anaheim-gazette 1932-07-21

PAGE SIX Teammates In Game That Out-Shines Olympia Photos by Blank & Stoller HERBERT C. HOOVER CHARLES CURT Proration Agreement Fails as 12 Percent of Crop Representatives Withdraw; Others Released in Order to Help Interest Favorable Results Had Been Obtained in Four-Week Period Agreement Was In Effect As Net Price Shoots Upwards Fifty Percent; Committee Thinks Effectiveness Shown Although extremely favorable results had been obtained during the four-week enforcement of a pro rata agreement between 92 per cent of the valencia growers of the state, certain elements in the arrangement decided to withdraw, thus forcing the other members of the association to disband in order to protect themselves, according to announcement released by the Valencia Growers' proration committee this week. The committee's communication, which is self-explanatory, follows: "The Valencia Growers' Proration committee regrets to announce that owing to the withdrawals of member organizations it is forced to terminate the Valencia Proration Agreement. During the formation of the plan to regulate valencia shipments so as to properly supply the market at a fair return to the grower, the committee agreed that it would be necessary to have within the plan a minimum of 90% of the crop to be moved to the market. "At the time the agreement became effective, there was within the agreement approximately 93% of the fruit." 50 per cent in the net return to the grower. "Had this plan continued in operation for the remainder of the season and the average maintained of the last week of its existence, we believe that there would have been returned to the valencia growers in Southern California approximately $4,000,000 more than could be attained under the method of non-regulation of shipments. "The committee feels certain that the failure of this grower movement to accomplish its purpose is due, not to the plan of operation, but to the unwillingness of some growers and organizations to bear their just share of the burden of regulating shipments." committee regrets to announce that owing to the withdrawals of member organizations it is forced to terminate the Valencia Preration Agreement. During the formation of the plan to regulate valencia shipments so as to properly supply the market at a fair return to the grower, the committee agreed that it would be necessary to have within the plan a minimum of 90% of the crop to be moved to the market. "At the time the agreement became effective, there was within the agreement approximately 92% of the fruit yet to go. During the first week of the operation of the prerate agreement one organization gave notice of withdrawal. Although the committee felt that this was unfortunate it was not serious in its effect upon the operation of the agreement because this organization controlled only about 1% of the total volume of fruit in the agreement. "During the second week of operation, another organization withdrew which controlled approximately 11% of the volume of fruit in the agreement. This left within control of the cooperating groups approximately 80% of the total fruit to go. The Committee feels that this is too small a percentage to insure the effectiveness of regulating shipments and also feels that it would be unfair to ask the remaining organizations and their growers to attempt to carry the entire burden of regulation while the 20% without the agreement are deriving the benefits of regulation without carrying their share of the load. The committee also feels that it would be unwise for the marketing organizations that remain loyal to this plan to submit their members to the destructive competition which would arise from this situation. "We believe that the effectiveness of the plan has been clearly demonstrated during its brief period of operation. The plan went into effect as to prorates on June 19. The f. o. b. average for the preceding week's sales was about $1.75 per packed box, which means that the grower would receive approximately $1.00 for his fruit on the trees. During the four weeks that the plan was in operation the f. o. b. average has steadily risen until its is now about $2.25. This means an increase of 50 cents per packed box, or approximately tion for the remainder of the season and the average maintained of the last week of its existence, we believe that there would have been returned to the valencia growers in Southern California approximately $4,000,000 more than could be attained under the method of non-regulation of shipments. "The committee feels certain that the failure of this grower movement to accomplish its purpose is due, not to the plan of operation, but to the unwillingness of some growers and organizations to bear their just share of the burdens of regulating shipments. "The policy of marketing the 1932 crop of valencias, as advocated by those organizations and growers that have withdrawn from or did not enter the prorate agreement, was that of moving the entire crop to market but distributing it equally as to volume over the remaining weeks of the valencia season. Although we believe that this policy will not be successful under the prevailing conditions of low consumer buying power and a large crop to move, we are compelled to recommend to those organizations who remain within the agreement that they adopt this same policy so that all growers of Southern California may have equal opportunities in the markets of this country. We feel the results of marketing the crop under this policy will be unsatisfactory to all the growers of Southern California, and hope that they will compare closely the results obtained during the operation of the prorate agreement with those that prevailed at the time the agreement went into effect and those that may prevail in the future. "The solution of the successful marketing of this crop, which is of vital interest to all citrus communities of Southern California, lies within the control of the valencia grower through collective effort necessary to solve the problem of marketing this year's crop. "The results obtained under the prorate agreement, as clearly shown by the increased prices received during its operation, should convince every valencia grower that the plan itself was successful and, we believe, points the way to all growers to the necessity of united grower action in the marketing of their crop." ANAHEIM GAZETTE Shines Olympics THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON (Corrence to Gazette) Washington, D. C.