Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1924, Page 6

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Our rights are determined for us not by courts and juries, who hear our cases in public, but by inspectors and investiga- tors and bureaus, who collect evidence where they find it and announce decisions in the true Turkish fashion. That, of course, is not demo- cracy. It is not even efficient, but if it were, free government should not be sacrificed to effici- ency. Who will rid us of this pest of bureaucracy and restore the American ideal of popular gov- ernment? Only a congress that wil! display some cour- age and statesmanship and a little devotion to the constitution of the United States, Certainly not a congress in which Democrats are concern- ed mainly about besmirching Republicans, and Republicans about blackening Democrats, and few seem concerned about truth or justice or the heavily burdened taxpayer. But to get the right kind of men in congress the people must elect them. Danger of Blocking Progress The United States senate has passed a bill de- signed to prevent monoply of radio communica- tion and declares the air to be the “inalienable possession of the people” and prohibits licenses extending more than two years. Just what does this mean? Some inventor, individual! or company must pioneer in the field of radio before any benefit from its use can be derived by the people. Tt is one thing to prevent monoply—quite an- other to prevent progress and development. Air legislation is just in the making. What it will eventually be no one can tell but the! . constant scare about monoply of the air will prevent people from getting developments in wireless, communication which should eventu- ally become as much of a household necessity as the electric light and the telephone. Declaring the air to be the “inalienable \- session of the people” sounds fine. But what does it mean if agencies for using it are denied to the people? Out-of Doors Stuff President Coolidge says: “The physical vigor, moral strength, and clean simplicity of mind of the American people can be immeasurably fur-! thered by the properly developed opportunities for the life in the open, afforded by our forests, monntains and waterways.” Suiting the action of the word, the president has appointed a nat- ional policy committee on out-of-door life. It consists of Secretary of War Weeks, Secretary of the Interior Work, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, Secretary of Commerce Hoover, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt. The federal government is already engaged, through many of its, departments, in the promo- tion of out door act jes. Public interest in the citizens’ military training camps conducted by the war department is increasing. Tourist travel through the national parks, supervised by the department of the interior, is growing every year. Campers and hikers are offered special in- ducements in the national forests under the de- partment of agriculture. It is the desire of the presilent to co-ordinate all those and other re- creational facilities at the command of the nat- fonal government, and to formulate a national recreational policy that states and private or- ganizations may follow as a guide. Into the Free-Trade Bog Those who stand sponsor for the MeNary- Haughen bill are simply stumbling into the free trade bog. During the war the free-trade admin- istration regulated the price of wheat, limited the use of flour, su and coal and did more than the war itself tq upset economic conditions in the United States, Price fixing is contrary to every sound economic law, as the wide-spread disaster which followed its application during the war definitely proved. Yet now lawmakers who pose as protectionists come forward and offer the same nauseating and ineffectual price fixing panacea which was prescribed for busi- ness under the former administration. It is the same dose which proved to be, not a cure, but a provocative of disease. That the farmers have suffered from economic inequalities is not to be denied, but why try dis-| credited quack nostrur To a great extent, the farmers’ remedies are in their own hands. In the matter of wheat the most important things to be done are to d » the age and in crease the yield per acre, Diversify the crop. The report of the tariff commission shows that the average of the wheat yield per acre during 1921- 1923, in the selected localities in Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana was 11.3 bushel. It is readily recalled that like thirty years ago these same districts yielded from thirty to forty bushels, and eyen more in something’ certain cases. Even at the present price of wheat and the present value of land, it would pay to raise wheat at that yield per acre. These yields were common when there was enough rainfall, but the average rainfall is greater now than then, due to the discovery that a large portion of the region in question has found to be underlaid with water and thousands