anaheim-gazette 1918-11-14

HE'S MAN BEHIND THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN Importance of Farmers' Efforts to Nation in War Stated by Secretary of Agriculture The man behind the plow, Department of Agriculture officials believe, is the man behind the man behind the gun, and the idea has been embodied in a striking poster that is soon to be used throughout the country in hammering home the importance of the American farmer's big war job. Edward Penfield, poster artist of New York, painted the picture, which shows a plowman working in the furrows to produce food for the men in the trenches. Against a sunlit background are seen the silhouetted figures of soldiers in battle. Food production problems are described as growing more acute with the progress of the war, the increasing demands for food, the calling of more men to the army, and other results of America straining every nerve toward one objective. But Department of Agriculture officials are assured in every mail and from every section of the country that the farmers are not going to fail in their war task. Farmers have gone over the top for the period of the war. The new poster is intended to impress upon people of the cities and towns the great importance of accommodating agriculture in its requirements of labor, finance and marketing. The importance of the farmer in the organization of American resources to win the war was expressed by the Secretary of Agriculture in his recent appeal "to the patriots on the farms" to go "over the top" this fall for a great harvest of wheat in 1919. In this appeal the Secretary said: "You have occupied and do occupy commercial and patriotic organizations interested in aiding in this work are requested to send their names and addresses to the National eHdaquarters of the American Defense Society, 44 East 23rd Street, New York City. BIGGER ORANGE CROPS FOR THE SOUTHLAND Good news for the orange growers in Los Angeles, Riverside and Orange counties comes after careful inspection of the past few days by agents and brokers from this and other cities. It is the general opinion of these gentlemen that the figures of the government, of a 56 per cent of Navels and of an 82 per cent of Valencias, for California, does not do justice to the three counties referred to. For the crop is going to be much larger than the government figures state. In Riverside county, at least, it is alleged, many groves show more than a 10 per cent increase over the government estimate. If frost or bad weather does not work damage, a few groves may do better than the revised estimates. In fact, some of the growers believe they will have the largest crops in many years. The fruit is firm, of the best color, free from blemish and weighs out splendidly. In some sections of that district a pest has caused damage, but there has been no general loss from this cause. One of the best-posted men in the orange game in this vicinity is Mr. William P. Pann, who has just finished a three-weeks' course of investigation. He is more than pleased with the prospects. He is quite sure the government has underestimated the yield. The experienced growers whom he visited and conversed with agree with him on this point. They do not pre- WHY LABOR FAVOR LEAGUE Mr. Henderson Bellevue tions May Create Co standing in Mr. Arthur Henderson the Labor Party, of cently written a pamphlet views of organization question of a League. "Four years of war precedented scale," writes, "cannot have a passionate desire for multitudes of people whose lives have been present tragedy, she only one issue worth fices and sufferings ed; no settlement can final which does not promise that henceforth shall be no more. "In the stress of flict," Mr. Henderson common will for peace in support of the ideals; and the very merely made for war most potent argument used on behalf of proposal. All think ever their political vision realize that if some r ing future war can civilization itself will Enlightened self-interests with the highest form social idealism in sund of world-peace. "In the atmosphere ill-will, under the p proof of war, estranged from suspicion, jealousy, tions will not be able great schemes of soc upon which the best on people of the cities and towns the great importance of accommodating agriculture in its requirements of labor, finance and marketing. The importance of the farmer in the organization of American resources to win the war was expressed by the Secretary of Agriculture in his recent appeal "to the patriots on the farms" to go "over the top" this fall for a great harvest of wheat in 1919. In this appeal the Secretary said: "You have occupied and do occupy the first line trenches of the food army. You have to fight difficulties too. I am not unmindful of these. In the Department of Agriculture we consider them daily, and daily we give our best efforts to help you meet them. You know of the difficulties in your community, but I know of them in many communities of many states, and so