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

about which the manufacturer “cago, I =are k =the busi Che Casper Sunday Cribune "The Casper Daily Tribune issued every evening ant Tre Sunday Morning Tribune every Sunday, fs ae: per, Wyoming. Publication offices: Tribune Building, epposite postoffice. ee Entered at Casper (Wyoming) postoffice as second class matter, November 22, 1918. 6 usiness Telephone: Saccnnceenenea—--— 18 and 1 Branch Telephone Isxchange Connecting All Departments. By 3. B. HANWAY.and E. B. HANWAY Advertising Representatives a Prudfen, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bids. hs. ; Globe Ridg., 86 Fifth Ave., New 85 eat one Bost Mass., Suite 404 Sharon gomery St, San Francisco, Cal. Coples of the ned ‘Pritune are on file in the New York, Coleen eS a and San Francisco offices and visitors are wey j Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. ©.) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier and Outside State $9.0 One Year, Daily and Sunday ---. ———---- 49.0) One Year, Sunday Only --~-—. = Six Months. Daily and Sunday --—. ‘Three Months, Dally and Baneay, ni ) Three Months, Daily an: One Month, Dally and Suntay = fons mus patly seotune will not insure delivery after subscrip- tion becomes one month in arrears. . IF YOU DON’T GET YOUR TRIBUNE. faaoe don't find your Tribune after looking care- fully for it, call 15 or 16 and it will be delivered js Lr by special messenger. Register complaints before o'clock. The Straws Indicating Straws show which way the wind blows. They iy ae the condition of the soda and soft drink business. If times are prosperous the fountains migle with the flivver and the flow of soda is unconfined. If times are Democratic the parched throat growls hu y at the idle hand and the idle straw is a straw voting fora change of administration. The ostracism of John Barleycorn, while it has reduced the number of straws used to inhale the seductive mint julep, has not hurt the straw business, for the straw today is used to suck up the milk of the nder- garten tots, the fruit-flavored palate-t klers of the lovelorn and the grape juice of the so- phisticated. me ; he manufacture of these drinking straws. is an interesting business from the commercial standpoint. With respect to the process itself very little is known, since it is a patent process , keeps pretty quiet. re as spic and span as_ the Jiouses of Spotless town. They n ay be seen from the outside. But having put the imagination at ease, there they leave it. Their motto is taken om Verdun—they shall not pass. The inside not for outsiders, The drinking straw business began probably a quarter of a century ago. In 1901 the domestic sutput was 165,000,000 straws a year. Now they making 4,000,000,000 straws annually and s is growing like corn in Iowa. Its habitat was once confined largely to the drug store, but in recent years there has been a huge demand on the part of the homes for these straws Their ctories -and as a result they are being put up in pack- - ages for the home trade. The kids at school use them for drinking their luncheon milk, and even the cafeterias are beginning to serve certain bev- erages per straw. It has been said that 4,000,000, ~ 000 of these straws, laid end to end would girdle the equator sixteen times. Put a glas of soda at = one end of that length of straw and a man with the power of suction possessed by Young Sammy t the other end and with the liquid tray- the rate of ten feet a second it would ears for Sammy to get his first taste y of that sod i More than 2,000,000 pounds of a specially pre- “pared paper are consumed annually in the man- ufacture of th straws, and another 1,500,000 pounds for making the cartoons in which they re packed. From the time the paper is fed into “the cutting machine until the straw is placed “ wise put to use, would not have broken his bai = before the customer, not a hand touches it, whi = means sanitation to the nth power. Meking, p: ing, counting—all are done by machinery. Four men in one day can cut sufficient paper the re- = quired width to make 12,000,000 straws. These straws come under the “manufactures of paper not specifically enumerated” in the riff. the rate on imports being thirty-five per nt, The Japanese and other foreign straws not © being handled in such sanitary fashion are kept put more for this reason than because of the tariff. We don’t know where that Jap straw was before we put it in the mouth. Consequently we like to see the “made in America” on the straw pa ge. The drinking straw industry is a fine example of a clean American business which provides moderate wealth to the manufacturers, health to -ihe