anaheim-gazette 1925-01-01

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONFUSION OF ISSUES Governor Albert Ritchie, of Maryland, in a recent address attributed a great deal of the recent confusion in America to the fact that the political parties have lost sight of fundamental issues to a great extent and have permitted the campaigns to be waged on temporary questions. The two original and fundamental differences between the major political parties in America, he stated, were over the questions of state's rights and the tariff. Neither of these questions, he intimated, had been considered to any great extent in the recent campaign, and he expressed doubt whether, had the Democrats won, any considerable change would have been made in the tariff. Governor Ritchie's address was made to the Southern Society, in New York, an organization which is doubtless composed principally of supporters of the Democratic party. It is reasonable to conclude, therefore, that Governor Ritchie designed his lecture for the benefit of his own party, and he did so quite properly. For it is the Democratic party which has been the chief offender in the matter of raising temporary issues in the national campaigns since the civil war. The Republicans have stuck pretty close to their knitting, whenever permitted to do so by the strategy of the opposition. They have always stood for a tariff to protect American labor and enterprise, and for a sound money. All Republican administrations have maintained the protective policy the resumption of specie payment and the adoption of the gold standard of money came while the party of Lincoln was in power. now-a-days before invading China is to see whether such invasion is agreeable to the other powers, China is not considered. And working under the same idea, the Chicago policemen who are trying to put down the gunmen there should give way to the ladies' aid societies and not think of such a thing as going armed after the thugs, robbers and murderers. Of course it would be a fine thing if all peoples were subject to the sweet influences of righteousness, but experience teaches that righteousness in order to gain respect often must wear holsters well filled with weapons. No hold-up man knowingly will attack a pedestrian who is armed and ready to be held up. Everybody who hates war, and that includes everybody except an inconsiderable number, should use all his influence to prevent it. He should advocate this nation's standing much from others, being slow to anger and quick to soil, and only involving itself in armed conflict as the last possible resort. But equally, if he is both practical and partiotic, he should demand that if war ever be forced upon us we be able to resist in a manner becoming to a people to whom the name of liberty is dear and the lives and happiness of American citizens are sacred. The United States dare not reduce its powers of defense any more rapidly than others do. If we are in a nearly helpless condition now upon the sea and in the air, as the reports of seizure of the cabinet officers and others indicate, so far from reducing our equipment further it is our duty to increase it to the point where we are at least upon an equal footing for defense with any other nation on the globe. Then if the nations agree to further reductions we should gladly join them—but pounds over the Wholesale value products and more increased in round 000,000 to $118,000,000. In be remembered of butter, cheese products were less year than at an In round num butter manufacture one and one-half cheese register evaporated who fourteen and one and the product has advanced to market milk (a distributed, aborted in Los Angeles manufacture of ice cream and one-half of nearly twenty). The productive creased in all growing sections both cases was gravity irrigation farmers were not supplement by in production in those counties ad to depend upon feed. FANNING THE OF Perhaps the if unintentional peace are the hot nationalists who country the realances of foreign United States sensationalist wield charge of a The Republicans have stuck pretty close to their knitting, whenever permitted to do so by the strategy of the opposition. They have always stood for a tariff to protect American labor and enterprise, and for a sound money. All Republican administrations have maintained the protective policy the resumption of specie payment and the adoption of the gold standard of money came while the party of Lincoln was in power. Governor Ritchie might have recounted some of the extraneous issues raised by the leaders of his own party. Among them were the issue of free silver, of anti-imperialism, of federal guarantee of bank deposits, and of keeping the country out of war, regardless of circumstances. Fortunately only one of these issues was a winner, and it was abandoned within six weeks after the administration which won it came into power. Governor Ritchie makes the plea that his party again make itself the organ of state's rights or decentralization. The old issue of state's rights was of course settled by the civil war, but there has during the past two decades grown up in Washington a centralization of power in the federal government which has in some instances created government by bureaucracy. It is this condition, of the assumption by the federal government of functions which should be exercised by the states, to which the Margland officer refers, and here again he does well to lecture his own party. The agitation for federal control and centralization of authority was started by no less a person than William J. Bryan, thrice Democratic candidate for president. It reached its greatest height under Wilson's administration when the excuse of war afforded the bureaucrats the opportunity to build up a super government at Washington beyond the wildest dreams of the most ardent federalists of a few generations ago. It has been, and still is the purpose of the Republican party to stand squarely on the constitution in regard to this issue. The Republican party sixty years ago opposed the doctrine of decentralization which accorded to any state the right to withdraw from the Union, and it now opposes any centralization of authority in Washington which would disturb the balance of power between state and nation which is provided for by the constitution of the United States. The United States dare not reduce its powers of defense