he} may be on any or all of the tickets. | appease An th in its/ But one thing is certain, the time is : Aig ash Goe {tong past when labor can be led to! Casper. that the Ja-} ) 070 before go-| the polls and voted en mass for any | per ty was to be cart] iE too far in opposition to tho em-| party or class. with the 1 and underworld ele-| Boss's | class. All the employing Ads e' labor is to help make tt can oppose|| Endorses Blackm the employing class in its movement arses BECO savors ue. lean town, why is it up to] Jaitor ‘Tribune:—I am Glad to note labor was : tf jw. Blackmore's candidacy for not by free} The labor element of Casper is just|mayor. An not at present a resident man was a]as anxious to clect goc ean men{a resident of C but : to office, as ng class, | taxpayer and an old < . caves possibly 3 for the | Interested in ring ne{ him a comy 1 of bejng exploited fo enrfhment of a fen HE railroad problem at this time dominates the entire business situation, The burtlen of in- creased freight charges upon all kinds of industry, the plight of railroad finances, the efforts of- railroad man- agers to reduce operating exsenses, the impending railroad strike, the test of the cfficacy of the new Railroad r Board as an agency of concilia- tion, and the demand in some quarters for the I of the Esch-Cummins law, are the outstanding features of the day, and present questions of the utmost importance. Unfortunately the labor Ke! ia ora tions have been unable to see that the market for their services no longer exists at the old rates of pay, t it was not only just to the great agri- cultural population that wages in. the other industries should be reduced, but for the best interests of the wage- earning population itself. They do not see that the economic law already has forced a great reduc- tion of actual wage-payments, which is what really counts. It means noth- ing to the wage-earners to have the rates high if there is no work to he had, or work only part time. Mr. Lee, head of one of the railroad brother! » has given out a state- ment in which as an argument against wage reductions in the railroad service, he says: ‘There are thousands ef these men oxt 0 whom have as high as fifteen years’ service, because there is no need for them, while thousands of others bave to try to live on a few days a month, which is all the railway service requires work, many, of from them. Let it be understood that no transportation wages are paid unless the time is muade. A similar argument is offered in behalf of very high wage rates for coal miners. It is said that wi the rates are high the miners have work only part time, and on the average make only very moderate wages. These arguments fail to recognize that it is impossible to restore pros- perity on the basis of double pay for half time work. The people cannot be suppli®i with the comforts to which they are accustomed by half time production. In discussing the wage situation it is important to bear in mind that many groups of wage-carners have exhibited a conciliatory ae and have acc very considerable are other groups who have not done so. The latter accept the benefits of reductions elsewhere but- refuse to reciprocate, and their mistaken action inflicts hardships upon the entire com. munity, not excepting thousands of their own number, by forcing them into idleness. It is an obvious fact that no single influence is more ii@portant in retard- adopted Wwage-increases, aggregating more than 100 per cent, which have been granted since the beginning of the war. of the fall of prices, as fre were before. ia ted reductions, but there ing the recovery of industry than the high freight charges which have been i for the purpose of enabling the railroad companies to meet the perc i The effect is vastly more serious because ht charges have become a much larger percentage of the value of the products than they what is fair in both of these cases? Obviously, it must be done through some public agency—a of men representing the’ ic. It is meces« sary to have organization—government —in order to carry out.all social aims, confidence! in and to’ put the agencies vernment, Swstain them. They are notein: and they are answerable to. the lic for the man- ner in which they discharge their re- sponsibilities, but criticism of . them should be well-informed and directed to specific faults of administration. It is a symptom of social incompetency for people to raise a great outcry against a court or an administrative body simply because its decisions or actions rum counter to what is popu- larly desired at the time. It is like the outcry of schoolboys against an um- pire ° gO wo such Boards have been estab- lished to deal with the railroads and railroad pore the Interstate Commerce Commission and the other the Railroad Labor Board. In 1913 because of the differences of opinion existing about the actual value of the railroad property, Con- gress directed the Interstate Com- merce Commission to undertake a de- tailed survey and valuation. It roceeded to organize a subordinate body of engineers, a s, etc, for the purpose and up to June 30, 1920, approximately i dogi0 had been’ expended on the wi w far advanced. The data thus’ was taken by the Commission as the basis of the tentative valuation required by the Esch-Cummins act. It should be understood that this valuation for rate-making pur) is not based upon the amount of bonds and-stocks outstanding,,and therefore