Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 21, 1923, Page 6

PAGE SIX Che Casper Daily Cribune every evening except Sunday at Casper, Natrona ‘ounty, Wyo. Publication Offices, Tribune Bullding Iss Entered at Casper (Wyoming), Postoffice as second class matter, November 22, 1916 BUSINESS TELEPHONES 15 and a6 Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting All Departments / CHARLES W. BARTON R THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use) for publication of all news credited in this paper andj also the } news published herein. President and Editor vertising Representatives, | en, 1720-23 Stéger Bidg., Chicago, Ad * Globe Bidg., Prudden, Kin, UL; 286 Fit New York Ci Boston, Mass., Suite 4! Sharon Bldg., 55 New Mont- y St. San Francisco, Cal. Coy of the Daily are on file in the New York, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco offices and visitors are weicome. SUBSCRIPTION RATES . 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Very frequently some of these rumors penetrate the hide of Washington correspondents and later get on the wires and reach the intermost reaches of our glor- jous republic. Such a one is the rumor that Mondell is to be made governor of Porto Ri succeed KE. Mont Reily who has been unable to maintain harmony in the domestic affairs in that island possession. The rumor admits Mr. Mondell’s superior suit-| ability for the interior department vacancy in the) cabinet occasioned by the resignation of Secretary Fall, but disposes of the matter by moving Dr. Work over from the postoffice department and| filling the vacancy thus created by the appoint- ment of Senator New of Indiana. The manufacturers of rumor pve scarcely taken into consideration the fact that cabinet sec- retaries are selected because of their special fit- ness to direct the department over which they rule. They are executive heads of a great business not merely political appointees. Dr. Work has done very well as a postmaster general and he should be retained to complete a work not by any means completed—to place the postoffice department up- on the basis of usefulness to the people, it oc- cupied before Burleson jimmed it. As an inter- for secretary he is in no sense qualified and in- stead of adding lustre to the Harding administra- tion he would be simply mediocre. That is not what Republicans want and is not what they are expecting at the president’s hands. The country agrees that there is only the one man really fitted for the interior portfolio, among all those favorably mentioned. He, himself, nor hia close friends would not urge the selection, be- cause the appointment of a cabinet member is rather a close and personal matter with the presi- dent—practically taking a new member into the family. But at the same time the country knows and the president ought to know that by reason of his executive ability, his training and experience covering years and years, aside from all the other qualifications required in such a position Frank Mondell stands -without a peer. In contrast with the Wilson administration Mr. Harding has displayed unusual discrimination in selecting men of high class and high character for the public offices he has filled. It is the hope of the party, and of the people as well, that he will continue to select men of the same quality. And the surprising thing about the successor to Senator Fall is that there should be any hesitancy on the president’s part as to who the successor should be and the prompt announcement of Frank Mondell’s name. Tt is conceded that the appointment should go to a western mun for the reason that the depart ment deals largely with western problems. It is believed the sident acknowledges the justness of this view and intends to conform to it. In that event no other ne ean occur that holds a higher elaim than that.of Prank Mondell. Mr. Mondell would possibly make an excellent governor of Vorto Rico. He is possessed of diplo- macy sufficient to bring peace to our brethren in that island, where local turmoil has obtained, but the thing comes right back to the original proposi- tion, why waste plendid secretary of the inter. ior on a job like the governorship of Porto Ric Tt doesn’t take so great a man to make a goo governor of Porto Rico as it does to make a xood | secretary of the interior, and Frank Mondell is; primarily and essentially fitted for the interior.| His equal is unobtainable, while governors of Porto Rico are numerous. It is not because Frank Mondell is our own, that we speak so highly of him, it is because we could not say otherwise and tell the truth. Even | “pizen” Democrats will say the same things of| him 2 We are relying upon the well-known ITarding judgment of men and fitness of things and await the announcement of Frank W. Mondell to be secretary of the interior. ° A Paean of Optimism id Wu INDIANA Republican Editorial association is importa stitution, Out of its annual gatherings not only much political, but economic and social good has come to the country. It is the custom to secure as principal orator a man of wide national view whose message ix one of edu-| cational value and inspiration to the brethren of! propagandist of the European league of