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The herald., 1895-03-09

the state would be compelled to pay more
than the Mendocino asylum is worth in
salaries to superintendent, attendants,
resident physicians, gardeners, farmers
and other necessary attaches of such in
situations. In either case the economy
seems to be las broad as it is long and
the taxpayer is as uncomfortable on one
horn of the dilemma as he would be on
the other.
But if practical reduction of expense were
the object of legislation on state asylums
all the insane should be cared for as they
are at Stockton, where the per capita cost
of maintenance per annum is only $l33. so.
Here, again, the theorst might urge
that there are more patients at Stockton
than at MEDICINE, and that it costs less to
maintain a thousand than it does to sup
port one. The taxpayer, however, the cit
izen who pays the bills, is not theoret-
ical economist, and he is continually ask
ing Why"
Another comparison is offered in the
fact that the official reports show an ex-
pense of 1884 for the annual maintenance
of each wicked little boy in process of re-
formation at Whittier, while one of the
feeble-minded children supported by the
state costs only $685. Here, again, the
taxeater is to the fore with a defense of
the larger amount in the argument that
the wicked boy at Whittier eats more and
wears more clothes and needs stronger
shoes and is generally more expensive to
reform than is the feeble minded child
who has not sense enough to be wicked
and burden to the state. 1t is not APP
parent, however, why the wicked little
boys at Whittier cost $13S per capita more
than the chronic insane at Agnews, and
the problem will probably never be solved
until it is clearly demonstrated why it is
necessary to maintain such expensive
officials to such little purpose at Whit
tier.
There are many things that the tax
payer has to learn and the best school is
that in which Experience is the teacher.
The cost of the teacher is high, but the
necessity of his maintenance is too obvi
Gus for successful dispute.
The herald., 1895-03-09
THE COMING MONETARY CONFERENCE


The calling of another monetary con-
! ference would DO more generally favored
| by political or financial economists ii
| they had much confidence that an agree
ment would be reached by the nations
taking part therein. The vast economic
evils which afflict the whole world and
which are being aggravated with greater
| and greater intensity by the long-contin-
ued rise in the value of money (Which
rise is accurately registered by the fall of
gold prices everywherel will, OF course,
drive men TO look in all directions for a
| remedy and they will, as Wolowski with
wonderful prescience long ago forstold
they would do, look in every direction
but the right one for that remedy. With.
out much doubt the world has yet to go
humiliation and disorder, and perhaps
anarchy, before the people will see and
acknowledge and adopt the only means
known whereby the rise of gold, and the
consequent fall of everything measured
by gold, can be checked. Agriculture,
industries in all gold. standard
countries must suffer still more
grievous impression; the gold debts of all
silver countries, already doubled, are
likely to be trebled, bringing bankruptcy
and reputation as the logical result Of
tors--or the shylocks--whose influence
dominates most of the governments OF
Europe and America, will even listen to
bimetsllism as an effective preventive
against the further rise in the relative
value of money; much less, consent to
return to the former staple ratio of Is IL
to l. which France maintained for nearly
three-fourths of century prior to 1873.
That greedy class, of whom there are
large numbers in all the countries Tin
Guiding our own, which. will take part in
the coming conference, who have profted
by the doubling of the value of gold--or
by doubling of its purchasing power,
(synomymons terms)-evidetly think
they have the world where they want
it; and, although they may consent to
talk-merely talk-bimetallism in the COM
ing conference, there is not the least like
lihood that they will agree to anything
like the old ratio, because that would
practically mean, if carried out in good
faith, fall in the general level of money
in gold countries to something like the
existed prior to the outlawry of silver
twenty or more years ago, and would, in
some measure at least, tend to right the
colossal wrongs which have resulted from
this most insidious and revolutionary at
tempt OF the creator class to manipulate
the worlds money for their own selfish
interests.
AS to the attitude of bimetallists in this
or any other conference, their position is
luminous and strongly stated by NJ. Ger
nuschi in a letter to the London Times of
June 2, 1894, a copy of which he kindly
would be doing good public service at
the present juncture in republishing, as
probably very few people in this part of
the world have seen it, as it did not APP
pear in the weekly edition of the Times,
library. M. Cernuschi's letter is very
strong document and is of special interest
at this time.
The herald., 1895-03-09
FACTS ABOUT ARIZONA

