anaheim-gazette 1924-10-16

LA FOLLETTE'S WAR RECORD On February 17, 1917, a resolution was presented to the Senate endorsing the action of the President in severing diplomatic relations with Germany. The vote was 78 to 5 in favor of the endorsement. La Follette was one of the five. On March 4, 1917, Senator La Follette, in the senate, spoke against allowing the President to arm vessels that were American owned, and were sailing under American registry. On April 4, 1917 La Follette spoke at great length against the resolution declaring war against Germany. He extensively defended the German policy, in the course of the argument, he said: "The sole responsibility of continuing the unlawful warfare must rest upon Great Britain and her allies." On April 21, 1917, in the Senate Senator La Follette spoke and voted against the draft measure. In the course of his address Senator La Follette said, "The main purpose of the draft bill is to clothes one man with power to enter at will every home in our country and violently lay hold of one million of our finest and healthiest boys and against their will and against the will and wishes of their families deport them across to foreign lands and to require them to kill other young boys." In this connection is this quotation from Lincoln, "There can be no army without men. Men can only be voluntarily or involuntarily. We have ceased to obtain them voluntarily and to obtain them involuntarily is to draft them, and yet we must obtain men or relinquish the original object of the contest on which so much blood and treasure has already been spent." On July 21, 1917, La Follette spoke at great length against the resolution declaring war against Germany. He extensively defended the German policy, in the course of the argument, he said: "The sole responsibility of continuing the unlawful warfare must rest upon Great Britain and her allies." On April 21, 1917, in the Senate Senator La Follette spoke and voted against the draft measure. In the course of his address Senator La Follette said, "The main purpose of the draft bill is to clothes one man with power to enter at will every home in our country and violently lay hold of one million of our finest and healthiest boys and against their will and against the will and wishes of their families deport them across to foreign lands and to require them to kill other young boys." In this connection is this quotation from Lincoln, "There can be no army without men. Men can only be voluntarily or involuntarily. We have ceased to obtain them voluntarily and to obtain them involuntarily is to draft them, and yet we must obtain men or relinquish the original object of the contest on which so much blood and treasure has already been spent." On July 21, 1917, La Follette spoke at great length against the resolution declaring war against Germany. He extensively defended the German policy, in the course of the argument, he said: "The sole responsibility of continuing the unlawful warfare must rest upon Great Britain and her allies." On April 21, 1917, in the Senate Senator La Follette spoke and voted against the draft measure. In the course of his address Senator La Follette said, "The main purpose of the draft bill is to clothes one man with power to enter at will every home in our country and violently lay hold of one million of our finest and healthiest boys and against their will and against the will and wishes of their families deport them across to foreign lands and to require them to kill other young boys." In this connection is this quotation from Lincoln, "There can be no army without men. Men can only be voluntarily or involuntarily. We have ceased to obtain them voluntarily and to obtain them involuntarily is to draft them, and yet we must obtain men or relinquish the original object of the contest on which so much blood and treasure has already been spent." In this connection is this quotation from Lincoln, "There can be no army without men. Men can only be had voluntarily or involuntarily. We have ceased to obtain them voluntarily and to obtain them involuntarily is to draft them, and yet we must obtain men or relinquish the original object of the contest on which so much blood and treasure has already been spent." On July 21, 1917, La Follette spoke and voted against conscription in the aviation service. In the course of his argument he said, "It is unwise, unnecessary, and an unconstitutional and un-American enactment." On December 14, 1918, Senator Atlee Pomerene said in the Senate, "Seven different times in less than two pages of printed matter, with little variation, he tells his audiences in substance either that we went to war to establish the right of an American citizen to travel upon the high seas on a foreign owned, munition laden ship or that he did not believe we should have gone into the war for that "poor privilege." Senator Pomerene calls attention to the fact that this was uttered at a time when the I. W. W., the extreme Socialists, the misguided pacifists "were sowing the seeds of dissession and insubordination, and spreading their poison through out the country for the purpose of discrediting the Government in its prosecution of the war." In the "Current Opinion" for November, 1917, is quoted John Barret, director of the International Bureau of American Republics, declaring that in Mexico and all through South America La Follette's speeches were being effectively spread by German agents. In the same issue Charles Edward Russel, the Socialist member of the Root Commission to Russia, stated that La Follette's speeches were being used in that country by those who were endeavoring to bring about a separate peace between Russia and the Central Powers. The Milwaukee Journal in 1917 said "La Follette's radical utterances have won him hundreds of the older German-Americans whose loyalty to this country is second to their love for the Fatherland. The propaganda of the National German American Alliance and kindred organizations, in La Follette and his party see their only hope." The adherents of Senator La Follette mentioned as actively promoting this measure contributed 95 per cent of the funds, and only the remaining 5 per cent was secured from the general public. The sworn statement of disbursements includes the payment to Franklin Hickborn, publicity agent of $3,976.94 for his services over a period of six months consisting generally of mailing out publicity sheets attacking salaries paid officers of the light and power companies of the state for their services in conducting their own business. Solicitors, agents, lecturers received in salary and expenses the sum of $10,244.41. Signatures were secured to the initiative petitions by professional canvassers for $13,933.21 and the remaining expenses for rent, telegrams and miscellaneous items amounted to $643.45. It is becoming more apparent that this proposed measure is the creation of Northern California where it has strong labor union backing and where according to official records, there is vastly more undeveloped water power than in Southern California. With four men contributing 95% of the campaign funds, it would be fair to assume that these four men would expect to occupy four of the seats of the five commissioners who would administer and control the expenditure of the five hundred million dollars, which they are asking the people by this act to vote in state bonds. STRICTLY BUSINESS No branch of the federal establishment furnishes a more conspicuous example of the "more business in government" policy of the administration than the War Department under the management of Secretary John W. Weeks. Although the war ended in 1918, during the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1921, most of it under Democratic control, War Department expenditures were $1,101,615,013. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924 expenditures were $348,629,778, showing a reduction under Republican administration of more than $750,000,000. The national defense was not weakened by those economies. Practical business methods made the cuts without any loss of efficiency. When war was declared on April 6, 1917, there were 45,911 civilians on the War Department payroll. In March 1921, about two years and a half after the war had ended, the Democratsmen mentioned as actively promoting this measure contributed 95 per cent of the funds, and only the remaining 5 per cent was secured from the general public. The sworn statement of disbursements includes the payment to Franklin Hickborn, publicity agent of $3,976.94 for his services over a period of six months consisting generally of mailing out publicity sheets attacking salaries paid officers of the light and power companies of the state for their services in conducting their own business. Solicitors, agents, lecturers received in salary and expenses the sum of $10,244.41. Signatures were secured to the initiative petitions by professional canvassers for $13,933.21 and the remaining expenses for rent, telegrams and miscellaneous items amounted to $643.45. It is becoming more apparent that this proposed measure is the creation of Northern California where it has strong labor union backing and where according to official records, there is vastly more undeveloped water power than in Southern California. With four men contributing 95% of the campaign funds, it would be fair to assume that these four men would expect to occupy four of the seats of the five commissioners who would administer and control the expenditure of the five hundred million dollars, which they are asking the people by this act to vote in state bonds. STRICTLY BUSINESS No branch of the federal establishment furnishes a more conspicuous example of the "more business in government" policy of the administration than the War Department under the management of Secretary John W. Weeks. Although the war ended in 1918, during the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1921, most of it under Democratic control, War Department expenditures were $1,101,615,013. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924 expenditures were $348,629,778, showing a reduction under Republican administration of more than $750,000,000. The national defense was not weakened by those economies. Practical business methods made the cuts without any loss of efficiency. When war was declared on April 6, 1917, there were 45,911 civilians on the War Department payroll. In March 1921, about two years and a half after the war had ended, the Democratsmen mentioned as actively promoting this measure contributed 95 per cent of the funds, and only the remaining 5 per cent was secured from the general public. The sworn statement of disbursements includes the payment to Franklin Hickborn, publicity agent of $3,976.94 for his services over a period of six months consisting generally of mailing out publicity sheets attacking salaries paid officers of the light and power companies of the state for their services in conducting their own business. Solicitors, agents, lecturers received in salary and expenses the sum of $10,244.41. Signatures were secured to the initiative petitions by professional canvassers for $13,933.21 and the remaining expenses for rent, telegrams and miscellaneous items amounted to $643.45. It is becoming more apparent that this proposed measure is the creation of Northern California where it has strong labor union backing and where according to official records, there is vastly more undeveloped water power than in Southern California. With four men contributing 95% of the campaign funds, it would be fair to assume that these four men would expect to occupy four of the seats of the five commissioners who would administer and control the expenditure of the five hundred million dollars, which they are asking the people by this act to vote in state bonds. STRICTLY BUSINESS No branch of the federal establishment furnishes a more conspicuous example of the "more business in government" policy of the administration than the War Department under the management of Secretary John W. Weeks. Although the war ended in 1918, during the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1921, most of it under Democratic control, War Department expenditures were $1,101,615,013. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924 expenditures were $348,629,778, showing a reduction under Republican administration of more than $750,000,000. The national defense was not weakened by those economies. Practical business methods made the cuts without any loss of efficiency. When war was declared on April 6, 1917, there were 45,911 civilians on the War Department payroll. In March 1921, about two years and a半 after the war had ended,the Democratsmen mentioned as actively promoting this measure contributed 95 per cent ofthe funds,and onlytheremaining5percentwassecuredfromthegeneralpublic. The sworn statement of disbursement includes the payment to Franklin Hickborn,publicityagentof$3，976.94forhisservicesoveraperiodofsixmonthsconsistinggenerallyofmailingoutpublicitysheetstackingsalariespaidofficersofthelightandpowercompaniesofthestatefortheirreporttotheMr.McClure,DirectorhasplacedMr.PaulchiefoftheDivisionandIrrigation,finallyworkMr.BalleyisprograminconsultantengineersoftheStateDepartmentintherLegislature.Inpreport nearlyallthe gatheredthatisneededacomprehensiveplacementoftheStateever,nothertimessufficienttooffermiliminaryplaninthepresentprogramthe1925LegislaturepracticallinesandlateonwhichmakeseveryendeavorbeepareaportofimprovementthesetionsoftheS The Milwaukee Journal in 1917 said "La Follette's radical utterances have won him hundreds of the older German-Americans whose loyalty to this country is second to their love for the Fatherland. The propaganda of the National German American Alliance and kindred organizations, in La Follette and his party see their only hope." The adherents of Senator La Follette have been freely quoting Theodore Roosevelt in defense of La Follette and have modeled their campaign after that of Roosevelt in 1912. Theodore Roosevelt's opinion of Senator La Follette was expressed in the following: In Kansas City on September 24, 1917, Roosevelt said, "Senator La Follette is at this moment loyally and efficiently serving one country, Germany. He is acting in such a fashion as to make him one of the most potent enemies of this country and a most sinister enemy of democracy. He is doing everything in his power to enthrone autocracy under the German flag throughout the world by the attitude he is now taking toward the war. He is showing himself the worst enemy that democracy has now, alive. In Chicago on September 26, 1917, Roosevelt said, "We are to stand against men of the stamp of Senator La Follette, who in a recent speech at St. Paul actually by implication condoned the brutal German murders of our men and women on the high seas and tried to distract attention from the wrongs inflicted upon us by creating dissention at home. "We had this type in the Civil War. Then they called them copperheads. Those men used all the fine words and the same arguments as Senator La Follette." sold to retail dealers those surplus items for which there was a ready demand. The disposal of the remainder was a much more difficult task, requiring expert salesmanship and a keen search for markets. But the application of sound business methods has accomplished successfully what the Democrats dared not attempt. The War Department has already worked out plans for a business administration of the next war, if one shall occur. There will be no slackers and there will be no profiteering. Every industry and every individual will be drafted into the service of the country and each assigned to the duties which can most efficiently be performed. "We believe," says the Republican National Platform, "that in time of war the nation should draft for its defense not only its citizens but also every resource which may contribute to success." The present business like administration of the War Department commends itself to voters throughout the country and there is general approval of the Republican policies announced for future emergencies. IRRIGATIONS INVESTIGATIONS One month ago the State Department of Public Works, Division of Engineering and Irrigation, was presented with a check to resume their investigations of the Water Resources of the State. The Division has increased their working force by 35 members and is pressing the program at the utmost speed in order to make their report to the 1925 Legislature. Mr. McClure, Director of Public Works has placed Mr. Paul Bailey, deputy chief of the Division of Engineering and Irrigation, in full charge of the work. Mr. Bailey is working out the program in consultation with eminent conditions are most stringent. Special examination is being given to those territories that are either experiencing or approaching distress for lack of adequate waters. The elements of the comprehensive lanpp are being scrutinized to discover units that may have practical application in the relief of the distressing conditions. Crucial features of the comprehensive plan are also being examined in order that it may be determined with certainty that the main features of the ultimate