anaheim-gazette 1930-07-24

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1870 HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ... 1.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. SUBSTANCE OR SHADOW? Owen D. Young is the country’s most conspicuous spokesman for industrial and financial internationalism. In his Los Angeles speech Mr. Young declared that “we are too rich to be loved,” and that either Americans must sink to the economic level of the rest of the world or must bring the rest of the world to our level. Since the economic level of the United States, as evidenced in our standard of living for the masses, is more than twice as high as that of the rest of the world, it will readily be understood that the international bankers have set for the American people another back breaking job in order not to break the heart of the world. Our eight per cent of the world's population is expected to pull the remaining ninety-two per cent to our level or sink to theirs. At the best this means that we must meet the rest of the world half way on the down-grade. While this may prove profitable to the international barterers and toll-takers, the American people will have to be shown how the scheme holds anything not to their disadvantage. Mr. Young says: “Isolation in our politics, exclusion in our tariff, mean that we will retain as a just penalty to our own littleness the surpluses which we might otherwise market to the peoples of the world, and which, so long as they stay with us, destroy our own prosperity.” Mr. Young quite conveniently for his own argument overlooks the price the American people are asked to pay for supposititious markets abroad. He assumes that by failing to impose on commodities imported into this country a tariff equal to the difference in cost of production at home and abroad, particularly labor costs, and permitting larger quantities of cheap labor products to enter Mr. Young says: "Isolation in our politics, exclusion in our tariff, mean that we will retain as a just penalty to our own littleness the surpluses which we might otherwise market to the peoples of the world, and which, so long as they stay with us, destroy our own prosperity." Mr. Young quite conveniently for his own argument overlooks the price the American people are asked to pay for supposititious markets abroad. He assumes that by failing to impose on commodities imported into this country a tariff equal to the difference in cost of production at home and abroad, particularly labor costs, and permitting larger quantities of cheap labor products to enter the United States, that we do not thereby increase rather than decrease the surplus of such commodities. He overlooks the fact that when the employment of a million workers in the United States has been destroyed by reason of their inability to compete in our own market with foreign wage earners receiving from one half to one tenth the American pay, we have thereby destroyed an outlet for our surplus more certain and more profitable than the lower paid labor of foreign lands. Suppose under the lowered tariffs Mr. Young would espouse, we were to admit two billion dollars worth more of foreign commodities? Does he think this displacement of the products of the American farm, mine and factory would destroy no consuming power in the United States? What guarantee would there be in this that we could sell any more of our products abroad? Is a home market in which one third of the world's commerce is done right here in the United States, worth more or less to the American producer as a certainty than the rest of the world as a partial possibility? The way to get rid of our surplus is to put back to work the hundreds of thousands of idle workmen who might be employed in satisfying American needs. It is ridiculous to talk about overproduction in the United States while we are, by using the very method of permitting excessive imports advocated by Mr. Young, destroying the buying power of our own population by preferring foreign to domestic goods. U.S. CAVALRY IMPORTANT There is an impression more or less general among civilians that the airplane and the armored tank have put the cavalry unit in the discard so far as modern warfare is concerned. This idea however is erroneous and according to Oliver McKee, Jr., writing in the current issue of the National Republic, the cavalry is not only still with us but has acquired motors and an air service of its own, although it has by no means dispensed with the horse and the historic old army mule. In an interesting article under the caption "The Cavalry Is Still With Us," Mr. McKee says, in part: "Gen. 