Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 23, 1923, Page 6

yf cig] uni herr irty n, ash “Al st rt adr se h ras ae I — loa l - ld ] PAGE SIX. Che Casper Daily Cridune —_—_———— ‘The Casper Dally Tribune issued every evening and The Sunday Morning Tribune every Sunday, at Casper, Wyoming. Publication offices; Tribune Building, oppo site postoffice. —_—_——$$___ Entered at Casper (Wyoming) postoffice as second class matter, November 22, 1916, Pacman Ath ote a hs EES Business Telephones _-..-----------—-------15 and 1¢ Branch Telephone Exchan; Connecting All Departments. Fran cae a et cto geet re ER By J. BE. HANWATY MEMBER THY 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 & Pruddem, 1720-28 Steger Bidg., Cht- cago, UL, 286 Fifth Ave. New York City; Globe Biés.: Boston, Mass., Suite 404 Sharon Bidg., 55 New ere romery St,, San Francisco, Cal. Copies of the Dally 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 and Qutside State g9.08 One Year, Dally and Sunday Le One Year, Sunday Only _---. in Six Months, Daily and Sunday ———-.—--——=————~ 9-9 Three Months, Daily and Sunday -------+-=+----= bs One Month, Daily and Sunday ’ Per Copy ---_--+-----------=== By Mall Inside State One Year, Dafly and Sundar One Year, Sunday Only —~. Six Month, Dally ané bunday ‘Three Months, Dally and Sunday One Month, Daily and Sunday --———-—--——--—-"" P and the ‘All subscriptions must be pald in advance Daily Tribune will not insure delivery after subscri> tion becomes one month in arrears. The Cunsumer and the Tax A very widespread misconception concerning the identity of taxpayers is illustra ted by Asi cent remark by the Charlotte, North Oa Gas Observer. The Observer says that “North ars olina pays one-third of all the tobacco taxes 0: the union.” Probably the editor did not eet, mean what he said, but if his statement was in. tended to be taken literally, he was estirsend far from the facts. His remark is Ue ary in itself but as an indication of erroneous i “i of the distribution of the burden of taxation is highly significant. stated that the great Xt chas bean frequency for example, falls urden of the income tax, ie New York and Chicago. It is true, suits probably, that one-third of the tobacco tax . collected by the government in the state o ‘orth Carolina. It is also true that a very large proportion of the income tax is collected by the ernment from residents of New York and Chicago. It does not follow, however, that North Carolina ultimately pays the tobacco tax or that New York and Chicago ultimately pay the great bulk of the income tax. Everyone knows that the tax on tobacco is, and in the nature of things must be, added to the price of the commodity when sold to the consumer and the consumer in reality pays the tax. That is true under any sort of excise law. In the old days, when we had the licensed sa- loon, it was not the saloonkeeper who paid the license fee to the local government or the Unit- ed States revenue tax, but the consumer of the liquc In just exactly the same way income taxes are figured as one of the costs of doing business. They are included in the estimates of costs just as fuel and lighting and rent are i cluded. They are clements of fixing the price which commodities shall be sold or ser rendered and the consumer of commodities or the buyer of services pays the tax along with his bill. It is possible for people to avoid paying a to bacco tax by refusing to use tobacco. It was pos sible for people to avooid paying the liquor tax by refusir ousume liquor. It is not possible for the people in general to avoid the indirect payment of the income tax or an excess profits tax for the reason, that this is added to the price of such a large variety of commodities and in such an indirect and unknown way that the peo- ple in general can not avoid paying, some time or other, their due share of the tax. There is only one practical way in which tax- payers may be certain of escaping the burden of the income tax and that is to have the tax re- pealed. So long as it is imposed, even though an effort is made to impose it in such a discrim- inating way as to make it bear upon some peo- ple more than others, ultimately there will be an adjustment so that each and all of us will be ealled upon to pay our due proportion. It is understood that Secretary Mellon will recommend a reduction of income taxes on both large and small taxpayers. There is opposition to this and in some circles it is proposed that | instead of repealing some of the taxes or reduc-| ing them, new excess profits taxes shall be im- posed. This proposal is based upon the belief that thereby a few people will be singled out as payers of the tax. Such a theory is manifestly unsound. In the first year after such a tax is} imposed it may accomplish its purpose. Soon however, pri will be adjusted so that the tax will be added to the price and the consumer will y Secretary Mellon has the only sure} scheme for the lifting of the burden of taxation —the reduction of tax rates. (They Want Protection Grain farmers of the United States will find| something of interest in a letter a British farm-} er recently wrote to the London Times, Discuss-| ing the need for a protective tariff in which he} waid: “During the course of the last two years on a farm of 500 acres, T have laid down 43 acres to pasture which will necessitate the dismissal of | two laborers who will only find employment in collecting their unemployment pay (doles). That land would grow four quarters of wheat (33 bushels) per acre, and so at the present price of 40 shillings ($8.80) per quarter, $1 per bushel) | on my holding alone, 344 pounds ($1,565) will in| the future be paid to a foreign or colonial coun- try in preference to subsidy or protection for the| British farmer, and employment