anaheim-gazette 1925-03-19

INTERESTING CEREMONY AT HIGHWAY OPENING Newport Beach Holding Celebration on Saturday, March 21 A formal opening of the coast line highway will be staged by the South Coast Association at Newport Beach next Saturday. The official party from Los Angeles will start at 10:30 a.m. from the Automobile Club of Southern California, Adams and Figueroa streets, proceed via Long Beach to Newport Beach. Party under the direction of T. B. Talbert, chairman of the board of supervisors of Orange county; George T. Peabody and Lew H. Wallace of the South Coast Association. The official party from Long Beach will meet at the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce at 11 a.m. and be prepared to join the Los Angeles party on arrival. Long Beach party will be under the direction of J. A. Armitage and W. Templeman of the South Coast Association and J. Oliver Brison of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce. The parties from Los Angeles and Long Beach will be joined by others at Seal Beach, Huntington Beach and other cities along the line and will proceed to the site of the opening ceremony—the bridge crossing the Santa Ana river, between Huntington Beach and Newport Beach. Escorts of motorcycle officers will accompany the party from Los Angeles to the scene of the opening ceremony. Policing under the direction of Sheriff Jernigan of Orange county, Marshal Porter of Newport Beach and police officials of Los Angeles. Officials and citizens of Newport picnicers alone visited this federal forest in 1924. In the northern part of the state the Tahoe National forest with 90,700 visitors and 167,900 transient tourists was the most popular recreation area. The automobile has revolutionized vacation travel, foresters say, and this is borne out by the report figures, which show that 3,768,480 people or over 90 per cent of all visitors to the national forests of California travel by motor car. The railroads carried 340,851 visitors or 8 per cent, while the people who went into the mountains on horseback or on foot numbered only a little over 1 per cent of the total. “These travel figures,” said District Forester Paul G. Redington, commenting on the report, “indicate that our citizens appreciate the beauty and extent of the sport and recreational attractions in our national forests. Among the well-known scenic features located within the federal forests of California are Mt. Shasta, Feather River, Lake Tahoe, Mt. Whitney and the High Sierra, Huntington lake, Ilammoth lakes, the Sespe country, San Gabriel and Tujunga canyons, tim-of-the-World drive, Big Bear lake, and the Laguna recreation area near San Diego. There are many other beautiful recreation grounds within the national forests that are little known to the public, such as Klamath and Trinity River country, Todoc lava beds, the picturesque Monterey region, and many interesting recreation areas in the mountains of Southern California. Thousands of summer homes and nearly a score of municipal recreation camps are now located in the federal forests of the state. Game is also plentiful and fishing excellent, and the only restricting domestic and Cuban United States-married groups of produce in this market. For over 20 years adoption of the treaty in 1903 promised mission of Cuban States at 80 per cent whatever competitive tariff has conformed between domesticers. On the one hand a marketing channel sugar varying from cents a pound, product was not cut but on the other Cuba a preference of the world vary to 0.44 cent a pound. The test of these relative additions found in the degree either of the two has improved its suitability and in the relief of the two industries. At the time we greatly was drawn minor part of the United States. For preceding imports supplied 48 pts. For the three years from these outsiders down to 7 per cent in 1913 imports of sugars had virtually was supplying all in the United Statesenced within the state. Since the beginn proceed to the site of the opening ceremony—the bridge crossing the Santa Ana river, between Huntington Beach and Newport Beach. Escorts of motorcycle officers will accompany the party from Los Angeles to the scene of the opening ceremony. Policing under the direction of Sheriff Jernigan of Orange county, Marshal Porter of Newport Beach and police officials of Los Angeles. Officials and citizens of Newport Beach and others interested will meet at the city hall at Newport Beach at 9:30 a.m., proceed via Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach to the bridge site, there to await the arrival of the delegations from other cities. One or more representatives from each of the communities along the line of the highway from Los Angeles to Newport Beach will take part in the dedication ceremonies, which will be in charge of J. L. McBride, county engineer; Leon O. Whitsell of the board of supervisors; Fred W. Young, member of the city council of Newport Beach; Frank Rinehart street superintendent of Newport Beach; Benjamin Funcheon of the Orange County Harbor Chamber of Commerce and others. After the ceremonies at the bridge the out-of-town guests will be entertained at luncheon at the Newport Harbor Yacht Club. In charge of the luncheon will be: Mayor George P. Wilson, Dr. C. G. Huston, president of the Orange County Harbor