anaheim-gazette 1929-02-14

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1870 HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY PUBLISHED FOR YEAR $2.00 Bureau of the Anheim, California Post Office as second-class matter SIX MONTHS 1.00 WE ARE GROWING When we stop for a moment to take a sort of national inventory we begin to see at once why our progress and prosperity and our purchasing ability are the wonder and admiration of the world. For instance: a report recently made public by the Department of Commerce at Washington shows that during the past ten years the American people have purchased radio sets to the number of more than thirteen million, iceless refrigerators to the extent of 1,250,000 over five million power washing machines and more than eight million vacuum cleaners. This taken in conjunction with the great number of automobiles bought for pleasure during the past decade gives some sort of a faint idea of what is going on in America. But not only have our comforts and conveniences as a people increased in the past generation. We have become more affluent in other ways. Since 1880 and up to and including the year 1927 our bank deposits increased more than twenty-three times. Enrollment in the public schools had increased nearly 300 per cent since 1880, while the enrollment in colleges and universities increased more than 600 per cent. Our manufacturing industries have increased greatly, too. Back in 1880 nearly half of our exports consisted of foodstuffs, while in 1927 the proportion was a little less sthan 19 per cent. Our exports of manufactured products increased at the same time But not only have our comforts and conveniences as a people increased in the past generation. We have become more affluent in other ways. Since 1880 and up to including the year 1927 our bank deposits increased more than twenty-three times. Enrollment in the public schools had increased nearly 300 per cent since 1880, while the enrollment in colleges and universities increased more than 600 per cent. Our manufacturing industries have increased greatly, too. Back in 1880 nearly half of our exports consisted of foodstuffs, while in 1927 the proportion was a little less than 19 per cent. Our exports of manufactured products increased at the same time from 15 per cent to 42 p7er cent of the whole. But it is to be remembered while the amount of food stuffs exported to the whole was less in 1927 its value was a great deal more. But at the same time our imports of foodstuffs and manufactured articles decreased in proportion while our imports of raw materials increased, this again indicating the development of our manufactures. But it osum up, and most important of all, is the fact that during the past fifty years our national wealth has increased sevenfold while our total population has been doubling. This gives a better idea of how our wealth has been increasing. That this increased wealth is not concentrated in a few hands is evidenced by the great purchases of radios, automobiles and other equipment for the home and for the pleasure and comfort of the individual, and again by the great increase in life insurance and savings accounts. As a matter of fact the average wage earner today has more comforts and conveniences than were possessed by the man of wealth fifty years ago. This is due in part to the fact that the total of comforts and conveniences have so increased during the past half century, and to the additional fact that our American system has enabled our wage earners to have high wages and steady employment so that they may purchase comforts which are regarded as luxuries in Europe and beyond the reach of working people. This very system of high wages and steady employment has so increased the demand for our goods, and consequently so increased production, that the cost of living has been lowered in many directions while wages were going up. Here is a condition whichever regarded as impossible to attain by European economists and it has proved time and again that America is on the right track. Old Man Poverty may not be entirely eliminated during the next generation, but he is in for a terrific lot of punishment. EUROPE. UNITED STATES AND SHIPS The United States, by approving the Kellogg treaties, has made its gesture of peace. Now it should make its gesture of safety. The same issues of newspapers of the world that announced the favorable action of the senate on the peace pacts gave the information that the French chamber of deputies passed the bill and voted the first year's credits permitting the ministry of marine to lay down the keels for one 10,000-ton cruiser, six torpedo boat destroyers, seven submarines and four auxiliary craft to be ready for service by 1983 at the latest. We are told that France took this step because of what other European countries are doing in the way of increasing their naval armaments. The "growing shadow" of Italy's fleet of light ships; the fact that Spain has built three 8,000-ton cruisers and is planning more powerful craft, and the added fact that Germany has under way a 10,000-ton cruiser, the first of six to be built, are considerations that prompted France's action. And this is but part of the French naval program. England and Japan are also building cruisers and other smaller naval craft on a large scale. It is because of the United States' We are told that France took this step because of what other European countries are doing in the way of increasing their naval armaments. The "growing shadow" of Italy's fleet of light ships; the fact that Spain has built three 8,000-ton cruisers and is planning more powerful craft, and the added fact that Germany has under wav a 10,000-ton cruiser, the first of six to be built, are considerations that prompted France's action. And