anaheim-gazette 1931-03-26

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher ESTABLISHED 1870 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ... $2.00 SIX MONTHS ... 1.00 Entered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. GOVERNMENT IN BUSINESS The element in politics which wants the Federal Government to go into business is neither Republican nor Democratic but Socialistic. That is the essence of Socialism, that Government should do everything, and all individual enterprise be subordinated. That is not the way in which America has become great. It is not the way in which any nation ever became great. We in this country believe, whether we call ourselves Democrats or Republicans, that the individual is greater than the State, that government is set up to serve the individual and not to rule him. We have always resented, even in war time, the competition of Government with private enterprise. There are emergencies, as President Hoover pointed out in his message vetoing the Muscle Shoals bill, when Government is justified in going temporarily into business, but who that remembers how the railroads were managed during the War would want to go back to that inefficient, extravagant way of doing things? Government operation of any business enterprise means the employment of people not because they are good at their jobs but because they voted right at the last election. The Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals and the government nitrate plant there were built as a war emergency measure. It would be desirable to utilize the water-power that is now going to waste there, but it would be simply a plunge into Socialism for the There are emergencies, as President Hoover pointed out in his message vetoing the Muscle Shoals bill, when Government is justified in going temporarily into business, but who that remembers how the railroads were managed during the War would want to go back to that inefficient, extravagant way of doing things? Government operation of any business enterprise means the employment of people not because they are good at their jobs but because they voted right at the last election. The Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals and the government nitrate plant there were built as a war emergency measure. It would be desirable to utilize the water-power that is now going to waste there, but it would be simply a plunge into Socialism for the Government to enter into the business of manufacturing and selling electric power. It is easy enough to determine what a fair rental for the existing facilities there would be, and if private enterprise is not willing to pay that rental, that in itself is pretty good proof that the Government could not operate at a profit. And there is no possible justification for burdening the taxpayers of all the nation with the losses of an unprofit able business enterprise which can directly benefit only a few. LOOKING AHEAD With the print cloth market showing much improvement, the automobile factories getting back into greater production and other signs showing a trend in the upward direction, it probably will not be long before everybody will be taking a more optimistic view of this old world of ours which is all geared to go when we turn on a little more steam. We do not know just when it will be, never having qualified as a prophet, but we do not think the day is far distant when people generally will be looking back at this economic disturbance as definitely behind them. And a little later they will forget all about it as they have forgotten those that have preceded, says the Fall River, Mass., Herald-News. But with all our brains and ingenuity we ought to be able to guard against any such violent swings up and down of the economic pendulum. It is with this thought in mind that governors of the great industrial states of the Northeast, including Governor Ely of Massachusetts, have been in conference in Albany, N. Y. Among other things they discussed unemployment insurance, which appears to have much to recommend it as a possible solution. It is too big a question, of course, to admit of snap judgment and experts are to be engaged to give it intensive study. This is progress in the right direction and something tangible should come of it. SOLDIERS' BONUS MONEY The first effect of the distribution of several hundred million dollars among ex-soldiers, in the form of loans against their compensation certificates, will be felt by retail storekeepers in every line. More money in hand means more money spent. The effect will not be more noticeable in any one part of the country than in any other, but it will spread pretty evenly all over the United States. Increased sales by retailers will compel the speedier replenishment of stocks, and thus will stimulate wholesale trade and, in turn, manufacturing. Just how much effect Government financing necessary to provide the funds for these bonus payments, will have upon the curtailment of credit of industrial expansion, remains to be seen. Secretary Mellon opposed the project because Increased sales by retailers will compel the speedier replenishment of stocks, and thus will stimulate wholesale trade and, in turn, manufacturing. Just how much effect Government financing necessary to provide the funds for these bonus payments, will have upon the curtailment of credit of industrial expansion, remains to be seen. Secretary Mellon opposed the project because of the added burden upon taxpayers and the drain upon general credit facilities. It may not prove as serious as he anticipated. In the meantime, one fact stands out clearly. The merchants who will gain the chief benefit from the increase in business through this new spending will be the ones who are enterprising enough to keep up their stocks and courageous enough to tell the people of their communities about their wares, through intelligent advertising. There never was a