oc-plain-dealer 1923-05-31

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper, Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Fester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETINGS TO OUR READERS Enough for me—Their tender loveliness to see, Assured that little things and large—Fulfill God's purpose equally. —Mary Bradley. PROVIDING CARS IS BIG PROBLEM FOR THE WEST As agricultural and horticultural interests on this Coast develop and expand, the matter of obtaining adequate transportation and swift transport to markets becomes of vast importance. Just now this is brought to public notice by the protests which apple growers of Washington, Oregon and Idaho are making against the allocation of so many refrigerator cars to the grape growers of California. This is a problem that should be met squarely. Railroads should be urged and required to provide ample facilities for moving perishable products from this state and the Pacific Coast with dispatch. The measure of California's present and future prosperity depends upon the encouragement of soil industries—and the obtaining of adequate accommodations for marketing perishable products without loss and in good season. To this end all interests in California should cooperate. American merchant shipping in American ships is waning. It is humiliating indeed to have much more than half of the total tonnage of American commerce carried in foreign bottoms. Steps should be taken to upbuild the American merchant marine and encourage shipping of American commodities in American bottoms. Chinese bandits are indulging in a species of profiteering that hardly will have the sanction of the Western powers whose subjects are the victims of the depredations. Americans and Britons are among those who have suffered outrages at the hands of bandit gangs. Strong representatives should be made and, if necessary, American military forces should be used to apprehend the marauders and to break up their plundering forays. SUCCESSFUL ON FARM THOUGH BLIND Chinese bandits are indulging in a species of profiteering that hardly will have the sanction of the Western powers whose subjects are the victims of the depredations. Americans and Britons are among those who have suffered outrages at the hands of bandit gangs. Strong representatives should be made and, if necessary, American military forces should be used to apprehend the marauders and to break up their plundering forays. SUCCESSFUL ON FARM THOUGH BLIND Note the life story of Levi D. Blair, a resident of Linn County, Iowa. Many former Iowans residing in California know Mr. Blair, who died recently at the age of 75. He was blind. He acquired a farm and did most of the work himself, achieving marked success as husbandman. Which is an eloquent sermonette in itself. For why should any person complain of lack of opportunities to get on in the world, if they have their five senses and are blessed with health? Instances are numerous of persons more previously afflicted even than this blind farmer—that is blind, deaf and dumb—and yet they have persisted and have achieved notable success. One hundred years ago "Home, Sweet Home", was first sung. This grandly sweet and beautiful melody was composed by an American in a foreign land. The author died abroad. Not until long after his death was the mortal remnant of John Howard Payne gathered up and brought back to America. This song and its author should be honored and memorialized by Americans. One has but to be an observant attendant at baseball games to see the American spirit of fair play. Those who see the game take sides of course—the home people are for the home team. But no matter how strongly the crowd may be for its favorite team, good playing and good sportsmanship on the part of the visiting team is applauded. In truth, brilliant work and the sportsmanly, plucky spirit are relished wherever they are found and crowds are quick to evince their pleasure and admiration. FLIGHT ACROSS POLE IS PROJECTED Across the North Pole by airship is the thrilling feat which is to be attempted very soon by Captain Roald Amundsen, the famous polar explorer. Captain Amundsen has been in the Arctic for many months equipped for starting this memorable flight as soon as climate conditions up there are propitious. Once this is achieved flights across the Pole soon would become more or less common. All that is needed is to blaze the way—to demonstrate the practicability of trans-polar flights, and daring spirits, eager for adventure, will do the rest. That this feat can be and will be accomplished does not admit of reasonable doubt. Its scientific importance will be great. God made the country and He looks upon it and finds it good. Man made the city and God looks upon it and finds it mixed with much that is not good. In the cities lie the great problems of civilization. Upon the correct solution of these problems depends the fate of the best in civilization. The forces of law and order and decency must needs be at work continuously in the cities, or they would be overwhelmed by the forces and influences which are unwholesome and vitalizing. onstrate the practicability of trans-polar flights, and daring spirits, eager for adventure, will do the rest. That this feat can be and will be accomplished does not admit of reasonable doubt. Its scientific importance will be great. God made the country and He looks upon it and finds it good. Man made the city and God looks upon it and finds it mixed with much that is not good. In the cities lie the great problems of civilization. Upon the correct solution of these problems depends the fate of the best in civilization. The forces of law and order and decency must needs be at work continuously in the cities, or they would be overwhelmed by the forces and influences which are unwholesome and vitalizing. Do not treat commencements lightly before the young—do not treat them lightly at all. Graduation day is very important in the life of each and every graduate. It is an occasion that should be cherished in memory. It is a time for searching of hearts and testing of the qualities which have made this Nation and people great. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS EDITORS ARE SAYING NEGROES MIGRATING NORTHWARD—New York Evening Post The industrial revival and the rising wages in the manufacturing centers of the United States are drawing farm labor from both the far South and the far North. Just as the Southern states are beginning to show anxiety over the steadily increasing migration of negro labor to industrial districts so Canada is disturbed over the drift of a portion of its population in the same direction. The Winnipeg Free Press estimates that during the past winter 6000 of the inhabitants of that single city migrated to the United States, Restrictions on migration and the accelerated trade activity of the manufacturing districts of this country have created a vacuum in the labor market, and the migrations of workers from Canada and the South represent a natural tendency to establish an equilibrium. These migrations have both their beckoning and their driving causes. Among the beckoning causes may be cited the high wages for factory labor as compared with the renumeration of farm labor and the general attractions and advantages of urban life. The chief driving cause is to be found in the fact that the agricultural industry has lagged behind other lines of business, and as both Canada and the Southern States are predominantly agricultural they have been slow in working back to normal. Canada’s principal agricultural product is wheat, and the price of this commodity has not advanced as much as that of other staple farm products. While there has been a rapid advance in the price of cotton, this has been offset to a considerable extent by a small yield in the regions badly infested by the boll weevil. It is from regions that the northward migration of negro labor has been most produced. In the case of the negro laborers there is another obviously drivence in the form of social and civic disabilities to which the negro is in the South. Every reason to believe that so long as these inequalities continue we like that now prevailing the redistribution of the supply of food continue. Meanwhile the news that Great Britain’s quota of farm labor for this country has been filled is due in Canada with much satisfaction; for it is believed that this some very desirable immigration from the British Isles to the country is summer and that this will tend to counterbalance the Canada to the United States. RES Sunday Publisher Plain Dealer THERE ARE WORSE EVILS TO BE ABOLISHED THAN DARWINISM THEOLOGY SCIENCE AND EVOLUTION PHILOSOPHY HISTORY LITERATURE CHEMISTRY ASTROLOGY DRY PEDGE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS POEMS THAT LIVE REVERIE AT GLENMARY. I have enough, O God! My heart tonight—Runs over with its fullness of outent; And as I look out on the fragrant stars—And from the eauty of the night take in My priceless portion, yet myself no more—Than in the universe a grain of sand— I feel His glory who can make a world—Yet in the lost depths of the wilderness Leave no flower unfinished! Rich tho poor!—My low roofed cottage in this hour a heaven; Music is in it, and the song she sings—That sweet voiced wife of mine, arrests the ear Of my young child awake upon her knee—And with his calm eyes on his master's face, My noble hound lies couchant, and all here—All in this little home, yet boundless heaven. Are, in such love is I have power to gire—Blessed to the overflowing. Thou who look'st Upon my brimming heart this tranquil eye—Knowest its fulness, as thou dost the dew Sent to the hidden violet by Thee—and, as that flower from its unseen abode, Sends its sweet breath up, duly to the sky—Changing its gift to incense, so, oh, God; May the sweet drops that to my humble cup—Find their far away from heaven, to Thee, Fragrance at Thy throne welcome—Nathaniel Willis. NEW YORK LETTER (By LUCY JEANNE PRICE) Michael Marchitto is prepared to state that this is an honest world. Or at least, that our nearest neighbor across the Hudson river is an honest city. Mr. Marchitto wanted $100 in Sends its sweet breath up, duly to the sky—Changing its gift to incense, so, oh, God; May the sweet drops that to my humble cup—Find their far away from heaven, to Thee, Fragrance at Thy throne welcome—Nathaniel Willis. NEW YORK LETTER (By LUCY JEANNE PRICE) Michael Marchitto is prepared to state that this is an honest world. Or at least, that our nearest neighbor across the Hudson river is an honest city. Mr. Marchitto wanted $100 in one dollar bills the other day, and when the messenger boy brought them to him from a Jersey City bank, he decided that his hat was the easiest place to carry the role. In a moment of forgetfulness shortly afterwards, he upped the hat politely! The dollar bills floated in all directions. Mr. Marchitto did not get excited. He stood still and called for help. Instantly every man, woman and child within a block was chasing his bills for him and he just stood in a doorway and collected them as they were brought to him. Everyone of the hundred was turned over to the optimistic Mr. Marchitto. A LITTLE TALK ON THRIFT By S. W. STRAUS, President American Society