any more rapidly than others do. If we are in a nearly helpless condition now upon the sea and in the air, as the reports of some of the cabinet officers and others indicate, so far from reducing our equipment further it is our duty to increase it to the point where we are at least upon an equal footing for defense with any other nation on the globe. Then if the nations agree to further reductions we should gladly join them—but not until then. Speaking before the federal council Governor William E. Sweet, of Colorado, said: "Recent events strongly indicate that America is preparing for the next war, and that the smoke screen of preparedness is being used to fill the people into acquiescence in the most extensive military program this country ever adopted." Whereupon he regrets the non-membership of the United States in the league of nations, as might be expected. Contrast, then, the statement of the Colorado executive far removed from inside knowledge of what the United States is doing, or rather failing to do, maintain an adequate national defense, with that of the national advisory committee for aeronautics in its tenth annual report to the President made about the same day as Sweet's speech in which it is declared: "No one can foretell at this time what the use of aircraft will be in future wars, not even in the next war. It is safe to say that there will be individual and group fighting in the air; there will be aircraft attacking troops on the ground both with bombs dropped from great heights and with machine guns mounted on low-flying aircraft protected by armor from ordinary rifle bullets; there will be bombing of large cities, military and manufacturing centers and routes of communication and transportation. "And it has been proposed that aircraft be used to drop poisonous gases, not only on the enemy troops, but also behind the lines and in the centers of population, to the same extent that long distance bombing will be carried on. The bombs carried may not be limited to explosives and poisonous gases, but may possibly be loaded with germs to spread disease and pestilence. "Without limitations on the uses of aircraft in warefare a nation fighting with its back to the wall can not be expected to omit to use desperate means to stave off defeat." There was much more of this to of the Republican party to stand squarely on the constitution in regard to this issue. The Republican party sixty years ago opposed the doctrine of decentralization which accorded to any state the right to withdraw from the Union, and it now opposes any centralization of authority in Washington which would disturb the balance of power between state and nation which is provided for by the constitution of the United States. DO WE WANT A PROTECTORATE? Some of the speakers before the Federal Council of Churches, at Atlanta, have fallen into acceptance of the outworn, often disproved belief that helplessness on the part of a nation is the best shield against attack and so are decrying all defense measures on the part of the United States, poor as these are and as inadequate as they would prove to be in case of our suddenly being hurled into war. On the same theory China with the greatest population of any nation, but with the most inefficient armed force, should be the most powerful among all the countries of the globe instead of about the weakest. The well-armed nations, should, by that process of reasoning, fear to touch China, but so far from that they treat her like a stepchild. Until recently when jealousies among the powers began operating for China's protection while her own government was incapable of protecting her, almost any country that wished a slice of China took it after figuring out almost any kind of an excuse. Even now Great Britain, Japan, France, the United States or any great power feels at perfect liberty to land armed forces in China almost at will and to send warships into Chinese harbors upon almost any pretext. The only thing that any first-class power waits for behind the lines and in the centers of population, to the same extent that long distance bombing will be carried on. The bombs carried may not be limited to explosives and poisonous gases, but may possibly be loaded with germs to spread disease and pestilence. "Without limitations on the uses of aircraft in warefare a nation fighting with its back to the wall can not be expected to omit to use desperate means to stave off defeat." There was much more of this to show the plight of the United States now is in by reason of a lack of adequate aircraft, and the recommendation was made that we now take immediate steps to develop aviation for defense and commercial purposes. President Coolidge in his letter in response to the communication of the commission expressed his complete agreement, it is said. The best preventive of war is adequate preparations to resist it unless we wish to sink into the class of second-rate powers and permit some strong nation to exercise a protectorate over us, we to become a second Armenia. To adopt the latter course might save a lot of expense and please the week-kneed pacifist, but would it please red-blooded Americans? CALIFORNIA GAINS Despite the fact that the past year, particularly the last six months covered by this report, has been one of unusual hardship in the dairy industry, this great and constantly growing branch of California agriculture has continued to advance. In the face of drought with consequent reduction in feed production and high cost, foot and mouth disease, and low prices for butterfat during later months, production of butterfat in the state has advanced to 125,274,369 pounds, a net gain of over 5,000,000 standards of industry; upon these elements we our existing population consider themselves. LOCOMOTIVES TO BE It is announced as the "first in England" is to steam carriage a dock built, above What it is like from the copy The original, not exhibited in the lery, writes "the er." It is a littel was called a gr cause its beam wide the kick off and his friends much impressed a "mile or two" carry the fire sh He tried it by n leading to Redr away from him wife coming home dark were much mysterious object zagging in front This was not motive ever built a notion of one century. Cugne engineer, built had the advantage in developing this was in the service & Watt firm, and after the many y for the Cornish ed the idea of b