anaheim-gazette 1924-04-17

DEFEATISM AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS There is no other country in the world in which the national spirit and the sense of national obligation has been so impaired by persistent internationalist and defeatist propaganda that the surrender of sovereignty over such national territory as the Philippine islands under the existing situation in world affairs, would be seriously considered. The scutting of the Philippines, in order that they may first be Mexicanized from within and then seized by some powerful nation with political and commercial objectives in the Orient, would be a conscienceless sacrifice of the interests of both the United States and the people of the Philippines. The United States has done a great service to civilization in the Philippines, one which stands as a monument to the altruism of this nation. The great work done there has been partially undone by politicians from this country and in the islands who have set out to bring about the surrender of American sovereignty where it has been exercised in such a beneficent way. Now it is proposed to destroy that work entirely. This paper has heretofore called attention to the vast injury being done to just American interests by defeatist propaganda, most of it inspired from abroad, against an American merchant marine, against American foreign trade and against American domestic industrial progress. That propaganda, persistent, deeply hidden and immensely destructive, is even carried to the point of attempting to break down the faith of the people in their government and their institutions. More than one nation has been destroyed by such propaganda, always camouflaged under the pre- loaner whose duty it is at all times to be in a position to supply our financial needs, provided, of course, we can furnish the necessary collateral or assurance that the loan will be repaid, and oftentimes we resent being asked what we propose to do with the money. Like all of us, the banker is subject to errors in judgment common to the human race. However, he is in a position to oftentimes gain a broader visionand clearer foresight than the average farmer, in fact his business requires that he make a special study of conditions that are liable to affect the financial world, and in making agricultural loans he must endeavor to foresee what the probable market conditions will be when the loan made to the farmer comes due. Therefore, it is not only his privilege but his duty to warn his customers of the probable results of planting too heavily to crops that are apt to be overproduced. A few years ago the bankers of Texas got together and decided that the only way to prevent their cotton growing custmoers from going broke was to insist that they grow something besides cotton and they refused to finance farmers who would not practice diversification or who proposed to greatly increase their cotton acreage. By so doing these banks prevented a repetition of the cotton slump that ruined so many farmers a few years previous, and resulted in cotton growers making a fair profit. There are no doubt some farmers who feel that this action prevented them from making larger profits but those of broader vision can readily understand that had this restriction not been placed on cotton growing the farmer's speculative spirit would have caused such an increased planting that no one would have realized a ist propaganda, most of it inspired from abroad, against an American merchant marine, against American foreign trade and against American domestic industrial progress. That propaganda, persistent, deeply hidden and immensely destructive, is even carried to the point of attempting to break down the faith of the people in their government and their institutions. More than one nation has been destroyed by such propaganda, always camouflaged under the pretense of idealism and reform. As this paper has pointed out, no power exists other than that of the people and the states, to surrender so much as an acre of soil that has ever legally come under American sovereignty. The politicians who are proposing to destroy American sovereignty in the Philippines are attempting to give away something that does not belong to them. The Philippine islands now need the protecting arm of the American government more than ever before in their history. American participation in the Philippine government is carried on by no more than a half dozen American officials,—practically by only one. But all that stands between the Philippine people and exploitation by professional politicos and an industrial master class is the American flag which still floats as a symbol of American authority in the islands. To haul down that flag would be an act of cowardice and of base sacrifice of American sovereignty. The eventualities of such an act would bring shame to those responsible for it. In addition to the purely altruistic arguments against surrender of American sovereignty in the Philippines is the practical consideration that the Philippines constitute the one American domestic source of tropical products, essential to the very life of modern industry. We have seen other nations cutting the United States off from these raw materials by embargoes and export taxes. This method of international industrial warfare seems to be growing rather than lessening in popularity. We have in the Philippines an almost untapped reservoir of such