of artesian wells are now adding to the moisture. There is no reason why the former yields should not be had in the Red River and Janies River valleys and the surrounding ter- ritory, except that the farmers have let their land run down. They have failed to return to the soil the elements of which the repeated crop- pings have robbed it. If they will return these elements by scientific fertilization, the former yields will again be the rule. But those who are seeking to aid the farmers are going about it in the wrong way. The present economic condition in this country is the out- growth of the war and the uneconomic manage- ment of the free-trade administration. That ad- ministration arbitrarily advanced prices, not only the prices of commodities, but the price of labor. Mr. McAdoo did his bit as administrator of the railroads by arbitarily advancing wages without ‘reference to the value of the services to be performed. That some advance was called for is not to be denied, but advancea should have been made gradually and with reference to con- ditions, and not by wholesale and on an arbi- trary basis. Mighty poor judgmert wes shown and the entire economic system of the country was unnecessarily and. unintelligently upset. The after-effects of unintelligent and arbi- trary wage adjustments, price regulation, the cost-plus system and the entire amateur manage- ment of the business of the government are now being felt. Wages are too high in certain lines. No man living can honestly earn by the work of his hands in ordinary lines of employment the wages which are now demanded ahd paid. Workmen who are worth not to exceed $5 per day are getting $12 and $15, and are striving to get more. Middlemen are deriving too great a profit for handlidg food products and other products. In fact, there are too many middlemen, too many men reaping a profit for handling articles which should go more directly from the producer to the consumer. If prices are to be regulated then the’ place to begin is at the top and the way to work is down- ward. Inordinateiy high prices should be scaled down, whether the prices be of commodities or of labor. The prices of the farmers’ products should not be arbitrarily increased, but the prices of products in the hands of certain robbers should be decreased. It may be said that to decrease them would be arbitrary, too, but they were ar- bitrarily increased to start with and the de- crease is simply a return to proper standards. That is, of course, if prices are to be regulated by law. The McNary-Haughen bill is not a protection- ist, not a Republican measure, but a socialistic one. It has not a single element of sound eco- nomics to recommend it, but is bristling with all sorts of visionary, socialistic, experimental, discredited and other obnoxious provisions dan- gerous enough to blow the party which may pass it into fragments. It is simply economic and politieal TNT. | Once More Sign Your Name We have received a very good article from someone who signs her communication “A Busi- ness Woman.” We should like to publish the letter. It deals with the question of school teach- ers attending public dances. It takes the oppo- site view from any opinion expressed by us, and that is an additional reason for its publica- tion. But “Business Woman,” comes under the rule along with everybody else—she must sign her name to her article. We positively must know who she is, and. her good faith in the mat- ter. We do not insist upon publishing the name in connection with an article, if the author de- sires it otherwise, and the author’s name can- not be dragged out of us. by a court or a senate investigation committe. We assume all respon- sibility for matter published. TNat’s why we |must know who write the things that appear | in print, If “Business woman” will come to the editor's office and acknowledge the authorship of her very able article, it will appear. Other- wise we fear it will go the way of numerous pre- Cecennete stato, the jaws of the predatory waste- basket. Not a Haphazard Business An Towa county agent describes the real cause of a large share of the agricultural distress as follows. Most of us have been so busy watching the up- grade movement of the high prices of land that we have forgotten almost al! the fundamental principles that underlie all farm value. While we want and hope that our land vy be high priced, we do not want it to be so high priced that it will not bring fair returns. The value of the produce from our land is the thing of Supreme importance to every farmer and every land owner. A very considerable bit of scrious thought must be given to the carrying on of pro- duction in the business of farming. Haphazard methods of farming, waste land, poor seed, in- ferior stock, all must go by the board if we are going to succeed in this new and large ven- ture of high priced land. The methods of our fathers and grandfathers can not possibly be jused for successful results. We must use our |most modern methods and must discover