anaheim-gazette 1925-06-25

ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1870 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY Henry Kuechel, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR $1.50 SIX MONTHS $1.00 THREE MONTHS $ .50 Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter A CITY'S BUSINESS The city council of Los Angeles has begun a series of sessions with a view to paring the expenses for the coming year, that being necessary through the fact that the income of the city will be $20,000,000 and the several departments have made estimates of expenditures that will exceed $30,000,000. It is timely to remark that what the city of Los Angeles is doing through planits city council now is what every business does; and no enterprise can succeed on the hit-and-miss plan. There must be definite knowledge of what the cost of operation is to be, and always that cost must exceed the available income. The business house that neglects to recognize this A. B. C. of business is well on the way to the bankruptcy court. And there is no reason why the business of the city should not be conducted exactly as in the business of a private concern; in fact, there is every reason why it should be. The great need of the time, as has been pointed out by President Coolidge, is more business in government. He himself, is setting an example to the country that cannot fail to be of great value. Certainly through that example more care will result in budgeting the municipality in counties and states than has been displayed during past years, and that is essential if the great evil of the time, excessive governmental costs, is to be corrected. THE RULE OF REASON There is a decided reaction in this country against restrictive government policies which attempt to prevent collisions. Mexico Menaced By Insect Plague The insect plagues are now troubling Mexico and are proving a menace to both life and property and are causing the Mexican government grave concern. Following close upon the appearance of the hordes of locusts that are menacing the plant life of Tabasco, Chilapa, Vera Cruz and Champeche, there has appeared in the state of Durango a plague of scorpions. Already several deaths have resulted from the sting of these venomous pests and the government is preparing to wage a campaign against the dangerous pest. Five thousand specimens have been sent to the capital for examination and study by the entomologists of the department of agriculture. One specimen about four inches in length, which was sent to a local newspaper, was said to have caused the death of three persons. The scorpion or "alaeran," as it is called in Spanish, are of several species varying in length from one to 10 inches. Unlike their reptilian cousins, the snakes, they carry their victim in the posterior portion of their hideous bodies. Some have the short anterior body of a snider, with a gradually tapering segmented tail, and are bellevant to be the most venomous. In general the scorpions of Durango are of greater length, having an elongated body with dreaded stinger at the tip of the segmented tail. So great is the poison of these animals in the rural regions that person stung often dies before regaining sufficient copious application to apply a simple antidote that might save his life. The aid antidotes applied as in the case of spider or other insect bites is most effective. Where a strong antidote is not quickly applied, the victim of a sting often dies within a few hours. The poison spreads rapidly, causing loss of speech, nausea and convulsions. Death results from strangulation, the poison causing contraction of the throat muscles. So intense is the suffering of the victims that many lose their minds before death comes. The current issue of the Mexican- STOP! WOOM COMMITTEE Motorists! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Would you count your own family? Ridiculous question but the safety demeanor Automobile motorists are taking result in this awful When you pass when you drive at speed; when you or only one light yourself amid a sojourn which would sorrow, and place of the law. Conson on the road and them right to which is guaranteed constitution. If lying, you price right you are guilty and unless you are miscarriage of justice law of the road orientation for the carefully that you joy the rights of careful motorist. Why hurry? If yourself stepping speed meant life meoredeath for a while You are sp stop to think. "We few minutes save you are taking off life? And then, after the reason of you I'm in no particular habit this "step it may result, and disaster. Safety or sorrow at the boulevards are right, and enj safety, but that these laws of the result will, and can Present Trisituat THE RULE OF REASON There is a decided reaction in this country against restrictive government policies which attempt to prevent collection and distribution of statistical information by trade associations, which seek to give their members reports that will enable them to perfect their production, distribution, marketing, selling or other methods of strengthening their industrial structure, with resulting benefits to the public. Two recent decisions of the United States Supreme court on the Maple Flooring Association and the cement association—where chief issue was the legality under our anti-trust laws of co-operative collection and dissemination and statistical information regarding production, sales, deliveries and prices—reversed adverse judgments of district courts. The sole question presented in the maple flooring case was: "Whether the combination of the defendants in their existing association as actually conducted by them as a necessary tendency to cause direct and undue restraint of competition." Analyzing separately the activities complained of, the court reached the