anaheim-gazette 1920-12-09

ALL RECORDS BROKEN BY COMING CROPS Citrus Shipment Will Excel Last Year By 7000 Cars The citrus fruit crop in 1921 bids fair to break all records. According to data on hand at the Chamber of Commerce, last year's showing of approximately 50,000 cars, 37,757 of which were shipped by the California Fruit Growers with headquarters in Los Angeles, is expected to be exceeded next year by more than 7,000. Reasons why the coming crop is expected to assume such proportions are favorable climatic and cultural conditions and the bringing of a vast number of new orchards into bearing. The expectation are for production sufficient for the shipment of carloads for eastern consumption as follows: Navels, 23,320; Valencias, 20,710; lemons, 10,400; grapefruit, 507; and miscellaneous, 2165. Total 67,102. Last year the California Fruit Growers' shipments, averaging 73 per cent of the total, were: Navels, 12,-396; Valencias, 11,300; lemons, 8610; grapefruit, 565; miscellaneous, 3813. Attesting the extent to which investments were made in agricultural projects in 1920 from further data on hand it was learned that territory tributary to Los Angeles registered an expansion in acres in 14 crops alone of 270,190. One result is expected to be rapid and immense strides in the walnut two small bunches. Eggs sell all the way from $1. to $1.40 a dozen. Here and there you see the individual stores which have made what appear to be sensational concessions. I noticed a leather store this morning on Madison Avenue where they are selling for $14.00 the same travelling bag that I paid $45.00 for last year. The general feeling is that a dizzy drop must take place soon after the Christmas holidays. This is particularly the case of all leather goods, textiles and candy. Especially candy The candy people will be lucky if they can hold og the avalanche until the holiday season is over, when they hope to make a fine killing. Candy prices at present are simply murder. You can't buy the simplest box for less than $2.50 Anything that is worth while runs up to $7.50 to $12. With sugar dropping from 20 cents a pound to 8½ cents it will, of course be impossible to maintain this hold-up price. The retail trade expects a fearful drop in the weeks immediately following Christmas. If the American people decide to have a stingy Christmas, the commercial result upon the country will be severe. If they have a good Christmas wherein they can get rid of large quantities of stock bought from the manufacturers at inflated prices the great sag downward probably can be accepted without disaster. I find most financial men put December 1 as the period of the beginning of the hardest times, and May, 1 as the time for things to pick up and become better. These reasons are partly political. They feel that our prosperity of the immediate future depends very large- GREATEST TAX Revenue Bureau 251.00 Collection of $8es and efforts to traffic under the formed the price Internal Revenue last bascal year, lams said in his public Friday. The tax collected in the history of while in prohibitive bureau was faced of an organization all states and Alaska. Total income up the bulk of by the government 003, but the re additional $295 tobacco taxes and fermented $139,401,149 and war excise tax 863,871. The revenue was from and special taxes. Mr. Williams of $13,117,778. free departing for the a temporary reed States. Man were not incline revenue regular the satisfaction before passports. Total expenditure was $29,547,439 for enforcement. 827 to enforce law, and $89,703 the child labor laws. WHAT OF THE FUTURE. "Save every cent you can get hold of in about four months from now every dollar you get now will be worth two dollars." This message was sent by a Wall street magnate whose name is known all over the world to a friend of mine in the motion picture business writes a New York correspondent. The long-expected bump for which the business world has been bracing itself for the past six months has now arrived. Present conditions could not be described as a panic, but times are temporarily hard and difficult. One of the direct effects of the stringency is the calling in of the loans for better security. The collateral which has satisfied lenders at the time the loans were made last year has dropped in value and a great many lenders are demanding re-enforcements. The very business population of New York which is doing business on hot-air promotion prospects has been hit hardest of all. Work has become scarce and again, as in prewar days, you see workmen in shabby clothes huddling around the radiators in the railroad stations and big business blocks trying to keep warm without overcoats. At one big mition picture studio Attesting the extent to which investments were made in agricultural projects in 1920 from further data on hand it was learned that territory tributary to Los Angeles registered an expansion in acres in 14 crops alone of 270,190. One result is expected to be rapid and immense strides in the walnut industry within the next few years. Young walnut trees, either planted the year or not yet brought into bearng, number as