for Thrift. While there still is much unrest in the world and economic conditions generally have not become stabilized, it is well to keep in mind at all times the part thrift must play in bringing about more propitious circumstances everywhere. It is natural that the man who owns a home, who possesses a savings account or who has the products of his thrift judiciously invested, should be an avowed supporter of the orderly forms of law and government. His every instinct is toward progress and upbuilding. He is against destructive tendencies because he recognizes in them a danger to his patiently obtained possession. Therefore, his influence may be counted upon as a force against any trend of thought or movement that is contrary to the proper safeguarding of the prevailing social order. The possession of savings, investments or a home foster propriety sentiments and awaken all the instincts for the preservation of property rights. It also is to be borne in mind that the man is thrifty is prosperous for the real meaning of thrift is thriving. And the man who realizes that he is getting on in the world, that he has something back of him for the days of emergency and who sees his possessions, small though they may be, slowly increasing, is most apt to judge social and economic problems on a basis of fairness to all. His mental outlook is normal and healthy because his life is right. He is not biased in his views because he is under so undue pressure of any kind. THURSDAY, MAY 31ST, 1923 Subscription Rate—In No. Orange-co. Per Yr. $3; Six Months $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as second class matter. PARAGRAPHS (By Robert Quillen) Speaking of cheap floor coverings, there is the Sunday paper you get for a nickel. You can judge yourself fairly by sizing up your enemies. People never really hate their inferiors. The man who thinks apartment life has no advantages never had to take down the heater in the spring. The publishing business affords little occasion for wory if you have an automobile plant on the side. It might help some if the nations wouldn't fight until the money is deposited in some reliable bank. General Maximoff failed in his effort to get control of the Red army. His beefsteak probably gave out. A normal person is one who expects eventually to find something that will cure dandruff. Detroit's street railways earned a million within the past year, and Mr. Ford doesn't own them either. If it evades you in spite of all you can do, there is a lot of consolation in calling it "filthy lucre." The Allies won't get far until they decide whether Germany is more useful as a debtor or as a customer. There always are two sides. If there is a guard on the Mexican border to keep aliens out, it will keep our criminals in. In a little while now the children will be home from college and we'll see them every once in awhile during the summer. POLICE LOOK FOR HOSIERY SALESMAN The local police are on the lookout for a slick-tongued fleecer, who, representing himself as a hosiery mills salesman, is said to have cheated Mrs. J. E. Rymer of Orange, out of $60, then escaped with the Orange police at his heels. The man is said to have represented himself as William Dowling, an agent for the Ladies' Silk Hosiery Mills, which, it is said, do not exist. He took an order from Mrs. Rymer, received two $30 checks from her in payment, cashed one of the checks, and disappeared. He is described as a short darkeyed ban, wearing a brown suit and straw hat. RIOT CHILLS BACKERS OF 10-ROUND BILL CHICAGO, May 30.—Chicago backeres of a bill now pending before the Illinois legislature legalizing tenround boxing contests were experiencing some nervousness today following the riotous finish of a tenround bout between lightweight champion Benny Leonard and Pinkey Mitchell, junior welterweight champion. Mitchell was knocked down twice in the tenth round and the bout was stopped without a count. Instantly Mitchell's backers were in the ring and a rough battle started. Police and firemen ended it. ABE MARTIN If it evades you in spite of all you can do, there is a lot of consolation in calling it "filthy lucre." The Allies won't get far until they decide whether Germany is more useful as a debtor or as a customer. There always are two sides. If there is a guard on the Mexican border to keep aliens out, it will keep our criminals in. In a little while now the children will be home from college and we'll see them every once in awhile during the summer. The Negroes who migrate to the North may find a place in the sun, but they will miss the privilege of taking a nap in it. Now that scientists have isolated the influenza germ, we hope they will do something about the parasite who borrows a cigarette. Correct this sentence: "You are too generous, dear," said the wife; "I can run the household on ten dollars a week less." When Chicago finishes trying the hazers for manslaughter, she can resume her scolding of uncouth sections that have lynching. BUSINESS IDEAS HAT GET ACROSS Many good business ideas fall flat through failure to present them properly. This is doubly true of business ideas expressed in type. MANY good business ideas fall flat through failure to present them properly. This is doubly true of business ideas expressed in type. Ideas make business, but it takes good printing to get them across to your customers. Use your brains to work up good ideas—employ ours to work them out for you in type, ink and illustration. One of our service men is always near enough to call on you with samples of our ideas of good printing or to help work out new ones. For Service—Phone 151 Plain Dealer