Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 16, 1923, Page 6

PAGE SIX. Che Casper Daily Crisune ning except Sunday at Cas , Natrona iblication Offices. Tribune Building Issuec every C . Ws (Wyoming), Postoffice as second class tter, November 22, 1916 1 and 16 President and Editor CHARLES W. BARTON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Asso 1 Press {s exclusively entitled to the use for publicatio all news credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. Advertising Representatives. rudden, 1720-23 Sttger venue, New York Cit uite 494, Sharon Bld; gomery Francisco, Ci Copies of the Daily Tribune are on file in the New York, Chicago, Boston nd San Francisco offices and visitors are weicome. 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A comprehensive municipal and school recreation park system, including swimming pools for the children of Casper Completion of the established Scenlc Route baute- vard as planned by the county commissioners to Garden Creek Falls and return. Better roads 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. IN THE UNION IN THE SQUAREST STATE Lapse to the Primitive. ECENTLY, in an eastern city, some larger, pos- sibly, than Casper, a high school boy, whose parents were poor in this world’s goods, but rich in other things that go to make happiness in the struggle of life, became discontented because he lacked the money, the clothes, the automobile, and other things, that would gain for him the position and social standing that his poverty denied. He brooded over the situation for some weeks, then went forth one night and held up a small place of business, took the money he found and was shot dead by a police officer while making his escape. The boy had been a good, clean, moral boy all of his life, he was beloved by parents, neighbors and associates. He had never committed a wrong act before. He simply wanted the things others of his own age had and he took the only means at his command to secure them. It was a wrong means, to be sure, but is the entire responsibil- ity his? Remember he was an immature youth and there were many things in life he had not yet learned. He saw only the inequality of his own compared with the situation of others no better than himself. His reasoning in the problem he faced was prim- itive. He lacked, therefore he must procure by the first means that occurred to him. There is a responsibility in the case if there be no blame, and that lies with the parents of the boy's schoolmates. They have no moral, if they do have a legal right and the financial ability to provide automobiles and unreasonable luxuries for their own. No more than they have the moral right to encourage an aristocracy of the more for- tunate among their own and other similiarly situ- ‘ated scholars of a free public school. It is wrong and it should not be. Had there been some means of making that school the simple democracy of the old district school, a bright young life would have been spared, and who knows, that same boy in future years, outgrowing the frivolous things that brought his ruin and death, may have lived to lead all the rest in wealth, honor and respect of those who had been his playmates. ; —o—— a : On the Job. VIDENTLY our old friend the tariff is on the job, and when it is working there-is work for those who were benched by the former system. Industries have been stabilized by the new meas- ure. expect. They are going ahead and achieving max imum production. Reports from the middle west show a remarkable decrease in unemployment, and the practical eli- mination of the bread lines. The chief cause given is improvement in industries. In the Northwest there is a large demand for lumberjacks, building workers and common labor. From Détroit comes the report that more men are now employed than ever before in the city’s history. Indianapolis reports employment so nearly normal that no ef- fort s been made to chick the total out of work. Louisville says the unemployed are not numerous and in St. Louis unemployment has fallen from 45,000 the winter of 1921 to 5,000 now, among the unemployed being a large number of former brew- ery workers. There has been a marked falling off in unem- ployment in Illinois and Iowa. Wisconsin reports employment satisfactory. Duluth conditions as steel] mille closed in 1921 now employ 3,500. In Sioux Falls, S. D., unemployment is reported negli gible, and in Minnesota there is a 60 per cent im provement in employment. Minneapolis fed hun dreds at the bread lines in 1921 and practically none ,this a year. Only a normal number of unem ployed in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Nort! Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. Such reports as mention bread lines only com- ment on the fact that they no longer exist, ex ept for Oklahoma City, which reports a bread Departments They know where they are at and what to line of about fifty. The improvement in unemploy- ment is borne out in the want ad columns of the newspapers in the larger cities, where there is a marked shrinkage in the situations wanted and an inerease in the help wanted columns. The protective tariff is reflected all along the ‘line. The emergency tariff law, enacted in - 1921, , and operative until succeeded by the general tariff jcreated better prices for the products of the farm. ' Exports since the passage of the new tariff have {been tremendous, utterly confounding the predic- | tions of those who declared that the restoration of protection would mean the cessation of purchases of our goods by foreign countries because of their inability to sell to us. Imports will reach $3,000,- | 000,000 during the first year of the new tariff law. |In November, 1922, we exported $376,000,000 worth of goods, compared with $289,000,000 'in November, 1921, an increase of 30 per cent the second full month under the operation of the new law. The outlook is good for a favorable trade balance for the first twelve months of protection restored to *“$1,500,000,000 without having to rely on a foreign war to stimulate export trade, and with full knowl- edge that commodity requirements created by war's 5 aftermath have practically ceased. During the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1913, under the protective policy, our favorable trade balance was $653,000,000 with a total foreign trade of $4,279,000,000. In 1914, (nine months under the Democratic tariff law) it fell to $470,000,000 with a total trade of $4,259,000,000. During the fire months, April to August, 1914, the balance was running against us. Present indications show an increase in total trade for the first year of the new tariff, over 1913, of 77 per cent, and an in: lowest calculation. What Democratic tariff law has ever shown such remarkable results? o— Constitutional Leadership ET US LOOK calmly and without bias at the | national leadership we have had for the past | two years and determine whether it has been a constitutional leadership as contemplated under our form of government, or an arbitrary regime bossed by one man with about everybody else re- duced to the status of vassals. The administration came into power in March, i 19 when the country was in an industrial depres- sion, with the farmers at the bottom of the de- pression. There were millions of unemployed, there was tremendous inflow of aliens threatening to increase the number of unemployed; there was im- minent danger of increased inflow of foreign prod- ucts to the injury of home industry; there was wide- spread complaint of heavy taxation; there was a well-organized propaganda having for its purpose the “supreme sacrifice” of American independence for the benefit of Europe. That resume covers some of the problems inher- ited and necessary to be met. A special session of congress y called which enacted under the president's suggestion a series of measures for the special relief of agricultural producers, who were going over the brink of bankruptcy. An emerg- ency tariff law gave some help; a revival of the War Finance Corporation gave more help; an en: largement of the work of the Federal Farm Loan board also contributed to the effort to save Amer- ican agriculturists from the destructive effects of the kind of deflation that had been inflicted upon them; a more liberal credit policy in the Federal Reserve system did its part. This without blowing of horns and as a matter purely for the best in- terests of one of the country’s basic industries. The president’s quiet leadership was present in all of this necessary work. Developments on the Pacific were such as to indicate danger of war. Moreover, competition in naval construction was preventing reduction of taxes. A conference of nations was called and a settlement of Far Eastern disputes and an agree- ment for limitation of armaments secured. Another evidence of unostentatious leadership. A protective tariff law, an effective law for the checking of undesirable immigration, and a budget law under which government expenses have been enormously reduced. All pointed out and request- ed and the benefits and desirability shown. It was leadership on the part of someone. Nobody was commanded. Whose was the leadership if not the president's. «A firm position was taken on foreign affairs by once and for all declaring that this country will not interfere with European disputes, and, while alw willing to help in any proper way, will retain its free and unlimited right to determine for itself when and where and in what manner it shall help. Under his aggressive leadership we did extend help to the suffering in Russia; de ferred the collection of either principal or interest on the debt due us from European nations; we suggested the only practical plan by which there seemed to be any likelihood of settlement of Euro- pean reparation controversies without resort to arms. There was leadership in all of