listed, 230,601, and are expected to add their production to that of 771,491 trees of the kind already bearing. Again table grapes increased in acreage during the year by 33 1-3 per cent. The number of young vines in this section either just planted or not yet bearing fruit, the data says is 5325. While the acreage for celery is reduced, this year's crop is the finest of the plant in Southern California. In New York it is thought that a change for the better in industrial conditions will immediately follow the definite making of peace and the definite statement of the Harding policy. The one industry which is perhaps most worried by the acute conditions is the theater business. Last winter was the most marvelous season in the entire history of the American stage. Everything that could find a theater to be shown made a fortune. It began well this season but the theater is the only thing that reacts first to hard times. Two weeks ago half the shows in New York were getting ready to throw up the sponge and give their actors notice, but a change for the better has taken place since then. The reason is not quite clear. The ones that have been hit the hardest are the "girl shows." Most of these big productions have such huge pay rolls that they have to play almost to the capacity all the time to make the boat. The road shows that have ventured out have met with disaster. Some thing like a hundred shows have already died on the road. The Cinema business has also been hit hard, as the wholesale closing of studios has demonstrated. The show business well deserves a combing down. They charge too much by stock bought from the manufacturers at inflated prices the great sag downward probably can be accepted without disaster. I find most financial men put December 1 as the period of the beginning of the hardest times, and May, 1 as the time for things to pick up and become better. These reasons are partly political. They feel that our prosperity of the immediate future depends very largely upon our export trade. Europe will not be in a position to buy until affaires over there find some kind of a firm foundation for Europe until the world position on America is made plain, and the position of America cannot be assured until Senator Harding gets into the White House. It is expected that the first thing that he does will be to call an extra session of Congress, at which time the position of this country in relation to Europe will be set forth for the benefit of business men on both sides of the water. In New York it is thought that a change for the better in industrial conditions will immediately follow the definite making of peace and the definite statement of the Harding policy. The one industry which is perhaps most worried by the acute conditions is the theater business. Last winter was the most marvelous season in the entire history of the American stage. Everything that could find a theater to be shown made a fortune. It began well this season but the theater is the only thing that reacts first to hard times. Two weeks ago half the shows in New York were getting ready to throw up the sponge and give their actors notice, but a change for the better has taken place since then. The reason is not quite clear. The ones that have been hit the hardest are the "girl shows." Most of these big productions have such huge pay rolls that they have to play almost to the capacity all the time to make the boat. The road shows that have ventured out have met with disaster. Some thing like a hundred shows have already died on the road. The Cinema business has also been hit hard, as the wholesale closing of studios has demonstrated. The show business well deserves a combing down. They charge too much by stock bought from the manufacturers at inflated prices the great sag downward probably can be accepted without disaster. I find most financial men put December 1 as the period of the beginning of the hardest times, and May, 1 as the time for things to pick up and become better. These reasons are partly political. They feel that our prosperity of the immediate future depends very largely upon our export trade. Europe will not be in a position to buy until affaires over there find some kind of a firm foundation for Europe until the world position on America is made plain, and the position of America cannot be assured until Senator Harding gets into the White House. It is expected that the first thing that he does will be to call an extra session of Congress, at which time the position of this country in relation to Europe will be set forth for the benefit of business men on both sides of the water. In New York it is thought that a change for the better in industrial conditions will immediately follow the definite making of peace and the definite statement of the Harding policy. The one industry which is perhaps most worried by the acute conditions is the theater business. Last winter was the most marvelous season in the entire history of the American stage. Everything that could find a theater to be shown made a fortune. It began well this season but the theater is the only thing that reacts first to hard