anaheim-gazette 1929-02-28

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1870 HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Proprietor. ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR.....$1.50 SIX MONTHS.....1.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. THE INTERNATIONALISTS Senator Capper has introduced in Congress a resolution binding the United States to cease trade relations with any nation violating the Kellogg treaty by becoming the aggressor in any war. The determination of which is the aggressor nation is to be left to the President. This is a questionable proposal from the standpoint of American peace. It is sometime difficult to determine which, in any armed conflict, is the aggressor. The determination of that question, and action taken under that decision, might be equivalent to a declaration of war against one of the combatant nations. It might easily involve the United States in European conflicts. There is no agreement today between the allies and the central powers as to which was the real aggressor in the World War. There certainly was no agreement among the people of the United States at the time that war broke out. A decision on that point would have caused no end of trouble in the United States; certainly it would have involved the United States in the World War almost immediately. Certainly a resolution of this kind on the part of Congress should involve a mutuality of obligation among all the powers signatory to the Kellogg agreement. Otherwise there might be a heavy trade loss, involving unemployment for millions in the United States, while nations not taking such action, or disagreeing with the United States on the question of which is the aggressor nation, might continue to transact business with both Certainly a resolution of this kind on the part of Congress should involve a mutuality of obligation among all the powers signatory to the Kellegg agreement. Otherwise there might be a heavy trade loss, involving unemployment for millions in the United States, while nations not tasting such action, or disagreeing with the United States on the question of which is the aggressor nation, might continue to transact business with both powers. The Capper resolution is described at home and abroad as "another step toward the League of Nations." Those who believe that the American people are demanding further steps toward the League of Nations sadly miscalculate public opinion in the United States. There is as much resistance as ever in the United States to the policy of making the peace of the United States depend upon the peace of Europe; as much opposition as ever to entangling the United States in the political complications of the Old World. This is so true that neither of the great political parties had a friendly word to say about the League of Nations or implication of the United States in European politics in the last campaign. But it seems that the people of the United States are not able to speak so decisively as to cure the delusion in Washington that the American people want to enter political partnership with Europe. FORGING AHEAD Production in the United States in the year 1928 broke all records, according to the annual report of the Secretary of Commerce, made public recently. Secretary Whiting declared that the country had entered the new year with broader stability and wider markets than ever before in its history. "The year 1928, on the whole," he said, "was the year of the greatest production and trade in American history, in spite of low activity in some branches of industry at its beginning. Fine and official returns reaching the Department of Commerce from leading trade and industries show that the year marked a continuance of the longest period of general business stability ever witnessed in the United States." Factory employment and payrolls, which had declined in 1927 showed a slow improvement in the early part of 1928, and rose rapidly in the second half of the year. These are some of the things for which the people of the United States have cause to be thankful. The conditions which we have enjoyed in an economic way during the past few years have been due to certain sound principles of government, principles which have come to be characterized the world over as the American idea. These principles are based on the theory that high wages with lower production costs through a larger output, spell progress and prosperity. The theory is directly contrary to the low wage theory of cheap production, which has always held sway in Europe but that the American theory will work is proved by the results. The big market has been protected by the American theory of tariff, which holds that the American wage earner should be protected from cheaper wages and cheaper standards of living in Europe. And our economic progress has been steady and orderly because we have devoted our attention as a government not in an attempt to mind the business of the world, and to settle other nation's problems through world diplomacy, but to attend strictly to our own business. It will be seen therefore, that our success has been based as much on the principle of fail- high wages with lower production costs through a larger output. spell progress and prosperity. The theory is directly contrary to the low wage theory of cheap production, which has always held sway in Europe but that the American theory will work is proved by the results. The big market has been protected by the American theory of tariff, which holds that the American wage earner should be protected from cheaper wages and cheaper standards of living in Europe. And our economic progress has been steady and orderly because we have devoted our attention as a government not in an attempt to mind the business of the world, and