Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 15, 1923, Page 2

PAGE TWO. be Casper Daily Cribune The Casper Dally ‘Tribune issued every evening and ‘The Sunday Morning Tribune every Sunday, at Casper, Wyoming, Publication offices: Tribune Building, oppo- site postoffice. ee Entered at Casper (Wyoming) postoffice as second class matter, November 22, 1916, usiness Telephones -15 and 16 Branch Telephone Exchang: ie All Departments. pa ee ice By J. EB. HANWAY MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press ts exclus've'y entitled to the use for publication of all news credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. Advertismg Representatives Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bldg. Chi- cago, I'l., 286 Fifth Ave. New York City; Globe Bidg., Boston, s., Suite 404 Sharon Bldg., 55 New Mont- gomery San Franc'sco, 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. Cc.) M: SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier One Year, Da!'y and Sunday - One Y: ir, Sunday Only _--- Six -aontns, Daily and Sunday - ‘Three Months, Daily and Sunday One Month, Dally and Sunday - Per Copy — - ally and , Sunday C . Daily and . Dally and Sunday One Month, Daily and Sunday ----- All subscr'ptions must be pa'd In ad Daly Tribune will not insure delivery after subscrip- tion becomes one month in arrears. The Alarming Increase The problem of taxes is becoming a very ser- fous one. In every section of the country there is complaint over the increasing burdens of govern- ment as represented in mounting taxes. It is safe to say that there are very few states which have not tremendously increased its expenses and taxes during the past few years, The same gen- eralization, with a few notable exceptions, may be made regarding the tax rate of county govern- ments, townships and municipalities. The United States is the only unit of govern- ment which has reduced the tax rate and tax collections since the war. To date there has been no compilation made of the tax situation by counties, townships and municipalities, Eventually this will be made, as the census bureau is working diligently upon the subject. So are other research bureaus. Enough is known to justify the statement that contrary to the theory of popular government, the closer the government is to the people the more extravagant it is in the matter of public expenditures and the higher taxes are. To phrase it another way—all data and official tax statistics show that city governments are the most extravagant of all, county governments next and then state governments. Waste and even graft abound in city and county govern- ments without mucn apparent rebuke by the lo- cal citizens, which if existing in state or federal governments would become object to sensational attacks. During the last ten years the most conserva- tive estimate shows that states and local gov- ernments have issued more than $10,000,000,000 of bonds. The increase of bond issues by states and municipalities is alarming. The figures in recent y Ss are accurately ascertainable. In 1919 states and municipalities issued bonds in the sum of $692,000,000; in 1920 in the gum of $683,000,000.° In 3 this sum was nearly doub- led. The bonds issued in that year by state and local governments aggregated $1,209,000,000. Dur- ing the calendar year of 1922 the aggregate bond issuex by state and local goveinments was $1,- 102,000,000. These bonds are tax exempt from all federal taxes, so that their issuance not only increases the state and local taxes directly upon the peo- ple of the states and municipalities, but by en- abling wealth invested in them to escape federal taxes others must pay more federal taxes. The very fact such bonds are free from federal taxes is an encouragement for their issuance in greater quantity than needed, and is one of the contributing causes of extravigance by state and local governments. The process is much as follow: Because such bonds are exempt from taxation they are easily marketed. Because they are easily marketed, state and local authorities are more disposed to issue them upon the slight- est provocation. Knowing this, every interest which wishes something done at public expense finds it v y to convince state or local au- thorities that what they want should be granted and the expense covered by bond issue to be paid at some future time. Some idea of the tremendous increase in per capita costs of state governments and state in- debtedness is now obtainable from the United States census bureau. It is compiling as rapidly as possible the financial statisties of state gov- Up to date, this data for 183 states has ued. The figures for Delaware and Ne- n were issued September 12, and for Ohio September 10. The first such survey was for the state of Wyoming. The following figures show the inerease in per capita cost of the 13 states, thus far reported and also the increase in the state indebtedness. The states are listed in the order the report on them was made by the census bureau: Wyoming—Per capita cost of the government of the state of Wyoming was $7.40 in 1914, $10.34 in 1917 and $2 in 1922, Net per capita indebt- edness was sixty-seven cents in 1914, fifty-six eents in 1917 and $18.37 in 1922. Rhode Island—Per government cost was $6.12 in 1914, in 1917, $11.84 in 1922. Net per capita indebtedness was $10,66 in 1914, $10.94 in 1917 and $15.18 in 1 capi government cost 09 in 1917 and $24.07 in 16 ichigan—Per 3 in 1914, per capita inc in 1917 and $1 tucky—F $4.55 in 1918, edness was $1.03 in 191 1922. IHinois—Per capita cost $4.08 in 1918, $7.88 in 1922. i btedness was thirty e cents in 1918 and ¢ d Jersey—Per capita cost was $6.58 in 1915, $7.08 in 1918, $16.91 in 19 Net per capita in- debtedness was four cents in 1915, four cents in 1918 and $4.98 in 1 -Per capita cost was $7.54 in 1915, , $17.06 in 16 Net per capita in 18 in 1915, sixty-one cents in ost was $3.69 in 1915, Net per capita indebt- $1.08 in 1918, $1.01 in was $3.16 in 1915, net per capita n 1916, thirty- Wisconsiun—Per capita cost $641 in 1915, $6.48 in 1918, $12.92 in 1922. Net debtedness, ninety-one cents in 1 cents in 1918, eighty cents in 1922. Maine—Per capita cost $8.15 in 1915, $10.08 in 1918, $20.30 in 1922. Net per capita indebtedness $2.83 in 1915, $4.99 in 1918, $16.36 in 1922. Colorado—Per capita cost $4.88 in 1914, $636 in 1917, $16.69 in 1922. Net per capita indebted- ness $4.23 in 1914, $5.02 in 1917, $9.76 in 1922. Ohio—Per capita cost $3.60 in 1915, $3.99 in 1918 and $11.35 in 1922. Net per capita indebted- ness $1.00 in 1915, 96 cents in 1918, $4.6 in 1922. Delaware—Per capita cost $4.02 in 1914, $6.37 in 1917, $24.89 in 1922. Net per capita indehted- ness $3.53 in 1914, $4.02 in 1917, 825.39 in 1922. Nebraska—Per capita cost $3.78 in 114, $4.77 » seventy-six in 1917, $9.58 in 1922. No net indebtedness in any | of the years. Unmasking the League The imbroglio between Italy and Greece now happily composed, did one thing for the world, if it did no more. It exposed the true character of the League of Nations. There have been from time to time partial exposures of its purposes and methods, but this is the first time it has been made perfectly clear that the league is im- potent to settle anything unless it uses force. And where it is afraid or unable to do that— as it was in the latest instance— it has no more power and authority than any other debating so- ciety which meets and passes resolutions, Until the present, the league advocates in this country have pretended that the league was an instrument of peaceful methods to accomplish its end by moral suasion. They have violently protested that it did not mean or contemplate the use of physical force to compel obedience to its wishes. Lord Robert Cecil, on his recent tour of this country, repeatedly stated that the league did not stand for force and pooh-poohed the idea that if America should join the league we would be called upon to contribute manpower and na- val power to settle differences in which we had no direct interest. These representations were false. The leagne partisans in Europe and this country now admit they were false. Both in Europe and in America league advocates deplore the fact that the league was nnable to coerce Italy into submission be- cause the United States was not a member of it. This all meant but one thing—that the fifty- two nations which are members of the league were unwilling or unable to furnish manpower or naval power to coerce Italy, The smaller na- tions were unable to do so, becanse they did not have military and naval forces of sufficient strength to be a factor. The larger nations, like Great Britain, were unwilling to do so because they know to attempt it would mean war between themselves and Italy. Hence. their regret that the United States is not a member of the league in order that she might be directed by the league to do the coercing at the expense of the lives of our. manhood. Only two reasons have ever existed for the de. sire of Europe that this country join the league of nations. One was that we would thereby he coinpelled at the order of the league to furnish military and naval forces to coerce any country which the selfish and ambitious nations of Fu- rope wanted disciplined and the other was that we should furnish the money with which to fi- nance bankrupt and spend-thrift nations of Eu- yope in their territorial and commercial ambi- tions. The nations In Europe which destred that Ttaly shonld be coerced did not do so from anv friendship for Greece. or because they possessed anv lofty ideas and ideals regarding world neace. Their outery was due primarily to the fact that in Ttalv’s attitude they saw a challenge to their own ambitions for power, trade and territory. Hence their regret that the United States was not a member of the league in order that she might be ordered to use her military and naval forces to pull their chestnuts out of the fire. If the American peonle want to know what would have hapnened if the United States were in the league. let them visualize the situation as it presented itself. and then ask themselves whether or not they wonld be willing at this time to send their boys to the Mediterranean to coerce Ttaly, And let them ask themselves that ff next werk or next month. the ambitious. dominating power of Eurone decided that Greece or Turkey or some other country needs coercion, they would be willing to send their hovs to some other section of Eurone and snend American money to settle European avarrels. to which this conntry was not a party and in which neither its honor nor its interests were involved? Tt was argued in some quarters that coercion would not take the form of military and naval onerations, hut would take the form of an eco- nomic boycott against the offending nations by the members of the league. As applied to the