Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1923, Page 6

{ March. On the basis of such a computation the) : table below will give some idea of our foreign trade} ' for the first five months under the new law: ! Novembyr “twelve months we would score $4,300,000,000 in ex- PAGE SIX. be Casper Daily Cribune | SU eit at Pins RO Issuec every evening except Sunday at Casper, Natrona County, Wyo. Publication Offices, Tribune Bullding | | Entered at Casper (Wyoming), Postoffice as second class| matter, November 22, 1916 1 IONES ...--.-.------- 15 and 16] Exchange Connecting All Departments BARTON -- MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ¢ | The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use) tion of all news credited in this paper and al news published herein. Advertising Representatives. Pridden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger B:dg., Chicago. Ul; 286 Fifth Avenue, New York City: Globe Blis.. 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The Casper Tribune’s Program |, Irrigation project west of Casper to be author. }/ ized and completed at once. | ‘A complete and scientific zoning system for the city of Casper. ] A, comprehensive munictpaP and school recreation [| park system, including swimming pbols for the [| children of Casper. , Completion of the established Scenic Route boute- 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 freightrates for shippers of the Rocky Mountain region, and more frequent train service for Casper. ‘THE SQUAREST CITY IN THE UNION % u IN THE SOUAREST STATE For the First Year Wu estimated revenues from the new tariff reaching $235,000,000 for the first five month’s| operation of the law, the repeated assertion of) those who opposed the measure that it would wall out imports and consequently wall in exports are) completely confuted. At the present rate the ports would yield nearly $500,000,000 of revenue, and the treasury department looks forward to not less than $550,000,000 for the first full year of the policy of protection. Imports for October are just being classified by the department of commerce. The law necessitates a complete reclassification of these articles, .and the customs authorities at the various ports have| experienced considerable trouble and delay in plac- ing imports in their propert catgories. The October imports include nine days of Sep-} tember since the law became effective September 22, We imported during the first forty days of the| law $345,083,000 worth of goods, of which about sixty-five per cent came in free. The customs re- ceipts for this forty-day period were $54,934,000 or at the rate of $1,374,000 a day. Dividing the customs revenues by the total imports gives us an average ad valorem duty on all goods imported for the period of slightly under sixteen per cent,| which is considerably lower than the Payne law of 19°9. notwithstanding the fact that there is a far greater disparity in labor cost of production abroad and at home than there was when the Payne law was enacied, and not to mention the depreciated exchange in Europe. By dividing the average ad valoreum into the customs receipts since the law was passed, we may arrive at an approximation of imports up to Month— Sept. 22 Oct. 30 Custom Receipts Imports Exports $45,083,000 260,000,000 234,000,000 $371,000,000 | 380,000,000 | 23. 344,000,000 .000,000 389,000,000 000,000 *360,000,000 ,000,000 $1,794,000,000 December January February Total *Estimatec On this basis we would find a favorable balance of trade over five months of $323,000,000. Should} the trade maintain this rate throughout the first 59,000,000* 5,423,487 $1, ports and 700,000,000 in imports or a favorable balance for the first year of $800,000,000. The view of department of commerce officials is that im ports will more nearly total $3,250,000,000 while ex- ports will reach $4,500,000,000, which would mean a favorable balance of $1,250,000,000, an amount which will certainly be needed to take.care of adverse invisible balances due to freights carried by foreign vessels, the money spent by tourists abroad, that sent abroad by foreign laborers in our| factories and mines, to equip Coue with hospitals,| to enrich Russian ballets and German opera sing ers and Polish pianists, and the futuristic painters| of the old world. Those who argue that the ideal| situation for « country is one where outgo and in-| come are about evenly balanced can have no com plaint to make, and the prophets of evil concern | Berlin to facilitate communication between these| | son when compared with actual and existing facts| as to conditions. | to suit their ideas and purposes. The radical Dem- ocrats are showing the same general signs, over| + The radicals have never yet won the presidency | vatives scenting the danger just as quickly came to has never won a straight out victory. j in the past have been largely settled, adjusted, or it apparently impossible to pay the bill to the allied war damages. For instance here are a few of the more than or- dinary works going on.Munich is building what is to be the largest railway station in the world. Koninghberg