anaheim-gazette 1927-03-10

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1870 HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR $2.00 SIX MONTHS 1.55 THREE MONTHS .75 Entered at the Anaheim, California, Post Office as second class matter. TRADE BARRIERS IN EUROPE there is a growing demand for the elimination of trade barriers. Statesmen are asking for free trade between the many states which go to make up the continent. And an elimination of tariff barriers would undoubtedly reduce friction among European nations. Some of our own free trade newspapers, however, are making the mistake of assuming that because European states want to cut down trade barriers among themselves, the United States ought to reduce its tariffs to the "revenue only" point. But the assumption will not stand investigation. European countries, especially those which go in for manufacturing, have a standard of living and a wage system which is pretty generally the same. Their trade barriers have been political rather than economic and were the outgrowth of the hatreds engendered in the World war. To eliminate these barriers would be a step toward forming a United States of Europe. In the United States of America we do not have tariff barriers between our sovereign states. In all of them the standard of living is the same. Eliminating the barriers in Europe would put the various countries over there on the same economic footing as are New York and Pennsylvania and Illinois in the United States. But it does not follow that eliminating our protective tariff would form a similar policy. In America we have a wage scale and a system far ahead of anything in Europe. Our workmen have what they want to eat and wear, and in many instances own their homes and drive automobiles. The workman in Europe is thankful for a job at any wage, and he doesn't even dream of a time when he will own a motor car and have money in the bank. Eliminating our protective tariff therefore would subject us to competition from a continent which could undersell us because of its wages and living standards. If we were ever able to meet that competition, it would be on a basis of European wages and European standards of living. And this is something no patriotic American will look forward to with complacency. and a system far ahead of anything in Europe. Our workmen have what they want to eat and wear, and in many instances own their homes and drive automobiles. The workman in Europe is thankful for a job at any wage, and he doesn't even dream of a time when he will own a motor car and have money in the bank. Eliminating our protective tariff therefore would subject us to competition from a continent which could undersell us because of its wages and living standards. If we were ever able to meet that competition, it would be on a basis of European wages and European standards of living. And this is something no patriotic American will look forward to with complacency. THE SAME RESULTS ACCORDING to El Universal, one of Mexico's leading newspapers, Mexican radicalism has changed the thriving city of Vera Cruz into an idle town. The paper declares that street car service has been suspended and the company has paid off its employes, while the terminal company is suffering with great depression and most industry is idle. The newspaper continues: "No other city in the republic has suffered from radicalism like Vera Cruz. Capital has flown and labor has abandoned the city, leaving it a ruin. The case of the terminal company is typical. The screws of radicalism in Mexico have been so tightened that the machinery has broken down and ruin is visible. There is no work, no business. "The problem of the republic is the restoration of its possibilities, and the only basis on which it can be solved is that of definite suppression of radicalism and the substitution of a just system that will protect both capital and labor." Here is food for thought for some of our own statesmen who have fondly professed to believe that the red menace in Mexico is only a mirage conjured up by the American state department to frighten them. What has happened in Vera Cruz and other Mexican cities looks suspiciously like some previous occurrences in Russia. DUTY TO THE WORLD WE HAVE heard a great deal of late about our duty to Mexico, our duty to Nicaragua, and our duty and the world's duty to China. Isn't it about time we spend a few of our spare moments inquiring whether Nicaragua and Mexico and China have any duty to the rest of the world? Some of the professional friends of Mexico and China in America tell us that we have only been in these two countries for motives of trade and profit, that the unfortunate peoples there have had their raw products taken away from them by fraud. It may be that in some cases there has been bribery in the securing of concessions, although Americans and Europeans in foreign trade are probably about as honest as those engaged in other callings. But if there has been bribery and corruption in some instances, it has generally been because the wheels of "justice" in these benighted countries generally require greasing of a financial nature before any business can be done. This does not excuse bribery, of course, but it demonstrates that the corruption is not one-sided. And if the Mexican and Chinese people have been at times cheated by foreigners, they have not been outraged by these aliens one thousandth as many times as they have by their own rulers and by one