anaheim-gazette 1932-04-14

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. NO CANCELLATION The American public will be reassured by the statement coming from high sources in Washington to the effect that there is nothing in the story which has been going the rounds to the effect that Ambassador Mellon, when he began his official duties in London, would confer with European statesmen about the cancellation or scaling down of the allied debt to America. The story, which intimated that Mr. Mellon would enter into discussions for the downward revision of the debt, caused quite a stir in Washington especially in Senate and congressional circles. The denial of the story was timely, and it is to be hoped will set at rest the rumors. The American people are in no mood to talk about debt readjustment at present, and there is little or no chance that any legislation for the cancellation of these debts would get through Congress. The temper of the Senate, as evidenced by recent statements from prominent senators themselves, is unmistakably against debt cancellation. There are several good reasons for this. In the first place Americans believe that the allied statesmen use poor taste in arguing for debt cancellation on the ground of inability to pay when their governments are spending such great sums on their armies and navies in preparation for future warfare. The amount paid to the United States on the war debts looked decidedly small when compared with the military budgets of the nations which owe us money. On top of this, it is to be remembered that a supposed disarmament conference is now being held at Geneva. And there is little evidence that these nations who claim to be debt burdened are going to agree to any substantial cut in armaments. There are several good reasons for this. In the first place Americans believe that the allied statesmen use poor taste in arguing for debt cancellation on the ground of inability to pay when their governments are spending such great sums on their armies and navies in preparation for future warfare. The amount paid to the United States on the war debts looked decidedly small when compared with the military budgets of the nations which owe us money. On top of this, it is to be remembered that a supposed disarmament conference is now being held at Geneva. And there is little evidence that these nations who claim to be debt burdened are going to agree to any substantial cut in armaments. Then why talk about debt reduction? If these nations are able to spend so many millions on armies and navies they ought to be able to pay their debts. Again, it is coming to be more and more realized in the United States that if the debt's are cancelled they will not vanish into thin air. It will be up to the American taxpayer to make up the difference, and this will require even higher taxes in a period when Congress is sorely pressed to find revenue to make up the present deficit in the budget. The American people are becoming tax conscious, and the sign is a healthful one. It means reduction of expenditures and more careful spending in the future. And in their present mood the American taxpayers will have little patience with propaganda which would relieve Europe at the expense of the American taxpayers. The less said about debt cancellation just now, the better. Uncle Sam is having trouble as it is in a desperate effort to balance his budget and thus restore national confidence and shorten the depression. THE REVOLT OF THE TAXPAYERS From all over the country we read and hear reports of a rising tide of protest against the high cost of government. National, State, County, School and Local taxes have grown in the past dozen years until the combined burden is more than most taxpayers can bear even in normal times. And in these times of reduced incomes and poor business the tax burden has become intolerable. Congress is trying to "balance the budget" by imposing more and higher taxes. Doubtless there will be some show of reducing government expenditures, but so far we have heard very little about those. It seems to us that should be the first point of attack, not the last. This country got along very well for a hundred years and more without trying to regulate everybody's business and teach everybody how to live. We think there are hundreds of millions of dollars literally wasted every year by Federal bureaus which never would be missed if they were abolished entirely. The same is true of State governments and, to perhaps even a greater degree, of most county governments. It is characteristically American, and something in which we take pride, that as a people we all want the best of everything. We want the best possible roads, the best possible schools, the most magnificent public buildings, the finest parks, and all that. But haven't we been trying to get these things too fast, without counting the cost, without finding out first where the money is coming from? We think that is the principal trouble with the United States today. The inevitable result of this orgy of public spending is