Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 16, 1925, Page 18

Bi vA ry eac Yeu Tm rod PAGE EIGHT Che Casper Daily Trinme By J. E. HANWAY AND E. E. HAMWAY Entered at Casper (Wyoming) postoffice as second class matter November 22, 1916. The Casper Daily Tribune tssued every evening and The Sunday Morning Publication offices, Tribune Tribune every Sunday at Casper, Wyoming. Building, opposite postoffice. Business Telephones .. na nne- ===. Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting All Departments, Advertising Representatives Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bldg. Ave. New York City; 3lobe Bl 55 New Montgomery S: an Francisco, Cal. and visitors are welcome. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier and Outside State One Year, Daily and Sunday. Siz months, Daily and Su ‘Three Manths, Dally and Sunday One Month, Daily and Sunday-. One Year, Sunday only_... By Mail Inside State One Year, Daily and Sunils Six Months, Daily and Sund Three Months, Dally and Sun One Month und. aye. nda3 only. fons must be p: insure dolivery after subscription becomes one month tn arrears, KICK, IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR TRIBUNE If you don't find your Tribune after looking carefully for {t call 15 or 16 Register complaints and it will be delivered to you by special messenger. Lefore 8 + ‘clock. GEG The Brand of Materialism A professional idealist, who sows great thoughts and dis- penses good cheer through the land at a stipulated price per word, bemoans the fact that materialism is driving romance out of the world. He sees the United States being engulfed in a great wave of materialism. i nm, he declares, is a foe to the achievement of the higher realms of happiness. Nonsense. What is a materialist? The dictionaries di: play their usual limitations with the definition that a m: terialist is one who “takes interest only in the material or bodily necessities and comforts of life’? Ed Howe, the sage of Totato Hfil, Kansas, provide much better definition: “A materialist is one who believes in the known history of the world, proved by long experience and investigation, and does not believe in fables which haye never been proven in a single instance.’ If you do not believe that a woman can sit in her office in New York, and, for a fee of two dollars, cure a sick man in Minnesota, you are a materialist. If you believe men are born according to a well-known law, and live and die according to the same law, you are a materialist. If you believe there is always answer to chloroform when applied to a man’s nose, and doubt that hypnotism is an equally practical and effec- tive agent in surgery, you are a materialist. If you believe an in- dustrious man should profit more than an idle one, you are a materialist. If you have an important message to send and send it by means of the telegraph, or the telephone or by mail, instead of telepathy, you are a materialist. If you believe in social order and security from the idle and vicious; if you believe in every principle tried out in human experience, and found best for all, you are a materialis, If you: belieye in par- ents directing children, you are a materialist. If by a life of worthy industry, you accumulate a modest competence for the days when you are no longer able to work, you are a materialist. If you believe in education, in progress, in bettering the average condition of everybody by accepted methods, you are a materialist. If you provide Christmas gifts for your children, and know that Santa Claus did not come down the chimney at night and leave them, you are a mater- jalist. If, when you loan money, you a ccept security, you are a materialist, If you believe in industry, experience, having taught you that idleness is punished, if you fear to tell a lie, or do a dishonest act, because you have learned that honesty and truthfulness are better, you are a materialist. If you re- frain from shooting a man when angry, you are a materialist. Materialism is the base of. science, which is knowledge and wisdom, and whoeyer denies it, butts lis head against a stone wall, Organized Crime Crime in America is developing the way American busi- ness developed. This, though occuring in the body of his article, is the text of much that Hon, Richard Washburn Child has written in a recent number of the Saturday Evening Post. Coming from one who has filled the post that he did and posses sing a calm judgment, what Mr. Child has said should be read one in the United States who understand that crime, n activity for profit, can become a recognized corporate institution. Mr. Child’s article is not pleasant reading; it does not minister to a national vanity and it may alarm the timid; but we have not the least doubt that what he says ought to be given the most earnest and solemn consideration. His points ure follows: there are too many laws; the administration ef criminal justice is not so much loose as oyer-technical: crime has taken a leaf from big business’ book and now seeks the benefit of a like organization, and aboye all, the mass of citizens, themselves in no way law breaking, are indifferent to # condition of things that menaces the United States. Taxes and National Income The accompanying table shows annual taxation and nat- ional