Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 4, 1923, Page 6

» carriers than for the taxpayers and the PAGE SIX. Che Caspet Daily Tribune THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1973. Che Casper Dailp Cribune expressed by Mr. M. W. Kriegh, a noted authority Tesued every evening except Sunday at Casper, Natrona upon fiscal matters. County, Wyo. Publication Offices, Tribune Building BUSINESS TELEPHONES 18 and 16 Brench Telephone Exchange Connecting All Departments ee Entered at Casper (Wyoming), Postoffice as second class matter, November 22, 1916 CHARLES W. BARTON President and Editor MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news credited in this paper and alo the local news published herein, Member of the Associated Prees Advertising Representatives. Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bidg. Til; 288 Fifth Avenue, New York City: Globe Bidg., Boston, Mass., Suite 404, Sharon Blidg., 65 New Mont- gomery 8t., San Francisco, Cal. end San Francisco offices and visitors are welcome. 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Better roads for Natrona county and more high: ways for Wyoming. More equitable irefght ratse for ehtppers of the Rocky Mountain region, and more frequent train eervice for Casper. livered to you by s let The Tribune Subsidizing Motor Trucks. IS CLAIMED that motor trucks and stages have never in any manner been subsidized, we eailzoada and canals have received much pub: & What greater subsidy could they have as common r iblic to build the paved streets and surfaced ways? The paved streets and highways are paid for by bond issues, taxation, assessment of abutting prop- erty and taxes on gasoline used by private motor on and oe z ie maintenance of paved streets and highways is paid for by taxation on all the pro; rtyof the people, and when they wear out new id issues may be necessary. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent in bonds and taxation to build highways for common carrier motor vehicles to operate on in competi- tion with railroads, electric lines and steamboat lines, that pay hundreds of times as much taxes as the stages and trucks, If that is not subsidization enough, consider the money spent annually on subsidization by upkeep of these highways and bridges and paved streets, again paid largely by the rail carriers. Admitting that motor stages and trucks do some taxes, the amount they pay is infinitesmal compared to the taxes that other common carriers and the public pay to build and maintain the pub- lic highways which trucking corporations use for private gain. Y -Swears Off. [== one most important thing in high official i circles at Washington is the self-imposed re- form of the Honorable Joseph G. Cannon. He has abandoned smoking. No longer will the famous long black perfecto be cocked at a rakish angle in the right corner of the mouth of the veteran law- maker. The press gallery has lost one of its strong- est points of embellishment in descriptive allusions to its Uncle Joseph, grown historical by years of employment. No picture, no newspaper article, favorable or unfavorable, has been given the public in twenty- five long years that did not ring the changes on the black perfecto. Back in his speakership days one brother would say “Removing his long black cigar fro mhis mouth. Speaker Cannon said,” etc. Another writing on the same incident would open his story, “Flicking the ash from his Pittsburgh stogie,” etc. Still another would say it thus, “De. yating his Colorado-Maduro at a belligerent angle the czar of the house hissed these words,” etc. And so, throughout contemporaneous history the ‘Washington correspondents hate ut Uncle Joe to bed with a cigar in his mouth and awakened him in the morning with another one in his mouth, and throughout the day whether in the speaker's chair, in his seat in the house, in the cloak room or go- ing to or from the capitol always the cigar. Always @ black one, and always a long one. Joseph G. Cannon and the long black cigar were constant companions. They were inseparable, And now it is all off. No more cigars for Uncle Joseph. January first marked the armistice and the last gun was fired the night before, just at midnight. How permanent the reform will be or even its| duration is uncertain. Uncle Joe, himself, does not have great faith in permanency, but while deter- mining the complete banishment of the historic ci- oa he is solacing himself with plug chewing to- cco, A poor substitute, and a habit less handy to refer to in quoting the great statesman. Imagine some flossy Washington writer send- ing his paper an account reading, “Mr. Cannon shifted his quid from left to right and continued,” ete. Or “Reaching into his pistol