Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 7, 1924, Page 24

a ee — ' : 7 ; ri : rT SORES EAECARSDODOESTICEINGePERAes rec hesennetness cas 84S GRIESE SEADSLOUAAL USEREE SRE e erst as esseedueeieserceeensses PAGE EIGHT e Che Casper Sunday Cribune ——— FEintered at Casper (Wysnsing) postcffice as second casa matter, November 22, 1916. The Casper Daily ‘i'rfbane issued every evening and The Sanday Morning Tribune every Sunday, at . Wyoming. Publication offices: Tribune Bulld- pposite posioffice. Business Yelephones ----.---------------= 15 and 16 Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting All Departments ——_ By J. E. HANWAY AND £. BE. HANWAY Advertising representatives Prudden, King & Prudden, 172023 Steger Chicago, 256 Fifth Ave., Dd Bidg., Boston, Mass. ee St, at joune are on Boston cana San Francisco offices and visitors are «welcome. 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The Japanese minis- vy announces that “Japan is ready al for further reduction of armament on a fair basis and to the extent that is compatible with the needs of her national de- tense.” There is no equivocation in the statement, and it aligns Japan squarely with the United States in desiring further armaments reductions and in standing ready to enter a conference to that end. Where does Europe stand on the question? An attempt is in the making to hold some sort of armaments conference under the auspices of the Jeague of nations, to which of course the United States could not be a party as it is not a mem- ber of the league of nation and would not care to attend a meeting governed by the restrictions of the covenant. Great Britain recognized the incongruity of holding an armaments conference with the most powerful nation in the world ab- sent, and has taken steps to postpone further action on the league protocol for the meeting. ‘What are the other nations going to do about it? Do they merely want to pay homage to their league, or do they really desire a conference that will draw up and agree to a concrete program of armaments reduction similar to that which came from the memorable Washington Aramaments conference? If the latter is their intent they should give heed to the words of President Coolidge in his speech agcepting the nomination for president. “When t8e reparations plan is in operation,” said he, shall deem it an appropriate time to approach the great powers with a proposal for another conference for a further limitation of armaments and for devising plans for a codifié cation of international law.” On other occasions Mr. Coolidge has announced his purpose in sim- ilar language. It ought to be apparent to every world power that President Coolidge is ready to call an international meeting that will dupli- . cate in great degree the achievements of the ‘Washington conference of 1921-22. Let European nations follow the example of Japan and an- nounce to the world that they stand ready to en- ter such a conference and to consider reductions compatible with the needs of their national de- * fenses. As the operation of the Dawes plan becomes more assured, the date is approaching for which President Coolidge is waiting. There are some de- tails of the Dawes machinery that still await complete adjustment. Until it is working smooth- ly and its permanence appears certain, it would be premature to ask armaments agreements which must be based, in large part, on the.suc- cessful outcome of the Dawes relief measure. If European ‘countries really want to hasten the ° time for practical armaments reductions they should aid in making the Dawes plan an early success rather than in publishing meaningless protocols from Geneva Life Boat for Business Tnsurance funds are perhaps the. busiest and ; most helpful funds in the whole range of indus- trial and commercial activity. The private owner may hoard his capital, or even deplete it for running expenses rather than risk it in any in- vestment. But insurance money must work, or the company fails. For the reason, and because insurance in some form is the principal founda- tion of commercial credit, the taxation and re- striction of insurance funds should be a matter for intelligent understanding rather than polit ical prejudice. With forty-eight legislatures coming on, and in each a probable flood of insurance measures to be considered, there is necessity for combating foolish and ill considered measures which inter- fere with sound business policies. Communism would substitute mass taxation and obligation for individual saving. Insurance requires the in- dividual to save for himself, and protect the pub- lic from his own disasters, It makes private con- servation and not public waste its creed, it puts & premium on individual independence instead of encouraging mass irresponsibility. Insurance builds up a tangible fact, available for those who will toil and save today; communism glibly promises to underwrite any fantastic shortage for any or all its people, without considering the effect on society as a whole. Insurance legislation needs to be considered-in the light of a business lifeboat, a