Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1922, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che Casper Daily Cribune Or SOMETHING NEW TO HOWL AT ‘ « factory that would enable him and his helpers to Cbe Casper Daily Criburs t ut a plow at the least possible cost. Then, after giving his home people the benefit of this enterprise, he took the risk of loss in order to introduce his plow Butered at Casper, (Wyoming) Postoffice es second class matter, , November 23, 1816 King & TL,; 386 Fifth avenue, ton, Mase. Coppies of $7.88 31» 1.6 1 a 300 1% feu and the ‘All subscriptions mrust be paid in advance Daily Tribune will not insure delivery after subsorip tion becomes one month in arrears. “Member of Anais Durcen_ of Cireuletion (PO Member of the fap = spac: Sekine PBI The Associated Press m™ exclusively entil use for publication of all news credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. Kick if You Don't Get Your Tribune. . Call 15 or 16 any time Detween 6:30 and 8 o’ciosk P. it you tail to recelve your Tribune. A paper will be Ge Lvened to you by special messenger. Make it your duty jet The Tribune know when your carrier misses you, <> eee THE PASSING OF PENROSE. v4 in South America. The venture proved a success, with profits which Mr. Debs would deny him. But the profits were not all going inte the pocket of the owner of the factory. The dull times when other mills were closed down this factory kept on ranring, making plows for South America. Owners cf timber who had oak or hickory or other tough | woods for aale, found a market for their product. The steel mills and iron foundries were afforded a market they would not have otherwise enjoyed. Miners and lumbermen were given emplofment. who supplied these lumbermen and miners with food onc clothing were indirect beneficiaries. Directly 59 benefited were the employes of his own factory who would have been idle part of the time if he had not developed his plant to such an extent as to produce a surplus for which he found a market abroad. It would be interesting to know how many of the | direct or indircet beneficiaries of the enterprise of the | plow manufacturer are followers of the Debs school: — THE REALITY OF JUSTICE. In a recent issue of the Atlantic Monthly Russell Robb points out the folly of taking from the few for the many. It is a game which has been tried since the world began but has never yet succedeed. The result is the same as with the man who killed the goose which laid the golden eggs, the source of wealth is destroyed and with it clues and employment. In his article Mr. Robb says: “It is easy for the pub- lic to destroy the value of private property; it is even ensy for the public to take property away from the individual; but it seems extremely difficult fo: the pub- lic to take prop-rty, or its value, away from individ- uals, and at the same time increase the public’s pos- sessions. “The loot of the mobs in Russia had great value while the old regime wus in power, but the value de- pended principally upon the old social conditions. Statuary, pictures, fine furniture and hangings are valuable if there are fine houses, with owners who want such things; but their value disappears with the disap- pearance of the conditions that make enjoyment and use of such property possible.” There are many lessons to be drawn from the extra- ordinary career of Boies Penrose. In many respects he was a strange and wonderful character; and no-| where else could such a character be developed ex- cept in America, He was essentially a product of the| time in which he lived carried forward into a period which repudiated his methods yet tolerated them and permitted him to exercise them. It is really worth while to note the characteristics of this man who at-| tained such influence and leadership in the nation, In his youth. Penrose took the world in general, and| his own work in particular, seriously. Asa student in| beth elementary and secondary schools he worked hard, | and stood near the head of his class when he was graduated from Harvard. This could not have been achieved without personal effort and self-denial. Gro} learning there is no royal road—alike the peer and/ peasant must climb tu ker abode.” | Having completed a course in law, Penrose chose| public life as a career and entered upon that with the same concentration he practiced in his studies at col lege. Elected to the Pennsylvania house of represen- tatives at the age of 24 he served so acceptably that after two years he was elected to the state senate where he served ten years. While still a member of the state senate, he was) 4 to the United States senate, beginning his serv-) } s eiecte ice in the latter body in 1897. -Hissdeath a few days) ‘ago closed a life of 37 years in the