anaheim-gazette 1915-11-25

The Weekly Gazette. ESTABLISHED 1870 Henry Kuchel, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR...$1.50 SIX MONTHS ...$1.00 THREE MONTHS ...$ .50 Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter. ANSWER SECRETARY REDFIELD Julius Kruttschnitt, president Pacific Mall Steamship company, which recently sold its ships on the Pacific and gave up, not only its service from New York to Pacific Coast points via the Panama Canal, but also its service from Central American states to San Francisco, and its Trans-Pacific line, denies that the passage of the Panama canal act forced the sale of the Pacific Mall ships, and in a letter to Secretary Redfield charges flatly that the passage of the Seaman's bill alone was responsible for the giving up of the coast trade and the Oriental business. Kruttschnitt makes it plain in his letter that the Panama Canal Act, while it would have driven Pacific Mall out of the New York-San Francisco service, had nothing to do with the abolishment of the other two lines. Mr. Kruttschnitt states that he wrote President Wilson on July 6, 1914, that the Seamen's act would result in the withdrawal of the Trans-Pacific ships. He states that the language clause in the Seaman's act was only one of several unreasonable and onerous provisions, and that after conference with the shareholders of the company he sold the ships. Mr. Kruttschnitt declines to accept the dinner table testimony submitted by Mr. Redfield to the effect that Mr. R. P. Schwerin had stated that the Pacific Mall would go out this is gratifying to us the satisfaction should certainly be mutual. South America imports have run along old traditional grooves, with the longest hauls more than offset by the best facilities of transportation, by custom and closer acquaintanceship. Our citizens bound for Rio Janerio of Buenos Ayres have often crossed to a European port in order to get the best start. Now that more direct relations are in course of development it is well to study the means by which these can be promoted. The best aids will be fair dealing, good faith, sound quality in articles sold, promptness and vigilant enterprise. South American nature is not different from other human nature. It is needless to go into the subtleties of usage and race. A fair deal, genuine merchandise and honest workmanship are a winning combination, and nothing can lessen their importance. South America is a vast region of almost primitive fertility and rich resources. By a happy circumstance its main products are complimentary to ours. Our leadership in manufacturing should be appreciated in countries that are first in selling coffee, rubber and other tropical articles of commerce. And this trade should clearly be conducted without calling in Europe as middleman. Our trade relations with South America were never more promising than now, and they should receive steady, sensible attention. REPUBLICAN AID NECESSARY The first conspicuous volunteer to report to Mr. Bryan's camp for the fight on the president's proposals for preparedness is Congressman Kitchin of North Carolina. Mr. Kitchen is the ranking member of the House committee on ways and means. He will be chairman of that committee in the next congress and as should be permitted programe should be. Wilson has been imitations arising from re Now, if he is since republicans on partisan basis. Other face defeat in congregatedness and de for himself. WITH THE FO The historically lary of gold in California January, 1848, at Junction South Fork of Annapolis Coloma, a point only southeast of the town From 1850 to 1853 there was derived from the largest annual output was more than $655 There was some reason to previous wild spice production of about chiefly from placer trained up to 1861. At first the gold from the grayels streams. Those who station of the rich bay Yuba, Feather and and some of the snail heart of the golden times from $1,000 to 1848 $500 to $700 a usual luck; but, on income of the miners was far less who seriously devoted trade or even to co The gold pan, thom," the sluice, or "giant," or "monitor order of increasing tools successively used Into the rocker and miner shoveled grounging the machine water and catching with the aid of quick 1914, that the Seamen's act would result in the withdrawal of the Trans-Pacific ships. He states that the language clause in the Seaman's act was only one of several unreasonable and uneven provisions, and that after conference with the shareholders of the company he sold the ships. Mr. Kruttschnitt declines to accept the dinner table testimony submitted by Mr. Redfield to the effect that Mr. R. P. Schwerin had stated that the Pacific Mail would go out of business because of the Panama canal act, as Mr. Schwerin's statement quoted by Secretary Redfeld, in itself shows that Mr. Schwerin had in mind the Panama canal line alone. The president of the Pacific Mail further states that the