The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-13
The idea Of No Charity Proves
Popular.
NEW SCHEMES SUGGESTED.
Men With Money to Loan to Start
More Men to Work.
n Rroposition to Lst the UAsm pl oy cd
Build Coed Roads In
stead Of the
County.

With Just little bit more help on the
part Of the citizens Of Los Angeles, the
new effort Of the unemployed Of this
city TO employ themselves will succeed.
There IL every reason to believe the
needed help will be given and the New
Era business exchange 90 sustained thai
no man or woman in this city who
really wants work will DO without IL.
There 10 ring about the battle cry Of
the New Era labor exchange that bust
nsss men like. The cry is "No charity, D
end the mon add I'VE will pay you dollar
,or dollar in either what We produce BY
our labor or in the cash that produce
cells for. II you will loan rs enough ia
START"
The New Era plan IL not . Utopiar
idea, nor 10 II new one. II 10 merely
IN old principle locally applied. and the
Sutlook is that 1t IL going to not only
help many men and women. but will lit
. burden from the shoulders of char
liable people Of the city. OF course
there are enthusiasts in the new assooi-
alton who want to start every scaeme
that Bellamy ever conceived. but for.
tunately for the unem ploysd the balance
wheel OF the concern il ring OF men
who are married and without york. and
thsy propose to hold everything and
every body in the association to one OBJ.
ject. namely. providing work for idle
men and women. After this il done and
the distress here is . thing Of the past.
then II the association feels like indlGn-
ing in cooperative stores, etc., II will be
tins enough to do 10.
The new association started out on
NJ vsmber 10th last with the following
simple declaration OF principles:
Nv Whereas, there are in our midst large
ann 5srs OF unemployed workIngmsn
who are starving for the want of food.
whicN thev could procure themselves If
OIL owe to make use Of the large tracts
Of die land which lie all around us. and
ynes "a. II put to work, will become
. b. nett 10 the community instead OF q
detrinent, and the employed working
men will thus be relieved Of the compe-
ti:ion tomir & from the oversu oply
in the labor market, therefore he it
Resolved: That We do hereby organ
ixe an association with tho end in vie v
that the unemployed be brought togethe,
into . cooperative organization for the
purpose Of providing themselves with
work and in such . manner that they
can obtain the full benefit of theil
labor"
OF course II was impossible to put men
10 work without land to till. tools tc
werk with aud a supply OF food and
clothing, % we'll % shelter, until such
time % there should be some return
from their labor. The thing was to go
. start. and the unemployed started ou
70 solicit. not charity, but aid. which
they would consider loans and repay
They were willing to take vacant lands
covered with brush and full OF hillock.
and ruts and clear it off. level 1t ant
put il In good shape, providing they
were allowed the use of the land to raise
crops Of vegetables. They were willing
TO pack oranges. work on roads or d,
any thing. providing q reasonable return
for their labor WAS made.
Citizens were called on, but the PEG.
pie OF Los Angeles, like those Of ever,
large city in the United States, hav
been giving 30 long and so much tina
they would not look into the new
scheme at first. and it was only BY per
sistent effort that the real idea wa
forced upon them. Once understoo,
the citizens hssitated no longer abou
indorsing the plan, but they freely said
I'VE want to know you are In earnes
about this thing and that it lie no Coxsy
Carl Browne.Kelly scheme before "
agree to help you to the full extent "
are willing to CO."
The unem ployed made NO complaint
but went away and started q laundr
and then came back and went to tn
merchants and told them what the
wanted to borrow In order TO run thei
frat venture.
when they came TO me the sscon,
time" said H. Jevne, the grocer, IAN,
told me they wanted to open an &C
count for starch. soap. blueing, gro.
ceyies. ETC., to start their laundry safe
oil right, you can have credit up to 9
certain amount. would have giver
them the goods II they had asked it bu
I admired and liked the Independent
spirit Of the men who did not come t,
beg but to ask loan the same az
thousands OF men in business are com
PEELED to do. Now believe my bill will
be paid. When IL lie am not going t
cay what Jevne's will do further thar
this, that admire the pluck OF tn,
men in helping themselves and pro.
pose to help Thorn as long as they con-
tinue and if they start new ventures al
fast a. the old ones succeed l belisvi
they will solve the problem OF furnish
ing emp ioy mont to the unemployed o
this city,"
Jsvne's was only one OF the firms tina
endorsed the New Era plan when the,
saw the mon were In earnest. Jacob,
Bros who at first we're lukewarn. wsr,
called on fecond time. THE NOR,
We thought over the thing the better
the pr jsct seemed. The men seemed
in earnest and w conldn't see Will
they shouldn't succeed in earning theil
bread and clothes ct least, and We be-
lieved then and believe now that tn,
scheme will prove far more profitable
than We 1t first thought. We loaned
the men some cash to be repaid. and VI