Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 28, 1923, Page 8

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The danger disparity between resources anc , obligations; apparently there is little thought of the inevitable pay day; since the war, state city, town and district officials have indulged in “an “orgy of spending” and now there is a veritable plague of taxation—there is no doubt that a substantial proportion of the money of farmers and industrial in the present situation is the 1 interest-bearing troubles American workers may be traced to the tax levies. Rentals | in particular reflect the situation created municipal extravagance. Figures compiled by Professor lL. W. Lan caster seem to show that ability to pay hardly | enters into the calculations of the spenders. Th states, counties, cities and other subdivisions of the United States are now debtors to the amount of nearly eleven billion dolars, the} greater part of which has been put into non productive improvements. An idea of the rate at which the debt is pil- ing up is given by the bond issues for the first four months of the year, the total being 321 mil lions, while the rate of increase during the last two and one-half years is nearly three times the average rate of the period 1911-1920. The states have been more prudent than the smaller units of government; their debts amount to only a billion and a quarter dollars. In New York state the local debts have increased 73.9 r cent since 1910, while the gain in valuation Rag been only 28.8 per cent. In California the bonded debt has gone up 24 per cent while the wealth of the state has increased 60 per cent. Ohio reports a debt increase of 172 per cent in cities, towns and school districts as compared with 1910, while the gain in population was only 21 per cent. Similar conditions prevail in other states; the mania for spending is country-wide. There is apparently no thought of repudiation, but there is bound to be emharrassment in com- munities which are forced to carry more than fifty per cent of their current taxes into sink- ing funds, as has happened. The drain of interest charges and sinking fund requirements upon the proceeds of taxation nec- essitates impairment of service. Needed improye- ments may be paid. “Pay as you go” is as good a rule for municipalities for industrial work ers or storekeepers. It is time, indeed, for pub- lic officials to stop reckless borrowings, to re. duce taxes instead of devising new schemes to increase taxes; in brief, to run local goyern- ments on business principles. The Faults We ‘Avoided One need not feel surprised at European con- ditions. Or that such a thing as a “European situation” exists. We hear a great deal about both. Everybody wants to remedy them or it, and they would eycn huve America interfere and set things right. of things is discernable almost with the naked eye. It is fault in the system of government and failure to eliminate the very things that we were careful to exclude when we founded the system under which we so successfully operate. What has happened, and is happening, is no more or less than a great and general uprising against the politicians of Europe, and the polit- ieal systems through which they function. There is nothing of militarism or imperialism in what is taking place, and the attacks on a threatening communism are but secondary factors. It is the politician and the European parliamentary sys- tem that are recognized as the enemy When the free democratic monarchies of the middle ages ve place to the political system of the Renaissance—absolutism tempered by as sassination—a political and social condition came into existence which h to be destroyed. Hence the revolutions of the eighteenth century and the first half of the last century. Initiated by a few aristocrats and the intelligencia, these revolutions, pt in Great Britain and the United States, shortly fell into the hands of pro- letarian elements, or worse, and the result was the establishment in nearly all parts of Western Lurope of a scheme of government which, being based primarily on theory, prejudice and’ super stition, y lacking qualities that would guarantee good results. as in Tn the United States the system of government was determined by men of an extraordinary de gree of aracter and intelligemee, but when the time came for the several European states to de- termine their new Mstruments of government they most unwisely failed to follow the Amer jean lead, Two things were provided for wl were wrong in principle and haye had rovements of all kinds are “demanded” by | The fault that lies at the base|; |the most unfortunate conditions. These were, the curbing of the executive power to a point of practical nullity; and the making of the cabinet \or ministry directly or immediately responsible |to parliament. Great Britain has suffered, and is suffering, from the first of these political errors, but, for- ‘tunately for her, the full system of ministerial responsibility has never been accepted, and the government is not compelled to resign on an ad- j verse v of parliament. In the United States, | of course, we still have, fortunately, a strong ex- ecutive (probably the most independent and pow- erful in the world today) and a cabinet which is assured of at least four years’ lease of life. | Government in the United States is not exempt from unfavorable criticism, but where it fails is through unwise amendments to the Constitution and failure to adapt this Constitution by wise amendments to new conditions of life. Many of ‘the dangers that arise because of these two mis- takes are largely negatived by the fact that we still have a strong executive and a cabinet which jis not