Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 4, 1922, Page 6

PAGE SIX fhe Casper Daily Cribune TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1922. Che Casper Dailp Cribune | Ineued every evening et-«pt Sunday at Casper, Natrona County, Wyo. Publication Offices, Tribune Building. BUSINESS TELEPHONES .......-.------+ 15 and 16 Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting All Departments Entered at Casper (Wyoming), Postoffice as second class matter, November 22, 1916. MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS J. B. HANW. BARL E. Hs EVANS . THOMAS DAIL Mdvertixing Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bidg., Chicago, IL; 286 Fifth avenue, Neg York City; Globe Bldg.; Bos- ton, Mass. Copies of the Daily Tribune are on file in the New York, Chicago and Boston offices and visitors ‘are welcome. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier . City Editor ising Manager One Year Six Months Three Mont! One Month 65 Per Copy 05 One Year Six Month Three Months 1.95 No subscription by mail accepted for less period than three months. All_subscriptions must bo paid Daily will not insure delivery tion becomes one month in arrears. tn advance and the after subscrip ne Member of Andit Burean of Circulation (A. B. ©) Member of the Associated Press. ated Press is exclusively entitled to the ation 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 amy time between 6:30 and 8 o'clock p. m. §€ you fail to receive your Tribune. A paper will be de- livered to you by special messenger. Make it your duty to let The Tribune know when your carrier misses you. Sa ca THE FACTOR OF WAGES. It is evident that even with. the improvement which bas been accomplished by th recent rise of price, some part of which has been lost since March 14, and the reduction of freight charges which the railroads have put into effect, Une farmer is still in a very disadvan- tageous position as compared with that which he oc- cupied in 1914. Even on the basis of Kansas City yates it now requires more than twice as many bush- els of corn to make the stated purchases as it did in 1914. Moreover, that is true of a large share of the purchases he has to make, such as clothing, shoes, furniture, fuel, etc., and particularly articles in which freight charges are an important factor. The prin- ¢ipal factor in all the things a farmer buys is labor, | ~ and the explanation of the unfortunate position in which he stands today is that wages have not been re- duced to correspond with the reduction in the prices of his products. The fact that it takes over twice as much corn as before the war to pay for a farm implement, or for almost any other purchase that a farmer wents to make, manifestly curtails his purchases, which means that the outlet for nearly all classes of manufactures js curtailed, and that there is less employment for la- bor in all the manufacturing industries. The labor leaders complain bitterly of the amount of unemploy- ment, but fail to see that their own policy of artifi- cially maintaining industrial and transportation costs| ii chief cause. Their mistake is in looking only ae ey wages, and in refusing to look beyond the employer and take account of the effect of high costs upon consumption and upon the living expenses of the wage-earning class. If they were trading days’ work directly with the farmer they could not hope to be al- Jowed such an advantage over him as they are try:ng to maintain, and probably would not be so unfair as to ask it, but that is the effect of their present policy. In the conference between the anthracite coal oper- ators and miners, the latter are reported to have pre- sented figures to show that rents, lights, taxes and some foodstuffs have increased and thet clothing has decreased very little. In considering the condition of other workers, coal may be added as an important item in which there has been no reduction, and in this also the principal factor is labor, To the extent that wages are maintained all around, u.e cost of living is also maintained, with the result that the farmers and wage- workers wlio have had to take reductions are put ata serious disadvantage, and the curtailment of their buy- ing power curtails employment in the very industries where high wage rates are still paid. ates eee OUR OWN FIRST. ‘The traditional attitude of the Democratic party is to give first thought to the welfare of the people of foreign countries, while the attitude of the Republican party is to concern itself first with the interest of the ‘American people. This is manifested on the subject of tariff. A protective tariff is in the interest of our own people, while a tariff for revenue only or a prac- tically free trade measure such as the Democratic party favors is in the interest of people who ship goods into the country to crowd out the goods our own peo- Je can supply. é To the Htedemctere of the United States and the advantage of other nations, the Democratic party per- sistently opposed a merchant marine policy which would place the carrying of American goods under the American flag. Much in the same spirit, President Wilson went to the peace conference in Paris and negotiated a treaty which would call upon the United States to make ‘the “supreme sacrifice” in