seriously do they impress me that I might almost consider them insurmountable had not American farmers last year, and again this year, revealed the true American fighting spirit and ability to meet serious situations. They will not let the war fail because of deficient food production. "Let us sow liberally for a big harvest in 1919. It has been called the Liberty Wheat Harvest. We all hope it will be. But let us undertake the task with the determination that we will sweat our blood for many more if need be before we yield one measure of our freedom to a Prussian domination. Let us fight in the furrows." BOYCOTT ON GERMAN GOODS Twenty million signatures to a pledge "Never to buy any article made in Germany" is the goal set by the Executive Committee of the American Defense Society. The pledge suggested for all Americans reads as follows: "That I may not directly contribute financial aid to the German military policy with its disregard of international law, its attacks on unfortified towns, its massacres of the innocent and the helpless, its enslavement of peoples, its use of poison gas and flames, its ignoring the Red Cross badge, its bombing hospitals, and its torpedoing defenseless merchant ships, I pledge myself never to buy any article made in Germany." North America and South America are the present limits for this campaign of the American Defense Society whose Honorary President is Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, and among whose Honorary Vice-Presidents may be One of the best-posted men in the orange game in this vicinity is Mr. William P. Pann, who has just finished a three-weeks' course of investigation. He is more than pleased with the prospects. He is quite sure the government has underestimated the yield. The experienced growers whom he visited and conversed with agree with him on this point. They do not pretend to claim a bumper crop for the entire southern part of the state. But there are many groves that will yield more of the best grades of oranges this season than at any time in their history. He says: "The great scarcity of labor, which annoyed the packers terribly this season, even with the very small crop we had, will, I believe, make it difficult to move the coming season's crop, although no doubt a way will be found to handle it. Scarcity of labor, however, should result in keeping the shipments down to such a point at all times that the markets will not be oversupplied, hence we should enjoy good average prices throughout the season. "A few of the buyers who made money last year by speculating have lost their judgment and are determined to give back to the growers the profit they made. Whereas the Exchange pools its fruit, in some cases monthly, in others quarterly, and in others semi-annually or annually, these speculators, as a rule, have an annual pool in which they absorb the profits one year themselves and the following year turn the profits back to the same or other growers, generally different ones. "For instance, I know of a crop that was sold a few days ago for $5,000 cash, on which there is no more fruit than there was last season. Had the entire crop been marketed at or near the highest market that has prevailed, it would not have netted $5,000. In addition to this, the buyer takes all the risk from the frost, wind or other causes. Quite a number of crops have been purchased on a basis about the same as this. It seems a lot of the speculators figure that because they were able to get $4.00 and $5.00 a box for Navels this season that the prices would be duplicated next season. They do not stop to figure that, according to the very latest estimates, we have four to five times as many Navels to market this year as we had last year. The question is, will these speculators be wiser but poorer men a year from now, or, with at least four cars of Navels being future war can civilization itself will Enlightened self-interests with the highest form social idealism in surmount of world peace. "In the atmosphere ill-will, under the pressure of war, estranged from suspicion, jealousy, tensions will not be able to great schemes of society upon which the best are now engaged. Now try be able to afford special reconstruction or if the threat of an war compels expenditures, and the energy are absorbed in practical struggle. "This' is the first pelling reason why this ing-class movement posals of a League of Recognizes that in the hope of deliverarples from the severe sure and the most teering and loss, and dens of taxation to maries and navies. Our life is bound up with ther curity. The specific situation in which I presupposes two essex which must be fulfilled carried into practice condition is the defeat of Prussian militaria,the establishment omaions which will make for democracy." Mr. Henderson then that neither nation nor intellectual consoils long as people arethe menace of forest nations are to be for pay the "blood-tax,"war scale,he says,andof reform.Warlike pre-war scale,he anice to safeguard