Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 25, 1924, Page 10

Ps not one ver on the the wil da: tio do or ad PE gC 144 Sle amt ays MI Biv an pit ong ey Ra Zl Ye at _PAGE TEN : 5 Che Casper Dailp Cribune pickets. Obviously the tariff on other building | materials has not “seriously handicapped” the | general building business and the construction of railroads, etc., since there was more building and general construction in 1923 than for ten! years previous. The tariff is not a “prime fac-; tor” in building costs and in high fretght rates. | Labor is the prime and largest factor. ; The Casper Daily Tribune issued every evening and } The Sanday Morning Tribune every Sunday, at Cas- Wyoming. Publ-cation offices: Tribune Building, posite postoftice > Entered at Casper (Wyoming) postoffice as second “class matter, November 22, 1916. Bubiness Telephones _-.-------=.2----—- 15 and 16| Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting All | J : Departments. Premi on Idl Ld The Saturday Evening Post tells a story of J. EB. HANWAY and F. BE, HANWAY Saturday 3 ry an eastern textile manufacturer of middle age who rebelled against high surtaxes. He closed his mill, liquidated his capital and put the pro- ceeds into tax free securities. He now spends, his time in travel and recreation. This is what} he says about it: | “Why should I keep factory hours, subject! my capital to the risks of business, wear myself | out in the daily grind, and then hand over fifty- eight per cent of my profits to the federal govern- ment, and another large slice to the state and local tax collectors? My tax free bonds yield me more dollars that I can call my own than my MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for publication of all news credited in this pape and also the local news published herein eS Advertising Representatives Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bids... On cago, Il, 286 Fifth Ave., New York City; Globe aad Boston, Suite 404 Sharon Bi 55 New —r z gomery St.. San Francisco, Cal ee of the Dally ibune are on file in the New York. Chicago, Boston, an Francieco offices and visitors are welcome. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. C.) | ee ees SUBSCRIPTION RATES | By Carrier and Outside State $9.00 | business did before I gave it up. The government | nh asi ta ee Dargo dl 2'50| that penalized me when I was a useful and pro- One Year, Sunday Only 7 _— ti ; ian Six Months. Daily and Sunday — ductive citizen now puts a premium on my idle “a8 05 ness.” The Green amendment to the constitution which has been before congress, to do away with future issues of tax-exempt bonds was defeated | by the narrow margain of seven yotes less than | the two-thirds required. Many speakers who opposed the amendment spent more time abusing those who favored it than in presenting economic arguments against it. Lazy wealth will enjoy another year of idle- ness in tax-exempt bonds, but public demand for a square deal in taxation grows stronger every year. 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A Profitable Western Crop The Fragrant Roxie toxie Sti divorced wife of the late Jes: d Fecueingriys hee story of the alleged “deal The story of sugar beets and their advantages | ; rink jed | to a farming commanity hag been told so often; to & Buffalo friend, Alexander ink Who \7toa| thatiit seems (like sepetition to repeat the facts to sell it to a news service, § | but in these days of so-called farm problems it | is well to bring to public attention an industry such as sugar beet growing which assures the farmer a guaranteed return on his crop plus a chance for increased profit with a rise in the price of sugar. The production of sugar beets not only brings a good money return but so enriches the soil! where they are grown that other crop yields are practically doubled if grown in rotation with beets. It is generally admitted that diversified farm- ing is the remedy for many of the price troubles of the farmer today. Growing beets primarily furnishes the farmer a cash crop, prevents sending hundreds of mil- lions of dollars abroad for foreign grown sugar, increases expansion of beet sugar factories with increasing supplies of domestic sugar and low- er prices. It furnishes food for the cattle indus- try which in turn builds up dairying and re- turns fertilizer to the soil. No farm crop in the west can be grown to greater advantage than sugar beets on lands suitable for their production. An Overworked Scarecrow “Propaganda” has become a much abused Herald says. This was revealed when it was ascertained that Fink and Henry Stearn, his counsel, were in Washington with Miss Stinson attending the proceedings of the Breokhart committee. Z Miss Stinson met Fink several months ago, it is said, when the Buffalo man handled certain stocks for her. Fink has been arrested in Buf- falo twice on alleged fraud charges. But Fink, who