anaheim-gazette 1929-09-05

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1870 HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Priprietor. ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPT PER YEAR.....$1.50 SIX MONTHS.....1.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California, Postoffice as second-class matter. LABOR HAS PROBLEMS Not all of America's labor problems have been solved in spite of our mechanical progress and our prosperity, and new questions are constantly arising, according to James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor. In touching on some of these problems a few days ago, Mr. Davis said: "But we have problems remaining with us in industry—problems that it will take the united intelligence of the country to solve. This great machinery of production we have put together turns out a volume of goods that it may tax us to consume. We have so improved our mechanical means of manufacture that machines continue to take the places of the workers faster than new industries can be developed to absorb them. Our first duty is to see that every citizen who desires employment is provided with it. We cannot permit the growth of unemployment through too rapid improvements in mechanical means. We must learn to create new public wants and then new industries to supply them. The needs and desires of our one hundred twenty millions of people must be sufficient to absorb the products we turn out. A nation that has the ingenuity to create these fast productive machines has the ingenuity to correct its national faults through the development of new wants and desires. But it is going to take the united intelligence of the country to keep us advancing, and I look to labor as well as to management to contribute toward that intelligence." "No matter how beneficial the machine may be increasing efficient production and lessening arduous hand labor, it is daily apparent that the temporary displacement of the workers whom machines supplant is a tremendous contributing factor to unemployment. Even a day of idleness takes away from the worker's buying power, and when days of idleness are spread over periods of weeks or months, affecting large groups of workers in many localities, not only the workers are injured by the temporary dis- the ingenuity to create these fast productive machines has the ingenuity to correct its national faults through the development of new wants and desires. But it is going to take the united intelligence of the country to keep us advancing, and I look to labor as well as to management to contribute toward that intelligence. "No matter how beneficial the machine may be increasing efficient production and lessening arduous hand labor, it is daily apparent that the temporary displacement of the workers whom machines supplant is a tremendous contributing factor to unemployment. Even a day of idleness takes away from the worker's buying power, and when days of idleness are spread over periods of weeks or months, affecting large groups of workers in many localities, not only the workers are injured by the temporary displacement, but business and industry suffer a commensurate loss, which is frequently brought to light by overdeveloped markets and a diminished number of purchasers. "The idea of new vocations for workers and new markets for their labor, even in the face of machine displacements, is nowhere better illustrated than in the automobile industry, the tremendous growth of which, because of ever increasing public wants, has caused that industry to absorb thousands and thousands of workers who would otherwise have suffered long periods of unemployment, and the more this industry develops the more it will indirectly require men to make, shape and perfect not only its principal parts, but its accessories and adjuncts. On the other hand, however, in the steel industry, for example, machine processes are causing marked displacements of men, many of whom are not easily adaptable to certain types of work, and therefore face difficulty in adjusting themselves to the jobs which are available. The transportation and other industries may also be cited as becoming more and more able, because of machines, to dispense with hand workers who, in turn, become a charge upon our public duty for economic protection in the form of a new job and a continuing pay envelope which will permit of purchasing both necessities and luxuries. "The all-important truth, however, over which we Americans may well be proud, is found in the fact that our general standard of living is now the highest in the whole world. Civilization has so made it in this country a part of our national development that every honest American has the urge to live under the best standards any people have ever known." THE HIGH PRICE OF PESSIMISM The American government has wisely spent a good deal of money exterminating the boll weevil, the Hessian fly, the Mediterranean fruit fly and similar pests. But the government is unable to do anything about a pest which has cost the American people many fold as much as all these vermin combined. That is the calamity howler who is continually talking down American values: American institutions and American prospects. There is plenty of room in any government of public opinion for reasoned criticism. Ninety per cent of the criticism which emanates from demagogues, doctrinaires and pseudo-improvers in general is, however, destructive in character and proceeds from no honest desire to effect social, political or individual betterment. Politicians in search of votes, newspapers hot after circulation, professors and preachers with the itch for notoriety, authors eager to produce best-sellers, affect the pose of reform in many instances only in order that