Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-23

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witch wofkmen are paid In this country Is
23is per cent less than In England, where
the wage Garner buys what he needs In an
open, untaxed, unprotected market.
n protection protects wages why y u that
many aud France than In England, where
there Il no protectiOnY Why Il II that work
men are so much better paid 10 California,
which derives no benefit from the high pro
tectiye tariff, than Ia Pennsylvania, which
has been nirsed and fed and pampered and
fattened IN protection ever since the govern
ment begang At latest dates. last week,
miners were working In Pennsylvania for
sixty cents day; their wives and children
were glad OF Job at rs cents day to buy
bread with; 1000 houses were empty In Pitts.
burgh; mills were shut down. thousands Of
le.bodied men were going round seeking
work and finding none; their little children
were STRIVING and the military were under
orders TO march to any point where, In the
agony OF their despair they might break out
IN riot This Is the natural. the inevitable
fruit Of protection. DO you think tprotects
wages7 DO YOU like this kind Of protection
Are You prepared to vote for more OF this
charming protection, to lead to these re-
sultsf
THE wIsE QUESTION.
Our Republican friends. having demon
strated that protection protects wages, which
the workmen who have been compelled to
organize labor unions and trade unions and
leagues Of industry To protect themselves,
are not quite ready To- admit, falsely charges
us with seeking to establish free trade IN
wines, ~ a. Ia bring French wines into com.
petition with wines which are the growth Of
{ ilifornia. There Is nota shade or shadow
OF u fancy Of foundation for the statement.
Wines are u luxury, and II has been the doe
ttine Of the Democracy for hall q century 10
levy the heaviest customs duties Gn Injuries
and the lightest on the neeessaries Of life.
This was the case when the Democrats, un-
der the lead Of Robert J. Walker, passed the
tariff of 1876. Wines bore the heaviest duty
imposed by that tariff. Mr.. Morrison never
proposed to reduce the duty on wines. nor
Will the tariff which II will be the pleasing
duty Of the Democrats To pass when they get
into power reduce the duty on wines
II You seek to discover which party NJ
TINT is hostile TO the wine industry Of Cali
fornia you will find II In the Republican
States OF Iowa, Kansas and Maine. These
are the States which strive by legislation to
crush out the production q wine In the
United States. The State of Maine has lust
incorporated a prohibition clause In her
(Mr, Blaine, ns usual, lodged
the yote). Similar constitutional amend
ments are being dry nnrsed by the kepubli
cans Of ohio and Indiana. They have al.
ready been embodied In the constitutions Of
Kansas and Iowa, When package Of Call
fornia wine, consigned TO Chicago or New
York, crosses the sacred soil of Kansas, II
must be carefully corked and seiled up lest
= drop should escape to pollnte the mouth Of
escape to tempt him from the path OF prohi
bition recttude Mr.. kohler, large
wine dealer In Sin Francisco, tells me that
these Republican prohibitionists, by their
crazy attempts to regulate mems habits,
have already taken $4,000 worth of business
from him bid you ever hear OF n Democrat
who wanted to stop a mans right to take
drink?
IRRIGARIos.
There is question. however, which
nbaa m q fattpW etttvafa rf Ing II.
geles, even closer than the tariff. That Is
the question Of Irrigation. There are more
than 1000 900 900 acres Of land In California
less than 5000 600 of which are under cul
tivation. OF the remaining g20O0 900 acres. |
more than i00ooooo are uncnltivated for
want of water. but would yield crops II irri |
gated The State Engineer reports that the
valley between Red Bluff and bakersfield |
alone would, with irrigation, contain pop
ulation of million souls, and you know |
what population you would have In Los An |
geles county, II every acre In the county |
were supplied with water With irrigation,
the exhaustive wheat industry would meas
urably cease and your fields would be de-
voted to the production OF the orange. the
lemon the fig and the grape, would become
the garden and the orchard OF the world
and would he worth, throughout the county,
what they are worth In the most favored
spots near Los Angeles.
How CAN THIS RE EFFECTED?
NOW, TINS SCHEME OF lfrlgAtlun Is 10 DE |
effected, II at all, by general system, in |
which the plan and work Of each separate |
loe ility will combine and connect with the |
pltn and work of each adjacent locality, so
as TO form harmonious whole. You have
learned by experience that disjOinted and |
disconnected plans will not answer. 4
proper economy OF the water supply and its |
beneficial application to the general pur |
pose, require general and consistently |
plan. In some places artesiin |
be. IN at
from the Sierras. In others extensive engi |
Iieertng works would be needed tn protect |
certain districts from periodic Il Hoods, and |
hush md the water for duty. Now this /, no |
new problem. II hts been presented to the /
governments of sever Il foreign niti inns aud |
they have solved 1t. he governments oi /
sp iin 'ul II tly hive solved II, FIR tucc ht. |
solved ii In Algeria. Grcu brit ia Ga Indis. |
Are We less abe to IN image our eJuntry than l
hey?
