anaheim-gazette 1920-03-11

FINE SENTIMENTS DON'T REDUCE WASTE CONGRESSMAN RICKETTS SAYS GOVERNMENT MUST SET THE PEOPLE EXAMPLE IN ECONOMY. Startling Figures Relative to Our National Debt and Extravagant Expenditures.—Ohio Statesman Pleads for Retrenchment in All Departments. Following is an extract from a speech delivered in the House by Congressman Edwin D. Ricketts of Ohio: According to the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances for the fiscal year, the gross public debt, on the basis of the daily Treasury statements, amounted to $26,210,530,000 on October 31, 1919, without any deduction for loans to the allies or other investments. Note, if you please, the phrase "or other investments." What are they? This report does not show. Of course, if you add to this the $10,000,000,000 principal and the $475,000,000 interest that the allies owe to the United States we will have a total of $36,685,530,000. The interest charge alone on the public debt for this fiscal year is $1,-017,500,000, and is more than the total appropriations for all governmental year amounted to $693,686.30. Sales of condemned government property, receipts under repealed laws, other miscellaneous collections, and so forth, for the year amounted to $1,501,004.15. Sales of internal revenue stamps affixed to parcel post packages, and so forth, reported to the Postmaster General for the year amounted to $10,-199,466.51. Total receipts of the Internal Revenue bureau from all sources during the year amounted to $3,850,150,078.56. Gentlemen of the House, you will notice from the above figures that property of every kind and description, whether tangible or intangible, or whether real, personal, or mixed, is taxed to the limit. Is it any wonder that there is a universal demand on the part of the taxpayers of the country that appropriations should be reduced? Do you blame them for criticizing Congress for being extravagant in the appropriations made since the armistice was signed, 15 months ago? Certainly not. No sane man will contend for a minute that Congress has any right whatever, in time of peace, to waste the money of the taxeyers of this nation, or at any other time, so far as that is concerned. I deem it important that I should give to the membership of the House a few examples of profligate waste and extravagance since the armistice was signed on November 111, 1918. 1. More than $35,000,000 worth of automobile tires were ruined through exposure to the weather at the Motor Transport Corps base at Verneuill. 2. Three thousand five hundred motorcycles became junk through similar exposure, as well as automobiles and Note, if you please, the phrase "or other investments." What are they? This report does not show. Of course, if you add to this the $10,000,000,000 principal and the $475,000,000 interest that the allies owe to the United States we will have a total of $36,685,530,000. The interest charge alone on the public debt for this fiscal year is $1,017,500,000, and is more than the total appropriations for all governmental purposes for the fiscal year 1913, amounting to $1,010,812,449. The United States government appropriated and spent more money in the two years covering the war period, by several billions of dollars, than the entire cost of the government of the United States from George Washington's day as President, 1879, to April 6, 1917—and that includes the cost of the Civil war and the War of 1812, the War with Mexico and the War with Spain. The figures are so staggering that even the experts are confused. From the day that George Washington took his seat as President, in 1789, to April 6, 1917, the total cost of running the government amounted in round numbers, to $40,000,000,000. The truth is that no man living within the boundaries of the United States knows the exact cost of the war. Congress has been considering during the past week deficiency appropriations necessary to carry out contracts entered during the war period, and no one knows just when these estimates for deficiencies will end. The collections of income and profits taxes for the year ending June 30, 1919, amounted to $2,600,783,902.70. The inheritance tax collected during the year aggregated $22,029,983.13. Taxes collected on distilled spirits and alcoholic beverages for the year amounted to $483,050,854.17. Taxes collected on tobacco and tobacco manufactures, for the year, amounted to $206,003,091.83. Taxes collected on oleomargarine, adulterated, and process or renovated butter, and mixed flour, for the year was $2,926,414.21. Taxes collected on bonds, capital-stock issues, conveyances, capital-stock transfers, and sales of produce for future delivery amounted to $33,-551,873.53. On the other hand, no reason at all is assigned for the wanton destruction of some $700,000,000 worth of automobiles and motor trucks purchased by the government and now parked in the open and rusting out at various points over the country. While