Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 29, 1923, Page 6

PAGE SIX. A WALNEAL RE be Caspet Dally Cribune MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1923. Che Casper Dailp Cribune Sunday at Casper, Natrona Offices, Tribune Building evening except yo. Publication Issuec every ounty, 15 and 16} Connecting All Departments | 2PHONES xchange ) Telephone Entered at Casper (Wyoming), Postoffice as second class| November 22, 1916 | BARTON - President and Editor CHARLES W. ASSOCIATED PRESS ely entitled to the use| xelus! 3 paper and} neisco off SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier or By Mail advance after subscription | d very Member of the Associated Press Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. ©) Kick If You Don't Get Your Tribune. Call 15 or 16 any time between 6:20 and 8 o'clock p. m {f you fall to receive you e. A paper will be re: livered to you by speciai 1 er. Make {t your duty to let The Tribune know when your carrier misses you. The Casper Tribune’s Program Irrigation project west of Casper to be author- ized and completed at once. A complete and scientific city of Caspor. A comprehensive park system, including sw’ of Casper. . oPGompletion of the established Scenic Route boute- vard as planned by the county commissioners to den Creek Falls and return. OGetter roais for Natrona county and more high- ways for Wyoming. More equitable freight ratse for shippers of the Rocky Mountain region, and more frequent train service for Casper. zoning system for the municipal and school recreation imming pools for the Our Domestic Difficulties SSURANCE that this country will not meddle with the affairs of Europe will tend to increase confidence that the serious problems confronting us at home will receive the attention they demand. These problems are not few in number or easy of solution. We have a magnificient railroad system, con- structed by men of vision, of courage and skill at a time when individual initiative was given the encouragement necessary for a progressive civil-| ization, but that system is now hampered by lack of equipment and lack of credit, due, apparently, to the paralyzing clutch of governmental bureau- cracy. Continued operation of that system is not only curtailed by inadequate equipment but is un- der continual threat of complete discontinuance through the dictational powers of employes. Not- withstanding its beneficial features, government regulation of railroads has proven on the whole, not constructive in its effects. The problem of transportation on land is no more serious than that of transportation on the seas. This greatest of industrial nations has been de- pendent upon other nations for transportation of its goods in time of peace and of its supplies and soldiers in time of war. Relief at tremendous ex- pense as a war emergency has been but temporary and other nations are again resuming their as- cendancy over us in maratime carrying trade. We are spending $50,000,000 a year to carry on a los- ing fight for a merchant marine. Some better plan must be adopted. In every part of the Untted States outlawry is common and tales of crime and violence fill the pages of the daily press. In some sections, despair- ing of suppression of crime by law, vigilante com- mittees have taken the task upon themselves with results that are deplorable in the extreme. Through negligence or incapacity, officers of the law are failing in the effective performance of their du- ties. Although American agriculture is in far better financial cuudition than two years ago, or one year ago, there is much to be done before this country can feel justified in expecting men to continue in the occupation of producing food. When goods are sold in receiving markets at prices which leave the producer not merely to forego compensation but to pay cash out of his own pocket for part of the expense of marketing, the situation 1s one that fore- tells decreasing production and scarcity of food. These are only a few of the problems that con- front us—problems as difficult of solution as any that are pending in Europe. Under circumstances such as these, diversion of official attention to the political squabbles of Europe would be little short of breach of public trust. Assurance that there has been no such misdirection of official functions gives reason to hope for early relief from the evils we are suffering at home. —————o——_—_—_ Is He Ever Right? MG. MecADOO, whose ability as a finan- Pitta cier is so well rec uself that he re- signed as head of the United States treasury imme- diately ufter the armist rather than put that ability to the test, evidently gives the new tariff law but thre rs of life, Te is quoted us saying that the beneficiaries will receive an estimated to: tal of $10,800,000,000 from the pockets of the peo ple “while the law is on the statute books,” or about 00,000,000 a r. During the congress- ional campaign last fall Democratic spellbinders declared the new tariff law would sandbag the American people for $4,000,000,000 annually. Mr. McAdoo’s lead pencil gives us a revision of ten per cent downward. One of those publicity organ* izations which spring up over might in Washing- ton and elsewhere