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PAGE SIX Che Casper Daily Tria By_ J. HANWAY AND £. B. HANWAY . Entered at Casper (Wyoming) postoffice as second class’ matter, November 22, 1916. ‘The Casper Dally Tribune issued every evening and The Sunday Morning Tribune every Sunday at Casper, Wyoming. Publication offices: Tribune building, opposite postoffice. Business Telephones -. ~-----------, woe+-2+---------- 16 and 16 Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting All Departments MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively. entitlod to the use for-publication of all news credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. ©.) Advertising Representatives Prudden, King & Prudden, 20-23 Steger Bldg., Chicago, Il., 286 Fifth Ave., New York City; Globe Bldg., Boston, Mass., Suite 404 Sharon Bldg.; 55 New Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal. 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Here is some’ of the proof: A single office building in Atlanta, Geor, ia, is to cos 36,000,000; and Harvard university is to build a Bugineae school at Brighton, Mass., for which it apropriates $5,000,000, New irrigation works at Grass Valley, California, will cost $7,500,000; a hotel in Portland, $2,000,000; a Presbyterian temple-church at Dallas, Texas, will cost $2,000,000 ; a bridge at Wilmington, N. ©., will cost $1,500,000; a hotel and garage at Indianapolis will represent $3,500,000; the Rainier-Long- view bridge across the Columbia will cost 000,000; a hydro- electric system at Leeper, Mo., will cost $3,500,000; Gulf. port, Miss., will spend $1,500,000 on roads and bridges. These items are taken at random from all over the country, as in- dications that business conditions generally are good and that people havefaith in the future. This record of employ- ment and investment is the result of sound public conscious- ness—the condition which makes prosperity. If you don and ft wil 4, f cs BE Sugar and Tariff It is well known that there is a strong partnership ar- Tangement between the beet sugar manufacturers and the éarmers who raise the beets. It is.a mutual agreement based on co-operative market- ing, One of the largest and best known plans for fair deali: betwee the interested parties Operating in connection with the tariff commission, the manufacturer of sugar and the farm producer of raw material each s his full share of the financial result. Figures put out by the tariff commission show that for 89 per cent of the beet sugar produced in 1922 the farm grower received an average of 3.37 cents per pound. In the cost of the imported cane sugar refined in our coup- try, the Guban farmer netted 1.15 cents per pound, or one- third what the American grower received. The people of our country are beginning to understand that the tariff has little or no effect on the final retail price of the sugar they use. } For example, in January, 1928, refined cane sugar in New | York was $6.50 per 100, while on April 25, it had advanced to 810.25 per 100. During 1924, refined cane sugar was $9.00 per 100 in Febru- ary and now it is $6.00, while all this time the tariff has re- mained the same—s1.765 per 100. The 250,000 farmers growing sugar beets in the United States are vitally interested in tariff and market conditions that will leave their industry permanent and prosperous. ¥ Soviet Rule Results Russia faces another terrible famine. Failing to derive sufficient revenues from its assassinated farms and ind tries, the Soviet goverpment Iast fall made the great bluff of selling the national grain supply abroad; to get money to pay its own dangerous army and politicians. Now, the people are starving, there is neither money nor credit to buy back grain from other nations, and another payday ap- proaches. What Russia has suffered in the past may be mere inconvenience compared to the terrors yet in store when this terrible political army, facing an empty treasury, starts in to collect its pay from a helpless people, . Under the Soviet definition, it seems that any man who owns a home, a farm, a horse, a spade,is a capitalist to be enslaved : or despoiled. That seems to work fairly well for the armed politicians, so long as there {s enough property to pay their wage. But the farmers who grow the grain and meat and wool and vegetables seem to get astonishingly little above a starvation diet out of the Soviet plan. i Boards and Bureaus President Coolidge is studying more than forty independent commissions and government boards with a view to their ubo lition or reduction in the interests of economy. With estimates for next year's appropriations now in process of formulation, the president, with the director of the budget, has turned to this field in his effort to bring abott further saying. Among these is the Employes’ Compensation commission, which costs bout $150,000 annually, which he may merge with some other bureau. The president is not yet satisfied as to his power to nbolish them, but he feels that in some cases consolidations could be made without impairing the work. Getting Down to Earth The secretary of agriculture recently warned the settlers of a hard-pressed western reclamation unit, that they were grasp ing after the will.o’-the-wisp of too much land that would break them, instead of carefully cultivating smaller acreage that should make them rich. When the great Twin Falls irrigation tract in Idaho was opened, the average holding was above 100 acres. Many of the