anaheim-gazette 1932-05-19

Chemical Industry, Now In Infancy Offers New Cash Outlets For Farmers Developments of Recent Years and Those In Offing Show Tremendous New Markets for Products from Farms; Easily-Grown Crops Provide Materials for Different Articles By CALEB JOHNSON If Theodore Swann is right, the ten-year period on which we are now entering will be known as the chemical decade, as the ten years from 1920 to 1930 were the mechanical decade. I had a visit the other day with Mr. Swann, who is the head of one of the most extensive organizations manufacturing chemical products and engaged in chemical research, and he told me the direction in which the minds of industrialists and investors are turning. That direction is very strongly toward the commercialization of products of the chemical laboratory, to provide new materials and new forms of finished products, better and cheaper than the materials and products whose place they will take. And the most interesting phase of this chemical revolution, which is now well under way, is that it promises to give a wider and more profitable market for the products of the land than the farmer has ever had. "Few people have any idea of the extensive part which chemistry plays in modern industry," said Mr. Swann. "But if we look around us we see many familiar things which came originally out of the chemist's laboratory and which illustrate what I mean. Take for example the chemical compound known as bakelite. Perhaps the average person doesn't know it by that name, but it is a chemical product which has almost entirely supplanted the use of hard rubber and of celluloid for almost all of the puropes for which those products were used. Farmers Furnish Material "Everybody is more or less familiar with the new kinds of building materials and wall boards made from sugar cane fibers, sawdust and similar by-products. All of those came out of the chemical laboratories. There are literally thousands of chemical products which will come into use in the able. It is quite possible that our grandchildren may look back with commiseration upon the primitive people of this generation, who used such fragile things as china and glass on their dining tables. Must Diversify Crops I asked Mr. Swann whether he agreed with Henry Ford that the solution of our industrial-economic problems is to be found in providing every industrial worker with an opportunity to obtain his living direct from the land." "I think that is the soundest program possible," said Mr. Swann. "The man who has nothing to fall back on in times of economic distress is in a bad position, whether he is a farmer or a factory worker. The lesson that farmers are learning is that they cannot depend upon a single cash crop, but must diversify their farming operations so that they can at least get a comfortable living off the soil, whether they sell any of their product for cash or not. It seems certain that the industrial worker who has enough land on which to keep a few hens and a pig or two and perhaps a cow, and to grow enough food for them and garden products for his family does not need to worry much whether the factory shuts down for a while or not. And the time is bound to come when anybody with a few acres of land can grow some kind of a cash crop which..." Farmers Furnish Material "Everybody is more or less familiar with the new kinds of building materials and wall boards made from sugar cane fibers, sawdust and similar by-products. All of those came out of the chemical laboratories. There are literally thousands of chemical products which will come into use in the next ten years, which the chemists already know how to produce, and which only wait upon either a sufficient supply of raw materials or the perfection of methods of making them in quantities cheaply to come into general use. "And almost every one of these new products of the chemist must depend upon the farmer for its raw material. The great problem of the farmer today is how to dispose of his crops at prices above the living level. Production has outrun the consumption demand for farm products in the forms in which they have customarily been used. But chemistry is opening new outlets by developing new uses for farm products. New Uses Found "Take the low-grade, first growing pine trees of the South. For example, they grow on waste land and, except for a very limited demand for fuel purposes an din some sections the production of turpentine and resin, they have produced no income, whatever, for the farmer on whose lands they grow. But now chemical science has found a way of making paper from the fiber of these pine trees. Paper mills have already been built to utilize them. Chemists are working with what seems to me a certainty of success, on methods of improving the quality of this paper until it can compete with paper made from northern spruce. It takes thirty years for spruce to grow, while the pine reproduces itself in fifteen years. New Kind of Sugar "That is only one example of what I mean by agricultural products as raw material of chemical industries. Cotton, of course, has never been anything but a raw material for industry, but we have developed through chemistry new uses for cotton, in the manufacture of a wide range of products which come under the general head of cellulose. That includes such