Trans-Pacific business had become profitable during the last year under changed conditions and it would not have been abandoned after having been kept up during the por years; except there was a compelling reason—the Seaman's act. Mr. Kruttschnitt asks how it happens that Robert Dollar and J. J. Hill have withdrawn their ships and have given as reasons the Seaman's Act, when they had no boats operating through the Panama canal and could not have been affected thereby. Then Mr. Kruttschnitt goes after Secretary Redfield because of the latter's complaint that the Pacific Mall did not wait to see how Secretary Redfield would construe the noxious provisions of the law. He states that the law speaks for itself, but beyond that, testimony showed that it was the intention to rid American boats of allen seamen. Senator Burton saw that the adoption of the provisions would drive our vessels out of the Trans-Pacific trade and said so. Mr. Kruttschnitt remarks that Secretary Redfield has no power to change the law or to control the actions of members of the Seamen's Union and remarks that it is very easy after lines have gone out of business to give instructions which have apparent affect upon the law but which are of no moment one way or another, because there is nothing left to apply them to. Mr. Kruttschnitt winds up by expressing his satisfaction that Mr. Redfield is pleased to know that the stockholders of the company profited by the sale of the ships, but remarks that the only reason they were able REPUBLICAN AID NECESSARY The first conspicuous volunteer to report to Mr. Bryan's camp for the fight on the president's proposals for preparedness is Congressman Kitchin of North Carolina. Mr. Kitchen is the ranking member of the House committee on ways and means. He will be chairman of that committee in the next congress and as such will succeed Mr. Underwood as floor leader of the democrats. He has never been an ultra-enthusiastic supporter of the president's policies. He was one of the nineteen democratic representatives who voted against the ship-purchase bill; and his relations with the little coterie of cabinet officers who have assumed to speak for the administration have never been unduly intimate. His brother, ex-Governor Kitchen, wants to be Senator from North Carolina in succession to Senator Simmons, but the White House favors Simmons—and this does not contribute greatly to Congressman Kitchen's zeal for Wilsonism. In addition, Mr. Kitchen will have to father the revenue bills which will pay for preparedness. He is radical in his views of protection; he is in fact, about as close to a free-trader as we have in public life. And he is by no means enamored of the talk favorable to a continuance of the duty on sugar. Naturally, too, he dislikes to have his name linked up with a measure providing for an issue of bonds. Yet he sees these necessities staring him in the face and inevitable if any considerable measure of preparedness is adopted. Consequently by conviction, through political alignment, and because of personal pride of opinion, Mr. Kitchen's opposition to enlarged expenditures for defense is logical and natural. His refusal to join the president is a serious matter. Both Mr. Kitchen and the administration will seek to soften the force of the blow by declaring that the North Carolinian is acting on his individual responsibility and not as the democratic leader of the House. This may be true; but it is intimated that the president must go weakened indeed before congress if he cannot carry his floor leader with him on a policy which has such nation-wide support as preparedness has. This, in fact, is the case. The pres- The gold pan, the "tom," the sluice, a "giant," or "monitor" order of increasing tools successively used into the rocker and miner shovelled giving rocking on machine water and catching with the aid of quick set across the bottom Sometimes a stream a flume to lay bare bed so that the mine In sluicing, the gravel into a similar but through which a strang allowed to run. That was employed to waste set sluices immense gravel, especially f (Tertiary) deposits, was too lean to work Water was brought fit ditches and flumes erra and conducted to a nozzle, from wjected with tremendous gravel. It was of refuse washed into these hydraulics brought about by mining and agriculture finally decided in favor Of late years the geo quartz veins in Ca-ceeded that won by Mr. Kruttschnitt winds up by expressing his satisfaction that Mr. Redfield is pleased to know that the stockholders of the company profited by the sale of the ships, but remarks that the only reason they were able to get out whole was due to the accident of the war, and that the abandonment of commerce on the Pacific ocean to foreign owned lines was not accompanied by disastrous financial loss to American corporations and their stockholders, is due entirely to causes far beyond the control of the benign powers that