Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 5, 1922, Page 6

PAXE SIX Casper, Natrona Wyo. Publi ane Building. BUSINESS TELEPHONES 1S apt 16 anch Telephone Exchange Connecting All Departments ffice as second class . 2916 CIATED PRESS tesed at Casper (Wyoming), Poi matter, November MEMBER THE Prestaert ana Bditor business Manager Associate Editer 3. B. HANWAY EAR 2 HA DAILY TOE ing Machger coeeeee rer S22 res .*. near Advertising Representatives. & Steger Bidg.. © k City; Globe Bidg.; Bos Tribune are on file in Boston offices and visitors come. Chicagg and ate we SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier $1. 3. 1. SRSE 28 accepted for less period t ons must be paid in advance and the . insure delivery after subscrip- n arrears. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. ©) Member of the Associated Press. ¥ is exclusively entitled to the news credited in this paper #nd ned herein. blication al news publ Kick if You Don’t Get Your Tribune. 15 or 16 any time between 6:30 and § o'clock p. m your Tribune. clal messenge! to receive A paper vwiil be de Make it your duty te misses you. “He Doth Protest Too Much” HETHER the governor told it to the marines, the president or anybody else, or whatever he had to say when he did tell ii, in the light of sub- Fequent events, it did not get very far. The admin- istration at Washington has carefully refrained from interfering with state jurisdiction in any mat- ners arising since it came into power in March, 1921, ‘The administration has insisted that the states set- tle all controv ies involving the peace and good} order of their territory and all other internal ques- tions under their jurisdiction. The matter of a dispute as to rights of lessees ‘on naval réserve No. 3, known as the Teapot Dome, ‘was purely a federal matter The state held no jurisdiction over the reserve. Its rights had been ceded to the federal govern- City Editor | |ereat to give much attention to preparation for a second term, and this manner of conducting office is | jalways costly to the public. j | This fault was supposed to have been ayoided in Wyoming. But if we are going jo encourage our governor to aspire to'a second four years we are | only making worse the very condition the four-year term wus intended to cure. We shail have four Fears of political preparation and maneuvering in stead of two as in most states, and the cost to the| public will be correspondingly greater.—Wyoming | | Weekly Review. In Accordance W ith Constitution ELUCTANTLY, and only as a last resort, the | Harding administration brought the government | into the coal and railrond controversies. Less government in business was the Republican policy, and that policy has been adhered to, much to the gratification of the American people. In this respect, the Harding administration dif- fers from its predecessor. It will be remembered that after the armistice and when there could be no excuse for his action, President Wison seized the ocean cables as a “war measure.” It was the policy | of the Wilson admimistration to have the govern- | ment undertake every private enterprise that did not seem to be operating to perfection—and govern- | ment operation proved less satisfactory and more expensive than private operation In his address to the coal operators and miners, | President Haxoixc said: “The government has no| desire to intrude itself into the field of your activi- ties. It does feel an obligation to see that the com. mon American interest shall not be menaced by a! protracted lack of fuel. We wish you who| best know the way to solution to reach it among yourselves, in a manner to command the sanction of American public opinion. Failing in that the serv- ants of the American people will be called to the task in the name of American safety, for the great- est good to all the people.” | As the president has been properly reluctant to place the strong hand of the federal government upon the management of private enterprise, sp he | has been properly hesitant in exerting the police power of the federal government in maintenance of | order in the several states, for this is primarily a| function of state government. In his telegram to | the governors, he said, “I want to convey to you the assurance of the full and prompt support of the federal government whenever and wherever you find your own agencies of law and order inadequate to meet the situation.” One of the worst things that could happen in this republic, where the people must feel the responst- bility of self-government, would be for the national Che Casper Daily Cribrne NOT KEEPING THE MONEY AT HOME Fee fret fate ce the narpeeed af ite oubrequest|#dministration to relieve local officials by assuming lease were purely federal and wholly under federal |°Uthority itself. Our federal constitution contem- Jurisdiction. ihe seovevinient a eoleratetne plates that the states shall take primary action in squabble over its property nor interference with its | ‘be Preservation of peace and order, but, failing Rilectas byaiaputar : that, that the national government shall exert its z Fe thonetis Pi Soni of sproperty Mt Aa. done | ON larger power for the protection of the people | under specific act of congress. "The government's |2&4inst domestic violence. President Hanorxa rec- ne ey ig transacted always under the authority |°T2¢s an obligation to uphold the constitution in ay teatrat law Tt has. thalownseahiy