situation, it seems to us, when advertising had such an opportunity to prove its value. ONE WAY TO PROSPERITY Once more the debt revisionists are with us. The depression in America has given them a new lease on life, and many of the internationalists are now urging that the only way to restore prosperity to the world is to have Uncle Sam cancel the European debts so that all nations can start over again. They are even seeking to tell us that the hard times in America as well as elsewhere are due to the fact that the allied nations are still paying their debts to the United States and collecting the money for the payments from Germany. It might be added, of course, that the international debts did not cause the drought of last summer which undoubtedly was a factor in prolonging the depression, and which had a bad effect on the public mind generally in addition to the misery caused in the drought regions. And so many factors have gone into the making of the depression that it would take more space than is available here for recounting them. DOING THE BEST IT CAN The Division of Education of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has just sent us another pamphlet which eulogizes the League of Nations, favors cancellation of the foreign debts, deplores our protective tariff, urges America to pledge itself at once to take sides against any nation that breaks the Kellogg treaty, and finally makes strong appeal for our immediate adherence to the World Court. These "educational" institutions are not making much impression on the American people but they are working hard and doing the best they can. The Twelve Queens in American Life These twelve women have been chosen the nation's greatest. (Left to right, top row) Jane Addams, social welfare worker; Helen Keller, famous deaf mute; Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, operatic singer; Willa Cather, novelist; Mary Woolley and Martha Berry, educational pioneers; (bottom row) Cecilia Beaux, artist; Grace Abbott, child welfare worker; Minnie Maddern丝克, stage actress; Carrie Chapman Catt, suffragist; Florence Sabin, anatomist and tuberculosis fighter, and Grace Coolidge, wife of ex-president Coolidge. Short Essays On Popular Topics THE BONUS AS INCENTIVE By CHARLES M. SCHWAB Chairman Bethlehem Steel Corporation It is a rare thing now for the real Greek Theatre Turns Into White Elephant Los Angeles does things—and at times she over-does. One of the "over-does" is the beautiful Greek theatre, one of the very few in the country, and it is a looming problem which not even one of the wise city councilmen seems able to solve. Bruce Barton Looks at Ways of Life NAZARETHS It was at Deerfield Academy visiting my boy, and on the way back I had an hour between trains at Northampton. Short Essays On Popular Topics THE BONUS AS INCENTIVE By CHARLES M. SCHWAB Chairman Bethlehem Steel Corporation It is a rare thing now for the real owners of a large business to manage its activities as was customary in previous generations. The size of the leading successful corporations today makes it almost impossible for any individual to own even a controlling interest in any of them. It has, therefore, become necessary to entrust the management of practically all the large enterprises of this country to individuals who, in most instances, have a relative small financial interest in the business. The conduct of business is no longer by capital and labor. It is by capital, management and labor. One of the greatest incentives for the development of any business is a sense of proprietorship. Under the new conditions, therefore, it has become necessary to find a substitute for the incentive which the sense of ownership formerly provided. To supply this sense of ownership many companies have adopted managerial profit-sharing plans. In some cases they take the form of cash payments based upon earnings, as in the Bethelhem plan. In other cases they consist of stock allotments which are paid for in whole or in part out of a fund created by the corporation and based upon the net earnings. THE DAYS OF DEWEY The recent death of Mrs. Dewey resulted to many middle aged Americans the famous and stirring days when her husband's name first was blazoned across a country about to burst its shell with all the reserves of its contained power. They were confident days, adventurous, exploring and curious. There was a comparatively new navy, experienced sailors and able captains, the far seas, and strange as it now may appear to indifferent or critical Americans, a people who thought their cause was just and their purpose civilized and humane, says the Chicago Telegraph. Dewey was trained under Farrarum. Under that great sailor he had seen the forcing of the Mississippi. In the same spirit he is commander of a squadron which has no base unless it conquered one, forced his way into the unknown dangers of Subic Bay and Manila harbor. The improvisation of the Spanish had been incredible. Being incredible, it could not enter into the calculations and expectations of the American com­pany. Greek Theatre Turns Into White Elephant Los Angeles does things—and at times she over-does. One of the "over-does" is the beautiful Greek theatre, one of the very few in the country, and it is a looming problem which not even one of the wise city councilmen seems able to solve. This Greek theatre is a thing of architectural beauty, so much of the period that one can almost hear the flowing robes of the early Senators rustle as they debate from their places in the Arena the merits or demerits of a new postoffice for Athens. This theatre, nestling in a hillside cup designed by nature to display its beauty, represents an expenditure partly bequeathed and partly made up by appropriations. It is fully equipped. Dressing rooms are furnished and ready for 100 actors. Frogs ornate administration offices a telephone system communicates with every part of the