Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 11, 1924, Page 6

Ridiculous Rot Richard Washburn Child assumes, what seems to be an extremely ridic- ulous attitude in a recent contribution to the Saturday Evening Post, under the caption “Government by Blackmail Whoever has the temerity to approach congress in order to explain to, say members of committees appointed by each branch to deal with specific mat- ters, where such membevs deal with mattefs affecting such a citizen's bus- iness, must needs ba a. lobbyist, one who is prepared to demand the protection of his interests through blackmailing methods. Mr. Child takes himself al- together too seriously since he retired from the post of ambassador to Italy. Each separate interest is, of course, a minority interest; and by what right, asks Mr. Child, has any minority inter- est to assume to dictate to the majority —because to respectfully present rea- sons for legislation sought, according to Mr. Child, must necessarily partake of dictation in the form of blackmail, latent or activ He says, for example: “Today the greatest political issue before the coyntry is the threatened breakdown of our Republican form of government by the increase in the power and nymber of organized minorities. The greatest issue is whether we are to Che Casper Daily Cribune | agers is the one that Mr. Davis will sure- ly carry West Virginia; and this claim Phe Casper Daily Tribune issued every} is based solely upon the fact that this is a sale en jad repel Ree ss the home state of the candidate. West sapere tS = ,| Virginia is honeyeombed with industries + Oren Tribune Seen cere aett up under the beneficent influence ————— _—__| of tite protective tariff policy, and it Entered at Casper'.¢Wyoming) postoffice} was under the very shadow of the great as second class matter, November 22, 1916-| nlants of some of thexe representative usiness Telephones .......-.... 16 and 16| industries and in the presence of their well-paid workmen that Mir. Dayis, in his acceptance speech declared that the existing protective tariff must be re- pealed. The yote to be cast in November next will not be the result of hysteria, MEME PRESS nor will the eloquence of any of the can- The 4 usive'y en-|didates of the two parties denouncing titled to the use for publication of all news! the existing tariff pol be li rp credited in this paper and also the local! 5 yoai1 A truer predi of what ‘will news published herein, |__| happen would be based upon the preced- Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation) ents established throughout a period of (A. B, ©.) Laer In the case of West Virginia, with - ar SE all its prosperous industries and its sesaagencinaie Petes: 1720-23 Steger} £reat army of happy and _ contented Blag., Chicago, Ill, 286 Fifth Ave, Naw workmen, the accident of birth will not York City; Globe Bidg., Boston, Mass., Suite| be sufficient to swing it into the free- 404 Sharon Bldg,, 65 New Montgomery 8t.,| trade column. It is well to remember that San Francisco, Cal. Coples ‘of the -Daily| with the exception of 1912, when the Bull Tribune are on file in the Now York, Chl-) Moosers split the Republican vote, West cago, Boston and. San Francisco offices and) Virginia has consistently gone Republi- visiters are welcome. can in a presidential campaign for thir- SUBSCRIPTION RATES. z ty-two years. There appears to be no By Carrier and Outside State split within the protective tariff senti- One Year, Daily and Sunday -. ~--$9.00] ment in that state this year, for LaFol- T Business ‘Telephones Branch Telephone All Departments See By J. E. HANWAY and E. E. HANWAY eee fet Bite, oy as a--e Hed lette arfd his creed can have no appeal to Lata aon cee teeta gecnrtnets ote x Months, Daily and § a ! he ctora beaks Three Months, Daily and Sunday ---- 2.25] “¢ electorate of that state, no matter} those minorities which can threaten thé “75 | how the endorseemut of organized labor .05| may be worded or was obtained. The economic interests of the voters of West Virginia undoubtedly will determine their action on election day and this holds good throughout the country. One Month, Daily and Sunday Per Copy hardest.” Mr. Child declares with some solem- y that “No party has touched this ec.” True. joke. One Year, Daily and Sunday One Year, Sunday Only Six Months, Three Months, Daily and One Month, Daily and Sunday - 78 Fane aoe All subscriptions must be paid in advance .Family haracteristics and the