users, and happiness to the stomach which is not shocked by freezing mixtures or paralyzed by gulping. Perhaps if the camel had been a drinking animal that last straw, being oth Now that the bonus has passed, the thing that ng a great number of representatives and senators is how the money is going to be raised to pay for the bonus. Financial experts have estimated that the cost to the people of the country will be hetween $2,280, 512 and $4,500,000,000, This money must come n the pockets of the taxpayers. There is no provision in the pending tax bill for the money with wh to pay the bonus, and even the wisest politicians are unable to explain how any real tax reduction measure can be passed in view the recent action of congress. President Coolidge has pointed out and in- sisted repeatedly that the people must be reduced, The pendi ire cer- tainly will not provide enough revenue to allow the government to pay the bonus and at the same time produce enough money to pay its debts. It is not probable that the 25 per cent reduction of taxes for 1 that President Coolidge asked for can now be granted, but Mr, Coolidge wi doubtedly at the next session of congr mand a scientific. revision of the tax program. Those responsible for the framing of the bonus Dill did not arran it so that the soldiers who expected immediate cash payments will get their money now, they will be »pointed, for the ments will not be made, even if some way is » adjusted rervice certificates also will not le until 19) It is estimated that « 500 clerks will be required to handle the issuance of the certificates, This means just that many more employes on the gove payroll at the expense of the taxpayer. cost of this clerk hire is cstimated at 10,000, Unless some financial wizard can be found in congress, the money necessary to pay the sey. eral Dillious of dollars necded to proy © The minent | oe! bonus, the money will have to be raised by addi- tional taxes, which will be levied upon the peo- ple. pe AE Coolidge, Congress, People The slogan of the managers of: the president’s campaign for nomination and election is “All for Coolidge.” They prophesy that of the eleven hundred nine votes in the Cleveland convention at least a thousand and sixty-four will be cast for Mr. Coolidge on the first ballot. His nomi- nation by a virtually unanimous vote is assured. Both quantitatively and qualitatively the oppo- sition to him is negligible. In the congress of the United States, however, it is decidely not “all for Coolidge. There, indeed, the idea seems to be “nothing for Coolidge.” A leader who is repudiated by professed ad- mirers is something novel in American politics, To this pass has government by blocs and cliques brought the congress of the United States. President Coolidge evidently will have to write his own platform, determine the course of his campaign and ask the yoters who trust him to give him a reliable working majority in the next congress. Strange Bedfellows Everyone of the seventeen Republican sena- tors coming up for re-election will of necessity be obliged to depend for his success largely upon the integrity and devotion to duty of Calvin Coolidge. In neither the senate nor the house has the Republican party made a record sufficient to justify any senator or representative in appéal- ing to his constituents on the strength of that record. If the Republican party is returned to power, it will be because of the confidence that the coun- try has in the quiet, courageous man now oc- cupying the White House. Yet here we have the sorry spectacle of Republican senators seeking further to embarrass the president, while at the ‘same time hoping to be carried into office on the crest of his popularity. They somehow seem to expect that they will be the recipients of what- ever favor may be bestowed upon them because of the vote to which they have especially catered while at the same time they will enjoy the ad- vantage of running on the ticket with Coolidge. it has been for some time a matter of sur- prise to the country that, during all the Demo- cratic attacks that have been made on the presi- dent, on his predecessor and on the Republican party as a whole, scarcely a Republican in the senate has had the manhood or loyalty to meet these attacks. Perhaps the reason stands revealed in the line-up of Republicans and Democrats who, in this instance, voted to override the veto. Lodge of Massachusetts, Brandegee of Connecti- { cut, Hale of Maine are found voting with Wheel- {er of Montana, Heflin of Alabama and Caraway of Arkansas; voting also with Magnus Johnson of Minnesota, Frazier of North Dakota and Nor- ris of Nebraska. Nothing conid more truly