jatlons+ a the press and at the same time of equal value to the country at large. This year the orator was George B. Lockwood, secretary of the Republican national committee and editor of the National Republican. Mr. Lock- wood's theme was the torrent of destructive propa- ganda which is poured into the ears of the people through the mediums of the press, the pupit and the platform. He not only showed that such prop- | aganda had no justification in existing conditions in this country, but that, if persisted in and en- couraged, it would end in a program that would menace all business, industry, prograss, orderly in- stitutions and even the government itself. In part Mr. Lockwood said: The greatest contribution it would be possible for patriotic men and women to make to their country’s welfare at this time would be to get the American people out of the political and economic dumps and arouse in them a full realization and active uppreciation of their blessings and their opportunities. Z Never before did there beat against the founda- tions of our governmental structure so high and strong a tide of popular unrest. The causes of this unrest are as many as the waves ‘that rise on the surface of a storm:tossed sea. Many of them have little or no real relation to gove icies and programs it is no longer possible to change because they are of the past. * Many of those now deeply dissatisfied have views as to the causes and remedies of evils real and imagined that are in direct conflict with the views of as many other malcontents, the only point of agreement is in assault upon the existing order, which, if long continued, in its present vigor and yenom, will threaten the stability of government and society. No demagogue today believes he has lived up to his opportunities unless he has painted as black a picture as possible of existing conditions. Like the quack medicine vendor operating under a gasoline torch at the village street corner, he must make people believe that they feel all the dread symptoms of the disease for which he offers a sure remedy at so much per bottle. The chief crime of the demagogue against popular govern- ment is that he constantly seeks to inject into the veins of the people the envenomed virus of pessim- ism, Since the days of the Greek democracy the dem- agogue has taught the black gospel that whatever is, is wrong; that government is an engine of op- pression operated by corrupt officials for the ex- ploitation of the people; that he, the demagogue, is\ the only honest man in public life and that the only! hope of improvement is the promotion of himself to some place of power. The political adfenturer, however, is not the oniy preacher of pessimism in public affairs. The thoughtless citizen who may have no polit- I purpose in view, but who, with all the bless: and opportuniites of free institutions, feels the pinch of governmental regulation, restriction or taxation somewhere, is often all too ready to join his voice to that of the very agitator who will, when opportunity comes infinitely multiply the ex. actions of government. The conservative citizen who does not like pro- hibition and probably did nothing to prevent the adoption of the constitutional amendment which has made it a fixed governmental policy, cries out against the federal instrumentalities which enforce the law. The substantial property owner who may have enjoyed and profited by the war while it was on, now shrieks against government because the war debt must be paid through the levying of taxes on the only source from which taxes can come snamely private property. The importing interests, cut off by a protective tariff measure from further opportunity for inor- dinate profit, spread the doctrine that the new tar- iff law was framed in the interests of the rich for the purpose of robbing the poor, The international banker and the sentimental ' internationalist accuse the national government of the most sordid motives in refusing to involve the United States in the political and financial bank- ruptcy of Europe. From these and 100 other sources come the con: stant outcry against congress, the president and! against the government, all based upon the selfish} interest of those making these appeals to the ha- tred and prejudice of the people in a republic where} public opinion rules. All of this outery is either! purposely or ignorantly adding to the general dis-| isfaction and unrest which, since the war, has! been easily aroused everywhere in the warld and} which in some parts of the world has overthrown government and public order and visited untold miseries upon the masses of the people. All of these interests unite in telling the peo ple that they are in a desperate plight. They tell the people not only of the ills they have, but of many that are imaginary. They tell the people not only of the trouble they are in now, but of the horrible things that are going to happen to them unless revolutionary changes are quickly effected. They magnify the abuses and evils and oppres- sions of the time until they are viewed with dis- torted vision by millions. They tell the farmer that he is “broke” and about to starve to death at a time when farm land can not be bought in