things as artificial silk and transparent films for wrapping all sorts of commodities. The latest chemical industry based on cotton is the production of xylose, from cottonseed hulls, which have heretofore been a waste product. Xylose is a kind of sugar which is not absorbed into the blood. Hospitals and medical schools are testing it now to find out whether it has any possible injurious effect on the human system. If it has so that they can at least get a comfortable living off the soil, whether they sell any of their product for cash or not. It seems certain that the industrial worker who has enough land on which to keep a few hens and a pig or two and perhaps a cow, and to grow enough food for them and garden products for his family does not need to worry much whether the factory shuts down for a while or not. And the time is bound to come when anybody with a few acres of land can grow some kind of a cash crop which will find a ready market in the great chemical industries that are now in their infancy." New Quarters Will Honor Washington Design Approved, Will Be Placed In Circulation About June 1 The new George Washington quarter dollar, to be issued by the United States treasury as a feature of the nation-wide George Washington bicentennial celebration, will be coined in large enough quantities to satisfy a normal demand, officials of the treasury have informed the United States George Washington bicentennial commission. It is expected that the quarter will be ready for distribution before June 1. The design of the new coin was approved by Secretary of the Treasury Ogden L. Mills from more than a hundred models, many of them submitted by leading American artists. It was executed by John Flanagan, New York sculptor and the designer of the department of agriculture world war memorial. The obverse of the new coin bears the portrait of George Washington in profile. Over the head appears the word "Liberty," and below it is stamped the date "1932." To one side is the motto "In God We Trust." The principal design of the other side is a spread eagle with the inscription "United States of America" and "E Pluribus Unum" above, and "Quarter Dollar" below. An olive branch also appears below the eagle to complete a stately, dignified design. The new coin is exactly the same size, weight and fineness as the present quarter dollar. The George Washington quarter is the first coin of regular issue ever to bear the image of the first president. It was authorized by special act of congress making it possible for the treasury to share in the bicentennial celebration. As a coin of regular issue the George Washington quarter will replace the twenty-five cent piece now in circulation. Representative payers, compremitted to the state meet with diMay 24. It was Stewart, viceand member equalization. Governor Jawof the tax thavisory councilipointed by sitwo hundred the council, in bership of thatives of countax collectors, superintendents, the various igroups of CaliPublic "This will be the directors ohave had witisaid Stewart. "Governor Pgathering thareau is now ensiders can be cooperation bethe bureau. "The counciof every citizein California, pear for the eleeach group wipresent. "No tax comever attempted, but it is our public should the formation tax research beded to make to- Compo- "Too often in mission reports cause they wipared in secretaat a Legislatidigest an denainto law, with pressure and a including any thalysis of the acct "It is our hope submites its resome 30 days b January. It will of the practical in every field o industry new uses for cotton, in the manufacture of a wide range of products which come under the general head of cellulose. That includes such things as artificial silk and transparent films for wrapping all sorts of commodities. The latest chemical industry based on cotton is the production of xylose, from cottonseed hulls, which have heretofore been a waste product. Xylose is a kind of sugar which is not absorbed into the blood. Hospitals and medical schools are testing it now to find out whether it has any possible injurious effect on the human system. If it has not, then there will be an enormous demand for xylose, from people who are fond of sweets but who ought not to eat ordinary sugar. Imagine candy that a lady can eat pounds of every day without getting fat! One of the most prevalent diseases in America is diabetes, which is the effect of too much sugar in the blood. Perhaps xylose, made from cottonseed hulls, will provide all the sweets that a diabetic patient desires, and even prevent the spread of this disease. Plastic Materials "Another new kind of sugar is levulose, which already has a very wide use in industry, and chemists have found a way of extracting levulose from Jerusalem artichokes, giving a new value to that easily grown crop. One of the largest chemical industries is the manufacture of paints and varnishes, and one of the best oils for use in that industry is the product of the nut of the tung tree, which formerly grew only in China. Now we have introduced the tung tree into the United States and a large industry has already developed in the production of tung oil from the products of American farm lands." One of the big industrial developments close at hand, Mr. Swann believes, is the use of plastic materials instead of