Americans are being forced to submit to the rationing of sugar, as during the war days, our War Department is busy with the details of forwarding 27,000,000 pounds of sugar, a left-over morsel of war supplies, to France, where it is being sold for less than wholesale rates. Thirty-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-three motor vehicles were shipped to France after the signing of the armistice and included in the sale to the French government. Included also in the sale to France were 89,199 motor vehicles, costing the United States $310,739,694. The War Department submitted estimates for $42,841,565 for rivers and harbors improvements to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. The House passed the bill for $12,000,000, thus saving the taxpayers $30,841,565 that would have been unnecessarily spent. More than $35,000,000 worth of automobile tires were ruined through exposure to the weather at the Motor Transport Corps base at Verneuil. Three thousand five hundred motorcycles became junk through similar exposure, as well as automobiles and hundreds of trucks. Explosives plant at Nitro, W. Va., sold to the War Department for $8,-551,000. It cost the government $75,-800,000. War food supplies and other articles, of the value of nearly $2,000,-000,000 owned by this government and in France, have been sold to the French government for $400,000,000 or less than 25 per cent of their value. Five million dollars was wasted by the government on a nitrate plant out of Cincinnati. The excuse offered for these amazing transactions is the claim that to place these supplies on sale here at home "might disturb the market." Determination make this a demonstrated between himself sing. By his own Wilson would able task of important busiess of the governsays,"I have b ber of matters apparently tried by formuly asking my impossible for ent judgment, an opportunity stances with aence." If such a stand it means that important matterthe President.be adopted.it dent must perfeet of carryingdetails of all d enment,so th pendent judgmenof questions th submit to th every importantdepartmental actof any departme torto same hunthas been th f sing. If this were troversy betweenhis Secretary.on with amusemenmore than that Taxes collected on tobacco and tobacco manufactures, for the year, amounted to $206,003,091.83. Taxes collected on oleomargarine, adulterated, and process or renovated butter, and mixed flour, for the year was $2,926,414.21. Taxes collected on bonds, capital stock issues, conveyances, capital stock transfers, and sales of produce for future delivery amounted to $33,-551,873.53. Transportation taxes collected during the year amounted to $237,839,-572.30. Taxes collected on insurance during the year aggregated $15,508,881.31. Excise taxes collected for the year—sales by manufacturers, producers and importers—including automobiles, motor cycles, and so forth, amounted to $82,424,873.83. Excise taxes—sales by dealers of certain works of art, carpets, picture frames and wearing apparel; perfumes and cosmetics; soft drinks, ice cream, and so forth—amounted to $6,147,-269.45. Taxes collected from corporations on capital stock for the year amounted to $28,775,749.66. Taxes collected from brokers, theaters, museums, bowling alleys, billiard and pool tables, shooting galleries, riding academies, passenger automobiles for hire, and so forth, amounted to $4,721,298.16: Taxes collected on admissions to places of amusements and entertainment and club dues for the year amounted to $54,992,157.01. Taxes collected on narcotics from impugters, manufacturers, compounders, dealers, and so forth, for the armistice and included in the sale to the French government. Included also in the sale to France were 89,199 motor vehicles, costing the United States $310,739,694. The War Department submitted estimates for $42,841,565 for rivers and harbors improvements to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. The House passed the bill for $12,000,000, thus saving the taxpayers $30,841,565 that would have been unnecessarily spent. The present second deficiency bill for this fiscal year caries an appropriation of $88,000,000. The estimates submitted were $108,000,000, a saving of $20,000,000 to the taxpayers. The total cost of administering internal revenue laws for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1919, was $20,573,771.52. Nearly $8,000,000 more than the expenses for the previous year. I have indicated just a few items that show clearly the reckless manner in which the taxpayers' money is being squandered. Gentlemen of the House, it is perfectly plain to me that our government has resorted to drastic taxation, and yet her income now does not equal her current expenses. We should stop and consider where we are drifting. This is no time for idle thought. We must hesitate. Yes, we must stop. Stop and listen and consider. Consider carefully each and every item that may be