Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 17, 1922, Page 2

PAGE TWO <be Casper Dailp Cribune Issued every evening except Sunday County, Wye. Publication Offices, Tribune Building. SUSINESS TELEPHONES <* Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting Wutered at Casper (Wyoming), Postoffice as second class thatter, November 22, 1916. MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - President and Bditor business Associate Sy Exiitor Represeutatives. 720-28 Steger Bidg., Chicago. ; 286 Firth avenue, New York City; Globe Bide; Bos Mas Copies of t Daily Tribune are nicago and Bowe offices and visitors are welcont®, SUBSCRIPTION BATES By Carrier i, B. HANWAY ... RE. EVANS .. THOMAS DAILY by mall accepted-for less period than ptions must bo paid in advance and the » will mot insure delivery after ‘su menth in arrears. it Bureau of Circulation (A. B. CO) Pross is exclusively entitled to tho on of all news credited in this paper and ews published herein. ou Don’t Get Your Tribune. ny time between 6:30 and § o'clock p. m our Tribune, A paper will be de- 1 messenger. Make it your duty to nen your carrier misses you. <—S- Meeting With Hearty Response OHN W. HAY’S announcement that useless bvards and commissions will be cut out if he is ted governor has met with a hearty response over the state. In every political subdivision the tendency has been to cerate new jobs and put addi- tional names upon tke payroll. Once these are on, there is no dislodging them and the-tax burden has thus grown from year to year until it has become almost unbearable. The proper place to begin weed- ing ont these supernumaries is right at home and the good work should then spread all over the na- tion. Useless jobs are fine for-the-taxeaters but they are tough on the taxpayers. If John Hay can cut down, the taxes in this state, he will be a good man to send on up to help the good work in a larger territory—lauder Journal. Government Ownership Deficits AILWAYS owned by the Dominion of Canada failed in 1921 by about $20,000,000 to earn enough to pay their operating expenses. To this should be added about $100,000,000 for in- Yerest on the investment which was not earned. Directly and indirectly government ownership of the railways last year added to the burdens of the Canadian taxpayer around $129,000,000. The deficit admitted by the Canndian government for $70,000,000 and this did not include interest on the investment im a large part of th railways. Former controller of statistics of the de partment of railways and canals estimated the total losses, direct and indirect, in 1920 at about $136,- Since the governmentrguarantees to the railroads of the United States are withdrawn, they have in- curred losses, but the taxpayers have not had to pay them. The United States government, sinco the return of the roads to private operation in-1919, has not guaranteed earnings nor met deficita. And yet after our experience with government operation of railroads, and ships, there are still ‘politicians and individuals who would launch the state or nation on endless government ownership schemes. Japan Shooting Square EMPHATIC and unqualified declaration of the Japanese premier Baron Kato, that Japan is living up to both the letter and the spirit of the agreements made at the Washington conference should serve to quiet the minds of a number of peo- ple who e been agitated by reports of Japanese The Japanese leader who is also head of the navy department would scarcely make the direct and def- inite assertion unless the facts justified it, for, aside from the matter of personal honor, it would be bad policy to practice deception, which ‘would certainly be later disclosed. There is every reason why Japan should adhere to the plans adopted at the conference on limitation of armaments. In the first place, the Japanese people do not like taxes any betterthan the rest of us. Japanese offi- sialdom can keep in best standing with the people by making taxes as low as consistent with public service and national safety. From no direction has Japan any reason whatever to fear foreign aggres- sion, and, therefore, there is no reason why a large and expensive nayal establishment should be main- tained. A navy adequate for defense only is all that Japan requires, unless she contemplates aggression, and if her naval development became such as to arouse suspicion as to her putposes, her activity along that line would soon defeat its own ends. Ja- pan has notling to gain in the long run by trying to evade t spirit or letter of the undertakings en- tered into at the Washington conference.