is an alert business man, on hearing Miss Stinson’s story immediately got in| touch with Stern. It said he tried to sell the} story to a news service which turned down the proposal. | According to a statement to the committee! investigating him, filed by Attorney General | Daugherty, witnesses he desires subpoenaed by | the committee will testify that Fink and M Stinson registered as man and wife at a Clev j land hotel recently and while there sought to} sell the Attorney General her “proofs” and si- Jence for $150,000 later reducing the price to $50,000. Yo these witnesses, according to the attorney general, she and Fink made the offer which included a provision that Miss Stinson “leave the country,” but the attorney general through his friends refused thus to be black-| and ranking member of the commit: tee on merchant marine, has intro- |7685) calculated to ald our merchant Che Casper Daily Cridune A New Merchant Marine Bill Representative George W. Ed@-] In addition to these aids, Mr. Ed- monds, republican of Pensylvania,!monds has added a number of new Sections calculated to aid our mer- chant marine. One provides for load lines on vessels in several foreign countries on ships of foreign registry forces us into the Position of the necessity of having © load line ‘of our own, so that we can secure recognition of our load line by these marine powers by re- clprocal arrangemen: Again, the Pilferage section extends the Unit- ed States laws in interstate and foreign commerce to the numer- ous intermediaries, Mke wharv and warehouses, automobile trucks, lighters, wagons, etc. which are not covered by this sec- tion at present, and are subject to the local laws, interpreted and carried out by local authorities. Another very businesslike ar- Tangement which should secure bet. ter administration is the realign- Ment of the departments or bureaus having shipping activities by throwing them all into the division of marine under the Secretary of Commerce. Theso include the Bu- reau of Navigation, Coast and Geo- TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1924 “Well, that depends entirely upon your eye for a car end the owner's ear for music.’ “My dear man, you must avoid all beadwork.” “But I can't stop it. I'd starve.” “What ts your business.” “I'm a barber. Lines And Angles ‘Wifey—"Oh, you needn't sneer. I mean every word I say.” Hubby—"“Why, I’m not sneering, dear. I'm just thinking what a lot you mean.” Successful. Lawyer en I was a little boy, I used to read about Captain Kidd, and Morgan, and my highest you're lucky. It isn't every man who can realize the dreams of his youth.” duced a bill in congress (H. R. marine without the pnyment of sub- sidy. “Contained in the subsidy bil! were a number of aids which seemed to meet the approval of ost of the membership,” says ‘tmonds, “and it is a matter of regret when it was Impossible to secure the direct subsidy thero was not an attempt made to mako them operative. I have incorporated those particular aids, together with a few new sections covering cer- tain activities which now seem to be desirable.” The aids in the sub- sidy bill incorporated in the new bill are: 1. The insurance clause, which allows the shipping board to carry through its inaurance department such insurance on its sold ships as would be exported if satisfactory terms and rates are not obtainabie in this country. 2. Provides that 50 per cent or as nearly as possible to that per- centage shall be carried in our "She may be a gossip, but I be eve she tells the truth.” “Yes, my dear, but you must re member that often the truth is the “I saw the cutest little second- hand car today, and the owner says I can have it for a song. Would ‘h you advise me to buy it?” very worst form of gossip. Finds Kellogg’s Bran “Easy way fo avoid constipation” after suffering for years Constipation is a dangerous disease.| Kellogg’s Bran relieves mild and Mier Wades many others. Twenty | chronic constipation because it is ALL years’ suffering with constipation un-|bran. It brings sure. results. It dermined this mian’s health. Kellogg’s|sweeps, cleans and purifies the intes- Bran restored it—as it has done for] tine in nature’s own way. Don’t ex- thousands. This is what he says: periment. Only ALL bran can be 100 “Gentlemen: per cent effective. After eat Bran twice a day for one month Pind tees ony | _ If eaten regularly, Kellogg's Bran, an ‘Easy Way to Avoid Constipa- a ” tion,’ but an easy and most pleasant to bring permanent relief—or your way to cure ft. Ihave been troubled | grocer returns your money. You + for more | should eat two tablespoonfuls daily— in chronic eases, with every meal. the confidence of the people in the government and business than all of the’ Bolsheviks in congress lumped together.” Capital Gn which is included the investments of our savings banks, insurance companies and the sur- plus money of the average citizen) is