plan are possible of attainment. This must be determined in order that any units of the plan that may prove to have immediate practical value will be known to fit into a co-ordinated scheme of future development that will ultimately make every drop of water irrigate the largest area of land, supply the greatest number of people with domestic water, develop the most power, aid navigation and do no damage by floods. In the studies reported on to the 1923 Legislature, it was found that in the ultimate, a great many more acres could be irrigated and much more power developed, all to a greatly lessened cost, if the period of rapid development of its water resources into which the State is now entering, is guided so that all works constructed will ultimately co-ordinate in a comprehensive plan. Previous studies of water development have been conducted with the view of developing either domestic or irrigation water, developing pwer, aiding navigation, or controlling flood. The work now being carried out by the Division of Engineering and Irrigation under the direction of Mr. Bailey is a pioneer study in determining immediate values in co-ordinating all lines of development. Reservoirs are needed in developing irrigation and domestic supplies. Practically all of the State's waters only works that will fit into a co-ordinated plan for ultimately putting every drop of water to its greatest use. The committee of engineers that consulted with the Division of Engineering on the phase of the work relating to the comprehensive plan contained in the 1923 report is Wm. Mulholland, A. Kempkey, G. A. Elliott, B. A. Eecheverry, A. J. Cleary and F. C. Herrmann and W. Huber. NATIONAL FORESTS YIELD OVER MILLION REVENUE The National Forests of California are one of the big business enterprises of the Government that pays for itself. Figures just released by the U.S. Forest Service district headquarters at San Francisco show that during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, there was turned into the Federal treasury the sum of $1,241,605 as receipts from timber sales, livestock grazing and other forms of uses o fthe 17 National forests of the state. The expenditures for the administration and protection of the forests, for the same period, amounted to approximately $985,000 leaving a credit balance of over one-quarter million dollars. The amount received from the sale of mature timber in the National Forests was $910,970 and from fees for the grazing of cattle and sheep, $225,000. Water power brought in $43,000 and special uses $91,000 of which latter amount nearly $60,000 was received from the renting of summer home sites in the forests. Compared with the returns for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923 National Forests receipts for the past year were $32,890 less; the decrease being caused by the smaller number of applications for permits to graze livestock on the forest ranges. Twenty-five per cent of the Nationa Investigations of the Water Resources of the State. The Division has increased their working force by 35 members and is pressing the program at the utmost speed in order to make their report to the 1925 Legislature. Mr. McClure, Director of Public Works has placed Mr. Paul Bailey, deputy chief of the Division of Engineering and Irrigation, in full charge of the work. Mr. Bailey is working out the program in consultation with eminent engineers of the State who added the Department in their report to the 1923 Legislature. In preparing the 1923 report nearly all the basic data was gathered that is necessary to discuss a comprehensive plan for the development of the State's waters. However, neither the time nor money was sufficient to offer more than a preliminary plan in the 1923 report. The present program and report to the 1925 Legislature is planned along practical lines and although the late on which the money arrived in the hands of the Department leaves only a few months of working time every endeavor is being made to prepare a report of immediate value to the setions of the State where water Reservoirs are needed in developing irrigation and domestic supplies. Practically all of the State's waters except those passing down the stream channels during the winter months or as flood flows, have already been put to use. Storage works must be constructed to hold these waters over to the time of the year they are needed. Likewise reservoirs must be constructed to equalize the flow for power purposes. Reservoirs are also valuable for controlling floods and maintaining the flow in navigable streams during the low water period. There should be great savings in expense to the people of the state in making the same reservoirs serve all purposes. The Division of Engineering is searching for the solution that will not only accomplish this, but which will propose 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. Atwood A Bee Deve 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 WARNING LIGHTS Tow cars called to assist disabled motorists at night are careless about parking with lights obscured, according to reports reaching the Automobile Club of Southern California. These are in effect that several bad collisions have been narrowly averted due to this cause. It appears that the tow-wars will park in front of the disabled car, which is without lights, so that motorists approaching from the rear have no warning of obstruction in the road. Drivers of tow cars are being warned to make sure that danger lights are visible to approaching motorists from both ways if disaster is to be dodged. Calvin Coolidge has more followers today than any other man in the United States of America. He is our greatest leader. 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