wood, plaster and metal for the manufacture of all sorts of furniture and interior decoration. The finest example of the wood carver's art can today be reproduced to simulate the most beautifully grained wood, and the resulting product is not only fire proof, but almost unbreakable. New chemical methods have already produced substitutes for china and glass which are made in beautiful colors and which are also almost absolutely unbreakable. Dollar" below. An olive branch also appears below the eagle to complete a stately, dignified design. The new coin is exactly the same size, weight and fineness as the present quarter dollar. The George Washington quarter is the first coin of regular issue ever to bear the image of the first president. It was authorized by special act of congress making it possible for the treasury to share in the bicentennial celebration. As a coin of regular issue the George Washington quarter will replace the twenty-five cent piece now in circulation. No other quarter dollar will be coined for the next 25 years unless authorized by special act of congress. Minted at San Francisco, Denver and Philadelphia the coins will be placed in circulation through the regular channels of the federal reserve banks, and will appear simultaneously in all parts of the country. Unmasked Bandits Get $2,000 In Loot Unmasked bandits entered the Smart & Final wholesale grocery at Santa Ana early last Friday morning, bound Watchman William Ragan and Employee G. W. McAdoo, backed a company truck up to the door and loaded $2000 worth of cigarettes (30 cases each containing 50 cartons) and escaped. Police of Santa Ana were mystified this week as they attempted to trace few available clues. Evidently the cigarettes were taken to Los Angeles. The truck first used belonged to Smart & Final and was found on the Santa Ana-Anaheim road, near Placentia avenue last Friday. Oklahomaans to Picnic Memorial Day, Report Annual picnic reunion of the Oklahoma state society of Southern California will be held all day Monday, May 30—Decoration day—according to word sent out this week by President John A. Whalen and Secretary William G. Condron. All visitors from and former residents of Oklahoma are invited. The picnic will be held at Sycamore Grove park, Los Angeles. Services People Rev. Harold M. started a series of lar interest to yly-weds. Last Sunday congregation on Gavest Me." Next Sunday Modesty Extinction Ruth and Boaz following the suhip and Marriage haven't been able series, he stated Bible characters. Juan Martinez Comes Up Juan Martinez Hilario Segovio San Juan Capistrano a plea of not before Superior Friday morning was set for June It's a Pity Her Name Isn't Mary The lamb's name is Willie and he doesn't follow her to school unless he's dragged And her name isn't Mary, it's Cecilia Lawrence of Atlanta, Georgia Otherwise it's all just like the old poem. Taxpayer Group To Meet May 24 Composite View On Taxpayers Problems Purpose, Governor Claims Screen Stars Mark Olympic Radio Hour An international radio program which will be dedicated to the Olympic games was completed and will be broadcast from KHJ station next Sunday, 12:30 to 1:30 P.M., Pacific standard time, presenting the greatest array of motion picture stars to appear on the Union Services To Be Held In Summer Ministers Endorse City-Wide "Old Home Church Sunday" Movement, August 14 Endorsement of "Old Home Church Sunday" on August 14, as a city project, and advancement of plan the annual group of union services each summer at the out-door theatre the Anaheim city park were the business of the Ministerial union recent meeting. A committee was named compete the Rev. Harold L. Thatcher, the Thomas H. Walker and the Rev. Watson to "more effectively co-op with other local agencies interest matters pertaining to prohibition. The union voted to hold the summer services each Sunday even through July and August and the Sunday in September. The executive committee was instructed to draw the schedule for those worships. "Ladies' Night" which was popped a few weeks ago due to it of the president, the Rev. Virgil Ledbetter, was planned for the ning of May 27 when the minister entertain their wives at the hon Conrad Jongewaard. A pot-luck per will be served. Invite Missourians to Reunion Fete Saturday Missourians were invited this by President S. A. Selecmap of Missouri State Society of South California to attend the annual splenic reunion, to be held all Saturday, May 28, at Sycamore Park, Los Angeles. It will be a b dinner affair, marked by county rters for the purpose of renew acquaintances. Taxpayer Group To Meet May 24 Composite View On Taxpayers Problems Purpose, Governor Claims Representatives of California taxpayers, comprising an advisory council to the state tax research bureau, will meet with directors of that body on May 24, it was announced by Fred E. Stewart, vice-chairman of the bureau and member of the state board of equalization. Governor James Rolph Jr., chairman of the tax bureau, will address the advisory council, which was recently appointed by Stewart. Approximately two hundred members were placed on the council, including the entire membership of the legislature, representatives of county supervisors, assessors, tax collectors, auditors and school superintendents, and representatives of the various