The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-22

of land speoulators, the cupidity of cap
italists and the mbition and unsorupu-
ieusness OF willy politicians; and that
annexation at this time would afford
thls mo OF professional mapipulators
nrst-ciass chance to ply their several call
ings there is not a sGintilla of doubt, as
will be seen further on.
within the territory to be annexed most
OF the people are poor; they obtained
homes outside OF the city Ii mlts because;
they were not able to buy ana hold them
within the city; at least so per cent of
them are now in debt for the humble
shelters that protect them and their fam.
lilies from the inclament elements and
they are Struggling desperately to Keep Of.
the sheriff and at the very least over one
half of these strugglers will loss their
homes should annexation take place at
this time, for the reason that their taxes
will be largely increased, the present tax
levy being Las on 500. and even this will
expenses of grading and graveling
streets. putting down sidewalks. placing
curbs, making sewers and replumb bling
houses. all of which and much more will
naturally follow annexation; and said
improve ments done BY city officials and
bosses will cost so per cent more than the
same work can be done for outside of the
city. This large class of honora ole poor,
not being able to pay the increased de-
mands for taxes. i'm provements and the
1nClleu6 expenses aCCruillH 10 CpIu III is
sioners, bosses and INSPECTORS. will have
t re painful experience OF seeing their
sacred little homes, the results of their
hard labor and economical savings, at
short notcs sold under the hammer to tho
highest bidder. Here comes in the VEGA
tion of the annexation land speculatur
and the capitalist; the one already holds
the mortgage and the other bids in the
equity of the poor man's home for taxes.
Improvements and costs: the two then
settle the business between themselves,
divide the profits and remark. "a fine
speculation
Let the city officials evict the sick
mother with her hungry children in
Irish landlord style, homeless upon the
street, that We may take possess on
while We look cut for another chance.
And it is done according to municipal
lawl That such will be the result CT pre-
mature annexation, who can doubt? For
these reasons and more to follow, the
anti-annexationists are bitterly opposed
to this premature annexation scheme.
gotten up by clique of land and money
manipulators and willy politicians. The
former to gain wealth by the downfall
OF the unfortunate, and the latter to enter
official life to enact and execute ordi-
nances to make the poor poorer and to
keep them so.
But those in better circumstances have
other objections to annexation. Will it
pdy. hHily VI tHcno OWN iSai coo1tO oOth
In the city and out Of it, and know
whereof they speak. Not only are their
taxes very much higher in the city but
the continual improvements required by
the city ordinances become wellnigh
unbearable burden and the burden is
have the Improvement and debt-increas-
ing craze seized upon our city Off Gals
that there are now shIewd capitalists
and business men who are dlsposing OF
their city property for outside real estate
in anticipation OF similar troubles to
those passed through by the city fresh
in the memory of all-and furthermore
because they will not longer stand the
results of rock less legislation.
The anti-annexationists are perfectly
satisfied with the advantages of their
districts and the rapid advancement they
provements, in water supply. in prepars-
ton for electric lights, in cheap 'nsur..
ance, in electric street railways, in school
facilities, In churches. in courts OF justice
and com potent judges, in stores and
marktes of every variety, IN lownes' OF
taxes, in cleanliness and health, in in
dustry, order, honesty and morals, in all
of which the ants challenge mParison
with any like extent of territory within
the city limits at a like distance from
the center of population. The snnextion-
lists charge the ants with having no city
better and more insxpensive-thato of the
county and also OF having no police.
They reply there is no need of any. The
people are law-abiding, and occasionally
crime accompanies the introduction of
the policeman. They have faithful con.
stables and neputy sheriff, which will
answer every purpose. They need no flTe
department, as they have no Incendlaries
ard fires scarcely ever occur. They Will
soon have electric lights.H Transportation
Is becoming abundant. Sewers they DO
not need as their system OF cesspoois is
so perfect that tho sanitary condition OF
the community is superior to that OF the
we'll severed city of Los Angeles, whose
leaky sea main is communicating the air
along its l;ne-and furthermore. if sewer
connection was desirable it would be i'm
possible for the most of the territory to
be annexed to make suuh connection,
unless the nature of water can be SO
changed as to make it run up hill. In
Rosedale district, according to the decis-
ion OF competent engineers, no sewers
can be of any benefit until main is COLI
a cost of hundreds of thousands of dol.
lars. aud the "antis' greatly prefer to
clear the uebts and mortgages from their
homes before entering upon so gigantic
an enterprise. The ants are fully IN
sympathy with the effort at reasonable
improvemen emit of their community, both
in utility and beauty. but they are not
willing to make such as will involve
themselves or any considerable number OF
them in inextricable financial ruin ana
irretrievable bankruptcy, which they
fully believe would follow premature
annexation; and hence their heroic op.
''' ONE OF THE ANTS.
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