in the country and profess to speak for the entire body of American agricultuy- ists, places the sum at und $1,000,000,000, The | range of such guesswork indicates its wildness. The annual sum mentioned by Mr. McAdoo 1s twice as great as the total value of dutiable im ports for the highest year of our commercial his: | tory—192 1 20 pe it higher than the esti-| 1 both free und dutiable imports for| under the present law, which at £3,000,000,000. other words, the average ad val: | orem duty on all imports for the first year would have to be 120 per cent in order to reach the Me- first yeu in net ¢. | 1918* } 1919 average ad valorem duty of 200 per cent. What nonsense! For the benefit of the layman be it said that the) average ad valorem rate of duty of a tariff law is} the figure used to indicate how high or low it may | be considered as a whole. The figure is obtained}. | by dividing the customs receipts by total imports. | During the life of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law,! 1909-1913, it averaged about 20 per cent. During the} life of the Underwood Simmons law, 1913-1922, it! | ranged from 6 to 15 per cent, and, in 1918 and 1919, | 72 per cent of our imports came absolutely free) of duty. The value of dutiable goods, and the | amount of customs duties derived therefrom since | duties derived therefrom since the armistice, under) the Democratic law were as follows: | Vi Dutiable Imports Customs Duties} $27,000,000 $180,000,000 | 184,000,000 | 000,000 | al 33,000,000 7 7,000,000 000,000 | +++ 1,009,000,000 000,000 e was declared on vember 11,| S§Emevegency tariff carrying protective rates icultural products passed May 27, 1921.) | five-year period our imports, free regated $17,500,000,000, indicating that 66 per cent were free. If we assume per| rem for the new law, customs | 360,000,000 on the basis of esti-/ mated imports—one-sixth the sum mentioned by} McAdoo. The average ad valorem will likely be) nearer 18 per cent. producing between $500,000,000 | and § ),000,000 of revenue. If Mr. McAdoo mens that price increases in the United tSates will aggregate $3,600,000,000 to cun sumers as a vecult of the new tariff he is. still! wilder in his imaginings and he is utterly ignor- | ing the law of supply and demand. Both increase | under protection, the former yielding a much larg er surplus for export. In short, McAdoo’s author ity as an estimater is about on a par with his abil: | ity as a financier and railroad operator. It breaks down completely when put to the test. ge cent average ad va duties will total $ Securing Justice CIZIEVING no other success during his incum bency of the presidency, Mr. Harding's lead ership in bringing about the righting of the wrong | imposed upon China by Japan would entitle him | to be acclaimed a world benefactor. His calling | of the Washington conference accomplished that! end and removed a cause of contention which woul: | certainly have resulted in the utmost bad feeling until some future war had wrested from Japan the former Chinese province of Shantung. Shantung, comprises an area of miles in which reside some 38,000,000 Chinese. Not only that, but we are informed that “Shantung is known as the cradle of Chinese civilization. Con- fucius and Mencius were born here, and here is the 1cred mountain of Tai-Shan.” Not primarily be- cause of long possession and unquestioned title, nor because of Chinese population, but because of its associations with the Chinese religion, China would never have ceased her efforts to regain Shantung. On the flimsiest sort of pretext Germany ac- quired concessions in Shantung in 1897, which gave her practical control through her economic domi- nance. Upon declaring war against Germany in 1914 Japan seized the German rights and possess- ions in Shauntung and proceeded upon the theory that she had acquired practically an indefeasibl title and right of complete control. This right was disputed by China with a vehemence that foretol: an endless controversy. It was apparent to all students of the situation that the almost countless millions of the people of China would press their claims regardless of the amount of ultimate blood shed. Temporary weakness might delay her suc- cess, but there would have been no yielding of the purpose until it had been attained, When the president culled the Washington con- ference he displayed farseeing statesmanship by including among subjects for discussion and ad- judication controversies on the Pacific which car- ried threats of future wars. Through the tactful- ness of the president and Secretary Hughes the representatives of China and Japan were induced to continue discussion of the subject when at fre- quent times it seemed as though a final break mus come. The ultimate result was that Japan agreed to yield and has yielded the rights she claimed in Shantung upon the payment of a reasonable amount representing the yalue of the German railroad she had seized. It may be fairly said that having be come convinced of the error of her claim, Japan acknowledged that error frankly and fulfilled her promise of withdrawal in letter and in spirit. Ja- pan can stand before the world with a clear con- science; China has the satisfaction of