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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-07
WAR DEPARTMENT. SIGNAL SER
VICE. U. 8. ARMY.

Division Of Teegrams and Reports for the ben
lit Of Commerce and Agriculture. Report Of OBJ
ssrvstiops taken at Los Angeles CAL. Nov. 6.
1855
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II Griswoid.
At the same time q communication
signed by Governor Stoneman, Attorney
General Mashall and Controller Dunn,
and which is embodied in the resolution
of the Board appearing below was filed.
Col E. E. Hewitt and George s.
Patton, ESQ.,, being present, Mr.. Pa ton,
by permission, addressed the B1ard,
and stated that the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company proposed to settle all
the litigation now pending between
itself and the county for delinquent
taxes since the year 1880 81 by paying
the same, npoi an assessed valuation at
the rate of $l0,500 per mile for each
mile of its road; that the railroad COM
pany had always been. ami still was,
willing to pay it's fair and just proper
ton of taxes, and that the United States
Circuit Court had Just decided that the
taxes in question were unequal and
unjust, and that the State Board of
Equalization seem to have recognized
this fact by fixing the valuation for the
current year at the rate named, to wit,
$40, 500 per mile. And that the railroad
company, while, il forced to do so,
would contest the case to the end,
with at least an equal prospect Of sue
sess, we're now, as they have always
been, ready to end all controversy by
Iaying u just aad equitable tax.
The Beard thereupon, on molten of
Supervisor Giroux, adopted the follow
ing resolution:
WHEREAS, The Board of supervisors
Of tie e9unty OF Los Angeles has received
II communication from Sacramento,
sign. by the Governor, Attorney-Gen-
eral aud Controller Of the State Of Cali
fornia, OF which the following is copy:
"SAcRAMENTo, November I'd, 1883.
10 the Honorable Board Of Supervisors
cfAe County Of Los Angeles..
GEsrLEMsS-An appeal to the Su-
preme Court of the United States having
been perfected in the Railroad taz cases,
lately decided against the people in the
Circuit Court of the United States at
San Francisco, it now becomes necessary
to provide means for paying the costs
and expenses Of conducting That appeal.
You are therefore respectfully requested
to appoint one Of your number as
committee to meet the Controller and
the Attorney General and consult with
them at the room of the Be ard of Super
visors OF the city and county of San
Francisco. on the 10th day Of Novem-
ber, 1883, in order to devise means of
carrying out said appeal. Herewith
please find copy of resolution, which it
will be proper for your Honorable body
to pass in the premises.
fSigned) GEORGE SroNEMAS,
Governor.
e. C. MARSHALL,
Attorney-Gensral.
JOHN F DUNN,
Controller"
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DIR. r. N. sMoEMAkER,

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Late Of Philadelphia,
oFFICE--Room No. Z, Nadeau block Office
hours-10 A. NJ. to2R NJ daily, except Saturday
and Sunday. noy8 Il
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NEckWEAR.
LAoEs.

Large assortment. Styles to suit the most fas-
tidious tastes
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-07
FANCY GOODS.

lncludsng the late novelties In Hair and Cloth
Brushes, Dressing and Back Combs, best
aualitiss In Coiognes and Fiorids Water;
jswsiry and Fancy Articles generally.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-07

Z " e So
The Celebrated PRINCESS
hook Gloves. In 8, z and 10
hooks, in blacks and colors.
The unrivalled "TREvERE"
MOUSQUETAIRE. in black.
street and opera shades.
JoUvIN UNDREss KIDS.
in all the leading shades.
A Good Stock of three and
four-button Kids will be sold at
greatly REDUCED PRICES.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-07
FORGET NOT
HOSIERY,

HOSIERY,
Underwear, Shirts. Collars,
Cuffs. Sleeve Buttons, Scarf
Pins, Studs, Charms. Trim
kets. Umbrellas, Rubber
Goats, and other necessaries
ofa Gentleman's attire, in as
sortment complete.
EXAMINATION INVITED.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-07
CoULTER's COLUMN.
Latest Improvement,

They lace without hooks TO
catch or strain the kid. They
are instantly laced or unlaced,
by the simple pulling of the
cords. They fit the hand and
wrist perfectly, and excell all
others for durability and sim
Dlicity of construction, ease
and quickness in operation.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-07
LOCAL BRBv1r1Hs.