thaions,these would have to be on thorough manner.He become a permanent standing armamentsand more costly,introversed trade chion itself would owe evils,Mr.Henderson escape except by ww Nations which wouldpeoples peace and and the helpless, its enslavement of peoples, its use of poison gas and flames, its ignoring the Red Cross badge, its bombing hospitals, and its torpedoing defenseless merchant ships, I pledge myself never to buy any article made in Germany." North America and South America are the present limits for this campaign of the American Defense Society whose Honorary President is Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, and among whose Honorary Vice-Presidents may be named: Hon. David Jayne Hill, Robert Bacon, Hon. Perry Belmont, Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte, Dr. John Grier Hibben, Henry B. Joy, and Hon. Charles S. Fairchild. In a statement outlining necessity for this step in self-defense against the enemy, Charles Stewart Davison, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Society, says: "In the last analysis the real ground for this campaign is self-defense. Whenever a German article is bought by an American a certain percentage of its cost goes as a tax into the Prussian war chest, there to be used for manufacturing cannon and shells which are used to kill Americans, and the whole cost of the article is taken out of American workmen's pockets. The most effective method of weakening the power of the Germans is not to do business with them." In Great Britain the campaign is being conducted by The British Empire Union; in France by the Souvenez-Vous Society; in North America and South America by the American Defense Society. In this Never-Buy-An anything-German Campaign, the work of securing signatures will be undertaken by the two hundred and seventy-six branch organizations of the American Defense Society, as well as by various other national patriotic and civic associations. All individual citizens, as also all trade, been purchased on a basis about the same as this. It seems a lot of the speculators figure that because they were able to get $4.00 and $5.00 a box for Navels this season that the prices would be duplicated next season. They do not stop to figure that, according to the very latest estimates, we have four to five times as many Navels to market this year as we had last year. The question is, will these speculators be wiser but poorer men a year from now, or, with at least four cars of Navels for every one that we had this season, will we be able to duplicate this season's prices the coming season?" HOW FARMERS HAVE PLANTED WHEAT A representative of the Office of Farm Management, Department of Agriculture, recently returned from an inspection of the typical parts of the winter-wheat area of the United States, reports that in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado the soil generally was in excellent condition for the fall sowing, and farmers were doing their best to get in as much land as they could prepare. To offset shortage of labor due to the draft, farmers were hurrying the sowing of wheat before their boys had to leave. In some of the dryer portions of Kansas, where there had been two successive failures of wheat, farmers were finding it hard to put in a full crop on account of lack of seed. In these places, however, the difficulty was being largely overcome by Government loans for buying seed. In the winter-wheat sections of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho the summer had been exceptionally dry, and up to October 5 there had not been sufficient rains in many places to make it safe to sow wheat. Some farmers, however, were taking a greater risk than usual by sowing the wheat, which ought to be in the ground at about this time. Discussing the League of Nations, organized democracy policy of pacific insists," he says, "it be based upon them and the right of peace upon the agreement and kings. It belfle can only be established military with freedom of trie intercourse, and it tion, by agreement itary service and which limit the devacy and menace to institutions everywhere. "No other practice (than the League Henderson continue which will have ting the unity of which organized in view in the fief affairs is the solid WHY LABOR FAVORS LEAGUE OF NATIONS Mr. Henderson Believes League of Nations May Create Common Understanding in World Mr. Arthur Henderson, secretary of the Labor Party, of London, has recently written a pamphlet setting forth the views of organized labor on the question of a League of Nations. "Four years of warfare on an unprecedented scale," Mr. Henderson writes, "cannot have failed to produce a passionate desire for peace. For the multitudes of people in every country whose lives have been darkened by the present tragedy, the struggle can have only one issue worthy of the sacrifices and sufferings they have endured; no settlement can be accepted as final which does not offer to them the promise that henceforth