and |plan new things if our success is to be main- tained. The serub must be relegated to ihe serap heap the same ag the old horsepower threshing machine and the old reaper. This is no idea that has been hatched in a pipe dream or in idealism but in cold facts that stare us In the fact. It is for us to go to work and plan out for ourselves the things that are going to put the best stock and the best equipment on our farms and to make them produce interest on their val uation. Condemning the Snoopers Professor Adams, the Yaly tax expert, who for years has been serving Republican and Dem- ocratic revenue committees in congress, has re- signed from the senate committee investigating the treasury department. He finds the work of that committee has changed from constructive to destructive, and characterizes its proceedings as “a particularly demoralizing form of child's play In his opinion there is no necessity for & probe of the internal revenue burean. Its faults jare no more than those to be expected among |more than 19,000 people engaged in collecting an nually 500,000,000 and refunding $100,000,000. There are inevitable mistakes of judgment and a few cases of actual graft, but they can be at tended to without a senate probe to destroy the morale of the treasury service, The Case of Harry Sinclair ST. LOUIS TIMES The indictment of Harry F. Sin- clair by the Federal Grand Jury of the District of Columbia on the tech- nical charge of being in contempt of the United States Senate is in itself a matter of no great importance, His announced intention to resist to the court of last resort the consequences of being found guilty is a question of concern to every citizen of this re- public. In essence it is not Sinclair who is involved. All of us are in- volved. The issue broadens into a decision of the rights -of men under the Con- stitution of the United States. It embraces the powers of the Con- gress. It relates to the authority of the judicial branch of our tripartite system of Government.° It tak hold of the maxim that a man’ house is his castle. If it shall be held that an inquisitorial body—of ‘Show Me a Man”’ BY 919 Show me a man who hates this town And I'll show you a fallure there. Show me a man who hates the rush Of the busy day, or the sacred hush Of the cool, clean, healthy Western air In the twilight hour with the heaven aflush, And I'll show you a fallure there. Show me a man who hates this state, 4 And I'll show you a man who's ‘wrong. Who hates the hearty Western ways The chivalry born of the frontier days, Old Casper Mountain, the lark’s first song, Tho rolling green where the cattle graze, And I'll show you a man wrong. who's Properties. whatever dignity and consequence— can legally invade the privacy of a man’s affairs and compel him under oath to reply to questions which may be his sacred personal possession, then the arm of law may, without warrant, be physically thrust forth to enter his home and search his This would be a condition intoler- able to a free citizenry. If either branch of the Congress be court, equipped with judicial pow- ers, competent to pass, on the de- clarations of ex parte testimony, upon the preseumable guilt of any person under charges, the design of the Founders to dissociate the three great powers designated to preserve the equilibrium of Government for the people also is held in contempt. It has hitherto been reserved for the judiciary, through the processes of Grand Jury procedure, to initiate proceedings of this nature. If the legislative branch of the Government of this republic may ar- rogate to itself the designated duties and powers and provileges of a ¢o- ordinate branch of Government pos- sessed of peculiar authorities re- served to it to prevent the aggres- sions of elther an executive or a law- making power, what then becomes of the bulwark of the rights of the citizen? ‘These are the vast and high and far penetrating issues presented in the case of Harry F. Sinclair. Him- self, In this case, {s a pigmy. As the man whose tremendous resources now are pledged to bring to an adjudication which will be final the issue which has been here outlined he becomes the~ advocate of the People, the defender of the Rights of Man. ‘The merits of his own primary case are lost in the wider horizon of the settlement of the question of How far have we drifted from the ancient moorings? The Eastern Belle’s Surprise By J. V. 8. ‘Tired of the same round of pleasures, Tired of old thrills at their best, A belle from “society's” Ballroom, Sought new thrills in a town out West. Five trunks that were near running over With gowns that would dazzle the eye: Hats, hose, and Spanish-heeled slip- pers, As nifty as money could buy. “What a treat this will be for those greenhorns, How those handsome young cowmen will stare; Those crude country maidens will wonder At the perfect Marcel in my hair.” Oh the thrill that she got from just Planning, As the train sped her on to the West; ‘Till she came to the town in Wyo- ming Where the field of