to stir up widespread discontent, which may easily result in an actual revolt on the part of taxpayers. Too much of the tax The same is true of State governments and, to perhaps even a greater degree, of most county governments. It is characteristically American, and something in which we take pride, that as a people we all want the best of everything. We want the best possible roads, the best possible schools, the most magnificent public buildings, the finest parks, and all that. But haven't we been trying to get these things too fast, without counting the cost, without finding out first where the money is coming from? We think that is the principal trouble with the United States today. The inevitable result of this orgy of public spending is to stir up widespread discontent, which may easily result in an actual revolt on the part of taxpayers. Too much of the tax burden is laid upon land and its improvements, not enough upon the individuals, groups and enterprises directly benefitted by specific expenditures of public funds. What this country needs right now is to cut all governmental expenses squarely in half—Federal, State, County and Local. That might cause some temporary embarrassment, but it would be only temporary. Relieved from half of the tax burden, property of all kinds would earn more for its owners, capital would be freer to go into productive enterprises, men and women would get their jobs back, prosperity would return speedily. We would like to see some real leader arise who would adopt for his political slogan: "Cut taxes in half!" He could be elected to any office to which he might aspire, in the present temper of the American people. THE RAMIFICATIONS OF CRIME It was an amazing story of crime and its political ramifications which Frank J. Loesch, president of the Chicago Crime Commission, told a committee of the United States Senate in a letter the other day. According to Mr. Loesch organized gangs of criminals absolutely control Chicago politics and draw tribute from Chicago business. He charged that two of Al Capone's henchmen are in the Illinois State Senate and another in Congress, and that many of the labor unions in Chicago are under control of racketeers. In New York the disclosures by the Seabury investigating committee have shocked all decent people, with their revelations of graft and corruption by public officials of all grades and degrees. There is no doubt that in many other cities, and even in some small communities, there is a partnership between politics and crime, of a nature which threatens the foundations of our governmental and social system. What is needed more than anything else at this time is honest courageous men who can so stir up public opinion that the people of these afflicted communities will rise in indignation and throw out the crooks and gangsters. Uncle Sam's Wheat for Needy "Stabilization" wheat bought by the Federal Farm Board is being milled into flour for distribution by the Red Cross to feed the hungry. THE WAY OF LIFE By BRUCE BARTON WE RICH A young man, who is vice-president of a New York bank, told me that he dined recently at a fashionable resort. "All the other guests were very rich," he THE FAMILY DOCTOR By JOHN JOSEPH GAINES, M. D. PRACTICAL POINTERS There are certain kinds of food that are considered absolutely necessary in maintaining health and strength within the human body; these should be well kept in mind, and never THE WAY OF LIFE BY BRUCE BARTON WE RICH A young man, who is vice-president of a New York bank, told me that he dined recently at a fashionable resort. "All the other guests were very rich," he said. "They were older people, many of them retired. They were shaking in their boots. They are afraid there will be a social upheaval and that their money will be taken away." I told him I thought these people had a right to worry. "The social order will not be over-turned," I said, "nor will people like your friends be stripped of their possessions. But I do believe that, when this depression is over, the rich will be poorer and the poor will have a degree of comfort and security that they have never possessed before. And this will be better for everybody." In saying this, I am taking a position which is contrary to my own selfish interests, for, while I am not and never shall be rich, I have an income that is much above the average. If taxes are higher, mine will go up with the rest. But shouldn't they? What have I done to deserve as much as I get out of life? You may answer: "You have worked hard. You have been ambitious and intelligent. Any man who will apply himself in this country can do well." This is not a complete answer. To be sure, I have worked. But where did I work the hardest? On a farm one summer (I still ache when I think about it). And in Montana in a construction camp. The hours, in each case, were more than twelve a day, and at night we were too weary for anything but bed. On my farm my income was one dollar a day; in the construction camp it was sixty-five dollars a month. If I have increased my income it is not