Daily Tribune will not insure de} “Brother Charley” is operating his very after subscription becomes one month] vice presidential candidacy upon the in arrears. same lines of sophistry, made famous It isn’t an issue; it is strong voice of na- announces Mr. Child, tion to a stand against government by blackmail, I have not heard it.” That, however, has been remedied, since Mr. Child has raised his voice. The coun- KICK, IF YOU DON’T GET YOUR by his elder brother, William in his] try is now warned. If they submit, TRIBUNE several candidacies for the presidency. now, to government by blackmail, their If you slon’t fihd your Tribune after took- In his Elkpoint, 8. D., address, Broth-| blood is upon their own heads. Natur: ing careful'y for it, call 15 or 16 and ft will be deliverr/to you by special messenger. Reg: ister compiuints before 8 o'clock. ally, Mr. Child would pick out the tar- iff in order to illustrate the evils and dangers of government by blackmail. Here is how lhe does it: “A good many years ¢ to make a reful, im 2 hy tion of some hedule in the Tariff. I flipped a coin to see which schedule I ny false and mis. leading statements as ever William w capable of making in the heyday of “S <q teen to one” or “Imperi oe 1 other dc ‘ “The publican party i Having eo aite Chills or striking a blow agriculture in re ducing prices of farm products and re 4 Persistent reports from campa ducing the volume of currency from $54] Would tackle. My idea then was not servers that the Democ: 1? to $89 per nita. y purticular interest or practically non-existent west of the Mis-} The farmers of South Dakota and the| 5 al privilege, but to show the Amer. sissippi river and that the presilential| farmers in the country at large will find | ! ne that any organized minority contest has simmered down to practically] it no difficult matter to set themselves tance favored industry with a contest between President Coolidge and] right on such a silly a ; simply | ® good lobby id by threats of with- Robert M. LaFollette adds emphasis to] referring to the records. * | holding ign contributions—could the report that LaFollette is finding] Mr. Bryan should have told the facts | 20 down rashington and) write its himself as much embarrassed by his ruu-|to the South Dakota farmers, namely,| °W" Tariff schedule. My task was too ning mate, Burton K. Wheeler, as is John] that in the fall of 19 fore the | ®asy. ‘The controversy w too one: W. Davis by the presence on his ticket of | election of a Republican’ president, the| Siled to be exciting. Every inter the brother of William J. Bryan. In each ty started the system of | im the tariff was represented except the case the head of the ticket is distinctly | deflation which had the disastrous ef-| ceusumer’s interest, and the blackmail- accountable for the selection; Mr. Davis| fect upon farm prices. Upon the recom-| in of congress and the hoodwinking of because, in the rattle of convention hys-| mendation.of President Wilson, his fed-| President Taft were about as difficult terics he thought he must attract tp him-|cral reserve board, made up of Demo | 0 demonstrate to the consumers as it self the support of the great “Common-|crats solely, established a deflation pol-| Would be to demonstrate the existence er;” LaFollette because Wheeler is onc] icy in the winter of 1919 and 1920, which | °f the Washington Monument. Some of his kind. But now it is asserted on} had the effect of reducing the price of | 0f the remnants still left on the Repub- behalf of LaFollette that Ife is growing] No, 3 corn from $1.53 in July, 1920, to] lican Old Guard have not and will not exceedingly nervous over the’ natural] 73 cents in December of that year, The| forgive me for exposing the power of assumption among the voters that he] price of steers fell from $12.09] *1 organized minority which could ride stands for the same brand of I. W. W.| in December of that 0. 