sections of the country where land is normally productive, at twice the price per acre prevailing during the Cleveland ‘panic of-a quarter of a century ago—a panic from which the country completely recovered within two years after the readoption of the protective policy, Wth wages higher than ever before in peace time, with a job available for every mechanic who} wants it, with 4,000,000 men now at work who were idle when the present administration was inaug. urated, they accuse congress and the président of a desire to grind down the laboring man and tell the worker that unless he is getting twice as much peace time pay as he ever received when demago- gues were in power he is not getting a “living” wage. However prosperous the banker, the manufac: turer or the distributor may be in most cases he is busy swelling the chorus of complaint because the war bills can not be paid without heavy taxes upon property. The opponent of prohibition who did not make a squeak while the policy of prohibition was being put into the constitution almost without resistance, 8a | is now accusing the federal authorities of fanatic- ism because in the fulfillment of their sworn duty they are enforcing the law. These agitators are trying to make partisan politics out of a consti- tutional provision which the party of opposition had as much to do with adopting as the party now in power, These critics ure encouraging a law: lessness they inight not like to see spread to mat- ters in general and are trying to increase the mob spirit by predicting publicly that the rights of the people are about to be completely overthrown, The International financier and the sentimental ament; many are the consequence of pol-} Che Casper Daily Cribune Neighborhood News. Yj y llddiitiite YA; Wrihe MR. WieGins Was LIST. JAtz ORCHESTRA viA Rapio, lneMawete iradinate. int, MY, are continually holding this republic up to con- tempt as a slacker among nations refusing to ful- fill its “duty” to the rest of the world. Recently, in the presence of an audience of chautauqua lectur- ers preparing to go forth and instruct the public, such European propagandists as Rabbi Wise de- nounced the United States on the ground that the government is responsible for all the misery of a Europe we spent 50,000 lives and $50,000,000,000 trying to save only to earn the ingratitude of the people to whose rescue we went, and of their agents in the United States. The pulpit and the platform are adding to the chorus of opposition to govern- mental policies adopted by the American people themselves. With all this propaganda of pessimism in full cry, what are facts about conditions in the United State If the knocker and kicker would hold their tired tongues for a few months this country, which is in a better condition than any other in the world, would be more prosperous than it has ever been in peace time during all our history. ‘ While almost every other important power is on the verge of bankruptcy, with its securities and currency’ below par, the American dollar and the American bond are on a basis of 100 per cent value. American foreign trade is increasing, and this year’s American holiday trade was double in value and volume that of any previous year. American postal receipts and savings bank de- posits are higher than ever before in our history. Manufacturing industry and cdnstruction are now in full swing, unemployment has ended, and agriculture is sure-to feel the effect of this before the crops of 1923 are harvested. Despite all the gabble to the contrary the prosperity of the Ameri- can farmer is dependent upon domestic rather than upon foreign consumption. Increased indus: trial activity in the United States means increased consumption of what the ‘American farmer pro- duces and therefore better prices for the output Ge 77 AND MADE A CLEAN-UP OF ALMOST EVERY THING OF YALUE ON THE FIRST FLooR, —By Fontaine Fox Y ENING TO A BuRGLARS ENTERED If all the American people who are genuinely attached to their government were to make up their dd that they are not half as badly off as the and theorists and reactionary grumb- lers against government tell them they are, they would by that very change of mental attitude put themselves on the highway of the most prosperous period the American people have ever experienced. Moreover, they would eliminate from their minds a vast amount of unnecessary unrest which reflects itself disagreeably in the private life and the local affairs of every community. The Americans of the constructive years of this republic were optimistic. They were builders They were governed by courage and not by fear. Americans of today ought to sweep aside the preachers of envy, hatred and destruction who con- tribute nothing but discontent to a situation that calls for the old American spirit of brave self-re- liance and belief in American institutions. This is the best country in the world, with the freest government, the most liberal institutions and the greatest measure of diffused prosperity. Most men in public life are honest, and most of those who impugn the integrity of public men in general are dishonest. It was never before so much of a privilegesto be an American citizen. All the elements are