Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1924, Page 2

PAGE TWO. Cbe Casper Daily Cribune Entered at Casper (Wyoming) posteffice as second class matter, November 22, 1916. The Casper Daily Tribune issued every evening and The Sunday Morning Tribune every Sunday, at Casper, Wyoming. Publication offices: Tribune Build ing, opposite posioffice. Business Telephone. Branch Telephoi [or Departments By J. E. HANWAY AND E. b. HANWAY MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. —— eee eee Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. ©.) en eer Advertising representatives Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bidg., Chicago, Til,, 286 Fifth Ave, New York City: Globe dg. Boston, Mass., Suite 404 Sharon Bidg., 55 New mery St, San Francisco, Cal. 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Register complaints before 8 ae 1 The New Year The approach of the New Year comes under auspicies which are’ entirely favorable, so far as the whole country is concerned, A year ago we were on the edge of o bitter political campaign and there were charges of corruption in high places, inspired by the mistaken exo- gencies of politics and the supposed necessities ee SERS PRE a ELLA a ee ee States on the ground that it would cause duty free importation of tropical products to Arseri- can ports. But the most interesting phase of this discus- sion is the point raised by Senator Borah to the effect that the only constitutional way in which this territory can be yielded up is for the courts to interpret the, treaty with Spain to mean that the island is the property of Cuba. If that point “sticks,” the agitation for indepen- dence for the Philippines will have struck an in- superable obstacle, because na one questions that the Philippines are territory of the United States. i National Debts Americans have been taught to believe that the financial obligations of a nation are as sacred as those of an inflividual. The money loaned to the allies was borrowed from the American people on the supposition that the debt would be paid without question. The war brought heavy burdens of taxation to the people of the United States. Europe is stag- gering under the same burden, but the thought of this does not make the load of the American taxpayer lighter. The United States has been reducing expenditures rapidly, and has adopted a pay as you go policy. Some European powers have resorted to additional bond issues, infla- tion and large military and naval expenditures instead. Since the war American financitrs have loaned and invested billions in Europe. In re- lief projects the American people have spent hundreds of millions more. It is a queer phil osophy which now leads a European commentar- ian to refer to the one nation which went into the war seeking nothing and came out~0f it get- ting nothing, as a “Shylock” because it expects the payment of money loaned to the allies dur ing their military and naval operations, while we, too, were spending more money to conduct the war than we have expended for government al operations in all our century and a quarter of history preceding the World war. The truth is that the United States has been as far from a Shylock in this matter as a gov- ernment conceivably could be. Its agents have no right to either forgive or repudiate obliga- tions deliberately contracted, but they have been given the right to settle these obligations on the most generous terms as fo time payment and rate of interest. No “dunning” program has been adopted. On the assumption that of the presidential campaign. All this had a very depressing effect upon the nation’s bus- iness. Thecampaign is now in the background, likewise haye the scandal-mongers been repu- diated by the people. The business interests of the country are adjusting themselves to the reassuring fact that there are ahead of them two, and likely four years of constructive leg: islation and sound economic policy. Business in all lines is making a gradual re- covery from the depression of last spring, when the political bombardment was at its worst. From every hand comes the report that condi- tions are getting back to normal and that us- ual production is being resumed in all branches of industry. The situation in the agricultural portions of the country has shown decided improvement during the past year. Prices advanced mater- ially during the summer and fall. . In the western wheat country thousands of fariiers were put in position to pay up arrears and enjoy a surplus in the bank. Only a partial failure of the corn crop in certain states pre- yented an almost complete recovery. That the farmers of the country see better times ahead is indicated by the fact that the wheat acreage for 1925 is showing an increase instead of a decrease as was the case a year ago. It is regarded as fairly certain that the price of corn will stay up during the next sea- son, and a bumper crop of this important com- modity will make 