anaheim-gazette 1927-01-13

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR.....$2.00 SIX MONTHS.....1.25 THREE MONTHS.....7.75 Entered at the Anaheim, California, Post Office as second class matter. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADE WE HEAR a great deal nowadays about our foreign trade. It is the pet hobby of the internationalist, and when congress doesn't do just what he wants he threatens us with a loss of our foreign trade. First we were told that if we didn't join the League of Nations our foreign trade would suffer; then we were informed that if we didn't cancel the debts which Europe owes us our foreign trade would be wiped out. And of course it has always been a favorite argument of the free trade internationalists that if we maintain a protective tariff we can't have any foreign trade. We haven't done any of these things which the internationalists have told us to do, and yet we still have a pretty healthy foreign trade. Even our importers seem to be doing business at the old stand. And, judging from the number of articles of foreign made goods in the retail stores nowadays, they have been doing an increasing business. Of course every good American is in favor of our having a foreign trade. We want to increase it when we can so that our manufacturers and working people will benefit from international trade so far as possible. But the internationalists, in seeking to put over their propaganda on us, frequently exaggerate the relative importance of our foreign trade. They seem to regard it as the something superior because it is found away from home. Every one is familiar with the lure which comes from distance. To the budding youth in the next town are always just a little comelier than the ones at home. Often we think the government or the business conditions in the next community seem just a little better than our own. Distance always lends enchantment and this seems to hold good with our internationalists and our foreign trade. But as a matter of fact our foreign business, important as it is, does not compare in importance with our trade at home. In fact, according to Dr. Julius Klein, director of our bureau of foreign and domestic commerce at Washington, which gathers all the statistics about our business, the American foreign trade; Every one is familiar with the lure which comes from distance. To the budding youth the girls in the next town are always just a little comelier than the ones at home. Often we think the government or the business conditions in the next community seem just a little better than our own. Distance always lends enchantment and this seems to hold good with our internationalists and our foreign trade. But as a matter of fact our foreign business, important as it is, does not compare in importance with our trade at home. In fact, according to Dr. Julius Klein, director of our bureau of foreign and domestic commerce at Washington, which gathers all the statistics about our business, the American foreign trade; that is, the goods we sell to foreign countries, represents less than 10 per cent of the transportable goods which we produce in the United States. In other words, we sell in our home markets more than nine times as much goods as we sell in foreign markets. Yet the free traders tell us we ought to let down the tariff barriers on this splendid American market, and throw it open to foreigners in order to try to improve a hazardous market away from home, only a tenth as good, and by no means capable of being developed into anything remotely approaching our domestic trade in size. To put it mildly, such a proceeding would be anything but business-like. To a great many of us it would seem like utter folly. By all means let us develop our foreign trade, but in a vain effort to do it, let us not sacrifice the best market in the world, one several times better than anything we could possibly get at a distance. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS THOUGHTFUL persons will stop, in this time of a general outcry against campaign expenditures, to distinguish between money given for illegal purposes and money given legally and in good faith for the carrying on of the proper activities of political campaigns. So much criticism has been directed recently against the spending of money for political purposes, and the newspapers have so gotten into the habit of calling all political funds "slush funds", that the public is in danger of being misled into the belief that it is immoral to donate money to a political party, and immoral for a political party to spend money. Nothing could be farther from the truth. All good Americans, regardless of party, disapprove of money given or spent for corruption in politics. On this point there is no argument. But because some money has been used corruptly does not mean that all money donated for campaign purposes and spent by the great political parties during the campaign is "slush" money. It is to be remembered that the two great political parties are made up of the rank and file of our people everywhere. They are a part of our representative system of government and without them we could not have a real republic. The Republican party and the Democratic party have stood for certain well-defined principles since their organization. These principles embrace certain differences of opinion between groups of honest Americans. And there are constantly new problems coming up on which the two parties must make a stand. It is not only the right, therefore, but the duty of the Republican and Democratic organizations to present their side of the case to the American people. And aside from the outcropings of a few demagogues here and there, occasionally they perform their tasks