anaheim-gazette 1914-08-13

AMERICA MAY BE WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD WAR IN EUROPE WILL DEVASTATE GREAT NATIONS AND DESTROY THEIR INDUSTRIES UNITED STATES WILL ALSO PROBABLY BE THE DOMINATING NAVAL POWER SHORTLY What effect the war now raging in Europe will have on the destinies of the United States is a question that the people of this country have begun to ask themselves, and to consider whether it means prosperity or hard times. The best authorities are of opinion that it means the opening up an era of prosperity such as America has never witnessed. With 25,000,000 men abandoning their occupations and tearing at each other's throats the industries of Europe will be paralyzed, and it will require many years after the cessation of hostilities for them to recuperate. This war will place the prosperity of the United States scores of years ahead of the schedule, and natural order of things, as it appeared thirty days ago, and this prosperity is coming towards us with such a rush that it will amount to a tidal wave within a year, and will be large enough to overwhom us within from thirty to ninety days. The first big sea engagements in all probability, will destroy so many ships that the United States will awake some morning to find herself the mistress of the seas instead of third or fourth in producing our own styles in dress, without sending to Paris for either the styles or the gowns. Likewise we will begin to manufacture all kinds of goods for women, such as high-grade hosiery, millinery, laces, etc. This in itself is a big item, a tremendous one, in fact, for Paris alone draws tens of millions of dollars each year for gowns worn in the United States. But the demand for our own goods in Europe at present, and the increased demand which will result from the closing down of the industries there, is only a part of the field that awaits us, for South America, largely dependent upon European countries for the goods imported, is at our doors, and with the opening of the canal must certainly become a large importer of goods made in the United States. For the reasons outlined briefly, I can see nothing but prosperity ahead for the nation, and for Southern California in particular. It is Europe's war, not America's. It is war of the destructive kind, and will be far-reaching in its effects. As a nation we have worked for peace, and as a nation we deplore the ravages of the present war, but we can not close our eyes to the duty which confronts us, and which points the way to a perfectly natural period of development and prosperity, like of which optimists have never heretofore dreamed. The United States therefore, is destined to become, not only the dominant military power, but the workshop of the world. ENGLISH COMPANY GETS GOOD WELLS Finished Three Oil Wells During the Month of July The St. Helens Petroleum Company has come decidedly to the front in this producing our own styles in dress, without sending to Paris for either the styles or the gowns. Likewise we will begin to manufacture all kinds of goods for women, such as high-grade hosiery, millinery, laces, etc. This in itself is a big item, a tremendous one, in fact, for Paris alone draws tens of millions of dollars each year for gowns worn in the United States. But the demand for our own goods in Europe at present, and the increased demand which will result from the closing down of the industries there, is only a part of the field that awaits us, for South America, largely dependent upon European countries for the goods imported, is at our doors, and with the opening of the canal must certainly become a large importer of goods made in the United States. For the reasons outlined briefly, I can see nothing but prosperity ahead for the nation, and for Southern California in particular. It is Europe's war, not America's. It is war of the destructive kind, and will be far-reaching in its effects. As a nation we have worked for peace, and as a nation we deplore the ravages of the present war, but we can not close our eyes to the duty which confronts us, and which points the way to a perfectly natural period of development and prosperity, like of which optimists have never heretofore dreamed. The United States therefore, is destined to become, not only the dominant military power, but the workshop of the world. INTERRUPT POINTS OFF PRES. WILSON WILL BE ELSE HIS IDEA AMERICAN SECRET BACK BY FORCE CLEVELAND In his recent editors, President moulders of public trust program is firing the interrogation on the slate business tuition of freedom go forward under Here are some that can be rubber balance sheet of Commerce show May the balance United States will total imports for 386. For May, 1723,713, an increase wood bill of $29,957; mestic exports in $157,406,572; a decrease compared with the Taking exports to the loss to our month of May,$63,526,901; as these figures take interrogation polls Our gold has of $53,000,000 in and for the first land administration The first big sea engagements in all probability, will destroy so many ships that the United States will awake some morning to find herself the mistress of the seas, instead of third or fourth in the order of naval strength, and as the building of warships requires years, it is safe to say her supremacy in this regard will never again be taken from her. If the world works towards universal peace, the United States will then be in an enviable position, and if the world works towards a continuation of