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The herald., 1897-04-12

These figures appal Farmer Jones, ana
he Immediately asks what the tax OF
s17.ss is for. Brown replies that 1t is
his part of the taxes levied by the United
States on the goods he has bought Tor
consumption. Jones no longer argued
for protection. as he was convinced tnat
each consumer of foreign goods does pay
his part of the taxes of the government.
Not only does the consumer pay the
duty on all foreign goods consumed by
him. but he pays a like duty on all home
manufactures consumed by himself.
This will startls some innocent souls,
who imagine because they use no FOR
eign goods that therefore they escape all
the burdens Of tariff. Let us illus
trate:
A farmer in California ships load of
wheat to Liverpool and exchanges it for
steel rails at the rate Of ST per ton,
which, with s13 added for tariff, would
make the cost of the ton of steel rails
landed in New York $50. Now under
the Mckinley tariff the government gets
s1S of this money as a revenue. Inc
same California farmer at the time he
shipped cargo of wheat to Liverpool
also shipped load to New York. which
he exchanged for home manufactured
steel rails at $4,000 per ton. Now he has
paid 10 iile home manufacturer just the
same as he paid to the foreign. but the
tariff on the foreign ton went directly
into the treasury of the United States,
while every dollar he paid to the home
producer went into the producers
pocket and the government got no bene-
fit whatever from it. There can be no
doubt that a tariff laid on imported
goods operates to keep up the same
tariff or enhanced value on all goods
produced at home. and it is this logical
operation of the tariff which has en-
riched the manufacturer and built up
the corporations and trusts which now
defy the government.
The herald., 1897-04-12
PATRONAGE OF HOME PRODUCTS

When it was announced few years
ago on the streets of San Diego that
the match factory in National City had
Just been burned every one said: I'm
possible There were too many of their
own matches stored in it."
1t is easy to say it is the duty of
our people to patronize home products.
Many of them do so. Most every one
does so with something and others try
everything that comes out. Too often
there is good reason for not trying it
a second time The merchants of San
Diego did their best to help out that
match factory and many of them are
loaded yet with some of the stock. They
say they keep them on hand to reduce
the insurance-a special rebate being
allowed by the companies to those that
keep them. They also did their best
to help out the Escondido cannery that
was started a few years ago with the
announcement that it intended above all
things to make reputation first with
out regard to profit and would give con-
sumers an honest and uniform article
The cannery went into bankruptcy af-
ter the first year; some of the merchants
who bought the goods followed suit and
the rest have been ever since struggling
/ to keep out of the same hole. Good, bad
and Indifferent. green. ripe and rotten
little, big and all sorts were so mixed
| up in the same can that no one could
tell what it represented. Every custom
or swore at the retailer and there was
| disturbance of trade relations and even
| family relations all along the line.
These are but instances of folly that
| handicaps all home products all over
| California. The same thing has been
done all over the state, people thinking
they could sell any kind of stuff and get
! rich In a season because folks would
The herald., 1897-04-12
MILITARY CARRIER PIGEONS
England Following Continental Lead
in the Matter of Bird Messengers

in the Matter of Bird Messengers
Following in the footsteps OF all the
other European governments, England
has arranged for the use of carrier
pigeons in the army. In time of war 1t
is urged that these swift carriers Of the
air can be used when railway, telegraph.
messenger and other usual means are
cut off, and pigeon lofts will be estab
Iished at suitable places where they will
prove most effective. In the beginning
England will have but few birds. but
more will be added as time and money
will permit. Germany has the most COM
plete carrier pigeon service of any coun-
try in the world. There is hardly
town of any Importance in the German
empire that has not a pigeon loft. ana
the German emperor annually distrib-
utes numerous prizes for long and rapid
flights. The annual appropriation for
the pigeons in the army budget is about
$4,000.
France has more birds than Germany
and spends $40. 900 year in maintaining
them, but they are not so well distribut-
ed. There are scores of private lofts In
Germany that will be at the service Of
the government in time of need. France
learned the value of pigeons during the
siege of Paris. when they were used to
convey messages to the seat of govern
ment at Tours. Nearly fifty messages
were successfully dispatched during the
siege, and since then the value of the
r.o--- Lo- not N~-- nueetin. = ~
seems that carrier pigeons are not apie
to mack the speed that is popularity sup
posed. German experts say that the av-
erage pigeon can fly thirty-five miles an
hour and not more.-New York World.
The herald., 1897-04-12

