Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 23, 1922, Page 6

FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1922. ARM PAGE SIX Che Casper Daily Cribune €de Casper Daily Cridune SWAT THE FLY |prior to the world war. The unusual economic conditions brought about by the war served to sus- WITCH AnD ssued every ever ept Sunday at Casper, Natrona +5 . ‘County, Wyo. Publication Offices, Tebune Building. | pend automatically the operations of the act. All : TELEPHONES Europe stopped production of peace time articles SINESS ‘ anch none Exchange Co ASSOCIATED PRESS .« Presidert and Zditot . Business Manager Editor City Editor Advertising Representatives. . King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bidg.. Chicago. {th avenue, New York City; Globe Bidg.; Bos Copies of the Daily Tribune are on file in Chicago and Boston offices and visitors are welcome, SUBSCRIPTION BATES By Carrier 286 Fis ton, Maas. New York | to engage in production of war material, which, of | course, stopped the importation of goods into this country, At the same time Europe called upon the United States to supply her with whatever commod- ities she need: thus tremendously increasing our exports, For this reason, the natural and logical opera- tions of the Underwood tariff act were suspended throughout the world war. This suspension con- tinued for quite a period following the war because European industries were not readjusted to produe- tion of peace time articles. Now, however, European industry is getting its peace time stride and the re- sults are clearly shown in the foreign trade records of the American customhonses, The foreign trade bureau of the department of commerce has just issned its report for the month of May with comparative figures for May a year ago and for previous years. The report shows our imports are decreasing. This in itself refutes the shop-worn free trade argument that only by per- ry mitting European countries to flood our markets 33°! can we hope to sell our goods to Europe. We are thas|/now permitting European countries to flood our riptions must bo paid in advance and the e will mot insure delivery after subscrip Mrmber of Audit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. ©) Member of the Associated Press. Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the publication of all news credited in thia paper and local news published herein. Kick if You Don’t Get Your Tribune. Call 15 or 16 any time between 6:20 ‘and § o'clock p. m. you fail to receive your Tribune. A paper will be de- ‘0 you by special messenger. Make it your duty to Tribune know when your carrier misses you. a> The Man for the Job A Mpee es county has entertained John Hay for) several days and both the guest and the peo- ple of the county seem entirely satisfied with each other. 0 strangers and the ambitions of Mr. Hay are plain open and honest and such as would win the en- dorsement of any community that wants only the right things. They had only approval for his frank business-like policies presented at the meeting of the Young Men’s Republican club last night. Na- trona county people are no different from the peo- ple in other sections of the state. They know that they have been taxed for a lot of overhead in state government for years, and are especially sore that additional burdens should have been loaded upon them in the past several years unjustified by re- sults obtained and contrary to good»sense and effi- ciency in state government. ie Hay strikes a popular chord when he de- clares for the entire reorganization of the state gov- ernment, the redistribution of duties, the ‘elimma- tion of useless and obsolete employments and a complete business system established for the con- duct of the people’s business through their state ‘business concern. With the passing of time and the advancement of the state the state organization has me top heavy and unwieldy by the additions mac to it from time to- time. The federal government is struggling with a similar situation and is gradu- ally gettmg its administrative activities rounded into form. Other states than Wyoming have had the same experience and have been driven to re- form and ‘simplify their public business and reduce expenses. Business corporations the country over have faced an identical situation and been up short by irate stockholders to avoid bank- ruptcy. e No good:citizen desires his The con- It is a natural outcome, for they are not jynarkets and instead of their reciprocating by buy- ing more of our goods, they are buying less. This is what always happens under free trade. The greatest piece of economic “bunk” which ever has been put before the American people is the idea that we cannot sell Europe goods unless we permit her to overrun our home markets. However, the figures given out by the department of commerce tell the story. Our imports for the month of May this year amounted to $254,000,000. This is an increase of $50,000,000 over May. 1921. Our exports amounted to $308,000,000. This is a decrease of $21,000,000 compared with May, 1921. Compared with the pre-war year of 1913-14 the contrast is even greater. In May, 1913, our im- ports were only $164,000,000, or $90,000,000 less than they