Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1921, Page 6

PAGE SIk he Tasver Maily Tribune Che Casper Daily Cribune j 15 anc 16 BUSINESS TELEPHONES ....... --- Branch Telephone Exchange Connecti Entered at Casper, (Vyoming) Postoffice matter, November 22, 191: MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Vgeecte (xs 3. B. HANWAT . . President and Editor EARL EB. HANW. Business Manager| W. H HUNTLEY . Associated | RB. EVANS ... =e Clty t THOMAS DAILY. 5 Advertising 20-33 Steger Bidg., Chicago, ‘ork City; Globe Bidg., Bos Daily Tribune are on file in offices and visitora Prudden, King & Prudden, 1 Il; 286 Fifth avenue, new ton, Mass. Copples of the yw York, Chicago and Bost-~ are weloomt three months. All subscriptiona must Dafly Tribune will not insure delivery tion becomes one month in arrears. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. ©) ne Associated Press ively entitied to ie ed in this paper and/ be paid tn advance and the) after subsorip- Member of the The Associated Fress is excl use for publication of news cr also the local news published herein. Kick if You Don't Get Your ‘Tribune. 115 or 16 any time between 6:30 and 8 o'ciosk p. m. | tg you fa to receive jour Tribune. A paper wii be livered to you by specia: messenger. Make it your duty let The Tribune know when your carrier misses you. <i ee NTs BRET THE COMING AND THE GOING. Pe t natural that we turn with hope to t Headttlgs ‘We know the good and ill of that which is passing, and we are human enough to want more of the former and less of the latter in what is to come. ‘it we are more deserving possibly our desire may be ‘yealized. But we are passing through a period that ‘calls upon us for both patience and faith for there} '$s yet much disorder in the world, and the human fam- ily seems slow in turning from the riot of war to the ‘calm of peace. There is every indication, however, of inclination "to do the essential things to establish a new era. We have taken up these essentials with something like the old determination that in former years produced results. If the world continues to show confidence in cur leadership and we continue to grow in wisdom there is no reason to doubt the better things the world will receive with the coming year. ‘The hope seems well founded, but individral and) collective effort in industry, economy and right liv- ing are to be the forces that will bring the hope of a prosperous 1922 to a complete realization. Let us bid the old year with its soiled habitiments good-bye, and let it go hence; and welcome the new) one with its bright clean raiment and do our utmost to keep the coil and stain from its garments. 0. DISCRIMINATING AGAINST WOMEN. In furtherance of the removal of political, civil and legal disabilities and defining the status of woman un- der the constitution a further amendment to the fundamental law is necessary and will doubtless be presented to the present se 1 to be submitted to the several ctates for adoption‘ or rejection. H In anelyzing the early investigations made which will later be embodied in a formal report, many strange and peculiar conditions arg disclosed in the trary to the constitution as it stands today, can only orally appreciated, and it is therefore ‘Take the states of he surmised from the analysis of the laws of the four «nat every man, woman and child in laws of the states investigated. Florida, Alabama, Mississ and Louisiana. In these four states it is learned that a husband owns his wife's wservices, in all four states the authority of the hus-| bend the head of the family is absolute, whether) or ne ports it; in all four states the father con-| sro) n, can put them-to work when he ‘ ©] their education and every*detail of ring, and alone enjoy their earnings. In tes the husband has the entire choice of irze of the four states, Louisiana, Alabama and) Flori married women do not have equal property rights: in the same three states they do not have equal, right to contract or to do business; in two states,! Missi Jaws discriminate against women. Florida, Alabama! and Mississippi deny women the right to serve on ju-! ries. Their right in Louisiana is limited. In Flor- ida and Alabama women are excluded from some pub- lic offices. In Florida women are under the dominion of the! old English common law to a greater extent than per- haps any other state in the Union. According to the common law a man and his wife are one person and that person is the husband. A married woman “could make no contract of any kind.” This is true in Flor- ida today with a few exceptions. Even the wife’s separate property in Florida is con- trolled by her husband; she may not sue him to se- eure an accounting of what he has done with her own money. A married woman cannot become a responsible pub- lie merchant unless the court gives her permission. ‘The promissory note of a married woman is void; she is not able to enter into a legal partnership. A court decision has ruled that a married woman does not have the right to hire