Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 25, 1924, Page 8

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We are sure Republicans can draw inspir- ation and courage from the beautiful mountain scenery and the magnificent views of the uni- verse to be obtained in and about ‘the historic city. We are also certain.that the. delegates. from the several counties composing the imperial commonwealth of Wyoming will be hospitably received and courteously entertained while en- gaged in the initial step of president making. It is equally as pleasing to know, in eng connection that other aspiring candidates for) convention honors. gracefully acquiesced in the | selection of Lander, when the choice was an- nounced. There will undoubtedly be a large, harmon- ious and’enthusiastic, gathering on May twelfth; and the results will also doubtless be encourag- ing to the cause of Republicanism in Wyoming. A -good-start-has been- made. It augurs'a suc- cessfnl and triumphant finish in November. We Have a Duty There is positively one duty the. American peo- ple everywhere must: perform, if the dangers of illicit liquor and ‘the* horrors of narcotics are to be eliminated from the life of the people. They simply must assist. They must add ‘their efforts tb those ‘of public officials engaged in suppressing the traffic, in hunting out the sources of supply and making those’engaged in all forms of law breaking and‘evasion the most unpopular ‘individuals in the community. If a Rizen suspects the existence of a still any- where in his vicinity he should report the sus- picion as readily as‘he would the fact of a mur- der in his neighborhood. You have the choice of four different author- ities to which to report. Federal, state, county and city. Any one of them will act promptly and not involve. the informant in any manner. Some folks object to assisting the officers even to this slight extent, upon the far-fetched | theory that it is the act-of'a spy or stoolpigeon. It cannot be'thus construed, by. any stretch. The laws. being broken are your laws as they are your neighbors’. They are made for the - proteg- tion of society and the welfare of the commu- nity. You have the same interest in the gen- eral safety as any other individual. -It is- your duty to protect yourself and your neighbor against all law violation. In this case, as in all cases, you must align yourself upon the side of right and of security; and not by any act of omission on your part be counted upon the side of wrong and evil. Stripped of all of its moral aspects, and its hyterical possibilities, and brought. down squarely toa matter of public safety, the men- ace of liquor and dope must be removed. It can only be removed by the concerted action of hon- est public officials, backed by aroused’ public opinion, and supported by the co-operation of citizens who do not. want the damnable blight’ to fall; upon their home’ community, and. what is far worse upon their own boys‘and girls. The curse of drink, before the days of ‘prohib- ition, was always a fruitful subject in arous- ing public opinion against the then open: prac- tices. Today, witha danger ten thousand. fold we wonder wliy, the good citizen of the community remains passive? Why he does. not ‘declare ‘open war upon the poisonous stuff that is peddled, both in the form of liquor and of drugs, that.can only bring de- struction, if not untimely death to those into whose hands it may come? If we haye not become entirely callous ‘to a situation that his gradually grown to a public menace, scarcely without our realization, we will arise in concert and: wipe it out. We will assist our officers. We will see that we do our own duty and+that they do theirs. Spectacular, But Not Truthful Lloyd George made a spectacular but not very truthful campaign against protection in the recent Br h elections. Nothwithstanding his observations on his journey across a large portion of the United States, of the marvelous prosperity of this country under protection, he made many astonishing statemenis, to win yotes, but not to establish his reputation as a man and one-half dollars per year to keep from star- + vation their million and a half of workmen of aecurate knowle: ters in this country. truthful. least on tariff mat- Ie was spectacular but not Speaking at Norwich, England, he .said: “America had been much quoted by the tact tionists,.but in the spring of 1918 “ poor broken -—Josiuh Quincy, ca = a free-trade Great Britain had carried more than half the reinforcements of the wealthy. protec- tion country acros# the Atlantic,” ze may be true, only ee hand ape tates, for many years, permitt: crippled on the high ‘seas undeér free trade and British discrimination against the States. However the “more than half of the re-' i is very week,” said the former British Premier, “the United Statcs shipping board has been expinining ‘the mability to compete with oe fie 2 ane ope joer cent the tariffs was to increase the cost of ij ding materials, so that’ ships could be built on the Clyde twenty- five per cent cheaper than in America.” . If Mr. Lloyd George had been a little less in- accurate and a little better informed as to the American tariff laws, he would have said that all foreign materials imported ‘for the construc- tion of American ships engaged in the ocean carrying trade, come in free of duty. Shipbuild- ing materials, for ships in the foreign trade, have for many years been admitted free of duty so the argument of Mr. George falls to the