were in May this year. For the first 11 months ‘of the current fiscal year our imports have aggre- gated $2,349,000,000. This is $613,000,000 more than the imports for the first 11 months of the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1914. Ta other words, the Underwood free trade law, which is still on the books, is operating under nor- mal conditions and is resulting in a terrific in- jcrease of imports over pre-war periods and over |Jast year. SST ee First Consideration Is Production EMOCRATS and free traders are resurrecting arguments used thirty years ago and which have been disproved by actual experience mean- while, with reference to the operation of the protec- tive tariff system. A sample statement taken at random is “that a protective tariff forces the pay- ment of excessive prices for goods” The plea is always addressed to the consumer—the producer be damned—so far as Democratic theory goes. Those of experience ard observation note that the first great elwential to prosperity is profitable pro- duction and that there can be no satisfactory con- sumption without it. A consumer has no interest in prices of commodities if he lacks the purchas- ing power production at home affords. The cheaply made commodities of Europe and Asia brought into America duty free, at the cost of idle fac- tories and wnemployed American Isbor are ex- pensive enough at any price when the wherewithal to buy is totally lacking. The price of pauper-made imported articles in competition with expensively made American ,articles is proposed to be increased by a protective .tariff duty to bring their cost to the consumer on a level with our own articles made by labor work- ing eight hours a day at living wages. Then it be comes a question as to the parchase of home made state-government ducted in a niggardly fashion, but no citizen, good or bad, wants “his state government administered without reference to economy, efficiency and satis-|, factory results to those who provide the money for the purposes intended to be served. This it is ob- served is the exact situation of the- state-of Wyo- ming at this moment. Tt can grow gradually worse if the people de- sire it that way. It can be short hauled if busi- ness sense and judgment in reorganization and re- trenchment are applied by an experienced and capable business man like John Hay. It would seem that the people of Wyoming could do no better day’s work for their own interest than to make John Hay their governor and com mission him to place their affairs in proper busi- mess shape. Again the Teapot gets! in other sections of the country and operators in other oil fields of the world “are concerning themselves a.great deal more with reference to the Teapot dome area than the states- men, operators and folks nearer home. The latter find nothing alarming in the situation, either eco- nomical or poliftcal and the natural question as to the former,—why all the hubbub? The midcontinent field may well find discontent with the prospect of a pipeline delivering a super- ior product at an equal or less price, at their very door. It doubtless sees the waning of the day of its price-fixing of an inferior article in competition with a superior article. But the rush of the statesmen of other and-non- interested constituencies to the rescue of Wyoming ether takes our breath. They never did such a thing before. Not even im a congressional year when the chances were even better and we were in greater need of their help. It may be set down to a lack of headline matters in the-congressional campaign situation. Senator Kendrick’s attitude is well understood in Wyoming. He is fighting for his political scalp Jock, at present within reach of Frank Mondell’s tomahawk. He would magnify any situation how- ever insignificant into a campaign issue. If he can see anything in the Teapot simmering other-than a perfectly legitimate and proper transaction with the records before him, he is undertaking to deceive the people who have trusted and honored him in the past. And on the other hand he is forgetting his oft repeated declaration of support of the president and his a‘iministration. The senator is well aware that Mr. Harding and his cabinet secretaries are not playing false to the trust reposed in them by an excess of some seven millions of our voting pop- ulation, in the Teapot transaction or any other transaction. After Senator Kendrick has supported, condoned! and even approved the many betrayals of the peo-| ple by his party and its administration under his} favorite president, Mr. Wilson, he should not grow} so suddenly virtuous as to startle old friends in| Wyoming when the odor of crude oil is wafted to Washington on some vagrant western breeze. Imports Increase Exports Decline __ or foreign made goods at practically the same price with the American people receiving the final bene fit rather than the European or Asiatic people. The Democratic policy is “buy where you can buy the cheapest.” That means, in actual practice, that we should buy our wool in Australia or South Africa, our silk goods in the Orient, our hides in Mexico, our beef in Argentina, cottan and wool manufactures in England, cutlery, optical goods, and various other