contained in the appropriations bills submitted to this House, and see to it that only such appropriations are made as are actually necessary, and let us be sure that these appropriations are necessary. Let us not indulge in conjecture or probabilities or possibilities, but let us sin- There is one President's correct great significance took this subject tary because,"U al law and prac President has f the heads of th ments in conferen has suddenly be strict observance limitations. In w is pertinent to l Wilson repeated ignored that sec tion which provide may make treat advice and cons President Wilson ANAHEIM GAZETTE cerely deal with the facts as they are presented to us. Oh, you say we are a rich nation. Yes; that is true; we are. Our total wealth is estimated at $250,000,000,000. We are without doubt the richest nation in the world. We are a credit nation; the balance of trade is on our side of the ledger. With only 6 per cent of the world's population and only 7 per cent of the land, the United States produces—Twenty-five per cent of the world's gold. Twenty-five per cent of the world's wheat. Forty per cent of the world's iron and steel. Forty per cent of the world's lead. Fifty per cent of the world's silver. Fifty-two per cent of the world's zinc. Sixty per cent of the world's aluminum. Sixty per cent of the world's copper. Sixty-six per cent of the world's oil. Sixty per cent of the world's cotton. Seventy-five per cent of the world's corn. Eighty-five per cent of the world's automobiles. We also refine 80 per cent of the copper and operate 40 per cent of the railroads. But why waste our wealth through extravagance? Why impoverish our people? Why not exemplify the lesson of thrift? No good business man allows his expenditures to exceed in amount his receipts, nor can the government of the United States, through its agencies, spend money in excess of its revenues. This government has been doing that very thing, since the armistice was signed, without any reason most important treaty in the history of the United States, incorporating therein provisions for a league of nations covenant, which would supersede the provisions of our own Constitution in a number of particulars, and endeavored to force adoption of that treaty without giving the Senate opportunity to exercise its constitutional right and duty if passing that "Independent judgment" of which the President himself is so jealous. After being sworn to uphold a Constitution which makes the Senate a co-ordinate power in making treaties, the President attempted to evade the requirements of that Constitution by interpolating in a treaty a league of nations covenant which he declared had been so interwoven that it could not be eliminated. If the President insists upon his own right to pass independent judgment upon every act of the heads of his departments, how can he justify his denial of the plain constitutional right of the Senate to pass independent judgment upon all provisions of an international treaty to which the United States is to be a party? ANAHEIM AMATEURS IN BOXING MATCHES This City is Also Home of a Wrestler of Note. Santa Ana is taking up boxing as a sport and some very good bouts are being pulled off by amateurs according to the sport editor of the Register. Telling of Thursday night's meeting, he says: Last night's boxing card staged at the Opera House, was considered a decided improvement over the previous show. The evening was marked to the value of $4,864,649.58, and 289.357 contained postage payments and unclaimed stamps, amounting to $16.304.12. The net revenue of the Division sale of undeliverable articles, together of Dead Letters, derived from the with currency found loose in the mails and removed from letters found to be undeliverable after a careful examination as well as postage payments and unclaimed stamps, etc., amounted to $199,222.11. Emmett H. Hoock of St. Louis has patented an envelope that saves any letter from the Dead Letter office, for it has a small flap under which the sender writes his name and address and the postmaster has only to tear off the flap to know where to return the letter, without opening it. STRAIN TOO GREAT Hundreds of Anaheim Readers Find Daily Toil a Burden. The hustle and worry of business men, The hard work and stooping of workmen, The woman's household cares, Often weaken the kidneys. Backache, headache, dizziness, Kidney troubles, uninary troubles—frequently follow. An Anaheim citizen tells you what to do. C. E. Jordan, carpenter, 319 S. Philadelphia St., says: "My work is a strain on the kidneys and back. I had attacks of backache and a soreness across my kidneys that made it hard for me to do any stooping or lifting ONE MAN GOVERNMENT? Determination of the President to make this a one-man government is demonstrated by the correspondence between himself and Secretary Lansing. By his own admission, President Wilson would undertake the impossible task of personally directing