anaheim-gazette 1927-02-24

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1870 HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR $2.00 SIX MONTHS 1.25 THREE MONTHS .75 Entered at the Anaheim, California, Post Office as second class matter. AMERICAN CULTURE "THERE is no danger of America becoming cultured," says Sherwood Anderson, the American author, quoted in a Paris dispatch, "so long as the craze for standarization prevails." Many authors whose fame and fortune depends upon the vogue of their works among Americans, affect a contempt for the intellectual standards of their countrymen which ought to be tempered by the thought that these standards are best revealed in the patronage these very authors are able to develop here for their output. If we are a nation of morons, then those who have been most successful as writers in America must meet the requirements of that type of reader. Is not the craze for standardization revealed in this very attitude? These intelligentsia have their own conception of what constitutes culture, and they are dissatisfied because all Americans are not standardized on that particular pattern. Most of them want America standardized on the European plans and specifications. The "craze for standardization" in the industrial world surely does not blight culture. What is undertaken there is only the supplying of material wants. Standardization brings efficiency and cheapness of production, and therefore a more general distribution of the necessities and comforts of life. Culture, except for the limited few cannot take root in poverty. Where the struggle of life is for bare existence, the level of the masses will rise no higher. We believe in America that civilization does not exist for the purpose of developing a few supermen, but to make it possible for millions to live beyond want and have the opportunity to read, travel and think. In this we differ from the civilizations which most of our literati would hold up as representing cultural advancement. There is nothing in this standardization to prevent the development of artistry in workmanship, or to kill the spirit of art in production. By releasing men from the slavery of soul-killing toil and privation, it gives means and leisure for such achieve- CANNOT BE SET ADRIFT THAT the Philippines as a part of the sovereign territory of the United States cannot be separated from the republic is the contention of the National Republic, which in its current issue quotes editorially a number of authoritative opinions to sustain the position. The editorial says in part: "The National Republic has on several occasions called attention to the fact that the discussion of Philippine independence is useless, because neither congress nor the executive has any more right to alienate American sovereignty in the Philippines than in Alaska or the states carved out of the Louisiana Purchase. The Philippine islands were acquired by the United States not only by conquest from Spain, but by purchase; we paid twenty million dollars for the Philippines as against three millions for the Louisiana territory and seven million dollars for Alaska; in all cases the United States acquired complete sovereignty which under our Constitution is inalienable. The supreme court has decided that the Philippines are 'territory of the United States,' not in the sense of fee simple title in our government, but in the sense that our sovereignty exists there. That sovereignty can be alienated only by the affirmative action of the people or the states, to whom, under the ninth and tenth amendments to the federal Constitution, all rights not specifically conferred on the federal government by the Constitution are reserved. "Authoritative support for this position is found in two recently published opinions. Judge Daniel R. Williams, who was secretary of the Taft commission in the islands, has published a brief in the Virginia Law Review holding that no power is vested in congress to alienate sovereignty over any territory of the United States. George H. Fairchild, of Manila, until recently publisher of the Manila Times, supports the same position with quotations from the debates on the Constitution in the Virginia convention of 1788, which ratified the Constitution, and where this very question was discussed by some of the men most influential in the framing and adoption of the federal charter. "On page 258 of these debates James Madison is quoted: "It will, moreover, be contrary to the law of nations to relinquish territorial rights. To make a treaty to alienate any part of the United States will amount to a declaration of war against the inhabitants of the alienated part and a general abolition from allegiance. They will never abound this great right."" IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE THREE of the things which the public seem to be buying now entitle arguments in Johnson Boulder's mittees at Washington Reversed a devolution of Imperial county. The case across district's director hiring an expert one-half necessary cate the project. Issued an injunction and the directors taches said the day to irrigation districts throughout. The matter has controversy in some of the Los Angeles great prominence decision adversely mention, however those papers of prene court, which on common sen technicalities. In irrigation district in legislation perimento or Washbody of the organ right to use interests properly refreshing to have by the supreme e IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE THREE of the things which the public seem to be buying now in almost unlimited quantities are automobiles, motion picture tickets and soft drinks. It is more than a coincidence