Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 14, 1925, Page 6

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He is one of the fore most captains of Industry in France and also is credit- ed with having the largest fortune in his native coun. try, He was born at Roubaix in 1872 and was graduat- ed from the Ecole Poly - technique with high honors, MLOUIS LOUCHEUR lt is from this School that many of the officers of the artillery and of the engineer corps of the government are grad- uated. After spending a year in the army as artillery officer at Vincen- nes, Loucheur became an employe of the Great Northern railroad. In 1895 he had proved himself capable EES . The Well-Spring It should be apparent that what a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has, or how he is regarded by others. What a man is, and so what he has in of handling large projects and was given charge of the. enlargement of the company's tracks. Later, al- though offered the post of engineer- ing head of the road, he joined a friend in an engineering’ business At the outset of the war he joined the artillery with a leutenant’s rank, but was recalled from the front to his own person, is always and everywhere, and colors ull his experienc In every kind of enjoyment, for instance, the pleasure depends principally upon the man himself. What he is and has in himself, his individuality, his personality, is the only direct factor in his happiness and welfare. The constitution of our consciousness is the ever present and lasting element in all we do or suffer. Individuality, more or less, is persistently at work every moment of our existence, That is what Aristotle discovered and caused him to exclaiin, “It is not wealth but character that lasts.” At another time he remarked, “To be happy means to be self-sufficient,” Himself the source of the best and most a man can be or achieve. The one genuine and lasting source of happiness is ourselves. There is where we must look for it. The reason persons of limited intellect are apt to be bored is that their intellect is nothing more than the means by which the motive power of the will is put into force, and whenever there, ig noth- ing particular to set the will in motion, it rests, and their intellect takes a holiday, because, equally with the will, it requires something external to bring it into play. The result is a stagnation of whatever mental power a man has—in a word, boredom. To counteract this miserable feeling, men run to trivialities which please for the moment. This expla the sudden popularity, and subsequent de- cline of such fads as Coueism, mah jong, ouija boards, cross- word puzzles. Europe’s Monroe Doctrine We hear so much about the brother Eureopeans who are us to come across and solve their yarious problems, , economic and social, that it is at least interesting to note the fact when a yoice from across the seas is lifted in protest. The latest voice of this kind is that of L. J. Maxhe, noted British publicist, who in a recent issue of his’ paper, “The National Review,” advocates a European Monroe Doctrine which would prevent the United States interfering in Euro- pean questions which are of no concern of ours. A European loctrine of this kind would doubtless be weleomed by the great majority of the American people. & Mr, Maxhe congratulates his fellow citizens oyer the fact that the Locarno conference was carried off successfully with- out American interference and is even unkind enough to inti- mate that some of our well meaning internationalists might have spoiled it had they been there. He declares that Washing- ton diplomats have spoiled every conference they have been in, especially the one at Versailles, out of which, he says, Eu- rope has been trying to escape ever since. Then Mr, Maxhe, after urging a British Monroe doctrine concludes thus: “No nation loses more by American intrusion in Europe than Great Britain, But we are compelled to admit that the British government is mainly responsible for drawing Wash- ington in where it is not needed, where as often as not it has no wish to be, under the influence of that ning ‘English-sp s of our leading public men of all parties and is rapidly reducing Great Britain to the ignominy of becoming a political, financial and social satellite of the United States. “British governments invariably insist on treating Wash- ington governments as though the latter necessarily saw eye to eye with Downing street on the strength of the English- speaking legend. This faction is encouraged by the ‘slosh’ that supervise the manufacture of muni- tions, since a scarcity of shells was imminent. When Clemenceau be- came premior he picked Loucheur as «he only man in France capable of uoandling the coal situation, ‘ In 1921, when relations between France and