Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 15, 1924, Page 8

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Register complaints before 9 Prudden, $3.90 2.25 6 Tariff Reduction and Price Redyction Among the announcements in connection with his candids -y for the presidency, Mg. LaFollette declares that the country is,in the grasp of mon- opoly, which controls prices and levies tribute on the cor ner, In other words, monoply con- trols the distributive processes of the country. In the next breath Mr. LaFollette, who once was a, sound protectionist and‘ helped write the McKinley tariff bill, says that a protective tariff helps te make possible these monopolistic exac- 8. aot the distributive agencies of the country are how will tariff reduction monopoly-controlled, i duc help the consume Would it be more difficult for such monopolies to control prices from the custom houses than from the doors of the Amer- ican factori P eRe <i Granting the control of American distributive processes by mopoly how can the American con-} ing the monopolists »roud than it would ctories to produce sumer be helped b, to buy commoditic be possible for American them at | The ho wife can not go to} Czechoslovakia for a package of tacks or to China for packed eggs. This must be done by a distributive organization with large ¢ tal, and monopolists will not pass on_to the consumer the ¢ tage of the cheaper®price of articles purchased in foreign lands. . What better boost for monopoly than to per- iit the distributive organizations to purchase commodities abftoad at a price lower than Amer- ican cost of production, thus crushing produc- tive enterprises in this country and eliminating at-home competition? When prices of a given article go too high there is no encourage- ment for the establishment of new manufactur- ing plants to produce them. But who would start a plant in the United States while confronting the certainty that distributive organizations could buy more cheaply abroad than Americans could produce at home Excessive prices “are due to the exactions of distributing rather than of producing organiz: tions. Enabling distributive organizations to bi more‘ cheaply abroad~in order that they lengthen the margin between cost and sale price will not solve the price problem. The encourage- ment rather than the discouragement of home production is the best way of accomplishing’ this. Of course heavy importatigns of foreign commod- ities produced in conntries with a lower standard of wages and living than that which prevails in our own, is a fine device for busting up the Amer- ican manufacturer, and that is an objective dear to Mr. LaFollette’s heart. But the workman de- pendent upon American industry for employment will inevitably “go bust” along with the enter- prise itself. American wage-earners have had a few experiénces, going to prove that this is true. The workman out of a job will find one of Mr. LaFollette’s anti-protection speechés a poor food substitute, oe Mr. LaFollette’s remedy for monopoly through tariff slashing is no remedy at all. It is a new disease, worse than the old. It would play di- rectly into the hands of the profiteering organ: izations he so roundly denounces. An Opportunity Wasted There is ample encouragement to well-wishers of the ation in the present remarkable polit- ical situation because of the evidence it gives that in a government of public opinion wrong is ultimately self defeating. A year ago it was generally believed that the Democratic party had a fair chance of success in the campaign of 1924. The opportunity, how- ever, was one for an intelligent and patriotic leadership which did not, exist. ‘The organization of the Democratic party came within the control of a political and industrial adventurer without a conviction other than that he ought to be president, and who was, therefore willing to play to any element or resort to any method he believed would contribute to the ad- vancement of his own ambitions. The program upon which this candidacy en- tered was that of controlling the selection of delegates through use of the national Democratic organization machinery, of rallying the support of the rad elements of the country through the politicians at the head of the American Fed- eration of Labor and. the rajlway brotherhoods’ Conference for Pr essive Political Action, and of besmirching the Republican national admin- ‘istration through the activities of senatorial in- Vestigating committees operating for partisan rather than public purposes. On the surface thig cambination of “slick” ‘maneuvers looked like a “cinch.” . “The use of ‘the organization machinery created widespread resentment, which has flamed in the New York conven fhe combination with the radicals in con s for the purpose of embar- rassing and ‘de the Republican’ majori only culminated LaFollette candidacy which bids fair to te from the Demorratie party the very radieal vote it was intended to annex, The substitution of a pr am of defam- atory inquisition for