- Admiral Kato’s denial is easily credited. Incidentally, the statement made by the Japanese premier is oue more of tribute to the wisdom, the energy and the diplomatic tact of the Harding ad- ministration, which not only called the conference but devised the plan of limitation of armaments United States but the people of Great Britain, of France, of Japan, and of all the rest of the civ- ilized world will be benefited for all time to come, by the steps toward peace and disarmament taken at Washington.* Not only have the people been re- lieved of some measure of the burden of taxation, but men and materials heretofore devoted to non- productive enterprises will be released for em- ployment in useful undertakings. The same man- power and the same steel that go into the making of a battleship will as readily be transformed into buildings, industrial machinery, bridges, etc. The great advantage accruing to all peoples as a. result ef the limitation of armaments will be so readily apparent that no people, unless threatened from without, will ever give their approval to a de- partare from the limitation plans. In fact, public sentiment in the United States is so strong in favor of reduction of military burdens that a consider- able portion of the membership in congress favored cutting our naval expenditures far below the amount contemplated by the treaty. Wiser conn- sels prevailed and the American naval programme will + a close approach to the naval strength as- signed to this country.. With the stipulated ratio 2 maintained-for the present, there should be.no dif- et Casper, Natrona| ficulty within a few years, in securing further | agreements assuring peace and permitting further reduction of armament. The work of the Washington conference was con- | ducted so quietly and so quickly that most people were not fully impressed with the portance of the accomplishment. As the years pass history will accord to’ the Washington treaties a pre-emiment place in the annals of diplomatic ac- hievement for the welfare of the world. PE | Ignorance of Facts | WALL STREET Journal editorially crit- | icises the emergency tariff enacted last sum- mer by the Republican congress in response to a request by President Harding in his message and im response to the needs of the agricultural sec- tions of the country at that time. It asserts that tariff has not benefitted the Amer. ican farmer at all; that he has not obtained any more for his grain and other products by reason of it. The Des Moines, Iowa, Register, probably the leading free trade journal in the Mississippi valley, reprints this editorial and agrees with its state ment that the emerger tariff has not benefitted the American farmer. It then adds editorially: ately forced Canada to ship to Europe on Canadian railroads and on Canadian or Europeen boats from Canadian ports, and increased the cost. of hard er wheat for flour.” The editorial statement of the Des Moines, Iowa, Register that one result of the emergency tariff has been to increase the cost of hard wheat in American mills is a complete refutation of its own argument | and the argument of the Wall Street Journal that the emergency tariff has not benefitted the farmers The price of wheat cannot be increased unless the farmer is benefitted. The statement of the Des Moines Register that use Canadain railroads and Canadian ports in pref- erence to shipping their products through this coun- try cannot be characterized other than plain stipid- ity made without even the most elementary knowl- edge of tariff laws. Grain or any other commodity intended for export can be shipped from Canada through this country over our railroads, through our ports and on our vessels completely immune from any tariff duty. Only goods shipped into this country intended for consumption in this country and disposed of for that purpoe pay a tariff. Therefore, the emergency tariff of last summer did not prohibit the shipment of a single bushel of Can- adian export grain through this country. Canadian exporters used their own transporta- tion lines, their own ports and European boats not becausé of any tariff laws in this country, but for the very simple reason that transportation costs over Canadian railroads and to Europe by way of Burapeain ‘boats are lower than trausportation costs over American railroads and to Europe in American bottoms. Last year there was cleared from the port of Mon- treal a monthly average of 18,000,000 bushels of grain each month during the seven and one-half months’ shipping season at that port. This is a much higher average than the largest grain port of the United States—Galveston—showed. The rea- son for Montreal’s excess of grain exports over that of Galveston is the tremendous amount of American grir wlitch was shipped through