tariff on each article to be collected by
the storekeepers who sell to the con-
Then the tariff would be added directly
to the cost of the goods, just as freights
and commissions are added. This would
bring the question right before us, and
we would learn more about the tariff
in our business transactions than we
had ever known before. Our bills would
be made out in somewhat the following
style:
Farmer Jones goes to the country store
to make few purchases. He has never
thought he paid any tariff to the United
States. For this reason he has yelled
loudly for high protection. Here is his
itemized bill:
The herald., 1897-04-12
One on the Inspector

An inspector of schools was one day
examining a class of village school chill
dren and he asked them what was meant
by pilgrim. A boy answered, "A man
what travels from one place to another
The inspector, with elaborate patience
hoping to elucidate intelligence. said:
well, but am man who travels from
one place to another. Am pilgrim !?
Whereupon the boy promptly exclaimed
"Oh. but please, sir. I meant good
man" I may mention that no one en-
joyed that cheerful jest more than the
inspector himself. 1t made him merry
for Cavs
The herald., 1897-04-12
WHEN MARY WINDS THE CLOCK

When sash and door are fastened tight.
The fire banked down with ashes white,
And every pot and pan set right,
Then whir-r-,
The weights go up with buzz and burr,
AS Mary winds the clock at night.
A cozy sound, charming sight,
There in the corners dusky light
The grave old clock, the maiden slight,
AS whir-r-r,
The weights go up with buzz and burr,
When Mary winds the clock at night.
Each day my darling, in Gods sight.
Keeps home and hearth and spirit bright
Redeeming every moments flight.
Then whir-r-r
The weights go up with buzz and burr,
AS Mary winds the clock at night. =
Oh, dear, old-fashioned, pure delight
of love to ancient uses plight
Housekeeping in a cottage white,
Where whir-r-r,
The weights go up with buzz and burr,
AS Mary winds the clock at night!
James Buckham in Leslies Weekly.
The herald., 1897-04-12
Control of the Mississippi.

Shall we control the Mississippi river
or allow it to control us? The western
floods are growing more serious year
after year, and expert engineers have
gone so far as to recommend the re-
moval and rebuilding of New Orleans
on another and a safer site. The states
are unable to afford the expense OF
maintaining efficient levees and the
federal government is always hagghne
over the matter. Something Will have
to be done within very few years. or the
riotous rivers of the west will tear the
bowels out Of our continent and turn
thousands of square miles of territory
into an arid waste.-Atlanta Evening
Constitution.
The herald., 1897-04-12
A STREET CAR FIRE ENGINE
Denver Has New Plan for the Bette,
Protection Of It's Suburbs


The fire and police board this morning
adopted suggestion made by Chief
Pearse which will give the suburban
district much more ample protection
against fires. The street car service will
be called to the aid Of the city and fur
nish means of transporting apparatus
to the scenes of confiagration.
The board instructed Chief Pearse to
prepare plans and estimates of cost for
the construction Of a sort of fire car.
The car in general appearance wiM re-
semble an ordinary fiat car. 1t will be
equipped with an apron or gang plank
at one end so that 1t will be easy to run
an engine upon it and down again with
out much loss of time. The car will be
kept on sidetrack near the central fire
station, SO that 1t will always be handy
in cases of emergency.
II believe" said Chief Pearse, that
the fire service in the suburbs should be
improved. At present such large build
ings as those at Manhattan beach.
Elitch's gardens. the university and St.
Anthony's hospital, are at the mercy Of
the flames when the roads are in bad
order. The nearest fire station to Man.
haitian beach is the Fairview avenue sta
ton. and 1t would almost kill team
of horses toArun with an engine for two
miles over heavy roads and up grade.
MY idea Is to construct a car large
enough to carry one engine and crew to
any portion of the town where 1t Is
needed. This car should be arranged
in such manner that no difficulty would
be encountered in loading and unload
ing the APPARATUS From the center
of town an engine can be carried by
the trolley system to either Manhattan
beach or Elitch's gardens in fifteen
minutes, just half the time it would take
to haul it. The cost of such car should
not be very great and the value Of it
cannot be estimated. denver News.
The herald., 1897-04-12
No Juggling Away the Truth