the tool of the legislative bodies. . It is possible to say with perfect truth that the continental system of government, as this has revealed itself during the past fifty years, is the worst system ever devised by man. Nowhere on |the continent is political action divided between |two predominent political parties. Instead, we find an innumerable quantity of small personal followings, or blocs, most of them without any basis in principle. With governmental respon- sibility to parliament, the result has been the development of an amazing type of crafty and yenal politicians bred by the very conditions surrounding the government. We had in this country a fair reflection of the operations of the stem during the direction of government acti s in the war period. The compromise and corruption that have fol- lowed the engineering of the European system, have in their turn reacted upon the electorate, the final result being a condition of almost com- plete political imbecility. No government can stand, except on a basis of some temporary com- bination of small inimical factions. Frequently governments last only for a few months, in Por- has there been during the past five years a ientious and capable government, s been considerable range, in the and venality as between the small kingdoms of the north and the Medit erranean and Latin stat Briefly speaking, these facts reveal to the brought the continent to the present pa To back a few years, it all may explain why, in| rtain measure, we had a world war. ‘lo a cer- inty it poir inly to the.underlying causes | of the unhappy situation of the peoples of the| continent, G | Betterment Industrial Relations As a result of a study of over one thousand plans for improved relations between employ ers and employees, a special committee of the} National Economic. League on “Readjustment! in Industrial Relations” recommends that em-} ployees should be given participation in man-| agement under certain limitations, and that they should be given the opportunity to acquire some financial interest in the establishments in which they work. The committee concludes | that the term “industrial democracy” is mislead ing and should be abandoned; that employees, as a whole, are not interested in assuming the responsibilities of management; and that, while they should be given the opportunity to have a voice in management on matters affecting their| immediate welfare, it would be inadvisable to have them participate in management on ques: tions of polic: such as selling, purchasing, finance, and similar matters. An important point made by the report is that employees an<| executives should be given more instruction in the economics of business, as a step to better in- dustrial relations, A vote was taken three years ago by the Na- tional Cour of the League on the question,} “Should there be active participation by em ployes or representatives of employes in all prob- lems of management affecting the worker?”, and the answer was in the affirmative by 78 per cent of the five hundred members who yoted. The present report aimed to learn what was done in this direction up to the present time, and the committee has made an intensive study of the experience with this question throughout the country. The committee finds that the movement for representation of employees in the discussion and adjustment of working conditions is spread- ing rapidly, and that, in the majority of cases where such plans have been tried, they have been successful in establishing better relations. With few excepetions the plans in operation s empl ivisory powers only, and that} s the committee, seems to be the most prac this place, western portant part in the work which was put on during the joint session and recelved much praise for the manner in which their part of the work was handled. About 2,000 Shriners from the ad- Joining states attended the meeting and a large class of novices were in- troduced and made members of the different temples. To Build New Church | Nicholson of this city left Laramie yesterday for Chicago, where he will consult with an eminent architect concerning plans $100,000 Catholic church to be erect- | ed next year on the corner of Grand avenue and Fourth street. plans Father Nicholson, but none of them pioneer resident of Wyoming, hav- ing come to this state over 40 years| ago, died at Omaha yesterday morn- e e Me 4 ing, according to telegraphic advices | American mind, what is meant by the European] received in» Douglas last night. “situation” and European “conditions” that have] None of the particulars have been | received. having done geological work in this vicinity. e Casper Dally Cripune It Happened In Wyoming Matters and Things, of State-Wide Interest, Wired in, Telephoned in, Written, Grape-Vined and Some of It Purloined. | } ! i state. To hunt and kill bear (not! trap) within the National forests of the state a special permit, costing $5 The Bear Law Join Shrine Session RAWLINS—About 50 Shriners from) LARAMIE.The recent Laramie|and good for one year must be ob- Korein Temple turned from Pocatello, Idaho, where a joint session of the Korein Temple of this city, Salt Lake, and the El Korah Temple of Boise, was held, This is the first time that a joint session of different of this place re-|case wherein a tie chopper for-|tained from the State Game and feited $100 for trapping a bear on|Fish Commissioner. This permit is the Medicine Bow National Forest |issued under section 79 of the State has led to considerable discussion.