Montreal last year. By far the greater bulk of the export grain “On the other hand, what did it do? It immedi- | wheat in Azserican mills used to mix- with our soft- the emergency tariff forced Canadian exporters fo €be magnitude or im- j A Boat Song The moomis.rising o’er the lake, The dews begin to fall, From every field and garden pdtch The lonesome crickets call. Come help me loose the light canoe And. the gay guitar, ‘Together we will sail away Beneath the evening star. Idly drifting Where the shifting Moonbeams on the ripples play, Turning darkness into day. Between the reeds and lilly pads Our little vessel glides, Its graceful length and curving form Reflected in the tides. x So let us glide through life, my sweet, ‘Without a fret or jar, Our path the moon’s enchanted ray, Our part the evening star, Slowly sailing shipments out of Montreal came from Chicago and the Middle West. It was shipped to Montreal over Canadian railroads and shipped from Montreal on European boats because of the lower transportation costs. The emergency tariff had nothing more to do with it than the philosophy of Buddha. The bills of lading and cargo manifests at Mon- treal show many of the shipments out of that port originated in the state of Iowa, at such points as Ottumwa, Keokuk and Sioux City. Other midwest- ern points where large export shipments originated which were shipped via Oanadian railroads and Montreal were Sioux Falls, 8. D., Kansas Oity and St. Louis. A tremendous bulk of American grain exported by Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit con- cerns, was shipped the same way. p This is not the expression of an opinion. It is a statement of fact. There is no permanent benefit to be gained any interest by dissersinating.false in- formation for the purpose of discrediting an Amer- ican protective tariff and misleading the American farmer in the great agricultural belt. Heedless V oters HE GREATEST danger to American institu- By the trailing ‘Willows sweeping In a row, ‘While our troubles, Like the bubbles, Lightly vanish as wo go. —MINNA IRVING. —————_— Achievements of Congress. (@y JOHN T. ADAMS, Chairman publican National Committee.) ‘The achievements of this congress will rank among the greatest of any in’ the history of the country. No congress ever asnembled confronted so many problems of such magnitude. There was the necessity of recon- struction following the most destruc- tive war in human history which had consumed the accumulation of cen- turies and completely changeé all eco- nomic and political currents. In pddition, it inherited the results of eight years of riotous waste, gross mismanagement and class legislation. The nation's business was in a mess, disorganized, without leadership or di- - tions lies in the apathy of conservative voters who, by failing to vote, allow a small minority to inflict its will on the majority of the people. In many primary elections from fifteen to twenty per cent of the total registered voters choose the candidates to go upon the ticket at general elec- tions. , . The same procedure takes place in regard to init- iative measures on the ballot. Particularly is this true where unusual taxation measures come up at special elections, those who have pecuniary interest in the measure vote for it and thus a minority of registered voters will load a city, county or state government with a burden of debt which all must pay. Every citizen should see that he is properly reg- istered and go to the elections and vote, as a matter not only of good citizenship but as a business propo- sition. The average business man would be most indig- nant if the charge were made that he allowed third parties to contract debts in his name and then ob- jected to paying them. What is the difference if a business man allows himself to be loaded with a burden of'tax debt simply through his negligence or laziness in failing’to go to the polls and fulfill his duty as a citizen in voting for sound men and meas: ures. The “Oil Probe” Industry fee LA FOLLETTE has an “oil probe” go- ing. Former-Secretary Daniels was the last man we can recall who operated an “oil probe.” The “oil probe” is an expensive machine for the taxpayer. Secretary Daniels, by its continuous use and operation, used up many thousands of dollars of the taxpayers’ money and the net result of his ac- tivities was to prevent increased oil _ production with resulting higher prices and shortage of sup- plies for consumers. The public is gradually coming to understand that the difference between “oil probing” and “oil drilling” is that in the first caso the expense is borne by the taxpayers and the result is reduced oil supplies for the consumer; while in