Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1923, Page 16

PAGE FOUR. Che Casper Sunday Cribune Entered at Casper (Wyoming) postoffice as second class matter, November 22, 3016, Business Telephones .-..-..-...--.-_._--.-.15 and 16|trained men will be felt throughout the entire Connecting All service. Branch Telephone Exchange Departments, By J. B. HANWAY Advertising Representatives Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-28 Steger Bldg., Chi- cago, Ill, 286 Fifth Ave., New York Citv; Globe Bidg.. Boston, Mass., Suite 404 Sbaron Bidg., 55 New Mont- | junder proper accounting are they are attempting to accomplish. It is an inovation that should have been tried out years ago, and would have been of vast ad- vantage to this government during the European fomery St., San Francisco, Cal. Copies of the Daily|Wur. 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Senator Sim- mons declares himself against the major fea- tures of the Mellon tax reduction plan, and thereby sets himself squarely in oppostiion to the taxpayers of the United States who, almost as a unit, are behind the Mellon schedule of tax ents. The party is headed for certain oblivion if it stands in the way of the greatest financial re- lief that has been offered to the nation in years. If Democrats assist the Republicans in writ- the business affairs of the army establishment upon a business basis. The results to be secured plainly obvious, and the economies under intelligent practices by The whole proposal resolves itself into doing business with trained and efficient men instead of with men who have no special idea of what) be Casper Sunday Crihune The Opinion of Other Newspapers The Shoe Pinching say that the free trade Pinching Great Britain. Commer- cial reports from London declare \ jon account of the heavy tion of German shoes. It is stat- ed that 1,319,800 pairs of shoes were during the first eight months of the present year. British manufac- turers are asking the government to invoke in their behalf the safe- guarding of industries act,, which is merely a fanciful name for a Protective tariff. extra duty of 33 1-3 per cent in addition to the reparation duty of 26 per cent.—Des Moines (1a) ‘Cap- ital. -_—_———_——_ Widespread Benefits ‘The thing that will probably most One Year, Dafly and Sunday ....1.....--«s----$7.8)/ing the Mellon recommendations into law they |commend Secretary Mellon's propo- One Year, Sunday Only ..-..... Bix Month, Dally ané@ bunday ~..--.-------<+e--= Three Months, Daily and Sunday .-~..-----.---- 3.35 One Month, Baily and Sunday -............--—- 15 All subscriptions must be paid in advance and the Dal'y Tribune will not insure delivery after subsct! > ton becomes one month in arrears. KICK, IF YOU DON’T GET YOUR TRIBUNE If you don't find your Tribune after lookit eurefully for it, call 15 or 16 and it will be delivere: to you by special messenger. Register complaints before 8 o'clock. A Policy of Safety The president of the Philippine-American Chamber of Commerce declares there is no dan- ger of an insurrection in the Philippines, and that the better class of the natives and the busi- ness men of the islands do not want complete freedom. That is the view held by most Amer- icans. The condition of the Filipinos will be infinitely better if they remain under the pro- tection of the United States and if American capital and enterprise is permitted to develop the resources of the islands, free from the un- certainties of native rule. They Must Be Honest Regardless of any specific facts that may be shown on some controverted points in the dis- cussion concerning Russia, the American people will not lose sight of the fundamental fact that the present regime has refused to recognize the binding obligataion of contracts honestly made and also refused to recognize the right of title to property honestly acquired. There can be no permament social organiza- tion in any country where these fundamentals are ignored or rejected. Confiscation is but a polite word for theft, but it does not deceive anyone of intelligence. The people of the United States desire friendly relations with the people of Russia, but not under the leadership of men who refuse to uphold the first essentials of sound private and public business. Whetting His Razor Mr. McAdoo need not worry very much over the announcement of the ndidacy of Mr, Cox for the Democratic nomination for the presi- dency, Of course that candidacy will cut into the McAdoo strength to a considerable degree, but | the Cox strength something that McAdoo could not get in event. The friends of Mr. Cox have a very clear idea of the amount of Adoo strength they did not get in their efforts elect Cox in 1920. Retribution will be swift sure. and Adding Business to It It is scarcely to be expected that, under nor- mal conditions of training, army officers will be good business managers. The usual