oc-plain-dealer 1925-02-04

PAGE FOUR THE ORANGE COUNTY Plain Dealer An Independent Newspaper Issued Every Afternoon Except Sunday PAUL V. HESTER Editor and Publisher Subscription Rate—In N .Orange-co., per year, $3; 6 months, $1.75 Entered at the Postoffice at Anaheim, Calif., as second class matter DAILY GREETING TO OUR READERS Oh! let us take with us to the solemn verge of being the same quiet, trustful heart which has been the best reward of our faithful endeavors in life; let the consciousness of a Father's presence bless with its holy peace the useful moment of transition, and, when the ear is closed to the last sounds of earthly joy and woe, that voice of comfort will be heard, "Be still and know that I am God."—John James Taylor. FIGHT GOES ON AGAINST CHILD LABOR Friends of the cause which opposes child labor in the United States are not despairing because enough states have failed to ratify the pending constitutional amendment to make the cause look hopeless at this time. The National Child Labor Commission, which has been in existence since 1907, and which has done much to crystallize public sentiment in favor of suppression of child labor, refuses to acknowledge defeat for the measure. The commission expects six of the thirteen states which have voted adversely on the amendment to reverse their action. By persisting in the fight it is hoped to get enough reversals by states now adverse to the amendment to make its ratification possible. This menace to the child-life of the Nation should be overthrown. In some of the industrial states of the Union the employment of girls and boys of tender years amounts to a scandal on the Nation. These things should not be in this Christian country, in the twentieth century—the century of emancipation, individual liberty and human uplift. The twentieth amendment to the United States Constitution should be the child-labor amendment—a fitting companion to the other emancipational amendments. A BETTER START FOR A BETTER YEAR There is no doubt whatever that prohibition is getting a better start this year than it got a year ago. The 1924 elections returning increased dry majorities inflicted a staggering blow at the morale and prestige of the anti-prohibition cabal. Massachusetts' vote in favor of a state prohibition law following a majority of approximately 100,000 against the same proposal two years previous indicates a turn in popular sentiment in parts of the country generally esteemed "wet." Best of all, the efforts of the government in behalf of the law have been marked by an increasing sincerity and efficiency. Unsatisfactory agents have been weeded out in considerable numbers and in some districts the average of intelligence and dependability on the part of the agents has become high. The sea-smuggling situation has been bettered by much greater and more effective activity on the part of the Coast Guard which will shortly be reinforced by the addition nearly 150 vessels especially chosen and constructed for their intended purpose. "Pull" in connection with the granting or restoration of permits is carrying less weight; there is markedly less interference to the operation of the prohibition unit. Congress is indicating a liberal attitude in appropriations for enforcement of the law and there is no doubt that additional legislation, if needed and deemed wise, will be forthcoming. Courts have shown not only an increasing tendency to convict on sufficient evidence, but a disposition to inflict heavier penalties. The average penalty inflicted upon bootleggers during 1924 was considerably more drastic than in 1923. And so we move onward. Prohibition WAS a revolution; it IS an evolution. 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Franklin was a good politician because he knew and appreciated the fact that the men best fitted by intellect and character govern are not those who use got into and stay longest in office. And he was a diplomat for the same reason. In 1731 it seemed to Franklin to be time for raising a U. Party of Virtue, "by forming virtuous and good men of actions into a regular body, governed by suitable good wise rules, which good and men may probably be more mous in their obedience to common people are to corp laws." Franklin had saturated his with history, and been forced these conclusions: "That the great affairs of world, the wars, revolutions are carried on and affected parties." "That the view of these ties is their present general forest, or what they take such. "That the different views these parties occasion allasion. "That while a party as can on a general design, each has his own particular interest in view." "That as soon as a party mixed its general point." ABE MARTIN WHO'S WHO IN THE DAYS NEWS SAMUEL PARKES CADMAN In a poll of 25,000 clergymen conducted recently by the Christian Century, a leading church periodical, Samuel Parkes Cadman was designated as one of the 25 most influential pastors in America. As further attestation of his leadership The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America which met in Atlanta, Ga., during the past year named Dr. Cadman president of the council to take the place of Robert E. Speer, retiring president. He is the first pastor to become president of the couhell. Born at Wellington, Shropshire, England, Dec. 18, 1864, the son and grandson of a Methodist minister, Dr. Cadman devoted his scholarly efforts at Richmond college, London, to philology and the classics. He took his D. D. degree at Wesleyan. Connecticut and Syracuse universities in 1898, was made an S. T. D. by Columbia university in 1913 and a D. H. L. by the University of Vermont the same year. Dr. Cadman is known as a pulpit orator, is widely read, hard of head and a man with breadth of information and vision. He is ex-chapain of the 23rd Regt. N. Y. N. G., a trustee of the Hartford Theological Seminary, the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Adelphi College Union Missionary Training Institute, a director of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (Congregational), the Congregational Home Mission society and the Broklyn Clerical union. Among the books Dr. Cadman has written are: Charles Darwin and Other English Thinkers; The Victory of Christmas; The Religious Uses of Memory; Life of William Owen; The Three Religious Leaders of Oxford; Ambassadors of God. Oh, the fireman stoked the fur- HEALTH & DIET ADVICE By Dr. Frank McCoy Author of "THE FAST WAY