because I have worked harder but because I happened to get out of these tough jobs into one that is much easier and much better paid. If I have used intelligence, it is not greatly to my credit. I happened to have been born into a home of culture. I was sent to college, and my expenses were paid. Many rich people, who are worried for fear they will have to bear a larger burden in the future, have had all these advantages, plus the added advantage of inherited wealth. When they grumble they give me a pain. Surely, we who have had the best luck in this country are going to be wise enough to recognize it and to assume cheerfully our full PRACTICAL POINTERS There are certain kinds of food that are considered absolutely necessary in maintaining health and strength within the human body; these should be well kept in mind, and never neglected. The humble egg ranks among the first and most important. The egg in itself, contains the necessary food-elements to set its own vitellus aflame with life, and nourish the embryo chick until it is able to walk, eat, and breathe for itself—a most wonderful process; I know of nothing in nature more interesting. Everything needed for the young bird is housed within the egg-shell. for the life-germ awakened by the gentle heat of the mother's body. And those needed things are elemental factors in the process of growth. How valuable the egg as a food for humanity! An authority from which I derive much that is practical. states that every human being needs one or two eggs daily. The expectant mother certainly should have two eggs daily; even children should have one, at all ages younger than puberty. I recall a visit from a famous Frenchman, a while after the big war; he ate six eggs at a meal, quite often, when he was in New York. And, why not? The egg is an essential food for muscle, nerve brain. May I admit that, I myself, often eat three eggs, properly prepared—for breakfast. Eggs and milk in daily ration. Add to these a full glass of orange juice—and you have a trio of values that can't be beat! But one devilled egg just at social dinners, or, one hard-boiled one with lettuce, isn't "eggs" at all. I mean two or three soft boiled eggs daily. One little orange on odd mornings—just as well do without. The same with starveling milk; three or four glasses of whole milk daily is what I mean. George Bernard Shaw says that if he were eighteen years of age he would go to Russia and grow up with the country. Judging from the length of his whiskers he has already grown up with that country. When eggs were sixty cents a dozen and ham fifty cents a pound we used to kick about the cost of a ham and egg dinner. Now with eggs at a dime a dozen and ham at twenty cents we can't afford the ham and egg dinner. Reducing If I have used intelligence, it is not greatly to my credit. I happened to have been born into a home of culture. I was sent to college, and my expenses were paid. Many rich people, who are worried for fear they will have to bear a larger burden in the future, have had all these advantages, plus the added advantage of inherited wealth. When they grumble they give me a pain. Surely, we who have had the best luck in this country are going to be wise enough to recognize it and to assume cheerfully our full share of the load. George Bernard Shaw says that if he were eighteen years of age he would go to Russia and grow up with the country. Judging from the length of his whiskers he has already grown up with that country. When eggs were sixty cents a dozen and ham fifty cents a pound we used to kick about the cost of a ham and egg dinner. Now with eggs at a dime a dozen and ham at twenty cents we can't afford the ham and egg dinner. Reducing the cost of living doesn't always work. BUD-THERE'S YER OLD FRIEND, MIKE YA KNOW WHAT HE REMINDS ME OF? I DONT KNOW WHAT HE REMINDS YOU OF-BUT IF HE SEES ME HE'S LIABLE TO REMIND ME OF THIRTY CENTS I OWE HIM! OBSERVATIONS BED TIME STORY What was that noise, mamma? Oh, that was thunder, my child. What is thunder, mamma? Oh, its an electrical disturbance, and sometimes there is a cloudburst. Hush now, look here child, a disturbance is sometimes like a member of a congress—it makes a noise. Mamma, tell me, what is lightning? Oh, lightning is like the public man's publicity—it let's in the light. And then, by jingo, you hear that they put an airport in a swampy section when a fine high and dry location was available, and you wonder what is going to happen next. And, Oh, get any child, the rain that falls after the thunder is the official cars when he gets voted out. HAVE A HEART. CAN'T SOMETHING BE DONE ABOUT THIS Crude oil from Colombia's flowing wells has been coming into our country free of duty. Recently a tariff of 42 cents per barrel has been imposed on those shipments. But that tax is not sufficient. It should be at least one dollar a barrel. Crude oil from Venezuela and other countries also is shipped in here. Now, look on the other side of the picture. If that foreign oil was shut off all the oil wells in the United States would be put on