to settle other nation's problems through world diplomacy, but to attend strictly to our own business. It will be seen, therefore, that our success has been based as much on the principle of failure to make mistakes as to constructive methods. Working for America, protecting the American market and attending strictly to our own business seems to have been a pretty good program so far as our progress and prosperity are concerned. There seems no danger just now that the program will be changed during the next decade, unless the American people lose all sense of proportion, which they are not apt to do. UNITED STATES COLLECTING AGENCY Probably the greatest collecting agency in the world is the United States Bureau of Internal Revenue, with headquarters at Washington. Few people perhaps grasp the extent of the work carried on by this department of the government, or realize just how the work of collecting the federal taxes is done. The current issue of the National Republic contains an interesting article on the bureau by Peter Roman Sterling, in which Mr. Sterling sets out that all the department has to do is to collect something like $2,790,000,000 a year to keep Uncle Sam going. Mr. Sterling says in part: "All a Commissioner of Internal Revenue has to do nowadays is to collect about $2,790,000,000 a year. Time was when he collected $5,400,000,000. That was in 1920 when war taxes reached their peak. As a side line, the Bureau of Internal Revenue, of which the commissioner is the head, was charged with the enforcement of the national prohibition and Harrison narcotic acts. The bureau was relieved of the latter duties by the act of March 3, 1927 creating a Bureau of Prohibition. Today the duties of a commissioner are solely those of an administrator of the revenue laws. Even so, the job is no sine-cure. Commissioner David H. Blair spends ten hours a day on it. He arrives at eight in the morning and frequently the shades of night are falling when he leaves his desk. As evidence that his efforts are availing, there has been collected during the seven fiscal years of Blair's administration, the stupendous sum of $19,- 000,000,000, or approximately thirty-nine per cent of a total of $49,000,000,000 collected since the organization of the bureau in 1862—a period of sixty-six years." ANAHEIM GAZETTE The Latest in Bird Sanctuaries By Albert T. Reid THE DOVE COTE WE Albert T. Reid ARTISTER PEWARE OF TIPSTERS The craze for stock market speculation which has prevailed over the country during the prolonged bull market, has been recognized by the ever-alert sucker chasers as a great opportunity. The victim of the easy-money lust is regarded as "soft picking" for the authors of so-called "tipster" sheets, which purport to give "inside information" on exceptional stock market opportunities. The California corporation department serves notice that the promoters of these "tipster" sheets are entering this state for their operations and sounds a timely warning against their allurement. Assistant Commissioner Wolch says: "The customary practice of these publications is to continue themselves at first to discussing standard and well known listed stocks and bonds and to touting their so-called service. The purpose is to establish confidence in the minds of those who receive the service. Ultimately those who subscribe to the sheets will be urged by telephone, telegraph or even messenger to buy a certain stock which has been manipulated to a point far above its actual worth. The person who buys is not supposed to profit in the transaction. The profit goes to the tipster, who has unloaded the stock. "The department so far has investigated one such concern and the statements to one of our representatives by the head of this concern were so ridiculous that they would be regarded as foolish by any ordinary intelligence. This self-styled expert in market mysteries gave us inside knowledge information that may be found in the statistical service maintained by virtually all brokerage house and banks, and even news matter appearing in the daily papers to prove assertions of close contact with financial giants and their operations. The corporation department has this statistical service which anyone may study without cost. "This man who held himself out as a market specialist told of the proposed merger of two banks having a total surplus of $2,000,000,000 but could not recall the names of the institutions He also revived plans of a company to corner a huge California industry, which the records of this department showed to be impossible of accomplishment." Recent estimates received from the East by this department placed the number of persons receiving "tipster sheets" at 15,000,000 in the United States. These sheets were mailed out for the purpose of selling to the public for dollars pet stock which the 'tipster sheet' promoters bought for a few cents. Recently published stories of riches acquired through stock speculation have enlivened the inherent desire of many persons to make easy money. The 'tipster sheet' promoters are shrewd psychologists and are takin' advantage of this condition of the public mind." Anyone who stops to think must realize that if the tipster possessed market information of real value he would use it himself to his own enrichment—which never happens. The safe rule for those who are able to afford speculation is to deal with brokerage items of recognized integrity or follow the advice of their own bankers. Get-rich-quick schemes are notoriously failures, a sa general rule, and the stock game is no sport for amateurs. INTELLIGENCE COUNTS We have heard a great deal of late about the plight of the farmer. Undoubtedly the farmer has been going through some lean and hungry years. Economic conditions have been shifting rapidly since the post-war