The indebtedness of Arizona's cities
and counties is 81, 1874 89957.
Tucson is the largest town in the terri
tory, with population of 1924.
There are over 1000 children of school
age in Arizona.
In 1870 the population of the territory,
exclusive of Indians, was 1858. The total
number of Indians was 32,0S3.
There are 30 schools in the territory,
with an enrolment of II, $40 pupils, al
increase of 1915 pupils for the year 1894
There are 293 teachers, drawing an
average monthly salary of $3.50.
The Chamber of Commerce of Phoenix,
Ariz., is in receipt of a caulifower weigh
ing thirteen and one-half pounds.
"A City in the Desert, y this is not the
title of new novel, but an enterprise
that is developing in middesert between
Yuma and San Diego. 1t is thought that
artesian water will be found. If that is
so, colonizing will be made the issue by
the Desert Artesian Water and Laad
COmpany.
The herald., 1895-03-09
oUT-oF-THE-wAY FACTS

| Koreans wear paper coats.
New York has 1928 saloons.
| Cairo is to have the trolley.
Paris supports 80, 900 bar rooms.
A Belgium lamp is six feet high.
! Havana cigars cost 81 apiece.
African railroads cover q, 6S7 miles.
Rockefeller's daily income is SAL, 666.
Twenty-Five dollar bills weigh just al
| much as silver dollar.
The states have 500, 900 commercial
drummers.
Portugal's royal crown is worth 49, 000
900.
The farm lands of this country are esti
mated to be worth $13, 279, 252, $40.
America exports 1912, $751; 1913 worth o.
goods and imports only SAG, 736, 293.
A lady had the wrong tooth pulled by
a Detroit dentist, and she recovered $50(
damages.
The fishermen along our coasts and in
our waters catch $45, 600, 900 worth of fish
every year.
The piano was invented by Father
Wood, an English monk living at Rome,
in the year I'LL.
The Government pays $500 200 an
nually rent for postal cars that originally
cost only ST. 600, 900.
Swallows have been seen at sea over
1000 miles from land.
1t was the custom years ago for the
Japanese ladies to gild their teeth.
The smallest coal-burning locomotive
in America, 235 pounds, was made by
G. ID. Young of Denver in 1891.
A New Jersey man, after joining the
Salvation army, returned to the Govern
ment $40 of pension money which his
conscience would not allow him to keep.
The witch tree9 OF Nevada and South
ern California exudes or eXhales phos-
phorescent substance which makes every
branch leaf and section of its bark visi-
bic ON the darkest night.
The widest canal in the world is said to
be the Chenab irrigation canal in the
northwest provinces of India. 1t is no
feet and will be 200 feet broad when
finished. The main canal will be fifty
miles long; the principal branches will
have an aggregate length of 1000 miles,
and the village branches of 1000 miles;
$50, QUO acres are already irriated
The number of deaths in the United
States by lightning reached 1880, yearly
average of 206. In 1890 the number was
100; 1891, 203; 1892, 251, and in 1898, 209.
From 1885 to 1892, inclusive, the number
of fires caught by lightning was 1916 in
volving a loss of So. 663, S35. Most of these
losses occurred east of the Rocky Noun
tains. During nine years ending with
1892, 1885 barns, 104 churches and 1864
dwellings were struck by lightning in
the United States. 1t is of interest to
note that of the 1921 fires caused by
lightning during the years 1890 91-92,
only one occurred in California; and of
the S., ISL, 80 loss by such fires only $4,000
is credited to California.
The herald., 1895-03-09
Rudyard Kipling's Name

Rudyard Lake, which has beaten the
record this winter of all English waters
by covering itself with two feet of solid
ice, had previously been immortalized in
very different fashion, says the st.
James Gazette. 1t would be irreverent,
and to SEINE extent incorrect to say that
this mere is Mr.. Rudyard Kipling's god
father but to it he certainly owes his
name. Nearly thirty years ago Mr.. John
Lockwood Kipling was strolling along the
picturesque shore in the charming COM
panionship of Miss Alice Macdonald,
when he plucked up courage to make
there and then an offer of his hand and
heart. To commemorate that happy sum-
mer evenings walk the son of their sub
sequent marriage was named Rudyard
and he certainly has given the ge Mus
loci no cause for shame.
The herald., 1895-03-09
ODlOUS COMPARISONS