conclusion that no such necessary tendency was present. The court denied "that the character of the information gathered by the defendants, or the use which is being made of it, leads to any necessary inference that the defendants either have made or will make any different or other use of it than would normally be made if like statistics were published in a trade journal or were published by the department of commerce, to which all the gathered statistics are made available." In the cement case there was no evidence of price fixing agreements, but the government contended that uniformity of price and limitation of production resulted from activity and information furnished by the cement association. The Supreme court found no evidence of restraint of trade, for each member was left free to pursue his own course of action. These decisions based on a "rule of reason" permit an organization of competitors, no matter how comprehensive, to interchange data, even of an intimate character, regarding their respective business operations without violating the Sherman act. The maple flooring and cement cases mark a distinct advance in our national attitude toward sound and constructive business and industrial policies. SUMMER RADIO RECEPTION While excellent radio reception is frequently possible during summer months, ficient composure to apply a simple antidote that might save life. The acid antidotes applied as in the case of spider or other insect bites is most effective. Where a strong antidote is not quickly applied, the victim of a sting often dies within a few hours. The poison spreads rapidly, causing loss of speech, nausea and convulsions. Death results from strangulation; the poison causing contraction of the throat muscles. So intense is the suffering of the victims that many lose their minds before death comes. The current issue of the Mexican-American carries an interesting account of an alceran now on exhibition in the museum of natural history. It was sent from the city of Durango years ago and was called "El Verdugo," or "The Executioner," a hideous thing 10 inches long. According to the story, prisoners placed in a certain cell in the prison in the city were usually found dead on the morning after the first night therein, with evidences of strangulation. This was in the early days of Porfirio Díaz, when many political prisoners were confined to this cell to await execution of the death sentence. Owing to this fact, the death of so many prisoners was attributed to assassination. One prisoner, preferring to meet death in the legal manner rather than by strangulation in the night, stayed awake, keeping a slight candle near his bunk. About midnight he saw the immense alceran crawling toward him and capturing it, knew he had solved the mystery of the death cell. His pardon came next day, when he presented the murderer to the jailer. The alceran is one of the few animals that commits suicide. When injured he stings himself on the back of the neck and dies from the effects of his own poison. The rother alaceran dies soon after the young come, the young feeding on the body of the mother. TAXING BODIES TAKE NOTICE! There is a nation-wide demand that progress shall be made with the recommendations of President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon for tax reduction. The reduction of surtaxes and withdrawal of the federal government from the field of inheritance taxes hold first place," says the New York Times. "Secretary Mellon himself has just renewed his advocacy of these plans. From the United States Chamber of Commerce come reports further attesting the fact that the country approves the administration program. The Farm Mortgage Bankers' Association proposes that all state death taxes under whatever name shall be deducted from the federal while the National Jewelers' Board of Trade asks that the federal government abandon that form of taxation altogether. "The Farm Mortgage Bankers' Association suggests a novelty in the form of inheritance taxes upon securities exempt from federal income tax, graduated in proportion to the time that they exist." Present Trends Situation Responsibility for China rests primarily on Asiatic powers ceased to look up mature objectives of China is compelled tariff rates on only a maximum of 5 means of support eminent are destrife. The policy of treatment in China has sharp contrast with powerless Under M partition of China bellion was prevail people have since leans as their treaty. Bolshevist republic having in mind of Chinese peopleunity for foreign communist lines aggressions of other cause for assimilation Chinese interests our government at this record of fair treatment. The strike in Shilin of the flogging off Japanese-owned trolley disorder by bolshevist aggrieving about an order western world restrictions which lead unarmed demonstrators like at Nanking communal ability justification for fliers is not clear labor in Shanghai mands a wage as this sort of Indian American foes oppose the American competition. In this crisis will be found policy of a squat nation which is foreign exploitation crend renders China is a horrible to which our own preparedness wont people. The powers whih of injustice town cause she has no fending herself hands of bolshevist Orient to the dawn a world-wide yellow nations is of no These decisions based on a "rule of reason" permit an organization of competitors, no matter how comprehensive, to interchange data, even of an intimate character, regarding their respective business operations without violating the Sherman Act. The maple flooring and cement cases mark a distinct advance in our national attitude toward sound and constructive business and industrial policies. SUMMER RADIO RECEPTION While excellent radio reception is frequently possible during summer months, yet best long