anaheim-gazette 1927-07-21

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. INTERNATIONAL TRADE AN EASTERN journal with free trade inclinations recently related how Argentina bought steel rails in Germany, intending to use the rails to build a road to carry wool to the market, the wool being intended for Bradford, England. In the latter community the wool was to be made into blankets to be sold in the mining districts of the United States, where there was an increased demand for them, this demand being due to an increase in the demand for our metals from China. The periodical made the point that prosperity is the result of mutual demand and supply, that the whole world is better off when everybody is prosperous. "No one has really anything to gain by putting his competitors out of business," it was continued. "They buy our products with the share of the world's profits." All of which is true enough. International trade is a complicated affair, and cannot be reckoned between any two nations as the above incident shows. It will not do, therefore, to say that Germany cannot buy our raw materials because we have a high tariff against certain products manufactured in Germany. For Germany may buy certain commodities from us, and sell the finished products in a third country, which may in turn send us something which we must import. For example, Germany may buy a million dollar's worth of material from us, sell two millions dollar's worth of a finished product to Brazil, from whom we will buy an equal amount of coffee. And so on down the line with the various nations of the world, thereby exploding one of the pet assertions of the old-school free traders that we must buy from a nation in order to sell in return. It is true that we would gain nothing by attempting to put our international rivals out of business, and that other nations buy our products with their share of the world's products. But it does not follow that we should throw our markets open to the unrestricted trade of the world, thereby forcing our producers to compete with a cheaper cost of production, based on a lower standard of wages and living. In doing that we would be drop- buy a million dollar's worth of material from us, sell two millions dollar's worth of a finished product to Brazil, from whom we will buy an equal amount of coffee. And so on down the line with the various nations of the world, thereby exploding one of the pet assertions of the old-school free traders that we must buy from a nation in order to sell in return. It is true that we would gain nothing by attempting to put our international rivals out of business, and that other nations buy our products with their share of the world's products. But it does not follow that we should throw our markets open to the unrestricted trade of the world, thereby forcing our producers to compete with a cheaper cost of production, based on a lower standard of wages and living. In doing that we would be dropping that which we have for some advantage which we might not get, and if we did get, would not be worth what we had lost in the acquiring of it. The result of a general lowering of our tariff would not be an increase in our foreign trade, but a falling off in our domestic trade which would so cripple our producers that they not only would not gain abroad, but would be forced to close down because of loss of the great home market. In order to compete with European countries in the markets of the world we must have well going, efficient producers at home, and this we could not have were our producers compelled to battle in their great home market with cheap European competition. HIGH PRICES IT IS now generally admitted that in the United States we are living in an era of high wages and general prosperity. But the calamity howlers like to counter all references to the good times tour working men are enjoying by stating that even if wages are higher, the cost of living is rising just as fast, and that the worker is therefore no better off than he was fifteen years ago. The economists who advocate the high wage system and the protective tariff system as the way to promote a nation's economic welfare say that even so, the high wage system is better for the reason that first of all the American worker is a producer rather than a consumer in the final analysis, and that he is therefore better able to lay away an extra dollar for the rainy day in times of high wages, high prices and steady employment, than he is in an era of low wages, low prices and unstable employment. But it would seem now that even this last alibi of the increasing cost of living is to be taken away from the pessimists. For, according to the national conference board, which has made an exhaustive study of the situation while wages and costs are high, the family income has increased faster than the cost of living since 1914, and will therefore go one-third farther in providing for the family than it would in the alleged good old days before the war. Here is something to think about, and it bears some assurarence for the future. As a matter of fact, the purchasing power of the dollar has increased during the past two years. It now buys 61.1 per cent as much as it did in 1914, as compared with 50 per cent only a few years ago. But that is only half the story. The weekly earnings of wage workers, because of higher wages and steadier employment are more than twice as high as they were in 1914, so that the average worker, even with the higher cost of living can buy a third more than he did in 1914. And the purchasing power of his wages is increasing relatively and not decreasing. WASHINGTON SETS AN EXAMPLE IT IS generally admitted by economists