that the three busy industries which put out these commodities are three which do a very great amount of advertising. Just look at any newspaper or other periodical and count the amount of advertising devoted to automobiles, to moving pictures and to soft drinks. Then you will understand why the business is continually growing. At a recent banquet of the American Automobile Chamber of Commerce, Merle Thorpe, editor of Nation's Business, declared that the present great prosperity in the automobile business is due in a great measure to the amount of advertising which the automobile industry does. "The automobile industry was the first to appreciate national advertising as the economic force it is," Mr. Thorpe declared. "It used a page in a national magazine or a newspaper to supplant thousands of salesmen. It short cut the whole distribution process, supplementing and complementing mass production by mass selling." Just gaze over the amount of automobile advertising which is used daily and you will begin to understand why everybody wants a new car or two of them. According to members of the industry, it would take a 65,000,000-gallon tank to hold the carbonated beverages which the people of the United States drank last year, an increase in consumption of 2,000,000,000 half pint bottles over 1925. And officials say that this increase is due to proper advertising. In 1926 the industry spent $3,000,000 in national advertising in the newspapers and magazines of the country, an increase of 20 per cent over the year previous, with the above noted increase in the consumption of the product. Everyone is of course familiar with the amount of motion picture advertising which is carried in the metropolitan and the local newspapers, and that it gets results is evidenced by the steady increase in the business. Imagine how effective a motion picture theater business would be without newspaper advertising. State Park Bills Before Legislature A California state park program is now before the legislature. It is of particular interest to the motorist, according to the National Automobile Club, because state supervision of the scenic and recreational areas along the highways is necessary to serve the best interests of the motorists at large. Among the monuments which will be affected by the proposed legislation are the old theater at Monterey and the landing place of Junipero Serra, the mission of San Francisco de Solano at Sonoma, where the Bear flag was raised and California was proclaimed a republic; Marshall's old blacksmith shop at Kelseyville, Lake county; Fort Ross in Sonoma county, monument over the spot where the gold was first discovered, near Placeville, the Pico mansion in Los Angeles, and the site of the battle of San Pascual in San Diego. In addition to these monuments of California history, the park areas include the California State Redwood park of 9000 acres in the Santa Cruz mountains, Mt. Diablo State park, 12 miles east of Oakland; Burney Falls State park in Shasta county, Humboldt State Redwood park, and the Calaveras Big Tree grove. If the latter is acquired from private interests. Imperial Irrigation District Sustained The state supreme court has upheld right of the Imperial irrigation district to employ an irrigation expert to present arguments in favor of the Swing-Johnson Boulder Dam bill before committees at Washington. The ruling reversed a devision of the superior court of Imperial county. The case arose from action of the district's directors, in October, 1925, hiring an expert at $250 monthly and one-half necessary expenses to advocate the project. The superior court issued an injunction halting the plan, and the directors appealed. Court attaches said the decision was important to irrigation districts, counties and cities throughout the state. The matter has been one of bitter New Government Engineering Book Issues Bulletin in Four Parts on Topographic Instructions The great topographic map of the United States is less than half completed, notwithstanding that the job has been in progress for a generation. This is easily understood, however, when it is explained that the high order of accuracy and great refinement required for this map necessitates field surveys costing anywhere from $25 to $75 per square mile, and that the map when completed, if assembled into one shee, would cover considerably more than an acre of ground. This topographic mapping is one of the steady, year after year jobs of the geological survey, department of the interior, and in connection with the work at this time, four parts of a bulletin entitled "Topographic Instructions of the Geological Survey" have just been issued by the interior department—parts A, B, C, and D, bulletin No. 788. Part A treats of administrative matters only and is of principal interest to officers and employees of the topographic branch of the geological survey. Part B, C, and D describe the methods adopted by the geological survey, after its 40 years' experience, as those best suited for obtaining accurate control for topographic maps on any scale. Part B, which relates to triangulation, gives forms and examples for keeping field notes and for the computation of final geographic position; each step in the process is explained at length, so that, as a prefatory note states, the need for personal instruction shall be reduced to a minimum. The geological survey's work in triangulation has a limiting error of one part in 5,000 computed distances. Part C describes in great detail the most approved methods of running traverse lines and computing map positions. Under present conditions of field work the geological survey covers greater areas by traverse control