guide the destinies of these United States. Kruttschnitt's letter was issued in reply to a statement made public by Secretary Redfield in defense of the Seaman's act. TRADING WITH SOUTH AMERICA As might be supposed, our business transactions with the people of South America are growing fast. Trade expands naturally along the lines of least resistance, and swiftly when these lines are practically the only ones fully open. Our commerce with South American countries doubled in September. In imports the showing for the month was $30,000,000, exports $16,000,000, in both cases a gain of 100 per cent for the month named. The people of the United States are excellent customers of the Americans to the south. We have held this position so long that it may be called a matter of permanence. As our sales to these neighbors increase our purchases from them increase in like degree, and if Both Mr. Kitchen and the administration will seek to soften the force of the blow by declaring that the North Carolinian is acting on his individual responsibility and not as the democratic leader of the House. This may be true; but it is intimated that the president must go weakened indeed before congress if he cannot carry his floor leader with him on a policy which has such nation-wide support as preparedness has. This, in fact, is the case. The president will not dominate the situation this winter as he has hitherto done. In 1914 the democrats in congress were all candidates for reelection, while the president had two clear years ahead of him. The representatives then needed him, while he was measurably independent of them. Now they are all in the same boat together. They are all trying to hold their places. The president must play the game of congressmen instead of asking congressmen to play his game only. So far as the defense program is concerned, nothing can be done by the president and his party alone. Republican votes will be necessary. Republican votes will be supplied, but it is most unlikely that they will be forthcoming merely to ratify a plan which has been devised by the president and his democratic political counsellors. Mr. Kitchen, for instance, objects especially to the naval side of the president's plan. It is probable that republicans also will object to it. Mr. Kitchen objects because he is a consistent little navy advocate. Republicans will object because the plan, as now outlined, lacks the support on the naval experts whose opinion is entitled to the greatest consideration. In short, if the defense program must be put through by republican votes, it is only fair that republicans in the fact of the fact from the unpreceded our foodstuffs, and for our manufacturing in making arms and words, prosperity will war lasts, in spite of caps. When the war have new conditions. When one reflects all of our prosperity rectly to a war of unrest and which is robbing flower of her male bringing sorrow and hands of households, it for America to boast now, is as unbecoming of an undertaker over disaster which broubles mill. It is to be regretted report as rapid and general business conficit, as upon the Attic. It is possible that arles indulged in, during past throughout tha states, have had a deal upon business, which come. When the people have enough financially, doubt drop legislation tard, rather than end. If much rakers, as formers will take a business a chance, themselves more protection is kept up. Mrs. A. M. Willett, who were Mrs. C. L. Meacham home in Los Angeles anled by Mr. and Mr. Expert plano tunim should be permitted to say what the programme should be. Heretofore, Mr. Wilson has been impatient of suggestions arising from republican sources. Now, if he is sincere, he must deal with republicans on a patriotic, not a partisan basis. Otherwise, he must face defeat in congress for national preparedness and defeat at the polls for himself. WITH THE FORTY-NINERS The historically important discovery of gold in California was made in January, 1848, at John Sutter's mill on South Fork of American river near Coloma, a point only 10 or 15 miles southeast of the town of Auburn. From 1850 to 1853 the greatest yield was derived from the gravels, and the largest annual output for this period was more than $65,000,000, in 1852. There was some reaction in 1854, due to previous wild speculation, but a production of about $50,000,000 a year chiefly from placer mines, was maintained up to 1861. At first the gold was won chiefly from the gravels along the present streams. Those who first got possession of the rich bars on American, Yuba, Feather and Stanislaus rivers and some of the smaller streams in the heart of the gold region made at times from $1,000 to $5,000 a day. In 1848 $500 to $700 a day was not unusual luck; but, on the other hand the income of the great majority of miners was far less than that of men who seriously devoted themselves to trade or even to common labor. The gold pan, the "rocker," the "tom," the sluice, and the hydraulic "giant," or "monitor," named in the order of increasing efficiency, were the tools successively used by the miners. Into the rocker and the tom the miner shoveled gravel or "dirt," rocking the machine as he poured in water and catching the gold, often with the aid of quicksilver, on riffles PERSONAL MENTION John Huhn was a business visitor in town a day on two ago. James Forbes of Placentia was a business visitor in town a few days ago. Mrs. Allan Melrose and baby of Los Angeles are guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. Melrose and family. Mesdames J. B. and H. A. Neff left Saturday for San Francisco to attend the exposition. Misses Theresa Rasmuller and Elso Hinz left Saturday for their homes in the east after visiting friends here. C. E. Holcomb of the First National bank, was in Los Angeles transacting business Tuesday. H. M. Adams was attending the birthday anniversary of his father, P. T. Adams, at Tustin Friday. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Pearson and Harry Pearson and wife were attending the exposition at San Diego last week. John Hartung has now fully recovered from his recent indisposition, and is again enjoying his aforetime robust health. Prof. A. C. Hargrave of the high school, and W. O. Broody of Stanton have each purchased a Saxon Six of Frank Luce. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Barnes, who have been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Quarton, returned Friday to their home at Beaumont. Lyle Barmen started for Minnesota Friday where he will join his wife who has been visiting her parents in that The gold pan, the "rocker," the "tom," the sluice, and the hydraulic "glant," or "monitor," named in the order of increasing efficiency, were the tools successively used by the miners. Into the rocker and the tom the miner shoveled gravel or "dirt," rocking the machine as he poured in water and catching the gold, often with the aid of quicksilver, on riffles set across the bottom of his box. Sometimes a stream was diverted into a flume to lay bare the gravel in its bed so that the miner could get at it. In sluicing, the gravel was shoveled into a similar but much longer box through which a stream of water was allowed to run. The hydraulic giant was employed to wash into long riffle-set sluices immense quantities of gravel, especially from the higher (Tertlary) deposits, much of which was too lean to work out by hand. Water was brought for many miles in ditches and flumes from the high Sierra and conducted under great head to a nozzle, from which it was projected with tremendous force against the gravel. It was the vast quantity of refuse washed into the streams by these hydraulic operations that brought about the conflict between mining and agricultural interests, finally decided in favor of the farmers. Of late years the gold obtained from quartz veins in California has exceeded that won by placer mining. BETTER TIMES AHEAD In view of the immensity of our export trade, and the vast accumulation of gold in America, coupled with the abundant crops now being harvested, it is simply impossible for conditions not to improve. All the mistakes of the government, the reduction of the tariff, the increased expenses of administrating the affairs of the nation, will amount to nothing in the end, in the fact of the activities arising from the unprecedented demand for our foodstuffs, and for the output of our manufacturing concerns engaged in making arms and munitions of war and general army supplies. In other words, prosperity will come while the war lasts, in spite of legislative handicaps. When the war ends we will have new conditions to meet. When one reflects upon the fact that all of our prosperity is traceable directly to a war of unheard of ferocity, Prof. A. C. Hargrave of the high school, and W. O. Broody of Stanton have each purchased a Saxon Six of Frank Luce. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Barnes, who have been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Quarton, returned Friday to their home at Beaumont. Lyle Barmes started for Minnesota Friday where he will join his wife who has been visiting her parents in that state. Mrs. M. G. Anlauf, Mrs. Lee Dickenson and Miss Marie Nelson were visiting in Los Angeles Friday. Mrs. Ida Spaulding who has been seriously ill at the Anaheim sanitarium for several weeks, is now at her home entirely recovered. Mrs. Eva Findley, who has been visiting at the home of her brother, J. W. Duckworth, left Friday for her home at Hutchinson, Kansas. George Ziegler and Charles Dussourt have returned from a pleasant visit in San Francisco, where they viewed the sights at the exposition. George Hickerson and family of Los Angeles arrived yesterday evening for a Thanksgiving visit with his mother, Mrs. Julia A. Hickerson of Adele street. The Misses Ana Puckert and Ella Nickols of Los Angeles spent a