The trouble about protective tariffs is
not so much that the consumer pays the
tax that goes into the treasury. but that
he pays the like tax on the home-manu-
factured article, and this tax does not
go into the treasury, but is handed over
to the manufacturers. There is no way
in which the tariff can serve the pur-
pose of protection except by raising
prices, and no amount of juggling with
figures can possibly show that 1t does
protect the manufacturer without rais-
ing prices.-Baltimore News.
The herald., 1897-04-12
New Use for Bibles

Persian papier mache articles are
made of the Bibles sent out by British
mission societies, according to Mr.. Hod-
getts, a recent traveller in the east. He
quotes the British CONSUL at Tabreez as
saying: You have noidea what boon
these Bibles are to the village industries
Of Persia"
The herald., 1897-04-12
It's Benefits Should Be Preserved

There are abuses In the administra.
ton of the civil service law undoubtedly.
but that is no reason why the whole sys-
tenn should be destroyed as the spoils-
men demand. There is no sense in burn
ing a house down in order to abate the
nuisance of a smoky chimney.-New
York Mail and Express.
The herald., 1897-04-12
Unfit for Publication

1t would be interesting to know what
is vice-President Hobart's opinion Of
the supreme court IS antitrust decision.
AS a recent director of the railroad trust
that has been wiped out he might have a
good deal to say.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The herald., 1897-04-12

| communications, but does not assume re-
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as is consistent with the
proper expression Of their views.)
| Wants to Knuckle Down and Take It
To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald: The press of Los Angeles is. by
accident, ''one-sided" on our harbor
| question. Decisions of learned judges
have been reversed before, and should
| our harbor question have another trial,
let us not make fools of ourselves about
those matters we cannot help.
1 remember, years ago. when the big
wharf was first contemplated at Port Los
Angeles how The Herald not only gave
the first news concerning II, but remem-
ber also how everybody rejoiced at Los
Angeles and were ready to forgive Hunt
ington any sins he might in early times
have committed against us.
When last year an appropriation Tor
Port Los Angeles of nearly $4,000, 900 was
almost an assured fact all rejoiced
again, although some thought the news
too good to be true.
BY a combination of circumstances
the Los Angeles Times, with few other
gentlemen. succeeded In turning. US AL
against Santa Monica. 1t is question
with many conservative men today II
we should not then have let we'll enough
alone, when work on the harbor would
long since have been under way.
All is fair in politics and in war. So 1t
was in this case. and the gentlemen who
advocated San Pedro harbor are enti-
tied to great admiration for their energy
and perseverance.
We all want the harbor at San Pedro
IL we can get it without delay; but should
circumstances over which we have no
control favor Santa Monica in the last
hour let us remember that a harbor here
means a harbor for Los Angeles city In
particular and we shall not be side
tracked" with freight and other heavy
business, as will surely be our destiny
If San Pedro is selected.
HARBOR FRIEND.
The herald., 1897-04-12

The Quincy copper mine Of Lake Su-
perior, Michigan, produced 16,S63.477
pounds in 1S96-a gain of 56S, 756 pounds
over the previous year. 1t sold for ST.
S42, 11719, besides So, ,0s0.42 in silver. The
copper sold at 1892 and it cost 6.57 to
place it in the market.
The herald., 1897-04-12

The only orange wine plant in exist
ence in the United States is operating in
Redlands All the product is barreled
and shipped to Morristown, N. j., aD~
ultimately the wine is used in the maaS~
facture of certain classes of patent med
icines.-Norwalk Call.
The herald., 1897-04-12

The reason for fresh
roasting tea every day is: it
makes it good.
That's why Schs22smg's 5
Best is daintier and more
charming than any othertea
at anything like the price.
In packages at grocers'.
4 schiiing & Company
Sen PMseisce e5S
The herald., 1897-04-12

