anaheim-gazette 1921-10-13

HOME BREWERS SAVE CALIFORNIA GRAPE CROP Newspaper Man Tells What He Saw in the East A California newspaper correspondent, traveling through eastern cities, writes as follows regarding the disposition of the California grape crop, which has commanded such extravagant prices the past couple of years: California's 1921 crop of wine grapes is estimated at 250,000 tons, and by the end of October it is predicted that fully 150,000 tons will have been shipped outside the borders of our state. While there are excellent markets for these grapes in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston and other large cities, the greatest quantity is sold in New York, and, as a rule, the best prices are paid, especially for the Alcante Bouschet and Zinfandel varieties, which are well known and in the greatest demand. It takes from twelve to fifteen days for the grapes to reach New York and during the past month 5000 cars of wine grapes have been transported outside of the state. From seventy-five to 100 cars of grapes were disposed of each day at the great Erie docks in New York, where buyers congregate each morning. The fruit is auctioned. A heavy per cent of the fruit is handled by the east side jobbers, although the auction sales are attended by buyers from Brooklyn, the cities up the Hudson and from the New Jersey side. You must remember that some 10,000,000 persons live within a radius of fifty miles of New York. Most of the wine grapes are absorbed by the Italian population and the people of the Ghetto, and no matter how many grapes are bought by the jobbers, they manage to get rid of them during the afternoon and are Chicago the charge was 45 cents. Within the past fortnight, the refrigerator car shortage has seriously crippled the shipment of grapes out of the state and as a result, large quantities of wine grapes have been rushed into the Los Angeles. San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, Stockton and San Jose markets in box cars stock cars and ventilator cars. It is estimated that fully 20,000 tons of wine grapes will be disposed of in the state for home-brew purposes. During a normal year, before prohibition went into effect, California's 700 wineries produced in the neighborhood of 45,000,000 gallons of wine. This year not more than 9,000,000 gallons of non-beverage wine will be made—3,000,000 gallons of sweet wine and 7,000,000 gallons of dry wines. About 70,000 tons of grapes will be needed for this production. Some 500 tons of grapes will probably be used in the manufacture of about 600,000 gallons of grape juice, and another 5000 tons of grapes will be dried in the sun. A few black grapes will be dehydrated. These are the only outlets for our wine grapes as there will be little syrup made and de-alcoholized wines are said to have fallen flat. From this resume, it will be seen that home-brew has saved the wine grape growers of California from disaster. A WELL-ARRANGED CLOSET MAKES CLEANING EASIER House Cleaning Accomplished More Quickly and Easily by Assembling Tools in One Place For generations housekeepers have taken pride in their orderly linen closets, well-stocked preserve and jelly closets, and their neat kitchen cupboards. While not so attractive to look at, the cleaning closet is just as im- Most of the wine grapes are absorbed by the Italian population and the people of the Ghetto, and no matter how many grapes are bought by the jobbers, they manage to get rid of them during the afternoon and are ready for a fresh supply in the morning. These grapes are principally intended for home-brew purposes and are eagerly purchased by the Italians, Slavonians, Greeks and others of foreign birth who have been accustomed to the use of wine all their lives. The law allows them to make 200 gallons of "fruit juices," nonintoxicating in fact, but not necessarily less than one-half of 1 per cent in alcohol. They argue that a man's house is his castle and if they want to use their kitchen stove to make home-brew or to press out their own wine in their cellar, it is their own affair, so long as they do not sell what they produce, but use it only for their own consumption. When I visited New York last fall I was curious to find out how the vast quantities of wine and table grapes were used and my investigations led to many interesting discoveries. Over on Orchard and Hester streets in the Ghetto, I saw a lot of our Tokays and Malagas being sold. Some of them looked pretty good, but others were mouldy. They were sold at 12 cents per pound and were weighed most carefully on little old-fashioned scales that reminded me of the ones used in candy stores. I was told that a lot of the 1,500,000 Jews in New York made wine and I was sure this was true when I saw a dignified fellow with glasses and venerable whiskers, who looked like he might be a rabbi, passing along the center of the street. He balanced on his head a small tub or barrel cut in two, and in it was a funnel, some bottles and other equipment for wine-making, all smearred with the red juice of the grapes. In the Italian quarter, I also saw grapes galore in the fruit stores, some piled in high mounds and other tied in clusters along the fronts of their stands. I asked one lady in charge if the Italians had made much wine and she laughed at my ignorance, "Sure." she frankly said, "everybody made A WELL-ARRANGED CLOSET MAKES CLEANING EASIER House Cleaning Accomplished More Quickly and Easily by Assembling Tools In One Place For generations housekeepers have taken pride in their orderly linen closets, well-stocked