anaheim-gazette 1930-09-18

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. AN ENCOURAGING APPOINTMENT The New York World's criticism of Henry P. Fletcher, recently chosen by President Hoover as chairman of the reorganized Tariff Commission, really compliments this important appointment highly. The World says: "One of the things for which Fletcher (formerly American ambassador to Italy) praised Mussolini, was that in Italy, imports, especially of luxuries, have been reduced; production and consumption of Italian goods are increasing. In other words, Mussolini was carrying out the extreme Republican concept of high protection." In the face of widespread unemployment, it will be difficult for partisan foes of the administration to frighten the American people by declaring that it is the purpose of the administration to increase the production and consumption of American goods within the American home market—the best-market in the world. The people of the United States are not opposed to the production of goods in the United States under a high wage scale and standard of living, as contrasted with the foreign production of goods for domestic consumption on a low wage scale and standard of living. If the administration, by the Fletcher appointment, has committed itself to the policy of increasing home production, and thus putting to work the many home workmen now idle, in preference to encouraging foreign production and cheap labor costs, then it is meeting the wishes of the American people, and will soon end all the unemployment and depression existing in the United States. The people of the United States are not opposed to the production of goods in the United States under a high wage scale and standard of living, as contrasted with the foreign production of goods for domestic consumption on a low wage scale and standard of living. If the administration, by the Fletcher appointment, has committed itself to the policy of increasing home production, and thus putting to work the many home workmen now idle, in preference to encouraging foreign production and cheap labor costs, then it is meeting the wishes of the American people, and will soon end all the unemployment and depression existing in the United States. An explanation of all the unemployment now existing in the United States is to be found in the excessive quantity of competitive importations produced by labor working on a lower wage scale and standard of living than that which prevails in the United States. The volume of these importations is not revealed by the Treasury figures for the reason that due to undervaluations, these imports represent a displacement value as against American production at least twice the amount supposed to represent our import totals. This would not be an unhealthful condition if American industry were operating on a full employment basis, but when this displacement visibly results in Americans buying abroad what could better be produced at home except for the handicap of higher wages for labor and higher taxes on capital than prevail in foreign lands, than common sense and a due regard for the general welfare requires that we cease bestowing that patronage abroad which if used at home would keep the endless chain of prosperity running. New York City is the focus of a tremendous opposition to such regard for American interests. This is because international bankers and industrialists who have invested billions abroad, demand that the foreign interests be safeguarded at the sacrifice of American interests. Such a program may appeal to the metropolitan mouthpieces of big business. It does not appeal to those whose future is bound up in the prosperity and security of the United States of America. Such people constitute the vast majority of our population. That President Hoover understands this is shown by his appointment of Mr. Fletcher, and by criticism of his appointment on the ground that he may be expected to look after home interests, rather than the interests of our cheap-labor competitors in foreign lands, and of our bankers and manufactures who have put their maney on the foreign horse. The Tariff Commission, under the present law, will play a very important part in determining the future tariff history, and therefore the industrial history, of the United States. If the World is right in believing that the commission will proceed in the interests of the American farm, factory and mine rather than in the interests of the importers, international bankers and foreign economic interests which pretty will dominate the press of New York City, then there is reason to believe that the United States will soon be back on the bed-rock of prosperity. THE SIGNS IN EUROPE Each week the American and European writers on international affairs are giving us more pessimistic forecasts of the future of Europe so far as the maintenance of peace is concerned. These men are not jingoes but the conservative writers who carefully note the present day's trend of thought in Europe and judge the future probabilities by the past. THE SIGNS IN EUROPE Each week the American and European writers on international affairs are giving us more pessimistic forecasts of the future of Europe so far as the maintenance of peace is concerned. These men are not jingoes but the conservative writers who carefully note the present day's trend of thought in Europe and judge the future probabilities by the past. The Briand plan for a United States of Europe met with a discouraging reception. On