Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1924, Page 2

PAGE TWO Cin Casper Daily Cribune Leen eee ene se ae ert ‘Tne Casper Daily Tribune issued every evening and The Sunday Morning Tribune every Sunday, at Casper, ‘Wyoming. Publication offices: Tribune Buliding, oppo- site postoffice. Entered at Casper class matter, November 23, 1916, Khuginess Telephones _. phone Exchange Departments. Connecting All Advert! Ising Represent King & Prudéen, 1720-28 Steger Biég., Chi 6 Fifth Ave., New York City; Globe wie, Boston, Mass., Suite 404 Sbaron Bldg.. 65 New Bont: gomery St., San Francisco, Cal. Copies of the sap cago, Tl ‘Tribute are on file in the New York, Chicago, and Ean Francisco offices and visitors are welcome, MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associ also the local news published herein. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. C) SUBSCRIPTION BATES By Carrier and Outside State (me Year, Dally and funday ---—~--- One Year, Sunday Only ~------—~ ix Months. ily and Sunday --~. Three Month: One Month, Daily and Sunday ‘Three Months, Daily and seme! Bea One Month, Baily and Sun eareeen=-- * rail ‘subscriptions must be palé tm advance and tre DPal'y Tribune will not Insure delivery after subscri > tion becomes one month in arrears. pact tert ans oss ECTS , IF YOU DON’T GET YOUR TRIBUNE Niryou don’t find your Tribune after loo! carefully for it, call 15 or 16 and it will be Reda to you by special messenger. Register comp! before 8 o'clock. F A Gast Piece of Fiction e greatest piece of fiction issued in 1923 eupen Sat in the closing days of the year by} the Democratic National committee charsing the tariff to have cost Christmas shoppers a bil- lion dollars. i on The yarn spun by the Democratic fiction bureau is to the effect that Christmas sales) amounted to six billion dollars and the tariff added another billion to the price of goods pur- chased by American consumers. Of course, there is this to be said, even on the theory the absurd charges were true: The American consumer had his six billions to spend, and spent it, which is considerably more than can be said of the American consumer under any Democratic administration with free trade| in effect. Christmas time is a very sad occasion un- der Democratic administrations, characterized by closed factories, idle wage earners, families in | want, distress and suffering instead of Christ: | mas cheer. Under Democratic free trade the most conspicuous gift givers are charitable or- ganizations and soup houses. Tariff taxes on Christmas gifts do not bur- den the American consumer under free trade, because he as a rule has no money to spend on anything except what is necessary to keep soul and body together and clothes on the back. Getting back to the text, the Democratic National Committee charges that the billion dollar tariff tax, which it alleges the Ameri- can consumer had added to his Christinas bill, was “for the most part collected by the manufac: turers and middlemen.” The answer to this wild allegation is found in the report of the Bureau of Labor statistics, which shows that the average wholesale prices in 1923 were be- low the averase for corresponding periods in 1922 before the Fordney-McCumber tariff was a law. The bureau’s reports cover over four hundred different commodities, embracing prac- tically every industry in the United States. It should be plain to school children that if manufacturerd and middlemen added over a billion dollars to the Christmas bill of the Am- erican consumer because of the tariff that fact}; would immediately be shown in wholesale prices, for the wholesalers are middlemen and manufacturers as a rule sell wholesalers rather than direct to the consumers or to re- tailers, That wholesale prices have been lower; on the whole since the tariff went into effect postoffice as second 15 and 16 SS ed Press is exclusively entitled to the for publication of all news credited in this paper ‘ pay ney-McCumber act. The records of the custom houses prove that fact. The advertisements of the large retail concerns from coast to coast prove imported goods are beins featured and sold to an unprecedented degrec. These are the facts. They cannot be dis- puted. ‘They show up the absurdity of the charge of the Democratic National committee that the American manufacturer has been prof- iteering as a result of the Fordney-McCumber act. What About Taxes? This country is about to take an important step in the evolution of the state. This repub- jlic emerged out of a monarchy. That mon- jarchy has risen from a more absolute system where the king and the state were identical. Out of the deference demanded by the king de- veloped a deference demanded by the state, The state insisted on having prior claims and great- er privileges than the people. One of the relics of the days when the state enjoyed a preferred ition is the idea that public securities should tax free. Certain securities hare been ame from taxation on the ground of traditional deference to the state or king, on the ground that the state can not afford to compete with business in gen- eral in