for British labor.” é Now, out of this the American farmer should observe several things. First, overproduction and lower prices are not peculiarly American troubles among grain producers. Second, in a time of overproduction it is competition of sell- ers that beats down the price. Third, any check on the supply will help the price. It is asserted that the wheat tariff {n tho United States does tho wheat growers no good, jof strength, skill and general superiority. The present price is low, but not nearly so low as it would be if the Canadian surplus could be shipped here. According to the British National Farmers’ union ,a protective tariff is desired on wheat in that country in order to enable the British grower to met better than a dollar a bushel for his grain. Wheat from the United States, Can- ada and Argentina sells at so law a price he cannot get more than a dollar a bushel under a free trade policy, The situation that confronts the British grower is, therefore, that he must men out of work and leaving the government to support them by means of weekly doles from the treasury, which taxpayers pay. Such an experience we have had in the Unit- ed States when free trade or low tariff laws were enacted. Our mills closed down and men lost their jobs. The government did not pay doles but bread lines were formed and soup carts dis- poe enough free soup to keep men from stary- ra The tariff question is an intensely practical one. Grover Cleveland realized that when he de- cued that the nation faced a condition not a eory. Why It Is Great Gladstone is said to have appraised the Amer- ican constitution as the “most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.” Recalling Mr. Gladstone’s re- markable commentary inclines one to reflection on the quality of our constitution. Why is the 5/constitution of the United States a great docu- 5)ment? It was framed at a convention which assem- quit raising grain, and he does—thus throwing |_iThe Presidents and Education he Casper Dally Cridune t | BASIS OF HAPPINESS Knowledge is in every country the surest basis cf public happiness, In one in which the measures of government receive their impres- sions so immediately from the sense of the community as tn ours it is proportionably essential. To the security of @ free constitution it contributes in various ways: By confidence of the people, and by teaching the people themselves to know and value their own rights; to discern and provide against inva- sions of them; to ih be tween oppression and the necessary exercise of lawful authority, be tween burdens proceeding from a disregard to thelr convenience and those resulting from the inevitable exigencies of society; to discrim!- nate the epirit of Liberty from that of lcentiousness, cherishing the It Happened In Wyoming Matters and Things, of State-Wide Interest, Wired in, Telephoned in, Written, Grape-Vined and Some of It Purloined. served, carefully replanted in the thought and consciousness cf ¢ach successive generation. — Woodrow ‘Wilson. PLEA FOR TEACHERS “Without vision the people per- ish.” Without education there can be little vision. Of may be said that “It education it be greatly worth the effort if we can impress this thought upon the young man- hood and womanhood of the nation and redirect their interest and pa- triotic zeal to the idea of making & proper contribution to educational work. It is regrettable that so few young men and women, equipped for such service, are nowadays dis- posed to give their time and talents to teaching. E@ucation needs their young eagerness, zeal, and en- thusiasm. There is no school of discipline more effective than that in which the teacher goes to achool. We bled in Philadelphia, May “5, 1787, and complet-| first, avoiding the last, and uniting | could do no greater service than by members of the convention. Among these were George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Roger jerman, Robert Morris, James Wilson and Charles Pinckney. Perhaps we can see here a cause months of some of America’s greatest minds. Briefly stated, the great provisions of the American constitution are— the consent of the governed. 2,—It sets a balance between central federal authority and the state governments which, though shaken at times, has been admirably maintained for nearly a century and a half. 3.—It defines the three branches of govern- ment— legislativee, executive and judicial—wit such clarity and effectiveness that serious en- croachment by one branch upon another is next to impossible. 4.—It provides for the making and enforce- ment of laws, not by “divine right” of king or by other superimposed authority, but by represen- tatives of the people duly chosen by the people. 5.—It provides for a judiciary designed to be independent, free from the hazards and changes of partisan politics, and subject to the least pos- sible undue influence. 5.—It guarantees to each individual all the rights of a free man, and especially guaran- tees the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happine: its insures religious freedom and freedom of speech and of the press, 7.