sensitive and timid. When every- thing is running smoothly, it comes out of its hiding place and goes into new enterprises, bringing prosperity, employment, profits and wages, and benefits everyone.. But let distrust @ppear, and capital at once with draws and hides until conditions ana times are better. The Chicago cor- respondent of one of the big New York dailies said the other day: “Confidence is at the bottom of ali after hips. hat arm, detic Survey, Steamboat Inspecti Prosperity: Confidence in the Unitea my stomach greatly improved, and shina. Phas: the: Srespy eke | hat Mee rac Lighthouses, | States has been the Gibralter of| aed if magne tee coamein. atin oe is Ce! aay gr now under the Department of Com-|Amerjean prosperity at home and Sicko Whee cee eee ~ | Socket aad Mxoblen: esoy that merchant ships shall be used for this purpose. And that all movement of army and navy ma- terial shall be made in American ships. 3, Provides for the establish- ment of a joint commission be- tween the Shipping board and the Interstate Commerce commission for any purpose that may arise where the joint interests may be involved, and also places section 28 of the Merchant Marine act in such @ position that it can be made operative. (Section 28 prohibits specla! joint rallroad and steam- ship rates except in connection with American vessels.) 6. Describes the home port of a ship so that it can be properly placed in any mortgages or other financing of shipping property. you should know what your product has done for me, and what it is capable of doing for others.” milk or cream, sprinkled on other cereals, cooked with hot cereals, or in the delightful recipes on every pack- age. Made in Battle Creek, Sold by grocers everywhere. abroad in the last two years. Con- fidence has got to remain the Gibral- ter if prosperity is to continue. Yet letter by reckless accusations and heresay| tthe Kdlors Compan Datta Grok, suggestions from official investiga- Mich.) tors this confidence is being under- minded and, unless there is some change at Washington, will be over. thrown. “This 1s not given as a personal opinion. It is an opinion expressed fluently to the writer in the last two weeks in the west. It has been voiced most ‘unanimously by the business men he has met since his return to Chicago.’ Lack of confidence is not only being destroyed in the minds of the public in regard to the ofl business and oil securities, but it is affecting practically every line of business and every form of security. Ko). for merce; the Hydrographic office and National Observatory, under the Navy Department; the Life Saving Service, Marihe Division of the Custom House, and Admeasurement of Vessels, under the Treasury De- partment, and Great Lakes Survey under the War Department. “It seems almost incredible,” says Mr. Edmonds, “that these different ac- tivities should have been in the past separated in different departments, lending in their separation another inefficiency to the economical op eration of our ships.” Mr. Edmonds advocates further legisiation by a revision and codi- fication of. our navigation laws. The last codification was in 1911, and countless problems have arisen since that time. Destroying Public Confidence Anything which affects the bust- ness of this country—favorably or unfavorably—is reflected to a great- er or less degree in the financial wel- fare of every community and in- dividual, including the newspaper man himself. Prosperity is largely the result of confidence generated by optimism. Depression is the re- sult of pessimism followed by fear. And this last named condition is fre- quently caused. by those who. for- mulate and disseminate erroneous and barmful ideas, in which respect they are no better than those who manufacture and sell gynthetio quor, which either kills or blinds. Whether wilfully, carelessly or ignorantly—it matters not which—a wrong impression is being given to the general public of the oil industry ~RE—LINED ADJUSTED INSPECTED the off business from the headlines of the mess of stories printed in the daily press regarding the politico- Petrolific investigation at Washing- ton, and because of the alleged dere- lctions of the heads of two ofl or- ganizations they immediately rush to sell their stocks in other ofl-com- panies and forthwith condemn the oll business and oil men in general. Yet, on the statement of one of the craft, the newspapers are not wholly without blame, insofar as their headline writers are responsible more or less for moulding public opinion. The “New York City Com- mercial” say: “Tho headlines have expressed the perverted news sense of the head- Une writers, who believe that sensa- tion is more than fact. Finer Texture / and Larger Volume in your bakings weue Raybestos t “The Genuine Has the Silver Edge” L. D. Branson Service This is the class of bird with soiled plumage, that both the oil committee and the