commodities, the development of which would conduce greatly to the prosperity of the Philippines. The very existence of such a possible supply of rubber and other raw materials necessary to the life of large scale industry is a protection to America from the plotting of commercial rivals against American prolst propaganda, most of it inspired from abroad, against an American merchant marine, against American foreign trade and against American domestic industrial progress. That propaganda, persistent, deeply hidden and immensely destructive, is even carried to the point of attempting to break down the faith of the people in their government and their institutions. More than one nation has been destroyed by such propaganda, always camouflaged under the pretense of idealism and reform. As this paper has pointed out, no power exists other than that of the people and the states, to surrender so much as an acre of soil that has ever legally come under American sovereignty. The politicians who are proposing to destroy American sovereignty in the Philippines are attempting to give away something that does not belong to them. The Philippine islands now need the protecting arm of the American government more than ever before in their history. American participation in the Philippine government is carried on by no more than a half dozen American officials,—practically by only one. But all that stands between the Philippine people and exploitation by professional politicos and an industrial master class is the American flag which still floats as a symbol of American authority in the islands. To haul down that flag would be an act of cowardice and of base sacrifice of American sovereignty. The eventualities of such an act would bring shame to those responsible for it. In addition to the purely altruistic arguments against surrender of American sovereignty in the Philippines is the practical consideration that the Philippines constitute the one American domestic source of tropical products, essential to the very life of modern industry. We have seen other nations cutting the United States off from these raw materials by embargoes and export taxes. This method of international industrial warfare seems to be growing rather than lessening in popularity. We have in the Philippines an almost untapped reservoir of such commodities, the development of which would conduce greatly to the prosperity of the Philippines. The very existence of such a possible supply of rubber and other raw materials necessary to the life of large scale industry is a protection to America from the plotting of commercial rivals against American prolst propaganda, most of it inspired from abroad, against an American merchant marine, against American foreign trade and against American domestic industrial progress. That propaganda, persistent, deeply hidden and immensely destructive, is even carried to the point of attempting to break down the faith of the people in their government and their institutions. More than one nation has been destroyed by such propaganda, always camouflaged under the pretense of idealism and reform. As this paper has pointed out, no power exists other than that of the people and the states, to surrender so much as an acre of soil that has ever legally come under American sovereignty. The politicians who are proposing to destroy American sovereignty in the Philippines are attempting to give away something that does not belong to them. The Philippine islands now need the protecting arm of the American government more than ever before in their history. American participation in the Philippine government is carried on by no more than a half dozen American officials,—practically by only one. But all that stands between the Philippine people and exploitation by professional politicos and an industrial master class is the American flag which still floats as a symbol of American authority in the islands. To haul down that flag would be an act of cowardice and of base sacrifice of American sovereignty. The eventualities of such an act would bring shame to those responsible for it. In addition to the purely altruistic arguments against surrender of American sovereignty in the Philippines is the practical consideration that the Philippines constitute the one American domestic source of tropical products, essential to the very life of modern industry. We have seen other nations cutting the United States off from these raw materials by embargoes and export taxes. This method of international industrial warfare seems to be growing rather than lessening in popularity. We have in the Philippines an almost untapped reservoir of such commodities, the development of which would conduce greatly to the prosperity of the Philippines. The very existence of such a possible supply of rubber and other raw materials necessary to the life of large scale industry is a protection to America from the plotting of commercial rivals against American prolst propaganda, most of it inspired from abroad, against an American merchant marine, against American foreign trade and against American domestic industrial progress. That propaganda, persistent, deeply hidden and immensely destructive, is even carried to the point of attempting to break down the faith of the people in their government and their institutions. More than one nation has been destroyed by such propaganda, always camouflaged under the pretense of idealism and reform. As this