this is but part of the French naval program. England and Japan are also building cruisers and other smaller naval craft on a large scale. It is because of the United States' inferiority when cruiser strength is considered that the cruiser bill now before congress was made imperative. Originally it provided for a great deal more construction than the fifteen ships designated in the measure in its present form. The number of ships and the amount of money to be expended were cut down to the very limit of absolutely necessary requirements. The American people know that other countries have been increasing their naval strength since the Washington naval disarmament conference in 1921, while the United States has made no such progress. They do not know what all this activity is leading to, but they will not be willingly placed in a position of danger because of it. They want the defenses of the United States placed on a safety basis. That explains why the cruiser bill is so overwhelmingly favored by the people of the country. We have now as a nation, told the world that we want peace and that we renounce war as an aggressive weapon. It remains for the country to follow up this declaration with an action that will be generally interpreted as notice that we stand ready to defend our interests and our rights. AMERICANS AND THEIR NAVY The Navy League of the United States finds by examining press clips received from the country over that the ratio for the cruiser bill is 7.8 to 1. Newspapers with a circulation of 5,169,000 support the navy bill and it is opposed by newspapers with a circulation of 665,000. The pacifist lobby of clerics, radicals, internationalists and anti-nationalists is concentrated in Washington. Its form letter writers respond the order of "write your congressman." The great mass of the people do not agitate themselves, they take it for granted that congress will keep the navy in condition. Americans want the navy maintained. They want ships built at they are needed. They wouldn't support a naval program which they thought was designed to frighten other nations and force them to attempt retaliation and drive them into hostile combinations to defend themselves. It is self-evident that Americans are both peaceable and prudent, and that all they require of their government in matters of national defense. The Next Day After February 12, 1809 By Albert T. Reid "They say that kid over at Tom Lincoln's is about the homeliest li! I cuss ye ever seen." Well, shucks, looks ain't ever'thing. That li'l codger may be president of the United States some day, for all we know." Albert T. Reid VICTORY FOR JUSTICE Keyes, Getzoff and Rosenberg have bee nfound guilty of conspiracy to defeat justice by giving and accepting bribes. The jury seemed to be in no doubt, and it required only a little time to reach a verdict. No technicality of the law has as yet intervened to prevent substantial justice. The crime for the commission of which these three stand convicted, is most despicable and dangerous. One who commits a murder has indeed taken the life of an individual a robber injures the financial condition of one person, or at most—of a few. In most crimes the injury is confined within narrow bounds so far as the numbers of victims are concerned. But when a man, placed by the votes of the people in a place of power and trust to stand between their peace and safety—and the whole criminal population preying on them, deliberately plans and conspires to ally himself with the criminals and to sell public justice, he is doing infinitely more harm than any one criminal in private life. Asa Keyes has been convicted of giving aid and comfort and a sense of security to all criminals in Los Angeles county. If he could be bought in one case, could he not be bought in other cases? A part of the great wall of the administration of Justice gave way, and the business, social, and political life of the community was in danger of being overwhelmed by the great flood of the powers that prey. Getzoff and Rosenberg were merely the emissaries of the negotiations. Guilty? Yet, but they were fighting for their liberty and have the excuse of self-preservation. Keyes has none of this. His was a purely nevil crime. For a few paltry dollars and convenience or luxuries he sells out those whousted him. He put into the scale a little better economic life for himself and balanced it with the confidence of the community, his own liberty, the respect of all men, the humiliation of his wife and daughters, and the sting of his own conscience. Is it worth it? Twenty-five years of public service battling against criminals, taught Asa Keyes that crime does not pay. Hundreds of times he has seen men caught in the meshes of their own wrong-doing. He has seen the white anguished faces of those they loved with tears streaming down, fighting to get free, and he has seen also these same wives, mothers and children begging the judge for mercy. He better than others, know of all the bitterness, remorse and suffering of those who loved the wrong doer, and he delicately chose that path. There can be no excuse for him. But above and beyond all this, what about the attitude of Keyes himself in his relation to right and wrong? What is his personal reaction? What were his moral anchors? Of course nothing was said about this in his trial. The court and jury were looking for the facts of the commission of the crime. They could not be concerned now with the forces which induce right moral action and those which tend to destroy the moral fiber of a man. In spite of all the present day forces which make men criminals there is no need to be pessimistic or hopeless. We believe that there never was a time when there was so much honesty and integrity displayed by men and women. The principles