couple of days last week at the home of the former's parents. A party was given in their honor at Newport Beach which was greatly enjoyed by all present. F. S. Luce of the Orange County Service station, is overhauling the pumps of the municipal power plant. Mr. Luce has one of the best equipped machine shops in the Southland, and is able to handle big work. Mr. and Mrs. William K. Humbert, of Phoenix, arrived in town on Tuesday afternoon from San Diego, and departed last evening for their home in Arizona. They have been on the coast several weeks, visiting both expositions and touring the intervening country in automobile. A. L. Schultz and family of Madison, South Dakota, came in Sunday and will make their home in Anaheim. They visited this city while attending HIGH SGHOOL PICKUPS By Irma Steadman Last week an interclass debate was held in the auditorium between the "Scrubs" and second semester Freshies. The question was, Resolved, that the anti-allen land law of California should be repealed. The affirmative was upheld by the second semester Scrubs and was represented in the most able manner by Irma Mills and Stanley Falkenstein. The Freshies supported the negative and were represented by Arthur Bradley and Harry Slems. It was a good debate all the way through, for the speakers on both sides proved they had a thorough knowledge of the subject. The arguments on both sides were so good that there was little to choose between the two sides. Both sections did themselves credit in showing school spirit. In the opinion of the judges the Freshies had the best by a two to one decision. The seniors are making plans for a trip to Mt. Wilson after the Christmas holidays. A splendid basket ball game was In the fact of the activities arising from the unprecedented demand for our foodstuffs, and for the outpup of our manufacturing concerns engaged in making arms and munitions of war and general army supplies. In other words, prosperity will come while the war lasts, in spite of legislative handicaps. When the war ends we will have new conditions to meet. When one reflects upon the fact that all of our prosperity is traceable directly to a war of unheard of ferocity, and which is robbing Europe of the flower of her male population and bringing sorrow and despair to thousands of households, it would seem that America to boast of her prosperity now, is as unbecoming as the gloating of an undertaker over some immense disaster which brought grist to his mill. It is to be regretted that we cannot report as rapid an improvement in general business conditions on the Pacific, as upon the Atlantic coast. It is possible that the political vagaries indulged in, during several years past, throughout the Pacific Coast states, have had a detrimental effect upon business, which is hard to overcome. When the people have been hit hard enough financially, they will without doubt drop legislation tending to retard, rather than encourage business. If muck rakers, agitators and reformers will take a back seat and give business a chance, things will right themselves more promptly than if agitation is kept up. Mrs. A. M. Willett and Miss Fay Willett, who were visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Meacham returned to their home in Los Angeles Friday, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Mecham. Expert piano tuning, F. W. Schmidt. Summary Report of the First National Bank to Comptroller of the Currency, Nov. 10, 1915: RESOURCES Discounts $329,502.49 Bonds at par 50,000.00 Custody and other bonds 34,100.00 Furniture and Fund with U. S. R 2,500.00 LIABILITIES Capital Stock paid in $50,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 67,793.91 Circulation 48,895.00 Deposits . . 418,004.84 Total Sight Exge . . 134,191.26 $584,693.75 $584,693.75 Interest Paid on Time Deposits American Savings Bank at the close of business Nov. 10, 1915. (Owned by the stockholders of the First National Bank) RESOURCES LIABILITIES American Savings Bank at the close of business Nov. 10, 1915. (Owned by the stockholders of the First National Bank) RESOURCES Discounts $165,187.50 and Fixtures 900.00 Sight Exchange 27,265.21 LIABILITIES Capital Stock $25,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 9,683.22 Deposits 158,669.49 $193,352.71 $193,352.71 and Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $152,477.13 and Cash and Sight Exchange 161,456.47 and Deposits 576,674.33 and Resources 778,046.46 OOL PICKUPS Steadman NOTES OF THE OIL FIELDS L. Vander Leck of the Murphy-Standard lease left Tuesday for Santa Maria. Tommy Dain of the Murphy-Standard, left for Oklahoma on Tuesday for a visit. The Valencia least on Valencia avenue has reopened and is now employing five men and expect to put on a larger force in the near future. WHY BUSINESS IS NOW RUNNING ON A FLAT TIRE" The Manufacturers' Association of San Diego has prepared for the information of the general public an interesting and valuable