re- cent affair it would mean all members would economically boycott Italy—cease trading with her, Again let the American people visualize the situation. The United States hus 10 quarrel with Italy, yet we would be compelled to stop tradiny with her. Last year we purchased from Italy goods in the sum of $83,000,000 and sold to Italy goods in the sum of $178,000,0U0. Were we a member of the league and a hoycott were ordered we would be compelled under the conditions of our membership to break friendly relations with (taly, stop sale of goods to her ind purchase of goods from her, destroy the friendship that hus existed between our respective countries since the United States became a nation, and involve ourselves inextricably in the politica: quarrels of Europe. That is exactly what our member- ship in the league would mean. if the league of nations is not able to use the club of economic boycott or tue use of physical force to compel obedience to its decisions, Lhen it is absolutely useless. bor the purpose of deceiy- ing the American people und uttempting to be- guile this country uito joing the league, this Jact has been strenuously denied up until tho last thirty duys. Now it is publicly admitted “the heart of the covenunt” of the league owes its vitulity to the use of armed force to compel obedience to the Jeugues decisions. In the just thirty days the league has oiticially admitted this by having a conumission outline a program for the creation’ of a so-cuiled "international police force” which should be subject to the order of the league in order to physically coerce any nation which dis obeyed the decrees of the league. This force would be recruited from the man- hood of the nations belonging to the league in whatever proportion the league decideu. {t would be subject to orders of the league and it would be commanded by an officer appointed by the league. It would be called upon to go to any quarter of the globe to engage in war upon de- cision of the league. America having the manpower and the money, would if she were a member, be the nation called upon to make the greatest contribution of blood capita in- ,and treasure Ghe Casper Daily Cridune ternational that the real character of the at this particular time, when events have taken the turn they have and a peaceful settlement of differences between Italy and Greece has been accomplished. The exposure completely justifies Raided His Ranch SHERIDAN—During the two hours her family spent in Sheridan’ awarded the contract for the new shopping, Joe Horsley's ranch home in Prairie Dog Valley was raided and 100 pounds of flour, 100 pounds of sugar, a crate of eggs and 25 pounds of butter was stolen, Mra! Horsley reported to officers Wednes-| have two store biilldings on the day afternoon. Following the custom of all of the ranchers of Prairie Dog valley to! leave thelr kitchens open, neither the kitchen nor the vegetable ce'lar was locked. Mrs, Horsley said. Mr. Horsley ‘s employed on the state highway department and there was no one at the house when the burglary took place, The report of this robbery cor- responds in most deta'ls with a case now be!ng investigated in which the cel'ar of an aged couple living on Leopard street in the extreme south- western part of town was raided one day last week while the owners of the house were at the county fair. A considerable quantity of home- canned goods, flour, sugar, eggs and virtually all of the vegetables raised during the summer were stolen. The old couple are said to be in des- titute circumstances as a result. relents Simpson Secures Bond BASIN—After a hearing which lasted from Monday until yesterday at noon, Judge Percy W. Metz grant- ed the request of W. L. S'mpson that he be released under bond and the amount of the bond was fixed at $10,000. The bond was at once signed by Adam Dickie and Stmpson was taken to the hosp'tal at Powel’, whore he vill remain for awhile to receive treatment. In this case thesdefendant was represented by C. A. Zaring of Basin Lin I. Noble of Thermopolis and BE. ©. Enterline of Casper. Mr. Zaring returned to Basin yes- terday and Mr, Enter'Ine also came over with Court Reporter Brill ex- pecting to go on to Casper today. It is understood that there is like ly to be a change of venue in this case, thus taking the trial to some other county in the district. peas Sh BE More Barnyard Golf BASIN—The much-talked-of barn yard golf contest at the Big Horn County Fair proved to be # very in- teresting one, After a series of elimination con. tests the two teams that came up to the fina's were composed of Oliver Irwin and John Frazier and Ben Baker and Bob Henderson. It was a great game. Frazier seemed to have some sort of a rab- bit’s foot about h'm for he threw ringer after ringer, and this fact had much to do with his team win- n'ng by a score of 52 to 36. Irwin and Frazier were credited with 10 ringers, while thelr opponents got but 3. In the kids’ contest the team com- posed of Lester Irwin and Billy Baker defeated the team composed of Francis Egan and Otis Taylor by a score of 54 to 12. (Ba Ts, The First Game TORRINGTON—The first football game of the season {s scheduled to be Friday, September 28, with the Guernsey eleven at Torrington. Last year Torrington defeated Guernsey with a score of 71 to 0, This year the team 1s planning to do even bet- ter, ba . The Torrington team has a good bunch of material. There are five of the old