the interest of European and A iatic One of the latest manifestations of this neglect of} the welfare of the United States and concern for the) welfare of other countries is found in the report made} » Congressman Kitchin of North Carolina, in oppo-| sition to the Republican tariff bill. Speaking for th Democratic minority on the ways and means commit- tee he opposed particularly the American valuation plan and said that this plan would make it “impossible for the importer to know what duty he will have to pay unless he has actually imported and passed the goods through the customs house.” It will be noted from this that Mr. Kitchin’s chief concern is for the welfare of the “importer.” The in-| terests of the importer are coincident with those of} the foreign producer. It is true that under the Re-| publican American valuation plan the importer will) not-be able to determine as definitely as re could here-| tofore the amount of duty he will be called upon to nations | him to sell his products in competition with imported commodities. Mr. Kitchin und his Democratic asso-| cimtes would gladly leave the American producer in this position of demoralizing uncertainty. All that seems to concern them is that the importer shall know im advance exactly what his tariff tax will be so that he can determine whether he can import at such a price as will put the American producer out of busi- ness. It is safe to assert that a vast majority of American voters will approve the Republican policy of safe- guarding tho American and let the foreigne: take his chances. EEA De FOR THE SOLDIER. Elliott H. Goodwin writing in the Nation’s Busi- ness presents the veteran’s case in a very able man- ner. Although we all may not agree with his cun- clusions yet in many respects his views are eminent- ly correct. Mr. Goodwin says: “The bill sponsored by the American Legion known | | | ‘90 | in its official title as the ‘Veterans’ Adjusted Compen- sation Bill,” and elsewhere as the ‘Soldier Bonus Bill,’ bids fair to become the main issue in the next elec- tion. The legion ‘demands’ its passage as drawn, the congress is apparently willing to pass it as drawn, the| administration has given notice it will not approve it! unless provisions for financing it are added to the bill. | In this three-cornered mesh new suggestions of deal-| ing with it are appearing almost daily, the latest be- | ing that of dropping the cash bonus clause per se but} retaining the cash bonus deferred payment vlan, known | as the certificate plan, which, if done, will in the end multiply the amount paid by the government to sol-/ diers of the world war, as well as the disabled, sev- eral times, the total cost being in excess of five bil} lions. “And all this on a theory of ‘adjusted pay’ without | any limit or standard to which ‘adjustment’ is to be made. If it is an adjustment between soldiers’ pay and war wages and shipyard workers, then this bill is| but the beginning and a small part of the adjustment. Tf it is the total adjustment of the theoretical differ- ential, then obviously to be either fair or justified it) would have to differ with the different pay of army} j grades included, and state bonuses already granted would in all cases be deducted. 5S. it is in fact a ‘de-| | mand’ for money based presumably on a sense of in-| | justice and the old theory of ‘what the traffic will) bear.” “Now every good citizen wants to deal justly, even} generously, with the returned soldier. Most will sub-) scribe to the slogan that nothing is too good for those who were called upon to face the bullets for the pro- tection of those who stayed at home. But every true American will subscribe to it with two conscious or subconscious reservations, and these are: provided, of course, tliat it is not an injury to the country for whose preservation they fought or an injury to the soldier self. “The demand that the bonus should be paid regard- less of injury to the country’s finances was one that many veterans themselves resented, ard it has led to the present situation in which the bill has been prac- tically rejected and some acceptable substitute sought. The question whether the payment of a bonus would help or injure the soldier himself is one that has not | been seriously enough considered. It is high time to | review the whole situation from the point of view of | what fundamentally a democratic country does owe to its returned army after any war. “We, the people,’ are the nation. We have a popu- lar form of government guaranteed by a constitution ubject to amendment—which we are bound to pre-| serve. In times of war the powers of the government over its people for war purposes are, as they must be, plenary. Those most fitted physically and mentally | to fight are drafted as soldiers. Those not drafted as soldiers can be drafted for other war purposes. “The essence of popular or democratic government is control by the people as a whole, exercised in an} orderly and legal way. Its greatest enemy, its great- est threat, is control by a class, and consequently the} thing to be most jealously safeguarded or prevented is; the creation of classes with political power. Of all classes the most to be dreaded is a military: class, and consequently the prime duty of a democratic govern- ment