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The herald., 1897-07-27

tracing the volume Of the circulating
medium. He viewed the subject from the
standpoint of a money lender, and not
from that of the interests Of all classes
Of the people.
Lyman ]. Gage Is the second man
appointed to the treasury portfolio for
the reason that he is an experienced
banker and, as indicated, his policy is
to contract the money volume, the same
as was done by his predecessor, McCul-
loch. The defect in such men is that
their ideas become contracted as a re-
suit Of their narrow business expert
ence. They are unable to grasp the va
ried interests of the country. A man is
required in the treasury department at
this time who is broader than Mr.. Gage
and has larger sympathy with the
masses
The herald., 1897-07-27
ANOTHER DEBT PAID

Senator Teller usually knows what hi
Is talking about. In his speech on the
tariff the other day he declared that the
tariff on lumber is wholly in the interest
of few mill men in Michigan, Mime
sofa and Wisconsin, and that it will
enable them to raise the price of pine
lumber SO or "a thousand feet OF
course this will be a bounty to the mil.
lionaire lumber men like Gen. Alger and
direct tax upon the consumers. Sena-
tor Teller is protectionist and did moi
make the statement for buncombe or po-
litical effect
The senator might well have gone fur
Their and pointed out that the increased
tariff on lumber, besides putting hun
dreds of thousands of dollars in the
pockets of the lumber barons, will also
put premium upon the early destruc-
ton Of our forests. A lower rate would
have permitted the Importation of lum-
Der from Canada and British Column
bia, and thus lessened the pressure upon
our own forest reserves.
That the reckless destruction, of our
forests involves a great and, added in
jury by lessening the rainfall is no
longer mere theory. 1t is a proved
condition. Already it has become neces-
sary for the government to intervene in
order to save what trees are left on the
government lands. 1t is not to be ex-
pected that the Lumber barons will have
any thought to serve the public inter-
ests. What they are after is that pub
lie interests shall eerve their interes SITS.
1t would make no difference to them
should the country become a verita BILE
Death valley through dryness of climate
caused by the failure to conserve the
water supply by maintaining the forests.
The great lumber barons of the coun-
try have always been among the Lead
ing supporters of the Republican party
and among the heaviest contributors to
its campaign funds. 1t looks as if they
had drawn one of those justly notorious
sight drafts upon the administrati ton and
the Republican majority in congress, and
that the draft had been honored.
The herald., 1897-07-27
TUESDAY, JULY ~, 1907
WOMEN AND THE TARIFF

Women will be greatly interested in
the new tariff law, because they will
have to pay a great deal more for the
things they buy. Indeed, it really looks
as if they had been made the especial
victims of Republican legislation. The
Examiner devotes column to showing
how the increased duties will add to the
cost of women's wearing apparel and
apparently does not tell the whole story
at that.
The duty on corsets has been raised 10
per cent. Cotton goods are heavily taxed.
Under the present law the duties range
from S1a cents a square yard to cents.
The average percentage of duty under
the new schedule is raised so that cot
ton goods will in the future cost about
25 per cent more than they do now.
The rate of duty on cotton pushes,
velvet, velveteens, etc, has been raised
from 40 per cent to 74.67 per cent All
wooden pushes, which now pay 40 per
cent, have been increased to rates that
run from IS to 147 per cent. Silk plushes
velvets and chenilles fare equally as
badly.
Hosiery is an important item in every
family. The present duty is 50.42 per
cent. Under the new law the duty will
be 7O.46 per cent Silk hosiery is raised
from so per cent to go per cent.
The present duty on cotton underwear
is so per cent, and only shirts and draw
ers were on the dutiable list Under the
new law vests, union suits, combination
suits, tights, sweaters and corset covers
are added, and the duty is raised to s.
per cent
All the rates in flannel underwear have
been raised, the average increase being
50 per cent.
Next comes lace edging embroideries
neck rufties, ruching, silk laces and en-
broideries, linen and silk handkerchiefs
etc. The duty on all these things has
been raised at least 10 per cent. The price
of all wool dress goods will be greatly in
creased. On classified tons of the Will
con law the rates have been increased
an average of so per cent. Millinery bills
are going to be larger. On women's
gloves the duty SIS cents a dozen higher
than under the Wilson law.
OF course a great stock of goods has
been imported in anticipation of the new
law; but in few months the woman
who goes shopping will have either to
buy less or to put more money in her
purse.
The herald., 1897-07-27
Artesia, Cal, July 81.
The Epigrammatic Mr.. Johns

