anaheim-gazette 1928-04-05

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1870 HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR.....$2.00 SEX MONTHS.....1.25 THREE MONTHS.....7.75 Dedicated at the Anaheim, California, Post Office on second class matter. OUR FORESTS The American people are all interested in forestry and the problem of reforestation. They are interested whether they realize it or not, for the question of our forests and our timber supply is one which will be all important in the not-distant future. And it is encouraging to note that manifest interest in the forestry problem is steadily growing. It is growing from the ethical as well as the commercial standpoint. Every human being who thinks seriously and possesses any degree of emotion, loves the forests. A majestic, sweeping tree is one of the noblest creations of the Almighty. When we take time to study the tree's beauties, it gives us a feeling of restfulness and of renewed faith in the Creator. To realize how the sentiment for reforestation has grown one has only to compare in memory the present interest in our trees with the interest displayed two or three decades ago. Then men and women who talked of reforestation and forest reservation were regarded as something like harmless fanatics. Now every sane human being is beginning to realize the importance of the movement. The national government, and the states one by one, have enacted legislation looking toward the preservation of our trees and the redeveloping of our forests. One of the latest states to take active interest is Ohio. A new state forestry was established recently in Ashland county, in the center of the commonwealth and the state forests in Ohio now aggregate 37,000 acres. An active campaign has been inaugurated by the State Department looking forward the reforestation along all the principal highways of the state, with the co-operation of the land owners. Here is an idea worth copying and is one which will be appre- The national government, and the states one by one, have enacted legislation looking toward the preservation of our trees and the redeveloping of our forests. One of the latest states to take active interest is Ohio. A new state forestry was established recently in Ashland county, in the center of the commonwealth and the state forests in Ohio now aggregate 37,000 acres. An active campaign has been inaugurated by the State Department looking forward the reforestation along all the principal highways of the state, with the co-operation of the land owners. Here is an idea worth copying, and is one which will be appreciated by the traveling public as well as the land owners. For as the Cincinnati Enquirer well puts it: "Who that plants a tree has added something of value and beauty to the world, has made life more worth while, not only for himself, but for many, many others. He becomes partner with the sun, the birds and the rains, with the minstrel winds, for all of these are friends of the trees. It is much to be hoped that Ohio will attain in this respect to her rightful place. She has been lacking in no other respect; why should she fail in an enterprise so charming and so noble." OUR NAVAL PLAN It is the present disposition of a great many European publicists to attempt to shift to Uncle Sam's shoulders the burden of the blame for the failure of the Geneva conference for the limitation of naval armaments. The internationalists in America, as usual have taken up the hue and cry of their European brethren and so we have had for some time in the editorial columns of some of the newspapers which usually emphasize the European viewpoint a subtle attempt to show that it was really America which upset the apple cart at Geneva, and that the recent efforts to get through a real American naval program were proof of this assertion of our militarism. Fortunately for Uncle Sam, the American newspapermen at Geneva, as well as the American officials there, had a complete understanding of the situation. For this reason America did not get a distorted view of the motives and results of the conference. For this reason the efforts of the internationalists to stir up indignation in America at the close of the conference failed signally. But the recent efforts of the propagandists indicate that they have recovered their breath and are at it again. Any effort of the European propagandists and their American brethren to attempt to prove to the American public that John Bull is really in favor of naval disarmament, and Uncle Sam is standing in the way, are bound to meet with failure. The propagandists are clever, to be sure, but they are not clever enough to conceal or distort the evidence to the contrary. The public has only to remember that even with the cruisers provided for America in the naval bill, the British would still outnumber us two to one in cruisers and in the amount of tonnage in cruisers, while we would be just on a parity with Japan in number of cruisers and only a little ahead of the Oriental empire in amount of cruiser tonnage. As the Minneapolis Tribune well puts it: "It is a little difficult, therefore, for Americans to see how Great Britain is to profit appreciably from adopting a pose as the champion of naval limitation. And with all that is going on in Europe in the manner of the old diplomacy, it is even more difficult to find any justification for any American unwillingness to bring the United States navy up to the strength essential to this country's fulfillment of its duty toward the world in exercising full power for insuring peace." As the Minneapolis Tribune well puts it: "It is a little difficult, therefore, for Americans to see how Great Britain is to profit appreciably from adopting a pose as the champion of naval limitation. And with all that is going on in Europe in the manner of the old diplomacy, it is even more difficult to find any justification for any American unwillingness to bring the United States navy up to the strength essential to this country's fulfillment of its duty toward the world in exercising full power for insuring peace." PORTO RICO AND COOLIDGE IN COMMENTING on a resolution adopted by the Porto Rican legislature and a cable sent by the officers of that body to the effect that Porto Rico be made a "free state" and not a mere "subjected colony," President Coolidge pointed out some facts that ought not be lost sight of by the inhabitants of the island and by the American people themselves. In part, the President said: "We foun' the people of Porto Rico poor and distressed without hope for the future, ignorant, poverty stricken and diseased, not knowing what constituted a free and democratic government and without the experience of having participated in any government. We have progressed in the relief of poverty and distress, in the eradication of disease and have attempted, with some success, to inculcate in the inhabitants, the basic ideas of a free democratic government. We have now in Porto Rico a government in which the participation by Americans from the United States is indeed small. "We have given to the Porto Ricans practically every right and privilege which we permitted