war, no nation will be strong enough to defeat her. Today the countries which have been selling us between five hundred million and a billion dollars' worth of goods each year are at war, and under no circumstances will they be able to resume manufacturing for a long time to come, which means manufacturing in the United States will increase to an extent never before known, and the raw materials which have been shipped to Europe to be made into finished products and then resold to us will be turned out in our own factories, by our own employees. That stops will at once be taken to enlarge our merchant marine, to end that the paths through the seas of the world may be kept open to commerce, and shipping may be protected, seems assured, and when this is accomplished the way will be open for development work in the United States which will turn every acre of tillable land into a producing field, and result in a chain of factories, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, that will give employment to millions who now are idle. That Southern California will share to the fullest extent in this prosperity there can be no doubt. Indeed, our natural advantages, coupled with the opening of the Panama canal, should result in the building and operation of hundreds of factories within a short space of time. From the great southwest would come cotton, fruit, lumber, cattle, hogs, sheep and all kinds of metals, and the list of goods which could be manufactured here to advantage, under the new order of things, is almost unlimited. The wave of prosperity is headed this way, and will be ahead of the schedule, and natural order of things, as it appeared thirty days ago, and this prosperity is coming towards us with such a rush that it will amount to a tidal wave within a year, and will be large enough to overwhelm us within from thirty to ninety days. Finished Three Oil Wells During the Month of July The St. Helens Petroleum Company has come decidedly to the front in this field during the past month, having registered quite a degree of success in its operations. Three wells were finished by the company, one on its Anaheim Union water lease, which is now being pumped, and the other two, both producing, on the Anderson and Johnson leases respectively. No. 1, on the Johnson lease, is doing about 800 barrels daily, while the No. 1 Anderson well is good for about 400 barrels a day at present. The well on the Anaheim Union lease is producing about fifty barrels. The St. Helens Petroleum Company is under the same management as the Kern River Oil Fields Ltd., the work being carried on under the direction of a local committee, composed of R.W. Stephens, W. W. Orcutt and Charles Drader. The Olinda Land Company has been extending the scope of its operations somewhat. Preparations are being made to drill well No. 15 and No. 14 is under way. No. 12 ("wildcat") well has had a very favorable showing. Aside from the completions registered by the St. Helens, no other wells of importance were finished during July, except the Amalgamated Oil Company's No. 28. This well is good for about 200 barrels a day at present, although it will need some repairing before its full capacity can be determined. The company temporarily is pumping the well. The Union Oil Company is busily protecting its lines on the Graham and Loftus lease, in the vicinity of the Cal-Okla and other companies operations toward the east. The Union's holding is very extensive, and is proving one of the company's best properties in the state. ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM The electrical control system to operate the Panama canal is said to be the most advanced method ever attempted in the field of transportation. The specifications for the entire generation, lock control and distribution of elec- natural advantages, coupled with the opening of the Panama canal, should result in the building and operation of hundreds of factories within a short space of time. From the great southwest would come cotton, fruit, lumber, cattle, hogs, sheep and all kinds of metals, and the list of goods which could be manufactured here to advantage, under the new order of things, is almost unlimited. The wave of prosperity is headed this way, and will be upon us before we realize it. The total imports for one year, 1913, was $625,155,795, and this represents only a portion of the gold which we send to Europe annually for manufactured goods. With war devastating the industries of all of these countries, the United States must, and will, start more factory wheels and begin to manufacture all lines of goods needed on a larger scale than ever before. In doing so we are not taking advantage of any nation, but rather are we brought to a realization that circumstances over-which we have no control have placed in our hands the greatest opportunity the United States has ever enjoyed. Each year we have been sending millions and millions of dollars' worth of cotton to other countries, there to be made into clothing and shipped back to us as finished products, which now should be, and without a doubt will be, handled at home. In 1912 we exported 9,199,093 bales of domestic cotton, each bale containing 500 pounds, and a large per cent of this was repurchased by dealers of the United States, and subsequently by our citizens, in finished products. This amount of cotton represented a fraction more than 64 per cent of our crop for the year. It is reasonable to suppose that with business at a standstill