anaheim-gazette 1931-01-01

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1870 HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY DESCRIPTION PL. YEAR $2.00 SIX MONTHS 1.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. LABELING AMERICAN GOODS Whatever interest a buyer at retail may have in giving preference to American goods over the imported variety, he is often at a loss to find out whether he is doing so. In men's wear, for example, the shirt one buys usually bears the name of the maker of shirts, which may or may not be known as an American house to the purchaser. There is nothing to inform him whether the goods in the shirt have been woven in America or whether the shirt maker is taking advantage of woven material dumped into the American market by a foreign producer. The same is true of a suit of clothes, whether it be brought ready made or is made to measure from a piece of goods exhibited by a salesman. Not only is there nothing on the cloth to show its origin, but not infrequently the salesman and the storekeeper cannot tell whether the goods are domestic or imported. This absence of conspicuous labeling is probably due to a realization on the part of manufacturers that few people are interested enough in the origin of goods they buy to warrant the cost and labor of labeling them. It is conceivable that a wider interest in the origin of goods would be stirred if manufacturers adopted the labeling process in spite of the apparent indifference. Having become accustomed to noting the "Made in America" legend, buyers would be apt to mark its omission and to be more persistent in asking the seller about it. THE VALUE OF FERTILIZER It looks, at first glance, as if it was a long jump from a great Wall Street financial institution to the farmer a thousand miles away. It doesn't occur to some folks that whatever affects the farmer affects the biggest banks in the country. The bankers know that, whether the farmer does or not. The Guaranty Trust Company of New York, for example, has just printed a study of fertilizers, not primarily for the THE VALUE OF FERTILIZER It looks, at first glance, as if it was a long jump from a great Wall Street financial institution to the farmer a thousand miles away. It doesn't occur to some folks that whatever affects the farmer affects the biggest banks in the country. The bankers know that, whether the farmer does or not. The Guaranty Trust Company of New York, for example, has just printed a study of fertilizers, not primarily for the information of the farmer, but for the information of the big business man who are the Trust Company's customers. It is important news to them that sales of fertilizers in the United States have continued strong during the financial depression, so that the total for the year will probably equal the record of 1929, which was next to the largest year in the fertilizer business. From an investment point of view, the Trust Company argues, the fertilizer business ought to be a good one, since farmers are learning more and more the dollar value of fertilizers. "The average yield in the principal wheat-growing sections of the country," the Company reports, "without the use of fertilizers, was only 12 bushels to the acre; the average cost per acre was $13.73 and the average cost-per bushel was, therefore, $1.14. Wheat grown on the same land, under the same-crop conditions, but with a properly balanced fertilizer, yielding an average of 28½ bushels to the acre, with an average cost of 67 cents a bushel." That tells the story of the dollar value of fertilizer to the farmer. And if it be argued that what is needed now is not more wheat, which is probably true, it is also true that, no matter what the market price of wheat may be, the farmer who grows it most cheaply will come nearer to making a profit than the one who does not use every possible method of increasing his acre-yield and cutting his bushel-cost. INNER BEING OF HERBERT HOOVER Once in a while the wandering wind of destying blows away the mist of surface living and the fog of misunderstanding that obscure a man's soul. When that revelation occurs, especially if the man be in a high place with the eyes of the multitude upon him, he is judged and the judgment is more nearly accurate than the summary of a thousand opinions based on the externals of a lifetime. So, at the recent White House Child Welfare Conference, was disclosed something of the inner being of Herbert Hoover when the plight of unfortunate childhood brought from his heart expressions which, for their wisdom, tenderness and deep humanity, are worthy of perpetuation among the great utterances of America's immortals. Immediate and generous was the Nation's response. In one vivid flash of understanding the people of the land saw the true greatness of their Chief Executive, and the press, from coast to coast, voiced the acclaim of the millions. Politics and partisanship were forgotten as a truly United States expressed its pride and confidence in a President who, having the genius to conceive and