industries and taxpaying groups of California. Public Participates "This will be the first meeting which the directors of the tax research bureau have had with the advisory council," said Stewart. "Governor Rolph will outline to the gathering the work in which the bureau is now engaged and what he considers can be accomplished through cooperation between the council and the bureau." "The council is truly representative of every citizen and taxpaying group in California. The legislators will appear for the electorate as a whole while each group will have a representative present." "No tax commission in California has ever attempted to utilize such a plan, but it is our sincere belief that the public should actually participate in the formation of the report which the tax research bureau has been delegated to make to the next legislature." Composite View South "Too often in the past have tax commission reports been rejected, solely because they were conceived and prepared in secrecy, then suddenly thrust at a Legislature which was forced to digest an denact the recommendations into law, with the stress of legislative pressure and the time element precluding any hope of intelligent analysis of the action being taken." "It is our hope that when the bureau submits its report to the legislators, some 30 days before they convene next January, it will be a composite review of the practical suggestions of citizens in every field of endeavor in California." Screen Stars Mark Olympic Radio Hour An international radio program which will be dedicated to the Olympic games was completed and will be broadcast from KHJ station next Sunday, 12:30 to 1:30 P.M., Pacific standard time, presenting the greatest array of motion picture stars to appear on the same program before the microphone. They will be Marlene Dietrich, Claudette Colbert, Dolores Del Rio, Olga Baclanova, Elissa Landi, Maureen O'Sullivan, Will Rogers, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Bela Lugosi and Tom Mix. Music will be furnished by the University of Southern California Olympic 100-piece band under the direction of Lieut. Harold L. Roberts. Jose Arias and his Spanish recording orchestra and the Don Lee symphony orchestra. William May Garland, chairman of the Olympic games organization committee, will extend the official invitation to the people of America and the world to visit California next summer and see the Tenth Olympiad, the finals of which will be held in Los Angeles July 30 to August 14. Sportsmen Ponder Over State Waste Disappearance of Wild Game From California Blamed On Difference Sportsmen in Orange county this week pondered over the message of Ralph Bandini, vice-president of the California Conservationists and secretary of the Santa Catalina Tuna club, who, in an address before law students in the Fullerton union high school recently said that thousands of sportsmen all over the world were no longer coming to California for hunting and fishing because of the negligence, wastefulness and indifference of the people of this state. These world sportsmen, travelers and tourists are an important economic factor especially in Southern California. Bandini said, and the fast disappearance of the game fish and wild life caused by the disappearance of food and natural habitats is preventing these sportsmen from vacationing on this coast. In the past five years no una weighing more than 19 pounds has been caught by the Catalina Tuna club, due principally to depletion of its food, sardines, which are taken out commercially. cause they were conceived and prepared in secrecy, then suddenly thrust at a Legislature which was forced to digest an denatac the recommendations into law, with the stress of legislative pressure and the time element precluding any hope of intelligent analysis of the action being taken. "It is our hope that when the bureau submits its report to the legislators, some 30 days before they convene next January, it will be a composite review of the practical suggestions of citizens in every field of endeavor in California, turly reflecting the desires of the people of this state concerning the most important question now before the American public — taxation." In addition to Governor Rolph various members of the advisory council have been invited to speak, each offering suggestions from the group with which he is affiliated. Senator H. C. Nelson of Eureka and Assemblyman Bert B. Snyder of Santa Cruz, respectively chairman of the senate and assembly committees on revenue and taxation, will discuss the legislative viewpoint of the problem. Services For Young People Are Planned Rev. Harold L. Thatcher, pastor of the Wesley M. E. church, South, has started a series of addresses of particular interest to young people and newly-weds. Last Sunday he addressed his congregation on "The Woman Thou Gavest Me." Next Sunday his topic will be "Is Modesty Extinct," from the story of Ruth and Boaz, while for the week following the subject is "Love, Courtship and Marriage." Subsequent topics haven't been announced. The entire series, he states, will be based upon Bible characters. Juan Martinez Trial Comes Up On June 8 Juan Martinez, accused of murder of Hilario Segovione in a quarrel near San Juan Capistrano recently, entered a plea of not guilty when arraigned before Superior Judge James