Germany were strained to the breaking point, Loucheur, then a member of the Briand cabinet, met Dr, Walter Rathenau, the Ger- man minister of reconstruction, in an informal conference and arrang- ed reparations terms that establish- ed more friendly relations between the two countries, He enjoys the confidence of both French and Ger- man citizens, John Barleycorn From an old Scotch ballad, expres- sive of the Scottish genius in such things, and for those fond of tracing literary origins the following is re- produced. There are those who will say it is very good reading: There was three kings into the Hat ‘Three kings both great and high, And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn should die. They took a plough and ploughed him down, Put clods upon his head, And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead, But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And showers began to fall; John Barleycorn got up again, And sore surprised them all. The sultry suns of summer came, And he grew thick and strong, His~ head well armed wi’ pointed spears, That no one should him wrong, The sober autumn entered mild, When he grew wan and pale; His bending joints and drooping head Show'd he'd began to fall. His oaldh sicKenedWMbore and more, He faded into alge; And then his enemies began To show their deadly rag They've sharp, And cut him by the knee; And tied him fast upon the cart, Like a rougue for forgeric. They laid him down upon hin back, And cudgell’d him full sore; They hung him up before the storm, And turn’d him o'er and o'er, forms the stock in trade of after-dinner orator: the Pil- grim’s dinners, of post-luncheon orators at the English-speak- ing union, and the ‘blood is thicker than water’ school generally, “In truth, opinion is all the other way in the United States, 1 the Americans thought John Bull was hostile to the league of nations, no power on earth could have prevented them from joining it.” Why Waste Time? Representative John Philip Hill, of Maryland, has intro- duced in the lower branch of congress, a measure, proposing what is, in effect, a popular referendum on prohibition, The resolution calls for repeal of the Eighteenth amendment, with that the action of each state on the proposal be gh a state convention of delegates elected by pop provision taken thro ular vote. Mr, Hill has also introdu a bill to permit each tate to define “intoxicating beverages” for itself | lover since the adoption of the eighteenth amendment the complaint has been made that the proposal was adopted at a time when the country was at war and a large share of the voters, some four millions, were absent from home and were therefore denied a yoice in approving or disapproving this change in the constitution. It is also claimed that th ment was adopted, when the people were hy: dition of mind made so by the war then r vantage was taken of existing conditions to railroad the pro- hibition amendment through state legislatu These are some of the arguments presented by those who desire modification of the laws now in force. There is no deny- ing the fact that there is a minority in the count urging repeal of the Volstead laws, By the activity of this contigent it seems at times much more important than it really is. Be that as it may. It is safe to say that the sentiment of the na- tion is against intoxicating liquor and will so remain, A further fact is t the constitutional amendment against it will ne be repealed, Such a proceeding has never occurred since the government was organized. Certain amendments have been unpopular and difficult of enforcement, even apparently ig vored by quite a number of the people, but with the passage of time the despised amendments came to be observed just as other amendments were. . Another thing to take into consideration in such a pro ceeding is the well-known cowardice of the two houses of con cress. Whatever may be private sentiments of individual mem- bers, whatever their personal habits or customs, the most of them hasten to cover on the dry side when the question becomes inything like acute. It is not believed that a suffielent num ber of members ean be rallicd, to submit the Hill proposal to the states. The only thing to be done, the only thing that can be done is to forget drinking liquor, back the laws of the land, and con sider the prohibition question settled for all time. That's what it will amount to in the end anyway, and sensil wets are foolish to hope for anything different. Why waste time and effort on a dead issue? \ New York preacher says America is a conceited nation and should recognize its indebtedness to other peoples. We will, soon 28 They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim, They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor, To work him further