1925 a good year for the far- mers in the corn states. ; All predictions are to the effect that live stock prices will be even better in 1925 than in 1924. In short, the farmers of the country as well as the manufacturers, have no reason to look forward into the new year with any- thing but pleasant anticipation. And when the factories are running and the farmers are in good condition, prosperity is always gen- eral in the United States. So far as the national administration is con. cerned the country rests assured of the fact that the efforts to reduce expenditures and fed- eral taxes will be continued, and that there will be no rocking the boat so far as foreign or do- mestic policies are concerned, It is to be hoped that state and local offi- cials will follow the national administration in a program of economy and lower taxes. If this is done 1925 ought to stand out as a ban- ner year for America. The Isle of Pines In connection with the pending treaty ceding the Isle of Pines to Cuba, Senator William E, Borah, chairman of the committee on foreign relations of the senate, has raised a point of order of far reaching significance because of its application to the Philippine problem, He contends that the Americqu government has no constitutional authority to allenate by treaty soil once a part of the territory of the United States of America, It has never been done, as a matter of fact, in all our national history. The Isle of Pines was considered American territory under the treaty which ended the war with Spain for some years’ after the close of the war, and some ten thousand Americans went to the island and acquired ownership of practically all its soil-on the supposition that they were not on foreign soil, The island had been used as a penal colony by Spain, and al- though a beautiful tropical tract, never uy derwent much agricultural development unt after the American occupation. President Roos- evelt permitted military occupation of | the land by Cuba pending determination of its future. Spain had ceded to the United States ull her West Indian possessions except Cuba and since the Isle of Pines hay been operated arate unit it was assumed that it came » the United States along with Porto Rico, is argued that the island is of small impor- tance to the United States, and that as an act of good will, especially in yiew of the assur- *s by former Presidents, the matter should be settled by delivering full title to the island » Cuba. On the other hand the American ttlers insist that this Would be an act of bad lL toward those who have invested and set- tled there on the earller assurances of their gov- ernment, and that the island has a real value vhich would justify the United States in lunging on to if, Representatives of Southern fruit interests oppose the retention of the island by the United the great governments of Europe are as honest as an individual is expected to be, they have been expected to bring up the subject and pro- cure a settlement . This Great Britain has done, to her great credit. It is umfortunate that so honorable an action should be marred by protests against it from men who believe in international “dead-beatism.” How Kind! Officials of the league of nations ure said to be suggesting that if the United States will only become a member of their august body we can turn the Philippines over to the Geneva organization which will then give us a mandate to the Islands and forever settle the question of who owns them, a question which most people thought was settled by the treaty of peace fol- lowing the. Spanish-American war, But the league of nations’ would be taking ajlong chance on this. If it ever gave the United States a mandate or anything else, it would forfeit the good will of ninety per, cent of the league’s ardent advocates in -the United States. For, according to these intellectuals, in the sublime scheme of the universe it is the pes pues of the United States always to be. giv- ng and not recelying, unless the article to be recelved is taken in the neck, i Here Comes the Bride A woman writer says that any girl. who really tries for it can marry any man she really wants, It sounds simple enough, but when they try to set it to Mendelssohn music it doesn't always work out, ‘True to Form It is evident that Great Britain is going to develop further the protective policy the goy- ernment has been disguising undér the names “imperial preference” and “favored industries.” The New York Times suggests that the way to prevent this is for the United States to aban- don the protective policy, In view of the fact that Canada now has, and has had for a long time, a higher tariff than our own, the idea seems to be quite up to usual practicability of free trade suggestions, A Fair Program Officials of the North American company, which will spend approximately $41,500,000 for expansion of its public utility properties throughout the United States during 1925, ex: press the opinion