another. Revolutions in these countries have not been patriotic, but generally inspired by the desire to rob and plunder. Of course we ought to treat the Mexicans and Chinese fairly and squarely, and permit them so far as possible to work out their own destiny. But honesty and fairness on the part of these some instances, it has generally been because the wheels of "justice" in these benighted countries generally require greasing of a financial nature before any business can be done. This does not excuse bribery, of course, but it demonstrates that the corruption is not one-sided. And if the Mexican and Chinese people have been at times cheated by foreigners, they have not been outraged by these aliens one thousandth as many times as they have by their own rulers and by one another. Revolutions in these countries have not been patriotic, but generally inspired by the desire to rob and plunder. Of course we ought to treat the Mexicans and Chinese fairly and squarely, and permit them so far as possible to work out their own destiny. But honesty and fairness, on the part of these people, is just as great an obligation. The murder and outrage of foreigners is not a commendable custom either. Practically all the progress China and Mexico have made has come through foreign capital, and in China by foreign missions. Foreigners have concessions in Mexico and China because the Mexicans and Chinese sold them to the outlanders. The foreign capital has brought most of the business and prosperity which the people have on occasions enjoyed. It would seem, therefore, that this duty of any one nation to the rest of the world ought to be a fifty-fifty proposition. THEY FORGET NUMEROUS and sundry members of the faculty of the University of Texas have signed a pronunciamento expressing suspicions of the purpose of the United States government in demanding protection for the lives and property of Americans in Mexico, and suggesting that the matter be arbitrated. One argument the professors failed to bring out: that if the province of Texas had arbitrated its grievances with the Mexicans about a hundred years ago there would have been no University of Texas, and not much of a Texas. PUT ON THE BRAKES EXTENSION of credit to people who are not possessed of any great quantity of the worldly goods is the forerunner of financial trouble. This idea of telling a man to help himself, and pay in 60 or 90 days, is a poor way of doing business. Should the "purchaser" fail to pay, all kinds of grief follows. A man should have the price in his jeens before he buys anything—if not, he should go without. They say credit is the ruination of any man, or a nation, for that matter. REMEMER THE OLD STORY OF THE FROGS? By A. B. CHAPIN ONCE UPON A TIME TWO FROGS FILL INTO A DEEP CAN OF MILK ESCAPE FROM THEIR PREDICAMENT SEEMED HOPeless ONE FROG WHO WAS PAINT HEARTED, MADE A FEW FREELE EFFORTS GAVE UP AND SUNK SHUCKS, THAT GUYS A QUITTER! I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP! BUT THE OTHER KEPT ON SWIMMING AROUND AND AROUND, AND PADDLED AWAY IN THE FACE OF ALL DISCOURAGEMENTS,UNTIL FINALLY,HE CHURNED HIMSELF A LITTLE PAT OF BUTTER. UPON WHICH HE WAS SOON STITTING PRETTY WHAT KIND OF FROG ARE YOU? Why Necessary to Rebuild Highway? "Why didn't they build it right in way was constructed. Where the old pavement is being used for the reconstruction, no money is being lost, for the old pavement is furnishing a foundation for the new, wider pavement, that will last for ages." Southern California Athletic Activities Why Necessary to Rebuild Highway? "Why didn't they build it right in the first place and save all this money?" asked a man relative to the hundreds of thousands of dollars being spent upon the state highway. The question is easily answered. When these roads were first built there was no heavy demand upon them by the traffic—and who could have foreseen ten or fifteen years ago that the automobile would have increased to the extent that it has today? When the state highways of California were originally built it was thought that if they were wide enough for a car to find comfortable traveling in one direction it would be sufficient. They could pass each other at slower speeds and in safety. A few curves here and there were less costly than tearing away great hills with steam shovels, and it was deemed best to build the roads around the hills and save the money. But in the last few years the ownership of motor cars has increased so tremendously that it takes a wide roadway—for motorists want to pass at 50 miles an hour and what some motorists will, get or do, regardless of the safety of others. It has been necessary in the interest of life and limb to widen the highways so that the fast drivers can pass without killing others who may impede their way. Likewise, a reasonable amount of speed is now considered essential. The automobile is a quick means of travel from one locality to another and if it is to be quick, it must have an open road. Curves and blind corners are dangerous—and they kill time. The curves have to be taken down, the climbs around hills have to be changed to easy grades over hills; trees and shrubbery that obscure certain sections of the road have to be removed, posts protruding even the slightest into the right-of-way have to be painted white so they can be seen even at night. It costs money but is necessary. None of the things that are being done now could have been foreseen 15 years ago when the first coast highway was