course of training for military service does not include business management. The chief purpose of mil- itary education is to prepare men for the organ- ization, the drilling, the equipment, and the man- euvering of troop The army officer must be so thoroughly trained in military tacties and strategy that his mind works quickly and accur- ately in grasping and solving a military prob- Jem. This is true not merely of military train ing but of every other science, art, profession or occupation. Intensive training in any line necessarily means a considerable if not a complete neglect of other lines. Eminent doctors, lawyers, preach- ers and authors frequently, if not usually, poor business man That is because their success in their own prof ion has been ac. quired by concentration of mind upon the one subject to the virtual exclusion of eve The successful financier is often densely ignor- ant on most other subjects. It is no disgrace to the members of one profession to be ignorant of the details of another. An army officer, like a football player, must so thoroughly familiar with every phase of ame that when a situation is suddenly and expectedly presented, his mind will grasp its rificance instantly and will dictate the he should pursue without long delay studying causes and effects. The commandiz he his course officer must not only know how many soldiers he must send to meet an adversary, but he must know, without stopping to look up authorities on the subject how many men can be moved over a certain road in a limited amount of time, and how long it will take to move ammunition, food, ambulances, ete., to the same spot. When a man has filled his head with this sort of knowledge he has probably done so, to the neglect of most | other subj All this exp: ains why the war department con-| templates the establishment of a school of busi ness within the depertment..Army officers will be given course of instruction in business} methods and these will form the teaching force for a regular school of business in the army. After they have completed their regular course of t ning in militar; they will be] trained in business m so they can the better and more efficiently conduct the busi ness affairs of the military branch of the gov- ernment. It is not proposed that all army offi- cers are to be given this business instruction, but an a@quate number to imsure the conduct of country will accord it. It is a time to put par- tisanship aside and vote for the common good. Democrats and Republicans alike pay income taxes and are engaged in business t suffers the handicaps of high assessments. The Mellon relief will be spread among them all, ir- respective of party, and it ought to receive the approval of all legislators, irrespective of party. Did You Get It? The annual report of the war department 'shows that the United States government has al- jready paid a bonus of $100,127,460 to ex-service men ie the World War. This is in conformity with an amendment to the revenue act approved February 24, 1919, which directed the payment of $60 to every person who served in the mili- tary forces of the United States during the World war and who was honorably discharged. This payment was to be in addition to all other amounts due any ex-service men. This pay- ment of $60 was included in the final pay vouch- er given every ex-service man at the time of his honorable discharge. Subsequent to the passa; of the act, all soldiers discharged between April 6, 1917, and the passage of the act and who were not given this payment are entitled to it by sub- mitting their claims to the finance officer of the war department. Only 1,668,791 have filed claims and been paid, Thank God For Good Sense For a number of months the American peo- ple have sold more things to foreigners than they have bought from them. This is good news to the business men and the working men of the United States. It means prosperity. But that is not all it means. It means something far‘more important than a few hundred million dollars to the na- tion, one for the simple reason that this proof of progress lays to rest the latest of the scare- crows paraded before the nation to frighten it out of its splendid independence and its abund- ant well-being. First we were told that we could not prosper unless we entangled ourselves in the league of nations. Next we were warned that we should not pros- per, unless we saved Europe by forgiving her the twelve billion debt she owed us. Again we were advised that we should imperil our prosperity unless we delivered in some way to other nations a billion or two of the four bil- lions of gold accumulated in this country. ill again we were admonished that, by en- acting new tariff taxes, we should prevent for- }eigners from selling us their goods and thus destroy the wealth of our foreign trade. And when foreigners sold us more goods than ever, under the new tariff, and