public service—| all in elective offices. During this period he found. time to serve his party as chairman of the etate com-} mittee two years, as a member of the national com-| mittee 13 years, and to attend and take an active part in four national conventions. Although physically un- able to attend the convention of 1920, his interest in that important gathering was not lacking. He was in constant telegraphic communication with friends at the convention hall. This indomitable spirit resulted in his death, for in the last few months he disregarded the advice of his physician and applied himself to mat- ters of national legislation instead of seeking the rest} he,needed. Among the peculiurities of his nature may be noted higewide reading of newspapers as a means of ascre- teining public opinion yet his absolute refusal to re- ply to any newspaper criticism or misrepresentation. ‘Although appreciating the great value of newspapers he never sought newspaper publicity. He engaged in no outdoor sports, took no physical exercise, sought no diversion, even in the theater. In recent weeks he had confessed that he believed his neglect of open air xercise a mistaken policy and expressed the intention of changing his habits as soon as he regained suffi- cient strength. While other men found diversion and recreation in evenings at cards or social enjoyment, Fenrose found his diversion in the pages of his well- chosen books. His well-stored mind made him a ready and effective debater as well as an able legislative leader, but his concentration undoubtedly shortened his life. He died at the age of 61. The public record of Penrose needs no man’s com- mendation or defense. When popular election of senators was established Penrose and his record were made the issue in a state election. Penrose went on the stump and personaliy presented his record be- fore the people of his state. He was re-elected by a vote of two to one over his leading opponent, polling practically as many yotes as hoth of his opponents combined. In 1920 he was re-elected by a plurality of 600,000. After such popular verdicts, other com- ments are superfluous. eee eee ae AN AMERICAN PLOW WORKS. ‘The boundless expanse of prairie land and wide fer- tile valieys of the country west of the Alleghenies de- veloped under a public land policy which encouraged cperations on a large scale, created a demand in farm machinery of a labor saving character and it is there- fore quite natural that the United States should take the lead in all the world in the manufacture of farm machinery. It is, by the same token, that the United States, as the leader in invention of modern machinery should become the leader in supplying such machinery to other countries, particularly to South America where natural conditions are more or less similar to our own. Giving an account of the modest beginnings of trade cf this kind, a manufacturer who was a factor in it relates that his first shipment of plows to South Amer- ica was made in 1868. The plows were found better than any in use theretofore and orders for more were forthcoming regularly and in greater volume. Sales which amounted to only a few hundred dollars grew to millions of dollars annually. An important circumstance in connection with the story is the remark of the manufacturer that the busi- ness grew to such an extent that, “in times of de-} pression at home the export trade usually kept our factory going. ly never shutting down.” This information might be of some little interest to Mr. Debs, who has declared renewed war upon capitalists. This plow manufacturer is a capitalist—one who invested his capital in a plow| ; tr, Debs and his followers would probably consider this capitalist an enemy of society—an en-| factory. M emy of labor. But let us consider what he really did. He secured | shines aloft, unaffected by universal law, as it is a per- In fact we had a record for practical-| To m less degree the same conditions have exisied this country and are illustrated by Mr. Robb, who points out that “the public was deluded into thinking that anything that could be taken away from the rail- | roads, street railroads, lighting companies, and other ublic service corporations was pure gain for the pub- | lic. They succeeded, it is true, in taking enormous | value away from the utilities, but the value was not transferred to the public; it was only destroyed. The value that attached to these utilities existed under con- ditions that induced owners to put new capital into them, ¢xtend the use, and maintain the greatest serv- ice. When the public attempted to take value away from the owners by loading the properties with bur- dens and by insisting upon prices that were less than worth and cost, the public did not add to their own profit, but