re-construction began, and in the unexpected change the farmer suffered more, or at least longer, than many of our other citizens. Today conditions have improved greatly for the farmer, but there is still room for further improvement. Of course, the time will never come when every farmer in the country will be successful. There has never been such a time in the past. Nor will we ever arrive at the blissful state when every manufacturer and every merchant will be successful. Allowance must be made in every case for individual initiative, intelligence and integrity. The farmer who does not work intelligently and diligently, using good judgment in his business, will fall, just as the merchant who lacks these qualities or does not make proper use of them will fail. Evidence to prove this assertion is at hand. Take a walk down an street of small stores and you can pick out the prosperous ones by the way in which the windows are arranged and the manner in which the goods on the shelves are displayed. Making allowance in addition to this for intelligence in buying, for honesty in methods and service to the public, and you immediately can arrive at the reason why one merchant may be prosperous and his next door neighbor hard up. The same applies in a degree to our farmers. Unless the soil is properly worked and the crops intelligently and industriously cared for, there can be no success, no matter how favorable the weather and the market may be. One can get some proofs of this fact by visiting any typical middle western farming country. Occasionally one will come across an abandoned farm, the windows broken out of the house and the yard grown up in weeds. The farmer could not make it pay. Immediately comes to mind the present unsatisfactory agricultural situation. But bery likely the adjoining farm will show an entirely different condition. The house and barn will be well kept, the livestock sleek and the crops in good condition. This proves clearly that something other than general agricultural conditions must be partly at fault. Oh, yes all the farms in the neighborhood would be in the same condition. It is plain therefore that the successor farmer has purchased his land at limited values and was unable to keep up with the best agricultural methods of the time. County Bulb Men Will Meet Friday Bulb diseases and their control will be the subject of Philip Brerley, pathologist of the United States Department of Agriculture, at a county-wide meeting of bulb growers next Friday evening. March 1, according to announcement from the farm advisor's office. The meeting will be held at the Highway Bulb Gardens, located between Santa Ana and Anaheim. Mr. Brerley is making a special survey of bulb diseases on the Pacific Coast for the United States Department of Agriculture. J. Lee Hewitt, county bulb inspector and Farm Advisor H. E. Wahlberg, are assisting the specialist in his local survey. The trend of the times rather than lack of parental influence is the cause assigned by Rae for the downfall of most of the girls with whom the officials of the army have come in contact. Too much luxury is a contributing cause, as well as not enough necessities. Rao declared. which anyone may study without cost. "This man who held himself out as a market specialist told of the proposed inerger of two banks having a total surplus of $2,000,000,000 but could not recall the names of the institutions He also recalled plans of a company to corner a huge California industry, which the records of this department showed to be impossible of accomplishment. "Recent estimates received from the East by this department placed the number of persons receiving tipster intelligently and diligently, using good judgment in his business, will fall, just as the merchant who lacks those qualities or does not make proper use of them will fail. Evidence to prove this assertion is at hand. Take a walk down an ystreet of small stores and you can pick out the prosperous ones by the way in which the windows are arranged and the manner in which the goods on the shelves are displayed. Making allowance in addition to this for intelligence in buying, for honesty in methods and service to the public, and you EM, GO IN AND CERTAIN MOLLY'S FRIEND WHILE HE'S IN' FER HER TO DRESS MR. DODO I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE KEEPIN' PRETTY STEADY COMPANY WITH MY DAUGHTER--WELL, MOLLY'S A NICE GAL-- YES SIR, AMIGHT NICE GAL--AND I LIEVE ME TH' YO MAN WHO MARRIED HER WILL GET A PRIZE. OH! MAY I SEE IT PLEASE!!? FOLKS, HAVE YOU MISSED FREDDIE FUMBLE THIS WEEK? HE WENT OUT TO GET HIS NAILS MANICURED AND DIDN'T GET BACK IN TIME TO APPEAR IN THIS STRIP. SEE THE JUVENILE STAR HERE NEXT WEEK IN AN ALL-TALKING PICTURE. ADMISSION: 2¢ LINE FORMS AT THE RIGHT--PEANUTS FIVE A BAG! Animal Crackers HAVE YOU SEEN TH' NEW DOLLAR NOTES WITH LINDBERGH ON? THAT'S STRANGI HE MUSTA HOPP OFF!! OBSERVATIONS PAIR OF WALL FLOWERS And they say the honeymoon is over when the husband takes the wife to a Saturday night dance and she "sits out" the evening talking to one of her boy friends. LOOKING BACKWARD One of the thrills in the amusement line is to meet the star "in person." After seeing the lady for lo these many moons on the screen, you are led to believe that she resembles a grandmother, but when you meet her face to face you are agreeably disillusioned because she looks like the grand-daughter. THIS MAY BE CALLED A DEER EXPERIMENT A keep ef of a park where a doe and a buck with their fawn were kept, went into the paddock the other day and began to fondle and caress the fawn. The buck lowered his head and charged. The keeper was struck amidships and collapsed. The buck renewed the attack and the man, believing he would be killed, drew his pistol and slew the deer; and the deer season is closed. Figure