'Phil' Sheridan would rub his eyes no doubt for a moment if assigned to a regular American cavalry division of today. For he would find many things to wonder at—machine guns, an airplane squadron, armored motors and other products of the mechanical and motor age. But he would not wonder long, once he got in the saddle. For the spirit of the troopers of today is the same as that of the men led by Sheridan and other famous cavalry leaders of the past. The horse is still king. Mobility remains the sovereign virtue of the arm of the service which gave Black Jack Pershing his early training, and if the cavalryman recognizes the value of the inventions of the mechanical age, he uses them only as auxiliaries, enabling him to use the horse to better advantage. In the past year or so, American cavalry has been reorganized." For he would find many things to wonder at—machine guns, an airplane squadron, armored motors and other products of the mechanical and motor age. But he would not wonder long, once he got in the saddle. For the spirit of the troopers of today is the same as that of the men led by Sheridan and other famous cavalry leaders of the past. The horse is still king. Mobility remains the sovereign virtue of the arm of the service which gave Black Jack Pershing his early training, and if the cavalryman recognizes the value of the inventions of the mechanical age, he uses them only as auxiliaries, enabling him to use the horse to better advantage. "In the past year or so, American cavalry has been reorganized from top to bottom. The reorganization has been effected in order to enable this mounted service better to discharge its mission, whether in peace or in war. A reduction in overhead and an increase in fire power have been the principal objectives of the reorganization. The cavalry has kept well abreast of the developments in motorization, with the result that a cavalry division has a great deal of motor equipment. Indeed experiments have been made by which horses and men are transported by truck to the theater of probable operations, and the experiments seem to indicate that by the use of trucks not only will some time be saved, but there will be a saving, too, in the wear and tear on the horses. "The armored car squadron is one of the latest additions to the cavalry division. This will consist of a small squadron headquarters and three armored car troops. It will have all told thirty-six armored cars, and eighteen officers and 260 enlisted men. The armored car squadron can perform many services to the cavalry division of real value and the cavalryman is the first to recognize and appreciate the help that can be given to him in this way. "Another newcomer in the cavalry division is the light tank company. The cavalry has been using the same tank as the infantry pending the development of a light tank especially suited to cavalry operations. The new light tank under development will, it is expected, be of great lightness and mobility, thus increasing its value to the cavalry arm." The New York Times prints a dispatch from its Paris correspondent stating that as a result of the new American tariff law Europe is considering the application of a quota or contingent system to the import of American motor cars. It is a well known fact both in Europe and the United States that this embargo system against American products has not only been discussed in Europe for four years, but has partially been put into effect. The import of American motor cars into Austria has long been limited to a total of less than 75. It would not be at all a bad idea if some American metropolitan newspapers would begin to discuss our tariff relations with Europe from the American rather than the European view point. We Wouldn't Be Surprised By Albert T. Reid Says old John W. Business - Holy mackerel!—Do you suppose this dad-busted foot is what is makin' me feel so bad all over? Not Fault of Government The Macon, Ga., Telegraph says: "But what do the soviet leaders want with propagandists in this country where judges sentence one man to twenty years on the chain gang for stealing a ham and another to one year in prison for stealing a bank?" Such propagandists are needed by the soviet leaders in this country to supplement the efforts of well meaning but thoughtless editorial writers who attempt to create the impression that instances such as those cited by the Macon editor are typical of American justice as administered by judges and juries under the American Constitution and laws. Such subversions of justice as those cited may occur among the hundreds of thousands of cases decided in American criminal courts, though usually the illustration used is that of the starving man sent to prison for stealing a loaf of bread for his famished family, while the criminal who goes free is one who stole a million dollars. That such occasional, and mostly mythical, incidents are so characteristic of our form of government that they constitute a nation-wide argument for the case of bob shevism, under which the Macon editor would have been jailed or shot for such a comment as he has safely made in America, is of course untrue. For every instance of a man sent to jail for stealing a ham, it is possible to point to hundreds of cases where judges and puries in cases calling for mercy, have extended it in acquittals or suspended sentences. For every bank official guilty of looting a bank who escapes either detection or punishment, there are a good many ham-stealers since the ham-thief offends only against a single individual, while the looter of a bank has a host of injured depositors after his scalp. Our