oc-plain-dealer 1923-12-26

EDITORIAL AND FEATURES An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday Paul V. Hester Editor and Publisher DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS The path of duty is the path of glory. He that ever following her commands, On with the toil of heart, on knees and hands, Through the long gorge, to the far light, has won His path upward, and prevailed— Shall find the toppling crags of duty, scaled, Are close upon the shining tablelands To which our God, Himself, is moon and sun! —Alfred Tennyson. GOOD MANAGEMENT AIDS IN POLITICS Presidential candidates are beginning to name their respective managers of campaign. President Coolidge, it is announced informally, will name William M. Butler, Republican national committeeman from Massachusetts, as manager of his campaign. Senator Hiram Johnson has chosen Frank H. Hitchcock as his manager, Mr. Hitchcock having had previous experience in managing a presidential campaign for a Republican. Mr. McAdoo and other Democratic aspirants soon will be naming their managers for the great 1924 canvass. It requires skill and sagacity of a high order to manage a national political campaign successfully. Particularly is tact required in promoting the presidential aspirations of a candidate for nomination. The United States is a great country, geographically; great in population, and varied in interests and aspirations. The shrewd manager must understand the sentiment and temperament of each section and of each state, and must conduct his campaign accordingly. If he is to succeed, he must adapt his methods to the states and sections according to political sentiment and conditions in the different commonwealths. It is a man's size task. The Panama Canal represents one of the best business investments the United States ever made. Its success is phenomenal. The United States is a great country, geographically; great in population, and varied in interests and aspirations. The shrewd manager must understand the sentiment and temperament of each section and of each state, and must conduct his campaign accordingly. If he is to succeed, he must adapt his methods to the states and sections according to political sentiment and conditions in the different commonwealths. It is a man's size task. The Panama Canal represents one of the best business investments the United States ever made. Its success is phenomenal. DIVERSIFY CROPS, GOOD FOR FARMER Kansas farmers have solved, in part, the problem of financial success on the farm. Instead of putting their eggs all in one basket, to use the old illustration—or, instead of putting their crops all in the wheat bin, Kansas farmers have diversified production and they find now that corn is more profitable to them than wheat. The Kansas wheat crop shows loss of $35,000,000, while the corn crop shows a gain of $33,000,000, thus approximately balancing. Oats, barley and hay also are bringing good returns. This may denote the way for better financial showing on the farm. With diversification of crops, there is sure to be good returns on some crop. Diversification also wards off the risk of a partial or complete failure in some one important crop. Should one product fail, the farmer thus has other crops upon which to fall back. Kansas may have found the key to the problem of unremunerative farm production. There should be enough thrill in political campaigns to impel the people to think. A listless campaign would be mischievous. TRADE WITH HAWAII IS WITHIN GRASP That trade between Southern California in general—Los Angeles county in particular—and Hawaii would be profitable, is the conviction of members of the Los Angeles chamber of commerce committee, who recently visited Honolulu. Opening and operation of the Los Angeles Steamship line will foster commerce between this port and Hawaii, it is confidently believed. Attention is drawn to the importance of Hawaiian trade. Internal revenue collections for the Hawaiian group of islands have ranged from $15,000,000 to $20,003,333 annually, for several years. This exceeds the collections for several individual states of the Union, and is equal to the collections of Arizona and Nevada combined. There is a population of about 250,000 in the islands. They are good buyers. They gladly will trade with the Los Angeles region, if given facilities. It is worth the while of manufacturers and shippers here to cultivate trade relations with the mid-Pacific islands in which the United States has such direct interest. Development of commerce along this line would be mutually beneficial to this southland and to Hawaii. Trade with this port and section would be quite logical for Hawaii, and it is said that Hawaiian business, industrial and commercial interests would welcome closer commercial affiliations with the Los Angeles region. Sell Your It is worth the while of manufacturers and shippers here to cultivate trade relations with the mid-Pacific islands in which the United States has such direct interest. Development of commerce along this line would be mutually beneficial to this southland and to Hawaii. Trade with this port and section would be quite logical for Hawaii, and it is said that Hawaiian business, industrial and commercial interests would welcome closer commercial affiliations with the Los Angeles region. Sell Your Winter Vegetables F.O.B. for All Cash Competition of buyers in all parts of the country. Telegraph Auctions in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Orlando, (Fla.), Yakima (Wash.), San Francisco, Los Angeles and El Centro. All buyers in all cities bid on the same cars at the same moment over our own private leased wires from Coast to Coast. Market established everywhere at once. Growers and Shippers not responsible for delay, decay, or loss of market. All sales strictly F. O. B. cash. Owner of cars gets cash money 24 to 48 hours after is shipped. No regret prices. The National F. O. B. Auction is the logical, modern, safe system. It gets more money for growers, protects