paper has pointed out, no power exists other than that of the people and the states, to surrender so much as an acre of soil that has ever legally come under American sovereignty. The politicians who are proposing to destroy American sovereignty in the Philippines are attempting to give away something that does not belong to them. The Philippine islands now need the protecting arm of the American government more than ever before in their history. American participation in the Philippine government is carried on by no more than a half dozen American officials,—practically by only one. But all that stands between the Philippine people and exploitation by professional politicos and an industrial master class is the American flag which still floats as a symbol of American authority in the islands. To haul down that flag would be an act of cowardice and of base sacrifice of American sovereignty. The eventualities of such an act would bring shame to those responsible for it. In addition to the purely altruistic arguments against surrender of American sovereignty in the Philippines is the practical consideration that the Philippines constitute the one American domestic source of tropical products, essential to the very life of modern industry. We have seen other nations cutting the United States off from these raw materials by embargoes and export taxes. This method of international industrial warfare seems to be growing rather than lessening in popularity. We have in the Philippines an almost untapped reservoir of such commodities, the development of which would conduce greatly to the prosperity of the Philippines. The very existence of such a possible supply of rubber and other raw materials necessary to the life of large scale industry is a protection to America from the plotting of commercial rivals against American prolst propaganda, most of it inspired from abroad, against an American merchant marine, against American foreign trade and against American domestic industrial progress. That propaganda, persistent, deeply hidden and immensely destructive, is even carried to the point of attempting to break down the faith of the people in their government and their institutions. More than one nation has been destroyed by such propaganda, always camouflaged under the pretense of idealism and reform. As this paper has pointed out, no power exists other than that of the people and the states, to surrender so much as an acre of soil that has ever legally come under American sovereignty. The politicians who are proposing to destroy American sovereignty in the Philippines are attempting to give away something that does not belong to them. The Philippine islands now need the protecting arm of the American government more than ever before in their history. American participation in the Philippine government is carried on by no more than a half dozen American officials,—practically by only one. But all that stands between the Philippine people and exploitation by professional politicos and an industrial master class is the American flag which still floats as a symbol of American authority in the islands. To haul down that flag would be an act of cowardice and of base sacrifice of American sovereignty. The eventualities of such an act would bring shame to those responsible for it. In addition to the purely altruistic arguments against surrender ofAmerican sovereignty inthePhilippinesisthepracticalconsiderationthatthePhilippinesconstitutetheoneAmericandomesticsourceoftropicalproductsessentialtotheverylifeofmodernindustry.WewhaveseenothernationscuttingtheUnitedStatesofffromtheserawmaterialsbyembargoesandexporttaxes.Themethodinternationalindustrialwarfareseemstobegrowingratherthanlesseninginpopularity.WewhaveinthePhilippinesanalmostuntappedreservoirofsuchcommodities,thedevelopmentofwhichwouldconducegreatlytotheprosperityofthePhilippines.TheveryexistenceofsuchapossiblesupplyofrubberandotherrawmaterialsnecessarytothelifeoflargescaleindustryisaprotectiontoAmericafromtheplottingofcommercialrivalsagainstAmericanprolst propaganda,mostofitinspiredfromabroad,andanAmericanmerchantmarine,becausepricesarehighandenthusiasticduringprosperousseasons,andinsteadoftryingtoholddownplantingoradvisingdiversificationarereadytomakeadditionalloansandoftentimesgetintothegamethemselves.Justnowthebankinginterestsalongwithallothersaretryingtotellthefarmerwhattodoandwhatnottodoinordertosolvehisproblems.Hereareveryfewpersonswhoreneedholdingwhentheyaredown Theyusuallyknowhowtheygotthereandforawhileremembertheirlesson Itiswhenprospectsarebrightestandwearegoingstrongthatmostofusneedholding.Thebankinginterestscandomoreforthefarmerbyactingasasortofabalancewheelatsuchitemslhancanallofthepricefixinglegislationandothercure-allsever invented. WHAT THE RAIN DID Water for summer irrigation willbeavailableinunlimitedquantitiestolandswithinthedistrictservedbytheSanta AnaValleyIrrigationcompany.O.E.Mansur secretary declared. Atthesametimethesecretarysaidthatnowaterisnowflowinginthemain canalofthecompanyandthatnonewillbefloweduntilthereisademandonthepartofthestockholders. Heassertedthattherainsofthepastmonthhavecompletelychanged of international industrial warfare seems to be growing rather than lessening in popularity. We have in the Philippines an almost untapped reservoir of such commodities, the development of which would conduce greatly to the prosperity of the Philippines. The very existence of such a possible supply of rubber and other