Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 4, 1923, Page 30

PAGE Two. Che Casper Sunday Cribune ‘The Casper Daily 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, 18 Business Telephones _ --—-——----—---15 and Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting All Departments. TS By J. B. HANWAY Advertising Representatives aa Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger iengars cago, I'l, 286 Fifth Ave., New York City; Globe bra Boston, Mass., Suite 404 Sharon Blds.. 56 New Mout fomery St., San Francisco, Cal Copies of t oe Tribune are on file in the New York, Chicago, and San Francisco offices and visitors are welcome. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. C:) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier and Outside State One Year, Dai'y and Sunday One Year, Sunday Only —--. 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It is very obvious taf La Follette feels as he does about the matter ane why he is willing to stage a demonstration. bd Senator Cummins resigns his chairmans! ip ix order to take over the duties of the vice presi- dency, LaFollette’s seniority on the committee ill make him chairman. : whe country does not care byes much who gets the dignity and increased salary incic 2 Pobidency of the senate, but it is likely to be deeply interested in who has charge of legisla- tion relating to the railroads. There will be a)yit"it int certain that Mr. Ford intends to demand at the next session for a general over- hauling of the Esch-Cummins law for the PUr- i xtoses of New Hampshire is in doubt upon that pose of altering the railway labor board and also in connection with plans for the consolida- tion of the roads into a few systems. Congress will be asked to take some sort of action with re- spect to rates on grain, and doubtless many other questions relating to transporation will emerge. | If Senator LaFollette is credited with all the} ability his friends attribute to him, he is still not the man to have charge of such subjects. He |has made his fortune, rivalling Rockefeller’s by inveighing against “wealth and the cor-} ee ee so Ncaig eet the is utterly incapable of thinking calmly and intelligently on railway questions. If Cummins must choose between chairmanship and presidency of the senate, then he should keep the chairmanship and forego the more ornamental and lucrative post. Possibilities Versus Realities “Rural telephone service is in its infacy in the large European countries, such as England and France,” writes M. G. Valensi, noted tele ngineer. F us Sonn teant to this situation, Mr. Valensi ints out that in the United States “more than 2,500,000 farms posses the telephone. In, that country,” he adds, “there exists almost 26,000 small rural co-operative telephone companies, made up of farmers who combine to construct a line leading to a point connecting with a tele- ne central.” Parke New York telephone system is the most perfect system I have ever used,” declared F. G. Hughes, prominent Australian, _in a recent speech, upon his return to Australia from an ex- tended tour of Europe and America. During the trip Mr. Hughes inspected public utilities and industrial undertakings in many countries. His study of public utility operation led him to emphasize the superiority of the New York telephone service to such a degree that the Melbourne Argus publishes an account of his address under the headline “New York’s Per fect Telephones.” 2 ayaternitianal telephony as yet is in its in- fancy,” says a recent article in the London Times, “but business houses in Londan have al- ready realized the value of the existing system, and a few people have actually anticipated the romantic potentialities of a continent completely linked up by telephone.’ The English eee might have added that on the North American continent these “romantic potentialities” have been transformed into ac- tual everyday facts, and that in New York there are over 18 telephones per 100 persons. Thus do the people of this nation enjoy the “realities” while people of Europe dream of “potential possibilities” under the government operated system. Presents Cold Facts Answering Secretary Wallace, Senator Capper and other advocates of reduced freight rates on farm products Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the Southern Pacific company declares that. “to carry out the views of those men connected with the government would bankrupt every railroad} in the country.” He referred specifically to the twenty-five per cent reduction on agricultural products intended for export, suggested by Sec-| retary Wallace to President Coolidge, the latter part “of September, supported by certain mem- bers of congress. In reply to the statements made by these offi- cials, including that of Senator Capper, who said that “lowering of freight rates is one of the most important steps toward remedying agri- cultural conditic ” Mr. Kruthschnitt said. “4 most superficial reference to statistics within the reach of all shows the absurdity and absolutely unreliability’of these statements. “In 1921 the