anaheim-gazette 1912-04-18

FREE RAW SUGAR SPELLS DISASTER TRUST'S TROPICAL PRODUCT COMPETES WITH BEET GROWERS Five Factories in Orange County Face Serious Menace in Democratic Plan to Admit Trust-Owned Tropical Sugars Free of Duty—Millions of Dollars Invested in Industry and Thousands of Acres Devoted to Sugar Beet Culture Here Commercial organizations and the boards of supervisors in all California have taken up the fight for the preservation of the sugar industry of this State, the existence of which is threatened by the eastern refiners of foreign cane sugars. Orange county has five beet sugar factories, representing an investment of millions of dollars, and thousands of acres are devoted to the industry, all of which faces serious menace in free importations of raw sugar. With 108,000 acres devoted to the production of beets, for the sugar factories, and an annual payment amounting to $6,000,000 per annum to California farmers for these beets, the measure that has passed the lower house of congress to put sugar on the free list, is such a menace to California that there has been a general rallying of all classes of people in this state in opposition. Tens of thousands of names will be appended to petitions addressed to the finance committee of the senate, in which an earnest plea will be put forth that ROYAL Baking Powder Absolutely Purified Where the finest biscuits cake, hot-breads, crushes or puddings are required Royal is indispensable. Royal is equally valuable in the preparation of plant substantial, every-day foods, for all occasions. The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Taunton No Alum—No Lime Phosphat The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar No Alum—No Lime Phosphate and an annual payment amounting to $6,000,000 per annum to California farmers for these beets, the measure that has passed the lower house of congress to put sugar on the free list, is such a menace to California that there has been a general rallying of all classes of people in this state in opposition. Tens of thousands of names will be appended to petitions addressed to the finance committee of the senate, in which an earnest plea will be put forth that the beet sugar industry should not be destroyed. An appeal has been sent out by the secretary of the campaign committee of beet producers, in which the following statements are made: "A measure to surrender the beet sugar industry of the United States into the hands of the sugar trusts is now before the senate finance committee. Should this bill become a law, more than 1,800,000 tons of sugar raised in foreign tropics, and by tropic labor, will be admitted into the United States duty free. The measure was fostered by the cane sugar refining trusts, against which a government suit for dissolution is now pending. If free sugar becomes a law, the beet sugar factories of California must close down. When we had free cane sugar the trusts paid dividends of 25 per cent. Today they pay 7 per cent. Does the sugar trust want cane sugar duty free for the benefit of the public? "In ten years more the United States can produce all the sugar it needs. Beet sugar is the only source of supply that ultimately can fill the American demand. On the other hand, the price of cane sugar must inevitably advance, because the countries from which we import are close to the limit of their productive capacity. We ask your help to fight this measure. It is a fight for the life of a great California industry. If you are for beet sugar in California we urge you to let your convictions be known. To remain silent is to be against the industry. It is our hope that every loyal Californian will wire or write to Senators Geo. C. Perkins and John D. Works, at Washington, D.C., so that they may show their colleagues how California stands on the beet sugar industry." As the result of this appeal thousands of telegrams and hundreds of letters have been sent by citizens in their private capacity to Washington, showing their appreciation of the crisis existing, and the commercial organizations have also formally San Joaquin valleys and elsewhere are working to make a good showing for the interlors, and to attract settlers. The beet sugar industry has largely increased the populations in several counties. The production of beet sugar in the United States amounts to about 600,000 tons per annum, the output of seventy factories. California produces more than 25 per cent of the total. The throttling of the beet industry will drive the sugar business into the hands of a very few cane refining companies and the people will be at their mercy. On the other hand the establishing of the beet sugar factories in sufficient number will not only create such competitive conditions as to cause lower costs, but will ultimately enable the United States to become a great exporter, instead of as now a great importer of sugar. California stands first in the beet sugar industry of the nation. A rich soil, splendid climatic conditions, and a long growing season have contributed to a marvelous industry in the Golden State. 