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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-10-25
INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS

J22 Main St, La Crosse -------
OBS Walworth ST., Milwaukee o.
% Stronps St, Stevens Point -
567 -5th Ave-, Milwaukee -------
6l0-Sth St, Watcrtown -------
G32-N. 9th St, Sheboygan ------
GO A'goma Blvd, Oshkosh -----
7i7 Smith St, Milwaukee ------
, 1922-04-10
WHAT Ais NORRIS.

Senator George W. Norris Of Nebraska, gTves no
indication Of growing old gracefully and with a
charitable outlook upon the world in general and
william Howard Taft in particular. AS George w.
advances IN years he is plainly developing a narrow,
peevish and altogether disagreeable disposition If
be permits this sort of thing to grow, directly his
neighbors Will nail up the gate in the garden wall,
sever relations and leave him to fight 1t out with his
Crouch rs best suits himself
Tho Nebraska senator has frequently found fault
because the world and its people did not function
according to his notions; but his voice, crying in the
world and lbs people proceeded on their own particular
way regardless of effort to popularize theories and
styles having origin at McCook, Nebraska, to such ex-
tent as to have them adopted elsewhere.
Senator Norris latest reform is TO abolish the
greatest court in the world, namely the Supreme
Court of the United States of America, for the reason
which seems good and sufficient to himself, that
William Howard Taft, its Chief Justice occasionally
attends public and private dinners and other social
functions where fashionable matrons and their daugh-
tiers arc present with bare backs and abbreviated dress
skirts.
tt is feared that Senator Norris is not onlN nursing
a crouch and making himself miserable, but he is
falling away behind in current knowledge and every
day observation The information about the bare
hacks and short skirts is of course secondhand TO
the Senator. He never saw these things with his own
eyes He hasn't kept pace He simply don't know
He would even dispute that strip parties are popular
in McCook, Nebraska He still believes that the
women and the girls OF the old home town are still
wearing chin high and ankle low dresses. The Senator
had better come back and look in at the Methodist
Sewing society or the Baptist ehckcn-pie dinner and
learn that McCook ladies have kept step with fashion
without consulting his notions or his approval.
II eating dinner with society folks IN the evening
units q judge to correctly balance the scales of jus
tee the next morning, as Senator Norris, alleges
what would be the result II he ate no dinner at all!
Il 1t not a common observation of life that man i:
most at peace when he has dined well? And is IL moi
equally true that a weTlfed judge is more likely &c
deliver unbiased Judgment than one sssailed by the
pangs of famfne7
So far as bare backs and dainty ankles are con
ecrned, they are a part of the social scenery. They
are calculated TO cheer up any Supreme court, how
ever august You could scarcely imagine a Supreme
court or any court, enjoining- or aboishing a perfect
female back or a perfectly turned ankle. Such things
do not inspire a federal justice to climb a tree
Senator Norris is advised to select a pleasant
morning and stroll down Pennsylvania avenue. Tht
world may appear different after the ankle display
he Is eertain to encounter.
It may oe that he will not want to abolish the
great American Supreme court; and he may see the
propriety Of proper and frequent sustenance for Chic
Justice Taft
, 1922-04-10

and not as a forced growth. and nothing could be
calculated more speedily to destroy il than TO permit
our domestic market to become a prey TO foreign
competition.
To permit unrestricted entry of foreign manu-
features would mean something more than the dis
placement Of American goods in the American market
That in itself would be bad enough, and that no bene-
Mt to the eonsurner would arise from It has been
sufficiently proved during the past two years under
the present Democratic tariff law, ~-vhen the I'M
porters have reveied IN profits reaching in some in
stances as high a. twelve hundred per cent. They
have bought their goods abroad at prices which no
American mill could meet, but they have gouged the
public to the limit.
The greatest evil growing out OF unrestricted
competition of foreign goods is that which eurtails
the maximum production of the domestic mills. It
costs far more per unit of production to run a min
At 70 per cent capacity than TO run It at 100 Der
cert capacity. Minimum operation spells maximum
unit cost and vice versa It is minimum unit cost
which permits Us to extend our foreign trade IN com
petition with other exporting nations II those ma
tons are permitted to minimize our domestic pro
duction by reason Of free trade. or inadequate pro
lection. they not only extend their sales in this
country, but they can drive US cut Of the foreign
markets. The best proof Of this is that under our
protective policy, with normal conditions, our export
market expands as the import volume contracts.
This is eorroborated bv the official figures.
, 1922-04-10
HOME AND FOREIGN MARKETS.