Daugherty committee are dragging to Washington to tes tify in solemn hearings pretending seriously to investigate pene ey presumed to concern the interests of the public. Of these commas but knew the fact the public is long since sick of the confessions of gutter snipes, prostitutes, grafters, hold ups and others of the samme ilk. This testimony is worth- less and can be readily impeached. And no doubt will be. The senate committees are lowering the respect of the country for the legislative branch and for the senate members who are contribut- mailed. | i | | }one’s words being plastered with this all too ered to ithe; extenn of, aapler word in this country since the war. It is an easy and a fairly strong charge to bring against one’s opponents, though of late it has shown signs of and ofl men. Today the ofl Industry {s the sec- “Even the so-called ‘conservative’ newspapers have allowed their sensa- SamePrice First at Durbin ponen ond leading manufacturing industry 1 ; : CASPER losing its force because of the frequency with|>¢ the United States In varie of seh ke ner ery Be Ratio: for over 33years ey ‘hich it is being used. In fact, at the present |ducts. It is a necessary and vital to the purposes of those whe pata, jone 383 time it is all but impossible to express an opin-|industry, and a legitimate one. In| ion or to engage in any enterprise whatsoever, |the war it gave fully arid freely of) from deleting a verse in singing the national|its men and resvurces, and came anthem to devising a peace plan contest, without |°Ut without a ey nares of ri incurring the possibility of one’s actions or |e connected with it having profit- 25 Ounces for WAs\3 the beginning have sought to make suspicion do the work of fact. ‘The newspapers have done more through carelessness to undermine The general public is not well in- formed on the oil industry. Its knowledge of oil and ofl stocks come| popular label. It is perhaps neediess to say that in ninety-nine out of every hundred cases where the word is applied-a more revealing light is thrown on the one who brings the charge than on the one the charge is brought against. The charge that “big business” is behind an organized campaign to defeat everything an ad- and have it over with. The respectable people | yocate of some measure is in favor of, has been of the country are both disgusted and sickened. | about worked to the limit. There are still a few thousand editors in this country who are tired | of having every view they express criticised as being at the suggestion of “big business.” ing to this underworld exhibit. Hasten the appearance of the outlaws and penitentiary birds from Oklahoma and else- where, let them tell the stories of their lives A Fair Sample from practically only two sources: First, from the flamboyant and mis. leading Uterature of the oll promo-| ter, and second, from the newspaper | exposures of the gamblers‘and sure-| thing artists who posed as oll men, and fleeced the public in Fort) Worth, Smackover, and other oil- boom centers. And now public opin-| fon of the ofl industry and legitimate oi] men is again being wrongly form. Here is a small chunk of testimony extracted | from Colonel Darden before the Teapot Extrac- tion committee of the senate: Question: “It appears you had some claims in Teapot Dome?” Answer: “No; some years .ago some friends of * mine in Denver, Colo., asked me to go with them ‘ into the oil business in Salt Creek.” Darden explained that when Salt Creek was thrown open he secured some claims in Salt Creek which “included about 150 or 160 acres in Teapot Dome.” + Colonel Darden: “I was afraid of that Tea- pot Dome land, for I didn’t think Teapot Dome would be thrown open. We came to the Interior department and meantime had Mr. Wilson, presi- dent Wilson’s brother to help us. The Interior department finally decided in our favor on both the Salt Creek and Teapot Dome claims. John Barton Payne was secretary of the Interior then. I never talked to President Harding about oil until he sent for me, and I never talked with Daugherty about it until this matter came up.” The Republican party 1s willing to answer for Fall, but we insist that the Democratic party be sport enough to call its own children home and wash ’em up. ed by reading the daily stories com. ‘ing from Washington in the Teapot) Dome controversy. | If the historian of the year 2024| should consult the files of the daily! press of 1924 he will not be to blame} if he concludes that at this time our, nation was governed by a vena! ca:| binet; that all our politicians wero | grafters; that the heads of all our, oll corporations were crooks, and that the leading industry of the United States was bootlegging. And you couldn’t blame the his- torian of a hundred years hence half} so much for his conclusions when| even today the great mass of sup-| posedly intelligent citizens in this country—men who believe in the