first holders worked themselves into the poorhonse or the graye, trying to pay up on so much land. But every year, the average holding has decreased, until it is now under 20 acres —and they are prosperous instead of broke. The Okanogan project in Washington, where the holdings have receded in : size to only 12 acres, is producing an everage o a year, according to the federal figures maller farms, better crops and business judgment is the sure foundation of farm prosperity, It not a matter of legislation or federal or state aid. & 000 an acre is Visiting Aliens Aliens coming to the United States to visit and finding the country so much to their liking that they want to make their homes here are besieging the immigration bureau with requests for extensions of their leave to remain. As a result, the department has laid down a strict policy of denying all such applications when there is evidence that the alien has ob tained work or has declared int of trying to mak his stay permanent, More th 103,750 Nave been admitted temporarily since July L ~ an ntion Growing Tired Even the: most ‘robust butting foat tires after a time of) tilting at’ a wall which-reftses' to budge, no, matter how vigorously it be as- safled. All‘of which comes to mind when considering that the Russian’ Soviet tyranny hgs :ofice’ more renounced its dictum that. private trading “shall be ‘abolished, The Soviets started out to drive merchants,- ble and Uttle, ont of business. To that end they decreed {t:to, be a cripe.to buy or sell mer- chandise'of!ahy character after the manner, familiar’ to peoplé in this antl other‘ countries. The. theory was that the hated middleman was a burden upon the backs. of ‘the people, that he contrib: uted'nothing to the public good, that his furctions were merely parastt!- caliand’that as soon as he had’ been forced to quit, everything that the ordinary man needed would, by some hocus pocus, get to him for nothing, or/nearly that. ‘The! order. was ‘Issued. ~ At once barter was substituted. It was not satisfactory, of course, because there was no method by which values gould/be matched. Then commenced What, might be called bootlegging in Uke food The peas- the ordinary commodities, and clothing, fuel, etc. ants:no longer took tovmarket. If they y could not get money for it. The Soviet tyranny sought to commandeer all farm produce und sometimes offered for such of it as it, took, products from Communistic shops and factories. Then the mers quit raising more than tl needed for their own use. The popu-| lation f. cities began fo drift out into the country. Petrograd shrank steadily from 2,000,000 until now $t {fg sald to contain only 500,000 pop- ulation. It has beec a.city of the dead, commerce speaking Lenine saw that a mistake been made dnd enunciated his’ n economic policy, which permitted the middlemen and merchants to fune- ulon.once more, They did so, under restrictions. wen r y activities soon hanges out ‘Then came once more the to wipo ou ness. determination The order was issued a second time and immediately the eame thing hap- pened that hdd been manifested, be- fore. Now ha: core the sécond decision to-permit’the traders and merchants to ‘carry “on, It {s {ssued by the same individuals or clique which and‘selling as ordinarily throughout the world the only means-of esc: ter ruin nd Either .the peop’ buy and sell duce, and his existence, short time there w left in that count: Boclalism—Comr given a convincing of its racticability economic system. Th t @ fanatics v ave ir grasp knowledging,. The Alice land method of running a cc r thoke -who + but it 4s very nating to the rest of the peo the world. And {t should not be forgotten that right here in the United States can be found many people who would substitute that scrambled-egs mess of ex ents for the st: mus ili and orderly system {n vogue. {s more they are wont to consider themselves as the most intelligent inhabitants of the land The National Budget “Lan February HM, Lord, director of the b | contrast $5,118,927, | when spe ‘ol. Supplementing General Lord said, We can get everyhody in the Federal Bervice committed to ect small things 2 and principle. eco: in the larger ‘Three before 1 truly-said t Ks oof {s the suc system und the ot no budget in the recent days w {t lost: money, though ft did business with private parties through 396 different forms of contract of: its own to choose from, flanked by 224 different laws. “Now, General Lord has repeated much of his counsel tn a speech at Philadelphia on April 8 before the} Chamber of Commerce, but he has added to {t in the following words: “What {s being done in the: Federal {Government in the way of carrying out a budget and practicing economy should be done in all the States, municipalities and townships and could eyen be practiced by private househol His message was not of good cheer for those who that spending and earning have no relation, for he frankly told: his ‘hearers that there could be no further reduction tn) the in- come tax “unless a greater reduc: tion in Government expenditure wa effected within the next two years. His words remind us of what Sec: retary Mellon eafa not tong ago about the relation of State and Fed- eral taxes and the {1 economic and financial of tax-overlapping. General Lord further pointed remark by some percentages, to-wit, that today the Federal Government makesian assessment of 33/1-8. per cent for Government expenditure, while the States and cities take the remaining 662-3 