To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald: The tariff bill is passed and the
American people draw deep breath Of
relief. So will Durrant, when he finally
stands on the trap-the suspense will be
over.
May we not expect to see in the near
future some such an advertisement as:
Wanted, for the Clondyke region, I'M
dertakers. Good opening for the right
men. Must be rustlers."
I'm afraid We'll have to waive that
"wave."
The coal miners are most unkind, to
worry the Ohio senator al this time; he
has the fall elections (and the fall of
Hanna) to think about.
If silver is dead, why is the Republican
press 80 anxious to have Mr.. Bryan
quit? Perhaps they have an idea that
he is not delivering funeral orations, af-
ter all. CLOUDESLEY JOHNS.
Harold, Cal.
The herald., 1897-07-27
A NEW TRIUMPH

California fruit has at last carried the
day in the east, more particularly as re-
lates to the city of New York. Its victory
is undeniable and complete. The sur
render is unconditional.
The victory was not won in day.
The battle has been long and vigor-
ously contested. The citadels of preju-
dice have been abandoned one by one;
and as each has fallen, the enemy has
voiced derision and defiance from its
remaining strongholds. But now, not one
Is left.
It was only a few weeks ago that the
New York World. after printing very
able and interesting editorial on the ma
vel orange, praising that luscious and
unique California product to the skies
INDUCED in its annual fling at the Cal
ifornia peach, denouncing it as worth
less and wooden and utterly incompetent
for purposes of comparison with its
cousins of Delaware and New Jersey.
We of California said nothing. We had
heard before the same contemptuous
denunciatory utterances. We knew that
it was the fault of the distance and lack
of facilities rather than of the fruit it
self. We were as patient as Job and as
meek as Moses, for we knew that enter
prise and ingenuity were at work and
that the day of the despised peach would
eventually arrive.
1t has come The New York Times
Of July 18TH in long editorial on Cali
fornia peaches, says: "Our markets
have for the past few days attested the
final triumph of the California fruit
growers" Confession is good for the
soul. The Times goes on to say:
Eastern skeptics who maintained for
a long time that no good thing to eat
could come out of the Pacific Nazareth
have been driven from one position
after another. They have been forced
to admit successfully that the oranges
and the grapes and the cherries of
California were good to eat. And they
have retreated into their last fastness
the position that at all events the Cali
fornian fruit manufacturer could not
Now this citadel has also been car
ried. The peaches that were so much
larger and handsomer than those of
nature, but which were made of wood
pulp have not this season appeared at
all. They have been replaced by
peaches much smaller and less impress
sive to the eye. but most agreeable to
the nostril and the palate. They smell
like peaches, they taste like peaches.
1t is impossible longer to deny that they
are peaches.
The California fruit growers soul Sips
thirstily of the nectar in the foregoing,
but withal a terrible suspicion arises.
Connecticut is adjacent to New York,
and wood pulp suggests wooden nut
megs. Have the schemeful Connecticut
ers been manufacturing wooden peaches
and palming them off upon the confiding
New Workers. as the genuine California
product?
The Times characterizes the laying
down" of 80 very perishable fruit as the
peach across the continent from its place
why can they not be carried across the
ocean? And argues it not an impossible
ity to California enterprise and ingenu-
ity. We shall see. Our other fruits are
being sold in London at high prices
Peaches will soon follow if getting them
there in good condition is within the
limit of human achievement.
The herald., 1897-07-27

the accompanying maps and papers. The
document forms a book of over three
hundred pages and covers every detail
of the harbor investigation and its re-
suits. A particularly valuable feature
is the maps and diagrams accompanying
the report, which include charts of San
Pedro harbor and bay and of Santa
Monica bay. The Herald acknowledges
the courtesy of Senator White in send
ing it copy of the document.
The herald., 1897-07-27
The Lay of the Last Vortex Alto,


The Lay Of the Last Vortex-Atom
The Vortex-Atom was dying,
The last of his shivering race
With lessening energy flying
Through the vanishing realms of Space
No more could he measure his fleeting-
No milestones to mark out his way:
But he knew by his evident heating
His motion was prone to decay.
So he staid in his drift rectilnear
For time had nigh ceased to exist,
And his motion grew ever less SPINNER
Till he scattered in infinite mist.
But as his last knot was dissolving
Into the absolute naught-
mo more" so sighed he resolving,
"Shall as atom be caught.
'Pve capered and whirled for ages,
I've danced to the music of spheres,
I've puzzled the brains of the sages-
Whose lives were but reckoned by years
"They thought that my days were unend.
ing,
But sadly mistaken were they;
For, alas! my 1ife-force is expanding
In asymptotic decay"
K. in Nature.
The herald., 1897-07-27
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS ON THE
HARBOR

