anaheim-gazette 1921-12-29

AMERICAN VALUATION AND THE RETAIL PRICES The New York Herald, speaking of American valuation, says: "There is no question that such tariff, while making all imports of a given kind, from whatever country, pay the same amount of duty in dollars and cents, would very largely raise American prices in such lines. Nobody ever gainsaid this fact. It is the very purpose of the measure if it is to give protection to American goods against which foreign goods are severe competitors." The Herald is mistaken in believing that it is the theory of protectionists that the tariff is added to the retail price in the United States. Protectionists do not admit that claim of the free trader; they deny it. The fact that an importer may be able to bring goods into the United States, which he has bought at a low valuation, does not imply that he will give the American ultimate consumer the benefit of his saving either in purchase price or in lower tariff. The idea that the American producer is an exploiter and the importer a philanthropist seeking only the advantage of the consumer, is a vain imagining. The importer or distributive organization, which buys cutlery in Europe at a low price, due to the degradation of labor and of foreign currency, markets that commodity in the United States at a price enough below the American selling cost to displace American production. If the importer be permitted to keep this up long enough it will put the American producer out of business; close his factory and disband his organization; then the representatives of alien production will charge even more than the American people before had paid the American producer. This importation of cheaply-made foreign goods, with the tariff made lower under the foreign valuation system in proportion to the call of the suffering and the dying." It may beseezely assumed that if congress makes this appropriation the administration will see to it that the soviet government shall not be permitted to make indirect use of the food supplies to strengthen their hold over the people or perpetuate themselves in power. It is perhaps pertinent to remark in this connection that the United States today has a surplus of corn and that the government can purchase the same at a relatively low price. We have idle ships which can be employed in transporting the corn to Russia, where it will supply an urgent need. It is fortunate that the United States, out of an ample surplus, can supply in part the scarcity due to a drought in one of the great grain-producing sections of Russia. CALIFORNIA LEMONS SHOW DIFFERENCES IN COMPOSITION Lemon growers, and more particularly persons engaged in utilization of culls and by-products, are interested in the comparative acid and oil content of different varieties of lemons from various localities. The first systematic attempt to study the subject is reviewed in a new bulletin of "the United States department of agriculture, No. 993," "The Composition of California Lemons," by E. M. Chace, C. P. Wilson and C. G. Church, of the bureau of chemistry. Tests include the Eureka and Lisbon varieties, on which the California lemon industry has been principally based, and also the Villa Franca, which has been planted to some extent but has generally been abandoned for the others. A few well-defined differences between the varieties were found, the most striking being in specific gravity. As to oil, the Villa Franca has more than the Eureka. There is no SOLITIES Laugh, and the world Weep and you we For the sad old ear mirth. But has trouble on Slig, and the hills Sligh, it is lost on The echoes bound But shrink from Rejoice, and men w Grieve, and they They want full me pleasure. But they do not Be glad, and you You be sad, and you There are none to tar'd wine, But alone you m gall. Feast, and your h Fast, and the v Succeed and give live. But no man can There is room in ure For a large and But one by one w Through the ma —Ellis CAPITALIST AND CO Jane Addams s in Russia, consi with the plenty l is evidence of th man race. It is evidence those who follow and doctrinaires resistance to their evidence at the salience of those damentals of free as provided in th American selling cost to displace American production. If the importor be permitted to keep this up long enough it will put the American producer out of business; close his factory and disband his organization; then the representatives of alien production will charge even more than the American people before had paid the American producer. This importation of cheaply-made foreign goods, with the tariff made lower under the foreign valuation system in proportion to that cheapness, does not mean lower prices to the consumer. Imports will be sold at retail for all the market will bear. This is not a mere theory; it is a practice with which investigation will make any student of the subject familiar. American domestic retail prices are regulated by domestic competition and by the purchasing power of the American people. Writing a tariff law in the interests of the allien producer and importer will not help the American consumer, though it will destroy the purchasing power of the American producer. The drive against an adequate protective tariff, including the American plan of valuation, is most menacing assault upon American industry that has been made in many years. CONTINUE AUTO REPAIR COST QUIZ The Farm Bureau Dissatisfied With First Investigation Directors of the Orange county farm expressed themselves as disaffected with the stand taken by the states association in refusing to join on tractor repair work, at the request of the farmers, who have been investigating repair rates. The reasons given for the failure to accede to the requests of the tractor committee appointed, were declared unsatisfactory by the directors. The