his investment and places his business on a business basis. Come to one of our auctions and see how others are making more money on their crops. NATIONAL F. O. B. AUCTION CO. 1321 E., 7th St., Los Angeles, Calif. Office In, All Principal Cities of The Country Selling While In Transit Carriots of Fruit and Vegetables F. O. B. Loading Point on Government Inspection RES t Sunday Publisher THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer WEDN Subscription Entered a AS WE JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE One of the first things we learn about in life is Santa Claus. As children we eagerly look forward to Christmas as the happiest season of the year. We are taught to be good lest Santa will pass us by— WHAT'S "SANTA" GOING TO BRING YOU? AW, THERE AIN'T NO "SANTA CLAUS!" PAPA'S GOING TO BUY ME A PAIR OF SKATES MAYBE! As we develop into adolescence we loose faith in the mythical part of the proceeding but we still expect our presents and are thinking more of receiving than giving— MERRY CHRISTMAS! As we develop into adolescence we loose faith in the mythical part of the proceeding but we still expect our presents and are thinking more of receiving than giving— Later on when we have reached maturity and have assumed the responsibility of life we find that we are expected to play Santa Claus ourselves. But our reward after all is just as great for real joy in bringing happiness to others. PARAGRAPHS. (By Robert Quillen) Education pays everybody but the educators. Whatever the world may be coming to, it isn't its senses. Specialist: One who has learned to multiply the bill by six. A good citizen is one who breaks no laws except those you don't believe in. Losing cheerfully is simply the art of lying magnificently to soothe your vanity. Eve did not resort to make-up. You see, the man was hers the first time she saw him. Still, it makes you feel good to go window shopping and see how many things are there you wouldn't have. As we understand it, now York's intention is to drive out all crooks who don't pay office rent. The Young Intellectuals who say Americans are afraid of ideas haven't yet offered enough to affront us. If a man buys gifts at the ten-cent store, he hasn't been drinking anything to make him feel generous. ABE MARTIN Some husbands are purty tame substitutes for ferns or gold fish. No community is dryer than its officials. A motorist meeting an old colored man trudging along the dusty road generously offered him a lift. "No, sah, thank you, sah!" said the old man. "Ah reckon mah ol' salga will take me 'long fast enough.'" "Aren't afraid, are you, uncle? Have you ever been in an auto." WHO'S WHO IN THE DAYS NEWS FRED W. UPHAM As treasurer of the National Republican Committee Fred W. Upham holds the purse strings of the G. O. P. body for the coming national nominating convention. Upham has served as treasurer since February, 1918. He has been interested in Republican politics, however, for over thirty years. He served as delegate to G. O. P. conventions from Wisconsin as far back as 1892 and has served in a similar capacity at three conventions of 1908, 12 and 16. He also served as western treasurer for those conventions. He was elected an alderman in Chicago in 1898 but soon resigned that post and became a member of the Cook county board of review. He is a shrewd judge of human nature and is rated as a close student of politics. While he has been a Chicagoan since 1894 it was his suggestion to make 'the selection of Cleveland as the coming convention site, unanimous when he saw that the Chicago boosters were outnumbered. SUNSHINE PELLETS DR. W. ATHURSEN Still, it makes you feel good to go window shopping and see how many things are there you wouldn't have. As we understand it, now York's intention is to drive out all crooks who don't pay office rent. The Young Intellectuals who say Americans are afraid of ideas haven't yet offered enough to affright us. If a man buys gifts at the ten-cent store, he hasn't been drinking anything to make him feel generous. The candidate need not know how to split rails; but if he would find an issue, he must know how to split hairs. And yet it seems funny to punish one man for contempt of court and let thousands get away with contempt of law. If a man doesn't read the papers and hasn't sense enough to form an opinion, he isn't fit for anything except a juryman. If the child is in the right, and you are in the wrong, there's nothing to do but have recourse to dignity and spank him. Many pounds to the dollar; one doesn't know whether it means pounds stealing or sugar. There are two kinds of people who knock their home town: those who can't keep their meanness hidden, and those who can't make money. Something to Remember Real Good Gravy Don't forget that the secret of making real, good gravy is KITCHEN BOUQUET. Purely a vegetable product, it makes real, good gravy of any gravy stock, bringing out its full flavor and giving it a deep, rich brown color. Add a tablespoonful just before taking off the stove. Don't forget KITCHEN BOUQUET, use it often — probably you have it in your pantry, if not, ask your grocer for it. KITCHEN BOUQUET He is g shrewd judge of human nature and is rated as a close student of politics. While he has been a Chicagoan since 1894 it was his suggestion to make the selection of Cleveland as the coming convention site, unanimous when he saw that the Chicago boosters were outnumbered. SUNSHINE PELLETS BY DR. W. ATHOMAS What better dish Could any man wish Than milk and rice And a fresh caught fish? To cure a chronic cough a cow beats a camp. If you're weary with worry seek ye the woods. Jay walk, in search of a hospital, and you'll find it. It's an error to presume You can clean your dusty room—Sweeping carpets with a broom—It can't be done. Thick skinned people are troubled by neither drafts nor overdrafts. WEDNESDAY, DEC. TWENTY-SIX, 1923 Subscription Rate—In No. Orange co., per Yr., $3; 6 Months, $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as 2nd class matter. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS What Editors Are Saying "WHY IS GRASS GREEN?" IMPORTANT!—Berkeley (Cal.) Gazette The General Motors Research Corporation is now trying to find the answer to the question, "Why is grass green?" "It sounds like a foolish problem for a group of automobile research engineers to be tackling," says the president, but it is the one about which we are most concerned. If we can discover why grass is green, we will find out what makes the grass grow. You know grass is trapped sunshine. "People talk about farming so many acres of ground. They don't at all. They farm so many acres of sunshine. Practically everything we use, except our fuel, is raised. It is important, when our present fuel supplies are exhausted, that we know how to trap sunshine and lay it up for the periods when we want it, when there is no sunshine, just as we lay away food for the winter when it will not grow. That is why we are concerned over why grass is green." It is surely an important quest. Already the problem seems to have been partly solved by the discovery that plants can be raised by artificial light and heat, though not so well as by direct sunshine. Some day there may be found a complete substitute for the great lifegiver of our world, to use in cold climes, or in another great ice age, or when the human race is millions of years older and the sun itself is dimmed by age. While the scientists are trying to find out why grass is green, why not inquire also why green is the one color of which our eyes never tire? Also why the simple, natural colors of grass, water, sky and sun are universally loved? Why is it that we consider them beautiful? A satisfactory answer to that question might reveal much about the origin and development of the human race. ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT WHO CAN TELL? If I should meet A damsel so fair Whose kiss and embrace Drive me to despair, Whose lips and bright eyes Will I grow meek And as mild as a sheep, And at each little wish Will I cower and creep? ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT WHO CAN TELL? If I should meet A damsel so fair Whose kiss and embrace Drive me to despair, Whose lips and bright eyes Will simply beguile; Who can make me the slave Of her beautiful smile— Will I propose To her on my knees? Will I go wild Over each little tease? Will I grow meek And as mild as a sheep, And at each little wish Will I cower and creep? Will I wait for her Each morn and night, And dream our dreams With real love's delight? Will I take an oath To be good and true? Do you know, my friend? I'll be hanged if I do. —Stern. If a man dodges flivvers, he is a pedestrian; if he dodges taxes, he is a financier; if he dodges responsibilities, he is a statesman and a diplomat. Mons. Dempsey will retire in a year after three big fights, he declares. Now, if it should so happen that one of these fighters should retire Mons. Dempsey with a right hook, as is very likely, it would be a grim joke on somebody, including a lot of sport experts. Signor Pirpo will not be such a boob in the next quarrel as in the last. An American manager will be able to do a lot with the signor. AMERICA Thy colors on the seven seas Lend low their lips unto the breese And sailor hearts that love the sea Guard well thy name and liberty. A friend to all that bows to none. And when the drum of war makes roll, And coughing cannot take their toll— Deep to the thickest of the fight A clawing eagle, thou makst flight A million hearts make beat as one. Thy many waving fields of corn Shed brown their glory in the dawn. Thy mighty wheels of industry Hum round and round and endlessly; Let them beware who smirch thy name. Then shall thy man-made birds make fly To loose the thunder in the sky; Shall leap to life, thy warmed strength. To smote upon the ocean's length And rip the sky with heartful flame. —Tom Teumb. A LITTLE SLICE O' LIFE A friend of ours named Joe Flyna Rushed in all out of breath And gasped: "I believe I have lost my pocketbook. I believe I have been frisked." He was very much excited And we tried to quiet him. "Have you searched All your pockets?" we asked. "I have gone through every one Eight or ten times—except one." "Which one?" we asked. "The left hip pocket. I haven't searched that one." "Why not?" we queried. "Well, I'll tell you," he said. "I haven't tried that pocket" And I'm not going to try it. Because if I should search that Last remaining pocket and The pocketbook shouldn't be there. I would drop dead, that's all." I SEE YOU NATURAL Don't rouge your pale cheeks, my dear girl; Don't red your lips—the nose don't white; I see your childish form Natural, Your heart through your eyes that sparkles bright! If you're emaciate and passe, The bloom of your face is away-- I know, my girl, this is your fate From your first unhappy birthday. Our Spring was dark, dreary and cold; The cold went deep into our bones We never saw the sun rays of gold. Don't rouge your cheeks, my pale dear love; Don't paint your lips—the nose don't white. I see your lovely form natural— Your heart through your eyes that sparkles bright! I SEE YOU NATURAL Don't rouge your pale cheeks, my dear girl; Don't red your lips—the nose don't white; I see your childish form Natural, Your heart through your eyes that sparkles bright! If you're emaciate and passe, The bloom of your face is away-- I know, my girl, this is your fate From your first unhappy birthday. It is your fate as it is mine. Our Spring was dark, dreary and cold; The cold went deep into our bones We never saw the sun rays of gold. Don't rouge your cheeks, my pale dear love; Don't paint your lips—the nose don't white. I see your lovely form natural— Your heart through your eyes that sparkles bright! Nathan Cantor Santa Fe Through the heart of romantic America East and there are all year excursions at reduced round trip rates to midcontinent and Atlantic Coast points Stopovers anywhere Fred Harvey meals C. A. WALKER Agent, Anabeim Phone 217