anaheim-gazette 1931-07-02

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. A PROMISING PROGRAM All sorts of people are putting forth all sorts of schemes designed to prevent a recurrence of the industrial depressions such as we have been going through. Most of the schemes are merely schemes, put forward by people who do not really know what they are talking about. These seems however, to be real promise in the suggestion of the National Civic Federation to call a national congress of selected delegates from every line of industry and business, and from the ranks of all the important trades as well, to formulate a program of industrial readjustment and to create a permanent organization to maintain the proper balance between production, distribution and consumption. The suggestion originated with Matthew Woll, vice-president of the American Federation of Labor, in a letter to James W. Gerard, former Ambassador to Germany, who is chairman of the Commission of Industrial Inquiry of the National Civic Federation. Elihu Root, America's most distinguished "elder statesman," is the honorary chairman of the Federation. Under such auspices, any movement for public welfare starts off with a fair chance of success. Every intelligent person knows that all that is needed to keep business and industry on an even keel, and labor steadily employed, is co-operation to that end between all the elements involved. Capital alone cannot do it, management alone cannot do it, labor cannot bring it about. But if all groups of these three elements of business and industrial life get together and agree on a program, it is pretty likely to be a program which stands a chance of success. Its value will be increased if the farmers are also included. And it will be lessened in precisely the degree in which politicians take part in it. The advocates of this movement are referring to it as "the Ten-Year Plan." They figure it will take ten years of experiment, starts off with a fair chance of success. Every intelligent person knows that all that is needed to keep business and industry on an even keel, and labor steadily employed, is co-operation to that end between all the elements involved. Capital alone cannot do it, management alone cannot do it, labor cannot bring it about. But if all groups of these three elements of business and industrial life get together and agree on a program, it is pretty likely to be a program which stands a chance of success. Its value will be increased if the farmers are also included. And it will be lessened in precisely the degree in which politicians take part in it. The advocates of this movement are referring to it as "the Ten-Year Plan." They figure it will take ten years of experiment, trial and error at arrive at a working basis which will be reasonably certain of accomplishing its purpose. If some method could be devised to compel all of the interests involved to live up to their joint agreements there is no reason in the world why something of this sort should not be effective. And, as the gentlemen who are active in promoting the 10-year plan point out, unless intelligent action in this direction is taken, the alternative will be the government stepping in and regulating business, socializing industry In ways which are entirely foreign to the American conception of individual rights and liberties. WATCH THE TAXES President Hoover, in his address at Indianapolis recently, once more called attention to the tax situation, stating in part: "The experiences of this depression indeed demand that the nation carefully and deliberately reconsider the whole national and local problem of the incidence of taxation. "The undue proportion of taxes which falls upon farmers, homeowners, and all real property holders as compared to other forms of wealth demands real relief." To all of which the average American citizen will agree in its entirety. There can be little question that the problem of mounting taxes is one which seriously concerns every American citizen. In periods of depression commodity prices go down, but taxes do not. The tendency is still upward and the average citizen has to pay his taxes in dollars which are worth a great deal more than they were ten years ago. It is an obvious fact that local taxes more directly concern the small real property holder. It is therefore equally true that tax reform ought to begin at home where most of the money raised by local taxation is spent. There must be more scientific budgeting, more economy and a more efficient expenditure of the public money. Most of our enterprising American communities like to attract new industries, like to be pointed out as growing communities. Nothing will attract manufacturers looking for a location more than a low local tax rate. AN HONOR DESERVED In awarding the Capper gold medal and its accompanying honorarium of $5,000 to