one of g ing before the country a definite™) tive program by the Democrats and their ra Al allies in. congress disgusted the country by use of injustice and his nomination impossible Soe country with the fact that the fquisitors them- brought out facts concerning the very candidate in 45 OF interests it was Jaunched, which made but impressed the selves were callous to impropriety and wrong- doing when committed by one of their own num- ber. This was further demonstrated by the action of Democratic and radical senators in the case of the senate’s. chief inquisitor. ' Meanwhile the lawless and, violent spirit of the senate Democratic-radical majority took hold of the Democratic party itself. The contest for the presidential nomination assumed the character of a border brawl. Throughout the country, as in Washington defamation, low per- sonalities and appeals to hatred and prejudice took the place of reason and deliberation. The wirld was sowed in the senate chamber at Wash- ington and the whirlwind was reaped in Madi- son Square garden, New York. The pugilistic gun-toting, epithet-hurling “leaders” of the nat- jonal Democracy in the United States senate have had their proto’ among the delegates and visitors to the New York convention. The result has been a revolting bedlam which has radioed the disgrace of the party from one end of the country to the other and has aroused internal hatreds from which the national Demo- cracy may never recover. No political party and no political leadership ever makes a mistake in conducting itself in a manly, courageous, straightforward, dignified way. When the p: gs of the United States senate are brought by a party leadership to the level of a barroom brawl, it is not surprising that the national convention of that party seeks the same level, with both sides of the controversy handled by strong-arm methods. For the good of the country the legislative lead- ership of the Democratic party needs renovation. The Democratic party has many able, self-re- specting men of dignity, character and ability who are capable of basing the effort to secure control of government on principle rather than purely destructive and irresponsible tactics, Per- haps it is too much to expect that under the pres- ent primary system, which puts a premjum on demagogy and corruptions such o leadership will come to the front. If so, that is a national misfortune, or the existened of two strong national political parties, capably led, is a nat- ional necessity. The-King 'Deposed Women repeat the “obey” in the marriage serv- ice as a matter of form and without protest. It means nothing whatever. Mental reservations uwlify what the lips assert. So far as obedience to husbands is concerned it went out of st when women revised and amended the epistles of St Paul and all other gospel writers on the subject of wifely duty. The once fact that man rules the household, and is the king, is now fic tiov, He is deposed along with a lot of other al- leged kings of things, aad the home is a repre- sentative government in which mother and the echildren have a voting strength tha keeps the former “king” in a rather minor position, He is taxed without representation, outvoted by the family bloc of which mother is the leader, and he is sifbject to being looted and raided as frequently as he accumulates the things the fam ily desires, From being a potenate whose word was law, he is reduced to a person who does not even Lave a word of one sylable coming, nor could he enter it edgwise into any family conversation, since the wife of his bosom who so glibly promised the pastor to love, honor and obey him, came into her constitutional freedom and equality aard con- versational powers. Thus are the mighty fallen. Analyzing Self The Kingdom of Heayen is within you. For that matter, the kingdom of earth is within you ulso. If for any réason you begin the day with the conviction that everything is rotten, and this conviction is advertised by the expression your face wears, the members of your family and the persons with whom you do business will greet you with countenances as cheerless as your own and thus intensify your woe. The big idea is to smile. To a man with a grouch this will seem an absurd idea, but even a man with a grouch will strain a point to in crease the dividends. Well, if a smale pays a profit and a profit is much to be desired, how can one smile if there is nothing-to smile about? The process is simple. The muscles used in producing a smile are in: voluntary. They are under complete control. One may smile at will. It is a simple art Jong since mastered by every lady who has good teeth. Once the smile is produced and the face re- lieved of its loom, all persons out in front are affected by the change. They forget their trou- bles; they greet you as a friend; they smile in return and willingly sign on the dotted line. In story books one reads of smiles that are sardonic, cruel, wistful, but these are imaginary smiles. When the proper muscles have done their work