anaheim-gazette 1923-12-13

Anaheim Gazette ESTABLISHED 1870 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY Henry Kuehel, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ... $1.50 SIX MONTHS ... $1.00 THREE MONTHS ... $.50 Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter McGROARTY'S HOME BURNED John S. McGroarty, poet and philosopher, has the sympathy of thousands of friends in the loss of his newly completed home in the Verdugo hills, built to replace the cottage which was burned on last Christmas day. The beautiful new home was dedicated on Saturday when five thousand friends gathered at the house warming. At 6 o'clock Sunday morning Mr. and Mrs. McGroarty were awakened by the flames and forced to rush out of the building which in a few minutes was a mass of flames. Neighbors came immediately and fire engines from the nearby towns of Van Nuys and Glendale were rushed to the scene but while the walls still stand the contents including the wonderful library which Mr. McGroarty has spent years in collecting and many mementoes are a total loss. COOLIDGE FOR ECONONY President Coolidge specifically recommended to congress on Monday a reduction of more than $300,000,000 in the national tax bill and at the same time presented views in opposition carries with it an obligation not to embark upon an extraordinary expenditure program. I am not unmindful of the demand for adjusted compensation for soldiers of the world war, which would include among its beneficiaries the able-bodied of our veterans as well as the disabled. I question of there is any sound reason for such a measure. The country is prosperous and remunerative employment is available for the able-bodied veterans as well as for the other citizens. "For the disabled veterans of the war and the dependents of those who fell the country can not do too much. It has already spent nearly $2,000,000 and now is spending nearly $500,000,000 in their behalf. That obligation it must and will continue to fulfill in utmost measure. And it is one of the most important of the duties and privileges of the Chief Executive to minister to the wants and needs of these wards and creditors of the nation. "But the fit and able-bodied are offered the opportunity open to every other citizen. "The government has no money to distribute to any class of its citizens that it does not from the pockets of the people, and the ayment of a bonus to our veterans could only be accomplished at a cost to the community, including the veterans themselves, far outweighing the benefits to be conferred. "If I felt a soldiers' bonus represented a great need and a proper obligation which should be fulfilled by this nation I certainly would not make a recommendation which would be adverse thereto. "We have now reached a point in our financial problem where we can lighten the tax burden of the people, The net income miscellaneous receipts the head of "tru$10,001,066 in 1924; $8,466,744 per net profits from totaled $1,140,642 while those condemn Railroad Company." COOLIDGE FOR ECONONY President Coolidge specifically recommended to congress on Monday a reduction of more than $300,000,000 in the national tax bill and at the same time presented views in opposition to a soldiers' bonus. The executive in a message transmitting the annual budget, said frankly that "program of new expenditure on a large scale would make tax reduction impossible for years to come." He added that tax reduction "would certainly tend to align the whole people in support of economical administration of government," which, he declared, "is becoming every day more and more necessary." "I recommend a revision of tax laws," Coolidge said, "along lines which will effect a reduction of income tax laws by taxing earned income more lightly than income from business or from investments by reducing percentages of the normal tax and by reducing the surtax rates with commencement of their application at $10,000 instead of $6000. I also recommend repeal of the tax on telegrams, telephones and leased wires and of the tax on admission and revision of the miscellaneous taxes which are a source of inconvenience to taxpayers, and difficult to collect. On the other hand, amendments which would cause some increase of revenue should also be made to existing income tax laws relative to deductions of capital losses; deductions from gross income for interest paid and for no business losses sustained wherein income from tax-exempt securities is involved, and the manner of taxing community incomes. These changes would reduce taxes by more than $300,000,000, which is safely within the probable surplus. "I know of nothing which will give the people of this nation greater assurance that we are unalterably committed to a campaign of economy in public expenditure than a reduction of our present taxation. It will take from the realms of debate plans which contemplate extravagant expenditures on expansions of the business of government beyond those necessary to keep pace with the growing nation and fix the measure of our requirement at an amount which will accomplish at a cost to the community, including the veterans themselves, far outweighing the benefits to be conferred. "If I felt a soldiers' bonus represented a great need and a proper obligation which should be fulfilled by this nation I certainly would not make a recommendation which would be adverse thereto. "We have now reached a point in our financial problem where we can tighten the tax burden of the people, which is an added reason for taking a firm stand against any and all programs of spending that would tend to absorb the expected margin between receipts and expenditures. TROUBLE IN THE PHILIPPINES The cutting up in the Philippines continues it is fomented by a few ambitious Filipinos. The islanders were glad enough to abandon their fight for independence when the storm clouds of the World war were all about and it looked as if they might be gobbled up by Germany. Now they are arguing and they threaten to fight for complete independence. They will never carry through their threats. What they want is a dominion government, not unlike that of Canada. They want a form of government that will give them all the latitude to experiment and get into trouble at will, but with a home government in Washington that will rescue them and put them on their feet again. The Filipinos are not yet fit for self-government, in spite of the claims of the ambitious Quezon. Chief Justice William Howard Taft once estimated that they would not be ready for independence before 1935. This statement was made before the blighting effect of the Francis Burton Harrison governship began to be felt. Under Harrison the administration which had been so constructive since the Spanish-American war was permitted to weaken, and we are now reaping the whirlwind of the folly of those years. The Harrison regime set the development back at least a half dozen years. General Wood has a difficult job before him, but he is equal to it. SEEKING TO LOWER HIGH FREIGHT RATES Seeking to save California shipers of deciduous fruits a total of $5,000,000 a year, the Railroad Commission has entered an appearance in the I know of nothing which will give the people of this nation greater assurance that we are unalterably