—The most exciting question among political gossips is: Will Congress try at this session to adopt a constitutional amendment on prohibition for submission to the States next fall? Both parties in their national conventions have pledged themselves to the submission of such an amendment. Why can't it be done right way? The difficulty will be in framing an amendment which can obtain a two-thirds vote in both Houses, which is the majority required by the Constitution for the submission of a constitutional amendment. The Democratic platform calls for an amendment explicitly repealing the Eighteenth or Prohibition Amendment, although coupled with this is the demand that "the Federal Government effectively exercise its power to enable the States to protect themselves against importation of intoxicating liquors in violation of their laws." The Republican platform, however, specifically says: "We do not favor a submission limited to the issue of retention or repeal," and declares that the proposed amendment should contain provisions retaining in the Federal Government power to preserve the gains already made in dealing with the liquor traffic, while allowing States to deal with their problem as their citizens may determine; subject to the power of the Federal Government to protect States where prohibition may exist. The Necessary Vote To submit a constitutional amend- Burns Sentenced On Two Charges Son of Wealthy Santa Ana Family Guilty of Grand Theft After Carl F. Burns, son of a well-to-do Santa Ana family, last week was convicted by a jury on two counts of grand theft he was sentenced by Judge George K. Scovel for two to twenty years on each count, sentences to run consecutively. Attorneys for Burns fought for a new trial, lost that plea and then battled for sentences to run concurrently, to make them the same as one sentence. But Judge Scovel frowned on that request, too, claiming that both counts were separate offences and that the minimum of two years' imprisonment for each count was not too much. Burns' attorneys announced that they would appeal both verdict and sentence. The young Santa Anan was convicted of theft of $1019 from Miss Pauline Weide and $3000 from Henry Weide, both amounts being in Edison stock which had been exchanged for worthless oil stock, the jury found. Widow Wins In Insurance Fight Jury Awards $2500 and Interest Since 1929 After Court Battle Mrs. Ida Losleben, widow of George P. Losleben who died in 1929 as a result of an accident while working for the Anaheim Community Growers, this week had won a jury's verdict granting her a judgment of $2900 against the California State Life Insurance company. The company originally paid $2500 to the widow but refused to fulfill the Rowing Feature of Big Olympiad Flags of Many Nations to Flutter Over Long Beach Marine Stadium One flag is fluttering over the Long Beach marine stadium, where the Olympic games rowing tournament will be held August 9 to 13. It was the forerunner of many flags, which will wave there from July 23, when formal dedication ceremonies are held by a committee of which Robert Henderson, Long Beach man, is chairman. With the games scheduled in various parts of Los Angeles county from July 30 to August 14, the dedication will stand as the first big Olympic event in this immediate vicinity. Olympic teams, 16 of which are bringing oarsmen who have won renown in their respective lands, are pouring into Los Angeles in droves. Many of the oarsmen are taking up their abodes in Long Beach, or nearby, where they are seen in daily practise on the water-course, which is declared one of the finest in the world. When the dedication ceremonies are held, it is natural to expect that many of these stars, clad in their rowing togs, will put their light shells through their paces as an additional dedication submission limited to the issue of retention or repeal," and declares that the proposed amendment should contain provisions retaining in the Federal Government power to preserve the gains already made in dealing with the liquor traffic, while allowing States to deal with their problem as their citizens may determine subject to the power of the Federal Government to protect States where prohibition may exist. The Necessary Vote To submit a constitutional amendment would require the affirmative votes of 290 members of the House of Representatives and of 64 Senators, two-thirds of the membership of each House. Neither party has enough votes in the present Congress to put such a proposal through as a party measure. The Democrats have 218 Representatives and the Republicans 214. If every Democratic representative could be counted upon to support a wet amendment at this time, it would still take the votes of 72 Republicans, in addition, to put it through. In the Senate neither party has a majority; there are 47 Republicans, 47 Democrats, one Farmer Labor Senator, and one vacancy. It would take all the 47 Democrats and 17 of the Republican Senators to give a two-thirds vote of approval to such an amendment. Nevertheless, it is possible that something of the sort might be done during