in Paris, for instance, and no goods being shipped here, we will soon face the problem of ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM The electrical control system to operate the Panama canal is said to be the most advanced method ever attempted in the field of transportation. The specifications for the entire generation, lock control, and distribution of electricity, have decided advantages over hydraulic or air systems. Leading engineers from many parts of the world continue to arrive at the canal with a view to learning the details of the system while the work of preparation is going on. It is expected that the surplus water of Gatun lake will ultimately supply the electrical energy for the entire canal zone. Electricity generated at the Gatun power-house will be distributed for the operation of the three big locks for the permanent machine shops, to the dry docks, to the coal-heating plants, and various other auxiliaries. It will also be utilized to light the locks and the villages of the canal zone. As fuel is scarce and consequently costly, it is also expected that electricity will be used on an extensive scale in the homes, especially for cooking purposes. The electrification of the Panama railroad is likewise under consideration. STOLE THEIR CLOTHES The vacation of the Misses Roberts, daughters of V. W. Roberts of Orange, ended with the theft of their clothes, not those they were wearing, but those they had in a suit case. On arriving home from Catalina they left a suit case on the porch for a few minutes. It was stolen. In it were two party dresses, three skirts, a bathrobe, a kimona, shoes and tennis slippers. Congress should cause the people have a right to e-tween sessions if reasonably certain is likely to be w tradues are being obliged co tween a shiver nor nobody knows de is at sunset on a likely to be tomor after nearly a ye oous work under sure of a legislat ally surcharged w rest in every sphere ranging from wa cations abroad t at home, member no state of min work with judicial vision. And th ey try are entitled m made by men th think consistent for a while. Under the ben dent Wilson's "N iana Democrats did sugar industry to get one of the to care for their Gulf region trade assay office take There appears ne for New Orleans to petition a Den the return of the of Ben Butler to run over. When any set o President Wilson INTERRIGATION POINTS WIPED OFF SLATE PRES. WILSON THINKS. THEY WILL BE ELIMINATED WHEN HIS IDEAS ARE LAWS AMERICAN SECURITIES DUMPED BACK BY FOREIGNERS RECALL CLEVELAND DAYS In his recent address to the Virginia editors, President Wilson said to those moulders of public opinion, "when our trust program is finished, it is finished; the interrogation points are rubbed off the slate, business is given its constitution of freedom and is forbidden to go forward under that constitution." Here are some interrogation points that can be rubbed off right now: The balance sheet of the Department of Commerce shows that for April and May the balance of trade against the United States was $127,543,750. The total imports for May were $163,637,386. For May, 1915, they were $133,723,713, an increase under the Underwood bill of $29,913,673. The total domestic exports in May, 1914, were $157,406,572, a decrease of $33,649,228 compared with the month of May, 1913. Taking exports and imports together the loss to our commerce for the month of May, this year, amount to $63,626,901, as compared with 1913. These figures take whole bunches of interrogation points off the slate. Our gold has left us to the extent of $53,000,000 in less than sixty days, and for the first time since the Cleveland administrations, our foreign creditors that they have a right to express their views about their own business to the people they have chosen to do their governmental business for them, they are forthwith denounced as an "insidious lobby." The "consent of the governed" apparently is not recognized in the "New Freedom." All who are concerned in the high cost of living will be interested in the results of an inquiry which Congressman Charles H. Sloan of Nebraska, a member of the Ways and Means committee, has just given out. Mr. Sloan compiled the imports of twenty-seven leading agricultural products. He found that in the first eight months under the Underwood (Democratic) tariff law importations of these twenty-seven agricultural products showed a collective increase of 149 per cent. One of the greatest increases was in meat products, which were 1527 per cent greater than in the corresponding period of the year before the Republican tariff law was repealed, for the first eight months under the Underwood tariff law as compared with the corresponding period one year preceding together with their respective percentages of increase. Pet. Cattle ... 113 Horses ... 300 Sheep ... 1578 Animals, other (including live poultry) ... 234 Bread and Biscuits ... 70 Corn ... 3908 Oats ... 29612 Wheat ... 327 Hay ... 32 Beef and veal, mutton and lamb, pork, prepared and preserved meats, bacon and ham, all other meats ... 1527 Sausage and bologna ... 3 Sausage Casings ... 19 Milk and cream, fresh and condensed ... 107 Butter and substitutes ... 