L. Allen Friday morning at Santa Ana. Trial was set for June 8. These world sportsmen, travelers and tourists are an important economic factor especially in Southern California. Bandini said, and the fast disappearance of the game fish and wild life caused by the disappearance of food and natural habitats is preventing these sportsmen from vacationing on this coast. In the past five years no una weighing more than 175 pounds has been caught by the Catalina Tide club, due principally to depletion of its food, sardines, which are taken out commercially at the rate of from 299,000 to 350,000 tons a year. Bandini said. All the ducks in Southern California are gone, he said, because of the draining of the breeding places. Only the deer are holding their own, he said. Bandini pointed out that there are 750,000 licensed sportsmen in California, and if they would work together they could control legislative measures in the state legislature. Bandini named three measures the sportsmen desire to have the legislation pass: One, prevent netting in the region of all the islands along the southern coast and other designated spots; prevent shipping of fish from the state and regulate the number of tons of sardines taken each year commercially. Bandini showed a short picture of the capture of a 175-pound Marlin swordfish off the coast of Catalina. Union Pacific Enlarges Bryce Canyon Lodge Bryce Canyon National park is to have a new type of accommodation to offer its visitors this season when the Utah Parks company, subsidiary of the Union Pacific system, completes an additional cabin camp unit, construction of which will soon be undertaken at an estimated cost of $25,000. For many years there has been operated at Bryce canyon a central lodge and a large number of cabins to house the thousands of tourists who visit the southern Utah national parks every season. The new work will consist or another permanent central building housing a cafeteria and another group of cabins of the housekeeping type. Construction is expected to start in about three weeks and completed ready for operation sometime in June. In Services To Held In Summer Sars Endorse City-Wide Home Church Sunday" Movement, August 14 Committee was named comprising Harold L. Thatcher, the Rev. H. Walker and the Rev. J. A. to "more effectively co-operate with local agencies interested in pertaining to prohibition." Union voted to hold the union services each Sunday evening July and August and the first on September. The executive vice president was instructed to draw up a schedule for those worships. "Night" which was post-few weeks ago due to illness president, the Rev. Virgil K. was planned for the eve-day 27 when the ministers will be their wives at the home ofongewaard. A pot-luck supper served. The Missourians to Union Fete Saturday rians were invited this week to present S. A. Seleemap of the State Society of Southern Union, to be held all day May 28, at Sycamore Groves Angeles. It will be a basket fair, marked by county registries. Reid Will Attend Big San Francisco Meeting At least one member, Secretary George W. Reid, of the Anaheim chamber of commerce will attend the national convention of the United States chamber of commerce to be held in San Francisco next month, according to a decision reached recently by the local booster body. President Charles Pearson has received numerous invitations to attend various functions but hasn't decided as yet whether to attend or not. Reid will join several other Orange county chamber of commerce secretaries in going to the convention. This is the first time hte convention has come west of the Rockies. Leading Athletic Stars Skull, Dagger Men Leading athletic stars of the University of Southern California were included in the list of Trojan campus notables announced as pledges of Skull and Dagger, senior men's honorary society were Garrett Arbelbide, baseball captain and football star; Dick Barber, national intercollegiate broad jump champion; Jack Green, football manager; Frank, Wykoff, national champion sprinter and world's record holder in the 100-yard dash; Orv Mohler, football and baseball star and student body president-elect for 1932-3; Vic Williams, national champion quarter-miler, and Stan Williamson, football captain. Informal public initiation, during which the pledges wore swallow-tail coats and white knickers and carried red lanterns, took place on the campus this week. Formal initiation will be held at the Vista del Arroyo Hotel Pasadena, on the night of May 21. Claims Depression Isn't "Worst Ever" Ex-Governor George C. Pardee Says General Conditions Materially On Upgrade Scanning a 150-year period of recurring American business depression and prosperity, and giving facts and figures to support a spirit of optimism as to present-day conditions, former Governor George C. Pardee, speaking on the Bank of America "Back to Good Times" program, said that our present financial illness was nowhere near to being fatal as were many of the others through which we have safely passed. Dr. Pardee called attention to the fact that this depression was not unique in that it was world-wide, as these of 1837 and 1857 were equally world-wide. Neither is the present one proportionately as severe as those of past experience. 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