ground. On the other hand, British taapayers have to go down in their pockets to pay vast sums for the maintenance of their shipping, just as they are having to pay out over a billion whom free-trade has doomed to idleness. George has little to brag of. It is a great pity for so brilliant a man as Lloyd George to descend to seeking votes by mis- representing American tariff laws, to say noth- ing of his withholding important information concerning the British economic system. He is spectacular, but not truthful. What Protection Has Done When the party of protection’ resumed the reins of government it found a large propor- tion of the mills and factories ofthe United States closed or running on part time, and it set them running on full’time and even on night shifts; it found a large proportion of the mills shut down, and it reopened them and set them to bringing up the mineral riches of the earth; it found long lines of workmen at employment agencies seeking jobs, and quickly changed those lines into employers seeking workmen; it found some six miliion idle workers, and other. mil- lions working only part time, ‘and quickly found jobs for all, full time and overtime; it found wages at a low level and quickly raised them to the highest level in the civilized world; it found the country lying prostrate under a free trade tariff, which it later repealed and enacted in lieu of it an, adequate’ protective tariff which proved to be the best revenue tariff, as well, which the country has ever known; it found a country flooded with foreign products imported at the average rate of duty of only.a'trifle over six per cent, and it proceeded to enact a mea- sure which levied an averaged ad valorem rate of fifteen per cent, and which, on importations amounting to a billion and a half less than in 1920, brought ina revenue amounting to $582,- 754,106, the l;argest amount of customs revenue ever col;lected in this country; it found the country in the depths of business depression and restored it to the heights of. prosperity. This is a bare recital of facts that ‘anyone can learn from -official statistics and of matters within the common knowledge of the great body of the citizens of the country. The party of pro- tection is willing to stand on its record. It was voted into power by a majority of seven mil- lion votes, and its record of: accomplishment entitles it to be continued in power at the com- ing election by a majority of ten million votes. Foolishness and Fallacy, The idea that taxes should be levied’ exclu- sively on lareg accumulations of capital is fal- lacious. These accumulations are necessary for the development of productive enterprise on a large. scale. Whatever taxes are imposed are counted a part of the cost of operation, and are inevitably passed on to the consumer. If taxa- tion be carried to the’ point of confiscation, this capital either hunts non-taxable investment or goes into such non-productive channels as real estate investment in properties.which may br held for a profit, but. meanwhile are unimprov- ed. The idea of graduated taxes—making peo- ple pay in proportion to their ability—is a good one. Like other good ideas, it can be pushed to a point where it becomes injurious rather than beneficial. Productive enterprises ‘are not’ as demagogues contend, harmful to ‘the public. They perform ‘a great public service, especially in the matter of furnishing employment to large numbers of people. No. benefit accrues to the people generally by assaults’ upon productive enterprise by office holders and office seekers who..consume the .great amount of wealth’ the people contribute in taxes, but give back. noth- ing but actvities intended to strengthen them- selves as politicians. The professional politi- cian is not necessarily a ‘more. useful citizen than the man who, develops an industry. Many professional politicians “habitually preach” hat- red of business enterprise and speak of it as if it were a menace. Americans ‘will’ be able*to learn something to.their advantage by watching what happens .when the socialists now in con- trol of the British. government begin their: puni- tive and ‘expropriative measures against *cap- ital in the United: Kingdom. It will then. be dis- Mr. covered, whether business or domagogue politics is most beneficial to a nation. Eternal Vigilance Under appearances the most venerable and institutions the most revered; under. the “sanc- tity of religion, the digntiy of government and the smiles of: beneficence, do the subtle and am- Ditious make their first encroachments upon their species. Watch and oppose ought there- fore to be the motto of mankind. A nation in its best estate, guarded by good laws, fraught with public virtue, and steeled with martial courage may remember Achilles, ‘but bs Achilles was Wounded in the heel. The least point left un- guarded, the foe enters. Latent evils are the most. dangerous—for.we often receive.the mor- tal wound, while Jr., W774, we are flatteerd with security. yh made during the last state campaign port of educational and penal patas. lowering. taxes by Wyoming's ei pehted When a “our mill levy present governor, who declared that When the Rock Springs home owner, tho Sweetwater county land owner, rancher and stock grower picked up his tax notice for 1923, | .. the first year of the present ad- ministration, of which Governor Ross is the head, they found that | ; thelr taxes had been increased all for this variance between’ . it was necessary to increase valua-| pe