Dr. L. O. Howard for distinguished service to agriculture, honor is given where honor is due. Dr. Howard, in his long service as chief entomologist of the United States Department of Agriculture, has done more than any other living person, not only to awaken the farmers of the nation to the necessity of combating insect pests, but to develop methods of overcoming the ravages of insects and to set up bars against their entry from abroad. As Dr. Howard has said so often, the great war for the possession of the earth is the war between man and insects. Unshocked in insect life, we are now witnessing an era marked by increased awareness and protection for these creatures throughout California. In awarding the Capper gold medal and its accompanying honorarium of $5,000 to Dr. L. O. Howard for distinguished service to agriculture, honor is given where honor is due. Dr. Howard, in his long service as chief entomologist of the United States Department of Agriculture, has done more than any other living person, not only to awaken the farmers of the nation to the necessity of combating insect pests, but to develop methods of overcoming the ravages of insects and to set up bars against their entry from abroad. As Dr. Howard has said so often, the great war for the possession of the earth is the war between man and insects. Unchecked, insect life would destroy all other life. Great progress has been made in the war on insects in the past forty years, but an enormous amount still remains to be done and only unceasing diligence and unremitting warfare will give the final victory to man. It is not only agricultural products that insects threaten; it is human life itself. When Dr. Howard began his research the grasshopper and the Colorado beetle or potato bug were supposed to be the farmer's worst enemies. Neither of them has been completely subdued, and the pink boll weevil still menaces the cotton crop of the South, to say nothing of the gypsy moth and the San Jose scale, and the hundreds of other familiar agricultural pests. The mosquito is the sole carrier of malaria and yellow fever, typhus fever and the bubonic plague are carried by fleas and the common house fly spreads typhoid germs on our food. AMERICA FOR AMERICANS Those who listened to President Hoover's recent address before the Republican editors of Indiana, must have been impressed not only by the cordial Hoosier reception accorded the Chief Executive, but with the especially vigorous applause which greeted every remark of the President devoted to extolling our sound American nationalism. This significant fact ought to impress our internationalist theorists, who frequently, like the frogs in the puddle, make so much noise they fool themselves, but it will not impress them. They are never bound by such materialistic things as facts. The simple statement by the President that we have so regulated immigration during the depression, in order to save American jobs for American workers, that for the first time in our history more people are leaving our shores than are entering, was greeted with a storm of applause. There was scarcely less enthusiasm over many others enunciations of sound American doctrine. The President's defense of the tariff was warmly received as was his statement to the effect that the best way for Americans to help restore prosperity to the world was to try to make America prosperous. ANAHEIM GAZETTE The Perfect Student L. W. Haines, Glenside, Pa., won an "A" in every study at Lafayette College besides making the track and tennis squads. Soviet Honors Kansan George C. McDowell, Manhattan, Kans., has been decorated by the Soviet for his services to agriculture in Russia since 1923. Heads Farm Bureau S. H. McGrory has been named Chief of the Federal Bureau of Engineering of the Department of Agriculture, which starts July 1. Bruce Barton Looks at Ways of Life SPOTLIGHTS I went to see Frank Craven's play "That's Gratitude." After the show Mrs. Craven and Grantland Rice took me up to Frank's apartment. Other friends dropped in, and presently Frank himself arrived—genuine, whimsical, modest, totally unspoiled. Seeing him in his own home made it easier to understand his success. Everything was simple and old-fashioned and sincere. When he writes a play he just picks a situation out of an ordinary American home, and then he walks on the stage and is himself. On the way home another thought struck me. He is the author of the play, and his name is printed on the program and written in front of the theatre in electric lights. constructive activity on the Fourth of July by extending a welcome to newly-naturallyized and prospective citizens. Following the usual parades in the forenoon, it is planned to have the posts hold outdoor outings at which new citizens will be invited. Speakers will deliver an interesting talk on citizenship and the Legionnaires will