constructed. Where the old pavement is being used for the reconstruction, no money is being lost, for the old pavement is furnishing a foundation for the new, wider pavement, that will last for ages. Where the curves are being taken out and more substantial bridges erected; there is little loss, for the old pavement and the old narrow bridges have served their purposes and given the taxpayers their money's worth in most cases. In some places in California the original light construction has been costly to the people, for the heavy traffic of the past few years, particularly by trucks, has torn up much work that must be rebuilt even before the bonds issued to pay for the first have been paid off. This is a hardship upon the taxpayers, of course. In the case of the state highway construction near Santa Barbara, however, the old work is all paid for and the new construction is being done with maintenance and repaid funds paid into the state treasury as a gasoline tax by those who use the roads. O'NEILL RANCHOS Orange county naturally has a keen interest in the disposition of the property held by the estate of Jerome O'Neill. Half the stock of the corporation holding the Mission Viejo and Trabuco ranchos, covering a large share of the southern third of the county, is included in the estate. The settlement of the affairs of the estate may result in breaking up the great ranches, held intact since they were given away as Mexican land grants in the late '30s, 90 years ago. Even though the property is not broken up, new policies of management may result in decided changes in the areas concerned. While much of the land is unfitted for anything but grazing, thousands of acres have great possibilities for development as orchard and vineyard properties. Hitherto, the O'Neill ranchos in this county have been devoted almost entirely to cattle raising and to the growing of hay and grain. Within a few years, it is likely that scores of wells will be drilled for the irrigation of many of the rich valleys included in the ownership. Southern California Athletic Activities Southern California's campaign to win recognition as one of the strongest dual meet track and field teams in the country will be opened against the powerful Olympic club team this coming Saturday, March 12. The meet which will be staged in the Los Angeles coliseum will see the Trojans, intercollegiate champions in 1925 and 1926, defending their honors against one of the greatest collection of stars ever gathered under the colors of the San Francisco club. Los Angeles fans are awaiting the meeting of Russoll Sweet, Olympia club runner, and Charles Borah, the great Trojan spinner, in the 100-yard dash with great eagerness. While competing for the University of Montana last spring, Sweet won the Pacific Coast Conference century in 9:7. Borah, the national champion at 100 yards, ran within two inches of Charley Paddock last year, when former Trojan star set the world's record of 9:5. Pacific coast intercollegiate baseball will get under way at Los Angeles, March 11 and 12, with Southern California meeting Santa Clara university on the former's home diamond. California, Stanford, Southern California, Santa Clara and St. Mary's are formed into a regular league for the first time. Sam Crawford, the former Detroit slugger, is coaching the Southern California team. Howard Jones, Southern California football coach, arrives in Los Angeles from New York in April, and will start spring football practice in order that he get under way right without delay next September. Southern California has its toughest schedule in history next fall. The Trojans' big game will be played in Chicago with Notre Dame. This does re greasing at the coren at times these aliens own rulers have not to rob and inese fairly to work out art of these and outrage have made foreign misina because aders. The prosperity would seem, rest of the of the Uniexpressing government in Americans in One arguprovince of nns about a y of Texas, ssed of any verrunner of help himself, ess. Should vs. A man anything— e ruination done now could have been foreseen 15 years ago. when the first coast high valleys included in the ownership. AWK! LOOKIT, LOOKIT! I BET YA A NICKEL! I TAKE TAILS! HUH! OMIGOSH! OH FUDGE!! JUST MY LUCK! HEADS CAME UP! JUST FOR THAT I GIT THROWED OUT-JUST FOR THAT! HE'S GETTIN' TOO O' PERSNICKETY! OBSERVATIONS BY A CONTRIBUTOR THE LATCH-STRING HANGS OUT An Eastern manufacturer visiting the Southland says this section offers tremendous advantages to manufacturers or merchants willing to enter territory in which their lines are undeveloped. The speaker says Southern California is the white spot in volume of business and lowest in credit losses. HIP! HIP! HOORAY! An Easterner in our midst says all signs of the times point to a prosperous year for the whole country. The gentleman says it is somewhat difficult to predict what conditions are going to be, but this is true in regard to agricultural pursuits. He says we are prosperous at this time and indications are good for continued prosperity. THOUSAND YEARS BEHIND THE TIMES A newsreel the other day showed about two thousand Chinamen storming a foreign legation in one of the large cities over there, in a vain attempt to plunder the place. Those ignorant, war-like, celestials reminded a person of just so many idotic fanatics, who did not have the least idea of what they were doing. They resembled a lot of misguided heathens who were more to be pitied