Chamber of Commerce; J. P. Greeley, president of the Balboa Chamber of Commerce; A. H. Wilson, chairman of the committee of entertainment of the Harbor Chamber; H. C. Sloan, city trustee of Newport Beach; Paul Ellisworth, president of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce; F. A. Daley, president of the Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce, and others. ANGELES FOREST LEADS AS RECREATION SPOT The report on visitors to the national forests of California, just released by the San Francisco headquarters of the United States Forest Service shows that 4,154,761 people traveled into or through these great summer playgrounds during 1924—a decrease of 4 per cent as compared with the total number of visitors for 1923. Travel statistics received from over 100 forest supervisors and rangers in the national forests of the beautiful recreation grounds within the national forests that are little known to the public, such as Klamath and Trinity River country,odoc lava beds,the picturesque Monterey region,and many interesting recreation areas in the mountains of Southern California. Thousands of summer homes and nearly a score municipal recreation camps are now located in the federal forests of the state. Game is also plentiful and fishing excellent, and the only restriction on national forest land is that portsmen secure the necessary state license and live up to the fish and game laws. "Everyone is welcome to make use of the national forests for rest, sport and recreation," continued Mr. Redington. "Their popularity is shown by the tremendous volume of travel last year—and that in the face of the worst fire season ever experienced in California and the emergency closing to public use of more than 12,000,000 acres of government forest land. There is one thing, however, the forest service does insist on, and that every one who visits the forest must use extreme care with all forms of fire, matches, tobacco or every form, and campfires while in the woods. Last year 71 per cent of the fires that occurred in the state were man caused. Such carelessness must stop, and I appeal to every right-thinking citizen to make it his personal business this year to see that it is stopped." THE REAL TARIFF ISSUE There is so much confusion of thought and so much argument across purposes in discussions of the sugar tariff that a brief statement of facts may be useful in clearing away some of the fog surrounding this subject and in helping to define the issue involved in the present tariff controversy, so far as there is an issue. Fifteen years ago the Federal Sugar Refining Company, under the direction of C. A. Spreckels, who was then its president, was conducting a vigorous campaign in favor of the entire removal of customs charges against imported sugar. Its keynote was the claim, printed on sugar packages and spread before the public in every other possible way, that "under free sugar the sugar in this bag would cost you 2 cents a pound less." It was a potent argument and it very supplied 48 per cent for three years from these outsiders down to 7 per cent for sugars had virtually was supplying all in the United States within them. Since the beginnings annual production has increased from long tons to an eagle more, while the continental and international has grown from 1,000,000 long tons. The investment capital in Cuba did estimated at over several times the domestic industry period. As capitals into the channels not return, it is sugar, ever since reciprocity, has relative advantage States market their product. The issue of fugar tariff is wellisting duty act difference in cost between the United States issue of polite shall remain reduced to give Cuban larger share of theret, or raised to licuers to supplyofthe country's products. FOUNTAINS All over the couny young Americans have high schools raged in the int Constitution of preparation for th contest, which ogo. The contest th ceived with even than in 1924, whn nationally for th young orators a game earlier and The report on visitors to the national forests of California, just released by the San Francisco headquarters of the United States Forest Service shows that 4,154,761 people traveled into or through these great summer playgrounds during 1924—a decrease of 4 per cent as compared with the total number of visitors for 1923. Travel statistics received from over 100 forest supervisors and rangers in the national forests of the Golden States, which were secured by the co-operation of various state associations, automobile clubs, indicate that 1,755,972 people actually visited and made use of the federal forests for rest, sport and recreation, while 2,398,789 people passed through the forests over main highways. Seventy-six per cent of this total travel was into Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Cleveland National forests of Southern California, while 24 per cent is credited to the 14 government forests located north of the Tehachapi. The eight leading national forests of the state, in order of volume of 1924 recreation travel are: Angeles forest, 1,755,086; Santa Barbara forest, 1,200,802; Tahoe forest, 258,611 Cleveland forest, 204,925; Eldorado forest, 196,000; Mono forest, 93,300; Sierra forest, 92,076; Sequoia forest, $87,626. Of the 4,154,761 were visitors to the