anaheim-gazette 1928-07-05

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1876 HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ..... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ..... 1.95 THREE MONTHS ..... 1.75 Entered at the Anaheim, California, Post Office as second class matter. NO PATERNALISM WANTED In a recent public address President Coolidge said: "The very essence of business is the expectation of profit on the part of those who conduct it. When business is in private hands it is expected to be run for the benefit of the owners. When the government steps in, the purchasers, users and beneficiaries of what the government undertakes to supply, insist that the concern should be conducted for their benefit. It does not eliminate selfishness; it simply transfers it in part from the seller to the purchaser. "Under these conditions it ceases to be a real business, becomes lacking in enterprise and initiative, and does not have any motive to provide improved service. "If it is desirable to protect the people in their freedom and independence, if it is desirable to avoid the blighting effects of monopoly, supported by the money of the taxpayer, if it is desirable to prevent the existence of a privileged class, if it is desirable to shield public officials from the influence of propaganda and the acute pressure of intrenched selfishness, if it is desirable to keep the government unconcumbered and clean, with an eye single to the public service, we shall leave the conduct of our private business with the individual, where it belongs, and not undertake to unload it on to the government." Few people will be found aside from the communists and those who believe that we are all wards of the government, who will disagree with the above very sensible statement. The Ameri- "If it is desirable to protect the people in their freedom and independence, if it is desirable to avoid the blighting effects of monopoly, supported by the money of the taxpayer, if it is desirable to prevent the existence of a privileged class, if it is desirable to shield public officials from the influence of propaganda and the acute pressure of intrenched selfishness, if it is desirable to keep the government unconcumbered and clean, with an eye single to the public service, we shall leave the conduct of our private business with the individual, where it belongs, and not undertake to unload it on to the government." Few people will be found aside from the communists and those who believe that we are all wards of the government, who will disagree with the above very sensible statement. The American people have progressed more rapidly during the more than a century and a quarter of their constitutional government than any other people have progressed in a similar period of time. And one of the reasons and perhaps the principal one is that their constitutional government has permitted, within reasonable limits, the fullest opportunity for the expression and development of the individual. During this century and a quarter we have pushed civilization from the Atlantic to the Pacific, bound the country together with bands of steel and now with great broad highways. We have cleared the wilderness and drained the swamps until productive farms and flourishings cities have taken the place of waste and wilderness. And it is to be remembered that this has been done principally through individual enterprise, by pioneer spirit, the pride of individual achievement and the hope of individual reward for a work well done. It has only been of recent years that the spirit of paternalism has been abroad in the land. There are now a great many well-meaning people who think that the government should finish what the people themselves have so well begun and so nearly perfected. They seem to feel that we have lost our ability as a nation of individuals and that the government at Washington and the various state capitals should step in and through a multiplicity of boards and commissions not only control the industries of the country but regulate the conduct and individual welfare of the citizen from the cradle to the grave. Sane regulation, to protect the epeople from those who would take an unfair advantage is of course proper and necessary. But any regulation which goes beyond this smacks of paternalism and will change us from a nation of enterprising individuals to a collection of governmental wards without the spirit or enterprise to think and act for ourselves. Government ownership of our great industries and utilities is the first step toward this paternalism and the President does well to issue a word of warning against taking this step. SOME FARMER? A farm mortgage concern tells a newspaper representative that he has a rather unusual individual loan record. "On May 1, 1925," the loan man writes, "we made through our local agent, the banker, a loan of $17,000 on 200 acres of land in Sac County, Iowa, all of which is not at all unusual. On May 1, 1926, the unusual part of this program began. On that date he paid the interest and $3000 on the principal. On May 1, 1927, he paid the interest and $4500 on the principal. On April 24 this year he paid interest and $3000 more on the principal." By way of information on the subject the local banker through which this man negotiated his loan and through whom he remits to the mortgage banker explains: "This man farms 200 acres, and has made this money off the land with the aid of a good herd of Guernseys, and selling any- that he has a rather unusual individual loan record. "On May 1, 1925," the loan man writes, "we made through our local agent, the banker, a loan of $17,000 on 200 acres of land in Sac County, Iowa, all of which is not at all unusual. On May 1, 1926, the unusual part of this program began. On that date he paid the interest and $3000 on the principal. On May 1, 1927, he paid the interest and $4500 on the principal. On April 24 this year he paid interest and $3000 more