began to lose conveniences they wished to have, and, in some cases, even ran the risk of losing service, or did lose it altogether, to their own great bardship and cost. As in other cases of confiscation, it has been easy for the many to take from the few, but difficult to do it to the advantage of the many. Too bold a taking creates conditions that are more burdensome than they were before. After all, justice {s not so much an ideal that }P fect reality. eM uRib2 THINK IT OVER. A-survey reveals the fact that there are 35,000 churches in the United States without pastors. There is a very good reason or this would not be the situa- tion. The reason of course is the pay. A preacher of the gospel can no more live on wind than can any cther person. Donnations of turnips, pumpkins, spuds and dried apples answered well enough in the old and simpler days, but it does not do now. A preacher is worthy of his hire; and his hire means exactly. regu- lar money in an amount to sustain himself in his po- ition in the community, educate his children and ac- cumulate something for old age. If it is not desirable to have churches in American communities, if we can get along without them, then let matters drift as they seem to be doing. On the other hand if we feel that the church is still a useful institution, is a factor for good and an influence for Letter citizenship, then let’s do something about these vacant pulpits and get these brethren of the cloth ac- tive in combat with the devil and his works. There will be no disputing the fact that the old boy and his cohorts have been busy during the time the 35,000 brethren that ought to be thundering against iniquity, were engaged in other occupations. Thirty-five thousand voices instructing the people for righteousness, would have quite a weight in the balances against evil. And the crime waves that con- stantly sweep over the land would find in this moral force a sea wall that would do much to keep them in check. The worst feature of bettering existing conditions is the further fact that but 1,450 new ministers were graduated the past year to supply the deficiency. It appears on the face of things, that we are grow- ing careless about our moral welfare. Are we going to let things ride, or are we going to arouse ourselves to a sense of the danger and do some- thing for the safety of society? — ——_ -—_—___—_. GET THE POISONER. We don’t need any additional legislation, we don’t need any prohibition enforcement officer in the case, | all we want is a regular officer of the everyday law | with gumption enough to nail the fellow who puts wood alcohol or any other ingredient into any bev- erages he sells for money that causes death of the per- | son who drinks it; and having nailed the criminal to | prefer a charge of murder against him, stick to the job until conviction is secured and proper punishment meted out, _ This murder of people by the drink route is becom- | ing altogether too common. It is a great deal more serious than a simple evasion of the prohibition laws. The excuse that the person who drank the poison, con- nived at law violation, and érank upon his own re- sponsibility does not huld good. There is no defense against poisoning a fellow man. It is wilful murder— | nothing lees, These are the criminals that need to be hunted down | and either hanged or placed behind walls that will hold them secure until hooch is forgotten. The peddlers of so-called regular goods, if any such | exists, are angels in comparison with the deliberate jpoisoner. Get him and give him hi | poteoner give him his deserts, and do 0. MUST BE STRICTLY AMERICANS, It may be taken for granted that the individuals to be appointed to the debt refunding commission, soon to be authorized by congress, will not be men of the internationalist type. The sole purpose of setting up the commission is to make’ more certain the collection of the foreign debt and the interest thereon. It is the dream of the internationalist that the debts be can- celed as an aid to the rehabilitation of foreign coun- the best inventions for the improvement of plows. He materials and what manner of manu-| He established ascertained wh facture would produce the best plow. tries. While entertaining profound sympathy for the troubles of Europe, this administration is for Amer- ica first, and will take no step that will imperi welfare of the American people, ery aemestiant The Great Joy Ride Is Over | George F. Johnson of the Endicott Johnson corporation in # recent in- terview on business affairs enumer- ated five points which seem to cover the aituattou completely. Ho {s quoted follows: An astounding disposition among workers and buyers to get more and give less. “2. Au orgy of extravagance fol- lowed by an almost complete cessation of