Maximum Thermometer, 6T.0
Minimum Thermometer. Sill.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13

we are to-day outsideiof and fndepend.
ent of anything of the sort. We hand
you. clippings from Chicago paper
which we presume gives the names of all
who are members of the recently formed
combination. Il
AS to the tariff on starch being ll9 pei
cent, as stated, you will find, by referring
to the list, that it is l cent per pound
and 20 per cent ad valorem. H.
We do not deem it necessary to enlarge
believing that your own sense of justice
and desire for right will lead you to cor
rect the misstatements that have, no
doubt, accidentally appeared in your
paper, which, we trust, has entered upon
prosperous career in the interest OF
truth and labor.
Yours, ETC.,
HIRAM DURYEA.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13

The first number of the Grand Army
Magazine appeared this week, and is far
beyond the expectations Of its most
sanguine friends, who have been looking
forit. It is seventy-tWo pages, nearly
all Of which is devoted to Grand Army
matters, a few pages in the back being
given up to the advertisers. The selec-
tons of both poetry and prose are Of fthe
choicest character and do the editor,
Will Yisscher, great credit, The maga-
zine is to be issued monthly, by q stock
company, and bids fair to have pros
porous run" The first number contains
batch of Visscher's funny negro sketches
and jokes. .H-, I F.
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friends and a whole people. We have
nothing to say of the point that Mr..
Grant is the first man of his party to
occupy the governors chair in Colorado.
We have nothing to do with his politics.
1t is nothing to US whether Colorado's
chief magistrate is democrat, republican,
greenbacker or Baptist. All the laboring
man cares to. know, is he is a good man.
will he administer the affairs Fof state
impartially and with Justice to+all, the
hod-carrier as well as the banker or rail-
road king; will he, if the emergency
arises in the future, as it has in the past,
to do the honest toilers of the state an
injury, carefully consider the case and
judge equally between employer and en-
ploye, and accord to ever citizen Of this
state the right to protect his interests
and better his condition, when not con-
ficting with the laws and general pros
perity? We say, we believe he will do
so, and Will, II the emergency arises,
stand out boldly in the face of moneyed
opposition and unjust pressure and judge
all men by their worth and right to live.
The simple fact of the election of Mr..
Grant is proof that he has the respect
and confidence of the laboring classes of
Colorado, and we charge him, as he
values his future, to zealously guard that
trust, and show by his administration
that he understands and appreciates the
men who placed him at the head of the
affairs of state. THE ENQUIRER welcomes
thegovernor to the position he has taken,
and bids him God speed throughout his
administration. -.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13

WE want a correspondent in every
mining and railroad camp, and every
milling town, in the state. If some good
man in each place, having the cause of
wageworkers at heart, will undertake this
work, great good can come out of ID, as
by that means we can keep our readers
posted as to the condition of work and
the wages paid. We have an agent out
canvassing the state, and he will attend
to these matters as he gets to them, but,
as it will take some time to get over the
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13
Our Unnatural System.