woe, And still, as signs of life appear'd, They tossed him to and fro. They wasted, o'er a scorching flame, The marrow of his bones; But a miller used him worst of all, For he crush’d him ‘tween two stones, And they hae blood, And drank {t round and round; And still the more and more they drank, Their joy did more abound, ta'en his very heart's John Barleycorn was a hero bold, Of noble enterprise; For if you do but taste bis blood, ‘T will make your courage rise. Then let us toast John Barleycorn, Each man his glass in hand; And may his great posterity Ne'er fail in old Scotland. patatbeitises <1 auc: Midnight By W. MOTHERWELL O God! this is a holy hour, Thy breath is o'er the land; I feel it in each little flower Around me where I stand,— In all the moonshine scattered fair, Above, below me everywhere— In every dew-bead glistening sheen, In every leaf and blade of green, And In this silence grand and deep Wherein Thy blessed creatures sleep. Men say, that {n this midnight hour, The disembodied have power To wander as it liketh them. By wizard oak and fairy stream, Through etill and solemn places And by old halls and tombe to dream With pale, cold, mournful faces. I fear them not; for they must be Spirits of kindest sympathy, Who choose such haunts, and joy to feel The beauties of this calm night steal Like music o'er them, while they woo'd The luxury of solitude. Why not an Easex for Xmas Serepeoreanadipestoniicon as they start paying what they owe us. Electrical gifts are worthwhile. ta’en a weapon long and 1 TELE AMET RR Che Casper Daily Cribune eR aen aks N THE CAUSE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE A distinguished Englishman, on the eve of his return to Europe re- cently, gaye out-an interview in whichi he 4&tated that the thing which most impressed him In the United States was the diffusion of wealth which has brought to the Masses in this coutry comforts, luxuries and = opportunities —un- dreamed of in the homes of the workers of foreign lands. Despite the frequent outcry about the con: centration of wealth in the United Btat wealth is more widely dis- tributed here than in any other country that hag ever existed. The vast aggregate of home owners, motor car owners, savings bank de- positors, holders of industrial se- curities and life insurance poilicies, the large per capita consumption of necessities and Juxures, all point to f® condition incomparably better than has ever elsewhere in buman experience been attained. Many of those who employ the lingo of European socialism in talis- ing of social justice, choose to over- look the fact that our economic structure represents progress to- ward the ideals of social justice vastly greater than has ever been made elsewhere in the world. Strict justice among men will not be achieved until men themselves be- come entirely just. ‘What is* to preyont men becoming* gods?’ in- quirey a radical newspaper. The answer is, men themselves. When men look within themselves they will discover why there are defects in the social order, and if the in- quirer will be as severe in his judg- ment of himself as he is of society in general, it ig possible that he may end by wondering that condi- tions are as good as they are in a world in which human selfishness and greed for power over one's fel- lows, whether that greed bo finan- cial or political, is so general a human attribute. The individual, rather than society, must bear the blame for Individual weakness, wickedness and error, For the present, until men become better Christianized than they are toda we must depend upon necessity and wisdom to con tinue and enlarge the diffusion of wealth which is the outstanding fea- ture of American economic life. It has been said that among employetl and employers the spirit of service rather than of profit must dominate. That spirit cannot be legislated Into people or disseminated by political movements or rhetorical pronounce: ments. It can come about only through that transformation of ch acter which it is the persistent, patient work of churches and siml- Jar agencies to create, That some- thing beside altrulam has given us such progress as we have made in the advancement of social justice is evidenced by the fact that the wage of skilled workers in the United States is substantially higher than the average pay of clergymen, al though clergymen are employed by organizations in which the spirit of service Is dominant. America has served the cause of wocial justice by demonstrating that the diffusion of wealth is the most substantial basis for real mattonal prosperity. The underpaid producer means the limited consumer. In- creased wage scales mean increased markets. Cheap production {s futile when consumption is thereby cur- tailed. Ono hundred jobs hunting ninety men means adequate reward