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The herald., 1897-04-01
ARBITRATION AND BUSINESS

British statesmen and British mer-
chants are annoyed over the treatment
the arbitration treaty is receiving at the
hands of the United States senate. The
people who should be most concerned
however, are the farmers of this coun-
try, for it is more to their interest than
to any other class of our people that
peace and close commercial relations
should be maintained between the two
countries.
The jingoes boast of how we could
whip England in little or no time, but it
is not a question of whipping England.
1t is a question of having a continuous
market for our surplus agricultural
products. 1t would take our farmers
more than a decade to recover from the
disasters of a two years war with Eng
land
During the year 1896 the United King
dom took 9S per cent of all the cattle we
exported, amounting in round numbers
to $4,000, 900 worth. She took so per cent
of the horses and 90 per cent of the
sheep that we sent abroad, and paid us
about SO, 600, 900 for them. Fifty per cent
of the butter, S5 per cent Of the cheese
and 90 per cent of the fresh beef that
we sold to Europe was bought by Great
Britain, and substantially the same per-
centage of all others of our exported ag-
ricultural products. She paid us $112,-
900, 900 for cotton, which was SO per cent
agricultural products. which are put
down at forty-one, last year. England
took a little over so per cent. and 1896
was no exception to the rule that Great
Britain is our best customer.
But the hundreds of millions of dollars
of British money that finds its way to
America every year for farm products
does not cover all our business rela-
tions with England. Perhaps so per
structed with British money, and our
mining interests owe more to English
capital for their development than to
any other, and what is true Of railways
and mines is also true of countless in
dustries and agricultural enterprises.
Millions and millions of British money
has been invested in developing Amer
lea, from which no return ever has or
ever will be made, but America has
gained largely by it. But, anyway,
Great Britain is our best customer for
our agricultural products, and, what is
The herald., 1897-04-01
THE OIL ORDINANCE

The special committee of the city coun-
ell appointed to confer with the oil pro-
ducers and others with view to the
amendment or modification of the or
dinance recently adopted for the reg
ulation of the oil industry will meet In
room IS, at the city hall. this evening.
The oil producers claim that certain pro-
visions of the ordinance work great
hardship upon them, and that II en-
forced they will close nine-tenths OF the
wells in the district. The provision which
it is claimed is the most onerous is that
prohibiting the storage of oil within one
hundred feet of any wooden building,
except in tanks buried at least two feet
under ground. Other provisions to which
objection is made are those prohibiting
the stringing of overhead wires or cables
over the streets and sidewalks, and the
loading of oil in wagons on the paved
streets.
There is no doubt that the strongest
pressure will be brought to bear on
the council to secure the notifications
asked for, The oil men have enlisted the
support of every commercial body in
the city. and committees will probably
he in attendance to urge the changes
asked for.
But. despite all this pressure, the
people expect the councilmen to do their
duty. The existing ordinance was adopt
ed after the most thorough considera-
ton. The oil men had their representa-
tiyes present at the meetings of the
committee, as did the property owners,
and the subject was discussed in all its
bearings. 1t cannot be said that the
ordinance was rushed through the coun-
Gil, or that anyone was denied hear
ing. and the very clause against which
the greatest objection is urged was
inserted after an object lesson had been
given in the shape of serious fire in
the oil district which might, under less
COlditiOhS, iioNS NS'SAOPNN
into a disastrous conf1agration.
On this statement of fact it is ap-
parent that the council should avoid
anything like hasty action. The ordi-
nance has been pronounced a good one
by the city attorney and it is satisfac-
tory to the people in the district af-
fected No change should be made un-
til at least it has been demonstrated
that such change is imperatively neces-
sary. and only then when some other
practicable remedy has been suggested.
This is especially true in the matter
of providing safeguards against fire. AS
it is now many property owners are
unable to secure insurance on their
homes, and for this reason alone, to
say nothing of the personal annoyance
and inconvenience to which they have
been subjected, they are entitled as a
matter of right to special consideration
The herald., 1897-04-01
congressional grant Of corporate