pocket Mr. Can- non brought forth his plug of Horse Shoe and with his jack-knife cut a liberal chunk therefrom which he placed in his left cheek. He then said,” etc. While it is true there are many sibilities in literary references to chewing tobacco, they lack elegance, all of them. The cigar is much more aristocratic. We only hope Uncle Joe does not take to cigarets. Increases and Exemptions Dangerous. é¢DOLITICAL ASPIRATIONS and personal am- bitions of individuals connected with the thou: sands of state,, county and municipal governments, mainly are responsible for the increasing public ex travagance which is surging across the country. Laying an oppressive burden of taxation upon in-| dustry to pay the increased levies because of the re duced prosperity involved.” This is the opinion -, Chicago, | Copies of the Dally, Tribune are on file in the New York, Chicago, Boston ‘lions in 1920. Manufacturing corporations were) \in these political subdivisions of the With the state, county and municipal author- ‘ities bent upon raising the largest amount of funds with the least complaint, it is only natural that they should choose those industries whose influ- ence they feel the least, as the butt of their activ- ities. Thus, it happens that an agricultural com- munity, in which mining is found to some degree, will spend money beyond a sensible, sound luit, all because the portion of the industry with- in its boundaries “must stand for it.” Were these }/same rates and methods of taxation to be levied upon the industries of greater voting influence rnment, those to plaster the additior tax levies would soon find their political heads lying on the platter of defeat. “State local taxes on mining co! were boos from 50.6 millions in 1918 to 86.6 mil- taxed locally 312 millions in 1918 and 439 millions in 1920. Transportation companies paid locally 94 millions in 1918 and 250 millions in 1920. Finan- ‘cial and banking corporations were taxed locally 187 millions in 1918 and 227 millions in 1920, “The mining and transportation industries, among others of lesser importance, have borne the |heaviest proportionate increases in state and local taxes during the period of depression following the war with manufacturing a close third and banking or finance fourth. The reduction in federal taxes since the war has been more than offset by the increase in state and local taxes. If the debt incurring, tax levying, money spend- ing agencies of state and local governments con- tinue to issue tax exempt bonds, exact discrimin- atory tax levies and dissipate public funds without restraint and without regard for the welfare of industry or class discriminated against, an eco- nomic and political upheaval is certain to result. The hasard {ib great and the nation should be aroused before it is too late to apply a remedy. The tendency to pile up public debt by issuing tax free bonds’ to finance every sort of public en- terprise, simply because an easy market is found for this class of securities, is fundamentally wrong. What Y ou Put In. jU°r2 of your work will come from what you put into it rather than from what you get out of it. In the first place, find work that is agreeable to you and work that you can do. This may be difficult, but while you are searching for the ideal job, accept the next best thing that offers and in it make yourself worthy of the job you hope to secure in the future. And into that job put your best efforts, your best intelligence, and your greatest industry. Jt matters not what it may be, if it is a human ef fort to accomplish something worthy. It is worth while and not to be ised. The charac- ter of work may not excite much love for it, but if it is done well it will arouse your respect, because all work is honoratie and entitled to that much sentiment. The pay you receive {s not all there is to it. It may be insufficient for the efforts expended, that, however, is but temporary. It fits you, and demon- strates to others your ability and preparation for the work you really desire to do. That work will come to you just as surely as you show yourself competent and worthy. The world is waiting for the competent and faith- ful worker. The honest worker. The worker who gives his attention to the work in hand rather than to the clock that records the quitting hour. There is a surplus of loafers and mediocre work- ers and a dearth of faithful and honest ones on every job. The latter rise to the top and ad- vance to the better jobs and the better pay, while | the former fall out or remain stationary. Whateter of brains and industry you put into your job is an investment certain to pay dividends y|in betterment of employment and pay with the passing of time. It is what you put into your work