selling securities and on the sround of patriotism. The rising tide of sentiment t bonds came to a climax in President Coolid; message to congress. Action will be taken in the present session to do away with the evils of tax exemption, John Willis Cook No acquaintance, and certainly no person concerned in newspaper making in Wyoming but will regret the sudden passing of John Willis Cook, of Lander, For mang years he has been active in news- r circles and as editor of the Lander Jour- nal has wielded a large influence in political and civic matters. He comes from a line of pioneers which first made its appearance in the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts on the landing of the Mayflower. Then the journey westward. began, to Ohio, to Indiana, to Iowa, to Kansas, to Colorado, to Wyoming. John Cook was born in Jefferson county Kansas in which state he was educated and grew to manhood. Later he removed to Colo- rado and in that state held public office and} ensaged in newspaper publishing. When he came to Lander in 1905 he em barked again in the newspaper business and has remained until the day of his death. ; In the rs that passed Mr. Cook engaged and banking. 1 ree ges A } mi ated a very comfortable competence, He was throughout his career an uncompro- | mising Republican in politics and _ received! many deserved honors from his party. In his home town he was a splendid citizen, vu respected by everybody. | neighbor, a fast friend and an upholder of the! right in all things. He was known personally to the entire fra- ternity in Wyoming aed held in high esteem for the many high qualities he possessed. To these members of the newspaper family, when the Lander Journal comes to their desks, it will Jack the individuality that for so lons has marked it. A good man has passed on. Wealth, Idleness and No Brains To mar the Yuletide peace, Hollywood could not refrain from breaking out with some of her characteristic nastiness, and to add yet another stain upon a reputation which it has become the habit to drag through the mire at regular intervals. This time the details vary but the principal actors re all present with all the properties | in evidence, Everything set for the occasion. Pretty women, idle rich men, whisk dope, automobiles, chauffeurs, pistols. That's the layout. Small wonder, then, with these mak- ‘s, that another tragedy should not occur. Small wonder, that the heroines of other and| similar scrapes should uot be features in this one. We have been promised a renovation by all of the officials of moviedom from Will Hays down and have had solemn resolutions from iD A than before is absolute proof that the tariff has not resulted in higher prices to the Americen consumer, no difference what certain interests may charge to escape the odium of profiteering. *Taking at random,” says che Democratic national committee, “ a few of the hundreds of articles popniar as gifts, the explanation of the advance in their cost is to be found in the ex- orbitant tariffs of the Fordney-McOumber law.” The committee then lists a number of such commodities. Without exception the articles listed have been imported in greater quantities during the last year than over before in the history of the United States. The buying public} has been appraised by large department stores | and retailers of the fact that they are featuring foreign-mate goods to an unprecedented extent. They have great corps of buyers scouring Euro- pean countries for manufactured goods, This is being done for but one reason. Large de- tailers featuring imported goods do so because they can obtain the goods laid down in this country, tariff paid. for less money than they can purchase the goods of American manufac- turers. In view of this, how foolish to charge the American manufacturers with profiteering! What do the large retail interests which handle imported goods say regarding prices? Here is u quotation from a page in the New York papers during December by ono of the largest retail concerns in the United States: “January sale of household linens towels, “During the past eight months buyers have scoured Ireland, Scotland, Germany and Bel gium and Czechoslovakia in preparation for this sale. The assortment is wide and the prices are substantially lower than they have been for rears.” Another one of the very large retail con- cerns atlvertisers imported linens at “prices low- er than have prevailed in seven years.” Take toys. Large retail houses featuring toys advertised throughout the holiday season that they had a greater supply of foreign-made toys at lower prices than ever before in the history of their business. One of the largest retail houses in the East advertised that its buyers had spent three months in Europe buy- ing toys at the great toy centers of London, Paris, Brussels, Leipsic, Nuremburg and Flor- ence, and So the list might be indefinitely continued. There is no doubt there has never been such a, ation policy that would directors, ‘Stars and flunkies of all degrees, never again! after the Arbuckle jolt; but the old order continueth. We have had much direct