the second case, the expense is borne by the investor, the govern- ment gets a royalty return from oil found on public lands and the consumer has increased supplies. Let us await the result of LaFollette’s “probe” and see who benefits; it is doubtful if even La Follette will secure the advantage of public ap- proval which he is seeking for these investigations haye become a farce at public expense. rection. Private business, as a result of the Policies of the Demicratio administra- tion, was in a worse shape than it had been for half a century. Huard times prevailed. The farmers faced bank- ruptcy. ‘Five million industrial work- ers walked the street. Business lived from hand to mouth. Commerce was crippled. Finance was fearful. Such in a broad way were the con- ditions prevailing when this congress convened. Everything needed read- justment and reconstruction. Because these needs were so vast and varied. because so much was expected of this congress {t was inevitable that all ex- Pectations were not realized. The wreck was so great and so complete that it could not be cleaned up in a day or a month or a year. It has be come @ custom to criticize congress and fair criticism is not resented. But since the beg\nning of this republic no congress has been so deliberately lied about and misrepresented as the pres- ent one. The proot of this is in its record, which is made up and cannot be deniéd or minimized. The congress tackled the task of re- construction promptly. Almost im- mediately it re-enacted the budget law, which the previous Republican con- gress had passed only to have a Dem- ocratic president veto it. This was the first andthe essential step toward putting the nation’s business on an economical and orderly basis. It was easily the most epochal piece of busi- néas legislation’ which hax been en- acted within this generation. It begah the revival and rehabitita- tion of private business by turning its attention first to the underlying in- dustry of agriculture. bankruptcy. Agriculture angages one- half the population, of the United States, who buy 40 ducts of industry and constitute that percentage of the patrons of the bus- ines interests. It was plain, there- fore, that neither business nor indus- try could improve until agriculture was revived. This revival the con- gress effected by a series of enact- ments. It reduced public taxes over $800,- 000,000. By the restrictive !mmigra- tion law it stopped the in>ouring of hundreds of thousands who would have only aggravated the unemploy- ment situation to the hurt of labor. then facing cent of the pro- Casper Dalip Cridune FRANK WA MONDELL It passed a resolution restoring peace between this country and the Central Powers of Europe. The senate with- in @ record-breaking time ratified eight treaties formulated by the Washing- ton armament conference, which Diaced the United States and the world farther along the road to inter- national peace than they have ever been. This congress ly cut pub- le appropriations. No nation in the world has made such drastic reduc tions tn expenditures as the United States since a Republican congress was elected. It enacted no destructive, paterna- listic class or sectional legislation. On the other hand, no congress in time of peace ever enacted so much con- structive national helptul legislation. No congress ever came into power with a grecter program to be carried out. No congress has ever enacted a greater percentage of legisistion pro- mised by the administration and re- quested of the legislative branvh by the executive. It has not been a “do nothing” con- gress as falsely chargyi. No Repub- ican need or will apologixe for it. Its record is not the defensive, It will go before the country and recelve en- dorsement and a commission to con- tinue in power. The people are not go- ing to stop the magnificent work it has so well begun. They are not go- ing to lose the advantage it has gained. ‘They are not going to rsturn the Dem- ocratic party to power, and thereby re- store the evil conditions in public and private affairs which this congress has so largely corrected. Freight Rates and Whole- sale Value “Although the arguments often used by shippers and politicians in de- manding reductions in freight rates would seem to indicate an impression that rates are the most important fac- tor affecting prices and the general state of prosperity or depression, the findings of the Joint Commission on Agricultural Inquiry just reported to Congress show the exact contary as to rates in general,” says the Railway Ago in an editorial in its currem issue. “Por 1920 this report shows that the total freight revenue of all the ratl- reads in the United States, $4,435,911,- 900, was only 6.9 per cent of the esti- mated wholesale or factory value of products of manufacture for that year, which was $62,500,000,000, and that ‘the freight revenue shown includes not only the transportation of raw materials of every kind handled but also the cost of transportation for final distribution to ultimate point of consumption.’ In other words,. wale the figure for the total retail value of the products of manufacture was not available, the total amount of the freight rateg paid to the raijroad= was known and it constituted only 6.9 per cent of the wholesale or factory value. ‘Therefore, it ys plain that the freight rates must have been a still lower per- centage of the prices paid by the public. “The freight revenues of the rall- roads in 1900, the report shows amounted to $1,049,256,328, which was 9.2 per cent of the value of products of manufacture; in 1910 the freight revenues were $1,926,940,028, or 9.3 percent. Therefore, the wholesale value of products in 1920 had experi- enced a much greater increase by 1920 than had the freight rates. The freight revenues for 1920, however, were the result of eight months under the rates as established by the Rail- road Adiministration and four months under the advanced rates authorized by the Interstate Commerco Commis- sion on August 26, 1920. “At another point in the report the proportion of freight to the value of woods transported is estimated at about 6.05 per cent, based on the cen- sus figures for 1914. In this calcula. tion the total production of agricul- tural, manufactured and mineral pro- ducts is added to the imports from which is made an estimated deduction of these same articles which do’ not move by railroad transportation. The estimated total value of $38,298,000,000 for that year, divided by the total rail- Toad tonnage, 1,094,000,000, gives an average value of $30.40 per ton, while | WYOMING'S FAITHFUL REPRESENTATIVE FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, AND WYOMING’S NEW REPUBLICAN SENATOR AFTER NEXT MARCH. the average freight revenue per ton was $1.84. “The Congressional commission has compiled a large amount of data to show the economic relationship freight rates to the prices of agricul- tural products and it urges reductions in these rates on the ground that they ‘bear a disproportionate relation to the prices of such commodities.’ Its comparisons of rates and prices for agricultural products, , are based on the prices actuelly patd by the wholesaler and are more import- ant in indicating the relation of the freight rate to the amount received by the farmer than the relation of the freight rate to the price paid by the public. The commission finds, how- ever, that ‘reductions in rates the articles of higher value, or upon |tonnage moving upon so-called class rates are not warranted while tho rates upon agricultural products and other basic commodities remain at their ‘existing levels.’ It also finds that ‘freight rates on highly fabri- cated articles of wearing apparel, such as boots, shoes, dry goods, men’s and women’s suits,.etc., are not a material factor in increasing or reduo- ing prices of these commodities. “ ‘Higher freight rates are not infre- quently urged as an excuse for in- creases {n prices without justification,” the commission says. ‘While freight rates are often a considerable factor in the cost of distribution of low- Priced, heavy tonnage commodities and may restrict the radius of distri- bution thereof and. sometimes even prevent shipment altogether, as a rule freight rates have not kept with increases in the-prices of wach articles as dry goods, boots, shoes and other highty~ fabricated articles us- ually purchased in less than carload quantities and do not restriet or di- minish the movement of such com- modities. * * * The amount of freight in the average purchase of dry goods'ts so small it ts difficult to show it’ “The report emphasizes the state. ment that because the prices of farm products have fallen after freight rates had been advanced, the farmer {is suf- fering from a 72-cent dollar, measured by ite purchasing power in terms of transportation.. But the same table in the reports that 4s used to illustrate this shows that for sevci years be- fore the decline in prices of farm pro- ducts the purchasing power of the farmer's dollar, measured the amount of transportation {t would buy, ranged from $1.01 to $1.83, s0 that for that period the raflroad dollar would buy less of farm products.” ——____ Queer Questions With Hidden Answers If You Can't Look Among Answer the Want Ade’ Ads. How big is the standing army of the Union of South Africa? At what time in the United States were Republicans also known