income per rita for leading countrie Tope, com- pared with the United States. Figures for taxation are based on national and local taxes in and 1924 converted at age exchange rates. The table is adapted from computations of National Industrial Conference board. While the taxes of foreign countries, converted into dol lars, are of interest for comparison, it should be understood that the actual taxation in a country does not nece arily rep resent the true tax burden on the 7 the relation of taxation to natio income which constitutes more nearly the real tay burden. Comparison of the per capita taxation of countries is also significant as indicating to a certain extent the di e of governmental enterprise, such as “social” undertakings or departmental work, in the respective countries. In the United States approximately three-fifths of total taxation is of states and municipalities, whereas the major part of taxation in European countries is: national. The following tables shows taxation (national and local) percapi national ince: per capita and proportion of nat- income absorbed by taxation: ituin .. ple of that country, It is 3elgium ..... Unit States vice. eves . i 5 n all stud ernments are loaded with pate must keep that bl taxes, 11.5% ith profit. European gov: hence killing taxes. We zt out of this country and have much lower Back Up Reduction orescntatives of twelve western states are meeting in Portland, Or n, this month, to discuss ways and means of reducing taxation. Each state representative will bring a re- port covering activities in his state. Legislative accomplish ments are to be reviewed as part of the program of uniform state legislation governing taxation. Among the the principal subjects to be discussed are Jocal tax levies and bond eral inheritance and estate the Indiana plan to appeal from ssues, the overlap of state and fed es, public debt as it is affected by the serial bond law, proposed uniform state legislation for 1927, methods of presenting tax facts to the public and means of making the state taxpayers’ association more effective. This is a long step in the right direction. It is only by concerted effort that state and local taxes will finally be reduced, | ----15 and 16 Chicago, [1l.; 286 Fifth Boston, Mass; Sulte 404 Sharon Bldg., Copies of the Daily Tribune are on file in the New York. Chicago, Boston and San Francisco offices d in advance and the Dally Tribune will not Who’s Who Because of the recent trouble in’ China Admiral Henry H. Hough, director of naval intelligence in Washington, has been assigned to Protect American m fonaries and business men along the Yang- tze river, China. He will com- mand a gunboat patrol which 1 will extend 1,200 miles up the river as far as Ichang. He was. chosen to succeed Admiral Charles MeVe: Hough was born at St. Pierre on the island. of Mi- ADMHENRYHOUGH Gueion, near New Fouhdland. He was graduated from the U, S, Naval Academy in 1891. From then on he rose stead- fly, holding the rank of captain in 1917. In the Spanish-American war lie served on the “Morris”. He was a naval atache at Paris, and then at Leningrad from 1911-14. After serving as commandant of the “Wilmington” for one year he was assigned to duty at Annapolls. Dur. ing the World war in 1918 he was district commander at Brest, France, and was present at the Prisoner of war conference at Berne, Switzer- land, in the same year. Admiral Hough hag also served the commanding officer of the 8. 8, Utah" and {s 2 member of the Legion of Honor. od Taxes Increase “Whether railway traffic declines or increases, whether rates are re: duced or advanced, whether service deterlorates or is improved, there is one thing that always increases and that. is railway taxes,” says the Railway Age in its current issue. 5,000 greater than in the first five months of 1924. The in- crease was from slightly over $133, 000,000 in the first five months of 1924 to more than $139,600,000 in the first five months of 1925, This Was an advance of 5 per cent, and if it continues at this rate through- out the year the total taxes of the railways will exceed $361,000,000, which will make them almost double what they were in 1917 and much more than double what they were in 1916. The increase ts going on throughout the country. Even in the western district, where the net return the railways have been earn. ing has been so inadequate that they ve finally asked for an ad- vance in rat taxes were $3,500,000 greater in 1924 than in 1923, and in the first five months of this year were almost $1,000,000 more than in the corresponding months of last year, The increases are entirely due to the policy of state and local authorities who are suposed to’ be y under the control of state al people. The western roads alone will this year pay at least $85,000,000 more taxes than they did ten years ago, an amount equal to a five per cent advance in their freight rates. The public officials who are foremost in causing these increases in taxes are also. always at the front opposing the charging of the rates necessary to enable the railways to pay them." Know the Facts There has been a lot of political hot air peddled to the public under the title of conservation. Particu- larly has this been the case with re- gard to water powers. The catch phrases “superpower” and “giant power systems, to be built by the government and gridiron the nation with a network of transmission lines to furnish the public power at ‘cost, have been overworked by public ownership advocates. As a matter of fact, the bullding of high tension “superpower” lines —so called—is being undertaken by existing electric light companies as and when conditions justify. Such large scalo development has for its primary object the maintenance and continuity of supply of energy and the decreasing cost of generation by imposing higher load factors on larg- er and more efficient. production units, This interconnection program 1s proceeding as rapidly as conditions in each district of the country war- rant, and Is part of the present pro- Sressive policy of the electric light and power industry. It {s being done in the open with full knowledge of the regulating authorities to which the companies are subject. The economies accomplished, are reflected jn the reports of operating companies, All such reports and ac- counts are kept in a manner pre- seribed by the regulating commis- sions. In more than half the:states of the union {dentical reports and accounts are prescribed and this un- {formity of accounting will undoubt ediy become universal “within the next few years. There can be no concealment, of results accomplished and to be accomplished: As produc- tion and transmission costs decrease, it will logically follow that cost of service to consumers will be similar- ly affected and with all the facts before them, regulating bodies of the varlous states will have no diffi- culty in requiring that the resultant benefits be shared by the public. With such ‘a thorough system of state regulation, further federal con- trol or ownership of the power indus. try Is unnecessary; it would retard development. The electric Ught and power tn- dustry has nearly 20,000,000 custo. mers in the United States. If ser- vice to all these 20,000,000 customers is to be regulated by a central body’ at Washington, it would'mean one of two things: Either interminable delay and enormous cost to the na- tion,” the “companies and the pub- Me, or establishment of subordinate federal bureaus in each of the several states, which subordinate’ bureaus would merely perform the same du- tles now discharged. by the varlous State commissions but with this dif- ference—-the state commissions are answerable to the people of their own states, The federal subordinate bureaus would not be, Tt has-been asserted that because the so-called super power plan con contemplatesthe, transmission of energy across state lines,’ that the sale of such energy to consumers could not be regulated by the states: Eack state commission now has full Power to investigate the costs of every company subject to its jur- Nction, and {f by/collusion between” companies of the different states ex- orbitant rates were-pald by a dis- tributing company for energy re- ceived from an adjoining state, the regulating commission in the state of the distributing company * would not be required, under existing laws to recognize and give full effect to such collus:ve contraet.* It could establish rates “for service based upon the reasonable value of the energy received. All the talk about power trust and power monopoly Is for political ef- fect and can only influénce persons uninformed regarding the progress of modern electrical deyelopment in the United States. Compensation By LADY ELIZABETH BISHOP Life Is gay and life ts happy As down Its’ path we go— If we sing a lilting song And help to make it so! Smiling makes the sun shine bright- er, Laughing sends its rays afar To a saddened heartsick brother Who has lost sight of his star. He may need your cheering comfort, He may need your sunny smile, So let's make the old world brighter Just by singing all the while! Is the sky dull? It will brighten If you do your own wee bit. Smile and lift another's burden And behold, your own will lift. Is your hope gone? Gone your cour: age? Smile, ‘twill bring it back again, Lift your head and look about you, There is healing for each pain. If you ald your fallen brother, Solace it will bring to you, You may find your compensation In a friendship strong and true. Riverton, Wyoming. Sets the Pace For centuries, Europe has been the home of art, literature, learning, science, invention and the luxuries of life. But the masses coyld not generally share these luxuries with wealthy or officially prominent peo- ple. It remained for. the United States in a short 150 years to give the telephone, electricity, the auto- mobile, pianos, phonographs, mod- ern railroad transportation, insur- ance, household gas appliances, the camera, and numerous. other con- veniences many.of which even. to- day are luxuries in Europe, to the Poorest citizen in the country as Part of his daily life. The result of America’s high stan- dard of Uving, developed under a system of private initiative and .en- terprise, is now being felt in Burope. The Chamber of Commerce of Paris and the French Chamber of Com- merce at which 140 chambers were represented, have adopted resolu- tions urging the French government to transfer the government,owned telephone service of France to pri- vate .enterprise, Press reports de- clare that this movement in favor of