pretty well. If the voters are to make a proper decision on public questions, they must know what it is all about. And the principal duty of the Republican and the Democratic committees is to educate the voters so they will know what it is all about. defined principles since their organization. These principles embrace certain differences of opinion between groups of honest Americans. And there are constantly new problems coming up on which the two parties must make a stand. It is not only the right, therefore, but the duty of the Republican and Democratic organizations to present their side of the case to the American people. And aside from the outcropings of a few demagogues here and there, occasionally they perform their tasks pretty well. If the voters are to make a proper decision on public questions, they must know what it is all about. And the principal duty of the Republican and the Democratic committees is to educate the voters so they will know what it is all about. The committees do this by publicity—stump speakers, radio speakers, newspaper articles and pamphlets. Each committee is working for what it regards the best interests of the country as well as the party, and doing this both are performing a real service for the nation. Now to do all this costs money, and plenty of it. It costs more money than it used to, for various reasons. In the first place, there are more people to reach, and more pamphlets and more speakers are required. Then, again, the general cost of living has risen greatly during the past generation, and this has affected legitimate political living expenses as well as legitimate private living expenses. When we read an ordinary political pamphlet, it doubtless strikes us as an inexpensive bit of information. Yet to send such a pamphlet to every voter in the United States would cost either of the national committees a million dollars. The man or woman who honestly believes in the principles of his party has a right to contribute to the campaign expenses of his party. The party has a right to accept the contribution and to use it for legitimate campaign expenses. Even large sums spent in this way are spent patriotically and not corruptly, as the ribald demagogues of both parties would have us believe. By all means let us stop the use of corrupt funds by corrupt politicians. But let us be careful that at the same time we do not do an unconscious injustice to the Republican or Democrat who contributes to his party because he thinks it is doing a constructive patriotic work—and there are thousands of them. FULL OF PRUNES THERE are fifty-two weeks in the year, and last week another one was added, the same being Prune Week. The wrinkled fruit held full sway in pies, cakes, bread, whip, jelly and jam. There is a bumper crop, and it is said everybody got his fill. YESTERDAY AND TODAY By A. B. CHAPIN WINTER 1897 DARLING DAUGHTERS' DUDS RED WOOLEN ONES, HIGH ROCK & LONG SLEEVES CHEST PROTECTOR & LINED DAD ONE OF THEM THINGS MADE OF WHALE BONE, ETC. SEVENAL CANTON FLANNEL PETTICOATS WOOLEN STOCKINGS - HIGH BUTTON SHoes ARCTICS - MITTENS - FUR BOA - SCARF OVER EARDO DOMPADOUR, DAT IN SAME 27 HAIR PINS - 4 HAT PINS CHAMOND, SECRETED SOMEWHERE ABOUT THE CHASSIS WINTER 1927 DARLING DAUGHTERS' DUDS DIAPHONOUS SILK 'WATCHMAN' CALLEMS' ONE OF THOSE SLEAZY YOU KNOW WHAT I - MEAN THINGS LOW-NECK, KNEE - LENGTH SLIP ON FRONT FLUMSY CHAPPON STOCKINGS THIN SANDAL UPPROPS SCANNY CRIMPY COAT LITTLE LIGHT FEEL HAT VANITY CASE CARRIED OPENLY AND USED OPENLY (ON VERY) Varied Attractions On State Highways mighty peak will be found the northern boundary of the Mother Lode, about which was interwoven in the early days of the American occupation of California much of the romance of the PESSIMISTS FOOLED The federal treasury surplus for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, is now expected to reach $450,000,000. It need Varied Attractions On State Highways Changing Scenery Makes Travel Delight to Motorists Travel in California, particularly motor travel, offers so diversified a series of attractions that the motorist may enjoy a round of entertainment which will not only provide pleasant scenes and pleasant hours, but also provide an unconscious means of education, stimulative as well as appreciative of nature, which may be secured in no other way. Through the redwood alles of the northern coast there runs a pleasant highway and the changing scenes that reveal panoramas of colorful valleys, winding streams and foaming breakers, offers one phase of California's scenic enjoyment. The Pacific highway that passes through the northern end of the Sacramento valley, following the broad Sacramento to its headwaters in the eternal snows of Shasta, supplies another interesting excursion through realms of beauty comparable to no other district in the world. Along this paved highway lies the volcanic cone of Lassen and the marvelous back country which forms the Lassen Volcanic national park. Here are ice caves, spouting geysers and boiling lakes, multi-colored mud pots, crystalline lakes, plunging cataracts and boiling streams, that, with their continual movement, breathe the very harmony of wild nature itself. To the north lies the strange sculptures in the midst of which was caught one of the fiercest Indian wars in America. Just before the highway reaches the Oregon line, looms the white majesty of Shasta, sentinel of the northern border of the state, whosehood might was made the setting of Indian legend and myth by the aboriginal inhabitants who come from the Klamath and the Rogue and the forests of Trinity. Under the shadow of this nightly peak will be found the northern boundary of the Mother Lode, about which was interwoven in the early days of the American occupation