distance records come in the winter. Signals are not quite as loud in the summer and electrical disturbances, such as lightning storms, naturally interfere with concerts, particularly those from distant points. A reasonable attitude will help the listener who should remember that he cannot expect every act in even the best vaudeville to be just what he wants, nor can he expect the weather every day to be clear and pleasant. Now and then a summer storm may interfere with both radio and plenics. The listener should become acquainted with his local stations and enjoy them during the summer, and be satisfied with the long distance records he has made or will make in the winter. He should get the best there is in radio during all seasons, and above all he should be reasonable. If the listener is distant from the stations he wants to hear he can lengthen his aerial wires and increase their height from the ground. Both of these measures make signals louder as a general rule. He can add an audio amplifier. He can increase voltage of his "B" battery or plate battery up to 90,112 or even 135 volts (that is, to four, five or six of the usual 22½-volt units or blocks). He can use a more sensitive loudspeaker and tune more carefully to get the very loudest signal his set is capable of giving. If there is a tickler adjustment on his set, he should learn how to use it so as to get full volume of signals. The good results he will then get are going to be even better in the winter—Dr. Alfred N. Goldsmith, chief broadcast engineer, Radio Corporation of America. United States Chamber of Commerce comes reports further attesting the fact that the country approves the administration program. The Farm Mortgage Bankers' Association proposes that all state death taxes under whatever name shall be deducted from the federal while the National Jewelers' Board of Trade asks that the federal government abandon that form of taxation altogether. "The Farm Mortgage Bankers' Association suggests a novelty in the form of inheritance taxes upon securities exempt from federal income tax, graduated in proportion to the time that the exemption has been enjoyed. "President Coolidge planted a heavy foot on taxes levied for alleged social reforms rather than for support of the government. There can be no greater stimulus to enterprise than allowing profits to remain with those able and willing to make ventures calling for capital investment and wage payments. Nor can there be a greater discouragement to initiative than taxes which draw capital from trade. "Future tax reductions must, of necessity, be at a slower rate. Expenses of the government cannot be halved again within a short period." President Coolidge and Governor Richardson are heralding the principles of government economy and efficiency very much in similar channels. That they are identical in their belief is stressed by the way each has delved into all departments of government without seeking impairment or fixing too stringent measures in any part thereof. The same principles now may also be noticed in many public servants in municipal affairs, as well as in statecraft and federal office. They eat grasshoppers in South America. It might be a good idea for our auto-dodging pedestrians to try this diet a while. Only one high school girl in 509 in Des Moines, Iowa, says she wants to marry, but you just wait. Many a man who worked up from the bottom has a son who is working down from the top. Few people who eggs realize what industry is. They about 2,000,000,000 but China, the largest world producer of eggs, or preserved in total 24,000,000 ppt presenting about shell, went to the United States 30,700,000 dozen or 12,000,000 to 15,served form. The tend to depress eggs in the American congregation of 8 cents; the shell and 6 served eggs. The eggs in the shell cent ad valorem. The farmers were entitled to protect eggs, in the shell. The straight plenty wide for STOP! WOULD YOU COMMIT MURDER? Motorists! ! ! Would you commit murder? Would you take the life of a member of your own family? Ridiculous questions, you might say, but the safety department of the National Automobile Club finds that many motorists are taking chances that might result in this awful crime. When you pass up a boulevard stop when you drive at an excessive rate of speed; when you drive without lights or only one light—you may soon find yourself amid a scene of death and injury which would plunge you into bitter sorrow, and place you in the clutches of the law. Consider the other fellow on the road and the pedestrians. Give them the right to life and happiness, which is guaranteed to them by the constitution. If, by your reckless driving, you price them of this sacred right, they are guilty of a great wrong, and unless you are punished there is a miscarriage of justice. The unwritten law of the road should be your consideration for the other fellow. Drive carefully that you may continue to enjoy the rights of a thoughtful and careful motorist. Why hurry? Have you ever found yourself stepping on the gas as if your speed meant life or death? It may mean death for a little child. Go, slw. While you are speeding did you ever stop to think, "Why hurry?" Will a few minutes saved merit the chance you are taking of snuffing out a human life? And then, as you stop to realize the reason of your speed you will say, "I'm in no particular hurry." It is just a habit this "stepping on the gas" and it may result, and frequently does, in disaster. Safety or sorrow! Drive slow, stop at the boulevards; see that your lights are right, and enjoy not only your own safety, but that of others. Disobey these laws of the road and the ultimate result will, and can only be, SORROW. Present Troublesome Situation in China Responsibility for the present trouble California Leads in Realty Members According