than by triangulation. Directions for determining true azimuths from observation more than 75,000 metal bench marks placed by the geological survey in all parts of the United States, Hawaii and Alaska for which elevations above mean sea level have been determined. These bench marks are used extensively not only by government engineers, but also by other engineers as datum points for highway and railway surveys and for other public or private works. The instructions in part D are the result of years of experience in spirit leveling. They describe methods of work which if followed strictly, are as nearly "fool proof" as human endeavor can expect. The spirit leveling as carried on by the geological survey cannot be classed as "precise," but it is of a much higher grade than that done by engineers of public works generally. The allowable limit of error for geological survey lines is 0.05 foot multiplied by the square root of the length of the line in miles. For a 10-mile line the permissible error would be less than two inches; for a 60-mile line, four and a quarter inches. Bulletin 788-D illustrates the types of lettered metal marks used and tells how they are to be set. It prescribes the size and shape for the concrete pliers and the proportions of cement, sand and stone to use in making them. Eventually the elevation to the nearest foot will be stamped on each standard bench mark, but until this is done field engineers are advised to apply to the office of the geological survey for the latest determinations. The book illustrates the instruments used and tells how to adjust them and to make simple repairs; for example, how to insert new cross wires or to replace broken level vials. It is intended that every important item necessary to bring successful results may be found in the 44 pages of this bulletin. The free edition of parts B, C, and D of bulletin No. 788 is small, but these three reports may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C., at 10 cents each. It is to be noted that most of the folks who criticize Mussolini do it from outside the Italian frontier. NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT Anaheim Union Water Company, location of principal place of business, 303 East Center Street, Anaheim, California. Notice here given that at a sent arguments in favor of the Swing-Johnson Boulder Dam bill before committees at Washington. The ruling reversed a devision of the superior court of Imperial county. The case arose from action of the district's directors, in October, 1925, hiring an expert at $250 monthly and one-half necessary expenses to advocate the project. The superior court issued an injunction halting the plan, and the directors appealed. Court attaches said the decision was important to irrigation districts, counties and cities throughout the state. The matter has been one of bitter controversy in the Imperial valley; and some of the Los Angeles papers gave great prominence to the suit and the decision adverse to the district. No mention, however, has been made in those papers of the ruling of the supreme court, which seems to be based on common sense rather than legal technicalities. If any city, county or irrigation district is deeply interested in legislation pending either in Sacramento or Washington, the governing body of the organization ought to have the right to use funds to have those interests properly presented; and it is refreshing to have that view sustained by the supreme court. THE FOREIGN DEBTS As the country's foreign debt commission disbands, after five years' operation, it is worth while to observe the fruits of its labor. The commission on the face of things has a record of large achievement. It has arranged for funding 97 per cent of all the foreign debts to the United States government growing out of the World war. It has negotiated settlements with 13 countries. The unfunded balance outstanding is only $240,000,000 divided among Russia and half a dozen small countries. Some of these countries are actually making payments on account. There is a deadlock with Russia. If Uncle Sam is to lose only 3 per cent, he will come out well enough. But, unfortunately, there is no assurance of collecting 97 per cent. The French settlement, largest of all except the British, has not yet been ratified. And there is more and more talk about revision of those already ratified, especially those which, like the British settlement, involve payment somewhere near the actual amount due. Whether or not the debtors can pay is still a moot question. Whether or not they will pay is another question: no less practical. The chances seem very much against it, and in favor of a general downward revision of the debts sooner or later. That will depend on American public sentiment, which at present seems to regard the settlements made as favorable to the debtors, and shows no willingness to make the revisions advocated by many statesmen, financiers and big business men. Citrus Growers in Annual Institute Stop-Look American railroads are the kind of transportation. But even safer by being more of yourself and family The railroads are making a vigorous effort to reduce accidents. Won't you help? Citrus Growers in Annual Institute The citrus growers' department of the farm bureau has completed a timely and valuable series of subjects for the annual institute scheduled to be held at San Bernardino today, according to announcement from the farm advisor's office. The session will begin at 10 a.m., in the auditorium of the Elks building, on Fourth street, between D and E streets. The program in its final form will include discussions on citrus fertilization, taxation, transportation and farm economics presented by authoritative speakers. The detailed program follows: 10 a.m.