Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-12
SOME POLITICAL MATTERS.
Mr.. Coulter Talks About Tariff
and WOolen Mills.
The Council of Labor Denouuces
Health officer MacGowan.
The Tariff Never of Assistance in Con.
Quoting the Woo1en Mill Gen.
Matthews Endorsed for Con-
gress-Political Notes.

Angeles county-in fact, it was right
here in this city. 1t was owned and
operated by Mr.. B. f. Coulter, the well
known merchant. Mr.. Coulter for ears
kept that mill in operation, and en-
ployed exclusively white labor. Hepaid
the highest rate of wages that was given
to labor in any mill in the same industry
in this state. In the operation and con-
duct of that mill, the tariff question
never cut any figure. Here is what Mr.,
Coulter himself said yesterday, when
asked about the matter by HERALD
representative. Listen to his remarks
'As long as that mill was in operation
/ made money. The profits from the
enterprise were satisfactory in every
way to me. The tariff cut no figure and
had nothing to do with the matter. /
always employed white labor and paid
wages amply satisfactory to my en-
ployes. never had strike or mis-
understanding with any of my work
men. | could have employed Chinese
labor at one half the cost of white labor.
did not do go, though, for the reason
that did not deem it necessary. NV
profits were ample and satisfactory. as
have before said. The sentiment OF the
people was against sthe employment OF
Chinese labor, and I, myself, was op-
posed to it. did not propose to stultify
myself by flying in the face of my own
Judgment as to what was right.
my experience is that the tariff on
Australian wool did not in any way in
terfere with my using what my mill re-
quired of the California product. The
only time when l had any difficulty in
disposing OF the product of the mill at a
satisfactory price, WAS when the eastern
mills dumped large quantity OF cheap
goods on the coast. Their blankets were OF
quality inferior to those we turned out.
Their labor was cheaper than mine, for
they employed girls. They sold at q
ruinously low price their shoddy goods,
and | was forced to in a measure COM
pete, and consequently suffered.
"The reason | was forced to close
down the industry was because of the
death of my son, who had been raised
in the business of managing and con-
ducting the enterprise. 1t requires
skilled man to run the mill, and have
not yet found one. am now in corres-
pondence with party with whom ex-
pect to perfect arrangements whereby
the mill will again be put in operation.
But the tariff, why, shaw, it cuts no
figure whatever"
This is what might be called local
application of the question of tariff
benefits. Mr.. Coulter says that he paid
high wages and employed white labor,
The only difficulty was when his pro-
duct had to compete with the poorly
paid child labor in the eastern mills.
The proprietors OF these eastern mills
are the very same identical gentlemen
out of whom the fat is quadrienally fried
by the Republican managers to run
campaign on. They are the millionaires
who cry piteously for protective duties,
which they say If not levied will force
them out of business, but which if levied
will give them the home market and
permit them to pay high wages. The
half-starved mill operatives of Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut are living ex-
amples of the benefits labor derives
from these protective duties levied by
the Mckinley bill.
GENERAL MATHEWS INDoRsED.
The Redondo Beach Democratic Cam
paign club held an enthusiastic meeting
last evening at that place. General
John r. Mathews, of this city, was
unanimously Endorsed for the Demo.
cratic nomination for congress in this
district. The Democrats of Redondo
are alive and active this year, and pro-
pose to do all they can to save Los An
geles county from the apparently cer-
tain bankruptcy that stares the tag
payer in the face, unless the present
Republican management is brought to
an abrupt close.
DR.. MACGowAN REMEMBERED.
At the meeting of the council of labor,
last evening, the following resolution
was adopted:
Resolved, By the Los Angeles council
of labor that the action of Health
Officer D. G. MacGowan, in recommend
ing to the city council the appointing of
plumbing inspector who must not be
union man, is denounced as the action
OF man unworthy of holding public
office. The appointing of a union
plumber is guarantee of his ability
the appointing Of non union man is
detriment to labor and ths health Of the
city.
The recommendation of the Health
officer, If adopted, will be regarded as
sluf at labor, and an insult to intelligent
werkingmen.
Resolved, That copy OF these resolu-
tions be sent to the city council.
DIR. McaGowan disclaims all idea Of
any desire to injure or to throw any slur
upon organized labor.
POLITICAL POINTERS.
The Prohibitionists held meeting at
Illinois hall last evening. The hall was
comfortably filed. Col. Eli Ritter. Of
Illinois, member OF the Prohibition
national committee, delivered an adj
| dress. 1t was along the usual line fol-
lowed by Prohibition orators. The
colonel is very good platform speaker.
I Mr.. E. E. Young, the member of the
Democratic state central committee
from Kern county, has designated s. W.
While, of Bakersfield, as the member
| from that county of the auxiliary state
| committee, which is to open headouar-
ters for Southern California in Los An
| geles.
G. Severance addressed PEOPLES
party meeting at Opera hall last even
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