anaheim-gazette 1930-08-07

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. CALIFORNIA'S REPRESENTATION With 20 congressmen at Washington, D. C., instead of 11, California is slated to assume a more influential place in national legislation as a result of the new census giving the state a population of 5,600,000. Just what the ratio of population for the new congressional districts will be cannot be determined until final census figures are compiled. Certain it is, however, that most of the new representatives will come from south of the Tehachapi, for that is where California has made its greatest population gains in the last 10 years. At present the population ratio is 275,000. The new figure, according to estimates in Governor Young's office, will be in the neighborhood of 280,000. Los Angeles, on this basis, would be entitled to four of the new congressmen and the county to three more. California's gain will prove to be some other state's loss, as the membership of the House of Representatives will continue to be 435. Missouri, according to census figures, will lose three members, while Kentucky, Iowa, Mississippi and Indiana will be reduced by two members each. Congress will agree upon the ratio figure at its meeting this December. The federal law requires that each state must enact the legislation necessary to reapportion its own representation in the house. This means that reapportionment will again be a burning subject before California's 1931 legislature—less than four months away. Should the legislature fail to reapportion, the additional congressmen alloted California by congress may be elected at large. The 11 congressmen now elected by the state would run from ex- NOT A CONFIDENCE GAME Majority sentiment in the United States approved the London Naval Treaty, not because the American people did not believe in adequate national defense and the equality of our fleet with any other, but because they did believe that the London treaty paved the way for such naval construction as would repair the loss of parity which has occurred under the operations of the Washington agreement. Following the Washington conference, in which parity in battleships was agreed on, necessitating the sinking of a half billion dollars worth of American warships in process of construction, both Japan and Great Britain, taking what many people believe to be an unfair advantage, engaged in rapid construction of cruisers. The United States meanwhile stood still. Under the terms of the London treaty the other nations are restricted in further cruiser building, and the United States is given opportunity to build up to the agreed ratio of strength. To do this will require American naval construction costing about a billion dollars in the next few years. The pacifist organizations of the country, with seemingly unlimited financial resources, are now preparing to oppose this construction, claiming that the parity agreed on at London was only permissive rather than obligatory. The American people have assumed that the agreement implied an intention on the part of the American government to achieve the naval equality provided in the treaty. They take no stock in the claim that there is any secret agreement not to go ahead with the naval construction by which the treaty was justified in American public opinion: otherwise the whole proceeding would be rendered farcical. All those who have recommended the London naval treaty to the American people are in honor bound to execute the program which justified that treaty with the people. What the pacifists propose is a deceptive and dishonorable governmental policy—a betrayal of national interest under cover of protecting that interest. Congress is chiefly to blame for the inaction which encouraged foreign naval powers to build beyond us. Not one of our internationlists was heard to protest against the action of the British and Japanese governments in so far outbuilding the United States after entering into an agreement the American people believed meant naval disarmament, not a thimble-rigging game to bring about American naval inferiority as it was evidently assumed to be by other powers and my own pacifists. Undoubtedly those who have had to do with framing and ratifying the London treaty will be active in balking the plan of the pacifists to put them in the light of promoting a confidence game on the American people. AMERICANZING PANAMA It has been going on for a long while and the process is complete now. Americanization has not only invaded but overcome the Republic of Panama. Proof lies ready at hand. According to a recent announcement, the Panamanians in the past fiscal year have consumed three million packages of chewing gum. Multiply the number by five and you have fifteen million sticks of gum, which proves how far a little arithmetic can go. And automobiles go even further. Panama has nineteen motor cars for every mile of its 345 miles of national highway. Chewing gum and the automobile