anaheim-gazette 1924-08-07

THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM If the New York Convention had set out to place the Democratic party on record as intending, if given power to reduce wages and destroy industry and ruin home markets for our farmers it could not have done a better job. It read the declaration adopted on the tariff: The platform says: "We declare our party's position to be in favor of a tax on commodities entering the customs house that will promote effective competition, protect against monopoly and at the same time produce a fair revenue to support the government." The platform does not leave the American wage worker, farmer or business man in doubt. It specifies commodities that enter the customs house. This can mean only one thing. The convention pledged Mr. Davis if elected to proceed to open wide the doors of the customs house so as to promote "effective competition." Not a word of reservation or thought of American producing or commercial interests in the whole statement constituting the tariff plank, which begins with the words, "We denounce the Republican tariff laws, etc." on the ground that they promote monopoly and quote further: "Thus prevent that reasonable exchange of commodities which would enable foreign countries to buy our surplus, etc." It is absolutely clear that the convention was referring to foreign trade and not to trade within our borders—in our domestic markets. This declaration goes beyond any former tariff declaration of the Democratic party since 1856, and there is rothing to show that prior to 1856 such a pronouncement was again and again declared for a "tariff and revenue only" and denounced tariffs for protective purposes as "unconstitutional." support his paramount issues which have always met an early death. Mr. Bryan reports out a tariff plank to provide effective competition for American labor. American farmers and American business, with the lowest paid labor and the cheapest lands of all the old world. And Mr. Davis since his nomination, adopted the language of the platform in one of his short speeches, according to report over the wire, and said he was going out west to advocate a change in the tariff law that would substitute "effective competition" for the regulated competition which the Republicans had put on the books. The farmers' wheat, livestock, dairy products, eggs, etc., are to be subjected to effective competition with the products of countries having much lower standard of living and labor of the cheapest type. The millions of wage workers of America are plainly told that they must, if Davis or Bryan are elected, meet the effective competition of Europe's low paid labor and China and Japan's pauper paid masses. Labor must earn what it spends and in America, by the protective policy and the power of organization, it has lifted its wage levels to the highest in the world, so high indeed that all the worker of the world want to come to America and some are aggrieved and threaten reprisals because the new law forbids their coming. The free trader ran riot in New York. The league of nations issue was given a promise of some future straw vote, to avoid its return to plague the party in 1924, but the free traders were allowed to give the hosts of workingmen who vote the Democratic ticket for other reasons, the rawest deal they ever got. If they vote for Davis and Bryan, they give them the mandate of the people of the country to open wide the gates of the customs house to bring about effec- the platform comes is. William Jennie have been too busy element in the city just what he was. The free trade asked for at the democratic convention believes he has able right to buy He takes no stock living because he would cost him so petition between what he wants o that he has a pervantage. What he whether the effect courages because in it reaches the fatals to see how sion is and he scot of retribution. The free trade is selfish. But the protection He knows that if ripe. The protection when the wage w their standard of life each life new wa for new products ing rate. The is a free agent w what his emancipa gains ambitions to give his children beyond his own exp cringing fear gains a vision of ownership of property sweat of his brown has a margin of su tition is an evan greatest good to ber and willingly price is worth on ther est standard of living rising mass levels about the high cost ing that it is only living affording ex- This declaration goes beyond any former tariff declaration of the Democratic party since 1856, and there is nothing to show that prior to 1856 such a pronouncement was again and again declared for a "tariff and revenue only" and denounced tariffs for protective purposes, as "unconstitutional," a robbery" and a "fraud." But it never before declared a purpose to tear down the tariff wall to secure "effective competition" between the American wage earners and the underpaid caste labor of Europe and Asia. A "monopolized" industry is presumably a rich industry and the workingman know how in this country to pry their share loose by means of strikes or by collective bargaining. But an industry subjected to effective competition which the Democratic party and Mr. Davis now demand, soon loses all ability to pay even the wages agreed upon and closes out its business. But with these facts, well known to everybody, here comes the "great" Democratic party with a proposition to cut the tariff rates established by the Fordney-McCumber law, which is mentioned in the platform by name, so as to bring about "effective competition." The convention entrusted the chairmanship of its platform committee to William Jennings Bryan in spite of his poor success in making the American people believe in or free trader ran riot in New York. The league of nations issue was given a promise of some future straw vote, to avoid its return to plague the party in 1924, but the free traders were allowed to give the hosts of workingmen who vote the Democratic ticket for other reasons, the rawest deal they ever got. If they vote for Davis and Bryan, they give them the mandate of the people of the country to open wide the gates of the customs house to bring