is erecting a magnificent new muni-! reparations countries which was assessed as cipal opera house, A two hundred wire telephone! line is being ‘completed between Frankfort and} points. These are commonplace matters. The like} is going on all over Germany. The roads and can: als are in perfect state of repair and most of the sare in a prosperous state. Germany's mer-! chant marine has been rebuilt and her industries | are reviving and many of them operating full time. | The suffering, and there is no real suffering, is ouly among the very poor and among the middle! classes in only a few sections. This suffering, is not for the essential foods, but for what is more| properly the luxuries, like butter and cream and is due to the business interests and industralists who are to great extent responsible for the depre- ciation of the mark and the consequent high prices. The letters sent out of Germany to American friends and relatives arg magnified out of all rea-| { If there is one thing apparent, it is the deter-/ mination of Germany to evade the payment-of re- parations and in this effort the German people have joined heart and soul. -O- The Age-Old Contest E IT REMEMBERED always, that radicals form the active element of the population. In polities, in religion, in science and what not, they are busy, while the conservative and orderly mem- bers of society are engaged about ‘the tasks of life! that mean the sustaining of existing order and progress along accepted lines. j In politics the radicals of the Republican party are already out against Mr. Harding for renom:| ination. They are casting about for a condidate in that party. Anything that spells less than Hell! on the Wabash is not acceptable to them. All of this is to be expected. Anything that is | not accomplished over night, anything in the way]. of government that is not’ changed in forty-eight hours is conservative to these speedsters. in all the pre-election fuss they they stirred up. Frequently the radicals of the two major parties have united in an attempt to win, but the conser- the support of their program and invariably won the day, . lism has had its uses and served the good purpose of frequently pulling the old parties out of the rut and away from abuses long continued power had permitted to grow up. But radicalism] The situation of the two great political parties within their own households is largely one of rad- icalism and conservatism, and each party has its own domestic problems. Which has led to the fre- quent prediction that when the real danger point is reached the old parties, as political organiza- tions, will cease to exist and from the ruins will arise conservative and radical parties having this wide cleavage in thought and ambition upon which to divide, The issues upon which the parties have divided | discarded as obsolete, and the trend of the two! schools of though points to the division suggested, as the natural one. “A ‘Tremendous Construction Vie PRESENT year gives promise of being the greatest year the country has ever seen in building construction. The housing bureau of the commerce department has prophecied it fram data! gathered during the past winter on projections for spring. The makers of structural iron and the lumber millers and the manufacturers of build- ing materials all endorse the statement of the hous- ing bureau. Now come the brickmakers bearing the same good news from investigations and inquiries made by them. They foresee a $5,000,000,000 building programme. This is a cheerful answer to the ery of the past| few years for housing, and the doleful chorus of high rents. None of the authorities have gone so far as to present a classification of the structures to be erected in the nation during the year. Of this tremendous fund it is to hoped that at least one-fifth will go for homes another fifth for| business buildings, ‘even if the remainder has to go for garages. The Claim Disprov { banal CLAIM that the prohibition law is for the poor, the meek and lowly and that the rich and powerful can disregard it at pleasure, is disproved in at least one instance when the rich and socially | prominent Montagnes brothers hae been fined and sent to jail. : It has never been our understanding that pro hibition was in any sense class legislation. We believed that the law, like all American law, ap- plied to all the people with equal forca; and that it was incumbent upon rich and poor, high and low, alake to observe it and uphold it. If the law has been disobeyed and evaded, and there can be no question that it has, the well-to-do person has not alone been guilty. The poor man has borne his full share in the illegal traffic and manufacture. Class distinctions can no more be drawn in the breaking of the law than they can /n the applicability of the law. While all are equal before the Jaw and class or conditions in life have no weight one above an: other, there is a duty owed by persons of wealth and prominence to the less fortunate and that is the duty of example. Example in strict obedience to the laws of his country, The rich man does not have to traffic in contra- Ode Casper Dally crroune Tombev Taylor. WHATS THE Merowghs Sadleae, tes Ae. 7. 