anaheim-gazette 1931-12-17

THE ANAHEIM GAZETTE HENRY KUCHEL, Editor and Publisher ESTABLISHED 1870 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION PER YEAR ... $3.00 SIX MONTHS ... $1.80 Intered at the Anaheim, California Postoffice as second-class matter. THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS The pleasing custom of using living, outdoor trees as Christmas trees is becoming more and more popular every year. We hope to see some trees in our town this Christmas decorated with colored lights connected to the house circuit, so that everybody can share in the pubilation of the Christmas season. Nobody knows, so far as we can find out, where the idea of a decorative tree as a symbol of Christmas originated. But like many another ancient custom, the source of which is lost in the dim past, it is a beautiful and time-honored custom which arouses sentimental reflections and happy memories in the mind of everyone, no matter how old, in whose youthful life the Christmas tree formed the center of the family gathering on Christmas Day. But the feast of Christmas and the Christmas tree imply very much more than merely pleasant recollections. There is no race or religious creed which does not believe, in some form or other, in a divine promise of a better world. Science may never be able to prove the existence of God; but the faith of the truly religious is not a matter of proof. No one can live very long in this world without discovering that the forces which make it, from generation to generation, a better world to live in, and which are steadily making human beings more kindly and tolerant toward each other, are not the forces which science has discovered and industry has harnessed, but are forces which come from within the human soul and that spirit of tolerance, of kindliness, of "peace on earth, good will to men" is, to all Christians, a spirit flowing directly from the Heavenly throne. And what we celebrate at Christmas is the manifestation of that spirit on earth. COMPULSORY VOTING We sometimes wonder what would happen if everybody who is entitled to vote at a Presidential election were compelled to go to the polls or go to jail. The first thing we would have to do would be to build a lot more jails. For at the last Presidential election, in 1928, only just a bare half of the citizens who were entitled to vote took the trouble to do so. According to a recent report of the Census Office, there are 72,943,624 persons more than twenty-one years old in the United States. The total vote cast for all candidates for president in 1928 was 36,724,823. We are not sure but what there is some merit in the idea of compulsory voting. Something of the sort is being tried, we understand, in some of the smaller young republics of Europe. We believe it would be a very good thing for the nation if some way could be found to make it absolutely necessary for every citizen of voting age to go to the polls, at least once every four years, and cast some kind of a ballot, whether intelligent or not. We believe that the forces of corruption in public offices retain their main power because such a high proportion of people who regard themselves as good citizens do not take the trouble to cast their ballots. We believe that it would be an effective way of making our people recognize that they are really a part of the government, if we could figure out some way of making it worth while for everybody to go to the polls on election day, or uncomfortable for them if they did not. And when election was over there would be no question in anybody's mind as to what the nation as a whole really thought about the candidates and the issues. SHORTRIDGE BILLS WIN APPROVAL United States Senator Samuel M. Shortridge's bills providing for a tariff on foreign oil and exclusion of Filipino laborers from this country are receiving enthusiastic support throughout California, according to members of the oil industry and Native Sons and Daughters. Both measures are held to be of vital importance to Southern California. Under the provisions of the oil bill a tariff of $1 a barrel would be imposed on all foreign crude oil and an ad valorem duty of 50 percent on by-products. The California Oil Tariff League of Los Angeles is one of the first organizations to go on record as approving the measure. In its endorsement the league points out that millions of barrels of foreign oil are being imported annually into the United States although scores of wells in California remain closed. Sharing importance with the oil measure is the Filipino exclusion act calling for a ban upon further unchecked immigration of island laborers to this country. Many parlors of the Native Sons and Daughters have passed resolutions requesting some relief from the flow of Filipinos to California. Senator Shortridge, while advocating independence for the islands, may never be able to prove the existence of God, but the faith of truly religious is not a matter of proof. No one can live very long in this world without discovering that the forces which make it, from generation to generation, a better world to live in, and which are steadily making human beings more kindly and tolerant toward each other, are not the forces which science has discovered and industry has harnessed, but are forces which come from within the human soul and that spirit of tolerance, of kindness, of "peace on earth, good will to men" is, to all Christians, a spirit flowing directly from the Heavenly throne. And what we celebrate at Christmas is the manifestation of that spirit on earth. Bruce Bailey The California Oil Tariff League of Los Angeles is one of the first organizations to go on record as approving the measure. In its endorsement the league points out that millions of barrels of foreign oil are being imported annually into the United States although scores of wells in California remain closed. Sharing importance with the oil measure is the Filipino exclusion act calling for a ban upon further unchecked immigration of island laborers to