upon earth there shall be no more war. "In the stress of this mighty conflict," Mr. Henderson continues, "the common will for peace has been evoked in support of the idea of a League of Nations; and the very fear which formerly made for war has become the most potent argument that can be used on behalf of this constructive proposal. All thinking people, whatever their political views may be, now realize that if some means of preventing future war cannot be devised, civilization itself will be destroyed. Enlightened self-interest has combined with the highest form of political and social idealism in support of the idea of world-pace. "In the atmosphere of international ill-will, under the perpetual menace of war, estranged from one another by suspicion, jealousy, and fear, the nations will not be able to carry out the great schemes of social reconstruction upon which the best minds of our time" Why You Should Give Gift Ever As You Ever Gave The need is for a sum 70 pence ever asked for since the world movement has fixed this sum at $170, By giving to those seven or the cost and effort of six additional Unless Americans do give before, our soldiers and sailors in 1919 their: 3600 Recreation Buildings 2500 1000 Miles of Movie Film 85 He 100 Leading Stage Stars 15,000 2000 Athletic Directors Milli When you give double, you make cheer and comforts of these seven organi In the atmosphere of international ill-will, under the perpetual menace of war, estranged from one another by suspicion, jealousy, and fear, the nations will not be able to carry out the great schemes of social reconstruction upon which the best minds of our time are now engaged. Nor will any country be able to afford the cost of social reconstruction on the grand scale if the threat of another and greater war compels expenditure upon armaments, and the energies of its peoples are absorbed in preparation for the struggle. "This is the first and most compelling reason why the organized working-class movement supports the proposal of a League of Nations. Labor recognizes that in this proposal lies the hope of deliverance for all the peoples from the severest economic pressure and the most terrible risks of suffering and loss, and from heavy burdens of taxation to maintain large armies and navies. Our hope for the future is bound up with this question of security. The specific program of reconstruction in which Labor is interested presupposes two essential conditions which must be fulfilled before it can be carried into practical effect: the first condition is the defeat and destruction of Prussian militarism; the second is the establishment of a League of Nations which will make the world safe for democracy." Mr. Henderson then goes on to say that neither national reconstruction nor intellectual conciliation is possible so long as people are preoccupied with the menace of foreign aggression. If nations are to be forced to continue to pay the "blood-tax," even on the pre-war scale, he says, it is useless to talk of reform. Warlike expenditure on the pre-war scale, he argues, will not suffice to safeguard the security of nations, therefore their war resources would have to be organized in a more thorough manner. Conscription would become a permanent institution, and standing armaments would grow larger and more costly, industry would be impoverished, trade checked, and civilization itself would collapse under the strain of another war. From these evils, Mr. Henderson says, there is no escape except by way of a League of Nations which would guarantee to all peoples peace and security. When you give double, you make sure cheer and comforts of these seven organizations from home to the front and back again; church, a theatre, a cheerful home, a storiedletic field—and a knowledge that the folksand soul! Y. M. C. A. Y. W. C. A. NAT'L CATHOLIC WAR SALVATION ARMY K. of C. RED CROSS NOTES American troops in France have contributed $40,000 to the support of adopted war orphans. Red Bluff chapter workers edited a local paper while the editor nursed flu patients in the county hospital. The King of Italy, in recognition of the humane work of the American people in the Red Cross, has bestowed upon Henry P. Davison two high honors never before granted a foreigner. Keep on gathering fruit seeds and nut shells for gas masks. Although a great enemy army cries "Kamarad" with uplifted arms, Uncle Sam will not relax his vigilance. So on with the drive. Nurses! Nurses! Nurses! you are still being called to battle the epidemic. Small towns and rural districts, late in being caught in the sweep of the disease, are in great need of immediate nursing help. If your own community can spare you, report to your chapter committee. Many will be the blessings poured out in behalf of America by thousands of warmly clad Belgians this winter. tions, therefore their war resources would have to be organized in a more thorough manner. Conscription would become a permanent institution, and standing armaments would grow