of standing and a sense of responsibility that the federal government has gone as far as possible in the reduction of national taxes—a reduction which has worked to the advantage of farmers among others. WASHINGTON SETS AN EXAMPLE IT IS generally admitted by economists of standing and a sense of responsibility that the federal government has gone as far as possible in the reduction of national taxes—a reduction which has worked to the advantage of farmers, among others. A drastic and effective reduction in the local taxation of farm lands is a fundamental of real farm relief, and this fundamental has been respected in the tax policy of the Coolidge administration. But, in many states, the increasing burden of state and local taxation has worn heavily on the shoulders of agriculturists. It may be said that the remedy lies in the hands of the farmers themselves, but unfortunately a man with plowed fields has little time in which to originate or conduct propaganda for local tax relief. We do not speak of a situation prevailing to affect the Fort Wayne area, or even very severely the state as a whole, but rather in a national sense. Everybody is agreed that state and county and city taxes should be reduced in a great many localities. Governors, mayors, councilmen, county commissioners, tax collectors and supervisors all agree that the tax burden on farm lands in the nation as a whole is oppressive, if not, indeed destructive. But even as they condole with the victims they continue to present new schemes for the expenditure of public funds working for increased tax levies. "OLD GLORY" THE Stars and Stripes as the standard of the republic has been for one hundred and fifty years the symbol of liberty and union, of freedom of thought and speech, of justice and all democratic high ideals. It is to be cherished in our heart of hearts. It is respected and high-honored among the flags of Christendom. Each star in its field of blue is a star of glory. It breathes of valor, hope and truth, of loyalty, sincerity and justice. We doff our hats to its splendor and majesty. It is beautiful. It stirs the soul. It stands, distinct and distinguished, among all other flags. It is the emblem of the greatest nation in the world. It commands our reverence. It symbolizes the Constitution, the greatest constructive political work of man. It is both battle and peace flag. We are ready to defend it, to follow it wherever it may lead in the cause of justice and righteousness. ANAHEIM GAZETTE You Just Know He's Glad By Albert GIDDAP! HEY! CY!! BY CRACKY' I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK FARMER POLITICIAN FAIR TO MIDDLIN' CROPS USING MORE 'JUICE' GET AT THE TRUTH PICK YOUR LAW USING MORE 'JUICE' The monthly report of the production of electricity by public-utility power plants for May, issued by the geological survey, department of the Interior, shows a total for the first five months of the year amounting to 32.4 billion kilowatt-hours, or about 9½ per cent more than the output for the same period in 1926. An estimate based on the output so far this year and on comparable figures for 1826 indicates that the total output for 1927 will be in the neighborhood of 80 billion kilowatt-hours. The total for 1926 was 73.5 billion kilowatt-hours. The effect of the increasing hours of daylight and the rising temperature from the first to the middle of the year on the demand for electricity for light and heat is shown in the decrease in the average daily production of electricity that occurs during this period each year. This year the decrease in the average daily output from January to May was about 3 per cent; in 1926, the decrease was about 5 per cent; in 1925, 6 per cent. The lessening of the decrease in 1927 may be due, in part, to the increasing load for electrical refrigeration. The average daily production of electricity by the use of water power in 1927 has set a record for each month from March to May. As the amount of electricity produced by water power is directly dependent on the amount of water flowing in the streams used for the development of power, it is expected that the output will begin to decrease after the month of May, as March, April and May are generally months of maximum flow for streams in the United States. Notwithstanding the record-breaking output of petroleum this year, the consumption of fuel oil by public-utility power plants has decreased each month, and the consumption in May was less than any other month since the geological survey began to public monthly power reports in 1919. A New York man shot at his wife and killed his niece, which shows the disadvantage of not having military training. GET AT THE TRUTH For the first time in its history, Orange county has found it necessary to call a special session of the grand jury to clean up a mess. Other counties have had experiences of that sort but never before like Orange county gone through any such a thing. We hope we will never again have occasion for it. The responsibility that resists upon the grand jury that is to be selected tomorrow in Superior Judie Ames' court is great. There has been much in the way of accusation. Along with actual incidents brought in by the federal grand jury in Los Angeles, has come a large amount of newspaper activity in Los Angeles. News articles based on the statewide former prisoners in the Orange county jail have been published. Some of these affidavits, on their own, show their evidence. Some of the fictions appear to be pure fabrication. But along with these fabrics comes much that rings true. It is certain, of course, that the federal grand jury has no indirect without what it considered just cause. It is known that there