The herald., 1895-01-22

improvement, the description OF which
would take too much space, has oesn
insugurstsd. Two weeks ago the menu
Der OF the new city council from the
| Fourth ward was ipv itsd to be present.
st the associations meeting, which
was kindly accepted. After the
meeting had concluded its business. the
president, DR.. Dixon, introduced the
gentleman, and the remarks he MADE
we're lisssnsd to with much interest by
the large assembly. He said among
other things that il was 6 pleasure and
@ surprise to him to listen to the reports
OF the committees and ses for himself
how much work had been done and how
we'll the association was organized. tie
had heard of it; people in the city spoke
of It. When the citizens combine TO-
gether in this fashion they must become
great power for good. The council
has very large family to look alter.
and if every section would organize In
this manner their work would be easier
and the results surprising. individual
efforts, be continued, could accomplish
but little, while combination OF forces
could obtain everything reasonable.
Some of ths streets 10 the CITY ara In q
disgrsceful condition. Why? Well. he
would say it is because the people on
both sides of tho street are nossbacks
who care nothing for public improve
merta. He promised to do all in his
power to CO operate with and asset the
association in its progressive WORK.
A young gentleman who accompanied
the councilman was next introduced.
He also spoke very commercially OF the
association and advised it not to rest
Ia, In nit nj
but ask them all TO come out here and
see that the people are in dead earnest.
He had slso experienced that individ-
ual effort was energy wasted, aud that in
order to carry out anything successfully
people must organize and combine and
concentrate thsi. forces. Now l have
msn toned this &c show that ii the peo-
Pile want or need anything done they
must 60 to work and do is or it may
ssks months or years If left TO tbs slow
process of the municipal OF etate nas
chinsry slons. If reports are true that
the evil hiss become go meuAcing that
citizens spplv for permission to carry
firearma for self-protection; that they
are held up and robbed, and that their
homes are burglar!zed, IL seems high
time that the question be taken up s6ri-
ously, meetings be called and all inter
ested mem 5ers of society put their besde
together to device the most humane and
practical means to place in useful posi-
tions the many dislocated members of
society and the social body will be the
greateet and only gamer for the care it
bessows on each individual member.
To procure lands and secure shops,
9to.. in tack of vast economic import
ance and to become permanent utility
ID must finally receive the sanctioned |
the people. 1t is not task that can be
solved by county and city
officials or q handful of we'll intentioned |
business men alone. 1t must be mana
sed in thorough and methodic man
,sr. and to repeat the words of Mr.. G. |
}. Kirby of Denver, in his opinions as
% the future of Southern California, |
hat "to make the brilliant prospects |
"a own it is necessary that all the men,
women and children join together and |
Ict sH a unit" 1tmay seem exaggerated
o call in the aid OF children. But
children do more thinking and are more
deserving than we sometimes give them
rsdis for. Last Saturday afternoon
Ehiie two grown persona were discuss
ng the tramp question, a little girl re-
marked: Papa says he won't give an
'iher cent to these, what you call them
harity institutions, he says give them
york." He is a business man who has
largely. Yes. the little ,
mes do good deal of thinking, and are
Iifected by what tranepiras arounl
hem. MATILDE Y. IBERIA,
Las Angeles, Jan. l6, 1895.