The beneficiaries of the protective policy are
chiefly the workers because under this system Am
erican wages and working and living conditions are
maintained in competition with the smaller wages
and more humble lot of European and Asiatic
workers as affected by production costs.
When wages are distributed among hundreds of
thousands of workmen, they are in relatively small
amounts and do not appear impressive to the indi-
yduaL A hump sum of either the gross or net profits
credited to a single industrial plant seems a very
formidable sum, and it is therefore a simple matter
for radicals to mislead wage-earners as to the real
effect of tie protective policy.
The census of manufactures taken in 1920 for
at s6a, ooo,o 900, oOo. During the year 1919 we
exported:
Foodstuffs partly or wholly manufac-
tured 81 ,962, 615. 4SS
Manufactures for further use in manu-
Manufactures ready for consumption 2,5ss, So4, 1855
Total ,4AS, 500, 1886
In other words, the percentage of exports to total
production that year was SO per cent In~1921 there
was a fifty per cent slump in this export trade, COM
pared with 1919, the total for 1921 being 50, 700,
100000. 1t is doubtful If the total production de-
creased to that extent, although the buyers strike,
the let down in construction. the curtailed purchasing
power of the farmers growing out of the aftermath
of Democratic deflation, and other factors following
in the train of WiIsonian generalization, had a dis
astrous effect on output A considerable part of
the decrease is represented by diminished prices
rather than quantities.
The point is that we should not be beguiled by
the advocates of free trade into emulating the dog
carrying the bone, who saw his reflection in the
pool and IN greedily s%natchng at the shadow lost the
substance. Increased export trade is an excellent
tning' but 1t must come as a natural development
, 1922-04-10
The Game of Preserving the Game

like to suggest that those killing elk
legally shall send in a report as to tho
disposition OF the liver. lungs and
windpipe; ago and weight OF animal,
going or coming; cost OF trip and
amount spent for candy. chewing gum
and cigarettes. eek dying by hun
dreds from F~tarvation.5
Politician from Casper: I think deer
season should open October I and
sheep October is. This will not only
tend TO discourage nonresident sports
men from spending thousands OF dol
lars in tho state annually. while try
ing to get a few bucks and rams. but
Il will also help materially in putting
our citizens guides out of business.
thereby greatly increasing tho game
supply. so hat there will DO moro to
starve to death during a severe win
teri Meanwhile, game starving TO
deathD
Politician: I would like to suggest
that in addition to the Greybull.
North and South Fork OF the sho-
shone. Thoroughfare and Yellowstone.
Deed Indian, Sunlight and Crandell
Creek country. Carl Downing should
also be given that portion OF the
Green River country lying south OF
Big Wind River and north Of the
Platte river. MEANWHILE. elk being
killed for their teeth.)
Politician: As the state has appor,
toned one-sixth OF all the revenue OBJ.
tanned from hunting ~Iicenes. etc. for
game protection. thereby causing a
deficit In other departments of the
state, I would like to suggest that al
guide cense be raised from $40 tc
SIS AID that the proceeds go to in
crease the salaries of the prohibition
officers. their spies and henchmen
elk stin dying from s~tavaton.)
In order to prevent the useies,
slaughter OF guides by guides. al
guides should be compelled to wear a
red handkerchief. 1T% inches square
fastened around their hats with safety
pins. (More elk dying from starva
tion.l
Game varden: During my two
weeks trip into the mountains lasI
fall. I noticed such a scarcity Of game
that I would X to suggest a CLOSED
season on elk. deer and sheep for two
years. This will certainly increase tht
herds, so that when the next severe
winter comes along we shall not only
have a goodly number to starve &c
death. but plenty besides for tho lion,
and coyotes MEANWHILE. can't keeI
what elk we have from starving)
Politician: Inasmuch as elk are 6
domestic rather than a game animal
I think 81 moro tons of hay should
be provided for them during sewers
winters. and that such portions of the
state game preserves and other terri
tory capable of supplying them with
natural feed during a severe winter
, 1922-04-10
Back Into Red Ink