give helpful instructions to the new citizens on the individual obligations they assume when taking out American citizenship papers. Referring to the radical movements, Commander Gearhart said, subversive groups have been particularly active in recent months because of conditions brought about by economic depression and the accompanying unrest. The Legion, as a patriotic organization, he said, is striving to combat such movements with a program of education and good citizenship. It is important, related Gearhart, that the Legion contact the new citizen before radical groups have had an opportunity to spread among them the program of discontent. Now there is a saxaphone player who Short Essays On Popular Topics LIFE, MIND AND MATTER By Sir OLIVER LODGE. There has recently been discovered or suspected a physical agent which exerts guidance without imparting energy, that might serve as the instrument for life and mind, and is more at home in space than in association with material objects such as the bodies of animals and men. There is some doubt whether the ether ought to be called a substance. It differs from every substance so far known, yet it is very fundamental and therefore substantial. No one now supposes that the ether is a rare field form of matter, or that its properties can be expressed in terms of mechanism or material behavior. It is evidently something more fundamental than matter, something of whose properties we have very little. Seeing him in his own home made it easier to understand his success. Everything was simple and old-fashioned and sincere. When he writes a play he just picks a situation out of an ordinary American home, and then he walks on the stage and is himself. On the way home another thought struck me. He is the author of the play, and his name is printed on the program and written in front of the theatre in electric lights. Yet it is a play without a star. At least five other characters are just as important as he is. He is on the stage no more than they are, and they are given just as many good lines. He might have written the piece so as to monopolize the spot light, and it might have been a flop. But being the sort of chap he is, he is content to be in the background a good share of the time. His royalties will reward his good sense. Years ago Cameron McKensie wrote a short story entitled, "The Man Who Was it." The story told about a business that had been making good profits for many years. The president took life very easy. He played golf, travelled in Europe, and let the boys assume responsibility. After his death a young and very efficient executive was brought in, who decided that everything needed tightening up. When the purchasing agent was about to sign a big contract, the new Boss jumped into the negotiations himself. When the sales manager had a large order to close, the Boss said: "I'll pack my bag and go with you." When the production manager made plans for rearranging the plant, the Boss revised his plans. He worked about twenty hours a day, and was always criticising his predecessor who seemed to work little. The result was that his associates, being robbed of both responsibility and credit, lay back and let him do it. He worked himself into a nervous breakdown, and the business went on the rocks. I am told that the Jesuits had this motto: "A great deal of good can be done in the world if one is not too careful who gets the credit." Wise leaders recognize this golden principle and profit by it. The foolish hog the spotlight, and frequently go to smash. The Republican National Committee reports a surplus of $53,000 in its treasury, and Mr. Raskob didn't do it, either. WELCOME TO NEW CITIZENS In view of the present activity of communists in the United States and the growing demand that criminal allens be deported, B. W. Gearhart, state commander of the American Legion, announces that Legion posts throughout California will engage in a groups have been particularly active in recent months because of conditions brought about by economic depression and the accompanying unrest. The Legion, as a patriotic organization, he said, is striving to combat such movements with a program of education and good citizenship. It is important, related Gearhart, that the Legion contact the new citizen before radical groups have had an opportunity to spread among them the program of discontent. Now there is a saxaphone player who can perform under water. Can't we even drown those pests? NEW CARDS FOR BRIDGE On this side of the Atlantic, "high hatters" are contending for the supremacy of their methods of playing auction bridge. In Europe, the players are rapidly adopting a new kind of bridge deck, which is likely to be taken up in the United States, Canada, and all over the earth where the game of bridge thrives. Dr. Paul Herrmann, of Zurich, a high bridge authority, predicts the