a congressional grant Of corporate
rights.
The effrontery of the measure being
thus made apparent it becomes the ac-
knowledged legitimate offspring of the
influence to which it belongs. The meas
ure will probably fail, upon revolution
ary grounds. but it's defeat will not be
the consequence of mere passive enort
in its behalf. 1t will be supported with
all the vigor peculiar to the campaigns
of the trust interest. But whether the
effort shall succeed or fail, the moral
aspect of Senator Foraker's scheme VIII
add but little luster to his senatorial
escutcheon.
The herald., 1897-04-01
Dockery's Amendment

To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald: The amendment offered by
Mr.. Dockery of Missouri to the tariff bill
on the 26th inst, presents one of the
most important propositions that has
been made in recent years. mean that
which provides that in case it should be
shown to the satisfaction of the presi-
dent that any article made dutiable by
the bill was controlled by trust or
combination, the duty upon such ar
ticle should be suspended.
Trusts and combinations are the or
der of the day. The manufacturers,
such as Carnegie and others, want high
duties to prevent foreign producers
from competing in American markets,
nor do they want domestic competition.
Therefore they and those whom they
control in congress do not want any law
that will interfere with domestic trusts
and combinations to prevent competi-
ton at home. If there is to be competi-
ton, foreign or domestic. then protec-
tive duties are undesirable to the great
manufacturers.
The precise language of the amend
ment does not appear in the dispatches.
and it may not present the case as should
be DONE As stated, when made to ap-
pear to the satisfaction of the president
the duties shall be suspended. The law
should provide that any citizen may go
into any court with proper pleadings,
making the supposed trust or combina-
ton a party or any member of it. and
have the fact established by judicial
proceedings that trust or combina-
ton does exist, and when so established
the president shall suspend the duty. 1t
would be unsafe to leave it to the dis
cretion of the president, who might be
friendly to or under the influence of
trust
The great fight of the day IS against
trusts and combinations to fleece the
masses, and revenue laws should not be
made serviceable to those engaged in
that unchristian business.
REPUBLICAN,.
Los Angeles, March 2S, 1897
The herald., 1897-04-01

more. she need not be dependent upon
us for anything, while without her trade
American farmers would have very
hard and a very improbable row to
hoe.
The senate plays with edged tools
when it dilly-dallies to make political
capital, or hesitates because the treaty
might in some way set aside some of
the senate's self-created so-called pre-
r00a fiyes
The herald., 1897-04-01
LEGALIZING PLUMBER

Senator Foraker of Ohio has achieved
the distinction of having taken stride
in advance of any of his contemporary
legislator AS might be inferred from
the tendency of current legislation in its
application to trusts and combinations
generally. Senator Foraker's effort is
intended to legalize the usurpations Of
the traffic associations which were re-
Gently defeated by the decision of the
supreme court in the transmissouri
case. The means employed to do this is
characteristic of the oligarchical dicta-
ton peculiar to the business associa
tions of the times in which we live, that
is to say, impudent in its assurance and
insulting in it's impudence. Senator For
aker's plan is contained in bill which
he has introduced for the purpose of 1e-
moving the objections to the pooling of
rates among carriers Of freight andpas-
sengers. The bill starts out with the
provision that the pooling contract must
be in writing and their proceeds along
lines that simply work to reinstate the
defeated rate trusts in a new dress.
The senator thought it a matter of
great Importance that the pooling agree
ment should be sanctified by a written
record, but he fails to suggest wherein
the right or the power, to make such
contract, whether in writing or other
wise may be found to repose.
The act of pooling rates among incor-
porated carriers is one of the prohibi-
tions implied by their charters, under
general laws, and congress has neither
the power to amplify the charter of a
corporation granted by a state, nor to
recognize the right. on the part of the
chartered creature of the state, to en-
ter into a contract outside of the direct
authorization of such charter. This is
not a new question as it is presented in
this instance. The supreme court of the
United States has repeatedly disclaimed
either the power or the intention of the
federal government, in its dealings with
railroad corpora tions deriving their
power from the states, to grant to such
corporations any corporate rights, priv
ileges or immunities. But it now ap-
pears that to obtain just such advan-
tages is the precise end and aim of the
pooling bill of the Ohio statesman. Now
if the corporation had not the right un-
der its charter either to enter into this
pooling arrangement, or to continue in
the exercise of an assumed incidental
power that is declared unlawful as
in restraint of trade, and if fur
ther. by an act of congress it should
be declared that such corporation
should, nevertheless. be accorded the
coveted privilege. it becomes too plain
for argument that there is thus involved
The herald., 1897-04-01

