The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-04
An lnouiriny Hind

Editor Herald: Having been sub
scriber to your paper for more than a
year, on account of its merits and not ON
account OF political party utilization, and
noting the stand taken in favor of tree
speech, of honesty in municipal, county,
state and national officials, against the
school of Carnegie philanthropists, of
your sympathy for the poor. OF your
knowledge that there is something wrong
in our industrial system, desire TO ask
what is the remedy. according to your
judgment, for these evils, which you, in
common with millions of otrer good citi-
zens. ars compelled to complain of SO
frequently?
That the rich are growing richer, more
heartless and aggressive. and tho poor
poorer and more restless; that ''competi-
ton thas ceased to be ''the life OF
trade ; that the theory that the people
are the supreme authority" of the land
is vanishing like the regular pay dav"
OF the average workingman; that the
decisions of our (alleged) courts OF justice
are becoming more despotic and men,
ace to our free institutions and liberty,
aro facts that there isn't q citizen in the
community will deny. There is cause
and remedy for this unnatural state of
affairs that could be clearly set forth by
1888 SAMUEL J. GALE.
The Herald appreciates the approba-
tion of its course expressed in the forego-
ing communication, and will continue to
write truth as 1t is seen and light wrong
as found.
Our correspondent requests us to sug-
gest remedy for social iniustices that
al M ttadIu oytct Tn 70 - vo
will say tina. it IS rather the province of
the newspaper to direct popular attention
TO and expose pubic wrongs and social
evils. than it is to suggest remedies. The
letter function 10 peculiarly that OF the
political economist and the politician.
There are many wrongs and therefore
many reforms to be wrought. In the
course of Its consid Grafton of some OF
these wrongs the Herald has frequently
suggested remedies. If our correspondent
will keep his eye on the editorial col
umns of the Herald it will not be long
before he understands the nature OF its
political philosophy.
The Herald believes that the most DO
tent causes of the unnatural social condi-
tons manifeit in every civilized country
10 4cstElCtlNo ItNonue laws, SpeCldl pTlNs
ileges and monopoly. 1t favors the abo.
lition of all laws that, under the guiss OF
taxation, deter production and hamper
exchange: it is against the existence of
all special privileges that the community
or state does not receive full value for,
and it believes in making such instances
as the monopolizatIon OF natural resour-
ces as are typifed by the Miller e. Lux
estate of California, which holds IA, 900, :
600 acres of the EARTH and the Standard
Oil com bine of Ohio, which, as owner or
lessee, holds thousands OF acres of the
best ol-bearing lands out of use, unpop-
ular and Improbable, by enacting iegis-
lation which will compel the monopolists
to put their holdings to their best use
or to let them go to other people who
will. The evil last noted is the funda-
mental one; Its reformation would mean
the reformation of countless others that
rest on It'd.