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

PAGE SIX, ~ Che Casper Dailp Cribune A eee Oe ee ‘The Casper Dally Tribune issued every evening and ‘The Sunday Morning Tribune every Sunday, at Casper, Wyoming. Publication offices: Tribune Building, oppo- site postoffice. a Entered at Casper (Wyoming) postoffice as second class matter, November 22, 1916, Business Telephones Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting All Departments. ce aS By J. BE. HANWAY MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. Advertising Representatives Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bldg., Chi- cago, Ill., 286 Fifth Ave., New York Citv; Globe Bids., Boston, Mass., Suite 404 Sharon Bldg., 55 New Mont- gomery St,, San Francisco, Cal. Copies of the Daily Tribune are on file in the New York, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco offices and visitors are welcome. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. C.) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier One Year, Daily and Sunday One Year, Sunday On! oe Six Months, Daily and Sunday Three Months, Daily and Sundi One Month, Dail und: Per Copy and By Mail One Year, Daily and Sund Bais Be One Year, Sunday Only Bix Month, Datly and Su Three Months, Dally ar = One Month, D: und SOR All sut ptions m in advance and the Daily Tribune will very after subscrip- tion, becomes one month in arrears To Correct Not to Revise Among the Harding policies that President Coolidge will support is of course that of pro- tective tariff. He has assured the country of this. It is entirley consistent with both his theory and practice. He has been a life long be- liever in the “America First” policy. He be- lieves in encouraging American industry and protecting the American producer from unjust competition from other nations in which wages and production costs are much lower than in the United States. Recognizing that there are unsettled conditions throughout most of the world and particularly in Europe, the congress that passed the present tariff law included therein what is known as the “flexibility clause,” which authorizes the president, after investigation by the tariff com- mission, to make changes in tariff rates not ex- ceeding fifty per cent in either direction, when good cause has been shown why the changes should be made. Exponents of the free trade principle looked upon the flexibility provision as designed solely for the purpose of reducing tar- iffs. Scarcely had the act been placed upon the statute books when they be; clamoring for executive action for the reduction of rates. With- out any regard whatever for the reasonableness of the import duties imposed and w! hout any consideration of the effect upon American indus- tries, these free trade agitators wanted a whole sale exercise of the executive power for the re- duction of protective tariff duties. President H i did not look upon the flex- ibility clause bestowing upon him any such brond power over the tariff law. He regarded the tariff act as establishing not only the tariff principles which should be observed but the de tails of import taxes, changeable only where ex- traordinary circumstances called for action. He did not regard it as his prerogative to undertake n wholesale revi not {i ision of the tariff law enacted by that branch of the government which the con- stitution prescribes shall have power to enact revenue legislation. It is readily apparent that President Coolidge takes a similar view. One device of the free traders has been to assume that every move in favor of protection is inspired by politics while every move in the di rection of abandonment of protection is actuated hy regard for public welfare. Thus, one period ieal, which has an unbroken record against a protective tariff, cites the fact that importers | ask for the reduction of the duty on lemons and asserts- that “opposition on the part of Cali fornia fruit growers to any reduction in the duty on lemons has injected a political element into the proposal.” As a matter of fact, it did not in- ject a political element but rather a purely eco nomic element. The sole question is whether the Colifornia lemon growers shall be subjected to destructive competition from abroad. The same free trade propa President Coolidge should give carte blanche to the tariff commission, which would mean that he abdicate his authority and shirk his respon- sibility under the flexibility clause of the tariff law. That law did not vest the tariff commission th power to act in the changing of rates, It placed that responsibility solely upon the presi dent, merely requiring the tariff commission to make investigation as to facts Our Lead Toward Peace The two most standpoint of gotiated at the W important treaties, from the world peace, of modern times, ne shington disarmament confer. ence in 1921 are ct, The final formal ities in their ratification having been but recent ly concluded in Washington. One is the five power treaty, binding the Unit- ed States, Great Britain, France, Japan and Italy to radical naval reduction and a ten-year holiday in vela construction. The other is the four power treaty binding the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan to an amicable settlement of all differences arising in the region of the Pacific. The moment the latter treaty was ratified the Anglo-Japanese alliance entered into between at Britain and Japan in 1911 was automat ally termi ed. This alliance was offensive and defensive and pledged either power to come to the rescue of the other in