million people of the United States, who
will then be at their mercy.
The scarcity of our sails on the ocean
is verified by all our consular reports
as well as by travellers. Consul Duncan,
writing from Naples in 1880, says that
out of forty-five vessels entering that
port loaded with American grain, not
one of them carried the American flag.
Consul Noyes. writing from Paris, says
he only saw three American flags on the
Mediterranean, and while at other times
from seventy-five to eighty American
flags could be seen in Smyrna, he then
could only see three. In 1879 only forty
three American vessels touched at Glib
raltar, while before the war from $50
to 200 touched there annually. That
there is an immense profit in our foreign
trade is verified by indisputable statis-
tics.
For the ten years between 1Ss0-9o we
collected as revenue from importations
s2oe, ,26o, ,074 annually. while We paid out
for freight to foreign vessels for the
same period an average of $3.50, 1893, ,625
for each year.
From 1870 to 1890 our foreign freight
bill was So, ,17O,14O and for the three
.secades from 1860 to 1890 we paid $4,5oo.-
900, ,0o0 or an average for the thirty years
of $3.50 100000 annually. Had we built
our own vessels, or had we the right to
buy foreign vessels and sail them under
the Stars and Stripes, this vast sum
would have been paid to our own people.
and there would never have been
necessity for exporting coin to meet our
foreign obligations. Our merchant ma
rine when in its day of greatest de-
velopment. was the training camp for
the naval soldiers of our warships
While we had a vast fleet on the ocean
we had men in training to fight our
naval battles. 1t was these soldiers who
fought with Perry on the lakes, Decatur
on the Mediterranean and Lawrence in
the war of 1912.
In 1880, out of 1887 vessels which loaded
with grain from New York for Europe,
only seventy-four of them carried the
American flag, while in 1924 we had
5000 vessels in our foreign trade.
To every patriotic American the lone
liness Of the American flag on the high
seas is really oppressive. England
boasts that her keels cleave every sea
on the globe, and that her morning
drumbeat is heard around the whole
earth. There was a time in 1860 when
Hail Columbia" rung out from the lips
of our jolly tars in New York harbor
was caught up by a thousand vessels on
the Atlantic, thence around the cape,
thence around the horn, then caught
up by our South Pacific squadron,
trembling in musical cadence through
deck and cabin, fluttering its notes of
triumph through rigging and canvas,
then sweeping through the Golden
Gate in one orchestral wave of harmony,
spanning the globe with wreath of
patriotic song. But, alas! today yankee
Doodle" and Hail Columbia" form but
a small part of the minstrelsy of the
ocean, and Americans hang their heads
in shame over our humiliation on the
high seas.
The herald., 1897-04-01
The One Topic

eff were you," said the girls mother,
1T would not allow the acquaintance
with young Mr.. Slabsley to proceed any
further"
But If he insists on talking can't
stop the conversation without being
rude"
"Oh, yes you can. Pretend that you
are not in the least interested in the
bicycle e"-Washington Evening Star.
The herald., 1897-04-01
Cravats Are Ancient

great military nation. The Crosts, OF
Cravates, of the Balkans. It wal their
fashion to wrap large shawls or pieces Of
cloth around their necks and shoulders.
About the middle of the reign ofLouis
XIV he uniformed several regimtnts IN
the Croat fashion, with huge shawls
about their necks. The fashion took.
and the shawls diminished in size to the
slight strip of cloth we still have with
lis.
The herald., 1897-04-01