—It encourages industry and thrift, pro- motes equality of opportunity, elevates woman- hood, and fixes an individual citizenship and the home as the proper foundations of organized society. Modesty in Fooball Pugilists when preparing for an important match generally seek to create an impression If an inferiority can be made to possess the in- tended victim, the possibilities of his becoming the victim will be increased. Since the practice has gone on for several years in several profes- sional sports, it must have some effectiveness, but college football coaches almost universally spurn it. In public statements they may issue on the eve of important games, they generally are extremely conservative, It is the team they an inferiority complex. The men will do their best, but the odds are great, and too much must not be expected. The coach on the other side talks the same way. Why conservatism in prediction is identified more with football than probably with any other sport, amateur or professional has not been adequately explained, but that is less im- portant than that the practice should spread not only in sport but outside. Political chairmen seem to be imbued with somewhat the same idea jas the pugilists, If they followed the method of football coaches there would be fewer predic- tions of overwhelming success for their part. If they Gid not care to forecast what they expected they could keep silent. That would help. Football modesty has much to commend it as long, of course, as there is no misrepresenta- jtion. When one is uncertain as to results—and jsport is always full of hazards—it is better to junderestimate than to overestimate, Truth in Texts A prominent educator declares that school books are the most unattractive volumes that are printed. He believes that their form, makeup and type should be of a character to arrest and hold the interest of the children who read them. That is true, but there are considerations of jmore importance. In the years following the World War many text books of American history were “revised” by their authors along internationalist lines. The stories of American heroes and the thrilling anecdotes that are found throughout the story of the republic, were rewritten in a matter-of- fact style, or deleted entirely. Where formerly the student felt his blood tingle and had swelled with patriotic pride as he read the stirring tales of the early years of the country, his interest was completely lost when his history author in- formed him that the Revolution was merely a difference of opinion and there was no adequate couse for the war of 1812, Fortunately for the youth of the country, var- fous individuals and patriotic organizations have investigated and exposed the insidious in- fluence of those denatnred American history textbooks, and several of thom are being revised in back to their earlier standards of Amer- 1ism. but it is evident that but for the tariff the Can- adian growers would be sending their grain here and the added surplus would knock the bottom entirely out of the price of grain grown here. Not only the form and type of our school books must be attractive, but the text must tell the truth in a way the student, train, not the opponent that is likely to have; "> one another, that will bring inspiration to violate respect to law—George TEACH IT IN THE SCHOOLS Let every American, every lover of liberty, every wellwisher to his posterity swear by the blood of the which operated to make the constitution a great | Revolution never to violate in the|education should tmplant document—it was the work of three and a half|ieast particular the laws of the| tions of public country, and never to tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of '76 did to the support of the De- claration of Independence, so to the honor, let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample up- on the blood of his fathers and to tear the charter of his own and his children’s Mberty, Let reverence for the laws be breathe? by every American mether to the lsping babe that prattles on her lap, Let it be taught in sehools, in semi- naries and in colleges. Let it be written in primers, spelling books, and almanacs. Let ft be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in leg- islative halls, and enforced in the courts of justice. In short, let it be- come the political religion of the nation.—Abraham Lincoln. THE TEACHER'S TASK You teachers—and it is a mere truism to say this—you teachers make the whole world your debtor; and of you it can be sald, as {t can be said of nd other profession save the profession of the ministers of the gospel themselves, if you teach: ers did not do your work well, this Republic would not outlast the span of a generation. Moreover, as an incident to your avowed work, you render some well- nigh unbelievable services to the country. For instance, you render to this Republic the prime, the vital service of amalgamating into one homogeneous body the children of those who are born here and of those who come here from 6o many different lands abroad. You furnish ja common training and common ideals for the children of all the mixed peoples who are here being fused into one nationality. It is in no small degree due to you, andi to your efforts, that we of this great American Republic form one people instead of a group of jarring peo- ples, The children, wherever they have been barn, wherever thelr par- ents have been born, who are edu- cated in our schools side by side will inevitably grow up having that sense of mu- tual sympathy and mutual respect and understanding which is abso- lutely indispensable for working out the problems that we as citizens have bofore us. Theodore Roose- velt. EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT. Popular education {is necessary for the preservation of those condi- tions of freedom, political and social which are indispensable to free in- dividval development. And, in the second place, no instrumentality less universal in its power and au- thority than government can secure popular education, © * * Without popular education, moreover, no government which rests upon pop- ular action can long endure, The people must be schooled in the knowledged and, if possibla, in the virtues upon which the mainten- ance and success of free institutions @epend. No free government can last in health if it lose hold of the traditions of its history, and in the public achools these traditions may be and