2 wheat | Toughshod over the interests of the con- taint “and Soviet idolatry that made] fell from $ 96 during the same} Sumer and the taxpayer and set up a Wheeler notorious, whereas, so the ex-| period. Hog prices fell from $15.88 to| favor for the few at the expense of us planation runs, Battling Bob is really r all. They still regard me as a danger- a one hundred per cent American, Immediately upon assuming control of | OVS Tadical.” no other eccentricities than a desire to} the government in 1921, the Republican| Perhaps Mr. Child missed just the make the courts responsible only to the] party get about improving conditions by | characterization members of “the Re mob and to-run the government. himself,| providing for government loans to be| publican Old Guard” applied to him. without assistante or advice from any} made not only to banking institutions,| But in the last part of the paragraph quarter. but to livestock loan companies and an. quoted he indicates that the black Tt should be understood that the ac-| co-operative association of producers. lers are Republicans, that is to say, tual fight between Coolidge and LaFol-| Within a few weeks after the adoption | protectionists. And yet, Mr. Child lette is not one for the presidential of-|of this Republican policy, loans were| affects to be proud of the intimate’ re- fice. LaFollette stands no more chance] being made at the rate of $1,500,000 a hip that existed during the 1920 of being elected president than William|day to the farmers and livestock men,} campaign between the President (then 4%. Foster, the American agent of the} «und during the first year of the opera-| Senator) Harding, an avowed _ protec- Reds, another radical candidate for the] tion of this Republican policy loans ag-| tionist, and himself. Mr, Child would presidency, most of whose sympathizers} cregating more than $346,000,000 were} have it that the blackmail occurs will supoprt LaFollette because they do} made. through refusing campaign contribu- not want to throw their votes away. All] The official treasury records as to| tions—these minorities would refuse to LaFollette expects to accomplish is to] money in circulation from 1919 to 1924] Support candidates unless the latter throw the election into congress, with}<how up the inaccurate statements of | Subthitted to the species of blackmail the likelihood that the brother of Mr.| Mr. Bryan in even stronger terms. Mr.| Mr. Child describes. Since then have Bryan—there is only one “Mr. Bryan’ Kirvan quoted the money in circulation | come blocs, which are merely organized will be elected president by the senate.| as s54 per capita, but failed to state | blackmailers, aecording to Mr, Child. This situation has sent shivers through-| that that was the figure for 1919. Then] Aud now, horror of horrors! these gor- out the Democratic party and now the] came a deflation of curren ¥, as well as} ged and satiated blackmailers actually thought that LaFollette is being made]of prices of farm products, under the} Plan to withhold their votes. Unless out a Communist because his partner on} ilen Democratic administration, Treas-| they get what they want they won't vote the ticket is their friend and admirer is| ury statistics, show that from $54 per| for the man or the party that opposes beginning to get the goat of the Wiscon-| capita circulation on July 1, 1919, the| them. We cannot imagine a_greater sin senator. circulation fell to $50 per capita on July | depth of human depravity than“that! It had been hoped by some of the sup-| 1, 1920 and before the Republican party,| Happily for the future of the coun- porters of LaFollette, that Senator] which went into power in March, 1921,| try, Mr. Child belongs to the “unorgan- Wheeler would jump at the chance to] was able to establish its plans for deal-| ized majority,” if we are to believe what go to Montana and clear himself of the} ing with the subject of deflation on July | he tells us.” And, by “unorganized ma- charges on which he has been indicted] 1, 1921, the per capita circulation had| jority,” he means “the consumers and gf receiving money for services in Wash- len to $45 per capita. taxpayers and home owners.” Probably ington after having been elected to the] ‘Thus it will be seen that there was a| 0 consumer is by any possibility a pro- senate, but the latest news has it, first] deflation of currency as well as prices | ducer, and, as such, a member ofa min- that the appearance of Senator Wheeler | under the Democratic administration of | OTity bloc that is engaged in blackmail- in court is not necessary to the trial of and 1920 and part of 1921>But, what} ing the government into granting con- his case and second, that the trial will] is more interesting is that Mr. Bryan, in} cessions to his product; and the same, be postponed until after the election. quoting the circulation of $89 per capita} "0 doubt, is true of taxpayers, ndt one But LaFollette’s gesture is more of k the year 1922 ignored the official} Of these; surely, by any posible chance, fear th 1 of nervousness—fear of the] treasury statement which accompanied | could be a producer, or, therefore, a same tactics within his own organiza- nnouncement of the money in cir-| Dlackmailer, one seeking through a min- tion by the Reds and the Pinks that he] culation on that date, which stated that| rity bloc to secure protection for the is pursuing within the Republican party.