AS an indication of the power and in
fluence of the sugar trust, look at the
advance since the Dingley bill came on
the carpet. There is no change yet in the
tariff. There is no scarcity. There is
no naturally increased demand for do
mestic or canning purposes. The influ-
ence of the sugar trust, however, has ad-
vanced it four times since the Dingley
bill was introduced.
The herald., 1897-04-12
One Good Poodle Departed

The Bradley Martins have gone to
Europe, taking their poodle with them.
The loss of pure bred poodle is to be
regretted just as we were getting our
dogs bred up to a high Standard
Omaha World Herald.
The herald., 1897-04-12
The Protectionists' Impossible Creed

The protectionists are the only sect
that ever believed man could live by
selling without also buying. They don't
seem to realize that our surplus grain,
stock and minerals would be absolutely
worthless unless we could get useful
commodities in exchange for them.-
Kansas City Times.
The herald., 1897-04-12

The installation of numerous electric
power plants throughout the state re-
Gently commands attention. The latest
IS one which is to be placed near Los
Gatos, in Santa Clara county, where
there is an opportunity to develop tre-
mendous power. In this connection 1t
is worthy of note that no water power
plant has ever been established in the
state until after the newspapers have
harped upon the matter for years upon
years. The Fresno Republican persist
emily called attention to the opportunity
presented for the development OF power
on TIE San joaquin rivar for a number
of years before a move was MADE to util-
lie it. The Bakersfield papers were the
Urine movers in the development Of
power on Kern river. and the Citrograph
worked faithfully to attract the atten-
ton of capitalists to the facilities Of
fered there befo|> the plant was es-
tablished The papers have everywhere
been pioneers in efforts to establish in
dustries and develop resources.
The herald., 1897-04-12

ratronize home production. There IL
rarely any excuse for 1t. but In the few
cases where one cannot afford to put
up the best he should mark the goods ac-
cordingly and let them go for what
they are really worth. branding them
in a way that will not mislead. We can
not make laws to punish fools but II
there is any way to get at the man who
doesn't know that he cannot succeed with
pickles that go to pieces in two months
or chow chow that lasts only six weeks
the district attorney should be after him.
There is no greater injury to the state
than is done by those who drag all hon
est effort into the mire with them in
their crazy attempts to get something
for nothing in the shortest possible time
by playing on our good will.
Ell Cajon, in San Diego county, has Just
turned out tobacco of good promise.
Carelessly put up and thrown on the
market half cured and half tested. in a
way that might easily have wrecked all
hopes of tobacco in California for an
other ten years. It is still very good IN
a pipe-good enough for the writer and
he believes that good enough for any
body How it would be in a cigar Is
a question not yet solved. There the
crucial test will come. People are not
so particular about tobacco for a pipe
II not too bitter and It will hold nre
reasonably we'll and not be too hot. But
the man who pays for one cigar the
price or even half the price of sack OF
tobacco is more particular.
When we consider how many things
we have at last made a success of that
but a few years ago we thought impos-
sible there seems no reason why we can
not produce a good tobacco. the
amount of money we send away for the
weed is enormous. If we could produce
our own we could almost defy the world.
1t is not at all unlikely that we can
But the danger line is the same as 1t
has been with all other products. Throw
on the market some half prepared and
half packed stuff and you soon hoodoo
the whole. Every dealer that finds a
lot of it on his hands and his customers
complaining about it will not try any
more home tobacco for many year.
One may talk of its fine quality and all
that but human nature will come out
ahead. We believe in the Cajon tobac-
co and for that reason believe 1t should
be kept off the market until perfected.
The herald., 1897-04-12

The greatest celery district in the
United States has always been consider
ed to be Kalamazoo, Michigan, where
there are only about 1900 acres of peat
land, always moist. from which the
average value of the yield has been
about $1,000 per acre with three crops per
year. But now the peat lands about
Santa Ana, Cal, are attracting much
attention for celery growing. There is
no reason why that should not equal any
celery land in the world.
The herald., 1897-04-12

Two hundred and twenty live curloa6s
of celery have been shipped from ths
peat lands about Santa Ana this season.
Outlook
The herald., 1897-04-12