information, de- duced from “surveys,.. and it all discloses, for most part, a condition of moral rottenness that would shame the ancient prize-winners, Sodom and Gomorroh, There has been no yacuum cleaning in the sense of a weeding out of offend- ers. The same old insipid stuff comes up to us on the screen, put over by the same old principals, whose depraved personal character is known even to the children in the audience. Yet these have the gall to attempt to teach an al- leged moral in their play-acting. It is all gad, very sad. Whoever selects the stars to appear in pic- tures has but one standard — comely appear- ance. The element of brains has no place in pictures. Not all of them, but a great many of the pretty ones are absolutely without brains or balance. The high salaries they receive give them more money than they ever dreamed of having and without a sense of knowing what to do with it. Men in the business are equally as bad as the wemen. They turn to excesses with the invariable results ‘that have been shaming Hollywood and other great picture colonies for some years past. Those outside the profesion who become in- volved in the scandals, shootings, and other dis- reputable occurrances are birds of a feather and quite naturally flock with their own kind. Wealth without brains and beauty without brains are combinations that are bound. to pro. duce a bad situation when shook up together in the same bag. u I A Business Proposition Practical lumbermen seem agreed that the best method of reforesting our great cut-over timber areas is to protect from fire the new growth of timber that immediately springs up. An average annual expenditure of two and one half to three cents an acre, or a total of $9,250,- 000 would protect from fire all the state and pri- vately owned forest lands in the United States, a the piers eter Forest Service, in a re- cent pamphlet giving lumber producti i rede s production figures Savins the trees from fire coupled with a tax- levy a tax when grow- Both time and place are Lonelint The stars that gail on the sea Shining from each curling wave,-— ‘Wink their eyes and beckon me Standing lonely no the beach. A bs Candles burn in the midnight sky; Golden flutes in a field of wheat Croon an exultant melody. more joy n other activities, ranching, oi] lands, mining} than any public official the country From these sources he accumu-| 25 known in a long time.—Detroit | Free Press. “republics” we wonder if the Filipinos are not about as well off as a subject peo- Dxpress and idge’s message a mancy,” meaning that the message adviged the country to sit still and horns to milk the cow, a million a week, we must raise by taxation that million a week,— “Fragments — A Night in June Beneath a sharp-cut midnight moon plumes; The Iilec waves her oppertune I hear the ehime of wedding bells. Down a Country Lane Ught for my wayward feet, Sunrise The silent king, riding bareback, Flaunting his gold laced cloak, Rushes swiftly to the attack As the bewildered queen retreats. The Lobo Call Across the plain a grim voice rol's, Echoes and re-echoes in the hills Weirdly as the cries of lost souls— An old sheep dog barks excitedly. —E. Richard Shipp. (‘Pegasus” for January). ———— A Vast Country Crops for the year 1923 were worth eight billions of dollars. And the farmers are only a part of the merican people.—Boston ‘Trans- cript. iw ea Hates Prosperity : Recent official reports revealing improvement in the condition of the farmer awill be bad news for the radical.—Davenport (Iowa) Times. patethin Aeneas Correct Diagnosis ‘The Impression is growing that if certain people in Europe would go to work and quit their whining, there would be fewer calls upoa nele Sam's well known bounty.-— Omaha Bee. oS The Popular Meilon Secretary Mellon has brought ore trouble on the politicians and to the average citizen pou ta Prefers Cash ‘wants recognition by the ates, but we have an idea Russia inited 8t He was an agreeable} that Yankee dollars would be ac- ceptable without it—Boston Trans- cript. nineteen Let Well Enough Alone When we see how some of the of Europe are faring, le.—Portland (Me.) dyertiser. aC aes ’Twas Ever Thus Senator Simmons’ idea of tax re- duction seems to be that the true mission of the Republicans ts to furnish the Democrats with money to spend.—Boston Transcript. a Dormancy versus Hell- 4 Mr. MeAdoo lal not rock the boat. Which {s not e 99 bad advice now and then, At least - it is better than advice to start ! in on an orgy of snake dancing and e allround general ‘“hell-raising"”.— Iola (Xans.) Register. oe Present Something Better One reason for thinking that t present immigration law is essen- tlally sound is to be found in the fact that the most of the delegates to the national immigration confer- ence found fault with it but dis- agreed with each other as to what is wrong.—Detroit Free Press. Siesta ok He Can’t Dodge Mr. McAdoo replies to critics o! his record as director genera] 6f railroads that the roads lost less under government management than That's so; but Mr. McAdoo is the man who is responsible for both losses. About the last thing he did before he quit was to fasten new expenges on the railroad business of the country which caused all the subsequent immediately afterward. josses.