about effective competition with home products. They pay dues to unions to help regulate competition so that they can share in the protective policy which began with George Washington, but now the New York convention declares for effective competition which can only mean wide open unlimited competition, in view of the facts of the case. It is true the convention declared for tariff enough to provide a fair revenue to support the government, but that excludes all protective rates. The next tariff law, if Davis and Bryan win, is to admit with out tariff regulation the products of German workers who are paid in depreciated marks, or of French or Italian workers, whose money is much nearer zero than par, or of Chinese Workers who do well to earn ten cents a day, or Japanese workers who earn the equivalent of about 15 cents a day. The American people fully realize before election day that it is a dangerous thing to entrust the policy of effective competition in tariff matters to any party. It is amazing that any such declaration could have been permitted by LUCKY STRIKE IT'S TOAST LUCKY STRIKE "IT'S TOASTED" CIGARETTES GET some today You're going call Lucky Strike just right. Because Lucky Strike cig rettes give you the good, wholesome flavor of toasted Burley tobacco. Guaranteed by The American Tobacco It's toasted ANAHEIM GAZETTE the platform committee, but there it is. William Jennings Bryan must have been too busy fighting the klan element in the convention to notice just what he was doing on the tariff. The free trader got all he ever asked for at the hands of the Democratic convention. The free trader believes he has a natural and inalienable right to buy where he pleases. He takes no stock in standards of living because such sentimentality would cost him something. If the competition between producers gives him what he wants cheaper, he reasons that he has a perfect right to this advantage. What difference to him whether the effective competition encourages because he selfishly believes in it reaches the cutthroat stage? He fails to see how short sighted his vision is and he scorns any suggestion of retribution. The raw principle of free trade is selfishness incarnate. But the protectionist sees farther. He knows that if re is himself to prosper. The protectionist discovers that when the wage workers earn more, their standard of living rises and with each life new wants with demands for new products develop in increasing rate. The well paid worker is a free agent with means to buy what his emancipated soul wants. He gains ambitions to own his home, to give his children education far beyond his own experience. He loses the cringing fear of the future, but gains a vision of power through the ownership of property earned by the sweat of his brow, because his wage has a margin of savings. The protectionist is an evangelist working for the greatest good to the greatest number and willingly pays what the service is worth on the basis of the highest standard of living. He rejoices in rising mass levels and never crabs about the high cost of living, knowing that it is only the cost of high living affording expansion of the soul fear or favor and that influence counts for nothing with him. The selection of Judge Curtis D. Wilbur from our state for a seat in the cabinet is convincing to all Californians that uprightness and worthy ideals actuate the President. The prompt removal of a high federal official in this state is emphatic testimony that administration of the law must be properly conducted. Malefactors of great wealth are finding no refuge in the Coolidge administration. The big men caught in the oil scandals are under prosecution. Price fixing by the oil monopoly also has been vigorously attacked. If you want to know what the President will do in a particular situation, find what is written in the law books to be his duty to do. From what is set forth there he knows no swerving. And those whom he is appointing to office are of the same caliber. There can be no compromise with dishonesty, no yielding when the statutes have been violated. It is such unbending personalities that are the salvation of government. It is such character of authority that "gives the people the kind of government they think they are getting." False pretense, cunning and political chicanery are wholly absent in the Coolidge scheme. They are so foreign to his personality that he wouldn't know how to act if he attempted them. In all the offices he held in Massachusetts no one ever ventured to approach Coolidge in the great political game of fix it. It was too apparent that his personality would recoil from such suggestion. That inexorable adherence to and respect for the law, that clocklike determination to uphold it honestly and diligently, may prove to be Calvin Taxes more than reductions not The measure of success in railroad dollar earned does not cover the cost with a margin over, the business THE SANTA FE Maintenance of track, buildings, etc. Maintenance of locomotives, freight and train station and switching, and other traffic agencies Fuel Barriers and expenses of clerks and other legal, valuation, general officers, personnel Depreciation and retirement equipment Loss, damage and casualties Rent of equipment, joint facilities, ether interest on bonds and other interest charges Taxes Balance available for expanding facility Of the last item 3.02 cents came from souls than rates so that a reduction of less than 6% would have wiped out the entire margin of earnings through rates. Even a decline in gross business such as has this year inevitably reduces this balance of income because not many of the cost items can be included in proportion. The adjustment between success and failure delicately one in the transportation industry, welfare of the country, it should not be lightly with either by laws or by the various committees control the main elements of railroad earnings. It is particularly notable in the above stated taxes were more than dividends and only one. The Santa Fe already has reduced its vital for shippers. It can be furnished. A CLEAN GOVERNMENT Clean government, honest, efficient government, is the only kind of