domestic servants. A married woman working in a business distinct, from her husband may control her own earnings, but’ if she works in her husband’s business or at home, for instance, keeping boerders, her earnings are her hus- band’s. The father controls his children, the mother is the sole guardian of her illegitimate child. He may ap- point guardians for his children born or unborn, by. deed or will, taking them entirely away from the mother. A careful review of all important decisions in| suits between parents shows only four cases where the| custody of a child was awarded to its mother. The @ather alone can collect damages for the death of a minor child; he can even collect for the mental pain end suffering of the mother in such cases. The married woman’s domicile is that of her hus- band. Women may be excluded from public office in cases ‘where bonds are required since married women are not. authorized to give bonds. Women are not eligible to jury service. Women are not admitted to the state university. In Louisiana the Woman’s Party campaign on the special session of the legislature just closed, resulted in removing a number of important discriminations ngainst women. Many remain, the remnants of the old Napoleonic code, upon which the statutes of Lou-) ‘Manager | Suardian of the illegitimate child, unless acknowledged isiana, alone of all the states, are based. Husband and wife pool their property and earnings in Louisiane during marricsge but the husband spends the money. lie may scll, rent, dispose or squander the % community property, including his wife’s earnings, without even the knowledge of his wife, yet husband and wife are responsible for the family debts and the sreertkes to suppert the family rests equally upon | i Married women, minors and the insane are declared. unable to contract by Louisiana laws. A marriei woman in Louisiana cannot legally re- Faces.” Ett Wihont (tha'sen tet of Mie leabandl or The father’s authority is superior to that of the mother over their children. The mother {s the sole by the father in which case he has the preference. Women are eligible to jury service only if they file written declaration of their desire for it. The wife’s domicile rust be that of her husband. In Mississippi one of the effects of is that “the woman practically leases herself out for life for board and keep,” for the services of women and minor children belong entirely to the husband. For instance, a Mississippi court decision states that if a wife de- votes her labor to the cultivation of crops on her hus- band’s farm, she is simply producing property for him subject to the attack of his creditors and to any dis- Position of it by him that he wishes to make. The authority of the husband as head of the family is absolute, He may, for instance, exclude any per- son from his house for any or no reason, even his wife’s relatives and friends, even if the wife owns the home or pays the rent. A case is cited of a man who refused to let his wife see her own child by a former Marriage at their home and was upheld by the court. The father is the legal guardian of his legitimate minor children with control over their services and carnings. The mother is the guardian of her illegiti- mate children. Woerc mre nus cligibie tc jury service. Prostitutes are classed as vagrants and punished as such. The men involved are not liable to prosecution. A married woman's domicile must be that of her husband. ~ Grounds for divorce are not equal. In Alabama no married woman may administer an estate without the consent of her husband. She may not become surety for her husband, nor may she alienate or mortgage her property without her hus- band’s consent, unless he is a criminal, insane or has deserted her, The husband is entitled to his wife’s services to the extent that she still is in this rsepect, to quote a court decision “‘merely a servant.” A wife is not authorized according to a 1914 decision, to undertake work out- side the home which would interfere with her domestic duties unless her husband consents. Yet the husband is lot legally liable for his wife’s debts. The husband is the legal guardian of the child and is entitled to its services, yet the mother as well as the father may be punished for failure to support. The father may appoint by will, any one he pleases as his child's guardian, with the one restriction that the mother is given permission to take care of the child until he is fourteen. The father alone may sue for injury to a child, un- less he (the father) a criminal, a deserter or in-' sane. A husband may recover damage for injury to| his wife, but the wife may not secure damages for in. jury to her husband unless he is killed. | “A married woman follows the domicile of her hus- band; a person who is under the power and authority of another possesses no right to choose a domicile,” ) Women are not eligible to jury gervice, Marriage revokes a woman's ll but has no effect on a man’s will. Inheritance laws discriminate against women. <A wife