as Dem- ocrats? How many presidents of the United States have been envoys to Great Brit- ain? i; How long-may-a squirrel expect to ve? What state has the most members of the G. A. R.? How much does it cost to send a letter to Great Britain How many postoffices are there in the United States? ~ ‘When does the Jewish new fall this year? — Are there any active volcanoes on the moon? Are earthquakes frequent in Can- ada? Chicken Dinner Tomorrow Y. W.C. A. CAFETERIA [Am the Law | of ‘I'l bet.hell weigh six pounds!” chuckled Ned, admiring a big pickere! he had landed a few hours before, with & spoon book. - ¢ “Bet he won't” sald Ted. “It's a safe bét, we haven't any scaies—and dont you spring that an- cient joke about weighing him with his own scales," warned Ned. “Bet you a day's dish-washing he weighs less than six pounds,” insisted Ted. “Agreed, if there's any way to de- cide,’ laughed Ned. z ‘Ted secured a round stick, balanced it evenly on @ cord, tied the pickerel at one end and then patiently searched until he found a rock that ex#ctly bal- anced the fish which he fastened at the | other end as shown at (A). “What does that prove?” asked Ned ‘castically. “When we go to the village for sup- plies we'll weigh the stone,” said Ted, putting the stone in their boat. And that is just what they did. The stone weighed a little more than six pounds and Ted washed the camp dishes one day extra to settle. They would have taken the fish but as they were not going to the village for some days the fish wouldn't keep. Its a pretty good way to make sure of the weight of some prize fish you catch. The next day thvir only remaining spoon hook was caught in the Lily pads and lost. Ted bemoaned this as they had the best luck with that one but Ned declared he could “skip” with “twin fins’ and do just as well, which was all new to Ted. Ned explained that almost any fish, Iixe the bream, | ‘| better known as sunfish or “pumpkin seed" that has brilliant red or orange fins underneath, would serve. ed caught one and cut out the two fins as shown at ()}- ani (BB), An or- dinary pickerel hook wes then hooked through this piece, up through the base of one fin and down through the base of the other, the tough bony structure of the fing preventing the hook from coming out as shown at (C). Then an ordinary little brass swivel was attached as at (D) and it was ready for skipping, A long light bamboo pole is best (they are not called “rods” unless they are the jointed kind.) The fisherman stands either on the bank or in a boat that is made to glide slowly and softly into the Hy pads, then he swings out this “twin fin” batt and when it strikes the water ho slowly moves it along with just enough speed to keep it an inch or so below the surface. The two fins act as propeller blades and the swivel permits it to spin around and around. The bright fins attract Mr. Pickerel and he leaps for it. It doesn’t matter if the hook shows as this cannot be sten when it is spinning around. One of the tricks that Joe Tutle taught them (Joe was the Indian chap who brought their new canoe to them) was to snare fish—especially pickere! —as they le motionless near the sur- face, . “When she so hot, fish no bite” explained Joe, ‘then.yank 'em out with ‘The showed the boys how to make a snare with fine copper wire. In the illustration E is the surface of the water. The wish remains motionless near the surface. The snare is made as shown, slightly bent at (F) with a big eyelet for the wire to slip through. It is really great excitement as Ned and Ted learned, and demands quiet nerves, steady hands, patience and skill. The snare is lowered, and brought up gently, slowly, fram be- hind the fish—otherwise he would seo it, give a fiip of his tall and scoot away, “If you hit him—zezzip—he gone,” sald Joe Tutle, and the boys soon learned this. If they made a ripple, a splash or permitted the wire snare to graze the fish ever so slightly, he gave one flip and wus off. But as once the snare !s midway under the fish, give @ quick jerk and lift him out—the jerk closes the copper wire snare around him. But do not yank too hard or you will cut him in half. It’s groat sport. Try it. (Wednesday—A Moun- tain Refrigerator.) . ‘Tomorrow—Merry Makings. Am the Law No Failures In Preserving when you use % sugar and 4% Karo Crystal White—instead of FREE: Ack equipped Vulcanizin; work. Give us a trial. Only a reminder that we hi: WYOMING AUTONOTIVF “we STRIVE TO me a eos coer Se ave a new and fully g Plant and We guarantee all (Q) I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the Republican nomination of Sheriff of Natrona County at the August primary, subject to the will of the Jesse A. Sheffner voters,