should be se Five models to choose from. /Tour- ing car, Roadster, Coupe, Coach and Four Door Sedan. Patterson-Oakland Co. 540 E. Yellowstone Phone 2202 } ef its labo: tembi . Mi a speedy but temperate vigilance| convincing those young men and the most ‘noted Americans’ of that ‘ilme ‘were(agtiat enrouchmenta with am to: | women who have enjoyed educa- tional opportunities that they owe @ reasonable share of their time and energies to teaching. The strength and security of the nation will always rest in the in- telligent body of its people. Our concep- duty and private obligattons broad enough to en- visage the problems of a greatly distraught world. More than any- thing e! men and women need 1-—It unites the separate states into a nation,|support of the constitution and the|the capacity to see with clear eye a union for the common good of all; it sets up |laws, let every American pledge his|#nd to contemplate with open, un- a government which derives its just powers from|!ife, his property, and his sacred | prejudiced mind the tssues of these times. Only through a properly motivated and generously inspired process of education can this be accomplished.—Warren G, Harding. TRAINING OF TEACHERS Free schools and compulsory at- tendance are new experiences. No power of government can bring to them success. If they succeed, it will be through the genuine effort and support that can come only from the heart of tne people them- selves. It is this condition that makes the position of the teacher rise to such high importance. The standards which teachers are required to maintain are continually rising. Their work takes on a new dignity. It is rising above a call ing, above a profession, into the realms of an art. It must be digni fled by technical training, ennobled by character, and sanctified by faith, It is not too much to say that the need of civilization is the need of teachers. The contribution which they make to human welfare is beyond estimation.—Calvin Coo- lldge. Rain Damaged Hay CODY.—Heavy losses in hay are reported as a result of the continued rains. Water has soaked into the stacks four and five feet and many stacks are smoking. Indications are that hay will be worth real money before next spring. Much of the second cutting of hay is stil] in the field and {is seriously damaged. The grain in the field will take a heavy loss as the shocks show sprouting. Very li ing has been done and but little threshing before the heavy rains came on. Potatoes are still in the field and ‘| the wet weather has delayed digging so late that it is believed by many that the crop will be frozen in the fields before the ground (dries enough to permit the harvest. A slump as low as 65 cents on the local market from a dollar to one twenty-five occurred two weeks ago and with conditions as they are, it 1s estimated thut the price will be considerably higher and recover the price around a dollar. Murdered by Boot- leggers KEMMERER.—Murder, in vilest form, was committed at Diamond- ville, when Harry Ritchie, a section laborer, paid his life as a penalty to Kemmerer bootleggers, for telling in police court that afternoon, where he had procured liquor which he had drunk to excess and landed in the city jail. James Super was arrested, as also was Antone Bower, in connection with the heinous crime, and the lat- ter has confessed that the per- petrator of the deed was Andrew Hirko, another bootlegger, who faces trial for violating the prohibi- tion law. Hirko is still at large, but is being eagerly sought for. pease bidiak orsten cca S School Enrollment RIVERTON.—The enrollment in Riverton district stood as follows at the close of the first month of school this year: High school, 126; eighth grade, 82; seventh grade, 3 2 fourth grade, third B grade, * 30; second Bygrade, 19; first A grad 26; first B rade, 28; Delfelder school, 48; Dobler school, 18; Neble school, 8. Total, B25. Equestrizn Model CoDY.—“Smoky,” «a magnificent specimen of western horse flesh and sald to be the counterpart of the horse Buffalo Bill would choose for his private saddle animal, left Satur- day by express for New York to be- come the model for the equestrian statue which fs to show Col. Cody, youthful scout, clearing the trail of hostile savages who blocked the way and opening the western eapire to settlement. Smoky ts the favorite saddle horse or Fr. Groves, Jr., and is from the strain of saddle horses which was the pride of Col. Cody, in the SERVICE BATTERIES WITH EACH RE-CHARGE LIBERTY GARAGE ANNEX 414 SOUTH ELM STREET Phone 2300 and 62 THE NICOLAYSEN LUMBER (0, Everything in Building Material RIG TIMBERS A SPECIALTY FARM MACHINERY, WAGONS Vistributors of KONSET Three-Day Cementing Process for Oil Weils. Office and Yard—First and Center Sts. Casper, Wyo. i i if | aoge < ‘Whitney, sculptor, who has a to model the memorial founder of this city. ———- & ‘| ° Park Ranks Second CODY.—Park county's school sys- tem ranks second in the state on a scoring of ten sets of educational data, prepared by Katherine Mor- ton, state superintendent of schools, and presented to the state teacher's association which met at Douglas. ~ |The scoring is done on per cent at- tending school, average days attend- ed, average number of days the schools were kept open, per cent that high school enrollment was of rin nigh eetal BEES 5 Is in , a over gir ; expenditure per pupil for purposes other than for teachers’ salaries and expenditure per teacher for salary. Hot Springs county ranks first with a percentage of 118 with Park county coming second with 103 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1923, points in her favor. Natro; Platte, Albany © braré,, Laramie, Albany anq come in the order nan, with rank above 90. The lowest WOMEN! 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