anaheim-gazette 1927-05-12

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1870 HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR.....$2.00 SIX MONTHS.....1.95 THREE MONTHS......75 Entered at the Anaheim, California, Post Office as second class matter. UNOFFICIAL MEDDLERS The appeal of the President of the United States for the loyal support of the press and the people in exposing the purposes of official and unofficial meddlers in matters for which the President and state department bear undivided responsibility—that is, meddlers both in and out of public office—should meet with universal response. This nation has made it a policy to give full rein to the administration to handle such situations as have just arisen in Central America. It is to be assumed that the administration has far more reliable information than has the public, and that it has in mind only the protection of American rights and just interests. Since propaganda agencies, designed to handicap and embarrass the government of the United States, have reached the point where their meddling materially interferes with our successful handling of a foreign policy, it is time for the American people to protest. The President says that time has arrived. Soon every newspaper office in the land will be flooded with propaganda emanating from a group of "unofficial" meddlers now in Mexico. Already the advance notices of its activities have reached the newspaper offices. These state that the purpose is "to study conditions in Mexico, make a survey and report to the American people." These observers are in the position of the justice of peace who said he would deliberate on the case over Sunday and then decide for the defendant. Everyone knows what their report will be. When the government of the United States raided the secret, illegal convention of communists at Bridgman, Mich., in 1922, it found among other documents, one outlining the plan for the organization of the Labor Defense Council. The plan was endorsed in Russia. The organization under that name was later formed. It is now known as the Labor Defense Council. In that document appeared the following: reached the newspaper offices. These state that the purpose is "to study conditions in Mexico, make a survey and report to the American people." These observers are in the position of the justice of peace who said he would deliberate on the case over Sunday and then decide for the defendant. Everyone knows what their report will be. When the government of the United States raided the secret, illegal convention of communists at Bridgman, Mich., in 1922, it found among other documents, one outlining the plan for the organization of the Labor Defense Council. The plan was endorsed in Russia. The organization under that name was later formed. It is now known as the Labor Defense Council. In that document appeared the following: The council will contain various radical and liberal elements not all communists, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, groups gathered about the liberal press like The Nation, The Freeman and the New Republic; liberal and working farmers' organizations like the Non-Partisan League and other tenant and farmers' organizations; also men prominent in public life who are willing to co-operate, such as legislators, editors, clergymen, professors and lawyers." It would appear, from glancing over the list of the "unofficial" meddlers now in Mexico "to survey conditions and report to the American people," that the "liberal" editors, ministers and lawyers were not overlooked in selecting "meddlers." Since this, and similar movements, are chronically antagonistic to the policies of our government and chronically partisan in behalf of some form of radicalism, it would appear time that not only American editors, but the American people as a whole, become aroused. This paper stands for sound Americanism. Thousands of well meaning, sincere and loyal American citizens are being led astray by the emotional appeal of the radical and subversive organizations. It is high time that in the matter of support of the American government in its controversies with foreign governments we should have a separation of the sheep from the goats. AID FOR MARINE IT IS encouraging to know that the realization of the importance of the American marine to the people of the United States, both in time of peace and war, is steadily growing. Where formerly the question aroused only occasional interest, it is now one which is being discussed by far-sighted Americans in every part of the continent. The interest in the merchant marine is no longer confined to the seaboard. The producers of the middle west are beginning to see that the question of ocean freight rates concerns them quite materially. A recent expression of the merchant marine was made in no uncertain tones by Senator R. S. Copeland of New York, himself a former Middle Westerner, in an address before the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity in New York City. "We Americans are great boobs unless we do something to help our merchant marine," Senator Copeland declared. "I do not care whether the merchant marine is owned and operated by the government or whether it is owned and operated by the merchants themselves, but there must be some way of subsidizing a merchant marine." The government, Senator