than censured. The uprisings in China against all foreigners is due primarily to ignorance. Those rebelling natives are like a band of sheep, and they surely need a leader to bring them out of the wilderness. TREAT 'EM ROUGH A well-known screen actor almost quit his job because he says he had to take too many chances. Once he was laid out by being hit with a baseball and knocked unconscious, and later was stunned when a charge of dynamite exploded too soon. STEMMING THE TIDE An Eastern state has passed a law that bans payments longer than one year to a divorced wife, unless she has passed 50 years, or has been married ten years, or has children under eighteen years, and in consequence there is a flurry down on alimony row. INVIGORATING THE IVORIES Now a dentist says chewing alfalfa will keep the teeth firm STEMMING THE TIDE AN EASTERN state has passed a law that bans payments longer than one year to a divorced wife, unless she has passed 50 years, or has been married ten years, or has children under eighteen years, and in consequence there is a flurry down on alimony row. INVIGORATING THE IVORIES Now a dentist says chewing alfalfa will keep the teeth firm and strong. Being the richest of all leafy-top vegetables, alfalfa may soon supplant the current breakfast foods and may crowd ham and eggs-off the map. Heretofore alfalfa has been considered good only for horses and cattle, but this latest suggestion may take hay fodder out of the hick class. LET'S SEE, HAVEN'T WE MET BEFORE? SPEAKING of marital mixups, wherein a couple were married and then separated, and when the pair chanced to meet again, and a little dinner party was arranged, the wife remarked: "We are the best of friends and there is no reason why we should not take lunch together, even though we are husband and wife." THEM WERE THE HAPPY DAYS An item in the paper says 164 men were in court, the morning after, in a big town up the boulevard. They were all charged with incrption—a malady with which many were affected during the days of the brass rail and the sawdust trail. The disease is still quite prevalent, notwithstanding heroic efforts are being made to stamp it out. KEEPING WOLF FROM THE DOOR An inimitable premier of a foreign country says hard work, discipline and large families are the goals he has set for citizens who hope to have their regions elevated to the ranks of a province. MONEY IN ORANGES—IF YOU KNOW HOW Two brothers who own a 22-acre orange orchard northeast of this city have received a thousand dollars per acre for their fruit this year. These men know how to raise oranges—know how to keep the trees in good shape. There are other growers who get results just as good. But, sad to tell, there are owners (or part owners) of groves who do not get a third or a quarter of that figure. These men usually spend too much time in the seat of their automobile. THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME A MINSTREL wag: "You know there is a fine man in this town, and he is a friend of mine. His name is Jones. He told me whenever I got down and out, to call at his home for shelter. He said he had a barn with no rats in it, where I could sleep. He said it's nice and warm inside and I was perfectly welcome. The other morning at 3 o'clock I went to his house and knocked at the door. The wife appeared and asked what all the noise was about. I asked her if this was where Mr. Jones lived. She said: 'Yes. Just drag him in.'" THE OTHER ESCAPED A wife has been granted a divorce from friend husband all on account of him having been seen with a girl friend at that MINSTREL wag: "You know there is a fine man in this town, and he is a friend of mine. His name is Jones. He told me whenever I got down and out, to call at his home for shelter. He said he had a barn with no rats in it, where I could sleep. He said it's nice and warm inside and I was perfectly welcome. The other morning at 8 o'clock I went to his house and knocked at the door. The wife appeared and asked what all the noise was about. I asked her if this was where Mr. Jones lived. She said: 'Yes. Just drag him in.'" THE OTHER ESCAPED WIFE has been granted a divorce from friend husband all on account of him having been seen with a girl friend at that oasis city below the border. The wife has now taken up quarters in Alimony Row at $150 per. MIGHT GET THAT RED INK REPORTS in the paper says that a president of a southern republic has loaned two million pesos to a dictator in another country now enjoying a "revolution." As the men high in authority down there lose their jobs overnight sometimes, a fellow wonders if the paper has been properly endorsed. COME ON—PA'S RICH, MA DOESN'T CARE STATE educator says to parents that something must be done soon to "sit on that kid." It is said a father upstate gives his son $12 per week for spending money, besides the use of the family car. KEEPS A FELLOW GUESSING THE way some of the young ladies and gentlemen dress nowadays, it's hard to tell which is which. The wimmin with their boyish bobs and the men with their baggy pantaloons. QUICK, EDDIE, THE BRICKBATS WHEN a man drives up in his flivver at 2 a.m. and then "visits" with his friend for a quarter or a half an hour, for good measure, meanwhile letting the engine palpitate, it's time to call for help. As a sleep disturber, it's immense. And the other guy, who rolls up late and incessantly honks his horn for the sweetie to come on out, is another form of worry that leads oftentimes to a misdemeanor.