we were buyin more than we sold them, we were threatenet with the penalties of national extravagance, an adverse balance of trade and general hard times. None of the warnings has been heeded by the people, None of the perils has overwhelmed us. We have not entangled ourselves in the league, have not forgiven Europe her debt to our tax- payers, have not repealed our tariff. And yet we prosper—prosper as seldom before—prosper as no other people in the world are prospering. At home the well-being of the people is great. er than ever before. It not only is abundant, it is marvelous. With the latest turn in foreign trade, the latest of all the scarecrows has been |put to rest ; W then, has been the object of this cam- paign of fear? What have been the purposes of the men who have threatened the American peo. }ple with such forecasts of disaster? To frighten the people into entangling them- selves in the desperate affairs of Europe, to mingle American prosperity with European ad- versity, to put America’s solvency behind the bankruptcy of other nations, to pool the plen- titude of our resources with the scarcity of Europe's wasted resou The motives behind these purposes have been plain—partly political, partly sentimental, part- ly financial. But they have all failed—motives and purposes all have failed. Moreover, the ar- guments behind them have failed. The people have not been frightened. There- fore despite false warning emotional appeals, they still mark a stra American course. Therefore they are able still to live decent American lives under decent American conditions. Let every true American thank the Lord for the common sense of the American people. It has saved the nation thus far. Unless the earth cracks through, it bids fair to save the nation again, for the efforts of the entanglers are not ended nor are their devices yet spent. important than would be ‘indicated by the say- ing of some $325,000,000. It would set an ex- jample to the states and municipalities which they could not fail to follow. No man has ever yet risen to dispute the prop- osition that the only sure way to reduce taxes is to repeal the tax. An attempt at shifting i ways a deception. Since the present rulers of Russia refuse to contracts recognize the binding obligation of made by the previous rulers, we wo they do not repudiate the sale of Ala United States and claim repossession, The Mellon plan for tax reduction is far more a~------e-- 2.5) are entitled to the credit for so doing, and the|aaj of tax reduction is the fact tag As he} it goes all along the line. has framed it, the program reaches federal | “!rectly every federal taxpayer, and, telling us? hat|>¥ stimulating business, will serve! hungry people in Europe now, par. every individual in the country. * © © —if it is the desiré that the Plan go through the people should impress the fact upon their sena- tors and representatives at Wash- ington. Only by economy can tax reduction come, The peop'e should say to thelr senators and represen- tatives with all force and firmness that they want expenditures de, creased and taxes cut—Kokoma nd.) Tribune, Not By Ingenious Device Among the multitude of entrants in the Bok peace prize contest some doubtless are persons with practical Suggestions for a world modus vi- vendl. Some may have sound ideas on how to reduce war to a minimum But genuine, lasting peace does not come as a result of treaties or agree- ments. It flows from the hearts of men. good understanding that exists to- day between the United States and Canada, and which has in high de- gree, the quality of uniqueness. Consequently it wil! not real'y be forwarded by any prize contest, no matter how ingenious some of the ideas developed may be.—Detroit Free Press, mene | a RPare Mellon’s Great Work Secretary Mellon deserves the tent endeavors to obtain a reduoc- by $1295 Rosier 1273 Sed: an Seven Passenger Touring 1563 Seven Passenger Sedan. 2285 Five Passenger Touring $ 965 ‘Two Passenger Roadster 935 Prices f. 0. b. Buick Factories; It i t a figure of h to is no gu ee eine tae that the boot and shoe industry of|the business o! the United Kingdom is in distress|S00d or contribute more effectively imported into the United Kingdom) They ask ar.| It is born of the sort of) praise of the country for his insis-| FOURS tion of our present excessive sched- ule of income taxation. only him in all these common sense Nothing would do f the country greater | ommendations. to the comfort and welfare of the |Sreat masses of our people than a |reduction of the taxation which is now locking the fortunes of the cap- Atalists in tax-exempt and other ur.