Copeland added, might aid the marine by giving it government mail contracts instead of awarding these to foreign ships, mainly British, and thus save $18,000,-000 a year, and he declared that he would argue strongly for some sort of government aid before the Senate sub-committee and on the floor of the Senate "even though it is the most dangerous subject in the world for a Democrat to talk of using subsidies." Senator Copeland's speech was his first public pronouncement The government, Senator Copeland added, might aid the marine by giving it government mail contracts instead of awarding these to foreign ships, mainly British, and thus save $18,000,-000 a year, and he declared that he would argue strongly for some sort of government aid before the Senate sub-committee and on the floor of the Senate "even though it is the most dangerous subject in the world for a Democrat to talk of using subsidies." Senator Copeland's speech was his first public pronouncement on the question of the merchant marine, and he is in position to perform valuable service to the patriotic cause he has espoused. The American people need the merchant marine in time of war as a necessary and vital adjunct to our navy, and they need it in time of peace to protect our producers and consumers from any foreign gouge of shipping rates, which would be easily possible were there no competing American ships. We do not believe that Senator Copeland will find the subject of giving aid to our merchant marine as dangerous as it was back in the days of Mark Hanna. The people learned a costly lesson on shipping during the World war, and now that we have the merchant marine, there is a general demand that we maintain it. IMPUDENT "COMMISSIONS" A GROUP of American churchmen, writers and educators, is about to make an investigation of the religious, economic and educational conditions in Mexico. Some time ago a similar, self-constituted commission made a study of conditions in soviet Russia. After a few weeks spent in that country, it came home with the demand that the United States formally recognize the soviet government. Such commissions represent no opinion but their own. They seldom stay long enough in the country they set out to investigate to be able to speak authoritatively on it. They multiply ignorance by publishing the results of inadequate research. They raise false hopes at home or abroad, as the political science faculty of Columbia university has recently done in connection with war debt settlements. As long as other countries permit themselves to be studies and investigated by such commissions, they have only themselves to blame if the American people are misinformed with respect to them. There is no law in this country under which the public can be protected from such propaganda. ANAHEIM GAZETTE To Be, or Not To Be—Well! by Albert T. Reid LIQUOR QUESTION Intelligence Essential To National Prosperity Uncle Sam's Border Patrol Intelligence Essential To National Prosperity Of all the countries in the world, the United States seems to be progressing in a manner which gives its people the greatest advantages and prosperity. While other nations are struggling to secure a modest measure of the good things which we enjoy, we find individuals in our own country who belittle our methods of securing industrial development, high wages, reasonable hours, and working conditions and prosperity that has never before been equaled. There will always be an element of dissatisfaction in any human undertaking, whether it be government or business. The danger is not in criticism and discontent expressed, but in permitting such attacks to go unanswered, and in failing to set forth and emphasize the advantages which we enjoy under a system of government which encourages individual initiative and enterprise, instead of crushing it with officialism and the dead hand of government ownership and control of productive resources. Honest regulation of so-called "big business" is one thing, persecution of such business by government agencies is entirely another thing. There have been times in the heat of political controversies, when so-called attempts to regulate business in this country ran close to persecution. Fortunately, in all those instances, the good judgment of the American people reacted against such proceedings. Our state public service commissions, our interstate commerce commission, the federal trade commission and other regulatory bodies were established under pressure of temporary hostility toward business. We will always have scattered instances of business management which would take advantage of the public if not held in check by ironclad laws. But it is unfair to business, whether it be big or little, to assume that such unscrupulous practices are generally followed. Isolated cases brought about drastic laws which today affect all business. It is encouraging to note, however, that in the majority of cases our regulatory bodies have adopted a constructive, rather than a destructive policy, and that more and more they are drawing a sharp line of demarcation between good and bad business practices. Constructive regulation has been a great force in placing American industry on the sound basis it is today. The public recognizes these facts, and realizes that prosperity such as we enjoy cannot be secured or maintained under