anaheim-gazette 1918-12-12

Anaheim Gazette ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY 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 GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP It is reported that Secretary McAdoo quit his job at Washington because he could not agree with his chief on the proposition to purchase the railroads of the United States. Evidently Mack cannot see any advantage in the socialistic doctrine of government ownership. He has been in control of the railroads during the past year and knows they are losing money at the rate of 250 million dollars a year, which deficit has to be made good from the U.S. treasury. Furthermore it will require a lump sum of 14 billion dollars to purchase the roads. The interest on this stupendous sum at 4 per cent would be 560 million dollars which added to the deficit would make a charge of 810 million dollars, or $8.10 per annum for every man, woman and child in the nation, to say nothing of the $140 per capita for the principal which must be paid some day. The interest on our staggering war debt in addition to increased running expenses of government, is about all the American people care to shoulder now. clothing. In due course they came to the bridge and joined the throng of returning refugees. More than 300 crossed in two days." BUILDING MERCHANT SHIPS FOR AMERICAN SAILORS Vessels Will Be Manned by Double Crews, One Resting While Other Works Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping Board, an route for the Allied conference overseas, has left behind a striking picture of sea life in the new American merchant marine. There are to be no more leaky forecastles, half-lit by smoky oil lamps, and cramped bunks three in a tier. "The ships ye are building," Mr. Hurley declares, "are not built to be manned by Lascars and the scum of foreign ports. We are building them for white men, for Americans, for men who are accustomed to being clean." Moreover, to give the men rest and comfort between voyages, "We are going to have relay crews, an expedient which will be practicable because so many of our new ships are of standard design and substantially alike in all details. While one crew, after finishing its voyage is enjoying its shore leave, another will take the ship out." For the chairman of the shipping board, with an eye on vehement foreign competition now that the war has reached its close, proposes that there shall be no suffering from lost motion in the new American merchant fleet. "We shall keep our ships at sea instead of losing time and money in dock. Ships now pass an average of forty per cent of their time in dock"—but the United States Shipping Board will have quick dispatch for ships and fore the progress grower, (2) sewholesaler, (4) With the re profit to 4 per cent was placed cent and his life removed. It purchase in a his crop, not bags, but of the gross; or portion that the market fo put a stop to, thrown back u come to depend agency. When the c the new cond strictly regula ncess reduced buying and s There was m beans because much anyway The growers not afford to able condition ing their bear tion today. T The state, es literally full o f them; ket; and yet with which th e traffic th e move th mediate agent foot. The ne THE PRESIDENT'S WAGE SCALE President Wilson is credited with making the statement that a family of five persons in order to live comfortably should have an income of $38.40 per week, and recommends that figure as a minimum wage. Of course the statement will be applauded by all wage earners, but we want to know how Mr. Wilson can reconcile a high wage scale with a low tariff schedule. In European countries six dollars per week is the average wage for skilled labor. Our present tariff law places an average tax on imports of 8 per cent ad valorem. It will require some expert figuring to reconcile the difference between the $6.48 wage scale of the European artisan and the $38.40 scale proposed by the president for Americans with the tariff bars let down, but as he is a learned mathematician perhaps he can do it. Maybe he can tell us how, under a free trade system, the American manufacturer can place an article on the market that cost him $38.40 and compete with the European who places the identical article on our market at a cost of $6.48. THE BRIDGE AT STRASSBURG A British office at Strassburg writes as follows, says the Examiner: "The most curious and at the same time most pathetic sight in Strassburg was the Rhine bridge, which is the dividing line between Alsace and Germany. The bridge is ten minutes' drive from the center of the town. One bank is held by the French and the other by the Germans. The center of the bridge is a sort of No Man's Land. The Germans allow no one to cross to their side and treat any officer to immediate arrest if he crosses the dividing line. "But from the German side there pours in one uninterrupted flow a procession of wretched humanity that can only be compared to the exodus from leave, another will take the ship out." For the chairman of the shipping board, with an eye on vehement foreign competition now that the war has reached its close, proposes that there shall be no suffering from