buying. The world went out on a joy ride without enough gas to get home. “3. A refusal by everyone ognize that the excursion wi and that some real work had to done. “4. A general hope that it was the duty of the government to. preserve business—by which was meant that wages should be fixed by Iaw and free credit be extended so that no losses would have to be taken on raw and finished material. “5. The preponderance in the voice cf the nation of the 10 per cent of the people who are worthless. I find that about 90 per cent of all people, work- ers or otherwise, always want to do the right thing, but that about 10 per cent can be trusted to do the wrong thing. It is this 10 per cent crowd that makes a great fuss about rights with- out a word about duties, “Whether one is treating with 44,- 000 employes and a stock of raw ma terial running to the tens of millio or whether one is treating with a be half-dozen employes and a stock ex- pressed in thousands of dollars, the fundamental factors and policies are quite alike. “The problem is to give to the pub- lic an article which the public thinks! is right in quality and price. What the} manufacturer or the retailer thinks on} these matters is quite beside the polnt t is the public alone that deter-| mines values—which {s so obviously a truth that it may easily be forgot my cold | I ALWAYS jeep Dr. King’s New | . It breaks herd, etubdorn colds and store te rors of coushing: ONG hermil Supghene ee ae ‘ d ia smal Dr, Rings ily beac o @ regular, bowel fi - ing. 25 cents. All PROMPT! WON'T Yr. Kin GRIrs ’s Pills Dance Every Tuesday and Saturday Night at 933 S. POPLAR ST. Everybody Welcome Good Music and Good Time 108 N. Center St. ten. Business is controlled—it is abso- Jutely controlled—by an invisible au- tocratic empire, but the capital of that empire, the seat of the autocracy, is not in banking houses or in the of- fices of trade associations or in the halls of Washington or any other one| goographical Jocation. That capital ts under the hat of the average citizen That the Nonpartisan league does not propose to “let loose” of the easy money that has been flowing into its coffers foreseveral years through the ability of well paid organizers to arouse unrest, distrust and ill feeling among the farmers by the use of plain decep- tion and offering pretended cures for the farm troubles, is evident from renqwed actirities-around the: National headquarters at St. Paul. A financial statement covering league work in the state of Washington has, just fallen into the hands of ‘a correspondent. This statement shows the farmers of Washington have been mulcted out of nearly $275,000, and it further shows :hat not only was all money spent to secure additional mem- bers and propaganda work, but that the return of profits to the national organization was such that an ad- vancement of over $25,000 was made to Washington to start work. who never thinks that he {s doing any controlling. “I fear all this makes but a plain tale, this account of what we found during the months after 1930 in the way of business experience that will always be useful to us. “But common sense is rarely spec- tacular. What we, in charge, princi- | paity learned was that the biggest as- set in business is good will. For it was the good will of the workers and cus- tomers that pulled us out.” | A Chapter on League Finance out of the total of nearly $215,000 a: cured from the of that state for memberships, organizers, man- agers, lecturers, etc., were paid $10: 615, while the national o1 ion for subscriptions to its publication, the National Nonj Leader, secured $04,982. With this $197,597 going to organizers and to the owners of the National Nonpartisan Leader, the b: ance ofa total’ of $300, from all sources in Washington went for automobiles, traveling expenses, ces PALE oe opie Sacus]awrer(6 Lenver, Colorado. evidence they ha ve done them a vast amount of harm. “The Son of Wallingford”’ If SOME MOVING PUCTURE! The Casper Manufacturing and Construction Ass’n. Burlington Ave. and Clark St. Announce That They Are Now Engaged in Building Truck Bodies and Cabs OUT OF THE HIGH RENT DISTRICT AND PRICES PROVE IT Special Attention Given to Repair Work. Telephone freee : We On any have in mind. DAY AND NITE 1096-J PC OOP OOO OLS OTE R EEO E RPE S LES ESEOESOESOSDESSOESTOSSSOUSEOES: Would Be Very Glad To Figure building or improvement you might If you have an idea what you would like but don’t know exactly what it will take in material, come in and give us your ideas. We will figure the bill of mate- rial and the cost. O. L.Walker Lumber Co. West Railroad Avenue Phone 240 “The Son of Wallingf IS SOME MOVING PUCTURE! IT GOES OFF HERE IN CASPER _ Wednesday, A. M, at 10 o Clock | anuary 11th TOMORROW’S PAPER ASK ANYBODY WATCH THIS PAPER