larger and more costly, industry would be impoverished, trade checked, and civilization itself would collapse under the strain of another war. From these evils, Mr. Henderson says, there is no escape except by way of a League of Nations which would guarantee to all peoples peace and security. It is an essential condition of the scheme, as labor understands it, Mr. Henderson says, that the consenting states should agree to submit to arbitration every issue between two or more of them, and refusal to accept the settlement proposed by the court would justify the league in making common cause against the aggressor. Discussing the setting up of a League of Nations, Mr. Henderson says organized democracy is pledged to a policy of pacific internationalism. "It insists," he says, "that the league must be based upon the idea of public law and the right of peoples, not merely upon the agreements of governments and kings. It believes that the league can only be established after the destruction of militarism on a foundation of true democratic freedom, beginning with freedom of trade and commercial intercourse, and including the abolition, by agreement, of compulsory military service and standing armaments, which limit the development of democracy and menace the existence of free institutions everywhere in the world. "No other practicable suggestion" (than the League of Nations), Mr. Henderson continues, "has been made which will have the effect of promoting the unity of peoples. The aim which organized Labor keeps steadily in view in the field of international affairs is the solidarity of nations, being labor's view, the ultimate purpose of such a league is to create a common mind in the world, to make the nations conscious of the solidarity of their interests, and to enable them to perceive that the world is one, and not a number of separate countries divided by artificial frontiers. Side by side with the international courts set up for purposes of conciliation and judicial arbitration the workers have, therefore, proclaimed their desire to further the project of an international legislature." "It is the league itself," Mr. Henderson continues, "that will supersede the arbitrary powers that have hitherto arrogated the right of choosing between peace and war. It will bring foreign policy under the control of popularly elected assemblies resolved to maintain the sovereign rights of peoples. It implies the suppression of secret diplomacy and the development of parliamentary control over cabinets. It will mean that a vigilant watch will be kept over the activities of foreign ministers, diplomatists, and the agents of international finance. It involves full publicity for all agreements between states. It will render powerless for further mischief the evil influence of the armament trusts which are so largely responsible for the awful tragedy in which the world is at present involved." Democracy, Mr. Henderson concludes, stands at the crossroads. Whether the path it takes leads to the new social order or to disastrous revolutionary struggles, he says, depends largely upon the fate of the project of a League of Nations. "If we fail here," he says, "we fail irretrievably. Wars more frightful than the present will waste the substance of our race, and we shall lose even the belief in the possibility of progress." Should Give Twice as Much Ever Gave Before! a sum 70 per cent greater than any since the world began. The Governum at $170,500,000. Those seven organizations all at once, six additional campaigns is saved. Do give twice at much as ever and sailors may not enjoy during 2500 Libraries supplying 5,000,000 books 85 Hostess Houses 15,000 Big-brother "secretaries" Millions of dollars of home comforts you make sure that every fighter has the seven organizations every step of the way 2500 Libraries supplying 5,000,000 books 85 Hostess Houses 15,000 Big-brother "secretaries" Millions of dollars of home comforts Ye, you make sure that every fighter has the seven organizations every step of the way and back again. You provide him with a real home, a store, a school, a club and an athlete that the folks back home are with him, heart. NAT'L CATHOLIC WAR COUNCIL K. of C. JEWISH WELFARE BOARD WAR CAMP COMMUNITY SERVICE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NOTES France have continued the support of workers edited a editor nursed flu hospital. Recognition of the American peomas bestowed uptwo high honors a foreigner. Fruit seeds and banks. Although a pie "Kamarad" Circle Sam will not So on with the Nurses! you are battle the epidemial rural districts, in the sweep of what need of immefort your own comport to your blessings pouredica by thousands this winter. the boys. So lets help dig out the dollar. Machinery has been set in motion for the Christmas roll call, December 16 to 23, during which week the American Red Cross expects to enroll every citizen in the country as a member of the greatest humanitarian organization on earth. R. B. Hale, whose