the power to execute, has also the nobility of soul to endow an organized philanthropic movement with the rich warmth of human kindness. The man who saved Belgium, the man who refused to let the Immediate and generous was the Nation's response. In one vivid flash of understanding the people of the land saw the true greatness of their Chief Executive, and the press, from coast to coast, voiced the acclaim of the millions. Politics and partisanship were forgotten as a truly United States expressed its pride and confidence in a President who, having the genius to conceive and the power to execute, has also the nobility of soul to endow an organized philanthropic movement with the rich warmth of human kindness. The man who saved Belgium, the man who refused to let the world vent its hate on thousands of starving German children, has become a prophet to his own people. MOTHERS AND BABIES Five thousand babies are born in the United States. About a hundred of each day's baby crop die before they are a month old. About fifty of the five thousand daily mothers die in childbirth. Most of these deaths can be prevented, if proper care is taken; according to medical and social authorities who have been studying the subject. It would be hard to imagine a more useful work than the spreading of knowledge about the prevention of this unnecessary toll of deaths. That is being undertaken by a group of public-spirited men and women, who are establishing maternity centers in various parts of the country, to which any expectant mother can go and receive sound advice and help. It will take a long time to get the entire population into the habit of taking special precautions against the perils of childbirth. The human race has been having babies for a long time, and most people regard it as a natural process about which there is nothing special to be done. But the fact remains that in our civilized United States the death-rate in maternity is higher than it is anywhere in Europe, where the subject has long been regarded as a serious one. AND THE COUNTRY IS STILL DRY A Federal judge in New Jersey has decided that the Eighteenth amendment as it now stands is not valid, because it should have been adopted at constitutional conventions held in the states, instead of by the legislatures. But the judge's decision does not make the country "wet" by any means, his ruling applying only to New Jersey, where there is a state law yet to be overcome. The decision is to be hurried to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has more than once upheld the Eighteenth amendment, and likely will again. ANAHEIM GAZETTE Spot Light Turned On People and Their Affairs Ten Children Who Have Only Five Birthdays Among Them Mr and Mrs. Andrew Kroger with their five sets of twins. Clyde and Claude, the oldest, are 18, Addie and Abbie are 16, Floyd and Lloyd are 11, Jean and Jeanette are 7, and the babies, Donald Dean and Norma Jean, are three months. Mr. Kroger is a carpenter in a railroad car shop and earns $175 a month. "We get along fine," says Mrs. Kroger. "All the children help." The Krogers live at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Champion Home Canner of the United States King of Finance Mrs Alice Bell of Eaton Rapids, Michigan, with the silver cup trophy which she won by submitting a quart jar of Cuthbert raspberries in the National Canning Contest at Shenandoah, Iowa. Mrs Bell won three other cups, the title of Grand Champion with a $500 cash prize, and a $100 prize for the best jar of fruit. Montagu Colet Norman, reelected Governor of the Bank of England for the 11th time is regarded as the ablest and most powerful financier in the world. He got his early training in an American bank. HISTORY TEXT BOOKS There is something new under the sun after all. The other day word came through cable dispatches to the effect that American historical text books, in one instance at least, were being criticised for use abroad as too American and not sufficiently internationalist. According to a dispatch from Melbourne, Australia. Mays and Moon's modern history, a standard schoolbook in the province of Victoria, written by Americans, is the storm center because of certain statements made about the World War. The book is charged with being "biased, untrue and insulting." Two paragraphs, which are particularly objectionable to are the following: "The British collected a motley army, composed chiefly of Colonial troops, and landed it on the tip of Gallipoli Peninsular, close to the Darlanelles." "The United States was the only great power that fought in the war without demanding or even desiring territorial gains for herself. She should be credited with a laftness of purpose and usefulness that could hardly be matched in all history." To the average American who remembers-the-great-lengths-to-which internationalists went during and after the World War to propagandize American text books for the benefit of certain European nations, this criticism might be particularly amusing. It is to be remembered that an effort which