oe property |*Pirit ns well as in letter, hence he has left to the: by clear title or it makes no attempt to transfer it ace Linnea "apes eben po vs met by lease, sale or otherwise. rights of life, liberty and property. me ;useless commissions under the Carey administra-|around in politics. If it can be shown that the The sending of a naval detachment to ‘Wyoming | Owing to policies adopted 1 the Democratic tions. It costs the taxpayers of the state $30,000 |immigration department is of any real value to the bt ys pine Sara eM oooh nee ht td regime, many people have acquired the habit of (© give “Ren” Huu a job and permit him to pollyfox|state, such a showing has never been-made. month before, whi sual, w : = the rights of the government. The nayal department was simply removing squatters, who were there without color of right, from property under its control. When analyzed, what was simpler? Whatever the governor had in mind when he pro- tested to the president against the coming of a hand- Yul of marines to deliver personal service of govern- ment orders to trespassers, is not known, unless it may have been a little grandstand entertainment for whatever personal and political benefit that might accrue. o— One Term for Governor Woes Wyoming adopted a four instead of a two. year term for governor it evidently did so with a very definite purpose in view. In a majority of states the governor is elected for two years, and because in most cases he aspires to serve a second term it has been the experience of these states that all too often the first two years see political expediency given precedence over ad- ministrative efficiency. It was to profit by this Isson that Wyoming com- bined, as it were, two two-year terms into a single term of four years. But it was not contemplated that the very evident purpose of the four-year term would be lightly thrust aside—that the ambitions of men would be such that after four years of honors they would demand four years more. It was not anticipated that any man’s conceit would be so large as to lead him to presume that the guidance of state affairs must be left in his hands for nearly a decade. Many a man of outstanding ability has felt him- self highly honored when called upon to serve only two short years as governor of a state. For ex- ample, in our neighboring commonwealth of Colo- rado, where the shorter term prevails, during the last 20 years only two governors have served four years, and in the entire history of the state the gov- ernors who have succeeded themselves may be count- ed on the fingers of one hand, The suggestion there that a governor ought to be permitted to serve eight years would be considered so preposterous as not to be taken seriously. In Wyoming only two governors have served more than one term, and .only one of these— DeForest Ricnanps—was twice elected to serve a full four-year term. He died a tew weeks after his second inauguration. At the next general election B. B. Brooxs was elected to serve out the unexpired two years of the Ricrranps term, at the end of which time he was elected for a four-year term. These two cases were exceptional, in that in each instance the governor was re-elected because of the unusually high character of his administration. No one, how- ever, will claim that such a situation exists today. Because during his term the machinery of gov- ernment has run with a fair degree of smoothness— being exceedingly well oiled at taxpayers’ expense— the present governor of Wyoming, in paid advertise- | ments, is urging that he be elected for another four years. By the same token he might ask that he be given perpetual title to the office. Primarily the four-year term is intended to. en- able a governor to better administer the affairs of the office by reason of the elimination of the dis. turbing element that usually makes its presence felt when the tenure of office is brief and elections fre-! yuent. Where the term is short the temptation is looking to the federal government for everything. They seck federal assistance for almost every ill— forgetting that more sefl-reliance and self-help would solve most problems without any appeal to §Vashington whatever. A minority take that view. The great majority deprecate every movement that| strengthens the hands of a federal bureaucracy. Consequently, they should hold their own state au- thorities responsible for any dereliction which makes necessary the exercise of national power in preserving local peace. Sega Our “Historical’”’ Bureau HE historical department of the state of Wyo-} ming sails under false colors. It is in no sense} a historical department—it is a relic department. The “historian” has at command $15,000 for contin- kent expenses. It is presumed that the money is| expended for souvenirs of the Indian occupation of Wyoming, the coming of trappers and fur traders, the passing of the argonauts, and on-down to the settlement and development of the state. These things are usually donated to the state by possessors who are glad to find a permanent home for them. Mostly, relics of historical value are gathered together by a historical society composed of persons interested in the subject and of knowl- edge relative to the value of the relics and their gen- uineness, The history of a state in written accounts and in objects that mark the advancement of civiliza- tion and periods of time, is of the highest impor tance. It should not