private ownership has found. sup- Port among tradé aéeociations thru- out France. In, 1924, Greece granted to a Brit- ish syndicate a, 66-year concession for the installation and operation of a modern telephone service through- out the country.. Spain’ has lately adopted a similar policy, The Ital- {an authorities have arranged for a sale to private companies of govern- ment owned.local telephone systems of Italy. Poland turned over her sovernment-telephones:to a private company. Germany has reorganized her telephones’ virtually on a basis of. private enterprise. This {s the drift of European sentiment today. And why shouldn't the European countries follow the lead of the United States? The telephone Is for the wealthy in Burope; it {s for everybody in this country—16,000,000 telephones in’a nation of 110,000,000 People. Not only in thelr dealings with their own’ employes, but: notably in their relations with the public, gov- ernment owned utilities have fre- quently failed to attain the standard set by enterprises under private ownership and operation. Our telephone industry, owned by over half a million citizens, stands as typically American and represents the spirit of initiative and enterprise has enabled this nation to ll others tn its standard of + convenlence and even luxur- jes in the nverage home, which Peace to Slumberers By THOMAS MOORE. Peace to the slumberers! They le in. tho battle plain, With ono shroud to cover them; The dew and the summer rain And all that sweep over them. Peace to the slumberers! Vain was their bravery— The fallen oak les where {t lay ross the wintry river; But brave hearts, away, -Are gone, alas! forever. Vain was their bravery! once swept Woe to the conqueror! Our limbs shall ie as cold as theirs Of-whom his sword bereft us, Ere we forget the deep arrears Of vengeance they have left us! Woe to the conqueror! Lexington Cream - XXXXX Flour More and Better Bread per Rye, Whole Wheat, Corn Meals, Ask your grocer for this ‘flour and have better bread Casper.Warehouse Company DISTRIBUTORS 268 Indystria) Ave. k Taham, Tel. 27 Che Casper Sunday Cridune World Topics That the solution to the World Court entrance problem lies in the introduction of a simple amendment to’the modified constitution under which it now operates {s the be- let of Senator George Wharton Pepper of Pennsyl- ¢ ~yvania, “I «think Bot 4 America will be is : } lad to join in an texperiment with “tinternational jus- Senator Pep- per stated recent ly,. “s ‘willing to join an > °$ experiment in in- > ternational poll- 3 tics." Senator Pepper prem feels that the one amendment to be adopted to the court constitution should be three things. It should permit the United States to vote as other nations do. It should provide that the United States ‘is not subjected in joining in any of the obligations or labilities of the league and it should provide that the court must not hand down any advisory opinions, either at the request of any one power without the other agreeing, or at the request of the league council or any other body. i Senator Pepper made it clear that he did not think consideration of what sort of amendments to the court constitution would be accept- ed by the other powers was a topic for senators to be discussing. “That,” he said, “is a question for the president to take up or hot, as he pleases, with the powers in ques- tion.” He did admit, however, that his own opinion was that such an amendment as he outlined would be accepted by the court. “I should hate to think that our joining the court would have to wait on the codification of international law,” Pepper said. “That task will consume a generation of time. In- deed, it is hoped to bring about a codification of international law and desire to take a part in that work, which fs one of the reasons why this country should become a member of the World Court.” _———— LUSK-LINGLE HIGHWAY LINK 16 COMPLETED LUSK, Wyo., Aug. 15.—Work has been ‘completed on the new section of the Lusk-Lingle highway and it Is now open for travel. This adds about thirty miles of fine graded road to this highway leaving only a few miles in Goshen county where the road {s not graded and as soon as that short stretch {s fixed there will be an excellent highway from the Black Hills to Cheyenne and Denver by way of Lingle and Tor- rington, Jess Davis, who was in.charge of the construction work of this high- way, has moved his road outfit from the south road to about eight miles west of Douglas on the Yellowstone highway and began work at once and expects to finish up there before cold weather sets { OLD OREGON TRAIL LOGGED BY MORMONS GUERNSEY, | Aug. » 15.