preserve and jelly closets, and their neat kitchen cupboards. While not so attractive to look at, the cleaning closet is just as important. By grouping together brooms, dusters, mops and all the many things needed in cleaning and keeping the closet in order, the housekeeper need not waste time or take extra steps in collecting these things when she wants to use them. It is more sanitary and tidy practice to store cleaning tools in a place by themselves than to leave them in a corner of the kitchen or pantry, as is often done, the United States department of agriculture points out. The cleaning closet should be convenient to the whole house. Sometimes, especially in large houses, a good arrangement is to have a cleaning closet on each floor with a supply of the things most frequently used. If a built-in closet is no tavailable, an old wardrobe may be fitted up. Sometimes the cleaning closet opens off the back hall or the combination laundry and washroom, which is found an almost indispensable room in many farmhouses. This, also, is a good place for it. The cleaning closet should be ventilated by cutting holes in the door or by means of a transom. Shelves should be arranged for the cans and bottles of cleaning materials and other small articles, and there should be plenty of hooks at proper heights for brushes, brooms and mops. These should be hung so that the weight does not rest on the straws, bristles or strings. The carpet sweeper, also, should be set or hung so that the weight does not come on the brushes. Well-made, durable tools are generally most economical in the end, though they may cost more at the outset. It is well, of course, to have a complete set of tools and materials for cleaning the many kinds of materials in the house, but this does not mean that a large collection should be bought haphazard. Some cleaning devices will not be used often enough in the ordinary house to justify their expense or the storage room they occupy, and the housekeeper will do well confronted by transportation cliffs is this almond men to compete with systems, but market their products far earlier through fed decreeing that not handle carloads of caskine at a low grower by with the return. Chinery of maize will help co-ordinate operators so do not know Attorney Genozo to a modified cancelled the operators and appealed is to the packer congress, but courts for ten CALIFORNIA With south leading California leading the production and woo look for the ood Boulder creek the biggest in Clements, of merce agricul sees the day nla will feed plus to ship th Chief Engl of the city of is considered engineering southern Cal agricultural completion o afford to Loc formia and th his head a small tub or barrel cut in two, and in it was a funnel, some bottles and other equipment for wine-making, all smeared with the red juice of the grapes. In the Italian quarter, I also saw grapes galore in the fruit stores, some piled in high mounds and other tied in clusters along the fronts of their stands. I asked one lady in charge if the Italians had made much wine and she laughed at my ignorance, "Sure," she frankly said, "everybody made vino. We got 600,000 Italians in New York and we use plenty grapes." "But how about prohibition?" I asked. "Weren't you afraid?" "It's a joke," she said laughingly. "I'm not afraid. If they arrest me they have to arrest all my friends—everybody—and they not got enough jails to keep us all." Which made me realize that if an attempt is made to prevent wine-making in New York, the enforcement officers are going to have their hands and their jails full. I was shaved by an Italian who told me he had purchased Zinzandels and Allcantes enough to make 200 gallons of wine. The red-juice Allcantes had cost him $4.80 a box. They range from twenty-four to twenty-eight pounds to the box. "I'm thinking," he said, "of getting some friends to go in with me and starting a company with $15,000 or 120,000. I think we could buy the grapes cheap and make a bunch, don't you." When I explained the situation to enthusiast waned but he asked: "he would make his 200 gallons of wine each year, no matter what would be the price of grapes." At the McAlpine hotel, where I stayed while in New York, and at the Statler hotel in Detroit a small cluster of Emperor grapes cost 35 cents; at the Willard hotel, Washington, D.C., I paid 75 cents and at the Blackstone in Well-made, durable tools are generally most economical in the end, though they may cost more at the outset. It is well, of course, to have a complete set of tools and materials for cleaning the many kinds of materials in the house, but this does not mean that a large collection should be bought haphazard. Some cleaning devices will not be used often enough in the ordinary hoouse to justify their expense or the storage room they occupy, and the housekeeper will do well to consider these points before buying. The oily cloths used in polishing floors and furniture, especially if moltened with linseed oil are a serious fire hazard unless kerosene is used in a covered fireproof container. A tin or galvanized iron can with close-fitting lid is good for this purpose. Tools last longer and work better if put back in the closet clean and ready for use the next time. Once a week or oftener if necessary the box of the carpet sweeper should be opened over dampened newspaper, the dirt emptied out, and hair and lint cleaned from the brushes with a buttonhook, coarse comb or old scissors. The mechanism should be kept properly oiled. A vacuum cleaner should be looked after in the same way, except