every side there are to be seen the potentialities which make for trouble. Italy and France are still at odds. Friction between Germany and Poland of course means friction with France. The Germans have not given up their claim to the so-called Danzig corridor taken away from them in the Versailles treaty. They say they will seek to recover it by peaceful means but there is small prospect that this could be accomplished through peaceful effort for the reason that Poland would not surrender it without a fight. The fragments of the old Austrian Empire are still glowering at one another, and are being used as pawns on the diplomatic chess board by Mussolini and the French government. And farther to the east, Red Russia is glowering balefully, seeking for a chance to destroy capitalistic society. Yet, although the signs are plain, there are still some Americans who would like to see Uncle Sam take a hand in the European game through the League of Nations or in some other binding way. They profess to believe that we could stabilize the situation, and yet in almost the same breath they demanded the cutting down of our fleet, even below the treaty limits. The fact is that Uncle Sam could only wield power through moral suasion would be flouted as they were flouted recently by Russia when Uncle Sam sought to call the soviet government's attention to the Kellogg pact, in the Chinese problem. The way for Uncle Sam to get peace is to stay out of all entangling commitments and keep his navy in good condition, as good as the best in the world. This will not make it necessary for him to fight but will assure him a position where he will not be attacked, and will be of some value as a neutral mediator in case of trouble. With Europe an armed camp it is silly to speak of disarmament in the United States, where the army is only a little larger than a police force. Where the disarming process is needed is across the Atlantic. That is where Mr. Libbey and his crew of rainbow chasers should be if they really hope to accomplish anything in the way of peace. Things Were Different in Noah's Time By Albert T. Reid MANY IS THE TIME IT DIDN'T RAIN FOR SIXTY OR NINETY DAYS AND SOME TIMES FOR MONTHS ON END YEAH? AND IN MY DAY SHE JUST RAINED, CATS AND DOGS FOR FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS — A COMPLETE WASH-OUT CY DYNARD FROM THE CORN BELT MY NAME IS NOAH WHAT'S YOUR NAME? Albert T. Reid The Way of Life RULERS OF AMERICA SCHOOLDAYS The Way of Life BY BRUCE BARTON When's the Time to Quit I rode downtown in a taxi cab, and looked at the picture of the driver on the license card which is issued by the police. Where had I seen a face like that? Suddenly I knew. An acquaintance of mine looks enough like that taxi driver to be his twin. If the whole truth be blurted out, I doubt if there is a very wide difference in intelligence between that taxi driver and my acquaintance. Neither has much education. Neither is well read. Neither can be accused of profound thought. How is it, then, that one is on the front seat of a cab and the other rides in the back seat of a limousine? Luck? Undoubtedly there is a lot of luck in every successful career. But I think my acquaintances has at least one quality which the taxi driver lacks. He stuck to his game through some pretty lean, tough years when there was every reason to be discouraged and quit. The dividing line between success and failure is just a hairline in thousands of cases. One single decision may make all the difference. A young man has just been promoted into the vice-presidency of a corporation, and given a stock participation that will make him many times a millionaire. He told me that he started in a branch office of the company as an accountant. Before long he had made himself master of one certain phase of the company's affairs. He looked around him and above him, and was discouraged. Everywhere his way seemed to be blocked by men who had been there longer, but were young enough so that they would be active for many years. One night he definitely decided to look for something else. The next day an officer of the company visited his branch, and a violent discussion ensued. The officer upheld one side of the question, my young friend the other. And my young friend knew the facts; he was right. The argument ended by the officer asking him to come down to New York "for a few weeks." He has been there ever since. If he had resigned the preceding evening, my young friend would have miss- RULERS OF AMERICA Mr. James W. Gerard, once United States Ambassador to Germany, made public the other day a list of 64 men who, he said were the real rulers of America. There was not a single politician or office-holder in the list. It was composed of the men who operate the great industries, banks and newspaper organizations of the nation. Some of the nation's richest men were on Mr. Gerard's list, of course; but many men of great wealth were not included. The rich men whom he named are men who actively manage the investment and operation of their own wealth, like Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. But the great majority of these "Itilers of America" are hired men. They work for other people, manage other people's money and property for them. They rule, or help to rule America, not because they are men of wealth but because they are men of brains and ability. Walter P. Gifford, president of the American Telegraph and Telephone Company, does not own as much as one percent of the company which he