lost motion in the new American merchant fleet. "We shall keep our ships at sea instead of losing time and money in dock. Ships now pass an average of forty per cent of their time in dock"—but the United States Shipping Board will have quick dispatch for ships and cargoes beneath its flag and jurisdiction. This is the right progressive spirit. Soon it must be put to the test of actual experience. Soon the country and the world will know whether ocean trade can be conducted with decent regard for human welfare—and at a profit. It was emphatically not so before the war. American ships, with higher wages, better quarters, better food, larger crews and therefore a more equitable division of labor, were driven off the Atlantic by British, Germans, Scandinavians, Spaniards and Italians, and off the Pacific by Japanese. And American sea living conditions, though the best of all, were undeniably far from ideal. American wages for sailors and firemen before the war were from $30 to $40 a month, a low rate as compared with land wages for similar qualifications. Now American wages for sailors and firemen are from $75 to $80 a month—no excessive compensation, most men will agree, for the requisite skill and hardihood. Thus, a new and vital economic problem looms up before the American nation. It is more manifest than ever that if mere "cheapness" of service—ultimately measured by the coolie and the Lascar—is to determine the fate of our ocean carrying we shall inevitably be driven off the seas again, and the four billion dollars which we shall have expended on our new merchant marine will prove an absolutely lost investment. Why should not thousands of American lads now at sea in our merchant ships and transports—the lads who have praved the submarines, supplied our troops abroad, and must now bring them home again—be considered in our national policies equally with their brothers who live and work on land? BEAN GROWER APPEARS TO BE HOLDING SACK BEAN GROWER APPEARS TO BE HOLDING SACK Over-Regulations of Government Tying Up His Crop The following is from an article on "Over Regulated Beans," which appeared in a Los Angeles paper: In the midst of a world crying for food, California warehouses and barns are bursting with enormous stores of a staple which, next to wheat itself, is the greatest life preserver the soil produces—beans. Both literally and figuratively the California grower is "holding the sack," the contents of which would fill millions of hungry mouths. The grower has invested his money, harvested his crop, tied up his resources for months and now is compelled to store for indefinite periods the results of his industry or sell at disappointing figures. It is a condition unparalleled in local commercial history, and one for which speedy relief must be found or the delay will spell loss for scores who have done nothing save obey orders in striving to relieve a situation which they were told threatened the welfare of humanity, i.e., hunger. The cause appears to lie in over-governmental control, and the answer is a speedy relaxation of that control. When the federal authorities took over the control of food staples it was provided that the jobber's profit should be reduced to 4 per cent. This had virtually the effect of eliminating the jobber from the field and throwing upon the grower and the shipper the great burden of marketing. Hereto- ANAHEIM GAZETTE by came to strong of rethan 300 SHIPS SAILORS boy Double While Shipping filled conferand a strik- in the new ne. There forecastles, and cram- "The ships by declares, by Lascars we. We are men, for are accusn rest and We are go- expedient because so of standard alike in all after finish- its shore ship out." The shippingement for the war has that there almost motion enthant fleet. at sea in money in average of in dock—deping Board ships and forecastles, and cramfore the progressive steps were (1) grower, (2) shipper, (3) jobber or wholesaler, (4) retailer, (5) consumer. With the reduction of the jobbers' profit to 4 per cent, that of the shipper was placed at a maximum of 7 per cent and his incentive to buy and hold removed. It had been the custom to purchase in advance from the grower his crop, not in terms of bushels or bags, but of crop, for instance, half the gross; or a quarter, or whatever portion that particular buyer was in the market for. This the government put a stop to, and another burden was thrown back upon the grower who had come to depend upon this intermediary agency. When the crop was purchased under the new conditions it was bought in strictly regulated terms. The grower was necessarily wary because it is practically impossible to reduce a bean crop to statistics until the product is actually stacked. The buyer and shipper being regulated in the profit he could possibly make found his business reduced to a simple question of buying and selling at the market. There was no object in holding the beans because he could make only so much anyway. Result, the price fell. The growers decided that they could not afford to sell under such unfavorable conditions and began warehousing their beans, and that is the condition today. The market is dead-locked. The state, especially in