| a new form of circulation statement wag | Product ‘he is erested in! And, of Fhe term “Progressive,” as LaFollette| adopted omitting transfers of gold be.| Course, the same is true of home owners. employs it, is a very broad o covering | tween federal reserve banks and reserve} Who ever heard of a home owner who thing and everyone—fr the ad-|/agents. The official treasury statement] W8S © producer, and therefore a mem- te of the dictatorship of the prole-| said: ber of a minority bloc, seeking, by black- tariat to the genuine progressive who be: “The new form shows a per capita cir- mailing tactics, to secure governmental lieves in the constitution of the United] culation on July 1, 1922 of $39.87, where-| favor for his product? Merely to sug- States and the institutions existing|as under the form of statement hereto-| gest the thing is to indicate how utterly pheasnnee BNE unfortunatel, ‘is voting | fore used, it would have been #1 ridiculous such a supposition is. ‘ with ove or the other of the two old Tt! will be. obser: i Mr. Child is too funay for words, speaking, is pure Socialist, with a light} \hich proceeded during 1919-1920 was | reat majority of Americans are pro. Pink border toning down to a deep Red| checked by the Republican | narty policy | ducers, And, where their products come fringe. The only difference between the and arose from $44 per eae in the into competition in the home market with party of Debs and the associates of| first f of 1921 to $49 per capita in| 82 products of foreigners, these Wheeler when he was a federal district | July 19: And the final answer e that in most cases ask that they ago I was asked attorney ‘in Montana th it the Social:| on July 1, 1924 the ‘treasury circulation | P¢ Protected against the withering effect ists would wipe out capital thre 1 tatement shows $42 p capita OM ak of free-trade in such competition. The ballot irough a overt of] the department expl this’ figure first act of the first congress was a the govern I uld enable | would be #3 vant under the-old avowedly intended to: extend them to put their fantastic theories into agement and protection to Ameri- form of ateme effect, while Bill” Dunne and D ap UM abeher lott C, Dorman, notorious Reds with whom Every Wheeler aiilliated, would get at the}, U¥ery mother admires the rugged hon- thing more quickly by using the sword. 38 of < oolldge—his life alwefs has been bid nd is today an inspiration to the youth of the land. Y ean manufactures, It was such an imme- diate and complete success that it re- mains until this day—one hundred and thirty-five years after the enactment of the original protective tariff! Probably Mr. Child is not a producer. In fact, he us he is a consumer, a taxpayer and a home owner, and’ by Nirtue of that belongs to the “unorgan: > Exaggerated Claims Typical of the exaggerated claims be Coolidge of chaos—the answer is what ing made by Democratic campaign man: you make it, | x PAGE SIX. Che Casper Daily Cribune $1 ized majority.” Doubtless he would abol- ish police potection. “Why not? The idea that anyone should suggest, worst of all that anyone should adopt, a method of protection such as the police afford, and at the expense of the “unorganized mapority,” towit: the consumers, the tax- rs and the home owners! When Mr. Child’s voice is sufficiently heard, doubt- less every form of protection will be abol- ished, and then, of course, will have dis appeared the last vestige of “govern ment by blackmail” } Made a Party BY ELDEN SMALL Back in the politically tempestous ‘Forties; the Native American Party figured for some! time in the national affairs. It was a precursor of the same narrow religio-political ‘movement which seems to bob up about every so often—as it always has. from the ear- liest recorded days of the prophets and in every civilized land beneath the sun Its career was, a colorful and stormy one, marked by riots, bitterness and «a large measure of temporary, success, and when.it had run its course in Amer- ica it was succeeded by the “Know- Nothing’ Party,” which