they may foist their wares on the public they harm with their continual knocking. The doctrine "Everything that is, is wrong" is just as senseless as the dogma "Everything that is, is right." People with schemes for economic, social and political change seem to feel in most instances that it is first up to them to demonstrate that there opinion for reasoned criticism. Ninety per cent of the criticism which emanates from demagogues, doctrinaires and pseudo-improvers in general is, however, destructive in character and proceeds from no honest desire to effect social, political or individual betterment. Politicians in search of votes, newspapers hot after circulation, professors and preachers with the itch for notoriety, authors eager to produce best-sellers, affect the pose of reform in many instances only in order that they may foist their wares on the public they harm with their continual knocking. The doctrine "Everything that is, is wrong" is just as senseless as the dogma "Everything that is, is right." People with schemes for economic, social and political change seem to feel in most instances that it is first up to them to demonstrate that there is no value in existing institutions and systems, and that the American masses are being swindled and exploited without stint while an indifferent, stupid or wicked government stands by indifferent to the sufferings of the downtrodden proletariat. The American farmer is the principal victim of this type of critic. Because American agriculture was not in as prosperous a state as industry in general, following the deflation after the World War, self appointed apostles of the farmer, most of them ambitious politicians out to boost themselves, deliberately cried down the farming business until the biggest loss sustained by the farmer was not in current operations, but in the destruction of land values and consequent loss of credit. How could it be expected that farm lands would not sink in value when several hundred thousand supposed friends of the farmer in the United States were insisting that farming was a no-account, unprofitable, bankrupt and hopeless business? The loss to the farmers of the United States through this sort of advertising runs into the billions of dollars, and has resulted in thousands of farm foreclosures because of the decline of underlying farm values through this persistent "bear" pressure. The fact that industrial securities in the United States have reached high price levels seems to worry many politicians and economists. It does not take much research to discover that at the bottom of this is unprecedented prosperity based upon increased volume of production and consumption in the United States. The record of American growth in wealth during the past few years is an amazing story. It could not be possible except for the fact that we have a more generally diffused prosperity than any other country in the world, which gives to the American masses both a producing and a consuming power beyond the dreams of any other period of the world's history. ANAHEIM GAZETTE A Job For The Exterminator By Albert T. Reid FILL IT UP! - WE'RE OVERRUN CONGRESS IMMIGRATION LAWS FOR UNDESIRABLE ALIENS MORE AND QUICKER DEPORTATION ALBERT T. REID PROSPECT IN PHILIPPINES The address of Mr. Dwight F. Davis upon his inauguration as governor general of the Philippine Islands carries the welcome assurance that the policies initiated by his predecessor will turn COMMUNISM'S LONG ARM It is a significant fact that certain important metropolitan newspapers, newspaper chains and newspaper syndicates in the United States have turned ORANGES ON TREES To see oranges growing on trees after never seeing them in the east except on a fruiterer's stand, was the pleasant experience of a well known woman col- PROSPECT IN PHILIPPINES The address of Mr. Dwight F. Davis upon his inauguration as governor general of the Philippine Islands carries the welcome assurance that the policies initiated by his predecessor will be diligently pursued. During the brief term of Mr. Stimson as governor general before he became Secretary of State the outlook of the Philippines was radically changed. Agitation for political independence, which had hitherto been the chief percepation of native leadership, gave way in large measure to a desire for economic independence, based upon a wider and deeper development of the natural resources of the islands. Under Mr. Stimson's direction, the execution of such a program was undertaken with promising consequences. That Mr. Davis intends that it shall be carried out is the best possible augury for his administration. The conditions which confront Governor General Davis emphasize the necessity for such policies as he has adopted. The Philippines have not yet recovered from the stagnation of their economic life during years of futile political agitation. Because the economic resources of the islands have been long neglected, the revenues of the government are virtually stationary, although taxes are high. While this situation prevails, the proper functions of the government in education, public health and road building can not be adequately carried out. The achievement of economic independence is essential not merely for the individual welfare of the Philippines, thousands of whom now seek work elsewhere, but for the maintenance of that political sovereignty which remains their ultimate aim. The independence of the Philippines is an issue of the future, but it surely cannot be achieved without the economic development which is the responsibility now facing the islands. Governor General Davis takes up his duties under favorable auspices for himself. The responsible native leaders have for the most part recognized that the pressing needs of the islands