these things. It appears to have been quiet and wise leadership. We have noted the complete absence of spectacular performance, observed no pawing of the earth, no bellowed threats. Assumption of omnipotent vir tue, and omnipotent wisdom is reaveled in no act or thing accomplished. There has been a strict performance of constitutional duties, and no usur- pation of the duties of others. It is all thor- oughly American and in accordance with highest American tradition and practice. It is a welcome relief from what has gone before. phlei did tact a To Arouse Voters MEMBER of an.eastern legislature, disgusted with the failure of electors in his bailiwick to take part in primaries and elections and register at least some indication of interest in their own public affairs, has introduced a measure for the ringing of bells and the blowing of whistles on election day:morning to recall to minds of voters the day upon which they must get out and perform their duty and the importance of that duty. Tf the bill becomes the law it is very doubtful if the remedy will reach the voters who do not and | will not realize that election day is the only one on which they have. some power of determining the quality of and kind of government they shall have. No firebells are loud enough to awaken some con- sciences, no whistles carry far enough to change habit, which ward committees, party organizations, campaign speakers and even urgings of members of the family cannot influence. Until a man realizes the value of the privilege | which is his as a zen on election day, no bell or whistle will send him to the polls. Tf voters are told for every day of the month preceding elec tion day the date, the time of the opening and closing of the polls and then do not care enough to | deposit their ballots, no salvo or whistles, no carillon of fire and church bells at seven o'clock in the morning is gheat enough to bring regenera- tion. The change must be brought about by edu cation in the duties of a citizen. No chiming of whistles nor morning bells will bring it, The + Whistles may below, and whistles blow, but they'll set few wild voters flying to the polls. as crease in favorable balance of 100 per cent at the! Cbe Casper Daily Cribune |The Mysterious Disappearance. -_ pees | Providing All the Com forts If you should happen, some fine day within the next month or ao, to) step into a taxi and find the thing| equipped with a kitchenette, portable shower bath and talking machine| with a cup of coffee percolating | merrily away on the radiator, don’t| change your destination. You may not have had a drink or two too much after all. Ever since the fall of 1921 the taxi- cabs have been heated by radiators in the floors, through which heat was brought from the motor to the in- terlor of the car. Now one enterprising company) operating machines in Eastern cities! has installed Ibraries in every cab. | As soon as the daily papers come off tho presses they are rushed to taxi stands and as the company's ma-| chines come fn each driver is given’ one copy of each newspaper to be| put in a rack for the convenience of passengers. For the person traveling alone in a taxicab something to read is desir- able. Sitting there with nothing to do except watch the clock perform its little act gets monotonous after a while, if one’s nerves are strong enough to hold out after the first two dollars. ‘There is no excitement in watching the poor unfortunate pedestrians; one can see, or even be one of them at lany time. The only other pastime, with nothing to read, is to watch tl chauffeur try to knock the fenders off passing machines or take pot shots at pedestrians crossing the street. That is exciting for a while, but as It soon becomes evident that the driver is a notoriously poor shot, missing nine targets out of ten, it loses interest. This stunt of equipping the ma- chines with newspapers is just a sug: gestion of the many things that may eventually be done if the companies are given time enough. — In Paris taxi driyers have equipped their machines with radio sets, charg: ing an extra two francs for the trip Yor the privilege of listen.ng to the latest criticism of ‘French inter: naticnal polictes from the powerful German station at Nauen. It was impossible to verify a report that certain seagoing hack drivers were planning to dnetall foot rails in thelr machines for use when more than three miles from prohibition headquarters. A piano, manufacturer is sald to be construct. new type of built-in instrument for Use in taxis, and consideration is belnig:given to a suggestion that the intricate mechan- ism that operates the clock expends a lot of waste energy that milght casily be set to winding a phonograph. Onother inventor is at work on @ device to use the radiator to boll coffee and eggs. Fords are particu: larly adaptable for this purpose, it has been found, as there {s a constant flow of steam escaping from over: heated radiators. So