—Yakima (Wash.) Republic, ——————_—__— Taxes and Expenses There {s just one way to reduc our taxes, and only one way—re duce our expenses. expenses ure high and going higher, just so long our taxes are high and going higher. and the taxes will automatically adjust thomselves, prate and orate sbout reducing taxes so as to tickle the ears of the So long as ow Reduce the expense: Politicians ma, voters, but they are going to th If we spen Charter Oak (Towa) Times, CR to se His Sense of Humor Mr. McAdoo appears to take de- light in applying funny phrases to President Coolidge's message to con- PEARL WHITE LAUNDRY AT YOUR SERVICE President Cool- ‘counsel in dor- —_——_— papers that would have criticised President Coolidge’s message to congress, no matter what he said, are jumping on his statement thar by his own /) gress, phrases which are calculated ns to bring a laugh from his audiences. | thet But most of our problems, Uke burdensome taxation, are no lgugh- ing matter, and we imagine ft will take more than a jokesmith to win many votes at the next election. Sioux Falls (S. Dak.) Argue-Leader. Spoke From Now the politicians and news: mea: mn “do the reached prosperity after a period of hard time: it was lergely their own work that brought about the result. And° what ‘happened in Vermont elsewhere in the country. —Lawrence (Kans.) Journal-World. | It Happened in Wyoming Matters and Things, of State-Wide Interest, Wired In, pletely installed. It is probable that the. system will not be ready for use until the latter part of May or the first of June as there will be many days between now and that time that nothing can be done. « About five miles of the line has already been completed, most of this being this side of LaPrele erses, The spring house has been One Vote Against | RAWLINS—That the residents and property owners of Rawlins are in favor of good water was proven at the election held for the purpose of voting additional bends in the sum of $140,000, which was found to be necessary in order to. com- plete the system, there being only one dissenting vote against the bonds, .A very light vote was cast due principally to the law permitting only real property owners to vote on a bond issue. The bonds have already been dis- posed of by the city trustees, hay- at ee TRAIN SCHEDULES eee & Northwestern 15 oe dD. m. 235 pi m. 6:00 p. m ing been purchased by a Denver Departs firm, the price recetved being above’ 4:00 p. m. par. 825 p. m a The Gretna Green WHEATLAND.—Reno may be the goal of couples who wish to} escape the bonds of atrimony but Wyoming 4s coming to be th Mecca of those who wish to break into that blessed condition, for Ne- 7.20 a m. SALT CREEK BUSSES 3 Busses a Day Each Way ~ LEAVE CASPER—ARKEON BUILDING] Leave Salt Creek B; d Express tran Tne i Caracas Sweet tam | canis tna beara | 8 & m. ialeeetiae pret een ot Pay baer A 2 a) ad been deluged lately with western hocolate Aes na Kea ad are tse : reas | Nebraska couples intending to com- mit matrimony. The cause of this influx is the new Nebraska law, which requires that matrimonial in. tentions be duly advertised in ad- and which imposes sttict requirements. Nebraska couples apparently see no reason for waitt three weeks after their minds are all made up to get married. Five Miles Finished DOUGLAS.—Good - progress made on the new city water pip; line until about two weeks ago when cold weather made it almost impossible to make further head- way. The contractors. are now simply marking time until a break in the cold snap comes and will then rush the work as rapidly as possible, Two ditching and pipe building. crews will be used on the Mne so that with good weather two months should see the system com- is a pure, delicious and healthful food. Asan addition to school or business lunches or for between meel snacks it is vastly superior to most of the sweets commonl) used, THE NICOLAYSEN LUMBER C0, Everything in Building Material RIG TIMBERS A SPECIALTY FARM MACHINERY, WAGONS Vistributors of KONSET . Three-Day Cementing Process for Oil Weils. 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This is the news that everybody reads. But knowing ones realize that there is other news as well —news that concerns them even more intimately. This is the up-to-the-minute news of what to buy, where to buy, and how to buy. The advertisements are news columns of merchant and manufacturers who have important stories to tel] you. Take advantage of them. Keep abreast of this important news. If it were not important, good business men would not pay for the privilege of telling it to you. Ie ir y ie a Be sure you get all the news flood of imported manufactured goods in the} history of America us has come into this coun- try in the past twelve months under the Ford- ing timber becomes salable will undoubtedly solve the problem of creating future timber sup- plies and protecting our water sheds. Phone 1702 va\iiTeNiiraVdivavlya\lYa\ lel Yaviveyivav id GeV (aila\ierivaniverh Vax