is entitled to one-third to one-half of her deceased husband's land. A husband is enthled to life inter- . JOHNSTON, IN FOR est in all of his wife's land, A similar discrimination _———-______ Eso SO anus ee ON i holds with regard to personal property. Also if a wife| h kusband’s property she receives practically nothing! from his estate. There is no such restriction in in. power beyond the limits of discretion heritance by the husband. : What the other forty-four states may reveal in the} form of statutes discriminating against wonten con-! states named herein. Oe Ee DIVERTING NEEDED CAPITAL, One of the vital matters already before congress in the form of a bill by the committee on banking and currency, that will affect the whole nation and for the sure cure a present fault in our financial system, is “'Y* an amendment to the federal constitution prohibiting the exemption of state, county, municipal and other securities from taxation. his “Many of us belong to that school of thought which is hesitant about altering the fundamental laws. I ippi and Alabama, divorce laws discriminate think our tax problems, the tendency of wealth to seek ties which are exempt from taxation against women; in Alabama and Florida inheritance’ non-taxable investment, and the menacing increase of 1t is not the possession of wealth that public debt, federal, state and municipal—all justify a proposal to change the constitution so as to end the issue of non-taxable bonds. No action can change the status of the many billions outstanding, but we can guard against future encouragement of capital’s par-| alysis, while a-halt in the growth of public indebted- ness would be beneficial throughout our whole land. “Such a change in the constitution must be very| thoroughly considered before submission: There ought to be known what,influence it will have on the inevit- able refunding of our vast national debt, how it will cipal debt, how the advantages of nation over state erd muvicipality, or the contrary, may be avoided. Clearly the states would not ratify to their own app: rent disadvantage. I suggest the consideration be- cause the drift of wealth into non-taxable securities is hindering the flow of large capital to our indus- tries, manufacturing, agricultural, and carrying, un- til we are discouraging the very activities which make our wealth.” —_———o—_— DISTURBS THE GOVERNOR’S PARTY. The occasion was not without its amusing features when the federal prohibition enforcement ‘officer, arnfed with a search warrant, raided the hotel where’ cflicials of the commonwealth and other dignitaries were banquetting His Excellency, the governor of Massachusetts; and removing the wherewithal designed to make the after dinner speeches worth while and to bring the auditors to that delightful state of apprecia- tion when the dull and commonpiace assumed the gcin- tillation of the real’ It was doubtless a cruel and unusual act, as viewed by the hosts at the party; but: from this distance it! seems to have been the deed of a brave and efficient officer who had a high regard for his duty and his oath of office. The banquetters fairly caught and held up to pub-! lic scorn have proven woefully poor sportsmen, by at-' tempting to “vindicate their honor,” and secure the return of the “evidence.” as a separate estate equal to her legal share of her | destroy,” said Chief Justice Jokn Mar-/is, put to those enterprises of a ven- ‘ably spoll disagtor. The prosperity of|tinent of the world. the country depends upon the taxation} The point of the vari ed. | The president most clearly set forth the situation in’ opinion, the rich man has less fault to is message to congress of December 6, when’ he said: and with high rates on large incomes operate on the necessary refunding of state and muni-! i : One of the First Questions He Will Be Asked i 8 . & ! | i fi i i i Per! - Got ble to thet Glass which can muster ANY THING the Mrwwat numerical strength. The OW THE HIP, rather than to retiect the thought OL” MAN — an |i With a full knowledge of how large a factor the depositors have been in its sticcess, ex- tends the heartiest greetings for their |tortea to better one’s state through The Old Brute , endeavor. Let us be not unmindful of | the fact that it was the young mzn of Umited means and unlimited ambition expressed in endeavor, who sisiring the rewards of success, has become our big man of today. It is obviously inwise to enact legislation the result lof which will be to discourage saving on the part of the man of moderate means. To kill the goose that lays the gold- jen egg proved ill-advised long ago. To incrense the burden at the top and ex- pect thereby to lessen the pressure at the bottom is a fallacy. To drive capt- }tat out of productive charncis, and to flood the country with tat exempt municipal, county, aud state bonds is ta stop the wheels of industry. To epnsole oneself in the belief that by fiicreasing the amount of municipal ‘work to be done will permanently re- eve unemployment is to attempt to