committed to a campaign of economy in public expenditure than a reduction of our present taxation. It will take from the realms of debate plans which contemplate extravagant expenditures or expansions of the business of government beyond those necessary to keep pace with the growing nation and fix the measure of our requirement at an amount which will represent what is actually necessary to carry on efficiently the proper business and functions of government and meet our fixed debt charges payable out of current revenue. It would certainly tend to align the whole people in support of economiac administration of government, and I frankly state that such an alignment is becoming every day more and more necessary because of the influence which it will have upon the states and the other lesser subdivisions of our body politic. "In stating that a reduction in taxa- SEEKING TO LOWER HIGH FREIGHT RATES Seeking to save California shippers of deciduous fruits a total of $5,000,000 a year, the Railroad Commission has entered an appearance in the case of the California Fruit Growers and Shippers Protective League vs Southern Pacific Company, et al, hearing of which was begun by Examiner Steer of the Interstate Commerce Commission, in the Assembly Room, 237 Merchants Exchange Building, San Francisco. The case involves rates on deciduous fruits in carloads moving from California points to destinations throughout the United States. The defendants include about 500 carriers. The proceeding is one of great in- ANAHEIM GAZETTE terest and importance to shippers of deciduous fruits on the Pacific Coast. Before the first War increases in rates, there was a rate of $1.15 per 100 pounds in effect to practically all destinations in the United States. This rate has been increased twice, on June 25, 1918 to $1.44, and on August 26, 1920, to $1.92. It was reduced on January 1, 1922 to the present rate of $1.73. The complainants and interveners will endeavor to prove to the Interstate Commerce Commission that the rate now being charged is unjust unreasonable and prejudicial, and that the rate should not be in excess of $1.44, which is 25 per cent higher than the rate in effect prior to the war. PANAMA CANAL PROFIT, $12,063,880 IS RECORD Operatiaons of the Panama canal and auxiliary agencies during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1923, were record breaking in volume both as to financial returns to the United States government and aid rendered to world shipping, the annual report of Governor Morrow shows. The canal netted a profit of $12,063,880 from all sources, excluding the Panama Railroad Steamship line, as compared with $9,201,613 in the fiscal year 1922 and traffic operations increased on a scale that has brought the waterway to a point of "rapidly overhauling the Suez canal." The net income from tolls and other miscellaneous receipts grouped under the head of "transit revenue" was $10,001,066 in 1923 as compared with $3,466,744 the preceding year. The net profits from auxiliary operations totaled $1,140,642 as against $323,259 while those conducted by the Panama Railroad Company, excluding the sides County Supervisor, to repeat his address made at the annual convention, before the next annual convention of county boards of supervisors, in an effort to bring about stronger laws concerning plant quarantine and the dangers that threaten the horticultural and agricultural interests of the state from foreign importations of danger on insect pests and plant diseases. Endorsed the policy and work of G. H. Hecke, director of the state department of agriculture. Regretted resignation of Lee A. Strong as chief plant quarantine officer of the state department of agriculture; expressed the hope that he would be as successful with the federal horticultural board as he has been in this state. Resolved to support the rehabilitation work of the United States veterans bureau. A YEAR'S SAVINGS According to the savings reports, it has not been by any means a poor year financially in the United States. It has not even been an ordinary year. The American Bankers' Association reports that in the fiscal year ending June 30, the American people added $1,041,000,000 to their savings accounts. That was not only a big gain in itself, but it was 6 per cent more than the savings of the previous year. American banks have about $35,000,000,000 in them, of which $19,000,000,000 are in savings accounts. No wonder the world envies American prosperity and financial solidity. Readers may be interested in the relative saving power of the different sections of the country. New England has $405 per capita in the savings banks; the Middle Atlantic States... year 1922 and traffic operations increased on a scale that has brought the waterway to a point of "rapidly overhauling the Suez canal." The net income from tolls and other miscellaneous receipts grouped under the head of "transit revenue" was $10,001,066 in 1923 as compared with $3,466,744 the preceding year. The net profits from auxiliary operations totaled $1,140,642 as against $323,259 while those conducted by the Panama Railroad Company, excluding the steamship operations, showed a profit of 922,171 against a loss of $710,301 in 1922. Cargo tonnage increased from 10,884,910 to 19,567,875. FAVOR THE TARIFF Following is a summary of the resolutions adopted by the fifty-sixth annual convention of the California State Fruit Growers and Farmers' convention: Endorsed the principle of the protective tariff and expressed opposition to any attempt to lower or remove the duties now existing on agricultural and horticultural products. Promised co-operation to the public utility department of the California farm bureau in representing the interests of the farmers and fruit growers before the state railroad commission. Endorsed laws that will serve adequately to protect and promote the cotton industry in California. Congratulated C. O. Cornwell, traffic manager of the California Fruit Growers Exchange, for securing a reduction in freight rates saving the shippers $3,000,000 annually in freight rates. Approved the plans of the California Orange Show and Fruit Exposition in an effort to broaden the market for deciduous fruits, raisins, nuts, olives and other horticultural products. Requested Claude P. Hancock, Riv For the first time in his 68 years of experience as a rancher, Dr. W. V. Washburn is preparing to market a second crop of apples from the 18 trees of the winter banana variety he has on his ranch at Yorba Linda. After he had picked the regular crop the latter part of September, Mrs. Washburn says the trees started to bloom. The second crop of apples is almost as large as the first, and the fruit matured to a standard size. Census reports indicate that more people are killed in the city of Los Angeles from automobile accidents than in any other city in the United States, on the basis of population, 29 out of every 100,000 population, being killed in that manner. The average for the entire state is 26 per 100,000 population. The total number in automobile accidents in the entire country last year was 11,666. That is around 11,000 too many and indicates the absolute necessity of enforcement of traffic laws and careful driving provisions. 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