net railway operating income of class 1 carriers was in round numbers $601,000,- 000. A reduction of 25 per cent in freight rates would amount to $981,000,000, so that such a re- duction would have left the railroads with no operating income and confronted with the neces- sity of finding 0,00,000 elsewhere. In 1922 net railway operating income, in round numbers was $760,000,000, whereas a 25 per cent reduction in freight rates would amount to $1,001,000,000; that is, net operating income would ha been wiped out and the roads left with a deficit of $241,000,000. In other words, to carry out the views of these men connected with the govern incident to the} | Ford, like Mr. Rockefeller before him would put |ment would bankrupt every railroad in the coun: | try. { “The farm value of the spring and winter wheat of 1922 is given in the United States de-| |partment of agriculture year book as $864,139,. | |000. On the theory of those who would advance | the price of wheat by lowering freight rates a| 14 per cent increase in the price of wheat would add $120,00,000. Interstate commerce commis- sion paper 23,157 shows that the total freight |Tevenue received by the railroads for carrying wheat was $119,499,000. It is therefore apparent that to add 14 per cent to the price of wheat the railroads would have to carry the entire prod- uct for nothing.” Mr. Kruttschnitt asserted that the new records set by the railroads so far this year in move- ment of freight were convincing evidence “that freight rates are not, and have not been, an em- bargo upon the movement of farm products.” jHe said that when the arguments of the pro- ponents of rate reduction are met they shift their ground and assert, without much knowledge of their facts, “that such wonderful economics |could be affected by consolidation that it should be brought about at once, at all cost.” He referred to the railroads’ ce -un- der government control, inting out that it cost $1.17 to save every dollar of corporate offi- cers’ salaries eliminated by the federal railroad administration during that period. As to the benefits to be expected from the pro- ’| posed consolidations, Mr. Kruttschnitt said that 2 | thousands of joint track agreements existed be- fore federal control and exist now, and that joint use of terminals is seldom, if ever, refused where sufficient capacity for more than one own- ing line exists. Should Remain With Lizzie | Thomas Edison the intimate friend of Henry |Ford says that Ford, to be of highest service |to the nation must remain where he is, as a con- structive factor in economic development and seek the tenancy of the White House. Mr. ison implies that Mr. Ford would make an indifferent president. Mr. Edison is right, Statesmanship, the art of politics, is not business, although some of our business men are persuaded they could make a good job of it. Being president is a difficult and usually a thankless task for which building |flivvers is no preparation, any more than in- |venting electric lights and other mechanistic |wonders is, as Mr. Edison would testify him- | self. , Let every shoemaker stick to his last, is a good adage expressive of age-old empirical wisdom. stick to his. So keen a politician as Senator point, and is under no illusion concerning Ford’s potential popular support. What would he do as president? To find the answer, ask what sort of a man he is, what kind of a mentality? He is the kind that John D. Rockefeller was when the latter was operative. His genius is characteristically of the Rockefeller order. He precisely identical gifts. He is the amazing product of our American industrial system. Would anybody twenty-five years ago have cared to have our federal system Standard-Oil- ized? Does anybody want it flivvered now? Mr. at the service of the nation great talents and quite as remarkable deficiencies. As adminis- trator he might be admirable. As statesman he would be an illusionist or a disaster. Keep Mr. Ford where he is! The Steady Increase More than $1,000,000,000 of state and munt- cipal bonds have been sold within the past year. For the seven months ended July 31 last the ex- act figures were $664,000,000. This is far beyond the expectations of even the most liberal opti- mists of a year or two ago. Inasmuch as tax-exempt issues are being much sought after these days, municipalities are find- ing that they can finance public improvement projects with comparative ease, This has re- sulted, bankers claim, not only in using fabulous sums in enterprises upon which no return can be expected, but has made it extremely difficult for industries to compete for needed funds in the open market. Municipalities have actually overstepped their credit boundaries, besides heaping additional ex- pense upon the pnblic in the way of taxes. Not.only are direct tax bills being rapidly in- creased by the tax-exempt bond issues but in ad- dition every holder of taxable property pays a double load to make up the loss to the govern- ment resulting from the non-taxable income of the holder of tax-exempt bonds. All property should be taxed equally