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The herald., 1897-09-23
AND NOW JAPAN SUFFERS

Those who have noted with approval
the adoption by Japan Of the single gold
standard with ratio to silver Of ore
to thirty-two, and who have regarded
the change as part of q general trend in
favor of that standard the world over,
have not taken into account the common
people. There is nothing surprising
about this, for it is the rule rather than
the exception that such should be the
case. The demonetization OF silver in
1873 hurt the masses in this country
while it helped the moneyed few. The
closing of the mints ofIndia to the free
coinage of silver for private account did
not hurt England but it ground the poor
natives still further into the dust Of
poverty and hardship.
But let US get back to Japan. The lat
est advices from the land Of the little
brown men say that there have been
serious riots in Nagano prefecture. ow-
ing to the discomfort felt at the high
price of rice. Several people have been
killed or wounded.
Reports from all parts of Japan indi-
cate that the rice crop this year will be
exceptionally good. better in fact than.
1t has been any previous season for ten
years past.
Several Japanese papers claim that
the days Of the present Japanese cab
met are limited. Their mistakes in the
financial policy, and also as regards For
mosa, are said to have caused their
pending downfall.
The slump in silver and the rise in ex-
change has paralyzed business in Hong
Kong (China).
These items are quoted just as they
were sent by the Associated Press. Put
together they tell the story Of the sad
effect of the establishment Of the single
gold standard is having upon the peo-
pie of Japan. AS in China, Mexico, In
dia and other great silver using coun-
tries, silver is the money of the people.
the ratio of thirty-two to one has at one
fell blow cut the purchasing power OF
the money of the common people in ia
pan in halves.
Notwithstanding the prospect Of the
greatest rice crop that Japan has had
for ten years past the price Of that sta
pie commodity is 80 high that it causes
riots. A rice riot is to Japan what a
bread riot would be in the United states
or Europe.
There has been great rejoicing over
the downfall and degradation of silver
in this and other countries on the part
of the advocates Of the single gold
standard It is as If they rejoiced over
the cause Of misery and unhappiness to
untold millions of human beings. The
screws are being forced tighter and
tighter. We are told that We must ac-
commodate ourselves to the new order
of things regardless of the suffering the
process causes.
Why should we seek to increase the
misery caused by the operation Of the
single gold standard. instead of trying
to alleviate 1t?
The herald., 1897-09-23
In Articulo Mortis

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22.-Horace
D. Pillsbury, son of Evan j. Pillsbury
the well-known attorney, is lying It the
point of death in his apartments at thu
Palace Hotel, suffering from severe at
tack Of appendicitis. Mrs. C. H. Taylor.
wife Of the editor Of the Boston Globe
and her daughter, Miss Elizabeth Taylor
reached here from the East on Monday
night. Miss Taylor has been engaged to
young Pillsbury for year and the we'd
ding had been arranged for next eum-
mer. Since their arrival mother and
daughter have been almost consta ntly
at his bedside.
The herald., 1897-09-23
HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION

The Hawaiian annexation business
is now concluded 80 far as the island
republic is concerned. its senate having
ratified the treaty, and the document
having been Immediately signed by
President Dole. This step creates no
excitement in the United States. its
effect having been discounted. Great
the visiting American senators and rep
resentatives who are now in Hawaii or
a tour of investigation, and the annex
ationists will, OF course, put their best
foot foremost. The. farce Is by. no means
played out, however. It Is extremely
doubtful If treaty majority can be OBJ
tanned in the United States senate.
The herald., 1897-09-23

were It not that his political enemies
have sought to connect him with the
hateful outcropping Of anarchistic ideas.
AL the recognized labos leaders reject
them. Even Debs, who was so radical
at st. Louis. repudiates the damnable
teachings Of the Chicago Social Democ-
racy.
1t IL more than ehort-s.ghted folly-it
10 crime-to ehut our eyes to the con-
ditions that are making for evil to the
Industrial classes in this country. 1t is
q greater crime to advocate anarchy as
the remedy. The American people hav.
q peaceful and the only effectual remedy
In their own hands. With our elastic
form Of government we should be more
than equal to the task. But If we are
not able to solve the problem, still the
advocates Of anarchy may find no per-
manent resting place in the political
and industrial economy of the American
people.
The herald., 1897-09-23
THE EVIL AND THE REMEDY