e; emplify the truth of the old adage that politics makes strange bedfellows, > Taxpayers’ Best Bet The present congress may come to an end with a prospective deficit menacing the treasury be- cause of appropriations passed in excess of the budget limitations and because of rash tax cuts below the level of safety. But the deficit will not be created with executive sanction. In vetoing the pension bill and the bonus measure, Presi- dent Coolidge has stood steadfastly by his an- nual message to congress, his letter transmitting the budget to that body, and all his other public utterances. Speaking of the people, he says in his bonus veto, “Our business is not to impose upon them, but to protect them.” With the reckless Democrat-radical coalition in control of congress utterly unmindful of the balance between nat- ional revenue and expenditures that should be maintained, it is apparent that the taxpayers’ chief protection is found in President Coolidge. He is systematically returning to congress the | bills aimed at the budget system, and that body will have to support them with two-thirds of its membership before they can become laws, The public is missing no detail of the proceedings. The Gentle Art-Hissing An American Rugby team is booed in France; the American flag is hissed; and there are pat- riots on this side of the Atlantic who will see the incident a chance to beat the tom-tom. France has drifted # far away from the United States that a French crowd is ready to insult wu We have read of something like this Paris in- cideny before. A little less than a year ago a French boxer named Criqui stepped into a squar- ed ring at the Polo Ground in New York. The crowd booed him when he was introduced; it kept on booing him when he was blind and hloody and too y to know where his opponent was, and happened to hit low, It shouted at him, “So you're a chifmpion!” Sports rouse two emotions with which ‘a sense of fi ys struggles, to win and the foreigner” is the stock in trade of the patrioteer. In Paris as at the Polo Grounds, th twin passions had their day. They are instructive as exhibits in mob ac- m, but as evidence of any widely national feel- ing they haven't anything to say. Fine, But Can’t See Him The leading Democratic papers have praised everything Coolidge has doye, and yet they can’t see him as a desirable candidate for the presi- dency. They lauded his action in the police strike in Boston, while he was governor of Massachu- setts, They praised his first message to congress and advocated the enactment of his program of legislation. They praised his veto of the pension bill and of the bonus bill. They do not point to a single act of his that is alleged to be against the public interest—yet they think he won’t do for four ye more in the White House. But there are millions in the rank and file of the Democratic party who will think next November | that man whose every act is praised by their leaders is a pretty safe man to support. What It Really. Is With reference to the bonus, what most of the soldiers wanted was cash. What they got is an insurance policy upon which they can borrow small sums, after three years, The bill has been accepted by the service leaders, but they know as well as the harassed taxpayers that men in both branches of congress have supported the present measure, only for the present, pledging |themselves to move at once for amendment of |the law, by substituting cash payments for the |insurance policy. The former service men haye had insurante policies before and placed no great store by them. Not enough to keep them in force The passage of the bill over the veto is the s nal for a new campaign for further exactions, _ There was once a chaplain who giving the leg. islators the once over, prayed earnestly for the country, - Editor Tribune — Fred Patee claims, and perhaps deserves, the distinction of being the king of good roads boosters in Wyoming. If Fred’s ideas could be put into effect we would probably now be traveling on concrete from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Fred rides hobbies, both practical and impractical. Some- times they are headed in the right direction. Sometimes he says some- thing big in ten lnes. Again he uses a column and a half, and like the colored gentlemen in Roy Co- hen's stories, “Nigger, you makes a noise with your mouf but you ain’t said nothin.” Fred's latest hobby is a concrete road from Casper to Glenrock, This sounds fine and looks good on paper. But, is it practical at this time? Has the state the money to, spend on such a project? If it had the money, would it be practical to spend a mil- Hon dollars on a project such as this and let