Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 9, 1924, Page 6

fhe Casper, Sunday Cribune uf imatter, November 22. 1916. Che Casper Daily Cridune the convention results dissatisfied enough i 3 vet peeve to get bp be pretty stiff More Truth ion, calling ‘fora. primary election. ~ eer 7 PSthat something bughe to Be dows to relieve ax “With 'calm clearness and with| ple to make it: biting cogency, Sécretary Mellon ‘The ‘Casper Daily Tribune issued every evening| of the wd The Sunday Morning Tribune every Sunday, at Wyoming. Publication offices: Tribune Butld: ‘ J Opporite posioftice. | ‘Telephone. ~-arnz=-nz, 18 and 18} sure that > Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting Departments By J.B. HANWAY, AND B. E. HANWAY Advertising Trepresentatives .Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 ‘Steger Bldg., Chicago, 1. 286 Fifth Ave, New York City; Gobe primary in its present form both the has m date thors thé tise" ebet friends and the enemies of the primary system teihs Or tax “legietatt Boston ‘Transcri| agree.The approaching legislature should take and struggle to bring about a mea- be less expensive and render more satisfactory service to the voter@ will induce more than fifty per cent of the voters to go to the polls and vote. The. President's ‘Safety ’ the matter u; Solution of ‘Monday’s he has often stated before, but he finds ever new ways The impossibility of the at- nation’s whole’ A measure that tempt to throw t tax burden upon the very rich he ex-|- poses with ‘fresh simplicity. If the United States ‘had confiscated the entire income of all { Eede.. Boston, Mass., Suite 404 Sharon Bidg., 5 New) A, . itgomery S:, San Francisco, Cal. Copies of the sa result of the-president’s’ trip to Chi-| {ng more than $300,000 In 1922, the = in and San Francisco offices and visitors ure cago, traveling. as an’ ordinary passenger thi question has arisen, should the president be pro- vided with a special-or private train? government -would® still \ha forced to collect $4! persons with be ‘severely crippled because of’ the incomes. “Here withdrawal of big money trom busl- c ot a ¢ oe: Tribube are on filo in the New York, Chicago, rt t - "i SUMSORIPTION RATES ni By Carrer and Outside “Whe Year, Sunday on-y --. 8 = Mix Month, Dafly and Sunday — ® “Phree Months, Dai-y and Sunday -— € . Gne Month, Daily and Sunday ne - Ber ~ By Mail Inside State : Qne Year, Daily and Sunday tt One Year, Sunday Only -~ x Months, Daily and Sunday - Months, Daily and Sunday - tg «| Une Month, Daily apd Sunday -~ an All subscriptions must be paid in advance and “thé Dally Tribune will not insure delivery after sub- ‘Keription becomes one month in urrears. poten enced eens a ni RICK, IF YOU DON’T GET YOUR TRIBUNE lf you don't find your Tribune atter looking care- {ely tor it call 15 or 16 and it will be delivered to you -$7.80 = 2.50 is a fact so plain that an under- graduate In college can easily grasi its significance. e. more difficult to the members” of The matter “is. being discussed by members of congress. The members largely take the view “Gne Year, Daily and Sunday --- -=----------$9.00] that the government should give the president a private car just as it provides a presidential 59] yacht and White House automobiles. It is felt le want their :president efitting his high office. The president’s personal safety is aléo in- yolved. Though perhaps the danger is not great, 3.9v| it is hardly to be disputed that it is greater in a 26| regular train ‘both from fanatics and accidents, 75) than in a special train. In the A.B. F., Pershing had a fine special train. Should not the president be given as much? The attention of congress having been drawn to the matter there seems-to be general agree- ment either that he’ should have the train; the very ma | investment, public and ;private, so make industry carry. a Mellon gives congress all benefit of possible doubt. further with his shows by fact piled upon fact the injury which results for the whole Nation from an attempt to accom: plish the impossible in matters of Artificial stimulus ~ “75| that the American peo} ‘Tax-exempt securities destroy in- -05| to travel with dignity terest in worthy inv build. up payrolls and keep the din- ner bucket brigade going. ———— _— ’ Sea of Life By RUTH ABEL LANO. The wild waves, leaping in from, sea, Joytully play along, full of glee Pause to sigh, long and drawn, Then ‘are gone. viding for the pleasure, comfort and safety of motorists. Why should they be burdened with taxes for grade changes be- cause a-few of the hundreds’ of thousands of automobile drivers elect to engage in the