The herald., 1895-01-01
THE PROMISE or THE FUTURE.

There is time for all things, and
whom the cakes and ale OF the New
Years feast have besn consumed the
sfme has arrived which from that time
whereof mans memory runneth not to
the contrary has bsen regarded as a fit
occasion for cessation from the festiyi-
ties and frivolities Of the holiday season;
for little contemplation OF things past
and earnest consideration OF the work Of
the future.
Until the dawn of the frat day of 1855
Los Angeles has dons-what shs has
done. In the hills and on ne plain
nas been huldsd city good to lcok
upon and splendid in its promise CT
what 10 to be; city whose inhab-
isauts are more prosperous and better
5ontenred than those of almost any
other community in all of the union of
states, and whose further development
means increase OF comfort and prosper
iGy of those who are now counted among
her citizens and for the multisudes who
sre yet to coma.
Problems not easy OF ISOLATION are pre-.
suited. An industrial stagnetion in The
misunderstanding sections OF the east has
ant TO the western shores horde of
men Btrong in body. yet helpless as
children in so far as concerns their
ability to produce that for which the
community is willing to pay even SO
nauch as bread. These people must be
20 guided as to enable them. failing to
create what ths community demands, at
ieast to prodncs what they themselves
Stpnaume.
As for many years past, 80 now we are
confronted by the question of trans
vortation. Commercial freedom must
b, gained. not for Los Angeles alone.
i,at for all the territory and all ths com.
= aunitias which regard Los Angeles as
sEeir financial center; which look to Los
Angeles as their commercial guide.
p1ilosophex and friend who shall SO re-
model the transportation system-or
b1ild new ons-that the charges OF
! immon carriers shall not be measu.ed
what the traffic will bsnr.
In tho year which has begun, indu7-
les now but promises will develop into
fairs OF very great moment; the pro-
/; iction OF mineral oils which now is
e. vored by few who hope to make
stisiactory income during q dull season
< ID opposed by few who do not lik Q
q odors OF kerosene in the parlors OF
cir homes, bids fair to assume propor-
1; ms which will result in the revolu tion
81 manufacturing supplemented by thf
d dustries growing out of the ex ploitsti4n
81 the mines Of Utah, Arizo ona aud 9s-
ID IL threatens little to transs6rm
a . region Of embowered homsS into
alstIing and amoky city oE'manufac.
ries.
The questions are Aany, but thsy will
nots want for solution in due time.
lose who accuse Southern Ca!i.ornians
OF one-iupgedpsss have been forced to
admit the wise headedneas OF the
southern h1sinsss man. The farmer of
the middM west and the merchants of
the eyty at thu Golden Gate have seen
4lYfsir productions or their profits ABB
sorbsa by carrier or middleman, and
have for generation sat in sullsn pa
thence calling on the gods for help. The
merchant or fruit grower OF the south
perhaps did no less praying, bus he
supplemented his petition by putting
His own shoulder to the wheel. and COM
|bsiing transportation companies and
= co-operative syetem Of marketing fruit
promise fair return for the labor OF the
horticulturist and tho efforts OF the
nerchant.
The year promises we'll for the mate
x{nl good Of Los Angeles and all the
citiss and towns and hamlets OF the
south. whether ia tbs produce OF the
|dolda, 81 the output Of the mines, or the
sunding Of new industries; out better /!