event of war. The attempted renewal of this alliance in 1921 brought a sharp protest from the United States, which notified both powers it would consider such » renewal as a threat against the United States. Out of the firm stand of this government at that time grew the Washington Disarmament conference. As soon as the nayy department was notified that the five power naval reduction treaty had now ine been ratified, orders were sent to shipyards which started 28 battleships and cruisers on their vy to destruction. Seven of the battle- ships under construction to be destroyed are The Indiana and South Dako nt the New York navy yard; Montana, at M Island navy rd rth Carolina, Norfolk navy yard; Michigan, Bet hem Shipbuilding corporation, Quincy, Mass.; Iowa, Newport News Shipbuilding com- pany, Newport News, Va.; Washington, New York Shipbuilding company, Camden, N. J., four battle cruisers—Constitution, United States, at League Island navy yard, and the Constellation and Ranger at Newport News. The battleships Delaware and North Dakota are on the list of destruction. They are now abroad on a midshipmen’s practice cruise. The Delaware will be scrapped and the North Da- kota given over as a target practice ship. The following older ships enumerated in the treaty will be scrapped; Maine, Missouri, Ohio, Ken- tucky, Virginia, New Jersey, Washington and South Carolina. The first four have already been transferred to junk dealers. The latter four are to be used for target practice by sub- marines and airplanes. Getting Facts and Figures Wrong Senator Oscar Underwood of Alabama is ad- mittedly the ablest of the Democratic statesmen, and is accorded a leading place among the as- pirants for the nomination for the presidency. He is one of the leaders on the Democratic side in the senate. But with all his prestige in the ranks of his party, it is evident that he falls fur short of mastery of the facts and logic of the present*economic situation. For instance, he recently attributed the troubles of American farmers to destruction of foreign markets due to the failure of the United States to take an active part in European affairs. Statistics have many times been published showing that our farmers are now selling more in Europe than they did before the war, which proves that our foreign market is better than normal. ut comparisons with per-war times are confirmed by the showing made by comparisons with one year ago. A summary of domestic exports of the prin- cipal food products by the department of com- merce shows that in the seven months of 1923, up to the end of July, we exported food products, which mean farm products, to the total value of $962,390,000 as compared with $864,234,000 in the same period of 1922. If the Democratic party’s ablest spokesman and its chief? candidate for the presidential nom- ination gets so far off from the facts as here indicated, what hope has the party to convince the people of the country that it should be en- trusted with the management of national busi- ness and the shaping of national policies? The farmers have difficulties confronting them, but they are not likely to entrust solution of those difficulties to a political organization that can not even understand pl: facts and a few figures. There may be an excuse for bad reasoning, but there can not be any good ex- cuse for getting plain figures twisted. At So Much Per Down in Missouri they are having a consti- tutional convention. It began away back in 19: It is still at work. One of the delegates “read into the record” the other day an itemized state- ment of the cost of this college of sages up to the first of August. It had then sat 286 days at a total cost of more than $530,000. It had cost $374,50 an hour, $6.24 a minute. Is any price for wisdom too high? Almost one- third of the delegates, doubtless modestly feeling that they were unequal to the great task, have taken the y and stayed at home dur- ¢ part of the convention.” These e much blamed by the faithful mem- Roll of Honor; but may not some- in their favor? The usual fate of a itution is to be stamped upon by y get a chance to do so. new state cor the voters as soon as the Is it not more prudent to avoid having a hand in a document pretty sure to become waste paper? And observe that when a vital question arises, the stay-at-homes turn up in full force. There was scarcely a vacant seat when the proposals for rearranging the state senate districts came up. The minds of the delegates who have so rare- ly taken part in the deliberations are only stirred by a supreme principle and issue. Let them fashion senate districts according to their political needs and they wonjt bother themselves about trivial details of the new constitution. Our “best political thought seems to be pretty much | the same in all the states. Will Remain at Home What is all this hokum about New York at- tempting to take our wild west away from us? To decla all performances of this character spurious unless the name “New York” is blown in the bottle? And who is Yakima Canutt any- way, and where does he get his authority to neak for the west and make rules for the sport r business of wild westing? Fie upon the gentleman! Forget him and his silly notion that you can transfer a thing like a rodeo or a frontier performance to a place like Madison Square Garden. This stuff can only be done at Cheyenne where the sky is tall and the horizon is wide and there is space to throw a rope. Mr. Canutt is simply chattering. Look up the records at Cheyenne or | Pendelton and see if the complainant did not