- {productive investments. ‘Their funds ought instead to be swelling |the current available for business. —Boston Hi i Hull Might Try It That amazing chairman of the Democratic national committee, Cor- dell Hull, of Tennessee, has a new thought. It is this: The estab- Ushment of European markets for the disposal of surplus foodstuffs is | one of the principal needs of the Am- jerican farmer. My; what a head ;® man must have to think of such a thing as that! But why does not Mr. Hull show us, instead of just There are a good many ticularly in Germany. Unquei tionably they would be very giad to buy and eat the surplus food pro- ducts of the United States. There jare no restrictions\on exportation and there are no restrictions on im- | portation and there is an extraor-| linary number of ships looking for cargoes. Mr. Hull may not be a capitalist, but supposing he could $1,000. For $1,000 he could buy ap- proximately 1,000 bushels of wheat in the United States. Once landed in Germany he could sell that wheat for about 160, 000,000 marks, Think of ft! With an investment of only $1,000 he would become a multibiIiionalre—in German marks. Why doesn’t he do it? Surely he would not recommend the American |farmer to try a business enterprise |into which he would not venture | himself—Buffalo Expre: | eee Getting Back The farmer ts getting back on easy street again. In fact, accord- ing to the federal reserve report for | this district, things are coming along even better for him now thar, ,for his cousin in the city. | Falls (8. Dak.) Argus. Taxes and More Taxes State, municipal and other minor taxing authoritles have increased our tax burdens since the war at pe A VALVE-IN-HEAD ‘Three Passcager Rosdeter Oo siors Four Pessenger Sport Touring . . . . « 1725 Brougham Seden. . . 2235 Four Passenger Coupe . 1995 Five Passenger Sedan . $1495 Four Passenger Coupe | 1585 jovernment tar to be added. F-22-15-NP 132 N. Wolcott St. CASPER BUICK COMPANY Phones 2260—2261 When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them Rough roads, bumps your repair bills by Springs. The doub shocks. Phone 1369 Reduce Your Repair Bills rack your car or truck to pieces. Reduce pressed air completely absorbs all road STATE DISTRIBUTORS See Us for Tires and Springs for Your Cars , railroad crossings; installing Geuss Air le cushion of com- 328 W. Midwest ‘And it {gy $6,112,234,000 was required for fed what we should expect that/€™! governmental expenditures. In Presiden: t Coolidge behind} get hold of a little money—say/ | MARY PICKFORD IN “ROSITA = of $736,000,000 in 1917 to $2\p 000,000 tn 1921, promise to sb: similar increase in 1923. seems to be no check on local atien. It ought to be studied corrected as much as feleral tion. ‘The proposed conferen would provide an opportunity that end.—Chicago Tribune. an astounding rate. Thirty-four states showed an increase of 75 per cent In two years. While the federal government is strivirg to reduce taxes, others are steadily increasing them. In 1920, “ —Ft. Wayne —_—-—. Protects and Produces present tariff law has been in a-year and in that perio) a a revenue of $56) 54). In_ this respect it has con. d its opponents who prea.) would prove a failu to |1921 that was reduce to $4,849. 708,000. But jh the same period lin which federal expenditures wére thus cut $1,262,535,000, state and local expenditures were increased from $3,808,523,000 to $4,523,387,000, and they're still going up, Federal taxation since the war j has been reduced from more than three-fifths of the nation’s total to approximately one-half. In the same period local taxes have in- creased even more rapilly, and the people of this country this year probably will pay considerably more taxes than they paid in 1920. Local vernments are on a ndin; Spree. Bonds issued by Bibs 5 <a a vote for Andrew Jackson, dead} both res nicipalities and other taxing subdi-| would show better sense thar. a vote! foreigr.e! visions, which jumped from a totalfor any of the living Democrats (Kal Ri Uncertain and Unreliable The Democratic donkey differs from all other# in that no one can tell from how he stands how he is going to kick.—Boston Herald. ERE BR | No Real Ones Living The threat of George M. Bailey, the paragrapher of the Houston (Tex) Post, to vote for Andrew Jack- son in 1923, might be carried out by Democrats everywhere with a@ great deal of good judgment. For courage import: yield@) $200,000,000 more than + tries. has der strated Its effica: s in all lines » ek our markets.— HICKVILLE FOLLIES A RURAL MUSICAL NOVELTY ACT Appearing at 3:15, 8 and 9:30 4IN ADDITION TO CHARLES JONES —IN— | “CUPID’S FIREMAN” | AND COMEDY Shows at 1, 2, 3.15, 5, 6:30, 8, 9:30 | “THEMAN WHO. WON” Also edy “A POO! FISH” 10c aml 20c 10c and 40c TUESDAY AT THE AMER] Tuesday is one of the most important Ss 5 os t of the year on Casper’s t marks the starting of Mary Pickford’s magnificent new production, “Rosite ae ane ie Berrien is an enthralling Spanish romance, directed by Ernest Lubitsch, the man who made Poh Negri famous Holbrook Blinn, Irene Rich, George Walsh c i, ; derful role as the little gypsy Patiser ato chart Beaton aad archon’ Mary Pao td in her won-