government President Coolidge knows. In the eighteen offices he filled before he became Vice-President he gave outstanding proof of his purposes and his integrity. Since he has been President, he has shown equal resolution to eschew cheap politics and to make the government clean and honest and strong. The character of the appointments an executive makes is an accurate index of what he has in mind. Harlan F. Stone, the new attorney general, already has given proof that prosecutions will proceed without shall be preserved, and that the faith of the country's citizenship shall be the guiding star so long as Calvin Coolidge is in the White House. OUR MOTOR CARS The division of motor vehicles today announced that the number of cars per capita is greater in California than in any state in the United States there being one automobile or every three and two-tenths persons in the state. The only state that can approach this record is Iowa where there is one automobile to every four and YOU NEED NOT Your Backbone will tell Me What and Where Your T NO OPERATIONS! NO MEDICINE! WHY CHIROPRACTIC? BECAUSE—It is founded on facts. BECAUSE—It removes the cause of your disease instead of treating the effects. BECAUSE—Pressure on nerves is the cause of all sickness. BECAUSE—It is conceded to be the most effective health system known. BECAUSE—Over fifty insurance companies are now approving it. BECAUSE—Chiropractic teaches Health, "Not Disease." BECAUSE—Chiropractic restores Health without drugs, medicine or operations. BECAUSE—An analysis of your spine will reveal the true condition of your health. BECAUSE—Chiropractic will make you well when all other methods fail. Dr. Joseph H. Cole 6 Years Successful Practice in L. Office Hours 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Phone 845. 250 E. Cen The most Centrally Located Ground Floor Office in Ar HOW The Santa Fe dollar was spent in 1923 rates more than dividends. Rate reductions more than taxes of success in railroad business is the relation of costs to returns. If the rail does not cover the cost of earning it, the business fails. If it covers the margin over, the business succeeds. THE SANTA FE DOLLAR IN 1923 WENT AS FOLLOWS: Tenance of track, buildings, etc. Tenance of locomotives, freight and passenger cars Station, station and switching, and other transportation Public agencies Trains and expenses of clerks and other general office employees Valuation, general officers, pensions and death benefits and miscellaneous Precipitation and retirements, equipment and ice plants Damage and casualties Equipment, joint facilities, etc. Rest on bonds and other interest charges Deductions on capital stock Insurance available for expanding facilities Item 3.02 cents came from sources other than a reduction of less than 6% in rates used out the entire margin of safety from which rates. One in gross business such as has occurredably reduces this balance of 8.79 cents, many of the cost items can be cut down between success and failure is a transportation industry. For the country, it should not be lightly tampered laws or by the various commissions that elements of railroad earnings and costs. Early notable in the above statement that more than dividends and only a little less Fe already has reduced freight rates many millions. But adequate serviceippers. It can be furnished only when fair rates provide the money needed. W. B. STOREY, President The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System between success and failure is a the transportation industry. For the country, it should not be lightly tampered aws or by the various commissions that elements of railroad earnings and costs. early notable in the above statement that more than dividends and only a little less Fe already has reduced freight rates many millions. But adequate service uppers. It can be furnished only when fair rates provide the money needed. W.B. STOREY, President The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System that the faith ownership shall be long as Calvin ite House. R CARS Motor vehicles to the number of water in California in the United one automobile two-tenths per can approach where there is very four and three- tenths persons. Nebraska is third with 4.8 persons to each car. The average for the United States is 7.2 persons for every car. In comparison with California's per capita Alabama is lowest of all the states there being only one car in that state to every 18.3 people. Officials of the Division of Motor Vehicles declared today that California's new record in automobiles means that the entire population of the state could at any time be taken joy riding in cars registered here and there would be plenty of room to spare. Figures were released recently showing that California now leads the nation in number of cars having topped the state of New York by about 14,000. For the twelve month period from July 1, 1923 to July 1, 1924 California showed an approximate gain of 250,000 automobiles and trucks which was the best showing made by any state. It is easier to understand the woman who thinks nobody understands her than any other kind. From the time Eve was separated from Adam she has been the subject of many a rib roast. D NOT BE SICK! and Where Your Troubles are Without Asking a Question HEALTH QUESTIONS and Their Answers QUESTIONS and Their Answers NS! NO MEDICINE! NO DRUGS! IC? WHY COLEMAN? BECAUSE—Of his superior system of vertebral adjustments. BECAUSE—Of his six years’ practice in Los Angeles, where he was one of the most prominent chiropractors. BECAUSE—He has thousands of satisfied patients. BECAUSE—He is a graduate of the noted Ratledge School of Chiropractic having the very highest of standards. BECAUSE—Each patient receives his personal attention. No one is employed to adjust his patients. BECAUSE—Of his gentle adjustments. BECAUSE—He has the most modern office and X-Ray laboratory in Orange County, with individual rest rooms. BECAUSE—His rates are reasonable including complete X-Ray of your back FREE with course of adjustments. H. Coleman, Chiropractor Successful Practice in Los Angeles. Phone 845. 250 E. Center St. Ground floor Anaheim Floor Office in Anaheim