other and more important Projects wait? The road from Cas- per to Glenrock is perhaps the best stretch of gravel road in Wyoming. It is well constructed and well main- tained. Mr. Patee tells us that it cost $450,000.00, and declares that all this money 1s going to waste unless it is used as a base for a concrete road. He is wrong two ways. First, it did not cost $450,000. Figures taken from the State Highway de- partment show that the total cost of construction was $119,630. This includes all structures, such as con- crete bridges and culverts. Second, the road is not going to pieces, and the total money will not be wasted, because the road is well maintained, and as the subgrade becomes settled and the surfacing well packed, thus providing better drainage, the road will become better as the years go by. In Sunday's Tribune Mr. Patee says “Some time ago the City Coun- cil turned*down a proposition to spend a little moffey on the tourist camp." The only thing wrong with thig statement is thut the city coun- cil did no turn down the proposition, but acted favorably upon the sug- gestions of the Casper Motor Club to improve the camp. The money has been appropriated, the contrac let, and the work now in progress, which will cost about $4,000. look much like the City Council turn- ed the proposition down. Fred is probably so busy serving chicker? dinners in Glenrock that he don't know what is going on in Casper. In another paragraph Mr. Patee Says that “There is-some possibility for the Casper Motor club if it will wake up and do things.” The Cas- per motor club has done things in the past, is doing things now, and will continue to do things in the Addressing Mr. Fred Patee This don't; an old mansion like the dear old Peoria Bicycle Club, was duscussed and discarded as inipractical, prin- cipally because we did not belleve that the public demanded such a diversion and would not support It. We don’t live in Peorla and we haven't any old mansions, As to the Motor club divorcing it- self from the Chamber of Com- merce, as Mr. Patee suggests, I don’t see that gny good could come from that. The only connection be- twen the two organizations is that they have the same secretary and occupy the same quarters. The Motor Club could not,. without put- ting on an annual membership drive and increasing our ‘dues, afford to maintain absolutely separate institu- tions. And the Motor club would im- pair its usefulness by suing for a divorce from the Chamber, because we take care of many things tliat would not receive attention other- wise. At the present time the tourist camp is under the management «f the city. The Motor Club acts in an advisory capacity. We aim to lend helpful co-operation without being meddlesome and dictatorial. The councilmen and the @nayor serVe practically without pay, and we ure glad to help in any way we ean, and give our time for the pulic good. At the present time the club fs en- gaged in making improvements on the Casper Mountain Park, and is spending the money collected from dues in making camp sites, building comfort stations and other thipgs so that the people of Casper can enjoy themselves on top of the mountain thi® summer, My good friend Patee was prob- ably so full of enthusiasm, chicken diners and other things last Sunday, that his judgment became a little faulty and his facts a little distort- ed. But with all his faults we love him still. Altho he is seldom still. J. B. GRIFFITH, President Casper Motor Club, Sennen aeenenes Just a Little Bit of Heaven LILLIAN L. VAN BURGH You have seen a bit of heaven Thru your precious baby's eyes, Full of great and wondrous beauty And mysterious surprise. Like a strain of far off music Over moon-lit waters deep, And the breath of apple-blossoms With its fragrance rare and sweet. In this world with all its wonders, future. The club raised the money to build the tourist camp and then turned it over to the city; it has spent every dollar of its dues in road’ signs and other work of practical benefit to the motorist. It has done a lot and sald little. ‘The idea of a club house where we could “give dances and other entertainments” in Foreign Trade Imports for the ten months period ended April 30 totaled $2,977,000,000, compared with $3,088,000,000 for the similar period of 1922-3, a decrease of $111,000,000. Exports increased from $3,320,000,000 to $3.670,000,000, the two periods compared, or 000,000. Exports for showed an increase of $7,500,000 over March and $22,000,000 over April, 1923 the month Our balance of trade for the 1923-4 period was favorable by $693,000,000, compared with $232, 000.000 for 19: That was in the ange of products, merely The regate of