production. These wells now in great part are idle. At least one million men would be given employment in the oil industry here were these idle wells made to move. An average of $8 per day would be earned in wages by these workers. In other words these workers would earn 8 million dollars a day. That money would go into circulation. This one thing would go a long way towards relieving that depression. PERFECT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS "We Want Beer," called a man to the dumb waiter in a speak-easy; and the echo came back, "How Many." GETTING TO BE A HAEIT If those bold, bad bandits who rob country banks come and ro without interruption, it might be a good idea to put them on the regular payroll and let nature take its course. SILVER TONGUED ORATOR PERFECT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS "We Want Beer," called a man to the dumb waiter in a speak-easy; and the echo came back, "How Many." GETTING TO BE A HAEIT If those bold, bad bandits who rob country banks come and go without interruption, it might be a good idea to put them on the regular payroll and let nature take its course. SILVER TONGUED ORATOR The tumbling down of the gold standard in England brings vividly to mind these immortal words of the late William Jennings Bryan: "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns—you shall not crucify mankind on a cross of gold." STRAIN AT A GNAT AND SWALLOW A CAMEL Some folks fussed and fumed over a state bill to regulate the oil complex, while foreign oil came in free of duty. It is said more foreign oil comes in than is produced here. OCH. OH! A genius has invented a car that runs on compressed air; and a wag on the street corner suggests that he call it the Senator. NO! NO! SHE NEVER CARRIES A HATCHET! A report came in there awhile ago saying that an evangelist and religious crusader had been refused permission to conduct services in an eastern college. GAVE HIM DE BOID When a prominent premier in a foreign country was making a political speech the audience drowned him out with cat calls, hisses, jeers and whatnots. GEE. HE MUSTA CARRIED A RABBIT FOOT During the trial of a public enemy or whatever you call him in an eastern city it developed that he played the races and also wore silken underwear. Lots of other fellers after the race go without any at all. YES, WE HAVE NO BANANAS Over in Peru they say a man can live with a prospective little for several months, before they take the final leap, in order to find out about the gal's temper. Over here and round about, he goes over to Reno. THAT'S WHERE THE SHOE PINCHES A well known English writer says prohibition here is successful; but he also admits that the profits of the racketeers are so great that they corrupt public officials. A good dead like the doctor who said the operation was successful, but the patient died. DISTANCE LENDS ENCHANTMENT If an investigating committee is after you, sometimes you escape a lot of embarrassment by taking a long trip to some foreign land to view the scenery and watch through the window for the process servers. THAT'S WHERE THE SHOE PINCHES A well known English writer says prohibition here is successful; but he also admits that the profits of the racketeers are so great that they corrupt public officials. A good dead like the doctor who said the operation was successful, but the patient died. DISTANCE LENDS ENCHANTMENT If an investigating committee is after you, sometimes you escape a lot of embarrassment by taking a long trip to some foreign land to view the scenery and watch through the window for the process servers. KEEPING WOLF FROM DOOR Again a press agent says movie stars who amount to anything get not less than 2 grand a week, some as high as 7. Now, what a palpitating public wants to know: Is that conversational currency, or the honest to goodness Uncle Sam junior stationery. THAT GAL MUSTTA BEEN A MAD WOMAN And then folks, a woman out Arizona way was accused of killing two former pals, cut up the bodies and put the remains in a trunk and shipped them out to another state for the purpose of dumping the bodies into the ocean. Then she surrendered and told all about it. The way it looks she may have worked in a cutting department of a studio, or may have lived in the African jungles. YOU HEARD THE FIRST TIME THEN In every way it seems when a jury votes 11 for acquittal and 1 for conviction, in a murder trial, unless the state digs up new and material evidence, they ought to let it go at that and save the extra costs of a new trial. AND THEN ALL HANDS WENT OVER FOR A LIME RICKEY The widow of a man shot to death characterized the trial as being a farce comedy. Mebbe someone lost the hootinninny. SAY, THOSE BOYS SURELY KNOW THE'R FIRES In the upper valley when a house was burning the firemen ordered the occupants to leave the building. But the mother refused to go, saying her baby might catch cold. HAD THE SUBSCRIBER, HANGING OVER THE ROPES There awhile ago when a fendish murder had been committed a newspaper in another county used up 16 good pages in telling about it.