1t is one thing to call attention to ex-
listing evils and another to advocate un-
lawful methods for remedying those
evils, and it is important that the distinc-
ton should be made.
1t is clearly evident that there is some
thing radically wrong with our indus
trial and financial systems, because,
while very small class is reaping by
far the greater proportion Of the bene-
fits to be derived from those systems,
a much larger class is year by year being
pressed lower and lower in the scale Of
humanity. The classes that come in be-
tween do not take cognizance Of this con :.
dition Of things as much as they might.
because they themselves do not expert
ence radical changes. The tendency with
them is in some cases downward; in
some upward. Their condition when it
does improve is gradual, while that Of the
moneyed few improves very fast and
with long strides.
The classes that are being pressed
downward by the prevailing Industrial
and financial conditions number several
millions without taking into account
their families. The great coal miners
strike, just now ended has brought these
classes forcibly to the public attention
1t has brought the people face to face
with great problem. We are forced to
ask ourselves where these things will
end. and to answer the question if we
can.
1t is the case, and logically so, that the
friends of free silver have been recog
nized as the champions of the masses.
Mr.. Bryan is pre- eminently the friend of
the people. To him, and to the leaders
associated with him. the people who
compose the sub-stratum of Americas IS
society look for deliverance.
There are others who have taken ad-
vantage of the prevailing conditions to
promulgate the most mischievous. mosx
un-American doctrines. There are an
archistic agitators. like the Social De-
mocracy of Chicago, who advocate vio-
lence disorder, dynamite, and who
would, If they could have their way.
bring about state OF political chaos.
Such as these are not the true friends
Of the masses, and their monstrous doc
trines are rejected by every true Ameri-
can citizen. Mr.. Bryan rejects them.
Indeed. 1t il an insult to mention his
name In connection with such teachings.
The herald., 1897-09-23
CAUSE AND EFFECT

The wheat crop all over Europe, and
to great extent the potato and corn
crops as well, are reported a failure
Famine is devastating the teeming pop
ulation Of India and even the British
Islands are experiencing the hardships
of immature crops rottirg in the fields.
Added to all this, Europe is now, to an
extent as never before, one vast mill
tary encampment, with millions of her
population withdrawn from all indus
trial pursuits and extensively clothed,
armed and fed at the expense of the
famine-t threatened remnant, consisting
chiefly Of the minors, the superannuated
and the women. At the same time
America has been the fortunate pro-
ducer Of all the forms of the food of
civilized man to an extent almost un-
precedented.
It is under these circumstances
that wave Of prosperity has
come to the producers of this country,
and now we notice that with becoming
modesty (?) the trusts and corporations
are making an effort to steal the light
ming Of circumstances to produce a peal
Of prosperity thunder in the interest Of
Mckinley, Hanna and the Dingley tar
if. 1t further unhappily appears from
a few complaisant remarks dropped by
the president in the direction indicated,
that he is more than satisfied, to accept
this unearned guerdon. But there is an
old maxim of judicial logic that has
served to decide many knotty case,
which says that "he who takes the ben
eft must bear the burden" Inasmuch,
therefore, as the manifest reason for
the advance in the prices of breadstuffs
In the United States is the prevalent
tions in the old world, our monometa.-
list friends will have to assume for
themselves, for their tariff and their
chosen executive all the responsibility
out the eastern hemisphere. Since the
logic of some of our local contempora-
ries, in maintaining that the Mckinley
administration has brought about this
wave, tacitly admits that it must there
fore have superinduced the responsible
cause, we are not called upon to pursue
the question any further.
OF course we are not compelled
to believe that Mr.. Hanna is
such consummate hoodoo that
he could have plucked one of the
fleetirg famine impulses that hover
about his coal mines and have hurled it
upon the plains of Hindostar. or that he
could have gathered up measure of the
desolation that he had reserved for the
home of western labor and have sent it
abroad to blight the productive fields of
other lands. All this would probably
be taxing our credulity too heavily
But if our contemporaries are emulous
Of this sort of distinction for their chief
tains, that is their business. We trust
that, in view of all the facts that are
thus made plain, there will not be found
anyone who will have the temerity TO
deny that to Mr.. Hanna and his politi
cal bed-fellows are solely attributable
the fabulous deposits of gold in the
swamps Of the Klondike.
The herald., 1897-09-23
A Scheme Spoiled

WASHINGTON. Sept. 22.-The In.
dians on the Western reservations will
be late in getting their winter cloth
ing this year. The delay Is due to the
discovery Of sharp practice on the part
of a New York firm evidently acting in
collusion with some one in the Indian
office, whereby the government wards
were to be furnished inferior clothing
and the contractors reap large profit
The conspiracy was first detected sew
eral weeks ago, and in order to secure
honest dealing, Commissioner Jones re-
jected all bids under the original adver-
tisement and readvertised.
The herald., 1897-09-23