came near to being entirely successful was made to change the teaching of history in our own schools so that it might appear that the patriot soldiers in the Revolution were a motley army of disturbers and snugglers. That they ought to have known better and that the real folks in the colonies during the latter part of the eighteenth century were the tories. Remembering our own experience with history text books we are reminded by this portent that what is sauce for the gander is not always considered sauce for the goose. ORDER IN OWN HOUSE One thing on which political observers and economists are pretty well agreed and that is that if we are going to set our house in order with any degree of faith we will have to begin at home. The world is looking to the United States to lead the way to stability and progress. Americans during the past few decades have won for themselves a reputation for boundless optimism and for ability to accomplish things. We have the natural resources, the high standard of living and the potential production and consumptive power. If these make no general prosperity again it will have to begin in the United States. For the reasons in the opinion of most observers, our statesmen and our business leaders will do well if they contemplate the principal amount of their attention in the immediate future to George Sain. If the unemployment problem can be solved in America, if our expanding power can be restored and the gloom lifted, then our foreign trade will increase and European nations will benefit from our increased buying power. These problems will not be solved by our internationalists who are continually seeking to distract our attention to some far-off program of international political cooperation, but by hard headed American business men and statesmen who are trying to help world by first restoring Uncle Sam to his accustomed place in the leadership toward world rehabilitation. Let us on Americans now think less of Europe and her problems of peace and war and more about the economic restoration of the United States. KFI'S New Station To Be Near Anaheim Radio station KFI of Los Angeles has obtained a permit from the radio commission to construct a 70,000 watt northwest of Anaheim and about 14 miles northwest of Buena Park. It will be located on the property of C. L. McCormber. Tests were made on this site about two years ago. While the time for constructing the new station is not announced, it is understood that it will be the main broadcasting studio of KFI. PALM PAVEMENT ACCEPTED The city council at its meeting last week accepted the paving work that has been done on South Palm street. To the average American who remembers the great lengths to which internationalists went during and after the World War to propagandize American text books for the benefit of certain European nations, this criticism might be particularly amusing. It is to be remembered that an effort which came near to being entirely successful was made to change the teaching of history in our own schools so standard of living and the potential production and consumptive power. If it will have to begin in the United States. For the reasons in the opinion of most observers, our statesmen and our business leaders will do well if they contemplate the principal amount of their attention in the immediate future to Crime Satin. If the unemployment problem can be solved in America, if our purchasing power can be restored and will be located on the property of C. L. McCormber, Tests were made on this site about two years ago. While the time for constructing the new station is not announced, it is understood that it will be the main broadcasting studio of KFL. PALM PAVEMENT ACCEPTED The city council at its meeting last week accepted the paying work that has been done on South Palm street. OBSERVATIONS FAILED TO CLICK Speaking of unemployment: A middle aged woman sought a situation as housekeeper. And elderly couple answered. They had a home, and everything was conveniently located. They had a car. They agreed to take the housekeeper with them when they went an a trip. They agreed to let the housekeeper have a day off each week. They offered the housekeeper $30 cash per month, her board, room and incidentals. But the housekeeper declined to accept the job. She wanted more money. COMING IN UNDER THEIR OWN STEAM An edict has gone forth that when the big boys are abroad, should they crave ambassee ambozia, they will have to dig for it out of their own weekly pay envelope. Should they entertain on a layish scale over there in all probability they will ask for a raise in wages. MAKE THE DESERT BLOSSOM If half the talk and money spent on the animated amendment were used to develop water in the western arid regions everybody would make whoopla. Ting de Ting de Die, Lee Oh, fallera boom de aye. AND THEREBY HANGS A TALE There awhile ago a physician in another county represented his city at a convention in a midwest city and when he got home he presented his memorandum of costs. The powers that be deducted seven