Henry Ford's EsUp1p<r rsputa-
ton As q railroad wizard was not SUE
nctsnt 10 keep his Detroit Toledo and
Ironfon uiiroad from relapsfng IN
Deoomber into fts os6 habit OF earning
q deficit" says h Railway Age IN
an editorial In its current tssua 40
coruing TO its report for hat month
just flied with the Interstate Com
mcrce Commission. two months late.
the Detroit Toledo and Ironton dur
ing December failed TO earn It's d
pensas and taxes By s5si.zzo. thereby
w1ptng out all b net operating in
come that Il had accumulated since
July l. This compares with a deficit
OF 1326.@4 In December. 1910. under
h old Management For the year
1871 however. the net operating In
ocre was s43.s13 which b much bet
ter than the showing for In previous
years. but still a short OF enough
to a bond interest," 20 say nothing
of dividends. O
For se-S- months the commission
has Q issuing its statistical sum
mar1ea with n foot note showing that
the returns Of the d. 7. and l. had
not Tile and ths report for De
Gambler was not received until after
the others had reported for January
and most OF them for February also.
and after tho report OF the d. T. and
1. itself for January had been flied.
No explanation "a given as to wheth-
er h delay "a caused ~ a too dras-
tic reduction in tho accounting force
OF the road. or because OF modest re
1nnf-nC- fn rnaAA " --1s- -..La4-
1t h not probable hat q delicit OF
s551.eoo Is sufficient TO cause Mr..
Ford to lose much sleep. nor IA n def
ictt q o experience for the ID. T.
and l. but this Is its first experience
Of the kind since the Ford manage
ment took charge last March Fol
lowing tho one big jump In earnings
in April. the net operating income
in each succeeding month OF the year
showed n decline as compared with
tho month before. although in Jan
uary. 1922. the road again had a net
OF $4,000. Tho December report,
therefore. In OF some interest In view
OF the fuss that was made when the
road showed an increase of some
100000 in net in one mouth under
Fordis new management last April
and Mr.. Ford's explanation in inter
views that anybody could do IT, and
that no had merely applied common
sense principles to r~aIlroacing for
tho first time.
For December the deficit Is ex-
planned by a rather heavy decrease
in went unaccompanied by n pro
portionate reduction In expenses. The
operating revenues by n proportionate
reduction In expenses. The operat
ing evcnu were sss7. $50. a decrease
OF sl71.2ss as compared with Decem
Der, 1920. and less than half what
they were In some earlier months,
while the operating expenses were
$553.s77. a decrease OF s12s.T59. There
was also an increase in taxes and an
Increase In rental OF equipment from
1883 TO sos las for the d. II. and
]. traffic is handled largely in cars
OF other railroads for which it pays
a Per diem rate.
For the yea as a whole tho show
Ing is o favorable The net of
s4S,322 represents an increase OF ST.
572,s2S as compared with 1920, when
there was a deficit OF ST. .sos. and
for the ten years before there was a
deficit each yea except in 1916. Most
, 1922-04-10

should be turned over to livestock
grazing during the summe months
F1k still starving 10 death)
Politician: / think we ought to pass
laws revokfng all Of Natures laws and
natural instincts as pertaining to the
seif-preservatfon OF animals, and com
pei them to a and winter where We
want them 10 or think they ought to,
rather than by a knowledge of their
habits. ~migfations, etc. n provide
winter grazing accordingfyii eek still
s~tarvingl "Arr ounce OF grass is worth
a pound OF laws"
Politician: I hear tho U. s. govern
ment pays men. TO trap and Kill preda.
tory animalsy That's poor business
We should certainly charge our citi.
zens for that privileged We need the
money!l tMeardrhile. game being killed
by lions and ooyotes)
Politician: Somebody told me that
they heard that somebody said that
Carl Hammitt while acting in the ca
pacity Of guides had the seat of his
pants painted bnby blue, instead of
wearing the red emblem around his
hat fastened with safety pins.
CHORUS:
Our laws must he enforced
Game still dying from s~tarvation.)
, 1922-04-10
DELAYED TOO LONG.

