anaheim-gazette 1931-04-23

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. BABSON SEES UPTURN One of the more reliable business prophets, who looks at signs of the present and future in things which most of us overlook, is Rober Babson, who says that business is now showing healthful signs of upturn. The movements of carloads of freight by the American railroads is on the increase and it may be taken as a reliable barometer, for it means that the demand for materials for construction purposes, merchandise and other commodities is growing. Still another good omen he sees is the increase which prevails in employment, which means more men and women are returning to work from idleness, and which also means that the wages they earn will increase as time goes by and more money will get into general circulation. Chain store sales are growing, too, he says, which means that people of limited resources are not "broke." But the most hopeful prophecy he makes is, before the end of the year there may be a shortage of labor in a number of lines of activitiy. BUILD THE NICARAGUA CANAL When the question was up before Congress as to whether the Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans should be cut across Nicaragua or across the Isthmus of Panama, the objection to the Nicaragua route was raised that the country was subject to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, which would make a Canal there unsafe. The advocates of the Nicaragua route stoutly defended their position and declared that there were no active vol- BUILD THE NICARAGUA CANAL When the question was up before Congress as to whether the Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans should be cut across Nicaragua or across the Isthmus of Panama, the objection to the Nicaragua route was raised that the country was subject to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, which would make a Canal there unsafe. The advocates of the Nicaragua route stoutly defended their position and declared that there were no active volcanoes in Nicaragua, and, what is certainly true, that all countries bordering on the Pacific are equally subject to earthquakes. The clever French engineer, General Philippe Bunau-Varilla, who was the chief lobbyist at Washington for the Panama route, obtained a quantity of Nicaragua postage stamps, which showed a picture of a smoking volcanic mountain, and had one placed on the desk of every member of Congress. This resulted in the selection of the Panama route and the successful engineering feat of building the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal today is so crowded with shipping that the need for another passage between the oceans is apparent to everybody. The Panama Canal is earning $100,000 a day in tolls, and has more than paid for itself in less than twenty years. But if anything should happen to obstruct the Panama Canal, it would be a serious handicap, not only to commercial shipping, but to the American Navy in case of war. The United States has long had an agreement with Nicaragua to permit us to build a canal across that country. Army engineers have reported favorably on the project, surveys have been practically completed, and costs estimated at about the same figure that the Panama Canal cost. All that remains is for Congress to authorize the expenditure of the necessary money, which would give employment to a vast amount of labor, directly and indirectly, would strengthen our country's relations with Central America, be of inestimable aid to sea-borne commerce, and a highly important aid to our navy and military protection. There is danger that the earthquake which destroyed the city of Managua, capital of Nicaragua, a few days ago, will be seized upon by canal opponents as an argument against building a canal across Nicaragua. But Sidney B. Williamson, chief of the Civilian Engineer members of the Inter-Oceanic Canal Board, states not only that this particular quake did no damage whatever along the line where the canal would run, but that there is even less danger of serious earthquake damage in Nicaragua that there is in Pamana, where a very slight disturbance might effectively block the canal for months. The volcanoes of Nicaragua, geologists say, act as a safety valve for the internal earth pressures which are likely to manifest themselves in earthquakes. It would be too bad if public opinion and public officials were to be stamped by the Nicaragua catastrophe into abandoning the Nicaragua Canal project, on which so much money and effort has already been expended. CANNED FOOD IS WHOLESOME The use of preserved foods, fresh vegetables, fruits, meats and almost everything edible, packed either in tin or in glass, is a matter of such everyday experience that few people realize what an extremely new thing it is in human life. A hundred years ago the canning of food was practically unheard of. It is only within fifty years or so that the present CANNED FOOD IS WHOLESOME The use of preserved foods, fresh vegetables, fruits, meats and almost everything edible, packed either in tin or in glass, is a matter of such everyday experience that few people realize what an extremely new thing it is in human life. A hundred years ago the canning of food was practically unheard of. It is