are not all. Far from it. American is fast becoming the speech of Panama. Even the members of the British colony, with long residence on the Isthmus, have had much of their accent submerged and speak American slang with facility. Things have come to such a pass that young girls now go out unaccompanied by a duenna. As if this were not shocking enough, they play tennis and golf and drive their own cars. Spanish-Americans of a nationalistic turn are shedding bitter tears at these changes. They are pardonable tears, but futile. Still, they may turn for sympathy to the young secretaries of the American legation in Panama who speak the language of Shakespeare with a conscientious, if slightly unsuccessful, English accent. One of the interesting bits of news flashed across the Atlantic from Europe recently, was the information that the British government was dispatching warships to Egypt to protect the lives and property o fforeigners in that disturbed country. The British government evidently believed that such a procedure was necessary for the sake of security. The Egyptains of course, denied this, and stated that their government was abundantly able to look after the situation itself. Shooting Stars By Albert T. Reid WHAT KIND OF A PLANETARY UPHEVAL DO YOU S'POSE THAT IS? KLEIN BABA RUTH THE MOON GEHRIG DATTERIES FOR TODAY ARE OUR EARTH Albert T. Reid Imports of Recretion American tourists' expenditures in foreign countries in 1929 have been officially estimated at $745,000,000. CALIFORNIA'S SCHOOL HOUSES Cheapening the Grain Ration Imports of Recretion American tourists' expenditures in foreign countries in 1929 have been officially estimated at $745,000,000 against $693,000,000 in 1928. Notwithstanding frequent assertion that Americans are in too much of a rush to learn how to play, official statistise prove that their vacation outings bulk heavy in our international exchange. We are a nation of producers, agricultural and industrial, and after satisfying our own needs have a great surplus to export. Yet with one exception our state for recreation has more to do with our foreign exchange than any single commodity we export, and more than any one we import. A comparison with a few leading exports would be surprising to anyone who thinks otherwise. Raw cotton is the premier export commodity. For years it has stood at the head of the list of peace-time trade. In the last year the exports of cotton were valued at $770,830,000. It still retains its leading position, but recreation, an import item, is close upon its heels. The latter has stepped to second position, far distancing two other commodities that have been making gains on cotton. Those two are automobiles and petroleum. Total exports of automobiles including parts and accessories, in 1929 amounted to $539,290,000, while petroleum and its products amounted to $511,981,000. No other item on the commodity list comes near to recreation's total, and as for the list of "invisibles," it is even larger than the "exports of capital" evidenced by public offerings of loans in 1929, which had a net value of $671,000,000. American tourists are buying rest, amusement and education from foreign countries just as Brazil. Therefore, the total cost becomes a cash claim against the United States in the balancing of international accounts. After deducting $180,000,000 of foreign tourist expenditures here there is still a balance of $565,000,000 due other countries, which is equal to the war debt payments for about two and a half years. In the settlement of export and import accounts, such items as these are offsetting matters against our huge exports of goods, and thus help to stabilize the exchanges. Which shall we consider the lucky states, the ones which gain or the ones which lose congressmen under the new census? CALIFORNIA'S SCHOOL HOUSES Most Beautiful in the World and Have Total Valuation of $357,000,000 California's public school buildings, known far and wide as the most beautiful in the world, are also the most efficient. Such is the assertion of Vierling Kersey, director of the State Department of Education. The new division of schoolhouse planning is working wonders in alding counties to plan school buildings with a high degree of usefulness, he says. Today, school buildings alone in California represent a total value of more than $357,487,450.21. Orange county ranks third among the 58 counties of the state in valuation of public school buildings, with a total of $11-000,000. Even the tiny one and two-room schoolhouses are now being planned with an eye to architectural beauty as well as efficiency, according to Kersey. For some time the department has contemplated the need of ideal illustrative plans for use of rural school boards," he explained. "We now have developed five of these, dealing with the specific problem of the one and two-room schools. These sketches should go far in pointing the way toward ideal rural school solutions." Los Angeles leads the state in value of