that in addition the bag should be emptied. Day or oiled mops should be well shaken each time after use, and occasionally should be washed in hot soapsuds, rinsed in clear hot water, and dried as quickly as possible. Oolled mops may be renewed by pouring on a fe wdrops of kerosene or floor oil and letting them stand until the oil spreads through the strings. If too much oil is used, the floors will be darkened, and a surplus of oil will be left on the surface. Dust cloths should be washed fre- ANAHEIM GAZETTE quently, because a little dirt comes out more easily and because lirty cloths often leave as much dust as they take up and may scratch highly polished surfaces. The oil in "dustless" cloths may be restored by yadding to the rinse water little kerosene or floor oil (about 1 tablespoon to a quart of water), or by pouring a few drops of oil on the dry duster, rolling it tight, and letting it stand until the oil spreads evenly. House cleaning often seems a hard task and it pays to plan the work carefully and to keep the home clean rather than labor to make it clean. MARKETING There are many long questions connected with the question of marketing products which must traverse 3000 miles of desert and of plain before they reach the greater consuming market. Transportation, direct handling agencies and other considerations are up for decision. The citrus grower, the walnut, the raisin, the prune and many other co-operators have settled these questions, at least partly to their own satisfaction and with a great measure of success. The bean growers, the almond, the canned and dried fruit growers have more of a question confronting them than have the older associations which have arrived. To be sure, these associations have been confronted by problems other than transportation and marketing. Especially is this true with the bean and almond men who have not only had to compete with established marketing systems, but have been compelled to market their products alongside of those grown by coolie labor of Asia or underpaid labor of Mediterranean countries. Some of the canned fruit people arranged some years ago with a large packing concern in the east, a concern which handles many products THE WOODS OF AUTUMN Ere, in the northern gale, The summer tresses of the trees are gone, The woods of Autumn, all around our vale, Have put their glory on. The mountains that infold, In their wide sweep, the colored landscape round, Seem groups of giant kings, in purple and gold, That guard the enchanted ground. I roam the woods that crown The upland, where the mingled splendors glow, Where the gay company of trees look down On the green fields below. Let in through all the trees Come the strange rays; the forest depths are bright Their sunny-colored foliage, in the breeze, Twinkles like beams of light. The rivulet, late unseen, Where bickering through the shrubs its waters run, Shines with the image of its golden screen And glimmerings of the sun. —William Cullen Bryant. CALIFORNIA HAS THE CHEAPEST ELECTRICITY "Nowhere is power so cheap as in California," and the California power companies are carrying current at far greater distances than anywhere else, furthermore all of these companies are "hooked up" so that continuous service—something practically unheard of in the east, is assured in California, as CALIFORNIA CAN FEED WORLD With southern California territory leading California, and with California leading the nation in vegetable production and with every reasonable outlook for the completion of the proposed Boulder creek dam which is to be the biggest in the world. Dr. George P. Clements, of the chamber of commerce agricultural department, foresees the day when southern California will feed the world and have a surplus to ship to Mars. Chief Engineer William Mulholland, of the city of Los Angeles, gives what is considered a typical, conservative engineering view of the outlook for southern California's already leading agricultural position when he says the completion of the proposed dam will "afford to Los Angeles, southern California and the southwest such benefits confronted by problems other than transportation and marketing. Especially is this true with the bean and almond men who have not only had to compete with established marketing systems, but have been compelled to market their products alongside of those grown by coolie labor of Asia or underpaid labor of Mediterranean countries. Some of the canned fruit people arranged some years ago with a large packing concern in the east, a concern which handles many products but had no canned fruit. While the wisdom of the combination of co-operators with the large trust was questioned by many the immediate results were very satisfactory to the producer. Through federal regulations in effect decreeing that meat packers should not handle groceries or other side products the arrangement was necessarily terminated, and California co-operators are suffering. With co-operators handling only a few hundreds of carloads of canned goods it seems impossible to create a big marketing machine at a low enough cost to let the grower by with his fair proportion of the return. Then how may the machinery of marketing be created which will help co-operative cannery people to dispose of their products? The co-operators so far have answered: "We do not know," and are appealing to Attorney General Dougherty to consent to a modification of the decree which cancelled the arrangement through co-operators and packing concerns. This appealed is concerned in no way with the packer control bill now before