all important business of all departments of the government. The President says, "I have been struck by the number of matters in which you have apparently tried to forestall my judgment by formulating action and merely asking my approval when it was impossible for me to form an independent judgment, because I had not had an opportunity to examine the circumstances with any degree of independence." If such a statement means anything it means that no head of any department should take action in any important matter without first consulting the President. If such a policy is to be adopted, it means that the President must perform the superhuman feat of carrying in his mind all the details of all departments of the government, so that he may pass "independent judgment" upon the thousands of questions that arise. Failing to submit to the President in advance every important question before any departmental action is taken, the head of any department lays himself liable to the same humiliating dismissal that has been the fate of Secretary Lansing. If this were merely a personal controversy between the President and his Secretary, the public could look on with amusement. But it means more than that. It means that the Santa Ana is taking up boxing as a sport and some very good bouts are being pulled off by amateurs according to the sport editor of the Register. Teiling of Thursday night's meeting, he says: Last night's boxing card staged at the Opera House, was considered a decided improvement over the previous show. The evening was marked by a little more "pep," and a local "jazz" orchestra furnished music which made the time go a little better between bouts. The first bout of the bill was a three-round go between "Kid" Bush of Olive and Joe Volmer of Orange, at ninety-five pounds. The little fellows mixed it pretty strong from the bell to the finish and went very well for a curtain-raiser. It was a very good draw. The second bout was regarded as not having much force. The go was between "Kid" Scott of Olive and "Young" Berger of Anaheim, and was looked upon by the fans as more of a loving match than a boxing contest. The next number gave the "bugs" a little change. It was a wrestling match between "Hefty" Baden of Anaheim and amateur champion of Kansas, and "Chunky" Davey of Orange, who was said never to have been thrown. It was hailed as a good fracas as some clever work was pulled, giving the fans a good chance to boost their favorite. It ended a draw. "Kid" Taylor of Orange and "Lightning" Jenkin of Olive, at 135 pounds, were next on the bill and put on three rounds of pretty fair boxing. At least, the start of each round was fast, but the men seemed to tire toward the end of each session. The decision was given to Jenkins by a close margin. The semi-windup, between Joe Miller of Los Angeles and "Kid" Garcia of San Francisco was lively and as good as any of the bouts staged last night. Both boys boxed at 130 pounds. The first round was even. In the second, Garcia slipped one through that floored Miller, who, however, was right up again, coming back in good shape. The round showed no backache, headache, dizziness, kidney troubles, uninjury troubles—frequently follow. An Anaheim citizen tells you what to do. C. E. Jordan, carpenter, 319 S. Philadelphia St., says: "My work is a strain on the kidneys and back. I had attacks of backache and a soreness across my kidneys that made it hard for me to do any stooping or lifting work. My kidneys acted irregularly, too. Doan's Kidney Pills from Anaheim's drug store soon rid me of the backaches and put my kidneys in good order. I always recommended Doan's Kidney Pills for I know they are just as represented." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that Mr. Jordan had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. THE DUTCH CARRY HOLLAND The Third Missouri district was carried by Wilson in 1916 by a plurality of 4045, although Missouri went Democratic in that year by less than 30,000. In the special congressional election in that district last Saturday it was carried by the Democratic nominee by about half that margin, though the Republicans were working under the special handicap of an influenza epidemic that was especially virulent in the northern Republican submit to the President in advance every important question before any departmental action is taken, the head of any department lays himself liable to the same humiliating dismissal that has been the fate of Secretary Lansing. If this were merely a personal controversy between the President and his Secretary, the public could look on with amusement. But it means more than that. It means that the processes of government, the performance of public duties, the execution of the laws, must await the personal convenience of one man. It means that when individuals or corporations have important business with any department of the government, they cannot depend upon prompt attention