lit reoraatap eae GBat iB? | tions $30,000,000 in order to raise , | $500,000 additional tax,. the chief of which were $200,000 for oq apparently beta $6.000,000 of lat ti Uon, for each hundred — ps end | iars of tax required, at raise in taxes was to meet highway department, $187,000 $25,000 to fight for Wyoming rights a to the use of its own rivers. necessary to restore this $800,000 ‘The Highway department seem- to the “general fund.” outation may be incorrect but it is che best that can be made out of information at hand, supplied by the Highway department. ingly resented this publicity given it, and promptly came out with a statement which it sent to newspaper in Wyoming for publica- tion, and which statement was used extensively over the state, taxes had created an impression way department had been greatly increased, which was untrue, for the reason as explained that $200,000 1921 for the Highway department and used by other: state depart- Highway department account . so that the tax increase in 1923 ‘was necessary to meet the deficit thus incurred by the activities of certain other state departments not. taken care of in 1922." To the avergae reader, this ex- planation of the thirty million dol- lar increase in property valuations of the state for purposes of taxation renders confusion worse confounded. It explains the financial predica- ment of the Highway department, but as a news item conveys no in- formation as to the identity of the “certain other state departments” that used the money, what they used it for, nor the ultirhate effect of such diversion and use from the general fund. The “general fund” of .the state. is a fund created by law, supplied from general taxes and designed for use in meeting the general of state government. Also W; ing law provides for other state funds of a special nature, which: are sus- tained by proceeds from fines, fees, forfeitures, licenses, rentals royalties, etc. The constitution and [_ Want Action | Editor Tribune: There are many who want to see a conclusion of the Rodeo car. matter, and to see that car turned over to the people. There has been enough delay and appar- ent trickery on the part of those handling the matter since it went out of the Rodeo people’s hands. We want justice and that car. We also want Joe Denham and F, L, Martin to handle the finals. We shall know it is right. Committee of Those Interested in the Car.and Others in Right and ice. Supplies ._ FIXTURES, LAMPS, ELECTRIC APPLIANCES Radio. Supplies _ Motor Repairing ’ Electric Supply ” And Construction Co. 142 E. Midwest Phone 483W. Estimate Gladly Furnished The Old Reliable Gebo Coal Phone 948 and 949 Natrona Transfer Storage & Fuel Co. The bulletin stated that this pub-| >roperty valuation and taxes sug Mshed report of increase in state | 5est an inquiry as to the effective 1ess of the “budget system,” we that the expenditures of the High- | ave heard so much about. fons will be received with interest oy the Wyoming tax-paying public, appropriated by the legislature, in| and Governor Ross owes it to his sonstituency, which he has betrayed had not“been received by that de-] oy honeyed campaign phrases, to partment, but had been diverted | see that the questions are answered. ments, thus creating a deficit in the | state been depleted to the extent of $800,000 by diversions of money from it to other funds? collecting Dear Sir: sults, or your grocer will your I have bern afficted with consti- money. pation for the past 15 years, and ‘You will like the delicious mnt.» four sidtereat beepltals abd sob flavor of Kellogg's Iran—so diferent \ mitted to five different operations from enerihi Which ars tm. that ware the result of constips- palatable. Png Bran with tion. I was getting so bad milk or cream. it over other sions of money from it, ——_ Pe Be owe ‘Kellos's it in the recipes given on the package, funds, from time to time, Krumbled Bran. 5) wees Begs 5 Kelloge’s Bran, cooked and krun. Sam of hun, owe tbe azo: meu of revenue cach County in| Sm umeareiee carer (Dest red bp Medinet oi kre ‘watldertng: ci sathans it will deprived of on account of soldier taken @ physic. My stomach does ttle Ma be necessary to increase valuations People of counties before can be paid back to counties? ——— The Joys of Youth $48,000,000 increase wot This com- These matters of increase in ity—Lowel! Citizen. ———$_—___ Consistently Dry Answers to the following ques 1. Has the “general fund” of the | iny effort to folst a wet lesue candidate upon the party. depletion be restored to the “genera! tunar’ 3. If it is necessary to restore such depletion to the “general fund.” is there any way to do it, Property val additional The professedly ‘Liberal” college _ | Students are holding a convention. Ap If only the college boys who profess Liberalism devoted half as much energy to study as they do to the sentle art of trying to shock the conservative alumni and the few re- maining conservative professors, they would lead their c'asses and take all the honors. As a riatter of fact they find it much more de- Ughtful to make a trial of faculty and alumni ‘patience by daring ex: periments—just as others generally prefer athletics to intellectual activ- The Southern delegates at the na- tonal convention will be thoroughly informed on the sentiment of the Southern constituency toward pro- hibition, and will effectually block The probabi'ity of such a contingency s too remote to arouse serious ap- 2. 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