and our laws amended to do away with the injustice of the present situation so far as new bond issues are concerned. The Waste of Power | The low prices for crude oil which prevail for! the moment bear no resemblance to a blessing. They are the result of an awful waste of power, which can never be recovered. To the end of time it will be true that some things remain undone which would have been done had the oil states not wasted so much power in 1923. } The cause was the simultaneous discovery and development of new pools under land so com- pletely subdivided that could not be monopo- lized. Could the control of the surfice have been put under single management oil would have been kept in the ground until it could have been “or-| derly marketed” as the farmers say, to meet cur- rent demand. Once given an outlet to the surface the oil gushed forth faster than storage could be pro- vided and untold volumes of valuable gas went into the air. In the desperate efforts to save the oil great fleets of tankers on the Atlantic and| Pacific are hastening to marekt with sources of power which might have been saved for use in} the future when meeded. Reckless Extravagance Everybody has confidence in the judgment of Secretary Mellon of the treasury. In fiscal mat- ters and upon economic questions it is generally conceded that he stands the peer in these Unit- ed States. Mr. Mellon says: “The American people cannot have lighter) taxes and indulge in such extravagances as bon- uses. and similar luxuries. Only a very rich country could stand our. complicated and expen- sive system of government. British taxes sound yery heavy, but in actual fact the average Eng- ishman pays less than the average American. |Since 1920 state taxation has risen while federal {taxes ‘have been reduced. Since 1913 the per cap- ita increase for 18 states has been from 100 per cent to 200 per cent. wpe Casper Siunvap Crivune Court Settles New Point Tidball in dis- handed down a son and Earl Hicks for suppression of evidence seized by night police Sergeant Will Connors recently when he entered the Rebhausen place in Thornburg street and seized some whiskey without a starch warrant. The petitioners moved for suppres- of @ search warrant, but Judge Tid- ball, in denying the motion, holds that no search warrant is needed where intoxicating Nquor is kept in & public place. This ruling by the court is far- reaching in its effect, and officials here charged with enforcefnent of the law are of the opinion that it will make it far easier for them in future to secure evidence and obtain convictions, Judge Tidball stated that, as far as he knew, this is the first time this subject has been passed upon by a@ state court. = Find Platinum Lode LARAMIE—Samples of ore as- sayed today by Prof. E. Prosper Mc- carty, head of the school of mines, University of Wyoming, indicate that the platinum 4: it discovered in the mountains a few miles west of Centennial by Jacob Schnitzler is more extensive than was at first sup- posed. In fact it is believed that @ series of lodes ex! the one from which the latest samp'e was taken being separate and distinct from that turned up by Schnitzler, The latest samples, taken from the Northrop claim, a bit south and about one mile east of the Schnitz- ler location, assay only about $24 of Platinum and $1 of gold to the ton, as compared with $946 worth of platinum, palladium and gold for the Schnitzler ore, but it is pointed out that the Northrop samples, taken out and submitted for assay by A. J. Hull, were found at a depth of fourteen feet, while the Schnitzler ore came from a water level tunnel at the bottom of a 200-foot ravine. It is held that the Northrop ore should be equally rich at the same depth, and a cabin ts being built now with a view to sinking a shaft at this point, Today’s assay showed no palladium or copper. The present prospect comprised of a group of seven claims and @ company has been organized to work them, the Wyoming Plati- num Mining and Milling syndicate of which Mr. Hull is secretary, es By the Carload WHEATLAND—The second car load of honey left Wheatland last week, consigned to W. C. Foster, of Boulder, Colo. The car was made up by several producers, The price paid was $4.25 per case of 24 sec- tions for all grades. The honey men stated that this price was not as high as {t appeared, inasmuch as most of the honey was first grade stuff, and only a few thirds were included. No sa'e of extracted hon- ey has been made, the producers holding for 10 cents per pound, while the best offer is 9%c. At this offer is considered below the price of sug- ar, it seems likely that the growers will eventually get their price, ———.