this month of July if a determined effort were made to get rid of the subject now, and so remove it from the Presidential campaign permanently. In view of the apparent popular interest in this subject, to the exclusion of all other campaign issues those who would like to see the election result turn upon questions of economics and deep-seated political principles would be glad to have the boards immediately. To achieve that result, it is believed that a great many drys and middle-of-the-roaders would be willing to make concessions and modify their personal views, if any hope were held out that by so doing a constitutional amendment which would put the whole question up to the people of the States could be drafted and adopted at this session. That is regarded as much more feasible, strange as it may seem, than the amendment of the Volstead act at this session, even though it would require only a majority of each House to change that. The Democratic Proposal The Democratic party platform proposal advocates the immediate modification of the Volstead act to legalize the manufacture and sale of beer and other beverages "of such alcoholic content as is permissible under the Constitution." The Volstead act Olympic teams, 16 of which are bringing oarsmen who have won renown in their respective lands, are pouring into Los Angeles in droves. Many of the oarsmen are taking up their abodes in Long Beach, or nearby, where they are seen in daily practise on the water-course, which is declared one of the finest in the world. When the dedication ceremonies are held, it is natural to expect that many of these stars, clad in their rowing togs, will put their light shells through their paces as an additional dedication attraction. Tickets for the rowing events already are selling rapidly, both at the Long Beach chamber of commerce building and in the regular Los Angeles Olympic ticket headquarters. Eighth and Spring streets. TELEGRAPH ROAD WORK Construction is still in progress on Telegraph road from Atlantic road to the San Gabriel virer bridge, near Santa Fe Springs. The road is marked "closed," but one-way traffic is using it part of the time. "Due to certain publicity, adverse to the operation of the prorate agreement, we believe that all growers should carefully check and analyze all statements concerning this matter. We are therefore instructing Mr. R. D. Flaherty, Secretary of the Orange County Farm Bureau and also Secretary of the Valencia Growers' Committee, to send copy of this statement to all citrus belt newspapers and to be custodian of all the records of this committee and to make them available to any grower or organization who may be interested in ascertaining the real facts of the situation. "The organizations parties to the prorate agreement when terminated were "C. C. Chapman Interests "California Fruit Growers Exchange "Gold Banner Association "Spence Fruit Co. (C. O. Banks) "Oscar Cave Signed: "Valencia Growers Proration Committee." The Democratic party platform proposal advocates the immediate modification of the Volstead act to legalize the manufacture and sale of beer and other beverages "of such alcoholic content as is permissible under the Constitution." The Volstead act declares that any beverage containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol is intoxicating and is, therefore, illegal. The contention of the wets is that an alcoholic content of six or seven per cent, which was the average strength of lager beer in the old pre-prohibition days, or even of ten or twelve per cent, which is also about the proportion of alcohol in the co-called "light wines," is not in fact intoxicating, as such beverages are ordinarily used. The Democratic party's proposal is to amend the law and legalize beverages with an alcoholic content higher than the present one-half of one per cent near-beer. Some observers predict that there will be a more bitter fight over that proposal than there will be over the constitutional amendment. There are many members of Congress in both Houses and of both parties who are uncompromisingly dry. They will accept and vote for a constitutional amendment putting the question up to the States, because they believe that it will be impossible to obtain the ratification of such an amendment by three-fourths of the 48 states. There are more than twelve states, they believe, which will never ratify prohibition repeal, either through the Legislatures or by conventions elected by the people; and it takes three-fourths of the States to ratify any change in the Constitution. So while wets and drys find themselves in harmony on the question of resubmission, the drys still think they are strong enough to block any attempt to make the statutory restrictions on liquor any wetter than they are now. BEFORE the Exchange orange was just an oaked every time they bought name to depend on, no brand Sales were retarded. One of the Exchange's establish standards of quality the basis of Exchange success the value of the Sunkist tiveness of Sunkist advertising. Years of careful gradual confidence of trade and profit of millions, Sunkist mean And people gladly pay their assurance. To protect the Sunkist rallied a Field Department to enforce standards in packing houses. "It has given us improved and packing—better pest control fact, from tree to refrigerator." Sentenced to Two Charges Healthy Santa Ana By Guilty of and Theft Burns, son of a wellfamily, last week was jury on two counts of was sentenced by Judge level for two to twenty count, sentences to run Burns fought for a that plea and then batcies to run concurrently, the same as one senedge Scovel frowned on too, claiming that both separate offences and that of two years' imprisoncount was not too much. Arnery announced that special both verdict and young Santa Anan was