The Washington Post whacks the
nails head in saying that when a sher-
if's posse can fire into a crowd of sew
eral hundred Pennsylvania miners
without hitting an American the pub
lie ought to get fair idea of one of the
prime causes of labor troubles in that
state.-Chicago Times-Herald.
Why did not the Times Herald en-
brace the opportunity to hit the nail an
other whack by saying that. the prime
cause itself originated in fatal weak
ness of the American system of protec-
tion, so-called, system that has en-
riched the few while 1t supplarted
American labor with foreign contract
labor?
The herald., 1897-09-23
Unitarian Conference

SARATOGA, N. Y. Sept 22.-The "Old
Theology and the New" was the topic
taker up at the morning session of the
Unitarian conference. Papers were
read in relation to History and Philos-
ophy" by Rev. John w. Chadwick of
Brooklyn, and "In Relation to Bible
Criticism" by J. w. Grow, d. D. The
Rev. Charles F. Dole of Jamaica Plains.
Boston, discussed the points of contact
and the difference between Unitarian
ism and the new orthodoxy.
The herald., 1897-09-23
SILVER AND WHEAT

During the past few days the price Of
wheat has gone down II cents bushei
and the price Of silver has gone up 7
cents an ounce. And yet, strange to
say, the Republican press has not said
word about it. They do not greet that
the price of grain has gone down, neither
do they rejoice that the price of silve,
has gone up.
The herald., 1897-09-23
PEACE TERMS
General Rejoicing Over Signing Of
Preliminaries

NEW YORK, Sept. PA dispatch to
the Herald from Thermpa says:
The Levant Herald says 1t Is difficult
to exaggerate the general feeling of sat
isfaction caused by the signature of the
peace preliminaries.
The conclusion was greatly facilitated
by the moderation Of the imperial gov
ernment and the Sultan, who accepted
the terms, which fall far short Of what
the facts connected with the war would
have justified. This fact was fully ac-
knowledged in a speech of the Austrian
Ambassador.
The herald., 1897-09-23
Back From Hawaii

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22.-Among
the passengers who came up on the City
Of Peking from Honolulu was DR.. D. N.
Hoyt Of Sacramento, who has been sup
plying the Central Union pulpit during
Rev. D. p. Birnie's absence in Japan.
Mrs. F. M Hatch, wife of the Hawaiian
Minister at Washington, returns to the
United States for the winter. She will
visit her mother in Oakland before pro-
ceeding to Washington. DIR. Stephen d
Brooks Of the United States Marine.
Hospital service is on his way to Boston.
having completed a tour of China and
Japan where he made thorough inves-
tigation Of the quarantine conditions.
The herald., 1897-09-23
An Exhibition

OAKLAND. Sept. 22.-John OBrien.
who was arrested for robbing a saloon
till and locked up after flooring three
policemen. is we'll known all over the
country and came into prominence dur
ing the great strike Of 1893. He founded
q daily newspaper called the Railroad
Mans Advocate. and for few weeks he
coined money. Every merchant was
anxious to advertise in 1t and every
body wanted to buy it, but when the
strike collapsed the paper went out Of
existence.
The herald., 1897-09-23
THE SEAL HERD
Jordan Makes No Prediction, But Has
Hopes

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22.-President
David Starr Jordan of Stanford Univer-
sity is preparing to attend the confer
ence Of the International Seal Fishery
Commission, of which he Is a member.
He says: II hope the Washington con-
ference will get along with as little Of
diplomatic letters and printed reports as
possible and have a confidential exchange
Of views in order to hasten a settlement
of the question. have not the least idea
of what will be the outcome, but rather
than see the seal herds slaughtered I
would prefer to have England own them
all. I am not making any predictions as
to whether or not the conference will
succeed in drafting a treaty."
The herald., 1897-09-23
Hanna's Opponent

CINCINNATI, O., Sept. 22.-John r.
Mclean, who is the Democratic candi-
date for United States Senator against
Mark A. Hanna, the incumbent, has ar
rived from Washington and will remain
here, until after the November election.
Mr.. Mclean will give his personal at
tention to the campaign in this part Of
the State.
The herald., 1897-09-23
Train Robbers Held