the South, is literally full of beans. Europe is pleading for them; there is a big home market; and yet because of the red tape with which the government has bound the traffic the growers cannot or will not move their stocks and the intermediate agencies are bound hand and foot. The new planting season is ap- a good profit in spite of the greatly increased cost of the 1918 harvest, but the 11 cents is ethereal, because beans at 11 cents that cannot be marketed at that figure, or any figure, offer small consolation to the grower who sees his year's investment piled in storehouses, eaten by insurance and interest, while his credit at the grocer's and the butcher's is on a descending scale. It is very difficult to estimate the value of the crop of limas, but it is probable that 1,750,000 bags averaging eighty pounds to the bag are held up, having an approximate value of $15,-000,000. The limas, perhaps, represent a quarter of the gross bean crop of the state, but because of the lower prices obtained for some of the other varieties, together with the fact that they have moved more readily due to federal orders it is fair to assume that from $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 are tied up. Thirty million dollars' worth of beans! Think of it. Enough to almost ransom the world from hunger. On December 1 the Federal Reserve estimate of the California bean crop was 2,610,000 bushels of limas, and 6,258,-000 bushels other than limas, a total of 8,868,000 bushels as compared with 8,-091,000 bushels in 1917. Isn't it about time to regulate the regulation and release these millions into trade channels. CLUB BOYS IN CALIFORNIA Developing beans that bear 185 pods to the plant while the average number on an ordinary plant is 40 is what California boys' agricultural clubs are doing. Some club members have found plants bearing as high as 460 pods, according to field reports received by Three years ago he made his 10-plant selection, cultivating only a limited plot; the next season this selected yield was planted on a larger scale. This year, following the approved method, he has 30 acres of high-yielding stock. The coming season he intends still further to increase his acreage and have his dad as a partner. HAVE YOU REDEEMED YOUR THRIFT STAMPS? This is the question that is being asked by the National War Savings committee for California (South) in the renewed campaign to put Southern California over the top in her War Savings quota. State Director G. A. Davidson, in urging that all Thrift Stamps be exchanged for War Savings Stamps before December 31, points out that unless this is done, the War Savings Stamps will not be redeemable until January 1, 1924. If they are exchanged at once for 1918 War Savings Stamps, the five dollar maturity value will be collectable January 1, 1923, or a year earlier. Thrift Stamps bear no interest and money invested in them should be turned into interest bearing War Savings Stamps as soon as possible. It is estimated that 200,000 Thrift Cards are out in Southern California. If all of these are filled and turned in for the big stamps, it will mean one million dollars, maturity value, for the War Savings committee to place against the nine million dollars deficit which faced Southern California at the beginning of this campaign. Fifty thousand of these Thrift Cards CLUB BOYS IN CALIFORNIA Developing beans that bear 185 pods to the plant while the average number on an ordinary plant is 40 is what California boys' agricultural clubs are doing. Some club members have found plants bearing as high as 460 pods, according to field reports received by the United States Department of Agriculture. The demand for selected-bean seed in California has increased to such an extent that 25 club members in Salinas Valley will soon make a regular business of selling this seed to farmers. This new enterprise is the outgrowth of the success attained by applying the scientific methods taught by demonstrators in the extension work of the United States Department of Agriculture and the State agriculture college. Each year members of these boys' clubs are required to select at least 10 of their best plants from which to choose the finest stock. Selected seeds from these are planted, and only plants showing high-yield strains are made use of for further cultivation. This process is continued until the quality of the seed is brought up to the highest standard. Every season a greater acreage is planted. These seed demonstrations have so completely convinced the farmers that many of the fathers of the lads are going into partnership with their sons, agreeing to finance the business and furnish land needed for the purpose. Here's the method adopted by a Salinas Valley boys' club member, one of the pioneers in the seed business: NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE AT PRIVATE SALE. In the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Orange, made on the 8th day of February, 1918, in the matter of the Estate of Quirico Adot, deceased, the undersigned, Administrator of said Estate will sell at private sale, in one parcel or in subdivisions, as the said Administrator shall judge most money invested in them should