national forests, 2,398,789 were transient tourists; 699,184 picnicers; 588,245 campers; 439,778 hotel and resort guests, and 128,764 summer home and special use permittees and their guests. The figures show that the Anegles National forest of Southern California, with over 1,000,000 visitors and 729,000 transient tourists, is the greatest mountain playground in America, if not in the world. Nearly three-quarters of a million campers and ANAHEIM GAZETTE that would equalize the position of domestic and Cuban sugars in the United States market, placing the two groups of producers on an exact par in this market. For over 20 years, ever since the adoption of the Cuban reciprocity treaty in 1903 provided for the admission of Cuban sugar to the United States at 80 per cent of the full duty, whatever competitive advantages the tariff has conferred have been shared between domestic and Cuban producers. On the one hand, it has imposed a marketing charge on Cuban raw sugar varying from one cent to 1.76 cents a pound, which the domestic product was not called upon to bear, but on the other hand it has given to Cuba a preference over all the rest of the world varying from 0.25 cent to 0.44 cent a pound. The test of the practical value of these relative advantages is to be found in the degree to which each or either of the two competing groups has improved its position in the market and in the relative attractiveness of the two industries to the investor. At the time when the reciprocity treaty was drawn Cuba supplied a minor part of the sugar used in the United States. For the three years preceding, imports from other countries supplied 48 per cent of the total. For the three years following, imports from these outside countries had fallen to 24 per cent and in 1910 they were down to 7 per cent of the total. By 1913 imports of full duty paying sugars had virtually ceased and Cuba was supplying all the sugar consumed in the United States except that produced within the country. Since the beginning of reciprocity the annual production of Cuban sugar has increased from about 1,000,000 them than last year, when 1,000,000 pupils in 13,000 schools took part. In Southern California most of the schools have already entered. Reports reaching the Times, the sponsoring newspaper in the Pacific Southwest, show that the number of contestants in the eleven southeastern counties will exceed that of 1924, when 25,000 youthful orators enrolled in this section. The cordial response of this year's announcement shows that this movement fills a definite educational need, long realized by patriotic citizens. Launched at first in 1923 as an experiment in the schools of Southern California, its success that year caused it to be nationally undertaken in 1924, when it swept the entire country. Everywhere it was hailed as the most valuable plan to teach Americanism and promote patriotism ever presented. The sole subject in the minds of the contest originators was to stimulate interest in the principles of the American government among the young people. It was believed that a greater knowledge of this subject would not only be of practical benefit to the future citizens of the republic, but would develop patriotism and instill in their minds a deeper sense of their responsibilities as the future defenders of America and its institutions. The results of the two contests preceding the present one far exceeded the expectations of the sponsors. The contest idea was taken up with enthusiasm in the high schools everywhere. Never before in the history of the nation has the fundamental law of the land come in for such intensive study and widespread publicity as during the last year's oratoricalthe Constitution of the United States and the glorious traditions associated with that memorial document, while at the same time it inspires keen interest in those subjects on the part of millions of their elders. DEMAND TAX REFORM J. J. Deuel, manager of law and utilities department, and J. W. Nelson, secretary of the California Farm Bureau Federation, have issued the following letter to members of the California legislature, relative to the taxation of publicly owned utilities: "The problem of providing funds for cost of government is as old as government itself. In all democratic countries the trend has been toward the acceptance of the principle that nasmuch as all share in the benefits of government, its costs should be assessed fairly and equitably against those who enjoy its protection. The American Farm Bureau Federation enunciated this principle at its origin in 1919 and has stood squarely upon it ever since." "Taxes should therefore be assessed in proportion to the benefits derived from government, in proportion to the taxpayers' ability to pay and in proportion to the values safeguarded by governmental agencies." "The protection of life and property, the enforcement of law, the education of youth, the maintenance of highways are among the most expensive functions of government, and these functions are as necessary to those who use the services of publicly owned utilities as to those using privately owned utilities or other industrial groups or individuals. Are not police and fire protection, good roads and good schools as necessary to the users." ries supplied 48 per cent of the total for the