be neglected. But the question in Wyoming is not with reference to the propriety of such a department, rather it is an inquiry as to the propriety of continuing such a bureau on the plan on which it is at present conducted. So far as anyone is able to learn the “historical department” answers no purpose, real or imaginary. It is treated as a joke by those about the state house who know about it. The “historian” in charge, so far as ability and fitness to direct such a department is concerned, is another fair sample of incompetency under an incompetent administration which knows not wKether it is going or coming. The “historian” was picked from a dry farm on a day when the crops were poor and the picking was slim. It is a disgrace to a state rich in history that a proper historical department cannot be established and function for the public benefit. The present effort is a waste of time and money. _—— ee W hat’s It For? O WORD has come from “Rep” Huw, from the tall uncut, where he has been sojourning for the past ten days, so there is no direct information concerning the collapse of a certain political moye- ment designed to further the Carry interests in the primary campaign. The coarseness of Rip’s work was not only his own undoing but that of his master also. | From various quarters of the state inquiry has jcome as to just what Ren’s recent activities have to |}do with exploiting the state’s resources and induc- jing desirable immigration. The answer is: Nothing jat all. | You see Renv’s department under the Carry ad- ministration is designed as a political department. It works only when there is political ability at the head of it. It is on» of the most useless of the Saving of Livestock Interests What has been the éffect of the emergency tariff on the Uvestock in. terests of the country? Democratic members of congress, the Democratic national committee and the Democrat ic press are claiming the emergency tariff has not benefited the livestock man. They point to the fact that prices of livestock and fresh beef de- clined after tho tariff became effec- tive, and are using this fact as an argument to sustain their contention the tariff did not aid the livestock interests ‘The only way to ascertain truthfully what effect the emergency tariff has had on the livestock interests is to ex- amine the market reports since the tariff became operative and by com- parison with the market prices prior to its enactment reach an accurate conclusion. Cattle were admitted free under the Underwood tariff of 1913; so was fresh and frozen meats. The emerg ency tariff placed an ad valorem duty of 30 per cent on cattle and a spe cific duty of two cents a pound on fresh or frozen beet or veal. The Chicago market has always shown a better price level for cattle than the Winnipeg market, but the difference between the two markets was noticeably increased in favor of the Chicago market after tho enact ment of the emergency tariff estab- lishing the rate as above set forth. In May, 1921, when the emergency tariff went into effect steers were selling in Chicago at $8.51 per one hundred pounds, and at .§7.21 In Winnipeg, a difference of $1.30 in favor of the Chicago market. This differential im mediately began to climb. This table shows the average price in the two markets by month since the enact ment of the emergency tariff, together wth the excess of the Chicago price over that of the Winntpeg price: Comparative Price of Steers. (@er 100 Pounds) Excess of Chicago Winnipeg Chicago $7.21 $1.30 6.16 2.08 4.85 8.75 4.38 4.69 44 4.35 8.97 5.20 4.07 4.39 4.22 4.36 5.25 3.34 5.86 3.33 5.82 2.79 April — 39 6.15 2.24 Commenting upon this, the United States tariff commission gays: “The average price of cattle In Winnipeg was $2.28 cheaper than in Chicago from January to May, 1921 (prior to the enactment of the emergency tar- iff), and $4.20 cheaper from June to December, 1921." ‘The comparative prices of stockers and also of feeders in the Chicago and Winnipeg markets for the same period showed the same increaso in etfferentia) favorable to the Chicano market. The difference between the Wininpeg anc Chicago merkets for stockers in April, 1921, was $1.65 per ons hundred in favor of the Chicago market. Immediately the emergency tariff was a law this difference began to increase. For June, 192i, it wax $1.90; July, $2.61; August, $2.53: Sep: tember, $2.47; October, $2.56 Novem- ber, $2.24; December, $2.34; January, 1922, $2.86; February, 1922, $2.73. Relatively the same figures cb- tained for feeders, the difference in the Winnipeg and Chicago markets in April, 1921 prior to the #nactment ket of 15 cents. With the enactment of the emergency tariff which took effect in May, the difference immedi- ately began to appear on the Chicago wide of the ledger and to increase from month to month. By October, the Chi- cago market for lambs was $1.16 bet- ter than the Winnipeg market. In De- cember, it was $2.61 higher than the of the emergency tariff) beings $1.42| Winnipeg market; in January, 1922, rer one hundred in favor ‘of Chicago. fit was $4.51 higher than the Winnipes After the enactment of the tariff the differential hac never been less than $2.09 in favor of Chicago, and has run as high us $2.78. In drawing this conclusion regard: turift ing the effect of the emergenc: upon the price of cattle, the States tariff con:mission, 'n port to the senate, says thi lan prices havo followed the declining world market, while American prices steadied at a leve! considerably atove the international level.” The market reports for beet show even more pointedly the beneficial ef- fects of the emergency tariff. The following tablo shows the av- erage price of fresh beef in Chicago und Winnipeg for the months. since the emergency tariff went into effect: Comparative Price of Fresh Beef (Per 100 Pounds) May, June 2.99 July 3.36 August 3.70 September, -. 