commodities in Germany, glass- ware in Belgium, lemons in Italy, and so on down the list. If we are to maintain our American standard of living, the American producers can- not successfully compete with the prices foreign producers are able to quote, and the American pro- ducer, under a Democratic tariff would, in normal times, sell onty what the foreigner could not sup- ply. If we buy abroad as the Democrats would have us do, in the interest of the consumer, then the American producer must either close down entirely or greatly curtail his production. Every producer who diminishes his operation, reduces the number of his employes and the market for American goods is thus further abridged. It is an economic fact often repeated but not fully appreciated, that a dollar spent for productive purposes in the United States changes hands ten times in a year. The wage earner spends the dollar for food, the merchant pays it over to the whole- saler, the wholesaler hands it on to the mamnfac- turer or packer, the manufacturer uses it to buy. from the farmer, and the farmer buys clothing, and soon. If that dollar be sent to Europe or Asia, it circulates there, doing the service it should do in America. Records of the Democratic administration show that when the Underwood tariff law went into ef- fect in 1913, we had a balance of merchandise trade in our favor, but that balance steadily declined until April, 1914, when we were actually buying more goods abroad than we were selling abroad. It seems incredible but it is true that this, the great- est producing nation in the world, was buying more than it was selling, and for the simple reason that a Democratic tariff law made it easy to import for- eign goods. As a result, American mills were closed and there were millions of men out of em- ployment until the war in Europe shut off and created an unprecedented foreign demand for American goods. In the fact of these records and the indisputable fact that we must have prosperous producers be- fore we have consumers it is incredible that much of anybody, will be misled into voting for the priv- ilege of buying goods in foreign lands at prices with which American goods cammot compete. + ph al ee Britain Is Exercised ASTTATION in Great Britain at the present time is for a return to something like the British navigation laws which were repealed in 1850. The British are convinced that the best way to insure their supremacy at sea is to restore the tective navigation laws. Britsh competition is bad enough now, so far as it affects our own shipping. If England should legislate to protect her shipping while the United States did nothing, the result would undoubtedly be the destruction of the Amer- Be UNDERWOOD tariff act, which is still in force is beginning to show its evil effects upon! the trade balance of the nation. This free trade act' 4ras enacted and went into operation immediately ican merchant marine. Even as it is, British ves- sels are carrying more American imports and ex- ports than American vessels are handling. The British free ship policy was adopted at the time it had been conrpletely demonstrated that iron the ships of the future—could be built! work today for the same pr ships— more cheaply in England than in any other coun- try. The British free trade policy, adopted three years before, was the result of the agitation of the Manchester textila manufacturers, captained by Cobden, who had satisfied themseves that they could produce fabrics cheaper than any other coun- ‘try, and since they wanted free foreign markets they saw the consistency of establishing a free mar- ket at home as a condition precedent. But free trade is a thing of the past with Great Britain, and the “safeguarding of industries” act passed last year by the British parliament, writes a duty of 33 13 per cent ud valorem on some 6,000 separate ‘articles of British manufacture. This is consider- ably higher than any average ad valorem rate con- templated in the tariff bill now pending in the con- gress of the United States. British propaganda has in the past played a more prominent part in preventing the of protective measures for American shipping than perhaps any one factor, and it is heroically at yarpose. Everything pos- sible is being done to delay the ship aid bill, andas seems usually to be the case, where British inter- ests are concerned, the Democrats are their repre- sentatives in the American congress. They stand for the free entry of British goods into the American market, but have no objection to a 33 per cent duty on American goods entering the British market. They oppose the most practical aid to enable Amer- ican to compete with British and Japanese ship- ping, but they voice no objection to the subsidiza- tion by Great Britain and Japan of their tive mercantile fleets. They would help haul the Union Jack and the Rising Sun to the mastheads of foreign ships, but they would hauld down the Stars and Stripes and junk the marine that they taxed the people nearly $4,000,000,000 to construct, Probably at no time since the civil war has there been such nationwide insistence on of our merchant marine, part which it is destined to play in upbuilding our trade and prosperity. protection such