and the face is adorned with a smile, the transformation expresses, pleasure. The smile may be inspired by the antics of a clown, by a feeling of kindness, by a sense of well-being, by pleasures now available or in rospect, or by a cold-blooded desire to win the hearts of one’s fellows and thus get aprofit. In any case the pails is the same. ? S ono justified in faking a smile? Well. con- sider the gorilla. Whether or not he and. man are related, the two have traits in common. When the gorilla would fight, he beats his chest to work up a gage. The motion used to express an emotion may be affected but the practice of the motion produces the emotion. The artificial smile that fools the passer-by begins in a little while to fool the man who produces it. He forgets that the world is rotten and himself friendless. He has peeane the fortunate victim of his own hypoce- risy. Try this on your piano. ——$__—___. Disturbing a Tradition Whether things are what they seem or not, goodness only knows, but there can be no doubt about it, they aren’t what they were. Customs, habits, practices and observances that run back through the memory of the living and into the misty reaches of tradition one by one are being snatched away much like the well-known ten lit. tle Indians sitting on a fence, Those of us who believe old things are best may well exclaim that we have lived too long. We have seen the women bob their hair and their modesty, the men replenish their hospitality through the back door after night fall and heard the ch Udren address their elders as “Hey youl” And now it becomes the painful duty of a con- servative newspaper to mark the passing af an annual function which it has been its privilege to maintain since Hector was a pup. There will We no announcement this year of the failure of the peach crop! It was a sad duty but a treasured ne that iti its omission brings a pang only part- ly soothed by the prospect of sliced peaches with malice of the methods employed. It unexpectedly the breakfast alfalfa and peach cobbler for din- ‘ ner. It robs et of oe poaeel ject pathos into edito: Just what has prompted nature to withhold the frosts, hailstones, blizzards, cloudbursts, tor- nadoes and what not that hitherto oh Tubes the expectations of peach growers consum: ers once definitely known, of course, but we have a theory. It has been-noted before that when political and federal lawmakers have refrained from trying to assist the agrar- ian population in its struggle with the vicissi- tudes of life the aforementioned ‘agrarian popu- lation has managed to get along pretty well.| guire When .the political parties and the lawmakers try to “help the farmer” their kindly inten- tions are as misguilded and disastrous as those of the elephant that sat on the young robins to keep them warm while the mother bird went to look for a worm. e In that connection attention might be called to the fact that those great friends of the farmer, the self-styled progressives, are today split be- tween the LaFollette party and the Farmer-La- bor party, with a consequent diminishing of the chance that they will be able to rescue the per- ishing agriculturist. And immediately the an- nouncement is made that there will be a bumper. Peach crop. There may not be anything. in this theory but it certainly: looks as if nature pre- ferred to care for her children in her own way and is willing to do it when the politicians re- frain from butting in,. The Art of Confiscation “It may sometimes come to a few of us that it is quite as painful to have our property taken away by taxation as it would be to lose it through outright confiscation,” notes the New York Commercial. “Perhaps it is more painful, because we are robbed by thieves but once while the tax thieves always come back to repeat over and over again. “Perhaps some of us are about to lose our property through the tax levies'of the near fu- ture, Let us consider for a moment. “A probable treasury deficit of $837,500,000 is forecast for next year. Briefly, the thing works out as follows: < “New expenditures by congress, already plan- ned, total $327,500,000, which coupled with a tax reduction return .$100,000,000 greater than the treasury deficit, that it seems impossible to es- cape amounting to $427,500,000. But that isn’t all. “The next session of congress will, in all like lihood, plan to spend on thf navy and govern- ment buildings $410,000,000, which sum added to the $427,500,000 listed above as almost certain, gives us a total deficit of $837,500,000. To make that good the. $837,500,000 must be added to the already heavy burden we taxpayers are now bearing. Pleasant prospect! “Despite the efforts of President Coolidge to stem the tide of extravagance that last winter swept congress there is no reason to believe that a better record will be made at the next ses- sion than came from the one which we have all been discussing with such heat since it ended a few weeks ago. ‘ “As at present constituted, congress possesses a rump majority that