on the principal." By way of information on the subject the local banker through which this man negotiated his loan and through whom he remits to the mortgage banker explains: "This man farms 200 acres, and has made this money off the land with the aid of a good herd of Guernseys, and selling anything he had where there was a chance of making some money. "It is remarkable how much money one farmer can make and pay off while his neighbor with land of the same quality and other things equal has a hard time paying his interest. This man will perhaps not make so substantial a payment next year as he has had to buy a new car and a new truck this month, but with fair prices I look for him to pay off $2500 to $3000 next year at that. "He is not interested in our new amortized loans, for he amortizes according to his own scale." It is reasonable to assume that this man is not worrying much about the success or failure of the McNary-Haugen measure. A complicated system of amortizing a loan didn't interest him as he was doing his own amortizing. In like manner he would not be interested in a complicated system of handling crop surpluses for he apparently plans to avoid troubles on this line by detour. FREEDOM OF THE SEAS What is really in the minds of people in the United States, and what ought to be in the minds of people in the British commonwealth, too, is the question whether in future any naval power, either Great Britain or the United States or Japan, is to be allowed, in waging its own "private" wars, to interrupt the trade of the rest of the world, as it is entitled to do under international law as it exists today. So long a "private" war is not outlawed, and naval powers claim the right to interfere with neutral trade under international law, then naval competition is inevitable. If, on the other hand, the naval powers are willing to consider developing a system of international treaties which would limit their own right to declare a blocade to occasions justified by international authority of some kind, then not only would a large reduction of naval expenditure all round seem to be in sight, but a new and vital element would be brought into the problem of world peace. Democratic Convention Highlights By Albert T Reid THOSE CRUISERS Press reports from London state that modern Japanese destroyer far outclass the fastest and most powerful American warships of this class. It is true. The Navy Department admits the main line of steam railroads in the United States. China, with an era one-third greater, excluding Alaska and outlying areas, has less than 7000 miles of steam road. WOMEN AID TO HOOVER The women of the country, in many cases ignoring their political affiliations, have had a large hand in the advancement of Herbert Hoover to the Presidential candidacy stage. Their influence has been felt in all parts of the THOSE CRUISERS Press reports from London state that modern Japanese destroyers far outclass the fastest and most powerful American warships of this class. It is true. The Navy Department admits behind all the Washington treaty—where this government got shamefully buncoed—powers in the construction of the super-destroyer, the latest and most potent war development, while every other nation has several of these fast and powerful, heavy "light cruisers." The United States does not have a single ship, with none either building or appropriated for. The pacifists have been active—and successful—in their inert opposition to the building of such ships. Efforts to persuade Congress to include nine destroyers leaders in the naval construction bill was defeated. So we face the world in this respect outweighed, outgunned, outmanned. Japan has twenty-four super-destroyers, built and building; Great Britain has seventeen built and one building; France has seven built, three building and nine appropriated for, while Italy has twenty built and building. The United States has twelve destroyers authorized under the 1916 naval expansion bill, but funds for construction have never been appropriated. We are not building them. These vessels are necessary in order to direct the movements of the destroyer squadron, obtain accurate information of the distance, course and speed of the enemy and transmit this information accurately and expeditiously. They must be speedier and larger than the ordinary destroyer, must have better sea-keeping qualities and a steadier observation platform. We should have them, but we have not. So the Secretary of the Navy laments. The nation should lament with him. AMERICAN RAILROADS If we had to use manpower to carry the freight transported by the railroad, it would require 1,200,000,000 men each carrying a load of 100 pounds an average of 15 miles per day, every day in the year. Dr. Henry Mace Payne in his book, "Natural Resources and National Problems." "This is approximately equivalent to the total population of the world, of which only about 40 per cent. including women, are capable of becoming burden bearers." There are more than 250,000 miles of main line of steam railroads in the United States. China, with an era one-third greater, excluding Alaska and outlying areas, has less than 7000 miles of steam road. "A vast amount of capital has been invested in the railroad system of the United States. That investment today exceeds 21 billion dollars. "American railroads, comprising 35 per cent of the world's mileage, haul 60 per cent of the world's business; and our steam railroads have become important purchasers and great consumers of coal, steel, lumber and oil, produced in this country. "The railroads contribute large sums in taxes in town, county, city, state and federal governments. This contribution amounts to about one billion dollars every day in the year, or over 444,000 per minute. Annual taxes on steam railroads are greater by many millions than total amount of dividends paid by these same roads." Railroads are the backbone of our national industrial system, and they