here for the greatest pros- perity and progress this nation has ever known. The politicians who try to teach the people that the federal government is in the hands of crooks and plunderers are more dangerous foes of the repub- lic than the reddest communist in the country, even though the motive back of their diatribes is un- scrupulous personal ambition rather than actual hatred of the government. All that is necessary to lead the American peo- ple into the full enjoyment of the great heritage of opportunity that is theirs is to turn a deaf ear to demagogical pessimism and to go forward in the knowledge that things in this country are good, and secure in the faith that they are going to be bet- ter, as they will be. of the farm. The Belfry of Mons [8 _—_— | bea At Mons there is a belfry tall That chimes from noon to noon; At every quarter of the hour It scatters forth a lovely shower | Of little notes that from the tower | All flutter down in tune, | At Mons from out the market place | The streets rise up the hill | Where ring the chimes that year by year Cry out, “Look upwards, lads, and cheer! For God's own kingdom now and here, And peace and right good will.” wife, to rece! who was a the At Mons there lie a mort o' lads A-row and underground, ‘That shall not hear the belfry ring Nor human voice nor anything, Until at the last summoning ‘They hear the trumpet sound. —WILFRED THORLEY. ae Achntaemioriin Gifts From Disciples of Bacehus % ‘Mazola a: An inquiry into one of the most\f baffling mysterlea of modern life is being conducted by Prof. V. L. Book wise and his promising band of d's-| ciples at the Wewantaknow laborato ries, it became known today in a d’ patch from Wewantaknow. Prof. Bookwise and his students are making an extensive survey with the jobject of discovering where and how it 1s possible for itoxicated persons to purchase the many strange objects which they are accustomed to carry j home as pence offerings to wives and other feminine mentors, at an hour FREE |when merchandising houses of every sort are closed to legitimate trade. In one instance a can of asparagus was purchased by an intoxicated tn- dividual between 2 and 3 o'clock tn RYZON BAKING POWDER MOU MSE LESS the morning and conveyed to an an 4 a.m. In another case a person un der the Influence of hooch purchased half a dozen tomatoes at 2:30 and car- roused from her offering at about when you find how easy and eco- nomical it is to make Karo Candy at home. Loads of fun, too, especially forthe children. Try this recipe today: Karo Fudge 3 cups Granulated 2 Cups Light Brown Su cup Karo, Mix ‘brown and white eu, soon 1 teanptoon Salt ‘Red Label "155 cups Milk i pound Nuts add Karo, mifk, pped e thoroughly, nd Kore all when nd salt. Cook until it forms a soft in cold water. Remove from fire, add flavoring, and let etand , uneil cool. Beat until creamy, add nuts, pour into pan olled cutin squares, Ask your erocet for rectpe folder or Cook Book, or write to Com Products Refining Co., Dept. A, Argo, Llinois th pe po! fective jn conferring a momentary ried them home as a gift to his Old or Young mother. Ps In another instance the mother of/r go not run now when the flay) ha grown up family had seyeral times aaa les mentioned the need of a new. lawn AsonceIdid . 2. Iam 7 mower. On Saturday night both the to, stay father and eldest son engaged in the worship of Bacchus to a rather alarm- A Nttle distant from the ’ ing extent. They were not together, play, : vs but started for thelr home about 15 Z minutes apart, shortly before the ar-| mo. yesterday that sel: - rival of the milkman. sce Priest y that selfsame tale way Each was equipped with a lawn] And: yesterday that selfsame sons mower, which he trundled manfully was sung . . , one along the sidewalks, waking the! 7 wis I knew if Tam growing oi town's echoes, and the residents. Or if I just am tled of being you, What Prof. Bookwlse {s seeking to DANIEL McINERNEY W'scover is whether there is some oo secret organization with a million] Halreut 400 — Becklinger Darter branches or more vowed | offerings which a heated tmagination| |deems suitable for sacrifice on the do- mestic altar. have taken the place of the saloons supply these articles from collections |in subterranean treasure houses? Pro at planation. “Calling on }a practice highly certa'n which have filched most of the'r phi- losophy from the Yogis, is resorted to, Prof irlte dipsomaniacs who are looking) RichMill,MaltedGrainExtractiaPow, for a peace offering. that certain eatern religious fanatics hold the theory that by taking drugs| they can free the soul from the body s0 that it may accomplish feats im- possible when held in its fleshy prison. ie aw pink parrots may bo tompelied to de- tach themselves from the supply and fall, like manna at the feet of those in need?" | The aspect of alcoho'!cs while bear- ing home the'r strange gifts would lead to the belief that such is the case, | Prof. \ing sweetly they frequently appear to |be Ina state of coma which bears a striking resemblance to the unt!versal| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1923, A little farther from tho carniya; to supply| Shop, basement. 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