of right living laid down by the founder of the Christian religion still form the basis of action of the great majority. Men are still true to the trust reported in them, not in the main because of the fear of punishment but because it is right. Today right thinking men have pity for Keyes, sympathy for his wife and daughters, but most of all they have the satisfaction of honest action because it was the right thing to do. LINCOLN'S EXAMPLE Men and women all down through the ages have been encouraged when failure seemed to have them hemmed about by the example of some hero. Of men there is none the tean approach the place held by Abraham Lincoln. As February 12 approaches each year all real Americans pause to picture the great, silent man who rose to such heights. None of the great men of history was so lowly, so much of the real home building, ordinary, every day, so-called lower class as Lincoln. Many great men have come out of this class, but when success crowned their efforts they appeared to rise above the class from which they originated; not so with Lincoln. Not one of his admirers can think o f him as a cultured and successful man, yet he was. He was just "Honest Abe" in spite of all success, self education, culture and other attributes that tend to elevate a man above his ordinary fellowmen. It is this kinship felt by the great massoe that has made Lincoln an inspiration to hones for these years, and as time goes on the power of his inspiration grows stronger. Washington was a great man and inspired the world with his power and courage and just dealings, but it was Lincoln who proved to the world that great things could rise fro mthe soil and still retain the tang of the soil. In this day of culture and education when so much depends on surface appearance, Lincoln stands out like a beacon light to the less fortunate. "If Lincoln succeeded against such odds, surely I can," has spurred and is spurring on to greater effort which means success. Man is taught by example. The tiny tot in the kindergarten gets lasting impressions from observation. The impressions of the life of Lincoln are last ing. No one can forget the greatness, the solidness, the kindness, the humanness of Lincoln once he has studied the life of the great "Emancipator." A great English educator once said, "We have heard of your great Wash- ingtons, Ben Franklin, Daniel Websters, but we have been inspired by your Lincoln." Even in foreign lands Lincoln stands out alone. Down through history there has never been a man who stood out so alone in the minds of the people. There are others who accomplished great deeds, but somehow there never was but the one Lincoln. With the modern schools, the modern wonders of education, the advanages offered, the ever widening fields of endeavor, can any man or woman admit defeat with the example of Lincoln before them? HAWKEYES TO MEET From every part of the west the Iowa Association is calling the Hawkeyes to the mammoth annual Southern California picnic rally. It will be held the regular date, the fourth Saturday in February (the 23rd this year) and will go over one week if rainy. It will be held in Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, all day long with basket dinners at noon and preamble to follow. Mr. William Brown formerly of Des Moines president and will preside over an arrange- ment.Most are hundred thousand of old home state people there. Twenty-five years of public service battling against criminals, taught Asa Keyes that crime does not pay. Hundreds of times he has seen men caught in the meshes of their own wrong-doing. He has seen the white anguished faces of those they loved with tears streaming down, fighting to get free, and he has seen also these same wives. so lowly, so much of the real home building, ordinary, every day, so-called lower class as Lincoln. Many great men have come out of this class, but when success crowned their efforts they appeared to rise above the class from which they originated; not so with Lincoln. Not one of his admirers can think o thim as a cultured and successful man, yet he was. He was just "Honest Abe" in spite of all success, self education, culture and other attributes that tend to elevate a man above his ordinary fellowmen. THE DEAR WILL YOU MAIL THIS FOR ME? HERE'S A DIME POSTAGE STAMP AT THE STORE AND KEEP THE CHANGE. SURE AUNT EMMIE JES' A MINUTE 'TILL I GRAB MY COAT AN'HAT! CASH 10 POSTAGE PROFIT OF YOU HAD TO AN EXTRA TAP FOR THE TER? DID YOU THE SECOND TAP ON THE TER ALSO? YES—BUT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH ROOM ON TH' LETTER FOR IT— - SO I HAD TO PASTE IT ON TOP OF THE OTHER ONE!! Animal Cracker WHY DOES IT COST MORE TO GET A DIVORCE THAN TO GET MARRIED? IT WOR MOR THANKS TO: HELEN HENRY ALLINTOWN PENN! OBSERVATIONS THERE'S FARM RELIEF FOR YOU A husky young farm hand in the Middle West the other day, husked forty-four ears of corn a minute, picking up over twentysix bushels in eighty minutes. HEY, C. OF C., HERE'S A REAL BOOSTER! A mother and her 18-year-old daughter of this state, who have just returned from a tour of the world, were frequently mistaken for one another—that is, they look so much alike you cannot tell them apart. Said the mother: "It is the California sunshine that gives me that schoolgirl complexion." Here's looking at you! CHAW THAT MADE THE MARRIAGE CRACK Wives may powder their nose and rouge their ruby lips; but when the wife insists on chewing tobacco, that is too much—and for that reason a husband over in Chi. got a divorce. COMING TO THE END OF HIS ROPE If a fellow tries to "chest the gallows" by crumpling up his body, thereby trying to "break" the fall, and thus believing that perhaps his neck would not be broken, may give a condemned man a ray of hope, should he later be decimated "legally