United States and who would fight for its flag from the drop of the hat —form their opinion of oll men and ee ROR Don’t let the “booh” of propaganda scare you into failing to express your honest opinion on public questions, Shirtsleeves Stuff It looks as if the Dawes committee now work- ing out a settlement plan on the reparations question will evolve a scheme that will be prac- tical. After five years of “diplomatic” contro- yersies and do-nothing policies, a business-like plan will smoke a lot of European politicians out of their holes and they will either have to favor the plan or admit frankly that they would rather continue the controversy than settle the matter. The Dawes committee is in the peculiar posi- tion of being able to say of their work, “Take it or leave it. Here is a business-like solution.” This puts the chronic kicker where he cannot sidestep. His bluff will be called and he will have to show his cards. The world will then be able to draw its own conclusions regarding the final settlement of the reparations question. No Fire Sales As in France a man is guilty of a crime until “Earned living for five men _ the first year” No Rave built up a trucking business between * N N and Bridgeport, Conn., “Our first year in business we had only one hé is proved innocent, so in Chile a man is con- sidered guilty of having set his house on fire Hull's Assurance until he proves that he had nothing whatever to Pierce-Arrow. We ran it 54,000 miles that year with only minor repairs. Five men, including Cordell Hull, chairman of the Democratic national committee has a lot of assurance to talk about the “high cost of living” and promise of the Republicans in their platform of 1920. The Republicans distinctly disputed the nim of the Democrats that the high cost of living was due to the tariff. On the cantrary the Democrats in 1912 and again in 1916 sole ly promised to reduce the “high cost of livin by reducing the tariff. Prices and high cost of + living went skyward between 1916 and 1920 un- der* the low tariff of 1912. This demonstrates clearly that the tariff has nothing to do with price leyel has not dropped to the 1914 level but is much lower than in 1919 under the low tariff of 1913. It is absurd for Chairman Hull to charge that the tariff of 1922 has “multiplied profiteers.” There were more profiteers under the low tariff of 1913 than in any period of protection, the | of the burned building is promptly arrested and Since 1917 Purdy & Bleecker of New York ourselves, lived off of it,” says one of the “We overhauled the engine of this truck for the first time at 120,000 miles and there was not enough wear in the cylinders to warrant reboring. “Last winter our truck plowed through the snow six days a week without missing a trip, do with it. When a fire occurs the owner or the occupant Te (S Always (6 OEMAND In Every Country In the brought before a court of law. There, legally speaking, “the burden of uroof is on him.” Needless to say there are very few “fire sales” in Chile. Last year we enlored two hundred eightrsix| Civilized World Dual Valve ec ie aaaaee have tremendous power. days of sunshine. Will the weather clerk have a| ” 8 i care that we do not drop below lust. year's| HEAVY DUTY MOTOR TRUCKS ___,,, Tics have luted s high os 52,000 miles on A Few Months training here will prepare you for a good position with pleasant surround- ings Ask Us About Our Classes Starting March 31 front wheels and 36,000 miles on the rear.” * . * Investigate how Pierce-Arrow Trucks with their powerful, silent Dual-Valve engines per- form in gour line of business. Let us figure with you on. your haulage problem. THE KUMPF MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Casper, Wyo. Col i 316 West Midwest Ave Tat Best Bane record. Chassts Sizes: 2-ton, 3-ton, 4-ton, 5-ton; 6-ton, 734-ton, Let the Gold Dust Twins, Walsh and Wheeler, do your laundry for you. Tractors: 3-ton, 5-ton, 734-ton, Chassis prices range from $3,300 to $5,400, f. 0, b, Buffalo, N. ¥ Sixvylinder Motor Bus chassis: $4,600 and $4,750, at Buffala, Terms if desired They are now calling former road agents, train | robbers, horse thieves and the like, to Washing: ton. Nothing like going to the bottom of the, thing, while you are at it, | Wyoming industries produced a total output valued at $318,384,470 last year. It was only an average busy year. Denver Twelfth Ave. and Acoma Casper Business Chairman Hull says that “these high tariffs. too, have artifically enhanced the prices of al-| most all construction materials.” Let us see about this. In the tariff of 1922 the following articles used directly or indirectly in building are on the free list; brass, bricks, cement, coal, iron ore, leather, shingles, stone and sand, barbed wire, wood, logs, timber, boards and College, Inc. Phone 1825 Casper’s population is 33,000. In two more years at the same rate of growth it will be 50,000, x ‘