seeing a wrong righted; the Chinese people are free from the constant irritation that would be felt by alien pos- session of her most sacred shrines, The president has not only rendered a good serv- ice to the Orient but has retrieved the good name of the United States. When Mr. Wilson was pres- ident he gave approval to the treaty under which Japan attempted to retain Shantung. His act, so far as he was able to make it so, became the act of the United States. Our government, however, was prevented from becoming a party to such an atrocious agreement by the refusal of the senate to ratify. Had that treaty been ratified the con- troversy would have been continuous until one of the bloodiest wars in history would have been fought on the eastern shores of Asia. As a promoter of peace Mr. Harding is entitled to rank in history of peace accomplishments. pau eR dish ee Other Mandated Territory pera further with the huge tract of former German African territory (930,000 square miles) that fell to Great Britain and France under the Versailles treaty, with special reference to these countries to pay their debts of $4,700,000,000 and $3,800,000,000 which they respectively owe to the United States. This brief discussion is con- cerning the Cameroons, The former German territory of the Kameruns!| was allocated to Great Britain and France under the Versailles treaty, The total urea is 191,130 square miles, equal to the combined area of Ohio, Indiana, Ulinols and Iowa, About 33,000 square miles are now under British rule, and the balance is administered by France. Its Atlantic coast line) is about 200 miles, In 1913, the latest figures avail- able, there was a white population of 1,871, with 2,540,000 colored natives indicating a proportion of one white man to about 1,350 wild men, In 1921, an official of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce made a study of the trade and resources of the Cameroons that is very illuminat- ing. In 1918 the imports the territory amounted to $2,700.000, and the exports to $1,570,000, The chief impors are textiles, steel and iron products and lumber, while the exports consist largely of rubber, |The Terrible Tempered MR BANG stoop AS HE CoULD FROM climates. profusion. extensive plantations. There are tivation of clover, vanifla, ginger, other products. In the highland much cattle raising, and ivory and palm oil trade is activ rich in hardwoods. Ebony and cellent equality abound, There are about 150 miles of rai THE FAMILY BUT WHEN THe PARROT Took UP THAT PHRASE HE JUST NATYRALLY BUSTED Loose. where conditions are much like those of temperate! The soil in the coast region is fertile, and numer-; ous valuable African vegetable products grow in) Cocoa, coffee, and rubber are raised on} palms, Experiments are being made toward the cul-| European grown, such as oats, barley, rye and wheat. Gold and Iron are known to exist and deposits of salt have been found. other lines are either under construction or proj-! ernments. Mr. Bang. —By Fontaine Fex IT AS LONG THE REST oF ected. The telegraph system is being rapidly ex- tended. Roads dre being built between the coast towns and from the coast inland. The facilities for communication are very limited, but apparently are sufficient to care for the slight production, The Cameroons is a virgin country scarcely touch- ed by civilization. What little is known of the ter- ritory indicates that eventually it will yield its natural wealth in profusion soon as modern methods and British and French initiative have been applied to it. Congress fixed 25 years as the time in which the allied debts to the United States should be paid. Long before the expiration of that period the Cameroons will be showing a huge prof- | it to the British and French treasuries that will go far toward squaring the obligations of those gov- about 350,000 oil pepper and many country there is grains. are! The e. The colony is! mahogany of ex way, and several lwell as I country | shrewd native humor that is charac-/a low enough figure to stimulate trat- teristic of him. It was his custom|fics and at the same time have the sometimes, when the informers were|rallroads earn returns sufficient to more than usually active, to go to his encourage the investment of capital meeting places in disguise. On one|in thelr properties in order that equip: such occasion, when he was driving/t™ment and new railroad development ‘The demonstration of what the rail- if he knew roads can do under adverse condi- “that devil Bunyan.” now him!" |tions and what thelr managers will came back the answer, “you might/do as a matter of duty notwithstand- call him a devil if you knew him as|ing harassments and other discour- aid once." Again, on be-|agements should make an impress on ing congratylated by some of his|the public mind influeneing toa more laborer’s smock, he was accosted by| ' ! |’ong on a wagon dressed in a farm|may be secured. | | a constable who asked hi | friends on the “sweet sermon” he had reasonable attitude legislators whq just preached, he replied “Aye! aye! have power to help along or obstruct ye need not remind me of that: for/the further upbuilding of our trans the Devil told me of it before 1 was portation system. out