for the worker and an active com- modity market. One hundred men hunting ninety jobs means priva- tion for the wage earner and a cur- talled market. have | Unless we maintain] three were actually fired, our high level both of production and consumption schemes of social justice will «o glimmering. ‘These can be advanced ‘only when eco- nomie conditions fortify demands for higher wages and better con- ditions for workers. ‘These ‘prac- tical considerations may mean little to theoretical reform but they mean a great deal to men of com- mon sense. One of the cardinal points in the creed of many of our social re- formers of socialistic tendencies is What they call “the removal of all economic barriers,” which, in the form of tariffs, they Insist interrupt the free play of economic forces and despoil the masses. This is one illustration of the divergence be- tween idealistic theory and com- mon sense in the consideration of a practical problem. In the case of the United States the policy of pro- tection 1s the beginning point of social justice, if by that term we mean a larger share of the gains of industry for labor and the mainte- nance of high standards of living, saving, home owning and _inyest- ment. No less distinguished an ad- vocate of social justice than William jreen, president of the American ederation of Labor, has proposed reduction or removal of the textile tariff in retallation for recent re- ductions “in textile wages in New England forced by increased textile sed imports and ine lower wage scale competition f1 the South. A twenty per cent cut in wages re- cently was enforced in the native- owned cotton Industry of India. Wages of Bombay cotton operatives average from $2.50 to $4.50) per month for women and $10.50 per month for men on full time. Work- are paid monthly and fitteen late. Machinery so impor- na factor in textile production that the Indian operative can pro- duco as much ag the American operative, especially in view of the longer hours of Iabor prevailing in India. The argument that Amertl- nm employers can be forced into competition with such output with- out protection approximately the dif- ference in labor costs here and there,—that even a tariff only par- tially covering this difference in production costs can be reduced or repealed without disastrous effect upon the American worker and the cause of genuine social justice—can come only from those illy informed as to the real situation or whose idea of social justice consists of swatting the employing producer re- gardless of the effect upon the status of the employed producer. Fighting productive industry—de- manding that st submit to increased production costs and at tho same time that it be exposed to ruinous competition with alien cheapness at- tained at the sacrifice of human values—is destructive demagogism and not constructive stat ‘nship. A period of industrial depression in the United States would do° more to break down the cause of social Justice in America than it has been possible for the wage earners to achieve in years. To keep both con- sumption and production at a high level in the United States fe the first duty of enlightened states- manship and intelligent Amerigan altruism. peter Pn iat SE Buy your Hosiery and Silk Under- wear Gifts at The Stuart Shop, 136 South Center St. nt Of the “Big Bertha” type of gun, used by the Germans to bombard Paris, seven were made, but only World Topics “Both, the family and the church haye abdicated as systematic and serious teachers of religion,” Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University recently de- jared. “Unhappily "ee that ‘illiterate ministry’ which it was the purpose of the pious foun- ders of Harvard college to forfend, is now after 300 years, in ample evidence on’ every side.” Young men are deterred from be coming candidates for the ministry According to Dr. Butler, by sed widespread intolerance eh has recently had go many unhappy man. ifertations throughow the United States, together with the pathetic character of the theological disputes which receive so wide publicity.” “If the full truth were said,’ Dr. Butler continued, “it would prob- ably be that the greatest obstacte to religlous faith, religious conyic- tion and religious worship is the attitude and influence of a very large Proportion of the poorly endowed and poorly educated Protestant hat the world sorely needs, if it is to have its religious convictions deepened and its faith made more sure, is another St. Dominic or St. Franels, another Wesley or White- field, another Newman or Pusey or Keble, another Lacordaire. The re- ligion of modern man will not long. survive If fed on the husks alone.” President Butler quoted the follow: ing words from the pastoral letter addressed by the bishops of the Pro- testant Episcopal