not what rou |}! get out of it that tells the story. BTL ARES PS BF Sees) Bie thee He Needs Credit. EST ASSURED _if the American farmer is not prosperous theré are a great many other folks in the same condition for so much depends di-} rectly and indirectly upon agriculture that the de- pendent interests are like a card house. When the main card is molested the whole row} | tumbles. Labor, merchandising, transportation are the three principal interests that lean heavily on agri- culture, They have all felt the unfortunate situa-! tion of farming. While the farmer has a product that is al ways in demand he has fallen upon a time when his costs of production have exceeded or just about balanced his receipts in the market. In his discouragement, he has exhausted his surplus capital. Now that the farmers costs and receipts have come nearer to a margin in his favor, he is without capital to go ahead. He needs credit and has no way to get it owing to the exhaustion of the past several years. The farmer does not need charity. He would not likely accept it. He does not need a series of laws, as proposed by agitators and political dema- gogues. All he needs in the world is a law that will give him the necessary credit on what he has and can produce but which will not at present be accepted at the banks as a proper asset. If such an act can be drawn, passed and put in force, not only the farmer, but the other interests depending upon his activities will go ahead and) prosper. EE Saeed as The People Pay :(\OMMUNITIES that think they are getting some thing for nothing through a federal appropria- tion are deluding themselves. In the end the cost is paid by the people, and the tax is spread quite evenly. A federal appropriation for one commu- nity is counterbalanced by a similar’ appropriation for another community. The effort to shift the burden by paying out of the federal treasury is like trying to ire yourself by your bootstraps. st se Aaa chs seemed Keep the Faith REMIER BONAR Law says: “I trust the time will come when America, perhaps the most idealistic nation of the world, will in some way be associated with the league of nations. In such an event, the value of the league would be immeas- urably in-reased.” Of course the league would take on a new vital- ity if the United States should join—not merely be- cause the league had received a new member, but because the United States is accustomed to respect its obligations. If the senate should accept the var- ious covenants of the league they would be strictly carried out, regardless of the cost to this country. That is a policy that has made the United States |“the most idealistic nation in the world.” There is nothing to prevent Great Britain and the other members of the league adopting the same prin: ciples, instead of virtually ignoring the league's existence and pursuing tactics that inevitably lead to war. rations | and the polka, and modifications ofitwo bitter experiences and so yo, the Virginia reel and the bolero and, will find most of us young married the awful Sir Roger de Coverly. jump arounds have discarded our And then, you recall, the mind of/small trunks and bought ‘anse ones the master turned forward ani there!in their stead. wwere scrimmages in the two-step and| ‘Another thing that may save sore the walts, scrimmages wher a boy of the tribe less seasoned than I a had to train his head to the muddy-| pretty penny is the fact that the men ing point to learn the signals, to re-; who actually do the moving—and by ‘|member them always in the middle of/that I do not mean the man who a play, which were par-!sits in the office and makes the price allel with football in the number of —ore always willing to listen to rea- downs and the amount of blood that son if you cross their palms with suf- ‘was spilled. {fictent sliver. In othe~ w: if you And there came that every fourth shouid find at the iast minute that Tuesday in the month, when dzenc-|you have a suitcase or two to he ing school enCured for an extra hour/ moved that you dnarvertently neg- for training in the fundamentals of|lected to mention to the Captain Kida steps that were picturesque but {m-|who owns the moving business you practical—tike the hop, the rigadoon,|can usually fix up a better rate with the saraband, the Lornpipe, the baya-|the men themselves than you could ere, the breakdown, the cornwa lis,| have made at the time you gave the the strathspy. the allemande the mx: / order, / surka and, if memory serves, the; “Then, too, a litt'e thing like tip- fan the shindig, the cancan’ ping the moving men in advance will and the hoity-toity or circus sideshow|make a wonderful difference in the dance. way they handle your things.” Abert a And finally, at the end of every Secretary Fall. dancing school day, when you were hungry and tired and kind of crazy “The report that Albert Becon Fall Purposes to resign his portfolio as with the things you haé tried to re- memiber and forgot, always there was left the intricate idiocy of the grand; march, But there! Those days have! Secretary of the Interior next March done, and it 1s best to forgive and| Will be received with sense of impend- ing loss by all who have followed his record of schievements in office,” notes the Washington Post. forget. ; New Year's Party. “Secretary Fall ts peculiarly suite! 