this country. Many parlors of the Native Sons and Daughters have passed resolutions requesting some relief from the flow of Filipinos to California. Senator Shortridge, while advocating independence for the islands, believes that passage of an exclusion law should not wait upon granting of such independence. Standards of living will continue to suffer, according to the Senator, unless the cheap labor of the islands is excluded from continental United States. WHAT'S BACK OF MANCHURIA WAR To the average newspaper reader the situation in Manchuria, where Japanese and Chinese troops have been fighting for the last few weeks, has been rather confusing, because of the conflicting reports from the scene of action, and also because of the opposing points of view presented to the council of the League of Nations by the Japanese and the Chinese respectively. The League has requested both sides to cease hostilities until an impartial investigation can be made, and has called attention to the fact that under the Treaty of Versailles, which both Japan and China signed, they are obliged to submit their differences to the League before engaging in war. Japan's reply is that it is not a war, but the defense of Japanese property in Manchuria against raids by bandits and by soldiers of one of the two Chinese factions, who are substantially bandits. China contends that Japan is trying to seize territory to which the Island Kingdom is not entitled under its treaty rights in Manchuria. The situation is of world-wide importance because it is the first real test of the strength of the League of Nations. This fighting in Manchuria is also of particular interest to the United States, although we are not members of the League. The Kellogg Peace Treaty, by which nations agree to submit their differences to the World Court originated in America. Under it our own State Department has been trying on its own account directly to influence Japan and China to stop fighting until the controversy can be arbitrated, and we have also delegated representatives of the United States to confer with the council of the League. Yes, little Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. GOSH, IM GETTIN' SCARED BUD, IT'S STARTIN' TO RAIN WHAT ARE YA AFRAID OF THE RAIN MOR, YA SISSY? I AINT A SISSY! BUT I'M AFRAID TO GET MY LEGS WET, THEY MIGHT DO WHAT TOBEY'S DID - LOOK AT EM THEY'S WARPED! Bruce Barton Looks at Ways of Life PRAYERS A lady from Kansas sends a very personal question: "Have you," she asks, "ever known of any instance of the efficiency of prayer?" The answer is, Yes. And that is the story. CIGARETTE IS BLAMED. Editor Jim Williams of the Greensboro Herald known to the Georgia warrior men as Uncle Jim and looked upon as a philosopher by many of his contemporaries, has figured out why the Georgia farmer cannot make money raising cotton. He blames the American cigarette. Says Uncle Jim in his news paper: "Mr. Farmer, if you and your boys smoke cigarettes did you ever stop to figure what this luxury costs you?" by young Illichmann, the medical student, who was extremely popular with the other masseurs on account of cheerful disposition. When Herr Bon left, he took the young man with him to continue the treatment in Berlin. A few weeks ago he died, and 38-year-old widow, who had fallen love with Illichmann, married him, is now completing his medical studies. The only chance the farm board every to get popular again will be whet to go to $2 a bushel, for so reason or other. Bruce Barton Looks at Ways of Life PRAYERS A lady from Kansas sends a very personal question: "Have you," she asks, "ever known of any instance of the efficiency of prayer?" The answer is, Yes. And that is the story. Years ago when my revered friend Dr. William Goodell Frost left his comfortable professorship of Greek at Oberlin College to take the presidency of the struggling little college at Berea, Kentucky, his friends thought he had made a terrible mistake. The buildings were old and dilapidated. The faculty was underpaid. There were plenty of debts, and no income. The president, in addition to his scholastic duties, was expected to ride the rails from city to city and beg for funds to meet the current expenses. Frost was a seer and a prophet. He knew the sterling character of the Kentucky mountain people; he was thrilled by the vision of what Berea College could mean to them. Full of courage, he journeyed up to Cincinnati and called upon the pastor of the leading Protestant church. "Will you invite some of the generous people of your city to a meeting and let me tell them about the needs of the mountains?" Frost asked. "Oh, no, replied the pastor. 'I couldn't think of that.'" "Will you let me preach in your pulpit Sunday morning?" "No. We have a postive rule that the Sunday morning service is never to be devoted to any charitable appeal." "Well, I don't suppose you get many people out in the evening." Frost persisted. "Will you let me speak Sunday evening?" Again the preacher refused. "How about the Wednesday evening prayer meeting?" "No." "Well, then, will you pray for the mountain people and the success of the college?" Frost demanded. The preacher said he thought it would be hypocritical for him to ask the Almighty to help a cause to which he could give no aid himself. "My brother, since you can do nothing to help us, will you join me in prayer for your church and your ministry?" The pastor could not refuse. Down on their knees they went together, and Frost proceeded to send up to the Pearly Gates not only a prayer for the church but a most eloquent and moving presentation of the needs of the Kentucky mountaineers and the little college that was struggling to help them. When the prayer was finished the Editor Jim Williams of the Greensboro Hera Journal known to the Georgia a warrior men as Uncle Jim and looked upon as a philosopher by many of his contemporaries, has figured out why the Georgia farmer cannot make money raising cotton. He blames the American cigarette, Says Uncle Jim in his newsaper: "Mr. Farmer, if