16.25 4.52 October 5.92 November 1.24 December ---16.50 6.43 January, 1922 15.00 3.57 February -— 13.69 1.26 March ---—. 14.25 1.66 April - 14.50 1.30 From thig table it will be seen that Chicago prices remained fairly con- stant throughout the year, 1921, whereas Winnipeg prices showed a steady ddeline. It is even more interesting to com- pare the beef prices tn various conters of the world for the period since the emergency tariff went into effect. This comparison is shown in the fol- lowing table: Comparative Prices of Fresh Beef (Average per 100 Pounds) ‘ Jan. June 14.65 4.37 23.0 Winnipeg 11.27 2.95 20,7 London, Eng Ush beef... 27.29 19.54 8.25 29.7 Lonron, Argen- tine ----. 17.54 14. 2.73 15.6 Buenos Aires 9.70 90 2.80 2.89 ‘The table shows clearly two things. First, that throughout the world there was a steady decline in 1921 of the price of fresh beef, but that due to the protection afforded the American far- mer by the emergency tariff, the de cline in beef prices in the United States was far less than the decline in the world. Sheep Prices Herped. Practically the same tendencies are exhibited in the market reports for|man who’ “tunes” his Ford for the Lamba per one| Sunday trip to the mountains; the boy mutton and lamb. market, and inf February, 1922,” $5.59. The emergency tarit! imposes a duty of $2.00 per head for all sheep one year old or over; $1.00 a head for all those less than one year of age, and ® specific duty of two cents a pound on lamb and mutton. Under the Un- derwood law there was no tariff im- posed whatever upon either sheep or meat products, such as mutton and lamb. Wool Prices After the Tariff. The manner in which the emergency tariff came to the benefit of the wool growers Is set forth at length in a re port made to the United States sen- ate by the United States tariff com- mission. From that report the fol- lowing is quoted: “When the emergency tariff act was passed, in the spring of 1921,. there were large stocks of wool on hand in the United States, American woolen mills were operating on short time be- cause of the industrial depression and labor troubles, and the world especial- ly the British colonies, possessts stores of wool ready to be marketed at any »| reasonable price. Imports were heavy in the first quarter of 1921 in anticl- pation of the duty; wool growers had almost a full clip on hand at high cost, with almost no market and their. cred- its were stretched almost to the point of collapse. In short, the whole wool- growing industry, including the finan- celal institutions supporting it, was faced with ruin. Under these condl- tions the emergency tariff act gave! Immediate relief, especially to the strained credit situation. Were no longer afraid of wool Paper when foreign wools were practically embargoed.” wie. & . . “Prices, as was to be expected in view of the great stocks of Wool on hand, did not immediately respond to the emergency duty but remained fatr- ly steady all through the year 1921. London prices of comparable grades by 10 to 25 cents per pound prior to the passage of the emergency act. In recent months, however, the differential has increased and it now stands from 25 to 85 cents a pound. As stocks of domestic wool are still further depleted a closer 2pproxima- tion may be expected of the premium of Boston over London to the amount of the duty.” He Likes "Em Editor Tribune:—A writer in today’s Tribune complains about the fisher- rice SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1922 Built for You by Are your ears shiney? Is your smile curled? Are you sure you have your hankey? For you're now about to meet Mrs. Ko-hoi-kocha (Fig. 2), and Miss Wa-ya-weli-ni ma and unless you're looking your prettiest they may scuttle back to Hop! town again. To be sure, little Wa-ys-welt-ni ma probably wouldn't know @ hankey tf she saw one, but then she has had things which you never saw — #0 you're even. Wa-ya-wel-i-ni ma is ti little girl with her hair a. such funny doughnuts on the side, Ihe does not call them. doughnuts though. She calls them “squash blossoms” and they are the sign that she 1s one of the girls who is ready to be mar- ried. Her mother wears her hair in long twists, which represent the squash fruit, for she 1s now married and her FOR LITTLE, FR WHO LIKE ADVENTURES MERRY MAKINGS — Elsinore Crowell ® Their dresses are made of tong straight pieces of hand-wover, cloth dyed a beautiful blue from surflower seeds, thrown over one shoulder an: fastened around the waist with a gx sash. Mrs, Ko-hoi-ko-cha wears rouch Jeggins and moccasins of buckskin +5 protect herself from thorny bushes and the deadly rattlesnakes on the desert. For wraps they both wear bright woolen blankets, wrapped about them lke cloaks. ‘The Polite Pencil has Graven a pattern which will fit elther little Indian lady. You can use it to make many blankets and decorate them from the Indian designs shown in 4, 5 and 6. Paste the dolls on cardboard ant color them before cutting them out Morday—AdGventure. Trafls:. “The