manages. Owen D. Young, Chairman of the General Electric Company, is a hired man working for the company's stockholders. Such power as those men and others similarly situated exert its thirst because they have proved their ability to build and operate great organizations of capital and men. That is the American principle, to which we all subscribe; that a man is entitled to go as far as his individual abilities will permit, provided he does not gain power at the expense of others. And it is safe to say that for sheer ability the men whom Mr. Gerard calls "Rulers of America" have all over the general run of public officials. When in addition to the ordinary expenditures, we can appropriate for emergencies tens of millions of dollars and still keep within our income, it is fair to assume that there is more than ordinary ability at the head of the government. tory of a great automobile company is this sentence: "No one ever would have crossed the ocean if he could have got off in the storm." I am not writing this piece to try to make any man contented with a poor job. There are plenty of instances where men have made their everlasting fortunes by making a fresh start. SCHOOLDAYS All over the nation, the public schools are again in full swing. Shortly the colleges will begin their annual sessions. The greatest of all American industries, education, is running on full time again. More than 25,000,000 pupils are enrolled this year in the public schools of America, under nearly 800,000 teachers, to whom we pay an average salary of $100 a month. A total bill for teaching alone of more than one billion dollars a year, to which almost another billion must be added for other educational expenses. And that is for public grade schools alone, below the grade of high school. In the high schools we have another two and a half million pupils, with 140,000 teachers. Then there are State normal schools and teachers' colleges, in addition to state universities, supported out of public funds, and on top of those are the privately-endowed preparatory schools, colleges, universities and professional schools, accounting for nearly another million of students with some 75,000 instructors. There is nothing else except war for which we spend so much money as for education in this country. And still we have not got as far us some other nations have gone, in proportion to population. Little Denmark has a higher percentage of high school and college graduates. Only about 30 percent of farm boys of high school age in America ever go to high school; almost 100 percent in Denmark. If the United States were in the League of Nations, the trouble in India might become an international affair. A committee consisting of one American and a dozen or more foreigners, would decide how many American boys should be sent over there to help save the Caucasian race. And after it was all over, the same committee would decide what portion of the total expense should be assessed against Uncle Sam. Perhaps it is just as well that we do not belong to any organization, stacked twelve to one against us, that could tell us what to do. Ambassador Gerard names sixty-four men who are rulers of America and Senator Caraway objects, saying that not one man on the list could name a member of Congress. Well, what of it? A New York man drove thirty miles sitting on a stick of dynamite and he now knows how a candidate feels going One night he definitely decided to look for something else. The next day an officer of the company visited his branch, and a violent discussion ensued. The officer upheld one side of the question, my young friend the other. And my young friend knew the facts; he was right. The argument ended by the officer asking him to come down to New York "for a few weeks." He has been there ever since. If he had resigned the preceding evening, my young friend would have missed his one great chance. Hanging over the door of the labora- tory of a great automobile company is this sentence: "No one ever would have crossed the ocean if he could have got off in the storm." I am not writing this piece to try to make any man contented with a poor job. There are plenty of instances where men have made their everlasting fortunes by making a fresh start. But more often, I think, the battle is won just by sitting tight. POP I WON TODAY IN OUR NATURAL HISTORY CLASS! WON? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHAT DID THE TEACHER ASK YOU? THE TEACHER ASKED THE CLASS HOW MANY LEGS AN OSTRICH HAS AND I ANSWERED THREE! THREE? WHY AN OSTRICH HAS ONLY TWO LEGS! YES, BUT THE REST OF THE CLASS SAID FOUR! PINKY DINKY JINGLES! A BOY I LIKE - IS WILLIAM SPIKE NOW IT IS A FACT HE CAN'T SIT ON A TASK! OBSERVATIONS IF YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU WANT ASK FOR IT Zumbo—What does a man mean when he says it was just a loan to an old friend. Bosko—Well, I'll tell ye. If its a five or a ten you take a chance; and when the figgers run up into six, and you send it in a bag by a messenger it is derned dangerous, especially when there are so many hijackers cruising around. AND LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE A feller rises in the rumble seat and says one way to relieve the unemployment situation would be for all hands to go fishing. CONSISTENCY THOU ARE A JEWEL Said a Geologist: The oil underground in this section naturally drains to the southwest. For instance, into Mexican territory. The oil here is conserved underground and after it percolates through it is pumped