only within fifty years or so that the present safe modern methods of canning have been developed. Up to the 1870's, the only effective ways in general use of preserving food stuffs were those of salting, smoking, pickling, drying or preserving with spices. The opening up of trade routes between Europe and the East Indies, in the Middle Ages, was due, as much as to any one cause, to the demand in Europe for pepper, cloves, all-spice, and other pungent, aromatic spices grown in the East, which could be used to preserve meats and other foods. In the World War our soldiers were fed largely on canned meats, canned beans, canned fish, and an immense variety of canned vegetables, soups and fruit preserves, all of them already cooked. Military rations in the Civil War consisted only of such foods as could be preserved by salting, somking and drying. The cooking had to be done in the field. The last prejudice against canned foods ought to disappear in the light of the report of Dr. W. H. Eddy, of Columbia University, who has conducted extensive tests with forty-nine different canned foods, including milk, meats and fowl, vegetables and fruits. Dr. Eddy informed the American Chemical Society, the other day, that these tests show that the vitamins A, B, C, and G, which are essential for health, are contained in foods canned by modern processes, in substantially the same degree that there are to be found in the fresh products. It is inevitable that the use of canned foods will increase as population tends to concentrate in the cities, and the problem of fresh food supply and of domestic cooking become more complex. The canning industry is one of the largest in the United States, but it bids fair to be much larger. In several parts of the country co-operative canneries, owned and operated by the farmers who grow the products which are canned, have been successful. Co-operative projects of that kind are among the enterprises which the Federal Farm Board is authorized to assist with financial co-operation and expert advice. There is room for many more of them, wherever a sufficient number of farmers are willing to agree to produce the necessary supplies of raw material to keep such a cannery in operation. World's Speed Record for Motorboats Broken Again Short Essays On Popular Topics FINANCING THE SCHOOLS By Dr. BALDWIN M. WOODS of University of California Financing of the public educational system is causing general concern within the schools, as well as outside. All the way from one of the oldest of industries, agriculture, to one of the newest, automobiles, we have a trend toward over-production. In many cases it is merely production in advance of the present market, but in others it is beyond the ultimate possibilities of the market. In education we have some of the same problems as in industry. We have a market which needs most careful examination, just as in industry. We have to differentiate between present demand and ultimate demand. For many years the educational system has expanded in two ways: First, by increased attendance from given age groups; second, by the increased age spans, as they may be called, of formal education. Our justification has been based on general beliefs, first, that every individual profited by education as far as we were prepared to prescribe moved. As most of it was in securities the job was a lot easier. In spite of its "simplicity" an army of machine gunners lined Broadway for half a mile, side streets were blocked off by armored trucks to prevent a raid in force, and armed guards by the hundreds stood around and witnessed the transference of the treasure. All this happened between 6 and 8 a.m. on a quiet Sunday morning in Gotham. Naturally the general public was not apprised in advance of what was going to be done so there were no crowds ling Broadway. In spite of the drought and depression Vermont went 2 to 1 Republican in a senatorial election the other day. These Vermont farmers are a little set in their ways and seldom call for relief. CURED INDIANS "TUMMY" ACHE Chief Cuviboranandi, plumed headman of the Guayml cannibals, has just returned to New York after another visit to his adopted home in the hinterland of Panama. In New York he is more prosaically known as A. H. Verrill, author of 60 books on travel, ethnology and archeology. Mr. Verrill's elevation to chiefdom among the cannibals came as the result of an expedition he made in search of the fabulously rich gold mine of Tisungal, in Costa Rica, whose secret has been guarded for hundreds of years by the Guayml cannibals. Bruce Barton Looks at Ways of Life BLESSED ARE THE ASKERS When I was younger I used to lie at the Giant Corporations of the country with awe. I thought: "How wonderful to president of such a world-wide business Millions of capital and surplus in treasury; great plants which are turning out a stream of products; the highest priced experts in every line to the work! All the president has to do is sit in a nice big office and watch the wheels go round." When I came closer to those Giant Corporations I promptly revised ideas. For instance: I happened to be in the office of chairman of the board of one of the largest businesses of its kind. The telephone rang. On the other end of wire was the president of a railroad. Said