that using their electric out: put as a barometer, the business depression end: ed early in September, when the volume of out- put began to climb steadily. Lacks Absolute Power Prohibition Commissioner Haynes ig not vest- ed with absolute power to allow or rofuse at will permits for the manufacture of cereal bey- erages, and manufacturers of non-alcoholic drinks are entitled to a permit as long as they obey the law, Judge Thompson ruled in the United States district court at. Philadelphia. The ruling will have a far-reaching effect on the enforcement of the prohibition laws. “The Way to Resume” “If the treasury can restore to circulation 80,- 000,000 silver dollars in continental United States and 10,000,000 in our insular possessions it can d plas equal amounts ae currency and effect an annual saving of ,000 in this 1s alone,” says: Secretary Mellon in further. nee of his p! to restire the cartwheel to gen eral use. Dollar bills are mutiliated so rapidly that $8,000,008 must be put into circulation cach month. : 1 4s Discouraging Socialism Workmen who were permitted to invest in Henry Yord’s business draw a diyidend of L4 per cent. A few more years of this program and there will.not be a Socialist or a radical in the entire plant. “Give the government of.this country back to the people,” says Governor Ritchie of Maryland. If the governor will study the returns of the last national election he will have small basis for believing that the government has been ‘tak- en from the people except in the solid south states where only about one-fifth of the elec: torate gets a chance to yote, Che ‘Casper Daily Crifune CROSS-WORD PUZZLE SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the words of which you. feel reasonably sure. These will give you a clue to other words them, and they in turn to still others. A letter belongs in white space, words starting at the numbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or both, VERTICAL 1—To conduct HORIZONTAL 1—An equal for 4—A cry of pain 6—Rapid * 6—To beat with a whip 7—A strip of board 8—To conseprate 9—Capital of a Western State 11—Arranged In twos 10——Musical entertainment 14—An ejaculation 16—Soon 17—Marke left by a whip 18—To barter 19—To go ashore 20—A boundary 21—A ring of light 12—A tree 22—A breakfast favorite 13—Rules 25—The summit 15—A declivity 26—Persona! pronoun 23—First 27—Growth of the forest 24—A supernatural act 29--A fastener 27—Entice 382—-A personal pronoun 28—Cancel 30—Collection of Maps. 31—Machine for turning 33—Part of verb “to be” 35—Tiny 39—An evergreen shrub 40—Study of clty affaire 41—Wide awake 37—Subsequently 38—A convulsion 40—A hiding place 41—Measure of time (abbr.) 43—A playing card 42—Lacking 44—An Island (poetic) 45—Let by written contract 45—An interjection 46—A reptile 47—Conducted 48—To prevent 49—Marrled 49—To work with a loom 60—Level 5i—A Roman emperor 62—In a position for motion, as an| 82—Part of a church anchor 63—Moved ewiftly 55—A metal 64—To remove skin or bark 56—Mechanieal repetition 558—Thin 57—Loeality 58—Comfort 59—A row of seats 50—To perce! 51—To de: 52—-Driven cattle — i8—Arranged In line o. Campaign Expenses Willlam M. Butler, chairman of the Republican national committee reports that the committee of which he is the head, expended $3,063,952 in the recent national campaign, Of this amount, $741,278 were spent for publicity; $866,449 for speakers and their expenses;~$170;500 fdr the con- gressional (house) campaign, and $626,800 for the several state, and ,000 for the senatorial campaign. The balance was expended for va- rious bureaus—the colored, the re- search, the women's, the labor, the commercial travelers, and the’ ser- vice men, The item of general ad minigtration: was $410,045, Senator Borah, committee of the PUZZLE SOLUTION Solntion of Tuesday's Puzzle. pecial committee appointed to in- vestigate the charges of w “slush fund,” says that’thus far he finds no cause for criticism, and that there is not the slightest evidence of a “slush fund” used for improp- er purposes, The special committee is not Hke- ly in its report, to criticise a single expenditure of the Republican na- tional committee, except that Sen- ator Borah makes the general ob- servation that any presidential cam- paign ‘sHould, fn his opinion, cost not mor¢ than two millon dollars. As in 1920, so in 1924, the Demo- crats and other anti-Republican fac- tions made reckless charges of mis- conduct in the Republican national president electors, proved by the president, gress to $5,000. popularly ca'led mary or regular election, committee, The charges fell flat|/a primary {s not an election” con- in both years, Unless other testi-| templated when the. government mony. may be. forthcoming. the| was founded, - ‘Elections’ means special Borah committee probably will commend ‘the conduct: of the campaign conducted by National Chairman Butler, It costs money to defond the country and the people against reckless and unsound