prominent connection with various war activities identifies him as one of the intensely patriotic workers of the Pacific Division, has accepted the chairmanship of the Christmas roll call committee. Chairman Hale will announce the personnel of his executive committee in the near future. Edward H. Brown, who served as executive secretary in last year's successful Christmas membership drive and also in the second war fund campaign last May, will act in the same capacity during the coming roll call. One hundred per cent enrollment is the mark set by these capable executives. Will the chapters carry on? Kris Kringle will not confine his activities to soldiers and sailors at the holiday season, but through the Red Cross commissions in Allied countries will visit Red Cross nurses, patients and enlisted men in hospitals. Real cheer, a pair of roomy Red Cross socks their feed. When the nights are cold enough so that the water is likely to freeze the pan should be emptied each night and refilled in the morning. STATE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS The California State Civil Service Commission announces the following examinations to be held in the near future. Requests for further information and for application blanks should be made at an early date: Director, bureau of child hygiene, state board of health, $3,000 a year. Examiner, state corporation department, $1,800-$3,000 a year. Auditor (senior and junior), $1,200-$2,400 and expenses, a year. Chief clerk (men and women) $1,200-$2,100 a year. Stenographer and typist (men and women), $900-$1,800 a year. General clerk (men and women), $600-$1,200 a year. Hollerith tabulating machine operator, $900-$1,500 a year. Hollerith key punch operator, $600-$900 a year. Messenger, (boys and girls), $300-$750 a year. Attendant, state institutions, $540-$780 with maintenance, at the Agnews state hospital, Mendocino state hospital, Napa state hospitol, Norwalk state Nurses! you are battling the epidemic in rural districts, in the sweep of what need of immementation report to your Kris Kringle will not confine his activities to soldiers and sailors at the holiday season, but through the Red Cross commissions in Allied countries will visit Red Cross nurses, patients and enlisted men in hospitals. Real cheer, a pair of roomy Red Cross socks to hang up, a tree with American trimmings, candies, nuts, fruits, gifts, and a real Christmas spread at dinner will bring to those who serve us over there that "Little Bit o' Heaven" the boys call home. In every hospital ward and every hut there will be Christmas festivities, and everything possible will be done to make it a day of happiness and joy. So those who have relatives and friends in Red Cross service overseas may have the satisfaction of knowing they are having as wonderful a Christmas as is possible for anyone to have away from home and native land. This celebration is in lieu of gifts from home which cannot be sent owing to shipping conditions. DRINKING HELPS LAYING A plentiful supply of clean, fresh water must always be available to hens. The fowls drink freely, especially when laying heavily, and should not be stinted of such a necessary and cheap material as water. The water pan or dish should be kept clean. In the winter, when the water may freeze, it is best that the pan be left in the house, where it should be raised about a foot above the floor so that the hens will not kick it full of straw or other litter when scratching for women), $900-$1,800 a year. General clerk (men and women), $600-$1,200 a year. Hollerith tabulating machine operator, $900-$1,500 a year. Hollerith key punch operator, $600-$900 a year. Messenger, (boys and girls), $300-$750 a year. Attendant, state institutions, $540-$780 with maintenance, at the Agnews state hospital, Mendocino state hospital, Napa state hospital, Norwalk state hospital, Sonoma state home, Southern California state hospital, Stockton state hospital, Veterans' home. Stationary engineer, $90 to $120 a month with maintenance. Stationary fireman, $40-$80 a month with maintenance. Steam fitter, $95 a month with maintenance. Steam fitter's helper, prevailing wage. Belt railroad positions: Per Day Locomotive Eng'nr (promotional).$6.15 Switchman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.60 Locomotive fireman . . . . . . . . . 4.75 Section hand . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.50 Application blanks and further information regarding the examinations listed above may be secured from the State Civil Service Commission at either of the following offices: Room 331, Forum building, Sacramento; room 1007 Hall of Records, Los Angeles; or from the offices of the State Free Employment Bureau in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Stockton and Fresno. The people of Fullerton felt that the influenza epidemic had so far abated that the lid could be lifted. The schools opened again Monday. The theaters and churches will open and the town has returned to a normal state.