in one campaign headed its presidential tickct with a former occupant of the White House. The Native American Party had its birthplace in Pennsylvania, and some of its stirring and most riotous demon- strations took place in Philadelphia. It was organized by Lewis C. Levin, a native of South Carolina and an ora- tor of unusual effectiveness. Under his direction the new party elected sev eral members of congress, including Levin, and carried many of its candi- dates into local and state offices, espec ially in the Keystone state. ) thréatening a start, the Native American Party passe.l out of existence without having ever broken its way into the national elec- toral college, and its creator and direc. tor, the fiery Levin, faded as a national figure with it. “po: : ” Why -““Fighting Bob While Roosevelt was a progressive in 912, LaFollette was a_ reactionary. While in his prime, with a future be- fore him, he continued with the reaction- ary Old Guard of the Republican party, so that he might keep his lips to the public pap. As a progressive he is just twelve years late. Now, at the end of 2 long public life of trifling achievements, he sinks his teeth into,the hand that fed is LaFollette called “Fighting He wasn’t fighting when he ran away from Roosevelt, when the latter sounded the trumpet calling real pro- gressives to battle in 19125 he wasn’t fighting when Wilson’s inspiripg voice By ROBERT T. SMALL. over for the prince to use during (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune.)| his two woeks on Long Island and NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—Several| scarcely a day has gone by that he mysterious nocturnal absences on| has not had a leg up and been chas- the part of the Prince of Wales|ing the willow sphere down the grassy fields. The prince's ponies represent an investment of nearly $20,000, ‘This will give some inkling of the cost of following the royal game of India. The prince is what might be called a “scrub” player, judged | year and a half. from the form of the men who take|* Unless all signs fall, the prince is part in the international bs per And after all, polo, to him, is bu an incident. Yet a very modest| polo man who has entertained him string of ponies has cost him|down Long Island way would be de- $20,000 and the maintenance of su¢h! lighted to have one of Wales’ ponie an lately have led to the suspicion in some of our best Long Island circles that the young heir to the British throne may have been study- ing surreptitiously the American view of the relative importance of kings and queens—to say nothing of Jacks and ten spéts. The prince may have felt that it would be just as well for him to know how a king stands in with the mob called pure democracy. If 80, he must be about convinced by this time that a long king doesn't amount to much unless he happens to partake of the nature of a royal bush or unless he chances to help make things “straight. Most Americans prefer their jings in pairs’ or trios, Somo haye been known to welcome them most heart- ily when, like angels’ visits, they kave arrived four at a time. It was reported with all the trim- mings of versimilitude before the prince arrived in this country for a fortnight’s holiday that he had expressed a desire to “sit in” at a real poker game. Poker is not un- known in England. As a matter of fact, when an Englishman once learns poker, it 1s extremely diffl- cult to break him of the habit. Also it is reliably reported that poker is not an entire stranger to the west- ern provinces of Canada, where lies the prince's own wild western ranch. Perhaps the prince had a touch of poker during his last visit to the ranch. Perhaps that was why he wanted to polish up a bit on his game here in the east before going back to the ranch. “Th any event, the prince has been rather mysterious about his poker intentions, When some of the news- paper men who first greeted him asked “How come,” the prince, in the best vernacular of the day, re- plied out of the corner of his mouth: “Cut that out.” “Since then, of course, the subject has been taboo. But there are a lot of boys down Long Island way who vill be just as crazy to show the prince somo of the intricacies of the game and to school him a bit in the gentle art of bluffing. Most ishmen have good poker faces. ‘The prince has not. He is quick to show excitement, either pleasurable or annoying, and looks for allthe world as if he would be an easy mark at our national indoor game. So if the “boys” ‘have sought a rang out the clarion call in defens@ of | few pounds ou, pence mee) ee our national honor and human rights, | '°¥2! visitor via the old round-table everywhere: in 1917. “Fighting Bob?”