|Game Laws. The same permit au- The general impression is that the|thorizes the hunting, bear is a very dangerous and pre-|trapping of predatory animals o= datory animal and is to be exter-|birds not protected by law. Bear is minated anywhere, any time and in |not, under the law, a predatory ani- E! Kalah Temple of temples was ever held and it is reported by those/any manner. This impression is|mal and may not be legally trapped. who attended from this city that|erroneous. Under the laws of the! For killing bear outside of the it was more than a success. State of Wyoming the bear is|game preserves or National forests As per schedule Korein Temp'e of which {s known in all states took a very im- He may ‘one does not have to have a specia! inthe but must provide classed as a game animal. not be trapped anywhere LARAMIE.—Rev. Father J. T. for the new It is understood that numerous have been considered by tugal, for example, something like thirty minis-|have met with his approval and he es t having ipekoaed each other in a space of|e0es to Chicago for the purpose a of real nutriment. twelve years. obtaining the ideas of a leading Shredded Wheat is 100 hole wt The complete bankruptcy of the whole vicious|""Wore on ‘the new church wiit | ready. Pr Neo eae LAS per European system has been slowly revealing itself | sare next spring and it In panna | fect, deliciéue food for aay meal-of the during the t tion, but this pro has}to have the building ready for day. Serve it ly with milk or cream, been enormously accelerated since the war. occupancy before the end of the eeaan Sie iecies oe festa Cone It is safe to say that in no constitutional coun-|¥e** 1924. tains all the bran you need to stimulate bowel movement. It is salt-free and un- sweetened—you season it to your taste. —a whole-wheat toast. it wi Sataek “ott chiises of maraicdeles’ Shredded_Whea onreaded_W heat tion for a number of years. He The food FFs HP oy 1 great faith in the future of Con-| in Biscuit form se county and was interested in number of oil ventures in this Death of Pioneer DOUGLAS—George A. Emery, Mr. Emery was well known here, We HUMPHREY adiantfir PHSHISLGSSHSSSSGIOUMLGLALSUABRLLBAL AD Our stock is now complete in period designs to harmonize with the furnishings of your home. ORDER YOURS TODAY Casper Gas Appliance Co. Phone 1500 115-119 E. First able method of representation at present. Canada’s Bumper Crop Canada’s crop of spring wheat is estimated at 470,000,000 bushels, the largest she has ever rais- ed. This increase must be due to largely in- creased acreage, or else the same conditions of growth would be recognized in our own spring wheat territory, as nature recognizes no politi- cal boundaries, The effect of the announcement of this large addition to North American wheat) has been to depress prices in all North Ameri- n markets, our own included, United States farmers haye begun to wonder! what good a thirty-cent tariff is if it does not prevent the decline of our wheat in competition | with Canadian wheat. The increase in tariff was| designed to prevent that very thing, and it seems to be a woeful failure just as all the other legis- | | lative nostrums have been that have been thrown jto the farmer, The farm bloc, with much blow- | ing of trumpets and beating of tom-toms, an-| jonunced the marvelous things it had done for | the benefit of the farmers, including this higher tariff, the regulation of grain exchanges, putting a dirt farmer on the Federal Reserve Board and like novelties. They have had absolutely no ef fect, The price of wheat is governed by economic law. As long as we produce an exportable sur- plus we must compete in the world’s markets, and world prices will govern American prices on both sides of the border, } An import tariff if high enough is designed for the protection of our own producers in the enjoyst the which after all 5 pla | i is the local prod real ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. O. G. Johnson, President of The Casper Storage Grocery after ten years of successful and prosperous business has decided that his out- side interests have enlarged to such an extent that he ig unable to give the grocery business proper attention and has concluded to close out his entire stock of high-grade groceries and hardware at unheard of bargain prices, including fixtures and lease on building, Sale Begins Monday Morning, October 1, at 8 a. m. NO EXCHANGES NO REFUNDS Casper Storage Grocery 117 East Second Street | power at a cost of less than one killing and} 2 ne eh AE! FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1923. ports from that city. The plant will operkte upon natural gas from ** Union Oil company’s wells in the Lance Creek field. As there |s large amount of this gas which has been going to waste it is probable that many cities and towns in this section will be furnished with cheap electric power. Lusk business men and citizens are highly enthusiastic over the a himself with the necessary non- resident or resident hunting license, ay the case may be. To Furnish Power DOUGLAS—A plant which is be- ing assembled in the Lance Creek field and which it is said will be in operation within the next 40 days will be capable of producing electric proposition which, if it goes through will make that city one of the in- dustrial centers of the state. cent per kilowatt, according to re- ‘OU can’t resist the goodness of this rare and delicious coffee with the full flavor that satisfies your coffee taste! , @ Ask for it! Try Nash's delicious Peanut Butter— you'll like that too. ” The First Touch of Winter is Here You'll Need Clothes to Protect You From the Wintry Blasts Why Not Buy Your Winter Suit and Overcoat At Our Store YOU CAN SAVE AT LEAST ONE-HALF Our Entire Stock Must Be Sold. Profits are Forgotten It Is Your Duty to Save—You Can Do It Here RUBBERS All Sizes For Men, Young Men and Children— Closing Out Prices