out of the ground and shipped back here in tankers on the free list. MAKING HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES And now it has been learned on good authority just why they are conserving oil in this country. It is said all the big companies who operate in South American fields will have to cease activities there in 1932. In other words, all the oil rights in those foreign countries revert back to those countries two years hence. It is planned to get as much of that oil out as possible before the expiration of their leases. And to a man up a tree it looks like the oil workers here will have to go in for other lines of business. WHO'S WHO—and How Speaking of burning midnight oil, that burning question as to who got all the jack out of the hectic oil case, has brought to light the double-cross, the double double-cross an dthe double double double-cross. DOWN TO THE BONE If they start cutting out the "rough" in some of the plays it is quite likely there wouldn't be much left to laugh at. And should they "weed out" those underworld drawmas about all that would remain would be the chassis. WHO'S WHO—AND HOW Speaking of burning midnight oil, that burning question as to who got all the jack out of the hectic oil case, has brought to light the double-cross, the double double-cross an dthe double double-cross. DOWN TO THE BONE If they start cutting out the "rough" in some of the plays it is quite likely there wouldn't be much left to laugh at. And should they "weed out" those underworld drawmas about all that would remain would be the chassis. KEEP HOME FIRES BURNING The way some of the columnists heave editorial bouquets at each other, it makes a feller wonder if their sentiments are inspired or whether it's done to help insure the stability of the pay envelope. TAKING THEIR MEALS OFF THE MANTLE Horseback riding has been taken up with a vim by the ladies. A man, keen to please, and endeavoring to emulate the Indian, started a bareback riding school for the fair sex. It went over big, and then . . . PUTTING IT ON THE DOTTED LINE One of the evening pastimes is to try and figure out what occupation the bootlegger handed in when the enumerator called. GETTING DOWN TO BRASS TACKS A prominent citizen, who is credited with saying a whole lot in a very few words, could further simplify his opinions upon momentous questions, by using those two small words "Yes" or No." LEAVES US GASPING An entertainer there awhile back lost his voice. It is said he was receiving about $700 a day for his talking. Now the plot thickens. Did the fact that he was getting $700 a day take his breath away? SO NEAR, AND YET SO FAR A young woman sued a man for injuries she alleged received in a car crackup. It seems she received a lump on her limb. In the court room the witness box was of the open variety; that is, there were no barriers to shield the silk. It is said the lady was a good looker and appeared in modern attire—you know everything in the apparel line was abbreviated, or something like that. Anyway when the jury of 12 he-men were ready to report they gave the gal judgment for the sum of one hundred and sixty-eight thousand two hundred and forty two dollars and sixty five cents. And then a higher tribunal set aside the judgment because the evidence did not warrant it, so it is said. ALL PRECINCTS NOT YET HEARD FROM Just about the time the sinking conference came up for air a lady received a big vote for a high office because she was opposed to any foreign alliances; but the home amendment entanglements are yet to be heard from. Hold verything! ALL PRECINCTS NOT YET HEARD FROM Just about the time the sinking conference came up for air a lady received a big vote for a high office because she was opposed to any foreign alliances; but the home amendment entanglements are yet to be heard from. Hold verything! IT WON'T BE LONG NOW When an accused person swesup a D. A. and puts several jurors in the bag too in all probability he must be bored by a trial. (Yawn) He may become peeved (Ho, Ho, Hum) at the recital and get uneasy. (Yawn and stretch) Should he crave excitement he could slap the bailiff on the wrist and demand that he crank up the phonograph and play "The Gang's All Here," "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight," and wind up by singing, "It's Better to Give Than Receive." (Ho, Ho, Hum). AND OH WHAT A HEADACHE LATER Ejaculating about dry outside and wet inside. That all depends just when and how. For instance, after a dry gets elected, he feels so jubilant that he just bubbles over, and quite often to keep up his spirits, he gets a perscription to get it out of his system. (Hic). BLEW UP A wife got a divorce from her husband because he bought six saxaphones—and played them at home. She said they not only busted up the bungalow but they also broke her ear drums. She had to hold her hands to her ears so much that she couldn't even swing the rolling pin. The man, if he craved noise, should have got a job in the boiler works or joined the riveters revue. And yet again if this feller has a lot of lung power he might make a dandy filibuster. TURNED THE TABLES Up in another burg it is said a man lived in an attic for eight years just so he could be near a woman dear to his heart. This sort of carrying on is different. Some hen-pecked bozos live in the attic in order to get away from the storm center. SO'S YOUR OLD MAN It is said many of the theme songs are based on love, and that the same motive is the cause of a lotof marital mixups.