dangerous and fool-hardy practice of trying to beat tho train at a crossing? ~ Besides, should railroad grades be changed, there would still remain the'infinitely more dangerous; situa- tion of street and highway crossings. tments which tax legislation. of investment in creative and ductive industries, American commodity price-scale to the hurt of all the nation’s people both in home industry.and in com- petition with Europe—all these in- evitable results of an unfairly drawn tax law Mr. Mellon expounds with RADIO— FOR ‘o {¥ ky special messenger. Register complaints before 8| treasury paying -the bill wheneyer he-uses it, he , o'clock. at Enterprise Not Croaking Pessimists, respecting the future prosperity o: Casper would do much better to stop their yap- ping and interest themselves in some .plan to increase the dinner pail brigade in this town. The dinner pail symbolizes folks who work. Where workers are present in great numbers it means prosperity to everybody. If they were not busy, chey would not be present. Folks who work are 5 zlways to be found where the work is. Never in ui dead town. Is Casper a dead town? If it is not, let us hear less complaint. If it is, let us see what can be done to liven it up. * It is true that Casper should have g more di- versified line of industries and it has reachéd a point where they should be keen to come under proper inducements. If we are to confine our- Year through and year after year we cannot af- ford to place all our eggs in one basket. We must have something else to bear the load when oil and gasoline become a drug in the market by overproduction, either at home or in other sec- tions of the country where such articles are pro duced. . + The thing for pessimists to do is to jump in dnd whoop it up for immediate action on the Gasper-Alcova irrigation project. It is the key $f the whole situation, when you analyze it. If ‘snore and different industries is what will sat- isfy, then this project is the beginning. * - For look you. Here is the way it will work. An immense amount of fine land will be brought under cultivation. This means various crops. It =‘means ‘sugar beets for one thing and an instant demand for a sugar factory. It means a million or two dollars for the growers of beets. It mears a market for all the beets neighboring counties like Fremont and Converse can grow. It means COLUMBIA IGNITOR dry cell tubes WHEN, you buy a Columbia Ignitor, . you, just know it-is reliable:and will give satisfaction. i Widest distribution of any. dry, cell on the market. There is a Columbia dealer convenient to every radio user. Menufactured and guaranteed by NATIONAL CARBON COM! He declares. that revision of the higher brackets of the present income ‘surtaxes “should be dealt with by congress not as a matter of tax reduction, matter of sound tax reform. fs in-line with the president’s pro- The nation’s tax practice should be brought into line with it at the or that.the president's. traveling allowance of |resistless force. $25,000 be materially increased. Shameful Neglect No matter how much you abhor war. It always f has, and always will occur. And from time to time it will unexpectedly break out until human nature changes and. selfishness, jealousy and re- venge are eliminated from the human family. De- sire to abolish war is a fine thing. One of the fin- est we know. But’ it is no reason for neg- lecting the means of war should one be thrust upon us, For that reason, the neglect of the Unit- ed States. army by congress approaches a scan- When the tide comes in, they wash Shall these be changed and the Public heavily taxed because a few careless drivers, when on the high- Ways, endanger every other driver by reckless driving? Is it not more sensible, as it (is certainly less costly to taxpayers, to enact regulatory legislation in the isuance of licenses and In the dfiv- ing of automobiles or in other words Wave after, wave, o'er and o’er. Then’ like the form of a’ mighty hand ‘ The all radio ‘They leave their wave- prints in the sand. nounced policy. Roaring and foaming, they roll their The masterly words of economic Break up, against land, then fol- advice which come from lon are more and more matched by change practices instead of grades? ——_ Tax-free Bonds i Rippling along the shores sandy man builds up the practical record So it is to us mortals, @ lesson of his career as guardian of expenditure from Congress should pass the constitu- amendment to stop the issu- ance of tax-exempt bonds, and get it before the state legislatures ‘for early adoption. ‘These bonds have a tendency ‘to Into the sea of life, man goes and Fi