dead"—but yet alive. However, all this is no simmer that it leads a guy to think you could hang to the ceiling by an evelash, or maybe you would be saved by the skin of your teeth, but all that would be about as practical as a snowball in Yuma in summer, or a cat without claws in a well, or maybe likened to a hozo attempting to appease a champagne appetite with a near-beer salary. IN THE BACKLINE TRENCHES "Does Mr. John Doe live here?" asked a man, when a woman appeared at the front entrance in response to his ring of the doorbell. She was a fiery looking female, hair dishevelled, hot tempered, full of hate, and boiling over as she replied: "Yes; you will find him out in the woodshed." TUNE IN ON THIS—AND WEEP A report given out by a competent authority says that there are over seven million radio sets in the U. S. A. that are obsolete— that is, N. G., G. F., C. O. D., or what have you. IN THE BACKLINE TRENCHES "Does Mr. John Doe live here?" asked a man, when a woman appeared at the front entrance in response to his ring of the doorbell. She was a fiery looking female, hair dishevelled, hot tempered, full of hate, and boiling over as she replied: "Yes; you will find him out in the woodshed." TUNE IN ON THIS—AND WEEP A report given out by a competent authority says that there are over seven million radio sets in the U.S.A. that are obsolete—that is, N.G., G.F., C.O.D., or what have you. THEY OUGHT TO CHANGE BRANDS There awhile back a movietown couple after attending a resort party, left for home at 3 a.m., became bewildered, lost their way, asked a band of bandits where to go, the man was slugged, the woman was kidnapped, lost her jewels, then released, became hysterical; first page story—and then calmn settled over the community. GOING FIFTY-FIFTY A paper laments the fact that there are still a lot of lame ducks. But why all this fuss and feathers? Maybe the lame ducks are just as good (or perhaps better) than the spry sprigs. HANGING OVER THE ROPES There have been non-stop flights, endurance runs and filibusters. Now there are marathon monologists. The other day a guy used the titles of all the "pitchers"—and there are a lot of them—and weaved them into verses and then sang a song that lasted fourteen minutes. Old timers say that is the record. Those in the audience who relaxed sort of dozed, while others who were fatigued, threw up the sponges and were willing to call it a day, provided it never happened again. WIGS MIGHT HAVE STOPPED ALL THAT A wife has been given a divorce because she said whenever she gave a party her husband would get drunk and then go around and slap all the bald heads in the crowd, and when she remonstrated he slapped her in the face. The old man ought to get a job in a nursery. BOWLING 'EM OVER Tumble weeds and the flu are in the same class when they go up against a Santa Ana wind. By the way, those canyon zephyrs purify the air—they are a blessing in disguise. THEY COULD HOOK HIM ON A MISDEMEANOR FOR THAT A millionaire who was acquitted by a jury recently on a felony charge became so elated when he heard the verdict that he hugged one of the female jurors. GO UP HEAD OF CLASS After reading all the charges and counter-charges, the allegations, the denials, and whatnot that have appeared in a scrambled case up state—if anyone can tell what it is all about, he is entitled to the first Katootie. HEARING SOMETHING DROP It is said if you carry a pitcher to the well once too often it may get broken; but if the people do not fall for the talkies, there is liable to be a dull, sickening thud somewhere when finances take a tumble. GO UP HEAD OF CLASS After reading all the charges and counter-charges, the allegations, the denials, and what it that have appeared in a scrambled case up state—if anyone can tell what it is all about, he is entitled to the first Katootie. HEARING SOMETHING DROP It is said if you carry a pitcher to the well once too often it may get broken; but if the people do not fall for the talkies, there is liable to be a dull, sickening thud somewhere when finances take a tumble. IT WON'T BE LONG NOW The other day a husband told his wife that another woman was crazy about him—and that she said he was big and handsome. HEAR THE SLEIGH BELLS RINGING When you read of the salaries that some of the movie stars are said to receive, you are led to believe that there is a Santa Claus. THE CLINGING VINE A movie man wrote a letter to his wife telling her he was unfaithful and that there was "another one" hanging around. LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU A cowboy humorist was denied membership in an organization composed of men only because it is said that once when he attended one of their high jinks, he kept the audience in uproarious laughter by his wit and humor, thereby crowding other speakers off the mirth menu. Now this is what should have been done: The club should have initiated the new member, and if they were short on time they could have continued their meeting for two or three days—like a camp meeting, then all could get in their wise-cracks; besides that would offer a dandy alibi to hand to the wife. THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER A man and woman went into a clerk's office and posted a three day notice of intention to marry. Next day a feminine voice over the phone rang out, "Don't issue that license—investigate." WHILE THE WATER RUNS TO WASTE IN THE SEA Ben Bowlder—What is meant by Innocuous Desuetude? Dee Dam—That may be the beginning of the end; in other words, it may cease to function. But when it concerns a dam, if there are a bunch of leather-lunged filibusters in the first line trenches, the literary lullabys may cause it to slumber. "Little Boy Blue come blow your horn; The sheep are in the meadow and the cows are in the corn."