life is like ripened fruit while her| Cave.” daughter's is like a blossom. Isn't that a pretty custom? Copyright, 1922 by George Matthey Adams. a few of the things he does not like about our town, I have Mved in several lands but Wyoming and Casper especially, is the best of all. Some of the things I like about this town are the things the writer complains of. Casper has never been “honored” by a visit from “Pussyfoot" Johnson, Dr. Wilbur Crafts nor any of the grafting heads of the Don't Dé This and Don’t Do That Society and lets hope they never come. Casper has less freak and objection- able ordinances than most towns and I think this is one of the things I like best about our town. —EDWARD GRANEY. Rights on the High Seas In the news bearing on the ques- tion ef our right of visit, search and Seizure outside the three mile limit, ‘without regard to the nationality of the vessel, it is stated that this ques- tion is puzzling some of the experts. These experts must have forgotten those portions of international Inw based upon numerous treaties and conferences of the past which deal with the rights and limitations of each nation on the high seas. The term high seas has been ac- cepted by practically every civilized nation as relating to water outside the three mile Umit of each country and absolutely free to all. Our three mile Umit was not placed there by our- selves, and if we are at Iberty to {move it out twelve miles, why not continue and move it out twelve hun- dred miles, or annex the entire ocean for that matter? The term territorial waters, quoted in the papers, is not a new term by any means, but a very old one, and has usually been interpreted as refer- ‘ring to largé estuaries, like Chesa- peake Bay, for instance without com- ing within three miles of our actual Whore line. Hudson Bay is another fexample, every foot of it being Brit- ish territory. It is considered a part tof the territorial waters of the Brit- ish empire. Naturally, in its broader kenee, everything within its three mile liratt i@ within a country‘s territorial waters, and every-merchantman with- .j#n that limit is in that country’s ac- tual territory and subject to its laws and jurisdiction. If a British saflor on board e Rrit- ish merchantman lying in New York harbor commits an offense the New "York police can arrest him and he can de tried and punished by our own courts; outside the three mile limit we cannot touch him. Every one on board an American merchant ship on the high seas is absotutely and solely under American jurisdiction end laws and we fought the war of 1812 with Great Britain on the very question of the British right to stop or search an American vessel outside the Brit- ish three mile limit. Consequently what under the sun has our three mile Itmit got to do with one of our own merchantmen? Nothing whatsoever, hundred pounds wer. quoted in Winni-|on roller skates; the box coasters,|23 that vessel is just as much under peg in April, 1921, at $10.19, and in|{truck drivers and numerous others| federal jurisdiction there as it is in-| Chicago the same month at $10.04, a] who disturb the quiet of the Sunday'side that line. difference in favor of Winnipeg mar church goer. These, he says, are but If an offence is committed on board that vessel 500 miles out, who tries and punishes the offender? Our own courts. For this reason, serious as the effect may be, it is hard to see how our vessels can be exempted from obedience to the Volstead act, a fed eral law, as long as they form a part of American territory and are under American jurisdiction. They ars wither under all of our laws or none An American merchantman on the high neas off the British coast could scarecly be accused of conspiracy against the English laws, as it is ah solutely American territory and under Ameriéan laws. The same argument pertainly applies to a foreign vessel eff our coast. * Mhis entire matter binges upon the question of jurisdiction over merchant vessels on the high seas, and as we Mought a three years war more than 100 years ago in defense of the prin riple which is now universally ac Knowledged why are we at this late day debating the question of solo jur Misdiction on the high seas? EDWARD T. WITHERSPOON. Shadow Land When I go out to Shadow Land— The Land o' Dreams—alone, Soon fairies take me by the hand, I’m Queen upon their throne! I trip along their golden streets Where all is bright and gay, And friendly faces oft I meet As I travel on my way. “y My cares of yesterday have flown, Nor fear of coming ill Disturbs my peace, My time's own | To wander Found at will. My purse ts filled with richest coin, My gowns of silken sheen, While host on host of fairies join In homage to their Queen. And ever and anon the strains Of dulcet musfe lure; The sun, it shines—it never rains. ‘Can rapture such endure? Nay, when the radiant ofb of day Shines through my casement first It calls me back to work from play, My bubble dream has burst! FLORENCE T. OSMUN. (The Pasting When summer's blistering days came on, On her vacation Laura went: No wonder with the maiden gore ‘The days in misery he spent. He was as in « sinking boat And all his nerves were on the rac’ So many times to her he wrote And begged her fondly to come back. Not that he loved her—no indeed— But his long hours began to irk— So very much he was in need Of her who was his office clerk! —NATHAN M, LEVY. er as | “Meet me at the Smokehouse.”