to that business for the reason that questions of policy must be passed upon by President Wilson himself. And, when President Wilson is known to be seriously ill and incapacitated for performance of active duty, it means that the public business must be delayed for several months. There is one other feature of the President's correspondence that is of great significance. He says that he took this subject up with the Secretary because, "Under our constitutional law and practice, no one but the President has the right to summon the heads of the Executive Departments in conference." The President has suddenly become a stickler for strict observance of constitutional limitations. In view of his attitude it is pertinent to inquire why President Wilson repeatedly and deliberately ignored that section of the Constitution which provides that the President may make treaties "by and with the advice and consent of the Senate." President Wilson entered into the given to Jenkins by a close margin. The semi-windup, between Joe Miller of Los Angeles and "Kid" Garcia of San Francisco was lively and as good as any of the bouts staged last night. Both boys boxed at 130 pounds. The first round was even. In the second, Garcia slipped one through that floored Miller, who, however, was right up again, coming back in good shape. The round showed no advantage for either man. This also was the case in the third and fourth rounds. The decision was a good draw. The main event was a four-round go between two colored boys, "Kid" Norman of Los Angeles and "Battling Brooks of Bakersfield, at 136 pounds. It was a good mill and both men were well matched. There were several good punches delivered. Brooks landed on Norman's nasal organ and drew a little "claret" early in the game, the only occasion of the evening when crimson fluid was spilled. It was an evenly fought battle all the way through and some fans were inclined to question the decision, which was given in favor of Brooks. The bout would have made a good draw decision, several fans believed. MONEY IN DEAD LETTERS In the fiscal year ended June 30, 1919, 22,982,600 letters passed through the Division of Dead Letters, of which 8,055,989 were delivered, 371,683 were filed and put under treatment, 14,554,-928 were destroyed, 69,641 contained $159,532.44 in actual money, 140,227 War Savings certificates, bonds, etc., contained checks, drafts, money orders. THE TIDE TURNS A Reduction 15 per cent and 10 per cent Off for cash in 30 days PATRIOT GAS HEATER AN IDEAL GAS HEATING STOVE, ornamental in any home, is selling for a brief period only at materially reduced prices. The Patriot Gas Heating Stove possesses many desirable qualifications, chief of which is the system permitting circulation of air from below. THE MATERIAL USED in the construction of this heater is a cast iron product of long durability. Neat, trim and stylish, it harmonizes with its surroundings. THE HEATER THAT TAKES THE PLACE OF THE COAL STOVE 15 per cent reduction & 10 per cent off for cash SOUTHERN COUNTIES GAS COMPANY THE MATERIAL USED in the construction of this theater is a cast iron product of long durability. Neat, trim and stylish, it harmonizes with its surroundings. THE HEATER THAT TAKES THE PLACE OF THE COAL STOVE 15 per cent reduction & 10 per cent off for cash SOUTHERN COUNTIES GAS COMPANY 220 E. Center St. Phone 166 counties of the district, and which heavily cut down the vote in those counties, as the election returns showed. Nevertheless the great "triumph" is made the subject of a public proclamation by Democratic National Chairman Cummings, who preserved a discreet silence when the returns came in from Oklahoma, North Carolina and reduction of only one half the normal Kentucky districts recently. When a Democratic plurality in a district is considered a Democratic "victory" it is apparent that it doesn't take much to be encouraging to administration partisans. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt says: "I am a very honest non-partisan. I agree with every word and every act of President Wilson." This is the strict neutrality of the woman who wanted a dress of "any color, so it's red." SOME NERVE Judge Gary said at a dinner in Washington: "The propositions that labor are putting forward are Bolshevistic in the extreme. That is to say, they go the limit in nerve audacity. "The Bolshevistic working man of today—of course, the majority of working men are not Bolshevistic—reminds me in his infinite nerve of the gentleman who stalked into a church one Sabbath morning, selected a comfortable pew, settled down among the cushions, and then called in a loud voice to the preacher: "'Have a couple of windows opened parson, before you begin. It's unhealthy to sleep in a closed room.'" Anaheim Gazette per year, $1.50, payable in advance. FOR SALE 73 ACRES 73 ACRES Of First Class Orange and, with ranch house buildings, pumping plant, be lines, etc. quire O. E. Steward y Hall Anaheim