fail to connect with the prize or something. The wild west performance is a creature of environment, It cannot operate in a drawing | room, and is also out of place on a ballroom floor. It is no good at all on paved streets. There must be alkali dust and sage brush to make it successful. Cheyenne has all the elements to put the thing over as nature intended, why seek to palm off a cheap substitute or an artificial product 1 New York City? Away with such foolish proposals and such flighty proposers as Yakima Canutt. Wyoming is the home of the rodeo and here it shall remain. Cheyenne is its habitat and it will require just about an army of a million Yakima Canutts to induce the old thing to wander. Obedience to Will of Majority permanence of thgir institutions was like their faith in the eternal course of nature. Peace, lib- erty and personal security were blessings as common and universal as sunshine and showers and fruitful seasons; and all spring from single source, the principle declared in the Pil- grim covenant of 1620, that all owed due submis- sion and obedience to the lawful expressed will of the majority. This is not one of the doctrines of our political system, it is the system itself. It is our political firmament, in which all other truths are set, as stars in the heaven. It is the enc g the breath of the nation’s life James A, Garfield. The faith of our people in the stability and | al be Casper Daily Cridune Prospects Good—Men Plenty LOVELL—Speaking of the ap- proaching campaign at the sugar factory, Mr. H. H. Sandmann, sup- erintendent, says that applications have been coming in until it {a quite apparent that he will have jail the men necessary and perhaps a number of applications more than there will be positions for. That men appear to be very plentiful and are anxious to get “on” at the sug- ar mill this fall. He says tho interior of the mill has been practically rebuilt this year, which is according to thelr! regular custom, and with a good} crew of men, it ts his hope that the| Lovell plant will again fly the pen- nant flag for another year. Mr. Sandmann {s of the opinion as long as this {a to be the banner year for tonnage for the Lovell plant that it should lkewise be the} banner year for production on the part of the mill and he is quite op-| timistic ovér the approaching cam- paign as an opportunity for hang- ing up a second successful record in the pennant race. Here's hoping that the fondest| wish of our genial superintendent may be fully realized in the coming campaign. Postmaster Retires KEMMERER—John McNamara, more familiarly known as “Mack” to hundreds of Kemmerer residents.| will retire as /postmadter at the! Kemmerer postoffice, after having served capably and efficiently for| the past nine and one-half years. Mack was appointed to fill the un- expired term of F. D, Palmer who! resigned during 1913, and he has served unceasingly since that time. During these years Miss Mary Mc- Namara has served as assistant! postmistress, and even though the! business at the local office has| shown a great increase since 1913} it has always been properly admin-| istered by Postmaster McNamara. Regardless of the time of arrivals | of mall, it has always been quickly| distributed and the public has never been forced to wait for their mail.| Mr, McNamara has set a high stan- dard of service in the local office. He has announced that he intends to take a long needed vacation, but has not further plans for the future. | The best wishes of his friends, who are legion, will follow him into whatever field he decides to enter. | James Platt, well and favorably Known locally, will enter upon his new duties tomorrow morning. He has been acquainting himself with! the many details of the office for| the past week, and will, no doubt,| serve very efficiently as postmaster. Mr. Platt will have the benefit of, the experience of his daughter, Julia who served as postal clerk under, Postmaster McNamara for a long time. i } Chairman Corn Show WORLAND—The selecting of C. F. Robertson as chairman of the four county Corn Show committee! which has in charge the First An-| nual Corn Show of the Big Horn! Basin, 1s notice to the world, that| there will be a real show. Mr. Robertson has been preaching} the gospel of corn growing in the! Big Horn Basin for some time and last fall begun an educational cam-{ paign to-bring about the growing of corn to stimulate the dairy indus- try throughout the basin country, as a solution of our farm problem. The corn crop throughout the Basin bids fair to be a most ‘con:| vincing demonstration of its place as the staple crop on Wyoming farms, under certain altitudes. BRAZILIAN THE DEAN. | MEXICO CITY, Mexico.—(By mail to United Press.)—The Brazilian ambassador now in Mexico will be the dean of the diplomatic corps in Mexico, even after recognition, and the United States, Great Britain and other countries send ambassador. The Brazilian ambassador, Raul Regis de Oliveira, arrived in Mexico some months ago and is the first ambassador to be named. As a re- sult he will be the dean. Recog- nition of Mexico by the United States will be closely followed by recognition by Great Britain. | Send your automobile news “Spark Plug.”