of the pulpit. Lewellyn Powys. | pt A Olea Freight Loading Record: | a | Hairesy. Oh, here’s to a lady Whose charm is most rare, My apartment court nelg™bor With changeable hatr. What the railroads did for the in 1922 1s disclosed in a re- report covering 50 weeks. A total of 35,078,090 cars were lond- }ed (excluding coal), which was 15 per cent over 1921 loadings and 3 per cent over 1920, the previous record year. Americans like to tell what fine rail- roads they have when comparing jthem with other countries. . With a/ record such as this they may be par- doned for seeming a little boastful. The net operating Income for 11 months of 1922 of 192 railroads, rep- resenting 234,807 miles of track, was at the annual rate of 4.02 per cent. What other industry representing, so many billions of invested capital serves the public for such a small profit? 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Square Can—Green Label Karo Oil Land Leasing It is reported that royalties on ofl and gas produced on leased’ govern- ment lands in certajn of the western states during the month of Novem- ber, 1922, amounted to $432,499.40. Total net royalties accruing to the government up to December 1, 1922, amounted to $8,716,072.57. Of the Novamber royalties, $409,822.67 was from the production of oll; $18,812.42 was from natural gas, and $8,864.57 from natural gas gasoline. Of the November royalties, $174,194.24 is credited to Wyoming; $240,608.95 1s credited to California; $17,666.666 to Montana, and $29.5 Colorado. During ‘tha month of November, notification of the issuance of 197 oil an gas prospecting permits was re- ceived from the Bureau of Mines, making a total of 9,407 permits re- ceived up to Docember 1. Notification of seven leases was received buring the month of December, bringing the total to 318. A Song of Love “Love wandered by the sad sea waves.” “Love lit a dungeon cell;’* Love struggied where the myrtle paves A hidden bosky dell; “Without a shudder or a fear, Love faced the icy blast’’— I always thought It very queer Love got around so fast! “Love grieved beside the founttain in A garden green and old;” “Love wrestled with a beady sin,’ “Love flew across the wold;” Not even the movie heroes are Through all the dangers of Their risks on plane or cliff or car More overworked than Love. —Charlotte Becker. The Judical White’wash “There are judge said of old. It may adding, significantly, that there are judges and judges. Of the 880 Ger- man army and navy offictals whose punishment for vidlation of the laws of clvilized warfare was demanded by tho Allies, and whose just and im- partial trial was promised by the Ger {man government, six of the least tm. | portant have been convicted and mild ly sentenced; ninety-three, including | the most conspicuous and notorious offenders, have been honorably dis | charged, fully absolved from censurs; ind it is understood that all the re- maining cases are to be dropped. As the Allies acquiesce in this, not hav- ing even taken the trouble to be rep- resented at tae hearings, we must wonder what has become of those in- flexible resolutions, which were #0 vigorously expressed at the close of the war, to insist upon the punish. ment of these offeners. What has caused such a change to come over the spirit of thelr dream? Did they misjudge these men three years ago? in Berlin,” tt was so be sald today; palm oll, ivory, cocoa, coffee, ebony and mahogany There are five ports of entry, and the Cameroon | {s navigable for 15 miles. however, has not warranted Jities. The low-lying parts of the colony are unhealthful and apparently are in need of a treatment similar The limited trade extensive port fae Adoo sum: or assuming that 60 per cent of the es- timated imports will be dutiakle, which is about the portion prevailing under protection, $1,800,000,- 9000 worth of dutiable goods would have to carry an to that which converted the Canal Zone from a pes- | tilential swamp into a healthresort. The climate is pontontenly warm and moist, with plenty of rain, In the interior there is a plateau ¢region Or has there awakened In their hearts A” SEALS-RUBBER STAMPS METAL SIGNS ~ DIE MAKERS THE AsTAWIeR(O a spirit of forgiveness never known before? As for Germany, let it be set down for eternal remembrance that her federal supreme cou: on full deliberation, formally decl: it to be no violation of German law to jtorpedo and sink unarmed merchant |and passenger ships without warning, \to bombard unprotected towns, to | murder prisoners of war, and wanton- |ly to destroy the private property of non-belligerents. Therefore Eitel Fritz Hohenzollern, ‘Tirpitz, Mackensen, Capelle, Schroeder, the destroyer of the Lusitania, and thelr comrades in crime, are pronounced innocent of wrongdoing. “These be your gods, joh Israel! IT am not sure that Ger- many has ever been more scathingly {aamneq than by this pronouncement of the “Judges in Berlin."—Willis F. Johnson. . Shareholding Employes At the end of 1922 the American Telephone & Telegraph company had 248,000 shareholders and 90,000 em- Ployes with part paid holding: In 1928 the company had 65,983 shareholders with an average of 59 shares each. 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