From the Irish World.
The germ deep rooted of aristocratic
caste as we'll as aristocratic rapacity thai
England has bequeathed to us u.s. indeed
an unfortunate legacy. Go into New
England and there you find the "6rst
families" pruning and trimming the
different grades Of caste, as we'll as
governing alike the state and the factory
How the factory is governed we may
surmise when we hear a voice from il
crying out: "Why did a merciful God
create us for a doom like this-to work
even into the unworkable hours and
not get enough to eat and wear in
return" When to this voice is added
another voice declaring 80 per cent
dividends to the stock ckholders we have
the factory government complete. -
And as for state and local govern
ments, did not the 'frst families" and
the factory lords hold them in the hol-
low Of their hand till their very malfeas-
ance turned them out Of one state and
turned General Butler in?
What is the cause of this greed, and
Injustice, and casteS Is there any ad-
vantage. in it to anybody? Would not
the factory lord be as happy in decent
two-story house, with open, unpreten-
tious lawn around it, as he would be in
the very madness of architecture and
"Space for his lake, his parks extended
bounds?"
Or if there be difference, wo1ld it not
be more than made up by the bright
faces and happy voices meeting him
everywhere around? But no. Those
count for nothing with hin. The virus
of British breed is in his blood, it seems.
The poison shirt of Nessus that England
left to him, he cannot shake it off.
Nature is forever, though tenderly and
forbearingly, enforcing her laws. A de,
bauch in eating or drinking she pro
tests against repeatedly with gentleness
that is like the affection of a mother
trying to reclaim or hold in froward
child. Bat her admonitions unheeded
always bring their aYenger in the end
that bargained-fo disease, the gout.
How much more pleasant even would be
the beginning, the continuance, and the
end Of a life obedient to the dictates of
nature. -:F ... IL. +.
The accumulation of exorbitant wealth
is departure from the admonitions of
nature, and like all such departures the
gain it brings does not by any means
counterbalance the loss, Look into, the
seething caldron of Jay Gould's head
stocks, shares, dividends, banks, bribes,
and legislatures, and now, lastly, lands
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13

entire state, great delay in gathering the
information will be occasioned unless
some friend IN the cause will take it
upon himself to furnish it. Stir yourself
in this business and let us hear next
week from eryplaee in Colorado where
a dozen men are at work. Direct all
to the editor of The
LABOR ENQUIRER.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13

. WEDNESDAY communication from the
Western Union Telegraph company was
read in the senate offering the free use of
their wires to senator's during the ses-
sion. The kind ?)offer was accepted
without referring. 1t strikes us that the
matter should have been referred to the
committee on corporations. That's their
tafy, and it don't seem proper that the
whole senate should assume to pull it.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13

THE LABOR ENQUIRER is published every
Saturday. 1t will be devoted to the discus
sion of all subjects which tend to educate,
{ elevate and advance. the laboring classes.
Politically, it will support only the. friends
of labor. J r.
Subscription rates, S1.5O, in advance. b.
/! All communications must be addressed to
THE LABOR ENQUIRER, $40 Larimer Street,
Denver, Colorado.
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Homes and Industries.

From the Labor World. /
In our last weeks issue we alluded to
the favor shown by the government of
the United States to those seeking home
steads in the west; in dividing the lands
for actual settlers, and restricting the
amount each one might preempt from
the government, and thus in the outset
each settler have an equal portion of the
eminent domain, The government itself,
however, violates this principle, when it
makes huge land grants to corporations,
whereby they oft become possessed of
valuable domains by which they are
enabled to eXtort an eXtravagant price
from the actual settlers This is of course
In the way of an equal and universal
division of the lands into homesteads to
the impecunious and needy. But wish
here to call special attentionEto the over
towering Importance of homes and in
dustries in the great cities, where wealth
and poverty presents their widest ex-
tremes and contrasts, and where mo-
nopoly and gold, and the cormorant
spirit of avarice and extortion in the
breasts of capitalists oft fay alive, or
1eece and beggar and starye SO many
thousands of the honest would -be) in
dnstrous toiiers that, as the social organ
is now attuned, must remain. in the city,
with all It's inequalities and its discord
sun grating on their nerves, yet unre-s
lieged even in prospect.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13

"B1LLs Nos. - incorrectly printed" !"
seems to be the burden of the printing
committees reports. Scan them all
closely, gentlemen, and you will see why
it is that "scab" printers work for less
than artisans. "By their works." etc.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13
Penal Code Denounced.