berries. That made the Medico hot under the collar because he says he believes they expected him to eat hot dogs when the weather was hot. SAFETY FIRST When some of the good looking movie actresses meet up with dashing boulevardiers they should stamp their foot and inquire of they “are married.” Those alienation suits are vexing, and darned expensive—if you lose. OPERATION WAS SUCCESSFUL—BUT PATIENT DIED A young woman was charged with grand theft for taking a car without the owner’s consent. Said the dame: “I wanted to go to Aunt Jane's; my husband did not have a car; I saw one parked at the curb; I took it—intending to return it; but before SAFETY FIRST When some of the good looking movie actresses meet up with dashing boulevardiers they should stamp their foot and inquire of they “are married.” Those alienation suits are vexing, and darned expensive—if you lose. OPERATION WAS SUCCESSFUL—BUT PATIENT DIED A young woman was charged with grand theft for taking a car without the owner's consent. Said the dame: “I wanted to go to Aunt Jane’s; my husband did not have a car; I saw one parked at the curb; I took it—intending to return it; but before I got back I ran out of gas, and was arrested. And here I am in jail.” What do you make out of that, Watson? HOISTING YOURSELF BY YOUR OWN BOOTSTRAPS It is said the government bought about 70 million bushels of wheat, to relieve the farmers, and then, by golly, the price dropped 10 cents a bushel. YUO MEAN, MISTER, THAT MA WAS HANGING PICTURES, OR SUMPIN' A Sunday newspaper writer, one who raises risibles, in a narrative the other day, said a daughter failed in her plans to elope because her mother was using the ladder. SO NEAR, AND YET SO FAR A prominent man in public affairs says if the people want a little encouragement all they have to do is to “look” at the condition of the treasury. HO HO HUM! And now that it has been decided to let private interests have Muscle Shoals you might as well snuff out the candle and go to sleep. (Say, Val, let’s have buckwheat cakes and sausage for breakfast. Okay.) PULLING CHESTNUTS OUT OF THE FIRE When they get your uncle in that League of Nations the big international money lenders no doubt will have a better chance to draw down the interest. (They will have a dandy police force). NEST EGGS GOING INTO CIRCULATION A well known citizen down east intimates that it would be a good thing if everybody would get busy and spend their money. (Hey, you losen up) (you first my dear Gaston). THINGS LOOKED ROSY If you were interested you would have noticed that the unemployment situation eased up a bit there awhile ago when so many fellers ran for office. A SNIFTER NOW AND THEN WAKES UP A LOTTA WHOOPEE IN THE MAN Another case of ambassee whisky ritis broke out again in a certain city on a well konwn river; but up to the hour of going to press there were no signs of anything passing down the sink. FIRE WHEN YOU’RE READY Some of the other countries threaten to “retaliate” and place a high tariff on American made goods. This country is self-sustaining. A SNIFTER NOW AND THEN WAKES UP A LOTTA WHOOPEE IN THE MAN Another case of ambassee whiskyritis broke out again in a certain city on a well known river; but up to the hour of going to press there were no signs of anything passing down the sink. FIRE WHEN YOU'RE READY Some of the other countries threaten to "retaliate" and place a high tariff on American made goods. This country is self-sustaining and can stand it if they can. MEBBE THAT'S WHY THEY PUT ON PERFUME A man who has made a success in the motor vehicle world says that somebody should go in for making bath tubs, because he has found out that not one person in ten here has one now. SEARCH AND SEIZE A young man who had the feminine folks hanging over the ropes with his crooningg melodies drew the spotlight again the other day when he is quoted as saying his success is due to his search for his dream girl. Now should he still be in quest of the gal several of the local drugstore cowboys will give him access to their date books and telephone numbers. OMITTING A TIME WORN CUSTOM “If the babies wait for me to come and kiss them,” said an office seeker during the hot spell, “the kids will all be wearing.” (O-o-o-h! YOU WHITTLE OUT A HEAD FOR THIS It is given out on good authority that there is really an over-production of oil. A state law is in force trying to stop the wasting of gas. You know, gas is nature's weapon to force the oil out of the hole. When the gas is gone pumps must be used. If it should so happen that the gas pockets are all exhausted the price of oil would go high. Therefore the gas should be held in check as long as possible. Of course people must go 40 miles an hour. Perhaps if they would let them go faster more oil would be used. It is said there is no tariff on oil. And it is further said this country exports large volumes of oil. People with oil bearing land naturally want to get it out while the getting is good. Perhaps a solution to all this would be for the big companies to build more storage tanks.