should be allowed sufficient earnings to make their securities attractive, and enable them to maintain the spendid type of efficient service to which the public has become accustomed. THE SLUMP IN STOCKS The slump in the stock market has long overdue. Bankers and brokers have been warning the investors and the speculators; but they took no heed. Storm signals were displayed, but no one paid attention. Then came the break, with the result that fortunes were wiped out as quickly as they had been built up. As is usually the case, the investing and speculating public were found holding the bag when the crash of prices came. It must be said the decline came in an orderly fashion. Our financial structure, fortunately, rests upon such solid foundations that no longer can the whole bottom fall out of the stock market as was the custom twenty years ago. It is very certain that under the former system the country would have been subjected to a financial panic with the consequent dislocation and demobilization of all industry. As it was, only the speculators were hard hit in the recent slump. The market today is on a more solid foundation. Stocks are being sold at prices more commensurate with their real values. As time passes, this slump will be forgotten, and the market will run through the same cycle. A new crop of wild speculators will try once more, thinking to succeed where everybody before them has failed. WOMEN AID TO HOOVER The women of the country, in many cases ignoring their political affiliations, have had a large hand in the advancement of Herbert Hoover to the Presidential candidacy stage. Their influence has been felt in all parts of the country. They have contributed more than their share of sincerity and enthusiasm to the cause, and there is no denying that many practical-minded men have counted on the confidence of the women in Mr. Hoover as a strong asset in the campaign to come. It was in appreciation of this situation that in the Republican platform, the plank relating to women, was particularly interesting this year—not only because of the pledge of equality, but because of its expression of the hope that women will enter more freely, more fully, into partnership in the activities and direction of the campaign. Happily; there are signs in plenty that this year the enthusiasm of the women citizens will be evidenced by an extraordinary increase in the total vote of the electorate. The women of the country rallied strongly behind Coolidge in the 24 campaign. They made their interests known at the ballot box, but the congressional and by-elections since that time have disclosed a waning interest which has been a matter of worry. The Hoover candidacy, apparently, will serve to again bring them forward, which will be to the advantage of the country as a whole. SOVIETS CHANGE TUNE One of significant developments of the Russian situation during recent months is seen in the gradual recognition by the Moscow government of the necessity for restoring, partially at least, private property rights. So, reluctantly, but none less steadily, the Soviet government has opened to private capital and initiative certain avenues of activity. The latest development along this line has been in connection with the housing situation, which has become acute. As a Moscow dispatch to the Christian Science Monitor discloses: "The need for new houses is so vital that the Soviet government recently decided to throw open the doors to private capital in this field. By a recent decree I practically restores the right of property in new houses which are built by private persons." Yet, in spite of the gradual breaking down of Communist system in Russia, we find in the United States certain groups who would commit this country to a similar experiment. On May each carrying a load of 100 pounds an average of 15 miles per day, every day in the year, Dr. Henry Mace Payne in his book, "Natural Resources and National Problems." "This is approximately equivalent to the total population of the world, of which only about 40 per cent. Including women, are capable of becoming burden bearers." "There are more than 250,000 miles of the recent slump. The market today is on a more solid foundation. Stocks are being sold at prices more commensurate with their real values. As time passes, this slump will be forgotten, and the market will run through the same cycle. A new crop of wild speculators will try once more, thinking to succeed where everybody before them has failed. THANK HEAVENS WEVE GOT EMUEL TO DENTIST AT LAST! YES! I HOPE HE DOESN'T JUMP OUT TH WINDER! YOU SAY THIS TOOTH HAS NEVER BEEN WORKED ON BEFORE? N-N-N -NOPE! WELL HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR THESE GOLD FLAKES ON MY DRILL! YOU MUSTA DRILLED CLEAN THROUGH TO MY BACK COLLAR BUTTON, BE JABBERS! OBSERVATIONS SAVING THE AMMUNITION The other night, up state, a constable shot and killed a man when he failed to halt his flivver after the officer had signalled him to stop. The constable said the victim was a bootlegger. Now, everybody up there, who are not bootleggers, should play safe by having their names and occupations painted on their cars in great big letters, so the constable will know them when he's raring to go. PULLING DOWN FOR RENT SIGNS All the trans-continental railway companies are busy carrying eastern summer tourists to this famous Southland. It is said thousands of people from every state in the Union are coming to Southern California to enjoy the matchless climate. IT'S ONLY FOUR HOURS TO TIA JUANA A new fad is to take a cocoanut, bore a hole in the top, and put in a teaspoonful of brown sugar, and then cork up the hole; of course, keeping the milk inside, too. After a while you have a palatable potion. But people are cautioned not to put in too much sugar—as it may take on a considerable alcoholic content. REMOVE RED SPIDER AND REJOICE Some Orange growers can learn something every day. Now, it is given out on the best of authority