neft of $1010 from Miss and $3000 from Henry amounts being in Edison had been exchanged for stock, the jury found. Wins In Insurance Fight is $2500 and Interest 1929 After Court Battle Sleben, widow of George who died in 1929 as a reident while working for Community Growers, this a jury's verdict granting ent of $2900 against the Life Insurance comity originally paid $2500 to but refused to fulfill the plea of the state of California to distribute its surplus food supplies to the distressed and the needy throughout the state and the nation, may have far-reaching and most beneficial effects not contemplated or foreseen when the original relief program was announced it develops. Not only will wide-spread relief be given, if the plans terminate successfully, but the possibility of new markets being established at points where California products are unknown or nearly so, must also be figured in as a result of the scope of the relief program. Indicative of this potentiality, Emergency Food Administrator Dudley Moulton, who is also director of the state department of agriculture, has received a letter from the board of city development and chamber of commerce of Pampa, Texas, asking that some distribution of relief foodstuffs be made in that region "as California has a number of crops which are not only hard to obtain but expensive in this section of the country." The likelihood of certain California products being established as staples in such regions during the period of the emergency could very easily be followed by the establishment of regular markets after the emergency has passed, it has been pointed out. Another suggestion, which, however, has no bearing on the relief program was made by a fruit grower of Chicago Park, California, that contestants in the Olympic games at Los Angeles be given gifts of California products, particularly those products which may not be grown or processed in his or her native land. "Each Olympiad contestant is a potential advertising medium for our fruit, provided he is favorably impressed," the letter said. The first week of the relief program has found a number of the producers with the nucleus of an organization and the various relief agencies in many Hunters To Try Out New Method Seals Expected to Reduce International Violations of Law California deer hunters are going to have a chance this year of trying out the new method of tagging deer killed, and determine if the metal seals accompanying the cardboard tags are as successful as they have been in other states. The opening of the deer season August 1, will furnish a practical test of the advantages of the new seals which have been designed to be fastened to the horns of each buck killed. In other states these seals have reduced intentional violations of the game laws, and eliminated the annoyance resulting from paper tags being torn from the horns, and the California fish and game commission believe it will do the same in this state. Thorough instructions to hunters as to the application of these metal seals accompany each one issued, and hunters will save themselves time and money by not experimenting to see if they work. They do work, and when once snapped cannot be loosened again. "Buyers have confidence in Sunkist!" "A citrus grower can have no finer asset than the hard-won preference of the public" In other states these seals have reduced intentional violations of the game laws, and eliminated the annoyance resulting from paper tags being torn from the horns, and the California fish and game commission believe it will do the same in this state. Thorough instructions to hunters as to the application of these metal seals accompany each one issued, and hunters will save themselves time and money by not experimenting to see if they work. They do work, and when once snapped cannot be loosened again, necessitating the purchase of new seals. The first week also finds the three big state agencies, department of agriculture, commerce bureau and department of social welfare also reporting progress in their work of directing the relief program. The first will attend to the necessary surveys and collection of foodstuffs, the second will determine the scope of the proposed relief work and the third will concern itself with relief distribution. BEFORE the Exchange was founded, an orange was just an orange. Buyers gamble every time they bought. There was no need to depend on, no brand to have faith in. Sunkist were retarded. One of the Exchange's first moves was to establish standards of quality. 'Good citrus' is the basis of Exchange success. On it are built value of the Sunkist name and the effectiveness of Sunkist advertising. Years of careful grading have won the confidence of trade and public. In the minds millions, Sunkist means dependable quality. And people gladly pay the best prices for this insurance. To protect the Sunkist reputation, we organized a Field Department to coordinate methods to enforce standards in our widely-scattered packing houses. It has given us improvements in grading and packing—better pest control methods. In turn, from tree to refrigerator car, the efficiency of any Exchange grower or shipper are now made available to the group. "The Exchange pioneered this highly-developed means of maintaining standards for its fruit. Today it protects the priceless asset it built—the confidence of buyers in our name." If not now a member—Learn why it is that Exchange growers, year after year, average higher returns for their crops. Talk to the manager of the nearest of the Exchange's 211 local associations or 25 District Exchanges. 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, cooperative growers' marketing organization, whose more than 13,000 members represent more than 75% of the entire California and Arizona citrus industry.