times. Two weeks ago half the shows in New York were getting ready to throw up the sponge and give their actors notice, but a change for the better has taken place since then. The reason is not quite clear. The ones that have been hit the hardest are the "girl shows." Most of these big productions have such huge pay rolls that they have to play almost to the capacity all the time to make the boat. The road shows that have ventured out have met with disaster. Some thing like a hundred shows have already died on the road. The Cinema business has also been hit hard, as the wholesale closing of studios has demonstrated. The show business well deserves a combing down. They charge too much by stock bought from the manufacturers at inflated prices the great sag downward probably can be accepted without disaster. I find most financial men put December 1 as the period of the beginning of the hardest times, and May, 1 as the time for things to pick up and become better. These reasons are partly political. They feel that our prosperity of the immediate future depends very largely upon our export trade. Europe will not be in a position to buy until affaires over there find some kind of a firm foundation for Europe until the world position on America is made plain, and the position of America cannot be assured until Senator Harding gets into the White House. It is expected that the first thing that he does will be to call an extra session of Congress, at which time the position of this country in relation to Europe will be set forth for the benefit of business men on both sides of the water. In New York it is thought that a change for the better in industrial conditions will immediately follow the definite making of peace and the definite statement of the Harding policy. The one industry which is perhaps most worried by the acute conditions is the theater business. Last winter was the most marvelous season in the entire history ofthe American stage. Everything that could find a theater to be shown made a fortune. It began well this season but the theater is the only thing that reacts first to hard times. Two weeks ago half the shows in New York were getting ready to throw up the sponge and give their actors notice, but a change for the better has taken place since then. The reason is not quite clear. The ones that have been hit the hardest are the "girl shows." Most of these big productions have such huge pay rolls that they have to play almost tothe capacity allthe time to makethe boat. The road shows that have ventured out have met with disaster. Some thing like a hundred shows have already died onthe road. The Cinema business has also been hit hard, asthe wholesale closing of studios has demonstrated. The show business well deserves a combing down. They charge too much by stock bought fromthe manufacturers at inflated pricesthe great sag downward probably can be accepted without disaster. I find most financial men put December 1 asthe period ofthe beginning ofthe hardest times, and May, 1 asthe time for things to pick up and become better. These reasons are partly political. They feel that our prosperity ofthe immediate future depends very largely upon our export trade. Europe will not be in a position to buy until affaires over there find some kindofa firm foundation for Europe untilthe world position onAmericaismadeplain,andthepositionofAmericacannotbeassureduntilSenatorHardinggetsintotheWhiteHouse.ItsexpectedthatthereliefthingthathedoeswillbeltcallanextrasessionofCongress.atwhichtimethepositionofthesourceinrelationtoEuropewillbeltforthebenefitbusinessmenonbothsidesofthewater. In New York it is thought that a change forthebetterinindustrialconditionswillimmediatelyfollowthedefinitemakingofpeaceandthedefinitestatementoftheHardingpolicy. The one industry which is perhaps most worried bythe acute conditions isthe theater business.Last winter wasthemostmarvelousseasoninthenaturehistoryoftheAmericanstage.Everythingthatcouldfinda Theatertobeshownmadeafortune.Itsbeginwellthisseasonbuttheteleriestonlythingsthatreactsfirsttohardtimes. Two weeksagohalftheshowsinNewYorkweregettingreadytothrowupthespongeandgivetheiractorsnotice,butacchangelsofpermissionfortwentjanuaryalprohibitionbeltendofthosewerefortheuseforotherthanincluded11,501.Thebureaurevevariouskindsbetionedand359mitswerenotall CITRUS FRUITS BY WAY ShapmentofoetheAtlanticseaoutbytheCalliaccordingToL.oftheOrangechange.PlanforstartingashernCaliforniateenoftwentywillpassthroughAcommitteechangehasbeentimeindevelopingwatertransactions The very business population of New York which is doing business on hot-air promotion prospects has been hit hardest of all. Work has become scarce and again, as in prewar days, you see workmen in shabby clothes huddling around the radiators in the railroad stations and big business blocks trying to keep warm without overcoats. At one big mition picture studio that I know of there was great difficulty last fall in getting men to work. Even when pursuaded, they made the most impossible demands and quit the job at the slightest suspicion of criticism from the bosses. At this same studio men are now applying for work