that if a grower uses a sulphur spray on his trees during February, March and April, he will kill the red spider, which is a real menace. Then, of course, he will have a good crop of oranges. The spider must be destroyed! Then the mealybug can be washed off with water and the tree is in good shape. People who have good crops of oranges this year are users of the sulphur spray. In fact surphur in any form is good. Some growers estimate the crop this year at about 8 per cent, while others believe it will be 40 per cent, as a whole; while some growers have very little fruit at all. Just what has caused the short crop this year is a puzzler. Some believe it is on account of the three or four hot days last June which burned the buds. Some growers say that perhaps the unusually heavy crop last year is the cause of the light crop this season. The tree maybe needs a rest. MUST HAVE A LOT OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS A young woman, alleged to have been married about four months, drove to a depot to greet her husband who was inbound from a two-weeks' trip on the southbound. Imagine her surprise, as hubby stepped from the train, when she saw half a dozen other girls there to meet him. WALKED OUT ON 'EM Officers in a town up state raided what is called an "Exclusive" club and besides several gallons of gin, the cops found a "little red book," which is said to contain the names and telephone numbers of several hundred prominent citizens who were listed as asserted customers. "Hello! Hello!! Can't you get the number?" "They don't answer." SHOWING HIM THE WAY TO GO HOME "His friends ought to hire a lawyer and get him out on a writ of corpus crismus." "What's that; you mean, habeas corpus, don't you?" "Yes, that's it—habeas corpus. There is no use for him to stay in jail." ARGUING IN A CIRCLE A screen actor, who for some reason or another, was charged with alienating the affections of another man's wife, went into court the other day and made "sweeping" denial. But the husband's witnesses, said "he's the man." And so went the see-saw. IT WON'T BE LONG NOW A chief of police of an upper valley town was arrested the other day and locked up charged with being intoxicated. PIGS IS PIGS Back in a town in the Middle West a sheriff is being sued by an irate farmer for the loss of five fat porkers. It seems the officer raided the farmer's ranch, and finding a still confiscated a lot of liquor and dumped it where the farmer's hogs drank it. It is said the pigs took on the D. T.'s and died. As pigs are rated at eleven cents per on the hoof the farmer has gone to law about it. EASTBOUND TRADE INCREASING A well-known railway official from the East, who has just made a survey of California's products, says two thousand new refrigerator cars that are nearing completion for us in moving the California perishable fruit and vegetable crop. It is enough to make a train some fourteen miles long he says. But they are only a drop in the bucket on what is needed to move the crop of citrus fruits, melons, vegetables, tree fruits and grapes expected this year. The 40,000 refrigerators of the Pacific Fruit Express, approximately 30 per cent of all the refrigerator cars in the United States, shuttling back and forth between California and the eastern markets, will all be needed to move the crops. Consumption of California perishables is increasing rapidly. A well-known railway official from the East, who has just made a survey of California's products, says two thousand new refrigerator cars that are nearing completion for us in moving the California perishable fruit and vegetable crop. It is enough to make a train some fourteen miles long he says. But they are only a drop in the bucket on what is needed to move the crop of citrus fruits, melons, vegetables, tree fruits and grapes expected this year. The 40,000 refrigerators of the Pacific Fruit Express, approximately 30 per cent of all the refrigerator cars in the United States, shuttling back and forth between California and the eastern markets, will all be needed to move the crops. Consumption of California perishables is increasing rapidly. This is due to several causes, an important one of which, of course, is a growing appreciation of the product. Great national advertising campaigns have helped tremendously. The use of the whole product, in a by-product form, has assisted materially. And the successful efforts which are being made by the carrier lines to get the crops to markets quickly, tastily packed, and in splendid condition, have aided much in consumption. Prices on citrus fruits this year are generally higher than they were last year, especially on oranges. The lemon price tendency is upward. The campaigns to popularize the use of fruit juices in diets have increased consumption greatly. There are some 80,000 acres of cantaloupes this year in Imperial Valley. This is about 7000 acres less than last year, but the resultant crop probably will be as great as last year. This has been brought about by more intensive cultivation. The cantaloupe prices are declared to be firm. Northern and Central California tree fruits and grapes also are reported to be in a healthy condition. GOT AN EYEFUL A woman was sent to prison the other day for robbery, when the victim testified that while he could not recall the lady's face, he was positive she was the culprit when he saw her legs. PROMPT AND EFFICIENT SERVICE A constable in one of the hick villages had received some papers to serve upon a defendant and among them was a duces tecum subpoena. Being somewhat puzzled he asked the janitor what was meant by duces tecum. "Ah, begorrah," said Pat, "that's Latin—it means 'takum'—take him. In other words—if the man you go after resists, why bring him in dead or alive." So the officer went out and his man not knowing either what it was all about, refused to listen. The officer then knocked him in the head, piled him in the back of his flivver and brought the man in.