Much as-the deep -seas, rolling As he works his, way, through, tak- ing ‘bitter with sweet, $6,5000,000,000 in 000,000 in 1924 must preperly be shared, as the ese secretary shares it, with all branches of the federal government, other achievements of equal tmportance are peculfarly his The net reduction of the na- $2,800,000,000 and the refunding of the entire short-dated debt into manageable ‘maturities are feats of finance almost without par- a'lel in the world’s history ‘for the ease, the firmness and the brilliance of judgment with which they have been accomplished. for example, offering made by the treasury—a basic {ssue of only E new long-term bonds, yet one which carries a neat proviso that quietly opens the way to conversion of $4,- 000,000,000 of the government's ob- Ugations whose maturities are now Three of the four bil- lions referred to comprise the Third Liberty Ioan, due might normal!y have expected that the least mention of a refunding operation of this magnitude would be accompanied by a great wave of publicity and a great creaking and groaning of the government’s finan+ It has always been so in the fiscal history of nationsé Yet Mr. Mellon, at a single stroke PANY, Ine, By reason of congressional stinginess, 40,000 ‘ of the troops are under tents or other unsuitable shelters. ally the year round. There is even a shortage of proper uniforms, resulting in an ap- pearance anything but military in many units. It has been impossible for the army to carry out its routine inspections. These things are set forth in the annual report of the secretary of war. Men in the service can go even farther in this story of studied neglect than Secretary Weeks. It is common knowledge that the one-year enlist- ment plan is a failure. In branches of the service such as the coast artillery not less than eighteen months are required to make an effective soldier from a civilian, There are not officers enough to give summer training to patriotic youngsters and reserve officers who ask*training: Thousands were turned away from the summer camps of 1924. It is the.same old story.-The uniform is idolized-in the hour of a national emergency and when that emergency tional debt by TRAIN SCHEDULES CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN scorned and approaching! ---~5-45 p. m. “CHICAGO, BURLINGTON INCY & QU! To the Farmers the farmers,” President Cool- cago, “is' that- your government will do everything possible and proper for a gov- ernment to do, to encourage and direct your striv- ings toward the. goal of prosperity, stability and My appeal is that farmers everywhere “My pledge idge said in Ch’ elal machinery. a lot of cheap feed for stock fattening purposes} .hall fin tn addition to corn, alfalfa and other forage the project will grow. There stands the Casper pack- ing plant, a ready home market for all the Slaughtering stock that can be produced. “Would not the building of this irrigation plant and the growing of crops be made certain at once create a demand for a dairy or creamery enter- prise of magnitude? And would the Casper mar- ket, ready to absorb all the products, be any in- “dticement to such an enterprise? Roll your own bswer. - Then again this project and other irrigated tracts in Natrona county and adjoining counties, suitable in every respect for wheat growing, ix * it any stretch of imagination to visualize a flour ‘ing mill such as they have at Sheridan where no in is grown than can easily be grown inore gi in this vicinity? Then when the pessimists are clear out of a job let them turn their attention to and help the gentlemen now endeavoring to secure the com Vpletion of the North and South railread, givihy “is three linés of transportation to develop the | county and state. » gelves to the production and refining of oil, then “we will have to accept the ups and downs of that industry. But if we desire an even prosperity the = *“tion that needs fixing it is enterprise.’ Here are the States are now well’ on the subject of child ‘laber,- and makirig “rapid progréss“in dealing remarkable lew of bility. of a. constitutional See ment which would effectual stroy all the results of State. ini- tlative.”"