invisible balances such tourist expenditures ab a, immigrant remittances, freight moneys paid foreign carriers, and capital moving abroad is not| known, but it would make a ma- terial reduction in this favorable as balance. The average rate of duty on all imports was a trifle over 15 per cent, or just about what it was under the Democratic law during its first year; while the rate on dutiable goods alone averaged about 86 per cent, or somewhat lower than under the Democratic law, Details are not yet available for ten months, showing the char. er of imports, but for the nine months period ended March it ap: pears that imports of crude ma- terials fell from $1,070,000,000 for the 19; to $897,000,000 for the 1923-4 period; crude foodstuffs in creased from $266,000,000 to 8,- 500,000; manufactured foods from $333,000,000 to $380,000,000 partly manufactured goods decreased from $51,000,000 to $507,000,000; and wholly manufactured goods in- creased from $28,000,000 to $570, 00,¢00. For the ten months period ended April 30, 1914, we imported $1,572,- 900,000 worth of merchandise, or a little over half the value of the 1 4 imports. Exports for the 1914 period totaled 46,000,000, or $1,600,000,000 less than 1923-4. For the ten. months period ended April 80, 1922, before the Repub- th Mean general tariff law became effective, and while the Demoer: J law was in force, we imported $2.- 095,000,000 worth of merchandise, This was $882,000,000 less than for the ten months period ended April, 192. Exports for the 1922 period totaled $3,128,000,000, or $542,000,000 less than in 1924, It {8 quite apparent from these figures that there is nothing pro- hibitive in the Republican tariff law; that imports are coming in in volume which should be satis factory to the less Breedy of the importing fraternity; and exports are showing good returns. The attempt of the Democrats to extract any political capital from such figures as these is futile, and it is noteworthy that any attack they now m the tariff law are couched in the most genoral| terms with no desire to face the statisticnl facts, but_a keen detor: mination to avoid them. —_-— ke on Uncle Hook Says “Th’ feller who keer There is nothing can compare With the touch of baby fingers Twining ‘round your heart-strings rare. Just a Uttle bit of heaven Shining thru your baby’s eyes. Asking questions—none can answer With a wondering, sweet surprise, Just a Iittle bit of heaven In those baby eyes so biue; Brings our earth and heaven nearer, Seems to be a part of you. Just a little bit of sunshine, It will brighten every day; Trusting, clinging baby fingers, They will lead you all the way. The Call of the West | Lilian L. Elgin. From the breast of vast, prairies ‘Where curlews wheel and cry, And the tang of rain-washed sage- brush S On the air goes drifting by; From the weird singing wind in the pine trees That grow on the mountain’s crest, ‘There came to my heart, in the long ago The luring call of the West. It came, from blooming cactus ‘That covers the desert’s face, From crags, where wise old eagles Find a snug, safe, nesting place. It came, from camp-fire’s gleaming When the night-shades steal o'er all, An@ I heard in my fanciful dream- ing The coyote’s quivering call. From waterfalls that flash and glisten On their way to the restless ' ea, The lure of the West came—calling, Calling, clearly to me; And sweet mariposa-lilies That gem-like bestrew the sod Sent out a call, to tell me They were straight from the hand of God. So I came, and left my dwelling On the shore of an inland sea, And all the great beauties of Nature Revealed themselves to me. I foud my hope’s fulfillment Of which I came in quest When I left my home in the distant East And answered, The Call of the West. nes LINES and There was a man who took himself Away from this storm and strife. He bought himself an old bass drum, And went beating his way through life. Many Chinese officials have re- cently been executed because of bri: bery and corruption. We are sadly afraid that China will never succeed as a republic. Exactly “Don't you think there are just as good fish in the ocean as have ever been caught?” “I don’t know about that; but they are smarter anyway.” The Worm Turned Mother—“For pity’s sake, John- nie, where on earth did you get that terrible black eye’ Small Boy—"Well, y’ see, it was this way. I was chasin’ that new kid next door, and I cdught up.” “Paw, what is a convalescent?” “It is a patient who is still alive, my boy.” Not Accepted. Sam had held a somewhat lengthy consultation with a doctor, and he picked up his hat and gloomily started toward the door. ~ “See here, Sam,” called the: doc-| tor, “you haveh't