after a war is to reabsorb its army into its civil life, social, political, and industrial. To accomplish this no amount of effort and no expenditure of money should be withheld or begrudged. “Money with which to pay debts, support a family, build a home, secure an earning power if applied to these purposes or any one of them is an aid to the end| sought. The soldier bonus bill provides money, but| does it provide for its use for such or other construct~| ive purposes? It is given to those who don’t need it| on the same basis as those who do, those who benefited) on the same basis as those who suffered from the war. | There are no strings as to its use, and a large part of| it will be wasted in unproductive expenditure. It is a| vast sum, but the payment to those who don’t need it) makes of it but a sorry dole to those who do. Is this the best that a presumably intelligent government can do for its own protection and to aid the soldier in an effort to reabsorb him into the civil life of the coun- try? It is pitiable. “In reabsorbing the soldier into the civil life of the country, we must keep in mind that there are some| so terribly injured that they and their dependents must} and should be supported in reasonable comfort for the rest of their lives. There are many partially incapaci- tated who to a greater or less degree will need and | should receive aid, not merely medical but financial. Both should be treated with the utmost possible gen- crosity by a grateful country. The remainder, the} physically and mentally sound, should ask no more than to be given the opportunity, if they need and de-} serve it, as soon as possible to become self-supporting members of the nation. | “The provisions of the soldier bonus bill other than, the cash bonus and certificate plan are aimed at this. | They provide for soldier entry into reclaimed lands, | aid in home building, and vocational education. But,| standing alone, are they adequate? I think not. Do they cover the case of the unemployed soldier unfit- ted to be a farmer, not needing to build a home, un-| able to indulge in vocational education? OEeprsly| not, and yet these are undoubtedly a large majority. “What, then, is needed? Three things: To tide over the period of enforced unemployment in which a will- ing man is unable to secure a job; to aid the man who is on a job that provides insufficient remuneration to| make him and his dependents self-supporting; to bring} the man willing and capable of more accomplishment in touch with the opportunity. The soldier bonus bill does none of these except in a pitiable way. | “How can it be done? “Expand the present veteran legislation to cover} 1000 THEY’RE OFF! SWEEPSTAKES FREE FOR ALL - FOR THE BEST POEM ON "ODE To TRANSPORTAHIO Z—> \ | wish to reach. WEST INDIES NATIVES AMBITIOUS TO LIVE UNDER FLAG OF UNITED STATES, || TRIBUNE EDITOR FINDS IN TRAVELS}, A great many of the natives have one chief desire and that is to get to the United States. America seems to be the one spot on eart’: they Our chauffeur was a boy about 20 years of age. He was driving the car for a salary of $20 per month and wher I asked him if he was married he said that he was not and that it was a serious problem to think of {t with condi- tlops as they are. He said that it was really a task to make a liv- ing for himself. All the natives on this island have a decidedly English accent and one would think on hearing them talk that they were born and bred in England. Antiqua. SUNDAY, March 12.— As wo reached Antiqua on Sunday we did not make such an early start as we had on previous mornings. Instead of the cugtomary rowboat ‘to take us ashore we found that tho distance from the ship was three miles and this occasioned the use of an extremely antiquated motorboat. Although it was more than we dared hope for this boat succeeded in sput- tering and coughing its way across the bay and we landed all safe and sound. All of the shops and stores were closed and so we could not see the town at the height of its activity. (BY J. E. HANWAY.) but we enjoyed wandering about the quiet streets by ourselves. Per- haps I should not say “by ourselves,” for we soon had a following of about five jabbeving, ‘giggling negro chil- dren, each trying to attract our at- tention for his own benefit. ‘They conducted us about and aswered our questions as well as entertaining us in the meantime. One girl in par- ticular about 14 years old, who said that her name was “Babe,” was very jocutar and kept us laughing all of the way. We stopped to rest in a pretty park where the shrubbery was very green but not as luxuriant as in St. Thomas. One of the boys amused us by singing some rather old popu- lar medolies. His yolce was very sweet and {ts soft accent heightened its beauty. After our rest we walked back through town to the English Episco- pal church and attended the morn- ing services, This church is very impressive, both in its interior and exterior beauty, and ts built along the old English style. The church- yard contained many tombstones, all interesting and some of them hun- dreds of years old, After church we were again met by our little companiors, who had waited for us outside and who ap- peared very devoted. We missed “Babe,""_but_we had not_proceeded half a block toward