the railroad man to his friend the manufacturer: "You have a solid company in our territory. Total freight bill is only a few thousand of dollars a year, but we want that business. Can we have it?" A few days later I called on a man facturer of building materials. In education we have some of the same problems as in industry. We have a market which needs most careful examination, just as in industry. We have to differentiate between present demand and ultimate demand. For many years the educational system has expanded in two ways: First, by increased attendance from given age groups; second, by the increased age spans, as they may be called, of formal education. Our justification has been based on general beliefs, first, that every individual profited by education as far as we were prepared to prescribe it for him, and second, that the aggregate benefit to the state was far greater than the cost. We still hold strongly to these beliefs. It is perhaps time, however, to inquire concerning possible changes in their application, necessitated by the phenomenal development of our schools. We have been developing the supply faster than the market has increased. To a certain extent we are following the same course as the manufacturers of automobiles. The extent of the progress in reaching children in a given age group is illustrated by the superintendent of public instruction of California in a report published several years ago. It appears that in 1890 there were 4 per cent of the children aged 14 to 17, inclusive, the secondary school age, in the high schools of California. In 1927 the percentage had risen to more than 74. In 1918 the college enrollment in California per 1,000 population was 5.95. In 1929, it was 10.55. This ratio increased steadily throughout the period, in spite of the large influx of population which required assimilation. If education in California can avoid the disaster of overproduction which has befallen industry, the value of the accomplishment will lie not merely in the salvage of dollars, but much more in the achievement of human development. There can be no sound education without a well-developed sense of relative values. The King and Queen of Slam are coming to America to consult some of our medical specialists. Well, first of all they might as well get ready to have their tonsils out. MOVING DAY IN GOTHAM Moving day in the country is a much more simple occasion than in large cities, particularly New York. Even the Metropolis, however, got a thrill one Sunday morning last month. The occasion was the removal of the treasure of the Irving Trust Co., amounting to $3,000,000,000, from the vaults in the Woolworth Building to the new building of the bank at No. 1 Wall Street, just across from old Trinity Church, a distance of less than half a mile. Now a ton of gold aveidrupols was not troy, amounts to around $640,000. Had the treasure been all in gold it would have meant that something else! Chief Cuvier admits, plainer than man of the Guayam cannibals, has just returned to New York after another visit to his adopted home in the hinterland of Panama. In New York he is more proxically known as A. H. Verril, author of 60 books on travel, ethnology and archeology. Mr. Verril's elevation to chiefdom among the cannibals came as the result of an expedition he made in search of the fabulously rich gold mine of Tisingal, in Costa Rica, whose secret has been guarded for hundreds of years by the Guayam cannibals. After incredible hardships he happened to reach the dwelling of King Polu, cacique of the Shayahan Indians, guardians of the lost mine. And there Fate intervened, to disclose the perilous secret. For the King's daughter, aged eight, was stricken with an agonizing colic. Verril curbed her. "Come with me!" baded the King. Endless hours Verril followed him. At last the King showed him the mine. "There, hidden in rank growth," says Verril in the American Magazine, "lay wealth beyond one's wildest dreams. Gold and the white man's lust for wealth have always been the curse of the Indians, and I am thankful that the secret of this lost treasure-place, the world's richest gold mine, is so effectively guarded." The Guayamis, Verril explains, live among mountains that are still unexplored. Verril was warned not to go among them, but, in spite of all that, he went. For many days he dwelt as a guest in the house of their Chief Neanandi. After Verril had been some time with the Chief, a huge dance-festival was organized for him on a remote mountain-top. But just before the festivities the "dance-chief," or medicine man, fell sick. "I diagnosed his trouble as only colic, and gave him some medicine," said Verril. "The others gathered about me and watched me reverently, for word had spread that I was doctoring the dance-chief, a sacred personage. If he sought my help, I must be great indeed!" Well, the watch doctor recovered, and Verril's fame grew swiftly. After the dance he was led into a temple and up to the altar. "I was absolutely dumfounded," says Verril. "for I realized I was being made a medicine chief." When the ceremony was ended, I was a full-fledged Guayamichief, honored as no white man had ever been—all because I had cured an old Indian's stomach-ache!" When we look at all those bushes and trucks and