appears to think its mis- sion is to placate every group, bloc, organization or association demanding governmental finan-j cial aid. When that, fact is considered it seems hopeless to expect from its next session any bet- ter record than was made last winter so far as expenditures of public money is concerned. “The congress in session during the war Spent in the time we were fighting—a year and a half —as much money as all preyious cohgrésses since the beginning of the government had expended, It was a case of win the war regardless of ex- pense and, of course that was the paramount thing to consider. But— i “We have noticed that once congress gets into a quickened stride in spending money it never lessens the pace thereafter. It is still fresh in our recollection that when the governmental ex- penditures were augmented by oug entrance into the war against Spain they nevek went back -to the figure that had previously prevailed. We have a feeling—we cannot say positively that it is justified because we have not the data by. us —that it is constitutionally impossible for con- gress or a state legislature to retrace any ex: travagant step it has once taken. “In fact, we have long been pressed by the painstaking search that state legislators or con- gressional representatives are constantly making for new ways of getting increased sums of money from the taxpa; yers. “This condition is not confined to the United governing bodies of a political character, ay evidenced by ever increasing levies made through newly invented In some foreign .coun- tries even window, panes, door ‘openings and taxed, to say noth- "are coming in this country unless a now they are taxing money is occurred to lawmakers that a large sum can be brought to that way. and people gener. ally will accept the situation thus created be- cause they have been told that the money will be spent in making good roads. Taxpayers are a States, but is worldwide among or conceived tax schemes. knives, forks and: spoons are ing of head taxes and the like. We to a similar. condition halt is called. “In some of the states gasoline by the gallon. Not that the needed, but simply because it has the public treasury silly lot and easily befooled. “Ever increasing tax burdens mean added heavy units to the load by taxation the less would otherwise bé on deposit in the savings banks. Also, it means less desirable th in the ae of everybody who are not on the public pay- ro) re 2 “As we'said in the beginning, it 1s as effective to rob a man by taking his money through a use- less tax levy as it is to get it by the use of a blue-barreled automatic pressed his stomach while going through his ets. Cie the Minne Is ae men in office com- Such a curbing of public expenditures fae Pecivant Coolidge would hate accomplished ‘ad not a congress composed largely ; ti 1. iticlans combined to defeat his p wa “Why not ask every man you vote for this year what ne intends to do about spending your tax money “Make him get down to brass tacks and tell specifically how he will work to lessen your tax burden, and if he will t r somebody who will.” mot dee sma yrote ton ——___. Who Were Candidates? BY ELDEN SMALL There was a time when the political, campaigns of the United States were fought out upon great issues of such importance and go clearly defined that the electorate divided upon opposing sides as a matter of principle, and there was no roo: for mistake. le dominant issues, like slavery or the tariff or imperialism or free silver haye not functioned and there have oeeu so many minor issues hob- bing up that new party alliguments have been numerous, unity to in- mae of the average man’s daily expenditures. The bigger the’ sum raised In recent campaigns however, the we hav ni WARDSMEN ‘servo 20 miles west of Cheyenne, was to ten different parties, ‘convent |WYOMING-6 thd Brigadier General John der tana eat fee naa ortos tha White House | | AY ROSS Rieniey: rhe Ginteied. ae seems likely to.see four or five contenders: " ceiving field training by regular a party does not Jast’beygnd its initial or 3 *\” | army. officers ta tha! mountain’ re- ond campaign, = ow a eae ae «| seev' % Democratic- Bryan- Nateins and Johnson (Prohibition) Buckner (Gold Democratic) ;; Matchett and Ma- (Social Labor); Bentley and Southgate Pea rersayt In-1900 ey tickets, in- cluding Middlewfthe-Road P: ‘a V. Debs, United Christian with J. G. Wolley and Union Reform, Seth H. Ellis. In' 1904 there were six tickets and seven in 1908, Hisgen and Graves heading the Independents. Since then there have been five or six, generally, although there fave been threates’ of creating as many additional new ones. , Lines and Angles BY. TED OSBORNE Say, girls, ain’t it Fierce when you And he asks if you want Something to eat and. - You bless him from the Bottom of your heart ~ And answer nonchalantly “Yes, kinda,” and then He says, “Here! Have a Life Saver.” Say, girls ain’t it Fierce? I ask you. p x EASY x Number One—“I can block my hats just by wearing them.” : Number ''wo—‘Naturally, blockhead.” A SURE PREVENTATIVE Dolly—‘What is the idea of rubbing that onion on your lips.” i i Polly—“It is good for keeping the chaps off.” Customer—-“Do you retail shirts here?” Clegk—“No, but there is a w.ilor across the street that does.” <j ? CAUSE FOR JOY “My, but your wife looks happy today. What hag happened to her?’ ’ “Oh, she has something to worry about again.” “What is the price of this embroidered skirt?” “Madam will find the skirts on the next aisle. |~ The article she holds in her hand is a capa collar.” UNCLE HOOK SAYS . -°- “Love is like gettin’ drunk; marrige is like th’ headache th’ next morning’; an’ divorce is th’ bromo-seltzer.” 3 ; The other day A beautiful . Young girl Nearly drowned Down at the Beach, A button Came off her her One-piece suit - And nobody had Nerve enough To save her. rr PAST MASTER ~ Trate Father—“I'll teach you to kiss my daugh- ter, young man!” wal: Insolent Youth—“You don’t need to, sir. I know how. already.” The ferry service is quite good For inter-city trips, But it is far from perfect, For ferries all have slips. ARITHMETIO ' ' “Four sheep are standing on the brink of/a hundred‘foot cliff. One of them takes a notion to jump off. How many are left?” t “That’s an old gag. The last three would fol- low the first, so none would be left.” “No, you’re wrong, The first one only takes a notion.” OUR DAILY SONG HIT» “Johnnie, Keep Aaway from that Machinists’ Bench, You'll Get Bad Habits from Its Naughty Vises.” pe The other night I went to see ~ : Gwendolyn, and ; I took her to. the : Movies and after = That we had some Ice cream. and’ stuff And ! but she. Was dumb. Not a brain. And inthe hall I; ‘Was thinlng up an excuse To leave while . She took off-her hat And’ then— ‘When I-saw how carefully She pulled down the Front window shade I changed my mind. And tomorrow night I don’t think — ‘We will even go’to the Movies, « , Judge—“Have you ever been: arrested before?” Tramp—“Now listen, jedge? Do I look like a young butterfly jest: makin’ my dayboo?” KEEPING. THE. COMMANDMENTS eee you. consider it sinful to be en- ous Hubby—*I surely do. Extremely so.” Wifie—“Then I guess I’ll have to get a seal skin coat like Emily's.” LEGAL ADVICE Client—*A neighbor of mine has a big dog that we all are very afraid of. What would you advise me to do?” ‘ Lawyer—“Get a bigger one, please.” Fiye | dollars, OUR DAILY SONG HIT 1 “Take Back the Heart Thon Givest Me, I Need: ed a Spade for This Hand,” CHEYENNE, | Wyoming National Guard, in camp ‘Wyo. July. 15.—The in the Pole mountain maneuver re- i : Call for Republican County ' .. Convention * Notice is hereby given that there will be a con- vention of the Republican party of Natrona county, Wyoming, held ‘at the court house in Casper on Wednesday, July 16, 1924, at the hour of 8 p. m., for the purpose of discussing the welfare of the party and to suggest qualified and suitable candidates for county and legislative offices to be voted upon at the regular primary election to be held August 19. Delegates to this convention will be selected at precinct primaries to be held at the voting place designated at; the last genera! election in the various county precincts, at the hour of 8 o’clock p. m. on Tuesday, July 15, 1924; and to consist of three dele- gates from each voting precinct, one of whom shall be the precinct committeeman. ‘ e ‘ The committeeman will call the caucus in his pre- cinct; see that a proper chairman and secretary are chosen, to conduct the meeting; and that credentials are officially made up and transmitted to the chair- man of the county committee before the county con- vention goes into session. \ bs In the absence or unavoidable detention of the precinct committeeman, any qualified Republican elector may exercise the functions of the committee- man, call the meeting to order and perform all duties . incumbent upon him for the purposes of the caucus. The delegates elected at the precinct meetings must be preseht in person at the convention. No proxies will be recognized or accepted. The Republicans throughout the’ county are urged to participate in the precinct cau S§ and see that representative members of the party are chosen delegates. 4 : . ‘Republicans generally and all well-wishers of the party are invited to attend the convention and assist - the delegates in selecting competent and qualified persons to represent the party in the regular August primary electior. é Women voters are especially urged to take part in dll these party proceedings. The caucus and convention in no wise interferes with the regular primary election. The object is to . establish a greater party responsibility and a closer co-operation between the party and the candidates. A. E. STIRRETT, e -~ By prompt payment of electric bills advantage is taken of a much better rate than by de- laying payment. In these times of slow business —one can not make money faster or easier than through taking advantage of the prompt payment rate. 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