of California much of the romance of the treasure seekers, the stories of the ox-train and mule team, trials and privations of the pioneers in crossing the ice-bound passes of the High Sierra and the wild period that kept no middle course but alternated between the enthusiasm of rich finds and the gloom of despair. Third phase of California's multifarious history lies along El Camino Real, the highway over which came the first civilized bands into alta California and over which toled the padres and caballeros, founding the chain of sanctuaries which became the centers of Spanish life in the new world. About these mountains there still clings the atmosphere of medievalism in their massive battlements and buttressed walls, built not only to resist the elements but as a means of defense against the marauding bands of Indians, their very architecture tells a story of hardship and consolation, a tale of the life that is practical and hard and unyielding, woven with the spiritual suggestion of shrine and chancel of cloistered halls. The fourth great highway of California leads the traveler to the fervid heat of the Mojave desert, through the rich irrigated lands of the San Joaquin valley, through vineyard and orchard and farm, by rolling hills where the black towered derricks are bringing the liquid gold from the earth to the crest of the bleak mountain divide that separates the summer lands of Southern California from the great valley of the north. From this fourth great highway of California may be visited the highest peak in continental United States. Mr. Whitney; the Owens River district, paradise of the hunter and the angler; the Devil's Post Pile monument, strange freak of nature's prehistoric sculpture, and the sandstone carvings of Red Rock canyon, a veritable museum of nature's fantastic handiwork. Here too, is the gateway to Death valley, through which the Manly expedition, in 1841, toiled in quest of a southern route over the Sarasota. The federal treasury surplus for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, is now expected to reach $450,000,000. It need surprise nobody if it amounts to an even half billion. And this after paying out considerably more than three billions on current expenses and war debts. Experts were saying, two or three years ago, that it was going to kill prosperity and bankrupt the government if the soldiers were given a war bonus. Experts were saying when the last federal tax reduction was made that it would produce a treasury deficit and impair government credit. Evidently American prosperity is pretty tough nowadays. Nothing seems to hurt it much—not even the chorus of pessimism that has arisen every little while from the old-fashioned business men and economists who believe that prosperous times are necessarily short and inevitably followed by depression. This huge treasury surplus comes from national business profits which make the pessimism of last winter ridiculous. Accordingly, the pessimists this winter are a little more timid than usual. Still a lot of them are coming forward, true to form, with their mechanical warnings, based on traditions of the past rather than facts of the present. It will be a good practical advice to feel them again next year. Once over the ridge that forms the barrier between the north, and the traveler looks down upon the orange groves and fertile valley that bound in the great metropolis of Los Angeles. From this point radiate hundreds of paved highways into pleasant canyons and through rich fields devoted to agriculture and orchards that yield fabulous return. Here are highways that lead to the ocean beaches, the playgrounds of the south, and through the mountain chains that form the barrier between the fertile lands of the coast and the reclaimed stretches of the Imperial valley. Travel over any of the highways of California and yours will be an enjoyment which cannot be deprived by any other district in the world. The Purdy's by Paul Robinson PUBLISHERS ADTOCASTER SERVICE REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING? SKATIN' WITH WARREN-DOWN ON THE FOOD BY THE RAILROAD! YOU'LL BE ABOUT AS HANDY ON THE ICE AS CON ON STILTS! IS THAT SO! I'LL DET I CAN STILL CUT A FIGURE 8 AND WRITE MY NAME—WHEN I WAS A KID I WAS THE BEST SKATER IN TOWN! THERE HE GOES—DOWN TO MAKE A DARN TOOL OF HIMSELF! HE AINT BEEN ON A SKATE IN TWENTY YEARS—UNLESS IT WAS THE KIND THAT WAS POPULAR BEFORE PROHIBITION I SUPPOSE HE THINKS HE'LL GUIDE AWAY LIKE A BIRD—THAT RHEOMATIC LEG WILL FOLD UP LIKE A RUBBER CRUTCH—and EVERY TIME HE FALLS HELL FALLTWICE—CANCE ON THE ICE AN ONCE IN THE EYES OF HIS SON! C.I.WELL—GUESS I MIGHT AS WELL FIRE UP AND HEAT A LITTLE WATER SO HE CAN TAKE A HOT POOT BATH TO THAN EN OUT—AN GIT THE ARNICA AND MUSTER-FLASTERS READY CAUSE HE'll Come DRAGGIN' IN SOON—CREAMIN' AND GROUND LIKE A RUTTY GATTER! OBSERVATIONS BY A CONTRIBUTOR FAINT HEART NE'ER WON FAIR LADY A COLORED janitor boy in an office building picked up a phone the other day and sent in a call for his sweetie in a big town up the boulevard. It so happened that the firm had just moved, and the same phone number was listed in their new quarters as in the old place, but the latter had not as yet been taken out. The conversation ran something like this: "Honey bunch, will youse give me just one more chance? Ise just bought a new Ford coupe and Ise sittin' pretty. I promise I'll behave in the future." "There's nothin' more doin' with you, Rastus. Ise got a great big man now, whose got a big lemonsine; he's a real guy and wears fancy clothes and everything," came the soft dialect tones from the lips of the colored Amazon on the other end of the line. "Hey, what's this all about?" cut in a voice, and the speaker was none other than the