have been two or three confessions, so that there is no possibility that everything has been as it should have been. The federal grand jury is interested only in federal offenses. Some of the allegations presented in complaints based upon federal investigations present not only federal charges, but point the way also to interactions of state laws. A case in point is the theft of liquor from the Nassau of the courthouse. Charges of conspiracy to defeat the prosecution are charged by the federal authorities. The Orange county grand jury may be interested in the same because burglary was committed. Burglary is an offense against the state. The people of Orange county are not particularly interested in which grand jury does the thing that ought to be done. The people want the truth of the situation. They believe that the guilty should be with us in accordance with law, and they believe that groundless complaints should be shown up. And then they decide the better. Justice does not clarify by delay. PICK YOUR LAW When a citizen pays a bootlegger to procure liquor in violation of the law and then wonders why other particular laws are not more expeditiously and efficiently administered, he might well search his own soul and determine for himself whether or not his own transgression is not helping to create a consent for those laws which are necessary for the safety and security of the present, highly organized form of society. A recent visitor from a machine-center of the middle west states saloons are there flourishing and any "responsible citizen" is entitled to hold a bottle of Scotch in both hands and walk the streets unmolested; yesterday, a foreign-born resident of a nearby community was brought before the court and fined for possessing a half-pint of house-made "killer." In both localities, the constitution of the United States is supposed to be in effect. Has the time arrived when each community has the right to accept or reject the constitution? Has the fundamental law of the nation degenerated into a set of rules which may be accepted or rejected as the particular community or group may desire? Laws will never be uniformly enforced; the element of human activity precludes such an ideal state. But, every loyal abiding citizen should at least make an endeavor to do his part in upholding the existing laws. There is no difference in principle between the man who hires a bootlegger to buy him looze and the man who hires an assassin to go forth and fill a business enemy full of buckshot. When we accept the fruits of law violators, we stimulate law-breakings. If the citizens of one community can break the law with impunity, is there any wonder that others feel that they are entitled to the same royal privilege? If the peddlers of hooch can easily his trade under protection, must we when the safe-cracker, the burglar and the murderer expect the same license? Under existing circumstances, one is almost bought to the conclusion that the national pastime is that of picking out your favorite law and smashing it to smithereens! A New York man shot at his wife and killed his niece, which shows the advantage of not having military training. MUCH TOO LOW, YES, YES, MUCH MUCH TOO LOW! YEH, THAT'S OLD TIMER'S NEW BED! POP, DESPERATE IM BROSE SAYS I FEELS HE SHOULD VARN YOU ABOUT OLD TIMER'S BED IF HE FALLS, OUT YOU WONT HEAR HIM! TAINT THE RIGHT BED FOR A BABY! Autocastar Services OBSERVATIONS HAVE YOU HEARD THIS ONE? A REAL BOOSTER, after a long trip roundabout, buttonholes you; hands you a cigar; bites off the tip of one himself, and then says, one of the best things of all is the pleasure of returning to Anaheim. EYES OF WORLD ON THE PACIFIC COAST AS YOU no doubt have already heard, the Pacific coast is destined to be the market place of the world in the next generation, according to an internationally known statistician. This same authority declares California will become the greatest state in the Union. The Pacific coast will be the most active and densely populated section of the United States. People like to live in California. It is said the Middle West is declining, from an agricultural viewpoint. People of wealth consume more fruit, green vegetables, nuts, and all the staple products of the Pacific coast. The way things are shaping, it is also pointed out that the Pacific will replace the Atlantic in world commerce. SPREADING THE GLAD TIDINGS A RAILROAD official says the many kind things people who have visited Southern California tell their friends back East is the greatest factor in keeping up the tourist business enjoyed by this Southland, and be it known, the tourist crop is one of the good things enjoyed here. Because a good tourist is a walking encyclopedia. The railway agent is quoted as saying that: "People go back with the pleasantest impressions of Southern California. They tell their friends that they were not pestered by real estate men trying to sell them property they didn't want. They tell them that they saw beautiful scenery and had a wonderful time and at a reasonable cost. Nowhere were they held up. Prices everywhere were fair and people were anxious to go out of their way to show them a good time. That is the kind of report your tourists are carrying back East, and it is the greatest advertising in the world. There are other factors helping Southern California. The railroads have been exceptionally good to this section in giving round-trip rates that are attractive, and they are doing lots of advertising. Your scenery and your climate are proverbial; "People go back with the pleasantest impressions of Southern California. They tell their friends that they were not pestered by real estate men trying to sell them