There is singular disproportion in the
cost of maintaining the various public in
stitutions of California and this discrep-
ancy is most clearly demonstrated in the
various amounts required annually for
the support of each inmate. For in
stance, the cost OF caring for an inmate OF
the insane asylum at Mendocino is esti-
mated at $2l9 year, while the same pa
tent, if sent to Napa would cost the state
only $146. On this showing it would
seem TO be excellent economy to send all
the insane to Napa, but on the other hand
it'might be argued that if Napa received
all the insane we have sent to Mendocno
The herald., 1895-03-09
Clever Reasons

There is clever small girl in England,
says Harper's Young People, who reasons
out great many things for herself, and
who cannot be deceived, as many other
small girls are, by things that are told
them flor fun"
Having been told by one of her aunts
that the moon was made of green cheese
she immediately sought out her grand
father, to whom she said
"Aunt J. says the moons made of
green cheese, but / don't believe it. -
'And why not?" asked her grand
father.
Because I've been readin' the Bible,
and it proves the moon amt made of
green cheese, because the moon was made
before the COWS was"
The herald., 1895-03-09
THE SUPREME QUESTION
LAND OF SUNSHINE

The supreme material question before
Los Angeles and the vast section tributary
is-a deep sea harbor. There is one
place for that harbor. The expert engi-
neers of the the War Department
have full, fully s investigated al claims
once, but thrice. The public is prac-
tically a unit for this port, and has voiced
its overwhelming sentiment time after
time. The candidate who should even
argue the case could not be elected dog
catcher here; for it is beyond argument
San Pedro is the only local port an un.
hired engineer would recommend; it is
the only one to which. in business san
ity, Southern Californians can consent.
But the Southern Pacific Railway is here
neither for the public health nor for its
own. 1t owns Port Los Angeles and
every approach therto. No competitor
would ever get to smell salt water there.
San Pedro is, and always will be, open to
any number of competing railways. 1t
can be made good harbor and q harbor
for the public good. Port Los Angeles''
would be neither. But the Southern Pa
citic is bending every energy to carry its
pretty scheme. The government is ready
to make the harbor at San Pedro; every
competent engineer finds that the only
feasible place; the public GOOD and t,,o
public will alike dem ud it. But fo7
years all has been blocsd tcr no better
reason than that this go corporation
wants no public port. l tss kept rs, aud
means to keep us, WI aaui any harbo
whatever unless we W have n second
hand harbor which it cat 1onopol2c.
Every string of 'prao ai r1liics' ls
being pulled; bulldoz metallic per-
suasion, obstruction. c II Huntington,
president of the Soutl m paciiiO has
been in Washington per nallv lobbying;
it is his pocket against people
Newcomers who have known only The
East--or S. p. tactics clly sncc
competition did its civili work lind 10
hard to realize the full m ming III the ~
uation. They have not bean used indeed,
to expecting corporation 70 be- unseiash
but neither have they Seen used hack
East, to seeing corpor On assume To
mock the beard of COVE ument and peo.
pie both--and it all seem aaf inC edible.
They can scarcely belle q cor poration5
so stupid, even if so sha less huf they
do not know California story. Tho )
p. has never been able t. rasp any pa
of the principle that til lasting vav q
get revenue is to develop gac country, ts
policy has been the pc Nes wh "a still
throttles Northern Califoi ia which 0nc(
throttled us-and now is hing Tor on
threats again. But Sou IN California
was never cringing, even when ] hal a.
bmit to highway &C iiacuons; and
now it does not have to omit Tt r. 100
600 manly men stronger than N tie OLD
times. They are not to played with,
and Mr.. Huntington anC us unwilling
deputies might find wiser occupation
than trying. A new, Gu urod, prosper
Gus people-ours are pal nt long but
only fool thinks to ride neit patieu,e
past the breaking point
DR.. Prices Cream Bal ng Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Mdwnter III San Frases.a
The herald., 1895-03-09