to figures received by the Santa Ana board of realtors, California continues to have the largest membership in the National Association of Real Estate Boards, having a total of 3000 members Illinois is second with 1956. Other memberships are: New York, 1690; Florida, 1573; Pennsylvania, 1334; Ohio, 1144; New Jersey, 1006; Michigan, 839; Indiana, 678; Missouri, 657. California is represented by 87 national boards, all of which except the boards of Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco, were induced to join the national association through the organization work of the California Real Estate Association. The national association now has 20,-300 members. The Chicago board is the largest and oldest, having 1218 brokers. The Los Angeles board is second, with an enrollment of over 700. In total membership, including activities, associates and salesmen, Chicago also leads having 2485; New York City is second, with 1746 and San Francisco third with 1510. Doctors and Druggists Must Register Returns "On or before July 1," said Collector of Internal Revenue Rex B. Goodcell, "the seven thousand physicians, druggists and others required to register under the Harrison Narcotic act must file their returns and pay the special stamp tax for the coming fiscal year, if they wish to prescribe narcotics for their patients or fill such prescriptions." "Any physician, druggist or other person engaged in a business subject to this tax must register and pay such tax on time, or the $2000 penalty prescribed by law must attach." The collector urged the importance of the required registration, including the inventory of narcotics on hand, and reminded the dealers, dispensers and manufacturers of drugs that the regulations under the Harrison Narcotic act were designed not only to regulate, but to protect those legally permitted to Present Troublesome Situation in China Responsibility for the present trouble in China rests primarily with European and Asian powers which have not ceased to look upon China as a legitimate object of greed and injustice. China is compelled to maintain her tariff rates on imported commodities at a maximum of 5 per cent. Thus the means of supporting the central government are destroyed. The policy of the American government in China has always stood out in sharp contrast with that of other great powers. Under McKinley and Hay the partition of China after the Boxer rebellion was prevented. The Chinese people have since looked upon Americans as their traditional friends. Bolshevist representatives in China, having in mind of course no good to the Chinese people but only the opportunity for fomenting revolution along communist lines, have seized upon the aggressions of other powers as an excuse for assuming championship of Chinese interests. It is fortunate that our government at such a time has so much record of disinterested friendship and fair treatment for China. The strike in Shanghai began because of the flogging of Chinese operatives in Japanese-owned textile mills. The resultant disorders have been fanned by bolshevist agents in an effort to bring about an oriental uprising against the western world. The student demonstrations which led to the shooting of unarmed demonstrators by British police at Nanking were not conscious communist oblities, however, and the instigation for filing upon the barraders is not clearly established. Child labor in Shanghai textile mills commands a wage as low as $2 a week. It is this sort of industrialism to which our American foes of protection would expose the American producer in free competition. In this crisis the American government will be found leaning toward the policy of a square deal for China, a nation which is the natural object of foreign exploitation because their pacifism renders a people defenseless. China is a horrible example of the state to which our own pacifists and foes of preparedness would bring the American people. The powers which continue the policy of injustice toward China merely because she has not the means of defending herself, are playing into the hands of bolshevism and exposing the Orient to the danger of revolution and a world-wide yellow peril. If the league of nations is of any value to the cause stamp tax for the coming fiscal year, if they wish to prescribe narcotics for their patients or fill such prescriptions. "Any physician, druggist or other person engaged in a business subject to this tax must register and pay such tax on time, or the $2000 penalty prescribed by law must attach." The collector urged the importance of the required registration, including the inventory of nervotics on hand, and reminded the dealers, dispensers and manufacturers of drugs that the regulations under the Harrison Narcotic act were designed not only to regulate, but to protect those legally permitted to handle narcotics. "The importance of this measure" said the collector, is beyond power to measure, in the control of the use of narcotics in the United States, and it becomes the patriotic duty of all those subject to the regulations under this act, as well as a duty to comply with the requirements, to co-operate with the government in placing the necessary restrictions upon the use of such drugs." Make the Colorado River More Useful Whatever differences of opinion may obtain as to how it should be done, there is a commonality of conviction throughout Southern California, that the Colorado river must be dammed and controlled and its surplus waters must be utilized for domestic purposes in many municipalities of this Southland, while supplying irrigation needs in the great fertile valley which bears so much resemblance to the Nile and its alluvial plain. Down the Colorado flows an immense volume of water, year in and year out. At flood season, enormous quantity of water is lost—overflowing