The Washington administration is alive to the
banefui influence of the many Democrats who were
appointed during the Wilson regime and who have
been tolerated in their positions up to the present
time Many officials in places of Importance are
former-President Wilson's secretary, who maintains
an office at the national capital. They were part
of the most extravagant and inefficient administra-
ton in American history.
Mr.. Harding has taken plenty of time to satisfy
himself of rue conditions, and has accumulated suf-
fcient evidence to warrant drastic action. The
printing is part of the effort to reoryanizc the
printing is part of the effofrt to reorganize the
federal service along the lines Of Republican SYM
pathy and cooperation.
It is purely a matter Of business, and for the
in ? position of power or influence under the former
administration was appointed because of his value as
a political prop TO the Observation-Disclosures
multy machine. Those appointecs knew why they
were selected, and they also knew that their tenure
of office depended on loyalty to that machine. Re
publican policies are almost a complete reversal of
those that obtained when Mr.. Wilson was President.
The closest cooperation is essential If the people are
to get the sort OF government they have a right to
expect after the overwhelming Republican vote that
Put President Harding in the White House. That CO.
operation will be fatally defective If 1T is going to
depend on wilson FOLLOWERS for success.
Furthermore the Republicans have assumed entire
responsibility for the conduct of the government while
they are in control, and the people of the country
will hold the party accountable for whatever mistakes
may be made. That being the fact, President Hard
ing must be accorded the right of selecting his own
assistants. Not only cabinet officers but subordinate
officials having supervising authority in directing the
management of public business should be men who
believe that the Presidents policies are sound and
who are willing to do their fun part toward making
them a success.
Not only does Mr.. Harding owe it TO himself to
appoint men in sympathy with his work, but he owes
it to the voters themselves to see that no man is kept
in a position of executive responsibility who is not
4 loyal supporters of the Republican desire to get the
nation back to normal, curtail public expenditures
and reduce the burden of taxation. Only by so doing
can the verdict of the ballots in the 1920 elections
be fulfilled. The people signified their determine
ton to have an unhampered Republican administra-
ton of the executive and legislative branches of the
Government. as well as a Republican President in
the White House. Mr.. Harding should be given
nationwide support in his effort to rid the public
service of men who are either incompetent or not in
sympathy with his effort to effect material econom-
les in the interest OF the taxpayers.
, 1922-04-10

ruAds z-ned some net IN 1891. as
compared with deficits In 1870. under
the influence OF higher rates and
somewhat reduced expensss In spite
OF decreased traffic. but n ID. T. and
1 showing for the year reflects he
benefit OF tho increased earnings re-
suiting from the diversion To Il OF
much OF the tonnage o. the Ford Mo
tor conrzny.
The operating rovnnues were So
$3.50. an tncrease OF si.273.o64 over
1890. while the operating expenses
were ss.fo6.Ts1. . decrease Of ssie.-
f.s. Taxes increased from sfs.Tfs TO
s1sT.o23 and the debit balance Of
equipment rentals Increased from
s3si.sfs to s705 ,oe5. or s5o3-21 The
report shows that the saving in ex-
penses was effected largely in thu
maintenance accounts For Decen-
Der there was an especially heavy ~
ducfion. amounting 10 moro than tho
reduction IN focal expenses. but the
/ transportation expenses were greater
than IN December, 1890, when tho
earnings were greater.
Reports OF the operating perfor-
nance Of the Ford road. which have
also left the Interstate Commerce
Commission statistics OF class 1 roads
incomplete for several months. are be-
ing awaited with interest in order
| that we may SEQ how far Mr. Ford
has fulfilled his promises to show up
The bigger roads by speeding up tho
movement OF cars"
, 1922-04-10
WHATEVER is DONE MUST BE PAID FOR.