TO HEALTH" TOASTED FOOD (Continued) MELBA TOAST (Continued). There is no advantage in eating the ordinary toast which is served in restaurants over eating any other kind of bread, and it really appears as though more digestive disturbance is caused by eating this ordinary toast than if plain bread is used. Melba Toast may be taken with any other food and several pieces may be eaten at a meal. It should be buttered fresh as it is being eaten; as if this is done, it seems to have some effect upon the other foods which are eaten with it, and digestion is delayed. It may not seem reasonable to believe that it would make any difference whether the butter melted or not, but I have found by actual experience with patients that it does make a great deal of difference. SHREDDED WHEAT TOAST is best made by breaking open a shredded wheat biscuit and retoasting the inside by placing it under a broiler fire, far enough away from the fire to make certain that it will not burn too much. Because this wheat biscuit is shredded the heat from the broiler will penetrate it easily and toast it through quickly, which cannot be done with ordinary bread. The shredded wheat may also be cooked in the oven, the same as bread toast, but using the broiler is much better, as the outside of shredded wheat biscuit is already partially toasted, and when placed under the broiler the inside may be cooked more than the outside, which ensures a complete toasting all the way through. This can be served with the addition of boiling water poured over it and eaten with a seasoning of fresh butter. NO SUGAR SHOULD BE ADDED. (To be continued) DOES YOUR WATCH KEEP TIME? IF NOT, BRING IT TO US! Special Attention to Ladies' Wrist Watches E. C. KENDRICK, Jeweller 155 WEST CENTER ST. ANAHIM, CALIF. WEDNESDAY; FEBRUARY 4, 1925 COMMENTS of the PRESS What Editors Are Saying STATE DIVISION UNDESIRABLE—Oakland Tribune The Stockton Record takes serious account of what it seems to consider as threatened division of California, though such prospect has not been widely discovered. It is over-reapportionment. The wide-awakes of the southern section are represented as about to go on a drive to set off by themselves if the northerly section does not co-operate in providing a new legislative apportionment. For it is represented that access of population has been so much greater in the south that prevailing apportionment does not afford fair representation. This is a recurring subject. At intervals it has come up ever since the southern section began to grow. Other sections long ago ceased to get excited over it. The greater importance of the State of California comes from its resources above the dividing line which would be expected to fall about where the mighty San Joaquin Valley ends in the south. The state that would be set up on the territory south of any such line would by no means be the state that California has been and is in the eyes of the world—though it would possess Hollywood and other such attractions. There probably never has been really a serious proposition to divide the State. Such emasculation would be impossible without the creation of laws and probably the amending of the national constitution. But one instance of state division is on record, and that was a war measure, and its legality has been questioned. At the time of the civil war a preponderance of citizens of Western Virginia were loyal and desired opportunity to manifest her loyalty. So the federal government with arbitrariness as the proceeding has been characterized, created the State of West Virginia. Territorial divisions have been cut as they became states—as Dakota and Arizona—and there has been some unofficial discussion of making four states of Texas, but all such talk seems to have been of the character of that concerning the division of California. While this is said of state division and threats of it when a section conceives that legislative affairs are not proceeding equitably, a discussion may be possible as to the propriety of reapportionment. That is another matter. VIOLATING THE LAW OF LIFE Herbert Spencer preached the doctrine that to survive, every species must fulfill two conflicting requirements. During a certain period each member must receive benefits in proportion to its incapacity. After that period, it must receive benefits in propor- VIOLATING THE LAW OF LIFE Herbert Spencer preached the doctrine that to survive, every species must fulfill two conflicting requirements. During a certain period each member must receive benefits in proportion to its capacity. "Obviously this law that the least worthy shall receive the most ald, is essential as a law for the immature; the species would disappear in a generation did not parents conform to it." Now mark what is, contrariwise, the law for the mature. "Individuals gain benefits proportionate to their merits. The strong, the swift, the keen sighted, the sagacious, profit by their respective superiorities—catch prey or scape enemies as the case may be. The less capable thrive less. The least capable disappear by failure to get food or from inability to escape. And by this process is maintained that quality of the species which enables it to survive in the struggle for existence with other species." "There is thus, during mature life, a reversal of the principle that ruled during immature life." Here Spencer is but preaching the law of life—the survival of the fittest. Medical authorities have raised the question of whether we are preparing our youth for the "survival of the fittest." They contend that we, as a race, knowingly, willingly, and without any attempt on our part to prevent it, are allowing not the "survival of the fittest," but we are truly fostering a race of "hotbeds" individuals, who as children need forcing in the "hotbeds" and who as young men and young women need the shaded sun and the shielded wind. If this is true, then our coming men and women are a true paradox of our ideals and teachings. Many generations cannot pass on without nature resenting such revolutionary action on our part. Scientists tell us that Nature is already revolting. Nature's reply to our methods, they observe, in soft and brittle bones; slender, string-like muscles; weak, thin, glossy hair; waxy skin; lucid eyes; dull reactions of stimuli of any kind save those of irritability and "nervousness." Quite a sad state of affairs to consider. 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