One of the most valuable public doc
umente that have been issued for a
long time is senate document No IS, on
the deep water harbor at Port Los An
geles or at San Pedro. 1t comprises the
letter of the secretary of war in responss
to the senate resolution asking him to
submit the report made to him by the
board appointed to locate the harbor.
together with the plans, specifications
and estimates made by said board. and
The herald., 1897-07-27

The Republicans are now thinking Of
rewarding Senator Allison for his man
agement of the new tariff law in the SEN
ate by nominating him for president in
1924 He also serves who only stands
and waits"
The herald., 1897-07-27

The New York Times declares that
John Shermans letter on the sealing
question was a string of insults. Now
England is not in the habit of taking a
whole string Of insults tamely, and the
fact that the letter was quietly re-
ceived and that it had the effect of hur-
ments connected with the matter is
sufficient proof that it went no further
than was warranted by the facts and
conditions.
The herald., 1897-07-27
The Correspondent Taylor Proves to
Be a Negro

To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald: Had I known that one Geo. D.
Taylor, the author of the letter in the
Times Of the 21st, attacking the virtue of
southern women, was negro L might
not have written my reply to him in The
Herald of the 23d; but as the sentiments
of the negro were emphasized, in an edi-
torial paragraph in the Times of the
ame~date, it is perhaps best that my
reply was published.
JOHN SHIRLEY WARD.
The herald., 1897-07-27

Main, Spring and Sixth streets should
be repaired at once. The street commits
sion can do nothing until the order of
the council forbidding further repairs
is rescinded. What is the council going
to do about it?
The herald., 1897-07-27
Nrs. Logan to Visit the Pullmans

Mrs. John Logan has about recovered
from the effects of her serious fall on the
stairs at Calumet place two weeks ago.
She expects to visit her friends, Mr. and
Mrs. George M Pullman, at their sum-
mer home at Long Branch before she
|goes to Chicago to witness the unwilling
Of General Logan's statue on July a.
Chicago Chronicle.
The herald., 1897-07-27
THE REASON WHY

1t is not at all likely that the discov.
cry of vast gold deposits at Clondykt
or anywhere else will reduce the ex-
change value of the yellow metal.
Why? Because an artificial and ar
bitrary force fixes the money value OF
the metal and creates an unlimited de-
mand for it.
The same arbitrary and artificial force
has taken the money value away from
silver and reduced it to the level of a
commodity.
The herald., 1897-07-27
Mr.. Benedict's Fine Fireworks

New York; G. Benedict had one Of
the finest pyrotechnic displays of the
millionaires along the sound. 1t is said
he burnt up $1,000 worth of fireworks in
honor of his guests. Mr.. and Mrs Grover
Cleveland, and other distinguished folk.
|-Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1897-07-27

The Henley authorities declared be-
fore the racing began that no faint of
profe ssionalism attached to young Ter
handily. If he had been defeated moth
ing more would have been said. The
English are the best winners and the
worst losers that the world of sports
affords
The herald., 1897-07-27
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prints
communications, but does not assume re-
sponsibiity for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as is consistent with the
proper expression of their views)
The herald., 1897-07-27

President Mckinley signalized the
closing hours of the extra session of
congress by play at the galleries that
was taken for just what it was-nothing.
The herald., 1897-07-27

there, am become some what interested
in the Alaskan gold discovery myself,
and if the gentleman signing his name
w. r. w. will write me at Box A, Ar
tesla, Cal, I would be glad to communi-
cate with him, having had experience
on the same line on which he wrote and
know whereof he writes.
JOHN H. PEARCE.
Artesia, Cal, July 81
The herald., 1897-07-27

'If," says the Washington Post, "Mr.
Robert P. Porter is going to be one of
the chaperons of returning prosperity,
we are prepared to dispose of our share
at a heavy discount" Robert is not a
chaperon. He is false prophet on time 8
profitable to himself
The herald., 1897-07-27