The water front reporters of the San
Francisco dailies are eXulting in tale OF
the marines concerning an earthquake at
sea which roared like lcviathan and
dashed the ocean to foam, lifting vast col
umns OF water like geysers, shivering the
timbers OF ships as if they had struck up
on.reets and causing terror to those who go
down to the sea. Each reporter drew on his
Imagination at sight and the draft was
honored by description as lurid as it was
varied. 1t is not yet the sea serpent sea-
son, but an earthquake is "a very good sub
stitute.
The herald., 1895-03-09

The amendment offered by Assembly
man Powers enabling the San Francisco
Harbor Commissioners to lease fifty acres
of water front on Mission Bay, is an in
dication that the projectors OF the San
joaquin Valley Railroad do not intend
to make Oakland their terminus and it
is also an indirect indi alton that the
line of road will be through Santa Clara
over the Pacheco pass route instead Of
across the Livermore plains.
The herald., 1895-03-09
MERCHANTS AND PRODUCERS

The conference between representatives
o. the business men 5 organizations of the
city and the Southern California Fruit Ex-
changes yesterday at the Citrus Fair was
an event of more than ordinary import
ance. The Merchants Association, Cham
Der of Commerce, Board of Trade and
Clearing House Association were we'll
represented and many of the gentlemen
present had their eyes opened for the
first time to the scope and Importance of
the work of the exchanges. The addresses
OF President Naftzger Mr.. Chamblin and
Others were most convincing as to the
merits of the cooperative system of
marketing the citrus fruit crop.
The system has been successfully es
tablished. 1t only remains to be seen to
what extent it can be carried. President
Naftzger gave some hint as to what is ex-
pected to be accomplished, in his address,
which is given in full in another column.
1t is well worth perusal.
Resolutions unanimously endorsing the
exchanges were adopted by the business
men taking part in the conference, and
it is believed much good will result from
the bond of sympathy thus established.
The herald., 1895-03-09

Evidently the Legislature thinks it is
unlucky to adjourn on Friday. They have
made the question a special order for
Monday. In this matter the best luck
has occurred to the taxpayer in the fact
that the salaries OF the Legislators have
ceased
The herald., 1895-03-09

United States District Judge Morrow
has told the Federal grand jury that a
subpoena issued by that body is good any
where. Does this mean that the marshal
must pay Huntington's fare over his own
roads? The Government inquisitors are
looking into the charge that Coils gave
an interstate pass to Frank Stone, lawyer
and politician.
The herald., 1895-03-09

Over million dollars has been appro-
priated by the Legislature in addition to
the general appropriation bills, and there
is still doubt as to the date of final add
iournment. Every hour OF the remainder
of the session is fraught with danger to
the purse OF the TAXPAYER.
The herald., 1895-03-09

There is still time to pass the Salt Lake
railroad bill 1t has been read a second
time in the Senate and is up for passage
in that body today. 1t is our last chance
to avoid being side-tracked by the San
Joaquin Valley Railroad.
The herald., 1895-03-09

Rivera makes good showing of orange
shipments and general export business.
To date seventy-eight carloads of oranges
have been shipped and the total for Febr-
uary was 1873, $50 pounds, three times the
amount shipped during February, 1894.
These are the'statistics that maketh glad
the heart of the Southern Californian
citrus grove
The herald., 1895-03-09

Is there monopoly on wheels that is
not controlled by c. P. Huntington? The
latest discovery by the California shipper
is the fact that the Southern Pacific con-
trolls the refrigerator car traffic of the
United States
The herald., 1895-03-09

The Salt Lake railroad bill is going
through the Legislature like lightning
express on clear track. This is a Los
Angeles measure from start to finish and
if it passes Los Angeles will have cause
for self-gratulation.
The herald., 1895-03-09

1t seems to be a mere waste of words to
call the attention of the City Council to
the necessity for safety guards on the
electric cars. The present cond ton is a
constant and deadly menace to the pedes
trians and bicycle riders on our crowded
streets and the public should make such
an earnest and vigorous protest that the
company will be forced to provide
against accidents, as is done by nearly
every street car company in the United
States. A few heavy verdicts in favor of
those injured or the relatives of those
killed, and the great percentage of cases
will neecarsily be of the latter sort, may
have the effect of compelling the COM
pany to take voluntarily the action it
should be compelled to take by ordi-
nance.
The herald., 1895-03-09