saving church, 4 personal sacrifice to avert possible public men- dieancy, and as an industrial anchor for the whole system of honest credits, not as a fair target for the professional destroyer. The People Always Pay A New York state farmer writes to a city paper that he does not find his name or the xiames of his farmer neighbors in the published lists of income taxpayers, but he surmises that they pay the tax nevertheless. He is absolutely right, and probably he and his neighbors recognized the facts when they went to the polls and voted for Coolidge. The Democrats and Third party candi dates tried to fool \ ting the tax on the operators of large enterprises. But the manager of a large enterprise includes the tax in his costs of doing business, and it fig- ures in the price of the commodity. The con- sumer pays. President Coolidge put this fact clearly before the voters in his speech of acceptance when he said: “Only about 3,500,000 people pay direct income taxes: The remainder pay but indirectly, in the cost of all purchases, from a pair of shoes to a railroad ticket, * * * Whatever cry the dem- agogue may make about his ability to tax the rich, at the end of the year it will always be found that the people as a whole paid the taxes.” That utterance is a fair sample of the “common ew} sense” President Coolidge put into the. recent campaign, and it is that:sort of common sense doctrine that appealed to the people and ‘sent them to the polls in such large numbers to vote for Coolidge and Dawes. 4 Coolidge stood for tax reduction ‘all along the line, but even more important he stood for the reduction in expenditures which must precede any tax reduction. The Dole Demoralizes A British writer has called attention to the double effect of doles. Says he, “The moment the reward in money for unproductive energy exceeds its proper proportion to that paid to productive energy, the reward to both is debased, the in- crease in money being set off by a.greater de- crease in the value of that money and its pur- chasing power.” That is a- generalization that may be better understood if stated in more spe- cific language. If the government of Great Brit- ain, or of any other country, adopts the policy of paying doles. to its unemployed, whenever thoxe doles reach a scale that begins to :e tempting to a workman, the workman loses interest in his work and his job, because he feels that if poor work results in his losing his job he can get along on the dole he will receive as one of the unem- ployed. Thus the dole system not only keeps men from seeking jobs, but it tends to reduce the pro- ductiveness of men who are usefully employed. And, of course, reduced productiveness means a smaller supply of ‘goods and correspondingly higher prices. The dole of today will be inade- quate next year because the dole has tended to make cost of living-higher. It is an endless chain. As a temporary expedient a system of doles may be necessary but if it is more than temporary, it will become disastrous. The Sugar Supply A $2,500,000 beet sugar factory is projected for County Cork, Ireland, that demands at Jeast 4,000 acres the first year. Present profits and future economic independence are the goal. The farmers of the Milk River valley in Mon- tant are guaranteeing almost 7,000 acres for a factory in 1925. The great Billings factory uses th product from a much larger acreage, paying the farmers up to $2,500,000 for beets in a single year. Sugar independence and profit is worth while in any country. One of the most vital fac- tors in Germany’s ability to carry on the war was her 300 sugar factories. Without doubt this war memory stimulated the Irish sugar idea. simple words,” notes the Congress Journal. a really means to act together. sociation’ means the place where ‘persons act together to do the thing. The fact of community action and certain! Why, it seems it was but yester- ‘wonders had just fore, given an association a ! thing which properly can be done by associated action, the organiza- tion exists to do what is necessary. “The coal. industry is. co! by the most serious problems of its: existence. This stands ‘That for ‘you, life é begun, * And now you tell me you are halt- past-one. A wee bit shaky, don’t mind it at all, Not always hurt when you tot- »., ter-and fall, . Now doesn’t it seem just a heap: fun To be such a big girl—just half past one? Peak; Grand, serene against the. skyline |. . + Covered o'er with tall pine trees. An -airplane-hawk is-landi “Where -the Honeycombs are ai -atanding |} With-their sides cell-like.serrated » ™ ‘As tho! built by busy bees. OFFICE ROOMS REASONABLE’, Zuttermeister Bldg. ‘ally dozens of corporations, lat a eg § 2 and small, are becoming insolvent, “| Gauay mist-wreaths twine and circle Indicating that the whole eprice i "Round the crest of old Bald structure needs to be revised. This i »~ Mountajn; is an industry problem which is not ‘Where the sinking sun is setting Out in the sand pile, now digging soluble by individuals acting alone Throws golden glints against away, CASPER STEAM but must come about through some “the blue. v Busy and happy all thru the BAKERY form of associated action. Hereto-| ana in the ‘Tariff skein it wove Soon dark ragged clouds come drift. long day; fore, coal has been carried mostly | Some duties for the swamp and *) ing To slumber-land creep at the setting by railroads and railroad rates, ad- * grove. 