—Miss Nila .F. Allen, for- mer head of the Child-Labor. Tax Division, Bureau of Internal: Rev- enue, Washington, D.C. The Road to Despotism. “May God forbid the day when congress is granted the power to enact legislation! making it Jegally the father .and mother to teach, direct and en- courage thelr own children to work—to engage in°some reason- able and» wholesome employment, for {f restrained there. will be. re- sistence, which might lead to.rey- olution—the next ste earth too soon. ‘We. aren't ready for you yet. You are as prema- ture as Lincoln ‘was, or Huss, or fe, or Jesus. Well might you say as you pass us in the Gethsemane, ‘Sleep on now and take your rest; behold the hour is at hand.’ 3 “*-@ © :We shall awaken by Henceforth liberty will seem less precious to us, now that id ways in which to organize and asso- ciate themselves together in the determination to employ effectively eyéry means of improvement that has been placed at their di: heeded, the dawn’ of ‘a brighter cultural world is at hand. Every prospect seems. to indicate that we are,starting out on a new era. There will be prosperity enough for all if we are willing to work for it and-willing to re- main on a sound basis. If we'try'to secure what we do not work for; if we adopt unsound finan- cial methods and begin to quarrel; we can ex- pect nothing but disaster and distress,” Back to Drink What everybody expected Soviet Russia to do, wet” countries of Eu- and by one phrase, provides an in- viting means of conversion which, in'theory at least, might refund the whole ‘Third loan, and do so at a saving of one-fourth of one per cent in interest, not’ at a premium. such ways as these is Andrew W. Mellon making “high fanance”—it’s resourcefulness— the servant and not the master of the American people. Change Practices try to combat “the- fluence of the family.” labor amendment would go.a long toward nationalization of children, by empowering congress to prohibit the labor of all. per- sons under"18 years of age. Mr. Lovejoy is secretary of the National Child Labor Association and editor of its bulletin. recent issue of that publication Mr. Lovejoy took issue with The Courier _because this. newspaper had expressed the belief that our constitution should. not .be ible'’—that is Mr. Lovejoy’s word tural paper published ‘at Philadel- phia, speaks the sentiments ;of)a great many American citizens ‘in this editorial: “We are for the close resula- tion of harmful child tabar and against the child labor smend- ment to the constitution, and don’t care who knows it.’ “Child labor"has long ceased to be the crying evil {t was 20 or even 15 years ago. Child ‘labor in the cotton mills of the South The states” are amply able to pass and. enforce laws to’ protect their children, in the very fow cases where new laws aro needed.” sal. If this is y in the agri- acumen and its you may not share {t. Prison walls will partake of the glow of the ‘walls-of the Holy City, now that we know your radiant ‘soul is Thousands of: little chil- dren who today shrink from a ‘convict’ as an unclean thing will In, its annual report. the railroad commission of California says. in effect that “abolition of dangerous grade. crossings and financing the separation of grades,, constitute one of the most serious confronting California.” In view of the fact thet nine out begin to look deeper into his face to discover whether, after all, he Possible “for she has done. Joined th rope. The peoples commissars have just issued a decree permitting the manufacture and sale of ¢ up to a strength of thirty pe: cent, which is but five per cent less than the pre-war alcoholic standard. which caused much joy ‘among. the innkeepers and liquor- advocates: throughout Russia, is’ in- It ig not pessimiem that will remedy a situa-| tended to increase the government’s revenues. This can be nothing less than a step backward does not exist. may not be a Savior, wearing, the robes of derision and crowned ‘oblems now with thorns. liquors atid cogna down .a code of basic laws, im- Tam ‘pouring out mutable because they are ever- lastingly sound; inviolate because they are fundamental.” this latter . phrase from .The Courier. and . proceeded to ‘show, to his’ own satisfaction and, presumably,-to the satisfac- only the poor tribute of my per- of. every ten automobile accidents sonal love in this letter, yet I be- occur on, the streets and highways away, from the railroad, is not, the One of the easiest ways which the average American can by appealing to his humanitarianism., The) advocates of the proposed child labor amend. ment are well aware of that fact. The new decree, thought of many r m_you have been a help and inspiration in turning your own beautiful words back ‘upon yourself—that ‘while you are of the lower class, we'also are of thousands-to w! of preventing accidents vastly more serious on the .streets and highways than at railroad grade several suggestions that are referred to others | by the government. An acknowledgment that the than croakers. The start of the whole program is to get the In