—Mess: Jensen and Knight fro the Mor- mon Church of Utah were in Guern- sey this week. They are going over the Old Oregon Trail, following the lines and surveys given in the orig- inal diaries of the .Brigham Young caravan -which went, through this section in 1847, Hon. John Hunton, for many years a resident of the old fort and the foremost historian of Wyoming, met them here and went over the history of this section, giving correct names to the impor- tant points along the old trail. Mr. Guernsey also added some valuable data to thelr records. SPEEDOMETER UNNECESSARY TO CONVICT New {deas of traffic control are creeping in. One of these ideas is that which places the emphasis on “intelligent driving” rather than on driving merely “within the law”. The difference between these two ideas is cogently brought out in an editorial in the current issue of the American Motorist, the official pub- lication of the American Automobile association. Dealing with the subject of speed- ometers, speed limits and convic- tions, it is pointed out that fn the state of New York, where there is no specific speed limit, hardly any of the 478 men on the state patrol force carry speedometers on their motoreyel Nevertheless Major John EB, Warner, superintendent of the state police, reports that convic- tions Yor speeding or reckless driv- ing are readily obtained without speedometer readings. The state police use their judg- ment as to what constitutes reckless driving. A motorist who travels down an open highway at forty-five miles an hour may be {gnored but would be arrested’ a few minutes later for reckless driving when he dgshed by a country school during recess at a speed of twenty-five miles an hour, For results try a Tribune Class!- fied Ad. REMOVAL NOTICE Offices of DR. N. E. MORAD to Suites 3 and 4 Zuttermeister Building ASSUMPTION B, Boarding School for girls over five years of age and boys under twelve, conducted by CHADRON Vv. M. ACADEMY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1925 OVERLAND AND KNIGHT . CARS _ CUT $50 TO $200 IN PRICE Willys-Knight Sixes: Touring $1750 Roadster $1750; Coupe ;$2195; Coupe. sedan $2095; Sedan $. Brougham $2095. Overland Six: Standard Sedan $895; Sedan DeLuxe $1095. In addition to the price reductions on the above, President Willys \an- nounced a siibstantial price reduc- tion on ‘all closed “models of ‘the Overland four cylinder line. The new prices of these cars include $695 for the all-steel sedan deluxe, $645 for the standard sedan, and $625 for the all-steel coupe. All new prices as announced by Mr. Willys are fob Toledo. eneral price reduction of from $80 (83 #200 on the Willys-Knight Sixes, $100 to $125 on the Willys Knight four cylinder line and a syb- stantial price drop on the closed cars of the Overland Ine is announ- ced by John N. Willys, President of the Willys-Overland, Inc., who ar- rived in New York on the Adriatic on Sunday, following’ a two months trip abroad in interests of the N: tional Automobile Chamber of Com- merce. “These price reductions are made possible” said Mr. Willys, “by the greatest six months’ volume of bus!- ness ever done by Willys-Overland, and It is this great sales record that has enabled us to pass on to the public a still greater saving in the Princess Alla. Mostchersky, whose family and fortune were swept away shape of reduced prices.” The new] in the Russian revolution, is now pela Willys-Overland products} working as a chambermaid in a Lon- include: don hotel. Willys-Knight Four: Touring eee istiee $1395; Coupe-sedan For results try Tribune Classified Sedan $145: 5, Want Ads. “BUY IT BY THE CASE ORIGINAL SPARKLING WATER AND GINGER CHAMPAGNE Are bottled at the famous effervescing springs at the foot of Pikes Peak. Both products are charged solely with the natural gas from the springs. . Either alone or mixed with other bever- ages, they are a distinct addition to any party. Distributors : THE WYOMING GROCERY CO. Order from Your Druggist or Grocer What a woman does with electric service is but half the story. What she escapes do- the Sisters of Mercy FOR INFORMATION ‘ADDRESS THE DIRECTORESS sanitarily manufactured. good if popularity counts. Depend Upon Burrer-Nour BREAD Containing pure wholesome ingredients and being contains the matertals that make it so, An ideal toast loaf, for it It must be INSIST ON BUTTER-NUT Made by WYOMING BAKING CO. with before September 15, + approval,” NOTICE TO RADIO OWNERS You are hereby notified that the following Section 81 of City Ordinance No. 512-A must be complied | “Section 81. All outside aerial radio installations ' which are now in place or which may hereafter be installed, shall be inspected by the City Electrician and shall be required to conform with the National Electric Code in all respects, fee of One ($1.00) Dollar shall be charged and for each additional inspection the ($1.00) Dollar shall be charged. Upon final inspec- tion a tag bearing the name and street address of the applicant shall be issued by the City Electrical In- spector showing his approval of such radio installa- tion and he shall keep a record in his office of such | (Signed) 1925: For such inspection a addition sum of One E. C. McCRARY, City Electrician. ing because of that service --- that is the other half that tells the whole story. Mountain States Power Co. Formerly Natrona Power Co. PHONE 69 V——————— ____ CASPER TO RAWLINS STAGE . CARS LEAVE DAILY AT 0:30 4 Mm FARB—313.56 Saves you epprosimately 13 hours travel between Casper WYOMING MOTORWAY, *Salt Creek Transportation Company's Office TOWNSEND HOTEL PHOND 144 zu pci aaa cnnaa Renan rare aAREpT ys coe = a TRAIN SCHEDULES CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN Westbound Arrives” Departs No. 608 . momen eccens pemenen 1:30 p.m. = :5" 1:60 p.m. Eastbound Hy rte No, 622... 8:45 pm 1! eoeem CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY “ Eastbousd . Arrives No. 82 5 8:10 p. m, 6:50 a.m. 9:55 p.m. 7:10 9. m.