7% And their fleecy linfngs rifting sun, mittedly, have become too high for| ne gouthland-ceased to wail and | Showa gleam of dazz’ling brightness A wee tired girlie—just halt- the users of coal to pay. This is causing a translation of the power in coal into another form and the As @ spying moon peeps thru, past-one. And wiped the ‘tear-drops from her eye. ; EN ENS The ‘stray moonbeams glow and glit- °* ter. ‘When the sun fairies scatter away transportation of that power by *: : the night’ other means than ‘by steam rafl- z — On the silver-braided current More new joys greet the first roads. That involves a complete re ‘ Of:the No Wood creek that babbles peep of light, adjustment of coal trade processes} = 1924: tt Onward, to its grave, the sea. But with so many birthdays still to to meet the new condition, ‘This,| But when the duties sought -were| Then, {its music sweet, appealing, come ; obviously, is something which canf won = “ O’er your mind and fancy steal- There is. never another—just not be done by individuals, but rath-| rhe south her, old. time course did ing > half-past-one. / er requires associated action. Also, run,’ . ~ Makes you love the Big Horn Moun- tains there are labor problems which: in- volve, in final essence, nothing fess than a need to discover a new basis. for compensating men for their ef- fort.~ This is a third question which can not be solved by individuals alone, but requires associated ac- tion. Finally, there is a need to ap- peal to the public for unusual con- sideration until these major prob- lems of the industry have been worked out in ordefly fashion, That, clearly, is not a-case of individual action, but rather for men working through an associated group of some kind. : “The rule which might be drawn to cover this case woula be «that when the problems become’ greater than individuals can solve, the need for an association becomes impera- tive. The more desperate the situa. tion, the more need for an associa- tion. “If*we accept the premise, viz, that the problems of the industry are the greatest in history, we must She begged for fruit: and rice Pro- tection, ; Cared not for any other section, She softly sighed in ‘22, She craved for duties not a few, For schedules did ‘she call aloud, ‘Then -voted for the Free.Trade crowd. Cut It Short There is a widespread feeling that the short session of congress, which is inevitable, is all the country needs between now and December, 1925, “or two years there has been too much of such a congress. The next one promises to be better than this one, but: there is nothing imperative for it to do that cannot await the regular session. It is unfortunate that the short session of this congress cannot be dispensed with after not more than one week. There is nothing for it to do that is really necessary except pass a few appropriation bills. As the appropriations will be carefully reviewed and revised by the bydget Bt . commission, and no doubt trimmed : . 7 to absolute necessity, congress well ‘ could pass them as they will be pre- sented and go home. Business needs the rest and frev- dom from bungling legislation and ‘And their beauties wild and free. —— ‘Drilling for Heat Sir, Charles A. Parsons, father of theysteam turbine, says a shaft 12 miles deep would bring to the sur- face\all the heat mankind could use In} ail the surrounding region and forever solve the power problem. He declares the proposition is practic- able and estimates the cost at about 100,000,000. e forests are disappearing, the coal measure are being used up and the foil wells will soon be dry. © Sir Charles does not think we should wait till the fuel shortage becomes a frightful thing; he wants to begin digging right away. ‘The up-and-down distance from the highest mountain peak to the lowest point in the ocean {!s approx!- mately 12 miles—quite some dis- “The South has played this game be- fore, Such were her tactics long of yore, To state her case, to. weep and wail, ‘To mourn and turn exceeding pale, To beg for duties, yea, to clamor, Tis thus, or else the sheriff's ham-: mer, The Solthrons win, then on they go, And is the Southland ‘grateful? | No!