proprietor in his new office, who had been trying to get Central, after being told time and again that the line was busy. "Who is this speaking?" asked the janitor boy. "You will soon find out," came back the answer. "This is the big man with the lemonsine." "O-o-o-e-e, have a heart black man," gurgled the janitor boy. HAVE YOU HEARD THIS ONE? THE other day the high tides sent up tons of clams upon the shores of the sea coast near here. It is believed a volcanic eruption was the cause of it. Many people hurried and got the limit—all they could carry. The clams got into the soup for their indiscretion. EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM HUNDREDS of seagulls follow the plowman in the west section, while he is preparing his land for seeding, the birds coming inland for ten miles or more. In some places the land looks like it has a covering of snow, the gulls being so plentiful. ACH, LOUIE, VOT A BUSINESS THIS new axle grease bathing suit adopted by channel swimmers is attracting much attention, and should it spread to the board walk beauty parades, the outpouring of the populace would be unprecedented. EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM HUNDREDS of seagulls follow the plowman in the west section, while he is preparing his land for seeding, the birds coming inland for ten miles or more. In some places the land looks like it has a covering of snow, the gulls being so plentiful. ACH, LOUIE, VOT A BUSINESS THIS new axle grease bathing suit adopted by channel swimmers is attracting much attention, and should it spread to the board walk beauty parades, the outpouring of the populace would be unprecedented. SNAPPING OUT OF IT A FEMALE governor of a southern state has granted 3005 pardons to inmates of the penitentiary, with prospects of more to follow into the wide open spaces. YOU TRY TO CROSS—THEY'LL PICK YOU UP EVERY now and then some poor unfortunate gets bumped off— sometimes crippled up for life—because he does not hear the roar of the train, or perhaps he thinks he can beat the iron horse to it. Then there is sadness in the household. But yet again, it would seem just and proper for all railways to install gates, or something, at dangerous street crossings. BEDTIME STORY—SH! SPEAKING of the agency of the devil, a story is told of a woman who had a daughter who wanted to marry a man whom the mother objected to as a prospective son-in-law. So the woman, who believed she was able to produce supernatural effects through witchcraft, beat the daughter severely, believing in turn the man, whom she despised, would be punished. Another case of witchery is said to have been brought to light when a woman told a court interpreter she was buried in the ground many miles away from where she was standing. The man tried to console her and tried his best to make the woman believe otherwise, but she persisted in the idea that she was entombed. Finally, the man pinched her arm hard and when the woman winced, she was told to "come out, of it," because she was not buried at all, but very much upon the top of the earth. But she persisted in her hallucination, and the man began to think of the fruit that squirrels thrive on. HAVE ANOTHER PILL? A UNIVERSITY president has given co-eds a blow by condemning smoking, and requested also that a ban be put on cigarette smoking in any home approved as student residences. It is said a welfare committee has taken the initiative in condemning smoking by women. It is declared that while smoking among women is spreading, the practice should be vigorously condemned. It is said the indulgence is carried on in the spirit of naughtiness or bravado, in either case not conducive to the development and preservation of the finest qualities of womanhood. PENDULUM SWINGS BACK MAN who sees the world in its myriad forms says whenever he and the wife go traveling around, he always takes his mother-in-law along—not as an alibi, but more as an evidence of good faith. YES, SIR, THAT SHOWMAN IS RIGHT PENDULUM SWINGS BACK MAN who sees the world in its myriad forms says whenever he and the wife go traveling around, he always takes his mother-in-law along—not as an alibi, but more as an evidence of good faith. YES, SIR, THAT SHOWMAN IS RIGHT STUNT aviators have opened up new avenues for self-destruction and short cuts to the undertaker's parlor. To say that these highfalutin thrills are dangerous is to put it mildly. But when a fellow will ride a motorcycle over the bluff of a 150-foot cliff, expecting the parachute to open—but which does not—it is time to call for a new deck. When the umbrella opens up and the man floats gracefully to the earth, everything is fine and dandy, but when it fails to function, "whar is you?" And you might as well try to shorten the road to Tipperary. BLOWIN IN THE SURPLUS AFTER enjoying a temporary respite from the journalistic treadmill, an editor resents the rumor that he jumped the town, when he only went away on a little vacation. Even when an editor dons a new suit of clothes, he is looked upon with suspicion. Easy there, fellows; be human. SHOVING THE QUEER IT IS printed in the paper that a bunch of rum-runners got about a million dollars of counterfeit money in one of their recent sales and delivery. The money having that phoney ring to it is not a good medium of exchange, and those on the receiving end are gnashing their teeth and pulling their hair and all of them are up in the air. QUICK, EDDIE, THE SOFT PEDAL A NEWSPAPER publisher in one of the middle states, who is now within our midst, says since there are so many people here from that section, the natives out west should place less stress than they do on the climatic disadvantages of their old home towns, and it's bad taste to keep rubbing it in.