Even the most radical arc getting over the notion
that you can get something done for nothing BY
having the government do it. The Wilson admins
tration encouraged that faIlaeious idea, because the
Wilsonian socialistic bureaucracy desired to get its
hands on every sc-t of business. The Harding ad-
ministration is turning back to the legitimate func-
ninding the people that whatever is done for them
by the government must be paid for in taxes.
The Wilson administration played n continuous
confidence game. The Harding administration IS
placing all the cards, face up. on the table. The
Wilson administration promised a merchant marine
without any additional burden upon the people, and
then went in for the most expensive shipbuilding
program that could have been devised. The Wilson
administration took over the railroads and urgently
asked Congress to extend government operation for
five years longer. paying deficits out of the treasury
instead of raising freight rates to cover the cost
of operation.
The Harding administration is getting the sbips
into private ownership and in proposing and encour-
aging subsidy does not undertake to fool the coun-
Try into the notion that a merchant marine can be
maintained without any cost whatever. This adj
ministration has returned the railroads to private
operation and is trying to s~traighten out the obli-
cations incurred under the Wilson regime. The Re
publican administration makes no pretensc that trans
%portation service can be had at less than cost by let
ting the government do it.
It is some relief to the country to return to Main
every day principles of honesty and squire business
dealing in public affairs and to knS-s that frankness
and understanding have taken the place of subter-
fuge and inefficiency.
, 1922-04-10
The Present

Time W hastss. It won't stnnd stir;
The days arc flying fast;
a minute. and the present tine
Is added to the past
The past is dead. the present lives.
The future stark aud grim
Before us lies. with it our fate.
Opaque. obscure and dim
Depend not on tho days % come.
Thou know'st not what they bring.
Thou know'st tho present. 1t Is here.
And to the present cling.
Work in the present while ye may.
Tomorrow may come never.
rhs ask that's left undono today
May be undone brewer.
Fred Kramer.
, 1922-04-10

u. c. Rumsey writing TO tho Cody
Enterprise has written n one act com
edy that will bs appreciated by every
ono in Wyoming who a any knowl-
edge of the wild life of the state or
any knowledge OF how the game laws
are revised AS well rs ruined at each
session OF the legislature.
Tho comedy runs rs follows:
The wild life OF today IS not who'll
'ly OURS, to dispose of as we please. It
has been given to US in trust We
must account for IL to those who come
Wyoming game lawg.
Scene: Room in Plains hotel during
any session of the Legislature any
year. Enter committee on game laws,
together with State Game Warden.
Chairman of committee. from
wheatland, addressing members:
Gentlemen. we are gathered 10 pro
pose. discuss and recommend such
laws as will be ~efficaeious for h pres
ervation of our game In proffering
your ideas and theories anert this
question. I should like those for the
most part which are based on your
own personal observations and expert
ences throughout the big game sec
lions of the stated Never falling. at
the same timo. to keep in mind the
welfare of your party. the interests Of
the stockmen, the amount OF revenue
to DO derived, the good will and votes
OF your constituents at home I have
asked the state game warden, Mr.. Cot
ton Tail, from Grin Junction, to be
with US, and give us the benefit OF his
vast knowledge. acquired from actual
observation and experience with jack
rabbits and prairie dogs. We are now,
gentlemen. ready % suggestions
Politician from Gillette: 1 think only
the elk season ought TO be changed
from September 1 to September Is.
because some OF tho meat which Is
killed by the few nonresident hunters
who are in the mountains at this time
OF the year might spoiii Meanwhile.
thousands of elk are dying in the
mountains from starvationiD
Politician fro Gillette: / think only
mature bulls, rams and bucks should
be killed, and that q law be passed
compelling all males to stand. when
ordered, until their ages are deter
mined to the satisfaction of the guides.
tElk arc still dying from s~tarvation.)
Politician from Casper: It is per-
fectly evident that the four million
acres we now have in game preserves
are inadequate to keep elk from star
Walton. I would therefore like to sug-
gest that at least another million be
added. to consist OF hat portion of the
continental divide or territory of a like
character, which at no time OF year is
available for 'toSx grazing! elk still
dying on game preserves from starva-
tionJ
Politician from Gillette: I would
, 1922-04-10
E1Rsr TO ENDORSE

The State department has sent notes to each of
the other eight governments represented at the Wash
ington conference signfying the readiness of the
United States to exchange notifications of the treaties
approved by the senate. It is interesting to note that
this country is the first to give final endorsements to
those undertakings. Those who are inclined to criti-
c!ze the Senate for delay IN performing its function as
part of the .treaty-making power should ponder that
fact.
, 1922-04-10

York have applied for license to carry pistols since
January first. Out in that section every person must
be his own policeman.
, 1922-04-10

A s%uspender trust has been organized. Let us
hope it is able to put the belt industry out of business.