per cent } “The feature of his Philadelphia | address» wae that economy “could oven well be practiced by, pirate ‘onder: | t Che Casper Daily households.” It could indeed and as it stands {s a logical complement to Government economy in expendl- ture. One cannot exist without/the other, yet’ that fact seems to’ be generally overlooked by the average taxpayer.. Paradoxical though jeem, America has at one and the same time led the world ‘in econ- omy of effort measured in terms of man power, and in the lives of its individual citizens has displayed a -wastefulness and carelessness of resources that half -appals, half amuses, those whose lot is- found under the saving methods of the Old World. In America there has arisen this contradiction, that while econ- omy {g expected in public affairs, it is regarded very frequently in quite a different way when practised or demanded in private life, as though in the latter it were some sozt 6f-a confession of inferiority or a’ lack of pride. What General Lord sald 1s arreminder that all this must stop {f a’reasonable enjoyment of nation- al and private blessings is to con- tinue. Perhaps, looked at al) round, it {s a pretty good thing that the president was born in Vermont and the Director of the budget in the State ‘of Maine.” Shift to Pacific There is.a great deal beneath the surface in the expression of hellef Premier Bruce of Australia that the peace of the Pacific, Hes re of best guarantee of the futu world.” As the reader will note, miler the pre- not speak of the best of the future peace of but.of the future of the h is quite another thing. And the plain impHeation {s that the fate of clvilization depends upon and progress among the peo- 0 lve about the borders of Ocean, and no longer pon conduct of the peoples of urope who for several centuries were the chlef guardians of human progress. The Australian premier does. not say whether -he visualizes a Europe succumbing to a process of more or grad but inevitable eclipse « a result of hopeless international hostilities. Possibly such a vision would be a shrewd one, but it-1s not necessary to go that far in-order to make the point that Mr. Bruce sug- gests, All that 1s requisite {s an assumption that the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand among the white nations, and Japan with perhaps China among the races of color, are taking over the driving rein of human progress from the relatively impotent hands of Europe, and that In consequence, the fate of civilization depends upon the amount of harmony and capacity they may show. As far as the United States ts con- cerned whole world can look and see possesses a leadership folly can tion of stan- does antec rid, peace ng own snatch {t from the po: dard bearer of It {s equal minion of ¢ associate of white nations factor inthe force which makes for pres- of ervation human enlighten {s going to de upon t amount numerical increase the popu of those lands show. present, they are outposts, depending for thelr immunity from embrojiment with the world of color upon the protection afforded by Great Britain Because of the imperial ing they get, they are practical forces, but not as a result of thelr own might. Which, however, does not tnjure In any sense the foundation soundness of Premier Bruce's main conten- tion, Regulating Radio One of the is that every curious twists of fate time ‘the government is necking to abstain from interfer- e in private underatkings situa- tlons develop which drag the offl- ls into the interferlng stage. Just at.a time when Secreta: r and congress had decided that they could evolve the mintmum of ‘regu- lative features from the radio bus!- ness, two gentlemen in Washington Church Affiliation The chureh affiliation of the mem- bers of the president cabinet are as. follows: Secretary of state, Frank B. Kel- logg, Episcopalian. Secretary of treasury, Andrew W. Mellon, Presbyterian. Secretary of war, Jobn W. Weeks, Unitarian. 5 Attorney general, John Universalist. { Postmaster general, Harry 8. New, Christian Disciple. Secretary of navy, Curtis D.. Wil. bur, Congregational{et. : Secretary. of interior, Work, Presbyterian. Secretary of agriculture, Wm. M. Jardine, Congregationallst. Secretary of commerce, Hoover, Quaker. Secretary of labor, James J. Davis, Baptist. G. Bargent, Hubert Herbert Training Heroes A fine step towards universal peace {s taken {n the Walter Hines Page School of International Rela- tlons, to be established at Johns Hopkins university. Mr. Page, a natural diplomat, got his training from the heart rather than from the head. But he saw the need of special preparation for international diplomacy; training in ages, in the physical, bust- , social and religious habits of the peoples who must be reached through international relations. Most disputes arise through prevent- able misunderstandings over trivial things. To really know other na- tons {s to be ready in advance to ses for friction, and to © peace and not war'the univer‘ sal rule: of relationship. Relleved of its partisanship, and dignified with permanent recognition anda chance to advance on merit, foreign diplomatic service would . be a splendid career for: any one, - It should be as truly ntic as carry: ing sword or bon It would be infinitely more helpful, to have our national heroes averting war through common-sense understandings, than slaughtering men over quarrels. The Pare school went on the air to broadcast speech- es—perhaps they might be called briefs—!n two