forgotten to pay me, have you?” At ‘Pay you!" ejaculated the negro. “why, Ah don’ owe you nuffin’." “Oh, yes you do,” replied “the doctor. “While I didn’t give. you anything to take, you are supposed to pay me for advice.” “Well, suh,” answered Sam as he closed the door behind him, “Ah ain’ goin’ ter take dat neither.” ‘The meanest Man I know Is a fellow Who has his $ Name engraved On the handle Of his umbrella. “Local man arrested for acting strangely on street car,” says a Los Angeles newspaper, He probably gave up his seat to a woman. Miss Flirt—“I wonder how many men will be made when I get married.” t Miss Durt—"I don’t know. t How many do you expect to marry?” Polly—“‘When Jack returned from his wedding trip, he had but $2.60 in his pocket Molly—"Oh, the stingy thing.” ‘The other day I heard a Pessimist Remark that The trouble With the “Pace That Kills” Is that it Doesn't Kill enovgh Of 'em, “Gosh, I'm smoking an awful lot of cigars lately.” “If the one you gave me is a sample, I agree with you,” Uncle Hook Says “Hardships are t’ Love what gusts wind are t' a flame. Little ones will fan it but big ones are Hable t’ put it out.” ot A woman's clothes are like. a bar- bed-wire fence, (A simile you must admit is true.) For while they safely guard all prop- erty, They do not cut off any of the view. Encouragment He was a very bashful suitor, and it took him two-months to summon enough nerve to start calling her “Miss Mildred” instead of “Miss Jones.” After another two. months he made up his mind to take another step. : “Miss Mildred—or—er—just Mil- dred—er—I guess I've known you long enough to drop the “Miss,” haven't I.” “Why surely,” the girl answered, “unless there ig some other prefix you would like to use instead.” A New Jersey pastor recently at- tacked the Volstead law, and preached a sermon upholding light wines and beer. The text probably was: “And the Lord saith unto Moses, come froth.” Intimidation, “Why did you accept Fred the fourth itme he proposed SUNDAY, MAY 52, 1924. ‘Because he threatened ‘Why, what did he say?’ “He said that he never would propose again if I refused him.” A hotel for the unemplorc4 has started in New York. We valways | most of the New York hotels catered to that class of trade. alway der the impression “Five Hundred Fleas Given to British Museum,” says a paper. Probably another boarding house gone out of business. A Pessimist Is a fellow ‘Who reads that Something is 99 per cent pure And then Starts out to Investigate. ‘The other One per cent. Uncle Hook Says. “There are two kinds o' fellers who never ought t’ buy oil stock— those who can’t afford it an’ those who can.” The Anti-Masonic Paity * By ELDEN SMALL ‘William Morgan, Itinerant printer, who had been a member of the Maso- nic order but had printed and sald what purported to be an expose of its secrets, disappeared in Septem- ber, 1826, from Batavia, N. Y. Wild Stories of how he had been Kidnap- ped and slain by vengeful Masons gained wide credence, and of the wave of excitement that swept the entire’country was born a new politi- cal party that from 1827 to 1837 elected governors. United States senators and congressmen, legisla- tures and local officials in several states besides carrying one state's full electorial vote for its presiden- tial ticket. Among the political leaders inter: ested in the movement were ex- President John Adams, Edward Everett, Daniel Webster, John Mar- shall, chief justice; John C. Cal- houn, later vice-president; Thad- deus Stevents and Thurlow Weed. The Antl-Masonic Party swept Vermont, electing the governor. six different times besides carrying the legislature and in 1832 giving the electoral vote to William Wirt, for- mer U. S._ attorney-general, its nominee for President. In Pennsyl- vania, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Michigan it won state legislators, congressmen and sometimes govern- ors. In Ohio, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Indiana, Maine, Alabama and North Carolina, it met with a lesser degree of suc- cess, fading out entirely ten years after its birth. ; Sta ANS Sie Sas 22 ? Wyoming Motorway lookin’ ahead look back," don't often have ¢’ wh eh rn account, Begin now and try banking 10% of your salary every payday. Nothing was ever accomplished Thrift Means Prosperity To have money in the bank is a pleasant thing un- der any circumstances, but when the account is in our Savings Department, the depositor knows that his funds are working for him ALL the time. This bank is ready to serve you; all that is re- quired is the initiative on your part to open an without a definite plan. «- - WYOMING NATIONAL BANK “A BANK OF GOOD SERVICE” Tae an i His a