108,000 acres in sugar beets in California yield $6,000,000 to the farmers of the state. Yet the life of one of California's most important industries is threatened. It is proposed to admit without duty into the United States raw cane sugar produced by tropical labor and in tropical countries. A bill to this effect is now pending before the United States senate. Should this bill become a law it would deal a death blow to the beet sugar industry in the United States. If sugar, citrus fruits, raisins and olive oil are admitted from foreign countries without duty, California's greatest industries, those of its agricultural and horticultural pursuits, will inevitably receive a death blow. If by any chance the pending bill becomes a law, what would become of the beet sugar industry in California; what would become of the interests which many Californians have in Hawaiian sugar? Can the producers of sugar beets in California ever compete for a minute with the Decay of Dairy Diplomacy is not afraid to courageously grow their sonality. The diplomacy rarely uses other tools from capital to capital; piece of successive mills divergent policies he self with the good grit swift promotion. If he ed views of his own ability to cultivate embarrassment he is apt to be marketed and uncomfortable whom there will press obscure and distant American legation. "Sadors lived in the dark graph had yet been buryedocracy omnipresent only some further place long distance telephone diplomatist altogether naeum. Gems of Orchard Here are some gems the Austrian parliament "I have already said say and therefore will all I might still say." "I cannot longer keep saying some words." "Locomotive engine one foot in crime andgnaw the rags of hum." "A funeral procession something mournful ally when the decedent being." "If I am a parliamnet am still human." Free Freight Every railway carrier freight for its own use without pay, and in both freight and passenger nationally carried free or other account. As service does not increase receipts, it is ordinarily the companies' earnings "revenue train miles per indicates the train dept that have added to the York Times. A Critic Who "I like pointed criticismtheatrical man," critic heard in the lobby of hope that every loyal Californian will wire or write to Senators Geo. C. Perkins and John D. Works, at Washington, D. C., so that they may show their colleagues how California stands on the beet sugar industry." As the result of this appeal thousands of telegrams and hundreds of letters have been sent by citizens in their private capacity to Washington, showing their appreciation of the crisis existing, and the commercial organizations have also formally communicated with the California delegation in congress. In the struggle for the preservation of the beet sugar industry fifteen states besides California are immediately concerned. A national beet sugar association has been formed. The California beet-sugar association has also been organized to protect the industry. Delegations have been sent to the national capital from all these states to appear before the finance committee of the senate. The Sacramento valley development association has addressed United States Senator Poindexter, and has informed him that the Sacramento valley is very vitally interested in the free sugar bill, the valley supporting one large beet sugar factory representing an investment of about $3,000,000, and another factory of equal size is now in consideration. The values of farm lands upon which sugar beets are now raised would be disastrously affected by the discontinuance of their use. This is a matter which has awakened the interests of bodies not strictly commercial, but which like the various development associations in the Sacramento and gar, citrus fruits, raisins and olive oil are admitted from foreign countries without duty, California's greatest industries, those of its agricultural and horticultural pursuits, will inevitably receive a death blow. If by any chance the pending bill becomes a law, what would become of the beet sugar industry in California; what would become of the interests which many Californians have in Hawaiian sugar? Can the producers of sugar beets in California ever compete for a minute with the cheap labor of the West Indies? It is plain that they cannot. During the ten years ending with 1909, the beet sugar industry increased 117 per cent, and the number of establishments 399 per cent. In the quantity of beets used in the manufacture of sugar and the value of the product increased at least sevenfold. The cost of manufacturing beet sugar is lowest in Germany, the cost of producing a pound of raw sugar there averaging about two cents. The average cost of producing beet sugar in the United States is more than 3.54 cents per pound which is a difference greater than the cost of the German sugar plus the freight charges from that country to the United States. Taking 100-pound quantities, German sugar could be laid down in New York for $2.53 1-2 per hundred pounds, and the same sugar in the United States would cost $3.54. What would be the result if the free sugar bill were enacted into law? A first-class seamstress would like a few more engagements by the day. Miss Toebbe. Sunset phone 224M3. AMERICAN SAVINGS Start an account today— There may be a hole in your pocket ANAHEIM GAZETTE PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY ELECTION State of California, County of Orange In accordance with law thereunto directing me, I hereby proclaim and give notice that a Presidential Primary election will be held throughout the County of Orange, State of California, on Tuesday, the 14th day of May, A.D. 1912, and I do hereby certify that the following list contains the name of each person for whom nomination papers have been filed as a candidate subject to the Presidential Primary Election to be held on said Tuesday, the 14th day of May, 1912, and who is entitled to receive votes at such Primary Election, together with a designation of the office for which such person is a candidate and the party or principle he represents, also the addresses of all of said persons: CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT (1) Name. Party. Of the State of Theodore Roosevelt Republican New York William Howard Taft Republican Ohio Robert Marion La Follette Republican Wisconsin Woodrow Wilson Democratic New Jersey Champ Clark Democratic Missouri (2) Candidates for Delegates to go on Ballot in groups with Names Arranged in the Order here presented. Group Preferring Roosevelt for Presidential Nominee: Name. Address. Party. 