congress, but simply asks the federal courts for temporary relief. CALIFORNIA HAS THE CHEAPEST ELECTRICITY "Nowhere is power so cheap as in California," and the California power companies are carrying current at far greater distances than anywhere else, furthermore all of these companies are "hooked up" so that continuous service—something practically unheard of in the east, is assured in California, as a feature of local interest which will appear in the report of Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, which with the aid of his engineers, is being prepared for submission to President Harding next month. Discussing the steam super-power plant, as a means of conserving fuel, in the east, when hydro-electric resources can never exceed twenty-five per cent of the demand, the report says that these will be "as great a step in advance as the transcontinental railroads." Credit for giving birth to the ideas of long distance transmission and inter-connection is ascribed to the electric engineers of California. The super-power plant plan, which will save millions of dollars annually, is being projected by the federal government through private ownership. The section of the report which is stimulating to the business and industrial interests of California, says: "At the present time California companies are carrying current over wires 300 miles long, while the greatest distance contemplated in the Atlantic project is 200 miles. Furthermore, all of the great California power companies are 'hooked up' so that continuous service—something almost unheard of in the east—is practically assured in California. And that feature, together with economy, makes up the underlying objects of a super-power project. Nowhere is power so cheap as in California." LESS FOR WAR; MORE FOR SCHOOLS President Obregon's enunciation of his government's peaceful, uplifting purposes is of especial interest because, on this side of the Rio Grande, his words are treated with respect. Speaking before the foreign delegates to the Mexican centennial, President Obregon directed attention to his government's policy of reducing its national army and decreasing military expenditures. In this he says it is merce agricultural department, foresees the day when southern California will feed the world and have a surplus to ship to Mars. Chief Engineer William Mulholland, of the city of Los Angeles, gives what is considered a typical, conservative engineering view of the outlook for southern California's already leading agricultural position when he says the completion of the proposed dam will "afford to Los Angeles, southern California and the southwest such benefits as the imagination of man cannot compass." The dam-site in the Colorado river and within easy electric transmission distance from Los Angeles now occupies the undivided attention of the entire southwest. The engineering features are merely large, but otherwise perfectly simple, Mr. Mulholland says. The proposed reservoir will be the largest in the world, holding 31,000,000 acre-feet. Los Angeles tributary territory shares with California the lead of the nation in the acreage of asparagus, cantaloupe, celery, lettuce, onions and spinach, besides holding third place nationally in the production of green peas and tomatoes, fifth place in string beans and seventh in watermelons. In 13 classifications of vegetables the Los Angeles empire leads in six. There is a total acreage of vegetables in California amounting to 142,178, or 9.6 per cent of the acreage of the United States. In asparagus the state produces 57 per cent of the United States crop. Chief Engineer Mulholland looks ahead to the completion of that Boulder creek dam and figures that when the dam is completed and in service the rest of the world will have only to sit down and eat from the bounty of Los Angeles and the rest of the Golden state. President Obregon's enunciation of his government's peaceful, uplifting purposes is of especial interest because, on this side of the Rio Grande, his words are treated with respect. Speaking before the foreign delegates to the Mexican centennial, President Obregon directed attention to his government's policy of reducing its national army and decreasing military expenditures. In this, he says, it is Mexico's aim to "collaborate in the new organization of the world." Pledging his government "constantly to raise the moral and mental status" of the Mexican people, President Obregon asserted that this policy has been demonstrated unmistakably, although modestly, "by discharging regiments and battalions, by increasing her appropriations for public instruction and by preparing teachers and opening new schools." He goes on to say that "in this noble work the efforts of Mexico will not be confined to the limits of her own territory, but she will go forth efficiently to work in nearby coountries which may be found in less favorable conditions and which may believe, as Mexico does, that the spiritual factors are those that give real strength to nations." This is lofty sentiment. Coming from a man of General Obregon's staunch character and sincerity, these words are highly significant. It would be an admirable irony in the history of this hemisphere if Mexico should right-about-face, turn from its chaotic disorders, give up arms, promote education and become a factor for the preservation of peace and progress in Latin America. The United States heartily would approve and encourage an attitude of this kind on the part of the neighboring republic. 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