general adoption of the new playing cards, which are made in Austria and which lessen the chances of a revoke at contract bridge, a game rapidly becoming more complicated. Hearts are red, diamonds pink, spades black and clubs dark green; the cards themselves are longer and narrower than those at present used and are made to fit the present-day duplicate contract boards. Dr. Herrmann thinks that leading by players themselves, in duplicate contract, will rapidly be superseded by the employment of an announcer, thus eliminating all likelihood of information being wrongly transmitted by indexation of the voice when calling. Efforts are being made to adopt a uniform system, both in the forms in which contract bridge is now played and in the methods of scoring, in order that international competitions may be arranged between leading bridge clubs. Being in love has its drawbacks—especially during the green onion season. HONESTY IN VIRGINIA If Diogenes could return to earth, he would find it possible to extinguish his lantern and conclude that celebrated search of his. An honest man, may many honest men, have been discovered in the employ of the Postoffice Department in Virginia. The State Department of Agriculture has just received from a farmer in Rural Retreat, Va., a $1 note dangling on a piece of string from a shipping tag. The tag bore the department's address and a 2-cent stamp. Why the Virginia agriculturist elected to send his money to the State authorities in such a fashion has not been explained. At any rate it arrived safely. It was found what in electricity, in magnetism, and in light the really effective medium, whatever it was, existed in space-time, and that the movements of the particles of matter were only an index, a demonstration, a phenomenon which could be observed, and it was found that the perceptible motions of matter were consequent upon the real phenomenon, which was operative in that which appealed to our senses as empty space. The moral of it all is that when we seek the real causes of things, which cannot be directly observed, but which can only be infirmed by the action of the mind. Applying these considerations to animated matter, it, like all matter, is inert, but is acted on by an unknown something called life and mind. One kind of business which doesn't seem to much affected by the depression is "monkey-business." The Republican National Committee reports a surplus of $53,000 in its treasury, and Mr. Raskob didn't do it, either. WELCOME TO NEW CITIZENS In view of the present activity of communists in the United States and the growing demand that criminal allens be deported, B. W. Gearhart, state commander of the American-League, announces that Legion posts throughout California will engage in a search of his. An honest man, nay, many honest men, have been discovered in the employ of the Postoffice Department in Virginia. The State Department of Agriculture has just received from a farmer in Rural Retreat, Va., a $1 note dangling on a piece of string from a shipping tag. The tag bore the department's address and a 2-cent stamp. Why the Virginia agriculturist elected to send his money to the State authorities in such a fashion has not been explained. At any rate it arrived safely. YA-KNOW BUB, I CAN'T FIGURE PEOPLE WHO DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HOLIDAYS AND SUNDAYS THEY WORK DIGGIN' IN GARDENS OR GOLFIN' OR SOMETHING, INSTEAD O' LOAFIN AN' GO BACK TO THE OFFICE TIRED, LIKE THEY DO ON WEEK DAYS. MY ONLY CUMCLUSION IS, THEY'RE WEEK-MINDED. OBSERVATIONS SO NEAR, AND YET SO FAR An official, who opposed that relief bill, is quoted as saying: "That money is intended for the buying of seed and feed (for the stock;) but if any of the human sufferers used any of the money to buy food for themselves, it would be dishonest." And the next day it rained. ASKED FOR BREAD AND GOT CAKE A high official generously gave 10 per cent of his year's salary to the cause of charity. Now, if all the big butter and egg men would do the same we'all could go fishing. BRINGING HOME THE GROCERIES A cowboy humorist, who has a heart in him as big as a Texas steer, did more individually to help the cause of charity than anybody who came down the pike. He has been given several medals of honor. Some of his friends even say they would vote for him for president. OF COURSE, THEY DON'T PAY 12 PER CENT Over in China, when a bank fails, it is said, they cut off the head of the banker, and you see they don't have many bank failures. FRIENDS IN KNEED There awhile ago it was reported that the big fellers, in order to help the depression, agreed to cut the price of bread one cent a pound to the public. AMONG THOSE PRESENT If you are interested and read the dispatches closely, you will notice that about a dozen, or perhaps two dozen, names of the prominent ones always appear on front pages, when