ourselves to exercise. We have now progressed to the point where discouragement is replaced by hope, and while only thirty years ago one was indeed an optimist to see anything promising in Porto Rico, today one is indeed a pessimist who can see any reasonable human ambition beyond the horizon of the people. "The people of Porto Rico are citizens of the United States with all the rights and privileges of other citizens of the United States." The President added that the Porto Rican government exercises a greater degree of sovereignty over its own internal affairs than does the government of any other state or territory and if there is a grave economical situation there at this time, this must be the result of the exercise by the people of Porto Rico of an authority granted by the present very liberal organic law. Just Think! By Albert T. Reid THE ANNUAL LOSS THROUGH FRAUD IN THE U.S. WOULD 1. Take care of Flood Control, as planned; 2. Build the Lakes to the Ocean Canal; 3. Provide for our Naval Program; 4. Construct the Nicaragua Canal; 5. Handle any Farm Relief program discussed. NOT ONE OF THESE, BUT ALL OF THESE WAR-BREEDING PACIFISTS Representative McClintie says that the pacifist is a less dangerous citizen case at this time last year, and the automobile plants are all expecting greater business in 1928 than they enjoyed in the year previous. Bigger WAR-BREEDING PACIFISTS Representative McClintic says that "the pacifist is a less dangerous citizen than the radical militarist." Assuming that the latter type of person really exists in this country, and that consequently the congressman's comparison has pertinency, we wish to say that we thoroughly disagree with him. Neither a pacifist nor a radical militarist, so-called, is a desirable type of citizen. But at the worst the latter can do no more than make the United States spend more money for national defense than it is necessary to spend. The idea that prepareness in America would promote an evil split of belligerency and international upheavens is an insulting doctrine, advanced principally by designing communists and by the type of religionist who always expects his fellow men to exhibit the lowest and meanest possible form of reaction to any opportunity which occasions or conditions afford. On the other hand, the program of the pacifists if they are able to put it over—and they are meeting with considerable success just now—will make this country defenseless in a decidedly unsettled world, and will lay it open to result, imposition and predatory attack, and sooner or later will inevitably force it to fight at a disadvantage, and involve it in serious and unnecessary loss. The United States never has gone to war because it has been over-prepared for war. But it has plunged into at least two serious foreign conflicts because it has been obviously, almost ostentiously unready to protect itself in any decisive effective way, and it has been saved from permanent disaster only because it has been lucky. Where proper defense preparations would have cost the United States millions of dollars, since the opening of the century, unpreparedness born of pacifism has cost it billions. And the same comparison stands true with respect to human casualties. We know that today the pacifists are asking with sneers, "Who is it the United States is going to fight?" The predecessors of these people asked the same question just before the World War, when they, too, were trying to scuttle the navy and destroy the army. The country found out the answer to their query—to its cost. And those who today are working to prevent America from being reasonably and sensibly prepared against trouble are taking a fearful responsibility upon themselves. If they succeed in their program, sooner or later the blood of the innocents will be on their heads. Poultrymen to Form Market Association By W. M. Cory, Sentiment for the organization of a master co-operative egg sales organization was crystallized at a regional meeting of poultrymen at Fontana and committees have been actively engaged in perfecting the organization. Experience this past year with a return hardly sufficient to pay feed costs alone. In many instances, has led poultrymen generally to the belief that better marketing arrangements must be perfected. The case was cited where 250 to 300 cases of eggs sold over the exchange rate on the 3000 or more cases that re-examined the daily consumption of eggs in the Los Angeles market. By the formation of a co-operative raise organization which can be accomplished without additional overhead to the producer, competition will be eliminated among the four cooperatives functioning here in the south; standardization of the products market; and improvement in the quality of eggs brought about; auxiliary market information may be secured and disseminated and a more equitable price obtained for the commodity by preventing unwarranted distributions in the market; proper distribution of the surplus; logical storing, efficient sales organization; and increase in direct sales. Two meetings of the special committee appointed to plan the method of organization have been held. Representatives from the four co-operatives, namely, the San Diego Poultry Producers, the Fountana Poultry Producers, the Weeks Colony, and the Poultry Producers' Association of Southern California were present. All have expressed themselves as favoring a master sales organization and went on record that for this organization to be effective, all grading and sale of eggs be directed by it. A tremendous amount of detail and business relationships remain to be worked out, however, if the members of the various marketing organizations are in sympathy with the move, with their added stimulus the move can be perfected. Chas. A. Boege INCUMBENT Candidate for City Treasurer Chas. A. Boege INGUMBENT Candidate for City Treasurer Election April 9, 1928 I respectfully solicit the support of the voters of Anaheim, and promise them, if elected, to bring to the office of treasurer the same sagacious and conservative management of the finances of this city that has characterized my administration in the past. I have performed the duties of the office faithfully and to the best of my ability, and I promise to continue safeguarding the financial interests of the City if I shall be honored by re-election to the office. CHAS. A. BOEGE, City Treasurer, City of Anaheim. NOMINEES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE Notice is hereby given that the following persons have been nominated for the offices hereinafter mentioned to be filled at the general municipal election to be held in the City of Anaheim, on Monday, the Ninth (9th) day of April, 1928. FOR COUNCILMAN — Full Term the Ninth (9th) day of April, 1928. FOR COUNCILMAN — Full Term (Vote for Two) Axup, Herbert E. Bruns, George W. Case, A. Curtis Lakeman, Jacob Miller, Louis E. FOR TREASURER — Full Term (Vote for One) Boege, Charles A. Jessurun, D. Merrill, Howard Glen FOR CLERK — Full Term Jessurun, D. Merrill, Howard Glen FOR CLERK—Full Term (Vote for One) Merritt, Edward B. Dated this 28th day of March, 1928. EDWARDB.MERRITT CITY CLERK