report of the tractor fuel and repair committee was made by R. D. Flaherty, secretary-manager of the farm bureau. Other members of the committee were Dean Johnson, Santa Ana, chairman, and C. E. Utt, Tustin. Following the report the directors decided to broaden the scope of the investigation to be conducted by the committee and a much more comprehensive resume of conditions is expected at the next report. The committee was instructed to advise the auto trades' association to this effect. HUNTERS DESTROY THE STOCK-KLLING ANIMALS The current fiscal year promises to be a banner one for the government hunters whose work is ridding the western ranges of predatory animals that prey upon the ranchmen's herds and flocks, according to reports covering the 3 months ending with September 30, last, to the biological survey, United States department of agriculture. During that period government and state co-operative hunters killed 8316 bears, bobcats, lynxes, coyotes, mountain nilons and wolves. That figure represents the number whose scalps were taken; some also which were poisoned died in spots where their bodies were not found. Detailed, the government's game bag during the 3 months held 77 bears, 726 bobcats and lynxes, 7,375 coyotes, 20 mountain nilons, and 118 wolves. In some sections, notably Idaho, and Nevada, the kill per man was remarkably high, averaging almost one animal per day. One hunter took 78 animals in a single month. By states the number of predatory animals thus accounted for during the quarter was as follows: Arizona, 316; Arkansas, 4; California, 186; Colorado. Tests include the Eureka and Lisbon varieties, on which the California lemon industry has been principally based, and also the Villa Franca, which has been planted to some extent but has generally been abandoned for the others. A few well-defined differences between the varieties were found, the most striking being in specific gravity. As to oil, the Villa Franca has more than the Eureka. There is no difference in acid quantities of the three varieties. A marked difference in sugar content exists between the Eureka and Lisbon, the Eureka having the greater proportion of sugar. The acidity of lemons was found to be highest in early autumn. Specific gravity is lowest during the winter and highest in midsummer. No absolute correlafion was discovered between the color of the skin and the composition of the fruit, but the specific gravity and the acid content of the fruit decrease with increased thickness of the peel. No difference in composition between lemons grown on the coast and those grown inland is shown. PUBLISH SOIL CO CORN FOR RUSSIA well that in his message to commending an appropriation aid of starving citizens of President Harding made it that this aid to Russian people is not to be construed as even an inferential endorsement of the present governing power in that unfortunate nation. The United States has ever been the friend and willing aid of the distressed. Those Russians in whose behalf the president asks an appropriation are the residents of the valley of the Volga which suffered a severe drought during the past season. His message proposes an appropriation for the purchase of 10,000,000 bushels of corn and 1,000,000 bushels of grain not only to serve immediate needs for food but to provide for the planting where available takes occasional use. It does not recognize the government Russia nor tolerate the propaganda which cannages therefrom, but we must forget the traditions of Russian friendship. We may put aside our consideration of all international politics and fundamental conferences in order to be what we are. LOWER HONEY RATES A substantial reduction in the freight rates on strained and comb honey from Pacific coast points to eastern territory will become effective December 15, according to Southern Pacific company announcement. The new rate on strained honey will be $1.35 per 100 pounds as compared with the present rate of $1.66 1-2. On comb honey the present rate of $3.33 1-2 will be reduced to $2.75. The new rates will apply to points north of the Ohio river, to all points on the Illinois Central when routed via New Orleans, and to Cincinnati, Louisville and Birmingham via the Louisville and Nashville railroad and to Birmingham via the St. Louis and S. F. railway through specified junction points. The report on soil survey of area of California reau of soils ment of agriculture with the state of published and cording to and the department made to determine types in order may be assisted soils to best ad. The report co-map of the region and distribution types. It contains describing the cussing their can also includes br graphical sketch gether with state climate and farm. On account of tion facilities, t available for irr orable to the prerieety of crops, large bodies of has come to include highly developed cultural section States. The co produces a larger many of the de walnuts and ge crops occupy la ent parts of these is also given th stock industries tion of poultry. SOLITUDE Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. Sling, and the hills will answer; Sligh, it is lost on the air; The echoes bound to a joyful sound, But shrink from voicing care. Rejoice, and men will seek you; Grieve, and they turn and go; They want full measure of all your pleasure. But they do not need your woe. Be glad, and your friends are many. Be sad, and you lose them all; There are none to decline your nec tar'd wine, But alone you must drink life's gall gall. Feast, and your halls are crowded; Fast, and the world goes by. Succeed and give, and it helps you live. But no man can help you die. There is room in the halls of pleasure For a large and lordly train. But one by one we must all file on Through the narrow aisles of pain. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. "CAPITALIST AMERICA" AND COMMUNIST RUSSIA Jane Addams says that the famine in Russia, considered in connection with the plenty in the United States, is evidence of the stupidity of the human race. It is evidence of the stupidity of those who follow after demagogues and doctrinaires, or submit without resistance to their dictatorship. It is evidence at the same time of the intelligence of those who stick to the fundamentals of free, stable government as provided in the American constitution. Jane Addams says that the famine in Russia, considered in connection with the plenty in the United States, is evidence of the stupidity of the human race. It is evidence of the stupidity of those who follow after demagogues and doctrinales, or submit without resistance to their dictatorship. It is evidence at the same time of the intelligence of those who stick to the fundamentals of free, stable government as provided in the American constitution. That one person should stick his hand in the fire and get burned is not evidence of the stupidity of the human race in general, but only of the lack of intelligence displayed by the individual who has to learn where not to put his hand by so unintelligent a method. The famine in Russia is primarily due to a drought in the Volga region. The secondary reason is that communist government assumed that it could seize all the surplus grain raised by the peasants to feed bureaucratic officials and soldiers and that the Russian farmer would go on raising a surplus. But the peasant when he saw that he would not be permitted, under communism to retain that for which he had labored, simply refused to raise more grain than was necessary to support himself and family. The grain surplus of the peasants of the Volga region was thus wiped out and when drought came there was nothing to fall back upon. The bolshevist government has learned its lesson and no longer takes from the peasant all his surplus grain. It is confessing publicly the futility of socialism. The lesson ought not be lost even on American radicals who believe that by destroying private property rights they can improve the condition of the masses. America "capitalist America," is coming to the rescue of a Russia brought into the shadow of famine through the application of a political and economic philosophy long advocated by radicals of many brands as a remedy for poverty. PUBLISH SOIL MAPS COVERING THIS AREA The report of the reconnaissance soil survey of the central southern area of California made by the bureau of soils, United States department of agriculture, in co-operation with the state of California, has been published and is available. During comparatively recent geologic time a great lake flooded a number of the valleys in northwestern Nevada. This lake has now almost completely disappeared, but geologists have named it, in its entirety, Lake Lahontan, in honor of Baron La Hontan, one of the early explorers of the headwaters of the Mississippi. At the time of its greatest expansion, according to the United States geological survey, department of the interior, this ancient lake covered 8400 square miles. The deepest part of Lake Lahontan, which was 880 feet deep, was the site of the present Pyramid lake, one of its remnants, so that its surface stood about 500 feet above the surface of Pyramid lake. The ancient struggling for life amid snow and ice in a scant, almost perpetually frozen soil, its vegetation was abundant and luxuriant and included ferns and palm-like plants that grow only in a mild and probably frostless climate. This vegetation flourished in the Arctic region from at least late Paleozoic to middle Cenozoic time, millions of years ago, before man existed. Although these lands are now so inhabitable and are rarely visited, the United States geological survey has gathered a large amount of information concerning their fossil floras. A study of the coal beds of the Cape Lisburne region has incidentally disclosed many fossil plants. These coal beds are extensive and are the only known commercially valuable mineral resources of that region. A little coal is occasionally mined for PUBLISH SOIL MAPS COVERING THIS AREA The report of the reconnaissance soil survey of the central southern area of California made by the bureau of soils, United States department of agriculture, in cooperation with the state of California, has been published and is now available, according to an announcement from the department. The survey was made to determine the nature of soil types in order that local farmers may be assisted in fitting crops to soils to best advantage. The report contains a detailed color map of the region, showing the extent and distribution of the various soil types. It contains 136 pages of text describing their capabilities. The report also includes brief historical and geographical sketches of the region, together with statistics relating to the climate and farm practices. On account of the good transportation facilities, the supply of water available for irrigation, a climate favorable to the production of a great variety of crops, and the occurrence of large bodies of fertile soils the area has come to include some of the most highly developed and productive agricultural sections within the United States. The citrus fruits industry produces a large annual income, while many of the deciduous fruits, grapes, walnuts and general field and truck crops occupy large acres in different parts of the area. Some attention is also given to the dairy and livestock industries, and to the production of poultry, eggs and honey. The ancient vegetation of the Arctic region, as is shown by a study of its fossil plants, indicates that its climate was once very unlike that which prevails there now. Instead of consisting of a handful of small plants, this ancient lake covered 