church to their clergy and laity at the close of the 1925 triennal conventi: e in our Innd tens of miilions of men and women who acknowledge no con- nection with religion and as a result “Wet of this a large proportion of our children growing up without any re- ligious influence or religious teach- ing of “any sort.” The a cy of this statement cannot be doubted, according to Presidént Butler, who continued: “The essence of all true educa tion is to train, instruct and dis- eipline the youth that he may com prvhend the environment, physical and spiritual, in which his lot is cast and be able to make his contri, bution, however slight, to its devel- opment and enrichment. “Five separate and irreducible elements constitute the spiritual en- vironment of the child. These aro the lit ry, the scientific, the es- thetic, the ethical and institutional, and the religious. A youth who is deprived of opportunity to gain in- sight into each one of these and some understanding of it, has there- by been deprived of a portion of his inheritance. Either his parents or his teacherr, or both, will have filched something from him to which he is entitled. “It is not at all essential that a youth-should look forward to being a man of letters, or a scientist, or an artist, or a moralist, and fhstl: tution-builder, or a person of relig- fous faith and practice, but it is es- sential that he should know Ayhat part each of these has played in the hirtory of civilization and in bringing to pass the intellectual and spiritual conditions under which and into which he {s born. 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Others lower Sheaffer Skrip— successor to ink makes all pens write hetter HEAFFE PENS+PENCILS+SKR PONT age) Ne ae NN, 9 iP MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1925 <lude poetry from the schools and colleges because a large majority of men read only prose or because crit- jes fall into violently conflicting groups as to the importance and in- fluence of individual poets or schools of poetr: Whence It Comes— Where It Goes Where the government's money comes from and where it goes is told in estimates for 1927 submitted by the budget bureau which show how each dollar is divided: Where it comes from—Income and profits tax, 49.16 cents; miscellaneous internal revenue, cents; customs revenue, 14.43 cents; interest, pret mium and discount, 4.95 cents; fees, fines, penalties and forfeitures, 0.84 cents, repayments on investments, cents: trust fund receipts, 2.16 nts; and other miscellaneous re- tion and operation of marine trans- portation, 1.88 cents; other civil func- tions, 7.40 cents; refund, 4.91 cents; public debt retirement from ordi- nary receipts, 14.76 cents; interest on public debt 22.75 cents; and trurt fands, 6.48 cents. Who spends it—Legislative estab- lishment, 0.46 cents; executive office, 0.01 cents; veterans’ bureau, 10,52 cents; other independent establish- ments, 1.61 cents; agriculture, 4.33 cents; commtrce, 0.86 cents; interior 7.66 cents; justice (including judicial) 0.70 cents; labor, 0.24 cents; navy, 9.55 cents; deficiency in postal reve- nues, O.7icents; state, @.47 cents; treasury, 8,78 cents; public debt re- tirement, 14.76 cents; interest on pub- le debt, 22.75 cents; investment of trust funds, 5.60 cents; war (includ ing Panama canal), 9.94 cents, Dar trict of Columbia 1.04 cents. sak tar AIS Sead One of the most interesting exh its at the Brockton (Mass.) fair of 25 years ago was a quilt shown by hen they come be 100 year MOTHER:- Fletcher’s Castoria is a pleasant, harm- less Substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Tecthing Drops and Soothing Syrups, espe- WE HAVE TO OFFER Some Attractive Bargains in Used Pianos Including the Following: Hallet and Davis Mahogany Case—§$475—Fine Condition. Columbine Mahogany Case—$225—Like New. Hinze Player Oak Case—$325—Good as New. And Many Other Fine Bargains. KNIGHT-CAMPBELL’S 130 South Center Phone 277 OPEN EVENINGS coipts 3.99 cents. Mrs. Rhoda Churchill, Middleboro’s Where it goe»—General functions | centenarian. The quilt contained of government, 3.35 cents; national | 712 pieces and was commenced after defense, 16,32 cents; military pen-| Mrs. Churchill was 100 y old. sions; retirement pay annuities, |The committee awarded this piece a World War allowances and life in-| special premium because “st should surance claims, 16.55 cents; publle | encourage old ladies to make quilts cially prepared for Infants in arms and Children all ages. To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of Loatt Mises. Proven directions on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend it. NOTICE All persons having bills against the Casper Herald Publishing Company should present them to Mr. M.™M. 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