in droves: Whereas there was no living with them a year ago, they are now begging for employment in any form. A house painter who formerly got, with his overtime allowance, in the week, came around the other day asking for a job sweeping up the leaves on the lawn, digging ditches or any other work that would yield him living wages. He said that he had saved nothing from his high wages. There has been a wild tumbling of prices within the past few weeks, but the tumble looks to be more sweeping than it really is. The retail merchants are trying desperately to hold up the prices on really good things until after Christmas. I cannot see that living has come down very much. Apples for instance, still sell at the store at 50 cents for a small basket of ten or twelve in spite of the fact that apples are rotting on the trees and on the ground in the country. Grapes, in spite of the fact that a huge California crop has been sent across to compete with a large eastern crop, sell at a rate of 35 cents for that they have to play almost to the capacity all the time to make the boat. The road shows that have ventured out have met with disaster. Some thing like a hundred shows have already died on the road. The Cinema business has also been hit hard, as the wholesale closing of studios has demonstrated. The show business well deserves a combing down. They charge too much by half for their seats. You can't see a good show in New York for less than $3.00 a seat, and if you are in a hurry to see a very popular show you may pay twice that. Florence Ziegfeld already has given notice to the actors that he intends to make a material reduction in salaries. He says that for actors who formerly drew $250 per week he has lately had to pay $750.00 The general feeling throughout the business world seems to be one of optimism and almost satisfaction. Everyone knows that the mad prices of last year could not be maintained for the simple reason that the people would not buy. They all honestly do want to get down to a basis of reason: but the only question is how to make the safe descent. If Christmas is a good one the chances are that the average merchant will be able to get rid of the stocks he bought at fancy prices and will be glad to start in on a new stock at sane prices. Meanwhile fierce bargaining is going on by the Christmas shoppers, for the prices are not being lowered on a parallel scale. They are sagging down by fits and starts, according to the individual ideas of the different merchants. Anaheim Gazette, per year, $1.50, payable in advance. GREATEST TAX IS COLLECTED Revenue Bureau Takes In $5,407,580,-251.00 In Year Collection of $5,407,580,251.00 in taxes and efforts to control the liquor traffic under the Prohibition Act, formed the principal work of the Internal Revenue Bureau during the last bscal year, Commissioner Williams said in his annual report made public Friday. The tax collection was the greatest in the history of the nation, he added, while in prohibition enforcement the bureau was faced with the creation of an organization which embraced all states and Hawaii, Porto Rico and Alaska. Total income and profit taxes made up the bulk of the revenue obtained by the government with $3,956,936,-003, but the report shows that an additional $295,809,355 came from tobacco taxes. The levy on distilled and fermented liquors produced $139,401,149 and miscellaneous war excise taxes brought in $833,-863,871. The remainder of the revenue was from capital stock stamp and special taxation. Mr. Williams noted the collection of $13,117,778 from all ensis who were departing for their native lands after a temporary residence in the United States. Many of these, he said, were not inclined to comply with the revenue regulations which requires the satisfaction of all tax liabilities before passports are issued. Total expenditures of the Bureau was $29,547,439 including $2,052,774 for enforcement of prohibition. $460,-827 to enforce the Harrison narcotic law, and $89,703 for enforcement of the child labor law. This made be installed in many shipping board vessels, because ships so equipped are sufficient at present for only about one tenth of the needs of the state, it was declared. According to Fred N. Biglow, secretary of the State Market Commission, the California Growers' association alone shipped $270,000,000 worth of products in 1919. THE PANAMA CANAL The way Government management does business and keeps books the Panama Canal shows for last year a profit of $2,387,599. But if the United States Government in behalf of the American people, managed its affairs and figured financial results the way a private corporation, in behalf of its stockholders, has to figure its results and keep its books, the Panama as a business proposition would look like a financial wreck. As a matter of fact the difference between the operating expenses and the receipts of the Panama Canal—the aforesaid $2,387,599—called by a wild flight of imagination profits, is only a drop in the bucket toward paying the fixed charges on the colossal bonded debt investment of the American people in the Panama Canal. Including cost of