other, words, should we not undertake to change practices which - Yather than » which © will ‘The ‘three’ principal advocates— Owen. R. Lovejoy, Graco Abbott and Florence Kelley—are’ well versed in the art of making subtle that while-you ate branded ‘a criminal, ‘we also are criminals; _deluded contributors talary, that the ‘con- stitution was intended by ita au- yov iet_plan is a failure and the government must reinstate the curse of drink as a further means while you are in. prison, we are change - grad tlons » actively: Uasper-Alcova project beyond the “survey” stage. | of degrading the dupes who have already been sind into actual building. If diversified industries | ¢xploited beyond what any other peoples would | is what Casper needs then let the people go about securing them from the right end. They will conic | quickly enough. In fact would have already. beeu on the way, if proper provision for maintaining j them had been rhade. |) Primary Has Few Friends Probably the primary. election system has thors to be “flexible.” of interest to consider Mr. Love- Joy's qualifications \as an inter- preter of the nation’s fundamental law, and in that connection it is interesting to know that he is a, When Eugene V. Debs’ Was sent to federal prison for his’ anti-American Lovejoy wrote him ai touching love letter, in which; he ‘characterized socialism as appeal. They know the ways of propagandist. large expense. and: further burden on already! overburdened taxpayers? Tho taxpayers hive » generously taxed themselves to build good roads and have done their ment, whose: motives are, to say the, least, questionable, and unnec- essarily add to the confusion and unrest. among all Hberty “lovin citizens.—Mre. Edward B. erent Women's Con- stitut League of Virginia, Hampton, Virginia. “Good night, comrade, and good Lovejoy, Mrs. Kelley and Miss Abbott’ were the most active’ lob- byists for the child labor amend- ment when it was pushed through congress a few months ago.. Now they. are flooding the country with Propaganda designed to promote its adoption by the various state Isn't it about ‘time fhe soctalist deed, those are their ways. Miss Abbott and Mrs. Kelley are Prominent in the affairs of the International “League for Peace and I'reedom. ganization has long been ‘active in the campaign In this country for recognition of soviet Russia.» It is the same organization that spon- sored the slacker oath which ob- patiently bear. Wilson Memorial Service all meaus, the joint house and senate mem- Woodrow Wilson on December | should be, broadcast throughout’ the nation. Woodrow Wilson was. the war president. His vatriotism, and his loyalty toshis country, ranks ehare in: pro- al service fo ™ er defenders today than it has had at any time in] with Washington, Lincoln, McKinley, and other mits history. And the reason is ‘that it is all too evident j.-that it has brought dbout a sharp'and painful 1 Tit Men have won primary nominations who never could have been chosen by conventions, and the Tesults have been damaging both to the parties and to the public service. They have been par ticularly hard on the friends of the primary sys tem, ‘One reason the primary works badly is be .tause people will never learn to use it intel! “gently. It would therefore, be better to wipe it of ~ the books entirely. ty There are those who hesitate to return to the eonvention plan for reasons they deem sufficie: They would be willing to amend the law in cer tain respects to eliminate certain faults. Th ehoice, in this case, is not limited to the one o1 the other forms of choosing candidates, It is pos “Bible to safegnard the convention system by put fing it under the regulation of law, and by kee} ing the primary election in reserve ‘as *thec against possible abuses of the convention system If the convention plan were brought \ ack, pre ently it would develop the old abuses, rule an machine government. But if there were conver tions, with delegates duly elected at legally reg: “Tated primary elections, with a provision fo “hoiding primary nominating elections if the co: ventions “went wrong,” it would be possible t ‘get all the benefits of the convention plan 1 forestall most of its evils Or there might be cony ion that a vrimary ele with the uld b government.” plain Lovejoy's contention the constitution of the Unitea States should. be regarded as a flexible” document. Debs 1s, illuminating.. Hero are seme extracts: This helps to ex- fdr the’ pepole of the states (to serve notice on congress that they do not care to have the socialists re-writing the dictating its ‘revision to the na- tion's law making