are not political but economic and have fruitfully co-operated with the representatives of the United States in meeting them. As a former Secretary of War Mr. Davis is exceptionally equipped for his task while in Secretary of State Stimson and President Hoover leas associates no less familiar with he COMMUNISM'S LONG ARM It is a significant fact that certain important metropolitan newspapers, new paper chains and newspaper syndicates in the United States have turned press agent for Soviet Russia in her controversy with Nationalist China. These same newspapers and syndicates have for years been raising outrage against the alleged "imperialism" of the United States. When gunboats were sent to defend American nationals in China they voiced vigorous protest. Any effort to protect American property rights abroad they have denounced as "imperialistic." Now that Russia is threatening to go war with China in order to enforce a claim to garrison and police a railway on Chinese soil and use it for political intrigue against the government in power, these same papers are criticizing China for resisting this flagrant form of imperialism. In other words, these American Auslanders denounce the fictitious "imperialism" of the United States, and root for the real imperialism of Russia. China's struggle for independent nationality does not appeal to them when it comes into conflict with soviet aspirations to world power. The labor government of England, a socialist government, refuses to waive the right to prescribe that revolutionary propaganda by Soviet Russia in England must cease as a condition of recognition. But China is asked by the Russian press agency in the United States to waive a chance in the treaty which gives Russia rights in the Chinese Eastern Railway, which specifically provides that neither nation shall carry on unfriendly political agitation on the soil of the other. In insisting upon this clause of the treaty under which Russia has been operating a railway on Chinese soil, China is only asserting the most essential right of sovereignty. China is only asking that her proofs of this violation be considered by an impartial international tribunal. problems that the Philippines face. The coming years should be eventful and decisive in determining the future of the islands and their people. ORANGES ON TREES To see oranges growing on trees after never seeing them in the east except on a fruiterer's stand, was the pleasant experience of a well known woman columnist on her first visit to Los Angeles. Oranges seen in neat displays were so firmly entrenched in her mind that she expressed great surprise at seeing them grow on trees. "Why, I thought they grew in fruit stands! That's the only place I ever saw them before!" exclaimed this writer as she spoke of the vista of golden frutten groves with mountain background which she saw on her journey through the state. That attractive displays of fresh fruit make an imprint on the consumer's mind has long been recognized by the Exchange. Each year it spends considerable of its advertising appropriation in window and store displays and merchandising work with the trade. Yet certain American newspapers claiming to be against "imperialism," are seeking to create sentiment in the United States against Nationalist China because of her assertion of this right. So long as China was in partnership with Soviet Russia these same newspapers were clamoring against the protection of American life and property in China under international law, and lauding Nationalist China to the skies. This organized attempt to prejudice the cause of China in the United States is a raw exhibition of alien press agency, invoked in benefit of a government that makes no pretence of concealing its organized effort to carry on revolutionary agitation within all non-communist countries, as witness the editor-in-chief in the revaun, official soviet organ, on August 2nd, declaring this purpose. It is well known that this revolutionary agitation extends to the United States itself. It is passing strange that we see in increasing quantity this alien-inspired propaganda against the interests of the United States, whether it be on such questions as the League of Nations, the tariff, American foreign policy or revolutionary agitation within the United States. The arm of European radicalism is a long one, and it seems to reach into the sanctuums of certain sections of the American press. RUN FELLOWS! PINKY KNOCKED A BALL AND BROKE A WINDOW IN HIS HOUSE! GEE GOSH! I BET I GET A WHIPPING CRASH GOIN' TO SPANK ME, MOM? NO - BUT I'M GOIN' TO SCOLD YOU SEVERELY! I DIDN'T NEED THIS BOOK, AFTER ALL! GEE I THOUGHT I WAS GOIN' TO GET IT THAT TIME! OBSERVATIONS THE KID BROTHER COMING ALONG FINE "Say, Abe, what is an extra session?" "Well, now, I'll tell ye. An extra session is—an extra session is. Well, now, I'll tell ye, an extra session is something that crowds right up to the real show, and causes a lotta guys to look longingly at the vacation resort adv. and get lonesome for the dear folks at home. 