| they probably have got them. Speaking of souvenirs, there is to Scarcely! “Fugitive Bob” would suit him|,. , princely chance to get them better. ee Lines and Angles BY TED OSBORNE Gwendolyn May be dumb But she is so Beautiful That she ean Always get a Seat on a Street car « A SHORT STORY = Louise was « born reformer. Freddy loved her, but Louise was — interested them. And poor Freddy was almost heartbroken: He bought a quart of moonshine and him. The idea worked perfectly. Now they both drink. “Dentists Hold Convention in Kan- sas City,” says a headline. Now there’s one profession that pulls-together. NECESSARY “Have you ever noticed that there is a Bible in every hotel bed room?” “Yes, a man needs one when he looks at his bill.” He—“What a man doesn’t know won’t hurt him.” % ° Hum—“How about’ a gun he doesn’t know was loaded?” ’ “Wasn't Mrs. dePester’s. marriage rather unexpected?” - teat Done: was—to dePester, at east. UNCLE HOOK SAYS “We can’t put all o’ th’ blame on poor Bye. Men allus did hey a taste fer fer- bidden fruit.” AESTHETIC Miss—“You don’t have to put a five cent stamp on letters to England.” Mrs.-<“I_ know it, but the shade of blue just matches my envelopes.” THE REASON “Paw, why is a man who has an office called a statesman?” “Because he always ‘states’ a thing in the newspapers instead of just saying it like a common man.” iases yer wife hez run off with Bill Jen- kins.” “She hez, hez she? Wall, Bill allus wuz borrowin’ trouble. Git up, there.” This country is going to be saved from ruin next November, no matter which party executes the contract. OUR DAILY SONG HIT “When We Were Married She Took My Name, and-Eyerything Else I Had.” The welfare of the nation needs clean and clear thinking—don't \ Russianize our country. . = only in. those who needed her to help when Davy Windsor'’s polo ponies are auctioned off at the end of the month. They are to go on the block with the mounts brought over by the English polo team for the international matches at Meadow- brook. Nine ponics were brought ARGENTINAN TO RESUME BIG FLIGHT TOKIO, Sept. 11. (By the Associat- ed Press).—Patrick Murphy, advance man for Pedro Zanni, the Argentine Finally he thought of a brilliant idea.| .viator, attempting a flight around Public Busy Speculating On Nocturnal Activities vine Of the Prince of Wales | sce. Ss Fee’: his last fling at polo for some time to come. The playing seasun will be over when he returns to England and next year the young globe trotter is going on another tour of tke world. . Therefore, although he does not need the money, he has determined to sell his ponies rather than ship them back to the old country and keep them in idleness for another likely to reap a handsome profit on his investment, for nearly every outfit amounts ‘to probably for a keepsake if not for a mount. " CO (an) . eicoure Fire! ey 7 | , x / \ There is no water and no slow- burning residue in AERO GASO- LINE. AERO is clean. It fires per- fectly. Combustion is complete —even—sustained. That means POWER—to the limit of your engine’s capacity. ~ You get your money’s worth when you buy AERO. Look for the dealers who sell it. Aero Oil Products _ . Co. Help keep your engine young, sprightly and away from the repair shop. If you are inter- ested in these things, let us specify the right type of Hiway for your engine. Your money back if you're not pleased. « “KEEP WYOMING MONEY IN WYOMING” the world, was informed that a spare drank it, and while under the influence] plane shipped to the aviator from he proposed. Louise thought she might Kobe to Hanol, French Indo China, be able to save Freddy by marrying where he was forced down, has been delivered to Zanni who Is assembling the machine preparatory to resum- Ing his flight. Murphy; went ahead today with plans for the flight across the Pa- cific by arranging for a steamer to lay supplies on the Kurile Islands route. Steamsh!p line officials are assit- ing Mr. Murphy who also has re- ceived detajled locations of the route which was to have been fol- lowed by A. Stuart MacLaren, the British aviator, who was forced to abandon his flight. Tomorrow’ Paper! This Big 10-Quart Aluminum , Dishpan Given Away! 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