raw materials necessary to the life of large scale industry is a protection to America from the plotting of commercial rivals against American productive industry. Upon the maintenance of our industrial life the welfare of the American people is dependent. Throwing the Philippines overboard would be an act manifestly in the interests of alien plotters against American industrial expansion and American prosperity. Back of every movement destructive of American interests, in these days, are hidden influences it would be well for the American people to know more about. They are not accustomed to the sub-cellar tactics of European propaganda, which constitute the peace-time method of war against industrial rivals, propaganda of the sort which made the World war inevitable. It would be well for the American people to probe more deeply and consider more carefully the true inwardness of every movement which contemplates the sacrifice of national interests, however cleverly this may be camouflaged under the pretenseof idealism or what not. The proposed surrender of American sovereignty in the Philippine islands is just at present among the most menacing manifestations of this defeatist movement. BANKER'S DUTY TO FARMER The most of us are inclined to look upon the banker as simply a money be available in unlimited quantities to lands within the district served by the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company, O. E. Mansur, secretary, declared. At the same time the secretary said that no water is now flowing in the main canal of the company and that none will be flowed until there is a demand on the part of the stockholders. He asserted that the rains of the past month have completely changed the prospect of a water shortage as it appeared before the March and April rains. "Lands have been given a good soaking by the recent rains and farmers have been saved thousands of dollars in irrigation cost," said the secretary. He added that appearances at this time indicated that it would be some weeks before there will be a real demand for water for irrigation purposes. Admitting that the situation looked a little serious some weeks ago, when stockholders had to take their turns in the service, Mansur said that there was no doubt but that water would remain all summer on application—that is, water will be available at the time any irrigator may want it. He said that the company's eight wells in the past had furnished about half of the summer supply, and that the production of nine wells will be available this summer, a new well having just been completed in Santiago creek, at Cambridge street, Orange. The new well has not been pumped as yet, and may not be placed in service unless there is a demand for more water than the gravity flow and the supply from the other wells permits. The eight wells have produced an average of about 1500 inches, ANAHEIM GAZETTE is at all times supply our finanof course, we sary collateral loan will be reresent being se to do with banker is subject common to the he is in a poin a broader slight than the that his business a special study available to affect and in making must endeavor probable market when the loan comes due. only his priviwarn his cuscle results of crops that are the bankers of had decided that but their cotton am going broke by grow somed they refused who would not or who propose their cotton ing these banks of the cotton many farmers a and resulted in a fair profit. some farmers action prevented gger profits but can readily this restriction on growing the spirit would increased planthave realized a secretary said. It was his opinion that pumping operations this year would not have to start before the latter part of June or the early part of July. "We are sitting mighty comfortably now and stockholders should have no worries this summer, so far as the water supply is concerned," declared Mansur. He said the company does not contemplate the development of more wells this summer. Of extreme interest also to ranchers and others in Orange county today was the information received here that the rains throughout California and especially the accompanying snowfall in the mountains of the southern half of the state have combined materially to better the hydroelectric power situation. In addition to increasing the underground reserve supplies of water and relieving the irrigation situation, the snowfall has aided the snow-pack in the mountains, upon which the water supply for power generation in the summer months to a large extent depends. Advices received here are to the effect that the pack, virtually negligible several weeks ago, is now from 50 to 75 per cent of normal. At Huntington Lake, it was learned the snow Monday of last week was thirteen inches deep, as against 21 inches at this time last year. At the 10,000-foot level the drifts were sixty-eight inches deep as compared with 100 inches last year, according to information received here by W. L. Deimling, district manager for the Southern California Edison company. Huntington Lake is one of this company's chief sources of power. WILL OBSTRUCTION CONTINUE? ous "investigations" have occupied much of the attention of members of Congress, though Republican leaders have been trying to get action on legislation at the same time. There is no controlling reason why investigations and legislation should not both proceed at the same time. The investigations are conducted by committees, and the