The Dingley sugar sch edule is likely to
cause sugar beet factories to be started
up all over the west. Three e-quarters Of
cent a pound protection against for
eign sugar furnishes enough security
against competition, but the grain far
mer will continue to buck against India
and South America without government
aid. or protection.
The herald., 1897-04-01
The Awful Difference

Dogmatist-When you come down to
the fine thing there's no difference be-
tween billiards and croquet, except that
one is played on the green table and the
other on the green grass.
Thinker-Guess you've never heard the
awful language that is indulged in by
persons who play croquet.-Boston
Evening Transcript.
The herald., 1897-04-01

An eastern high protection contempor-
ary says: High taxation enforces
economy of consumption, and, therefore,
high tariff duties are good for the peo-
ple." But If there is economy of con-
sumption, will not the volume of articles
demanded for consumption be dimin-
ished and thus defeat taxation?
The herald., 1897-04-01

The funeral of ex-Mayor RAIDER yes
terday afternoon was one of the most
imposing that was ever witnessed in
Los Angeles, hundreds of citizens turn
ing out to pay the last tribute of respect.
The interment was at Rosedale cem-
etery, where the remains were laid to
rest with the impressive ceremonies of
the Masonic fraternity.
The herald., 1897-04-01
An Awful Thought

Weary Raggles-I guess de religious
people have done us at last.
Wandering Willie-How's dat, pard?
Weary Raggles-W'en I realize dat
I've fed me face on nuthin' but piece
O. cold mince sense dis time yisterd'y
de horrible suspicion comes over me dat
I'm keepin' Lent.-Judge.
The herald., 1897-04-01
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prints
but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as is consistent with the
proper expression OF their views.)
The herald., 1897-04-01

How many Californians know that
butter made in their state is on exhibit
ton at the Minneapolis dairy products
exposition? But it is there, and it COM
pares favorably with the best.
The herald., 1897-04-01

1t is said that Pug Corbett is very
much In favor of law prohibiting kim
etoscopic reproductions of the Carson
fight. He thinks they would exert a
demoralizlng influence upon the youth of
the country. But If the San Francisco
pug had won the fight, his high moral
sense would see nothing wrong in re-
productions of the affair by the kineto-
scODe
The herald., 1897-04-01
v.i,.-of Skilled Labor

A striking illustration Of the value Of
labor. when bestowed upon materisl
like ironfis given by the statement that
a har ~ iron worth S., when manufac-
tured INTO needles, is worth $55; in.o PEN
knives. about $3250; into buttons. $50. 500.
and1nto watch springs. $265. 900.
The herald., 1897-04-01
A Little Girls Explanation

Teacher-You may explain the diff
ference, Mabel, between climate and
weather.
Mabel-Climate is what we have all
the time, but weather only lasts few
days-Judge
The herald., 1897-04-01

To be exact, the new tariff bill proposes
to increase the customs duties s11S,479,-
1913 annually, in order to provide for a
possible deficit of $25, 600, 900. That is to
say, the present administration will col
lect from the people $353.919,172 more
than the expense account of the gov
ernment will require before Mr.. McKin-
ley can be retired to private life.
The herald., 1897-04-01
Where Most Of It Went

Poet-You say you love poetry.
She--I adore it; read it in the very
fire.
Poet-Ah, then no doubt you have
read mine there.-Judge.
The herald., 1897-04-01
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The herald., 1897-04-01