appreciation of the tt “T could eat a stone-wall,” declared] potato and then more fish. He aig Ned. yourself, aren't you?’ asked Ted, langhing. “Unele Ben taught me how to make it, He says it is the best fish chow- Ned's direction, Ted dressed about a dozen fish they had caught for din- night before and kept in box.” These Ted cut as shown at A, B and had cut-about a of a pound of salt pork into very cubes, cubes about as largo We pica and’ plased these ts the’ See their big kettle and set it over to fry. “Let me help with the potatoes,” ‘Ted and Net set him to peel! showed him, slicing the peeled potato as shown in Figure Z—the thin edges at 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 being quite neces- but water and the tomato juice that + FOLKS this before adding any liquié. The when this was all ready he measures and put in the cold water carefully 0 as not to disturb the layers, then added the milk and set the kettle over the bed of glowing bard wood coals He put a cover over this and then th- boys set tl table and got every thing ready. Figure X shows a sectional view of the kettle as it is all “loaded” with the chowder. ~ “We have to watch and not let the liquid boil down below the top layer,” warned Ned, “How do we know when it is done! My appetite says it must be done now,” complained Tod. Ned took out a alice of potato with a fork, waved it in the atr until it was cool and handed it to Ted. ‘Ugh!’ he cried. “The potato i: raw. “Then the chowder isn't done,” said Ned. oe There was @ longer wait—some more milk arid water added and Ned made another test of the potato. This time it fell from the fork. He fished another slice out with a spoon. Ted noticed that the slices of potato al! had the thin edges boiled away. The potate was mealy and soft. “Dinner! yelled Ned and he raked most of the coals back from under the kettle, Then the boys filled their big tin pint cups and starte? to cat. “You're right," murmured Ted, fil!- ing his cup for the third time, “this is “| positively the best fish chowder oz earth!” Try it some day and you will agro: ee ‘Tomorrow—Merry Makings. Copyright, 1922, by George Matthen Adams. Foreign Propagandists Ellis Parker Butler is nothing if not humorous. He has written for the In- dependent a story on foreign propa- gandists, with which this country is especiaily cursed at the present time” that is worthy perusal by every Amer ican and gives the correct American viewpoint: Mr, Peter Hibbs hurried into the courtroom of our admirable Justice: of the Peace, Judge Hooper, and after a nod to Court Officer Durfey, spoke briefly with the judge and hurried out again. “Durfey," said Judge Hooper, “did you see that man?’ “Sure, I did, Judge,” said Durfey; “anything wrong with him?’ “He's an American,” said Judge) Hooper in his severest tone. “That man, Durfey, is a typical American. ‘What do you think he just refused?” “T could never guess it,” said Dur fey. “He refused two tickets—two free tickets—for the meeting at the town hall tonight where that eminent Hindu Patriot, Dungo Bungo Dass, is going to explain just what are the political and economical troubles of the ancient realm of India. And why do you thing he refused those tickets, Durfey?” “I could not guess that either, judge,” said Mr. Durfey. “That man,” said Judge Hooper in his most sarcastic tone, “absolutely refused those tickets: and actually gave as a reason that he wanted to stay at home with his wife and boy and listen to the hoy’s radio machine Pick a concert or something out of the air. Yes, Durfey! And he went so far as to say he did not care a whoop what was the matter with In- ¢ta's inwards, or who Gandhi was, or what the eminent Dungo Bungo Dass was trying to put over. “Durfey, I am appalled when I note the frightful condition in which the American péople allow ther minds to repose! Consider this man Hibbs Does he-lie awake at night and worry over the downtrodden Hindu who goes shoeless to bed while his heartless British oppressors dance in beots with spurs on them? Does his heart ache for the perishing inhabitants of India who were a happy multitude of one hundred million when the cruel Sas- senah marthed in and who have now dwindied to a mere three hundred mil- lion? Does he moan with sorrow over the criminal work of the Englishman who has ruthlessty built dams and ir rigation systems to prevent the Hindu from peacefully starving to death in independence? No; he does not, Dur- fey! He does not know and he does not want to know. ‘Quit kidding me, Judge,’ he- says; ‘I've a, wife and fami- ly of my own and that's enough for me to look after. If I ever have any spare time I want to paint my ice- box—my own icebox, you understand; it’s a shame how I have neglected that icebox.’ “Durfey, the indifference of the Pro’ | American man to the woes of far lands distresses me. There are dozens of foreign peoples, some with names we can pronounce and some with names we can't, who are crying for our love and sympathy and cash, and we go home and help Sammy tune up his radio! Is that broad? Is that intellec- tual? Here we are, Durfey, selfishly varning shoes for the wife and kids, while nations that—most of the time are-s0 busy fighting each other that they have no time to do any work, hold out their appealing hands, palms up. And what do we do, Durfey? We say nothing and saw wood. Is that the altruistic spirit? “The statistics show that there are now in the United States, Durfey, just about eight thousand six hundred and forty-four propagandizing foreigners, of assorted colors, some on one side and some on the other side of every freign muss, and all talking 18 hurs a day. That shows the need is great. Some of the patriots’ treastiries are so low that their eweetvoiced propagan- dizers cannot Ive at the Ritz, but have to put up with the food and ac- commodations of the Waldorf-Astoria. My heart bleeds for them. Some of their cashboxes are so empty that they cannot buy rifles to shoot each other in the back. Is it right to ig- nore them as we do? “I estimate, Durfey, that it would take a bright American man only 25 try to earn enough to feed our gold- fish and our canary and have enough left to pay our own taxes. And do so! “I am different, Durfey. Ever since I bought those tortoiseshell rimmed spectacles I have been an intelligent sia. I have sought to understand and to sympathize. For weeks my soul was racked with sorrow for the injus- Playground of the Sun Here in these fields by the Oriskany, Here is the summer playground of the sun. Here when the bluegolt day ts scarce begun The light envelopes them caressingly, It Ungers, warms and glows and laughts with glee, “ Touching the purpling grass tops ‘one by one, Tig the wide acres steam and hot scents run Down the hot winds that rise and drop and flee ‘Wma morning glories rict ‘mid the corn And ox ¢yed daisies dot the uncut hay, Here bobolinks are merry ell the day, And locusts sing their drowsy song of heat; ‘ The land lies sunsteeped. and its dreams are sweet, Sweet as the day when first the world was born. —Hillzabeth Scollard. Curran’s Wit John Philpot Curran, a member of the old Irish house of commons, a dis- ftinguished barrister, and afterward JMaster of the Rolls, has been called “the high priest of repartee’ and so incisive were his witticisms tn this ‘direction that he was feared and re- spected by both judge and witness. One of tho Irish judges, Fitzgibbon y name, never attempted to hide his .detestation of Curran. and took many opportunities of displaying it. Now, this particular judge had a mastiff dog that had been trained to sit be- side him in court, and on a certain ever had|day, when Curran was arguing @ case settled.| pf considerable impértance, his Lord- '-| ship gave every appearance of not at- on|jtending to what was being sald, and, over there I might have/as it were to accentuate his contempt longer been impeached for not attending to| he turned to the dog and audibly ad- Asia woke up some morning and went/Curran, “I thought your Lordships to work. I wonder what would hap-| were in consultation.” pen if their folks up all the criss-cross breeds of and held their heads under water until there ‘Were no more bubbles. And I often wonder, Durfey, what would happén to America if all the peopie here got excited over those foreign doings as the well-paid propagandists would like us to be, Durfey—" “Yes, your honor?” If You Can’t Answer Them, Look “Among the Want Ads, “Do you want these two tickets for} How many veterans of the world Dungo Bungo Dass meeting at the/war were patients town hall?” “I do not, Judge,” said Durfey frank- ly. “Tonight I weed my garden.” in United States hospitals in 19217 Is marriage of step relatives per. missible in New York? “And there you are!” exclaimed| What two new senses are now Judge Hooper. materialistic American, Durfey. you “You are a cragsiy| claimed for the human race? ‘Where are the most telephones used want to make a living first, no matter| of any city in the world? what happens to Indian or Patagonia.| How far is it from London to Léver- You are typically American; you don't | pool? care a whoop for any foreign country} What is the lifetime of a horse? unless you can get something out of/ How many years does the average ate “And how about them foreign coun- tries, Judge? asked Durfey. “Well, Durfey," said Judge Hooper, with his customary grin; ‘I have not|for the presidential man spend eating? How often is the United States cen- sus required to be taken? How many persons were candidates nomination in noticed that they care a whoop for| 19207 us, either, uniegs they can get some- What were America’s total casual- thing out of us.” ties in the world wat? AWA TRIE GEIS FON SE, comes in little cans. Then they call it ‘Chowder Spanish.’ But it doesn’t matter what you call it, it's fine any way.” “WE PAY THE Loss” Pelton & Hemry After the tiny cubes of pork had fried, Ned took the kettle from the fire so st would net scorch. He did fnsurance and Bonds not drain off the fet at all, When ered aay, - 4 po. |] Room 24, Townsend Building 8-Day Vacation Tours, $83 9 Days, $88.50 “7 Via Palatial Steamers ‘With all the attractions of a delight- ful yachting baa ere quaint foreign jan Modern Hotels No Passports FURTNESS BERMUDA LINE * WUITERALL Or Any Tourist Agent ST. GEORGE Hi \da—Renovated and Refurnished, Cutsine, Termis, Golf, Swimming Pool, Bookings. Furness New York. 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