5 i eS for the conduct of the department to ene RTT which he was appointed, By asso. Sadeey veantiaiant ciation, by legislative and personal ex- Mooi jaua. ‘Sante perience, by a life lived in close con- Tavating ions tact with the larger problems of the So ride away— interior, he entered the office woll With us away, Prepared to measure un to Its do- To the good old, |mands, And his departmental rec —By Fontaine Fox “You TAKE THOSE LUMPS oF COAL AND PuT ’EmM RIGHT BACK IN THE CELLAR | | | | | Cold, old— ord bears convincing testimony to the ! Good old, effective service that he has rend- - a | Cold hoosegow. cored. a = “Secretary Fall wasted no time th Chorus: launching his plans for departmental F be ~ OQ reorganization and development. As a Roll awny, black wagon; result, notable decrease in expendi = aC) Oh, roll away with me, turer and increase in efficiency have g L= And we'll sing one sons— heen effected in many branches. And — Oo Although it’s doin’ wrong; under his direction the interior has Oh, roll; oh, roll away, made a new high record for construc- Ss | With , me. L.| tive work. : - eet “The report attributes Secretary . G Fall's esire to resign to the pressure a Trunks and Moving of private affairs. If this is so, it Char er for regret to the public ges. has so faithfully and effec: Uvely served.” | [up off the sofa and taking tim tnto| learned seven different dances and) Newly married couples, who with her arms. the grand march and it took tim|the restlessness of the age and the “Listen,” says Brother, “I don't! many years. And when be had learn-|craving for change of the younger know how and I don’t want to know/ed the last that the professor could|seneration, move perhaps more often how.” teach him, which was reversing in| than elther their father or grandfath- "i ‘Walk frontwards.” the waltz without falling at length|er did in‘the “first five years,” aro Learning to dance is so much sim-| Brother hesitates. Shall he walk the tango came in. Suddenly he| learning @ thing or two about moving Pler today than it was a decade ago|frontwarcs or not? He walks front- knew no more bout dancing than a/men not found in any book. that the upcoming generation should) wards. statue of Napoleon Bonaparte. And not the least valuable of the Simple Task of Learning To Dance. pa The Reason. A friend of mine adores a maid Who on the stage js dancing. His cause is lost, for I'm afraid She faughs at his romancing. be gind it is ving now. Today the! “Walk as {f you were going to a| Just-think what a boy had to do|lessons from en economy standpoint awkward young tyke weathefs no| fire.” years and years of dancing school. In| Brother obeys, And there! Like a fact many an awkward young ‘yke| miracle, it's finished. Says Sister: “She's cold! She's cold! Ah, sad my plight.”" He murmurs brokenly. I saw her dance the other night; with his feet back in those days when a master of dancing was as well to do as a pitcher for the New York is the fact that a large trunk, hold- ing as much as two small ones, can be moved for just half of what the a nowadays weathers no dancing school| “Why, you aren't es dumb as you|Giants. First there was training in| two smaller ones would cost. My word! She ought to be!” at all, but when his hour has come,|look. Now, will you quit sitting the steps of the ancients, steps which| “I have found,” declared one of the —J. Philip Stack. yields himself up to an older sister,! around like a chaperone’s husband or| had not been used for the fun of it}demon movers, “that most expresa ‘weathers a scrimmage or two, and|won't you?” |for forty years or more, but which| companies have flat rate per trunk,|HOME cooked dinners for young corr out—a danger! | But the boy of yesterday—did he still were taught for the grace that/and that they charge you accor@#ing| lady, four blocks from “post office. “Now shut up and dance,” remarks|learn to dance in a minute? He did|they gave the body—variations of the|to a zoning system. Other persons’ 435 S. Beech. Phone 21627W. Older Sister, prying Younger Broth have found this out, too. after one or st 1 not. 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