Adventure looked best. A hotel, not so crude as she looked for, A good looking clerk, unconcerned: A dozen or more handsome cowmen, Not one of them so much as turned. A dance {n the school house this evening Ah, now for the time of her life: She'd have every man on that dance floor ¢ Forgetting his sweetheart or wife. Where was the fiddle and mouth harp That the “movies” had given a place? From whence came that seven piece jazz band, ‘That would give any jazz band a race” How in the world did they get here, Those good looking girls at the door? Their gowns and thelr Spanish- heeled slippers, Their grace, as they scarce touched the floor. Would You Make the Catch of the Season? THE GOLDFISH CAN TELL YOU HOW. FOR RENT One-Half of Store Room 18x50 feet With Good Window Display In Heart of Town PHONE 313 I, Gea Lighting Fhitiies Appliances Magda Lamps Appliance Repairing CASPER Electric Co. i 121 E. 1st’ Phone 1993J The steps that they danced were the newest, The music they danced to was too;” And still sat the “bell of the Ball- room” TM! five of the dances were through. The sixth brought a well-meaning partner, But an icy “no thanks” sent him on; A sudden sweep to the doorway, And the “Belle of the Ballroom" was gone. “Do tell us all that has happened, Is it really as wild as they say? Are those handsome young cowmen exciting? Do they make love in the real “movie” way? But the “Belle of the Ballroom” was silent. When accounts of adventures were pressed. “Girls, ther’s just ong explanation, She's in love with a cowman out West” Letting any of their honest feel- ings show. ‘These milksops ‘are just ide “hangers-on”; They never let their own thoughts intercede. They're ‘I-think-so-Ing,” and “guess- ing,” and they’re nearly al- ways “yessing,’ ‘When a real man steps up front and takes the lead. Give me the man with honest enemies, ‘With nerve to lead that spineless caravan. He {s hard, you say, and cruel? Well, he’s no weak-minded fool, And if he {s nothing else, he ts a MAN. Political pie this certainly isn't like the kind father used to make, Young Bride (entering butcher shop}—"I want a pound of beef- steak, and I'd like it rare, please.” If the price of eggs keeps on soar- ing ,we can expect to be reading on menus such things as: “Hard boiled eges, ten cents a slice.” Al (admiringly}—"Don’t you think Mildred’s hair is pretty?” Alma (ealously}—“Oh, she has some at home much prettier than that.” eeeeeeed Nowadays, money has to talk in self defense. You can’t Fool all of The people All of The time But there Is Plenty Of profit In fooling Half of The people Half of The time Headline: “Aviator Says Flying Has Become Foolproof.” Good! We are most gratified to hear of something that is. “A man’s best friend is a full Pocketbook.” “Oh, no, empty one.” “Where do you get that?’ “Because he can never find any change in it.” Nothing to Lend deBroke—“Can you lend me ten dollars?” his best friend is an spare.’ deBroke—“Have you a friend who could?” deBust—I'm sorry, but I haven't a friend to spare either.” did yout” She (letting her eyes He—‘Yes, he has been owing money to our firm for a long time.’ Mothers!! Apply Common Sense IS is the era of the milion of disease and sensible people do not wait until ess has ac- tually come before remedying the trouble. The crowded hospitals gree Mage the Its cially watchful of children. Rest- lessness, lack of normal appetite. constipation. ‘Stopit thet instant feverishness usuall I with a spoonful of Dr. Caldwell’s in and you will have real sickness. Mrs. Williamson of 1637 Pine St., Long Beach, Cal. and Mrs. Lou Brawley of Self, Ark., never have illness in the family because of their prompt use of Syrup Pep- sin. A Great Family Laxative It may be difficult to decide just what medicine to use out of the many that are offered, but it would not be if you knew the facts. There are laxatives, cath- artics, purgatives and physics, and they vary in their reaction on the system. Naturally, the stronger the medicine the more it shocks ee Month ‘stem, 8O wise paren! A laralive revert venastii ‘but geaperainat Bede a laxative to : me @ free trial Dr. Caldwell's § Name. § Address senna with pe; aromatics, that it is now the preparation of its world, over 10 ‘ing used is on every pai Three Rules sin at.a en keep one chest. 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In the comfort of your home, with this newspaper and a good light, read the advertisements and KNOW before you GO what you want and where to get it! Save yourself hours of “looking around.” purchases mentally Make your before you step into the store. Read the advertisements and know the merits of the goods as as well as the salespeople know them. Let the Pocketbook Pilots guide you in all your purchases, Read the advertisements—regularly. They are as inter- esting as any other news in the paper, with THIS in their favor: They concern YOU, personally! 2 ‘Advertising is a chart that shows you the way to steer a safe course in buying EST TTT SS SMM: LOTUS 27 SST SST SS = MINN ae