three years following, imports from these outside countries had fallen to 24 per cent and in 1910 they were down to 7 per cent of the total. By 1913 imports of full duty paying sugars had virtually ceased and Cuba was supplying all the sugar consumed in the United States except that produced within the country. Since the beginning of reciprocity the annual production of Cuban sugar has increased from about 1,000,000 long tons to an estimated 4,500,000 or more, while the production of the continental and insular United States has grown from a little less than 1,000,000 long tons to about 2,350,000 tons. The investment of American capital in Cuba during this period is estimated at over $1,000,000,000, which is several times the investment in the domestic industry during the same period. As capital invariably flows into the channels that promise great return, it is evident that Cuban sugar, ever since the adoption of reciprocity, has enjoyed a greater relative advantage in the United States market than the domestic product. The issue of fact concerning the sugar tariff is whether or not the existing duty actually measures the difference in cost of production between the United States and Cuba. The issue of policy is whether the state shall remain unchanged, be reduced to give Cuba control of a still larger share of the United States market, or raised to enable domestic producers to supply a greater proportion of the country's requirements. FOUNTAINS OF PATRIOTISM All over the country a vast army of young Americans, boys and girls in the high schools, are one more engaged in the intensive study of the Constitution of the United States in preparation for the national oratorical contest, which opened a short time ago. The contest this year has been received with even greater enthusiasm than in 1924, when it was conducted nationally for the first time. The young orators are getting into the game earlier and there are more of The results of the two contests preceeding the present one far exceeded the expectations of the sponsors. The contest idea was taken up with enthusiasm in the high schools everywhere. Never before in the history of the nation has the fundamental law of the land come in for such intensive study and widespread publicity as during the last year's oratorical contest. The effect on the pupils who participated was disclosed in many ways. It stimulated their interest, not only in the study of government, but in every other branch of school work. Thousands of last year's participants have declared that the contest changed them from indifferent students to enthusiastic ones. It gave them a broader outlook on life and equipped them with special knowledge of investable service when the destinies of the nation shall pass into other hands. One of the most significant developments attending the contest movement has been the whole-hearted endorsement it has evoked in all quarters. Men and women in every walk of life, from the President of the United States to the naturalized immigrant, have praised this method of teaching Americanism and promoting patriotism in glowing terms. The flood of commendations has revealed that the basic principles of our government still lie near the heart of the mass of the American people who will gladly support any movement designed to perpetuate those principles. The only dissenting voices have been those expressing the twisted viewpoint of the Reds, who see in the contest movement an effective weapon for counteracting their vicious propaganda emanating from Russia. The full effect of the citizenship training provided by this contest can not be calculated. Its widespread influence in upholding American ideals of government may be partially visualized when one reflects that the contest in a peculiarly effective manner directs the attention of high school pupils all over the nation to "The protection of life and property, the enforcement of law, the education of youth, the maintenance of highways are among the most expensive functions of government, and these functions are as necessary to those who use the services of publicly owned utilities as to those using privately owned utilities or other industrial groups or individuals. Are not police and fire protection, good roads and good schools as necessary to the users of the services of a publicly owned utility as they are to those engaged in agriculture and other industries and to consumers served by privately owned utility enterprises? These functions of government are expensive and if the publicly owned utility's customers succeed in evading the payment of their just share of these costs, some other group must pay it for them. "Logically and fairly, every man and woman who enjoys the protection of government should devote a part of his time and contribute some of his earnings to the support of government and practically all of us do this. Every farm, every industrial plant and every factor in our economic system should likewise contribute some of its earnings toward the maintenance of government which makes its existence possible and its operation safe." If any evade this contribution or dodge their fair taxes, the burden must be added to the just share already borne by others, as the cost of government must be paid. 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