the big medicine men are in session. REMOVING THE SUBJECT FROM THE SCENE And now the man in the rumble seat says that the movies are the cause of the over-production of eggs. Aw, well,, let it ride. SEEING CALIFORNIA FIRST A man went down to Terminal Island and saw the Japanese unload fish off the boats for the canneries. There were many boats and tons of fish. The place was a bee hive, including the REMOVING THE SUBJECT FROM THE SCENE And now the man in the rumble seat says that the movies are the cause of the over-production of eggs. Aw, well, let it ride. SEEING CALIFORNIA FIRST A man went down to Terminal Island and saw the Japanese unload fish off the boats for the canneries. There were many boats and tons of fish. The place was a bee hive, including the thousands of seagulls. The man became agitated. There was considerable activity and no unemployment. The man really was excited. A guy stepped up and asked: "What part of the middle west are you from?" "Who me?" said the man. "Yeah." "Why I'm a native of this state. Never knew there was such a place as this. And then a seagull swung low, picked up a fish as big and as long as its own neck and bill and swallowed it, before the swarm of other gulls could get it away from him. There were many kinds of fish, and same were smelt, you bet! YEP, IT'S JUST LIKE THAT As you ramble along on paved roads in the desert, inhaling that balmy air, and then have a gust of wind right off the top of snow capped San Jacinto, hit you back of the ears; why, that is something you don't get every day. CHARITY FOR SOME It's a good thing they didn't stand for that dole system. It might have upset your uncle's applecart. GOING INTO CIRCULATION "Well, dearie, now that you have the bonus let's buy a new flivver." "I'll tell you, honey, mabbe I'll get you that radio that you have been asking for." JUST COASTING ALONG A man high in military circles says when an aroused public wakes up, a lotta law violators here will go back from whence they came. O.K. COAXING THE DOVE TO DESCEND The opinions of some men, in high public life, as expressed about each other, would lead an ordinary feller to believe that the guy with the olive branches ought to stick around. Oh, yeah! TAKING IT ON THE CHIN Of course the boys are entitled to the bonus, but if they all cash in at once your uncle will be as busy as a one-legged buck and wing dancer. A GENTLE REMINDER When the boys marched away to battle for their country the folks on the sidelines, with tears in their eyes, would give them the shirts off their backs; but, you know, after it was all over some of them just seemed to forget. ALL DEPENDS ON HIS CARRING CAPACITY And now, folks, a scientist is quoted as saying: "After a fella takes a snifter the questing arising is, not whether the subject is drunk—but how drunk is he." A GENTLE REMINDER When the boys marched away to battle for their country the folks on the sidelines, with tears in their eyes, would give them the shirts off their backs; but, you know, after it was all over some of them just seemed to forget. ALL DEPENDS ON HIS CARRING CAPACITY And now, folks, a scientist is quoted as saying: "After a fella takes a snifter the questing arising is, not whether the subject is drunk—but how drunk is he. MUST HAVE A RABBIT FOOT IN HER POCKET The other morning a flash came over the back fence broadcasting station saying that an actress has signed a contract for $6000 a week. Construction reigned. It knocked the unemployment situation for a row of free soup cafeterias. However, the lady has talent and a voice that rings true. But as yet the fans haven't heard her sing. Speaking of singing, some of the gals had their public hanging over the ropes—until they began to warble. Of course, warbling is all right, but some of the drug store cowboys call it crowing. NEIGH, NEIGH, A cowboy actor, who is a bear on a horse, says he will not go in for talkies because his hawse cannot sing. Perhaps he could give us the hoarse laugh. Hey, Hey! TAKING THE HIGH DIVE A former professional prize fighting gent, who is 65 now, but looks 40, says he keeps his good health by correct living, and that he takes a bath everyday. Some guys take a bath once a week whether they need it or not. Of course, if you are kept in good health by taking a daily bath, maybe that's why so many people are sick. ALL WASHED UP The soldiers bonus passed with a bang, even though a veto hung in the balance. LEARNING THE BIBLE Up in the city of Los Angeles a long-distance preacher recently broke the record for lengthy if not convincing sermons, by talking over 20 hours without hardly taking a breath. Not to be outdone by any obscure sermonizer, Aimee has started another kind of Scriptural marathon. The Bible is being read to her congregation, and the listener who out-sits or out-listens all the others, ought to get a red apple, a donut, or suthin.