be turned into interest bearing War Savings Stamps as soon as possible. It is estimated that 200,000 Thrift Cards are out in Southern California. If all of these are filled and turned in for the big stamps, it will mean one million dollars, maturity value, for the War Savings committee to place against the nine million dollars deficit which faced Southern California at the beginning of this campaign. Fifty thousand of these Thrift Cards are in the hands of the school children and now that school is reopened and the various War Savings activities are in full swing again, it is expected that these will soon be filled. Teachers and parents are urged by Mr. Davidson to make every effort to see that this is done, both to aid the government and to give the children one interest which their savings can earn as soon as possible. When H. Simons came down from Masonic hall at Fullerton where he was attending lodge Tuesday night, he discovered that somebody had stolen his Oldsmobile. It is reported that the thief was captured yesterday at Santa Ana. SPIRITUALIST MEETING Rev. Alice Williams, pastor of Santa Ana church, will give a lecture and messages in the hall over the Plain Dealer, December 13th, at 7:45 P.M. All are welcome. Santa Claus is desirous of helping the needy on Christmas day, consequently if you know of any deserving families in need of food or clothing call up one of the following numbers: 79, 369-J, 146-J, or 335-J. When a Kelly-Springfield Tire has passed its guarantee mark, it has merely become of age. Its life is nearly all before it. Kelly-Springfield TIRES ORANGE COUNTY TIRE CO. Orange County Distributors 209 East Center St. Anaheim, California In the Matter of the Estate of Quirico Adot, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an order of the Superior Court, of the State of California, in and for the County of Orange, made on the 8th day of February, 1918, in the matter of the Estate of Quirico Adot, deceased, the undersigned, Administrator of said Estate will sell at private sale, in one parcel or in subdivisions, as the said Administrator shall judge most beneficial to said Estate, to the highest bidder, on the terms and conditions hereinafter contained, subject to the confirmation of said Court, on or after the 30th day of December, 1918, all right, title, interest and estate of said Quirico Adot, at the time of his death, and all the right, title and interest that the said Estate has by operation of law or otherwise acquired other than or in addition to that of said deceased at the time of his death, in and to those certain lots, pieces or parcels of land, situate in the County of Orange, State of California and described as follows, to-wit: Lots Fourteen (14) and Fifteen (15), in Block Twenty-four (24), according to map of survey of the Town of Richfield, recorded in Book 31, Page 61, Miscellaneous Records of Los Angeles County, California. Said sale will be made upon the following terms and conditions: Cash; subject to the confirmation of said Superior Court, each bid to be accompanied by ten per cent of the amount of such bid, balance upon confirmation of sale. All bids or offers must be in writing and may be left at the office of H. G. Ames, Attorney for said Administrator, at his office at Suite No. 1, Odd Fellows' Building, at No. 115½ West Center Street, in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, or may be filed in the office of Clerk of said Superior Court of said County of Orange, State of California, at any time after the first publication of this notice and before the making of the sale. Dated this 11th day of December, 1918. D. ETCHANDY, Administrator of the Estate of Quirico Adot, Deceased. SMALL COST TO COLLECT TAXES It cost the government one-third of one per cent of all the money collected to gather in the greatest tax assessment ever levied on the American people. Details of the Internal Revenue's war activities, revealing the small expenditures for tax collections, were made public in the bureau's annual report. The total cost of administering the internal revenue laws during the fiscal year 1918 was $12,003,214. That fund paid the operation expenses in collecting the internal revenue of $3,964,619,-638. In collecting 1917 taxes $7,694,-031 was spent. This represents nine-tenths of one per cent of the year's revenue, which was $809,393,640. Income and excess profits taxes constituted 76.40 per cent of the gross revenue for 1918, the report shows. The following table shows how the nation's taxes have grown since 1914 and the part supplied by taxes on incomes and profits: | Year | Total Tax | Profits Taxes | | :--- | :---: | :---: | | 1914 | $380,008,893 | $60,710,197 | | 1915 | 415,461,758 | 80,201,758 | | 1916 | 512,273,287 | 124,937,252 | | 1917 | 809,393,640 | 359,685,147 | | 1918 | 3,694,619,638 | 2,838,999,894 | HEADS & WIGS FOR DOLLS TOYS GIVEN AWAY GIVEN AWAY 1919 JANUARY 1919 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 All we ask is to sign Your Name Address and bring it to our store. ANAHEIM MUSIC & NOVELTY CO. H. J. Efker Next to Fairyland Address and bring it to our store. ANAHEIM MUSIC & NOVELTY CO. H. J. Efker Next to Fairyland The Gazette $1.50 Per Year