—"Nitrates in the Soil," Gordon Surr, citrus experiment station, Riverside. 11 a.m.—"Tax and Transportation Problems of Citrus Growers," J. J. Deuel, law and utilities department, State Farm Bureau. 1:30 p.m.—"If I Were a Citrus Grower," H. C. Carr, vice-president, First National Bank, Porterville, Calif. 2:30 p.m.—"If I Were a Citrus Grower," F. Q. Wallschlaeger, assistant secretary, California Fruit Growers' Exchange, Los Angeles. 3:15 p.m.—"If I Were a Citrus Grower," J. S. Armstrong, assistant general manager, California Fruit Growers' Exchange, Los Angeles. Red leaders in Moscow declare that Uncle Sam is preparing to seize Latin-America. So that explains why they are working so feverishly down there—they want to beat us to it. The railroads are making a vigorous effort to reduce accidents. Won't you help? You can help in many ways and especially by observing these ten don'ts. DON'T cross railroad tracks, either walking or driving, until you stop and look in both directions, whether view is obstructed or not. Stop—look—listen! DON'T try to cross tracks in front of an approaching train. It pays to wait. DON'T cross a track after a train has passed, until you have made sure no train is coming from the opposite direction. DON'T walk or stand on railroad tracks. If compelled to walk in railroad yards, avoid walking between the rails of any one track. There is usually room between the tracks. DON'T let your children play around rail- Debt Commission's Task Completed By allowing the foreign debt commission to expire, Secretary Mellon indicates that he has gone as far as he is willing to go in the matter of concessions in settlement of the French war debt to the United States. In the five years of its existence the commission has reached a basis of settlement with all but four of the debtor nations—Russia and three small debtors. Of the total of eleven billion dollars in settlements, all have been ratified except the French and the Jugo-Slavian. The French ratification has been delayed by developments in Gallic politics and possibly also by the hope that Mr. Mellon could be induced to grant better terms. Now that the commission has dissolved and the power has gone back to congress, whence it came, any lingering hope of more leniency goes agilimmering. In doing its work the commission had to meet complications not foreseen when the debts were created. The loans were not made for profit with a banker's eye to security, but were advances to associates in a joint enterprise of importance to the United States. Some of the associates came out of the enterprise badly bent financially, politically and industrially. Arguments were presented from all viewpoints, from a plea for cancellation to a demand for the strict letter of the bond. Appointment of the commission headed by Mr. Mellon took the settlement question out of politics in the United States at least. He laid down the rule that settlements must be on the basis of the ability of the debtor to pay. Less than this would be unfair to American taxpayers. More would be to force nations toward bankruptcy, political or financial—perhaps both. Reviewing the work of the commission, calmly and sanely carried through, it would seem that French interests would be served by ratifying the present settlement as early as perplexing financial and political complications will permit. ATTENDING CONFERENCE Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smiley and son, Deane, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stanley and Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Stanley are attending the western regional farm bureau conference at Phoenix, Ariz., at which 11 western states will be represented. The Orange county party will represent California at the convention, and A. M. Stanley, secretary of the Orange County Farm Bureau, is listed as one of the speakers on the five-day program. A. C. Hardison of Santa Paula is listed as the other California speaker on the program. However, it is to be doubted whether the Senate's failure to ratify the Lausanne treaty will affect the price of Turkish cigarettes. NEW ACCOUNTS WELCOMED THIS "HOME BANK" welcomes New Depositors and gladly assists them when financial aid or advice is needed. NEW ACCOUNTS WELCOMED THIS "HOME BANK" welcomes New Depositors and gladly assists them when financial aid or advice is needed. "The Bank With the Friendly Feeling" is the way some folks know us, for truly the problems of the local people interest the local bank. Come in and talk it over. ANAHEIM NATIONAL BANK Center at Lemon Look Listen! Lords are the safest in the world they are safer than any other nation. But you can make them being more careful. The welfare family may be involved. road tracks or trains. Teach them to play elsewhere. DON'T get on or off a non-passenger freight train, or crawl under it. more careful the wendle family may be involved. road tracks or trains. Teach them to play elsewhere. DON'T get on or off a non-passenger freight train, or crawl under it. DON'T attempt to get on or off a moving passenger train. Wait until it stops. DON'T be careless when stepping on or off a standing passenger train. Watch your step. DON'T stand on platforms of passenger cars. It is safer inside. DON'T place hand or arm in an open window. The window may close unexpectedly. Two-thirds of all railroad accidents are incurred by persons going on railroad tracks without stopping, looking and listening. You share in the responsibility for these accidents. Your co-operation means greater safety. W. B. STOREY, President The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System