STOCKTON. Sept. 22.-George VIII
liams and G. w. Slagel. charged with
the attempt to hold up the Los Angeles
express at Morano on the 4th inst, were
held to answer this morning in SO 900
bonds. Williams wanted to turn
States evidence, but the District Attor-
ney refused to accept.
The herald., 1897-09-23
Sheep Men Fined

SALT LAKE, Utah. Sept. ga
special to the Tribune from White
Rock, Utah, says report has been re-
ceived from W. M. Wyman, chief OF the
Unintah police, who was sent out some
time ago to collect trespass money from
sheepmen, who were Illegally on the
reservation. He is holding several
herGss for the arrival of their owners,
and has collected $500 for fines on sheep
that he allowed to leave the reserva-
ton
The herald., 1897-09-23

A good deal Of sympathy seems to
have been wasted on Mr.. 1. w. Lord,
who, apparently, is not anxious to pro-
ceed with the prosecution Of the man
who worked the gold brick swindle upon
him. At all events 1t is lamertable that
a notorious swindler who has earned a
national reputation as confidence man
should walk through the meshes Of the
law by means Of technicality.
The herald., 1897-09-23

Los Angeles has policeman who
grows his own coffee, but the world
will never have one who grows his
own apples, or bananas or peanuts,
or anything that is found on the COR
ner stand.-Chicago Times-Herald.
The Times-Herald Is mistaken. Fruit
Of all kinds is so plentiful ard cheap in
Los Angeles that policeman would no
more think of filching from the corner
stands than Chicago policeman would
Of drinking water in case Of thirst or
the beat.
The herald., 1897-09-23

Seth Low has accepted the Citizens
York. He says that he is Republican
and expects to remain one, but that he
shall insist upon being free from all
partisan obligations. II shall try to
make an administration" he proceeds,
that will be honest, broad d-minded, ef-
f1cient and business-like ard considerate
Of the interests of every citizen" And
now Platt and Quigg declare that Mr..
Low is not q Republican. Rather EN-
barrassing for the Republicans, isn't it?
The herald., 1897-09-23
Zelaya's Success

MANAGUA, via Galveston, Sept. 22.---
The troops of President Zelaya, it is Of
fcially announced, have pursued and
defeated near Rivas, the insurgent force
under General Paiz. The president is
now busily engaged in bringing about
the Imprisonment in various parts of
the country Of people suspected Of con-
spiracy against the government. Mail
communication to and from Nicaragua,
which was interrupted by the insur-
gents, has now been restored.
The herald., 1897-09-23

Kramer to Randsburg is to be built, and
that active construction will be COM
menced In q few days. With the COM
mencement Of cooler weather and the
building OF the railroad to the mines
some other large developments In that
section Of country are promised. the par
ticulars Of which will be given to the
public in a few days.
The herald., 1897-09-23

The reelection of Mr.. A. H. Naftzger
as manager of the Southern California
Fruit Growers exchange was a merited
members of the exchange could have
done in furthering their own interests.
An exchange of that sort is of very
little use unless capable. efficient man
is at the head Of it.
The herald., 1897-09-23
Fishery Quarrels

ST. JOHNS, N. F., Sept. 22.-There is
Intense indignation on st. Georges Bay
over the action of the British warships
in closing down the lobster factories of
residents ard confiscating the products.
A repetition Of this proceeding is
threatened all along the French shore.
The mariners say that the factories in
terfere with those of French fishermen
The people threaten to resist the marines.
The herald., 1897-09-23
tramp.

A New York clergyman claims to see
the hand Of God in the Franco Russian
alliance. Emperor William, who says
he is the vice-gerent of the Lord, proba-
bly, does not agree with the preacher.
The herald., 1897-09-23
Gage Reaches Denver

DENVER, Col, Sept. 22.-Hon. Ly-
man j. Gage, secretary OF the treasury,
arrived in the city today, accompanied
by Mrs. Gage. They left this afternoon
for Boulder, Col. where they will spend
the night. starting for the east tomor-
row morning. Mr.. and Mrs. Gage were
married at Boulder.
The herald., 1897-09-23
The Bankers Protest

LONDON. Sept. 22.-The meeting Of
bankers called to protest against the ac-
ton Of Governor Smith Of the Bank Of
England with reference to holding one
fifth Of bullion in silver against the note
issue, was held today at the Clearing
House and a resolution was adopted
against the proposed action. The protest
on the part of the bankers is unprece-
dented and the sole topic Of discussion
in financial circles,
The herald., 1897-09-23
Evidence Against Cooper