you and your boys smoke cigarettes did you ever stop to figure what this luxury costs you? If you have not, here are the figures: Two packages per day at 20 cents per package cost you 8 pounds of cotton; 60 packages per month at 20 cents per package cost you 240 pounds of cotton per month; 730 package per year at 20 cents a package cost you 2,680 pounds, or 51-2 bales of cotton per year. Add to this the cost of matches necessary to light up and the damage done to your timber by forest fires started by lighted cigarette stumps, and barns and outhouses burned in the same way, and the time wasted in stopping to light fresh cigarettes, and you will soon have the answer to why you cannot lift the mortgage on the farm." WINS A WEALTHY WIDOW A young medical student, so poor that he had to work as a masseur in the Zechoslovak spa Grafenberg, has to thank his poverty for the fact that he is today the husband of a millionaire widow. The well-known Berlin man Herr Bondy, visited the spa last summer to take the cure and was attested. VERY LATEST by MARY MARSHALL The present vogue, which will be good all winter, of wearing matching collars and muffs, will certainly make our hands far more comfortable than they have been for a long time, without the maneuvering of past winters when we tucked them in sleeves and cont edge. Many of the muffs of this year have deep capes to match. Quaint, they are as well as comfortable. A shaped cape over the shoulders and a nice little muff over the fingers. Most of the new muffs are fairly small, many of them melon shaped. They are made in all sizes, but the short-heared furs fit in best with their style and shape. "My brother, since you can do nothing to help us, will you join me in prayer for your church and your ministry?" The pastor could not refuse. Down on their knees they went together, and Frost proceeded to send up to the Pearly Gates not only a prayer for the church but a most eloquent and moving presentation of the needs of the Kentucky mountaineers and the little college that was struggling to help them. When the prayer was finished the preachers eyes were full. "You must come to my church Sunday morning," he said. "My people must hear you." Frost went, and so began the friendship of many people in Cincinnati for Bera College. "Neighbor John. Returns" John D. Rockefeller, 93, photographed as he got off the train at Ormond, Florida, where he makes his Winter home. He was glad to see our hands far more comfortable than they have been for a long time, without the maneuvering of past winters when we tucked them in sleeves and cont edge. Many of the muffs of this year have deep capes to match. Quaint, they are, is well as comfortable. A shaped cape over the shoulders and a nice little muff over the fingers. Most of the new muffs are fairly small, many of them melon shaped. They are made in all sizes, but the short-haired furs fit in best with their style and shape. It may be that you have on hand fur enough for a muff and collar set. The collar need not be large—capes are not essential. Just an acet or boa-shaped collar. And the little muffs don't take much fur, either. An old coat might yield enough unworn fur for such a set, which could be made by any tailor who understands working in furs. By selling through the Exchange I am sure my personal information being protected. I get proof it. The Exchange doesn't arrange special deals. Here's my house statement: Everything down in black handled every detail myself more about it. Furthermore, my local association telling what others elsewhere are getting for I know how I'm doing in co. Recently I received the E-Report. It gave me a picture ties for the year—against a whole citrus industry. And in picture. It was an exact one—and cents, cars, sizes, perc service figures. Then there are annual associations where we hear policies and elect directors. We open meeting of the central Directors where matters go to all of us are discussed and MAKE CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS SPECIALS Fern Stands, for Large Plants—Special $1.49 Smokers Occasional Chairs End Tables, Etc. for ECONOMICAL CHRISTMAS GIFTS Foot Stools, Assorted Covers. Special 59¢ MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS In our reports and open meetings We Exchange growers get all the facts!” selling through the Exchange am sure my personal interests being protected. I get facts and figures to it. The Exchange doesn't play favorites can't arrange special deals. here's my house statement on the last pool. coming down in black and white. If I'd and every detail myself I couldn't know about it. othermore, my local association gives me information telling what other Exchange memsewhere are getting for their crops. So by how I'm doing in comparison. recently I received the Exchange's Annual It gave me a picture of the entire activithe year—against a background of the citrus industry. And it wasn't a fanciful It was an exact one—in terms of dollars ents, cars, sizes, percentages, costs and figures. when there are annual meetings of my local ation where we hear reports, determine ans and elect directors. Every week there is in meeting of the central Exchange Board ectors where matters of current interest of us are discussed and decided. "So we know every minute that our affairs are being handled to bring us the highest returns for our crops. We have confidence in the Exchange, because we members are the Exchange!" If not now a member—Ask the manager of the nearest of the Exchange's 217 local associations or 23 district exchanges to show you how all members are kept informed of the others' returns and to give you a copy of the Annual Report. Or write, Growers Service Bureau, Box 530, Station C, Los Angeles. Sunkist ORANGES • LEMONS GRAPEFRUIT The world's best-known brand of fresh fruits, marketed by the California Fruit Growers Exchange, a non-profit, co-operative growers' marketing organization, whose more than 12,750 members represent more than 75% of the entire California and Arizona citrus industry.