Samuel Valleau, once prominent San
Francisco politician, has been committed
to the insane asylum. There's a similar
chance for Buckley and Rainey-but
paresis is, unfortunately, not contagious.
The herald., 1895-03-09

The evil result of over-crowding of the
reform school at Whittier is shown when
two young boys are sent to the penitenti-
AIRY from Santa Ana. They will doubtless
be graduated as full-hedged criminals.
The herald., 1895-03-09

Think of it--across the Atlantic in five
days. That's the time the new greyhound
is to make.
The herald., 1895-03-09

The San Francisco Call expects Los
Angeles to stand in with us on the COM
peting road" What! to Bakersfield?
The herald., 1895-03-09

The public made up its mind long be-
fore jury said that Harry Hayward was
guilty of the murder of Miss Cling.
The herald., 1895-03-09

San Diego regrets that Los Angeles is
not portion OF that city. San Francisco
thinks likewise, but in the meantime the
City OF the Angels goes right along on its
march to its goal as the leading city on
the Coast.
The herald., 1895-03-09

Good morning, Mr.. Pendleton, have
you considered the request of the mer-
chants of Los Angeles concerning your
attitude toward the insolvency bill?
The herald., 1895-03-09

The work of hat grand jury in New
York may result in some indictments;
but how about convictions? That, how
ever, is another story and the police and
politicians are still on top.
The herald., 1895-03-09

And now we will wait few days until
the people of the East eat our oranges.
Then we will send them some more.
The herald., 1895-03-09

This Legislature ought to hang out he
triple balls of the house of Lombard.
1t is a political pawnshop overstocked
with unredeemed pledges
The herald., 1895-03-09

If you don't believe Los Angeles is
growing fast look at the extensive lists of
arrvals-and there isn't any half million
club here either.
The herald., 1895-03-09

Another will contest has bobbed up in
San Francisco and two daughters of the
late David Mckay want to know why
they were disowned. The lawyers will do
the rest and the estate will dwindle.
The herald., 1895-03-09

The life of Los Angeles policeman is
most unhappy. 1t isn't an ordinary
detective who can find body to fit a leg.
The herald., 1895-03-09

Wasn't something about a low tax rate
mentioned in the platform on which a
majority of this Legislature was elected?
The herald., 1895-03-09

Those prize oranges will be a luscious
treat for Governor Mckinley.
The herald., 1895-03-09

A dispatch says the Legislature is anx-
ious to adjourn. Why don't they?
The herald., 1895-03-09

The hope of the taxpayer is the Gov
ernor's veto.
The herald., 1895-03-09

Another good iob-the Seymour bill has
been killed.
The herald., 1895-03-09

Uncle Mose-Hab l de right to be tried
by jury of ma peers?
Justice-Of course you have.
Uncle Mose-Well, dere hahn man of
doze twelbe dat amt los chickuns in de
las 10 weeks, to ma certin knowledge.
The herald., 1895-03-09

We know man so cross eyed that he
put his hand into another mans pocket
and abducted therefrom a watch. He
wanted to learn the time. The Judge told
him it would be three years.
The herald., 1895-03-09

Indio may yet be a synonym for Col
conda
The herald., 1895-03-09

First messenger boy with scorn)-I
say, what makes you run your legs off
like that?
Second messenger boy (pausing in his
rapid sprint)-I amt workin'; see? This
is my day off.
The herald., 1895-03-09

New York is talking of building 200
feet wide, 5000 feet IN length and Is stories
hi h,
The herald., 1895-03-09

Wife-That new girl sleeps like a log,
and can never get her up in the MORN
ing.
Husband (struck by bright a)-Let
the baby sleep with her. .z1as
The herald., 1895-03-09
HEARD IN PASSING

Are you going to the spike-driving at
phupniy2
The herald., 1895-03-09

"Barkins says he has found cigarette
smoking very beneficial. "
''He has. He owns factory"
The herald., 1895-03-09

Monday will be great day in Arizona.
The herald., 1895-03-09

Rocks-I have taken little more than
was good for me at times, but | never was
quite as far gone as Rounner was when he
came in the other
Bangs-Why, what did he do?
Rocks-Lit squib to go to bed by.
The herald., 1895-03-09

SATURDAY, nARcH .. 1905.