plant. Under the theatre, which will seat 5,000 persons, is a concrete garage, and the stage and other accountments are producers' dreams come true. Six months ago this princely gift to the people was dedicated as "the beginning of a new cultural opportunity for Los Angeles." A distinguished gathering made the ten-mile trek into the heart of Griffith Park and every one was aglow with civic pride and bursting with plans for the future. Thousands of electric lights in panels, chandeliers and clusters threw a brilliance on the settings, through which the constellations peeped on apparent awaits the wonders wrought by man, says New York Times. Since that historic night not a wheel has turned. The only light comes from a waterman's lateren; cobwebs cover the wide vista of seats. Following the creation ceremony which was paid for by a downtown bank, the Park Commissioners, who have the theatre in charge, went back to their offices and waited for something to happen. It didn't, and hasn't. There are no funds to provide free entertainment and no impressio is willing to take a chance with the acts hidden in a faraway hillside. City authorities are asking plausibly: "Why is it Greek theater anyway, and what do one do to make it?" The public is only mildly interested, and one of the most unique and charming possessions of an American city stands in silent and deried majesty, a thing apart, waiting for the waving of some magic wand to fill the vacant seats with customers and the countryside with culture. President Hoover by proclamation Bruce Barton Looks at Ways of Life NAZARETHS It was at Deerfield Academy visiting my boy, and on the way back I had an hour between trains at Northampton. It was Sunday evening. The main street was almost deserted. I walked into a side street and past the little two-family house where Calvin Coolidge lived until a few weeks ago. I went around to the old building in which he and his law partner used to have their modest offices. I stood in front of the square town hall. It was interesting to think of the days when he was mayor. One could picture him coming slowly up the street after breakfast. "Morning, Cal," people would say. "Morning," he would answer. And a stranger in the town probably have exclaimed: "Is that your mayor, that quiet little fellow? He doesn't look like much." If any one had suggested that the quiet little fellow might one day be President of the United States, the daughter would have echoed from one end of Main Street to the other. A few years later, when Coolidge had become governor of Massachusetts, a merchant in Boston named Frank Stearns began to make the presidential suggestion. He came to New York and persuaded a few of us Amherst graduates that the thing was not impossible. Even then the idea was usually greeted with smiles, especially by folks in Massachusetts. "That's all right for you fellows in New York," they "But distance lends enchantment; we are his neighbors; we know him." And one of the wisest men in the Commonwealth remarked to the son of Frank Stearns: "Calvin Coolidge is nothing but a figment of your father's imagination." Nazareth is the immortal illustration of the attitude of the home town. After Jesus had gone out into the world and became famous, after he performed His miracles in Capernaum and even in Jerusalem, He went back home. A crowd of His old neighbors greeted Him in the synagogue, but there was no pride or confidence in their attitude. Their skeptical expressions spoke louder than words. "You may have fooled them in those other towns, but we know you. You are only the boy who used to work in the carpenter shop." And the record says sadly: "He could do there no mighty work, because of their unbelief." Dewey was trained under Farragut, Under that great sailor he had seen the forcing of the Mississippi. In the same spirit he, as commander of a squadron which had no base unless it conquered one, forced his way into the unknown dangers of Sabbig Bay and Manila harbor. The improvidence of the Spanish had been incredible. Being incredible, it could not enter into the calculations and expectations of the American commander. His ships went through mine fields which were ineffective, past batteries which did not discover him, by gun positions where the guns had not been mounted, and into battle against ships and batteries which could not hit him. But Dewey did not go against known futilities, but against positions which were potentially deadly. Few sea commanders have taken equal chances. The World War revealed a poverty of fleet command as compared with that of the age of Dewey and Sampson. It is to be hoped as to the American navy they were not the last of the old tradition. President Hoover by proclamation has added the Hawaii National Forest, located in the upper peninsula of Michigan, to our reserves under national control, making a total of 150. There are now 150 million acres administered by the National Forest Reserve. When King Ibn Saud of Arabia makes a journey into the desert he keeps in touch with his two palaces at Mecca and Riyadh by radio, which reminds us that our present civilization is extending into Asia. Arabia, by the way, is as large as all of Europe outside of Russia. Wins Civic Award Dr. Paul Phillippe Cret, University of Pennsylvania professor and a famous designer of war memorials, won this $10,000 Bok prize as the person contributing the greatest service to the advancement of his fellow men. New Consul-General Gerald Campbell, Britain's new consul-general to N. Y. C., is no stranger in this country, having served in a similar capacity at San Francisco. Succeeding Sir Harry Gloster-Armstrong, Campbell becomes the highest ranking British consular officer. Czar of Baseball Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis snapped at Clearwater, Fla. on the day of the Brooklyn Robins spring training. Spring is here. OBSERVATIONS HEY, THERE, LOOK OUT BELOW! The