raise oneself by one’s boot straps. |“Taxation according to ability to pay” is an ingredient of the promised pana- cea of the visionary Lenine and the volatile Trotzky. It is the sacred duty of those en- |trusted with the determination. of | Policy to be adopted in taxation’ to do no more harm to production and dis- tribution than is absolutely necessary |for the support of the public credit Prosperity of trade is just as much a factor in the tax yield as {s the rate. Taxes should be adjusted to business rather than business to taxes. Con- sumption and not profit is the proper basis for taxation. A system of taxa- Happiness and Prosperity Throughout the New Year Growling and snarling the Old Brute crouches in his cage listening to the shouts of the multitude; For many days and nights he has been the sole entertainer in the great arena; ‘His heart {s filled with jealousy as the next performance on the pro- gram is to be given by his successor; The winds moan and groan across the plain and wail lonesomely through the pines on the hill; ‘The wild trembling call of a coyote thrills through the night and tho Old Brute whimpers and whines in his misery; As the band strikes up for the Grand Entry his eyes glaze, he no longer sees the brilliant ilghts, the gaily-fressed pleasure-seekers, or tho silver and gold trappings; With a long shivering, quavering sigh his soul escapes as his successor, Despangied and glittering, sprin gs into the ring: ‘The crowd cheers, and cheers, in welcome to the New Performer and the Old Brute is forgotten. ‘The King {s dea; long live thy King! December $1, 1921. —. RICHARD SHIPP. The Confiscation of Wealth Wyoming National Bank Casper’s Popular Bank “The power ‘tn tax is the powor tojof tax exempt securities. Thus an end ‘The exercising today of that|turesomé character through which the great American wilierness has been good judgment will unquestion-| transformed into the most fertile con- hall. Building Costs Lowered By having us sand your interior finish you save from $20 to $80 on the average 5-room house. Just tell your lumberman to have us sand your finish. Casper Mfg. and Construction Co. 2 Phone 1096-3 common birthright of every American is the incentive for endeavor and the reward for accomplishment. Incentive is thevery soul of end¢avor, the basis of all ambition. To impose & penalty upon success is to rob ambi- tion of Incentive and cast a blight up- on enterprise and endeavor. monarchy rule the distinctive classes tainty. To flood country to the are definitely fixed. Under commun-/point of saturation with municipal, istic form of government all classes state, and county bonds is dangerous. are leveled into one. Under a demo- The present is fraught with dissatiefac- % -|eratic form of government, and under tion, The future is clouded by uncer- that form alone is the opportunity af-\ tainty, There is no relief in aggravat- laws ine larger measuro than is gen- « land is directly concerned in the isicns of the temporary tax law passed by cofigress. Since ish dictates of human nature pel one to look at the proposition » the standpaint of how he himself ‘pe affected, It will be well to an- Contrary to the generally accepted than any other class, since all he has to do is to inyest his wealth in securi- has come to be regarded in the eyes of the law makers as criminal and therefore to be punished, but {t is rath- er the acquiring of wealth that is judged a menace and for that reason to be abolished. The rich men realize that being the possessor of property, he should contribute more toward de- ferring the cost of operating the state than his less fortunate brother, but he does object to what seems to him to confiscation by due process of law. Should his business ventures this year prove unsuccessful, he is- obliged to assume the entire loss, while he is still Mable for enormous taxes because of last year's profits. He is playing a game by the rules of which, if he is successful, the Government claims a\| = large part of the profits. Should he be unsuccessful, the total loss is to be borne by him. This means that he Is not justified in assuming the risks of trade and he, therefore, diverts his wealth from channels of development and production into the stagnant poals TROUBLED WITH By having a Lorain Gas Range in- stalled, and enjoying the wonder- ful benefits of this labor-saving IAA This Little Wheel Is Now Relieving Over 500 Casper ~ Women: of All Cooking Worries. The ordinary bootlegger sets a better example, When he is caught with the goods, he recognizes his guilt and takes his punishment. The state official whines about his honor, demands the removal,of the arresting officer and wants his liquor returned. His mock heroies makes his predicament more ludicrous. Meanwhile the public is smiling politely and wonder- ing whether Mr. Haynes will award the Volstead medal of honor io his Boston enforcing officer, fire him from his job or remove him to another part of the country where his efforts may be more fully appreciated, \