5 School Laws and Taxes To readers who have followed this serles of articles it must be apparent that the subject is of vital importance to our state and to every man, woman and child therein. ‘The ofl wealth of Wyoming is so great that the rent of these of! lands if turned into the state treasury and the school treas- ury and used for the schools and the state will pay all expens without a dollar of’tax levy for state or school purposes. It will give the finest schools in the world and the best state institutions, and the very small tax levy will attract capital and peo- ple from outside glad to go to a state where taxation is not confiscation, but where public wealth is used for the people. But if we sit back and allow this oil rental to be piled up in the big banks as it {s proposed to do, taxes will be heavier than ever, there will be more abandoned farms, more local banks closed, more merchants closed out by the sheriff, The line ts drawn and each one must take his place in the ranks. The fight ison. It is just as much for the high schools at Man- ville and Lusk and all over the state as for the little country school of s'x scholars. It is just as much for the business man in town as for the farmer on the prairie, We must all stand or fall together. For over thir- ty years the state and echool land boards have been selling school land and renting the same—putting the money from sales into the permanent fund—into the banks largely. And last year the total income from sur face renting was $251,349.14. The income from the interest from all that has accumulated in the perma- nent fund for over thirty years was only $109,189.64, making a total for the schools for their use of $360,- 538.78, while the ofl royalties and rentals on these lands for the samc year were over one million dollars more, or $1,863,221.61 all of which went to the permanent fund, and not a dollar can be used by the people of the state. This is our money and we are going to have It. But it will be a long and bitter fight. Institu- tions that get hold of millions are not going to let go without a struggle. In the talk at meetings held ,a year ago by taxpayers we missed the mark. We were all barking up the wrong tree. We had the wrong pig by the ear when we went after the county office and some petty af fairs. Discharge a clerk or a deputy and saye a little salary, and let a million or two royalties be side tracked at Cheyenne. I wonder if we people of Wyoming are fit for self government, and I am one of them. My remedy is first inform the peo- ple of the facts. Then vote for no man for the legislature who will not work with all his might for the pas- sage of laws to give the pecple that oil rent money for their use right now. All we ever will get out of the permanent fund loaned at 2 per cent is insignificant. Vote for no man for governor, secretary of state, treasurer or superintendent of schools who will not stand with the people on that rent deal. The state land boards that control millions of dollara of public money and property are mighty im portant, Are they for the people or for the big banks . In my opinion the eo-called primary election law is a farce, and the people will be a long ways ahead wher we adopt the caucus and convention sys: Tt will us @ chance to or- ganize, to get together, to demand our rights & people, In closing I want to most heartily thank fhose newspapers which have siven space to these articles. With: out thelr help this writer would have deen powerless. There is a warning right here to those papers which are . Go —By Fontaine Fox] ‘WATCH ME TAKE off THIS MuDDY LosH WiTHouT EVEN “YoucHin' op! 5 Tomboy TayLor's MoTHER GReWS So DISCOURAGED AT TIMES THAT SHE .- FEELS SHE MIGHT JUST AS WELL GIVE UP. > 7 at a good fair rate of pay. Give the! people of the state a chance to know} what the laws are Wefore you quote “ignorance of the law excuses no| one.” FRANK KELLY. Keeline, Wyo. | _—_—Se—_— | Martyrs to Appearance | “You women have a cinch,” he grumbled. ‘You have nothing to do| all day; you saunter out for a walk, dressed in comfortable clothes—— “Hold on, wait a minute!” she cried, “Comfortable clothes, did you say? Long, clinging skirts—getting longer | and clinginger every day—twisting | round your ankles, tangling round | your feet; long, dragging lace panels on each side, or long fluttering chif- fon sashes, that catch in the door of the motor or attach themselves to! every chair or table you pass! Long, pping sleeves that won't let. you use your hand or arm with any de- gree of comfort! High heeled shoes | has to be watched as closely as a bak- that threaten to throw you at every step! Stockings of finest silk gauze that go to pieces while you're putting them on unless you're very careful, and as spon as they get on, anyway! ‘A permanent wave that makes your hair fluff about and fly in your mouth and eyes and ears till you’re ready to scream! Long, dangling ear- rings that catch in your hair and al- most,k{ll you! Makeup that has to be put on just so or {t will show, and ing sponge cake or it will