Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-30

Track Discussed.
The following remarks on current
topics, made by long-headed citizens
while long-eared HERALD reporter was
lingering near, will bear repeating with
out doing the authors any harm:
DR.. H. s. Orme-What we want is a
good western man for president and sec
retary OF the treasury from the same
section. Then we may expect return
of good times. So long as the treasury
department is run in the interest of
Wall street, the rich will get richer and
the poor poorer. 1t is the perpetuation
of the John Sherman policy that is re-
sponsible for the protracted financial
stringency. The money is all in the
government-aided banks, instead of cir
culating among the people. If were
capitalist l would be Republican, but
no poor man can afford the luxury of a
war tariff. 1t is bad thing for the
country for any party to be perpetuated
in power. Class legislation and corrup-
ton are the inevitable results.
Judge John Haynes-Los Angeles
needs a good tourist hotel, but l sim
cerely hope the Tenth-street project will
not be revived. 1t is not the right To-
cation for the sort of caravansary we
want. Spacious ornamental grounds
are more needed than ornate and monu-
mental architecture. The class of peo-
pie who will patronize 6his hotel do not
care to have rooms fronting on a busI-
ness street in the heart of the city.
What they are after ia quiet retreat,
lc< hn hr,
ing is secondary consideration. My
idea is that the tourists hotel should be
somewhere in the southwestern part of
the city. l hear it mentioned that
Judge Silent would consent to have his
place converted into hotel. The sug-
gestion is happy one, as the grounds
are already in shape, and the house
with additions and alterations would
make.a charming retreat for health and
pleaeure-seekers. The hotel question
should be agitated until Los Angeles has
some Lostelry commemorate with her
needs.
Gen. John R. Mathews-The Chinese
farmers are going TO make money on
potatoes this year. White farmers are
scarcely planting any, because of the
overproduction last year. The acreage
thus far put out is very small, and l
predict that we will be importing spuds
before the end of the summer. The
Chinese seem to have got on to the fact
that the whites were afraid to plant,
and have governed themselves accord
ingly, but even they are not planting so
extensively as last year, and as a conse.
quence potatoes will be scarce enough
to command good prices, instead of be-
ing drug in the market as last year.
A. H. Denker, rancher and capitalist
The kite-shaped track will not be per-
feet until another loop is formed by the
line via Inglewood to Santa Monica, and
thence through the Cahuenga valley
back to Los Angeles. Now is the time
to get in, and it would just be like the
enterprising Santa Fe company to put
this cap-sheaf on it's splendid achieve
ments ia Southern California. Do you
know that our early vegetable raisers
are losing thousands of dollars by not
being posted on the best time to make
eastern shipments? We must find out
to the day when supplies of the different
vegetables will be scarcest in the eastern
markets, and plant and SOW 30 that our
products will be ready 10 ship at the
very time that there is the least compe-
tition by other sections. This matter is
now being investigated, and when the
information ia forthcoming it is hoped
all our ranchers will profit by it.
The Duke of Inglewood d-Redlands
realty is certainly gilt-edged property,
but hardly think the natives would
talk to the assessor as they did to the
members of the Los Angeles chamber of
commerce, on the occasion of their re.
cent visit to that place.
Red Rice-Yes, yes, that chamber of
commerce junket was great trip. No
body can 60 over the kite-shaped track
without feeling the better for it. Busi-
ness cares do not give one the blues
when speeding over the kite-shaped
track. Yes, yes!
A prominent official of the chamber of
commerce. have carefully examined
all the illustrated and descriptive publ
cations of Southern California that have
been issued, and 1 do not hesitate to say
that the last ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL
HERALD is the best of them all. 1t is
an admirable presentation of the merits
of this reg ion, without attempt at exag-
geratiou, and thousands of copies should
60 east. believe it is generally con-
ceded that the HERALD ANIMALS have
done more to populate and develop
Southern California than any other one
agency, and this last edition will surely
be potent influence in furthering the
good work.
Chorus of Union Leaguers-What are
we organized for, if not for the Offices