__—_ Splendid Yiéld WHEATLAND—A yilela of 81% bushels per acre for nine acres of oats wag reported on the Carey farm operated by Herbert Francis. The oats were of the Fay Special! strain, Mr, Francis having bought the seed from Mr. Fay two years ago. Measured by the established test of 9% quarter mile rows to the acre and 120 ears to the bushel, a field on the Shope farm, operated by James Shope made a yield of 86 bushels of corn per acre, PEARL WHITE LAUNDRY Phone 1702 AT YOUR SERVICE HAVE YOU A DOLLAR ? Spend it at the Barcley Shop Tues- day. ATTENTION All accounts due us pay- ‘able at our office in bal- cony game location or P. O. Box 1101. Casper Storage 117 East Second St. Grocery face as “| result of a gun duel which he and Movie Stuff COLONY—BSylvester had the thumb of his right hand shot off, the fleshy part of his left hand torn somewhat and a slight wound inflicted in his the Fred Hickey were engaged in Fri- day morning. McCcnaughy and Hickey have been having more or less trouble for several years over thelr ranges. Friday morning, as McConaughty and Lyndon Painter reached the gate about a quarter of @ mile south of Hickey’s piace, they | were met by Hickey and his son/ Raymond, both being mounted on one horse and carrying rifles. Mc-| Conaughy suspected trouble and ac- cording to reports opened fire on the/ elder Hickey with a Luger auto-| matic, the bullet grazing his neck. Hickey fired almost simultaneously | and shot McConaughy gun from his! hands as he was attempting to fire again, ‘The bullet tore his thumb| away and glanced from the stock into his other hand. Fragments of the bullet also penetrated his face in several places near his mouth. Painter in the meantime) wasn't losing any time in getting to Curt Lindmy’s for help, Fo!low- ing the shooting, Hickey’s oldest son, Raymond, aged about 21, in a revengeful spirit, shot and killed MeConaughy's horse. The senior Hickey then played the part of the! Gooq Samaritan and helped McCon- aughy home where his wounds were bandaged. A doctor from Hulett and Deputy Sheriff, J. Hurtt were called shortly afterward. McCon- aughy will recover. No arrests have been made so far. Rough Going LANDER—Lon Poston and family, who have been four days trying to get from Rock Springs to Lander, arrived here about 4 o'clock last night. They had no trouble com-| {ng to South Pass, but from there on it was hitting snow banks from! one to fifteen feet deep. It took them a whole day to go from South Pass to Sam O'Mara’s only 8 mites, | and it took them another day to get to Goons, with six horses pu'ling them. Yesterday they started early | from Goon’s and arrived here just | before dark. ‘Poston says that this was without doubt the worst trip| he has ever made in the mountains and doesn’t want to make another one soon. It Happened In Wyoming Matters and Things, of State-Wide Interest, Wired in, Telephoned in, Written, Grepe-Vined and Some of It Purloined. For New Station LARAMIE—Some headway toward building the new passenger depot is being made. A spur track lead- ing from the westbound main line just south of Garfleld street has been laid to the site of the depot. First street has been closed to traffic barriers being pleced at Garfield street and in the alley between First and Second streets at Kearney street and Sheridan street, and at the Sheridan street connection with First street. Much of the old fence in front of the houses has been torn away and some of the houses are being moved. The city is prepar- ing to remove the fire hydrant from First and Kearney streets to First and Garfield streets. First street has been transferred to the raf'road company and between Garfield street and Park avenue has ceased to exist sa thoroughfare. The spur track is to be used for the handling of cars loaded with material for the new depot, EDITORIAL COMMENT It is one of the inconsistencies of life that the very persons who argue against measures for national de- fense at home are hot for aggres- sive entrance into the affairs of Europe.—Troy (N. Y.) Times, As the London Daily Express sees it, the League of Nations is a $20,- 000,000 farce, but a farce that cost that amount of money would seem to have some of the aspects of a tragedy—Boston Transcript. — Although America has had no part in the deliberations of the League, Americans are still doing more than thelr full share to relieve the mis- fortune of Europe,—Philadelphia Ledger. Lloyd George declares there !s a great war coming. What Ameri- cans are trying to figure out is whether. he considers it a threat or a promise.—Philade!phia North American. The League of Nations seems to be rapidly approaching the condi- tion known in the Army as total aisability—both arms, both legs and head off—Shoe and Leather Re- porter, A volume of reminiscences is ex- pected from Ambassador Harvey, it is stated, but there is no rumor that ALL SIZES $16.50 JAKE THE NIFTY Wyatt Hotel Basement HURRY!. THEY ARE GOING FAST! Rows of Sample Suits ALL STYLES Dont Envy Achieve It!- ALL WOOL $25.00" TAILOR This Bank Will Help You! | Nine times out of ten success means being ready for opportunity when ‘ » it comes. It may mean buying into your business, it may mean a rare # bargain, or it may be that it is necessary to live on your “financial fat” for two or three months. But opportunity almost always calls for some investment of time and money. To achieve success, be financially prepared... savings account. Start here today! 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