The Washington herald., 1920-05-26
Lemon Pie Supplants Rum in Cheyenne;
Autos Whz in Pony Trails Among Hills;
Political Ennm Sets Wyoming Apart

tered TWO reform steps wltnln inc
clothing trade that appear much su-
perior to the silly overalls craze
Throughout the West arc springing
up dozens of ready-madc clothing
stores upon the second floors OF
buildings. without costly showcases
and expensive electric fixtures and
goods tables. In a number OF in
stances merchants have surrendered
their leases of gilt-edge ground
2oor corner locations and moved up
stairs. That has enabled them to de-
duct the saving in rent and mark
down their goods from IS to IS a
suit.
l met salesman on the train
coming here from Denver who said
he was travelling for the subsidiary
company of a textile manufacturing
concern that operated about two
score mills in New England. He
| said: Our plan should bring relief
to mems and womens tailors. We
are selling direct to retailers at the
exact prices that we sell to jobbers
1t is up to the retailers to save for
themselves this middlemen's profit
Any tailoring firm can avail. The
head of the sales company I repre-
sent. a new concern, is a son of the
man who owns the mills"
Pioneer Suffrage State.
Wyoming is the pioneer equal suf-
frage State in America, full political
equality having been the basis OF
its government as long as it has had
any government. At the time state
hood was applied for in 1889 a de-
termined opposition was made in
Congress to the admission of a ter
ritory with womens suffrage
clause in its constitution. So vio-
lent was the feeling that the terri
torial delegate in Congress, Joseph
NJ. Carey. who later became gov
ernor of the State, telegraphed the
Wyoming legislature that he feared
statehood would not be granted IL
the suffrage clause were not aban-
doned. The Legislature. which was
then in session. telegraphed back
We will remain out of the Union
100 years rather than come in with
out women's suffrage"
But the women Of Wymoing have
never abused the vote. They go
along quietly in politics. Many
years ago in Albany County the eX-
pertinent was made of putting
women on juries. They found ver-
diets Of guilty so persistently
against male prisoners that the eX-
pertinent was abandoned. the women
themselves admitting that they
were not exactly fairminded when
asked to judge the innocence or
guilt of a man. Too much intui-
ton" was the explanation given me.
Robert D. Carey. son of the trail
blazer. former Gov. Carey. is the
present governor. Wyoming has
100000 population. its governor pre-
siding over habitants equal in
number of the population of Nor
folk, Va, scattered through an area
the equivalent in size of New York,
Pennsylvania and Delaware com
bined. About 60 per cent of Wyo-
ming is still under the control Of
the Federal government. being yell
lowstone Park. forest reserve or ir-
rigated land held for future distri-
button among homcseekers with a
six weeks preference in the draw
inEs fo- former service men.
Gov. carey informs me that the
women in Wyoming concern them
selves chiefly in school questions
and the enforcement of prohibition
laws. He says that when the big
ditch connecting the Cody dam with
the 100000 acres south of it has
been built there will be ideal OPP
new families. 1t is largely from
royalties on oil and coal production
secured in State land that Wyoming
is going to meet current expenses.
Casper being the heart of the oil
district.
No Bank Failure In :5 Sears.
Outdoor Wyoming is divided eco
nomically into four principal groups;
Cattlemen, sheepmen. farmers and
mine owners. All are justly proud
of the fact that there has not been
a bank failure in the State for twcn-
ty-hve years. a reflection of the hon
esty of the borrowers. The cattle
men boasted to me OF their 1.25O,OOO
white-faced steers and cows: tho
agriculturists pointed out that in
spite of the drought last year they
produced 100000 bushels of wheat:
and the mining interests called at
tention to their yearly output of TO-
100000 tons of coal and more than
100000 barrels of oil. or the wool
crop I have. told.
Their leading political mouth
pieces at Washington are Senator
Warren, Republican, father-in-law
Of Gen. Pershing and the great sheep
king; Senator John D. Kendrick.
cattieman and a Democrat; and
Representative Frank w. Mondell,
fioor leader of the House, who years
ago as scout and civil engineer
brought the Burlington Railroad to
wyoming. successfully arguing that
the coal deposits alone justified the
extension.
OF the trio only Mondell is up for
reelection this fall His opposition
to the bonus idea for ex-service men
may cut down his majority, but both
sides concede him victory. Governor
carey holds over. So the politics of
wyoming narrows down to what
Republican Presidential candidate
the six Wyoming delegates to Chi
cago shall support.
Altogether there ere about $4,000
Fpters of both parties and both
sexes In the State. Eleven thou