it out yourself. CUTTING DOWN HIGH COST OF LIVING A woman whose husband is a lawyer, said: "My husband would rather read law books than eat." THE SINKERS Over in Nebraska there is a man who recently won the hot cake and sausage championship of the wide world. He is credited with putting 25 non-skid pads and 14 hot dogs under the belt in one sitting. CHIMERA COLLATERAL CHASING A man in a hilltown is suing a woman for breach of promise, setting the heart balm at quite a considerable figure. The woman is said to be wealthy, wise and willing to change her mind; and what do you think he would do about it if she was broke? PLEASE WIRE, COLLECT A piece in the paper says a certain movie actor's salary is $4,000 per week. A number of local drugstore cowboys are CHIMERA COLLATERAL CHASING A man in a hilltown is suing a woman for breach of promise, setting the heart balm at quite a considerable figure. The woman is said to be wealthy, wise and willing to change her mind; and what do you think he would do about it if she was broke? PLEASE WIRE, COLLECT A piece in the paper says a certain movie actor's salary is $4,000 per week. A number of local drugstore cowboys are greatly agitated over the report and are anxious to know, for sure, whether it is just conversational money, or the real honest-to-goodness long green mazuma. THAT'S A PERMISSABLE ALIBI—CROSS EXAMINE A police blotter in another town the other day contained this entry: Jack So-and-So, charged with possession. (The home-town paper explained in a foot note that it was not the movie actor.) PLUGGED A GREEN MELON Jim Solon—From a static viewpoint, what is an amendment? Bill Powers—In common parlance, that relates (when you desire to make a purchase) to something just as good as the article you want—but sometimes is not. In other words, the merchant tells you he is out of that particular brand—but recommends something he has in stock that really is better than the thing desired. But when it comes to bargains in legislative halls, an amendment opens the floodgates of oratory, and when all the debaters try to cross the gate and kiss the bride the lady resembles the remnants in a bargain sale when the fun is all over. At times an amendment offers an inviting avenue to talk the subject to death; thereby giving the private interests a neck-hold on the situation, and the object devoutly to be wished remains in the discard of unfinished business. ONE DARN THING AFTER ANOTHER With all of the troubles piled up on Los Angeles, along came a slicker who borrowed $1,500 from one of the citizens and for security gave the man a first mortgage on the city hall. BURNING THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS Gum Shoe Gus—What's the meaning of letting a man go hence on his own recognizance? Detective House—That is equivalent to nine points of the law; and when a man has his freedom it creates a complex should he annex the other point. WON'T HOLLER DOWN HIS RAIN BARREL Tayle Orr—What is your deduction of a case when a man refuses a "lucrative" position? Jule Yann—Sometimes it so happens learned gentleman is offered and accepts a job, in recognition of his ability, believing the salary will be more than that he already receives. But should it come to pass that the pay envelope cannot be thus enlarged, the generous offer is rejected, inasmuch as a fellow who did not live in a glass house, unfolded a lot of chatter which heaved a monkey wrench into the cog wheels, causing an impairment of the subject's health. PATTER, PATTER, LET IT POUR There is one thing about those weather prophets that stands out prominently, and that is some of them miss it more than the Jule Yann—Sometimes it so happens learned gentleman is offered and accepts a job, in recognition of his ability, believing the salary will be more than that he already receives. But should it come to pass that the pay envelope cannot be thus enlarged, the generous offer is rejected, inasmuch as a fellow who did not live in a glass house, unfolded a lot of chatter which heaved a monkey wrench into the cog wheels, causing an impairment of the subject's health. PATTER, PATTER, LET IT POUR There is one thing about those weather prophets that stands out prominently, and that is some of them miss it more than the others. GENTLE REMINDERS A man is preparing a resolution of intention, the object being to add a thirteenth month to the calendar. Now listen, mister, the bookkeepers have enough trouble mailing 'em out twelve times a year. SAFE BET THE OLD LADY IS ON THE WARPATH Yon Yonson—I dank I take a bottle of kangaroo viskey. Beaming Bootician—I haven't got that brand; I can let you have some Black Crow. Yon—I don't want to aviate—I yust vant to yump around. OPEN SEASON FOR BILLS A representative introduced a bill which would place higher duties on crude felspar, corn, alfalfa seed and eggs. Another member wants to raise the duty on hides and onions. One solon desires to have a bill passed to fix the liability of owners and masters of sea-going vessels in case of loss of cargoes, while another wants a bill drafted to eliminate lame duck sessions—and others too numerous to mentidon. TUBERS TUMBLE Now that film stars have gone in for that slim figure, potatoes are a drug on the market up in the Northwest. It is said spuds cause waves of poundage, and the wimmin are seeking relief. TAKING CANDY FROM THE BABY Free Lance—What is a citation? Sob Sister—When hooked up to that alimony thing it is an eye-opener, and likewise when a motor vehicle act violator annexes one of the slips he is in hard luck if he does not obey the summons; but when he sends the wife to plead for him and, if she is emotional, the J. P., it is said, also reaches for his handkerchief sometimes, especially when the lady says she does not believe there's a Santa Claus.