very important gov- ernmental lawsuits, Always, from the beginning, it has been under stood that newspapers were forb{ia- den to comment directly on caves before grand juries or ‘under trial in the courts. It ts agreed, in these two instances mentioned, howev ugh the radio the speakers, who ed directly on imp fo) reached prospective members of jur- {es who will have there matters un- der consideration. It willbe no easy task to draft either the regulation, or the statute, to meet this problem. That {t will have to be met cannot be denied. Sth te You will be surprised with the AutoStrop announcement. Te be regular’ as e as ras cleckwerk, each day some way en} ROMAN MEALS r been another co Nut for flavor, One cu a q STI] GF Delicious aims. to make Loffee “understanding” a national invest- ment. The million-dollar endow- ment to be raised for it should come from persons in all parts of the United States, thus making it a true expression of the American. people. —_——— _ Europe’s Rail Rates The American Economic Institute has ‘made some interesting com parisons between freight and pas- Seriker rates on American railroads compared with foreign rallroads. n average rate for a ton of freight hauled one mile on American railroads in first half of 1923 was Jess than 1% cents. In England, the rate was 4 cents; Sweden, 415 gents; Norway, 5 cents and Brazil, over 6 cents. The difference in passenger fares was greater; in England for 288 miles, the first class passenger fare was $14.72; for a similar distance from Chicago to Savannah, Ull., with parlor car service, the rate is $11. Frém Paris to Biarritz, 508 miles, the fare is $32.67; from Chicago to Leavenworth, Kans., the same dis tance, it {s $17.54. From Rome to Florence, Italy, 196 miles, the fare is, $21.95, compared with $7.70 for the same distance from Gladstone, Iowa, to Chicago. In the face of such facts there are still kickers who would like to saddle European ideas onto the American ra{lroad system. Crop Value The combined value of crop and livestock production in the United Slates last year was $12,404,000,000 which was $56,000,000 more than in 1923 when the total value was $12,- 248,000,000, according to estimates by the United States department of agriculture. The hightr figures for last year are due to the increased value of crops over the preceding year, Inasmuch as the value of live- stock production shows a decline. Crop production had a farm value of $11,404,000,000, compared with $10,- 401,000,000 in 1923, but of this value some $4,951,000,000 worth of crops re fed to livestock whereas 1923 the value of crops fed to live $4 000,000. Livest geaiuS A aanond i WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1525 and livestock preducts are given a farm value of $5,951,000,000 compar- ed with sf 233,000,000. the preceding year, nearly all animal products hav- ing dec: . CANNOT AMPE ARAIT RATION IN ABOR DIOPUTES WASHINGTON, April 15.—Com- pulsory arbitration in industrial dis- putes is unconstitutional, the su- preme court held. The decision was rendered in two cases brought the Charles Wolff Packing com- of Topeka, Kan., against the strial Relations court of that Industrial Relations court of that state. he decision sed in value. rendered by Justice Van Devanter in two cases brought by the Charles Wolff Pack- ing company of Topeka against the Kansas Industrial Relations court. When the supreme court had these cases before it in 1923 it held uncon- stitutional that part of the indus- trial court act which provided that in labor disputes in essential indus- tries the {ndustrial court could fix wages. The Kansas supreme court in act- ing upon the decision of the federal supreme court construed as not af- cting that part of its original de- cision in which it had been approved the action of industrial court fixing hours of labor and ordered that that part of its original decision should stand. The state contended that to de prive the industrial court of -author- ity to regulate hours of Iabor would cripple it to such an extent as to deprive it of much of its value, and would leave it with jurisdiction only over working conditions and the set- tlement of industrial disputes in es- | sential industries, | The declared purpose, the court aid “is to insure continuity of op- eration and production t certain businesses which it calls ‘essential industries’ and to that end it pro- vided for ‘compulsory settlement’ by state agency of all labor contro- versies which endanger the contin- uity.”” The effect of Justice Van Devan- ter’s opinion, in the belief of legal authorities is to remove the most {mportant functions which the state had intended the industrial relations court should perform. STATE OIL TAX APPLICABLE TO U. S. LESSEES WASHINGTON, April 15.—Per- sons producing’ oil or crude petro- leum in Montana on land leased from the federal government are subject to the oil producers license tax of that state, the supreme court, held in a c brought by the! Mid- Northern O!l company against the state board of equalization. Reh Cui eN ue. SS Down under the equator lives a romantic It is their art; their pride. people who grow the choicest coffee in all the world, ‘ Among them our men buy Butter-Nut Coffee for you. Only the very best---the richest, mellow- est and most fragrant coffee is good enough. 3b. Can'175 ]1b.Can Oe It is small wonder, then, that there has never ffee to compare with Butter- p convinces you of that. A BLEND QF THE WORLDS FINEST COFFEE FLAVORS NN