Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-09-03

The Transportation Question EIhaustivsy
Cons dorsd-Fair Play to the Railway Com.
pany.
EDITOR HERALD: I was much
pleased with your editorial of Au.
gust 18Th, ga Perfect Railway Sys-
tenn" In that you foreshadow the
bright changes which are upon us.
The future of Los Angeles county
and city is certainly more bright
than ever conceived of, although,
with me, the future has ever been
full of promise. These possibilities
have ever boen present to my
mind; but they have been brought
around sooner than 1 expected
them. 1t seems as il a wish is only
required when the fact is accom-.
pIished, and feel u deep gratitude
to the people that brought it about
the 5. P. II. r. Co. regret that
there is difference Of opinion
about this gratitude being due to
these people, and 1t is hard for me
to believe that at heart 1t really
exists. 1t has become the fashion
and belief that, If you aspire to an
Office, or If with some) you edit a
newspaper, you have to talk to the
prejudlces of the people, instead of
to their good sense. You have to
be opposed to all interpretations or
rich people, and fatter the vanity |
Of the poor. Yet how pernicious,
aud, I must think, foolish Is such u
practice. 1t is an imputatiOn
against their good sense. What
would the poor man do if he lived
in a community where all were
poor? Would he ever become rich?
Where would he get bis riches
from? A man must be rich in order
to help others, aud rich men build
our cities, our vessels ami steamers
and railroads. Good intentions,
good will, are very good, but a dol
lar goes much further.
Los Angeles owes much to the
5. p. X Il. people; aud, take the
people as IA whole, they know II
aud feel 1t. The s. z. II. r. people
are our ffiends and well wishers;
and, as one of the people, wish
them to know that l appreciate
what they have done and what
they are doing for all OF us. or
course they are building railroads
for their own benefit and profit,
aud you and are doing our busi-
ness with the same end in view.
The result of all that they are do.
ing IL u benefit to Los Angeles aud
to me. For that reason I am
thankful to them, and hope that
their expectations may he realized,
that they may become more
wealthy, so that they can continue
to build roads, and in that way add
to the wealth of California. All
they have done, whether 1t Is the
building of the G. p. or tho S. F.,
or Oakland. Alameda or any other
railways, has been bensft to
California.
It is not my belief that in saying
unkind things about them, In at
tributing unjust motives to them,
we will add to their kind feelings
for us. l have never believed that
by calling them thieves, grasping
mOnOpolists, and like pleasant
names, would ever be a pleasant
remembrance or introduction to
them, which would ever he u help
in getting favOrs, lower freights or
even rights. These men, although
rInh NIL |
have feelings in common with all
men; and. when they do u kind
act or even just act, like to have
1t understood as such, and appreci. ,
ated. You take Crocker, Stanford,
and Huntington, aud if they were
our neighb0rs. whether rich or
poor, we would be proud to call {
them friends, Tor they are and ever !
have been reliable and good citi.
zens, whose word was as good as =
their bond. They are the came
men that they were when they &
were comparatively poor, living 1
in Sacramento as merchant and .
practiciDg law.
We Can gain nothing by being
unjust to them; but their friend.
ship is very valuable to US. They
have 1t in their power, and they
have the wish, as believe, to make
Los Angeles the second city on the
Pacific Coast. Ou the other hand,
they have the power to build a |
road back of the mountains and
leave Us to our own glory.
Los Angeles county is favored by
nature, by our ocean, TO give US
low freights, and we require no g
laws regulating fares and freights,
AID no commission 10 help
u. The more that is
done in that direction, the
more Los Angeles is injured. Since
the new tOustitution has gone into
effect, with its provisOs trying to
regulate fares and freights, we !
have been paying higher rates
than when 1t was left with the
Railway Company and CONNER
O,al necessities to make tariffs; u 4
no one along the whole line ha.
esn benefited Capital will pro
tect Itself; and, whenever it fails o
have the Capacity to do SO, then
capital will take TO itself wings and
leave. The more that they have 10
poy w scI tuIS pioteCtiou Cuo HoIo
freight aud fares We will have to
pay. There Is no use to talk about
the wrongs of discrimination. 1t
Is the fundamental law of COM
merce, of life and OF human nature.
Even the Bible says that, 80 him
that has shall be given" The
merchant will sell cheaper at
wholesale than at retail 1t is car.
ried out in every detail by all of us,
iu every day life. Had the whole
length of the road had its water