statement in regard to general business conditions. It says, in the first place, that as the months go by and seasons pass without the general awakening in business long promised by the national administration; as the country accumulates gold in an amount which it never before dared dream of, the question naturally presents itself, why have we had this complete paralysis of American and the resultant unemployment of a large army of skilled laborers. Fourth, the passage in 1913 of our present tariff laws, which reduced our government revenues while allowing importations of foreign made goods in competition with our manufacturing industries and which again resulted in the unemployment of a large army of skilled laborers. Fifth, the destruction of the last remnant of the merchant marine of the nation by the passage of the seamen's bill. Sixth, the constantly increasing exations of labor, whereby the cost of everything grown or manufactured in America is largely increased. Seventh, extravagance on the part of the public officials of the nation, national, state and local, in administering the affairs of the country, whereby we are incurring public debts, to bear the burden whereof will make the individuals of future generations hump-backed and bow-legged. Eighth, the practice of the government, national, state and local, to enter into competition with the private citizen in business ventures, whereby the pioneer spirit which endured hardships and developed America has been San Diego has prepared for the information of the general public an interesting and valuable statement in regard to general business conditions. It says, in the first place, that as the months go by and seasons pass without the general awakening in business long promised by the national administration; as the country accumulates gold in an amount which it never before dared dream of, the question naturally presents itself, why have we had this complete paralysis of American commercial activity? "Why are the great masses of a nation which is rolling in wealth not purchasing freely in our home markets; and, in other words, why does business continue dull or move in fits and jerks, running nine-tenths of the time on a flat tire." In answer to this query the association submits the following statement of facts: First, the initiative of the business man has been destroyed by long continued assaults by the press, politicians and public officials upon his methods of doing business, his honesty and integrity, that is to say; we are now feeling the full effects of ten years of muckraking which finally led to destructive legislative action. Second, government interference with business, government persecution and prosecution of business men, government regulation of all lines of commercial activity, the uncertainties of the Sherman law, and the threats of the Clayton act, have created an air of insecurity which prevents the average man from risking part of his capital in new ventures. Third, the continued regulation of railroad earnings by the interstate commerce commission and the various state railroad commissions, until the roads are not left with sufficient revenue to meet fixed charges much less make extensions and improvements, of the public officials of the nation, national, state and local, in administering the affairs of the country, whereby we are incurring public debts, to bear the burden whereof will make the individuals of future generations hump-backed and bow-legged. Eighth, the practice of the government, national, state and local, to enter into competition with the private citizen in business ventures, whereby the pioneer spirit which endured hardships and developed America has been killed. Ninth, paternalism of government whereby we are creating a race of mendicants and incompetents. (Depositing $30,000,000 of treasury funds without interest for the benefit of the southern cotton growers is an example of paternalism.) Tenth the gradual evolution of the government itself into a mob democracy, notwithstanding the teachings of history which plainly show that such a form of government has invariably led to the destruction of the people who adopted it. The adoption of a system of taxation, no longer equal and uniform, whereby the thrifty are being robbed to support an idle and vicious element which brazenly preaches the doctrine that the government owes it a living. The association says the remedy for the evils here pointed out lies with the people themselves. The spoilage will go on until the property holders and the business men take an interest—not a passive interest but an active, aggressive interest in politics. To get in and support the organizations that are busying themselves with politics, for politics is business and politics is government and it is either good government or bad government according to whether we have a good quality of people who take part in the government and who dominate and rule it.