| Protectionists may ald their lands, May keop them from. the sheriff's hands, May render help from year to year, May bring the. South new, life and’| cheer, But when the South “has got -her share, - cide tance—yet a Ford car could cover |threats of it. It is getting under tas; Ser etisne clas tua geattaat oa Stator: For North and East she shows no| the distance in a half-hour without | 2ormal swing and there is nothing oe care, = ——— wes exceeding speed regulations, parti- cularly onthe downgrade. As heat increases: with depth’ at. the rate of li degree for every 60 feet, the temp- erdturé at the botton of the shaft would be 1,056 degrees hotter than Regardless of that obvious fact, we find that as coal men encounter. fi- nancial difficulties and begin to re- trench on their outlays, they begin at once to discontinue their associa- She votes just as she used to do— Will she do so in "thirty-two?" ——- TRAIN SCHEDULES The United States should continually encour- age domestic sugar production in quantities, a sugar supply adequate for either» peace or war. Whateyer is now paid as a tariff tax on sugar would otherwise have to be paid in some other form of tax support for the government. The mil- lions of sugar factory money now going to the American farmer and the American laborer would be lost without resonable protection of American sugar producer; and the nation would be sugarless except at the caprice of the foreign sugar manufacturers. The tariff. ig not a tax upon, but a bonus to labor, as they proved in ey and are preparing to. prove in Iro- and, Learned Their Lesson Having learned a’ valuable lesson in the hard school of experiencé the Democrats ‘in congress have turned the cold shoulder upon the bloc plan of securing legislation, and a deep frown upon its patron saint, Mr. LaFollette. When the Senate court-martial sat and sentenced the Re- publican traitors, contrary to expectation the Democrats extended no sympathy and as time wears on they are growing colder and colder to their former allies. For once the Democrats are behaving with rare good sense and judgment. They are sparring for the best position they can gain out of the wreck they brought upon themeselves by placing the insurgents midway between the devil and the deep blue sea. Senator Robinson of Arkansas and Senator Harrison of Mississippi, who trod the primrose path last session hand in hand with LaFollette, Spurn him now. More than this, not only have they taken in the door mat with its welcome sign but also they have warned the whole Democratic family to have nothing to do with that LaFol. Jette tribe. The door of the Democratic home in the senate has a new lock on it. The watch dog is loose in the yard and any laFolletteite com- ing around for a little help must beware. Some- body will be on watch behind the window and yell “Sie him” to Tige. A Live Issue It is time for the American people i litical acti Be contor temibes s to deal with the cost of taxation and educate themselves to insist It Doesn’t Pay Editor Tribune: | When any or: ganization’ or. association, ‘aécret or otherwise, secures’ a, temporary yic- tory by ruthlessly ‘disregarding fair- ness and right, trampling roughshod. over the efforts “of others working in the ‘same good c@ume, inflicting pain and: humiliation” upon others, | it is-doing wrong and damage to itself. Even a’ politician, some of ‘whom we have -learned to’ regard with scant condideration, would’ be. more . considerat mostly fight in have an. equal. chance} for back. ‘It. is- seldom * th timid youth is/set up \as.a/targ inorder to strike others, marked for see ston. Such tactics can only, di 0. conter cfronsyi the fair. mindéd ‘and’ better class. “May. w: be delivered from-all such: associa- tions..and. organizations and sucti disorganizing influences: They can- not possibly. prosper.. They can- tion membership and their contribu- tiom to “the common cause.” They either abandon association work al- together, or to adopt a. phrase now common, they reduce them ‘to skele- ton organizations. This, evidently, proceeds on the theory that associa: tions are limited, per se, to one small kind of work. And that is the kind of work which the coal’ men want now to discontinue. * ‘The implication in such a decision is that an association is something to be supported much as one would contribute to charity, or it is a lux- ury, to be supported and maintained only when the industry is in abund. ant funds; needs little or no help; and can indulge in a small extrava- gance. The contrary, of course, is true. The associations are valuable only when there is a great problem to meet and thing needs to be done which the individual himself cannot do. Unless we wholly mis- read the signs of the’ time, the -coal industry is now in one of those po: tions where nothing but association action can. possibly meet its situa-| not hope to gain the love and fidelity tion. of their members or ofthe com If coal men abandon their assoct- munity. 7 ations now they will take a_place c A: MEMBER. Arrives ++2-----1:80 p. m. -~---~-11:00 p.m, ives the’ earth's surface; so there’ is not much question about the existence of’ enough heat under our feet to keep all the cities warm and the wheels of industry turning, provided it'be practicable to bore deep endugh. ‘The deepest shafts today are -in the; copper mines of northern Michi. gan, some 500 feet deep.. These shafts were comparatively easy to ig} because the temperature at the ttom is only 9 degrees hotter than CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN 1 60 Pm. OE AT Aw Te Sittin’ Pretty:‘On - The Top of the World _ ~ Solid’ comfort-aplenty. .More hours in\the easy chair. Leisure*instead:of ~ labor. 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