body—Ottum- wa, Iowa, Courier. tained a vogue among pacifists during the silly and futile, cam- paign against National Defense war presidents. The ‘great part he played’ in American history is a proud.heritage of the people, and no effort or cost should: be ‘spared ering of the average caliber of men in public] ‘o inspire the people ‘by. recounting “his great “The child labor amendment undoubtedly was di tect children. from vicious ‘occupations; but it Solent labor, nor to bor, nor ‘to occupations. His, letterto fuse to perform service for one’s country in’ event of war. Mrs, Kelley has been a teacher and preacher of many years. She has been prest- dent of the Intercollegiate Social- ist League, now sailing under the,“ children, to manual hurtful and ‘immoral a Under it congress. could! prevent every person under 18 years of lectually for: compensa- . Sonera could ‘even © pre- vent a father from ordering his boy to. pick . strawberries . for ~bis Yet | representatives of the people. with knowledge of this. fact. submitted the amend- ment to the legislatures of ‘tho several states, and defended their act on the ground that ‘the con- gress would never use its power foolishly. | Unfortunately, records of the congress do not uphold that contention.—Thomas -R,. Mar- Vice-President of the United States, in -the Wash: C., Star, “August 24, What's It:For? . Once more the poor old league ‘of nations is heaved ‘into the scrap heap by. one of its most nthusiastic friends. Great Britain has just told he league that it will not accept any interfer- nce whether it be by Egypt, the league of na- tions or by any individual government on mat- ‘ers touching the Soudan. The world has began to wonder for just what purpose the league is naintained, if it is.to be disregarded every time \ question or a dispute arises? Aid to Bloc System The system of direct, nomination of members ‘f congress has faults which make the formation ‘f blocs easier, than in convention days. When \ candidate may seek the nomination of a party ith which he is not in sympathy, and get it with he aid of. voters who do not belong to that irty, the loyal members of the party have trou- le giving expression.to their-views and a. true t of public sentiment cannot be had. “You are the first of my own personal. friends: to-be»put- behind the-bars of a penitentiary. going fills me with a new stran; emotion, and I can not see ho you can be so'calm about it; * *¢ to realize that those larger mul- titudes who have -hear» your charming message of human freedom and just goverb- ment are to hear more; that .while we whose tures are less ardont, whose sense of duty is:less keen, whose vision clear, whose hearts are not so warm and tender; and whose is less’ intense—to think ‘that we are to be at liberty while you are confined, that we may speak while you are, silent, that we:may enjoy sunshine and flowers and the contact of friends whilé you are bound within the narrow dungeon walls. rage cloaked ties could prove so clearly the bankruptcy of the present” social socialism’ for Federal Over-Parents. “This ‘Child Labor’ amendment Proceeds on the absurd assump- tion that. Congress will be more tenderly..concerned . for children u thelr-own. parents, and that trom the distant capital congres- sional, tenderness and wisdom will do‘ better for them than their af- fectionate fathers watching over homes. This assumption appraises congressional above ‘its worth and ‘puts home government far below its value.” age from dof She has translated several socialist books from Ger- man into English. She and Miss your voice no “welfare” legislation and it is gp- parent that they are in sympathy with Madame _Lelina, widow of Nicolai Lenine and head of the soviet government's na- tional department ‘of education. In the official journal of the s0- viet commissariat of public edu- cation of which Madame Lelina is'tho editor, she writes; “We must nationalize the chil- ‘We must remiove the chil- dren from the pernicious influence We must register 4nd mothers, love of God Candler, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. we had .3 Bureaus, Annual. Cost, $820,000, —_ Destroying the Results of State Initiative, r no. child-labor dition in any State that can not of the family. the children Annual Cost, .$550,000,000. FARMERS’ STATES RIGHTS, LEAGUE, INCORPORATED Mexico’s,new labor minister, Luis Morones has topped a bomb into the camp of communists by s declaration that Mexico must not be made a ine for propaganda, seeking have openly. defiec aw of the jungle and bray ted o vendetta of uniy upon the demand of its citizens. cation that all have done their