anything but a policy of fair dealing on the part of both the government and industry. These statements may seem commonplace, but they are fundamental. Our people must recognize them, appreciate them and keep them in common practice in order to assure our future progress on a par with our past growth. AWARD COMMITTEE The committee appointed to judge the hundreds of racks of oranges at the seventh annual California Valencia Orange Show, at Anaheim, May 19 to 28 will be composed of C. W. Rockefeller of Garden Grove, a member of the Mutual Orange Distributors; A. S. Bradford of Placentia, an independent, and Henry Meiser of Fullerton, a member of the Orange Growers' Consolidated Exchange. This committee, Manager George W. Reid stated, was the same as that of last year, and that the members had worked so conscientiously and their verdicts had so fair and impartial that they had been requested to serve again this year. That the committee has no easy task before it is evident from the fact that almost three days were consumed in the work last year. This year, with many additional entries, some fifty classes will have to be judged. The good queen will never really get to understand American psychology unless she buys a couple of lots in Florida. Uncle Sam's Border Patrol The immigration service border patrol as a separate uniformed unit is the latest addition to Uncle Sam's armed forces. It is now completing its third year and numbers nearly 600 men, about evenly divided between northern and southern land borders. Its primary purpose is to prevent unwanted aliens from "crashing the gate" and making their way illegally into this country. In theory the patrol has nothing to do with prohibition enforcement, but actually it plays a leading part in dealing with run runners, gun runners, and dope smugglers. It has a big job on its hands and is making good. The immigration service guard is recruited largely from ex-service men. They are square shooters and many of them are expert marksmen, but they are under orders not to shoot except in self-defense. This means that invariably the smugglers have the first shot. The activities of the border patrol are a great deal more extensive than is generally realized. In the 16 months ending last October at the Mexican border alone, 224,760 persons were questioned, more than 25,000 trains searched and more than 100,000 automobiles and motor buses stopped and examined. The patrol guard traveled nearly 600-900 miles by automobile, 80,000 miles by horseback and 60,000 miles on foot. Five hundred alien smugglers and more than 10,000 aliens were apprehended—the smugglers were subject to criminal prosecution and the aliens to expulsion. Two people we haven't much use for are the extreme pacifist who wants to abolish the army and navy and the bumptious jingo who thinks we ought always to fight at the drop of the hat. The New York Times says that European nations are getting tired of having Americans tell them to "put their house in order." Then why don't they do it? The good queen will never really get to understand American psychology unless she buys a couple of lots in Florida. WHAT HAS TWO HANDS AN TELLS WHAT TIME IT IS? POP! WRON6! I'LL PROVE IT! SURF YA SPOILED A FUNNY CRACK FOR ME YOU DID! AN'T TWO HANDS COUNTUM OBSERVATIONS SURE AS NIGHT FOLLOWS THE DAY THE Pacific coast, and especially the southwestern portion thereof, is going to be densely populated. The course of natural events will make that sure. With the cyclones and storms menacing the country elsewhere, people will turn their eyes to the West. Just what causes this distress is not for man to say, but this Southland seems blessed with natural advantages. There is room for more, even though thousands of people are flocking here already. This glorious Southwest continues to be the white spot of the universe. COME HIGH, BUT MUST HAVE THEM WHEN it comes to losses due to deaths, personal injury and destruction of property, the automobile is holding its own. Competent authority says from this source the gas wagons are costing the American public $600,000,000 annually, while it is said from other losses incident to congestion and inadequate traffic facilities runs the nation's total economic waste up to $2,000,000,000 annually. These figures are based upon investigations made by leading insurance companies. Statistics assembled by the insurance actuaries show that an average of nearly three people an hour were killed in motor accidents during 1926, the total for the year reaching 23,000 persons, 5 per cent above the 1925 total. Of the total fatalities, 68 per cent were pedestrians. There are approximately thirty accidents in which injuries are sustained to every one in which loss of life occurs, indicating a total of 690,000 serious, but non-fatal crashes last year. The approximate number of accidents in which property damage was inflicted was estimated to be 2,250,000. The ratio of fatalities to population, according to Mr. Macbeth, is increasing steadily, but the ratio of deaths to number of cars registered is showing a decided decline. California, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Connecticut, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming, Iowa, South Dakota and Vermont all showed a drastic reduction in highway fatalities as the result of accident prevention campaigns. In the thirteen