1. Hiram W. Johnson San Francisco Republican 2. Chester H. Rowell Fresno Republican 3. Meyer Lissner Los Angeles Republican 4. Francis J. Heney San Francisco Republican 5. William Kent Kentfield Republican 6. Mrs. Florence Collins Porter Los Angeles Republican 7. Marshall Stimson Los Angeles Republican 8. Charles S. Wheeler San Francisco Republican 9. Geo. C. Pardee Oakland Republican 10. Lee C. Gates Los Angeles Republican 11. Clinton L. White Sacramento Republican 12. John M. Eshleman El Centro Republican 13. C. H. Windham Long Beach Republican Decay of Diplomacy. Diplomacy is not a career which encourages the growth of a strong personality. The diplomatist is necessarily the tool of other men. Wandering from capital to capital, he is the mouthpiece of successive ministers, to whose divergent policies he must adapt himself with the good grace that leads to swift promotion. If he develops decided views of his own or allows himself to cultivate embarrassing sympathies he is apt to be marked as a dangerous and uncomfortable subordinate, for whom there will presently yawn some obscure and distant hole in a South American legation. The great ambassadors lived in the days when no telegraph had yet been invented to make bureaucracy omnipresent. It wants only some further perfection of the long distance telephone to abolish the diplomatist altogether.—London Athenaeum. Gems of Oratory. Here are some gems of oratory from the Austrian parliament: "I have already said all I wish to say and therefore willingly withdraw all I might still say." "I cannot longer keep silent without saying some words." "Locomotive engineers stand with one foot in crime and with the other gnaw the rags of hunger." "A funeral procession always has something mournful about it, especially when the decedent was a human being." "If I am a parliamentary deputy I am still human." Free Freight. Every railway carries more or less freight for its own use, and therefore without pay, and in some countries both freight and passengers are occasionally carried free on governmental or other account. As such gratuitous service does not increase the monetary receipts, it is ordinarily omitted from the companies' earnings. The term "revenue train miles per mile of line" indicates the train density of trains that have added to the earnings.—New York Times. A Critic Who Scored. "I like pointed criticism," said a theatrical man, "criticism such as I heard in the lobby of the theater the other night at the end of the day." A Critic Who Scored. "I like pointed criticism," said a theatrical man, "criticism such as I heard in the lobby of the theater the other night at the end of a play. "The critic was an old gentleman. His criticism, which was for his wife's ears alone, consisted of these words: "Well, you would come!"—Detroit Free Press. Just Like a Lady. Lola, aged five, had spent the afternoon at a neighbor's. "I hope you behaved like a lady." said her mother when she returned. "Sure I did," replied Lola. "Every time I yawned I put my hand over my mouth."—Chicago News. Positive Justice. Policeman—When long to rest the world had sunk I found this person roaring drunk. Prisoner—Denial, sir, I cannot plead; drunk I was—oh, blind indeed. Magistrate—To show how poorly drinking pays I'll send you up for thirty days. Three Letters. Bill—He's considerable of a letter writer. He wrote me three yesterday. Jill—Three, did you say? Bill—Yes; I. O. U.—Yonkers Statesman. Think of your own faults and probably you will talk less about the faults of others. Group Preferring Wilson for Presidential Nominee: Name. Address. Party. 1. A. Caminetti Jackson Democratic 2. James D. Phelan San Francisco Democratic 3. George S. Patton San Gabriel Democratic 4. Timothy Spellacy Los Angeles Democratic 5. W. E. Duncan Jr. Oroville Democratic 6. Mark L. McDonald Jr. Santa Rosa Democratic 7. M. C. Kerr Quincy Democratic 8. W. A. Dower San Andreas Democratic 9. C. E. McLaughlin Sacramento Democratic 10. George E. Catts Stockton Democratic 11. Edward R. Taylor San Francisco Democratic 12. Irving Ackerman San Francisco Democratic 13. Thomas E. Hayden San Francisco Democratic 14. Charles W. Fay San Francisco Democratic 15. W. B. Rinehart Oakland Democratic 16. J. Early Craig Oakland Democratic 17. George W. Cartwright Fresno Democratic 18. John K. Law Merced Democratic 19. Hiram A. Blanchard San Jose Democratic 20. B. F. Thomas Santa Barbara Democratic 21. Z. T. Malaby Pasadena Democratic 22. L. A. Handley Los Angeles Democratic 23. Charles Wellborn Los Angeles Democratic 24. Jeff P. Chandler Los Angeles Democratic 25. Albert Schoonover San Diego Democratic 26. George M. Cooley San Bernardino Democratic Group Preferring Clark for Presidential Nominee: Name Address Party. 