703 BUSINESS CARDS J. W. TRUXAW, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours 11 to 12 A.M.; 3 to 4 P.M.; 7 to 8 P.M. Suite 1-2-3 Nagel Building Corner Center and Claudina Streets ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Office Phone | Residence 121 Kroeger 341-J Home Phone 2093 NIGHT CALLS FROM RESIDENCE F. C. SPENCER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Notary Public Odd Follows' Block, Center Street Anaheim, Cal. J. JANSS, M. D. Physician & Surgeon 523 W. Center St., Anaheim Office Hours, 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P.M. Both Phones Carl Simmons Ben Baxter Sunset Phone 225R4 Sunset 175R1 SIMMONS & BAXTER Contractors Cement Pipe Concrete Work Gravel for Sale Anaheim, Cal. Main yards 3 miles east of Anaheim, R. D. No. 3. WE SELL Monarch Window Screens In the House of Representatives the Republicans have been conducting a long fight against the secret caucuses by which the Democrats have bound their members to united action on all big legislation, thus placing individual Congressmen, who might otherwise display a little brain matter, under the ating of the party whip. The Republicans have discussed all legislative matters in open conferences, and the public has been invited to be present. The Democritas have framed their bills in secret committee sessions, smothering out all opposition in their party in secret caucus, shutting off all debate by the gag rule, and passed the bills through the lower branch of Congress just as they have been sent over from the White House. The hot days, national championship baseball, and trouble at home has cut the daily attendance in the House of Representatives down to a point where there is a struggle every day to secure a quorum for the transaction of the people's business. Two-thirds of the absentees are Democrats, most of whom are back home preparing for the fierce fight which they know they will have to face this fall. There are 435 members of the House of Representatives. It takes 218 to make a quorum. Republican members have been standing loyally to their official duties. If it were not for that fact, it would have been impossible to transact the people's business in the lower house of Congress. The Democrats have furnished four-fifths of the chronic and continued absentees. Congress should now adjourn because the people of the United States have a right to enjoy a little time between sessions in which they can be reasonably certain what the law is and is likely to be while their business trades are being negotiated, instead of being obliged constantly to halt... Congress should now adjourn because the people of the United States have a right to enjoy a little time between sessions in which they can be reasonably certain what the law is and is likely to be while their business trades are being negotiated, instead of being obliged constantly to halt between a shiver and a sweat because nobody knows definitely what any law is at sunset on any day or what it is likely to be tomorrow. More than that, after nearly a year and a half of strenuous work under the tremendous pressure of a legislatvie atmosphere literally surcharged with upheaval and unrest in every sphere of human interest ranging from war threatening complications abroad to "insidious lobbies" at home, members of Congress are in no state of mind to continue their work with judicial poise and clarity of vision. And the people of this country are entitled to have their laws made by men that are physically fit to think consistently in a straight line for a while. Under the beneficent sway of President Wilson's "New Freedom," Louisiana Democrats have had their splendid sugar industry ruined, have failed to get one of the Federal reserve banks to care for their great and growing Gulf region trade and have had their assay office taken away from them. There appears now to be nothing left for New Orleans and its neighbors but to petition a Democratic president for the return of the benovelent despotism of Ben Butler to make their cup of joy run over. When any set of men try to persuade President Wilson or the members of A veritable tent city resembling, from outward appearances, any of those that have sprung up around many of the European cities involved in the war was awaiting the veterans. Only the accommodations will surpass anything ever seen on a battlefield. The equipment includes electric lights, matting, a bed with springs and mattress, waslistand with bowl and pitcher, towels, soap, mirror, gargabe can, broom, chairs and laundry of tent linen. Here the veterans will live over again in tales of valor and suffering told around the camp fires the days when they fought for "Old Glory." Many of the ladies' auxiliaries are planning to attend. Friends and relatives of the veterans are invited to stay through the encampment. A special program of unusual interest has been outlined for each day. Memorial services will be held Sunday. "FIRST FRUITS" Among the "first fruits" of the building of the big canal is the announcement of the International Mercantile Company, one of the largest of the world's steamship concerns, that early in 1915 a new line of steamships, to be called the Panama-Pacific Line, will be established between New York and the Pacific Coast, Oakland to be its western terminal. Four steamships will be put on at first, with an increase in the number as soon as the passenger and freight business warrants it. Each vessel will be of 22,000 tons displacement, being 580 feet. In length and with a 60-foot beam. The steamships will be first-class passenger and freight boats, capable of carrying many hundreds of passengers. Special provision will be made for carrying automobiles as excess baggage. 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