It is said the loss entailed by the Missis-
sippi floods this year would have more
than repaid the cost of works which would
permanently prevent them, but the trou-
bic is nobody seems to know how such
works should be constructed, even II the
nation were willing to pay for them.-San
Francisco Call.
1t is not question of knowing what to
do. but of interesting congress and
arousing the American people to this
long neglected highway. Common day
laborers along the Mississippi river can
boss the job of building levee.
The herald., 1897-04-12

When congress- taxes alcohol for me-
chanical and medicinal purposes, that
costs only IA cents to make, $500 gallon
and so per cent ad valorem on the ground
that free alcohol opens the door to fraud.
it is practically admitting its inability
to pass laws that can be enforced. 1t is
of course, more agreeable to humor the
temperance people than to aid legitimate
business by relieving it Of an unjust tax
The herald., 1897-04-12
Looking Forward to the Millennium

The Dingley bill is measure to trans
fer the deficit in the national treasury
to the pockets Of the American people.
When every citizen is the custodian Of
his own share of the deficit he will be
overwhelmed with prosperity.-Indian-
apolis Sentinel.
The herald., 1897-04-12

tically over There may be car or so
of late varieties, but navels are done.
The prospects for next year are very
fine.-Riverside Reflex
The herald., 1897-04-12
Lancaster. April Z.


(The only market for canaigre that we
know of in Southern California is at
Rialto. Whether the company there is
buying in the market or not we do not
know, but they are employing large
force of men at present gathering the
root. Write to the Anglo-American
Canaigre Co.. at Rialto, this state.-Ed.
Herald)
The herald., 1897-04-12
NEIoHBoRs' NOTES.

Owing to the drouth and hard times
last year the farmers were not able to
seed the usual area. We estimate that
the total acreage Of growing grain in
Antelope valley is $4,000 acres, of which
three-fourths are wheat and one-fourth
barley. This seeded acreage Is only
about one third of the available grain
land. With the average conditions OF
the past nine years prevailing from now
till harvest. which will not begin before
the middle Of June, the yield of the total
area will be as follows: 10000 acres three
to FIVE sacks per acre; 5000 acres five to
seven sacks per acre; 5000 acres seven to
ten sacks. Sacks of wheat to weigh 1so
pounds each and barley 100 pounds
Lancaster Gazette.
The herald., 1897-04-12

The growing Importance OF the pecu-
liar facilities afforded by electric cars
in the matter of stopping and starting,
and the ease and economy with which
single cars may be sent out at short In =
tervals, is attracting widespread atten- :
ton in the transportation world. Presi-
dent Huntington Of the Southern Pa
cific, virtually admits that upon the
completion of the coast line, his COM
pany will parallel its steam road from
San Francisco to San Jose with an elec-
lric line, in view of a half-hour passen-
ger service.
The herald., 1897-04-12

Kansas has $4,000, 900 bushel wheat
crop that will soon be ready to harvest
The herald., 1897-04-12

1t has been SO frequently said that
there is nothing new under the sun that
people have learned to accept 1t as an
axi6m. The following premium ofrer'
made by the Nevada State Herald, Is
submitted as a new method Of present.
ing an argument in favor of prohibitions:
ANY man in the state OF Nevaaa WIG
drinks three drains of whisky per day FOR
a year and pays 10 cents drink for It can
have at any store advertising In the Herald
twenty sacks Of silver medal nour Une
best and home product. 1000 pounds OF
sugar, 100 pounds of coffee. 100 pounds OF
beans and 200 pounds Of potatoes for the
same money, and get premium for max
ing the change in his expenditures.
The herald., 1897-04-12

Highlands orange growers are in luck
this year. as they will ship about ten car
loads more this year than last. giving
them about 200 cars. Shipping - prac-
The herald., 1897-04-12
The Canaigre Market

To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald:-Please let me know if there is
a place in your city to dispose of canal
gre, the root that is so well adapted for
tanning purposes. The soil here is well
adapted to the growth of this plant-in
fact, there are large quantities of it now
growing wild here which could be gath
cred and shipped. A favorable reply
would be cheering to many here, who are
interested in farming. How does it sell ?
What is the price, ETC.?