property they didn't want. They tell them that they saw beautiful scenery and had a wonderful time and at a reasonable cost. Nowhere were they held up. Prices everywhere were fair and people were anxious to go out of their way to show them a good time. That is the kind of report your tourists are carrying back East, and it is the greatest advertising in the world. There are other factors helping Southern California. The railroads have been exceptionally good to this section in giving round-trip rates that are attractive, and they are doing lots of advertising. Your scenery and your climate are proverbial; every one wants to come to California, and the combination of booster spirit disseminated by returning visitors and reasonable railroad rates is bringing hosts of travelers here. Nothing can stop this flood of visitors, except a change in the policy on the part of those who meet and take care of the tourists, and it isn't in the nature of Californians to be anything but fair and hospitable. I predict a great tourist business next winter." BUSY BEE BRINGS BACK BOOZE BELIEVE it or not, a farmer out yonder has complained to the authorities about the temptation confronting his bees. He says his bees start out sober to hunt honey, but return to the hive staggering. They are met by the home-loving and sober bees and promptly killed. The farmer believes his bees are feeding on some of the plants of the moonshine species, many of which are said to be in a flourishing condition in his neck of the woods. REDUCING THE HAZARD ALL CAMPERS and people generally who go into the mountain regions are required to take along an axe and a shovel. This perhaps is for the bonehead who leaves a camp fire burning—the deduction being that the culprit will be required to dig his own grave before getting the axe where the lady wears the beads. HEY, RUBE! A FASHION note from the East says that the shirts for the men folks this season are to be of the peek-a-boo variety, with brightly colored underwear for a background. One man is quoted as saying that the new edict is completely and simply outlandish and wholly "enosified." PUTTING ON THE BLINKERS BEACH TOWN board of councilmen are trying to pass an ordinance which in effect is the regulation of newspapers in its midst. Opponents are up in arms, allowing such a measure would be dangerous, not to say discriminatory, and therefore unconstitutional. It has been said the pen is mightier than the sword, and the freedom of the press should not be interfered with. DON'T SHOOT BEFORE YOU LOAD YOUR GUN IT IS SAID the money lost in worthless stocks will run into billions of dollars, but there is always a horde of investors who want to get rich quick. The trouble nowadays is that a lot of men with a little nest-egg believe they are Wall Street brokers, but they do not seem to be aware of the fact that big fish eat little fish. It is a very fascinating game if you win, but a sad one if you lose. "OH WHAT SHALL I DO?" DON'T SHOOT BEFORE YOU LOAD YOUR GUN IT IS SAID the money lost in worthless stocks will run into billions of dollars, but there is always a horde of investors who want to get rich quick. The trouble nowadays is that a lot of men with a little nest-egg believe they are Wall Street brokers, but they do not seem to be aware of the fact that big fish eat little fish. It is a very fascinating game if you win, but a sad one if you lose. "OH WHAT SHALL I DO?" IF THE movie actor behind the bars (the one who didn't pay the wife her alimony) looks like the picture printed in the paper, he no doubt could qualify capitally in some sad story wherein the actor would be called upon to screen a forlorn, dejected and melancholy mein. He sure looked like the fellow who has lost his best friend, and no place to go; and so far as the future being rosy for him, his face portrays anything else but. WOMEN DO CHANGE THEIR MINDS A YOUNG LADY in a nearby town became so vexed and upset, a few days ago, when an officer attempted to arrest her brother for violating a traffic law, that she stamped her foot, got mad and besides speaking her mind about the officer in making the arrest, she called the guardian of the peace a big walrus. When the Black Maria arrived, it is alleged the lady was hustled off to the hoosegow, and 24 hours elapsed before a bailor answered her S. O. S. Later, when the lady was before the bar of justice to answer to the charge of "interfering with an officer in the discharge of his duty," she pleaded that she was mad at the time, but now was glad, and that she was sorry now, and that the cop didn't look like a walrus at all. So the judge said one day in jail and, as she had already been there, the sentence was suspended. Experts have found that it takes more work to produce an acre of tobacco than any other crop. An acre of Purley tobacco yielding from 800 to 1000 pounds requires, for growing and way from 350 to 400 hours of labor, or paring for the market, all the Cotton in the eastern states takes from 100 to 125 hours of work per acre where the yield of land is from 150 to 200 pounds. Potatoes take from 65 to 100 hours per acre. In the corn belt where large machines are used in level fields, a bushel of corn can be produced with about 80 minutes labor, but in southern states it takes about two and one-half hours to produce a bushel of corn. The crops which take the most are cotton, tobacco, sugar beats, potatoes, fruit and truck crops. Corn, the grain sorghums, and peanuts require less work. Hay and small grain crops are usually produced with the least labor. A French judge decides that a man has a right to whip his wife if she deserves it. Also, the court might have added, if he is big enough to do it.