its school buildings, with a total of $182,492,018. Alameda county is next, with $30,910,895. The eight next highest counties (excepting San Francisco), whose schools are listed as city proper) are: Orange: $11,000,000; Fresno: $10,-503,875; San Diego: $10,-134,683; Kern: $9,-600,000; Santa Clara: $8,-021,504; Sacramento: $7,-467,910; San Bernardino: $7,-447,506; and Riverside: $6,-403,238. A Pittsburgh suburb boasts of a ladies' fire department. This ought to go good unless the girls get a runner in their hose. The highway engineers are now busy in all parts of the country eliminating curves. The women of the country did that several years ago. Cheapening the Grain Ration Present grain prices help to enable the dairyman and poultryman to get along on the return that he is obtaining for his products, namely., milk, meat and eggs. These latter represent manufactured products. If the price of raw materials is reduced without injuring quality or retarding production, the operating cost is thereby reduced. In the light of present price levels for both dairy and poultry products, it becomes necessary to reduce operating costs. All know that the principal component parts of a ration are carbohydrates, proteins, minerals and vitamins. For different forms of livestock the proportions are varied according to their needs and requirements. The grains offer the principal source of carbohydrates for any ration. Some differences in the proportions-of-proteins and carbohydrates exist in barley, corn, wheat, silo and kaifar corn. Likewise a difference will exist in different lots of the same grain. In general, however, the above grains are interchangeable in a grain ration. Since it is desirable to have a certain amount of variety in the ration, it would not be best to have the entire ration made up from one grain. But the bulk of that ration can be made up from the grain providing the cheapest total digestible nutrients. On the basis of present prices, barley will provide the total digestible nutrients at a lower figure than any of the other grains of a similar analysis. Barley is a simple crop of California and over a period of years will provide the total digestible nutrients at a lower figure than any of the grains. Since this is true it should be a part of every grain ration for dairy or poultry stock to keep them familiar with it. This is especially true of poultry. The market price for corn, which is closely comparable to barley in feeding value, has been nearly twice that asked for barley. With the hot wave through the corn growing districts, considerable damage to the crop is reported, which will probably strengthen the price of that grain. These tree-sitting endurance contests that the boys and girls are starting will doubtless be taken up in due time by the candidates who are not sure whether the prevailing sentiment in their districts is wet or dry. which is equal to the war debt payments for about two and a half years. In the settlement of export and import accounts, such items as these are offsetting matters against our huge exports of goods, and thus help to stabilize the exchanges. Which shall we consider the lucky states, the ones which gain or the ones which lose congressmen under the new census? A Pittsburgh suburb boasts of a ladies' fire department. This ought to go good unless the girls get a runner in their hoose. The highway engineers are now busy in all parts of the country eliminating curves. The women of the country did that several years ago. WONDER IF THERE'S ANY HONEY OVER HERE? GOSH! LOOK AT THAT PINKY RUNNING/WONDER WHAT'S THE MATTER? YEOW! GET OUT OF MY WAY FOLKS! I WANT TO REACH THE HOUSE AND GET SOME LINIMENT FORE THIS BEE REACHES ME. Pinky, Dinky JINGLES QUESSE ILL GO HOME AND EAT NOW! HOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY BEE DELIGHT TO BARK AND BITE AND GATHER BEESWAX ALL DAY LONG AND EAT IT UP AT NIGHT TERRY GILKISON check and double check Saturday for that is when this Sale Ends For the past nine days the thrifty buyers of Anaheim have been enjoying this bargain carnival. But all things must end. Tomorrow is the last day. We are ready? Are you. Men's Suits $1695 Save money now $25 values Men's Suits $1695 Save money now $25 values $2495 $35 values Styled by experts $3695 $50 values Shirts $1.35 Neck-band and collar attached Reg. $2.50 values Men's rayon shirts and broadcloth pants 39c Regular 75c values Radical Reductions In Entire Store--Save Money R. A. Little, Inc. 181-183 W. Center St. Harry C. Westover For District Attorney No Political Affiliations Honest Sincere Capable For District Attorney No Political Affiliations Honest Sincere Capable MFFADDEN FOR SHERIFF 1—Foresight 2—Sincerity of Purpose 3—Determination 4—Executive Ability These are the four qualifications the candidate whom you elect for sheriff must possess if he successfully carries on the duties of his office. RALPH McFADDEN Has the Education, Ability and Experience to Make a Good Sheriff Primaries August 26th