—Care Tribune. | | Auto Service Co. 133 N. Wolcott Street Phone 2370 Cars Washed and Greased Automobile Painting, Simonizing and Polishing—Our Specialties “Service”—Our Motto Expert Ford Repairing Genuine Ford Parts Used Radiators Re-cored and Repaired Acetylene Welding and Fender Work Satisfaction Guaranteed Dnited Auto Service Phone 1545 221 W. Yellowstone It Happened In Wyomin Matters and Things, of State-Wide Interest, Wired in, Telephoned, Written, Grape-Vined and Some of It Purloined The Frontier Compensation KEMMERER — Approximately $90,000 has already been paid into the hands of widows, whose hus- bands lost their ‘lives in the mine Gisaster at Frontier on ‘Tuesday, August 14. The money has been pald out of the compensation fund created by the state legislature a number of years ago, and the law as amended by the 1923 legislature is Yeceiving its first big test. So far the workmen's compensa- tion department has paid 33 claims, which is for one-third of the total number of men killed. ‘This work} was completed in 10 days, and $88,- 718.84 has been turned over to the defendants. As the remaining 66 were mostly aliens and are entitled to: only one-third as much as the. others, the amount which will be allowed is estimated at $133,071.01 Contrary to the general ppinion all of the total paid out of the fund 1s charged to the employer, in th case the Kemmerer Coal company | and that concern is required to make up this amount in monthly payments. Again In Operation KEMMERER—Production of coal was resumed at Kemmerer Coal Co. mine No. 1 at Frontier Wednesday morning, after remaining idle for exactly two weeks following the ex- plosion of August 14, which cost the lives of 99 of the workers in the mine. A small crew of diggers en. tered the mine at the usual hour for the morning shift, and began sending forth the coal that had| been loosened for the crew that went | to work on the ill-fated day two weeks previously. H For ten days prior to Wednesday a crew of repairmen had been in the mine cementing stoppings, er ecting battices and’ in every way putting the mine into first-class shape. It is reported that the mine {s now entirely free of gas,| and the air is working perfectly. Most of the old crew that are left will return to work in the mine, but a few have resigned, unable to bear the thoughts of the fate of so many of their fellow workers. Ganguet Ranch Sold Joseph Ganguet has sold the Gan- guet and Barth ranch on Pat O'Hara Creek to James McKnight of ‘Texas, the consideration being $60,000. The deal included the horses, machinery and crops. Mr. McKnight js a brother-in-law of Mrs. W. F. Marlin of the Clarks fork, and is an ex-| perienced stockman. The —) has been greatly improved the past two seasons by Mr. Ganguet and brought up to {ts former produc- tivity. The ranch is one of the oldest in this section having been filea_on by John Chapman. Old Settler Leaves LOVELL—Mr. W. F. Hunt and family who are the oldest settlers in the Lovell country, having been continuous residents on their farm east of town for almost thirty years are departing this week for Casper where they contemplate making their future home. Up to about a year and a half ago, Mr. Hunt lived on his home- stead which adjoins town on the east, where he settled when he first came into the country. Mr. Hunt, for a number of years has been fol- lowing his trade as carpenter, and the attractive prices for this par- ticular trade in Casper ts what has a host of friends will accompany them to their new home. Ageck ra Coes ames teachers of Lincoln and Sweetwater counties held a joint institute in Yellowstone National park, the first ever held in that famous playground and incident to the meeting was the authorization of a bronze tablet. which was paid for by the assemb- led teachers, to be placed in the Mammoth hotel, marker of the innovation. has been sent on to the park to be erected at the where the institute was held a year ago this week. som ches, and the inscription follows: Influenced his move. Teachers’ TUESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1923 It will indeed strange to stone Park, August 28 to September these good people to seek new sur-|1 3929; rincon County, Wyoming, roundings after all these years, and/ yr 4 Geer, Supt; L. D. Coffman, will seem equally strange in Lovell|rostructor; | Sweetwater not to see these familiar and well| wyoming, Norma W. Shedden, known people. The best wishes of ¢ Marked by Bronze Tablet ; KEMMERER—Last year the & permanent This week the tablet arrived and Mammoth hotel, ‘The tablet is hand- of bronze, about 18 by 36 in- “This tablet is dedicated to the | Institute held in Yellow. Supt.; R. B. Von Klein, Instructor. . Budweiser A liquid food drink A quality leader Thoroughly aged not green + + or unfinished ANHEUSER-BUSCH ST. LOUIS Parker Bros. Cigar & Tobacco Co. Wholesale Distributors Casper, Wyo. 316 West Mi In the Chassis Stzes: 2-ton; 3-ton; ¢-ten; $-ton; 6-ton; 734-ton. Tractors: 3-ton, 5.ton; 734-ton. ‘Pélese ange from 99.300 fer Qton cheeses the 7) Ramin be BatsloeNe , earn idwest Ave. Denver Twelfth Ave. and Acoma business Every day of the year, no matter the condi-{ tion of roads, sixteen snow-white Pierce-Arrow tank trucks haul 18,000 gallons of milk into Detroit from points as distant as 120 miles,’ They are operated by Ira*Wilson & Sons, ( The oldest Dual-Valve Pierce-Arrow now has traveled more than 100,000 miles—all since October, 1920. At 80,000 miles it was over- hauled for the first time. aie “We expected to spend a lot of money for new parts,” says a letter from the firm, “but we spent less than $25. The rear axle (worm-drive) and transmission were perfect and we could find no need to replace any part of the engine.” Your haulage job may not be so exacting as that of Ira Wilson & Sons. But isn't Pierce Arrow reliability and economy worth investi- gating? 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