be a sight! “Spend hours nearly every day get- ting facials and shampoos and mani- cures and massage and Marcels, and then to crown it all can’s eat the sweets and fats you love, and can’t even eat all you want of the things you ddn’t love! “Comfortable, indeed! We women Sre martyrs to our appearance, al- ways have been and always will be! So, there, now!” “Oh,” said he. 2 or 3 Are Not Worth the Price of One If they are the “big can and cheap” kind because they - may mean baking failures, THAT’S WHY CALUMET The Economy BAKING POWDER of Baking Powder | | Is the biggest selling brand in the werld; its sales are over 150% greater than that of any ether brand Don't let a BIG or a very low price mis- lead you. with on mating tain brand is expensive —be- THE NICOLAYSEN LUMBER CO. Everything in Building Material TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1923. minister Bridge was lighted with cas, people thought the pipes were fil!c) with fire and watched the spectac’, dumb founded. When a lighting «ys. tem was installed in the House Commons the members of parliament fearful of being burned, wou'd ».: touch the pipes with ungloved haniis But that was a hundred years as. Today there are 1,200 uses for gis and it takes sixty thousand mises of street mains to deliver the gas of tno count=y to its consumers. Torty-ri\./ million people 1 homes and factorics are now served with A Ready-Cooked Breakfast -Served hot fect food combination — and the best of it is you can serve it hot or cold. If you prefer it hot, just pour hot milk over the Shredded Wheat biscuits; or pour hot water over them, drain it off quickly and then cover with milk or cream. The result is a perfect hot cereal — without the drudgery of cooking it yourself, 100% whole wheat, ready to-cat. A Great Men—Poor sald it was “a great folly.” hundred years ago people were) of gas and thought it to be devil. Later when West- vA Shredded Wheat is ready-cooked and —a real whole-wheat toast. ay, it with GAS STOVES A carload just received. See us before you buy. CASPER. AUCTION HOUSE 326 West Yellowstone Phone 1617-J. Hay, Grain, Chicken and Rabbit Feeds Alfalfa, Native, Wheat Grass, Prairie Hay, Straw, Oats, Corn, Chop, 5 B ter Shell. One sack load. Ws Se ee went. . CASPER STORAGE COMPANY iT AVE. TELEPHONE 63 CASPER STORAGE GROCERY 117 EAST SECOND STREET Phones 97 and 98 NO HIGHER ‘IN PRICE—iiiGHER IN QUALITY Richelieu No. 1 cans Tuna Fish— 55c can, 3 cans $1.50, 6 cans $2.90 Richelieu No. 1 cans Dry Pack Shrimp— 25c can, 12 cans $2.85 Richelieu No. 114 cans Dry Pack Shrimp— Richelieu No. 45c can, 12 cans $5.25 2 cans Steamed Clams— Richelieu No. 45c can, 12 cans $5.00 1 cans Clam Chowder— : *20c can, 12 cans $2.25 Richelieu No. 3 cans Clam Chowder-— 45c can, 12 cans $5.25 Richelieu No, 2 cans XXX Wax Beans— 3c 12 cans 45 Richelieu No. 2 cans Tiny Wax Beans - Richelieu No. 214 cans Pearl Hominy— can, 12 cans $4.00 15c can, 12 cans $1.50 Kraft Loaf Pimento Cheese, per Ib. Kraft Loaf American Cream Cheese, Kraft Loaf Swiss Cheese, per Ib.. Burki & Co. Imported Swiss Cheese, Wisconsin Cream Cheese, per !b. Bluehill Cream, 50c per Ib........_50c ——-60e Chile and Pimento Cheese, pkg_—15c Bunki & Co, Imported Swiss Cheese, Bg ee BBe Richelieu Brand Imported Roquefort Cheese, WSBT IES, ORCH AS: Ot Ck Ok a ae Rchelieu Brand Imported Roquefort Cheese, 8-oz. jar, each... ies fens bh +40 ; band liquor for a livelihood. The poor man driven | by want has found it the quickest means of reliev- | ing his financial situation, and of the two is the) | less to be blamed. he’ rich man’s traffic repre-| ing.” Articles from my pen will be sents greed and appetite. The poor man’s neces-| 7 help in that line. Reminds me sity. That is the strict difference when it comes] °f ® #!gn that used to be in @ saloon: s) to class distinctions in prohibition law breaking.| 430) iat tno etn money Tn fact and in law however, imported liquor and The newspaper boys are all right. wine in the rich man’s cellar, and home-made hooch| They are the dest friends the people | | in the poor man's pantry, are both the same under! have. and right here this writer will - And conslusive evidence is not lacking that th{s| the eighteenth amendment, and the possessors both| Weaiers ube Nea oe Gael f Randy, Snlated currency of the country and make Seth MSs Pe fine dat wreug before the court miiions." The seaen awe shot be Y ¢ and imprisonment, published in every paper in the state Telephone orders given prompt and careful attention. We deliver to all sections of the city. Exclusive Agents for Richelieu Pure Food Products. We sell for cash or credit—a Service Store. CASPER STORAGE GROCERY 117 EAST SECOND STREET Phones 97 and 98 ing the new tariff law are completely routed. looking for sustenance to official ~o patronage and who proceed on the principle that “thrift will follow fawn- RIG TIMBERS A SPECIALTY FARM MACHINERY, WAGONS UTHORITATIVP statements coming out of Ger. 4) many from are to the cf ing more internal any other European country. r than official Ger t Germany 1 source is at present sp money improvements thar Office and Yard—First and Center Phone 62