The July number of Money says: "Chi-
cago seems to have a plethora of silver
literature ard of free silver publications.
Tons of silver literature are being pre-
pared for distribution in eastern states"
Silver is deader than ever, isn't it? But
the campaign of education goes on.
The herald., 1897-07-27
LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD
WORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION

5~WORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION.
State of California, County Of Los Ange-
Less.
L. M. Holt, superintendent of circulation
Of the Los Angeles Daily Herald. being
first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
for the FIVE months from February l, 1897,
to June go 1897 (inclusive), the total circu-
lation of the said Daily Herald was 1920 635
copies, being an average daily circulation
of 1904.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,o7l,567, being a daily aver.
age of $500 copies
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 219,O59 being an average fti
each Sunday of 1O;431.
L. M. HOLT,
Superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of July, 1897.
FRANK ]. COOPER,
Notary Public in and for the County of Los
Angeles, State of California.
The herald., 1897-07-27

not let Mr.. Bryan alone until they have
elected him president. That happy re-
suit will grow more and more probable
as the fateful days of 1900 approach.
The herald., 1897-07-27
A Favorite Quotation

hold 1t true, wbate'er befall;
I feel it when sorrow most;
It's better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
-Tennyson 'In Memoriam.'
The herald., 1897-07-27

It IL pretty certain that Mr.. Powderly
will not again change his mind on the
currency question SO long as he is COM
missioner Of immigration.
The herald., 1897-07-27

Prosperity has arrived. If you don't
believe it ask the sugar trust.
The herald., 1897-07-27

I was complaining to the street super
intendent the other day of the many I'M
slightly obstruction that disturb the
traffic of our principal thoroughfares
AS case in point 1 instanced the pile of
lumber that abuts ten feet from the side
walk opposite a new building going up
on the west side of Spring street, be-
tween Third and Fourth Mr.. Drain
acknowledged the obstruction to traffic,
leaving, as it does, barely carriage room
between it and the street car tracks.
and said Il believe in pursuing a lib
eral policy toward men who are willing
to invest forty or fifty thousand dollars
in building up the city. Such enterprise
needs encouragement rather than perse-
cution." This is all very we'll, but me-
thinks building business blocks in Los
Angeles is a good enough investment to
stand on its merits, without the builders
being permitted to break the law AS
another case in point 1 notice that the
entire sidewalk has been converted into
pitfall opposite the new armory build
ing on Spring street at Eighth. Such
violations of the law are impossible in
big cities, and it is really time for Los
Angeles to be assuming metropolitan
methods. But there are so many other
things about our streets that are the re-
verse of tropolitan-which, in fact,
would be discredit to backwo Gods bor-
ough-that perhaps I am carping at
trifies.
The herald., 1897-07-27

Secretary Alger has been charged with
being predisposed in favor of his friend
Huntington in the San Pedro harbor
matter, and an interview reproduced in
this mornings Herald from the Herald of
March TO- 1894, goes to show that the
charge is not unfounded Mr.. Alger
was not government official then, but
he is one row, and he can no longer de-
lay the carrying out of the instructions
of congress that have been enacted into
law without seriously rejecting upon his
own official reputation.
The herald., 1897-07-27
Kingman, Ariz.. July 20.

To the Editor Of the Los Angeles
Herald: Seeing letter in The Herald
of the 21st from a man who has hneA
The herald., 1897-07-27
Ready for Clondyke

To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald: In reply to w. r. w. in The
Herald of Wednesday, the 21st inst, in
regard to goicg to Alaska. have made
the trip overland to Yukon river, and
therefore am we'll acquainted with all
the work, danger and hardship which
every man must meet going into that
most inhospitable region. If arrange
ment can be made with suitable part
ner 1 would go again.
n DDnuyNr
The herald., 1897-07-27

Inc New York Times cruelty explodes
the brand new American brag that the
sun never sets on American posse ssions,
which is Of course patterned after the
time-honored' British boast. 1t shows
tnat the sun actually sets at Attu island,
our extreme westerly possession, six
minutes before it rises at PASSPORT,
Maine, which Is our extreme easterly
possession. Thus we lose the game by
six minutes, and a minute is as good as
an hour in case Of that kind But by
way of consolation it is made known
that in the early summer the sun de-
cl1nes to set at Point Barrow our ex-
IRENE northerly possession.
The herald., 1897-07-27
ON THE STREET