pleasure cars on the road we are convinced that all of the shrinkage in railroad earnings is not due to the depression. It will now be found in Nicaragua that Uncle Sam's marines are just as efficient in ministering to the destitute and suffering as they are in maintaining ideas. For instance: I happened to be in the office of chairman of the board of one of the best businesses of its kind. The telephone rang. On the other end of wire was the president of a railroad company. Said the railroad man to his friend the manufacturer: "You have a solidiliary company in our territory. Total freight bill is only a few thousand dollars a year, but we want that business. Can we have it?" A few days later I called on a man facturer of building materials. "President's secretary said: 'The bishop wants to see you, but he had to go suddenly.' He has just heard that And So (naming a banker) is going build a new house, so he jumped into car and went down to see if he could get the order. I called at my bank. The president was not in his office. His assistant ported that he had gone out—to so many account. A friend of mine is in a top business has had a very good year spite of the depression. A competitor asked him: "How in the world do you get so many orders?" To which friend replied simply: "By going and asking for them." Whether a business be big or small or international makes little difference. If it is to keep going it must have orders. And there isn't any professor or chairman of the board so proud or so rich that he isn't after every single day! Conditions have been subnormal for a long time, not only here but over the world. Many predictions have been uttered; many remedies proposed. My own suggestion for improvement is very simple: Let's all quit talking about how times are. Let's go out and ask for orders. Blessed are the askers! TRAFFIC HABITS Strangers are impressed by the New Yorkers cross busy streets with the lights are against them, even on most crowded thoroughfares. At busiest crossings policemen crowd to cross women with little dress being given special attention. The ordinary citizen, however, does through the traffic and it is a man that so few people are hit. Effort stop crowds from crossing against lights were dropped after several licensees had been crushed to death. Drivers here are reconciled to their condition and guard carefully against hitting pedestrians who have no right to be on the roadway. They show resentment at having their rights disregarded. Recently writer was "jay-walking" across R Avenue when a lone driver flashed narrowly missing our toes. As he flashed by he grinned and our dander up. Mechanically we got his license plate. It was issued a mild-western state. And so New York Moving day in the country is a much more simple occasion than in large cities, particularly New York. Even the Metropolis, however, got a thrill one Sunday morning last month. The occasion was the removal of the treasure of the Irving Trust Co., amounting to $3,000,000,000, from the vaults in the Woolworth Building to the new building of the bank at No. 1 Wall Street, just across from old Trinity Church, a distance of less than half a mile. Now a ton of gold, avalirdupols was not troy, amounts to around $640,000. Had the treasure been all in gold it would have meant that something like five thousand tons would have been - AND NOW, PINKY HAVE YOU DECIDED WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? WELL, UNCLE DON, AFTER I HAVE BEEN A LAWYER TO PLEASE FATHER--AND A MINISTER TO PLEASE MOTHER-- -I'M GOIN' TO BE AN AIRPLANE PILOT! TERRY GILKISON Purru Pinky Shangles! DO NOT DARE FOR BRIDGE OR GOLF FOR CHECKERS OR FOR CHESS. NEVER FISH OR PLAY CROQUET. I'M NOT GROWN UP, I GUESS! OBSERVATIONS SMOKING HIM OUT Jakey—For vat is this dey call Quo Warrants proceedings. Iky—For vy you esk me such a foolish kevestion. Anyway, Jackey, das is a mighty important legal propositionment. Ven ve elect a man und make him an officer to do the bizness for de peeples, und he makes his foot slip, den it is ven all the peeples demand that dey must rouse mit him from the high position from vich he makes so much foolishment like a bummer. SAY, MISTER, THAT GOES FOR SCOTCHMEN, TOO, 'EH? A man whose middle name is "Courage" says this depression can be cured if everybody and your aunt would spend one dollar a week more than you did before. He says there are 120 million people in the U. S. and that would put 120 million more dollars in circulation. It's just like that. Multiply the number by 10 and see what you have got. All right, Let's Go. YOU HEARD 'EM THE FIRST TIME After two years of painstaking and exhaustive research the commission came to the conclusion that the law can be enforced. LONG DRY SPELL And it looks like the people will not get the beer, as intimated in that report that went hopping around. THE GASOLINE AGE Some time ago when you saw a red-headed girl, should it so have happened that you looked around, you surely would have seen a white horse; but now when you see a red head, you have to go to the museum to see the horse. COMING TO A GOAT'S HOUSE FOR WOOL The humor is printed frequently that Soviet Russia is dumping its products on the world's markets, at a cheapened price, in order to force the people of the several nations to