eco- nomic ideas some groups under- take to folst upon the Republic, The subject of campaign expenses to be regulated by law dates back to 1907 when it was made unlaw- tors, economic principles? ful for corporations to contribute to the campaign expenses of members of congress, or president and vice In 1910 the first law covering pub- icity of campaign expenses was ap- The act of 1911 extended the laws to pri- maries. The act of 1912 Mmited the expenditure of a candidate for con- The act of 1919 ts “corrupt Practices act,’ prohibiting the promise of any reward to secure votes at any pri- The supreme court decided that the extension to prinvaries of the act of 1910 relative to imitations of expenses, was unconstitutional since only the cholce of senators and rep- resentatives and presidential. clec- There is no law Hmiting the ex: penditure of money by political Party committee, Should there be, in view of the effort on the part of some groups to alter and destroy the fundamentals of our national gov. ernment by the teaching of false The best of sincere wishes for a Prosperous and Happy New Year, D. H. Herbert Carpet Cleaning Co. 224 N. Lincoln Phone 578-J ti eNRVaXil ait Ya\it7a\ . Agricultural Con-— ference January 5 has been set as the date of the next meeting of the pres! next meeting In order that ‘go! erable work might -| done, -It-is .the -plan of:the confer- ence, according to Chairman Carey, to make immediate recommenda- tons to the president on rellet for , the cattle industry now consideréa an object of an emergency probi The second but comparatively few, question is that of co-operative mar- rolled socks are too keting iene ait ec Si endations | numerous to mention. are anticipated. lembers of the 1; tion to these and other problems during the recess in order that ac-| Guaa, cree Wbeege he une: tion might be made shortly after re- these It all things were true of yaaa Chairman Carey has’ad- this great country of ours she would lresséd a@ letter to the presidents of never have had the position that the twelve regional farm land banks who will meet in Washingt the she now maintains !n the world. Not a Waster fore part of January, suggesting a Is the automobile a waster of the Literary Realism people's resources? An authority, paste I Sy the Ameri. can Academy of Political Science the vice president of the Automobile Chamber of Comme: stated that in Long Island alone there wers | 11,800 cars registered in 1917 anq 3,860 new dwellings erected. Ip 1923 there were 51,670. cars regis tered and 31,700 new dwellings The automobile can ably defend itself. meeting between them gnd the con- thority to be seriously ques ference. tiohed, states that the motorcar costs this country about $8,000,- 000,000 @ year, exclusive of taxes and interest, and that depreciation of this huge total is figured at $1,800,000,000. If that statement were correct this country would be riding toward bankruptoy. Fortunately, it is not @ correct statement. Whatever con- tributes toward the satisfaction of human needs {s an economic service and value. It 1s doubtful, if more than a small per cent of the total cost of automobiles and their up- keep, whether it is $8,000,000,000 or not, can be sald to be a loss. The growth of this country in Population and wealth has been coincident with the development of transportation. It was not the slow- moving ox cart, but the steam rail. ways, that made possible the settle: ment of the west. Railways have been followed by the trolley car for urban and interurban transit and »_it seems imposeible to keep up with The realism of today’s lterature will be the history of tomorro' In another 100 years Ben Hecht’s vivid description of life and people of our present day will be a valuable rec- ord to those seekers after the habits and actions of their predecessors in the game of life. There is no question about this being a restless age, and posterity through Hecht will get an excellent opinion of us as nerve-hungry. That we have resorted to the artifice of barbarism is another matter, but Hecht will have us so. There are other things of our age, beautiful and worthy things, besid the beating of tom-to in our cafes, Russian dancers, Gauguinistic sceneries, Jazz ban and gilded youth, We have other things in the United States besides barmaids posturing as sexually predatory hulu hula dancers in our cafes and thea- ters. We have other thin, myatery dramas with Soon on display at : THE NOLAN CHEVROLET $5.00 Reward Five dollars reward will be paid to the party furnishing the Casp. Daily Tribune information — leadin, to the capture of the person who fraudulently collecting subscriptions from Tribune subscribers. Patrons of the paper ould not pay any one their subscription except the carrier who delivers the paper or an authorized collector. from ths office. If you are not sure you ars paying the right collector, ask him to show his lentials.. 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