Southern California counties last year there were 853 deaths caused by auto accidents. Los Angeles county with 520 fatalities leads the list. Of these 271 occurred in Los Angeles city. The ratio of fatalities to population, according to Mr. Macbeth, is increasing steadily, but the ratio of deaths to number of cars registered is showing a decided decline. California, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Connecticut, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming, Iowa, South Dakota and Vermont all showed a drastic reduction in highway fatalities as the result of accident prevention campaigns. In the thirteen Southern California counties last year there were 853 deaths caused by auto accidents. Los Angeles county with 520 fatalities leads the list. Of these 271 occurred in Los Angeles city. BOGEY MAN WILL GET YOU A man in a hill town the other day killed a cat, and that night his house mysteriously burned. As a cat has nine lives, maybe the man's troubles have just begun. EVERY CLOUD HAS SILVER LINING With the activity of bandits in certain sections, where branch banks seem to fall as easy prey, the real casualty list is swelled by the unruly, reckless driver and the boneheads who try to beat a railway engine to the crossing. Of course the population of the state has trebled in the past two decades, and there are more people to reckon with. But the country is safe for those who want to go straight and are not in too much of a hurry. GETTING BENEFIT OF DOUBT A man charged and convicted of the murder of two little girls was sentenced to hang. The evidence was circumstantial, but not conclusive. Later his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. Some people say if he was guilty he should be hung, or if not guilty he should be freed. However, his life is spared, and if innocent, the real murderer some day will become conscious stricken and confess. As the old saying is, "Murder will out." And again, to hang a human convicted on circumstantial evidence does not seem right. EYE FOR AN EYE Quite a few towns throughout the country have formed what is called citizen's police guards, the main object being to bump off bank bandits. It is said towns where these vigilantes are kept on hand are usually given the go-bye by the gunmen. KEEPING THE HOME FIRES BURNING Out there in a northwest state a bunch of chair warmers started an organization known as the Hot Stove League. At first just a few men belonged—now the roster contains 200 names. Subjects up for discussion include town topics, neighborhood gossip, politics, bootleggers, the League of Nations, and the wind and the weather. The password is, "Hallow, brother, how's the poker?" And the response is, "Grate." TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT A dry legislator is quoted as saying: "Bootlegging in California is flourishing like a green bay tree. It is debauching the youth of the state, and we must hit it and hit it hard." And another member, who no doubt is wet, retorts: "You hypocrites in this legislature should make it a felony to drink booze and include yourselves among the criminals." THEY ALL LOOK ALIKE TO THEM TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT A DRY legislator is quoted as saying: "Bootlegging in California is flourishing like a green bay tree. It is debauching the youth of the state, and we must hit it and hit it hard." And another member, who no doubt is wet, retorts: "You hypocrites in this legislature should make it a felony to drink booze and include yourselves among the criminals." THEY ALL LOOK ALIKE TO THEM A COUPLE of road bandits up the boulevard stopped a police sergeant the other night; crowded him over; took his car, gun, watch, badge and $4, making what is called a clean sweep, and the cop was much "excite." WHILE CLOCK IN STEEPLE STRIKES TWO A PRESIDENT of a state university declares that parental discipline and attention to children has in recent years reached the lowest ebb, and that there must be an awakening of parental consciousness. The professor says the automobile, the cinema and the modern dance are among the factors blamed for the home decay. But another educator hits back and remarks that the short skirt and the modern young flapper has not overthrown the laws of propriety. CROP OF STRAWBERRY NOSES ASSURED A HEADLINE in the paper says five hundred gallons of alcohol are daily smuggled into this country over one border, with other precincts yet to be heard from. MISSOURI PICNIC Under the auspices of the Missouri State Society of Southern California, all the "Show Me" people will meet in Bixby park, Long Beach, all day, Saturday, May 21., 1927. Headquarters will be opened for each county in the state and registers provided. Picnickers will carry basket dinners, but hot coffee will be supplied free for all who buy the souvenir badges. President Sam Salecman will preside over the program, following the basket dinner hour. All Missourians are urged to take a day off and meet the old home state folks again. Ask your questions of the president, or of C. H. Parsons, Faber 3300, or call at the Hotel Rosslyn, Fifth and Main, Los Angeles. Here are three fine points in frying potatoes: Use a heavy skillet; let the pieces brown one side before turning them, and cook only enough at one time to cover the bottom of the skillet in a fairly thin layer.