take up Bolshevism. LOVE THY NEIGHBOR An emissary from Germany said: "The Facist party will never get in control. There are several groups of radicals whose aim is to overthrow their present government. But they will fail." COMING TO A GOAT'S HOUSE FOR WOOL The humor is printed frequently that Soviet Russia is dumping its products on the world's markets, at a cheapened price, in order to force the people of the several nations to take up Bolshevism. LOVE THY NEIGHBOR An emissary from Germany said: "The Facist party will never get in control. There are several groups of radicals whose aim is to overthrow their present government. But they will fail. The German people want peace, and the emissary declares their wish is to co-operate heartily with America in that a lasting peace between the two countries may prevail and endure." AND THEN THEY BLEW THE WORKS There were many people who waited patiently for two years expecting the committee would recommend something. First they figured it would be wine, then perhaps it would be beer, and some were so cocksure that they believed it would be beer and wine. Of course, they did not want to see the corner saloon come back; but if the committee would recommend something these people believed they could handle it, all right. But then the time came for the report and lo and behold they said there would be nothing doing, because the law can be enforced. Well, for crying out oud, it was a nest of porcelain poultry fruit. ALL DRESSED UP AND NO PLACE TO GO Categorically speaking, for instance, if the commission would have said beer or wine, or both, what effect would that have on you, if the "boys" who make the laws were not interested. ALL WASHED UP If you got one grand a month to do something, and you found out it was a pretty tough job to tackle, what would you do, or go fishing? RELIEF FOR FARMERS—AND HOW A short time ago the farm board bought 100 million bushels of wheat with a view to stabilize the market. RUNNING WATER INTO A BATHTUB WITH THE OUTLET OPEN Instead of the government buying wheat, how would it do to use that money to buy Christmas presents for the wheat farmers, and then advise them to raise something else. THE MISSING LINK With so much wheat laying around loose, somebody ought to go in for flour mills, as a side line. They could then have all the bread they needed, and live comfortably ever after. Of course, they would have to rustle the water, salt and an oven. JOCKEYING THE WHEEL HORSES INTO A POCKET There may be a special session of congress early in the spring, and then again there may not. Some of the boys may start a filibuster, or something, to stall the short session that begins in December, thereby blocking any legislation that is worth while, including the often referred to bill concerning the disposition of the power energy developed in Muscle Shoals. It has been declared that private concerns are attempting to muscle in on that JOCKEYING THE WHEEL HORSES INTO A POCKET There may be a special session of congress early in the spring, and then again there may not. Some of the boys may start a filibuster, or something, to stall the short session that begins in December, thereby blocking any legislation that is worth while, including the often referred to bill concerning the disposition of the power energy developed in Muscle Shoals. It has been declared that private concerns are attempting to muscle in on that energy. Should it so happen that needful legislation is finessed into a political deadlock, a special session may of necessity be called. However, that is a gamble. But the reason for a special session, it is said is primarily for the purpose of allowing all the new members of that august body to take their seats ahead of the time honored schedule. The new congress does not convene until December, 1931. Should the special session go through there will be a wild scramble of lame ducks getting out and going home ahead of time before the snow begins to fly. EVERYBODY IS DOING IT Many people keep the hard times and depression pot boiling by repeating what the other fellow told them. It is a sort of hysteria, or something. And after hearing and repeating the poorhouse melody so often those people believe it themselves. Oftentimes a guy, whose rent is due and unpaid, sets up an awful howl about hard times when the landlord calls. He has the rent money, all right, but delights in giving the house owner the heebee jeebees, and then goes and blows in the money for something else; and then he too joins the ranks of croakers, who don't believe it is going to rain any more. MIGHT INTERFERE WITH HER NECKING A young actress up state is suing her big boy friend for a whole lot of money, because when she was injured in a car crack up, while out with him for a ride, she lost ten of her teeth. LIFE IS JUST LIKE THAT A married man, who had signed a contract for the purchase of a radio, defaulted, was then sued and had his wages attached, began to rave and he swore and he was about as sad looking as anything you ever saw. "The laws are made for the rich man," he moaned, "what chance has a poor man. See all the good boose the rich m..."; and as he disappeared down the corridor he was still insisting about something and then all hands punched the clock and called it a day.