The latest important recruit to the
army of fortune seekers starting for
Clondyke is said to be the gallant Colonel
Walter S. Moore. He will, it is stated
resign his position as fire department;
chief, and on arriving al his icy destina-
ton will at once occupy the newspaper
field by the publication of a daily journal
which is to be named 1.-THE Frozen
Truth" Every one who knows the col
oneIs qualifications as a raconteur will
recognize his fitness for the position. He
will not take the Saint Michael route
saints not being the kind of company he
is seeking-but will go from Juneau by
the Chilcoot pass with line of sledgee
to be drawn by discarded fire engine
steeds. He will be accompanied by ex-
Railroad Commissioner Jim Rea, so that
he will have at least one ex-ray of hope,
and by ex-Secretary James " Kelly.
The fate of the expedition will be
watched with the greatest of interest by
wide circle Of grass widows and tenn
porary orphans.
The herald., 1897-07-27

The latest vagaries of fashion are en-
tirely contrary to the ordinary canons of
good taste. The general effect is to be
startling, and artistic notions are sac
rif1ced to this end. What is the effect :?
Well my dear madam, to be conspicuous
by reason of your overdressing is to be
vulgar; and if you don't mind it, 1 sup
pose l shouldn't. I must confess, how
ever that l was really panied the other
day to see one of the best known women
in town attired in a costume that was
only meant to adorn her person on an
afternoons jaunt to Santa Monica, but
was really sufficient to brighten the
fishes. Can 1 describe it? Well, I'll try
She wore blouse of brilliant purple of
that startling material tfat Elvira tells
me is called shot silk That would
have been all right but her parasol was
of an equally startling shade of green in
similar material. If Elvira ever takes
to these shades I think it will be quite
sufficient grounds for an application in
Department d.
The herald., 1897-07-27

Charlie Walton, the Fiesta factotum,
was exuding triumphant joy yesterday
over letter he had just received from a
newly arrived but substantial business
man, in which he offered his subscrip-
ton of $100, payable on demand, for La
Fiesta of '9S, together with his assurance
that he would do all he could to assist
in making the Fiesta, if possible, great
er success than ever before "Ah!"
sighed the resourceful secretary, what
can we do to get more-a lot more-like
that?"
The herald., 1897-07-27

Thomas Power O'Conr,or. M. p. Is of
the opinion that the constant chickering's
between the United States and England
Will not cease until the Irish question is
settled. The wish is doubtless father 10
the opinion; but while there is plenty of
sympathy for Ireland in this country
1t is individual rather than national.
That is to say, the Americans as nation
do not hate England on account of her
Irish policy, although as a people they
very strongly disapprove of that policy
The distinction is fine but 1t is there.
The herald., 1897-07-27

They do say there Is a big difference
between 100000 and $1,19O,655, but the
city engineers sigh of relief when he got
through his two hours recitation be-
fore the council yesterday was well
worth hearing.
RYSTANDEP
The herald., 1897-11-28

Henry e. Dixey's debut as a presti-
digitatoroat the Garden theater in New
York was complete success. 1.-The new
magician combines ability, dexterlty, a
graceful manner and magnetic person
ality, which should at once establish him
favorite," says critic. Mr.. Dixey dis
penses with the use of French accent
ordinarily consider Indispensable to a
magician. GA, DOBINSON
The herald., 1897-11-28
The Charge of Dargai Gap

Bull Dogs! Harh! Did your courage fail |?
Bull Dogs. Hark! Did your glory pale?
What OF the Islander that says "Decayed!'
And gone to the dogs since the Light
Brigade?"
For the Blood and the Bone that humbled
Twas there again, boys, in the Dargai
Gap!
DID ye hear the swish of the flying shot,
The roll of the Drum and the rattle-pot? ?
The music that rose clear Ger that yell?
And thrilled thro the ranks and stirred up
He'll?
Come. Highland Laddie, head up! and step
forth,
You cock of the North. ah. pipe away.
With both stunps gone, but you won the
day!
You may lean your back against comrades
now,
They'll moisten your lips and they'll kiss
your brow:
For they fought like men. and a man may
weep
When he lays man to his last long sleep.
Bull dogs who sleep on the Dargai Ridge.
Fall in Quick march! And over the
bridge.
The Piper's ahead and the same old air
To pipe you to Heaven and veterans there
And you'll tell the Bullies who humbled
Nap
The glorious story of DargafGap.
Richard Mansfield in N. Y. Times.