1. Theodore A. Bell San Francisco Democratic 2. Albert M. Stephens Los Angeles Democratic 3. James V. Coleman San Francisco Democratic 4. Charles A. Barlow Bakersfield Democratic Thursday, April 18 REVENGE ECTION State subject to the Mary Election to be tuesday, the 14th day who is entitled to such Primary Election a designation of which such person is the party or printants, also the addvised persons: Of the State of New York Ohio Wisconsin New Jersey Missouri groups with Names Party. Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Precinct. Polling Place. Santa Ana No. 1 Czarske's Place Santa Ana No. 2 Lacy House Santa Ana No. 3 Harris House Santa Ana No. 4 Randall's Barn Santa Ana No. 5 Collar Factory Santa Ana No. 6 City Hall Santa Ana No. 7 Richelleu Hotel Santa Ana No. 8 Third Street School Santa Ana No. 9 Mrs. Baker's Barn Santa Ana No. 10 Tiede's Barn Buaro Mormon Church Garden Grove Woodman's Hall Bolsa School House Talbert School House Huntington Beach City Hall Los Alamitos School House Stanton City Hall Bay City Anaheim Landing Pavilion Westminster School House Wintersberg Bradbury's Store Anaheim No. 1 Fremont School Anaheim No. 2 Back's Hall Anaheim No. 3 Central School Party. Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Party. Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Handy With His Fists. Admiral Wilson of the British navy won his Victoria cross at the battle of El Teb in 1884. There was a gap in the square, and five or six of the enemy made a vicious rush forward, attempting to get inside. Captain Wilson, who was present with the naval brigade, advanced to meet them alone, but his sword broke in the endeavor to cut one of the intruders down. Hereupon the officer, instead of beating a hasty retreat, stood his ground and began bowling over the enemy with his fists. Either from the nature of the ground or, as the record puts it, "the surprising nature of his attack," Captain Wilson escaped with a few wounds and was rescued by the square clinging on him. Stefano UNCLE SAM AND THE BILL COLLECTOR In 1906 the Colorado river broke through its banks and inundated many thousands of acres of land in the Imperial valley of Southern California, threatened the expensive Laguna dam of the government and caused hundreds of families to become homeless. The rush of the waters was so great that quick action was urgent and the then president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, requested the Southern Pacific company to aid both the government and the stricken people in that territory. This Not Likely. Mrs. Morton (angrily)—Tommy Horton, what made you hit my little Johnny? Tommy Horton—He struck me with a brick. Mrs. Morton (angrily)—Well, never let me hear of your hitting him again. If he hits you you come and tell me. Tommy Horton (sneeringly)—Yes; and what would you do? Mrs. Morton—Why, I'd whip him. Tommy Horton (in disgust)—What! He hits me with a brick and you have the fun of licking him for it? Not much!—London Telegraph. Matched. Towne—Met Gabble and Perkins at a smoker last night and introduced them to each other. Browne—Oh, say, it's a shame to introduce a bore like Gabble to anybody. Towne—It's evident you don't know Perkins or you'd see the humor of it. The Proper Head. Husband (studying his wife's accounts)—There are several items you haven't entered here: Doing up the furniture, your hairdresser, dentist, trip to the sea, for instance. Wife—Oh, those all come under "repairs."—Fliegende Blatter. A Will and a Way. "Where there's a will there's a way," quoted the wise guy. "Yes," assented the simple mug; "there's generally a way out of it."—Philadelphia Record. In 1908 the Colorado River broke through its banks and inundated many thousands of acres of land in the Imperial valley of Southern California, threatened the expensive Laguna dam of the government and caused hundreds of families to become homeless. The rush of the waters was so great that quick action was urgent and the then president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, requested the Southern Pacific company to aid both the government and the stricken people in that territory. This the Southern Pacific company did. The work was accomplished swiftly and capably. The Southern Pacific expended $1,836,367 in stopping this rush of mad water. Ever since that time—six years ago—the claim of the railroad for reimbursement has been before the government. There is now before congress a bilpl, introduced by Representative Smith of California, calling for such reimbursement, less the sum of $552,693.03,and which the government engineer insists should be eliminated, that sum representing the difference between the commercial rate on the material hauled to the scene of the trouble and what is known as the rate charged for railroad material. No account is taken of the interest on this vast sum, which, up to and including February 29, 1912, amounted to $400,560. WANTED Orange, lemon or walnut grove, value not to exceed $12,000, in exchange for six-room bungalow, completely furnished, new piano, now leased for $40 monthly; situate in beat residence portion southwest, near in; value $6,000; one-half interest in paying business,$2,000; 12 room apartment house, paying 50 per cent on $1,000 valuation. Owders only. C. L. C., 1023 Santee St. Los Angeles, Cal.