The New York Bar association re-
Gently adopted the following preambles
and resolution, offered by Mr.. J. Blocker
Miller, by vote of 81 to,12:
Whereas, The penal code was enacted
by the legislature relying upon the rep
reservations made by its supporters that
it was only re-enactment of the law as
it then stood and
Whereas, An investigation Of the said
code shows that, with hardly an excep-
ton, a change has been thereby made
either in the definition or penalty of
every crime; and T.,
Whereas, By these changes there has
been great and indefinite extension OF
the power of the criminal courts where
by every mans liberty IS jeopardized-
injury to property, for example, although
done without malice. being declared
punishable by imprisonment not exceed
ing four years, or treble damages or both;
and
Whereas, Many new acts have been
declared to be crimes-breach of contract
by an employer being under certain cir
cumstances, according to section 673,
punishable as misdemeanor and ~ -
Whereas, Many antiquatedand forgot
ten statutes have been revised with in
creased penaties-breach of the Sunday
laws being, for example, punishable, ac-
cording to section 269, by five days i'm
prisonment or fine of $40, or both fine
and Imprisonment, in place of fine of
81, as provided by the revised statutes;
and
Whereas, The. right to trial by jury
has been curtai]ed, for example, in the
case of manslaughter by section 1852; and
Whereas, Many acts prohibited and
many penalties imposed by the former
statutes have been omitted by the penal
code; and
Whereas, There has been. no specific
repeal of these former statutes, although
the commissioners themselves declared
that ''that leaves the whole effect and
operation of the code open to judicial
construction" so that we are now living
under two systems of the criminal law,
Resolved, That committee of seven
be appointed by the chair, with power to
such committee to add to their members,
to examine the said penal code and the
changes produced thereby in our crImi-
nal law, and report to an adjourned
meeting of this association to be held on
the second Tuesday Of January.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13

We call attention to the bill introduced
in the house of representatives num-
bered IS, 1t is blow at honest labor.
Let every legislator put himself on the
side of right by voting this piece of
tyranny into the waste basket
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13

THROUGH our friend Thomas Crowley
Of Cincinnati, we have been favored
with a subscription list in that city
Send 'em along Tommy.
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OFFICE oFGLEN Cove M'F'G Co., |
NEW YORK. Dec. 26 1882. [

To the Editor of The Labor Enquirer.
DEAR SIR-We have been favored with
a copy of your. paper, THE LABOR En-
QUIRER dated December l6, in which
we find an article containing allegations
in regard to ourselves so grossly unjust
and unit rue that we desire to say word
to set you right, believing you to have
been misinformed, or purposely misled,
by designing persons, without any wish
OF. your own to do US wrong. 1t is in the
interest of labor that the truth should
be known.
As relates to wages and treatment OF
our men, the charges made were long
since inquired into and thoroughly in
vesflgated by representatives of the
labor interests, and were found and de-
clared by them to be entirely false and
without any foundation in fact. We en-,
close you some evidence to that effect.
As to being parties to any combination
of starch makers, it has always been one
of our business principles to avoid all
such alliances, and to retain our freedom
to sell at all times at the lowest rate that
the cost of manufacture would afford
Through many years we have been so
licited time and again to join combina
tions, but have invariably refused, and
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13

aWe will renew the times of truth and JUS
tice, tr
Condensing in fair, free commonwealth
Not rash equality, but equal rights. r
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13
GOVERNOR GRANT,

Tuesday, James B. Grant, the peoples
choice for governor, was inaugurated
with the customary ceremonies, and
took up the reinsiof state government
amidst the good wishes of city full of
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13

THE Typographical union at it's last
meeting selected wisely in the choice Of
its officers and we predict continuance
of the healthy condition of the union.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13
IN CORRECTION.