that the talk of “watered stock” in this connection has no foundation. This was definitely set forth by Mr. Edgar E. Clark, then chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, be- fore the Senate Committee on Manu- factures last year when it ler consideration the Calder bill for the regulation of the coal industry. The question of railroad rates being up, the valuation of the railroads adopted by the Commission became a subject of ingyiry by members of the Com- mittee, as follows: Senator Reed: ‘How did y: What Is it stocks and bei “Stocks and bonds were not et at the value of the property? eral basis? |. The question of capital inventories and. working captal)-; 4.7 ion was not thought of. It is the fair value. Dividen i Clneaty as could (becestimated and approxi: oncte: “Stil Mockholders’ (average, mated at that time of the physical property Transportation, telephone ic 3. devoted to tke transporation ‘graph ore service. We had a- mass of information Interest on gathered in our valuation work, which is fet im coimilete form to be given out in the Total f of re and fis and the trans- lp gies an arg avail ourselres of that information. We saies ourselves of al! the information we jones_of New Mexico: “Does ($18,900,000,000) include th izing from the increase in the im recent ructed?” Senator J that figure ‘4No, i does not attempt to egcate the values.” The principal figures that ye used in our values are as of 1913 and 1914. We fixed the price units on a ven railroad valuation as of June 30, 1914. i uni 2 thik were accurate, The necessity for fair returns upon and they were based on experience of | capital and wages for employes series ©! the past up to that date, can hardly be the subject of argument, 322 then “prevailing, for. the but how is the/public to det letermis f what was up fe that time tion nine the normal price for Sxing tbe value of ate. costs of operation took over 2 21 per cent of the res tects as t a piece of track box car, or else. 1f, on a given railroad, we je our reson the bas ‘he. value : had at that time. All that had been bod in sien ek time, added, bas been comput on its cyst.” PP: ‘Senator jones: “The valnation which you the teilroads is based more IaP'oa wont than'ba present value, is it darach Clark: “Yes, sir. It is, based om three different values that we determined. First, the cost of reproduction as of the date ‘of valuation, then upon the cost of reproduction less depreciation, which repre- Senis the depreciated condition of the prop- y a3 of that date, and then the actual cost 1° eSior Pomerene: ‘*$18,900,000,000 was the best judgment of the mission after going through all the data that had been sank ‘3 ‘That’ should set at rest the charge that there is $9,000,000,000 of water in the railroads now.”” X That statement should be conclusive as to the basis of the valuations, par-"~ ticularly so far as the brotherhoods are concerned, for Mr. Clark formerly was head of the Order of Railway Conductors, resigning to become a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, to which he was aj pointed by President Roosevelt. He amply demonstrated his qualifications for the position by his service on the Board, where he rose to the Chairman- ship, which he held at the time the valuation was adopted. Probably no member of the body has been influential in recent years than Mr. Clark. It does not reflect, therefore, in any way upon the original appoint- ment to surmise that in making it President Roosevelt was influenced in some degree by a desire to have a man on the Board who would ynderstand the point of view of the employes, and in whom they would have confidence. The opinion is often expressed that employers should continue to operate even though they are not finding sale for their products, in order to give employment for labor. ‘The prac- ticability of this policy may be judged from the followi igures \given out by the General Electri pany, showing the distribution of its income over a period of three years, and those the most prosperous years of its his- tory. The figures show the average distribution of each dollar of gross receipts in the years 1918-19-20; Wares and salaries (paid to arf aver- age of 73,900 emplorees) - i jaterials, supplies, reciation, oper- charges and losses " ‘Tax Surp! sity for a continuous inflow-of money to the business in funds to oper= is fast as came, and gross receipts aggregated hundreds of mil- lions of dollars . It is impossible for such an organization to ite long without sclliag its’ products. The figures also si how small is the possibility of increasing wages at the expense of. profits, even if all of the latter were devoted to that purpose in the case of one of the most pros- Perous companies in the country, LYRIC THEATRE COMPANY. Se srocn: ,* Van Gorden Investment Company Tribune Building Prices Reduced $250.00 NOW 5-Passenger Touring ______ -$1,545.00 2-Passenger Roadster___________$1,495.00 Sport Model ___--______________$1,695.00 7-Passenger Touring -__________$1,685.00 4-Passenger Coupe.__..__________$2,295.00 5-Passenger Sedan ____________ $2,650.00 F. 0. B. CASPER The Most Wonderful Value on the Automo- bile Market Today. sold for Gita price, sQuanttn opie er, CAR sire of the Chalmers company to give bi for the money has made this price possible. ot vee Phone 1419W for Demonstration of the Chalmers. C. E. KENNEDY Corner E. Second and Park Ave. Phone 1419W MILLS ST. CLAIRE, CHALMERS, MAXWELL