committees may, and usually do, sit while the Houses of Congress are also in session. While a Senate Committee was conducting the oil investigation, there was nothing to prevent Senators from going ahead with legislation. That is, there was no need of delay. But Democrats not members of the investigating committees were not willing to let the Senate devote its time and attention to other matters. Some of the noted wind-jammers on the Democratic side, insisted upon getting up day after day and discussing the previous day's testimony before the committee—testimony which had been printed in the daily newspapers and read by every Senator. Absolutely nothing could be gained by discussing the testimony on the floor of the Senate on the same day that it had been printed in the newspapers, and while it was under consideration by the Committee. But it furnished an excuse for almost interminable talk, and that was what the time-killers wanted. When Republican leaders sought to bring the discussion down to measures actually before the Senate, the Democratic experts in harangue resented the effort and proclaimed their intention to talk just as long as they wished, regardless of whether their speeches were germane to the subject before the Senate. They repeated the same sort of street-corner political speeches day after day. No soap-box another, resumption of scandal mongering will be used as a means to delay legislation. Pettifogging politicians, skilled in subterfuge, will even occupy the time of the Senate declaring their willingness to hasten legislation, when even that speech has for its purpose the same sort of delay that has gone before. When every other means of killing time has been exhausted, the obstructionists can easily spend an hour or so denouncing the Republicans for not getting something done. An examination of the Congressional Record will later disclose the extent to which the Democrats fulfill their professed purpose to cooperate in expediting the work of Congress. There is no safety zone for a jay-talker. Those who are promoting most enthusiastically the back-to-the-farm movement never have been there. GENUINE "BULL" DURHAM WILL OBSTRUCTION CONTINUE? Having heard vigorous protests from their constituents, Democratic leaders have announced an intention to abandon observative tactics and let National legislation proceed. According to their public pronouncements, they will hereafter co-operate with Republicans in endeavoring to get bills perfected in committee and acted upon in the House and Senate. It remains to be seen whether this policy will be really pursued or merely set forth for political purposes while ignored in practice. Up to the present time the numerator of the time-killers wanted. When Republican leaders sought to bring the discussion down to measures actually before the Senate, the Democratic experts in harangue resented the effort and proclaimed their intention to talk just as long as they wished, regardless of whether their speeches were germane to the subject before the Senate. They repeated the same sort of street-corner political speeches day after day. No soap-box orator in the halcyon days of calamity howling, could have commended a more elaborate vocabulary of invictive than was displayed by the Democratic venders of vituperation for several weeks. This was carried on under the pretense of keeping the country informed as to facts when, in truth, the public had already read the testimony in the daily press. Whether there is to be a change of policy remains to be seen. Democratic leaders say there will be, but, if experience is any guide, it is safe to predict that under one pretense or Motor Transit Stages Serving an Empire DAILY Comfort · Safety and Convenience “California’s Most Complete Motor Stage System” Daily Schedules from Anaheim TO LOS ANGELES and Intermediate Points—Leave Anaheim at 6:00, 6:40, 7:10, 7:40, 8:10, 8:40, 9:10, 9:40, 10:10, 10:40, 11:10, 11:40 mornings, and 12:10, 12:40, 1:10, 1:40, 2:10, 2:40, 3:10, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 5:40, 6:10, 6:40, 7:10, 8:10, 9:10, 10:10, 11:40. TO SANTA ANA—Leave Anaheim at 8:15, 9:15, 10:15, 11:15, 1:15, 2:15, 3:15, 4:15, 6:15, 6:15, 7:40, 8:40, 11:40, 1:10. TO SAN DIEGO, TIA JUANA and Intermediate Points—Leave Anaheim at 8:10, 9:10, 10:10, 11:10, 12:10, 2:10, 3:10, 5:10, 6:40, 8:10, 12:10. TO PASADENA, via Whittier, El Monte, San Gabriel and Alhambra—Leave Anaheim at 7:10, 9:10, 11:10, 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 6:10, 10:10. TO EL MONTE, POMONA, RIVERSIDE, SAN BERNARDINO, REDLANDS and Intermediate Points—Leave Anaheim at 7:10, 9:10, 11:10, 1:10, 3:10, 6:10, 6:10, and 10:10. TO SAN FRANCISCO, SACRAMENTO, FRESNO and Intermediate Points—Leave Los Angeles at 7:15, 8:00, 9:30, 11:30, 2:00, 4:00, 7:00 and 12:45 midnight. MOTOR TRANSIT DEPOT Lemon, near Center Street. Phone 520 SLOWING UP ADVISABLE A banker in a western town decided that he needed a vacation. He was 65 years old and had been sticking rather close to office work for some time. So he arranged for an absence of several months, packed his grip and departed—to a hospital. He chose a hospital for the scene of his holiday because there he could have a sensible diet, plenty of sleep and no business worries. He felt that those things were not available in most of the winter resorts to which his friends went. Along toward the end of his vacation a visitor had asked him how he felt and how he had