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 22.-Chief
Lees has received letter from DR.. Nc
Cullough of Alliston, Ont, confirming
the Canadian evidence against "Slr"
Harry Westwood Cooper and stating
that the father Of Ida Maud Campaigne,
the girl who claims to be Cooper's wife,
Is arranging for her transportation
home.
The herald., 1897-09-23
Sunk in Collision

VIENNA, Sept. 22.-Seventy persons
were drowned as the result Of yester-
days collision between the local passen-
ger steamer Ika and the British steamer
which was leaving there as the Ika en-
tered. The latter sank in full view of
two hundred people crowded on the pier
to receive her.
The herald., 1897-09-23

Carl M. Heintz, the editor Of the Rural
Californian, intends to make the sixth
session Of the national irrigation con-
gress a doubly memorable event, COM
bining the duties Of bridegroom with
those Of secretary of the congress-
The herald., 1897-09-23

beliefs OF the American nation regarding
the trouble In Cuba are very clear and
pronounced. We are committed. so to
speak, to policy Of sympathy and moral
support in behalf Of the Cubans. We
must stand by those principles SO long
as we can do so honestly and honorably.
The herald., 1897-09-23
Miners at Work

HAZELTON. Sept. 22.-Practically
every colliery in the region is working
today, though not in full force. The
burning of the Evans breaker last night
is suspected to be the work of an incen-
diary, and the withdrawal of the militia
has been delayed on that account.
The herald., 1897-09-23
Crime in Kansas

GALENA, Kan, Sept. 22.-The notori-
Gus Staffleback House was burned by
a mob at midnight and every vestige Of
the old structure where murders and
diabolical crimes were committed was
destroyed. Search for the remains Of
The herald., 1897-09-23

1t Is not probable that the city cuunci:
will place any obstacle in the way of
testing the hand sweeping system under
the auspices of the Merchants ard Man
ufacturers' association. Any innovation
that promises good results ought to be
welcomed. The city will be at no ex-
pense in the present instance.
The herald., 1897-09-23

Mart Barren, who wrote "She Called
1t Romance" Bradbury Ward
booklet. was assaulted by a tramp at
Santa Barbara.-Evening paper.
For once we can sympathize with the
tramp,
The herald., 1897-09-23

1t is suspected that Senator Elkins is
not 90 proud of section % as he was be-
fore Attorney General McKenna's opin-
ion was announced. "Pride goeth before
a fall"
The herald., 1897-09-23

The old Fremont or Republican party
has just celebrated at Pittsburg the
forty-first year Of its organization. How
1t has degenerated since 1885,
The herald., 1897-09-23
John Bookshir Dead

CHILLICOTHE, Mo-. Sept. 22.-John
L. Brookshir is dead. aged 80 years. Mr.
Brookshir was for two years Assistant
Secretary of the National Association
Of the Y. M. c. A.. during which time
he resided In New York city.
The herald., 1897-09-23

Sheriff Martin. has been arrested and
held charged with murder Why didn't
they get an injunction?
The herald., 1897-09-23

Can it be possible that the decision on
section % was another Knockout blow
for Uncle Coils?
The herald., 1897-09-23
Odd Fellows Session

SPRINGFIELD. Sept %. : Boston
was selected after hot fight as the To-
cation for the next meeting place Of the
Sovereign Lodge I. o. o. F.
The herald., 1897-09-23

The Cubans promise some lively work
for the opening of the fall campaign,
and poor Weyler has had no vacation,
The herald., 1897-09-23

1t will tax the energies of even New
Broom to get South Main street clean.
The dust of ages rests upon it.
The herald., 1897-09-23

There was hot time in this old town
last night And also for several pre-
vious rights,
The herald., 1897-09-23
RANDsBuRo RAILROAD

Information is received from an Of
ficial source that the railroad from
The herald., 1897-09-23
Los ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION

state Of California. County Of Los Ange-
ies.-ss.
L. M. Holt. superintendent Of circulation
Of tho Los Angeles Daily Herald. being
nrst duly sworn. deposes and says: That
for the five months from February l. 1897.
to June 80, 1897 (inclusive). the total circu-
lation Of the said Daily Herald was ]. .6S5
copies. being an average daily circulation
Of e604.
That the weekday circulation during tht
above time was 1,O71, ,567, being daily aver.
age of s3O6 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 21sO59. being an average f0
eosh Sunday of 1O:AS1.
Superintendent Of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day Of July, 1897
FRANK J. COOPER,
Notary Public in and for the County OF Los
Angeles. State Of California.