lished an article on "OdiouS Laws, using
very strong language concerning the
penal code of New York and the re-
Gently formed starch combination. We
have since learned that injustice was
done in the article to the Duryea's, OF
Glen Cove, it being stated that they
headed the combination and also that
they were under the ban of eastern
laboring organizations, on account of the
low wages paid to and tyranny inflicted
on their employees. We received letter
from Hiram Duryea, too late for publica-
ton last week, calling our attention to
the error and asking that we make a
correction, which we cheerfully do, and
give the letter below in full. The excuse
for the mistake is that. as we were just
starting, and eur means of getting news
away from home consequently limited to
what papers we could pick up among
our acquaintances here, we were not
aware that the charges made against the
Duryea's last spring had been cleared up,
and that thorough investigation by an
honorable committee Of the Knights Of
Labor had resulted ina full and complete
exoneration of the Glen Cove Starch
company We do not now know where
we got the false information that the
Duryea's were in the starch combination,
but it was certainly of such character
as to entirely miSlead u.s. The error
concerning the tax on starch was more
of typographical nature than other
wise, as it should have read 1.19p per cent,
which figures were obtained from the
same source. In this matter We think
the journals who have spoken Of the
article in question have been both fool
ish and unjust, as any man with three
grains Of sense would know that no sane
man would say there was tariff Of 119
per cent on starch, or anything else and
to practical newspaper man it would at
once be apparent that the point had
been lett out of the sum.
In conclusion, allow us to say that we
take great pleasure in correcting the
error concerning the Duryea's, and wish
them continuance Of the success they
have enjoyed in the past.
One more thought, and we give the
friendly communication of Hiram
Duryea: That anyone away out here,
where news relating to the working
mans cause comes only by mail (the
telegraph press reports zealously ignoring
us and suppressing all matters that are
of interest to the laborer,) would be
liable to fall into the same mistake, we
have but to say that out of all the intel
ligent workingmen who read THE EN-
QUIRER, not one had a word to say con-
tradictipg the article in question. 1t is
not because there are no "kiCkers" here,
as we'll as elsewhere; for under the
wide scope of the heavens we do not
think there is a community where dis
pleased subscribers can "kick" harder
than under the broad shadow of the
Rockies. Following is the communica-
ton:
OFFICE OF GLEN Cove M'F'G Co.,
New YORK, Dec. 26, 1882.
To the Editor of The Labor Enquirer.
DEAR SIR-We have been favored with
a copy of your. paper, THE LABOR En-
ou1RER. dated December l6, in which
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13

tenured, and tenantries, conntings and
cornerings. What a mad, deplorable
tumble! What a labor to that, unfor-
tunate brain to watch and catch all the
vermin thoughts that creep and clhster
around it! If he:were not in the per-
petual state of a disease, what man is,
there in the whole community, what
carpenter or cobbler SO overborne with
work as Jay Gould? And he goes on
snatching, and snatching, and dies
snatching at what he can never catch.
aDies" Yes.
Tomorrow would have been the first
OF days no more unblest or curst;
Tomorrow would have given him power
To rule, to shine, to smlte, to save:
And must 1t dawn upon his graVe?"
1t would not be hard to sketch histlife
'on the bosom Of nature, a healthy use
of his faculties fertilizing the fields and
adoring the landscape around him. O,
how much happier than the turbulence
and un- nature he has waded through
I But he will leave great fortune be-
hind him TO- his heirs. Isn't. there some
thing to reward him for that? Well,
even that,i uncertain. Indeed, if we
array on the one side those who have
been built up by inherited fortunes,eand
on the other side those who have been
ruined by them, we suspect the latter
would present very large majority.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13

Entered at the Denver postofice as second
class matter.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-13

THE Trades Assembly meets to-mor
row, when the newly elected delegates
will take up the work begun during the
past two months. From the character
of the delegates-e we have every
confidence in the opening Of the year,
and feel assured that the ensuing six
months will mark an era of advance
ment and good work in the assembly.
The field is large and the gentlemen
delegates have a great work before them,
but we feel assured that by close atten-
ton and untiring effort it can be thor
oughly worked and much accomplished
towards enhancing trades unlonlsm in
Denver. Under this head we would
again call the attention of the unorgan.
lied trades to the necessity of at once
forming societies and dseCuring representa-
ton in the assembly. The amalgama-
ton of trades is great security in times
of trouble and distress, and great mutual
benefit can be derived in this way which
cannot be reached through any other
channel. Give this thought your careful
consideration, and act at once. Delay is
foolish and dangerous. Information con-
cerning the assembly and the best
methods of organizing will always be
cheerfuIIy accorded on application al
this office.