criminal laws are made by the representatives of the people. Our judges in the courts which try ham thieves are chosen by the people, and the juries by lot from among the people. If they go wrong, it is not an indictment of our from of government which argues for a military autocracy such as that which has stamped out human liberty in Russia. It is an indictment of individuals, of states and of localities which have failed in their duty under the laws. It does not bolster the cause of bob shevism, which rejects and denounces all reformist programs and movements. MANY ORPHANS RECEIVING MONEY Large Amount of Money Necessary for Education of Children "Little Orphan Annie" is yearly becoming an increasingly expensive ward of the State of California. Last year more than 16,000 orphan children received aid from the state and its counties, while the total sum expended for their care was approximately three million dollars. California's share of the cost amounted to nearly $1,792,000, while the county expenditures aggregated $1,152,000. Of the latter figure, Orange county paid out a total of $10,510 during the year, according to a statement just compiled by State Controller Ray L. Riley. Aid is administered to orphan children through a division of children's aid in the Department of Social Welfare, under Miley M. Pope. The state law allows $120 a year to be paid for support of each needy orphan, half-orphan or child of an incapacitated father. Counties may or may not match this sum, dollar for dollar. In most cases they do. Foundlings, or children born of an unmarried mother may be allotted $15 a month until they are 2 years old. The state of California does not recognize the term, "illegitimate child." Parents may be illegitimate, the state holds, but every child is born with equal rights and social standing. Orphan children are increasing in California at the rate of about 3 per cent every two years. It is estimated. The state appropriation for the present fiscal year, as contained in Governor Young's biennial budget, is $1,855,000 as compared to $1,792,000 for the preceding year. Los Angeles leads the state in the amount spent on its orphans, with a total of $241,186.78. Alpine county has no orphan problem; hence spends no money. Stanley Baldwin, Tory leader, said in a recent address: "High tariffs interfere with business but you will never get any country to reduce its tariffs so long as it has freedom of our markets, into which it can dump anything it judges in the courts which try ham thieves are chosen by the people, and the juries by lot from among the people. If they go wrong, it is not an indictment of our from of government which argues for a military autocracy such as that which has stamped out human liberty in Russia. It is an indictment of individuals, of states and of localities which have failed in their duty under the laws. It does not bolster the cause of bolshevism, which rejects and denounces all reformist programs and movements. Now that President Coolidge is getting a good many dollars a word for his daily newspaper articles we can all understand why he has been saving his language for a rainy day. Stanley Baldwin, Tory leader, said in a recent address: "High tariffs interfere with business but you will never get any country to reduce its tariffs so long as it has freedom of our markets, into which it can dump anything it likes." With 54,000,000 people the United Kingdom collects a half billion dollars a year in tariffs. With 120,000,000 people we collect annually $600,000,000 McFADDEN FOR SHERIFF Daily Agricultural Program Beginning each day at 12 p.m. and continuing 10 minutes, talks of interest to farmers, growers and producers will be given during the week beginning July 28, under the auspices of the Agricultural Extension Service, cooperating with Radio Station KFI, as follows: July 28—"Oak Root Fungus—A Citrus Pest"—by M. B. Rounds, Farm Advisor, Los Angeles County. July 29—"Citrus Question Box"—by W. H. Williams, Assistant Farm Advisor, Los Angeles County. July 30—"Cotton Insects in Kern County"—by L. A. Burtech, Agricultural Commissioner, Kern County. July 31—How the Public can Cooperate with the Forestry Department in the Suppression of Flies"—by J. Graves, Supervising Assistant, Los Angeles County Forestry Department. August 1—"From the Monthly Summary of Agricultural Work—by M. B. Rounds, Farm Advisor, Los Angeles County." August 2—"Top Working the Avocado"—by J. G. France, Farm Advisor, San Diego County. Black Scale The time to fumigate or spray is at hand again. As the control period will be short make your reservations now. Over 25 years of successful business experience. short make your reservations now. Over 25 years of successful business experience. Bonkosky & Oelke Fumigators and Sprayers 600 W. Center St., Anaheim Phone 170 THEIR train leaves Los Angeles at 6:05 p.m. they will leisurely enjoy a THEIR train leaves Los Angeles at 6:05 p.m. They will leisurely enjoy a delicious dinner while speeding eastward through the orange groves in the coolness of evening on the luxurious flyer... 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