liked his vacation. He answered: "Fine! Been here two months—don't know how much longer I'll stay—maybe a week, maybe longer. It's great, this rest cure. "And let me give some advice to tired business men past 50 years: First slow up. Take a month or two off and go to bed and stay there. It'll add 10 years to one's life." Now it wouldn't be quite fair for tired business men to throng the hospitals or such a rest cure to the exclusion of patients with emergency needs and diseases needing the care of expert physicians and nurses. Neither would two months in bed appeal to very many persons with no acute symptoms of ill health. Nevertheless there is the germ of a sound idea in the banker's advice. Slowing up occasionally is all that a lot of people need to keep themselves in good condition. If more of them would slow up a little every week, giving themselves leisure for extra sleep, exercise or quiet meditation, fewer of them would have to slow up for long periods of special medical treatment or rest cures. TOUGH LUCK, THIS! Ed Lockhart, notorious bandit and bank robber, was shot and killed in a gun fight today with Sheriff Bob Sanford, of Tulsa county, and six deputies, six miles west of Sperry, Okla., March 26. Thus depriving some Senate committee of a valuable witness. HOW MUCH WAS IT? Roxie Stinson scoops Wall street, which seems to have been letting five Washington gentlemen clean up $33,000,000—or was it $33,000,000,000,000?—while it was out to lunch. What the pocket nerve does not feel the ticker need never be panicky over. It is natural for a good crook to run circles around a straight police man. NO MATTER How small your requirements may be, it is a pleasure for us to figure NO MATTER How small your requirements may be, it is a pleasure for us to figure them. Visit our Free Plan service department. Smith Lumber Co. 1133 Lincoln Ave. Phone 39 Is Five Cents on the Dollar of Valuation too Much to Earn? If a business worth $10,000 earned $500 net income in a year (or $41 a month), would it be considered an unreasonable profit and proof that its prices were too high? The railroads are in that situation today. The 1923 net return for the whole country was less than 5 per cent. As of December 31, 1919, the Interstate Commerce Commission gave to the railroads a tentative valuation of $18,900,000,000. With actual figures for 1920, 1921, 1922, and with 1923 conservatively estimated as $1,100,000,000, there has been invested in the railways since this tentative valuation a net amount of $2,371,583,000, making the value as of December 31, 1923, $21,271,583,000. On this amount the Railways in 1923 earned an aggregate net operating income of approximately $997,610,000, or 4.69 per cent. The Government guarantee of earnings expired August 31, 1920. If this guarantee had been continued—as repeatedly but erroneously claimed—the Government would owe the railroads more than a billion dollars. The 1923 net return for the whole country was less than 5 per cent. As of December 31, 1919, the Interstate Commerce Commission gave to the railroads a tentative valuation of $18,900,000,000. With actual figures for 1920, 1921, 1922, and with 1923 conservatively estimated as $1,100,000,000, there has been invested in the railways since this tentative valuation a net amount of $2,371,583,000, making the value as of December 31, 1923, $21,271,583,000. On this amount the Railways in 1923 earned an aggregate net operating income of approximately $997,610,000, or 4.69 per cent. The Government guarantee of earnings expired August 31, 1920. If this guarantee had been continued—as repeatedly but erroneously claimed—the Government would owe the railroads more than a billion dollars. Last year the roads handled a record volume of business but could not earn the fair return of 5% per cent to which the Interstate Commerce Commission, under the Transportation Act, has found they are entitled. If the roads cannot earn 5% per cent in a big year, what will they do in a small year? The Transportation Act provides that if a road in any year earns more than 6 per cent it shall pay one-half of the excess to the Government. The Act is, therefore, a limitation rather than a guarantee. GIVE TRANSPORTATION ACT FAIR TRIAL The Transportation Act should be given a fair test and its merits judged by the results of a normal period of reasonable length. The year 1923 was the first since the war under conditions approaching stabilization. What the railroad situation demands just now is not more law but more confidence. The railroads have emerged from the welter of the war, restored their morale, made enormous investments of new money, and in 1923 handled a peak business with universal satisfaction. The Transportation Act is the only really constructive railroad legislation of a generation. Previous acts were almost solely repressive. In framing the Act the public interest was paramount. The Act directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to "give due consideration to the transportation needs of the country and the necessity of enlarging railway facilities in order to provide the people of the United States with adequate transportation." Give the Act a chance. Don't amend it. If the roads are let alone they should make as good a record for efficiency this year as last. Constructive suggestions are always welcome. C. R. GRAY President, Omaha, Nebraska, April 1, 1924. UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM