anaheim-gazette 1926-08-05

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR.....$2.00 SIX MONTHS.....1.25 THREE MONTHS.....7.75 Entered at the Anaheim, California, Post Office as second class matter. RICHARDSON FOR GOVERNOR ORANGE COUNTY'S contribution to the success of the Richardson administration has been so notable as to command the attention of the people of the state. The strength of any administration lies in its personnel, from the governor down, and it is safe to say that no county in the state has contributed stronger men to the administration work than this county. The success of the highway commission's work during the past three and a half years has been in no small part due to the experience, judgment and integrity of Nelson T. Edwards of Orange county. Bringing the experience of supervisor and county highway commissioner to the state commission, Edwards has already developed a statewide recognition of his ability and has proven himself one of the most valuable men connected with the state government. Nothing less may be said of Leon O. Whitsell of Orange county, whose appointment to the state railroad commission elevated an Orange county man to one of the vital positions of the state. Whitsell, in temperament, training and capacity, in knowledge of farm problems, in particular, brought to the commission very valuable assets and has made good from the first. In selecting C. C. Chapman of Fullerton for the immigration and housing board and Dr. H. M. Robertson of Santa Ana to the board of medical examiners, the governor recognized obvious merit and added strong personalities to his administration. The same careful methods of selection have given the state excellent men in appointments to the bench and board of supervisors in this county. In the recognition of Orange county's citizenship in these appointments, the governor has set a precedent in going outside elevated an Orange county man to one of the vital positions of the state. Whitsell, in temperament, training and capacity, in knowledge of farm problems, in particular, brought to the commission very valuable assets and has made good from the first. In selecting C. C. Chapman of Fullerton for the immigration and housing board and Dr. H. M. Robertson of Santa Ana to the board of medical examiners, the governor recognized obvious merit and added strong personalities to his administration. The same careful methods of selection have given the state excellent men in appointments to the bench and board of supervisors in this county. In the recognition of Orange county's citizenship in these appointments, the governor has set a precedent in going outside the metropolitan districts to find good men. Orange county holds a pardonable pride in the fact that she has furnished such important contributions to the state administration, and the appointments themselves account for the feeling prevalent in the county that the Richardson administration is composed of the most capable people that it is in the power of the governor to secure. AMERICANS IN EUROPE SOME indication of the prosperity of the American people may be had through the reports from Europe to the effect that the capitals and resorts of the old world are fairly teeming with visitors from the Western Hemisphere. The influx of the Americans is especially noticeable, it is said, in France and Great Britain. Paris, as usual, get the most American money, and tourists are having an especially good time there on account of the present lowly condition of the franc. But London is getting its share of these trans-oceanic visitors. In fact, one British newspaper recently printed a cartoon of the Strand, London's popular thoroughfare, under the title "Find the Englishman." The Englishman could be seen emerging from the coal cellar, and the thoroughfare itself was crowded with Americans. This migration of American tourists to Europe is significant in two ways. First it shows that the United States is really properous. These tourists are not all wealthy by any means. Many of them are teachers and other citizens in the modest walks of life. The fact that they can go and spend their money shows how widely prosperity is diffused in America. This flood of visitors abroad proves another thing. It shows that Americans are not self-centered and isolated. Each year they are travelling more and more at home and abroad. They are learning about their neighbors in other states and about the people in other lands. And this travelling is giving them breadth and additional understanding. It is now the Europeans who, for various reasons, are staying at home. Most valuable of all, this travelling gives the average American an understanding of the real worth of America. He is finding after all that his own country is the best in which to live, because of the greater opportunity for individual development. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred he comes back home better satisfied with the fact that he is an American. OUR FOREIGN TRADE WE CAN always learn something from the figures on our foreign trade. The figures for the fiscal year just closed show that America's commerce with other nations amounted to the enormous total of nine billion dollars, an increase of more than a half billion dollars over the figures of the year previous. But the significant fact is that this increase was made up entirely of imports. The goods shipped into America amounted to $4,466,687,493, an OUR FOREIGN TRADE WE CAN always learn something from the figures on our foreign trade. The figures for the fiscal year just closed show that America's commerce with other nations amounted to the enormous total of nine billion dollars, an increase of more than a half billion dollars over the figures of the year previous. But the significant fact is that this increase was made up entirely of imports. The goods shipped into America amounted to $4,466,687,493, an increase in round numbers of $640,000,000 over the imports of the year previous. The exports totaled $4,753,516,204, a decline of $111,000,000 over the year before. In the fiscal year 1924-25 the favorable trade balance was $1,040,452,789. For the fiscal year just closed this favorable trade balance was reduced to $286,828,711. This reduction in the trade balance is, of course, due to the fact that during the year we increased the amount of goods we bought from Europe and the rest of the world, and failed to sell them as much in return as we did the year previous. If the same ratio of the change in the balance of our imports and exports is kept up, we are very apt to close the present fiscal year with an unfavorable trade balance. In other words, for the first time in years we will be buying more from Europe than we are selling her. It is true that the greatest decline in our exports was due to the falling off in the amount of grain we sent abroad, and this was due primarily, in turn, to our reduced crops in wheat and rye which did not permit so much selling abroad. And at the same time the increase in the value of our imports was due in part to the increase in the price of crude rubber and other raw materials which we buy abroad. But this does not gainay the fact that the balance of trade is slowly turning against us. It is a situation which requires serious thought. Certainly it does not encourage a reduction in the tariff. NOT A THEORY, BUT A FACT COMMENTING on the political attempts to break down the tariff to "help" the farmer, or to pass laws to lift the farmers by their own boot straps, an exchange says: "The farmer, more interested at the moment in the growing of his crops than in what is to become of them finally, is the victim of political hocus-pocus that keeps him standing still. Industry declines to be taken in by such tactics any more. It does not blame a political party for the weather, and is vigilant on all fronts." Breaking down the tariff at the expense of American industry would destroy the best market the farmer has. Protect all industry, including agriculture, by reasonable tariff laws which give our workers and farmers an even break with cheap labor foreign competition. ANAHEIM GAZETTE "Square for Law and Order." Governor’s Attitude Toward Education Utterances and Actions Refute Charges of W. C. Wood Will C. Wood, state superintendent of public instruction, in a statement given by him to the press on July 26 says: “Governor Richardson came into office pledged to impair no educational or humanitarian function of the state. In the face of this pledge his first official act was to levy a broadside at education in his inaugural message. He followed a month later with a vicious attack upon ‘the schools and their leaders in his first budget message.’ This is the “broadside from Governor Richardson’s inaugural message delivered before the Senate and Assembly in joint session January 9, 1923:’ “The education of the youth of the state is one of the most vital matters, and while California ranks high in educational standards, it should be our endeavor to have it rank still higher. Education should not be confined to book learning, but should embrace good morals, unselfish citizenship, manual training, thrift and loyalty to national ideals. The people are willing to contribute liberally to education because it promotes better citizenship, but they are not willing to have their money squandered. The educational departments of the state should be placed on an economical and efficient basis, waste should be eliminated, and advocates of thrift should be placed in control.” This is the “vicious attack” upon the schools and their leaders in his first budget message to the 1923 legislature: “The great sum of $49,788,415 is provided for education; in short, more than 60 per cent of the budget is education . . . “The recommendations made for the schools are undoubtedly greater than they should be, but it is my purpose to be liberal in the matter of education. Extravagance in educational matters has run riot during the past few years. This budget shows an increase of $8,-618,627.60, or 23 per cent in the past two years. Politicians in the guise of educators have squandered the people’s money with a lavish hand and have denounced advocates of thrift as enemies of education. "A great political organization has been built up which has cost the people an immense sum but has added little to the value of education given school children. The laws have been cunningly amended so that supervisors, school boards and boards of education have little control over the expenditures of school money, and hence cannot check extravagance. The people are loud in their protest, as indicated by hundreds of complaints received by me, but they are unorganized and unable to cope with the schemes of certain political educators. “The expenditure of school money in this state must be put on a business basis, and the schools must not only teach but practice thrift. Educators should be left in control of educational matters, but sound business men should be in control of expenditures.” We don’t know just what Cal and Al talked about, but we are willing to bet that Cal didn’t consult Al about any improvements or repairs at the White House. U.S. Forest Service Asks Co-operation Deer Hunters Requested to Be Careful About Fires With the opening of the deer season in the coast range mountains on August 1, the United States forest service is appealing to all sportsmen to help combat the critical fire situation which now exists in the California forests. “Up to July 20,” states District Forester S. B. Show, “the forest service suppressed 160 fires started by smokers, and over fifty fires started by campers. In the face of these facts, I feel that the prohibition of smoking in the federal forests, except at improved camps and places of habitation, is a precautionary measure thoroughly justified by the existing fire situation and one which sportsmen in general will approve. The ‘no smoking’ regulation has been in effect in the Southern California forests for some time and has resulted in only 15 smokers’ fires this season. “The forest service,” continued Mr. Show, “does not wish to restrict the public use of the national forests except as a last resort. I am confident that if all forest visitors will exercise personal care with fire, observe the ‘no smoking’ regulations where they are in effect, caution their fellow travelers and take prompt action on every fire discovered, it will be possible to leave the forests open to public travel and use. As long as sportsmen and travelers do not cause fires, we do not expect to close the national forests.” The Purdy's by Paul Robinson PUBLISHERS - AUTOCASTER SERVICE REG. U.S.PAT. OFFICE We don't know just what Cal and Al talked about, but we are willing to bet that Cal didn't consult Al about any improvements or repairs at the White House. AW GEE! NO FAIR LOOKIN! MY MAW SAID TO HAVETA COME HOME WHEN TH' CURFEW WHISTLE BLOWS! AW RIGHT GO HIDE, I'M IT! THERE'S TH' CURFEW NOW—I GOTTA GO! THAT AINT THE CURFEW—THAT'S THE FIRE WHISTLE! AW GEE PLAY JUST ONCE MORE GEE—THAT'S GOOD WE KIN' PLAY AWHILE YET! Paul Robinson OBSERVATIONS BY A CONTRIBUTOR GETTING ON THE MAP RIGHT ACCORDING to authentic reports, Anaheim may be linked with other progressive Southland towns by the electric railway. Representative citizens are interested, and in all probability all of Southern California, in time, will be connected up with electricity. A number of years ago Olive street was set apart as a convenient route for an electric line from Fullerton to the sea coast. This street never has been paved, and the opinion prevails among property owners along that thoroughfare that the street is well located for the trolley line. Many roadbeds belonging to the Southern Pacific have been reballasted in this section during the past two years, which indicates that something is due in the electricizing of their holdings. The harbor at Long Beach has given a great impetus to the rapid development of this section, and the electric system appears to be the most economical means of handling traffic and freight. Locally, it has been said, Stanton is to be the hub of electric lines in this valley. LEAF FROM HISTORY DURING the boom days in 1888, Anaheim had several real boosters, and one of them—an estimable and progressive citizen—was instrumental in having a roadbed graded from this city to the townsite of Carlton, located where Olinda now stands. He had in view the extension of a street car system between the two towns, and which he also advocated to be extended on to Pomona. But it did not materialize as intended. The foresight of the man was good, for the day is now at hand when that upper valley may be linked with this section, if for no other reason than this route would shorten the way to the sea coast. It is rumored that the electric line may be extended from Fullerton up Santa Ana canyon to Corona and Riverside. WHERE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE SCIENTISTS have made another wonderful discovery. In the days when mosquitoes were mosquitoes, 25,000,000 years ago, it is said man fought them with clubs. Investigation has found the imprint of a four-inch bug wing in a rock layer in the Grand Canyon. The peky mosquito evidently is losing ground nowadays. WHERE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE SCIENTISTS have made another wonderful discovery. In the days when mosquitoes were mosquitoes, 25,000,000 years ago, it is said man fought them with clubs. Investigation has found the imprint of a four-inch bug wing in a rock layer in the Grand Canyon. The pesky mosquito evidently is losing ground nowadays as to size, but it is long on jazz and still carries an awful sting. At the rate it is falling, maybe in 25,000,000 years from now there will be no more mosquitoes. ALL DEPENDS HOW YOU'RE RAISED VERY often you hear young people complain that they have to work too hard to get along. But a young man, who came here from Germany two years ago, says he used to work there day and night when ships came in to unload their cargoes. If a man didn't care to do the work he was laid off. The young man likes it here, says he is going to stay and, if he finds the right girl, he may get married. BACKYARD BROADCASTING EASING UP THE kidnapping case is losing its lustre because the papers are removing the narrative from the first pages. The story now appears on some of the inside sheets, and some make-ups use the stuff as fillers. In order to make neighborhoods safe for democracy an armistice should have been declared weeks ago. MOTH AND THE FLAME MUCH has been printed about an unfortunate family whose lives were paid as a forfeit for their indiscretions and, worst of all, after death their characters have been cruelly assailed. But really it is an old story. The mother and father and their two daughters should not have allowed their curiosity to lead them to those dens of iniquity. They paid for their folly. SOUNDS LIKE FAIRY TALE YEARS ago people used to drive up Soquel canyon, now known as Olinda, and the buggy wheels would pick up the soft asphalt that oozed out of the side of the hills and crossed the dirt roads. Nobody then ever dreamed of oil, and the asphalt, or pitch, as it was called, was hauled in by ranchers and used for fuel. Today some of the best producing oil wells are located on this site, making small fortunes for their owners. Nearby stood the townsite of Carlton, which sprung up during the land boom in 1886. Fifty-foot lots sold there all the way from $125 to $500. When the boom burst, a few years later, these lots sold for $25, and later reverted back into acreage. Several years ago gushing oil wells were brought in in this territory. If a fellow would only have known it, as the saying goes, those lot owners of the happy boom days would now be oil barons—if they had hung onto their real estate. GETTING THE RED APPLE A STORY is told of a daughter, at whose old-fashioned home artificial fruit was displayed on the center table, and who was made almost a slave in her home after the death of her father, she doing all the household drudgery and being severely GETTING THE RED APPLE A STORY is told of a daughter, at whose old-fashioned home artificial fruit was displayed on the center table, and who was made almost a slave in her home after the death of her father, she doing all the household drudgery and being severely bossed by her hot-tempered mother and her two sisters, who believed they were not cut out for work. The hard-worked but good-looking daughter finally decided to run away. She did so and landed in a big movie town in the Southland. And one good turn followed another, and soon the much-abused daughter was a leading lady of the silver sheet, because she had a sweet disposition and the faculty of pleasing people. Such is fame, according to the story. Economy Feature Of Veterans' Board Under the able direction of a commission headed by John R. Quinn, formerly national commander of the American Legion, the veterans' welfare board during the administration of Governor Friend W. Richardson has made an enviable record in the business administration of the veterans' welfare acts. Prior to the time George M. Stout who was appointed secretary of the board by Governor Richardson, took office, the percentage of overhead expense in relation to yearly investments was 1.459. In 1924 this was reduced to .0270 and in 1925 to .0186, with a slight increase to .0195 during the first six months of 1926. This, through the application of business and efficiency in this department, a far greater amount of the bond issue voted by the people has been devoted to the purpose of investments in farms and homes for the benefit of veterans. This department of the state government administers the veterans' educational institute act, the veterans' welfare act, and the veterans' farm and home purchase act. The total amount invested in farms and homes by the board up to July 1, 1926, was $10,557,-883.28. The total amount of revenue derived during that period was $1,446.-125.54. A total of $861,750 has been paid as interest on outstanding state bonds. The total administrative expense since the creation of the board in 1921 has been $252,884.77. The board has accumulated approximately $500,-000 which represents a reserve for future expenditures to provide for the expense of carrying veterans' home and farm purchase contracts, showing proper supervision of the veteran legislation. A total of $419,000 of bonds has been redeemed and the board has prepared to meet the next bond redemption, amounting to $457,000, on February 1, 1927. To date, 21,179 California veterans have filed applications for either farm or home aid. Delinquencies constitute less than two-tenths of 1 per cent of amounts outstanding. In a report of the department of accounting of the state board of control, following a detailed examination of the records and accounts of the veterans' welfare board, it was stated that: "The administration of the various acts concerning the veterans has tended to combine good business practice with a sympathetic consideration of the human element involved in all transactions." It is said that the experts of all countries are going to get together to save the franc. Does this mean they are going to neglect the farmer from now on?