star players coming out this year besides several new men who haye received in other high schoo's. first year for the T, H. Transportation Notice For Salt Creek Lot Sale Special arrangements have been made with the Yellow Cab company to operate Yellow Cab Cadillac and other touring cars from Casper to the new Rat'road Townsite of Salt Creek during the public auction sales which begin on Saturday, Sep- tember 15th. Special rates have been arranged of $6.00 for the round trip, which amount will be refunded by the Towns te company to all purchasers of lots upon presentation of fare receipts. The auction sale begins at 1:30 p. m., Saturday, Sept. 16th and Yel- ow Cabs will depart from the Hen ning Hotel at 9 o'clock a. m. Telephone Yellow Cab company at once, phone number 4, for seat re: ervation, This transportation arrangemen applies for Saturday, Sunday and Monday, September 15th to Septem ber 17th.—Advert sement. Pub. Sept. 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 16, 1923 a There are a Dance and supper at Haygood Saturday night. Sevey‘’s Orchestra Dr. L. L. Wade OSTEOPATHY Phone 1125R Over Frantz Shop for the of as in- police Purpose of acting as an It is fortunate—indeed it is providential — It Happened In Wyoming Matters and Things, of State-Wide Interest, Wired in, Telephoned in, Written, Grape-Vined and Some of It Purloined. By the action of the United State: senate and the American people in an uncompromising stand agi participating in the league in any was ex] manner whatsoever. We desire to continue to travel the friendly road and the road of good will. We now know better than ever that mem- bership in the league would completely prohibit us from realizing any such ambition. Contract Awarded A Profitable Crop WHEATLAND—Some fine canta- loupes were placed on the local mar- ket last week by Albert Watson. A number of farmers northeast of RAWLINS—H. Larsen last week addition to be built on the Odd Fel- lows bu'lding at the corner of Fourth and Lincoln Highway, and work has been started. The new building is to be constructed of brick and wil! town ‘have been growing canta loupes for several years, and their results indicate that the crop should be a success here. Scottsbluff tried out the crop last year for quality and «wuantity pro- duction, and on the strength of the experiment several hundred carloads will be hipped out of that district this fall. Reports indicate that thu net profit per acre from canta‘oupe will surpass the returns from any other crop in that first floor, the second floor will be used as @ kitchen and dining room for the benefit of the lodge. The work will be rushed to completion as rapidly as possible. The Odd Fellows last week dis- Posed of their property on the cor- ner of Third and Front streets to Mrs. Margaret Boyd, who has been |conducting the Annex Rooming house. The consideration paid for the bufld'ng was $8,250.00. The First Frost WHEATLAND—The first autum- nal frost touched a number of lo calities here but very little damage was done. The frost mark was reached only at a few places, other localities ranging several degrees above. The government thermom- leters at Wheatland showed a min- {tmum temperature of 39 degrees, or 6 degrees above the frost mark of 32. Ranches along the Laramie river northwest of Wheatland reported ice in shallow waters, and the destruc- tion of tender vines and corn. In the Hudson Valley and Slater fats d'stricts the corn was touched on the low lands, but escaped damage on the higher ground. On severa! farms traverned by valleys, the corn tn the bottom of ravines would be b'ackened, while hat on the hillsides was left green and fresh. pe LE te Tribune Want Ads bring results. Barnyard Golf WHEATLAND—Horse racing has tong veen known as “the sport of but it seems that barnyard Mas horseshoe pitching, must sport of statesmen, accord- the records miade recently by a number of Wyom!ng men. Mayara Wilson, Platte county rep- resenin‘ive in the etate leg's ature, emerged third in an all day contest at Glendo last week, !n which Chas. J. Hauf, well known rancher, car- ried off first honors. Albany coun- ty was represented in the Douglas state tournament this week by Hon. J. A. Stevenson, representative in the state legis'ature from county. Twice Bereaved SHERIDAN—Two deaths have oc: curred in the past fortnight in the family of Mrs. L. B, Derr of 329 East Works street. that $ -moned by the death of her brother Jack McGraw. gram that her mother, Mrs, Johanna |McGraw had died very suddenly. Mrs. Derr left on the noon train for North Platte. Moose State Convention RAWLINS—Arrengements are be- ing made by local members of the Moose order for a state convention of the Moose Legion which will be held in this city on September 23 and 24. The order In this city !s a branch of the Powder River Lodge of Cas- per and the state convention will be under the supervision of John W. {Miller of Casper. The meetings will be held in the North Star Hall. ——— WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Pres!- dent Coolidge has no idea at this time of asking congress for author- ity to use the armed forces of the jnation in enforcing prohibition laws, it was sald officially at the Next morning she recetved a tele-/—— ! SATURDAY, SEPT. 15, 1923 how good really you ~ Send your automobile news te “Spark P'ug.”"—Care | National Colle; American College . 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