Congressman Grosvenors amendment
to the tariff bill to cause it to take effect
on April 1st. long before it can become
the law of the land, is retroactive legis-
lation and such legislation is not only
held to be unconstitutional. but a step
in the direction of czarism which the
people will never permit. To make
law operative in a period of time be-
fore the law is enacted would. be to de-
stroy the basic principles of the gov
ernment. Undoubtedly the supreme
court will set the amendment aside.
The herald., 1897-04-01

Dingley is catching it on all sides. ].
Pierpont Morgan says he will head a
syndicate to establish an immense beef
canning factory in Mexico If the new
tariff bill becomes law in it's present
shane.
The herald., 1897-04-01
CENTRAL AMERICAN TRADE

Our recent article calling attention TO
Central America as an inviting field for
mercantile effort was most timely. as ap-
pears by the fact just made public that
the steamers from San Francisco plying
between that point and the coast as far
south as Panama will hereafter call
at San Pedro on the 25th of each month
The same rates are to be made as for
our big northern rival which is all we
could ask.
Now is the time to put The Herald's s
suggestion into active operation and
send an agent from the coast to work
UP trade. 1t is not only the export busi-
ness that is to be looked after, but we
should at once avail ourselves of this
opportunity to do a great deal of i'm
porting on our own direct account. Near
ly all our coffee comes from Central
America, but now passes through San
Francisco, coming back here a distance
of 500 miles A great deal Of semi
tropic fruit should come here by these
steamers.
A good outward business should be
possible in our sweet wines and
brandies.
The herald., 1897-04-01

Every one of the great newspapers of
the country approves of the supreme
court decision declaring railway traffic
associations illegal.
The herald., 1897-04-01

1t is said that Senator Hanna seldom
he does have occasion to go he is modest
and retiring in demeanor. The long
distance telephone is great institution.
The herald., 1897-04-01

The powers" are still anxious about
the safety of the throat-cutting Turk,
and Greece is being handicapped at every
possible point. But Greece has no busi-
ness being a Christian country-in the
estimation of the Christian powers.
The herald., 1897-04-01

1t is about time the Spanish minister
at washington, Senior De LONE. let up
on the ''vileness of Americans" He may
say 1t once too often for his health.
The herald., 1897-04-01

The promoters of the Transmisstssippi
exposition at Omaha are not meeting
with the encouragement the enterprise
deserves.
The herald., 1897-04-01

A manual training school for women
has been started in New York Now, we
shall see If 1t Is possible for woman
to drive nail and climb ladder
The herald., 1897-04-01

1t is as easy to tax the people rich as
1t is to increase the size of an orange by
sucking out the juice.
The herald., 1897-04-01

The Lancaster CPa.) rolling mills have
reduced the wages of their employees 10
per cent. Such things are not calculated
to make wage-earners happy, especial
ly since the Dlngley bill will double the
price of many of the necessaries of life.
The herald., 1897-04-01
The Bath Tub Seat

An adjustable seat which can be fitted
across the bath tub Is found at house
furnishing shops. 1t does away with the
portable foot bath.-New York Evening
Post.
The herald., 1897-04-01

Some inside facts in regard to the cleo
ton of the boiler inspector and deputy
are published in another column. They
are vouched for as correct, and if SO it
would seem that explanations are in
order from some of the councilmcn.
The first attempt at civil service reform
is apparently a dismal failure.
The herald., 1897-04-01

The several Chinese societies in San
Francisco have agreed to bury the
hatchet and live in peace If it is all the
same to the members Of the societies,
public sentiment in California would be
pleased to have them bury themselves
instead of the hatchet.
The herald., 1897-04-01

The Kansas City Times thinks that
McKinleys idea of dbnomy is like that
of the man who proposed to save money
The herald., 1897-04-01

The Scientific American has a COM
prehensive article on how to reclaim the
Jersey Flats" The FLATS" went to
the bad last November and they will
remain In that condition until the next
election, when they will reclaim them
selves by returning to the Democratic
nartY
The herald., 1897-04-01

by spending the principal and banking
the interest"
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