and being evaporated, or rushing madly down to the sea to be of no service to the region contiguous to the turbulent stream. In the surplus waters of that great river lies the hope of future domestic water supply for Southern California. While developing local water supplies available to full extent, there is need of amplification of local supplies, which turping the Colorado would give. This can be accomplished without interfering with the great irrigation and power projects which are in prospect when the Boulder dam is built. Prelimaries have advanced in this great aqueduct project. But there is much to be done. There should be expeditiousness. The growing needs of this growing section will not brook dailyy and delay. There should be the tallest co-operation from every quarter, to hasten the forming of a great metropolitan district based on terms and conditions fair and equitable to each and every municipality of the Southland. MEXICO Mexico, warned informally by the American secretary of state that she stamp tax for the coming fiscal year, if they wish to prescribe narcotics for their patients or fill such prescriptions. "Any physician, druggist or other person engaged in a business subject to this tax must register and pay such tax on time, or the $2000 penalty prescribed by law must attach." The collector urged the importance of the required registration, including the inventory of nervotics on hand, and reminded the dealers, dispensers and manufacturers of drugs that the regulations under the Harrison Narcotic act were designed not only to regulate, but to protect those legally permitted to handle narcotics. "The importance of this measure" said the collector, is beyond power to measure, in the control of the use of narcotics in the United States, and it becomes the patriotic duty of all those subject to the regulations under this act, as well as a duty to comply with the requirements, to co-operate with the government in placing the necessary restrictions upon the use of such drugs." nation which is the natural object of foreign exploitation because their pacifism renders a people defenseless. China is a horrible example of the state to which our own pacifists and foes of preparedness would bring the American people. The powers which continue the policy of injustice toward China merely because she has not the means of defending herself, are playing into the hands of bolshieism and exposing the Orient to the danger of revolution and a world-wide yellow peril. If the league of nations is of any value to the cause of world peace, this is a situation which it might well take up. As matters stand, whatever is done in China to ensure peace and justice will doubtless have to be done by the United States on its independent initiative. THE EGG INDUSTRY Few people who keep hens or eat eggs realize what a big thing the egg industry is. The United States produces about 2,000,000,000 dozen eggs annually; but China, the largest producer in the world, produces more than 3,000,000,000 dozen. Before the World War Russia was the largest egg-producing country in the world. Russia has dropped below China and the United States. In 1923 China exported more than 21,754,000 dozen eggs, either in the shell or preserved in some form. Of this total 21,000,000 pounds (preserved) representing about 12,000,000 dozen in the shell, went to the United States. The United States exports only about 30,760,000 dozen eggs, and imports from 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 dozen, in preserved form. These large importations tend to depress the price of American eggs in the American market; so a Republican congress placed an import duty of 8 cents per dozen on eggs in the shell and 6 cents per pound on preserved eggs. The tariff of 1913 admitted eggs in the shell per pound or 10 per cent ad valorem. The farmers who produce eggs are entitled to protection against Chinese eggs, in the shell as well as preserved. The straight and narrow path is plenty wide for its traffic. MEXICO Mexico, warned informally by the American secretary of state that she had better be good and attend more strictly to the safeguarding of American rights, has developed a brainstorm. At least, the Mexican government has. And perhaps the Mexican people feel the same way about it. President Calle indignantly denies what he regards as charges against the honor and ability of his government, and tells Uncle Sam where Uncle gets off. Uncle comes back in a similar vein. It may prove to be a tempest in a teapot, or it may develop into something serious. The situation has struck the American public with surprise. It has been supposed that things were going well in Mexico, since Obregon restored order and turned the government over to President Calle, after an honest election. But it appears that Mexicans are ignoring the land laws and occupying property owned by American citizens without compensation. The Mexican supreme court itself recently complained to the Mexican government that its own decisions in agrarian cases were ignored by squatters. This is not nearly so bad as many outrages that occurred during the recent revolutionary period, but it is bad enough to justify formal protest and call for corrective action by the Mexican authorities. Nothing has been revealed so far justifying the talk of investors whenever a pretext offers itself. The Mexican outburst seems to be more a matter of hurt pride than anything else. In dealing with a Latin-American nation, the manner is often more important than the matter. The situation at present may call for delicacy and courtesy rather than a club. DRESS WELL AND SUCCEED Jantzens--At the Olympic Games Under the last Olympics new laurels to the best swimming team— world's most popular suit, the Jantzen. 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