IT Is THE BusIsKss os THE FEDERAL Gov |
sRSNEST.
To curry out broad aud geners IL plan OF /
irrigation In lliforuia will Involve the ex /
of a very large sum of money
more thin individuals or corporations IN |
Afford To risk. IL must be done by the Federal |
Government. and the means must be SUP I
piled out of the enormous surplus ia the |
Ire isury. That government Is the largest l
land owner In the State. II owns h llf the !
soil of California. This enormous est1te It |
holds AZ trustee for the people to furnish /
homes for citizeiis Is 1t faithfully disehsrg !
Ing its trust when 1t lets these lands lie |
desert, so that no man will buy them /
Should 1t irrigate them, they would become |
instantly saleable at 81, 3, or even $40 an |
acre and would furnish homes for millions |
nf citizens. 1t would not cost the Govern |
nent Il nine pence. The plan does not EN-
bark the Government In a scheme of Inter |
nal improvements. But mqy nOt-must not |
the general Government deal with its own |
"a nah a txa a az Tn nat n .ruH
the purpose for which 1t was acquired
THE POWER Is CLEAR.
The Constitution says: "The Congress
shall have the power to dispose of and mike |
all needful rules and regulations Respecting |
tine territory and other property Of the TINT |
ted States. Under this clause Congress ap |
large sums for surveys of the pub |
lie lands, and for scientific reports thereon. |
Under the clause empowering Congress tO |
commerce, millions are appropri |
sted every year for the Improvement Of riy- |
ers which cannot be found on the map and |
harbors into which no sailor ever took a |
ship Nineteen millions were appropriated |
in 1872 for this purpose Now these ex |
penditures do not and never can yield any |
returns II, hinder the general provision Of |
the Constitution empowering Congress to |
regulate commerce, these sums can be ain
nually voted without any prospect of return
what can 1t not do-whal should 1t mot do |
for the reclamation of its arid lands, when !
tht VIII ttFttlDlN ne promptly
repsidg Where Is the distinction between
the two?
A POINTED DISTINCTION
II these arid lands had been In some East
ern State instead of California, 1t would long
ago have been discovered that Government
them for settlement by irrigating them
fhe political influence of the East
would long ago have brushed away con
stitntional objections. But without going
to the far Eastern States, we can find pre-
cedent for Federal expenditures for the re-.
clamatiOn of arid lands. The State of Col
orldo, with nefourth the population Of
G uifornia, which was only admitted eight
years ago into the Union, and has only a
triffe more than one third the Representa-.
ton of California In the Electoral College,
h "opens to have Senator-Hon. n. p Hill
who believes that a senator owes some
duty to the State which sends him to Wash
ington. This able man succeeded, in 1882,
IL getting an appropriation of $40, 900 to sink
artesian wells In the arid lands Of Colorado.
In lsSa further appropriation was made,
through Mr.. Hills efforts, for the same pur-
pose S eo Now II the GSyenn err can IN spend
the result warrants the expenditure.
THE EFFECT ON CALIFORNIA.
1t is impossible to exaggerate the effect up
on this State of an annual appropriation for
irrigation of Government lands - which
would soon amount to 1900, OO0g<5 900, 900 a
year. Inc estimates OF the state Engineer
would soon be surpassed, and California
would soon find Its population as large as
the population of Ohio or Illinois. The ef
feet on agriculture would be startling.
Wheat can be grown in Nebraska or Mime
sofa as well as California; but nowhere la
The world can fruit-snd especially grapes
be grown to such advantage as in California,
and especially in your county. The bust.
ness of wine-making is but in its infancy.
THIS year-which is accounted good year
California will probably produce 1000 600
gallons of wine and brandy. This year, on
a smaller area, less suited to the grape than
vour country, in spite of phylloxera, France
will produce 1000, 000, 900 gallons OF wine
And what profits will result The other day
when victorious Germany, prancing over
PROSTATE France, imposed ON the vanquish.
ed foe n war indemnity of 81, 600 900, 900, Bis-
narck thought he had not only secured in.
demnity for the past but security for the
future, He never imagined France could
ply the debt In his lifetime. But the French
wine growers raised the money in single
year,
nov THE PROJECT Is To BE ACCOMPLISHED
II your Congressional delegation will act
unttedly on the matter, and let our Eastern
friends know that no man who opposes what
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