American Federation of Labor has recommended the legal making of light wines and beer, thereby giving employment to thousands now out of a job. OASIS IN THE DESERT There are several flowing artesian wells in Las Vegas, one of which produces enough pure water for a population of 15,000 persons: STARTED IT BUT THEY DIDN'T FINISH IT Slickers went into the territory adjacent to Las Vegas and laid out "townsites" when news flashed over the land that Boulder dam would be built. Some unfortunate and misguided people invested their money in those town lots. Away out there on the desert if you raised a jack rabbit you would be lucky. KEEP ON SMILING A year or so ago a man coined a zippy phrase that ran something like this: "Every day, in every way, we are getting better and better." Now, the thing to do is to keep repeating that sentence, and then you might believe it. BEFORE AND AFTER If you have a gallon of good old porto and take a little swig once in a while they say it's good for you; but if you put it all under your belt at one sittin' you're liable to get purple. HEY, EDDIE, CALL THE ICEMAN Scene: Out on the desert, near Baker—Say, pard, does it get hot here in summer. Naw, not so very—runs from 114 to 120. You see we get used to it. HEAR 'EM AND WEEP A saxaphone artist was playing for the edification of the guests at a house party, and the neighbors, who hit the hay early, were non-plussed, peeved and perplexed. It was late when the artist struck up the soulful melody, "There's No Place Like Home." The wide awake neighbors heaved a sigh or relief in an- HEY, EDDIE, CALL THE ICEMAN Scene: Out on the desert, near Baker—Say, pard, does it get hot here in summer. Naw, not so very—runs from 114 to 120. You see we get used to it. HEAR 'EM AND WEEP A saxaphone artist was playing for the edification of the guests at a house party, and the neighbors, who hit the hay early, were non-plussed, peeved and perplexed. It was late when the artist struck up the soulful melody, "There's No Place Like Home." The wide awake neighbors heaved a sigh or relief in anticipation of the final closing of the musical program; but believe it or not the saxaphone soloist responded three times to enthusiastic encores. CAME RIGHT IN WITHOUT KNOCKING There are some people who don't like to work very much; but they like to live as easily as possible—and go to Tia Juana. FEELING HIM OUT Bill—Say, Sam, did you hear that the Goofus Gas Company had busted up. Sam—Why no. Bill—Neither did I. MAYBE THEY CONSULTED THE WEEGEE BOARD Just why they picked out 44 out of all those numerals that were available is a puzzler, says Billy Uhngla. EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS Whatever would become of some of the featured stars, if it wasn't for the feller who writes their wise cracks, and the guy who arranges the bed room "seens". CLEANING THE SLATE A man "riz" up in Germany over night and has been telling the rising generation over there to throw off the shackles and refuse to pay those old war debts. He has quite a following. That's one way of doing it. Lots of other people go into bankruptcy when they get that way. BUT MISTER, WHAT WOULD THEY USE FOR MONEY? A philosopher says, he is in favor of a 5-day week for working men. He says the only way to increase production is to increase the consumption. That hits the bull's eye, all right. And then he says with the working men with more leisure time on their hands their families would make more purchases and thus increase the output. GOOD LAW The Supreme Court has ruled that a defendant cannot (must not) be convicted for bribery upon the incorroborated testimony of an accomplice. A MISS IS AS GOOD AS A MILE Bill—What do they mean when they say you must have corroborative evidences? Jim—Well, sit down. It's like this. You know, if you are a public official and a guy gives you some jack to do something, and if that fellow gets pinched, is convicted and then squeals on you, GOOD LAW The Supreme Court has ruled that a defendant cannot (must not) be convicted for bribery upon the incorroborated testimony of an accomplice. A MISS IS AS GOOD AS A MILE Bill—What do they mean when they say you must have corroborative evidences? Jim—Well, sit down. It's like this. You know, if you are a public official and a guy gives you some jack to do something, and if that fellow gets pinched, is convicted and then squeals on you, they can't put you behind the bars unless they can strengthen the squawks given out by the squealer, and usually that is derned remote. PUT IT UNDER YOUR OWN BELT And now the big boss says he is not intersted in the little home brewer—if he doesn't sell it. Nemmencee Einst. IT'S SAFER TO TELEPHONE When a man runs for a high office he should be careful what he writes down on paper about this and that; thereby relieving the necessity of turning his coat. EDDIE, PUT THE PRESENTS IN THE FRONT ROOM If it takes 11 men two years to find out what the ailment was, how many wild parties would a guy have to pull off to find out if there is a Santa Claus. WHERE DID YOU GET THAT HAT There are many kinds of hats, but among a certain coterie of gents in a city on the banks of a famous river, it appears they favored one of green. UP IN THE AIR It is reported that a young lady who recently took up aviation, when in need of funds issued a check of the rubber denomination and made a forced landing in the jailhouse. AND THEN THE FIREWORKS STARTED It seems they staked out a plant in a famous building in an eastern city and what the dick saw and heard would make interesting reading were it put on the mike. It seems there were buys, a la cosh and carry. It may have been tea, but it is said there are few teetotlers among those present. It may have been horse liniment, but again most of the old boys use gas. And yet again it may have been an inspiration ingredient. Some say it is good for indigestion; but the undertakers say that it caused many inquests.