'SALL RIGHT SOLONG'S THEIR WIVES ARE BROADMINDED When two married men fight over another woman, what in your opinion is the status of the case? Of course, there's Reno, Paris or Old Mexico in the offing; but some wives wait for a bill of particulars, and sometimes things come out all right and the goose hangs high. MAY AND DECEMBER A professional man says, although he is old in years the dreams of young men keep him young mentally. That sounds good. And yet again: "The formula for keeping young is to live with the young." Now, just what is meant by that? In the absence of a bill of particulars you will have to whittle your own deduction. GIFTS OF LOVE There has been unloosened a whale of a lot of chatter all on account of the fact that a well known ball park owner admits ladies free to the ball games. Now, a lot of wimmin cannot tell a ball from a bonnet and wouldn't go across the street to see one of the world series; but yet again, from time-immemorial, if you give something for nothing, you are likely to have a line of ladies a mile long waiting to crash the gate. The female no doubt would use that as an entering wedge to show the new hat—or perhaps the skirt. Should the latter be of the modern dimensions in all probability all the he-men nearby would lose all interest in the pick-ups and throws. And if there is no money in the bag, the ballplayers would have to go to work somewhere in order to keep the wolf from the door. POACHING ON BILLY GOAT'S PRESERVES A new law requires motorists to have a receptacle in their cars, when in the mountains during the summer, in which to deposit cigar and cigarette butts, matches and whatnots. It is said no-regulation device is required, and that you can use an oyster can, a tomato can, or any can that you can confiscate; which brings to mind: That a canner can can all the fruit he can, but a canner cannot can a can can he? POACHING ON BILLY GOAT'S PRESERVES A new law requires motorists to have a receptacle in their cars, when in the mountains during the summer, in which to deposit cigar and cigarette butts, matches and whatnots. It is said no-regulation device is required, and that you can use an oyster can, a tomato can, or any can that you can confiscate; which brings to mind: That a canner can can all the fruit he can, but a canner cannot can a can, can he? LINDY STARTED SOMETHING Yeah, this flying business is still in its infancy. Yeah, there is lots to learn before this aviation is made safe for democracy. Yeah, they will have to learn how to combat those headwinds before the birdmen can get through with all their feathers. And, after starting, when an engine or two goes on the blink, it will take a cool head to show them the way to go home. And, horrors, look at all that water below! OH, ADELBERT, HOW COULD YOU? A seacoast town held a beauty parade for men recently. All sizes and shapes were on hand. It is said some of the boys in their hurry left their vanity bags at home; and not having the cold cream handy became terribly sunburned! CLEAR THE TRACK If it should so happen that Demnsey will stage a comeback at Tia Juana, all those road bosses will have to remove their resurfacing outfits off the boulevard. CANT TELL WHERE THIS WILL END A movie queen received quite a sum of money in a damage suit when she showed the court an ugly scar, just above the knee, which she alleged was received in an auto accident. The lady said the impaired member of her anatomy caused her to lose a vaulable contract. Up to the hour of going to press the report that she had been operated upon for appendicitis could not be verified. WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS Twin sisters married twin brothers and then the matrimonial fireworks started. Later both wives received divorce decrees, alleging cruelty. Now, that word "cruelty" offers up a wide range of discussion. For instance, when the four persons went into a huddle they could not tell who was who—because they looked so much alike. Should any one of them have suspicions that they were not who they thought they were, why, that would seem to be cruel, provided they found out later that a mistake had been made. But, yet again, if they were so much alike, what difference did it make? Just like going through a tunnel. But if you were sitting in the same seat with your wife, when you entered the tunnel, and was in another seat with another man's wife when you came out of the tunnel, why the only thing to do would be to go to Reno. HEY, YOU, CRITICS—NOW WILL YOU BE GOOD A titled official from a foreign country, visiting Southern California, says: California is the most beautiful country in all the world. And to cinch the argument the man says he never has seen anything to equal the charm of the Golden State. HEY, YOU, CRITICS—NOW WILL YOU BE GOOD A titled official from a foreign country, visiting Southern California, says: California is the most beautiful country in all the world. And to cinch the argument the man says he never has seen anything to equal the charm of the Golden State. TAKING A HEADER Speaking of flying and other high up in the air attics, brings to mind an old story. Said the African: "When you'all am on de railway train and there is a wreck—dar you is; but when you'all am in a steamboat, and dere is a wreck—whar is you?" CAUSE AND EFFECT Intensive action to prevent the dreaded Mediterranean fruit fly from getting into California has been under way ever since its presence was discovered in Florida in April. That fly threatens the destruction of many fruits, especially oranges. From an authoritative source it is said the dreaded fly got into Florida by "rum runners bringing in foreign cargoes secretly and avoiding inspections and quarantines." AND THE IRON HORSE RAMBLES ON Imagine a railway train running through a city at 45 miles an hour! With street crossings wide open! The only wonder is that there are not more people killed. Something should be done about this, no foolin'. Motor vehicles are required to slow down to 15 miles at street intersections. By what moral right has a railway company to send a train through unguarded street crossings at 45 miles an hour? Recently a mother and her two young daughters were killed at an unguarded street crossing. And there may be others killed at the same place tomorrow! STRAWS SHOW WHICH WAY WIND BLOWS "Ain't you rushing the season?" asked a man of another the other day. "Well, you see," he replied, "The Board of Health ordered me to ditch the old lid."