the pier before she came tearing down the street after us shouting at the top of her voice, “Don't forget Babe, Mister. You musn’t forget your Bable,” and from that time on she didn’t give us any opportunity to forget her. We were unable to get a motor- boat at the pier, so we hired a sail boat operated by darkies. This sail boat, if possible, looked even more precarious than the relic in which we left the ship. The sails were made of innunierable small pieces of canvass sewn together and full of holes and fringe. The boat itself was so leaky that constant bailing was necessary to keep it afloat. But as it was rather lato by this tUme and as wo felt that it would in- ( convenience the dining room staff if we were tardy, we knew that we could not be particular about our means of conveyance. As it was we arrived in due time and with our appetites whetted by the added pleasure of a brisk three-mile sail. Gaudaloupe. MONDAY, March 13.—We arose Monday morning bright and early as Gaudaloupo is the first French is- , Jand on tho itinerary. We found that we were anchored tn a beauti- ful harbor, very near shore, and just off the town of Point-a-Pitre. There were two other large steam- ers anchored near, one a Canadian — Overland, always a good investment, now the greatest automobile value in America The men who make it are just as proud of as the men that work on high-priced, “hand-picked” cars are of what they make—and with a better reason. It’s a greater achievement to turn out so fine a car at so Jow a.price. ‘550 Sort end the cree OE Upon landing we that the place was a typical French town with a population of 35.00 to 40,000 and that it was the busiest of any of the towns we had seen since starting. I was told that Point Pitre was very similar to the cities of the same size in France in form of construction and plan. The people were very courteous Dut it took a great dea! of bargain- ing to engage an automobile at the right price. There seemed to be a desire to put the price up beyond reason in dealing with tourists. ‘Miss Crooker and Isabel had & great time with their French and finally succeeded in making a satis- factory deal after much hubbub and gestures with the French boy who had the car. The boy proved later to be a very fine lad and the girls had much fun in making themselves that we had yet seen. and banana trees were abundant on both sides of the drive and many other trees such as rubber, mahog- any, dread fruit and any number of other kinds that we had read about but had never seen. We stopped at ene ‘fine cocoanut plantation and was directed by the man in charge to help ourselves. After considera- ble effort I succeeded in landing three beautiful specimens about the size of an average honey dew melon. ‘The man then came out and directed @ servant to gather more for us and to cut them open #o that we could drink the milk and taste of the pulp inside which looks very much like clabbered milk before the cocoa- nut is entirely ripe. The natives, however, seem to like this substance and I suppose one could exist on the food for an unlimited time were it necessary, although he would pro- bably yeara for a change of diet. It was all new to us and we enjoyed the experience very much. After a two hours’ ride through the wonderful forests and jungle on a fairly good road we returned to the same plantation and stopped for lunch. Lunch consisted of sand- wiches that were put up by our din- ing room steward on the boat and cocoanut milk. After hinch we re- turned to the city and spent the time visiting the principal places of interest among which was the mar- ket square where the natives gather from all over the island to sell their products. It seems that the native negro woman is the recognized beast of burden, for, no matter which way you go on the roads leading from the city you will meet a continual string of women walking into town with a basket, box or somo kind of receptacle on their heads. These are filled with vegetables, fruits ana bottles of wine that are sold at. the market. Possibly the best way to describe this market would be. to liken it to tho old New York curb on Broad street during the trading hours. From three to five hun- dred people are gathered in this square, selling the fruits of their labors, which consist largely of yams, bananas nuts; fish, beads and trinkets. It is an interesting sight. ‘The ladies in the purty were much interested in the perfume and toilet waters, while Mr. Mazzur, the young man from Boston, was delving into old shops and he came on board displaying an old watch which he claimed regulated the sun, moon and stars and still more remarkable in that it told when earh one came up and went down. Ths funny thiag about this timepiece was that it would not run and the ship's crew still continued to use the almanac. ‘The visit to this town was like turning the clock back a century aa we saw the furnituremaker build- ing furniture by hand with ‘no signs of any modern tqols in sight We saw teams of oxen hitched to two- wheeled carts, six and eight animals pulling the carts, “two abreast.” It recalled to my mind the day when my mother and we children arrived at the little station in Kansas in ’63 and my father was there to meet us with old Dick and Jerry hitched to the wagcn. He had a more modern vehicle, however, as it bad four wheels. ‘The highest mountain peak on the island of Gaudaloupe reaches an eio- vation of nearly 6,000 feet.. The landscape is a most beautiful avd pleasing combination of cyltivated fields and dense tropical growth. Being French, the difference be- tween the people, the architecture of the houses and the general as pect of the city of Pointa-Pitre aa compare! with British islands, is most marked and interesting and al- together charming. The people ara French or French descent, well edu- cated and cultured. The island ig ebout 20 miles by 25 miles in area. Dominica. TUESDAY, March 14.