which is now to Wholesale values of manufactured products and market milk have increased in round numbers from $104,000,000 to $118,000,000 a net gain of $14,000,000. In this connection it must be remembered that the average prices of butter, cheese and some other dairy products were higher during the fiscal year than at any time since 1920. In round numbers the amount of butter manufactured has increased one and one-half million pounds; cheese registers a slight increase; evaporated whole milk was increased fourteen and on-half million pounds; and the production of powdered milk has advanced three million gallons of market milk (all classes and grades) distributed, about half of which occurred in Los Angeles county. The manufacture of ice cream increased about one and one-half million gallons, a gain of nearly twenty per cent. The production of butter fat has increased in all the irrigated alfalfa growing sections except two, which in both cases was due to the failure of gravity irrigation systems which the farmers were not able to sufficiently supplement by pumping. A decrease in production is generally registered in those counties which are accustomed to depend upon natural pasture for feed. FANNING THE FLAMES OF JAPANESE ILL WILL Perhaps the most dangerous, even if unintentional, enemies of American peace are the home grown foreign factorialists who air publicly in this country the real or imaginary grievances of foreign countries against the United States. We have with us the sensationalist who confirms the stupid charge of anti-American agitators. RASTUS' LAST MISTAKE The following item appeared in a metropolitan newspaper recently: "Rastus Johnson accidently drove his car into the parade of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He would have been 39 years old next September. It's not the original cost, but the upkeep," probably was first said about marriage licenses. Building and Loan Fire and Compensation Insurance FRANK TAUSCH 111 N. Los Angeles St OFFICE PHONE 445-342-W Announcing an opportunity to invest in the profitable business of AMOBILE FINANCING FANNING THE FLAMES OF JAPANESE ILL WILL Perhaps the most dangerous, even if unintentional, enemies of American peace are the home grown foreign factionists who air publicly in this country the real or imaginary grievances of foreign countries against the United States. We have with us the sensationalist who confirms the stupid charge of anti-American agitators in the Latin-American countries, that the United States has imperialistic designs in the western hemisphere, a theory which has the backing neither of history nor of common sense. Then there is the fomenter of Japanese jingoism who tells the American people and the world that the United States has done an irreparable wrong, based upon race prejudice, against Japan in prohibiting oriental immigration into the United States. Oriental exclusion is an accomplished fact; sensible men know there is no prospect of changing it; therefore the only purpose served by such statements as those of former Ambassador to Japan Cyrus C. Woods, in which he speaks of the Japanese exclusion act as "international disaster of the first magnitude," is to stir up Japanese feeling against America and thus increase the possibility of conflict between the two nations. In view of the fact that the Japanese quota if immigrants under the present general law would be only 146 annually until July, 127, and thereafter only a few more, the passage of the exclusion act seems an unnecessary discrimination, but the law has been passed and nothing is now to be gained but ill will toward the United States by airing and increasing the Japanese grievance. No well informed American will say that oriental exclusion is based upon the assumption of race superiority. It is based upon the belief that Americans can not compete with the oriental standards of living and of intense industry; upon the knowledge, to, that these elements will not assimilate with our existing population, but choose to consider themselves allens. LOCOMOTIVES OF 1874 TO BE SOLD IN ENGLAND It is announced that what is described as the "first locomotive ever made in England" is to be sold. This is the steam carriage which William Murray... LOCOMOTIVES OF 1874 TO BE SOLD IN ENGLAND It is announced that what is described as the "first locomotive ever made in England" is to be sold. This is the steam carriage which William Murdock built, about 1874, at Redruth. What it is like the curious may see from the copy at South Kensington. The original, now for sale, was long exhibited in the Birmingham art gallery, writes "the Cleveland Plaindealer." was called a grasshwasofhSHSHHH It is a littel thing, driven by what was called a grasshopper engine, because its beam was supposed to resemble the kick of the insect. Murdock and his friends, we are told, were much impressed when it would travel a "mile or two" and he could make it carry the fire shevel, poker and tongs. He tried it by night on a smooth path leading to Redruth church, and it shot away from him and the vicar and his wife coming home from church in the dark were much alarmed to see some mysterious object snorting and zig-zagging in front of them. This was not, indeed, the first locomotive ever built. Isaac Newton had a notion of one in the seventeenth century. Cugnot, a French military engineer, built one in 1763. Murdock had the advantage of the work of Watt in developing the steam engine for he was in the service of the great Boulton & Watt firm, and it was while looking after the many pumping engines built for the Cornish mines that he conceived the idea of building his locomotive, which is now to be disposed of. Adolph Thomas, President Fred Koesel, Vice-President Louis Denni, Vice-President Adolph Thomas Fred Koesel W. A. Bonynge OFFICER DIRECTOR Wm. Star Happy New Year ay this be a happy New Year Day d the coming year a prosperous one all, is our sincere wish. Heying's Pharmacy Get Our Figures on Job Work Get Our Figures on Job Work When Two Million Women Agree Over two million women in the United States are using the laundry to lighten their household burden. For the modern laundry has a service suited to every pocketbook—to every household requirement. Our Rough Dry service, for example, is a semi-finished family service that is becoming more and more popular. 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