8400 square miles. The deepest part of Lake Lahontan, which was 880 feet deep, was the site of the present Pyramid lake, one of its remnants, so that its surface stood about 500 feet above the surface of Pyramid lake. The ancient lake had no outlet except the one that led straight up, its waters being disrupted entirely by evaporation. A large area a few miles north of Winnebucca, Nev., was covered with sand dunes that were formed since Lake Lahontan disappeared. These dunes are fully 75 feet thick, and their steep slopes are on the east side, indicating that the whole vast field of sand is slowly traveling eastward. The march of this sand is irresistible, and its progress has necessitated a number of changes in the roads in the southern part of Little Humboldt valley during recent years. In some places in this region the telegraph poles have been buried so deep that they have had to be spliced in order to keep the wires above the crests of the sand dunes. The sand is of a light creamy-yellow color and forms beautifully curved ridges and waves that are covered with an artistic fretwork of wind ripples. ALASKA ONCE SUBTROPICAL The ancient vegetation of the Arctic region, as is shown by a study of its fossil plants, indicates that its climate was once very unlike that which prevails there now. Instead of consisting of a handful of small plants, this ancient lake covered 8400 square miles. The deepest part of Lake Lahontan, which was 880 feet deep, was the site of the present Pyramid lake, one of its remnants, so that its surface stood about 500 feet above the surface of Pyramid lake. The ancient lake had no outlet except the one that led straight up, its waters being disrupted entirely by evaporation. A study of the coal beds of the Cape Lisburne region has incidentally disclosed many fossil plants. These coal beds are extensive and are the only known commercially valuable mineral resources of that region. A little coal is occasionally mined for vessels that are short of fuel, which, as there is no harbor, lie offshore and perilously load on a few sacks of coal by means of lighters. Cape Lisburne is the bold headland which marks the northwest end of a land mass that projects into the Arctic ocean from the western coast of Alaska about 160 miles north of the Arctic circle and about 300 miles directly north of Nome. Even Cape Lisburne is by no means the northern limit of the fossil plants of this nearly tropical vegetation, for they have been found in the rocks 180 miles northeast of Cape Lisburne. AUTO INSURANCE RATES TO SHOOT SKYWARD Increasing numbers of automobile thefts and the continued carelessness of motorists in failing to lock their cars when parked will cause another skyward shoot of auto insurance rates in southern California on January 1. This announcement has just been made by the Automobile Club of Southern California, which did not raise its rates in conformity with the conference companies in November. Insurance rates, it is pointed out, reflect directly the cost of the losses to the insuring company, and in the New Year's meetings OF THE State National Bank extend to you our greetings and sinhope that the New will give to you its greetings and sinhope that the New will give to you its full measure of prosperity. OFFICERS President E. E. SMITH, Cashier President E. M. EVERETT, Assistant Cashier DIRECTORS FRED KOESEL W. A. BONYNGE E. E. SMITH ADOLPH THOMAS C. F. GRIM case of the insurance department of the automobile club, this holds true as well as with the general companies. The club, as usual, however, will write its insurance for auto owners at 657.22, claimed federal aid funds to the extent of $18,646,066.17. For another high type of road—bituminous concrete—$9,299,864.32 was made available through federal aid. That sum went toward the construction of 772.5 miles of roadway, at a total cost of $23,445,374.88. Toward the construction of brick roads, of which 444.6 miles were built, federal aid was available to the extent of $6,925,482.13; and toward the cost of 2695.5 miles of sand-clay roads the federal government contributed $10,495,172.10. The total cost of sand clay roads was $22,226,362.66. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Ann Gilchrist, Deceased. Notice is hereby Given, by the under-signed, H. Clay Kellogg, Administrator of the estate of Mary Ann Gilchrist, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased to file them with the necessary vouchers in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California, or to exhibit the same with the necessary vouchers to the said Administrator at his place of business, at 311 First National Bank Building, in the city of Anaheim, in said County of Orange, within ten months after the first publication of this notice. Dated this 12th day of December, 1921. H. CLAY KELLOGG, IN UNCLE SAM'S LEFT POCKET Every citizen who reads the report of Secretary of the Interior Fall should be imbued with a new pride of country. The undeveloped natural resources on the public domain are of fabulous value. If they were to be leased to private operators on a royalty basis they would bring a return to the federal treasury of over $12,000,000. Capital values given to the properties on the basis of the royalties would give a value of publicly owned resources of about a hundred and fifty billion dollars. THE FATAL WORDS "Ma wants two pounds of butter exactly like what you sent us last week. If it ain't exactly like that she won't take it. The grocer turned to his customers and remarked blandly: "Some people don't like particular customers, but I do. It's my delight to get them just what they want. I will attend to you in a moment, my boy." "All right," said the boy, "but be sure and get the same kind. A lot of dad's relations are visiting our house, and ma doesn't want 'em to come again."