construction, purchase of rights, annual payments to Panama, fortifications, etc., the American people had put into the canal, up to June, 30, 1919, more than $459,000,000. With nothing ever earned toward meeting the interest on that debt, not to mention payments into the sinking fund to extinguish the debt, the canal stands the American people in today more than half a billion be followed it may be well to briefly review what takes place in a deciduous tree during a normal season. The first activity in the spring is the swelling of the buds. The first warm weather brings forth the blossom and leaves and activity for the season begins. For a considerable period all the food that is used by the tree comes from which has been stored up the previous season. Until the leaves lose their succulent condition and take on a dark green color they are using up all are starch they manufacture. After becoming waxy and dark green in color they begin to manufacture a surplus which is stored back in the stems for use in the other parts of the tree. About the time length growth ceases a general food reserve begins to accumulate which is all important in the making of vigorous fruit buds for the coming season. At this period, late summer and fall—all the energies of the tree are confined to the storing up of food in the trunk, limbs and branches for next year's use. As soon as their work is done its leaves are shed. The point to bear in mind is that the success of next year's crop depends to a large extent upon just how much food is stored now. Thus one can readily realize that it is all important that conditions be made favorable for the storing up of large quantities of food to mature fruit buds and for use in the fore part of next season. The amount of food stored and the condition of the fruit buds depends upon the length of time that leaves are maintained in a healthy condition. Anything which tends to cause a deciduous tree to go dormant before it should do so will naturally reduce the amount of food storage. It is important therefore departing for their native lands after a temporary residence in the United States. Many of these, he said, were not inclined to comply with the revenue regulations which requires the satisfaction of all tax liabilities before passports are issued. Total expenditures of the Bureau was $29,547,439 including $2,053,774 for enforcement of prohibition. $460,827 to enforce the Harrison narcotic law, and $89,703 for enforcement of the child labor law. This made the actual cost of collecting the record tax bill $27,037,134, or 50 cents per $100.00 as compared with 53 cents per $100.00 for the fiscal year of 1919. Williams shows that 55,863,745 gallons of distilled liquors were held in bonded warehouses, June 30, a reduction of 16,494,405 gallons during the year. The report shows also that 990,615,762 taxable gallons of distilled liquor were produced during the twelve months and withdrawals from bonded warehouses were reported at 28,220,909 gallons. The highest mark shown for production and withdrawals were 160,840,210 gallons. The largest amount of liquor ever held in storage was in 1914, with a total of 282,066,460 gallons. Mr. Williams said the government had employed the permit system as one of its chief methods of controlling the liquor traffic at its sources. He added that 62,759 of the various classes of permits were issued between January, 16, when constitutional prohibition became effective, and the end of the fiscal year. They were for the use of alcoholic liquors, for other than beverage purposes and included 11,501 permits to prescribe. The bureau revoked 294 permits of various kinds between the dates mentioned and 359 applications for permits were not allowed. CITRUS FRUITS TO BE SHIPPED BY WAY OF CANAL Shipment of oranges by water to the Atlantic seaboard it to be tested out by the California Fruit exchange according to L. D. Palmer, manager of the Orange County Fruit Exchange. Plans are under way for starting a shipment from Southern California within the next fifteen of twenty days. The shipment will pass through the Panama Canal. A committee named by the exchange has been engaged for some time in developing plans for making water transportation available to American people in this important that conditions be made favorable for the storing up of large quantities of food to mature fruit buds and for use in the fore part of next season. The amount of food stored and the condition of the fruit buds depends upon the length of time that leaves are maintained in a healthy condition. Anything which tends to cause a deciduous tree to go dormant before it should do so will naturally reduce the amount of food storage. It is important therefore for growers to do everything in their power to make conditions favorable for the trees to hold their leaves late in the season. There are means of insuring a healthy leaf condition which every grower having an irrigation system can use to an advantage. It has been found that the greatest factor for causing a tree to go dormant prematurely is insufficient moisture. Prof. J. W. Nelson, who conducted a number of demonstrations in this county on soil problems recently pointed out the deciduous orchards of the State very clearly what has taken place. In 1918 the rainfall came early in the season and at that time when the Of course, the Panama Canal was never built to make money directly and openly, like a railroad or a factory, or a bank or a department store. It was conceived and built by wise fur-seeing statesmanship and half a billion of the American people's money was poured into it to confer a great water transportation benefit upon the commerce of this country and of the whole world. But for anybody to talk of a annual profit of more than two and a third VIGOROUS FRUIT BUDS ARE NECESSARY There is a prevailing tendency on the part of deciduous fruit growers to discontinue orchard care and to lay down on the job as soon as the crop is harvested. The experience of the past season with the poor crops that have been obtained and the abnormal condition of the trees have only served to emphasize this fact. In many orchards throughout the state the trees have gone through the past season in a weakened condition. This has resulted in some cases in die-back, in others by the setting of a crop but failure to put out and mature leaves. In many cases the fruit and branches have exuded gum, and in still others the trees entered the season in such weakened condition that fruit buds either did not come out or were too weak to set fruit. In practically every instance the cause of such condition can be traced back to the poor care that was given to the orchard after the crop matured the previous season. In order to understand just what practices should be well to briefly place in a deciduous normal season. The spring is the first warm north the blossom activity for the season considerable period is used by the tree which has been store-season. Until the succulent condition of green color they starch they man- becoming waxy and for they begin to plus which is stores for use in the tree. About the ch ceases a general begins to accumulate instant in the making buds for the coming period, late summer energies of the tree storing up of food and branches for As soon as their leaves are shed. In mind is that the ear's crop depends on just how much readily realize that it what conditions be for the storing up of of food to mature or use in the forest. The amount of the condition of the upon the length of are maintained in Anything which deciduous tree to go should do so will the amount of food important therefore trees could use the moisture for mauring fruit buds and storing up food. The result was that there was a good crop the following season all through the state. In 1919 however winter rains did not come until very late. Hundreds of borings into the soil throughout the state showed dry soil from July till January. Leaves matured and dropped before they had completed their normal life cycle. The food reserve was, as a result, insufficient to properly mature fruit buds and much below the requirements of the trees for even maintenance. Consequently, poor crops were obtained and weakened condition in general. There were, however, here and there, orchards which produced excellent crops of good fruit. In the survey it was found that the orchards which were never allowed to suffer for water were the ones which produced good crops. Those orchards were irrigated as soon as the crop was off to keep them normal for the fruit bud formation and food storage. As soon as the leaves had fallen they were irrigated again to carry them through the winter. There is one factor which should not be overlooked and that is where soils have been allowed to dry out during the summer, it is dangerous to apply a complete irrigation after the fruit has been harvested. That often results in a production of vegetative growth, using up the food that has been stored and preventing the storing of more food. In such a case only a small amount should be added to keep the trees normal. The important thing is to store up enough during the dormant period, so that it will not be necessary to apply very large amounts during the growing period. This can be done in heavy pioneer life. Down at Pleasanton a club has taken upon itself the duty of restoring an old adobe house upon whose ancient wall grows a rose bush, the home being the one to which, 70 years ago, John Kottinger brought his bride. She was the daughter of the dons, Senorita Theresa Bernal, owner of the vast estate known as the Rancho del Valle. The rose vine was planted during the honeymoon. There the couple lived for many years, and all the gala events, the tragedies and the eras of progress that link the pretty town of today with its past were visioned by the inmates of that old adobe houses. The club proposes to restore the old hacienda, park the grounds and make the place a memorial to the founder of Pleasanton. Nearly every town has some relic of its past that is being allowed to go to decay, but that would be of interest to succeeding generations. Happily this awakening to their value has come in time to save them from complete annihilation. 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