—The voy- age between the islands is made at night and the sea, generally speak- ing is smooth. It takes about Sev- en hours from Guadaloupe to the island of Dominica, which is about 30 miles long by 15 miles in width. The population of this island is ehout 29,000. It is a British colony, although at one timé a French pos session. The natives in the hile still speak a French patios. On Dominica we found some of the grandest scenery and a most won: erful betanical garden with man wonderful {specimens of beautifi trees and plants that were brought from India. Ivery kind of tree @ Person could think of was growing in this garden — yes, even mora. Rubber trees that would cover aj- most any yard in Casper and still hang over the fence. Trees with a fruit that looked like large link sausages and called the sausage tree. The canon ball tree with @ hundred or more of large balls that looked like canon balls banging te the body of the tree, low enough te almost touch the ground, was an une usual sight. Another tree that I aig not learn the name of covered thi ground in a circle larger than circus ring, the outer ends of thi branches reaching to the ground. I would have covered a one-ring cirs All Played Out at Quitting Time? You eed TANLAC The World's Greatest Tonic USE Weta —- FOR QUALITY » Ri! SEL iis RESH MEAT Siz LARGEST MARKET IN THE STATE The NORRIS Co. WE BUY THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORD: OUR EVERY DAY PRICES a LB. 10c 1c Lamb Stew Beef Stew __. Veal Stew Beef Should SB OM escrecercee Veal Shoulde: Boi at Prime Ribs, whole —_.| $5.8, Thoroughly Rids the Body of Eomebody's mother is suffering to- night! The scourge of rheumatism has ked her body; limpfhg and and the ontire body. it butids firm flesh. It is what somebody's mother needs tonight! Mother, if you can not ont fo get & bottle of 8.8.8. somebody family will. Bomebody, get a bottie of &.5. 8. now! Leet somebody's mother te feel ite your mother! §.5.8. is sold at all stores, in ‘sizes. a iarwer ‘size in ‘the ioore 129 East Second St. Fresh Eggs, doz...._25¢ _ Swift’s Premium Ham, family size, Ib._._35¢ 10 Ibs. Pure Lard....$1.70 Bring Your Pails 10 Ibs. Shortening.....90c Finnan Haddie. L- 9 Rheumatism at 60 } ay. It would be better, of course, if every importer © pres y N ' i End every American producer could know in advance| these three points in a proper manner. Decentralize | pa orwegian Stock Fish. exactly what his costs will be and tue nature and se-| ll soldier assistance that now exists in the Veterans’| a fol Fresh Fish Every Day. verity of his competition, but in the very nature of | burean ey Le fess arene ice Brora oon Ae A B Se eee: Fi things this is impossible. Our tariff makers must| Minister it wi 8 1 in touc | eef Pot Roas' i chouce, therefore, between leaving the importer in| the soldier and he with them. Bring it within his range | Shoulder Fresh Killed Poultry doubt as to the amount of duty he will have to pay,| 8nd comprehension—make him feel it is for him, not| Stes Every Day From Our and leaving the American producer in doubt as to the| Seainst him. | Hamburger c Own Yards. extent of the competition he must expect from abroad. CaS Ge ey ( Teday's Overland: 25 miles to the gallon; oll-steel body; baked enous! fuivh; 130-tnch spring base Steak Under the present law the American manufacturer| In certain sections of the country the discovery is| ‘TOURING, $550; ROADSTER, $550; COUPE, $350; SEDAN, $995 - . Ipeeted. and: Demertie has no means of determining at how low a price for-| being made that a bank is not a department store. | | £e.b. Toledo Prime Rib Ch cign goods will be offered in American markets in com- a | wien Bess. aS - eee petition with him. With depreciated currencies in all) ‘The payment of the German debt in dyes, says the| einie Wurst .| : , the leading European nations and with labor condi-| Washington Post, would make our own chemical! in- Bologns eengmods pettend Pickled tions such that in many countries the wage scale is| dustry feel might blue. JOE MANSFIELD Inc Pet ish. only one-quarter or even one-tenth of the wage scale} ———_o—____— 3 e iter caukage; € Pui tics or Peres in the United States, and with almost every European; The time {s about ripe for some government agency 5 u e of elicatessen nation striving by every means to sell its goods here,|or aid society to announce the reduction of approxi- East Yellowstone and Kimball Phone 346 Bulk Sausage. Goods. no American producer, when he incurs the exp * product e of mately one-fiftieth of one pér cent in the high cost n, can know whether it will be possible for of living. WATCH OUR LARGE DISPLAY WINDOW