far, no serious thought has been given to the question of installing |beds. It is belleved that most pas: | sengers would be kept awake anyway, thinking about the bill. ae Paternalism “The plaint of Senator William H. King of Utah at the annual dinner of the Southern Maryland Society that the Federal Government has become too paternalistic has become a popu- lar plaint in Congress as well as else- where,” notes the Baltimore Ameri- can. “But the trouble with’ the antl paternalists {s very much the samo trouble that afflicts the log-rollers; |they are against it in principle and |for it in practice. | “The Demorratic party of which Senator King is a member, is a States’ rights party especially. That | RYZON: BAKING POWDER | |. You use /ess THE CoP is, or it is supposed to be, the Demo- cratic party's excuse for living. But the members thereof have helped saddle paternalism upon the country in just about the same proportion and with just about the same enthusiasm as the Republicans. “They have gladly and with sweet unanimity proceeded to vote away the rights of the States whenever they thought the particular ‘cause’ under discussion would prove in a general way a popular cause in their own States or whenever some group or clique interested in special legislation got after them. “The Republican party has not changed much. It has always been primarily a nationalist party and it still is; but the Democratic party has practically merged its fundamental ideas with those of the Republicans, and that is why the two of them look like peas in a pod, except when the question of lynching in the South comes under discussion. Then it is when the Southern Democrats rise up herojcally and with one accord to | 1 \ —By Fontaine Fox : - defend the noble and tmmutable prin- ciple of States’ rights against all comérs. And that only is when they do it. “The situation in the Democratic party has indeed, become so ludicrous under the leadership of opportunists of the Bryan type that members of the Republican party, lke Senator | Wadsworth, for example, have felt | impelled to raise ‘their voices in be- half of the principles that the Demo- crats are supposed to protect simply in order not to let the balance as be- tween the State and the Federal powers be too far disturbed. “Paternalism, Senator? “Why, the best way to remedy that disease is to call a caucus of your own party and talk turkey to it!” ee Too Much La Follette “The president of the Simmons company of Kenosha, Wisconsin, an- nounces that his concern does ot care to live longer under the and —that millions depend on CALUMET The Economy BAKING POWBER, not because of quanti- ty but on account of quali- ty—not Every Housewife Should Know These Facts About Baking Powder that a big can ata low cost many times results in’ bakings that are unfit for food. —that lack of proper leavening strength means failure disappointment on bake-day. ; —that one cent’s worth of inferior Baking Powder many times ruins one dollar’s worth of other ingredients. but by reqson of results. | That is why Calumet as much as any other baking powder. Buy it—try it—never fail to use it. A pound can of Calumet contains 16 ounces. Some come in 12 ounce instead of 16 ounce cans. sure you get a pound when you want it. use of price the sale of 2% times it of is Building We are equipped with the stock to supply your wants in high gradé lumber and build- ers’ supplies. Rig timbers a specialty. KEITH LUMBER CO. Materials FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1923. La Folletteism and will move to Chi- cago, reducing the Wisconsin plant to a branch,” says the Detroit Free Press. - “Turning to’ Moody's Manual, one learns that the Simmons plant covers 76 acres in Kenosha and does a busi- ness approaching $20,000,000 a year in metal furnituro, wire mattresses and similar articles. “A threat in the Wisconsin Legis- lature of a new law laying heavy taxes on industry for the purpose of establishing employment insurance and a new income tax law which would make returns to income tax collectors public are among the im- mediate causing of the proposed change in location, and both of these laws are directly inspired by Senator La Follette. Doubtless the senator will turn all of the floods of his ora- tory against Simmons company, and , its efforts at self-protection will be denounced as capitalistic ruth!essness; but that will not alter the fact’ that business will not.thrive where it is g not fairly treated, and will not remain where laws are oppressive when better fields are open. “For many years Senator La Fol. lette has been preaching doctrines which tend to make any kind of suc. cess in business an object of suspicion and envy. He always couples wealth with some kind of wickedness; and in his own state, with the help of his friends, the Socialists, he has built up a strong following ready to put his~ doctrines into operation. 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